The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-01 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed

with some animation, with a slight improvement.
The sales amounted to 12,000 bales-1,000 for
export and 3,000 on speculation—comprising 540
.60 •
Pernambuco and Maranham, 60. to 60. ; 100 3.3 i
Bahia, 61d. to 60. ; 600 Egyptian, 61d. to Bd.; 0.
and '7,000 Sprats, 4d. to 4.1 d. per lb. The Rail-
„.
way Share Market closed actively, and prices were

without any change.
The Colonial Wool Market is rather dull, owing ="--
to the increased supply recently received from the dt.
Australian colonies. Another series of public sales 85,i
is fixed for the 17th inst., when it is expected 60 ,)
or 65,000 bales will be offered, most of which has :10
30
already arrived. 10

The letters by the Overland Mail report the 10
arrival, from Adelaide, of the ship Albemarle at .-.::()5
Ceylon, and hence we have intelligence from that
colony to the 10ili April, and from Melbourne (via `4O
Adelaide) to the 6th April. The Earl of Sefton, 81:
with the London mail of the 19th December, and 'di)
the Oliver Lang, with that of January 7, had both n
arrived out, and the former had had a very pro- t;t,
tracted voyage. The Burra Burra shares were 10
quoted 125 ex dividend. 'Very few papers or letters to'

have been received, and the intelligence is conse-
quently of a meagre description. The banks were
issuing 30 days' drafts at 21 per cent., and buying
bills at per cent.
. Accoutitsfiom Elavre to the close of last week
report great steadiness in commercial affairs. The
prices of cotton continued firm, with some large
sales during the week. Sugar was in demand, and
the feeling generally was that there would be a
rise in the markets this season throughout Eu-
rope. Notwithstanding the increase in the num-
ber of manufactories of sugar front beetroot in

France, the demand keeps pace with the supply,
and it is calculated that in the event of a scarcity of
colonial sugars, there would not be a very large
export from thence unless at exorbitant prices.
The deposit of sugar in the government stores was
84,000,000 kilos, being 39,000,000 kilos more than
at the same period last year.
The weekly commercial report from Antwerp
states that during the past week business generally
has been quiet, and prices have been fully main-
tained. In coffee the chief transactions were for

home consumption, 351 c. per x kilo. for good quali-
ties, and 27 to 281 c. for lower kinds. The stocks on
hand comprised 28,000 bags St. Domingo, and

33,500 do. Brazils. The sugar market was firm
with a slight advance in prices, 191 florins per 50
kilos. for Havannah to 21?,- florins for raw sugars ;
and refined ditto was much in demand. The grain
market was steady with an upward movement in
wheat and rye, at 171-; to 19 florins for English
wheat per 80 kilos., and 10k to 11. florins for do. rye.
The London Dock Company's half-yearly meet-
ing was held to-day—`Jr. Cattley in the chair—at
which a report was presented, which stated that
the directors recommended a dividend of 21. 10s.
per cent. for the half year out of the balance in
favour of the company of 247,5821., free of income
tax. The number of loaded ships which, entered
the dock in the half-year was 524, measuring
206,212 tons. After a short discussion the report
was adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to
the directors.
The B ink of France this day pays a dividend of
137 francs for the half-year.: This is about 15 or
20 francs more than in the previous six months.
In consequence of a renewal of speculative sales
by parties desirous of securing their profits, the
upward movement lately noticed in the English
Stock Market is temporarily checked, and the
Funds this morning have been flat, at yesterday's
latest values. A similar change is apparent in
the other markets, which have recently presented
such remarkable animation and buoyancy, buf
it arises solely from the cause already mentioned,
monetary and political affairs remaining in a satis-
factory poSition. Consols have been 95g, alternately
buyers and sellers, and may now be quoted 95 -1;e.
The Scrip is dull and nominal. Exchequer Bills
are 12s. to 155., premium, and the Bonds 992- 100 x.
The New Tnree per Cents. have been 961 and
the Reduced 951 Bank Stock is 217.
In the Foreign market there is less activity.
Turkish 6 per Cents. hays been 1061 -Li, and since
106 to 1061. The 4 per Cents. are 10615: Mexi-
can have receded to 2n and 231. Grenada De,
ferred are steady at 7, and Spanish Certificates
are worth 6. Peruvian Dollar Bonds have risen
to 58.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, i 8 ; Mexi-
can, 221 3j ; Peruvian, 81 83 ; ditto 3 per Cents.,
56 8 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 49 51 ; Russian 5
per Cents., 110 112 ; ditto 4-i per Cents., 98 100 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 461 1, ex div. ; ditto New
Deferred, 251, ; ditto Certificates, 61- i ;
ditto Passive, 61 7.
Railway Shares aro all fluter, and the dealings
are not so numerous. The principal lines are gene-
rally about ss. to 103. per share weaker. Some of
the Suitch lines are down 1/. to v. lOs., but
Aberdeens are an exception, being higher. The
French rule flat.
In Banks and Miscellaneous Shares the transac-
tions are to a fair extent at rather lower prices.