The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-17 00:00:00

LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (SCOTLAND)

BILL.
On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the House
went into Committee on this Bill. he Bill went through
Committee, when the Chairman reported progress, and the
report was ordered to be brought up th.neot`trit.
The House then adjourned till Five o'clock.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY QUARTER TO THREE.
The cotton market at Liverpool on Platttrday had a steady
appettrahc, and prices were firm. Speculators, however,
were the chief sperators, the trade takiug but little. The
entire sales comprised 5,000 biles, of which full 3,000 were on
speculation.—Shares were largely dealt in, the most
fluctuation being in those reported on by the Board.
Aberdeen, 2% k Barnsley iltitittlon, 7; Blat.kburn, Darweti;
and Bolton. 44% ; BirkenlOad, Manchester, and Chester
Junction, 83/ ' • Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares,
3% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 8% % ; Caledonian,
9 8% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% 3% ; Chester and Bir-
kenhead, ez div., 42% 441,i ; Ditte Half Shares) at. 6
discount, ex tilt.; 21 /24 ; Ditto, New Shares, at 3S dis-
count, 331 ' 35% • Chester and Holyhead, 8% ; Churnei-
Valley, 6 4 5/6 ; Cork and Bandon, 4 ; Direct Northern,
43 5% ; üblin and Galway, 3,• Dundalk and Enniskillen,
2 ; .Eastern Counties, ex Inv., 214 % ; Ditto, Perpetual,
No. 2, 14 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,- ex div., f 31% Edio=
burgh and Northern! 1 t,f ; Ely and Raiford, 2% 4 1
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock. 17% ; Grand Junction,
eX dm., 229% 230%; Ditto, Half Shares, ex div., 114%
1154 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, ex div., 45.11. ; Ditto,
Eighths, 19% 20; Lancaster .and Carlisle, 35 ; Leds and
Thirsk, 4% ; Leeds and West Riding, 7% 7 1-3 ; Limerick
and Waterford, 4% ; Liverpool arid Manchester, ex divi,
207 ; Ditto, New Shares, 38% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and
Preston, 31. 4s. 3/. 55.; London and Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, 30% ; London and York, 3% %; Londonderry and
Enniskillen, 2 •, Manchester and Birmingham, ex div., 65;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, ex div., 12 11%; Ditto, ew Quarter
shares, 5/. is. 3d. 5/. premum • Manchester and Buxton, 24;
Manchester and Leeds, ex illy., 144; Ditto, Half Shares,
ex div., 64; Ditto, Quarter shares, ex div., 17 ; Midland
Stock, ex div., 139% 140; Ditto, 401. Shares, ex div.,
134 %; Ditto, Birmingham and . Derby, ex div., 105%
107%; Mullingar and Athlone, 2%; Newry and Ennis-
killen, 2/. Ils. 6d.; Oxford, Worcester, and Rugby, 3% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, ex int., 108 . Ditto, Quarter
Shares, ex int., 13 13%; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
7% %; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and .Chester, 3, Shrewsbury,
A olverhampton, and Birmingham, fi4 %; South-Eastern'
ex new, 43; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,9% 83, ; South
Wales, 6; York and North Midland. Half Shares, New) 14
15%; Boulogne and Amiens (English), 1114.•' Northern
of France (Enelish), 61/s 4 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux
LE ' ), 1041 Paris and Lyons (French), 4 ; Paris and
tiNta
vo nneron's), 219 s 21 1Is; Paris and Orleans, ex int.,
5i ; and Rouen, ex div., 44% 44%; Paris and St.
Quentin, 2/. 6s ; Sambre and Meuse, 5%; Toulouse, Bor-
deaux, and Cette, 21.115.; Verona and Ancona, 218.7
The Public Securities have been firm to-day, the trans-
actions.being limited. Consols have been 944 to par for
Transfer, and 100% for Account. Exchequer-bills haVe been
655. to 675. premium, and East India Bonds, 72a. premium.
Bail: Stock, for Account, is at 216.
The Foreign Investments appear to be rather fluctuating.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 30%, and the Three per Cents.
40% to %, being a slight improvement in the former. The
settlement is going off tolerably well. Portuguese Con-
verted Stock has been 684 to 673/. and the Old Bonds have
realised 87. Mexican Bonds have been 364 to %, and the
Deferred 16% to 17. Buenos Ayres have keen 434. Russian
Stock is worth 117, Venezuela Deferred, 13%, and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 63%•t0 ;46.
The final arrangement of the Share Account occupies a
good deal of attention, and is a very heavy affair. Iligh rates
,if continuation have been paid, and prices generally look
buoyant, especially for South-Eastern, Brighton, Caledonian,
Cambridge and Lincoln, and Eastern Counties. The French
lines are not so active.

ONE CLOSINt;
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Conscls
India Bonds, 1,000/.. .. ... ......
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ......
Bank Stock for Account...
Consols for Account..... . . ...
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 65 67 pm. 67
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small 1....».. 65 67 pm. 67
Ditto Advertised — pm.
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bon3S- -
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cat-- 434
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36%041%
Ditto. Account ........ .. .....
Ditto, Deferred 16% 17
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account - f'73/1 69
Russian Bonds ip. p.m 117
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ' out/2
Ditto Account
' Ditto, Passive 714
, .
Ditto, Deferred Stock...
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. ...... 40%78
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent —
Ditto, Deferred - • 13%
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Cernfic 99%
PRICES OF PAID.
RAILWAY SHARES
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% — .....
Binning. and Gloucesterloo 133
Ditto 14 Shares
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Host. 10
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New ..
CaLtionian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/ 6l7e 'Ali
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Chichester and Brighton 10
Churnet Valley
Cornwall
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 11/ .--
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway-- 2% 3
Eastern Counties . 23 ..... 211,4 2 )14
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....41. 13s. 4d l%
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford
Great Grimsby and Shef•
field
Great South. and West. ,

AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
PRICES
2%

... 1%

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo ' 189
Ditto New
Great Western ... SO