The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-02 00:00:00

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COUMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
Yesterday was a holiday at Liverpool.
The Legislative Assembly in Jamaica, we learn
'cal Messrs. Dc Cordova's circular, received yes-
terday, has increased the duties on cm.taia articles,
and the following are the particulars :
"It will ba seen that the additional imposts on some
articles, as dry goods, &c., are heavy. Brandy Gs. per
Plit'o, gin ss. per gallon, corclia s 3. per gallon, whisky
' per gallon, oil 4d. per gallon, wheat 6d. per bushel,
:Fotipowder 4d. per pound, except for blasting powder,
tegshead shooks 6d. each, puncheon ditto 6d. each, to-
loco manufactured 30 per cent. ad valorem duty, and
°• per lb., tobacco manufactured 15percent. ad valorem
uduty, and ld. per lb., cigars 20 per cent. ad valorem, and
r• Per lb. ; unenumerated articles, except machinery,
'Or every 100/.value, 121. 10s. ; wines, 10/. per ton, and 10
Per Cent. ad valorem. And that the duties upon all the
articles imported into this island shall be the same as are
let forth in the schedule of the Act 7th Vict., chap. 1,
commonly called the Import Duty Act."
The letters from Melbourne by the steamer Lady
`Jocelyn are to the end of September, and describe
the mercantile markets as being exceedingly quiet.
At the " diggins," however, some improvement
in demand was perceptible, and the average gold
Production was maintained. At Sydney commer-
cla]. affairs were likewise reported to be very dull.
The Mexican Bondholders' Committee have ac-
counts of the sth ult. from Vera Cruz. Mr.
• Rickards was endeavouring to introduce improve-
ikeuts in the practical working of the decree of
'B5O. Colonel Facio has received 72,000 dols. for
the dividends from Vera Cruz, and 18,611 dols.
0131 Tampico.
Bondholders
the republic of Ecuador, the agent of the
„ndholders has forwarded new, and, upon the
crt°le, much more favourable proposals to settle the
e.pt. Ecuador is to acknowledge 1,824,0001. as
le foreign debt, including arrears of interest. Be-
fore September next bonds are to be issued for this
amount ; the precise form being determined by the
bondholders, and the amount being strictly limited
above. The new bonds are to pay 1 per cent.
produce
annum, while the customs of Guayaquil only
ovroduce 400,000 dollars per annum, and per cent.
f anY increase thereon is to be paid to the bond-
holders, who are also to receive benefits from cer-
tainindustrial undertakings, conformably with the
,necree of September, 1852 ; but the total pay-
, *lt not to exceed 6 per cent, per annum.
"e bondholders are to keep an agent at Guaya-
* • .':,V;;) but he is to be paid by the Government, and
41: lee to the appropriation of the share of revenue
,11
iglied to the foreign debt. Various provisions
c e made with regard to the making up of the ac-
:lllits and the prevention of contraband. The in-
and agreed upon is to begin from the Ist instant,
u• is to be paid half-yearly. The Ecuadorian
c,,:lrigional Bonds are to be paid out of moneys re-
Zed from Peru or with waste lands; and, if Peru
wille4, 6 per Cent. Stock, proportionable allowances
130 have to be made in receiving the same. The
oft-tholders here have 25 years to take possession
wie lands hypothecated to them ; otherwise the
;,15ilisional bonds representing them will be con-
ch:4. Other property can be acquired in ex-
doipe for the bonds. This agreement will, no
ettut) be considered satisfactory under the eir-
th Illstauces, as Ecuador is known to be a republic
"at does not poseess great resources.
e,,Tho half-yearly meeting of the London Dock
in-133,Pany took place to-day; John Cattley, Esq.,
`ue chair. The report was favourable, the
balancell, standing to the credit of profit and loss on
07 30th of November being 261,140/. 4s. 6d., out
which
the directors recommended a dividend of
.o tae. per cent. for the half. year, clear of income
"rur.!. The report was adopted, and power was
e.p. the directors to apply to Parliament for a
ler cum of 200,000/. for new works and other
PurPoses.
1311;123inlie Securities are very depressed again this
9i' but with little business doing. Consols
were ,nd a
Political no have since receded to 9i The
. vvB, and the French loan, each deter the
public from buying just
at present. Bank Stock
'narked 208 to 2081, being flat. Exchequer
J3lllB are 4s t '7
have ° e. premium. The New 3 per Cents.
e been 901 to 91, and the Reduced 901 and
since 901 to A. The
present speculative account is
supposed to be very bullish.
e i. Foreign Stocks are depressed, owing to the de-
Nu e Consols, but the sales made have not been
ee. Equador Bonds are at 3i-, and Brazilian
; at 91-i. Spanish Deferred Stock has realised
~_
ex dividend. Turkish Bonds are 74i to 75.
'teli Pour per Cents, bring 911 to
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
4TioCks :—Grenada DAferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
,e4ll, 201 to 21 ; Pea avian, cc tn 71 ; Ditto 3 per
'euts., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per lieut.., lo
811,Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per
te., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to
• :4._•t • Ditto 3 per Costs., 361- to 37i ; Ditto Certifi-
-"Z: 4i to 5i ; Ditto Passive, 4i to 41.
g
0 railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowin

GlCompany. Date. Place.
bat
Central of France Jan. 23, Paris.
.irretkat Luxembourg
r04,10u and Greenwich
VP den. Brighton Sc S. Coast Jan. 29, Bridge-house Hotel.
est Flanders ' Jan. 3, Bruges.
The
market for the English Railways has been
the nearly 1 per cent. in most instances ; and in
la, preseut state of affairs, if parties do not press
1i498' they abstain from purchases. The foreign
r?s are about the same as well as the East Indian.
sill" Joint-stock Bank, Mining, and Miscellaneous
-44 are quiet.
11.

4111138 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
( From the Official List. )
Rtilk Bt
Brqiness done
Per
New ett. Reduced. Annuities........
to
Per Cent. Annuities - 1 90t
Aznuitie-s, Expire sth Jan., 18E0 -16
rels for Account, 10th January
'4eh4l.equer 2id.
000
%nal!

. 7 4
p1tin........................................
OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
kaa.ilian Roads, 5 per Cent
_.uitto New,
rlnador Boucle
1852, 41 per Cent
3i
P.,?.niab 3 r Cent
itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
411kiah Scrip, paid up in full
Ditto for the Account
D , k‘aividends on the above savable in London.
40/1 'Cubango, 21 per Cent. 12
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Cartifieates .....

.. 17i x d -.

HALP•PAST TWO.
Consols 9O a a

ST. GEORGE TIE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.—THE
v. RSTRY CLERK.—An official inquiry, conducted under 4
the direction of the Poor Law Board, by one of its in- 20
spectators into certain charges made against Mr. John 10,
Day, the vestry-clerk of this parish, has been going on 4U
for several days. The case for the prosecutors was 20
closed en the last occasion, and the sitting was resumed
yesterday for the purpose of allowing Mr. Day to enter 10
into his defence. From a recapitulation of the evidence 20
already taken, which was given by the inspector, it ap-
Peered that a sum of 1/. is., balance of costs incurred 20
in the County Court in an action against a man named 16
Bradbury, for the maintenance of his wife, and another 20
mint of 4/. 13s. 10d. for stationary, for which credit
was claimed by Mr. Day, were disputed, on the ground
that no such sums were entered in the account books of
the Parish. Mr. Day, however, produced certain papers
2C
Purporting to be vouchers for those sums duly passed
by the parish officers and auditors. The different if
churchwardens and overseers from 1849 to 1852 were 2(
ealled as witnesses at the previous sittings of the inquiry, 4(
"a their evidence went to the effect that they bad none 2(
of them, aay knowledge whatever of the vouchers in 2(
ttPiestion.
The evidence of the auditor went to the ex-
Ztit of his doubting the authenticity of the signature of 21
initials in the documents. This is in substance the hl
13,8,,,° °I the parties bringing the charges against Mr. 2:
1,t1T.,, Mr. Duncan yesterday appeared as counsel for 1,
te1;0"-:aY, and it was proposed to call evidence on his 2,
nek;", but some difficulty in getting the necessary wit- 2
some and documents together having occurred, after
take delay, it was arranged that an adjournment should
(la " Place, and the inquiry to be resumed on Wednes- 1
2
inorsin at ten o'clock.
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