The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

310.2V.EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The inquiries for discount accommodation are
still rather extensive, and there seems to be some
expectation of a further advance in the Bank rate
of discount to-morrow. It is observed, however,
that the pressure has been diminished, and that the
wihdrawals of gold from the Bank have received
a check, in consequence of the supplies derived
from the recent Australian arrivals. The directors,
therefore, may not find it necessary to modify their
regulations at present. Full rates are, neverthe-
less, enforced. Bills of the highest character hav-
ing only a few days to run may be negotiated on
rather lower terms, but in other respects the market
presents a very firm appearance.

In the foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, no
material alteration took place, except in the rates
on Holland, which were slightly higher.
At the Bank of England yesterday there were no
withdrawals of gold, the continental demand being
for the present supplied by the arrivals from Aus-
tralia and America.

The Morning Star has arrived this morning from
Australia, with £34,632.

The Ceylon, which leaves tomorrow, will take
out £197,358 in silver for Bombay, and £50,000 in
gold for Malta, making a total of £247,358. Of this
amount £150,000 is forwarded on Government ac-
count.

Letters from Liverpool report that, in the Cotton
Market yesterday, business was moderately active,
and the previous advance was fully maintained.
The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. The
Railway Share Market closed steadily, and in most
instances a further improvement took place.
At the public sales of indigo, which commenced
yesterday, 11,614 chests were brought forward.
The opening sale is thus described by Messrs. H.
W. Jewesbury and Co :
The biddings were slow and flat, neither buyers nor
sailers having determined how to proceed ; the disposition
sof buyers was. evideutlymt to bid except at a great reduc-
tion in price, consequently many parcels were withdrawn,
and the large number of 3,395 chests have passed, a small
quantity only has been sold, and those consisted chiefly of
culinary Madras and Kurpah ; both home and foreign
buyers have acted with the same degree of caution. Bengal
Qualities ruled 6d. to 9d. per lb. lower; Madras par to 3d.
Pei lb. lower, and Kurpah 6d. per lb. lower.
A special meeting of the propristors of the Gee-
long and Melbourne Railway Company took place
today—Mr. Potter in the chair—for the purpose
of considering the terms offered by the Government
of Victoria for the purchase of the above railway.
The Chairman having explained the advantages of
agreeing to the sale of the railway on the condi-
tions proposed by the Government, the resolutions
Were severally put and agreed to, an amendment
fel• the adjournment of the meeting to the 16th inst.
having been negatived. The terms are the follow-
ing
,1. That, an authentic statement of the whole expenditure
and liabilities be furnished.

2. That the assent of the proprietors be obtained.
3-• That the Government be authorised to pay in cash for
the entire property of the company, such payment to be
.?,harged on the sum of £8,000,000 already authorised by
4-orliament for the construction of railways.
-4. That on notification of the terms proposed, a bill be
81113mitted to Parliament enabling the Government to carry
nto effect the terms of purchase agreed upon.
A long discussion took place about the neglect of
the Government in paying the interest, and a
resolution was passed on the part of the proprietors
relying on the Government of Victoria paying up
all the interest in arrear under the terms in which
their proposition was first issued: The meeting
then adjourned.
' The market for Public Securities continues quiet,
and the small amount of business transacted has
moused very little fluctuation. Upon the whole the
Funds are well supported, and the steady purchases
!fleeted by the public occasionally produce symp-
toms of buoyancy. Consols are about 911 4 for
111063 r and account. Bank Stock is steady at 219.
The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 904
to
91 ; the New 21 per Cents. are firm at 761 ;
Exchequer Bills at 20s. to 245. prem., and India
Loan Debentures at 931. The New India Loan
Scrip is marked 921 /, being 24 to 24 discount.
A fair amount of business is recorded in the
Foreign Stock Market, and prices, in. most in-
stances, are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents.
are 63 to 66 ; ditto New, 53 to 55 ; and the 4 per
tents. have advanced to 991 ; Austrian 5 per Cents.
to 401, Dutch 21 per Cents. to 581, ditto 4 per Cents.
to 90 and 91, Sardinian to 73 and 76, Portuguese to
40, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. to 9g, but the 41 per
Cents. have receded to 884 891, Grenada Deferred
to 44, Russian 5 per Cents. to 101, and ditto 41 per
Cents. to 914. _ _

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been very limited, prices, with one or two excep-
tions, being fairly supported. North Eastern (Ber-
`Wink) and North Eastern (York) have improved ss. ;
and Brighton and South Eastern, 10s. ; Caledonian
and London and Blackwall have declined ss. ; and
Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1; Eastern Counties,
Midland, North British, and Oxford, Worcester
and Wolverhampton were at about former rates.
The Foreign undertakings have been very quiet.
Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares were dealt in at
64i, end the New at 41, the latest quotations being
°:c 51, and 41- 5 respectively.
In the Colonial Markets no material alteration
taken place. Great Indian Peninsula are 93 to
East Indian 95 to 96, and Grand Trunk of
Canada 30s.
hint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
inactive at about former quotations.
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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3Bank Stock
leer
Cent. Reduced Annuities 9oi 1 901 1
leer Cent. Consols Annuities
N' 3 per Cent. Anintities • - 904. 1 90
1 eN° 2i per Cent. Annuities
trtidttota
iltoebeckutur -
931 3
pitto Loan Scrileas 921 1
'onsols for Account (June 7)
F' March. June.
"leheqtter Bills,' £1;000; 2d . & 11d .. 24 20 [
Ditto Small) lid'.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
8 • •
razthall 5-per Cent.
Ditto 1858 41 per Cent. 88! 9f
armada New Active, 31 per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred
Pe •
i avian 4} per Cent —
Ditto Account
'Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
.It. us s ian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto Account,- lOl
Ditto 41 per Cent. • . 91t
Sardinian, 5 per Cent . 73 6
Tt.-kish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto _Guaranteed, 4.per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent . 401
batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... 581
. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9ll
911
Consols for Account

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CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—ST. JAMES'S HALL.—
Ilia Excellency the Minister of the United. States, accom-
tallied by Mrs. Dallas and the Misses Dallas and party,
i_nonourea the performance of the Misty's Minstrels with
his presence last evening. The hall was tastefully and ele-
Rantly decorated for the occasion with flags and flowers,
and his Excellency was pleased to express to Messrs. Ray-
nor and Peirce the great pleasure he had derived from the
Performance.
DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR ASTON, K.C.8.--We
regret to announce the de ith of Sir Arthur Ingram Aston,
which occurred at his residence, Aston Hall, near Runcorn,
vllCheshire,., a day or two since. The deceased was a son of
the late Colonel Henry Hervey Aston by the fourth daugh-
ter and co-heir of the last Viscount Irvine, and was great-
grandson of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Henry Hervey, who
"Burned tho name of Aston, and who was fifth son of the
first Earl of Bristol. He was born in London in 1798, and
received the degree of M.A. from the University of Oxford
In 1817. In April, 1819, he became attached to the embassy
at Vienna, and was made Secretary of Legation at Rio de
Janeiro in April, 1826. Nearly seven years afterwards,
11;ely, in January, 1833, he was appointed Secretary of
Embassy at Paris, and was Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid from February, 1840,
to November, 1848. He received the Order of the Bath on
retuning to England.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
15 about at par, and the shortexehangeon London is 25.07-1
per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng-
. li,sh Mint price of /..3 17s. 1011 per ounce for standard gold,
1,1, appears that gold is nearly 4-10ths per cent. dearer in
Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the
trice of gold is 4231 per mark, and the short exchange on
English
is 13.1 per sterling. Standard gold at the
-r-inglish Mint price is therefore about 11 per cent.
dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is about 110 per cent., which, when compared with the
Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is slightly in favour of England ;'and, after making
allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte-
rest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the impor •
tation of gold from the United States.

SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

. •
Share Railways. Paid.l Closing Cttsineas
Price.
12.10 ,Amberg., Notting. Bost.
. and Eastern Junmion 10 51 51 155
50 Belfast and Ballymena all •
13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 71 81
Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh
Junction lOO 60 62
25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 35
Stock Bristol and Exeter
Stock Caledonian
Stock Chester and Holyhead
50 Cork and Bandon all - •
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all
20 Cornwall
10 Do. A A rcves. no div all 4 5
untll6p.c.per an I all
10 Do. Ball
hasbeen pd.toß.
50 Dublin an dßelfast June. all
25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc all 8 9
Stock East Anglian lOO 121 131 121 131
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 51 52 53z
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 35 40
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 24 27 27 6
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81
25 East Kent all. 12 14
Stock East Lancashire lOO 83 85
20 East Suffolk all
10 Do
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 67 69
Stock Edin.,Perth. & Dundee. 100 23 25
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all
Stock Furness
Stock Glasgow & South Westn l6) 87 90
10 Great North of Scotland all 10 105
Stock Great Northern lOO 91 05
Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 78 80
Stock Da do. B Stock lOO 124 128
Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 99 101
Stock Great Western
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail (lua.Stk lOO 50 55
12 Irish South Eastern all
50 I..ancaster and Carlisle all 76 80 785 7
161 Do: Thirds
1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 8 10 p
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 85 86 855 5
16 Do. do. F £l6 6 11 id
9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 11 11d
3 Do. West Riding Union 1
20 Do. Southport
Stock London and Blackwall all 59 61 591
Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh —
Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 105 106 106 S6l
Stock London & North Westn 100 86 87 864 6
12/ Do. Eighths ..., , .. 75 2' 11 1
Stock London& South-We' '''''' 100 854 863 855 654
25' L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 5 7
Stock Man., Shet, & Lincoln lOO 325 331
10 Metropolitan - - d
Stock Midland, lOO 923 931 935 21 3
1
Stock Do. Binning. & Derby. 100 69 71
60 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all
25 Do. 1 Shares all
10 Newcastle and Carlisle all
25 New.. Abel::: & Herefd all 9 11
10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9
20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all
Stock Norfolk lOO
52 55
50 North. Counties Union 35 35 3 d
Stock North British lOO 50 52 52
Stock Nor.Dev.Rait&Dk. Stk lOO
Stock Do. A Stk.— Arec. no div
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100
Stock Do. B Stock lOO ‘.„
Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 835 843 °2 4
2.5 Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase 1613 '4
a 21 d d
Stock Do. Leeds lOO 42 13 421
Stock Do. York lOO 64 70 69 I
Stock North London lOO 100 104
10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd
and City Junction £3 Is.
20 North Staffordshire l7l 54 51 dl2
20 North-Western
10 ' No. & Sou. W. Junction all 6 8
Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolrer lOO 27 28 ' 28
10 Peebles all
20 Portsmouth
10 Rh ymney lO
Stock Scottish Central lOO 106 108
Stock South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 24 26
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 79 81
Stock Shropshire Union lOO 41 43
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 6 4 d
Stock South Devon lOO 38 42
Stock South-Eastern lOO 601 611
614 1
Stock South Wales
20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 63 67
20 Do. do lB
20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11
25 Stockton & Darlington all 33 35
25 Do. do. 1855 7 35
2.5 Do. do. 1858 7
Stockton & ilartlepool 164
Stock Taff Vale lOO
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22
Stock Vale of Neath lOO 58 62
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100
50 Waterford & Limerick all
20 West Cornwall
10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal .all
5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 21 35
5 Do. 13 all 65 7
20 West London all
10 Do. Ist Class all
20 Do. 2d Class all — ,

Stock
Stock
Stock,
Stock

Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock

Atlantic & St Lawrence
100 all 75 80
Leased at 6 per cent. ~
18 IBom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 131 16 17
I gu. 5 per cent
18 Do. all - -
18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 21 144
18 Do. Do. B 44 2 1/ d, 2/ 1
205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all • 6
205 Do. New 164 4 6 d
100 i Buffalo,Brant&Godrich IDo - -
6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 )
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - -
190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 - -
20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. id par
20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - -
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 14 4 d
20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - - -
20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7 2 1d 61
175 Demerara - -
20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 2 lid
S took 'East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 94 86 9 651
20 Do. C Shares all - -
20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 -- -
20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - -
100 Do.ll p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - -
Geelong Corporation 6 ) 100 - -
20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. 0. all 18 19
per cent. Bonds
S to.
Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 29 31 30
100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B . all 68 72
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 85 90 891 990
20 Gt. IndiaPenin.gna.sp.o all 92 94 934
20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 2 lidl 24 1
20 Do. do 4 - --
20 r Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 128 3 1
/ I guaranteed 5 per cent. ) •
201 iGt.W. of Canada Shares all 13 14 131
201 !Do. New
100 f Do. Bonds ay. '76,with 13 75 65 d 8
I all 100 103
/ apt till '
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 103
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 100 103
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do .
20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 151 161
20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 171 184
20 Do. 4/ p. c. Extension l5 16 17
20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 21 l d
20 Do. Fourth do.
Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - -
20 {Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 - - d
Class ACapitl.Share ,
Do. do. ' Land do ..
20 Do. do. B. Capital do, -10 - - d
• Do. do. Land do
20 f Northoflndia Tramroad 2s. ..._ -
I Limited, Scrip
20 Oude (Limited) -
20 Scinde
~, 4.i 15 11 d i d
20 Do.
20 Do. New V, 12 10 15d
20 Do. Punjaub
14 d .
20 - Do. Indus. St. Flo ba,'"' 10 2 1 d
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
10 ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id part
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 31 41
20 Ardennes all - - p
20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 2 1 d
5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 4
20 Beziers to Graissessac all - --
5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 1/ 2 2 '
20 Dutch Rhenish
6 Eastern of France
20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p
20 Great Central of France all - -
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 44 51
10 Italian Junction - -
20 Lake Constance & Bale all - -
20 Lierre and Turnhout - -
20 Lombardo Venetian.: 8 31 24d 54
20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all - -
20 Lyons and Geneva - -
334 Maria Antonia all - -
20 Do. do. New - --
20 Namur and Liege all 7 8
20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 18 20
16 Northern of France all 321 331
20 Do. New Shares - - p
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9
20 Ottoman. gua. 6 per cent 7 - -
20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 281 291
20 Paris and Orleans
Recife& S. Fran. (Pern. 1 -
20 i
.) j w si -2i d
gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) ..
20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 - --
10 Rome and Frascati - -
20 Royal Danish all - -
5 Royal Swedish - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - -
20 Sambre and Meuse. -
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 7 84
20 Southern of France
84 West Flanders all 5 6
10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference
20 W. & N.W. of France all 17 19
20 Western of Austria .. - 6 - - .
20 Western of Switzerland all - -
6 Wiesbaden - -
6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -
20 Zealand all - -

BRITISH MINES.

Share Mines.

Paid.

Closing 1 Bneineen
Price. I Done.

Alfred Consols (Philack 2.11.10 61 711 7
20 British Iron
Condurrow (Camborne) 2O
10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 455 465
East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 205 215 210
Great South Tolgus l7s 14 15
G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 11 21
—G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9ld 1
Lady Bertha ' 18s 1
North Frances (Illogan) 81- 8 9
North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 7 8
N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 8 9
Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 12 13
Porkellis Lrnit. (Wend.) 9
Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 1
SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 235 245
—• South C. Brea( n). 2 21 24.
S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 190 200
5 Tamar Silver and Lead
Mining Co 44 11 21
10 Tin Croft 9 4 4}
UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40
Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d # #
West Basset (Illogan) l4 214 224
W. Camden (Liskeard) 2O 88 90
Wheal Basset (Illogan) s# 190 200
Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125
Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 54 2 24
Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 9i 104
Wli'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 45 47 46
Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 30 31
FOREIGN MINES
20 Australian 74 I
1 • Bon Accordeopper,Lim. lOs 41
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 4 1
20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 9 1
:5 Do.L and and Minmeo. all
1 Clarendon Consols Min-
ing Co. of Jamaica ... d
40 Cobra Copper . all 37 39 384
Cepiapo l6 911
1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 1
2 Fortuna
20 General all 20 22
3 Linares all 9 10
5 Lusitanian
1 Mariquita all f 1
1 New Granada all
1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 I 1 p
20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead
Mining and Smelt all 31j 41'
5 Port Philip 1 I f
30 Santiago de Cuba l6l
28.2.84iUnited Mexican