The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-06 00:00:00

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al A , KET

AND •
(10A1Afra ERCI AL IAT ELLIGENCE.

This being Good Friday is observed as a holiday
Cit
business are Close die the
and the places of public resort and
The steamer has arrived with the remainder of
theare
Overland and Australian mails, but the dates
necessarily the same as those received via Mar-
seilles,
rat For colonial produce generally there has been
bs her an improved inquiry this week. Sugar has
ewetn firmer, and coffee has advanced Gd. to is. per
I°l' good colony plantation, Ceylon native re-
ehMain.,
Ing gull. In rum there have been fair pur-
CB4es) and in rice less has been done. Saltpetre
a 3 declined 3d. per cwt. Spices are held for pre-
-41:118 terms. Tea at the public sales has gone
424'4. Cotton has been in request at full rates
a slight advance. Tallow has been well sup-
ported generally.
4:he position of the leather trade is thus re-
p rarkk.ecl upon in the circular of Messrs. Hooper and
insen
tb:o.4 very fair
amount of business has been done.
derallll°la the month of March, and in spite of cons -
e arrivals of freshgoods, we do not know any one
"tiele th t
coal , a has not been selling to a
.larger extentthaine
quite he replaced by fresh stock. This before Easter
PreBeo:l,l 'unusual circumstance ; and considering the
not 0 , lack of home demand, and the dullness existing
affeet4tY in the leather trade but in all others that are
the tid. hY high rates of food, it becomes evident that
great:l,4l4l4on our markets occasioned by the war is far
t° re ''l4 in generally credited. 'We leave our. friends
veryro ""elr own conclusions as to the probability of a
Of ipri"aiderable rise in leather when the genial weather
get'
„i' adakes labour abundant, when the corn mar-
a rY totterino• shall have fallen some 15s. or 20s.
Wgetlatter' and money is obtainable at 3 or 4 per cent.
bat 47asider these circumstances as not only probable,ti
great n.3s'st inevitable, and knowing to a certainty.
many
tnenthal°l!tintion tanning operations duringmaaneydarioe
aeaffic lest, we think if a good home trade should
slimmer it will be found that we have note
dekoZ„ leather (sole leather especially) to meet the
the greater part of the impression of last
the nix tithe 4n the reduction from 5 to 41- per cent. in
the-144k minimum rate of discount became known,
a keuange Lot being made as early as usual. For
b°lllent Consols were more buoyant, being 921
apipalit they speedily reacted, sellers having waited
tlae—irelltlY for the opportunity, and closed uncle;
This. -,,,,°west prices of the morning, viz., at 931 8.
lse-n`uaY principally be on account of the small in-
k ee
which the change is expected to exercise,
ioeitng that money has for some time been sofetahsye
little hard-street. Another explanation o
tio Interest that seemed to lag. felt at the reduc-
s%istthe Probability of the way being paved for
Wared an, and until the Budget is brought for-
the funds no doubt will be unsteady. Le-
-411(1 th
ate trade, however, will benefit by the change,
lqa e rate is still sufficiently high to repress un-
fit c'rB°lne speculation. Should the weather be
ezZ,-°,l. the crops as the season advances, we may
1)11-Cc", even with war, to have money still cheaper,
Ivo old
few thought the reduction made yesterday
to tilh4},lave taken place until next Thursday ; and
he high rate of exchange from New York, and
va4.rg,„ e amount of bullion received from Mexico,
baj,,j "ue inumediate adoption of the measure be pro
yes attributed. There was an improvement also
chaterdaY afternoon in the rates for Bills of Ex-
-Rge upon some of the principal Continental
Aftle7 Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 40 to 42?2,
V''erdana at 11 192 to 19:1, Hamburg at 13 7± to
-,v;11 Trieste at 12 35 to 12 40.
ebssrs• Bell, Son, and Co. report that there.
ties,-, an active demand for American Se un-
"4 a general improvement in prices :
A.-estißedeemable. Per Cent.
ei3,4B3"lvatlia 5
eer Cent. Stock ... 80 82
Virm.69lvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... S 4 85
per &erCP t 'Bonds) —lBB3 8q 87i
--nia 6 pant.. Bonds 1886... 876 881 i
• RAILROAD BONDS.
kieko.lB Central 7 per Cent. 1875... 68 70
I.4lll4lagan Central 8 per Cent.
..,I•o,,itt 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
•retilP •'°"8) .... 1859... 94 95
sYlvatia
gag Erie .'
... 7
....
per Cent. 3p. d
Mort-
Cent 1880... 89 90
Tv, ..• t el-0?k and E•
.................. ... 1883... 84 85
...... ...
he :6 Committee of Mexican Bondholders have
th:'„ved advices from Mr. Whitehead, dat ed Mexico,
"lt,llnlt. The packet brings 90,000 dols. from
pera Cruz and 12,257 dols. from Tampico, to Col.
la'!i(3) for the dividend fund ; and Messrs. Torre,
40.11 bight) and Co., of Mazatlan, had on the 31st
for-liarY 'shipped 44,000 dols., per H.M.S. Virago,
Clary Same
to r4e 1
tt. ast week's railway receipts ascertained up
'ls date are in round figures as under :-
4"eat 1855. 1854.
Western
i'itZttli-Western
t • 4'W rightextern
Mills,

10,521
1214,20
• 5356 24,897
..... ..............
13,754 14,288
• . 10,114 10,088
........................sn°aBhi Ahern 18.054 17,022
NOrt~, re
and Yorkshire
,tiLern,
4/.4 _

-.411-GY EVANS AND THE WEST-
MINSTER ELECTORS.

Wea—tl:prelirninary meetingof the electors Of the city of
l'elled:nliters held at 4, Beaufort-buildings, Stiand, con-
k% for the purpose of considering the propriety of
thing General Sir de Lacy Evans, K.C.8.,
ti 4; e apeptid City with some appropriate testimon!al
11gui 'h "vat on'the pat of his constituents of his dis-
froja-t.ed services in the Crimea, the following letter
1111.:Nyiratis
reel:ry Evans,
~addressed to Thomas Prout,

}:l43' 1 Bryanstone-square, April 2, 1835.
4.- a wish Sir —lfind that a newspaper paragraph alludes
ti4in,-" of presentinz with some costly or valuable
tertl.,°f,approvar onniethwel'paa of the city of West-
-11"itleri -14' I am told that a meeting, with a view of
`'N.,„-Ile the subject, is proposed to be held.
bailiter"'
services remember that on returning from m.y last
*as luj. in Spain the good opinion of Westinin4er
15ablielnatakeably recorded in my favour; that a most kind
terieral'icreonstration emanating from the same soutrco_,
Place oj concurred in even by political opponents, ok
%140 %,t4),-Y recent return from the recollecting Crimea— _
74'4 reit'. have, in fact, been receiving for a long course of
Reat amer,ted proofs of the confidence and esteem ofht. is
Zi"'at tl37' tlietinguished constituency, I cannot but t ink
ecenalyeartedalieaa.tion of the intention alluded to must be ob. -
, ztrernely superfluous, and that it would ill
e
"'e - acquiesce in occasioning my friends the
`` Yo„ any such proceeding.
(:,1517hortliTa,?',illi therefore greatly oblige me by taking some
rdrießß'l, of assuring' them that if they will have the
-obajje qa-Ce4,llllt.j reqtrst, to rolinquish it, for the reasons I
sp,Aattoti, hey will add very much to my.afeeeli.nfgspoosf.
de"ipinorewtted that by doing so I appreci t ,
l'ed b all')1Y and gratefully the high favour they have
2"tt°w me.
I relean;fnuat You will. agree with me in this opinion,
' n'y dear, sir, yours ever most truly,
" DE LACY EVANS.

'WI° l'ilc"naB ?rout, Es q."
ferencereuP°o it Was unanimouslyg resolved, that in de
,zlDreses:o the wishcs of General Sir De Lacy
Iregret (id ill the above letter "This meeting, wEithumu, ch
iptettio-lienne it inexpedient to proceed further wall their