The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
CO3=,CIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
tamely, without change in the currency of last
week. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales,
(1,000 for export), comprising 100 Pernam and
Maranham, at 6d. to 6d.; 100 Bahia, 6d. to
; 300 Egyptian, 51d. to bid. 1,500 Surat,
3id. to 40. ; and 70 Sea Islands, 10d. to 17d.
per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, at
a slight decline from Tuesday's quotations.
Accounts from Paris represent the state of affairs
on the Bourse as unfavourable, with a downward
movement in the Rentes of 10 centimes in the 3 per
Cents. for the close of the month and the December
account, and 25c. to 30c. for the 4i Stock. Bank
of France shares are without variation at 3,190,
and also Credit Foncier at 510. Treasury Bonds
have been negotiated at 5 per cent. for five months.
In railway shares there is a decline generally, but
they are in demand.
Nothing of importance is contained in the re-
ports from the foreign grain markets. Throughout
Belgium wheat maintained its price at 22 florins
the hectolitre and a half, and the rye was sold at
16 florins the hectolitre. The Brussels grain mar-
ket showed that little business was doing. The
Paris flour market was more active, and a fair
average maintained in prices. The factors declared
to the sale of 2,043 sacks. Wheat was quoted at
nominal prices, in anticipation of Thursday's
market.

The commercial advices from India do not re-
port any movement of consequence, the import
markets, both at Calcutta and Bombay, bein g
still inactive. Money was comparatively easy,
and the arrivals of merchandise were moderate.
When the approaching native holidays were over,
an increased demand was expected. Iu the
upper provinces, sales of most articles had been
made to a moderate extent. At Bombay, grey
goods and yarns were taken rather freely, owing
to the small quantity which had been imported
some time previously.

The Indian mail brings advices from Ceylon to
the 15th October. The Arabian, from Melbourne,
had arrived with intelligence up to the 10th Sep-
tember, from which we learn that the Donald
M'Kay mail packet from Liverpool, with the Lon-
don mail on board, arrived there on the 26th Aug.,
having made the run out in eighty-two days. The
coffee plantations throughout Ceylon were progress-
ing favourably, and this season was expected to
yield a more abundant crop than during the two
previous years.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this date, are in round figures as under

1855.
£23,925

18M.
£21,085

Great Western

oouth-Western

13,148

11,978

North-Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
North-Eastern

56,126
12,626
28,792
17,963
11,673
23,257
20,443
29,853

52,621
13,179
28,130
15,920
11,536
23,062
19,640
30,759

Eribtol and Exeter
Manchester and Sheffield
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Aberdeen and Scottish Midland

5,927
9,077
5,105
3,150

5,646
9,050
4,920
2,858

The weekly meeting of the Bulk of England
Directors has separated without adopting any of
the measures which were rumoured yesterday.
There is an extremely inactive market for public
securities, but their quotations are fairly supported.
Consols for money have been 88 to 88k, and for
account 88A I, but they have since been 881 I. Ex-
chequer Bills are 7s. to 4s. discount, and India
Bonds 7s. discount. The New 3 per Cents. have
been 8711 to 88, and the Reduced 87 to 87k. India

Stock is 226.
In reply to an inquiry by Mr. Webb, the secre-
tary of the Stock Exchange, it has been elicited
that, in the opinion of the Board of Inland Reve-
nue, no deduction for income tax should take place
in the dividends on the Turkish 4 per Cent. Loan,
guaranteed by England and France, where the
bo ads are proved to belong to foreigners residing
abi .oad.
1 Foreign Securities are generally quiet, but
ratl ier heavy. Mexican Stock is 1 per cent. lower,
nan rely 191, and Russian 5 per Cents. have de-
to 94. Spanish Passive are 6. Dutch 2/
per Cants. are marked 63/, and the 4 per Cents.
93f to 94. Turkish 6 per Cent. Bonds are dull a
79i to 80k, and the Now Scrip is again quoted at
4 to 4- discount.
Th e following are the nominal prices of foreign
stock s: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ;
Mexi. 191 to / ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three
per C eats., 52 to 4; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
43 to. 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 94 to 97 ;
ditto raar-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88; Spanish
Now ferred, 191 to 20 ; ditto Three per Cents.,
38 to t:cB4 ; ditto Certificates, 4i- to 4/ ; ditto Pas-
sive, 6 to 1.

This is "ticket day" in the Railway Share
Market, and the preliminaries for the adjustment
of the account have been in progress. The " Con-
tangos" a re, in several cases, heavy. Most of the
principal lines are higher, but the general business
is of a lii uited character. There are very few trans-
actions ii a, the Foreign Market.
St. Jo.hn Del Rey Shares have risen 10s. to it.,
but the Lenares are weaker. Union of London
Bank Sl] ares are rather lower. Amsterdam are
down 1/. Crystal Palace Shares ruled steady.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
Prom the Ofsetal Liss.)
nu ;iness don.
3 per Cent. seduced Annuities... B7
3 per Cent Consols Annuities BB / 8 7/
New 3 per Unit. Annuities „ BB 7i a
Long Annul ties, Expire sth Jan., 1860 3i
India Stock
India Bonds £lOOO
Ditto, nn( ter £lOOO 7 d
Console i'or A meount BBl S
Exchequer Bills, 20.
£lOOO . .
Small...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
&lexicon 3 pe r Cent.
Russian Bond s, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 94
Spanish Bond a. 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Passi re 6 1
Turkish Bon( Is, 6 per cent 794 8011 80
Ditto for t' be Account BO/ 79i
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
Dtvld ends on the above tumble In Lon ion
Dutch Rich* age, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull . 63a
Ditto 4 per' Cent. Certificates ..
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols
Ditto for. Account Dsc. 6

5
5
2()
10

20
5
20
18

20
20
100
25
25

It is expeetedat Paris that the King of Sardinia will
make his entry into that capital on horseback at mid-
day and in great state.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT PllTNlET.—Yesterday morning
an accident, which was unfortunately attended with fatal
oonsequenoes, occurred to a middle•aged man of the
name of George Laurance, a plasterer, residing at Put-
ney, under the following circumstances :—lt appears
that the poor fellow WS4 employed on a scaffold in front
of a new building now in course of erection at Putney,
when his attention being called to a man below he on.
of 40
"to 50
un-
fortunately lost his footing, and fell a depth
feet. Da his fall he struck against the "putlocks,atid
bounding from one to the other received very severe in-
juries. He was at once picked up and
.taken to St.
George's Hospital, where it was aqcertamed by Mr.
Phipps, the house surgeon, that the poor man's spine
was broken. Every attention was paid him, but he ex-
pired shortly after his admission. The body now awaits
a coroner's inquest.
BANE or ENGLAND.—The fact of the Governors of
the Bank of England having had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street
has been followed by a rumour that the Government
have intimated an intention to authorise the Bank to
increase the notes they are allowed to issue on secu-
rities beyond the present total of 14,000,0001. The
impression is, that the interview was for the pir-
pose of conferring on the financial requirements of the
Government during the next few months, and that, if
anything passed regarding the general amount of the
circulation, it was confined to an &intimation that the
Government, whenever it may be thought desirable, will
be ready to take the subject into consideration. At the
same time, it is not improbable that the desirableness of
making up the deficiency in the country circulation
which has taken place owing to the failure or retire-
ment of individual banks, has at length been entertained.
The total of that deficiency is about 700,0001., and by
the fifth clause of the act of 1844 the Government are
empowered, on application being made to them by the
Bank of England, to order th i e ssue of additional notes
to the extent of two-thirds of the amount, the profits of
which issue are to go to the State. The increase which
could be made would, therefore, be about 470,000/.

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