The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-04 00:00:00

the bill to be read a r .00nd time, and take his objections
to it at a further stage.
After some remarks from Mr. MACARTNEY,
Sir E. PERRY moved the second reading of the bill
this day two months.
After some discussion the amendment was with-
drawn, and the bill was read a second time and ordered
to be committed on Monday next.

COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL.
The second reading of this bill was postponed t
Monday.
The home adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

MONEY MARKETI2

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I 85t(;

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CITY, Two o'CLocK. 20
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday ex- ig
hibited a very firm appearance, and last week's 50
prices were fully maintained. The sales were esti- 25
mated at 5,000 bales; 500 of which were taken 70'
by the exporters, and 1,000 by the speculators. St.
The Railway Share Market closed steadily, with-
out
any material alteration in prices. 25
The report just issued by the East Anglian Rail- st.
way's Company shows that the traffic during the 18
half year ending the 31st of December last yielded st.
20,1551. 16s. Bd. The directors state that " the eioi.
heavy expenditure consequent on the decay and 10
dilapidations of preceding years still augments the st
working expenses of the Eastern Counties Railway 10
Company, and has caused them considerably to st.
exceed 50 per cent. on their total receipts ; conse- St.
quently our revenue has again been subjected to :tt.
the maximum charge under this head ; the result st'
is a net amount of 13,9551. Is. ld., which after
providing for the interest on the Bond Debt, and 12
on the A and B shares, leaves sufficient to pay 41. 50
15s. per cent. per annum on the C Stock. 165
A considerable degree of firmness is apparent in NI
the tea market, the letters just received from China 16
having stimulated speculative purchases. Com- 3
mon Congou is now ls. 11d. to Is. 14d., and the 20
tendency is still upwards. 11i
The continental exchanges ywiterday• afternoon gtt.
were very firm, and on• Hamburg the quotation 20.
was a shade higher. 10 1
%This being the "fourth" of the month, there is 12ir
naturally a very active demand in the money mar- St.
ket, for although most persons have no doubt pre-
viously provided themselves with the necessary 4.lst.
capital, a few, as usual, have postponed 10
their preparations till the last moment. 10
Full rates are, therefore, cerrent, and tempo-
rarily the pressure is rather more severe, but
in the course of two or three days some relief may
be felt. Indeed there is a general impression that
the supply will speedily become more abundant,
and the rates slightly decline, although no measure
in that direction on the part of the Bank authorities
is yet contemplated. The large arrivals of gold
anticipated from Australia will tend to produce this,
notwithstanding the diversion of those remittances
to the continent in payment of silver. It is feared
that the efflux of this metal to China and India
will continue, and no sooner is the shipment to-
day comple'ed than arrangements are commenced
for the next mail, a sum of 25,0001. in gold having
been withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for trans-
mission to the continent. There is a small supply of
s river bythe Mexican steamer, viz., $972,955,0r about
194,5911., but this is a very unimportant addition
to the stock of that metal available for exportation.
The extensive remittances now en route from Aus-
tralia will prevent these specie operations causing
any material diminution in the Bank's stock of
bullion, although a small amount may occasionally
be sent away, and with a knowledge of this fact
any movement of the kind will not create uneasi-
ness.
The Ministerial defeat has naturally affected the
value of the English Funds, and a decline of to #
per cent. has taken place. There has not been much
activity, however, as the settlement of the account
is now in progress, but the jobbers have availed
themselves of the opportuniTafferded by the majo-
rity against Ministers to depress the market. Consols
for money have been 93i I, and 931 while the
April prices have been 94k and .94 to 94k.
The Now 3 per Cents. are marked 94 to 94f, and
the Reduced 931 to 94. Bank Stock is 220, and
India ditto 233. Exchequer Bills were 2s. discount
to 2s. premium.
Foreign Securities are generally very dull.
Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined to 971 and
97 to 97k. Russian 5 per Cents, are 1071, and
Mexican have risen to 221 8, as the advices from
Mexico state that a loan of 13,000,000 dollars
was being negotiated, one half of which would
140 applied to the liquidation of English Bond-
holders' claims.
The Ecuatorian Commiftion of Agency have the
day received a further remi,tance of 2,6831. Os. 3d.
on account of Ecuador dividends.

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The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ;
zan, 22# ; Peruvian, 41 per Cents., 79 81 ;
ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per t 0
Cents., 44 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 109 ; do. 18
4i per Cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents. 401 ; 18
ditto New Deferred, `,.!0 ; Ditto Certificates, 20i
61 ; Ditto Passive, 5/ 6. 100
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There has been an active business transacted in 100
the Railway Share Market, but prices have in
most instances shown a decided downward ten- 100 2
dency. Great Northern, Brighton, North- 20
Eastern, and York, deslined ss. ; Caledonian, 20
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 10s. ; Great 20,
Western, North West-rn, Midland, North 17
E3st?rn, and Berwick, 15s. ; and Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, and South Eastern, 20
1/. Eastern of France declined 15s. ; Central of 100
France, ss. ; Northern of France, 1/. ; and Grand 100
Trunk of Canada, 1/. 20
Mining Shares have been inactive, at rather st.
reduced rates. 100
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have shown a slight 20
decline. London and Westminster receded 10s., 20
Ottoman Bank 10s., and Union of Australia, 10s. 20
In the Miscellaneous undertakings there has ,20T
been very little business transacted. Peninsular A
and Oriental Seam improved 10s., and Royal Mail 100 leo
Steam declined 10s.
100

BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
(From the Offietal

Bank Stook
220
3 per cont. Reduced Annuities 9q 4 3i
3 per Cent. Console Annuities 93i 8 A
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94 i
5 per Cent. Annuities 11.34
lioag Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 15-16
I ndia Stock
India Bonds £lOOO ...............
Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d
Consols for Account
Ftehequer 13111 s, 24d.
£lOOO
C5OO . . 2 p
Ditto Advertised
_ _

Ditto Bonds, 1858, 33/4 per Cent.. 93A
Ditto, 1359
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS Day.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Egi
ilexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account 22ABlii
Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent
ttussian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lO7l
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 i
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 97
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in Loom n.
HIREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, money 93A fi
Ditto, Account (March 5)
TH

:E COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY.—The
adjourned inquest on Monday on the body of Abraham
Turner, one of the. men who was got out of this pit
alive, but afterwards died, was further adjourned until
Monday next. The most careful inquiries have been
made as to the sacrifice of life by the txp!osicn, and
the exact number of deaths has now been ascertained to
be 186.

We understand that
juastclehPandtation on the part of
toan interview with the
English capitalists has
Emperor of the French relativeproposed Inter-
national Bank. It is stated thadtetoltlihdeebdasis of this
ee d upon, and that
im-
portant undertaking is already
nrettioatfr,isoacnidotios
the institution will be entirely ind,
un-
connected with, the various Continental C
and the existing financial establishments in
SUDDEN DEATH.—For several years past the. house
No. 8, Nursery-row, Brandon-street, Walworth, bas
been occupied by Miss Sarah Elliott, a maiden lady
advanced in years, and of most eccentric habits. She
was supposed by her neighbours to be highly oon-
nected, though none of her friends were observed to
visit her. On Sunday, about half-past 12 o'clock, she
came down stairs and entered the parlour, and fits
was the last time she was seen alive. Her servant at
about 3 o'clock, finding that the had, kt: vkn no orders
for dinner, knocked repeat';;ty at the parlour-door,
and receiving no P....":iswer she became alarmed; and
called in Aorrli, of the neighbours, who fettled the deof
c(iPe:,3l3, wtee she was found lying d'n three chairs quite
--, and cold. The medical gentleman who had been
attending her was called in, and it Was his opinion that
e died from natural causes, Sergeant Coppin went
th
° the house and found in a small dirty bag, under
the head 1
gether whit
Bank
were ins,
deceased, 40 sovereigns and sit st.
'tee- The house had bei is at one time richly
furnished, but from neglect it is at present in a deplor-
able The deceased was clothed in rags, held to.
It is the olinion of the officer that
ployed for /2,0_,t less than from 2,000 or 3,000 pins em-
clqtll,B of 4"c“8 purpsaid she bou _ostly chatacter in her bowe. The servant
ose, though she had plenty of
day niot AV the deceased a bottle of wine on Satur-
f°und a 154 tie IT Ole Vnished, and by ber bed-eide was
held ezi the , gia partly empty. An inquest will be
;Jody.