The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-16 00:00:00

MONEY .11,11?lc_ET AND CITY NEJVS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
There is very little alteration to report in the
general appearance of the money market, the de-
mand being exceedingly quiet ani supply abundant.
Payments on account of calls, or loan instalments,
create scarcely any influence, and the terms charged
for discount accommodation were lower than for
some years past. The introduction of the Indian
Loan may for the moment stimulate the inquiry,
but while trade continues quiet, and speculation is
discouraged, no material rise in the quotations is
anticipated.

About £BO,OOO in Australian gold was taken
into the Bank of England yesterday.
The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited little variation from those current on the
Previous post day, with the exception of Vienna
and Trieste, which showed a slight advance. The
course of exchange at New York on London for
bills at 60 days' sight is quoted 1098, a rate which
leaves scarcely any profit on shipment of specie to
this country.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, and prices were without material altera-
tion. Thb sales only amounted to 5,000 bales.
In the Railway Share Market business was rather
more active, and prices were firm.
The public sales of East Indian indigo, which
commenced on the Bth inst., closed yesterday after-
noon. The quantity declared for these auctions
Was 8,114 chests in the A, and 1,790 in the B cata-
logue; total, 9,904 chests. Kurpah descriptions
were in good demand throughout the sale, both for
the home trade and for export, and realised about
the rates current at the last October sale. Dry
leaf Madras advanced about 2d. per lb., while good
qualities of Bengals and 0 udes improved about 2d.
to 4d. per lb. Of the quantity offered, viz., 9,904
chests, 3,628 chests have been withdrawn, 2,424
bought in, and 3,852 were sold.
The terms upon which the Venezuelan Govern-
ment propose to arrange their English debt, on
Which no dividends have been paid for 12 or 14
Years, are scarcely as satisfactory as could be de-
sired. Inasmuch, however, as they are ten-
dered with much apparent sympathy for
the sufferings of the bondholders, and are as
favourable as the exhausted state of the country's
revenue will allow, it is probable that they will
obtain a ready acceptance. It will be seen, by the
Particulars annexed, that the Government propose
to pay no more than 3 per cent. on the Active,
and 11 per cent. on the Deferred. A clause
might be inserted, to the effect that a more
liberal allowances hould be made, if, after
the lapse of a few years, the finances of the Go-
vernment should be sufficiently recruited. Although
a larger provision might have been expected, it
'would be far better for all interested to secure
Moderate terms, if rigidly observed, rather than a
more
ample arrangement which the Government
might find itself unable to carry out.
' At the general meeting of the proprietors
of the English, Scottish, and Australian Char-
tered Bank, held to-day, a dividend at the
rate of £4 per cent. per annum was recommended.
The net available balance of profit was £13,568
1,98' id., which the directors appropriated for the
above purpose, and also applied £5OO to the reduc:
of preliminary expenses, £l,OOO towards Bank
premises, and £2,068 19s. ld. to the further increase
of the reserve fund, which would then stand at
£8,960 6s. 2d. There was some discussion, but it
Was not important, and the report was adopted.
In the English Stock Market to-day the transac-
tions have been rather limited, but the quotations
are tolerably steady, and notwithstanding the con-
tinued depression of the Paris Bourse, the specula-
tors for a fall operate very cautiously.. Consols
for transfer have been 951 -7-0 and for Account also
951 7--, and the market has been without the least
alteration worth recording since the commence-
ment of business.
The New Threes and the--Reduced Annuities are
steady at 951 i and 961. Long Annuities are
Marked 1k ; Exchequer Bills are 335. to 365. prem.,
and the Bonds 1004 ; India Loan Debentures are
988, and ditto Bonds 18s. prem.

An average amount of business has been trans-
acted in Foreign Securities, and prices in general
exhibit a slight downward tendency. Turkish 6
Per Cents. are 901 to 91; ditto New Loan, 791 to
801; and ditto Scrip, 2d issue, 6 to 51 discount ;
the 4 per Cents. have receded to 1021 ; Mexican
to 201 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 731; Portuguese
to 451 and 46 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 99 ; and
Venezuelan Deferred to 17. Danish 3 per Cents.
are firm at 861 7 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. are
steady at 65(1,. The Austrian New Loan is about
ito dis. h

The Railway Share Market has been moderately
active, but on several of the principal lines a slight
decline has taken place. Chester and Holyhead,
Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Mid-
land, and South-Eastern have declined ss. ; Edin
burgh, Perth; and Dundee, and North British, 10s.;
and Caledonian, Ll ; Eastern Counties, South
Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and
North-Eastern (York), improved about ss.
In the Foreign Market a very limited business
has been done. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares
have receded to 81, and the New Shares to 61.
Namur - •

- and Liege brought 81.
The colonial lines are a shade firmer. East
I,,,,ndian have advanced to 1021 1021, and Grand
"link of Canada to 301 301. Great Indian Penin-
sula: are steady, at 100 and 1001.
For Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
there has been only a limited inquiry. Bank of
Australasia declined 10s.; Bank of Egypt, £1 ;
London and Westminster, ss. ; and Oriental Bank
ss• to 10s. London and County improved 10s.,
and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 10s. Red Sea
and India Telegraph brought about former rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 5 61 5 6
Nper Cent. Consols Annuities
Long Annuities,
per Cent. Annuities 96 51 15} 651
"ng Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... 11
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 .. 15-16
India. Stock
Ditto Debentures 9Bl 8 1 8
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account
rch une.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d. & lid.. 3 Ma 6
3 I J
Ditto Small, 111. .. ,
... .. .... . 33 I
Exchequer Bonds, 1859,. 31 per Cent
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 94
Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent.
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent - -
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per_Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
4ussian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent.
81
Sardinian, 5 per Cent
~
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
801 791
Ditto 2d Issue
51
Ditto Account
10 6 51 d
uitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuela, 5 per Cent.
1
Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent l7
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchqnge, 12 Gull. 2/ per Cent 651
THREE O'cLocK.
•
Consols, Money - 951 1 .
Consols for Account

SUICIDE AT STEFNEL—Yesterday morning; a
determined act of self-destruction was committed by Mr.
Thomas Braithwick Noble, aged 43 years, the proprietor of
the Globe Ale Stores, Globe-road, Mile-end. It appears
that the deceased had a drunken quarrel with his wife on
the previous night, when he attempted to stab her, and
drove her out of the house. Yesterday morning. he hung
himself by a rope in the cellar, and was found dead when
89/ne neighbours came in. It seems that the deceased had
lived unhappily with his wife for some time past, in conse-
quence of jealousy, and he was subject to periodical attacks
of delirium. An inquest on the body will be held this day.
LOVE IN A WELL.--We gave a few weeks ago
olir readers an account of a daring feat by a female in the
village of Swaffham Prior, named Martha Morgan, in des-
cending a well to fetch up a pail. It seems her courageous
conduct won for her the attachment and attention of a brisk
widower close by, named William Farrer, who took her for
" better, for worse," at our church, on Saturday last, ob-
serving that it was her daring feat that stimulated him to
do it, as he should then have a wife who could say more
than other wives could ill the history of their limi—Cam-
bradge Independent,