The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-10 00:00:00

ZO.II'EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days there has been a very
limited business transacted, prices in most in-
stances having tended downwards. Tea has been
i 4 very limited demand, and the few bar-
gains reported in sugar have been at a slight
reduction on former values. Coffee and
cocoa have been much neglected, and in
rice the transactions have been to a moderate
extent, at about former rates. Saltpetre has been
rather active and prices have been maintained.
The public sales of Colonial Wool continue to be
Well attended, and for the better qualities rather
higher rates are obtainable than at the opening of
the series. Tallow has exhibited very little
activity, the dealings having been limited. P.Y.C.
on the spot is quoted 56s to 56s 3d, and last three
Months 56s 6d per cwt.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
With a rather animated appearance, and 12,000
bales were sold at an advance of 4d. per lb. for all
descriptions. In the Railway Share Market a fair
amount of business was transacted, and prices were
very firm.
The advises from New York report no new fea-
ture of importance. The supply of money con-
tinued to be in excess of the demand, and the ex-
change on London was very firm at 110 to 1101-,
Which will admit of a very trifling profit on the
shipment of gold to this country. The stock of
specie in the City Banks on the 23d April amounted
to £5,213,631, -which was an increase of £118,009
compared with the previous return.
A further sum of £12,000 was withdrawn from
the Bank of England yesterday for transmission to
the Continent, and it is expected that the recent
remittances from Australia and America will soon

To-day a call of £3 per share, or £41,667, be-
"lles due on the Bombay and Baroda Railway.
r The Mermaid has been announced this morning
zrc°ll Melbourne with £53,916, the Sussex with
"`"?8,756, and the Europa from the United States
with £106,486.
The payment of the £2,000,000 Exchequer Bonds
due yesterday at the Bank of England has favour-
ably
influenced the money market, and as a portion
°lthe amount is available for reinvestment, some
eneet may also be produced on the value of stocks
Itad shares. Continued purchases are being made
at the low prices occasioned by the panic, and hence
4°° indications of improvement already noticed.
There is still a very quiet market for Public
securities, but the quotations still indicate an im-
proved tendency, the Funds having risen about
Per cent. With regard to speculation no change
can be reported, as the transactions daily entered
!Ito are of the most unimportant character. The
Uoosols settlement will be completed to-morrow,
snd those Who are unable to meet their engage-
-141313, after the delay granted them, will be sus-,
ended in accordance with the rules of the
to 'louse." Consols have been 911 92, and 92
er, 924, but partly, in consequence of a de-
ne in the Routes, the latest quotation is
‘.14 4. The New Threes and the Reduced Annul-
"!B have improved to 901 and 914 ; Exchequer
,ris are 17s. to 235. prem. ; Indian Loan Deben-
ure3, 93; ditto Bonds are 20s. to 15s. discount ;
;and Long Annuities have receded to 174.
rs. The New India Loan Scrip is rather firmer at
.431 to 2 discount, being marked 921 to 93.
Business in Foreign Securities is very inactive ;
pees in most instances, however, show a slight
improvement... Turkish 6 per. Cents, are 64 to 66;
ditto New, 54 to 56. Mexican has advanced to
161 4 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 93 ; Sardinian to
14; and Spanish Deferred to 264 Y. Austrian 5
Per Cents. are marked 394, being rather flatter.
Increased firmness has been apparent in the
Railway Share Ala•rket, and a further improvement
of about 2to 1 per cent. has taken place. Great
Northern, South Western, North Eastern (Berwick),
and North Eastern (York), have advanced 10s ; Mid-
14ad 15s. ; and Eastern Counties, and London
and Blackwall, £l. Great Western, North
""tern) North British, and South Eastern have
declined about ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have shown
little variation of importance. Lombardo-Vene-
tian Old Shares are steady at 51, and the New at
!If 5, the last quotations being 41 to 54 for the
former, and 4Z to 44 for the latter. Grand Trunk
41f Canada have declined to 30s. ; East Indian to
toand 954, and the Debentures have advance d
981. •
lola Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
at Slightly improved rates. Bank of Australasia
have advanced £l, London Chartered of Australia
403, London and County ss. Peninsular and
Oriental Steam have. declined 10s.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
t
~3 Per
New 3 Cent. Reduced Annuities 901.1 11 901
per Cent. Consols Annuities 9la /52211 a 21 /
Long Annuities,
Cent. Annuities
'' 13e
expire sth Jan., 1860 — 1 901 1
Ditto Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, ,885 174
iia Stock
Ditto Debentures al„ture 8
20
Ditto Loan 0 .
bitt0925415
21
'- 3
, Bonds
Ptto 'under £l,ooo'£l,ooo
ehsols for Account (June 7) 9ll 2 11 1
March. June.
DRxchequo r Bills' il' 000' 2d. & lid.. 17 23
itto £5O
Ditto Small, lid'
D FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Kuen.oe Ayres, 6 per Cent. 755 41
'ltienn 3 per Cent. .
.. 161 1 17
veruvian 45 per Cent —
Ditto Account
_Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent.
itussian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ....., Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian,. 5 per Cent 74 5
Spanish 3 per Cent. 385
Ditto Account
, Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 261 6
11111(4th. 6 per Cent
66
Ditto Account ..
.. 65 5 41
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
. . . . .. , .. . ... 5
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... . .
... ..
Dividends on the above paable n
Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent. ..y
... .. . ..i. . London.
391
batch Exchange, 12 Gull. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. .„ .. 8751.
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct.. Ex. ...... 74
Consols, Money ........THREE O'CLOCK.
.. 91
. .
/ 2
Consols for Account ............ 911 2

The mercantile advices from Vienna state that
1„'410 suspension of Messrs. Amstein, Eskeles, and Co., is
tit ely to prove of a more unfavourable character than had
woo. anticipated. Efforts were making to avoid bank-
1111*.y, but there was little prospect of success. A ries
ihef Other failurss have been announced, both at Vienna and
the provinces, and it is feared that for some time to come
lr,l'umber will be daily augmented.
bRIGIITFUL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW WESTMIN-
WORKS.—Yesterday evening' Mr. William
Sorter, the coroner, held an inquiry at the Mitre. Tavern,
an""g:a.,, te, on the body of John Buchanan,. aged. eight years,
-,;a.of one of the foremen of the, new IN estmuister-.bridge
.▪ wh_ose death occurred ender the following eiyeum•
the
John King, a mason, said on Saturday morning he
thA• on the premises of the Board of Works for carrying out
• enew bridge when he saw the deceased standing. close. to
e.O of iron called " monkey,"
lanks rested
used for driving piles,
✓ich„,„ was placed upon two planks. These ji
a little
two piles driven into the ground, one being
a gher than the other. The " monkey" had been standing
t at the
st,ParentlY secure for nine months at least.
th-3 rnoment that he saw the deceased heAl noticedmos
between
th—,9rlkeY" fall upon his head, and he became fixed bct_vo
lajrchni which weighed over a ton, and a quantity of
Port-
b; stone. He tried to remove the " monkey" from the
reLblit was unable to do so without assistance. When
hise—ed the poor little fellow was found to be quite dead,
head being frightfully crushed. There was no person
d'uo to have caused the accident, nor did he see the deceased.
over.,4lg which would occasion the "monkey" to topple
,11 Pithem. The jury returned a verdict of accidental
oath.
.AL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT THE CRYSTAL
take, SrDENRAM.—The precautions Which have been
vele the
l t railway officers at the Crystal-Palace to pre-
ravellers alighting from the carriages before the
rriftge stops seems of no avail. Another fearful
thi,rration of the danger has occurred. We learn
can rs. Dunn, aged 37, who resided in Newington-
aligiwaY, on arriving at the Crystal Palace, endeavoured to
thz.t t, When she fell between the wall of the platform and
The wheels of the carriages passed over hex leg,
tizhi ng it in a most frightful manner. Without loss of
litre She Was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
darter"; surgeon, performed amputation, but she gra-
Y sank and expired.
41 14-,ovtirrisEKENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—
'egg, bad breasts, ulcers, abscesses, cancers, wounds,
, sores of all kinds may be thoroughly healed by the ap - to-cation of this ointment to the parts affected, after they
di4„„ve, been
is not dul fomented or washedwith rm water. The
checked at once, such check must of
physicians,
be always dangerous. Nature is the noblest of
~"Ysicians, and must not be opposed but seconded. All
47r,e8
_are for a time the safety-valves of the constitution.
lin° should not be closed or healed until they assume a ealthier character under the action of this powerful oint-
/31074t, assisted by a course of the pills;_ which correct and
nrit the devaved humours of the body.