The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-19 00:00:00

Avignon, Havre, and Vierzon have risen sf. each ; Rouen
3f. 75c. ; Orleans, Versailles (Right Bank), Strasburg,
Northern, and Bordeaux, 2f. 50c. each; Boulogne, lf. 25c.
Nantes, Lyons, and Versailles (Left Bank) 'are unaltered.
For Cash, Rouen have risen 10f.; Northern 7f. 50c. ; Ver-
sailles (Left Bank) 3t. 75c.; Bordeaux, Strasburg, and
Nantes 2f. 50c. each ; Lyons are unvaricd ; Orleans have
Men 2f. 50c.
_

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 17.
Demerara, 37i—Northern of France Constituted, 103 A
—Orleans and Vierzon, 131—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8A—
Paris and Lyons Constituted, 51/4 ex int.—Paris and Stras..
burg Constituted, -14.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Night.)
The Liverpool Cotton market was quieter yesterday.
Sales 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 were on speculation.
Prices were a shade worse. We fear that when it be-
comes known that the Bank of England have not ad-
vanced their charge for discounts, the fever of specu-
lation may again recur. Shares rather improved at
Liverpool.
At the sale of Railway Shares, to-day, at Messrs.
Lamond and Co.'s, a good business was done. The fol-
lowing are a few of the principal sales :
Waterford, Wexford, and Va1entin......... 3 9
London and Manchester (Remington's).. 0 9 0
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union
Leicester and Bedford
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole '2 5 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 10 0
Newport and Abergavenny 0 17 6
East Indian
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershirc,New 0 12 (3
Northern and Southern Connecting
Vale of Neath 1 9 0
Northern Counties Union ........ 1 3 6
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ..
North British, Halves ... l5 16 0
North British, New Thirds
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 6 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0
Belfast and County Down
Cork and Waterford
We are glad to learn from Canada that there had
been two Commissioners appointed under the Act of
June last, for a loan not exceeding 100,0001., to the suf-
ferers by the Quebec fires, for rebuilding ; but it
was understood that no debentures would be
issued until some preliminary steps had been
taken. The only advantage to the sufferers should
the money be raised, will be getting it at three per cent.
upon giving good security for the repayment. Three
thousand a year, will be the utmost of the bonus to
Quebec•, should the whole or the 100,0001. be issued.
Some, persons, seem, however, to have imagined, seeing
the remissness of Government, on several occasions, that
repayment would not be exacted. The demands on the
public chest for debt, interest, and current expenditures,
will, however, no longer permit of former indulgences.
Tl,e arrivals in the river are extremely limited, on ac-
count of the weather, and supplies of fruit and other
articles in great request at this season are consequently
kept out.

'The circumstance of the Bank of England not having
ad vatic( d its terms for the discount of bills, has given much
satisfaction in the City, and there is an expectation that
we that! go quietly over Christmas, and enter upon the
New Year with something like the confidence and bustle
of legitimate trading opsrations.
The public securities have been to-day very steady,
and are a shade higher. Consols realising 934, for the
account. Bank Stock is quiet at 206. The New Three-
and .a-Quarter per Cents. are 954 to 96, and the Three
per Cents. 94 to 941. Exchequer-bills have been quoted
10s. to 13s. premium. Long Annuities are 9-1 to
9 fifteen-sixteenths.
In the Foreign House there has been no particular
movement and the speculative Stocks have been quite
neglected. Spanish Passives are 51. The Five per
Cents. Portuguese have been marked 821. Mexican
Stock has realized 23,7,-, being a shade under the previous
rates. Brazil Stock has bean quoted 86. Russian Bonds
have been at 1111, and Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents.
at 601.
Shares are rather better to day. Birminghnm and
Oxford Junction have ris-n to 10 and . oi; Caledonian
t 9 281 and 29; Brighton to 581 and 59; North Stx.frord
to 8A- 1; Shrewsbury and Birmingham to 58 t; Northern
of France to 104 and 11; and Paris and Lyons to sil lex int:rest ; East Lancashire are cx. new.

CLOSI G
EWES.
206

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank littck
3 per Cent. Reduced Anus 9414 94 94
New 31% per Cent. Annuities....., 96 963% 95v /4
i.ong Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 9 15-16 71i 9'3R
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 9 11-16 9 11-16
Consols for Opening 93%N 93%
Exchequer 13111 s, 10001. 114 d.... 13 10 p 10 p
Ditto, 5001
Ditto, Small

ONE CLOSING
I RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Brazilian Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 231/2
Ditto, Account . 2376 23%
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto, Account —
Russian Bonds .... 111%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
. Ditto, Passive . SV2 5%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, Account 60%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92%1A 9234
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RIILWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

I Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.....
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% --
Belfast & County Down 4:14 —
Birmingham and Dudley 41i. ... .. 5% p. . .....
Birmin. and Gleucester..100
Ditto New l7l
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2%
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. '
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O ......
Bristol and Liver. June.. 214 .....
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 21/2 241/2 ...... ..... 21%
Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25
Chester and Holyhead... 27 %
Chuniet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... . ...
Clarence lOO
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford ... 11/s
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. Jvlnc. 2%
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% —
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4 ...
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 16s —
Ditto New l2l. 165.......

Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d y 8 p... .......
Do., York Extension.. 2 3l/4 ...............
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union ............ 35. ..
•........
Ditto, Quarter Shares Bj4 — ..............
Do. xten.(Flarw!,ch) 174 — .........
.....
Eal,:toi,,Caialemast arend...L..l
....
....
1241/4:
..
.. ..
.. -7:!‘i .
;..n..Q.w..
...
:173/ x a
5 ..
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk ),..
..
Do., do., New Scrip ll4 .....
..
East Lincolnshire ... •• 114...... 21,,1
East & West of England 1%...... _
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 75
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/4 .....•
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12%
._ ••• ........ •••
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 — ...
Ely and lluntingdon ... 12% .. .. . .....
..
......
Enniskillen and Sligo ••• *~
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 514 314
Gaslgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
.•• 5
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ••••••
Ditto, New
.. 15 .
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ..„ 1212 —
Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn - •• ...... .....
Great Eastern &Western 21/4.....• ....... •••• "
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Great Munster ••• 21/4 ......
Great North of Scotland 21/4 ••••••
GreatNorthof England..loo
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western
Ditto
.% Shares . SO
Ditto 1/4. Shares
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2
linciderstield & Manches. 13 ......
Ditto, Extension 3
Hull and Selby- 5O
1)o. Half Shares 25
Ditto 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11 V,
Do., do., and Norwich 2 1/4-
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Do. New
Leeds and Bradierd 3O
Leicester and Bedfard... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 221/4
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% —
_ Do. Extension(Green ) 21/2...•• 7- . .
•

Leeds and Thirsh l7 i 2...... 141,,,2 .
Ditto, New
1)o., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,4 — .....
Do., Mnchstr &New
castle Junction....... 21/0.... 214
L-)ncion and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d
Do. New
Ditto Extension .....• 71-ii,......
London, Brighton, and
Scuth Coast
Ditto, --I,iftlis ... ...... 40 ......
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10
Do. G-.:arant. 5 per ct. 9
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d 914
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d
:7.4i,-12:,. 77.- . -,..,'. •::. '
l'r e6tti..
London and N. Wtsternloo 194 195...
Do.. Quarters

27%

171/4
(Ns

14%

58%

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