The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET- AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce
have been rather inactive during the last few days,
and for some of the chief staples prices have been
in favour of buyers. Tea, however, has been firm,
and since the delivery of the letters by the over-
land mail there has been a rather fresh inquiry
from the trade, at fully late rates. Sugar has been
fiat,-and prices have slightly declined. Coffee con-
tinues in fair demand, and full rates are readily
obtained for the finer qualities of Plantation
Ceylon. Cocoa and rum have sold steadily at about
late rates, and rice has been dull, prices in most
instances having slightly receded. Spices have
been dealt in at fair rates, and saltpetre and fruit
have been at rather improved quotations. The
public sales of wool at Liverpool have been well
attended, and good useful qualities have realised an
advance of ld. per lb. on the rates of last July.
Tallow has been firm, and prices have shown an im-
provement. P.Y.C. on the spot has advanced to 50s.
3d. ; last three months, 50s . ; and spring deliveries
50s. 9d. to 51s. 3d. per cwt.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
moderate business was transacted, 8,000 bales having
been disposed of, at full rates. The Railway Share
Market closed quietly, although prices in some in-
stances slightly improved.
£85,090 in gold were received at the Bank of Eng-
land yesterday, and it is computed that the total
must now approach £20,000,000. Further addi-
tions are expected next week, through arrivals from
the United States and Russia. The Australian
mail, now due, will no doubt report further con-
signments, as the yield of gold, through the
application of machinery and the scientific system
of mining now adopted, is likely to be less fluctu-
ating than heretofore.

The demand for money shows no increase of
importance in the requirements of the commercial
classes. The instalment, amounting to £450,009,
due to-day on the Turkish Loan, has not produced
any perceptible influence.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Commercial
Gas Company, to-day, a dividend was declared at
the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
I iThe half-yearly meeting of the Buffalo and Lake
Huron Railway Company took place to-day. The
report stated that the gross revenue of the line now
opened for the six months was £25,812, but the
working expenses had more than absorbed the
amount. The Western division of the line to the
Huron road was opened on the 28th of June last.
It appeared from the accounts that the assets of the
"Illrany in cash, stores, &c., were about £47,000.
The report was adopted.
The English Stock Market is rather firmer, but
the transactions .are chiefly confined to the arrange-
ment of the account. -Consols are 981 Z- for
121°11eY, and.9Bl for the November account. It
is expected that as soon as the liquidation is over
the Prices will exhibit renewed buoyancy, owing
to the accumulation of bullion and the prospect of
a reduction in the rate of discount., The March
Exchequer Bills, 345. to 375. prem. ; and the June
ditto, 255. Indian Loan 'Debentures are marked
991 1 ; and the Scrip, second. issue, 991 1; and
ditto Bonds, 15s. Bank Stock is rather flat, viz.
2251,

In the Foreign Stock Market business is rather
inactive, and quotations tend downwards. Turkish
6 per Cents. are :971 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1051;
Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1021; ditto 41 per Cents.,
(1838) 961 973 ; Equador New Consolidated, 141 ;
Portuguese 3 per Cents., 47 -1-; Spanish 3 per
Cents., 461 ; ditto Deferred, 301 31; and ditto
Passive, 111; Turkish Scrip is 1 dis. to par, and
that of the second issue is quoted 1 1 prem.

According to Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., the
following are the prices of American Securities :

Redeemable.
'Uni 1867 -1868
States 6 per Cents
Do. G per Cent Bonds
Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds -
lentneky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72
a
Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds -
B ond
Mssachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. •
s . _
Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock • " •
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock.
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds.
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds '..
Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds
Boston 49 per Cent. St. Bonds
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. ..
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. ..
Blinois Central 6 per Cent
Do (Freelands)
shares, 60 dols. paid
Michigan Central 8 per Cent
"0. do. shares
4New York -Central 6 per Ct ,
not convertible .
New York Central 7 per Ct ,
convertible, from J-Une 15,
1857-59
do. shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
M,..3d mortgage
ew York and Erie 7 per Ct.,
convertible
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
sinking fund
do. shares
anama 7 per Ct., Ist mort-
1' 0. do.
gage Str. Bonds not cony..
, lst. do.
Pennsylvania Cen. 6 per Ct ,
Ist mortgage, convertible
till 1860
... lBBO 90
The Railway Share Market has been rather
depressed, and several of the principal lines show
a decline of about Ito 3- per cent. Caledonian have
receded 15s. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, North-Western, declined ss. ; Great
Western and Midland, 10s. ; and Norfolk, £1
North British advanced ss. ; and South-Eastern,
ss• The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in-
active, and prices have not shown any material
alteration. Paris and Lyons declined 55., and
East Indian improved ss.
Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dealt in to a
very limited extent. London Joint Stock improved
to 31i 321 ; Bank of Australasia declined to 861 ;
and Union of Australia to 56 and 561.
In the Miscellaneous Market, Atlantic Telegraph
shares were dealt in at 400 ; Peel River Land at
; and Submarine Telegraph Scrip at / 1.
11R-

Prices.
104 105
104 f 1051
78 --
91 93
94 95

1886

101 103
961 971
79 81
841 851
80 82
82 84
83 84

1877
Divers

1875
1875

1860

1869

1883

1864

1833

1362

1875

1359
1865

„ --ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
.? par Cent. Consols Annuities .. ... 9Bl 11 1
41°11g Annuities, expire sth Yen., 1860 ......
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 7-16
India Stock
Ditto Debentures
Ditto Scrip, 2d Issue
Ditto Bonds £lOOO
Ditto under £l,000
Dank Stock for Account 2251
Consols for Account
, March June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid._ 37 4 —3Ditto L5OO,
Ditto Small, lid.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
trazilian, 5 per Cent. 1024
...Ditto 1858, 41- per Cent. 97 6/ 71 61
-tquador New donsolidated
4
Ditto
Provisional Land Warrant 3 41
Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Pmtiguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto ACCount -
Spanish 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
111
Tanish Coin. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6/ 6
urkish, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account ..................
..
1 1
Ditto New Loan Scrip... . .. . ......
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money and Account 931 a •
Ditto Account, November

SINGULAR FAplaceTAL ACCIDENT AT TURRIFF.—A
fatal accident took at a farm in this neighbourhood
the forenoon of Sabbath last. A boy, who was employedin
herding cattle, having been amusing himself with a piece
of fencing wire, had fixed it round his body and round the
neck of one of the cattle. The animal becoming frightened,
1'4114_ off, dragging along with it the unfortunate boy. The
kruggles of the animal appear to have become more and
more violent until the wire was broken, by which time,
however from the animal having moved several times, as in
Ll,.circle, round the body of the boy, the wire was twisted so
ightly as to compress the body to such a degree that death
nunediately ensued.—Banf Journal.
ASSAULT ON A SCHOOL BOY.—The Rev. James
Davenport, incumbent of Weston-on-Avon, Gloucester-
0,
aire, was summoned before the county magistrates at
I:44,lKlert, on Thursday, to answer a charge of assaulting. a
1,30 Y about seven years old, on the 26th ult., son of Daniel
ataillikner• a shepherd. The boy went to a Sunday school
c, 1 alywe place, and for inattention or obstinacy, was
The lad
by the defendant, by violently "boxing" his ears.
Beolad went home with his face and head much swollen
nDleeding, and it was found necessary to call in a sur-
5-"°n• The bench fined the defendant and costs.—Worr
center Chronicle.