The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

MONEI

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COMMEROJAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Foreign and Colonial Produce M.ikets
during the last few days have exhibite(l rather Llor e
activity, and most of the leading artier-s of con-
sumption have realisLcl steady rates. Te s has been
firmer, and common congou realises 13d. p r lb.
cash. Sugar of the better qualities is in good de-
mand, and at a slight improvement, but the infe-
rior descrip.ions are not much inquired for ; late
rates, however, were in most iostanc..s realised.
In the Refined Market a lair amount of business
has been reported, chiefly for home c nr-umption,
and full rates are current. Good qualities of plan-
tation Ceylon coffee main ain their value, but for
other kinds there is little demand. Rice has been
steady, and saltpetre flat. A moderate amount
of business has been reported in ruin, at about
previous quotations. The Tallow Market has
been very quiet, and prices arc rather lower.
P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 525. 9d. to 535. ;
March delivery, 525. 6d ; and last three months,
51s. 6d. per cwt.

The Liverpool Cotton M irket yesterday clo,,ed
with au improving tendency, and pric2es of all
descriptions Were filly id. per lb. deaier. The
sales were estimated at 7,000 bale, 500 of which
were taken by the speculators, and 500 by the ex-
porters. In the Railway Share Market there was
less animation, and values were at a slight decline.

The steamer Sultan which leaves to-morrow for
Bombay will t tke out 213,4341. chiefly in silver.
These additional remittances tend to augment the
business in the silver market, and the quotations
are maintained with greater firmness, bars being
se. lid. per oz. standard. The Eastern ex-
changes, as reported by the advices yesterday, are
rather in favour of this country, but the shipments
of specie will, no doubt, continuo on the present
scale.

Nearly 50,0001. was sent into the Bank yester-
day. The principal portion of the gold received
from Australia by the N Ithumberland has been
forwarded to the Continent.

As anticipated, the interest on Exchequer Bills
will bo reduced t ) 2d. per cent. per diem. An
official notice has been given to th.t effect. Even
at the altered quotation, however, these securities
Will yield rather more than 3 per cent. per annum,
viz., 31. Os. 10d.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreigu
Stocks :—Grenada, alerted Bonds, 6 to GI; Mexi-
can, 23 to 201 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 to
83 ; Do. 3 per Cents., 55 to 57 ; Poituguese 3 pdr
Cents„ 451 to 461 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 to
112; Do. 4i per Cents., 93 to 100 ; Spanish 3 pi-r
Cents., 43i to 44f ; and Do. New Deferred, 26 to
26k.

The half-yearly meeting of the Peel River Land
and Mineral Cotupany has just been held. The
accounts for the year 1857 will be sulanitt-d at
the next meeting. The returns for the half-year
were as follows :—SalQs of I.tick, 1,921/. 04. 4d ;
113 cattle, 4531. 12s. ; thrre hones, 231. Leaving
in hand 54,526 sheep, 3,475 cat le, and 223 horsds.
247 gold licenses hid been producing 2141.
10s. 327 bales of wool had bceu trausinitted"to
Sydney. The report is still under discussion.

At the speoial meeting of the Pernambuco 114i1-
Way Company to-day, a resoluti 3n. was passed for
raising the 400,0001. regoired to complete the live,
by a loan in the guarantee, by the Raz'lian
Government, of 5 per cent. per annum.

The report of the directirs of the Buffalo and
Lake Huron Railway Company has just been
presented, and states that the line will be opened
in June next. The present outl iy was $2,750,000.
It is proposed ti issue 15,000 preference shares at
101., at 7 per cent., to complete the work.
The English Funds have been much firmer to-
du', and there has been an improved tone in all
departments of the house. Although a feeling of
uncertainty still prevails, it is thought that Lord
Derby will be able to form a Ministry, and that
Political affairs will soon mike favourable progress.
Purchases to a small txtent hive consequently been
nude, and the result is rather more firmness.
Consols have been 961 fur money, and 96t
for account, but they are now about 96l both 41.
for money and account. The New Three per -
Cents. are 971 1, the Reduced 96,1 971, and the _
advertised Exchequer Bids 235. to 30,. premium. it
)3auk Stock is 227, and India ditto 2201 to 223. I
A. moderate amount of bu.iness has been done in l
the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are rather
firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 101 and ditto it
4 per Cents., 1041 # ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents.,
80fr and ditto Deferred, 18; Chilia' 3 per Cents.,
74 ; Grenada Deferred, 6 ; Mexica❑ 3 per Cent...,
4ut ; Peruvian 3 per Cents., 55i ; Spanish New

Deferred, 261; French 4 por Cents., 94f. 50c.,
itlid Dutch 4 per Cents., 1001 /.
A moderate business h-ts been reported this

kerning in the Railway Share Market, and en hn-
provement of about to 1 per cent. may be quoted
°ll most of the lea ling Ciled.,nian, East
Lancashire, E tiuburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great
liorthern, North-E :stern (Berwick), North-
Xistern (York), and South-Eastern, 10s. ; Gloat
Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. ; and
isterm Counties; North Western, and Mid- 11
444") U. In the Foreign Lines Scarcely
Y business was reported, and prices remain II
quite tomin.al. The Colonial lines have been
11'4. Grand Trunk of Canada improved lOs ,
1111 d East Indian declined 103. Great Western of
Canada and Great Indian Peninsula reached
terday's quotations.
In Miues, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shari s the! C
18 scarcely any business reported, ant prices are
Unaltered to any material extent. Canada Land
Shares have improved about 2/.

~R Ali
FQNUa THIS DAY AT ONE • eULt).
(From the Offirtal /Add

..
Business dose
rlk Btock
.. 227
pt,' lieut. Seduced A1111111104..6 . .
IT:er Uent Console innwinie , .
1„,
." ' Per Cent. Annuities 964 7i i --yug Annuities expire sti. Jan. 1860. 2 1-16
molls Stock .
It • 223 20;
op& Bonds, .ClOOO ...... ............. .. 25 29 p
..
1-8018 for Account
.. ........... 966 4
Eze
Bra ctttoquer 0111 s, 241.1 Alorch. June.
Ditto Advertised4s
--
ieliki 4)? o'OREIGN F.; NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
sqlerios Ayres Bowls, 6 per Cent. BOl
~„ Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent .
‘lilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. . --
pr'll,,itto ~'' per Cent 74
ado New Active, 2i per Cent. -
)tt.l)itto D
Deferred 6 i
bt
per ,
Ditto ,_ en t
11,3 Account 2Ol
Ltl°lan Bonds, ~I. per Cent .
iiLtto 3 per Cdnt . —
4 "to Account
ric'h ~,...ib . pt' "`
I):it_to New Deferred, 3 per cent.
vio, ... Account
Ditto
~,nus 6
per cent . . . . —
iitt!tto Account
Ditto
011arantced i• per Cont.
"1) Account ' IO4A 1. .
4iii 1, , Dividends on the .bore payable in London.
160 h " 11011teS, 4i per Cent. 94f. 50a.
crr
Do.
'''Azehaug, , 2.- per Cen:,., 12 Guilders
' Per Cont. Gortificates
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TWO O'CLOOt‘•
Consols
bi, money
tt", Account
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Vort,N 41)IAN AND AMERICIAN EMIGRATION.—An im-
,,,) ci Arrangement nas been completed between the
first"
and North-Western Rail.ay and the Grand
111,11"' Railway of Canada, by which passengers of the
tio%ti'd'econd and third ciases can he bookf-r1 at the.
:,tt:tl,l.ffic'es of the latter company, 21, 01.1 Bioau-
i't4 t:
'''', •C• to their destina i 'Ls on the American con
't.,„11-yor one payment, which includes the. railway fare
stiz,i,- 1-4011 don to Liverpool, the sea transit, , itli,r by
ittl r;L' by sailino st,ip and the rail Nay fare to up Narda
ft' °I-e,tlir; . tali., ni 'and cities iii Canada and the
a distance of
,-,g94p- Qtategß,'' a- f'-a. even as Ka, ,a ',
't'llti, - Nes from'Quebec,and of 1,818 from P..,rtland.
tap V4lllO l
°I eau! raw-,Pril't'""th r-ilwa '
ttollvited stat: a, showing
r ff the r:
through rat a, and tne pie..
y connections oith
t0t494 afforde'dtt e ta.l • "tie b the Grand Trunk rou.te,
Ih:l4e to be ioss"uiendigraa! usual,y gratis, on,
application
Ilit,tott Pery.
1,,, mu or by the letter, at 21, Old Broad-
, Tile --'lldon, E.C.
`•%apt aCOost-guard. service ship Wellington, 72,
Iliglit - cdlrt Moore, lrrived at Plymouth on Friday
T, f.'"lil scoti,.ll'd
0 e
ttl4l rite, 4 guns, screw steam gun vt!,.9,1,
ti% aniier 4-7
b - 01, 8 -V$ ow- oust, was p,d .di.at Si ee, -
t 6641 , aturday Her seaitieu and in,ruivs hive
e iiransferred •to the Waterloo flagaliip, where
ItilY are to
-kieit 4, rernain as supernumeraries until the
4eaniship is ready to proceed to Plymouth.