The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-22 00:00:00

MONEY and COMATER_CIAL NEWS.

(From The Suit of List Night.)
The sales of Coqon at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to
6,000 bales, iucluding; 4,500 American at 4d. to 6d. per lb. ;
150 Maranham at. 41/2cl. to 4%d.; and 800 Surat at 3d. to
33gd. per lb., with 500 American on speculation. The
market was steady, and prices were well supported. Shares
were quiet.

In liiocingr.lane a sensation was produced yesterday after-
noon by the first sale of foreign sugars (imported i❑ a foreign
ship), the p•oduce of the IlaVannah, which, under the Sugar
Bill, was taken for home consumption. The sugar, 1,204
boxes of white Havannah, fetched 575. 6d. to 58s. 6d. As the
probable future state of the Sugar Market is a topic of con-
siderable discussion at the present moment, we may usefully
quote the follorring from an accredited authority :
" Without doubting that the tendency of production is to
increase, or wishing to undervalue the authorities that have
made these estimates, we must thus consider them as coming
under the head of prospective statistics,' and, like prophe-
cie;, they can neither be affirmed nor contradicted until the
period has passed; and when we recollect that the supply of
sugar is dependent upon seasons, that a drought or a hurri.
cane will disarrange all calculations, and that nothing has
occurred to give a general or sudden stimulant to production
(as the admission of Foreign is clogged with a heavy differ-
ential duty for the next three years), the importers of foreign.
have now the option of two markets, or rather the additional
one of England is open to them, and as a trial of that market
will only involve the risk of port charges to obtain two
classes of buyers, the English consumer and exporter, it must
be expected that a large increased importation of foreign
into the United Kingdom will take place (but a corresponding
dee! ease will be felt in the Continental ports), and then comes
the question of price, as to which class will become the
buyer, and that again will be materially governed by the
current prices of British Plantation, which must furnish the
principal portion of our consumption; hence the importers
of British Plantation have the means of forming a tolerably
correct idea as to the point below which foreign cannot
be a competitor; but this must, of course, be re-
ceived as a general argument, for it is not
p,ssible to foretel hew prices will settle down, as
the various under-currents that so frequently exist in a
market influence prices, above or below their natural level,
arising from the opinions tlirmed by sellers and buyers as
the aspect of the market of the day presents itself. We do
not expect any sudden or large increase, as the consumer
will not feel it as he did last year, when the duties were
reduced, and the consumption increased from 207,000 tons to
245,000 tons."

The private letters received from China are of a much more
satisfactory character than those made public by the ordi-
nary mode of imparting information, i. e., the press of India
and the Hung- King journals.
There have not been any late colonial arrivals announced
to-day.
Consols for the Account have been called heavy to-day at
95%, and 95114 % for Money. A considerable improve-
ment has taken place in Exchequer-bills, which are
now at 14s. premium. Bank Stock has fluctuated from 208
to 209, and the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are at 98.
The quotation of Mexican Bonds has improved to 23 for
the Account; for Money the price is 2214. Buenos Ayres
Stock is at 39. Spanish at 25A ; and the Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. at 593/.
The Railway Shares are very flat to-day. There is an
increasing demand for the East Indian Scrip.
BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN(•
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • .. .. • • 208 209 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95% 96 96
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95!.v 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 97% 98 98
Long Annuities, Expire Jau. 5,1860 .. 10 7-16 % 10 7-16
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto, Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
1,0001... .„
5001. .•
Ditto, Small

• 9534
• 95%

Ilicl.

11 14 10 14 pm. 10
11 14 10 - pm. 10
14 15 11 - pm. 11
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Buenos Ayrea Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 39
Evador Bonds ..
Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent• ..
Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. • • .. 22%%
Ditto, for the Account 22% 23
Portuguese Four per Cent
Ditto, for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates

•• •• --
.. .. 25X

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

BUSINESS
PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. •• .. 1 ........ 1%
Birmingham and Gloucester. .. 100 .. ••••• • • • .. 127%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 5 . 5
Bristol and Exeter 75 86% 86 87 . 87
Buckinghamshire 425. .... % dia. • • • • 34 • die.
Caledonian .. 20... 15 tA • .... 1514
Ditto, Half Shares ..... 1% ..... IA,
Cambridge and Oxford 1% ..........
Churnet and Blythe .. 2 ....
Direct Northern % ......
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine ..
Eastern Counties 141 224 % ex div.. 2230 x d
Ditto New .. .. 10/. Ri5..... p• • • 74 p
Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1:61 13s. 4d. • • ........ p
Ditto, York Extension 10s. .... 2% 2%
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 ••• • ••••• • • • • • 223;
East Lincolnshire .. • • • • I •• • •34 34 •••• • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 70 ... • ..... 69
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 10 ........... 10
Edinburgh and Perth 3 .... 3 ..... 3
G•ole, Doncast., an.lSltuttleld,&c. 425. dis... • ... % ths.
Great Eastern and Western .. 1 .......... 1
Great Southern A. West. (Ireland) 25 .... 28% ...... 28%
Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 26 .... 1/4 .......... 6,%
Leicester an,: 225..... 3 dis... • • 14 iris.
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234.... .... • •
Luildou and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. .. • •
Ditto, New ••• .. 3 ....
1.0, iaon at:d Brighton 50 . 621 A x d.. 6234 ird
Ditto ditto Fifths •• • • .. 30 .... .......... 41%
London and Croydon .. • • 13/. 158. 95 .. 22% .... ••. • • • 22%
Emit.' a North-Western . -100 .... 205 206 x ail.-. 2Uti call
D tto ditto New Shares • . 1634 15% p 1534 p
Ditto, r .. 2 .... 21 x all ...... 21 xail
1.0170.0 n and South-Western -41/. tie. 100... 75),, 7544
Ditto, New .. •• 17%.... 27 .... • 27
Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 20 .......... 20
Lon:ion .1.,0 York .. .. .......... 2
Manchester an.i Leeds .. .. • • 82
Ditto, hitt!! shares 38 .... 52 ......
Ditto, Flails 3 .... le% •• •• . • • 10%
Ditto Extension 425. .. • • 2% p
Manchester an,i Birmingham .. 40 .. 78 cx all.. .. • • 78 xall
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 5 .. •• 14 x all
Ditto, Quarter Shares (..;) .. 1 ••• • ••••.. • - • • 9xall
Manchester, Buxton, St Matlock 425. •• • • % p........ % p
Manchester and Soutba•tipton .. 2 .... 1% % ........ I .Y 4
.• ..100 .. • 137 .... • • .... 137
Ditto Fifths.. .. .. 2 .... 2% . 2%
Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .. • • 42% •• • .... •.. 42%
Ditto, New • •• I .... 10%% •••• •••• • 10%
Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 .. • • 27% .... •• • • 274
Norfolk .. • • .. .. • • .. 20 ••• • ••.••• • • .• 26%
Ditto, Extension .. • • • • 2 ... • 2% .... 2%
North British - .. •• 25 • • 7334 3814 .... 38 34
Ditto, Halt Shares .. . • 8% •• • • 14 ... 144
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 14 . ... • 43%• • .. 3344
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. •• • • 3
Oxford,Wurcest.,& Wolverlimptu. 12 7y,% 8„„..
Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .. • . 34>s .• •• 343 Q
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2% .. • • 7 7
Richmond .. 10 .... 18%
Scottish Central . 123 .... 19% .• • • 193%a
Ditto New . .. • • • • 23Q ...• 9%....
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234.... 234 3. •• • • ... 3
Shropshire Union .. 425..... 34 die.
South .111dland 425. p•• • . • ... se p
South Staffordshire Junction .. 2 .... 3 ..........
South Eastern mut Dovor 33%-•• 421 A 41% ....
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 . 3% • .....
South Wales .. 5 .... 434 4 ..
Welsh Midland .. 2% % .. • •
West Riding Union •• 425...,, 234% p......
York and Carlisle .. 2% .
York and North Midland .. 80
Ditto, Half Shares 25 .... 47 ........
Ditto, slcarborough Branch .. 25 .... 46 •••• . . . ...
Ditto, Selby .. 30 .... 72 71% 72%
Ditto. Extension • • .. 20 .... 39 3844 ......
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten. • • 1 •• • - 11% 12%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Atniens .. 14 .....
lord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 ....
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 ..., 1%
Ceylon .. 58. ...
Direct Bombay rand Madras .. ss. .. •• ..........
Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .... 6%.
East In iia.i.. • ss. ....
Great Western Bengal .. ss. ..........
Luxembourg
Namur arid Liege .. .. 6 ....
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 ....
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 ....
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4% %
Tournay, Jurb:se, Landen, and
Hessen

42 4
3
4
2% p

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London Joint-Stock • • • • • • 10 .... 15 ......
Union of Australia .. .. .. 25 .... 25 ......
MLWES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered —•• • • 334 ••••• • • • • 334
EttaaTum.---In yesterday's List, read Luxembourg I% Instead
of 1%.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam —— C.F. 12 9% Gibraltar........ .... ,
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 634 Leghorn . . • 3O 70
Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 10 Genoa .......... •• . •
Antwerp • ......... .. .. 28 20 Milan .. ... . —
litmburgh ......M.B. 13 15% Venice..
Altona • ..... .... • • .... Naples •••• .. • 39%
Paris, 3 days' sight .. .. 25 85 Palermo, per 0z....—•. /194
Ditto, 3 months...... 26 15 Li5h0n....... ..... .... 52%
Marseilles ••.. .. • ....• 26 20 Oporto .... ..... .... • • 623 s
Bourdeaux. .. .. 26 20 Rio Janeiro ..... • ... • 24
Frankfort on Maine.... 1223¢ Bahia ....... ...... ...
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Buenos Ayres ........
Berlin •..
Vienna, effec. do
Trieste, ditto.... • •
Madrid ••.. •
Cadiz • • • :
Bilbao
Barcelona •• ........ New Dollars .... ••• • 0 4 934
Seville.. ..... ......... Silver in bars .. .•.. • • 0 4 11%

DANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
In Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fez
the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th day of August, 1846. •
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes i55ued........ 29,4-56,535

Government debt . • 11,01,100
Other securities • • . • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,958,912
Silver bullion .. • • 2,497,622

£29,456,535 I
Dated the 20th day of August, 1846.

29,456,535