The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMEROIAL INT :LLI GENOA

CITV. Tv -o

The Liverpool Cotton Market, ye: ±erday, clo,9pd
quietly at last week's prices. The ales were be.
tween 7,000 and 8,000 bales, 2,500 ror expor, and
500 on speculation, including 400 B auia, at 61d. to
; 200 Egyptians, at 6!d. Bd. ; 1,000
Surat, at 4111. to 5/d.; and 60 Sea Island, at lid.
to ls. 7d. per lb. The Share Al :v.rket was also
quiet, and prizes were a shade -lower than on
Saturday last.

Advices from the Continental sugar markets
state that an active business has b eon done in raw
sugars, while the demand for :efined has dimi-
nished. Havre during e past week the
principal kinds disposed of we: re Antilles at 66f.
50e., and Havanna at 46f. pe]..7 50 kilos. The ar-
rivals comprised 1,379 carrier ties from French co-
lonies, 3,506 cases Havanna. and Metanzai; and
500 cases Bahia. At Marseill 4 A the inaction of the
previous week was followed on the one ended the
16th inst. with some large tr ansactions in Antilles,
at a slight improvement on 1 srevious quotations.
This day the half-yearly meeting of the Lon-
donderry and Enniskillen Ra ilway Company took
place, when a favourable r eport was presented,,
showing a gradual increase i n the receipts of the
line. The gross traffic of the half-year was;
16,1051. A balance of 6,6831. remained in favoste
of revenue, out of which a dividend of 2s. 6(1. per
original preference share was declared. The re-
port was adopted.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have an-
nounced the result of their examination ,of the
various documents relating to the concession and
privileges in the possession of the Riga and. Duna-
burg Railway Company. This result is us !favour-
able, it having been resolved that the share )3 of the
Company shall, for the present, be omitto d from
the official list. Of course the general pu.:blic are
not acquainted with the precise contents ( est;
various documents in the hands of the Di'zec-
tors ; but the mere fact of the state uients
contained in the original prospectus laving
aent to
been ignored by a subsequent announcer

the effect that the 5 per cent. Atiarf intee is

not on the fixed sum of 12,000,000 silver roubles,
as at first alleged, but only on the amt.., unt ex-
pended in the construction of the line, is quite
sufficient to justify the Stock Exchange, C ommittee
in adopting the step already mentioned. The quo-
tation of shares in the official lists is sor se guaran-
tee of the bona
,fide character of the ur idertakings
to which they belong, and although 7 ao one will
question the integrity of the directors of the com-
pany in question, still they have ma (1 ic a mistake,
and inadvertently misled the put and the
committee are therefore warranted -1-n prohibiting
dealing in the shares. Arrangerr cents may be
made, however, by which the por nilarity of this
project will be wholly restored, and it may
yet happen that the statements • set forth in the
prospectus will be ultimately yeti fled, for it can
hardly be supposed that the Russian authorities
should have allowed the company t n assume so im•

portant a 'position in England, u> ,less they were
prepared to recognise it, and to ratify tho ukase of

the late Emperor if such a proceee Ling were neces.

sary. The directors, however, are confident of the
future success of the undertaking, and of being
able to reassure the shareholders that their pros-
pects have not been materially damaged by the
discovery that the guarantee is not on a fixed
amount of capital.

The Funds have remained at the closing quota-
tions of yesterday, and the mark et continues in an

inactive state. The dealings for . money are limited,
and it is remarked that the C government broker
has ceased purchasing for the present. Consols
for transfer are 95 to 95k, and for account 95i g.
The New 3 per Cents. 95; to ' D 6, and the Reduced
95-i 4. Exchequer Bills are Os. to 13s, premium,
and the India Bonds ns. to - L4s. premium. Bank
Stock is 217/ to 2181.
There is very little vari? to notice in the
Foreign Stock Market. Tiirkish 6 per Cents. are
heavy, at 103 k g; and the .4: per Cents. rule firm at
1031 Russian 4i per CE ; nts. are 981. Sardinian
5. per Cents., 92i ; and S,,panish 3 per Cents., 441.
South American Stocks az a inactive. Dutch 6 per
Cents. have been 9'71.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreigri
Stocks:—Grenada Deferr ed Bonds, 71 ; Mexican,
221 34 • Peruvian, 811 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 571 81;

Portuguese 4 per Oen ts., 40 7 ; Russian 5 per
Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 4t per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa-
nish 3 per Cents., 441 ; ditto Deferred, 24 ;
ditto Certificates, 6 ; (1-itto Passive, q 7.
In the Railway Share. Market there is generally a
slight decline. Caledonian and the Eastern Coun-
ties continuo very heavy. North Eastern, Ber-
wick, and ditto Y, ark are about 10s. lower.
Foreign rule dull :At about previous values, and
the Colonial are fls Ater. Rigas are about I pre-
mium.

Banking and miscellaneous shares are heavy.

BRITISH FUN DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
•••(r., b,! tiff,

"ti 1 IV' (10710,
Balk Stock
3 ,yor cern. Be I..it ed A.unnitiai.,... . ...... .. (25:1 i
3 per Cent. Cent els Annilitics (,5 i
Nsw 3 per Cent. Annuities
Lang Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 —
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lBl
In til V.013d8,, t;l"+'ct
Ditto, under 51000 l.l 11 p
Collet, ;or Acctmit
E t chequer .T,.:;ilis, '...:A ;.'..
1;1000
i!500
'mall l3 p
PRICES OF FOLEIGN FUNDS A.T ONE 01014().. 'r:.
Russian Bonds, 18f3.2, 1: St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per eclat.
Sardinian Bon-ils, f) per Cent. . .........
Sp milF.l. Boßcls, 37 k:,,r Cent
T .rkith Bonds, 6 'pia. cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
'8.., en i. i),. m.. trove oe y/11)/e fry I.onc,
Peench Rends, 4A per Cent.
D itch Excbang,e, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. certificates
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, money 95 954
• Ditto, Account

MARKET NEWS.—abis Day.)

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.-01c1 meadow hay, 31 5s to 51 15s ; new
do., 310 s to 418 s ; old clover, 41 Os to Cl lOs ; new do., 31
lOs to 41 18s ; and straw, 118 s to 11 13a per load. A mode-
rato demand.

CIIMBERLAND.—OIa meadow hay, 3l 5s to 5/ 15s; new
do., 31 Os to 4/ 128 ; old clover, 41 Os to 6/ lt)s ; new do.,
31 8s to 51 Os ; and straw, It 8s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade
steady.

WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 31 Ss to 5/ 12s ; new
do., 3/ to 4/ lOs ; old clover, 4i 10s to 61 lOs ; new do., 31
6a to Si Oa; and straw, 11 8s to 1/ 13s per load. Supply
moderate.

COLONELL;
TEA.—The demand has been very limited, and the few
transactions reported are at previous rates. . Common
congen brought sit' per lb.
SUGAR. —The market has ruled rather firmer, and a fair
business has been done for home consumption in both
foreign and colonial descriptions. The quantity advertised
fur public sale during the week is very small. In the re-
fined market also a btter demand has been felt.
COFFEE.—Tnis article has ruled at firm rates, and a
large business has been transacted for home consumption
and for exportation.
RICE.—The market has been more active, and prices
have ruled rather firmer, although no quotable advance
has taken place.
Rum has been in limited demand, with no alteration in
prices.
TALLOW.—There has been a better demand, and stocks
generally being light prices have slightly advanced. PAr•C
o the spot 533 9.1, cud last three months 51s Gd per cwt

A MILITATtY DINNER PARTY.—As banquets to our
brave soldiers are now in vogue, and it is proposed to
give a grand dinner to the Guards, on their return to the
metropolis, the readers of Notes and Queries may beg:ad
to learn that the greatest dinner ever known in England
Was that given by Lord Romney to the Kent Volunteers
‘..1 August 1, 1799, when George 111. reviewed them
near Maidstone. The tables, amounting to ninety-one
in number, were seven miles and a halt long, and the
boards for the tables cost 1,500/. The entertainments,
to which 6,500 persons sat down, consisted of sixty
lambs in quarters, 200 dishes of roast beef, 700 fowls
(Three is a dish), 220 meat pies, 300 hams, 300 tongues,
220 fruit pies, 220 dishes of boiled beef, 220 joints of
r iast veal. Seven pipes cf port were bottled off, and
xteen butts of ale, and as much small beer was also
paced in large vessels, to supply the company. After
dinner his Majesty's health was given in a bumper by
the volunteers, all standing uncovered, with three times
three, accompanied by the music of all the bands.
From Notes and Queries.