The Sun. — 1845-12-09 (London, England)

COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday : sales nearly. 5,000 bales. Prices were steadily supported, but there was no demand. Cotton was not so freely offered. There was rather less done in shares, but prices generally were firm. It is scarcely necessary further to refer to the conflict of statements pro and con. made by the Times and the Standard on the subject of the corn-laws. All now that is demanded by the merchant, manufacturer, and the tradesman, is that in early statement of the intentions of the Ministers should be made known at the earliest practicable period. Until then trade and commerce must languish.  " The Company d'Anthouard (for the Strasbourg line) retains a franc per share for the expense of management. This should certainly be enough for the purpose. It is right, however, to notice, on the other hand, the conduct of the Hinguerlot Company, which is reimbursing promptly and in their public office, without any trickery, chicanery, or delay, and who do not charge or retain a single centime, although they have had to bear expenses, which are calculated at 500,000 francs. We are glad to meet with a little straightforwardness and dignity in those tortuous paths, and we regret not to have more often to praise similar acts of probity and good sense. As to the Aymard Company, of which Messrs. Gentil and Fol are the bankers, it has been remarked to us that they have only received the deposits on 160,000 shares, as the rest were reserved for the English subscribers. It is, therefore, on these 160,000 shares that Messrs. Gentil and Fol retain—first, 40c. per share, and secondly, lf. 25c. to cover the unfavourable differences in the reports effected by M. Isot, agent de change. One of our correspondents remarks to us that there can never be a loss on reports when they are made for cash, and that the avowed loss proves that there have been losing transactions proceeding from illegal gambling, and the weight of which it is now attempted to throw upon the subscribers. Our correspondent asks us if M. Isot himself be not gravely compromised by the advertisement which the bankers of that Company have published ; for M. Isot, an agent de change, thus pointed out as having lost considerable sums in his reports, must have broken the laws and constitution of his profession, and also the law of the 15th of July, 1845. There is nothing in all this but these facts, which are too clear to the subscribers :-Ist. That they are not admitted to compete in a serious adjudication. 2d. That they have not touched a farthing of interest. 3d. That in place of receiving back their capitals they leave in the chest of Messrs. Gentil and Fol the sum of 164,000 francs. This is the way in which bankers and administrators manage the funds belonging to their shareholders." Dispatches had been received from Marshal BuGEAUD of the 23d of November. It appears that the province of Oran is still in a very disturbed state, and that the French have quite enough to do in keeping down insurrection in the subdued districts without marching on Morocco. The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S on Sunday at 83f. 10c. The following are the quotations of the price of shares in new lines at Marseilles and I Lyons  A point connected with railway projects, where new lines have been started, but where the letters of allotment were not issued, before the first Bank notice was circulated, demands attention. Upon the faith of the respectabi lity cf a host of applicants for allotments the managing committees have incurred expenses for advertisements surveys, officers, clerks, &c. The expenses must be paid ; and under the new law all the promoters are liable, as well as those who have undertaken to accept the whole of the shares asked for, or any lesser number the varims committees have alloted. Promptly ought the applicants for sharks to perform their duty, so as to prevent law-suits. Escape from liabitity there is none. There are not any late colonial or other arrivals in the City to-day. A report is current that an individual connected with a savings' bank in the northern part of the metropolis, has committed suicide under peculiar circumstances. At the Coroner's inquest appointed to be held, we are told, this evening, the facts will no doubt be elicited. In the Consol Market this morning the fluctuation has been very slight. For the Account the value has remained unvaried at 9478, and for Money at from 94% to 94%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills remains at 21s to 235. Dank Stock is pretty firm at 200 to 201; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 95y8 %; but East India Stock has fallen from 262 to 2601%. There have been several bargains in the South-American Stocks to day. The Equador Bonds have been taken at 341, the Grenada Bonds at 201, the Mexican for Account at 30, and the Peruvian at 35. Russian Bonds have keen flat at 1111 to 112, Spanish at: 27k, and the Three per Cents. to 371. The:Dutch Four per Cents. have rallied from 924 to 93i. The Railway Shares are in but moderate request this morning, still the market looks healthy. The corrected list is annexed.  Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 Ditto Quarter Shares  Ditto New ~.. 1- l6l/q .. to North Kent & Direct Dover 21/ - to North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3 p to 23/4 p North Wales 3% . .. - North and South Wales and Worcester - .... . 1/2 dis... to North. & South. Connecting - Norwich and Brandon l6 Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 17(4 - ... .. to Notting.,Erewsh.Vak&Manc. 1% Nottingham and Mansfielfl... - ..... - .. to Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton... ... 425. Oxford and Worcester 12% 14141A ... to Oxfd.,Witney, & Cbeltnham 1% - Perth and Inverness - to Pilbrow Atmospbet;c - to Portsmouth Direct - to Preston and Wvre 5O Ditto, Half Shares - to Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. - ...... to Richmond Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% - Rugby and Huntingdon 2 - to Rugby, Leamington, aua Warwick Scott-L:11 Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 11 Sheffield and Manchester ...100 - Ditto % Shares 8 - Shrewsbuty and Birmingham 2% 3% to Shropshire Mineral ... 425. . • - Shropshire Union Shrewsbury and Hereford Shrewsbury, "rolverhampton, and S. Stafforclsh. Junction 2%..... Sligo and Sharron Somersetshire Midland - to