The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-08 00:00:00

MoN.6Y iviAltKhT

AND
aOMMERCI kL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
firm f,eling was ;maintained up Ito the close, and
full prices were current. The sales were 7,000
bales, 1,000 for export, and 1,000 on speculation.
The Railway Share Market continued quiet, and
prices were a shade lower than on Monday.
Preparations have been commenced, although
on a small scale, for the remittances of silver to
the East by the steamer which leaves Southampton
on the 20th inst. ; but until further intelligence is
received from India and China, which is expected
about the 12th or 13th, business will remain ex-
ceedingly dull.
There was no particular alteration in the rates of
Exchange upon the principal cities of the continent
Yesterday afternoon, although a decline was gene-
rally anticipated. The advices from New York
report the exchange there to be firm at about 109:1,
Eco that a continuance of remittances from that
sountry are calculated upon.
The demand for money in Lombard-street and
at the Bank is much quieter, partly in consequence
of an impression that the minimum will bereduced
to 5i per cent. Thus, first class paper is nego-
tiated at 51 per cent., in some cases rather lower,
and the supply is ample. The dividend payments
commenced to-day, and these will produce addi-
tional ease. If the reduction be made as antici-
pated, either this week or next, it will give an im-
portant impulse to trade, and create confidence in
all departments.

Nearly all the specie that arrives from Australia
and America is sold to the B ink, and the next re-
turn will, no doubt, exhibit a material increase in
the bullion. Yesterday about 55,0001., probably the
remainder of the supply brought by the Champion
of the Seas, was so appropriated, and the American
remittance by the Canada is likewise expected to
find its way into the Bank vaul.s.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank
to-day, a dividend was made at the rate of 6 per
Cent. per annum, leaving the balance of bad debts
reduced to only about £lO,OOO.
The report was adopted.
The English Stock Market, although under the
influence of the settlement, is a shade firmer, and
there is evidently a better feeling,—stimulated by
the anticipation of a change in the rate of discount
to-morrow. It is thought that the Bulk will not
only lower the minimum, but likewise continue
their loans upon stock. This opinion, however, is
not shared in by the public generally, as there
is really no necessity for a continuance of such fa-
cilities beyond the period of the Shutting. Consols
for money have been 92a for Thursday 921
and for August 93. The New 3 per Cents. are
92i and the Reduced 921 Bank Stock is
2121 to 214. Exchequer Bills were 3s. discount. to
par. •

In the Foreign Market the dealings have
not been very important, but the quotations are
generally firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are nomi-
nally 951 96. Spanish New Deferred are 25f,
Sardinian 89 to 90, Russian 1101,, French 41 per
Cents. 91f. with the exchange at 25f. 30c. Peru-
vian are 82i to 83g.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds. 6 61 ;
221 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 82 84; ditto 3 per
Cents., 56 58 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5i ;
Russian 5 pet Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents.,
96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40k 402 ; ditto New
Deferred, 25k ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto
Passive, 52 6.

There has been very little animation in the Rail-
way Share Market. A slight advance, however,
has taken place in the values of some of the chief
lines. North-Eastern Berwick rose 10s. ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, ss. to 10s. ; Great Wez,t-
ern, North-Western, and Midland, ss. ; Bristol
and Exeter and South-Eastern were at yesterday's
rates ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln de-
clined ss. ; Eastern Union B stock about 10s. to
15s. The French lines, although not active, are at
enhanced values. Eastern of France have im-
proved 7s. Gd. to Ms. ; and Paris and Lyons,
10s. Great Western of Canada are flat, and de-
clined about ss. ; Grand Trunk are at nominal
values, as also East Indian. Dutch Rhenish
and Lombardo-Venetian are firm.
Mining Shares have ruled very quiet. The fol-
lowing business has been reported—Alfred Consols,
1711 ; Wheal Mary Ann, 46i ; and Mexican, 31,.
The market for Joint-Stock Bank and Miscella-
neous Shares has been exceedingly quiet. Otto-
man Bank receded about 55.; London and County
Bank of Australasia and London Chartered of
Australia were at previous rates ; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam declined to 68.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(from the Official List;)
Business done.
Bank Stock
3 Per (-ent. Reduced A unuitios
3 per CEnt. consolA I,nnuitie
Nero 1 per Cent. Annuities 92i-1 i
India Stock
r.rL:l'itto, underl £lOOO 5 d
~.msols 'ri, ' 922
Ditto for Opening it2ii .1
EL :never MIAs, 20.
3 d
%all .2.. 2 p 2 d
ItitICIS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
.ord..,,idu b per Cent. -
Ditto 1852, 42 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds ,P, per Cent
Rusiiau lionds, 1822, l St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto Account llO.,
Es-d,nikn 1;one s, :_i per Cont. • --- ——9 O
Ditto Account
8P
Dittc New Deferred, 3 per t ;en .
Ditto Account
of idend, 3 . "OP 11.1):1Ve .13,0,C I, '• . ,n.
French Rentes,"42 per Cent. 9lf. ex. 25f. 30c,
Consols, TWO ON ;WWI,
money
Coataole for Account
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At the meeting of the shareholders of the West-end
and Crystal Palace Company yesterday, to consider a
bill in Parliament for making a traffic arrangement, and
leasing or selling the line to the London and Brighton,
South-Eastern and South-Western Companies, and for
other purposes, the same was agreed to.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Madame Rosati, the
favourite danseuse of the day, appeared last night, for the
first time this season, in a divertissement, stated to be
founded on the ballet, "Marco Spada." The applause
Was incessant while she was on the stage ; and the
showers of bouquets which fell at her feet gave her cava-
liers full employment in picking them up and gallantly
presenting them to the Diva of the minute. Mdlle. Ka-
trine, an excellent dancer, was also received with favour.
--Among the noble and distinguished company hm,our-
lug the theatre with their presence we observed the Duke
of Wellington, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke of Cleve-
land and Lady A. Paulett, the Marquis of Sligo, Frances
Countess Waldegrave (accompanied by Maria, Marchio-
ness of Ailesbury, the Hon. Miss Stonor and party). the
Countess of Eglinton and party, and Lord Ward. Her
Majesty the Queen's box was occupied by Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps and the Hon. Mrs. Phipps, Mrs.
Sayer, Captain Sayer, and party. There were also pre-
sent the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Malinesbury, the
Baron Lionel de Rothschild, the Earl of Shelburne, his
Excellency Don Franci,co de Rivero (the Peruvian
Minister Resident), and Madame de Rivero, Don F.
Pezet and party, his Excellency the General Almonte
(the Mexican Minister Plenipotentiary) and Madame
Alrnonte, Don Jose Gonzales de la Vega (Premier
Secretary), Don Angel Huici and party; Viscount Grey
de Wilton, Viscount Powerscourt, Baroness Windsor,
and the Misses Clive, Baroness Lionel de Rothschild,
Lord Stanley of Alderhy, Lady Harry Vane, Lady
Petra, Lady Edwardes and par y, Lady Scott Douglas
and party, Lady Browne and party, Lady Marcus Hill
and party, Lady Thorold, Lady Somerset, Lord Cran-
etuun, Lord C. Bruce, Lord Pore, Lady Pigott, Lady
(Ynonnell, and Miss O'Hara, Hon. H. Grey, Hon. J.
sane, Hon. Mrs. Cost, Hon. Mrs. Petre, Col. the Hon.
C.
Fitzroy, Hon. C. H. Cust, Hon. 0. Toler, Col, the
'ton. Cadogan, Hon. Mr. Campbell, Hon. C. Hanbury,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir A. Woodford, Bart., K.C.8., Lady
Woodford and Miss Woodford, Sir I. B. Guest, Bart.,
Sir J. Lowther, Bart., Sir J. Thorold, Bart., Mrs. Ri-
ardo, Major. Gen. Sir G.Bowles, K.C.8., Sir P. Cautley,
It-tio Colonel Tyrwhitt, Colonel Ross, Colonel Ellison,
Colonel W. Lockyer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs. Lock-
ater Freestun, Colonel Doyle and Mre. Doyle, Major
foie, Mrs. Bassett, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Charles
illiam Pache, M.P., Mrs. Packs Reading, and party,
tCaptain William H. Magan, M P., Captain Bateson,
r. Hubert De Burgh, Captain Magens, Captain Wynd-
-11114 Captain Lyon, Captain Cunningham, Captain
°ggee Captain Palmer, Captain Marshall, Captain
eY"n, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Lewis Melville,
.... de Begrese, Mrs. Mills and party, Mr. and Mrs.
M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Delanois, Mr. Wigram
and party, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Mr. and the Misses
isT•c4erell, Mr. and Mrs. C. Goding, Mrs. Carpenter,
4168 Foster, Mr. Stanway, Mr. C. Thornhill, Mr, R.
Sutton azzl party, Mrs. and Miss Roberts,