The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-29 00:00:00

MONEY

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COMMERCJAL INTELLIGZ;TC,,

CITY, Two o'CLooK,

The advices received this m 'rain t, from the
manufacturing districts represent that business,
owing to the continuance of fine weather, was
slightly improved for the various light, fabrics suit-
able for the season. At Leeds a perceptible ame-
lioration has been experienced in most de-
scriptions of light woollen cloths in the ware-
houses ; the various cloth halls had been
visited by a large number of buyers, and the
tone of the market was decid dly cheei
The worsted trade at Bradf rd, however, has I:eei.
inactive, and in the piece-goods ti a le there is. it le
variation to report, the demand for ex} o. tat on
for both the American and German markets b Ong
very limited. The hosiery trade of Leicest,r has
slightly improved in goods suitable f r home con-
sumption, but for export there is little or mo inquiry ;
at Nottingham rather more activity has prevailed in
the lace trade. Business at Manchester has shown
very little improvement, the demand f r cloths still
continuing very inactive. In yarns a fair number
of transactions had been reportei, a ,d the mat kt-t
for these descriptions of goods is decidedly hi nter.
The iron trade of South S affordshire has remained
very inactive. The fancy and general trade of
Birmingham continues extremely d-presse 1, arid
considerable numbers of the operatives are still
unemployed. The general hard ware trade at
Wolverhampton has exhibited li-tle change, and in
the tin and japan trades increased depres-ion has
been apparent ; the saddlery ironmongery trade at
Wallsall is equally heavy.

The Liverpool Cotton Market on S ►turday
closed heavily, but prices did not exhibi, any
alteration of importance. The sales were esti wated
at 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for
export and 1,000 on speculation. The Railway
Share Market was rather flat.

There is not the slightest change to repor in V.°
Money Market, where the supply is superabun-
dant, and the demand very limited. Occasionally
there is an increased number of applications for
accommodation, but they produce no effect, and he
terms range from 2i per cent, for the neglYiat on of
the best qualities of commercial bills. Opiniousdiff r
with respect to the policy of the Bank Director s; for
while some consider another relaxation in the late
inevitable, others believe that a determina* ion has
been formed not to grant any further discount
facilities when they would render very little benefit
to the commercial public or to the national
establishment.

The Indian Loan does not appear very popular
at present, and it is gen9rllly believed ,hat the
estimates made as to the probabl.- price at which it
will be taken are too high Th- c m‘lichais imposed
by the authorities are objee.ioeable in several
respects, and the limitation of th applications to
amounts of 5,000/. and the fait that im deheutures
are to be for less than 5001. is likfly to Tnilita e
against the success of the opnation. We have not
heard of any tenders having )et ben wade, and
there really appears some probability of the pro-
spectus being modified, before the app- al of the
,Directors is fully responded to by the nL neyird
pubic.

At the meeting of the British American Land
Company tn-day, the report stated tiiat the saes
of land of 1857 had exceeded the previous year by
3,000 acres, the average price realised b dug 14s.
02d. Iu Sherbrook town the sales have been
3 1-12 acres, at an average per acre c f 1601. 15s.
The instalments received showed an increa-e on
1856 of 1,2591. 14s. 4d., and leaving undivided
profits 24,4521. lls. 9d. This was, however, not
yet applicable to a dividend. Toe report was
adopted.

There is a steady market for Public Securities,
but the quotations, though firm, exhihi, very liti le
rnoyancy. The Indian news is cinsidered very
favourable, but it has not cau-,ed any movr-
meut of importance in the value of the Fu ,ds.
Busiwess, however, is very dull, and this
partly accounts for the apathy of the mattet.
Consols have been 97i for transfer, and the smile
for mount. They are now flatter, viz., 97 to 97k.
The March Exchequer Bias are 30s. to 395. pre-
mium; and the June ditto are marked 384. pre-
mium. India Bonds have been 235. to 245.
premium.

In the Foreign Market the dealings have been
very limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are ab Alt 1011 i;
and the 4 per Cents., 104 ; Belgian 4i per Cents.
are 994 ; and Peruvian 44 per Cents., 834 84.
The following are the nominal prices of For, ign
Stocks i—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 61 ; Mexi-
can, 19i 20 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 824 83i ;
Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per
Cents., 109 111; do. 4i pt-r Cents., 99 101 ; Spa-
nish 3 per Cents., 44 44i ; do. New Deferred,
26k j.

A very limited business has been done this morn-
ing in the Railway Share Market, and rather lower
rates are current for most of the leading lines.
Great Western have receded 55.; Bristol and Exe-
ter, Eastern Counties, and Lancashire and York-
shire, 10s. ; Midland, 15s. ; and North Western
and Caledonian, 1/. to it. ss. ; Great Northern and
South Eastern improved about 108. In the
Foreign and Colonial lines scarcely any busi-
ness has been reported, and there is little
variation to report in prices. Antwerp and
Rotterdam have improved about ss. ; E.st
Indian declined 15s. ; Grand Trunk and Great
Western of Canada realised about form, r values.
Mines, Banks, and Miscellane nis Stares are in

limited request. Bank of Australasia have receded
10s. ; Loudon General Omnibus Company, ss. ;
and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 10s.

SRITIXII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE cY01,0(%
( From the Officsal htst:i

Basin/gm done,
3 per Cent. Console Annuities ri
•a. Bonds, .430110 ...... ........ 23 4
0)Lsols for Account
Ez.plaper i3llls, 2,4 d. March. June.
_Woo .
• . 39 6 I
S.nall
?R CES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CI.OOE
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent
c)itto Account
~arx,nh ands, per cent ~
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 4i per Cent., ex. 25 francs
£WO .1,(11,1,, K.
. 97 a
97

Consols, money
Ditto, Account

WRECK ON THE COAST OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.
A letter written from the Falkland Isiah& in behalf of
the crew of the North Atnerican ship Antoinette, states
that that ship has been wrecked on the coast of the Falk.
land Islands, while on its way to London "We got to
Berkeley Sand," it says, "on the second day after we left
the ship, or rather to a settlement at Port William, where
we found an American consul, to whom the captain told
our loss, and tbat there was a boat and five men adrift,
whom we had lost sight of. The good (.1d gentleman
got a vessel the same afternoon, and at daylight the next
Morning proceeded to 1 !ok for them, although it blew a
gale of wind. His last worms to 113 were, tn't fear,
if they are alive I will find them ; and find them he
did on one of the small is'ands, with boat stove and
without water ; and the crew informed me that be
never left the d, ck or slept until he did fit,rl thew, when
he showed them every kinilnees in his p4wer. He
was absent but four days. I am inforine t by the in-
habitants of the colony that he has always been in the
habit of acting in tLia way for many ye, re. He is the
Remo man who went in pursuit of and f 'end Captain
Gardner and the missionaries who were starved to
death at Cape Horn, rescued a French crew on the
coast of Patagonia and in the Straits of Magellan, and
It Denish crew at Hatter land, and all at his own ex-
pense. The inh,bitanti say he to b.ttsr aequaiet-r1 and
has more knowledge of the place and (eiate, than any
Man living. He is kind, generous, and in the
ztrente.lP
The Court of Assizes of the Lot-et-Garonne, three
eye ago, tried a married couple named Verdier of Don-1
des on the charge cf extorting a signature, and a man
named Brunet for having assisted them in so doing. The
a al took place with closed doors, but it transpired that
I person from whom the signature was alleged to
b ye been extt-rted was the pari h priest, and that
"acording to the iodlutue..t coke to 8"
e woman at a time wh e• thonett her hugba, d
absent, but that the husband ant hi, friend taring rusl,et4
, accused him of adultery, and wee() him sit,n two bate
11 exchange of I,ooof. each. The three prisoners, in their
d efence, asserted that the curti had had improper designs
visiting the woman, and the jury acquitted them.