The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

THREE 09,
MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE "
CITY, QUARTER TO 0
The Cotton' market at Liverpool on Saturday ,I',,
dull, and prices were rather in favour of buyers. P'of
sales were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, including 700 bale' *
Surat on speculation. 1,000 pales Surat realised
to skd. per lb., and American sold at 6d. to 71d. per
Railway Shares were rather better. tb.
There are very cheering accounts again fromso
Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand, which shnit_.,l,
success of our arms at the Cape, and the virtual tell)
nation of the war. The New Zealand dates ere_„,
September 19, and they notice a revival of confide'''
which cannot but be pleasing to all friends at home.
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A correspondent writing from Trincomalee, obser:,
—" Everything rendering a port important for the ce,
pose Trincomalee possesses, or could obtain in to
Its harbour is unequalled in India, and affords sew
anchorage at all seasons of the year. As in C010.107‘
boats from or to the ship have not to voyage a nolee.
two, nor in any season are the waves so high as te:tsto
danger the boats' crews and cargoes. Ido not hetsil
to say that there is no harbour in the island that isu:A,
the same facility to exporters and importers of gOO
The distance being so small from the ships to the e11...if
the damage done in the rainy season will be infinite
less than that of the driest season iu Colombo. Dee
" The repairing of the fortifications and building nor
batteries here has been a very fruitful topic of cony p
cation among the natives. There have not been !Si
ing persons to attribute an expected invasion or
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island by a foreign nation as the cause for taking 1;,,e,
steps ; some of the deluded people have left the I••
others are preparing to go, all are securing their 111,"--
bles as fast as possible.
WO
The corn trade in Mark-lane this morning has -- ej,
firm, and the advance of Friday last is fully maintewo
Of barley the supply continues very short, and it isto
maintained that there will certainly be a great deficits:fie
in the quantity required by the brewers, and that tuLi
is every probability of permission being given to w..
sugar in distillation, &c.
The English Stocks are to-day rather quiet, tht..400
steady, at about Saturday's rates. Consols have P. 4.
931 i for transfer to-morrow, the New Three-end 'f
Quarter per Cents. have been 951 i, and the Three
Cents. 93i to 94. Exchequer-bills hare been mart ••
12s. to 15s. premium, a further improvement, arieillhe
may be presumed, from the reduction in the
ficiency" bills effected by the investments therein so
surplus revenue, and which may cause the other bill! •
be taken up by the Bank of England, where there IL•
necessity for placing their assets. The premium or
East India Bonds is quoted 21s.
£here has been a moderate business done in the Ilr
hestl
reign Investments, but prices are again rather io
The improvement at the Paris Bourse on Saturday :at
so far not had much influence here. Spanish Fiv. vio,
Cents. have been quoted 25t, and the Three per VII
at 35g.
The market for Railway Shares has in some es°. e
been a little firmer to-day. Aberdeen, 24 ; Birup
ham and Oxford, 12i to 13-1- ; Eastern Counties, 2241
23 ; Great Northern (London and York), 3 o_7lo,
Brighton, 58 to 584 ; South-Western, 65 ; hlannbc',4
and Leeds, 112 ; Midland, 128 to 1281 ; NewcastleLf
Berwick, 34i to 354 ; North British, 35,i ; Shrewbew'
and Birmingham, 5/1- ; York and Newcastle, 38i. ~,I)
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ONE cLOS
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. TRIc
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 94 93 97
14
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 935/a%
96 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95Ai %
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 13-16 % 91
91 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9% 9-16 921
India Bonds, 1,0004. ....... .....
11 Ditto under 1,000/. .. ......
Exchequer Bills, 10001.1%d.... 15 12 —— p it F
Ditto, 5001 - p 0 I
Ditto, Small ... .. .. 15 12 —— p
A%
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ONE -
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK rsica
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 42 240
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent...........
D's
Ditto Deferred —
20
Granada Bonds, 1 per Ceat. 2O
•••
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —934 k
Ditto, Account 23%%
30 '
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account 3B 37%
Russian Bonds ........ 111% 11A
2
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Do., 1838-40, div. frm. May, '4l
Do . 1844
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred —
Ditto 3 per Cent.
40
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O
Dividends on the above payable in London. 6914
4i
59% 59 5914
Dutch 214 par Cent. .
Ditto, Account 59
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PRICES or BUSINESS DONE em,,or.,
R &ILWAY SHARES PAID.
AT ONE O'CLOCK. l',"-0
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston, 2%
and Eastern Junction 2% 234%
Belfast & County Down 4% •
...•
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo
Ditto New 17% — ...... ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 425. ... .. 6%% p
Birming., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Va11ey..... 425. ......
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2314 —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 32 ......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares— 2%
Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 ......
Chester and Holyhead... 27% 25 %% 4
Cheltexham and Oxford 2
Clarence lOO
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 —
Do.2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. - 10 .....
Cork and Killarney ... 2% —
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
q,Ditto, Half Shares
Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% 2%
Direct Norwich I
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12%
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22% 23 22%...
Ditto New l2l. 16s 7% p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... X% p
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%
Eastern Union
Ditto Quarter Shares 10
Do. Ditto,
1
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., do., New Scrip l4
East Lincolnshire ...... 1 !di.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ .... .•
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,( ...... ... .......
Edinburgh &Northern.. 121/s 15%
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New .... . 1% • —
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 13% 13
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2%
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 —
Ditto, New
Do., .i Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ......... 12% —
Great Northern (London
and York Regd.) 2%..... 3%!,f 3
Do. (Direct Northern
Regd.) . 3% 4%!,‘ 4
Great South. and West.

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54

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131/4'

(Ireland)
Great North of England-100
Ditto New
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western 85
Ditto % Shares. 5O
Ditto 4 Shares 12%
Ditto Fifths 2O - ........
Ditto, New ". 4% •••••••• ......
Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ....... .. ••• ..
Ditto, Extension 3 —
Hull and Selby 5O
Do. Half Shares 25 — ... . ..........
Ditto 4 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 . — ...............
Do., do~ and Norwich 5
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
..•• •••• •• ••
Leeds and Bradford 3O ...... 77 77
Leicester and Bedford l6s. %IA dis. 4 di°.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c 27% ...... .
Do., Branch % Shares 2% ...
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2%........ —.
••••••
Do. Ex tension( Green) •N..
Leeds and Thirsk 17% •••
Ditto •••••• 16%%
, New ............ 5 ... ........
Do., Prefer., 6/per Ct. 3% ...
5
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .... .......... 2
Liverp., Mnchstr& New. '
castle Junction..... 2%. ..... 23A
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 8%
Do. New ............... 4 •••• •• "-- **** ***
Ditto Extension ...... 7%••••••
London, Brighton, and ~.......
Ollllllr-....-
South Coast 5O
.... 587,8 58 .
Ditto, Fifths '..'•'.'
Do. Consol. Eighths lO
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d 9%
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
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London:and N. Westernloo 197% 197
Do. Quarters
Do., do., New
Ditto Fifths
Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 10
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 8 —
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
DDoo..
11
001/.. qiir...
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BBB...)))
C.
551
125
a
Do. 104—
London, Oxford, and ..•
Cheltenham
Loud. & S.Western 411 6s 10d...... 65 ...
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 ...... 49
Do. New
Do. New
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 ......
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto ••••••. .••• 4
• ..... ••
I,' ndon and York Scrip 2%..... 3 ‘l/„... .
.........•.
Do. Extension
London, Salisbury, and
Londonderu&Coleraine 15 ..... ...••••
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen

19%

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•-•94,
197
2314
1415

12%

oa.
64%

b%

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31/4
2%