The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-23 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET
AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
21118 sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
esti/nated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American
1_444(.15°0 Surat were taken for export and on specu-
-71.?r4 The market was steady, but closed tamely,
without change in prices.
The sales comprised
pi., American, 200 Pernam and Maranham, at
Zt; to rid.; 120 Bahia, at 64d. to 71d.; 300 Egyp-
. 'at °id. to 9d.; and 1,000 Surat, at 2d. to 4id.
nr, lb. Railway shares were dull, and prices had
" downward tendency.
(-Menial produce has been taken freely this week,
44d Prices have tended upwards. Holders of
have evinced much firmness, and some kinds
re coffee are dearer. Tea has been in increased
sullies% and a further advance is expected. The
atPl3hee of tallow are limited. Saltpetre has been
ricegher rates, and rice is firmer, owing to the
do in grain. In spices a fair business has been
t Ile. Cotton is quiet, but steady. There has
oemore eit
inquiry for hemp, and prices have risen.
Theas advanced 10s. per cwt.
to
last week's railway receipts ascertained up
this day are in round figures as under
great w 1853. 1852.
ester!'
"rth-We t s ern 47,0A 3 45,791
bnilo-Western
midland
'4-1.(11 10,019 10,004
Bentil.n
eal Eastern.
err, lonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 13,973 12,534
Lav Northern
Shurebane
and Yorkshire 17,041 17,478
general meeting of the shareholders in the
.reath Australian Company, held this morning, a
r? favourable report was made, and the next
ntend, it was stated, would be equal to the last.
the report, which is merely supplementary, it is
ined by the Directors that-
tnti(c'ee transactions embraced are for the six months
)4_24 the 30th April last, and such information as has
41,7, recently come to hand. Advices have been re-
ed to the 28th September, giving a gratifying ac-
00to of the prosperity of the Colony, in which this
hi:4"Y has participated. At no former period have
denteeeantr been in a more rosperous and indepen-
. 4,,keitiony , and your rents so well paid.
e amount received from the ordinary sources of
'l.l, anent income during the half-year has been 10,025/.
7`,741r. Giles writes in September, that 'there are now
said egsels of an aggregate tonnage of 6,031 tons loading
the lAischarging alongside the company's wharves, and
'3o‘...lided warehouses are nearly full of goods.'
yeti New leases have been granted of 1,197 acres of
nor: country lands, at rents varying from 3s. to ss. per
acre, an ef the mineral lands at Mount Barker 1,000
avie forda dairy farm at 2s. per acre, and 102 acres for
and illtural purposes at 2s. to 4s. per acre ; the minerals
the „the right of working them being reserved. Although
that ef the latter is low the directors are pleased to see
eeellintencement, has been made in letting the surface
hap Is valuable property for such a purpose. They are
he0.,1537fd50 to state that the attention of the Colonists is
orinnrileg to he again directed to Copper mining. A 'let
fierce, near to the Kanmantoo Mine, has been
qui:llcl t.o a party who had formerly worked it, but relin
e" his holding for the gold digging of Victoria, at
good royalty and a bonus paid for the lease.
tai;Seyeral sections of land, suburban to Adelaide, con-
bee 655 acres, the leases of which had expired, have
to/1 re-let at an advance of rent varying from ss. to lls.
r acre ; and Mr. Giles writes that for other leases about
20,1e,xPire, he fully expected to obtain a similar increase.
Laci" Acres of Country land, more distant perm, Adelaide,
Sales
relet at an advance of ls. to 3s. cre.
ilic'eles of Land.-It has not been the wish of the
of ptors to sell land to any extent in the present state
)na,"e Colony. The only sales advised up to September
oil e
tar two acres in Adelaide for 350/. each, five small
.ef °ill/lents at Port Adelaide for 8501., being at the rate
per acre, and fifteen allotments at Port Wil-
of AI Township, f about half an acre each, at the rate
et,,v`• Par acre. And to tenants exercising their right
P l'eeinption, the sales have consisted of 288-i acres of
o„e_ country lands, and two small portions (about one
41, 1e) of a town acre for 1,473/., being at the rate of
4er. 15-8- per acre for the country lands, and 4001. per
doe for the town portions.
.Emigration to the colony has proceeded satisfactorily
Cilia the present year. The return of the greater
netliber of the colonists from the gold diggings, and the
of nearly 2,000 immigrants at Adelaide, up to
e end of June, hadincreased the population to up-
,"ards of 72,000 ; and the amount remitted to her Ma-
JeatY's Commissioners by the Local Government is ade-
oNte to the passage-morey of an addition of 8,000 in
ne current year, and an equal number may be calculated
41 for 1854.
~::The opening of the navigation of the Murray is pn
th,itt go fraught with advantage to South Australia,
genche directors cannot omit allusion to it. Intern -
Siva: tag been received of the arrival of the steamer at
120 - es, astation in the colony of Victoria, about
floes up up the Murray, and only 70 miles distant
to 111,240unt Alexander gold fields. She was expected
hr;"ve early in October at the Goolwa, with
ha return
ate ef wool being the beginning of a traffic, t e va
ka7t "tent of which it is impossible at present to est-
e.
eoh4,3The directors have only to add, that the prosperous
•tlite-‘44 tion of the colony, and the favourable accounts
that
re-
, thiatlY received, give them every reason to believe that
the
polar have the pleasure of submitting to you at
polar annual meeting in June a most satisfactory re-
' t
,"4 your affairs."
01.4 the commencement of business this morning
-nilB°l3 1_
- were comparatively firm at 941 the re-
that Lord Palmerston would return to the
1.01.1•
tc, 1847 giving great satisfaction, as it was under-
-111,-,11.(4 his views would be adopted. Afterwards,
irerver, some weakness was observable, and a de-
ts;:,..a Occurred to 94* upon sales by an influential
er• At this moment there is a sudden fall to 93*
)1,,` '
}PI a rumour that Baron Brunnow and M. de
--'l4seleff are about to quit London and Paris, and
alth
re:ligh this is considered warlike, we seldom
lnber to have witnessed the expression of
..aor
• h 4 se unfeigned satisfaction in City circles, or to
toVe heard more uncomplimentary phrases applied
the representatives of any foreign power. The
DA
aeral remark is that it would have been better if
N., of Y had been requested to leave long ago, instead
4°llr having a discretion in the matter. Bank
4 kias -
te*
•is dull at 219. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to
,' • Pta. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
'the
r being 96k, have dropped to 95k.
pollere has been a good deal of business doing in
eat'e,lll Stocks, and prices are generally rather
-vier
P 4410, • Brazilian New 41 per Cents. have been
'h,14."43, at 921, and Buenos Ayres at al. Mexican
L'!ixoe 41111 at 241, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. have
:,,;,;tart been higher than 68/. There have been steady
gains in Spanish Deferred at 22 to k, and in
ortur„
ee tiliese 4 per Cents. at 43i. Russian 5 per
%Zt
s. have been 112 to 112 f ; Belgian 41 per
s.) 95i and 95/ ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 961.
tii'llwaY Shares have ruled rather lower again,
6de .
e ine being about ss. to 10s. in some instances.
1.44/la,th-Westerns. have bees 103. to 11. worse.
14,,,,1'ern Counties keep steady. Caledonian have
IP:. about I lower, and others in proportion.
non Shires are a little weaker, but Luxembourg
tolerably well.
441 1314 the Gold Mine Shares there is not much doing,
they maintain their value.
ljewiLthe Joint Stock Banks there have been very
transactions, and the Land Companies are dull.

• ipt
FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom the Oficial List.)
Business done.
Stook .
9ellt. Reduced Anntolies 94a
a pe• ,jent. consols Annu4t;es shut
I.,ievr%eent. Anno!lies, 1726
1.01,„ual per Cent. Annuities 96/ 6 1
Cah"lllluities Expire sth Jan., 1860 51 5-16
4)la for Opening 18th Jan.
'Rem, 911; ti 8 I
leer Bills, ld.
1000 '
3 p
• 5.‘15°13s.‘15°13
................ 36 P
trian: .........................

3 6 P
......
P
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4.10.
,ra,,• OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
• ii:l'l44 Bokds, 5 per Cent.
921 x d
t.
eat() v
u New, 1852, 4.4 pc,r Cent
65
1),411):N Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
831 4i
ke,!sit tonde; 1825, 3 per Cent
24.
1,,,1. lean 3 per Cent.
63
l'ot,:,!art Bonds, 41 per Cent. L 43.1;
RoEsi:lies° Bo*, 4 per Cent
St ll-
iih„ ."11 110148,1822, 5 per Cent. X 0.)1
''‘ll4ll New Deferred, 3 per Cont. 4,...,8 lathipt,_ Dividends on the above payable in Londonn,.l a x
d
blitZ,,ll3nxis 4i per Cent. ex. 25 fr
'44ehall L Cent. 12 Gull
bilk., ,22 Per96l
-- 4 per Cent. Certifieates .....
r„.iNso
is for
opening
18th
January
yALF-PA 5937; TWO.v

to,.o_,At
txrr COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes-
-13-41,47 afternoon at the Foreign Office. The Ministers
the Pt Were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell,
of 1,-,(1- Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke
•
• 4,,ZeWcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
ee`uh "Y lierbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The
crsat five hours and a half.
WALL.—At meeting of the directors just held,
ti runel was requested to take steps for the construe-
. iarzf
wthhpiesieiction of this line between Saitash and Lis-frco 1 will complete the contract for the entire
4YMOilth to Falmouth,