The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

maintain the strictest neutrality in the war between
Russia and Turkey.
Advices from Berne of the 18th state that the I
• Federal Council has just decided upon revoking the
orders given for the concentration of troops on two
points o the Swiss territory—namely, one in an CITY, VW 0 o'CLOCK.
eastern and the other in a western canton. I The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
The Press of Vienna, of the 21st, positively states ' were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500
that the reinstallation of Prince Stirbey in Walla- American taken forexport on speculation.
chin is only provisional, and that the deliberations
The market was tame but steady, without change
an -I .
of the plenipotentiaries, having for object the dell-
nitive settlement of administrative affairs, continue in prices. The sales comprised 4,500 American,
without interruption. ! 130 Pernam and Maranham at 6,1,d. to 7id., 70
The following passage in a letter from Giur- Bahia, at 6gd., 400 Egyptian at 51c1 to 9d., 700
gevo goes far to overthrow the theory of the Surat at 3d. to 40., and 400 Sea Island at 11d.
Lloyd, that the Turks intend to attack Bess- ,
'to is. 4d. per lb. Railway shares were firmer.
arabia from the Black Sea :—" We hear ;
The New Orleans Picayune says—" The prospects
hardly anything of the movements of the Turkish 1
army in Wallachia, but during the last few of the present crop are highly flattering, as we have
days a great deal of artillery and a vast supply of had three months magnificent weather; but it is too
provisions have been sent on towards Bucharest." • soon to venture upon an estimate of the crop, as an
The Austrian Soldaten Freund has a letter from early frost, followed by a wet fall, might nullify our
Tirasopol of the 11th inst., in which the Russian
' anticipations. We have received 1,382 bales new
forces in the Crimea are set down at 140,000 men !
cotton against 74 bales last year. The colour and
Since the Austrians entered Wallachia, a move-
ment
.on the part of the Russians towards the staple are generally very good."
eastern part of the Galician frontier has taken There arrived yesterday in the Thames 59 ships
place. the from foreign parts, and 3 from Ireland, besides 22
The journals of Tarbes complain that on
colliers.
Spanish side of the Pyrenees bands of armed men
Reviewing the state of trade in Mincing-lane
prevent wine purchased by French dealers from
being exported into France.during the last three weeks, Messrs. H. W. Jewes-
The Russian head-quarters are at Kalarasch on bury and Co. observe :—." We have again to report
' a du:luess in the foreign and colonial produce
the Byk, in Bessarabia.• The Russians who have
crossed the Pruth take strongly iutrenched posi-
i markets, except for one or two articles more par-
tions. titular] noticed below. Importers have supplied
The cholera is raging fearfully among the troops
now in Bessarabia, and the murrain among the the markets freely, but the amount of transactions
cattle is so general that precautionary measures to at public sale has been limited
; yet privately a I
prevent its spreading are no longer taken. fair business has been done, which would have * ..
A Galatz letter of the 13th distinctly says that been further increased had
the. Turks intend to cross into Bessarabia. We importers been more
are told that the operations will be carried on under inclined to meet the views of buyers. The stocks Si
the direction of Ferik Achmet Pasha, who is now lin the houses of dealers are small, but they confine St
at Galatz. their purchases to their immediate requirements. st,st
The Russians are already constructing their Within the last
few days a considerable business
" Bordei" (large pits with roofs of reeds and bul- has been done in '
rice and tea at higher rates, but 12
rushes) for winter quarters along the whole of the the
demand has now somewhat subsided. The de- lsi
left bank of the Pruth.
The Archduchess Maria of Austria, who is ill of liveries from the warehouses continue good for s.l6t
typhus, is better, but not yet out of danger. home use, and for export there has lately been an 194.
The enormous quantity of 8,000 litres of adul- improvement. The stocks generally are larger 14
terated wine was seized yesterday in the cellars of than at the corresponding period'of last year. The 20
a large wine merchant in the Rue des Bourguignons. continuation lli
of fine harvest weather expe- St.
The Marquis of Albaida has arrived at Valencia,
rienced during the month has enabled the st.
the governor of which province is said to have 20
received orders to arrest him. crops to be gathered in in splendid condition, 10
The French army in Greece has sustained a which, under present circumstances, is a 12?
severe loss in the death of Colonel Faure of the boon of more than ordinary value, and has st.
50
53d Regiment, who died in the Piraeus on the 9th, already been the means of giving greater confidence 40
from the consequence of an attack of cholera.
to commercial transactions. There has been an in- 25
The two most conflicting elements appear to have 25
creased demand for indigo and cochineal since our St.
conspired against Silesia. The village of Kusser,
which bad escaped inundation, was destroyed on last, and both of these articles have increased in
Bcl2,
the night of the 18th. Upwards of thirty-five value, the tendency being still to higher rates. In e-tt;
dwellings, with their barns, stables, and store of other dyes there is little or no alteration to notice. 50
grain and forage, fell a prey to the flames, and 430 The late accounts from the Continental Produce t 25
inhabitants were left roofless and penniless. Markets report more activity in consequence of the el
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia will
leave Berlin on Monday for Weimar, and after a abundant crops of grain throughout the greater gt;
short visit there will return to the Rhine. part of Europe. The late failures at Manchester 20
Count Alvensleben has received the King's per- and Liverpool 'have created much distrust in the
mission to accept the Grand Cross of the Leopold cotton manufacturing districts, and prices are not St
5(
order conferred upon him recently by the Emperor s
so firm. In the woollen districts the manufacturers F
of Austria. His Excellency well deserves a Russian
are well employed and the demand being quite
order also.
The Prince Repent of Baden has returned to equal to the supply prices are firm, and the stocks
Baden. Lord Adolphus Loftus, her Majesty's continue below an average."
chargé d'affaires, has had an interview with the Money is still in demand at sto 5i per cent. for.
Minister for Foreign Affairs. first-class paper, and 5i to 7 for other bills and
The publication of books in the Hebrew language
securities. On "call," the rate allowed is 4 per
is forbidden throughout Russia, unless each volume
cent.
be stamped by the censors.
It is said that Prince Menschikoff has instructed In the English Stock Market there is no rally
the admiral of the Russian fleet that in case of an after the depression which occurred yesterday after-
attack being made on the fleet, he should, if pos- noon, and the business doing is more limited even
sit le, break through the enemy's line, and fight it
than for some time past. Consols have been 95 to
out on the open sea, rather than the fleet should 95 ,
i for transfer, and 951 i for account. The job-
remain in the harbour to be burnt.
It is reported that on the 16th inst. a Turkish bers complain of the extreme dullness that pre-
reconnoitring party from Isatchka crossed the vails, but there are two or three circumstances which
Danube, and came into collision with the Russians readily explain it. In the first place, at this season of
at Satinowo. The affair seems to have terminated
~ the year many influential members of the "House"
unfavourably to the Turks, who " retreated hastily
are in the country, and certainly a large proportion
to the right bank."
It appears from advices received that the atten- of the moneyed interest are away. Secondly, it is
tion of the Russians was diverted from Eupatoria well known that during the present year the specu-
to Balaklava by the division of the armada de- lators have
been frequently " wrong" in their
tached to Anapa stopping to reconnoitre the coast operations, and therefore to some
at Balaklava, thus leading the enemy to suppose extent disgusted
that the disembarkation wits to take place at that with their frequent losses, for whether they ope-
point, being nearer to Sebastopol. ' rated for a rise or fall, they have been alternately
Letters from Varna state that to the 13th inst. frightened out of their account, by some extra-
-5,000 Turks had arrived there to serve as a garrison• ordinary political rumour or threatened change.
If we are to believe the members of the Stock
Exchange, they have not benefitted by the sums
which the outside speculators have dropped, since, '
with a few exceptions, the members themselves 2
assert that they have been equally unlucky. Seve- 25
ral of them made a great mistake in obstinately .2i
adhering to the belief that the Chancellor of the -
Exchequer could not do without a loan ; others 2(
were foiled because the war progressed more tardily 1C
than they had hoped ; and third parties lost alter-
nately
on each " tack" by changing their
accounts at critical moments. The inquiry will 10
naturally be made, therefore, "Who have been the 20
gainers ?" And we presume that the answer must 20
be that capitalists and the richer classes of annui-
tants among the public who bought for money a
during the panics and periods of depression, have 20'
added to their wealth by the steady advance, 20
having disregarded the occasion, checks, and 20
reaction. The minor dabblers and the mere 2200
time dealers have not done well this year, and 100
thus far the poor have become poorer, as is too 100
often the case when venturing beyond their 20
means. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 9s. premium. 25
The Bonds of 1859 are at 99i. 25
25
In the foreign market the feature is a further
decline in the Turkish Scrip. The contractors and 100
their friends who kept such a large proportion of 100
the loan to themselves, and thereby failed to secure 20
the good-will of the Stock Exchange, now expe- 5
rience the result when they attempt to sell out. 20i
The quotation has been 2i and 3 this morning, and no
as low as 2i to 2,1 prem. Grenada Deferred Bonds
have been done at 6. Buenos Ayres Stock is 55k. 100
The following are the nominal prices of foreign 100
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ;
Mexican, 24. to 25 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 12o(
3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto
4i- per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred,
181 to 181 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37} to 38 ; ditto
Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4 to Q.
The following are the railway " calls" due in
October :

AND
COMMERCIAL INT ELL IGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 25.—The clipper ship James Baines,
2,500 tons register, arrived here this morning, after an
extraordinary run of 12 days 6 hours, having sailed from
Boston on the 12th inst., at 1 p.m.
WAREHAM —PRICE OF BREAD TESTED BY A CON-
TRACT.—In this place the contract fur the Union-house
and parish was taken last week—good bread 4id., and
flour at 30s. per sack.—Salisbury Journal.
FEMALE PEDESTRIANISM.—Mrs. Dunne, the Bloomer
pedestrian, accomplished her task of walking 1,000 half
miles in 1,000 successive half-hours on Saturday morn-
ing, and so little distressed was she by the feat that she
immediately commenced another task of walking 150
quarter-miles in 150 quarter-hours, which she completed
in due time.--Bristol Mirror.
FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—On Friday evening last, an
investigation took place before the coroner of the city of
York, touching the death of Joseph Jackson, who had
been killed in a prize-fight. The jury returned a verdict
of manslaughter against Hague as the principal, and
against Kendall and Hall as being present aiding aid '
abetting. On Saturday the prisoners were brought before
the Lord Mayor and Mr. Barstow, magistrate, when an
application to admit them to bail was granted.
THE BIRMINGHAM GUN TRADE.—There is a consider-
able increase of private military work, and preparations
are being made for execution speedily. Whether to the
extent of the notorious gun year, 1848, is at present un-
known, but great activity already exists, and unerring
signs of large orders are apparent. As the birding-gun
trade is flat, an incredible number of military guns are
now capable of being made up ; and if the funds should
be deposited faithfully to agreement, the gunmakers of
Birmingham state that they could produce, of continental
quality, arms far the equipment of probably an army of
200,000 men in sufficient time for a campaign in the en-
suing spring.
THE COAL TRADE.—From a Parliamentary paper re-
cently printed it appears that in the year 1853, 8,835,573
tons of coal, 40,142 tons of cinders, and 195.269 tons of
culm, in all 9,070,984 tons, were shipped at the several
ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, coastways, to
other ports of the united kingdom. In the same year
3,738,123 tons of coal, to the declared value of
1,507,9501,, and 176,939 tons of cinders, to the declared
value of 96,6411., were exported from the several ports
of the united kingdom to foreign countries, and to the
British settlements abroad. 4,026,985 tons of coal were
brought into the port of London during the year, of
which 3,373,256 were brought coastways, and 653,729
by inland navigation and land carriage. The export of
coals to Russia during the year 1853 amounted to 212,762
tons,_ the declared value of which was 78,6591.
MURDER AT DURHAM.--Mr. Favell, the coroner for
North Durham, held an inquest in the pit village of
Kibblesworth on Thursday afternoon, on the body of
Edward Liddell, a pitman, aged 28 years, who died on
the previous night from wounds inflicted in a street fight.
Liddell and several other pitmen bad been drinking on
" pay Saturday," and had come on to Kibblesworth,
where they remained in a public-house kept by a man
named Ironside, until nearly midnight. The jury re-
turned a verdict of wilful murder against Woodcock,
who has been committed for trial at Durham assizes.
GAROTTE ROBBERY NEAR WESLEY COLLEGE.—On
Thursday night about half past nine o'clock, Mr. Mi-
chael Hamilton, manufacturer, Wicker, was robbed and
much ill usei as he was proceeding to his residence at
Broombill. He was found by a gentleman shortly after-
wards, who assisted him to his residence, where he was
attended by Dr. Bartolome, and he is now progressing
satisfactorily.
THE CORPORATION EXPENSES OF MELBOURNE. The
expenses of the corporation of the city of Melbourne are
wholly paid from licenses to public-houses and the fines
of drunkards granted and imposed by the police courts.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT BY RAILWAY SERVANTS.
—At Cambridge, on Saturday, before the borough ma-
gistrates, a case was brought forward which excited a
considerable deal of interest, from the fact that the
accused parties have hitherto moved in a most respect-
able sphere. A charge was laid by Mr. Fox, the district
superintendent of the Eastern Counties Railway Com-
pany, against Benjamin Ward and William Looker—
the first a coaching inspector and deputy ticket-taker,
and the thter head ticket-taker. The prisoners were
remanded. Bail was taken for Ward, but refused for
Looker.

Date due. Call.
*Central Peninsula of Portugal
Cork and Youghal
Dublin and Drogheda, Pref. 25/..... 1...2 10 18,500
*Grand Trunk of Canada, shares A., 9...2 10 unkwn.
*Do. do., Debentures 1 and 2, 9..10 0 unkwn.
*Great Luxembourg, Constituted ... 12...2 0 unkwn.
London and North-Western, 201.... 14...4 0 123,868
Do. M and B 0, 101.... 14...4 10 256,720
Midland, New 51., 4 per cent 24...2 0 270,000
Portsmouth
*Royal Danish
*Victor Emanuel ..
Wept Cornwall
Wimbledon and Croydon.

£1,000,538

* The proportion called by foreign companies is
215,0001., but the holdings of English proprietors are
not known.
Total called in 1854 £11,197,559

Railway Shares have rather improved upon the
lowest prices of yesterday, but there is still palpable
irregularity and heaviness in the quotations. The
foreign lines are dull.

Mining Shares are quiet, and the Banks firm.
Crystal Palace are depressed. Australian Agri-
cultural are firmer.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( Prom the Ogicial Lie. )

" HARVEST HOME ON THE ROYAL FARMS,
--On Saturday the whole of the labourers n 3 WplioNyperß.
on
the Norfolk, Flemish, and Bagshot farms, occupied by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as well as the extra
hands engaged for the harvest, with their wives, weree
regaled with an excellent dinner in the large barn on the
Norfolk farm.
DEATH BY DRowNwa.--We regret much to announce
the melancholy death of Mr. George Maxwell, jun., of
Abercromby-square, who was drowned on Thursday
last, while fishing in one of the rivers on his father's
estate of Glenlee, in Upper Galloway.
DISCREDITABLE ERPUSAL.—A few weeks ago the
managers of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, received
an application of rather a novel character on this side of
the Atlantic. A lady graduate of Cleveland College,
Ohio, named Miss Blackwell, after having been .em-
ployed a short time in the Royal Maternity Hospital,
applied to the managers of the Royal Infirmary for leave
to visit the female wards of that institution. Permis-
sion to visit the Infirmary is, we believe, at all times
most readily granted to gentlemen who have graduated
at English or foreign universities, and who may, on
visiting this city, desire it. The request of the lady,
however, was to the managers an unprecedented one,
and they considered it to be their duty respectfully to
decline acceding to its—qkitinburg4 ceurga_ •

3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Bil• iness done.9sk 5
Consols for Account 17th Oct.
Exchequer Bills, 24d.
21000
2500 6 9 p
Small 6 9 p
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3k per Cent.l
Ditto 1859, „
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 551
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............ .
Turkish Scrip
Ditto for the Account 2i 3 2a p

Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF•PAST TWO.

Consols
Ditto October Account

THE. BIBLE SOCIETY.-Durirg the past year the Bible
Society hay circulated, at home and abroad, the great
number of 1,367,528 copies of the Scriptures, making
the total issues since the formation of the society to
amount to no less than 27,938,631 copies.—Olturch, and
State Om*.