The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-17 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed rather firmer, and a better
business was done. The sales amounted to 7,090
bales, 3,000 of which were taken fur export and
on speculation. The Railway Share Market was
steady, and prices remained without any alteration
from those current on Wedueaday.
The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during
the week have been rather dull, owing totheseasrm of
the year and the depression which naturally re-
sults from the disturbance in monetary affairs.
Some articles, however, have been in vo I demand,
and the aggregate transactions have been quite as
extensive as could have been expected. Sugar has
met with a good inquiry at full rates. Colory
plantation coffee has declined ls. per cwt., but other
kinds have remained steady. In tea a fair amount
of business is reported, common congou being
is. to ls. 0/,1 per lb. Rice is dull, saltpetre quiet,
and cocoa a trifle cheaper. In spices very little
has been done at late rates. Tallow is inactive.

The specie, &c., received by the Atrato, just ar.
rived from the West Indies, is as subjoined :

Silver .
Gold and Dust
Plata, Pina, and Bruta
Pearls

$242,643
443,158
38,975
5,000

Total 5729,776

The Panama, for the West Indies, which leaves
to-day, takes out 60,300/. in specie—viz., 44,3001.
in gold, and 16,0001. in silver.
The dollars brought by the last Mexican packet
have been cold at 3d. decline—namely, at 60d.
per ounce.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Commercial
Gas Company, held to-day, a dividend at the rate
of 6 per cent. per annum was declared.
The opinions expressed in the leading journal
relative to the position and prospects of the Money
Market have bcea discussed in City circles to-day ;
and it is almost unnecessary to remark that they
are in some respects considered erroneous. One
statement especially is objected to, viz., that the
financial pressure in Paris has been mitigated by
the investments made in Rentes and RAU way

Shares by English capitalists, because it is known

that the amount of such securities held here is very
small. The purchases on English account have been
limited, and quite insufficient to reawaken confi-
dence or diminish the depression at Paris.
With regard to our own Money Market there
is certainly little prospect of its early amelio-
ration, as numerous circumstances continue to
divert capital from its legitimate channels. Be-
sides this our note circulation is not sufficiently
large, too great a desire exists to promote joint-
stock enterprise at home and abroad, and there are
many minor influences which militate against an
improvement. The general demand for money to-
day is very active at full rates.
The Funds opened flatly, but despite the gloomy
views indulged by many, they are now firmer, and
the tendency is more favourable. Speculation
continues dull, as a desire exists to ascertain
Whether the efflux of gold will recommence, and if
so, whether on a large scale. Consols have been
921 g, 92193, and 921 s for money ; while for ac-
count the business is recorded at 931 / Tho
present values are respectively 93 to 931- and 931 8.
The New Threes are 91i- 92. The Reduced 94
The March Exchequer Bills Gs. to 4s. discount,
and the June ditto 10s. discount.

A very few bargains have been concluded in the
Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been
94} Sardinian 5 per Cents. 90 , and Danish 5
Per Cents. 101. This was all the business which
took place up to 1 o'clock, and since then the mar-
ket has remained dull.

The follo►ving are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Alexi an,
23 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 78 ; do. 3 per
Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 ;
elan 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 4/1 a ; ditto Deferred, 24i si;
ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 5 6.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. state that there
is no change to notice in the market for Ame-
rican Securitieq. Business continues inactive, and
prices remain stationary :

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868-101 106.
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 106
Alabama 5 per Cent ... 78 80
STATE SECURITIES.
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 89 91
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) .498 100
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk
Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42
lfisinssippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds '877... 80 81
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83A 841
Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) —1888... 81 86

LOANS .
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds OF CITIES
1856-1865... 82 81
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875... 91 92
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 86 88
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
IP; Bonds 1860...106 108
Illinois Central (Shares). $3O paid.......... ... 28 30 p
Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860...
Do. do. do. 1869— 90 92
New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95
New York Central 6 per Cent., not
Convertible 1883... 81 83
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-_
........

gage 1883... 84 86
York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible-1862.- 78 89
• York and Erie 7 par Cent. Sinking
Fund 1875•.:83 85
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865.- -- 93
Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 88 r 9
The Railway Share Market has been rather
active, and prices generally have exhibited more
buoyancy. An advance of about 4to 1 per cent.
may be quoted on most of the principal under-
takings. Edinbnrgh, Perth, and Dundee, Great
Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick),
improved ss. ; Eastern Counties, ss. to 10s. ;
Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North-
Western, 15s. ; and South-Eastern, 11. Brighton
ruled rather flatter. Great Luxembourg and
Sambre and Meuse were firmer, but Geelong and
Melbourne and Grand Trunk of Canada declined
about ss. to 10s.

British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares
have been dull. North Wheal Bassett realised 24
and Great Wheal Alfred 61. ,
In Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
prices have shown a slight decline. Commercial of
London, and London Chartered of Australia de-
clined ss. to 10s. ; Australian Agricultural Shares
53.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY .AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Rneir,ese done
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 914 i
3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities- - 3 21 a
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9li li 2
New 2A per Cent. Annuities
Lodz Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... , 2 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 15-16 a 18
India. Bonds, £lOOO • ..... .............
Ditto, under £lO6O 5 d
Consols for Account •-• O3l i i
licchaquer Bills, 24(' . March. 1 June.
£lO3
1:590 - — 5
Brasil
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9Bl
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CW( 11.
Danish Bonds' S pee Cent., 1825
Ditto 3 per Cent..
Plrdinian Bowls, 5 per Gent. . .........
tiekihu Bonds, 6 per cent 943/4 4
Ditto Account .
Dtvidends O.A Mu at)iva ~systne in Lou& n.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, money.. 93 h
Ditto for account

THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL NATION.—This criminal,
whose execution is fixed to take place in front of the
Somerset County Gaol, at the usual hour, at noon, oa
the 21st inst., has regularly received the ministrations
of the rev. chaplain of the gaol, who spends four or five
to hours daily with the unhappy culprit. Ho is said to
tuaintain his self-possession in a remarkable degree,
although he now entertains no hope of a reprieve. He
was again visited by his father on Monday, when the
old man entreated him to confess his guilt and prepare
for another world. His solicitor, Mr. Taunton, spent
Boma time with him, but the prisoner made no admission
of his crime, or of the justice of his sentence. He takes
his f3od apparently with a good appetite, but at night
seems rather depressed and restless. On Monday he
wrote an admonitory letter to one pf his relatives, and
expressed a wish that a little book, published by the
Tract Society, which had been sent him by post, should
be given to his brother.— Bailt Ij7tronicle,