The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

During the last few days there has been more
animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets. Tea, however, owing to a pressure of
sales, has slightly declined. Sugars have shown an
improvement, while coffees are held for fully pre-
vious quotations. Rice has been dull and rather
cheape►, while a limited business has been enterPd
into iu fruit and spices at about previous quotations.
Tallow has been dull, and few transactions have
been negotiated either for present or forward de-
livery,

A moderate amount of business was transacted
in the Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and
prices were unaltered. The sales were about 5,000

bales.

The bullion operations at the Bank of England
yesterday were not of an important character.
Friday next has been appointed for a settlement
in the scrip of the Chartered Bank of British Co
lumbia and Vancouver's Island ; and the 19th inst.,
in the shares of the Imperial Bank, and dealings
in both are to be officially recorded.

A steady demand is experienced in the general
discount market, and full rates are required in the
joint-stock banks and private firms for all the s(cu-
rities they negotiate. Very few bills are now taken
at 21 per cent., and the consequence is a large
augmentation of business in the discount office of
the Bank of England.
A dividend of 22f. per share has been declared
by the directors of the South Austrian and Lom-
bardo-Venetian Railway, payable after the 15th
inst., making the total distribution 40f. for the
year.
A new edition of the " Merchants Shippers
Directory" has been published by Mr. Effingham
Wilson, of the Royal Exchange. It is arranged
for the year 1862, and affords information of a very
useful character to the mercantile classes. One of
the most conspicuous features is a list of all the
principal export houses, and a full account of the
articles exported to and imported from the leading
foreign and colonial markets.

CITY NEWS-THIS DAY.
Two O'CLocx.
At the first annual meeting to-day of the Trus
and Agency Company of Australasia the report, s
which gave a very satisfactory account of the opera-
tions of the company since its foundation, was 12
unanimously agreed to. It was stated that in
accordance with the sanction of the preceding half-
yearly meeting, a second issue of shares had been
announced, when no fewer than 14,392 new shares
were applied for by shareholders ; and as the entire
issue only amounted to 12,500 shares, they were
accordingly allotted amongst the proprietary, and
the deposit having been paid, the amount of capital
subscribed is now £250,000.
Continued quietude has pervaded the English
Stock Market to-day in the absence of active deal-
ings for transfer or on speculation. Consols are 93Z 1
for money, and 921 less the dividend for account.
The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 91-t-
-- ; Exchequer Bills are 15s. to 19s. prem. ; Bank
Stcck is steady at 236 and 238; and India 5 per
Cents. are flat at 1081 1091.
There has not been much animation in the
Foreign Market, and prices generally are rather
depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801
; ditto,
1858, VI 1, and the Scrip of the recent loan is flat,
at 21 prem. ; Egyptian at 2-1 prem. Sardinian
have receded to 82/ ; Spanish Passive to 19 1, and
ditto Certificates to Ba. Italian 5 per Cents. have
improved to 711, and ditto Railway Scrip to 1-1,
dfs. The Russian Loan is 8 8 prem.
Ia the Railway Share Market the operations
have been on the most limited scale, and prices
have remained without material variation. Eastern
Counties, Midlands, and South Wales have declined
55.; Great Westerns, North Eastern (Berwick),
and South EasOrns have improved 55., and South
Westerns 10s.
The Foreign lines are rather firmer. Great
Luxemburg have improved to 15k, and South
_Austrian and Lombardo-VenetiLn to 21/. Sambre
tit Meuse have declined to and Antwerp and
Rotterdam to 71.
The Colonial lines are flat. Great Western of
Canada realise 12Z ; Madras 5 per Cents. have de-
clined to 1011 ; Eastern Bengals :to 102 x; East
Indian tealiac 1.03,4- 10a , and Groat Indian Penin-
sula, 10'2 to 1021.
Joint Stock Bank Shares are a shade firmer.
London and Westminster have improved to 801;
London and south African to 108 ; Ottoman Bank
to 24/ ; and union of Australia to 44/.
The Alliance Bank Shares are 51 I prem. ; Im-
perial 11 preal- Northern Counties 11 2 prem.;
British Columbian / prem. ; and Brazilian 21 3

prem.
In the Miscellaneous Market, Electric Tee•
graph advanced to 101 ; Red Sea and India Tele
graph brought 18; 19k; Royal Mail Steam 501
and South Australian Land 331.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank ,stock
6
3 per Ce.nt. Reduced Annuities.9ll /
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9lk i
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.,
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 5-16
India Stock ..
Ditto 5 per Cent 1(,94 8
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 914
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent .
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto' dtito April, 1864 100
Ditty, Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, June 10 .
Ex chequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l6 15
L'itto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Italian 5 per Cent. (Jlaremmana Railway)
Ditto Scrip .4 11
,iii,.;sian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St .. 97 61
Sardinian 5 per Cent. ..
Spanish 3 per Cent
Dit to Passive
Spani; di Cert. of Coup. not funded
'1 urkis h 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto 6 per Cent ,1858
Ditto _Account ..
Ditto 1.862 (Scrip) 2l 1
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
_ D:vidends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Italian 5 oe.r Cent., 1861, ex 25f 7l it
••C On TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Ai 'o.ney
Ditto Act •otint

MA RKETS---THIS DAY.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD e—Meadow hay, £2 Os tco £5 Os ; clover, £3
lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 18.
to £2 68 par load.
Trade dull ; pric 41e drooping.
CIPMBERLAND. Meal-ow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover
Os; and straw, £1 lBs to £2 6s per load.
do., £3 lOs to £6
A slow demand.
—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover
wRITEcHAFEL.
and straw, [il 18s to £2 5s per load.
£3 lOs to 0 Os ;
Trade dull.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—There has not been much
le busiess transa
shown cted,
but owing to holders having pressed sas prices have
less firmness.
SUGAR,—The ram icet Ivis continued moderately active,
and full rates have b ten maintained for good and superior
descriptions. In the z efined market previous prices have
also been well support el 1.
COFFEE.—A modera to amount of business has been re-
corded in plantation am 1 native Ceylon at previous quota-
tions, and other desci iptions have slightly advanced in
value.
RlCE.—Only a limit( .d business has been entered into,
and prices have genera. tly tended downwards.
SA.LTPETRE.—Busim as has continued active, and for
good and fine descriptit Ins a slight advance has been esta-
blished in prices.
TALLOW.—The mark et has continued dull, and but few
dealings have been ent, ?,red into either for present or for-
ward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s to 40s 3d
per cwt, and last three manths 48s 6d to 48s 9d per cwt.

A telegram i!eceivel 1 by a mercantile firm an-
nounces the total destruction by fire of Enschede, an im-
portant manufactu ring town in Holland, with all its
manufactories. Et it ;chese) contained a population of 8,000
or 9,000 souls.
During the vid,t-xt storm which burst over Bor-
deaux three days af;o, a :arge portion of the wall of a build-
ing being erected o n the i'lace du Marche des Chartrons
was blown down fro-n a height of thirty feet, and came on
the roof of an adjoining house, belonging to a locksmith
named Riviere. The roof was broken in, and the work-
shop below filled witla the ruins. Four men who were at
work there, on 'nearing the first cracking noise had the pre-
sence of min d to take refuse under the benches and escaped
injury. They were all gqt out in safety.