The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
hales, of which 2,500 were American on speculation.
There was no alteration in prices. Shares were rather
higher. Speculation in Cotton at the port above named
is now exceedingly flat indeed.
It appears to be a settled point that the directors of the
East India Company, and the Board of Control have
' granted the concession of the first line of railway to be
commenced in India to the East India Railway Company'
the managers of which, after incorporation, are to have
the power of extending branches in those
directions from Calcutta which may receive
the sanction of the Indian Government. Interest et
the rate of four per cent., is to be guaranteed, and the
Government of India are to have ower to purchase the
lines out and out, at the currents alue of the day. At
first the East India Railway Company are to provide a
capital of three millions sterling.
There are not any late arrivals announced in the Cit.f:
Many in mercantile circles, especially connected
with the East India trnde, have recently heard with re-
gret of the sudden death of Mr. James Wilkinson, the
indigo broker. Having on many occasions availed our'
selves of the information practically possessed by him,
annexed we give a remarks contained in a strictly comma
_
inertial contemporary, believing in sincerity that WS
picture drawn of the deceased is not overcoluured
"Died on the 15th inst., James Wilkinson, of Lead en:
hall-street. Ile was a native of Yorkshire, and as welt
known and respected by the manufacturers of that
dustrious district as he was in London. For wan/
years his monthly circulars have been quoted for ea::
wercial information by journals of all parties. His od
tachnient to the late William Cobbett is wyll known,
we have often heard him repeat the pleasure he felt
the predictions of his prototype with regard to the
failure of the potato and introduction of Indian ccsonrott
into Ireland. Mr. Cubbett called the potato the
debasing root,' and ascribes to its general use the elgsr;
dation of that unfoi tenate country. Mr- Wilk be tto
was himself averse to potatoes as a substitute for eci in
food, yet at the moment of his death he Was e°glta la-
the purchase of a cargo to ship to Ireland, tl
stance of a Noble Lord with whom he had reee
th the
formed an acquaintance. In fact, whether wfl noble
working man, the merchant, or the man ° a coo-
birth, his demanour imparted cheerfulness al.rtisiaed
tent. Like Cobbett, Mr. Wilkinson areenua his
strong opinions in favour of his country
law
opposition to Cobden at the Anti-Corli-iecw Wee trade,
the Guildhall ; for, although in favour th. id hire the
Mr. \% ilkinson felt that native produce sbou
niustice of
ptarxeifielrgenincealot,vheropfosr,eign, and maintained the was
im-
&c., whilst foreign
ported duty free. 2.1 r. Wilkinson was a good 'tett_isetticoi:d
and the principal officer of that department t was
of Trade has publicly declared that his informetn%entian
to be depended upon. We must not forget usefulness,
that amongst his numerous acts interest in
there is one to which the maritime nre In...et of
debted, namely, the alteration in the adeles.,Eure.ws great
merchant vessels ; and in assisting to effect tboitir ow,
change, he bad the proud satisfaction of seeillor °Peed
vessels made equally, if not better, adaptecylrbe subject
and stowage to the ships of other nations. advance-
of these remarks devoted his-time more to Ile ono-
ment of the public weal, than his own pecuoierYht him
tage, which, with the changes in trade, brelTfeasiorl,
down from the pinnacle of greatness in his Prouue with
to circumstances when money had lost his WI" notaer'
him. He has, however, brought up respectably him is
ous family, mostly sons, some of whoo2 folly toggle,
his established business. He died without
apparently in a tranquil state." This Morning
The Consul Market has been very firmnine oaf
at 93 to 94 for the Account. At the sameboa
be noted that but few investments for cash
esl. been. asmade in the Stocks now open. There , bevel-
upward movement in the premium upon eJ2te
bills, the value of which is now at 12s. Bank Stoer per
rallied to 206. The New Three•and.a-Quarte
Cents. have been quoted at 95k. request'
The Foreign Funds are rather in more
...40; the
Mexican for the Account have been sold t
,t2egt;
Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 36 for rho Two.
the Three per Cent. Spanish at 38k; the Put n at
and-a-Half per Cents. are at 64; tor the Accoun,
60i; and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 92t_,?111
With the exception of the North Statfords u7t wet
the East India Railway Shares, the market has
nu
brisk to day. The quotations are annexed.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIC*
(From the Official List.) ,
o
Bank Stock... ................................ 20 a zO
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... •••••.... 96'95%
New 34 per Cent. Annuities .......
Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 186093,A 94
Consols for Opening .....• •••' '•" 14d.
Exchequer Bills.
I,oou/ ........
5001.
11 8
1212 r-nu.
11 8 12 --

Ditto Small
...
- NE O'CI)CL.
1-RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT 0
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per
Cent.
24%
Ditto for the Account .............
...
Portuguese 4 per Cents
38
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto 3 per Cent 3Bl'a
Ditto for the Account .
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto for the Account 603/4 , ,
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto Bonds
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CrO
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas &USX.
Aberdeen -
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2583/... to --
Armagh, Coleraine, & I'ortrush 13g —
Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 4% .. ..
Birmingham and Dudley 42s. ... . ...... to ---
Bit nungliam and Gloucester 100 ......128 ...... to ---
Do. New (iss. at 712 dis.) 171...... ..... to •-••
Birmingham & Oxford June
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
tO "'-
Cheshire Junction 23/4 .— . •••
Boston, Stamf , & Binning... 225.
.....'"
Bristol and Exeter
. to .....
Do~ .New
to --.
Bristol and Gloucester...
Bristol and Liverpool June.. 21A
• .. to ---
Buckinghamshire..
.....
Caledonian
to ---
Ditto, half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 ...... 2% ......
... -- ...... to
21h.. - • - to
......
to ---
Chester and Holyhead... 27% —..... to ---'
Churnet and Blythe..
...... .. 2 ...... .......
Chester and Manchester 42s.
2 -- to --
Cheltenham and Oxford .....
.....
Clarence.
.--
to
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - ' .... to -'-
Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 ...., ..... ---
to
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ..... to "'-
Cork and Killarney 2%...... •-- ..... to -".
Cork and Waterford l% —• ..... .to --.
Cornwall
.. to
Ditto, Half Shares
Direct Lincoln, East Retford, to ""
and Sheffield Junction 2% — ;',
79.... to ---
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich - "". to --.
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% —•• to ''...
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2%, — ...... to
.....
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 -
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 23%•••• .' to
•-••
t
Do. New ..
to ---
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — ....... to ---*
Do., do N 0.2, 6L 13s. 4d..• .... ••••
Do., York Extension
.. to
East Dereham and Norwich 1 -
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares
4
Do. Extension to Harwich 1%
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 21
East Lancashire
•.... I': to ---
o ---
—B%
....... . to
••••,'"
Ditto, New 5
Do. ( late Preston &Orrnsk.) 5 ... -
Do., do., New Scrip ...... ... 11/4 — ...... to
East Lincolnshire
East and West of England... Vg — ...... t: ,
Edinburgh and Glasgow
....
. to.
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 122 — ••.... 0
___„,
Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% — ..... t ...-
. o
Edinburgh and Perth
__—
.......... tto
•••.'"
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% ......
...,.. to
•••.,
to
Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 51/4 — ••••••
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 -
Ditto, New
to
Do. 1/4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12%
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 -
Great Eastern and Western... 2% to --.— -••••.--
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% 28% ...... to
to ---
Great Munster 2l/„ — ...... ,•,.., _-
Great North o Scotland 2
,/i
...... _
...... to
.....
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New
Ditto, New l5 ... .. .. .. to ---
Ditto, New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares 5O -
..„ ....-
Ditto, Quarter Shares -
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New
~,,, Lo
Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .. . ...... to ---
.
Ditte, Extension 3 •
to ---
..... .....
Hull and Selby SO
Ditto, Qaarter Shares l2l/2 — ..... • t°
„.....
Ditto, Half Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% — ...... to
Do. do. and Norwich
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O
.....
Do. New to ---
5 ...... ......
.....
Leeds and Bradford 3O • 761/_
...... to
Leicester and Bedford -
.-- ..... ~„
Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 22% — .....
Ditto,"-
Branch (Blue) ..... 2% to
..
.......... to Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2% —
-
Leeds and Thirsk . ...... -
Ditto, New -
/
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... 4%..... to
Liverpool, Manchester, and
-•"-
_ .. to
Newcastle Junction
2t,
to -- Loudon & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d — .....
Do. New .. 3
...... to
--
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
to 4,
Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40
---
Do.to
---
Consolidated Eighths... 10 ......
Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 . ..... .....• to
to .-**
London and Greenwich... 12L 15s. 4d.:.
Ditto Preference lBl lis 2d... —..-.. t°
---
London,Hounslow.&Western 2 . .....
-•••••....
to to
194
London and North Western..loo ......195
to ---
Do. Quarter Shares
Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 -
Do. do. Fifths
...... 1234%„.. to •••"'
--"'
Do. Quarters ... G. J. 5
Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 8
--- ..
Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40
.... 1° -2
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 .
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 -
Do 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1
--- .
London, Oxford, and Chel tin • 141.;
...... to ° --
---
London and York...-. did--
...... W ---
Ditto Extension
to
. to
..
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 0 ......
Londonderry and Coleraine... 15

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