The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

M°37-iir MARKET AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
he sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
ere estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000
were
taken for export and on speculation. The s
market_, was steady, and closed without alteration 2
IJrices. Railway Shares were steady, and prices
-.B'll 'upward tendency.
The following particulars regarding the foreign 3
e•lirraiit trade are at the present moment of great
Illterest. They are supplied by Messrs. Witherby 2
alld. Ranson. :
`' The market has, within the last few days, under- 2.
g he
entire change in character, in aspect, and in S
1:"ce• The operations since the 9th inst., when the .;
e,°llB
action set in, have been of unusual magnitude ; the
PriAciP al purchasers have been, and still arc, the
wholesale grocers, and the result has been a
Positive advance of 15s. to 20s. per cwt. upon the
vPrices quoted by us on the Bth inst. for old fruit, and
aB' t° 58. per cwt. on new. On the 10th inst. 80s.
Paid at auction for fine Zante in Carroteels and
f
coxes ; the latter have been re-sold at 90s. to 100 s., the
Price traiier been paid, it is supposed, for Aus-
,e a. About 20 tons of same doscr;ptien were taken
be or consumption at 905., and there appears o
little or no Fruit now to be below 735. ant d
and little offering in the market. A large parcel
belonging to an out port, is said to have been taken
6cia wholesale house at 825., for a portion of which 28s.
t,t
~tyB.B offered in March in 1852 ! The market, being ex-
cited, is irregular and uneven in valuation in price. This
whichl'movement is of a different nature from that
Abi occurred last July on the first receipt of urfavour-
f c news of the 1852 crop. It then emanated solely
r,°lll the Continent ; the purchases then made were ex-
teLlisively on foreign account. Dealers did not credit the
ar-
ticle, and, being tolerably well supplied with the ar-
ch 8. held back, hoping that the advance would be
They Low find`themselves quite without stock, and are
lied to come forward to supply the immediate
th4„14,8 of consumers, wants which are augmented by
th; backwardness of the season, and the scarcity of
4; green fruits, which ordinarily check the use of
~,;‘,1e,1 fruits during the summer months. The ra-
iluitY with which currants are being cleared off from
warehouses in some degree conffims this opinion. Our
t forebodings respecting the new crop will, we regret
:,sBa3r, be fully realised, for the advices come worse and
,"1.80 week after week. The difficulties which we prog-
'osticated in our last report as likely to attend the
acquisition of fine currants for the autumnal demand, have
thus Prematurely presented themselves long before the
Period then pointed at."
. The statement of the Bank of England for the
'iee-'c) to the 18th inst., gives a further con-
deralile increase in the bunion, and a great falling
11, n the circulation of notes.. The Government
it should
increased, but the total is not so large as
should be at this season. As to the discount
business,, it continued to fall off. Compared with
'4le previous week, the changes as follows !
Active circulation... £22,695,780
Decrease 387,000
bullion 18,635,826
Rest

Increase

156,311
3,114,532
2,938
4,615,831

Increase
Public Deposits

Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-day and other Bills 1,307,045
Decrease 25,193
Government Securities 13,123,910
Dec.-ease l,OOO
other Securities 13,700,971,
Decrease 545,261
Notes unemployed 9,420,215
Increase
Bills of Exchange were negotiated here yester-
'BY afternoon at very firm rates upon the princi-
pal continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken
at 25 25 to 27-12 ; Antwerp, at 25 27i to 30 ; Am-
Zterdarn, at 11 181 to 19 ; Hanaburgh, at 13 8 to
; and Trieste, at 11 3 to 5.
c The Cunard steamer having made a splendid
_111.1.1," has arrived from the other side of the At-
4detic, but the letters will not be delivered in the
city until Monday.
The amount of gold bullion and coin exported
froml London direct during the week to Thursday
last, was 17,666 ounces and 535,5001.; and of silver
'-0,900 ounces and 301.
There were 2,681/. 12s. 4d. in New 21 per Cent.
Stook
" accepted" yesterday at the Bank of Eng-
44nd.

The English stocks are particularly firm, but
withi) no speculative business doing. Consols have
99t1 and the Reduced 3 per Cents., 99 g.
The New 31 Per Cents. have been 102-i and since
u'Dwn. to 101 i and 102. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 11
68- premium.
Foreign securities are steady, but almost nominal,
!(-> little has been doing. Grenada Bonds have
, • been marked 22k, and Mexican 28. Brazilian Old
• ,
•‘: „i_ve per Cents. are at 100, Portuguese Four per
`'2,eilts. have realised 30 and and the New Deferred
• The Swedish Loan is at 1i discount. There
en no bargains in Russian or Dutch
. Stock,
• -143,-_,Sbares,-ratbougli very well sUpported,
and
Passive, and in the French lines there is nothing
doing.
The Gold Mine Shares are neglected, and there
is Scarcely anything doing in the Australian Banks
or the Laud Companies.

tRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

(Front the Official List.)

Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3i per Cent. Annuities
Consols for Account
£chequer Bills, ld.
000
2500
Small

Business done.
On
102 A 1,1
98 g

2 5 p
2 5p
2 5 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Ilrazilian Fonds, 5 per Cent
Grenada Bonds, Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 22i
V:xican 3 per Cent.
Port geese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
ash
New Deferred, 3 per Cent 231
.4Wedish Loan

TWO O'CLOCK.
98 i x a

Consols for Opening 19th July

OLD ROMAN JARS.—Yesterday morning, while a St
/lumber of men were employed in digging the founda- 50
bons for new houses at the back of the Dyer's Arms,
Cannon-street, City, they found two jars, one of con 12
-
'';'oerable size and the other of smaller dimensions, both 12.
„11 a state of perfect preservation. There can be little 25'
doubt that. they are Roman jars. Three pieces of silver
°4l were found in the smaller jar. 10
PALL OF A HOUSE AT HACKNEY.—Yesterday a con- 6
L'iderable alarm prevailed in the neighbourhood of 12
flaekney Church, in consequence of a report that a 12,
4ouse had fallen down and that some men were buried 12A
44 the ruins. Several persons ran to the spot, when the
,°ad was found covered with bricks, and at the same St.
roe some labourers were employed in removing another 1"
under which it was stated there were two of their 2'63
).110w-workmen, of the names of Wm. Haines and Wil- 5
ltaM Turner. After considerable exertions, they were 2
discovered, when they were immediately attended to by St.
4"-r• Garratt and Mr. Wright. surgeons. Upon making 20
an examination to ascertain what injuries they had re- St.
cebied, it was found that Haines was suffering from a
Compound fracture of the right leg ; and that Turner's 15
thigh bone was fractured near the hip. They were both °
10
{`, .°llVeed on stretchers the station to the
QtnlaYn hospital. Therefrom are hopespolice of the recovery of 10
,a nines, but the other man lies in a dangerous state. 25
° accident arose from undermining a party wall, at- 10
tacked to a house, which came down with a dreadful 1.0. E
crash, and buried them in the ruins.
Ar-caAMINATION OF THE WORKHOUSE CHILDREN OF ST. 20
station of
afternoon, the public exami-
.i't!'tion of the workhouse children of St. Marylebone, by
_"e Bishop of London, took place in the chapel. of the 17
:iviorkhouse, in the presence of the directors and guar 25
-
ans ef the poor, and a large and fashionable auditory,
were highly gratified by the result, and the cleanly
'and healthy appearance of the children.
LONDON TRAINING INSTITUTION: OR REFORMATORY
1„,, ADULT MALE CRlMlNALS.—Yesterday afternoon a 10
le, clad meeting of the friends and subscribers to this valu- r
-",e institution was held in the School-room, Great Smith- 20
la:teet, Westminster, for the purpose of publicly taking
20/
tore,well of seventeen of the inmates, who are going
20
to America. The president, the Earl of Shaftesbury,
20
teak the chair, and amongst those present we observed
20
kr Earl Waldegrave, Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., 5
en • B. tall, M.P., Captain O'Brien, Director of
itenvict Prisons ; the Rev. F. Rogets, M.A., tie 2o
01;
rnev_• C. Hume Mr. Ernest Bunsen, &c., &o, The
eti'ng havlng been opened by prayer, the nelele chairman
I:caste" the intending emigrants in a very kind man- _ _
eZiand stated that the society had had in hardly a
tole instance to deplore the aid it hadgiven to those
aslike themselves had gone through the 12 months'
ra in the institution, and then bad emigrated to
tityther land. He impressed upon them the mos-
th had carefully following up the good truths
taj there learnt, and trusted that in the
theni:_ad to which they were going they would prove
the, Vi'ves good citizens but, above all, he desired that
btlif,Be ould seek the citizenship of that city " whose
r and maker is God." After addresses from the
''Cae,v_. 14. r. Rogers, Mr. Ball, MX., Mr. E. Bunsen, and
Fortner
O'Brien several ye satisfactory letters from
pro pupils were read, and very
benediction having been
4uneed, the meeting separated.
INCIDErr last a 01' THEATRICAL LIFE.—On Friday
1)-- • woman with two children applied to Mr. C.
f 0 Y, the deputy
t They relieving-officer for Spalding,
were in a most deplorable state
(Nfeadriue_stitution. The woman had barely sufficient
°
wer g apparel to cover her, and the children
se completely encrusted . with dirt as scarcely
to resemble
rlase was given them. An order for the Union-
'woman stated that her
re—e was Raiford,
cently Played the inthat The
part
she was an actress, and
she produced a portio ref "Juliet " at Horneastle :
`44.8• that 414'12; a bill hearing the name of
to Cter.