The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-07 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
6,000 bales, including 1,000 American, on speculation, all
at very full prices. Shares were dull, and without any
change for the better.
The statement made by Sir Robert Peel last night in the
House of Commons, relative to the intentions of Govern-
ment, connected with railway projects, and the means to be
adopted to wind up doubtful projects, has given the most
unqualified' satisfaction in the City, not only on the
Stock Exchange, but among the banking and com-
mercial interests. There is now a prospect that
at no very distant period a vast amount of money now
leaked up, in the shape of railway deposits, will be returned
into circulation, and that schemes which were brought into
existence during the mania of the months of June, July,
August, and September last, will be brought to a
termination, and all expenses incurred paid off,
and the managing and provisional committee men be
eased! from additional responsibilities, and affairs wound
up with honour to all parties. Still the details to be fur-
nished by the Earl of Dalhousie, to be given in the House of
Lords this ever.ing, are most eagerly looked for. All parties
agree that, by instantly passing resolutions through Parlia-
ment upon the topic stated, is, the best course to be
adopted, leaving the Bill to take its ordinary course, its
principle being of course admitted. There is one great feature
in the proposals of Sir Robert Peel which deserve especial
notice, and that is, that all promoters of schemes, whether
they have been enabled to go before Parliament or not,
should be held liable to all engineering or other expenses
necessarily incurred.
There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in the
City to-day.
The British Securities have been rather flat te:day. Con-
sols for the account have fluctuated only from 9614 %; for
Money from 96' %; the Reduced Three per Cents. from
95% to 9:'!A ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from
97% to 96/s ; and Exchequer-bills have ranged from 235. to
265. premium.
This evening's Gazette will intimate the amount of surplus
revenue to be laid out in the redemption of the debt during
the present quarter.
The Foreign Stock Exchange list has a very meagre ap-
pearance to-day. The only bargains have be en in the
Brazilian Five per Cents., at 80%; in the Mexican Deterred,
at 163/4 ; in the Portuguese Four per Cents. for the Account,
58 ; and in the Belgic Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,'at 98.
The Shares of lines of railway in operation, and what are
considered good scrip, have been in rather better request.
BRITISH. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock • ; • • • • .. 207 206 ex div
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 9514% ex div
Three par Cent. Consols Annuities 961,E %
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amts. 97% 567% ex div
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 10 3-16 ex div
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 18.9 .. 10 ex div
Ditto, 30 years, Jun. 5, 1860 .. lON
Consols for Account .. 96%14
India Stock for Account • • • • .. 260% 262114
Excl.equer Bills. INd. I%d.
1,0001. .. •• .... 23 26 pm.
5001. .... 23 26 pm.
Ditto. Small 23 26 Pin•
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 80%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • •
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 19%
Portuguese Four per Cent • • ••
Ditto, for the Account • • • • 58
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 98

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen • • • .. .. 10 .• • 1 .... to
Birmingham and Gloucester .. ..100 —124 .• .. to
Bristol and Exeter .. „75 .... 83 .... to
Ditto, New • . 5 .... 9 .• .. to
Buckinghamshire .. 495. •• .• 1 dis • . to % dis,
Caledonian • . .. 10 •• • • 71,4 ••• • to 6%
Ditto Half Shares• 21% •• • • 1% • to
Ditto Extension .. 21 •• • • 1%14 • • to --
Chelmsford and Bury .. %•• • • %•••• to
Chester and Holyhead • • .. 20 •• • • 17 Ve •• • . to 17%
Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 •• • 1 •• • to
Direct Manchester (Remington's) • . 2% ••••• •• %••.. to
Direct Manchester (Rastriek's) .. •• 5u 3% to
i street Northern .. ..2% •• • • 1% •. •.. t
t•-o
.. 10 .... 4•... )
Dublin and Belfast Junction ..
Dublin and Galway 4 • • 1% ••.. to
.• .. • • •
Eastern Counties • • • . .. 14/. 165. Od.• •• • 20% %.. to 21
Ditto, New .. 8/. I6s. Od.• ••• 5% p.... o
Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1,6/ 13s. 4d. ••• • .. to
Ditto, ditto • • N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d.• • M p x.d. to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 •• • • 72% ••.. to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% •• .. 17% • • • . ttoo
-..'ssex and Suffolk .. 1% •• • • % ....
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .• • • 201- %• • to
Great North of England .. ..100 .. .. 211 .. ••to
Ditto, New .. „ 5 .• .. 50 .... to
..
Ditto, New to
•• • • ..
Great Western 85 .• ..145 .• • • to
Ditto Half Shares .......50 •• • • 83% ••.. to
Ditto, Fifths 20 .• • • 32% •• .. to
Guildford, Fareharn, and Portsmouth s••' • 4% to
Leicester and Bedford dis. to
West., Tam.,Bir., & Trent Val. June. 425. • • • • 1% die... to
Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2% —• • 2M %•• to
London and Birmingham • • .. ..100 250-20 •••- to
Ditto. Thirds • • .. •• • • •• 16 ••‘
Ditto, Quarter Shares •• • • • • . • 2 2 .• 27N, •• • t
Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. 2 .• 24% •••• to 24
London and Brighton .. • • .. .. 50 •• • • 62114 % to
London and Croydon .. • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• • • 20% %.. to
London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. •• • • 9% •••• to
London and South •Wotern 411. 6:i. 10d. .... 76 .to 77
Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths.. 28 •••. 44 •• • • to
Ditto, New .. • • • . 12% • • 20% %•• to
London and York .. • • . •• • • 1% %• • to
Manch .ster and Leeds .. 82 .• •• to --
Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. 2 .... 11 .... to
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 •• .. 75% • • • to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) 2 .• • 9 .• .. to
Manchester, Buxton, awl Matlock .. 425. .• .. par• •• • to
Midland ..100 145 to 143%
Ditto, New •• 18 .•.• 291 A to
Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• .. 43 to 42
Ditto, New .. .. 1 •• .. 8 .• to
Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .. 41% •• .•to
Newcastle and Berwick • • .. .• 10 .... 17% 17 to 18
Ne, ark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% .... 1 %• . to
North British .• • • .. .. 20 .... 244.... to

Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. • • 6 •• .. 7 • • to
North stafrorabtilre • . 424. .... p to
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1214 e • • 9 .. • to 8%
Perth and Inverness • • • • .• 2% .• • . 14 • • to
Richmond • • • • •• • . 10 .. 15 •• • • to
,ieottish Central . .. 10 .... 134 .• • • to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • .. 21% .. • . 114% . . to
South Midland • .• .. • • •• 425. % dis to
South Eastern and Dover • • • • •• 33% .... 341432.• to
Ditto, New, No. 3 • • • • • • •• 15 •.. 13% • to
South Wales • . • • • • • • • • • • 5 .• 1 ... . to 1
West Riding Union • • •• • • • • 425.• •.. 1%14 pto
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 2 4..t0
York and North Midland • • .. •• 50 .... to
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 84 .... to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • •• 5 .• . 5% .... to
East Indian .• • • • • • • • • • • ss. •• • • %%.. to
Great :,:riliern of France Constituted 5 .... 14%.... to -
Great Western Canada • • • • .. 31A - 4 .... to
Luxembourg • • • • • • •• • • • • 4 • • 1%% .. to
Namur and Liege • • • • • • •. 4 .• •• 1%.... to
Orleans and Vierzon • • • • • •• 10 17 .... to
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted .... to
Sambre and 3l Buse • • " • • • • 6 .• 3 .. to
Tours and Nantes Constituted •. 5 - •• • • 6% .... to
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Australasia • • • • • • • • •• •• 40 •••• 96 .. •to
London Joint-Stock •• • • • •• 10 ••.. 14 .... to
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