The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-27 00:00:00

2110 Y MARKET AND CITY 117 E If' e.

CITY, Two o'CLocr.
The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce
during the last few days have shown rather more
activity. Business, however, in one or two of the
PrhieiPal staples has been checked by the late
news from China. In the tea trade most par-
ties have waited for the delivery of their letters
Y the Overland Mail previous to purchas-
ntg• Sugars have been dealt in to a mode-
rate extent at former rates. ,For coffee there
has been only a limited inquiry ; the finer qualities
°f Plantation, however, realised full rates. In rice
the dealings have been to a moderate extent at
about former quotations. Thn' transactions in the
fts, crop of fruit have been extensive, and prices of
i__"°th raisins and currants have improved. Saltpetre
`lB been in steady demand, and tallow has slightly
advanced for both present and forward delivery.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, and between 8,000 and 9,000 bales were
lcald at former values. In the Railway Share Mar-
.et a decided improvement took place, but the
4.ansactions were rather limited.
About £140,000 in Australian gold was sent into
the Bank of England yesterday.
An instalment of 25 per cent. is due to day en
the. Indian Loan, but owing to the large amount
Paid in anticipation it has increased the demand for
discount accommodation. At the Bank of England,
as well as in Lombard-street, the applications are of
' moderate character, but instances are still re-
"icla'ded where choice commercial bills are negotiated
the Stock Exchange advances can be obtained at
LTY quotations, although the demand may be tem-
-1 oily stimulated by the liquidation of the ac-
"aunt in foreign stock and railway shares.
The Stock Exchange markets still remain in a
:diet position, and the members are principally
° gaged in the liquidation of the account in foreign
,t
e()elcs and railway shares. Speculation continues
:ceedingly inactive, and the investments, although
),-4a Government broker still purchases £5,000 stock
'er diem, are comparatively unimportant. Consols
opened heavily, and very little alteration has since
'41',.,, Airred, although the market is A trifle firmer,
Consols being 95:4 1 for money, 'and 951 for the
,_4eaount. Exchequer Bills are rather firmer, at, 235.
70 Us. prem. The New India Stock lemur's at
,it °I i ; ditto Scrip at 1001. The Debentures are
-e`,I,(IY, at 95: 1, and the Bonds at 6s. discount.
"le transactions in the Foreign Stock Market
have been rather restricted, and prices remain
ettheut any change of importance. 'Turkish 6 per
theata. are 831 to 811- ; ditto New, 63 to 70; and
Per 4 Per Cents. have receded to 1021. Russian 5
'6`7r7Cents. are steady at 1111 ; ditto 3 per Cents. at
b 4 ; and Spanish Certificates at 4-1. Peruvian 41
C. Cents. are firm at 92 ; and Venezuelan 1 per
18. at 153. Mexican is rather flatter, being
4111
°*ed 931 to 231.
tolluttn. ess in the Railway Share Market has been
trnfined within very narrow limits, most of the
oittrisactions being connected with the liquidation
togs,
:account. Prices opened with a rather heavy
", but have since shown more buoyancy. Cale-
inolan, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and York-
01lre, South-Western, North-Western, and Man-
ol/tile:ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln have advanced 5,3. ;
8 ' Great Northern, Great Western, Midland,
°nth-Pastern and South Wales, 10s.
Iri the Foreign M.arkist business has been very
(et; prices have remained steady. Great Luxem-
bin quiet; prices
improved. about ss.
lie rhe Colonial lines have shown rather more firm-
%,..iss• Grand Trunk of Canada have advanied to
a.: Great Indian Peninsular to 9Th ; East Indian
and Western of Canada realised previous rates.
cint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
dealtl in to a moderate extent,but therehasbeen
ed"
tieo `an
change to record in prices, with the exception
11 'an Dieman's Land Company Shares, which
4vc further advanced Ll to £2. I

3 hA,. ,lIRITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
1";: dent. Consols Annuities
14 Stork • ' —
billt itto, 1859,5 per Cent. - I i
Ditto Luau Scrip, ,o er cent
itto Debentures lSp5B —
bi, Ditto, :1859
Ditto'to Bonds, £l,OOO
° under £l,OOO
t.4301s for. Account (Oct. 11) 951
li ttchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Ild .. 23 6
eo X5OO
Ditto small, 11d

lit FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Nean.3
per Cent.
uitt 23 h a
1ia,.., oAccount
),Lt tian 41- per-Cent 9-
elto 3 per Cent.
I,otto Account ,. 72
'
enese, 1853, 3 per Cent. ' —
1t.,. Itto 3 per Cent., 18.56, 7, 9
11•17'1°14, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llll
1 to 3
61,4. Per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent
Passive
144,11t1311 Com. Cert. of Coup. not iunded 4Oa 6 per Cent Bl 1 i
Ditto
N ~
bitt Guaranteed, "an
bitt° —uasanteed, 4 per Cent.
Ir,t ° Account. .
‘,.ezucla 23er cent.
4iitto 1 z
per Cent 154
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Conxols, Money
Ditto Account (0ct.).... 95i

The Tuscan
Nvari Tuscan Monitore of the 22d contains a very 1
lice leader, in .which it asserts that the Tuscans
to carry out the programme of the Emperor
taeleon 111 because the welfare of Italy and the
ale of Europe require it. The perseverance of
Nvi:beallY will, it allows, no doubt be accompanied
t s' sorrows, but the Italians will prefer sorrow
t? 1, their ruin, which would be that of civilian-
-4' " The deStiny of Europe," the writer as-
serts, "is in the 'hands of Italy., The nation
trnas
tr s. Continue to arm ; the Italians want a coun-
p37 Which shall be no longer the sport of Germans,
Nheh, or Spaniards ; they want Italy for them-
!Wes, that she may cease to be the prey of those
who
th Can neither keep her nor render Ler happy ;
e
Want Italy for themselves, so that she may
'
longer be a cause of eternal disturbance for
mope !" .
the
The Opinione of Turin, in a leading article on
01,elilitary league concluded between the States
in .i4eutral Italy, says that should the Austrians
theee° under the Papal or Moden'ese uniform
dereri4lple of non-intervention must be consi-
stain f:'S 'violated, and Piedmont cannot then ab-
ut' repelling the-a:thick; The-COnseqUences
ou such a convict, t it thinks, would be too danger-
-o,fe3tlfieori!,ll° peace of Europe to allow the protest
(1,
Btine...ledmontese Government against the clan-
rolment of Austrian troops to pass un-
needed.
TiT CIVIL SEIIVICE.—The following gentlemen
-s.t'e been
appointed to the Civil Service, being the success
gcandidates jai a competitive examination 'recently held
ore the Civil Service Commissioners :—Mr. Henry Jas.
ii
IleteNver, to a cNrkship in the department of general busi-
to Liverpool ; and Mr. Wm. Holtham,
of asapernumery surveyorship of taxes under the Board
Inland Revenue. Viscount Sudley has passed his exami-
ilthal as unpaid attache, and has been appointed to her
jesty's Mission at Hanover. Admiralty. —There are
"alleles in this department for junior clerks, for which a
efiT.:4Petitive examination is announced to commence this
pIY• Public Record-office.—Mr. Henry George Holden, a
u.srost..class Assistant-keeper of Public ltecoills, has retired '
RP superannuation allowance, alter nearly fifty years'
MARTINEAU ON SWIMNIING.—Why is it
to made a part of education for every child to learn early
t,9oBwita ? Where is the difficulty ? Where is the objec-
oinri ? many years ago, a boy was drowned in bathing in
It4ei °I the great private schools of the Dissenters. The
4Per was with the party, but the boy got beyond
:his
ith, and sank because-he did hot know how to keep him-
11,01P. Instead of taking measures to show every boy
114,7 to do that the masters forbade bathing altogether 3;
- a more awkward squad' than the pupils of , that
to
th,ol could not well be seen. They never learned
oproper use of their limbs
and theycon-
-Ilently timid where well-trained were
lads would have been
t: out a thought of fear. A boy who can swim likea
bo.t_is pretty sure to do ,ther things well; to row, to
like to drive, to ride ; and every child ought to swim
bae„, fish. See how this consideration, again brings us
v,_eic to the topic of mortality I Is there ever a summer
tsi_Nve do not see a succession of paragraphs about per-
crag drow-aed in bathing ? Is there ever a tourist season at
Lakes in which every considerable lake has not its
skiff is upset—a bather has got out of his depth
eats atl.gler has fallen over-board ; and as none of. them
as,ile SWI4I, they all go to' the bottom. So we go on, year
r, year. This year 1859 has been mournfully distill-
il_,otted by coroners' inquests on this kind of needless death.
I,"_,Aats rd and Cambridge haw offered up their victims, and
and rivers have sent their bad news to swell the indi.--
Liatton and shame with which we have to confess that we,' a
• •
rae nation noted for
Wee our manly sports, have not yet
',riled to swim :—Once a k.