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London, England, 1848-12-30 00:00:00

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, ...... . Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
• ... to
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 51% —
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35
Dundalk and Enniskillen
.. 20
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E..,
sad L. & 1). ...
Ditto, 18/., E. & H
Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & H... 3%
E &stern Counties .... 2O ...... 11'PR A
Do. New Guarant. 6 per t)t. 10
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 132. 4d... 14 p -
Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d... -
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 -
Do., 5 per cent. -
Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 121/2... .. -
Do., New -
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ..... ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 -
Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 20 -
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 -
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — -
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 21/ ...... -
East Lancashire -
Ditto, New . 2l ..... to -
Do., New Quarters -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
Ditto, New port l5
...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ... . to
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated —..-.. to
Great Northern.... .......... ... 19
Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 121/Q 5% to 5
Do. 4B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6!4 4yB to
Do. Extension ...
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 42%
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, ditto ....

Ditto, New 301 3O ... - -
Ditto, New 154..... ... ...... 14 .....• - •
Great Western 9O - . ..... to -
Ditto, Half Shares - ...... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares -
Ditto, Fifths 2O - ...... to
Do. New 171. l 3 -
Huddersfield and Manchester 30 _ _ __
to Ditto, Thirds Thirds lO ...... - ...... to -
Hull and Selby 5O ...... - . ..... to
Ditto, Half Shares .. - ...... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... -- -
Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 ...... - -
Do., Thirds... lO ......
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 -
Ditto, ditto - -
Ditto Half Shares to -
Ditto Quarters ....... 17% -
...... to -•.Ditto Fifths - ..... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) -
Ditto Sixteenths ..-
13 614,-- . - .... to -
to _
-
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 7%...... -
to -
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 ...... - . -
Do. (Hudders. and ShciT.) 43 ......-• -
Do.,
Wakefield, Pontefract,
and G001e....... .. ....... 50 ...... - -
Do., West Riding Union._ 7 .... . 2 -
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 36%. 36
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% .... to to to - -
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... - ... .. to -
Leeds,Dawsbury,& blanches 5O -
Do., Half Shares
to -
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ... 2% - . ..... to -
Leeds and Thirsk - .....
Ditto, New .....
Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 34. .... - •••••• to -'
Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h-
con. - ~ .. to -
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 21h - ••••.. to -
London & Blackwall ....-134 6s. 8d - -
D9athlite66lo4 ........ ”1.1,1111 22% 1.7 IN.. tii, .....

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CV 1' Y, Qti A R l'E l? TO THRE
The Liverpool Cotton Market this week has been
without change as regards prices, being firm. The crop
is estimated at 2,500,000 bales. The sales yesterday in-
cluded 5,700 bales of American taken on speculation, and
750 for export. In the Railway Share Market business
had been done at 2i discount for Great Northern, at
124 for North-Western, 85i for Midland, 4.1 for North
Stafford, and at corresponding rates for other shares.
The more ready employment for money in the Dis-
count Market, and the willingness of the brokers and
bankers to take in a larger amount of cash on "call,"
has at last had its effect on the Bank of England, and
the increased advances upon securities, both public and
mercantile, have allowed of some addition to the note
circulation. With a further increase of more than
270,0001. in the bullion and paper available in the Bank
" till," a much larger demand for money must arise, ere
any sensible influence can be exercised upon them, but
the dividend payments will soon lead to the ordinary
though material changes. The Treasury account looks
very "respectable," and we hope may stand higher ere
the quarterly charges come upon it. Compared with
the previous week, the changes are as follows:
Notes Issto d ••• 28,134.795
Increase ... ... 202,670
••• ••• ,•• ••• 3,380,302
Increase ... 3,614
Pudic Deposits ••• 8,572,063
Increase ...
... 663,420
Other Deposits ..• 8,951,073
Decrease ...• 293,576
Seven Day and other Bills 967,455
Increase ... .., 2,649
Government Securities ... 13,484,162
Increase ... 155,150
Other Securities ... ..• ... 10,814,515
Increase ... 144,819
Notes ... 11,309.335
Increase ... 62 925
Bullion 15,000,676
Increase 210,804
s Active Circulation ••• 16,875,460
Increase ... ... 139,745
Besides the gold discoveries, the Americans, up to
the date of the last accounts, continued actively to pro-
secute their copper-mining operations. The Northern
Mining Company at Lake Superior was malting great
exertions. An account in a local journal states :
" The Pacific brought up last week the engine and
stamping works belonging to this company, which are to
be erected at their mines in the course of the winter.
From Mr. Bacon, their energetic superintendent, we
learn that his force at the mines have, since the Ist of
December last, sunk a shaft of 155 feet, and extended a
level or drift 223 feet—the drift commencing on the
main shaft at 65 feet from the surface. At present
operations are confined on a winze 85 feet south of the
main shaft, at the 95 feet level, and on another winze 100
feet north of the same shaft and on same level,
having in the former winze a rich load of stamp and
barrel work. There is at present raised to the surface,
over 200 tons of good stamp work, with the ground suf-
ficiently opened to take out in the course of next year,
with 20 miners, at least from present appearances, full
2,000 tons of good stamp work.
"Since the organization of this company, the total
amount of expenditures, including the supplies
now on hand for six months, with engine, &c.,
has been 35,000 dollars. During the winter, the
working force will consist of about 30 men, and
the expenditure of the company will average about
800 dollars per month. An intelligent gentleman who
has just come down from the Eagle River district, in-
forms us that he considers the North American location
" second to none but the famous cliff."
The firm of Robert M'Clelland and Co., linen mer-
chants, in the north of Ireland, has suspended payment,
and such is the state of affairs in the sister island, that
there are great apprehensions of further similar
occurrences.
The Russian heuses which were placed in difficulties
during last year's panic, are paying better dividends than
any other. Messrs. John Thomas, Son, and Lefevre,
have liquidated their engagements in full.
Although the French Funds come 2 per cent. lower,
owing to the defeat of the Ministry, the excellent Bank
returns have buoyed up the English Stock Market, and
there have been some good purchases by influential
brokers. Consols have been done as high as 88i and
89, and are now 884 to I. The New Three and•a
Quarter per Cents. have been 8941 to and the Three
per Cents. 88i j. Bank :Stock has been up to 1911.
Exchequer-bills are 40s. to 435. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish
Five per Cents. have, however, been firmer at 14 to 4. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents, are nominally 25 to 26. Mexi-
can Bonds have been done at 241 to 24k. Peruvian
have risen to 47 and 49. In Dutch there have been no
bargains.
Railway Shares have been very buoyant again, and
advanced prices have been realised for some of the prin-
cipal lines. Eastern Counties and Caledonian are, how-
ever, still fiat, and French shares lower.
BRITISH FUNDS TH S DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced 88:145,87i
New 314 per Cent. Arens. 89% VI%
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001
Ditto under 1.0001
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
March. June.
1,000/.
5001
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bowls, 1846, 5 per Cent...... 244
Ditto for the Account ...... 241/., %
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto for the Account.... 49 48% 47
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO3
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account ....... 14 1414
Ditto Passive Bonds
Dividends on the above payable in London.
3USINESS DONP... IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SUARY.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 414 — to
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 19 ..
Birmingham & Oxford Junct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... -
Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10
Do., without a guarantee... 10
Birnting., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.143....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction... lO
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire.., l4/. 4s — ..... to -
Caledonian -
Ditto, Half Shares -
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 7% — ...... to
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... ...... to
Ditto, Preference
larence.