The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-29 00:00:00

NONBY MARE ET AND C ITY NEI FS.

CITY, Tv O O'CLOCK.
There has been very little activity •in the Mar-
kets for Foreign and Colonial Produc e during the
last few days. For tea, however, ther e has been a
fair demand at fully late quotations. E lug ars were
dull, and only the finer descriptions re:11:is,;(1 previ-
ous prices. Coffee continued in active demand, and
the recent advance has been well maints inecl for all
descriptions. Rice continued dull, at at tout former
'values. In spices and fruit the dealing s hays been
liuuted ; and at the public sales-of cinn• amon prices
receded about ld. per lb. on those current at the
previous auctions. Tallow has been d all, without
any material change in quotations fir either pre-
sent or forward delivery, P.Y.C., on the spot, being
quoted 595. 9d. ; March delivery, 603. ; and last
three months, 575. to 575. 6d. per cwt.
About £20,000 in Australian gold was sent into
the Bank of England yesterday.
The creditors of Messrs. Holdsworth and Co., at
a Meeting yesterday, resolved that Cie estate should
be wound up under inspection.
A. call of 2s. 6d. per share has 'been made by the
directors of the Victoria (London) Mining Company,
payable on the 18th proximo.

The British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Com-
pany have declared a dividend for the half-year
ending the 31st ult., at the ratr, of 5 per cent. per
ann um.

A. moderate amount of brusiness was recorded in
the Liverpool Cotton Markiet yesterday, and prices
Were steady. The sales were about 7,000 bales."'
There is an active demand for discount accom-
Modatior„ and as it is expected to increase, in con-
sequence of the Indian Loan, commercial payments,
ite., fall rates are charges for the negotiation of
inereantile bills, and also thr advances on Public
Secv.rities.

Tine preparations for the half-monthly settlement
are now in progress in the Railway Share Market,
ansd the dealings generally have been very limited,
Without any material change in value. Great
114:terns have declined 55., and South Westerns
litidlands, and South Easterns 10s. Lancashire
hnd Yorkshire, and West Midlands advanced 55.,
and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s.
The Foreign undertakings continue inactive.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, however,
kiwi: improved to 121 to 124.
111 the Colonial Market Great Western of Canada
are firm at 11 to 11A-, and East Indian declined
to 97; to 971,.
Ilicreased firmness has been apparent in the mar-
ket for Public Securities to-day, a purchase of
£200,000 Consols for transfer having stimulated
the 'upward movement; these securities are now
quoted 918 4 for money, 911 for the 7th prox.,
and 92 to 92-4. for March. The New:Threes and
the Reduced are steady at 91!9 ; India Stock is
flat at 216 and 218 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan re-
maims at 994; Exchequer Bills are flat at 7s. to 2s.
; Bank Stock is 233.
rile dealings in the Foreign Stock market have
been to a moderate extent, and prices show increased
*ln ness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70 to 701;
:LW> 1858, 551 L 4-1, ; Mexican have advanced to 231 ;
Portuguese to 451 s ; Spanish are steady at 47i ;
and Sardinian at 814.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been very:nactive, Provincial of Ireland declin ed
63. ; and Union of Australia 10s.; Electric I ele-
Paph Company shares are firm at 100 to 101.

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Joan! t Stock
3Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll i
Per Cent. Consils Annuities
II
I SW 3 per Cent. Annuities 9la I 1 t
411di:t Stock
Di tto 5 per Cent
Di tto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Ditto 5i per Cent lOO
Di tto Bonds £l,OOO l7 din
Coasols for Account, Feb. 7 9ll /
India Stock for Account —
Ditto 5 per Cent, for Account 99 a
Ditt
44hotpter Bills, £l,OOO, lid
o Small

, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Aorazilian 5 per Cent ....
Ditto 45 per Cent, 1858 .... 86
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred
Chilian 6 per Cent
Ditto 44 per Cent.
Mezican 3 per Cent 231 3 i 25
filth) Account 23a 4 3
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 455 i
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .
Ditto 45 per Cent.
Sardinian 6 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Ditto Passive
Turkish 6 per Cent 704 70
Ditto New Loan
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Console, Money : THREE .
9 O'CLOCK.
Ditto Account

FRIGHTFUL SHIPWRECK.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
This Morning Messrs. W. Sinclair and Co., of
his port, owners of the ship Sardinia, received a
letter from Captain Nelson, master of that vessel,
• dated Rangoon, Dec. 12, in which the writer gives
the• most harrowing details of the sufferings and
• of life of a portion of the crew of the ship
Queen of Martaban, from Moulmein to Calcutta,
Which was wrecked near Akyab.
It appears from Capt. Nelson's letter that whilst
°r his passage from Akyah to Rangoon he fell in
NTith the wreck of the Queeu of martoap, which
tad lost all her sails, the mainmast past away, and s
it appeared that when on her beam ends the cabin I
,„
1/118 stove in, and she filled from the deck. Stk
When Captain Nelson came up to the wreck he
I°lllld those of thecrew and passengers who had re= or
illained by the ship (18 in number) in a most wretched B'
state. They were suffering frightfully from hunger 8
the
thirst, not having tasted any food for 13 days,
Lae sea having swept everything away, and nu
Telms existing of communicating with the stores.
le poor fellows when taken on board the Sar•
▪ I'l4 were in a state of great exhaustion, and more 8
dead than alive, from the exposure to which they
th•
ey
been subjected, and the time during which s,
had been without food. They were taken on °
1? Rangoon, and provided with fresh clothes and
'tiler necessaries.
Captain Nelson further reports that during his
fa"age, he spoke the ship Inkerman, by which he
earnt that the Inkerman had picked up four of the
;!Icii belonging to the Queen of Martaban, who 8
had abandoned the ship on a raft. In all, it ap-
peared that six of the crew took to the raft, two of
!7110ni.perished. The body of one of these had been 8
kept on the raft, in reserve for food, until they saw I s
deliverance at hanu.