The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-27 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The following has been received in Paris : VIENNA, 26th.--The regiments of the Russian
guards which were in march for Poland have. re-
ceived orders to halt for the present in Volhyma.
Count Ezterhazy has left on his return to Berlin.

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ouMMEROIAL -INTELLIGENCE..

CITY. rwo o'CLOCK

The sales of setton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri-
can, and 500 Surat' taken for export and on spe-
culation. The market closed tamely, without
change in prices. The sales comprised 6,000
American, 280 Pernam and Maranham, at sid.
to 7d., 300 Egyptian at sd. to 10d., and 1,200
Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were
dull, and prices had a downward tendency.
Among the sales of produce yesterday, the Daily
Commercial Gazette notices 1,500 ounces of sulphate
of quinine, taken for the Russian market. Is this
in conformance with the Royal proclamations and
orders in Council ? We had imagined that trade
with Russia was prohibited.

Colonial Produce has been in limited request
this week, and for some descriptions of sugar a
slight concession in prices has been made by sellers,
but generally there is a disposition to hold for full
rates. Colony plantation coffee has been in demand
at ls. advance, and native is wanted. Rice has
been benefitted by the material advance in grain,
and the quantity offering is smaller. Very high
prices are now asked, middling Bengal having been
sold up to 15s. Gd. In spices very little has been
done, and saltpetre, cotton, hemp, tallow, and iron
are all quiet. Tea has been dull from public sales
being declared.

Yesterday there arrived in the Thames 37 ships
from foreign parts, 2 from Ireland, and 88 colliers.

The sentence upon Mr. Cole, of four years' penal
servitude, is considered lenient here, since no doubt
is entertained of other cases being provable against
him. The fabrication of dock warrants strikes so
deeply at the root of all mercantile honour, that
no man can be safe in his dealings or advances
unless justice is rigorously executed against the
fraudulent parties ; but at the same time we think
it has hitherto been too much regarded as a matter
of course that the merchandise hypothecated is in
the warehouses. Without in the least impugning
the credit of any one seeking advances, the fact,
undoubtedly, should in all cases be verified.
Accounts from the Baltic state that the greatest
exertions are making to get Russia supplied, be-
fore the navigation closes, with the articles of
foreign production that she most requires, and has
been hitherto prevented by the blockade from ob-
taining. The scarcity of colonial staples experi-
enced in Finland had already ceased, owing to the
arrivals from Swedish ports ; and St. Petersburg
and the interior provinces would be supplied in the
same way.

In referring yesterday to the Customs revenue of
France the decrease should have been stated at
10,000;000f.

The investigation into the affairs of Mr. Edward
Oliver, of Liverpool, shows, it is said, assets
1,168,2501. against liabilities 700,0001.; but, allow-
ing for depreciation of property, the surplus is not
estimated at more than 78,0001. There are no less
than 100 ships entirely owned by Mr. Oliver.
At the opening of the Stock Market this morning
prices were heavy, but an improvement has since
occurred, and Consols, which were 94. E to 941, have
been done at 941 f for transfer, and from 94# f have
risen to 94i f for tim•:. The New 3/ per Cents.
have been 93f to 931, and the 3 per Cents. 93 to
93g. Bank Stock is still rising, having touched
213. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 9s. pm., and East
India Bonds 10s. pm.

Notwithstanding the larger supply of stock since
the transfer books were opened there is a better
tone, and an impression exists in some quarters
that the supply has not only been absorbed by
parties inclined to hold, but that the speculators,
unless favoured by a tighter money market and ad-,
verse political events, will find stock rather scarce
next settling day. _

Foreign Stocks have been quiet. Russian 5 per
Cents. are 95i, and the 4i per Cents. 85 to f.
Turkish Scrip has been 2i to being flat. Brazi-
lian Bonds are 98k.

The letters by the Overland Mail are expected
to be delivered to-morrow by 11 o'clock. The
outline of the news is not favourable in respect to
commercial affairs. The " patriots" were in pos-
session of Shanghai, and there was no trade going
on at Hong Kong. The tea market will probably
be affected by this. In India trade was dull. The
rate of exchange at Calcutta was Is. 11d. for bills
on London.

The pressure of late in the United States money
market is producing the ordinary result—contrac-
tion and severity on the part of the very institu-
tions which most contributed to speculation and
over-trading. In the revulsion that ensues, how-
ever, such banks themselves very often get severely
punished, and a worse feature is the discredit
thrown upcin the banks which probably never pur-
sued an objectionable course. _ .

The prices of United States Public Securities
have undergone no alteration worthy of notice
since this day week. _ _

The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 221 to 23 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto,
3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto,
4 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred,
18k to 18i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38f ; ditto,
Certificates, 5 to 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 5.
The Railway Share Market has been rather
heavy, but without any prominent change in
'values. Luxembourg shares are firm.
In the Foreign Mines there have been a few
purchases, at rather fuller rates.
The Joint-Stock Bank shares are brisker. Crys-
tal Palace are supported.

BRITISti FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'cL(
( Front the Utkial List. •

- I%ti.iness done.
Bank Stock .. .
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93h 3 i
3 per Cent. Console Annuities 94.4 i i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4i 5-16
India Bonds, £lOOO ...„,.
..........
..... .....
Ditto, under £lOOO lO
Bank Stock for Account 212
Consols for Account 14th Nev
Exchequer Bills, 24d.
210(X)
£5OO
Small .......... ......... .. ... .... .......... . 9 p
Exchequer Bouds 1858, Si per Cent. —
Ditto 1859, „
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94
Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cont ....
Portuguese for the Account • 37i
ktussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St._ 95i
Ditro 41 per Cent. B5
Ditto Small ..... Bi}
......... .......
Turkish Scrip G per cent

Dividends on thr &neve payable in London
Belgian Bonds 44 per Cent. ox. 25 fr
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..
HAL.P-PAST TWO.
Consols
Ditto November A co'm nt ...... ... 94

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CHOLERA IN VIENNA.—From the 16th of September
to the 9th of October there were 693 cases, of which 67
recovered, and 289 died.
DESTRUCTION OF A WADDING FACTORY,rrSPdIT.ALFIELDS.
—The most extensive fire that has occu a In the ire-
tropolis for some weeks broke out yesterda afternoojn,
between the hours of three and four o'clockyin
pre-
mises belonging to Messrs G. Bahbinson and Co the
wad-
Spitmanufcurers on a very arge scaled Co.,
al-street, Spitalfields. The building in which the
misfortune commenced was the main factory, which wasle
between 50 and 60 feet long by nearly 40 wide, and con.
tained a great stock of manufactured wadding and ma-
chinery. Adjoining the factory was a range of dryieg.
houses, of precisely the same length and. width as the
first named, also filled with stock, undei going the process
of drying; so that it became manifest from the first
that, unless the fire could be extingaished in
.its incipient
stage, there wee every probability of the entire property
falling a prey to the fury of the flames ; and unfortu-
nately the worst fears were soon realised. The fire was
first discovered by some of the workmen ante
sendiuee prngses,
who lost no time in sounding an alarm d off
for proper assistance. It was not subdued
he d untryinil the
factory and contents were destroyed, and t
houses levelled with the ground. The total loss must
be considerable, and unfortunately the sufferers
insured wcre
not for a single penny. One fortunate circum-
stance was that the Haines were prevented from reachini!
tie steam-boiler, so that no explosion took place, whic.li
otherwise might have been the case. The disaster, it is
supposed, was caused by the friction of some a the ma-
chinery driven by steam-power.

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