The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

M Fs Y alai COMMERCIAL NEWS'
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
maeel at from 11,000 to 12,000 baler, of which 2,000
bales were taken on speculation. The market was
sts aelv, and Lull prices were raid. American were'
1-16 i, and Surat and Egyptian id. per lb. dearer.--
In Railway Shares a fair business was done at faller
quota'ions.
The steamer from the United States brings late sd-
vices, and the letters and papers will be delivered this
afternoon. The exchange on London was 1071 to 108.
Accounts from St. Petersburgh contradict, upon
shat is stated to be good authority, the as-
sertion of an English paper, that new trading
relations are about t' be opened with Great
Britein. It is stated, on the contrary, that the commix
lion appointed to inquire into the matter had not eve°
made its report to the Government Council, and that the
Finance Minister was not likely to be able to attend ta
the question, being at his wit's end almost to know bort'
to make the ways and me ins meet. We may expect'
under these circumstances, a very speedy remittance to
Ru;sia of the amount of the present loan, unless fun"
have already been partly forwarded in anticipation; for
the Emperor wanted the money six months ago, wheu
the Five per Cent, loan was proposed. The scrip is 111
so high in the continental marko s as some might expe6P
At Amsterdam it has ranged from ito 1 premium.
London the letters of allotment have not yet been 16-
sued, cut every exertion is used to make a market,.
3,-)t premium have been called 026
prices in the Stock Exchange. Bargains have
even been entered into at 1 premium by partie
anxious to realise, and if the public will but keep slit
on their guard, and, heedless of any recommen"-
tioa by interested parties, refrain from investing'
in the security, the contractors and their inoLe-
diate connexions may find themselves saddled rm.'
more of this much be-praised stock than they calculated
on, and glad, as with the last Austrian loan, to get Out
of some 0f it even at a loss. The system of foreignloans
being objectionable in a general sense, and this loan op-
posed to morality in [articular, will not have a deterring.'
influencew ith mere apt culators; but once let it be proyett
that no profit is obtainable, and we shall hear of a note
thie'ul application of capital at home. Market
At Amsterdam on the 19th inst. the Stock Mar-
wae without any particular movement; Dutch 2ito
cents. were 55i t ) 5-16. At Hamburgh on Friday 10:
the exchange on London remained at 13 91, and 13°'
much doing. Money was easy, and funds and sitsres
were quiet.
Advices of September 29 have been received 61
Wellington, New Zealand. There were complaints Ot"
of the obstacles imposed in the accordance of legislative
privileges. A survey of the coast of the islands le
being conducted by the commander and crew of to
Aeheron.
The Australian accounts, per overland mail, are very
favourable. Another mine of great promise is said to
hare been discovered in South Australia.
Ia the Funds there is a fair money business &ail;
Consols far Transfer have been fluctuating from 961
tle Bank Stock has been 2071 to 2081. Exchequer:
bills are 58s. to 61s. premium. The New Three-antls
Gleaner fer Cent& realise 981 to 99i. India Stoe
at 2661. Consols for Account are 964.
dholaerg'
The committee of Spanish American Bon
have sent us an official eonfirmatien of the statement
made yesterday, that 66,613 dollars have been recall'''.
for ti.e Mexican dividend by the Great Vevestern Ett an
and tint over 30,000 dolls wero packed up at TainPlree
and would have come, but that the steamer could not ro
main off long enough. We hear that about 100,000 doll°s
ant reach by the next mail, and Colonel Faciointorras
that :.;_?6 606 delers are already in the Bank a °?ogr;
land fa. the interest. The Bonds are 29 to I- Perui%
have been run up to 69 and 70, and Buenos Ayres
aro
55 and 56k. Si anish Three-and-a-Half per Coils
361 to ie
Shares are still rising, and with a steady busts
°
doing.
tiLITESH FUNDS TEIB DAY AT ONE O'CLOC'S.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2081,4 2071/s
per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Anna
Ssw 314 per Cent. Amts.
Lena Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1660... , 8 11-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 8 7-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 3 7-16
tndia Stock 2664
Do. Bonds, 10001 97 96 p
Ditto under 1.0001
:',9Lrols for Account
.chequer Bills. 1 tad.
gB* 61 Merck. SJB 61P
58 61 P
58 61P

500/
Small

_,,„r
RieF OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLUti'. ,
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent --
Ditto for the Account...
Equador Bonds •••
dexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Couponss46--1561A14 551/4
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons -
Ditte Account
Peruvian Bond, 4 er Cnt
Ditto for the sAccop unt ......• 6-9 6814 ti
Ditto Deferred .. . -
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o -
Ditto Account . ...... - la%%
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ......
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41,4 per Cent.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild -
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates -
Ditto Bonds
mf
EV SINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'Cle+-
RAILWAYS. PAM PEA SAARI.
-o.urieeti - -
Ditto, Preference Ei - dis. .. to --*
I.niber.,Notting., Bostori,&c. 7% - .... . to
.kyrshire and Galloway - ...... to
.....,*"
lelfast and County Down .. 28 .. - ...... to
3erks and Hants Extension
••
(Gt. 'West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6
.nriningnam to Oxford J unct., x • to --
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 . -
X.
1.
tO
Do., without a guarantee... 20 - ••••••
.iirmingbam,Wol.,& Dudley, to •""
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... - ...... .....
. to
Do., without a guarantee... 10 - •. ••
.....
dirming., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145 - ...... t°
,lirkenhead, Lancashire, and . to
Cheshire Junction.. - •••••.
~,
. .....t: ....-
lr;stol
and Exeter -
Do., Thirds 2% - ..... t
Buckinghamshire..- - 17,A1 1714 x
„it to
;aledonian
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...»814 ...... w ...
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
- .....• to
....
;hester And Holyhead..- .....50
Ditto, Preference
.0„.
;larence. .... 7Bl
- •••••• ...,
to
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
...„,
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to
...... to "*.
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ......
to
.-. irect London & Portsmouth 5% - ...... ...-
. to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - ...... to
)undalk and Enniskillen ... 30 - .....
tast Anglia, 251. L. & E., to "'
awl L. & D . 25 - ••••• - ~...
Ditto, )81., E. & H lB ..... 1%•••••• 60
~..
1)0,31. 136.,6 p. Ct. Pref 3% - ........
~,...
- Do, 71. 178., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2tO
..
b: ,stern Counties
•- w ..,..,
....
to
Do. New Guara.nt. 6 per Ct. 10
Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 133. 4d .. - p x•-i • -
to
Do„ do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... - P - ....
to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - .....•
to /Do., 5 per cont.
Ditto, New ... .. « 43 . .... - ...••
'4.listun Union, Class A (late to•
E. U. Shares) ... - 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 . - ..... 0.
Ditto, do, Class B & C...... 25 ...... - ...... tO
..0.
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 - x. i. t° ...-
~:..st Lancashire ... 25 - •• ••• to
..
__„,
Ditto, New ... 25 - ...... t "
Do., New Quarters - ...... t° :„
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference -
••••
Quarter Shares 61,,f . to
... -
Nast Lincolnshire
....„
, to
°.- +;dinburg h and Glasgow 5O - ....
Ditto, Half Shares - .... : to ...•
d:dinburgli and Northern - ..... tv
....
to
Ditto, New port l5
.
F.xeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - x• l• to to to
Exeter and Exm0uth......... 21s. - ". .. to ''''
ilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd - •• e•• in •••••
ilasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - •••••• ee
__
to "--
I)o.Preference Consolidated - - •• ••• •••
Gloucester arid Dean Forest.. 12% - •••••• ta ..•-•
,treat N orthern 2O - •••••• to
to ....,,
Do. %B 6 per Cent....... 71,4 - "'".. to 101
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 121 ll ...... 0„,„,
At. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 - •••••. ta
to
.0.
.real North of England 100 - ' .....
lotto, New 404.... ..... - - 40
Ditto, ditto . .. 35 - to
...•
••• •
Ditto, N e. w 301 tO
.. so ••• •• - ......
.. O
69p to
. li
Ditto, New 15/......... ...... lb _ . t
Great Western 100 69% 70 69 70
~,...
Ditto, Half Shares 5O
Ditto, Quarter Shares 25
Ditto, Fifths 2O
o. ew (71
lull and Selby l5 .. ...
_731 964 % .. ...
... .
...... ....... ..... 11
it t It
to
Ditto, ..
D N;
50
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - • •••" to ••"
Ditto,Quarter Shares .... 12% - •••••• to ••••
..ancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 - ...... 0
.0.
Do., Thirds - ...... t _
to '
.ancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... - • ..... •••••
to
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares ... 49
Ditto Quarters - ..... to
to ....
Ditto Fifths
10
"" - ......
to
....
Ditto. Thirds .... - ...... •••'
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO - .....
to
~,...
Do. (Rudders. and Shia) 50
Do., West Riding Union-. 10 .... - .* ''' o *".
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 - ....... 0 ''''4
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 - • ...... e.l
Leeds and Bradford 6O .....103'% 1v- to •••••
Leeds and Thirsk .............• 50
Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. - •"*. to /Ditto, ditto...
Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - ...... to .00
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 -• ......
Liverpool.Crosby,andSouth- to ".
port.,
London & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d - , ,"'".. to 85
Lund., Bright.,& South Coastloo ..... 85Mi"'" 0 •*".
Do., New SL, gua. 6pr CLIO°
to
Do. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 ...••• -- •' .. to •"''
Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - •" . to •"
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ...- -- ..... to 1';
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... 111i1a•••••• to ••••••L
Ditto Preference - ......
to lin,
London & North Western 100 ......1104110%. to 0*"
Do. New Quarters.
Do. Fifths l2 ..... -• •" .. to
ro. 41c. Shares.....L. &hi 35 .....• '-' ..... to "...
Do. 10/.... 51. and B. (C.) 1 ...... -- ..... to "'-
Loudon and S. Western lOO ..... 8854".". to
Ditto. New 501. - *".. to •"'
Ditto, Nk w 40/ 34 ...... --- .....
1.c., New Scrip, 1848, Pre to •••••
5 ,
,„„ ..- •••••' to ••• ,
Londonderry and Coleraine 25 ...... •-• "*... to
Do. Half Shares . .....