The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-02 00:00:00

THURSDAY _ EVENING, DECEMBER 2. 1847.

HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS'.
CITY, QIIARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was flatter.
Sales, 3,000 bales. Egyptian and Surat were id. per
lb. lows r. Railway Shares were tolerably firm, and
with a good demand.
At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale yesterday, there
was a decided improvement; buyers are beginning to
et confidence, and to operate more boldly than for some
time past. The following are a few of the quotations:—
Great Northern .£l 0 6
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. .... 0 19 0
South Staffordshire .
North Staffordshire
North British, Thirds ...... 2 4 6
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 13 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 0 13 0
East Lancashire 2l 5 0
Eastern Counties. York Extension 8 4 0
Boston, Stamford, andßirmingliain ...... 310 0
Eastern Counties
Caledonian, Halves

There are no later colonial or foreign arrivals with
news of general interest.
The resumption of the debate upon the Currency Bill
of 1844 is looked for with some anxiety. People begin
to perceive more clearly what we yesterday stated
as our own impression, that the Government
is likely to persevere in the maintenance of the obnoxious
Bill, and that because the position of the Bank of Eng-
land exhibits temporarily a decided improvement, there
may be an attempt to " gloss over" our past misfortunes,
This, however, must not be. We have clearly much
suffering yet to undergo unless the Bank Charter Bill be
altered, and•for an alteration, at least in part, every man
of business, we should think, will inflexibly contend.
The arrival of the Overland Mail is anxiously looked
for both here and in the manufacturing districts, as by
it the effect of the stoppages in England upon the
houses in India will be known to some extent. As to
the affairs of Mews. Fletcher, Alexander, and Co., it
would appear that there are still some difficulties in the
way of a satisfactory arrangement, although the friends
of the house are yet sanguine of success.
The English Stock Market has been rather fluctuating,
being unsettled both by the rumours concerning Messrs.
Fletcher's position, and by the suspense as to a reduc-
tion of the rate of interest at the Bank of England, upon
which point we may be enabled probably to make some
announcement ore going to press. Consols have been
86 to 851 4 for present transfer, and $64 to i for Ac-
count. Exchequer •bills have realised ls. to 3s. pre-
mium. Bank Stock is worth 187 to 189. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 854 to 861.
In the Foreign Securities there has been very little
doing. Spanish Five per Cents. are 181-, and the Three
per Cents., 29 to 291. Portuguese Four per Cents. are
224. Mexican Bonds are 171 to 171. Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. are 544 to I.
Railway Shares have been at improved rates.
THREE O'CLOCK.
REDUCTION OF THE RATE OF DISCOUNT.
The Bank "Parlour" meeting has just broken up,
and the rato of discount is reduced to 6 per cent.

Oist
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock

CLOSING
PRICES

3 per Cent. Reduced Anna.. 84%14 80/4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 86 85 q 863 x
New 34 per Cent. Anne 86% 85% 861 h
Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 13-16 8 13-16
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ....
India Stock 235

Ditto Bonds 10001
Ditto under 1,0001... ...
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account B6j{%%
Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1 3 p
5001.
Small

82%
86%
1 3 p
1 3 p
3 6 p

CLOSIIN
rItICEs
254

ONE
RICES OF FORRIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Equador Bonds
/Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto. Account 171,414, 1714
Portuguese 4 per Cents.
Ditto, Account 2214 1 221 h
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account lB q
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cant
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 24 per Cent., 12 Guild.— 541,08%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates

ritlcEs OF I'AID BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES . AT ONE O'CLOCK. mucEs
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2% —
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21,E —
Belf&st & County Down 10 ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford J unction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 14
Binning.,Wolverlepton,
and Stour Valley ... .. 8 ..„.. ....
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 73/4 —
Boston, Startled, & Birru. 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire 101. 48.
Caledonian -
Ditto, Hall Shares 33/4 —
Ditto, Clydesdale J unc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 371,4 —
Ditto, Preference .. 8
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 15
East Anglia, 25/., L. k
E. and L. and D. ...... 25

Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18
Do., 31.103., E. &H. 1
astern Counties
Ditto (B) 2O ... .. ....
Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 1.. 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 10 ..... V% SA
Do., North. & Eastern 50..... --••
. Do., Quarters
Do., New 23
Eastern Union 5O .. ... ... ...... .. ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 —
Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4d —
Do., (guar. 6 percent)
r:ast Lancashire
Ditto, Now
Ditto, New Quarters 334
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 4614 46,54
Ditto Half Shares ... 15

Ditto, Quarter Shares 121, —
Edinburgh &Northern.. 22IAI
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport..... ......
Ditto, ditto, New . 214 —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2s.
Ditto, New

Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle 81.61.8d
ilasgow, Kilinar.4 Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
De. Preference Consol. 12 % —

Great Nortkern loi,i —
Do., London and York 21/i..

Great South. and Weet.

(Ireland)
Great Northof England..loo
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, New 30/. 3O
Ditto, New 15/ ll4 —
,reat Western B5 lOO 101 lOl
Ditto, % Shares .. 50
Ditto, !4‘. Shares ...... 15
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171 7
Huddersfield & Blanches. 22
Ditto, Thirds
I full and Selby 5O .. ... ........ ....... 991,E
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, % Shares .. 1'2% — ...
.I?swich & Bury St. Edm. 15
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 21,x ......
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 •••••• •
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto 1,6 Shares .
Do. Quarter Shares... 141,E —
Do. Fifths 6% .. ... 6J,i
Do. Sixteeithe 6% —
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33
Do.( Wakefield, Ponte-
fract. & Goole
Do. ( W. Riding Union) 4/. 28 —
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (13) ... 1%
Leeds and Bradford 5O

Leicester and Bedford... 165...... .

Leeds, Dewsbury, &c..;. 371,4
Do., Branch % Shares 124.. ..•
Do. New Branch(blne) 2%
Do. Extension (green) 2%.....
Do.NewExten. (pink) 2%
Leeds and Thirsk •—
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% .....
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport .... .......... 2
Liverp., Mnchstr& New
castle Junction 21,6
London and 131ackwall..161. 13s. 4d. —...- .....
Do. New, No. 1 ..-.. 6 ... .. ...... ....
Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/. 13s. 4d.. .
Do. Extension l7 %....
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do. Corm'. Eighths 3O
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ...... .........
I ondon and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... .....
Ditto,Preference ... 18/1;s 2d...
London and N. Westerß WO ......166% 1551,4 157 157
Do., Quarters L. &B. 17
Do., d0., New
As
Ditto Fifths
Do. !4 Shares (G. J.) 25
._Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 —

Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M & B.) A. 7%
Do. 10/. M. & B.) B. 7%
1)0. 10/, (AL & 13.) C. 1