The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-04 00:00:00

YHA NUN, LONDON, 5101WDAY kVENINIIO DECEMBIeiIt 4$ 1664.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000
American taken for export and on speculation.
The market closed firmly. The sales comprised
20 Pernam and Maranham at 61d., 30 Bahia at
60., 100 Egyptian, at bid. to 61d., 700 Surat at
3id. to 40., and the remainder American. Rail-
way Shares were steady.
In Mark-Lane, this morning, business is very
dull.

Vessels have already been chartered and loaded
with the materials for constructing the railway at
Balaklava, under the contract with Messrs. Peto
and Co.

The ship Ocean Queen, arrived from Australia,
brings 42,000 ounces of gold.
The advices from Rio de Janeiro by the mail
mention that tho drought had injured the sugar
crops. The rate of exchange was 271 d. to 28d.
At Buenos Ayres, on the 12th October, there was
a considerable improvement in business generally,
and imports were much better. The rate of ex-
change was 645. to 645. 3d. The Monte Video
markets were dull, the quantity of produce brought
from the interior being limited. The rate of ex-
change was 40 to 40k.
The steamer from New York brings intelligence
of money being easier, but in Public Securities
there had been great depression. The rate of ex-
change on London was 109 to 1091. Breadstuffs
were firm, without much demand or variation in
prices.

Accounts from the Black Sea state that great
anxiety prevailed at Odessa lest the Allies should
abandon the siege of Sebastopol and endeavour to
possess themselves of Odessa, which would afford
most excellent winter quarters, besides being a rich
prize to the Allies. The military authorities at
Odessa were straining every nerve to forward sup-
plies to the Russian army in the Crimea, and which
was in much need of them. Most pressing orders
had been received from St. Petersburg to organise
a permanent service of waggons for the transport
of stores from Odessa to the Crimea. At St.
Petersburg, the Neva was entirely frozen over on
the 25th ult., and the navigation had ceased. All
the works at the forts at the mouth of the river
had been discontinued owing to the frost, and no
more will be done this winter.

Berlin letters state that the subscriptions to th•

loan opened by the Seehandlung were rapidly
filled up, and it was supposed there could only be
an allotment of about two-thirds to each applicant.
The loan was to be issued at 98k, and had been
dealt in at 1 premium.
The amount of specie taken out by the Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's
vessel Euxine, from Southampton to Malta,
Egypt, Singapore and China, is 108,0401.

The confirmation of the intelligence that Austria
had signed a treaty with the Allies led to a further
advance this morning in English Stocks, but by no
means to the same extent as at Paris. The truth

is, that even up to this moment great uncertainty
prevails both as to the terms of the treaty and the
results. Consols have been 921 to 928 for transfer
and account. The speculators for a fall, now we
are so near the settlement, are endeavouring to
keep the market in check. The New 3 per Cents.
have been 901 to and the 3 per Cents. 901 to 902.
East India Bonds have been quoted 10s., and Ex-
chequer Bill 3s. to 6s. premium. There have been
no transactions in Bank or India Stocks.

Foreign Securities have been more buoyant by
sympathy with our own Funds. Spanish 3 per
Cents. have been done at a rise to 38k, the New
Deferred to IBi, and the Committee's Certificate
to 5i Mexican Stock has been dealt in at 21,1
to and Peruvian at 67k. Brazilian New Bonds
have been done at 98. The Turkish Scrip has been
at 61 to 7* discount. The Dutch 2i per Cents.
have been at 611 to I.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 5/ ; Mexi-
can, 211 to 2li ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,

40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto
44 per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred,
18i to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 33 to 381- ; ditto
Certificates, 5 to 5! ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41.
Railway Shares have been quiet, but bear rather
higher prices. The Caledonian have risen Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire I-, Midland and North
Eastern to Great Luxemburg have been in
request again, at full prices. Paris and Lyons are
rather dearer, and also the Sambre and Meuse.
The Foreign Min* Market is brisk. Cobra
Copper have risen t. to 1/. 10s. ; and in the
Spanish, American, Australian, and other com-
panies, there has been business done at full rates.
The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been steady
generally, and Australian higher. The Land Com-
panies, though dull, are at firmer rates.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Prom, the Ocictl List.)

Bn ,iness done
Bank Stock ...
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ......... 90a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 5-16 t
Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 1-16
India Stock

India Bonds. 11000
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, lid.
£l000
£5OO 3 6 p
SmaP 3 6 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Now Brazilianßends, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. 98
,texican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cont.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent. . . ....... .... 42
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 9si
Russian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Sp.inish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3Bl
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBt
Ditto for the Account lB4. 19
Ditto Passive (Converted)
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun si i il p C
Turkish Scrip 6 per cent —
Ditto for the Account 6i 74 64 d
Dividends on the above payable in London.

Dutch Exchange, 2.11 per Cont. 12 Guil 1
Ditto 4 nor uont. uortifieates....„,
THREE O'CLOCK.

ConAols
Ditto, Acc vent

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 2.

The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of
Kent, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Lord Chancellor
and Lady Cranworth, the Ladies Augusta and Frances
Bruce, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir
George Couper, Lieu.-Col. Dennis, Commanding Officer
94th Regiment, and Mr. Gibbs.
At dinner the Band of the Royal.,Horse Guards played,
and after dinner her Majesty's Private Band performed.
The Queen, with the Princess Alice, rode in the rid-
ing hou,o this morning. Her Majesty afterwards walked
in the grounds adjoining the Castle, attended by the
Hen. Lucy Kerr.
The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage
yesterday afternoon.
Major• General Bouverie and Captain the Hon. D. de
Roe were in attendance ou horseback.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, left
Windsor this forenoon.
The dinner party this day included the Duchess of
Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Major• General the Hon.
Charles and Mrs. Grey.
The private band was in attendance after dinner.
DECEMBER 3.
The Queen and Prince and the four elder royal child•
ren, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the do-
mestic household attended divine service this morning
in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Very
Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Duchess of
Kent and Prince Ernest of Leiningen were also at the
service.

The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince Er-
nest of Leinengen, and attended by Lady Augusta Bruce
and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Cla-
rence-house, St. James's, on Saturday morning, from
Frogrnore. Her Royal Highness and Prince Ernest
visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-ho use ,
and in the afternoon returned to Frogatore. Lady
Fanny Howard has succeeded Lady Augusta Bruce as
the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent.
Hooheem Abdool Nubbee Khan and Sirdar Gholab
Khan Bahadoor, aides-de-camp to the Rajah of Puttea-
lab, paid a visit of ceremony to Sir Charles Wood, Prote-
sident of the India Board, on Friday last. They t i-
fied to the right hon. baronet that the Rajah had, by
the last accounts from India, arrived at .A.llaliabad, on
the Ganges, on his way to Calcutta, to embark for his
visit to the Queen of England.

LATEST NEWS.

'HE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

(Front the Second Edition, of the Morning Herald.)
PARIS, MONDAY MORNING.
The Minister of War has just received the fol-
lowing despatch from General Canrohert :
" Before Sebastopol, Nov. 22.

" Since my last despatch, which was forwarded
on the 17th instant, nothing has occurred of pro-
minent importance. Our batteries still continue
their firing. The enemy remains motionless in
the position in which he has entrenched himself.

" On the 15th, the Turks drove the enemy out
of the Dobrudscha."

VIENNA, SUNDAY MORNING.

The following intelligence, via Semlin, has been
received from Constantinople, dated the 23d
ult. :--

" The news from Sebastopol is up to the 19th.
The rumour of the arrival of General Ludors with
15,000 men is renewed.

" The weather still remains fine. The batteries
are almost silent on both sides. The British have
lost 20 transports. The Allies have still enough
shot, shell, and powder."

The following is from a perfectly authentic

source :

" Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a tteaty of alli-
ance was signed by Count Buol, Lord Westmor
land, and Baron Bourquenoy. It is said that if
Russia does not yield within three months the
treaty will come into force."

We have received from our correspondent at
Berlin a despatch of yesterday's date, which states
that, according to advises from St. Petersburg of
the 24th ult. the fire of the allies upon the Russian
works at Sebastopol had become very feeble, and
the operations of the siege were not advanced.

From exact information as to the losses sus-
tained by the allied fleets it appeared that in the
storm of the 14th 14 ships were wrecked near
Sebastopol, and two • ships of the line, two
steamers, and 13 vessels of different classes
driven on shore near Eupatoria. •

OTTOMAN ARMY OF THE DANUBE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20.—The Journal de
Constantinople states that the Ottoman army of
the Danube was to advance by forced marches to
the Pruth, eater Bessarabia, and attack the
Russians.
Thirty thousand men under Achmet
formerly of Kalafat, and now a marshal, march to
Babadagh to guard the Danube. Iskender Bey
commands the vanguard of 5,000 men, and is going
to destroy the enemy's works at Ismail. The cavalry
under Halim Pacha has reached*Fokschany. The
main body of the Turkish army, under Omer Pacha,
and composed of about 68,000 infantry, was await-
ing the cessation of the rains, upon which it would
march for the Pruth. Tassou Pacha sends the
troops under his orders from Rustchuk to Bucha-
rest, and will himself keep garrison there with
8,000 men.
The same journal says that the Porte is sending
10,000 troops from Constantinople, and two regi-
ments from Varna, to the Crimea. On tke 17th
numerous steamers and transports arrived in the
Bosphorus, from England, with reinforcements.