The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-05 00:00:00

MONEY ra AR, K E

AND
C Orel iIIiERCIALEINTELLIGENCF.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Letters from Liverpool state that the Cottm
Market yesterday closed steadily without any
alteration in values. The sales were esimated at
7,009 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for export
and on speculation. The Railway Share Market
was rather firmer, with a good business doing at a
slight advance on Saturday's currency.
We quote the following from the weekly trade
circular issued by Messrs. Smith and Charles, dated
this evening :
"The adrices from St. Petersburg this morning by
telegraph mention the tailing of the first steamer for
Hu'l and London. The price of talow had advanced
again from 158 to 160 10 down to August.
"Our market opened this morning with much firmness
in all positions. The prlce, of Saturday were freely of.
fered wit' out inducing business. Subsequently business
paseed at 56s on the spot, at 55s 3d May and June, and
at 54: 3d October and December."
" &nee 'Chance the market has been very firm, and
leaves off, spot 56:, May 55s 6,1 to 55s 9ii. May and
June 554 to 55s 31, October and D.:cem her 54+ to 54+ 6d,
tallow oil 38,, ditto Blaine 50+ 101 to 51s, town tallow
55+ 33 net ca,sb. Pdlin oil 47s to 465. coana-nut
Cochin, 48::, ditto Ceylon 46s 10i to 474, linseed nil
40s 10d-54s 61 offered for the separate months of Sep
temper and December, 55+ asked ; Odessa and Austra-
lian beef and sheep, none offering."
A meeting of the proprietors of the Quin7angon
Mining Company was held to-day—John Labou-
chere, Esq., in the chair, whets it was agreed to
amalgamate th'ir interests with those of the Altun
Mining Company.
The letters and papers brought by the Niagara
from Now York were delivered this nsvaining. No
material alteration is reported either in monetary
or commercial affairs. The last Weekly Return
published by the City Banks showed a decrease in
the loans and discounts of $976,543, but there was
an augmentation in the specie of $1,176,882.
According to the terms of the prespoctus the
subscription list of the Great Russian Railway
closes to-day, and, as far as can be ascertained,
for of course the greatest secrecy is observed,
scarcely any of the English public have been gulled
by the statements set forth by the promoters, or by
the fictitious premium of to at which the shares
are quoted. A. more complete failure could
not have taken place, but an endeavour
will no doubt be made to show that sub-
scribers have come forward, in the hope that at
some future period the scheme may become l,ss un-
popular. If Russia desires to commence her mili-
tary roads at once, she must seek a guidance el,e-
where. The coolness, if not the contempt, wilt
which the undertaking has been received at Ham-
burg, Amsterdam, Paris, and London, must be ex-
tremely mortifying to that power, and the lesson
is one which is not likely to be soon forgotten.

The demand for discount mcomm-idation is now
rather less urgent, as was expec.ed immediately
after the payments of the 4th of the month. Full
rates are still exacted, but there is an easier feeling.
No further improvement has occurred in the
English Stock Market, but the quotations are firm,
and there is still an inclination to effect purchases.
The account is in course ofliqnidation, and this pre-
-rents any extension of time bargains. Consols have
been 93/ 1, for money and Thursday, and 931 for
June. The New 3 per Cents. are 92 to 92h and
the Reduced 92 to 921. Bank Sock is 211 to 213.
The June Exchequer Bills are 2s. discount, and
the March Small ditto ls. diQcount to 3s. premium.

The Foreign St,)cks are very dull, but generally
firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 932- n, but
have since recede I to 93 and the 4 per Cents.
are supported at 1001. Brazilian rew 5 per Cents.
1829 and 1839 100. Ecuador new Consolida,ed
14, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 97.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Alexic
234 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 761 77i; do. 3 per
Cents.. 53t 541 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 6 ;
Russian 5 per tents., 104 6 ; Do. 41 per Cents.,
95 7 ; tipanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; dittolDeferrwl,
251 i; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 5i I.

An active business has been done in the Railway
Shares, and quotations in almost all instances have
exhibited a considerable improvement. Brighton
advanced 55.. Caledonian, Edinburgh, Perth and
Dundee, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-West-
ern, North British, and North-Eastern Berwick,
10s., and Great Northern, Great Western, South-
Western, Midland, and South-Eastern, 15s.
Great Western of Canada rose 55., and Grand
Trunk of Canada, 1/. to IL. 10s. Southern of
France and Eastern of France, 55., and Paris and
Lyons 10s. East Indian and Geelong and Mel- 1i
bourne ruled rather lower.
Mining Shares have been quite neglected, and
prices are nominal.

For J(iint-stock Bank Shares there was a very
limited inquiry; prices, however, are rather firmer.
Bank of London, Commercial of London, London
Joint Stock, and London and Westminster, were
a shade higher.
In the Miscellaneous Shares the dealings were
limited. Electric Telegraph declined about 10s.,
and Crystal Palace brought previous rates.

RITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY.
(From the Officzal List,)
Business done.
Bank Stock
8 Per cent. Reduced Annuities
3 Per Cnt Consols knnuities 931
New per Cent. Annuities 92a / 2
Lodz Annuities. expire lan. 156. l 2 7-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2i
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 240., March. I June.
£lOOO
2560 9 d 2 n I 2 5 d
5ma11,.,~....,,,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
Brazilian .; per Cent
Ditto New, 1829 aril 1839, 5 per Cent.. 100
Equador New Consolidated l4
Mexican A per :ent
Ditto Account
Porta:mese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1841
--
Ditto 1833, :3 per Cent. 45.; a a
Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent
Sp •,i, h per Cent.
Ditto Account 4ll
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6i
Turk i,t, ,•tonds, per cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, I per Cent.
Ditto Account lOOl
ai,den,ii. 0,, the above .avw,i, ,n Loa ,on.
Dutch Exchang:s, 21 per Con', 12 Guilders
Ditto per Cent. Certificates . . 97
THREE (YCLOCK.
Consols, money 93f
Ditto for account .........

The Swallow has arrived from Shanghai with
1,529,8001 h. of tea and 55 hales of silk.

MR THACKERAY AT BRISTOL.-- Mr. Thackeray de-
livered one of his lectures on the "Georges," at the
Victoria Rooms, last (Friday) evening. The attendance
was not large. The reserved seats were fairly filed,
but the saloon and great gallery, although the tickets
bad been offered at a reduced price, exhibited a large
Proportion of vacant seats. This is much to be regretted,
,and we cannot help suspecting that had it not been for
bad management in the preliminary arrangement.; a
Much larger audience would have been present to wel-
"no the popular author of "Vanity Fair." It was most
certainly di-respectful and ungraceful in those to whom
the arrangements were en'rusted that Mr. Thackeray
wall allowed to ascend the platform alone and unan-
nounced. The cheer which greeted his appearance
teemed hi,lf-suppressed by the doubt as to whether the
raoinieut was really the hero for whom it was intended. 41
--Bristol Advertiser. 2
ESCAPE
„, OF PRISONERS FROM BRISTOL GAOL.—Yes-
IC
morning it was discovered that two prisoners
rd.escaped from Bristol Gaol. Their names are Joseph
Stillman and George. Parr, both tried at the late Gloces-
ter assize and sentenced, the former to 15 year's trail,—
Pcrtation for a highway gitrotte• robbery, and the lAti-r
to 12 month's imprisonment for coining. The prisoners,
?Ill° Were in the infirmary of the gaol, were seen safely
in their beds at nine o'clock on Sunday evening, but on
ithe warder going his rounds at fonr o'clock. on the fol-
low.
found that
the men were missing. It was then
that they had supplied themselves with a num-
ber of worsted comforters, forming part of the wear-
togetLing BPparel of other prisoners, which they tied
together, and having got outside the prison, threw the
her,
thus made over the boundary wall, climbed up, and
hen
dropped themselves outside, a distance of about 18
feet- No traces being found of any of the locks of the
If),:ii.osotincehia,ving been picked or tampered with, the in-
that some of the officers of the gaol tnu4t
il!re been grossly negligent in the performance
of their duties, or must have connived at the escape of
_ll,e prisoners. Officers have been despatched in pursuit
Thethe criminals in various directions, and it is hoped
Y Will be speedily recaptured. A reward of 201. has
maea offered for their apprehension.