The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-20 00:00:00

NONEY ...41ARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The ad`-ices from most of the manufacturing
districts state that during the past week there has
been little change to report in the general state of
trade. At Bradford the transactions in English
wools have been limited, and for piece goods there
had only been a demand sufficient for imme-
diate requirements. Yarns were firm and fully
811Pported former quotations. At Leeds the deal-
-1116,,s had been exceedingly restricted in most of
the Warehouses, but the manufacturers of the town
and neighbourhood were busy in the preparation
of spring goods. The hosiery trade at Leicester
continues active, and in many departments con-
siderable orders still remain unfinished. The iron
trade of South Staffordshire is quiet, but prices are
"Peeted to improve. At Birmingham no change
can be reported in the various trades of the town
and its vicinity ; most of the wholesale trades are
making preparations for stock taking. At Shef-
field and Wolverhampton there has been a good
demand for the common kinds of cutlery and hard-
ware goods, chiefly for the United States, and
prices are steady. Business at Manchester has
been dull, but for goods suitable to the India and

`lna markets there is still a moderate inquiry.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday an
average amount of business was transacted, and
prices were fully supported. The sales amounted
0 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed
BteadilY, and quotations were without any material
change.

An active demand for money is still experienced
ill the general discount market, and very few bills
are now negotiated under 2,1 per cent. It is in-
terred, from the character of the inquiry, that this
increased animation will be continued until the
Lanuary dividends are paid, when the market may
°c favourably influenced by the large amount of
capital then liberated.
a. the 4th inst. the amount of specie deposited
M the New York City Banks was £5,500,000.
The advises from New York, received to-day,
mention the demand for money had slightly
increased, but there had not yet been
411113- extensive movement in trade. Although
be
general aspect of commercial affairs may
ue exceedingly quiet, there can be no doubt that a
gradual recovery is taking place, and during the
ensuing year an important impulse will probably
b
giTen to all branches of mercantile enterprise.
t'yeeulation in stocks and shares was still avoided,
Public throughout the United States being
rite as reluctant as the capitalists are in this
trY to embark in any description of adventure.
The New York steamers are bringing larger re-
mittances of specie, notwithstanding the unfavour-
beable Position of the exchange. About £36,000 has
en announced this morning by the Africa.
Duringt the next few days a large aggregate quan-
tity of specie will become available, viz., £133,722
1,"3; the Niagara, from Alexandria, £160,800 by La
Plata, from the West Indies, 'and £316,880 by the
"riven, from Australia. A large portion of these
augment
will, it is thought, remain here and
the stock of the precious metals lodged at
the Bank of England.
The market for English Securities opened with a
!ill and rather a heavy appearance, but symptoms
°` improvement have since been witnessed. Specu-
lation as well as bona fide dealing is still very much
curtailed, and the market, consequently, remains in
all inactive state. Consols have been 961 I, and
o
97 ; the New Threes and Reduced Annuities
are
'narked 97-1 ; East India Debentures, 991
being 4 per cent. lower ; and Exchequer Bills, 365.
t 0 395. prem. ; East India Stock was quoted 230,
and Bank Stock 2251 227.
Foreign Securities are also rather quiet, but in
most instances they are steadily maintained at pre-
'ions quotations. Venezuela have not recovered,
the'
speculators, as well as the holders, being very
anxious for the arrival of the commissioner who,
it is presumed, has been entrusted with the arrange-
kent of the debt. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 93 ;
the New Scrip was a dis. for the Ist issue, and
dis. for the second. Spanish are 47i1 48; Russian
41 per Cents. were 1031; Peruvian 41 per Cents.
were 921 ; and ditto Uribarren, 871 881.
A very limited amount of business has been
transacted in the Railway Share Market, but a
slight improvement may be noticed in several of
„the principal, undertakings Great Western, North
Western, South Western, and North Eastern
(\erk), advanced ss. Chester and Holyhead, Great
A orthern. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and
South Eastern, 10s. Eastern Counties have de-
clined about ss. No dealings have been reported in
the Foreign Market, and prices are quite nominal.
The Colonial undertakings have been flat. East
Indian have receded about 10s. to 155., and Grand
Trunk of Canada 5s

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
13110 w a downward tendency. Bank of Egypt have
declined ss. • London and Westminster, a. Elec•
tile Telegraph have improved £l.

BRITISH FUNDS FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
.u., ank Stock
,x,." Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97* k
•L'4, ew 3 per Cent. Annuities
Ditto Debentures
Stock
-nitto Debentures
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
'l3E:sola for Account 96-1 f
March June.
Rxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &11d... --38
Ditto t5OO, 36 I 39
Ditto Small, lid. -
Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1001 I
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent.
Ditto 18.58, 41 per Cent. Sa
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... ....:
Ditto Deferred lBl
ehilian, 6 per Cent • 104
Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip I P
•Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Peruvian 4i per Cent
Ditto Account
.., Ditto (Uribarren), 4i per Cent.
tiussian, 1822, £ St., (per Cent —
Ditto 4i per Cent.
Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 9Ol
'''Peaish 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account • 4B 71
Turkish 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan Scrip —
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent...
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account,

The last bulletin received by telegraph of the
health of the Empress Dowager of Russia is satis-
factory, the fever having disappeared and the
Cough sensibly decreased.
On the 29th of November 50 French soldiers,
belimging to the garrised of the Fort des Rousses,
entered the Dappenthal, and advanced as far
as the moor. of Grevine. This unceremonious
Occupation of a part of the Federal territory has
created a great sensation in Switzerland, and the
Federal Council is about to ask the French Govern-
ment for an explanation of its conduct.
OR. PINEY MARRIED.--A correspondent of the
Weekly Register states that it is confidently asserted by
man y Tractarians that Dr. Pusey' has been married to
Sellon, better known as "Lydia ye Superior." The
Weekly Register says that the statement has reached them
from other sources.
The Weekly .Register of Saturday states that the
,Rev. C. R. Rowlatt, M.A., late Curate of West Thurrock,
Essex, has been received into the Roman Catholic Church.
The' same paper also states that F. C. Bumand, Esq.,
8.A., of King's College, Cambridge, and of Cuddesden
College, Oxon, has been received this week into the
Roman Catholic Church by Dr. Maiming.
THE EVENING SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S.—Yester-
y evening the fourth of the special evening services was
ueld under the dome of St. Paul's. The number of persons
Who attended was larger than on any previous occasion, not-
withstanding the wetness of the night.
Mr. Townsend, M.P. for Greenwich, on Saturday
last, was again examined in the Bankruptcy Court at great
length. His Honour deferred giving judgment.
Letters from Melbourne mention that the Patent
Slip had been opened, and had been found to work most
satisfactorily, but it was not of sufficient power, it was to be
feared, for the largest class of vessels.
MEERSCHAUM-WASHED PIPES—ARE THEY IN-
JlTltious P—Sundry reports have been rife in different
quarters, respecting the injurious effects resulting from the
smoking of these coloured pipes. In consequence of these
reports, the Lancet of this week gib the results of eight
analyses of the colouring matter used to colour these pipes.
In 110 instance was arsenic or any other injurious substance
found, the colour in each case consisting of a coating of
Viell lac dissolved in alcohol. The "Magic pipe," so called
because it becomes coloured almost immediately when
smoked, is washed over with a solution of nitrate of silver,
Which is decomposed by the heat, the oxide of silver which
colours the pipe being set free,