The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

[ONEY and COMMERCIAL i`•' LW. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
Do. 1/2 Shares (A)... 914 —
I Leeds and Brdfod 5O
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday there ' Leeds, Daws buary,r &c.... 50 ......
was no change. Sales, 4,000 to 5,000 bales. American Do., Hal, Shares 25
realised 31d. to 6d. per lb. A fair business was done in Do., (blue) Scrip...... 21 — •••
Railway Shares, but without any improvement in prices. Leads and Thiisk
The Washington steamer brings accounts of only one Ditto, New
Do. Prcfer . .6...e7.6.. 35
day's later date from Now York. The last cotton crop
Liverpool, ' Crosby.p . ndt. 3%
......
will, with the exception of two years, be the
Southport . a 31,2
largest ever known, and we are informed that Liverp , Manchester, and -
the per cent. increase in shipments to all forein orts. Newcastle Junaion... 2%
but those of France, was large, in the year endingg the London &Blackwall...l3/.65.81 — Ist September, while to France it was limited. This is Do. Extension ..... ... 22% — ••••••••• ..... attributed almost entirely to the prostration of the ma- London, Brighton, and...
nufacturing interest by the political revolution of Fe- South Coast
bruary last. It is hardly probable that the aggregate Do. Guarant. 5 per et., 9 ......
shipments of cotton from the United States, for the Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 . ...
year 1848, would have been much larger had prices Ditto, ditt0......
Si., guar.tto...... 1852 50
ruled higher, as the stock on hand in all the ports, at /N Ditto,
the close of the year, w 6 per cent. ..
previous year; but the aggregate value would have been Ditto, Proerence... 18/ 17s 2d,..
much larger. When we take into consideration the iw- London and N. Western 100 10914 10814
mense increase in value a small advance is price for this Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22
staple produces, we can form some idea of what the Ditto, New
value of the last crop would hare been at prices current Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 44%.... .......
the year previous. According to estimates made, it ap- Do. 40/. Share-,(L.M.) 25
Do 10/ (M. & B.) A. 9 —
pears that the whole crop of 1846 and 184/ was valued
Do. 10/.. (M. & B.) B. 9
at about four millions of dollars more than the long
Do. (M. & B.) C. 1 . ...".
•• •• ......... .• •••
crop of 1847 and 1848 ; or, in other words, that the in- Lon . &S. Western
not only been sunk, lost, but the value of the same quan- Do. New 40/. 34
tity, as produced last year, has depreciated more than Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50
four millions of dollar?. This shows that large crops Ditto ditto ......... 40
are by no means the most profitable. As an illustra- Ditto. Thirds.. .....13/. 6s. 8d —
tion of this, take the large crops of 1842 and 1844, Do., New Scrip, 1848,
amounting to 4,773,500 bales, which, at six cents. per lb., Pref. 7 per Cent. on
•
make an aggregate value of 121,713,750 dollars, while Deposit, and 5 per
London, Salisbury,
Calls ...11, 13s. 4d... % dis.... .... % din
the medium crop of 1843, and the short crop of 1846,
LnYndeonvnidlerr;..
amounting to only 3,809,100 bales, aihich sold at eight
Ki,le7a.ine 271 h
and ten cents. per pound, made an aggregate value of
Lordonderry and Ennis- ~. ...••.. —
144,627,500 dollars, being a decrease of 964,400 bales
in quantity, and an increase of 22,913,750 dollars in killen
value.
Lowestoft (4 per et.)
The mercantile letters by the Medway steamer all Ditto (6 per ct.) 8
colonies, and represent the feeling among the planters Matlock 4
and traders generally as being scarcely of a nature to Manchester, Sheffield,
allow of their making much head. They are disheartened, and Lincolnshire...100
Do. (No. 1) 18
and are deprived of the pecuniary support hitherto .' Quarters. , ••.. ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2) 25 —
•--
received from home. It would not surprise us, in this Ditto ditto (N 0.3- ...... la
novel state of affairs, to find the attorneys and sub- Ditto, New 10/. Pref.. 10
=onagers, who are the true working men, become pro- Ditto, Gt•Grimsby ... 35
prietors; and we have no doubt but that if the existing Ditto ditto . ......... 11 ".... ......... — mortgagees think so badly of the estates that they will Ditto ditto •6% — ...... •........• abandon further right and title thereto, the managers Ditte Sheffield and
could successfully cultivate them upon a plan of co- Lincolnshire 121,x. ...
operation with the labourers, who begin to comprehend Do., Grimsby Dock... 17% •
....
the critical position in which they will be placed by Do.
Lincoln Manchester and
Union. .... 41.25.
anything like a general abandonment of estates. Midland lOO ..... 82% 82
The union of intelligence, free labour, and a Do. Consolidated Pref.100
mall capital, directed by a personally interested in- Do., do., 501. Shares.. 20 ... .. 94 %... 9
dividual, ought surely to bring about renewed prosperity. Do. Birm., and Derby
57
The colonial produce markets this week have been Do.Consol.Bristol and
rather active for many articles of consumption, but Birming., 6 per ct.... 100
there has been less doing in staples used for manufac- Ditto,llrist.&Glocstr. 38
turing purposes. The large Indigo sales Rill Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 14/. 18s — -. - —
begin next week. A broker of eminence informs us Ditto,Leieest.& Swan-
' .
that the business done in speller during last month has
ll
Great Westngfon, 8 per ct.guar.100
been small, and the price has declined to about 14/. Midland
ern
per ton, at which, however, there is little inquiry, but
Middlesbro' and Redcar, 42%. —
the near approach of winter, and therewith the discon- Of 6 per cent. guar.
tinuance of further supplies from the Continent, renders Newcastleand Carlisle...100 - reduction in price. The stock in London has scarcely , Nr,wmarket ........ ... 20
varied from last month (the demand for export arid Do. Extension .........21. 125....
••••
consumption being met by the imports), and was on the Newport, Abergavenny, -
Ist instant 2,880 tons. The inquiry for Welch bars and Hereford 6 •••••• -
and iron rails continues extremely limited, but prices Newryand Enniskillen 7
are unaltered. In Staffordshire the makers are full Newry, Warrenpouit,
and Rostrevor .. 20
of orders, and the question of a rise in price Norfolk 100
Was the subject of discussion at the recent quarterly Do. New 204 _ lO Meetings; the result was a determination to abide b
9 Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20
present rates, but it slight advance thereon is needful to Do. Guaranteed 590 e. 5
Induce some makers to take orders. In the Scotch Pig Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ......
Iron market there has not been much doing during the Northern Counties Union 4 ......
latter part of the month; the price is a shade lower, say North British ........... 25 ..... 16%
,mss. for 3-5 No. 1 and 2.5 No. 3, and 455. for all No. 1 Ditto, Halves ..
.....
net cash, shipped free on board at Glasgow; makers are, Ditto, Quarters
however, firm at rather higher Tates, and not anxious Ditto,i Thirdsltension
..
801% —.. ........
...
sellers, while little progress has been made towards the North 8: South-Western 214 ..
" --
accumulation of stock at Glasgow, which has not been North Staffordshire l5 ..... 8% :14
se small for several years.
North Wales . 3l/2 ..... .
The dividend payments have not yet attracted a large North-Western ....
number of persons to the Bank of England, and the Oxford, Worcester, and
Funds continue extremely quiet. Consols are 86i 1 for Wolverhampton
Transfer, and 861 -a- for Account. Exchequer bills of Reading, Guildford, and
June have been 28s. to 30s. premium. India Stock is Reigate lO
at 235. " Royston and Hitchin ... 1A,„,...
......
In Foreign Stook there is not so much doing. Mex-
gccottish Midland
Central_....
25 25 "--
.........
ican are 18j. to 19é. Brazilian Bonds have been marked
Ditto, New
72i ex-dividend. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
... .. Sheffield, Rotherham, &
are 45 to i. Spanish Three per Cents, are about 23 to Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7%
ir, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 24 to 25. Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5
shares generally are steady. Shrewsbury and Birm... 9
Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 ......
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 .....
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ..... Ditto Oswestry ...... 16
Ditto New
1 .. •••
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10
•••••
Shropshire Union
••••..•••• .....
SJuth Devon
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 51,4 —
South Eastern
Do., No. 1 24 ...
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Don- ••
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Still. C0a1.... 6
Taw Vale Extension ... 6
Thames Haven Dock

161,4
7%

8%

ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. CLOSINGPRICES.
$ per Cent. Consols Annuities B6 ti q 861,4
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
India Stock 235 235
India Bonds, 1,0004
Ditto under 1,000/. 32 34 p 31 p
Bank Stock for Account .. - 1921,6
Consols for Account, Oct. 17
Exche, uer Bills. 2%d. & 2d.
1,0004 dune 3O 28 p 31 p
500/. March..... 3l p 31 p
5001. June .. 27 30 p 30 p
Small, March . 35 P 32 p
Small, June
FRILES OF FOREIGN FUNDS oNE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. *RICER.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small 741,4 x d 74;4 x d
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lB3 187 f,
Ditto, Account l9 19;4 18% 1874
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 30%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. au
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Russian Bonds 99%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account

25
993/4
11%

and Railway ........... 171/2....
Vale of Neath ... .
Waterford and Kilkenny 171/2. . Waterford and Limerick 45 -
Waterfd,Wxfrel,Wicklw,
and Dublin
3 •••• • -
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... ...
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 9 -
W est Cornwall 6 ... .. •-•
West London ......» ... 20
Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20
Do. Do. 2d Class ... 20
W hitehaven & Furness 13 -
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 91/2
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ....... .... 25
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ....... .. .. 25
Do. Extensioa No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2......... 15
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... 53(s
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and W est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian)... 4;4 --
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzoa) ... 17
D)emerara ...»......... ... 121/2 ...... ... .........
endre Valley.... ...... 4 -
Direct Bombay and
Madras .................. ss. .
Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 71/2... . .. ...... ••••
East Indian 3l, - .....
Gait Indic • Per•;-

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 45 45 th 45%
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY :HARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
50 •••...
Amber. Nott., Bosten,
and Eastern Junction 4!11......
Ayrshire and Gioloway.. 5
Belfast & County Down 17%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction 20
Birmingham, W oiver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 148... —.—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, •..
and Cheshire June.... 10 Boston, Stamfd & ••• •`
.........
Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter ...... 85
Ditto, Thirds ........25 ....
Buckinghamshire... 14/. 45... .....
Caledonian 50 ...... 19y 1/
Ditto, Raft 6tinres 83/
•• ...... ...............
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 2%...
Di tte,Clydesdal e J une 50 .........
Chester and.Hol)head... 474 ......
Ditto, Preference l5
...........
Clarence
....
Do. Ist Class, 6 ...............
per......
Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ......
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. ........
Direct London & 10
Ports-
month .................
Dublin and Belfast June. 30
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
......
105. . 3%
Eastern Counties—.......
..... 20 ..
.... 123/4%
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. ........ 7% ......
Ditto,Extensicn,s

19%
1%

13%

12%

, per.
Cent., No. 1 ...... 6/. 13s. 4d.... %IA di
Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... % dis. ......
Do. North. & Eastern 50
DoDo., 5 per cent. ...... 50 ...
Do. Quarters .—..... 12%
. New .............. 34 -...... .....
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25 .. ,
Ditto, Class A. ditto... 1
............... -- Ditto, Class ii (I. &
and B. ) ............... 20
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%.
DiDo. Scrip (6 percent.) 10
••..... .....
tto, ditto ... ......... 20
Ditto C. & E.) guai..
5 per cent............ 21,E ..
East Lancashire
Ditto ......... 25
New
••••••••• ..... .....
, ...... .. .......... ..
Ditto, New Quarters 614 —
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 414 ......
East Lincolnshire ...... 23
—..............—
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
38
Ditto, Halt Shares ... 15 -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 ..............
Edinburgh and Northern 25'x....... — ...............
DiDitto, New.. ............ 614 — ......... ......
tto, Newport ....... .13 -
Ditto, ditto, New„ .... 334.
F Ditto,
& Dorch. 2 ''.) (3 - ..... ••••• • • • •
Glassgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... . .81.65. 8d —
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... . -
Do.Preterence Consol.
...... ...... - • •••
Great Northern ......... 17
Do., A Deferred ... 12%.....•
2%
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) ... ............ 42%...... 22 21% •••.••••• 21%
Great North of En gland.loo ••••••
Ditto, New, 40/......... 40
Ditto, ditto... ....... 15
....
Ditto, New, 30/......... 30
Ditto, New,lsl ......... 14 .. - 30%•••
Great Western ............ 90 ... .. 77% 77%
DiDitto, % Shares ...... 50 -
tto, ili Shares
...... 21
Ditto, tifths: ........... 20
Ditto, New 171... •
.... 13 ... .. 9%
Huddersfield and Manch. 28 ......
Ditto, Thirds ......... 9 ..... Hull and Selby .... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 . ....
Ditto, 14 Shares ..... 12%.: ...
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
........ 10 -
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto ............ 86
itto, % Shares ...... ,!:3 •
... -
•—••
Do. Quarter Shares-. 17% ...... —4
%.••••• •••••••••
....
...
..
..
Do. Fifths... 9
Fifth 5........... « Do. Sixteenths..... .. 61,4
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13
Do. New, Gua. 6 per et. 5
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 43 ...... —•• •••••
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
r, tract, and Goole) ... 50 .....
""Q.(W. Riding Utivn) 6 ••.
... •••••••••••• ••

lan Peninsular 14.
Louvain Ila Sambre 7%
Luxembourg....
Madrid and Valentia..

Narnur and Liege 2O .."..
••• .. ---
.. 000 000000000
Northern of France...... 12 ...... —34 ...
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Paris and Lyons ll Do. Do. .•• " .. 000000000 •••
10
Paris and Orleans 20 ----

24t%

23%
12%
bys
51%
8%

16%
9%

....,....a,~

57►,%
29

4%

.~:-• -

:rs

.....
4

Paris and Rouen ... _ ..... ............
Paris and Strasbourg ..... 20 ..... gm.
Rouen and Ilavre ... 8
••• ••• as
Sambre ...... 20 ......
and Meuse 2O .....
.•
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tournay, Juibise, Lan-
den' and Hasselt ...... 20
West Flanders ..... ... 8%
JOIT STOCK BANKS.
London & WestminsNter. 20
MINES.
Australian 214 4

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71/2

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IN

2041,4

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 6.—Wind S., light breeze, and fine
weather.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Chan-
ticleer, Bahia; Lotus, Porto Rico; Adelaide, New Or-
leans; Uriel, ditto; Douce Davie, ditto; Native, Balti-
more; Patrick Henry, New York; Thames, St. Ste-
phen's; Agnes, St. John's, New Brunswick; Coronation,
ditto; May, Sydney, C. 8.; Triton, Quebec; Viceroy,
ditto. Sld. 4th, Ambassador, New York; sth, Superior,
California; Mary Jones Buenos Ayres; Atlas, Now
York; J. P. Harward, ditto; John Campbell, Quebec.
A smack, belonging to the Isle of Man, supposed to be
the Edward and Jane, ran on the Norse bank )ester-
day morning, and was assisted off in a leaky state, and
taken to Lytham by the Southport life boat.
DEAL, OCT. s.—Wind W. by S. to W.S.W.—Arrd.
Jane, Blair, Madras; John Pink, Jamaica; Union, Hon-
duras; Magna Charta, St. John's, New Brunswick, and
sailed for Newcastle; Union, Quebec; Queen, ditto;
Hopewell, ditto; Coverdalo, ditto, and sailed for Stock-
ton; Sapphiras, Brown, ditto, and sailed northward;
Thetnis, Richebucto, and sailed for Hull; Prince Albert,
Hudson's Bay. Arrd. from the river, Thomas Henry,
Sydney, New South Wales; Helen, Moulmein Sutlej,
Calcutta; Pauline, Houghton, Mauritius; Charles Car-
ter, Algoa Bay; Mariner, Sierra Leone; Caesar, Ber-
bice; Sir John Rae Reid, St. Kitt's; Prince Albert, Ja-
maica; Devon, New Orleans, A very severe hurricane
from S E. to N.E., which lasted at its height for twelve
hours, was experienced the 30th of August, in let. 36 N.,
lon. 68 W., by the John Pink, Barclay, in the Downs.
NEWBURGH, OCT. 3.—The Logie o' Buchan, Thomp-
son, of and from this port for Sunderland, in running up
the river to-day, struck on the sand, but is expected off
next tide.

SHIELDS, OCT. s.—The Brigand, Parker, in going
down the river, grounded on the sand at Tarrow, but
got off after discharging part of her cargo (coals),
making a great deal of water, and must discharge.
OFF MARGATE, OCTOBER 5.-04urnel, bchester,
Santa Cruz, for Copenhagen.

FALMOUTH, OCTOBER s.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Supe-
rior, Crowder, Rio Janeiro, for Rotterdam.
Of F PILL, OCTOBER 4.—Jane barque, Quebec;
Bonne Mere, barque, ditto.
BRISTOL, OCTOBER s.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Anna,
Eames, St. Vincent's.

OFFBARDSEY, OCTOBER 4.—Julia, Prince Edward's
Island, for Liverpool.
OFF KINSALE, OCT. 3.—Alihorpo, America, for Cork.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 4.—Arrd. Earl of Durham, Bahia.