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

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at, Liverpool yesterday was more
*dactive. Sales, 12,000 to 15,000 bales, at an advance of
.to 4d. per lb. coe-rared with last week. Shares ere
steady, but rather quie wt.
The accoui:.is received yesterday by the Caledonia
steamer from the United States and Canada do not
Ilutice the entire tern illation of the trading season, be-
eauee the canals had re opened, and afforded a tempo-
,fir3' oPportuto itity of bringing down further supplies.
oere seems be nothing against an active trade next
ear between England and America, although the
balance probably will be against us, the exchange al- ,
rendY 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-
tht r-emes in price and the still greater uncertainty that
on. period existed, whether our supply of
lather was to be excessively limited, owing to the
luinaurscuhalarildipril, or abundant without parallel, as proves
extraordinary drought that prevailed in
to be
t and he case, and, perhaps, in no one year has the un-
etettainty of the trade, generally, been more signally
bianifesteci 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,lY to about a re;.',.iion in the article of freight an-
-4'
01-4- That si.leta a trade should be underrated by
When
rIY in the mother 'ountry is not to be wondered at,
her -early contend England would be better without
shot eoknies, but th - extent of this one branch ou.ght• to
them the value of the connexion—to say-Imthing
of th_
traportance Canada is assuming as one of the few
ti`"4llportant granaries that is uncontrolled by foreign in-
Itenc arrival from the Cape of Good Hope brings us in-
"Tieence of October 24. There were continued skir-
utalshes between the Kafirs and the troops, with loss
both sides, but the former were nearly exhausted
w their means, and as a large quantity of
offfirna and beasts of burden, under the management
eputy
by sea its Commissary- General Palmer, had been sent
near as possible to the scene of action, the
:6!,r.Could be more actively prosecuted. As much as
rU..I had been paid previously for the hire of # waggon
4w"letar Graham
e
'a Town to Fort Beaufort, where provisions
exceedingly
'scarce. The heavy rains that had
a ti would restore verdure to the ground, although for
f t" they retarded the movements of the British
l
• oreebeali s• Waterloo Bay appears to be too dangerous a
ty for the t ending of stores.
A most satisfactory report was made at the half-yearly
general meeting of the London Dock Company, held this
1"Iling at the Dock House, Prince's street, Bank. The
])" c‘ ,",..titY of loaded ships which entered the London
a during the six months, to the 30th November
IstftSt, Was 7„ ; Same"o tonnage, 131,196 tons. Sae
ltiiiffe-
ha,oe Year, 731 ; 168,553 tens. Earnings this a
--'Year, 209,1661 ss. 5.1.; last year, same time,
209,0941. Bs. 6d. Expenditure last half-year, 118,1871.
!I• 7d.; same time last year, 110,8551. Bs. 9d. The in-
" Lome 'has exceeded the expenditure the last half-year
,"Y 90,971 d. ls. lod. A dividend of 23 per ceat, for the
half year was proposed 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-
'll.3', and there appears still to be an impression that
Money is getting tighter. The best test will be, how-
"er, 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 93i j for Account, and the New
Three-and-a• Quarter per Cent:. 951 Bank Stock
has been quoted 205. Exchequer-bills are worth 6s. to
a. pretnium.
The Foreign Investments have been generally very
dull again to-day. The Peninsular Bonds are merely
Twoj nominal. Mexican have been up to 241 Dutch
-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
or tw
taffordshire, South-Eastern, Rouen and Havre, and one
o others.

CLOSING
:5E
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'cOLOCK. PRICES.
205
NIA Stock ... ..... .... ........... .205
94
4 per Cent. Reduced Anna— .....• 933 i 94
951,4
New 314 per Cent. Annuities ...... 514
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 991 3-16 16-16 9 105,1 6
Bank Stock for Account ... .... ...
Consols for Opening .........•....... . ........... 93%3A
293 N
eq uer
Exch Bills, 1000/.1%d. ... 69 6 6
Ditto,
Ditto
5ta11.................... .
p
6 9 6 P
9P
.............. ..
CLOSING
03TE
PRICES
PRICES OF FOREIGN rUNDS. o'cLoclE
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
243iDitto, Al.ccount 2434%
111%
Russian Bonds ........... ... . ...... 111%
Diridends on the above payable iu London.
Dutch 21,E per Cent. .
9''3*A•
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates ,n
5914 ex div a
931,1 93
PRIcEs or
ES P--A---y, RuslNEss DONE CLOSII:i'G
X4ILWAY MUR• AT Oh E cycLocs.. PRlcls
Aberdeen .............. .. 25
Amber., Nott Boston,
3 ex int.
and Eastern Junction 2%....., 27-ii x. tut &match, Coleraine, and
_
.., Portrush ................. . 1%
iselfast & County Down 4:,4 ... •
..Birtninghain and Dudley 425. ... .. 71,4 P• •—• '-- 71,ii P
1281/2
zirrnin. and Gloucester•.100 1291 1284
321,4
Date New ..... . ...... . 171,4 32'4 ***
....
.....
Birmingham and. . Os-
-11%
ford Junction 2
o. 11% 12
Birkenhead, LanCa-s.h.lr.'
and Cheshire June.... 2%
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. 3A 7ii P
Bristol and Exeter ..... 75
Ditto, New .......... 5
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ••
Bristol and Liver. 21,,Z • •
Buckinghamshire June..
84s.
Ualedonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 21,4 2/6. . ......
Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 ......
Chester and Holyhead... 271,-2 233A
••• ..•
Churnet and 81ythe...... 2
••••—•
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clarence lOO
Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class,—
._ 5"-, G - -

per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent . .......... 10 ...
Cork and Killarney
... 2% ..
Cork and Waterford ..• lii„ ....
Cornwall
....
Ditto, Half Shares
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% —
Direct Northern Scrip.. 3
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 121
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Comities 141. 16s .... . 22% 23%
Ditto New l2/ 165 7'3i P . '4'/, p't
Ditto Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1. 6/.135. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... N p
Do., York Extensio.. 2
EastDerelfai andNoecnh 1 .....
Eastern Union
•
Ditto, Quarter Shares 10
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17i .
Do., Carob. and Ely.. 2%
East Lancashire
Ditto. New ~.
......... .. 5 .. ...
'"Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormakirk)... .. 5
ti irw Scrip... 14
East Lincolnshire
.. • • I !.. ...
East & West of England I A ......
-
East
and Glaago yr 50 .....- 78
Ditto Half Shares ... 10 ......
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 194... .....
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% ...... ---
Edinburgl_s and Perth... 3 ....•
Ely and Huntingdon ... 121 ' -.... 14 .. . ,
Enniskillen and Sligo ..- 2 i ...... -....
Exeter,Yeevil,& Dorset 2 ..... -
Durafriek azd
Glasgow, ............. 5 ..... ..., ...........
Glasgow, Kilmer., N Ayr 50
••"'...
...... .. ...
Ditto, New
........... 15 Do., 4 Sharee (5 . ..... ...... ..
per

Goolecent. guar.) ......... 12% ...... ..............
Great, Doncaste_r,_ kr,. .. 2 ...... 2% %. ......... 2%
Eastern &Western 2%...... ....... ••••
Great 'Northern (London
and York Regd. )...... 21,i.. ... 2%% ............ 3
Do. (Direct Northern
Regd.) ... • ... 3% ...... 3%11 ......... ... 371
Groat south. au t West.
Great( Irelnda
1um...'..... ...... 27% ... ••• ............
r . .21/ ...
...... .• .......
Great North of Scotland 21/1 ....., ...............
GreatNorthof England...loo
...... _
..
.. _
Ditto New ............... 5
.... _
.....
...... :
..
......
Ditto, New ... ........ 15 . ...
...... ...
..............
....
Ditto. New
Great Western B5 . I'3 133
r„., ..... u ...............
Ditto Shams ." ...... 77 ............ 77
Ditto Shares lO ...... 181/. . 18%
20 ...... —.. •
' .. ' .....
...............
Ditto fifths
Ditto, New . , 2 ...... 71,‘1L
__
iis /4•• ......
Huddersfield & Uanches. 13 ...... --
.........
...
..
_7%
3
Ditto, Extension
Hull and Selby ............
50
.half Shares
Dto 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 .•••-• ...............
Do., do:, and Norwich 5
67% ........... ... 67%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
Leeds and Bradford
_ ............ ......
..
Leiceeter and Bedfsrd... 16s.
..... ...
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% —•• ......
....
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ...... .
Do.Extension(Green) *2.• •••
---
Leeds and Thirsk. ll,
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,,'2 SIA
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport.— ......... 2
' .....
6
IdiverP., Dinchstr& New
4
Castle Juncti0n......... 21,4.
L'Andon and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4 d Bk/2
Do. New
...............•
.. ~ ...... .... ••• _
Ditto Extension ~.... 7 % .......
London, Brighton, aid
Sputh Coast.
llitto, Fifth 5........... 50 .. .. 59di _
5914
......... 40 D
Lo• Consol. Eighths.. 10 .....
e. Gnarant. 5 per ct. 9
•• •. ••• ondonandGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d — ••••
••
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d
-
London, Hounilow, a.nd
Western ...... ...... ... 2

London and N. Westeraloo ......
Po. Quarters .. 2 --
Do.. no., New
Ditto Fifths
Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 5
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 8 —
Do. 40/. (M. & B. —. 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 ......
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5
Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1
_ _

London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham
Lond. & &Western 411 6a 10d 64 63%
Do. New Consul Bths 40
Do. New
Do. New
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4
London and York 2% 3% • •••
Do. Extension
London, Salisbury, and
-
Londonderry& Coleraine, 15 -
Londonderry and Ennis-
„ killer l5
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l5
Manchester and Leeds 82 llO,-j llO%
Ditto % Shares . ... 38
Do. Quarters l2 ..... 1714 1714
Do. Fifths ..... ... 3 . .. 11% ll3/
A
Do. Sixteenths 6
Do. Extension 42s. 1%% p••••• ... 1% p
Do. Lrrerp. and Bury 24
Do. do. Fifths -
Mansliester,Buxton,and
Matlock 42.4 VAIN p l% p
Manchest. &Southtumpt. 2 ...... 2 1% 2
Midland lOO l3l 130 l3O

Do. Fifths
Do. New
Ditto, New
Do, firm., and Derbyloo
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle aid Berw►ck 20
Do. North Shields ... 25
Newcastleand Carlisle...100
Newmrliet&Chesterfrd 5
NewportecAbergayeany 2%......
Newry and Enniskillen 7

Newry, Warrenpoint,
anit Roßtrevor

Norfolk .......... ....... ...ADO l2B .... ... ......
Ditto Half Shares .. 9

Do. Extension
•••• 0000000 ...•
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk —
Do. do. Waveney Val.
Northern Counties Union 2% l%,
.14
North British . ....... ... 25 ...... UN••• —••••—•
Do. Half Shares . ll ........ 144
Do. Quarters
Do. Extension ',v.-- IS
Ditto Thirds
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (lead. 5 dia.) 50
Do. Quarter Shares... 121/i
Do. .New
North Staffordshire i ...... 91,* !4
North Wales
Northern and Southern _ .

-- ---
Connecting
North Western 2th —
_

Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton IN
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Portsmouth Direct 33,4 . . 4%
Prestowand Wyre
Do. % Shares

Readiiii, Guildford, and
Reigate 3/. 12s.
Richmond
Royston and Mellen ...
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 12%

Sheffield & Manchester 100 '
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Do.LincolnshireJunc. 114......
Do. & Great Grimsby. 10
Do. do. Extension 425. .... ...... ....
Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 5141,4 5Wg
Ditto ditto, Class B. 114
Shropsiire Union
South Devon
SouthStaffordshireJtmc. 214 3,i
South Eastern & Dover. 33 q; 414014 ......... 40%

Do., No. 1 2o—
Do., Ne. 2.
Do., No. 3 - •••• •• •• ••••
Do~ No. 4
St.Alban's, Hatfield,and
Hertford Junction ... 425. — ........ ....•
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2%
South Wales ..... ...... ... 5
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 3
Vale of Neath .. .. 2

Wakefield, Pontefract. &
Goole

Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . ,
Waterford and Limerick 27%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, aterford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ..... 2
W'olsh Midland
West Riding Union 42s. 214%
West Cornwall ...... 2 .
Wexford and Carlow ... 31,4 —
Wilts, Somerset, 6; Wey-
mouth

......
2% p

York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. ... 381/2 3Bl/2
Ditto New S ... .. 121/2 12%
Do. Preference
ork and North Midland 50
Ditto 1/ 5hare5........ 25
Do. Selby
Do. Extensioa
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and NV est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWATS.

Anglo-Belgian 4
Barbadoes 1 ......
Belgian Eastern Junctn

Botilogas and Amiens... 18 I
Bordeaux & Mediterrau. 2
Bordeaux,Toolouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. -
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk,andWest

Flanders
Calcutta aid Diamond
Harbour ........................
Callao, Luna, and Pacific
Coast 1 .• • - • • .........
Central of Spain ... . 2
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendra Valley ...... .. 4 ......
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 6
East Indian ... ss. lia
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Western Bengal... 55.
Great We,sternCanada..• 314
Italian and Austrian. ... 4
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 .•....-.. ..... •
Jersey ...... . ....... 1
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ...
Luxembourg...—. .• 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
Madras 1

Madras. Nellore, and
Arcot %
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... ..
Mauritius ..
Namur and Liege
Nn of France Constituted 8
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6
Over Yssel 4135 4d
Paris &Lyons Constituted 8
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... .........
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantis .....
Tours and Nantes Con-
stituted .............. 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Haaselt....... 8
Trinidad
West Flanders ...... .... 6
MINES.
1 Real del Monte UnreLd.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DIY.)
LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze, and hazy.
Orr PILL, DEC. 30.—Devendia, Batavia, for Bristol.
LivzftrooL, DEC. 31.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Royal Sove-
reign, Callao ; Rimac, Mountain, Valparaiso ; Hibbert, Monte
Video; ALglesea, 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 ; Arethusa, Kelly, Quebec ; Ouzel Galley,
Clarke, Quebec; Helen, Hicks, Cluebec ; British American,
Quebec ; Flora, Montreal ; Young Queen, 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 CIIOO, Quebec; Emanuel, Quebec; Ca-
pricorn, Montreal.
GALWAY, DEC. 27.—Arrd. Manchester, Tyler, New York.
HARTLEPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind N. to N. N.W.—Arrol. Ma-
zeppa, Bambro, Miramichi.
HULL, DEC. 30.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Pallas, Leekee,
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., line.—Arrd. her
Majesty's ship Samarang, East Indies. Off port, Prince Al-
bert, Sebor, New York.
COWES, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Emma, Jorgenson, llavannah.
OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 31.—Her Majesty's ship
Daphne, South America.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The Siren, of Sunderland, from
Kertch to Falmouth. was passed abandoned, leaky, and with
loss of bulwarks, stanchions, &e., previously to the 24th
met, by the Duchess of Leinster, Renfree, and. at Falmouth.
Livartpoor., Dzc. 31.—Her Majesty's steamer Urgent, for
Dublin, with the mail of this morning, has put back, with
loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c., having been in contact
with the Tynwald steamer, from Belfast, which has arrived
here. with damage to paddle-box, &a The Washington,
;WYbe, from Baltimore to Belfast, was abandoned in lat. 37,
and 66; part of them transferred to the Royal Sovereign, arrived
YA:csiourtr, DEC. 80.—The Dart, Watson, from Sunder-
landt to Portsmouth, caught the ground on the Barber Sand
Is morning, but was assisted off in the afternoon, without
damage, and will proceed.
CLYEE, DEC. 30.—Wind W.—Arrd. Chevalier Leitch,
i• emerara ; Mary, Frame, Montreal ; Derby, Montreal.
TORaAY, DEc. 31.—Wind E.—Acrd. Clarissa, Daniel,
Bahia for Havre. Off port, Indus, Brown, Quebec.
OFF SALCOMUE, Dec. 30.—Wind E.—Jswei Duncan,
England, Havatnab,