The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-25 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The market for sterling bills was steady. Few bills with
bankers' signatures had been sold under 110. Commercial
bills commanded lost to 1094. The following were the
latest quotations at the Stock Board :—United States' Fives,
1873-4, 104 f ; Virginia Sixes, 98t ; Missouri Sixes, 88f ;
New York Central shares, 764 ; New York and Erie shares
Sf ; Reading Railroad shares, 50.1 ' • Michigan Central
shares, 53±; Michigan Southern shares, 13-!I ; Panama
Railroad shares, 1201; Illinois Central bonds, 881; Chicago
and Rock Island shares, 57k; Galena and Chicago Railroad,
67 Delaware and Hudson Canal, 971 ; Pennsylvania Coal
Company, 811 ; Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 85. The
following is a comparative statement of the condition of the
New York banks for the weeks ending April 2 and April 9 .
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April. 2. April 9. Increase.
dole. dole. dais.
Loans 128,702,192 129,865,752 1,163,560
Specie
Circulation 8,221,753 8,419,461 227,708
Net Deposits 87,737,138 88,142,544 405,406
Cotton active, with much firmness on the part of holders
-middling Uplands, 121 e. Flour was more steady than it
had been :-Unsound, 3 dole. 75c. to 4 dole. 75c. State,
superfine brands, 4 dols. sc. to 5 dole. 50e. ; Michiganfaucy
brands, 5 dols. 15c. to 5 dole. 600. ; Ohio common brands,
5 doll. 60c. to 5 dole. 70c. ; Michigan and Indiana, extra
brands, 6 dole. 10e. to 7 dole. 50e. ; Genesee fancy brands,
5 dole. 50c. to 6 dole. 60c. ; Missouri, 7 dols. to 9 dole. ;
Canada, 6 dole. 50e. to 7 dols. 40e. per barrel. The market
for wheat continued dull and inactive, and prices tended in
favour of the purchaser. Southern, 1 dol. 72c. to 1 dol. 92e.;
white Michigan, 1 dol. 60e. ; white Kentucky, 1 dol. 80c.,
closing with a little more inquiry. Scotch pig iron, 25
dole. to 26 dole. for six months ; bar inactive ; refined, 57
dols. 50c. ; common, 47 dols. There is a steady fair de-
mand for molasses, New Orleans at 39c. to 40c. ; Porto
Rico, 23c. to 36c. ; 230 Cuba Muscovado, 25e. to 311 c. Tur-
pentine dull at 3dol. 95c. Spirits in better demand, at 521 c.
to 53c. Pork exceedingly dull, 17 dol. 25c. for old mess :
17 dol. 62c. for new ditto • 12 dol. 50c. to 12 dol. 52c. for
prime. Beef in steady demand. Sugar in moderate de-
mand, at 6gc. to Bc. ; Porto Rico, 6ic. to 7ic. ; New Or-
leans, 51c. to 71c. Tobacco quiot ; Kentucky, 7c. to
Freights a trifle lower. To Liverpool, for cotton, 3-16 d.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
The Pleiades, hence, had arrived at Philadelphia.
The Thames, hence, was at anchor off Naratt Point.
The William Penn, hence, had arrived at 43altimore.
The Louceothea, hence, had arrived at Eoston.
The National Guard, hence, had anived at Galveston.
The John M.!Wood, the South's johnny, the Carlyle, the
Vaucluse, and the Clara Wheel'er, hence, had arrived at
New Orleans.

The Montezuma and tiv., Royal Victoria, from Hull, had
arrived at Charleston.
The Georgia, hencf;, was off Galveston.
The Kangaroo, on the 17th, in lat, 46 N., long. 34, passed
the American ship R. H. Tucker ; 20th, the Avon (British);
21st, the VoNnt.

On tho I6th inst., in lat. 50 N., long. 34 W., the Alps
passed the British barque Netherton, bound west ; on the
22d, in lat. 51 N., long. W., the ritish ship Intrinsic,
steering west ; and on the 23d, off South Stack, the barques
Havering and Sylph.
The Persia left New York in company with the screw
steamer Edinburgh, from Glasgow ; on the 14th, passed
the American ship De Witt Clinton, off Sandy Hook ; on
the 20th, passed the barque Ocean Queen, of Bristol, bound
west ; on the 22d, 300 miles from Cape Clear, passed the
screw steamer North Briton, bound west.