The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-20 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCE&L N Kyr s .
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterclaty were 5,000
bales. In prices there was no alteration. American
brought 411-d. to 54d. per lb. Railway Shares were im-
proving. The market was firm, and prices were tendleC
upwards.
The continental advices are not of particular irrterest
at present, a lull being apparent in many sr k
Money appears to be scarce in some parts and tfas lea
to the impression that there may be a drain Eng"
land, and some attempt to arrest it by raising the rate of
discount.
The greater quantity of the bullion withdrawn from
rters.
the Bank must, however, not be supposed to have gone
abroad, as there has been an internal drain of late, and
a good deal has gone to Ireland.
The house of Williams and Delvaux, of Mons, has been
allowed a judicial protection against proceedings on tbs.
part of its creditors. Messrs. Hammer and Schmidt, o'
Leipzic, have resumed, and it is expected that the Pres
sian Government will give some assistance to the firs
of Schadhausen.
The Funds come lower from Amsterdam, under date
of the 18th instant. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cnts;
38 to 4, and the Four per Cents. 561. Portuguese 13Z.
and Russian Five per Cents. of 1798 were 79.
The following received by the Americas mail seems
interesting:—
"It appears by accounts received from the prieeiPsi.
points in the Western States, that the amount to I
le'
V!:
forward upon the opening of navigation is much sn3til
than last season. According to the returns.,_rei
ceived, it appears that there is at the eta
River Railroad dep&ts 60,000 bushels of whebat; on
ushels
the Sandusky and Mansfield Railroad 20,000
wheat, and very little flour •, at Mill 25,000 bushels
...ffif
wheat ; Maumee 8,000 barrels flour ;
South Canal 2,000 bushels wheat, and 6,71
barrels flour ; Detroit 45,000 barrels flour. en
very little along the line of the Central Railrosa
at St. Joseph there is not more than half what there
was last year. The stock of wheat on the UPPerf
Lakes is estimated at 800,000 bushels, and that
_II
Flour at 20,000 barrels. It it reported that
in
the grain-growing sections of the western eount's
the supply of grain is limited compared with les_
year. The wheat crop in Illinois looks very pr":,
raising, but we have no accounts from any etln.
state. There is very little danger of the stIPPI
of breadstuffs being sufficiently reduced this year t.
a
keep up prices, and it is our impression that soon f
de-
the resumption of navigation there will be a great
cline from the prices now current."
The Funds have improved again to-day, and WI
have been further money purchases. French se
Spanish capitalists are said to have been
o
and there is some demand for home we,.
Consols have been 821 to 83 for trans
tert
and 821 to 824. Exchequer bills have been 40s•i,
435. premium. Bank Stock. is 137 to 1119, and InaL
Stock 227. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent''
have been 82 to 4.
The Foreign Securities had been rather better also
Spanish Five per Cents. 111 to 1, and the Three P:4
Cents. 201 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 14
to 4 ; Mexican Stock is 15 to ; Brasil Bonds 131,0.
been at 66; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents are 99 to •
Railway Shams are looking rather better.
CLOSI`
ONE rigICVO
,iRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 11$9
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anna .. 81% 1/4% 81 811
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- 82% 83 82% 111
New 314 per Cent. Ann 5...... .... 82% % 82 8 s'l
Long Arras. to expire Jan.lB6o ... Bti 5-16 9..16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8 9-16 8
297
India Stock 227 111

India Bonds, 1,000/.
Consols for Account ..... ... ..
Exchequer Bills. 3d. 44 P
1,0001.
5001. ... 40 43 p
Small 43 40 p
ONE
•,
RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 11
Ditto. Account ... ........... 15%14 15 .... ,
Portuguese 5 per Cents. — 1514
Ditto, 4 per Cent l5l/214 ss
Russian Bonds .
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account llll 4 201/4
Ditto 3 Der Cent 201,E ..--
Venezuela Bonds, 21/4 per Cont — 54
Ditto, Deferred 5%
Dividends on the above payble in London. 39
Dutch 21,¢ per Cent., 12 Guild 4O 39 584
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 59 58 88%
AID stga
cLO s
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE.
..10$ •
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. ihijot
P
Aberdeen 5O ...... % xiint. ....•••• i"
Amber., Nott., Boston, ...-
and Eastern Junction 314 ..... -' ••••••• - ..... ,
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — ..............
.....,
Belfast & County Down 13 -. ...............
Birmingham and Ox- ,
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 13% ••.,.•
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
lnd Stour Valley . . 101. 149... ... ........ ...

43?
40
731C'"-
66

isli

al ..
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Jun e—. 7% ••
... . ......• _
• • 3%
' dial
Boston Stamfd 6 Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 20
Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s.
27%
Caledonian .
Ditto. Half Shares .. 6,4 — •••• ...-

Di tto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 371,E —
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... .
Clarence 7B —
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ......
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ......
Dundalk 6 Enniskillen 171 A

Jun,.
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
' Do., 31. 10s. ...... ... 3% •
Eastern Counties— ..... 20
Ditto, .3Ltension, 5 per
Cent., No. h.—. 6/. 13s. 4d — ...............
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d —.•-....-....
Do., North. do Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New 23 20 ........... ...
Eastern Union 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 124 - ..... - ........
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d..
' 1)o. (guar.6 percent.) 10 - .....
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 6% — ..... . ........
East Linco:nshire ...... 16 q
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — ..............
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, New.. 334 — ............. ..
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New 2'A..... . .. . ............
Exeter,Yeovil, is Dorch
Ditto, New
.... ......
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 - ........... ....
Ditto, New ...
..•
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2% —
( treat South. and West.
(Ireland)
..
Great North of England.loo ...... ....... ... ..
Ditto, New, 40/
Ditto, New, 301

•-• .........

DO •••• .....

Ditto, New, 15/ n ..
Great Western 90....
...69 ..• '''''''''''
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O ...... 50 .......••
Ditto, IA Shares
..
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171... .....
Huddersfield and Blanch. 26
Ditto, Thirds•
9 ...........
Hull and Selby ...... 50
Ditto, Half Shares ..-. 25
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Ipswich& Bury St. Edm 17% ...... ••••»,,...•
Do., do., and Norwich 17% •••••• ........
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2% — .........
Lancaster and Carlis1e... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... ...............
Ditto, ditto
Ds-' lloit.todu%artSehrasrehsar.e.s.
Do. Fifths... ... 9
.......
Do. Sixteenths 614 — .........
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... . ....... "'
..
:36% ........................................
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
' Ditto 1,4 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract, and Goole) ... 50
Do. (W. Riding Union)4/. 25...
....................
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A)... 9
Leeds and Bradford 'SO
....
Leeds, Dewsbury, 47%
Do., Half Shares l7l/4.— •••°— ........
....
Do.. (blue) ...........
Leeds and Thirsk-
Ditto, New ...... 26 •••
Do., Prefer. ,6 per CL , .......
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport. •• •••• .........
Liverp., Manchestee, and
.....
Newcatlet Junction...
London & Black wa11...13/. 68.8 d — .......

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••• ••••• ......

London, ,
DDDDDD ooiooost..
•••••
Lo n d o n a n d G re e n wheirctBellict4s:2ll;
Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17a 2d — ..... -1131,6
Loudon and N. Western 100 1271/4 1261/4 1 .
Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 ...... ••••• ..............
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths ..... ..
Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 20 ...... —• .............
Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 71/4 ...... ...................
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 71/4 ----- •
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 — .... ........ ••
Lon +. & S. vv' astern...... 50
Do.oe.
New
ww
45001./......
..
.........
..
30371/4..
Do. Tenths (Canso].) 50
. .......... •••
'...
..............
Ditto, ditto
ruxteoeda r
al:nsiltfi
.et' r jeCntenNogsloot.i "all: :Es.tn:soipngp.
e, "Ei 1 s.di. . 21808. 4d . . . .
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L,,,DyDnedeiittottvino,o,ldT,siht.er:is.rd..sb:"..l.7.....:......
Landonderry&Coleraine 271/4...... --- ....... ....
Londonderry and Ennis-
ilium • .„„ 25 ',sem 1111, 111,1N•••eIell
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