The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

crime against liberty. We may at any hour see revived
against us a coalition, at all events a diplomatic coalition
of all Europe. In the meantime our pecuniary resources
are engaged for the next ten years, the financial crisis
perpetuates itself like a slow fever, and we are so far
from enjoying either glory or grandeur, that we have not
even prosperity or security."

The writer concludes by recommending the law
authorities to impeach the real authors of these mis-
fortunes, the Ministers, instead of getting up legal
proceedings against proprietors of newspapers.
The severe frost which had prevailed for some
days in the French capital had been succeeded by a
rapid thaw.
The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S, on
Sunday morning, at 80f. 80c., but, on the arrival of
the London papers of Friday, announcing increasing
fitmness on our Stock-Exchanges, prices rose to
80f. 92:1,-c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 21.
Luxembourg, `,i—Namur and Liege, 314—Northern of
France Constituted, 10%—Orleans and Vierzon, 13 %
Paris and Strasburg Constituted,4lA.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was very
quiet. Sales 3,000 bales, half of which was on specula-
tion. Prices were Id. to id. per lb. lower than last
Friday. The sales included 2,000 bales American at
sd. to 7d. ; 200 Pernam at Bd. to 81d. ; 100 Bahia, at
74d. to Bid. ; 100 Egyptian at Bid. ; and 400 Surat at
4d. to 44d. per lb. Shares were firm, but Birmingham
and Oxford Junction did not advance quite so much as
here, being 9 to 94. premium.
It would appear from the accounts received yesterday
from Portugal, that the financial affairs of that country
are more favourable. The value of the Portuguese Stock
has consequently rather improved
At a meeting of the General Committee for the relief
of the sufferers by the great fires at Quebec of 1845, the
Treasurer laid before the Assembly the amounts received
which were 160,3131.98.8 d. •' the amount expended is stated
at 150,240/. 3s. sd. The balance in the treasurer's hands
is 10,0731.65. 3d. It was resolved—" That the president
of this committee shall make a report to the General
Committee on the petitions of the different public
charitable institutions, informing them that, since the
receipt of their petitions they are unable, in consequence
of the various sums voted by the General Committee to
the ministers of the different religious denominations
in this city, to grant the assistance requested in
their petitions, and, that it is the opinion of this
committee that a portion of the monies, so voted by the
general committee, should be employed in restoring the
efficiency of the said public charitable institutions
through the instrumentality of those who have been
chosen by your committee to hold the said monies in
trust and to distribute them at their discretion.

The :Public Securities have been firm this morning.
Consols for the Account have just been quoted at 931,
and the same for Money, with the half year's interest
taken off. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is some-
what heavy, at as 11s. Reduced Three per Cents. have
been sold at 94i; India Stock for the Account at 25.14;
and Long Annuities at 9 15-16.
A few sales have just been made in the Old Portu-
guese Five per Cents. at from 82 to 83. The Four per
Cents, are at 38 to 38k. For Spanish Consols the value
is 26i ; for the Three per Cents., 37i 38 ; for Dutch
Four por Cents, 93 ; and for the Two-and-a-Half per
Cents , 64.
_ _ _

There have not been any alterations of importance in
the Railway Shares or Scrip-market to-day.

_
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 941/9 94 9414)
New 34, per Cent. Annuities 95%3/4 953/4
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9.,76 15-16 9 15-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ......
Consols for Opening 93%3/4 ex div 933/4
India Stock for Account... ..... 2543/4 ex div 2543/4
Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 1 lAd. ... 811— p 11 p
Ditto, 500/
Ditto, Small

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 43
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 233%% 23%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. B2 83 83
Ditto, 4 per Cent 3B 38
Ditto, Account 3Bl
Russian Bonds lll
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account . —
Ditto, Passive
Ditto Deferred l7
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ---
Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 37% 38 38
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent. ...... 953/4 953/4
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 923/4 93 93
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen - •••• •• ....... -
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.• ...
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush 1%.....
Belfast & County Down 43/4
BirminghamandDudley 435...... 6% p 67 p
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo 119
Ditto New 17% 31%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,

and Cheshire June.... 2
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225.
Bristol and Exeter

Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester SO 49
Bristol and Liver. June..
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares 2% 2V2... ......
Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25
Chester and Holyhead... 37 % —
Churnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .
Clarence lOO
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Cork and Killarney
214 —
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall

Ditto, Half Shares ... 2 ......
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Shetßl. June. 2;4
Direct. Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12
Dublin, Belfast, and _

Coleraine
Dublin_ and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Easterneounties 14/. 16s ..
Ditto New l2l. 16s 7ll p...

Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... p
Do., York Extension.. 2 31h•
East Dereh'm andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union 35

Ditto, Quarter Shares 83% —
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17i8 - - ......... ••••••
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk),

5

Do., do., New Scrip... 114
East Lincolnshire 1
East & West of England 1N... —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ... ••
Ditto Half Shares 10
..............
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...• — ..........
•
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — .........
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...........•••
••
Ely and Huntingdon ... 121/.
.........
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%., ..
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5% .............
Gaslgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
.

39
111
2614
26%
5%
17

111/13

%P

21/2
...._
251/2

--
%

214

.....
VA P

1/2 P
31/2

17%

Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New .. 15
Do., U Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12% —
Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2 %...... ••• ••
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster 2%
Great North of Scotland 21/$ —
GreatNorthof England..loo ......
Ditto New
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 127
Ditto % Shares.
Ditto 14 Shares
-
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New ... 2
Huddersfield & Manches. 13 ...... -•

2%

Ditto, Extension 3
Hull and Selby
Do. Half Shares
Ditto 4 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% 13% 13%
Do., do., and Norwich 2%......
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 -
Do. New
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedford... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 221,E i2 .. ...... ..... 32
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 21% .-..
Do. Extension( Green) 21/2- ...
Leeds and Thirsk 1714...... 151
Ditto, New 5
4% ..•

Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%
Do., Mnchstr & New
II I castle Junction .... 21,4 ...... 2%
London and Blackwall. 16/. 1.3.8.4 d
Do. New
Ditto Extension 7 ........
London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Ditto, Fifths
Do. Consol. Eighths lO
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
London and Greenwich 12l 15s 4d —
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d —
London, Hounslow, and

16%
4;.i

Western
London and N. Westernloo 1941/2 193 IA 195
Do. Quarters ..
Do., do., New
Ditto Fifths
Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 5
Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8
Do. 401. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M. & 13:) A. 5
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 . -....
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1