The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIC-DROZ,
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Accounts from Liverpool mention that the Cot-
ton Market closed firmly, and prices of all descrip-
tions were unaltered. The sales were estimated at
6,000 bales. The Railway Share blanket closed
quietly, and prices are at a slight• decline.
The Colonial Produce markets closed yesterday
with a heavy appearance. Sugar further receded,
making the decline on the week about 2a. 6d. to
3s. per cwt. Cocoa was firm, and also tea, while
coffee was at a slight improvement. After the re-
cent advance, saltpetre has been quieter.
A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Forster,
Rutty, Hall, and Co., warehousemen, who lately
failed, has been held, and the balance-sheet pre-
sented was very unsatisfactory, showing a defi-
ciency of assets compared with liabilities of nearly
38,0001. A dividend of ss. or 6s. ill the pound is
expected, and it has been resolved to wind up the
affairs of the house under inspection.
The Bank of England Return for the week ending
the Bth inst., although showing an increase in the
reserve of notes, is considered rather unfavourable.
There is a small decrease in the bullion, and a
large addition to the securities, with a falling off in
the private deposits. At the same time, however,
a large augmentation in the public deposits is
noticeable, which partly accounts for the pressure
on the establishment. The principal items, and the
changes they present, are as subjoined :
Active Circulation
Decrease
Bullion
Decrease
Rest

£19,547, 440
358,540
.. 11,283,754
18,398
3,630,566
Increase
Public Deposits
Increaile
'Other Deposits
•
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills 736,3s2Decrease
Government Securities
Decrease
18,679,056

Other Securities
Increase .................. . ........ 461,532
Notes unemployed ....................... 5,551,210
Increase..., ..... . .................. 321,810
The official return of the exports of bullion from
the port of London 'for the week ending Thurs-
day last is as follows :--
Gold Coin ... Boulogne ... 146 Ozs.
Belgium ... 3,000 „
„ Bars ... Belgium ... 23 „
... Boulogne ... 29,000 „
Silver Coin ... Hamburg ... 800 „
~ ~ Boulogne ... 40,800 „
Money is still obtainable on the best descriptions
of mercantile paper, at a fraction below the Bank
rate.
The Funds continue buoyant, and speculation
for a rise is still prosecuted with vigour, notwith-
standing the unsettled state of the weather and the
accumulation of securities at the Bank. The
easier state of the Money-market, and the expec-
tation that the next accounts from India will be
more favourable, assist in promoting the im-
provement. Consols for money have risen to
90k, Mk, and 91 while for accouni
they have been firm at 918 A. The New 3 per
Cents. have been 91i 84 ; and the Reduced
911 1. Bank Stock is 2151 ; Exchequer Bills are
firmer, being 4s. discount to par ; and the Bonds
981. Tndia Bonds are marked 20s. to 18s., dis-
count being higher.
Business in the foreign market has been rather
active, and prices have generally advanced. Turkish
6 per Cents. have risen to 95i I, and the 4 per Cents.
are 99 1. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 40 to 40i ;
the New Deferred, 25 ; the Passive, 6, and the
Certificates 5 being firmer. Russian 41 per
Cent.% have been dealt in at 981. Sardinian at
sob. Mexican at 22k. Chilian 6 per Cents. at
1031, and Brazilian 1021.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—GrenadaDeferred Bonds, 51 61 ; Mexi.:An
3 per Cents, 22i ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. 81 82 ;
ditto 3 per Cents., —,— ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
; Russian 5 per. Cents., 112 114 ; ditto 41
per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 391 40i ;
do. new Deferred, 25 251 ; do. Passive, 5i 6.
There has been a large business transacted this
morning in the Railway Share Market, and an im-
provement of about to 1 per cent. has been es:-
tablished in the values of most of the leading un-
dtakings. Eastern Counties, Great - Western,
No errth-Eastern and York, North Stafford, advan-
ced ss. ; Caledonian, Brighton, Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln, North-Eastern, Leeds, and
South-Eastern, 10s. ; Great Northern and Mid-
land, V. ; Great-Western, North-Eastern, Ber-
wick, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
F. 10s. The French lines are quiet, but Dutch-
Rhenish improved 10s., and Sambre and Meu=e,
10s. East Indian have advanced 11. ; Great
Indian Peninsula, ss. ; and Grand Trunk of
Canada, about 10s. Great Western of Canada are
steady. Mining Shares are dull. Wheal Edwards
were dealt in at R.

A very limited business was done in Joint Stock
Bank Shares, Oriental Bank, Ottoman Bank, and
London Joint Stock Bank realised previous

rates.
In the Miscellaneous Market there is very little
variation to report in prices. Electric Telegraph
are now quoted 100 ex dividend.

811 ITISH FUNDS.
Irom th—CLOe
SING PRIC
Lista ES—THIS DAY
( Offictal
Pusiners done.
/1 Ink Stock ..................................... 2156
3 per Cent. Iteduccd Annuities 9li g g
3 per Cent. Console Annuities 91k 90k 16
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Lug! Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 2 7-16
'Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 2 3-16
I a dia Bonds, £lOOO . 18 20 d
,)itto, under £lOOO 2O d
CA Ws for Account , . . 91a 6 a
Ex .l ever Bills, 20.
.4-20(,.:„0 ..„
"seo 4 d par
8 Aall
Fxchequer Bonds, 1858, 36 per Celli
Ditto, 1559 ............•. 9B
PRICES OF§FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Cnilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 1032
Ditto 3 per Cent 7B
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto A,ccouiat
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 4sa
Russian Ponds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent._
Ditto, 41 per Cent. 9Bl
Ditto Small
Sardinian Bowls, 5 per Cent.
Sp Ilich Boucle, 3 per Cent.
_Ditto Account 4O 1
Ditto Sew Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditt- Passive 6
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5i a
nskibh Bonds, G per cent --
D tto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account 99i 3
Dividends on the above payable In London.
Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cen,`,., 12 Guilders .
Do. 4 ', r rent. Certificates
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 46 per Cent.
TAY O O'CLOCK,
911 R ,
J 1 i

Consols, money
Consols account

NECK BROKEN IN KISSING.—On Tuesday night, a
girl of 17. residing in Bridgegate, Glasgow, named •
Catherine Burt, had her neck fractured in a atraggle
arising from a young man having attempted to kiss her.
N extra violence, it wag said, had been used. Dr.
M' rill reported that the injury sustained appeared to be
partial dislocation of one of the vertebrm of the neck,
causing great difficulty in respiration and swell 'wing,
be presumed from pressure on the respiratory nerve.
She now lies in a dangerous etate.---North. British.
Tau CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT MAIDSTONE.—Yester-
aa
y a special warrant was issued to the sheriff of Kent
for the execution of the culprits Fox and Edwards, now
lying under sentence of death in Maidstone gaol for the
crime of murder, and they will accordinglyt be executed I
there on Thursday next, the 20
NATIONAL Music HALL, HOLtOiß6st"t.
reconstruc-
tion and enlargement of this buildinl.proceeding ra-
pidly, from the design of Finch Hill, Eis
sci.the
n theost
,
architect,
St.
Swithin's-lane. It interior is to be decora,ea in
e o most
elaborate style, and when completed it will be o
large 4 and most magnificent music halls in
Its internal dimensions in the clear are as ?n'
viz ,
the length 103 feet, breadth 40 feet, height, 35 feet.--
uilding News.
THE FIRE AT DANTZIC.—The injury caused by the
late fire at Daatzic is not so extensive as was at first
feared. The fire commenced in a timber yard sur-
rounded by large sheds, and from the extreme dryness
of the materials and a high wind, spread very rapidly,
Several public edifices e ere at one time in great danger,
but some houses having been pulled down the progress
ofl the flames was arrested. The thirty houses which
have been destroyed were principally occupied by the
working classes who have lost all they possum&