The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-08 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,

CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
Consols leave off at 99% to par for Money, and at 100% 1%
for Account. Exchequer Bills have been 635. to 655. pre-
mium. South Sea Stock was 1164; India Stock 283 to
2831/2 ; and Bank Stock 214.
Spanish Actives have touched 29 1/2 30 for Account, but the
Three per Cents. have not been higher than 4114. Portu-
guese Converted were 67% for the 17th in,;;. Mexican
brought 36U to %; and Brazilian New 881,6. Du'ch Two-
and-Half per Cents. were 63%; and Belgian Four-and- a -
Half per Cents. 1011/2.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, Half, %; Bristol and
Exeter, 12%; Caledonian, 21/8 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
214 %; Chester and Holyhead, 3%; Churnet 5% ;
Dublin and Belfast, 31/2 3/4 ; Eastern Counties, 4N; Union
Extension, 2% 1%; Western (Ireland) Extension, 41% ;
Great North of England, 811; Great Western, 97 ; Harwich,
%; Hull and Selby, Half,: 21% to 20%; Kendel and Win-
dermere, 4 ; London and York, 3% to 41/8 ; Manchester and
Leeds, 761,6 to 75; Ditto, Half, 35 to 1A ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 26 to 251/2 Newcastle and Berwick, 13%;
Newcastle New Brandling, 22 to 21; Northern and Eastern,
151/2 ; Norwich and Brandon, 61/2 3/4 ; Ditto, New, 3 to IA;
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, A ; South-Eastern, 8% %;
Ditto, New, No. 2, 8 to %; South Wales, 3 to 2%; Trent
Valley, 191 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 2 ; Scarborough
Branch, 2214 ; Selby Scrip, 47%; Great Northern of France,
1%; Orleans and Bordeaux, 8% to 7%; Paris and Lyons,
• Paris and Orleans, 30 to ; Paris and Rouen, 25 to
'Faris and Strasburg, % ; and Tours and Nantes, 1% pre-
mium. Union Bank of London Shares were 214 premium.
There was a general rise in the quotations for foreign bills
of exchange this afternoon.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
again extensive. Speculators took 7,000 bales, and the
entire sales were 15,000 bales, viz., 1,100 Pernambuco at
51/2d. to 614 d., 1,100 Maranham at 59 cl. to 5%d., 500 Bahia
at 5%d. to fid., 1,000 Surat at 2%d. to 31/2d., 500 Egyptian
at 5 fhd. to 714 d., and the rest American at 31/2d. to 61/2d.
per lb.—A considerable business was done in Railway Stock
at previous rates. Birmingham and Derby, 97% ; Birming-
ham and Gloucester, New, 31/2 ; Caledonian, 7% % ; Chester
and Birkenhead, 40 ; Chester and llolyhead, 8% ; Eastern
Counties Perpetual, 51.135. 6d. ; Grand Junction, New, 441/21 ;
Hull and Selby, 9114 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 33 ; Liver-
pool and Manchester, New, 371/2 ; London and Birmingham,
quarter Shares, 29% % ; London and Brighton, 63% 62% ;
London and York, 7 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3% ; Churnet
Valley, 6% ; Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares, 121/s 12 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 140 ;
Manchester and Leeds, 149% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171/2 ;
Midland Counties, 1281/2 ll ; Ditto, New, 9% % 1/2 ; New-
castle and Darlington, 471/2 ; North British, 14 ; North
Union, 1381/2 ; Preston and Wyre, 291/2 ; Scottish Central,
414 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 104% ; Shrewsbury and
Grand Junction, 5% % ; South-Eastern, 421/2 ; Ditto, New,
No. 3, 8 ; Paris and Lyons, 3% 3/4 % ; Paris and Rouen,
4434 ; Paris and Strasbourg, 31., 21. 18s. 9d.; Great Northern,
of France, 6% ; Boulogne and Amiens, 11% % ; Central
of France, 17.
There are no ship arrivals to-day with later news from
any quarter.
Accounts from Messina state that a large deficit had been
discovered, or was reported to have been discovered, in the
funds of the Municipal Bank, where a lodgment of 900,000
ducats of the Government money had been made; one thing
at least being certain, viz., that the Bank could not pay the
Sicilian Treasury bills issued to the prize holders in the recent
lottery.
There is, apparently, but one way of getting on in the
sugar market, where business for the last few days has
been duller than ever, and this plan has to-day been adopted
by a leading broker's firm. A large quantity of Mauritius
sugar is to be offered, upon condition that the buyers shall
have it at the low duty if agreed to.
The progress of railway Bills in Parliamentary Com-
mittees excites much interest, and all manner of reports are
current for or against particular lines. It has been
stated that the Direct Northern lino " stands a better
chance of success than its opponents are willing to allow,
but in answer to this, the fact may, perhaps, be adduced,
that if this line is better in price to-day, so also is- the Lon-
don and York. The South-Eastern Company is reported—
but we merely state it is a report—not to have complied
with the standing orders relative to the new branches, while
the Churnet Valley Company, which was also reported to be
in the same predicament, is now declared, by parties con•
nected with it, to have done all that is necessary, and to be
confident of success. The various reports of the Board of
Trade are read with great interest, and seem to give as much
satisfaction as could be expected.
The Funds are extremely quiet to-day. Consols realize
99% to par. There have been no time bargains. Bank
Stock for Account is 214. Exchequer-bills are firm at 635.
to 655. premium.
The Foreign Bonds are buoyant. Portuguese Converted
have touched 68 for Money. Spanish Five per Cents. are
29% to %—a further advance; the Threes are 41 to lA.