The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE..

CITY, Two o'CLool

The Liverpool Cotton Market, :yesterday, closed
heavily, and prices of all descripti ons were a shade
easier than on Friday. The sale t were estimated
at 6,000 bales for export and 500 on speculation,
comprising, in addition to Americ an, 200 Pernam
and Maranham, at WI. to Bd. ; 120 Bahia, 6 5-16 d.
to 61d. ; 300 Egyptian, 6?-2d. to 9t LI. ; and 10,000
Surat, ,qd. to sd. per lb. The Railway Share
Market was quiet, but prizes we re rather better
than on Tuesday.

Letters from Spain state that the question of 580.
free trade in articles of food continues to engage 50
the attention of the new Governraient. A minis- VI
terial circular announces that, in addition to the 10
admission of flour, wheat, oats, ttc., into Spain 10
free of duty, maize, barley, rye, and other vege-
table alimentary substances, not previously eau- st.
merated, will also be included in Ile tariff. It is .(t)
announced also in the public journals that a move- 6t:
ment is being made calling upon all the upper 26
classes, and those who have stores a f grain, to open !t
the same, and sell their wheat in the markets pub- st.
licly throughout the peninsula at a how rate for the LObenefit of the poorer classes. 10
Advices from St. Petersburg, of the 12th inst., 60
state that when the accounts were, received there, st
of prospects of a fine harvest in England and 10
Germany, a fall immediately took place in the 38:
prices of all kinds of grain. In the market at s
Antwerp, Russian grain is quot(3d as follows :
Cubanca, middling quality for exportation, 14 3
florins per 80 kilos., and rye,, from Archangel,
9i florins per 62 kilos.
The demand for money out of doors has rather
increased, but it has not produced any variation I,
in the rates of discount, which. are still rather be-
low the Bank of England minimum, At the Stock
Exchange the supply of capital is large, and ad-
vances are obtainable on very moderate terms.
The uncertain state of the weather has increased
the dullness of the Stock Market, but the quota-
tions have not fluctuated, as there is almost an
entire absence of speculation. Consols have been
95 to 95i for money, and 951 g for account.
The New 3 per Cents. are 951 to 96, and the
Reduced 95i 4. Bank Stock is supported at 2171
to 2181. Exchequer Bills, owing to the improv-
ing tendency of the Money Market, are firm, being
lls. to 14s, prem. The Bonds have been dealt in
at 1001, and India Bonds a•ce 15 prem.
For Foreign Securities '.he market is inactive,
and the quotations remain without variation.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1031. Spanish De-
ferred, 24g. Russian 4i- per Cents., about 98 ;
and Dutch 4 per Cents. also 98. Venezuela have
improved, the 4} per Cents, being 32 , and the
Deferred 13i 14. Peruvian 41 per Cents. are
marked 82k.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :
1856.
Great Western
.. £31,822
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton 18,306
Midland
south-Eastern
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lincashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,405
Chester and Holyhead 6,913
London Gen. Omnibus Company 10,703
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,030 9,574
North London
North Stafford
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 4,021 4,027
Edniburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 7,880 5,692
Sambre and Meuse
The Railway Share Market is exceedingly firm,
and some of the quotations are at a slight improve-
ment. The traffic returns are favourable, as will
be seen by the above comparative table. Great
Westerns have risen about 11., but the others show
110 quotable alteration from yesterday's prices.
Rigas, which have been taken out of the official
lists, are firmer, viz., 1i prem. Most of the
Foreign and Colonial Lines have not been dealt in,
and are nominally steady. The Bengals, Calcuttas,
Euphrates, (tc., are neglected.
Banking Shares are generally at lower prices.
Crystal Palace rule heavy.

1855.
£29,976
66,100
18,297
18,570
30,508
25,814
12,965
22,789
23,076
8,127
6,512

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(From ulte 05ciai List.) .

111119 in... don^
Bank Stock
a per Cent. Reduced An unities 95 i i
8.,. per Cent. Consols Ar.nuities os
o
ew 3 per Cent. Annul les
Long Annuities, expire i;6 Jan. 1860 3 5-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire. sth April, 1885., lB 7-16 5-16
India Stock
India Bonds, 21000 .
Consols kir Account
az :lacquer Bill i, 21d.
11000 • — ll 13 p
Rmall ,„
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. lOO
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
zrazilian Bonds, 5 per C eut. —
Ditto Small
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cad —
Ditto 3 per Cent
banish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825
Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1353, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian Bonds, 1522, St., 5 per Cent....
Ditto 4i per Cent. ....
Sard:nian Bon ale, 5 per Cont.
Ditto Account
SP Rnisb Bonds, 3 per CerLt ...
Ditto Nor Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
T ,rkith Bonds, 6 par colt —
Ditto Account lO-;4 I
"Venezuela Bonds, 4/ per Cent
Ditto Account 32 /
Ditto Deferred, lq per Cent . .
.Ivir.en-1:e or ti.i. RNA.. . v.bl,. in i,,,nd,,,,
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .
Ditto Amount .

98

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24

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THI'EE O'CLOCK.
Coneola, money 95
Ditto Account (Sept. 10)

INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT GUILDHALL.—On Tues. 20
day, as the workmen engaged in making the improvements 20
at Guildhall removed a portion of the wall on the south 16,
Ride they disclosed a gothic window in the old wall. ,
It has been closed ever since the Great Fire of Lon- 4)
don, nearly 200 years ago.
ALLEGED FRAUD BY A TRA•DEALER.—On Monday, a 20
party giving his name as Hugh Craig was remitted to
the sheriff, from the Clyde Police-office, for examine. 100
tion as to having on Saturday, 2d August, within the
shipping-box of Mr. Langlands and Sons, situated in 10
Liverpool Shed, North quay, by means of falsehood, 205
fraud, or forgery, obtained possession of fifty-eight 20
half-chests of tea. It appears that the steamer Lyra, 10 plying between Glasgow and Liverpool, arrived in the 20
harbour on Friday, let August, having on board, 20
as part of her cargo, fifty.eight chests of tea 20
in bond, consigned by Mr. Hngh Brown, Glasgow, and 20
addressed to the Collector and Comptroller of Customs
there. The same evening, a respectably-dressed person r
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B,i
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Called and asked for the tea, when, on being informed
that he could not get it on account of the shipping clerk 2"g
being away, he said he would wait till next morning. 6
Accordingly next morning the gentleman again called, 20
accompanied this time by a carter whom he had engaged
to convey away the chests. When about finished loading,
he Was told by the porter that before removing the tea he
Would reqt.ire to pay freight and charges, and, apps- 25
rently for that purpose, he entered the box, and in a IA
short time came out saying all was right. It seems the 40
shipping clerk was busy at the time, and the party, on 50
*atering, and finding the receipt-book lying on a table, 25
put down his signature—" C. Reid," and lett. On mak- 20
log up the freight-notes, no such person as Hugh Brown
o)uld be found either in the directory or by inquiries im
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otherwise. No trace could be found of the tea at the Fo
Custom-house, or at any of the bonded stores in the
2'o
city ; and the clerk, suppo ing that it had been fraudu- 20
lently taken away, gave information of the circumstances
at the Clyde Police-office on Thursday last. Detective 20
officer M`Lachlan instantly set about an investigation, 60
and having learned who the carter was whom the party 100
bad engaged, cal.ed on him, and desired him to show :50
where the tea had been deposited. The carter took 100
AVLachiau to a lane leading off Ann-street, any pointed n
out a store underneath the old Independent Church, `1),
Which he said was the place. Having ascertained that s'o'
the store was occupied by a party named Craig, in Os- :40
Wald-street, M'Lachlan waited on him the next (Friday) 25
Morning, but he denied all knowledge of the tea, stating
that he had let the store to a merchant from New York, 20
named Hugh Brown. On Saturday, authority having LOU
been obtained to enter the store, the door was forced 10
open, when 30 of the chests were found entire, and the 100
sonterits of the other 28 nearly all taken away. The 25
property was taken possession of by the Customs' autbo- 25
tities. We understand that in the course of the exami-
nation on Monday, the prisoner admitted himself as 50
being the identical Hugh Brown.—Nera British Mail. I 100 5