The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMIURCIAL.
INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA Y.)

CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,,500 Ame-
rican were taken for export and on speculation.
The market closed with more animation ; compared
with Friday's rates prices of American were ex-
treme, other kinds without alteration. The sales
comprised 6,000 American, 20 Pernam an d Maran-
ham at 6gd., 500 Egyptian at 6kd. to 64d., 600
Egyptian at 6id. to Bd., 1,000 Surat at 31d. to
4d., and 60 Sea Island at ls. 9d. to 2s. Bd. per lb.
Railway Shares were firmer.
A draft of a bill brought into Parliament for
regulating the weights used in sales of bullion has
been published. The object is to legalise the weight
ordinarily used, namely the troy ounce, and other
denominations which are multiples or decimal parts
of such ounce, and the act provides that, in future,
all contracts made and sales of gold, silver, platina,
diamonds, and other precious stones, shall be legal
if determined by the troy ounce, being the stan-
dard or unit of weight. Models of these weights
are to be made and verified under the direction of
the Treasury, and the contents of the weights are
to be stamped thereon.

In an account of all gold, silver, and copper
moneys of the realm, coined at the Mint during the
first three months of the present year, it appears
that there were no less than 4,335,3571. 10s. 7d. in
sovereigns and half-sovereigns 38,2141. in florins,
42,372/. in shillings, and 12,0781., in sixpences.
The fourpenny and other silver pieces represented
92,8621. There was no copper coinage carried on.
In a letter addressed by IL Bellenden Ker, Esq.,
to the Lord Chancellor, on the subject of the cost
of registration of assurances, it is stated that the
expense would be about 15,0001. a-year, and that
a building of the size of Lincoln's-inn-Hall, divided
into three storeys, would be calculated to contain
all the necessary documents for the next 120 years.
The memorials usually run about an eighth of the
length of the deeds, but in future, under a
general registration act, there would be an
abridgment of the documents. The average
expense for registering the deed would be about
1/. 55., but this would be diminished upon sums
under 1001. The stamps now are less onerous than
they were. At present the cost of registering a
deed of ordinary length in Middlesex is 21. 195.,
and if there is a plan on the conveyance this is in-
creased to 4/. Is. Where the title is complex, from
251. to 501. is often paid. The usual charge for
searching a title by solicitors is at the rate of 6s.
Bd. per hour.

There has been no change in the English Stocks
upon the majority in favour of the Budget, and
this is considered rather singular a circumstance,
looking at the confident predictions of those who
are friendly to the plan. It would seem that the
income tax is as unpopular among capitalists as it
will be among the humbler classes affected by it.
Consols have been quoted wai for Transfer and
100 i to 101 for Account. The New 3; per
Cents. have realised 103 k to 1038, and the 3 per
Cents. 100 to I. Bank Stock has been firm at 227 to
228. East India Stock has realised 2601 to 2621,
and South Sea Stock has been done at 1151. Ex-
chequer Bills are not higher than par to ss. prem.
East India Bonds have been 255. to 285., the fall
of Saturday not being recovered. Several mem-
bers of the Stock Exchange are still absent from
business.

In the Foreign Market there has been a decline
in Greek Bonds which opened at 10i for the red,
and have since been done at 10. Spanish 3 per
Cents. have been firmer at 24i toil, and the Cer-
tificates 6g. Mexican Bonds are quiet at 27* to
Peruvian 4 per Cents. have been marked 89, and
the Deferred 69. In Dutch 2i per Cents. there
have been numerous transactions at 65i- to 66k.
The rowing is a translation of a letter from the
Spanish Minister of Finance
" Madrid, April 26, 1853.

"Sir,—The affair to which your communication of
the 16th instant refers, has been submitted to the Cortes
for discussion, as a project of law presented by my pre-
decessor.
"The Government not having the faculty to adopt
any resolution in an affair which regards exclusively the
Chambers, it is impossible for me to resolve this question
in the manner you desire.
"I take advantage of this opportunity t• repeat my-
self your obedient servant,
(Signed) "MANTJEL BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO.
"To Daniel Weisweiller, Esq."

The Railway Share Market is very firm, and with
rather an increased business doing. French shares
are supported.

The -Gold Mine Shares are rather fluctuating.
Great Nugget do not rise upon the official an-
nouncement that the dividend will probably amount
to 33 per cent. Agua. Fria Shares are rather lower.
The Land Companies' Shares have been firm but
quiet, except Scottish Australian, which are better.
The Bank Shares are steady.
The railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowing :

Company. Date. Place.
London and South-Western May 19, 34, York-road,

'Lambeth.

Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire
Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, Paris.
Paris and Rouen May 3, Paris.
South Yorkshire May .12, London Tavern.
The sums called for in May by the various rail•
way companies are as follows :

Amount.
Great North of Scotland, original 10/ £27,686
Ditto ditto, Ist Preference 30,000
Great Southern and Western, Ireland, 4 per

cent Pref
56,250
Killarney Junction 15,000
Lake Constance and Basle 72,000
Maryport and Carlisle, 4i per cent., 121. 10s unknown
Norfolk Debenture Shares 101,340
"West Flanders, 51 per cent. Pref 40,000

£343,276
The proportion called by foreign companies is
112,0001., but the holdings of English proprietors
are not known.

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

Bank Stock

-
- Business done.
228 7

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under 21000 23 5 --;;:: , ,
_
South Sea Stock ...... . ..... ............. ......
South Sea Old Annuities 994 14,
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills lid. June. 4; March.
£lOOO par 5 p 5 1
£5OO 5

Small 5
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent lOOl
Equador Bonds
Greek Bonds, Red

Ditto, Blue
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4` per Cent.
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 4BB
Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deferred —
Ditto for the Account 248 i
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun sa p c
Dividends on the above payable In London.
Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Guil.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 961 5
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols....
Ditto May Account 9• • lOOl 1

DINNER AT TUE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor
last night entertained at dinner the judges, a certain
number of official dignitaries, and a few literary men.
There was, as usual, the average sprinkling of legal gran-
dees. After the customary toasts (Mr. Ingersoll having
in one replied nobly for his own country), the Chief Baron
of the Exchequer proposed the Lord Mayor, and then
Mr. Justice • Talfourd gave the health of Mr. Charles
Dickens, and in proposing it passed a just eulogy on
Mrs. Beecher Stowe, who was present. Mr. Dickens,
in reply, said some happy words of compliment about
Mrs. Stowe.

NAVAL AND •MILITABY BIBLE SOCIETY.—The seventy-
third anniversary meeting of the friends of this society
was held yesterday, at Willis's Rooms ; the Marquis of
Cholmondeley presiding. The report of the committee
announced that during the year more than 23,000 copies
of the Scriptures had been circulated, and more would
have been distributed but for a want of funds. Since
its formation, the society had distributed the enormous
number of 578,688 copies of the Scriptures, both amongst
the land and naval forces of the country, and amongst
the seamen of the mercantile marine. The many agents
of the society had manifested their usual zeal in the
work of distribution, as shown in the result of their
labours. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1,310 bibles and
testaments were circulated in the past year. The agent
on the river Thames issued 954 copies; the Port of Hull
Society, 1,055 ; at Plymouth '746 were issued ; at
Portsmouth, 829; at Liverpool, 2,823 ; 910 were issued
by the British and Foreign Sailors' Society ; 960 copies
at Dover ; 424 at Cardiff; Leeds, 379 ; Falmouth, 296;
at Dartmouth, 270 ; Newcastle, 268 ; and Redruth,
323. The total cash receipts for the year amounted to
2,1011. 15s. lid., and the total payments were
2,1021. 18s. 9d., which, with a balance from last year,
left a present balance of 681. 3s. sd. The balance was,
however, merely nominal, as there was an outstanding
debt of 7861. for 10,000 Bibles, which the Committee
had felt it their duty to procure, in order to be prepared
for any demand for the supply of the military, in conse-
quence of the offer made to commanding officers. A
small effort on the part of the friends of the society
would speedily liquidate this claim.