The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with a firm feeling, but without much activity
being displayed. All kinds of American were id.
Per lb. dearer, and qualities from sd. to 51d. per
lb. were id. to Id. higher, and all other sorts
were unchanged. The sales were 12,000 balea,
coinprising 930 Pernam and Maranham, at 61d. to
• ; 340 Bahia, at 61d. ; 500 Egyptian, at 61d.
to 9id. ; 1,000 Surat, at 4kd. to 41d. ; and 100
Sea Islands. The Railway Share Market was
steady, at an advance of nearly per cent. on all
,The leading stocks.
Report& from the Prussian wool markets state
that, at no period has there been so much anima-
tion and buoyancy as during the month of March.
In sonic measure this has been attributed to the
dullness in other commercial matters. The
&Wand for wool on all sides has been unusually
great.) and the brokers have found it impossible to
*eet it. With the exception of some small lots,
Purchased on account of France and England, the
entire produce in stock, and a great portion of the
ensuing clip, has been bought by the manufacturers
of Prussia, and Saxony. In the country many of
the manufacturers have contracted with the wool
growers for the next clip at advanced prices ;
Il`andthe best wools of eastern and western Prussia
b 5 been contracted for by the principal Berlin
e• In Pomerania, Posnania, and Mecklen-
tmanymany of the wool growers have done the
same. In the State of Brandenburg, however,
they prefer waiting until the shearing season is over,
and realise the ruling prices at Berlin on the
Tieof June, when the great wool sales take place.
inn 8413P1y during the past month had risen to
'MO quintals (1,100,0001bs), but for the most
Part it was defective in quality. This being in-
sufficient for the consumption. many have bought
Russian wools at 70 tbalers per quintal, being an
Advaisee of sth. on previous prices.
, Notwithstanding the preparations made for the
nquidation of the commercial paper falling due to-
inerrow, the fourth of the month, the demand for
Mou
t eY has not hem urgent during the last day or
° and this circumstance, together with the fact
discount,
the Bank of France having lowered its terms of
,nle°llnt, led some parties to suppose that an altera-
Bank of England minimum would be made
day. The directors, however, separated with-
out announcing any change, but it is still believed
tp some quarters that the measure cannot be much
further delayed. There are several reasons for
'lli
dean delayed.
that a good demand for money will
zTra illnat:ciin,ed for some time to come, but, on the
the specie movements are favourable
to the market, and the April dividends will, no
übt) have a beneficial influence. About half a
taillion sterling is known to be on the way from
Australia, while other sums, of which there are at "
Present no particulars in London, may shortly be i
exPected.. The balance of trade being against the
1111ited States, the continuance of remittances toth ;s
ennotry will likewise assist in relieving the
Pressure upon the Money Market.
There is scarcely any movement in the market
for Public securities, and no alteration from the
Prises current yesterday afternoon has occurred.
few sales have been made by parties closing their
accounts, bnt the effect of these operations on the
3narket has been unimportant. Consols for money
are 92i to 931, and for account 93 to 93k. The
Jlone Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount to par, and
the Bonds have been dealt iu at 98i. India Bonds,
tinder 1,0001., are ss. discount.
The Foreign Market is also very inactive, and
there is less firmness in the quotations. Turkish 6
Per. Cents. have receded to 1021 and 102, and the
.per Cents. are 102. Spanish Deferred 3 per
Cents. are 25 to 25i, being firm, Russian 4 per
Cuts. brought 95, and Sardinian 5 per Cents. 95
to 666 ' Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been 401,
11,4 Mexican 3 per Cents. are weaker, viz., 21i
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stooks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 71 ; Mexi-
ean, 21i ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents.,
s 4 56 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian
..p"l)lanrisheirts., 104 6 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 93 95 ;
'I
per Cents., 4516% ; ditto Deferred, 25 ;
dirt Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 71 4.
tThe hat
week's railway receipts, ascertained up
this -
day, are in round figures as under :-
1856. 1855.
Vireet WesttoitthhZveste
er
n
ra
55,140 53,405
estern ... 14,479 12.314
an„,abcl_, ... .. 28,316 26,339
14•-t;aste **************************
]7,113 13,574
Cidedoni rn
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an 10,683 10,144
Great
La- a . Northern
Manchester shire and Yorkshire
and Lincoln 8,324 7,607
jhria:°l4:itc;ESxh:tffiere id'
Holyhead
4,564 4,341
East Lan h.
~„.0 eat ire 6,192 5,358
North Staff d
14-Pdilindb° 6,920 5,851
Gerterral Omnibus Comp 7,141 1
Great. .01,gh and Glasgow
"astern of Canada 8,307 7,430
%30113,
heaviness is apparent in .the Railway Share
Market •
3. la consequence of some parties having
realisedts after the recent material improvement. i
eur 13:1:4e cases a fall of fully 1/. per share has oc-
sonire'• Dutch Rhenish, Namur and Liege, and
4..°tker foreign lines are lower.
lan"4ing and Banking Shares are dull. Austra-
Agricultural have risen V. to 31.
ktiristi
FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES.
e Prom the Oficial Lig. 1
Dr; ce an•tn-- done.
Lobt An 'lt.. Consols Annuities
bitto!ituties, expire sth Jan. MO..- -924 34
3 I
Ito._ 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3 5.16
brtrlids. 4:100t)
%under £lOOO 5 d
c411:;,;e. Atconnt
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heuer scri ........................... 1
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P * March. June.
lef)(4er 1311121
. • ............ - 2 d par
Bir2,• - 2 d Par
bitz77l.z ...........
1851, 34 per Can' 15itto, 18698.
98a
CretPaltiCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
da Now Active, 1i per Cent. it;;liito /Deferred
bitch" 3 Per Cent
VtAceonet
guese Bonds 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -
Ittia:ta`ll4 Per Cent..... 494
bitto Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1522, £ St lO5
lierdi„ 4i Per Cont.
bittark Bonds, 5 per Cent:
sp,t;_, Ao Aeoottnt
3 per. Cent 454
Dittor esr-tieferred,3 per Cent.
1,41ti.h Aceetnit . 254 544
Ditto 11°!ids. 6 per cent lOll
Aeemint lO2l 21421 14
tkp_. uaranteed, 4 per Cent.
.60 Aeoonnt lO2 14
dends on the above payable in tnnrint.
THREE O'CLOCK.
mi 41t
-110
ls, money . 93
ts Account

by it,(LONDON) DOCKS.—Thnativeantages offered
or h'eu_e 'Victoria Docks, particularly. case of vessels
TritevY burthen, are already being felt. The Free
eveael °f 1,200 tons, and drawing 21 feet of water, ar-
tot --,L 'n the river en the 24th ult., and was towed direct
lim""_,6llLon_don Docks, where however from the want of
t ''el
aketout. depth at the entrance gaffitecsu,,itshe could not be
tryin4he
Victoria
captaiu, in this di y, decided. upon
main° Docks, and the tug, having been
attached to the ship, towed her back. Sh. e sue-
A_ ,
faii7o in entering, although in the interval the tide had
time nearly four feet. Liverpool has, up to the presen
fkii! fr°n,l the magnitude of its docks and the greater
trade itieS afforded by them, enjoyed a monopoly of the
mere
carried on by our largest and finest vessels. The
p,r„ela'led accommodation provided in London by the
cti.,--ng of the Victoria Docks will doubtless in a short
I, 1-„ed' b Y removing this inequality, divert to the port of
/-;(1° a portion at least of the trade now lost to it.
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tiiietceeeors to Idr. Colburn, announce as forthcoming the
Ite"ing New Works :—Memoirs of the Court of the
01: rneY, from original family documents, by the Duke
I,_ aekit,gbam and Chandos, KG., &c., in 2 vols., with
rtni,,itB.___
trtjr,, Eastern Hospitals and English Nurses ; the
ra,",,..ve of Twelve Months' Experience in the Hospi-
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', with Illustrations.—A Summer in 4 Norhern
end
; including Sketches in Sweden, Nor way,t Fin-
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VrY, in 2 vols.—Ltke N,gami ; or, Explorations and
...!eecoveries during Four Years in the Wilds of South-
,Z,tern Africa, by Charles John Anderseon, in 1 vol.,
v,"° uPwards of 50 Illustrations.—Travels in Persia,
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-,ov 1
the atulthobry c7arf . Gore, Mrs. Trollope, Miss Jewsbury,
" Emilia Wyndham," Sir Edward Belcher,
%`ll)thia Chamier, •to,

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