The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-23 00:00:00

LONDON

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1645.

bags Manilla went at 238 to 23s 6d per ewt, without certi-
ficate. -
COFFEE.—There has been a better demand for British
Plantation. Jamaica mid coloury has been sold at 86s to
87s 6d per cwt, and low Trinidad 435 per cwt. Mocha Coffee
has been sold at 62s to 63s for good mid bold greenish clean
garbled, and pea-berry 72s to 75s 6d per cwt. Ceylon has
advanced, and 2,061 bags went at 458 to 60s. Some Planta-
tion went at 87s 6d to 88s. Padang realised 21s 6d to 22s
per cwt. La Guayra brought 59s to 73s 6d per cwt, and
Dutch Company's Java 45s to 47s per cwt.
RICEL—A good deal has been done in Bengal at lOs to 12s
for ord to good mid white.
SALTPETRE.-1,774 bagsCalcatta realised 24s to 25s for 8i
to .5,1 per cent. refraction.
SPICES.—A large business has been done in Pimento at
tc, 3d per lb. Malabar Pepper, 5,300 bags, partly sold
at 3d to 31c1 per lb.
TEA.—There has been a public sale of 16,444 packages,
only 12,000 of which were sold. Gunpowder and Imperial
were 2d to 3d per lb lower on fine. Congou was rather
cheaper.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 38s 9d to 39s per cwt on the
spot.
RUM.—This article has been dull.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
Cli Y. QUARTER TO THREE.
There were 700 bales of Cotton sold at Liverpool yesterday,
including 5,000 on speculation, without any change in prices.
There was no business done in the Stock Exchange, which
was closed.

Mast iIEsTER SToCK -I::XCIIANGE, MAY 22.—The sales are
—Barnsley Junction, 4?./t 11-16; Ditto, Half Shares, 2%;
Belfast, Ballymena. and Carrick, 83A ; Birkenhead, Man-
cheater, and Cheshire Junction, 91/ 1/8 ; Bolton, Wigan,
and Liverpool, 124 : Caledonian, 114 ; Churnet Valley, 6 ;
Clitheroe Junction, 24 5-16 prem. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
New Quarters, 6% 1/4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 295. ; Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6% ; Leeds and Think,
7 714 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9% ; Leicester
and Birmingham, 1% prem. ; London and Windsor, 7s.
Prem.; London and York, 41/2 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, Quarter Shares, 9%; Ditto, New Quarters, 71A ; Man-
chester and Buxton, ; Atanchester, Buxton, atlock,
and Midland Junction, ,qj ; Manchester and Leeds, Half
Shares, 704 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 214 ; Midland Rail-
way Consols, 40/. Shares,
.20 19% ; Newark and Sheffield,
5 ex new ; North Wales, 3%; North Western, 414 ; Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 2% ; Preston and Wyre
Extension, 2% %; Sheffield and Manchester, 14%; South
Eastern, 40% ; Ditto, No. 1, 15; Ditto, No. 3,6% ; Trent
Valley, 18 7-16 ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead
Junction, 2.1, %; Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole, 15%;
Welsh Midland, 2 21/2 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 24 ; Dijon
and Mulhouse, 2,",t ; Great North of France, English, syy ;
Paris and Lyons, English, 34 3-16; Ditto (Ganneron's),
2 15.16.

There are not any colonial arrivals in the City to-day.
There is much interest taken in the City upon the subject
of the formation of railways in India. We are enabled
to state that the Company has met with flattering and ex-
tensive support from the most influential mercantile firms in
the City, who are connected with the East India and China
trades. The Court of Directors of the East India Company
are most alive to the subject, and there are good reasons to
believe that the difficulties they have most fairly stated as
being in the way of the succelsful construction of railways in
the East Indies, will be most easily overcome.

We. are sort to ,ee that speculation in the Cotton Market
at Liverpool is carried on to an extent not warranted in the
opinion of most men by existing eircutostance,,,.
We have the following from the Cape of Good Hope :----
"Her Majesty's ship Sappho arrived in Simon's Bay, 21st
inst., from the Mozambique Channel, Lieut. Alexander, of
her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, a passenger, which latter vessel
drove on shore on 13th Dec., 1844, off Mariengona River, a
brig, which was found to have on board about 420 slaves (half
of her intended cargo), but in consequence of the severity
of the weather, and the heavy breakers, it was, after repeated
attempts, found impossible to take the negroes out, and ap-
prehending the vessel would, during the night, go to pieces,
the slaves were relieved from their confined situation, and al-
lowed to swim on shore to save their lives, which it is be-
lieved a greater portion of them accomplished, as only eight
bodies were seen drowned; seven boys still found on board of
her the following morning, were removed on board the Cleo-
patra, the weather having moderated, and brought to Simon's
Bay."
The contents of the news by the Overland Mail are, upon
the whole, satisfactory.
The Funds have been very firm to-day. Consols for the
Account have been done at 994 % ; the same for Money.
The premium upon Exchequer-bills is 53 ; Bank Stock is at
211, and India Stock at 280.
Not a single bargain has been quoted in the Spanish Se •
curities to-day. The Portuguese Converted are worth 67{i ;
Mexicans, 374. The Russian Metalliques have fallen from
1184 to 117%. The Dutch Four per Cents. are at 98%;
and the Belgian Four-and-a- Half per Cents., at a fall from
991/ to 987.
There has been a very firm market for the Railway Shares
to-day. All the established lines are in good request. The
French lines are very firm.

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ONE CLOSING
PLAICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols ~....
New 34 per Cents .IOIIA % 101%
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 1-16 I/4 . 11 M
India Stock
South Sea Stock

Ditto New Annuities ... 9714
Consols for Account..... ...... 99% 1%

9714
991 A

Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11,4,61 58 -1- pm. 60
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised 57 59 pm. 59
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela — 1514
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto Account - 3714 371/s
Ditto. Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 67 14 % 67 7,
Ditto, Account 6714
Russian Bonds • .... 11814 1171/2 117%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account 3OIA
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account 42%
Belgian 4% per Cent. 99 99
Belgian Scrip, 2% per Cent 591, 59%
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific gs% 981%
PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush .................. 1%...... 2:y4 2%
Birming. and Gloucesterloo ..... _
Do. New ... ............ 171/ ...... 33
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction ......... 2 ...... 31/..i.,
Brißriton,atnl aLewes,
Do. New .... . ......... 2 ..... 84z
81%
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 58 l 4
Caledonian ........ .. .....5 ...... 103 A 11 10% 5BlO
Ditto Extension •••••• 21A— .... 2d/4
eB6teril..a.s.t••
rilCambridge and Lincoln 11/2 ...... 7,4 44..
Chester and Holyhead... 15 ...... 1614 15A
Chichester and Brighton 10 ...... 1234 %
Churnet Valley
...... ...
Coventry and Leicester 114 ......
Cornwall
Direct Northern ......... 2% ......
Dublin and Galway... .• 2% .... 3%
7200
............
L 2.4
33/4
Dublin and Mullingar... 21/2- ..... 434
Eastern Counties ......... 25 ...... 181/8 t 4 l4
Ditto New ............... ...... 4% 4%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d ....... 11
Eastern Union ............ 15 „ ... --
Ditto Extension ...... 1% 243 214
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset ss. ......
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) ............... 10 ...... 2214 221/4:
Ditto Extension ...... 21A —
..• 123/4
Great North of England..loo 217 215 215
Ditto New ...... 5
Ditto New ............... 2
Great Western ......... ... 80
Ditto, Fifths ............ 20
Guildford, h'are'm, Ports. 2% ... .. 5%%14 , 51%
liarwich
[lull and Selby 5O 108
Lancaster and Carlisle... 20
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...237 236 239
Do. New Thirds ...... 2
Do. 14 Shares ......... 2
...... 33%
London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 9 q 914
London and Brighton... 50
Do. New consolidated Bths 25 .. 36%
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 18i/2 lB%
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 10% lOl/2
Do. Preference —.lB/ 17s 2d ...... 24% 24%
London and S. Western 411 6s 10d 80 79
London and York 2% 4l/4 %% ...... ... 414
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen —2% ......
4%
Lynn and Ely ...... 2% ...... 6% 5%
Lynn and Dereham ...... 1%
..... 2% 2%
Manchester and Leeds... 73 ....... 153 153
Do. % Shares

-. ...... -
Midlan 32
d 100 ..... 169 171 .
131%
Midland,Birni., Derby...loo ......
Do. New ............... 2 ...... 20% %
Newcastle and Darling- 50
51 50 ton Junction........ ... 25 •••••• 31
20 ...
Do. New Bran g..
10 ...... 32
Neweaskle and Berwick 111/. ..... 17
Newark and SLeffield .. 1172 ...... 4% to ••••• " " • " 4%
17
North British ........... 10 ....... 1714%
4%
Do. New 4IA
............... 1 ...... .
67
Northern and Eastern... 45 ...... 67% 67
16% 15% 16%

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.. 4%78 436
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41
7
Do., No. 3 ............ 2% ...... 71 /
South Wales ........... ... 2% ...... 57,..
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm ...... 2%. •••• --148 k
Trent Valley ............... 2 ......
Trent Valley and Holy- 2%
head Junction ......... II ......
West Cornwall .......... 1 1,4
... ..
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- 6
mouth ...... . ...... 2% ...... 6
Yarmouth -end Norwich. 20 ......
18% :5- Ditto, New ..... . ......... 11 ......
fork and North Midland 50 ...... 106
481,4
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 ...... 49
Do. Selby ............... 20 ...... 691/z 693 ......... l?? 34
Do. Extension ........ 11A ...... 171/214
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
914
Boulogne and Amiens... 4 ..... OA%
2 %
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 ...... 21A%
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and !,.
Cet te
Great North. of France 42 ........ ... . 378 21'771474 '
23A
4
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... •
Lyons and Avignon...... 2 ...... 2A , 51,4
Namur and Liege
15 1414
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 .••••• Orleans /it ...
Overysasenid Bordeaux... 2 ...... 11%14 /2 713
413 s 4d...... A.
p 2
Paris & Lyons, Laftitte's 2 ...... 3% 8 .....
v
Paris and Lyons, Gan- 54
neron's, 2%3A ........... .
2 ...•••2
48
Ppaarriiss
a&nLdyoornlse,a(nCsalon's) 2
...... 2
48 ........... ...
43% 42's 4314 434
Paris and Rouen 2O
20