The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of G)tton at Liverpool yesterday were e4ti-
ma'ed at 10,00') bales, of which 3,000 Amorican were
taken on speculation. The market was steady, and
clos^d without change.—ln Railway Shares a good
business was done at advancing prices.
The weekly statement of tho Bank of England is of a
character to bear out the assertion that fuller employ-
ment has lately Le en obtainable fur money, for the ad-
vances upon " other" securif es stand for a much higher
sum. It seems by no means improbable that parties
may be obtaining loans upon stock, Ecc., and placing
some of the proceeds in railway shares and produce,
but, however this may be, the fact stands patent that
the Bank has been called upon for a larger amount of
accommodation, and this must be deemed satisfactory.
The state of the account of the public treasury is like-
wise cheering, and there may be favourable anticipa-
tions of the revenue formed from the circumstance that
the deposits are so large. The circulation both of notes
and specie has increased, and, compared with the previous
week, the following changes are apparent is other
respects :
Notes Issued
Theo re ass ...
Rest •••

... 30,083,295
... 92,825
... 3,560,587
... 2,992
... 10,854,230
... 631,351
... 8,877,696
... 90,465
... 1,247,484
7,492
...• No alteration.
... 12,985,843
... 827,004
... 11,049,995
... 263,985
... 16,707,224
104.474
... 19,033,300
• 171,160

Increase ...

Public Deposits ...

Inc-rease ...

Other Deposits

Decrease ... •••
Seven Day and other Billa

Increase ...
Government Securities ...
Other Securities ... ...
Increase ...
Notes ... ...

Decrease ...
Bullion ... ..,
Decrease .
Active Circulation
Increase ...

There were not quite such good rates obtainable yes-
terday afternoon for bills of exchange on the principal
Continental cities, the nearest quotations per pound
sterling for paper dated 90 days being as follows—Paris,
25 474 to 52i; Frankfort, 120 to 4; Trieste, 11 57 to
59; Antwerp, 25 47,E to 50; Hamburgh, 13 91 to 10;
and Amsterdam, 12 01 to 12 1.
The railway traffic returns for the week will in most
cases bear a favourable comparison with those for the
corresponding period of last year, but there are some
cases more prominent than others. The Great Western
takings are remarkably good, and few lines, apparently,
can more advantageously and safely carry on the excur-
sion system. The South Devon traffic is particularly
gratifying. The Great Northern line is doing well, con-
sidering the short period that it has been opened, and,
whether from this opposition or some other cause, the
Eastern Counties returns are deficient. The Caledonian
have taken less, and the Aberdeen decidedly more.
The French lines are getting a fair share of the general
increase.

If the reports from Laipsic, concerning the great fair
now in progress there, be correct, they suggest matter
for reflection, and it would be interesting to i❑quire into
the cause of the alleged preference to German textile
fabrics. We are positively assured by a party writing
on the spot, that a highly satisfactory business has bean
doing in all articles, with the single exception perhaps
of English mannfactures, which the same authority fur-
ther asserts, have been neglected for Zollverein fabrics.
One is tempted to ask whether the price operates as a
bar, and if the high duties imposed abroad occasion an
onerous enhancement of that price, for certainly England,
with its vast facilities for obtaining raw staples direct
from the places of growth, should on anything like equal
terms beat every competitor.
The Royal Mail steamer from the West Indies brings
favourable accounts of the weather in most of the
islands, but in Jamaica very heavy rains had fallen. In
Demerara the weather was hot and dry, but good for
the planters ; and the prospects of the next crops in
Trinidad are encouraging. The minor colonies had been
benefited by fine rains.
The steamer Washington furnishes later intelligence
from the United States, but it seems to be of no promi-
nent interest. There was more gold advised as being on

the way from California.
The exports of the precious metals from London this
week comprise 2,065 ounces of gold, and 183,000 ounces
of silver.
The Funds are drooping, and the amounts from Paris
advise a very marked depression in the rentes, and a
continued uneasy feeling. The gold in the Bank of
France had been diminished 7,000,000 francs during
the week to which the return is completed, and this
argues some want of confidence. Consols have been
963 for transfer, and 961 for November. Exchequer-
bills bars realised 68s. to 67e. premium.
The Foreign Investments have been rather quiet, but
Mexican have been subject to some fluctuation, in con-
sequence of the report that the advices per West India
mail are to the effect that the Secret Committee of Con-
gress recommends an appropriation of 2,500,000 dollars
from the indemnity money, end a Three per Cent. Stock.
The current rates have been 3li S. Grenada are 18i,
and Buenos Ayres 58. Spanish Five per Cents. have
realised 181 t. It is said that on the opening of the
Cortes the Queen will announce in her speech a Bill for
the arrangement of the debt.
Railway Shares have been rather less buoyant than
yesterday, but there is a good deal doing.
In Mining Shares this week an average business has
been transacted.

Consols ...
Ditto Account