The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-20 00:00:00

MONEY And COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From the Sim of Saturday ehittgr,.)
The, saleS of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, *ere MOO ft,
3,000 bales, at firth rates: Shares were, much the same. The
Stock Exchange is td be closed frtim 'Wednesday, the 29th
instant, to Monday, Aug. 3, owing to the visit of Prince
Albert ; and the settling day for the end of the itetith, IS
fixecl for Aug. 3.
Theri3 aiipear4 Mill to he a. good deal of uncertainty
respecting the cotton crop, alit! It la as much as a writer on
this side of the Atlantic can do to steer cleir of 4r or by con-
sulting conflicting authorities, and endeavouring id efieh
something tangible from the whole. In the accounts re,
ceived this week, we And Various prognostications of short
crops, and among them the following, by a firm in one of the
southern states:—
"These figures speak so conclusively for themselveg,
that without entering into any elaborate argument,
they must tend to place the future prospects of the
planter in a more flattering light than we have been
enabled to represent them for some two or three years
past. The only circumstance that could materially
al:ct these expectations would be the recurrence of an over-
whelming crop, an event which the developments of the sea-
son thus far scarcely lead us to apprehend. On the contrary,
the accounts from various sections of the country induce us
to the opposite belief, inasmuch as the cold and rainy spring
has, in many portions of the cotton-growing regions, inflicted
such severe injury on the plant, that without venturing oft
any estimates with regard to the yield, we may be permitted
to say that there is not much prospect of any great excess
next season."
Rather more favourable advices reach us from the German
wool fairs, and the sales were brisker.

The features in the Bank of England weekly return to the
llth Inst. are these:—

N,,tes Is,ued 59,266,360
Decrease
Bullion
Decrease 85,185
Public Deposits, Decrease
Other Der), 'sits, Increase
Other Securities, Decrease 2,100,593
Seven Dav and other Bills, increase ........ 54,202
Notes in 'Banking Department, Decrea5e........... 877,460
The Funds have been very dull this morning, and appear
a little flat. Con,ob, 95%.% for present tranfer, and 95%
for account; Exchequer-bills 10s. to lls. premium; and
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 97% to 97%. Bank
Stock has been firm at 209. East India Stock has been
supported at 261.
The dealings in the Foreign Investments have been limited
also, but, except Portuguese. they are generally supported at
the previous rites. Spanish Three per Cents. have been
36%, and the Five per Cents., 2474 ; Portuguese Four per
Cents. are heavy at. 44 to 45. The accounts from Lisbon
are considered to be unfavourable, and a good deal of diffi-
culty is anticipated in the ?ollectiou of the revenue. Mexican
Stock his been at 27 to 2714, •
The Share Market is still rather fluctuating, but appears
not to be very well supported.

111CMs11
flank Stock

ONE CLOSING.
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
.. 209 209

hree peg Cent. iteduced Annuities 9614 95% 96
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 95%% 95%
\ew• I hree-and-a-quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% % 97%
Long Anffilities, Expire Is6o
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1560 .. • • 10 1-16 10 1-16
India Stock .. . .. 261 261
India lionds. 1,0001. .. 25 25

t2onst- Is for Aug. 27

,95rs

Exchequer Bilis. INd. 14 d..
1,0001. .. .... 10 11 pm. 14
5001.
Ditto. Small, .... 14 10 . pm. 14
ONE CLOSINt
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . .. 98 98
Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 3 3U
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. . 21 21
Ditto, Deterred .• .. .. .. 4 .4
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. 27 27
Ditto. for the Account .. .. .. 27!‘ 271,4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. ...
.38 38
-Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. -- 82
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. .. • •
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 44 45 45
- ,Spanish.llonds, A per Cent .. ..
. '. Ditto, foi, the. Account • • .. .. 245. 24%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 36,A 361 A
•: Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 43 43
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 13 ,13
Dividends on the above payable in London.

Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 5.+6 3i 5934
-Ditto. s-DeS-Cent. Certificates - : 94,, % . ,tdl4%
PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONEDO N
O'C AT LOCK.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .• 2% ...• .......... Ti;
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 ....13031 129. • • ... 129
Birmingham and Oxtord Junction 2 .... 4%K ........ 4%
Ititetilugliamshire 425. di5....... 94 dis.
Caledonian .. 20 .... 1318
Ditto, hail' Shares .. 2% -
Chester and Holyhead .. 22% - • . 21%
Derby and Crewe 2% .... 614 .......... 6%
erect Northern .. .... % 1.. ••• • .. 1
Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... - ••••• • • ••
Eastern Counties .. 141 165..... 24% % 24%
Ditto New 101. Its.. •••• - ••••• • • • • • 834 p
Do, l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. I3s. 4d. - ••.•• • • • • • % P
Ditto, York Extension 10. a..... 294 ...... •• .. 2%
Eastern Union .. .. 25 .... - ..... -
Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 9 - .......... 834
Do. Extension to Norwich .. 2% - ..... 1%
Ely and 11 itliigdon .... 3% 4 4
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%
;treat North of England . ..100 .... .
;:rest Western .. .. 85 .... - .. •• • • -
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 85% • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .... 223
Guildford, Fareham, & Portemoth S -
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 .... 56 57
Ditto New .• 5 .. • • 10 ••••.. .. • • 104 i
Leeds and Bradford . 26 .... 65% .... •
Leicesvir and Birmlagham .. 225. .... 1 di5..... ••
Leicester . Bed;nrd 225. % dia 54 die.
Ltverp.. Manch., & Nerve,. Junct. 2% .... 1% %• •
London and I Orin Ingham . • .100 228 % ........ _ 228%
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... - ..•• 31 tit
Ditto. Fifths .. 2 26%.... 26%
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d.
Ditto, New : .. • • 3 •.. • • •• • ••• .5 _
la•noott and ;•.•• 30 • •-• .65 lb-
Dittt. dittO Fiftha,...!. • • • • . • .30 .
London and -Croydon" 131.4 W 23% " ' 23%
,r.ondoir anal Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. -9%
Loudon and South. Western • • 411. 6s. 10d... 78 78
London ;yid York 29 •• • • 1 •• ••31
Ditto, Half Sh ores • • .. .. 24.. • • - ••..• • • • •
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . 24
:'•iancliester arid Leeds .. .. • • 82 - ...... -
1)i tto, Quarters 9
Ditto. Fifths . _ .. 3 .... 11% ••• • • • .... 1134
Ditto, Sixteenths - ........
Ditto Extension 425. ...• 2% % p.... • p
Manehester and Dirmingham .. 40 .• .. ••..• • • • -
Ditto. Quarter shares (C) .. 1 •• • • 10% lO%
Manchester, Buxton. & Matlock 425. % K p .. • • %
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 1% •• • •
Midland ..100 152%
Ditto. New .. 24 •• .• 40% ...... .. • • 40%
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • • .. -
Ditto, New . 1 .... 11%54.••..... 11%
Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .•.. 45 .• .. • • .... 45%
Norfolk .. • • .. .. 20 .... 17% . ...... 27%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 5 . - ••.. • . • • 8%
Ditto, Tenths .. • • .. .. 2 .... - . ........ 2%
Ditto, Extension .. 2 .• • • 2
North British •. .. 2231 •• - .......... -
Ditto, Hall Shares .. 8% •• • • 12% l2
Ditto, C triislis Extension ..2%%••
Ditto, Dalkeith .• 25 .... -.-
Ditto, ditto .. 5 „ „ „ „ 6%
North Rent and Direct Dover .• 2%..•. • 1
North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. •• .. 3% 3p•• • •
Nertheaptoinßanbury,Bt Chelthm. 2 .... - I %
Richmond • • . • .. .. 10 .... 17% • •
Scottish Central .. • • • • • 20
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2K.... 2% .. • •
Shropshire Union .. 425. ...... • •
South Midland .. • . 425. .... par 94 p pa-
South and Midlands Junction
!..outh Eastern and Dover .. • • 33% 45% 44% •• • • 45%
Do.. New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 16 15% •• • •
Do, New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 19% •• 19%
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%.... 3% % .... • •
Staines and Richmond .. 1
South Wales 5 - .. • •
Welsh Midland 24 - .. •. • 1
West Riding Union • • .. 424. • ... - ••• • .
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... 5 ..
ors and North Midland .. -
Ditto,
Scarborough Branch 25 - •• • • ...... • 50
Ditto. Extension • • .. 15 .... 35% %•• • • .... 36
Po. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 - . ...... 13%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Ilculogne and Amiens ....14 .... 12%%•. 12%
Central of Spain .. .. 2 -
Lais In tine .. • .. ss.
Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 ....
Louvain and Jemeppo .. . I%K
Luxembourg
Isanittt and Liege • • .. .. 6 .... 3%.....
.•••. 314
Northern of Vranee Constituted.. 5 •• .. 12% xd .. 12%24
irleans and Bontleisux . • . 6 .. 8% „ 8%
Over Yssel .. 41. 3s. 4d.... 2% % dis • • 2,% die
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5%
Faris and Rouen .. 20 .• •• - .
Rouen and Itavre .. 20 ••• • - ••• • • •
Sambre and Meuse .. • . 11 •• • • - • •••• • • .• 4
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland .. • • .. 25 .... - • -
Ditto New • • .. .. • • 10 -•- • - ••••• • • • • • 19
Union of Australia _25 .... - •.. ..... .. 26
]MIS E&
Real del Ntente. Unregistered 31( • • • • • • -• •• 3%
Erratum in Yesterday's List-read Great North of England, 24
234%, instead PI '221 224%.

FRENCH 'LAYS
ST. .1/111E4'z, THLATRE.

The third of the performances of Mademoiselle Rachel
took place or. Friday. The play chosen was The ad of
Corneille—that aagedy which, condemned by Cardinal
Richelieu, was yet. approved of by the whole of France, and
the production of which secured to the great Corneille an
immortality. The story of the play is taken front the
Spanish, and, alneit, it, is treated classically, the plot itself:
is essentially of the romantic school. From the time of th:,
prudnetkon of Le Cid, Corneille tended more and morn
towar& a most fortunate thing for
the Viscount Virt,-,r Ilin-•;o, for had the tendency
of the eri,tt Corn,ille been towards romanticism
OP!, I,.arned Viscount wt:ulti have been forestalled, in which
case, Prft'lla;s, he would have came out as the reviver of the
elassic,il drana. have given us a " Cinna" instead of an
ilernani." Mademoiselle Rachel acted the part of Chimene,
the daughter of Don Gomez, who is betrothed to Don
Rodrigue, the Cid. The father of the Cid is an old man,
and Don Gomez pointedly offers him the most deadly in-
sult. Called on to protect the honour of his house, Don
Rodrigue challenges the insulter of his father to mortal com-
bat, and Don Gomez falls. The love of Chimene for the
Cid is turned to hatred—she loudly demands the death of
hint who slew her father According to the laws of chivalry
she is allowed a champion. She has, however, an interview
with Don Rodrigue before the contest--her former love re-
turns, and she urges him to defend himself to the utmost. Don
-Rodrigue is victorious. There is an .alarnt given of the ap-
proach of the Moors, Don Rodrigue defeats them, and on his
return is hailed as the saviour of his country. The King ap-
peals to Chiniene to forego her prosecution of him—she yields
at length. Don Rodrigue is pardoned, and it is understood
that after a proper time shall have elapsed he is to be re..
warded with the hand of Chimene. The character of
Chimene is one of strong contrasts—filial duty and love are
in it constantly contending, and finely, very finely, was this
combat of the passions (we should rather say the affections)
delineated by Aldlle. Rachel. The character of Chimene,
to
the mere reader of the play, appears inconsistent and unnatural.
It was the glory of MadeinuisAle Rachel last evening to
reduce to unity this apparent inconsistency, and to prove
that the character has hitherto appeared unnatural only
because it has not been brought out fully, with All its lights
and shadows properly worked in. . She was called for at the
conclusion to receive the rapturous applause of one of the
most crowded ant'. fashionable audiences of the season.

STIFPTONT MAI,IXT.—The silk trade hare is in a in,ry
prnspenak • state .• q • the weaving of satins and other piece
silks is just iAtroduccd, and 2.00 new bands are wanted in
that dQpartm. nt.—Somerset county Gazette.
INCOME IN BRISTOL —W e un terstrAul that the re-
venue from the Inc nne Tax in Bristol has, by the late returns
as compared with for.ner, fall n off to the amount of 15,0001.
iP One year, namely, from 40,0001. to 25,0001. This is not a
cheering sign for tile local trade; but the number of clo'ed
shops and wmetuntses, and the complaints we have heard
during the last twelve months, in 813M4 measure prepared us
for the haformatip,-.0-Brisid