The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-08 00:00:00

MO !inci COll,l, WS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Mark t of Liverpool yesterday was firm,
the sales being 3,000 to 4,000 bales.—Railway 'Shares
were better, and a good business was done.
The Belgian Chambers are now in session, and the
Budget, it is stated, will be produced almost immedi-
ately, no formalities being observed nor royal address
delivered.

The Royal mail steamer Avnn, from the West Indies,
has arrived, and papers end letters are in town. The
state of the different colonies was about the same as per
last advices, and may be gleaned by what appears in
another column.

We noticed yesterday some important facts bear.
ing upon the transit of produce from the
interior of North America to Great Britain, and
we have now to remark upon the influence
which it may have upon our fisheries. The
writer from whom we before quoted observes: "I am
not aware of the time or expense of transit goods
from Chicago or vicinity to Boston or New York, but
I have seen it published that a barrel of fish can be
taken from Halifax to Chicago, by the St. Law-
rence route, on an average of from three to four
shillings less than any other. This is of vast im-
prune° to the fishing interest, in particular, of the
lower colonies, and especially of Nova Scotia.
The expense of transit of a barrel or quintal of fish to
the Western States has greatly tended to keep down the
consumption. With a direct and cheap transitlike the pre-
sent one now opened, the consitniption in a few years of the
produce of our province, and of our fisheries in particular,
when that great country fills up with an industrious
population, as it is rapidly doing, will be beyond
computation, and in return for which we will
require their breadstuff* and other articles for re-
shipment elsewhere if not required in the province.
Had the ship Free-trader proceeded on to Halifax,
she would have accomplished the voyage from Chicago,
in from fifteen to sixteen days; as I have no doubt it
will eventually be done. Were the Quebec railroad in
operation, her cargo could ha►e been landed here in
eleven or twelve days from the date of shipment. If
the Free-trader had come on to Halifax, she could have
landed her cargo here, and taken one in return direct to
her hone in the
..West, a distance of over 3,000-miles
anti further than from Halifax to Liverpool,•4ngland."
The Corn Market is steady to-day.
In the Continental letters received to-day, there ap•
pears to be nothing of prominent interest beyond what
appears in another column of The Sun. Money is re-
ported to be abundant in most places, though confidence
is weak, especially at Paris.
As it has been reported, to the just alarm of the rail-
way shareholders, that the Stuck Exchange had autho-
rised the continued publication of the Railway Weekly
list and statistics, we are glad to have the following
explanation :

In the leading article' of the last. Weekly List the
writer, under a misapprehension of ' the. Resolution'
therein quoted, stated that the Committee of the Stock
Exchange have withdrawn their sanction from the
Weekly List.' This was erroneous, the sole object of
that resolution being to prevent the continuance of the
editor's remarks, &c., remaining appended to it.
" The committee never having, gi►en, have not,
by their resolution, withdrawn their sanction from
that portion of the Weekly Lirt. The concluding para-
graph of the same article was also erroneous; and, it,
therefore becomes necessary to state, that the Weekly
List, as prescribed in the Resolution referred to, is pub-
lished under the authority of the Committee of the
Stock Exchange, and edited solely by Mr. Slaughter,
secretary of the railway department of the Stock-
Exchange, who disclaims all connexion with arty
other railway publication whatever."

The state oi the English Money Market is sufli•
ciently good, taking the quantity of capital avail.
able, to justify the rather sanguine anticipations,
which. we hear expressed in various quarters, as
to the probability of an improved state of
things is respect to securities end even trade. No doubt
there will be a great influence felt ere long, if political
affairs do not become worse, and any local
disturbances abroad, not involving war, may
have very litte effect in England, and . , rather
occasion th.3remittance of specie to this country, as the
only place where a safe investment can be obtained. The
Paris news leads the "Bears," how,ever, to speculete
upon the chance of renewed disturbances, and, may deter
purchases, though we have heard of some money bargains
to-day. How uncertain the affairs of the Continent are
considered by some, we may infer from the fact of
per cent. being given for the liberty of selling 300,0001.
Consols at 80 any time between this and April. Pre-
sent appearances are of course very unpropitious for the
party who has given the j, but the February revolution
may remind us that such things can be: We then had
a rapid decline of nearly 10 per cent., whereas 6 or 7
per cent. now would bring a party right, even if he did
not operate against it, which he might, and no doubt
would, do.
Consols are 85i to 861, having been 861 to 86i. .The
New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 851 to
and the Reduced Three per Cents. 843 to 85i. Ex-
chequer-bills of June have been 355. to•3Bs. premium.
Portuguese Four per Cents have been 24f. Spanish
Three per Cents. are nominally 23 to 1. Mexican Stock
has been worth 21, and Grenada Deferred 21. Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 71i, and
Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 451. •
Railway Shares are again firm, with one or two ex-
ceptions, anl there is a Lair business doing.

o ,E CLOSING
P sl, sOF 'O'Neil FUNDS O'CLOCK PRICES.
8 per Cent. Reduced Anna.. B5 8474 85% 8514
I per Cent. Consols Annuities 861 86 861,4 85% 86% $6:
..\,vg 314 per Cent. Anns.... . . 85%34% 15%
Long Anne. to expirejan.lB6o 8 7-16 9-16 8 9-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8% 13-16 5 13-16
India Bond., 1,0001.
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities ... — 84%
Consols for Account
~xchequer Bills. lid. & 2d.
1,0001. March
1,0001. Juno 36 38 35p 38 p
.
5001. Match.... 38 p 3$ P
Small, March .. 38 41 p 41p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. oNE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.. —
Ditto, Deferred 214
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2l
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto,4 per Cent. 241,6 24%
Ditto, Small 23% ' 23%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,E per Cent ...... 71% 711,
Dutch 21% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 45% 45%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates '691,
Ditto, Account 6914% 69%
PRICES OF BUSINESS DONS CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O .... ~•
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 414......;
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 5
Belfast & County Down 19
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or withaguaran. 20 „.... 24 .:.„.... 24
Do, withoutguarantee 20 ... --:- .1•Ms•
Birming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 131,( fr. Mpe
Do. withoutguarantee 10
Birming.,Wolyerh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... '' •••
Birkenhead, Lancashire, .. -
and Cheshire June__ 10 ...... ...
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 6 ..~..
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 51
Ditto, Thirds ..- ..... 27%
Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s.
•...
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. S% — ...... ......... --
Do. New 101. Pref..... 5
4%
Ditto,ClydeedaleJunc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... ... -
Ditto, Preference l5
Clarence - --

Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10. -
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... -.
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. -
Direct London & Porte
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 35 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ......
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... -
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ......
Do., 31.10 x.
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 123/4%
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. ... 71,4...... 8% S%
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 14 di5........ l4 dig
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters -
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 26
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto. Class B (I. &
and B.) 2O —
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . ....
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ......
Ditto, ditto -
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent............ 21,4 . ...
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 6 -
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 614 ......
Last Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... .... 381,4
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. •••
Edinburgh and Northern 25 —
Ditto, Newport l6
k: xeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
• -
..-
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle -
_ _ .

lasgow,Kilmar.,Bz Ayr 60 ...... -- ...'...
Do. Preference Consol.
Great Northern
Do., ))., A Deferred ... 121 A ...... .... ....... ... 3%
Do., 1,4 B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 4IA ..... IA 34
Do. Extension 2;q....., ..... ... --
;vat South. and West. ..,
(Ireland) .. 423...... 221,4... 2254
Great North of England.loo ......222 214-- ..... ... 224.
Ditto, New, 401
Ditto, ditto 25
Ditto, New, 301 3O
Ditto, New, 15/... ...... 14 .. .. 29% 30 ... "
Great Western 9O . .... 83 t. 24
Ditto, I,(t Shares 5O -
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171..... .. 13 ll
Huddersfield and Manch. 30
.....
Ditto, Thirds
Gull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 94
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 _ ...... —E
Ditto, IA Shares