The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

S 17 N 7 FEBRUARY 8; 1848.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL 'NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very
barely supplied. Sales, 5,000 to 6,000 bales, including
4,500 bales of American, at 41d. to 61d. per lb. In
Railway Shares there was more doing, and a better
inquiry existed.
There are no later ship arrivals to-day with news of

any interest.
The important sales of Indigo commence to-day, and
as the Money Market has become so easy, it is fully
expected they will go ,„off more favourably than the
last. The Colonial Wool sales also begin in a day or
two, and similar expectations are indulged in respect
to them.

The creditors of M. Ilennekine Briard, and M. Ter-
celin Sigart, the parties who failed for so large an
amount at Mons, in Belgium, have agreed to the ob-
tainment of a surs6ance.
The rate of discount continues very moderate in the
City upon the bills of first-class and substantial traders.
The extraordinary influx of the precious metals—the
Peninsular steamer arrived at Southampton yesterday
having brought a further supply, and private merchant-
men are adding daily to our stores in a mariner which bids
fair to ensure confidence for some time, unless we have a
most unfavourable harvest. The exchanges upon the
Continental cities, it is true, have been drooping a little
within the last few days, but this will soon right itself.
The English Funds have been rather heavy again this
morning, but at the hour of our writing there is a little
improvement. Consols have ranged from to 89k for
Transfer, and from 89 to 89k for Account, the higher
prices being those now current. The advices by the
French express have not had any particular in-
iluence, and upon the whole the speculators
for a rise in the funds have not any very
substantial ground to act upon, because, presuming that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes a good financial
statement, many consider that 90 is a fair price for Con-
sols, when there is a favourable opportunity of employing
money in business operations, produce, &c. Exchequer-
bills are 275. to 28s. premium for those dated June. Bank
Stock has been at 200 to 3011. The New Three-
and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 901 and the
Three per Cents. 891 to 1. East India Stock has been
marked 243.
The Foreign Securities have been steady. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been 32 to 32k, and Portuguese
Four per Cents., 26k. Brazilian Small Bonds are at
841. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 54.
Railway Shares have been dull.
BRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON! O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
lank Stock —.2011,E 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Amities ..... 894%14
3 per Cent. Consols Anus BB 39
New WA per Cent. Anus. 903 14
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 1.16 9
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 83,4
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1, IMO.. 8%

_
India Stock 248
India Bonds under 1,0001-- ..... 27 32 p
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.

June. March.
1,000/.
5001 • •.. 0000 24 p
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 3 per Ceat
Ditto Small
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 85
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent B4
Equador Bonds 3IA
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lO9l,
Npanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1640
Ditto Passive Bends 5%
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent...
Dividends on the above payable ht London.
Dutch 21 per Cent.,l2 Guild 54
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
GUTSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
ItAlLwAis. PAu. ril SEAM
Aberdeen

Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%
Ayrshire and Galloway
Ihdfast and County Down .. 10 ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20
inningliam, \Vol., & Dudley 10
Binaing., & Stour Val. 101.14 a.... to
Birkenhead, LancaMiire, and

. ,
Claesliiro Junction 7,/t
Boston, &null, & Binning... 5
Bristol and Exeter

Do., Thirds
...... to
13ackingliainshire l2l. 4s 2l,i din. to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 5()
Chester and Hoiyhead... 37,A 2:31,
Ditto, Preference
Clarence..
_,.. _ _.. _ _

1)0., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 — ... to
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - t.—
Direct London & Portsmouth 3:% —
Dablin and Belfast Junction.. 25
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17' ......
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
sad L. & 1)
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB .....
Ditto, 3/. 108., E. & 11... 2
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B) ... 20
Do. Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
De., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter
Do., New
East eran Union . .. 5.
Ditto, Quarter Shares

Ditto:, Thirds l3s, 4a _ t•

Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . lO
East Lancashire

Ditto, New ... .......... .... • 13
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire ... 164...... 18
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — ...... to
Ditto, Half Shares

Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% -
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22%......
Ditto, New ..... ... ..... ...... 3%
Ditto, New port..
Ditto, ditto, New 21,4 — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Ditto, New .. 2%
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 62.8 d — ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New
Do. 14 Shares (6 per ct.gua.) 12% ...... ..... to
Great Northern.... .......... ... 10% 41,4 to ....
De. London & York Eaten. 21/2 — ... t•
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 371 h —
Great North of England 10,
Ditto, N tvr 40/ 5 - ...... to
Ditto, New 801 ••• 80 .. ... to
Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 61,i...... . ... to
Groat Western
Ditto, Hall Shares

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths

Do. New 17/ 9 %.. ... 1074 to
Huddersfield and Maachester 24 ..
Di tte, Thirds 8
Hall aid Selby 5O 103% t. 104
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% Bssto
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) 2% —
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 60

Do.,Thirds lO
Laticaehire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... t•
Ditto, ditto
_ ~.

Ditto Half Sham _ 38

Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 614 — ...... to
Ditto Thirds (Rog.) ... 10/. 4s —
Do. LiYerpool and Bury... 38
Do. (Hudders. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,

and Goole 47% —
Do., Westßiding Union ...41. .
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9

Ditto ditto ........ 114
Leeds aad Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 421,4 —
Do., Branch 1,2 Shares l 5

Ditto, New Blanch (bluo).. 2% — -
Ditto, Extension (green)... 21,i —
Do., New Eaten. (pink)... 24 — ...... to
Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 86

Ditto, Now
Do., do., l'refer., 6 per Cent. 31/2. .... •••• • • to "'-
Liverpool. Crosby, and Soul h-
port. - ...... to
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 21,! ...... ...... to
London lit Blackwall ...13!. 6s. 8d - ...... to
Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... 1 dis.... to
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...37 371,3 %IA to
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ...... 261 it to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .....
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ......
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ....
London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d....
1)i tto Preference lB/ 17s 2d...
Loudon & North Western.....loo 149 ...... to
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 22
Do. do. New ..„.. .... ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ... G. J 25
Do. 40!. Shares.....L. Sc M. 15 .....,
.... ._ _
Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40
...... to
......
Do. 101. ... M. and B. (A.) 71,2 —
,
to
Do. 10/. „M. and B. (B.) 71/2 -
...... to
Do. 10!. ... M. and B. (C.) 1
to
London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d... ' .
Ditto New 50/........ . ..... 371/2... .. _
Ditto New 40/. ... ..... .. .. 30 ...... 26
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... to
to _
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 .
Thirds ....
Ditto, 84 6s. bd ... 134 dis. to
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,4 — / ...... to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% .... ...... io

[PRICE SD.

Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
Manch, Buxton, &. Matlock 3
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100

Ditto 14 Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2)
Ditto, IA Share' (No. 3)... 7%. .....

. _ . _
Ditto Grim o 5
sby
.....
__ .

Ditto,
ditto. -

Ditto, ditto _

Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 71A.,......

Manchesterandbouthampton 21,j —
i (hand 100 1141h...... to 1131,4