The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

THE EPIDEMIC AT LISBON.

LISBON, Oct. B.—The fever is unfortunately still
devastating the business part of the city, and trade
is almost paralysed—so much so that the receipts
of the Custom-house, which are usually 2,0001. or
more, are now only some 2001. per diem. All Lis-
bon is flying into the suburbs and into the country;
the principal warehouses are closed, and the opera-
house and the theatres are almost deserted. Many
of the English community have fallen victims to
the fever, which appears to be of a most virulent
kind, and to set all medical skill at defiance.
Prayers are publicly said every afternoon in the
principal parish churches, but unfortunately the
malady does not decline. Many of the cases are
attended with black vomit, and the disease is de-
signated by the faculty as very difficult of treat-
ment.

The sanitary authorities are now directing all
their energies to cleaning the sewers and other de-
posits of the city. The Custom-house is being
cleaned out, and all kinds of filth is being brought
to the light of day and removed. In the warehouse
No. 1, the windows, which by direction of - the
Marquis of Pombal were made open to the ground,
were blocked up in 1832, and the store has
since remained in darkness and abomination. Some
old casks of rotten pork and bacon had leaked dur-
ing the course of gears upon the floor, and buckets
had to be put into requisition to cleanse the place.
Now, however, whilst Lisbon is in such a fear-
ful :state, the health authorities still persist in
maintaining their quarantine ab,urdities in all their
plenitude. As an instance how the sanitary re-
gulations are conducted at this calamitous time,
the English vessel New _Harriet, whose master
having died on shore of yellow fever contracted in
Lisbon, was actually sent down to the
quarantine ground, and having remained there a
week, and not being able to obtain pratique, al-
though the crew were, and had all along been, in
perfect health, sailed under quarantine. The
moat ridiculous part, however, is; that the work-
men and the piltot who went on board from the
city were ordered to the Lazaretto by the health
board, there to be duly purified, and afterwards to
return to the city, where the epidemic is now
raging. The force of folly can no further go.
The King and Court are now at the Palace of
Necessidades.

lONEY MARKET

AND

COMMEROTAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices were
unaltered. The sales amouuted to 2,000 bales.
The Railway Share Market was flat, and values
were still declining.
At the Indigo sales held yesterday 707 chests
were sold, 230 bought in and 801 withdrawn.
Fine Bengals maintained the advance of 2s. per lb.
on July but defective descriptions were easier than
on Tuesday. The dry-leaf Madras was chiefly
withdrawn. In two days 1,391 chests have been
sold, 753 bought in, 1,381 withdrawn, 3,525
passed, 7,988 remain, and 11,513 are declared.
The present situation of the Money Market, and
the losses sustained through the interruption of
trade with America and India, as might have been
anticipated, are occasioning numerous small failures
among the commercial community. With one or
two exceptions, however, they have not hitherto
been of importance, and although several ad-
ditions may yet be made to the list of failed
firms no alarm is felt for the general stability of
credit. The elevation of the minimum to 7 per
cent., with the probability of further protective
measures by the Back necessarily creates a little
embarrassment ; but the prudence generally ob-
served, and the precautions already taken, will
avert these calamities, which, under other circum-
stances, might have occurred. Those houses which
have been brought down by the stoppages in Ame-
rica, could not have foreseen the panic and
its effects, and owing to the intimate rela-
tions between the two countries, and which
have been greatly increased through the
recent alterations in the tariff, such a collapse as
that experienced on the other side would naturally
exert a sympathetic influence here. These casual-
ties may be said, therefore,to have been unavoidable,
so far as our merchants and manufacturers are con-
cerned. The difficulty found in procuring accom-
modation will also place many weak firms not en-
gaged in the American trade in an awkward
position, but their disappearance from the
mercantile world would perhaps benefit trade
rather than otherwise, since even greater houses
might be sustained through their continuance in
business. Besides some firms in the provinces,
Messrs. Scarratt and Partington, woollen ware-
housemen, of London, have succumbed, and their
liabilities are supposed to be heavy.
The half-yearly preeting of the Recife and San
Francisco Pernambuco Railway Company was held
to-day—R. Benson, Esq., in the chair. The chair-
maul introduced the report, which briefly states
that the works were proceeding, and the line
expected to be opened by the 2d Dec -mber, the
anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor of
Brazil, when a discussion took place, in which
several complaints were made of the slow progress
of the works, but the chairman replied satisfac-
torily. The report was then adopted. From the
accounts, it appeared that the balance in favour of
the company was 96,596,1701. in England • and
the sum already expended on the works, 342,0001.
The Directors of the Bank of England were not
long in consultation this afternoon, and they hare
not found it necessary to announce their intention
of imposing any new measures of restriction. Al-
though this meeting was looked forward to with a
general feeling of anxiety on the part of the com-
mercial interest, an impression seemed to prevail at
the last moment that the establishment would
be enabled to contend against the pressure
without having recourse to further restrictive
measures. This step having been determined upon
there is now a quieter feeling pervading all depart
la:lents of business and the Funds show a tendency
towards improvement. The demand for money,
which has lately been very seriously increased, is
now likely to relax, and during the next few days
some relief will no doubt be experienced.
The Funds from the commencement of business
have exhibited increased firmness, and much of the
excitement lately noticed has subsided. Mean-
while, however,- there is a sensible diminution of
speculative enterpise, the operators preferring to
await the receipt of further advices from Ame-
grica and India before committing themselves to any
reat extent. Two failures have been announced,
but upon the whole the settlement has passed off
with less embarrassment than might have been ex-
Noted, considering the nature of the recent opera-
tions 9 and the numerous changes in values. Con-
sols for money have been 88 to 88k, 87k, 88a, and
88k. For the 10th prox. they were 88f The
present quotations are 88 to 881, and 88g 4 re-
spectively. The New 3 per Cents. are 87 to 87g,
and the Reduced 86 to 874. Exchequer Bills are
firm at 9s. to 4s. discount. The Bonds are 98, and
India Bonds 295, discount.
In the Foreign Market also the quotations are
firmer, but business continues dull. Turkish 6 per
Cents. have been 874 to 88, and the 4 per Cents.
are steady. Some of the other securities are as
follows :—Chilian 6 per Cents. are 102 ; Mexican
3 per Cents. 19k # ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. 54 ;
Spanish Now Deferred 25} ; and Peruvian dollar
bonds 54k.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi-
can, 19 19i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 78 ;
ditto 3 per Cents., 52 54; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 44 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 105 108 ; ditto 4i
per Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 40i ;
ditto New beferred, 24k 51- ; ditto Certificates, —;
ditto Passive, .
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

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Great Western 18b7. • 1856.£28,850 £30580
North-Western
66480 6,
South-Western
Brighton ........................... c 16,936 6,547
Midland
3
South-Eastern 4,600 32,701
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 23,988 22,449
Bristol and Exeter 7,357 7,722
Chester and Holyhead
East Lancashire 6,376
7,247
i 6,576
,775 .
Lancaster and Carlisle
Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,922 10,093
North Stafford
North-Eastern
Oxford Worcester, and Wolver 4,725 4,340
_
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western 7,727 7,495
Scottish North Eastern 3,415 3,200
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada ... ... 11,037 14,096
Great Luxembourg • 1,017 828
A. moderate business was done in the Railway
Share Market this morning, and prices generally
'were rather firmer. Great Northern, North
British, and North Eastern Berwick, advanced 103.
Lancashire and Yorkshire and Oxford, Worcester
and Wolverhampton, ss. ; Caldonian, Eastern
Clunties, North-Western, and Midland, 1/.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Brighton, and one or two
others realised former quotations. The foreigm
and colonial lines were at advanced values. Paris
and Lyons improved 11. ; Lombardo-Venetian 10s. ;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 1/. ; Great Western of
Canada 10s. ; and East Indian, 11.
In Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous shares not
more than half-a-dozen transactions have been
reported and prices exhibit no material alteration
from previous values.
B ItITISII F U.NDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY.
(From the Offictal List:)
Lank Stock .. ................... Business dote:
..
3 per Cent. Reduced militates ........................ ..: .. Vi 161 71 711
3 per Cent. Console Annuities ............... 88 i 71 84 74
New 3 per Cent. Annuities .................. 87
Loop. Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860..... 2
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 17 15-6
14lia Bonds, .ClOOO
v)itto, under £lOOO 29 d
Oa, sols Tor A e,.mint,
hxchequer Billa, 204
4 9 5 10 a
21000 ~
9 10
000
•B mot
7 9 10 d
......
'Frei:it:quer Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent -
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS-THIS DAY.
razitian 5 Pe Cent
Ditto, 1829 rand 1839, 5 x d
per Cent 9B ';
1 X d
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Chiliau Bonds' 6 per Cent lO2
,xican 3 per Cent 39 i
Ditto Account ...
• . Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. .
--
Ditto Account . . .....
•-
Po. tuguese Bonds, ........
Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 pr Cent,,, .
Russian Bonds, lu2 t St. ... 'i ....
• ) per Cont._ 151
Ditto, 41 per Cent.
ED nish itoxds, 3 per (Yent. .................... ...
▪ 405
Ditto Account
~;:. ........
It Ditto Ne m Deferrel,3Pe ......
.Ditto Account
_ Ditt.t. Passive ...................... .... 5, 6
Turkledi i:opds, 6 p.r cent..
Ditto A ccount .. ..... ▪
871 8 7
Ditto Cinaranteed 4 per Cont. ........... 9$ i
Dividends on the above payable:in London.
Dutch. Exchange,. 2, per Cen.';., 12 Guilders 631 if i
ip 4 Dollar
Certificates ... .... 95
cruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Cent.
Consols 711 REE O'CLOCK.
Consols,
formoacconey ... . B7i 4
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