The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-26 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoca

The Colonial Produce Markets this week have
been very dull, and some of the quotations have
tended downwards. Sugar has been in fair request
for refining purposes ; coffee has been quiet, but
firm ; and in tea no alteration of importance has
occurred. Some descriptions of rice have been
inquired for at full rates, and spices have continued
dull. Cochineal has realised high quotations, and
tallow is quiet. Business is now confined to a few
Private operations, the markets being now closed
for the Christmas holidays.

The French trade returns for the month of No-
Yetaber have been completed, and they exhibit
leme very favourable results. The duties collected
on inirorts amounted to 13,000,00 francs against
12,500,000 in 1855, and 13,200,00h1 iu 1854. During
the eleven months ending Nov. the revenue derived
from these imposts was 159,000,000 francs against
176,000,000 during the same time last year, when,
however, the Exposition attracted unusual supplies
Of merchandise. During the month there was an in-
crease in the receipts of cereals, wines, brandy,
coffee, colonial sugar, cotton, oil, steel in bars,
Pewter, lead, oleaginous grains, &c., but most other
Srticles showed a diminution. There was an aug-
kentation in the exports of ordinary wine, alco-
hols, machines, tanned skin, porcelain wares,
tool and cotton thread, and woollen, cotton, and
%Ilk goods. The shipping statement for the 11 months
tlYes the entries at 23,918 vessels of 3,754,779 tons
%gainst 21,338 ships and 3,039,460 tons in 1855.
The clearances have been 13,378 vessels, of 2,106,408
tons, against 12,729 vessels, with 1,873,834 tons
htet year.

The resolution passed by the directors of the
(treat Northern Railway Company, which was as
follows, is considered satisfactory :

Resolved—" That the company have not refused to
register transfers of stock accompanied by coupons or
,4,rtificates officially signed by the registering clerk of
L'Lle company and by the secretary, nor have they any
41tention to decline to register transfers of stock for
Which certificates of due registration in the name of the
hiler have been issued by the company, unless there is
mound to believe the holder of such stock bag been
Party to any fraud in the manner of obtaining it."
The resolution passed by the Committee of the
stock Exchange, therefore, will not be confirmed
141 Monday next.
There is an active demand for money, but the dis.
continuance of specie remittances to Ireland has
tended to promote increased confidence. The al.
leration in the late stringent discount regulations
the Bank of France is also a favourable feature
41 connection with money matters, but the tight-
!left of the market at Hamburg is severely felt, and
111 other parts of the Continent capital is still very
learce.
The Funds are firmer, but business, as
might have been expected, is exceedingly limited.
11:18ols have beon 94 to 94k all the morning. The
OW Threes are 944 I, 3 per Cant. Reduced 934 to
k. Exchequer Bills are is discount to 2s prem.,
411(1 the Bonds 981.
Foreign Securities are also at rather enhanced
tlT4,tee, and several bargains have been recorded.
urkish 6 per Cents. have risen to 954 to 951, and
e Four per Cents. to 1024 to 103. Ye
i7auelan Active are 38 to 38i, and the
eferred 151, being firmer, owing to the
4,4o3tnissioners having agreed to 3 per cent, on the
?ruler in settlement of the Debt. Grenada De-
:erred 6j ; Mexican 3 per Cents. 214, Gautemala
tyer Cents. 574. Buenos Ayres 844, and Spanish
deferred 241.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ;
1111, 211 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44 per
%nts., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42} ; ditto
Deferred, 24 24 ; ditto Certificates, 6 6i ; ditto
, 4.488i110, 6.

4, Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during
the Week there has been a good demand for Ameri-
titri States stock. In railroad securities there has
tlao been a fair amount of business, chiefly in the
.„,lids of the Illinois Central and Michigan Central
Alkilroad.
N. Redeemable. Per Cent.
13„I.'_a. States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...106 107
mtad States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 107
4413 STATE SECURITIES.
ist sana 5 per Cent
11.14:91and 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)
lit:4BlllllE.3tts6s per Cen.el,Stterliponlii3si)c
1(1,I. 2 na 'CI aPPI per
.1841-1871 43 45
11,-',Eksippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 16 18
11.4nitylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
Is'iltsylvanis 5 per Cent. Bonds ..1877... 81 83
t"lllessee 6 per Cent. Bonds
tn'inia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 85 87
ittinia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86
1100-
14._ -un 5 per Cent. Bonds LOANS OP CITIES.
1883... 85 87
rewlatrj.l2,6npset6.
par Cent.
eßn-n.
Cent. Bonds
dSetock lB5B-1886853..7. 'l2B ro
RAILROAD tIeLnRO. AD BONDS.
pe Illinois Central 7 t Ist Mortgage,
b,;?ot Convertible 1875... 86 88
"'Ono% Central 6 per Cent.
'"LintsCentral 7 per Cent. Freeland
1875.-
82
84
tnila'owd c ..... .
Central (Shares),
.ii5.....i.a
1959 11006 p
kielligae neiCierntral Bp. dent., pConveit 1860-... ......
11. Do do. do. 1869... 93 95
w. k York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864 91 93
-. 4,,,W York Central 6 per Cent., not ...
kuonvertible 1883... 81 83
Convertible
York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
-I,ige
1i...
Toorit anandle7p7. Cent. Convertible 1862... $2 84
per Cent. Sinking
t Pund Erie 1875... 85 87
'tiaras 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
p.mig Bonds), not convertible 1859... 90
eottrna 7 per Cent., let Mortgage 1864... 90 92
e"BYlvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 90 92

.80 82
~ 90 92
~ 98 100

In the Railway Share Market this morning a
hell moderate business has been done. Prices
bane,
however, in several instances, slightly im-
lpved, viz., in Great Western, Lancashire and
°tlishire, North Western, South Western, Midland
tridli-orfolk, which have improved about ss. to 10s.
t tighten declined about ss. In the Foreign Lines
tl4°tllbardo-Venetian have advanced ss. The Cana-
-1411 lines are steady, at full quotations. Joint-
ittock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares are very
active, and a decline of fully ss. per share may be
°ted in most of the principal securities.

411.1T1511 FUNDS THIS DAY A.'l' ON -CUP 'A..
( From the Officia List.)
3 dqns
tilt3°': Cent. Reduced Annuities
e 2? 3 per Cent. Annuities
'''afiels :or Account
'tchegner F2llls, 24d
-1000

1 2 p
1d 3 p
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. 9Bi
98i
Buenos
OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'Cho
A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent.
trebnitto Account
.

oaada New Active, 21 per Cent. -
Oitto Deferred 63
kteraala Bonds, 5 per cent S7A
e
tin icati 3 per Cent
`-i,"ZT3IIII Beads, 3 per Cent ... ......... ..
."'ltte Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. ...,
.„ Ditto Account
`tititieh Ronda, 6 per cent
vbitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
ellezuela Boards, 4/ per Cent
Ditto Aczount
Ditto Deferred, 11 per Cent. . ..
Dividends 3ri the above .ayable 10 1.0: ,•:
TWO O'CLOCK.

te,nB.,le (Money)
Ditto Account

~ 94 k

10.4, ORET SOCIETIES IN MODENA.—The Messaggere of
~°,sena publishes a sentence just pronounced by the
-',-„l'ltary commission sitting at Massa, condemning one
'llerra to imprisonment in irons for life, another pri-
,o!;l6r to twenty years of the same punishment, and a
third to five years' hard labour in the galleys, for having
third
to a secret society. A fourth is declared un-
-1°114(1 in mind, and ordered to be shut up in a mad.
0118 e ; and ten more are acquitted for want of proof.
About four years ago the communal council of Am-
b
!eteuse resolved, by way of experiment, to lease out
about 50 hectare.' of unproductive ground in small frac•
v
for
to various agriculturists at a very low price and
°r a long term. The Constitutionnel now gives a state-
Teat of the results, which are very extraordinary.
The 50 hectares, divided into 110 lots, leased at 836 f.
eiollectively, produced 19,500 f. in 1854 ; Oren in
tares,Bss and 33,000 f. in 1856. Adding thereto the l,
and cost of clearage, &c., these 50 hectares are
found to have produced a total of 102,4581. in three
i'ears, But this is not all ; the new impulse thus given
ilagrieniture in the commune has led to the erection of
le new houses, representing an additional value of
"1000f,— Octlignani.