The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THUEE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was
steady. Sales, 5,000 bales, all to the trade, 2,000 being
on speculation and for exportation.—Shares were much
the same, but upon the whole scarcely so firm.
Much regret has been expressed in City circles to-day
at the death of Mr. Alsager, who for about a quarter of
a century was the City correspondent of the Times.
Through his zeal and industry that journal owes much
for the high position which it has attained, and in many
circles here it is considered extraordinary that a bare
and single notice of the lamented gentleman's death is
only given in the journal above alluded to.
The following has come to hand from New York:—
" Capitalists feel little disposed to change their invest-
ments in stocks, or to increase them; and the operations
are, therefore, unusually limited. Congress convenes in
about five weeks, and in about the same length of time
the New Tariff Bill goes into operation, and the
financial and commercial classes are waiting the
result of these movements. It is anticipated
that Congress will, immediately after becom-
ing organized, devise ways and means to meet
the financial exigencies of the Government, and a large
direct loan will, without doubt, be authorised. The
Secretary of the Treasury will, no doubt, succeed in
issuing the full amount of Treasury notes authorised, at
the rate of interest established, viz., five and two-fifths
Per cent. This amount is, however, but a trifle com-
pared with that which will be wanted to administer the
Government and carry on the Mexican war; and a direct
loan, bearing full 6 per cent. interest, will have to be
resorted to. A loan of this-kind could be easily effected,
and the Government, the money market, and the com-
mercial classes generally would be at once relieved from
the doubt and uncertainty under which they now
labour."
The English Stock Market has to-day been rather
dull. Consols have realised 94i to i for present transfer,
and about the same for the 26th instant. The
settlement of the share account has been in
progress to-day, and this has occupied chief
attention, although money has not been in particular
request. The jobbers are said to have given pretty
fair support to shares generally, though in some
instances the advance has been rather more
than speculators anticipated. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 951 , and the
Three per Cents. 93f I. Bank Stock is worth 205 i,
and India Stock 255. The premium upon Exchequer-
bills has been 10s. to 125., being rather heavy.
The accounts from Lisbon have been rather more
favourable, but the Four per Cent. Bonds are quiet at
37 to 38. Spanish Three per Cents. are 371 being
steady. Mexican Bonds are not higher than 22. 'Dutch
Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. are 59.
Shares have not moved to any extent. Much anxiety
has been expressed for the official statement of the Court
of Directors of the East India Company, relative to the
line to be granted for the first construction of this rapid
means of communication in that vast continent. It is
premised that something will be definitively made public
on Wednesday next.

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ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% IA 9314
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% % .94%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 951%% 95%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 10 3-16
India Stock 255 255
Consols for Account 94% 94%
Exchequer Bills, 1000/. I%d. ... 10 12 p 9 p
Ditto, 500/
Ditto, Small
ONE CLOSING
PRICE§ OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 22 221%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 34%
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 37 371/2
Ditto, Account 3B 38
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. 3 per Cent 3714% 37%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 21,6 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 91%
PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINS
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2% 2% 3 , 3
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Belfast & County Down 43/
Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... .. 6 p 6 p
Birmin. and Gloucester..loo 128% 129% 1291h
Ditto New 17% — .... ... ......
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Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June-- 23/
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
82% p par
Bristol and Exeter 7582
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Halt Shares-- 2% 24 ......... ..... 24
Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 27% —
Charnel and Blythe
Cheater and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages 1 22s.
Cork and Killarney ... 21/e —
Cork and Waterford ... 1%
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% ......
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2%
Direct. Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — . -
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 16s. ..... . 22% 54%... .....
Ditto New l2l. 16s 7 Vri p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d...
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... .. .
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%3/4 3%
EastDereh'm andNer'ch 1
Eastern Union 35 .. ..
' Ditto Quarter Shares 8%
Do. Exten.(llarwich) 17,8 — ......... •••••
Do., Cam b. and Ely.. 2%
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)... .. 21 .•• ..
Fast Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....
Ditto Half Shares ~. 10
_20%
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 ....., -
) Edinburgh & Northern.. 12%
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ......
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% ......
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5%
Gla,wow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50
Ditto, New .. 15
Do., 4 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%..,
Glouc.,Abelystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%..... -
Goole, Doncaster, &c 42s•
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ••• ••
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster 2%.....•
Great North of Scotland 2%......
Greallorth of England..loo
Ditto New
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western 85
Ditto 1 Shares 5O —
Ditto JA Shares lO
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New .... 2 -
Huddersfield & Blanches. 13
.......
Ditto, Extension 3 _
Hull and Selby 5O 108
Ditto 4 Shares
Do. Half Shares 25 ......
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% l2
...
123/
Do., do., and Norwich 2%..., 2l' % 2%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
...... •• •• ••
Leeds and Bradford
... ... 754
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 229.
-
Leicester and Bedford... 225. —
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 221,4 4O 39%
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — ..• ••• —
Do. Extension( Green ) 2%.. ...
Leeds and Thirsk 17%......
Ditto, New 5 — ........ ••••••
I Lpool., Mnchstr &New-
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury
London and Blackwall. 161. 133.4 d. 8% B%
Do. New
Ditto Extension - .•...........
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O
.. 59%..• 59%
Ditto, .Fiftks
London and Croydon
Guaan.s per cent
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d _
Do. Preference ...18/178 2d
-
-London, Hounslow, and
Western - „•••••• • •••• -
London and N. Westemloo 197

23%
7% P

Do. Quarters
Do., do., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% — , —
Do., New► 14 Shares
(G. J.)
Do 401. Shares (L.lll. )
2814 —
.....
....
...."1:74,
Lon,. & S.W estern 411 6s 10(1 67 ... ......... .. 6f; 1!.
De.'New ConsoL 8113 40 5O -
Do.. New
Do. New
ondola and York
Do. 1% Shares
London and Windsor . I,'YH... .

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London, Salisbury, and -
Yeovil ..... .... ........ 2%....„
Londonderry& Coleraine 15 —
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ls
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l5
Manchester and Leeds-. 82 lO3
Ditto LA• Shares
Do. Quarters
Do. Fifths 5 .. .. 10% lOl
Do. Sixteenths 6,4 TYI hi ... 7%
Do. Extension 42s. l% p...
Madchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters (1) 6' wiNte semi