The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

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SMITILFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 3118 s ; Clover ditto,
81 103 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 65 to 1/ lOs per load. A full
average supply, and a heavy demand.
CUMBERIAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 41; Clover ditto,
318 s to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 7s to 1112 s per load. Supply
tolerably good, and trade dull.
Wurn:eirArzn.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 4/; Clover ditto.
8/8s to 4118 s ; and Straw, 1163 to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull,
at barely late rates.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.--
At a meeting of the committee of the above society, held
at the office, 90, Farringdon-street, on Friday, the 16th
inst., Mr. lilt in the chair—a gratuity of one guinea was
paid to J. Burton, 272 M, for apprehending a man for
robbing Messrs. Whitbread and Co., brewers, of a rope
from one of the drays. To James Jackman, 70 S, one
guinea, for apprehending two men, for creating a dis-
turbance and assaulting Mr. James, Bedford Arms
Tavern, Camden-town. And to John Davies, 46 L, a
reward of one guinea, for apprehending Mary Eaton,
for rubbing Mr. Bathe, Spanish Patriot, Lower Marsh,
Lambeth, of a knife. At a previous meeting the follow-
ing sums were awarded :—To James Lock, 103 E, one
guinea, for his vigilance and activity in apprehending
Daniel Byrne, for refusing to pay for refreshment sup-
plied, and assaulting Bobt. Chandler, the barman of Mr.
Friend, Tavistock Arms, Tavistock-place ; the prisoner
was connected with a regular gang, two of whom have
been since apprehended ; he was committed for 21 days.
To David King, 548 C P, one guinea, fur apprehending
Thomas Ackley, for robbing Mr. Bacon, the George, '
Billingsgate, of a pewter pot. And to Eliza Brown, half
a guinea, for detecting James Burens in robbing her
employer, Mr. Chamberlain, White Horse, White hiorse-
street, Stepney, of several pewter pots.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUA R 7'ER EE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterkh,y were l 0,0,J0
bales; about 6,000 were taken on speculation, at Intl
prices.

The ialc of rail way shares yester,lay,
and Co.',, went off with spirit. The principal vca
in the East Indians, which have niaterially hi ptk:ved in
value. The following are a few of the principal sales.—

Madras, Nellore, and Arcot £0 4 9
Great Indian Peninsular
Great North of India 0 6 6
Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 6
East Indian 6
Cornwall and Devon Central
Oxford, \V itney, and Cheltenham 0 8 6
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 15 0
Sambre and Meuse
Calf,lonian, New
Buckinghamshire
Wind or, Slough, & Staines Atmosp',erie 1 . 7 0
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (Norwich
Extension) 1 8 0
Direct Northern - 1 7 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension ......
Reading and Reigate ... 0 14 0
Welsh Midland
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 2 16 6
Shropshire Union and Canal
Manchester and Southampton .
Taw Vale Extension and Dock (scrip) 1 0 6
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham

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There are not any colonial accounts to-day. Much
satisfaction has been produced by a full denial of the
report prevalent at Liverpool very generally—here par-
tially—that one of the Halifax steamers had been con-
sumed at sea by fire.
As a proof of the extraordinary facility now afforded
by steam and railway conveyance, by adopting the port
of Southampton for the unloading of cargoes of produce,
a convincing instance may be reported of the dispatch
used by the dock and railway authorities at South-
ampton, in the discharge of a cargo of figs and sultanas,
brought by the Achilles steamer, from Smyrna, the
whole of which, consisting of 15,000 drums, having
been landed and cleared at Southampton, and
received by railway in London for distribution 24 hours
after their arrival. The increase of the importation of
fruit and perishable articles to Southampton, as affording
a quicker mode of transit to the London market, has so
much increased, that the directors of the Dock Company
have appointed a superintendent exclusively for the
landing, clearing, and forwarding the various articles of
this now important branch of trade.
The Bank of England returns for the past week,
shows a variation, with the items of its predecessor, as
follows :

A decrease in the issue of notes of 281,6601., or to
29,078,135/.

A decrease in the rest (owing to the payment of the
interest upon Bank Stock) of 503,82.7/.
An increase in the public deposits of 25,207/.
An increase in the other deposits of 155,4831., or to
8,322,626/.

A decrease in the seven day and other bills of bu
7,930/.

In the banking department the notes last time were
8,809,1501. Decrease, 503,3651.
There is a decrease in the amount of the precious
metals in store of 234,3921., or to 15,582,2341.

The Consol Market has been extremely heavy this
morning. For the next Account the price has ranged
from 95* -/ and and for Transfer from 95 to 94k. The
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities have been sold at
93*, and Exchequer-bills at 13s. premium.
In Mexican Bonds the fluctuations have been rather
frequent to, day—from 23 to 23f. Old Portuguese are
at 84, the Four per Cents, at 41i, the Spanish Actives
at 27, the Three per Cents. at 371, Brazilian at 85, and
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59.
The Share transactions have not been large.
The shipments of the precious metals to the continent
have rather been on the increase this week.