The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The accounts received from the various manufac-
turing districts of the North of England continue
satisfactory. During the past week rather more
activity has prevailed in most departments. At
Leeds the general condition of the woollen cloth
trade is healthy, and a fair amount of business has
been done for the time of year, at fully late prices.
At Bradford there has been a steady inquiry for
yarns for home use, but less business has been
transacted for the Continental markets. No mate-
rial alteration can be recorded in piece goods, but
owing to the high rates of wool, prices generally
are very firm. At Manchester the dealings in
India goods have been on the increase, and
for home use there has been a steady demand,
at full prices. The hosiery trade at Leicester
continues in a very favourable condition.
Buyers have purchased freely of most descriptions,
and the operatives in all branches are fully em-
ployed. The general tendency of business at Bir-
mingham, and the neighbourhood, has exhibited
signs of improvement, large orders for the Continent
and for the United States having been received. At
Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and Walsall the pro-
spects of the iron and hardware trades also show a
most decided alteration for the better.

The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed

steadily, and. previous quoatations were well sup-
Ported. The sales amounted to between 6,000 and

7,000 bales. In Railway Shares increased anima-
tion was apparent, and prices tended upwards.
Owing to the sustained demand for discount
accommodation, and the increased rates now
charged, the probability of an alteration in the
minimum to 3 per cent. is Row attracting atten-
tion. There is some expectation of an upward
movement next Thursday, and the consequence is
that the bill brokers and others are proceeding
with caution, and seem less willing to negotiate
commercial bills at the previous rates.

Large quantities of gold continue to arrive from
America, which, together with the Australian sup-
plies, prevent an efflux from the Bank to the Con-
tinent, where there is still an active demand for
specie. The Canada, from New York, has brought
£50,000.
There has been a quiet market for Public Secu-
rities to-day, the settlement of the account en-
gaging the attention of the dealers and
brokers. A further improvement has, neverthe-
less, occurred in • consequence of the rise on the
Paris Bourse, and the general tenour of the advices
from France. Consols have been 951 for money,
and 952 for account ; they are now rather higher,
viz., 951- 2- and 952 I respectively. The New
Threes and Reduced Annuities are about 951 96.
Exchequer Bills, 265. to 30s. prem. ; and India
Bonds, Bs. dis. ; Indian Debentures are 931 94.
In the Foreign Market there has been an ad-
vance in most of the principal securities. Turkish
6 per Cents. have been 84 to 85 ; the New, 74 75 ;
and are now 83 85, and 72 74 respectively. Spa-
nish 3 per Cents. have been 45 ; the Deferred, 33;
and the Certificates, 41; Peruvian 41 per Cents.
are 921 931-; Buenos Ayres 44 per Cents. 71; anti
*Mexican, 19.

In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been rather limited ; prices, however, are a
shade firmer. Eastern Counties, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and Midland have improved ss. ; Great
Western, North Eastern (York) and South Eastern,
10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
also exhibited rather more buoyancy. Lombardo-
Venetian Old Shares are 10 11, and the New 10i ;
East Indian have improved to 1001 ; Great Indian
Peninsula to 98.; Grand Trunk of Canada to 344
35, and Eastern Bengals to 44-.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
show little variation of importance. Bank of
gypt have declined 10s.; British North American
improved 55., Ottoman Bank 55., and Union of
Australia ss. London Discount Company are steady
at 31 1.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9st I k
per Cent. Consols Annuities
Nl.,w 3 per Cent. Annuities
29il 5 I
Xew 2} per Cent. Annuities
Long:Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 ll.l f 6
Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 18/.5 18
I .idia Stock
Qat() Debentures, 1858 9ll
Ditto, . 1859
Ditto Loan Scrip
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditt under £l,OOO
( cnsols for Account (Aug. 9)
xeheciuer Bills, 11,000, Ifd .. 27 30 .26
T itto £5OO 27 30 26
I.tto Small, 11d.

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 94 1
Ditto, 1829 and 1839
Ditto 4f per Cent. 1858 95
71 2
13116110 S Ayres, 6 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto A count
Peruvian 41 per Cent ......
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll3
qlauish 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4}_tl urkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
v _T,iitte Accolut . . 741 5 4 5
1 per C nte
Ditto
....lan. 5
Ditto
peer Cent.
29 1 81 91
" l'4evf 21 p Cent.
Austrian, 0 Fl, 5 per Cent l5l a
65
.:
Ditto CertifiCates,
I,uteh Exehaaze. 12 Guil. 24 per Cent.. ,
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s, 78
4 per Cent.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9s}
Ditto Account

-PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following reWsolutionAND M
was reported and agreed to on
Saturday :—" That, towards raising the supply granted to
her Majesty, in lieu of the Stamp Duties contained in the
schedule to the Act passed in the 5.5 th year of the reign of
King George the Third, chapter 184, and now payable
upon probates of wills and letters of administration in Eng-
land and Ireland, and upon inventories to be exhibited and
recorded in any Commissary Court in Scotland, where the
estate and effects for or in respect of which such probate
cr letters of administration shall be granted, or whereof
such inventory shall be exhibited or recorded, shall be of
othe value of one million pounds or upwards, there shall be
arged and paid the following duties respectively (that is
say)
For every £lOO,OOO of the whole value of such estate
and effects, and any fractional part of £lOO,OOO,—
where the deceased shall have left any will or testa-
ment, or testamentary disposition, of his personal or mov-
able estate and effects, the stamp duty of £1,500 ;
And where the deceased shall not have left any such
will or testament, or testamentary disposition, the stamp
duty of £2,250."'