The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-11 00:00:00

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CAT V, TWO o'CLOCK
The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500

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American taken for export. The market closed

steadily without alteration in prices. The sales
comprised 4,700 American, 150 Pernam and Mar-
anham at sd. to Gid., 20 Bahia at 6id., 100 Egyp-
tian at 51d. to 6id., and 1,000 Surat at 31d. to
4id. per lb. Railway Shares were firm.

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The corn trade is firm this morning at Is. per qr.
advance on wheat.
The next India and China mail on the 19th inst.,
is to be taken out by the steamer Indus.
Vile ship Gloriana has arrived from the Cape of
Good Hope, with dates of Oct.. 20. A very large
mercantile failure had occurred there, by which, as
we understand, some of our most important Man-
chester warehousemen suffer severely.

The intelligence received from New York by the
steamer Asia, mentions the important fact that
heavy shipments of breadstuffs were being made to
Liverpool, and so large were the quantities pur-
chased for the purpose, that freights to English
ports had been advanced. On the Monday pre-
ceding the departure of the steamer, the shipments
included 70,000 to 80,000 bushels of grain, and
4,000 to 5,000 barrels of flour. The stock market
continued irregular, but with a fair business doing.
According to the last weekly return the City
Banks showed a decrease in the deposits of
1,846,808, in the circulation of 159,446 dols., in
the specie, of 604,549, and in the discounts of
492,289 dols.
The Russian Government has been arranging to
obtain surgeons from the colleges, not only of the
Czar's dominions, but; likewise of Germany, and
from the latter country a great many students
in medicine will proceed. Very active movements
have been going on in Bessarabia, and Prince
Paskiewitch and Gortschakoff were in constant
communication.
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The project of law in Prussia prohibiting the cir- Est
culation of all foreign paper money in retail trans-
20
20
actions, had occasioned much discussion in Berlin, 12.
but it is not proposed that it shall come into ope- St.
ration until January 1856. 50
On the Vienna Bourse the hopes of peace are p 5
stated to have become very strong since the re- 25
St.
ported accession of Austria to the new treaty, and
B'2s
the note of Count Nesselrode offering to accept the St.
four points.
50
At the meeting of the Bank of Australia this day 25
the following statement was read and passed : (00
" 1. In pursuance of the course hitherto adopted at
this period of the year, to give the proprietors a gene- x.O
ral view of the progress of the business since the annual 20
meeting, without entering into details or figures, the
directors have to report that the accounts received since St.
June exhibit a considerable increase in the operations 50
of the bank in the colonies, and that the large rate of St.
profit of the preceding year has been maintained, al. 16
though not, as then, arising from the purchase an ship 16
-
meat of gold. 8
"2. The directors have transmitted to the superin- St
tendeat instructions respecting the separate investment 25'
of the guarantee fund, the receipt of which has been re- 25
cently acknowledged ; and, although the increase in the 50
business has temporarily delayed the completion of this St.
important object, the proprietors may rest assured that 50
it will be carried into effect at the earliest possible pe. 10
riod. 10
"3. The latest advices mention that considerable
mercantile pressure existed in Australia, but no loss of 20
any importance had at that time fallen upon the Bank. B
4. The Directors are enabled to state, that the ac- 10
counts already in their possession, of the profits on the
year's transactions, justify them in declaring their in- St.
tention of making an incresse in the bonus next April of
10s., raising it to 565. per share ; which, together with 20
the usual rate of dividend of 6 per cent., will make 4/. St.
per share, being equivalent to 20 per cent per annum St.
on the capital stock of the corporation."
The English stock market is quieter, but prices
have been at a further advances. Consols have 50
been at 923 4, and since at 921 for the account st,
with the dividend off. The New 3 per Cents. have 50
been marked 91ft to 92, and the 3 per Cents. 94. 20
to 91i. Bank Stock has been firm at 209. Ex- 20
chequer Bills have remained at 3s. to 6s. premium. 25
The Bonds have been done at 2. st.
Foreign Stocks have been very dull. The 10
Turkish Scrip is at 7i to 8 discount. Russian 41- 25
per Cents. have realised 88. Mexican Stopk is at
21i 4. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 92k, and 20
Belgian 41 per Cents. 91. 20
50
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20
tocks:—Grenada, Deferred Bonds, sto 6 ; Mexi- •••
can, 21i to 21i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto
1220
3 per Cents., 48 to 59 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., _
41. to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 90 to 98 ; ditto _
4i per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred,
19i to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 391 ; ditto 'Ai
Certificates, 5i to 5'4- ; ditto Passive, 4 to 414.
The railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowing :
Company. Date. Place. 17?)
Caterham Dec. 20, King William-st. 20
Great Central of France
Great Luxembourg
Ditto
Lake Constance and Basle Doe. 27, St. Gall. 20
Northern of France
West Flanders Deo. 23, 61, Moorgate•street. 100
Ditto
The Railway Share Market has been at advanced 1-9,g
rates, and with about an average business doing. 25
Caledonian, Midland, North-Eastern, and Great ~.25
Western have been principally dealt in. Foreign `5
Shares have been in fair request, but not higher. 100
The Mining Market is heavy, the Joint-Stock
Banks are a shade higher, and the Steam Naviga-
tion and Land Shares are about the bailie. 20
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Prom, the 05rial Lie.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0,(1Loc
Business done
Bank Stock 209
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9li i i.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities

India Stock
Consols for Account, 10th January
Exchequer Bills, 20.
3
21000
„»2500 t.
3
Small
6
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 35 per Cent.
Ditto 1859, ;,
99a 2
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Maxican 3 per Cent. ... 2li i
Russian Bonds, 45 per Cent BB
Turkish Scrip 6 per cent —
Ditto for the Account 7- 8 d
i Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Bonds 45 per Cent. ex. 25 fr
Dntan itzehange, 25 per Cent. 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 Der ueux,. t.;ertifieates ...... 915
HALF-PAST TIM
. 925 i

Consols ...................

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Dec. 11.—Wind this day at Neon, S.S.W. ;
light breezeith fine weather.
DOVER, Dec. 10. —Wind, N. Arrived—Champague,
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from Newport; Thalia, Newcastle, for Malaga, with
damage to sails and bulwarks, having been in contact with
a ship in the Downs. Sailed—lris, for Malaga. Put
back—Dover (s), Ostend, with machinery out of order.
OFF BONCHURCH, Dec.lo. —Cimbria, for Constantinople.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind N. Arrived—Sylph (a),
from London, and left for Dublin. Put back—Venilia,
Liverpool.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. N.N.E. Arrived—
Martha Jane, from Shields, and sailed for the Cape and
Madras; Lady Lglinton (s), Dublin ; I. 0. Shields, for
Constantinople, leaky. Sailed—Hx.s.
Hecla, for the
Eastward ; Cosmopolitan (s.s.), the Crimea ; Magdalena
(8.84, ditto ; Cambria, Geelong ; H.M.S. Leopard, Black
Sea ; Antiuore, Constantinople.
COWES, Dec. 9.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Albert,
from London, for Falmouth, with damage, and three of
tke crew washed overboard. Sailed—Alma (a), for the
Crimea ; Petrus, Antwerp.
DARTMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind, E. Sailed
London. . Syren, for
London.
HULL, Dec. 10.—Wind, N. Arrived—Quimswell, from
New York ; Frances Hayes, Quebec ; Puzzle, Terceira ;
Telegraph (s), Antwerp ; Jupiter (s), Gothenburg. Sailed
Richard and Harriet, for Melbourne.
CLYDE, Dec. , • .
d N W Arm-eel—Merlin, from
Halifax. Sailed—Queen of the Isles, for Sydney, N.S.W. ;
Priam, Melbourne : Ambassador, Havannah ; Mary, Ma-
tanzas ; Eliza, Boston.
DUBLIN, Dec. 9.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Matilda,
from St. Übe's.
QuEsNwrowN, Dec. 9.7—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Bri-
tannia, from Callao ; Rio, Honduras ; Bangalore, Callao,
for Dundee; Mary Ann, Callao.
WATERFORD, Dec. 9.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—
H.M.S. Argus, from Donegal.

AIISTRALIA.—Fu advices have been received from
Adelaide, South Australia, regarding the navigation of
the River Murray. It appears that the steamer Lady
Augusta, towing the two barges Eureka and Wakool,
nad reached Wellington with valuable cargoes of wool
from stations on the river, and had again started upwards
on another trip. In the upper Murray district there
was much less water than during last year, owing to the
iunsuhal floods
not having yet come dowu. Captain Cadell,
the
tea,
seasteatner Melbourne, had entered the river from
Port illond afterwards crossed the bar outwards for
time
in
ft, where he took in goods and went is a second
placed a It is added that the legislative body had
safety,
sum on the estimates for surveying,.
12"Ing•
erecting leading marks at the sea mouth