The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-07 00:00:00

MON.EY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 5,000 were
taken on speculation. The market closed firmly,
and prices of all kinds were tight. The sales com-
prised 8,500 American, 150 Pernam and Maran-
ham at 60., 100 Bahia at 60. to 60., 500 Egyp-
tian at sid. to Bd., and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4d.
per lb. Railway shares were dull.

The accounts from New York of the 27th inst.
are favourable, though business was quieter in
breadstuffs and cotton in consequence of the ad-
vices from Europe. The steamer has 150,000 dols.
in specie on board, and the rate of exchange on
London is 109± to Money was abundant.
Freights to Liverpool were without change, flour
being at 2s. 9d. per barrel.
The Dutch Government has sanctioned a railway
from Turnhout to Zutphen
The extent to which emigration was carried last
year, as contrasted with former periods, was not,
in the aggregate, so important as may have been
imagined. Returns that have been completed
show, however, a remarkable diversion in favour
of the Australian colonies, and the following totals
will serve to explain the relative proportions to
the various countries. From the United Kingdom
the departures wore

2. .
United States .........•••• 267, 185357 243, 1852752
British North America 42,605 32,876
Australian Colonies
All other places .

335,966 367,675
The railway meetings announced are the follow-
ing :-
Buckinghamshire, Feb. 18, Euston Station.
Dublin and Belfast Junction, Feb. 16, Dublin.
Dublin and Wicklow, Feb. 16, Dublin.
Great Northern, Feb. 26, Albion Tavern.
Great Western, FEb. 17, Paddington.
I Hull and Selby,-Teb. 12, Hull.
Feb.
London and Blackwall, Feb. 15, London Tavern.
London and North-Western, Feb. 18, Euston Station.
London and South-Western, Feb. 16, London Tavern.
Madras, Feb.
15, Office.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Feb. 23, Manchester.
3,.1 a
ria Antonia,
Florence.
Maryport and Carlisle, Feb. 9, Maryport.
Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, Feb. 23, London
Tavern.
Newry and Enniskillen, Feb. 7, Guildhall Chambers.
Northern Comities Union, Feb. 8, London Tavern.
Northern and Eastern, Feb. 17, Office.
North Devon, Feb. 21, London Tavern.
North and South-Western Junction, Feb. 21, 15, Par-
liament-street.
North. Western, Feb. 7, Morecombo.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Feb. 23, Lon-
don Tavern.
Sambre and Meuse, Feb. 17, Office.
Ditto, Feb. 23, Jardinet.
Sheffield, Rotherham, 8., W., H., and Goole, Feb. 18,
Wakefield.
Shrewsbury and Hereford, Feb. 8, Shrewsbury.
South Wales, Feb. 25, Paddington.
Stockton and Darlington, Feb. 9, Darlington.
Thames Haven, Feb. 26, London Tavern.
Vale of Neath, Feb. 19, Cardiff.
Waterford and Kilkenny, Feb. 11, London Tavern.
Waterford and Limerick, Feb. 25, Waterford.
Wear Valley, Feb. 9, Darlington.
West Cornwall, Feb. 28, Penzance.
Western of France, Feb. 25, Paris.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Feb. 18, York.
York, and North Midland, Feb. 23, York.
The Stock Market has a firm appearance this
morning, in the absence of extensive dealing either
for money or account. Consols have been at 992.
for Transfer, and at about 991- for the March settle-
ment. The New 31 per Cents. have realised
1031 g , and the 3 per Cents. 1001 to 1. South
Sea Stock is at 111. Exchequer Bills have been
quoted 50s. premium.
In the Foreign Market, business has been
rather brisker. Spanish 3 per Cents. have
been up to 47i, and the New Deferred, 23
to a. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have been at 1021 to
1, and Chilian at 107. Grenada Deferred have
improved to 12 and 12k. The Swedish Loan has
been 1 to 1 discount. Austrian Bonds have
been done at 86i, Belgian 21 per Cents. at 54i and
Dutch 4 per Cents. at 071 to 98. Danish are firm
at 107; to 108, and Russian 41 per Cents. at 1031
, to 104.

The Railway Share Market is very buoyant
again, and the " Bears " are buying back rapidly,
and in many cases at a serious loss. Caledonian,
Great Western, Great Northern, North-Western,
Midland, South-Eastern, and York and North
Midland have all advanced. French Shares are
also dearer.
The Gold Mines have been generally at a slight
advance. Santiago de Cuba Shares are lower.
The Land Companies shares have been nominally
the same, and also the Australian Banks.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
(Frtm, the Official List.)

.. IC3B4urliness none.
_
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lO3l i
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account 10th February 99i i
Exchequer Bills lid. March. Juno.
£lOOO
£5OO 5O
Small 5O 4

IPRICIC OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONB O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1024 i
Ditto Small
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. ...
Danish 5 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, Deferred, . l2 A
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 41 per cent lO3 4
47A
231
s•ppaanniishst BNoeuvirdps,eSfeprreeraC,e3npter
Cent
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4R h p 0
Swedish Loan ll i d
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. . 86i
Belgian Bonds, 2A per Cent. Ex. 25fr. . 541
Dutch Exchange 21 per Cent 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates... ...., 97?., 8

HALI+-PAST TWO.

Consols
99
Ditto February Account

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FEB. 5,

The Queen and Prince, with the Royal children,
walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning.
-The whole of the visiting company have lefi the Castle
to-day.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
honoured Mr. and Lady Mary Labouchere with a visit
at Stoke Park yesterday.

SUNDAY.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
dined with the Duchess of Kent yesterday evening,
Frogmore.
The dinner party to inset her Majesty included her
Serene Highnogg tbn Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe,
the Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness
Speth, Earl Somers, Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. A.
Gordon, and Sir George and Lady Cowper.
Divine service was performed in the private chapel of
the Castle this morning.
The Queen and Prince, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince
of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice were
present, with the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, and
the Household.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took t
he
Sacrament of the Holy Communion, which sistered by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, who per-
formed the service.

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His Royal Highness the Prince Albert presided on
-ffi
Friday at the Council for the Management of the Duchy
of Cornwall at the Duchy
Somerset-house.
A deputation of coachmakerso ce,
had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his
official residence in Downing-street, upon the subject of
the taxes on carriages, with a view to remove the ex-
emptions and effect an alteration in the scale of taxation.
The deputation was introduced by Mr. Masterman,
M.P., and Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., and was accom-
Pathed by Mr. Chambers, M.P., Mr. Phinn, M.P., Sir
of the firm
o f
J . Duke,
The deputation consisted of Messrs. L. J. Leslie,
chairman ; Turner, of the firm of Wyburn and Robs J.
M.P , and MrHartley Kennedy.
W. Peters, of the firm of Peters and Co. ; J. n,
jun., of the firm of Robson and Co. ; E. Booker, of the
firm of Booker and Sons ; T. Rowley, of the firm of
Cook, Rowley, and Co. ; G. A. Thrupp; G. Shillibeer,
hon. secretary of the London committee ; Williams, of
the firm of Waddell and Williams, of Birmingham ;
EBxecnhnei,cionuearn. d Healey, of Liverpool;
the Healey,
Chancellor
and J. S. Smith, of Canterbury.
Revenue,Mr. John
Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland
and Mr. Preskly, met the deputation with
theof
A d •
eputation from the parish of Lambeth, on the state
of the sewers, had an interview with Viscount Palmer-
ston on Saturday. The deputation consisted of Mr. W.
Williams and Mr. Arthur Wilkinson (members for the
borough), Captain Wood (magistrate of the county of
Surrey), Mr. Robert Taylor (churchwarden), Mr. Thos.
.enyer (overseer), Messrs. Se times Hodgson, Thomas
Giles, and James Lemon (surveyors of highways), Mr.
Thomas Roffey (clerk to the surveyors), and Mr. Henry
Akerman
(assistant-surveyor). A deputation
J from
oles
CCam-
berwell New-road, consisting of Messrs. John ,
Robert Taylor Hunt, John Matsin, and Wm. H. Wat-
son; had also an interview with the noble viscount on
Saturday,