The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

MONEY MJRKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELGENCE.

CITY,wo O'CLOCK

The Liverpool Cotton Market cSaturday closed
with extreme excitement, and Fes of all kinds
were id. per lb. higher. The sal were estimated
at 25,000 bales, 3,000 of whictvere taken for
export and 11,000 on speculatio The Railway
Share Market was extremely quit and prices were
steady, without any alteration em the current
rates of Friday.

The intelligence from New irk per steamer
Persia, which arrived on Saturda states that there
was rather more firmness in tl Cotton Market,
the advances from this side beingmsidered favour-
able. For export there was an tive demand, but
the home trade as well as the spulators were ope-
rating to a very limited exte. The general
money market had undergone o marked change,
but the discount business of 0 City Banks con-
tinued to increase. In the wk ending the 6th
inst. there was an augmenta,tioin this department
of $1,362,058. In Boston, Baltrore, Philadelphia,
and some of the other cities, mo)y was rather scarce,
and a large amount of capita was consequently
being withdrawn from New lA. On the 9th inst.
the Stock Market was heavy,,he supply of stock
having increased. There 114 been some very
heavy speculation ; and a fw days previous to
the sailing of the steamer cosiderable excitement
had been caused by the failos of an operator for a
fall in prices. Messrs. Henoaw and Son, of Bos-
ton, are also alleged to hae suspended, and the
total liabilities of the two firms are estimated at
$10,000,000

The financial accounts frau Paris report a general
improvement in the positiin of the Bank of France,
although no alteration ha yet been made in the
discount regulations. he bullion continues to
increase, and it is expecte' that the next monthly
return will be vet)* satisfactory.
The run upon the branches of the National Bank
in Ireland has not yet terminated, but there is
considerably less excitement. As no difficulty
Whatever is experience' by the panic-stricken in
obtaining gold, they are becoming more confident,
and the directors, in ordsr to be prepared for any
emergency, continue to send sovereigns from Lon-
don. There can be no doubt that in the course of
day or two this stupid panic will have wholly
subsided.

There is a very active demand for money to-
day both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of
England. Full rates are current, and only choiee
descriptions of paper are negotiated out of doors,
At a trifle under the minimum quotations.
The English Stock Market is rather heavy, and
14 decline of about 1 per cent. has taken place.
There is no particular cause to which this weak-
Less can be attributed beyond a few speculative
►les, based upon foreign politics, and the
remittances of gold to Ireland, to supply
the Bank, which have experienced a run. Consols
°Pened at 93 to 94, but they have since ruled
heavy at 931 3. The New 3 per Cents. are 931 to
4, the Reduced 93i 2, and Exchequer Bills 3s.
Premium, the last named being still depressed.
Foreign Securities are very quiet. Turkish 6
Per Cents. have declined to 951 Y, and 95 to 951,
their present value. The 4 per Cents. are 1021 1,
Spanish 3 per Cents. 241 I, Sardinian 881 t, and
banish 3 per Cents. 841.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6. 2 ;
%11, 21i i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 por
Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 31 ; ditto
Deferred, 241 ; ditto Certificates, 64 ; ditto
Passive, 6 1.

A very moderate business has been transacted in
the Railway Share Market this morning, the de-
pression in the English Funds having to a
great extent also affected the value of Railway
shares. Bristol and Exeter, Chester and Holy head,
righton, South-Western, and South-Eastern hav-
ing declined about ss. to 10s, per share. North-
Eastern, Berwick, East Lancashire, and Scottish
North-Eastern supported previous rates. The
great Luxembourg and Lombardo-Venetian were
440 rather lower, but Grand Trunk of Canada
Itre steady.
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been little dealt
in, and prices are unaltered. In Miscellaneous
shares Canada Land are supported at a slight ad-
Iltine, being quoted 130. General Screw Steam
14id London General Omnibus Company were also
IsuPported.

PACTIBH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
tinstnem, done.
t Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
17" 3 per Vent. Annuities
"104 g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 13-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 15-16
4.ldin Bonds, .£lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d
uonsola tor Account 93i i
gxeitequer Bills, 24d.
£lOOO .
£5OO par 4 p
Small 4 prom 1
tRIOES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'ULOCh .
banish Bonds, 3 pet Gent., 1E 25
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account 4si
Ntrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.

,bitto Account 241
+Ark,. • 6 pcir cent...

-ciela Bonds, ,
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont.
Dividends on the above payable in Lnndoo.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols (Honey)
Ditto Account

DEATE OF Mits. BARTLETT.—We learn with regret
that a respected member of the theatrical profession,
ti's. Mary Anne Bartlett, died on Sunday last, at her
lodgings in Kensington-gardens, Brighton, after a brief
thaws of three weeks.
'2lle rate of discount at Hambnrgh has risen to GI
Per cent., in consequence of the silver movement.
The Voniteur contains a further list of the prizes of the
Xthibitnn lottery, which issued from the wheel on
Saturday, coming down to the 5700th number drawn.
Mr. Edwtz James, Q.C., will pay a visit to South-
ampton, in tin course of a few days, to meet his friends,
and explain to tl.era the reason of his absence from them
for nearly a week prior to the mayor being put in nomi-
nation as a candidate.

A. USELESS PossEsstosr.—" Pat, buy a trunk to put
Your clothes in," said his Yankee companion. " What !
elf go naked this cowld weather ?" asked the honest
apalpeen of Killarney.—itmerican paper.
THE MAILS.—SOI7THAMPTON, Saturday.—The Penin.
Ruler and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Captain
Brooke, left this day with the usual East India and
Chivas mails, a good cargo, specie for India to the amount
of 191,3921., for Alexandria 3,1501. and 120 passengers,
Amongst whom were Laity
and Mrs. Boyd, Major Cochrane and family, Colonel
Eyre, Captains Grant and Robin-
son Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie, &s.
SIR SNOW HARRIS'S LIGHTNING CONDUCTOBS.—A
despatch has reached the Admiralty from Rear Admiral
Bruce, commanding the squadron in the Pacific, stating
that on the evening of the 22d October last, in lat. 18
23 N, long. 105 24 W, his flag ship, the Monarch, was
struck by lightning. The ship is fitted with Sir Snow
Harris's system of electrical couductor. The electrical
discharge fell on the spindle of the main royal mast,
end passing down the conductor went clear into the sea
With a tremendous crash, without any damage being
sustained. Such was the excited state of the air, and so
aumerous and vivid were the electrical sparks all around,
that the ship at first was thought to be on fire. There is
little doubt but that her Majesty's ship has been saved
from partial destruction, and the lives of many men pre-
served, through the instrumentality of the capacious
electrical conductor permanently fixed in the masts and
hull of the vessel.
FINAL ARCTIC SEARCH.—There is now little or no
doubt as to the intention of the Government to despatch
431 expeditions in search of further traces of Sir John
Pranklin. They will probably consist of three parties, one
overland, another via Behring's Straits, and a third via
Davis's Straits. The Behrin's Straits expedition will
Probably be commanded either by Captain Collinson
(Should he volunteer his services), or Captain Rochfort
Maguire, an officer of great energy and much active expe-
rience. The Baffin's Bay expedition will, it is supposed,
be offered to Captain M'Clintock, but we have as yet
beard no one mentioned to command the overland party.
s—thiited Service Gazelle.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAT.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. A. J. Payne, the
dePuty-coroner' held an inquest at St. Thomas's-hospital
On the body of Michael Knight, the inspector of the Per-
Itanent Way, whose death was occasioned by injuries
received on the London and South-Western Rsilway on
Thursdda last. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dantal eath.

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