The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-20 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAI, NEWS

CITY, WEDNIT.SAY EVENING.
The English Securities leave off rather heavily. Consols
993% % for Money, and 100, sellers, for the Account. Ex-
chequer-bills declined to 60s. premium.
Spanish Three per Cents. receded to 283/4 this afternoon,
but closed at 29 to 30; the Five per Cents. remained at 304 ;
Portuguese Converted were 68 to 683/4 ; Chilian, 1013/4.t0
102 ; Brazilian, 921 A ; Colombian, 14%; Russian, 116%;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 63%; and Belgian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents., 1014.
Shares generally remained pretty steady; the business
done being moderate. _ _

(Film The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liveipool yesterday were only 1,200
to 1,500 bales, and American was 1/9d. per lb. lower. The
business consisted of 300 bales Surat, at 23/4d. to 314 d. ; and
the rest American, at 3%d. to 51,4 d.-all to the trade.
Cotton was freely offered for sale. A good business
continued to be done in Shares, at steady prices. Aber-
deen, 2% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 6% ;
Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton, 44. Is. 6d. ; Blackburn and
Preston, 1514 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 9% 1014 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 9 914 ; Bristol
and Gloucester, 58 ; Caledonian, 10 101,4 ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 6%; Chester and Birkenhead, ex div., 45% %;
Ditto, New Shares, at 33 discount, 37% 38 ; Chester and
Preston Brook, 5 ; Churnet Valley, 7% 7 ; Direct Northern,
4% 3/4 ; Dublin and Belfast, 6% ; Dublin and
Cashel, ex new, 12 ; Ditto, Extension, 71. 16s. 3d.
Dundalk and Enniskillen, 23/4 ; Eastern Counties, 22% % ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 15% ex div. • Ely
and Bedford, 2%; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. Is.
11. 2s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 17 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 8% % ; Grand Junction, 226 2261/, ex div. ; Ditto,
Eighths, 19V, ; Great North of England, 30/. Shares, 20 204 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 351/ ; Leeds and Think, 4% 4% ;
Leeds and West Riding, 6% ; Limerick and Waterford,
; Liverpool and Manchester, ex div., 207 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 383/4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. 6s.
31. 17s. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, ex div., 231% ;
Ditto, Half Shares, ex div., 43% ; London and South
Western, ex div., 79 ; London and York, 33/4 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, ex div., 65%; Ditto, New Shares,
51/s 51% prem. ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, ex div., 165;
Manchester and Leeds, ex. div., 145 146 ; Ditto, Half Shares,
ex div., 64%; Midland Stock, ex div., 140 139% ; Ditto,
40/. Shares, ex div., 13% 34 ; Ditto, Birmingham and
Derby, ex div., 108% ; North Walcs Mineral, ex
new, 13; Oxford, Worcester, and Rugby. 31. 18s. 9d.,
3/. 17s. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre, 13% ; Scottish
Central, 43/4 51%; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/. 45., 1/. ss. ;
Sheffield and Manchester, ex int., 109 111 , Ditto, Quarter
Shares, ex int., 131/4 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
7 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 3% %;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 5% 4%;
South-Eastern, ex new, 431/ 44; Ditto, New Shares, at
18 discount, ex new 18 173/4 ; Ditto, New Shares, at 16 2-3
discount, 11% 1234 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 934 1/2 ;
Trent Valley, 163/4, ex new; West Yorkshire, 31.55. 3/. 6s ;
Boulogne and Amiens (English), 11% 12 ; Consolidated
Central of France, 173/4 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (Eng-
lish), 10% 3s. 9d. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2/. I ls. ;
Paris aad Rouen, ex div., 441 i4l/4 ; Paris and St. Quin-
tin, 21. Os. ; Toulouse and Bordeaux, 2%; Toulouse,
Bordeaux, and Cette, 2%; Verona and Ancona, 1%.
Accounts from Arica, vid New York, state that proposals
had been made to the Bolivian Government, for the exclu-
sive privilege of exporting bark by some British merchants,
and which it was believed would be granted, and continued
whatever change of Government might occur.
There has been a meeting to-day at the East India
House relative to the oft-debated matter of the Raja of
Sattara, but the subject excites very little general interest,
however important to the individual immediately concerned.
Stocks are very quiet, and a little flat. Consols realise
9934 % for Money, and 100 for Account. Exchequer-bills
have declined to 655. and 625. premium. India Stock, for
Money, has been done at 284 a and Bank Stock, for Account,
at 215%.
There is also very little doing in the Foreign Market.
Spanish Actives bring 304 %,: being rather lower. Portu-
guese Converted are 6814 to % Mexican Stock is 3634 to
367. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. are 63%.
['he Railway Shares are very well supported, with a
moderate business doing at the quotations below given.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Consols
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 9834
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001 —

CLOSING
PRICES.
99%
98:y4
284

215%
10C

Bank Stock for Account... .„ 2151/
Consols for Account..
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/, 11/id. ... 65 64 pm. 60
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small ... 62 65 pm. 65
Ditto Advertised Pm
CLOSING
PRICES.
924
102
14%

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..... .
Columbian:Bonds, ex Venezuela —
' Mexican 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto. Account ... .... 36% 3/4
Ditto, Deferred .......... .
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 681A% 683/4
Ditto, Account 681% 69
Russian Bonds .. .. 117 116%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 30%3/% 3014
Ditto, Coupons . — 29
Ditto, Passive
Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent .. 10114
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 991/x%
PRICES OF CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONEO'CLOCS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 1%.. l%
Birming. and Gloucesterloo 134 135 133 ... 135
Ditto % Shares
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 10
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New - 2
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 63/4 14.
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Ciiurnet Valley
Cornwall
... . 51/s ...
Diss, BeccleS, Yarmouth 1% 2%%
Direct Northern
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 21/2 6
Dublin and Galway..... 2% 3 2%
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union lO .. ...
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto New 14 Shares... 2%
Great Grimsby and Shef•
field

ONE
O'CLOCK.

Great South. and West
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New 2 —
Great Western BO ......180 ....

22%

73/4
211/2
181

Ditto 1,4 Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 21, ... .. 5
Harwich
Hull and Selby
Do. Half Shares
Kentish Coast l% I% 2
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
Lincoln, York, and Leeds 1% ll/4
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...234 233
Do. New Thirds
Do. Quarters
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 7%%
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18%%
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 791/ 80
Do. New
Do. New
London and York . 21/ 314%
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73 145
Do. v„ Shares
Midland 100 1391/.2 . 140%
Do. New
Midland, Birm.,Derby...loo 106
Newark and Sheffield ... I%
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 24 ...... 471/2 ...
Do. New Brandling
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Wales
Preston and Wyre
Richmond and West End
Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
:•cottish Midland Ph-- 3%
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 212..... 33/4 414 ..... ..
South Devon... lO ...... 18 18%
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 43%3/4
Do., No. 1 8
Do., No. 2.
Do.,
No. 3
South Wales 2% 53/4 ... ...... ......
Trent Valley 2 ...... 17
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..•... ......
West Cornwall
York and North Midland 50 102%
Do. Selby 2O
Do. Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
,- Boulogne and A miens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons 6 ...... .........
and Avignon 2
3
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ......
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Parts and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
British North American 50 ..

1%
36
11/8
233
44
31%

31A
51%
147

2%
471%
32

4%
19

12rt
8 ..,
6.
1712
3A

1414

113%

181/2
4%

52
454

453/4

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 17.—The sales
are :—Dublin and Drogheda, 82% ex div. ; Eastern Counties,
221,E 58 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 151/2
London and South-Western, 79 ex div. ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 57 14 ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 91,12 %ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5
prem. ; Midland Railway Consols, 40/. Shares, 13% ; North
British, New Shares, 4%; Preston and Wyre, 3014 ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 109 112; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13 1-16;
South-Eastern, 44%; Ditto, No. 2, 12% 1,4 ; Ditto, No. 3,
9 % ; Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 9 3/4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington,
6 1,4 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4 1-16; Caledonian,
9% 10; Cambridge and Lincoln, 61/ ; Chumet Valley,
6% 7 ; Direct Northern, 4%; Erewash Valley, 13% ; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3% 3/4 ; Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 51A3 ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 6 13.16 3/4 •, Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
3 5-16 I ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4% ;
London and York, 3% ; Scottish Central, 43/4 5 ; Scottish
Midland, 2% % •, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 255. ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 5% % ; South.
port and Euxton, 3% ; Trent Valley, 17 16% ex new ;
West Yorkshire, 3 3-16; Paris and Lyons (English), 4%.

COUNTY MEETING.—We understand that a county
meeting will shortly be held, to take into consideration Sir
James Uraham's Settlement Bill.— Cambridge Advertiser.