The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-14 00:00:00

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Although the price of gold is higher both at
Paris and Hamburg than in this country, and ex-
tensive shipments are consequently made to the
continent, the bullion movements at the Bank of
England are still very limited, as the Australian
supplies are almost sufficient to satisfy the export
demand. The weekly return of the Bank,
therefore, still shows a large accumulation of
gold, which tends to keep the Money-market
in an easy position, and unless encouragement
should be given to foreign loans, which would have
the effect of drawing away considerable quantities
of specie, it is probable that the metallic reserve
'Will continue at a high point.
.The Foreign Exchanges exhibited a slight de-
cline in the rates on Vienna and Trieste yesterday
afternoon.
The transfer books of the Madras Irrigation and
Canal Company will be closed from the 20th inst. to
the 11th prox.; and of the East London Waterworks
from the 20th inst. to the 10th January next.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, a fair
amount of business was transacted, and some
descriptions were dd. per lb. dearer. The sales
Were 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market
tlesed quietly; prices, however, exhibited an im-
provement.
At the meeting of the Bombay, Baroda, &c., Rail-
'way Company to-day, a favourable report was read,
from which it appeared that about 123 miles of the
railway would be opened in June next, and that
the company had received authority to continue
their line into Bombay. The report was adopted,
da resolution was passed for converting the shares
into stock of the company.
Further indications of heaviness have been ap-
parent to-day in the Market for English Securities,
the funds having declined about if per cent. The
Prospect of new loans seems to be creating an un-
raYourable influence. Consols are 95Z 9 for the
limited.
proximo. The transactions have been very
linlited. The New Threes and the Reduced have
tecedcd to 951 -a ; India Loan Debentures (1859)
are firm, at 971 ; the Bonds at ss. to Gs. prem.,
New
Exchequer Bills at 28s. to 325. prem. India
"lew Stock for account is 1031 I ex dividend.
The applications for money in the general dis-
e°unt market continue very numerous, and a large
amount of business is also transacted at the Bank
of England, as the assistance required by the mer-
cantile community is still rather extensive, owing
t° the arrangements connected with the close of the
/ear. Other causes also stimulate the inquiry,
tt:llongst which may be mentioned the subscriptions
to new joint-stock undertakings, which the public
now seem more inclined to encourage than for
some time past, but 21 per cent. is still the mini-
mum quotations both at the Bank of England and
Lombard-street.

Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues
ll'active, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per
Cents. :ar e 77 to 771 ; ditto New, 65 to 661 ;
4exican is firm at 221 ; Russian 41 per Cents.
remain at 101, and Spanish Passive at 101 ; Dutch
2; per Cents. are flat at 65, and the 4 per Cents, at
99t, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. at MI.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares
are 7 premium, and the Universal ditto,
Prem.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
'en rather limited, but prices have shown in-
;,,teased firmness in several instances. Eastern
Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North pastern
Ilierwick), and South Eastern have improved ss. ;
kidland declined ss. ; anfil North Western, 10s.
The Foreign lines are a shade flatter. Lora-
'hallo-Venetian have declined ss. ; and Pernam-
Ileo, ss. ; Bahia and San Francisco are 4 4:-.
In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada
have improved to 42 and 421, Great Western of
'4nada declined to 131, and Great Indian Fenix-
-111114 to 101.
Joint Stock Bank Shares are inactive at about
I%ller prices. London Joint Stock have improved
Union of London declined ss.
In the Miscellaneous Market, Electric Tele-
have declined £1 and Peel River Land, 10s:

Z t,„ BRITISH, FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
2 1-. r Cent. Reduoed Annuities 951 I
/Per Cent. Consols Annuities
"i);',. per Cent. Annuities
'to Debentures, 1858 97
b:, Ditto, 1859
b!,.‘to Bonds LlOOO
nl4) under £l,OOO
ihchlßols for Account (Jan. 10)
-4k;lia Stock for Acounnt
Iti,',,,tto 1859, 5 per Cent.
I);',.4quer Bills, £l,OOO, lid .. 31 x d
'`‘.° Small, 1141 32 28 9
$ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
trUilian 5 per Cent.
kanador New Consolidated
Xigan 3 per D Cent.
At,„ tto Ae,co int .. 221
."lian 182'5 XSt 5 per Cent —
Ditto ' ''' "
ft. 041 per cent
4., Itto, 3 per Cent., 1859 663
'rah 3 per Cent. 4si
T, *to Passive
kish 6 r Cent 77
bitto New Loan
4„. Dividends on the above payable in Londos.
13,`",ci Exehenge, 12 Gull. 2i per Cent
965
s'Llto Certificates, 4 per Cent.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money
Ditto Account (Jan. 10) 9sa a d

- .
,1 is announeed that the French Ministir of
i ik..elliture and commerce has decided that from the Ist of
$ fkinary next the cern averages, which at present are cal-
-1 iisizr,_ by the hectolitre, shall also give the p by. the
hi „..d• rn consequence of this determination the prinoih-
i tii ;urn markets in each depaitment are to be supplied with
it, .4stniment both for weighing and measuring corn, as,
tioh°ller to give the double information demanded, a por-
-of the corn must be weighed as well as measured.
le ?ICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Parir
k4V,ut I d, and the short exchange on London is 25. Th
it' TTFiterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng-
-1 101 d per ounce for standani
1(1'
4t
prim
of
13
l's. - . 2 10ths per cent. dearer
, 14 It. appears .that gold is at about -
t,. aria than in London. By advices.. frscrtHamburg the
`Zoof gold is 423 per mark, and the exchange on
11,41.1,1, is 13.3 f per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the
oese'n • Mint price is therefore about 2-10ths per
‘• ii dearer in Hamburg than in London.
11IPORIts FOR VOLUNTEER COMPS.—In conse-
`e °e of numerous applications to the War Office for ad -
tolell-,,8 te the proper uniform for volunteer corps, &c., ip
10)0„.° of formation, a committee has been appointed and is
411(1,",'t,0 be assembled at the War Office, Pall-mall, to con-
-I,J ii,° Secretary tile question of rifle volunteer uniforms, and to report
t% UN- of State for War upon the colour and pa
141.- which shall bo recommended as the most appropriate
tiofteneral adoption by those rifle volunteer corps who have
Beal I
clothing
selected their uniforms. When decided upon a
ilokie Pattern of the clothin so recommended will be de-
toi'ed 'with the Volunteer Eranch, War Office, Pall-mall,
pleral guidance in this matter.—War Office, Dec. 13.
`,l/11E GREAT EASTERN.—Southampton, Dec. 13.
Vira,er Majesty took a short cruise up the Southampton
Ilics-,ler. Yesterday afternoon in the Fairy yacht, which, after
Itar„l4^' round the Great Eastern, returned to Osborne,
A, 8.0 Royal party disembarked and drove to the Palace.
iitisi,"•°Yal visit was strictly private, the yacht not even
Ilti, ta the Royal standard hoisted. It has been decided,
qati,'"o concurrence of Lord Palmerston and the other
lks, C„gniehed personages who had accepted invitations, to
to tie till after the Christmas holidays the banquet o-
qr.': to be criven by the Chamber of Commerce tot he
611"'I'a of the Great Ship Company.
ths, r,(,47 TALMA WON HIS WIFE.—One night, at
44 altnei/ie Francais, Madame Petit Vanhove was acting
INvavl43' of Collot d'llerhois, in which the heroine is run
Iktt' With, when the clumsy actor, who performed the
atop of Of the lover, in carrying off the lady, made a false
antnt,ild fell to the ground with the heroine in his arms,
liti';lllY bruising her sadly by his weight, but driving the
tilesil°llgth of a great pin into the bosom of the unfor-
licei'e actress, who was carried fainting from the stage.
tres,3l.Bl surgeons, and friends clustered round her in the
144 bisrooin ; the :pin was extracted, but the wound would
,Lks,„ bleed " The wound must be sucked l" cried one of he
`lle'ci°4B? in a loud voice; "it is the only way of escaping
qrs,,,ltnger of such a hurt." " Talma," he continued, ad-
lat'tt 14' the act who was hovering near the door in a
~,. of or, .
iv,l3llE,` mortal anxiety, " I fancy you will be able, without
`,`, ft,,„'"anee, to render us this service. But be quick about
Ot 4 "ii, it is the only means of saving her, and we have
oed ti,_oilient to lose I" Telma, pale and agitated, has-
",,s_fe ofw, render the service demanded. He saved the
I,e7ler, ,sti.th_e Nvom.e.n. ho loved ; and thus acquired, in her
'ileh 'fliPrescriptible right to the heart and hand for
tpe,?. huhad sued in vain so long. The lady's scruples
.Is, e,
vanquished at last, she
Petit;sou and obtained the
~ , ,0. s
.Is,,awe,
1800,[21;Ler marriage with M. and on the 16th
Fran is Joseph Telma and Caroline Van-
'the Ede married, after eight years of hopeless affection,
, PrllLicitrie of the tenth arrondissement of Paris,
4ini, APPROACHES TO THE NEW WESTMINSTER
4 Dk.....,
tOialtin 1 esterday a number of workmen were employed_
%° 1.,a0. a temporary approach to the new bridge from
eve f ,yeth side. The carriage road is carried by a slight
0(. Lir In the main thoroughfare round the angle of. the
)i:ll,rei°Bll, Tavern, and across the recess in which the Bridge
'cit,lia°ners' offices formerly stood, and thence on to the
4 Lein alf a f the bridge. The most active preparations
Vidle,_ nude for commencing the approach from the
eet 'e'i side • the
141/is ~ . occupiers of Oliver's Hotel and the
tsiaes . ter Dining-rooms have vacated their respective
t.„°ik, . in compliance with notices issued by the Board. of
1,,,tri0,„: the fixtures and furniture will be sold by auction
~t,d1,1 ()Y, and the materials in a few days, when the sites
it,liss?,,a.' once cleared, and the approach completed. In
Ist,lv;l'iliete of the number of buildings that are to be pulled
AtWq? 1,, ."vir Bridge-street, Westminster, and Bridge-
'es.,4o,nibeth it is not expected that the permanent ap-
-4 ear( be finished before nest April. \
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