The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)

The Cotton market at Liverpool yesierday was not brisk.
The quotations of the Shares were as follows :-Aberdeen
Railway, 34 •, Barnsley Junction, 7% &s. 9d. ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 3%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 93% -}1 ;
Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 6 18s. 6d. ; Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 41/s 3s. 9d. 3s. 6d. ; Bolton,
Wigan, and Liverpool, 1014 11 ; Caledonian, 10; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 714 % ; Chester and Birkenhead,
4711 4814 ; Ditto, New Shares, 41 ; Ditto, Half Shares,
24 24%; Chester and Holyhead, 8%; Chester and Preston
Brook, 51% 1/2 ; Churnet Valley, ;A ; Clydesdale Junction,
10%; Cork and Bandon, 78s. 9d. ; Dublin and Belfast
Junction, 73' 14; Dublin and Galway, 61s. 6d.; Dundee
and Perth, 314 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 2; Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen, 565. 3,1. 555.; Eastern Counties, 211,4 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 5% % ;
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 181,2 ; Ditto,. Half Shares,
91% ; Glasgow and Ayr, 62; Grand Junction, Quarter
Shares, 551:,. 56; Ditto, New Shares, 44; Ditto, Eighth
Shares, 18'374 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3%; Great
North of England, 30/. Shares, 2214 ; Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, 3% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 4% ;
Lancaster and Preston, 541,4 ; Limerick and Waterford,
414 4%; Liverpool and Manchester, 51; Liverpool, Orin-
skirk, and Preston, 765. 33% ; London and Brighton, 631/ ;
London and South-Western, 80%; London and York, 3%
61s 6d.; Direct Northern, 4% 47%y ; Lynn and Ely, 7 ;
Manchester and Leeds, 145%; Ditto, gall' Shares, 65%;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 19.<4; Midland Railway, 146 148;
Ditto, 401. Shares, 16%; Newark and Sheffield, 4% 514;
Newcastle and Berwick, 1414; Newcastle and Dar-
ling-ton, New Shares, 32; Newry and Enniskillen,
2% 13s. 6d. ; North British, 171/2 ; Ditto, half
Shares' 4% %; North Wales 'Mineral, New Shares, Ll 4 ;
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 11.165. 6d ; Preston
and Wyre, 341/., 14 ; Runcorn Gap, 241/2 ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 113 I% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1414 % ;
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5% ; Shrewsbury,
Oswsstry, and Chester, 4% 41. 15s. 6d. ; South-Eastern and
Daver 42%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 16%; Ditto, No. 2,
113/4 %; Ditto, No. 3,8% % ; South Wales, 6%; Ulster,
45 ; IN' exford and Carlow, 21. 18s. 9d. ; Worcester and Tring,
4!. Is. 3d., 4/. ; Austrian and Sardinian, s'. 6d , 7s. prem. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 2% 2/. Ils. 6d. ; Northern of France
(Laffitte), 61,E 6 ; Paris and Lyons, Laffitte's (English),
2/. 18s. 61. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2/. 113 ; Paris and
St. Quentin, 2/. 4s. 6d. ; Sa nbre and Meuse, 6%; Tours
and Nantes, (Mackenzie's Co.), 3/. Is., 3% ; Verona and
Ancona, 1/ 135., 1/. lEs.
There are advices from some of our southern colonies, but
they have been anticipated by the overland accounts.
The amount of the Bank of England's circulation during
the week to the 22d inst. is 29,213,5551., being 65,495/. over
the previous week. The " rest" is larger by 2,455/. and the
bullion by 55,8437., the amount of the former apportioned to
the issue department being 15,213,5551. and to the banking
department, 786,869/. The other items also show a general
augmentation.
The Funds are rather vacillating to-day, but the effect of
the Texas affair is wearing off. Consols have been 99% to
99% for Transfer next week, and 993/4 to 1/2 for the Account.
Exchequer-bills have been 595. to 575. premium. The
premium on East India Bonds is 68e.
The Foreign Investments are slack. Spanish Five per
Cents. realise 33%, and the Three per Cents. are nominally
about 407. Mexican Stock realises 35% to %, and Colom-
bian 15% to %. Dutch Four per Cents. are 99%.
Railway Shares have been firm upon the settlement, which
has been the principal business of the morning.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o - -
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
India Bonds, 1,0004. ... ~ - -
Ditto under 1,000/. .
Consols for Account..... ...... ......, 99%v, 9912
Exchequer Bills, LOON., 11/2d 59 57 pm. 57
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small ... „,.••49 ,- o. as-,..5.,:.pin. 59
Ditto Advertised ''' ./ i..,;,. -,----...' , .=' -•- • 'pin. -
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela, 151/% 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837... ...... 3534% 35%
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
714 71/
Ditto, Deferred -
Ditto 3 per Cent. -
Dutch, 2% per Cent - -
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99% 99%
PRICES OF PAID. O'CLOCK.CLOSING
AT ONE II.IILWAY SHARESI'RICES,
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 13% .......
Binning. and Gloucesterloo
Ditto New Shares ... 17% 33
Ditto 1/2 Shares - ..
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2 -
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 112...... 714 714 %
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley ......... 2
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton -
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich -
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2% 7l/2 8 73%
Dublin and Galway 2l/2..,... 3%
Eastern Counties 25
....... 21%14%% ...
Eastern Union lO ..•
-
Ditto Extension
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo -
Ditto New 2
Great Western
Ditto % Shares 50 ..,... 101
[lull and Selby
Kentish Coast 04.- 1,6
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 171%
London and Birminghna (5t0ck)...233
Do. Quarters 2
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 173/4 181
London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... -
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d 243%
London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 791/ 80
Do. New consolidated Bths 6 ...... - ,
Do. New -
London and York 21,7, 34x ys
Lynn and Ely .
Manchester and Leeds... 73 -
Do. 1/2 Shares
Do. 14 Shares ......... 2
Mancherter and Birmin. 40 -
..
Do. Quarters
Midland... 100 l4B 151 1491,6...
Do. Fifths
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby.•.loo ll2 113%
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction . . 24 ...... 4614 47%
Newcastle and Berwick 11,(2 1414% 14
Newark and Sheffield ... 1% siii y 2 14
North British
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Kent
North Wales ..
Preston and Wyre ...... 50 -
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 -
Scottish Mid1and......... 11/2...... -
Shrews., NVolverhamp.,
Dudley, and 8irm......
1212.
.... 6,,.4
South Devon
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 42.3/
Do., No. 1 8
Do., No. 2. ............ 2
South Wales . ... 21/2...., 6%14
Waterford and Kilkenny I ..,... 3% . .., ~
West Cornwall 1 4... 414
iork and North Midland 50 -
Ditto 1/2 Shares 25 -
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Do. Selby
Do. Extension

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FRENCH RAILWAYS
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cet te
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 9
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris and Orleans 2O 2l/2
50% •
Paris and Rouen
Sambre and Meuse ~... 2
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's 2
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 28.—The sales
are :—Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 20 ex div. ;
Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 7% ; Manchester and Birmingham,
571/1 ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, M. 6s. 6d.
5 5-16 prem. ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 163 ex div. ;
Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 16% 14 ; Preston and
Wyre, 32% % ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares,
133/4 14 ; South-Eastern, No. 3,8% 81. 6s. 6d. •, Birkenhead,
Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9% ; Blackburn, Damon,
and Bolton, 4% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 10% %;
Churnet Valley, 7 3-16 % ; Direct Northern, 4 11-16 ;
Erewash Valley, 151/1 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal, 31,4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction,
5 1-16; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6')'g ; Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston. 33/4 ; London and Worcester, Ox-
ford and Rugby, 4 1.16 ; London and York, 3 14 ; Man-
chester and Buxton, 2% ; Scottish Central, 5% ; Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Junction, 245. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry,
and Chester Junction, 4% ; Southport and Euxton, 3% ;
West Yorkshire, 3%; Great Northern of France (English),
6% 3-16 ; Paris and Lyons (English), 3 1-16 ex new ;
Union Plate Glass, 163/4.

11%
23/4

The Queen of Spain has recently sent to this
country, as a present to our Sovereign, a beautiful An-
dalusian horse.

MAIDS OF HONOUR.—We have not had for a long
time a novel so likely to attract general attention as this
tale of the Court of George I. As regards the number
and variety of its characters, and the skill with which
they are brought before the reader, it is almost unri-
valled. The remarkable fortunes of the four youthful
beauties first selected to grace the Court of St. James's,
as " Maids of Honour," form the groundwork of the
novel. They are the fair Mary Lepel. immortalised by
Chesterfield, Pope, and Gay, and the Misses Bellenden,
Howe, and Meadows, almost equally eulogised by their
celebrated literary contemporaries. The work conveys
an elaborate picture of the Court of George I.—present-
ing us with full lengths of the Hanoverian King and his
suite of mistresses, including the Schulenberg (afterwards
Duchess of Kendal), and the Kielmansegge (Countess of
Darlington), the Hanoverian Prince of %Vales (making
awkward love to the beautiful attendants of his consort),
and the amiable blue-stocking, Princess Caroline. In
their society we are introduced to the King's favourites,
Baron Bothmar, and Counts Roberthon and Berndorf,
and the Turkish pages of the back stairs, Mustapha and
Mahomet. Amongst the other personages of the story
are the celebrated Earl of Chesterfield, Lord John
Hervey (Pope's Lord Fanny), that heroic madcap the
Earl of Peterborough, those gay Lotharios, the Dukes
of Somerset, Buckingham, and Wharton, together with
the Dukes of Newcastle, Kingston, Argyle, and Or-
mond, Lords T3ellenden, Berkeley, and Bolingbroke, and
the King's Ministers, Walpole, Townsend, and Stanhope.
The literary characters are not less distinguished, for
they consist of Addison, Pope, Defoe, Vanbrugh, Steele,
Swift, Kneller, &c. In the society of these fascinating
Court beauties and brilliant wits, the reader cannot fail
of finding a fund of entertainment.