The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-03 00:00:00

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8,000
bales, including 3,000 American on speculation. The market
was dull, but there was no change in prices. Cotton
was offered freely for sale. Shares were very animated,
and a large business done at the following quotations :-
Aberdeen Railway, 3% ; Barnsley Junction, 9% 10 ; Ditto,
Half Shares, 33/4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire,
121. 11/.165. 3d. ; Birmingham and Gloucester, Quarter Shares,
34 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 7% 8; Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 44 ; Blackburn and Preston, 153/4 % ;
Bristol and Gloucester, 61 62 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 4% ;
Boiton,Wigan, and Liverpool, 13% b •, Caledonian, 10% 16s.
3d. ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9% 9 ; Cheater and Birken ead,
50% 49%; Ditto, New Shares, 4314 4311 ; Ditto, Half Shares,
251 t 23%; Chester and Holyhead, 8%; Chester and Preston
8r00k,3% ; Churnet Valley, 7% 73/4 ; Clydesdale J unction, 10 ;
Coventry and Nuneaton, 1% premium ; Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 81% 83/4 ; Dublin and Galway, 41.41. Is. 6d. ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3%; Eastern Counties, 213/ ;
Ditto, Perpetual, No 1,5%; Ditto, No. 2,1/. 65.; Erbil-
; burgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 5% ; Ely and
Bedford, 1/. 145., 11. 16s. 3d. ; Grand Junction, 225 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 44% ; Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 5% 3/4 ; Great Southern and Western, 16% ;
Ditto Extension, 103/4 5 ; Great Western, Half Shares,
102 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 401/2 ; Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, 3%; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 63/4 7 ;
Lancaster and Preston, 54%; Ditto, Three-quarter Shares,
331/2 ; Limerick and WatertOrd, 6% 3/4 ; Liverpool and
Mancester, 204 ; Liverpool,Orniskirk,and Preston, 2/. 13s. 6d.
2% ; London and Birmingham, 2351% ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 323/4 ; London and Brighton, 643/4 ; London and
South-Western, 80; Ditto, New 50/. Shares, 12; London and
York, 61s. 6d. ; Direct Northern, 5% 16s. 3d. ; Leeds and
West Riding Junction, 7% ; Lynn and Dereham,
1% ; Manchester and Birmingham, 591/2 ; Ditto Quar-
ter Shares, 103/4 ; Ditto New Quarter Shares, 6% % ;
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 16% ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland, 7% 8%; Manchester and Leeds, 148
1483/4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 20% ; Midland Railway, 155
154 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 203/4 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares,
41,4 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 120;
Newaik and Sheffield, 7 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 15%;
Newcastle and Darlington, 48; North British, 17%; Ditto,
half Shares, 4% 4/. 1 ls. 6d.; North Union, (A.), 149%;
North Wales, 3 3% ; Preston and Wyre, 34% 3/4 ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 120 122 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,' 16%
17 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1%, 11. 3s. ; Shrewsbury,
Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 4% 1,4 ; Shrewsbury
and Grand Junction, 6% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
4/. 16s 3d., 43/4 ; South- Eastern and Dover, 441 A 44 ; Ditto,
New Shares, No. 1, 17 17% ; Ditto, New Shares, !co. 2, 12%;
Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,9% %; Scottish Central, 6 ;
South Wales, 6% ; Trent Valley, 17%; West Yorkshire,
3% 735. 9d. ; Worcester and Tring, 4/. 81s. 63. ; Whitehaven
and Furness, 1%; York and North Midland, New Half
• Shares, 16% Ditto (Scarborough), 43 ; Austrian and Sar-
dinian, % %; Great Paris and Lyons, 2%; Lyons and
Avignon ( English), 3% 31. 3s. 6d • Northern of France
(English), 6% • Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English),
12%; Paris and Lyons, Lafitte's (English), 61s. 3% • Paris
and Lyons, Calon's, 212 ; Paris and Strasburgh, ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's Company), 3%; Verona
and Ancona, 2% 2/. ls.
It is not an important fact, recollecting how much British
capital is invested in the French railways, that the Chamber
of I'eers has negatived by a large majority the Count Daru's
restrictive policy in respect of railways, and by persons who
have not taken by any means an interest in the
result. It is certainly somewhat ludicrous to find
objections making by the Peers of France to British subjects
investing their surplus capital in lines of railway in France
itself.
We are credibly informed that the Nitrate of Potass and
the Nitrate of Soda are about to be imported from Africa.
If so, a wider field for the employment of British shipping
must be opened.
A good deal of business has been transacted in the un-
funded Debt to-day, and at prices varying from 61s. to 645.
premium. Consols for the Accaunt have been quoted at 99%;
for Money, from 99% to 99%, and Bank Stock at 215 and
2151,4 for the Account.
In the Foreign Market business has been slack. Colombian
has touched 16%; Mexican, 353/4 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
40%; and the Consols 29% 29%.
Ihe Share Market has been most active. The French lines
are more in request, as the quotations annexed will show.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FENDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o -
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
Bank Stock for Account 215% 215 215
Consols for Account....
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/23. 64 63 65 61 63 pm. 63
Ditto 500/. ... 63 65 pm. 65
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised pm- -
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 16%14 16 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 353/4 331/4
Ditto, Account 35%
Ditto, Deferred
Peruvian Bonds 6 per Cents 321 32%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Account 66

Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto Account
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... . .. 4Ol
Ditto. Account 404
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 971/2 971/2
PRICES OF PAID. AT O'CLOCK. CLOSING
II AILWAY SHARES ONE PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 1533/4
Binning. and Gloucesterloo
Ditto % Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 6211 61
Caledonian
Ca'nbridge and Lincoln 1%...... 91/25,6
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Churnet Valley
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton ........ ...... 14 ......
Coventry and Leicester
Cornwall

niss,Beceles, Yarmouth 11/2 — .....
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 2% 101,4 OIA 74
Dublin and Galway 2l/2.— 4:-% 2 5 A ......
Dublin and Mullingar 21,4 —
Eastern Counties
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1... AL 13s. 4d — I
Eastern Union lO .. ...
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo 195 -
Ditto New
Ditto New
Great Western BO ......1821/2 183
Ditto 1/2 Shares 5O 1021,6
Ditto Fifths

Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2%..... 51/4
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2 22
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (Stock)...
Do. 1/4 Shares
London and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d. 75/4%3
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 6514 644
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. iid. 1734 18q
Loudon and S. Western 41/6s 10d 80% 81 803(4
Do. New consolidated Bths 6
Do. New
Do. New
London and Y0rk........ 9% 3l/,, 3
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73 l4B
Do. Sixteenths 2 !:i —
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11 10% ... .....
Midland 100 .....157 159
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby 100 llB 119
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction
Do. Nov Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick 11% 16% 1714
Newry and Enniskillen. 21,2/
Newark and SLeffield ... 1%......
46331%8 7%
North British
Do. New
North Kent
North \Vales

Norwich and Brandon... 10' -
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland ll/2...... 4A 1/§ 3/8 ..... ...
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 2l/2. ... 43/4%
South Devon... lO ... . '2l .
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 431/ 43
,2 ...... • • •
Do., No. 2.

Do., No. 3 . 2l/z 91,4 9
South Wales ..... ... 21/2 616%4
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 3%% ......
York and North Midland 50 lO4 105
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Do. Extension
FRENCII RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette ..... ......

12%
3

2

Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
i
3 IA % 62
3
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's
Paris &L'yons,(Calon's) 2
2A
Paris and Orleans
f 2
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
3
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.—The sales
are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4; Eastern
Counties, 21% 3/4 ; London and Brighton, 651 ex new and
ex div. ; London and South-Western, New Shares, 12% ;
Manchester and Leeds, 1471/, ex div. ; Ditto, Sixteenth
Shares, 7 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 591,E ex new and
ex dir. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1014 ex new and ex div. ;
Ditto, New Quarters, 6IA % prem. ; Manchester, Bury, and
Rossondale, 1614 ; Midland Railway Consols, 156 ; Ditto,
Preferential, 4; Ditto, 401. Shares, 21 • North British, 17X ;
Preston and Wyre, 34% qi ; Sheffield and Manchester,
118 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 163/4 % ; South-Eastern,
43 14 ex div. ; Ditto, No. 3, 874 9 ; Barnsley Junction, 10 ;
Ditto, Half Shares, 3% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 11X 13-16 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 8 72/4 ; Blackburn, )arwen, and Bolton, 41/ X ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 1314 ; Caledonian, 11; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 83/4 9 ; Churnet Valley, 7% ; Direct
Northern, 514 5-16 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 81/2 .
Dublin and Galway, 4 ; Erewash Valley, 15% ; Glasgow and
Dumfries, 19s. 6d. 20s. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and
Manchester Junction, 1% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction, 5 4 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 31A 7-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 ; London and Wor
center, Oxford and Rugby, 4 1-16 ; London and York, 31-16 ;
Lynn and Ely, 7 ; Manchester and Buxton, 3 14 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 84 % i Newark

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