The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COriIr.IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
firmly, and prices wera well supported. The sales
amounted to 20,000 bales, 4,500 of which were
taken by the speculators, and 2,500 by the expor-
ters. Railway Shares were steady, and quotations
were without alteration.

Discussions are again taking place with regard to
the probability of a reduction in the rate of dis-
count. Money seems more plentiful than before,
the demand for it does not permanently increase,
and the influx of specie continues on a large
scale. A further accumulation of the Bank
resources will, it is inrigined, lead to a modi-
fication of the existing regulations at the
Bank. Whatever course may be pursued, it seems
pretty certain that no great outlet will yet be made
for the employment of such an amount of the
accumulated means now lying idle, as will occasion
an advance in the terms. The public are averse to
new speculations, and only invest to a small extent
in the old established concerns ; if this reserve
continues, no sensible alteration in the state of the
market can be expected until a revival in trade
tykes place.

It is generally expected Rat the gold announced
yesterday from Australia will be taken into the
Bank of England.

At the meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Mait-
land, Ewing, and Co., a balance-sheet was presented
which showed the liabilities to be 164,3991. 55.,
and the assets 193,0491. 17s. 2d. It is consequently
expected that 20s. in the pound will be paid.
The following telegraphic message from M. A.
Popp, the resident director of the Namur and
Liege Railway, has been posted in the Stock Ex-
change :—" Brussels, Wednesday, 21st April.—
The Bill approving the purchase of the Mons and
Swanage Railway has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives."

This day the half-yearly meeting of the West
Flanders Railway Company took place, Mr.
Richards in the chair. The report was satisfactory,
as showing an increase of traffic, and beyond that
ma augmentation of dividend. In the last half-year
the receipts on all the lines amounted to 21,062/, gs.,
and the total expenditure to 13,941.1. 17s. 6d.,
leaving a balance of 7,1201. 11s. 6d. The sum
available for dividend was 5,0621. 12s. 3d., being
equal to the payment of a dividend of 3s. 9d. per
share. After a short discussion the report was
adopted.

Increased buoyancy has been apparent in the
English Stock Market to-day, owing to further
purchases on speculative account. Several bona
fide investments have also been made—including one
to the extent of 10,0001. Reduced by the Govern-
ment brokers—which have caused additional firm-
tees. The favourable progress of monetary and po-
litical affairs is producing a satisfactory influence,
but business is still very limited. Consols are
marked 961 for money, as well as account. They
are now 961 and 96i 97 respectively. The New
3 per Cents. are 95i 1, and also the Reduced
India Loan scrip continues steady at 991 100. The
March Exchequer Bills are 345. to 375. premium,
the June ditto 335. to 365. premium, and India
Bonds 21s. premium.

A moderate amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Foreign Stock Market, and quotations
are rather higher. Turkish 6 per Cents. aro
971 98 ex. div. ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 1041.
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are 80 ; Chilian 6 per
Cents., 103 ; Danish 5 per Cents., 1021 ; Equador,
1411 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 201 ; Russian 41 per
Cents , 1011 101 ; Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 571 ;
and Dutch 21 per Cents., 66.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 6 ; Mexi-
can 3 per Cents., 19i 20 ; Peruvian 4} per
Cents., 81 83 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45
46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; Ditto 4i per
Cents., 99 101; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4311 441 ;
and Ditto Deferred, 26
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

Great Western lB5B. 1857.
£28,352 £28,943
North-Western
B
Bonth-Western
..
rightonl4,lBo 15,008
Wildland
South-Eastern - 17,143 18,287
Great Northam 21,035 22,681
Lancashire and Yorkshire 21,180 22,796
Bristol and Exeter 5,771 5,784
Uheater arid Holyhead
Lancaster and Carlisle
5,703 5,426
)40arntehh.Eesatsetre,
rSahefEeld, & Lincoln 8,877 9,456
31,555 32,639
North London
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver 4,054 3,928
South Devon
Bdinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ... 3,001 3,324
Gduaburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 1011,352 11,403
,725
Northern of France
40,535 37,771
7,771
A very limited business has been transacted in
Railway shares to-day, but in several instances
there is an improvement of about to 1 per cent
in prices. South-Western and North-Eastern
(Berwick) advanced ss. ; Great Western and Mid-
lands, 10s. ; Caledonian, 15s. ; and Eastern Coun-
ties and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1/. In the
Foreign and Colonial lines there is little variation
to report. East Indian have declined about 55.,
and Sambre and Meuse, 10s.
Mining Shares have been dull. Devon Great
Consols were dealt in at 460 to 4624 ; North Wheal
13assett, 104 11 ; and Wheal Mary Ann, 43.
4irtt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
at slightly improved rates. London Joint Stock
111;Yre advanced ss. ; Oriental Bank, 10s. ; and
'llion of Australia, ss. Electric Telegraph re-
tilltined steady at 104.

11 It ITIB FI FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
Balk Stock
(prom the Official Liu %)
221 2
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9si i i
NPew
3 er Cont. Consols Annuities 96
' 2 .-. •
95 i i
' •-• er uent A inmates
Long Annuities (Exp. sth Jan., 1860)-114
11 6
India Loan Debentures 993
Ditto Scrip . .. lO 991
Unsols for
Atha Bonds, A.lOOO ••• • ....... 21 p
Account
March. June.
£lOOO . ............. .. ....... 37 4 I
Ditto Advertised. ........ ...... I
36 3........................ 37
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 8 per Cent.
Ditto At,connt BO
Ohtlisu Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3
Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825
Ditto 5 per Cent lO2 i
4 luadorNew Consolidated l4l a
Die '
20 ,.. l'eau 3 per Cent
stussian Bonds, 182"2,182"2,E St., 5 per Cent — i
Ditto, 4i per Cent.
,i
100 1
. Turitieh Bonds 6 per cent 97'
Ditto Account,
. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 For Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange. 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 66
. Peruvian Dollar'Bonds, 44 per Cent.

Controls, money TWOO'CLO( K.
bitte, Aooonnt
961 7

. A Vienna letter says
felt in official
.quarter-
' "Much satisfaction is
at the pacific turn which
affairs in Bosnia, ser,,i:
the Herzegovina have
• taken of late. The cliffe;etanbni:rkish.Commissioners
sent by the Porte into
ces,t have ex-
pressed on the part of the Sultan most cbon l'a-
tory intentions. It now only remain':
Whether the armed rayahs will return to theiredseten
by accepting the new government and the institu-
tions lions which the Ottoman commissioners offerti
to the Christian population in the name of Turkey,
Austria has no longer anything to fear for the tran-
quillity and security of her frontiers on that side."
FIRE IN CANNON-STREET, ClTT,—Last evening,
about seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises cc-
copied conjointly by the Anglo-Australian and Univer-
situaFteamatil
1(i 3'
No.A sas,urance Company and the United
Eldora Benevolent Life Annuity Fund Society,
awnlaseuma by one Co
of
Cannon-street-west, -str ee
inmatest-w
maded burning. Upon entering the board room
ens ter eel; ihneg discovery
g
le_othe latter society, it was found to be on fire, which was
act got under until everything in the room was seriously
• W,
.cgehd and a quantity of books and papers destroyed,
oliv_lacad_ been packed in the place under an iron safe.
de 6. t he principal books were destroyed. They were
Mimed in a.n iron reliance safe, made by Mr. J. Tann,
°f
Walbr"k and although the rtlge on which it rested
Was burnt so ai to allow it to topple over and the iron
, r"me red with heat, every book was found to be per-
4ectly uu• .
Th Injured The ori in of the fire is unknown.
9 Prenlisea and contents were insured.

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