The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

,JITY, Two o'CLoo
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was
Steady, and closed at the full prices of Friday.
The sales were 9,000 bales, 4,000 on speculation.
The Railway Share Market continued very firm,
and the quotations of all leading stocks advanced.
Reports upon the state of commerce throughout
the principal French markets for raw produce have
come to hand. The markets fur sugar are quiet,
and prices have a downward tendency. At Havre
foreign sugars have fallen a little. A sale of 486
cases of Havannah brought from 28f. 250. to 41f.
750. per 50 kilos. At Nantes and Bordeaux trans-
actions were almost suspended. Accounts received
from the Antilles to the close of December state
that sugars were extremely scarce there, and quoted
on the plantations at 29f. to 35f. per 50 kilos.
In coffee the demand has been very animated, and
Prices are maintained. At Havre 5,100 sacks of
Ceylon sold during the last fortnight brought
from 115 f. to 118 f. per 50 kilogrammes ; 2,800
bags of Java 124 f. to 127 f., 300 bags of Rio
Janeiro 54f. to 61f., and 1,500 bags of Hayti 114 f.
to 124 f. Trade at the Wine Halls has been gene-
-1.5113, dull, but the holders of large stocks are not
Inclined to sell at a reduction. At Bordeaux good
qualities of St. Vincent have sold at 572 f. per 912
litres, and inferior qualities of other brands at 350 f.
St. Macaire, of 1853, has been in demand, and sold
atsoof. per 912 litres. Caliors, of the first quality,
la 950 f., and inferior 700 f., but not much in re-
quest. White wines generally are lower, but holders
not inclined to sell. At Borey the spirit market•
la quiet, and the usual sales for Paris consumption
are limited. At Bordeaux, Languedoc sells at
150 f., and common beet-root spirit at 113 f.
In the discount market the demand for money
continues active and full rates are now current.
The improved feeling in commercial circles engen-
dered by the prospects of an early peace has led
tin an extension of business, and the preparations
Making for large transactions as the spring advances
!I:lay have, in some measure, occasioned the increased
Inquiry for accommodation..
r, About 200,000/. of the gold brought by the
t'hatnpion of the Seas from Australia is stated to
alLve been sent into the Bank of England, and the
remaining 300,0001. will probably be taken for the
‘Jontinent. The latest advices from Melbourne
mentioned that several vesseli would shortly leave
for England, and the quantity of specie on board
la expected to be large.
After the regular hours of business yesterday 1
the4s3' English Funds were even more buoyant than
'J bad previously been, and the highest quota-
Inne, then current, were the opening values this
M°rning. Since then, however, the pressure for
money tiv been felt with much severity, and
loans upon Consols have been taken at 7to 8
Per Cent., while the "contango" has ruled
at about per Cent. Consols for money after
ha ing 911 have slightly receded to 911 is,
?
'or the 7th proximo they have been 91i, I, and
Blnce 04, The March quotations are about 912.
The new 3 per Cents. have been 924 to y, and the
44duced 914 to 92. Bank Stock is 210 to 211, an
advance of 1 per cent. ; and East India Stock has
been done at 2191 to 222. Exchequer Bills are 6s.
to 2g., and India Bonds 2s. discount.
Foreign Securitiesare mostly at enhanced values,
Slid the dealings have been to a moderate extent.
Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen being 92 to
924, and the 4 per Cents. are 1028 g, while for the
account they have touched 1031. Spanish 3 per
Cents. are 42, and the New Deferred 22 to 231,
!inch is a slight improvement in both instances.
Sardinian are firm at 884 to 89. Russian 5 per
Coents. have advanced to 106, and the 4i per Cents.
t ~ 92i: Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 48, Peruvian
"IPer Cents. 80, and the 3 per Cents. 56i. Mexican
Stock is higher, viz., 201 2. Brazilian New 45
Per Cents. are 925, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 64a.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks;—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 74; Mexican,
; Peruvian, 80 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 57 ;
Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per
nts., 101 104 ; ditto 45 per Ceuts., 91 93 ; Spanish
° Per Cents., 41.4 42 ; ditto Deferred, 23 1 ; ditto
Certificates, 6j ; ditto Passive, 4i 51.
Very little movement has occurred in the quota_
Lions of Railway Securities, and the highest rates
(.)!Yesterday have generally been supported. Cale-
b.,Gre Northern, Great Western, Lanes-
ire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern, have all
risen fully per share. The Foreign are dull, and
. Colonial rule firm.
Mining Shares are at nominal values ; the Banks
are inactive, sad the few dealings recorded in the
b3lecellaneous market are at former rates.

fiItITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONI, 'CLOCK.
I Pron.. the (Virus/ tie

,n..n - done.
3/341111c Stock
01 ueut Red,.ced Annuities... ...... .. 92 1...
ictxir cent Console Annuities
2`r 3 oer opnt knnnities ..
I.7ng Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1850 .. i
-"LC' 20 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859... 3}
, tiC Dittotock 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 1611.15 9-16
a S
"N Bonds. £lOllO . ... . -
OM; under £lOOO
'o4molit for Account
‘cluiner Rills, 2id
elOqn
£5OO
small
6
" •
`ltict OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO K
kaznian "Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
,Ditto New 1852, 4i per Cent.
_ 1,
izican 3 per Cent. '
%,111vian Bonds, 44 per Cent.
1, Ditto 3 psr Cent .
uguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 4 per Cent
,h Ditto Account ....
4'llBsiati Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St lO5
2, Ditto 4i per Cent
:4rdinian Bongs, 5 per Cent.
"lhuisn 13naids, :3 per i :out ... ............
t bitto Few Defmed, 3 per Cont.
tirltitli Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto New scrip, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
NI lividepos on v.e above with', ir t,,,,, ..,
/4 tCh P:ichango. per Cont., 12 Gull_
6613
erllvian Dollar Bonds, 40 per Cent.

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TWO O'CLOCK.

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COn 401 R
Ditto for Account Feb. 7

Two tioket-of-leave men have been lodged in the
Southampton Gaol for robbery in that town. Another
'al been apprehended at Romney, in Henta,. for bur-
1/31arY at Redbridge in the same county. At Ringwood,
RI Ham shirge, a fellow just let out of Winchester
Gaol has beenp apprehended for highway robbery and
attempt at murder.
rft'unic CUNARD MAIL STEAMSHIP CANADA. —LIVER-
K-AOL, Jan. 28.—0 n her late outward passage to Halifax
--73 a Boston the Canada encountered as severe weather
ail it has ever been the lot of these vessels to meet with.
Prom the time or her departure, on the 22d of Dec.,
until her arrival at Halifax she met with nothing bt
heavyheavygales of wind, accompanied by showers of hail and
"""t• It is much to the credit of her commander and
%Intel that this vessel held her way, notwithstanding
toe
tempest, although it is scarcely to be wondered at
Wen it is remembered that only once have these steam
ere turned back during the 16 years or so they have
tossed the Atlantic. The boats were swept from the
davite blown into shivers by the violence of the wind,
sad the bulwarks, fennel, and rigging bear evidence of
the severity of the storm, although on her arrival in
Liverpool she presented but little appearance of the de-
reap compared with what was observable on her reach-
ing Boston. Sir George Simpeon and the passengers
Presented Captain Lang with a valuable present, in con-
sideration of the seamanship he displayed and of hie for-
titude.
THE MAlLS.—Sontbampton, Jan. 28.—The Penin-
Pular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Madrid, Capt
ook, sailed this afternoon with the mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar ; 36 passengers,
41noug whom are Viscount Villa Nova, Dr. Barbeir,
411 d Captains Falconer and Lair
viz., ; 14,7171. in specie—
viz., for Lisbon 11,5821., Cadiz 3,1351, and a full gene-
ral cargo. The Sultan, Captain Evan's, with the home-
,Nlitard portion of the Peninsular mail, is expected about
ship to arrive
8d proxitno. The Peru, Captain
they is the next
with the heavy portion of lndia, China,
andAlediterranean mails. In consequence of the acci
aent which occurred to the Perils machinery on the out-
r4lrard voyage, as well as her detention at Lisbon, owing
rrtthe severity of the quarantine regulations at that
, the arrival of this ship is not ex ected until about
the leth January. The Ave, Captain Field, will sail
for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandris, with the outward
k‘ohrtion of the India, China, and Mediterranean mails.
vir:_lloyal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captain
The,;_ 6.3', with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific
p,,,,'7;„ Is expected about Wednesday or Thursday next.
theseu i " 8 preparing to convey
porta on the ith prozimo. the outward mails to