The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTRT.T.TGENOE.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with an improving tendency, at extreme quota-
tions. The sales were 15,000 bales-4,000 for ex-
port and 400 on speculation—comprising 230 Per-
/lam and Maranham, at 50. to 61d.; 1,400 Bahia,
bid. to 6id.; 400 Egyptian, 6d. to 81 ; 1,500
Surat, 30. to 41d.; and 100 Sea Islands, 10d. to
ls. 2d. per lb. The Railway Share Market re-
faired steady, without any change in prices.
Accounts from Hamburg mention that letters
have been received there from Riga to the 4th
inst. and Revel to the 2d, stating that the commer-
cial activity which existed at these ports during
'January was checked by the ice stopping all navi-
gation. It appears that a very considerable trade
was carried on between these ports and Sweden,
Denmark, and the German States on the Baltic
• chores ; also that a number of ships laden with
cargoes of oleaginous grains, tallow, hemp, and
flax, on English account, had left for Hull and
other British ports. It is also stated that several
English vessels had entered Port Baltic and Bol-
deraa, for the purpose of trading with the Russians,
in spite of the proclamation, which considers the
14140 an act of treason, until peace is established
formally between the two countries.
The Cotton Market at Havre continues buoyant,
and prices have advanced from 1 to 2 frs. per 50
kilogrammes, with a much larger business doing
than has been known previously. Sales to the num-
ber of 17,000 bales were effected at the following
Pr es :—New Orleans, from 81f. to 99f. ; Mixed,
fr 811. to 931., and Georgia from 81f. to 94f.
The Stock on hand was stated to be 66,900 bales,
against 39,800 in 1855, and 67,650 in 1854. This
trade with America is on the increase, and where
formerly a portion of supplies came from Liverpool,
they will now mostly come direct from the United
States.
The latest advices from Canada contain some
iateresting statistical information upon the trade
4f Montreal. During last year there was a de-
crease in dutiable imports of 1,575,885/. compared
'with 1854, but there was an increase of free
goods to the extent of 613,779/. The fall-
14g of in the revenue was 168,2991. The only
11"tioles in which an augmentation was exhibited
"ere gin, as a substitute for brandy, raw sugar,
_l4 consequence of a local refinery machinery, and
1"
er• Articles of necessity, as well as luxury, par-
`
4leiPated in the diminution, silks having decreased
53,8741., wine 22,1541., spirits 16,0001., tea,
80,000 lbs., hardware 175,4391., metals 272,8961.,
sad woollens 272,1581. This falling off
14 the revenue was not produced by the
reduction in the tariff, nor the Reciprocity Treaty
pith the United States, but resulted from the '
i
l'hitation of trade consequent upon the inability
the people generally to become purchasers.
The applications for shares in the Alliance (France
44England) Bank continue exceedingly numerous,
Illad the undertaking has been very favourably re-
ached at the Stock Exchange, where transactions
" the "coming out " are reported at 14 premium.
The Council will consist of gentlemen of the highest
t
64Pettability resident in London and Paris, and it
fully expected that large dividends will be re-
titled to those who subscribe their capital.
m statement was made by a contemporary this
°"tting, that the drafts of the Tipperary Joint
Stock Bank had been returned. This is substan•
tiellY correct, but itresulted from an accident, and
le ° drafts have since been paid. The payments
111• therefore, proceed as usual.
The Consol Market retains its buoyancy, and a
:urther advance upon the enhanced quotations re
eircled yesterday afternoon has taken place. As
the
Period for the opening of the Paris Conferences
PProiLehes, the speculators, although generally
r
:canine of the result, operate cautiously, but the
slcrket is gradually improving. Consols have been
to 22i, and 91i to 92 for money. For the no-
"'lint the prices have been 92i 4, and 92t j, the
Thrket at the present moment being rather flatter.
e New 3 per Cents. have been 921 to 93*, and
the Rndiseed 92 4. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to Ss.
44C0t1 lit •
Foreign Stocks are generally at higher quota-
tl"l. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93i- and the
Ileranteed 4 per Cents. 100/ to 101. Spanish
~,'
hreett are quiet at 42i, and the New Deferred at
i• There have been bargains in Brazilian 4i,
Let Ciaits. at 93k, in Equador at si, in Equador
"w Cionsolidated at 134, and in Portuguese 4
tit' Cents. at 48i. Venezuela 44 per Coats.
4,:• been 29, and Duteh 4 per Cents. 95i
stocks:—Grenada
following are the nominal prices of Foreign
i'uelcs:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 74; Mexican,
.13t I'; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ;
°"thguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per
3*144., 104 6 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 91 94 ; Spanish
~Per Cents., 424 43 ; ditto Deferred, 23124; ditto
1-ertificutes, 41 5 ; ditto Passive, 61 4.
The Railway Share Market is rather flat, as the
b~sirlae
Si doing is very limited, and some of the
velc/Y'
ill lines are lower. Great Western have ad-
eed. Paris and Lyons, and Great Western of
Canada shares are rather higher.
?°r'sign and Colonial Mining Shares are very
111114 Banking Shares are steady, and the new
undertakings are at the following quotations :
4ctevn of London, j to 1 ; Ottoman, 21 to 24 ;
Discount,
1 to 14 ; and Egyptian, 2i to 3 prem.

'ItITLSH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Prot* the Official List.)
Peones, done.
1 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92i i
xII !'" o.lnt. Consols Annuities 92 6 If 26 1/
' 3 per Cent. Annuities
'o,llols for Aeoount . 921 i I 1
Baclisquer Bills. 21d.
E10(.0. 757cl —. ...
63723 7 2
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cant _
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent...
Ditto Small
1024
Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. .. 93
Cliiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto 3per COIL ... 81St
tci uador Bonds
Ditto Now Consolidated l3i
clads New Active, li por Cent. -
„Pi:to Deferred • 7
'exle an 3 per Cent.
, Ditto Account .. . •
r ortu, fuzee Bonds, .5
per Cent., Con. 1841
1, t'itt o 4 per Cent 48i 7/
Vi Bo- nds, 5 per Cent., 1822, I! 5t....
BEbitta 4i per Cent
8 -I)itta Small
Ihnieli Bonds, 3 per Cent 421
Ditto Yaw Deferred, 3 per Cont.
. Date. Account 24i
altritikt, Bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto Account
bitty Guaranteed, 4 per Cent loof 1
1
! '4:'itbo Account •
Z dezuuts, Bonds, 41 per Cent 29
nividands on the above payable In London.
black Buchan 2i Cent 12 Gun ...
D go, per •,
95A
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
THREE O'CLOCK.
Coesols (money)
Di /to Account, March 11... .. .......

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I AM.. 4•tta SUGAR.—TiIe e maple sugar crop of the year
"•5 int estimated by the officials in Washington in the
agricultural bureau at $2,720,000. Maple sugar, being
product.,: of the forest, is chiefly confined to those re-
"as of the interior where it is a cheap and ready sub-
s
tikute for there 'no costly and less aoceseible product of
L
bs %be. The large production of the present year may
regarded as an effort of the rural population to re-
rd
Y a deficiency in the supply of this necessary article.
Ir far the maple can be looked to as a permanent re-
*cures we can only conjecture, but the subject is worthy
of consideration. Cane grows only in the extreme southern
atitedes of the United Stater. The sugar maple, however,
icurishes in the greater part of the inhabited sections,
4114 though the article prodnoed by it is inferior to the
°thee, yet, as it requires a littleit is muoh
lcaper. Now, the question is whether it is eapable
al'ocular cultivation for this purpose. Were the proper
teation bestowed it is possible that it might, since there
Is no raison why a forest of sugar maples might not be
reared as well as a forest of sugar cane. A much butter
rPodient, however, would be the cultivation of the sugar
est, which is so succesefally practised in France. About
years since it was announced
theirhat the Mormons in
`a tall had gone extensively into earing of this crop,
l'cd had erected sugar-mills and refineries, in order to
"PPly themselves with sugar. The introduction of this
culture into the *United States might afford a profitable
"cuPation for many of our farmers, since the price of
"lager is such as to insure a very handsome return to the
Producer. With such immense territorial possessions
'e have it in our power to become in a great measure a
ksi f'sulltaining nation, rearing nearly all the crepe re
quired for our awn use.—Pla!arlelphict Norge