The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

:vIONE auk! COMMERCIAL NEW:,

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, includ-
ing 1,500 on speculation, were 7.000 bales, viz. 5,000
A►nerican, at 3*l to 5.1,1, 400 Pernain, 500 Egyptian,
51 l to 6id, 600 Stint at 3,1 to 4d, and 100 Sea. Island at
70 to 10p. The market closud steadily, and prices had
an improved tendency.—The market for Railway Shares
was firm.

The Indigo auctions are new in progress, and are pio-
gressitz favourably. There are 12,211 cheat's de•.
dared. The Bengal is abut one-fourth good .and
fine, and three-fourths mid. and ord. The
Madras and Kurpah is two-thirds ord.,. Or one-
third good. The Oude two-thirds - mia, and. ord.
and- one• third good and fine; the few chests of Manilla
trdtnary—and very ordinary. The sale-room pre-
s. n.cd a good attendance of Continental buyers, but
from the home districts the attendance was thin. The
sale opened with tolerable spirit, at an advance of 3d. to
4d per lb. upon October rates, but the competition was
not s.) great as was expected, the orders appearing
to be withheld until prices are more established;
913 chests passed ye.terday, consisting of Bengal
shipping and consuming qu.ditics, and an ordinary
parcel of Ottio ; 161 chests were bought in, 85 with-
drawn, and 664 sold.

The Corn Market is flat, and the arrivals of foreign
are large-.
The following statement relative to the trade of
Odessa is from Messrs. Ernest, Mahs, and Co., of that
port :
We 19-g leave to wait upon you with a statement of
the imports aud exports of our port for the past year.
The official value of the imports amounts in 1848 to
S. R. 9,188,803 ag-►inst S. R. 11.113,298 in 1847, and of
the exports S. R. 28,873,071 against S. R. 34,764,962
itt 1847.

These numbers show that business has been much less
active in 1848 than in 1847. But the latter was an
exceptional year, during which, owing to the bad crops
of 1846 in the west of Europe, the shipments of
grain reached an extent unparalleled before, and not again
to be expected in ordinary times, Compared to all
prior years the business of 1848 shows an increase,
which is the more satisfactory, as a different result could
not have caused surprise in presence of the political
commotions which in a great part of Europe have para-
lysed all enterprise, and of a contagion which, during
some time, has made much havoc in our city. The
activity displayed by our trade under such unfavourable
circumstances, is a proof of the sound basis upon
which it rests, and its solidity is shown by the grati-
fying act that we have had no failures here, whilst
elsewhere, credit has been shaken for a while by a violent
financial crisis.
The English Stock Market has been very buoyant
again to-day, but with a little more moderation in the

general dellings. Cunsols have been 94i to 4, New
Three anti a-Quarter per Cents. 95k. to 954, and the
Three per Cents. 941 to Bank Stock is 195
to 197, and India Stock 249. Exchequer•bills
of March are 425. to 445. premium. The idea
of a reduction in the rate of interest on the Unfunded
Debt to lid. per centum per diem is still current.
There are reports in circulation that a large quantity
of gold is coming from Russia, but inquiry in the best
informed circles does not bear out this statement.
The Foreign Stock Market is firm. Mexican have
improved to 251- Spanish Three per Cents. are 291
to 30i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 25 to L 26.
Brazil Bonds have been 81i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are 50:11.
In Railway Shares generally there is more firmness,
and Great Western, North-Western, and Midland, are
rather higher; though the last mentioned is fluctuating.
The South Eastern is flatter. The French lines are
again higher.

O • T.: CLOSING
e 6 ! 1 tr. b \:F` •iti TISII i'l7.ND:i O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Rank Stock
3 rer Cent. Reduced Anne....... 941,¢ :1 /4 1,4 9414
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94i/2%34 % 941/2
Na w 314 per Cent. Ann 5...... . 955/BMll,i .951/a
Go ~ Anna. to expir, Jan.l860
Ditto, Oct. 10. 1859 B4 8/a
Ditto 30 year,., Jan. 5, 1860 8:-yi 13-16 8 13-16
'nuia Stock

ihdia Bondi, 1,0001.
outh Sea Steck

Bank Stock for Account'... ...... — 190
Consols tot Account
‘,xchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d.
1,000/. March ......
1,0001. June 49 46 p 46 P
5001. March.
5001. June
Small, March .. 46 43 p 43 p
Small. June

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. omrE CLOSING
O'CLOCK, TRICES.
Austrian, 5 per Cent •••• - 79
Brazilian Smuts
Ditto, Nile' B2 82 % 824
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 26
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2514 25 254
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 494
parish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account —181 k
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent ... .. 30% 29% 30% 30
Venezuela Bonds, 2iiii per Cent... 19 19
Dividends on the above payable in London.
l;utch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... n0::14% 50%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 79% 80 80

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING}
,;AILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES:
-
therdeen
Birmingham and Ox
f• rd Junct., calls duly
paid, 4,r with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarar.tee 20
;i ming. Wolvern'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 15% 15%
liming., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... 10% ... 10 5,4
Boston. Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. 5 5.
:Aledonian
Do. New 101. Pref..... 7%...
'hester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference
Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ...... 7
• ast Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 .... 3MA 4
..
Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18
De., 3/. 105.
Eastern Cou aim..
Do. New Guaranteed

6 per Cent. ... ...... 10 ......
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d.... 1.4 p
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % p
Do. New
East Lancashire
••—• ..... •••
Ditto, New
b.ast Lincolnshire
iireat Northern
Do., 1,42 B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... N ..... 534 6- ...
Great Western 100.-102 1021/2 1011,42 103 103 c
Ditto, IA2 Shares 5O ...... ......... ...... 5I ig
Ditto, % Shares
Ditto, Fifths. .....
Ditto, New 171..... . 15 ... .. 14 14%
iull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shires ... 25 .......51% 52
ancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 541/4 .
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 -
Do. Quarter Shares... 171/2 1334 134
Do. Fifths... lO
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 15
Do.( W. Riding Union) 8.. ... 43/4 •• •• 4%
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Leeds and Bradford 5O lO2l/3 102.......„ 102
London, Brighton, and
South Coa. t 5O ..... 35%. 35%
Ditto, New 51., guar
6 per cent. -
London and N. Western 100 13914 138 139
Ditto, New
121/2..... ......... 04
Ditto, Fifths ... 2 ... - ......
Do. 101. IM. & B.) C. 1 ..... 43/4 4o*
Lon:{. &S: Western
Ditto. Third 5........... 15
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls
Manzhester,Buxton,and 114
Mat10ck....... .. 4% l%
Manchester, Sheffield,

and Lincolnshire -100
il4
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
904
Midland ..... •... ..... ...100 ...... 92 93 90% 2o*
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 2014 1934 ....
Norfolk —......... 100
- orth British ... .... ... 25 ...... ... . .... 374
Dittb, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds ........ 84 .... 43
North Staffordshire
Oxford, Worcester, and 244
Wolverhampton
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland...
Shrewsbury and Birm... 10
Ditto ditto. Class B. 6
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Oswestry ..... 181/2
So'ith Easti,rn ..... 331) 25%1/04— .... 0
D0., N 0.2.
Do., Scrip No 4
south Wales... ...... 33
Waterford and Kilkenny 20
Wilts, Somerset, & W ey- 294
mouth ... 40
York. Newcastle, and 99
Berwick. .... .. ......... 25
Do. Original New and 994/
Berwick .. ...... ... . 25 29 2814
Do. E i.tensiov, No. 1. 20
Do. do. No. 2. ....... 20
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... - 83/4 94 4a 9 ••• 66,
York and North Midland 50 ...... 56% 56 .. ..... . 10
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
L`o. East and West Rid- 271,1
irk; Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 916
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or- 104
leans and Vierzou) ... 18
Luxembourg 7 ...... ............ ... 9, N
Ditto
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 ...... 31A% 4(, .......
Paris and Orleans
Pa,.is and Rouen ... ..... 20 ...... .... .... d
Paris and Strasbourg ... 9
-- ...... •••- ••• 1
1 t.
I?Juln and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 1.11/1.27/;.•;';.6.............. 06,._,:i
--1/ -

'lours and Nantes
West Flanders.... ..... 834 ...............

Ditto...

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