The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-20 00:00:00

110NEY and COMMERCIA

NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The seks of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000
bales, all to the trade. The market is steady, and prices
are *d. per lb. against the buyer. The sales comprised
2,500 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham, at Bd. to
81d.; 200 Egyptian, at 81d. to 9d; and 200 Surat at sd.
to 6d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a good business was
dune at improved rates.
In Mark-lane this morning Wheat is held very firmly,
and the foreign supplies are small.
The West India mails have come to hand, and we have
likewise the Chagres and Pacific letters by this oppor-
tunity. ViCe New York, however, an outline of their
contents, and especially of the Californian intelligence,
came to hand. The intormation from Jamaica of the
prevalence of cholera has caused considerable regret and
anxiety among parties connected with that colony.
The condition of trade in the different West India
islands was much the same as previously, but there is
still an exhibition of spirit in regard to the prosecution of
new branches of agriculture which is highly satisfactory
and promises excellent results. The cotton cultivation is
of necessity beyond every other in im; ortance, and we
may hope that ere many years the staple will be ex-
tensively exported from Jamaica, &c.
The steamer with the West India mails brings
913 000 dollars, principally in silver, and if report
speaks truly, nearly every sixpence is bespoken for
shipment to the continent, one large firm having
almost entirely engrossed it. The demand for
silver still continues, and the price is ss. Ofd.
per ounce, new dollars being worth as much as
4s. I Id. Yesterday there was again a general
decline in the rates of exchange, Amster-
dam being quoted 11 171 to i; Antwerp, 25
30 to 35; flamburgh, 13 61 to 7; Frankfort, 1191 1;
Trieste, 12 25 to 30, and Paris, 25 35 to 371. The ba-
lance of trade, or the balance of payments, at any rate,
is against us; and the question is, when the influence of
the Dutch and Belgian currency movements will be over?
The Continental mails have all been behind this
morning in the time of their arrival.
The Funds ar© gradually creeping up, and in
the absence of adverse foreign news there
is rather more inclination to deal. although
the transactions cannot be called large. Con-
sols have been quoted 97 to 971 for Transfer. and 97/
to 974 for Account. The New Three-and-a Quarter
per Cents. have been 971 to 98* ; and the Three per
Cents 961 to 8. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 675.
to 705., end India Bonds 87s. to 89s. premium.
The Foreign Market baa been very inactive, but
prices are supported generally. Spanish Five per ents.
have been 18*. Brazilian Old Bonds have realised 88.
Mexican Stock is at 32, and Peruvian at 80. Russian
Five per Cents. are worth 108, and Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. 57.
Railway Shares are ell exceedingly buoyant again,
and there is an extensive business doing. North-
Western have risen* to 1, Great Western about 1, Mid-
land 1, Aberdeen I, North Stafford 1, and others in pro-
portion; but Chester and Holyhead do not support the
extreme advance of yesterday.
QUARTER TO THREE.
... 961 97
97 97*

Console •••
Ditto Account

ONE CLOSING
['RILES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 P, , ctn. Reduced Arms
3 per Cent. Consols MITUitleS...
gew 314 per Cent. Anna..
Long Anne. to expire Jan.lß6o
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 7 9-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 8
Indi,.. Bonds, 1,0001. —
Ditto under 1,000/.-..... .......
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Cms,:ls for Account... ............. .
Exchequer Bills. 14d. & 2d
1,000/. June 67 70 p
5001. ,Tune
Small. June 7O p
ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
orazilian bonds

Ditto, Account
Ntexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 32
Peruvian:Bonds, 41/2 per Cent...-.
Ditto, Account ....-...
Ditto Deferred
r. 7 Bonds .-- 108

86 p
90/,i
97

66 p
70 p
70 p

CLOSING
PRICES.
Bil 4

.ussian
Ditto, 414 per Cent
Ditto, Small
‘paniel 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto Account .....
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Vividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Gnild. 57

80
36
108
V6l/2
961/2

18
39%

57
86%

Ditto. 4 Per Cent. Certificates...