The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-17 00:00:00

MONEY -and CO-MWIERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000
bales, all to the trade. Prices were /Ad. per lb. lower than
before the Great Western arrived, and the staple was freely
offered ; 200 bales Surat went at 23/4d. ; and the
rest was American, and sold at 31/el. to sd. per lb.—
The shares of established railways were in im-
proved request, but the scrip of the new lines was dull.
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 11% 1034 ; Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 54 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 83/ ;
Belfast and Coleraine, 3 ; Belfast and County Down, 1 ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13% ; Caledonian, 11% ;
Ditto Extension, 31,4 4e. ; Cambridge and Lincoln,7 16s. 3d. ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 531/ 34 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 2634 ;
Churnet Valley, 617 i ; Clitheroe Junction, 3/4 ; Clydes-
dale Junction, 8% fi.; Cork and Bandon, 8% %; Cork and
Waterford, 2% %; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 414 %;
Eastern Counties, 19% Ditto, New Shares, 414 ; Glasgow
and Dumfries;• 245. ; Grand Junction' 228 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 115 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 56 ; Ditto, New Quarters,
48% ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 201/ ; Huddersfield Canal and
Railway, 634 7 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 714 ; Hull and
Selby, 107 ; Limerick and Waterford, 8% ; Liverpool and
Manchester, New Shares, 371 38% ; Liverrool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 435. 6d. 214 • London an Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, 323/4; London and Windsor, 10s. ; Londonderry and
Coleraine, 334 ; Londonderry and Enniskilen, 4% ; London
and York, 4%; Direct Northern, 314 ; Leeds and Dewsbury,
10 9% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 714 ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 10% 10 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 159 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6 ; Manchester
and Leeds, 154 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 704 ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 201% 34 ; Midland Railway, 161 162%; Ditto, 401.
Shares, 20% ; Newcastle and Berwick, 14 14 • Newry and
Enniskillen, ; North Wales, 314 6s. 3d. ; korth Wales
Mineral, New Shares, 534 ; North Western, 41/2 ; Oxford
and Birmingham Junction, 3:yi 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, 2 ; Preston and Wyre, 2914 ; Runcorn Gap,
Preference Shares, WA %; Sheffield and hlanchester, 121 ;
Ditto Quarter Shares, 15%; Sheffield and Lincoln, 38s. ;
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, ; South-Eastern and
Dover, 4114 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,6% ; Scottish
Central, 61/ ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 3% ; Welsh
Midland, 41s. 6d. ; West Yorkshire, 2% 2; Worcester
and Tring, 4N 5/ York and Carlisle, 214 ; Boulogne
and Amiens (English), 10%; Great Paris and Lyons, 38s. ;
Northern of France (English), ; Ditto, Rosamere,
(English), 214 ; Paris and Lyons, Laffitte's 'A En gli.h ), 3 2% ;
Paris and Lyons (Ganneren's), 545. ; Verona and Ancona,
425. 214.
The state of trade in the wholesale markets appears just
now to be tolerably satisfactory, as there is a good business
doing for actual consumption in most of the leading staples.
The arrivals from all parts of the world continue large, and
this keeps prices down, and checks speculation, whether in all
cases the importers are obtaining a satisfactory return
on their .capital may admit of some doubt. Among
the Manchester houses there has been a little bustle by the
arrival in town of so many parties connected with the manu-
facturing districts and large provincial cities, to visit the
Anti-Corn-law Bazaar ; and the retailers have generally
experienced a decided increase in their business from the
same cause. The influx of visitors and men of business to the
"great metropolis," is another proof, at the same time, of the
important influence of low fares on railways, as it is undoubt-
edly in a great measure owing to the excellent arrangements
of the League for bringing up passengers at greatly reduced
fares, that the arrivals are so numerous.
The Funds have been slightly flattened by rather an in-
creased supply of stock, but there is no essential alteration.
Consols for immediate transfer have realised 98% to 98%,
and for time 99 to 09%. Exchequer-bills have been again
marked 545. to 565. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents, have been 100% to 101, and the Three per Cents.
97% to 98. India Stock has been at 277%.
This is selling day in the Foreign Market, and there has
been very little business done. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been quoted 301/, and the Three per Cents. 42 to 1/9.
Mexican Stock has realised 361/, and Chilian 98%. Dutch
Twa-and-a-Half per Cents. were 63%. A meeting of the
Portuguese Bondholders is to be called, to consider the con-
version scheme.

The Shares of many of the Railways already in operation
have been rather firmer to-day, and there is an improve-
ment in their value. The scrip of the projected lines re-
mains about the same. P4ris and Lyons S'hares have risen,
both for Laffitte's and Ganneron's.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH. FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols ...... ........ 99% 98% 99% 99 99
New 314 per Cents 100% 101 1011
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11%-t liv,
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 9-16 11 9-16
India Stock 277% 277%
India Bonds, 1,000/..
Ditto under 1,0001....,...... 7O 70
South Sea Stock —
Ditto 01(1 Annuities
Ditto New Annuities .. 98% 98%
Consols for Account.... - 99
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 54 56 pm. 56
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent...,.
Ditto. Deferred - 52
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela — 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36% 36%
Ditto, Deferred 17% 17%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Account - —
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account ... ..... ...... 30%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto, Account 42%
Belgian 4% per Cent.
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97% 98%
PRICES OF CLOSING
.1; AILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK.
PRICES
Aberdeen

Birming. and Gloneesterloo.- 138'137
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 10
Bristol and Exeter 7O
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 60
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 7:3/4
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Churnet Valley
'Cork and Waterford ... 1% 2%
Coventry and Leicester 14 1 .
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June 2 ...... 1
Dublin and Galway 2/2...... _
Dublin and Mullingar... 2% ... ...
Eastern Counties 25 ..... 18%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1—.51. 13s. 4d .......
Eastern Union l5 ....
Ditto Extension ...... 11,4 2LA v•••
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Great South. and West. .

11A
214
63

_ ._
(Ireland)
' - Ditto Extension
.. .
..
...
Great North of England..loo 2Ol
Ditto New
Ditto New 2 ...... 241/2 25%
Great Western
Ditto 1,4 Shares 5O lO5
Ditto, ifths. 2O
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2% ... 21,1... • . 43% 43/4 5
Hull and Selby 5O lO7 ... . ...... .
...
Lancaster and Carlisle... 20
London and Binninghtn (5t0ck)..234 ...
Do. New Thirds - 2
Londonp
11. uN andaenwd Quartersßßl
Brighton...
cg khwt ann.:. . .
.165/ 20. 1:3 s . 4d . 3:391.
,AOB ....................
.: :
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 181/i% ,
Do. New
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ... 21,4 •:
London and S. Western 41/ 62 10d .............
Do. New
_. ..........
London and York . . .... ... 2% - 4%14
Londonderry & Coleraine 2 %...... 4A ....,.
Manchester and Birmin. 40 . . .... .... .
Do. New Quarters ... 2 ... .. .
Manchester and Leeds... 73 : ...... 154 153 15.5 . 155
Do. % Shares
Midland , lOO ... 162 163161% 163 163
Do. New - 201%
Midland, Birm.,Derby 100 123 126 - 125
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction ... 25 ...... 481,E ..........
..
Do. New Brandling... 10
Neweasile and Berwick 11A 141,4 14 15'
Newark and Sheffield .. 1% 434 5 ....
North British ..... -.... 10
Do. New
Perth and Inverness ... 2%
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
:.•cottish Midland 1%••• • 3%
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 21,1..... 5%.....,..
South Devon... l5
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d —
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales .. . 21/2 _ VA%
Trent Valley and Holy
head Junction ......... 1% 2%
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .....• •••••
West Cornwall . 1 m... .. 4 %..... ........ .
York and North Midland 50
Do. Extension ......... 11,4 lB% 17% IgIA 1814.
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens-. 4 - 10%
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Dijon and Mulhouse
... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Jamaica Junction ......... 11,4 31,4 3 3%
Lyons and Avignon
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 44
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bordeaux 2 ...... 1N ............ .. 101 A
Orleans and Vierzon
Over Yssel 413 s 4d — ......
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 - .. .............. ..
'2l
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Pans and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Royal North of Spain ... 2
StraslYourg and Bale ... 14
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's .

22%
13%
201
5114
24%
105%
42

107
-41%
234
45
32
9JA
64
18k

13%

48-,1/2
29 1/2

4%
4%
63/4

11

JOINT STOCK BANKS
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--(YESTEk{DAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 8i Gibraltar..., ••••••••• ••
Ditto, at sight l2 6i Leghorn 3l
Rotterdam 9U. 12 9 Genoa ...... ... ......
Antwerp 26 15 Milan ...... ...... ..... •
HamLurgh M.B. 14 0 Venice .... • • ••••• .....
Altona Naples ............•,. • 394
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Palermo, p ~,
per 0z...... .7
Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Lisbon 524
Marseilles 26 10 Oporto.. • • •••• ......... 53
Bourdeaus 26 15 Rio Janeiro •• 23t.
Frankfort on Maine.. 123 Bahia • • .......
Petersburgh, 3 Us... Buenos A.p.,s .........
Berlin NwY
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 2 PLileedTlik4,l2•Y—s•s•i
•ght
•••
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36* Foreign
a, bare. £3 17 9
Cadiz
Bilbao New Doubloons OO 0
I ... ~.

Barcelona —
Seville

New o:duais 0 4 9*
Silver iii tiara 0 4 108

. The Duke of Sutherland has given permission to
destroy the hares on the farms of his tenants in the parish
of Trentham, where they are injurious to them.—Doncaster
Gazette,