The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

31oNLY AND Cor4l3lEitt- AI: S
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
Stocks close quietly this afternoon, Consols being
100* 4. Thi ee-and-a-Quarter per Cents were 1031-•
to s ; and the R&uced 1001 The Unfunded Debt
was the same as in the morning.
The animation in Foreign Bonds continued up to the
termination of business, Spanish Fives advancing, owing
to large speculative purchases, to 27* 1 ; the Three per
Cents. remaining at 381 ; and the Passive being 6* to
; Belgian were 1021 ; Brazilian, 89 to 4 ; Buenos
Ayres, 39* ; Colombian, 14.1 ; and Dutch Four per
Cents., 98.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 8 to 7f; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, a ; Churnet Valley, 14 ; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 1 ; Great Southern and Western
(Ireland), 51; Birmingham, 129 ; Brighton, q; South-
Western, New, 7* ; Croydon, 34; Lynn and Ely, 14 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 124 to 12; Midland, 13k;
North Kent, I* 4-; Northern and Eastern, 134 *; Rich-
mond and West-end Junction, 11 1; Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, 4 *; South-Eastern, 71,; Ditto, New, 91;
Trent Valley, 8*; York and North Midland, Halves.
26*; Ditto, Selby Extension, 12; Boulogne and Amiens,
3i; Orleans and Vierzon, 91; Paris and Orleans, 24 to
4-; Paris and Lyons, 1*; and Paris and Strasburg, *
premium. Eastern Counties have been 10*; and Stras-
burg and Bale, di count. London Joint Stock Bank
Shares were 4; and Union of Australia, 21 premium.
(From The Sue of Last Night.)
A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool on
Saturday, at very steady prices ; but there was no ad-
vance. Sales, 12,000 bales, including 5,000 on specula-
tion, and comprising 1,000 Pernams. at sd. to 51d. ; 200
Surat, at 21(1 to 3d.; and the rest American, at 3d. to sd.
per lb.—Shares were firm. Birmingham and Gloucester,
94*; Dublin and Belfast,q; Eastern Counties, 144; Do.,
Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. 6d.; Grand Junction, 224 ; Ditto,
Halves, 112 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares,
Bahia, at 54d. to Id.; 300 Egyptian, at 54-1. to 614 d ; 500
271 ; Ditto and South-Western, 133 ; Ditto and York,
4* ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52* ; Midland Coun-
ties, 112* ; North Wales, 61; South-Eastern, 46; Ditto,
Halves, 121 ; Trent Valley, 9* ; Paris and Lyons,
3 6-20; Paris and Rouen, 41i ; Paris and Strasburg,
2/. ISs. 9d.; Strasburg and Bale, 124 ; Orleans, Tours,
and Bordeaux, 8.
The private accounts received this morning from the
West Indies, brought by the Thames steamer, most fully
bear out the informatian in the papers with respect to the
prospects of the yield of the crops. One difficulty only
appears to be in the way, and that is the contingency of a
lack of labourers when the c. ales arrive at maturity. It
may, unfortunately, happen that, from an undue atten-
tion having been paid to the great purposes of immigra-
tion, at harvest time hands will be more in demand than
the supply, and hence very considerable losses may be
incurred, as crops of this description brook of no delay
in the cutting. There is a healthy tone in the accounts
received this morning, and we are glad to perceive that,
between the employer and employed, confidence is repre-
sented to be on the increase. There is not any other facts of
importance beyond what appears in another part of The
Sun of this evening. The Mexican mail is not brought
by the Thames, and we have, therefore, nothing to com-
municate from South America, except that complaints
are made on this and the other side of the Atlantic of a
want of regularity in the forwarding of the mail bags to
the Sea Board. We are assured that the letters and
papers from Chili, Peru, &c., now received by the
Thames, might have been brought by the Avon.
From the Mauritius there are advices this morning to
September 26th. The state of the crops was very fa-
vourable, but the colony was not in a very flourishing
condition, as money was extremely scarce, the banks
having curtailed their issues of notes very materially.
As the Colonial markets are now closed for the
Christmas holidays, the attendance of merchants and
others in the City is very thin at the usual places of
public resort—a very short attendance to-day, nor is it
expected that, for a week at least, there will be
any large amount of business done, except by
retail. There was exhibited at Mr. Banister's, the
Queen's butcher, the son of the Alderman of Windsor,
(the Queen's butcher) portions of the splendid animal,
the baron of beef cut from which will be placed on her
Majesty's table on New Year's day. The meat has re-
ceived unqualifie d approbation.
The Funds are a shade low- -r this morning. Consols
for the Account are at 1004 (the only price of the day),
and the Reduced Three per Cents. have receded to 100*.
The premium:upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 645.,
and that upon India Bonds to 795. Bank Stock for
Money is very firm at 209. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 34- 4 per cent, above par.
Business has been very brisk in the Foreign Funds
to-day, and the prices are on the. advance. Spanish
Five per Cents- have risen to 274 for Account, and to
264 for Aloney, being 2 per cent. above what they were
a week ago; the Three per Cents, have touched 383. It
is reported that another financial scheme is in operation
by the Finance Minister at Madrid, but the question
is, will it be for the benefit of the foreign creditors of
that country. We think not. Portuguese Stock has
advanced to 60 for the Three per Cents.; Buenos Ayres
have been at 38* ; the French Scrip at 14 premium ;
and all the other Foreign Funds are firm.
A good business is doing in the Railway Shares
this morning, and prices are looking up in mos
instances. The latest quotations are annexed :
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock.

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3i per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16
1 ilndia Bonds, 1,0001 79
Ditto under 1,000/ 77
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills. 14d. ILA.
1,000/.
500/.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised........
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...... 37ii 38.1-
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted .
Ditto for the Account 591 60
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 26ii
Ditto for the Account
Ditto 3 per Cent...
Ditto for the Account 3BAiiil

-81,
Dutch 2 per Cents ......••••••••
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cent.... ..................
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
ItAiLwAYs. PAID. PEP. SIIARIC.
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester 3() 37.
.. .. to
Cambridge and Lincoln
.1 4 to
Chester and Holyhead 5 ...... st,
Churnet Valley 2
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway 2 ...... 2if 3 ...... to 24
Dublin and Mullingar 2i
... 24
Eastern Counties
.... 144
Eastern Union
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 ...... 11114
Great Western
Ditto i Shares
Ditto Fifths
London and Birmingham 100 ......227P t0228
Ditto, New Thirds 2 ..... 39
Ditto, New Quarters......
London and Brighton.... ...... 50 ...... 52ii to
London and Greenwich ...... 124 ...... 94 •.. to
London and South Western.. 41i .... 7546 to --
Ditto, New 6 . 8
London and Croydon
•....... 16i 1
Ditto, Guaranteed, 5 per Ct.. 2 i
......
•*a .....
London arid Y0rk........ 2,„ .. 414
Manchester and Leed5......... 70 ...„..120 1 to
Midland lOO 112
Newcastle &Darlington June. 24
North British
71-
North Kent
.. . 3A
to
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 13 ... ...... to
Ditto New 1
Rugby
South-Eastern and Dover... 331
Ditto, New .
Trent Valley ... . • 2 ... 1041' .
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland... 50
Ditto, Half 5hare5......... 25
Ditto, Extension —
Boulogne and Amiens
Orleans and Bordeaux...... 2
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 444•....... to
Paris and Rouen

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, DEC. 21.—We have
had an animated market to-day, and a large business
has been done at improved prices :—Eastern Counties,
141- ; Ditto Perpetual. No. 2,19 s. 6,1.; Manchester and
Leeds, 120 ; Ditto, Sixteenths, 4# ; Ditto and Bir-
mingham, 514 ; Ditto, Quarters, 4 15 16 ; Midland, 401.
Shares, 5i ; South-Eastern, New Creation, 10A- ; Great
Northern of France, 375. 6d. premium ; Paris and Stras.
burg, 3 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc-
tion. 6#; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 3; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 475. ; Churnet Valley, 3# 11-16 ;
Ely and Bradford, 1 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manches-
ter, 5# ; London and York, 4,i ; Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley, 3 ; Trent Valley, 9i ; West
Yorkshire, 6i.

- CLOSING PRICES.
TiRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced ••• 1001
New 3i per Cent .. .. . 1031
Long Annuities to expire Jan 1860 12 1-16
India Bonds 1,0001 79 pm.
Ditto under 1,000/ 77 pm.
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11d 65 pm.
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small ... 63 pm.
Consols

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ...... ... 1023
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 39}
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.
Columbian Bonds 6 aer Cent l4l
Mexican Bonds, 1837,
5 per Cent 36
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
SHARES.
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid ..
Cambridge and Lincoln, 1} paid
24
Churnet Valley, 2 paid 4l-
Eastern Counties, 25 paid .. 148
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid 6l}
Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid 10}
London and Birmingham (Stock) 239
London and Brighton, 50 paid 5ll
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 93. paid l7
Lynn and Ely, li paid
Manchester and Biriniugham, 40 paid 52
Ditto Quarter Shares, 2 paid
Midland, 100 paid ,„
Newcastle and Darlington:Junct!on. 24 paid 621