The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

ONE Y MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The tendency of the rates of discount is slightly
the direction of greater easiness, first-class bills
being now negociatcd as low as 31; per cent.,
although that can scarcely be quoted, as the average
Charge 3; per cent, being generally required by the
Joint-stock banks and private establishments.
There was a further influx of £BO,OOO iu gold at
the Bank of England yesterday.
The Hibernian has arrived from America with
£BO,OOO.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under

1863. 1862.
Great Western £58,609 £61,906
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
.kidland
South-Eastern 20,549 25,710
great Northern
Great Eastern
i aneashire and Yorkshire 34,910 41,713
North Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,521 15,552
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great Luxembourg .. 4,784 4,668
These returns owing to the comparison being made
with Whitsun week last -year, generally show a
considerab e falling off. On the Great Western
there is a decrease of £3,297; on the North
Western of £4,080 ; on the Brighton, of £3,948 ;
on the Midland, of 2,454; on the South-Eastern
of £5,161; on the Great Eastern,of £3,580; on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £8,800; and on the
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, of £lO3l. The
South -N4 esZern, however, exhibits an increase of
£1,877 ; the Great Northern, of £1,913 ; the
North Eastern, of £782, and the Edinburgh and
Glasgow of £B4B.

Two o'CLo CK.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
68f 52; 68155 c. Heavy.
The yearly meeting of the Natal Land and Colo-
tiaation Company was held to-day, Sir James D.
H. Elphinstone, Bart., in the chair. The report
Was unanimously adopted. It was stated that the
result of the first year of the company's operations
enables the directors to propose the payment of a
dividend at the rate of ss. per share, tree of income-
tax, after writing off 10 per cent. of the preliminary
expenses, leaving a surplus of £362 lls. ld. to be
carried forward to the profit and loss account for
the present year. The chairman stated that the
company's operations were satisfactory, that the pro-
posal for equalising the two descriptions of shares
would, it was hoped, meet the great difficulty
hitherto experienced by the proprietors of the
Paid up shares who did not now receive
More interest than the £5 shareholders.
It would also be the means of increasing the
basis of the company's credit by placing a larger
fund at the disposal of the directors. A resolution
to the following effect was thereupon agreed to,
viz.:—,That the holders of the 14,000 paid-up shares
have the option of receiving in exchange for each
annh share two shares of £lO each, with £5 paid,
Charging for the advantage of the conversion 108.
for each new share. The operation, when carried
eat, would give an actual profit to the company of
£14,000, which the directors propose to divide as
a bonus amongst the shareholders. The company
'Quid derive the great additional advantage of
increasing their uncalled capital from its present
etini of £42,500 to £182,500.
There is a heavy market to-day for the English
!ends, a few sales having resulted in a decline of
I per cent. Consols, therefore, are only 911 92 for
transfer, and 92k 4 for the 9th proximo. Business
eeatinues dull, and the limited number of transac-
tions is sufficient to influence the tendency of
Values,

A small amount of business has been transacted
in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities, at
911 ; Bank Stock is 232 2331; the March Exche-
quer Bills, 2s. dis. to ls. prem. ; and Indian 5 per
Cents., 1081 1,-•
There is less animation and buoyancy in the
Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have
receded to 71/ 4 ; ditto Consolides, to 501 51 ;
Greek, to 384 to 1 ; ditto Coupons, to 18; 4 ;
Spanish Passive are 314 35 ; ditto Certificates,
121 1,-; Mexican, 371 38 ; Portuguese 491; the
Confederate Loan is 13 to 01 dis. ; and the New
Venezuelan Loan, par to 1 prem.
In the Railway Share Market the operations
have cor,tinued very inactive, and prices have in
Several instances exhibited less firmness. Great
Western, and North Western have declined ss. ;
and London and Brighton, 10s.; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, however, have improved 15s. ; North
Eastern (Ber ick), 10s. ; and South Eastern, ss.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re-
In'ained inactive at about previous rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
1; Peninsular
dull. Imperial Ottoman Bank realised
t ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam have declined
761 ; International Financial Shares are quoted
"61 prem. ; London Financial do., 2 2; ; Genera
Credit, 21 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Trading Com •
13413 Y, 21 -I. prem.

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock 232 3i
Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3
4 per Cent. Annuities
tnauities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880..
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 14k
-1. Ditto (Rea Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.
411dia Stoc,k Shut ex d for opg
Ditto 5 per Cent, loBk i 8 i
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 k
D ' '' , Bonds t;1,000 l2 pm
eDitto under £1,000..
onsola for Account, July 9 92s t
March
Zehequer Bills, £l,OOO 4 per Cent... 2 die Ipm
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small

June
1 die

„ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
-urazilia.n 5 per Cent
•
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 • •
904
Dililia.n 6 oer Cent. lO2l
,gY'otian 7 pet Cent.. lOO4
'Atc;ek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto Account 3Bt 1
IDitto Coupons l9/ 18i
talian,, 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 80/ 11 1
Atexican 3 per Cent
New Account 3B 71 t
•P"ew Granada l6
Ditto 2 per Cent. .. 321
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,29, '6O, 62 —
'Jitto Account 491
*Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred —
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account,.
`Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
1-ntto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds 73
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account ,•••• 711 1
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1!363, £3 19s 4d paid I 1 1 pm
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lO3
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account..._ 251 6 51 i
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account 5Bl 9
Ditto li per Cent .„ 13t
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..
Ditto Account 721 1
O'
Consols, Money TWO
92 iCLOCK.
Ditto Account 92/

TUE ST. GEORGE'S CHALLENGE VASE.--It will be
gratifying to the volunteers throughout the country
to know that an additional prize has been decided upon by
Col. Lindsay, to be awarded to the winner of this beautiful
Prize in the contest at Wimbledon. A purse of five dragon
a"creigns will be found inside the vase upon presentation
the Crystal Palace, in addition to the gold and enamelled
jets Crystal
St. George, &c. The entries for the selection of
representatives from the various battalions in England,
Scotland, and Walea are rapidly progressing ; but as the
list will close en the 26th of Jane, the adjutants and shoot-
ing committees of such battalions have no time to lose,
beating
in mind that there is no limit to the number of
entries of competitors for selection, at 2s. each, provided
tile3' are in all respects qualified according to the rules. A
Photograph of the vase will be presented to every represen-
tative in the contest at Wimbledon, which, together with
the distinguishing badge, he will receive on application for
hio PasE•ticket.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
ktallways Paid. Price. business don
100 titlP.ntiOdtStLawrenc, all 57 (0
.tk J itom.,Baroda&Cent Ina 1,, 109 Ito
1 Gu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. Shares.
101 flutlalo ana Lake tturon au, 51 Of
10 Do. Preference . all 7* 8
100 /Ituflalo,Brant,&Godricl ' ___
1 p. et. bds. Aug. 1,
100 Do. do. July 1,1 K:. tut
100 10. do. Juste 1, 100
et ilcut ta.& S. Eastn. !, ) 100 108 109
st ;apeTown & Dock Serl 100 101 1104 1051 10,1
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 111 1.2
stock East Indian. go. sp. c. in, 1091 11 1 1091 101
20 Do. do. G 10 11 11p
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 20 21
100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds >l.;; 72 74
100 Do. ao. deferred all 56 59
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 62 60
100 Do. do drier ed all 48 62
100 Do. 3d P ef. stock
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 33 15 33
100 Do. 4th Pref. slo k... all 25 27 26 1
100 Do. do. deferred all 22 21
stock GLlndiaPentn.o"na.sp.a lOO 1101.1101 1101 4
20 Do. New gua. sp. n l2 1 2
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 11
stock Gt. South.of India (Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1081 1091
201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all lilt in 111 4
201 Do. New ....... 18 91 9
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 100
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 89 02
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 / p 21
stock Madras guar., sp. c. 100 1071 1081 1071 81 4 8
stock Do. 41 p. a. Extension 100 102 103
stock Dc. 4A d 0........ 100 0 101
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2
stock lielb.Corp. ap. o. Bnci, 100
50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 54
100 Do. 7p. o. slortg. Bds. all
20 Newßr unswick a Cant!,
Class A. anl B all 3 5
N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds 100 84 86
stock ,kinds (100 lit 112
st 5 Do. Delhi
Do. do • itm 2 ip 21
20 Do. Punjaub :fls it 14 11p
st Do. Do. ........ , tut , 100 107 1184 1084
ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) klOt 105 107
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT s' ECIrRITI
t.,41,u0v. tip.e.J a 4i,J ui:
1877-84
Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Atm 100 It 5 107
Do. /1 p. a Mar. & Sept 100 1(5 107
Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 98 19 981 8
Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 96 91
Cape G.Hopc, p c. 187: 100 108 110
Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 112 114
Do. 181, 100 tl3 115
-
Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 115 117
Ceylon, Nov.l p t WU 113 115
Mau itius 0 per cent .. 100 109 11l
Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1.09 11l
N.B.Gov.op.c..ta.&J uly M., 103 U 9
i.o. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. Gov. 5p 1,18 • 100 102/ 1034
Do. sp. c.,18 ito 1' ;I- 100 103 104
Do. d0.,1888 & upwch 100 1031 1041 1014
- New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 112
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109
.Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 3 115
'S. Aus G6p.c.1870.& up lOO 113 115
6 p.c. Ja.aJul) 100 110 IP
Do. to Sp.°. An.&00,. 100 1111 1111 1111

BRITISH MINES.
2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Id
'Ai lord Amalgamated 20 22 211
Devon G. Conc.. (Tavist , 1 53,) 640
East Bassett (Illozan) 30 78 82
1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. Id Ip
East Caradon 27 28 27 11 1
East Carla Brea.
- W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 8.1.6 3 34
Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) -',74 8 11
Great South Tolgus l7s 4} 41
.3. Wheal Vor (Helstow 40 61 7
Grenville 0.16. 6 6i
lierod's-Foot 8.12 44 16
liing-ston Downs 4..7.0 21 3
Lady Bertha
Margaret (tiny
Matte Valley.
4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim , 2/ It f
New Setun .. 19/ 110 120
North Downs 2l 11 21
liasee.t(lllo4an 1.17. v 31 4
North Wheal Crotty 2.4.0 4 41
['ar Consols (st. Blazey, 1/ 4 5
20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.1 t: '2 44
South Caradon(St.Cleer,'
3.11(5.0 420211 40713
6. Cam Brea (Illogan)
Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1•-.9 75 80
Stray Park
6 Tamar Silv.‘t Lead slin l/ 1 1
Tin Crott l2O 2i
West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 13
Caradon (Liskeard 5 25 27
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Mogan; 51 671 721
Wheal Buller(tledruth) 5 so (A)
Wheal Kitty (li.Lelanni 2.0.6
WhealLud ott
Wheal MaryAnn(Men )1 8 la on
Wheal Seton ..I 58i 230 240
- heal Trelawney (Lis.)( 7 15 17
Wheal Union 3.17 I 3; 4

LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

WAY AND WIFE V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY.

This was an action for an injury sustained by the wife by
the falling of a mast upon her, in consequ- nce, as was alleged,
of the want of due care on board one of the company's
steamers in which she and her husband had been passengers
to Herne Bay.

Mr. Huidleston, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, QC., and Mr. Lumley
Smith were for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and
Mr. C. Pollock were for the company.
In August last the lady and her husband were passengers
on board of one of the company's steamers, the Prince of
Wales, to Herne Bay, and while they were going down the
river one of the masts suddenly snapped short about a foot
from the deck and fell heavily upon the lady, doing her
severe injury. She was datained at Herne Bay until Octo-
ber, and the expenses came, it was said, to nearly £l5O. The
plaintiffs' case was that the mast was made of two pieces,
one of which was let into the other, and that partly from
this defect and partly through the want of proper supports
the fracture took place at the point of junction as the men
were hoisting or shifting the sails.
The case for the defence was that the mast was made in
the ordinary and, indeed, approved way, and that the acci-
dent arose simply through a " sudden squall," and it was so
stated in the report made by the company to the Board of
Trade at the time.

After a long trial in which there was a great deal of evi-
dence on both sides,
The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff; damages,
£l,OOO.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
CAUTION TO SERVANTS ILL-USING ANIMALS-FA.LVEY V.

GRIFFIN.

This was an action to recover wages, alleged to be with-
held by the defendant, who is a livery stable keeper.
His Honour—Why does defendant refuse to pay the
money ?

Plaintiff—He says that I beat a horse belonging to him,
and I did not.

Defendant—My attention was called to the plaintiff, who
had been cruelly beating a horse belonging to me. I found
that the animal was seriously injured, and I prosecuted the
plaintiff at Guildhall. Ile was fined 405., which he paid.
Plaintiff— I paid the fine, but I was quite innocent, I

assure you,
His Honour—l have no doubt that the magistrate was
satisfied before you were fined. The fine was for the public
offence, but as you have misconducted yourself you must
forfeit your wages.
Verdict for defendant.
THE COURT IS SAFE.—HULL V. BATTY.
This was a claim to recover £4 4s.—defendant being the
well-known Italian warehouseman of Finsbury-pavement.
Mr. Pook, of Basinghall-street, stated that his client, the
defendant, was obliged to attend the Society of Arts to=day
upon a most important inquiry into the rights of prize-medal
holders. He had a good defence to the action, and applied
fur the case to be adjourned.
His Honour said defendant must pay ss. costs.
Plaintiff—lt is a great bother.
Mr. Pook—The money is quite safe. The defendant is
of Finsbury-pavement.
His Honour—l must not know anybody here. You had
better pay the money into court.
Mr. Pook—He will do so.
His Honour—There, Mr. Hull, the Court is quite safe,
you know. (Laughter,)
Adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

"YOUNG MEN FROM THE COUNTRY" IN THE 111Y-
MARKET,—Charles Rubinson, coachman, living at 20,
Eccleston-square, and Henry Farrington, coachman, living
at 18, Eccleston-square, were charged before Mr. Knox
with being drunk, and behaving in a disorderly manner in
the Haymarket.

Austin, 188 C, said—At " closing " time this morning
I saw some persons turned out of a tavern in the Haymar •
ket, and as soon as they got outside they began fighting.
Mr. Knox—What is closing time ?

Austin—Four o'clock. The defendants then backed the
females, and urged them to fight, and on his interfering
they began laughing and jeering, and said that if they gave
me 2d. I would let them see a good fight with the —.
Soon afterwards I saw one of the defendants fighting with
a young man, and as they were both drunk I took them
into custody.
One of the defendants said—We are young men from the
country, and were on our way with another coachman to
see Covent-garden, and went up the Haymarket, and stood
to see what was going on the same as others did, when the
constable told us to move on. A girl at the time took our
friend's watch. Neither of us were drunk.
Sergeant Harrison—They were both drunk.

Mr. Knox—l believe you are both from the country.
Instead of seeing Covent-garden you got drunk, and saw
the inside of a police-station. You must pay ss. each.
A HARD CASE —A female, named Brown, applied this
morning to Mr. Knox for his advice under the following
circumstances :

The applicant said that some time ago her and her hus-
band sold their life interests in a little property for the sum
of £lOO, the money being paid over to Mr. H. W. Young,
a solicitor, who acted for them. Some of the money was
paid over to them by Mr. Young, but Mr. Young was sub-
subsequently charged with forgery, and convicted, his pro-
perty being seized by the sheriff. At this time Mr. Young
had about £45 of her and her husband's money in his
hands. Messrs. Parsons and Lee, of 15, Coleman-street,
City, then wrote to the sheriff (Mr. Gammon) requesting
that applicant's claim might be investigated, in answer
to which the sheriff stated that money had been paid over
to the Crown-office. She then went to the Crown•offce,
and was there informed that the accounts had been made
up, and that the officers could not interfere. As she was in
great distress—her husband having had to un :ergo two
operations—she had attended in the hope that she might
find some means of getting her money.
Mr. Knox said the applicant had better petition the Se-
cretary of State; it was the only course she could pursue.

The Awards at the International Exhibition.

MEETING THIS DAY.

A meeting of prize medalists was held this day, at the
Royal Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, for the pur-
pose of considering the best means to be adopted for their
protection, in consequence of a recent decision in the Vice-
Chancellor's Court, by which it appeared that there did not
exist at present any legal power to restrain non-exhibitors
and others, who had not received awards at the late Exhi-
bition, from making use of the medals as trade marks, or
otherwise.

The chair was occupied by Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P.
The CHAIRMAN said he had been called upon to preside
et that meeting by a number of gentlemen, who were en-
titled to medals by merit, and by the council of the Exhi•
biron, who complained of the use of those medals by per-
sons who had not had them awarded them, in furtherance of
their trade. He could not help calling such a proceeding
a fraud. He was not fond of using strong language, but
in a case like the present, he thought it *as right to speak
very plainly, and he was of opinion that any per-
son who acted in the way described, viz., by
falsely representing that he had received a prize medal,
placed himself in anything but a favourable light as an
honest tradesman. He should be very glad to hear obser-
vations from any gentlemen present, and also to assist them
in approaching Earl Granville, in order to induce his lord-
ship to take some steps by which all persons who committed
such a fraud would be punished.

Mr. WADE moved tho following resolution, viz. :
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the use of the Ex-
hibition prize medals of 1862, or any previous exhibition,
by any person or persons other than those to whom such
medals have been awarded by her Majesty's Commissioners
under the direction of the jurors, is a direct fraud, tending
to deceive and mislead the public, to injure the authorised
medal holders, and to subvert the objects of the Exhibition."
Mr. S. C. HALL thought that the resolution•ought to be
so worded as to embrace " honourable mention," because he
thought it quite as bad to make use of the latter term as in
asserting they had received medals when such was not the

MARKETS--This Day.

MARK LANE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 46s lld ;
barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 22s 10d; rye, 34s 10d ; beans, 39s 8d;
and peas, 36s lld.
THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 46s 8d;
barley, 33s se:t ; oats, 22s 6d ; rye, 34s 5d ; beans, 38s 9d ;
peas, 35s Ild.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 75,642;
barley, 1,756; oats, 6,167; rye, 106; beans, 3,029; peas,
181 qrs.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a full average supply of beasts on sale in our
market to-day, in good condition. Prime Scots, &0., sold
steadily at full prices, but other breeds moved off heavily
at barely late rates. The highest quotation was ss. per 81b.
The show of sheen was moderately extensive. Downs and
half- breds were firm in price; otherwise, the mutton trade
was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. The top
figure was ss. per 81b. Lambs were in good supply, and
heavy request on former terms—viz , from ss. 4d. to 6s. Bd.
per 81b. We have to report a dull sale for calves—the sup-
ply of which was large—at previous rates. Pigs were
rather cheaper, In mulch cows very little was doing.

Per 81b. to sink the offal.

P. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 81Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 4 161
Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 S'thdown d 0.4 10 5 0
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 1 Lai go crse. calves 4 0 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 j Prime small do 4 8 5 0
Crse. S.: inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 ' Large hogs 3 4 4 0
Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6
Lambs, 5s 4d to 6s Bd.

Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old storo pigs,
20s to 275.

TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts ....
Cows l3O f Sheep and lambs .... 1,100
Sheep and lambs
Calves
Pigs 330,