The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLocE

noLiverpool ootton Market yesterday closed
,1111 Y, and with an improving tendency, at pre-
","llls rates. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales,
;>OOO of which were taken on speculation, and 1,000
"'export. The Railway Share Market closed
without animation, and prices of all descriptions of
et()ck were a shade lower.
The public sales of colonial wool are drawing to
lea°Be) and, notwithstanding a considerable
:It! has been disposed of, the competition among
in.english and foreign buyers continues exceed-
° gAiY keen. Manufacturers both here and on the
atutitinent must have had very small stocks on hand,
41erwisa the high prices, the dearness of money,
end
the quiet state of trade, would no doubt have
ranted them to limit their purchases. The ad-
141oe established at the commencement of the series
I.las not only been maintained, but during the last
mays a slight additional improvement has taken
Pl

This day a meeting of the Northern Counties
union Company was held at the London Tavern.
u
r. Middleton took the chair, when a report was
'aid before the meeting, showing a balance in hand
!if 9)371/.145. 9d. , besides a sum of 7,8751. due from
the Leeds Northern Company, against whom legal
Proceedings were now being taken.
h inl-roved condition of the weather seems to
dissipated the fears produced at the close of
444 week by the storms which then prevailed,
tetaPeeially as the corn market is rather less buoyant
41 on Monday. Notwithstanding considerable
dama• ge may have been done in certain districts, it
18 believed that the result of the harvest will prove
ex•
ceedingly satisfactory. This is naturally a sub-
3eet which enters int ) the consideration of all per-
bells interested in the progress of the money market,
because the greater the deficiency in the yield
the
lore shall 'we have to depend upon foreign
;°lletries for supplies, which must chiefly be paid
°ritt specie. Judging from the accounts received
(real all parts of the world the crops are decidedly
111°re satisfactory than for many years past, and as
,11krnerica and perhaps on the Continent there is
11
IkelY to be a surplus over the amount required for
Tisumption, the high prices ruling here will no
4,°,114 attract large quantities, and so cause some
ught reduction in Mark Lane.
to, The official returns of the trade of France for the
:11th of July are as satisfactory as could be
e°eeted, considering the dearness of money and
b dull state of most of the foreign markets.
111:Ing that period the import duties amounted to
16
)„,‘,,°6,7901. against 16,490,497 f. in the same pe-
°' of 1856. The reduction was apparent in coffee,
,0
colonial sugar, cotton and wool, oil, tallow,
ir°; and raw silk; but there was an increased
44 PPIY of foreign sugar, linseed, indigo, dm. Th.
e articles
tables show an augmentation in almost all
of manufacture.
The steamer Jura has arrived at Southampton
wi
40,000/. in Australian gold, recently received
Suez by the Simla.
~be steamer Simla left Suez with the English
mailsuly
.tz
of the 16th July for Australia on the 26th

The Market for English Securities continues
h
ea'''Y) and a further decline of 8 to 4 per cent. has
7eurred. There is no business of importance in
progress, and the market is suffering as
mll°ll from the absence of dealing as anything
ei,tle• After the late excitement, however, it Is
°°l3' natural that a temporary pause should ensue.
n
'ksols for transfer have been 91* I, and 91 * ;
Aline for account they are 918 4. The New
3Der Cents. have been dealt in at 91i ; and the
rdueed, 91i Bank Stock is 214 to 215 ; and
dia Bonds are marked 18s. dis. ; Exchequer Bills
e
w_ par.

Foreign Stocks are still very inactive, and rather
Iteaker. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 94a
ii and the present price is 94i i. Spanish 3 per
yenta. have been 40, Do. Deferred 25k, Sardinian
Bgi4
,
k, IL, and Russian 5 per Cents. 1121. Mexican
'wick is 221.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
°°)lE4:-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 61 ; Mexican
3`
teer Cents, 221 A ; Peruvian 4/ per Cents. 81 83 ;
:13 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
2 451 ; Russian 5 per Cants., 112 114 ; ditto 41
ro,oents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 401 ;
. Certificates, 51 6f ; do. Passive, 51 6j.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to
this day, are in round figures as under :-
1857. 1856.
Nat
° •,„0 Western £33,653 £31,822
.•,+,,.rtla-Western
45','Oton
kidiand
SO4.slLtho-Eastern 32,747 31,615
24,234 24,942
q ''°Q man
teat Northern
Lancashirer and Yorkshire . 27,805 25,878
f.italtol and Exeter 7,468 7,405
k;11 liter and Holyhead
Last Lancashire
Lan_.
1,4 'ashire and Carlisle 7,830 7,405
vonchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,827 10,030
"i rth Stafford
Izurtl-Eastern
-63,7 th London 2,550 2,305
S cird, Worcester, and Wolver.... 5,790 3,936
°nth wet, _ Devon -
11_,,,t Hartlepool
cria4illrt and Ballymena 1,391 1,034
SwPw and South-Westein
ttish North-Eastern
6Grand Trunk of Canada
8,707 5,063
ei" Western of Canada 6.969 7,880
Northern of France
:Veil' little business has been done in the Rail-
Wad Share Market this morning, and the few bar-
reills reported have, in most instances, been at
wer rates. Great Westerns have declined 15s.
t
f...riiciiziti
ghatons 1.1. Lancashire and Yorkshire i 7 and
and North-E astern A ork 4. The Foreign
Colonial undertakings have also been flat.
Paris and Lyons have receded ss. Northern of
France 58., awl East Indian about 10s. Grand
Trunk of Canada advanced about 11., and Great
"extern
of Canada and Great Indian Peninsula
Were steady.
Mining shares are quiet. Wheal Trelawney
ftre dealt in at 25, North Wheal Bassett at 28a, St.
3°llllRel Roy at 1.21121, and Santiago de Juba 21.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
alialost at nominal rates. London and County have
receded to 291. National Provident of England
are at 78, and Oriental Bank at 364. Peninsular
and Oriental Steam are steady at 681 69, and South
Australian Land improved to 33.

aITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
(.Front the Official List:l
Business done.
Funk Stock
Cent. Reduced tAnunitlas
3 per Cent. Console Annaities 9l 1 * sol 1
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
L )dg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 —
Ditto 50 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lBh 1-16
India Stock
Ia i:100

';itto, under £lOOO
C n.sols ircnm t
Za duper

~ 18
~ d 1

par 3 4 d
4.1.13.. t.,
IWO lp
8 .1111 .
Vxcbequer Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent
Duo, LSS9
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
aulth Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825
Staxican 6 per Cent -
Litt° Account 2211
B,usaian Bonds, 1822, il St., 5 per Cent ll'4,
Budinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. . 894 a i
SD ,niqk Bonds, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account lO
• Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Con'.
bitto Account 2sa
87 ,nisti 4)ommittoe Cart, of Coup. net fun 6 A
T arkibb Bonds, 6 per cent .. —
Ditto Account . .
94a
Ditto Guaranteed, 1 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
7HREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, money • • ...... 9O& 1
Consols for account, September 9

THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.—The Official Gazette
of the Two Sicilies states that the two streams of lava,
which had been for some time slowly rolling down hip
Mount Vesuvius, have stopped their course from want
of aliment from their craters, but that a third crater has
opened nigher up, which emits stone and ashes.
A meeting of the East Indian Iron Company was to
have been held yesterday, but there was no attendance
of ahareholderi. The report issued is not invourable,
°wino: to unlooked-for, but it is hoped, temporary
casualties.
`rue Italian company, from the Lyceum (Royal
Italian Opera), with Madame Ristori at their head, gave
last evening, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, the first
of four pertormanoes. The play was " Macbeth."