The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

First six months • • •

Value of Imports
Value of Exports

Excess of Imports over,receipts 21,617,074 22,992,155 22,633,796

This is a most extraordinary statement ; it shows a
balance in 1847 and 1848, varying but 358,359 dollars
from each other, after the opposite movements in specie,
each year, to such an extent. So fur as this point is
concerned, the balance is pretty uniform, but we cannot
say as much of the foreign trade of the country at large,
for the same period. There are so many influences
brought to bear upon the imports and exports of the
country, that it is nonsense to attempt to attribute the
fluctuations from year to year solely to any particular
measure of the Government, or to any movement in the
markets.
Scarcely any business has been transacted in the Eng-
lish Funds to-day, but the market still remains de-
pressed, owing to the accounts received from Ireland,
coupled with the alarm occasioned by the progress of the
potato disease. Consols are now quoted at 85i to 861
for Money, and at 85i to 861 for the Account. Exche-
quer-bills remain steadily :maintained at 425. to 465.
premium; Bank Stock is marked 1991 to 198; Three
per Cents. Reduced 86 to and Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. 861 to I and 87.
The chief characteristic of the Foreign Stock Market
is the extremelinactivity of business, and prices have not
in any one instance undergone any remarkable change.
Even the best of the dividend-paying securities are al-
most altogether neglected. Mexican may be quoted 17
to ; Spanish Actives, nominally, 111 to 12 ; and the
Three per Cents. 21i ; Veneauela, 14 to 17 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 44 ; Portuguese Four per
Cents., 18 ; and Russian, 98 to 100.
In Railway Shares much dulness prevails, the late
rapid reaction in the value of Consols having again
turned the current of operations in this market from
purchases to sales. The orders from the provinces have
since Monday last mostly affected quotations. North
Western are 121 to 126; South Western. 46 to 48;
Midland Counties, 101 to 103; York and North Mid-
land, 66 to 68.

ONE CLOSING
eItICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 1991,4 198 198
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns .. 85% 86% 86141
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B6 8534 861% 8614
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726
New 31A per Cent. Anns .
Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8%
India Stock 244 244
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... ....... 33 p 33 p
Bank Stock for Account .
Consols for Account B6 85% 86% 86%
Exchequer Bills. 2%d.
1,0001. June
1,0001. March
500/. June
Small, Juno
Small, March .. 45 p 45 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN YU.N DS. ONE CLOSINU
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto. Account 70% 7034
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 691/ 691%2
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ......
51exican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1741/, 17%
Ditto, Account 17%14% 17%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent. IS 18
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
D 0.... lB4B 1848 9
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 44
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 70%

7o

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber, NW., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 334......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%
Belfast & County Down 16
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .....
Birmin g., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 121. 4s . .
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno.... 10 ••• • ... 00000 .
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds ... 25

Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 834....,.
Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 471/2
Ditto, Preference ls
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%...... .. ..
Bast Anglia, WI, L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......

Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 ......
Do., 31.105.
Eastern Counties 2O ...... 141,4% —
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Csiat.
Ditto, Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1.... .61. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d -
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters ...
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto—. 1
Ditto, Class B (1. &
and 11.) 2O
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%.....
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10
—............—
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent.— ...... 2% ......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 61,4 —
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 24
East Lincolnshire ...... 201,4
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 38 39 .. ..
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ..

14%
5%

213/4
39

Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,f'a —
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, New.. 6'4
Ditto, Newport l3
Ditto, ditto, New 3'!"i• •••••
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New ... 2% .. ••
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ........•• ..81.65. 8d....
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New ... ...... ••• 40 ......
Do. Preference Cons01. 15
Great Northern ......... 15 ....... 61/8 .. 6
Do.; London and York 2%
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) .... ........... 4212•..... 251[X,, 2slh
Great North of Englaud.loo ......
Ditto, New, 301......... 30
Ditto, New, 151— ...... 1114,, ..
....
•• ...... •••
Great Western
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O
Ditto, •!,4 Shares
Ditto, .B ifths •• ••• ...... .... ...„ 183/4
haGasapßre.eirs.re..y.t
4412337%1
......... : 173178 :14: :::
..
.........
20
Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... _ _
Huddersfield and Manch. 28
Ditto, Thirds
hull and Selby 5O ..„„
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..„.. _
Ditto, 14 Shares
... _ ...............
Lancaster and Carlisle
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ~..
86 ••••• 72
/ 2
Do. Fifths...
_
Do. Sixteenths 614 _
Do. Thirds (Reg.),..., 13
„ 5%
... 14
Ditto IA (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheti..) 38 ..
Do.(Wakedield,Ponte- ....
..
"...".**—
DDDDl)Doooiiittt...tttNoLo(4o,,
,ieuvNid iwaeerr,twtcipSteo.h'ruaa4a.s.nrol —l5

_ ,_ ......„
Tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 .. ... --
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do.l/2 Shares (A).'.. 9% — .... —
Leeds and Bradford '5O
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ......
Do., Half Shares 22% — ••• —
Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%......
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New ..... ........ 30
Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 3%......
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport -
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 2%......
London &Blackwall...l3/. 6s. W.— •••_
Do. Extension ..... ... 22% — .••• •• .........
London, Brighton, and
31
South Coast
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 . - ..... ......•
N
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct..,. 9 ...••• ••• ••.......••
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et., 50 ..
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852.50 —
Ditto, New Si., guar.
2
4
6 per cent.
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d...

Ditto, Preference... 181 17s 2d.
London and N. Western 100 .....126 125 125
Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22 . ...
Ditto, New - .........». 7 •••••• 8 8% B%
Ditto, Fifth; ..... .. .. 2
Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 20 —
Do. 101. (M. & B.) A.. 9 ......
Do. 10/. M. & B.) B. 9 ......
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. -

Lon 3. & S. Western
Do. New 501. ... ..... 421/2.. •• 34% ..
Do. New 401. 34
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto ,
Ditto. Thirds ....- 111. 13s. 4d — ..
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls ... 1/. 13s. 4d...
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .... ... .......• 11/2......
Londonderry&Coleraine 271/2 . .... .
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 25 ...... ... ..... ....
Lowestoft (4 per ct.)
Ditto (6 per ct.)
ki anc.hester,Buxton,and
Matlock.... . 4 .....
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 71/2 ..... ...- -.
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 30
Ditto ditto . .....„,,, 9
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire lO . ...
Do., Grimsby Dock
Do. Manchester and •
Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s —
:tianchest. & Southampt. 21/4 ......
Midland ... 100 ..... 102 103 .., lO3
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ......
Do., do., SOL Shares.« 20 ... .. 1314 14
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo ...... _
Do•Consol.Bristol and
I Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 l2O ......... ..... 120
i Ditto, Brist. & Glocatr. 38
Ditto, ditto •••••• ..... .141. 185....
Ditto,Leieest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
....
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
N cwcastleand Carlisle-100
••••••... —
Do. Quarters
Newmarket ... ..... . .. 20

Do. Extension .........2L 125....

S-ewport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford G
_ _

Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor

Norfolk 100 -
Do. New 20/.
Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed PA pc. 5
Do. do. W Val. 2

ao. „ aveney
Northern Counties Union 4 ......
North British ...-.... ... 25 ..

Ditto, Halves
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Extension O% ..... —
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 4y2 ....
North & South-Western 2

91%

North Staffordshire l2l/2..... 9 lA% ........
North Wales . 3l/2
North-Western . B%
Oxferd, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 45
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 7l/ —
Royston and Hitchin 1%...... .
Scottish Central -
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (Nor. Div.)
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4

Shrewsbury and Birm... 8 ...... 2% ,
Ditto ditto, Class B. 5

Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ......
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ..- — ........

. -
93/4

2%

Ditto Oswestry
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 -
•••••
Shropshire Union
outh Devon
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 514 ...... 000000 ........
South Eastern
Do., No. 1 24
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25
Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 83/4.••..
South Wales 23
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 4
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6
Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - .. •• • ...... •• • ....''
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway l7l/
Vale of Neath ... .. 4
Waterford and Kilkenny 151
Waterford and Limerick 42%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dubhn
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .. 42%
Do. do. do. ...25
Do. do. do. ... 7% .. ... . —
West Cornwall
Whitehaven & Furness 13
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... .- 9 %.....i.
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ........ ..-..... 35
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ...... ...... 25
Do. Extension No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10
Do. G.N.E.Preference 8
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and W est Rid-
ing Extension -

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Ceylon
Demerara ....... .. . ..... ... 12172 — ...
Dendre Valley 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. . ...
Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 74„...
East Indian .... 314 — ...... - .... .
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Louvain it la Sambre ... 714 — ...
Luxembourg.... 7 -
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...
Namur and Liege 2O ... .. - ...... ......
Northern of France lO
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 1% ... .. ......
Paris and Lyons .11 .....
Paris and Orleans ...... 20

Paris and Rouen .... 2O
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 ......
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 20
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes _ .. 8

Tournay, Jurbise,, Lan-
' •
den and Hasselt ...... 18
West Flanders B3/4 ....
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial 125
Commercial of London 20
London Joint Stock
London & Westminster. 20
•••
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto,Now ...... ..... 10
National of Ireland 22lj
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto New... 10 ..... ...
unionptt
oo,fNAe uws.t.r.a.l.i
.a.. .. . 225
t/• • • W./

MINES.
Anglo-Mexican .........100 Asturian Mining Com... 12 ••••••••••••
Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba SO
..... —••••—••
Do. St. John Del Rey 15

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(TIIIB DAY.)
LONDON, JULY 26.4—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze,
and hazy, with rain.
DEAL, JULY 25.—Wind W.S.W., strong gale.—Arrd.
Maranon, Lean, Quebec; Empire, Davies, ditto; Mary,
Learenoon, Calcutta for Newcastle; Horatio, Parker,
Quebec; Elgin, Stranack, ditto; Acime , ditto; Persia,
ditto, and old. for Hull. Put back, Elizabeth Buckham,
Launceston, Van Diemen's Land; Robert Henderson,
for Algoa Bay; D'Auvergne, for Honduras; Sarah,
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 28.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.—
Arrd. 24, Mary Hannah, Mathews, Trade Town and
Sierra Leone; Remittance, Marshall, New Orleans; J.
H. Perkins, Baker, ditto; 25, Limena, Milne, Maya-
guetz; Westmoreland, Pernambuco; Tom Cringle, Bur-
chell, St. Domingo; Annie, Mearns, New Orleans;
Rochester, Otis, ditto. Sld. 24, Resolution, Evans, Ma-
ranham ; Catharine, Ridduck, Quebec; 25, Thetis, War-
ren, Callao; Northumberland, Thompson, Quebec; Anne,
McGarry, Montreal. Off port, Queen, St. John's, New
Brunswick; New World, —; Oxford, --; John
Geddie,
MARYPORT, JULY 23.—Arrd. Henderson, Twenty-
man, Quebec.
ARDROSAAN, JULY 2
22 . dh.
2b.--The
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from
m
LIVERPOOL, JULY 8
Liverpool, in going into Rio Grande, struck on the bar,
made some water, and lost anchors and, chains. The
Cawton, Dixon, which arrived at Sierra Leone from
Scarborough on the 25th of April, was struck by light-
ning in Yawring Bay on the 2d ult., which damaged the
mainmast and deck.
FALMOUTH, JULY 25.—An English brig, black, with a
white figurehead, a low square stern,' was seen on the
sth ult. in lat. 34 and 42 N., lona 18 and 45 E.; towards
evening, in company with two otheini, apparently
Greeks, which from their manoeuvring had the character
of pirates, having six or seven guns cm the side;
and the English brig was observed subsequently
to settle down stern foremast, as if scuttrid, but night
coming on nothing further was seen by the Sanders.
Bally, arrived here.

WISIBEAOH, JULY 25.—The schooner Lagnoll, hence
to Londonderry (laden with wheat and flottr) was upset
in a squall off Blakenoy, on the 20th instant; master
and his wife drowned, crew saved.
YARMOUTH, JULY 26.—The John, brig., of this port,
sprang a leak off Flamborough Head, hoisi;ed a waif for
assistance, when a cutter took her in tow. and it is ex-
pected she will be brought into the harbour.
HARWISH, JULY 25.—The Swift, brig►„ Hall, of and
from Shields, for London, with coals, has been assisted
in, very leaky, having been on shore on the Gunfleet
Sand.

WRITEHAVEN, JULY 25.—Wind SS 17.--Arrd. Fa•
vourite, Quebec.

TROON JULY 24. —Arrd. Harmony, I lalhousie.
AYR, JULY 22.—S1d. Magog, Shan] ts, St. John's,
New Brunswick.

Ara BAY, JULY 23.--Acrd. Princess 17 ictoria,Quebec.