The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS;

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

There was a Heady mat bet for Cotton at Liverpool on
Saturday, the sales being 3,000 bales. Railway Shares
continued very dull, and there were no symptoms of
improvement. Prices were all lower.
In one of the cemmunications remived by the lest
arrival from America, it is stated, after some remarlis
upon general topics—
" Meantisne all is quiet, easy, and prosperous in the
United States. The termination of the Mexican war,
albeit leaving behind it a debt of some sixty or seventy
millions of dollars now ascertained, to say nothing of
the endless contingent claims which follow in the path
of war, is taken very quietly. It was a war that never
pressed immediately upon our resources, nor interrupted
our commerce, w bile it in fact invigorated many branches
of home manufacture, so that the peace has not caused
any marked change in affairs or rejoicings among the
people. Mexico itself seems to promise something more
of stability in its Government than we have been latterly
accustomed to expect."
The accounts from Schleswig and Copenhagen state
that business was improving since the termination of the
blockade, and that the ships rel-ased were gradually re-
turning to their destinations. Trade was also rather
brisker in some of the other continental cities. _ _

The rate of Exclln4-e at Harnburgh on London, last
Friday, rose from 13 61 to 13 61-, and paper was scarce.
Bills on Paris also were wanted, and likewise on Vienna.
Gold was at 486 i. Not much was doing in Stocks and
Shares.

At Berlin, on the 14th instant, the funds were flatter;
but at Vienna, on the 13th, there nn as 20 improvement,
for although home affairs were unsettled, the adviecs
from Paris cunceming Italy were more satisfactory.

The Corn Market is firm to-day.
The accounts from Mancheaer state that trade last
week was duller.

The accounts from Portsmouth of the dispatch some-
what suddenly of an increased force of marines to
Ireland, has caused an unsettled feeling again in the
City, coming, as it does, upon a precious and very per-
ceptible state of flatness and inanition. The reports
of the potato crops are likewise not by any means
satisfactory, and, although in foreign politics there
is nothing new, and Paris is represented to be
more tranquil than usual ; the increased and pressing
pecuniary wants of the French Government, and the
great arrears of taxes, show how far matters are
from being in a flourishing, or even a safe position. If
we add to these causes the absence from town of many
of our leading merchants and moneyed men, we shall
have explained the causes of the existing dullness.
Influenced by the causes above noted, the Funds are
heavy, though with scarcely a bargain doing, either by
sale or purchase, to test their strength. Consols have
been 85i to 86 for present transfer, and 86 to 86i- for
October. Exchequer-bills of March have been 295. pre-
mium, and India Bonds of 1,000/., 28s. premium. East
India Stock has been at 235.
In the Foreign Market there is but one security in
which bargains are officially quoted, viz., Chilian at 86
to 87k. Nominally, Spanish Three per Cents. are 22i
to 234 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. 214- to 22k; Mexi-
can, 161 to 17; Brazilian, 74 to 76 ; and Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. 441 to 45k.
The Railway Share Market is rather better to-day,
with a fair business doing in the lines which recently
were most depressed.

ONE
P UCFS or BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities % 86
India StrAk `)3585
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Consols for Account, Oct. 17
Exchequer Bills. 2,4 d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ... 29 p
1,0001. June
Small, June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
O'CL )CK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
86
235
28 p
86%

29 p
23 p
24,
CLOSIN
PRICES.
20%
86

Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent...... 87% 86
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Ditto, Small
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 70%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 33/4 —
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21% —
Belfast & County Down 17 % —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ..
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ...
Bristol and Exeter B5 ...
Ditto, Thirds ... 25
Luckinghamthire... 141. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. 83/4
Do. New 101. Prof .. 2 1%
Ditto,Clydesdale J unc 50
Chester and Holyhead... 47% 21% .. 21%
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 & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 18/., E. & H.— 18
Do., 31.105. ... ....
Eastern Counties....... 203% l3 12',zi
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent.
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d...

Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters
Do. New
••-•• • ........
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (L &
and B.) ............... 20
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 171 A. "'•—
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ...... —.•— ••
Ditto, ditto ... ......... 20 ......
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent 2I,E .- ...
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ... 19 ...... 9
Ditto, New_ Quarters 61% ...... .....

Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 414 — ••••••••'••"".
East Lincolnshire ...... 23 , 233/4... ........... 23%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh and Northern 25 — -
Ditto, New.. OA
Ditto, Newport l3 - •••• —
Ditto, ditto, New 33/4.....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50
Ditto, New ... ..... .... 40
Do. Preference Consol. 15 -
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2% ......
iireat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England 100 ......230
230

-Ditto, New, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto l5 - .. ****** •• •••
Ditto, New, 30/......... 30
Ditto, New, 15/
Great Western 9O ... .. 721/2 74 .......
Ditto, 1/i Shares 5O ...... 421/2
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. 91/4 9
Huddersfield and Manch. 28
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby ..
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ......
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ..... 43 44
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarter Shares... 171/2 —
..
. •
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9
•••••"••
Do. Sixteenthq 6IA —.- .. 4% x.d.
Do. Thirds (Reg.) ..... 13 __ _ ....... *.
Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 2 % 2IA
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... .. ..
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Shen...) 43
•• ••

Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do.(W.Riding Union) 6 ..... - .. • •••••••••
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
.....•
D 0.% Shares (A)... 914 — ~,
Leeds and Bradford...... 50
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... .50 . ..... 90
Do., Half Shares ...... 25 ......
Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%... ..
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 ...... .••.•
Ditto, New ...... ....... 30..... .....
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%. ......
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport . Sit —
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction

~ 21A

London &Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d.... 41A
Do. Extension

London, Brighton, and
South Coast
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 ..
Ditto, ditto 1852 50
Ditto, New 51., guar.
6 per cent.
Londonand Greenwich 12/15s 4d —
Ditto, Preference... 18:17s 2d '
London and N. Western 10(' 1084 107 4 109... 109
Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22 ......
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths .. 2
Do. 40/.Shares(L. M.) 25
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9
De. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9
Do. 101.(M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 2
Lon +. &S. Western 5O
Do. Now 50/. ..... 421,E.. .. 244
Do. Now 401. .. 84

Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 -
Ditto ditto .... .... 40
Ditto. Thirds ...... 111.135. 4d... 53/1 dis 534 dis.
Do., New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on C4llB ...11.135. 4d...