The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLocx. J
Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton 50
Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices of Ame- "i
ricans were 3-16 d. and Brazils per lb. dearer St.
than last week. The sales were 20,000 bales, 2,000 25
of which were taken for export and 8,000 on specu- 25
lation. The Railway Share Market was quiet, at
St.
A slight decline on Saturday's rates. St.
A meeting was held yesterday of the creditors of st.
Mr. G. B. Rocca, whose failure we announced on 2"tc.ii
the 31st of December last. The balance-sheet 20
presented gives the total liabilities at 77,634/. 12s. 10
id., while the assets arc stated at 20,8961. 2s. 10d. 10
It is expected that a dividend of about 4s. 6d. in 25
FA.
the pound will be realised.
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About 10,0001. in gold was withdrawn from the SL
Bank of England yesterday for transmission to the t.
continent in payment for silver, but it is now 25
thought these purchases will temporarily receive St.
some check, as a large remittance from the West 20
Indies is daily anticipated. The latest advices re- St.
ceived from Mexico, via New York, however, re- ioport fresh insurrectionary troubles in Puebla,
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which may interfere with the transit of specie to St.
the, port of shipment. st.
The Emperor's speech at the opening of the French st.
Legislature is more satisfactory than was anticipated,
Sl-
as it was feared that some new financial operation St.
Would be necessitated by the impoverished state of st.
the treasury. The only hint at anything of the St.
kind is reference to the new tax proposed on mov- 50
able property, but at present it is not known how 16
this will be levied. It is expected that railways St.
will be included, but as the war tax is to be remitted 16
the effect of the new measure will not be so 20
severely felt.
There has been a stormy meeting of the Black- It..
wall Railway Company to-day. A dividend of 20
3s. 6d. was proposed on the revenue of the halt- 10
year, which had improved over that of 1856. A st.'
long disoussion took place in consequence of the 25
.
proposal to lay out 116,0001. for the convenience t
of the Victoria Dock and the Southend and Tilbury 10
Railway Companies, but who proposed to give an 10
annual interest of 6 per cent. with cutting, and to St,
guarantee a net total of 4,0001. a-year. The dis- St
cussion was going on when our reporter left.
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At the adjourned meeting of the importers and NC
dealers in Tea, held this day, it was stated by Mr. gi
Moffatt, M. P., that the deputation had been cour-
,
teously received by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer,
but there seemed no hope of their inducing 5
him to remove the present war tax on tea. They F.
thought, in that case, it would be better to get a fixed
duty to save that disturbance to contracts which
Was likely to arise. They therefore proposed a fixed
duty of ls. 4d. a lb. for the next three years. The
": loss on this would not be more than 130,0001., which
would be more than made up by the increased con-
sumption through the trade being more regular than
it would be by a fluctuating duty. A resolution to
this effect was proposed and was passed unani-
mously, and was as such to be conveyed to the
Chancellor as the views of the trade.
The English Stock Market has remained in ra-
ther a weak condition, in the absence of any new
influence to affect them. Sales, however, have
been less numerous, and the general appearance of
the market has been quiet. The dearness of money
and the continued drain of gold still prevent
buoyancy, and until some favourable change takes
place no material, imerovement is likely to be es-
tablished. Cceasols for money have been 931 a,93 ,
and 93i ; while for account the dealings
have been at 931 to 931, and the Reduced
at 93/ to 94. Bank Stock is 2161,
and India Stock 220 to 221. Exchequer Bills are
par to 3s. premium.
Foreign Securities are exceedingly dull. Turkish
6 per Cents., however, have been firm at 95 to
95k, and the 4 per Cents. are marked 1011. Vene-
zuela Deferred are 151, Portuguese, 45, and Bra-
zilian 5 per Cents., 1021 to 1031.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi-
can, 22 4- ; Peruvian, 80 1 ; ditto 3 per Cents., V(
55 56; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 20
5 per Cents., 108 10 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 96 8; 10
Spanish 3 per Cents., 40,1 ; ditto Deferred,
241 ; ditto Certificates, 6i ; ditto Passive, ItO
bi 6. 18

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The dealings in the Railway Share Market have 18
been of a very moderate character, and previous
.2,9 i
prices have in most instances been supported. -I.`4'd
Bristol and Exeter have advanced it. ; Caledonian,
10a. ; Great Western, 10s. to 15s. ; Lancashire and 100
Yorkshire, ss. ; North-Western, ss. ; and Midland, 20
bs. The other lines dealt in realised previous 20
values. The French lines are at nominal quota- 10,
tions, no business having been reported in them. 20'
Grand Trunk and Great Western of Canada rule 20
firm, as also Great Luxembourg, .Namur and Liege, in
and Sambre and Mouse. 100
In Mining Shares there is very little business 20
doing, and prices are quite nominal. St.
Joint Stock Bank Shares rule very inactive. 1(2)0°
English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered im- 20
proved 10s ; London and County, Unity, Mutual, 201
and Western Bank of London were dealt in at about IV
previous quotations. 100
In Miscellaneous Shares, the only feature to 11/,n
report has been a decline of about 2/. in Canada
'Land ; Australian Agricultural, London General 20
Omnibus Company, South Australian Land, and ,22°0
Tan Dieman's Land, brought full rates. I 20

aßrnsa FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom the Official ListO
Bluntest. done
Bank Stock
3 per cent. Reduced Annuities 93i 4 31
3 rer Cent. Console Annaitie, 933
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860...
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 18 10-16
India Stock ................................. .
220 21
Consols tor Account ..
Bxchequer Bills, ............... ••• ••• •• 934
£IOOO
£5OO ....................... P
................ par 3 p
8m all
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent......... par 3 p
Ditto, 1359
98 A
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. IO2A 3A
Ditto New, 1852, 4:1 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent l5
Turkish bonds, 6 per cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent.
Venezuela, Bonds, 41 per Cent
Ditto Deferred, 1:1 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in Loci( n.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, money 93A
Ditto Account

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIA-
MENT.—Yesterday morning, shortly before ten o'clock,
her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince
Highness
the the Princess Royal, and her Serene
the Princess of Hobenlohe, visited the new Houses of
Parliament, where the illustrious visitors were received
by ir Benjamin Hall, Sir Charles Barry, and other
°fficSials• Her Majesty returned to Buckingham Palace
LurrAnv.--The receipts of the Lunacy Commissioners
in the year ended the 31st of July, 1856, amounted to
14,491/., and the
The Master in payments to about 13,1581.
oCaliancery charged wit the winding up
of Cameron's
Laughor uny toook Steam Coal and Swansea and
to make al call of 2l ,Company proposes on the 23d inst.
• per share upon the contributories.
THE Sraxisa LoAN
state that the representative:—T he Madrid journals of the 9th
paid into the Treasury hai of MM. Mires and Co. had
the loan of 300 millions of reoafl the second instalment of
half on the 16th, the last day 4Laend was to pay the other
MR. FREWEN AND RIS SEA d*
are informed that
Mr. Frewen has not yet resigned
Sussex. The hon, member liaini7iltaiped it in order that
his seat for East
he might vote for the reder eal of the income tax, which
house.
consideration of the
qu the
A deputation of licensed victuallers waited u o
p Sir G. Grey on Saturday, to know whether they po-ssenssed-
the right of calling in the police to clear their houses of
disorderly persons. Sir George said at
presentu the
licensed victuallers did not possess
the right, but t he
would give his serious attention to the subject.
THE WAR WITH CHINA..—A meeting was held
at the
British Institution, City-road, last night, to consider the
war with China, and to protest against a standing army.
Mr. Ingrain Lockhart took the chair, and resolutions to.
the effect that the bombardment of Canton and the ex-
pedition to Persia were iniquitous and unnecessary,
were carried, and a petition to the House of Commons
embodying the resolution was agreed to,