The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-02 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93; I .1-
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities QS-1 $ 1 I h
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Anns. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880
Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 17 7-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858 9Th 7
Ditto, 1859
Dito Bonds, 11,000 lO
Consols for Account (May 9) 951 i a I
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 6 10 p
Ditto £5OO lO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto, 1859
Brazilian 5 Per Cent.
• Ditto 41 per cent. 1858
Ditto Scrip, 1860
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Yeluvian. 41 per Cent —
Ditto Accoant
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Russian, 1822, -,f; St., 5 per Cent lOBl
Ditto 41 per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
Sardinian, 5 per Cent B5l 6
Spanish 3 per Cent 4B
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account . 6ll ! 1
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in Lonuon.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account

WESTMINSTER PALACE ROTEL COM-

PANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of this com-
pany, convened by requisition, was held yesterday,
at St. James's Hall, in order to consider the expe-
diency of carrying out the proposed arrangement
with 'the Secretary of State in Council of India, and.
of appointing a committee of shareholders to inves-
tigat e the position of the company's affairs—Lord
Che'isea in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said the agreement with the In-
dia Bo and was for three years, at a rent of £6,000
per annum, the India Board to have 160 rooms, and
the company to have a monopoly for the supply of
refreshments to persons connected with the esta-
blishment, and the agreement, if carried out, would
prove -very advantageous to the shareholders. He
concluiled by moving, "That, in the opinion of this
meeting, the agreement with the India Board is
benefit Aal to the interests of the shareholders, and
that tl ae board be requested to carry it out."
Sir C. RUSSELL, in seconding the motion, said
the hotel would have, when the agreement was
carriei I out, 197 rooms available.
Mr. BROOK moved, and Mr. NEIL seconded, an
amend ment to the effect that no steps should be
taken to carry out the proposed agreement at pre-
sent, a nd that a committee be appointed to investi-
gate tEe matter, to consist of Mr. Edwin Potter,
Mr. M orton, Captain Corner, Mr. Charles Harris,
and Mr. Charles Brook.

Mr. TRESHFIELD, solicitor to the company, was
of opinion that the shareholders were morally, and
not leg; illy, bound to carry out the agreement.
After a great deal of discussion, the amendment
was put; and negatived, the original resolution being
carried.,

A poll having been demanded, the meeting, which
had las ted upwards of four hours, was adjourned
to Mon day.
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THIS DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

The q uantity of English wheat received fresh up to-day
was ver y limited ; but we had some of Monday's unsold
samples„ on offer in fair average condition. All kinds met
a dull i aquiry at Monday's decline in value of fully is per
qr., an, I at which millers operated with extreme caution.
Fcrr foreign wheat there was scarcely any inquiry, and
the quotations were nominally unaltered. There was less
aetivit y in the demand for floating cargoes, on former terms.

Nearly the whole of the barley on offer was disposed of
at exti .erae rates.

The malt trade was far from active ; in prices, however,
no cht Inge took place.
Oat s commanded very full prices, but the demand for
them was far from active.
Bee ns and peas were very firm ; but the demand for flour
was b eavy, at barely last week's currency.