The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 American
Were taken for export and on speculation. The
Market closed heavily, but without much change
ln prices. The sales comprised 3,000 American,
140 Pernam and Maranham, at 7d. to Bd. ; 400
EgYPtian, at 61d. to is. ; and 60 Sea IslandF, at is
aitOdio.wtoer2ispr.i7ceds.. per lb. Railway Shares were flat
, Respecting the Tea market, it is stated in a bro-
ker's circular, that—
" The China mail of 24th June, bringing intelligence
Of the settlement and shipment of the new season's Con-
go; with details of quality and cost,
rna originated a de-
mand for such fine teas of the late crop as were still on
ftohretrnheasrek, hewt,ailned business has been effected at full rates
prices of good medium classes also show
a tendency to improvement. The news of the excess in
shipments for the China season, ending June last, caused
a temporary depression in common Congou, some sales
were made as low as 10,td., but some speculative pur-
chases restored the quotation to lid. and Scented
teas are in limited supply, and saleable. The demand
for Greens is inconsiderable,. and sales made at rather
easier rates."
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity
aid value of certain articles exported from New
York during the week ending and including Aug.
62 1853, distinguishing the destination and extent
of BilipMents to each place :

COMMERCE OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK-WEEKLY
EXPORTS.

Liverpool
London
Hull
Newcastle
Belfast
Glasgow
Havre
Antwerp
Spain
Hamburgh
British West Indies
Australia
French West Indies
Cuba
Dutch West Indies
Brazil
Cisplatine Republic
Hayti
Venezuela
New Granada
Rotterdam
Gibraltar
Portugal
British North American colonies
Mexico
Canary Islands
Africa

Total value of exports during
week ending Aug. 6 $1,366,777
The exports last week exceed in value those of
the...week previous, 312,7215.
_The accounts from Australia this week come to
is
-I'lld advise the sailing on the 7th of June of the
Polo from Melbourne with 54,201 ounces of
gold on board. The Catherine Jamieson has ar-
rived from Sydney, and is supposed to have a small
amount of gold on board.
There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon
iri. the rate for bills of exchange on flamburgh,
v to 13 6.1 to 6, but on other places the quo-
tations ii°hs were about the same. Paris 25 20 to 221 ;
41-Insterdam 11 18 to 4 ; and Trieste 10 56 to 59.
The amount of bills drawn by the Honourable
East India Company during the fortnight ending
L
evening was 129,6921.
There is a little flatness in the English Stock
Market, but with limited transactions. The large
atil°llnt of stock taken yesterday 300,001., ap-
Pears to have been for the Commissioners of Green-
/11.01 Hospital, being the proceeds of moneys paid
o'er to them by the Commissioners of Woods and
is°rests. The weather has a slight influence in
the
speculative purchases for an advance, and
"'e probability of money continuing in demand is
The
to be lost sight of. Consols are 981 to 9N.
;he New 31 per Ceuts. are marked 10q g, and the
`‘') Per Cents. 99 to Bank Stock is supported at
'283 to 229. Exchequer Bills are 3s. lower, being
• 4-.
• CilSCOUllt to par.
Poreign Securities have participated a little in
the
heaviness of the burghs and market. Spanish
'4„Per Cents. are 47:1 to 48, and the Deferred 23g to
4,4. The Certificate WI Grenada Deferred are dull
al 101. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 45 to 46.
Russian Bonds are heavy at 118. Dutch 4 perßussianents. are fully 1 per cent. lower, being 971.
The English railways have been rather de-
Tressed, principally from the small extent of deal-
lag. French Shares have been steady.
The Gold Mine Shares have been quiet, and the
4-And Companies' and Bank Shares tolerably steady.

13RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
FPonz. the Official List.)
Business done.

Sank Stock ... ......... ...................... 229
Per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... .....• 99,\ 9
,iePer Cent. Consols Annuities .
127 3i per Cent. Annuities lOl2 -B.'
—"ng Annuities,Expire sth Jan., 1860 , 6
/to. .
0-`l4 Bonds, £lOOO . . 2O
Consols for Account Bth September 9B 1
Lzellequer Bills, Id.
£lOOO .

1 d par

I 'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
13 •
razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
n bitto New, 1852,per Cent 991
rella.da Bonds, Deferred
Visrsian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
'rnish Bonds, 3 per Cent 474
Danish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23i
8 itto Passive (Conver
er
Pballish Committee Ct. t
of Coup. not fun. C
but Dividends on the above payable in London.
Ditto
Exchange, 2A per Cent. ......•••••••••
Llitto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..

974
lIALF•PAST TWO.

Consols
Ditto September Account

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vein of rich au-
IN
discovered, at five
riferous ore has been
GOLD `VALES.—It is stated thata
fathomsvel
in Wales.
BILLS ON INDIA.—The amount il
depth,
bills on India from ii:JY of the East India-house for
1_ _
__.
-'"„tc the 23d inst. inclusive was 29,69'z't
received at the Trtehae-
lowed grea ,
, -"l:Mrs.—The letters from Rouen
-44arket for manufactures s
the •
prices obtained are
from the
mention that
butthe
AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—
lonics during the
alleged ti,ohbeedielin3raeritiunrienserative.
Port °f London for the Australian ceorease,
They have
Past week show a considerable
io°4lPrised altogether 17 vessels-10 whichofef
&-ert philip with an aggregate burden
of 2,173
three to Sydney, with an aggregate burden
one to Ade-
t;ll,3 ; one to New Zealand of 540 tonesf
;385 tons ; and
3,942 a re
tonsfo r;
-"lue of 452 tons ; one to Launceston
Ze to Hobart Town, of 347 tonTslie
shipments f a 8 consequently 7,839 tons. to t a total
tn capacityan u
aetured goods and merchandise centinueretexdte.nsive, and
the rates of freight have been well supp
due weekly reviews from the Amster,.
I,,_AsIsTERDATtr AND ROTTERDAM PRODdUaoCrEn ManAdßKßEoTtSt.e—r.
-ge operations in coffee had been
Ppttsil Produce markets describe brum,initeesds, asb but prices
'were steady. There had been an irlnticerreafisrendmdeesms
lanndqtifoor.
refined sugar, which had caused
tttions, but no alteration had occurred iwnaosthsteeraddyes,carinPii t:8. Indigo was well supported,
-a continued at about previous rates.
present receiving con-
. The sank of England is at
!iderable amounts of g-old, but atPdrtehetsehesrampreetdiumeee,,
to the large purchases of grain an
tare been resumed within
of the contine.es
ea are being made to all p owingwhich
Poi.
take place,
th
anY Permanent accumulation to
arrive.
Meanwhile,
the
parts
ho rep must continue steadily to
be ex-
fewdays;upr'eplulinitt:,
ber.w3ev_ier, the shipments of wheat to France may
i, f—ti
le
eu
rPaat re t ieafl leyx
et
hoi counteract te withra t
thatthe
country.unf a
unfavourable
fell it one of
thPALL FROM A CLIFF.—A young man leote_ndeney
and was killed.
Iteleliffs, on Lundy Island, last Friday,
f landing
~,,'pears that the pilots, belonging to Pill, near Barn-
"'Pie, in the north of Devon, are in the habit 0
cua Lurid
lo Y Island when cruisingto
d, whose
ramieut for ships. On Friday, the decease
of the
is Martin Payne, and who belonged to onee
saw a
• • the westward on the
b9rts, had clambered up to the top of a cliff.
throes at at distance from him, which he resolved to
a
it, °Nv at. Accordingly, he took up a stone,.t threw
at
and losing his balance toppled over the cliff I
ure—
I'll...ndous height, and was dashed to pieces.
p -,..-
—The
- u.r.LAYNOOTH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. —The
F._°/nrnissioners who have been appointed to conduct thel
inquiry into the state of Maynooth College are the Ear
°ei, llarrowby, Mr. Justice Patteson, Dr. Longfield,
jOheof on Pigott, and Mr. James O'Ferrall, brother
e)c-Governor of Malta—three Protestants to two
)3-141all Catholics. Of the latter, one at least (the Chief
hoarir°oc) has been, through a lengthened public career,.
im urahlY distinguished for moderation and unswerving
Partialit
Cork ,y, whether in a political or judicial capacity.
being r 0 Ferrall little is known, beyond the fact of his
(14. a member of a family remarkable for their extreme
ing to the interests of the Church of Rome. Look-
composition of the commission as a whole, it.
eacnottll)l
or e said that any party Las just grounds for cavil
complaint
ELECT,- '
---13, ON OF A REPRESENTATIVE PEER FOR SCOTLAND.
Pees:l_ royal_ proclamation in last night's Gazette, all the
rood"lic,toSeotland are commanded to assemble at Holy-
ei7,f,,-", iBe, Edinburgh, on \Wednesday, the 7th day of
Fentl -wer next, to nominate and choose another peer of
I)rp_r_oeliaon;teaofiseiltda, nddeeveoat:edin the House of Peers in the
at'si. nt Parliament, in the room of Francis William,
bein GN DAGUERREOTYPES.—The Customs authorities
or
.1,--R of opinion that daguerreotypes, whether portraits
Ire jews, should d . lto be pictures, and passed
eof d,, be (eme(.. .
Into this ''Y under that denomination upon importation
Qusto,„ Dutiesry from abroad by virtue of the New
order i,. Act, 16 and 17 Vie., cap. 54, a general
the a,t, bee Act, issued to the several ports throughout
IVAQI4 to that effect,