The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

tvitiiNEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS•
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
10,0.10 to 1'2,000 bales, at previous rates, the chief part
being American.
The Share market at Liverpool is in future to be closed
on Saturday.
There are not any late arrivals announced in the City
this morning.
It is very much indeed to be regretted that
supplies of all sorts of grain are with.
held. Prices of wheat, of barley, of flour, &c. 80.
have all again advanced to-day. There appears every
prospect that rates will be much higher still. As re-
spects barley and malt, we may remark that
the advance in the prices of ale and beer
by the whole of the brewers of the metropolis,
and, of course, by the publicans is not at all relished.
For the last three seasons we are assured the
price of hops and malt have been all in favour
of the large firms referred to, but these prices were
kept as they were. Now a rise has occurred, very rapid
means have been taken to enhance the price of the be-
verage abOut 25 per cent.
The circular of Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of
Manchester, noticed by us on Saturday, has a talented
statement, of singular importance and interest, demon•
strating the injuries committed by the late speculations
in Cotton upon the manufacturers and spinners. By the
expose of the operations of one mill the loss per annum
is set down (the present prices of Cotton being taken)
at 4,9591. 7s. 6d., and this too, only upon the manufac-
ture of eight descriptions of goods. Probably we DAY
find space to give this unique document entire.
Consols for the Account have been firm this morning
at 94, and for the Three per Cent. Reduced at 94. The
New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents, are at 951 Bank
Stock is at 205:k to 206, and Exchequer-bills are at U.
to Ils. premium.
Very few bargains have bean made ii the Foreign
Stocks this morning. The Equador Bonds are at 311%
the Mexicans at 25 for the Account, and the Belgian'
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 521.
In the Railway Share and Scrip Market the business
transacted to-day has not been of any- great interest.
The official quotations are annexed.
Burma FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 206 205% 206
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Jan. stb, Expire 1860 9 13-16 15-16
India Bonds 1,0001
Ditto under 1.0001
Consols for Opening 93% 94
exchequer Bills. I%d.
1,0001.
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE'O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 25
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 2% per Cent.
ITSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCIC
RAILWAYS. PAID. ran SHARI.
Aberdeen _ 25

Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 234....... to
Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% ••••••
Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 434 .. ..
Bit mingham and Gloucester.. 100
1)o. New (iss. at 7% die.).. 17% — -
Birmingnam & Oxford June-. 2
Birmingham, Vol., & Dudley 425. ... . 7%14 pto
Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 42s —
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 234 — ..... to ...-
Boston, Stamf , & Binning... 225.
Bristol and Exeter
Do~ New
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liverpool June-. 2% — to --
Buckinghamshire.. - p... to --
Caledonian -
Ditto, Half Shares -
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 -
Chester and Holyhead 27% ..... 25% to --
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... -
Clarence. lOO -
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 -
Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 -
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 -
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford l% to
Cornwall
..,.... to ~.....
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% -
Direct Northern Scrip.... . . ... 2%...... 24 to ...-
Direct Norwich 1 -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% 514%... to --
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% — to
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... -'
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 231i.. ... to ....-
Do. New l2/. 16s 7% pto ---
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 138.4 d —
Do., do N 0.2,61. 138.4 d... -
Do., York Extension 2 -
Eastern Union 4O — ...... to --
Ditto, Quarter Shares lO -
Do. Extension to Harwich 1% — ...... to --
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% — to --...
East, Lancashire
Ditto, New 5 — to ---
D 0.,( late Preston & Ormsk.) 5. ... ..

Do.; do., New Scrip -
East Lincolnshire ... 11, -
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214 — ...... tO ••••••
Edinburgh and Northern ... 12 h
Ditto, New......... .. . ....... 2%
Ditto, Newport .. ... ...... ..64 -
Ditto, ditto, New ~..... 1% — „,.... to
Edinburgh and Perth 3 -
Ely and Huntingdon ... - 12% _
..,.. to -
Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% -
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - -
Ditto, New -

Do. 14 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to
Goole, Doncaster Sheffid., &c. 2 ...... 290/23/, to
Great Eastern and Western... 2% — ...... to
Great Northern (London and
York Regd.) 21% 3% to --
Do. (Direct North. Regd.) 33/4 33c3 to 4
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% — • .... to
Great North of England 100 ......237
Ditto, New 5 — to -
Ditto, New -
Ditto, New ...... ... ".. . 1% — ' .....to—
Great Western B5 — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
~ Do.:New
Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .. ... ...... to n-..
Di tte, Extension
[Hull and Selby - 50 lOB ... .. to 107%
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ditto, Half Shares

Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 14
_ Do. do. and Norwich

Lancaster and Carlisle
Do. New
Leeds and Bradford
Leizester and Bedford l6s. —
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 221/2 — -
Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... 21,4 — to
Ditto, Extension (Green).. 21h —
Leeds and Tbirsk ........ .. . ... 171/2 —
Ditto, New . ... .. 5 . ....
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... -
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 21.4 21,4%. . to ..-•
London k Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d
Do. New ~
Do. Extension 7% to

Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated 1. iiths.. 40

Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... 14
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... -
Londoc and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
~,,,Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to
London and North Western..loo ......200 199... to 201
Do. Quarter Shares -
. Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ... G. J. 5
Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8 — to
Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... 77 to --,
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . ....
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 5
Do_ 101 M. id B. (C.) -1,./

00.. .. ... -.. any , .., 1
London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 1%. to
London and S. Western.... 414 6s 10d 65 ..... to --
Do.NewconsolidatedBths.. 40
Ditto New .... .. 2214...... 27
Do. New .... .... .. .. 18
Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5% to
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Scrip ..
Ditto ditto 4 ..... 4%54... W
London and York 2% ali.... to
Ditto Extension
London, Salisbury, Sc Yeovil 2i.A.
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 — to
Lynn anti Ely - ..... to
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds B2 .....

Ditto Half Shares .... 38 ...... ...... to --
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths 5
.
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 614 8%...... to
Do. Extension
_ . —

Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24
Do., d0., Fifths
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425.
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland 100 1301..... to —.
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Ditto, New
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .....108
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15
Newcastle and Berwick - ...... to
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......

Newmarket and Cheaterford 5 -

Newport and Abergavenny. . 2%......
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
storfolk
Do. Half Shares
Di tto Extension -

--
. Do. &rip, 1847, N. of Norflk — -
to --
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Northern Counties Union .... 2%
North British
Ditto Hal( Shares, -
Do. Quarters IIA — ... .. to
Ditto, Extension % l% to
Ditto Thirds .... 1 ..-.. 3YB to 4
Northern and Eastern 5O -

Ditto Serip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 50
Ditto Quarter Shares -
Ditto New
.. to

NjiihStaffordshire
9VA••• to
North Wales 3l/4 to --
North. 81, South. Connecting 2N. -

North Western - -
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- -

verhanipton .... 1714.. ... 13
Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1%..,." -
Portsmouth Direct - to
Preston and Wyre
Ditto, Half Stuges- • - -61/4..;... .... ...1 to •-• •