The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-19 00:00:00

J 2 °WEI' MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK,

There has been less animation in the market for
Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few
days, and some of the principal staples have been
at slightly reduced quotations. For tea there has
been a steady demand at late rates. Sugars have
shown less firmness, British plantation as well as
foreign qualities having declined about 6d. per cwt.
In the Refined Market the trade have operated to
a very limited extent, and prices have shown a
downward tendency. Coffee has been in active de-
mand, and the finer desciptions, particularly Plan-
tation Ceylon, have improved in value. Rice has
been in fair request at fully previous rates, and a
fair amount of business has been transacted in the
new crop of eturants, owing to the favourable ad-
vices from the lonian Islands. Saltpetre and tal-
low have been dealt in to a moderate extent at
about previous values, P.Y.C. on the spot, and for-
ward delivery, having been a shade firmer.
Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton
Market, yesterday, continued in a very dull state,
and prices of American were 1-16 d. lower. The
sales were 6,000 bales.

At the public sales of foreign and colonial wool,
the biddings for the better qualities continued
animated, and prices are firmly maintained.
The directors of the Southampton Dock Com-
pany have issued their report preparatory to the
meeting, which recommends a dividend of 2 per
cent. for the half-year.

At the Bank of England yesterday there were no
bullion operations of importance.

The New York from the United States has been
announced this morning with £39,860 in specie.
The advices received this morning from the
United States to the 6th inst. contains no new
feature of importance. The exchange on London
for 60 days' bills continued heavy at 110 3.16, and
money was in good request at full rates. The
amount of specie in the City banks on the 30th of
July was £4,152,912, being a decrease of £86,469
When compared with the previous return.
Extensive shipments of silver are being made to
the East on Government account. The Ceylon,
which leaves to-morrow for India and China, will
take out £710,054, as follows :—Aden, gold £l,OOO ;
Ceylon, ditto, £241 ; Madras, ditto, £1,939 ; Cal-
cutta, silver, £356,000 ; Singapore, ditto, £5,040
Hong Kong, ditto, £139,550; Shanghai, ditto,
£197,889; Manilla, dollars, 2,500 ; ditto, gold,
5,895. The whole of the remittance to Calcutta is
sent by the Government.

There has been a slight improvement in the
market for Public Securities, but the transactions
are very circumscribed in foreign stocks, and rail-
way shares also tended upwards. The speculative
dealings, however, are too limited to treate much
variation, and the operations in money stock, not-
withstanding the investments made by the Govern-
ment broker, are also on a reduced scale. The
purchase for the Savings Banks to-day con-
sisted of £15,000 Reduced. Consols have
risen to 95 Zi for money and account. The
New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are
steady at 95: to 96;1; Long Annuities at 18 1-16 ;
and Exchequer Bills at 235. to 265. prem. India
Loan Debentures (1859) have advanced to 95, and
the Bonds to Bs. dis.

The New Indian Loan continues at about 98 to
98/.

The transactions in Foreign Securities have been
moderate, but prices in most instances are firm.
Turkish 6 per Cents. being 83 to 84 ; ditto New,
731 to 741; and the 4 per Cents. have advanced
to 1021 ex div. ; and Spanish 3 per Cents to 45 ;
Peruvian 41 per Cents. are steady at 934 ; Mexi-
can, at 201 ; Belgian 41 per Cents. are flat at 97i,
and Brazilian ditto at 94g.

The New Russian Loan is quoted to } prem.
In the Railway Share Market the transactions
have not been very active. In some instances,
however, a slight improvement has been apparent
in values. Great Western, Brighton, North Bri-
tish, and North Eastern (Leeds), advanced ss. ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s.; and Caledonian,
15s. Bristol and Exeter have declined about
£l. Eastern Counties, South-Western, and Scot-
tish North-Eastern have realised former rates.

The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, at about
previous rates. Lombardo-Venetian old shares are
101, and the New 101. Grand Trunk of Canada
have improved to 35k, and Great Western of Ca-
nada to mt.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are
dull at about previous rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95 6f
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 —
Ditto fcrr 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 18 1-1 G
India Stock
Ditto Debentures, 1858 95
Ditto, 1859
Ditto Loan Scrip ..__.
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO . 8
Ditt' under £l,OOO
i onsols for Account (Sept. 7)
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid . 26 3
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small, lid.

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858
Chilian, 6 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent 93
Ditto Account
PortnxueF,e, 18.53, 3 per Cent.
Russian' 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent 831; 1
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account . 74i. 4 1
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Venezuelan 21 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in Lonctoa.
Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 97;
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent... 641 1
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 951
Ditto Account

DISTRESSING BOAT ACCIDENT ON
THE RIVER.

THREE LIVES LOST.

One of the most —distressing accidents thattihmase
occurred on the river for some considerable
happened on Wednesday afternoon nearPutsey-
bridge, whereby the lives of a young man, a fine
young woman, and her sister were lost.
It appears that Mr. Johnson, a young man about
25 years o? age, a barge owner, carrying on busi-
ness at Rotherhithe had been paying his aadresses
to the daughter of Mr. Prince, the landlord of the
Yorkshire Grey public-house, new.. the Cadogan-
pier, Chelsea. On Wednesday afternoon he pro-
posed a ride upon the river, and he was accompanied
by the young lady and her sister, a little girl about 7
years of age. Upon reaching that part of the river
opposite -Wandsworth-fields on the one side, and the
grounds of Sir F. Rowe on the Middlesex side, the
boat suddenly capsized, and the three were imme-
diately struggling in the water. The young girls,
not being able to swim, soon disappeared, but Mr.
Johnson must have swam some short distance before
he sank, as his body was subsequently discovered
lying upon a mound of mud before Sir Frederick.
Rowe's premises. It appears that no person actu-
ally witnessed the unfortunate occurrence, but the
deceased were seen struggling in the water, and
that must have been immediately afterwards. Some_
person rowed up to Putney-bridge very moot
alarmed, and stated that a boat had been. Over-
turned, and that the occupants were in tile water.
The waterinen at Putney-bridge quickly put off in
their boats, as also some at the Feathers at Wands-
worth, but their services were of no avail. They
were only in time to pick up the sculls and to recover
the boat, which was what is termed a small gig.
The river was dragged for several hours, and about
eleven o'clock Alexander Phelps, one of the Putney
watermen, discovered the body of Mr. Johnson
lying upon the spot above described. There is no
doubt that the deceased swam in his clothes as far
as he could, and then sank from exhaustion. It is
presumed that the accident was caused by their
playing and laughing with each other, and, as the
boat was not of that character to permit of it, the
frail vessel soon overturned.
The whole of yesterday a number of persons were
upon the river dragging for the bodies of the unfor-
tunate young girls, but up to the present time they
have not been found. Mr. Prince drove on Putney
Bridge about ten o'clock, and appeared almost
heart-broken at the sad event. The body of Mr.
Johnson was taken to the Swan public-house,
Fulharn, where it now remains awaiting an inquest.
The age of the eldest girl was 19. The greatest
excitement prevails in the neighbourhood of the
bridge.