The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

THE UN, LONDON,, TUESDAT ETIONINGra AUGUST 5 !Ma'

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Liverpool market yesterday the sales of Cot-
ton were 8,000 bales, including 3,000 American on
speculation. Prices were very steadily supported. The
principal feature in Railway Shares was again the excited
state of West York, West Riding, and Leeds and Thirk.
The following are some interesting extracts from the
letter of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, touching upon
the state of the mercantile markets :

" The improved demand for labour continues to operate
with considerable effect on the necessaries of life, the in-
creasing consumption of which is dailymanifesting itself. By
observing travellers from all parts of the country, we are
happy to learn that there are prospects of an abundant har-
vest, and we have no fear of its being well reaped, if the
season correspon4 with former ones to the end, as it has
done to this time, and it is to be hoped that these blessings
will be as gratefully received as they are freely given. We
learn, by a gentleman who has just arrived from the Conti-
nent, and passed through the great corn-growing dis-
tricts of South-Russia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Bo-
hemia, Silesia, &c., that everywhere the crops were
abundant," and quality excellent—that the greater part
was cut, and some already housed. that the weather was
splendidly tine, but so hot in the shade the thermometer
ranged for days and days together between 92 and 98 degrees
Farlienheit, that the oldest peasants said they had never wit-
nessed so hot and fine a harvest time.
Accounts from Calcutta to the 9th June state that agri-
culture generally looked very promising, and good crops were
expected, if nothing occurred to prevent them ; but the sea-
son so far, is very similar to those when great inundations
have followed; and some of the old natives express great
fears that such will be the case. The low price of our April
sales of indigo had given great dissatisfaction, and the loss to
many of the shippers was considerable. The fact is, that
India produce i 8 generally held too high in that market, and
British manufactures sold too low to make the trade with that
country profitable."
Letters from the United States 'of America to the 15th
ult., state "that in the Western States the crops of wheat
had beep mostly housed, in fine condition; that even in
Ohio, volrere.a failure bad been contemplated, the crops had
turned put above an average, and that, generally, there was
an abundance of every kind of produce, but the greatest in-
crease was in sheep's wool, an article which has been much
attended to of late years. The business in the Eastern States
differs nothing from our last report."
The letters and papers by the Dee steamer reach to the
9th July from Jamaica, the 4th from Trinidad, the 6th from
Demerara, the 10th from Barbadoes, and the 2d from Vera
Cruz. Mexico was in a very disturbed state, and the insecu-
rity of life and property was becoming every day greater.
Upon this view of matters, therefore, we should be disposed
to think that the danger of a war with Texas is extremely
remote.

In Jamaica the weather was propitious, and agricultu-
ral prospects were cheering. Great things are evidently ex-
pected from the Hill Coolies. In Barbadoes the drought was
still much felt; and strange to say in Demerara there had
been a wet season, and dry weather was wished for. It is
stated that several negroes sent formerly from the British
colonies to Surinam are still held in slavery, but it is clearly
a nice point of latw whether the Dutch have not the right
to detai❑ them, having obtained them before we emancipated
our colonial labourers.

The Funds have been very firm to-day, with a moderate
business doing. Consols were 98% to 98% for Money, and
98% 'Ai for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 50s. to 535.
premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are
1021% to I/ ; and the Three per Cents. 991 to N. Bank
Stock is 210 to 211.

The Foreign market is still comparatively dull. Spanish
Three per Cents. are 33%, being steady. Portuguese Con-
verted have been 641,4, being rather flat. Mexican are firm
at 36%. French Five per Cents. obtain 121 f. 50c.
There is a fair business doing again in Railway Shares, but
the disposition is rather to sell. London and York Shares
have gone lower, as it is considered impossible that the Bill
can pass the Lords this session.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock -•••• 2ll 210 210
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 98%% 5 BS,
New 3% per Cents 10214 %A 102%
Long Annuities to exui re Jan. 1860 111,6% 11%
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 lll4 5-16 11 5-16
India Bonds, 1,000/.. . ..... —
Ditto under 1,000/. .. ...... .- 70 67
Consols for Account

Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 53 50 pm. 50
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small .•....

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUN DS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 5O 50
Ditto Account
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 891% 891,4
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Deferred . . 193 A
Portuguese 5 per Cents. B5 85
Ditto, Converted 641/2 641/2
Ditto, Account 643/1
Ditto, 4 per Cent 65 64 64

Ditto, Account. .... . ... 65
Russian Bonds ......... 1183/4 1183/4
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. 37% 37%
French, 5 per Cent l2lf. 50c. 1211. 50c.
Exchange
Belgian 41,4 per Cent. ... 101 1001 A 16014
Dutch, 21,4 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific 99%1A 99%
PRICES OF CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES:

Aberdeen _ _ 214 ..•. 00000

Armagh, Coleraine, and

Portriish
Birmingham and ox-
ford Junction
_

Bristol and Exeter 7O —
Do. New .. . 2 ...... 12% 12
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 3%
Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — ... ......... .. Ili
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Cornwall . 3 ... . 3% ... 3%
Direct Northern
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2
Dublin and Galway..... 2 % —
Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20%14% 20%
Ditto New 41. 16s. 6%.7 7 p
Eastern Union l5 ..... •
Ditto Extension . ... 1% 3%141
......... 314
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset
Grand Union l% . 1%... l%
Great South. and West.

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great Western BO 224 224%
Ditto, Fifths
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2%..... 3% 33/4
Hull and Selby SO
Do. Half Shares
Leicester and Bedsrd 22s. IVA p 1%
London and liirmingtim (Stock) —.246
Do. New Thirds
Do. Quarters 2
London and Blackwall. 161.133.4 d ll% 11
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 24%... ......... .
Do. New l3s 4d — ....... ... .. 2 p

Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
7%
Lond. & S.Westent 411 6s 10d B4 81
Dv. Consolidated Btbs 12
Do. New
London and York 2% 55/ilki/4%••••• 5,i,
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ...... 2%.....
Londonderry &Coleraine 21;.
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen .. 21,1 23/ 23A
Lynn and Ely
%
Lynn and Dereham l% 3%,i
.1i anchester and Leeds... 76 203

. ..
Do. 14 Shares
Do. 14 Shares
Do. Sixteenths ..... ... sq 12% 123/4
Manchester and Bimini. 40
Do. Quarters
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 22s. ..... -
Midland 100 175
Do. New
M.Neidwliaansdee iarnnid., Dileenrbriyc..k 10021%...."
20%26
22:4": ......
]5-11:
North British
Do. New
North Kent
North Staffordshire ' 225.
North Wales .. ll4 314.14. 314
Norwich and Brandon... 14
c 3/

Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Oxford and Worcester... 21
Portsmouth Direct ...... 21/2 4 3% 414 4
Preston and Wyre
Richmond and %%rest End .

Junction

.
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland l%. ... 2
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 434... 4M
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley 'Union
South Devon... 2O ...
South Midland 225.
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 45 46M
Do., No. 3 • 2% 7% 8% .
Staines and Richmond... 1 1 . .....
South Wales ..... ..„ 21/ 5Ni % 5%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
Welch Midland
.. 33A
Worcester, Shrewsbury
and Crewe Union 1%..... 3%% 3%
York and North Midland 50 llO 111 lll
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Extension IM 22%34 .. ... 2234