The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-27 00:00:00

COMMERCIAT TNTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two (YeLool, .
The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed 10
quietly, but firmly, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were unchanged. The 4t.
sales were estimated at 10,000 bales-1,000 for ex- ;9
Port, and 3,000 on speculation. The Railway Share
,'
Market was quiet. tH.
The weekly commercial report from Paris states
,t 6
that trade generally continues to suffer from the
difficult/ of obtaining discounts at the Bank of i!.
Prance, chiefly amongst the manufacturers and ;i
Wholesale houses. The retail dealers who had be- St.
ban to lay in their winter stocks have restricted
t.
s
their orders until the Bank resume their ordinary
st.
rates of discount. Business is entirely confined to
the demand for present consumption, and all specu-
lative purchases are suspended. Since the corn-
.L
rneneement of the month the manufacturers have `?,t,
received very few orders for exportation ; apparently
the monetary crisis has checked all operations of this
kind. Thead vicesfront t he provincial manufacturers
report a general dullness in business. Buyers of silk
and cotton goods have been veryscarce at Lyons and
Mulhouse ; and also at Amiens, Rheims, and Rou-
baise. The prices of the finer qualities of silk and
woollen fabrics is well maintained, and there is not
Much probability of the manufacturers reducing
them, for the high wages given to the workmen,
and the dearness of the raw materials, leave them
very small profits. At Lyons and St. Stephen the
demand for silk fabrics continues active, but the
looms are not fully employed on account of the
scarcity of raw material.
The official returns relative to the trade and na-
vigation of the United Kingdom for the month
ending the 30th ult. have been presented this
morning. Considering the dearness of =hey and
the quiet state of business, the results exhibited
are exceedingly satisfactory. The declared value of
all the exports is 10,216,6711. against 9,072,659/.
in the same month of 1855, showing an increased
export trade to the extent of 1,144,0121. The
augmentation is apparent in the following articles,
viz , cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, haber-
dashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery,
linen manufactures and woollen and worsted
Yarn. The month's imports were larger of
°°ru, barley, flour, raw cotton, cochineal, flax,
currants, rice, saltpetre,
.raw silk, cassia
lignea, cloves, brandy, geneva, tea, and wine, but
there was a decrease in the receipts of cocoa, coffee,
indigo, mahogany, and tobacco. The shipping
accounts show that a much larger tonnage of vessels
Was employed in the foreign trade as compared with
1855, and the same remark will also apply to the
Coasting trade.
A. rather uneasy feeling has been produced by
the announcement of a resumption of specie with-
drawals from the Bank of England, a small quan-
tity having been sent away on Saturday for the
Continent. Unless large arrivals take place from
tnerica and Australia, it is feared that the item
to
bullion in the Bank vaults will further decline
to a serious extent. The James Baines is hourly 20
axPected, however, with a large quantity of gold, 10
and the Africa, from New York, has been an-
20
uonnced this morning with $794,600 in specie.
The English Funds are rather heavy this morn- [OO
lag. a lull having succeeded the activity which cha-
racterised the market throughout last week. As an 1;)
improvement of about per cent. then took place, 21°.
some of the speculators are tempted to realise their 20
Profits and to their opera ions may he ascritAl
_Fl'lne of the weakness which now prevails. Con-
:Vs for transfer have been 92i y, and 92i 1. .00
'9;r the 6th proximo, the bargains have been at 1,,
.41, 92i and 92i Bank Stock is steady at
10
`, Exchequer Bills, are 2s. to ss. premium, and the Bonds 981. ee
20
In the Foreign market ver few bargains have 20
been recorded, and the quotations are'' generally a5O
rathere flat. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 881 to 891, 20
10
heavyl32l3g almost lower, and the 4 per Cents. rule sto
at 921 1. Spanish Committees Certificates .e)
arei
the marked 9t.
De.l Peruvian 3 per Cents. have been 20
3
per Cents 63i per Cents., 50, and the Dutch 21 i(
3 .
The fellovving
Stocks are the nominal prices of Foreign
:—Greuada
ditto
Deferred Bonds, 7t Mexi-
-16
can, 21i ;
Per,
3 per
Cents vian 41 per Cents., 75 77 ;
20 _ u
43 45 ; Ru 4 : 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 20
man 0 per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto 41 per
Cents., 95 9
Deferred, 23 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i 42.} ; ditto 10
7
passive,
61 A. 241; ditto Certificates, 6.1 ; ditto
For railway
shares there is also a dull and weak 1
market
although, up to this hour, the alterations
have hot been very important. In several instances 2:2)
the favourite
is to but, except in ono or two of
tOo favourite lines, the transactions are limited. Si
The Foreign and Colonial are very quiet, at almost 1210)
'previous values. Rigas are a shade weaker, being 20
lit 4 premium.
in Mines and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, but 6
6
Banks a few dealings have been recorded at pre-
_lO
violin rates.

ft.ITISII FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(From. the Official List.)
„woo.,
do.
S.
PirAllk Stook , 213
_•••••• ..................
91$ i
3 per Cent. Reduced Atteuitiee
' 2$ i i I
3 per Cont. Console Annnittch
New 3 pe
er Cent. Annuities
s
Etch Account, ............... •• 92 °i k
equer Bills, 24d.; ..........
£IOUO ........... ES6O ........... ..... 6 2 p
. .
................. . -
'frnall ~ .. ..... . . . , „ ..
..
6 2 p
DiDitto Bowie, 1H5R,34 per COnt:.•
tto, 1R59 .......... ..
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY*
l'ortiviari Bowls 4, per
.. DiLitt° Account ............ .. Cent,,,,.
. ...
Ditto 3 per Cent. .......... •••
-."-
tto
Account ... ................. ..
54i
op T IPi f,nkils. A er. '.eel, .............
1,:/jtto New Deferred, 3 per Cent:
tr.iltto Account ............ ............. . fun' 24 31
,7,blii!ill Committee Cert. of Coup. n:,t .5i
bit:_l' ' olicis, 6 par cent .. . .
2c d
t).it'uto Account .. ........................ 89k 9 a 81 9 8i
itt„ 'null. .... . ........ ..
Ditto
C'..:tlarant•eed, I per Cent.
h°ootint ................. .....-
DAtell i'"lden.-, 11- the wore na.at:e In T,,,,,4"
144tage, 2:1 per Con';., 12 Guilders 63
Conte
is
Ditto . konet .. THREE O'CLOCK.
_ ... ......................... 92k i
ant, November 6 ............ 92i

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