The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000
American, taken for export and on speculation.
The market closed steadily at previous rates.
Railway Shares were dull, at lower prices.
Accounts from Berlin, taking for their authority
late St. Petersburg letters, state that the vessels
loading with grain in the Black Sea and Sea of
Azoff, when the prohibition was issued, will be
allowed to leave.
Accounts from Stettin notice the withdrawal of
the Russian steamer \Vladimir from the postal ser-
vice between that place and St. Petersburg. The
Wladimir is to be taken up for war purposes.

The Special Committee of Shareholders, ap-
pointed to inquire into the affairs of the Austra-
lian Consols Company, have requested the directors
to postpone the meeting for a week. It is said
that advantageous arrangements are expected.
In the absence of late, political news of impor-
tance, the English Stock Market is governed prin-
cipally by the state of the account and the desir e
to await the taking of the French loan, to which
our capitalists will willingly subscribe. Business
is exceedingly dull. Consols have been 91 and
91k, and since 907; for Transfer, and, 907; to 91 for
Account. Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 16s. pre-
mium. Bank Stock is shut.

, Foreign Securities have been as inactive as our
own Stocks, and not subject to much fluctuation.
The Spanish 3 per Cents. have been quoted 36 to
and the New Deferred 17-1 to 18. Russian 5 per
Cents. have been maintained at 88i to 90, and,
under circumstances, are exceedingly firm. Mexi-
can Bonds are still depressed at 241. Peruvian
are quiet at 62. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been at
85i to I.
The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not
officially quoted, are as follows :—Metcalfe, dis-
count to par ; Sue River, / discount to par ; Port
Royal, to --"8-‘ premium.
BRITISH MINES.—The market is very dull.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

North-Western
South-Western
Brighton

1854. 1853.
£49,319 £43,386
11,742 9,352
10,295 7,982

Midland
South- Eastern..... 13,058 10,217
Great Northern 18,762 12,352
Caledonian, and Edits, and Glasgow , 14,226 11,931
Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,003 18,133

The English Railway Market is much duller, and
with scarcely any change in prices. French Shares
are steady. East Indian are flat.

The Gold Mine Shares have been quiet, as well
as the Banks and Mines.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

(From the Official Lust.)

_
Business done.
•
Bank Stock ....... ...... ......... ..... shut
i per Cent. Reduced Annuities shut 91/
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91,/ 9031 1i
New 3,1 per Cent. Annuities 92/ / 31- 0
New 2i per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 shut
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1800 5
India Bonds, £3OOO —
Ditto' under £lOOO 4 p
Consols for Account 16th March
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO ... l6 12 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 75
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Quit~
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St BB, 90
Ditto 4A per Cent B3
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 36 i
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7f 18

Dividends on the above payable In London.
Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 56
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
HALP•PAST TWO.
Consols 9ok 1i
Ditto March Account 9ok 1