The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-25 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool, on Saturday, was
steady. Sales, 5,000 bales at former prices. Railway
Shires were firm, with a fair business doing, and prices
had rather ash anted.
We have some important arrivals to-day from East
ad West.
The overland mail furnishes interesting mercantile
no vs from the different presidencies, and besides what
app!ars in another column of The Sun, we may
state that the account sales transmitted home
. are much more favourable than they have
been of late, and that both as to business
done and prices obtained, the statements are
encouraging. .With moderate shipments, and to order only,
the Indian and China markets might again offer to the
merchant and the manufacturer what they: have
long ceased to afford, viz., a " living profit." Hitherto
it has been, except to mere commission houses, one
steady course of " loss, loss, loss," and the result has
been shown in the downfall of firms once possessed
of immense pecuniary resources. Money at Calcutta
and Bombay was very easy, and the banks
were affording accommodation, where satisfied with
the security tendered, at lower rates than previously.
The low figure for bills of exchange was a drawback,
but the produce markets were expected to benefit by
anything like a continuous demand for British manufac-
tires.
In Ceylon the efforts of some ill-judging Europeans to
excite the Kandians to dissatisfaction and non-payment
of taxes, had resulted in an outbreak, which, at one
period, was of a formidable bearing. The instigators
were chiefly parties residing in maritime places, and the
nbuddist priests. It is to be remembered that in 1817
the Kandians rebelled, when there was no question of
excessive wits. The following brief account, will
allay, however, the uneasiness that might be felt :
"Happily but few lives have been lost owing to the ac-
tive measures taken by the authorities for the restora-
tion of order—about one hundred of the rebels have met
their just fate from the fire of our soldiers, and above
three hundred of all ranks, including aifair proportion
far priests, await their trial for high treason. Two rebels
have been already put to death by sentence of court-
martial—one of them the pretended King's brother—
Was shot at Kornegalle, the second, Porong Appoo, a
noted robber, was executed in Kandy a few days since,
and the capture of the King (?) himself is daily ex-
pected. Our troops are scouring the country in all di-
rections, and the peace of the island may be considered
as now definitively secured."
The West India papers advert favourably to the west-
' ther, the prospect of the crops, and the behaviour of the
labourers; but trade was miserably dull, money very
scarce, confidence at an unusually low ebb, and every.
body e out of spirits." It was expected that the Legis-
lature would grant aid to the Planters' Bank.
The Continental accounts received this morning still
excite a feeling adverse to that of security, and it is
'feared there will be much trouble yet. The Bank
of France return is more favourable. '
The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
have rt ceivel the following from Messrs. Manning and
Mackintosh, under date Mexico, Aug. 12:—" We have
the satisfaction to hand herewith a copy of an order
issued -by then Minister of Finance to separate and pay
over t'ae twenty per cent. belonging to the bondholders
out of the duties collected by the Americans since the
ratification of the treaty of peace. We are unable to
Say by this packet the precise amount that has been re-
ceived by the Americans, and that will have to be
divided, but we believe it to be from 300,000jt0 400,000
dollars.
" In respect to the cotton: licenses, the ports of the
republic having been until now in the possession of the
Americans, it has of course been impossible to dispose in
any way of these securities."
The English Stock Market has been very firm to-day,
although business is as quiet as ever. Consols hale
r %Used 86k for Transfer, and 86f for Accoun'. Ex-
chequer-bills of June have been 275. to 30s. 'premium,
and East India Bonds 335. premium. India Stock has
been at 2374.
:Ulla Foreign Securities have been rather more dealt in.
SPatiati Five per Cents. 111, and the Three per Cents.
23 to 234. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been
nominally 214 to 224. Brazilian Small Stock has been
quoted 74 ; Grenada, 114 ; and Mexican, 164 to
Peruvian Bonds have been at 29. Russian Stock is
Worth par. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been about 444 to 454.
The Railway Share Market has been higher again to-
day for some lines, and firm in every instance, although
the transactions have not been extensive.
ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities B6l/14
India Stock 237%
India Bonds, 1,0001.

• CLOSING
PRICES.
86
237%
30 p
193
86%

Bank Stock for Account .....
Consols for Account, Oct. 17
Exchequer Bills. 21Ad. & 2d.
1,000/. March
1,000/. June ..............» 3O 27 p
500/. March 3O 33 p
Small, March .. 33 34 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. COTE
O'CLOCK.

33 p
27 p
33 p
34p
CLOS IN (s
PRICES.

Brazilian Bonds
___

Ditto, New, 1629 and 1839 —
Ditto, Small 74
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Mexican. 5 per Cent. 1846 16% js
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 29
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. -
Ditto, Account 1134
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, 3 per Cent .....»....
Dividends on the above payable in London.

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SIIARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 33/4 ......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 24
Belfast & County Down 17V, ......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20 ...... ..
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 14 14 41
Bi ming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 13/. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno 10 ...... ........
...... .
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... ..
Bristol and Exeter B5 ... ~
Ditto, Thirds ..-
Buckingharmhire... 141545.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 834 —
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 21,4... .. 21/8
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead.- 47%...... ....... .......
Ditto, Preference...... 15 ......
Clarence
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 20
East Anglia, 251., L &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H..- 18
Do., 31. 10s.
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1. ...... 6/. 138.4 d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2-61. 13s. 4d... par 1/8 dis. % dis
Do. North. & Eastern 50 ......
Do., 5 per cent. ...... 50 ... ..
Do. Quarters ... ...... 121,i ...... ......
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (1. &
11!) , ...... 20
Id

an. 1).)
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%. ....
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... , .... ...•...
Ditto, ditto -
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent.,..- •••"'2%
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ........
Ditto, New Quarters sq ......
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters .- 4
East Lincolnshire ...... 23 , —
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, New.. ............ 614 —
Ditto, Newport ........• 13
Ditto, ditto, New ....•• 33/4.
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%..••••
Ditto, New ....• ....... 2% .. . -
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ....... ... -81. 6s. 8d.... -
elaegow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 -
Ditto, New ... ..... .... 40
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
... .. ph IA
.. 5
Do., London and York 2%......
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) ..- ........... 42%...... .....
Great North of England.loo ......
Ditto, New, 401 40 —
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 301......... 30
Ditto, New, 15/ l4 .. ..
Great Western 9O —.. 80 79
Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 45 — 45
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O —
Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... -
Huddersfield and Manch. 28 —
Ditto, Thirds
- _
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 _
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... --
Ditto, IA Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ......
Ditto, Thirds ......... 10
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 .
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares ....„ 43 .. .• --- ......,
Do. Quarter Shares... 17 32 ...... - ..... .. .
Do. Fifths... 9 .....
Do. Sixteenths 6a...... 4% 4%
Do. Thirds (Reg.) ..... 13 .....
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 5 ...... 5% 5%
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ......
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 43 - ••

DeTV/akefield,Ponte:
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.(W.Riding Union) 6 .. ... ... ...... -.
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
D 0.% Shares (A)... 9%
Leeds end Bradford 6O
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 ......
Do., Half Shares 25 - •••. —
Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%...:
',soda and Think . ..... BO
DMA NOW ........«... 30