The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

• AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLock.
Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed quietly, but steadily, and
prices of almost every description were j 1. per lb.
dearer than last week. The sales were estimated
at 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the
exporters, and 1,000 by the speculators. The
Railway Share Market closed with a dull aspect,
but prices were steady.
The Great India and China Association have
published their annual statement, showing the
number and tonnage of British and foreign ships
entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to
places within the limits of the Hon. East India
Co.'s Charter. This is exceedingly favourable, as
it indicates a considerable increase in the foreign
trade of the country. The entries inwards last
year were 1,215 ships of 791,768 tons, against 1,194
ships and 707,246 tons in 1855. The clearances
outwards were 1,266 vessels of 883,061 tons, against
1,350 vessels and 980,003 tons in the previous year.
The Money Market continues to present a com-
paratively easy appearance, and the supply of capi-
tal in Lombard-street and on the Stock Exchange
is found to be ample for all purposes. The rate
at which first-class commercial bills are negotiated
is 5/ per cent., but instances have occurred where
accommodation has been obtained on even lower
terms.

The large arrivals of specie, together

with the distribution of the dividends at the
- Bank of England, which commences to-day, will,
no doubt, have a further favourable influence ;
but it is too early yet to expect any alteration in
the Bank minimum, because in the course of a
few weeks business will no doubt become more
active, and the demand for capital may conse-
quently increase for the legitimate purp)ses of
trade. A steady efflux of specie to France still
continues, and 12,00 u/. to 15,0001. was taken from
the Bank yesterday for that destination. It is
presumed that these remittances are chiefly for the
Bank of France, so that its balance-sheet, which
will be published in a few days, will not show the
effect occasioned by the payment of the dividends
on the Rentes.

There is no movement in the English Stock
Market. The transactions are unimportant, and
mostly connected with the settlement. The prices
are precisely the same as thuse current yesterday.
Consols are 94 to 94i for money, and 94i s for the
February account, hut they appear heavy. Bank
Stock is marked 216& to 218, and India Stock 2191.
The New Three per Cents. have been 94g. , and
the Reduced 94k Exchequer Bills continue flat,
being par to 3s. premium. East India Stock has
been dealt in at 219 i.

The Foreign Market is exceedingly dull, and
there is no particular alteration in the quotations
to notice., Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95i ft, being
rather flat, and no business has been recorded in
the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed. Russian Small Bonds
are 97k; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 ; French 3 per
Cents., 67f. 50c. ; Belgian 4i per Cents., 981 ; and
Dutch 21 per Cent 4., 64k. It is rumoured that
the Commissioners of the Venezuelan Government,
appointed for the arrangement of the English
Debt, are now disinclined to adhere to the terms
which they recently agreed to, and a meeting has
been called in consequence.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi-
can, 21ft ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 771 81 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i
per Cents,, 95 '7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i
41 ; ditto Deferred, 2314 ; ditto Certificates,
51 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under

(1867.
........ £24,311
55,072
12,186
11,545
26,461
18,874
12,233
22,372
22,470
5,921
4,358
5,154
10,083
2,143
7,350
3,821
4,888
3,040

Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
Beath-Eastern
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
Chester and Holyhead
Lancaster and Carlisle
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
North London
North Stafford
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh
Edinburgh and Glivgow ......
Scottish North-Eastern

1856.
£22,025
54.056
12,340
10,548
24,701
18,738
10,962
19,800
20,699
4,872
4,168
5,104
8,715
1,944
6,549
3,700
4,743
2,936

Great Western of Canada 11,664 12.424
rand Trunk of Canada
northern of France
There has been a very moderate business done in
Railway Shares. Some of the chief lines have
shown a slight improvement. East Lancashire
have advanced 1/., Great Northern, 10s., Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 55., South-Western 10s., and
South-Eastern about ss. Great Western and
North-Western declined about ss. Great Central
of France have brought 221, and Namur and Liege,
Si t. The Canadian lines are of nominal rates.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
without any material alteration.
BRUM

M FUNDS THIS DAY IT O. trGl.O.
( From the Offimal List.)
Bank Stock ................................... 216 i 18
3 per Cent. Reduced AnnuitieN 94s
•
3 nor Cent. muscle k ties
.......... 91i 4
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94i
Lo.ig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860...
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1&85 is
India Stock
India Bonds, k:1000 .........
.....
Ditto, under £lOOO
par 4 p
Consols for Account (Feb. 5) .....
Rxeheciner ;
£lOOO
Ntnsll
3 p par
.............
p p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con.
1841. O'CLOrli.
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent.
Russian Bends, 1822, V, St., 5 per Cont.,
Ditto Small
Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent .. . . .....
95
Dt tide,
e anomie .. ...
irrench Rentes, 4i Per Cent. 'rnrcn
Ditto 3 per Cent. .................
Belgian, `'2 per Cent., ex. ....
.....
25 f • •.
rancs . ........ 67f. 50c. cx 25f. 171 c.
Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 franc Guilders.....
64
12
Ditch Exchange, 2'; per
TWO O'CLOCK.

DittConsols
..............................
o Acconr 6
............ .............. 93 91 4
Ditto (February).............. . .........
A •ai

ond t it "no
-ccording to the Nuremberg Corres
longer admits of a doubt" that the Neuchatel question
will be settled by a conference, c3rnposed of thelupeasrtttils
to the London protocol of 1852 and a representative of
thy., Swiss Coefederation,
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The great poultry show, which
Las been announced for some time at the Crystal
-Palace is to open on Saturday next. The show will
take place in the wing of the building leading from the
railway corridor to the Palace, and in the large tower at
the end of that wing. Although slightly inferior in
numbers to the late Birmingham display, this show will
fully equal it in the quality of the poultry and pigeons
exhibited, an 1 will far excel in the ampler space and
better tight at command. One important class •,f fancy
"411'461s—rabbits—which were unrepresented at Bir.
alirgba'n, sill form a very important part of the show at
S,ydenhara.
SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN LAMBETH WORKHOUSE.
--Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr.
Carter, at Lambeth Workhouse, en the body of Caroline
Connell, a single woman, aged 33 The deceased was
found by one of the nurses on Saturday morning lying
at the foot of the staircase covered with blood, and on
lifting her up it was discovered that she was dead. A
sister-in-law of the deceased deposed that she had on two
Previous necasi
medical
officer
ons attempted to commit suicide, and the
e.,idet, r who examined the body having given
ce that death had resulted from a compound frac-
ture of tb
by the dee:skull, which he had no doubt was occasioned
in a state rd having thrown herself from the staircase
t
verdict accordierniporary insanity, the jury returned a
NNEWTows nf Y.
a new town 4t
I‘IIIIMILFORD.—PIans for the erection of
tion is to be
made • have been prepared, and applica-
the same into effect,
the next session for an act to carry
Church, and is ulti It ifi laid out in front of Milford
The surveyors bay,"TelV to be extended to Castle Pill.
out the ground. The actively engaged in marking
shops,
an;dnetanst are elaborate, and comprise
terrace,
system of lighting, detached villas with a complete
atnbeeNlvi
of public baths and an assembly
drainage. The erection
. . .
wolv roe amd, in conjunction with m have been settled ;
ling from Johnston, it has
been determined to erect
needed. To carry out these ir"—a desideratum long
has been formed, who are takinr"
to procure an act for the formatigonisoif gas works, cern.
"he
necessary steps
etery, water works, &c., and them
tary notices have been issued. Ti,:stnarY Parliamen.
Completed, will form a perfectly new to Works, when
which is rapidly becoming a place of i
o the increased traffic, that is developed earnece' owing