The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-13 00:00:00

• ONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. • I
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Cotton Market:at Liverpool on Saturday the
ea.!te were 2,500 bales. The market was quiet, and
roes were without alteration. A better tone prevailed
art the market for Railway Shares, and there was a ten-
deney to advance.
The Funds, according t- the accounts received from
abroad, were very depressed in all the Continental cities,
and confidence is at a much lower ebb there than here.
It we /night judge, however, from the embarrassed state
11 the French finances, we should say that there is likely
430 much prudence exercised by the new Assembly in
coder to avert a war.
It is understood that rather a large amount in specie
Las been sent to Holland from London within the last
few days, and which is not comprised in the 40,0001.
forwarded up to Thursday last. This is not the result
of any balance of trade against England, but, on the
contrary, of an operation which will bring considerable
rofit, because the bullion is lying idle here at present.
here are more failures reported at Amsterdam, in con-
nexion with the Stock Exchange.
The following extracts, from the New York Herald,
received by the Hibernia, presages with singular point
events likely to happen in France, and most other parts
of Europe. It need hardly be stated that the news of
the revolution in France had not been received out when
the lines were penned:—
" When the harvest in Great Britain proved deficient,
and the attention of Europe generally was directed to the
Most important sources of supply, considerable anxiety
Was experienced relating to the ability of the United
States to meet the demand likely to arise. This
Produced a great deal of inquiry regarding our
agricultural resources, and more information was
gathered of our position than would have been
obtained under other circumstances in several
Years. When it was stated that we could alone supply
the deficiency in the harvests of the United Kingdom,
no one on the other side believed it; but when we filled
their markets with provisions and breadstuffs, there
was no longer any doubt. The facts which then trans-
pired, showing the immense crops of the country,
and the annual surplus on hand, astonished even
those who had made it their business for
Years to have examined these things; and when the
statements sent to England were so soon followed by
much immense quantities of the real article, all doubts
disappeared, and all fears relating to sufficient supplies
vanished at once. Our agricultural rescurces were
comparatively unknown abroad before the short bar-
Vests in Europe, but they are now well understood, and
it is this knowledge that has operated so favour-
ably upon the minds of capitalists, and turned their
attention to our finances. It is well known that
the agricultural products of a country constitute its
Most important element of wealth ; and a country rich
in these must soon be so in every thing else. There is
no other country on the face of the earth the natural
resources of which are so great as this ; and our people
possess an energy sufficient to develop them with the
greatest rapidity. Every thing that constitutes wealth
We possess to an unlimited extent, and the seeds of
revolutions or of social discord cannot take root upon
lour soil."
The Committee of the London Stock Exchange have
not yet come to any determination respecting the short-
ening of the " Account" in the. English market, but no
interference is intended with the present Account, which
runs on until April 13.
Upon the commencement of business this morning in
the Stock Exchange the speculators seemed inclined to
renew their sales, and Consols were marked 804 .1 for
time; subsequently they rallied to 80 I-, and are now
84 to 4. The meeting at Kennington Common has
formed the ground for renewed " Bear" operations, but
the lowest rates at which money bargains have been
concluded are 801 to 204. The public still seem
disinclined to sell at the existing rates, and unless stock
la thrown upon the market, the dealers will have to pick
it up between this and the account day. Events must
determine this, and it is impossitle yet to form any
opinion. Exchequer-bills have realised= 28s. to 305., and
India Bonds 12s. premium.
In the Foreign Securities, business has been exceed-
ingly dull. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 114 to
12, gad the Three per Cents. 22 to 23. Mexican Stock
has realised 141 to 154. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been 404 to 42, and the Four per Cents. 60
to 62.
In the Railway Share Market the transactions have
been of moderate extent, and without any improvement
in prices.

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!'RICER
80%
8 7-18
12p

ONE
L./itch ,4 Or 11111:;Fi : nNI), k:' LG'x
I per Cent. Consols Annuities 803/4%7%
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o —
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 7-16
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Consols for Account ..... ......••• 803/4 1/4714%
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/.
500/.
Small ....•
olrE
1 RICEt, OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — -
Ditto, Deferred —2%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 • 14%% 146
Ditto. Account ..... ... ......
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 3 per Cent ..- - 151
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account l2 1114
Ditto, Passive
Dividends on the above payble in London.
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — 16
Ditto, Deferred 4
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 40
Ditto, Account 40% 42 42
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 62 61 60 59
PRICES OF , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID BUSINESS
AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.:
Aberdeen LO •••••• - ......... ••••••• --
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314.....
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & C nnty Down 111%.....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction '.... ... 20
Birmingham. I,‘ Myer-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,l% olverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 10/. 14a... 314& 3 di5...... 3.dis
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Jun.-- 7% - .............—
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ••••••
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. ... .. 4 dis. 4 die
Caledonian -
Ditto. Half Shares

801-4
28 p
28 p
30p
CLOSES
2

Ditto,olydesdaleJunc 50.
Chester and Holyhead... 3717.12......
Ditto, Preference l 2
Clarence
Do. lst Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... •• —
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth -
Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...... .. . —
Dundalk & Enniskillen 171
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 18/., E. & ll. 18 —
Do., 3/. 10q. .- 3l, ..... 314 ........ -.. 3-4
Eastern Counties...
Ditto,Extenbion, 5 per
Cent-, No. 1......61. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d — ..• —li
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters .... ..... 1214
De., New
Eastern Union 5O

Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d. .
Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 — . .... .. .....
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 33,i••••••
East Linco:nshire ...... 161/2
Edinbutrgb. and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 B%
Edinburgh and Northern 25 — i
Ditto, New ... 3.i —
Ditto, Newport l2
Ditto, ditto, New
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2k - ..... .........
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... .•• ..81. 6s. 8d.... ..... .........
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New . . 4O
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 21/2. ::),,,,
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of En gland 100 ......229 225 .....
Ditto, New, 40/ ...... ... 5
Ditto, New, 301......... 30
Ditto, New, 151
Great Western
Ditto, 1/2 Shares 5O .....
Ditto, 1A Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 171....... 91/2...
Huddersfield and Manch. 24
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 99
Ditto,lHalf Shares ... 25 ...... 481/2
Ditto, 1% Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 171/2..... 51,4
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 21/2...... ......... .... ,
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... .....
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
_ Ditto, ditto - • ••• .
Ditto, % Shares ...... 33 ... •
Do. Quarter Shares... 141/2 — ... ... ...... ...
Do. Fifths... 9
Do. Sixteenths 6l/4
Do. Thirds (1teg.)....10/.45......
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 —
Ditto 1,4 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33

Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract, and Goole) ... 50
Do. ( W. Riding Union)4/. 25...
Do. (Preston & W re)y 25
Do. IA Shares ( A)... 9

. ,
Leeds and Bradtord 5O
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 421/2 •••
Do., Half Shares
Do., (blue) scrip
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New - •.•.•
Do.. Prefer.. 6 per Ct. 312 ..•••

. .
Live/park Croby and
Soarkport • .. 2
Liverp., .Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 21,4

°odor'. & Blackwall...l3/. .
Do. New, No. 2 ..... 5/.135. 4d.... 2 dis...
Do. Extensions miss 17% —