The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

kor NIEY PFET

AND
COMMEIICTAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, at a slight decline. The sales were esti-
mated at 4,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by
the sp6culatora. The Railway Share Market was
very dull, and prices were a shade lower than on
Monday.

A further supply of Australian gold was received
yesterday by the Montmorency, viz., 50,195
ounces, valued at 200,7801. There is consequently
a large supply of gold upon the market, only
25,0001. of the remittance by the Norfolk having
yet been purchased for the Continent. It is, there-
fore, presumed that a moderate proportion will he
sold to the Bank, where the metallic reserves have
lately been trenced upon by shipments to the Con
tinent in payment for silver, &c. At present
the market for that metal is exceedingly dull,
the late decline in the Indian exchanges
having limited the demand for the East. If
the additional intelligence which may be expected
from India every day should report a continued
reduction in the quotations at Calcutta, Bombay,
Hong Kong, and Shanghai, the bi-monthly steamers
will henceforth convey a smaller aggregate amount
than for some time past. The current prices in
the Bullion Market are :—Bar gold, 775. 9d. per
oz. 'standard ; South American doubloons, 755. 9d.
per oz. ; United States' gold coin, 765. 3d. per oz. ;
bar silver, ss. lid. per oz. standard ; Mexican and
South American d rllars, ss. ld. per oz. ; and five
franc pieces, 4s. 114 d. per oz.

It has been resolved to wind up the London,
Manchester, and Foreign Warehouse Company,
nearly the whole of the subscribed capital havieg
been lost. Unless litigation is avoided, it is feared
"Eat a further call of 2/. per share will have to be
made.

There is no alteration to report with regard to
the Money Market, but the supply is still ample
and in excess of the demand. During the last two
days the applications at the Bank are understood
to have been less pressing, but this can be partly
accounted for by the general desire which is now
manifested to limit business in all departments.
If the trading community could only be assured
that the mutiny in India will soon be suppressed,
commercial affairs would quickly assume a more
cheerful aspect, but at present the doubt and an-
xiety everywhere experienced necessarily restricts
transactions. The probability of a loan or some other
financial op eration w ith the view of adopting adequate
measures is not omitted from consideration, not-
withstanding the statement in Parliament just be-
fore the termination of the Session, that the Hon,
East India Company had ample funds at command.
The extraordinary expenditure, however, which it
is evident must take place cannot fail to exhaust
their Treasury, and a loan, it is thought, must be
eventually negociated.

A trifling decline, namely, * per cent., occurred
in the English Stock Market scon after the com-
mencement of business, and the quotations appear
rather depressed. This is the result of a small
sale, which, in the present lethargic state of the
market, has a decided influence. The public
keep aloof, probably in the expectation
of lower prices, the tendency being rather
in that direction, but when the dividends are paid
a portion of the proceeds will, no doubt, be re-
invested. Although the terms offered by the dis-
count firms for deposits are so attractive that a
large amount of capital is diverted there, Which
might otherwise be employed in the markets for
stocks a and shares. The speculators' appear very
timid, and although they speak confidently of a
decline, do not operate with freedom, because they
know how greatly the market would be 'improved
by the least encouraging news from Delhi, Agra, or
Lucknow. Consols have been 90 to 90f for money,
and 901 b for account. Exchequer Bills are Bs.
discount, and. India Bonds, under 1,0001., 235.
discount,

About an' average amount of business has been
done in Foreign Stocks, and the quotations are
generally very steady. Spanish 3 per Cents. are
44 and Russian 5 per Cents. are steady at 1091 4,
but the 6i per Cents. have receded to 98k. Sardi-
nian are 89i. In Turkish there have been very
few transactions. The 6 per Cents. are about
941 95, and the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 99k. South
American Stocks are all at nominal values. Dutch
2i per Cents. have been 641, and Belgian 4i per
Cents. 971 to 981.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi-
can, 21i 2 ; Peruvian 4i- per Cents., 78 80 ;
ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto
4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 A ;
ditto Deferred, 254 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ;
ditto Passive, 54 6.

The Railway Share Market this morning was
Moderately active, but increased heaviness took
place as regard quotations, the decline in most
instances having amounted to about to 1 per
Cent. Eastern Counties, Great Western, Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln declined ss. ; Edin-
burgh, Perth, and Dundee, Lancashire and York-
shire, North Western, Midland, North Eastern
(Leeds), and South Wales, 10s. ; North British,
15s„ ; and Caledonian, South Western, and North
Eastern Berwick, 11. The Foreictra and Colonal lines
werealso depressed. Southern of France delcined 10s.
Dutch Rhenish ss. East Indian 10s. Great In-
dian Peninsula ss. Grand Trunk of Canada 1/.
10s., and Great Western of Canada, ss.
Mining shares were steady. East Bazsetts re-
alised 78. Tin Croft I*, and Lady Bertha 12,

Joint Stock Bank and Micellaneous shares are
rather firmer. London and Westminster improved
os. Union of Australia 55., and Union of London
ss. National Discount Company, and London
General Omnibus Company realised former values.

BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES--THIS DAY
( From the Officzal

Business done.
3 per Cert. Console Annuities 9Ol 1 90 a
New 3 per Cent. Annuities Shut 901 S
13 lia. Ronda. innoll
:Ditto, under £lO9O 23 d
Bank Stock for Account 2lB.
Cot FAA!. ?,-,r A crenqt ... .. .. 900
'LlkE2tchequer Bills, iid..
u1(X)0

8 d
00000 I •

rlticEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS—TFIS DAY.
Mexican 3 per Cent 2li
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 ---
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 45 i
Russian Bonds, 122, 4: St., 5 per Cent 1094 * i
Ditto, 44 per Cent. 9B
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Bp ,1. MI Roads, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account ' 401
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cant.
Ditto Account 2s} 4
Tarit,tl '<ends, 6 par cent
DU° Account! 9.44 i
q .),tto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 2i per Cent., cx. 25 francs —
Do. 4,1 per Cent.. ex. 25 franc5,..
Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cant., 12 Guilders 644
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, money
Consols for account, October 14 to4 a

The Liverpool Dock Committee invite tenders for the
construction of a hue of electric telegraph from Liver-
pool to Holyhead, " including communications with the
necessary semaphore stations."

The telegraphic cable connecting the lighthouse
situated at the mouth of the Weser with the Oldenburg
side has just been lain down successfully. This completes
the Bremen and Oldenburg line.

At the adjourned meeting of proprietors of the Bank
of England yesterday, tho proposal for a dividend of sit
per cent. for the half-year was duly confirmed by ballot.
Tho proceedings were purely formal.
The Journal de Constantinople announces the arrival
of some English engineers with materials to establish
telegraphic communication between Alexandretta and
the Persian Gulf.

DEATH OF M. MANIN.—:We regret to announce the
death of M. Manin, the heroic defender of [Venice, one
of the most single-minded, devoted, and resolute men
v,hom the great btruggle of 1848 called forth as a cham-
Dian of Italy against Austria►. He died in Paris yester-
itay of hypertrephy of the heart.
PENSlONERS.—Government has sanctioned the imme-
diate employment in Ireland of 160 pensioners, who
have been discharged from the cavalry and artillery, in
the grooming of the cavalry horses of the regiments
'which have been dismounted on embarkation fa service
India.