The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-04 00:00:00

ONEI ILIARKIT AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

`,During the last few days there has been only
a limited amount of business transacted in the
arei,gn and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars
ha; re been at steady rates, while for coffee, rice,
an fruit the transactions have been only for im-
In ediate requirements. An extensive business has
lx en done in saltpetre, and prices have advanced
i. to ls. per cent. Tallow has been dull, the
d( Inland for consumption having considerably fallen
of F, and few speculative dealings have taken place.
P..'Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 605., and 60s. for
apt ing delivery.

J 1 moderate amount of business was transacted
in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and
prives exhibited no alteratiou. The sales were
8,00,0 bales.

The Tyne has arrived from the Brazils with
£:3,840 in specie.

Money continues plentiful, but an increased
dfiman d having been created by the arrangements
for the bills which have to be liquidated to-day,
the 4th of the month, the market isa shade firmer.
There is very little difference between the terms
cm/ Tent out of doors and those required at the
Ba oil of England. It cannot be said, however,
the it any material alteration has taken piece in the
col Idition of the market, although the downward
ten ldency of the rates has received a check by the
pot ;Won of the American exchange, and the possi-
biliity of gold being remitted to the United States,
notivithstanding the opinion expressed by well-
info; rmed correspondents in New York, that any
sup] dies that may have been sent will speedily
return to this country.

A.. n improvement of 1 per cent, has taken place
in no .e Market for Public Securities to-day, and the
ten(( ency is' still very favourable, although the
tram iactions have not been numerous. Purchases,
how ever, have been effected partly on account of
the Court of Chancery, and Consols are 934 I for
raon s3y and the 6th inst., for Dee. they are 94 to 941.
The .New Threes are firmer at 911 21; the Reduced
at 9'1.1 2 ; the New 21 per Cents, at 78; India
Stoc :k has improved to 225; ditto New Loan is
steady at 1031 ; ditto 5 per Cent, Rupee Paper is
tat at 961; but Exchequer Bills remain at ss. dis.
13 usiness in the Foreign Stock Market continues
very quiet, but prices are firmer. Turkish 6 per
Cent ts. are 721 to 734 ; ditto New, 571 to 581.
Sardinian have improved to 841 ex div. ; Spanish
to 501- ; Portuguese to 461; and Peruvian 3 per
Cents.. to 731.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the African Steamship Company has been held
to-day, when, after a short discussion and a few
roma rks upon the disposal of the Hope, the report
was :adopted, and a dividend of 7s. per share at
the r ate of 7 per ceit. per annum was declared.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, and prices have shown rather less
Armnetis in one or two instances. Great Northern
have declined 155.; Midland, 55.; and South
Easter n, 10s. ; Caledonian and Great Western have
Unproved ss. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s.
to 15s.

The Foreign lines have remained very inactive
Nvithout any material change in values.
In the Colonial Market Great Western of Canada
have declined 55., and Grand Trunk of Canada im-
proved ss. East Indian and Great Indian Penin-
sula realised former rates.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares had
undergone no change of importance.

~. RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
'ID atill t itßock . 233 31
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 914 24
New
per (lent. Consols Annuities 93
1 i 4
'"ew a pot. Cent. Annuities • 92 14 24 2
New, 24 per Cent. Annuities
.4-nnuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 164
India Stock '
Ditto 6, per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858 964 f
Ditto, 1859
Ditto T3onds £l,OOO ---
i 6tto under £l,000
Consols for Account, Dec. 6
A acb.egner Bills, £l,OOO, 14cl
V
OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Mexican per Cent ..
.._ Ditto Account
reruvian 8 per Cent
Ditto account
t ardiniti
rortugusse 3 per Cent.. 1853.
n 5 per Cent .
Ditto Account
11Panish 3 per Cent .• . 504
Turkish per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
'Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto 14 per Cent • ll
Dividends on the move payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Gail. 21 per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account 931
' 93
Ditto January 94

r. 4 TERRIBLE COLLIERY _EXPLOSION I.N
MONMOUTHSHIRE.

NEWPORT, MONDAY.
The particulars forwarded on Saturday were, as
far as they went, correct, but it is lamentable to
add that the shocking effects are much greater
than was at first supposed ; for, instead of 120 per-
ilous having fallen victims, the probability is that
at least fifty more are dead, and that the fearful
I.°ll 'will swell to at least 170 names. During yes-
terday and the last two nights the search in the
workings was continued, and corpses found and
.nought to the surface numbering with those
brought
up on Saturday, about 100. One portion
f the workings is now discovered to have fallen
cutting off all communication, with 60 or 70
Persons who are beyond. To reach them will, it is
feared, occupy a considerable time; but little or no
°Zpeetation is entertained that one of the party
'Will be discovered alive. When the explosion
4)cettrred about 200 men and boys were in the pit,
'is_r Whom only thirty have escaped. Operations are
being continued with the utmost vigour. The
"overnment inspector is momentarily expected to
arrive, and the inquest will be opened as soon as
Possible, that the corpses may be buried. Even yet
It Would be premature to give currency to the
statements made with reference to the cause of the
catastrophe. The pit, however, was known to be
subject to blowers of gas, and the management were
cautious in consequence, On Saturday week one
of the workmen was summoned before the county
biagistrates in this town for taking the key of a
safety-lamp into the pit, and it was deposed to by
the overman that two other men were detected
'With nails in their possession, intended, doubtless,
t,O be used for opening the safety-lamps, to obtain
lights for smelling. These things show the reck-
lessness
of the men, and point probably to the
origin of the explosion. The Risca Coal Company
is composed of Mr. G. Randall Hookey and other
gentlemen.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

THIS DAY,
Bllirnaiugham, N.E. ; wet
radford, W. • wet
riaton, S.E'.; dull
45ristol, S.E. ; damp
f,eNiabridge, N.E. • dull
cloud
ehatham,N w.;.E., fresh;
cloudy
N.N.E. ; fine
S.E., fresh
erby, N.E. ; rain
N. E. ; dull, showery
bundes, E.; rain, windy
dnburgh, S.E.; rain,windy
~,e,itnouth, N. •, stormy
Goole,
E. ; dull
ii.°°lo, S.W. ; fair
firateeend, E., light; thick
tettle.pool, S.E. ; raiu
maitwich, S E. • cloudy
E.; 'light breeze,

IBC. 4, 9 A.M.

Inverness, S.W.; rain
Kingstown, N.E.; dull,

showery
Leeds, E. ; rain
Limerick, calm ; foggy
Londonderry, E. by S. ; fine
Manchester, N.E. ; wet
Middlesborough, S.E. ; dull
Milford Haven, N.E.; cloudy
Newcastle-on-Tyne, S.E.;
cloudy
Newmarket, E. ; dull
Norwich, E. ; dull
Peterborough, S.E. ; rain
Southampton, E. ; rain
Stockton-on-Tees, S.E.; dull
Sunderland, S.W. ; dull
Wakefield, E. ; rain
Weymouth, E. ; cloudy
Wolverhampton, E.; wet
York, S. ; rain

k.--iesnatelles from Mr. Harris, the American
of the 'flistje i Japan, have beereceived. Ho gives au account
arrival home of the Japanese steamer Candinarnairah,
I.lch accompanied the Japanese embassy to San Francisco.
e commander of the steamer, accompanied by two gover-
f 11 of foreim affairs, had called on Mr. Harris, by order
tc'lle'",e Tycoon to express the thanks of his Majesty for
rt,,, 'deadly and cordial welcome with which the officers
lard 'llea had been received in San Francisco, and particu-
larl for, the repair of the steamer at Mare Island navy
to .e„ -Lae reports of the officers of the Candinamarrah,
~,_,Laer with the letters received from the embassy, con-
pro',l4g full accounts of the reception at San Francisco, had
aticiaiutezl a lively sensation, especially among the nobles,
f()110 as believed that the most gratifying results‘would
110,_% more especially when the embassy should reach
and give toll accounts of all their experience in the
1104 d Statel.