The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

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CONIMERCIA.T, INTELLIGENCE.

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I.The LiverMol Cotton Market yesterday closed
tamely and heavily, without any marked change in
prices.. The sales were 6,000 bales (500 for ex-
port), comprising 4,000 Americans, 410 Peruam
and '...vlaranham, 200 Igyptian, at 6d. to bid. ;
1,00 0 Surat, at 3d. to 41d. ; and Sea Islands, at
9d. to Is. 9d. per lb. In the Railway Share
Mai ket a considerable improvement took place in
the quotations, and the market closed firmly.
1! be Board of Trade has received a despatch from
the Vice-Consul at Galatz, reporting the following
in.:rease in the duty on grain exported from Wal-
lacthia. :—Wheat to be raised to 10 piastres per
kil,ogrumme (Is. 4d. per quarter), Indian corn to
5 piastres, and barley to 3 piastres, or sd. per
quarter.

RA :cent accounts from Ceylon give the value of
the i; nports during the last quarter at 2,597,3251.,
and -that of the exports at 2,245,2881. The native
coffet) crop for 1855-6 was estimated at 180,000
cwt.. The amount of Plantation already shipped
was 308,165 cwt., and would probably reach
15,' 900 cwt. more.

5 :he favourable movement in the English Funds
yes terday had but little effect on the Paris Bourse,
wl ale there was some fluctuation in prices. At the
el( )se of the market the quotations of the 3 per
mt. Rentes for time and money closed at 64f. 35c.
T' he 4i remained without alteration on previous
q notations. Shares of the Bank of France and
C Iredit Foncier sufferei no variation ; while those
the Credit Mobilier fell 2f. 50c. on previous
prices. The business in the Railway Shares pre-
sented nothing of interest, and the fluctuations
-were few and insignificant. In the Paris grain
markets the fall on previous quotations was main-
tained, and the slowness of foreign arrivals gave
activity to the home market. Flour remains at the
nominal price of 103 francs. The factors had de-
clared to 3,396 sacks. Spanish flour nominal at
102 f.

The latest accounts from Berlin state that the
Prussian Government have concluded a new com-

mercial treaty with the Mexican Government. This
treaty supersedes that of 1831, and is said to be
more beneficial to Prussia than its predecessor. It
was ratified by the Mexican Government on the
10th July of the present year, and the Prussian
Minister of Finance profits by the circumstance to
renew negotiations with the States of the Zollve-
rein, that it may receive their sanction.
During the fortnight ending yesterday the
Honourable East India Company have drawn bills
upon Madras and Bengal to the amount of 3,9751.
We believe it may now be asserted that the
Money Market is temporarily easier. We are not
going beyond this term temporarily, because, like
most other persons, the vicissitudes of the last few
weeks warn us to be extremely guarded in an-
ticipations of the future. When the Bank
of England itself is unable, with all its means
of information, to tell what will happen from one
week to another, it cannot be expected that ca-
pitalists and speculators would be less at fault.
Taking matters as they are, however, there is less
of that unwholesome rushing for discount accom-
modation, which half the time the applicants could
postpone, and the rates for eligible paper at proper
date are not above those of the Bank of England,
and in some instances lower. It is still the long
dated bills that are most subjected to scrutiny,
and that have to pay relatively by far the highest
rates.

Consideicable purchases of money stock are re-
ported to have been again made on the Stock
Exchange,, and the Hebrew party have bought
largely. These operations have naturally given
much utrength to the market. As we have
before stated, there is generally a more con-
fident feeling, and the public are steadily
investing. Consols for money have been
88i to 88f, and for account, after being 88i
thei r were 88 buyers, and are now 88k I again.
The Z 4 ew 3 per Cents. are 88 to 88k, and the Re-
duced 87k to Bank Stock is flat at 207. Ex-
cheq yer Bills are 33. discount to 2s. premium.
A ccording to a despatch received by the Messrs.
Ban ing from the Secretary of State for the Finan-
cial Department of New Granada, we learn that
the Government of that country request these
gen tlemen to inform the Committee of Spanish
Au jerican Bondholders in London that the Peru-
Ti All Bonds held by them are destined to be in due
ti ma and season applied for the benefit of the
foreign debt, a'd they request the committee to
return the said bonds, in order that proper regula-
tions may be issued to carry the purpose intended
into effect.

The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ;
Mexican, 19i to 19i ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto
Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per
Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95
to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 191- to ; ditto Three per
Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 4i ;
ditto Passive, 41 to 5.

For Foreign Stocks there was generally a steady
market. The Turkish 6 per Cents. have been as
high as 97i to 971, but are at present 971- to 97g.
The New Scrip is at 21 to 2i discount, being a rise
of about per cent. Belgian 41 per Cents. are
94, and Spanish Deferred 191 to 193, which
is about the previous value. Sardinian Bonds
are flat at 831. Peruvian Four-and•a-Ralf
per Cents. realised 714 to 72. Danish Fiie per
Cents. are at 1001, and Brazilian Five per Cents.
994.

Tim last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as follow :-
1855.
. £28,775
61,021
15,736
16,275
29,245
23,702
11,833
26,013
20,736

Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton .. .....
Midland
South-Eastern
Caledonian
Great Northern .
Lancashire and Yorkshire
North-Eastern

1854.
£24,429
56,466
13,414
14,797
27,872
17,932
11,802
22,185
19,126

There is more activity in Railway Shares, and
the prices tend upwards. Great Western, North-
Western, North-Eastern, and Berwick and South-
Eastern are all higher. The Foreign lines rule dull.
Canada Shares are steady.

For Mining and Banking Shares there is scarcely
any inquiry. Canada Government Debentures are
1 per cent. higher. Royal Mail Steam have risen
about 2/.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol,oo,
(Prom the ONcial List. )

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WI +lnes!, dons
Bank Stock
207
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7# f i
3 per Cent, Consols Amities BBl 8 t
New 3 por Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 188 3 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3
India Bonds, £lOOO .. .. ..
Ditto, under £lOOO 3 p 2 d
Consols ?or Account BSt 8 iii
E [chequer Bills, 21d. 2d,
21_0(10 .0.•..... .•..••
.000
Small • — 3 p 4 p
Ditto 1859, ~
Excheqner Bonds 1858,
3i per Cent. 981
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO: R
Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent.
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent
Ditto 5 par Cent lOOl
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent
Ditto for the Account .
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811
Ditto 4 per Cant.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account B3B
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Turkii.h Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto for the Account 791 i i I
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the account
nivmgroa no the above Payable In London.
Belgian Bonds, 2i per Cent. ex. 25 fr —
Ditto 44 per Cent. Ex. 25fr 94
Consols KALI PAST TWO.
F 8 i
Ditto for Vie lee ouut BB 1

REDUCTION IN THE Paica OF BREAD.—Yesterday
morning, in consequence of considerable dissatisfaction
that has been evinced by the inhabitants of St. Luke's
and Shoreditch, relative to the rise in the price of bread,
several bakers in those districts reduced the price of the
41b loaf of bread of the second quality to 9d, and house-
hold or country bread (anwcigbed) to Bd. per loaf.