The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL lITTELLIGENCB.

CITY, Two o'CLoch...
The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday
elosed.heavily, without alteration in prices. The
sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, com?rising
4,750 American (1,500 of which were ta'icen for 0
export, and 503 on speculation) ; 100 Pernam
and Maranham, at Old. to 61d. ; 200 Bahia, at
6id. to 6 7-16 d. ; 200 Egyptian, at 7d. to 81d. ;
700 Surat, at 4d. to sid.; and 50 Sea Island, at 22
11d. to ls. per lb. The imports since Thursday ns
have amounted to 10,000 bales. The Rail.way st.
Share Market closed firmly, and prices were a st•
0
shade better than on Friday.
550
The Paris weekly trade report, in reviewing the 20
business of last week, states that the period has 20
arrived when a return to activity amongst the 10
principal manufacturers may be looked for. But r),9.
up to the present time there are no 'indications of
a change. Many circumstances hfLve united to )0
delay the commencement of the busy season, St'
amongst which have been the increase of 15 to 20 36
per cent, upon workmen's wages, and the high i2.t6
prices of raw materials, in consequence of which t.
the manufacturers have been obliged to increase 10
their prices, but the demand has suddenly de- Slot'
creased. However the sal es for export have been 30
satisfactory, and foreign purchasers have freely Vot.
submitted to the high price. With the Brazils 10
and other South American States the trade of It.
France is increasing. With Russia the purchases st*
for the approaching coronation continue to be im-
portant. The manufacturers of Lyons and St.
Stephen's having raised their prices business is
very limited, and they are chiefly employed in
executing those commissions which have been on
hand for some time ; and a few houses have re-
fused taking new orders until those are finished.
The advices from the West Indies by the steamer
Parana, which has arrived with $1,625,840, or
850,000/., in specie, do not report any material
change in the aspect of commercial affairs. From
the Pacific we learn that business at Valparaiso was
exceedingly dull.
Notice has been given that the dividends on the
Peruvian 41 per Cent. Loan will be paid on and
after the let proximo.
Last week the imports of the precious metals
amounted to about 1,044,000, while the exports, 10
as far as can be ascertained, were comparatively "t•
small. 3t,
50
The half-yearly report of the English, Scottish, 25
and Australian Chartered Bank, issued prepara-
, tory to their meeting on the 27th of August, shows M
a profit for the six months of 15,8721. The estimate 20
of losses in the last report has proved insufficient,
and a further sum of 4,2971. will be required to
meet them after absorbing the reserve fund of
3,8781. The amount for appropriation will, there-
fore, not exceed 11,575/. Out of this a dividend
is recommended at the rate of 4 per cent. per an-
nual, which will require 10,000/. Of the balance
1,4401. is to be applied to preliminary and other
expenses, leaving 1351. to be carried to profit and
10613.

50
St.

ht the Court of Bankruptcy, on Saturday, there
Were farther proceedings in connection with the
failure of the Hemel Hempstead and Watford Bank
during which it was stated, that the assets are
45,0001., and the liabilities 67,000
The report of the Berlin Water Works Company
was read at the meeting of to-day, stating that 110
miles of piping for supplying the city had been
laid, and applications wore now made on the part
of consumers to carry the works further than origi-
nally contemplated, and laying on service pipes.
The directors proposed to raise a sum not exceeding
80,000 i. The accounts showed a balance in hand
of 3,7011. After some observations the report was
adopted.

In Mark Lane, this morning, an advance of
is. to 2s. per quarter in the price of English wheat
Was reported. Some new wheat, of very fine
quality, sold at 80s. per quarter.
The paucity of business, and the rise in the price
of wheat caused by the unfavourable change in the
weather, have produced a slight degree of heavi-
ness in the English Stock Market, a decline of i
per cent. having occurred. Consols opened at 95f
for Money, -but they have since been 95 to
95k. For Account they have been 952- 1, and
95 4. The New 3 per Cents. have been 951 to
96i, and the Reduced 951 b. Bank Stock is 2181.
Exchequer Bills rule firm at 10s. to 13s, premium,
and the Bonds are 1001.
For Foreign Securities there is a quiet market,
and the prices in a few instances present rather a
drooping appearance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
104 and the 4 per Cents. 1031. Spanish 3
per Cents. are 441, and the Passive 6a. Dutch
21 per Cents. are 65.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7A; Mexican,
224 ; Peruvian, 811 21 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 9 ;
Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 7; Russian 5 per
Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa-
nish 3 per Cents., 441 5 ; ditto Deferred, 24,1 i;
ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto Passive, 61- 7.
There has not been much variation in the Rail-
Way Share Market, owing to the limited business
transacted, but most of the principal shares have
receded I to It, compared with the closing prices of
Saturday. East Anglian, Eastern Counties, one
or two others, however, are firm. The French
and Belgian lines, in which there is more activity,
are generally steady. Great Western of Canada
are flat.

For Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares
there has been a dull market. Eastern Junction
Telegraph Company's Shares are par to prem.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES.
f .0-urA h

EJs , Ile , h done.
Bank Stock
3 per cent. Reduced Annuitish. .
3 per Cent Consols Annuities 9s} 5 A
New 3 per rent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan, 1860 3 5-16
Console for Account
Exchequer Bills, lid.
£1000
1:500 l2 10 13 p
Broall lO 13 p
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent. lOOl
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B5
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 46
Russian Bonds, 1822, E, St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 46 per Cent.
Ditto Small . 99
Sardinian Bouls, 5 per Cent. . .........
Spaniel Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto Sew Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Tn •kie.h Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto Account
"Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account lO3l i
Dividends on thA annve payed° in Lon-nn,
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, money 95
Ditto Account (Sept. 10)

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE— The Foreign Department.—The consul-
ship of Smyrna has become vacant by the death of Mr.
R. W. Brant ; salary 7001. General Post-office— Mr. W.
R. Derrar, of the Second-class Accountant's Office, Ge-
neral Post office, Edinburgh, has, after a competitive
examination, been promoted to the second class in the
Secretary's Office. Prisons Department—Mr. Wm.
Byers Penny has been appointed junior clerk in the
Queen's Prisor, Southwark. and passed his examination.
The Board of Trade—Mr. Jackson, fourth class clerk in
the General Register and Record Office for Seamen, has
been appointed a clerk in the junior class at the Board
of Trade ; salary 1001., rising by 15/. per annum to
ZOO/. Mr. Simpkine, senior supplementary clerk,
Board of Trade, has been appointed accountant to the
Department of Arts and Designs, Marlborough House.
A vacancy has been caused in the fourth class
of clerks in the General Register and Record of Seamen
Office by the promotion of Mr. Jackson. The second
vacancy in the same office and class, caused by the resig-
nation of Mr. Swayne last year, will, it is expected, be
shortly filled up. The Seaman's Savings Bank Act,
lately passed, will render necessary same addition to the
clerical staff under the Board of Trade. Customs.—Mr.
F. W. Chaplin, clerk fifth class, has been promoted to
clerk fourth class, Long Room, London. Mr. Joseph
Evans,. extra clerk, has been promoted to ninth clerk,
Belfast ; Mr. Richard Flanagan has been appointed
clerk in the East and West India Ducks, London. In-
land Revenue Department : Stamps and Taxes Branch.
—Mr. E. H. Row, Surveyor of Taxes, Dorchester, has
been promoted to the Nottingham Division. Mr. Samuel
T. Oran), surveyor of taxes for the Coventry district,
h been promoted to the district of Watlingten, Ox'-
fordshire.—Civil Service Gazette.