The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

AND
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed
heavily. The sales amounted to 4,000 bales, in-
cluding 3,500 American, 600 of which were for
export, and 200 Egyptian at sill. to Bd. per lb.
The railway market opened flatly, but improved
subsequently.
This morning the corn market is very firm, al-
though buyers are not operating largely.
The tallow market has advanced 6d. to 9d. per
cwt. this morning, in consequence of the Russo-
Turkish news.

The proaable extent of corn importation during
the present year is exciting much curiosity as well
as comment, and it seems difficult to arrive at a
conclusion that will satisfy all parties. On the one
hand, the most exaggerated calculations have been
made, and on the other, there is not a due appre-
ciation of our wants. Even in the year 1847, when
we undoubtedly required an unusually large supply
to cover the deficit in our home cultivation, the
importation was not above one-third of what
some parties are predicting now. According
to last night's Gazette, nearly one million of
quarters of wheat were imported during the month
ending the sth inst. into the whole of the United
Kingdom, and about 381,000 cwt. of flour. The
whole of this was immediately cleared for home
consumption, and there were at the date just
named, only 637 quarters of wheat, and 7 cwt. of
flour. Previously, 1,800,00 quarters of wheat,
and 2,800,000 cwt. of flour were introduced. This,
therefore, gives the total for the present year up to
the sth inst. It has been justly remarked, that a
fair importation of graM has a great effect upon
prices, and hence, should we once conquer the de-
mand, or in other words, getan excess of supply there
would be a decline in prices. In our own view,
such a decline would be undesirable if there was
the slightest risk of our not receiving in conse-
quence an adequate quantity to cause cheapness,
and as the winter is always a time of trial, we
should prefer a large introduction of course, even
at some sacrifice, provided there was a subsequent
moderate range of prices. A great deal of exag-
geration is usually indulged in with regard
to the possibility of procuring ships for the con-
veyance of food, but just now there unques-
tionably are some novel difficulties. Ships
can much more readily obtain freight than for
many years past, and the chief point to which we
may look for relief, is, that our Foreign and Colo-
nial trade wall be getting slacker, and, conse-
quently, there will be more vessels disengaged.
Last week duty was paid upon about 84,000 qrs.
of wheat, 61,000 qrs. of oats, and 64,000 cwt. of
flour.

. The very serious character of the political intel-
ligence received this morning has occasioned much
disappointment, and its effect upon the funds is
chronicled below. The Russian answer to the
modified proposals of Turkey shows clearly a
reliance upon the allied Powers in the way of
coercive action upon Turkey, for Count Nes-
selrode distinctly mentions, if the French text
be correct, that he has no doubt the Powers
which have taken so much trouble in the mat-
ter, will insist upon the Sultan agreeing.
Whether, upon finding his mistake, he will recede
from his opposition is considered improbable. An-
other circumstance which excites much uneasiness
is the assertion that Austria has forwarded instruc-
tions to Cons:;antinople to the purport that, if the
Ottoman Porte does not accept the Vienna note, it
will withdraw from the alliance with the other
Powers. This might be intended to intimidate
Turkey ; for, whatever may. be said to the
contrary, Austria is more interested in the
preservation of peace than the other Powers that
have taken up the mediation. It is feared that
this altered phase of affairs may cause additional
stringency in the money market, and perhaps ac-
celerate an enhancement in the Bank of England
rate of discount, especially as the Foreign Ex-
changes yesterday afternoon were generally lower,
and there are arrangements in progress for export-
ing further large amounts of bullion both to the
Continent and China.

The market for English Stocks has been very
weak, in consequence of the intelligence above re-
ferred to, and would probably have gone worse but
for the belief still expressed that there may be a
pacific arrangement, and that England and France
may counsel the acceptance of the Vienna note.
Consols have been 94i to 95, for Transfer and 95 to
for Account. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to Bs. dis-
count, and India Bonds par to ss. premium.
South Sea Stock has been at 1141.
A fair business is doing in foreign securities.
Mexican Bonds are 24 to 251, and Peruvian been
done at 78. Buenos Ayres Stock is 63A. Portu-
guese 4 per Cents. are 44, and Spanish Deferred
Bonds 221 Sardinian Stock is at 931 to 94.
Dutch 4 per Cents. bring 971 to A.
The Railway Share Market has been about per
cent. lower for the English undertakings with more
numerous sales. French Shares are not so good
as they opened ; Strasbourg having been then at
15s. better, and now only ss. above yesterday's
values.

Gold Mine Shares are duller, Australian Banks
firm, and Land Companies' weak.

'BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( Prom the Official List.)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 41 5
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 5 p
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, id.
£l000
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Avres Bo ids, 6 per Cent 63i
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bords, 4'; per C 31.;.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 •ner Cent 931 3 4
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto ;:or tl:e Account 46g
Spanish New Deered, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 21per Cent. 12 Guil ..... 64
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates.
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols 95
Ditto October Acc0unt..............._

THE GOLD DIGGER ROBBED AGAlN.—Yesterday a
woman by the name of Mary Keighley was tried at the
Westminster Sessions, and sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment, for stealing a pocket-book and 1501. in bank
notes, the property of Thomas Hollis, who has recently
arrived in this country after a successful trip to the dig-
gings. After the trial was over, and the prosecutor
having obtained his money, he went on the drink,
and in the course of the evening made his way into
Oxford-street, followed, no doubt, by some of the
wide-awake characters, who are usually to be found in the
vicinity of police-courts and sessions-houses during the
time of business, and having enticed their victim into
a public-house they made him drunk, and under the
pretence of making his money safe, he allowed them to
take it out of his pocket-book, and wrap it up in paper,
which they appeared to do. They then placed it in his
fob, and, wishing him good night, walked off with their
booty. About an hour afterwards Hollis discovered his
loss, and, almost in a state of madness, rushed to the
station-house and acquainted the police of the circum-
stance. No trace has as yet been discovered to lead to
a knowledge of the thieves.
THE MAILs.--The Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company's steam-ship Ripon, Captain R.
Moresby, 1.N., took her departure yesterday afternoon
for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the usual
semi-monthly mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India,
China, and the Eastern Archipelago. Besides a full
general cargo, the Ripon takes out an immense freight
of specie, comprising 1,570 packages, of the total value
of 429,0701. sterling. The number of passengers by this
steamer is 130, among whom is the on. Major Gene-
ral Anson (late chairman of the London and North-
Western Railway Company), who proceeds to India to
assume the Command-in-Chief of the Bengal Presi-
dency ; also the Hon. Captain Grey, R.N., for
Gibraltar ; Lieutenant Smart, for Ho.:g-Kong ; Lady
Buchanan, Captains Pownall and Wright, and Lieu-
tenants Lyon and Connolly, for Malta. A portion
of the surveying and engineering staff of the Bombay,
Baroda, and Central India Railway likewise goes out by
the Ripon, comprising Messrs. Kennedy, Taylor, Sim-
monde, Galland, Rumble, Jacob, Carey, Galway, and
Shephern. The remaining members proceed to India by
the packet of the 4th of October, and the party will
immediately on arrival commence surveying the pro-
posed line, pursuant to an agreement for its con-
struction with the East India Company. The
Euxine, with the heavy portion of the East India,
China, and Mediterranean mails (the overland express
in anticipation of which reached London on Mon-
day), is expected to reach Southampton on Saturday
or Sunday next. The Madrid, with mails from Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, is also due on the
24th inst. The United States' mail steamship Her-
mann, Lieutenant Higgins, U.S.N., Commander, with
dates from New York to the 10th inst., is expected to
arrive off Cowes, en ron'e to Bremen, on Friday next.
The Royal mail steam-ship Solent, Captain Jellico, is
appointed to take out the West India and Gulf of
Mexico mails on the 2d proximo. The Camilla, a
steamer belonging to the West India▪ Mail Company,
intended for the Rio Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos
Ayres mail service, went out on a trial trip yesterday,
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