The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

ORDINARY SHA

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Very little activity has prevailed in the markets
for Foreign and Colonial produce during the last
few days, although prices have been tolerably well
supported. Tea has been firm, and a rather exten-
sive business has been done in good qualities of
congou at full rates. Sugars have been in very
limited request, only the finer qualities of British
West India finding purchasers, at barely previous
quotations. In the refined market dried goods were
in moderate demand, but at rather lower prices.
Coffee has been dull, scarcely any business having
been transacted in the private market, and at
public sale the few small parcels sold went at a
slight reduction on former rates. • For rice there
has been a better demand, and prices have been
steady. Saltpetre has been in request at about
former rates ; but tallow continues dull, and at
slightly reduced values.
The public sales of foreign and colonial wool
have continued to progress with much steadiness,
and prices have been rather firmer, particularly for
the finer descriptions of Cape, Sydney, and Port.
Philip qualities. The late large arrivals, however,
have induced the committee of brokers to extend
the sales to the 3d June, being three days longer
than originally announced.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday an
average amount of business was transacted, and
prices remained without any alteration of import-
ance. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales.
The Railway Share Market closed with more ani-
mation, and quotations were rather firmer.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
of England yesterday, of public importance.
At Hamburg the rate of discount has been
further reduced to 23 Per cent.
Further consignments of Russian gold have been
announced, but like the Australian and American
supplies they have been immediately appropriated
for exportation to the Continent. Within the last
month a considerable quantity of bullion has been
absorbed for this purpose, and the movement, it is
expected, will continue some time longer. At present
the continuous receipts from various parts, espe-
cially Victoria and New York, satisfy the demands
of the exporters, and the bullion at the Bank con-
sequently remains almost stationary, the with.
drawals being unimportant. This circumstance,
combined with the extraordinary change that has
taken place in the money market, where the
demand has subsided, leads many persons to
anticipate a reduction in the minimum. The low
charges made in the general market exclude the
authorities from active competition for the bills
brought forward for negotiation, and the banks are
reducing their allowance of interest for. deposits.
It transpired yesterday that the London and West-
minster Bank will only give 23- per cent. for
lodgments of £5OO and upwards, and 2 per cent.
for smaller amounts.

Share!
1 Railways.

At the annual meeting of the National Bank,
held to-day—F. Newsarn, Esq., in the chair—a
very satisfactory report was read, stating that the
net profits of the past year had amounted to
X 73,203 16s. 6d., to which the profit in sale of
shares was added, making the balance, with the

Stock)
Stock
25
Stock,
Stock

,ormer Rests, £183,967 19s. 2d., froin which two
dividends (at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
and 15s. bonus per share), amounting to £60,000,
were paid, which reduced the present Rest to
£123,967 19s. 2d., as against £104,792 2s. Bd., the
balance at the end of December, 1857. A new
branch had been opened at Kingstown in Ireland,
and the result had been satisfactory. The chairman
made a speech, congratulating the proprietors on
the success of the bank, and saw no reason why Blythe and Tyne 1C per
C. pref. (Issued at E5O),
they should not anticipate a continuation of the ,
20 Do. do. n
Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stockl
/
same dividend and bonus, in August next, as that Stock Caledo do ilO, 4i p Shareser cent
already paid to the proprietors. The report was Ro.lcok Dgoie.
eurars., Shares,oi No. 2.
adopted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the Stock Do. do. sp.et .. Pc
6- Corkl & Bandon, 51 p. c.
directors and officers of the company. 6 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun.
In the Market for Public Securities to-day a
,tock 111.Angn. Clas A & s 7 spc
small amount of business has been transacted, and stooct llaass:
in consequence of continued purchases for invest- SNttooeqE.ocsoun. Ex. 5 pct.
ment the Funds have improved fully per cent. gtiooect IVaos.
t nancui6opn,er per et. New
l? per ct. Stock
4
The speculative operations are limited, but no dis- Stock East
position is shown to enter into transactions for a stosck UnwB;GYloarsk. York. Jon.
Stock Soc rucliminn.ePsertshl Km' i 4 pc.
fall. Consols are 911 92 for money, and 911 for
the account. The Government broker has bought Stock Gras. &S WieV.7na- *pc.. •
£5,000 New Threes for the Savings' Banks. The stock groe.astpeN7irtekm lop .re:poit
New Threes have advanced to 90-Z- 91, and the sltooock 1300:54pt.eptt;
(Ireland) 4
Reduced to 90f: . The New 31 per Cents. are 10 Gt. Nh. of Scoiieln:
marked 100 ; Bank Stock has receded to 2191 ; Stock j Gtp•S:ti&prWef! Stock
and Exchequer Bills to 19s. and 225. prem. 50 reat West. (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct....
The New Indian Loan Scrip is rather firmer, Stock Do. Redeemable, 4a pet.
at 22 discount, being marked 92;i. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct.
St ock,Do. Irredeemable, d.

do
ock Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref
8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares
10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf
shares
10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref
Lock Do Birming. guar. stock
26i Do. Chester guar.shares
134 Do. do. do
20 Do. do. do.
ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock
ock L on. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l
ock!Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2
,oclvDo. New gua., 6 p. ct
ock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4
ock Lon. & N.W.Cov. &Nun-
eaton, 5 p. et.
:ock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.a. stock,
late 3d shares
124 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs 1
124 Londondy.& Ennis sh 1
ock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct
6 Do. £6
,ock Do. 31 per cent.
124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c
Do. 24 Do.
4 per cent
ock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock
ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et
,ock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock
6 Do. with option till 1860
Lock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st.
io NewportAber,&c. pret.s
p. c. redeem, at 5 p.e.n m
10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with
option till 1866
10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares
lock Do. 5 p. e. Ext.Stock,lB46
bock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
bock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847
Lock North British, 5 per cent
Lock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent
took Nth.Dev.Rail.& 13,k.C0.
Lock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb.
Lock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref.
17 Do. do. do.
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1.
124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846
25 140. York, H. &S. Purch.
20 North Staffordshire
tock Ox. Wr. & Wol. ape. Ist g
,took Do. do. do., 2d gua
Itock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp
84 Scottish Central, new pi
,took Scottish N.-Eastern deb
;tock Do. 34 per e. pref. stock
stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc.
stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock.
10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s.
10 Do. Fixed 44 percent.
1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0 6 )
Stock Do .44 per cent
Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is
Stock Do. New do., 2d issue
Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c
Stock Do. 44 per cent
20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua
25 1 'Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e
25 Do. 6 per cent
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent.

A moderate amount of business is recorded in st,
Foreign Securities, and prices generally show an 1
improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 62 to 64 ;
ditto New, 52 to 54; and the 4 per Cents. are firm, St
2
at 101 ; Venezuelan 5 per Cents. at 35, and Mexi-
can at 161. Portuguese 3 per Cents. have advanced st 2,
to 391 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 811 82 ; ditto 3 Z,
per Cents. to 621 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, to 391 ; st
and Dutch 4 per Cents. to 911 ; but the 21 per gt;
Cents. are flat, at 591.
The Railway Share Market has exhibited rather st
more buoyancy, most of the principal lines show-
ing an improvement in shares of a to 1 per cent. st,
Eastern Counties, Great Western, North Western, st,
Midland, North British, North Eastern (Berwick), I
and North Eastern (York) advanced 55., and Lan-
st
st
cashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern 10s. The
Foreign and Colonial lines have also shown a st^
slight advance. Paris and Lyons are firm, sti
at 31; Lombardo-Venetian (old) shares brought 1
sto 51, and .the latest quotations were 5-1 to 5,1 1
for the Old, and 4; to 51 for the New Shares. I
East Indian have advanced to 96; 97; Grand St:
Trunk of Canada Preference Bonds to 9011; and st'
Great Western of Canada to 131. st
sti
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have Z:
been quiet, at about former values, London and st,
County, however, have receded 10s., and Union of
London ss. ; and Madras Irrigation were dealt in
at £l.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol a if
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
\'(4lv 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOO
ndia Stock
Ditto Loan Scrip ..
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
onsols for Account (Juno 7) 9ll I a
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 22 19 1
Ditto Small, lld 2O 1

11"PiReDenixIiiteci.annAS3c04pcio.FeurnFcteOncRt.EtIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
D , 2 per en

. 16

1
itto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 7B Spanish 99
per Cent..
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent. -
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Venezuelan 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Datch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 591
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
Consols, M TWO O'CLOCK
Money TWO
911 2
Consols for Account, June 7 .. . . 91

Railways.

Bedford and Bletchleyl
Buckinghamshire ....1
Clydesdale Junction..l
Colchester, Stour Val.,
E.Lincolnshire,,g.6p.c.l
E Union,HarwichShs.
Do. Woodbridge
Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.

156. New
Hartlpool.
Hull anclaSelby
Do.
Do. 4 Shares ,
London&Greenwicli
Do. Preference _
outend '
Lon.,Tilby.&S
Dean an!
Gloster&
Do. Barking Shares
L
Manc.,lluxtn. & atk
Midsb.& Redcr,olPc•
Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk.
D
6
Newmarkt.,BuryEx
oowpteorft, cilt£l. 4 p. ct.
guaranteed 5 p. c.
Nortlin. & Eastn. 5 p.c.
Do. do. 6 per cent
Do. Fixed 5 per cent
Preston and Wyve.
Do. 4 Shares A.
Roystn,Hitch.,& Shop
Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c.
Shrowshry& Hereford
South Staffordshire ..
Wear Valley, g. 6p. c.
Do. do. .............
Wilts and Somerset..
Wimbledon& Croydn.

DOCKS,

Share/ Docks.

Am berg., Notting-. Bost.
and Eastern JUL,. ion
Belfa.,t and Ballymena.
Bir., Wol., and Str. Val.
Birk., Lane., and Chesh
Junction
Blackburn
Blyth and Tyne
Bristol and Exeter
!Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blkrock,&Passagc
Cornwall
Do. A A roves. no div ,
Do B until6p.c.per an
hasbeen pd. toB
Dublin andßelf as t June
Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union A Stock
Do. do. B Stock
Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)
East Kent
East Lancashire
East Suffolk
Do
Edinburg ind Glasgow
lEdin.,Perfli, & Dundee
I Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasgow & South Westn
Great North of Scotland
Great Northern
Do. do. A Stock
Do. do. B Stock
Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)
Great Western
Do.Str.VI.R ail Gua.Stk
Irish South Eastern
Lancaster and Carlisle
Do. Thirds
Do. New Thirds
!Lancashire & Yorkshire
Do. do. F £l6
Do. do. £9 shares
Do. West Riding Union;
Do. Southport
London and Blackwall
Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh
Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast
London & North Westn
Do. Eighths
London& South-Westn
IL 'clerry & Coleraine
L'derry & Enniskillen,
Man., Shef., & Lincoln.
Metropolitan
Midland
Do. Birming. & Derby.
Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland'
Do. Shares
Newtastle and Carlisle
New., Aber., & Herefd
Newry & Armagh (def.)
Newry, Warpt., &Ros
Norfolk
North. Counties Union
North British
Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk
Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß
Do. B Stock
North-Eastn.—Berwick
Do. do. G.N.E.Purchasel
Do. Leeds
Do. York
North London
N. &S.Westn., Hampstd
and City Junction
North Staffordshire
North-Western
No. & Sou. W. Junction
Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer
Peebles
Portsmouth
Rhymney
I Scottish Central
Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock
Do. Scottish Mid. Stock
Shropshire Union
Sittingbourne & Sheer
South Devon
'South-Eastern
South Wales
I South Yorks.& Riv. Dun
Do. do
Staines, Wok., & Wek..
Stockton & Darlington.
Do. do. 1855
Do. do. 1858
Stockton & llartlepool
Taff Vale
Do. Preference, No. 1
ThamesHavenDk&Rail
Vale of Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterford & Limerick
West Cornwall
W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal
Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B
Do. B
West London
Do. Ist Class
Do. 2d Class .

18 19
9 9i
134 144
136 138

155 165

7 9
118 120
64 es

136 138
100 101
P i P
91 93
94 10
104 114
8 9

105 107

94 NI j
li Ipj

I [ d
22i 234
115 120
115 118
98 100

lo} 101

123 234
100 102
1100 102

27 28
30 32

45 55

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENT.

Paid. Leasing Closing
Co.'s. Price.

iLn & N.*
IT.n& N.W,
Caledonin
E.U.&E
Gt.North.l
E. Counts.

95 98
99 101
16 17
1124 136

:Caledonin
rDo.
Gt. West
Yk.N.&Br
Tk.N.Md.
1l Do.

!ns 110

S. East
Do.
Peto &Co
Do.
Norfolk
Do.
EN W&M
Stk.& Dar
Midland .
E. Counts.
Do.
IDo.
Do.
L&N
& L.Yk. J
Do.
,Gt. North 1
ILan.& Yk
T Brassay
M'Clcan .
tk.dt Dar
Do.

64 66
115 120
89 91

Gt. West.
L.Szßrgtni

86 88
8 9

IPaid Closing Business
I Price. Done.

Stock] Commercial, ... . . .. 100 Stock Do 4pc rCent :Fret . Min. 100
Stock East and West India... 100
Stock London ....... 100
Stock St. Katharine....;;;. 100
Stock Southampton .......... 100
Stock Victoria ............... 100 98 99
10 DO Nevi ! 19