The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-15 00:00:00

4.10.NEY _MARE El' AND CITY NEW'S.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce
have been exceedingly active during the past few

days. With regard to tee, however, the trade have -5,
been chiefly occupied in inspecting the samples of too,
the large quantity offered at public sale to-day. .v
Sugars have sold readily at slightly advanced rates,
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while good and fine qualities of coffee have been in stoei
active request at enhanced prices. The operations 100
in cocoa, rico, and fruit have been on a rather
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extensive scale at fully late quotations. Saltpetre, I
however, has been dull. In tallow the transactions i
have been rather extensive, and prices have tended
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upwards both for present and forward delivery. stock
Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester- stook
day continued rather active, and prices were firm. stcc
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The sales were 15,000 bales. stool
About £B,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank gtoeu'el
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of England yesterday.
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The suspension was announced yesterday after- stool
noon of Mr./W. Harryman, hop factor, of the 0
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Borough, with liabilities estimated at about sstoolc
£45,000, but a good dividend is expected to be :100e01
stock
realized.
stock

A sum of £2,000 has been received from
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Guayaquil on account of the Ecuador dividend :tgel
fund. stock
stock
The trustees of the estate of D. Yorke and Co., stock
bankers, of Peterborough and Oundle, have declared 52.5
25
a first dividend of 4s. in the pound. stod

The advises from Australia report the departure 51
of only one vessel with gold, viz., the Anglesea,
with £291,554. The James Wilson, with £76,300, OW
6.4.(
be now expected daily. steel

may be
The traffic receipts of the South Eastern Railway
for the past week show a decrease of £2,158, com-
pared with the corresponding period of last year. to

The demand for discount accommodation, to-day, „
has been steadily maintained. I ewe

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Further indicaftions of depression have pervaded stool
the market for Public Securities, to-day, in conse- stool
quence of contie tied sales by speculators who are stool
induced to take an unfavourable view of the pm- 515.
table tendency of values on account of the =col
unsettled states of monetary affairs in France. stoc
The prospect, moreover, of specie shipments to Ame-
rica. being actively resumed, adds to the prevailing stoi(e'k
heaviness. Consols for transfer have been 92 to zf
921; and for the account, 921 ; they are now, ik
however, 921 and 921 a respectively. The New steci
Threes have receded to 901 2 ; the Reduced to 901
=eel
; Exchequer Bills arc firm at 3s. prem. ; ditto to
June, at 6s. to 9s. prem. ; Bank Stock remains at 8%
232 ; and Indaa 5 per Cent. Loan is 103! 1. stool
Business in the Foreign Market has been mode- :I°,„,c
rately active, but prices have not shown much 22',
variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 80 81 ; ditto,
1858, 681 69 ; ditto £lOO Bonds remain at 701 ;
Chilian 41 per Cents. at 844 ; and Brazilian at 81
91 I; Mexican are fiat at 251 g f-; Dutch at 99;
and Italian 5 per Cents. at 68k ; Sardinian are 12
steady at 81. at
The following communication relates to the affairs 81
of Mexico :—The Committee of Mexican Bond-
holders have received advices from Mr. Whitehead,
dated Mexico, the 6th ult. Congress had been called

together again, and had sat two days in secret ses-
sion, the Opposition having a majority of 9 or 10.
It was thought that Senor Juarez and his Cabinet
would be overthrown. They have required state-

ments from the Minister of Finance about the

working of the law of the 17th July last, &c. Some
negotiations :seemed to be going on between the
American Minister in Mexico and the Government
about the waste lands which the Bondholders had

required as a collateral security for the debt.
The liquidation of the half-monthly account has st
been the chief business transacted in the Railway st
;
Share Market to-day, and prices generally have t'
shown a slight upward movement. Lancashire
and Yorkshire have advanced ss. ; Eastern Counties
and Great Westerns, 10s. ; Midlands, 15s. ; and at,
Great Northerns and Caledonians, £1; North- at
Easterns and South-Easterns declined about ss. st
Business in the Foreign and Colonial under- st
takings remained very inactive. South Austrian :1
and Lombardo-Venetian, receded to ma. East st
Indian brought 101 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 982; :1
Bombay and Baroda, 984, and Eastern Bengal, 191. as
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares st
were flat. City Bank declined to 704 71. Chartered sj
of India, Australia, and China brought 204 4;
Union of Australia, 394 ; Canada Land, 108, and sl
Oriental Inland Steam 5-2. 51.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3Aper Cent. Reduced Annuities
92h / 90/ a
2
3 per Cent. Consuls Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 151 t
India Stock. .
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent. 961
Ditto 51 per Cent.
ilil to Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981
Ditto 1859
Consols for Account, Nov. 7
March. June.
Exch,,oner Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..... 3 pm 7 9 pin
Ditto £5OO . • 6 pm
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 98411 1
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent
Chilian 6 per Cent —
Ditto 41 per Cent
Mexican, 3 per Cent.
r..-ardinian 6 per Cent.
ipanish 3 per Cent..
Ditto Passive .. 161
Tarkish 6 per Cent .. 801 I
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 4B/
Dutch 2 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
'Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. 99 x d
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
TWO O'CLOCK

92
Consols, Money 921 Ditto Account

ST. JAMEL,S 2H-EAT.RE.

Mr. Alfred Wigan commenced his winter season last
evening with the greatest eclat. The first piece performed
was a farce, entitled " A Cozy Couple," in which Mr. and
Mrs. F. Mathews made their appearance, and were most
warmly welcomed. " The Scrap of Paper," which fol-
lowed, is a very recent novelty, and full justice was
done last season to the excellence of the cast
and the general good taste and feeling with which
the details of this charming comedy were carried
out. Mr. and Mrs. Wigan, who played of eourse their old
parts, were received last night with every demonstration
of public cordiality. Miss Herbert, with Messrs. Ashley,
Belmore, and Dewar, and, indeed, the whole of tne per-
formers, can have no reason to complain of their reception.
At the close of the comedy Mr. and Mrs. Wigan were loudly
called for, and bowed their acknowledgments when the
curtain was raised for the purpose. Miss Herbert also was
complimented by a call, and was led across the stage in the
front of the curtain by Mr. Dewar. The farce of " Dono on
Both Sides," in which the principal parts were performed by
Mr. G.Vining,Mr. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Wank Matthews,
and Miss Moore, concluded the evening's entertainments.
Mr. J. Robins also made his appearance last evening in the
broadly humorous character of Pigmalion Phibbs, in the
farce—a part well suited to his quiet humour. By the
additions that have been made to it the company have
gained strength, and the amount of talent now engaged in
this theatre will readily be tested should any old stock drama,
or any new one with a strong caste, be brought out. The
whole performances were characterised by a high degree of
finish. The house was filled with a numerous and fashion-
able audience.

We regret
DEATH OF MAJOR SIBTIIORP, M.p
to announce the death of Major Sibthorp, .N/
Lin-
coln. The lion. and gallant gentleman died s;idd. efnolr oterday , and fell into the arms of Mr. Beresford Hope,y with
whom he was conversing.
CHARD AND TAUNTON RAILWAY.—The prospec-
tus of this railway is in circulation. The undertaking is
brought forward with strong local support. The list of
promoters comprises some of the best known names in the
district. The object is to connect the two main lines of the
Bristol and Exeter and London and South Western Rail-
way Companies, and thus to afford access to the Bristol and
English Channels. When the line is completed, together
with another branch of about three miles, the distance from
channel to channel will be about 45 miles, and this, it is
computed, will save a distance of about 250 miles in the
passage between the north and the south-east coast. The
Bristol and Exeter Company have agreed to work the line
at 45 per cent. of the gross earnings, and to guarantee a
minimum of £4,750, which is equal to nearly 4 per cent. on
the capital of £120,000. Interest at the rate of 3 per cent.
er annum is to be paid on the calls during construction.
he shares are of £5 each, with a deposit of £1 ss.