The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with excitement, but firmly, and prices of Ame-
ricans were Ad. per lb., and other sorts Id. per lb.
dearer than on last Friday. The sales amounted
to 10,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken for ex-
port and 2,000 on speculation. The Railway
Share Market was quiet but steady, at about the
quotations current on Monday. Trade at Man-
chester is quiet, in consequence of the high prices
demanded. Owing to the continued advance in the
value of the raw material, and therefore in that of
manufactured goods, it is thought that business
will be checked for some time to come. From
Leeds the accounts state that the stock of cloth is
limited, and the demand inactive, but prices are
firmly supported. At Huddersfield an improve-
ment is reported in the woollen market, and Prices
tend upwards. The letters from Glasgow an-
nounce the failure of Messrs. Begbie, Wiseman,
and Co., with liabilities to the extent of 150,0001.
They were general merchants and manufacturers,
and it is feared that the assets will not yield a very
large dividend.

The Colonial Produce Markets, which opened
yesterday after the Christmas holidays, present a
remarkably firm and buoyant appearance. The
public sales of sugar went off with great activity.
Mauritius kinds have realised 6d. to ls. advance,
and the finer kinds of East India ls. per cwt.,
while a large quantity of Madras and Penang was
taken in at high prices. Coffee was ls. per cwt.
dearer. Rice has been purchased at full prices,
and the demand for Saltpetre is active, at lower
quotations.
The Rates of Exchange on the principal cities of
the Continent yesterday afternoon were generally
without any important variation ; but bills on
Brussels and Paris were in good demand. The
quotation for Hamburg was a trifle lower.
it The Montmorency, just announced from Vic
toria, brings 100,000 oz. of gold, or 400,0001.
*0 This supply is very opportune, for although it is
not likely that more than half will be purchased
' by the Bank, any addition to the stock of the pre-
cious metals in that establishment is of importance
at the present time. The efflux of specie to France
continues on a small scale, and a further sum of
20,0001. or 22,0001. was sent away yesterday. As,
however, it is confidently expected that this foreign
demand will prevail for a long period, it now ex-
cites little attention, especially as our supplies from
Australia are very large.
The demand for money in Lombard-street is
rather quieter to-day, and first class paper is freely
discounted at 5i per cent. Owing to this slight
relaxation many are inclined to believe that the
Directors of the Bank will soon be enabled to lower
the minimum terms, but when all the circumstances
bearing on the money market are considered there
is evidently no immediate prospect of any uew
measure.

The English Stock Market is exceedingly dull,
and the preliminary arrangements for the adjust
went of the speculative account occupy the
chief attention of the dealerb. The rate of
" contango" is lower, vii. l to 4 per cent., or about
6 per cent, per annum ; and it is exp( cted that a
large, amount of stock will be "carried over."
The easier state of the Money Market, and the ar-
rival of specie from Australia, have strengthened
the,quotations, but there is an absence of buoyancy.
Consols have been privately transferred at 94
to 944. The prices for the Bth (to-morrow) were
94 to 944., and for February 5, 944 3. The New
Three per Cents, are 944 4, the Reduced 94i 3.
Exchequer Bills, par to 4s. premium, being rather
fiat, and the Bonds 99. Bank Stock is 2163/4.
Foreign stocks have attracted very little attention
Mid quotations are almost nominal. Sardinian 5
per Cents. are 88i, being a slight improvement.
Spanish Committee's Certificates realise 6. Turk-
ish 6 per Cents. have advanced to 954 4, but the
4 per Cents. were not dealt in. Dutch 4 per Cent-.
brought 974.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi-
can, 214 4; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 77 83/4 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44
per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 404
41 ; ditto Deferred 4 23i 41 ; ditto Certificates,
5t 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6.
The Railway Share Market this morning has
been rather quiet ; most of the dealers being en-
gaged in arranging the settlement of the English
fußds, which takes place to-morrow. One or two
of the principal lines, however, have slightly im-
proved. Great Northern, Great Western and
Brighton improved 10s., and Scottish North-
Eastern and South-Eastern ss. North-Western
declined about ss. No business has been re-
ported in the French lines, and prices nominally
unaltered. The Canadian lines rule steady.
In Joint-Stock Bank Shares only a very limited
amount of business has been done, at about.pre-
vious quotations. Ottoman Bank declined about
58., being 134 4.
In Miscellaneous Shares prices have given way
to a slight extent. Canada had receded to 137.
Crystal Palace, Peninsular and Oriental Steam,
and General Screw Steam were a shade lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOi :K.
(Irani the Official List )
iltunnes! done
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 216 i
94#
B Der Cent Console Annuities 9l
New S per Cant. Consols for Account . ... A.nnuities
.K, chequer Bills, 24d
...... ...........
.
£lOOO ........... y....
.1
.E5OO ....................................
Small ...... 5 6 p
. ... . ........... 5 6 p
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. .......••
.
99
Ditto, 1359
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE o'ol,o, I<..
Sardinian Bonita, 5 per Cent. ...
Ditto Acc( ....•• .

..coun..
88
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. nDt fun 6
Turkish Ronde, 6 par cent
Dittch ..............
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

THREE O'CLOCK.

Condole
Ditto Account (January 8) 94 i x d

LLOYD'S
—(This Day.)
LONDON. Jan. 7.--Wind E.—Fresh breeze and cloudy.
POR'PsHouTH, Jan, 6. Arrived.—Spirit of the Age,
from London, for Shanghai, with damage, having been in
collision with' a large ship in the Downs. Sailed—Eliza-
beth, for Mauritius; Rudolph, Bahia ; Franziska, Ha-
vana ; Charles Been, New York; Liverpool Packet, Mes-
sina.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—H.M.S.
-Urgent from Malta for Spithead ; Elizabeth Ellen, from
London for New York, with loss of anchor and chains in
the Downs. Sailed—Haidee, Newfoundland.
BLYTR, Jan. s.—The Gretina, of Bremen, is ashore, but
expected off- crew saved.
BERWICK, Jan. 6.—The Jaser, of Lynn, has been totally
'wrecked, and not the Jessie, as reported from North Sun-
derland. The Hermione, of Liverpool, has been totally
wr eoked on Ross sands, and not the Harmony, as reported
from North Sunderland.
REDCAR, Jan. 6.—The Marie Louise, from !Stettin to
Newcastle, is on the rocks, and will become a wreck—
crew saveda
lost o
WrvErirtoß, Jan. 6,—The Sarah, of London, has been
n Whitaker Thet to-day—crew saved.
Hur,L,
jan 6. Lavinia, Laura, and Margaret, for
London, are all on shore at Withernsea.
or
Bormoue Jan. 5. —ThE, Nina, f
artleool is
aground at the entrance of tho harbour, butH will prpolAly
get off at high water—crew saved.
BIicoA.TIA, Jan. 6.—The Northern Belle has filled—crew
saved.
CARDIFF, Jan, 6.—The Bothnia for Gibraltar, has re-
ceived damage in Penarth Roads, an American brig having
run into her. Will be docked for repairs.
BELFAST, Jan. s.—The vessel on shore at Strangford is
the Lion, not the Lin, as reported.
DUNDEE, Jan. 6.—lt has been blowing a very hard gale
born E.S.E. to E.,but more moderate to-day.
thirrrey, Jan. 6.—The George, of Colchester, came
.or in Robin Hood Bay on the 4th—crew saved. The
Mare and Ann, of this port, Seaton, foundered off the
Spit on the 4th—crew drowned.
"larntotxxl, June 6.—Wind E.—Arrived.—Haabet
atia"ien, from Revel. Sailed.—W, S. Lindsay (e.g.) for
f
Good Rope and East Indies
Jan. 6.—Wind E.—Sailed—Minerva, for
derißigck,nettiP. JiLo. 6.- Wind E.—Sailed—Denis Brun-
tian. alparaiso ; Emily, Para ; Livonia, St. Babas-
(PlMA ELECTRin TELEGRAPH.,
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind E•S.E
Arrired—tookaway, from New Orleans.
Jan. 5.
QUEENSTOWN)

Wind N.B.
Arrived—Emma, from rnyi.,,,,.
Sailed—Victoria, for bourne; Cadiz ; Caren Cioilia, for Me
Christina, Lisbon.

Wind E.
Sailed—Minerva, for Valparaiso.
(BY SUBMARINE AND BR/TINII rELEGRA.PH.)
GRAVESEND, wes,.h y, 9.49 Lm.
Wind N.E.; fur flours' ebb duoud
; cly.
1)&1.14, Wednesday,
Arrived—Patrol, frow Antwerp,
9.42 a.m.

DUBLIN, Jan. 6.

Wind E. by N., strong.
Sailed—A rd beg, for Calcutta ; Frode, Rio Janeiro;
Marmion, London ; Anne, Ramsgate, to repair damae.
11The Lion has been forced on the beach g
.
Peppers' now getting under weigh.