The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

belong to your attendance in Partainent.
Her Majesty trusts that your powerful influ-
ence will b 3 exerted for the welfare and
happiness of her people, the promotion of which is
the object of her Mljesty's constant care, and the
anxious desire of her heart.

aOIISE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-put one o'cloOk

Sir AVGLIZTM- CLIFFORD appeared at the bar and
summoned the house to the House of Lords to hear her
Majesty's most gracious speech proroguing Parliament.
The SPEAKER then_left the house, attended by several
members. - .

After an absence of about twenty minutes the
SPEAKER returned, and, having read the speech to the
house, left the chair. . -

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK,

The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed
with heavy buying, and prices of American -and
Surat were id. per lb. dearer than on Friday. The
sales were estimated At 15,000 bales (2,000 of which
were taken for export and 4,000 on speculation),
comprising 500 Pernam and Maranham at 64d. to
Bd., 200 Bahia at 61d , 400 Egyptian at Gd. to 74d.,
and 2,000 Surat at 3id. to 52d. per lb. The Rail-
way Share Market was steady; and prices a shade
easier than on Saturday.
The Overland letters, Calcutta dates to July 4,
are expected to be in town to-morrow.
The steamer Avon has arrived with the Bra-
zilian mail.

Accounts from Japan state that the Russian
Admiral, commanding the Diana, had attempted to
make his escape in an American merchant ship,
but two French men-of-war appeared off the Bay,
and he had to re-embark.
The letters of allotment for the French loan have
bean delivered by Messrs. Baring's who have re-
turned 84 per cent. of the deposits. This will in-
crease the temporary supply of floating cash.

The funds are firm. Consols are 91 to 1 for
transfer and 91i to 4 for account. The other
prices are-3 per Cent. Reduced 91i 4, New 3 per
Cents. 92i /, Omnium
Turkish Bonds are firm. The prices of foreign
stocks are these :—Mexican 3 per Cent., 21/ ;
Peruvian 4i per Cent., 81 to 82 ; ditto 3 per
Cents., 59 to 60 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 18/ -to 19 ; ditto 3 per
Cents., 37 to 371 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 41 ;
ditto Passive, 4 to 4i ; Turkish 6 per Cent. Bonds,
931
The Railway Share Market has been quiet. The
Great Westerns are steadier.
Caledonian
Eastern Counties
Great Northern
A. Shares ...

31 a,
na i
22 4
If If
Great Western
Lancashire and Yorkshire
London and Blackwall
London and North-Western
London and South-Western
Midland Counties 69a tl
North Staffordshire
South-E•xstern and Dover
York, Newcastle, and Berwick ....
York and North Midlan,d
Antwerp and Rotterdam 9l 10
Great Central of France 4/ 5
Luxembourg Constituted 3. 4
Luxembourg Bonds 3 /
Northern of France
Paris and Lyons 4BA 9
Paris and Strasbourg 3B/ 9
Crystal Palace 2a 1
Australian Agricultural
Peel River Land 2/ i
South Australian Land 36/ 7i
United Mexican 3i I

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'4
( Fri:oaths Official List. ) _

Businesb done
Bank Stock ......
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.,.......
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l. A 90i
Nsw 3 per Cent. Annuities ... • ....... 921
Lone Annuities, Expire sth Jan.. I seo
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 16 15-16
India Stock
India Bonds, 21000
Ditto, under 1.11000 29 31
Consols for Account, 6th September 9li
Cxchequer Bills, 2/d I
£lOOO. l9
2500
Small — I
E tchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... 10 I
Ditto 1859, „ 1004
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOOR
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent....„.......... 82
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. B6/
parish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Tarkibh Bonds, 6 per cent 931
nividendq on the above (livable in London.

Belgian Bonds, 2. per Cent. ex. 25 fr —
Ditto 4i per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 94i

Consols

HALF-PAST TWO.
91 i

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Aug. 14.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.;
light airs and cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 18. Wind, N. to N.E.—Arrived—
Tigris, from London, for the Crimea ; Egbert, Shields,
for iochefort, leaky. Sailed—Sutlej, for the Cape of
Good Hope and Calcutta ; Governor, Corunna ; Great
Britain (s. tpt. 187), Liverpool.

Aug.
COWES, l3. Wind, N.—Arrived—Bonanza, from
Akyab ; Secret, Santos.
DARTMOUTH, Aug. 13. Winds, N.E.—Arrived—Vit-
tern, from London for Ceylon.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 13. Wind N.W.—Arrived—Canton,
from MObile. Sailed—Roslin Castle, for Quebec. A
derelict ship, with three vessels alongside, was passed on
the 11th inst., 65 miles S.W. of this port.
HULL, Aug. 13. Wind N.E.—Arrived--John Casely,
from Quebec; St. George, Greenland.
MONTE VIDEO, July 4.—The American ship Clarendon,
from Cardiff for California, put in here, on the Ist July,
leaky tiller upper works.; will repair.
ILFRACOMBE, Aug. 13. Wind, N.N.E. and fine.—
A Newport pilot reports a screw-steamer on shore on the
north end of Luudy Island, blowing off her steam and
with boats alongside.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 12. Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—
Frithjof, from Mauritius. Off the port—Thomas, from
Prince Edward's Island, and proceeded for Ardrossan.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 13. Wind Variable.—Off—Duchess
of Northumberland, from Akyab, and sailed for Antwerp.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.

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