The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-10 00:00:00

I;'RIGIITFUL ACCIDENT IN THE WATERLOO•

ROAD, AND LOSS OF LIFE.

This afternoon, about a quarter to one, a large
Concourse of persons had assembled in front of the
house of Mr. Southby, wardrobe dealer, No. 199,
Waterloo road, within a few doors of The Feathers
Tavern, in consequence of a disturbance caused by
some brokers attempting to get possession of the
premises, in which they were stoutly resisted by
those within, when a portion of the pavement gave
Way, precipitating about 25 persons to the cellar
below, a depth of about 30 or 40 feet. One child
died on the way to the hospital, and most of the
others are very seriously injured. Police-constable
William Venus, 142 L, in endeavouring to disperse
the crowd, fell through along with the others, and
Was taken to the hospital in a very precarious state.

rth E MARKETAND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK,

During the past week the progress of business in
the manufacturing districts has not been very
active. At Leeds the woollen trade has continued
dull, and the operations in both yarns and piece
goods at Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield have
been on a very limited scale, without any material
change in prices. Business at Manchester has been
inactive in all departments, and the hosiery and
lace trade, at Leicester and Nottingham, have ex-
hibited little variation. In the hardware districts,
viz., at Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wol-
verhampton the dealings entered into have been
chiefly for home requirements, and prices have re-
trained unaltered.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
there was a fair inquiry for most descriptions, and
Prices were firmer. The sales were 6,000 bales.
About £30,000 in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England on Saturday.
The steamer which left to-day with the Brazilian
mails took out £11,382 in specie.
The Sasonie, from New York, has brought
£41,463, and the Ethiope, from the West Coast of
Africa, £B,BOO in specie.
The traffic receipts of the Great Northern Rail-
way of Canada, for the week ending the 24th ult.,
amounted to £10,633, against £8,991 in 1861.
Although the demand for discount accommoda-
tion
has slightly abated, the rates continue very
firm, and few transactions are reported in private
Channels under the minimum of 2f per cent. There
BeenaS to be an impression that a further upward
movement will take place, and capitalists are there-
fore less inclined to enter into business at the cur-
rent quotations.
Gold continues to be withdrawn from the Bank
o, f England for exportation, about £30,000 having
been taken away on Saturday.
The following comments upon the recent pro-
gress of business appear in Messrs. H. W. llewes-
nry and Co.'s Price Current :—" While many
branches of trade remain unsettled, the markets
have been steady and moderately active since the
tettleinent of the American difficulty. There is a
large demand for consumption ; the transactions on
speculative account have been considerable within
the past fortnight, and there are already symptoms
of an extensive export demand when the navigation
of the north of Europe opens. The stock of bullion
bald by the Bank of England exhibited e further
Important increase last month, and the rate
Was, according to general expectation, lowered
to 21 per cent. on the 9th ult. A sudden renewal
of goad shipments to the Continent has prevented
any further reduction being made, and money is
More in demand in other quarters. The financial
operation on account of the French Government
will doubtless have an effect upon the market, it
being proposed to raise £2,000,000 to £4,000,000
here on the security of the French rentes of 4 per
Cent. interest. Accounts from the manufacturing
districts continue of an unsatisfactory character.
The high price of cotton entirely absorbs the pro
fits of the producers, and many of the foreign mar-
kets keep fully supplied by the excessive ship-
ioents made at former periods. Under these eir-
tuinstanceb the adoption nfshort time at the various
tarns makes further progress, anti Ili. ---volpr of
°Peratives out of employment is still on the in-
crease."

The half-yearly meeting of the Royston and
liitchin Railway Company has been held today,
When a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum was declared.
Very little fluctuation has taken place in the Eng-
lish Stock Market to-day, and the transactions have
°eel] rather limited. Consols, at the latest moment,
Were about 92:i 93 for transfer, and 93 for the ac-
count. The 'New Threes and the Reduced are
at 93i ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 14s. prem. ;
'lnk Stock is steady, at 240 and 2413 ; India ditto,
426 ; and ditto 5 per Cent., 1061 I.
fair amount of business has taken place in the
Foreign Market, and prices are firmly maintained.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 841 85 ; ditto, 1858, 751;
76; Mexican are:firm atin 35; Sardinian have im-
proved to 80 ; Spanish Passive to 199 ; and Italian,
to 671 68 Venezuelan are 25t-.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been on a rather limited scale, and, in somF in-
stances, rather less firmness has been apparent.
Great Western, Midland, North Eastern (Berwick),
and South Eastern have declined 55., and Great
Northern and West Midlands 10s. North Wes-
terns and London, Chatham, and Dover, however,
have improved 55., and Brighton and Norfolk £l.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
'aterial variation. South Austrian and Lom-
ba44o-Venetian realised 20 to 20-1- ; Western and
North Western of France 22 to 221 ; Dutch Rhenish
~(3; Grand Trunk of Canada 213 to 24 ; Great
Western of Canada, 121 ; East Indian 1013 102 ;
and Great Indian Peninsula, 1001.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ge-
nerally remain without material change in values.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
dank Stock
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 93 it
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOO
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire tith Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yra, expire sth April, 1885 l5l
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 51 per Cent N •
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99/
D,,,,, Bonds £l,000
Ititto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, March 6 93 2i
March. June.
Uxchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 10 13 9 14
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
•
..., FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
-nuenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
94
Allian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent ,
85
l',.,quador New Consolidated
Ituperial Moorish Scrip
Ntpxican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 —
Ditto Account
-Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent..
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859
.. 60
sardinian .5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account ....
Ditto New Loan:
Ditto Acco nt
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Venezuela 3 per Cent....
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Prench Renter 44 per Cent., Ex. 25f loof.
€.)
talian, ,
per Cent., 186 i ,
..............
TWO 0'(71,0u,%.
eousols, Money 92/ 3
93
Account

11°v1 many times (says the Illustrated News)
Il
have we laughed, even to the aching of our sides, at the
4ue • lment of " Mr. Love, the Polyphonist," the inimitable
ventriloquist, who could fry eggs and bacon to the life be-
hind the scene, and make the black boy draw a cork in a
moving
10 feet below the level of the stage, and all without
ing a facial muscle ? It pains us to hear that the old
nand of our schoolboy days is sick, and well nigh paralysed,
all,
Poor. !Ir. Greenwocd, of Sadler's Wells, is organis-
es a benefit f;lr him. An active committee has been formed;
and due notice will be given of the benefit coming off in
oLr dramaticdramaticforisco. umn. Let us support the poor old Poly-
g vod in middle age to remember the "Love
4 our youth."