The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

RAILITAIN.

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On 55 tons, 13 cwt., 3 qrs., 9 ozs.,
at 18438 £5,346,336
" Exchange on London —Drafts against gold taken
at 3 per cent. prem. Freight of gold delivered at the
Bullion-office, London, sd. per ounce. Insurance,
free of, or 5 per cent. to cover war risk."
The state of the mercantile markets is thus re-
corded :
" Notwithstanding the continuance of fine weathe
f nearly a fortnigl twe regret that we have still to re
port a depressed market. Indeed, we hear from persons
engaged in every department of trade that they have
never experienced a duller week than that now ended,
and there in no expectation of a decided improvement
for at least a couple of months.
" Itussian staples, such as cordage, canvass, bags,
woolpacks, are held for high prices, but there is little in-
quiry, and few or no transactions at present prices.
" Flour has fallen. The best Adelaide is offered at
321. ; Launceston at 28/. ; and Chili at 301. Sales of
Gallego are reported at 655. in the Bay, which is equal
to 675. 6d. in town.
" Liquors of all kinds are dull at our quotations ex-
cept bottled port, for which there is some demand.
"Ironmongery is still dull. Cooking-stoves, cam- I
plete, are sold at 50 to 75 per cent. on the invoice. It
must be a very good assortment to realise the latter
price. •
" Hoop iron, lead, and rolled zinc have declined.
"There is a slight improvement in linseed-oil, chiefly
in raw, in consequence of the scarcity of black and sperm
oils. ft is used for manufacturing purposes.
"PotatJes have risen considerably during the week,
• and a good article is scarce.
"Prime ham and bacon are in demand.
" Scotch oatmeal is very firm at 28s. per cwt.
"Prime Dutch butter, in 14-lb. kegs, has been sold
at 2s. per lb.
" American vinegar is quite unsaleable ; also codfish.
"The resrket is very heavily stocked with slates ; but
is believed that they have reached their lowest limit.
"There is 110 business doing in the sugar market, and
rrices are not firm.
"Blacking is saleable at 50 per cent. on the invoice.
" Three-bushel bags are offered at 11s. 6cl. per doz.
Gunnies are wanted. Woolpacks are worth ss. to 6s.
" English navy canvass is held firmly at our quota-
tions, and American is scarce.
" Shop-paper has been sold at 25 per cent. on invoice.
"Yellow pine, American timber, tongued and grooved,
has been sold at 221. per 1000 feet, in the Bay. Other
timber, especially hardwood, is very dull.
" Strong boots anclhoes, flannels and woollen hosiery,
have all declined, stocks for the season having been
fully supplied."
The ship Guiding Star brings Melbourne advices
of July 23, and 49,896 ounces in gold.
The English Funds have been firmer this morn-
ing. The settlement of the account is in progress,
and the arrangements appear to be as nearly as
possible completed in anticipation, the small
amount of businesi lately done rendering it com-
paratively easy to "carryover" where desired. The
large arrivals of bullion will serve to replace what
is being paid as the instalments upon the Turkish
loan and Exchequer Bonds, and we may perhaps
not unreasonably anticipate an easier state of the
money market in a few days. Consols have been
• marked 94a to 95 for transfer, and 941 to 95i for
the 14th of November. The New al per Cents.
have been 93g- to 94, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 931.
Bank Stock has bee nrm at 210. Exchequer I
Bills have been 48. to 78. firm
premium, and the Bonds
of 1858 and 1859 have been at 99i. There has been.
a bargain in the New 2i per Cents. at 84.
Foreign Securities are very inactive, but the
Turkish Scrip is slightly better, being 2 to 3i
premium. The Spanish Three per Cents. have
been 37k. Mexican Bonds have realised 241 73. ;
and Brazilian Old, 99.
The following are. the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/ M
can,. 2411 to 25 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 3 per
Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to
42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to OS ; ditto, 41 per
Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish Now Deferred, 18i to
3.81 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37-i to 38 ; ditto, Certi-
ficates, 5 to 51-; ditto, Passive, 41 to 4'2.
The market for Railway Shares is rather firm,
although quiet. In the Luxemburg there have
been transactions at fuller prices. Great Western
• of Canada have been again dealt in.
The Mines have been dull, and tl.te Australian.
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Banks are lower. Crystal Palace arc steady.

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BRITISH FUNDS VHS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Officia/ Liat.)
nn,iness done.
fink Stock .. ....... ... ........................... 210
6 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... ........ ... il3 1. a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ............. ... V. 14 ii 5
New 3 per Cent. Annuities .................. 93 4 4 33
New 24 per Cent. Annuities ......
...16. 7 ........ 81
inn; Annuities Expire sth Jan, .60
... ' ... 4-'
5-16
India Bonds, jlOOO ........ • .............. --
Ditto, under 21000 ........................... 10 p
Consols for Account 14th Nov. „ ....
......... 95 -,11 4i
Eschequer Bill-s, 20.
2500 .......................................... 7
Small •. ................... 4 7
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3/1 • per Cent....... 90j.
Ditto 1859, „ ..... 99i
PRICE or FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCR.
....
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent O9
... .
mlexican 3 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent . . :37,
TarkishScrip G per cent
Ditto for the Account 3 2/ 3i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF-PAS7' TWO.
Consols . 94/ 5
Ditto ficr9taisr•Oodunv - ,Kr 5

Aberdeen.
Ambg. Nottng. Bost,
mid Ba.stn. Jima..
T;olfast & Ballymena
Birming. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley ......
Birken.hd. lAncsli. &
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
I £5O and £25 Cons.
Do., £20.... ........ ,
myth &Tyne original
• £25 (issd. at £45)
Bristol and Exeter...
'Caledonian .
Coamarthca aital Car
digan ...
Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass.
Cornwall
.Crieff Junction
Dublin&BelfastJunc.
Dundee Perth &Aber-
dean Junction
Do. New. .....
East Anglian
Eastern Counties ,
Eastern Union, A
• Stock
De., B. Stock
Do., New A ...... ,
East Lancashire
,Edinburgh& Glasgow
Edinh. and Peebles 1
Edin. Prth & Dundee
Forth & 'Clyde June.'
Gla.sgoNV 4SL S. Western
Great Northern
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. 5t0ck......,.
Gt. 5 th. &West.(lre.)
Great Western
Do. Stour Val. Rail
Gua. Stk
Irish South-Easteru
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds
Do. New Thirds ...
Lancash.andYorksh.
Do., Fifths
Do., Wst.RidingUn
Liv.Crshy.&Southpt
London & Blackwall
Loud. Bright & S.Cst.
/Loud. and N. \\recto.
to. Fifths '
'D0.1.0Z.511.,11&ii...,
Do. Eighths
London andS. Westn.
I Do., £5O
Do., £4O
Liisdrry& Coleraine
taulndrry. & Ennisk.
Kanch.Shcf.&Lineln
4 De.,,Man. & Lin. Un
:idland
'o.Eirinng. &Derb3

.11 Midi& G. West. (11.9.)
25 22: Do. Half Shares
100 ill 7,1
—eWeaStlo & Carlisle.
61 5.4 Nawmkt.BuryExten.
It 1.9, Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd.
Et) S Newry &Enniskillen
20 all Newry WaiTenpoint
and Rostrevor
'A. 1.00 Norfolk
60 34 Northu.CountiesUn.
!St. 100. North British
16 ally North Devon, No. 1.
16 all 'Do., No. 2
8 all Do., i A Deferred
8 an Do., ;12. B Guaranteed
St. 0 A N.Eastern—Berwick
25 20 Do. do. Extension ...
2.5 713 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch.
50 ' all De. Leeds
St. '10() Do. York
50 all North London
I) 8$ Do. New £lO
1.0 I! 1.; N. &S.Wstrn. ,Hallip-
stead, and City Jn
.7, North Staffordshire
11 North Western
11 N, &S. Westin. June.
I ONuneaton, Hinckley;
and Leicester..
0 . Oxford, Worcester,&
'Wolverhampton ....
4 Portsmouth
O Scottish Central
O Scottish Midland
11 Shrewsby. er Berefd
11 Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,full;
paid up at per etql, ,
it South Devon
O `south Eastern
11 South Wales
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S-'-.i. [OO f Do. Pr., No. 1
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Iliames Laved Doc It
and Railway
11 Vale of Nt,atlt
11 Watertl, S.:. Kiilcatia3-
11 'Water forlA &Lime riel,
.8 West Co7agall. .
3 West Fad of London,
and C eystal PalacQ..
11 West London
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Antwerpeillotterdam
Bolg,lan Eastu. June
Boziers to Graissossac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
Central of Italy •
Demerara
Dijon andßesancon
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Do. New
East Indian
De_ Extension
Do. /.I.'i p. c. Wis., pay.
'57, convertible
Do. do. do., '59, do
Gd. Jur•.ct. of France.

"t4d. Tk of CanadJ.A.is.
Do. do
St. Lawrence &

Atlantis do.
Do. Cert. of Debeu.,
con. into Stk. till '63
Do. Comp. 6 p. c. , do.
Gt. Central of Franco
Ut. Indian Peninsula
Do. Now 5 per cent.
Gt.Wodernof Canada

Shares
Do. ills., payable'67,
with option till '55
Do. do., '62, p. '56
Do. do., '76, p. '6O • I
Do. do., '73, without
option
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lesko Const. & Basle
Lucca z Pistoj a 5 p.c
prof
Grerit Luxembourg
Constituted Shares
E' o. Obligations
'uyous and Genova
ILyons & Mediterran.

Niadras
Do. New •
Karla, Antonia .
Do. do. New
[:bourne Dk. & Ry,
iNiamur & Liege (with
interest)
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France
D0.20/.Slis.late Char•
leroi and Erqueliriee
guar. 3g p. c. & red.
at 2211. dur. 88 yrs.
Trora 1 Jan. 1854
Do. 201.3 p. c 13ds.
& Arn s. Shs
NorwegianTrunkPre
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orleans._
Paris and Rouen
ParisCacu & Chcrbrg
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sanitise and Meuse
Do. 51 p. cent. Pref.
Southern of France..
,St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
`West Flanders
Do 5 per c. Pref
Western of France
West. of Switzerland
Wiesbaden

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Australasia
British Colonial Bank,

and Loan Company
11 British N. American
5 Chartd. Bank of Asia
2 Chrtd. Bilk.. of India,
Australia, & China
15 Colonial
0 Commercial of Lond
6 English Scottish and.

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11 Lend. Chart. Bk. of
Australia
!O London and Count•y
.0 Loudon Joint Stock
!CI Loud. Sz Westminster
i 5 National Provincial
of England
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National of Ireland
all New South Wales
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