The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-31 00:00:00

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Ai ONE 1' MARKE asa T
AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
During the last few days there has been more s,
animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
-‘larkets, and advanced rates have been realised for
several of the principal staples. Tea, however, has I
continued very quiet. Sugars have been in in- st
!reased request, chiefly for home consumption, at
Improved rates, and a further advance has taken
st
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,P.laee in all descriptions of coffee. Rice has con-
tinued dull, at barely former quotations. ,The
,1
sales of colonial wool were brought to a termi-
nation yesterday ; during the early part of these
isuetions prices were well sustained, but less
soyancy was apparent towards the close, a ucon-
siderable quantity being withdrawn. Tallow has
s st
been in fair request, and prices have tended up- st
Wards for both present and forward delivery.
A. fair amount of business was transacted in the
Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices sl
Were steady. The sales were estimated at 8,000
bales.
A fair proportion of the gold received from Aus-
tralia is taken to the Bank of England, a further :1,
Parcel amounting to £20,000 having been added to
the stock of bullion yesterday. The metallic ro-
si
serve is therefore likely to exhibit au increase,
sepecially as the contracted circulation usual at
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thie period generally causes an accumulation of coin. „i
The tendency of the specie movement has partly st
negatived the impression previously entertained,
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that the extensive efflux in payment for grain
Would soon tell upon the rates of discount. st
Continued symptoms of easiness are apparent in
the general Money Market, but renewed firmness
may be expected next week owing to the engage- :ti
Slents of the 4th of the month, and the Consol
liquidation on the 6th. At present, however, first
class securities are negotiable 4 per cent. below the
Bank of England minimum quotation.
About £309,000 in specie has been announced st
this morning, viz., £158,516 by the Leaping Water
st
from Australia, and £150,000 by the Kangaroo st
from New York. The Arago has also arrived with st
£140,000 for France. 6t
The Mexican dollars brought by the West India t.
Packet have been sold at 624 d. per oz., showing an
:tt:
advance of id. compared with the price realised for a
the previous supply.
A call of £1 per share, amounting to £lOO,OOO,
Is due to-morrow on the Dutch Rhenish Railway,
and of £l, or £53,805, on the Lancashire and st,
Yorkshire, Blackburn (P) shares, st,
st,
There has not been much activity to-day in the st,
market for Public Securities, but some purchases at,
have been effected, and a rise of 8 per cent. has taken st,
Place. Consols being 93 934 for money and the 6th st:
Proximo, and 934 934 for October. The favour-
able state of the weather, and the arrivals of gold,
have assisted in strengthening the market. The
t,
New Three per Cents. are firm at 934 e ; the
ltedueed at 934 ; India Stock is steady at 218 ;
,ditto New Loan at 1034; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced 12
raper has receded to 96 ; but Exchequer Bills re- st!
Btu
Blain at ls. to 4s.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues
moderately active, and prices exhibit more firmness.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74 to 744 ; ditto New,
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604 to 61 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. have
advanced 2 per cent., viz., to 92, ditto Deferred to
29, Mexican to 214 and 211, Portuguese to 434 44,
reruvian 44 per Cents. to 964 97, and Venezuelan
3 per Cents. have improved 14 per cent., being
quoted 224, and Russian Scrip is fiat at 4 pm.
The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 2 4 pm.;
the Thames and Mersey, 4 d pm.; and the Universal, s,
pm.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices
of American Securities as follows :
Redeemable. Prices,
tufted States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868
Do. 5 per Cent Bonds
karyland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds
kassachusetts 5 per Cent. Str.

92t 93i
93 94
102 104
86 87

Bonds .
Pennsylvania G per Ct. Stock. -
Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds.. -
Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1868-72
Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock .. 1886
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .. 1886
Virginia a-pm-Cent. St. Bonds lass
Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds
Illinois Central 7 per Cent.
Illinois Central 6 per Cent.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent.
(Freelands) ..
Do. shares, 80 dols. paid ....
Ilichigan Central 8 per Cent..
Do. do. shares ..............
New York Central 6 per Ct.,

1875 89 90 ISi
1875 88 90

1860 92 93 to
16 15 dis dtol
1869 87 90 sto
stogy6o 62
1

1883

- _
not convertible....
New York Central 7 per Ct ,
convertible, from June 15,

1857-59 ...
80. do. shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,

1883

83 85

53 55
24 25

3d mortgage
New
York and Erie 7 per Ct.,
convertible
V.O. do. shares
Now York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
sinking fund.......
Panama 7 per Ct., Ist wort •
gage Str. Bonds, not cony 1865 101 103
"0. do., 2d do.
In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been to a moderate extent, prices generally
showing a slight advance on former rates. Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire have improved ; Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midland, North British
Great Western, and North Western, 55.; and North
Eastern (Berwick), and Eastern Counties, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial Markets have re-
mained very quiet. South Austrian and Lombardo-
Venetian are at 11. Grand Trunk of Canada have
improved I, Great Western of Canada k, and East
Indian to 1.
Joiat Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
are inactive, but support previous rates.

1862

1875

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93+ h i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock. 4 • 2lB
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
8 d
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
Consols for Account, 6th Sept 93 h
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 79
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred 29
W,- 10
Greek
Mex7ican. 3 per Cent —
Ditt,7% Account
Peruvian 4} per Cent
Ditto Acnrtnt
Ditto 3 per CeYlt.
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. . •
Ditto Account
'Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St -
Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip, 1860
Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in O
London.
TWO 'CLOCK.
Consols, Money ........
Ditto Account, October . .

THE DANISH LOAN.—The Danish Government
have advertised their intention to pay off, on the Ist of
March next, the outstandinc, portion of their £BOO,OOO 5
per cent. loan of 1850. This portion amounts to
£691,300. They give the holders the option of taking
4 per cent. bonds in substitution. At the same time
they notify that bonds not presented within one year
and six weeks will be forfeited to the State, and that
the same plan is to be adopted in the case of cou-
pons outstanding for five years. As this course would havhee
in some degree the appearance of confiscation, it would
well for the credit of the Danish Government that it should
be reconsidered. In September last Denm trk paid off the
balance of a loan of like amount contracted in 1819. That
balance was £697,200. The funds for these liquidations
have been supplied chiefly by the payment of £1,125,000
made by England in 1857 in consideration of the abolition
of the Sound Dues.
An accident which might have been attended
with serious consequences occurred the night before last at
the Opera-Comique. As Mdlle. Prost, one of the actresses,
performing in the " Caid," was descending a flight of steps
at the back of the stage, the skirt of her dress, which was
very light and ample, came in contact with a gas burner.
She was instantly enveloped in flames, and must have suf-
fered severely but for the prompt assistance of a fireman,
who with great presence of mind extinguished the fire, and I
the artist fortunate].
escaped with a few slight burns. The
performance was immediately continued.
TFSTIMONIAL TO A CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER.
!--The Rev. Thomas G. Lee, who for nearly 20 years has
been the minister of New Windsor Chapel, Salford, has
been presented by the members of his church and congre-
gation with an address, expressive of their high estimation
ofea his character and labours. The address, which was
beautifully engrossed on vellum and illuminated, was ac
L ranted by a purse of 50 sovereig,ns. Mr. Lee, tiough
preacher for thirty years been a zealous and industrious
a talenteys perhaps Utter known to the general public as
political reaionrdmssuccessful lecturer and writer on social and