The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMaRCIAL TITTF,LLIGEI-102.

CITY, Two o'CLocK. I hr'

The Liverpool Cotton T.larket, yesterday, closed
quietly, and prices of all kinds were without any
material change. The sales amounted to 7,000
bales (1,000 of which were taken for export, and
500 on speculation), comprising 350 Pernam and
Maranham, 60. to 61d. ; 70 Bahia, 6,33 d to 6id. ;
200 Egyptian, 61d. to 71d.; 500 Surat, 4jd. to
51c1. ; and 80 Sea Islands, 110, to ls. per lb. The
Railway Share Market ruled quiet, without pre-
seuting any particular variation.
The Colonial Produce Markets this week have
not been active, and several of the principal staples
have been cheaper. Sugar has ruled dull, at a de-
cline of Gd. to ls. per cwt., but for coffee the in-
quiry has been good at full values. Tea has at-
tracted very few purchasers, and common Congou
is quiet at Bid. per lb. Wee receded 3d. to Gd. per
Cwt. on Thursday, owing to the favourable change
in the weather. Rum has realised previous prices,
and cocoa is firm. There is a good demand for
common kinds of saltpetre, which are steady.
Cochineal has maintained former currencies, and
tallow has been inactive. There is a speculative
inquiry for oils, especially olive and cocoa nut, and
prices have recently advanced.
Advices from the Wool Market at Breslau, to
the 27th inst., state that the market had exhibited
renewed animation during the week, and upwards
of 1,600 quintals were sold at improved rates.
Some parcels of Einsdewren, from Silesia, realised
from 96 thalers to 100 ditto per quintal ; for
lambs' ditto, 95 to 112 thalers ; for Sterblinge
ditto, from 80 to 100 thalers ; for Einsdewren,
Poland, and from Posen, 77 to 88 thalers ; for
Sterblinge ditto, 70 thalers ; for Silesian wool, in
grease, 70 to 80 thalers ; and for Hungarian,
50 thalers. The advices from Soissons in France
are also favourable. Up to the 26th inst. the sales
had progressed with rapidity, and realised upwards
of 200,000 f. in a few days. The prices obtained
were better than during the previous sales ; and
nine-twentieths of the wool brought to market was
in prime condition, while only a small portion
could be considered bad. For ordinary wools in
grease 2f. 70c. to 3f. per kilogramme was realised ;
and for white washed wools from sf. to sf. 70c.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report that dur-
ing the past week there has been some considerable
Purchases of the various State securities for invest-
ment. In Railroad Bonds the business has been
limited, and chiefly confined to two or three leading
lines :

Redeemable. Per Cent.
Ignited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...1041 105.
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...104A 105

STATE SECURITIES
Alabama 5 per Cent ... 81 83
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... ... 84 86
Rentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-1872... 89 91
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 90 92
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). _lOl 103
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk.
Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 15 16
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Cant. Bonds '877... 78 80
Tennesse 6 per Cent. Bonds ... 86 88
'Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82 83

LOANS OF CITIES.
Montreal G per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 85
Pittsburgh 6 per Cent. Stock 1869-1383... 65 67

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1870••• 83 841
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1870... 832 841
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds 1860... 88 89
Illinois Central (Shares), $25 paid
Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... 94 95
Do. do. do. 1869... 94 95
New York Central 7p. Cent., Convart 1864... 921 931
New York Central 6 per Cont., not
Convertible 1883. 80 82
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort.
gage
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1833... 87 88
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 84 85
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
Fund 1875... 831 84
Panama Sterling Bonds 1864... 94 96
Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 891 901
A. special meeting of the Scottish Australian In-
vestment Company was held to-day, for making
certain alterations in the new deed, previously to
bringing the company under the new Limited
Liability Act, which was carried, and the meeting
adjourned.
The report of the West-end and Croydon Rail-
way Company, read at the meeting to-day, stated
that the line would ha opened in about six weeks.
The accounts showed cash at bankers, 29,9171. 18s.
From New York the letters mention that the
Specie movement was exciting increased attention.
On the 9th inst. the amount of the precious
metals in the city banks was $13,270,303, and
there had since arrived $1,470,000, increasing the
stock to $14,740,603. The shipments, meanwhile,
were $1,844,000. The demand for money was
increasing, and the rates of interest tended up-
wards. Speculative securities were active, but at
fluctuating quotations.
No improvement has occurred in the English
Stock Market, which remains rather flat, at pre-
vious quotations. The inquiry for money in the
" House " has slightly increased, owing to the loan
instalment paid yesterday, and the amount of capital
required to-morrow for the final adjustment of the
account in railway shares and foreign stocks. Con-
sols for moneyhave been 95 to 95,i, and 95 to 95k; for
account they have receded 1 per cent., viz., to 951
Exchequer Bills are 11s. to 14s. prem., and
the Bonds are 1001 The New Three per Cents.
are 951 to 96, and the Reduced 951 I. Bank
Stock is 219 to 2192.
In Foreign Securities there are not many deal.
ings, but prices rule heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 1031 I, and the 4 per Cents. 103 g. Spanish
3 per Cents. remain at 44:1, and Sardinian Bonds
have been 914 2i. Russian 5 per Cents. are marked
112. Dutch 22 per Cents. 651, and the 4 per
Cents. 98.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 1 ; Mexican,
221 ; Peruvian, 82 84; ditto 3 per Cents., 58 60;
Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 '7 ; Russian 5 per
Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa-
nish 3 per Cents., 441 5 ; ditto new Deferred,
254 1; ditto Passive, 612- 7.
Although no material decline has taken place in
the prices of Railway Shares the market is rather
depressed, especially for Caledonian, which have
receded 2/. to 3/. The dividend, it is stated, is
only ss. per share, and complaints are ma& at the
tardiness with which the directors have made the 100
announcement. Brightens are rather better, but 10
in the other lines there is a decline of about ± to 20
per cent. Rigas are 1i h premium. 20
Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous are about 10
the same as before. 20
20

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I 20
( Front the Official List.

finqine2t. done.
Sank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... .........
3 per Lent. Consols Annuities ost3/4 5 i i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 —
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l3. 7-1 G 9-16
India Buds, .C1000
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 2y d.
£IOOO
Bmall
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent lOO3 I
Ditto. 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Russian Bonds, 1622, .t St., 5 per Cent ll2
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Ditto Small
S irdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Sp quisb Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
T arkieh Bonds, 6 per cent lO3l
Ditto Account
'Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Divi, enis on the above oayable in London.
Ditch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders 651
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 9B
THREE O'CLOCK,
Consols, money 95
Ditto Account (Sept. 10) .............

THE METROPOLITAN COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS.—
By the new County Courts Act the several districts of
the county courts in the metropolis are to be treated as U
" one district ;" where a plaintiff shall dwell or carry on
business and the defendant shall dwell or carry on busi-
ness in the district of any of the courts, the summons
may issue and be served either in the district in which
the plaintiff shall dwell or carry on business, or in the
district in which the defendant shall dwell or carry on ,
business,