The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL LITELLIGENCII

CITY, Two o'CLocK

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, but somewhat heavily, and prices of all
descriptions were unchamzed. The sales were esti-
mated at 6,000 bales, 1,500 for export, and the re-
mainder for the trade. The sales comprise 30 Per-
nam and Maranham, bbd. ; 100 Egyptian, 7d. to
Bid ; and 150 Surat, 40. to sid. per lb. In the
Railway Share Market yesterday's prices were a
shade lower.
The Colonial Produce Markets this week hare
continued firm, and the quotations of some of the
principal staples have advanced. Sugar has been
in fair request, and the prices have rather tended
upwards. Coffee has been in fair request. Rice
quiet, and saltpetre steady. In spices the dealings
have been limited, and tallow has been inactive.
The public sales of colonial wool comm9nced yes-
terday, and it is expected that about 52,000 bales
will be offered during the series.
Letters from Naples mention that the king has
promulgated a decree which prorogues the law
allowing the export of wheat, maize, barley, and
other cereals from his dominions to the 15th June.
The duties to be levied upon these articles of food
are reduced to onc-l►alf.

Advices from Riga, by way of Hamburg, state
that the navigation of the gulf re-opened on the
26th April. The first vessel which entered the
port was the Swedish steamer Hull, with a cargo of
salt, which came to a good market. There were
24 sailing vessels in sight, making for the harbour
When the ice broke up.

Accounts from Holland state that the Minister
of Finance had brought forward a measure in the
Chamber of Representatives for the purpose of
mortgaging the sum of 10 million florins of the
National Debt, which was unanimously adopted
by the Legislature, on his satisfying the mem-
bers that the money would be applied for
the construction of public works of utility, particu-
larly a further extension of the lines of railway
communication throughout the State. The Cham-
ber likewise adopted a treaty of commerce and
navigation with Austria, which tends to establish
the commercial relations of the two countries upon
a more liberal basis than has previously existed.
The announcement of the New Loan, which will
be found in another column, had no material in-
fluence upon the English Funds, the amount, viz.,
5,000,000/., being so much smaller than most
Parties anticipated. A decline of per cent.
Only has occurred, Consols being 92/ to 93 for
money, and 93i I for account. The New
3 per Cents. have been 92 to 92.±
and the Reduced Annuities 91i The Exchequer
Bill Market is firmer, the March issue being at 2s.
premium, and the June ditto at 2s. discount to
par. The Bonds have been 98i. Bank Stock is
211, and India Bonds are worth about ss. to 2s.
discount.

The Market for Foreign Securities is extremely
quiet and no charge of importance has occurred in
prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., however, are flat
at 9711 2. The Guaranteed 4 per Cents. are firmer,
being 101 Mexican Stock is dull at 221
In Spanish Bonds a very limited business has been
done, the New Deferred being 25, and the Passive
71. Russian 4 per Cants. are 95. Dutch 21 per
Cents. 63- to 64, and the 4 per Cents. 94

The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 ; Mexi-
can, 22? j. ; Peruvian, 77 ; Ditto 3 per Cents.,
54 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 ; Rus-
°inn 5 per Cents., 104 ; Ditto 41 per Cents.,
94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44f ; Ditto De-
ferred, 24: ; Ditto Certificates, 51 ; Ditto Pas-
sive, 7 7i.
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Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market
for A.merican Securities a 3 remaining without ma-
terial alteration, at the following quotations

Redeemable. Per Cent.
trnited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...105 lu6
'United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-105 106

STATE SECURITIES.
Alabama 5 per Cent ... 80
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)
California 7 per Cent. Bonds 1870... 80 82
}Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 186$-1872... 90
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88i 89.
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ... 99 100
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk.
Bonds lB4l-1871... 43 45
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bondi 1877... 80 82
Tennesse 6 per Cent. Bonds B7 89
Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...1888... 84 85
Virginia 6 per Cont. Bonds 1886... 86 87
LOANS OF CITIES.
Boston 5 per Cent. Bonds (Divers) ••• 90 92
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 85

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875— 79 80
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds 1360— 81i 85:';
Michigan Central Bp. Cent. 1860... 00 92
New.,,, York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1861.. 93 91
New York Central 6 per Cent., not
Convertible 1883... 78 80
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage 1867... 93 100
'Cow York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 84 85
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 79i 81A
-N • York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
Fund 1875... 81i 8.2
?anama Sterling Bonds 1 q64 93
Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent.. Ist M0rt.1830... 90 91

Railway shares generally remain at previous
rates, but rather a flatter tone pervades the market.
North-Western, Great Western, and South-Eastern
have been most dealt in. The Foreign lines are
quiet, but Great Luxembourg are a shade firmer.
Banking shares are generally at nominal prices,
but Union of Australia are lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
( Prom the Oficial List.)
Amines, done.

......... ..,......
Dank Stock
3 per Cent. Reddced Annuities ..... .
1 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9312i 3 2i 3
`lew 3 per Cent. Annuities ...... ....... : 92i 2 i 14
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860.....
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l
India Bonds, £lOOO . ..
Consols for Account - $ 2,1 3
Exchequer Bills, 24d. March. June.
4000
X5OO
small
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9SR
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. -
Ditto Account
Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 99
Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Ditto 5 per Cent • 1013
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 43 per, Pout.
gr.- T.is), Bowls, 3 per Vent —
Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Passive
kipaaiiih Committee Cert. of Coup. n-. 4 fun 5 a p o
lurltit.h Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto Account 97a 8 i I
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account lOl3 i

r.l-J‘Aends o.n the alsrls, ;.• Imne
Dutch Exchange, 2.:1 per Cent., 12 Guilders C 4 33
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Money 923
Ditto Account (June 4) ... 93

Lord Wodehouse will go, not as ambassador, but as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the court of Russia. This appointment will vacate the
office of Under-Secretary for Foreign AffairA. Lord
\Vodehouse's successor will probably by the Earl of Car-
narvon, unless arrangements can be made by which Mr.
Ilyng can bold th a office consistently with his seat in
the House of Commons, where the presence of an Under-
Secretary for Foreign Affairs is at present most required.
The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian left
Vienna on Monday evening for Paris. In his suite is
Count General Mensdorff-Pouilly, ex-envoy at St. Peters.
burg.

The Belgian papers reproduce with much eagerness
the remarks made in our Houses of Parliament, and in
the British journals, upon Count Wa'ewski's crusade
against the liberty of' the press in Belgium.
Sergeant 0 .ven Guinea, of the 68th Light Infantry,
stationed at Ferrnoy barracks, was shot dead on Tues-
day by Private Charles M.Cready, of the same corps.
The act was, committed in revenge, Al`Cready having
felt exasperated at some slight punishment to which he
had been subjected. The culprit, who expressed no
Porrow for the crime, has been handed over to the civil
Power.

THE NAVY ESTIMATES.—The amount of the original
navy estimates for the current year was 19,876,665/.,
and the amount of revised estimates 16,568,6141. The
amount already voted is 16,780,1541., leaving. 811,2601.
to be voted, The estimates already voted include
756,487/, for the packet service, and 6,000,000/. for the
transport service and prisoners of war. There is a sup-
plitnentary estimate of 41,0001. for new works, improve-
ments, and repairs.

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