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

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWTS.
CITY. QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 15,000 to
20,000 bales, at previous rates. Railway 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 advices show still that
our military prowess, on a small scale, is likely to be in con-
stant requisition. The 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 competition, 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 993.6 to par for Money, and 1001
to IA 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. 40% ; Portu-
guese Converted are 661 to 671/, being again higher;
Mexican Deferred are 16%, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 631/2%.
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.

CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 34 per Cents — 103%
Bank Stock for Account — '214
Consols for Account.
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/, 11/2d.... 64 (33 65 pm. 65
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small

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O'CLOCK.

Ditto Advertised —

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O'CLOCK.

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PRICES.
36%
36%

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837.........
Ditto. Account —
Ditto, Deferred Stock.
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account 651/ 671/2 661/ 663/4
Russian Bonds ll6l/, 117
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account 2q. 5/8 29 29%
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per-Cent. .. ... 403/4
Ditto, Account — 41
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 454
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 991/4 %
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
RAILWAY SHARES
Birming. and Gloucesterloo 133 134 —
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2
Caledonian
'd Lir- ,In 11/, 3%%

Cambridge am- jnco, ,2 y2
Chester and Holyhoad... 5
Churnet Valley
Cornwall
Dublin and Belfast June 21A —
Direct Northern
Eastern Counties 141. 165.... 17%:.
Ditto ditto, No. 2 l3s. 4d... ov, ...

Eastern Union lO .. ..
Ditto Extension
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Harwich
Great North of England 100
Ditto New 2
Great Western BO ......177 178
Ditto 1/ Shares SO
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 21/2 ... .. 43/4 5
Hull and Selby 5O BB 921/2 91 93...
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2.--
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...232
Ditto New Thirds 2
Ditto, Quarters
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 7
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 644'%
Ditto Consolidated Bth 16 —
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d 18% 173/4
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d...
Ditto Preference 18l 17s 2d 241/2
London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 80 793/4
Do. New consolidated Bths 6
Ditto New 2l/2 l2l/2% 12 .....
Ditto New 2 ..... 81/2
London and York 2l/2 7ll/2%... .....
Manchester and Leeds... 73 147
Ditto 1/. Shares 32
Manchester and Birmin. 40 671,4 663/4 67% 661/2
Midland 100 ......129. , _

—Ditto New 2 ...... 10.1 93/4
Midland, Birm., Derby...100
Newark and Sheffield ... 1%
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 24..48 471/
Neweasile and Berwick 11/ 15 14% 1514 143%
North British
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon lO
Ditto New 1
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
/4
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. .., 4%%
South Devon... lO ...... 17
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d...

Ditto, No. 2.
Ditto, No. 3 2% Bg3/4 8
South Wales 2% 5/474

Trent Valley 2 ..... .
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 3
West Cornwall 14... -PAN .
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50 lO3
Ditto 14 Shares .. 25
Ditto, Selby
Ditto Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS
Boulogne and Amiens... 2
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse. and
Cette
Dieppe and Paris June. 2 ......
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ......
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
r'aris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans 2O 49%172
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
Tours and Nantes 1
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westminster. 20
MANCHESTER STOOK EXCHANGE, MARCH s.—Great ac-
tivity still prevails in our market, and prices are very firm.
Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 31/4 ; Chester and
Holyhead, 81/0 Eastern Counties, 18 ; Ditto, Perpetual,
51. 13s. 4d. • Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters, 5 1516 ;
London and South-Western, 7914, ex div. ; Manchester and
Leeds, 148 ; Ditto. Sixteenth Shares, 7 ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 67, ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 12, ex div. ;
Manchester, Bury, and Roesendale, 13 ; North British, 13%;
Preston and Wyre, 271 ; 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, 814 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
33/4 9-16 ; Churnet Valley, 6 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction, 4 9-16 ; Kendal and Windermere, 414 ; 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 24% ; Scottish Midland, 2 ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, &c. 5% ; Trent
Valley, 21%; West Yorkshire, 3% ; Boulogne and Amiens
(English). 11% ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 23/4 ; Great
Northern of France (English), 6% 13 -16 ; Sombre and
Meuse, 51/2 ; Tours and Nantes, 2%.

MARKET NEWS.-(TiliS DAY.)

MELT MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31105 to 4110* ; use-
ful ditto, 41 12s to 4/ 18s; fine Upland ditto, 51 to 5/ 58;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to Si 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 11 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. A fair average supply,
and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l 108 to 4/ 16s ;
useful ditto, 41 18s to 513 s ' • fine Upland ditto, 5158 to 518 s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 5/ 128; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ lgs to 2/ per load. Supply tolerably good,
and trade rather dull.

WurrEcturEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 10s to 41 10s ;
useful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5l ; fine Upland ditto, bl to
5153 ; Clover Hay, 418 s to 5/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/16s to 1/18s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Both Hay and Straw
moved off slowly, at our quotations
_ MEAT 11411.110 LETS.

SOUTISALL, 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.
quirt', 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, 38 10d to
4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Sibs. Supply—Beasts,
40 ; Sheep, 1,110 ; Calves, 45 ; Pigs, 54.
ROMFORD, IflAncx s.—We had a very inactive general
demand: here to-day, and prices were not supported.
Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Veal,
as 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s to as 10d per 81bs. Suckling
Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and
Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 108 each.
IlAtuninm, MARCH 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.

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 to England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat ...... 45s Od Oats . 21s 7d Beans ••• • •• 34s 9d
Barley • • • • 32s 8d I Rye.. •• • • 32s 6d I Pease .• • ...• 358 7d