The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-02 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
- CITY,•-QUARTET? TO THREE.

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There was no change at Liverpool on Saturday in the Cotton Mar-
ket. Sales, 4,000 bales, aitto the trade. Railway Shares were heavy.
There has been a very full attendance of the merchants
and others, in the places of public resort, and business
wears appearances of improvement not to be mistaken.
An increased amount of produce has been announced for sale.
Should the corn question Bill be passed by the House of Lords (it is
held to be certain as respects the House of Commons), the most san-
guine merchant, who has favoured the great principle of free
trade, will be Short of the mark as to the approaching
revival in the trades with the continent- and elsewhere. In
the meantime it may be expected that some partieA
will be placed in difficulties. Indeed, there are one or two addi-
tional firms " talked of." But until an authorised netificallon of
the fact of suspension is given, it-is not the duty of the " City touts-
spondent " of any -paper, to give -hints, whether direct, or indirect.
The mostsanguine-expectations are entertained here as to the future
condition of the cotton and the woollen manufactures. The stocks of
cotton at Liverpool are larger, and the consumers. generally speak-
ing, are and must be steady and regular buyers for a considerable

time to come.
By the Washington, advicea have come to hand one day later
from Boston. There is nothing- new to report connected with the
Oregon debate in -the American Legislature, if we except the con-
tents of one letter. It is stated in this communication, that in all
the agricultural sections of the Republic, the prospect of a repeal of
the British corn-laws has had a most decided influence in checking the ..-
war-cry on the "paltry Oregon questionl as our correspondent calls it.
Further he states- it as the concurent opinion of all but the Polk-
party—that should the eortes agree to• give the notice of a dissolu-
tion of the joint occupancy of the territory in qu'estien, an amicable
arrangement " will and must" be come to.
There has been an improved market for the British Securities to-
day The political antagonism in the Stock Exchange—the Change,
"where merchants most do congregate," and in the City generally,
is rapidly softening down, and with a serious degree of earnestness
are people looking out for the :wonderful change in the commerce
of the country occasioned by the prospective repeal of the corn-laws.
That the advent will be 'forestalled, and money required for invest-
ment in foreign produce, and very early too, is deemed un fait
accompli, and the unfunded debt looks rather downwards. Ex-
chequer-bills have been -quoted as low as 345. this morning. Consols
for the Accoant have just been done at 96% (one-eighth below the
opening price), and for transfer to-morrow, the figures have been
96%. Bank Stock has advanced to 210.
A heavy market has existed for the Foreign Stocks to•day. Bra-
zilian Five per Cents. have been quoted at 83% ; the Equador Stock
at 3% ; Mexican at 31% ; Portuguese- at 58 ; Spanish at 26%, the
Passive Bonds at 6%, the Three per Cents. at 37% ; the Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per cents. at 59%, and the Four per Cents. at 94% %.
In the Railway Shares there was a very steady business transacted
this morning, but the prices have altered but in a trifling degree.
BRITISH FUNDS. _ ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. . . 209% 210 210
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 97 96% 96%
Three per Cent. Consols Annaities 96%.% 96%
New Thiee-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% 99
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 5-16 11-16 l 1-16
lidia Stock • • • • • .. 261 263 263
COnsels for Account • . • • . • • • .• • 963 96%
Exchequer Bills, L%d. _ •
I%d.
1,0001. - _353437 -- pm. 37
- • - .... 35 34 37 pm. 37
Ditto, Small 34 pm. 34
Ditto, Advertised-- . .... 34 —— pm. 37

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Ceit
Ditto, New, 1843 .. .
Equador Bonds .
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 31%%
Ditto, Deferred ..
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. ..
Portuguese Tour pd.* Cents" 58
Spanish Borids, 5 per Cent "
Ditto, for the Account 26%
Ditto, Passive Bolids 6%
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account ".. 37%14
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent.TCertifidates 95%%
- BUSINESS
PAID, DONE AT CLOSING
PRICES.
-ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY JSIIARES.

Aberdeen .. ..- ..
Amber., Notting., Boston and
i Eastern Junction ... .. .. 2% .... 2% •• ..
Hirmingham and Gloucester.. - ..100 .....127 .
riStol and Exeter .. .. .. 70 - .... 86% 87
.... ..
Caledonian ..-..,... - ~ 10 .... 13%% ..
1 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. -.. 2% .... 3%• .. .. . •
Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 2% .... 214 ..........
Cambridge and -Oxford:. .. -.. 1% .... 14....
Chester and Holyhead -:. .. -.. 20 - .... 21 % ........ • •
Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 2%.... 24 ..•.. . . . . .
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5M .... ...,,
Dublin and BellitSt Junction -.. 5 ....
Dublin and Galway :. .. -.. 4 - .... -3%
Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 16s. ...,. 21% 22 .. •• ,
Ditto New .; .. -.. 81. 16s. - .... -6% p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d.
Ditto; ditto, -.. ..- Ne. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %p •
Ditto, York Extension .. -.. 105..... -1% ••..•• • . • •
Edinburgh and- Glasgow .. .. 50 - .... .... • •
Ditto New U-Shares.. .. -.. 10 .... 14%.
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Goole, Doneast.; and Aieffleld, &c. 425..... %1% p
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... 1%
Great Eastern and Western .. 2% .... 1
great North ofEngland '. - ..100- .... .
1 Ditto, ••Te-rr - .. -.. .. -.. 5 .... 85 36 : ... ~... 36
treat Western - .. ; . .. '.. 85 ....151 150 ..... ...* 160
Ditto, Half Shares -.. .. -.. 50- .... 83% 85 84.... 83
uildford, Fareham, &Portsmtith 5 :... 5 .......... 5
Hull and Selby ' .. :. .. '.. 50 '.....104% x d.. • ...104% x d
Lancaster and Carlisle • .. -.. 35 .... --
Ditto New .. .. ".. .. ".. 6- ....
Larne, Belfast, and Ballymend .. 2% ....-
Leicester and Birmingham - ...225: ....
Leicester and Bedford - • 225'.....
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Leicester, Tamivorth, ice. - 425. .... .. • ..... •
London and Biimingham ~ :. lOO •.. • .223% 222.
Ditto Thirds .. .. ..- l- .... = ••.. • .....
London and Brighton -.. .. 5O - .... ....., ....
London and Croydon -.. .. 131: 15s. 9d. 22%% ........
London,Hounslow, & Westerit 2 - .... •
..
London and South-Western.. 41/. 65'. 10d. 78 x d • • .....
Ditto, New .. .. .. - .. 10- .... 17%1x d
T,oxiclon and Yo:rk .. ".. .. -.. 2%.... -3% %
Londonderry and Coleraine- .. 5 .... 5
Manchester and Leeds.. .. .. 82

10
%. dis . .
dis % dis
dis
222
60%
653
2214

•• •• .-• •• •• ••

Ditto, Fifths ..
Manchester and Birmitsgham .. 40-
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 .... 12% . •
Ditto, Quarto* Shares (B) .. 2 .... 10 .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 •• • • 7% •••• • • •
Manchester, Buxton, *&
Matlock
.I'% 2
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .
Midland .. ..100 . .•.......
Ditto, New .. 18 .... 3334 3.2% .
Newcastle and Darliniton Jact. 25 .........
Ditto, New _ . .... 10%%
Ditto, New, Prandling 20 .... 38 .. ...
Newcastle and. Berwick .. 10 .. .2134% .
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .....
North British - .. 20 .... -273 .. • ......
Ditto, Carlisle Extension 13 .... 2% • .....
Northern and Eastern 50. ........
Ditto Scrip (issued at 5 dis.) .. 40 .... -58 x d
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2%
North Staffordshire .. • • 425. • ... 3% p
Norwich and Brandon-
Ditto. New .. -• • 5 _ 8% ........
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverlunptn. 12% .... A{
Perth and Inverness _.• 234 .... 1% .....
Preston and Wyre _.. •._ •• 25 .... 34
Scottish Central .. . 734
Shrewsbury and Birmingham_ .. 23% •• • • 4. •••• • . • •
Shropshire Union .. 425. % dis
South Midland. .. 425. _l% 2 p
South Easternand Doror • .. 3334 .... 38 .. •
Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) , No. 1. 16 .... 18%
Do., New (do. 151.)_ No. 4. 234 .... 33(
Staines and Richmond .. 1 .... 1% 1......
South Wales - _ .. 5 .... 51/
Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton. %
Wilts, Somerset, and.. Weymouth -2%
York and Lancaster - . ........
York and North Midland 60 • ...:108 9934 ....
De. B. and W. Riding Ext 01.... 1 .• .. 1034 %
'FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and -Amiens- .. 10 .... 1134 3A . . .
Bord., Toul., & Cett,e‘Mackenzie) 2 .. 254 .
Dutch Rhenish .. .. 6 .... %
East Indian -.. . 58. .... 1%
Girt. North. of France Constituted 5 16% ..
Great Indian Peninsular . .. ss. ....-
Lyons and Avignon .. 2 .. 2
Luxembourg .. . .. 4 ....- 2%
Madrid and Valenta- .. .. .. 2 134
Orleans and Bordeaux , .. 6
Paris and Roden ..
Rouen and Havre .

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered

.. 14
• 34
• % dis
• • 21,4 p
.. 38.4
.. 18%
▪ 31,4

LLOYD'S 4HIITII'fCT.-(THIS DAY

LONDON, Mutat 2.—Wind S., light airs,..and fine mild weather.
OFF PENZANCE, FEB. 28.—.-Ida, Rio Janeiro for. Hamburgh.

JERSEY, FEB. 27.—Sld. Augea, Dupre, Newfoundland.
BIDEFORD, -FEB. 27--Arrd. Roscoe, Ellis, Swansea for Palermo,
with losS of part of bulwarks, and part of cargo thrown overboard.
ILFRACOMBE, AlAncu I.—Arrd. Clyde, River Gambia for London.
AFB, FEB 26.—Sld. Bethea, Kelso, Trinidad.
DUBLIN, FEB. 27.-.-And. Gertrude, Chapman, St. Stephen's, New
Brunswick. -

KmosTows.—Put back, Toig a Ballagb, Brouskill, for Savannah
(out ten weeks). .
KINSALE, FEB. 25...—Arrd_Metaria, St. 'Domingo for. Nantes.
HARTLEPOOL, FEB,27.—SId. Javerna, Sedgwick, Penang.
RAMSGATEr FEB. 28.—The Proteo Croe, from .Antwerp to Cette,
which put in here on the 26th Inst., has commenced discharging.
Pax. FEB. 26.—The Victory steamer, from Cork, grounded on
the chains yesterday-morning, got oil-this morning, and taken to
Bristol ; will be docked. -
• - EAST INDIA -SHIPPING.

Arrivals—Orator, -Sloman, from- Bengal, in the Downs, sailed
Sept. 20, St. Helena,-Dec. 25 ; Seagull, Langley, from Mauritius, in
the Downs, sailed Nov. 23, Cape, Dec. 28, St Helena, Jan. (0 ;
Scotland, Paul, from-Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Nov. 4.
Arrivals in-Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Ellen, German, Dec.
14, from Liverpool, and sailed 20th to coast of Africa; Nancy, from
linysna ; Venus, 15th, from Angra Pequena ; H.M.S. Vesuvius,
15th, from Falmouth and Madeira-; J. Dare, 17th, from Liverpool;
Dartmouth, 10th, from Portsmouth.; Thomas and Joseph Crisp, 20th,
rom Mauritius; Manchester, 23d, from Calcutta to Demerara;
Elizabeth, from Mauritius,- and sailed 26th to London; Tiber, 25th,
from Boston; Arragon, 26th, from-Calcutta; Diana prize to H.M.S.
Mutineer. -
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Departures from Table Bay—Samuel Boddington, Dec. 14, to Van
Diemen's Land; Orestes, 16th, to London; Harriet, to Angra Pe-
quena ; Thomas Arbuthnot,.l7th, to Madras ; Justitia, 10th, to Sal
danha Bay; Camber-land, 20th, to-Swan. River; Sultana, 21st, to
Mauritius ; Malvina, 22d, to London; Brilliant, 25th, to Mauritius.
Arrivals in-Algoa Bay—Chanticleer, Dee. 10, from Mauritius, and
sailed 19th to-Table -Bay ; Mazeppa, 11th,- from Liverpool ; British
Settler, from-Table Bay ; Blackaller, 12th, from Mauritius ; Plum-
stead, 14th, -from London ;- Norfolk, 16th, from Mauritius ; Kate,
18th, from London. - - -
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