The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
10,000 bales, including 3,000 American and 2,000 Surat
on speculation. The market is firm, prices are not
higher, though American sorts are difficult to buy at
previous rates.
There are no late arrivals to-day from any quarter.
The Discount Market appears to be rising. The re-
venue returns are looked for with interest.
In the " Commercial Magazine," a very ably con-
ducted work for information and reference to business
persons, there is an article devoted to the exposure of the
practices of " London bill-swindlers." The extract now
made from the publication is worth attentive perusal and
remembrance :
" We regret to find that several manufacturers and
large tradesmen have been recently swindled by fic-
titious bills of exchange, passed upon them by small
dealers in the country who have become embarrassed
by railway speculations, and have adopted this method
of supporting their credit! As it may be useful to keep
our readers informed of the plan of operations carried
on by the bill swindlers and their accomplices, who
pass the bills into circulation, we may briefly describe
the manner in which this is effected.
" There are two or three parties in London—we do
not think they are very numerous—who manufacture
fictitious bills. They have a printed circular, offering to
accommodate tradesmen with bills of exchange, bearing
all the appearance of genuine business bills, and such as
they might get discounted by their bankers, or pass
away in paytnent to their creditors, without exciting
suspicion. These bills the swindlers offer to send to any
party requiring them on receiving five per cent.
on the amount and the price of the stamp. The
manufacturers of the bills send circulars to small
tradesmen in all the chief towns in the country, pointing
out the facilities afforded for obtaining temporary credit
by means of these accommodation bills; and as the
writers of the circular do not pay the postage, they are
enabled to make their swindling concern known at a
very little expense."
The Indigo sales have begun this morning. It is yet
too early to give an opinion as to the result.
Consols for the Account have been heavy at 951
while for Money the price has ruled from 951 to 95k.
East India Bonds are at 28s. premiun, India Stock at
2581, and Exchequer-bills at 15s. to 18s. premium.
The only business in the Foreigh Stocks to• day has
peen in Brazilian at 85, in the Mexican Five per Cents.
at 25k, in the Portuguese Tour per Cents, at 414, in
Spanish Passives at 54 4, and in Dutch Two-and- a-
Half per Cents., at 59.
There is no alteration worth notice in the Railway
Market to-day.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 951/21/1%
India Stock 258%
India Bonds 1,0001 ... 28
Ditto under 1.0001
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,000/.
500/. ...........» — ... 15 18 pm.
Ditto Small — ... 15 18 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 85
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account . 25%
Portuguese 4 per Cents 41%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto Passive Bonds 5%:%4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,E per Cents
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 92%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. ?x &Luiz.
Aberdeen

Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%..... to 2
Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% -.- to -
Aylesbury and Thame l% to --
Belfast and County Down .. 434 .. ..
Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......129% to 130
- Do. New (iss. at 71/Q dis.).. 17%......
Birmingnam & Oxford June... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheskire Junction.. 2% — ..... to
Boston, Stamf., &Birming... 225. -
Bristol and Exeter -
Do., New
Bristol and Gloucester....
Bristol and Liverpool Junc... 2%
Buckinghamshire..
Caledonian ...... 25
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Extension ...... ...
Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 425.
..o
Cambridge and Oxford
Central Kent 2% to ---
Chester and Holyhead... 27% .....
Churnet and Blythe 2 — to
Chester and Manchester 42s. - -
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 .••••• -
Clydesdale Junction 2O .•..••
Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225., - ••..•• to --

Cork and Killarney - 2l/2 ......
Cork and Waterford ll/2 to
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — ...... to
Cornwall and Central Devon 25% l% to
Derby and Crewe 2% to
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Sheffield Junction 25
Direct Manchester (Rem.)... 231 •—•— to
Ditto(Rastricleo
.. to
Direct lsi °ahem
Direct Norwich 1 -- -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 -
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21/ — ...... to _
Dublin and Galway . 4 ...... -- ...... to
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 7% ......
Eastern Counties l4l. 16s 21%..... to
Do. New. l2l. 16s 6l:t p... to --
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. las. 4d % p... to
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... ...... to
Do., York Extension los.
East. Dereham and Norwich 1
Eastern Union •• .. 35
Ditto, Quarter Shares 834 ...... to
Do. Extension to Harwich 1% ...
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 21 -
East Lancashire . .... . ........ 14
' Ditto, New . ............ ...• • 5
East Lincolnshire ........... .... 11,4 ......
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%.......
Edinburgh and Northern ... 10
Edinburgh and Perth a
Ely and Huntingdon ... 714
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 514 — to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr. 50 --- to
Ditto, New
D 0.% Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% -
Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen.
of Wales
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., Sec. 42s —
Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% ... .. to
Great Eastern and Western... 2% —
...... to
Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10
W
Gt. South. & est. (Ireland) 27% — ...... to
Great Munster ...... ......... ... 21/2 ...... to
Great North of Scotland 2l/2.- ...... to
Great North of England 100 ......230
Ditto, New
Ditto, New ll/- - to

-- __
Great Western
137
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
' Ditto, Fifths 2O
Do. New
Guildfd.,Farehin., &Portsmth. 5 —
Harwich and E. C. Junction 2 .... .--
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 121/ —
Ditto, Half Shares
ipsWich.& Bury St. Edmunds 11% —m.. to
Do. do. and Norwich
to
Killarney Junctions ......•..„• 114 —•• ••• to
Kendal and Windermere l% ...
Lancaster and Carlisle 45...... ..• to
to
Do. New
..
Larne, Belfast, & Ball -

_.........' L., -__ Lymena 425. ...... --.... . to
Leeds and Bradford 3O -
Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2%.,,,., -
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s.
Leeds and Dewsbury ......... 221/2 -
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2l/o ll% to -
Liverpool and Bury l4 - -
London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d....... 9% to -
Do. New . 3 -
Do. Extension ... -
London and Brighton -
Do. Fifths 4O -
London and Croydon...l3l. 15s. 9d 2ll/2 to -
Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 ...... 9% to -
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... -
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... - -
London,Hounslow.&Westem 2 . ..., -
London and North Western..loo l9B ...... to 197
Do. Quarter Shares . .. 2
Do, do. New .....: .... ...... 2 - "'••• to --
Do: do. Fifths - ......
Do. Eighths G. J. 12%...,,, -- ...... to -
Do. New Quarters ;G. J. 5 . ..... -. .. ... to
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 ..... -- ...... to -
London and S. Western.... 411. 6s. 10d.. 691/2 ...... to 70
Do. New consolidatedBths.. 40 ...... -- ...... to -
Ditto New .. ....... ...• ....... 22 %• , , ~, _
...... to -
Do. New - ...... to -
London and York... .... . . ..... 2% ......
...... - -
Ditto Half Shares ......... VA, „, 11,4 to -
London and Windsor ...... ... 1 Af, ...... .... - - to -
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% -
Londonderry and Coleraine... 121 -
Londonderry and Enniskillen 12% -
Lynn and Ely .................. 15
Lynn and Dereharn ............ 15 - to -
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half Shares
___-
ttoo
_-
Ditto Quarters .....
Ditto Fifths 3 - to -
Ditto Sixteenths „. „. 0A...-. - -
Do. Extension - , to -
Manchester and Birmingham 40 - to -
Ditto Quarters (A)
Ditto Quarters (13) ...... ... 5 - to -
Ditto Quarters (C) ...... .. 1 - to -
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. -
11anchest,r,Birmingham, and
MouldJunction - -
_ _

.....• to—.

Manchesierand Southampton 2
Midland 1(X) .....134
Ditto Fifths
•
Ditto, New 24 ...... 34% ..... . to
Midland. Ifirm., and Derby...loo ..... to
M idlandand Eastern Counties 2% — ...... to _
111idld. Great Western (Irish) 15
Newcastle and Berwick
Do North Shields....., 25 ...... 33%..... to
Newcaetle and Carlisle lOO ...... _
Newmarket and Chesterford 2/. 12s I p... to
Newport and Abergavenny. . 2%
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 41 — to
Newark-, Sheffield, and Boston 1-N...... . to
\Torfolli._ ... . ....... ......... ..... lOU 132 _. t-

Do. Half Shares -
Ditto Extension -