The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

)' CLOC K.

ciTY, Two o
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed Fir.
with some animation, and firmly. Compared with
last Friday's rates, the prices of all kinds were g
extreme. The sales were estimated at from
9,000 to 10,000 bales. The sales included 40 0
Bahia, at 6d. to 61d. ; 250 Egyptian, 51d. to 7d. ;
and 1,000 Surat, 30. to 4d. The Railway Share 31
Market ruled very quiet, and the business done 17
was small in extent.
Yesterday, on the Paris Bourse, the Rentes of
the 3 per Cent. Stock nearly recovered their pre-
vious fall, having risen 30c. for money and 15c. for gl
the account. The 44 per Cents. were heavy at a
fall of 25c. for the account, and a rise of sc. for 3(
money. In the Share Market affairs looked
better, and there was much animation amongst 2(
sellers for the approaching day of settle- '1 1
went. Bank of France Shares fell 10f., and 1(
shares of the Credit Founcier advanced sf.
2 21
Credit Mobilier fluctuated in price, but maintained
an improvement of 10f. on the highest quotation s
of last week. Everything was quiet in the Rail- Si
way Share Market, and speculators had left the 8
main lines to speculate in the smaller railroad 1!
shares. Of these the Saint Rambert were much in 28
demand, at an advance of 2f. 50 centimes.
li
By telegraph from Hamburg we learn that, ac-
cording to the most authentic commercial advices,
Sweden and Denmark have entered into a treaty 5'
to maintain the free exportation and importation 28
of grain between the two countries. 1'
Advices from Adelaide mention that the two g
great mines, the Burra Burra and the Kapunda,
were in full work again, and the aggregate exports
of the colony would be increased in consequence. a.
The smelting of ore by the English and Australian
Copper Company at Kooringa, near the Burra,
would shortly be in full work again.
The Port Philip Company have received advices
from their resident director at Melbourne, dated
Bth September last. He states that great difficulty 2
continued to be encountered in the prosecution of Is
the mining works, in consequence of the Colonial 3
Government not having determined on the grant- t
ing of mineral leases or making other sufficient
regulations for the protection of the company. The g
diggers had been attracted by the richness of the 5,
mineral to the locality in the Ovens district in which 2
for some months past this company hasbeen working,
and have so disturbed the operations of the company 2
that the resident director had determined on sus- 't
pending the workings until better protection could !,
be obtained, which it is to be hoped the Colonial s.
Government will see the policy of affording, there
being abundant occupation for mining companies if le
duly protected. The resident director was making
a shipment of 15 tons of tin ore, containing gold, ,
to England, and the assay office was continuing at
work.
There is rather a quiet market for English Secu-
rities, but it exhibits considerable firmness. The I
demand for stock on the part of the public con-
tinues, and the easier state of the money market
produces confidence. Consols have been 89i to
89k for money, 89i to for account, and for s:
January 89i The New 3 per Cents. are
88i to 881, and the Reduced 88 to 881. Bank
Steck is steady at 209 to 210, and India Stock 226.
Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 3s. discount, and India
Bonds 6s. discount.
Foreign securities are steady, but very quiet.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are supported at 80i to 81k,
and the New Scrip ruled flat at 3i to 33 discount.
Dutch 2i per Cents. have risen to 61, and
Spanish 3 per Cents. to 39k and 391. Portuguese
Small Bonds are 45 to 46, and Danish 3 per
Cents. 81.
The official shipping returns for the month end-
ing Oct. 31, compared with those of the correspond-
ing period of 1854, show a satisfactory improve-
ment. In the foreign trade of the United King-
dom the amount of British tons employed was
387,877 against 380,446, and of foreign tons
273,472 against 209,617 tons as regards the en-
tries inwards. The clearances represented a larger
extent of tonnage by 229,564, in which British
shipping participated. The vessels engaged in our
coasting trade exhibited an increase in the clear-
ances of 193,351, and in the entries of 309,107
tons compared with the last year.
Last night, at the Institute of Actuaries, the
first meeting took place of the London branch of
the International Society for obtaining a uniform
Decimal System of Measures, Weights, and Coins,
established on the 24th September last, at Paris.
The chairman', J. B. Smith, Esq., M.P., stated
that the meeting was a preliminary one, for the
purpose of electing a committee to draw up a scheme
for the information of the public on this import-
ant question, which was ultimately agreed to.
Jas. Yates, Esq., M. A.,F.R. S., who had been present
at the meeting in the Palace of Industry at Paris,
gave a succinct account of what had taken place on
that occasion, when the Baron James De Roths-
child was elected president, and himself, with J.
B. Smith and the Earl of Shaftesbury, were nomi-
nated vice-presidents far England. The attend-
ance was small. Its intentions were too general,
many consider, to become practicable.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks : Grenada. Deferred Bonds, 6 to 7 ;
Mexican, 19i ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
41 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 97 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 86 to 88; Spanish
New Deferred, 20 to 201; ditto Three per Cents.,
381 to 311 ; ditto Certificates, 4a to 41 ; ditto Pas-
sive, 6f to 6i.
The arrangement of tho speculative account in
the Railway Share Market takes place to-morrow,
and the attention of speculators and others is
chiefly occupied in the necessary preliminaries.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Mid-
land, and North Eastern—Berwick, are all higher.
Great Western of Canada shares are scarcely so
firm.
In Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous shares
there is less business doing. Canada Land shares
are Si. to 101. higher.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this date, are in round figures as under :-
1855. 1854.

Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
North-Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
East Lancashire
Manchester and Sheffield
Chester and Holyhead
Taff Vale
Oxford, Worcester, i•ad Wolver-
hampton

£23,345
53,430
12,389
11,300
28,759
16,145
11,849
25,774
19,916
30,897
5,611
5,302
9,818
4,541
3,726

20
5
18

£20,516
49,395
11,468
11,296
26,282
14,497
11,204
21,477
18,268
29,164
5,083
5,086
8,779
4,234
3,610

8,662 2,762

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES,
( From the Official List. )
Bu,nes, dor,
Bank Stock . ... . • 209 10
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities , .
3 por Cent. Consols Annwitiet.
Nnv 3 per Cent. Annuities
L,ng Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 161
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
6 d
Ditto, under £lOO9 ..............
89
Consols ;or Account ....... ..
E cchequer Bills, 2i'l.
£lOOO .— ..... —...
£5OO
Small 4 1 5
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent, .... 98A 7i
Ditto 1859, ~ ... 9Si 71
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small
Cuba 7 per Ct. (Matanzas &Sabanilla Bonds) 98
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bl
Equador Bonds
111,3xican 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811
Ditto Small

Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 por Cent 391 9 1
Ditto for the account 391
Ditto Passive 6l
Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent Bll 80i 1i
Ditto for the Account Bll a 1 2
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
. • Dividends on the above payable in London
Batch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Gnil 64 31
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols
Ditto fox Account 800, 6 win 89i t