The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-18 00:00:00

LONDON STOCK ESCIIANGE, MAY 16.

Barbadoes, h —Boulogne and Amiens, 12 —Central of Spain,
1% —Namur and Liege, 4 % —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 7
Tours and Nantes Constituted, 57(s —Trinidad, %.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet,
and former rates were fully maintained. The sales were
nearly 5,000 bales, 1,500 of which were on speculation and
for export.
The letters received this morning from the manufacturing
districts, to most of which the result of the division upon
the third reading of the Corn Bill was communicated by the
electric telegraph, are wi itten in terms of the highest satisfaction
at the result; and in the firm expectation that the L.irds will
pass the Bill, more confidence was displayed in commercial and
in manufacturing cireles.
There are accounts from Port Philip this morning to the
6th January. There is scarcely an item of intelligence of in-
terest. Sheep and other farming stock were advancing in
value, and altogether things looked brighter.
A singular paragraph has been sent to us as respects the
finances of China. No doubt the payment on account of
the demands made upon the Celestial Empire under the
treaty with us has rather drained the beureau of the col-
lectors of revenue in China. The extract is as follows, and it
shows at least that his Celestial Majesty is alive to financial
matters. The Pekin Gazette states:—

"Owing to thel unsatisfactory state of the Treasury
accounts, and, general confusion in the financial depart-
ment, the Emperor has issued orders that the Treasurers
of the different provinces shall produce comparative annual
statements since his accession to the Throne. It is hoped
that from a minute examination of the account to be given in,
the Mimaterswill be enabled to discover whence the present de-
ficit arises, and take such measures to prevent such evils in
future. These returns are to be laid before the public, and
will give full details of the income and expenditure. This is
the first document of the sort ordered to be printed for ge-
neral information, and it may be considered as one of the
most important events that has for a long period occurred in
China. Joined to this ordinance is a list of defaulters in
Kweichoo Province, where several district magistrates have
been unable to pay up their arrears.

The British geCuriiies are very steady this morning with
rather an improved feeling. Consols for the Account are at
9614 %, and at 961/2 for Money. The premium upon
Exchequer Bills has advanced to 235. The meeting of the
protectionists, held on Saturday, at the Clarendon Hotel, to
enter into a solemn compact to oppose the Corn Bill in the
House of Loids, is spoken of here only with
ridicule. All the protection Peers were invited to
attend, but under sixty were present. The odds,
in betting circles in the City, have increased in favour
of the measure passing the Peers with a majority, variously
estitnaltd at 20 to 25. India Stock has ruled at 265%; the
Reduced Three per Cents. at 95% %; and East India Bonds,
under 1,0001., at 295. premium.
The meeting of the creditors of Mexico, now in progress
at the London Tavern, is likely to be a stormy one. It is
fully attended.
In the Foreign Market there bas not been any business of
importance transacted this morning. Mexican Bonds have
been quoted at 321 %, and the Deferred at 1514. Spanish
Stock has receded to 24%, the Deferred to 151, the Russian
Metal iques are at 110%, and the Dutch Four per Cents.
at 913/4.
In the Railway Share and Scrip Market a very limited
amount of business has been transacted to-day,

BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 20534
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 953 % 95%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96%%% 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97%14 97 k
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ..
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 7-16 10 7-16
India Stock .. .. . .. .. .. .. 2653¢ 265%
India Bonds. 1,0001. .. .. _ _ -7

Ditto, under 1,000/. ..
South Sea Stock ..

Ditto Old Annuities .. —93 A, 937/.
Consols for Account • • •. .. .. .. 96% 96%
Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 114 d.
1,0001... .. .... 20 23 pm. 23
5001. . .. .• .. 20 23 pm. 23
Ditto. Small --- •• .. 20 23 pm. 23
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 83
Danish, 3 per Cent • • • • • •• 8714 8714
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account • . .. .. 32 14 3214
Ditto, Deferred ........1514 15%
Portuguese Three per Cent • • .. _ 5714
Russian Bonds . • • • .. .. .. 11014 11014
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent _
Ditto, for the Account •• .. .. 24% ii 2414
Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. _ _ 151 i 1514
Dividends on the above payable in Lend On.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91%
91%
PRICES OF BUSINESS
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
PRICES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. ..... 17z
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100
...125 _ 125'
Ditto New (Bed at 7% dis.) .. 17% ... 31
Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 228. . % WIS•.•••• •• • • 31'
Buckinghamshire 425. . •• • • 3/14(111;
Caledonian 10 12% N. 12%
Ditto, Half Shares .• 2% Zr' 2 .... ••
2
Ditto, Extension .• 2% .... 1% ...... •••
Cambridge and Oxford.. .. 1% %
Chester and Holyhead •22% —••..• • • • • • 227 i
Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2%
Derby and Crewe .. 2% .... 6% .. •• .. ... • 6%
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 3%14
Direct Northern 2%.... 2 .... 2
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 7 7
Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 214 .. 214
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 24 23% •• • • 23%
Ditto New 81. 165..... 7% p• • p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 135. 4d. % p.. p
Ditto, York Extension 105..... %• • •• •• / 1%
East Lincolnshire 1%.... 1 .
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. . • %%13•• • • • • % P
Great Western .. 85 ...,151 153........ 150
Ditto Half Shares .. 50 .... 87% .... • ..... 87%
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 3 .... 18 .•
Ditto, Fifths .. • • 20 ••• • •• • •
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 .... .
Ditto New 5 .... 10 ..........
Leeds and Bradford • • .. .. 26 ..........
Leicester and Bedford-- 225. •••• %14 % dis...
Liverp., Mauch., & Newc. Junct. 2%.... 2%
London an Birmingham . • •100 228% .
Ditto Fifths .. • • .. 2 .... 25
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d.
Ditto, New ••• • • • •
London mid Brighton .. • • • • 50 •• .. 66
Ditto ditto Fifths .. • . •• 30 • 41%
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 153. 9d. 22%
London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2
.....
London and South-Western.. 41/. 6s. 10d.
London and York .. • • • • • • 2% • ... 2%
London and Windsor . • • • .. %i 3,,
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • • 2% .
.•
Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82
Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • 3 .... 12%.... ••• • • • 12%
Ditto Extension 425. 3% p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 81% 81 81
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I .... 9%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 423. .... p p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ••••• • • ••
Midland .. .. • • • • • • • • 100 ....154 15_34%
Ditto, New 33
.. 18 .. % 33% •• • •
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 46 ..•••••••• 46
10
New •••• • • • 3 251: 261%
iNrs ewomtle and Berwick .. •.. 15 .• ..
_7
_2O ...... 2
Eliznsion • • . • • •
••
22%.... 31 3014:x int,. 3114 xin
North ;,.•
• .... 11% 12% x int 11% xin
Ml'9'l-1:441:5 Extension. .. .. %.•.. • •
Ditto, Car, dire .. 425.% % P• ••• • • 4% p
North statfords..l"--.. 334
North Wales • • . 8 t‘i
&i,v:dverhm.. pt.n.. 12% ....
7%
Oxid.,Worcester, 10 .... 7%•••••••—• 34
Scottish Midland .. • • 2% 314,. •••• • • • •
Shrewsbury and Birminghat. •
• 425. .... •• • • %
, —1% p
Shropshire Union .. • • • • 425, ...• % 1.
South Midland • • .. •. •••• dis.
South Eastern and Dovor 110.
4. 0:2';
pg., New (do. 151.) • • 5 •• • • '•" • •
Sout;; Wales • .„ 428. •• • •
gib 1' •
••
West RlaLng U4lll°Midland • • •• 80 "• ; sti •12•• • • • •
York mut No. . Riding 1 •• •
- Do. E. and NY W. FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Central of Spain .. •
Ceylon • • • • ..
Demerara • • • • .. 8 1L
..• • •
Dutch Rhenish • • .. 5 ,
East India', . 58.
•
Named and Liege • • .. —,•
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 10% 11 ..." •••
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 714
Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 203,i •. „ „
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
- - - - -

55%
M P
2%
2253
25

41%
22%
7,'
79;4.
2%

1%
16
2%
8%

,q,
11
7%
29%

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London Joint-Stock .. 10 .. . • -- • •• .1
MINES.
Brazilian Imperial (issued at 51. p.) 20 ..........
Ditto Macaubas and Cocaes.... 25 •.• . ••
peal del MOON T.Tnregiiitere4 .•••• 111110;...

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T-HIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAT E.N.E., fresh breezes, and cloudy.
DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind E.N.E., moderate. 17th. Wind S.W.,
fresh.—Arrd. from, Jupiter, De Jong, Batavia, and sld. for Amster-
dam ; Dauntless, Pratt,Calcutta ; Bucephalus, Bell, Calcutta; Sylph,
Treadweil, Barbadoes; Sophie, Wollon, Charleston, and sld. for Bre-
men. Sid. Zeiland, Noord, Batavia; Cuba, Dem, Havannah.
Arrd. from the River, 17th, Scio, Ramsey, Prince Edward Island ;
Tweed, Polhill, Cape Coast Castle. Arrd. from the River and sailed,
16th, John Calvin, Hunter, Norfolk Island ; Heroine, Jamieson,
Hobart Town; Abeyfoyle, M'Aipine, Hong-Kong; Ann Falcon,
Bowness, Mauritius ; Commodore, Moyle, Jamaica; Jane Hammond,
Gullies, St. John's, New Brunsvick. l7tb, William Hyde, Steward,
Sydney, New South Wales; Fortland, Robinson, St. John's, New
Brunswick ; her Majesty's steamer, Lightning, Westward.
LIMERICK, MAT 15.--Sld. Anna Maria, Richards, for Quebec.
OFF PORTLAND.—CIio, Sisrada, fir Rio Janeiro.
OFF PENZANCE, MAT 16.—Industry, Pearson, Quebec,
GLOUCESTER, MAY 17.—Sld. Milo, Westin, fir Quebec.

CLYDE, MAY 16.—Wind E.—Arrd. Rcositut, for Newfien dltutd.
Sld. 15th, Chieftain, Robertson, Shanghae; 16th, st.Ge,,rge, Martin,
Rio Janeiro; Catherine, Scott, Jamaica; Adam Jarr, M'Ewan, New
York ; 31'Donnell, MsDonnell, Quebec.
DUBLIN, MAT 16.—Wind S.— Sld. Cousins, Gray, for Miramichi.
DUBLIN BAR.—Arrd. Mary, Harrison, from Trinivati.

COWES, MAY 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrel. 16, Charles Wing-
man, Osborn, Manilla for New York, to be coppered ; 17, Princess
Josephine, Moller, Bahia.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAr 17.—Queen steamer, Russell, Gibraltar.
OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind E.—Acrd. 15, Spartan, rat
Pkilip.
OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—Johanna, Meyer, Bahia; Palos, Hindes,
Charleston. . _ _

OFF FALmourn, MAT 17.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. 15, Caro-
line, Callao; 16, Adolph, Liohour, Ahguar ; Susan, Cuba; Herald,
Baltimore.

lavutrooL, MAT 17.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. 16, Albion;
Matthews, St. John's, New Brunswick; Swan, Taylor, New Orkans ;
Bradshaw, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. 16, l'almerston, Affleck,
Port Philip ; Scotland, Paul, Hong-Kong ; Earl of Chester, Black-
stone, Hong Kong; Buenos Ayrian, Br iwn, Calcutta ; Herculean,
Gibson, Bombay ; Mary Holland, Plomer, Valparaiso ; Indus Cox,
Rio Janeiro, &c. ; Juliana, Cortina, Havai:nati ; Dewdrop, Dalton,
Labrador; 17, Hermes, Donough, Arica, &c. ; Earl of Liverpool,
Scott, Valparaiso ; Europe, Furber, New York ; Sarawak, Tinley,
Philadelphia; Robert Henderson, Toahunter, Montreal. Off, Mary
Imrie, The:Marshall Bennett, Walters, of London, nearly loaded for
St. Petersburgh, took fire last night. in the Brunswick Dock; :he was
willed into the basin, and the fire ultimately subdued by filling her
with water.

Conic, • MAY 14.—Wind E.—Arrd.. Enterprise, Freeman, Porto
Rico ; Argino, Stafford, Liverpool and Dublin for St. John's, New
Newfoundland, to lighten; 15, Sally, Bailee, Sierra Leone. Sid. 13,
Georgians, Murray, Miramichl ; Anlaby, Driscoll, St. John's, New
Brunswick. Off 14, Clydesdale, Sierra Leone ; 15, Parsboro, Elring-
ten, Barbadoes. 15. The Winuipack, Mitchel, tiom Cork to St.
Thomas's, which went on shore on the Carlisl4 rock, 2d ult., has
been got off, and towed into the harbour.
CASTLETOWN, 3I AY 13.—Arrd. Renewal, St. John's, New Brunswick.

DOVER, Met 16.—The Caroline, of Drontheim, from Rio Janeiro
to Ilambargh, was brought in here last night, very leaky, having
struck on the Goodwin Sands, and must discharge to repair.

MARKET NEWS.-(TAHS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGi&—MtdsiDAY.

During last week the arrivals of Wheat of home produce
for our market were on a very moderate scale, viz., about
5,500 quarters, while those of most other articles of English
grain were by no means large. From Ireland and Scotland
the receipts were rather scanty, but from aboad we received
upwards of 11,000 quarters of Wheat and 21,000 barrds of
Flour. Fresh up, the supply of English Wheat was rather
limited; still, however, the actual quantity on show was
more than adequate to meet the wants of the dealers, who
were extremely cautious in their operations. We call, there-
fore, the English Wheat trade very dull, at a decline in the
quotations obtained on Monday last of from is to 2s per
quarter, irid at which a very small quantity was disposed of.
From most parts our accounts received to-day relative to the
growing crops are tolerably favourable. The quantity of
free Foreign Wheat on show was by no means large, never-
theless the sale for it was unusually dull; and when sales
were pressed, a fall of from is to 28 per quarter was sub-
mitted to by the holders. Wheat under lock was a mere drug,
and certificates—which have been lately held as high as
15s—were offered to day at 9s per quirter ; but so little
was doing that the rates were next to nominal.
The quantity lately in hand has been small.
We had only a moderate show of Barley, both English and
foreign. Selected parcels may be considered quite as dear,
but all other kinds were a mere drug at barely previous rates.
Notwithstanding the arrivals of Malt have been small, the
transactions were wholly of a retail nature, at prices about
equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. Several parcels
of Oats being left over from last week, the show was moderately
good. All kinds moved off heavily a, in some instances, an
abatement of 6d per quarter. Very few Beans were on
show. The sales proceeded slowly at late figures. In Peas
scarcely anything was doing at last week's quotations. The
Flour trade was dull, and the best town made was quoted at
53s per 280 lbs.