The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From ?he Sun of Saturday Evaning.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
only 4,000 to 5,000 bales, and prices again with
a dov%nward tendency. The sales of the week
are 110,330 bales, while the average weekly
consumption of Grcat Britain is under 30,000 bales.
The stock is 418,000 bales, against 910,000 bales at this
time last year. The advance this week is about id. per
lb. in America, and id. to id. in other sorts. Shares
again rather tended upwards yesterday.
The Bank of England returns for the week ending
the 12th inst. gave the following results, upon a com-
parison with the items of the preceding statement :
An increase in the notes issued of 141,6301., or to
28,410,7351.
An increase in the rest of 5,175!., or t 3 3,437,3781.
posits of 5-72,9831., or to
9,lABsn,4in7eirlease in the public do
A decrease in the seven•day and other blls cf
8,4881., or to 886,995/.
An increase in other securities of 26,748/., or to
13,879,9501.
An increase in the banking department of note of
221,5151., or to 8,623,815/.

A decrease in other deposits of 312,397', or to
7,991,126/.
An increase in the stock of bullion of 150,E40/., or
15,153,5131.

;There has not been any late arrivals received from the
British colonies to-day.

Consols for the Account opened very firmly this
miming, and touched 954, but they have since receded
to 93i-. The premium upon Exchquer-bills have been
firm nt 103. to 12s. for the 1,0001. bills. Bank Stock has
advanced from 206 to 207.

The advices from Portugal are considered very unsa-
tisfactory. The Four per Cents. Converted are heavy
at 37k. Spanish Consols are at 261 ; the Three per
Cents. at 31 ; Venezuela at 40 ; and the Dutch Four
per Cent. Certificates at 924.
In the Railway Share and Scrip Market there has
been a fair amount of business transacted this morning.
Prices have advanced a shade in several instances.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOC CLOSING
K. PRICES.
Bank Stock ...... ........... .207 207
3 per Cent. Reduced Ann 5....... 94/ 93% 931,44
New 314 per Cent. Annuities..,,,, 95% % 95%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 93 9'4
Consols for Opening ................. 93%3A 1,4 93%
Exchequer Bills, 10004 I%d. ... 10 12 p 12 p
Ditto, 5001 ... lO 12 p 12 p
Ditto. Small

oNE CLSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK ?RIOC ES
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 24 24
Ditto, Account . 23% 233/4
Ditto, Small
24% 24%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Converted, 3 per Cent... 3814 384
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Ditto, Account 371/2
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Gint. ..... .......
Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... .
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% par Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 923/4 923%
PRICES OP BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
ItkILIVILY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Aberdeen ............. ...• 25
Amter., Notts., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%.....
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrusli ................. . 1% -
Belfast & County Down 43/4
Birmingham and Dudley 495. ...
Birmin. and Glsucester..loo
Ditto New .............. . 17% — ••• •••• .....
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction ......... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2%. —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. —
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New ..........
.5 ...... 7 ... .
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Bristol and Liver. June.. 21/2......
Buckinghamshire ...... 84s.
t:alcdonicn ............... 30 . •
Ditto Halt Shares...... Die 2IA ... ......
Ditto, Clvdesdale June 25
Chester an 4 Holyhead... 271/2
Czurnet and 81ythe...... 2
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Cheltexham and Oxford 2 — •
Clarence .. ............. ..100
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent............ 10
Cork and Killarney ... 9%
Curk and Waterford ... 1% —
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 2%......
Direct Lincoln, East Het-
ford, and Shetfd. Jane. 25/8 --.
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% 3l/2
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
Eastern Counties 141. 16s 2234
Ditto New l2/. 16s — ..... •••••
Ditto Peripetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 6/. ins. 4d %3/4 p.....
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. in.. 4d —
Do., York Extension.. 2 ..... 3%
EastDerelem andNoech 1 —
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares % -
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1%
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 21/2......
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Orniskirk)...
Do., do., New Scrip... 114
•..........
East Lincolnshire ... -- 114 2%
East & West of England :1%„..... _ ,
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....
Ditto Half Shares ~. 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1.21/2 ......
...
Edinburgh & Northern.. 1`2% —

26%
51/;
37%
40

5!':2 p

29
2%

22%
, 7,4 p
3/4 P

17% x n.

..iourgh U. ...
-Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ......
.....
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12%.....„ 13% ..... .
Enniskillen and Slim() ... 21/-2 ......
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset' 614 ......
Gaslgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar.,&Ayr 5.0 ......
Ditto, New • .. 15 . ..... ......
Do., IA Shares (5 per '
cent. guar.) ... ..... . 1214 ......
Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2 .. .... 2%
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2%...,
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) _ 27% ...... 2814.... .
Great Munster . 2% —
Great North of Scotland 214 —
Great Northof England.. WO - ......
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New -
Great Western . 85
Ditto 4 Shares . 50 —
Ditto ;4 Shares . 10
Ditto Fifths .. 20
Ditto, New
Hu•idcrstield & blanches. 13
Ditto, Ex.tension . 3
Hull and Selby -50
Do. Half Shares 25
Ditto 14 Shares . 121
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11%
Do., do., and Norwich. 2% —

. -
_ Lancaster and Carlisle.... 50
Do. New
5
Leeds and Bradford :,O
...
•12124...... _
165.1 A
Do.,
—_
LLeeds,ecoc.s t
Branch
r raa n nd l le
Dewsbury,eh (13u
Do. Extension(Green ) 2 %.• ...
Leeds and Thirsk . 17%......
Ditto, New - ...... ••
Do • Prefer., 6 per C. 3% ...... ••••
Do., Mnclistr &New*
castle Junction ...... 21/4......
L9ndon and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d
Do. New -• 3 ... — ...... .... ~
Ditto Extension ....... 7%...... ..
London, Brighton, and,
South Coast .....«...... 50
.. ..
Ditto, Fifths
Do. Consol. Eighths lO
Do. G,:r.rant. 5 per ct.. 9
London and Greenwich 11'2/ 15s 4d 9%
Do. Preference ...181:'17s7s 2d —
London, Hounslow, an r.l
Western ...............•. 2
London and N. Wester rt.:oo 195 •
Do. Quarters ....... ..- 2
Do., do., New ........ - 2
(111
jere aid. ........
Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2
Do. ,LA Shares (G. J.)l 5
Do 40/.Sliares(L. M.)4 8 —
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ..- 90 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A_ 5
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) 11:, 5
_
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) 0.. 1 —
London, Oxford, and!.
Cheltenham ... ....... ... .... .... .... ..
Lond.:& S.Western 411 6 5 iOd..
.„ 63%..• 62%
Do. New Consol. Bthn 40 —
DDoo.. New ............... ... 2182/:: .:
Ditto Tenths .....,
_. 5 •
Ditto Tenths ... .•
•••• 4
Ditto Scrip ........ 4.
Ditto ditto .... . .......
London and York ...... -. . 214
..
••••
Do. Extension ....... .. . 2% ...
•
...- ....
London, Salisbury, •
a* 1
Yeovil .......•. ....... . 2 % ......
....... ........
Londonderry& Colera in a 15
Londonderry and En2aia -
killen
• ...• • 15
Lynn and Ely ..... ......... 15
Lynn and Dereham. ... 15
Manchester and Lee( les: 82
Droo.. t
. Quarters......sFixisen..th...2.. ..... .
.. .
....
..
....
6.11.4 .
z6A
Ditto 1,4 Shares ••. ••••... 3 ..... 48%
• •••
Do. Extension.... . ..... 425...,•.• 11/8 p
Do. Liverp. and I luny 24 ...... ....... •
Do. do. Fifths ....
...... 1
--
Manohester,Buxton, and
Matlock _ . ~... 425.
. .4.100
Do. Fifths ............ ~.. 2
Do. New ............ .... 24
Midlandlariclies t. & Southan tpt. 2
.................... .....
Ditto, New ........ .... 2
Do. Birm., and Der byloo 104%
Midland Great West ern
Irish
.... 15
Newcastle and Berg ick 20 Do. North Shields
.. 25
Newcastleand Carlisl 4,...100
Newmrket &Chester! ild 5
Nesvport& Abergave ply 2%...... __

741/2
20%

-
13%

171%
293 A

... 75 L,4.

47%

9%

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.• 194 IA

1434

5%

-
24

16%
16%

485
6
log

11/4 p

- P

31%
104%

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5%