The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500
American taken for export and on speculation.
The market closed heavily, with prices of American
id. per lb. lower. The sales comprised 6,000 Ame-
rican ; 190 Pernam and Maranham, at 61d. to Bfd. ;
20 Bahia, at 6d. to 61d. ; 200 Egyptian, at aid.
to 9d. ; 500 Surat, at 3d. to 41d. ; and 130 Sea
Island, at Is. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Railway shares
continued inactive.
In colonial produce, this week, the trans-
actions have been to a moderate extent,
and prices have not altered much. Sugar has
rather improved within the last two days ; coffee
has been in full supply, and therefore prevented
from rising ; rice has been firmer, owing to the
advance in grain ; tallow and hemp have been
maintained ; saltpetre has had a moderate sale ;
cotton has been dull ; and tea has gone off pub-
licly without much animation.
To-morrow, being the Queen's birthday, will be
a holiday at the Custom-house, Excise, Stamp and
Law offices, and at the Docks, but not at the
Bank of England, Exchequer, South Sea, or India
House.

The following ships have been accepted by her
Majesty's Emigration Commissioners :—For New-
castle, New South Wales, the Ellenborough ; for
Adelaide, the Dirigo to go from Liverpool, and
from Hobart Town the Columbo.
The remainder of the letters by the overland
mail, brought via Southampton, are expected here
on the 24th inst.
The Highbury, arrived off the coast from Ade-
laide, South Australia, brings 16,469 ounces of
gold.

There will be a large amount of shipping re-
quired by the Emigration Commissioners, judging
by their constant invitations for tenders within the
last month or two. A notice just out requires a
vessel for Portland Bay to leave England, June
30, another for Sydney on the same day, and a
third for Melbourne, on the 4th of July. Three
ships are also needed at Calcutta early in October,
November, and December, to take coolies to

Demerara.
In a Parliamentary paper issued this morning,
the balance of public income at the Bank of Eng-
land, on the sth April last, is given at 2,096,5431.,
and the balance of credits at 242,4771.
The Commissioners of Swings Banks held, an
on the 25th April last, 14,281,656/. in 3 per Cent.
Stock, 17,938,7101. in 3i per Cents., 31,900/. in
New 2i per Cents., and 700,0001. in Exchequer
Bills.

The amount of gold exported direct from London
during the week to last Thursday was 12,69►7
ounces, and of silver 122,800 ounces and 2,00041.
The gold was sent principally to France, and th e
silver to Holland.
It is reported that the new agent to be recom -
mended by the Committee of Mexican Bondholder
as the successor of Mr. Falconnet, is Mr. Rickaraq,
a gentleman who has resided in Mexico, and :is
personally acquainted with Santa Ansa.

The English stock market has been very buoy-
ant, and as it is known that a leading Hebre w
firm has been a buyer to some extent, even at the
high prices, many parties are emboldened to invest
or to speculate for a rise. The conviction is now
more than ever decided that Russia will be worstod
most signally before long, and that if the allies aot
vigorously she cannot possibly hold either th e
Danubian provinces or the Crimea. Consols
have been at to per cent. higher, namely,
89 to 89i for transfer, and 89 to for account..
The New 3i per Cents. have been 881 to 89, and
and the 3 per Cents. 81 to 88k. Bank Stock has
been steady at 205. Exchequer Bills have been at
ls. discount to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds

at 10s. discount. The Exchequer Bonds hs .ve been
at to premium.
Foreign Stocks have been very quiet. A lexican,
however, have improved to 245 Russian 5 per
Cents. have been 95, and the 45 per ot!nts. 81,
being steady. Dutch 25 per Cents. have been 58/
to 594. Sardinian Bonds have realised 83 4. Spa-
nish 3 per Cents. have been at 39.
For the English Railway Shares there :has been
a better inquiry, and quotations have advanced.
Caledonian are very firm, Great Northern' ss. to
10s. higher, North-Western about dearier, Mid-
land have improved 10s. to 155., and. South-
Eastern, North British, and Edinburgh an .d Glas-
gow are rather higher. The French lin►es have
been in request--Strasburg at an improvement of
and Lyons of 4 to f.
Aqua Fria Mine Shares have advanced 4. The
other gold mines are nominal.
There is continued buoyancy in the at-Stock
Bank Shares, with numerous bargains. Austra-
lasia and Oriental are particularly good.
The Shares of the Land Companies are well sup-
ported, and with fair transactions. Crysta al Palace
Shares are a shade higher.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAL—CLOSING PRICES
(Prom the Official List.)

Bub Was done.
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities BB} '7ll 81 7i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B9} 9
New 3} per Cent. Annuities BBi 9 81)
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -115 11-16
India Bonds, .Cl000
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account tth Juno
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
£l000
2500 1 d 2 p
Exchequer Bonds Scrip
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Mexican 3 per Cent.
P:ruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 621
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ 5t...., 95
Ditto 41 per Cent Bl
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. .......... 831
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent l9} 19
,livldends on the shove payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Gull. ~, 58i 94
THREE O'CLOCK.
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COriSOIS
iato June Ceoll 'it

THE CITY OF GLASGOW STEAMER.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—A. private letter was received
here this morning from a gentleman in Dublin, statin,
that a clergyinttn named Babiegton, residing in t:he
county Derry, Ireland, had received a letter from a pa‘s
seeger on board the above missing vessel, named Smyliet
stating that the vessel had foundered at sea, and tha.
the passengers had been picked up and landed on the
coast of Africa. This letter was at once placed in the
hands of the owners of the City of Glasgow, Meslrs.
Richardson, Brothers, and Co., who, on reference to the
list, found there was agentleman named Smylie on board,
although it had been inserted in the published list as
"Smalley." It seems improbable that the passenger
should have landed on the coast of Africa, as the latest
accounts (the 14th of April) make no mention of the oc-
currence. In order to relieve the public anxiety, the
fullest inquiries will be made by the owners, and the re-
sults published at the earliest possible moment.

THE COURT.—We understand that her Majesty and
the Prince Consort, accompanied by the youthful Royal
family, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace on
Monday next for Osborne House, Isle of Wight, where
the Queen will remain in comparative retirement until
the Bth of June, when the Court will return to London
until Ascot Races, when a distinguished circle will be
invited to meet the young Monarch. Don Pedro V.,
King of Portugal, who, according to present arrange-
ments, will embark from Lisbon for England on the 26th
inst. Her Majesty's birthday, on Wednesday next, will
be privately celebrated at Osborne. The state birthday,
including the illuminations and other rejoicings, will
take place to-morrow.
Tau MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor entertained
last evening at the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, a dis-
tinguished party. Covers were laid for 120, and among
the company present we observed—the Mayor of Staf-
ford, the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, the Earl of
Harrowby, the Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Calthorpe, the
Lord Bishop of Lichfield, the Lord Bishop of Chester,
Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Sandon, the Rev. the Mas-
ter of Christ's College, Cambridge, the Rev. the Registrar
of Cambridge, the Rev. the Public Orator of Cambridge,
Mr. Charles Bowyer Adderley. M.P., Mr. Smith Child,
M.P., Mr. J. A. Wise, M.P., Mr. A. J. Otway, M.P.,
Mr. Charles Forster, M.P., Mr. Thomas Thornely, M.P.,
Mr. Samuel Christy, M.P., Mr. William Jackson,
M.P., Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., Mr. Austen Henry
Layard, M.P., Sir William Ross, R.A., Mr. David
Urquhart, M.P., Mr. John Frederick Stanford, Dr.
Leapingwell, the Rev. Joseph Shaw, the Rev. William
Francis
Mansell Gunson, the Rev. John Hayes, the Rev.
Samuel Cheetharn, the Rev. Joseph Wolstenholme, Dr.
Jeffreys Burn
Woodham, the Rev, the Rector of Segworth, the Rev.
Stephen Parkinson, Mr. Henry Besant, the Rev. Jambs
Wolverhampton,
Rev. Jarr.ies Otley, the Rev.
John Couch PAatdeatitilteheiteßve. valGw.aMrd. HM°urrireaYy;, Mthr (.‘
Mayor ofF the Mayor of Walsall, the
Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Mayor of Tam
worth, the magistrates of the borough of Stafford, the
Aldermen and Councillors of the borough of Stafford,&c.