The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-24 00:00:00

Paris and Lyons, 370 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 455 f. ;
Spanish Domestic Debt, 23k.
LYONS, SEPT. 20. Paris and Rouen, 970 f.
50c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 517 f. 50c. ; Northern,
513 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 365 f. ; Orleans, 1,145 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 23.

Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—northern of France, 10%
—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% ex int.—Paris and Rouen, 35.

RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s —
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares 2l/i ......
Ditto, Clydesdale June 40
Clicster and Holyhead...
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ......
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Dublin and BelfastJunc 2O
Dundalk & Enniskillen 12%
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D. ...... 25
Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31.105., E. &H. 1

Eastern Counties 2O ...... 17Mi
Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 10 8%%
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New 23
Eistern Union 5O ......

Ditto, Quarter Shares 121
Dittn, Thirds ... .....13s. 4d —
t:ast Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do., Exten. Scrip 11/t
ast Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Half Shares ... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh Sc Northern.. 20
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport 7 ......
Ditto, ditto, New . 1% —
Edinburgh and Perth... 2 „,

Ditto' —Extension los. ..
Exeter,lreovil,& Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and

Carlisle ... ..81.65. 8d
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... .
Ditto, New
Do., IA Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 1VA...."
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%..... ... .....
Great South. and West.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. i Liverp.,lslnchstr& New-
! castle Junction 2I,G
I London and Wac twa11..161. 13s. 4d — ... ....... ...
i Do. New, No. 1
IDo. New, No. 2.. 2/ l36s. 4d....."•• . .....
.......
Do. Extension ls
1 London, Brighton, end
South Coast SO
Do. Consul. Eighths.. 20
Do. Glarant. 5 per ct. 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 perct. 50 ... .. ... •••••••••••
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... 87/14
Ditto, Preference...lB/. 1 ;5.2d...
London and N. Western 100 l6O 160%
Do., Quarters L. & B. 12
Do., no., New ..... .... 2
Ditto Fifths
Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 20
Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15
_._

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
without alteration. There was more confidence among
the holders, and 2,500 bales of American realised 61d.
to 7id. per lb. Railway Shares ware decidedly better,
with an improving aspEct.

The grain rn Arket is lower to-day, wheat being 2s.
to 3s. per quarter under Saturday's rates. The
arrivals are 36,000 barrels of flour, and 35,000 quarters

of wheat.
The Bank of England is taking in longer dated bills
at 5i and 6 per cent., and this is held to be indicative
of a feeling of greater security on the part of the
directors. :should it be determined that more accom-
modation shall be extended to the mercantile interest,
there will probably be less money available for loans
upon stock. •

Since many parties labour under the impression that

the Bank of England has not been sufficiently liberal in
affording assistance to houses in difficulties, we may
quote from a most useful and entertaining work, a
" History of the Bank of England," by Mr. John
Francis, the following remarks made by a journalist in
the year 1825, viz., " That to inspire confidence in
houses which can at least only repay it by insolvency,
is to increa-e a direct wrong, and dreadfully to enhance
a great commercial evil. If a house fails, and pays
fifteen shillings in the pound, a foolish cry is
raised that a little reasonable help would have saved

it! A house that was in relation to its debts
one quarter worse than nothing. Ought such a house
to be left standing in a condition where it was every
hour made the depository of other people's money ?
Even if a banker pays 20s. in the pound, and has no
surplus afterwards, he is not a legitimate banker, he is
trading without capital, and the least mishap, or the
least fall in the public funds, if he buy into them with
other men's money, may in one day make him an in-
solvent."

On the other hand, there is a great distinction to be
drawn between propping up tottering and really insol-
vent firms, and supporting healthy houses merely incon-
venienced temporarily by the prevailing want of con-
fidence, and how liberally the Bank of England was
enabled to act in 1825, under its old charter, at a crisis
too of a most alarming character, compared to
which our present difficulties are a mere bagatelle, let us
judge from the account of Mr. Francis. Alluding to the
Bank directors, this gentleman writes:—" Nor were
they backward in affording assistance. In a few weeks
their discounts rose from five to fifteen millions. Ad-
vances were made upon the simple deposits of title deeds,
often without even an examination. Exchequer-bills
to an enormous amount were sold, to meet the demand
from the mercantile interests. Gold from abroad and
coin from the Mint were constantly arriving at the Bank.
",Mr. Harman said, in his examination before the
Parliamentary Committee, 'We took stock in as se-
curity ; we purchased Exchequer-bills ; we not only
discounted outright, but we made advances on deposits
of bills of exchange to an immense amount ; and we
were not, on some occasions, over nice, seeing the
dreadful state in which the public were.'
" The course which the directors adopted, though
opposite to that of 1797, appears to have been correct,
Within three weeks they doubled their discounts."
The arrival of the letters by the Overland Mail is
looked for with much anxiety, owing to the remittances
expected.
Business in the Stock Market has been exceedingly
limited, and there is a better tone in the market. Con-
sols have ranged from 85i to 86 for transfer, and from
86 to 861 for time. Exchequer-bills have been 4s. to 7s.
prem. Nothing has been done in Bank or Indian Stock.
The transactions in Foreign Stocks are also of no
account. Spanish Five per Cents. rule lower, being
19f to 1, and Portuguese Four per Cents. nominally 23
to 25. Brazilian have been 81 to 63. Dutch Two-and-
a-H alf per Cents, are 531 to 54i.
Railway Shares have been held for full rates, but are
quiet.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 853% 66 8614
Consols for Account B6l/ 86U
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
1,0001.
5001
Small .. .. 10 15 11 p

4p
lop
15p

oNE CLOSTh
O'CLOCK PRICER

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small B3
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Russian Bonds .....•••
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 19%
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account .
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 361,4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French, 5 per Cent. ll4f. 25c. 1141. 25c.

823%
83

105
19%
191/2
2876
36

Exchange . 25f. 50c. 25f. 50c.
Belgian, 2% per Cent 531,2 53%
Dutch 2% per Cent.
Ditto. Account
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 8614

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2% 7/8
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% —
Belfast & County Down 10 ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .....
Wolverlepton,
and Stour Va11ey..... 8 ......
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 61,4
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 75

5%

29

Do. 40/. (M. &'13.) 40
Do. 10/. (M & B.) A. 5

Do. 10/. (111. & 8.-) B. 5
. ....:
Do. 101. AL & B.) C. 1 ...............

London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham
L nut. & S.Western ...411. 6s. 8d... 57 4......•••••• "
Po. New ConsoL Bths 40
Do. New 50/. ..... 32%..
Do. New 401.
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto ....... .... 40
Ditto, Thirds
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .....

4 P
83/4

16%

Londonderry&‘.;oleraine 25
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 221A...... ..... ......

Ditto and Grimsby.... 25
Ditto ditto . ......... 7 —
Ditto ditto ..
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 71,4 — ..........•••••
Manchest. & Sonthampt. - ...........
Midland lOO ll6 .....«......••
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
..........
Do. 401. Shares
43% •.•••••
Do. 501. Shares
Do. Binn., and Derbyloo
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Birming., 6 per cent.loo .........
Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34

Ditto, ditto 71.9s .....
Midlnd,Leicest.Bc Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar. 50 ...............
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and Berwick 25
Ditto:N a w
Ditto North Shields 25
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Do. Quarters 5O
Newmrk et & Chesterford 13%
Do. Extension .........21. 12s .......................... .
.
..................................
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford . 4 ..............
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor .. 10
Norfolk ..
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk... 2
••• .......•
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4 — . ...........
North British . ....... ... 25
Do. Half Shares l3 ..............
Do. Quarters 43/4 — ..............
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds . 1 ...............
North Staffordshire .............
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 17% — .......
Ditto, New......... 10
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole
Shrewsbury and Birm
Ditto ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. W. Min.) l6 - ........
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 .." ........
Ditto Oswestry
Ditto New
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...............
Shropshire Union
South Devon 4O ...... ......... .•
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 21. 125.... ..• ..... .....
South Easttrn & Dover 33% — ............
Do., No. 1 20
Do., Nc, 2. - • ••••••
Do., No. 3 ....... 15 •••• ..... '"''
Do., No. 4
South Wales ... 15
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
o-,.% and Railway 17% ...... ...............
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 13%...... ............
Waterford and Limerick 35
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall 4 . ..............
Whitehaven & Furness 8
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... 425.
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York and Newcastle.... 25 ..
Do. Extension
Do. Prestence ...... 8 ..... . .........
fork mid N orth Midland 50
Ditto Extension 25 ___ .......
Ditto, Preference ...... 6
Do. East and W est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian 4 — ...............
Barbadoes 1 - .....
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette (Constituted )... 4
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14

Central of Spain ... .... 2
Ceylon
Demerara 2%
...... _ ...............
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 7 , .... ... ......
East Indian ... ..... .... ss•
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Southern of Madras 53.
..
..
Great Western Bengal... 53.
Great Westem Canada... 314
Italian and Austrian.... 4 ...
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... • •••••• ........
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon
Madras 1
Madras. Nellore, and
Arcot % — ..... .• ......
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
Namur and Liege
NorthernofFrance. lO ..... 101,051% .........
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris and Lyons lO •••••• ............. ..
...
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse ..... 16 .... ......... ..."
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
fours and Nantes ...... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 12 -- ........ :•:•:::1 ..............
Trinidad
West Flanders ...... .... 8
••••••••• ......
MINES.

Real Del Monte, Unreg.

-
13/4

(Ireland)
Great North of England-100 ......227
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, New 30/
Ditto, New 151 11,4 —
Great Western B5 lO2 ..
Ditto, % Shares.. .50
Ditto, 1% Shares ...... 15
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 17/ ... 7
Huddersfield & Manches. 19
Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 7
Hull and:Selby 5O ...,.100
Ditto, Half Shares.... 25
Ditto, IA Shares 12%
Ipswich Bury St. Edm. 15 ~....
Do., do., and Norwich 12
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2%,., —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 82
Ditto 1/. Shares . ... 38
Do. Quarter Shares.- 14%
Do. Fifths 6 4..... 8
Do. Sixteenths 6,4 —
Do. Thirds (Rem.)....71. 4s. 3% dis 3% dis.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 28
Do.( Wakefield, Ponte-
fract. & Goole
Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s — .........
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. 14 Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (B) ... 114.
...............
Leeds and Bradford 45 ......
Leicester and Bedford... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37%...... —l/4 dis.. _
Do., Branch % Shares 71 .
/2„ ... _ ... -----
DoNew Branch(blue) 2%.....
Do. Extension (green) 2%.. ... _
Do. NewExten. (pink) 21/2 ......
Leeds and Thirsk ......... 31 ....
Ditto, New 171%.....
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,i. ... 2%. .
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .... .... ...... 2

2h

54

45 1,4

sg
1604
25

12%

Ts%

51anchester,Burton,and - -i% di•
Matlock ... 425. ...... 1% dis... ......
Manchester, Sheffield,
....
and Lincolnshire 100
..-
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
....
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
.....
Ditto ditto (No. 3) 7% .....- ........ ,

116
431
11N

31S
7 /*

ii%

-;

131,41 i
7%

51/4

104
44

2% P

344
14
75
37
12

284

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS:.O,O
LONDON, SEPT. 24.—Wind W.N.W., "
cloudy.
L, SEPT. 23.—Wind S.W Itrf4l.
Monarch, Panama. Arrd. from .thenirteenter7
Cape of Good Hope; Abbotsford, Quebec. mrd.
SHOREHAM, SEPT. 23 —Wind W.S.W."--
Caroline, Martin, St. John's, New BrunewLThr.
Emma has been got off shore and into the her"Vir.S.".
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind S.S.W. to most
—Sid. Mail,sNErre%vp. o2r3t.—anlvd
ind S.W Win'
jicioeh
CacnotovinE.
Lorenzen, Trinidad de Cuba. Arra'
LIVERPJOL, SEPT. 23.—Wind W.S.We-y-
-mana, Candlish, Callao; Siddons, Cobb, Ile-
Off port, Liberty; Cressideb Susquehannah. .„d
DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—The Alfred of 7i5.,100'
Waterford, from Galatz, was abandoned 26th
13; crew saved. Thee
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, SEPT. .rs
Margaret and Ann has been got off shore at r°
leaky, and brought in here. l
KIRKWALL, SEPT. 20.—A ship's boa'', de
" Betty and Hermann—J. H. Schmidt von
no
tb side
was picked up about five weeks ago of the tr
11°`"
of Westray.
DUNDEE, SEPT. 22.—Wind
St. John's. te*
BEA.UMARIS, SEPT. 20.—Sid. John Barker' 33°. /10(
CLYDE, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Shamrock, DOWD,
York. Sid. Potentate, Singapore. Su.SHIELDS, SEPT, 23.—Wind S.W., fresh .--
matra steamer, Boston,_ &c. rrb Frelle44.
ST. MARGARET'S HOPE, ORKNEY.-- °f
which stranded on the 7th instant on the olte
Strones, got off on the 11th instant, and put irtre is
dequx. The Skylark, of Dumfries, drove on
es".„0013
Wedwall Roads, but is expected off
damage. .; Arch'
YARMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—The Hendrika Janalsio die
angel to Boulogne, has arrived here leaky. sod wale fof
charge. The Britannia, of and from Neweilborougb
London, foundered on the 17th in;t. off Fleail
without '-
Head; crew saved.

SUPPER IN AN OAR CASK.-011 WedlleS dald Tot'
ing last, at the house of Mr. Richard Harper, Ol
tage Spring, Fountain-street, Dudley, twelve &wo
e
:
partook of an excellent supper in a large oak cask' „01c,
supper was served through the bung-hole of the for
which also formed the entrance for the guests. ;pp.
enjoying a very pleasant evening, the awe `nom tlo
rated, much gratified with their entertainment in it.
novel circumstances under which they bad 01404"4, .