The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed i,.
With a very tame feeling, without change in prices.
The sales wore 6,000 bales, 1,500 on speculation ; 51°,.
comprising 6,000 Egyptian, chiefly at 51d., 1,500
Surat 31d. to 41d., and 20 Sea Islands ls. to 2s. 11
per lb. The Railway Share Market continued t 7
quiet, at a slight decline on Friday's prices.
The Foreign Bourses continue to exhibit a great F,25
degree of uncertainty. At Paris, dealings in the
Public Funds are becoming extensive, but the ten- sBt,
dency to rise is frequently checked by the number is
of sellers anxious to realise. Notwithstanding Lt
this, however, the Three per Cent. Reutes ad- 2.1
vanced / per cent. for the account on Saturday, and 2(
other Stocks were firm at equally improved rates. y(
It was settling day in the Share Market, and, I(
from the limited amount of transactions amongst 5(
speculators, the balances which changed hands 2,.!
Were not heavy, and were paid with facility. Rail- Si
Way Scrip ruled heavy with a downward tendency, 41
in consequence of the weekly returns being less 8
favourable. East of France Old Scrip fell SE; !:
Lyons, 7f. 50c.; Mediterranean, 2f. 50c.; Midland, 3
sf. ; Grand Central, If. 25c. ; Beziers, 2f. 50c.; s
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and Austrian Society rose lf. 253. 3
The continental grain markets present a gene- t
rally quiet aspect, with a tendency in prices to de- 25'
cline, while the supplies keep pace with the de- g
wand. At the Mediterranean ports the arrivals of 1
wheat from the Danube and the coasts on the
Black Sea continue to be regular, which prevents 3
any rise in prices, and at the principal ports of 1
France and Belgium the large supplies of rye come
to hand have lowered the prices of that description
of grain.
Accounts from Madrid announce that the com-
, mission appointed by the Wrtes to examine into ,
the proposition of Count de Morny on behalf of
the Grand Central Railway Company of Franco, f.
to construct the line of railway from Madrid to
Saragossa, has been accepted by them. The con-
struction of this line of railway will be one of the 1
most advantageous to the Spanish agricultural 1
1 population, inasmuch as it will bring into the 1
principal markets the produce of some of the 1
1 finest lands in Spain, which have hitherto been
only in a partial state of cultivation, in conse-
' quence of the want of speedy and cheap means of i
i,
conveyance. I
The New York accounts represent the stock
market as being dull and heavy. Money continued
sid in request, at full rates.
The Corn Trade is heavy to-day, and the ten- 1'
''. • dency in prices is downwards.
, The progress of the new Russian Loan is being
" watched with considerable attention in Stock Ex-
.: change circles, as the circumstances under which
'x... its negotiation is attempted, and the influence it
' 1:, may exercise if obtained, upon the course of poll-
: ' tical events, offer peculiar features for consi-
deration.
i .-• received from the Continent that it has already
been dealt in for the " coming out" at 81, which
would yield 6 per Cent. as near as possible pre-
suming the interest will be punctually paid. The
,Nt bonds are of 500 roubles; taking the rouble, there-
IT: fore, at2guilders Dutch currency, 1,0001 could be
1: had for 810. The half-yearly coupons are to bear
interest at 23 601 or 4'7 2011. per annum. With
such an inducement as 6 per cent. it is very likely
that the loan will obtain many subscribers, not so
much from its present value, however, as from the
probable enhancement which would be occasioned
,4,,, by the conclusion of a peace.
i'
The English Funds have decidedly improved in
„ consequence of the reported mission of Count Es-
terhazy to St. Petersburg, for the purpose of sub-
witting the bases of negotiations for peace. It is
expected in some quarters that as the Russians
have been successful at Kars, the proposals, with
some modifications, may be entertained. Consols
have been 88i to 89, and are now 89 to 891. The
..
Now 3 per Cents. have been 891 to 89i, and the
Reduced 88i to 891. Exchequer Bills are 7s to 3s
discount.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ;
Mexican, in toioi; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto
Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per
Cents., 45 to 47 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ;
ditto 41 per Cents., 88 to 91i. Spanish Three per
Cents., 39/ to 40 ; ditto Deferred, 201 to 204 ;
ditto Certificates, 41 to 4; ; ditto Passive, 7i to 7i.
A smaller business is being transacted in the
Foreign Stock marked than for some time past, but
the prices exhibit increased firmness. Turkish
Bonds have risen 4 to i per cent., namely, 84i to
841. The New Scrip is i per cent. better, being
3to 21 discount. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 48,
Brazilian 5 per Cents. 991, and Spanish Passive
7i. Dutch 21 per Cents. are steady at 63k.
The Railway Share Market is exceedingly in-
active, but the quotations have improved by sym-
pathy with the Funds. Great Western have risen
about 55., North-Western 10s., and Midland 10s.
The foreign lines are mostly nominal. Great
Western of Canada rule firm.
Some of the joint-stock banks are at fuller rates,
but the Mining and miscellaneous shares were with-
out any particular alteration. Royal Mail Steam
have risen about 10s.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK.
Brent as Official List.)

Buono, done.

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ~....•••
3 per Cent Console Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India. Bonds, £lOOO ..... ...
Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d
Consols for Account BS 91
Exchequer Bills, lid.
Itlooo . .-- — ••
1500 7
liinvin 5 2
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 9B
~ „ 1859

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOi X.

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Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 99
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 4 per Cent
Ditto Account
Sp man Bonds, 3 per Cent

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Ditto Passive
Turkith Bonds, 6 par cent
Ditto for the Account B4i
Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Accouit
Dividelds on the above lavahlein I.onlor,
Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent., 12 Guil 63i
QUARTER PAST TWO

Console •
Ditto for the account

89 89k

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) 2()
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SOUTHWA.RK.
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MURDEROUS ASSAULT WITH A CANDLESTICIL—Ca- 20
Marine Seabrook, a masculine female, was brought before 20
Mr. A'Beckett charged with committing a murderous A*
assault on Sarah Bennett, by striking her on the head 10
with a large brass candlestick, thereby inflicting a severe 20
wound. 20
The complainant, whose head was covered with ad- 20
hesive plaister, said that she lived in the same house with
the prisoner in Little Surrey.street, Borough Road.
On Saturday night the prisoner came home a little the Tr,
worse for liquor, and asked for a light. Witness handed 160
her one in a large brass candlestick, and was about to 40
re-enter her room when the prisoner turned runnd, and, 50
making use of a dreadful oath,
struck her on the head 25
with the candlestick. In answer to the magistrate the 20
rosecutrix said that they were both unfortunate females,
and had known each other for some time, but had never 100

had any altercation before. 100
Mr. A'Beckett raid it wag a most murderous assault. 20
He should fine the prisoner bi., and in default of payment 20
commit her to the House of Correction for two months
with hard labour. 20
fin

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To facilitate the progress in the Enfield rifle practice, 100
211 small targets have been painted on the wall of the lop
parade-ground, Chatham, so that, in the event of the 20
usual practice ground being wet or the weather incle- 50
ment, no impediment will be offered to the daily practice. 20
THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The United States mail 25
steam-ship Pacific, Captain Aser Eldridge, sailed from
the Mersey at 1.45 p.m. to-day, with the usual mails 100
for the United States and British possessions in North 10
America, 63 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable
merchandise on freight. Copies of the London 10
journals of this date were placed on board the Pacific 25
just prior to sailing by Messrs. Willmer and Smith, 0 25
Liverpool, for the press and news rooms of the Western
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