The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-24 00:00:00

t3Vit JAL INTELLI.viI J OL.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday manifested a very firm appear-
ance, and prices tended upwards. The sales were
estimated at 5,000 bi,les, 500 of which were taken

by the speculators.
Although the influx of gold into the Bank of
England is rather less rapid than it has been of late,
a steady accumulation of the precious metals
is ncertheless going on, and the weekly re-
turn which will appear in next Friday's Gazette may
be expected to show a further important in-
crease. About 44,0001. was added yesterday,
and the arrivals from America will no doubt
cause a further augmentation, but the exports to
the Continent are now rather larger, and a fair
proportion of our supplies will, it is thought, be
henceforth transmitted to France, the downward
movement in the exchanges having made further
progress. The price of gold in Paris is
still rather dearer than in London, but the Bank
of France authorities are stated not to b purchas-
ing specie, and the amounts remitted are either for
the settlement of accounts or for the purchase of
silver. This metal is in moderate demand, and
bars are quoted ss. lid. per ounce standard.
There is not much demand for money in Loin-
bard-street, or at the Bank of England, but in
some quarters the applications are stated to have
increased.

At the forthcoming meeting of the Bank of Egypt
a dividend, at the rate of 7 per cent., will be recom-
mended.
A dividend of 7f. ptr share has been declared
on the AntwArp and Rotterdam Railway Shares.
It is stated that the directors recommend that uo
further issue of shares for the purpose of raising
additional capital should take place.
This day the half-yearly meeting of the South-
ampton Dock Company took place at which a
favourable report was read, showing that the net
revenue for the half-year, after paying the deben-
ture interest and other expenses, was 6,7287. 19s.
10d., to which the former balance of 6267. IGs. 10d.,
making an available balance of 7,3551. IGs. Bd.,
from which the directors recommended a dividend
on the ordinary stock at the rate of 4 per cent, per
annum, leaving 1411.6. Bd. to be carried forward.
The dividend at the meeting of the Norrolk
Railway Company, to-day, was at the rate of V.
per cent. per annum.

The report of the Australian Royal Mail Steam
Navigation Company, received at the meeting of
to-day, states that the profi's on the contracts of
the Sydney, Australian, and Adelaide were 4,360/.
The Sydney and Australian had since been sold for
a sum of 49,9951. The sum of 55,4021. 10s. had
been returned to the shareholders. The Victoria
had been chartered to the European and Australian
Royal Mail Company for twelve months. The
Adelaide bad performed a successful voyage to
China with troops, and would return in May. The
accounts at King George's Sound had been cloed.
It was stated that the balance of assets over liabili-
ties would be about 15,0001., and that another
105. would be payable at the next meeting.
There is very little animation in the market for
English Securities, but prices are rather firmer.
At the opening a rise ofd per cent. took place, and
several transactions were concluded, but since then
the quotations have been a shade flatter. Consuls
have been 96i 97, and 961 for money and
account. They are now tolerably steady, viz., at
9Gi ; for money, 94 sellers for March, and 97
to 07± for Apt The New Three per Cents. are
941 the Reduced 97 to 97f, and Exchequer
Bills 30s. to 34g. premium. India Stock is 224.
13uFiness in the Foreign Stock Market is quiet,
and prices' are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 101
to 1011 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104 l Peruvian
per Cents., 82 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111. F 111;
Spanish New Deferred, 261 ; and Venezuela 4i
Per Cents., 34.
The following are tho nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Gren,da D. furred Bonds, 51 t,, Gi ; Mexi-
can. 3 per Cents., 231 to 201 ; Peruvian, 81 to
83 ; Do. 3 per Cents., to —; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 45 to 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 to
112; Do. 41 per Cents., —to ; Spanish 3 per
Cents., 44 to 45 ; and Do. New Deferred, 26k to
26,

The Railway Share Market, this moru;ng, has
been moderately active, and, iu several instances,
411 improvement, to the extent of about to 1
Per cent., may be quoted. Great Western,
North-Western, Midland, and Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton, advanced 10s. Brighton and
North British, 15s. ; and Caledonian, and North-
Eastern (Berwick), 11. Norfolk and South-
E' astern declined about 10s. ; and Vale of Neath,
11• The Foreign and Colonial Lines are inactive,
and no material variation can be quoted in prices.
Mining Shares are neglected, and at quite nomi-
nal quotations.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
dealt in to a very limited extent. Bank of Austra-
lasia improved 10s. ; Ottoman Bank, 53. ; Bank
tf Egypt declined ss.

44112E1 FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
( From the Official List:)
BueineaS
R 8 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities - / 7 done.
per /lent Console finnuitiek
ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 97g I a
Lon 2 Annuities, expire cti •fan. 1R60.. 2 1-16
®Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct. 1859 1 13-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, I'BBs. 18/
India Stock
24 India Honda 2 p
Ditto, under 210(10 . 29
.......... ............. • • . p
Onsols for Aeconvit .
. ..
25 p
97 6i 7 6
Exchequer Bills, 20. ********
** '''''''''''
GOP .
Ditto Advertised .....
.............. ......
Exchequer Bonds, 1658, 36 per Cent.— 100A4 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred,,, 64
▪ exicau 6 per Cent
-veruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
▪ Ditto 18b3, 3 per Cent 46i 6
Lttssian Bonds, 1822, t St., 5 per Cent ll2 111
Da121411 Bosds, 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cen. t. . 264
4:l4rkiah clonds, t' per cent
Ditto Guaranteed. 4 par Cunt lO4
w nneznela Bonds, 4i per Cent
Dividend., on the above payable in London.
ttitEE O'CLOCK.
Consols, money
Consols account (March 4)

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