The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'Ceock.
Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed very firmly, but quietly,
at the full rates of last week. The sales were
estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were
ttaken by the exporters, and 1,000 by the specula-
". The Railway Share Market closed steadily,
and yesterday's rates were fully maintained.
The official returns relating to trade and navi-
gation for the month ending the 31st January,
1857, have teen published. From these it ap-
pears that the total declared value of exports from
the United Kingdom for the month was 9,058,1051.,
being an increase of 1,083,319/. compared with
those of the like month in 1856. The increase is
Perceptible in beer and ale, cheese, coals and culin,
cotton manufactures, earthenware, fish, haber-
norY, millinery, hardwares and cutlery, leather,
machinery, tin plates, silk manufactures, thrown
silk, British spirits, refined sugar, sheep and lambs'
Wool, but there was a falling off in butter, cotton,
Yarn, copper, soap, and woollen and worsted yarn.
The importation of the principal articles were
targ'er as respects live animals, clocks and watches,
coffee, cocoa, wheat, barley, raw cotton, flax, cur-
rants, hides, potatoes, raw silk, sugar, tea and
Wine. There was a diminution in oats, Indian
Corn •
, quicksilver, rice, rum, tallow, and cheeps and
;:iteha' wool. The shipping accounts exhibit an
;tcrease in the amount of tonnage employed in the
-ore
u trade both inwards and outwards,
th ig
e and in
coasting trade the tonnage employed was
rather larger for the clearances outwards, but
smaller for the entries inwards.
The annual meeting of the Victoria Dock Com-
pany Was held to-day ; Mr. Morrison in Vie chair.
;ante report stated that the number of ships which
theered the docks in the past year was 1,541, and
araOrint of tonnage 500,463. The accounts
Showed a balance in hand of 13,1721. 15s. 6d. A
raft of a new bill in Parliament for making a new
entrance from the Thames at North Woolwich, and
forot Other purposes, was read and passed ; and an-
'
sner for converting the paid-up shares into capital
oat.
,'• The report was adopted.
list or three other firms have been added to the
antifailures recently reported among the Greeks,
,".ct the subject is creating some uneasiness. It is
14elieved, however, that the losses will principally
gall among that body, and in several cases full divi-
,ens are expected. It must, however, be borne in
iuod that the assets are chiefly abroad, and it will
be
well, therefore, not to place too much confi-
dence in their realisation to the extent anticipated.
suspensions among foreign traders afford no
des to the general state of business, which re-
tuties healthy, the parties in question having no
doubt launched into speculations that have proved
,t_Orsoccessful.
li NO relaxation in the general Money Market is
re eIY to take place at present, although there is
„4.nni to expect an improvement before many
hks ave elapsed. Among the circumstances
lead to this; impression are the general aine-
Intion on the Continent, the reduction in the
the`uarl exchanges, and the supplies of gold .from
Antipodes ; but the causes of the continued
pressurea,, are the specie operations and the immense
tenon
now in progress. The settlements of the Stock
ga also absorb capital. Under these circum-
stances,w.: it was not supposed that the Bank Directors
ulueold announce any change in the minimum at their
toneting to-day, and after a brief sitting it was
eeialltd that this presumption was correct. Six per
wa • ja fully maintained " out of doors," and it
.s therefore unlikely that a reduction would have
taken place.
There here is *rather a buoyant market for Public
Securities, but the movement in prices is not im-
Pnrutant, owing to the paucity of bu-iness. The ap-
r,e_arance of the market is decidedly favourable, and
`:peculation were more active a greater improve-
ont would no doubt have ensued, but a disposi-
thell still shown to defer operations until after
be account is settled. Consols for money have
The et 1931 I, for account 94, and for April 8, 941 4.
New 3 per Cents. have been 94k g, the Re-
du
ced 94 to 94k. Bank Stock is 220. Exchequer
are 98 are par to 3s. premium, and the Bonds
oresPgn Securities are very dull, and: the adjust-
,,.blent of the account occupies chief attention.
q'urkish 6 per Cents. have been 951 i, and the pre-
terit quotation is 96. For the account they have
been marked 96i The 4 per Cents. are 1011
Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 40i I, and For-
ligoese 3 per Cents. 44g.
Stocks
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
:-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61, 7 ;
611, 21i 22 ; Peruvian, 80 81 ; Ditto Three per
It" tn., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 46 ;
9 ,11s8,i an 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents.,
b'; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 ; ditto Deferred,
s6l ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive,
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to
Ulla day, are in round figures as under
18b7. 1856.
Great Western £23,704 £21,345
erth-Western
South Western
1.
""jughton 10,259 10,074
Midland
a 11,,„
14,293 13,528
Caledonian
Great Northern 21,174 18,445
Bancashire and Yorkshire
riittol and Exeter 4,984 4,735
.theater and Holyhead
..
lltnnaster and Carlisle
„4nanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,060 8,051
Uxf °rd. Worcester, and Wolverh 3,804 2,937
Grant Edi Frgh and Glasgow
Trunk of Canada
Western of Canada
Sambre and Meuse 8,726 8,342
1,067 1,245
Northern of France
36,924 32,065
The Railway Share Market has shown increased
firmness this morning, and prices have generally
unproved. The settlement of the account is still
in progress. Caledonian have advanced 6s, Eastern
counties 55., Great Northern 11., Great Western
108, Lancashire and Yorkshirelos., North-Western
Ps. to 15s.' South-Western 10s. to 15s, Midland
4.Z. to 10s., Norfolk 155., North British 11., North-
pastern Berwick 11., Scottish North-Eastern, 1/.,
and South Eastern 1/. to 1/. 10s. Paris and Lyons
unproved 1/. to 1/. 55., Grand Trunk of Canada 55.,
and Sambre and Meuse ss.
Very few transactions have taken place in Bri-
tish, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares, and
Prices are unaltered.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rule
at rather upward quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES -THIS DAY.

(From the Official List.)
iin..ip .fi done
Rank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 944 4
a Per Cf nt Consols Annuities 93 i
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 944 If
to.ig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 15-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB4
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d
Consols for Account
FAchequer Bills, 24d.
£l000
£5OO 3 p par
Small 4 p par
Ditto Advertised 2 d 2 p
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 por Cent. 9Bi a
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
Peruvian Bonds 44 per Cent Bl i
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent
91 Sardinian Bongs, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Roads, 3 per Cont. .................. 40
Ditto li ew Deferred, 3 per Cen' . ......... 2
Ditto Account 24
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 64 p e
Tarkith %nds 6 per cent
Ditto AccOunt
Ditto Guarant
Ditto Ac teed 4 per Cent.
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lint
bill" 4111 on....th—e"a—bo—v—e. .............. in London.
Console, money, . yIIitE.B93O'4CLOCK,
Ditto, Account 6,i;;;;ii .. ................ 93i 4

Ma. Hewes BILL
LAWS.—A deputation or -a AMENDMENT OF THE BEER
and aocompanie4 the Beer Trade Society, intro-
ducedM.P., bad an interview with Sir
James Duke, Bart.,
at the Home-office, on TuesdaySir
George Grey, Bart.,
tions they addressed to theilhaat th' In the observe.
deputation confined themselves on. secretary, the
of Mr. Hardy 's New Beer Bill, too the
principal features
the they objected
placeoonthroi future licensing of
entirely. The proposal to
beerhouses under magisterial
granted to
it was true,
to beersellers
apparently modified by the power
licensed—a right to continue tbeei ;
but
r3tilicense with-
already
this apps.
by
shallthe succeeding
out magisterial interference or control
rent concession was neutralised
be renewed
clauses, which provided that no license
that no
to any
to any but the present existing occupier •
beerseller could part with or transfer his h::
other person, even though the successor be widow,
or other relative. The property embarked in the' ethill'
would thus be sacrificed ; for no sane person wouldrpad:
'value for a house, the right to carry on the business of
which would not be assured to him. The injustice of
the 13th clause, which enacts that no debt for beer drank
on the premises should be recoverable, unless sued for
within a week, was also pointed out. The right hon.
baronet paid the greatest attention to the deputation,
and took minutes of their objections on a copy of the
bill, and, in answer to the observations addressed to him,
thanked the deputation for the information afforded, and
promised to give the subject his best consideration.