The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-17 00:00:00

THIS

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull.
Sales 6,000 bales, and to the trade. The article was freely of-
fered. Shares were not quite so brisk though supported in value.
Aberdeen Railway, 5 1%; Barnsley Junction, 83/4 1/2; Ditto,
Half Shares, 4%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 16
11% ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% 1
,4 ;
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% 34 ; Belfast and Bally-
mena, 5Z ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 1414 ; Caledonian,l4 13% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 93/4 %; Chester and Bir-
d, and
ik,erne
shteoand ,85r3005k0, ;2%C h; esct
he ru
ra nn
net
vHaolliye
yh a9(1%, 193
;Ihc
Clitheroe Junc-
tion, 417 g ; Cork and Bandon, 5Ys 6 ; Cork and Waterford,
3 31% ; Dublin and Galway, 51/2 ; Dundee and Perth, 5 ;
Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 4% 4 ; Eastern Counties,
21% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 11. 4s. IL ss. ; Glasgow and
Ayr, 62 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 113 ; Ditto, New
Quarters, 4414 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 1834 ; Great Qrimsbv
and Sheffield, 04' ; Great Western, 188 1861/2 ; Hudderstielll
and Sheffield, ; Inverness and Elgin, 40s. 6d. 40s. ;
Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% 1/2 ; London and Birmingham,
Lancaster and Preston, Quarter Shares, 63/4 ; Liverpool,
236 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 45 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3214 ;
London and Brighton, 64% ; Londonderry and Enniskillen,
3% ; London and South-Western, 81% 82 ; London and
York, 4%; Direct Northern, 3%34 ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 714 ; Lynn and Dereham, 27/8; Manchester and
Birmingham, New Shares, 6% ; Manchester and Buxton,
6 5 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 10 Is. 3d. ;
Midland Railway, 158 157,1/2 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 20; Newry
and Enniskillen, 5%; North British, Half Shares, 57,,;
North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6%; North Western, 4%
925. ; North Wales, 735. 9d. % ; Oxford and Birmingham
Junction, 5% ; Sheffield and Manchester, 1241/2 125% ; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 1614 1/2 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 28s. ;
,SosutlhBs-E. 9aList.e; Shrewsbury,
es South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 3,
ShrewsburysosewwSharest r
s,
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C. Grand
,re
sa
Ihn6di
rjAey24 v 2; Junction;Ditto,
8% 3/4 ; Scottish
Central, 7%; Trent Valley, 20 193/4 ; Ulster, 50%; West
Yorkshire, sti 6 ; Wexford and Carlow, 4%; Worcester and
Tring, 5 ; W hitehaven and Furness, 3% ; Bordeaux and Tou-
louse (Mackenzie's), 234 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette,
21. 14s. ; North of Spam, 314 % ; Northern of France
'
(pLaar
Maria
and y
tte' s 534 ; Ditto, (Rommel's), 2% 21. I Is. 6d;
Lyons,
(Laffitte s), 31.21. 195.; Paris and
Lyons, (Ganneron's), 23 ; Ditto (Calon's), 2/. 2s. ; Paris
and Rouen, 43% ; Sambre, and Meuse, 83/4 ; Tours and
Nantes (Mackenzie's), 3 ; 1, erona and Ancona, 1/. 18s.
There are no arrivals to-day.
The recent extensive pruning of the tariff has rendered
necessary a new arrangement of the whole Customs' Book of
Rates, and this has been alphabetically done in a careful com-
pilation from all the Acts in operation, by the Editor of the
London Mercantile Journal. While upon this subject, we
may remark, that the Custom-house officers who have long
complained that these minutiae occasioned them more trouble
than those items from which a large amount was derived, are
much relieved by the abandonment of the duties on 430 petty
articles, and seem to be of opinion that now their atten-
tion is less diverted from the important sources of
revenue, they will be much better able to protect
these. Under the new system, "Custom-house frauds,"
may doubtless be still occasionally perpetrated, but we are
not likely to hear of their being conducted on so gigantic a
scale as heretofore, and
.to the disgrace of a commercial
country like this, which would be supposed to have the best
possible arrangement in the collection of duties.
The Stock Market is firm still, and there seems to be some
confidence in the maintenance of prices, Consols being 99%
% for Money, and 99% 5/8 for Account. The premium on
Exchequer-bills has been 575. to 595. New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are rather flat, at 1011/s to %, on account
of one or two heavy sales that have been made. Bank
Stock is worth 2091/2 to 21014.
The Foreign Bonds are quiet, but steady. Spanish Five
per Cents. have advanced to 31 and 31%, and the Three per
Cents. to 41 and 41%. Portuguese Cenverted have been
G6l/2 to 67. Mexican are 1/:, per cent. higher, being 3634 to
37%. Dutch Two-and-a-Ifalf per Cents. have been 631%.
Railway Shares have been very buoyant, and in several o
them there is a tendency towards improvement.
ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 314 per Cents 101%%
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 7461/2
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 -
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001................ 74
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account 2ll
Consols for Account... 99%%
India Stock for Account 278
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d.
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small
•••
ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES
2101 h
98X;
9914
101%
111 A
113/1
276

97%
211
99%
278
pm. 60
pm. 60
pm. GO
CLOSING
PRICES.
1151%
42%
6334
37%
37%
173/4
3214

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent. •.....•
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 42,/,
[,Dutch Exchange 21/2 per Cent -r
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... 304 374 37
Ditto, Account 371/u
Ditto. Deferred
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted.... 661,E 67 67
Ditto. Account ... .. 67 6634
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 3l 3078 31
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred ... 18)% 1814;1
Ditto 3 per Cent. — 41
Ditto Account
Belgian Bonds, 414 per Cent — 101%
Dutch, 2% par Cent
Ditto, Account ..... ...... 63%% 63%
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific.... 97%% 97%
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY SHARES PRICES.
Aberdeen

Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush .................. 1% 31514
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 l3B 139
Ditto 1 Shares ...... 3
Briton, Lewes, & Hast. 10
_ ...

in , ~
%
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 9!,‘14
Caledonian
... 84...
1358%1
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Cliurnet Valley ......... 2
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton ........ ..••• • 11•••••• 5
3 ... . 5%1/2 ••
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1% 314 ... .... .
V
Direct Northern ......... i 4
Cornwall Coventry a.n..d....L..e.i.c.e.5.
....... 1A ~ 314%
Dublin and Belfast June 2/2 lolx% 11
Dublin, Belfast, and
3
131 s. 4d... 0%
Cent, No. 1...A1. 13s. 4d •l4
Dublin
Eastern Col eraacinu0deuGn..t.iiew.5.3...)......................
2225%1/217.
2114.
5t 51/
...... . . .
Eastern Union ........... •• •..
Ditto Extension ...... 11/2 414 4
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
EaDstiDtteoredhit'tnot'aNnd°.N2o. ..........
15
Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% OA.-- " . ....
Ely and Bedford ...... ... 1/•••••• 3%145/8
Great Grimsby and Shef•
field
234'
614
.....................
d... ....... ISV2 15 15%.
Great South. and West.
201,4
(Ireland) ............... 5. ,
••
202 203 201......
2
Great Western ......... ... 80 ......187 189
Greatpit Dittoto
North ExtensionNeNvo .of
.E..n.g.. 1 .
a.. in.. . . .
105
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 214 ... .. 6%1/2
Harwich .................. 1
D i t Dittot
o 1
14, !,
t 1 .St
hhsa r.e.s.
..................
2500 _
Hull and Selby ............ 50_
Do. Half Shares ...... - 2
2
Ditto Quarter Shares 122 q......... 222430
Inverness and Elgin .••••• 1
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
(52t0ck)..:235
46 451,4
LondonDo.N eanwdlßLiingirmrds..h.rn...
2
Do. 14 Shares .........
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. B,X,r,
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 643 A 4% •••
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18717 A
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 10
DLoon.. dNoenslirici
.1.0. d.. . 82 81% 82% .. ,
Do. New .............. 214 l6
London and York ...... •• • 21'4 4%
Lynn and Ely ...... 2%
OcinsollicVlaetsetielrnBth4sll66s
7%
Do. New ............... 2 .....
31/.13
Lynn and Dereham ...... 1
Manchester and Leeds... 73
Do. 1:, Shares ......... 32
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 101.4
Midland... 100 ..... 158 159
Do. New
.... 20 19
Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo ll7 120
Newcastle and Darling.
ton Junction ... 25 ...... 50,4 49% .. ••,
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 11/, — ... ............
Newry and Enniskillen. 21/2
Newark and Sheffield ... 1% 6:145s;'U••••••••
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Scrip
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... .. 1
Preston and Wyre ... 50
Richmond and 1V est End
Junct ion
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring I
Scottish Central
South Ea5tern...&...D..0..v.e.r.3.
Scottish Mid1and......... 1%... . 51'4 5 4f4
Shrews., Wolverhamp., •
Dudley, and Birm ...... 2%. •• 511 .... .
South Devon l5 ....•. ..............
Do., No. 1.. 8 ...... 17 ..............
Do. No .3
SoUth, Wales 634 71/8
.. Trent Valley ........... 2
Waterford and ...
Kilkenny 1 .. ..• 41/i 4 ...... ••• •
Bordeaux, Doo..
d t T(Extensionoßu oloaum. .s
Toulouse,
: r
as.
II) . d
.3 /
:21/21:s 4d . .
ys. 4.
..
..2.
... .
.14 . .
...
...
... . .. . . .. ,
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50 lO5 ......... ....
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4 - ..... . ........
Cette ..... ... . ... ..... 2
Great North. of France 4
.....
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Louvain and Jemeppe.., 2 , 43/ 5 ......... -
Orleans and Vierzon
... 2 ...
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 • • 31i3 ..... • ....... '
Paris and Lyons, Gan-

,
neron's, - _2
2% 3/4 ..........
Paris and 0r1ean5......... 20
Paris and Strasbourg .., 2
Royal North of Spain .77 2
Sambre and Meuse ..... 2
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westminster. 20
MANCIIESTEIt STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 167—The sales
are :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Nuw Quarter Shares, 6%;
Manchester and Birmingham, 58.1,4 ; Midland Railway Con-
sols, 4JI. Shares, 20; North British, New Shares, 53/4 ; South

N E \TV Eastern, 42% ex div. ; Ditto, N 0.3, 83% %; York and North
is • I Midland, Half Shares, 49% ; Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrick-
fergus, 5%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 15% 11%; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 91%;
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, ; Caledonian, 14 ;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 93 ; Clitheroe Junction, 434
premium ; Churnet Valley, 9{l, 9 ; Direct Northern, 3%
9-16 ; Dublin and Galway, 514 ; Huddersfield and Manches-
ter Railway and Canal, 4% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction, 8% %; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 4%;
Leeds and West aiding Junction, ; Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 3% 1/, ; London, Worcester, Oxford and Rugby,
4 13-16 ; London and York, 4% 14 ; Manchester and
Buxton, 53/4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 61/4 ; North Western,
5 % ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 31/s 3 prem. ; Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Junction, 28s. ; Southport and Euxton,
%; Trent Valley, 20; Ditto, Continuation, 5 4 prem. •,
West Yorkshire, 6% ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 ; Paris and
Lyons, Ganneron's (French), ; Ditto, Calon's, ; Union
Bank of Manchester, 10%.

LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 17. Strong breeze and fine clear weather.
COWES, APRIL 16.—Wind N.E., blowing a gale.—Arrd.
Chariot, Ichaboe, and not the Charlotte as reported.
DEAL, APRIL 16.—Wind N.E. to N.N. strong gale.—
Sld. Cookson, Quebec; Mischief, Calcutta and China;
Trusty, Quebec. The British Union, for Prince Edward's
Island, and several other vessels, have lost their anchors.
RAMSGATE, APRIL 16.—The Agnes, Burgess, from Jamaica
to London, with loss of anchors.
PAN SAND HOLE, APRIL 15.—Arrd. Duke of Bedford,
China ; Lady Marshall, ditto, windlass damaged, &c.
WEvmomr, Arms. 16.—The Mary and Elizabeth, from
Plymouth to this port, drove ashore at Portland yesterday,
during a heavy gale at N.
WHITSTABLE, APRIL 16.—The Isabella, from Trieste to
London, was the vesssel that got on the Spaniard; she has
beat off, and is now on the main, near Warden Point, with
loss of rudder, but making no water. A lugger and a smack
have gone to lighten her.
WEYMOUTH, APRIL 16.— SM. Astrea, Quebec.
PLYMOUTH., APRIL 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Tyne,
Bosustow, Mauritius ; August, Elmhorst, Honduras for
Hamburgh. Sid. Hotspur, Ruth, and Katherine Stewart
Forbes, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16.—Acrd. Lancaster, Hullen, Bom-
bay ; Exeter, Barrett, Ichaboe ; Barrett, Foster, Charleston.
Ott, Margaret, Africa. Sid. Doris, Cape of Good Hope ; Xarifa,
Rio and Valparaiso; Ann and Emily, Sierra Leone; Trea-
surer, Barbadoes ; Superior, Apalachicola ; Eben Preble,
Philadelphia; Charles Humbeeston and No Kingdom, New
York ; Shannon, Boston ; Argent and Racer, Halifax ; ames,
Montreal. The wreck reported yesterday proves to be the
Euterpe, which is being brought m here by two steam tugs;
she was bound from St. Domingo to this port.
IOFF ExmouTn.—Mandengo, Bunting, Jamaica. 'v -""""""
APRIL 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Nautilus, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
DUBLIN, APRIL 15.—S1d Bridget, Grace Darling, and Mar-
quis Wellesley, Quebec.

MARKET NEWS.-(TillS DAY.)
HAY AI.A.RIEZTS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4115 s •, use-
ful ditto, 4/ 16s to 514 s ; fine Upland do., 515 s to 5/14s ; Clover
Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw,
21 to 212 s per load. A moderate supply. Trade throughout
firm, at full prices.
CustnEnLaNn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 4116 s ;
useful ditto, 4117 s to 518 s ; fine Upland ditto, Si lOs to Si 16s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to Si 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 211 s ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 2/ 3s per load. Supply rather
limited, and trade somewhat brisk.
WurrEcHApEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 41 15s;
useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 10s to
5/15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ 3s ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw
sold steadily, at the above quotations.
•IVICIEAT riIiLkLIEETS.
SOUTHALL, APRIL 16.—Although the supply of Beasts
and Sheep was seasonably extensive, we have to report a
steady demand for those kinds of stock, at an advance of 2d
per 81bs. Otherwise the trade ruled Inactive at previous
quotations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s
to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ' • Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and
Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Nearly the whole of the
stock found buyers.
ROMFORD, APRIL 16.—We had a pleasant trade here to-
day for most descriptions of stock at our quotations. Beef
from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d
to 6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d
per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store
Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calves,
161 to 19/ each.
HMI-SHAM, APRIL 16.—The supply being rather limited.
the demand was better than for some time past and prices
were somewhat on the advance. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ;
Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s
10d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, APRIL 15.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton,
3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; and Veal, 4s to 4s
6d per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade firm.
CHICHESTER, APRIL 16.—We had a better demand for
most kinds of stock, at improved quotations. Beef, from 3s
2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s
8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs.
Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s
to 18s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calves, 16/ to 18/
lOs each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended April 12,1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat .. •• . • 46s 3d Oats ••.• • . • • 20s 9d Beans • • •.. • 35s 3d
Barley • • • I I
32s 5d Rye.. ••• • • • 30s 6d Pease .• • • . 36s 5d