The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-23 00:00:00

a3.m E MARKET

AND
OMME/WIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The cotton market, yesterday, at Liverpool re-
mained unaltered. The sales amounted to 6,000
bales, all to the trade, including 150 Pernam and
Maranham at 51d. to 6id. ; 200 Egyptian at 52d.
to 93d., and 500 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb.
In the produce markets this week business has
been conducted on rather a limited scale. Tea
has gone off heavily at the public sales, coffee and
sugar have been in moderate request, and tallow has
declined owing to the views of Mr. Cardwell, now
fortunately out of office, if report speak truly. Re-
ferring to the condition of the silk trade, Mr.
Henry W. Eaton states that at the public sales
there has been only a small attendance, and that
very little found buyers. Chinas were 16s. to
17s. for first and second Tsatlees, and 14s. for
best thirds. The indigo auctions have gone off
briskly, and wool sells freely at the decline sub-
mitted to.

The official returns relating to trade and navi-
gation for the month, and twelve months ending
January 5, 1855, have been published. From
these, it appears that the total declared value of
the enumerated exports from the United King-
dom for the month was 6,429,8931., being a
decrease of 143,898/. compared with those of the
like mouth in 1853. For the year there is shown
a diminution in the export trade of 1,841,4731.
During the month the decrease is perceptible in
earthenware, haberdashery, millinery, hardwares,
and cutlery, machinery, metals, silk manufac-
tures, thrown silk, and woollen manufactures ;
but there waa an increase of woollen yarns, linen
yarn and linen manufactures, cotton yarn, cotton
manufactures, and coals and culm.
_

The importations of the principal articles were
larger for the month, of coffee, cochineal, guano,
hemp, mahogany, palm oil, quicksilver, cassia
lignea, pimento, rum, &neva, sugar, tea, to-
bacco, and lamb's and sheep's wool, but there
was a falling off of Eve animals, cocoa, wheat,
barley, flour, indigo, flax, currants, rice, cinna-
mon, cloves, tallow, and wine.
The shipping accounts exhibit a falling off in
the tonnage of vessels employed in the foreign
trade of the United Kingdom during the month
of 454 tons in the entries, and 46,885 in the
clearances. The following statement for the year
is favourable :

INWARDS.
1854.

1855.

British tons 4,513,207
Foreign tons.— 3,284,343

Total 7,797,550
•UTWARDS.

British tons 4,551,498
Foreign tons 3,032,113

Total 7,583,611

In the coasting trade for the month 49,119
tons less were employed as regards the entries,
and 1,322 tons in the clearances.
The account of the United States Stock mar-
ket for the past week, as given by Messrs. D.
Bell, Son, and Co., is to the effect that prices
have been steady, with a moderate business doing.
The latest quotations are these :

Redeemable. Per Cent.
'United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862... 98 99
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868..4106 107
United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed
Stock 1867-1868...105 106
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent ... 78 90
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 80 82
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...103 103
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 9li 92.
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 18589-66... 83 84
irginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 85 86
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 86 87

LOINS OF CITIES.
Montreal 6 per Cent 1857-1865... 83
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 82
Do. do. do. 1874... 78
Do. de. do. 1884... 72

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875... 67 68
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
ling Bonds) 1860... 90
Pennsylvania Central R. Rd. 6p. Cent 1880... 87 89
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 1s Mort-gage -1869...100 101
New York and Erie 7 p. Cent., 2d Mort-
gage, Convertible 1859... 88 90
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1853...80 81
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862. 68 70
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
Fund 1872... 75 76

81,28

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Considering the severe distress among the in-
dustrious poor arising from the continued preva-
lence of the frost, it is highly expedient in the
interest of humanity as well as from motives of
expediency, and for the preservation of public
tranquillity, to adopt measures sufficiently compre-
hensive for the emergency. The discharge of
thousands of dock and other labourers at this
season may be justified as a necessity, but a mere
contribution of 1001., by this or that Company,
will evidently not meet the exigencies of
the case, and in addition to private benevo-
lence the great companies have ai ob-
vious duty which they can easily per-
form. If we take the Dock Companies, for ex-
ample, we may assume that the moment the
weather breaks up they will be overwhelmed with
arrivals, and the labourers will have to work over-
time, at extra wages. Would there be any ob-
jection then to advance a few shillings weekly to
each man usually employed, with the proviso
of its being repaid when again in work? The
habits of our artisans and labourers are notoriously
improvident; but here again much could be done
to improve them if the formation of local savings
funds were promoted by the head authorities of
our great companies.
The Funds are very steady, with a little busi-
ness doing for money, and scarcely any specula-
tion. Consols for transfer have been 90 to 91k,
and for time 91 to it. Exchequer Bills have
realised 6s. to 9s. premium. Bank Stock is at
215, and India Stock at 220.
Foreign Stocks are quite neglected. Turkish
Bonds have been 75k, and Swedish 87. Bra-
zilian Small have realised 101.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 21 to 211 ; Peruvian, 70 to 71'; ditto Three
per Cents., 49 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 17i to 171 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36 to 36k ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 ;
ditto Passive, 41 to 4i.
Railway Shares have been quiet again, but
generally at full rates.
Mines are dull, Banks rather lower, and the
miscellaneous shares supported.

St.
10
St.
25

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Prom the Otgeietl List.)
Ensineso don•

20
20
50
20

Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
91
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 1 901 1i 94
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 7-16
India Stock
Consols for Account, Bth March 9l i 1
Exchequer Bills, 20.
11000 ... 6 9
2500 6 9
Small 6 9

Ditt. Advertised
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
tfesican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 7l 70i
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lOO 99i
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto for the Account 7si
gwedish 4 per Cent . .
oivtdends on the above payable in London.
French Routes, 4i per Cent.
Bitto 3 per Cent
Dutch Kachange, 2A per Cent. 12 Gull
Ditto 4 uer Cent. Cortifieates
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 9ok 1
Ditto. March Account

The Prussian Correspondence states that t',ie arrivals
of Russian produce at Memel have greatly decreased,
and are expected to be suspended entirely in consequence
of the want of warehouses to protect goods front the
weather. The cold is intense along the whole coast.
The Prussian Correspondence informs its readers that
the French Government has not hitherto made applica-
tion for permission to sznel troops through this territory
in any direction ; that the despatch from the French
Government, of which an analysis was recently given in
the Belgian Independance, does not exist ; and that no
despatch of any such tenour has been addressed or read
L to this Government.