The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoole,
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily without any change in price. The sales
were at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, chiefly Ameri-
can descriptions. 250 Egyptian were sold a t
to 72d. ; 500 Surat, 4id. to 41d. ; and 200 Sea
Islands, 11d. to Is. 2d. per lb. In the Railway
Share Market the transactions were limited, and
Prices were at a slight decline on Monday's range.
The commercial advice& from New York do not
• report any change cf importance. Cotton ruled
firm at previous prices, and in breadstuffs a fair
business was doing at a slight improvement. The
money market was becoming easier and the bankers
offered accommodation on lower terms. In the
'eek ending March 1 the loans and discounts
of the City Banks were augmented $1,886,788
and the specie was reduced $195,188. The pre-
parations in progress for the Spring trade, which
was expected to prove large, increased the demand.
Accounts from Trinidad, by New York, state
that a series of successful forgeries, to the extent of
several thousand dollars, had been committed on
the Branch Colonial Bank.
Adviees have been received at Antwerp from
Rio Janeiro stating that there has been a consi-
derable rise in the price of coffee, in consequence
of the disturbed state of the country limiting the
quantity produced, and that there will be very
little for export to Europe this season. This has
caused a great demand for Brazilian coffee at Ant-
werp, and a corresponding rise in prices. After the
receipt of the intelligence purchasers came freely
into the market and gave an advance of to, 1 per
cent, per half kilogramme on the prices of the pre-
ceding week. Transactions in Saint Domingo and
*lava were, however, limited. The total quantity
itt first and second hands at the beginning of the
Week was 62,500 bales, comprising 9,000 of Java,
11,000 St. Domingo, 41,500 Brazils, and 1,000
sundries.

By the Overland Mail advices have been re-
ceived from South Australia to the 19th Decem-
ber, and letters from Sydney dated the 14th De-
cember.
Accounts from Stockholm mention that there is
to be an amalgamation of the Customs de-
partments in Sweden and Norway under one
head. For this purpose, a mixed commission of
Norwegian and Swedish officials have been for
4°l?le time past preparing the basis upon which it
Would be most judicious to unite them ; and they
have now presented their project to the Govern-
kont.

The produce of wine from the Douro district in
Portugal during 1855 was 13,945 pipes, of which
the greater proportion was exported.
There is no feature of importance in the English
Stock Market to-day, the dealings being limited,
and the prices without material alteration. A
fthght improvement, however, is apparent, but the
Paucity of business prevents any decided move-
'tent. Consols for money have been. 92 to 921,
?lid for the account the quotations from 921 have
Improved to 92g• 4. The Scrip is nominal. The
New' 21 per Cents. are marked 75. Exchequer
ills have been 2s. to ss. premium for those dated
March, and ls. prem. for the June issue.
Foreign Securities are dull, but generally
steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 98 for
11:1°11eY, and 972 for the end of the month.
Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm at 451, the New
Deferred at 25 to 25i, and the Certificates at 6 to
4. Portuguese 4 per Cents., ex overdue Coupons
are 46. Peruvian 4 per Cents. 79 to 791, and
Dutch 4 per Cents. 96.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
teelts :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 71 ; Mexi-
earl Bonds, 20 -a; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per
uente., 56 58 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ;
Russian 5 per Cents., 102 104 ; ditto CI per Cents.,
t,
91 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 442 451 ; ditto
Deferred, 25 1 ; ditto Certificates, G 61 ; ditto Pas
slye,7i 71.
Railway shares aro dull, but well supported.
East Anglian, Midland, and ono or two others,
are firmer. In the Belgian lines there have been a
few dealings at rather fuller prices. Great Luxem-
bourg
continue in favour. It is stated that this com-
pany will obtain a guarantee of 4 per cent. from the
Strasbourg Co., and that the only further call upon
the shares will be 21., but no official intelligence of
each an arrangement has yet been made public.
fast Indian are firm.
Mining Shares are inactive, and Banks rule
eadY. The City are 1/. to 2/. higher. Miscel-
411eous Shares are without material variation.

altrrlSlE FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON O' CLOCK.
(Irons the Offivial List.)

ntrltne,,, done.
aver Cont. Consols Annnitieg 924 2 4
"?2i per Cent. Annui'vies
India Bonds, £loou
.., Ditto, under £lOOO 6 a
'l,lsols for Account
'lctlequor Bills, `Lid. March. Juno.
IOCCI
i:560 25 p 1d 1p
%tall 2 5 p Ild
h, .
---i-,,jE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO: K.
I,lleravian Bonds 4. per Cent
°•„,itliguese Bonds, 25
per Cent., Con. 1811
. Ditto ex all over due Coupons
41'dinian Bonc;ls, 5 per Cent.
. Ditto Account 454
'Puish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Witte New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
... 251 5
1,1)444311 Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. GI 6
4r1:4...11 Bonds, 6 per cent ()S
Ditto Account
Olvidend3 on the above parable in London.
1)„
Zell Exchange, 23 per Cent., 12 Gull —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96
TWO O'CLOCK.

C.msols, money 92 a
Ditto Account

PAPER MADE FROM BRooax.—Among the many experi-
-4"lts made by Mr. Niven, gardener to William Stirling,
'go of Keir, M.P.,_is that of making paper from the
common broom. Mr. Niven has already patented a
process for the manufacture of paper from other materials
t'an rags, and it is said that experiments are now being
gFadeF at kessrs. Cowan's paper mill, Psnnicuik, in rein-
-I°4 to some inventions by Mr. Niven applicable to the
materials employed in the manufacture of paper.
P,EDESTRIANISNI EXTRAORDINARY. Ironsides, the
t_
pedestrian, started at 5 minutes after 4 p.m., on Friday,t
the 4th inst., for the fifth milestone from Penzanee
t'r Elelston-road and back, which he was to repeat 13
ZIP es in 26 hours ; he finished his performance at 10
i"mutes after 4 p.m. on the 15th inst., thus accomplish-
e6 the distance 130 miles, iu 24 hours and 5 minutes,
1121,lich gives very nearly an average of 5 5-12 miles for
B~consecutive hours, and, almost incredible as it may
j:erc, at the conclusion he did not appear much fatigued
"rge numbers of people assembled from time to time to
fitness the performance of this extraordinary feat ; and
111, its completion Ironsides made a collection which was
toerally responded to.
UOVERNMENT WORKS AT DOVER.—Very extensive
Public works (says the Dover Chronicle) are now going
°ll here. At the heights, under W. Moxon, and
at the castle, under Messrs. Diggle and Lee and
roaps°e,ra, hundreds of workmen are being employed in
tike
dilapidations, and in fortfyirg the place against
tue attacks of an enemy. The Government has of late
reed its attention to the defenceless state of Dover,
aed •
la is endeavouring to niske up in present vigi-
hirlee for years of neglect and carelessness. This
4.ace offers facilities at the heights and castle for most
completei and comfortable accommodation for more than
~,v3OOO soldiers, and yet the Government has spent thou-
*--"Ilds, nay, hundreds of thousands, in erecting new
b°°deo temporary barracks elsewhere which might have
eau altogether dispensed with.
of Liverpool
NRWS.—The steam-tug Rattler, Captain Barnes
13ti(1 Liverpool, brought into this port on ho 11th inst.
„ e schooner Effort, of Glasgow, from Charente, with a
:alfgo of brandy, having picked her up off Tuskar,
andoned, waterlogged, and on her beam-ends. The
crave of the Effort having recently arrived in Liverpool
tril reported the loss of the vessel, a steamer was sent
N,;unll.,k for her, but failed to find her. The Rattler,
e
in towing an Australian mail-packet
engaged
the channel, saw the vessel, and asked the captain
• he Australian-bound ship to give him his discharge,
barleh Nye are told he declined t) do, and Captain
ne ees, sooner than lose bin prize, cut the hawser, pro-
-ecoved to the schooner, and took her in tow.— Water-
r
“CIVB.
lltus
Da
Ls; March 18.—Yesterday being St. Patrick's
Y, the relieving of the guard at Dublin Castle was,
,wie,crding to old custom, attended with great pump, and
batTiessed by a vast multitude of people. Two military
1-'8 were in attendance, and performed a number of
a;"°nal airs ; and his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant,
r, ("Ponied by his secretary and aide-de-camp, ap-
,,ored
ilhatnr
co a balcony, wearing, of course, a large tuft of
°e— on his bosom. He was enthusiastically
v•
eered
b the o
peple, and the scene passed off with all
delait yOf former days.