The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Liverpool Cotton market this week there have
been sold 21,340 bales. Prices are fairly id. per lb.
lower, and in some cases more, as compared with Friday
last. Stock, 424,600 bales, against 890,200 bales at this
time last year. There was, of course, no Share market
at Liverpool yesterday.
The return of the assets and liabilities of the Bank
of England for the past week gives the following
changes :
Notes issued £28,413,000
Increase 2,265
Public deposits, increase 662,272
Rest, increase
Other deposits, decrease
7 Day and other Bills, decrease
Other securities, increase 24,324
Notes, increase
Bullion
Increase
The directors of the Bank of England are pur-
suing, in this respect, the same course as for some
weeks past. They diminish their note liabilities,
although their bullion and securities are increasing. On
the other hand, however, they have to meet the continued
withdrawal of other deposit, which, although balanced
by the present increase of public deposits will not long
continue so to be, inasmuch as the dividends and official
salaries will soon trench upon the latter. The year,
however, is expected to close without any pressure for
money in the discount market, and soon after the open-
ing of the New Year we shall have money perhaps more
abundant.

The importance of the railway interest renders the
eighth edition of " Tuck's Railway Manual" a most ac-
ceptable work for " city " men, because the constant
changes in railway property necessitate periodical cor-
rections. The statistics given of the traffic, receipts,
prices of shares, &c., are so ample, that it is almost use-
less to attempt extracts. We may observe, however, that
about four years are expected to elapse before the Bills
sanctioned in 1846 can be completed, and that the ex-
penditure will be about 25 millions per annum. a part of
which amount will actually be obtained by the employ-
ment of the surplus capital which quick communication
affords, considering the rapid circulation of money paid
away for wages, &c., there cannot at any time of the
year be a million unemployed in the coffers of the
bankers receiving " calls" for the various companies.
Consols for the Account have been very steady this
morning at 94*, the Three per Cent. Reduced at 941
the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 96, and
Exchequer- bills at 12s. to Bs. premium. The attendance
of dealers and jobbers to-day is extremely thin, most of
them keeping the holidays.
About a half a dozen bargains were made in the Fo-
reign Bonds this morning. Portuguese Four per Cents.
have been quoted only at 374, the French Rentes at 118,
Exchange 25f. 50c., the Dutch Two and-a-Half per
Cents. at 61, and the Four per Cents. at 924.
In the Railway Share Market there has not been any
movement of importance to-day.
BitlTlSl.l FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941/11,4
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9748
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. I%d.
1,0001.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Portuguese 4 per Cents
Ditto for the Account
Dividends on the above payable in Londo'n.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent llBf. —c.
Exchange

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Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAY& PAID. ?El &LIRE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%..... to 3
Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush
Belfast and County Down ..
Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425..... p to
Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......1291/2 to
Do. New (iss. at 71/2 171/2......

Birmingham- & Oxford-JunC 2 ll iiii.A... to
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 2% ..... to
Boston, Stamf, , & Birming... 221.
Bristol and Exeter
Do., New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O

Bristol and Liverpool June... 2I,‘
Buckinghamshire.. ......... 84s.
Caledonian

Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25

Chester and Holyhead... 27% 251.E. to
Churnet and Blythe..
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford
Clarence. lOO ..... to --
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent 10

Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Cork and Killarney
Cork and 'Waterford ' 11,4
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares . 2% 5/ to
is
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Sheffield Junction.-- 254 to --
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich 1
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 121,4
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21/2 —
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10
Eastern Counties l4l. 16s 23% .... . to 23
Do. New l2l. 16s 7j2% p to
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d —
Do., do No.2, 6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Eastern Union ... .. .. 40
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Do. Extension to Harwich 1%......
Do. Cambridge and Ely ...
_2l/2 — to

East Lancashire - l4— 17% .... to
Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 5
Do. ( late Preston & Ormsk.) 5 ... ~ to
Do., do., New Scrip l4 — to
East Lincolnshire ... 1174 — ...... to
East and West of England... 1A — to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% l9 . to
Edinburgh and Northern ... 12%
Edinburgh and Perth

Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo 21% ...... to
Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Glasg. Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. ,4 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... ..
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 ...... 2% to
Great Eastern and Western... 2%

Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 271/2 284 to
Great Munster ...... ......... ... 21/2 — ...... to
Great North o Scotland 2%2
Great North of England 100 ......
Ditto, New
Ditto, New l5 .....55 .. ... to
Ditto;New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares SO
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New
Huddersfield and Manchester 13 ..
..
Ditto, Extension
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Quarter Shares „ 12i/ — ... .to
' Ditto Half Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 14 .....
Do. do. and Norwich
Lancaster and Carlisle
Do. New
Leeds and Bradford
Leizester and Bedford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 221/2 3l. ...... to
Ditto, Branch (Blue)
Ditto, Extension (Green).. 21h — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk l7l/2 — ...... to
Ditto, New .. ••• 5 • •••• ...... to
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3l/2. ...• 5
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2l/2 ...... 2,(158... to
London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d ...... 83e to
Do. New •
Do. Extension
Gond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 591/2 1/2
Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... ...... to
London,Hounslow.&Western 2 . ....
London and North Western..loo ......1951/2 to 1941/2
Do. Quarter Shares
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8
Do. 40/. Shares...sl. and B. 40 ......
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... -
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5
Do 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 1%......
London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 6314-- to
Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40
Ditto New
Do. New ..... . . 18
Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 51/2 to
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Scrip 5 ...... 6
Ditto ditto...
London and York...—. 2l/2 23/41/2... to
Ditto Extension
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/2 to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 15
Londonderry and Enniskillen 15
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ...
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto S:xteenttis ... ..... ... 614 7% to
Do. Extension
Do. Liverpool and Bury
Do., do., Fifths
Manch Buxton, & Matlock 425. — p to
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland lOO 129 128... to 1291,4
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New 24
Ditto, New
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .....104
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15
Newcastle and Berwick
Do North Shields...
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......
Newmarket and Chesterford 5 ......
Newport and Abergavenny. . 21/2 — to
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
Norfolk
Do. Half Shares
Ditto Extension
Northern Collate), Union .... 21,E IWA... to