The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-04 00:00:00

epidemic, surrendered herself without thought of
fear to the service of the sick, spending all her re-
munerations for their benefit. " The History of the
Harp" traces that instrument to a very remote an-
tiquity. There are also entertaining sketches of
"Castle Building" and "Spanish Poetry." The Far-
mers' gives a largeamount ofagricultural intelligence,
and the plates of two prize animals. The Church
of England Magazine has many subjects of interest
and information on scriptural and theological points.
The Ladies' Companion presents its usual amount
of tales and verses, of which the most worthy of
notice are a story from the pen of Mrs. Abdy, and
the continuation of Miss Pardoe's " Race for
Gold."—The Illustrated Magazine of Art contains
a great number of wood engravings and explana-
tions of a very low price. To those who are unable
to obtain a superior class of plates the present
serial affords great advantages.—The British Jour-
nal has many well-known contributors and amus-
ing sketches.—The Charm and the Picture Pleasure
Book are two of the best works of the kind that
have appeared for some time. Nothing can be
more comical or curious than the descriptions given
of the pictures, which are -very good and suitable
for children.—Newton's London Journal gives us
an account of sixteen recent patents, with plates,
and its usual list of grants and scientific notices.—
The Illustrated London Magazine ranks among its
contributors the Hon. Mrs. Norton, William Car-
leton, Horace Mayhew, Captain Mayne Reid, and
several others.—" Swiss Men and Swiss Moun-
tains," forms the forty-fifth number of the excellent
series of the Traveller's Libra, y. It is from the pen
of Robert Ferguson, author of " The Pipe of
Repose."—Le Pallet does not give us such elegant
groups as usual. It contains a sketch entitled
" Table Turning."

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.)

SHARE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool TIVO
onEO' Saturday
were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were
taken for export. The market without alteration
in prices. The sales comprised 7,000 American,
200 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 7d. 100
Bahia at 6W. • Egyptian at 6id. to 10d. and 500
Surat at 31- to'4id. per lb. Railway shares were
steady.
Wheat has risen again this morning, and is 3s.
to ss. per quarter dearer than on Monday last.
Russian Tallow is up to 535. for best on the spot.
Hemp and other Russian imports are in demand,
and there is some excitement among the merchants,
owing to advices from St. Petersburg received at
the laltic Coffee-house to the effect that the war-
like appearances were more decided.
The ironmasters have been induced to lower the
price of the manufactured article 20s. per ton, and
this decision is stated to have occasioned a good
deal of surprise, as it was scarcely expected with-
out some attempt to diminish the cost of production. I
The metal trade of Birmingham is described as 18
being dull, owing to the high price of copper. 20
The following is part of a communication upon 25
the silk market, from Mr. Henry W. Eaton :
25
" Since the public sales the silk market has been more
25
animated than is usual just subsequent to those periods.
St
In Chinas a considerable business has again been done 50.
at very full prices, perhaps, considering quality, even at
a slight advance, leaving
ie stocks in the hands of im- St.
porters extremely light. The India mail, delivered this 10
morning, brings no recent advices from Shanghai. Ben-
gal silk has also attracted some notice, about 300 bales having arrived overland, including some of the new Hurripauls. The letters from Calcutta up to the 16th St.
May quote prices as firm, but not much doing. Coarse St.
silk, with the exception of Hurripaul, was not to be ob- St.
tained. In Brutias the imports continue very limited, 12
and have been taken at about 6d. per lb. advance on 50
previous rates, owing to the high price of Taysaam 16i
Chinas. The Persian market has participated largely in p: the operations of the last week, orders having been re- i
14
ceived from the Continent."
New York accounts report the Stock Market as 2020
being duller on the 20th ult. The value of the
exports of merchandise in the week ending June 10
18, was 1,370,665 dollars, and of specie 883,990 gt
dollars. Freights were steady.
20
The railway meetings announced are the fol- 10
lowing :
COURANT. St
East Anglian (6 & 7 per cent.
Pref.) July 6, London Tavern,
Great Luxembourg July 20, London Tavern.
Do. Do.
Llanelly Railway and Dock July 9, Londons Tavern.
London and Greenwich July 12, 10, Coleman-st.
Madras July 19, 33, New Broad-st.
Newmarket July 13, London Tavern.
Paris and Rouen July 28, Paris.
South Staffordshire July 27, Birmingham.
South Yorkshire July 19, London Tavern.
Western of Switzerland July 23, Lausanne. 1
The following note has been sent to us :
5
"Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, 2(
8, Broad-street- buildings, 2d July, 1853. " Venezuelan Debt. The Committee of
Spanish St
15.
American Bondholders have received advices from their 50
commissioner, Mr. Weiss, dated Caracas, the Bth ult., St.
stating that he had had an interview with the Minister 16
of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, to which he had 16
been introduced by the British Acting Consul-General, 8
and that he was proceeding in the business of his
mission."
20
The following extract is from a letter received 20
by the committee of Mexican bondholders, dated
St.
Mexico, June 1 :
"Mr. Falconnet had been liberated, and had had an St
interview with the President, General Santa Anna,
St.
who expressed the best intentions towards the bond-
holders. The suppression of the commotion at Vera Cruz, at the expense of some sixty killed,
had strengthened the new Government in public opi-
10
26;
nion, but no general measure appeared as yet to have
been adopted for the improvement of the finances. It 13;
was, however, expected that, within a few days, a new 20'
tariff would be promulgated, abrogating the prohibition 20
against the importation of cottons, but fixing the duty r
St.
at six cent. per vara, which rate it was feared would be
found too high to prevent smuggling. 50
"In the meanwhile the so-called diplomatic conven- 2020
tion creditors, to whom 15 per cent. of the import duties
is assigned, had considered it so much for their inte-
rest to support the new Government that they had
for the present waived their right in favour of Go- 20
vernment. Mr. Falconnet had also been invited to 20
do so on behalf of the foreign bondholders, and to 50
allow Government to appropriate the revenues as- 20
signed to the foreign debt from the Ist of January to yo) the 30th of April last ; but having no instructions, he
could n St.
riot do otherwise than protest against such a pro- 25
position. [lt may be convenient here te interpolate that 2r
the committee recently wrote to Mr. Falconnet that it F
might possibly be the wisest plan for the bondholders to •
follow the example of others similarly situated, and
frankly to offer the new Mexican Government, as a
loan, so much of the revenue assigned to the foreign
debt as might at the present critical moment be
absolutely required ; but that the treatment which
the bondholders had hitherto received had been such
as to destroy all faith in Mexico here, and to
deprive such a proposition of every chance of being enter-
tained.] The appropriation has, however, notwith-
standing Mr. Falconnet's pretest now taken place,
though under a promise that from the Ist of May last
the revenues of the foreign debt shall be faithfully ac-
counted for.
" The azents of the bondholders remit for the divi-
dends by this packet, to the Bank of England, at the.
joint order of Colonel Facio and of the chairman of the
committee, $8,978 83 from Vera Cruz, and 14,506. 92
from Tampico."
The English Stock Market has been in a very
excited state, though without much actual business
doing. As the dividends at the Bank of England
will be payable next Friday to the public, special
transfers will now be resumed, prior to the general
opening of the transfer books. Consols for Account
were done as high as 98 at the commencement of
business, but upon sales made went back to 97g, /.
There is an immense amount of " options," and
these will sway the market from day to day, and
induce much artificial variation, though, in the
event of more favourable news, the subsequent
rally would be all the greater. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 100 i to 1011,
and the Three per Cents. 980 11. Bank Stock has
been maintained at 2281 to 22q; Exchequer Bills
have been at is. to 55., and In 'a Bonds is at 255. F
premium.
The Foreign Market has bees more animated,
and prices rule lower generally. Mexican, owing 8
to the duties accruing this year having been appro-
,
priated by the Government, has declined to 27 and
1.
261. Equador Stock is not higher than sk. Spanish
Deferred Bonds have been at 22 to 22k. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. are 39 to 1. The Swedish 2i
Loan is at prem. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been at 63 to f, and Russian Five per 1(
Cents. keep firm at 1171, and the Four-and-a-Half 12
per Cents, at 991 to 100 ex. dividend. Sardinian 12
Stock has been steady at 93.
12
Railway shares have been flatter, but the sales
are not extensive. Great Northern have dropped
most, and Caledonian are very depressed. French 16,
shares have been fluctuating.
The Gold Alines are about 4- 20'
lower on the 1/. 5 .
paid. The Australian Banks are all lower ; the St.`
Land Companies also.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Paid! RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices I Basine
this day. this

.00 Aberdeen .. .
8h Ambg. Noting.. Bost.
& Eastn. Junc.......
all Birmng. Wolverh. &
Stour Va11ey........ i
28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Va11ey.........
Cheshire Junct ......
all Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O & £25 Cons....
184 Do., £2O
100 Bristol & Exeter
100 Caledonian.
all Chester dr Holyhead
all Cork and Bandon...
all Cork, Black. & Pass,
45 Dublin&BelfastJunc,
all Dundee Perth &Aber
deep Junction
all Do. New ......... ...
all East Anglian (£25 L.
dr E. & L. & D.)
all Do., (£lB E. & H.)
all Eastern Counties
all Eastern Union, Class
A. late E. U. 5h....
8i Do., do
all Do., B. & C.. ....... ..
ace East Lancashire
1 all East & West Ind. Dk
& Birming. June
FlOO Edinburgh & Glasgow
1 Edinb. and Peebles
100 Edinb.Prth.dzDundee
100 Glasgow &S. Western
100 Great Northern Stk..
100 Do., A. Stock
100 Do., B. Stock
1100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.;
100 Great Western..
11 Irish South-Easters.
all Lancaster &Carlisle,-
11i Do., Thirds.... .... . .. .
100 Lancash. &Yorkshire
16 Do., Fifths
114 Do., Wst. Riding Un.
all Leeds Northern.......
all Liv.Crsby. dr Southpt.
all London & Blackwell
3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend.
100 Lond. Br &S.Cst.,
100 London &N. Western
12 Do. Fifths
1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0
100 London 4 S. Western
42i Do., £5O ...... ....
34 Do. £40... ... .......
all LnAdrry.drboleraine
all Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln.
.0 Do., Man. &Lin. Un.
100 Midland
100 Do. Birming. dr Derby
47. Midland G. West.(lr.,
17 Do. i Shares
all Newcastle & Carlisle..
100 Newmark et ............
3. Do. Bury Extensions
16 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd
7i Newry & Enniskillen
all Newry Warrenpoint
& Rostrevor
LOO N0rf01k................,
all Do., New
3i Northn. Counties Un
.00 North British
13 North Devon, No.l
6i Do., No. 2.
all Dc., A Deferred
i
5 Do., B Guaranteed
17i North Staffordshire
all North Western..
10 N. &S. Vrestrn. June.
100 Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton.....
100 Scottish Central ... ...
100 Scottish Midland
100 Shrewsbury & Birmg
100 Do., L. &N. Westn
I Guaranteed Stock
8 Shrewsby. & Herefd
all Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.).....,
all Do. Halves, do.
all Do. Oswestry
6i Shropshire Union
all South Devon
100 South Eastorn......„
all South Wales.....
..
..
15 S. Yorksh. Rivei:Dun
5 Do..
lei Stockton & Hartlepl.
19 Thames Haven Dock
and Rai1way.........
17 Vale of Neath.........,
all Waterfd. &Kilkenny
all Waterford&Limerick
13 West C0rnwa11........
21s. Wmbledon &Croydon
1 Woodford.
LOO York Newctl. drßerw
20 Do. Extensions.....,,
111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase
,t. 1100 York &N. Midland

26 -- 26.126

5 - 5i 15;

9 - 10,

9 7 dj

20 22
3j 2j
[OO ---101d 100
66 674 6
21j 22 22
19j —20 j

50
50
20
50

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54. -'i
34 4
[24 - 12 12;

11i - 12

6
7181. - 72 7l

50 - 55
70 - 72

28. 7 io

8.4 - 86 4,
53 - 55 53
,133 - 135 133
jlO9 - 110

88 -88 i 881 71
1 - 7
10U --105 i
105
17 - 18 p

76 —76 i 6
411. 4id jii
311
14 —l5 141

8 - 8i 8i
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1031 - IG4; 103 i
114 - 114J1 1141 1
1 - lip- 24 14
88 - 894 8S 94
54 -
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114 A - 13
18 - 20
28i - 294 29

DATIL

PLACE, &C.

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42

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33 334 21

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81 - 8t d 1 -

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47i -48 j 48 n
92 - 94 92
58 - - 62
58 - 62 60 59

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14 idis
17 19
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69 70 694
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57 --58 54 71

PREFERENCE SHARES.

St. 100 Aberdeen
5 all Do., No. 2, 7 p
St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. e St.
20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ...
St. 100 Caledonian £10......
15 all Chester & Holyhead
Guar. 5i per cont...
64 34 Cork&Ba.ndon 5i p.c.l
64 all Dundee Perth&Aber-
deen Junction ..
35 all EastA nglian (£3lox)
6 per cent.
5 all Do. (£5) 7 per cent..
74 2 Do. (1;717s) 7p. et..
65 all Eastern Counties Ex-
tension, 5 p. c. No.l
6 all Do., No. 2
10 all Do., New 6p. c. St..
!O all Eastern Union, Scrip
Guar. 6 per cent. •-
3t. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts.
5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee
siper cent...........
;t. 100 Glasgow & S.Westernl
guar. 5 per cent.
1. 100 Great Northr 5 p.c.
t. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem.,
at 10 p. c. prom ....
64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn.
(Ireland) Eighths...
CI 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks &
Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)..
b. 100 G. West. fixed 4i pc.
6 Lan. & York. F. £2O,
t• 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock...
• 100 Loudon and:Brighton
Guaranteed 5 p. 0...
'• 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St.
) all Do. Convertible, sp.
c., 1852...
• 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.e.
) 5 London & S.Western,
Con. Thirds
10 Londonderry& Coler
Shares
all Londy. & Ennis. iSb
all Manch. ,Shef. , &Lin.,
Shares, No. 1
all Do. Now, £lO
3 Do., £6
5 all Marypt.drCarl. 4 •
p. c.
5 all Do. 4i per cent. ....
5 8i Do..
100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St.
100 Do. Cousol. Bristol &
Birm. 6 per cent....
I 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent.
all Norfolk Extension...
all Do. Guar. 5i per ct..l
all Do. Way. Val. 5 p el
100 North British
all North Staffordshire
100 Oxford Worcester &
Wolverb. £15,6p. c
15 Do
all Shrews& Birm. N. G
all Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. MiW,B p. c.
10 Do. 5 per cent..
all South Devon
14 Do. New
all S. Eastern (Reading
Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d.
all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar.
3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c.
100 York Newcastle and
Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref
5 Do
10 York& N. Midland H
Le S. Parch...

92 --96
88 - - 92
.07 -- 10

07 -

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19i 20i
id -- par
6k -- 62

4 - 4
5 -5,

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lin - 113

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A d --ipm
151 154

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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Oftcial List.)

Bank Stock Business done.
.......... ..... .......... ........ 2294
3 per Cent. Reduced
...... 98$ 8 g
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ............. shut
New 3} per Cent. Annuities.... 1011 100 i 1
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 13-16
India Bonds, £lOOO ...•... ..... ............ 25
Consols for Account .......................... 98 7B
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO
£5OO
Small

w.
........... 1 5
........................... 5
........................... 15

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent.......... 97
Equador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 44 p
d per er Cont. Cent. 27 6
............ 82a 3
Peruvian Deferred I Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. .
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 93
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46.} 5i x d
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent
Ditto for the Account x d
22f 2 x d
Swedish Loan
Dividend., on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent.
3 x d
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

THREE O'C- _EOM
Consols for Opening 19th July 973 i x d

ESCAPE OF Two PRISONERS FROM THE HOUSE OF
CORRECTION, COLDRATII-FIELDS. —On Saturday after-
noon two prisoners, named James Hawkins and lhomas
Hughes, the former a bricklayer, and the latter formerly
in the army, managed to escape over the northern part
of the prison walls by forcibly entering a back shed,
which contained some ladders and ropes, used in erect-
ing scaffolds for cleaning the interior of the prison. The
first prisoner, about 28 years of age, was charged last
April, at the Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to
12 months, for attempted burglary ; he is 5 ft. 11 in.
high. The second prisoner, about 27 years old, 5 ft. 10
in. high, was formerly a military man, sentenced from
the Central Criminal Court, last December sessions, for
uttering counterfeit coin.—Dispatch.
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, July 2.—The Royal mail
steam-ship Parana, Captain George Abbott, took her
departure this afternoon with the mails for the British
and foreign West India colonies, Havannah, the Gulf of
Mexico, Central America, the Pacific, and California.
The Parana has 40 passengers, among whom are the
Bishop of Antigua and lady, and on freight specie value
1,3681. 14s. ; quicksilver, value 3,399/. 3s. 6d., and a
full cargo of manufactured goods from Manchester, the
Continent, etc.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1858.