The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

MONEY 7 "
-1,2,4

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocl.

Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of
American descriptions were 1-16 d. per lb. lower,
and all other kinds 1-16 d. t) d. per lb. lower.
The sales were under 5,000 bales. The RailA ay
Share Market was firmer, and prices slightly
advanced.

The demand for silver is rather quiet, hut as it
18 presumed the shipments to India and China on
the 4th proximo will bo of an avcrage amount,
kere activity will no doubt prevail in a few days.
li 'he purchases on the continent appear very limited
at present, the Customs lists of imports announcing
few arrivals. The bar silver brought by the last
Packet was sold yesterday at Old. per ounce.
The Russian Railway scheme still continues as
!nPopular as upon its first appearance on the
Stock Exchange, and the opinion expressed
as well also as the intrigues resorted t
Order to secure subscribers, must be a source of
deep humiliation to Russia. Apart from political
considerations, there is nothing to recommend this
liodertaking, especially as in the present depressed
state of financial affairs there are plenty of cheap

investments which promise far better returns, and
kfford greater security then this! - viath an specul at ion.
any one with the least judgment would hesitate in
Identifying himself with a project requiring
40)000,000/. ; but when that project presents such
questionable prospects as the Russian R.lilways, it
18 only natural that a general feeling of dissatis-
'action should be expressed at the attempt, uusuc-
,,cet'sfnl as it may prove, to introduce it to the Eng
market.
The shares are called to prem., but the tran-
s kletion3, if any, are no doubt traceable to the
84PPorters of the Czar.

In the event of the capital of the Bank of France
ueillg doubled, it is stated that the extended note
circulation will be based upon Government securi-
ties, which the authorities, it is presumed, will pur-
eua''le, with the additional funds placed at their
!('ltinand. Various rumours are afloat on this sub-
feet, however, and it is therefore advisable that all
4lfermation that transpires, unless authenticated,
86111 d be received with great caution.
I The demand for discount accommodation in
44
,bet
to-day continues quiet, and the
.rat paper is discounted at a slight reduction in the
'erlns.
N 0 alteration has been made to-day in the
ncia,l rates for discount and interest, tha directors
"'"Ving separated, after a short discussion, without
making any announcement. This result was fully
44ticipatecl.
The English Funds remain very firm, but there
14 an entire absence of speculative excitement,
While the money purchases are also limited.
consols have been 93k -11 for money, and 93i for
aecount. The New Threes are 92 to 92i, and
the Reduced 911 to 92k, the 30 Years' Annuities
17 15.16. The March Exchequer Bills are par,
tile June ditto 4s. to 2s. discount, and the Bonds
8i
IrerY little business has been reported in the
"reign Stock Market, and prices of most of the
principal securities are merely nominal. Turkish
!Per Cents. are 1004, and the 6 per 0,-nts. 94k ;
Spanish 3 per Cents. are 411 ; Sardinian 5 per
Ceh , Account, 90i ; and Dutch 2-i per Cents.,
651.
,The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
2ttooks:-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Alexi au,
edg ; Peruvian 4iper Cents., 77 78 ; do. 3 per
11t4” 54 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44i 51 ;
Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4& per Cents.,
u ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2; ditto Deferred,
25k l ; ditto Passive, 5k 6.
to
last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
t this day, arein round figures as under :--
1857. 1856.
Great Western £28,943 £24.705
o.rth.Western 59,281 56.703
15,008 12 052
:;,'"l4land ............... 29,853 29,468
ta3nth•East n
er .
ealedon• 18,287 16.256
lan Great Northern
22.681 22,00
tik!leashire and Yorkshire
;pato( and Exeter 5,784 5,942
beater and Holyhead
Lasater
-Lancashire 6,339 5,803
and Carlisle
411ehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,456 9,004
North Stafford
So lord, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,928 3,229
oth Devon
'ulster evon
1,646 1,384
441111 burgh and Gla"gow
'Ow and South-Western
Great Trunk of Canada
'.ir!'t Western of Canada 14,524 13,344
citi.4ailway shares have been in very limited re-
: eat, although in some of the chief undertakings
slight improvement has occurred. Eastern
s.lltlties, Great Western, Lancashire and York-
Norfolk and North Western, advanced 55.,
lin, Caledonian and Brighton 10s. The French
rat: 'were dull, but were quoted at yesterday's
ab Canadian and East Indian improved
out 10,
In •
4144
`.Luling Sharon the dealings were very
arid ,„. London and Westminster, Oriental Bank,
values,
Neste Bank of London brought previous
saii
re Miscellaneous Shares there is little change
411(6°.11. Royal Mail Seam are quoted en dim
2to I. Mexican and South American declined
higher,-L and Van Diemen's Land were a shade

Ilgr,„
MEI FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES 7-n1 IS DAY.
k_ (from the Officzal Lest:)
Business done.
k
Stock
~ Der d,
tper kent: Reduced Annuities
4'tew ,''''lU- Consols Annuities
Lao ' per Cent. Annuities 923/4 '2 I ,
0 Aulluities, expire -Ai, Jan. i 860
.. 2 7-16
,itto
bt.. 30 Years, expire 10th Oct 1859 2 3.16 .-1.
4Di 30
Years, expire sth April, I'BBs l7 15-16
t::. T-send., 4:1011(1
Cts,,Lto. under £lOOO 6 3 d
A; 't!' for Account 933 A a
-egocittor Bills, 24d. .••.•. ••
000 . March. I June.
iso .. par 3 2 4 d
par
Outll
. . . par 2 p
Ditto Bonds, 11453, 3i per Cent. ... .... 99 3
.'‘to, 1359
k `IIICES OF FOitEIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
a,
4erdi4!l3 Per Cent 233
1)1t.1" ilou4s, 5 per Cent. . .........
ir
Rp,lll,4ecount
Turkil:', guilds, 3 per Cent.
1)14-0" ABonds, ii per cent
Ditto account
‘..ruarauteed, 1 per Cent.
botch t, I ~,„,, 3 t.,. sthovt, v.,1111 in ~,,,a,ll.
• ' '-'lChann.e '2,4- per Cen!;., 12 Guilders C5l
' ' - HIRER O'CILOCK.
Consols
u.. money
lotto Account (May
7) 931 '1

Eirr,,
Wednesday 1
li,-.wIIATION TO AMERICA.—LIVERPOOL,
_,
sti;:p, serew steam ship Kangaroo, Captain Jeffrey.o.,y°'
it '4l7ereoel d Philadelphia Sea m-Pack et Comp .
e,
'ld th Indian, " .
'ailed e
the farmer
Captain Jones, of the Montreal Ini ,
1 r 10.4 t half past 10 o'clock this forenoon ; _ a
,Oil
:r ."ew York, with above 250 passengers and I
ilaliol,ntidbet:iha er'd
la. tter with the Canadian mails for Quebec
ea Montreal with nearly 300 passengers and a large
ate,t,o DEEP SEA FISHING.—It is a remarkable circum-
e ar'aingfrom the network of railways that now inter-
opta the kingdom that fish is nearly as dear in the towns
tome
the Tyne and Wear as in Birmingham and other inland
fact situated a considerable distance from the sea ; the
worteing that those latter towns are connected by rail-
with qo fishing communities employed in the deep sea
sshi
the other towns in the county of Durham and Nortnuin-
ibne,,rl,?:?d depend for their supplies principally upon the fish-
-4,06 'loges on the coast, whose inhabitants, with scarcely
in cep ion, fish only seine 10 or 15 miles from the coast
veornall cobles, and who al.°, in rough and stormy
rother, when the winds blow from the north and east,
e unable for weeks to pursue their avocation, and idle
r:ll,d starve on the shore. The Dogger Bank is about 60
here from the Northumberland coat. Upon
1.0 re it' an inexhaustible supply of large fish, such as
this hank
11., g and cod, but the ground cannot be fished, except by
*rge decked boats, which, of course, with the neces•
vary tackle, are somewhat out of the reach of the
Northumberland and Durham fishermen. Butchers'
eat has been extremely dear in the north during
te
he spring, and the fishermen, in consequence of the
81°
and v erllllY winter, have been much out of employment
y ill off. This spring, therefore, several gentle-
r:aft interested in cheapening the food of the working
cle.B
ass, and others wishful to improve the social condi-
'
%lad inn of the fishermen, have unit,d into fishing compani,r,
there is every prospect that within two or three
months two companies, at least, upon limited liability/
sod with capitals of 10,0001. each, will have a consider-
able number of decked boats, sailing from the Tyne,
„kid manned with Northumberland fishermen, engaged
00 the Dogger Bank in the deep sea fishing. The ex-
periment is of considerable interest.