The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK

The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was
quiet again, but without any particular alteration
in prices. The sales were estimated at about 6,000
bales. Orleans is Sid. ; Uplands at Sid. ; and
Mobile at 51d. per lb. There was a firmer tone in
the Railway Share Market, though the aggregate
transactions were limited.

Writing of the interview which the court of the
Russia Company had a day or two since with
Earl Clarendon, Messrs. Smith and Charles en-
tirely 'confirm the account we gave. They state—
" The appointment of Lord John Russell as Minister
Plenipotentiary to conduct the Vienna negotiations on
the part of this country is regarded as a •guarantee that
these negotiations will net be suffered to be indefinitely
protracte, but that, on the contrary, measures will be
adopted to bring the conference to a speedy decision.
On Monday last the Court of the Russia Company—an
eminent and highly influential association, originally
formed to protect the interests of the merchants en-
gaged is commercial transactions with St. Peters-
burg, and composed at all times of the most dis-
tinguished houses in the trade, including members
of Parliament, and recently the late Lord Syden-
ham—waited on Lord Clarendon, to represent to
him the injustice to this country of permitting the trade
with Russia to be carried on, and expressing their readi-
ness to abandon it till the war should be brought to a
close. Won,;„. ,„
result of the interview, and we believe we are right in
asserting that while there are several members of the
Government who view the subject in the light repre-
sented by the court of the Russia Company, there are
others who would let matters take their course, and
that, consequently, should the question of prohibiting
the overland trade be brought before Parliament, it will
be an open question in the Cabinet. Such being the
case, there can be little doubt that Mr. Collier's motion
for stopping the trade, supported by a considerable part
of the Cabinet, and, as we have reason to believe, by the
Opposition generally, will be carried by a large majority."
Bills of Exchange upon foreign parts were nego-
tiated yesterday afternoon at fuller rates generally.
Paris was at 25 30 to 35 for 90 days' paper, Am-
sterdam at 11 17i to 18, Hamburgh at 13 5/ to 6,
and Trieste at 12 48 to 55.

The Bank of England return to last Saturday,
compared with the previous week, exhibits but few
changes :

Active circulation
Decrease
Bullion
Decrease
Rest

£19,527,975
298,220
12,757,760
41,864
3,332,550
66,352
4,463,869

Increase ..
Public Deposits..

Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Increase
Other Securities

723,357
10,047,316
536,411
958,691
129
11,558,652
20,000
14,566,989

Decrease
Notes unemployed
Increase

23,187
6,585,390
269,020

The exports of specie direct from London
during the week to Thursday last, were 660 ounces
of gold all to Boulogne.
The English Stock Market has become very
buoyant since the commencement of business.
This morning Consols, which had been 90/ 1, are
now 91 to 91i for transfer, 91 to for account,
owing to the statement that Prussia has signed a
treaty with France. The New Three per Cents.
have been 91/ to 91&, and the Reduced Three per
Cents. 901 to 911. Exchequer Bills are Gs. to 9s.
premium, and the Bonds are 99i East India
Stock has been at 221 to 222, and South Sea Stock
at 118.1

Foreign Securities have been quiet. Turkish
Bonds which were 75, have been done since at 75i
to I. Mexican Stock has been quoted 20i, and
Peruvian 70f. Buenos Ayres Bonds have realised
51, and Brazilian Old 160. Russian Bonds have
been at 98 to 99. Dutch 2i per Cents. have been
61g.

The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 201 to 21 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 49 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
41 to 43 ; Russian Five per" Cents., 98 to 100 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 171 to 171 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36 to 36k; ditto Certificates, 4k to 4/;
ditto Passive, 4 to 44.
The Railway Share Market has been firmer on
the whole, although business continues limited.
Midland, Brighton, Great Western, North-West-
ern, and North-Eastern have been most dealt
in. Luxembourg Shares are lower, and the French
lines has opened flatter owing to the decline in the
lientes yesterday.
Th• Joint-stock Bank Shares are cheaper, and
the miscellaneous shares are also in favour of
buyers. Mines are nominal.

BRIT'S' FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLO-, S.
(From the OiNciett Lid.)
Buginess done
3 Kr Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per ant. Consols Annuities 9oi 4
Naw 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1800 4 5-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 3-16
India Stock
Rondo, 1:106•0
South Sea Stock
CotNols for Account, Sth March 9oa 14 1
4KchNtier Bills, 24(1.
Small

69

Exeliegner Bondy 1858, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto 1859, ~

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOO
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 5l
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 704
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. aC St 9B 9
teridsh Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto for the Account • 75
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dntsh Exchange, 2.4 per Cent. 12 Guil
Ditto 4 Der Cons. CertifieateE ......

HALF-PAST TWO.
Cmaols
91
Ditto. March Account

T"c'jT NEWS.
v

tflE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

VIENNA, SATURDAY, 9 A.M.

The Vienna papers state that, on the 3d of
February, a convention was concluded between
England and Turkey, by which the former took
20,000 Turks into her pay.
The whole of Southern Anatolia is declared in
a state of singe.

The combined attack of the fleets and army was
shortly to take place on Sebastopol.

Both the Russian Grand Dukes are now with
an army of 30,000 men at Duvanktz, on the
Balbek. The batteries of the Allies in the third
parallel are so well placed that they completely
command part of the south side of the fortress.

The remainder of the British army, hardly
10,000 men, will be reorganised, and defend the
upper valley of the Tchernaya and Balaklava.

ST. PETERSBURG, FRIDAY.

Prince Menschikoff reports from Sebastopol on
the Bth inst.:--

" The general situation is unchanged. We
continue to dixturb the besiegers. Deserters
affirm that the French are guarding the trenches,
on account of the great losses of the English.

PARIS, FRIDAY.
The Moniteur of this day thus notises the report
of an alleged mutiny of Zouaves :--•
" Foreigrt journals have published injurious
reports regarding the discipline of the army.
" These reports are without foundation, and
the discipline of the army has never been inter-
rupted.

" The troops have, on the contrary, on all oc-
casions, shown their obedience and attachment to
their chiefs."

It is asserted here that a treaty between France
and Prussia will be signed to-morrow.
The letters which have been received here from
Constantinople, dated the 6th inst., announce that
the French troops actually at Constantinople had
been ordered to leave immediately for the Crimea.
The naval commander had consequently called into
requisition all the transports anchored in the
Bosphorus.

The Princess- Royal, which had to laud a regi-
ment at Constantinople, has been ordered to go
on to Balaklava.

BRUSSELS, FAT])Ay Niaur.

In the Chamber of Representatives, ox an in-
terpellation addressed to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, that functionary declared that no steps
yet taken could induce Belgium to join the West-
ern Powers, or to assume an armed neutrality.
Belgium would invoke the treaties of 1839. The
neutrality of Belgium was in the interest of
Europe ; European international rights are in-
volved in the neutrality of Belgium.

Riza Pacha, who is to take part in the ap-
proaching conferences at Vienna, landed at Trieste
on Thursday.

The Paris correspondent of the Independanee
Beige writes as follows, respecting the rumoured
intended departure of the Emperor of the French
for the Crimea.

"Notwithstanding the general silence of the
Government papers, and perhaps beaause of that
silence, I for my part persist in believing in
the truth of all that has been said respecting
a joiii;nriv of 'lithe Err-rdL" grimed.
The less incredwous say that he is only
going to Nancy. Allow me, nevertheless, to in-
sist, nay, to add, that his departure was actually
fixed for the 20th inst., and has been postponed
to the 22d. You see that lam precise, and that
my information' comes from a good source."
As regards the negotiations with Prussia, the
same correspondent observes--

" That they were pending ; that M. de Wedell
awaited a final reply from his Cabinet ; that
the bases of the proposed treaty remained the
same, but of a more precise nature, than those of
the treaty of the 2d of December. Prussia is par-
ticular about knowing what she signs, and, to use a
vulgar expression, the dots have been put on the
i's for her. Baron Usedom has been at Paris for
some days, and has apartments in the same hotel
as M. de Wedell. You will observe that he has
not been officially presented to his Majesty. He
lives retired, that is to say, he does not mix in
political circles, and will probably leave with his
colleague. it de Wedell and M. de Ha tzfield
dined, on Thursday, with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.

"So much for Prussia. As regards Austria
she is advancing more vigorously than ever in the
views of the Western Powers, and the Russians
feel convinced that, if the conferences fail, Austria
will go to war with Russia. There
is a report
that M. de Flahault will proceed to Vienna; but
I have no good authority for it."