The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Increased depression has been apparent in the
Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the
last few days, most of the principal staples having
receded in value. For tea there has been a very
limited inquiry, and prices are expected to
rule rather easier at the public sales to be
held to-day. Sugars have been inactive at a
reduction of 6d. to 9d. per cwt., and in the
Refined Market lower rates have been accepted
by holders. Coffee at public sale has declined ls.
to 2s per cwt. Rice and spices have been in rather
limited request at about late rates. The demand
for saltpetre has not been quite so active, and a few
parcels sold at public sale went at a depreciation of
about is. per cwt. The tallow market has shown
rather more firmness, and prices have been fairly
maintained, P.Y.C. on the spot realising .535. 3d.,
and for last three months' delivery the quotation is
86s. 6d. to 565. 9d. per cwt.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
heavily, and prices were without any important
change. The sales amounted to 3,000 bales.
A further reduction has taken place in the rate
of discount at Hamburg--viz., to 2 and 4 per cent.
There were no bullion operations of public inte-
rest at the Bank of England yesterday.
Silver, owing to*the limited supply, continues at
ss• 21d. Zd. per oz. standard.
The supplies of gold received from America and
Australia are satisfying the export demand, and,
as they are likely to continue on an extensive
scale, the bullion at the Bank of England may be
maintained at a high point for some time to come,
although occasional withdrawals are not i mpro.
bable.

In consequence of the limited inquiry on cona-
luereial account the terms of discount are rather
:aster, and bankers and brokers are unable to find
ndl employment for the resources at their corn-
niand• The result is an active competition for the
comparative issue and supply of bills brought
Thfc'ilvard, and the concessions made in the open
-4rliet have caused an important falling off in the
applications at the Bank of England.
There has been very little alteration in the
aPPearance of the English Stock Market to-day.
The Funds have remained flat at the depreciated
quotations current yesterday afternoon. Consols
have been 911 1 for money, and 918 •7 for the ac-
c,ount• The speculative dealings have been very
limited, and there has been a diminished inquiry
for investment. Bank Stock has improved to 222.
The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 901 1;
Debentures
Bills at 20s. to 245. prem. ; India Loan
.uebentures are steady at 93, and ditto Bonds at
128. to 1 ls. discount, The New India Loan Scrip
is heavy at 28 to 2 discount, being marked 92a 93.
In the Foreign Stock Market the transactions
have been very moderate, and prices are flat.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 59 to 61 ; ditto New,
"to 51. Grenada Deferred has receded to 41 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents. to 38a ; and ditto Deferred
to 26ic 27. Venezuelan 5 per Cents. are firmer at
341; and Dutch 21 per Cents. at 60. French 3
Per Cent. Rentes are marked 60f.
in the Railway Share Market the transactions
have been moderately active, and prices have
'varied to the extent of about 1 to 1 per cent.
Great Westerns, North Westerns, North Eastern
(York), and South Easterns have declined 10s. ;
Eastern Counties, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln and Midland advanced ss. ; and Great
Northern, South Western, and North Eastern
(Berwick), 10s.
• The Foreign lines have been quite neglected.
Lombardo Venetian, old shares, are nominally
quoted 5 to 51, and the New 41 5.
r , In the Colonel Market East Indian have improved
`)out £l, and Great Indian Peninsula £l.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are
:r3' inactive, and prices show little variation from
C"Iolis rates. London and County, London Joint
Iflek, Royal Mail Steam, and South Australian
and were each dealt in at previous quotations.

IQ BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Vl* Stock
- per c,,,,.
3 per c---". Reduced Annuities 9Ol a i
,_ ent. Consols Annuities
'"ww
India 3
st perock • Cent Annuities
218 15 19
Ditto Debentures
_Ditto Loan Scrip
92/ 3 2j 5
Vac, Bonds 11,000
Ditto under 'll,OOO
Consols for Account (June 7) 9ll a
March. June.
P'tehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 20 4 I
Ditto Small, 11d
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred 4l
Mexican 3 per Cent.
..‘ Ditto Account . l6l
"Vanish 3 per Cent. 3Bl
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 27
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 61
Ditto Account
eDitto New Loan
v nezuelan 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
French
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Rentes, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f BBf.
121 Ditto 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f.
tttch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6O
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9ll 1
Consols for Account, June 7

nr.E TvAR-AUSTRIAN VESSELS

LIABLE TO CAPTURE.

‘)41.1,-,TION TO SHIPOWNERS AND SHIP-
MASTERS.
to The French Governnment have notified, in reply
.
theh er Majesty's Government, on the application of
1-'°rlltnittee of Lloyd's, that Austrian vessels
leav Ports of call will be liable to seizure.

Sir FOREIGN-OFFICE, May 19, 1859.
tostate am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury
,rec • ‘l7' you that her Majesty's Government have
eivea
letter
the the answer of the French Government to
tigiries which, as you were informed in my
her mof the 10th inst., had been put to them by
ajesty's Abassador at Paris respecting the
ceax_tet_nrt to which Austrian vessels are liable to
r„%u e by French and Sardinian cruisers.
-toe first inquiry which Earl Cowley was in-
'nrueted to make was whether Austrian vessels
arriving at ports of call would be allowed to leave
Such ports for their destination
without being liable
to capture ; the second whether Austrian vessels
*which have sailed for Austrian or for neutral ports
prior to the declaration of war will be liable to
capture.
The French Government have stated
it ted in reply
cannotth be
that as far as France is concerned doubted that Austrian vessels would in
Specified be subject to capture and condemnaetion icases
virtue of the general principle of the law of nationsn
acted upon in England as well as in France, accord'
jog to which every ship belonging to an enemy
niet with at sea after the declaration of war is -a
Rood prize.
It is assumed that the question relates to neutral
Ports called at for orders, since if an Austrian
°essel, in ignorance of war having broken out,
Should enter a French port, she would be protected
.
Y the special decision of the Emperor, dated May
Q, Which grants safe conduct not only to the vessels
Qf the enemy actually in French ports, but to
those also which shall enter such ports in igno-
rance of the state of war.—l am, Sir, your most
obedient humble servant, E. IiAMMOND.
Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's.
,L.

JETTERS FOR JERUSALEM.—AS the Austrian
Packets from Trieste are no longer running, the _
arrange-
ment laid down in Instruction No. 32, dated the 30th
4Prilt 1859, with respect to letters for Jerusalem, is_
ter the present suspended. All letters, &c., addressed
t° Jerusalem will be forwarded by the French ma
Packets from Marseilles, and the postage due for their con-
ivoe‘...Yance as far as Jaffa must be paid in advance at the fol-
On
'rig rates :—On letters, 6d. per quarter ounce.
newspapers, Id. per four ounces. On printed papers other
tilatt newspapers 3d. General. four ounces. By comman f
s Postmaster ROIVLAND HILL, Secretary.
general Post-office, May 21, 1859.
PORGERY.—The following case of extensive for-
hasjust been reported at the chief police-office, Scot-
ttilld-Yard• person of gentlemanly appearance honoured
Scot-
pthe Royal Hotel, 'Weymouth, Dorsetshire, under the as-
aled name of Lord Henley, and ingratiated himself with
'Ll_isle landlord. Upon settling his account " Lord " Henley
ww a cheque for £4O upon Messrs. Ransome and Co., which
'Atreed out to be a forgery. From there he went to Hugh
`-'l'araharn, Marshall, and Co., bankers, Wilts, Somerset,
W!Pinned the title of Lord Langley, and obtained £5 on a
e r que drawn on Messrs. Coutts, pronounced to be a forgery.
then visited Webb's Hotel, Torquay, under the name of
d Lilford, and gave a cheque for £l5 on Coutts', received
i° change, and this not since been heard of. A large re-
conward is offered fo apprehension.
Pplicants for enroiment in the royal navy still
tnue to offer themselves at the rate of about 200 per day
awhthe
nm being growing
PiNArd's offices at Woolwich, the great majority of
country lads from the ags of 15 to 20
Years,
baeinnd under the height of 5 feet 6 inches, earn rejected,
h a t
g the standard appointed by the Admiralty for
tu.:nritaldsbeerairi....renof%), alloo(
:loges. It is stated that already the large
men have been admitted in different ports