The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From The Sun of last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were nearly
5,000 bales, including 1,500 on speculation, with a steady
market. Shares were better, and with a prospect of an in-
creased business.
The formation of railroads in British North America are of
such high importance, in a military point of view, that it is
satisfactory to find the home Government duly alive to it. A
recent communication from Canada states :—" We are happy
to learn, upon undoubted authority, that the Cambria
brought the copy of a dispatch, dated the 18th April, from
the Right Hon. Mr. Gladstone to Lord Falkland, in reply to
a dispatch from his Excellency dated the 2d April, inclos-
ing a copy of the proceedings in Nova Scotia relative to the
projected railway from Halifax to Quebec. Her Majesty's
Government, in reply to the application made by the Legis-
lature of Nova Scotia, have ordered a survey to be made of
the whole line by officers of the Royal Engineers. !
And we understand that no time will be lost,
so that in all probability the survey will be
completed before the close of summer. The Colonial
Secretary admits this great work to be, not only of vast im-
portance to the North American provinces, but to the general
interests of the empire, and says that the home Govern-
ment will, as soon as the survey is made, decide as to the
appropriation to the railway, of the funds intended for the
construction of a military road, connecting the places men-
tioned. The dispatch refers to the proceedings expected to
be taken by the Legislatures of Canada and New Brunswick.
This action e n the part of the Imperial Government has
given the friends of the undertaking new hope, and induces
them now to believa that the Exeeutive will not hesitate
longer in asking from the Legislature the contingent pledge,
proposed by Mr. Young, in aid of this great enterprise, nor
mar its success by any timidity on their part."
In accounts from Van Dieman's Land, of the 4th of
February, we find the settlers question, as it is called, still a
subject of debate, but apparently without its approaching
any tangible point, since we may hope that the Governor, by
his representatiors to the Colonial Secretary has already
paved the way for a more satisfactory state of things. The
revenue for the September quarter of 1845, had only just
been published. The amount was larger by 3,050/. than at
the same period of 1844, though still below the expenditure
by about 40,000/. per annum. An improvement was looked
for, both as regards increase of revenue and decrease of ex-
penditure.
The English Stocks have been very quiet to-day, and the
fine weather has caused the attendance in the market to be
very limited, while the recent settlement of the Account leaves
parties at liberty to absent themselves without the least
anxiety. Consols for Transfer to-morrow have been 961 8 ;
and for Time 96%. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been
steady at 16s. to 17s. Bank Stock has been quoted 206 i.
The New Three-and-a-Qarter per Cents. have been 9714%,
and the Three per Cents, 95% to%.
The Foreign Investments have not been largely dealt in,
but seem rattier firmer. Spanish Three per Cents. bring
3714%, and Portuguese Three per Cents. 54 Mexican
Bonds have realised 29% /8 for the Five per Cents., and 1514
15% for the Deferred. Brazil Stock is 82%. Dutch Two-
and-a Half per Cents. have been 60 to 601.
The market for Railway Shares has been very quiescent
this morning, the previous rates being those current, with-
out any material exception.

BRITISHFIJNDS. ONE cLOSIN
O'CLOCK. PRICES. 6
2(M4
•
Bank Stock .. •• •• • 206 jg

Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95'1,i% 95V,
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96%38% 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97 l 3 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 10 3-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 19, 1859 .. 10
Consols for Opening .. •. .. .. .. 96% 96%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001... .. .... 16 17 pm. 13
5001. .. „... 17 —— pm. 13
Ditto. Small .... 17 pm. 17
Ditto, Advertised .... 9 pm. 9
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 82% 82%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 29% 29%
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 29%54 29%
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. 15% % 15%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. —.—
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. .. .. 54% 54%
Ditto, for the Account • • • . .. 54% 54%
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 54
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account ._. .. .. 24%
Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o
Ditto, 1844 .. .. • • • • • • 20% 20
Ditto, it• 46 .. .. .. .. .. 18%
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 15%
intto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 37% 37%
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 37 IA • 37%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60% 60 60
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. CO
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 9214 92M
BUSINESS
CLOSING
PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT
.. PRICE!.
RAIL WAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 ..... 4 .. .. • ..... 4 M

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2%. . • • 1%• • .. .. • • 138
Binningimm and Gloucester.. .. 100 .... ..
Ditto New (issed at 7% dis.) .. 17% ... 3114 3144
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% • • ........
Birmingham and Leicester Direct 425. % die dis.
Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. .. • •

t)itto New .. .. 5 .... 10 .......... 10
Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... 14 p .. •• • • If/3 p
Caledonianz 10. .... 11 ....... 11

Ditto, half Shares .. .. .. 2 .... I,_ l!¢
Churnet and Blythe .. .. .. 2 .... 1% .. 1
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford .. 2% .. .. 1% .. .... .. l%
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... .. ..
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 1.1..... 3% .....
Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 2%••.. 1% .. • •
Dublin and Galway .. .. .. 4 .... 3 . . 2%
Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 23 y, ... . . • . 2314
Ditto New .. .. .. .. 101. 165..... 7% 7p• • .... 7p x d
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 105..... 11lt •• • 1
Eastern Union .. .. .. .. 25 ....

Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 6% 534 .. •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 75 •
Ditto 34 Shares .. .. 10 .... 17 17
Ditto 34 Shares .. . 123! .... 18 .. 18
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2%.... 2% 1% 174
Goole, Doncast., and ,heMeld, &c. 425. % dis % dis.
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .. .. 23 .. • .
Great North of England . ..100
Ditto, New .. 10 .. .. 39 .... .. 39
Great Western .. 85 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares.; .. 5 16% .•.• . • • ... 163,E
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .• .......... 103
Leicester and Bedford 225..... M% p % p
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... s . di`
London an 1 Birmingham . ..100 ....229 22734 ...... 227%
London aed Brighton
.2.. 50 .. . .......... 651/4

London and Croydon •• ..13/. 158 9d... 22 22
London and South-Western-41/. 6s. 10d... 80 79 ........ 79
Ditto, New .. • . 17% .......... 29%
London and York .. .... 2%1,4 2

Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .... 2' ........ 2
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 81% .......... SO
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • 1 1)• •••.• • • • • 1 p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ....
Mid ..100 150

Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 103 .......... 123
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 45 44y,, ....•. 44%
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 •• • • 25 .. •• .... • • 25
Nortn British •• 221 A • • 29% •• •• .. 30

- - -
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • (-2- •• • • 11% •• .. 11U
Ditto, Carlislo Extension .. 114.... 1%
Ditto, Dalkeith 25
Ditto, ditto .. .. 5 .... 6 .......... 6
North StAffordshire 428..... 4IA 3% p.... 3% p
Portsmouth I)irect • • • • • • 33i •• • • 311 ..
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... .
South Midland .. • • .. 425.... %14 dis.. % dis

South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% ........ -
Do., New (do. 33/. 69.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 141 A .. .. 141 A
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2 .......... 2.4
South Wales .. .. • . • • 5 .... 1 a .... •. • • 21,4
Welsh Midland .. • . 23.•.. Ihi 1
West Riding Union • • .. 425. .. 2}4 p.. ••. • • 2% p
York awl North Midland .. .. 50
DI tto. Extension .. • • •• 15 ••• • •••• • • • • 33%
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 •• • 111 A ..... 111
FOREIGN RAILWAYS,
- - -

..
......-...
Boulogne and Amiens.. .. .. .. 12 .... 11%.... ..... 113/
Central of Spain .. .. .. .. 2 .... .......... 1
Dutch Rhenish .. .. , . .. G .... 7% % ........ 73/
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. 4 , ... 21%
Namur and Liege .. .. .. 6 .... 3% .......... 3%
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 14 .......... 14
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 10 .... • ..... 10%
Over Ysuel .. .. .. ~ 4/. 3s. 4d.... —. , ........ • • 3U dis

Paris and lyo-ris Constituted .. 5 .... 61,8 ........ 6%
Sambre and 3leuse .. 8 .... 5 5

MINES.

British Iron ..

10 .... 19%.......... 194

3-1,2--tites Unregistered .... 3

RAILWAY Sii 3/4ItE MARKETS.

MANCHESTER, MAT 30.

Srock EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 1 4 p. Derby and Crewe, 7-16 p.—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, Quarters, 1,4 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Canal, % dis.--Leicester and Bedford, 6s. p.—Lelcester and Bir-
mingham, dis.--Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Stockpert,
dis.—London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, Ti dis.—Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland, —Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters
(It), 9 P.—Ditto, ditto (C), 8 p.—North Statfordsnire, 765. 9d. p.—
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, 5 p. —South-Eastern and
Dover, Halves, No. 4, c. p.—West Riding Union, 2% p.
HULL, MAT 30.

STOCK EXCISANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, Ws—North British, Carlisle, 36s.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, &c., 285.—Buckinghamshire, 2 p.—Derby and Gainsborough,
115.—East Lincolnshire, 22s.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 325.
Hull and Barnsley Junction, 265. 9d.—Hull and Lincoln, 16s.—
Leicester and Bedtbrd, 255. 6d.—Leicester and Tamworth, 265. 6d.
—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3%—London arid Manchester
(Hem.), 165.—North Staffordshire, 51. 14s. 6d.—Welsh bl diand, IIA
—West Riding Union, 43/s.
SHEFFIELD, MAT 30.

STOCK Excitation.—The sales are—Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarter Shares, No. 3 (Scrip), 9s. p.—Shetlield and Lincolnshire,
Is. 6d. p.—Shettleld, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 12s. 6d.
dis.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 545. p.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAT 30.

STOCK ExcnanicE.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, 4s. 6d.
p.—North Staffordshire, 3N p.—Newcastle and Carlisle (Scrip),
Wel —York and Selby Scrip, East and West Riding, 10 p.

YORK, MAY 30.

STOCK Ebel:UV:M.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, 11. ss.
6d.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3—Newcastle
and Berwick, 251/3—Ditto, Extension, 9 q—North British, Carlisle
Extension, 11. 13s. Ed.—North Staffordshire, 5/. 16s. 3d.—Welsh Mid-
Isis 1, 41. 16s. 3d.—York and North Midland, New (East and West
Riding), 11.