The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

MONEY and 'COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm, and
the sales were 7,000 bales. Shares were supported generally.
There is very little business in progress In the City Ws
morning, the state of the weather almost entirely precludlng-
out-door operations. It is still satisfactory to find that
according to all accounts the progress of the harvest has
not yet been impeded to any material extent by the storms
that have prevailed for now nearly a week in various parts
of the country. We are informed that in Nottinghamshire
considerable damage has been cone to the crops by the hail
storm.

In our paper. of Monday there appeared a full report of the
first meeting of the shareholders of the Liverpeol, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction Company, to which we would direct the
attention of our readers. This amalgamated line gives rail-
way accommodation to a most important district of
country, and shortening as it does the distance between
Manchester and Newcastle by opening a direct communica-
tion between them, it will, undoubtedly, become a line of the
utmost commercial importance, for every one is now fully
alive to the fact that, in all commercial transactions, a saving
of time is a saving of money.
We have not any late Colonial arrivals to announce to-day.
Several advertisements have appeared in The Sun of sub-
scriptions to a fund in aid of those who have suffered by the
calamitous fire at St. John's, Newfoundland. We are assured
that the Government are alive to rendering as much aid as
possible, but to the generous public do those who have lost
" their all" look up to for prompt aid. It is known that a
special session of the Legislature of Newfoundland had been
called to take measures for affording relief. The following
extract from the opening speech of the Governor of the
colony does credit to the heart of his Excellency %
" Much as the losses of the mercantile and the sufferings of
.the labouring classes claim our sympathies, yet should
our deepest commisseration rest upon the middle classes,
who, accustomed to comparative ease and comfort, find
themselves and their helpless families suddenly reduced to
a state of the most absolute destitution. Every effort de-
pendant upon the local government will be made and is
making for their relief, and that of the lower orders t
but even under circumstances so apparently desti-
tute, and with a scene of such afficting desolation
before my e-3 es, still de I indulge in a sanguine hope
that if promptly aided by the benevolence and liberality of
the British people, of the Legislatures and people of the
neighbouring colonies, but, above all, by the British Go-
vernment and Parliament, not only will the present distress
be at once alleviated, but the fine site of the capital of this
ancient and valuable possession of the British Crown, which,
as a commercial town, may be said for the present almost to
have ceased to exist, will again be occupied by buildings of
so secure and durable a description, laid out upon a plan so
judicious and well-considered, as at no remote period to con-
vert the calamity which is ROW pressing so heavily upon its
inhabitants, into a great and inappreciable blessing."
As far as England is concerned, there is every reason to
believe that the subscriptions raised here will be ample to the
stern exigencies of the demand.
The Consol Market has been rather more firm this morn-
ing, at 961 for the Account, and 9534 to 96 for transfer.
Bank Stock is a shade lower, namely, at 20834. The Re-
duced Three per Cents. and the Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have also receded a fraction.- Exchequer Bills are at
Si. to 12s. premium. India Stock is at 2601,4.
In the Foreign Funds bargains have been made only to-
day in Portuguese Four per Cents., at 45 and 433/4, for
Account at 451 A, and 44. The accounts from Lisbon are not
good. In Spanish at 253/4 3 ; in the Dutch Four per Cents.
at 94 ; and in the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59%.
The Railway Share Market is steady to-day.
BRITISII FUNDS. ONE
O'CLOCK.
2084 i

CLOSING
PRICES.
208%

Barak Stock ..

Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .• 96% 961
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 96 95% 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% 97% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 3-16 1-16 10 1-16
India Stock .. . • . 206% 206%
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto. Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
1,0001...
5001. .
Ditto, Small

. 95%
• • • • • • :. 96;(3
1.30. • • • • 1 lid.
8 12 pm.
8 12 pm.
pm.
8 12
ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSINE
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account • • ..
Portuguese Three per Cent • • ..
Ditto, Small .. • • .. .. 46
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. . • • • 45 43%
Ditto, for the Account 45U 44
Russian Bonds .. .. 113
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 25-%
Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, d1v.1840 25%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94!,4 94
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... 10 .• •••• • • ..
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction 2%. •• • 234% • ..... • • 3
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 ....131 ••...• • • .. 131
Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.) .. 17% ... 32%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 8 7%% 7.... 7%
Bristol and Gloucester .. .. 30 .... 53%
Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... % p % dis. • • % dis.
Caledo.iian 4. .. 20 .. 16%% 15% 16% 16%
Cambridge and (Word % .... • •
Cornwall.. .. 5 .... % .... . . .
Derby and Crewe .. 2%
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% %
Direct Northern .. .... % •
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... •••.• • • • • •
Eastern Counties .. 14/. 165..... 24% 24 .. •• • •
Ditto New .. .• 10/. 163.• •• • 8% 8 11• ••• • •
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 2% % •• • •
Eastern Union .. • . .. 30 ....
Do.lpswich & Bury St.Edmunds 9 ....
Do. Extension to Norwich .. .... 2% ••...• • • • •
East Lincolnshire 1 1. .. . 1 34
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... .•••• • .• • •
Ditto % Shares .. 10 .... 18% •••• ......
Edinburgh and Perth • • ..
Ely and Hunlingdou 73t .... 5 ...•
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ....
Great North of England . .... •• . •
Ditto, New .. . 1% •• • • 18% •• • • •• .. 18
Great Western .. .. 85 .... ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 •• .. 23% 23 .. •• • • 23
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 34 ••• • .• .... 34
Hull and Selby ;.. •• 50 •• ..........
Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... • • ........ 39%
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 45 .... 65% 65%
Ditto New .. .. 5 .... 12 11% ....•• 11%
Leeds and Bradford' • • .• .. 26 .... 71 70 •• • • ...• 70
Leicester and Bedford .. 225. % di5......: % dis.
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. •• .. 14 % dis die.
Liverp., Mauch., & Newc. Junct. .... 4 . . • • . . .
235
London an 1 Birmingham . • • 100 ....235 234.... • •
Ditto, Thirds .. 32 .... 74 . . 74
Ditto, Quarters -• . .. 2 .•.. .. •
Ditto, k .. „. .. 2 .... 26% .... • •
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13$. 4d. 9% .. •••• • • • • 9
Ditto. New _ 3 _ 5
London and Brighton .. 50 • • . 66% .........
Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 30 • .•
London and Croydon •• • . 131 15s 9d... ...• ••• • • • 23%
London and South-Western 41/. 6s. 1.0 d.• •77 • • ...... • • 77
London and York .. .. 2% • • 2% %•••• • • • • 2%
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2 .•.. • • ....
Lynn and Ely .. 15
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds ..

.. .. .. 15 .... 13 ..........
. 82 .... - .. ....

Ditto Extension .. • - 425. .• • • 3% 4 3%....
Manchester and lihmingham .. 40 87% 88 ......

Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 ••• • 11
Manchester, Brixton, & Matlock 425.... • 1%% p 1% p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... i
diand .• .• •• .• ..100 .. 146 14i 146 x div 146xd
Ditto. New .. .• • • .. 24 .. .. 39 xd •• 39%xd
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .. .. 118% x div l2oxd
Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .. • • 43 x div
Ditto, New . 1 .... 12 11% .. •• • • 12
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .. 29% % 29%
Norfolk .. • • .• .. 20 .... 28% 29 •• • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 5 . .... 9%
Ditto, Tenths .. 2 .... 2 ...... •
Ditto, Extension . • • • • 2 •• • • 24 ••••• • • • • • 214,
North British .. •. 25.. • ... 4ON 39%

Ditto, Halt Shares .
Ditto Fiftl:s.. .

10i; 15 ......

Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1%.... 431 4........
North Staffordshire .. •• • • 425. •• .. 4% % 4 p....
Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... • • ........
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptu. 12%.... 9 831 ........
Portsmouth Direct •• • • •• •• • • 531% •••• • • • •
Preston and Wyre .• • • 25 37)2 •••.• • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2%• • . . 8%% •• • • ....
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. •• • . 1 dis .....
Scottish Central . 12% —..........—
Ditto New . .. • • ..231...• Bl4 8........ 8
Scottish Midland .. .. 10 .... 631 ........ 6%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... 3% %•••• • • • • 3%
Shropshire Union .. 425. %% Ms.. •• .. % dis.
South Midland 425..... % p.. •• •• • • % P
South Staffordshire Junction .. 2% .... 21 234
South Eastern and Dovor 33 V... • • .••••• • • • •
Do., New (d 0.331. 63.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 1814 ••.•• • • • • •
k)o., New (d.o. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% .. • . 3% %•••• • • • •
South Wales ••• • • • • •• 5 •• • • 2!,ii% •
234 ~i • •••• ••
Vale of Neoth • • • • • • . •
Warwickshire and London • .. 4,25. .. dis. ••
• . • •
Welsh Midland • • •• .... 1% •.... ••.. ••
West Riding Union • • .. 425. ••..3% 2% 3%p 331 p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... 6 .... •• • . 6
York and Carlisle .. • • .. 2% .. . . 1.. ....... 114 t 4
Yora and North Midland .. .. 50 •• . •
Ditto, Selby .. • • .. .. 30 .... ..... 75
Ditto. Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 39% xd• • .... 39% xd
Do. E. and W. Ridiag Exten..• 1 •• • 135! 14 ••.. • • 14

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens,... .. 14 .... 12%N%
Dutch Rhenish .. .. 6 .... :•
East Initen . . 'y
Great Indian Peninsular .. ss. % ..........
Great Western Bengal .. ss. .... .... ••.• • .
Louvain ala Sambre .. • . .• 5 .. •• •• •••• • ••
Luxembourg
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .• .. 13 12% .. •• • •
Orleans and Vierzon 10 .• .. 14 •• ••
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 •• • • 8% 36•• •• •• ••
Paris and Lyons Constituted • • 5 •• • • 6%%••'• ••••
Sambre and Meuse .. 8 .• .. 4 ...• ..
West Flanders .. • • .• • 6 •• • • 3% ** • •
•
JOINT-STOCK I3ANKS.
Commercial of London • • • •
National of Irelan I . • • - • •
31INF.s.
Real del Monte, Unrecistered • •

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LoNpoN, AtG.s.—Wind at noon, Easterly, light airs and hazy.
4. Wind S.E. to S. and S.W.—Arrd. Johanna,
DEAL, Auo•
James, Bathurst ; Asia, Woodward, Quebec ; Lime,
Para
Cbec. Arrd. from the River, Ann, Knex, Bombay;
Andrews, Robertson,u Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sailed,
Camden, LiHnsden, for Quebec; Christiana, Branton, Quebec;
ST, Black, Sydney Geo Seymour, Under wood.
ydney ; Derwent, APPherson, Hobart Town; Winchester, Milligan,
Launceston ; Arab, Sumner, Ceylon ; Sarah, Bridges, Jamaica ;
Marion, Bradley. Quebec; Victory, Terry, Quebec.
SOUTHAMPTON, Am. 3.—Sld. Montreal, Blenkinsop, Quebec.
NEWPORT, Auo. 3.—Sid Harvey, Conforth, Quebec.
MUMBLES, Auc. 2.—Arrd. Falcon, Armstrong, Miramichi,
CoNwAT, Auo. 3.—Arrd. Auckland, Williams, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, AuG. 4.—Wind S.W., moderate. Arrd. Sandbach,
Bellis, Demerara ; Allioth, Barrett, New York. Sld. Hurricane,
Adamson, Sydney, New South Wales ; Stirling, Barstow, Wiscasset;
Minerva, Mellar, St. Andrew's, New Biunswick ; Ambassador,
Barbour, St. John's, New Brunswick; St. Clare, Foyde ' • Caledonian
(str.), Lott, Halifax ; Wellington, Blinken, ditto; Sir Charles Napier,
Huntress, ditto. Off port, Sir Henry Pottinger, M'Wean, Calcutta ;
Juliet, Erskine, and Union.

LONDONDERRY, JULY 30.—Arrd. Matta Campbell, St. John's, New
Brunswick. Sld. Creole, Clarke, Philadelphia; Envoy, :Herrick,
St. John's, New Brunswick.

SUNDERLAND, AUG. 3.—Arrd. Triune, Everett, Pugwash. Off
port, Hero, Smart, and Belle, Robinson, Quebec.
SOUTHAMPTON, Auo. 4. Arrd. Anna Lester, Quebec; Pacha,
steamer, Gibraltar; left 25th ult., Cadiz 27th, Lisbon 28th, Oporto
31st, Vigo and Corunna Ist inst.
ILFRACOMBE, AUG. 3.—Arrd. Wilberforce, Dennis. Quebec.
CLYDE, AUG. 3.—Arrd. Marquis of Hastings, Sabeston, Quebec I
Horsford, Drummond, Trinidad. Sld. 2.1, Europa, Boyles, Demerara;
Unicorn, Mowatt, Demerara.
OFF MIZEN HEAD, JULY 30. Don, Quebec, for Waterford.
CORK, AUG. I.—Sid. Nary, Dunbar, Quebec.
WESTPORT, AUG. I.—Arrd. Viola, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
DONEGAL, Airs 31. Arrd. Thompson, St. John's, Is.Rn _l5
.
RILLIBEGS, JULY 31.—Arrd. Lady Dumbrean
St.
Montreal; John
John's, N.B.
LEITH ROADS, JULY 31.—Arrd. Hebe, Thompson,
Anderson, Morrison, Grenada; Templeton, Miramichl ;
P John and Eleanor, Dublin.
William Dawson, spittal, Quebec ; Pomona,
Hut, AUG. 3.—Arrd. Coquette, 6t.John'S, New Brunswick.

OYSTERS.—The oyster season commenced yesterday
morning, at six o'clock, at Billingsgate and anngerford-naarkets,with
a promise of a more abundant supply, and of a ciupilty imPetiOr to that
01 Several years past.