The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-09 00:00:00

THE SUM, 14ONDON, FRIDAY EIVEMING, PETIRTTAII,V 0, 1858.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was
heavy, but there was no change in prices. Sales,
6,000 bales. Railway Shares were dull, and the
quotations were slightly in favour of buyers.
Business in Colonial produce, this week, has been
of a more limited character, the purchases having
been mostly for immediate requirements. British
Plantation, as well as Madras sugar, were at full
rates early in the week, but have become quiet
since, and some descriptions of Mauritius and Ben-
gal were sold at a slight reduction. Coffee has been
very little offered, but former terms have been
sustained, and tea has ruled dull though steady.
In spices there have not been many dealings, nor
in rice, but there is no reduction to notice in their
values. For Rum there has not been much in-
quiry, and cotton has attracted but little attention.
Cochineal has risen about ld. per lb.; saltpetre has
receded 6d. to 9d.'per cwt. The following state-
ment upon the Indigo market is furnished by
Messrs. Layton, Hulbert, and Co. :
" The trade beirig engaged in the examination of the
indigo fur rale on the 13th inst., little market business
is to be reported ; the home consumers, out of stock,
have in some cases been driven to make purchases for
immediate use. The declarations for the public
sales have elesed with 12,330 chesty, 1,300 of which
are in catalogue B. We observe an excellent
assortment of middling, good, and Sue quali-
ties of Bengal, several parcels of middling and ordi-
nary oudes, and about 3,200 chests of Madras and
Kurpah. The deliveries in January, although unequal
to the usual clearances in that month, have, all circum-
stances considered, been satisfactory. The stock, 1,158
chests under that of last year, shows a decrease of 1,462
chests in Bengal, and an increase of 304 in Madras. The
latest accounts from Calcutta still represent the late crop
at 97,000 maunds.
The quotations of 'United States Stocks, which
are in active demand, as reported to us by Messrs.
D. Bell, Son, and Co., are as follows :

Redeemable. Per Cent.
-United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862... 98 99
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...105 106
United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed
Stock 1867-1868.:.104 105
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent ... 73 75
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 78 80
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...102 103
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 91 92
Alabama 5 per Cent 1863... 82
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83
Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)- 1888... 86 87
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .............- 1886... 86 83
Kentucky 6 per Cent. 1863... 88 89*

LOANS OF CITIES.
Montreal 6 per Cent 1857-1865... 83
New Orleans i per Cent. Bona 1893... 80
Do. do. do. 1874... 78
RAILROAD BONDS.

Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875... 65. 66
Panama 7 per Cent., let Mortgage (Ster-
ling Bonds) 1860... 90
Now York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort•
gage lB6B-1869...100 101
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 77 78
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 68 70
Northern Indiana 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage (Gosehen Branch) 1863... 75
Terre Haute and Alton 7 per Cont. lst
Mortgage

1867... 75
* Buyers.

The amount of bills drawn here by the Hon.
East India Company, from the 25th ult. to the Bth
inst., both inclusive, was 136,3041.
The funds have been rather firmer, but with
business as limited as for some days past. Money
is easy, at 3 to 31 per cent. on Stock and Ex-
chequer Bills until March 8. Consols have been
90/. to 91k for Transfer, and 91k to 1 for Account.
Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 95., and India Bonds
12s. premium.
Foreign stocks are neglected, the only dealings
as yet recorded being in Dutch Four per Cents. at
93, and Brazilian Five per Cents. at 1001.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 20i to 21k ; Peruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 50 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90;
Spanish New Deferred, 171 to 18 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36i to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4/ to 41;
ditto Passive, 4 to 44.
The Railway Share Market has been firmer, al-
though the business done has been very restricted.
Great Western are higher, and also South Western.
The foreign lines are nominal.
Mines, Banks, and Land Companies are heavy.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
( From the 0 fscial List. ) _

. - - Business done
•sank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 91i 5
3 por Cent, Conanls Annuities 9o,i li
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
'-ndia Bonds, £IOOO
00,sols for Account. Sth March 9lh i h
IC zehequor Bills, 21d.
- -

£lOOO .

2500 6 9

Snail 6 9
s.',xehequer Bonds 1853, 33 per Cont.
Ditto 1859, „
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent loo.} 1
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Ceut
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Ceut l7 18
Swedish 4 per Cent......
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 23 por Cont. 12 Gull 62i
Ditto 4 per Cont. Cortifieates.....„_
THREE O'CLOCE.

C insole 9l
Ditto, March A cocr.int

Viscount Canning, the Postmaster-General, will be a
member of Lord Palmerston's atbinet. Lord Pannure
entered upon his duties as Minister of War yesterday.
No definite arrangement regarding Mr. Layard's ap-
pointment has yet been made, and it is not improbable
that an Act of Parliament may be required to render
the working of the several war-offices harmonious. The
house will sit from day to day as usual. No political
business is to be proceeded with until Friday week, when
the First Lord of the Treasury will be in his place. The
election of Tiverton will take place on Monday or
Tuesday. _

General Bosquet mustered the English Light Divi
sion on the 19th inst. Both men and officers were
highly elated with the interest the French General took
in their condition and prospects.
BALL IN AID OF THB FRENCH POOR.—There is to be
a ball in aid of the funds of the French Benevolent So-
ciety, in the Hanover-square Rooms, on the evening of
Monday next.
THE FRENCH TROOPS IN ITALY.—On the 31st ult. the
column of French troops coming from Rome, arrived at
Port Maurice, where a considerable crowd, headed by
the officers and band of the National Guard, were
waiting to receive them. At Voltri, Finale, and Adassio
the French troops were received with the greatest cor-
diality.
GALLERY 011 ILLUSTRATION.—The Earl of Cardigan
visited the diorama illustrating the events of the war
(including the charge of the Light Cavalry) at the above
gallery on Wednesday afternoon.
GREEK PIRATES.—A letter from Syra, 27th ult.,
states that on the 24th two Greek pirates, who had been
arrested in the Island of Santorin, bad been brought to
that place and delivered into the hands' of the authorities.
Measures bad been adopted by the Nornarque of the
Cyclades for the capture of three other pirates, who
have taken refuge in the Island of A.mergos.
BANE OF LONDON.—The announcement of the City
Bank, under the chairmanship of Sir Robert Carden, has
been followed by that of another, to be called the Baulk
of London. In the latter the proposed capital is
1,000,0001., and the chairman and provisional manager
are to be Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., and Mr. Scott,
of the City Chamberlain's-office.
CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.—At a meeting of thin

Company held yesterday a dividend was resolved upon,.
at the rate of ten per cent. per Annum, instead of eight,
as originally proposed by the directors. In the course
of the discussion several suggestions were made for in-
creasing- the popularity of the undertaking.
PARIS EXHIBITION.—The Board of Trade have nomi-
nated Mawr. Lightly and Simon, of Fenchureh-street,
agents for the transmission to France and delivery of the
goods intended for the Paris Universal Exhibition. Ac-
cording to the regulations of the Imperial Commission,
all goods must reach Paris before the 15th of March—
save in a few exceptional cases, such as silks and jewel-
lery, for which the time may be extended to the 15th of
April.
It is stated in a letter from the Hague, of the 2d, that
the Dutch Government intends to present bills to the
Chambers for effecting diminutions of taxes of even a
larger amount than theke which certain members of the
Opposition had intended to propose.
Mist CATHERINE HAYES.—MiSS Catherine Hayes
reaped. a rich harvest in Sydney ere she left that city for
Melbo; srne—some 7,0001. from nine concerts, besides
present sof plate and jewels. Her visit was one con-
tinued triumph, the Qaeen of England could hardly have
receivei 1 more attention. Music evidently hath very
powerf al charms at the antipodes.
OXFD RD UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB.—On Wednesday
next, at two o'clock, a captain's meeting will be held,
for the I ,urpose of formally opening the new barge, to
elect a p resident, secretary, and treasurer, and to fill the
va.eane se ; in the committee, alter the rules, and appoint
days f the Torpid races, &c.
FRE a TRADE IN FRANCE.—A. petition to the Emperor
is new in course of signature at Havre, praying for the
import: ition, free of duty, of raw materials used in ship-
r. The petition was sent to the Chamber of
Corns no tore for its Adhesion, but. it declined to interfere
as a I. oct y, although the members signed it individually,
Mr. lirewn, the late Mayor of Newport, Monmouth-
shire, *as struck out of the list of justices of the peace,
after hi s 1 ing been inserted, because he bad presided at a
meeting' to petition in favour of Frost and the other
Chartists who were banished.—Monmouthshire Paper.
Great- numbers of horses are being sent at present
from Mani )ver to France ; but, owing to the prohibition
to expos is, irses from the Zollverein, they are forwarded
by way of 1 Tolland and Belgium.