The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Funds have been firmer this afternoon, a purchase
having sent up Consols for time to par again. Bank
Stock has been supported, and for Account East India
Stock was done at 283 f ; South Sea Stock was 115.
The Foreign Bonds were dull. Spanish Three per
Cents., 34} i ; and the Deferred were done at 133.
Buenos Ayres were at 36 to f ; Brazilian receded to
881 ; and Mexican to 36/ f
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Bristol and Gloucester, ex div., were 19;
Dublin and Belfast, 2f; Dublin and Cashel, 7k; Har-
wich, * ; Birmingham, 116 ; Ditto, Thirds, 34 ;
South-Western, 341 ; Croydon, 23; London and York,
2j-; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 3; Northern
and Easterk Scrip, 10; South-Eastern, 4j; Ditto Scrip, 8;
York and North Midland, Selby Scrip, 364 ; Boulogne
and Amiens / ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordaux,/ ;
and Paris and Rouen, 16/ premium. Brighton have been
34 to 23 ; and Greenwich, 2/ discount. Colonial Bank
Shares were 11f to 3 ; and National Provincial of Eng-
land, 2 discount.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
There was no improvement in Cotton at Liverpool
yeste day. Sales 3,500 bales.— Shares also were flat.
Bristol and Gloucester, 523 ; Caledonian, 41. 35. 9d ;
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 51 ; Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 663 ; Glasgow and Ayr, 62 ; Great Western, Half,
863 ; London and Birmingham, 215; Ditto, 32Z Shares,
36 ; Ditto, Quarter, 241 ; London and York, 53 ; Man-
chester and Leeds, 1234 ; Ditto, Half, 53 ; Midland
Counties, 1064 ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1053 ; North
Union, 124 ; Preston and Wyre, 174 ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 13/. 16i. 3d. ; South-Eastern, 383 ; Trent
Valley, 8L 18s. 9d. ; Lyons and Avignon, 48s. ; Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux 31s.

The letters and pipers' this morning delivered from the
West Indies were barren of news of general importance.
A communication re mived from Halifax states :

"There has been much talk during the week of the
intention on the part of the Government to run the Royal
Mail steam- ships direct to Boston, instead of via Hali-
fax. We can find no sufficient grounds for the ru-
mour, but it has been considered of so much importance
that a petition to the Government has been got up,
unanimously signed, and transmitted through the proper
channel,; deprecating any alteration in the route, as pre-
judicial, not only to the speedy and safe conveyance of
the mails, but injurious to provincial interests, to make
a foreign port a depot for the reception of the British
mails for all the British North American provinces.
There is no doubt that,- by present arrangements, the
mails arrive at every province as quick as they would
were the steamers to run direct to Boston or New
York, and we feel ersuaded that it will be better
to bear with a trifling inconvenience, if any such
ham-ens, at times, and which will disappear as
the system becomes more complete, than to depend
upon the captiousness of the United States and the
good faith of its mercurial population, for the latest in-
formation and advices upon affairs, political or mercan-
tile. All the lower provinces, including Newfoundland,
would be injured by the change, and the benefit to the
Canadas, the only valid- excuse that can be imagined,
short of a desire to pander to the interests of the United
States at the expense of those of the colonies, would not
be problematical indeed. A little sympathy on
the frontier would soon prove to the Canadians
the folly of jeopardising their English intelligence,:and
we would not give much for the integrity of the official
papers, in the event Of any serious question pending
between the two Governments, all of which would be
Grahaniised ere they reached the boundary line. In
short, the evils that would attend the change, resent or
prospective, are so great that the rumour goes for naught
in our estimation, and we class it amongst those desirable
accomplishments which, so far as our neighbour Jona-
than is concerned, he would like to attain, but which it
is easier to talk about than to execute.

"Since writing the above, we learn that a proposition
has been made to the American Government, and ac-
ceded to by Congress, to allow the Canadian mails to
traverse the American territory to their destination,
without having to go through the American post-office.
This arrangement, though it would supersede the em-
ployment of a steamer between Pictou and Quebec, and
probably prevent the improvement of the land communi-
cation between the provinces, does not involve an altera-
tion in the communication with the mother canntry.
The injury would be felt in a lesser degree."
The Bank of England meeting has gone off satisfac-
torily, and the rest is stated to be kept up.
The Funds have been quiet, but firm, this morning.
Consols for immediate transfer realise 991 and for
time 994 Exchequer Bills are 765. premium. The
Commissisners' purchases ;are continued daily, but do
not attract much attention, being small. Bank Stock
for Account has risen to 2054 and 207.
• tThe Foreign investments have been less animated.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been 234' and the Three
per Cents. 34i 4. Portuguese Converted obtain 47 to
464. Colombian are 14 to 4, Chilian 105, Buenos Ayres
36, and Brazilian 89 to 88k. Belgian Stock realises
103 i to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 624
to I.
The inquiry for Railway Shares is moderate, and
prices are generally sustained. There is, however, less
buoyancy in the general market than there was last week,
for, whereas the old lines:may be supposed to have reached
their maximum value, the new ones have an opening for
the gradual attainment of high rates.

PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List-)
spar Vent. co...am_ A nnuitles..-..,-
Long Annuities Expire Ste Jan.
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 12 5-16
South Sea 5t0ck............. .........................

9030(

Ditto New Annuities 98%
. Bank Stock for Account ...... f.05% 207
Consols for Account ••••••••••••••••,..•••••••••••••••• 99%%
Exchequer Bills, I%ti. I%d.
I,WW ••
• . ••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••411,••••
76 —• pin.
num" 1 •••,•••••••••••.•••••• •••••• 00000 No.. 7ii pm,.
Ditto.Smaii..... • ........ ma"... 74 '75 pm.
Ditto Advertised..„.„.. -•
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 1034%
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ........
Chilian Bonds,6 per Cent lO5
Columbian Bonds. ........ •••••••••••••••••••••••• 14), %
Portuguese Bonds 5- per"a••nt................ •
Ditto Converted ........... . . .... .., 47 46%
Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 23%
Ditto for the Account 23%ii
Ditto Passive Bonds. ....... ....... ..•...........••••• 65%
Ditto Three per Cent. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3436%
Venezuela Bonds. 2 per Cent _
Ditto Deferred 123
Dutch 234 per Cent 5.................... ...... ..........• 621‘ %4
Dutch 5 per Cent 5...„.„.„.„.„.„.„.„.„.„....„ 100%% )6
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
ILAILWATL PAID. Pan 1111•1114
Birmingham and Gloucoster.....• 100 ••••••••• 1063{, to 107
Bristol and Exeter ..... .....•......• 70 ......... 80
Bristol and Gloucester 3O .... ..... :0
Chester and H01yh0ad.............. 5 ......... 61 •••• to
Dublin and Cashel....
Eastern Counties ..................... 25 .....„ 11% to
Ditto New Registered.... 81. Os. Bii: .. .. 13% to
Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 11. 13s. 4d7... to
Ditto Ditto (No. 2) ..... .... ....... x
to
Great North of England. lOO me ..... 124...•••••• to 122
Great Western ..„.„.„.„.....•..... 75 146 ......... to
Ditto Fifth 5..„.„.„.......„.„..... 12 ..... 26 . to
Hull and Selby ...
Lancaster and Carlisle 5 ..... .... 6% to
London and Greenwich •.. ..... 12Z ...me 10% •••••• to
London and South Western.„.. 41 ...... '7B
Ditto Eighth 5..„.„....„....„..... a 2%% ... to
London and Croydon
London and York... ..... ............ 2% 5%%..... to
Lynn and Ely l4 4 .• to -..
11(anchester and Leeds. 7O ..... .... .....
Ditto % Shares SO . 52 to
Ditto 4 Shares
Midland Counties ..... ................ 100 106% ...... to 106
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21
Norwich and Brandon . . ... ...... 6
South Devon ..... .. ....... ...........•• 5
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New ...............•.....•.... 4
Yarmouth and Norwich lB ..... .... 28%
Boulogne and Amiens 2 ..... ••••• 2% «...... to
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeauxi I ..
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(d'Anthouatd's Company) i 1%16 ... to
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Pirisand 00000 90 "a.... 38} to

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 18.—We have
had a large business done, principally in the smaller
stocks : upwards of fifteen hundred Manchester and
Birmingham Quarter Shares • changed hands at the close
of the market. Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington,
41 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 53 ; Churnet Valley, 51 f;
Huddersfield and Manchester, 3 2 15-16 ; Manchester
and Leeds, Quarters, 12f ; Manchester, Bury, and Ros-
sendale, 6k; Manchester and Birmingham, 51i ;
Ditto, Quarters, 5* ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 13-16 I;
Preston and Wyre, 38 ; Trent Valley, 9* ; Boulogne
and Amiens, 2/.1

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUND&

Beak Stock *** .. 000000 .....".•• 1 Indian Stock 283%
3 per Cent. Red — IDitto Bonds
.3 per Cent. Cone. ..... ....... 99% Ditto Old Annuities „.
3% per Cont. Red — Ditto New Annuities ... 98%
New 3% per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1 0001. 134 d... 76 pm.
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001.
Long Annuities to expii7e. Ditto Small 76 pm
Jan 1E160.......•"•.... Bank Stock for Acct 208
Oct. 1850" ...... ".".. Consols for Act 09%
Jan. 1860.............. 12 5-16 India Stock for Acct 284