The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-24 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market heavier. Sales, 5,000 bales, or more.
Week's sales, 32,290 bales; 3,920 on speculation,
and 7,370 for exportation. Actual exports, 5,385
bales. Quotations—Middling Orleans, 261; do.
Mobile, 26Q; do. Uplands, 26k; Estimated fair
Egyptian, 261 to 261 ; Surat, 10 to 231 ; estimated
stock, 307,200 bales. Week's imports, 72,430 bales.

THE CONSETT IRONWORKS —The Consett Iron-
works, in the county of Durham, it is stated, have
been disposed of to a public company, composed chiefly of
the creditors of the late District Bank. The price obtained
for the entire establishment is £295,000. This sum in-
cludes the works both at Consett and at Bishopwearmouth.
The purchase is to date from January 1, 1864, and any
of the creditors of the old bank are to be at liberty to
take shares in the new concern for the amount of their
debts. The cost of these works was, it is reported,
over a million sterling, and the sum for which they were
valued 12 months ago, by the valuers appointed by the
liquidators of the Northumberland and Durham District
Bank, was £250,1160. It is a matter of great satisfaction to
the trade of the north that this very satisfactory arrange-
ment has been arrived at. The works are mist expensive,
and recently they have had a high reputation in connexion
with making iron plates and angles for the Government.
The list of the Lord Chancellor's livings sold
since the act of last session came into operation contains few
names of any ncte or consequence. Walton-on-Thames,
Newhaven, St. Saviour's at York, and St, Neot's, Hunts,
are among the sales. St. Clement's, Oxford, has been sold
to the Warden of Wadham ; and the Earl of Shaftesbury
has made b!mself proprietor of St. Ebbe's, Oxford, the in-
cumbent of which is 79 years old. The incumbents of six
other of the 37 livings sold are above 70—one is 79, two 80
or upwards, and one is 91 years of age. This last gentle-
man is incumbent of the Norfolk living, which with a net
income of only 1£262, sold for £5,000.18 of the livings,
half the :entire number, were bought by clergymen.—
Guardian.

THE DYNE.—There have been large arrivals of
Norwegian vessels in the Tyne during the past few
days, but none or few from Denmark. Some Prussian
vessels have been detained in this river some time, the cap-
tains deeming it prudent to remain in harbour, rather than
run the chance of being captured by Danish cruisers. Iron
shipbuilding is very active upon the Tyne, and there is a
considerable demand for tug steamers for the Clyde, Liver-
pool, and other ports. Several of the iron shipbuilding
yards on the Tyno are also employed upon screw colliers of
large Onnage, which are every year being more brought
into the coal trade, not only to London, but to Hamburg,
France, and other places. The goods trade to and from the
Tyne is nearly all done by this class of vessels.

JUVENILE INCENDIARIES.--Yesterday (Wednes-
day) at the Shirehall, Nottingham, two boys named
William Keeton and Henry Knowles (both under seven
years of age), were charged before the sitting magistrates
with setting fire to a stack belonging to Mr. Bradshaw on
Saturday last. It appeared that the boy Knowles on the
day in question bought a farthing box of matches and a
pipe, and the other boy got some tobacco. They went to
the stack yard to smoke, when one of them struck a match
and lighted l,is pipe, and then threw the match under the
stack, setting it on fire. Tne bench, after severely repri-
manding the prisoners, discharged them on account of their
tender years.

BRITISH P

SSESSIONS.

Closing
hart- Railways Paid. Price. Business don.
100 Viand° &St Lawrence 58 40 895 585
sk j Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ina too 1035 1015' 1035 1
Gn. 5 per cent........
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. Shares
:05 Buffalo and Laae Huron all 55 6
10 Do. Preference .... . all 75 84
00 alo,Brant,&Godria
6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1:472 10 - - ,
00 Do. do. July 1, 1873 iOO - -
100 Jo. do. Jua. 1, 100 - -
st Uleutta.,V S. Eaetn. 100 102 104 1035
st Cape Town & Dock Scri , 100 102 104 1035
stock Eastn. Bengal gii. 6p. 100 105 106
stcok East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1045 105 1041
20 Do. do. G Ext l5 # 1 P
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand Trunk of Canada ic, 19 20
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds al: 73 15
100 Do. co. deferred all 58
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68
100 Do. do. defer, ed all 51 53
100 Do. 3d P• ef. stock
100 Do. do. deferred all 40 42
100 Do. 4th Pref, stock al, 25 27
100 Do. ao. deferred all 22 25
stool, Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o lot 1035 1041 101 35
10 Do. New gua. sp. e l2 5 1 I
- Do. January, 1862 - - -
stook Gt. South.of India (Lim
_uaranteed 5 per cent. tvl, 1025 1031 1031
404 (h. W. ol Canada Share', all 91 91
105 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 •
100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 83 66
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 /I)
stook Madras- guar., sp. 0... 100 104 1034
stook Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 97 09
stook Dc. 44 d 0........ 100 92 94
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- -
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bud',. ion -
Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 68
100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds. all -
10 Newßrumswick &Candi,
Class A. and B. all 3 6
N. Rl.C'daB pa Ist pf bds 100 82 M
stock Sclnde (100 1035 1044
stock Do. Delhi.. II 100 1025 1031 1021
20 Do. d 0...... 2 41)
et Do. Punjaub e. all 1025 1035
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) „TI XlOO 98 100 98
FJOLON IAL GOVERNMENT SEC 1.7R11114..N.
- Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &.1 uly
1877-St . -...... 100 101 103 102
- D 0.6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.loo 100 :02
Do. Sp. e. Mar. & Sept. 10t, 99 101
Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 88 00 88
- I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 20
- ,Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108
Do.An & Oct. 1830 100 108 110
Do. 1890 100 111 312
- Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 109 111
- 'Ceylon, 2:ov.1878, 6p c 100 111 110
- :Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 006 108
- Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 1.08 110
-- iN.B.Gov. 6 p.c../ it.&Jul3 100 101 103
- I Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
- ;N. S.W. Gov. 5 p z., 18•:t 100 99 100
-. Do. sp. c.,16/1 to .1'.:10 100 99 10') 994
- I Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 100 99/
- ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 208 110
-. 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a.
- I sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 1035
- 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. 100 - -
Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 103 111
- Vic. Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 -
- to Sp.°. An.&Oet.. 100 1115_1125 1111
BRITISH MINES.
2 Cambrian Consol. 'Gold 1 5 id
- Clifford Amalgamated..' 355 364
- Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 555 66;
- East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 674 725
- East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - -
- East Caradon ....... 1.14.6 30 32
- East Corn. Brea... 0.4.0 61 74 7
- iE. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 32 45
- IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 581 . 10 11
- Great South Tolgus , 17s 4 45
- G. Wheal Vor (fleistoti 40 37 33 375
- Grenville ..
- ilerc.d's-Foot 8.12 *5 37
- liingston Downs 4.,8.0 31 45
- Lady Bertha
- Margaret (lJny Lelact 94 19 21
- Mance Valley..
4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) o 4 15 IC,
- New Setun l9l 85 95
-• North Downs 4 15 2 •
- '1 Ba.sset (111o4an 3.1.0 2 25
- North Wheal Crotty
- Par Consols (St. Blaze) - -
- Providence (Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 41 43
- ilouthCaradon(St.Cleec , 15 440 160
- 18. Cam Brea (Illogan) - -
- IS.-
Wheal Fran. (Illog,ao 18.18.9 50 55
- 'Stray Park 130.17.6 32 44
famar Silv.& Lead Min. - -
--
- fin Croft 4 39 20
West Basset (Illogan) l5 11 12
- W C, radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22
- West Sava
- Wheal Basset (Mogan, 55 875 925
heal Buller(ltedruth, 10 31 37
- Wheal Kitty (15.Lelanti, 2.0.6 -
WhealLudi ott
- Wheal Mary Ann i,Men ) 8 134 114
- Wheal Oeton . . 584 190 195
- Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 22 24
- Wheal 'Union 3.17 25 21

YktEFERENCE SHAKES.
Great Western Orig. 4i per cent- pf:, 98i 8
Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 74i

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 91.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
London, Tilbury, and Southend, 991
Midland Bradford pref: stock, 94

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco (Lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 171 161
Recite and San Francisco (lim). gua. 7 per cent., 16t
San Paulo (lim), gua. 7 per cent., 8

FOLtEIGN JUNES.
Cape Copper, lim.. 124
St. John del Rey (lim.), 50 4
United Mexican (lim), 7

JOINT-STOCK BANK&
Alliance (11m.). 501
Anglo Austrian, 61 f
Anglo-Italian, limited, 51 f
Bank of Egypt, 28
Bank of (nag% lira., 4f
Bank 01 Queensland (11m), 20}
Bank of New Zealand, 154
Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 8
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 451
English and Irish (lim.), 151
English, Setreh, and Australian Chartered, 21*
European Bank, lira., 10f 10
Hindustan, China, and J span (Bin.), 83f
Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 11
Imperial Bank (lira.), 354
Imperial Ottoman, 194 I
Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3j
London and Brazilian (lim.), 594 9
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261
London and County, 591 f 501
Merchantjßank, lim , 141
Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 261
New South Wales, 511
Oriental Balm Corporation, 611
Provincial of Ireland, 911
Soinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 111
Ditto, new, 11
Union of Ireland (lim.), 191
Union of London, 46

MISCELLANEOUS.
Berlin Water Works, lira.. 8;
Ceylon Company, 10&
Credit Foncier, 10i 10 01.01.•
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 51 f
Electric Telegraph. 102
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 81
Hudson's Bay, 19
International Financial Society, 11; 12
Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, lira..
Joint •stock Discount,
Land Securities, lim., 4f
London Finanaial Association, lim., 261
London General Omnibus Company,
London Mercantile Discount, lim., 5f
National Discount Comp iny, lim., —.
Ditto, new, 31
Peninsula. and Oriental Steam,
DiVo, new, 51t

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The Wav•office have liberally offered to grant
lease of the lands surrounding Pendenuis Castle,
Falmouth, for the use of the public, on condition
of their being converted in recrervion grounds, by
the construction of carriage roads, promenades, &e.
A committee is already formed, end X2OO subscribed
towards the 1,000 required to effeot the object. -

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE FRYER,

This bankrupt was described as a boot and shoe manu.
facturer at Norwich, and applied a few days since for his
order of discharge, and his honour now gave judgment on
that question.
His Honour said that the bankruptcy involved debts and
liabilities to the extent of £5,500, incurred during a period
of two years and a half, with the probability of small (if any)
assets, and certainly no dividend. The debts to unsecured
creditors amount to £3,000, liabilities on bills received,
£1,100; and on accommodation bills, £1,400, The gross
profits had only been £2,818, and the bad debts £l,oo7—the
bad debts and expenses exceeding the profits. The appli-
cation for discharge was epposed—Erst, that the bankrupt
had traded with fictitious capital; secondly, that ho had
entered into rash and hazardous speculations, and that he
had contracted debts within three months, without having
any reasonable prospect of being able to pay, He was bank•.
rupt in 1860, owing £1,785, anc paid a dividend of
ss. Ild. in the pound, and obtained a first class certificate,
which facilitated him on again entering into business on a
c.piaol of £5O borrowed money; anc it would be seen in
the sequel how he abused the confidmce. For the first nine
or ten months no fault could be tourd with the bankrupt's
trading, but in 1861 he obtained pods for consignment
abroad,:and on the whole he obtained advances, but met with
losses. His honour said that, without saying whether the
speculations in 1861 were rash and hazardous, he would
pass on to the course of dealing in 1162, when from May to
December he obtained goods to the emount of £3,945, upon
which he obtained advances to the extent of £2,505, and no
returns are expected from those spculations. The debts
contracted within three months of the bankruptcy amount
to £1,400. His Honour went through the details of the
different transactions, and was of opinion that all the
charges were made out, and concluded by saying that under
all the Circumstances of the case, anc considering the reck-
less and mischievous character of the bankrupt's com -
mercial delinquency, he felt bound to suspend the order of
discharge from taking effect for two years from the day of
hearing the application, and to sentence the bankrupt to be
imprisoned for six months from the day of his arrest, and
that no protection be granted to the iankrupt until he shall
have undergone the sentence of imprisonment hereby
awarded.

FOLIOS INTELLIGENCE—This Day.
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BOW-STREET,

THE SELF- STYLED MURDERER,—This morning Edward
Collins was brought to Bow-street Police-court from the
St. Giles' Union, in order that the Magistrate might hear
the opinion of the medical officer of the establishment as to
the state of his mind.

Dr, Bennett said he had no doubt at all about the insanity
of the prisoner. He was quite an irresponsible agent, and
consequently; quite unable to take care of himself. Last
night be had a severe eucountsr with one of the wardsmen
of the Union, and it was with great difficulty that he was
prevented from doing serious mischief.

➢lr. Hall asked if there were any reason to believe the
prisoner was at all concerned in the murder of which he had
accused himself.

The police-officer in charge of the prisoner replied in the
negative. He had made certain inquiries, which supported
him in that opinion.
Dr. Bennett said there was no doubt about the man's
state of mind. Drink, no doubt, had been the superinduc-
hig cause.

Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, then asked the officer from
the Union for the necessary docutents for the magistrate's
signature for ordering the removal of the man to the county
lunatic asylum, but they had nct been made out by the
parish authorities, upon the supposition that the magistrate
would at once order his admistien into the asylum as a
dangerous lunatic.

Mr. Hall said all had batter be done in proper order. The
papers could be made out and snbm►tted for signature on
Saturday morning, and then the frisoner could at once be
removed. The matter wculd )ccupy but a very few
minutes.