The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton market at Liverpool was buoyant yester-
day, and there was a slight advance in prices. In many
instances d. per lb. more was obtained. The sales were
10,000 bales, of which 4,000 were on speculation, chiefly
American sorts. Shares improved a little.
Upon the subject of the dried fruit trade, we have some
in teresting information in a report drawn up by the firm of
Witherhy and Hanson. Alluding to the article of currants,
it is stated :—" There has been no alteration in prices
during the month. Patras, of good and fair quality,
has been eagerly taken off at 555. to 565., and Zantes at
545. We are at this moment without any stock of cur-
rants, and several cargoes of fruit have been purchased
this week for arrival at 54& to 545. 6d. The clearances
of raisins of all kinds at the port of London, from Ist
September to the 20th inst., were 1,560 tons, against
1,050 tons during the like period of 1845 ; but of the
former quantity, Muscatels constitute a larger porticn
than usual. The 18,000 drums of figs received by the
Achilles steamer, aid Southampton, have all been cleared
off, the first to hand realising the high price of 705.,
and the remainder 60s. tc 655. The market is now corn-
pit tely bare, and is ready for the cargoes by the Rebel
and Torch, a portion of both of which appeared at Bo-
tolph-wharf yesterday morning."
The importance of' a quick delivery for fruit will be
recognised by all, and it appears that the extraordinary
dispatch with which the figs, per Achilles, were passed
through the Custom House at Southampton, and for-
warded to London, has been much commended. It
would benefit the fruit trade, which, from its nature,
requires great expedition, if similar advantages existed
at the Custom House of the port of London. A want
of hands, it would seem, in the department immediately
connected with the clearance of goods on which the duty
has been paid for home consumption, checks the facility '
of dispatch so indispensably necessary in the present
day, and which, in all other branches of her Majesty's
service, has been so liberally afforded to the public.
The letters from Calcutta do not give so favourable
a statement upon the subject of the market for British,
Cotton piece goods, as for some of our other manufac-
tures, and for exports. The Money Market, however,
was decidedly easier, and in China there was more
facility in effecting sales of goods. Ships were wanted
in the ports of the latter country.
The detention of the Overland Mail, until this even-
ing, has just given the favourable opportunity expected
for answering correspondence received by the present
opportunity.
The English Stock Market is still rather under a
cloud, and there has been some little speculation for a
fall in prices. Consuls are 94a for present transfer,
and 94i to 95 for Account. The premium on Exchequer-
bills has been 13s. to 1 ls. only, being a decline on the
previous values. Bank Stock has been marked 205 to
2051, end East India Stock 257. The New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. have been 951 to 95i.
The Foreign Market continues heavy, but the transac-
tions are at the same time rather more numerous than
they were yesterday. Spanish Five per Cents. have
been 26k, and Portuguese Four per Cents., 411, being
very dull. Mexican have receth dto 22-4- 1. Grenada
Deferred Bonds are 31 to 3,i. Brazil Stock is at 85 to
851. French Three per Cents. have been marked 83
francs, with the exchange at 25 70. Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. have been 58Z- to 591.
For Shares there is a moderate inquiry, and prices
appear to be steady. In some instances they are better.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5........ 9334 %
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94%3/
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 944
New 3;4 per Cent. Annuities 951/2%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9%
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 Tears, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16
India Stock 257
India Bondii, 1,0001..

CLOSING
PRICES.
205
93%

95
9 15-16
9 11-16

Ditto under 1,0001. . ....... . 26 p 26 I)
Consols for Nov. 26... 95 94% 94p,'4
t.:xchequor Bills, 1,0001., I%d 12 13 11 pm. 10
Ditto 5001. ... 14 11 pm. 11
Ditto Small

oNE
FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Account . B5l/
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild 58%
Equador Bonds
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto, Deferred 33/4%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto. Account
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 411/2 _
411/2
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account — 26%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent —
Ditto, Account ..... ...... 37%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent.
Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c.
Belgian 41/2 per Cent ..... 98 98
Ditch, 21/2 per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92

CLOSING
PRICES.
85
85v,
58%
34

PRICES OF AT, BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
it AMWAY SHARES 1"-----. AT ONIC O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2% 31%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush .... 1% —
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%
Belfast & County Down 43/4
Birmin. and Gleueester..loo
Ditto New l7l/ •••• ••.., .....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 234 —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 51 .......
Bristol and Liver. June.. 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...-. 2% l3/4. . ..... .....
Ditto Extension ... .. 21/2 —
Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s ......
Chester and Holyhead... 27%
Churnet and Blythe 2
Chester and Manchester 425. — •••
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
...
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% —
Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2%
1 )erby and Crewe 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2 2
% %
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich 1 —
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 14/. 165....,., 21%34
Ditto New l2l. 16s ,
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 12s. ...... 3%
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union 35 .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares 8%
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 11
Do., Cam b. and Ely.. 2% —
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 16% 17
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 •
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 .•••••
Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1A...-.
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% —
Ex eter, Yeovil, & Dorset 514
Glasgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50 —
Ditto, New .. 15
Do., M Shares (5 per
cent. guar. ... ...... 12 %......
Glouc.,Abeiystw) ith, and
Central of Wales 1N..." -
Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425•
Grand Union (Notting-
A 4
and Lynn l% — ••
Great Eastern &Western 2%....•. ......••••• . •
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster 2%.....•
Great North of Scotland 211/Q...... . —
Great North of England l 00 237% 237%
Ditto New
Ditto, New . l5 •••••• 55
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 137
Ditto % Shares .. 50 —
Ditto Shares
14
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ••• 2
Hull and Selby 5O lOB% lOB%
Ditto M Shares
Do. Half Shares
loswich .23 Bury St. Edm. 11% —
.. ............
. .....
Do., de , and Norwich 2%
Killarney ~; unctions 114...... ............ .. —.
Kendal and Windermere 114
Lancaster and Carlis1e... 45
Do. New
Lame, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
. .......... .
--
Leeds and Bradford
.. ...... 74
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. —.. .......
....
Leicester and Bedford 22s.
dis .......... /dis
............... 4
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% —
Lpool., Mncbstr & New- --'
castle Junction -
L Alden and Blackwell. 16/. 13 . 4d. --
............
Do. New
... .. ""'•..... .. ..
Ditto Extension ~ 714 ......
egg
• •• • •
•• ........ ....
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Ditto, Fifths
L9ndon'and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d: -- —••
.........
Do. Gaaran. 5 per cent. 9,. ..... ............... --
Loudon and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... -- ...
..
..
- ".
Do. Preference ...18/175 2d ....................
. -- ............ .. --
London, Hounslow, and
Western
Len Con and N. Westeraloo ...... 1.99 .. ....... .....
Do. Quarters
Do., do., New Shares 2 ........ —163/ 1/2 Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 .... 4
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% ...
Do., New 4 Shares...... .
(G. J.) ............... 5
Do 40/. Shares (L.M.) 8 •...`.
Lond. & S.Weatera 411 6s 10d•.....
De. New coml. Bths 40 ...... ......
....
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