The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

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COMDIFROTAS,., INTELLIGIINC.?A

CITY, Two o'CLoos..
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly but steadily, and prices of all kinds were
unchanged. The sal©s reached 5,000 bales, 1,000
of which were taken for export. The Railway
share Market opened with a steady aspect, at a
slight improvement on 'Monday's Currency, and
closed at its best point.
Parties interested in the Tea trade have recently
been in some doubt, as to whether the Government
intended to reduce the duty on that staple from
ls. 9d. to ls. 3d. per lb., but the question has
now been settled, by the announcement that this
alteration will take place on the 6th of April next.
Although no decided change has occurred in the
position of the general Money Market, certain
symptoms are manifested which are considered in-
dicative of an early improvement. These consist
of a slight diminution in the demand, the absence
of gold withdrawals from the Bank of England, and
the favourable advices from Paris with regard to
the progress of monetary affairs there. At present
it is different to determine whether much import.
ance should be attached to these slight changes,
because they have, on former occasions, proved
deceptive; and as it was only on last Thursday that
the directors of the Bank of England found it ne-
cessary to alter their minimum terms, sufficient
time has not yet elapsed to ascertain the full effect
•f that important measure. There is very little
inquiry at the Bank of England for discount, bu t
in Lombard-street the applications are sufficiently
numerous to maintain previous quotations.
About 599,0001. in specie will be taken out to
India by the Colombo, from Southampton, to-
morrow.

In consequence of a recent statement that the
Directors of the North-Western Railway Company,
owing to the recent frauds at the Great Northern,
had adopted new measures by which a greater
Oheck would be imposed on all transfer of shares,
the secretary of the Railway Department of the
iStock Exchange addre,,sed the secretary of the
above Company on the subject, in answer to which
he has received the subjoined letter :

" London and Nortb-Western Railway,
Secretary's Office, Euston station,
London, Nov. la, 1856.

" Dear Sir,—l,t eg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday's date on the subject of the paragraph
which lately appeared in the public papers, to the effect
that in consequence of the late frauds the directors have
resolved that no transfer shares shall be binding upon
the company which have not. received the assent of the
directors, and that every transfer therefore will have to
be submitted to them. In reply I beg to state that the
paragraph in luestion is wholy without foundation.
The directors of this company have not passed any reso-
lution, nor have felt it necessary in any way to vary the
manner of conducting the transfer business of this corn.
pang.—I am, Sir, &c.,

" R. SAVILLE, Assistant-Secretary.
M. Slaughter, Esq., Secretary, Railway
Department, Stock Exchange."
The Funds have been very buoyant, and the
advance which occurred late yesterday has been
suPported, while the market exhibits an active
appearance. Purchases, both for investment and
nu speculation, have been made to a fair extent,
and the improving tone of the Paris market has
contributed to enhance the value of English stocks.
Consols have been 93k and 93i for money.
The account prices have been 93i, buyers, but are now about 93i t. The New Threes are 92i 1, the
editced 921 Exchequer Bills ls. discount to
18. premium, and the Bonds 981 Bank Stock
is 217.
The business transacted in the Foreign Stock
Market has not been large, but prices have exhi.
bited an upward tendency. Brazilian 5 per Cents.
are quoted 991. Mexican, 221 4. Turkish 6 per
Cents. have improved fully 1 to 1 per cent., being
quoted 914 92, and the 4 per Cents. 1, being
Marked 1004. Dutch 4 per Cents, are 961, and
the 21- per Cents. 651.
In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon
there was no alteration of consequence, but the rate
en Amsterdam ruled heavy. The latest advices
from Nevr York mention that the course of ex-
change for 60 days' bills on London was at 1091, but
" this quotation still admits of a small profit being
realised on shipments of gold to this country, we
may still expect remittances from that quarter.
!Au active inquiry still exists for silver, and its
allies tends upwards. The dollars received by the
last Mecticau packet have been sold at ss. lid. per
eWhich is a farther small improvement.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks ;--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi-
can, 22 4; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
3 per Gents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents.
Cants., 94 6, 106 8 ; ditto 41 per
fig ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2f ; ditto
ve Deferred, 23 / ; ditto Certificates, 5 ; ditto
?aseive, 5i 64.
An active business has been done in Railway
Shares this morning, at a g
about togeneral improvement of
I A- per cent. in almost all the principal
lines. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
North-Western, South-Western and Midland ad-
vanced ss. to 10s., and Groat Western, Brighton,
North-Eastern Berwick 10s. to 158. The French
lines have also shown a considerable improvement,
Northern of France, and Paris and Lyons having
advanced fully 11., and Central of France ss. The
East Indian and Canadian lines are also at enhanced
values.
In Joint-Stock Bank Shares no business of any
ireportance has been reported, and prices are with-
out alteration.
buMtpricesiscellaneous Shares have been rather active,
rule steady.
11

SR FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Front the Official List.)

!Ing,ne3s done,
3 perer
hank
Cent. lied Stooks
... . ........................ .... 217
aced.o Annuities ............. 92 i i I 11
3 Per Cert. Console Annnities .......... ~.. P 34 ti
Nei" 3 per r;ent. Annuities .... .............. 92
India Bonds, 1:10110 ....... .. ............. ...
Cons Ditto, under £lOOO ........................... 2 d 2 p
ols i'or Account ....................... . ....... 93
tzeliegner Hills, 2Ad.
4rull£looo ........... ...... ...... . ....................
................ . ...... . ............... 3 p
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent........... 98i
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DIY.
trazilian Fonda. 5 per Cent. .................. 99i
Ditto Now, 1852, 4i per Cent. •.. ....... 981
t qUador New Consolidated„ ............ ...... 14i
%Wean 3 per Cent ..............................
Ditto Account . . ...............
Peru
ttovian Bonds 4l per Cent ................. 22i................
Di 3 per Cent. ........... .... ..............
Ditto Account ................... ..... ... . ... 55
Portuguese Boucle, 5 per Cent., *Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ........................ 45
Sardinian liou4s, 5 per Cent. . ........ ....
o Account ................. . ....... 90 1
TurkiSpanish Committee Cert. of Coup: ..... . fun. 5/
-Dittbh Bonds, 6 per cent ...................
o Account ............................... 91A 2 i
DiDitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 100 a -
tto Account .................... . ...... ... 100
Dividends ci, the above I-savable in Ler dim
Dutel, Exchange, 21 per CeW,., 12 Guilders 65/ 5
Ditto 4 per •Ccut. Certificates ........ ...., 96i 6
TIIREI% O'OL ocur.
ec,,,soh. (money) ........................... 93a
Ditto (Account) December 4._ ......... 933 I
mARKIT—N—EWS.—(III6 P., ay.i

CORN EXCHANGE.
• The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was
'at united ; nevertheless the demand for all kinds ruled heavy
Mnday's decline in the quotations. The general qua-
-4t of the samples was by no moans first-rate.
lhe imports of foreign wheat are liberal, viz., 15,290
rinarters. Even the finest samples mot a dull inquiry, and
prieeit were with dirfienll
t 0 0y supported.
Place in their value.
troth barley and malt
moved off slowly, but no change
„,.k
Newly" e were extensivel al barely late raty
es supplied with oats, which sold
.
+-Tr' beans peas, and flour very little was doing, on former
`vine. "

Wheat.
360

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BOROUGH HOP.
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