The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE TI'S.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets, during the last few days, has been rather
less active. Prices, however, have been exceedingly
firm, and one or two of the principal staples have
shown an upward tendency. Tea continues steady
at about former rates. In sugar the dealings are
linv_ted, the transactions being in the better kinds
'badly for home consumption, which realised fully
late rates. In the Refined Market a considerable
amount of business has been transacted at previous
quotations.

Coffee has been dull, except for the finer descrip-
tions of plantation Ceylon, which are at full values.
Ries and rum have been in fair request, and the
former has exhibited a slight improvement. Salt-
petre has been in increased demand, and a rise of
about is. per cwt. may be quoted on most qualities.
Tallow has been rather inactive,but prices continue
firm ; and for present delivery a slight advance
upon former rates must be paid by purchasers.
Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton
Market yesterday presented a very firm appear-
ance, and prices of all descriptions were' fully sup-
Ported. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales.
The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quo-
tations tended downwards.

, The change in the condition of the Money Mar-
ket during the last few days has been rather re-
niarlcable. A sudden demand for capital sprung up
early in the month for the simultaneous payment
of several financial engagements, on account of
INns, railways, and other j oint-stock enterprises. The
rates of discount advanced from 21 to 21 and 3 per
cent, and the public at once concluded that a per-
manent re-action had set in, and approved the cau-
tion of the Bank Directors in not reducing the
iViliflutin. No sooner has the immediate effect of
t 7o disbursements passed away, however,
t
t,Ut a decline, even more sudden than
'Le previous advance, has occurred, and
elboi ee bills have been negotiated within the last 48
k 0 's at 2:I per cent. Meanwhile the exchanges
'are become firmer, the efflux from the Bank has
ceased, bullion again accumulates, and the remit-
tan es of silver to the East have fallen short of the
estimates. The development of these favourable
7olptoms would undoubtedly lead to a renewed
discussion relative to the adoption of a 21 per cent.
teittitnum, but it must be observed that at this sea-
r]. of the year there are many circumstances
Ely to stimula to the inquiry for accommodation
Ikand influence the Bank Court in their deliberations
'4om week to wet Ac.

At the forthcoming meeting of the Trust and Loan
e nt,°lllPany of Upper Canada, a dividend at the rate
" 7 per cent. per annum will be proposed.

Although the q uotations of the English Funds
are tolerably well maintained there is still an ab-
"'lee of business. The public do not purchase to
p
4.11 Y important es :tent, and the speculators for a
se, Who were robably induced to enter into
'their engageme:trits, partly in expectation
ik the usual investments being made prior
cs the payment of the dividends, are anxious
,
ascertain whet'ner their calculations 'in this re-
!Peet are likely to be verified. Considering the
ietkuiniate condition of the market, the quotations
are well supported, and a few purchases are suffi-
elent to produce indications of buoyancy. Consols
are about 981 ti for money, and 981 y for the ac-
ee'unt• The :New Threes and Reduced 96,197 ;
Long Annuities, 18,4 1; India Stock has been dealt
in at 2251 and 227'4 ; the March Exchequer Bills,
425. to 38s. prem., being rather firmer. India Loan
Debentures are marked 99Z 1.

A rather large amount of business is recorded
In the Foreign Stock Market and prices are
firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 9211 ; ditto
'erip Ist issue 1 dis. to -} prem ; ditto 2d. issue Ito
1
, Prem., being steady. Russian 5 per cents. are
L 131114 ; Spanish 3 p cr cents. 471; Equador, 171 ;
'Ytexican 201 ; Peruvi an 3 per cents. 741 ; Portu-
, Tlese 3 per cents. 47 1 ; Venezuela 411 ; Dutch 21
P cents. 661 ; and tto 4 per cents.:lool 101.
The transactions in the Railway Share Market
have been rather more numerous, but prices have
sh (rwn a downward -tendency. Great Western,
m
anehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, North British,
and North-Eastern ( Berwick) have declined ss.
N
Caledonian, Eastern Counties, North-Western, and
o.'?rth-Eastern (York), 10s. Lancashire and York-
ire, and Brighton have improved 55., and Great
Northern, Q. In the Foreign Market the only
bargain.wi reported was the Northern of France,
takings were also depr e.ised. • Great Western of
Canada receded 55.; Gre.nd Trunk of Canada, 10s.
tc) 158. ; and East Indian, 10s. Great Indian
Peninsula improved about ss.
Joint Stock Bank shages have shown a slight
decline. London and Westminster have receded 55.,
n
Ottoman Bank, ss.
In the Miscellaneous Share Market there has
been little business transacted, and prices are
Steady.

BRITISH FUNDS—C'LOSING PRICES.
33 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96i i 7
‘iper Cent. Consols Annuities
°lv 3 per Cent. Annuities
LOllg Annuities, expire sth Jan ~ 1860 --
1 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885..
226
18i f
Ildia. Stock
Bitto Debentures
Ditto 2d Issue
Consols for Account _ _ f 981 a

March - June.
tz,zhequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 37 8 5 34 1
-Ditto £.500, • .
Ditto Small, 1Id.
, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING-PRICES.
4razilian 5 per Cent —
I,;:ernxiii.titietoaol:BB, 41 per Cen t . . . • • - •
171 61
67,11,14°r New Consolidated
—"a New Active, 21 per Cent.
ttto 3(
D74•an 41. per Cent........_ _
__
-hi" Account
per Cnt 4l per Cent.
u per.j Deferred
aC r
re
en.ni
). ... ::. .. .. .. .. .. .. : :
I.)i+t P e 'poit to Account
.i.
Zuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
-uto .A.ccount
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll4 In
Ditto 41. per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
DittoA
Ilirk-ih, per Cent.
ccount
Ditto New Loan Scrip —
Ditto Account
Ditto 2d Issue
.I,ll)itte Account
' eaezuela, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dct
1, Dividends. on the above payable in London.
u--- c.xcliange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 661
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account 9Bl

AIILFORD HAVEN. It is worthy of remark that
during the late severe gales, by which so many vessels have
nen distressed and injured, the shelter this harbour affords
Such that the communication. with Ireland has never
den interrupted ; and, while the Holyhead boats have not
°en able to venture to sea, the Milford Haven boats have
made the ascae regularly, with a difference of only a few
ho P r'
hours,

&c.—The late fee on
FEES ON LATE LETTERS,
letters posted after the ordinary letter box has been closed,
/oust not only be prepaid in postage stamps, but the post-
4g's Stamps must in future be placed on the letters by the
`eiders themselves. Any officer of the Post-office who may
llerearer receive money for such fees, will render himself
homer to dismission from the service. By command of the
postmaster-General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.—General
"t-office, 19th Nov. 1358,
'''RE LATE COLLIERY INUNDATION NEAR
the bodies
a lapse of nearly three weeks, eight of
t—
bodies of the unfortunate men who came by their deaths
1;1 the 27th ult , by the sudden frruption into the Cae col,
irsll', near Llan'elly, of a large body of water, have been
tt,eovered, and an inquest formally opened upon themi
li by
distriet coroner Mr. Tiouville. The names of t infn.
Trehe:rne Thomas Jenkius, Daniel Francis,
ana-a• liarvey, Be I.* muel, Daniel Samuel, David John,
fieti.Jellnl.l-OYd. ntheabodies having been formally identi-
th,, The inquest was adjourned for some days, when a
di51,6111;41 inquiry into the facts will take place, and the
still government inspector will attend. Two bodies
remain in the pit—viz., those of John Thomas and
berP/I Williams. A subscription has been entered into on
allot' the widows and orphans.
lt
TRANCE.—A young female,
nafr,s'ica Sarah Tortoiseshell, residing at Somersall, four miles
,341.1.11ttoxeter, fell into a trance a fortnight ago, and re-
net7l in it 12 days. During the whole time, she did
ey.id,?f course, take any food, nor once spoke, and the only
of vitality was a slight warmth of the body, and a
ass 2:lqPellisation. A reaction, however, took place on Thurs-
when she turned over eon her bed, and in her
no'ilrn-g talk was heard to say, " How hard it is to love and
tiox,"e loved" She had only returned home from a situa-
,el4:::ivefiedaygs, before this occurred, she having been
by „Is.° wit
reamry affection. brought on, it is supposed,
to which, it gpears, she had been execs-
I addicted g,
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