The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed i 12
With a very heavy feeling and prices were fully id. 50
Per lb. lower. The sales amounted to 3,000 bales. 13i
11(' Railway Share Market exhibited a dull ap- St.
Pearance, and values were a shade lower.
25
The week's transactions in the Foreign and 25
Colonial
Produce Market have not been very ex-
-Bi've, but there is a moderate demand for home St.
St.
co°ll
ruiumption, and the quotations have undergone St.
mush
variation. Sugar, however, is rather heavy 50
at a alight decline ; coffee is also flat, and the tea 20
'"`posed at public sale generally went at rather 10
eakerrates. Rum has remained firm, rice is cheaper, 154:0
kll4tecoa has receded ss. per cwt. There is very 25
little inquiry for saltpetre, and prices tend down- S2t
b 6
;4413, spices have remained dull, and tallow is St.
St.
The commercial public and the speculators at g
'„4115 Stock Exchange are very anxious to ascertain st.
" Contents of the Bank of England return, which I 20.
st
11 be published in the Gazette this evening. That .
I Will be more favourable than any presented for 0
?tee weeks is the general impression, because the
daily sales of gold, furnished by the Australian ves- St.
tiN have represented a large total. At the same time
10
there 48 been no unusual demand for gold, and it is st.
118equently imagined that the authorities have been f4tt:
tabled to keep what they have bought. The st.
diminution,
Securities" are also expected to show some
itunillution, but the pressure for discounts during 7'2
:5 illSt two or three days has rather increased, se
b;1:14 a good deal of uncertainty is therfore felt both 11661
ith regard to that item and the Reserve of Notes. st:
to..eeterday about 160,0001. in gold was sent in, and 13
through
the supplies received by the Essex. The 114
!Cie movement, notwithstanding the demand for ki
1/4Yer for Ilambro is very favourable to this country, 20
tod if gold from America should arrive in addition 1.3,
the vessels en route from Victoria, the stock of
bullion in the Bank will soon attain a much higher 25
tint Owing to the active demand for silver, the F.. 1
":0 of bars has advanced ss. 2id. per oz. stand- 10
a
-t". The dollars brought by the Mexican packet 10
„
j:!re sold yesterday at 60id. Some large orders st.l
Zte been given out for the steamer to India on the st.
oth inst. 50
25 ,
The demand for money is rather quieter out of 100
boors ; but the extreme caution observed in Loin 20
-
od.atreet seems to have augmented the pressure 20
at the Bank.
t Bank of France return is completed to yes- 50
ay. It shows an increase of 418,2571. in the St.
~74i°11; a decrease of 3,889,4611. in the bills dis- St.
unted An addition of 123,1141. in the advances st.
ilupon
railway shares ; and an increase of 25,055/. in St.t
a Manta s
u paid as premiums upon the purchase 25
nt gold. 25
o,4_l't the commencement of business this morning
em;ltuarket for English Securities was exceedingly st.
0 nut, and the quotations showed an improve- 10
of to per cent. When this point was 20
4t 4:11ecl some of the speculators who bought 2g
do
prices realised their profits, which It.
tio. the usual effect of producing a reac-
t(). There is a strong disposition, however, 20
;operate for an advance, and the continuous st.
007:418 of specie have a very beneficial influence. St.
St.
I°ll3 opened at 91i 92 ex-dividend, but they 10
evv" since been 91/ More recently, how- 50
°ter; they have been 92 buyers, in consequence bt
a report that better intelligence had ar- st.
tTibte4 from India. They are now 91; 92. 20
New Threes have advanced to 91i 92 ; the 20
Reduced to 91i 92 ; and the Five per Cent. Annui- 25.
ties
to 113. Exchequer Bills are flatter, being •g
47„ 'lli% to par ; and the Bonds 98 ; India Bonds
_!!.t.
41110 lower, viz., 23a. to 335. dis. ; and Bank S
St.
4°ok ill 217 19. 25
moderate amount of business has been trans- E
7od in the Foreign Stock Market, and a slight
50
PWard tendency is apparent in quotations. 20
eeTurkish 6 per Cents. ara 92k, 93 ; the 4 per 10
b,: 100 Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43i ; 5
2*,'"'uftlear 5 per Cents, 105 t ; ditto, 4i per Cents., 205
and Spanish New Deferred, 25. 10
fitocilie following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20
IC* :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 56 ; Mesi- 10
rittn, 18/ 19 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 75 76 ;
° 3 per Cents., 50i 51 ; Portuguese 3 per tOO
43 44; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; do. 18
ti,Per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 40i. 18
; ditto New Deferred, 25 25f ; ditto Certifi 20
-
%tee, 100
100
Ream. D. Bell, Son and Co , give the following
aa the •
pricee of American securities : 100

' GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Vitt Redeemable. Per Cent. 2
States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...
united States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105 `.4
STATE SECURITIES.
tiabluna 5 per Cent 4
... 78
07. land 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 88 90
)717:"_01111sptts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 36 93 (
130=131 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk
1841-1871... 1! 4O 42
rilinnoPpi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 2
.!
te2l2lgylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
T:..n47lvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ~..1877... 75 76
•rir"9eSsee 6 per Cent. Bonds
Nrirc.,_,. Pula 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 80
--64.1% 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 80 81 ,
Bosh A LOANS OF CITIES.
per Cent. Vonds 1883...
ntreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 90 1
Illyr Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... --- 1
R tleLnr. dllsl
Mortgage, ps. 1
Illinois Central 7 perTh.b 1875... 76 78
111P101.5 Central 6 per Cent 1815... 76 78
Bonds
Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Th'°onds 1860... 76 78
'Buinois Central (Shares), $3O paid l2d 10 d
chigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860.- 75 76
k Do. do. do. 1869... 76 78
NSA York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 88 90
"21 York Central 6 per Cent., not
kuouvertible 1883... 68 69
"`ew York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 68 72
1!1. pork and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible-1862.- 40 42
• York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
Pund.
tana
. 111% 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865...
Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 80 83
"uhs Railway Share Market has been very dull,
although but little variation can he quoted in
values. Caledonian, Great Northern, Lancashire
and Yorkshire, North Western, and North British,
declined about ss. Eastern Counties, and Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, advanced ss. ; and
Great Western and South Western, 10s. East
Lancashire, North Eastern, Berwick, and one or
tyro others realised former quotations. The
'"reign and Colonial undertakings are quiet,
and in most instances were at a slight decline,
1113 on former rates. Paris and Lyons receded ss. ;
Dutch Rhenish and Antwerp and Rotterdam were
allade lower. Grand Trunk of Canada declined
1/.
Mining Shares were quiet. Whoal Bassett
brought 22, and Wheal Edwards 7 to 7*.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
steady, at former values. Oriental Bank and Union
of London however declined about ss.
In the Miscellaneous Market prioes were almost
nominal. London General Omnibus Company
brought 3j.

FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY
(Frain-the Offictal List;)
Business dope.
.. 217 i 17 19
s ilmik Stock
1 A
; Per Coat. Reduced Annuitio 91 2
Cent Coneols linweitler Shut
" a
IT per Cent. Annuities 92
113 l 2 1
TT Per Cent. Annuities
'g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2
+fp"
lalin
I'o rsonds. £l9OO .......... ..•••••••• • 27 33 d
n "
Rola, tinder £lOOO
91i 211 2 1
for Account
El thegner Bills, 2id.
4.4000 3 d par
•••
S 101 .....
Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent 9Bl
• Ditto, 185958
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
114zinan 3 per Cent lBl
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 1.7g1
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent .. ... .434
Russian Bonds, 1822, St., ....... . I0: 5-A 4i
Sitanieh Bteid 5
Ditto, 4. per Cent. • ..............s -
, 3 per Cent. ........
....
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Con* ..
...........
Ttt.h Bonds, 6 per cent .............. 5
Ditto Account ............. 932
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
.1 2
Ditto Account
100 991
Dividends on the above payable in London.. ;,
7.1/ R o'nr,nor.
Consols account, Jan. 8 9iiK x a

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The Easex has arrived from Australia with 105,255
oullues of gold, valued at 421,020/.