The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

CITY, Two o'CLooK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with a steady feeling, without any change in prices. t
The sales amounted to 9,000 bales, 2,000 of which
were taken for export and 2,000 on speculation. j i
The Railway Share Market manifested a dull ap- j
pearance, and the transactions in the leading stocks
were limited, but prices were a shade higher than
on Monday.
The advices from St. Petersburg state that the
preparations for the coronation of the Emperor I 41.":
were absorbing almost exclusive attention among
all classes of the community. Accounts from the 5
Sea of Azof ;and the Black Sea report a continued 18
exportation of cereals on a large scale, and it would 10
greatly increase if a sufficient number of small lg
i
boats were provided. From Berdiansk alone the s
shipments had already amounted to 120,000 tchet- S.
averts of barley, and 25,000 tchetwerts more were
ssbj
being got rez,ely for exportation. From Kiel we at.
learn that a n extraordinary decline had taken 35
place in the jprice of cereals, as the crops promised it 25
.
an abundant yield. 3'
The shareholders of the Riga Railway Company
are extremely dissatisfied at the announcement
made by the directors in the circular to which we
alluded yesterday ; and many of them have refused
to pay the calil of 41. per share which has just been
made. It is ,quito clear that the shareholders have
been misled, ;.is they supposed the guarantee of 4 t
per cent. would ,be on the entire capital, and not,
as it now app ears, only on the amount expended at
in the constraction of the line. What the result
12
of the opposition raised by the shareholders will -, 0
be remains •to be seen, but they have notified 16!
their determination in a communication to the 6[62
secretary that they will not pay any further calls. 1 3
It is expected, however, that a meeting will be 12333. i
called, when the position of the company's affairs st.
will be fully i nade known. Perhaps the directors
,'S.nt.
can remove the doubts which have been expressed 176
as to the vain aof the concession and privileges ; IN
but if not, th e only course open appears to be the 1.09t*
dissolution of the company, which many expect
will ultimately be determined upon. Until a meet- F
ing is called, 'however, it is impossible to form any 7
definite opinion with regard to the present position V2a,
or future prospects of the undertaking. 10
The rates of continental exchanges were gene-
3t. st.
rally lower yesterday, and the decline was not Pp- V
parent on Paris, Hamburg, and Holland, chiefly 150.
produced by the desire evinced by many English r
capitalists to participate in the new banking insti- 38
tutions now in course of formation on the Con-
1
tinent.

Public Securities are in a languid state, the set-
tlement of the account forming almost the only
business Low transacted. The rate of contango is
per cent. Consols have been 95A g for money
and the 7th instant, 957 to 96 for the September
account. The New 3 per Cents. are 96i. g, and
the Reduced 954 to 96. Exchequer Bills are 16s.
to 17s. prem., and India Bonds 21s. prem.
Foreign Stocks are quite neglected, not more
than three transactions having been recorded up to
1 o'clock. There were in Turkish 6 per Cents, at
1031 I, and in Spanish Deferred at 24g.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :_..Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 ; Mexi-
°an, 23 k; Peruvian, 81 2; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 8 ;
Portuguese 4 por Cents., 49 51 ; Russian 5 per
Cents., 111 113 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 98 100 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 45 1 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ;
ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto Passive, 6i 7.
Railway Shares have generally improved A to
per cent., and the transactions have been rather
more numerous. The lines most in favour are
Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire, Midland, and North-Western. The
Foreign are generally dull, and Rigas have drop-
ped to 1/ premium. A few weeks since they stood
at 5i premium.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
firm.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Non Ott Oficial List.)

Bank Stock Rnaln-., done.
2174 19
.3 Per Cent. Reduced Ananitie5............... 96 r 4 0 Per Cent. Console Annuities 964
villir7 „3 Per Cent. Annnitieq
-''''' 4i per Cent. Annuities 791
Lone. Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860...
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3k
IDitto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 5-16 1
n lil 'ionds, cinnfl ..........
... Ditto, under £lOOO 2l
uonsole ter Account
1 Zrchequer Bills, 24d.
RlOOO .......
.V5OO
R 19 prnall
........
PRI
Bonds, 6 pCES OF
er Cen FOREIGN FUNDS THISISp DAY.
t A Sar-• •
In'an BonAg. A p C ent.
106
Ditto p er
Sp,•niqi Bonds, 3 cer
ent ... .............
Few Deferred, 3 er Ditto Account Cent.
p
Tnri.
'°' 241
' 'ends. 6 per cent —
Ditto Account
103 i
Ve ......
. ••
nezuele. Boths, 41 per Cent
Dutch . en . a ,ha stn,,ve navahin in ' nrmOZ.
Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders
Ditto 4 N., Cent: Certificates — Ditto Account
974
. .
THREE O'CLOCK.
..... 954 /

Con Rols,
Aunt Money
(Aug. Ditto(Aug. 7) • •

LLOYD'SSEIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Aug. 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; light
breeze and floe clear sultr weather.
PonTsmotrri, Aug. 4.—Wind7. S.E.—Arrived—H.M.S.
-A-rgua, from Halifax ; Argo (s. tpt.) and H.M.Str. Chas-
ileur, Ralaklava H.M.S. Dragon, Black Sea.
Pr.,vmotrrEt, Aug. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Star of
the Wes g. Port Talbot, for Genoa, leak,-.
QuebeOc
GLUCESTER, July s.—Arrive M`Lister, from
tlee"."'
. Aug.from. Akyab. s.—Wind E.—Arrived—Mary E. Whit-
SCARBOROITGII, Aug 5 - The Perseverance, of Lowes-
toft. founderod this morning off Filey ; crew saved. .
PrtNzaricE Aug s.—Wind E.—Arrived—Marquis of
Chatlos, frogm
Quebec.
14.crvrEr, Ang s.—Wind N.—Arrived—Elise and Royal
Adelaide, froni-.Quebec.
rniqn,R7,P°lll') Aug. s.—Wind S.E. Arrived Huron,
from `-'luncester, for St. Thomas ; Cordelia, Liverpool, for
Jersey for Roger Stewart, Bristol, for Bermuda ; Charles,
amts Pernambuco. Sailed- -Algonquin, for Cal-
--.; ruzbarton, Bermuda; Capa Rouge, Quebec ;
Pauline, St. Thomas ; Regina, Monte Video.
~. IiARTLEPOOL s.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Pine, for
ueqUirnbo. ' Aug-
7°,. Or? THE OLD HEAD OF KlNSALE.—Arrived—Gosport,
SraCitr,'r, Oitrllleans for Liverpool.
4.Wind E.—Off the port—Consance
?rem Colombo ; Lonise Jacobs Johanna, Batavia, fortßot-
terdam ; Paxton, Prince Edward's Island.
--.
(PER PS-MOTU-7P TELEaRAPIL)
PORTSSIOIIT Wednesday Morning.
Arrived-11er Ma'est ' ll'
1:
the stearn-transportjaoleartstLeoal3lweluwiPithPetrrsoeovpasrafnrc:m and
the
East.

SOITTRA.IIPTON Wednesday Morning.
9.20 a m. w-tr
The screansport Clyde passed Hurst for Spithead at
.

Wind S.S.E.
Arrived—Northern Chief, from
Rotte New Orleans.
Ellen Saited--R. B. Porter, for Halifax
'Chase and Martha,
Enna' Burlington, Quebec ; Chicago, New York . Ilooper, Baltimore. ;

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind S. QUEENSTOWN, August 4.
RedbreastArrived--Chevalier, from Odessa ; Rival
jun.,,
Smith,Dramestra
, Cephalonia; Antonia, Ancona ;
Lewis Aloncltton, Nova Scotia.,
al Rind B.E.
Arrived—Teresa Hnni, from .
Sailed—Star, for Ste Johs, NewAncona Brunswick.

WATERFORD, Aug. 4.

10(
40
IBY "ENAttime nITD BRITTRR TELRGRAPR.I
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.41 a.m.N
Wind v. -.
ReAle:Ton Arrivßd;E'
; lost hours' ebb ; cloudy.
-'"4---RlTeer:
tG°opihefnrobulerge. ronstadt ; Sagueney, Umea ; 20
, Sailed—North Atlantic, for Calcutta; City of B,otter- 100
"ni (8), Dunkirk ; Belgium (s). Ostend. 100
Passed—Mser.'s. , f
rone, from mi
Wind N•IC•E mod te DILL, Wednesday, 9.58 a.m. 12000
era
.. .
Ai Conquest, Quebec; 20
L) om Sierra Leone .
Newcastle for Trieste ; Caroline Reed, from
ndon, for Cadiz; Lotus, do., Quebec. 20
.......„,_
-,,

50
riling or GOLD.---The qu lation of gold at Paris is 1,„010
won per imile premium, and the short exchange oan, igi,
Lo is 25.27 i per 1/. sterling. On comparing the 1170
rates with the English Mintprice of 3/. 17s. 104. per 100
adviaatlaas
1113.0earIchenati.7adbearer
ounce for standard gold, it p ears that gold is nearly
20
nP;riPs
is 424 per mark, 20
and the abort uarg the price of gold.than in London. BY 50
enxcihistingle on London is 13.44 ; standard 25
gold, at the
1-10th ner cent! d
than in Ham- 20
burg The couree
ofeafer in London
rent price, is therefore nearly
for bills at 60 days' F. e.i.l.ch.ange at New York on Lasondi_on. 19°1
I£4 t s 110
betty
cent, which, cnu
pared with the M' 1
' Mint Par between the two countries,
101
&lows that the exchange is lightly in favour of Eng- 25
land ; and, after making allawsa6, for
e c b
pert and difference of inter°
leaves a ...
st, the present rate
sartil profit on the importation of gold filroam"etsheolUtiiraitend :50
StAtte.

hr. ti.a.id.l nAnmats.
e. 9A Arabg. Nottug. Bost
and Eastn. Junet...
Belfast &
Birraing. Wolverh
Stour Valley ......
13. all Birkeand. Lan,ish. e.
Jleell!ro
-4 Do., Chosh. & Birk.
t 2 all d 0....
5 all Myth z.:,Tvnt origius,
.€25 easd. at
100 Bristol and Exeter...
100 Caledonian.
all Chester 'k Holyhead..
all Cork and Bandon
all Cork, Black, & Pas-
-15 Cornwall
all Do. A
8 Do. B
45 Dub:indttelfastJunc
all Dun. P. 1s Abr.r, Jim
100 East Auglian
all Eastern Counties
100 Nast. `Tninp. A BO
14 Pe., B. Stock
81 Do., Now
10 East Kent
100 ~ast Lancashire
100 Edinburgh 4 Glasgo
all Eclin b. nue. Peebles
1(10 4tDorda
all Forth & Clyde Jun,
all Furness.
all Do. Extension....,.,
1100 Glasgow &
all Great N. of Scotlnd.
100 Great Northern....
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock
130 Gt. Bth. &West.(lre.
100 Great Western .....
100 D. Stour Val. Rs.'
Gna. Stk ..
all Irish South-Easterro
all Lanca.ater & Carlisl•l
lilt Do., Thirds
12 'Do. Now Thirds
110 Lareasi,.andYorksF
De., Wet. Riding Ur.
all Do. Southl ort
all London & Black wa,
100 Load. Bright &S. Cs
100 Loud. and N. Wed:
16 Do. fifths
5i Do.101.81.1.,11&B...(
2A Do. Elghtha,
106 London an46l.
14 Lon. Tilby. & South
Barking Sb
j all Lndndrry&Colcralla
15 all taidndrr-r. & Ennirk
It. !100 .11.aueli.SLef.&Linch
82s. Do., Man. & Lir,. tru
1 Wetropolitan
100 Widland
'lOO Biroug,. Derb
all &ital. G. West. (Ire. )
all Do. Half Shares__
all Yewesvtle & Carib le.
I all qwpt.Abarg. &Hi fd
S Newry & Enniskille
all Newry, Warroupo,nt
and Rostrevor
.100 Ncrfoll
, r th rt.ConntiesUn
1100- North British......
Him Nth f)evrln Rail. &
Dock Stock
1100 Do., A 5t0ck..,.,,.
;100 or . B Stock
N.Eastern—Berwie
23i Do. do. Rate:Won
16$ Dodo. 'lurch
all Do. Leeds
. 100 Do. York
. 100 North Loa,lon
is
stead, and City Jo .
,1.76 North StatFordehir
al.. North Western......
all & S. Wes trn. Jun •
;. )x., Wore.. Wolv.
) 14 ',,rts-Lionth
t. toy ottish Central
L. la Scottish
t. (00 .hropellire UrLat
0 aII .4ontli Deven
;•.„ I e ,touth Eaetf rn.
t. 100 'south Wales
:0 I.f; Yrksh. a Riv. Dtr
l 0 ..i0

all
3il

all 4t a;ne•,, Wok. &Wok
:4tockton & Dar ing.
10 Do., do., 1854
1 Do., do., 1855
ito :kton d Hartlep,
1 -1( Taff vale
1. )0 Pref., No. 1 ,
92 Thames Hay. D.& R
all Vale of Noath
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
all Waterford&Limerok
all Wost Cornwall
all West End of London
and Crystal Palace
all Do. A
3 Do. 13
all West London
all Wimbledn &Croydon