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

MONEY M

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoeur.
The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed I
heavily, and prices of all descriptions were a shade
easier than on Friday. The sales were estimated
at 6,000 bales for export and 500 on speculation, i
comprising, in addition to American, 200 Pernarn
and Maranham, at 60. to Bd. ; 120 Bahia, 6 5-16 d. 1
to 61d. ; 300 Egyptian, 6id. to 91d. ; and 10,000
Surat, 41-d. to sd. per lb. The Railwr.y Share 2
Market was quiet, but prices were rather better 2
than on Tuesday.
Letters from Spain state that the question of :
free trade in articles of food continues to engage 5;
the attention of the new Govern ne,at. A minis- L
terial circular announces that, in -addition to the 10
admission of flour, wheat, oats, &c., into Spain 10
free of duty, maize, barley, rye, -and other vege-
table alimentary substances, not previously enu- St.
merated, will also be included in the tariff. It is a
announced also in the public journals that a move- st.
ment is being made calling upon all the upper ?5
classes, and those who have stores of grain, to open •!,Z
the same, and sell their wheat in the markets pub- st.
holy throughout the peninsula at, a low rate for the 11
benefit of the poorer classes. 8
10
•
Advices from St. Petersburg, of the 12th inst., 50
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 st
prices of all kinds of grain. In the market at st
Antwerp, Russian grain is quoted as follows :-
Cubanca, middling quality for exportation, 14
florins per 80 kilos., and rye, from Archangel,
91 florins per 62 kilos.
The demand for money out of doors has rather
increased, but it has not produced any variation
- •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 951 for money, and 954 for account.
The New 3 per Cents, are 951 to 96, and the
Reduced 951 1. 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 are 15 prem.
For Foreign Securities the 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 ; Bt,
and Dutch 4 per Cents. also 98. Venezuela have
improved, the 41 per Cents, being 32 , and the St.
Deferred 13i 14. Peruvian 41 per Cents. are
marked 821.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :---
1856. 1855.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton 18,306 18,570
Midland
South-Eastern
Caledonian
Great Northern
L tncashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,405 8,127
Chester and Holyhead
.taondon 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
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada.
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 1/., but:the others show
no quotable alteration from yesterday's prices.
gas, which have been taken out of the official
lists, are firmer, viz., la prem. Most of the
Foreign and Colonial Lines have not been dealt in,
and are nominally steady. The Bengals, Calcuttas,
Euphrates, &c., are neglected.
Banking Shares are generally at lower prices
Crystal Palace rule heavy.

BRITISH .FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. zo
( Frain the Oficial List. 18

itusin.-• don&
Bank Stock
3 per cent. Reduced Annuities... 958 i
g per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 7-16
India Bond 3, £lOOO
Consols frr Account
Riche',per Bills, 21d.
J'ooo ' •••
Rrnall
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent.. lOO4
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto Small lOll
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds 41 per Cent —.
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Cou. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent
Russian Bonds, 1822, E St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent. . 9B
Bp anish Bonds, 3 per Cent ...
Ditto New Deferred. 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Tnrkibh Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto Acconni; lO3l
Ysnezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred, 1. per Cent.
Dividends on the above oavable in London.
DUO' Exchange, 2A per Cent., 12 Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates —
Ditto Account
TWO O'CLOCK.
95 i
9511

Consols, money.
Ditto, Account .

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TAXES SADLEIR.—A. letter from Clonmel repeats the 20
story that this fugitive was lately seen nearCoolnamuck.
It is added that it was positively only early last month 20
.
that he left Clonacoody, when the mansion was taken 3310.
possession of by Csptain Kellett, to whom the place
20
originally belonged.
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
aide they disclosed a gothic window in the old wall. t(;)
It has been closed ever since the Great Fire of Lon- 40
dots, nearly 200 years ago. a 40
.A.LLEGED FRAUD BY A TEA-DEALER.—On Monda a 50
20
party giving his name as Hugh Craig was remittedy, 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,
fraud, or forgery, obtained possession of fifty-eight 4)
half-chests of tea. It appears that the steamer Lyra, 10
plying between Glasgow and Uverpcol, arrived in the 20
harbour on Friday, Ist August, having on board, 20
as part of her cargo, fifty-eight chests of tea eo
in bond, consigned by Mr. Hugh Brown, Glasgow, and 20
addressed to the Collector and Comptroller of Customs
there. The same evening, a respectably-dressed person 8i
called and asked for the tea, when, on being informed 10
that he could not get it on account of the shipping clerk 20
being away, he said he would wait till next morning. 2(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 ha
wou'd regehe to pay freight and charges, and, appa- 25
rently for that purpose, he entered the box, and in a 1.00
short time came out saying all was right. It seems the 40
shipping clerk was busy at the time, and the party, on 50
entering, and finding the receipt-book lying on a table, 25
put down his signature—" C. Reid," and left. On mak- 20
ing up the freight-notes, no such person as Hugh Brown
could he found either in the directory or by inquiries lA,O°
N otherwise. o trace could be found of the tea at the i
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custom-house, or at any of the bonded stores in the `6
city ; and the clerk, supposing that it had been fraudu- ia-
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, 50
and having learned who the carter was whom the party 1001
had engaged, cal.ed on him, and desired him to show 50
where the tea had been deposited. The carter took 100
M`Lachlae to a lane leading off Aetestreet, aria pointed 100
out a store underneath the old Independent Church, 100
which be said was the p!ace. Having ascertained that 4r,'
20
the store was occupied by a party named Craig, in Os- ""
wald-street, M'Lachlan waited on hint the next (Friday) 25
morning, but he denied ail knowledge of the tea, stating
that he had let the store to a merchant from New York, 20
Rained Hugh Brown. On Saturday, authority having 102
been obtained to enter the store, the door was forced 10
open, when 30 of the chests were found entire, and the 31
contents of the other 28 nearly all taken away. The 25
property was taken possession of by the Customs' autho-
25
ities. We understand that in the course of the exatni-
ation on Monday, the prisoner admitted himself as 50
he; ng the identical Hugh Bre wn.—Xorth Briadt Moil. 1)0