The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-11 00:00:00

JIOYE 1 MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

During the past week there has been little
change of importance in the state of trade in the
various manufacturing districts. At Leeds the
woollen cloth trade has been steady, with a fair
demand for fabrics suitable for the ap-
proaching season.. The inquiries for home
use, and for exportation, continue to show
symptoms of improvement. Most of the
manufacturers are now fully employed on spring
goods, and the operatives generally are in constant
'employment. Business at Bradford has been
rather flat, and buyers have abstained from operat-
ing, under the impression that lower rates will yet
be current. In the iron trade of South Stafford-
shire there has been a slight improvement, although
no change of price is likely to take, place. At Shef-
ffield and Wolverhampton there has been a fair extent
of business in the hardware trades of the districts. In
Manchester there has been more inquiry for goods
suitable for the India and China Markets. Prices
are generally firm. The hosiery trade at Leicester
continues active, and at Nottingham there has been
a fair amount of business in most descriptions of
laces.

The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed
firmly, and prices of all kinds were unaltered. The
sales amounted to 8,000 bales. In Railway Shares
only a very moderate business was done, at about
former quotations.

The general appearance of the money-market is
indicative of continued easiness, and it is imagined
that the distribution of the October dividends,
which commence to-day, will swell the available
supplies, and create an additional tendency towards
relaxation. As the terms have already attained
the low range of 22 per cent., a further
decline is not awaited with any feeling of anxiety ;
but, at the same time, there is a considerable
degree of curiosity among financiers and others to
ascertain the policy which the authorities intend
to pursue, especially as many are inclined to think
that an alteration should have been made last
Thursday. On Friday and. Saturday the demand
for discount was rather more animated ; but, owing
to the extreme abundance, these occasional varia-
tions in the inquiry attract very little notice. The
influx of bullion, and the intimation that about
three quarters of a million sterling are coming
forward from Australia, justifies the expectation
that the accumulation will continue. Besides the
receipts from that prolific source, the state of the
exchange at New York will, no doubt, lead to
large consignments from the United States, which
together with Russian and other remittances, will
probably maintain the present high rates of
importation.

On Saturday about £44,000 in gold was taken
into the Bank.

Accounts from Paris state that during the last
month the discount operations of the Bank of
France have largely increased, and the consequence
has been a decline in the stock of bullion.
A further improvement has taken place in the
English Funds to-day, and the markets for other
securities are also rather buoyant. Business,
though quiet, is increasing, and the payment of the
dividends is likely to stimulate the upward course
of values. A higher range of prices being gene-
rally anticipated, the speculators are inclined to
operate. for a rise, but at the present moment the
sudden advance in Turkish Scrip, and the settle-
ment of the Consol:account, occupy the chief atten-
tion of the brokers and dealers. Consols have,
nevertheless, improved to 95a 4 for transfer and
the 12th inst., and to 984 77,- for the 10th November
This buoyancy is by no means surprising, with
Money worth little more than 2i per cent., and
easily obtainable. Had the public previously shown
a greater inclination to make investments, a revival
of speculative business would have been experienced
some time ago. The New 3 per Cents. were
quoted 9714 ; and the Reduced, 97! a. India
Loan Debentures are also firmer, the Ist issue be-
ing 991 and the 2d, 992. The March Exchequer
Bills are 345. to 375. prem. ; the June ditto, 255. to
20s. prem. ; and the Bonds, loot. Bank Stock is
220 to 221.

In the Foreign Market the business transacted
has been limited, except in the New Turkish Scrip,
Which has further advanced. No. 1 is about fi
prem.; and No. 2, 1-,§i I prem., but they have been
higher. Turkish 6 per Cents. ex div. are quoted
941 95; Spanish 3 per Cents. are 46-1 ; Vene-
zuela Deferted, 14-1,-; Peruvian 3 per Cents., 701 ;
Mexican 3 per Cents., 202 ; Brazilian 42 per Cents.,
962 97 ; and the 5 per Cents., 103.

A rather large amount of business has been
transacted in the Railway Share Market this
morning, and prices in most instances have im-
proved to the extent of about ato per
cent. Great Northern, Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee, Lancashire andYorkshire,•South-Western,
Midland and Norfolk, North British and North-
Eastern .(Berwick), improved ss. ; North-Western
and South-Eastern, 10s. ; and Caledonian and
Great Western, £1 ; Eastern Counties have de-
clined about ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines
have been inactive, but quotations are well
supported. Lombardo-Venetian have improved ss.
Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada,
and East Indian have been at former values.

Joint Stock Bank Shares have been largely
dealt in, and prices are a shade firmer. In the
Miscellaneous Market there is little alteration to
report. Atlantic Telegraph shares are dealt in at
395 to 400 ; Electric Telegraph at 113 ; and Red
Sea Telegraph, 2k it-.

Bank
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. S
Stocki
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 22os
i 971
20 1 20
per Cent. Consols Annuities
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 2i per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... 11
India Stock
Ditto Debentures
Ditto ditto, 2d Issue
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO ..
Consols for Account

98i j
March! June.
Itohequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 37 4 I 28 5 9
Ditto Bonds, 18.58, 31 per Cent
Ditto, 1859 lOOl

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 96
Brazilian, 5 per Cent. lO3 21
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 961 7
rquador New Consolidated
Ditto Provisional Land Warrant 3 41
Mexican 3 tier Cent.....
Ditto Account
Peruvian, 4f per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lll+
Ditto Account
Sardinian, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6f
Turkish, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan Scrip 1 1 Ot p x new
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
'Ditto Account
Venezuela, 5 per Cent.
pitto Deferred 2 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in-London.

: 201 I ad

Consols, Money THREE O'CLOCK
Ditto Account, Octiber

SHOCKING BRUTALITY ON BOARD COOLIE SHIPS.
--The British steamer Cleopatra arrived at Singapore, from
Amoy, bound to Havana, on 24th June, with 440 coolies on
boar& Upwards of 40 had died on the passage, and 20 had
jumped overboard at Singapore, where the ship was de-
tained for want of a crew, who had left in consequence of
their time having expired. The British ship Tasmania,
Nourse, from Hong Kong, arrived At Havana on April 22,
after a passage of 91 days, with 260 coolies, 143 having died
(An the passage. The Spanish ship Julian de Unzueta, Ar-
tam, arrived at Havana the same day, after a passage of,
118 days with 267 coolies, 117 having died on the passage.
,North China Herald, June 24.
SEAMEN'S WAGES IN NORTH-EAST PORTS.—A
few (vows of ships have left their vessels at Shields and Sun-
derland in col‘equence of the refusal of owners to give sea-
Men the 10s. per voyage increase in wages claimed by them
for the winter season. But there seems to be no probability
Of any serious interruption in the trade of the ports from
this cause, for nine vessels had sailed on Saturday whose
crews were paid the advanced rate, and on Monday and
Tuesday 17 crews signed articles for the same wages. The
t!lority of owners, therefore, have conceded the men's
demands. In the small ports no difficulty whatever on the
wages question has arise4,—Suwkriand Timm