The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

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SUX OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

EPSOM RACES —(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE DERBY.

liilington
Yellow Jack
Cannobie

Twenty-four ran.
TOWN PLATE.

Weathercock
'Vulcan

Eight ran.

OiKS.
Ralipyge is scratched.

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C INMERCIAL I:ITELL/ f.7.ENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotton -Market yesterday closed
l'eavily, and prices of all kinds lean to the buyer.
Ile sales were estimated at 3,000 bales ; 800
Surat, 4±d. to sd. The Railway Share Market
Closed steadily, and prices improved.
The Hogue, which arrived from New South
...Wales yesterday, is now ascertained to bring
000 sovereigns, coined in the Sydney Mint, and
,5
,()00 ounces of 'gold. A large amount is also
urought by private hand.
The rates charged for the negotiation of three
months' bilis on the principal cities of the Conti-
sent yesterday afternoon ruled firm. As the
coarse of exchange at New York on London will
Yield a profit on shipments of the precious
ketals to England, further supplies from that
clnarter may be expected, and as the arri-
:als of gold from Australia are large, and
likely to continue so, a speedy and material aug-
kentation in the stock of bullion held by the Bank
°I England may be expected.. These circumstances,
together with the limited demand now current for
discount accommodation, and the abundant supply
capital, have given rise to the impression, that a
reduction in the course of a week or two will be
made in the minimum terms now current in
Threadneedle-street.

Letters from Paris mention that the great na-
'Lionel undertaking to drain the agricultural lands
(),,,E the country is under the consideration of the
t'olincil of State, and likely to rezeive their Banc-
,l°ll. To this project the Government are to lend
l)0 million francs, and that they are to empower
the Company to drain such lands as are necessary. ,
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'he subscribers to the loan are to be reimbursed
'4 20 years, at the average of annuities, with the
°l:4km of selling out in 3,4, 6, and 8 years, and
kith the interest at the rates of 3 and 4 per cent.
IL is calculated that the expense of draining one
hectare will be about 230 f. ; that each hectare thus
'trained will produce more tlan six hectolitres of
Itheat ; and that when all the lands in France are
tirained, it will add from four to five million hec-
tolitres of wheat.
No public sales of colonial produce have been ad-
.vertised for to-day or to-morrow, and business in
,
departments, in consequence of the Epsom
''aceS, is quiet.
-Notice has been given that the Scrip Certifi-
t'tes for the deposit on the loan for 5,000,0001.
/lere obtainable this morning a t 11 o'clock.
The English Stock Market is buoyant, but in
,consequence of the absence of so many of the
sealers there is not much animation. Consols
°Pehed at 941 for naoney, but have since been
951, and the account price is 95 to 951, being 1
Per cent, higher than yesterday. The New Scrip
43
21 A. The New Three per Cents. have been
1 The Reduced Annuities 93i I, and the
New 21 per Cents. 78. The March Exchequer
sills have been dealt in at 4s. premium, and the
same ditto, 3s. discount to par. India Bonds
under I,OOGi. are 2s. discount.,
in the Foreign Market the dealings have
been very limited, but the prices are
firth. Turkish 6 per Cents. are dull at 99,
A
Per Cents. Guaranteed 1024. Mexican Bonds
have been dealt in at 231. Peruvian Deferred
P 54 Russian 5 per Cents. at; 1061, and Spanish
Threes
464. Dutch 2i per Malts. are steady at
eti, and the 4 per Cents. at 94,.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred :Bonds, 7i 2 ; Mexi-
Ze, 23i 4 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ;, Ditto 3 per Cents.,
6 ; Portuguese 4 per CentFi.., 50 2 ; Russian 5
per Cents., 105 7 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ;
'Panish 3 per Cents., 46 ; Ditto Deferred, 25i
1 ; Ditto Certificates, ; Da to Passive, —.
Railway Shares are at full p rites, and owing to
he preparations for the settl e ment the market is
rather active. Some of the sl ntres, such as North-
Eastern, Berwick, and Midl arid, and South-West-
ern, are fully 15s. to 11. beittfer. The foreign are
at about previous values.
the other descriptions of shares are quiet.

tRITISH FUNDS THIS DAI r..—CLOSING PRICES.
( Prom, the Offwvi ( %.isi.
nroes- done.
Sank Stock . 217
t'er Rel•e.ad .... 9:34 ?;
Per CoSOII
G n 53 43 51-
Ni."z 3 par cent. Annuities 94t
2A nor Cent. Annuities ... .

°IV; Annuities, eNpire sth Jan. 1 560... 3 3-15
bitto 30 Years, expire sth April., 1885... 17i
India Bonds, ,ZlOOO ..
c ditto' under kl.tloo
?r,r Account
'onsol Scrip
1.'...4.,eciu0r B4ll®, 20.
.;-todo
X5OO
;!Ltall

.. 2 d
95
24 4 p
March. June.
.. 4p 3dpar
3dpar
3dpar

PRICES OF FOREIGN I EIINDS THIS D.AY.
Grenada New Active, 21 per Celli;.
Ditto Deferred
kexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account - 23! i
I'' 'avian Bonds 4! per Cent ... . ....
Ditto 3 per Cent
Prussian Bonds, 16'22, 1:, St., 5 pc r Cent IOGI 7
Ditto 4i per Cent.
ftr..,,Fl: ;,,,,is, 3 per Cent ... .....
Ditto Account
„..3itto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cen t..
.kuriti,i, Bonds, t; per cent . 99 1
Ditto Guarabteed, 4 per Cent,
veuezuela Bonds, 4 per Cent ... .... 29
Dividendl on the above *sty cl'le in London.
lielg'ian, 2A per Cent., ex. 25 fiat ms —
,Ditto CI per Cent.. ex. 25 fran a. 3
Dutch Exchange, 2i,i per Cent., 1:: Guilders 641
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for Money 95
Ditto Account (June 4) .

'BETTER LATE THAN NEVER .—The Burnley Improve-
n,bnt Commissioners have at last come to their senses.
-their notorious regulation of November last, (on which
?he Sun commented at the tin 2e)requiring their servants
'n vacate their situations befo re making an application
for an increase of salary, was rescinded on Thursday
1”t, having been found to Cl )erate precisely as we said
it Would, viz.—to deprive ti se company of their best
servants. It is satisfactory tc. add the proposer of .the
l'egulation moved its being rescinded, and the motion
was carried nern. eon.
GENERAL WILLIAMS AT Sl'. PETERSBURG.—A letter
l'ona St. Petersburg of the 1 7th, in the NoYd of Brus-
sels, says :—" The festivities of this week were closed
'Y a ball given by the Pt iricess Youssoupoff. The
bperor was prevented by slight indisposition from
being present. General Wilhams was one of the lions
of the night. A valiant and brave Russian soldier like
the English General would no doubt have been well
received in England, but it: is permitted to question
whether the principal ladies 'of the English aristocracy
would as was done at 'this ball, have caused the
General to be presented to them, and have shown him
Ileh deep interest. Generta Williams has a fine head,
and wears his uniform well; but General Ney was even
more remarked, Russian sympathies for France being
greater than any that England can inspire. These
foreign guests appeared astonished at the magnificence
of the Hotel Youssoupoff and at its immense collec-
tions of works of art and of ancient and modern fur-
niture. The collections of pictures, statues, and, above
all, the celebrated family plate of the old Russian type,
aPPeared greatly to interest the English visitors." The
gallant general left St. Petersburg, accompanied by his
tljutant Major Teesdale, and arrived at Stet tin in the
Vladimir steamer. On leaving the Russian capital the
vessel got fast in the ice, and remained so for 12 hours,
In the
.course of which time the paddles became very
trt.luch injured, HO that it has not been able to leave
ztettio on its return passage until to-clay.