The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL IMELLIGENC E.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
dull and quiet, and prices were unaltered. The
Sales were eAtirnated at 5,000 hales, 2,000 of
Which were taken on speculation 'lnd expnrt. The
Railway Share Market closed without animation,
at previou rates.

The Bank of England return, completed for the
Week ending the 234 inst., contains some satisfac-
tory features, but there is, nevertheless, a decline
in the bullion and also in the amounts of private
deposits. The reserve of notes has increased, and
new exceeds four and a half millions sterling, while
the stock of other securities has declined to the ex-
tent of more than three-quarters of a million. The
general appearance of the return may therefore be
deemed favourable, and had it not been for the
material advance in the Shanghae exchange, and
the prospects of increased remittances to China,
there would have been some probability of an
early decline in the minimum rate of discount.
The principal items, and the changes they present,
are as subjoined :
Active Circulation
Decrease
Bullion 9,804,827
Decrease
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
Decrease
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills 694.333
~. Decrease
k*overnment Securities
~ Decrease
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed
Increase

This day the half-yearly meeting of the Trust
and Loan Company of Upper Canada was held at
the offices in Moorgate-street----W. C. Chapman,
41., in the chair. The report showed a profit for
the half-year of 9,3711. 13s. Out of this a divi-
dend of
7i per cent. per annum was declared. The.
chairman moved the adoption of the report, which
was seconded by W. Gordon Tii,lnson, E q., and
Agreed to unanimously. Ti.e retiring directors
aid auditors were re-elected, and T. M. Weguelin,
4461) Was elected a new director.

There is a moderate demand fur money at full
tates, but no particular degree of pressure is ex-
perienced.
Continued heaviness has b. en apparent in the
Stoek Ma) ket to day, owing to fin ther
isalee• Busintsg, however is (ill, and un.il the
a. °count is settled, the market will no cloular. remain
111 an inactive state. Consols liave been 94 9t r
111°11e5" and account, and the July quotation is
94217 i• The New 3 per Cents. are 921 and the
Reduced 923/4 Bank Stock is 212 to 214, and
11clia Stock 223. The March Exchequer Bills are
4s• Premium, andthe advertised ditto, ls. premium.
Pureign stocks havebeen very dull. Tarki-li 6 per
has are nominally 941 to 95, and no business
been recorded in the 4 per Cents. Spanish
Threes are 423 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 973/4 ; Mexi-
,
c-hans 22i to 23/ ; Granada New Active 221 ; ditto
Deferred, 61 ;
and Buenos Ayres, 87i.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks:--Grenada Deferred Bonds, ; Mexican,
?2
l 3; Peruvian 43/4 per Cents., 763/4 77A ; ditto 3 per
53i 54/ ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 461;
~'aallian 5 per Cents., 107 109 ; ditto 41 per Cents.,
o
" ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 42 ; ditto De-
erred, 254. a ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Pas-
-1,1„;5i,
Moderate business has been done in the Rail-
May Share Market this morning, but prices in seve-
V instances have slightly receded. Caledonian
cluied 58. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; South
Western, ss. ; Midland, ss. to 10s.. Brighton and
North British have advanced about ss.
The Foreign and Colonial Lines have ruled very
quiet, at previous rates.
Basset Shares have been dull. North Wheal
"set brought 20k.
Joint-Stook Bank Shares were in moderate re-
(Nest. London Joint.-Stock, London and West-
kinster, City Bank, and Ottoman Bank, each
tealised previous quotations.
The Miscellaneous Undertakings were very inac-
tive, and the few bargains reported were at former
Prices.

//arr/SH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
Batik Stock
3 tx.,.
, - cent. Reduced Annuities ...
Vaal' Cent Console Annuities ("34 • i
New q '
1., 0 per Cent. Annuities 924 i
-`)..„'lg Annuities expire lit!' Jan. 15_460 ,
India"at° 30 y '.expire sth April, 1885 lB 1.16
00itto
Stock "is'
223
inch pt . -
aBo Xitied ... . ... ••••• •
. under ,ClOOO 1—
"s°l3 C4l' Acootult ... .... f43i I i
'4(
t 'llB,iner Bills, 24d. March. I June.
I
- 2
Ditto Advertised 1 p i --
)I,.„_?ItICES OF FOREIGN FUN OS—TIII6 DIY.
-.4illan 5 per Cent.
Ditto 5 per Cent. (Rothschild's)
n. Itto New, 1852, 4. per Cent.
oenos Ayres Bonds, ti per Cent. 674
Batt
New Active, 24 per Cent.
ki •0 Deferred .. . 61
Ziea
~ -a:cut 2_,e
Icitto Account 23a
488jan Bonds, 1822 i: St., 5 per Cent ---1
bitt '
fl 0. 'h per nt. 97i
Ptnifih k, , ':'Anti. pi, 1 omiiit. Leper
,1
Ire 40 Account
Dente Bonds, 44 per Cent
4440 Deferred, 1* per Cent. . l4
DIN Wends on the above ,)ayabio to Loa 'Ol.
TWO O'CLOCK.
ConAols, money
Ditto for account 934
Ditto, Acoeunt (July)

of tar.
es -1e ON THE MURRAIN Or CATTLE.—The report
cattle• Fleadlam Greenhow on the murrain in horned
on h. ltud the effects of the consumption of their flesh
liea llnla health, has been sent to the General Board of
Ith
and since printed. It forms a blue-book of 60
76
of t: Pages. The learned doctor gives•a lucid account
disease among cattle as manifested in England
7," on the Continent. The result of his inquiry is that
the cattle disease which he was desired to investigate is
rt of recent origin, bet has prevailed in the unitecrking-
`l among horned cattle for the last 15 or 16 years ;
that it is not peculiar to London ; that it is probably
infectious, but is also developed spontaneously in conse-
quence of some unknown peculiarities of breed, manage-
Illent, season, or locality, and is not supposed to have
been imported from abroad ; that it is identical with the
itingenseuche, or pulmonary murrain, now prevalent in
kecklenburg, Holetein, and elsewhere ; and that it has
no affinity with the rinderpest or steppe-murrain, with
Vhieh it has been confounded by some English writers.
The doctor suggests that the importation of the steppe-
'Annelle (which would be most probably by way of
I"russia) should be prevented by the prohibition of the
importation of cattle except from countries which have
elefto bills of health. It appears that meat derived from
animals suffering from the pulmonary murrain, and pro-
ably other diseases, is commonly and extensively sold
t London and elsewhere for human food, but that
there is no satisfactory proof that the consequences
„
Consuming it are directly injurious. There are rea-
sons to suppose that the use of meat from animals
atifrering under diseases unknown among the cattle
of the united kingdom has, abroad, been frequently
The
with severe consequences on human health.
consumption of meat undergoing decomposition
bas,
te"‘ been frequently injurious, and such meat cannot be
leu with safety when cooked.
Illncs.—The money market bas exhibited no new
eeture 4,
and though various enquiries have been made
for
min investments, business transactions have been
amited rather than otherwise during the week. Of late
ititat many dividends have. been declared, and are now
urea of payment, principally on the tin wines in the
Zeighbourhood of St, Just, but prices in the shares do
re" improve, there being an uneasy feeling abroad in
etTird to the price of tin, which it is thoisght may go
b lower previous to the Dutch sales. Other tin mines
,e'ht:e been fiat, excepting Co Gk's Kitchen, shares iu
demandwing to an improvement, have been in good
Consols,
end advanced from 41 to si. Devon Great
2.2,2,015, 457 k to 462 i, but few sellers ; Basset, 265 to
b", South Frances, 300 to 310. In Grenville, a large
°lPefile has been doue.—Minieg Journal, of this day.
Tt. lira ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS TO WITNESSES.—
e select committee of the House of Lords have re-
ported that it is expedient to discontinue the practice
°xaraining witnes.es on oath before committees iu au
c,,:es in which the administration of an oath does nor
appear to the House necessary for the purpose of the
:14irY• Committees, therefore, are recommended to
examine witnesses without their having been previously
sworn, except in the case of private Bills, which involve
questions of fact affection private interests.
k',LECTION op BISHOP Or ABERDEEN. —The election of
a bishopTh for the diocese of Ate ',leen took place there co
ll"ddY, wi.en 13 voted fur D,. Sutler and 9 for Mr.
b;l5 to
9A. motion that reporters be admitted was lost
to