The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

MONEIc and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were
estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 600 American and
200 &hie, were taken on speculation. The market has
au upw rd tendency, and extreme prices have been OD'
tained for all kind:. The sales cunt:prised about 4.000
American, 400 remora and Maranham at 8 l. to E4d.;
600 Bahia at Sid. to Bid.; 400 Egyptian at 84d. to Sid.;
400 Surat at kid. to 54d.; and 70 Sea Llano at Is. 1/d.
to Is. sd. per lb.—The Share Market was dull at lower
quotations.
The Produce Markets in Mincing-lane are rather
dul;er than they were a week or two since.
Accounts from Amsterdam state that the Chamber of
Commerce had petitioned the Government to adopt
measures for connecting the Dutch Rhenish Railway
with the German lines, and that the King had expressed
himself most favourably towards such an extension.
The Ministry, in order to facilitate the works for drying
the Harlem Lake, intended to present to the Legislature
a project for a further advance of money. The Funds
at Amsterdam on Sunday were higher, the Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. being 56-k to f. At Hamburgh
last Ffiday there was no alteration in the rate of
exchange on London. Coffee was quiet, and there was
very little remaining in first or second hands.
Late advices from Columbia, received yid the United
States, affirm that " Granadc, under the administration
of Lopez, is fast gaining ground among her sister re-
publics, and the present immense improvements on the
Isthmus are bringing her more before the world. Now
here in South America are foreigners placed upon a
more equal footing with the citizens of the country, and
nowhere are their rights more securely guaranteed
them. Lopez knows well the advantage to his country
of foreign immigration, and while he encourages it his
country is benefited by it."
The merchants of Charlotte Town, Prince Edward
Island, are at issue with the Custom-house. The law
provides that the value of " goods imported from Great
Britain and !Ireland, and charged in the invoice in
British sterling," shall be calculated on the amount of
such sterling reduced to currency by adding one-ninth.
The Custom-house authorities do not apply this rule to
goods imported through the other colonies. The mer-
chants think it applies to all British goods with sterling
invoice. The inland mails were not resumed at last
advices. _ _

The imports of Lumber from the port of Quebec,
from the opening of the navigation to the 30:h Sept.,
inclusive, in 767 vessels, were—
White Pine ... 9,609,040 feet.
Red Pine 2,789,C80 „
Elm 1,660,844 „
Tamarac 40,320 ~
Birch and Ash 188.720 „
Oak ... ••• ... 839,644 „
Deals ... 1,777,442 std.
Lsthwood 3,261 cords.
Standard Staves ... ... M. 1,019 5 128
W. 0. W. I. Staves M. 1,860 9 113
Tamarac Sleepers... ... 22,179 pieces.
The state of the Money Market in London continues
satisfactory, if we measure it by the rate of discount,
and do not acquiesce in the assumption that extreme
cheapness is the index of its healthiness. Surplus cash
finds now readier employment, and this is the best check
to injudicious foreign ventures. A good deal of sil
ver still leaves this country, but scarcely mote
than we receive from South America, and if payment
be made, and great losses are not incurred upon the
large quantity of manufactures sent hence to the United
States and the Pacific, we may reasonably look for an
influx of gold.
The English Funds have fallen from the higher point
which they had attained yesterday afternoon. and more
Money Stock has come to market. Speculators, how-
ever, have likewise been encouraged to sell upon the
statement i❑ the Times that the Austrian troops have
entered Hesse-Cassel. Consols have been quoted
961 to 97 for Transfer, and 964 to 97 for Account.
The New Three.and-a•Quarter per Cents. have
been 97 to 08 ; and the Three per Cents
96 to #. Bank Stock has been buoyant again
at 2111 to 212. Exchequer-bills have realised 655. to
68s. premium, and India Bonds 85s. premium. Con-
sole arc now 964
Foreign Stocks have been dull. Mexican Bonds have
been quoted #. Portuguese Four per Cents. have
been done at 34, and Spanish Five per Cents. are at 184
to Belgian Four-and-a• Half per Cents. have been
marked 91, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57
to 574. Chilian Stock has been at 1024 to 103.
Railway Shares are not so good, and in most instances
the quotations rule lower. This is partly attributable to
the heaviness of the English Funds, but in some measure
likewise to the diminished number of transactions within
the last few days. The decline in the smaller shares is
to 4, and in North-Western, Midland, Great Western,
and South Eastern about South-Western have been
as low as 68. There have been several bargains in
Northern of France Shares.
QU.ARTE.R TO THREE,
... 97 96i
... 961

Consols ••• •• •••
Ditto Account ,•• •••

ONE CLOSING
FRIERS OF BRITISII ru-spi O'CLOCK. PRICES.
*buns btocm
i, er Cont. Reduced Anne. ... 96% 86 961
S Der Cont. Comols Nnniiioes... ..... 97 965 p% 967/g
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 96% 96*,,.
~+a 31 per Ueut. ti.llllß .
oug Anns. to expire J an. 1860 7 13-16 34% 7%
,r.,1i,,, Bonds, 1,0004........ — 83 p
Ditto under 1,000/........ .......
"cins.‘is for Account 97 963/4 96%
`,.N.chsquer Bills, 11,E '.. es 2cl
1,0001. June
500/. June
Small, June 6B 65 p 65 p
ONE CLOSINC,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 59
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... . lO3 1021 A 102,A
(irenada Bonds, 1% per Cent — 18
rp exican, 5 per C0nt.:846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ...
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds
Ditto, 414 per Cent
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Passive 3%
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
___ _ _

_ .
Beligan, 414 per Cent.
~.utch 2%, per Cent., 12 Guild..
Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certitisates 881,2 88,72
PRICES OF PAID,BUSINESS DONE CLUL,I.Nt,rk RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE
nerdeen
50
Do. Preference 8/. 68.8 d... dis — dis.
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 81,4..„..
kyrshire and Galloway.. 717,1 —
Beltast & County Down 32 ...... ....
Berks & Hants Extens.
(Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6
,sirmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarantee 20 - .......«......
jirming, Wolverh't. —,
and L udley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 15
Do.without guarantee 15
Birraing.,Wolverh'pton,
and tour Valley 131. 14a ... — •• I -
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 26
Iristoi and Exeter 100 ... „ 69 ... 69
!iuckinghamshire ...... 171,2
Caledonicu2
Do. New 10/. Prat lO ' 43k......•. 4A,
Ditto Cydesdale June 50

. _
Chest3r and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 .. .... -- ••• •• .........
Clarence
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June. 45 ......
I )undalk& Enniskillen 30
East Anglian, 25/., L. &
•
E. and L. and D... 25
Do. 181., E. & H....... 18 ......
Do., 31. 108., Pref...... 34.......
Do., (51.) 7 per Ct.
Preference... ... 5 ... .. ••••
Ditto (71. 175.) 7 per
Cent., Preference,.. 2
uteim Counties...
D it to,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 6/. 135.4 d.... p. — p
Ditto ditto, No. 2-6/. 13s. 4d... p x.d... hp x.d
Do., NewPref.rence,
6 per Cent.....-.... 10 ......
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6
Do., Class B & C 25
Do. Strip (Ging cent.) 20 .....• 19 ,A 2•.• ••••• ...••
East Lahbabbare ......... 25 ti.. 9
Ditto, New Quartere.. 61,4 ...... —..•-•
Do., o per Cent. Pre-.
ference Quarters ... 6 •••••• .......« .""
East Lincolnshire, guar.
6 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ••••••
Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 ......
Ditto, Newport —
Exeterareovil, & Dorch 2 a...... . —
Exeter and Exmouth 215.......
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle s. 6s. 8d.... ••• -
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consul.
Gloucester & Dean Forest 16 ......
Great Northern
Do., 1,.2 A Deferred ... 124...... .., „. .....
Do., % B 6 per Cent.- 12 IA —
Do., b per Cent. Pref. 121/g ....- 12

Treat South. and West
(Ireland)
Ditto, Eighths 2 WI -
rest N orth of England.loo ...... .........
....
Ditto, Now, 40/ 4O —
Ditto, New,3o/ ......... 30
Ditto, N ew ,15/ l5
Great Western 100
693%
Ditto, New 171— ..... 15 _
_.
dull and Selby .. ...... 50 „,.... _
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% _
..... ..'
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire& Yorkshire.loo ...... 47 47%
Do. Quarters ......... 23% ......
-
Do. Fifths.— ........ ... 10 .... 2%
Do. Thirds ..—......... 18 ..
-2%
Do. New, Gua.6 per et. 10 " ......
.....
Ditto (Huddersfield
. „.

xnd Sitett) ........ ... 50 ...... .. .. — Do. (W. Riding Union) 11!‘ —
Lucie and Bradford
% 951/2
Leeds anti Thirak ...... 50 —
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6
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