The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Live►pool yesterday were 2,560
bales, including 500 on speculation. Buyers had an abundant
choice, ou easier terms. 100 Pernains, 64d. to 61Atd.; 150
Bahia, 6d.; 20 Egyptian, at 6%d. ; and Ws rest American,
to sd, per lb. In Shares, the business done was
more limited; but the market was rather firmer.
A greater degree of confidence is observable in the City
to .day, especially in the Railway Share Matkets, where the
apprehensions of many failures felt in many quarters yester-
day have very much subsided. The accounts from Liver-
pool came up rather more favourable to-day, although there
has not been much doing there for the last day or
two. The settlement of the Share ACcount is, however,
likely to be an extremely heavy one, and no ques-
tion there will be some] difficulty experienced
in the adjustment. Money in the City generally is pretty
plentiful fur general purposes, but on the Stock Exchange it is
tight. That there will be one or more failures on or before
the settlement is considered to be a certainly. The firm
named yesterday as being in difficulties has not succeeded
in making an arrangement with its creditors, and will in all
probability be shortl( declared as defaulters. The sooner
the went comes, however, the better, should, as is certainly
not anticipated at the present moment, parties of influence
be compelled to suspend operations.
Many anxious inquiries were made in Mark-lane and in
the City generally this morning to ascertain whether any
information had transpired.on the subject of the terms upon
which foreign grain Is to be admitted, to provide stocks of
bread stuffs as a set-off against the failure of the potato
crops and the short yield of the harvest. Up to the present
hour there is nothing current that can be relied upon.
We have accounts from Ceylon to-day to a late date. The
chief information is as ,respects the coffee crop. Upon this
interesting point the Colombo Herald observes :
" As the time approaches for collecting the coffee crop the
anxiety of the planter naturally increases on its behalf, and. per-
haps there never was a season in which mere cause for

anxiety was given than in this present one of 1845: what
the consequence will be of the long and protracted
drought which has prevailed from the time of flowering

to the present month must soon be ascertained, and
the most gloomy anticipations are formed from the
unpromising appearance of many extensive districts in the in-
terior; when we consider that the greater number of those plan-
tations situated below an elevatioa of 2,000 feet have scarcely
been refreshed by a single shower since April, the prospect is any-
thing but cheering. Laden with an unusually heavy crop, the
'lees have been deprived of the necessary supply of nourishment
during the most important period of the year, and the drooping
and shrivelled leaves suEciently show the extent of injury sus-
tamed, 7

" But let us leave the dry and parched districts and ascend the
mountain sides—attaining an altitude of 2,500 to 4,000 feet. The
contrast is pleasing—the occasional showers which have there fallen,
although neither so heavy as usual, have done all that was neces-
sary for estates thus situated—the crop has advanced steadily
throughout, is, on the most favoured pieces, large and generally
of the best quality ; picking has commenced, and some forty or
fifty bushel a day are finding their way to the store."

Consols fur Money and the Aecount have both improved
to-day, and the market may be said to look well. The Account
price is 971 A %, and for Transfer 97 %. It is clear, therefore,

that the desire to sell Stock that has lately existed is on the
decline. The premium on Exchequer-bills has ruled from 88s.
to 40s. Bank Stock is up to 206, and the New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. to 9814 lA. Indian Bonds have re-
mained at about 545. premium. _

Much business has been transacted in the
Foreign Stocks this morning, and generally at
good prices. Spanish Three per Cents. have reached 37% ;
the Portuguese Four per Cents. rose from 575. to 595. ; Bra-
zilian 83, and Mexican, after having opened at 3l lA, has re-
ceded to 30%.
Many of the Railway Shares have been in improved re-
quest to-day, especially those of the constituted lines. For
the corrected prices we must refer to the official list.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock ......... ....- ..... 0.....206 206
3 per Cent. Reduced ... 961,414 96%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities • 97% %% 97
New 314 per Cents
Long Annuities to expireJ an. 1860 10 13-16 11-16 10 11-16
India Bonds, 1,000/- ..,... ......
_ .

Ditto under 1,0001... ....... 54

South Sea Stock —
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 11Ad. 4O 38 pm. 38
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 7B 78
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent....
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ......
Ditto Deferred l6l/4% 16/8
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Converted 59 59
Ditto, 4 per Cent 57 59 58
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Celt.
Belgian 4% per, Ant.
.Dutch, 2% per.,Fent.
Ditto, 4 pec4ent. Certificates 92% 93%
PRICES OF 1 BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARESPAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen
Birmingham and 01.,-
ford Junction ', 2
Caledoniar.
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 55 'A ih 0•••• • - • •
Chester and Holyhead... 1
Chester and Manchester 42
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. ~
and Leicester l,l
Derby, Uttoxeter, and f'
Stafford %...... 2%
Di'' ' M-ncheqer

irect _anches)
(Remington's)
Ditto (Rackstrick's)...l 51A ...... 51/214 51%
Dublin and Galway....: 4
Eastern Counties....a-:.14/. 165....... 231A3/4 23
Ditto New ,i`a. ..4/. 16s. 9IIOIIA P•••••• 914 p
East Lincolnshire.
Edinburgh and Perth... 11/s
Essex and Suffolk s.. ... 1% ll/2 ll/2
Exeter, Yeovil, & borset 23/4 23/4 23/4
Glouc., Aberystwith, and
Central of Walei 1%......
Grand Union
Great South. and West.

(Ireland) . 15
Ditto Extension ...... 7% 14% WA
Great Western BO 157
Ditto lA Shares
Ditto Fifths

Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2% ... . 2%
Hull and Selby
1:sle of Axholme 2% 5%
_514 _ _

L mcaster and Carlisle... 25
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
Leicester and Tamworth 495. : PA % 1 p
Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 3% 4% 4%
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New
castle Junction
London and Birminghmloo .219 217 220 220
Do. Thirds
Do. IA Shares
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9% 104 9% .. 9%
Do. New
London and Brighton 5O ...... 63%... .. ...... .. 63%
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22% 22%
Lond. & S. Western 41/ 6s 10d 75
Do. New Consol. Bths 20
Do. New
London and York 2% 54%. 6%
London, Warwick, and
Kidderminster
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Marches ter and Binmn. 40 ...... 81 ..... ...... . . 81
Manchester, Buxton, and _

_
Matlock 225....... 5 p 5% p
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 .--..- 'e 5 5%
Midland 100 l5B 155 155
Do. New
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ..... 61
Newcrstle and Berwick 5
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ... ..... ......... 2%.. ... 434%
North British
Ditto New 1
North Devon 2 ...... 3

5%
23%

N. Kent & Direct Dover VA.. .. 354 33/4
North Staffordshire 425....... 4364 p........ 41/2 p
Norwich and Brandon

Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham
Nottingham and Boston I%
Oxford, Gosport, Ports •
mouth,& Southampta 425. IA p
Oxford and Worcester... 21,4 91,4 10
Perth and Inverness ... 21/2 2%%
Portsmouth Direct ...... 21,E — ...
Richmond

374
11 14 13
21-A

Scottish Midland l% 44 44
Shrews., Wolverbamp.,
Dudl op and Birm 24.....
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
South Midland 225....... 5 p... 6 p
South Wales 2l/ 6IA 51/2 sl,i
Trent Valley
Trent Valley and Ho'y..
head Junction
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 ...... 4
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
W aterford, Wexford, and
Valentia
Welch Midland

Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ... .. 1%..... 2%
Varmouth and Norwich. 20 28%
Vork and Carlisle 21,4 41% •..••
2 ' -. 2313 ......... ... ..

York and Lancaster
York and North Midland 50 —
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
•
Do. Extension .. lu, 261,41,4

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 8 ...... 11 10%
Dutch Rhenish

East Indian ••• ••••• •110. ss• -
Great North. of France _ _

(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 3%
Great Western Bengal... 55....... 1%
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Luxembourg... 2
Namur and Liege
Paris &Lyons( Laffitte's) 2
Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's)...
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ......
Paris and Rouen
Sarnbre and Meuse ...... 6 ...... 63/4

281,4
4

50%
26%

2
393 A
63A

MINES.

British Iron Scrip
.2 22'
Real del. Monte Uuregd.

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