The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

001VIMERCLNIA INTELLIGENCE.

CITY. Two oier,onK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily at an advance of id. per lb. on American
descriptions. The sales were 10,000 bales ; 1,000
for export and 3,000 on speculation ; comprising
8,000 American, 300 Egyptian at 60. to 841.,
and 1,000 Surat at 441. to 4/(1. The Railway
Share Market closed with a firm aspect.
The Liverpool wool trade for the past month is
thus reviewed by Messrs. A. Gartside and Co.:—
"During the past month all kinds of wool have
been in demand for immediate consumption; and

as '
imports have been limited, prices show a nu they
advance of id. to ld. per lb. Stocks of home-
; grown are very light, and of foreign the market is
barer than it has been for years past ; indeed of
14'1 leading descriptions there is scarcely a bale
left, The demand for export to the continent has
been increasing for some time past, and the drain
~1115011 our own market, as well as the places of pro-
uuction abroad, has assumed great importance ;
lout the advancing quotations now current in Eng-
land may be expected to divert supplies towards
ere, where they are much required.
Advices from Sydney via Panama, dated Jan.
.13 state that the wool market was rather dull, and
a faltOf id. to Id. per lb. had taken place.
From Melbourne the accounts state that the
estimates for 1856 had been published. The ex-
penditure for nearly all the departments bad been
c°4Biderably reduced, as compared with the sums
Toted in the previous year.
The death of Sir Charles Hotham had interfered
With business. The market for breadstuffs con-
umsettled.
..Proni the usual monthly list, compiled by Mr.
1
ilier, of the Jerusalem Coffee House, we extract
the following particulars of the vessels now on the
,s
r°th for Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New
Ilth Wales, Ste. :

Veagels. Tons.
Launceston
Hobart
Town 3 . ... 1,583
Melbourne,
Sluth Wales
'elbourne Geelong, and Portland
Bay
delai.'a
"
New
1
""ew Zealand 4 ...... 1,975
Commercial intelligence from Batavia by tele-
ebh) via Trieste, has been received to the 10th
b:raay. The coffee plantations are reported to
to a favourable condition, and their produce
purchased at advantageous prices to the grower.
0 ea" qualities at the rate of 32f. per percul, and
sorts at 30f. The ruling prices
at the close of the market, for delivery,
"1;18 3lfrs. In sugar, trade is brisk ; 250,000
t,eule sold for 16 f. ; and 200,000 piculs
;:!sf. Rice is in demand, and good qualities
f4"e advanced prices. Sales of 3,000 coyangs
r°4ht 200 to 205 f. for prime, and 170 to 195 f.
i°l. inferior sorts. Indigo was also in request at an
the tupon fine qualities, which realised at
me rate of 3f.75 c. per kilo.
Accounts from Havre state that notwithstand•
ti;il the conclusion of peace, and the general rise in
;Iv' Materials for manufacturers, the cotton market
itah 'exceedingly dull on M )nday. HAders of
°e Ice were expecting an advance of 1 franc per 50
k i', °8,2 but thero..was not much disposition on the
part of purchasers to give it. However a sale of
Georgia of middling quality brought 50c. advance
On Previous quotations.
The foreign wool trade continues buoyant, and
there has been a slight improvement on Russian
r..eciace—at 65 to 74 thalers for inferior sorts, and
° 6)102 thalers for good qualities. At Marseilles
there has been au average advance of about 15 per
eht• this year on the ruling prices of last year.
h reduetior, in the minimum rate of discount
hating been made by the Bank of France, it is
v erY generally anticipated that the directors of the
Bank, of Englaud—at their "parlour" meeting to-
morrow--will remove the restrictions on long-
sated paper imposed in October last. This mea-
;tire, it is contended, can be adopted without the
not difficulty, and will materially tend to produce
Oasier feeling in the general Money Market.
There is a very inactive market for Public Secu-
tles) but no alteration in the quotations has oc-
curred.a Until after the adjustment of the current
2eaunt the market will probably remain in a dull
direction
and the tendency in prices is lather in the
fireetien of an advance than otherwise. Consols
or
93131°11eY have been 921 to 931, and for account
'i• Exchequer Bonds are 981 , and India
°ads under 1,000/., 10s. to Os. discount.
The Foreign Market is buoyant, a material
hrovernent having, in some instances, taken
place. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been
.2 per
b4l. higher, viz., 1021 I, and the 4 per Cents.
ve remained at 102 to 102.1. Spanish 3 per
Qetlts, have been steady at 45V to 46, and the ditto,
h
rlieferred at 25 to 251. There have been dealings
Mexican 3 per Cents.. at 201 to 21i, in Russian
Per. Cents. at 941, in Dutch 2i per Cents. at
IT, and in the ditto 4 per Cents. at 93/.
The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have
se,cei-ved v ices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico,
Congress was installed on the 18th Feb.
last, and confirmed the nomination of General Co-
111.4ifort as " President Substitute." His Excel-
vezlcY Ale Minister of Finance, writes that a Go-
ias''. /intent force of 10,000 is besieging Puebla, which
4... expected soon to surrender. The packet brings
T°'°oo dolls. from Vera Cruz, 12,400 dollars from
%ail) Pico, and 13,584 dollars from Mazatlan, for
eP•vidend fund.
following are the nominal prices of Foreign
avuelth —Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 71 ; Mexi-
e6'n' 211 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; Portuguese 4 per
A.eltte 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 101 6 ;
ditto
n 4i per Cents., 93 95 ; Spanish 3 per Cents.,
616 ; ditto Deferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 5i
1. ditto' 7/ I.
/04 English Railway Shares a further material
'mance has occurred. In several cases the im-
p
t rthTcrtement is 10s. per share, but in Edinburgh,
oe, and Dundee, Brighton, Midland, and one
tWo others, it is even more. The Foreign and
Colonial lines are less active, and rather flat.
In Banking Shares there is generally a firmer
market, but the London and County were 10s.
Iver.

'ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK.
( Prom the Oficial List.

iv, 1311.,n.. done.
t • ? Cent . Consols Annnities 9l 2i-- 31
"11,* 'Ronda'4o, undo £lOOO
0r £lOOO..
insole for Account
E4chequer Bills, 21d. March. June.
£lOOO
£5O — I
%
bittoall
Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent. . 94 a
'Ditto, 1859
lt-
P inio
hitrazi-li'l an OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONK o'CLO( E.
Bends, 5 per Cent. 99 x d
(tnenl 3 per ent
A unto Account .. 2oi li
lesian Ronde, 5 per Cent., 1822, 2, St —
Ditto 4i per Ce..tt
-14" is) Bow's 3 per Cent .
Ditto Account 4sa 6
Ditto yew Deferred, 3 per Cent.
t.bltto Account
kith Kende 6 per cent
Ditto Acenun:;
102 a 1 31
II
bitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent . —
Ditto Account 1024 2
DD ~A.i. A- tolo apnea ,5 '• ~. !. ( 4 r.
~l' 01 Exchange, 21 pr Cent., 12 Gud 63k
nto 4 per Cent. Certificates

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, money . 923 ',31
bitto Account
Ditto'Scrip

CONVICT THOROGOOD —On Sunday the Gnvernnr
tClfr.re County Gaol, Springfield, received an official in-
j;"‘tien from the Home Office that her Majesty had
~,, .
gracioudy pleased to " extend her royal mercy "
13°. aatnes Thorogood, convicted at our late ass;zea of
,:int accessory to the murder of Hales, the earnekeeper,
°n condition that he he transported beond the seas
forthe term of his natural life."—Chelmsford Cltron'cle.
„.tile four colossal allegorical statues intended for the
17,414d1e roof of the new Museum at Berlin, and tepre-
-1).4.144 Art, Peace, Fortune, and Prussia, have just
,4.1",, cast in zinc at d;ffrent Berlin foundries. They
iv," be covered with a sandstnne coloured paint, and
Zen be erected at once. The relievn for the frontispiece,
4011e4 by Prof. will soon he finiThed.
s The specie broutt by La Plata yesterday was
85'°°01., including 80,0001. in gold. The amount of
! d by the Baltic is
Wi 160,0001., a con.-iderable portion of
Wilb3l2 ll remain country. ' -