The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-03 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

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(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000
, but there was no further advance.--Shares
bales, 3,000 being on speculation. Prices were firmly sup-
portedßirkenhead, Manchester, and
Barnsley Junction, 755., ; _
Darien, and Bolton,
Were inactive, and but a small business was done
8% Bolton,
_Wigan, and
5 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 914
Cheshire Junction, 81,4 30;
3% 314 ; Cambridge
Blackburn,;
Liverpool, 11%; CaledonianExtension,_
and: Lincoln/ 9 BZII L Chester d Churnet
ss % Cork and Water-
Valley, 71/2 A ; Cork and Banon, q
and Belfast Junction, 11% 14 ;
ford, 665. 6d. 2%;
34ithlen, 5%; Glasgow and Dumfries,
4%; Dundalk and Innis .
Duba,lin! Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone,
Dundee and Perth,
Ditto, Eighth Shares,
Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 44 ,__ _ . _
' Great Grimsby and Shefleld, 614 LA : Great Munster,
295. 30s. ; Grand Junction,
_22..8 ;ii4. Ditto, Half Shares, 114 ;
19% •
3 ; jarnaica Junction, 5 ; Limerick and I';:terford, 9 876 ;
Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 101 ; 14
Ormskirk, and Preston, 274 1,4 ; London and Birmidegrall:
Quarter Shares, 32%; London and Brighton,63%; Londolar
derry and Coleraine, 334 . Londonderry and Enniskillen, 514 ;
London and York, 51,6 '63 3d. ; Ditto (Bawtry), 334. 76 -
J
Direct Northern, 3% ci ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 113 A ; J-,eed;
and West Riding unction, 71h 14 ;
Lynn and Ely, 714 ;
Manchester and Buxton, 91/s ; Manchester, Bay, and Bow
sendale, 17"yi ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shires, 156 651,l I
Midland 'Railway, 157 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 1934 % ; Nary
castle and Berwick, 15 ; Newry and Enniskillen, i 4
North Wiles Mineral, 161,4 ; North Western, 91s. 3d. 4
N,
Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 91s. 3d. ; Oxford, or.
caster, and Wolverhampton, 1.7 i ; Preston and Wyre, Ns.
(guaranteed 5 per cent. and &V.), 57%; Sheffield and Man-,
cheater, 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 N 4 I Sheffield al
Lincoln, 2 ; Shrewslry, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5 i South-
Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3,7% % 2_. Sattil, if
Central, 7%; Trent Valley, 191,2 ; Trent Valley Exte;".s.lo?*
71/2 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 2% ; Waterford and Slk
kenny, 4 ; Welsh Midland, 21,4 14 ; West Yorkshire, 61, x g.
Worcester and Tring, 434 ; Whitehaven and Furness, bOs..
565. 641.; Constituted Central of France, 1514 ; Louvain ands:
Jemeppe, 5 ; Namur and Liege, 614 ; Northern of France
(Laffitte's), 5% IA, ; Ditto (Rosarnel's), 465. 6d. 2% ; Patine
and Lyons, English, (Laffitte's), 58s. 6d. 3/. ; Paris and Lyme;
(Ganneron's), 23:, ; Paris and Rouen, 42.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY I.—The salves
are :—Barnsley Junction, 4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 9 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accring-
ton, 9 5,,i ; Bristol and Exeter, New Shares, 71,(; Cambridge
and Lincoln, 914 ; Chumet Valley, 71/s ' • Direct Northern, 3;
Ely and Bedford, 3%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 9-16 %;
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 614 cum new; Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal, 834 ; I ' Th irsh,
5% 6 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Mancheste- and
West Riding Junction, 7% 14 ; Liver; 'ad
Preston, 3 2 15-16; London and South-
don and• York, 51,2 N ; Manchester an
• Ditto. New Quarters, 73i ; Manchlste
k ; North Western, 41,9 516, ; North I_J_
' JULlCticlr
3; ..shellield and Lincolnshire j
ham and Mansfield, 31,i •
ction,
Oswestry, and Cheshire un4 _ .
8,,c N •
Wolverhampton, Dudley,
Valley, /.6
19- 20', ,i ; Ditto o C ntinue
Preston an.d V

tion, 214 prem.; West Midland, 31/Q prem. ; West Yorkshire,
7; Whitehaven and Furness, 3; Great—Northern of France
(English), SLA ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 258 9-16 ;
Union Bank of Manchester, 10%; Manchester and Salford
Waterworks, 59 ex new.
Accounts of a late date from New York, show the state of
trade in that part of the world. The revenue from Customs
is thus analyzed

January
February
March

1843.

1844,

1845.

Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.
548,046 1,876,615 1,677,969
492,216 2,169,100 1,347,456
636,596 1,691,524 1,575,680

Total

This table shows that the greatest falling off in the re-
ceipts from Customs was in February ; the decrease that
month, compared with the corresponding month last year,
being 821,644 dollars. The total decrease fer the quarter
was 1,136,138 dollars. The importations this season have
been nearly as large as for the same time last year, while the
duties have fallen off about 20 per cent. The importations
have only diminished about 7 per cent. To have brought
about this state of things, the average rate of duty upon the
imports must have been very much reduced. The impor-
tations of free goods the first quarter this year were much
larger than for the same quarter last year, but the
increase was not sufficient to have made so wide
a difference in the duties. The average rate of duty is annually
decreasing, and in time a reduction to a revenue standard
must be made. The folly of attempting to get an increased
customs revenue, by the imposition of duties beyond what it
is the interest of the importer to pay, is illustrated here as
well as in every other instance, and if the writer of the New
York Herald thinks to mend the matter by a further increase,
he will not be long in receiving faller confirmation than ever
of the truth of Swift's axiom, that two and two do not always
make four.

The position of the English Stock Market is more vacil-
lating than was the case a month since, when the same value
was supported for a week together; but the speculators are
aided in their operations by various political matters of some
moment that have recently been passing in foreign coun-
tries. Consols have been down to 98% upon rather a large
sale made, but are now at 9871. Time bargains have been
effected at 9878 3/4. The premium upon Exchequer-bills
has been 575. to 605., which is a slight advance. Bank
Stock is MIA to 209, and India Stock 2761/2 to 278. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 1001,i ;
and the Three per Cents. 97',14 14.
The Foreign Bonds have not been so dull. Mexican have
been a shade lower, 3778' to 38, as the accounts from America
still allude to the probability of a war. Buenos Ayres have
realised 431 A, and Brazilian 88. Danish Stock is at 884 ;
Portuguese Converted are 671,4 to I,j; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. have been 63111
Railway shares in general are rather firm to-day. Chur
net Valley, North Kent, and several others have advanced a
little. South-Eastern are again lower. West-End and
Southern Counties Junction are about premium. The
Paris and Lyons Scrips are better, as the adjudication of this
most important line is expected to take place within a very
short period.

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

CLOSING
PRICES.
209

3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
34 98?
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726........
98
New 314 per Cents 10034 1,4 34 10014
Long Annuities to expirejan.lB6o 11 7-16 5-16 11 5-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ll 3-16% 11%
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ll% 11%
India Stock 276% 278 278

"India Bonds, 1,0001.. .
Ditto under 1,0001. .. .... 72 70
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751...... 9814 98Ii
Consols for Account... • ••••••• 983 i Vit 90,it
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/, I%d. ... 57 60 pm. 57
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small ... 58 60 pm. 57
CLOSING
PRICIN.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto. Account ... ........... 83
Ditto, Small
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — 86%
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 4314 434
Danish, 3 per Cent
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto Account
Ditto, Deferred lB% 18%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3l 31
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 67% 67
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1844).
Ditto, Account 30% 30%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 46 46
French, 5 per Cent. —l. —c. 118 f. 50c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 80c.
Belgian Bonds, 41/., per Cent — 98%
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9734% 97%
Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Cent.
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
BIILWAY SHARES
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 2 7,Ei 2:74
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 130(2 13514 13514
Ditto 1,,:a Shares
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New ... . 2 ..... 8 8

Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11%
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Caurnet Valley
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June. 214 ll %
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 01/2. 3M% M
Dublin:and Mullingar... 2% 4l/2
Ea: t :rn Counties 25 ... ~ 2016%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....51. 13s. 4d. —
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North cf England..loo
Ditto New
Great Western BO ......186

2%
64 (~,
3-

19
13%
21,1
187%

Ditto Fifths
Harwich
Hull and Gainsborough 1% PA %
Hull and Selby - 50 lO5
Do. Half Shares
Jamaica Junction I% —
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...234%
Do. New Thirds
London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 914 % 9
London and Brighton... 50
Do. Consolidated Btbs 16
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. Hi% 4 lB
Londonderry &Coleraine 2 ~',......
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 21,2 — . 3'
London and S. Western 4116 a 10d 7914 80
Do. New
Do. New

41%
1%
2%
106
24

Londoa and York
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Bimini. 40
Do. New Quarters ...
Midland 100
Do. New
Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo 117% ll7l/2
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction

Do. New Brandling... 10 -
Newea.s.le and Berwick 11
Newry and Enniskillen. 2({2
Newark and SLeffield ... 1 A...... 5:41/2 •••
North British
Do. New
North Kent
Perth and Inverness..: 21,,i

Richmond and West End
Junction
Rugby, Worstr, &4Tring 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 1%...... 3c4...
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, tuad Birm
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 40
Do., No. 1 8
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales 21,4
Trent Valley 2 ...... 1914 183/4
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
Ditto, New ll
York and North Midland 50 lO2
Do. li Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25

Do. Selby
Do., Extension lll 173/4
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux & Mediterran.
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette ... ...... . ... ..... 2 ...... 2%
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 2 •••
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 5% 43/4
Namur and Liege
Orleans and. Vierzon ... 2 ......
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 ...... 10 93/4... ......
Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gait-
neron's'
Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Orleans
3/4
Paris and Rouen ... 20 ...... 4l 42 ... .....
Paris and St. Quentin ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain ... 2 .
Sambre and Meuse ..... 4
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's 2
'llyp, do. (Lefebvre's) 2

..... -
' ..... 9%

, JOINT STOI
British North American 50
rtrviacial of Ireland .., 25
COURSE OF EXCHA:
Ain qerdam CF. 12 84
Ditto, at sight l2 61
Rotterdam 2U. 12 9
Antwerp
Hatnburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona
Paris., 3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto, 3 months 26 10
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 15
Frankfort on Mains 123
retersburgh, 3Us —

..•• ......
it BAN i.

Berlin
Vienna, effec. fi. 3 M lO 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 361
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona

291.
14.14
51
5$
17
41
634

3 1/1/1
41;2
3/
3

4%/2
40

1431
7 1/2

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5.4
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68%
171/i

... 45
.... .171:2 . ...... 47
GE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Leghorn 31
Genoa ..... ...... 26 10
Milan ...... .....
Venice
Naples ....... . 39
Palermo., pur oz ll9
Lisbon s2i
Oporto... . .
Rio Janeiro
Bahia .....
Buenos Ayres
NewYork.2ldyasight
Philadeipl a
PRICKS OF BULLION, PER oz.
Foreigeklold, bars. £3 17 9
Portuga.: Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
New 5......... 0 4 9,
Silver !ti Bars . 0 4 10;

Beville —

TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—Thursday, on account of
the visit of her Majesty to the Royal Academy of Arts, the foun-
% taint were played to a height of about thirty.feet, which had a very
effect.
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A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!-GRAND OPENING

FETES.

First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested
by H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her
Inogt Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER,
H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
MONDAY, May 3 ; TUESDAY, May 6 ; WEDNESDAY, May 7 ,

and THURSDAY, May 8, 1845.

A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the
Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain
Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor'
Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton Hill, Nelson's Monument,
Arthur's Scat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu-
ment, the Royal Institution, Holy-rood Palace, and all the most inter-
esting features of " Auld Reekie."
The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, an he is delighted to say it met with
his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than nasal
care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the
happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were
made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of
the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this
Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr.
GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com-
posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior
Novelties, which will he produced in rotation, including some Ori-
ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country.
At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of
FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model
will he Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the
tires on the Calton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun-
tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings
which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour-
tray,d. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Regal and Patriotic
Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will he exhibited in the centre of the
Lake I The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted
by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in-
troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson.
southby has been occupied for, months in giving effect to this
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Feeding of the Carulvora, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &C., at
Five : Concert, at Six ; and Pyrotechnic Display. at Nine-
Admission. One Shilling.

OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA.—It would appear that
this route is gaining as much favour for the transit of
goods as it has for the conveyance of passengers. The
comparatively short period employed compensates for the
additional expense, more particularly with such Indian
wares as materially depend upon their novelty for a
market in this country, and which, if they did not arrive
punctually at particular seasons, would disappoint the
connoisseur and beau monde. The elaborately wrought
Cashmere shawls, for instance, without a newness in
which a fashionable season would suffer a depression,
and for which thousands and thousands of pounds are
annually expended by the house of Everington and
Graham alone, who have adopted the overland. route in
order to take the lead of Europe in being the first in the
field with this costly article.