The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-05 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL N `A, S.
CITY, QUARTER TO T HREE.
The Liverpool Cotton Market was quiet yesterday,
and closed heavily. The sales were 4,000 bales, all to
the trade. Railway Shares were very flat, and not much
was doing. Prices were drooping.
The West India accounts are not very saisfaltoty,
but there is little in the letters beyond what appears in
another column.
The bullion of the Bank of England, in consequence of
a withdrawal of private deposits—those of bankers and
capitalists connected with Ireland and foreign parts pro-
bably—was last week diminished, while the Bank has
been unable to extend its Active issues, such is the
general inertness of trade comparatively with the supply
of money. The Government balances have been lessened
again; but whether to redeem deficiency bills can only
be surmised. The weekly statement to July 29, com-
pared with the previous return, exhibits the following
results 1-- '
Notes issued 27,063,340
Decrease
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits 2,303,143
Decrease
Other Deposits 10,835,797
Decrease
• Seven Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Decrease
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes
Decrease
Bullion
Decrease
Active circulation
Decrease
The value of the imports_into New York for the first
two we ••ks in July in each of the past three years was as
- follows:-
1846. 1847. 1848
Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.
July Ito 14 inc1u5ive...2,445,419 4,443,325 3,117,576
"For the two weeks in this year the imports have
been 1,325,749 dolls. less than for the same weeks in
-1847. This looks very well, and it will be better if they
continue to fall off at the same rate for the next six
weeks." This is the opinion of an American writer,
• who is apprehensive that the balance of trade will be
greatly .ags.iust his country.
The' Continental advices still occasion some excite-
ment. Scarcely any definite opinion can be founded
upon them, but there is a prevalent feeling that affairs
are critical, and that nothing but concession on all sides
can prevent war on a larger scale than at present.
• In respect to Limburg the accounts received to-day
are of a very unfavourable character, and the Dutch
Government seems resolved to maintain its claim to the
- Duchy. It will be observed, by reference to the Par-
liamentary debates in another column of The Sun, that
questions will next week be put to Lord Palmerston,
both as respects Limburg and Sardinia.
The Funds have been depressed again. They opened
at 841 for Consols, but the Chancery broker became a
seller, and the renewed rain served to flatten the market.
Exchequer-bills are 355. to 38s. premium for those of
June. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 87k to 87k, and the Three per Cents. 86k to 87.1.
In the Foreign Market there has not been a single
bargain, except in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at
431. Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 211 to 1;
Portuguese Four per Cents., 18 to 19; and Mexican,
• 171 to t.
• Railway Shares have been flat again, and there is a
gloom hanging over the market.

O\F.
PRICES OF sRITISII FUNDS.. O'CLOCK.
8 per Cent. Reduced Anne .. 87's 86%
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7 Val 4 86%
New 3M per Cent. Arms ..:.
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o 15-16
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859
ladia Bonde, 1,0001.
Ditto unit'. 1,0001..
South Sea Stock

CLOSING
PRICES.
86
86%
674
8 15-16
8 11-16

--. ---
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account... ...« .....
Exchequer Bills. 24d. & 2d.
1.000/. March
1,000/. June 35 38 p
5001. Mai ch . 42 p
5001. June
Small, March 42 p
Small, June
PitlOES. OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 07(E
O'CLOCK.

Equador Bonds

Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........
Ditto. Account —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,4 per Cent., 12 Guild 43

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen . 5O ••• -.•—
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and. Eistern Junction VA ..-••
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — ..., —
Belfast & County Down 16 ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 .....
Binning.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... ...
.Birkenhead, Lancashire, _ _

and Cheshire Junc...: IA — • ••-•
••..
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter - ' B5
Ditto, Thirds ..- ..... 25
tuckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 83/
Do. New 101. Pref..... 21,4... ~.
Ditto,ClydesdaleJ une 50
Chester and Holyhead... 4714.--
Ditto, Preference 1.5 ......
Clarence .. 78I‘f
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ......
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
'Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 30 .....•
Dundalk & -Enniskillen 17%......
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 61%... ..
—,4
6

Do., 181., E. & H.... 18
Do., 31.105.
Eastern Counties
Do.' New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50 —
Do., 5 per cent. ....... 50 ~. ..
Do. Quarters •••• ..... 12% —•••••-••••• •
Do. New 23 —
Eastern Union, Class A
(lee E. U. Shares) 25 -
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (1. &
and B.) , 20
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%.
1)o. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent.. 2% .. ...
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614 ......

- _
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 214 —
East Lincolnshire ...... 23
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, New.. 614 — .........
Ditto, Newport l3
Ditto, ditto, New --
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2JA %
Ditto, New -
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilman, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New .•••••••••••
• 15 -

Do.Preference,Coniud. ...... •
Great Northern ......... 15 ...... 57i 6 ...
. Do., London and York 2%......
Great "South. and West.
(frelegd) ' 42% —
''Great•Nortb ofEngland.loo ..«.• --
,Ditto, New, 401 l5
Ditto, New, 301.......•• 30 -
Ditto, New, 151 1114.. .. •••••• ...... •-•
Great Western 9O ... .. 86% ..... ...
Ditto, % Shares 5O ......
Ditto, IA Shares
Ditto, Fifths..
Ditto, New 171.- ..... 13 ... - 11'4
II uddersfield and Manch. 28
Ditto, Thirds
null and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, 14 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ... ... --
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 —
Ditto, ditto
Ditto,_ % Shares ...... 43 ... .. ...... ...--•
Do- Quarter Shares... 17% — ..............
Do. Fifths.... .....«.... 9
Do. Sixteenths 61.4
Do. Thirds (Reg.) ..... 13 -
Da New,Gua.6 peret. 2% — .. ......... ...
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto ih (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 38
Da(Wakefield,Ponte-
fract, and Goole) ... 50 —
Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... —........— .•
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 -
D 0.% Shares (A)... 9%
Leeds and Bradford 5O —
Le- - - acs 50 —

Seeds, Dewsbury, - ''''' • -
Do., Half Shares 22 th ...... .
Do.; (blue) Scrip......
Leeds and Thirsk 45 - • ....... ..••..
Ditto, New ..... 30
Do., Prefer., 6.per Ct. WA...- — ••••••
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport • 34
Liverp., Blanchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 214,•
London & Blackwall...l3/. 6s. 8d.... 4%
Do. Extension ... 221,4 ..... . 10 ...• ••...»
Loudon, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent.
_ Londonand Greenwich 12/1584d... .••
'4l Ditto, Preference... 181178 2d...
London and N. western 100 ...1261A 126.....:,
Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths ....•
Do. 491,5hare§(1611.) 20