The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-01 00:00:00

MONEY ANP COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales, viz., 800 Egyptian, at sd. to 64d. ; 600 Surat, at
21d. to 3d. ; and the rest, mostly American, at 31d. to
sid per lb. The market was flat.—Shares had improved
fur Grand Junction, Great Western, and the smaller
French lines. foyers closed heavily. Bristol and Glou-
cester, 102 ; Chester and Wrexham, 101 ; Direct
Northern, 21. 9s. ; Dublin and Cashel, 9 ; Eastern
Counties, 13i ; Glasgow and Ayr, 611 ; Ditto and
Greenock, 191 ; Grand Junction, 209 ; Ditto, One-half,
1041 ; Lancaster and Preston, 424 ; Liverpool and Man-
chester, New, 321 ; Ditto, One-half, 991 ; London and
Birmingham, 214 ; Ditto 321. Shares, 364 ; Ditto and
York, 38 ; North Union, 1981 ; Sheffield and Man;
Chester, 98 ; South-Eastern, 42 ; Ditto, New. 15i -
York and Selby, 54 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2L 6s. 6d. ;
Paris and Rouen, 39;71, ; Ditto and Strasburg, 24 ; Or-
leans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 31. Ils. 61
The accounts received from Halifax yesterday refer
to the plan proposed to be carried out of a new road be-
tween Quebec and Halifax. A saving of about eighty our
ninety miles in the proposed route would be effected,
but still there are many objections raised to it ; one of
the most prominent is, that it passes so near the frontier
t troopsiltwere war to take place again with America, our
would be placed in disadvantageous posi-
tions frequently. The discussion that had been
rased upon the subject, will at least, it is ex-
pected, have one beneficial result—that of at-
tracting attention to improvements in the pre-
ts eo ntthem f
routes,ora
shouldtmie. the Government determine to adhere
The commercial accounts received this morning from
India and
China are not so satisfactory as had been
anticipated. The plethora in the stock of goods on hand
13W-suffered but little abatement. However, there was
an increased degree of confidence in the markets of the
Celestial Empire now open to our trade. As money was
°ming rather more plentiful hopes were entertained
that in a short time the business would considerably re-
Z`re• The exportation of teas was previously known to
;ail have been very large, hence the depression which has pre-
ed in our market for the leaf. The total, according
to the most authentic accounts of leaf shipped off, was
49,250,0001b5.
This being a close holiday in the Stock Exchange, as
48,_,11al nn the Ist November, we have not any fresh quo-
wihtaorness.to give of the public securities, or of the Railway
,„The public are thronging in thousands to view th e
NQ he
Royal Exchange. This is stated to be the last
tin
Y
the . that it will be open by tickets. Surely the au-
Nies Ought to grant more time to the people to
P
Ipele the
fittings up, &c.—the more so, as the most
sew, reet regularity and order have hitherto been ob-
z e'l by the merchants who have passed through the
ow building,
ar4, „
1,,.._ RESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 31.—We
busT nothing new to note to-day. There is still a good
Junctions doing, and our quotations are :—Barnsley
Valle , tii ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 1 ; Churnet '
r0i,3.7 31 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 1 and 1 pre-
y:
T _ na ; Leeds and Thirsk, 4i; London and ork, 3 1-16;
rßirmingham'"ncd Preston, Quarter Shares, 3,-1; London and
ilov , Quarters, 25 ; Manchester, and Leeds,
and es: 471 ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 1-16; Sheffield
i.,1 Lincoln, 2 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters,
's ; West Yorkshire, 91 ; Union Bank, 10.
MAR

,KET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
____.......___
CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.
44„We have had a fair arrival of English Wheat since
P', onday, 3et the stands were by no means heavily sup-
ied.
la full The demand for that article was tolerably steady,
prices. There was a fair retail inquiry for foreign
7 heat, the value of which was supported. Owing to
Shthe large supplies of Barley, that article was very dull,
yfo r decline of quite is per quarter. The quantity of
Peas
ign arrivals is ver good. Mafair demlt, Oats, Beans and
eas were in moderate syupply, and and, at late
rates.

ARRIVALS.
Fleur
Wheat. Barley.
.CLats. itstith..... ... . . 5,170 qrs. 6,390 6lrs* 4:27',1r5. 522
Pore; ***"" *****
....._
ila. ..... .... 1,e2.0 15,800 10'520
malt. 4,010 ars.
SM/TEFIEED.
Althout,h the supply of Beasts offering here was hy
no means large, we have to report a very dul,l, inquiryota.
for that description of stock, at barely Mundda?Oso Sheep
tions. There were on sale 135 Beasts, an
Aberdeen.
from Rotterdam, besides 100 Scots fr
The numbers of Sheep were small,yet the from
mMutton trade
ith difficulty
ruled heavy, and previous rates
uite
aulltePprorted. The Veal trade was excessivelyerroerkerswdeurlel,qat a
I. decline of 4d per Blbs. Prime sma
Codear; but other kinds of Pork were very dull. Mulch
Ws sold at from 161 to 181 lOs each.
Per Bibs, to sink the offal
s. d. to s. d.
Inferi s. d. to s, d.
set,).or teaata ........ 2 4 9 6 Second qualitydilto 3
60
33 4
pri •.(i_quality diito... 2 8 3 0 Coarae...wwoonllcd ditt
d Wethets 310 4 0
[IF' IC!e,°:ce.n ........ 3 2 310 Dittosh out of the wool 3—2 3
6
wee coarse Calves... 3 0 3 6 Large Hogs
38 4 0
guel',_shiall ditto ...... 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers
1,141.1'1 Calves, each 18 0 32 0 Quarter old Pigs,eachl6o
00 200 00
etior Sheep ..... .... 2 6 210 Lambs
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Pigs.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I
i 380
827 I 4,650 : 213
ENRAZZ•
u,.32.XVietIATE AND
ice hui
only a moderate supLpilrpof Meat here,. yet the
demand was heavy, on the following terms.
At per stone, by use Carcase.
a. d. to s. A.
"----- middling ......... 5.
Beef; inferior•..
8_64. to s.
22 ;16.0
_Mutton,
minferior g
32
66
32 110
."----,_ Printe large .... 303 2 prime ...
.1,-;- mime math.... 3 2 3 4 Pork, large
3 6 310
1 ... •••................ 3 0 4 0 —opal' ..... """
Since our la
Zlll.
0017 GR SOP MARKET.
'nand fo st report we have had a very active de-
r all kinds of fine colory Hops, at full prices;
In-
deed, in some instances, Sussex pockets have advanced
from 2s to 3s per cwt. In old and inferior Hops a good
business is doing at our quotations. Duty, 130,0001.
1844'3,—Sussex pockets 6/ lOs to 71 12s ; Wealds,
6/183 to 8/ ; Mid Kent, 81 to 101 lOs ; East Kent, 7/73
t° 81; choice do., 10/ to 12/ ; Farnhams, 101 to 114
COZONZAZ.
t ,s,c,,.—The market for British Plantation has been
2,rably firm, and there has been a fair business done.
elusive
of the week, about 1,900 lihds to last evening in-
other
hi3right yellow sorts have been best supported ;
~0 r descriptions being rather easier to buy. At sue-
(l3 13arbadoes realised 62s 6d for fine, and 57s
been°sB3 61 for good mid. Refined standard lumps have
demand
taken at 73s to 73s 6d per cwt for East India. The
7esalnkd for these descriptions has been limited. At auction
401: uag' Bengal only partly found buyers. Fine white
were - b li has been sold
at 66, scarce. Fine yellow Do a
at 40. ..o 6781 good grey at 57s 6d to 58s 6d, and brown
1 , ~o 43
•,631 b st damp and washed
s t 54P kauritius sold at 40s to 6707s3fobrasgosunmde,draansd,
hunt3';aids Id for damp and washed ;
for 411', 1 344 bags sold in bond at 13s 6d .
14s 6d
brow Paid,
; ' ~ ere mostly taken in at 42s to 42s6dtofor low
common ,
3'ellow , dark brown, and at 30s for good bri
Poittio;3B baskets Java brought 18s6.edto22ste dght
15s. to
173 for dame- 81 chests Brazil were a 1 . n in at
con, .
t
of 182- British Plantation has been dull. A parcel
eWt fore 8": 1'8.32 brls Jamaica sold at 105 s to 125 s per
554 t,, ~,k('od Mid coloury, at 88s to 90s for mid, and at
,firthratbe",el for low and fine ord. Ceylon has been..
to ' r ; 610 bags Plantation partly sold at i6s
R._ 73 for mid color 3 and some taken in at 80s, and
fine
taord realised 60su per cwt. 267 bales 10 cases Mocha
urtttlt
found buyers at 58s 6d to 75s for mid greenish,
sop e rest were taken in at 63s for low mid. Mysore
Went
tortt
26s
ss
to 4208: 6df()r per cwt ; 126 bags St. Domingo
n Coco
red Grenada has realised 42s 6d per
e 'itiv__B.......razil h. as been taken in at 27s 6d. per cwt.
evere'-'-'
chic article article has been firm; 7,607 bags Java
GOO heimillY taken in at lOs to 12s 6d for sound; and
s bags Aladras at 9s to lOs per cwt.
sALTrevet.—There has not been much doing.
has-Picts --Pimento has been steady. Penang Pepper
. been taken in at 2'4ld to 2-irl per lb for fair; and
some Catsia Lignea at 50s per cwt.
use—This market is steady.
and with
t.a.There has been more firmness in the market,
a fair business doing. The deliveries are good.
VoTt.ALtesv•-1). Y. C. is 40s 9d to 41s per cwt on the
Corrox.—There is a quiet market, owing to the ad-
vices per Caledonia. 'Yesterday sound Surat was mostly
taken in at full Prices, but the offers were low.
'reef-

Jac- esterday morning the Antwerpen steamer, Captain
kson, arri a the St. Katherine Wharf, Tower,
at the early hour of half-past seven. The ship was de-
tained for two hours at the entrance of the river by a
thick fog, but the at
was notwithstanding made in
twenty hours.
SUPPRESSION or BROTHELS.---In pursuance of a
requisition to the Mayor of Gravesend (P. L. Staff,
1-Iscl. signed by the clergy of the Establishment
and of the Dissenting chapels, by the magistrates, the
medical gentlemen, and other influential inhabitants of
the borough, a meeting was convened by him and held
on Wednesday evening in the Town-hall, for the pur-
Pose of considering the Propriety of petitioning Parlia-
ment to pass a law comprising provisions similar to those
contained in a Bill introduced into the House of Lords
last session by the Bishop of Exeter, entitled "An Act
Jur the more effectual suppression of trading in seduction
and prostitution." At seven o'clock on Wednesday
QVCOing the Town-ball was filled in every part by as re-
spectable an assemblage of both sexes as upon any former
occasion had met in the town. e we ob-
served several of the clergy, t On tag
magistrates, platform
istrates, and me-
dical practitioners, and the Mayor h
resolutions in favour
of the object of the meting were unanimously carried.
M. Baanam.—T
Charles a he veteran Braham and his son
ppear to-morrow night for the first and only
time at the Surrey Theatre, in the opera of the Devil's
.13 ridge. The performances are for the benefit of the
po
Jewish or. With such an excellent bill of fare, and for
such a deserving object, there can be no doubt but that
SAvirios'
the house will be object.,
bumper.
'rent relative Parli-
ament to Savings' Banks, depositors, after the
November
to be instant, are required to produce their
..upreates
compared and completed : an this
laey are also required to do after every succeedind g 2c)th
No