The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets re-
opened on Wednesday after the Easter recess.
There has, however, been a very limited business
transacted. Sugars have barely sustained their
former values, while a decline has taken place in
coffee. Tea has been quiet, but increased activity
has been experienced in the demand for rice and
Apices. For saltpetre there has been scarcely any
enquiry, prices, however, remain unaltered. At
the drug sales full prices were generally obtained,
and tallow has been in more demand, prices show-
ing an upward tendency, particularly for forward
delivery.

In the Liverpool Cotton market, yesterday, busi-
ness continued rather active, 10,000 bales having
been sold at previous rates. The Railway Share
market closed very quietly, and quotations exhi-
bited a further decline.

At the Bank of England, yesterday, there were no
bullion operations of importance. The bar silver
by the Panama has been sold at 53. 12d. per ounce
standard.

To-morrow a call of £lO per share, amounting to
£20,000, is due on the Danube and Black Sea Rail-
Way shares.

There is a good demand for money at the ad-
Tanced rates, but rai many parties obtained the
accommodation they required, in the expectation of
the change, the market has become quieter.

The balance of the Victoria Loan, viz., £1,078,000
is offered to the public at the minumum price of
105. Tenders must be sent in on or before Tuesday,
at 2 o'clock, when they will be opened by the corn-
ltittee of the Associated Australian Bank.

Notice has been given by the agents of the
Italian Junction Railways that they are prepared
to receive, on or before the 7th May next, applica-
tions for any portion of the 62,500 obligations to be
issued by the company. The bonds will be repay-
able at the rate of 500 f. each by annual drawings,
extending over 80 years, commencing from Ist Jan.,
1867. Interest, at the rate of 151. per annum, will
be allowed from the Ist Jan. last, and the price for
each bond will be 240 f., or £9 125., payable in three
instalments—viz., £4 on allotment, £2 16s. on the
Ist July, and £2 16s. on the Ist January next.

The market for Public Securities has remained in
quiet state to-day, very few transactions being
recorded either for money or account. Consols have
been 941 for money, and 944 t for account. The
New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 921
93; the New 2 per Cents. have receded to 78;
India Loan is firm at. 1051 ; ditto 5 per Cent.
Enfaced Paper is flat at 981; ditto 51 per Cent.
ditto remain at 1031; Exchequer Bills are Bs. to
12,. prem. _ .

In Foreign Securities a moderate amount of busi-
ness is recorded, and prices are tolerably well sup-
ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 751 to 761 ; ditto
New, 61 to 64; and the 4 per Cents. are firmer at
101 i ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., at 100 ; Russian 5 per
Cents., at 108 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., at 651,
but the 4 per Cents. arc flat at 100}, and Mexican
at 21/ ; Spanish remain at 461, and Peruvian 3
per Cents. at 691.

The Oeean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 I
prem. ; the Universal ditto, a prem. ; the Vic-
toria Debentures, 1041 to 1051.
Messrs. B. Bell, Son, and Co. giVe the following
48 the prices of American securities :

Redeemable. Prices.
trnited States 6 per Cents 1867-1868
80. 6 per Cent Bonds
Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds 951 961
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str.
Bonds
rannsylvania 6per Ct. Stock — 82 84
Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds — 75 77
ontucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 90 92
Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 97 98
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 79 81
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds
Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 82 84
Boston 5 per Cont. St. Bonds
Illinois Central 7 per Cent.
Illinois Central 6 per Cent.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent.
(Freelands)
Do. shares, 60 dole. paid
Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 82 83
Do. do. shares
New York Central 6 per Ct.,
not convertible .
Central New York 7 per Ct.,
convertible, from June 15,
1857-59
De. do. share!'
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
3d mortfra,re
Do. do. eare's
NOW York and Erie 7 per Ct.,
convertible
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
sinking fund
Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort •
gage Str. Bonds, not cony..
De. do , 2d do.

1864

92 93
70 72
69 70
11 12
28 32
- -
99 101
98 100

1883

1862
1875
1865
1872

In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount
of business has been transacted, and prices have
shown more firmness. Caledonian, Eastern Comi-
ties, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have
improved ss. ; Great Northein, Great Western,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and
North Britisb, lOs ; South-Eastern have declined
about ss.

The Foreign and Colonial Markets have been
very inactive. Lombardo-Venetian, Pernambu-
co, and East Indian have realised previous rates ;
but Grand Trunk of Canada have declined ss.
to 10s.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
show little variation. London and Westminster
have improved to 581 ; and Union of Australia to
47 ; Great Ship Company are steady at I ; London
General Omnibus Company are 1.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Kink Stock
3,per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 1 3
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
N4w 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities' 7B
I• ,di a z,tock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent —
• Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 5} per Cent 1934 /
Ditto Debentures, 1858 —
Ditto, 1859 961 1
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
bitt i under £l,OOO
Console for Account (May 9). ... 944 a 3/4
Atchlluer Bills, £l,OOO, lid.. 8 12 8
Ditto Small, lid.
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
13 azilien 5 per Cent. . lOO
blexisan 3 per Cent.
I'o u•-ian 43/4 per Cent —

Ditto (Uribatren), 41 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent. .. 69i
Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent.
Rusikian. 1522, £ St., 5 uer Cent .. 108 71
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
Spanish 3 per Cent. 46k
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 76 +
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6st
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK
Conssls, Money
Ditto Account

THE FRENCH NAVY.—Accounts from Brest an •
nounce the departure of the frigates Sibylle and Isis for
New Caledonia. The frigate Bayonnaise is being prepared
for sea at Cherbourg—her destination is the Pacific Ocean.
The ccrvette Artemise and the brig Agile are about to sail
from the same port, to protect the French fishermen in the
North Sea. The gunboat Comete, built by M. Armand, of
Bordeaux, for the, conveyance of troops, has arrived at
Brest. She mounts four guns, and can accommodate 1,000
troops. Her ulterior destination is not known. The steam-
frigate Vauban has sailed from Toulon for Genoa.
MORE ANNEXATION. The Principality of
Monaco, which it is said is about to be annexed to France
by virtue of a convention concluded with the reigning
Prince, was founded by the Emperor Otho, in the year 968,
in favour of Count Grimaldi, whose descendents possess it
11. t present. This dynasty is consequently one of the oldest
In Europe. The reigning Prince, who bears the title of
Charles 111., was born in France in 1828, and remained hero
until the death of his father, in 1854. It is stated that the
Prince is to be created a French senator. His father and
grandfather were peers of France.—Letter from Paris.
At Rouen the day before yesterday the dead body
0f ft young man dressed as a workman, and aged about 25,
Was found in the Seine. Pinned to his cap was a paper, on
which was written :—" Rouen, April B—Gentlemen,—You
take a corpse from the water, it is that of a workman who
has had no food for three days I"
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT GREENWlCH.—Yesterday
pluming at an early hour a fire broke out in the premises
of fir. H. Wood, tobacconist, carrying on business at No.
8, Stockwell-street, Greenwich. The parish engine was set
work, as well as the hose from the Kent Reservoirs, but
tll9 flarms could not be extinguished until Mr. Wood's pre-
- , maws were completbly destroyed and the property of Mr.
De Maim, milliner, No. 7, and of Mr. Cotterell, harness-
rim', No. 9, were damaged by fire, water, and breakage.
appears that the only person in the house at the timd of
the outbreak was a young woman, who fortunately suc-
eodel in effecting her escape uninjured she has not the
..east idea as to how the fire happened. The occupiers of the
'!trions houses damaged, with one exception, were insured
the Sun and Norwich Union Fire-office.