The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-21 00:00:00

THE STTNI LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBIM 214 1444,

RAILWAY SNARES.

Versailles, R. 8......• . 515 .• 500 • • 500
L.B.— •• •• 400 .. 400 .. 392 50 .. 392 50
Rouen •• • • •• • • ..........1040 • 1010 ..1034 75 • .1038 75
Rouen to Havre
Orleans .••
Strasburg to Bale ..... 312 50 .. 316 25 . 312 50 .. 312 50
Avignon to Marseilles.. •• .. 920 •• 930 .• 920 .. 927 50

WIN r;Y AND CuNIMEtt CI AL NE vi S

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

An improvement occurred again this afternoon in the
English Stocks, Consols being 1001 The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. have maintained the advance
to l ; and the Unfunded Debt remained at 58s. to
60:i. premium.
Spanish Active Bonds were 25 ; and the Three per
Cents. for Account touched 37i- to 38 ; Mexican were
361- ; Buenos Ayres, 37 ; and Belgian, 1021.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these : —Great Southern and Western (Ireland)
were 54- ; Great Western, half, 41 to 401 ; Brighton,
2i ; London and York, 2 ; Lynn and Ely, 1 ; Man-
chester and Leeds, Sixteenths, 24 ; Midland, 12i; New-
castle and Berwick, 6/ to 6; Northern and Eastern, 121;
Ditto Scrip, 1011; North Kent, ; Norwich and Brandon,
si; Richmond and West-end Junction, 1i s ; Rugby, ;
South-Eastern, 6-78- to s ; York and North Midland, 52 ; Do.,
half, 26; Paris and Orleans, 231; Paris and Rouen, 214 ;
and Paris and Strasbourg, 1 premium. Blackwall have
been 94, and Greenwich 3 discount. Colonial Bank
Shares were 10 discount, and London and Westminster
6i _a premium.
The rate of Exchange on Amsterdam, Frankfort, and
Paris, was a shade higher, and on Hamburgh there was a
slight declae.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
A very large business was done in Cotton at Liver-
pool yesterday, and the market had a lively aspect, but
prices were not higher. Speculators took 3,500 bales
and the entire sales amounted to 100,000 bales—viz..
1,100 Pernam, at 48d. to 54d.; 100 Bahia, at 50. ;
300 Maranham, at 43d. to 5-4-d.; 200 Egyptian, at 53d,
to 6d. ; 400 Surat, at 21d. to 24d.; and the rest Ame-
rican, at Sid. to sd. per lb.—Shares were steady.
Bristol and Gloucester, 373- ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
2f ; Eastern Counties, 1474 ; Grand Junction, 223 ;
Ditto, Eighth, 17 ; Liverpool and Manchester, half,
102 ; Ditto, Quarter, 571 ; London and Birmingham,
Quarters, 27 ; Ditto and South-Western, 83k ; Ditto
and York, 411- ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 52 ; Mid-
land Counties 112 k; South-Eastern, 387-, ; Ditto, New, 12;
Lyons and Avignon, 21. 14s. ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 3s. ;
Ditto and Rouen, 4011 ; Strasburg and Bale, 121 ;
Tours arid Nola( s. 2 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5i ; Cen-
tral of France, 11f.
There are various additional accounts in town today
from the Cape of Good Hope, but we do not learn that
they contain any information of interest. It may have
been observed that the Commissioners of Emigration
have taken steps to ascertain the names of those parties
who are entitled to the bounty, and to lots of land on
their arrival out in the colony, which if not attended to
soon, the privilege so afforded will cease. The present
dates from the Cape are to the 25th of October. Some
additional vessels had left the Cape for Guano, at Ichaboe.
A very strong feeling is expressed among the mer-
chants of the City in favour of the repeal of the duty
upon raw cotton. Those connected with the export
trade with the United States believe most confidently
that the result would be to increase the demand for our
manufactures, even in the Republic, to an enormous
amount. A meeting of the merchants interested is, it is
said, in contemplation, in order to memoralise the
Government upon this most interesting subject. The
reduction of the duty on paper, it is also hoped. may be
accomplished if strenuous exertions ars made by the
manufacturers.

We are informed, on the authority of a letter received
at the Hall of Commerce this morning, that the Precur-
sor steamer had arrived out, after a passage of 45 days.
In the Consol market not much business has been
transacted to-day. The price for the Account is firm at
k to f per cent. above par ; Reduced Three per Cents.
have been quoted at 1004 A rise in Exchequer Bills
has taken place to 605., and upon India Bonds
to 755. premium. The new Three-and-a-Quarter p©r
Cents. have advanced to 31 per cent. above par. Bank
Stock is at 205.

In the Foreign Stock market the principal opera-
tions have been in the Dutch Securities, the Two-and-
a- Half per Cents. having fluctuated from 63-1 to 64f, and
the Four per Cents. from 97i to 91. There has not
been any transactions in the Belgian Bonds to-day.
Spanish Consuls are steady at 254 4; and the Three
per Cents at 374 a. The New French Scrip has been in
demand at 14 premium. For Mexican Stock 36 and 36i
have been the quotations, and fur Portuguese Converted
58 to 58i.
A very firm market has ruled to-day for all the princi-
pal Railway Shares, and in some instances advanced
prices have been realised. The Real del Monte Miae
Shares, unregistered, have beenquoted at 44 per share,
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List)
Bank Stock for Account .....
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ............... ...... 100
New 314 per Cent. Annuities. ........ .... ....„ 103 i.
India Bonds,l,ooo
Ditto under 1,000
Como! for Opening
Exchequer Bills.

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