The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-16 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ••• ••• ..• •••
... 777
Fem ... 4•• ••• ••• ... 680

Total ... ... ••• ••• ... 1,437

LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY. - The annual meeting of this
company was held yesterday at Liverpool, Wm. Earle,
Esq., in the chair. The report announced the highly
prosperous state of the company, and a dividend of 10
per cent. for the last half-year was &dared, to the great
satisfaction of the proprietors. The capital of the com-
pany now amounts to 188,0971., of which the sum of
69,0991. is represented by shares, on which V, log. each
hay. not boa paid,

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was ra-
ther quieter. Sales, 3,000 bales. There was a larger
choice of samples at 51d to 51d per lb. Railway
Shares were steady, but not brisk.
The foreign accounts received by the continental mails
are received as being in some respects more favourable;
and there is importance attached to the declaration made
last night in Parliament by Lord Palmerston, that a
good understanding prevails between England and
Austria. Public feeling is influenced now by the events
of Italy to so great an extent, that any assurance of the
kind is well-timed. The state of matters at Paris, how-
ever, is not so assuring, as the Reform banquet appears
to be persevered in, despite the alleged differences in the
ranks of the Opposition.
The Money Market is easy, ',although rather better
employ meat for spare cash is found in the produce
markets, and in business operations generally. Consols
are 8911 to a for present Transfer, and 891 to for Ac-
count. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 90-1- to There is, therefore, a better market for
stocks, and this notwithstanding the limited business
doing. An influential broker has been a buyer of about
50,000/. Reduced Stock. East India Stock has been at 245;
Exchequer-bills of June have marked 235. to 275. pre-
mium, and those of March 18s. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been quiet again.
Spanish are flatter. The Five par Cents. realise 21 ;
Brazil Bonds have been $5 to j ; Mexican Stock has
realised 1811 to 19 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 54 to f.
Railway Shares have been tolerably firm to-day, but
with very little doing.

ONE CLOSING
RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 89%%% 89%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 89% % 89%
New 314 per Cent. Anna 90%14% 90%
LongAris. to expireJan.lB6o -16 9 9 1-16
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
India Stock 245 245
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001. ... ..... .- lB p 18 p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,000/. March ......
1,0001. June............... 26 27 23p 21 p
5001. March .
5001. June
Sinai!, June 23 p 23 p
ONE CLOSING
RICE" OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839
Do., New, 1843 . .........
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Ceat. 1846 lB% 19 18
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 36 36
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto, Account —
Spanish 5 per Cent. 18.40.21
Ditto, Account —
1847
Ditto. Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent .—
Ditto, Account —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 54 54 64.1
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 85%
FRICRS OF PAID. ROSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen ....
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314....
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & County Down IS
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver•
hampton, and Dudley 10 •.... ...
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 101. 145... —
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc.... 7N
Boston, Starnfd & Birm. S
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds
Buckingh amshire... 12/. 4s. ... ..
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 33 ......
Di; to,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 37% 22
Ditto, Preference l 2
Clarence
Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 .....• —• ••• --
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. .. ...... 10 ......
Direct London & Ports-
niou:h
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 25 ....„.
Dundalk & Enniskillen 1714.--
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 111‘...
Do., 181., E. & 11. ... 18
Do., 31. 10s.
Eastern Counties... ..... 20
Ditto (11)
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1...... 6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... 14 p
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters ......... 12%
Do., New
Eastern Union 5O
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. ....
110. (guar.6 per cent.) 10
Ditto, ditto - ..•...........
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 89i......
East Lincolnshire ...... 16%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..,... ... ••
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214......
Edinburgh and Northern 2214
Ditto, New.. 3 — ......... ......
Ditto, Newport l2 -
Ditto, ditto, New 21,4. .... -•••
Ext..ter,Yeovil, 116 Dorch. 2.-iii
Ditto, New ... 2%.
...... ---
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ... -81. 6s. 8d.... ... ........
Glasgow,Kilinar., & Ayr 50 .... .
Ditto, New ... . 40
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%
tireat South. and West.
(Ireland) - ... ..... .....
Great North of England.100
Ditto, New 40/ 5
Ditto, New 301 3O
Ditto, New, 15/.
Great Western 9O lO2 •••••• ..... ... 102
Ditto, % Shares 5O ......
Ditto, 14 Shares - ...
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171 .. .. 91,4.....
Huddersfield and Manch. 24
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...
Ditto, half Shares ... '25 ......
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 17%
Do., do., and Norwich 16 ...... 6 .....
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2% —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 .....
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — •
Do. ;Fifths... ......... ... 8 —
Do. Sixteenths 614
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45......
Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 ......
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Shelf.) 33
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and G001e).... 50 -
Do.( W. Riding Union)4/.25......
Do. (Preston& Wyre) 25
Do. 1,4 Shares (A).- 9 ......
Ditto ditto (B) ... 1
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42%...... ... -
Do., Half Shares
Do.Newßranch (blue) 2ltt ••• ••
'2
Do. Extension (green)
Do. New Exten.(pink) 2%
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 -
Ditto, New -
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% —
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . ...... ........ 2 -
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 21,4.,.... -
London & Blackwall...l3/. 63.8 d.... 5% 5%
Do. New, No. 2 5/.133.4d.... 1 dis 1 die-
Do. Extension ..... ... 171.,i
London, Brighton. and
South Coast 5O
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
.. .. 1.'5"...
....36 42x44;
Do. Guarant. 5 per cf.-, I I •.. . .
Do. ['ref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. - ..... ... ........
Ditto, ditto-- 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — . . ......•
.
. . ..
..
.... . _
.
Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 24L — ..... - ........ 148
Lendon and N. Western 100 ..._144 146
Do.,Quarters L. & B. 22
Do., do., New
Ditto Fifths ..... .. .. 2 .....• -- ........ ••••••

26%

211 A,
15

35%

1114

7j;
3%
15,

4 P

21%
23/4
18%

10!/

Do. ll,‘ Shares (G. J.) 25 ......
Do 40/.Shsres(L.M.) li ......
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ......
Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% ......
Do. 101. M. & B.) B. 7% ...... , —
Do. 101. ( M. & B.) C. 1 ...... ....
Leal& S. Wester* 5O ...... 52
Do. New 50/. ... ..... 37%.. ..
Do. Now 401. 3O
Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50
Ditto ditto .. ....
Ditto, Thirds 61.65. 8d.... 214 dis 214 dis
London, Salisbury, aid
l'uovil
Londonderry&C(oleraine 27 . --
Londonderry and Ennis- ..
'iullai ...... ... ........ ... 25 ......
. ....
Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 ...... : . ".***
Ditto (6 per et.)
Manchester,Buxton,aaa
tillitluck

I Manchest. & Southampt. 2% . . ....
' kidlani
Do:Consolidated Pret.loo
D0..40/. Shares
Do. 50/. Shares l 5
Do. Binn., and Derbyloo
D. Consul. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ......
Al idlrid, Brist. &Glocstr. 36 ......
Ditto, ditto
Midlnd,Leicest.& S wan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ......
Midland Great Western
Irish B5 —
Newcastle and Carlisle... 100
Du. Quarters 25 .....
Newnirket&Chesterford 18% -
Do. Extension .........21. 125.... -
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 ....„
Newry and Enniskillen 7 •
.....
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor 12% — .. ......
.... _
Norfolk ........- 100
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension
Do.Guarlinteed 5% pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk.... 2 - ••. ••••• •••••
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
North British ........ ... 25
Do. Half Shares 12%...... 12
Do. Quarters 5l/4 •••
NNOrrtt'h
Do. Extension
Ditt.l Thirds . 2 -•
1034
3% • ..
North Western. 6 -
0 X tord, Worcester. and
Svvta.aitteo,rdshire lO ..»» 1034_ •..„. ......
Wolverhampton - •••
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Ilitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 22% . .... —
Ditto, New lO - ........ ••• •• ......
Sheffield, Itotherlisun,
kind Goole ...,
Shrewsbury and Birni... 7
Ditto ditto, Class B. 4
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. kin.) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
Ditto Oswestry ...... 12
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 .....
Shropshire Union
South Dev0n....... 4O — .....•........
Do. Preference
South Statlbrdshire
South Eastern & Dover. 331/4 31% 4 :3114
Do., No. 1 '24
Do., Nc. 2.
Do., No. 3 ...... ...... 26 ..- — - .......».•
Do., No. 4
South Wales.... ..... ...... 18
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole ...... 3
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6
Taw Vale Extensien ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ........... 1714...• —
Vale et Neath ... .. 4

1%

53
1)4
11A

Waterford and Kilkenny 13 IA ....• ..
Waterford and Limerick 40
Waterfd,Wilrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall . .. 4 ... . .-..
W hitehaven & Furness 13
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 525.
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth 3O
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick-- .
Do. Original New and
Berwick ......25
Do. North Shields Pur. 25 -
Do.xtensiox No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10
Do. G.N E.Preference 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzou ) ... 14
_ ..

13%

Central of Spain ... a)
••• 00000 ••••••
Ceylon
Demerara
Dendre Valley... ..... 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. .
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Louvain la Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg.... 6
Lyons and Avignon....
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege 16 ... ..............
Northern of France...... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ......

....
1%

Orer Yssel 4l3s 4d...... -- .....• 000000000
Paris and Lyons ......... 10 ••• se 514 5 !,‘
Paris and Orleans ...... 20 •••••
Paris and Rouen ......... 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre -
Sambre and Meuse IS ••...
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes .. S ......
Tourney, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Ilasselt ..... 16
West Flanders 104•• ...
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
British North American 50
London & Westminster. 20 ...... ..•
National Prof. England. 35
Diu., New ...... .. ..... 10
Union of Australia
Ditt0,New.............. 214•••••• . —