The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

moNEY and COMMERCIAL iNEWS.
CITY, QIIARTER TO Ti-'h't
The Cotton Mai ket at Liverpool yesterday was steady.
Sales 5"0 bales. American 4id. to 51d. per lb. Rail-
way Shares were dull, with but little stock offering.
In the foreign accounts (private letters), we hear that
there are allusions to failures at Vienna, but the names
are not freely or confidently mentioned.
There is no intelligence of interest from Amsterdam.
The draught of the new constitution is by some consi-
dered to be very imperfect.
The accounts from Van Diemen's Land describe the
colony as being flourishing, but in want of free labour.
The Corn Market is steady to-day.
In the Public Securities there has been some
change. The possibility of the British Minister
retiring from Madrid has induced the specu-
lators to sell again ; but there is more doing
for money than time. Consols have been 821 to
811-Ik. Exchequer-bills are 425. to 455. premium,
and Lelia Bonds 21s. to 225. premium. Bank Stock is
188 to 189, and India Stock is 229. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 811 to
In the Foreign Bonds business has been dull. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been marked 11l to 111, and the
Three per Cents. 21 to 21i. Portuguese Four per Cents.
have been 15. Brazil Small Bonds are 64. Mexican
keep steady at 15. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
are nominally 39 to 41.
Railway Snares are not quite so good as yesterday,
and the transactions have been limited.
BRITISH. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 189 188
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Bolhs/IA,
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 8214 817'83/4
New 3,4 per Cent. Anus
Long Annuitie!,, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860
India Stock 229
Do. Bonds,
10001 ... 21 22 p

Ditto under 1.0001 -
Consols for Account
exchequer Bills. 3d.
1,0001.
500/ 42 45 p
Small 42 45 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Mexican Bonels, 1846, 5 per Cent l5
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 9O
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2114 21 21%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
RITSINE r. iN RAILWAY SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHAZE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 314
Aynhire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 13 ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20

Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... .
Birming., Vol., & Stour Val. 10/.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 734 — ...... to
Boston, Stamt., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire l2l. 4s — ...... to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
. __

Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50— to

Chester and Holyhead 421,x .....
Ditto, Preference
Clarence.
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 3% to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25

Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — to
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
mad L. & D
Ditto 18/• E. H
,13 ...

Ditto, 34 10s., E. & H... 3% — to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — ...... to
Do.. do N 0.2,6/. 138.4 d... % dis. .. to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 -
Do., Quarter .... . 12% .
Do., New
East ern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . -
Ditto, ditto ...... ......—.... 20 ......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... .......... ...• • 15 - ••." to
Do., New Quarters -
East Lincolnshire ... 16th IS
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O
to

Ditto,-Halt Shares
to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. to _
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
Ditto, New..... ... ..... ...... 3% — ...... to
Ditto, New p0rt.....
Ditto, ditto, New 24 — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6,1.8 d... .. to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 -
Great Northern
Do. London & York Exten.
.2% -7 ...... to --._

Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40—
Great North of England 100
Ditto, Nl/4 w 40/
Ditto, New 301 ... 30 .. .. -
Ditto, New 15/......... ...... 61,...... .
Great Western
Ditto, halt Shares

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 17/ •
iludcbtrsfield and Manchester 26 .. ...
Di ttc, Thirds..
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares ' 25
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to
.. Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Camb. and Ely) DA__ ..... -to
Laucastka- and Carlisle.... ....50 -
Do.,Thirds lO .....
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters -
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Slxteenttis ........... 5q...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s —
Do. Liverpool and 8ury....: 43
. __

Do. (rudders. and Sheff.) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2a..... 4% dis to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ......
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9
Leeds and Bradford -
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 42% — to
Do., Halt Shares
Ditto, blue (scrip,)
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 ' 16 t 4 ...... to
Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3%. ....
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-
port.
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% — ...... to
London & Blackwall ......131. 6s. 8d 4X to 5
Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 13s. 4d.... 1::,/4 dis. to 2 dis.
Do. Extension
Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9
De. Fret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... ..
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .....
I,ondor. and Greenwich... 12/. 158. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to
London & North Western.....loo 127% to 126%
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 -
Do. New
Do. Fifths
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 20 ......
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%..... 9% to
Do. 10/. ~ M. and B. (13.) 7% — to
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western ....... 50 ...
Ditto, New 50/....... - ..... 37% 251,4 to 25
Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. •. 30
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds .. . lO ..... 61A to 6
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25

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