The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLoox.

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday con-
Ilittied fiat, and there was a difficulty in forcing
sales, but prices could hardly be quoted lower.
Ile sales amounted to 7,000 bales, including 1,000
for export and on speculation. In the Railway
Share Market there was no variation.
Advices from Breslau relative to the German
Wool markets report an increasing amount of busi-
ness, as the period approaches when the clip of the
season arrives in the market. In that city there is
a larger assemblage than has been known for
any years of buyers from France, Holland, and
4tlgland. Already some large parcels of Silesian
Iteol,' in grease, of the new shearing, has come to
market, and changed hands at 88 to 95 rixthalers
Per quintal best kinds, and, 75 to 88 ditto
for inferior. The growers of fine wools to
delivered scoured are obtaining from
i
110 to 125 rtthalers per quintal, which
;
an improvement on the ruling prices of last year,
ranging from Btol2r. d. per quintal. Reports
'rota the principal wool-growing establishments
continue to state that the washing and shearing
progresses favourably, and the result of the season
ill likely to be above the average. At Berlin the
contracts for the season have included nearly one
half the wool expected from the principal establish-
reents in Prussia. The prices given for delivery
in July and August are, upon an average, 12 per
eent, higher than they were last season.
The weekly return of the Bank of England to
the 31st nit., as was generally expected, is of an
encouraging character. The bullion and the re-
eery° of notes have both materially increased, and
the other securities have shown a large falling off.
43 the money market is in a very favourable con-
dition, it is expected that future returns will be
quite as satisfactory, notwithstanding there may
he an occasional increase in the demand for money
to provide for the instalments on the New Loan,
the Revenue collections, &c. _ . _

~. £19,554,360
.... 222,455
..—. 11,384,656
•••• 825,852
Rest
Decrease
Publio Deposits
Increase - 151,321
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills 773.848
Increase
Government Securities
Increase
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed
Increase

Active Circulation
Increase
Bullion
Increase

The official return of the exports of bullion from
the Port of London for the week ending Thursday
last is as follows :—Silver bars (Hambro'), 101,600
c'ences ; Gold bars (Belgium), 2,565 ounces.
There is increased firmness in the Funds,
although the transactions are rather circumscribed.
The transfer book being closed, Consols are quoted
ex div., but special transfers of stock have been
effected at 944 and 95. The account values have
been 934 to 94, and 93i to 94 ex div., being equal
to 954 4, or 4 per cent. higher than at the close of
business yesterday. The New Scrip is 21 4 prem.
The New Three per Cents. are 941 4, and the
Reduced 931 4. Bank Stock is firmer, viz., 218.
Exchequer Bills continue at ss. and Bs. premium.
India Bonds are 6s. premium.
The bargains in the Foreign Market have been
limited, but prices have generally been maintained.
Turkish 6 per Cents., however, have been fiat at
994 I. Spanish Threes are 47, the New Deferred
251 4, and Mexican, 221. Peruvian 44 per Cents.
401 lower, being 78, and Buenos Ayres are also
78. Dutch 21 per Cents. are flat at 651.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 4 ; Mexican,
224 4 ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; ditto Three per Cents.,
b 4 6 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 50 2 ; Russian
Five per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 97 9 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 47 4 ;
ditto Deferred, 254 1 ; ditto Certificates, 6/ 7 ;
ditto Passive, 61 74.
Railway Shares, although generally dull, have
been firmer. East Lancashire rose 1/. 10s.,
Great N orthern B 10s., Lancashire and Yorkshire
lOs., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 10s.,
and South- Eastern 10s. The French and Belgian
have ruled quiet but steady. The Canadian have
also generally commanded previous rates. Rigas
are 14 4premium. Italian Junction A discount
to par, and Lombardo-Venetian 5 to 51 premium.
Mines, Thinks, and Miscellaneous have been
dealt in at former prices.

• BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the Ortciai List.)
Business done.
tank Stock
3 per Cent. ii.edt.cod Annuities... 93i $ i
5 per Cent. Consols Annuities shut 95 11 with d.
l'ialv 3 per Cent. Annuities ... 94h f
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1360......3 3-16
tills Bonds, .k:101:0
Consols tor Account 94 31 4 x d
Consol Scrip 2i / p
Escuequer Bills, 29d-
el 000
Ditto Advertised 1 d 2 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE,' u'Orio 31c .
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B
Mexican 3 per Cent 221
Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent 7B
' Sparest Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account 2s} i
T trkith Bonds, 6 par cent 99A
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above otvftble to London.
batch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 65.
• TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols...

MINING INTELLIGENCE.—There has been an active
demand for mining shares this week, and a considerable
amount of business transacted in different dividend and •
Other stocks, the market altogether having a more
healthy and buoyant appearance. Amongst those most
in demand, Basset shares have been done at 330 ex-div.;
bevon Consols 400 to 405 ; South Frances, 330.—Front
the Mining Journal of this day.
Monsieur de Carton, the celebrated prestidigitateur
de la pensee, who created such an unprecedented sensa-
tion in the high life of Paris last winter, had yesterday
the honour of giving a soiree at the French Embassy.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Wednesday, at South
Shields, Mrs. Souldsby, widow of a shipowner of that
town, committed suicide immediately after the funeral
of her husband. Mr. Souldsby had died very suddenly on
the preceding Friday from effusion of blood on the lungs.
The mourners after returning from the funeral had tea in
the parlour of Mrs. Souldsby's house, Shortly afterwards
she went up stairs, and her daughter following presently
to comfort her, found her lying on the floor of the attic
with her throat cut. She expired almost immediately.
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL'S SWORD.—During last week
the Glasgow sword of honour was inspected by no fewer
than 16,000 person, in the Trades' Hall. Of these,
13,000 paid for admission, at the rate of Id. each, and
3;000 were admitted free—the latter including the mili-
Lary, the pensioners, men returned from the Crimea,
&c. We learn that Sir Colin' who left the Crimea on
the 10th May, was to make a brief sojourn respectively
at Malta, Lyons, and Paris ; but he is expected in Eng-
land between the sth and 10th instant ; Sir Archibald
Alison will be in communication with the veteran the
Moment he arrives ; and it is probable that he will come
to Glasgow for the presentation about the end of June
or beginning of July.—Glasgow Herald.
DAMAGE CAUSED BY VIBRATION FROM RAILWAY
TRAINS.—In the Sheriff's Court, at Greenwich, yester-
day, Mr. Penny, a builder, at Lewisham, brought an ac
Urea against the London and South Eastern Railway
Company, for injury to his property, caused by the
Passing of their heavy goods trains along the line close
to a house belonging to him. The claim was made
under the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 13th and 9th
Victoria, chapter 20, the sixth clause of which provides
compensation to be given by railway companies to
owners and occupiers of premises "injuriously affected"
by the construction of the railway. The walls had been
cracked by the vibration which the trains created ; and
the noise, the overlooking, and the nuisance of letting
off waste steam, was also complained of. The jury gave
Mr. Penny £lO5 damages.
ART-CRITICISM IN FRANCE.—WEAT NEXT ?—The
Well-known French art-critic, Gustave Planche, has just
been fined 500 f. by the Tribunal of Correctional Police
for opinions respecting a picture expressed in the Revue
des Deux Mondes. In an article on the exhibition of
fine arts M. Planche severely criticised a Spanish artist,
named Madrazo, for having, as he alleged, badly exe-
cuted portraits of the King and Queen of Spain, when
in point of fact only one, that of the King, was exhi-
bited, the other being then at Madrid and incomplete—
such criticism on a work not in the exhibition being,
said the Tribunal, "calculated to lead the public into
error, and by its bad faith to injure the professional con-
sideration of the artist." The Tribunal further fined M.
de Mars, responsible editor of the Rave, 200 f. for having
Published the article. • •