The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-05 00:00:00

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COMRIERCiAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly, and prices were unaltered. The sales
were estimated at 3,000 bales. The Railway.
Share Market was dull, and values were main-
tained.
A satisfactory impression has been created by
the Bank of England return completed to Wednes-
day last, for although the increase in the bullion
is smaller than was expected, the movement in
the Reserve of Notes, and the private securities
continues favourable. The position of the estab-
lishment is slowly improving, and with a continuous
influx of gold and a diminution of the pressure for
accommodation, each weekly statement will ex-
hibit an amendment. There is no immediate
prospect of a lower rate of discount, for the reserve
of notes at the present moment would only stand
at 268,3401., if the 2,000,0001. over-issued were
withdrawn. The authorities have made a further
sale of stock, and the public deposits have attained
a very heavy total, as usual just before the distri-
bution of the dividends. The principal items and
the changes they present are as subjoined :
Active Circulation
Decrease 237,875
Bullion 7,356,467
Increase
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
Increase
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven-Day and other Bills 841,261
Increase
.•• 25,423
Government Securities
Decrease
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed
Increase
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, ; Mexi-
can, 18i- 19,t ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 77 ;
Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 52 ; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 43-4; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto
4 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 40i
41 ; ditto New Deferred, 24i- 25k.
The Australian mails by the Simla were de-
livered in the City this morning. Great activity
existed at tilA various gold-field,,, and the yield was
very satisfactory. Trade was dull at Melbourne,
the stocks being very heavy. The value of the im-
ports for the year, up to the end of September, was
11,722,9231., while the exports were estimated at
10,974,890/.
There has been a further improvement in' the
English stock market to-day, and business has been
rather active. The Bank return seems to have in-
spired confidence ; but the purchases have been
chiefly in connection with the arrangement of
the monthly account. Several transactions
for money have taken place, as the transfer books
will soon close. Consols for transfer and the 7th
inst., have been 91i 4, and 91 t. For the
January account they are 921 1. The New Three
per Cents. arc 901 1 ; and the Reduced also 99g 4.
Bank Stock is 218. Exchequer Bills have been
dealt in at 4s. and par. India Bonds are 335. dis.
A fair amount of business-has been transacted in 2
Foreign Stocks, and in some instances higher prices E
have been established. Turkish 6 per Cents. are
92 to 921 ; the 4 per Cents., 99 ; Spanish 3 per
Cents. are 41k; ditto Deferred, 251 ; Brazilian 5
per Cents., 98 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 181 19 ; 2
Portuguese 3 per Cents., 431- ; Russian 4 per 2
Cents., 97 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 62g.
In the Railway Share Market this morning a s
fair amount of business was reported, and a slight 21
improvement to:4 place in the value of one or two 11
of the chief undertakings. Great Western, Brighton, si
Midland, Norrh•Eastern, Berwick, and Stockton
and Darlington advanced about 55., South-Eastern 17,1
10s., and Great Northern 11. South Wales de-
5i
clined 11. The Foreign and Colonial Lines st
have been quiet, and but little change can be 1C
reported in values. East Indian declined about St
10s, ; and Great Western of Canada advanced ,ifol
about ss.

20
Mixing Shares are steady, and Joint-Stock Bank 25
Shares firm. London and Westminster have int- 25
proved about 11., and London and County 108. In 25
the Miscellaneous Market, Royal Mail Steam
Shares advanced ss. St.
st.

BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
(From the Official Litt:)
Business done,
Sank Stock
3 per k;ont. Reduced Annuities 9OA I
3 per Cont. Console Annuities 9ll
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9oi d
NOW 3i par Cent. Annuities
snot, #:100u
G'ol. solo for Account
Es chequer .13111 e, 214
:1(340. 1 4 d par
I:50J .
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PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DAY,
Braznoun 5 per Ceut.
Mexican 3 per Cent lBl
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 pee Cent., Con. 1841 --
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 431
Russian Bonds, 1522, E St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto, 42 per Cent. 97
Sp nisi Boons, 3 per Cent.
ll:tto Account .. 4ll
Ditto Now Dsferred, 3 per Celt'.
Ditto Account 25
Turkibb Bonds, 6 per cent'
Ditto Account 2
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent,
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2{ per CenL, 12 Guilders 621
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols, money
Consols account (January)

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A letter from Brest, of the Ist inst., that the British 20
iron screw steamer Durham, of London, was wrecked 20;
on the Wolf-r ,ck, in the bay of Audierne. The Dor- 20,
ham was returning from the west coast of Africa, laden 100
with palm oil, elephants' teeth, and gold dust. She Eg
struck about 100 yards from the coast, and her hull is
100
a complete wreck. It is possible to save the machinery.
RE-OPENING OF THE WOLVERHAMPTON AND STAF- 20
FORDSHIRE BANK.—The following notice was issued 20
yesterday :—" Wolverhampton, Deo. 4, 1857. —The 20
directors have much pleasure in stating that the bank 20
will be open on and after Tuesday morning next for the 20
payment of the debts of the bank ; and the directors 20
hope in a few days to be able to announce the opening 20
of the bank for general business." 20
A FRENCH SKETCH OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE
ALBERT.—The Queen, whom every one saw at Paris,
has a lively eye, a 'bright complexion, and prompt 10
gestures ; she becomes animated whsle speaking, and 20
shakes her marabout., which gives her more of 5
merry gracefulness than of Royal dignity, especially 20
as her forms, rounded by a nascent embonpoint, are 6
better suited for tranquillity. The expression of her ~„
look is singular, and preoccupied by a mixture of
20
blunt simplicity and of compressed raillery. Although 20
short, she appears tall when seated. She frequently 20
changes colour, has beautiful hair, long eyelashes, and 20
fine eyebrows, which melt into the satin sleekness of her 20
skin. There is a vague aspect of the plump Parisienne, 10
with an Anglo-Germanic head. .Her portraits, c'umsy 20
flatterers, in order to endow her with the inert beauty of 20
the vignettes, have robbed her countenance of alt its 20
character and vitality. On each side of her was ala ly, 5
chosen with too much discernment, and at the back the 20
Prince Albert. His complexion grows lighter and lighter 20
in proportion at embonpoint raises and stretches the 10.
tissues of the skin ;at the same time hie forehead loses 20
1:1 locks, and the flower of youth is giving place to 20
prosaic maturity. You are less struck with the 16
regularity of his features than with the air of good nature 10
which distinguishes his countenance. The husband 20
of the Qu.'en is esteemed ; be was altogether sym. 20
pathetic before the cornrimacerneet of the Russian war ; 20
he interests those who behold him for the first time,
as would any man placed in a difficult position in 10
which he acquits himself with honour. He is reported 2g
to be affable; and, far from seeking to make himself
of importance, he resists every temptation to put2C his 1C
influence in a conspicuous light. Finally, he takes 2C
pains to show that his attention is occupied with the f
progress of the fine arts, as well as of every in-
g,l(
stitution that bears on social economy, and to seek
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nobody's favour on any other grounds than those of his
modesty and his personal merits. Such conduct evinces 2
great talent, and something better than talent. In Eeg•
land the position given to Prince Albert is more gravely
appreciated than in France, on &die ground ; and yet,
in France especially, is there a gallant man, if only he
be married. who is not more or less the husband of the -
Queen.—Household Words.
Loss OF LIFE BY THE INDIAN MUTINIES.—The Cal 1.&)•
cotta correspondent of the Nonconformist, in a letter
40
received by the last mail, has arrived, after much careful
50
inquiry, at an estimate of the loss of life among the 20
English and East Indian population during the dreadful OJ
massacres of this rebellion. In several stations the 100
number has been ascertained with great exactness, a few 100
having been killed out of a great many, and the survivors 20
calculating by name each one who is missing. But in 20
cases like Delhi, Futteghur, and Cawnpore, where a Igg
whole population was cut off, it is possible only t
arrive at an approximation to the truth. His list is of 65
course imperfect, intelligence being still requ;red from 00
Lucknow, Agra, Indere, and other places, before it is pos- 00
sible to make it both correct and complete. It does not 20
include a single native, nor any persons killed in the 50
different battles; it is the list only of those massacred 20
or of those who have died from fever and sunstroke in 25
striving to escape ; nevertheless, its items make a total 120
of 1,524 officers, civilians, clerks, missionaries, women, 00
children and others. Of this large number, the loss cf 10
military officers amounts to 256,] and that of women „
and children to 674. If the entire story of their suffer- 25
lugs and those of the survivors be carefully weighed, 25
it will surely be found that we have passed this year Eel
through one of the molt frightful calamities am re. 100
corded among a civilised people.