The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.

At the close of business Consols were 99i to par, both
for Money and Account. Exchequer Bills advanced to
76a. and 775. premium. The other investments were
quoted as in the morning.
Spanish Three per Cents. maintained a firm appear-
ance, being 36i- to 37. The Actives wera 25i; Colom-
bian were done at 14; Portuguese Old Stock, in which
we have not had a bargain for a long time past was done
at 79i to 78i.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:— Birmingham and Derby, 39; Caledonian,
* ; Eastern Counties, 101- to 10 ; Greenwich 7i ; and
Strasburg and Bale, 2i discount. Chester and
head have been VI ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 16* ;
Manchester and Leeds, 41; Manchester and Birming-
ham 15i to 17 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 24} ; Puns
and Rouen 17i to In-; and Rouen and llavre 8+ prem.
Messrs. Lizardi have forwarded an answer to the
Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders, stating
that they can give no further information upon the sub-
ject of the dividends, than that contained in their letter
of the 17th inst., and that, as,to the eleven thousand and
odd pounds, they have no intention of relinquishing it.
Information was received to-day by a member of the
Stock Exchange that all the money raised by the New
Dutch Font% per Cent. Loan, and also the ten millions
of money of: the ,first call of the Three per Cent.
Loan will he - applied .to the re-pay_inent, of the Co-
lonial Dutch Five per - Cents., the amount of the
latter to be paid = off,- being fOrty-five- millions.
Parties not wishing to be paid off may exchange for the
New Four per Cents., which will bear interest from the
Ist day of May next, with a bonus of 5 7.10 per cent.,
so that for every colonial five 'per cent. bond of 1,000
florins' the holder will receive, one bond of 1,000 florins
of the New Four per Cent Loan, with the coupons from
'ay ; 57 fonds as a bonus, and 4 florins, 17, being one
month's interest on the Colonial Five per Cent. Bends ;
the price of the New Four Cents. being thus 94 against
the Colonial Five per Cents. at par.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool, yester-
day, and at fully previous rates. Speculators took 1,200
bales American, and exporters 200 bales; the total sales
being 5,000 bags—viz.. 300 Egyptian, at 7d. to 84d.;
400 Surat, at 34d. to 40.; 200 Peruvian, at Sid. to
6f d. ; and the rest American, at 4-id. to 6d. per lb.—
There was a better demand for some of the
Counties, 12 ; Edin-
Railwai Shares.
Cheater and Holyhead, 64 ; Eastern
burgh and Glasgow, 664; Great Western, 1124, irming-
ham, Quarter, 274; South Western, 84; Manchester and
Birmingham, 56; North British, 3/. Is. ; Paris and Lyons,
2/ ;Ditto and Rouen, 38.

-The following is an important document, as exhibiting the
rapid increase in the amount of the imports and exports at
the Port of Hamilton, Upper Canada:" In 1842 the receipt of
Customs amounted to 7,6041., which was considered to be
a large sum when compared with Toronto, which, for
the same period produced only 8,3004 During the
last year it will be seen that the Customs amounted
to 12,1901., being an excess over the previous year
of 4,5861. The canal tolls have also increased to 1,9861.,
which, added to the Customs, makes the very large 'sum
of 14,1761. To this sum may be added, duty on ar-
ticles in bond, 2,750/. ; so that the whole amount
of customs and tolls for the year is 16,9261. This
great increase is owing to the very advanta-
geous natural position of Hamilton. Placed at the
head of Lake Ontario, having_ excellent roads di-
verging from it in all directions—an extensive and fertile
country—hardy industrious farmers, and skilful artisans—
enlightened and enterprising merchants—the town of Ha-
milton must in a few years become one of the largest in
Western Canada, and also one of the most prosperous.
Among not the least causes to accomplish this end, will be the
enlargement of Burlington Canal, which is now in progress.
" When this is completed, aided by the improvement on the
navigation of the St. Lawrence, the appearance of sea-going
vessels in our harbour will be no novelty.
Actual Customs Duties, ending Jan. 5,1844........... .£12,190
Canal Tolls, ending Dec. 31, 1843 1,986
Articles in bonded warehouses, which may probably
be enlarged before the opening of navigation 2,750

Total amount of Customs and Tolls £16,926"
It is satisfactory, to observe, now that we are upon
the subject of British North America, that the timber-trade
generally israther active, some important sales of the 'West
India staple, in addition to Baltic and American woods,
being announced at Liverpool for the end of the month.
The Stock Market looks very firm again to day, and there
are bona fide dealings to support it, in the almost entire ab-
sence of speculative operations. Consols for immediate
transfer have been marked 99i to par, and for time
991 to par. Exchequer bills have been steady at
765., and Indian Bonds at 935. premium. The broker
acting for the Savings Banks, &b., has taken Re-
duced Three per Cents. at 99*. The New Three-and-a-Half
per Cents. are 103 to the Reduced 1021 to 1, and the Three
per Cents. 99 to 3. Long Annuities have realised 121 to 7-16.
There has been very little doing_in the. Foreign Bonds, but
they participate in the firmness of our own market. Spanish
Five per Cents. have been 25 to 25* 1, and the Three per
Cents., 361 to 361 and 37, and the Passive Q. Mexican
hare improved to 35i. Peruvian are quiet at 2941 and Bra-
zilian rather heavy at 801. Dutch Bonds are rising again,
the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. having touched 60/ to
61i. The Five per Cents. continue at 1001 to 1001.
Railway Shares are very passive :—Birniingham have im-
proved 1281 and 124 premium. Croydon also are higher,
and the few others dealt in.support the previous value.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 24.—We have
had a quiet market, to-day ;, prices generally continue firm.
The quotations are—Trent Valley, 551; Manchester and Bir
mingham, 57 58; South-Eastern, 36}; Manchester • and
Leeds, 110 to 111; Eastern Counties, 121 to 13.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red ..... 99 Ditto Bonds 93 pm.
3 per Cent. Cons. . 99 Ditto Old Annuities -
3 per Cent. Rei ..... .... 10.: Ditto New Annuities —
New 3% per Cent lO3 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 11ic1... ;7 put
New 5 per Cent...„ — Ditto 5001
Lou, Annuities to expire Ditto Small 74 pm.
Jan. 11990.... ..... ... 1 % Bank Stock for Acct —
Ott. 111139.......•.... -- Consols for Acct. B9S
_ _

Jan. 1860 l2 11-16 !India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... ,Portuguese, 5 per Cent 74(
Belgian, 5 per Cent — ,Ditto,"" New Ditto."... .........
Brazilian Bonds ......,..
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ce.d... Russian, 5 per Cent —
t"hllian, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 pet Cent 36%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...—. 103 ,Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per. Cent ... ...... ;French, 5 per Cent —f. —c.
Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent-- Exchange ......... .....
Mexican, 5 per Cent .... ..... French, 3 per eent. —f. —c.
Ditto, It per Cent., 1837. — ;Dutch, 23 per Cent 60%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent—. ?Ditto, 5 per Celst 100%

SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 6l
Caledonian. b paid
Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid)
Eastern Counties (23 paid) ....... l6i
..
Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 66
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares
.(50 paid) ..«....,.. - ,, 7:1%
London and Gree.nlnFh.(l:2t. I: s. 4d. paid) 4%

,
London and South Wrest-ern (411. 6s. 10d. paid) St
Manchester and Leeds (70 paith- lll
Birmingham and Manckster- 57
Newcastle and Darlington Junction (18 paid) 42K
Paris and Rouen (20 ........... 27%
Rouen and Havre ( 8 paid) 16_14
Strasbourg and. Bale (14 paid) ll A