The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVIENING, AUGUST 29) mei

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUA!? IE I; TO THREE.
Th Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has beets
ratter stronger Sales of the we k, 3,,270 bales. Stook
now, 772,000 bales. against 1,027,500 bales at this time
last year. Shares have been rather better.
At *Messrs. Larnond and Co.'s sale of Railway Shares
yesterday the business went off with great spirit, and
almost all the shares offered were sold. The following
are a few of the principal sales:—
Vale of Neath El 4 6
Great North of India 0 5 6
Grand Union
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham . 0 11 0
Northern and Southern Connecting
Dublin and Galway
West Riding Union
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 17 0
East Indian 0 17 0
Buckinghamshire
Direct Northern 1 15 0
Over Yssel
Eastern Counties, York Extension 2 6 6
Norfolk Extens. to Norwich and Brandon 2 4 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 4 6
London and Blackwall, New
Birmingham and Oxford Junction ..... 6 4 0
Cornwall and Devon Central ...
Oxford,AV itney, and Cheltenham 0 11 0
Shr.pshird Union and Canal
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ........ 3 0 0
Newcastle and Darlington, 13ranilling 42 10 0
Churnet and Blythe ... 1 18 0
London and York, Halves
Louvain ala Sambre •
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-'Tyne 2 0 0
Great Eastern and Western 1 0 0
Reading and Reigate 1 2 0
Dutch Rhenish
Taw Vale Extension and Dock 0 12 0
London, Hounslow, and Western
London and York
West Riding Union ...... ... 5 2 0
South and Midland
South Union and Manchester, Remanets 0 1 6
By the private accounts received from Canada to-day,
we learn that:', the injury done to the potato crop is
not by any means so considerable, at least up to the
latest dates, as had been expected. The shipping trade
at Quebec and Montreal was brisk. An immense quan-
tity of timber of all sorts had been measured off for
shipment. Flour was heavy, and the stock on hand
large. The Quebec Gazette states, on the subject of the
weather and the crops :
"'1 he weather during the last week has been unusually
warm with some heavy showers and high wind on the
afternoon of the 6th and Bth instant. The hay. harvest
is far advanced, but a great deal is still out, and early
sown grain crops fit for the sickle. We believe they
have sustained no material injury in this part of the
country. They, as well as peas, where heavy, have been
much laid by the late wind and rain.
" We have examined some potato fields supposed to be
attacked by the blight of last year. Although the
withering appearance of the top leaves is nearly the
same, we found it was occasbned by a small black flea,
which devours the leaves, only the filaments of which
remain. We have not seen any of the stalks affected
with blotches, as was the case last year ; the potatoes
are further advanced, and generally healthy. The dan-
ger is, however, not yet over, and it is positively stated
by some that quantities of potatoes have been taken up
rotten."
The number of emigrants arrived at Quebec to the
Ist of August was as follows:—
Cabin. Steerage.
From England l4 463
Ireland 7 1,258
Scotland ... 8 418
Germany 0 284

Total 29 2,423
Previously reported 345 24,576

Total ... 474 26,989
To the same period last year 400 21,772

Increase in 1846

5,227

A very firm market has prevailed during the morn-
ina for the Funds. Consols for Money have reached
961, and for the Account 961. Exchequer-bills are at
20s. premium. Bank Stock at 209, and the Three-and-a-
Quarter pt.r Cents. at 9q
The intelligence received from the United States by
the Hibernia, relative to the war with Mexico, and its
probab':e early close, has raided the value of Mexican
Bonds from 241 to 261. The present price is 264.
Portuguese Four per Cents. have advanced from 421 to
44 ; the Spanish Three per Cents. to 37; and the Dutch
Four per Cents, to 98.
The market for Railway Shares has been lively.
Shropshire Union are up a trifle, viz, to discount,
owing to an intended amalgamation with the London
and North-Western. The fact, however, is as yet but
little known. Richmond shares have touched 201,
Staines and Richmond, 11; Caledonian, 161; Brighton,
64 ; and Manchester and Leeds. 116.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
_ _

Bank StecK .. • . .. 209 208
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 9634%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 961414 96
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% %
Consols for Oct. 14 . • .. • • .. • • 96%%
ExcLequer Bills. 1 %d. 114 d.
1,0001. •• •• ...• 17 20 pm.
500/. . • .. -- •• • • 17 20 pm.
Ditto. Small .... 17 20 pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican, 1837, 5 per Cent • • .. 25% 2614 25% 26
Ditto. for the Account • • .. 2614 25% 28% 14
Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 4314
Ditto. for the Account • • .. 42% IA
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • •
Do., 5 per Ct., '3B, 9, 40, div. 1840
Ditto, 1845 .. • • .. 19%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • •• 37
Ditto, for the Account .. • • 37
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 93
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 ik

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PE& SHARE.
. 15 .... 91% .... to
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 6% to
Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. 75 •• • • -- .... to
Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 5 •• • • 101.4.... to
Caledonian •• 20 .... 165 14% to 16
Cornwall .. • • • • • • 5 •• •• 114 ... to
Eastern Counties .. 14/. 16s. 0d..... 23% to 221,4
Ditto, New .. .. 10/. 16s. -7% p.. to
Ditto, York Extension • • • • • 10s. •• • • 2% 1,4 .. to
East Lancashire .. .. 14 .. • • 23341 .• to
East Lincolnshire .. • • • • 114 !,6 .... to
Edinburgh and Northern .• .. 10 .. • • 101,4 .... to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 25 .... 2950 .. .. to
Great North of England •• •• • • 100 ....229 .... to
Great Western .. 85 .... to
Ditto, half Shares • . •• • . •• 50 .... 83 to
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... .. • • to
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • • • 25 •• .. 50 .... to
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds .. 9 to
Ditto, ditto .. • . • • .. • . 2% .. • . 2%.•.. to
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. .. 26 .... 69 .... to
Lo adon and Brighton . .• .. 50 .... 63% 64 to 63%
London and North Western .. .. 100 .. —2OB •• .. to
Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 .... 24 .... to
Ditto ditto New Shares .. . 1550 p.. to 16 p
London and York
London and Windsor • . • • .. .. 1,4 •• • . to
Manchester and Leeds • • .. 82 ....116 ••.. to
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425. •• • • 11,4 p• . to
Midland ..100 —139 .... to 140
Ditto, New • • • • .. 21 371413 • • tO
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • • 100 •• • • 115% ••• to
Newcastle and Darlington Junction 25 ....
Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 1 •• .. 1114 .. to
Newcastle and Berwick .15 .... 28% 114 to
Nortolk • • .. • • • . .. • • .. 20 . • • '27 .... to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 7 .... 10%.... to
Ditto Extension .. • • • • • • 2 .... 214%• . to
North British • • • . • • .. • • 25 39 .• .. to 38%
Ditto, Half Shares .. 11 16%.... to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 4%%.. to
North Kent and Direct Dover • . .. 2!4.... 13'8 .. to
North Staffordshire •• •• 425..... 354 pto
Richmond •• •. •• .. 10 .. 18:;.4 . • to
icottbdi Central .. .. 12 Y 4 .... 1954 to 2050
Ditto New .. ... • • •• •• 24;... to
Scottish Midland .. • • • • • • • • 10 .• • • 7 .• .. to
Shropshire Union • • • •• 425.• •.. % dis. to
South Devon • • • • • • • • • • •• 35 ••• 33 .. •.to
South Eastern and Dover • • • • • • 33% .... 4352 •• .. to
Ditto. New, No. • • • • • • • • 12 •• • 1758 •• . to
Ditto, New. No. 4 .• • • • • •• 2% • • 3 %• • to
Staines and Richmond • • • • • • • • 1 •• .. 154. .. to
4outh Wales .. • • • • • • • • • • 5 •• • • 4 .... to
Vale of Neath .. • • .. .. • . 2 .. • • 11,8 .... to 1
West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 425....• 314 p.. to
roREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch Rhenish • • .. •• 6 .. • 6%.... to 6
East • • .. •• .. 55. .. • • .... to
Italian and Austrian .. 3 .. • • 1%.. • • to
Luxembourg .. • . .. 4 •• • • •• • . to
Namur and Liege • • • • • • • 6 •• • • 241 .... to
Orlean:i and Bordeaux • • .. .. 6 •• • . 8% •• .. to
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. .. 5 •• • • 6 ...• to
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London Joint-Stock . .. 10 .... 151 i

MINES
Re& del Monte, Unregistered .. —3% .. • • to -
COURSE OF EXCEIANGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 9y Gibraltar.. ..... -
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 61•6 Leghorn 30 70
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 ,;etioa .. • . ....... • • 26 20
Antwerp • ......... .... 26 20 Milan .. • • —
Itunburgh Mai. 13 15% Venice .. •• •
Altona • ......... • • .... Naples ..... 39%
l'aris, 3 days' sight .... 25 85 Palermo, per oz 11914
Ditto, 3 months...... 26 15 52%
Marseilles ••..••• • .. • . 26 20 Oporto ...
Rourdeaux . .. 26 20 Rio Janeiro
Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Bahia
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • . Buenos Ayres ........
Berlin • • .. — New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 10 15 Philadelphia .... • • ....
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 14 Paicia OP BULLION, PEE oz.
Madrid ........ 35% Foreign Gold in bars X3 17 9

Cadiz .. ... : ........ 36
8i1ba0.... •• .. •• • • •• • •
Barcelona .. •• ...• • • .. '

Port;gal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars . • • 0 4 934
Silver In bars ...... •• 0 4 11%

FIRE ON SAFFRON HILL.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—J beg that you will contradict the statement
under the above head, in your paper of this evening's
date, that a considerable quantity of stock was de
stroyed.
I am happy to state, especially for the information of
my numerous connexion, that no fire has occurred
which has in the least damaged any stock upon my
my premises.—l am, Sir, &c ,
JAMES TEIONIAS SEIAYLER
Fur Dyer and Furrier,
20, 21, and 22, Little Saffron-hill.
Friday, Aug. 28. 1846.
[The paragraph referred to was copied from a morn-
ing paper.—ED. Sun.]

Prince Charles of Bavaria, who lately left Paris,
arrived at Augsburgh in the evening of the 20th inst., by a
special train, and was received with the honours due to
his rank.

ANECDOTE FOR NATURALISTS.—A few days ago as
the gardener of B. Potter, Esq., of Darley Hall, was mowing
the grass-plot. he cut open, lengthwise, an adder of large
dimensions, out of which ran a mouse, no doubt recently
swallowed. The same per3on, on entering the stable, heard
the croaking of a frog in distress, and on proceeding to its
rescue, he discovered the ink animal with its hind legs in
an adder's mouth, and on killing the venomous reptile, the
frog leaped away, and escaped uninjured.—Darby Mercury.
THE ADELAIDE GALLERY.—Yesterday, the remain
ing portion of the soientilic and philosophical apparatus,
forming the late attractive exhibition at this gallery, was
submitted to public auclion by Mr. Chadwick, of St. Mar-
tin's-lane. thndley's flying machine, the celebrated auto-
maton, &c., were among the lots sold yesterday. The prices
realised were extremely moderate.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

The Royal Mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain
Judkins, arrived in the Mersey shortly after noon,
with the usual mails from Canada and the United
States.

The adrices brought by this arrival are of an im-
portant character, and disclose the gratifying fact
that the American Cabinet had offered negotiations
to Mexico for the restoration of peace and the settle-
ment of all questions at issue between the two
countries. In announcing this intelligence to
Congress, the President solicited an appropriation
of 2,000,000 dollars, to be used at his discretion in
aiding the negotiation. The application, however,

The intelligence received from the Rio Grande
extends to the close of July. Little active pro-
gress had been made in the war. The army on
the banks of the Del Norte numbered about
17,000 men, and was steadily, but slowly advancing
into the interior. Camargo was the farthest point
yet reached by the troops, though preparations
continued for a march against Monterey. General
Taylor was expected to move forward about the sth
of August. Vera Cruz accounts are to the 17th of
July. Paredes had not left the city of Mexico, and
could not raise a body of 5,000 men to follow him.
Brigadier Kearney was advancing en route with great
rapidity, and according to late accounts from New
Mexico, there then existed no force capable of com-
petent resistance within that department. The levy
of Mormons effected by Captain Allen had reached
Fort Leavenworth. The Comanchee Indians were
carrying on terrible ravages on the Mexican fron-
tiers. The advices from the coast of Mexico are un-
important. Nothing of a belligerent character had
occurred.

The domestic affairs of the Union are important.
Congress adjourned, as appointed, on the 10th inst.
The Sub-Treasury Bill had passed, with a provision
that it should go into operation on the Ist of January.
The Warehousing Bill had also become law, and like-
wise an important Bill, calculated to secure to the
United States the foreign transit trade to Canada.
We subjoin commercial accounts. The potato rot, it
appears, threatened to prove disastrous to the crop.
Similar accounts have come to hand from St. John's,
New Brunswick.

Our advices from Canada are unimportant. A
large meeting for the purpose of inciting the enter-
prise of the citizens of Montreal to the improvement
of their commercial position by means of the St.
Lawrence Railway had been held in Montreal. A
Quebec letter, dated August 5, states that the ship
Elizabeth and Sarah had arrived off the city from
Killala, after having lost no less than 44 of her pas-
sengers, with the captain; the ship, according to the
statement, having been supplied with putrid water.
Laprarie had suffered from an extensive and disas-
trous conflagration.
Advices from Havannah extend to the 9th inst.
The Washington Union publishes the following :

" By the English war-steamer Vesuvius, from Vera
Cruz, and bound to Bermuda, for the health of her crew,
touching here for coal, we are informed that the Raritan
had sailed for Pensacola, with near 300 sick, from the
American squadron ; the diseases, scurvy and the
yellow fever ; the last of which prevails to a great ex-
tent in the city and harbour of Vera Cruz. The Vesu-
vius had lost both engineers from yellow fever, and had
many of her crew sick."
From Callao, May 8, we learn that some slight
disturbance had taken place between the Americans
and Peruvians. The discord was promptly quelled,
however, by Commander Stockton.
The steam-ship Great Western arrived out at New
York in 15 days on the 10th inst. She may be ex-
pected on her return in a few days.
The steam-ship Caledonia arrived out at Halifax in
11 days.