The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-24 00:00:00

MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The English market closes at about the prices of '
this morning, Consols for Money and the settling day
being 991 . There was no alteration deserving notice
in any of the other investments, although discounts are
rather dearer in the general bill market. The Three per
Cent. Annuities of 1726 were quoted 99.
The Foreign market remained in the same listless
state. Portuguese Converted at 461, and Spanish as in
the morning. Russian receded a little, being 1174.
Colombian were 14 to f.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
baen these : —Bristol and Exeter were 101 to 11i, Chester
and Holyhead Edinburgh and Glasgow 16, Great
Western 421, Croydon 64 to 5:1, Ditto Scrip 9k, Man-
chester and Birmingham 14 to 13i, Newcastle and Dar-
lington 2.4, North Midland Half 4, Ditto Thirds 711,
Norwich and Brandon 51, South Eastern 3,1 to f, York
and North Midland 66, and Rouen and Havre 10 prem.
Blackwall have been 94, Brighton 31. -a, and Thames
and Medway 9i to 94 discount. London and West-
minster Bank Shares were 6 premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wore 5,000 bales,
of which exporters took 100 Surat and 500 American. Prices
were the same, the market being dull.—Except the French
lines, Shares were quiet. Caledonian, Si. 18s. 9d ; Chester
and Holyhead, 64 ; Dublin and Cashel, 6A ; Eastern Counties,
114 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 • Birmingham, 221 ;
Brighton, 451 •, South-Western Eighths, 5/. is. ; Paris and
Lyons, 31. Is. 6d. to 3/. 2s. 6d ; Paris and Rouen, 38* j ; South -
Eastern, 384 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2* to 2/. 4s.
Accounts have come to hand from Buenos Ayres to the
24th February. There are confident denials of the reports
which appeared in the Monte Videan journals respecting the
success of Rivera, who, on the contrary, is represented by the
organ of Uosas as having escaped to the Brazilian frontiers
with only a small body of men, and hotly pursued by Ur-
quiza. In the Argentine House of Representatives, one of
the Members had alluded in most pointed terms to
the conduct of Admiral Purvis, as having pro-
tracted the blockade of Monte Video ; and al-
though no report of the general debate, or proceedings,
is given, this is specially paraded in the official paper of
Rosas, doubtless with the view of exciting the spirit of his
countrymen to the continuance of the contest with the Orien-
tal republic.
The accounts from the West India Colonies are still better
as regards some parts than others. In Jamaica, the weather
was very dry in certain parishes, and the reverse in others;
but in the other islands, wet was the prevailing characteris-
tic. At Demerara, the frequent robberies are complained of,
and in Barbadoes as well as in Tobago, the inhumanity or
neglect of parents towards their offspring is said to check a
wholesome increase of the population.
The state of Cuba and St. Domingo excites much attention
in the City, and not without reason, anarchy and disorder pre-
vailing in both. It may be predicted that, it Cuba is not kept in
a more tranquil state than since the rule of General O'Donnell
commenced, the rich revenue which it annually yields to the
impoverished treasury of Spain will be materially reduced.
The Funds have been steadier to-day, with rather a limited
business doing. Consols for immediate transfer have realised
99i to 99k, and for Account 99i to Exchequer Bills
have been at 755. to 735. premium, being scarcely so
good, East India Bonds are nominally 925. premium.
The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 102*
to the Reduced 101 i to and the Three per Cents.
98,1 to 4. Bank Stock has ruled higher again, being at
106* to 194, and India Stock has been marked 2851.
;The Foreign Market is still partly affected by the race
ti,tractions at Epsom. Spanish Five per Cents. are at 24,
aid the Three per Cents. at 35 to *, being about previous
rates. Portuguese Converted have been nominally at 46* to
iJ Mexican Stock is worth 35i ; Colombian 14 ; and Peru-
vian 28*. Dutch Two-and-a-Half ' per Cents. have been
Marked 604 to 61.
,In Railway Shares the business doing is but small.
'Brighton are advancing, and Birmingham, owing to the York
afid North Midland project, are again on the decline. The
others are rather flat generally, and South- Eastern, and Man-
chester, and Birmingham, are decidedly lower.
, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22.—We have
had less business doing to-day. Stock is freely offered, and
p$ ices drooping. Trent Valley, 6*
CLOSING PRISES.