The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-14 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'Ci,oe'..
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
tamely, but with much evenness in prices. Ameri-
can cotton lost the advance obtained on Tuesday,
and prices of all descriptions were as quoted on
lriday last. The sales, to day, were 7,000 bales,
comprising 4,500 American (500 for export and
600 on speculation) ; 100 Pernam and Maraniatrn,
at 61d. to 7id. ; 250 Egyptian, Gd. to 90. ; and
2,Q
0 Surat, (half for export) 4d. to sid. per lb.,
The Railway Shares opened firmly, but on the an-
nouncement of the rate of discount by the Bank of
England, prices declined and closed quietly.
Au extensive business has been done this week
111 colonial produce and fuller prices have been
current. Sugar is generally la. dearer, with large
Purchases, and coffee has risen ls. to 2s. per cwt.
Rice has ruled quiet, but steady, and also tea.
spices have generally slightly advanced, and cocoa
I 8 dearer. Saltpetre has been dull of sale, arrow-
root has ruled steady, and cotton has been at pre-
vious prices. Tallow has been heavy.
It has been contended that the law of Limited
Liability would introduce to the public a host of
crude and doubtful undertakings that ought never
te have received encouragement, but as yet there
no evidence of this, and projects announced are
each in their way of a legitimate character, and
aticahas can be best tested by the combination of
small
capitals that form in the aggregate a
larger total than the individual whose genius
ur enterprise launches a scheme could ever
11°Pc to provide. The secondary advantage of re-
4_theningthe capital, which otherwise would be
attracted to foreign countries, we need not dilate
nNn• Among the best, if not the best, of the
'undertakings in which the public are just now in-
"ited to take an interest, is the General Cooperage
Company, working under Hamilton's patents,
Which have been successfully tested on a large
Beale during a period of two years. The necessity of
extending the manufacture to meet the demand, is,
however, one of the natural results of this success, as
It 18 contemplated to form establishments at Liver-
pool, Barton, and the large centres of consumption,
and the company also propose cosell fashioned staves
ready for the immediate use of coopers, and for
liuiPuient to foreign countries. Having had, in
conjunction with other parties, the opportunity of
ileeing the whole of the machinery in operation,
We can unhesitatingly testify to the rapidity with
: hieh every process is carried out, the accurate
the
of the materials that form the casks and
'n L
e economy of wood. One man, it is ascertained,
the
put together and finish as many casks from
i'ne staves cut and fashioned by this company as
4°,11r men would do by the ordinary method, and
the testimonials from' Messrs. Truman and Han-
brelUT, Abbot, Bass, Meux, and other eminent
brewers who have been supplied with thousands of
as well as the report of various ship-
ewcers, would be sufficient to convince the most
Sceptical.

The
Francis Henty, which left Melbourne June
,30) arrived at Pernambuco August 21, en route to
Great disappointment is felt that the " Boome•
rang"
should be bringing home the Australian
:14i1, when she was 94 days on the passage out.
Ile has been 99 days out, and is still due.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the
market for American Securities continues dull, and
4hat 1a
the transactions during the past week in the
l°t'ate Stocks have been few, and prices have not
:41,411°d, whilst the Railroad Bonds have been freely
-"rod for sale, and prices are generally lower.