The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Telegraphic information has been received of the
arrival of the Tumar at Alexandria. According to
the message she has 131,000 ounces of gold, and
15,000 sovereigns on board.
A balance sheet has been issued by Me3sr.3. San-
dtrson, Sandeman, and Co., which shows a surplus
of 105,9611. ; but this liable to some diminution, as
there are upwards of 2,000,0001. of bills which have
not yet run off.

The market for English Stocks is rather heavy
to-day, and sales have preponderated. Many of
the speculators are deterred from " carrying over"
by the heavy "contango," viz., I per cent., and
moreover by the unfavourable influences which
from time to time may be caused by the Parlia-
mentary debates. The discussion last night has
been much canvassed in the City, and may in
some measure have produced the heavy tune now
perceptible. The quotations, however, have under-
gone little variation, and they are now within a frac-
tion of what they closed at yesterday. Consols fur
money had been 911 and 91 to 91k, but the pre-
sent quotation is 91 to 91k ; and for January 8,
911 The New Three per Cents. have been 90 to
901 ; and the Reduced, 90,1 ; Bank Stock is
216 to 218 ; and India ditto, 218 ; Exchequer Bills
are 4s. dis. to par ; and the Bonds, 971 to 981.
There has been very little animation in the
market fur Foreign Securities, and prices are flatter.
Turkish 6 per Cent!. are 911 to 92 ; RuQsian 4i
per Cents., 961 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 191 ; Por-
tuguese 3 per Cents., 431 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents.,
97k ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 62i ; and ditto 4 per
Cents., 96.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks . —Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 19k 19i ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 76 77 ;
Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 52 ; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 43-4; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto
per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 401
41.1 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 25f.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., give the following
as the prices of Ameriou securities

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868_ 105
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105

STATE SECURITIES.

Alabama 5 per Cent
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds)
Mississippi 6 pef Cent. Pl. Bk
Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42
Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 21
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock ............ 70 72
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. 80nd5........ 75 76
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds
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Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 80
Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 79 81
LOANS OF CITIES.
Boston 4.3 per Cent. Bonds 1883... 83 90
Montreal r 6
per Cent. Bonds 1856--1865...
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock

... 78 -
... 88 90
... 36 9 i

RAILROAD BONDS.
llinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,

not Convertible
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 76 78
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds
76
Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid l4l 78
13 d
&liehigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860.... 76 78
Do. do. do. ....... . 1869... 76 78
New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 83 63
New York Central 6 per Cent., not
Convertible 1883... 76 EO
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort _ _ _

gage 1833... Gs
N. York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 33
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking _

Puna v1875...40 45
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865...
Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.„ Ist Mort 1880... 80 82
In the Railway Share Market. this morning, the
transactions were of a very limited character, and
a decline of about ±to pyr cent, took place on
some of the principal lines. Caledonian, Eastern
Counties, Great Northern, and Brighton receded
103. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western
Midland, North-Eastern Berwick, and North Staf-
ford 5s , and Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Great
Western 1/. The Foreign a, d Colonial lines have
been inactive. Great Luxembourg and Lombardo-
Venetian have declined about ss. Grand Trunk
of Canada, and Great Western of Canada, are
ste:idy. East Indian have declined fully 11.
Mining Shares are quiet, and in Joint-Stock
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares a very limited
business has been done, at about former quotations.

RRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'cLocK,
(From the Official List:)

Busineesdone.
t nk Stock

3 per gent. Zedueod A inuitlen
3 per eeet. Console AnnHitieP
New :i per Cent. Annuities 904 ta 90 i
1 n t i a 3t0c17.
1 aitia itonue, £lllllll ......... ..........
Ditto, tinder £lOOO 25 d
Culsois to: Accirant .., ......... ~
..,
.....
Es ,:tequsr Bina, 24d.
~.1000 .
I:,stiii
S nil
Fseliequer Bonds, 1ti58,2i per Cent —
Ditto, I'is9
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,

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Brazidan 5 per Cent. .._. ..--
J7.}
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 ---
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent
Russian Bonds, 1A22, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto, 4. per Cent, 961
, urkien honds, 6 p:a cent —
Ditto Account ........................ - 9 ll 9ll
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 62i
Du. 4 per Cent. Certificates
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consolg, money
Consols account (January)

The reverend dignitarieß of the church composing
the council of Rheims decided lately, before separating,
that the next. cJuucil should be held at Beauv.ata in
1860.

WESTMINSTER PLAT.—The Adclphi of Terence will
be repteoented by the Q teen's scholars of St. Peter's
Col:ege, W.sttninster, on Tuesday the 15th, Thursday
the I 7t'l, and 111o,tday the 21st Dec., on the two latter
evenings with the addition of the Prologue and Epilogue.
On this occasion new scenes Rill be exhibited, from
drzAings taken at Athens and Pompeii, by Mr. C. P.
Cooli ertl', 11. A., un ler whose kind au- pices as an old
t ninster the restoration has been effected.
AN ASSIZE WITHOUT CALENDARS.- -No calendars have
been printed for the Kent winter assize, which was
opened yesterday. The South Eastern Gazette says :
"As our readers are aware, a dispute has existed for
some time past, whether the cost of these documents
should be borne by the high sheriff, or defrayed out of
the county rates, and as the responsibility has not been
satisfactorily fixed, none have been published. This is
a matter of serious inconvenience to all who have
business at the assizes—counsel, attorneys, grand
jurors, prosecutors, and defendants--no less than to
the public."

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CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Accounts from Liverpool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed heavily, and values slightly
declined. The sales amounted to 6,030 bales,
1,500 of which were taken by the speculators. The
Railway Share Market exhibited a quiet appear-
anee, and prices were without any material
alteration.
Produce Markets have again been very quiet this
week, and the occurrence of failures seems to have
caused increased depression. All things considered,
however, the purchases chiefly for immediate wants
have been to a fair extent, and the prices have been
well supported. In sugar a moderate amount of
business was done, and a rise of ls. per cwt. was
established. A few speculative purchases were
made, but they were not of importance. Coffee is
dull and steady; cocoa realises former prices ; rice
is rather cheaper ; and spices are generally rather
heavy. Tallow is firmer, viz., 51s. per cwt. for
Y. C. on the spot.
About 12,0001. in gold was sold to the Bank of
England yesterday, and as the withdrawals during
the past week have been limited, the return to
appear in this evening's Gazette will no doubt ex-
hibit a large increase under the head of Bullion.
With regard to the Reserve of Notes and the Other
Securities there is not a very sanguine feeling, as
the pressure for money has been severe, owing to
the preparations for the payments to-day, the 4th
of the month.
These engagements are believed to be rather
heavy, and more than usual interest is felt to as-
certain how they will be met. Several failures are
predicted in consequence of the difficulty experi-
enced in getting discounts, and the stoppages on
the Continent and at home. The demand for
money is active, and full rates are paid for accom-
modation.
Subjoined is a memorandum from the Committee
of Mexican Bondholders :
" The committee have advices from Mr. Whitehead,
dated Mexico, the 3d ult. The agents of the bond-
holders had collected for the dividend fund, partly
in bills and partly in cash, altogether about $57,823
—viz., in Vera Cruz, $32,430; in Colima, $24,546;
in Mazatlan, San Blas, and Guaymas, $846, which
would be shipped as opportunities occurred. The
present packet brings $12,000 from Vera Cruz, but in
Tampico nothing had as yet been received. Mr. White-
bead had had an interview with the new Minister of
Finance, Senor Payno, and had obtained from him the
recovery of $12,326 in Colima, which are included in
the above aggregate amount. The Government was
contemplating a loan of $5,000,000 to pay off floating
debts. At the date of Mr. Whitehead's letter the Pre.
eident had not yet obtained the extraordinary powers for
which be had asked, but later accounts through the
United States state that fact. With the exception of
the trouble which sundry vagrant predatory bands
caused in some parts of the Republic the country was
quiet,"

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