The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.)

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIT.)
OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE.

Noisede..
Blossom ..

Four ran.
SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C.

Dramatist..

Tame Deer..

Teddy,

Six ran.
SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C.

Spinster 1
Oltenit za
Won by a neck.
No more racing expected to-day in cotpequence of the
fog.
ARRlVED.—Madatne Clicquot and Bold Buccleuch.

;40N E Y MARKET

NL

'7O MMERCI A TNTELLI GEN°

CITY, Two )'I

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, and prices of all kinds were well maintain-
ed. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, of
Which 1,000 were taken for export and 1,500 on
Veculation. The Railway Share Market closed
steadily, at a slight decline on the current rates of
Monday.

The accounts from Paris contain the official table
of the average prices of wheat throughout France
up to this week, which exhibit a general decline
in all the markets during the month of October.
The average prices of wheat at the same period in
September was 30f. 38c. per hectolitre, and this
Month it is not more than 29f. 55c., showing a fall
of 83 centimes. This feebleness in the price of
Wheat is considered unusual at this period of the
Year, when an upward tendency is generally expe-
rienced. The farmers being busy at other work
they send very little grain fo the markets, which
diminishes the supply, and consequently there is
usually a rise in prices during the months of Octo-
ber and November. This year, however, the re-
gular course of the markets has been disturbed by
unforeseen causes, and the downward movement
has not yet terminated. The exceptions to the
general state of the markets are in the midland
districts, but the chief is at Marseilles, where the
average price of wheat is 33f. 27c. per hectolitre,
being a rise of if. 57c. on the average quotations
of the previous month. This firmness at Marseilles
appears the more extraordinary as the imports
Were -- very considerable during the month of Au-
gust last; but it is accounted for by the bad bar-
'rest in the midland departments.
The demand for discount accommodation con-
tinues very active, and the minimum rates fixed
by the Bank of England directors are main-
tained with firmness. As the 6th proximo
approaches the inquiry will no doubt increase,
because parties anticipating augmented pres-
-Bnre will be making provision for the large
Mass of mercantile bills which then fall due. The
existing high rates for discounts, it is feared, may
Yet be productive of much mischief among the
commercial community, as their profits must be
curtailed, however active the Board of Trade
returns may represent the general com-
merce of the country. Yesterday afternoon an
old rumour, affecting the credit of a large
contracting firm, which appears to have good foun-
dation, was revived. The parties in question are
Fox, Henderson, and Co., and their liabilities are
expected to be very heavy. It was at first thought
that they would be enabled to extricate themselves
from their difficulties, and on this account nearly
all the morning journals abstained from pub-
lishing the names, although the subject-was spoken
of unreservedly throughout yesterday afternoon.
The event has produced an unpleasant feeling, al-
though it occasioned no surprise, and it is feared
that other houses may be similarly situated before
long. When money is so dear as at present it ge-
nerally leads to such disasters, because house,
which may have experienced previous embarrass-
ment find increased difficulty in procuring the
necessary accommodation to perform their engage-
ments.

According to the telegraphic message the rate of
exchange at Shanghai on London has advanced to
78. 61d. This, if true, is unfavourable ; but it is
generally supposed on the stock Exchange to be
Incorrect. At Canton the quotation is reported
at a alight decline.
In speculative securities the dealings have been
'very limited, but the market has been maintained
with tolerable firmness. Very little dealing, either
real or speculative, is transacted, and the altera-
tions in prices are not very frequent. Consols have
been 92i k, and 92k for money and the 6th
Proximo. For December the quotation is about
921 • The New 3 per Cents. are 91i the
Reduced 91i k I, and the Thirty Years' Annuities
(1885) 1.7 i to 18. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 6s.
Premium. Bank Stock is 213.

The Foreign Market is dull, the dealings re-
Corded being mostly in connection with the settle-
Inent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 89} ; Spanish
Deferred, 23g ; Sardinian, 894 ; and Peruvian 6i
Per Cents., 76a
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 74 ; Mexi-
can, 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 75 7 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per
Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 1 ; ditto
Deferred, 23i 24; ditto Certificates, 51 I; ditto
Passive, 61
This being gc making up day " in the share
market the business has not been extensive, the
Principal dealers having been engaged in the ne-
.eessary arrangements for the settlement. Prices
_have shown but little change. North Western and
_Nlidland, however, show a slight improvement.
The
CanadiAn and French lines are also in an im-
proved demand at an advance in value.
Joint-Stock Bank shares are dull and prices un-
altered. Miscellaneous shares are rather active,
but no material improvement can be reported.

EItiTISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
(From the Offietal List.)
tgiontse done.
Sank St,*
.. 213
3 ~,,, . ... ..................................
914 i
• out, Red/teed Ammiti.
t. 2-1, +
8 ~,,, Pent Catania Xtnßitieg
91.113 iii
N''',* q Tier nettt.''Anntoties
Long Anntlities, expire Sth Jan. 1860...
Ditto 30 Years, e ire sth A ril, 1885 lB 17i
ConDslnd'. Ronda. RlOOl2l P
e lheqner Ni 2 p
itto, under 21000 .. .. ...... ..'
2 6 P
Eols for Accou
.. ... ..................
tent24d: .................
92#
',!l ono

... 2 p
ATh",O; .... ...... .................. __ p
PRIC.RS ......... .„_ ............... 6
OF FREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Peruvian Bonds' 4i perO Cent . $
Russian Ponds, 1822, .t St., 5 per Cent....
Ditto 4i Per Cent. . _
............... 96 5i
ShSardinian Bonds, 5 per . Cent. ..
............. 89}
^I.) Roude, fvpr oPut ............... 414
Ditto NOW Deferred, 3 per Cent. ........ 23A
x (
account November 14 ............. 89/ 4 x
Thtto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 993
Dut 40.70 .t4-abin Lonlor,
Di ch Excl,ange, 2i per Cen',., 12 Guilders
tto 4 per Cent. Certificates 95
THREE (YOZOCK.
92s
92. f d

vi, "h, money
tto, account, November 6

Dr. ic,

---
-•• -e.ane, the distinguished American Arctic navi-
gator, had interviewa yesterday with the Lords of the
Admiralty ; ale ,
the Hydrozralihicrh Captain Washington, the head of
Department, by whom he was cor-
dially received.
W. regret to learn that Dr. Kane is
in very inditLre ealth, consequent on his exertions
and exPosure hisn expeditions in search of the late Sir
John Franklin.
Russie. —Le Nord of Monday bays: —"To•morrow we
shall publish a ukase brought Ili by the Russian journals,
providing for the free entry into Russia, with a few ex-
ceptions, of all foreign
The
merchants and traders.
numerous formalities, amounting often to prohibitives,
which foreigners have hitherto been required to surmount
before penetrating the empire, are well known. For the
future the Russian legations upon the continent will have
nothing to do but to follo thet this ukase, and grant
Passports to all who ask form, unless they be people
of doubtful morality."
MADAME TIIsqe.IID'S BEIM:1117017.—A very elegant
ugllre of the Mitre s of the
I`)tlchess of Sn'herlan~l, has j,4°bbee:'n He
completed pGlertaecde and
placed behind Her Mai-sty to the group which repre-
-44s her youthful family and the chief ministers of her
ccutled and court. The Duchess is represented in a
Aland•
and •Id brocade profusely decorated with gold, net,
the 6 %vele. The likeness is considered excellent and
ON ie natural and life-like.