The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-05 00:00:00

HO USE OF COM MO THIS DA Y.)

The SPEAKER took the chair soon arer half-pa,t one
o'clock this day, the reason of the 'house meting being
to hear the Royal assent given in the House of Peers to
the Loan Bill and several private bills.
Mr. Putman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, hav-
ing appeared at the table to summon the attendance nf
the house in the Upper Chamber, the Speaker and the
members present (about a dozen in numLer) proceeded
thither. On their return the Speaker announced the
name of tLe bills which had received the Royal assent,
for which see Loris' report.
The-house then adjourned.

The orders of the day for Monday are fixed to come
on in the following order :
Newspaper SLamp Duties Bill.
Spirit Duties.
Customs' Duties.
Supply.
Ways and Means.

MONEY

MA Itk ET

AND
C IJIMERCIAL INTBLLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was
steady, with an upward tendency in prices. The
sales amounted to 12,000 bales, making the total
for the week 106,790 bales. Fair Uplands brought
5d.; Mobile, 50. ; and Orleans 6id. per lb. Rail-
way Shares were quiet, though firm.
The necessity for an early cheapening of the
value of money by the Bank of England is demon-
strated further in the weekly return to the 28th
ultimo. The bullion, notes unemployed, and de-
posits were still increasing, while the securities
representing discounts and loans were again smaller.
The followine, were the alterations compared with

the previous return :
Active circulation..
Increase
Bullion -
Increase
Rest

£20,359,680
76,815
15,499,409
443,909
3,131 7!9
3 897
4,468 013
17,349
13,173,482
153,915
972,072
43,715
14,214,373

Increase
Public Deposits
.Isicroas
Other Deposits
In crease
Seven-Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities

Decrease
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed
Increase

60,000
12,944 224
88.218
8,432,105
342,680

Yesrerlay afternoon bills of exchange on Ham-
burgh and Amsterdam were taken at barely pre-
vious rates, but in Paris, Frankfurt, and Trieste
there was no change.
Official returns give the following statement of
new vessels built and registered last year in the
United Kingdom :—Sailing vessels 3,078, tonnage
625,121 ; steam ditto 173, tonnage 22,488.
The number of vessels belonging to the United
Kingdom that were wrecked last year was—sailing
ships, 721, of 160,038 tons ; and steamers, 17, of
8,805 tons. The number of ships broken up was
74, of 9,975 tons. The foreign-built vessels regis-
tered here were 267, of 97.641 tons, last year.
Last year 5,374,551 tons of British, and 3,786,815
tons of foreign shipping were employed in, our
trade. The tonnage of Canadian ships registered
here in 1854 was 15,746, and of New Brunswick,
21,316. There were last year 647,609 tons of shim
ping sold and transferred to the United Kingdbm.
In order to give effect to the arrangement entered
into with the .Honourable East India Company, a
call of 4/. 18s. per share has been -made by the
Scinde Railway Company, payable on or before the
28th July next, upon which interest at the i ate of
5 per cent. per annum, and upon all sums paid in
anticipation of calls, will accrue from the date when
the same is paid into the Treasury of the East
India Company.
The shipments of bullion direct from Landon
during the week to Thursday last were 92,200
ounces of silver, 500 of gold, and two tons of copper,
all to the Continent.
There are no arrivals to-day with later Colonial
news.

The very important intelligence from Sebasto-
pol, dated as late as yesterday morning, has hail a
beneficial effect upon the value of Public Securities,
and the chances now are more in favour of an ad-
vanc prior to the settlement of the account on the
10th inst., owing to the abundance of money and
the scarcity of Stock. Consuls, which left off yes-
terday at 88i to 89, have this morning been quoted
895 toil, both for money and time. B7tuk Stock has
been firm at 211. Exchequer Billsare 6s to Bs. prem.
The Omni= has risen to premium, and the
New Annuity to 16k 5-16ths. The NBw 3 per
rents. are 88k to
The meeting in favour of Administrative Reform
lab.sorbsdattention in the City this morning, to the
exausion of almost every other object, and there is
no possibility of one half the number who desire to
obtain admission being able to get in.
Foreign Securities have been dull, though all
rather higher. Turkish Bonds have, improve I to
73 and 74. Equador Stock is worth 3i, and
i
Grenada 155. Dutch 25 per Certs. have been at
631. The Spanish Certificates are heavy at 4.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
• stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 65; Alexi-
' fan, 20i to 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three
per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Pori uguese Four per Cents.,
11 to 43 ; “ussian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89;
Spanish New Deferred, 18 to 184 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36 to 365; ditto Certificates, 4 to 45 ;
iitto PaSsivt!, 3/ to 4.
Railway shares have been more dealt in, and tit
fuller quotations for Midland, Caledonian, Great
Northern, and Brighton. Toe Foreign shares are
also in greater request, and there is a rise in the
Paris and Lyons, Scinde, and some others.
United Mexican Mine shates are heavy at yes-
terday's reaction. Oriental Bank are higher,
Crystal Palace are steady, -and Canada Govern-
ment Debentures are up to 4.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'.;1.:).
(Fran the 00ciai, 1 i,t.) .
Business done
Bank Stack ... 2ll
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cont. Consols Annnities.
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Lone Annuities, Expire sth Jan. , •., •
.., _
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16} 5.16
Consols or Account, 10th May B9 a li a
Cranium
Exchequer Bills, 20.
£lOOO ....5m....". 7 6 8
Small lO 7
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. •
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Spanish Coinmittee Cort. of Coup. not fun 4 •
•-rnrkish Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto for the Account...
Ditto Small
Venezuela Bonds, 3i per Cent.. ... ...
Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent 6
Dividends or. tto above payable in !London.
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 62a
Ditto 4 pt3r Cent. Certificates ......... 9l
TWO O'CLOCK.
,
Consols B9,E
Ditto, May Account ...

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.— A private meeting of i, .
finerithil gentlemen has been held in Bilrnirigliam, with
the view to adopt means of cooperation with the un,v.,-
meet in the metropolis for the promotion of the above
ingy,rtant obj3rt.
SEIZURE.—STARCROSS, MAY 3.—The Ackbar (brigaL-
tine), irom Venice to Hamburg, with madtitrs and dye-
has been seized by the Ctistoni-hoirse and C, tv,t-
Guard authoritieg, and-brought into this harbour on sus-
picion of being a Russian
MARSEILLES, May 1 —An order has been received
here by the military authorities to prepare to embark a
compkte battxicg train of 280 pieces of heavy artillery
and two divisions of infantry. In the meantime the
shipping of detachments of infantry, cavalry, and artil-
lery for the regiments in the Crimea proceeds without
interruption. As a remarkable example of what may
be accomplished by active and efficient agents I may
mention that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Ripcn, which arrived here from the Crirma on
the 2211ti!t., unde-1-. ot
Robert Gow,r anti Co., 35 i.tfiners, 1,100 men, and 13
horses, and sailed again for Kamieseli on the 27th, while
other steamers have been lying in the harbour for six
weeks.