The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-09 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
very firmly, and prices of American under SJ.
were id. per lb., and from sd. to Gd., id. per lb.
dearer than last week. Surats, Brazil, and Egyptian
were 4d. per lb. higher. The sales were 10,000 bales,
comprising 1,090 export and 1,500 on speculation,
including 500 Pernarn and Maranham, 50. to 70. ;
100 Bahia, sd. ; 500 Egyptian, 5.0. to 91. d. ; 1,500
Surat, and 150 Sea Islands, 9d. to 10d.. per lb.
The Railway Share Market was buoyant, at a slight
advance.

This has been rather a quieter week in the colo-
nial produce markets as regards the amount of
business done ; but the excitement among the
dealers in sugar has continued. A further ad-
vance of is. to 2s. has occurred, but holders have
brought very little forward in anticipation of a
further enhancement. Coffee has realised steady
prices, but the inquiry has been limited. Not
much business has been transacted in rice, and the
tea market ruled rather dull. Rum has been in
request at 2d. per gallon advance. Saltpetre was
rather flatter, and spices have not attracted much
attention. Hemp and flax have been firm, and
tallow is GM. 6d. per cwt. for P.Y.C. on the spot.
The public sales of wool are proceeding briskly, but
without any noticeable alteration in the prices.
Accounts from Constantinople, this week, men-
tion that th© high prices of the necessaries of life,
which continue to increase, is being taken into
serious consideration by the inhabitants of the city,
especially foreign residents. The causes of the in-
creased priced, of course, are mainly consequent
on the Russian war, but another cause of equal im-
portance is the high charges paid for the transport of
food, fuel, and merchandise, the produce of Turkey,
in consequence of the insufficiency of the present
means of road communication throughout the ter-
ritory, and the advent of railway transit is looked
forward to with interest by the people. Before
the declaration of war in 1853, wheat was 15 to 20
piastres per kile, now it has risen to 70. A mea-
sure of barley, which formerly cost 5 piasters,
fetches now 35. The price of rice is more than
doubled, and other articles of consumption ruled
very high.

The continental Money Markets remain gene-
rally calm, with a very limited amount of business
doing, excepting at Paris yesterday, where an im-
provement had taken place, and money was easier
than during the last ten days. On the Paris
Bourse, Rentes of the French 3 per Cents. rose 10
centimes, and maintained the advance with firm-
ness at the close. In the Share Market matters
were also a little better, at the same time they
remained without any important reaction. In the
French grain and flour markets quotations were
firm, with an upward tendency. The demand for
fine flour in Paris was limited, and brought as
much as 108 francs fur the best quality. Spanish
and inferior sorts were sold at 105 to 106.

Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market
for American Securities as quiet. During the
week only a small amount of business has been
done at the subjoined quotations :

United States 6 per Cent.
1867-1868...106

STATE SECURITIES.
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bond) ... 91 93
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ... 93 100
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 82 83
South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds
(Baring,'o) 1858-1868... 95 97
Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...1888... 84 85

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 por Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875... 71 73
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds 1860... 72 74
Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert ... 91 93
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort
1867... 98 100
gage
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 82 84
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 74 76
Pennsylvania Centre l 6 p. Cent., let Mort 1880... 87 89
The settlement of the account being effected,
stock is found to be scarce, and as there is an in-
quiry on the part of the public for investment, the
quotations tend upwards. The Bank of England
return to be published this evening also
is expected to be favourable. Consols, after
being 88i have risen to 88i and 89 for money,
while for the account they are 89k, an improve-
ment of to per cent. New 3 per Cents. are
88i and the Reduced 87i to 881. The Un-
funded Debt is 7s. to 3s. discount.
A larger business is doing in Foreign Securities.
Turkish 6 per Cents. advanced to 79/ and 80, and
the New Scrip is 2i to 2i discount. Russian
41 per Cents, are 86, and Sardinian also 86, which,
in the latter instance, is an advance of per cent.
Granada Active Bonds have risen to 20, and the
Deferred to 7i. Mexican Stock 19k, and Peru-
vian Active 65. Austrian 5 per Cents. are 821.
Dutch 21 per Cents. are 63k, and Brazilian Small
100,

The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7 ;
Mexican, 195 to ; Peruvian, 74 to '76 ; ditto Three
Per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 86 ; Spanish
New Deferred, 20 to ; ditto Three per Cents.,
38 to 5 ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 44 ; ditto Pas-
live, 6 to 6i.
Au improved feeling is apparent in the Railway
Market,. and the advance in the Funds has pro-
duced a corresponding movement in prices. The
North-Western are in most favour, and have risen
fully 10s. to 155., while all other lines have likewise
been higher. The Foreign still remain quiet, and
the Canada firm.
Mining Shares are quiet but firm. Joint Stock
Banks are at former values, and Canada Land
Shares are at 131. General Screw Steam and
Peninsular and Oriental Steam are both 1/. 10s.
higher.

,EITISEI FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PIICES
(Prom th,t Oficial List.)

Business dons
Bank Stook ... ... .-
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B5 A 71 Z fq
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities
88 88Z ;3 9 81 if
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d 6 d
Consols ;or Account .. 88j 91 8i
Exchequer Bills, 24d.
£lOOO.
Rmall
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... 98i i 1
Ditto 1859, PIP ... 984 $ / 4
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent.........
Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. ... —
Ditto Small lOO
Ditto Now, 1852, 41 per Cent 934 2
Grenada Bonds, 1} per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, Deferred 7h
Mexican 3 per Cent. .. l9i
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent —
Ditto for the account 75
Russian Bonds, 44 per Cent B6
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cont.
Ditto for the account 2Ol 20
Ditto Passive
Spani•li Committee Cert. of Coup. n-. 4 fun 4l i i
Tarkibh Bonds, 6 per cent BO 791
Ditto for the Account 79i i i
Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.... 2l i 4
Dividends on the above rosvablec in London.
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Gu. £. 67i
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull 6.34
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols
884 9
Ditto for lee ount

MAILS.et
ALTERATION IN TIME OP DESPATCH or A
—lnformation has been received from the F ARMY
liP e
office that, during the ensuing winter, it will be neces-
sary to despatch the French Mail Packets, appointed to
sail from Marseilles every Monday, before the arrival of
the mail leaving London on the evening of the
pre
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Saturday. Until further notice, therefore, the ordinaryiou
mails containing letters for the British Forces or the
Transport Service, in Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea,
or for the British Military Hospitals, will be despatched
from London on the evenings of Monday and Friday,
and supplementary mails on the mornings of Tuesday
and Saturday.
WELLS ELEOT/ON.— Captain Hedworth Hylton Jo-
liffe, the Conservative candidate for the vacant seat for
this city, has issued a second address to the electors, in
which he says :—" My canvass has even been more suc-
cessful than I had been led to expect. The promises of
support which I have received are not only gratifying
from their number, but also from the hearty earnestness
with which they have been accorded. They leave no
d-oubt -tt-LA the isstve of the corvine .contest roLv.t. 1.-t,
Y. favour." The writ has not arrived, but the nomina-
tion is expected to take place in the course of the ensuing
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