The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAIL

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A. Moderate inquiry for discount accommodation
isreported in the general market, and the best com-
mercial
e
arstill negotiated
securities with only a short period to run
negotiated at 2'4 per cent.
4 special general meeting of the proprietors of
the Union Bank of Australia will take place on the
sth_ Proximo for the declaration of a dividend, &c.ne third call of £1 per share has been made on
the 41 Per Cent. Preference Shares, 1862, of the
Blackwell Railway Company.
The interest is announced for payment on Italian
6
per Cent., Peruvian 41 per Cent., Portuguese 3
per Cent. Bonds, and New South Wales Govern-
ment Debentures.
advices from the manufacturing districts
this corning show that in some instances there has
been slight improvement. At Manchester there
has leen a mcderate inquiry for both yarns and
Cloth at enhanced quotations. More activity than
asua has prevailed in the woollen trade at Leeds,
13radord, and Huddersfield, the operations, how-
ever have been chiefly in Spring goods. At
teiester and Nottingham there has been little
change of importance; but a more cheerful tone
L'asprevailed in the hardware districts, viz., at
13i4aingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton.

Two o'CLocr.

there has been no alteration in the market for
the English Funds to-day,the few dealings recorded
havilg taken place at previous prices. Consols,
therefore, remain at 921 a for money, and at 921 fi
ro, the account. The New 3 per Cents. remain at
U.4-f ; the Reduced at 92; Exchequer Bills are firm
it 84' to 12s. prem.; Bank Stock is steady at 231
411.(T1 233; Indian 5 per Cent. Loan 1071.
In the Foreign Market the principal feature has
been a rise in Greek Bonds, viz., to 1671- a, and in
age Coupons to 6 I. Turkish per Cents., 1854,
70741 ; ditto, 1858, 691 701; and the New Loan,
271 and the Consolides, ; Buenos Ayres
psuer Cents. are 96; Mexican, 311 ; Portuguese
Scrip, 39 I
Ti,- prem. and Venezuelan are flat at 24.
71eze ettlement of the account has been the chief
aatr et, and
attended to-day in the Railway Share
prices have remained without any
133 erial variation. Ureat Westerns, however,
have; receded about ss. ; while North British have
Brighton,
proved 10s. ; Great Eastern, London and
North-Western, and South•Easterns
bare fully sustained previous prices.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has
been no change of importance. South Austrian and
44(Alibard0 Venetian were steady at 23 1-; Recife
and San Francisco at 181 ; East Indian at 1071;
great Indian Peninsula at 106! ; and Madras 5
PEI' Cents, at 1041.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were
151thout material change in prices. English, Scot-
r/I°l, and Australian Chartered improved to 20i;
i4:3ladon and County to 39i ; Crystal Palace Stock
r°llght 361 37 ;- and Electric Telegraph, 1001.

tatk BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CL23O3CIIi.
3 ~Stock ...
92
3 „'ner Cent. Reduced Annuities
14-1. Cent. Consols Annuities
xi,d/v. 3 Per Cent. Annuities 92 h
Ditto
Stock
-,itto 6
bit,
_per Cent.
b• I.° Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent
!tto t
.1 per Cent.
bitto Debentur, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 1
il, Ditto ditto
b•It" Bonds fl,OOO April, 1864
210601
eotthitto under 1,000 ..
geh.°lB fer Account, Jan 8
eqoer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. .. Bl2 Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small .
/I,lteo,J.C/REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
'lyres 6 C t
des Ayres per en
Ditto
bi. ..., i per Cent.
Cheek (to, COSed Issue
6 R 15,1 161
C
Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons
tlPmea C°uPens
6h.
31± 1
31a
cal:PueLlr2tCe pern Cent
dbitt rena a
Warrants kb:it6b°ll
I',ll °ex over-due Coups. & Hectares
tit 1,,4i Per Cent
roil °.*ll\l'ew, 1862, A Scrip, £B3 paid .. 1, gues., 3 481
-uitt, , - per Cent., 18b3
bitt° 0 per Cent., 1862
—ll 1 die
/t"l4ik°,, BP, opd
bitto...;,Ppeci,r Celeir,
18621822 £St .... ni p.
:),,,,,,,,,,ittitto...:l3:3aeprsie? C44en7tpaid
bitt u C93± 1
i die
_
Pati,i, , g ve.,
1',,,k. 4 Cert. of Coup. not funded
t • 6
Per Cent. 1854
Ce scripsBitt°7oh
Vene ° Pala-op
b.z4ela 3per C t
icto Account en .
24
Italia 1/I"vidends on the above payable in London.
DittoArco Cent 1861, Ex. 25f.
•,
unt . 7oh
etl4ol
b , Mone
ittu y Account, Jan 8 TW()02(1IY(iLOC i..
92± 1
li4

FROM 711 E DERBY-SIN-
GULAR FROLIC.

1)1,1,11 the Lord Mayor's Court on Friday, before the Cora-
t'4"' Sergeant and a jury, was ti led the case of Bastien V.
and Wife.
for tr' Tindal Atkinson (instructed by Mr. Beard) appeared
strentile Plaintiff, who is a cabinet-maker, of 5, Hadfield-
; and Mr. Robinson (instructed by
thl,
8i) for defendant, who is a licensed victualler, keeping
aZPie and Stump, 56, Fetter-lane.
I3e4ree,, ease caused a great deal of merriment, and it api
de that last Derby Day plaintiff and his wife wen
and to
I)sorn in a gig. Defendant, his wife, and a Mr.
el3ort;'s, death also wen tto the race. in a van. After the
Altt° Chef;„the day had terminated plaintiff and his. wife got
4lst tt:" gig to come home, but after proceeding a shorth
t1nr48,,-e they changed their' minds and returned to
atnde
rk *When the y got out of the gig, Mrs. Barham
"Let
ne hi'leath went towards it, and Mrs. Heath said,f
the
aot--o.4,Paad have a drive." Plaintiff's wife begged o.
kt'e.th'° so; but her expostulations were in vain, andn
arid said to the female defendant, " Oh, come along
the
,tet into the gig. It's all right." They then got into
the
(7) Airs. Barlrim driving, and away they went across
they °Nrclie• In turning sharply' round to avoid the hurdles,
the frolic the reins too shortly, and turned the gig over,
they :tie ternainating in a spill. It was alleged that before
break star
defendant expressed an opinion that they would
Were
muc
their necks before they finished. The gig and horse.
h iajured, and the gig was tied behind the van in
it'efeadant and his party went to the race. One of
dta'sollle;eses said defendant exclaimed, " I will pay th,e,
I\4. ea cl is £2O, and stop it out of her pin-money.
;48 -Laughter.) It was endeavoured to be shown that
4`,116 .Irt-deieastit Was the cause of the misfortune which made
rab .' as one witness said, amidst shouts of laughter,
I.eir heads in the grass."
thella
lart°•tdehiP said it was for the jury to decide between
The it •
ArY found for the plaintiff—£lo 10s. damages.

etrTSESSo
LES DICKENS AND THE LANCASHIRE DIS -
end pro 4110 celebrated novelist Mr. Dickens is in Paris,
the I°Beg to Pass the winter there," says a correspondent
!bat cit;;!rct* "It is said that he intends to organise in
'ecch, of ecries of readings from his own works, the pr-
Iless Wich will be devoted to the Lancashire operatives.
kitl44delh
i,(l,iligs, as is well known, are highly popular; in