The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW 63.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather
dull. Bahia was id. per lb. lower. In AmPriem and
Surat there was no change. Sales, 4,000 bales. Railway
Shares were rather better. There was less stock offer-
ing, and more inquiry,
At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of railway shares,
yesterday, although prices were rather lower, yet there
was a good demand for shares. We subjoin a few of
the quotations:—
Leicester &Bedford,Exchange Certificate £0 12 6
North Staffordshire
Eastern Counties ..........•...
Boston. Stamford.and Birmingham. ..... 317 6
Leeds and Thirsk l9 0 0
North British, Quarters
Eastern Counties. York Extension 7 14 0
Caledonian, Halves
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 0 12 6
London and Blackwell, No. 1

The Bank of England has just reduced the ?minimum
rate of discount to 5 per cent. upon bills of exchange.
Excheituer• bills, &c.
A brief statement was made under this head yester-
day of the meeting of the creditors of the largest of
colonial brokers, Messrs. Trueman and Cook. The
full report of this suspension has been read with great
interest by all merchants and others in trade this morn-
ing. As stated yesterday, the period over which the
instalments are to be made extends to April 1849, but
15s, of the amount will be liquidated next year. The
accounts were passed, and the resolutions offered to the
consideration of the meeting were unanimously adopted.
We are without any private colonial accounts today.
The Speech of the President of the United States on
the opening of Congres is looked for almost daily. It is
not expected that any matters of importance will be
contained in it that may tend to damage our com-
mercial or political relations with the Union, and
in this respect there is. a gratifying contrast to for.
mer years, when the Maine, the Oregon, and other
questions were exciting topics. And yet here we are in
this year of 1848, as good friends as ever, and, not one
jot the worse off—far better, Indeed, we might safely
assert—than if we had resorted to the " last argument"
of man, instead of appealing to common sense and
justice.

The mail steamer from the West Indies is still due.

At a meeting of the Canada Company now being held,
the report of the directors was satisfactory as to the
progress made of improvement and settlement in the
Upper Provinces, especially in the Huron tract. The
emigration, especially from Ireland, had been very
large, but not productive, as so much ill health had
prevailed. The company had sold and leased this year,
up to the 24th of November last, 101,995 acres. A divi-
dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for the half-
year was agreed to.
The Public Securities have been very steady this
morning, and there was some buoyancy in anticipation
that the Bank of England would lower its minimum rate
of discount. Console have alternated from 85} to 851
for the January account. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have been 86 to if, and the Reduced
Three per Cents. 8q to 85. Exchequer. hills have
been 9s. and I Is. premium. Bank Stock is 1861 to 188.
In the Foreign Markets the dealings have been very
limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 184, and
the Three per Cents. 301.. Portuguese Four per Cents.
are 22 to 23. Brazil Stock has been 79 to 81, and Mexi-
can Bocds are at about 171 to 18. Dutch Two-and-a
Half per Cents. are 56.
Railway Shares have been quiet, but rather firmer,
especially the French lines.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.) _
_ _

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 84% 85 84
New 314 per cent. Anis. 8614
Long Annuities, Exp. Jim. sth, 1860 8 9-18
India Bonds under 1,0001...... ....... 11 dis
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities 82%
Consols for Account .
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
500/.
Small ... 14 10p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 18,4
Ditto 3 per Cent 3Oll
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21A per Cent., 12 Guild 66
Ditto 4 Der Cent4Certificates

BUSINESS DONS IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia Seuzz.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — ...... to —.-
Ayrshire and Galloway -
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingham Ss Oxford June... 20
Birmingham, WoL,& Dudley 10 ...
Binning., Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.. 7% — ...... to
Boston, Storni, & Birming... 5 -
Bristol and Exeter -
Do Thirds

Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 37% .....
Ditto, Preference 8
Clarence.
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Got. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ......
East Anglia, 251.& L. , E.
and L. &D. ... 25 ......
Ditto, 181.,E. kLI l6 . ....
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 2
Eastern Counties .....
.
Ditto, ditto (B) .20 . ....
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... par
Do., do ...N0.2,61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 124...
Do., New
Eastern Union. 5O

Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 121,E —
Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13a. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ...
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire 12%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — ...... to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 —
Edinburgh and Northern ... 221,4 ...... -
Ditto, New g% —. ...... to
Ditto, New port 9'4 — ...... to
Ditto, ditto, New 2 % — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2.?, --...... to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 61.8 d... ..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. % Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% .— — ..... to
Great Northern lO% 414..... to
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ..... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35
Great North of England 100 .226
Ditto, New 401 5

Ditto; New 30/ ... 30_ ... to

Ditto, New 151...............
_6l/2...... . ... to

Great Western 8
113: ......
tttooo
64
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares l6
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171
Huddersfield and Manchester 22 ..
Ditte, Thirds

Hull and Selby 5O ...... 99 ...... to
Ditto, Half Shares -
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% — to
Ipswich & Burs- St. Edmunds 15
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 2% — ...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds lO ......
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto kialf Shares
Ditto Quarters 14% to
Ditto Fifths 8
Ditto Sixteenths ..-....... 614...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 104 4.5 --to
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 34
Do. (Rudders. and She.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 47%
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2e.....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ......
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (B) PA ..... 1% to
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... .. ... to
Leicester and Bedford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 37% to
Do., Branch % Shares 1214 — to
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — ' to
Ditto. Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Eaten. (pink)... 21% — ...... to
Leeds and Think .......«..... 36
Ditto, New ..... ..... .. 20 . ....
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%.....
Liverpool. Crosby, and Sont h-

port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junct.on. ...... ... 2% — to
London 6; Blackwall...l6/. 138. 4d.......
Ditto New, No. 1,. -
Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... . .... to
Do. Extension
Load., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 .....
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ......
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference 181,17s 2d... ...... to
London and North Western..loo 147 148... to 14114
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17 -
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths

Do. Quarters ......... G. J. 25
Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 15 . ..... ...... to
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 71,x.
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) ...... to
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 .... 43,4 to
London and S. Western.... 41.. 638 d...
Do.NewConsolidatABths. 40 ...... 37% to
Ditto New 50/....... . ..... .
to
Ditto New 401. • 26 ......
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto,Thirdi ..61.18x. ...."to "n"