The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

itiONEY and COAlMEitcf AL N t
-8
CITY, QUARTER TO 4,16't!
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday we° rtiv
5,000 bales, including 400 American on speculation.
were very steadily supported.
Shares were not quite so animated as last week. 0000
The statement of the national finances, as made
the Gazette of last night, has been the general subjea
hcti;isir
versation this morning in the City. It appears
plus revenue, for the year ending ou the 10th of Oction'
e'•
was 5,256,675/. This is, indeed, a geocilY orael
the question is pertinently asked, why is not the iecive
taken off altogether, or at least modified, so as g car,
to parties who have so small an income as 1501.0 h 1
where, in hundreds of instances, clerks and others. We'rojelll
large families to support. It appears by the GeY., to
notice that one-fourth part of this surplus revenue 1 '0
invested in the redemption of debt, and takribsitt
of circulation supply Exchequer-bills. Many peop for ford
that it would be much better to leave off purebasesgo tlO
redemption of the debt, and to provide a rest, •7.,,,tr
taxation should be more considerably reduced
There are a vast number of papers and letters in
day, brought by the West India Mail, from Buenvict.ilti
and elsewhere. We regret to state that there was /313140
bust prospect of the cessation of hostilities, and the
tom
fleet would, in all pmbability exert its powerful nine'?
bringing the belligerents to their senses. The West tro
letters do not contain much information of a general 11,01
Some fine rains had fallen, and vegetation had improVe'
satisfactory degreet,
The following is an extract from Wright and Vl-ds'
IIull) circular, relative to the future prospects of t'sr,io
Upon the whole, taking a review of the P:o3t Yteradd
may pr,,nounce it to be ayear of sound and legitimate, opt PI
the various mercantile and produce markets, anO'' 0111
which the working classes generally have bed 01
employed. Looking to the future, we see Woe
elements of healthy activity awaiting the first
able opportunity of development, that we `-,iollr
dined, notwithstanding the probable occurrence of r.ocitti
and sharp interval of political agitation, to predet'oo
year 1846 a realisation of the same favourable antlq.j.,
respecting our trade and commerce which we vent ad
Offer at the commencement of 1845, and which the °
of the past year have brought to a literal fulfilment?ol
.rucds have been rather firm this morning•
rid
for the Accoiznt have been just quoted at 9474• 'TO
for Money have been very freely taken this re°lo)
at prices varying from 94% to 94%. As Cori is'
is equal in value to that for that, a favourable lido
may be said to exist among capitalists as to the TV
Stock being maintained. The Three per Cent •Re_du,teeer ►e
improved to 95%, and the New Three-and-a-Qu'^-09,
Cents to 97%. Exchequer-bills and India Bonds ere, efir,
In the Foreign Market the following business 14.104'
this morning :—Brazil Five per Cents. have beell Ile,
82 ; Mexican at 31t, 1%; Spanish at 29 ; the Duty r
and-a-Half per Cents. for Account at 501,11 3/1 ; butte"
.40
per Cents. have declined from 96 to 251/z.
The Railway Shares have been in rather heall r°sr
to. day, at the prices affixed.
‘'.oo
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ME O'C--
(From the Official List.)
/ • Bank Stock ...2034 590
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Arms 94
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
%.70„N

js!iia ponds 1,000/
Ditto n.: der 1.000/ 34
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11hd-
-1,000/.
500/. ........ ..... 28 30
Ditto Small 2B 80

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent --
Ditto Newßonds, 1829 And 1839 82
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. -- it
Ditto for the Account . 31142A
171/
Ditto Deferreu
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 29
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
Dividends on the above payable in Loathen•
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto for the Account
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES 14A
O'CLOCK.
SO°

RAILWAYS. PAID. PER -
..,
Aberdeen
.
,A‘.brmeradgehenx,Boiaenratine., p
andEorlgtrinus..h. 21k 214 —
... .
.......... ..
tt:o_
.5.......
Aylesbury and Tlianfe 1%...... ..... ' w...,..
Belfast & Gainty Dowir - ..... t'
~
Bideford and Tavistock ..
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Ditto New Shares
Birmingham and Oxford ...•
Junct ion
Birmingham and Leicester 2 -
......
W ,
Direct 42s
...... to
...,
Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s ..
Bridgewater and Minehead... 425. ..
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New • to
Bristol and Gloucester 3O

Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 21/2 — ...., to ,„,
Buckinghamshire... 42s ll4 p... t° ~.
Caledonian
/
Diato New - t° ',Ditto Extension
..„.
alnbrian Gram; Junction ... 425.
..... to §
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 11/2 31A.... .to
~.,

,an, ..age anu i iue,.... ___ _Vv.._ , _
Ditto, New
Cambridge and Oxford l% ...... to ,•
Canterbury and Dover 1%..... .....• ,••
Central Kent 2l/2 ..•
......
to
Chelmsford and Bury ..
• ..... to ."
Chester and Holyhead l5
to
Chester and Manchester
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2
to
Clydesdale Junction
Cork,Blackreek, and Passages 225.. -
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford . • 1 A •-•- ...... .....
Cornwall ...

Coventry, N uneaton, Bir., ..,
and Leicester I lA'. — ..... to ,
.. to
Cornwall and Central Devon. 2%...... ....
__
...... to
Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425.
Derby, Gainsboro', and Great to
Grimsby 1%...... 9-9- ......
.
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staft:d 2%...... ..... . ~0 to
~
9
' 23/4 - 2Vs ...... '
1/

Direst Manch. (Remington's)
Ditto (Rastrick's) 64 —•—• ...... to ,
Pirect Northern ... .........
... to /
Direct Norwich 1" to
Dublin and Armagh l% — ...... 0 /
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5
...... to /
Dublin, Belfast,andColeraine 2% to
...... .. /
Dublin and Galway
Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% 2%..... w /
Dundalk andEnniskillen 2% ...• to
..,„ /
Eastern Counties
Do. New 6l. ]6a BU p... to /
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d p ..... t ,
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...41. 13s. 4d 14% p... W /
East Dereham and Norwich 1
...... to
~
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%. ..... .. .. to /
Essex and Suffolk ... 1% — ...... to
Exeter, Dorchester, and Wel,- /
mouth 425....... ...... 0 /
Exeter, Yeevil, & Dorchester 23% to
Eastern Union

Ditto 4 Shares... ........ 33% ..... ...... to ,
Ditto Extension
Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 4 - ...... to„..
Ditto Extension to Norwich 21/2 — ...• • t. /
Ditto Cambridge and Ely 21/2 — ..... .to ,
East Lincolnshire l4 3%..•••: to /
East and West of England... 1% — ..... tO /
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ... 80 ..••• t° /
Ditto 4 Shares
Ditto New li Shares l2l
Edinburgh andi Northern...... 11A —
...... to ,
Edinburgh and Perth ... ...... 3
Ely and Huntingdon
Gloucester, Aberyst with , and / ,
Central of Wales l% .n..... 0
to jli
Goole and Doncaster 42s.
....... to
~,
. to
Ditto 14,/?, Shares
...... to
Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25
) _IN
GrndUnion(Notting.&Lynn
_ 1%...... to ,
-1,

ig.e.._
Great Eastern and Western.. 2%
Great Grinis , Louth, Horn.,
to /
Lin. and Mid. Junction ... 42s
GreatGrimsby and Sheffield... 5
...... to ,-,4
Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 . 22% ...... to 7.;
Ditto Extension
Great Munster
-- - 2 l 2l
-1,,,,,_

Great North of Scotland ...... 2i- — ..... t°
to Vireat North of England ...... 100
Ditto New ... 5
Ditto New
Great Western
to
to

.)itto, tialf Shares ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 21/2 —
...... to /
to
Harwich

Hull and Selby .. ... 50
Ditto Quarters . ..... ...... 12% — .....• to/
Ditto Half Shares 2
o
Inverness and E1gin........., t
.. 1
Ipswich, Norwich, Yarmouth. 2 . .... to /
Irish North Midland ''''• . to
1% — ...... ,„ /
Isle of Axholme
Killarney Junctions
Kendal and Windermere IIA — ...... t° /
11;
Lancaster and Carlisle 3O
.... t° /
Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 21/2 — ....• .t° /
Leeds and Carlisle
,„
.
Leeds and West Riding Junc. 1% — ...••• ''" /
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
..... . to,
Leicester and Bedford 22s
Leicester and Tamworth 42s. ...... % p,,,... t° /
. t /
o
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 25
Liverpool and Leeds Direct.. 2% 2%%... t
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% to
London and Birmingham......loo 2223% :: ..
. ::
„st°
~,"°°
Do. Thirds lO ...... .... '''' /
Do. Quarters .

Do. Fifths
******
Do. Extension
..... . /
London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d 9% to ...... to ,
Do. New . ..... 1% .. .... /
o
Do. Extension ............... 3
"
.. . t /
to
London and Brighton
.....
t 045
Do. Consolidated Eighths 40
Do. Fifths
to -
London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d 223/4 ...... /
. to
Do. GUaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 •••••• ....
London, Cheltenham, Oxford, to '
Gloucester, and Hereford... 1%
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d — ..... to
Ditto Preference ........181 17s 2d — ..... to '
London, Hounslow, &Westeni 2 .
London and South Western.. 41% 77%...... to "
Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20
,
Ditto New . ...... 7%..... 194--•. to -''

Do. New
London and South Essex 23/a — ****** to
London and York ... .... ... 21A 4%%.•• to
London and Windsor ......... 1
"
Lon.,Warwek,Kiddenninster 2h 2%..••••. to ,
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/2 2%78 ''' to '
,
Londonderry and Coleraine... 5
Londonderry and Enniskillen 5
Lynn and Ely
~
Lynn and Dereham
to
Manchester and Leeds 76 .. ... •••••' to 6
Ditto Half Shares - 34 ...... 641 A •••••• to ,
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths . ....... ... 514 — ...... to
Manchester and Birmingham 40 — •• ••• 0
Ditto Quarters 4
Mat) NOW q 11511100••••••••• 2