The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Nigbt.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was
rather active. Sales 10,000 bales, at former rates to a
slight advance. Shares were steady, but not generally
higher.

There is not a single arrival of the least interest in
the City to-day.
An Act, passed during the lust session of the Ame-
rican Legislature, of considerable importance relative
to foreign coins, has, we are assured, not. received due
publicity in this country. We therefore draw attention
to it:—

" An Act to establish the value of certain foreign coins and
moneys of account, and to amend existing laws.
" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representd-
tires of the United States in Congress assembled, That in
all computations at the Custom-house, the Foreign coins
and moneys herein specified, shall be estimated as fol-
lows, to wit :—The Specie dollar of Sweden and Nor-
way at one hundred and six cents. The specie dollar of
Denmark at one hundred and five cents. The Thaler
of Prussia and of the northern States of Germany,
at sixty-nine cents. The florin of the southern states of
Germany at forty cents. The florin of the Austrian empire
and of the city of Augsberg, at forty-eight and one half
cents. The lila of the Lombardo Venetian kingdom, and the
lira of Tuscany, at sixteen cents. The franc of France, and
of Belgium, and the lira of Sardinia, at eighteen cents. six
mills. The ducat of Naples, at eighty cents. The pound of
the British provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New-
foundland and Canada, at four dollars.
" And all laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby
repealed."

In the corn market this morning there is all but a
panic. Wheat is quoted 4s per quarter lower. Barley,
on the contrary, is on the rise. In Foreign Wheat sales
cannot be made under a fall of 3s per quarter. The
accounts from the country are almost all satisfactory as
as to the quality and yield of the harvest.
The Funds have been very firm indeed this morning.
The few bargains that have been made in Consols were
principally for cash, to be delivered to-morrow. The
present value of Consols for the Account is 96k k, and
for Money 96*. The premium upon Exchequer bills
has been at 18s. Upon India Bonds (under 1,0001.) the
rate now is 30s. premium. Bank Stock is rather lower,
208 i.
The only bargains requiring notice to-day are those
in Mexican Five per Cents., which have improved to 27.
Brazil Stock is firm, at 90; Spanish Three per Cents. at
37f I for the Account, and the Dutch Two•and-a-Half
per Cents. at 591.
The Railway Share market is comparatively dull, as
to prices, to-day. The adjustment of the account is
going off well.

eICE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock

208 L/2

3 per Cent. Reduced Arms...— 9614 9638
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 961, 96%
New VA per Cent. Annuities 98%1/24% 981/2
Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 10% 7-16 10 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 10%
India Bonds, 1,0001 —
Ditto under 1,000/. ... ..... 3O p 30 p
Consols for Account..... ...... 96%,% 96%
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 11,0 20 18 pm. 18
Ditto 500/. .. -.. 17 20 pm. 20
Ditto Small

ONE CLOSING
I'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 tier Cent —

Ditto Account
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 26% 26%
Ditto, Account
Ditto Small
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 43% 44%
Ditto, Account 44 46
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 261 261%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent 37 37%
Ditto, Account 3714% 37%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 _ 42

. .
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 21A per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 9434 % 95
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott , Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2% 2 214
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New 17%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Half Shares...... 2% 11,.. ..... ..... 11A
Cambridge and Oxford.. IN l% 13,/,
Churnet and Blythe
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 23% 22% ..... 23%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... 3% p % p
Do., York Extension.. 105....... 2%1A 2%
East Lancashire
East Lincolnshire
..
... %1/2 l,
~2
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 72
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... 17% 17%
Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 %......
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of Eligland..100
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 l4B ' 148
Ditto 14 Shares
Hull and Selby 5O
Do. Half Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Tann vr., ticc. 423. —
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
castle Junction
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 23%
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 9% -
London and N. Westernloo
Do. Quarters ..
Do., do., New Shares..
Lond. & S. Western 41/ 6s 10d 7214 71
Do. New Consol. Bths 40
Do. New
London and York 2IA. 2%14 _ 214
Do. IA Shares
Lynn and Dereham
Londonderry&Coleraine 12%....... ...... 5l/.:
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
Ditto 1A:. Shares
Do. Extension 42s.
Manchester and Birmin. 40

Do. Quarters (B) ...135
Do. Quarters (C). 1
Manchester,Buxton,and
• -

Matlock 425....... 130/2 p ll/2 P
Manchest. & Southampt. 2
.11/8 1

Midland
Do. New
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 43 ... ...... ... .. 43
Do. New
Newark. Sheffield, and
Boston ... .. .. 1%..... 3/4... ........
Norfolk . ...

_. .
Do. half Shires
Do. Extension
North British ... ..... ... 25 ......39' 39.
__..

Do. Half Shan s ll ...... 17% 17%
Do. Carlisle Extens. 114 4%%...„ ...... 4%
North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3% p ...... —... 33% p
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Rugby, Leamington,snd
Warwick
Shrewsbury and Birm... 21,4 2 3... .... ... 3
Shropsk ire Union
South Midland 42s.
South Ea-tern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 44
44

Do.. No. 4
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-

meron's Stni. Coal. 2 ••• ...... • •••
Vale of Neath
West Riding Uni0n...... 425.
York and Carlisle 23/4
York and North Midland 50
Do. Extension
Do. East and Westßid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 14 ...... 13%-14..
Dutch Rhenish 6
East Indian ... ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Nn ofFraneeConstituted 5
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 83/4
West Flanders ...... 6 .... ...

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PUBLIC OFFICES (WHITEHALL)
A Return "of the Expense incurred already in the recent ad-
ditional Building and Alterations in the several Public
Offices in Whitehall and the immediate neighbourhood ;
distinguishing the Number of Rooms, and for what pur-
poses added, as well as the Expenditure on Account of
each separate Department; also, a Copy of the Original
Estimata of the Architect."
PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE.

Cost of the alterations at the Privy Council Office,
17,612!. Fifteen additional rooms have been obtained for an
increase of accommodation for clerks, office-keeper, and
housekeeper. Architect's original estimate (including com-
mission, &c.), 10,473/.