The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-17 00:00:00

STATE SECURITIES.

Kentacky, 6 per cent. 981 99
Ditto,.s per cent. ... . . ... 80 84
Illinois, 6 per cent. 1870 special ... ... 38 381
Indiana Bonds.. ... ... 35 36
Arkansas, 6 percent.... ... 35 38
Alabama, 5 per cent.... ... 59 59i
Pennsylvania, 5 per cent. ... ... 73f 73f
Maryland, 6 per cent. 86t 86
Ditto, sterlingl 74
Tennessee, 6 per cent. . . ... 97 100
Ditto, 5 per cent. ... 83 85

FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
Exchange on London ... Mt to 1101
on Paris ... ... 5.22 „ 5.25
PP on Amsterdam ... 40 „ 401
on Hamburgh 35i „ 36
PP on Bremen ... 78i „ 79

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
4,000 bales, of which 3,000 were American, and sold at
41d. to 6d. per lb. The market closed quietly, and at
steady rates. Railway Shares were rather dull, and
previous rates were barely supported.
The condition of the markets for the State Stocks of
America, is a matter of no small import here and oa the
Continent, where there are so many holders of those
" mis-called Securities." Upon this point we aro thus
advised in a paper that has this morning reached us from
New York.

" Prices of our best Stocks have fallen several per
cent. within the last few days. Government Sixes have
sold below par, and a great depreciation in all other se-
curities has been realised. This is the result of the con-
traction and stringency. in the money market. There is
nothing in the position of the general Government or the
States to create this decline. The financial affairs of
every state in the Union are daily improving, and the
General Government has nothing in the shape of a debt
likely to depreciate the market value of its stock as a
permanent investment. We have a debt of about fifty
millions of dollars, with a revenue rapidly increasing.
We have an income, over and above our ordinary annual
expenditure, large enough to pay the interest on a
public debt of two hundred millions of dollars. Eighteen
months of war have increased our debt oply twenty-
seven millions of dollars, and eighteen moutkhs more of
war would not add one-half of that amount to the
present debt. Our financial and commercial systents
are based upon the soundest principles, and while
we are in the midst of a war of invasion, every-
element of industry in every section of the Union is
in full activity, our commerce is rapidly increasing.
immigration continues to be uninterrupted, the sales of
' our public lands continues large, and the most healthy
, prosperity exists in every department of business.
Compared with this, what a spectacle Great Britain
presents to the commercial world. We are rich, and
she is poor—not only poor, but on the eve of a revolu-
tion, which may blot out some of her institutions, and de-
stroy many of her resources. We bold within our limits
the greatest and most important elements of wealth in
the world. Our cotton and corn will at all times com-
mand the precious metals of Europe, which will flow in
from the East, and while we hold possession of the
mines of Mexico, the precious metals will flow in from
the west in one steady, unbroken current. The effect
of this addition to our currency of gold and silver, must
be of the most favourable character. It will give us, in
the first place, a more valuable currency than we now
have, it will give us, in exchange for our products, the
only recognized evidence of wealth in all parts of the
world; it will• finally give us the power of regulating
the prices of our exports, both at home and abroad, and
give us a position in the commercial world never before
enjoyed. We have, heretofore, almost entirely depended
upon foreign countries for any material increase to the
national wealth. - Prices for our principal exporting
staples in our own markets have been regulated en-
tirely by foreign capitalists. We have been in their
power so much that they have been able at any ,time
to depreciate the value of our cotton crop millions of
dollars. Prices of breadstuffs have even been con
trolled by them, and we have suffered some inconve-
nience by being so dependent. The times have expe-
rienced a wonderful change."
The proceedings in Parliament last evening, relative
to the proposals of her Majesty's Ministers for the re-
moval of the Jewish disabilities, have been read 'with
deep interest in the City this morning. Numerous,
indeed, is the body of merchants and traders who, from
constant dealings with the Hebrews, can attest their
honourable feelings and conduct in grave matters of busi-
ness. It is most sanguinely hoped here that the elected
Hebrew will soon be allowed to take his seat in the
House of Commons.
The General Steam Navigation Company's mail
steamer, the Wilberforce, has just arrived from Hare-
burgh, having bullion on board of the value of about
7,4001.
There has been a heavy market for Consols for the
Account to-day, sales having been made at 85; after the
value was 1 per cent. higher. The Reduced Three per
Cent. Annuities have receded in the same proportion as
Consols. Exchequer-bills are firm at 7s. to 109. premium.
India Bonds have been taken at 15s. discount.
Mexican Bonds have fluctuated from 17i to 18, and are
now at the opening value. The Spanish Five per Cents.
are at 17 for Money and Time. In the other Forejgn
Stocks the dealings have been alight. .
There is not any change of importance to noticel
the market for the Railway Shares, but they are evi-
dently drooping still, and we anticipate no revival of
business this side of Christmas.

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ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 84% 85 84%
.843 A
New 314 per Cent. Anns B6Y/8% '86%
Long Anna. to expire Jan.1860

Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... ...... 8% 8%
India bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001..
Consols for Account 851,4% 85 85%
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
5001. ..... B7 10 p
Small

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O'CLOCK

RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Ditto, Small
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..."
Ditto
.3 Der Cent .. 50

10p
lOp
14p

CLOSINt,
PRICES.
80

Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 543/4 , 54%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto. Account 17% 18 173/ 173/
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3O 29%% 2944
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 87% 88
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 55
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 84% 85
riclcEts OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES r"`", 'AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%..,...
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% -
Belfast & County Down 10
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 133/4.... ..•.
Birming.,Wolverlepton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 734
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire 101. 4s. —
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares 33/4
Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ......
Cheater and Holyhead... 37%
Ditto, Preference .. 8
Clarence 7B
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ......
Do. Government Loan, _ _

4 per Cent. lO
Dublin and Belfast June. 20
Dundalk & Enniskillen 15
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... .........

Do., 181., E. & H.... 18

Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 2
Eastern Counties
Ditto (B) 2O es,. ".• wise. e ' ~....
Ditto,Extension, 5 per ',:. ~, •
Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... par 1/4 p ..... ..:. % p
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... ! % dis 54, dis
Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... -
Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... 501,E 50
—,.
D0., Quarters
Do., New 23
&stern Union , 5O
..
... —.. ... ........ ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/
Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4d ......
Do., (guar. 6 per cent) ......
East Lancashire
Ditto. New -
Ditto, New Quarters... 34' ..... —ll2
.... ..
..
-.-..
East Lincolnshire ...... 12%......4162%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares ... 15 - ............... —.
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121 --- ............... _.
Edinburgh &Northern.. 22
...
.....
New VA
Ditto, ......... .... .....
Ditto, Newp0rt........ 9ti ......
Ditto, ditto, New • .... 24 —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% 3/
............... .....
Ditto, New • .. 2% %
—..
Glasgow Dumfries, and
Carlisle B/. 65.8 d ... .. —.
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... _
Ditto, New .. 40
Do. Preference Consol. 121..,,,
Great Northern 10%...... —
Do., London and York 2 ii,:.
,•,•• ..•
Great South. and West.

. _ _
(Ireland) ....
35 '
Great North of England..loo - •• —
—"Ditto, New 401 5
Ditto, New 30/. 30
Ditto, New 15/ 1... 6%
Great Western........ 85
Ditto, % Shares ..... ... 50
Ditto, IA Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O —
Ditto, New 171
fludderafield & blanches. 22
Ditto, Thirds ...
Rail and Selby
Ditto, lialt Shares.... 25

Ditto' IA Shares..... 12%
4pawich64 Bury St. Edna. 15
Do., •, do and Norwich 15

Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2%....••
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ......
Ditto, Thirds lO ......
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ......
Ditto, ditto
Ditto % Shares . ... 38 -
Do. Quarter Shares.— 14% — , _
Do. Fifths ..... ......... • 8 `— it &
Do. Sixteenths; 614 •— -

Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4s.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and ShefT) 33
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract.& Goole
Do. (W.RidingUnion) 4/.2s 2% dis. 2% i ds.
Do. (Preston &Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A) 9
--
Ditto ditto (B) ... 1.14
Leeds and Bradford 5O - 91% O2

Leicester and Bedfard... 16s.

Leeds Dewsbury, &c.... 37%

Do., Branch Skares 12 E/2
...
-
Do. New Branch( blue) VA -
Do. Extension (green) 214.. ... --Do. NewExten. (pink) VAL -- .... .......... . ;
Leeds and Thirsk 36 ...... 20

Ditto, New 20

Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. av, — ..... .".... -
Liverpool, Crosby and . ...-
South ih .... •••••••••• 2 ••••
Liverp., Mnchstr& New- , 11
castle Junction 2%...... -- •••
London and Black wa11..16/. 13& 4d. .........•• ..• I
Do. New, No. 1 - • ..... •••• ... r
'~Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/ l3B. 4d.... --
Do. Extension 17;4 -- ...... ......... a&
London, Brighton, and

South Coast ......... 50
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30

- 40.

423

_
....-
Do. Cuarant. 5 per et. 9 ' ......, _ .....,
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ...... ... .„,......... "
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 -- ..... . .. ' •-•
81,4
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d 8 ..•
Ditto, Preference ...18/1;59d... -- ..,,
London and N. Wester* 100 ......150 152....• . la
Do., Quartets L. &B. 17
Do.„ cio., New
2
2
Ditto Fifths ......2
Do. 4 Shares (G. J.) 25
Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 — . .,-.:-.
Do. 404 (M. & B.) ... 40 -
„
Do. 101. (M.'& B.) A. 71,4 — ... ....... .. .. . ' -•"''',/_
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7%. -_ :: ..... ~a.....1y5 ,- OM
't(

Do. 1/411. & B.) C. 1 .......'-- .... .... -.....;11 --'","'",:a
Wm!. & &Western 41/. 61. 8d...... 53% 52% .....-.-^-I,P
Do. New! ConsoL Bths 40 „...._..- • ....•
.
• -
Do. New 80/. ... ..... 32%.. ••. . . .••7
Do. New 401. .. 26 -• 4'''
Do. Tenths (Cunsol.) 50. - ............. ~
Ditto ditto ...... .... 40 -• ~ •
Ditto, Thirds 61.135, 4d.... '"1 % % die....... 1% al's
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .. . ... ... ........, 1%...... -
Londonderry 27% - ....... :
Londonderry and Ennis- • •••
killen ••• ........ ••• 23%...,.. .... ••• 8•••• •••,.. . ' II".
Manchester•Burton,and . , . . -
Mat10ck...........:...... 3 ...... —• •....• ••...... ....
Manchester, Sheffield,
•and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ......
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. .3)... 7% --• .....r.•.....•
•
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 '.. ......••• .. • .
• .....
Ditto ditto . ....-... 7 - ;...............
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and ;•••••••
Lincolnshire 7%... ..... -- ...• ..•
-7-
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 . .
lildand lOO lOB 1071,4 105... 10
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
Do. 401. Shares
Do. iO/. Shares lO -
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midland Consol. Brist. &
,- -,i...•
Binning., 6 per cent. 100
Midlnd, Brmt. &Glocstr. 34 - ..... ..••••• ••;. . ...-
Ditto, ditto 71.9s — •••••.••• .....
.. ...-
Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan-

nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo -
Midland Great Western

__
Irish __.
35. A;
I; eircastleand Carlisle...loo - willo ... .
. ' ....4
Do. Quarters
Newmrket& Chesterforel 18% —
Do. Extension
..,
Newport, Abergavenny, ' ' -
•
and Hereford 6 .•••••
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry,. Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor .. 12% — ".,,, ...... .....• "".
• ....
Norfolk ... 100 -, .
....
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension:
Do. Scrip, 1847orth
of Norfolk 2
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
.
Northern Counties Union 4 —
, N
....
....
North British ... .... ... 25 ......
Do. Half Shares 124...... 11% . 4%
Do. Quarters 4N/4 4% h.....
....
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds
Nort' Staffordshire "A••••.. 7 iii 7 ......
....i
North,Wales
0....
North Western 6 - •••• ..... .
Oxford, Worcester, and
.....,
Wolverhampton ...... 85 ...
Reading, Guildford, and
....
Reigate - — ...
.....
Royston and Hitchin ... IA — ..• ....... .••
Scottish Central
17% • ...• ........
Ditto, New lO - ...... .• ••• ••
Sheffield, Rotherham,
...
and Goole ... 5

.....s. v..... ..
•.•••
Shrewsbury and Birnt. ..
.. 6
Ditto ditto, Class B. 3
•
Shrewsbury & Chester ,
(Nor. W. Min.) - ..•••••• ....
Ditto Halves ..• ditto 8 •••••• --- .. •••........• , "'".
Ditto Oswestry ..... 12
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref
Shrewsbury and Herald. 2
Shropshire Union
soutn Devon 4O
Do. Preference
South StaitOrdshire...... 4
South Eastern & DOTer. 33
Do., No. 1
Do., .Nc. 2. - ..... .... • ... ---
Do., No• 3 ."•••• •••.•• ;5 to." .... ....•
DO.. ' No. 4
South Wales
south Yorkshire, Don-

....
caster, and Lloole 2
..
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Still. C0a1.... 4 - ••• •••••• ••
0....
rare Vale Extension ... 4
Thames haven Dock
.....
and I:ailway .......... I7'/...••• ---
Vale of .Neath ... .. 4

....•
Waterford and Kilkenny 131 A......
Waterford and Limerick 40
A'aterld,Wxfid,Wicklw,
....
and Dublin -
....
West Cornwall 4 ... .. -...
....
W hitehayen & Furness 12
W' indsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 52s — ..............
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
.....
mouth
30 - •• •
York, Newcastle, and Wi
' Berwick.
Do. Original New and -90 s
Berwick .. ... 25 -
Do. North Shields Pur. 25
Do. Extension No. 1. 10
Do. do. No. 2......... 10 ....„ 12% i . 6%
Do. LI.N E.Preference 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Eid- . 261,4
1M ing Extension

FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Is%
Boulogne-and Amiens... 20 ...... 14A , ..... ~.
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14 .. -
..
~„..
Central of Spain ... .... 2
......
Ceylon
.....-
Demerara
.....
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and " ....
Madras
....
Dutch Rhenish 7 ~•••• - ••.»•••.......
....
East Indian ... ..... .... 114 — .
...,
Great Indian Peninsular bs.
Italian and Austrian.... 4 .....
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Louvain it la Sambre ... 7 ... • --..
....
Luxembourg. ..... .... .. 6 - .. •••.••••• •• ....
Lyons and Avignon 5 '
...8
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... ..
Namur aid Liege ~ . ... .14 , — ...... ...... .. 11$
Northern of France...-. 10 ~.
Orleans and Bordeaux 6.- 5%% ...... ".... ~.
Ovor Yssel 4l3s 4d . ..•
Paris and Lyons ...... ... 10 ...... 614 404
Paris and Orleans 2O - 46% ..............•
~..
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 8 ..... 414 ..
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 • ....... ...... , , 714
Sambre and Meuse ..... 18 • ..... 7% ..... ••• ••• • :
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 -•
rours aid Nantes .... . 8 ' -- . 'w...••• .8.
Tournay, Jurbise, Lai- -
den, and Hasselt....... 16
West Flandersam...". 81rs - 1;81i%

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On the 9th 'inst., at the Terrace, Clapham, tht Jr;
the Rev. F. V. Thornton, Vicar of Bisham, of a daughA.— C.
On the 12th inet., at Cambridge, the wife of M.O.'''.
K. Bearcroft, Esq., of Queen's College, of a son. witiAre'
On the 13th inst., in Upper Gordon-street, Eustow—
the wife of J. Tibaldi, Esq., of a daughter. ths Wiil
On the 13th inst., at Bedford-place, Clapham-rise,
of the Rev. J. H. Pollexfen, of a daughter. odie6
On the 15th of October, 1847, at Jullundur, East suiet
the wife of Major Henry Palmer, 48th Regiment N. LP "--..
of Brigade, of a son.
On the 7th inst., at Priory-terrace, Dover, the wife °f ill.
Rev. T. B. W. Briggs, of a son.
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MARRIED.
On the 6th inst., at St. Michael's, Pimlico, 6r.,/..goef
Ramsden, Esq., Royal Navy, to Maria, youngest dough'''.
Robert Ramball, E. 10120
On the 13th instsq., at St. Botoiph, Aldersgate, ss
Sewell, of Charterhouse-square, to Mary, widow of the is
Mr. James Moore, of Carthusian-street. homy
On the Bth inst., at Holbeach, Lincolnshire, Vol"—
Or'
Prentice, Esq., of Armagh, Ireland, to Mary, only survi/
daughter of J. Johnson, Esq., of the former place.
mti eond
On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, of
daughter of Roger Hudson Devereux Sturkef,
Vachwen, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, to James
Es 3., of Queen-street, Cheapside, London. ft•
n the 13th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square,
Grieve, B.mq., of Kilburn, Middlesex, to Eliza Johanna, 012'd
daughter of the late Joseph Lowe, Esq.

DIED. Donald
Hr. On the 13th inst., at the Aird, near Inverness, —l'
M‘Gregor, better known as The Griogalaeh Mor.
On the 13th inst., in Southampton-row, Aasaell qOO4
MrOn. John
14Cambell, aed 63.
the 4th inst., agt Hampstead, John Italics:Pak' Fl 4
M.D., aged 69. of Gel
On the 14th inst., Gillery P. F. Drake, only son
Pigott, Esq., barrister-at-law. edB2
On the 14th inst., in Cork-street,Robert Hall, Esq., ag.T.mo
On the 14th inat., at Devonport-street, Hyde-park, "
Richard Bolton, Esq., aged 84.

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