The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-18 00:00:00

) Cash, Fives have fallen 25c.; Threes are unchanged.
This was the day for declaring the,
primes for the half-monthly meeting of Railway Shares.
The primes were in all cases taken up. The continua-
tions, though higher than far some settlements past, were
still moderate, as with the exception of St. Germain, which
were at from 2f. 50c. to 2f.; Orleans from 2f. 25c. to If. Mc.;
Rouen If. 75c. to If. 50c.; and Avignon from lf. 25c. to
If. 50c. ; they we. e all below If. For Account, St. Germain,
Avignon, Ilavre, and Vierzon have risen sf. each ; Rouen
3f. The. ; Orleans, Versailles (Right Bank), Strasburg,
Northern, and Bordeaux, 2f. 50c. each ; Boulogne, If. 25c.
Nantes, Lyons, and Versailles (Left Bank) :are unaltered.
For Cash, Rotten hare risen 101 ; Northern 7f. 50c. ; Ver-
sailles (Left Bank) 3f. 75c.; Bordeaux, Strasburg, and
Nantes '2f. 50c. each ; Lyons are nnvaried ; Orleans have
fallen 2f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 17.
Demerara, 3?3 —Northern of France Constituted, 10%
—Orleans and Yierzon, 13,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8A3—
Faris and Lyons Constituted. 5t ex int.—Paris and Stras.
burg Constituted, 4

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Liverpool Cotton market was quieter yesterday.
Sales 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 were on speculation.
Prices were a shade worse. We fear that when it be
comes known that the Bank of England have not ad-
vanced their charge for discounts, the fever of specu
lation may again recur. Shares rather improved at
Liverpool.

We are glad to learn from Canada that there had
been two Commissioners appointed under the Act of
June last, for a loan not exceeding 100,0001., to the suf-
ferers by the Quebec fires, for rebuilding ; but it
was understood that no debentures would be
issued until some preliminary steps had been
taken. The only advantage to the sufferers should
the money be raised, will be getting it at three per cent.
upon giving good security for the repayment. Three
thousand a year, will be the utmost of the bonus to
Quecec, should the whole or the 100,0001. be issued.
Some, parsons, seem, however, to have imagined, seeing
the remissness of Government, on several occasions, that
repayment would not be exacted. The demands on the
public chest for debt, interest, and current expenditures,
will, however, no longer permit of former indulgences.
The arrivals in the river are extremely limited, on ac-
count of the weather, and supplies of fruit and other
articles in great request at this season are consequently
kept out.

'!'he circumstance of the Bank of England not having
advance d its terms for the discount of bills, has given much
satisfaction in the City, and there is an expectation that
we Lhall go quietly over Christmas, and enter upon the
New Year with something like the confidence and bustle
of legitimate trading opsrations.
The public securities have been to-day very steady,
and are a shade higher. Consols realising 934 :I, for the
account. Bank Stock is quiet at 206. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 95,i to 96, and the Three
per Cents. 94 to 941. Exchequer-bills have been quoted
10s. to 13t,. premium. Long Annuities are 9-1, to
9 fifteen-sixteenths.

In the Foreign house there has been no particular
movement and the speculative Stocks have been quite
neglected. Spanish Passives are sf. The Five per
Cents. Portugta se have been marked 82k. Mexican
Stock has realized 23k, being a shade under the previous
rates. Brazil Stock has bean quoted 86. Russian Bonds
have been at 1111, and Dutch Two and- a-llalf per Cents.
at 601.

Shares are rather better to day. Birmingham and
Oxford Junction have risen to 10 and .0,1; Caledonian
to 284 and 29; Brighton to 581 and 59; North Staffi,rd
to 8i 71; Shrewsbury and Birmingham to sil *; Northern
of France to 104 and 11; and Paris and Lyons to 5-a-
ex interest ; East Lancashire are 11 ex. new.

Os E . CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS, O'CLOCK. PRICES.
sank Stick
3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5........ 94% 94 94
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 96 9511 95%
Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 9 15-16 % 9%
Ditto 30 y-ears, Oct. 10,1859 9 11-16 9 11-16
Consuls for Opening 93%3/ 93%
Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 11Ad. l3 10 —— p 10 p
Ditto, 5001
Ditto, Small

ONE
O'CLOCK

CLOSIN
PRICES

t RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds '
Alexican' 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account . 23%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. B9l/2
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto, Account —
Russian Bonds .. .... 1111,4
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 212 per Cent .
Ditto, Account 60%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92%14 9234
PRICES Or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
II lILWAY SHARES AT ONC O'CLOCK. PRICE.
Aberdeen /2
Amber.. Noa., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.• •••
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Belfast & County Down 4% ....
Birmingham and Dudley 425....•• 51%2 p. ......
Birmin. and Gl,ucester..loo 129
Ditto New 17% ... .
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc.... 2% —
Boston, Stained, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter 75 - •• ,••,•,•,•,•o
Ditto, New - ..•
Bristol and,Gloucester... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. June.. 21/3.......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares.— 21/2 24%...... ....• 2
Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 25
Chester and llolyhead... 2712 —
0-iurnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ......
Clarence lOO
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% —
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
•••
ford, and &eta June. 2% ....
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 121j2 —
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 165.......
Ditto New l2l. 165 —
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, Is 1....... 61. 13s. 4d...
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... % p...
Do., York Extension.. 2 .....• 3%
EastDereh'sn andNoech 1
Eastei a Union 35 ••
Ditto Quarter Shares 8%
Do. Ditto,
1% — ......... --
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% —
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... ....... .. 5 ..
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)... .. 5 —
Do., do., New Scrip... 114
East Lincolnshire ... .. 114 14 214
East & West of England 1%3.-- ....
Edxnburgh and Glasgow 50 ...--- 75 1- ..... --
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh & Northern.. 121
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 .....•
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%...... ...............
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — ...............
Exeter, Yeovil,& Dorset 5% 314 .............. .
Gaslgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50
Ditto, New
......... .15 .
•••• •••
Do., 14 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 121/2.., .............
Grand Union (Notting-
.. ••••••...
Goole, Doncaster, &c. 2
.....
...
..

22%

9,1 P
31,4

214

-
75%

13%
-
34

end Lynn
Great South. and West ........ •• • ••
(Ireland) 27% ...... 273 i,;.... . .........
oreat munster .........
Great North of Scotland 2% ..... .
GreatNorthof England 100 ......
Ditto New ............... 5 ......
Ditto, New ~, ........ 15 .
Ditto, New ..... . I% ••••
• --
Great Western.,,..... 85
Ditto 4 Shares ..... ... 50
DDDitttttti,
ri4:l s
Ti feStll;h sa. r.
e.
3.
.......... .•.• .• 2120
3/4
0
1,4
Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension ••••••
... ...
Hull and Selby 50
Do. Half Shares 25
Ditto 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11%
Do., do., and Norwich 21/2
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
•••• •••• •• ••
Do. New
.....
Leeds and Bradford 3O
Leicester and Bedr.)rd... 16s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22% —
Do., Branch (Blue) ... 21/2 —
Do. Extension( Green) 212 —.
Leeds and Thirsk 171%2 14%
Ditto, New 5 —
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31/2 —•-•
Do., Mnchstr & New;
castle Junction....... 2%...... 214
London and BlackwaU. 161. 132.4 d
Do. New
...
.. ..... ...... •• • • ...
Ditto Extension ~ 7 % ...... ..
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O .. .. 59 581/2
Ditto, Fifths
Do. Consol. Eighths lO
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ••• •• •• ..•••
London andGreenwieh 12115 s 4d 9
Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — ..
London, Hounslow, and
Western - .. ..... • , •••
London and N. Westernloo 194 195
Do. Quarters .. 2
Do., no., New
Ditto Fifths
...
......... ..
Do. 14 Shares (G. J.) 5
.......
Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 8
Do. 40/. (51. ..... ..„
& B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 101. (1)I. & B.) B. 5 ,„.„,
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ......
London, Oxford, and

Cheltenham —
........
Lond. & S.Western 411 6a 10d 63
Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 .
Do. New
Do. New • ........... • 18
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