The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

VIONEY AN!) COMMERCIAL NE S

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
English Stocks all leave off firmly to-day, Consols
being 1 for Money, and 1003 3 for Account. Exche-
quer Bills were scarcely so high as in the morning.
'rho Three per Cents. Reduced were 1003 to 1. India
Stock for Account was 2883.
The Foreign Market was dull, but for Account
Spanish Three per Cents. advanced to 403 ; and the
Five per Cents. to 283 ; Portuguese Converted were
593 ; Colombian, were 143 ; Brazilian, 90 ; and
Danish, 891.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these : —Birmingham and Gloucester were 83 ;
Bristol and Exeter, 7 ; Bristol and Gloucester,
133 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 31 ; Churnet Valley, 3
to ; Dublin and Belfast, 21. 4 ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 13; Great Western, 96; Groat Western, Half,
52; Harwich, 3 3 ; Birmingham, Quarter, 261- to 273 ;
South-Western, 383 ; Ditto, New, 101 ; Croydon, 2 ;
London awl York, 11 ; Manehester and Leeds, 60 ;
Ditto, Half, 25; Midland, 30 to 32; Ditto, New, >Z to 9i;
Newcastle and Darlington, 413 to 423; North British,
3 to 31; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 143; Rugby, 13 ;
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 13 to 1; South-Eastern,
151; Ditto, New, 173; Yarmouth, 9; York and North-
Midland, 61 ; Ditto, Half, 30 ; Boulogne and Amiens,
23 ; and Paris and Lyons, 13 premium. Eastern
Counties have been 6 to 61 ; Black wall, 9 to 83 ;
Greenwich, i 3 to 3 ; Midland, Birmingham, and
Derby, 2 ; and Portsmouth Direct, 3 discount.
(Frer: The Sun of Last Night.)
There was again a large business done in Cotton at
Liverpool on Saturday. Sales 7,000 bales at full prices.—
Shares were again very animated. Birmingham and
Gloucester, New, 43 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 41
3/. 6s. 10d. ; Chester and Birkenhead, 374 3 ; Churnet
Valley, 4/. 3s. 9d.; Dublin and Drogheda, 723 ; Eastern
Counties, 171 183; Edinburgh and Glasgow,63 ; Grand
Junction, 230; Great Western, 174; Ditto, Half, 100;
Lancaster and Preston, 25 ; Liverpool and Manchester,
New, 394 3; London and Birminglam, 32/. Shares, 413;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 281 ; London and Croydon, 163 ;
London and South-Western, New, 41 a ; Ditto, 40L
Shares, 13/ ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 122 ; Mid-
land Counties, 129 1283 ; Newcastle and Darlington,
661 ; North British, 101 ; North Union, 1471 ; South-
Eastern, 47 48 47 ; Ditto, New, 19 20 191 ; Ulster,
391 ; Lyons and Avignon, 23 ; Paris and Rouen, 411 3 ;
Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Sombre and Meuse,
3/. Is. ; Northern of France, 51 6.
The commercial advices from the West Indies, re-
ceived by the Royal mail steamer, the Medway, are of a
very uninteresting character. Indeed, less information
is conveyed in them, as well as the public journals, than
by any arrival that has come in for a considerable time
past. The state of affairs, generally speaking, was pro-
gressing well. Still, in many of the plantations, a great
want of labourers was complained of. Another shock
of an earthquake was experienced at Montego Bay, as
well as at Falmouth.
Our attention has been directed to a brief report of
a meeting of the merchants connected with the China
trade, which was held last week at the Jerusalem Cof-
fee-house, to consider the policy of an agitation being
commenced for the reduction of the tea duty. Had
this meeting been publicly advertised, no ques-
tion the attendance would have been very large
indeed. However, as it is, much good may be
effected in obtaining the object in view. As a per-
fect combination of those interested here, as well as at
Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, and elsewhere,
in pressing upon the Government the policy of conceding
a change in the duty upon teas to Is. or ls. 6d per lb.—
the population of the United Kingdom would receive
the concession with the most unbounded satisfaction. As
the Chinese authorities have shown a strong desire to
grant the most liberal terms to the manufacturers of this
country, it is but fair that some return should be made
on the part of our Ministry, so that the treaty with the
Celestial Empire may be carried out to the fullest
possible extent, and to the advantage of both
countries. As the cultivation of the tea plant in
Assam is proceeding prosperously (though years
must elapse ere our India possessions in that
quarter can, under the most favourable circumstances,
enter into a lively competition with the Chinese growers),
there may be reasons assigned by our new commercial
ally, " the Celestial Monarch" to demand a more free
access to our ports of the produce of his immense empire.
A royal decree has this morning been received from
the Hague, dated the 16th January, by Messrs. R. Ra-
phael and Sons, of which the following are particulars:—
" The sixth series of Five per Cents. is to be drawn, for
cash only, and will be at least six millions of guilders,
which, however, may be increased according to cir-
cumstances ; the drawing to commence on the let of
February, and payment to be made on the 15th of
February, when interest ceases. Five millions of
guilders, 4 per cent. are to be opened for subscrip-
tion on Thursday, Jan. 30, to be paid for on the 15th
Feb., at the price of 99, and four and a half months'
interest, from the Ist Oct. ta the 15th Feb., which was to
be paid in money or in bonds of the above drawing. For
each 1,000 guilders of these subscribed Four per Cents.,
1,000 guilders Fire per Cents. will be drawn for payment
in caste at the same time as the six millions above men-
tioned."
A firm market has prevailed for the British Securities