The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-28 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO TW7EE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very
flat, and closed heavily. Seles 3 000 bales, including
2,500 bales American at 64,1. to 70., and'3oo Surat at
4a. to 411 per lb. Reit way Shares were not so good,
owing to the further rumours of failures.
There are ship arrivals from Australia, end dates of
May 1 have come to hand. The colonies seemed to be
in a satisfactory position; there was no over-trading,
and the Government revenue was in a favourable
position.
The claims of Cochin to the favourable consideration
of the Indian Government, that it may be afforded
greater facilities for trade, and especially as respects the
development of the cotton cultivation, so interesting
at the present time, are well set forth in a memorial
from the British merchants to Sir John llobhouse. It
is stated that—
"The town of Cochin, viewed with reference to the
other farts of the lion. Company's territories, is a per-
fectly isolated spot, surrounded as it is by the native
states of Travancore and Cuchin, from which the greater
portion of its exportable commodities is procured.
These states being considered foreign, the trade of this
port is necessarily crippled by the heavy protective
duties now leviable in England, and under existing cir-
cumstances no improvement cell be anticipated. An
assimilation however, of duties, on the produce of these
native states with those lc vied on articles the groa th
and manufacture of Mysore, would be fraught with im-
meme advantages to Cochin, which would then be raised
from its present insignificance to a high position among
the ports of India. Your petitioners, ill conclusion, will
only, therefore, express a hope that your Honourable
Board will listen to their prayer. and do away with the
present restrictions on the commerce of these native
states, by which their resources will be developed, and
a wide field opened for European enterprise, energy
and capital. And your petitioners will, as in duty
bound, ever pray."
The embarrassment of a West India house has been a
topic of conversation this morning, but it is hoped the
liabilities will not be so extensive as they would
have been in former years, when the house stood
very high. A firm in th© Portuguese trade
is also in difficulties, and the liabilities will
no doubt be considerable. Messrs. Bensusan, in
the Morocco trade, are said to have been literally
" knocked down" by the stoppage of other parties;
and Messrs. Cockburn, the army te4ents, of Whitehall,
who also did business in a small way as bankers, were
brought to a stand by a sudden demand, although
the house was undoubtedly weak, and might have ex
perienced of late a diminution in its deposits. The
probable dividends from the larger firms which have
lately stopped will, it is said, be very trifling.
The Stock Market is looking flatter, though with very
little business doing, real or speculative. Consols for
present transfer have been 85i 1. and for time 851 1 ;
Consols Scrip has been done at 24 discount. The pre-
'mium on Exchequer- bills has been 7s. to 3s. East India
Bonds have been at 7s. discount.
The Foreign Market is equally dull. Spanish Five
per Cents, have been 191, and Mexican Bonds 18k.
French Five per Cent. Rentes • have realised 114, with
the exchange at 25 50. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have realised 541.
The Railway Share Market is again heavy, and there
.s but a limited inquiry.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FONDS. O'cLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities BSW6
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
New 5 per Cent. Annuities 115
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Bank Stock for Account •••

CLC S EN G
PRICES.
85%
861/2
115
7 dis
197

Consols—for Account 8574
3 pert ent. Consols Scrip
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
1,000/,
5001
Small

85
24 dis

ONE
O'CLOCK

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lB%s

CLOSES ti
PRICES
90
18%

Ditto, Account 4140••• ."
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French, 5 per Cent ll4f. —c. 114 f. —c.
Exchange 2sf. 50c. 25f. 50c.
Dutch 21,42 per Cent. .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 86'/ 861%
PEWEE; OF PAID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RIILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES

Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 25;,,...... 11/(ig 1
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% —
Belfast & County Down 10
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 151%
Birming.,Wolverli'pton,
and Stour Valley ... .. 8 .....
Birkenbead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 6%. —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire EL 4s —
Caledonian
Ditto, Halt Shares..... 21j.. %%
Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 ......
Chvster and Holyhead... 32% —
Ditto, Preference 4 —

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 Belfast June 2O
Dundalk & Enniskillen 121/, .
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D. 25
181., E. & 11.... is
Do., 31.105., E. &IL 1
Eastern Counties 2O .....
.17 i;3 17
Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 61.135. 4d... 14 p
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 10 ...._ 87>.0.11
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New
Eastern Union 5O _
Ditto, Quarter Share's 1212
Ditt,, Thirds ••• ..
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do., Eaten. Scrip 114
Fast Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..,
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh &Northern.. 20 •••
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newp0rt........ 7
Ditto, ditto, New • .... 114
Edinburgh and Perth... 2
Ditto, Extension
......... •••••
Exeter:Yeovil, & Dorch.
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ...............81. 6s. 8d _
Glasgow, Kilinar.,& Ayr 50 „....
Ditto New ......... 35 .„...
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ...... 12%„....
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2 %..
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Great North of England..loo
Ditto, New 401 5
Ditto, New 30/
Ditto, New 10/ 11:2 —
ereat Western B5 lO2 1011/2
Ditto, % Shares.. SO
Ditto, 1% Shares
Ditto,- Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 171
Huddersfield & Mulches q.)
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby 5O .....100 99
Ditto, Half Share5.... 25
Ditto, q Shares l2l/2 —
Ipswich& Bury St. Ec.m. 15
Do., do., and Norwich 12
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2%...••• 9?(3
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, ThirAs lO •••• •... •• ••
Lancashire & Yoikshire 82
Ditto % Shares . 38
Do. Quarter Shares... 141/
Do. Fifths 6IA2. 81/4
Do. Sixteenths 6,4 —
Do. Thirds (Beg. )....71. 4s 4 dis
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34
Ditto 1/2 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 23
Do.( Wakefieh.4 Poute-
tract, & Goole

Do. (W. Riding Union) 44
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. 1/,, Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (B) ... 114
Leeds and Bradlord
Leicester and Bedf.)l,l ... IGs.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% — ...... ..... ••••
...

Do. Branch 1;2 Shares 712;.. ...
Do:New Branch(blue) 21/2 —
Do. Extension (green) 21:2..
Do. NewExten. (pink) 21:.2 —
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New
••• 00000 .•••.•
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31ca. . .
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .... .......... 2
Liverp., Mnchstr& New-
castle Junction
London and Blackwall..l6l. 13s. 4th 5

....... .

Do. New, No. 1

Do. New, No. 2 .. 21 13s. 4d....
Do. Extension l5

London, Brighton, and
South Coast SO
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20
Do. G•.:arant. 5 per ct. 9
Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 ... .....
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d B7,i
Ditto, Preference...lB/. 1;5.2d...
London and N. Western 100 1591,4 160

Do., Quarters L.& B. 12
251,4
Do., no., New ....
Ditto Fifths -.-
Do. VI Shares (G. J.) 20
Do 401.Shares(L.M.) 15
Do. 40/. (M. 8c B.) ... 10
Do. 10/. (AI & 13.) A. 5
Do. 10/. (51. & B.)13. 5
Do. 101. AL. & B.) C. 1