The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

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MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were to a
'rd,,, *Acute extent, being 4,000 bales; prices were steadier.
ireB9'w3er;e dull, at previous rates.—Birmingham and Glou-
cester,Eastern Counties, 13 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
; Great Western, Half, 72 ; Caledonian, 5-1 ; Dublin and
Cashel, 511; Birmingham, 230; Brighton, 44; Manchester
:Ind Birmingham, 54:4 ; Paris and Lyons. 6d.
The private commercial advices received from the United
States to-day, are rather more satisfactory. Money was
rather abundant. The provision trade was prosperous.
The Stock Markets are rather more firm this morning.
Consols for Money have touched 994, and for the Account,
991- Since these. rates were paid, time bargains have been
Inade at 99a 4. Bank Stock has improved to 1961. The
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818 have just been
sold at 102 k. This is the last day allowed for the
holders of the Stock to assent to the plan of reduction.
Wee are told that the holders, of the 10,000,0001.
% this stock have assented to within a mere fraction. The
reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. may, therefore,
be said to have been accomplished. In the value of Ex-
chequer Bills and India Bonds but a slight alteration in the
premiums have occurred to day.
A small amount of business was transacted in the Foreign
Stock Market to-day. Spanish has been rather firm at 25h i ;
Lao Three per Cents. at 361 A ; Dutch at 60a for the Two -
and. a-Hal per Cents. ; Belgian at 104 t ; Brazilian at 801 ;
and Mexican at 35*.
A slight tendency to decline was observable in the Rail-
;Way Share Market to-day, with but few exceptions. Aus-
L'lian Bank Shares were sold at 3 premium. Australian
%%cultural Company's Shares are at 101 discount.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 196% 195% 196%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99%%
31, per Cent. Annuities, 1818. 102%
3 per Cent.tlteduced Annuities
ew 3% per Cent. Annuities 103%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
India Bonds, 1,000 —
Ditto under 1,000 93
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account 99% %4
Exchequer Bills, I%cl. I%d
1,0001.
5001
FOREIi Small
GN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 104%
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .. ..........
i Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferred Stock . 15%
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25%
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account

rs—"--•
s,utch 2% per Cents 60%
Dutch 5 per Cents. lOO%
New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARP. .
111'6401 and Exeter 7O 74 to
..ualetlonian
4hablin and Cashel ... 2% 5 to
4attern Counties
..Pitt() New Registered 81. 6s. Rd
Jr4lnburgh and Glasgow 5O 654
great Western
Ditto Fifths
4,oudon and Birmingham lOO .228
. Ditto m Shares
.Aundon and BlackwAl 16%
tendon and Brighton
„•,,ondon and Greenwich
4Aticlen and South Western 41% ......
, Ditto Eighths.— ..... . ........... st
a•ttdon and Croydon (Trunk)... 334
Manchester and Birmin ham ... 40
45 sl
R„ rn Northern and Eastern
56%%s ... to
Norwich and Brandon
South Eastern and Dover 32
„.Ditto New
w hitohaven and Mar)port
4 to
zork and NorthiMidland
Ditto % Shares
Earls and Orleans
r aris and Rouen
Rouen and Havre.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 18,
3 per Cent. Consols g"J%
Three and a Half Stock ...... a 102%

Ditto New, k3O 10212
. Grand Canal Stock l2
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SRAM
Dublin and K. Road
Drogheda 55 7'
Dublin and Cashel ditto 234
Hibernian Bank 25 3034
National Bank
Royal Bank
National Insurance 25 34
Patriotic ditto
Wicklow Copper Mines
City of Dublin Steam Company IOO
British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 5O
CURSE
Steam Ship Building Company
A OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
,‘!liaterdani CF. 12 5 Gibraltar —
't% at 1
sight l2 3 Leghorn 3O 60
'%°tte
kltw: am 2U.12 6 Genoa 25 90
b
114 taliali
25 95 Milan —
Ah urgh M. 8.13 15 Venice 47
r°la l3 15 Naples ........ .......... 39
aris
00, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon s3i
ineilles
Joardeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23
pll,
,:traort on Maine.. 1221 Bahia 23
laSbUrgh, 3 Us... 361 Buenos Ayres —
Itien,_"" 7 NewYork,2ldyssight
.. 41E4 effete. fl. 3 M 956 Philadelphia —
k•tit, ditto
Caral d 37 Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9
t„ z
:14._utvao 36 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0
36 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
—4realona 36 New Dollars 0 4 9i
litrin, — Silver in Bars 0 4 111
koz
lelms-ITR STOCK EXCHANGE, Arm 19.—We have
lb a steady market to-day, and a fair business transacted.
144 quotations are—Eastern Counties, 13A ; ditto, Regis-
-141(111,15 ; Hull and Selby, Quarter Shares, 9i; Manchester
th;"irrilingham, 50a 51 ;If and i ; Midland Counties, Quarter
d,lTreB, 221; South-Rastern, New, 10; Norwich and Bran-
-14'2 9-16; Caledonian, sto 4 ; Scarborough Junction,
au; "'kt ;10i Union Bank of Manchester, 911; Manchester As-
e . .

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
litre display of choice luxuries—such as hot-house grapes,
ii:lnerries, peaches, cherries, cucumbers, &e., was exceed-
kv good for the time of year, yet their prices rated very
4t Y
ibtadu' 411 other articles were,abundant, and the demand was
0
Za.BWGATE AND LEADEN/LAI/L.
the the principal features in the Poultry market was
1.14(1,117val of a large supply of Fowls and Turkeys from Ire-
ku;',; excellent condition, and by far superior to those which
118,a; come to hand from abroad. The general demand was
Althrs3.' mit we have no variation to notice in the quotations.
teseps'lligh the supplies of meat were seasonably extensive, the
tilitZak,deoland- was firm, at prices about equal to those
6,1',i1l our last report.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4(1; Mutton,
latti '0 35 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 68 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ;
Fork, 23 4(1 to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.
410,
trade 1,11; the supplies of meat on sale were not large, the
was heavy, at barely late rates :—Beef, from 2s 4(1 to
• 4,1
Y 8,11;„ 'Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8c1; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d;
"a 4(1 to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4(1 to 4s per 81bs.
Bl▪
oAPrka NEWPORT.
Beef and Lamb sold freely ; other kinds of meat
ixot.•
,4, on the following terms :—Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ;
" ▪ 28 6(1 to 33 8d; Lamb, 4s 10d to Gs 4d; Veal,
a to 48 6d ; and Pork 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs.
Th, BILLINGSGATE.
l'esr-'IIPPIy of Salmon was tolerably good for the time of
etherl.,4" tnet a stead sale, at from ls to Is 6d er lb. All
'414 of fish moved off slowly at last week's p
prices.
Pri„, HUNGERPORD.
qilotZe meat was in steady demand, at fully last week's
4414 Tits. In all other articles, the supplies of which were
'4(ecedingly little business was transacted.
'2(l e . Prices of WheatenßßEAD
Bread in the metropolis are from
te
-; of Household ditto, 6cl to 7(1 per 41b loaf.
s, aw , RIDE MARKET.
vt
• d at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers,
calf° 5310 d ; dlng hides, 4s 8d to 58 4d ; inferior ditto,
rto 4s ot..
p° Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market
ditto "(1 to 8s ;woolled sheep, 4s to 5s 6d ; short
44 to .8 to 4s '6d - lamblongskins, is to 2s 3d; and shearlings,
8,1 each. ,
RAY MARKETS.
d•
i-llMElz.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 ss; use-
-168 40, 31
6s to 3/10s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31
Wh'ea• elover Hay 3/ 5s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ;
,t Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 10s per load. Trade throughout
e 4 at about stationary prices.
ni'ttLA2-`ll).—Coarse Meadow 3/ to 3/ 10s ; useful
Clove -4 12s to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland. ditto, 3l 16s to 4/ ;
4trawi'LlaY,3/ 53 to 4116 s ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1110 s ; Wheat
"1, 1/ os to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a
,1,3' demand.
UaeforrLeßAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 3/ 58 ;
1.„ ditto, 3/ 6s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 13s to
88; siV Clover Hay, 3110 s to 51 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11
t rade heat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good,
dull.

,„ WAIiEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY.
ii"e att,mhave small arrivals to this day's market, a
nda slender
ii- auce of buyers. The little business passing in Wheat
N.:: at
heather lower prices than last week. Barley was also
LlateaY sale, and a shade lower. Oats and i Shetllßng in
st' request, at a small reduction in value; bu
be noted Is. per quarter lower.
qr.
o f
* Pneat, Suffl4lk, Essex, and Kent Red...
c r 6olEb.xtToß tAh. e bushel.
Nw
.... —to 57 54 to 55
Ditto ditto White... 60 56 53
Norfolk Red 55 51 54
Ditto ditto White... —57 5! 21
5
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red —55 s`. 55
Ditto ditto White....— 56 5.
Yorkshire Red 55 52 5.1
Ditto ditto White... 58 54 5.
Foreign Red 54 56
Ditto ditto .... ....... . White 56 60 — --
1141
Per quarccr imperial.
%Norfolk and Suffolk 33 30 31
Yorkshire azd Lincolnshire
Grinding c 8 30
. Poreigy 32 30 31
utilll, Small fn`
Per qr. of 631 b. to the bushel.
Ticks
cks
31 34 30 32
0 Foreign _
lits. Potato and Pola d ...
S'un. a1ine........ . RM. to 11d., Fcrtign —d to —d. pet Stem.
Mil- 1nt....... 1,2 i. to 23, per Lead.
bt " .............. "*"*"'" ....... ".".
....... tine 444. per Lc,d
—17.4".............7.7.....7......"...... .... 25LOs 5.71.05. —I. Us. per Litt.
4,0
i YD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
,0.1 -
LE b().; APRIL 20.—Light breeze at N.W., and cloudy.
rate. AL, Ailtit 19.—Wind E. to S. E., variable and mod
_, calt---Arrd. Mona Milligan, Launceston ; Duke Cornwall
lci litta; Antelope, Fleetwood, Batavia for Gottenburg.
ci Acorn, Trinidad • Emanuel New York ; Witton Castle,
-61ebee . F ' ! ' Homely, Bahia; Chanti-
cleer , 'tends, Metis. Arrd.
r, amaica.
Nii"iffoßD, Apitit, 18.—S1d. Tamerlane. Quebec.
4,lE'rri'Y, APRIL 18.—S1d Britain, Quebec.. _ ..vai_
la, itntEli, Arum 17.—Sld. Queen Victoria, Sir W. 1 (1'1,1114! Brilliant, Quebec.
kr Ito "OvErt, APRIL 19.—Johanna, Meyer, Buenos. Ayres,_u
_a tterdarn, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been.
American
night at the back of the-Goodwin Sands with an
01,117 ship. Engleborough, Mear, China.
Ayres r `A.STIN9B, APRIL 19.—Amphitrite, Arends, Buenos,
14,s ior Antwerp
'e.'"wrsliourn, APRIL 19.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. her
StY's ship Thames, from Bermuda.
C4I-Morrit APRIL 19 Wind N., light.—Sld. Sylph
4 G4a3rra. ' .
_.BaisTot
Nd. L,,.,._1, APRIL 19.—Arid. Tom Cod, Everett, Africt
xliuit'__l'_ woods, Quebec.
St. joituu,sa,,Arnm 16.—S1d. Ann Moore, Quebec; Nerio,
LivE s' I\ ew Brunswick.
trace, r'OlL, APRIL 19.—Wind N.W., light.—Arrd. Ben
Inmis ~.Brlc. and Reliance, Cargill, Maracaibo; Morgiana,
AO ~ v•harleston • Euro F b r New York Oel iust.);
li 4..4' St, Jehuq, New Brunswick.ure Sid. Hibernia steamer,
-"; Argll4lilei BAY ch4elll'; ViGtOrY: Quebec; Gui-