The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

IF., OIT E LI ARXE

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
closed quietly with a steady feeling. The sales
Vern estimated at 8,000 bales, 1,500 on speculation,
comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham bid. to
60., 120 Bahia 61d. to 60., 100 Egyptian 7d. to
find., 1,000 Surat.4-Id. to 51d., and 20 Sea Islands
is. 6d. per lb. In the Railway Share Market
prices were a shade lower.
The English Stock Market has been somewhat
agitated by a variety of unfavourable rumours,
principally with reference to the New Loan, but it
is likewise stated that a dissolution of Parliament
will soon take place. Some large sales have been
made, and a decline of 1 per cent. has occurred.
Consols for money opened at 92i g, but they have
since receded to 91k. For account prices have been
921 and since 92 to 921. The New 3 per Cents.
have been 91i to 92, and 91i while the Reduced
are about 90 The June Exchequer Bills have
been-is. discount, and India Bonds Bs. discount.
In Some of the principal Foreign Securities there
have been numerous transactions, but sales having
again preponderated prices have taken a lower
range. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded
fully 1 per cent.; the lowest quotation being about
95ti i• The 4 per Cents. have been 1011 and 1001.
Sardinian Bonds have been at 941 to 95, Spanish
3 per Cents, at 44, and the New Deferred at
i 1.231 ;All being at a reduced value. Dutch 4 per
uents. are 93.
The Railway Share Market is depressed, by sym-
Pithy with the Funds, and the decline in some
cases is to I per cent. In Brighton, North-
Western, Midland, and North-Eastern, a large
business has Leen done. The foreign and colonial
lines are not so much affected, but they are mostly
at nominal quotations.
Foreign mining shares are neglected ; banking
shares are heavy, and also the miscellaneous un-
dertakings. Canada Land aro 14 to 2/. lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( Prom the Official List.)
Rusin, done.
8 Per Cent. Red-iced Annuities.,.... 9ll I 904 190
Neer Cent. Consols Annuities ... 924 i 11 2
~...w 3 per Cent. Annuities .... .......... .... 911 2 lg i i i
a ew 2i per Cent. Annuities 75
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860: —
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 1-16 17
Ildie Bonds, £l060
veunols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 2i3. March. June.
,
£l000
X5OO 2p 4d
Rmall 3 p 4 d
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cont. 9Bl 8
Ditto, 1559
PItICE OF -FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE_ O'CLOCK
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Paexiean 3 per Cent
Sardinian Bonis, 5 per Cent.
Scanisl. Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto Yaw Deferred, 3 per Cent.
SPanish Committee Cert. of Coup. nit fun 5 p c
Tnrkian "ends, ti per cent 96s 4 5 6.} x d
Ditto Account 96s i 1 x d
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account lOll
Dividends on the above . ayable is Undon.
Butch Exchange, 2} per Cent., 12 Gull —
Ditto 4. er Cent. Certificates
lequador Peruvian,Dollar Bonds, 44 p. c 59

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for Money
Ditto Aceoun t ( May 8)

91.11 2
928

LLOYD'S LV SHIPPING.—(This Day.) I
it.

LoNtlorr, April 23.—Wind this dry at noon, N. ;
light breeze and fine.
PORTSMOLTTH, April 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Tar-
tar, from Liverpool, with two mortar-boats in tow. Sailed
--Victoria and Albert, royal yacht, for Madeira; Pacific
tpt.), Crimea
' • H.M.S.'s Dragon, Centaur, Trusty, and
!sunder, Sheerness; H.M.S.'s.S.'s Conqueror and Centurion,
Devon port.
MARGATE, April 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrived —Bury,
"airing
London, for Dublin, assisted in, the masterand crew
"airing been hurt by the windlass capsizing.
CROOKHAVEN.—Arrived—Colonist, from Callao, leaky;
Plantagenet, Mauritius.
MILFORD April 27—The Emerald, of and from Wick-
-I°,v, for Liverpool, was run down off Holyhead on the
24th inst., by the Wallace, of Glasgow.

(PER ELEOTRTO TELEGRAPH.) Z I
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. 5
Arrived—Adelaide, Atlas. Xerxes, and Eliza, from New- 21
Port ; Jessie, Shields ; Unity, Russell, Trinity, and Tho. 10
ruts, Cardiff; Providence, Leith.
Sailed—Devonshire (s.), for London ; Purveyor, Port-
5
land; Clara and Valiant, Cardiff.
9,1

(Br titIBMARINIC AND BRITISH TELFGRAPg.)
GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.26 a.m.
Wind N.E. ; tide, 3 hours' ebb ' • cloudy.
Arrived, April 27.—Inez, from Calcutta; President Filli-
more, New York ; Mary Ann, Memel.
Arrived, Apr it 28.—Carolinda, from Cherbourg ; Alma,
Danzig.
Sailed, 27th—Sovereign of the Seas, for New York.
DEAL, Monday, 10.12 a.m.

Wind N.E. by N., fresh.
Passed—Leopeldina, from Shields, for Oporto ; High-
bury, Shiels, for Gibraltar.