The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLooK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed
with 9 dull eonearance, and, compared with Fri-
%vt;',. the the pre.,--
sure to sell was not quite so great. The sales were
from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, comprising 4,000 Ame
tican (1,000 on speculation), 210 Pernam and
Maranham, at 6d. to 6d.; 90 Bahia, sd. to 6kd.;
200 Egyptian, sid. to 7d.; and 400 Surats, 31d.
to 410. per lb. In the Railway Share Market
the demand for shares was very limited, and prices
Were a shade lower than on Friday.
Notwithstanding the extreme tightness of the
Money Market, both at BomLay and Calcutta, the
advises received by the Overland Mail report the
business done in imported goods had been to a fair
extent, although easier prices were submitted to.
4t Bombay so great had been the demand for
money that the banks were complied to advance
the rate of discount 1 per cent. In Calcutta there
was some apprehension that the drain of silver would
seriously increase, as the purchases of rice would ab-
sorb averyimportant amount of capital. Already the
shipments to Akyab were considerable, and it was
not likely that they would for the present experi-
ence any material check. As regards the produce
market, extreme dulness prevailed, owing, how-
ever, chiefly to the exhausted supplies. Raw silk
Was firm, and lac dyes were in moderate request.
The intelligence from Ceylon mentions that the
Weather had been rather unfavourable, but a large
quantity of coffee had been prepared and sent for-
Ward. The total amount of this article exported to
date was about 60,000 cwts.
The question of the Sound Dues continues still
111 an unsettled state, and the conference which
Was to have taken place on the 2d of this month
has been adjourned sine die. In elucidation of the
matter the Danish Government have published the
Particulars of the number of vessels which have
Passed the Sound during the first eleven mouths of
1855, from which it appears that 7,684 vessels
Passed from the North Sea into the Baltic, and
1'509 in the contrary direction, showing a total of
5'193. Compared with previous years, for the
no:respond in
6,
number of months, it is as follows :
8
19 54, 9,p ,o 6 • 1853, 21,512 ; 1852, 17,545 ; 1851,
906.
The downward tendency of the Stock and
share Markets on the Paris Bourse during the last
Week continued up to the close on Saturday, when
the 3 per Cent. Rentes for the account fell 1i per
ant., and 1 per cent. for money dealings. In
shares Credit Mobilier added 10f. to the fall of the
Week—which makes 97f. 50c. Bank Stock has de-
clined 40f., and Credit Foncier Sf. 75c. Railway
Shares have suffered in proportion, and Mediter-
taneans are 46f. 25c. less than the previous week.
.&ccounts from Australia have come to hand by
Way of Madras, per Overland Mail from India,
Which state that the Ben Nevis mail-packet which
left Liverpool on the 20th June, with the London
had arrived at Melbourne about the 11th
rnuetober, having made the passage in 113 days.
The accounts are from Adelaide, where the mail
arrived on the evening of the 14th October. Lat-
ter]], these mail-packets have been making and;-
thing but quick passages, and it would be very
uesirable if the Government could in any way
meet the views of the colonists, and the mercan-
tile community, by re-establishing steam communi-
%tion at an early date.
There has been a fluctuating market for English
Securities to-day, and the operations have been of
importance owing to the particulars given to the
Czar's reply to the Austrian u/timatuni. Consols
uPened at a decided decline, viz., at about 85i
for money, and 85,i to 86 for account. Some influ-
ential buyers, however, then appeared upon the
market, and several speculators realised their
?I.°6t ; consequently an improvement occurred, and
the
present prices are 861 g for transfer, and 861
ler the 7th proximo. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to
`SR. discount. The New 3 per Cents. have ruled
',Met at 86 1., and the Reduced at 86 to 86k.
India Stock is 218 to 220.
In the Foreign Market there has been a great
ea' of weakness in the quotations of some of the
fading,. investments. Turkish Six per Cents. have
g-,"14 80 to 80, but the New Scrip is exceedingly
at 41 to 41 discount. The charge for carrying
ever this stock is heavy. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
Per( Cents. are 63, Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
7444- 74, and Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
' 4;3: Spanish Three per Cents. are dull at 38f, and
the Passive at 6i.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
19ns:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7; Mexican,
p„2 ; Peruvian, 73 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 3;
e'rtuguese 4 per Cents., 45 7 ; Russian 5 per
gellts, 95 7 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 85 87 ;
ivanish 3 per Cents., 381 39 ; ditto Deferred, 21i
.nditto Certificates, 4;i 4 ; ditto Passive, 61 7.
isl-0-niorrow being " ticket day" in the Railway
made
Market, the usual arrangements are being
-Zaue for the adjustment of the sp-culative ac-
'l4olllr, and the rats for " continuation" is scarcely.
W heavy as upon the last occasion. The Great
prflstern, and one or two others, are at rather fuller
111?". The foreign lines rule quiet, and the Colo-
tat are steady.
ti Mining,ln Banking, and Miscellaneous Securi-
eB7 a fair business has been done at previous
values.

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ItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I tij
Prom th Offietel Lig. /

}lnginus, done.
1141* St 1 a oc r.
3 .'" tkint. Red:f.ced Annuities... .
C"' Cent Consols A npvlitiec
L'''' $ per oent. Annuities
iZg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860...
.tto so
Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3;
1 bitto 3, Years, expire sth Jan , 1860 3 3-16
rdia Stock
41a lloutla, 1:1000 . . .
nli,
ea for A.ceonnt
chequer Bills, 20.
P,101i) .
1500
Small
t PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
razilian Bonds. 5 per Cent.
,
Ditto 5 pOW, er Cent. (Rothschild's)
Ditto N
5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 97
tqua(lor Bonds
4, Ditto New Consolidated I6A 14
""au 3 per Cent.
, Ditto Account
I,eilvcrian Bonds, 44 per Cent.
°,llllguess Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
liitto 4 per Cent 46A
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
B Ditto 4i per Cent
Patnin, Bowls, 3 por Cent 38/ I
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
.. Ditto Passive
rttrkiah Bonds, ti per cent —
Ditto for the Account BO i e
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
bitte Account ... . . 41 i i
,Avidend4 sae tee above cayable in Lonior,
Dutch Exchange, 2, per Cant., 12 Gail... 63
THREE O'CLOCK,

C'onsols
Ditto for Account Feb. 7 ........... ••

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40 I Do. sp. c. Ohl4s. con.
1 in Sh. at par till '64
10 !Ardennes

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10 tiozi ers to Graisaessa,
4i Rombaybliaroda,an
nentral
all Do.
all oenterara
11 outel, Rhenish._

all iEastern of France .
10 no. New

all ctaat Indian, g. sp.
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20 Gd. Tlf. of Cauada.A P
All Do. St. Lawrence k

A.tiantie do.
70 ,)o. Cert. of Deben.
con. into Stk. till
all Do. Comp. 6p. 0., do
10 Gt. Central of Fran-
all (lt iadian

guar. 5 per cent.
all New 5 per cow
ull ,o. Extensions...

lreat Luxembour.
Constituted Shsrel
all no. .
411 qt.Westornoteauaci

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5 Do. New
all D.). nds., pa ya ble's7
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with option till '55;
all L f)o. do., '432, p. '56 ..
all Do. ilo., '76, p. 'M._
0.11 1r... .1.0., '73, withon.

option
all 4l.nalton & Toront,,
all ID°, per cent.
17 Cont.s & Baml,
all ILiorre and Turnhout
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all I
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all
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all Do. do. New .
all cazo.ur Liegf i sit
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all3forthern of Frauos.
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all N'orwoginuTrnnlcYre
13 Paris and Lyon:;
all Ditto Bonds
all ihris and Orleans....
all Paris and Rouen...
16 -,..,lrisCaen & Cherbrg
all Do
5 Rome and Frascati
ail `lolten and _Havre
all -.oval Danish
5 RoyalSweglish
all Do. Obligations
ii;ambre and Meuse._
all j )o. 51 p. cent. Pref.
ss. 'Scinde
all Do,
all southern of Fthalle
16 St. ,tiadroiv.„ and
Quebec (A),
rll West Flanders
all Do 5a per c. Pref.,
18 Western of France
all Do
all Z«,tiand .

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. J. BUCESTONE.

We learn from the Sunday Times, that on New
pear's Day, the 665th day of Mr. Buckstone's
season at the Haymarket, a handsome service of
plate
was presented to him by the members of his
Company. To a letter from Mr Ckippendale, ac-
companying the plate, Mr. Buckstone promptly
replied as follows:—
"Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Jan. 1, 1856.
i 4'40) all
7:17: . & Lll . C
"My dear Chippendale—l this morning unexpectedly
Caw 100 50 sank of London
aw on my table this very handsome present of plate
50 all ttritiih N. Ameriesn
Presented to me as a new year's gift by every person En- ' 5 (ni,„td. Bank of Asia
gaged in this theatre. lam the more gratified by the ';:g 4 nhrtd. Bnk. of India,
offering, because it is given by every oae employed here, kustralia, & China
and while it records the fact of the Ist January, 1856, 100 50 City
bang the 665th night of the present Haymarket season, 100 25 Colonial
I feel it to be my duty, in acknowledging the gift, to 100 20 Commercial of Lond
admit that the accomplishment of the event it celebrates 20 all g`,ng,.Q.oot.StAns.Cht
t 3 Mainly due to the devotion evinced towards the man- 20 all fond. Mart. Bk. of
4zement by every one, without exception, belonging to knstralia
the Rayrnarket Theatre. 20 5 Tiitto New
"In the midst of war, pestilence, hot weather, and 50 2500
great competition, the present season has been thus pro-
-1500 10 London Joint Stock
?nged, and as it is still proceeding, lam happy to say [:7d.szonEs..Bndnk.Cgo.ucnotrpy
100 20 Lond. At Westminster
the existing prospects of the theatre do not indicate any 100 35 ^rational I'm.of Eng
secessity for bringing the season to a close for many 20 10 Do. New ........... -.
months to come—a circumstance which I feel great 50 223 stational of 'nitwit-,
Pride and pleasure in stating, because my chief anxiety 20 all New South Wales—.
has always bees to sustain the cld renown and foremost 25 all Oriental Bank of
Position of the Haymarket Theatre, and, at the same Corpor.tion.
time, ever using my hest endeavour to make everyb edy [OO 25 -tcvincial of Irelandll
employed in it happy and contented. 10 all 1.0. N,w
41,1, 5 1 Royal Anstrain.l3kg
t Convey this acknowledgment, my dear Chippendale,
,t a," rnip tie._
to concerned in this kind and graceful token of 100 50 Royal British
bl',,eero, and to whom I wish, one and all, a happy sill 25 ,kti Santh ~,,stmlia ...
iiti'°,l:Perous new year. At the same time, believe me, ; 25 all Union of Australia
"Iftellly and cordially yours, e ..„ )1 Do. New ..........»
" Josx B. BIICSISTONE." I 40 10 Union o London