The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET 4ND CITY NEWS.

Two O'CLOCK.
The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days have exhibited some
rather important variations in several of the prin-
cipal staples, owing, in a great measure, to the
state of political affairs on the Continent. Tea
has been dull, but it continues at about former
rates. In sugar the transactions have been very
limited, and lower quotations are accepted by holders,
and in the refined market scarcely any business has
been done. Coffee has been inactive. For rice
there has been an animated demand, at an advance
of 9d. to is. per cwt. for most descriptions. A
moderate business has been transacted in rum, at
fully late rates, and holders are firm. Spices have
met with very little inquiry, and at the public sale
of cinnamon a decline of about 2d. per lb. has taken
place compared with the rates realised in January
last. Saltpetre has been exceedingly firm, and
large sales have been effected at full rates.
About £86,000, in gold, was withdrawn from
the Bank of England yesterday for transmission to
the Continent.

To-day a call or £2 per share, or £45,000, be-
comes due on the Victoria Station and Pimlico
Railway.

The Champion of the Sea has been announced,
from Melbourne, with £92,240 in specie.
The Tallow Market his exhibited some rather
important fluctuations, the late high rates not having
been sustained. P.Y.C., on the spot, has declined
to 585., June delivery 575., and last three months
58s. Bd. per cwt.

The public sales of Foreign and Colonial Wool
will commence on Thursday next, the sth inst.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
very heavily, and prices in most instances tended
downwards. The, sales amounted to 5,000 bales.
In the Railway Share Market only a very small
amount of business was transacted, at barely former
quotations.

The following particulars of the number and
tonnage of vessels now on the berth in the port of
London for the Australian colonies is extracted
from the usual monthly list published by Mr.
Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house :
For Vessels. Tons.
Launceston 4 1,907
Hobart Town 3 1,600
Sydney •........ 10 9,061
Geelong, Melbourne, and
Portland Bay lB 15,654
Adelaide 8 5,122
Swan River ..
New Zealand l3 .. 7,240

Total 5B .. 41,959
During the preparations for to-morrow, the
" fourth" of the month, and other arrangements
new in course of completion, the demand for dis-
count facilities is actively maintained. The joint-
stock and private bankers are finding more employ-
ment for their resources than for a long time
past, and, taking advantage of the upward
tendency of the rates, they' are enabled to
enforce some additional charge for the paper
they negotiate. As the inquiry is thus kept
up' and gold continues to leave the Bank
for the Continent, in spite of large arrivals from
Australia and other places, many weeks may not
elapse 1. efore the Bank directors are compelled to
Make some further change in their discount regu-
lations.

There is very little variation to report in the
English Stock market. Business is now confined
Within very narrow limits, as the dealers are not
inclined to operate in the present position of
affairs. The impending settlement occupies the
chief attention of the members. Consols, which
have been 902 91, are now a shade flatter,
viz., 90 to 901. The - Government broker
has effected a further investment for the foreign
banks. The New Threes have improved to
to 89,1- ; the Reduced, to 891 90 ; Long Annuities,
171 11-16 ; India Loan Scrip, 911 ; and the Bonds
are steady at 20s. to 10s. discount. Exchequer
Bells are 19s, to 20s. prem. Bank Stock is quoted
216 to 220.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
rately active, and prices, in most instances, show
more firmness, Turkish 6 per Cents. being 62 to
Co ; ditto New. issue, 52 to 55 ;and the 4 per Cents.
have improved to 99 and 100; Peruvian 3 per Cents.
to 75 ; Russian 44-, per Cents. to 93 ; Sardinian:to 68
and 691-f and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 96 to 98 ; but
the 41 per Cents. are flat at 89 to 901 ;
and Vene-
zuelan Deferred at 142.
The following memorandum is from the Com-
mittee of Mexican Bondholders :
" The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received
advices from Mr. 'Whitehead dated Mexico March 31. He
had received from the agents of the bondholders in Vera
Cruz 28,608,74 dols, for duties in bills on Mexico, and had
indirect advice that about 10,000 dollars more had since
been collected in Vera Cruz. This will make the amount
collected for the dividend and still in Mexico nearly £30,000,
besides a small balance at the Bank here. The constitu-
tionalists under Degollado, variously estimated at 5,000 to
d 19,000 strong, occupied Tacubaza and some points in that
irection but beyond a few cannon and musket shots be-
tween advanced parties there had been no encounter. It
was said • that General Miramon was to have a battery of
fir4o e
on guns and five mortars ready on the 27th March, to open
Vera Cruz with,
A moderate amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Railway Share Market, but prices
have shown a downward tendency in most in-
stances. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and
North Eastern (York), have declined 10s. to 15s;
North Western, 15s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, and South Eastern, £1; Great Western,
£1 10s. ; and North Eastern (Berwick), £2 ;
Caledonian have advanced los. ; Eastern Counties,
15s, ; Midland, £1; and South Western, £2.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very
quiet. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares are dealt in
at 51 58, and the New at 41 51. East India are
steady at 94, and the Debenture Bonds have risen
to 97, .

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
at about previous rates, with the exception of City
13ank, -which hare receded to 601 61. Red Sea
Telegraph have advanced to fit 9.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
216 20
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l -1 90 891
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
Non 3 per Cent. Annuiti_se ... .. . . 891 Itit i t i
g Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 ..
..
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885:: 171 11-16
1 ndia Stock ............. -
Ditto Loan Scrip
Ditto Bonds, L 1,099.
.. •••• • • • •
..
Ditto under £l,OOO .
(May 5)
Consols for Account a;itty .55 ........... . 20 10 d
901 1 901,
Fachequer Bills,O_. £l,OOO, 2d. & l March. June.
id.. 20 19' 1 _
Ditto IM
Ditto Small, lid.
......
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O 'CLOCK
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 9o} 89
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
--:
Peruvian_ifper Cent _
___

Ditto (liiiVarren), 41 per Cent.
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Russian, 1322, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 44 per Cent. .............
Sardinian, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent
Ditto Account ...... 3
68
66
Ditto New Loan -
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 99 100
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 5 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent. 143
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money 9O
Consols for Account (May 5)

'FUNERAL OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR J. THACK-
*vr s
str,.—Lieut.-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, aa
buried in Corkbeg churchyard, which is distantaboo t
mile from Aghaea House, and 20 miles from Cork n the
15th inst. The coffin was borne to the grave on the
shetilders of his sorrow-stricken tenantry. The peasantry,
who had swarmed to the spot from the neighbouring dis-
tricts, lined the road from Aghada House to the churcht as
a last tribute of respect to one whose noble deeds of daring
occupy an important place in history's pages. The Irish
naval commander in chief, Admiral Talbot, with many
other naval and military officers in full uniform, formed
part of the funeral procession. The coast-guard from all
the stations in the vicinity preserved order along the line
of route. The badge and collar of a Grand Cross of the
Bath, the insignia of a Knight of Hanover, and of the
Doooranoff Oharder,nMaand the medals for the Peninsular, Water-
lo, Ag, hratta, and Sikh campaigns, so well
earned by the lamented deceased, Were tastefully arranged
on a cushion, which was carried before the coffin by four
officers. Notwithstanding all this glittering display, it was
not a military funeral, there not being sufficient artillery,
cavalry, and infantry at Cork to pay the honour due to a
lieutenant-general. The gallant sabreur's remains lie near
the mausoleum of theßoche family,with which he was con-
nected by marriage, a family of which Lord Permoy, the
lord-lieutenant of the county of Cork, is the present head.
No cavalry officer ever saw more service.— United Service
Gazette.