The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

UONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

(From The Sun of Last Night).
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,000
bales, all to the trade. Prices were very fully supported,
although the business was but small. There was nut much
doing in Shares, and prices had a downward tendency.
In the accounts that came to hand yesterday from
Graham's Town we find a curious item in the revenue re-
turns for the financial year, viz , the receipt of 2,1131. 17s. 10d.
for licenses to take off guano. There are numerous places on
the sea board where this manure abounds to almost an un-
limited extent, and it is therefore certain that there will be
yearly an increase in this novel item in the public revenue of
the Cape of Good Hope. The total revenue for the quarter
ending on the 30th June, 1844, was 59,5991., and the expen-
diture 70,881/. ss. In the corresponding quarter of 1845
the revenue bad exceeded the expenditure by 5,446/. lls.
The accounts received this morning from Canada by the
Halifax steamer are of a most satisfactory nature. The wea-
ther continued very fine for getting in the crops. The furor
for railway operations was on the increase. Up to the 26th
of September last, there had arrived at Quebec 1,296 vessels
of the gross tonnage of 488,536 tons. In the same period of
last year the arrivals were 1,125 vessels, of the tonnage of
427,472. This shows an increase of arrivals at Quebec this
year of 171 ships, and of toi.nage 61,064 tons. Flour and
wheat had fallen, as the accounts taken out by the steamer
from hence gave a more favourable statement of the pro-
pable yield of our crops.
It appears by the statement from the offer of the National
Debt Reduction Commissioners, that in the present quarter
there will be laid out in the purchase of Stock 267,780/. 3s. 7d.,
and in the withdrawal of Exchequer-bills, issued pursuant
to the 57th George 111., cap. 48, the sum of 600,0001. The
surplus revenue, all things considered, is of a most satisfactory
character.
There has been a slight disposition to sell Stock to-day,
and Consols for immediate transfer have been reduced in
value from 98% to 98; and the Three' per Cents. Reduced
were taken, at one period, at 971, . but since then they have
rallied to 97%. For the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
there is a very heavy market, at a fall from 100 to 991/2.
Bank Stock is lower by 1 per cent., being now worth only
2061/. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has slightly
advanced.
The Foreign Funds are much neglected. Spanish Three
per Cents. have been sold at 37% ; the Dutch Two-and-a..
Half per Cents. at 60U and 34 ; the Four per Cents. at
9414 %; and the Mexican Five per Cents. at 32.
The settlement of the Railway Share Account has not
yet been fully completed. For a temporary accommodation
a comparatively high rate of interest is demanded. The de-
mand for Irish, India, and the principal English scrips and
shares is very healthy.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 98% 98 98V,
%Tew 34 per Cents. lOO 99% yr4l/, 9911,
Long Annuities toexoireJan.lB6o 10 15-16 13-16 10 13-15
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
Consols for Account .. .... . .
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d 5l 53 pm. 53
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small
ONE CL(YsiNG
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK -einclis
Brazilian Bonds —
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — 84
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 32 3214
Ditto Deferred 17% 17V2
Ditto, Debentures . 8 8
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates 94%% 94%

PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Aberdeen
. .

Bristol and Exeter 7o— lOl 98% 9B il;
Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......
Caledonian
Ditto Extension - —5%
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 57,E 6•••......... 6
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester ll% 334 33/4
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford ...
Direct Manchester _ .

(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 514 7
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 23A %24
Ditto New 4/. 16s. 914%3/4 934 P
Grand Union l% 3%
Great Eastern &Western 2% ...... 3%
Great South. and West.

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension ...... 71,2 l6 Ye
Great Western

Ditto 1,4 Shares
Ditto Fifths
•
Luicaster and Carlisle... 25
Leicester & Birmingham 225. 2 p • 2 P
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
Leicester and Tamworth 495.
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% •••
London and Birminghmloo 21l; 217 217
Do. Quarters
Ditto Extension ...... 1 V 4•••, 3%... .
London and Blackwall. 161. rjs. 4d. 103/41‘ 11 ll%
Do. New
London and Brighton._ 50
London and Croyd' 11, 131. 15s. 9d. 25 243/4 ..... ..
Lond. & S.Westr.,,,n 411 64 led 79 ... ........ .. 79
London and y ork 2% 6%%3/4... 6%
London,
W arwick, and
Kidderr,inster
214 4 ... 334
Londor,derry &Coleraine 24 OM 51,4
Nano ,ester and Leeds... 76
1.,0. 1% Shares .
‘,
' .anchezter and Birmin
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Midland... 100 175 176 176
Do. New
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction —
, Do. New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick 5
Newry and Enniskillen 2%
Newark, Sheffield, and

Boston ... ....- 22%.:....... 68:
.5. Y. 8...
16:4
I . Llsp. . . .. .
47
u2725153111p
North British
. 7 .. •• ••
Do., New
North Devon
Northern and Eastern
Do. New ....
N. Kent & Direct Dover 2%.... ___
18611i3/1346% I''
1A-
North Staffordshire 425......,
North Wales
6% 71% ..... ... alp
Norwich and Brandon... 14 -
Ditto New
Nottingham and Boston 1%
...
...
...
......... _162%
141 i
Oxford and Worcester.- 2%
Preston and Wyre ...... 50
222114.
s.'..ccoottttisishh Centralmidland
......... 15
Shrews., Wolverhamp., A
Dudley, and Birm ...... 2%„.. . 7% 8
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
South Midland l%
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... _
Do., No. 2. ............ 7
South Wales ..... ...... ••• 21, . • .... 7% 7 l2
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2
Warwick & Cheltenham 1% 3 414
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, .......... ... 3 -
and Dublin ............ 11,4 2IA
........
.. 1
Wat erford, Wexford, and ... 2is
Valentia .............. 1% 3% .
31/e
Welch Midland ........• 2% 4% 4
Wilts, Somerset, and 4
Southampton • - ...... 1% 2%......••....... 2%
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth .. ...... ... ...... 2% 8 ........ ...• .„ 81,4
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ... .. IN__ 81/z
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
York and Carlisle ....:.••• 21/4 Vti%... % P
••••• .. • 41%
York and North Midland 50 —
Do.Do SEexlbteyns..io..n. ................... 20114 823/4 B4
: 293/4

FOREIGN RAILWAY'
Boulogne and Amiens... 8.. l3 s'i 3
13
Dendre Valley ......••• ..,
2 10
Dutch Rhenish
.. 5 11,81 A lll/2
... ...
East Indian ss. h 4%
. 3/
.... 4 44
1.,4 orth. of France
I%
214% 2%
Great
Luxembourg
La ffiWUe es t'se)r.n. . B.: ..e. .t.i. 1. .... 4
25s .
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Pans and Lyons (Gan-
neron's)
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2% . 2si
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2
Rouen and Havre