The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
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The Liverpool Cotton Market 'yesterday closed
with a hardening tendency and with less offering. si„
The demand for Boweds, between sgd. to 51d. per tfq
lb., for export has again been very good. Prices of ~(:)
American were fully id.. per lb. dearer, and in IA
many cases even more. Surat and Egyptians 33
were also id. per lb. dearer. The sales wore
8,000 bales comprising 6,500 Americans (500 for 17i
export and 1,000 on speculation), 300 Egyptians, 22
52d. to 71d., and 1,200 Surat, 30. to 42d. per lb. 2ti
(500 for export). The Railway •Share Market 3t.
yesterday was steady, and closed at an advance. - st.
The general tone of business on the Paris Bourse tO
yesterday was heavy and uncertain. Transactions 51
in the Three per Cent. Rentes were made in anti- 20
cipation of to-day's settlement. The Four-and-a- Es
Half per Cents. declined 25 centimes for the ac- 10
count, and 20c. for the close of the current month,60
In Railway Shares there was little doing, and not 25
much fluctuation in the quotations, with the excep- £5
tion of the Lyons, Mediterranean, and the Austrian t•
Society Shares, which receded 10 to 15 francs on St.
St.

previous prices. 25
For several days past the Hollando-Belgian line 25
of railway has been carrying large quantities of St.
silver ingots in transitu for Paris, which are sent by L
the Bank of Amsterdam for the Bank of France. St.
The Madrid Gazette has just published a decree I_-(0)
for the regulation of the floating debt as proposed 20
by M. Bruil, the Minister of Finance. Treasury St.
notes will be issued, bearing a certain rate of in- 6.?
terest, and taken as a legal tender for the payment St.
of duties, for the sum of 200 millions of reals. St.
St.
The advices by the La Plata from the West St.
Indies state that at the next meeting of the House Bt.
of Assembly an attempt will be made to reduce the 12
direct taxation in Jamaica, and substitute in its 50
stead an increase in the import duties. Opinions, NI
of course, differed as to the measures which ought st.
to be adopted with a view to obtain a revenue ~,?)
sufficient to meet the liabilities of the island. Among 114
the poorer classes there was a cry for a diminution St.
in the high salaries of some of the officials, and it was ;t0
observed that the expenditure is excessive. Upon to
the subject of the proposed alterations, it was con- lir
sidered that as the members of the House of As- 50
sembly entertained adverse views upon the Import 40
Duties' question that there would be considerable lig
opposition. St.
There was no alteration in the prices current on ,r 2,
the London Corn Exchange to-day, but the busi- lo
st.
ness doing was limited. St.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 50
to this day, are in round figures as follow : 25
1855. 1854. 11),
Caledonian
Deeside
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Brighton 14,469 15,243
Manchester and South Junction
South-Eastern _ 20,728 17,087 50
South Devon
Kendal and Windermere
West Cornwall
West Hartlepool 2,702 2.313 8
Glasgow and South-Western 6,179 5,579
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Ulster

There is no improvement to notice in the market
for Public Securities, but, on the contrary, a slight
decline has occurred in the absence of any large
purchases. Consols opened at 87i to 87, at
which they have remained, but for money they
have touched 87i and 88. The New 3 per Cents.
are heavy at 87!- to 87k, and the Reduced at 86i
to 871. New 2g per Cents. are 731.
There is rather an active demand for money in
the Stock Exchange, this being " pay day" in the
Foreign Stock and Railway Share markets, and
Exchequer Bills have dropped from par to 10s.
discount. It is generally stated that the late in-
crease in the rate of interest on the Unfunded
Debt was insufficient.
Foreign Stocks ruled quiet, and there was very
little alteration in the quotations. Turkish 6 per
Cents. are at 78i to 78a, while for account they
are as high as 79 to 79i. Sardinian Bonds have
declined to 84, but Peruvian are steady at 73L
Equador Bonds at 4i, and Brazilian 41 per Cents.
at 92. Dutch 21 per Cents. have advanced to 62
to 63. Spanish Passive Bonds are 51.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ;
Mexican, 191 to ; Peruvian, 72 to 4 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 52 to 4; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
43 to 5 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 8 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 8 ; Spanish
New Deferred, 19,1 z to ; ditto Three per Cents.,
37i to 8 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to ; ditto Pas-
sive, 4i to si.
The business in Railway Shares is contracted,
awl the few transactions entered into have been
at about yesterday's rates. Great Western, how-
ever, rule heavy. The Canadian lines are dull,
and the Foreign neglected.
Copiapo Mine Shares are marked 20. Oriental
Bank are quoted ex dividend. Canada Land
Shares are fully 3/. lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLC .
f Prom the Oficial List. ,
Begin.... dour
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities._ .. . B7 3/4 61
3 per Cent Consols Annuities
N,w 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 23/4 per Cent. Annuities 733/4
L .nc Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Stock
Console for Account B7i 1
E ;chagrin Bilis, 21(1.
21000
2500
:Small
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent..., 981
Ditto 1859, ~ ~. 98,
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO K
Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent.
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent .
Equador Bonds
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent ...... ....
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
.Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Passive 54
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 7Bl
Ditto for the Account 79 9
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
,nvidends on the above parable In 14ononn.
Datch Exchange, 23/4 per Cent. 12 Gull 63 2
HALF-DA ST TWO.

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THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S HOUNDS.—Mr. W. Long,
for so many years huntsman to these hounds, has re-
signed his situation. He had held his post 54 years,
under four dukes, three of whom he has followed to the
grave.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR EDINBURGH.—On
Friday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a fear-
ful accident took place at Eurdiehouse limekilns. The
works were proceeding as usual, when suddenly the
boiler exploded, fragments of it being carried from 200 to
300 yards by the violence of the shock. James Gilchrist,
foreman of the quarry, and Win. Bennett, bank heads-
man, were killed on the spot. Mrs. M‘Gill, wife of a la-
bourer at Edgehead, who had just reached the kilns with
her son's breakfast, was awfully burned, and died soon
after in the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. Her son,
Thomas MgGill, the engineman, was also very much
burned, and he lies in the Infirmary in a dangerous
state. John Renwick, blacksmith at the works, was
very severely injured, but it is thought he will recover.
—Scotsman.
SOCIETY OF NOVIOMAGITS.—On Friday evening the
Lord Mayor entertained at dinner, at the Mansion
House, his brethren of the above-named eccentric anti-
quarian club, composed exclusively of Fellows of the
Society of Antiquaries of London. The Noviemac,ian
S. C. Hail R. Lemon
present were Messrs. WanseY, Durham,'
G. R. Corner, Stevenson, G. Godwin,t J.W..
Butterworth, Bennoch, Chaffers, and to meetthehem his
Lordship had invited Mr. Hawkins and Rev. J.
Hunter, two of the vice-presideuts of the parent Society
of Antiquaries, together with Mr. F. Ouvry, treasuArierr,
and Mr. Akerman, secretary. Mr. Tite, M
Alderman Wire, Mr. Alderman Carter, Mr.
F.S.A., Mr. Butterworth, F.S.A., Mr. Deputy Lott, 100
F.S.A., Mr. Anderton, Mr. I'Anson, and others, were 100
also present. Covers were laid for about thirty. 100
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is 20
about 5 per mille premium (according to the last tariff), 20
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25•29 A ; 20
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 50
25.35, it follows that gold is about 0.22 per cent. dearer 10
in London than in Paris. By, advices from Hamburg 50
the price of gold is 42q per mark, which, at the Eng- 10(1t
lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard 2c
gold, gives an exchange of 13.51 ; and, the exchange at 5(
Hamburg on London at short being 13.54, it follows that 2(
gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in London than in Ham- 2:
burg. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 per cent. ; and, the ,Of
par of exchange between England and America being if
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is
nominally 0'53 per cent. against England ; but, „
after making allowance for charges of transport and o“,
difference of interest, the present rate leaves no
profit on the transmission of gold either way between the •
two countries. 5(

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