The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.
There has been less animation in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce Markets during the last
kW days. Tea at public sales barely sustained
Previous rates. For sugars the demand was
chiefly for home consumption, at slightly reduced
Prices. Coffee was in moderate request, at a de-
cline of about 3d. per cwt.; but large dealings have
been effected in rice at enhanced quotations.
Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, but at
lower rates. For saltpetre there has been only a
limited inquiry, with no change of importance to
note in value. Tallow has been flat, and prices
have ruled in buyers' favour for both present and et,
forward delivery. at
A fair amount of business was transacted in the estt,
-Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices
Were fully supported. The sales were estimated
at
at 12,000 bales.
el
The public sales of Colonial Wool continue to R
exhibit a rather active appearance, and full rates a
are generally current. 81
The half•yearly dividend on the Imperial Turkish :1
u per Cent. Bonds of 1858 will be paid on and :1
after the Ist of September next: et
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
st
ngland yesterday. st
The bar silver by the last West India packet has et
that
disposed of at ss. ild. per oz. standard, for at
'oat suitable for China, and at ss. lid. for inferior at
The Royal mail steamer Tasmanian, which leaves at
today for the West Indies, will take out £11,620
In Silver. st
Some rather large arrivals of specie have been at
%flounced this morning, including £174,432 by the
4gincourt, from Melbourne, and £llO,llB by the
Bremen, from New York.
,The English Stock Market is very quiet, but an
advance of nearly per cent. has taken place, st,
win g to the more genial state of the weather. st-4
'oosols are 921 93 for money, and 93 to 931 for the :ft;
fount.s The New 3 per Cents. are flat at 931;
:at,
us Reduced are steady at 931 ; India Stock has At;
islproved to 2161 and 2181; ditto New Loan re- st;
it:ai" at 103 t I ; ditto 5 per cent. Enfaced Paper st
41 1 ; and Bank Stock, 2391 232 ; and
StierExche-
-19.
Bills have receded to 2s. and 4s. prem.
Foreign
more activity has prevailed in the
Stock Market, but prices remain heavy.
igro itish 6 per Cents. are 73-4- to 74 ; ditto New, :I',
ilto 60; and the 4 per Cents. hive receded to st
tc7i; Portuguese to 43 44; Russian 41 per Cents. a
..941 ; Sardinian to 82f, ; Buenos Ayres remain
t °of but the Deferred are heavy, at 27 ; Brazilian !I(
at
P:: Cents. have improved to 100.
The OCean Marine Insurance Shares are.2l ;
pram. ; the Thames and Mersey, 1 4 prem. ; and -
ill Universal, at*
e } 1 prem. sit(
The Market for American Securities during the
past• week has been more active. Messrs. D. Bell,
*Oll, qnd Co. state :—" During the past week the ist
rttlrket for American State Stocks has continued st
show great firmness : the demand for all descrip-
ti
o a,
,(4111 continue, whilst the supply is very limited,
prices in New York being generally higher than
Isile London. The chief business in the Railroad si
gurities is still in the bonds and shares of the
7,nois Central and New York and Erie Railroads,
'Leh have further advanced in price."
essrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices
at American
Alnerican Securities as follows :
1/144...„ Redeemable.
D 0 'ye, States 6iDer Cents 1867-1868
ILL' per Cent Bonds
Wyland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds
3,ei
,husetts 5 per Cent. Str.
Peb,„_-"8
ylvania 5 per Ct. Stock.
Ite„▪
"Plue 6 per Cent. Bonds..
Ogweky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72
P-. 43 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6
'utYlvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877
VPMessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers
Irlt"ginia 6 per Cent. Bonds
tirginia 6 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888
g!ton 6 per Cent. St. Bonds -
Coles Centralentrtl 76 Per r Cent.
illino°is Central 7 per Cent
(Preelands)
LI. shares, 80 dols. paid
eingan Central 8 per Cent
ir • do. shares
sir York Central 6 per Ct ,
eet convertible.
York Central 7 per Ct.,
Convertible, from June 15,
1)0-'07-59
• do. shares
1:11 York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
mortgage
'w York and Erie 7 per Ct.,
DO
fe do. share,
7_,.York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
P'"l'ung fund 1875
Ana 7 per Ct., Ist mort •
Die Str. Bonds, not cony.. 1865 101 103
a st
0.,, 2d dd.
moderate business has been transacted in the s
st,
has
Share Market, and a slight improvementetc
17:5 taken place in values. North Western and etc,
Viand, have advanced ss. ; London and Brighton, ato,
o'
Eastern
and Great Northern, 15s. ; Caledonian and st
4'45, tern Counties have declined ss. ; North Eastern sto
st°
Werwick), 10s. ; and West Midland, £l.
sto
vThe Foreign and Colonial lines are flat. Lombardo- sto
isfletian are dealt in at 10i ; Dutch Rhenish at sto
l'
4-,4111 •, East Indian have declined to 99 and 99i; 25.
'and Trunk of Canada realised 301 ; and Great
Western of Canada 12-1- 121.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have etc
„
Westminster
no change of importance. London and etc
declined to 57t, and South Australian
4.4und to 33i.
st(

Prices.

92 93}
93 94

102 104
83 85

1875 88 89
1875 85 87

1860 92 94
26 24 dis
1869 88 90

55 60

ISB3

ISG4

93 95
78 80
82 84
50 52
24 25

1883
1862

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a 'BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
•%usk Stock
2301 2
aPer Cent. Reduced Annuities
93i 3 1 1
%Par Cent. Cottage Annuities
re,. 3 per Cent. Annuities ..
ilia Stock. . . ....... .
"At° 5 per Cent lO3l 1
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto., 6 per Cent 961 1 1 1
Otto
51 per Cont.
Ditto
Debentures) 1858 —
"„,n Ditto, 1859
`eßonds £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consolsgi for Account, 6th Sept 92/ 3
''l.„..chequer Bi, 2 4
115, £l,OOO, lid
„-u tto £6OO 2 4
Ditto Small
2 4
a FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
'"1.114_ Man 6 per Cent...... 100
Ditto Account .. 100
..
Ditto 4i per Cent.'lBs2
Ellenoe Ayres, 6 per Cent B7l
Ditto'Account BB
Ditto Deferred 27 8
Chili= 6 per Cent. lO3
Danish S per Cent., 1825
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Peruvian 41 per Cent
Ditto Mribarreu), 41 per Cent.
83
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. 43
Ditto Account
431 4
Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent
Ditto 4a per Cent. Scrip, 1860
Exrdinian. 5 per Cent. .. . B2
..,Ditto Account
abpanish 3 per Cent ...
Ditto Nevi Deferred
Ditto Account
6Panish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded sa 1 i
Turkish 6 per Cent
31
-Ditto. Account ............. 74
9
.. Ditto New Loan ........ 5t
9*
.... -Ditto Account ................
1001
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK,
Consols, Money ...................
94
22„1 93
Ditto Account, September

, THE GRASSHOPPER ON THE ROYAL EXCHANGE
1113 Tin THIINDBIL-STORM.--This curious relic of past
Z
"'meg, which has not only an antiquarian interest but is
aosociated. in the popular mind with civic munificence, ap -
Pears to have been placed in considerable peril during the
thunder-storm of Saturday morning, for a vivid flash of
lightning was observed to hover around the vane, whic? formo-
moment was involved in an intense blaze. The at
sphere at that time was so highly charged with the electric
element that the telegraphic wires which pass through the
air east of the Exchange became luminous in so high a de-
;Fee as to dazzle the eyes of those who had their attention
directed to them, .and, indeed, to produce a momentary
blindness. The grasshopper was the crest of Sir Thomas
Gresham the munificent founder of the first Exchange,
and with'that fondness for associations and emblems which
distinguished the period in which he lived the eminent
merchant adopted his own crest for the vane of the
edifice which he erected and dedicated to the use of the
citizens of London. By many it is believed that the pre _
' sent grasshoper is the same which adorned the spire of
'the original stricture ; but, if not, it
ounted the is at all events
three
the identical emblem which has surm
subsequent towers namely, that erected after the Fire
of London ; that built by Mr. Smith in 1813 ; a
nd n after
the last fire it was preserved and used again by
whose professional fame is especially associated with
he present very elegant spire and tower. The archi-
tect, however, took the precaution to introduce, in addl-
. tion to the vane, a most effective lightning conductor,
which is understood to have been constructed under
superintendence of Mr. Walker, the skilful electrician who
has charge of the electric telegraph on the South-Bast
lines. To this precaution, no doubt, the preservation of
the tower from injury if not from destruction during the
recent storm is due. The vane and shaft have since under-
gone a careful examination, and they remain apparently
uninjured.