The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000 bales,
including 1,500 American and 1,000 Surat taken
for export and on speculation. The market closed
firmly with prices of American tight, and all other
kinds unchanged. The sales comprised 500 Per-
nam and Maranham at 60. to 71d., 200 Bahia at
6id. to 6d., 600 Egyptain at std. to 9d., 2,000
Surat at 30. to 4d., 200 Sea Island at 11d. to
18. 7d.,. and the remainder nearly all American.
Railway Shares continued to improve.
The bill for the further alteration and amend-
ment of the laws and duties of Customs contains
the following among other provisions :
" Goods not reported may be detained till requisites
complied with.
" Extension of time for perfecting sight entries.
" Commissioners of Customs to permit special entries in
particular cases.
" Entries of arms, &e., to contain the number and de-
scription of the articles.
" Goods not worth the duty and charges in Queen's
Warehouse may be destroyed.
" Ships with cargo to clear.
"Tobacco may be legally imported in packages of 801bs.
weight.
"Prohibited goods not to be shipped from the Channel
Islands to the United Kingdom.
"To place the Bay Islands on the same footing, as the
Bermudas.
"British and Irish spirits prohibited to be brought from
the Isle of Man."
The following clause has been objected to by the
merchants :

" On the re-warehousing in the name of the proprietor
of goods, either by himself or by the warehouse-keeper,
after the expiration of five years from the last preceding
warehousing or re-warehousing thereof under sections 103
and 101 of The Customs Consolidation Act, 1853,' the
Commissioners of Customs may (first being satisfied that
the same are in the warehouse that the packages are en-
tire, and that there is no ground to suspect that there is
any undue deficiency therein) dispense with the re-
weighing, re-gauging, or re-measuring and strict examina-
tion thereof, if they be such as are liable on delivery to
the payment of duty according to the landing weight, mea-
sure, or quantity thereof, and also at the request of the
warehousekeeper or proprietor of the warehouse may (first
being.satisfied as aforesaid) dispense with the re-weighing,
re-gauging, re-measuring, or strict examination on such re-
warehousing as aforesaid, of goods being wines or other
goods the duties whereon are payable at the delivery,
weight, measure, or quantity, and which may be liable to
injury by such re-weighing, re-gauging, re-measuring, or
strict examination; but in either of these cases the ware-
house-keeper or proprietor of such warehouse shall be. liable
at the time of delivery of such goods to pay the duties due
on any deficiency therein not allowed by law which may
then be found to exist, instead of being called upon to
make-good any deficiencies which might have been found
to exist had such re-weighing, re-gauging, re-measuring,
or examination been resorted to at the time of such re-
warehousing,"

The General Weekly Shipping List quotes freights
lownr for Australia, and to other places there is no
Par4cular change. The following are the rates
given per ton of 40 feet :
Australia—. s.
Adelaide 60s to 76
Hobart Town 6O
Launceston 7O
/ Melbourne or Geelong
Wharves 85s to 90
Melbourne or Gee-
long sss to 60
New Zealand lOO
Portland Bay 7O
Swan River
Sydney 50s to 65
New York 3O

Oporto 3O
Palermo
Panama lOO
Feint do Galle 55
Rio Janeiro
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Jamaica 3os to 40
Lima
Madeira
Madras

The Overland Mail from Calcutta and Madras
has arrived at Suez, and is expected here about
the 13th inst.

Accounts from Copenhagen state that a change
of Ministry there was imminent, in consequence of
the importunity of the AlEel. Governments for
permission to winter their ships in certain ports of
the kingdom, and also to lodge the military. in the
towns. Some very inconvenient and onerous ar-
rangements appear to be in existence between Den-
mark and Russia, contracted before the present
war broke out, and unless a direct rupture is in-
tended, the Danish Government would incur great
risk by extending to British ships-of-war the con-
cessions asked. The merchants of the German
Baltic ports are still complaining of the interference
of neutral vessels, and the manner in which they
are overhauled upon the pretext of searching for
contraband of war. This, however, is only what
Might be expected, and if some vigour were
not exercised by our cruisers, we should hear
more cases of the escape of rich prizes. Cap-
tain Jorjau, of the Russian merchant ship
esarowitch had a most valuable cargo from the
East Indies on board, and escaped into Hamburgh,
despite the four cruisers that were looking for him.
For this he has received from St. Petersburg a
a decoration of the third class, of the order of St.
Ann, and the chief pilot has obtained a gold medal
of the Order of Merit attached to the ribbon
Vladimir.
Money in Lombard-street is still in demand, and
in the Stock Exchange it is worth 5 per cent. this
morning, owing to the supply of stock which the
jobbers have to take up.
The Consol market is heavy, owing to a full6r
supply of stock, and the consequent brisker demand
for money. The prices of Consols for transfer have
been 92i to 93, and for the 17th inst. 93 to and
since 92k. The Chancery broker has been selling.
The New 3/ per Cents. have realised 93# to 931,
and the 3 per* Cents. 92i to 93/. Bank Stock has
been rather depressed at 209. Exchequer Bills
have been ls. discount to Is. premium.
Foreign securities have been quiet, but are steady
generally. Equador Bonds have realised 3/, and
Grenada 17i. The Brazilian Small Stock is at
100!. Peruvian Bonds have been done at 69k.
Spanish 3 pet Cent. Deferred Stock is worth in,
ex dividend ; and the Committee's Certificate is at
sh-to
The followipg are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi-
can, 24i to 24i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; Ditto 3 per
Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 'to
41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per
Cents., 83 to 85 ; Spanish New Deferred, 39i to
40i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 39i to 40i ; Ditto Certi-
ca.tes, 5i- to 5! ; Ditto Passive, 4 to 41.
There has been an average business done in the
English lines, the quotations undergoing but slight
alteration, although, upon the whole, scarcely so
good as yesterday. Great Northern are flatter,
Shrewsbury and Birmingham have been at a slight
advance, York and North Midland are maintained,
and Brighton are fluctuating. The foreign lines
have been firm, but very quiet.
In Mining Shares there is no life. The Joint-
Stock Banks have been rather cheaper, and there is
.a decline in the Australian Agricultural Land
shares. Peel River also are flat, and Crystal
Palace rule heavy.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES,

(From the Oficial List.)

Business done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93k 1 2 3k
3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 92a 3 2i
31 per Cent. Annuities 93
New 21 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Bonds, £lOOO .... ...... ...... .....
Ditto, under £1000
Consols for Account 17th August, 93 k 2a
Exchequer Bills, 21d.
21000 ............... Idl p2p 2 dis
2500 2 p
Small 1 4 pm par
Exchequer Bonds Scrip 9Bk
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent .... 93a 4
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 11 per Cent
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 691
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39a x d
. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9l x d
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51 k 1 p c

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Ceut. 12 Guil 6oi 1 x d
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 92i i
Ditto August Account 92 3

PRINCE ALBERT INVITED TO FRANCE.—We read in
the Union : —The French Government has, it is said,
sent Prince Albert an invitation to be present next
month at the manoeuvres at the camp at Boulogne.
The King of the Belgians is said to have promised to
proceed there at the same time with the young King of
Portugal.
FRENCH COURT.—The Emperor was accompanied
during his visit to St: Jean de Luz, close to the Spanish
frontier, by the Empress and her mother, the Countess
of Montijo. After visiting the church they went to the
Maisie, where the Emperor examined the register of the
commune, in which is inscribed the notification of the
Marriage of Louis XIV. with the Infanta Maria Teresa
of Spain. They also visited the house in which the
_.Grand Monargue resided during his stay on that occa-
sion. M. de Persigny, late_ Minister of the Interior,
has arrived in Paris, and proceeds, itis
said, oil a visit
the. Emperor M iris.