The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-24 00:00:00

-.;.
•
•

evening to "scramble" for them, and were fighting
and struggling in the mud, and annoying the passengers by
throwing mud about and usingfoul language all the evening.
The police could not do anything to put a stop to the nui-
sance, although one of the F and one of the L division were
constantly on duty on the bridge; it took some time to get
down to the steps, and the boys always ran away as soon as
they saw a policeman coming, and as soon as he returned to
the bridge they went back to the place and laughed at him.
Mr. Hitituy said the police ought to speak to the people
on the bridge, and request them not throw money to the
boys. He was quite sure all reaped, :hie and sensible people
would give it up. He would fine the prisoner 205., or in
default sentence him to fourteen days' imprisonment for the
assault on the complainant, which, though it did not hurt
him, was very insulting, and must be punished.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton-market at Liverpool on Saturday was firm,
and at:fully previous rates. The sales were 3,000 bales, chiefly
American, at 4d. to 5%d. per lb. Shares were generally
rather dull.

It is to be regretted that the private as well as the public
accounts from nearly all parts of Ireland speak in the most
desponding terms relative to the potato crops. The blight
was, in fact, most rapidly performing its work of destruction.
What the consequences would be, without large and early
supplies of a substitute, it is impossible to foresee.
'l'he subject of the construction of railways in Canada had
undergone the serious attention of the HOuse of Assembly.
The final report of the Committee of the House to which
this important subject had been referred had been made, and
an address to her Majesty founded upon it. The following
is an extract from the official papers. After referring to a
dispatch from the Secretary of the Celonies on the subject of
railway communication in the Colonies, pointing out the
terms upon which it is intimated the royal assent will be
given to any Acts of the Colonial• Legislature for chartering
Railways, the address states :
" We have no hesitation in complying with the several
suggestions contained in the dispatch alluded to, with the
exception of the second, which requires as an indispensable
preliminary, that of the proposed capital one-tenth at least
should have been actually invested in good available
securities for the prosecution of the work. This provision,
however necessary it may have been found in Great Britain,
where from the abundance of capital, and the numerous ap-
plications for railway charters, the Imperial Government
may have found it advisable to impose such a restriction, we
humbly submit is not applicable to this province; and we
respectfully represent to vour Majesty that compliance with
the rules requiring a preliminary survey of the line of road,
and that a copy of all plans, sections, and books of reference,
together with a map of the country, with the line of the pro-
posed railway delineated thereon, be deposited with the
Executive Government, weuld require an expenditure of
sufficient amount previous to application to the Legislature
for a charter to demonstrate the intention of the applicants
to carry the undertaking into effect.
" We assure your Majesty that the Legislature have char-
tered no railway company for the construction of a road
which will not, when completed, be of the greatest benefit
to the country, and therefore humbly hope the several Bills
may receive your Majesty's sanction without delay, that the
country may, as soon as possible, enjoy the benefits they are
calculated to confer."

We cannot state the names of the railways that have been
recommended to the notice of her Majesty in Council, but
there is one project, which at best is doubtful of being at
present carried out, viz., the St. Lawrence and Atlantic, a
first-rate line in itself.

There were no late colonial arrivals announced in the City
this morning.

The public sales of produce, foreign and colonial, adver-
tised for the present week are very considerable, including
foreign sugars, Egyptian produce, East and West India
sugars, &c. Trade and commerce really appear to have
taken at last a favourable turn.

There are late accounts just in from Lisbon (to the 16th
inst.) of an unfavourable character. Political broils and in-
trigues were the order of the day. Money was becoming
more anti more scarce, and the financial position of the Go-
vernment was at zero.

In the Consol Market the only bargain for the Account this
morning was at 95% ; for to-morrow the market is firm also
at 9534. Exchequer-bills command 10s. to 13s. premium;
and India Bonds 245.

In India Stock a fall has occurred from 260 to 259%.
The price of Bank Stock has remained at 208 to 209. The
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are flat at 97%.
Mexican Stock is very firm this morning, at an improve-
ment to 23 both for Money and the Account. In the Four
per Cent. Portuguese we may notice a rise to 41%, in the
Spanish Consols for the Account to 251 A buyers, but the
Dutch Four per Cents., after having opened at 941%, have just
been sold at 933.
The shares of the East India Railway Company have been
in very good request all the morning, at a rise to 11. the
share. The defeat of the Manchester and Southampton
plan has caused a great deal of disappointment in the market.
This scrip was in November last at about 3IA per cent. It
was, before the decision of the Lords was known on Satur-
day, at ih discount, and this morning it is at IJ4 to 11,4 dis-
count. In the other Railway Shares and Scrip business is
slack this morning.

BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 208 209 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96% 96 96
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95%% 95%
New Three-antha-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 98% 97 W3l,f,
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 7-16 10 7-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10% 10%
India Stock .. .. . • . .. .. .. 258)4 258%
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. 24 24
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 19 p 19 p
Consols for Account .. .. .. .. .. 95% 95%
Exchequer Bills. I 3/4d. 11fid.
1,0001... _ _ •• •• 10 13 pm. 13
Ditto, Small •••• 14 10 pm. 10

ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ' .. —•
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 88
Equador Bonds .. _ „ .. 334
Grenada, 1 per Cent ... .. .
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 4
Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. .. .. 22% 23 , 23
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 22% 23 23
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. 37
Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 4131 42
epanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account •• .. „..": 25% 25%
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .j— 5%
Dividends on the above payable in Landon.
Dutch Two-and-a-Reif per Cent .. —593 c
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9414 93% 93%
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. .. .. .., 15 .... •••••• •• .. 8%
Amber., Notting., Boston, and --.

~
Eastern Junction .. . .. 2%.... 1%
• .
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. .. 128 .......... 128
Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.).. 17% ~ , .......... 31%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 6 534 .. •• • • • 514
Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 20 .... 16 .

Direct .Northern 1%14 ***** • •• 112;
Dublin and Belfast Junction 10 .... 5 ••••• • • • • • 5
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine .. 232 •• • • ..... ••• • • 34
Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 1% • . ..... 1%
Eastern Counties 141. 165..... 2234 %•••• .• .. 22%
Ditto New .. .. 101. 165..... 7% p•••••... 7% p
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. • • • 2le •••• • • •• 214
Eastern Union .. .. 30 .... „
Do. Extension to Norwich .. 2% 214
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 .• •• 23 22% .. 221.4
East Lincolnshire .... ..... Y 2
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 6934 70 .. 70
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 10 ...... .... 10
Edinburgh and Perth .. 3 .... . ......
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 28%.......... 2814
Great North of England . .. 100 .... ..........
Ditto, New .. . •. 18% .......... 1834
Great Western .. 85
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 233. E 23 ...... 23
Hull and Selby .. .. •. 50 .... -• ......
Ditto, Hall Shares .. 25 .... 50y, 5034
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 26 .... 68 .......... 68
Leeds and Carlisle .. ..
Leicester and Bedford .. 225..... %% die.-- 34 dis.
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .• dis... di-.
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 232 .... 2
London and Blackwell .. 161. 138. 4d. • •• • •
London a d Brighton .. .. 50 • • . 631,4 63
Ditto ditto Fifths • • •• .. 30 41 ...... •
London an North-Western . • • 100 ....206 20534 208 2OB
1) tto ditto New Shares • • .. 15% p••.. • • • • 1532 p
Ditto Fifths.. .. 2 .... ....
London and South-Western • . 411. 6s. 10d... 75
Ditto, New .. • • .. • • 1732 ........ • 27
London and York .. .. 2 •• • • 1 ••••• • • • • • 1%
Ditto, Half Shares .. • . .. 2%.... 1% .. •• • •
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 15% .. 15%
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 —•••-• • • • • • 115
Ditto, Quarters • • • - • •
Ditto, Fifths • • 3 .... 114••••...... 114
Ditto Extension 425. •• 234 P••• ••• • • • 2% P
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .• •• 9. •..• • • • 9
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• 1 p p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... % y
bliti;a-id ..100 ...
Ditto, New 21 .... 37 37
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....115 . ..... .... 115
Nell castle and Darlington Junet. 25
Ditto, New .
•••• 1114•••••••••• 114
Newcastle and Benviek .. 15 .. • • 27
.. 27
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. .. . %
Norfolk. •• .. 20.
Ditto, Extension . • • . 2 .. .. 2IA
North British .. .• 25 •• • • 33%3/4 •••• • • •• 38%
Ditto, halt Shares .. .. • • 11 16% %
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 .. 4 ..
North Statfordsh re .. • • • . 425..... 3% % p 3% p
Oxford,Worcest., & Wolverhinptn. 1234.... 8 ..... • • s
Pre 'ton a:id Wyre 25 34% ....., 34%
Ditto, Half .... 8 •• -•
10 18% 19 • • •• 19
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 3 23e
Shropshire Union 425..... 34 die •• •• •• % dis•
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and
South Staflordshire Junction .. 21% .... 2%U ••• • • •
South Staffordshire Junction ..
323%%
42%4 :3/.1%
South Eastern and Dovor ••
Staines and Richmond .. • • .. 1 .• .. 1 .••• • ••
South Wales .. •.. •• •• •• 5 •• • • 414 •• ••. • • • 4
Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • 2 •• • • 1%
Welsh Midland .. • • .. 2% .... %• •
'fug Union • • .. 425, •• .. 234
_3 p.... 3 -

West Riding Uni. ••••••
York and Carlisle .. 2%.... .....
Yora and North Midland .. 50
•
Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 4i
••
Do. E and W. Riding Exten.. • 1 ... 13 .......