The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

CITY, Two o'CLocr..

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed.
Ter? plietly, with a steady appearance, prices of All
kinds F e ing well supported. The sales were 5,000
bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation. There
was a slf ght decline in the Railway Share Marktt.
The S lank of England return, completed ffir the
week en ling March 1, is of rather au unf.:„,,, ()limbic
charactci The other securities show large in-
ereas, ), and there is a large diminn',..len in the
priva -,e deposits. These changes we' :e principally
prodi'iced by the abstraction of the • Amounts neces-
sary ;7or the completion of the
.s econd instalment
L
45! 10$ 'per cent. ou the English oan, and for the
lice iii~l: tion of the coma'
,ereial paper which
fell dno on the 4th in The Government
Aecuri tics were reducr,d nearly half-a-million.
0 'ing to the favoural„ile alteration in the Foreign
Exclur, age, and the) decrease in the demand for
the precious metals which naturally followed, the
stock: of bullion again shows an augmentation, and
the I text official statement is expected to show a
still greater iu crease, as some of the supply brought
by tl ke James Baines, the Parana, and the Persia,
has 1 een sent i nto the Bank of England.

Act arc Circula•
Increas, e
Bu Ilion
Increase'
Rest

£18,935,225
393,705
10,599,650
24,258
3,779.752
309,706
4,083,033
58,518
13,918.279
844,085
747.129
34,035
11,451,006
495,000
19,490,762
305,585
5,493,005
13,642%

Increase
Pub lin Deposits
Decrease
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills
Increase
Government Securities
Decrease
0 ther Securities

Increase
Notes uremployed
Decrease
Accounts from Havre represent the cotton mar-
let as being quiet, with an increase of sales ever
arrivals. On the 6th inst., 520 bales were added
to the stock on hand, and 2,000 bales changed
bands at 86 francs per 50 kilogrammes for inferior
middling, and 87 francs for good middling. Trade
in other descriptions of raw produce was not very
brisk, but prices were well maintained.
The German and French Bourses continuo to
fluctuate, but the rumours afloat as to the progress
t f the Conferences are no longer relied upon. At
1 rienna the Austrian Funds and other securities
ave partly recovered the fall at the beginning
q the week. The Five per Cent. Metallics
at 3 firm at 84'4, and the New Loan has advanced
21 lorins to 1121. New Bank Shares are 1,090, and
Vat Austrian Credit Mohilier 364. Money is again
oming plentiful, and the premium on the pre-
-sus, metals ha--; fallen to 21, being a further re-
IcVon of per cent. Exchange on London is down
`.° 10.4, and ev Paris to 1191. At Berlin the 4
Cents. are firm at 971, and the 41 Stock at
11' E. On the Paris Bourse the French Funds
1,, •
re fluctuated between 30c. and 50c. during the
a 8 t three days, and yesterday left off at the lower

14,: '1 ations.
e promoters of the Acadian Iron Company
1° o (riven notice that no applications for shares
:11i •e received after Monday next. Mr. Monsell
ioned in the House of Commons last evening.
this company had offered to supply the r 3.0.
E, uncut with iron which would stand a pressnre
;6,000 lbs. for the manufacture of gu",s. The
it tof Nova Scotia is considered by many parties
erior to that of Sweden.
11 'he English Stock Market is rather firmer to-
•, but the transactions have, been limited. A
%1 ht improvement has been :r.iused by the favour-
-4s advices from Paris coDOerning the progress of
x er,otiations. Consuls for money and the 11th
ail At;
%• opened at 91ti 4, but have since improved to
while the :p7..lee for April is about 92 4- . The
‘i'cri Scrip is 1a :prem. The New Three per Cents.
al tut, but the norninal quotations were 921 to
L. Exchequer Bills are Is. discount to is.
e rrt urn.
Fogy ion Securiiiir2s have ruled firm. Turkish 6
ler Ce nts, are 9G), to s, and the 4 per Cents. 100.
ctissiv n 5 per CeY,its. are per cent. lower, being
;02; and the per Cents arc 92. Sardinian have
Veen at 91, Spanish 3 per Cents. at 43,1, and Bra-
•
lian. Small. Bonds 1021. Dutch 4 per Cents. are

The fo'...fowing are the nominal prices of Foreign
'latoeks:- —Mexican, 20± ; Peruvian, 79 80 ; ditto
t Per Cents., 56 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47
Fetus 5 per Cents., 101 3 ; ditto 4i per
Teatri., 9 2 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42! 3./ ; ditto
ferree., 23i ; ditto Certificates, 44 5 ; ditto
.
Thei:e has been a firm market for railway shares,
'd its. some lines a fair amount of business has been 2
Eastern Counties have risen it 2t •; East Lan- 2c
ire, ; Great Northern, 10s. ; Lancishire and 100
,41:Air©, 55., and South-Western, ss. The Colo- Tr
441 lines were firmer.
'lank of Egypt Shares rose 55., but the City
tUed. heavy. Ca..iada Land. shares advanced 41.
5/.
tR-

Li FUNDS Min DAY AT ONE arCLOCK. IOG
/Pro?* the Oflicial 11A4t.
2.)

qu,ri., done.
1, 2 r :nt. Consols Annßitios 9IA 1
4 :A Dor Cent. An auities
1 i• V.orda, .1.20()It
.....
3 d
Pr N 7or A, CCOUIDIL
I Ditto Scrip
b :711,3qt-ter Bills, 24,1.
4000 . .... • .........
iinaall
• •
Ditto Bonds, 1;,58, 34 per Cent 914
i t to, 1859
.CE OF FORERM FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOt K.
AA' iilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
'is itto Small
1, iziti Bonds, 5 per Cont., 1822, £St lO2 x d
'1
itto 44 per Cent
k itiiau Bon-'.s, fi per Cent.
:1.1 isi, Bowls, 3 per Cent
n4',..11 Bonds, 6 Pgr cent
o Guaranteed, 4 per Cont.
Nvidande on the above navNhle In boncloo.
141 'Exchange, 24 per Cont., 12 Guil ...
.44.0 4 per Cent.. Certificates
TWO O'CLOCK.
0 Awls •. 9li R
;Ditto Account, April 110... ........... 921 4

11! GREAT SEWER AT WHITEHALL —.Por several Lt
t, :s past a vast number of workmen have been en• 1(
din tle, construction of a great sewer from the Or. 2(
!ntal Water in St. James's-park, and thence through 1(
arad e and centre of the Horse-guards, across White- if•
aloag Whitehalbplace, dm The whole of the works 1(
Lost neatly completed, and the greater portion of the
'. of the ground made good. The arches have been
ucted of solid brickwork, and the iron tubing is of 2c
ease strength. The covered gateway which connects
IL
..ommander-in-Chief's with the War-office and forms 20
triage way, has, in consequence of the carrying 20
0.-the works, been for some time closed. Yesterday g
aFc thrown open, having been re•laici with asphalte 20
tha Seyssell Company's Works, Stangate. Not. 'landing the large number of men employed, the ~
4 of the excavations, and the speed which was ren 10
-
I necessary to prevent obstruction to the traffic, it2o
Oit en brought to a close without a single accident. 206
eitTH 0? MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD.—The death of this 20
toted gentleman took place at Great Malvern, Wor-
*shire. at an early hour on Thdrsday morning. Mr.
t''ood first became known as a public character by
1/41gorous opposition to the orders in Council of 1512.
lh,;:equencly he took a leading part with the late Si
• Bir.clai r 10
r against Mr. Peel's Currency Bill of 1819, 40
s'
~631' years after was constant, in season and out of 50
il3, in his endeavours to accomplish the repeal of 25
easure. His most notable act was, however, the 20
‘i, "Ilehrnent of the Birmischam Political Union. at
s,l4lter part of the year 1828, and for his prudent PO,
Ilet in the management of that body, which was ;4.,4,v
u
,11/4.r)°'Ed to have considerably influenced the pass- '2IA
°f the Reform Bill, he was presented with the 20
OLP, of the city of London. He repre-
v Birmingham during the first seven years of the 20
tlleLl Parliament, but in consequence of family of lic- 60
il.4'fnd the disappointment of political hopes, he re- 10C
>hUrimn public life, and was succeeded in Parliament 50
41.
‘,.fri91,1 and associate in the Union, Mr. Monte. 100
I.°a,n3, years prior to his death Mr. Actwood was 100
t, • I'm of a severe and distressing attack of paralysis, 12%
~
1 Inc the midst of his sufferings and general prostra-
50
Mind and body, be was distinguished, as in the
h ,Perloil of his life 20
,by the amiability and generosity 25
11‘1)4,4"cial disposition. In Birmingham his decease
oti,a regretted by all parties ; and more especially by 100
:ttv,)%oho had the honour of h's private intimacy. Mr. 10
'1
4.4 waa a partner in the house
•'f Mes,rs. Spooner 6
lqt e4wor,ds, and his elder brother, Matthias, for some 100
e
represented the borough of Whitehaven in Parfia. 25
,kb BY many of our readers the deceased v.ill be re- 25
Lered as the "King Tom" of Cob6etes Register. i Ao