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

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The prices of Cotton at Liverpool. yesterday, were
well supported, and the trade bought 7,000 bales, con-
sisting of 1,000 Egyptian, at 51d to 74-d; 300 Maranham,
at 44d to sd; 100 Bahia, at 54d to 54d; 600 to 700 Surat,
at 24d to 34d ; and American, at 344 to 3d per
lb.—There was a large business in Shares, at
firm rates. Birmingham and Gloucester, 105 ; Ca-
ledonian, 5/ ; Chester and Birkenhead, 372 ; Dub-
lin and Cashel, 10i 4 ; Churnet Valley, 4/. 3s. 9d. ;
Eastern Counties, 191 202; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2,
1/. 65., 11. 7s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 634- ;
Grand Junction, 232 ; Ditto, Halves, 116 ; Great North
of England, 1501 ; Great Western, 178; Ditto, Fifths,
401 ; Kendal and Windermere, 41 ; Lancaster and Car-
lisle, 254; Lancaster and Preston, 474 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, New, 3941; London and Birmingham, 238
240 ; Ditto, 321. Snares, 414- 42; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
282 291 ; London and Brighton, 52 524 ; London and
South-Western, 791 ; Ditto, New, 131 a ; London and
York, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 551 56 ;
Manchester and Leeds, 131 132 ; Ditto, Halves, 57 574;
Midland Counties, 129 1311 ; North British, 10-a; North
Union, 148; Sheffield and Manchester, 100 1001; South-
Eastern, 49 502 ; Ditto, New, 204 214 ; Trent Valley,
101 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2i 2/. 1 ls. 9d. ; Rouen and
Havre, 242 25 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 84 ;
Northern of France, 5i 6; Boulogne and Amiens, 5.
There is an appearance of increased activity this week
in the produce markets, but the busine-s doing is, and
no doubt will continue to be, almost exclusively for con •
sumption until the Government has laid before Parlia-
ment the further tariff alterations, which it is reported
to have in contemplation. Money is very easy, and as
the uncertainty and fhll supply checks speculation in
produce, Stocks and Shares are very generally resorted to.
The Funds are today rather brisk. Consols for im-
mediate transfer realise 1004- to 1001, and for Time,
1001 to 1001. Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 555.
to 575. premium, and India Bonds 71s. to 735. premium.
Bank Stock is 212 to 2121, and India Stock 2871. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are quoted at 1044
to 1041, and the Three per Cents. 1002 to 1001. The
Government broker is a daily buyer. South-Sea Stock

is 117.
Time bargains in Spanish Stock seem to have been
renewed with some vigour within the last day or two,
and the Bull party seems in the ascendant. The Five
per Cents. have been up to 281 and 281, and the Three
per Cents. to 401 and 41. Portuguese Converted
Stock is firmer at 60 to 1. Colombian Bonds are 141,
and Brazilian for Account 90f. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. bring 631 to 1.
The Railway Shares are lively again, and the old lines
are still on the advance in some instances. The Churnet
Valley, Cambridge and Lincoln, and South-Eastern, are
very buoyant.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO3/4 %
3 per Cent. Consols Aims 100%N%
New 31 per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 3-16
India Stock 1,287%
India Bonds 1,0001 ... 71 pm.
Ditto under 1,0001 74 pm.
South Sea Stock ll7
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock 213
Consols for Account
India Stock 288%

Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11/4 d.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds. 14%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 28%4
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
Ditto Deferred

Ditto 3 per Cent 540% 41 40%
Ditto for the Account( 40% 411/8 40%
Dutch 2% per Cents
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern 2% 21,ij%... to
Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 5%%% to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 35 — to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Great North of England 100
Ditto
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto Fifths
Harwich 1
Hull and Selby
London and Birmingham ...100 235
London and Blackwell 16% 7%%... to
London and 8right0n.......... 50
London and Greenwich ...... 123/4 11% to
London and South Western.. 41......
Ditto, New 2 2 l4 ...... to 13
London and Croydon
London and York ........ ...... 2%2..... 4113% to
Midland lOO 133 132% to 134
Ditto New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 lOO
Newcastle & Darlington ;June. 24 ...... 65% to 66
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 15%%% to 143/4
Ditto New Shares 1
Rugby
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 3/%... to
South Devon lO ...15 14 15 to 15
South Eastern and Dover
Ditto New 4 21% to 21
South Wales
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland ... 50 lll
Ditto Selby Scrip
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens
Great Northern of France ... 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 44A3/4... to
Paris and Rouen.
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 -
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 20.—Prices
continue to advance, and there has been an immense amount
of business done :
Eastern Counties, Perpetual, ...19%%1,4 20% 20 20%
Ditto, ditto, No. 2 2Bs. 6d.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters 234
Lancaster and Preston, New Shares, 6
Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares 543/4
London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares 2B
London and Brighton
London and South Western, New l3ii
Manchester and Birmingham 551., 34
Ditto Quarter Shares
Midland Railway Consols
Ditto Preferential 3%
Ditto 401. Shares 91% %
Preston and Wyre lB%
South-Eastern 5O
Ditto, New Shares
Ditto New Creation —.. 18% %
Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus 3 1-16
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chesh. Junct., 71%
Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley 4% 11-16
Leeds and West Riding Junction 4%
London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby 415.6 d. 2%
London and York 414 4
Manchester and Buxton 214
Trent Valley 9% % 10
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West Yorkslire
Great Northern of France ..

4 SIA
6 5%

THE VACANT COMMISSIONERSHIP IN BANKRUPTCY.
—Rumour gives the appointment to Mr. Sergeant At-
cherley, who has several times gone the circuit for judges,
or to Mr. Whateley, the Queen's Counsel ; but report
adds, that some of tho country Commissioners have pro-
mises of being advanced to London as vacancies might
occur.— Times.

THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—We are happy to
say that the Earl of Mornington was somewhat better
yesterday evening, but still it is extremely doubtful if
these favourable symptoms can continue. Dr. Prout is,
in conjunction with Dr. Copeland, attending on the noble
sufferer. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester, and most
of the leading nobility, sent or made personal inquiries
after the Earl's health yesterday. Lord Fitzroy
Somerset was at the Earl's yesterday some hours, and
the Hon. Lady Mary Bagot and daughters remained up
to a late hour last night with the Countess of Morning-
ton. The noble Earl had passed a better night on Sun-
day, and it was on that account he was considered im-
proved. It cannot be disguised that the noble invalid is
still in a very precarious condition.
We understand Sir Robert Peel has recommended
for the appointment of Queen's Proctor, Francis Hart
Dyke, Esq., a son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart., a
gentleman of 20 years' experience, and extensive practice
in the profession.— Times.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 17.—N0 im-
provement has taken place in our sugar market, either as
regards prices or demand ; the sales since our last are
very limited, and the former currency is about supported.
Rum dull, and rather easier. In Molasses there is nothing
doing.—Bristol Mercury.
GAS EXPLOSION.—Between two and three o'clock
yesterday morning, an explosion of gas took place on the
premises of Mr. T. Johnson, of St. Anne's-place, City-
road, chronometer-maker. The building in which the
business is carried on had been only lately erected over
some old arches, which were seldom resorted to by the
present proprietor or his workmen. The main gas-pipe
passed through these arches, where it is conjectured the
gas had accumulated, owing to escape from some defect
in the pipe. On entering the vault; one of the work-
men, named Collett, in searching for a piece of veneering,
thrust a candle into an old water butt, causing the in-
flammable fps to ignite with a loud repoTt, and forcing
up part of the flooring pf tnia workshop for several feet
round the spot where the explosion tea place. Part of
the roof was also damaged, and the window frames on
that side were much shattered. Collett, the man who
entered the vault, is much scorched about the face ano
Ile
hands, but is in a fair way of recover. was found
n the vaillt, Iying pa his back, wholly nsensible, having
been knocked down by the explosion.
YARMOUTH.—THE LATE MURDER.—It has been
currently reported that one of the murderers had pen-
teased; this we have the best aithority positively to eon-
adict.—lpswich Express.