The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

.310. NET MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLecK.
Rather more animation has been apparent in the
'Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the
week, and for some of the principal staples higher
rates have been current. Sugars have improved
6d. to ls. per cwt., and in the refined market en-
hanced quotations have been current for dried goods.
At the public sales of tea the biddings were not quite
so animated, and some descriptions were at rather
easier rates; of 19,000 packages offered, already
7,600 were sold. Coffee has been in fair request,
and good qualities of plantation Ceylon have realised
full values. For rice there has only been a mode-
rate inquiry, and the dealings in saltpetre have
been on a limited scale, previous rates being barely
supported. The tallow markethas been steady, and
pikes have been well maintained both for present
and future delivery.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily, but without animation, and prices of all
descriptions remained stationary. The sales only
amounted to 5,000 bales. In Railway Shares a
fair amount of business was transacted at previous
rates.

The suspension of Messrs. Robert Brandt and
Co., merchants, of Old Jewry Chambers, was an-
nounced yesterday afternoon. The liabilities are
stated to be about £20,000, but the assets have not
been estimated.
A public company has just been formed for the
purchase of Masters' Crystal Palace Hotel, at
Norwood, the trustees being Sir Edmund Filmer,
Bart., M.P., and Thomas N. Farquhar, Esq.
(chairman of the Crystal Palace Company), with a
• capital of £30,000, in 3,000 shares of £lO each, the
deposit being £2 10s. per share on allotment. The
present building is found to be doing a steady anal
profitable business, but it is quite disproportionate
to the increasing number of visitors. The object
of the company is, therefore, to enlarge it to a
commensurate extent, by which the directors consi,-
. der a very high and profitable return will be de-
rived for the shareholders.
The arrivals of specie this morning include
£137,560 by the Shallimar, and £21,356 by the
Annie Wilson, both from Port Philip, and 22 cases
by the Baron Osy, from Antwerp.
At Hamburg the rate of discount has been re-
duced to 12 per cent.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
England yesterday. The gold by the steamer La
Plati, viz., £120,000, has been taken for the Con-
tinent, together with a small portion of the recent
Australian arrivals.

The continuous influx of the precious metals is
causing a steady accumulation of bullion at the
Bank of England, and as the demand for money,
although increased by temporary arrangements,
is still very quiet, there is some expectation of a
lower minimum rate of discount. The alteration,
however, even if practicable, will probably not take
place until after the dividends are paid, but as in
the meantime accommodation on first-class bills
can be obtained at 2+ per cent., temporary delay
will not be attended by inconvenience.
During the early part of the day the Market fort
Public Securities was exceedingly heavy, and
rather lower quotations were produced by
speculative sales. Subsequently, however, a
rather firmer tone was apparent, and the

present %notations show a partial recovery.
Consols, which were 911 92, are now 92 to 92.
It is clear that foreign political intelligence is

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• exercising an unfavourable influence upon the
• course of quotations, and a comparatively, small
_supply of stock is sufficient to create depression.
The New Threes and the Reduced' Annuities have
declined to 921, and India Loan Debentures to
941. I ; the Scrip, however, is firmer, at 931 1, and
Exchequer Bills at 265. prem. • . •
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Business in the Foreign Stock Market-llo' been
very inactive, and prices are rather . depressed.
: Turkish 6 per Cents. being' 71 to 73; ditto New,:
• 58 to 60; Dutch 4 per Cents. hate receded. to 961 s
97 ; Mexican to 171 18, and Danish .3 per Cents. to: t
7 801 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 411 to 42. si
The .market for American Securities during the s
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past week has not exhibited much variation. '
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. xemark :-44 The St
market continues steady, and prices stationary.
There has been a fair amount of business doing, gt,
but the transactions have not been to a large extent, .11
or of a character that entitles them to particular
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Redeemable. Prices.
United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868
Do. 6 per Cent Bonds .. 1868
Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds.. -
Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72
Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds -
Idaesachusetts 5 per Cent. Str
Bonds
Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds
ennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds.
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds
Virginia s.per Cent. St. Bonds
Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds
Illinois Central 7 per Cent.
Illinoii Central 6 per Cent.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent
(Freelands)
Do. shares, 60 dols. paid
Michigan Central 8 per Cent
Do. do. shares
New -York Central 6 per Ct.,
not convertible ..
New York Central 7
_per Ct.,
convertible, from June 15,
1857759
Do. do. shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
3d mortgage
New York and Erie 7 per Ct.,
convertible
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct ,
sinking fund
Do. do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort-
gage Str. Bonds, not cony
Do. do., Ist. do.

1886

99 101
75 77
92 94
93 95

99 101
98 100
81 83
83 85
82 84
85 87
84 86
88 90
74 76
70 73

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1875
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1860 85 87

41 40 diB
1869 78 82
45 48

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1875

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