The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-24 00:00:00

Cbtrb Zbition

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO TMREE.
There was a fair business transacted in Cotton at Liver-
pool yesterday at firm and steady prices. Sales, 4,000 bales,
all to the trade. The Share Market was very firm, with a
good demand for Grand Junctions.
Yesterday's sale, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., went off at
better prices, and much more business was done. In fact,
there were decided signs of improvement:—
Description. Paid Sold for.
Chepstow and Forest of Dean ... ... 428 1 6 6
Ditto ditto ... „. ... 1 6 6
Madrid and Valentia ..• ••• ... ... 2 1 1 0
Ditto ditto ... „. _ 1 1 0
Italian and Austrian ••• ... ... •.• 3 119 6
Buckinghamshire .. ... ... ••• ... 42s 2 2 0
Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltenham 2 2 3 0
East Dereham and Norwich
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ... 2% 2 2 0
Northampton,Banbury, and Chelt'ham. 2 2 2 6
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 6
Ditto ditto ... ... 0 18 6
Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 010 0
Ditto ditto ... ,s,.
.. _ 0 9 6
Sheffield, Buxton. and Leek Potteries IN 014 6
London and Manchester (Remington's) 23/4 114 0
Ditto ditto ._ „. _ 114 6
Over Yssel ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 83s 4d 2 3 6
Manchester, Midlands, and G. Grimsby 1% 1 9 6
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, &c. ... 2% 3 0 0
Manchester, Southampton, and Poole 2% 015 0
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 223 018 0
Ditto ditto ... 018 0
Leicester and Birmingham ... .. ••• 228 019 0
Manchest. and Rugby—via Macclesfield 42s 1 2 0
Surrey Grand Junction ... ... ... 136 010 0
Ditto •0 10 0
Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke ... 105 s 217 0
Somersetshire Midland ... ... ... 2% IIS 0
1 13 6
Chester and Manchester ... .•• ... 42s 1 3 0
Ditto •• • •• ••• ... •••• 1 2 6
South Staffordshire ••• ... ••• ... 2% 30 0
Ditto ••• ••• •.• ••• ---- 3 0 0
Essex and Suffolk ••• ••• ••• ••• 1% 017 0
Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• 017 0
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .•• 42s 1 3 0
Direct Northern ..• ••• ••• ••• .. 2V, 115 0
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham ... 15s 017 0
Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42a 1 8 0
N. Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries 42s 5 1 0
Ditto ditto ... 5 2 0
Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, 2% 19 6
Ditto ditto ... 1 9 6
Ditto ditto ... 110 0
Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 010 0
Ditto ditto ... 0 9 6
North Staffordsh., Churnet & Potteries 423 5 1 0
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 0
Surrey Grand Junction ... ... ... 1% 09 6
Chester and Manchester ... ... ... 42s 1 2 6
Ditto ditto .. ... ... 1 3 0
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction 23/4 115 0
Essex and Suffolk ..„ „.. ... ... 1% 016 6
Irish North Midland ... ... ... ... 1% 015 6
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford 42s 1 0 0
Isle of Axholme, Gainsboro' & G001e... 2% 119 0
South and Midlands Junction .. ... 424 1 4 0
Ditto ditto ... - 1 4 0
East Dereham and Norwich ... ... 1 0 4 0
Great Grimsby, Louth. and Horncastle. 42s 110 6
Nottingham, V. of BelToir, & Granthm. 1% 111 0
Ceylon ... ... „.. ... ... ... ... 5s 013 0
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ... ... 2% 22 6
Worcester, Herefd, Ross, and Gloucest. 42s 1 9 6
Lincoln & Wainfleet Haven and Boston 2% 1 8 0
Ditto ditto ... 1 7 6
London and York Extension ... ... 2% 215 0
Louvain and Jemappes ... .. ... 4 119 0
1 19 0
London and Manchester (Rem.) ... 23/4 114 6
Ditto ditto ... ... ... 114 6
Shropshire Mineral ... ... ... ••• 42s 1 8 0
N. Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries 42, 5 2 0
Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junct. 429 2 1 0
Ditto ditto ... 2 1 0
Manchester and Rugby Direct ... 42s 1 7 0
Ditto ditto ... 1 7 0
Great Western of Bengal ••• ••• ••• IA 010 0
Calcutta and St. George's Point ... 7s 0 8 6
Ditto ditto ... 0 8 0
Bordeaux, Toulouse, Cette— Mackenzie 2 116 0
Rugby, Warwick, and. Worcester ... 42s 1 3 0
London and York ... .s. ... ... ... 21, 818 0
3 18 0
Dendre Valley ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 5 6
York and Lancaster ... ... ... ... 2% 112 0
Ditto •.• ••• ••• 112 0
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .. 423 1 4 0
Mauritius ... ... ... ••• ... ... 1 012 0
Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries... 1% 015 0
Direct London and Exeter ... ... ... 1% 0 5 0
Shropshire Union and Canal ... ... 42s 112 0
Somersetshire Midland ... ... ... 2% 112 0
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22st 017 6
Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries 1% 015 6
Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil ... ... 424 015 6
Shrobshire Minerals ••• ••• ••• 42s 110 0
1 9
East Indian 1 1 0
Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• 1 1 0
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 22s 017 6
Ditto ditto ... 0 17 6
Cambridge and. Lincoln ... . . ... 1% 3 0 0
Ditto ••• ••• ••• 3 0 0
Newry and Enniskillen ... ... ... VA 013 0
Dudley. Madely, Broaley, and I. Bridge 2.g 2 0 6
Direct Norwich ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 5 0
Ditto ... ... ... ... — 0 5 0
Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42e 1 4 0
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weym. Coast... 42s 019 6
Ditto ditto ... 019 6
Taw Vale Extension and Dock ... ... 2 1 5 0
Ditto ditto ... ... ... ... 1 5 0
Trent Valley. Midland, and Grand Junc. 42s 2 2 0
Ditto ditto ... 2 2 0
Manchester & Rugby—via Macclesfield 42, 1 7 6
Ditto ditto ••• 1 7 6
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester ... 428 1 3 0
South Union and Manchester Potteries 42. 1 7 0
Ditto ditto ••• 1 7 6
South and Midland ... "' ... ... 42s 14 6 1
5 0 1
Ditto 1
Chester and Manchester ... ... 42s 1 3 6
Birkenhead, Mold, and Rhuabon, &c. 2% 19 6
Ditto ditto
•• ••• ••• 1 9 6
Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 010 0
Cambridge and Lincoln Extension ... 42s 1 2 6
Ditto ditto ... ... ... _ 1 2 6
After very mature consideration of the Message of the
President of the United States, especially as respects the re-
commendations of a modification in the tariff, in mercantile
circles the opinion is held that vast benefits must accrue to
the British trade with America if the proposed changes
are made. There is little or no dispute, that as
respects the Oregon dispute, the way is paved
by the President for its adjustment, by throwing
the onus directly upon the Legislature. And thus he will
keep friends with those who brought him into power, and
be enabled to plead a fair excuse for not going the " whole
hog" in recommending war with Great Britain. Thus
delicately does the President Polk shift the respon-
sibility as to the question of hostilities upon the
shoulders of Congress. It is worth while to bring this para-,
graph prominently to notice. After recommending that
the twelve months' notice should be given to England for
the termination of the treaty of 1827, President Polk says :
" The recommendations which I have made as to the best
manner of securing our rights in Oregon are submitted to
Congress with great deference. Should they in their wisdom
devise any other mode better calculated to accomplish the
same object, it shall meet with my hearty concurrence."
That there are very remote ideas entertained of a war
with the United States is pretty apparent from the fact that
there is not a particle of speculation in saltpetre and other
warlike stores. At a large sale of saltpetre held this day,
there were no biders, all (about 3,000 bags) having been
bought in.
The accounts received in town to-day from the colonies
are not of the least interest.

The state of the markets for the Public Securities has been
very satisfactory this morning, an advance having occurred
of full 134 per cent., as compared with the lowest rates of
yesterday. Consols for the Account opened at 944, and they
have since advanced to 941 buyers, which is the price at
the present writing. Bank Stock has advanced 4 per cent.
on the lowest rate of yesterday ; the Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents, 13/4 per cent. ; and Exchequer-bills from 21& to
Ws. premium.
A considerable increase of business is to be noticed in the
Foreign Funds this morning, and at advanced prices. Spanish
Consols have reached 30 ; Portuguese Converted, 61 for
the Account ; the Mexican, 31%; the Deferred, 18 ; Pe-
ruvian, 41; the Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 40% •
the Chilian at 96; and Grenada Bongs at 211,x. Altogether
the demand is good.
Great Western Railway Shares have advanced from 152 to
160, the Hull and Selby from 1001,4 to 102 and 103, and all
the other investments of this description, in which bargains
have been made to-day, are firm.

PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
ii per Cent. Reduced
New 314 per Cents
Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 9-16
Ditto 30 y-ears,Oct. 10,1859
India Bonds, 1,0004. ...... 30
Ditto under 1,000/.
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11,0„, 23 21
Ditto 500/
Ditto Small

CLOSING
PRIG S,

202 1/2
95
96%
10 9-16
10 5-16
30

94%
pm. 23
Pm. 21
Pm. 21
CLOSING
PRICES

oNr;
O'CLOCK

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent.
Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent.... - 96
Ditto Deferred 53%
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2IIA
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto, Account 31%11%
Ditto, Deferred .. 17% 8
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4l
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Account —
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 60
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 29.34 30
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent —
Ditto, Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent.
Exchange —f.
___C. 25f. 60c.
Belgian 41/ per Cent
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94!.4 93%

97
531
21%

31%
18

61
6O

401,4
4114

PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID.
AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICEs.
Aberdeen ..............
Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 21
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%....,
Belfast & County Down 2 ..... •
Bideford an dTavistock... 1% ...... •• • ......
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New 17% —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham & Leicester
Direct ................i.... 425.
B •••
Boston, Stamfd, & rm. 225.
Bridgewater &Minehead 425. ... ..
Bristol and Exeter 7O
Ditto, New .......... 2
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... ....

823/4
71,

London and Greenwich 12/ 15W4d
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d —
London Hounslow, and
Western
Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 74% 76 .....
Do. New Consol. Bths 20 —
Do. New
Do. New
London & South Essex 2% ...
London and York .. 2% 4%% 44...
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... ............. 21,E ......
LO idonderry& Coleraine 5
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 5 —
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham 5 —
Manchester and Leeds... 76
Ditto % Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths 1 . .... 12%... ..... ....
Do. Sixteenths ... 514 —
Manchester and Birmin. 40 —
Do. Quarters
Do. New Quarters
Do. Continuation and
Welsh Junction
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 425....... 2 p
Manchester, Bina., and.
Mould Junction .. ... —
Manchester and Rugby
Direct
Manchest. & Southampt 2 ...... 2%
Midland... 100 .....155 152
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ll6 121 ..
Midld. & East. Counties 2%,.....
Midland Great Western
(Irish)
Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2% ... ..
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 551% 55 57......
Do. New Brandling 2O
Newcastle and Berwick 5
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newport & Abergavenny 2%......
New Ross and Carlow... 22s - •••• ••• • .....
Newry and Enniskillen 2% — .....
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... ... 2%..... ..• ••
Norfolk Extension —
North British
Do. Half Shares ..... 31
Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1
Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25
Ditto ditto
North Devon 2 ... ...... ........
North of Norfolk ... 2% — ... —. ........
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
Do. New
N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2%% • • ...•••
North Staffordshire 42s. ..... 34%1A% p...
North Wales
North and Sonth Wales
and Worcester
Northern and Southern
Connecting
Ditto New .............. 3
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston 1%
Nottingm., Erewsh. Val-
"'ley, and Manchester... 1% — •••
Nottingham and Mans-
field
Oxford, Gosport, Ports-
mouth,& Southamptn 425. —
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham..„
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Pilbrow Atmospherie ... 1 .••••••
Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% —
Preston and Wyre 5O —
Do. % Shares ..... .... 2%
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond
Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester 2%
Rugby and Huntingdon 2
Rugby, Leamington, sad
Warwick - ......... ••....
Rugby, Warwick. and
Worcester.... ... 425.
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 5
Do. Extension
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrewsbui7 and Birm... 2%..... 334 %... ..... •-•
Shropshire Mineral 425.......
Shropshire Union
Shrewsbury & Hereford 2%
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Stafforish. June. 214
Sligo and Shannon O. 6
Somersetshire Midland 2% — ... .....
South Devon
South Midland 42s.
South & Midlands June. 425. ..
SouthStaffordsbireJune. 2% _•-•