The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-30 00:00:00

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1. ••; 'OBER 30 1846.

SALES BY AUCTION.

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OR. W. W. SIMPSON invites the attention of
Capitalists to the statements contained in the following
advertisements, relating to the past, present, and prospective per-
manency of Rentals and the value of Land, confirming, as they do,
the predictions which he ventured to make last April, in a speech at
Norwich, in which he observed. that " although he had been a
thorough-going Protectionist, he was proud to say, that sliding and
all other scales had fallen from his eyes ;—that it was his firm and
honest conviction, that Rents which had been set on fair and liberal
principles within the last seven years would be permanent ; that the
year's purchase on such Rentals had rlsen within the last six months,
and in all probability would continue to rise ; and that in adopting
free,trade measures, Sir Robert Peel kid proved hi risalf to be one
of the most talented, far-sighted, and fearlessly honest Ministers
that had ever lived in the tide of time." The present circumstances
of the country, from a general scarcity of Sod throughout Europe,
fully justify the -opinion here expressed of the eminent talents and
coart.tge displayed by Sir Robert Peel. .t is stated by the most com-
petent judges that if his wise measures of free trade had not been
carried out, the prices of Corn and produce would have risen to a
famine height. Mr. Siinpsen has also been assured by the most re-
spectable salesmen in Smithfield Market, that if it had not been 'or
the alteration of the Tariff, the price of Meat would long sinee have
risen to one shilling per pound, and even now the general impression
is, that before next harvest the prices of provisions will reach a
height beyond what would be conducive to the general prosperity of
the country. Mr; Simpson, in conclusion, cannot refrain lion] al-
luding to the opinion of that eminent man. the Me S'r Charles We-
therell,
on the subject. A high Tory arid firm Protectionist, the
fears he entertained as to the probable results of the Repeal of the
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PAPER of SATURDAY, the 31st instant.
Order of any Newsman.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.,
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very'
firm again. Sales, 9,000 bales, of which 3,000 were
American on speculation. The rise has been id. per lb.
iu American and Surat since last Friday, and the range
of prices for the former yesterday was from 4d. to 60.,
and fur the latter 30. to 41d. per lb. In Shares there
was not a great deal doing.
The arrival of the steamer from Ha'ifax is now hourly
expected, though the usual punctuality with such wea-
ther as has recently been experienced cannot reasonably
be expected.
We adverted yesterday to the important question of
the supply of food for the straitened population of the
United Kingdom, and we have had occasion likewise to
express our belief that undoubtedly, important as it is to
secure early and ample supplies, there hoi been
every effort used to enhance prices beyond their
proper limit. Tile following insight into the affairs on
the other side of the Atlantic will serve to corroborate
.our views. The party writes :—" It therefore, sp•
pears, that the surplus agricultural products of the
United States, will be required to feed the popula-
tion of almost every part of Europe, and we have no
doubt but that every barrel of flour and bushel of
grain we can spare, will be required to meet the demand
frk m abroad for actual consumption. This demand
will, of course have a very great and very favourable
influence ui on prices, and we have no doubt they will
t.dvance to a higher point than has been realised for a
long time. It is very probable that there will from time
to time be a reaction in the advance, and speculators
will, without doubt, suffer serious losses; but the result
of a very extensive ext.( trial demand for our bread stuffs,
must be a very great improvement in priees. There are
bulls and bears in the corn markets, as well as in the
stock markets, and while one party is striving to put up
prices, the other is making efforts to put them down.
Flour is sold short, as well as fancy stocks, and not one
half of the sales reported from day to day, are bond fide
—not one.barrel in a hundred reported as sold changes
hands, and there is, therefore, apparently more activity
in the market than what really exists.
On all hands we heai..of satisfaiiion being, expressed
at the very unequivocal terms in which the Committee
of Spanish American bondholders have expressed their
entire concurrence in the conversion as effected by Mr.
Murphy, and of his undeniable authority to carry out the
same according to the plan adopted, which, in no respect,
imposes any additional burden upon the Mexican Govern-
ment—nay, not even to the extent of a farthing. With such
unscrupulous men, however, at the head of the affairs of
the republic, as Santa Anna and his colleagues, bare
shown themselves to be, this " little" matter of finance,
and the mortification they exhibit at the loss of the
"nice pickings" they expect for themselves whenever a
conversion takes place, we cannot expect the value of the
Bonds to be advanced, or even supported. They have
to-day been marked 22 to 1. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been quoted 25k, and the Three per Cents have
receded from 37k to 36k. Portuguese Four per Cents.
have been quoted 39. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
are 598 to t.
There have been one or two heavy sales effected in
the English Stock market, and the consequence is rather
a decided, though . perhaps merely temporary, reaction
in prices. Consols have been done at 941 for present
Transfer, and at 94i for Time, having opened at 941
for the former, and 948 to 95 for the latter. The
premium on Exchequer-bills has been also reduced as
low as 9s. to 12s. Bank Stock is not higher than 204 k
to 2058. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are
951 to 8.

Shares have been generally good again, and the in-
creased business done in Edinburgh, has reacted fa-
vourably here, especially the Caledonian, Aberdeen, and
North British. Dudley and Birmingham are favourites
this morning, in conjunction with the Birmingham and
Oxford, owing to the reported amalgamation between
the two.

oiTZ CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .2041/0 20514 2041,4
3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5........ 93% 931/
a,'

A 3
per Cent. Consols Annuities 94% Y 7 941/s
8 8
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 951/2%N 9514
New 5 per Cent. Annuities 121 121
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 15-16 % 91
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 10 3-16 10 3-16
India Bonds, 1,0001..
Ditto under 1,000/... .. -• 19
South Sea Stock —

Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Nov. 26... - ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11,4 d l3 9 12 pm. 12
Ditto 5001. ... 912 pm. 12
Ditto Small
oars CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2214 22 22
Ditto Small
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account ..... ...... 39 39
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Do., 1838-40, dir. frm. Nov., '4O
Do., 1842
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred ... 1714
Ditto. 3 per Cent 371,3 36 vs 8614
Ditto, Account 37% 37 37
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — 403.:1
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4% per Cent 97
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 91%
PRICES Or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
!iIILWAY SHARES AT ONIc: O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%..... 3%14 3l
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% -
Aylesbury and Thame.. -1%
Belfast & County Down 434 •
Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... .. 5% 5 p..- .....
Birmin. and Gleucester-100
Ditto New 17% —. .••• •... .....
_ _

Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junc.... 23/4 —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. par
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 21,4.._..
Buckinghamshire -

Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares 21,4 2% 1%........
Cambrian & Grand J►anc 42s
Chester and Holyhead... 27%
Churnet and Blythe

25%

434 p

23 ,A
21/4

Chester and Blanchester 425. —
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 — • ...
Clydesdale Junction.. ... 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 2%
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares
Cornwall & Cent'l Devon 25/ — •••
...
I )erby and Crewe ...... ... 2%
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. June. 2%
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 -- •
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 225,04%... .....
Ditto New l2/. 168 7%%% p
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 6!.135. 4cl —
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6!. 13s. 4d — ......
Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3%
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 83/4
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17,8 — ......... .....
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% —
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
East Lincolnshire ...... 114 —
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 71 70% ...... -
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
......
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon ... 71/ —
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 514 314
Glasgow, Kihnar., & Ayr 50 —
Ditto, New .. 15
Do., Vs Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ... ...... 12% —
Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and
Central of Wales I %......
Goole, Doncaster, Ste 42s.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
•• ...... ••••
Great Eastern &Western 21 ....., ••• ••
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
•••• • •...•••
Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Great Munster ... 2% —
Great North of Scotland 2% — .....- ........
Great North of England-100
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 139 137
Ditto 14 Shares 5O BO%
Ditto ti Shares lO —
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New .. 2
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto 14 Shares
Do. Half Shares

22
7IA P

3%

18
8'74

72
18%

3%

1/s dis.

291%

541/:
21M
137

801

Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11%

Do., de , and Norwich 2 q......
Killarney Junctions 1 1a......
Kendal and Windermere 114 —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 45
Do. New
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... . ...... ....
Leicester and Bedfard... 225.
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% —
Lpool., linchstr & New-
castle Junctiq

8014

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531

14 dis.