The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The steady progress of business is shown in the
,B.oard of Trade returns, which have just been pub-
lished for the month and seven months ending the
61st July. The import and export tables and
the shipping statistics present some satisfactory
results, and it is hoped that the improvement will
continue, especially as the advices from the various
r..oreign, markets indicate a gradual recovery from
the depression lately experienced.
It appears that the total declared value of the
exports from the United Kingdom for the seven
months was £74,288,610, against £64,461,801 in
the like period of 1858, showing an increase of
t 9,826,809. The increase is most perceptible in
cer and ale, coals and culm, cotton manufactures,
earthenware, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares
and cutlery,
eutlery, linen manufactures, silk
andmanufac-
woollen and worsted manufactures; but
there was a falling off in cotton, yarn, linen yarn,
Wocrliiednery, sheep and lambs' wool, and woollen and
t
yarn.
The importations of the principal articles were
larger as regards live animals, bristles, raw cotton,
llidigo, flax, hemp, mahogany, provisions, quick-
odder, raw silk, brandy, unrefined sugar, tea, wine,
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sheep and lambs' wool. Thero was a diminu-
*,len as regards cocoa, coffee, wheat, flour, fruit,
rice, spices, tobacco, &ze.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade
.
the Unit.-:d Kingdom for the seven months of
88,449 tons, the total being 4,800,011 against
4,711,662 for the entries inwards ; while the
clearances outwards are 5,939,602 tons against
5'196,018 tons, being an increase of 143,584 tons.
In the coasting trade for the seven months, 502,094
tons more were employed than in the correspond-
ing period of last year for the entries inwards, and
for the clearances outwards there was an increase,
84 compared with those of 1858, of 343,722 tons.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
Wetly,
and prices of all descriptions remained
Without alteration. The sales were estimated at
about 6,500 bales. In Railway Shares rather
more business was transacted, and quotations
exhibited a decided improvement.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
England yesterday.
To-day calls of 25 per cent. are due on the Bom-
bay Baroda, and 25 per cent. Debentures, and of
C 2 10s. per share, or £23,000, on the Dublin and
Meath Rail way.
The demand for money continues very quiet, and
the rates charged for accommodation exhibit no
change of importance.
The meeting of the Victoria Dock Company took
113,1n0e to-day. The report stated that, during the
half-year, 1,298 ships had entered the docks, mea-
suring 338,854 tons. The decrease was owing to
a diminution in the business of the Port of London,
and Partly to the dimished import of guano. The
revenue account showed a balance in hand of
7342 Bs. 3d.
Business in the English Stock Market to-day
las been dull, but the quotations have tended up-
,ards,r„, Consols being 95t- i• for money and account.
;no Government broker has bought £15,000 Stock
the Savings Banks, but speculation continues
i4(:)1'
Inactive. The New Three per Cents. and the Re-
duced are steady at 961 ; Exchequer Bills at 20s.
to 233. prem. ; and the India Loan Debentures
(1859) at 95 ; I ank Stock is firm at 224 ; and Long
Annuities at 18 1-16. The New Indian Loan is
quoted 98t- to 98Z, being 11 to n- prem.
The transactions in Foreign Securities continue
1311 a very limited scale, and prices remain without
raaterial alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 83
to ad
-= ; ditto New Loan, 731 to 74-1; and the 4 per
Cents. are firm at 1021 -1-; Russian 41 per Cents.
are steady, at 99; and Chilian 42 per Cents. at 89.
The New Russian Loan is about 1 dis. to 1 prem.
The last week's Railway Receipts ascertained
up to this day are in round numbers,ass9 under:-
181858.
Great Western
North-Western
south-`Westernl9,974 18,606
tBrighton
Midland
Bc,°ll.th-Eastern
;..zreat Northern
,"Ilacashire and Yorkshire
at:stol and Exeter 7,803 7,479
rkortil-Eastern •
144elle,ter Sheffield, Lincoln
ts'zfaiorLd,'Wo'rcester, and Wolverhampton 4,834 4,320
7,164 6,598
Seo`ta?urgh... and Glasgow
fish North-Eastern
,„Grand Trunk of Canada
great Western of Canada 6,503 6,613
4-iorabardo-Venetian. and S. Australian 36,186 34,068
The above returns show a steady increase in most
of the principal lines. On the Great Western it
amounts to £3,286 ; on the North-Western, to
5'493 ; on the South-Western, to £1,368 ; on the
''righton, to £1,825; on the Midland, to £3,160;
°I) the South-Eastern, to £1,032 ; on the Great Nor-
thern, to £3,361 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire,
t
Z 3,043; on the South-Eastern, to £1,427; on the
(linbiirgh and Glasgow to £566 ; on the Grand
rlrlink of V net anCanada to £485, and on the
the Great
and South Austrian of £20,118, but on
nue Great Western of Canada there is a decline of
ado&

Rather more activity has prevailed in the Rail-
sh?• Share Market this morning, and prices have
• a further improvement. Foreign shares,
Lombardo-Venetian, are also firmer.

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st BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
ivar;
224 23
3 ock
liPer. Cem, Reduced Annuities 96k 1 6 1 k
tter 'Oeni. Consols Annuities
Low 3 per Cent. Annuities
-,-g -A-nrunties, expire sth Jan., 1860 —
-uitto for 30 Years expire sth April, 1885 18 1-16
Dime Stock ' —
oI Debentures, 1858
trt Ditto, 1859
bl t° 11°Ilds, £l,OOO
_citt.-, under Xl,OOO
usols for Account (Sept. 7)
kxcliequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 23 20
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
.4'azilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
111.1etkle Ayres, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred
Chilia.n, S per Cent —
, Ditto 41 ver Cent
'eruvian 4 tner Cent —
Ditto (Ui:ibane.u), 41 per Cent.
Portuguese, 1853, .3 per Cent.
Ditto Account -
Itlissian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
.. Ditto 41 per Cent.
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
bitto Account
Ditto Guh'Y'anteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 951 i
Ditto Account