The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-06 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.'
CITY, QUARTEI? TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 15,000 to
20,000 bales, at previous rates. Rail %ea) Share were a good
deal dealt in, and prices continued buoyant.
There are no ship arrivals to- day.
From India and China a copious summary has been re-
ceived this morning. The political advises show still that
our military prowess, on a small scale, is likely to be in con-
stant requisition. he mercantile markets were not gene-
rally good for British fabrics.
There has this week been the largest sale of Assam Tea
ever offered. It comprised 1,233 chests, imported by the
Assam Company from their own estates, and 64 chests on
private account. The Assam Company have received most
favourable accounts from their plantations, and some indi-
viduals have associated themselves here under the name
of the Assam Company, to see this description of
tea fairly brought before the public in its genuine
state. The large amount of British capital staked
in the experiment renders it a matter of considerable inte-
rest; and it is satisfactory to learn that the quality is de-
cidedly improving, and that the fine class Black descriptions
excited much competitiou, realising very full prices, say 2s.
to 3s. 10d. per lb.
The English Stock Market presents quite a blank appear-
ance to-day. Consols are 99% to par for Money, and 100%
to !4 for Account. Exchequer Bills are firm at 635. to 655.
premium.
The Foreign Securities are buoyant. Spanish Actives
realise 28% to 29, and the Three per Cents. 403/4 ; Portu-
guese Converted are 66% to 67%, being again higher;
Mexican Deferred are 163/4, and Dutch Two -and-a-Half per
Cents. 63%%.
In Shares there is a good deal of business doing, and the
general range of prices is high. Brighton, South Eastern, and
Croydon are less buoyant than they were ; Churnet Valley
are better. The French lines are very brisk, and, in many
cases, have further advanced.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Arms lOO 99%
Console for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,0001.
5001. ...
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred Stock l63jj
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account 65% 67% 66%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent... 166 p
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840... 28 4
Ditto for the Account ....... 284% 29
Ditto Passive Bonds 6% %
Ditto 3 per Cent 403/4
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates • 99 A %

PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 135
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead 5 ... 8% to
Churnet Valley 2 6141,0 '?i 4to
Cornwall ..
L'irect Northern
Eastern Counties'
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.
10% O% to
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100 lB9 ...... to
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto 16 Shares 5O lOO
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Farnham, Portms. 2% 434...... to 5
Hull and Selby . ... 50
Ditto Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle l5 ... .. 33% to
London and Birmingham ...100 232 ...... to
Ditto Quarters
London and Blackwell 16% 7% to
London and 8right0n.......... 50 " 64 74 to
London and Croydon
London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d...
Ditto Preference
London and South Western.. 41%
Do. New consolidated Bths.. 6
Ditto New
-I,L •

Ditto New 2.- Bl/27:.-... to
London and Y0rk....... 2l/2— 71/11,04 to —a
Mancliecmr and Leeds 73 .....147
Ditto Half Shares
Manchester and Birmingham 40 671/2 663/4 67% to 661/
Midland .•....100 129

Ditto, New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100
Newcastle & Darlington .iunc. 24 ...... 48
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Ditto New 1 .. ... 3%%% to
Norwich and Brandon lO ..

Ditto New 1 41/...... to
Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1

------ '74 --
Shiel;'s.,Wolver., Dud., Birni. 21,4 4%%... to
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... ..... to
Ditto New, No. 2 2.. ... 11Z ... to 11
Ditto New, No. 3 2% ...... 81, 3% ... to 8
South Wales
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3
West Cornwall
Yarmouth and Norwich'
York and North Midland ... 50 lO 3
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2
Great Northern of France ... 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 49% %. . . to
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris and Strasburg... 2 ...... 3% to 3
Rouen and Havre
Strasburg and Bale
Tours and Nantes 1

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster 2O -
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH s.—Great ac-
tivity still prevails in our market, and prices are very firm.
Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3%; Chester and
Holyhead, 814 ; Eastern Counties, 18 ; Ditto, Perpetual,
5/. 13s. 4d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters, 5 15.16 ;
London and South-Western, 79%, ex div. ; Manchester and
Leeds, 148; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 7 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 67, ex div. • Ditto, Quarter Sares, 12, ex div. ;
Manchester, Bury, and Iloesendale, 13 ; North British, 13%;
Preston and `V re, 27% ; Sheffield and Manchester, 103;
South- Eastern, No. 3,8% ; Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Ditto,
Half Shares, 3 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 5%;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 84 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
3% 9-16 ; Churnet Valley, 6 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction, 4 9-16 ; Kendal and Windermere, 4%; Leeds
and Thirsk, 41 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6 7-16 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3%; London and York,
7%; Manchester and Buxton, 3 21/24 ; Scottish Midland, 2 ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, &c. ; Trent
Valley, 21% ; West Yorkshire, ; Boulogne and Amiens
(English), 11% ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 23/4 ; Great
Northern of France (English), 6% 13.16 ; Sombre and
Meuse, 5%; Tours and Nantes, 2%.

MARKET NE W THIS DAY.)

SAY Ttiii.EICST.4.

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/10s to 4/ 10s ; use-
ful ditto, 41 12s to 4/ 185; fine Upland ditto, 5/ to 5/ ss;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to Si 153; Oat Straw, 1/ 163 to 1/ 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. A fair average supply,
and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 4/ 16s ;
useful ditto, 4/ 183 to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ 8s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 5/ 123 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ per load. Supply tolerably good,
and trade rather dull. _ _

WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41 108;
useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ to
515 s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 5l 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/163 to 1118 s ;
Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 21 per load. Both Hay and Straw
moved off slowly, at our quotations
!MEAT 1112112,1C.ET5. _ _

SournALL, MARCH s.—The supplies of Beasts, Calves,
and Pigs, were seasonably extensive, those of Sheep mode-
rate. The former descriptions of stock met a very slow in.
quiry, and at barely previous figures ; but the latter
firmly supported late rates, with a steady demand. Beef,
from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 10d to
4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Blbs. Supply—Beasts,
40 ; Sheep, 1,110 ; Calves, 45 ; Pigs, 54.
ROSIFORD, MARCH s.—We had a very inactive general
demand: here to-day, and prices were not supported.
Beef, front 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Veal,
3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per Sibs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and
Mach Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 lOs each.
MARcif s.—Prime Sheep sold steadily at full
prices, but all other kinds of stock were a dull inquiry. Beef,
from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to
4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, MARCH 4.—The supplies of sat stock here this
morning were by no means large, yet the trade was in-
active, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 4d ; Mutton,
3s 4d to 43 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d
per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, MARCH s.—There was only a limited busi-
ness passing here to-day, yet prices were supported. Beef,
from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to
4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves,
18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Milch
Cows, with their small Calves, 161 to 19/ each.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended March 1, 1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat .. • 45s Od I Oats ...... . 21s 7d I Beans ••• • • • 34s 9d
Barley .. •• -32 s 3d 1 Rye •••• • • • • 32$ 6d I Pease .• ••• • • 35s 7d

WEEKS.

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