The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday, were esti-
mated at 10,000 bales, of which 3,500 American were
taken for export and on speculation. The market was
tame but firm. The sales comprised 7,500 American,
800 Pernam and Maranham, at bed. to Bd. ; 80 Bahia,
at bid. ; 400 Egyptian, at 61d. to 10d. ; 1,000 Surat,
at 3i-d. to 5d., and 20 Sea Island, at is. 9d. to 2s.
Railway Shares were firm at rather higher prices.
There is an expectation among parties connected with
the foreign fruit trade, according to a statement before
us from Messrs. Witherby and Hanson, that currants
will further advance owing to the unfavourable pros-
pects of the next crops. In Turkey and Spain the
raisins have suffered.

The market for public securities has been dull, and
rather flatter, the speculators as well as the public being
anxious to await the receipt of the answer from St.
Petersburg, concerning the proposals made by the
western powers. Consols have been 98,1 4- for Transfer
and Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been marked 1011 and the Three per Cents.
99,1 1. Bank Stock has been marked 228 to 229. East
India Stock is quiet, at 2571. Exchequer Bills are at
par to 2s. premium ; and India Bonds at 245. to 28s.
premium.

- Foreign stocks have been quite neglected. Mexican
Bonds are firm at 27, and Grenada Deferred at 91 to I.
Russian Four-and•a-Half per Cents. have been at 101
to 1. The Swedish Loan is at 1 premium.
The Railway Share Mirket is inactive, but not so
well supported. Caledonian are weaker, and also Great
Northern, South-Eastern, and York and North Mid-
land. French shares are flatter. Upper India are in
request, and have been done at I premium.
In the Australian Bank Shares there is a fair business
doing at full rates. The Gold Mines are very dull, and
the Jamaica Mines tend upwards.
The Land Companies are still depressed, and there
are no buyers.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
( From the Official List.) _

Bank Stock

Business done.
............ ..... 228 9

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl
Long Annuities, Expiro sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5B 11-16
India Stock
India Bonds, £l000
Consols for Account 11th August 9Bb,
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO ....
2500 ..
Small

par 2 p
par 2 p
par 2p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4i per Cent.
Swedish Loan ....... 1
Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF•PAST TWO.
98i A
98

Consols
Ditto August Account

THE CAPE AND MAURITIUS.

PLYMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING.

The Mauritius, General Steam-ship Company's vessel,
Capt. D. J. Elder, arrived here this afternoon, from In-
dia and the Cape of Good Hope. She left Calcutta April
20 ; Mauritius, May 19 ; the Cape, June 11 ; called at
Ascension, and on the 9th of July at St. Vincent.
She has had a long and tiresome voyage home, her
machinery having frequently got out of repair, and the
prevailing wind having been unfavourable. She has a
full general cargo, 110 passengers, and a heavy mail.
The latter was landed here about two o'clock to-day.
The intelligence from India by this arrival has been
anticipated.

From Mauritius we learn that the price of sugar had
risen from 15 to 30 cents, after the arrival of the Lady
Jocelyn from Plymouth and the Cape on the 9th of
May. Since the beginning of May the supply of rice
had been better, and the prices had declined to three
dollars for Baalam, and for Mooghy freight had declined.
A vessel had just chartered for Cork for orders, at 3/.
2s. 6d.

From the Cape the news is satisfactory. The rebel-
lion is entirely extinguished, and ample precautions are
taken to preserve peace. The districts of Somerset,
Victoria, and Albany, have suffered most from the war ;
but, in the districts behind, the year which has elapsed
seems to have been one of great prosperity. In wool,
their chief exportable produce, there has been an increase
to the value of 300,0001. It is thought by some in
the colony that the quietness of the Kafir chiefs is
attributable to sulkiness, and that their movements
ought to be closely watched. The Orange River co-
lony is tranquil. In Natal things remain stationary.
The local government continued in difficulties. The
secretary, Mr. D. Moodie, has been removed from office,
and the recorder or chief judge, Mr. H. Cleote, sus-
pended. Mr. Cleote has come over in the Mauritius to
lay his case before the home Government. In Cape
Colony the great feature of the month has been re-
joicing and giving thanks for the constitution, the pro-
visions of which appear to be satisfactory to the majo-
rity of the inhabitants.
Her Majesty's ship Grecian, Commander the Hon.
G. Kean, arrived in Simon's Bay, June 8, from Julli-
mane, which she left May 14 ; the Meander, Com-
mander Talbot, and Dee, Lieutenant G. Smith, were
also in Simon's Bay, June 10. The Osmanli steamer,
from Liverpool, arrived at the Cape, May 28, and left
for Australia June 5. The ship Sir H. Hardinge, ar-
rived at the Cape from- Plymouth, May 24, and sailed
from Melbourne, Australia, May 27. The Mauritius
left this afternoon fur Southampton.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PEMBROKE, JULY 25.

ATTEMPTED LAUNCH OF THE CESAR.

In The Sun of yesterday we noticed the total failure
successfully to launch the new screw ship of the line the
Cmsar, at Pembroke Dockyard, and we now regret to
state, that every effort since made on the part of the
authorities and subordinates of the establishment to
bring her into deep water has been totally unavailing.
About half-past seven on Friday evening the Rhada-
manthus, J. Belam master-commander, and Prospero
steam-tender, were attached by strong and heavy haw-
sers to the Cmsar, and additional aid was procured from
the Pique, just repaired ; the whole strength of the
arsenal and establishment was also brought to bear, and
every effort made to force the unlucky vessel down the
ways, but without the slightest success. On Saturday
morning the same efforts were again repeated, and still
without moving the ship. Not the full force of the
steamers tugging and hauling, nor the well-applied
strength of all the hands engaged could effect the move-
ment required, and the Caesar still remains upon her
ways.

We fear that there is no doubt she has sustained con-
siderable damage, and such as, without great expense
and heavy repairs, will preclude her being classed as an
efficient vessel. Some go so far as to say that she is
" hogged" and her back broken ; but it is quite clear
that she has settled down by the stern into some very
soft and yielding material, and thus has received a very
severe twisting and straining. The full extent of the
injuries sustained cannot be rightly ascertained until she
has been released from her present position and taken
into dock.

The probable cause of this untoward and unfortunate
mishap is generally considered to be that the ground
underneath the framework of the ways is unsound at the
spot where the vessel stopped in her progress. The
ground is composed of limestone, and it is often the
case that where this formation adjoins the next—which,
in this spot is the old red sandstone--large fissures occur
in it, and that these are so covered with limestone as to
deceive the most discerning. This is stated to have
been the case with the large martello tower erected at
the east end of the dockyard, where, in consequence of
these fissures, no foundation could be obtained, and the
engineers were obliged to throw strong and massive
arches over the fissures from rock to rock in order to
secure something like a firm foundation.
Should this prove to be the case, no blame can be at-
tached to the master shipwright, whose anxiety at this
unfortunate mischance can well be imagined. Mr. Lang
has not long filled his present position, having succeeded
Mr. Rice, and this was the second vessel launched under
his charge, the first being the Rover, 16-gun brig. Mr.
Lang was the clever designer of the Banshee, the fastest
vessel in the navy.
The disaster has created the greatest interest, and
hundreds have flocked to see the unlucky ship. At high
tide the water flows around her, but not to any depth.

THE COURT-MARTIAL AT DEVONPORT. —The court-
martial on Mr. Stent, second master of the Antelope,
re-assembled yesterday on board the Impregnable, when,
after hearing a most ingenious defence on the part of
Mr. Stent, drawn up by Mr. Beer, the most able soli-
citor of the district, the court found the prisoner guilty,
and sentenced him to one year's imprisonment, and
afterwards to be dismissed her Majesty's service.

ES FOR 1853.

hesis denote the number of
racing.
-LY

Wen10ck..................27
UST.

Canterbury ............... 18
Tonbridge (1) ...............18
Radcliffe (3) ............... 22
Egham (2) .................23
Liverpool Hunt Cup (2)..24
Derby (2) .................. 25
Hereford (2) ............... 29
Eccles (3) .................. 29
Lichfield (2) ... 29
Chelmsford (2) ...........30