The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

MONE IC AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. Sales, 3,000 bales, including 200 for export,
and 100 taken by speculators. The sales comprised
400 Pernambuco at 54d. to 61d., 100 Egyptian at 611 d.,
and the rest American at 31d. to 51d. per lb.—South-
Eastern and Dover, and French Shares were dull, but a
fair business was done in other railways. Birmingham
and Gloucester, 112 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 56 ;
and Cashel, 9i; Glasgow and Dumfries, 11 ; Glas-
gow and Greenoc, 124 ; Graad Junction, 2174 ; Ditto,
Quarter, 534 ; Hull and Selby, 66f ; Liverpool and
Manchester, New, 35i ; London and Birmingham,
218 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 37} ; Ditto, Quarter-
Shares, 25f ; London and South-Western, Eighths, 3i ;
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 5* ; Manchester,
Bolton, and Bury, 115 ; Midland Counties, 1061 ; North
British, 5, ; Sheffield and Manchester, 94 ; South-
Eastern, 38f ; Ditto, New, 114 ; Lyons and Avignon,
1 18-20 ; Paris and Lyons, 2i ; Paris and Orleans, 39.
There are no ship arrivals to-day with later intelli-
gence from the colonies or foreign parts.
The letter-bags brought by the Overland Mail have
arrived before the usual time, not having been looked
for until to-morrow or the next day. The contents of
the papers are amply given elsewhere, and we may ob-
serve that trade was dull owing to the season of
the year, but that if excessive supplies are
not shipped, there is considered to be a prospect,
owing to the political tranquillity more generally pre-
vailing, not only in our own territory, but also on the
frontiers, of our improving trade ere long. As to China,
there I% as some difficulty in procuring payment for goods,
barter being difficult to the necessary extent in older to
make remittances.

The affair at the Bank of England continues to excite
a good deal of conversation. Burgess, the clerk who has
absconded, together with the party who represented Mr.
Oxenford,seems to have carried out his plans with a good
deal of daring, and to this circumstance, probably, is in-
debted to his success. The discovery of the fraud has doubt-
less, however, been made earlier than was anticipated, and
this affords the only hope of the capture of the parties.
The companion of Burgess does not appear to be known
except from his personal appearance. Another fraud by
different parties has been reported.
The West India steamer is still due.

The Public Securities have been a shade better to-day,
but business is not active. Consols for present transfer
have been marked 991 to 4, and for time 994 to 1,-. Ex-
chequer Bills are worth 745. to 765. premium, and East
India Bonds 945. premium. The New Three-and-a-
Half per Cents. for special transfer are 1011.
Spanish Stock is improving, and there is some little
speculation going on. The Five per Cents. realise 23f
to 4, and the Three per Cents. 34i s. The Portuguese
Converted have been firm at 46 to f. Mexican Bonds
are 36k to 35k. Peruvian Stock has been 24f to 25.
Brazilian New Bonds are at 85. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. realise 624 to
The Railway Shares are rather drooping, as sellers
predominate.