The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-24 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.'
(From The Sun of last Night.)
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm.
Sales 5,000 to 6,000 bales. Shares were steady.
The following report on the stale of the weather, kc., is
from Ceylon :—" While on the eontinent of India our neigh-
bours are complaining that the few partial showers which
had occurred are insufficient to allay the apprehensions of
dearth raised by a previous drought of six months' duration,
the S.W. monsoon has burst with more than ordinary force
on the southern portion of Ceylon. At Colombo more rain
has fallen within the last fortnight than fell in the same
period for very many years; and the results have been
several land slips, and the tumbling down of sundry houses
and walls. The wind has blown down a few trees in the
neighbourhood of Colombo, and a great many valuable
bread-fruit, coeoanut, and other fruit trees have beep 08..
strayed at Galle, and on the southern coast generally. We
hope the eastern and northern provinces hare not been
passed over in the late downtpooringa.
"We regret to learn that some coffee estates in the interior
are infested by a species of insects well known in the West
India Islands as being not a little injurious to the plants,
JThey hAvY ylready extended their ravages from Kandy up to
aselava. We hope soon to learn that the creatures are not
destructive enough to be of any consequence, or that meana
have been discovered of arresting their progress."
Thcrt is no particular alteration in the Money Market,
and the rate of interest continues eteady, without
the probability of itj being acted upon in any other
way Thu by, the mere force of demand,...., that is
to Say, the Bank of England will no doubt act as A free
competitor with the other moneyed establishments in the City.
The Stock Market is very flat again, and there is a de-.
aline of % per cent. in the quotations, money bargains
having been effected at 851,4 and time transactions at
95% %. have realised Ils. to 15a. pre-
mium The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Ceuta. have been
974 to lA, and the Three per Cents, 0% yg. Bank Stock
has been less firm at 2071/A to 3081$.
The Foreign Investments are heavy. Spanish Five per
Cents. -realise 2434, Portuguse Four per Cents. 46, and
Mexican, 26. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have
real ised 09%.
Shares are in most instances again flat, both the old lines
and scrips being affected. Foreign scrip Is in some respects
not quite so fiat as yesterday.
BRITISH FUNDS, ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 207% 20834 20834
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9534 %T. 957 i
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9554% % 9534
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 9734 %34 9734
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10% 5-16 10 5-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-16 1034
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 25 p 25 p
South Sea Stock .. 10534 10534
Ditto, New Annuities .. 9434 94%
Consols for Account .. •95% % 95%
Exchequer Bills. ~ll4d.
1,0001. 11 15 11 pm. 11
5001... 11 15 11 pm. 11
Ditto. Small 11 15 11 pm. 11
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 8634
Ditto, Small .. 87)4
Ditto, New Bonds. 1829 and 1839 .. 35
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
--
Ditto, :or the Account .. 26 2634
Portuguese Four per Cent .. 46 46
Ditto, for the Account .. 45 45
Russian Bonds .. .. 112 112
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% 24%
Ditto, for the Account .. 24%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3634
Ditto, for the Account 35%
Dividends on the above payable In London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 593(
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% % 94%
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK. `
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 54% ...... • • 1
Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .. ..... . 12934
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 4% 5 ...... 5
Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .... ........ —
Ditto New .. .. • • • • 5 • • 9
Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... 5234. ...... 5234
Buckinghamshire 425. .... % dis . % dis.
Caledonian .. 20 .... 1234 13 12% 12%
Ditto, Half Shares .• • • 2% •• • • %••••• • • • • • 34
Ditto, Extension .. 2)4 .... 1% 1%
Derby and Crewe .. 2% .. . 6%
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% % ..........
Direct Northern .. 234 .... 1 % ........ 71
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165... 24% 24 ...... 2434
Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 7% p• • •..... 734 p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. %p• • • • .... 34 p
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 21% •... 17/
Eastern Union .. 30
Do. Cambridge and Ely .. 234.... %..........
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 534 .. 3% •• • • ...... 334
Great North of England . ..100 ....232 ........ 132
Ditto, New „ .. 10 .. 45)4 •• • • .. 4534
Great Western .. •• 85 •• .. 150 ••• • • • .... 15034
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 84 84
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 22% 21% .... 21%
Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 534 ..
Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... 106% .......... 10634
Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... 67 69 • • 69
Leicester and Bedford .. 221. % di5..... • • 74 dis.
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... 134 1 di5..... I di..
Liverp., blanch., & Newc. Junct. 234 .... 1% % ......
London an Birmingham . ..100 ....229 .. . • ...... 229
Ditto, Quarters . 2 .... 32 32
London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 83, % ...... 8%
London and Brighton 50 .. .65 64% ...... 64%
London and Croydon • • • . 131. 15s 9d... 23 23
London and South-Western 41/. 68-1.0d.t., 7834 79 • • 79
London and York .. ' .. 234 .• 134 • • ••-•• yi
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil.. 234 .... 1 ..... 1
Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... .. •• • • .... 234
Lynn and Dereham .. • . •• 15 .... 11 .......... 11
Manchester and Leeds 82 ........ _
Ditto, Fifths • • • • 3 .... 11%........„ 113(
Ditto Extension .. • • • • 428. ••• • ••••• • • • • • 24 p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 48 85 85
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .• • • 11 10% ...... 10%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ...• %34p .• • •34 p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% %
Midland „. ..100 —.14734 148 148
Ditto, New 24 .... 3834 38 ...... 38
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 109 ....121 .......... 121
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 46 45 ... .
Ditto, New . .• 1 1234 11% 12% 11% 1134
Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .... 4434 .. • •
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 •• • • 2634 • •
Norfolk • • .. .. 20 ....
Ditto, Tenths .. .• .. 2 ...• 234. ••• • • •
Ditto, Extension . .. 2 .... 2 • •
Nortn British .. 25 3539 %
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 834 .... 1334 % 13%
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134 .... 244 %h..-- 2%
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234 .... 1% 1%
North Staffordshire • • • • 425. .... 3 3 p 3 p
Nonlhmptonillanburr;& Chelthm. 2-- .. 1% •• (.. T 4 136
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 1234.... 7%% .... • • 7%
Portsmouth 'Area • • • • • • 3%.... 434% • • 4%
Preston and Wyre .. • • . • 25 .... 34 34
Ditto, Half Shares 1.. • • .. 234 7 .. .• • 7=
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. .. 1% dis.• • • •

,
Richmond .. 10 .... la • —lB
Scottish Midland .. .. 10 ....
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 2
Shropshire Uhion 425. .... % di5..... dis.
South Midland .. 425..... lk tis tH p. ..... p
-oath Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • . 4434 • • • •
Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 22 ...... •• • • 2234
Do., New (do. 331. 64.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .. .. 15 .. .. 15 %
New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 3%...... •• .. 334
South Wales .. 5 ~ .. 1% .......... 1%
Waterford and Kilkenny .. 8
West Rifting Union .. • • .. 425. .... p...... p
Wibbeach and St. Ives .. • • 2 .... 2%%., .....• 234
York axd North Midland .. .. 50 ....
Ditto. Extension . • .. 20 .. .. 41 ' 4134
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 ... 1434 14 .
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 .... 1136
Bord., Toul., & Cette [Mackenzie) 2 .... —
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2
East Dunaj . se• •• • • -••••• • • • • - 611
Luxembourg .. .. 4.. 1%• . . 1 7/,
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 12%34 %•.. • • . 12.4
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 7% ••.. • .
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. S .... 4% % 5% • • 534
Sambre and Meuse .. 8
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered —3% ......