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

Name of Company.

Commercial ....
East and West India
East Country
London
?t.Katharine ........
Southampton • • ......

Paid. Price.

a. d.
80

I -
21

- I
- 9914
50 0 0 -

WATER-WORZEI.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share. 1
X East L0nd0n.......... s. d.
81. 100 0 0 205
Grand Junction •••••• 31. 10s. 41 13 4 90
Kent .......... •• • • 21. ims. 100 o 0
Vauxhall ...• •• • • • • • • 51. per ce --
nt. 100 0 0
~
West 511d4lese .. • 5/.ss.pr cut. 63 12 9 — 130

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
The sale of Railway Shares to-day, at Messrs.
Lomond and Co.'s, was well attended, and a fair business
was done at good prices ; French Shares sold wel.
Th• following are a few of the principal sales :
Warwick and Worcester £o 5
London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 9
Great Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentia 1 0
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 10
Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Great Northern of France .. ......
London and South-Western, Tenths 5 7
Vale of Neath 1 7
Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ......
London and York Extension, of int 2 12
Northern Counties union 1 13
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 9
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 11
Paris and Lyons 5 6
Manchester and Southampton 1 18
COURSE OF EXCHAN

12 4
12 1
12 4%
25 85
13 10%

Amsterdam ...... C.F.
Ditto, at sight ••
Rotterdam .... • • 2 U
Antwerp
Rambargh .... • .11.8.
Altona.
Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 55
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles .......
80urdeanx.........
Praakfort on Maine— l2l
Petersburgh, 3Us
Berlin - - ...... ......
Vienna, effec.flo
Trieste, ditt0.........
Madrid ...... ~.....

Eilbao.... .

Barcelona .. ...... .: ::

10 5
10 5
35%
36%

'GE.-(THIS DAY).
Gibraltar „ ••••
Leghorn . ....... 30 55
Genoa— ................ 2.5 90
Milan . .

Venice
Naples .. .••• • • .• 40U
Palermo, per oz ..... • 120%
Lisbon....
Oporto .
Rio Janeiro

Buenos Ayres .
........
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .... • • .. • • --
YBICKS Of BULLION, PEE OZ.
Foreign Gold is bars .. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
Now Dollars ...• • • 0 4 10%
Spanish Doubloons .• 0 0 0
Silver la bars ...• .. •• 0 0 0%
.......—______

MARKET INTELLIGENCE,
(From the Lendon,New Price Current of January 1.)
REFINED SUGAR.—The home trade have purchased with
caution of Refined goods this week, and rather lower rates
are taken, brown melting lumps selling at 61s Gd to 628,
brawn grocery 62s 6d to 635, and standard lumps at 64s per
cwt. Bastards met with little attention, and 35s to 464 is
the value, but in pieces a good deal has been done at 48s to
595. For Treacle the demand has been active, and prices
have advanced, 26s to 30s being paid. Bonded Crushed
Sugar is much wanted, at 33s Gd for first sort, but little is
to be had. In Loaves a good deal has been done, at stiffer
rates.

COFFEE.—There has been a better demand for West India
Coffee privately this week, and rather higher rates are paid
for all qualities. For Ceylon the demand has much improved,
and of Plantation of all qualities large parcels have been
sold at is to 2s per cwt. advance. Native has been sold to a
fair extent, and prices have risen to 39s 6d to 40s for good
ordinary pale. Foreign however met with little attention,
but is not offered at any further decline.
Iticr.—The demand has been extensive for all descriptions
of East India this week, and a rise in the value of 2s per cwt
bag taken place, good to fine white Bengal selling at 21s to
225, middling 20s to 20s Gil, low 19s to 19s 6d, yellow 18s 6d
to vas, and Madras IJs 6d to 19s per cwt ; indeed the market
bas been nearly Cleared.
FRUIT.—As there haveruit been several public sales of
damaged and inferior f which sold from 47.: to .525, the
purchases by private contract have been on a limited
scale, arising also in some degree from several of the
cargoes lately reported having
two b the trade
before their arrival. Aboutteen hundred tons of
Island Fruit have been tal....tri for Holland at 55s for fine
m
Quality. Fine Patras is scarce, and still •
the general quality of the present stock imands 5Cs, but
inferior t
last year. The stock in the hands of retailers is con-
o that of
deal sidered to be lighter than usual at this season.
COCNINEAL.—There has been a brisk demand for all de-
scriptions this week by private treaty, and the rates paid
• '
show an advance on those of the last public sales of 2d per lb. Honduras low to fine silvers bringing 5s la to Ct, and
black 5s 8d to 7s per lb. Tao lowest point of the market
for silvers last year has been 4s 3d to 5s Bd, and black 55 2d
to 6s Gd per lb.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLARDS.—liolders of Jamaica Rum
manifest firmness, and a fair demand exists • but the home
trade have been the chief operators ; the value of low and
middling is 3s fid to 3s Bd, good 3s 9d to 4s, and fine to very
fine 4s 2d to ss. Leeward Island is wanted at 2s Gd to 2a 7(1
proof, but little is to be had. East India has been u good re-
quest, proof at 2s 2d to 2s 3,1. Demerara met with a fair sale
at 3s 6d to 3s 9d for strong. In Brandy a good demand has
been done, and at stiffer rates—Cognac best brands of the
vintage of 1842, selling at 58 11d to 6s Id,: and ditto, 1844,
Se 4d to 5s 6d per gallon.
Ons.—The market for Linseed Oil is firm, and purchases
to a fair extent has been made by the home trade at 25s 6d
per cwt on the spot, but for exportation the demand has
been limited. There has been little passing for forward de-
livery although there are sellers at 26s per cwt. Rape Seed
Oil hsa been in excellentr quest. and prices rule firm, pale