The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-31 00:00:00

DECEMBER 31) 1847.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S.
CM', QUARTER To THREE.

The Cotton 'Market at Liverpool yesterday was very
firm; sales, 5,060 bales. Shares had a downward ten•
deney again, but a fair business was doing. The buying
criers were at too low a limit.

Public attention has been directed this morning to the
cont nts of the Message of the President of the "Lfuited
States, and upon the whole, as a loan must be raised, it
is considered that the general tenour of the address is
unfavourable, as it may keep specie in the country.
However, the Funds have been little influenced by the
Message. True it is that the prices have fallen.about a
per cent, but this is the consequence of an express
having come in from Paris announcing that prices of the
R•ntes had fallen on the Bourse rather considerably
there. •

Consols for the Account opened at 841, and are now
85. The Three per Cunt. Reduced Annuities have gone
back from 85i to 844, but with Consols have advanced
* per cent. The premium upon Exchequer .bills stands
at Os. to 12s. India Bonds have been taken at ls. and
2s. premium. Bank Stock is at 1861 to 187 i.

In the Foreign Market, the only quotations to-day have
been for Mexican, 17i ; for the Four per Cent. Portuguese,
23, ; for Russian, 107 ; for Spanish Five per Cents.
183- ; fur the Three per Cents., 303 ; and for Dutch
Four per Cents., 85 44.
The transactions in the Share Market have been of a
very unimportant character to-day.
We regret to learn that a firm in the East and West
India trade has been placed in difficulties. The suspen-
sion is for about 50,0001., as believed. There are other
firms talked of in the City.
The letters brought by the Britannia steamer have,
been received. The Exchanges had fallen about :43 to
1 per cent., and the demand for gold and silver for
export to Europe had somewhat subsided. Some
failures had occurred, one, the principal, being- for

550,000 dollars. The Britannia has brought 53,0001. in
specie. The Exchange at New York was at 1091. The
contents of the Message had not given satisfaction to the
American merchants.

ONE

CLOSING

RIt.'ES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. B5 851,E 843/4 843/4
New 314 per Cent. Anns. 864% 86 86
I,ong Anns. to expire J an. 1860 B% 11-16 8 11-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... .- 2 p
Consols for Account 85% 85
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0004
5001.
Small
ONE
O'CLOCK.

2p
85%

12 p

12p
14p
CLosn; o
PRICES.
183/4
17%
1778

RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 17%
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 23 23% 23%
Ditto, Account 233/4 23%
Russian Bonds lO7 107
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent 30%3/4 303/4
Dividends oh the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent
Ditto, Account — 55
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 85 843% 843/4

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
R. A ILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
~,id Eastern Junction 2%.....
Arshire and Gallbway.. 24 —
butiast & County Down 10 ...... ....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford J unction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. ... ...
Binning., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145....
Birkenhead,_ Lancashire,
and Cheshire June 73/4 —
Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 5 - •••• •
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
400
Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s. •••
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares 33/4 — ...
Ditto, Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 37 q - ...
Ditto, Preference .. 8
Clarence 7BIA — ...
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,

4 per Cent. lO ....
Dublin and.BelfastJunc. 20
Dundalk & Enniskillen 15
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D. ...... 25
Do., 18/., &11.... 18

Eastern Counties
Ditto (B) 2O ......
Ditto,Extcnsion, 5 per

Cent, No. 13s. 4d
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d
Do., York Extension.. 10
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
•• ••
Do., New 23
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto, Thirds .. l3s. 4d —
Do., (guar. 6 percent)
E ast Lancashire
Ditto. New
Litto, New Quarters
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares ... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,E
Edinburgh & Northern.. 22% —
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newp0rt........ J —
Ditto, ditto, New . VA
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2tg —
Ditto, New . —
.••
Glasgow, Dumfries, and

3614

15%

_
%

Carlisle B/. 6s. 8d
Glasgow, Hilmar., & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consol. 12% — ....
Great Northern lO% ....
Do., London and York 21/2..
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great N orth of England-100 226
Ditto, New 40/. 5
Ditto, New gOl. 3O
Ditto, New 15/.......... 6%
Great Western
Ditto, 4 Shares . . 50
Ditto, '4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 171 7
Huddersfield & Manches. 24 ......
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 5O .. ... .. ..... ......
Ditto, Half shares 25
Ditto, 14 Shares....... 12% s
Ipswich& Bury St. Edm. 17%2
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2% l%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
JUL°, Thirds .. 10
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto % Shares .
Do. Quarter Shares l4l/2 —
Do. Fifths - 8 . _
Do. Sixteeathe 6!di. --
Do. Thirds (Reg.) 101. 4s. ...
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 - •••• •••• .....
Ditto I‘. (late Hud-
dersfield and Shelf.) 33
Do.( Wakefield, Ponte-
fract. & Goole
Do. ( W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s —
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. N, Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (B) ... 2%
Leeds and Bradford 5O
Leicester and Bedibrii... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37%
Do., Branch 1/2 Shares 121,6.....
Do. New Branch(blue) 2%......
Do. Extension (green) 21,4 ...
Do. New Exten. (pink) 2% — .... ....... ...
Leeds and Thirsk 36 ...... ...
Ditto, New 20 — .......• .....•
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% ...... •••••• -
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport _ „........ 2
Liverp., Mnchstr& New-
castle Junction 2% ..... ........ ......
London and Blackwall-16/. 13e. 4d. ....- ..... ...4% x.in t
Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/. 13e. 4d....
Do. Extension l7l/2
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ._ . ••••••
Ditto, ditto ......1852 50 „..„ .....
......
..
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d...
Ditto, Preference ... 18/1;s 2d...
Loudon and N. Western 100 148% 148 l4B
Do., Quarters L. & B. 17
Do., cto~ New
Ditto Fifths .........2
Do. % Shares (G. J.) 25
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15 —
Do. 40/. (NJ. & B.) ... 40 .

Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 71/2 — .........
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7%
Do. 10/.(A1.& B.) C. 1
L.nd. ez &Western 41/. 6s. 8d...... 51% 52
Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 ......
Do. New 50/. ..... 321,x..
Do. New 40L 26
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50

164

7%

7%

Ditto ditto
Ditto, Thirds Si. 6s. Bd. ... 2 dis...
London, Salisbury, and
oovil ..... 1
Londonderry&Coleraine 27%
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 233A

2 dis

[PRICE SD.

Manchciter,Buaton,anl
Matlock...
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100 - •••
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 .....
Ditto ditto (NO. 2)— 21 —
Ditto ditto (No, 3)... 7%
Ditto and Grimsby.— 25
Ditto ditto . ........ 7
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and OEM

Lincolnshire 71A... • .. ....—• .....
Manc'nat.& Southampt. 21A ......
31 ildand ..... 100 109
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
Do. 401. Shares
Do. 501. Shares lO
Do. firm., and Derbyloo
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Birming., 6 per cent. 100 ......
Alidlnd, Brist.&Glocatr._34

Ditto, ditto
Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish 35 —
Newcastleand Carlisle...100
Do. Quarters 25 •....
Newmrket& Chesterford 18%
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newrv, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor . . 12% — .. ...... ......
Norfolk ......... 100
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk...
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 —
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25.
. .

. .
Do. Half Shares. 121,x......
Do. Quarters 43/4 414...... ........ 4U
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds
Norti ,Stailorcishire 7%•••••• 7% 7%
North W'ales
North Western
Uxforl, Worcester, and

Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate -
Royston and iitehin
&mash Central
Scottish Midland l7l
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole
Shrewsbury and 6
Ditto ditto. Class B. 3
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ••••••
Ditto Oswestry 12
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5 ...... •• •••
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon...
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 4
South Eastern & Dover. 331/i —
Do., .N o. 1 2O
Do., Nc. 2
Do., N 0.3 .. 15 •••
Do., No. 4
South Wales ....... ........ 15
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 2
Swans. Is Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 4
'Taw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neatu
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick 40
Wateriri, W ickiw,
and Dublin
N est Cornwall 4 .
Whitehaven & Furness 12
W indsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 525.
W ilts, Somerset, & W ey -
mouth
I'ork, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Du. Or:ginal New and

294

29%

33!,4

Berwick
Do. North Shields fur. 25
iio. Extenslux No. 1. 10
Do. do. No. 2 .... 10
G.N F.Pre:ennco 8
York -,n4 North Midlend 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens,- 20 ........
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14
Central of Spain ... . ... 2
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley -
Direct Bombay and

bag
72,t
151 A

14!‘

Madras
Dutch Rhenish 7 .....
East iia,;iAn. l4
Great Pidian 11112 Zr
Italian and Austrian 4 ...
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre .
Luxembourg...... .. 6 . ..... ••• ••
Lyons and Avignon 5
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
Namur aad Liege
Northern of France...—. 10
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d

-
2%

Paris and Lyons ...... .. 10 ...... 5% ?I,
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse ... .. 18
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
tours a•.d Nantes ...... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and II a55e1t....... 16
West Flanders ...... .... 8% l%

5%

1511NES.

Anglo Mexican lOO
Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30 ....
British Iron l2
Bolonos Scrip
Galvanized Iron

Ditto, New
[Zeal Del Monte, linreg.

1%

_
IN

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 31.—Wind N.N.E., light airs, and dull,
damp weather, with fog.
SHEERNESS, DEC. 30.—Staadsraad, Band, Batavia.
DEAL. DEC. 30.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Japers,
De Groot, Batavia; Teazer, Bahia; Lord Ashburton,
Mann, Quebec.
OFF PORTLAND, Dxc. 28.—Koophandel, Remmers,
Surinain for Rotterdam.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Sutley,
Corkhill, Calcutta; John Dugdale, Killick, Singapore;
Beraga, Moran, Valparaiso; sld. 7th Oct., with 200,000
dollars in specie; Formosa, Trevilliek, Maranham ; Mary
Alen, Wade, Jamaica; Lydia, Greaves, New Orleans;
Champlain, Miller, ditto; Margaret, Rodgers, Savannah;
Ashburton, Howland, New York; ski. 9th inst., with
210001. on freight. Sld. H. H. Boody, Philadelphia.
Off port, Britannia steamer, Boston;
Blarney steamer,
Flint; and Parker, --.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—1 t bits blown bard all night
at S.S.W., with heavy rain, bat moderated at daylight.
Eolnlis,shfroorme
laSstt.
,e
wDEßer.u3nos.l--,
cTkhteo
SLI oa nn oßnu, mwneenYt
JuChn°'ws!'Ns
night near Atherfield, and it is expected will become a
total wreck; crew saved.
WEXFORD, DEC. 28.—Two boats have been washed
on shore near Arklow, quite new, but the name boards
were broken off. A book was found in one of them on
which was written " barque, Commerce, of Sunderland,
Robert Whitaker, master." A boat is also reported to
have been picked up at Mizer Head.
PETERHEAD, DEC. 29.—The Earl of Aberdeen,
Aberdeen to Sunderland, went on the rocks this morn-
ing during a gale, and it is feared she will not be got off.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Venus,
Mortimer, Prince Edward's Island. Sid. Scotia, Cape
of Good Hope.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Saguenay,
for Mobile.
BRISTOL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.; fresh.—Arrd. Mary
Jane, Sargent, Prince Edward's sland; Recovery, Wil-
liams, ditto, for Bideford;• Maple Leaf, Look, Quebec.
NEWPORT, DEC. 30.—Wind N.E. Arrd. Secret,
Garvin, Quebec. Sld. John Knox, Coquimbo.
CLYDE, DEC. 29. Wind W. Arrd. Hyndford,
M'Alpine, New York; Rankin, Lawson, Dalhousie. Sld.
Favourite, Trinidad.
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, DEC. 19.—A large quantity
of wreck came on shore on Cranstale Beach yesterday.
A large stern piece is marked " Ocean Queen," cut in
and painted white ; part of a mizenmast, painted white,
and a boom, 26 feet long, painted black, came on shore
here 17th inst.—appeared to have belonged to a large
ship. The masts, sails, and rigging, apparently of a
largo schooner, were seen drifting off Langness, 16th
instant.
DUBLIN, Dec. 29.—A ship's boat, painted black,
with an iron guard round the gunwater, and " Hope, of
London," painted on the stern, was picked up, 13th ult.,
near the North and South Light, by the Erin-go bragh.
CORK, DEC. 28.—The Sandwich, Clunn, from West-
port to Newfoundland, out 41 days, bore up to this port
yesterday, from lun. 30 %V., leaky, and with loss of part
of sheathing. A ship's boat, quite new, apparently Ame-
rican, painted black outside and green inside, was picked
up in lat. 51, .on. 12, by the Mary and Hannah, Mather,
arrived here.
GALWAY, DEC. 28.—The Pembroke Castle, of Pem-
broke, from Cardiff to Limerick, was fallen in with to-
tally dismasted, and making a great deal of water, off
Solway, by the Lady Lilford, Johnson, arrived here, and
from her lights disappearing soon after, it is supposed
she went down—two of the crew were saved.
WESTPORT, DEC. 27.—A large quantity of wreck
was passed off the Mizenhead by the Premium, arrived
here.
BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 29.—A boat, marked
Abdiel,
Whitby," a good deal damaged, and a lower yard, about