The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-28 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily, and compared with the rates of last week
prices of all kinds were the- same, except sd. to
6d. for American kinds, being rather in favour of
buyers. The sales were 6,000 bales, comprising
20 Pernam and Maranham at sd. ; 30Bahia, 6d.;
100 Egyptian, sd. to Sid. ; and 700 Surat, 3id.
to 4kd. per lb. There was very little doing in the
Rail way Share Market, and prices were lower than
on Wednesday.

The pacific rumours afloat on the Continent con-
tinue to obtain credit in the Paris Bourse, and the
French Funds, yesterday, advanced 25 centimes in
the 3 per Cent. Routes for the account, and 15c.
for money. This feeling has been influenced by
the publication of a pamphlet under the title of
" The Necessity of a Congress for Pacifying
Europe," which appears to have formed a strong
impression on the minds of the public. Railway
Stocks varied ; North of France xose 11, Midland
3fr. 75c., Geneva 2fr. 50c., and Austrian Society
sfr. ; Orleans fell 2fr. 50c., Lyons sfr., West of
France 3fr. 75c. In Miscellaneous Securities there
was not much alteration on previous quotations.
The Bank of France dividend for the present half-
year is fixed at 100 fr. The Shares were not quoted
on the Bourse yesterday.

A table has just been issued by the Minister of
Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, fixing
the rates at which duties may be levied upon
wheat, imported and -exported from France, con-
formably with the laws therein made and provided
for. In the departments where the markets of
Toulouse, Lyons, and Marseilles are situated the
average rate is fixed at 33f. 30c. per hectolitre ; in
Maran, Bordeaux, &c., it is 32f. 81c. ; in the de-
partments of the Alps 33f. 50c. Of the Lower
Rhine 33f. 71c. ; of La Vendee, &c., 31f. 69c. ; of
Moselle, acc., 32f. 75c., and of La Manche and
others 32f. 35c.

The Board of Trade returns for the month end-
ing November the 30th, present some satisfactory
results as compared with those of the correspond-
ing period of last year. In the importation of
cocoa, wheat, Indian corn, flour, indigo, flax, cur-
rants, palm oil, unrefined sugar and wine there
was an increase, but a diminution is apparent in
coffee, barley, cochineal, guano, cinnamon, cloves,
pepper, brandy, tallow, and tea. Our export
trade is decidedly improved.

The total declared value of all the shipments
being 8,759,849/. against 6,608,4981 in 1854. The
particulars of some of the principal shipments were
as under :

Cotton manufactures

1854. 1855.
1,773,959 2, 462,064
570,733 916,240
290,921 261,241

Ditto yarn
Hardware and cutlery

Woollen and worsted manu-
factures
Ditto yarn
Linen manufactures
Ditto yarn
Silk manufactures
Thrown silk

408,830
146,063
300,109
80,465
47,434

647,310
204,938
386,148
83,268
78,701

15,996

17,110

The number of vessels employed in the foreign
trade of the United Kingdom, this year, included
a larger amount of tonnage, both as regards the
entrances inwards and the clearances outwards.

English Securities have remained in a heavy con-
dition, and Consols, which opened at 88i i, have
since been 881- i. The market is unfavourably in-
fluenced by the limited business transacted, but
the Government broker is supposed to be selling
daily. The New 3 per Cents, have been 881 to
89, and the Reduced 881. to 881. Bank Stock is
2651 to 206. Exchequer Bills are marked 45.,
and India Bonds Bs. discount.

The only Securities in which any business has
been recorded up to this hour are Turkish Bonds,
the 6 per Cents. being very dull at 83k, and the
New Scrip 33/4 discount. All other Securities are
consequently nominal.

Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market
for American Securities as inactive, and without
alteration in price. The following are the present
quotations :