The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Nl•irket at Liverpool yesterday was more
active. Sales, 12,000 to 15,000 bales, at an advance of
id. to id. per lb. compared with last week. Shares were
steady, but rather Quiet.
The accounts received yesterday by the Caledonia
steamer from the United States and Canada do not
notice the entire term ination of the trading season, be-
cause the canals had re opened, and afforded a tempo-
rary opportunity of bunging down further supplies.
There seems to be nothing against an active trade next
year between England and America, although the
balance probably will be against
us, the exchange al-
ready being very low.
The Annual Timber Circular of Messrs. Forsyth and
Bell, of Quebec, is full of information valuable to the
trade, and the following remarks appear to be of general
interest
"In reviewing the state of the markets during the
past season, we have to remark on the great ex-
tremes in price and the still greater uncertainty that
at one period existed, whether our supply of
timber was to be excessively limited, owing to the
unusual and extraordinary drought that prevailed in
March and April, or abundant without parallel, as proves
to be the case, and, perhaps, in no one year has the un-
certainty of the trade, generally, been more signally
manifested than in the present. We wish to call the at-
tention of the country, generally, to the value of the
export of timber giving employment to British
and Colonial shipment to an extent of 560,000
tons from this port alone, equivalent in sterling,
money to about a million in the article of freight an-
nually. That such a trade should be underrated by
many in the mother country is not to be wondered at,
When, many contend England would be better without
her colonies, but the extent of this one branch ought to
show them the value of the connexion-to say nothing
the importance Canada is assuming as one of the few
important granaries that is uncontrolled by foreign in-
fluence."
An arrival from the Cape of Good Hope brings us in-
telligence of October 24. There were continued skir-
Mishes between the Kafirs and the troops, with loss
on both sides, but the former were nearly exhausted
in their means, and as a large quantity of
y'cligi,gollB and beasts of burden, under the management
f,' "eputy Commissary-General Palmer, had been sent
'''Y aea as near as possible to the scene of action, the
War could be more actively prosecuted. As much as
had been paid previously for the hire of a waggon
front Graham's Town to Fort Beaufort, where provisions
were exceedingly scarce. The heavy rains that had
fallen would restore verdure to the ground, although for
a time they retarded the movements of the British
forces. Waterloo Bay appears to be too dangerous a
' locality for the l ending of stores.
A most satisfactory report was made at the half-yearly
general meeting of the London Dock Company, held this
morning at the Dock House, Prince's-street, Bank. The
quantity of loaded ships which entered the London
fisotc,lts.wada 3 ;
during six months, to the 30th November
last
tonnage, 181,196 tons. Same
_tio?!.
year,
2093 71 ; 168,553 tons. Earnin this 'air
half•year ,1664 ss. 5d.; last year,gs same time,.
i
209,0944 Bs. 6d. Expenditure last half-year, 118,1871.
31. 7d•; same time last year, 110,8554 Bs. 9d. The n-
come has exceeded the expenditure the last half.year
by 90,971/. Is. 10d. A dividend of 21 per cent, for the
half-year was prcposed by the directors and unanimously
agreed to, the income-tax to be paid by the company.
The English Stocks have been rather dull again to-
day, and there appears still to be an impression that
money is getting tighter. The best test will be, how-
ever, upon the payment of the dividends on
the Bth instant, for if the surplus amount should
be absorbed, it will be a convincing proof
that capital is more wanted, and that the rate of
interest may be expected to rule higher. Even now
there are parties asking 4 to 5 per cent. for loans
extending over some time, although this is not the
current charge for accommodation on short dated bills.
Consols have been 934 -} for Account, and the New
has been
Three- and-s- Quarter per Cents. 951- t. Bank Stock
9s. premium. quoted 205. Ex be are worth 6s. to
The Foreign Investments have been generally very
dull again to-day. The Peninsular Bonds are merely
nominal. Mexican have been up to 24i j.. Dutch
Two-and-Half per Cents., ex-dividend have realised 59i.
Shares have been steady generally, and there is an im-
provement in Great Western, South-Western, North
Staffordshire, South-Eastern, Rouen and Havre, and one
or two others.
- BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK..
(From the Official List.)
Bank 5t0ck....... . ... . .
..... 205
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.,. . ......... .... 93% 94
New 3% per Cent. Annuities . 953/4%
Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 13-16 15-16
Consols for Opening .... 93763/
Exchequer Bills. ...
..
..............
11,4'd. 4
1,000/. ............. 6 9 6 - Pm•
5001. . .. ....... .. ........
Ditto S ....11.. ....
----
......
• .......
6 9 6 - Pm.
ma ...................... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RussianAreDziit ct
oa Mexican
Bonds,o Bonds
91,81c92042u6n,5t 5 per Cent. -
th e247/4%
Dividends on the above per Cent... 111%
payable
.1.1.1 London.
Dutch 2% per Cents v.e 5914 ex die
Ditto 4 per Cent. Ce;iitir;tes ... 93 931' 93
93
ZUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS
Aberdeen . PAID. Paz Slum
............. 2' - to -
Amber., Nottii7g.: Boston ...
4
Annagh,eoler Notting
' -
aine, & Portruiih 0,1 ...... - -
Belfast and '
Birm' (Aunty Down .. 4% -
~ Ingham and Dudley ... aos '... ** ",-;1/a p t
eilttuoingliarn and Gloueester..loo • .........1291,4 -
iiiriiininNheiv (r. at 7 die.).. 17% 32 IA to -
Birkenfeaa:ll,LaVanslV June... 2
Lancashire and
Cheshire Junctio
Boston, Stamf & n'. ....... 23%
- ••
•••
to -
Birmin.....
ii, 225.
3/4% p to
Bristol and Exe
Do., New ter ...... .
.. .., 76
... , a -
Bristol and Gloucester % ........
"••
........ 5 -
to -
Bristol and Liverpool .."
.....
30
-
erpool Junc... 2% - to -
Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian"""'••••• 84s.
Di .................... 30 -
Ditto, Clydesdale Jui;C•tiOn 25 - /8
• - to -
and-
Chester- -
Churnet and Blythe 2
Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham. and Oxford -
...... -
to -
Clarence. ...- ....................100
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - • ... to -
to -
po„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - ...... to -
Cork and Killarney ............ 2% - -
Cork and Waterf0rd....,....... 114 - •to -
-
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ...... ... 2% ...... % too -
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Sheffield Junction .... 2% - to -
p.- ..... 2g„... - -
Direct Norwich.... .......... ... 1 -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12%..•..• - to --
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% ...... - ..„„ to -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... - to -
Eastern Counties 14/. 165.....,. 227/ .. ... to 23
Do. New l2l. 165....... 73/4 p... to - Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No l, 6/. 13s. 4d... -
to -
Do.,
do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... A p... to -
Do., York Extension 2
East Dereham and Norwich 1 -
Eastern Union 4O ...... - ...... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares - ...... to -
Do. Extension to Harwich 1%.,... - ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 .... ...... to ...
-
East Lancashire ........ 14'`5............ 173/4 .... to -_
Ditto, New .. ........... ...• • 5 ...... - ..... to -
DDo. (late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 .. .. - ....... to -
0., do., New Scrip ...... ... 1%. ..... - •
to East'Lincolnshire ... 1% ...... 3%%... to -
East and West of England... lA .... .. - -
-
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 ...... 78 -
Ditto, Half Shares ......... 10 .• ... - -
Ditto Quarter S
, hares ...... 12% ...... 1914 to --
Edinburgh and Northern ... 121' •
Edinburgh and Perth ...... is - ..... to --
to -
Ely and Huntingdon . ...... 1214 ......
-14 to nniskillen ana Sligo ... .. ...... ... 2% . -..•••
to -
-
terExe Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% •.....
-
Ging-, Dninfries, & Carlisle.. 5 - ......
- -
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, &A • ....
- ••
•••
yr 50 ..„.. _ to -
to -
Ditto, New ................. 15
D 0.% Shares (5 per ct.gua. 12% ......
--
to -
Goole,Doneaster Sheffid , &c. 2 - •••••
-21 L ••
•••
to - Great Eaatern and Western... 2IA ....
• -''%••• to - Great Northern (London and - ....
--
- to -
Do.
York Regd.) .................. 21,4
(Direct North. Regd.) 3a- ...... 2,,,,%t ••• to -•
Gt.
South. & West. (Ireland) 27(1 ...... "---ii -.. to -. Great Munster ............... .., ei„, ...
-• • ''• to -
GGreat North of Scotland ...... 21;; ......
- • • to -..
reat North of England ......100 100 - ••••••
to
-
Ditto, New New. to 5 "*". - - Ditto, New ............ ..
.15 ......
- ...... to - Ditto, New.. ....... ....... .......... Ith -•..- '' *** to --
Great Western .......... 85 -......
- - Ditto, Half Shares .......... 5 ...... 133 ...... to
-
Di
Ditto, Quarter Sh re ........
0 ...... 77 ...... to -
Dtto, Fifths •.
a s ...... 10 ...... 18% -
o. New ................. 20 ...... - • to -
Hudderafield and si - **" .... 2 ...... 7 ~i 434 to -
Hullanchester 13 .. - --
Ditte, Extension • to and Selby ...... ....... *** ,3n ...... -
...... to Ditto, Quarter Shy.eZ...-. - ...... -.
-
Ditto,
Half Shares
.... - 12%
...... _
to -
...... 25 Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds
Do. do, and Norwich ...... 5 ..... l4
--- - Lancaster and Carlisle ......•• 50 ...... - -
Do. New 5 ...... 671,6 ...... to - Leeds and Bradford 3O ' ..... - .... to --
Leicester and Bedford.... 3/
16,. 75 414... to - Leeds, Dewsbury, & "Stanches 221,4.....• ••- ...... to -
Ditto, Branch (Blue) -
Ditto, Extension (Green) 2%...... -•
...... to Leeds and Thirsk .........
Ditto, New ..... - - ...... .• 5 . - ......
to
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. •••• • 54 ..... t 5
.. to 5
Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h-
port. ....... 2Li port ........ . ........... - ----. to ....
Nerpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% 25/%
is • • to .....
London & 81ackwa11...164 13s. 4d B% to .....
Do. New~
.....
. ......... 3 - Do. Extension -
Loa • ' ......... ...... e% -
Do Bright.,l& South Coast 50 -
ConsolidatedDo • - • Hiftbs.. 40 ...... -
Do
, •Consolidated Eighth,- 10 „.... _ ▪ to -
Condo -u. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
...••• - -
n and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... -
to -
Ditte Preference ...... ...18/ 17s 2d„, - ~„.., to -
nnn,Hounslow,&Western 2 . .... - -
DLodo and North Westc.rn..loo - • to ---
. Quarter Sha ••••••
. _,
New res ...... .. 2 - to -
Do.
Do. d Fifths•••••• .... ..... 2 ...... 15% %34 to --
,o. ............. 2 20 to --
l'o• Quarters .....•
'
Do. 40/ Shares......
- •J. 5 ...... - .. to -
00..„0.
_.....L. &M. 8 ...... - -
DO.-' 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 76 •-•
to
....
10/.. M. and B. (A.) 5 •••-•
••••••
to
Lon., 10/,
.. M. and B. (B.) 5 .. ....
- .to -
10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 .....
- .....
to -..
'won, Oxford ...... -
Lviack,, , , end Cheltm. 1% - to -
Ditto atid lork.. Er
___lo • •••4 ...... 2% ...... 3%... • to --
wab a ............ 21,,,,..... 2 min to ..,

London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 64 ...... to 63%
Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40
Ditto New
Do. New lB
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto

London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 15
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds B2 .....1101/4 to
Ditto Half Shares - 38 ...... 504:N... to
IN to
Ditto Quarters 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 614 — ...... to
Do. Extension
Do. Liverpool and Bury
Do., do., Fifths
blanch, Buxton, & Matlock 425.
Manchester and Southampton 2
.',i
Midland 100 ......131 ... .. to 130
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Ditto, New
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .....
Midld. Grcat Western (Irish) 15
Newcastle and Berwick
Do North Shields 25 ..„.. ... .. to
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .....
Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ......
Newport and Abergavenny. . 2% — to
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor 5
Norfolk
De. Half Shares
Ditto Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk
Do. do. Waveney Valley...
Northern Counties Union .... 2% l% %... to
North British
Ditto Half Shares.
Do. Quarters IIA 3%:/q.. to
Ditto, Extension % l% to
Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 1 ...... 3% to
Northern and Eastern SO

Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45.

Ditto Quarter Shares - 12% to
Ditto New
North Staffordshire 5 ...... 9%14... to
North Wales 3% .....
North. & South. Connecting 2%.....
North Western ...... 2% — to
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton -
m.
to
Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 18 tO
Portsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre
Ditto, Half Shares
Reading, Guildfd., & R.igate Si. 125.... dis. to
Richmond
Royston and Hitchen 1%...... 2
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 12% — ...... to
Sheffield and Manchester ...100
Ditto 14 Shares 8 — to
Do. and LincolnahlreJunst. 114.... to
Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10
Do. do. do. Extension... 425. — to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... 514 % to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 114 .— to
Shropshire Union ... 425.
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40
South Staffordshire Junction 2% 336 to
South Eastern and Doter ... 33%...... 41 , to; 40%
Ditto, New, No. 1 2O
Ditto, New, No. 2 l2 -
Ditto, New, No. 3
Ditto New, No. 4....... ...... 2% 3%14... to
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction
Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% — to
South Wales . 5 - 314 x int to
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's
Stm. Coal .. 2
raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole
Warwick and Worcester 425....... ...... to
Waterford and Kilkenny ll ......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 27%... ..
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, Waterford, and
Valentin
Waveney Valley
Welsh Midland 2%
West Riding Union 425.
West Cornwall
Wexford and Carlow
Wisbeach and St. Ives
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... ... to
York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 38% to
Ditto, New 5 .. ... 12%...... to
Ditto, Preference 2 .. ... 7% to
York and North Midland .. 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Selby 4O — to
Ditto. Extension
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes ...... ........ 1
Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% ......
Boulogne and Amiens lB ...... 15% ..... to
Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 ......
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
( Mackenzie's) .. . 2
Bordeaux. Toulouse, &t Cette
( Espelete's)
Calais, Dunk, & W. Fla iders 2
Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. .....
Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast I .....
Central of Spain ...
Ceylon .... 53.,
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... .
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ..... . ...... to
Great Western Bengal ss. —
_.. _ .

Great Western Canada
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 -
Jersey 1
Louvain ala Sambre ..... .... 6
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon 2
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... IA
Madrid and Valenti&
Mauritius 1
Namur and Liege 8
Nn. of France Constituted ... 8
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierson
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Vessel 413 s 4d...... ..... to
Paris and Lyons Constituted 8 -
Paris and Orleans...
•• ..•
Paris & Strasbg. Constituted " to "

5 .•..•• ...... to
_
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse
St. Laurence and Atlantic....
Tours & Nantes Constituted 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, ••••• to •••
and Hasselt
Trinidad.. .. .....
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
to
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of London . . ..... 20
London Joint Stock .... ...... 10
London and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of Engld. 35
National of Ireland
25 22% — ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland
Union of Australia 25
Union of London ... 10
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered -

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze, and hazy.
OFF PILL, DEC. 30.—Devendia, Batavia, for Bristol.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—Wind S. S.E.—Arrd. Royal Sove-
reign, Callao; Rimac, Mountain, Valparaiso ; Hibbert, Monte
Video; Anglesea, Rio Janeiro; Killermont, Parsons, Bonny;
Finland, Brown, New York ; Osprey, Shipley, New York ;
Devon, Batts, St. John's, New Brunswick; Sutlej, Key,
Miramichi ; Sir H. Huntley,. •Bryant, Miramichi ; Queen,
Leary, Quebec; Arethuaa, Kelly, Quebec; Ouzel Galley,
Clarke, Quebec; Helen, Hicks, Quebec; British American,
Quebec ; Flora, Montreal ; Young Qucen, Montreal. Off
port, Pomona, Callao; Sandhash, Demerara; Alliance,
Charleston ; Joseph Porter, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick;
Courtenay, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Helen, Quebec ; At-
lantic, Quebec; Loo Choo, Quebec; Emanuel, Quebec; Ca-
pricorn, Montreal.

GALWAY, DEC. 27.—And. Manchester, Tyler, New York.
HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind N. to N. N.W.—Arrd. Ma-
zeppa, Bambro, Miramicbi.
HULL, DEC. 30.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Pallas, Leekes,
New Orleans.

DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind E. to E.S E., gentle breeze.—Sld.
Amity Hall, Ford. Jamaica; Undaunted, Ritchie, Valparaiso.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind E.N.E., tine.—Arrd. her
Majesty's ship Samarang, East Indies. Off port, Prince Al-
bert, Sebor, New York.

COWES, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Emma, Jorgenson, Havannah.
OFF THE ISLE OF WIGTIT, DEC. 31.—Her Majesty's ship
Daphne, South America.
TORBAY, DEC. 31.—Wind E.—Arrd. Clarissa, Daniel,
Bahia for Havre. Off port, Indus, Brown, Quebec.
OFF SALCOMBE, DEC. 30.—Wind E. James Duncan,
England, Havannah.

PLYMOUTH.—Arra. Columbus, Edie, Calcutta. Sld.
Symmetry, Bulow, China. Off port, Argyle, Quebec; Salus,
Elliot, Richebucto.

BRISTOL, DEC. 81.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Drie Vriendden,
Robaak, Batavia.

CLYDE, DEC. 30.—Wind W.—Arrd. Chevalier Leitch,
Demerara ; Mary, Frame, Montreal ; Derby, Montreal.
BRIDLINGTON, Dsc. 3l.—The /Etna Storey, from Cal-
cutta to Newcastle, went ashore last night on Hamborough
Head.
SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 30.—The Liberty, Lord, from Mid-
dlesborough to London has put in here leaky, having been
on shore near Dinnlington.
MARGATE, Dix. 31.—The John Rundle, from Antwerp
!.43 Belfast, got ashore on Margate Sand, was assisted off, and
is now in the roads.
FFALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The Siren, of Sunderland, from
ertch to Falmouth, was passed abandoned, leaky, and with
Duli, Nyi
.°BB of bulwarks, stanchions, &e., previously to the 24th
ins.rt, by the Duchess of Leinster, Renfree, arrd. at Falmouth.
-LtisapooL, Dsc. 31.—Her Majesty's steamer Urgent, for
with th
JOSS of
here with th the mail of this morning, has put back, with
bowsprit, cutwater, &c., having been in contact
e TYowald steamer, from Belfast, which has arrived
damage to paddle-box, &c. The Washington,
lon.
`P lie
part of liP
66 , ;
from Baltimore to Belfast, was abandoned in lat. 37,
crew taken off by the R. F. Roper,_ of Philadelphia,
aheren. them transferred to the Royal Sovereign, arrived

YARMOUTH, DEC. SO.—The Dart, Watson, from Sunder-
land to Portsmouth, caught the ground on the Barber Sand
this morning, but was assisted off hi the afternoon, without
damage, aid Will proctui.