The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-18 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

The Funds have been steady up to the close. Consols
aro 100- to 1001. Exchequer Bills were 575. to 595.
premium.
Spanish Three per Cents. have been supported at the
improvement of the mornin, 37 to ; and the Five
per Cents. have realised 25k to 1. Portuguese Con-
verted were 571. to 58 ; Mexican, 36 to i ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 63i to 64.
The additional bargains in Railway Shares were at
steady prices, though they were very limited in number.
The Foreign Exchanges were, on the whole, firmer this
afternoon. - . .

The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver Bars to Rotterdam . 20,000 ounces.
Gold to Mauritius
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The transactions in Cotton were rather extensive yes-
terday at Liverpool. There was no change in prices.—
There was a good market for Shares. Caledonian, Half,
16i ; Churnet Valley, 3i; Eastern Counties, Perpetual
(No. 2), 19s. Gd. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64; Grand
Junction, New, Eighths, 17 ; Great North of England,
New, 17-1 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 37 ;
London and Brighton, Eighths, 2L ss. 9d. ; London and
York, 3L 18s. 9d. ; Manchester,:Bolton, and Bury, 8k ;
Shrewsbury and grand Junction, ; Paris and Lyons,
34 ; Paris and Strasburg, 21.165. fid ; Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux, 7 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 51-.
The accounts front America state that business was
getting quieter, as the season does not appear to have
settled down into winter, when firm roads make some
amends for stopped canals. Cotton had rallied a little,
after having been very dull.
Smuggling on the Canadian lakes, the usual result of
high duties, seems to have been carried on to so great
an extent as to have aroused the United States Govern-
ment to increased vigilance. A new iron steamer had
been launched, pierced for 86 guns, though only carry-
ing one large gun amidships. The crew is to consist of
forty men and three or four officers. She is stated to be
well supplied with beautiful arms, carbines, boarding
pikes, cutlasses, battle-axes, &c. Her rig is to be that
of a three-masted schooner. The British Government,
which stands quite as much in need of them, appears to
be very supine in fitting up revenue cruisers.
The state of affairs in Mexico has excited some inte-
rest here, but if the accounts be true relative to internal
disturbances, one good effect may be experienced, via.,
that the proffered intervention of England and France in
adjusting the foreign relations of Mexico, may be ac-
cepted. On the part of Texas it seems but reasonable
to infer that there would be no difficulty
The productiveness of railroads, in the aggregate,
though not equal to that of canals, is in England, at
least, certainly an argentent in favour of an extension of
the system, and from details given there is every reason
to believe that abroad also the returns have been very
satisfactory. The Belgian State Railroad, it seems,
has yielded 11,200,000 francs this year, or an excess of
600 to 750,000 francs over the amount estimated in the
Minister's Budget for 1844.
The English Stock Market is firm to-day, but there
is not much doing. Consols for the Opening have been
at par to 1001. Bank Stock is supported at 208. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. aro 102} to 103,
and the Three per Cents. 1001 to I. Exchequer Bills
are at 575. to 595. premium.
The principal business in the foreign Market has been
the settlement of the account. Spanish three per Cents.
have been 371 for Money, but up as high as 37i
for Account. Mexican Bonds are firm at 36k I, and
Brazilian, New, at 88i to 891. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. have been heavy at 63i.
'The Share Market is very quiet, except as regards
the French lines, in which there is a fair business doing.

PRICES OF BRITISH I, UN DS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock for Account
3 per Cent... Reduced Annuities 11104 tfi%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities... .............
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1559 ...
India 80nd5,1,009.... ......».„.«.«•«•»•»•»•»•»••
Ditto under
Consols for Ope
nin_ .00.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• IWV
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 14d.
flan' .......... 59 pm.

LO 57

Ditto Small.,
Ditto Adverthied........• •••• ••»••••••••
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Austrian Bonds, b per Cent ....•... 1123/
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...••••••••••••••••••••• 11914
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 2BN 893(
Mexican Bonds. 1837, 5 per Cent. ... .......
Ditto for the Account. 26VI
Spanish Bondi, Five per Cent 1840 —
Ditto Three per Cent. ......••••••••••••••••••••••• 37%31
Ditto for the Account. 37%75%
Dutch 231 per Cent 5..............- ....... •••••
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 2734%
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK,
RAILW&IfiII PAID. rill SIIAIE.
Birmingham and Gloucester...... 100 ......... .911
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley: 2 3%% ... to
Great North of England. ...... ..... 100
Great Western ......................., 75 .... ..... 1423, 149 to HS
Ditto Fifth 5........................... • 12 ••••••••• 2 ii
Hull and Selby
70 .. . to
London and Birmingham. WO
2=5......... to
Ditto q Shares
MluLtnd ................................. 100...—... 112 to 11131

Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 24 ......... 60% ..... to
..
Newcastle and Berwick
Rugby 1
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New ... ••• 000000000 v." 4
York and North Midland ......... 50 .....«.. li 2
Ditto Selby Scrip • 0000000 ..•.....•• 20 .•.. 00000 66%
Boulogn• and Amieus....... ........ 2 ........ S ••••••••• to 471
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bourdeaux
Paris and Lyons
Paris and 0rican5.................... 20
Parisand rt mien ..... ••••••••••••••••••• 20 ••••••••• 41

Strasburg and Basle
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