The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

5410NEY and r-Cr-!IWERCIAI. NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
5,000 bales, of which 200 were Egyptian, at 51,4 d. to 61,2c1.
The remainder, principally American, at full prices, including
500 on speculation.
At the present season of the year, the annual reports of
the various branches of trade attract much attention, and
as occasion serves, we shall refer to the best of them.
According to the accounts received from St. Petersburgh
to-day there appears to be every ground for the supposition
that the Government of that country is disposed to abolish
the export duty on tallow, one of the principal staples of the
country. A circular before us thus refers to the important
topic :
" There is still a well founded hope that the Russian Go-
vernment will remove the export duty on tallow, and should
this be met by our Government, by the removal of the Ex-
cise duty on soap, the poor will have cause to rejoice, and
the tallow and soap trade have the prospect of the year 1846
being to them a prosperous one "
The quantity of tallow that arrived from Russia last year
was 113,237 casks. In 1844 the arrivals were under 103,509
casks. In the year 1837 the imports were 157,930 casks.
A considerable improvement has taken place in the Three
per Cent. Reduced Annuities to-day, which opened at 943 A,
and are now at 955. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have improved from 967 to 97%, East India Bonds
to 38s. premium, Exchequer Bills to 28s. premium, and Con-
suls for the Account to 943 A.
The holidays are not yet over, and business is slack, in
Foreign as well as in other investments. A large bargain has
been made in Austrian at 112, several in Mexican at 31%
to %, Peruvian at 4!%, and the Dutch Two-and-a- Half per
Cents. at 60%.
A spirited demand has prevailed for the Bailway Shares
this morning, and in almost all instances prices are higher.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 943/4 95%
New VA per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO% 9-16
India Bonds 1,0001
Ditto under 1.0001 as
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,000/.
500/. ........ 28 pm.
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ll2
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account . 31561,!
Ditto Deferreu
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 411,4
Ditto for the Account 41%
Ditto for the Account 29
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto Passive Bonds 63/4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto for the Account

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ON k
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... 2% ..
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush

,
Aylesbury andTharne ... 1;,3' —
Belfast B:County Down
Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%.....
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 .....,130
Ditto New Shares
Birmingham and Oxford
Junct ion
Birmingham and Leicester
Direct
Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s ..
Bridgewater and Minehead... 425......
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
to
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2% — ..... to
Buckinghamshire 42s.
',.;aledonian
Ditto Extension
ambrian Gram, Junction ... 425.

.... tO --
tO
to --
to
to

Cambridge and Lincoln 111......
Ditto, New 1%.,....
Cambridge and Oxford IN,
Canterbury and Dover
Central Kent 2l/2 —
Chelmsford and Bury ..
Chester and Holyhead
Chester and Manchester
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2
Clydesdale Junction....— ...... 5
Cork, Blackrock, and Passages 223.. ... to
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford
Cornwall ...
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester ll4 —
Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425.
Derby, Gainsboro', and Great
Grimsby
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 25/ .
Direct Manch. (Remington's) 2g 2 to
Ditto (Rastrick's) 5,(...... 4q...... to
rirect Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh l% t©
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5
Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 2%
Dublin and Galway

Dudley, Madely, 8 Broseley 2% 2%..... to
Dundalk andEnniskillen ..... . 21/2 — to
Eastern Counties
Do. New 6/. 16s 843/4 p to
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 61.138 4d p to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...4/. 13s. 4d.... p to
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Ely and Huntingdon 3
.. . .. ... to —.

Enniskillen and Sligo
Essex and Suffolk l% —
to
Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth 42s. ......
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 23/4
Eastern Union
Ditto ILA Shares... ...... ..... 33/4
Ditto Extension
.... to
Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 4
Ditto Extension to Norwich 21/ —
..... to
Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2,4 _ . to
East Lincolnshire IU ...... 3% to
East and West of England... 1,a..... _
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... 78 ..... to 80
Ditto % Shares
Ditto New IA Shares 121,4 — ...... to
Edinburgh and Northern ..... . 114 —
...... to
Edinburgh and Perth ... ...... 1% .....
Gloucester, Aberystwith , and
Central of Wales 1%......
Goole and Doncaster 42s. 2%% p to
Grand Junction 100
Ditto % Shares 5O
•• ••• to
Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25
GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% 2% to 2
Great Eastern and Western.. 21/2
GreatGritnsby andSheftield... 5
Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15
Ditto Extension
Great Munster 21% to
Great North of Scotland ...... 2%
Great North of England...... 100
Ditto .New ...
Ditto New .. 2
Great Western
Ditto, half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 21, ......
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 21,4 5
Harwich
Hull and Selby .. ... 50
Ditto Quarters ... ... ...... 121,1 — ...... to
Ditto Half Shares
Inyerness and Elgin 1
c IpswihYarmouth. 2
Norwich, ...... to

Irish North Midland
Isle of Axholme
Killarney Junctions... PA — to
Kendal and Windermere IIA ...
Lancaster and Carlisle
Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 21/2...... •...
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding June. 1% — ...... to _
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s. ...... 04 4 pto
Leicester and Tamworth 42s. ...... %3/4 p... to 1 p
Liverpool and Manchester 100
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 25
Liverpool and Leeds Direct.. 2%
2% to
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2IA 4% to
London and Birmingham......loo 221 ... .. to
Do. Thirds
10 ...... 45 -
Do. Quarters
Do. Fifths ... 2 ...... to
Do. Extension
London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d....... 9%a.•, to
Do. New l% to
Do. Extension ......... 3
London and Brighton ... 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths 40 -
Do. Fifths
London and C -

,r0yd0n...13/. 15s. 9d — to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8
London, Cheltenham, Oxford,
Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 V
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d —
Ditto Preference .........18/ 17s 2d...
London, Hounslow, &Western 2 .• ...
London and South Western.. 41%
Do. New consolidated 8 ths.. 20
Ditto New ....... 71/2 . ..
Do. New 6 — to
London and South Essex...... 2N — to
London and York... ..... ...... 2% 4•Vi ... to