The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMt[ERCIAT4 INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with an upward tendency, and prices of Ameri-
cans were fully id. per lb., and Surats 1-16 d. per
lb. dearer than on Friday. All other sorts were

unchanged. The sales were 8,000 bales, 1,000 ex-
port and 1,000 on speculation, comprising 180
Pernam and Maranham 6id. to 7d., 170 Bahia
51d. to 6d., 200 Egyptian 60. to 84d., and 1,509
Surats 34d. to 4id. per lb. Imports since Thurs-
day, 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market
was very steady, closing at its best point.

Recent accounts from Rotterdam furnish us with
the following interesting report relative to the
commerce between the Low Countries and different
foreign States during the official year 1854-5. The
total value of importations, according to Govern-
ment returns, exhibits a rise on the previous year,
and amounts to 356,454,519 florins (Dutch),
whereof 244,495,510 florins were for home con-
sumption ; the exports amounted to 308,780,801
florins, of which 193,621,258 florins were products
of the country, and 115,159,543 florins came under
the head of transit. In these totals Great Britain
figures at the head of the list ; the imports from
thence being 992 millions and exports to this
country 754. Belgium shows importations from
441 millions, and exports to 301 millions.
For other States the proportions are as fol-
low': Java, 75-29 i ; France, 121-13 ; Russia
(Baltic and White Sea), 91; Black Sea, 2 ; Zoll-
- 69-116; Hamburg, 62-92 ; Hanover and
Oldenburg, 51-21 ; North America, 7-54 ;
Denmark, 4-4 ; Naples, 2-4 ; Norway, 4-1 ;
Surinam, 4-11 &c.

From Madrid we learn that a project to establish
a new general Bank of Credit, has been submitted
by Messrs. Milland and Company, to the Govern-
ment, which has been favourably reported on by a
committee of the Cortes, and it is likely that that
assembly will sanction the proposition. The
draught of the scheme proposes that the Govern-
ment should have constraint over its operations,
that it should have a capital of 800 millions of
reals (8,000,0001.) to be issued in shares of 2,000,
and that the directors should have the power to
cause notes as low as 100 reals, payable on de-
mand on bearer at the provincial branches as well
as the chief office of the company at Madrid.

Membera and outsiders on the Paris Bourse
remained in a state of inactivity yesterday, in the
absence of any news to agitate the market. The
business transacted in Rentes showed a tendency
to fall of 5 to 25 centimes, but no large dealings
are concluded at the reduced quotations. A degree
of hesitat:on to make purchases in the share market
likewise manifested itself, and speculators were
dull in their bargains.
The advices from Rio state that trade was very
inactive, and that for export there was scarcely
any inquiry.

Much satisfaction is expressed by parties in-
terested in Australia at the reduction again in the
Victoria postage to 6d. per oz. The new charge
comes into operation on this day.

A work, entitiel " Ferguson's Tables," has just
issued from the press, which is calculated to be
of service to the commercial community. The
writer proposes to supply more comprehensive, ac-
curate, and portable tables of profit, loss, discount,
Commission, brokerage, and other similar subjects ;
and the copiousness and arrangement of the details
seem well adapted to effect the end in view. Mr. Fer-
guson, in these "tables," omits all fractional parts
of a farthing (100 parts being equal to one farthing),
thus prop.osing to avoid the confusion and errors of
the proximate system in which the opposite prac-
tice is adopted. In addition, these pages embrace
much matter of a useful character to the commer-
cial student, and facilitate also the solution of
many questions of daily occurrence.
The settlement of the account in the English
Stock Market takes place to-morrow, and the deal-
ings entered into to-day are chiefly in reference
thereto. As was expected, stock is not found to
be plentiful, and the quotations,are consequently
well maintained. Consols have been 881 to 88g,
but at the present moment they are not higher
than 881 The rate for next month is 88l to
88i. Exchequer Bills are rather firmer again,
being 7s. to 3s. discount. Less is doing
in the New Three per Cents., and they rule at 88i
to 888, and the Reduced at 87i to 87g. Bark
Stock has r;sen to 1061 and 108, and India Stock is
marked 226 and 2271.
Most of the foreign securities maintain the quo.
tations of yesterday, and are still quiet. Turkish
Six per Cents. are 791- to 79k, and the New Scrip
about 2/ discount. Sardinian Bonds are ss high
as 85k, and Spanish Deferred Stock is 19g.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 74 ;
Mexican, 198 to ; Peruvian, 74 to 75 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four rer Cents.,
43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to $8; Spanish
New Deferred, 19k to l ; ditto Three per Cents.,
37i to 8 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to f ; ditto Pas-
sive, 51 to

In Railway Shares there are very few altera-
tions to notice, the market being generally steady
and the dealings limited. Lancashire and York-
shire, Brighton, North-Western, and South-West-
ern are most in favour. The foreign and colonial
lines are supported.
A further improvement has occurred in Canada
Land Shares, which now rule at 135 to 137. Joint-
stock Banks are in limited request.

:3arrisn FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol ' .
( From the Oditli List. 1
lin,in,,s,
don.
. 206 8
Bank Stock
000000 •.•
3 per Own. Reduced Annuities B7l $ i
3 per Cent. Consols Annaitios ~,,
113vr 3 por Cent. Annuities ..
New 2A per Cent. Annuities 72
Llng Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 161
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
r:ltiols lor Account OO 88i a a i
Etchequer Bills, lid.
4000 7 3 d ..., -
Small 4 d par
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cont..., 08,1 4
Ditto 1859, ~ ~. OSA t .
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO, K.
S ,rdinian Bonds, 5 per Cont.
Ditto for the account B5 i
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the account 193
Turkitl Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto for the Account 79
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.~
Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF-PA ST TWO.
Consols ......................... ... ........... 884 a
Ditto for Account (December)
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