The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

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111.
MONEY and COMMERCIAL -
CITY, QUARTER TO 711 4 t°
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday we'e
5,000 hales, including 400 American on speculation..
were very steadily supported.
Shares were not quite so animated as last Week.
The statement of the national finances, as made Paccio.
the Gazette of last night, has been the general subjcet.,. se
versation this morning in the City. It appears tha qn_*.itst
plus revenue, for the year ending on the 10th of OctoDe:
was 5,256,675/. This is, indeed, a goodly. 0100
the question is pertinently asked, why is not the inc Owe
taken off altogether, or at least modified, so as to resmio
to parties who have so small an income as 150/. 11400
where, in hundreds of instances, clerks and others, Wurosieo
large families to support. It appears by the Goyeis
notice that one-fourth part of this surplus revenue pit
investel in the redemption of debt, and tak;51,60
of circulation supply Exchequer-bills. Many peoMfor 1131
that it would he much better to leave off purchasee.,,"
redemption of the debt, and to provide a rest,
taxation should be more considerably reduced ire tr
'there are a vast number of papers and letters in to
Ito
day, brought by the West India Mail, from Buenos ltlo
and elsewhere. We regret to state that there was ITO
least prospect of the cessation of hostilities, and the 0,00
fleet would, in all probability exert its powerful Want' 00
bringing the belligerents to their senses. The Wotito
letters do not contain much information of a general -ed
Some fine rains had fallen, and vegetation had improir
satisfactory degree,. A(1
fcliowaig is an extract from Wright and Yel!%11:/
Hull) circular, relative to the future prospects of 10,0
Upon the whole, taking a review of the pasty tradd,
may pr,nounce it to be ayear of sound and legitimete,"at'e
the various mercantile and produce markets, and
which the working classes generally have
employed. Looking to the future, we see °oe
elements of healthy activity awaiting the first 0'
able opportunity of development, that we ieole°
dined, notwithstanding the probable occurrence of
fot/
and sharp interval of political agitation, to prediet,,,,tioid
year 1846 a realisation of the same favourable antielrejo
respecting our trade and commerce which we vent 0
y
offer at the commencement of 1845, and which the e
of the past year have brought to a literal fulfilment.(ooo
Ihe Funds have been rather firm this morning. (\of)
for the Account have been just quoted at 94'i• ''",yoo4
for Money have been very freely taken this In-,
at prices varying from 94% to 94X, As Dfonflfijoil
is equal in value to that for time, a favourable Neo
may be said to exist among capitalists as to the
Stock being maintained. The Three per Cent Reduceorci
improved to 95%, and the New Three-and-a-Quartet
Cents to 97%. Exchequer-bills and India Bonds are dos,
In 'he Foreign Market the following business 01/00
this morning :—Brazil Five per Cents. have been (eV
82; Mexican at 31% ; Spanish at 29; the Dutch
and-a-Half per Cents. for Account at 604 34 ; but to
per Cents. have declined from 96 to 951/x. lireS
The Railway Shares have been in rather her/
to-day, at the prices affixed.
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PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
dank Stock 203%
3 per Cent. Reduced 9514 95 95% 91
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 943/a 5/4% 91$1
New 314 per Cents. 9714%%
India Bonds, 1,0001.. . 34
Ditto under 1,0001... 34 200
Bank Stock for Account... •• —94 if
Consols for Account
exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 1%d.... 28 29 --per' 00
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small
09v
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:'RILES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK rs-
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 B2 94)f
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837
Ditto, Account 3ll/2i4 311
Ditto, Deferred ... 174 410
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents lO,
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Dividends on the above payable in Londe*.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto Account
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 951/2
pa
/my-
PRICES or BUSINESS DONE
PAID BAILW,IY SHARES '
en
Aberde . 5
Aberdeen, Banff, &Elgin 2% —
Armagh, Coleraine, and
I'ortrush
....
Aylesbury and Theme. 1

Belfast Si County Down 21/2 ..... .
Bideford andTavistock... Ix - • ~,,,
I,'
Birmin and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New l7l/2 —
~/
Birmingham and Ox- 43/
ford Junction
Birmingham & Leicester /
Direct 42s.
P'ir
Boston, Stamtd, & Birrn. 225. par
Bridgewater & Minehead 425...... 54
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... „, ~
Bristol and Liver. Junc . 21/2......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto New
Ditto Extension ... ~ 221,4 i..-... 34214... .....
••
31'°
Cambrian & Grand June 42a ......
(:. A mbridge and Lincoln 11/2...... 34, 3 3%
Do. New
„.•
Cambridge and Oxford.. II —
Canterbury and Dover.. Iyg -
/
Chelmsford and Bury.,. IA, .
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425.. IA 3/4 d.

Xi 3%

lie

Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .
ClydesdaleJunetion 5
Cork Blackrock, and ,
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 21/2
.
Cork and Waterford ... PA —'
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.

,
and Leicester 1 ******
Dartmouth, Torbay, and
~
Exeter
I ierby and Crewe ...... ...
Derby, Gainsbro', and
,0
Great Grimsby ... IN ......
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
/
Stafford 2%•••••• Direct Manchester ........ .••••:
.I

( Remington's)
---
23/4 ...... 2%
./
Ditto (Bootlick's) 51%
Direct Northern
Dublin and Armagh
7%
Dublin, Belfast, and
~,r
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
$1
&
Broseley
Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 22101/1% B4
Ditto New 6/. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1.......6/. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 41. 13s. 4d... 1436 EastDereh'm and Noe pch 1
Elstern Union 25 /
...
Ditto, Quarter Shares 33j¢.. —
Ditto Extension
Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 —
Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 21/ —
...,t
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%.......
East Lincolnshire ...... 14— 3%
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....• 80 E 0 /Ditto Half Shares ... 5 ...... __
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% •••• ......
Ditto, New
Edinburgh & Northern.. 1.14 —
P
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... 51,44... .. ...... •••
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 /..,,,
/Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%
... 1% — - /
/Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth
/Exeter, Yeoril,& Dorset 23/4
Glouc.,Abelystwith, and

......... ••••* ~.

-....,_ elyst . -.al,
Central of Wales 1%...... _.I. I
Goole and Doncaster
...• ......
Ditto Half Shares 5O
.... _
..,
1
Grand
Great Eastern &Western 2 %... „. 1%1% ...... ...
Ditto u Quarters......... ilnrte r s . . . ...... 25 ...... _
GreatGrims., Lth., Horn.,
=Lin., and Md. Junct.... 425.......
—.....•
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
...,
field
..... 5
......
Great South. and West. ........
(Ireland) .......... 0
.... 15
Ditto Extension ..... . 12% —
Great Munster ......... ... 2%
...•
Great North of Scotland 2% —
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New
Do. New ....
.. ... /..... 2 ......
Great Western
............... 95
Ditto % Shares 5O — Ditto 1% ~,
Shares 2% —
..
/Ditto Fifths 2O
Guildford, Fareim, Ports. 5 . ...0.. .. —.
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O ..... -.••....
Ditto % Shares
Inverness and Elgin ...•„ 1 .....
..... _
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth .............. 2 ...0
...... ...... ......
.....
Irish North Midland ..,,•• A...... •
/ 04
Isle ofAxliolme ........... 2% 3%%%
Killarney Junctions ...... 11-
• Kendal and Windermere 114 —
Lance s-er and Carlisle... 30 54 62
Lame, Belfast, an.dl.3al-
-
lymena . .............. 2% -
Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2% 2%34
Leeds and West Riding
...,
Junction ............... 1% ...... ... .........
Leicester & Birmingham 225. % p •••••• ill
Leicester and Bedf3rd... 225. IN% P.• ...... A '
Leicester and Tamworth 425.
Liver!, and Manchester.loo ... ..
,
Do. % Shares
Do. Quarters
..
8%
Lpool., ilnchstr, & New-
castle Junction ...... 2%
London and Birminglimloo 222 223
Do. Thirds
Do. q Shares
Ditto Fifths .......... 2 ...... ...... ... .....
Ditto Extension
London and Blackwall. 161. 132. 4d. 91/‘...
Do. New ............... 1%... ..
Ditto Extension .„. :st ...... . L m 6=dor . and Brighton... 50
..--
0
Do. consolidated Bths... 40
Ditto, Fifths
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 223/I 23 ........
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
...-•
Cent.
Lon., Clic]. 0x.,G10., and
....,
90
Hereford'
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... • ...,/
Do. Preference ...18/17a 2d — ., ~

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