The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-04 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Night.)
In the Cotton Market there had yesterday been no
less than 25,000 bales sold, including 8,000 Surat and
8,000 American on specutation. Prices had further
risen about id. per lb., making id. advance since Friday
last. The market was in a very excited state, without
any apparent cause. Shares had been rather thrown in
the shade by the Cotton movement.
It will be observed from the above, that there is a
very decided movement in the Cotton market, which all
parties now are watching with coesiderable interest.
This branch of our trade absorbs a largo amount of
capital, and the diminished importation at advanced prices
will partly conduce to the effect which a larger supply
might have. It appears, looking, to the Bank paper cir-
culation which should be carefully noted just now, that
the Bankers' Magazine give the total for the United
Kingdom at 40,954,591/. in the month ending the 7th
ultimo, or an increase of 1,799,068/. compared with the
month to Oct. 10. The comparison of the month end-
ing Nov. 8, 1845, with the mouth ending Nov. 7, 1846,
shows a decrease in the Bank of England circulation of
783,2101., an increase in private banks of 65,109/., and a
decrease in joint stock banks of 30,0471. ; being a total
decrease in England of 748,148/. ; while in Scotland
there is an increase of 171,2761. ; and in Ireland
an increase also of 12,2852 Thus showing that the
month ending 7th Nov., as compared with the same
period last year, presents st decrease of 748,1481. in
England, and a decrease of 564,5871. in the United
The stock of specie held by the banks in Scotland
and Ireland during the month ending Nov. 7, was
3,713,658/., being an increase of 360,4481. as compared
with the preceding month.
In the monthly report upon commercial matters,
by Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, the interesting
fact is noticed, that the exportation of cotton and
woollen goods shows a decrease of 2,206,6381. in the nine
months of this year, compared with the same period of
1845 ; whilst hardware, cutlery, machinery, metals, and
coals show an increase. This, in some measure, will
illustrate the balance of our foreign trade.
The English Stock-market opened well this morning,
but has since gone back a little, the advance having in-
duced a few sales. Consols have been 951 to 951 for
money, but a bargain has just been concluded at the re-
dubed figure of 95k. For time there have been no
transactions at a higher quotation than 95,1 k. The New
Three and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been 96 to
964, and the Three per Cents. 94 to 941. East India
Stock has been marked 258 k to 259. Exchequer Bills
have improved a little, being 7s. to 1 ls. premium.
The Foreign Stocks are steady, but there is
not much doing. Spanish Five per Cents. have
been 26-a, and the Three per Cents. 31
Portuguese Four per Cents, have risen from 39 to
391. Mexican Stock has been azain rather higher.
viz. 221 to k. Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. have
been 60 to 604.
Shares have been without any material alteration.

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PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced 941/84 94
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 % 1;2I/8
New 314 per Cent. Annuities....., 9614 96
LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 lOl/8 1-16 3-16 10 8-16
India Stock 259 2581/2 2581/._,
Consols for Opening, Jan. 15
Exchequer Bills, 10001.11%d. ... 11 7 p 7 p

CLOSING
PRICES.

ONE
O'CLOCK

CLOSING
PRICES

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Small
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account . 221/04 221/
Ditto, Small — 223/4
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 26%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ......
Ditto, Account 37%1/2
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% psr Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92%

PRICES or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2% 2:1474
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% -
Belfast & County Down 4% ..... .
Birmingham and Dudley 425. ..„ .. 6% 6 6% p
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo l2B
Ditto New l7l/2 32 .... ... ......
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. Junc 2l/.....—
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 21/2 2%... ...... .....
Cambrian & Grand Junc 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 27%
Churnet and Blythe 2
Chester and Manchester 425.
--
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blaekrock, and
Passages ,-, 225.
Cork and Killarney .:. 21,4
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% —
Cornwall& Cent'l Devon 2% ••• ' 4
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford; and Sheffd.'Jtlnc. 2% —
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich `• 1
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 121/2 — .
Dublin, Belfast, and .
Coleraine
Dublio. and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s —
Ditto New l2l. 16s —
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto. No. 2, .. 6/. 13s. 4d... % p...
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union 35 .. ..
Ditto Quarter Shares 8% •l3
Do. Ditto,
1713
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)..• .. 5 ......
East Lincolnshire ... .. 1 %...... 2% 2 2
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...•••
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... ...
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% 16% ... ........ ...
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 12%
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% —
Exeter, Yeovil,&„Dorset 5% — .
Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50
Ditto' New
Do., V, Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Glouc.,Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales 1%•••••
Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ....•••,..,
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster 2% — .... ...........
Great North of Scotland 21/,1 ....
..
........
Great Northof England..loo 236 235% ........
Ditto New
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great restern B5 ......
.. ............
Ditto % Shares .. 50
Ditto 14 Shares lO ...... 19 ..............
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2 ...... 7A,
Huddersfield & Manches. 13
......
Ditto, Extension ...... 3 ......
Hull and-Selby SG
Ditto I'4 Shares ...... 121/ —•• ...........
2
Do. Half Shares ...... 25 ...
..... —.— ...
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% .... . .....
...
Do., ao., and Norwich 2 %....... —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
• •• ••
••. ...... •• •••
Leeds and Bradford .....• 30
Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2% —
Leicester & Birmingham 228.-
••• •• ..... ....
Leicester and Bedfird... 225. —
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% — ......... --
Do., Branch (Blue) .. 2% — • Do.Extension(Green) 21/2 —
Leeds and Thirsk l7l/2— 161,4 •
Ditto? New
Lpool., Mnchstr &New
castle Junction
Liverpool and Bury ... 24 .. •..
London and Blackwall. 161. 139.4 d. ••
Do. New
Ditto Extension ~ 7% -I- - •
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Ditto, Fifths
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d 9 tA.
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d
London, Hounslow, and
Western
London and N. Westerisloo 195 196 194 •1941
Do. Quarters
Do., do., New Shares.. 2
Ditto Fifths ....• .... 2
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12%
Do.. New 14 Shares
(G. J.)
Do 40/. Shares(L. M.) 8
Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 64 6314 x n ... 6314xn
Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 —

28%

235%
60%

77
19
31

16%
54

59%

914

Do. New
Do. New
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4
Ditto Guaranteed
Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 ... ........
L.ondoa and York 21,4..... .......... .....
Do. Extension 2l/2 2l/2 .... .
London and Windsor . 1A.... -...
.. .
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... .... ........ 21/2
Londonderry& Coleraine 15 ......
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... 15 ......
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham ...... :5
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
Ditto 1/2 Shares ....... 38 .....
Do. Quarter 5..........., 2
Do. Fifth ............. .. i

15%
1084
6%
11