The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-28 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW b.
CITY, Q('ARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpo )1 yesterday were 5,008
to 6,000 bales. About 4,000 bales were American, at
4id.,to 6d. per lb. The market closed firmly, with an im-
proved inquiry for all descriptions. In Railway Shares
business was very limited, and prices were tending

lownwards.
There are no arrivals to-day with news of special
rnportance, and the continental advices absorb chief

attention.
The state of the Money Market is easier on account
if the reduction to four per cent. in the minimum rate of
discount at the Bank of England, and the effect upon
trade is anxiously awaited.
The Amsterdamsche Courant contains an announce-
ment of Messrs. Hope and Co., of the 21st instant, by
,vhich the holders of Louisiana bonds are invited to
deliver their bonds at the office of said Messrs. Hope
and Co., together with a declaration of acquiescence in
he proposition of the directors of the Louisiana Citi-
zens' Bank. This proposition is to be had at Messrs.
Hope and Co.'s, with a form of consent ; and the term
'or applying is fixed from 26th January till the 14th of
February.
The Funds have been improving again thin morning.
Consols have ranged from 891 to e, and are now 891 1
for present transfer. Time bargains have been effected
it 891 to 891. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been 901 Bank Stock is at 200 to 202.
East India Stock is at 242. Exchequer-bills have
touched 31s. to 355. premium.
A very active business has been transacted in the
Foreign Market, and the quotations are buoyant.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been 22i and 211, and
'he Three per Cents. 321 to 1. Portuguese Four per
Cents. have realised 26 to 264. Mexican Stock is
orth 18k to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Conte. are
i 4 to 1.

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been
o a moderate extent, at advanced rates.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89% 90
3 per Cent. Consols Anus 89% -X35/a
New 314 per Cent. Aims 90%%
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 11160 9
India Stock 242
Consols for Account 89%V4
~xcliequer Bing. 3d.
1,0001.
500/.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent . 91
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .
Ditto Deferred
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ls EA %
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 39% 4014
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent... 273/4 24%
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lO9
Spanish Bonds, b per Cent, 1140
Ditto Passive Bends 5 5% 43/4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3214%
Dividends on the above payable is Lendem.
Dutch 21/2 per Cent.,l2 Guild 54 64%,
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 853/414
iust.ziEss DONA', IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Piz Wuxi.
lberdeen
kEnber Notting., Boston, &c.
to

kyrshire and Galloway
Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 10
n
&
tiirtningnamOxford Jue... 20
_ •

3irininiham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . 15% to
Birnsing., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 7d/4 — ...... to
.loston, Stamf., & llirming... 6
,Iristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
...... to—
Buckinghamshire l2/. 4s 21,12 dis. to
• 'aledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 37%.....
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent lO
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
.._

Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 to
Direct London & Portsmouth
Dublin and Belf.tst Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ~. 17% — to

East Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
aid L. & D 25 ...... 12
Ditto, 181., E. & H ls ..... 814 to
Ditto, 31. 105., E. & H... 2 -
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., do N 0.2,6/. 138.4 d...
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .. ..... . ..... 124... ..
Do., New
East Gran Union ... .. BO
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 16 ~ .... -
.. _ _ _ ...

East Lancashire .
Ditto,_New .. ........... .... . •13 ..., — ..... to
Do. New Quarters
East Lincolnshire l2lh l3 Ai to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .

Ditto, half Shares-

Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. —
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% —
Ditto, New..... ... ..... ...... 8% ...... to
Ditto, New port..
Ditto, ditto, New 2 IA
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorenest4r 2% .. . to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6i.Bd — .. ... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr SO
Ditto, New
Do. IA Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12%
Great Nortkern IOIA, 47 ...... to
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ... .. to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 87 % 25% to 24%
Great North of England 100
Ditto, IN t w 40/ A - ...... t•
Ditto, l's ew $Ol
Ditto, New 151. ..... ... ...... EN.-- 24%. ... to
Great Western
Ditto, Halt Shares GO
Ditto, Quarter Shares 17% 19%. to 2O

Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171 ... 10%34... to
Ruddersfield and Manchester !4 ..

Date, 1 birds — S
to
Hull and Selby sl
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Etimunds 17%......
Do. do. and Norwich

De., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 81,8
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 80 .
Do.,Thirds le
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares - ..... to
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto S;xteentlis ... ..... ... 6%...... —..- to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. 4s —

Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Waketield,Pontefract,
and Goole 47%
Do., Westßiding Union ...41. 2a.....
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shams (A) 9
Ditto ditto
Leeds and Bradford -
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches 421,4 —
Do., Branch % Shares 121% .....
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 214 — to
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 214 — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... •••••• to
Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Blanchester, and
Newcastle Junction 21,4 — ...... to
London )ii iilackwall ...131. 6s. 8d 5% to

2 — to --

Ditto New, No. 1..
Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d....
Do. Extension ........ ....... 171'2 — ...... to
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ......
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...
Do. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ......
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference .........181 17s 2d...
London lk North Western.....loo
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 15
. .. ...

~.. ._
Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... . to
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 71/x. ....
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) Vii
Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western.... 41.. 63 8d... 5514 to
Do.N4tw Consolidated Bths. 40
Ditto Now 50/.. ..... , ....... 32q...... 291,4 to
Ditto New 404 .......... .. •• 26
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds 8/. 69. 8d ... "' to
L-.radon, , Salisbury & Yeovil 1% — ...... to
__ . __.

Londonderry and• Coleraine... 271/i — .......o -""
LondoLderry and Enniskillen 25
Stanch, Buxton, & Matlock S
Slanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 14 Shares ( No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, 1/8 Snares (No. 3)... 71,4 ....
Ditto Grimsby 25 — to
Ditto, ditto. ....... ........... 7
Ditto, ditto .... 4% — to
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 71h......
Manchester and Southampton 21.4 — ... ... to
NI ithand 100 ll4 ... .. to 114
-
Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo
Ditto, 40/. Shares
Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... lb
Midland. Birm., and Derby...loo ...~
Midland. Consul. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 180
Midland, Bristol and Glonc. BS
Ditto ditto 11/. 3s. 6d. ..
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per et. gna.)....108 .... .
Midld. GreatiWestern (Irish) 35
t.
Newcastle and Carlisln lOO ••..•• --
Ditto Quarter Shares - •••••• to
Newmarket and Chesterford 13% — to
Ditto Extension
Newport Abergy., and Here& 6 ...„. ... ^OHO te -