The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-05 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The advices received this morning from the
manufacturing districts represent that considerable
improvement has taken place in the demand for

most descriptions of goods suitable for the autumn.
At Manchester there has been a good inquiry for
goods for the Indian, German, and Levant mar-
'kets, as well as for the home trade. The de-
mand for yarns has improved, and prices have ad-
vanced id. per lb. At Leeds a consider-
able improvement has taken place in the
woollen. trade, and the manufacturers are fully en-
gaged on tolerably .large orders for the fall trade.
In the various cloth halls a large business has been
done, and prices are exceedingly firm. At Brad-
ford the worsted trade is firm, and improved rates
are 'current for all qualities. In piece goods a fair
amount of business has been done, and foreign
orders have been issued to some extent. Prices of
all. descriptions of goods continue steady. The
Woollen trade of .Huddersfield has been steady,
and the manufacturers generally are fully
employed, a -moderate amount of orders hay-
og been received both for home use and for
msportation. The lace and hosiery trades at Not-
tingham and Leicester have continued gradually to
improve, both American and home buyers having
been in the market. Yarns are at full rates, with
au upward tendency. The iron trade of South Staf-
Jordshire continues inactive, and prices have ex-
hibited a downward tendency ; great number of
furnaces are out of blast and others only in partial
operation. At Birmingham the manufacturing
trades of the district are flat. At Sheffield and
Wolverhampton the hardware trade of the districts
have exhibited little alteration.
Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton
Market on Saturday closed very firmly, and prices
of all descriptions were fully maintained. The
*sales were estimated at 12,000 bale?, 2,000 of
-which were taken by the speculators, and 1,000 by
the exporters. The Railway Share Market pre-
sented a steady appearance, and quotations were
without any material alteration.
A slight diminution has taken place in the de-
Inand for discount, the supply of paper offered for
negotiation is smaller, and the market altogether
shows that the effect of the payments of the 4th of
the month has abated. There is reason to believe
that a further movement in this respect
Would have occurred had it not been for the ac-
,commodation required to arrange the Consol account
on the Bth inst. and the Indian Loan instalment on
the 9th. As it is, however, the demand is steady
and not pressing, while the terms; viz., about 3 per
cent., must be regarded as exceedingly reasonable
and moderate. While that quotation is maintained
in Lombard-street, the Bank will be enabled to se-
cure a large proportion of discount business, and it is
Understood that the applications theca are still very
numerous. The engagements of the 4th are alleged
to have been well met, and no serious cases of
failure are reportel.
On Saturday about 70,0001. in go?d was taken
from the Bank fur transmisiion to France.
The arrivals announced to-day include the
Tagus, from Gibraltar, with 5,7331., and the Asia,
from America, with 12,4701. in specie.

According to the advices received to-day, the
latest quotation of exchange at New- York for 60
days' bills drawn upon London, is 1091-, a point
that is not likely to lead to any large shipments of
gold. The tendency, however, was favourable,
'sad, in the event of a further slight advance, the
znovement may become important.
A. very small amount of business has been recorded
up to this hour in the market for public securi-
ties,-w-hich still appear dull and heavy. Beyond
a few operations presumed to be in connexion with
the approaching settlement there is nothing to en-
liven the market, which will probably remain in the
same unsettled condition until the liquidation is
completed. Consols have been 95k, then 95i 1.
The New Threes, 95i ; and ReducEd Annuities,
95 ; Bank Stock, 220 222 ; Indian Loan De-
bentures, 99k; ditto Bonds, 20s. ; Exchequer Bills,
Jane, 17s. to 21s. ; ditto Bonds, 1001 101.
In the Foreign Market business has been quiet,
4111:1 the quotations are fiat. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 941 95 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 83} ;
Mendean 3 per Cents., 19i ; Peruvian 411 per
C'eraii., 90; Ditto 3 per Cents., 68 ; Portuguese
a l Cents., 45 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 99i ;
Spanfsh 3 .per Cents., 431 ; Ditto Deferred, 271 ;
Dutch 4 per Cents., 1004 101; and Peruvian
Rolla r Bonds, 67 8.

A very moderate business has been done to-day
in tl ie Railway Share Market, and prices have
varie dto the extent of about to 4 per cent. Cale-
doniuns, Great Northerns, and South-Easterns
declined 10s. ; and Great Westerns ss. North-
Wess ierns improved os. ; South-Westerns and
Midi ands, 10s. ; North-Rastern. (Berwick),
15s. Pand North British, 1/. The Foreign and
Coloi lid lines have been inactive. Northern
of F 'ranee improved ss. ; Great Western of
Canada ss. ; Geelong and Melbourne 10s. East,
India Li declined ss.

Joi zit Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shang are
fiat. Bank of Australasia have declined about
10s. ; London and County ss. ; Oriental Bank im-
prJvc alss. ; Australian Agricultural Shares have
ad.val iced 10g.

BRI ISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY
(From the O(tictal LW %)
222 20/
/Ink F ltoek
Three per,Cent. Reduced Aunuities 9se
New. T tires per Cent. Annuities
India : Loan Debentures
Ditto Bonds, £IOOO
Di Om under giolio
Consolis for Account
Bzche quer Bills— March. June.
1:1 ZOO
tube quer Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent
Ditt, 1859
FOREIGN FUNDS.—THIS DAY.
Brazilian K Per Cent 1023 2
Ditto Scrip, 1858 .... —l4 i d
Been, Is A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
ChiY.tan 6 per Cent
Me goat). 3 per Cent -
Ditto Account ••• l9i 20
Ikecnvian Bonds, 491 por Cent
Ditto Account 9O
Ditto 3 por Cent —
Dtto Account 6BA 1 ,3/4
Postugu:se 3 per Cent., 1853 45
Russian 1822; £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent 99i
S. suit& bond .4, 3 per Cent. ...........
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cont.
.Ditto--
Account ...... 27 i
Turkish Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
D•atch Exchange, 2!; per Cant., 12 Guilders
Do. 4 mr Cent. CArtificates
Pe.rus lan Dollar Bonds, 4i per Cent 67 8 9
THREE O'CLOCK.'
51 3 x d

Consols for account

TfEE ROYAL BRITISEI DANK. —Four out of the five
directors of the Royal British Bank, who were convicted
„f conspiracy after a trial of 15 days' duration before
Lord Chief Justice Campbell, are now in the full enjoy-
ment of their liberty. The seventh director, Mr. Sta-
pleton, was discharged upon
the
of a
the inanaeer, stiTrmetninat E3oiet:
and the eighth defendant,
the (tneen'e Bench Prison. Tne influence exercised in
o
mere bots t !
a rseeliis-
femme of Mr. Owen was chiefly by
large
Riot's. denominations. The next and re recent
that of Mr. Humphrey Brown, whose friends have for
Bonn): weeke past bean most diligently exerting theme
selvtis in his favour. Mr. Brown hes
.hr!en, since his
imprisonment, pent, attacked with en old ceinaint producing
Imotorrhage of the kidneys, and has heal
petitioncotp waselledto
have TeCourse to professional services.
likewise presented to the Horns Sacretery by Mr. NV.
P. Price, one of the members for Gloucester,
stropc,rted by other influential gentlemen. The poeu-
ltetiott of the borough of Tewkesbury,
sccordieg to
the latest return, is 5,878, orvt hich about 1,000 are male
advate, and the petition bears the number of 747 sig-
reauares. On, Thursday Mr. Brown received the gratify-
ing intelligence that his application had hecn favourably
received,
,and , that the necessary papers were in the
coarse of preparation to receive the Royal assent, and
at a late hour on the following day this welcome news
was confirmed by the arrival of a special messenger from
the Home-office at the. Queen's Prison, bearing the
Royal unconditional pardon. Mrs. Brown, his wife, was
with him at the time, and after thanking the chief autho-
rities of the prison he took his departure. His imprison-
ment has therefore been shortened by six months and 24
days, as it would not have expired until the 26th of
February next. Mr. Esdaile and Mr. Cameron, the
manager, are now the only two defendants whe remain
in prison.