The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-07 00:00:00

AroNEy MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
Continue satisfactory, although little activity has
been apparent in the general demand for home use.
At Leeds the tone of the cloth market has been
good, and an average amount of business has been
done in light fabrics. The export trade is not
active, but the manufacturers, on the whole, are
Well employed. At Manchester goods suitable to
the Dutch and German markets have met with a
fair inquiry, and, owing to the advance in
the value of cotton and the scarcity of stock,
Prices have shown an upward tendency. India
goods have been in. rather limited demand, but
Prices continue firm. The market for piece goods
at Bradford has been inactive, and prices are
nominally unaltered, but the manufacturers are
generally well engaged upon contract orders, and
in the stuff department a large amount of business
has been done. The woollen hosiery trade at
Leicester has been very quiet, and the few
dealings reported have been for the purpose of
Storting up stocks. In cotton hosiery, however,
business continues very active, and full prices are
current. In the iron trade of South Staffordshire
there has been no material alteration. A steady
business has been done, and prices have been fairly
maintained. At Birmingham more activity has
prevailed in most branches of business connected
with the town and neighbourhood, and there is
eanaparatively little want of employment among
the operatives. The: hardware business at Sheffield
and Wolverhampton has exhibited symptoms of
activity, and some large orders from the United
States, as well as from the various German markets,
has caused more activity in the trade. The home
demand, however, has been very quiet. The South
Yorkshire coal trade is also very inactive.
The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed
With a very firm appearance, and prices of all
descriptions were extreme. The sales were esti-
mated at 10,000 bales. In the railway shares only
a limited amounted of business was transacted ;
quotations, however, tended upwards.
The Money Market is rather quieter, but there
is still a steady inquiry for discount accommo-
dation. Very little alteration can be reported
in the terms charged for negotiating first class bills,
and they have lately ranged at such a low
Point, that the temporary variations of or
4 per cent. now reported attract scarcely any
remark in commercial circles. It is imagined, how-
ever, that an immediate impulse will be given to
enterprise of various descriptions in the event of a
settlement of political disturbances abroad, and in
that ease more firmness in the rates of discount may
'le experienced.
The market for English Securities opened with
'llereased buoyancy this morning, the announce-
"eats in the Moniteur having created renewed
eenfidenee. Some large purchases have been
effected, which promoted an improved movement.
b further rise would no doubt have occurred
lit for a supply of money stock, and the operators
are now awaiting the receipt of further telegrams
from the Paris Bourse before they enter into fresh
transactions. The aggregate improvement has now
been Considerable, and occasional reactionary symp-
toms may be experienced, as parties who bought at
1
°Wer prices may be induced to realise profits. It
satisfactory to find that a much better feeling
Prevails, which will, no doubt, continue, if nothing
should occur to reproduce the depression lately
experienced. Consols have been 96 to 961 for
money,
11, and 961 to 961 for the account. The New
Threes are 962- 1, and also the Reduced Annuities.
Exchequer Bills are 345. to 38s. prem., and India
Debentures 981 to 99. Bank Stock is 228 to 230.
4 fair amount of business has been recorded in
the Foreign Securities, and owing to the rise in
eo
Ilsols prices are generally at a decided improve-
,cent• Turkish 6 per Cents. are 911- to 921;
ittte, New Loan, 7S to 79 ; and the 4 per Cents.,
823. Spanish Deferred are 30 to 301; Sardinian,
"; French 4 per Cents., 97 ; ditto 3 per Cents.,
6gb 75 ; Mexican Stock is 201; and Venezuelan
lionds have risen to 431 1.
The Railway Share Market this morning has ex-
libited rather more activity, and prices generally
have been firmer. Great Western and South
,'"-astern have improved ss. ; Bristol and Exeter,
Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and
.Yorkshire, North Western, South Western, Mid-
land, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. The
Foreign and Colonial lines are also at slightly im-
proved values. Lombardo-Venetian have advanced
uB' for both the Old and New Shares ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 10s. ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ;
and Great Indian Peninsula, ss.
Joint-Stack Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show
little variation from previous values.

b-.,•141T15H FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK•
114,k Stock
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 1
I,Trz. Cent. Consols Annuities
Iszew 3 per Cent. Annuities 961 1
/1011! 21 per Cent. Annuities
bi'44 Stock
b.," Debentures 99 st .
~,'to Bonds, £l,OOO
t 4801 s for Account
I,tehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..& lid
4ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
4,,
.ian 5 per Cent.
kl?itto 1858, 4} per Cent 941
130 rienn 2 per Gent 204
8,4,1,1 ego, 1853, 3 per Cent.
ish.Zlllian' 6 per Cent. BO
„41811 3 per Cent —
I,—"to New Deferred, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
tideh 6 per Cent 92
""1„410 Account
./17,ttc New Loan '
7,dto Account
-.Atte Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
IrPitto Account
Zi.ezuelan 5 per Cent. ..
Itto Account
pi, Dividen on the above payable in London.
~elleh. Rentes, 4ds 1 per Cent. En. 25f 97f.
'Atte 3 per Cent. Es 25f 6Bf. 75c.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money - 96 k
Consols for Account

a_ The Red Jacket has arrived from Australia in 93
wvir.
With 39,611 ounces of gold, valued at £158,500. The
iktop„.
—lng Light is now 82 days out, with £54,800; the Tor-
"ado 81 days, with £116,700; and the Anglesey 79 days,
*WI £98,800.
T,RE CIVIL SERVICE.—General Post-office.—Mr.
~; Mums has been appointed postmaster at Ashford,
plea
4Mr. Tunbridge, resigned. Customs—A supernumerary
irkship is vacant in the receiver-general's office, vice
teks, promoted. Mr. C. S. Cartwright has been pro-
koted from principal pay clerk to be chief clerk in the
receiver-general's office, London. Mr. James Cook has
been
promoted from third clerk to be principal pay clerk in
ditto. Mr. W. Watt has been promoted from second to
Bast class landing waiter in Glasgow ; Mr. C. M. Spalding
lifts been pie:meted from third to second class landing
'waiter in Glasgow ; Mr. R. G. Anderson has been promoted
ifrom fourth to third class landing waiter in Glasgow. In-
'and Revenue Department—Mr. Hugh Freeling has been
Promoted from the class of junior clerks in the legacy and
411 eCession duty office, Somerset-house, to that of second
I,ntik superintendent of wills, in place of Mr. Conrad Ruc-
xer:, deceased. straps and Taxes Branch—The surveyor-
4111P of taxes at Northampton has become vacant. Ireland
clerkship has become vacant in the solicitor's -office,
Valid revenue, by the retirement of Mr. Stormont.—
"V Service Gazette.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY OF A FARMER AT BRISTOL.
Yesterday one of the most impudent robberies was perpe •
traced "aied in Bristol by two men, one of whom had the temerity
%Personate Mr. Miles the banker, and M.P. for East
c,raereet, by means of.which fraud he succeeded in robbing
f7,,Nonierset farmer of £BO. The farmer, Mr. John Perkins,
to-4
Walton-in-Gordans, near Clevedon, had gone to Bristol
to attend the fair, and in the course of the afternoon went
Ape bank to deposit £BO. As he was looking at the name-
s t 'e in front of the premises, a "very gentlemanly man"
PPed from the door and accosted him in familiar terms,
14°1101 he did not recognise the stranger. They entered
h,...te conversation, and on the farmer stating the object of
Presence in the street, the "gentleman" said, "How
odd I I have just been in myself to put in a couple of
aT`cired pounds, and my old-friend Miles is so busy on ac-
halp t. of the fair that he has begged me to come again in
an hour." The gentlemen then proposed that they
tenld repair to the Rummer Hotel. They were sipping
atiir liquor and talking over agricultural prospects when
ot°t4er " most respectable gentleman," but older than the
her came in. " God bless my soul," said the first, " here
ethkir Miles," and rushing from his seat and shaking the
5,...er by the and, he exclaimed, "Miles, how are you,. I
t;:rttald have been down with you in time, and then, pointing
to" farmer he said, "Here is another gentleman who is just
t"lg to desit £BO with you, and we will come down
hlpther.,,
Mr. Miles at once protested that he should not
%Irak Of such a thing, that as his friend had been down
far— he could not permit him to go again, and as for the
ap—'_er, he (Mr. Miles) was only too happy to render
oi)lice to any of his constituents. If the gentlemen would
tiocT3 him with their deposits he would step into the bank
at "ring them back the proper receipts. The gentlemin
sao °n.ce gave his roll of notes and the farmer his eighty
11.1'e-reigns, with which " Mr. Miles" left. Some minutes
hiu'a°lng elapsed without the return of Mr. Miles, the gentle-
ttol suggested that he might be detained by customers,
hi Proposed that he should run down and get the receipts
hatself- He left, avowedly with that intention, but it need
re-
be told tat the farmer has never since seen the
vzlpt or his money, the banker or the gentleman.