The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

George Twig, Esq.,
Thomas PUrYis, Esq..
U. 10. !loupe!,

S Ny FEBRUARY 1847.

PRICE SD.

par; and China continues firm, at 208 rs. to 210 rs. per 103
dollars.
Bank Shares are as follow:
Bank of Bombay ..... Its 39 to 40 per cent. premium.
Oriental Bank, Old Shares „ 29
Do. a). New d 0.... „ 25
Agra Bank „ 50 Exclusive of the bonus divi-
sible on 30th June, 1847, of 40
rs. per share.
Commercial Bank, 10 per cent.
l'arcE
Sovereigns, each .. .. 11s 11 2 0
Bank of England notes, ~ 10 8 0

CALCUTTA MONEY-MATZKET.
CALCUTTA, JAN. 7.
1 Our money market is more live!y than at the date of our
act overland summary.
Government securities are very steady, but with a ten-
dency to advance.
Exchange is brisk at 'Ad. at ten months' date. Com-
mercid matters generally are dull.

CHINA.
CANTON, DEC. 26, 1816.
Affairs, in a commercial point of view, are gloomy.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
From The Sun of last Night.
The Cotton Market was firmer at Liverpool yesterday, the
sales being 5,000 bales. Shares were rather flat again.
As far as we. can learn, the impression produced at Liver-
pool by the financial expose was tolerably favourablo.
The Overland Mail has arrived with letters from the In-
dian Presidencies and China. The political advices are of a
favourable tenour, and there was some activity in the export
market, while money was easier. In British manufactures
the transactions were not extensive.
There has been an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope
also, with intelligence to the 19th of December, inclusive,
from the frontier. The Kafir war was fast drawing to a
close, and Sandilla and limbala, two influential chiefs, had
submitted

A Quebec, contemporary, adverting to the Toronto mer-
chants, remarks that—" The annual report of the Toronto
Board of Trade expresses the views of most of the persons
engaged in trade in Upper Canada. We still think they,
ascribe too much influence to the navigation-laws in pro-
ducing high freights by the River St. Lawrence. The
difference of the rate at New York, Montreal, and
Quebec, at the close of the last season of navigation,
has been considerable. Like every other commodity, freights
are affected by the demand and the quantity in the marker.
The difference in favour of New York " generally" is to be
ascribed to these circumstances, and the costs and risks of
river navigation for 400 or 500 miles, and not, as asserted, to
a tax on the produce of Canada by the British Parliament in
favour of British shipping. If the Upper Canada merchants
find it more advantageous to deal with New York,
we can hardly expect that they will give a
preference to the St. Lawrence ; neither do we
blame the people of the United States for their efforts to
bring the trade their own way. They have done a great
deal by their canals and railways to the Great Lakes, and by
their drawback laws. They have canals and railways front
Lake Erie to the Ohio, from Buffalo, and Rochester, and
Oswego to the Hudson, and they now are about making a
railway from Ogdensburgh, at the foot of the ship navigation
of Lake Ontario, to Boston. They still contemplate the
enlargement of the Erie Canal, and forming a railroad to
Detroit to compete with the Canada Great Western Rail-
way; the effect of all which will be to cut off the trade from
the St. Lawrence, unless it is counteracted by facilitating
the communications along the lakes, and the navigation of
the St. Lawrence, to its outlet. One of these essential faci-
lities is the diminution of charges and burthens on the trade
of every•description ; and there is every reason to belies e
that efforts equal to those of our neighbours would be suc-
cessful, seeing the natural advantages afforded by the St.
Lawrence."

The Funds opened to-day at an advance to 90% and 91,
but have since receded to 90% % for Consols. Much interest
is felt about the new loan, to be arranged to-morrow. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 93%, but
are now 923 to 93. Bank Stock is worth 203 4. Exchequer
Bills have been 9s. to 13s. premium. There has been some
uncertainty in the movement of the operators.
The Foreign Bonds have been heavy. Spanish Five per
Cents. have been worth 24%, and Portuguese Four per Cents.
34 to 35 ; Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 921%
to 92%.
There has been an improvement in the Railway Share
market. Blackwall No. 2, are 1% premium. The Extesion
are 51-A per share. Manchester and Southampton are dull, at
11,13. North Western have risen to 185 and 187, and Great
Western to 124. The French lines are higher.

BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRI, ES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 203% 2033%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 91% 91 91%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 90% 91 903% 90%
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726 .. .. 90 90
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 93' 92% 93 93%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% % 9%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9 5-16 9 5-16
India Stock .. .. . .. .. .. ..
251
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. _ p p
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 10 p 10 p
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1751 .. .. 90 90
. _

.. ..
Bank Stock for Account 203 203
Consuls for Account .. .. .. (jo % % ,()%
Excliegitzorcilil.d.l:.
.. ILi d.
..
.. tl. 9
13 ___
pm..
13
5001. . .. .... 10 13 -- --pra. 13
Ditto. Small .... 10 13 ton. 13
Ditto, Advertised .... 10 812 pm, 12

- ONE • GIOgIN4-•
•-•
rOItEION FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PItICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, Small .. • • .. .. 8734 8634
Portuguese Four per Cent 31 35 35
Spanish Bonds, 5 par Cent 94% 24%
Dividend.. on the above payable In Landon.
Dutch Two-and-a-Bali per Cept
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certirlontes .. 9234 92%
PRICES Or BUSINESS CLOSINO
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK,
Amber., Notting., Beaton, and
Eastern Junction . 2%.... 2 4•.,.23
Birmingham and Oxford. Junction 5 .... 1434 • • . 14%
Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .. 7 ...... • • . 7
Birkenhead, L awash., & Cheshire
Junction .. .. 4 .. 434 •. •.. 4%
Caledonian .. 30 .... 27 •.. •• .. 27%
Eastern Counties .. 20 .. 21%.......... 21%
Do. Ferpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61 13s. 4d.
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 45. % p........ % p
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 4 .... .
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 .. ........
Ditto New .. . 5 .... ..........
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 15 _ 17
Ely and Huntingdon 1234 .... 13% 14 1336 .. 1334
Great Northern (London & York
Regd.) .. • • 234.... 2%
Do., do (Direst Northern Regd.) 3% .... 4 •• • 354
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 2734 .... 2534 25%
Great North of England . —lOO •••
Ditto, New .. .. 5 _ 59% •59%
Ditto, New .. 134 —191 i
Great Western .. 85 .... 124 „ 124
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 28 ......... 28%
Ditto, New 4%• „ „
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 . • •,102%••• :• 103%
Ditto, Half Shares
.. 25 .. .. • ... • 5134
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 123[1 • • 24
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 80 •• .. ........ 79%
Leicester and Bediord 165..... 34 dis , 34 dis.
Leeds and Thirsk 2234 .... 20%...•....., 2034
Liverp., Stanch., & Newt. Junct. 236 2
London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. ..........836
Ditto, Now, No. 2 .. • • 1/. 13s, 4d. 136 p........ 134 p
Ditto, Extension 734 .. 5 .• .. .. 5 k
London, Brighton, and S Coast •• 50 . 56% % •... 563¢
Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .. • • • • ...• .. 47
London and North-Western.. ..100 ... 185 187 18534 .. 1855{
Ditto, Quarters . 2 ..........
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 145434% ...... 14%
Ditto, 101. Shares 31. &B. (C) 1 .• • • 734 • • ........ 73,
London and South-Western • •411. 6s. 105... 66 ..... ..... 66
Ditto, New .. • 2256 .... 25% ........ 25%
London and York Extension Scrip 235 .... 2%
Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 2234 .. .. • • 22%
Lynn and Dereham .. • • 15 .... 17 16% 1634
Manchester and Leeds.. .. 82 .• ......
Ditto, Sixteenths •
.. .. • • 634 •• • • 84 •
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .• . 1 .. ......., I k
Midland ..100 ... 123 122........ 122
Ditto, New .. 30 •• 35 •••••• • • • • 354
Ditto, New ..
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 95 „ 95
Newmarket and Chesterford 10 10% . 1036
Norfolk .. ••..100 —142% 140••..., 139
Ditto, Half Shares 10 . 13% 14% .... 1436
Ditto, Extension • • • • • •
Northern Counties Union .. 234.... •• • • 14
North British .. • • •• 25 •• • • 35 ••••• • • • • • 35
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • 1214 • • 16%•..•.... 16,

Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 2% •• • • 4% ••••• • • • • • 4%
Northern and Eastern • • •• 50 ••• • 50 ••••• • • • • • 58
North Staffordshire • • • • ••5• • • • kINt %%% •• • • 8%
Oxford,Worceat.,& Wolverhmpt.n. 17% • • ••
Reading. Guildford and ,Reigate 5 •• • • 414% ........
Royston and liikhin . • • .. 1% 2
Scottish Central
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 ..
Dltte, Class B ••• • 14 ...• 1% .......... 16,4
Shropshire Union .. • 42s
South Staffordshire Junction .•••• • • • • . % P
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 3814 . •
• . 3B
Do., New (do. 331. 66.8 d.) No. 2. 12 . 13% •
.... • . 13%
Ho., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 314. 4% 4
Knuth Wales ..
Vale of Neath .. 2 .... 1 1
York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 364 36..., • • 36
Ditto, New.. .. .. 5
Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 9
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... —.—
Ditto. Extension . ...... .• • 36%
Ditto. Preference • • .. .. 2 .. 1214 125 i
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 18 •• • • 131 •• • ••• • • • 1314
Dutch Rhenish .• 7 .. • • 4 % ••
Italian and Austrian .. .. 4 .. • • 2%.. • • ...... 2%
Louvain ala Sambre .. .• 6 .. .• 1% ........
Luxembourg .. 6 .. . 2 .
Namur and Liege • • • • 8 •• • • 3 ••••• • • • • • 3%
Northern of France • • .. • . 8 1314 12% .... 1294
Paris and Lyons .. .. • . 8 .. • • 7% .. •• • 734
Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... ••••.• • • • • 274
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Commercial of London .. .. 20 .. .. 22 ••••• • • • • • 22
Provincial of Ireland .. 25 .... 44% .......• • • 44
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered —3% • • • • •• • 336
MONEY MARKET.
Consols opened at
901 to for this Account,
and
901 buyers for April ;
from which prices they rose to
901 to 91 for this Account,
and
91 to 91/ for April Account ;
then fell gradually to
901 to 1 for this Account,
and
904 for April ;
finally closing at
90/ 4 for this Account,
and
901 to 91 for April.
The Government broker bought for the Reduction of
the National Debt-
-2,000 in Three per Cents., 1726
3,000
1751 at 90,
5,000 Reduced at 91i ;
and for Savings' Banks •
4,000 (31. 55.) at 92j.