The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

:viO.I;tEIT atid COMMERCIAL NEWF.--
CI t Y, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet, but
firm. Sales 5,000 bales.—Rail eay Shares were supported.
The further American accounts delivered to-day induce ns
to give an opinion of our own upon the subject of the tariff of
1846, and the pronability of all alterai ion therein. It is
highly gratifying to have the testimony of the President
whose term of office is about to expire as to the beneficial
working of that measure, because it strengthens the hands
of the free-traders on this side of the Atlantic, and we
do hope that the editor of the New York Herald,
from whose journal we yesterday gave an extract, does not
represent the opinions of the country at large. The system
of moderate duties cannot but be beneficial generally, and it
is useless of any Government t.) bolster up manufactures, and
force them before their time, and to the detriment of con-
sumers.
The following is a statement relative to emigration from
Canada to the United States :—A Buffalo journal mentioned
a few days since that several hundred French Canadians had
lately passed through that city, emigrating to the south and
west. We have heard of numerous bands above and below
Quebec. The Journal de Quebec, of Saturday, states, on
what it considers good information, that upwards of a thou-
sand persons have left the parish of St. Cyprian (district of
Montreal), for Chicago ; that no less than two hundred per-
sons have left the parish of Cap St. Ignace (district of
Quebec) for the same destination; and two of these, after
selling their lands at a loss, have departed for the plains of
Illinois, the one carrying with him 1,000/., the ether 800/.
Mr. Blaiklock, surveyor, lately returned from Lake St.
John, about a hundred miles north of Quebec, has brought
with him a small quantity of plums planted about 170 years
ago by the Jesuits, who had formed an establishment there,
some traces of which are still extant. They had about 300
acres of land under cultivati,m at the entrance of the river
Ashubniashmar on the south side of the Lake.
The steamer Great Western has arrived from the West
Indies, but the letters are not yet in town. She brings
a large amount in specie, with a remittance for the dividends,
but the general accounts, as given in the American papers,
and of the same date as the Great N.l, estern will furnish,
are not favourable ; a movement on behalf of Santa Anna
being expected.
The Funds have been very firm this morning, although
business has not been active. We shall probably have a
dull market for the next two or three days. Consols for the
opening have been 88% to 88%. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. have been 881,E %. Exchequer-bills
realise 395. to 445. premium. Bank stock is 189 to 191.
A large general business has been done in Foreign Stocks,
and generally at enhanced values. Mexican Bowls have
touched 223/ and 23. Peruvian are still being forced up,
the prices being 50 to 51%. The rumour is, that purchases
are being made en account of the Lima Government.
Grenada Stock has been quoted 131/g to 13%. Equador
Bonds have been marked 2 %; Chilian Three per Cents.
47 ; and Brazilian Bonds, 75,6 to 76. Spanish Five per
Cents. have been 13% to 13% ; and the Three per
Cents. 263/ to 27%. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been
at 25. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realissed 49
to 49%.
Railway Shares have been steady, and generally at rather
fuller prices. South Eastern are an exception, and there is
some dulness in the French lines.

ONE

P MOF :iRITIBII FUND Ss• O'CLOCX.
Bank Stock l9l 189
3 e Cent. Reduced Anna BB 811,4%
New 314 per Cent. Anna.... . . ..... 881,42%
t‘otig Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o ... 8% 11-16
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... ...... 8 7-16
Consols tor Account 83:414%
chequer bills. 2LAd. & 2d.
1,000/. March ......
1,000/. June ...... ........-
5001. March..._ 4l p
5001. June
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS

CLOSING
►'RICE%.
189

88%
88'Ai
8 11-16
VA
88%

02CE
O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonsiii ..................... 76 7514
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 73IA
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 24
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..... . —
Ditto 3 per Cent. 47
Equador Bonds
Grenada Boads, 1 per Cent., 131%02
Ditto, Deferred .................
kexican, 3 per Cent. 1846 22% 23
Ditto, Account 23 227/8
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 5O 511/2
E'ortuguese a per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent 25
7,panisii 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 13%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... ....... 26% 2714
Venezuela Bonds, 21j per Cent —
Dividends on the above payable in London
French Rentes, 5 per Cent.
Exchange 2sf. 50c.
I,utcu 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49% 49

C LOS Hi '
PRICES.
7514
731,i
24

74f. —c.
25f. 50c.

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DO.NZ CLOSING
AILWAY SHARES.AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Unrdeen .
4mber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 4 4 ......
kyrshire and Galloway.. 71/i —
Belfast & County Down 19
Birmingham and Ox-
lord Junet., calls duly
paid,, r vrith a guaran. 2(1 - ..• ••..•• ......
Do, withoutguarat,tee 20
liirMing, W ofverif ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10
Do. without guarantee 10
... —
firming., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145...
..
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc 10
Boston, Stamtd & Birm. 5 ....., ... •
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds
Luckinghamshire... 14/. 43. -
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 83/4..•...
Do. New 10/. Pref 71.x„... 7
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth -
Dublin and Belfast June. 35 —
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 476 ... ..
1 Dr 18/., E. & H.... 18

JO., -
Do., 31.105.
Eastern Counties 2O 12 121/5
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent........... 10 ...... 1114
Ditto, Eztension,s per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters ......... 121,4 — .........•••
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
Oats E. U. Shares) 25

Ditto, Class A, ditto.j. 1

Ditto, Class 13 (1. &
and B.)
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . ....
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10
Ditto, ditto

vitto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent.....
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 6'/ _
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 6LA _
Last Lincolnshire ...... 25 . ...
_.Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .„...
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. .
39
Edinburgh and N orthern 25 —
Ditto, Newport l5 ;.
_
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2:h
Ula.gow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
••••
Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr GO —

Do•Preierence Consul. -
Great Northern
Do., A Deferred
Do., 5 B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 61/2 ...... 4
Du. Extension 2l/2
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
,rat North of Engla.nd.loo ......22&
Ditto, New, 40/......... 40
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 301......... 30
Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. ..
Great Western 9O ...... 79
Ditto, 1/2 Shares 5O ...... ... . ..•
Ditto, 1,4 Shares ...... 21 ..... 16% 17
Ditto, Fifth 5............ 20
Ditto, New 171..... .13 ••• •• .. .
iladderstield and Manch. 30
•••...
Ditto, Thirds
lull and Selby ..
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, 14 Shares - •••••• .. ....
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 171/2 1034 .
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10
Do. Sixteenths OA — ..
Do. Thirds (Reg.)..... 13 ..... . ........... ..
Do. New,Gua.6 perct. 71,i Bl, G..
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto 1/2 (late Hud-
derstield and Sheff.) 43

De.(Wakefield,Ponte:
Tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 .„ „..
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
D 0.% Shares (A)... 91,4
Leeds and Bradford SO
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 —
Do., Half Shares
Do., (blue) Scrip......
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50
Ditto, Now ...... ..—... 35
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,1 ......
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport 3142 _
Manci.ster, and
Newcastle Junction... *t. ......
Loudon & Black wa11...13/. 6s.
Do. Extension • ... 221/2 „ ..„„•
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ..... 34R: Z (VA
Do.Guarant. 5 per 9 ,„ „
..... ,
Do. ['rel. Con. 5 per ct. 50 „ „ , ......... ,
Ditto, ditto-- 1852 50
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent. ......... 5
London anti Greenwich 12/15s 4d ......
Preference—. 18 17. i 2.d...
London and N. Writern Its ..
Du Quart,,,L.Sr, B.) ..t2 • ._.
Ditto, New
1.3.1 to, .. 2 ‘. 6
Do. 40/.Shares( L. M.) 25
10:. (M. & B.) A. 9
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9
Do. 101. M. & B.) (.. 1
1.47:!. stern 5O ...... .
,

- n-. `-,-, aro - ..... .....,.. •
~•. aen the ( Con An. ) :i0
Ditto ditto ~.... 4O —
Ditto, Thirds.. ......131. 6s. 8d...
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
P ef. 7 per Cent. on
flep,,it. and 5 per
Cent. on Calls. a
1.4.m.im1, zialisoury, and
1' //OYU .......... ..... .. 14.-- - -
Londonderry &Coleraint. 2834 ..... ..,....... —
Londonderry and Ennis-
kill-.n ... ........ ... 27% -...— ... ..... ....
Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13
Man.heiter.Bnxton,and
,iatiock... ._ ........ ... 4
Manchester, Sheffield,

and Lincolnshire...loo
Quarters (No. 1) 18
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 1114 — .....
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 40
Ditto ditto . ......... 13
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire l5 . ...
Do., Grimsby Dock 2O
Do., alanchester and

Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s —
Midland ... ......1(K) .. ... 82 83 . ...
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo

Do., do., aOL Shares— 20 .....
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Dc. Consol. Bristol and
Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 l2l ••••• • .......
Ditto, Brist. & Glecstr. 38
Ditto, ditto ....141. 18s —
Ditto,Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
giddlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Neweastle,and , —
Do. Quarters 25
N••wmarket
Do. Extension ...... ...2/. 125....
N ewport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford . 6 ......
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor . . 20
Norfolk ...... ....... ....100
Do. New 201.
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed 51/2 pc. 5

Do. do. Wavenay Val. 2 ......
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
orth British ...........25 ......
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Extension O% — ..
Ditto,,Thirds .... .. .. VA .. 44..
North & South-Western 2 —
North Staffordshire
.North Wales . 3% —
North-Western . lO
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ... . 50
Reading, Guildford, smd
Reigate lO
Royston and Hitchin ... 2 ...... 1114 ... ...
Scottish Central - ••• ...
Scottish Midland 25 —

• •.
27% •••