The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-09 00:00:00

FRAN CE.

BOURSE, January B.—The rise of yesterday has
speedily disappeared, and prices have again re-
turned to what they were on the previous day.
The amount of business was limited. Threes, for
the Account, are now at 67f 60e. Railways dull,
and in some cases lower.

The following are the last quotations :-
4t per per Cents ... 96 50 Credit Fonder llB2 50
Do end month.... 96 b 0 Belgian 41 lOO --
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 60 Roman
Bank Shares 2950 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 705 Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 707 59jHome Debt

MONET 11LARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLoci.
REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF DIS-

COUNT.

A reduction to the extent of per cent. has been
announced to-day in the discount regulations of the
Bank of England, the directors having adjusted
their minimum quotation at 2 per cent. This
alteration was not generally anticipated, nor has it
attracted much notice, the attention of the mone-
tary and commercial public being almost exclu-
sively occupied with the intelligence from Ame-
rica. Owing to the change, however, the best bills
are already negotiable in the open market at 21 per
cent., and the distribution of the January dividends is
increasing the plethora of money in the hands of
the Banks and Discount-houses.

It is expected that the Discount-houses will re-
duce their allowance of interest to 11; per cent, for
money at call, and to 11 per cent. with seven days'
notice of withdrawal.

There were no bullion operations of importance
at the Bank of England yesterday.
The steamer Oneida which left to-day with the
Brazilian mail, took out L 23,442 in specie.
In the Liverpool Market yesterday a fair amount
of business was transacted, but prices were a shade
lower. The sales were 8,000 bales.
It has been notified by the Spanish Financial
ComlOsion that the auction of the foreign redeem-
able debt will take place at Madrid on the 29th
inst., for which purpose 4,796,072 reals have been
assigned by the Government.
It is difficult to describe the effect produced in

City circles by the intelligence received by the
City of Washington and the Jura. The excite-
ment commenced yesterday afternoon, when a bare
Outline of the advices became known, but this morn-
ing as soon as full particulars transpired, still
greater commotion was produced in most depart-
ments of business. At Lloyd's the Stock Exchange,
the Baltic, Vie., the intelligence was actively dis-
cussed, and it is almost unnecessary to remark that
the utmost satisfaction was manifested. The value
of nearly every description of stocks and shares has
materially improved, and sometime hasnow elapsed
since so much activity characterised the respec-
tive markets. Consols which closed yesterday
at a rise of 1 per cent., underwent a further im-
provement this morning of about 1 per cent., deal-
ings being negotiated as high as 931 1. This im-
portant advance, however, has brought in a few
sellers, who, having bought at lower prices, were
anxious to realise profits, and the latest quotations
are 934- 1 for transfer and the 6th pros. The New
Threes and the Reduced have advanced to 93 ;
Exchequer Bills, to 16s. and 18s. preen. ; Bank
Stock, to 238 ; India 5 per Cent., to 1061 ; ditto 4
per Cent. Enfaced Paper, to 85; ditto 5 per Cent.,
to 901 1; and the 51 per Cent., to 1051 j.
A general improvement is also exhibited in
Foreign Securities, and the transactions have been
rather numerous. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801
to 811 ; ditto, 1858, 711 to 721 ; Mexican have bee❑
281 29, and are now 284 ; Spanish have advanced
to 501 51; ditto Deferred, to 42; ditto Passive, to
17 ; ditto Certificates, to 64 1: and. Venezuelan, to
22 23.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1862. 1861.
Great Western ..£40,120 £37,924
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton 14,498 12,828
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 5,232 5,151
North-Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
North British 6,932 6,644
Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,771 6,281
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 11,105 7,574
These returns show a falling off in several of
the principal lines. On the North Western there
is a decrease of £585; on the Midland, £227; on
the South Eastern, £1,560; on the Great Northern,
£833; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £3,564;
and on the North Eastern, £2,049. The Great
Western shows an increase of £2,196; the South
Western, £1,227; the Brighton, £1,670; the
Edinburgh and Glasgow, £4lO ; the Grand Trunk
of Canada, £8,366; and the Great Western of
Canada, £3,531.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a more extensive character, and a
Marked improvement has taken place in prices, in
sympathy with the buoyant tone of the English
and Foreign Funds. Great Westerns, and South
Westerns have improved 10s. ; Caledonian, Eastern
Counties and North Eastern (Berwick) 155.; Great
Northerns, Lancashire and Yorkhire, Brightons,
North Westerns, and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, £1; and South Easterns £1 10s.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings a fair
amount of business was also transacted. South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 18r,i
Great Luxembourg, 9-t- ; Antwerp and Rotterdam,
62 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 21,1
211; Great Western of Canada, to 10 11 ; East
Indian, to 1011; and Great Indian Peninsula, to 100
and 1001.
Lint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinuo moderately active. Union of Australia have
improved ss. ; London and County, ss. ; and Canada
Land, £2; Red Sea Telegraph remain steady at 191.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PR ICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 3 -3-8 3 k
'8 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 934 21 31 1
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto linfaced Paper, 4 per Cent B5
Ditto 5 per Cent 994 3.
Ditto 51 per Cent . . 10514 i 6
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto Aptil, 1864 991
Lift° ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 994
Dittn Bonds 11,000 ............ I)itir. under £l,OOO .
Feb 17 pm
-
Consols for Account, Feb. G..... ...... 931 / 4
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent . .. 1064 6 4 4
March, June.
Exchequer Bills, :£l,OOO 2d.... 16 18 16 18 19
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small — 16 18
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Acco .nt ............
Peruvian 3 per Cent
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. ."
94 31 5 44
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 Spanish 3 per Cent
1 1
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent ....
Ditto Account
D:vidends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 . 6l 31 II i

Consols 'Money THREE O'CLOCK,
933
Fi
Ditto Account

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON TIII CHARING-CROSS
RAILWA.Y.—A MAN Burtinn UNDER A HEAP OF BRICKS.
'--Yei:terdny morning a very serious accident occurred on
tho Charing-cross Railway, by which the life of James
llartley, employed in the cinstruction of the viaduct near
the Black friars-road, is placed in imminent peril. It appears
that Hartley was crossing a plank which was placed over
the excavation, when an adjacent lofty stack of bricks that
had been undermined fell, burying the unfortunate man
beneath the ponderous mass. The bricks were quickly re-
moved, and the man extricated and removed to a surgeon's
In the Blackfriars•road, when it was ascertained that one of
his ears had been cut off, the skull fractured, and that he
had sustained such serious internal injuries as to render
1118 recovery extremely doubtful. Ile vas conveyed to St.
Thomas's Hospital, where he remains in a vary precarious
condition.

Adt:ices from Berlin, of the 4th inst., state that
the Xing is ill. He caught cold while out driving, and is
eclirtned to his bed. llis indisposition has not as yet par-
taken or anything serious.
A letter from' Buddingen of the 3d says :—" The
Prince of Sollars-Lich has met with his death by an acci-
d'l"t• Ills carriage was overturned by the horses from the
oof a cliff. Four persons were wounded. The Prince
I Ysenbourg escaped the danger by leaping from the car-
tiab'°The ' • victim of thisi disaster is the younger son of
'Prince Ferdinand of Sohas-Lieh, lie is only 21 years of
age."

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
!Paid. i Leasing Closing Business
Railways. Co. s Price. Done.
_--...--
Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. • •
Birkenhead
Bucking,h Tisil re... llOO Do. 94 96 95
Chester & H llyhead i 100 Do. 53 54
Do. 54 per cent 100 Do.
Do. 5 „ 100 Do.
Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103
Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65
E. Lincolnsh. g- (i pre., 100 Gr. North. 135 138
E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41
Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • • •
Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. ..
Do. new i 100 Da ...... .. ..
Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. ..
Hull and Selby all Yk.N.Mld 111 113
Do. halves
Do. quarters
Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202
London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 84
Do. Preferen a
Lon.,Tilb.& b.. •• ?lend 100 Peto &Co E3 65
Lowestoft fy,"ua. I pc.. 100 Norfolk
Do 6 pier cent lOO Do.
.31-nc.,Tixtn.,& Matlock, all LNW& M 31 4 31
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence stock
New markt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts, par i p
gua. 5 per sent...
Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all 'Do.
Do. 6 per cent..... all Do.
Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.
N. Eastn—Elartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. ..
North Western
Preston and Wyre. I all &LINZ' 43 45
Do. 4 shares AI all Do. ••• • .. .. ..
Roystn.Hitch.& Shep.; 100 !Gt.North. 134 137
Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122
Do. Do.
South Staffordshire ; 100 ILn.&'N.W .. ~

Do. Po.
South Staffordshire
Wilts and Somerset
Wimbledn t Croydon,

100
r)

Ln.&N.W
Gt. West.
L.&Brgtn

U 1 433
84 9

FOREIGN MINES.
20 Australian
1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 4
20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Liml 15 55 57 57 84
5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 14 14
1 ,Clarendon Cons.MittCo. dim.
40 Cobre Copper all 34 36
Copi apo l6 6 8
1 I DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 12 14 1
2 'Fortuna.
20 General all 23 24
2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 p 14
14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14p
3 Linares all 7 8 74
5 .Lusitanian 2 ; d pr
1 Mariquira all
1 IN.RhineCopotS.Aus.l I 4 id
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead!
Mining and Smelt... all 2 4
5 Port Philip 1 1 11 15
1 Scottish Austrin. 10s. 4 lipm
2111.&1 United Mexican ail 8 84 84 1
1 Worthing (Limited) ' all
Do. —
.•1
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can.(4olr. 6 p.c.Ja..tauly
' 1877-9 I 100 107 110 108 9
Do Bp. cent.lBBo-2I 100
- ' Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-1 100 -
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Awn 100 108 111
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.; 100 108 ill
Do. 5 per cent ' 100 98 100 981 91 84 91
-- Cape G. Hope, o p c,lBBO 1I 100 108 110
Do. 1890 100 108 110
N.B.G ov. 6 pm. J a.eaulyi 100 107 ISO 105
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. C; ov. sp. c.,18661 100 97 99 98
Do. sp. c.,1871 to 18761 100 96 98
Do. p.c., 1888 .3z upwds 100 96 98 974 864
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p.c , I
ster/ing, 1875 lOO 105 107 106
S. Aus,Gop.c.lB7a&up i 100
Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JaAJulyi 100 102 104
Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&oo 1 100 'lO5 106 1054 4 I

1051 i i j

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
THE SILK ROBBERY.

Edwin Turnbull, 28, lighterman, James Gillett, 42,
weaver, James Hunter, victualler, and Thomas Smith, were
indicted for felonously receiving 10 bales of silk, the pro-
perty of the SI.. Katherine's Dock Company, well knowing
the same to have been stolen.

The facts of the case have repeatedly appeared in The
Sun, while the three first named prisoners were under
examination at the Thames Police Court.
The case will not conclude to-day.

POLICE .INTELLIGENCE.—(77‘IB Day.)

BOW-STREET.

MURDER ON THE HIGH SmAs.— Benjamin M'Lauren, a
mate on board an American ship, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Hall, charged with killing a seaman named
Williams.

The deceased was a seaman on board the George Barton,
from Calcutta to London. On the voyage the deceased was
taken ill, and, it being supposed he was sculking, the pri-
soner was in the habit of kicking and ill-treating him.
Finally he struck him with a belaying pin on the head, and
in nine days after he died. The defence was that the man
died through dysentery.

The prisoner is charged under the Extradition Treaty,
and in the event of the evidence which is now being given
before Mr. Hall being considered sufficient, he will be sent
back to America to meet the accusation.