The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoox.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, but somewhat heavily, and prices of all
descriptions were unchanged. The sales were esti-
mated at 6,000 bales, 1,500 for export, and the re-
mainder for the trade. The sales comprise 30 Per-
ham and Maranham, 61,A. ; 100 Egyptian, 7d. to
Bid ; and 150 Surat, 40. to 51d. per lb. In the
Railway Share Market yesterday's prices were a
shade lower.

The Colonial Produce Markets this week have
continued firm, and the quotations of some of the
principal staples have advanced. Sugar has been
in fair request, and the prices have rather tended
upwards. Coffee has been in fair request. Rice
quiet, and saltpetre steady. In spices the dealings
have been limited, and tallow has been inactive.
The public sales of colonial wool commenced yes-
terday, and it is expected that about 52,000 bales
will be offered during the series.
Letters from Naples mention that the king has
promulgated a decree which prorogues the law
allowing the export of wheat, maize, barley, and
other cereals from his dominions to the 15th June.
The duties to be levied upon these articles of food
are reduced to one-half.

Adyices from Riga, by way of Hamburg, state
that the navigation of the gulf re-opened on the
26th April. The first vessel which entered the
port was the Swedish steamer Hull, with a cargo of
salt, which came to a good market. There were
24 sailing vessels in sight, making for the harbour
When the ice broke up.

Accounts from Holland state that the Minister
of Finance had brought forward a measure in the
Chamber of Representatives for the purpose of
Mortgaging the sum of 10 million florins of the
National Debt, which was unanimously adopted
by the Legislature, on his satisfying the mem-
bers that the money would be applied for
the construction of public works of utility, particu-
larly a further extension of the lines of railway
communication throughout the State. The Cham-
ber likewise adopted a treaty of commerce and
navigation with Austria, which tends to establish
the commercial relations of the two countries upon
a more liberal basis than has previously existed.
The announcement of the New Loan, which will
be found in another column, had no material in-
fluence upon the English Funds, the amount, viz.,
5,000,000/., being so_ much smaller than most
Parties anticipated. A decline of 4 per cent.
Only has occurred, Consols being 921 to 93 for
money, and 934 1 for account. The New
3 per Cents. have been 92 to 92}
and the Reduced Annuities 911 The Exchequer
Bill Market is firmer, the March issue being at 2s.
Premium, and the June ditto at 2s. discount to
Par. The Bonds have been 981. Bank Stock is
211, and India Bonds are worth about ss. to 2s.
discoun t.
The Market for Foreign Securities is extremely
quiet and no charge of importance has occurred in
Prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., however, are flat
at 97 I. The Guaranteed 4 per Cents. are firmer,
being 101 2. Mexican Steck is dull at 221
In Spanish Bonds a very limited business has been
done, the New Deferred being 25, and the Passive
Russian 4i per Cents. are 95. Dutch 24 per
Cents. 631 to 64, and the 4 per Cents. 94i y.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
'tucks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 ; Mexi-
can, 22i ; Peruvian, 77 ; Ditto 3 per Cents.,
; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 ; Rue li
-
lian 5 per Cents., 104 ; Ditto 44 per Cents.,
; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 ; Ditto De-
ferred, 24i ; Ditto Certificates, 51 ; Ditto Pas-
sive, 7 7i.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market
for American Securities as remaining without ma-
terial alteration, at the following quotations
:
Redeemable. Per Cent.
trnited States G per Cents. 1867-1868...105 106
'United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-105 106

STATE SECURITIES.
Alabama 5 per Cent BO
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)
California 7 per Cent. Bonds 1870... 80 82
lientucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1861-1872... 90
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88i 89.
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ... 99 100
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk.
Bonds lB4l-1871... 43 45

Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds - ... 16 18
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
renneylvania 5 per Cent. ........ 80 82
Tennesse 6 per Cent. Bonds B7 89
'Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 85
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 86 87
LOANS OF CITIES.
Boston 5 per Cent. B3nds (Divers)
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds ......... 1856-1865... 83 85
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RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875... 79 80
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds 1860... 81i 85i
Michigan Central Bp. Cent. 1860... 90 92
New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 91
New York Central 6 per Cent., not
Convertible 1883... 78 80
New
York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage 1867... 98 100
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 81 85
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.„4`l• York and Erie 7 Cent. Convertible 1862... 79} 81i
N• York and Erie p 7
per Cent. Sinking
Fnnd
tenama Sterling Bonds 1864.— 93
Pennsylvania Central° p. Cent., Ist Mort 1380... 90 91
Railway shares generally remain at previous
rates, but rather a flatter tone pervades the market.
north-Western, Great Western, and South-Eastern
have been most dealt in. The Foreign lines are
quiet, but Great Luxembourg are a shade firmer.
Banking shares are generally at nominal prices,
but Union of Australia are lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( Prom the Ofocial List.)
Businest. done.
Bank Stock
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities...
6 per cent. Consols Annuities 93 2i 3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Ong Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860— 3i
India Bonds, 1.1000
Consols for Account (June 4)
Exchequer Bills, 21d. March. June.
£1000
£5OO —
Pruall
Ditto Bonds, 3358, 3i per Cent. 984
Ditto, 1859
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( K
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4i per Cent.
gpan i e b Bonds, :3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Passive
?widen Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto Account 97i a
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto Account lola i
nividends on the shove .avehle in London,
Dutch Exchange, 2:1 per Cent., 12 Guilders 64 31
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
TWO O'CLOC EC.
Consols for Money 92A i
Ditto Account (June 4) 93 i

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The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian left
sienna on Monday evening for Paris. In his suite is
Count General Mensdorff-Pouilly, ex-envoy at St. Peters.
burg.
The Belgian papers reproduce with much eagerness
the remarks made in our Houses of Parliament, and in
the British journals, upon Count Walewski's crusade
against the liberty of the press in Belgium.
It is stated by the Paris correspondent of the Inde-
pendence Belge, that the publication of the special treaty
signed on the 15th of April between France, Great
Britain, and Austria, guaranteeing the execution of the
stipulations of the general treaty—took the Russian
plenipotentiaries by surprise. They were unaware, it is
said, of its existence.
Sergeant Owen Guinea, of the 68th Light Infantry,
stationed at Fermoy barracks, was shot dead on Tues-
day by Private Charles M'Cready, of the same corps.
The act was committed in revenge, M'Cready having
felt exasperated at some slight punishment to which he
had been subjected. The culprit, who expressed no
Sorrow for the crime, has been handed over to the civil
power.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES.—The amount of the original
navy estimates for the current year was 19,876,665/.,
and the amount of revised estimates 16,568,614/. The
amount already voted is 16,780,1541., leaving 811,2601.
to be voted, The estimates already voted include
756,4871. for the packet service, and 6,000,0001. for the
transport service and prisoners of war. There is a sup-
plimentary estimate of 41,0001. for new works, improve-
bleats, and repairs.
Lord Wodehouse will ge, not as ambassador, but as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the court of Russia. Thii appointment will vacate the
office of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord
Wodehouse's successor will probably by the Earl of Car-
narvon, unless arrangements can be made by which Mr.
Byng can hold that office consistently with his seat in
the House of Commons, where the presence of an Under-
!lecretary for Foreign iffairs is at present most :finked.
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