The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
There has been rather more activity displayed
in the market for Foreign and Colonial produce
during the last few days, and for most of the lead-
ing articles full rates have been obtained. Tea,
however, was inactive, and declined about ld. per
lb. The better qualities of sugar have been well
supported, and coffee .maintains its value. Rice
and rum have been at steady quotations, and
for saltpetre there has been an active inquiry at an
Improvement of about 6d. to Is. per cwt. The
public sales of indigo have proceeded very slowly,
and a considerable quantity has been withdrawn
Owing to the low rates current. Good useful
qualities, however, maintain the rates realised at
the commencement of the sale. Tallow has been
(lull, but prices are rather firmer, P.Y.C. on the
spot, 535. to 535. 3d. ; June delivery, 525. 9d. ;
and last three months, 50s. per cwt.
Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices were
Well supported. The sales were estimated at 10,000
balm The Railway Share Market presented a
steady appearance, told quotations slightly ad-
vanced.

About 120,0001. in gold was taken from the
Bank of England yesterday. It appears that large
quantities of silver are being sent to Boulogne, and
the movement, it is feared, if continued, will soon
exert an unfavourable influence upon the Money
Market.

The arrivals announced to-day include the Arago
hinin New York, with specie to the amount of
17,2001., and the Morning Star, from Melbourne,
with 19,132/.

It is fully expected by those who take a special
interest in financial affairs that the Bank return
to-night will exhibit some important and unfavour-
able changes. The bullion has bee n trenched upon
to a considerable extent through tb e remittances to
the continent, and some alterations are also looked
in the reserve of notes.

The Money-market still retains an easy appear-
ance, but the demand is rather mare active, owing
to a slight increase in the commerci:nl requirements.
On the Stock Exchange money can be obtained at
1 to 2 per cent. on Government securities.
In the Market for English Securities the trans-
actions to-day have been very limited, and until
the result of the debate which will commence this
evening is known, no revival can be anticipated.
Consuls have been 97i ± for money, and 971 if
for account. They are now 972 for the latter.
The New Three per Cents. are 952 96 ; the Re-
duced, 954 ; and the New 21 pex Cents., 801.
Indian Loan Debentures are 100 a L. Exchequer
Bills, 375. to 41s. prem. ; the Bonds, 1011 .
Bank Stock is 221 2221.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been
rather more active, and prices are steady. Turkish
6 per Cents. are 96i 2 ; ditto 4 per Cents. nominal.
Russian 4i per Cents. are 1011 102; Venezuela 42
Per Cents., 362 371 ; Ditto Deferred, 141 ; Mexi-
can 3 per Cents., 201 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents.,
861 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 611 ; Brazilian 41 per
Cents., 1021 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 821 ;
Equador Provisional Land Warrant, 31 ; Grenada
New Active, 21 ; Belgian 41 per Cents., 991 ;
Dutch 4 per Cents., 991 4 ; and Per uvian Dollar
Bonds, 63.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks ;—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7; Mexi-'
can 3 per Cents., 201 2 ; Peruvian. 4. per Cents.,
86 88 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 60 62 ; Portuguese 3
per Cents., 45i 461 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1.11
113 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 101 103 ; Spanish 3 per
Cents., 44 ; and ditto Deferred, 261 27.

Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the follow-
long as the prices of American Securities :

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1538...104 106
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...101 106
STATE SECURITIES.
412baza per Cent ... 78
gent
tucky 5
6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-1872... 91 93
Nyland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 90 92
.4si&l,BB.ftehusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...1001 101 h
sissippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk.
rfonds lB4l-1871...
ississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ...
penneylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
r,annsylvania per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 83
... 82 81
gnnessee 6 per Cent. Bonds
v."l:ginia per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82 81
5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888_ 82 84
LOANS OF CITIES.
1883... 90
13°81411 4i per Cent. Bonds
sontreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1863...
4.4ev? Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883...
RAILROAD BONDS.
tillnola Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875... 81 83
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 80 82
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Ronde 1860... 80 92
Jui.,.inois Central (Shares), $3O paid.... ... 14 d 12d
Quehigan Central 8 p. Cent., Convert 1860...
Do. do. do. 1869... 85 87
'"ew York Central 7p. Cent Convert 1864... 93 95
Isiew York Central 6 per Cent. not
,
New
1883... 81. 83
•Nevi• York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
,.gage 1883... 70 72
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862...
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
Fund 1875...
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... 83 90
*ennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist M0rt.1880... 8 Z 89

A very moderate business has been done in the
Railway Share Market this morning, and prices
have fluctuated to the extent of about to 1 per
cent. Caledonians have declined ss. ; North-
Western and Midlands, 10s. ; and Great-Western,
15s. Eastern Counties, and Lancashire
and York4iire, have improved se. ; North-
British and Brighton, 10s. to 15s. ; and Great
li-orthern and Manchester, Sheffield, and.
Lincoln, 1. The Foreign and Colonial under-
takings are very dull. Great Luxembourg,
and Sambre and Meuse have improved about ss.
East Indian declined 10s., and Great Western of
Canada brought previous values.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
Rat. London and County have declined ss. Lon-
don Chartered of Australia, Union of London, and
London Joint Stock have barely sustained previous
quotations.

lilt ITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
(Prom the Official Lists)
Bank (Prom
221 21 3
3 per cent. Reduced Annuities 9sifiiii
aiiyer Cant. Console Annuities 97i 4 i it
Dew 3 per Cent. Annuities .. . 954 6 5i
New 24 per Cent. Annuities
India Loan Debentures lOO4
.. Ditto Scrip
4.:(11. Bonds, £lOOO
_ rdtto, under £lOOO 24
Vol sols for Account ..... 97i
Exchoquer Bills, 21d. March, June.
1-;1000
&nil
Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 31 par Cent....
Pitt°, 1 559
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
trazinan 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1852, 41 per Cent.
Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. —
t)itto Account B2l
Danish Bonds, 3 pot Cent., 1825
Ditto 5 per Cent 1034 3
Dutch Ex, ange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 6 1
Equador New Consolidated —
Ditto Provisional Land ,Warrant
Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. 2l
Mexican 3 per Cent 2Ol
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent -
Ditto Account ... . B6 i
Ditto 3 per Cont.
Russian Bonds, 1.822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto, 41 por Cent.
Pardinian Boucle, i per Cent.
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent. ... ........ ." 924
........... .... ..... 961 Ditto, Account
Ditto Account ••• 3437 i 6
• Ditto Deferred, 2 per Cent. ....
....... 148
Dividends on the Above payable in London.
Belgian 41 por Cent., ex. 25 francs
Do. 4 .er Cent. Certificates
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 par Cent 63 2i
itILER O'CIOCIC.
..• 974 i
Consols, money
97g
Consols for Account, (June 3)

WH/TWORTH'S PoLTGONAL RIFLE CANNON. —On
Tuesday, the 11th inst., F xperiments were made at Shoe-
k"rness with one of Whitworth's 32-pounder cast-irono
t'lYgonal bore rifle nuns, in the presence of the alith -
-'tieB-fsmo, 9 feet 6 inches long, and 56 owt. The first
three rounds gave average results, but at the fourth
Inid the gun burst into fragments.—Mcchanics' Maya-
tine.
,ntADVERTISEMENT.I—IS CONSUMPTION CURABLE
valids and families liable to, or who have suffered
'n
?°,ll the ravages of this fearful scourge, will find an
an to the above question in the article on Con-
Coption now publishing in the Household Physician.
t7itetits of No. 3 : Consumption—its Origin and only
coessful mode of Cure ; The Nursery, and the Dkeani,
:.Children—Yfewles ; Drunkenness and its Diseases-
-Ipitation of the heart, &c. Published every Sa.tur-
Cp. price id., by Ji A. Berger, Paternoster-row ; and
'4I3Y all nevinagento.

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