The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-25 00:00:00

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com NERO' INTELLIGLITOM

CITY, Two o'CLocs.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with an active appearance, and there was a slight
improvement in prices. The sales amounted to
12,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by the
speculators, and 1,000 by the exporters. The Rail-
way Share Market closed steadily, and prices were
a shade higher.

During the last few days some large amounts of
specie have been taken from the Bank of France,
for the purchase of silk in Lombardy and other
places. This, it is stated, has led to a reduction in
the stock of bullion since the date of the last return
of at least 800,0001., and on this account it is
feared that the anticipated decline in the Bank
rate to 5 per cent. may be delayed, notwithstand-
ing the anxiety of the administration to afford re-
lief at the earliest opportunity. The trade of
France is naturally depressed through the mainten-
ance of the current discount regulations, andas soon
as the position of the Bank shall warrant it, a re-
laxation will no doubt immediately take place.
The Directors of the Bank of England at their
meeting to-day, as was generally expected, made
no further alteration in the terms of interest and
discount. In some quarters a change was not con-
sidered improbable ; and the impression that
au early decline will take place has been
somewhat strengthened by the fact, that
large parcels of gold have been
recently added to the metallic reserves of the es-
tablishment, but this morning very few were con-
fident of a modification. Six per cent. is still an
exceedingly high point for an official discount quo-
tation, and the Directors, like their confreres at
Paris, are disposed to lower it whenever the position
of affairs will admit of extended monetary
operations. The demand .at present is active, and
full rates are current, consequently there is no
necessity for an immediate alteration, especially as
the stock of "other securities" is very extensive.
When these are reduced and the reserve of notes is
larger, a further diminution of per cent. will be
justified. In the meantime it will be interesting to
watch the specie movement, the Eastgrn exchange,
and the progress of events at Paris.
The English Stock Market although very dull is

some

rather firmer, and the tendency is in a favourable
direction. Business continues very inactive and the
, transactions daily recorded are exceedingly unim-
portant. The increased firmness on the Paris Bourse,
and the sale of 120,0001. of Californian gold to the
Bank yesterday have produced a fractional improve-
ment. Consols are marked 93k but the present
quotation is 93i For the opening they have
been 93g. The New 3 per Cents. have remained
steady at 92i to 93, and also the Reduced Annui-
ties. Exchequer Bills are ss. to 3s. discount,
the Small Bonds 3s. discount to 2s. premium, and
India Bonds are Ss. to 4s. discount.

In the Foreign Market several transactions have
taken place, and rather more firmness in quota-
tions is apparent. Turkish 6 per Cents are 961 I,
and the 4 per Censs. have been largely dealt in at
1011 to 1021. The latter are now about 1311 to
102 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are 42i, and the Cer-
tificates, Q. Sardinian Bonds are marked 89i ;
Portuguese 3 per Cents., 461, and Guatemala 5
per Cents., 53.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 64; Mexican,
224 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 79; ditto 3 per
Cents., 53 55; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 47 ;
Russian 5 per Cants., 109 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents.,
98 100.; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 21; ditto New
Deferred, 25i 6i ; ditto Certificates, 64 6 ; ditto
Pasiive, 54 6.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under
1867. 1856.
Great Western £34,867 £31,417

North-Western
Brighten
Mid land
orth-Ea2tern
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire

69,497
19,994
33,208
21,406
13,055
20,884
25,714

63,424
19,348
30,246
20,651
11,739
20,330
24,007

Bristol and Exeter
Chester and Holyhead
East Lancashire
Lancaster and Carlisle

7,069
6,529
7,252
6,313

6,894
5,884
6,445
6,004

Manchester, Sheffield, and Linco?n
North London • •

North Stafford

Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh
West Hartlepool
'Ulster

Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South• Western

Scottish North-Eastern
Grand Trunk of Canada

3,794
8,905

Great Western of Canada.
Northern of France
The Railway Share Market has been very quiet,
only a few transactions in some of the principal

lines having been effected, at a slight advance on

previous quotations. Eastern Counties, Manebes-

ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland, im-
prOved about ss. ; and North-Eastern, York and
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, 10s. The

French lines reled at rather higher values, Paris

and Lyons having risen 155., and Northern of
France 10s. The Canadian have been dull. Grand
Trunk of Canada declined 10s., and Great Western

of Canada ss.

Mining shares have ruled very quiet. Wheal
Trelawney brought 241, and Linares 71
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been moderately
dealt in. Bank of Australasia improved 10s. Lon-
don Chartered of Australia, London and County,
Oriental Bank, and Ottoman Bauk realised pre-
vious rates. . . .

Miscellaneous Shares are exceedingly quiet, at

about former values.

13",ITI SH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
( from the Official Ltist:)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 3
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 t 3
Lodz Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 7-16 •
india Bends, 11000
Ditto, under £lOOO 8 4 d
Couxolg to A e:connt,
Ditto for Opening 93#
Exo.tequer tills, 24d.
£l0.0
in-to par
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PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
Guatemala Bonds, 5 per cent 55
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent 46
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account B9
Sp ,nith Solids, 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Sp ,nish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6i
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 9s
Ditto Account 96 1
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account lO2l 1/ 2
Dividends on the above payable in Lonion.
Belgian 2/ per Cent., ex. 25 francs -
DQ. 41 per Cent.. ex. 25 franc5...
TUBER O'ULOCK.
Consols for account., July 9 93/ i ex d

CANADA LAND COMPANY.

(MEETING THIS DAY.)

The meeting of the shareholders of the above company
has just been held, and the statement of accounts (the
substance of which 7 e published yesterday) gave general
satisfaction. Mr. CHARLES FRANKS took the chair, and
explained the various items, aid proposed a dividend of
5l• per share free of income-tax for the half-year ending
the 29th May.
B Mr. GEO. .11IBBERT thought it imprudent to divide so
much, as a very small sum would remain to meet con-
tingencies, but
• The CHAIRMAN said that the Board had taken the
subject fully into consideration, and the report and divi-
dend were therefore adopted.

THE NEW BISHOP OF SIERRA LEONE.—The Secretary
of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, has appointed the Rev, John
Bowen, M.A., Rector of Orton Longueville, near Peter-
borough, to the bishopric of Sierra Leone, rendered va
cant by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Weeks. He
will be consecrated in the course of next month by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. The rev. gentleman
having served several minor offices in the cluirch, after
wao
presented to the rectory of Orton Longueville in 1853
y the Marquis of Huntley
Miss SMITH'S TRlAL.—Unless delay is urgently de-
sired on the part of her agents, Miss Smith's trial
will take place on Tuesday, the 30th inst., as we have
already stated. In the meantime everything likely to
conduce to a successful defence is being brought to
bear, and, in addition to other measures, communica-
tions have been opened with parties on the continent
with the view .of throwing some further light on M.
L'Angollior's antocedento.—CaVoto PQ
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