The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

SATURDAY

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was droop-
ing still. Sales 4,000 bales, making 29,720 for the week.
Shares were not quite so good, and had generally a
downward tendency.
The Bank of England return for the week to the 13th
inst. shows, for the first time of late, an increase in the
amount of the precious metals and of the public deposits.
The circulation of the Bank was diminished, and the
easy state of the money market may further influence
this item, although it would be inexpedient at present
to reduce the minimum rate of discount.
Notes issued 26,364,099
Increase
Rest .
... 3,438,576
Increase ...
Public Deposits 3,442,607
Increase
Other Deposits 9,756,433
Decrease
Seven Day and other Bills
Increase 23,889
Government Securities
Decrease
Other Securities
''Decrease
Notes
Increase
Bullion
Increase
Active circulation
Decrease
The exports of bullion from London have been rather
forge again this week, viz., about 350,000 oz. of silver, and
4,000 oz. of gold.
There are arrivals from Australia, but the date is not
olsales over
have
a v
e very
been
brought cargo,
to a dlater. From New York the new packet-ship Devon-
shire, Captain Morgan, has arrived on her first voyage,
67 passengers in the cabin.
The
having
Wool brought
,o
and the result has been very unsatisfactory, the decline
in prices being 2d; to 3d. per lb.
The Englis Stock Market opened todaywith
tole-
rable firmness, but business is very slack, and prices
have given way a little upon the oftenor2 n theno less than
accounts conclusion,
from France, Ireland, and Switzerland. Consols have
been 841 to 83i. The New Three-and•a-Quarter per
Cents. have been 84- toil, and the Three per Cents.
82i to i. Exchequer-bills are 455. to 475. premium.
In the Foreign Market matters are looking well for
Spanish Five per Cents., which have been 13, and the
Three per Cents. 224 to 23g.
The intelligence rrom Madrid of the renewed inten-
tion of the Government to consider the claims
of the bondholders, although, upon what basis,
is not yet understood, has strengthened the
market. Portuguese old Five per Cents. are 69; Mex-
ican Stock is 15b. to ,I.; and Grenada has been Ili to 12.
Dutch Four per Cents. are 61i.
Railway Shares are steady, but scarcely so good as
yesterday. The French lines have improved, the terms
proposed for their re-purchase (query, confiscation?
being less unfavourable than had been apprehended.
.BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 82%4
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 844 83%
Now 34 per Cent. Anna. 83%%3i
India Bonds under 1,000/........ .......
Consols for Account
Exchequer. Bills. 2id. & 3d.
I,OOW.
Small 44p
Ditto Advertised 36' 33 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . ...
Ditto Deferred
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 15% %
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 69
Spanish. Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto Passive Bonds ' 3AIA
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent... —
Ditto for the. Account... 22% 23 22%
Venezuela Bonds
Ditto Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pig SHARE.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 31 to
2kyrshire and Galloway 2% to
Belfast and County Down .. 14% .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 . —•
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ..... -«
Birrning., Wol., & Stour Val. 121.45.
... -.~
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction... 73/4 — ..... to
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter
Do., Thirds ... ..... ... 25
Buckinghamshire..- l4l. 4s — ' to
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 42% .. .... ...... to
Ditto, Preference
Clapro7cle;t.ei.ass, 6
per Cent... 71081 A _...— ..........
ttoo
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 3% to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 .0.... -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% ......
East Anglia, 251. L. & E., .
and L. & D
Ditto, 18/., E. & H ls — to
Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & IL.. 3% VA....« to
Eastern Counties
Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 2%
Do.Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d.„ 4 dis to
Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... ...,.. to
Do., Northern & Eastern~. 50
Do., Quarter .... . ...... .:..... 12%.....
Do., New ...... ..... ......... 23
Eastern Union .. --- - 50
• Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
Ditto., Thirds 13s 4d — to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10
Ditto, ditto
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Do., New Quarters ........ 61/ to
4
East Lincolnshire. .......... .... 20% .--
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50
Ditto, Halt Shares ......... 15 . ~. 12%14 to
'Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% • to
Edinburgh and Ne:thern ... 25
Ditto, New..... ........ ...... 614 _ to
Ditto, New port
Ditto, ditto, New ......... ... 314 ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — „..... to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 68.8 d... --.. •• to
••
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 . ..... ••••• to
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ....
t
Great Northern l3 ...... 3i,,2%... to
Do. London & York Eaten 2% ...... ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40 ...... ...... to
Great North of England ..... dOO ..... --.
Ditto, New 40/.
.Ditto, New 301.
Diti.o, New 151...... .. ....... 111.. _ _
.. to
Great Western 90...., .... to
Ditto, Half Shares 5O -
Ditto, Quarter Share 3 17% ...... to
Ditto, Fifths 20
Do. New 17/
Huddersfield and Manchester 26 to
•••
Di ttc, Thirds 9 -•—
to
Hull and Selby 5O . ..... 100 . ..... to 99
Ditto, Half Shares . 25 •••..•
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late '(Camb. and Ely) 2% _ ..... to
Lancaster and Carlisle..:.... 50 ...... to --
Do., Thirds lO ...... ...... to
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Ditto; ditto
Ditto Half Shares ...... ,« 43

Ditto Quarters 14% _ ... .. to --.
Ditto Fifths ... 9
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6%...., 6%..... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (lludders. and Sheff.) 38
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, _..-- .. .. ......
toto .....
and Goole to ....
50 ......
Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... .
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 . .....
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 ...... -
Leeds and Bradford 5O .. •••
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 47% ... -
Do., Half Shares
Ditto, Blue (scrip) ...... ... 2%...... --• •••••• to ....,
Leeds and Thirsk ........ ...... 45 ...... •••• . to --
Ditto, New
Do., do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. •••• •••••• to ...,
Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h-
.....
.......
.. -
port. - ...... --•
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 214 ...... •••••• to ......
London & Blackwell ......131.65. 8d....
Ditto New, No. 2 ......61. las. 4d....
Do. Extension
Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 33%•••••• to .....
Do. Consolidated Eighths 4O ••-•• ••• •• to .....
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent 9 • ..... •••••• to .......
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent 5O •••••• .. ... to
.....
Ditto, ditto * 1852 50 ..... ...... to --
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference' .........181 17s 2d... ...... to _.
London &North Western.....loo ...... 133% 134 to 133
Do. Quarters (L. rad B.) 222 ............ -_....
2 .....•
....
........................
to
-_,
Dl. New
Do. Fifths
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M 20 ...... ..... to -,
Do. 101— M. and B. (AO 7* "- ...... to .....
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 ...... • ..... to
Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 ...... ...... to
London and S. Western
......
Ditto,Ditte New
ww
45001./...........
..
..
..... .
....
..
......
---
............ r 1
: .... . •
,to _.
Do. TenthsVConsolidated) 50 .....
to --
-
Do. Tenths (Consolidated.? 40
Ditto, Thirds .......... to
Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil. 101%. .....
-----
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% - ...... too 2.----
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — .. ... to
.....
Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
...... to
sienDicthto. (Bguuxart.en6,ps,er.
beieenttiec.k..
43
.... to ......
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo
Ditto 1/4 Shares (No. 1) ...
2153 -
...........
to
Ditto, .......-
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) .........
..
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7%
Do., New 101. Preference... 7% 7a/ ... to ......
8 ...... to
...:
Ditto Grimsby ...............30
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 10
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 15 -
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s.
Manchesterar d Southampton 2',
,Csl3ooilnrm. Consul.
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