The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-22 00:00:00

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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. Railway Shares were
steady at improved prices.
The changes in the position of the Bank of Eng-
land during the week to the 15th instant, were
again mostly referable to the dividend and other
payments, and accordingly we find a decrease in
the private securities owing to the running off of
loans upon the opening of the transfer books. The
deposits, however, were smaller, consequently
money was • being withdrawn for investment in
stocks, or for employment in trade. The Govern-
ment account was smaller' but not more than
might be expected. The bullion was lessened, but
the internal circulation was probably one cause as
wellas the exportation to the Continent. Compared
with the previous weeS, the changes are as fol-
low :

Active-circulation.
Increase
Bullion
Decrease
Rest _

X 20,682,965
161,725
13,823,872
197,335
3,309,129
43,309
3,207,955
1,740,867
11,655,973
915 356
1,120,013
61,582
12,470,237
507,000
14,234,926
1,685,272
. 6,402,980
374,440

Increase
Public Deposits...
Decrease...
Other Deposits ...
Decrease ..
Seven-Day and other Bills
Increase ..............
Government Securities ...
Decrease ............
Other Securities
Decrease .............
Notes 'unemp10yed..........
• Decrease ............
There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon
in the rate for bills of exchange on Paris, which,
for 90 days' paper, were at 25 221 to 25 ; Amster-
dam was 11 16!, to 17 ; Hamburg, 13 5i to 6 ; and
Trieste, 12 25 to 30.

The gold. (about 96,0001.) received this week by
the S:unuel Boddington, from Melbourne, has
already-been sold for shipment to the Continent.
During the week to Thursday last the exporta-
tion of specie from London comprised 186,965 OZ3.
of silver to Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Boulogne,
and 410 Ozs. of gold to Hamburg and Belgium.
The special meeting of the Quartz hock Mining
ComPany was held to-day—Mr. Alderman Carter
in the chair. A resolution was passed for handing
over to the contributors to the subscription; raised
to meet the present difficulties of the company the
whole of the 11,054 unissued shares as secarity,
who would also receive back their money, less 2s.
6d. fqr expenses, in case of the property being aban-
&med.

For public Securities the market haS been rather
firmer this morning, but with very little doing.
Consols have realised 924 to 92a for transfer and
923 to a for account. The New 31 per Cents. have
been 924 to 931, and the 3 per Cents. 92g to 4.
Bank Stock has rallied from 204' the price at
which it opened, to 211: India Stock is quoted
224.. -Exchequer Bills-have been at Is. discount to
2s._ premium.

. Foreign Stocks 'have been firm generally. Rus-
sian 4i per Cents. have been quoted 824 ex divi-
dend, and Dutch 2i'per Cents. 59i 2, ex dividend.
Spanish 3 per Cents. limit) been quoted 371, and the
-New Deferred 18a. The Certificates are at 4k.
Belgian 4-?; per Cents. have been dealt in at 91.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada, Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61 ; Mexi-
can, 24 to 2.4i1 ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; ditto Three
per Cents. 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.
39 to 41.; Russian Five per Cents. 97 to 99 ;
ditto FOur-and-a-flalf per Cents. 82 to 84 ; Spanish
New Deferred, 18t4 to 18/ ; ditto Three per Cents.
'361 to 37; 'ditto Certificates, 3/ to 4k; ditto Pas-
sive, 31 to 41.
The Directors of the Devonshire Great Consoli-
dated Copper Mining Company' at their board
meeting, held yesterday, declared a dividend of
9;2161., being 91. per
,share,- out of profits from°
sales of copper 'ores - sampled in the monthS of
March and April last. After payment of the
same, there' remains in hand a balance of 23,2991.
ss. 4d. in cash. Ore bills not at maturity, and
reserved fund,. applicable to the general purposes
'of the -corm-any.' .
The . Railway ghare Market has been livelier,
and there vas an improvement in the prices upon
the commencement of business, which, however,
has not in all cases been maintained. Caledonian
are fluctuating, and Great Northern and Great
Western not so good. North- Western are very
well supported ; Lancashire and Yorkshire have
been in request, and also Midland. In Manchester
and Lincoln Union there is a decided advance.
Oxford and Wolverhampton have been more dealt
in. Foreign Shares are inactive.

The Xviiiiing Market is steady, as regards the few
ghares dealt in, and the Banks-have been at full
rates. Crystal Palace are quiqt.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom the °tidal List. )

. .
nos done.
Link Stock
-per Cent. Reduced Annuitie, 92s 4
:3 per• Cent Cousols.Annuities 924 $
34 per Cent. Annuities . 92i 34 2i 34
4.)tdia• Stock ~,.; .
;.onsols for'AecOtint 17th August . 921 a
Exchequer hilts, 24a,
:10{X)
I'soo 2 p I.d
. Steal) 5 2 p
Exchequer Bonds, 1853 ... 984
- PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
`ltls.sien Bonds, 1822, 5 'nor Cent. £St — ,
. ' Di to 4 c per Cent B2i x crt
Si4i.visll.l;onds, 3 per Cent 371 x d
4 pan iliill NC,. Deterred, 3 per Pent......
3pancsh Committee Ccrt. o: Coup. not fun 44
foli-iden:9 on trio•,4,.'•me pityable in London.
Belgian Bonds 4A per Cent. 'e. 25 fr
Dutch Exciptuge, 2:1 per tJett,..l:l, (Gil
... Leitto 4 per Cent. Certifieatos .......

Consols
Ditto August i` ococ9t.

TWO O'CLOCK.
92A
92A

SALE.6I BEER BILL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Glasgow, July.2l.
Sin,-11 Wilson Fattens' bill for regulating the sale
of beer (which has already passed through committee)
becomes law, it will be impossible for any person taking
his dinner at an inn or dining-house on a Sunday, be-
;.t:igen the hours of two and six o'clock in the afternoon,
to: procure beer, wine, or spirits, unless he is either a
bwu t Ale traveller. or a lodger• in the house. We all
know how.a somewhat similar act has worked in this
part of the world, and particularly in consequence of the
Scotch juFtices not being able to make out what sort of
an animal a bonctfide traveller is.—l am, sir, your obe-
dient servant, .

A SIMPLE TRAVELLER.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the
ree2ipt of the. 4rst halves of Bank-notes for L4O/. and of
postage stamps for G 3. 4d. from " C. E.," for unpaid
taxes ' • also the second halves of notes for 251. from
W. A.' C. ;" also the first half of a Bank of England
note, No.; 90,442, fur 1001., from "K," for unpaid in-
come-tax'.

The last quotations from the Paris Bourse yesterday
evening exhibit a decline of ,n quarter per cent. At
• Vienna the improvement in the money-market continues,
and there .has been a further decline of 4 per cent. in the
premium on silvtir, and apparently of 2i per cent. in the
,• exchange on London. On the Amsterdam Bourse
stocks
.of most descriptions have improved, and espe-
cially Spanish. • Russian, however, is an exceptign,„aoi,
. has declined three-quarters per cent. 1
• 'rhe general advises from the Continent .yesteiday On:
tain nothing fresh, except that the appearance of the ex-
is rather
.More favourable for this country.
From St. Petrsbnrg the letters mention that transac-
tions'in the New Five per Cent. Loan continue to be
• effected at 94 .to 95. An official notification had just
been issued of , the circumstance mentioned on the
20th ult., namely, that the Danish Legation in
London has been authorised to certify all documents_
hitherto legalised by the Russian Consul, and it is added
that. in France, a similar arrangement has
.been- made
with the Ambassador of Saxony.
.TnE NEW WAR DEPARTMENT.—We have been re-
quested to state that every arrangement which is at
present necessary for the completion of the new esta-
ntishment of clerks, messengers, and officials for the War
DePartment has been finally completed. The regula-
tions being that clerks should be received only from those-
offices which would necessarily transfer their official busi-
ness, much disappointment has no doubt been occasioned
to ssveral hundreds of applicants.—Civil Se-vice Gazette.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN
THE Civil. SERVICE.—Audit-office—Mr. John H. Lewis
has been appointed an assistant.examiner ; and Mr. G.
‘Vbitfield has been appointed a temporary clerk. General
Ptist-office—A junior clerkship in the Inland Depart-
ment is vacant, crtused by the death of Mr. Wilkins,
salary 80/ per annum. Custorns—Messis. A. CaMpbell
arid L. Mostyn, landing waiters of the second class, have
been appointed acting landing surveyors in London ;
and Mr. D. Riordan, principal coast officer at Limerick,
has been promoted to be tide surveyor and assistant
landing waiter at Lowestoft.—Civil .ervice Gazette.
ADOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The following are the names
of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science
arid -practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, July 20 :—John Ince ; Maxwell
Tylden Masters,' Canterbury ; R sbert Mack, Shadwell ;
.Nortlicote William Spicer, Chard, Somerset.
UNMUZZLED DOGS.—The constables of the City police
arj ordered to,destrUy all unmuzzled dogs found in the
oittel' ' -the
streets. during' the .summer months .;.first giving_ notice
of this •
owners of dogs who reside in the
City.—.By order of the Commissioner.