The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL_ 24, 1 854,

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The
market closed steadily without alteration. The
sales comprised 4,000 American ; 200 Pernam and
Maranham, at 6d. to bid. ; 200 Egyptian at 6d.
to 10d. ; 350 Surat, at 3d. to 4id. ; and 80 Sea
Island, at Is. ld. to ls. 9d. per lb. Railway Shares
were dull, at rather lower prices.
Wheat is steady at last Monday's prices, but
spring corn tends upwards.
The General Weekly Shipping List gives the cur-
rent rates of freights as follows :—Adelaide, 80s. to
90s. ; Hobart Town, 80s. to 90s. ; Launceston, 85s.
to 100 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong Wharves, 105 s. to
120 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong, 80s. to 90s. ; New
Zealand, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Portland 'Bay, 110 s. to
120 s. ; Swan River, 80s. to 90s. ; Sydney, 80s. tc
90s. ; and Algoa Bay, 455. to 555. per ton.

The steamer Canada has arrived from the United'
States, but her letters will not be delivered until
to-morrow.

• Accounts from Berlin of the 21st inst, state that
the new convention-was signed on the 20th inst.,
and not some days previously as was asserted. The
details given are most important, as tendi,ng to
prove that tye treaty is decidedly hostile to
Russia, and goes far beyond a mere declaration of
neutrality. The necessity of the provinces being
evacuated is distinctly avowed, and Russian aggres-
sion is stigmatised as dangerous to the European
balance of power. •
'The Prussian ambassador at St. Petersburg,
General von Rochow, died in that city a few days
since.

The French Government has appointed a Captain
of the Port for Gallipoli.
During the fortnight ending the 22d inst. the
Hon. East India Company drew bills here on the
thrre presidencies to the amount of 92,4801.
The railway " calls" for May are as follow :

Due. Call. Total.
*Arica and Tacna 2 £2 10 £62,500
*Central of Switzerland l5 1 0 postp.
Dublin and Wicklow 15 2 10 87,500
*Dutch Rhenish l5 1 0 82,483
Great North of Scotland, Ist Pref 8 1 10 45,000
Limerick and Foynes
Newry and Enniskillen (for. shs.) 1 010 unkn.
*Sambre and Meuse Preference
Shrews. & Ches. 5 p cent. Rd. Pref 6 2 0 15,228
South Wales, 201., 4 per cent.
Do. 201., 44 per cent 12 30 78

£398,539

* The proportion called by foreign companies is
158,8331., but the holdings of English proprietors are
not known.

The railway meetings announced are the fot
lowing :

Company. Date. Place, &c.
Antwerp and Rotterdam May 4, Brussels.
Central of Switzerland April 27, Basle.
Demerara
Dublin and Wicklow
East Lancashire...
Eastern of France April 26, Paris.
Great India Peninsula April 28, 3, New Broad-st.
Londonderry and Coleraine May 4, Coleman-st. Bldings
Lyons and Geneva April 27, Paris.
Northern of France '
Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg A.pril29, Paris.
Sambre and Meuse
Southern of France April 27, Paris.

The English Stock Market bas been influenced
unfavourably by the Spanish news, Consols, which
opened at 87i 1, being now 81. to for transfer,
and 87 for account. The New 31- Cents. per
have been 87k to I, and the 3 per Cents. 86k to g.
Bank Stock has been steadier, at 214. Exchequer
Bills have been at par to 4s. premium, and India
Bonds at 2s. discount.

In Foreign Securities there has been very little
doing. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised
361, being lower in consequence of the Barcelona
insurrection. Portuguese Four per Cents. have
been at 37g. Mexican ,Stock is firmer at 24k, and.
Peruvian quiet at GO. Rxisaias Five per Cents.
have,advanced to M and 93k, by sympathy with
an improvement at' Berlin. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per aents. have realised 561.
Railway Shares have been rather higher, though
scarcely so good again within the last hour, owing
to the relapse in the funds. There has not been
much doing. The principal transactions have been
in Caledonian, Great Northern, North-Western,
and Midland. Foreign Shares have been neglected.
The Mining Shares have been steady with a few
bargains in the principal companies. The Land
Shares are dull, and the Banks nominal.

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

Puniness done.
Bank Stock ... 2lll
i per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6s *
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7i # 4 i
New 31 per Cent. Annuities B7 i i
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4 11-16 i
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859.... 41
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5
India Bonds, £lOOO —
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d
Consols for Account 11th May B7i I i
Exchequer Bills, 2d. .

£IOOO
• £5OO , par 4 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 6O
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 37./
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 934 3
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 36i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2} per Cent. 12 Gull 56
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols B7/
Ditto May Account ... B7i

CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cibinet Couacil was held at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday after-
noon. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll,
Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke
of Newcastle, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, and Sir W. Molesworth. The Council sat one
hour and a half. Viscount Palmerston left town after
the Council for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Mar-
quis of Lansdowne took his departure for Bowood-park,
Wilts.
DEATH OF MR. EDWIN ATKINEL—It is with great re-
gret we have to record thej:leath of this enterprising gen-
tleman, who for several years, in conjunction with his
brother John, who is the, present proprietor, had the
management of the Liverpool Zoological Gardens for his
mother. In order to procure some new and curious,eye-
cimens of the animal world, he martea, in 1852,-od the
perilous journey of exploring the almost unknown tracts
of the interior of Africa. He had been most successful
in his daring adventure, having secured several speci-
mens, When death overtook him on a small island on the
White River, a branch of the Nile, in January last. The
melancholy intelligence was communicated to his family
by a latter from her Majesty's consul at Cairo.—Liver-
pool Mercury.
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—On Sa-
turday a numerous company of the nobility and distin-
guished amateurs of the fine arts visited the gallery of
the Society of Painters in Water Colours in Pall Mall
East, previous to its being opened to the publio. Among
the company were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne the Dowager-Countesss of Morley,
the Bishops of Winchester and Lichfield, the Hon.
Richard Cavendish, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Robert Inglis,
and many of the members of the Royal Academy. _
STEAM-VESSELS.-13y a parliamentary return, printed
yesterday, the whole number of steam-vessels registered
in the United Kingdom between Jan. 1, 1852, and
Jan. 1, 1854, was 1,375 vessels, with an aggregate
tonnage of 248,623 tons, giving an average of 180 tons
to each vessel. The largest is the Himalaya, of .3,508
tons, iron, screw, belonging to the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Stearn Navigation Company, 340 feet in length, and
44 feet 4 inches in breadth, registered Dec. 9, 1853 ;
and the smallest is the Revolution, belonging to the
Earl of Dundonald, of 7 tons, 45 feet 6 inches in length
and 7 feet 2in breadth, registered May 16, 1833. The
oldest is the Ann and Jane, of 27 tons, exclusive of en-
gine-room, registered at Newcastle, Jan. 17, 1825.
EARL BEAUCHAMF.—WORCESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.
—A public dinner was held at the Shire-hall in this city
this evening, to celebrate the accession of Earl Beau-
champ' to the peerage, and to present him With a testi-
monial for his services as member for the county of
Worcester. The chair was taken by the Right Hon.
Sir John S. Pakington, Bart., M.P., and men of all
politics were present, incletding Lord Ward, Viscount
Elmley, M.P., Colonel Rushout, M.P., Mr. J. H. H.
Foley, M.P., Mr. Laslett, M.P., Hon. Mr. Coventry,
Hon. and Rev. Thomas Coventry, Hon. and Rev. W.
W. C. Talbot, Sir 0. P. Wakeman, Bart., Sir E. H.
Lechmere, Bart., Sec. The testimonial consisted of a
full-length portrait of the noble and gallant earl—late
General Lygon—by Mr. Grant, R.A. and bore at the
foot the following :—" This portrait Of Lieutenant-Ge-
neral the Earl Beauchamp was presented to him on his
accession to the peerage, after representing the western
division of the county of Worcester in Parliament for
the period of thirty-six years, by his friends and late
constituents of all political opinions, in testimony of
their appreciation of his consistent public character and
high private worth.",