The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with great firmness, and prices of American were
nearly *d. per lb. dearer than on Friday. Surats
were also 1-16 d. higher, and other sorts were un-
changed. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales
—l,OOO for export and 2,000 on speculation—
comprising 8,500 American, 400 Pernambuco and
Maranham, bid. to 71d. ; 400 Egyptian, 6d. to
9d. ; 800 Surat, 41d. to 5d., and 60 Sea Islands
101 d. to is. 14d. per lb. The Railway Share
Market was buoyant, closing at its best point.
A dvices from the Mauritius, by way of Suez, to
the 21st April, report an active trade in sugar with
Australia, but a dull business with England, on
account of the fall reported at the beginning of
Spring. The crop of sugar this year is said to be
more deficient than any which has happened for
some time. It is calculated at about 102,000 tons,
being 5,000 tons less than last season—which alko
was a deficient crop. The cause of this has been
the ravages of a disease in the canes during the
flowering season. Th© exports of sugars of this
year's crop from the port of the Mauritius to
foretn countries up to the 31st March, was as
follows :

United Kingdom 149,130,327 lbs.
7,126 508 „
Cape Fran
France
ef
Good Hope
Australian Colonies
Other Colonies

Total 179,507,155 lbs.
Freights had fallen considerably, and ranged from
13.75 p. to 14.371 p. to Great Britain. The rates
fer Australia were nominal at 15p., all the vessels
laid on for those colonies having sailed ; and for
the Cape cif Good Hope they were quoted at lop.
The cholera was still raging at Port Louis and in
the country. Great distress was expected, and
want of labour in the colony.

Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, has
published his usual monthly list of vessels now on
the berth for Australia, New Zealand, &c. The
following are the particulars of the number of ves-
sels and the tonnage to sail during the present
month

Vessels. Tons.
Launceston
Hobart Town
New South %Vales and Mareton Bay lB ... 18,066
Melbourne, Geelong, Portland Bay, and
Port Fairy 32 ... 30,603
Adelaide 8 ... 4.140
Swan River
Auckland, Wfllington, Canterbury,
Nelson, and New Plymouth

The Rhymney Iron Company, at their meeting
of to-day, declared a dividend of 2/. per share,
being at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum.
The rates of exchange in some of the principal
cities of the Continent for three months' bills were
again rather Hatter yesterday afternoon. They
are yet sualciently high, however, to prevent an
efflux of specie.

The Paris Bourse yesterday afternoon closed
eavily at a decline of nearly i per ' cent. in the
enter. The expected early announcement of a
fundteg of Treasury Bonds continues to exercise an
unfayOurable influence upon prices.
I After a temporary pause the English Stock
'Market has again assumed a buoyant appearance,
and during the morning the business done has been
to a fair amount. Consols have been 95R- 1, and
95 -;;, being i per cent, higher than yesterday. The
New Three per Cants. have been 96a- 11, and the
Re, need 95- to 96k. Exchequer Bills are 13s. to
16 m
to
miForeignu market is dull. Turkish 6 per
r e
Cents. have been rather flatter, viz., 106 and
107. The 4 per Cents. improved to 1061 i ; but
they have since been rather lower, viz., 1061 i.
Russian 5 per Cents. have been as high as 1121.
Sardinian are 92/: Mexican 23. The other Se-
curities are generally as before.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71- 8 ; Mexi-
can, 232 ; Peruvian, 814 82i ; ditto 3 per Cents.,
57i 8& ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 49 51 ; Russian 5
per Cents., 110 112 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 98 100 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 46 A ; ditto New Deferred,
25 i ; ditto Certificates, 61- 7 ; ditto Passive, 61 7.
The Railway Share Market is exceedingly active,
and in some cases a material change in prices has
occurred. North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincoln, East Anglian and South-Eastern are
higher ; but some, of the others are heavy. The
shares of the Eastern Belgian, the prospectus of
which was only issued yesterday, are 1/. premium.
Foreign and Colonial Shares are mostly dull.
Banks are iu request at full prices.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
From the osciai List.)

_ unsineik done.
'dank Str_Nek
... 4.A.nt. Rei,.ced Annuities,,.. 95, 61,-
:,,,,, q OAT 'flnt. Annuities . .
Loma' Annuities, expire Cth .Tan. 1860... • 3 --16
Ditto 3 . Years, expire 10th Oet , 1859 31 1-16
Div() 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16
fr• is !Rinds, i:1000 . ..
D tto, under £ldoo l7 p
:In '1,1,R toy A r:ernini.
Exchequer Bills, 20.
£1000,
V3OO l3 16 p
mall
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. loo}
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
rrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B6
C,hiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5
Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 . —
Ditto, 5 per Cent
Equador New Consolidated l4/
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account 23k 2i
. . . ..
Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll2 i
Sardinian Bone, 5 per Cent. ......
Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account ... 46t
Tcrkien tonds, 6 per cent lO6l
Ditto Account .. , lO7 / 61
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
.. . _ .

(nvldt. ids on the above laysble in London.-
Peruvian Dollar B•nds, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols
Ditto Account (July 10) 951 a d