The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

rviW N. EY MARTIET

AND

COMryIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool cotton market on Saturday closed
with a steady appearance, and prices were firmer.
The sales were 5,000 bales. An improved feel-
ing was manifested in the railway share market,
and a large amount of losiness was transacted.

The condition of trade in th 3 textile manufac-
turing districts continues very depressed, and no
sensible improvement can be expected while the
terms of discount aro maintained. Since the
suspension of the Bank Act, however, a much
better feeling has prevailed, and the adviccs from
India have given satisf-action iu particular
branches. Two or three other failures have oc-
curred which have increased the uneasiness which
previously existed. In the iron districts business
is necessarily very dull, but there is a hopeful
feeling despite the discontinuance of American
orders.

During the last two or three days the demand
for money, though still very active, has slightly
abated, and the suspension of the Bank Act has pro-
duced greater confidence. The commercial public
now merely supply their immediate wants, whereas
before they obtained more than they required, lest
they should find further difficulties in getting ac-
commodated hereafter. An impression now prevails
that some relief, and, perhaps, a small reduction
in the terms, will be experienced, so that the
present applications for discount are on a com-
paratively moderato scale. At the same time, how-
ever, the failure of weak firms cannot be prevented,
and two or three are almost daily added to the list.
Although most of them are not of public
interest tleey fully prove the injurious effects of
the crisis. The latest accounts from India and
America, however, are of an encouraging descrip-
tion, and will no doubt tend to promote an im-
proved feeling in commercial circles.
The failure of two firms engaged in the corn

trade have been announced this morning, the esti
mated liabilities in each case ranging from 40,0001
0 50,0001. Considering the recent depreciation o:
Cereals, and the additional heaviness occasioned by
the permission to export corn from France, them)
Casualties cannot excite surprise. It is very pro-
bable that before the end of the year other firms
in this branch of business will succumb.
Two or three vessels with large amounts of
specie from Australia must now be near at hand,
and if they should arrive during the next few days,
they will, no doubt, be productive of great benefit.
The position of the Bank is still very unfavourable,
and much worse than has been known for many
years. In order to increase their available assets,
it is imagined that they are selling stock to a con-
siderable extent, and as much as 300,0001. has been
disposed of this morning. It is impossible, how-
ever, to imagine that they can retrieve their posi-
tion with rapidity after such a violent strain upon
their resources, but the pressure having somewhat
abated, there is now every reason to believe that a
gradual improvement will take place.
The Seringapatam left the Colony on the 15th
August with 12,180 ounces, and the E,sex, on the
2d September, with 105,255 ounces of gold.
The English Stock market opened with a firm
appearance, and the tendency was upwards, but
soon afterwards the Government broker became a
seller, and his operations had a marked effect in
spite of money purchases. A decline oft per cent.
took place, and it is said that as much as 300,0001.
stock has been sold. The news from America is
considered favourable, but a good deal of anxiety
is felt relative to the approaching meeting of Par-
liament. Console have been 489 g-a, and 89;i
For account, the prices were 903 to 904, and 891 to
90. They are now 89i and 89 90, respectively.
The New 3 per Cents. are 881 the Reduced 881
Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 15s. discount, and the
Bonds, 98 to 98k.
The
but
Market for Foreign Stocks remains quiet, 5
in aome instances rather lower prices are cur- 2
rentt.
Turkish Six per Cents. are 87i 88 ; and 1
the 4 per Cents. 961 97; Spanish Deferred are 251 ;
.14exicall, 18 ; 6 per Cents., 101; and
L 2
Uteh, 2i per Cents., 64.
The following aro the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi li
-
can, 171 18k; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 73 75 ; ditto
3 per Cents., ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., tt
42 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto 4i l'
per Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3;per Cents., 391 401 ;
ditto New Deferred, 24i 25.

Thero has been rather more firmness in the
Railway Share Market, the settlement of the

accounts having passed off satisfactorily. Eastern
Counties and Lancashire and Yorkshire have im-
proved ss. ; North Eastern Berwick, 10s. ; East
Lancashire, 15s. ; Great Northern and Brighton,
11. ; and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 11. 10s.
North Eastern York declined ss. ; Manchester
Sheffield and Lincoln and South Eastern, 103. ; and
Norfolk, 15s. The foreign and colonial lines
are also at a slight advance on former quota-
tions. Paris and Lyons have risen ss. ; Grand
Trunk of Canada 11., and East India 10s.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
are very inactive. London Joint-Stock have de-
clined ss. ; London and Westminster 11. Oriental
Bank improved lb. Canada Land Shares have
declined 21., and Royal Mail Steam advanced
11. to 11. 10s.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(.From the Official List:)

Business clone.
India Stock. 2ll
8 per cent. K.uluced Annuities
8 per Cent. ucnsole %impales Bl a i a
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 86:11i i
India Stock
Cu,. sots for Account ...
Er: :11 equer Bills, 24d.
g6uu
~
20 15 d
-Fxchequer Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 9B i
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chiliau Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl
Mexican 3 per cent
Portuguese BondslB
, 5 per Con. 1841 --
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Cent.,
Ditto Account ........ .
42i
sp.rlFh tsouds, 3 per Cent. ..................
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Con'.
Turimb :sonde, U per cent
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ..........
Ditto Account........ ...
Dividend.on the above payable in London.
Dutch Ex 3hange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 61
Consuls T WO O'CLOCK.
,ac money ......••.
89$
Consols count B9l 90

We learn from a certain source, Pays the Pays, that
the General Commander-in-Chief of the English troops
has sent Nonradjah Shah, King of Delhi, to Calcutta,
to be placed at the disposal of the Governor General.
Nouradjah is now 92 years of age, and it was only owing
to that circumstance that he was not shot with hie three
eons.

The French Embassy has arrived at Singapyre.
The Embassy from Russia has not been received at
Pain,

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-IN/V.3IOAD. The
number of patients pelieved at this hospital, during the
week ending November 14, is 2,351, of which 770 were

new eases.

The steamship Granada arrived at New York on
the 29th ult., with Havannah advices to the 24th.
She brought 156,358 dols. in specie. It was thought
that the Quaker City would take a large amount of
specie for New York. The money crisis in the city-
ef Havannah had caused Government to issue a do-
ee ordering an examination to be made as to the
stock solvency
and capital of all the newly formed joint-
b.. _ _
d peculation concerns on the island. Sugar
ad. declined in •
There wereno price, and trade generally was dull.
The reports freightsoti for .American vessels in poi t.
Colonel Blythe, l°
sugar crop were favourable.
had returned to
inpost.
thehis
sUnited States' Consul-General,
had been landed A large cargo of slaves
eawstarving condition. The
steamship Star of th t, from Aspinwall, for
New York, with the California mails and treasure,
had not reached Havannah, at 6
Morning of the 24th. o'clockon the
By way of Havannah we have nett,
Jose, Costa Rica, to the 23d niet_ news from San
than previous accounts. Gen.
oln—as2ol days later
capital en a diplomatic mission to
N.
iclad left the
a. It
was evident that the relations subsistiaerolu
Costa Rica and Nicaragua were anything bettween
cor-
dial, and it was announced as very il
probable that
the two old parties in the latter country would soon
again be arrayed in arms unjust eachother. 0