The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
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, The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday` were 3,000
bales, the market continuing rather quiet. The Share Mar-
ket was brisk, and a large business was done. Chester and
Holyhead were 54 to 6* ; Eastern Counties, ex New, 114 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 604 ; Grand Junction, 230 ; Great
Western, 112 to 1124 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 51 ; Birming-
ham, Thirds, 40 to 41; Brighton, 444 ; South Western, 794
to 80; Manchester and Birmingham, 43/. 17s. to 44/. 10s. ;
Midland Counties, 904; Paris and Lyons, 24; Paris and
Orleans, 344 ; South Eastern, 36*.
The announcement made ast night by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, as to the terms upon which it is intended to
carry out a diminution of the annual interest now payable to
the public creditors of the United Kingdom, was, as might
have been expected, the topic of almost general conversa-
tion, in monied and banking circles. The almost general
feeling is, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
will invite the aid of the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England to enable him to carry out his scheme. It
is not necessary for us further to refer to the statement of
the Chancellor, a full report of which will be found in another
part of The Sun. Our immediate object is to note the
influence this proposition has made upon the Three per Cents.,
and more especially upon the Three-and-a-Half per
Cents., the holders of the latter securities being affected by
the measure ; and strange to say the Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. early in the morning receded but a trifle.
The Consol market too was pretty firm, but it has since
receded, viz., from 984 to 984 for Money, and from 984 to
98* for the Account. The premium upon Exchequer Bills
has been 725. and 735. Bank Stock for Account has reached
198, and India Stock is at 281.
It appears that the receipts by the 'West India steamer
for the Mexican dividends are much larger than they were
stated yesterday, being at least 125,000 dollars. The mem-
bers of the Stock Exchange do not like such mis-statements,
as they lead to undue preference, and aid speculative
operations in favour of those who receive the authentic
information. The affair has been talked of this morn-
ing in no mild terms, and it is hoped that such
a deception will not be again practised. Mexican
Bonds this morning advanced to 354, but they are, for money,
worth but 354. The other South American Stocks are firm.
Colombian ex Venezuela, at 15 ; Brazilian, at 81 ; and
Buenos Ayres at 374 38. Spanish Stock has been quoted at
254 4; the Three per Cents. at 354; Portuguese Converted
at 47 ; and Dutch Five per Cent's. at 1014.
The Share Market is firm, and prices still continue to look
up. The business done to-day is immense.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List)
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 98%%4
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 10234101% 1021411
Bank Stockfor Account
Consols for Account ...... .....„ ....... .... ....... .... 98%1414
India Stock
7i
Exchequer Bills, IN. 134 d.
1,0004
5003 .... ... .. .. .... ..... ....... 72
Ditto Small rii - pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ll5
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Columbian Bonds. l5
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • •••
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Deferred Stock.... .....................
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 30%
Portuguese Bonds. 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 253(
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds. 2olx
_Ditto Deferred
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account - ... ...........
Dutch 234 per Cents. 56%%
Dutch 5 per Cents. lOl%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. • PAID. Pan SHARE
Birmingham and Derby
Ditto Thirds 25 ..... .... 21
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ......... 81
Bristol grid Exeter 7O
Chester and Holyhead 5 6 % ... to
Eastern Counties
Ditto New 25 13 Ali to
Ditto Extension l3s. 4d
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 6•3(1., " to
Ditto IA Shares 1234 ..... 15 % ... to
Great Western
Ditto k Shares
Ditto Fifths
Harwich (Braithwaite)
H arrowgate and Knaresboro' ... 3
Hull and Selby
Liverpool and Manchester
London and Brighton 5O 45
London and 81ackwa11...... ......... 1634 ...... 614% ... to
London and Birmingham.... Stock ...... 263 241
Ditto New Thirds
London and Greenwich
London and South Western 41% B3 82 '... to 84 83
Ditto Eighths 34
London and Croydon (Trunk)... • 1334
Lancaster and Carlisle. ........ ...... 5 ..... .... 6
Manchester and Leeds 7O ll6 to
Dit. o 14 Shares
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties
Ditto 14 Shares ls
North Briti.h 234
Norwich and Brandon
Northern and Eastern 45 5714% ... to --
Ditto % Share. 1234
Morth Midland
Paris and Orleans ............ ...... . 20 ......... 34 34
Paris and Rouen 2O 3434% ... to
South Eastern and Dover 5O 36% .. ... to 36
Ditto Scrip 25 ......... 36)04% to
West London, Old Shares 2O to
Ditto Thames El' Ltension........ 2
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ..... .... 50 l2B
Ditto New Shares 2O
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock
1314 - ••• to ..
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Manor 7.
Three and a Half Stock .......
Ditto New, 1830
Grand Canal Debs. 6 per Cent 83%
sper Cent. new Pipe Water Debs lO-
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
- RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHANE.
Dublin and K. Road
Drogheda 55 ..»..... 61
Hibernian Bank ........ ......... ........
City of Dublin Steam Company
British and Irish Steam Company ... 50
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—Our mar-
ket to-day has been animated, and most stocks are in ad-
vance :—Bolton and Preston, 30 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
60; Ditto Quarters, 15 ; London and Brighton, 44i ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 44i ii ; South Western Eighths,
4; Eastern Counties, perpetual, 28s. 4d. to 295. 4d.