The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL TNTFLLIGET.,InE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Leters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed with a heavy appearances,
and prices we-re fully per lb. low( r for all de-
scriptions. The sales were eAimated at 4,000
bales, 500 of which were taken on sp?culation.
The Railway Share Market closed vietly, at a
slight decline on previous rates.
An addition of about 160,0001. was made to tha
bullion in the Bank of England yesterday, consist-
ingof 80,0001. in sovereigns and the remainder in
Australi4n gold. At present it is not known what
Will be the destination of the supply by the Mont
in,rency, but it is very likely that a portion will be
sent into that establishment, the Continental de-
mand being quieter. Iu the silver market business
is very dull, as the bullion brokers aro awaiting
the receipt of the Overland Mail before commencing
active preparations for the remittances by the
st amer on the 4th proximo. Unless the Indian
and Chinese exchanges, Bd., be reported higher, it
is expected that the shipments on that occasion will
be comparatively limited. Small parcels of silver
are occasionallyreceived from the Continent, and the
Seine, which came inyesterday, brought about 6,000/.
A recovery of about 2 per cent. took place yester-
day on the Paris Bourse, where the tone of busi-
ness during the last week has improved. It is too
early to determine whether any decided or perma-
nent rally will ensue, but the accounts from Paris
are rather cheerful, and money, although still very
dear, is in good supply. Commercial affairs also
are in a more satisfactory position. . .

A meeting was held yesterday of the proprietors
of Venezuela stock—J. D. Powles, E=q , in the
chair, who censured the conduct of the Republic
with regard to the late negotiations for an arrange-
ment of the foreign debt. The proposition made
by the Government, after it had repudiated the
provisional agreement concluded with the bond-
holders, is rejected, and the meeting adopted the
fol!owing resolution "
That it appears to the meeting that to contrive ne-
gotiations for the liquidation of this debt under such
circumstances is a mere mockery, and that as legal au-
thority has declared that the case is one which on public
grounds calls for the active interference'of the British
Government, the committee be requested to make a
respectful representation of the whole of the circum-
stances to the Right Hon. the Earl of Claret don, her
Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and to' solicit that his lordship will, on inter-
national grounds, under the etrong cireutnstances of the
case, take such measures as may be effective to procure
for the bondholders that justic,; from the Government of
Venezuela which they are unable to obtain for them-
!Place." _ _

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under
1857.
. £31,568
70,101
17,096
18,637

1856.
£30,251
69.058
18,319
18,979

Great Western
North-Western
Bonth-Western
Brighton
Midland.
Swath-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire anal Yorkshire
Lancashire and Carlisle
East Lancashire
Brist,l and Exeter
Chester and Holyhead
Manchester, Sheffield, and Line9ln
North-Eastern
North London

24,766
24,655
'2;7,977
7.633
7,437
7,535
8,714
11,860
40,824
2,431

25,910
24,539
24,955
7,327
6,877
7,735
8,259
10,043
40,095
2,402

North Stafford
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver
Shrewsbury and Chester
Edinburgh, Pertb, and Dundee
Glasgow and South• Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada

7,446
4,779
3,468
3 544
6,955
9,797
10,069

7,408
4,345
3,341
3,815
6,737
5,263
12,293

The demand for money continues
and at full rates. No alteration has been
Made by the Bank Directors at their meeting
to-day, but, as this was expected, very lithe
interest was evinced to ascertain the result of
their deliberations. The tendency at tho mo-
ment is rather unfavourable, but with large
supplies of gold, a diminished drain to the East,
and the payment of the October dividends, there is
no immediate apprehension of enhanced terms.
It is stated that a small country bank has sus-
pendel, but no definite information can be elicited
at present.
There was a meeting of the shareholders of the
"Alliance Bank" to-day. The report was satisfac-
tory as to the general progress of the busi-
ness of the half year, and was adopted. It was
suggested that a simultaneous effort should be made
by the gerant in respect to getting the Bank quoted
both in the London Stock E_xeliange and the Paris
Bourse.

The Funds are without the slightest change of
impertance, and the situation of the market is
precisely the same as we have described for seve-
ral days past. The public, both as speculators
and investors, are waiting for the Indian news,
and in the meantime the fluctuations and
dealings are quite insignificant. The renewed
firmness of the Paris Bourse, and the
disp.-.sal of a large amount of gold to the Bank
tend to strengthen the marka. Consols have
been 00 to 90i1,- for transfer, and 90k g for account.
Exchequer Bills are 2s. lower, viz., 10s. discount,
and the Bonds are 94 East Indian Stock is 210.

Up to 1 o'clock only two bargains had bean
recorded in the Foreign Marke', business being
almost at a stand still. Turkish 6 per Cents. were
and the 4 per Cent. guaranteed 99k. All the
other securities t re at nominal prices.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stccks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6 ; Mexi
can, 211 ; Peruvian 411 per Cents., 78 80 ;
ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
45 46 ; Rustlan 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto
4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 ;
ditto Deferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ;
ditto Paisive, 516.

The transactions in the Railway Share Market
this morning were of a limited character, but in
some few instances prices rather improved. Great
Western and Midland advanced ss. Chester and
Holyhead, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South
Eastern, 10s. Brighton and North EAstorn Leeds
receded ss. ; North Western and North British,
10s. ; and North Eastern York, 11. East Anglian,
E tst Lancashire, Great Northern, Norfolk and
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, realised yes-
terday's quotations. The French and Canadian lines
are dull and barely realise former values. Geelong
and Melbourne advanced about 55., and Grea
Luxembourg declined ss.

Mining shares are quiet. East Bassetts have
receded to 75 and 76. Lady Bertha are 11, and
AFred Console 133/4 14. Wlieal Kitty are at
21422.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are
inactive at previous values.

B ITISII FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES --THIS DAY,
(from the Officzal
Business dcne.

prr tent. ecnsoic Lunultie? 'DO 13/4
India Stock
C )1. so', C(..r ccouni, 90.1
1 z.tho-ucar 131116, z4d.
l'101.)0 .....

10
, . 9
. 9 :3 d

U ~1,
.I)w:bowler Bonds. IESB, 3 per Cent__
Ditto, itit39 ..............

Gs

PLAICES OF FOII,EIGN FUNDS-TITI3 DAY.

101

Gillian Bonds, G per Cent
RusEta.:l I:onds, ;I,: St., 5 per Cent....
Ditto, 4.1 per Cent.
Sp milt per Cent.
Ditto Now Deferred, per Uri'.
Turkitl: c:nds, per cent
inttn Guaranteed, 4 per CAA.
Veneznela Bonds, 4i per Cent
Dividends on the hove pityc.Ve in London.
Btlgian 2.!, per Cent., es. 25 francs
Do. 41 per Cent.. ex. 25 frane3...
Peruvian Bonds, 4A per Ceut

97.2 SI

7IIREIC O'CLOCE
Consols, money
Consols for ecount, October 14

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 23.—To-lay the screw steamer City
of Washington sailed from this port for New York with
a full cargo and 120 cabin passengers ; and the screw
steAmship Anglo-Saxon took hLr departure for Qiebec
aqd Montreal, with Hs cabin and 174 steerage palsen-
g re, be.,udes the Canadian maili and a large e-,u-go.
The brig--)f-war Rai!icor, which has just sailed from
Tlf.z.fit for New Caledonia, 1:.9,1 on board several c.)nviet..
wo:,trieed to transportation, who are to he landed at the
I laud of Pines, where a provisional p' pal settlement
lias been established.