The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-04 00:00:00

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I'OAIII4.ERCIAL CE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.
The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday
closest with a hardening tendency, and prices of all
kinds are extreme. The sales were estimated at
10,000 bales (1,000 of which were taken for export,
and 2,000 on speculation), comprising 400
Egyptians at sid. to 9d., and 1,500 Surats at 3d.
to 4id. per lb. The Railway Share Market was
dull, and closed at a decline of ±to per cent.
In the Manchester report of Messrs. M'Nair,
Greenbow, and Irving we have the following de-
tails :
"The demand for the country trade has throughout the
month considerably improved, although by no means
prosperous. Much suffering, in. a pecuniary degree,
generally prevails in the agricultural and manufacturing
districts, from the severity of the last winter, which has
had also its effects donnected with the export trade, and
the unprofitableness arising from manufacturing employ-
ment and the dearness of food. What the future pros-
pects of this market and locality may be—and their
action is, of course, involved with other producing dis-
tricts—it is impossible to tell. With the cessation of
war we mighti however, reasonably calculate upon
an improved state of things generally. So far, we
have great satisfaction in recording a decided improve-
ment in feeling and in practice, as contrasted with the
State of things existing at the end of February. In the
course of the closing month, alternate changes have
been perceptible ; nevertheless, they were not of such a
character as to militate against the improvement indi-
cated for the time being. The immediate and increas-
ingly productive power of the district must, however,
be taken into account, and act unfavourably as to the
permanence of a really sound and steady state of
things."
It appears by the Californian advices that the
San Francisco failures were in some instances as
much the result of panic as necessity. The stop-
page of Messrs. Adams and Co. might probably
have been prevented, from the offers of assistance
which the merchants made, but" the firm deeMed it
More advisable to suspend at once with such a
drain of specie. Messrs. Page, Bacon, and Co.
Stopped pecessarily, owing to the previous failure
of their United States branch. The liabilities of
Adams and Co. are estimated at 2,000,000 dollars,
but with good assets.
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The Californian papers state that the Quartz
Rock Mariposa Mining Company of London had
all its property seized by the Sheriff on the 17th
ult., and private letters received here by Mr. H.
airedalla assert that the lessors of the mine are
Coming to England, and require new terms to be
made, increased royalties, &c.
Accounts from Madrid stated that popular dis-
turbances were greatly apprehended, and that the
chiefs of the Militia had met z(nd held consultations,
the majority being in favour of Espartero. The
clergy, however, were working upon the feelings
of the lower as well as the upper classes, to
preVent the sale of ecclesiastical properties, and
the municipal authorities were indisposed to the
alienation of the common lands.
The efforts that are still used by the agents at
Ataarid of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders
deserve high commendation, and the Government
of Espartero really seems disposed to take into
consideration the claims of the certificate holders,
and to recognise their validity, which former Minis-
tries have contested. Lord Howard de Walden
has, in the most praiseworthy manner, seconded
the exertions of the agents, and the necessity of
raising Spanish credit will probably hasten a fa-
vourable decision by the Cortes.
The advices received from Paris report a very
buoyant feeling there yesterday in the Stock Mar-
ket, and with much more confidence displayed than
here. All securities were readily saleable, Crystal
Palace having been as high as 172 50.
The Foreign Exchanges were a little weaker
yesterday afternoon as respects bills on Paris at
90 days, which were done at 25 371 to 421, and on
Amsterdam at 11 191 to 19g. On Hamburg the
rates were firm, at 13 71 to 7i, and on Trieste at
12 30 to 36.
The English Stocks have been very depressed
again, although at this moment rather higher, in
consequence of the more favourable news from the
Crimea. There is, apparently, no expectation
that the Bank of England will to-morrow reduce
its minimum rate of discount. Ccnsols have been
921 to 1 for transfer, and 92f to if for account.
Exchequer Bills have been ss. to Os., and India
Bonds 11s. premium.
Foreign securities havo been dealt in to a fair ex
tent at about the previous rates. Mexican Bonds
are 20i to 21, and Peruvian 71. Chilian have been
quoted 102 and Brazilian old 99. Russian 41 per
Cents. have realised 891. Belgian 41 per Cents.
93 to 941, Dutch 21 per Cents. 621- to 62k. Sar-
dinian stock has been at 871. Spanish Deferred
are 18i, and the Certificates are firm at 51.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 7 ; Mexi-
can, 20k. to 21; Peruvian, 70 to 72; ditto Three
per Cents., 49 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
42 to 44 ;
_Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 181 ; ditto Three
Per Cents., 361 to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 5i to 51;
ditto Passive, 41- to 41.
In railway shares very little has been done, and
Prices continue about the same 'for the English
illes• The Canadian lines are rather heavy, and
legs buoyancy prevails in the Indian and Conti-
nental undertakings, although, generally, prices
have not varied much.

In the United Mexican Mine Shares a further
iMportant rise has occurred—bargains having been
eFeeted as high as 8, owing to the confirmation,
11(1 Nev' York, of the last favourable accounts as
t° the new lode.

crystal Palace Shares are steady, and General
Sc firmer. The Banks are dull.

13-RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLf ►

(From the Ofteial List.

Bu,lness done
3 Per Cent. Consols Annai'aes . 92i
itnilit Bonds £lOOO
I.
•onsols or Account, April 9`,), i i
India Stock
,
Ditto for the Account 22BA
tzetiequer Bills, 24d.
1.1.1000
.Usot) ,..
5 9
Small 5 9
13rjt OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO:','K
Otiba;l4/1 Bonds, 5 per Cent 99
Clip: ' Per Ct. (Matanzas & Sabanilla Bonds) 95
102
gall Bon 6 per Cent. ... • •
paui dB,
8.,8.11 13onds, 1825, 3 per Cent —
iffezlitto 5 per Cent .. .
pew . 3 per Cent.
Russ'"ati Bonds, 4i per Cent. 7l
saril Bonds, 4i per Cent B9
131, -ni.inian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ..... .....
Spa
Bonds, 3 per Cent
8,, ido New Deferred, 3 per Cent
ft-iaLTii,sh Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun SA p c
rikish Bo
Ditto fOrntdsh , 6 per cent —
e Account BO i
Bei Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dmgia2l Bonds 4i per Cent. ex. 25 fr 93 4A
en EXange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 64 1
Ditto 4 per
Cent. Cortifieates .„„

HALF-PAST TWO.
eirlsols 92s
Ditto, April Account

As-
ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.—About sixty cases
gLoaf ard,
8311 an antiquities from the excavations of Mr. y
Itiaßeuassato, and Mr. Loftus have arrived at the British
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1,-,lltorriAL TO A
Blab
Smade subscription for James
Jeff ea fleet have a
."JONAS."—The stewards of the
to neni?;.late ship's steward of the Tiger, to enable him
tc,' euase some small articles, as a mark of their great
're2--entl. Mr. Jeffery was cast away four times—in the
14-hlinderbolt in 1847. in the Birkenhead in 1852, when
3,_e was 18 hours in the water ; in the Caique, sunk in
he Sea of Marmora ; and recently in the Tiger, when
40 was made prisoner, being the last to leave the ship.
DINBIJUGH ALE.— Good Edinburgh ale contains about
4 per cent , or nearly half a pound to the gallon, of solid
nutritive matter. It is, therefore, food as well as drink.
4.little beef eaten with it makes up the deficiency in glu-
ten, so that beef, beer, and bread, our characteristic Eng-
li4lidiet, are most F. hilos o p h i ca.l 137 put together, at once
to strengthen, to sustain, and to stimulate the bodily
Pci!ere.—C'heinistry of Common Life,
A. JUDGE ON PUGlLlSM.—justice Crerswell, in passing
a trivial sentence the other day upon a young man who
had killed another in a fight at Whitehaven, wale some
strange remarks (for a judge) upon the settlement of estrange
s by Il
beating each other to the point of death. e and I said—" Now boys wilt quarrel, and boys will fight,
their don't know that there is any great ohjection to
settling their differences in that way, provided
they don't use any unfair means, or other we:tipeoinrsfisetxs:
.?..espt those which nature .gave them —namely,
h
I. two boys merely went out into afield to fight out
their differences by themselves nobody would think of
punishing them, and I look upon it that if one of the.
Party were to meet with his death in the encounter, it
would... be an accident" If there are fights in plenty at
Whitehaven after this, the justice cannot be surprised.

ONE Y MA lIKET I MARX.ETS.
(TELI6 DAY.)