The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

F.EBRUARY 8, 1848.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very
barely supplied. Sales, 5,000 to 6,080 bales, including
4,500 bales of American, at 44d. to 64d. per lb. In
Railway Shares there was more doing, and a better
inquiry existed.
There are no later ship arrivals today with news of
any interest.
The important sales of Indigo commence t day, and
as the Money Market has become so easy, it is fully
expected they will go off more favourably than the
last. The Colonial Wool sales also begin in a day or
two, and similar expectations are indulged in respect
to them.
The creditors of M. Hennekine Briard, and M. Ter-
celin Sigart, the parties who failed for so large an
amount at Mons, in Belgium, have agreed to the ob-
tainment of a sursClance.
The rate of discount continues very moderate in the
City upon the bills of first-class and substantial traders.
The extraordinary influx of the precious metals—the
Peninsular steamer arrived at Southampton yesterday
having brought a further supply, and private merchant-
men are adding daily to our stores in a manner which bids
fair to ensure confidence for some time, unless we have a
most unfavourable harvest. The exchanges upon the
Continental cities, it is true, have been drooping a little
within the last few days, but this will soon right itself.
The English Funds have been rather heavy again this
morning, but at the hour of our writing there is a little
improvement. Consols have ranged from 884 to 894 for
Transfer, and from 89 to 894 for Account, the higher
prices being those now current. The advices by the
French express have not had any particular in-
fluence, and upon the whole the speculators
for a rise in the funds have not any very
substantial ground to act upon, because, presuming that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer mak©s a good financial
statement, many consider that 90 is a fairvice for Can-
so] s, when there is a favourable Opportunity of employing`'
money in business operations, produce, &c. Exchequer-
bills are 275. to 28s. premium for those dated June. Bank
Stock has been at 200 to 2014. The New Three-
and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 904 4, and the
Three per Cents. 894 to 4. East India Stock has been
marked 243.
The Foreign Securities have been steady. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been 32 to 324, and Portuguese
Four per Cents., 264. Brazilian Small Bonds are at
844. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 54.
Railway Shares have been dull.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock 901% 200 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Anna 89 I 4 89%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 88 89 89%
New 3% per Cent. Anus 90 Mi 904
Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 9 1-16 9 9
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8% 83/4
India Stock 243 243
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001...
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/. March
1,0001. June 2B 27 p 27 p
5001. March ..
Small, March
Small, June
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
S6l,i
84%
85
83%
2,;‘,3

uzacEs, OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds —
Ditto, Small 84%
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B4
Equador Bonds _ 3lh%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 264
Russian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Do., 1838-40, div. frm. Nov., '4O
Do., Coupons
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred —
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent ...... 9.
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.— 54 54
Ditto. 4 per Cent.PAlCeprt.ifizesautseissEBsss%Dt Bz6
er,
OsB6ING
PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 45 ..... 27
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%...... —,
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & County Down 10 ...... ....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20 - ......... .... 4 • ....".
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 10/. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 7% — ... .. ....... .
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds 2O
Buckinghamshire... 12/. 4s. ... .. 2% dia..- 2% dis
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 3%

2614
1101,4
21%
19%
14
31231

Ditto,Clydesdale June 50. -
Chester and Holyhead... 37% 23% 23
Ditto, Preference l2 ...... 1214 . 1214
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. .. lO ...... -
Direct London & Ports-
month
Dublin and Belfast June. 25 —
Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 11%.....
Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Counties........ 20
Ditto (8)... .. 20
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. L.... 6/. 131. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New 23
Eastern Union ... 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Ditto, Tnirds .......135.4d.. ....
110. (guar. 6 percent.) 10
East Lancashire -
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 3%.....• 23/4... 2%
East Lincolnshire ...... 16%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... ........
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh and Northern 22%
Ditto, New 314
Ditto, Newport l2
Ditto, ditto, New 2%.....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and *
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40
Do. Preference Consol. 15 - . . .... .• I •••
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2 %...... ... —
Great South. and West.

2
15%

4%

(Ireland)
Great North of England .100 . .....
Ditto, New 40/ 5
Ditto, New 30/ iu
Ditto, New, 151. -
Great Western
Ditto, % Shares 5O ......
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths.
Ditto, New 1711 - 10%
Huddersfield and Manch. 24
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 1034 104 lO4
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ...
Ditto, 14 Shares -
Ipswich & Bury St. Edin 174 ...... 85A1
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Canib. & Ely) 24 -
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 55
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 . —
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 38 ... .. •••
Do. ).,uarter Shares... 14% —
Do. !Fifths 8 - ......
Do. Sixteenths
_614 —

19%
10%

8N
VA

8%

Do. Thirds (Re,g.)....10/.4;..... --
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 ......
Ditto 1,4 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33 -, . ..... —.
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and G001e).... 50
Do.(W. Riding Uni0n)41.28......
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. IA Shares (A)... 9
Ditto ditto (13) ... 14 — ..............
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42% — ••••..........
Do., Half Shares l5 ...... -- ...............
Do.Newßrancli (blue) 2%... .. ...............
Do. Extension (green) '2'
Do.NewExten.(pink) 2%
Leeds and Thirsk ... . 35 ...... ••• ..... ••••••
Ditto, New ...... .... ..... 22% —
Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3%.••••• --
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . .............. 2 ......
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 21/ ......
London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s.
Do. New, No. 2 ... 4/. 13s. 4d.... 1 dis - ...... 1 dis.
Do. Extension ..... ... 17%
London, Brighton, and
South C0a5t......... 50
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9
Do. Pref. Con.dper ct. 50 ..
...dm
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
•• ••• .........
London and Greenwich 12/1584d — - ......
Ditto, Yrefereuce... U3117e 2d,„ ...., ••••••••• ...°
•••• SO
..... ll Ile 11.1.

London and N. Western 100 149
Do., Quarters L. & B. 22
Do., do., New
Ditto Fifths ..... .. .. 2

Wane
?%

Do. 14 Shares (G. J. 25
Do 40LShares(L.M.) 15 ......
Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7%......
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7% — ...... . ll
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1
Lon 1. &S. Western 5O ...... ......... ......
Do. New 50/. ..
Do. New 40' .. 30
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... .... •••
Ditto ditto ....... .... 40
Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d.... 13A dia......... 174 dis.
London, Salisbury, aad
Yeovil ..... .... ........ 1%...... .—.
Londonderry&Coleraine 27%...... ... —
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 25 ...... ... ..... ••••• .....

Prf anchester,Buxton,and
Mat10ck....... 3
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7IA —
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25
Ditto ditto . 7
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
_ _

Lincolnshire 7%." • ,
Nand:Lest. & Sonthampt. 2!,,i ...... ...
Midlani lOO 114% 113% 113%
Do. Consolidated Pref.100
D0..401. Shares
Do. JO/. Shares
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Da.Coasol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct. —.lOO ......125
Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto
Midlnd,Leicest. & Swan-
nington 8 per ct.guar.loo ......

Midland Great Westem
Irish ..... 85 ......
N ewcastle and Carli51e...100
Do. Quarters 25

Newmrk et &Chesterforil 18% —
Do. Extension . ...21. 125....
Newport, AbergavenuT,
and 8eref0r5i..:......... a •••••• '
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor 12%...... .. ........ .... ....
Norfolk .... - ...100
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 —
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25
Do. Half Shares 12%...... 1214 1214
Do. Quarters 5% 514. SU
Do. Extension
%••••••
2 Ditte) Thirds — _ —
Nod! Staffordshire lO ...... 1014% .... ...... 10%
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 22% . .... —
Ditto, New 10 — ........ ... ..
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole ... ••• 5
" '
Shrewsbury and Birm... 7
Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 -
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Ilin.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
Ditto Oswestry . ..... 12
Ditto New
Do. $ per Cent. I'ref
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon
De. Preference
South Staffordshire 4

South Eastern & Dover. 33% 30%%3A 3l
Do., No. 1 24
Do., Nc. 2. - " ••• ••.••••• ----
Do , No. 3 ....... ...... 20
Do., No. 4
South Wales ...... ......... 18 -.............-
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 3 -
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 8
Taw Vale Extension ... 4 - ..• ••• ..... •••
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ....•...... 17%
Vale of Neath ... .. 4
W aterford and Kilkenny 13% — ..
Waterford and Limerick 40 —
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall 4 .•• •• ---

I\rhitehaven & Furness 15 -

Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 525.
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick
Do. North ShieldsPur. 25
_ _

/Mr
Do. Extension IN o. 1. IS
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10
Do. U.N E.Preforence 8 ...... 10%1/2 % .....
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) 14
•••

Central of Spain
Ceylon -
Demerara ..... .......... ... 5 ......
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. . ... -
Dutch Rhenish ......... 7 ... .. •
East Indian .... ..... ...... 1
Great Indian Peninsular ss. —
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 ....... .........
Louvain Ila Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg.... ....... ... 6 ......
Lyons and Avignon.... 5 -
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Nanawr and Liege ...... 16 ... .. r- ..•
Northern of France lO
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ......
Over Yasel 41384 d...... ...
Paris and Lyons lO ..... 5%

1114

5%

Paris and °ileum ...... 20
Paris and Rouen ......... 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 - ****** ••• 00, e• .....
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse lB ..... 63/4 63/4
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes 8 ...... --

Tonmay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Ilasselt ...... 16 --
West Flanders 814..... --

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, FEE. B.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.; light airs
and dull cloudy weather.
OFF MARGATE.—Medors, Barnett, Jathaica.
DEAL, FEB. 7.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Hugh
Walker, Cameron, China ; Heath, Whitoway, Mau-
ritius ; Rawlins, Brown, Jamaica ; Superior, Bell, West
Indies. A sunken vessel, the three lower masts stand-
ing with rigging attached, was passed Oct. 27, in the
Lucipora's Passage, Banca Straits, by the Mohawk,
arrived in the Downs.
caiaatta , T-T;nrlnc, Doiroan,
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.—Wind variable.—Arrd.
Morris, Bombay ; Nais, Barrett, Monte Video ; Parton,
Laguna ; Java, Perry, Charleston. Sld. Pakenbstm, St.
Thomas •, Madagascar, Havannah ; Liverpool, New
York ; Milton, Boston. Arrd. Queen of England Par-
sons, Calcutta. The Michael Williams, the Bristol
Channel to Valparaiso, with coals, took fire off the coast
of Patagonia, from spontaneous combustion ; crew ar-
rived at Monte Video.
GLOUCESTER, FEB 7.—Wind W.-51d. Wanderer,
Sydney.
LONDON, FEB. B.—The Alliance, of Shoreham, from
Guernsey, struck on a rock off Cape La Hogue, 3d inst.,
and immediately sank.
FEB. 7.—Arrd. Rapid, Walters, St.
JoThn's,
Newfoundland.smoun,
T
Thetis A herd
e.
I
liaimndaica. W.
PORTSMOUTH !FEB. 7.—Westmiuter, New York.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7
*Sild
W.—Arrd.
Majesty's South Australia ; the Queen Esther, from Alex-
aido,s
andria, which grounded on an anchor 31st inst., and was
afterwards hauled on shore, has been brought into the
Pool, and her cargo is being discharged.
CARDIFF, FEB. 7.—The Radiant, of Shoreham, from
Newport to Dundee, sank near Barry Island yesterday
morning in ten feet low water ; crew saved ; cargo and
materials expected to be saved.
DEAL, Faa. 7.—Put back, Mary Queen of Scots,
Pernambuco; Janet Willis, Demerara.
OFF DUNONNESS.—James H. Shepherd, Ainsworth,
New York ; Antiquary, Gardyne, for Genoa.
BROADSTAIRS, FEB. 6.—The Secret, from Patras, and
the Lord Pitz,,,,erald, from Kilrush, both for London, got
on shore on the Goodwill Sands last night, but came
off.

_ FEB. 7.—The Agnes, of Ipswich, from
Rouen, struck on the Goodwin Sands, 6th inst., arrived
here to-day, and proceeded for Ipswich, leaky.
LEITH, FEB. s.—Arrd. Marchioness of Queensberry,
M'Callum, Quebec.
CORK, Fms. s.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd., 4th, Hero,
Sedgly, Rio Janeiro; Swan, Sterling, New York;
Challenge, Crosby, St. Andrew's ; Isabella Stewart,
M'Kenny, St. Andrew's; Java, Pickering, Batavia, for
Bristol; Louisa, Domeraile, Rio Grande; William
Thomas, Robson, Alexandria.
JERSEY, FEB. 4. Sld. Hazard, Rio Janeiro.
(schooner), of
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7. The Gipsey
Annan, has been found capsized, and floating in the
river.
ALDBOROUGH, FBB. 6.—The Breadalbane, of and for
Hartlepool, struck on the Maire at Orforduess, and has
become h total wreck; crew owl