The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE 11-8.

CITY, Two o'.
The position of monetary affairs continuesCLocK very
favourable, and discount accommodation is attain-
able on terms a fraction lower than the Bank of
England minimum ; but an opinion is expressed in
some quarters that increased firmness will soon be
produced by the increasing requirements of trade,
and the several loans, which, although they may be
temporarily delayed, will be eventually brought
under the notice of English capitalists. During
the ensuing session of Parliament some im-
portant financial arrangements are antici-
pated ; and it is thought that a loan for
India will be found unavoidable. Notwithstand-
ing any absorption that may be thus created, how-
ever, a recurrence of pressure is not apprehended.
grade is likely to remain in a healthy state, and
the recent decision of the Bank authorities, not to
rediscount commercial bills, will tend to prevent
undue speculation. Choice descriptions of home
' and foreign paper are negotiable at 21 per cent.;
and the applications, both at Lombard-street and
the National establishment, continue limited.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer,
:'era, which leaves Southampton on the 20th inst.
for India and China, takes out specie to the amount
QC £270,958, viz.—£1,000, in gold, to Ceylon;
£665 ditto, for Madras ; £5,000, in silver, for
Madras; £55,350 ditto, for Calcutta ; £22,300
ditto, for Singapore ; £107,883 ditto, for Hong
hung ; £2OO, in gold, for Hong Kong, and £78,549,
in silver, for 'Shanghai.
In the Foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon,
there was a slight reduction in' the rate on Austria,
and an advance on Hamburg ; in the others no
alteration was recorded.
Letters from Liverpool state that .the Cotton
Market, yesterday, closed with a very heavy aspect,
and prices tended downwards. The sales were
estimated at 5,000 bales. In the Railway Share
Market rather more animation was exhibited, and
quotations were firmer.
The steamer Magdalena has arrived from the
West Indies, with £134,000 in. specie.
The Stock Exchange market opened favourably,
and Consols were quoted at a slight advance, but
later in the day it was reported that transactions
had taken place at Paris, in the French Funds, at
a decline of 1 per cent., which immediately affected
values, and a heavy tone was produced in the seve-
ral departments of business. Foreign Stocks
and Railway Shares were depressed, as
W(4l as Consols. It is evident that the
market, 'although it has lately shown a material
provement, still remains in a most sensitive con-
dition, and any advices of an adverse complexion
create uneasiness. Consols, which had been
l'eceded to 96, sellers, and the present quotation is
95'81 96. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm
at 961 ; Exchequer Bills are 365. to 375. prem. ;
Bank Stock is marked 2261; India Loan Deben-
-rtures, 99a ; ditto Bonds, 19g. to 225. prem. ; and
Long Annuities are flat, at 181.
In the Market for Foreign Securities a fair
amount of business has been transacted, and prices
generally show an upward tendency. Turkish 6
Per Cents, are 91 to 911; ditto Scrip, first issue,
80 to 801; ditto, second issue, 5 to 4t dis. ; Chi-
n Loan is 3 to 2 dis. ; Russian 41 per Cents.
are firm at 1001 1; Venezuelan 5 per Cents. at
44 ; Dutch 4 per Cents, at 1011; Spanish 3 per
Cents. at 451 to 451 ; ditto Deferred at nil;
Portuguese at 471, ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. at 92 ;
and ditto 3 per Cents, at 711 1; Brazilian 4/ per
Cents. are steady at 941 ; and Mexican at 19:.
The Railway Share Market has exhibited very
little animation. 'A few of the principal lines have
been dealt in, but the variations have not exceeded
above t to 1 per cent. Great Western, Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midland, and Stockton and
Darlington have advanced ss. ; and Norfolk, 10s. ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire and North Western
have declined ss. ; and South Western and
Great Northern, 10s. In the Foreign and
Colonial Markets the dealings have been limited,
Prices, however, are rather firmer. Northern of
France and Paris and Lyons have improved 10s., and
Lombardo-Venetian have declined about 55.; East
Indian have improved 55., and Great Indian
peninsula have receded 10s.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
-'~how little vatiation from.previous 'quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96
a •
,Per Cont. Consols Annuities
414ew
1 _ rent. Annuities - —
DI-ultto 30 Years expire sth Apr., 1885 lBl
ndiaD Stock ' —
itte ebenures .99i t
Ditto Bondst £1 000
Ditto under 'ZI,OOO- 212
19
Consols for Account 96k / 6

chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. March June.
Ditto Small, ila i 37
. . ............... 36 I
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 ber Cent. . . —
Ditto 1853,r C4l
ent. . per dent 941
Mexican 3 pe........
Ditto Account •.. . •
Peruvian 41 per Cent. 19i
Ditto Account 92
Ditto 3 per. Cent. . —
Ditto Account ...........• 711 i
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent....
...
Ditto Account ................ 47/
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ... .
. .
Ditto
41 per Cent. lOO/ i i
Sardinian, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
4
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan Scrip —
Ditto Account
Venezuela 5 per Cent. . —
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent —
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK.9S4 6
Consols for Account, Feb. 8 951 6
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TILE LATE MR. BENJAMIN BOYD.—Capt. Henry Burns, lust arrived from Port de France, New Caledonia,
has brought with him a double-barrelled fowling-piece,
which is supposed to have belonged to the late Mr. Boyd.
The gun was Purchased by Captain Muir, of the New
F miles Forest, from the nativesthe sot where Mr. Boyd met his fate.
and was represented to have b longed to a " big white man
Who was killed." One of the belonged to a "big white man
who was killed." One of the ban.els was still loaded, and
the charge with difficulty extracted by Captain Muir. The
gun has been deposited with Mr. Whitfield, gunmaker,
111. g-street, and, if thoroughly identified, will be after-
Vards sent to the museum.—. Adelaide Observer of Nov. 6,
1868.
It batte( Galignani) mentioned a few days ago that
alion of the 70th Regiment had bee cauht in a
violent snowstorm while on their march ton Consgtantino..
4coolints now state that 22 of the men, who were overcome
With fatigue, perished in the snow. The remainder were able
t° roach the farm of El Aria, to which place provisions and
~ether as§istance was despatched to them by the general
t,lllnanding the district. On the arrival of gob attalion
,-onstantina, 60 of the men were obliged to nto the
however with their hands and feet frost-bitten. It was
'AoWever hoped that none of the cases would prove fatal.
TOUCHING INCIDENT.—OR Tuesday last the '
Sat her of Whitworth, who was executed on the previous
ttiltdaY. arrived in this city, and asked at the castle:s gate
iether there was a man to be hanged the following atwueer-
,Y. On being told that one named Whitworth
~.,cuted on the previous Saturday she nearly fainted._ On
.I.,;esvering she Wormed the turnkey that she was Whit
orth's mother, and had come from near Worksop for the
txm„,
turpose of seeing, for the last time, her unfortunate
,
Bove e poor woman was at once taken to Mr. Noble, the
:nlor) whom she. informed that she had started from
eke totally ignorant of the day when the fate of her son
114,11,14 he decided ; her husband and son-in-law, it seems,
1,-al,ng kept from her as far as possible, any information
ue distressing subject. She had spent nearly all she
the On her journey, and Mr. Noble found her lodgings for
night and ga her something to assist her home ;he
ve
f, 0 informed her of the happy change which had come
p"/..er her son ere his execution, and of his prayers on his
I:iirtbellts and friends' behalf—a statement which she heard
gh rireat satisfaction and consolation. On Wednesday
e called on the Wesleyan minister, Mr. Parkes, who paid
pt) much attention to the condemned criminal, and ex-
Zssed her deepest gratitude for his kindness. 11r. Parkes
and
rendered the poor woman some pecuniary assistance,
Q. she left York the same day.—Northern (Newcastle)
'WY -Express.
1174„ WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND, AT
dac\,,,'4atliANlPTON.--At the borough police-court yester-
" Thompson, a cabinet lock maker, in Brick-
hi U-street, Wolverhampton, was charged with culpable
tiide. It seems that his wife is of dissipated habits, and
night
en the latter part of Sunday last and all the following
liegrl) she had been pursuing a course of reckless drinking—
vhuusband seeking her in vain among the low haunts to
and thShe was in the habit of resorting. On Monday morn-
e Wretched woman returned home of her own accord,
tet\Zveral unpleasant scenes occurred between them.
wtre -en one and two o'clock, while their son and daughter
'w Present, anotherquarrel took place, in the course of
fell Mrs.
Th sworn by one
0_
~ ompson, as was positively
ea 14 itnesses, recved a blow from her husband. She
iraAecuitil taticyhairafteirawaar state of insensibility, and died almost