The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY NEWS-THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocx.
The inquiries for discount accommodation to-day
are moderate, the supply of bills being about equal
to the recent average, and the rates remain firm.
Very few operations are reported, even in short
dated paper, under the minimum of the Bank of
England.

Gold is now about 2.loths per cent. cheaper in
London than in Paris, but about 3-10ths per cent.
higher here than in Hamburg.
At the ensuing meeting of the Trust and Loan
Company of Upper Canada, a dividend at the rate
of 81 per cent., less income tax, will be proposed,
the available balance for the half-year being
£14,705.

On the Bengal division of the East Indian Rail
Way the traffic returns for the week ending 3181
Angust were £6,073, against 16,511 in the corre•
sponding period of last year. On the North-West
Provinces division the receipts were £2,313, against
£2,720 in 1861.

Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool cotton market keeps quiet. Sales
probably 1,500 bales.
At Penis this morning, the Three per Cent.
Rentes opened at 70f. 20c., being sc. lower than
yesterday.
The particulars of the specie to be taken out to-
morrow by the Pera for the East Indies, China,
'Bn., are subjoined :—Alexandria, gold £200; Mauri-
tius, £23,000; Ceylon, £3,084; Madras, £10,595;
ditto, silver, £55,050; Calcutta, £75,000; Singa-
pore; £45,700; Hong Kong, £79,399; Shanghai,
£64,600 ; Fowchow, £2,080 ; total £358,708.
At a meeting of the Venezuelan bondholders to-
day, after a lengthy discussion, it was resolved to
award the committee for their past services 21 per
cent. on the arrears of interest about to be paid.
There has been very little animation in the Eng-
lish Stock Market to-day, not the slightest attempt
b. eing made to revive speculation, while the deal-
lugs for transfer, although no ,v including small
daily purchases for tin> savinsa Banks Commis-
eioners, are yet too moderate to enliven the general
appearance of affairs. Consols remain at 931 t- for
money, and at 921 1, less the dividend, for the
account. Dealings have been officially recorded in
the New Threes and Reduced at 91i 92 ; in Bank
Stock, at 236 ; in Indian 5 per Cents., at 1091 ;
in the 5 per Cents. Enfaced, at 1041; and in the
Debentures, at 1001. The June Exchequer Bills
are marked 135., and the March 10a. prem.
Foreign Securities have undergone no material
alteration. Annexed is an official record of some
©f the principal transactions. Brazilian 41 per
tints., 951 -3,-; Mexican, 331; Grenada Land War-
-51 ; ditto ex-over due Coupons, &0., 121 ;
Peruvian Scrip, 11 dis. ; Portugaese 3 per Cents.,
471; ditto New Loan, 471 ; Russian New Loan,
931 d ; Spanish, 55 ; ditto Passive, 224 ; ditto
Certificates, 8i 98 ; Turkish 6 per Cents, 1854, are
831-84 ; ditto, 1858, 70-1 4 ; the Scrip, 11 4 prem.;
and the Consolides, 384
Railway Shares are less active, and in a few in-
stances rather lower, but quotations are generall y
Well supported. Edinburgh and Glasgow have
declined 12 per cent. ; North-Western area lower ;
and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have re-
ceded I. The other principal lines are without
alteration.
In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is not
the slightest change.
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have continued to
attract attention. Ottoman have risen to 29i 301;
ditto New to 7-1 81-; and Alliance of London and
Liverpool to 20Z.

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BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
~3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
......... 911 2
,i,„..: ........ 236
Per Cent. Consols Annuities
Wis. 3 per
.......... 93 1 1 f
..F.4ew Cent. Annuities 9li
Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent ..
Ditto Enfaced PP,per, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Debentdres 41per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto
Consols for Account, Dec 4
ditto
92
2
April, 1864 100 f
Jun-. March.
413eihtetociDuer ..
Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. 13 10 10
£5OO ..........
41.'1111 ....................
Ao
-„,
razili FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
an, 5 per Cent.
, Ditto 43/4 per Cent., 1852-58-60......' 95/ /
1 AeTptian, 7 per Cent .............. 901
iDitto, Second Issue . . . ....
__
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-uoup•o•ns
Ditto Coupons . .......... .
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 721
Mexican, l per Cent -
Ditto Account .
Il'ew Grenada, 2 per Cent
Ditto Land Warrants
Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares •„
14 -1
P bitto Deferred, Ex Hectares.
' pprian 41 per Cent
Mup"jtto 4/ New, 1862, A gcrip, £73 paid ll I dis
-`rnaese 3 per Cent., 1853
.-u Account
Dittoh. 3 pet Cent., 1862
hTlq° SeriP, £2O paid ....... :
Ditto 6 paper
iiiiiiitittt:tttooop
ounCtent 1822 £ 5t......... 96
N„„_ .0, up Scrip .............. 93} 1 i
Pift,lB4 3 per Cent
ditto A.ce
55 41
8 assive
22/ 1
, knith • •
8/ 9/ 9
kijrki .Cert. of Coup. not funded bittoB44.6epeer Cent. 1854
84 31
,161F:orult iCent.Bonds
18858 • •
701 1 I
p_l:),e,r Cent., 1862, Scrip, £6O
pd
4511
Pm
vebn
jetzt
ot 1
e4Ol
aectielauietiortPteeSeeendr ii P. 4 Cent.
per
69i i
Ditto 103 f
Italian,
24
pve°rigtetn., ..
.... (Scrip), £43 paid 1f dis
. blends on the above payable in London.
bitk
Account ent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
71i i
Collßols NI
b• , one, • 1
Itto 4 sl wita the div.
ecollnt THREE O'CLOCK.
71-71,-, .........,---...--,..
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1-ItE-D.I7CH VESTRY AND ITS
CONTRACTOR.

factEXTRAORDINARY INQUIRY.
Mr.
thurei:ening the vestry resumed this inquiry,
attew 4td'in Hughes being in the chair, and a very full
',Pee 'f
No
,„,.,. members noticed.
that ii`rt`het' evidence was offered, and Mr. OwnN
to
amotvheed
Nyor,.. ISrnan with his men should be summoned
katt'utP-street Police-court. This was a most important
4lie e:' and if mud had been swept into the gullies to such
fir'
as described the parties ought to be punished.
1i.,„1.• DE4l.ll.ct, in a very energetic speech, called upon the
tct47. not to lend its face or sanction to the doings of cora-
-011 informers The vestry ought to support its contractor
Rhle doing right and to get him fined while doing wrong
ot upon the evidence of men who avowedly came for-
b4td forthe
purpose of claiming the reward. He (Mr.
Letttte) some years ago had a communication with
41 ni
Nor anby about an informers' club, to which
Ztertain tradesman subscribed SI a year so that
otd:'ght be left alone. The result was that an
to b %Ine down to the police••courts that there was
clilbci 18. for the summons and Is. penalty. The informers'
Itere °4ls' took 6d,, and the club . was soon broken up.
taitie4
he 4 Were nine informations, and if the vestry enter •
itifonhtliera, next week there would be ninea miatorraet.e,
but
tt
the
Vestrye4 make Out their cases before a magistrate,
hind„:44,'lst not assist them to make a livingg out of this
oonver I.7o4'dion:. It was well known that contractors all
a , Were subject to the calls of all kinds of hangers
' and toe soo • - stopped the better.
After s Doer it was
'snt that
the
further conversation the Vestry Clerk pointed
* Lao Vestry had not gone to work in the proper
43' at all, and
illni1; \ STA Liitn, as the mover of the motion that the matteri
11,-.11,,4 go to Worship-street, said that at that Court IS re.
1,4-rt') 011 behalf of Mr. Winn, would very soon show th
th.t"Y what kind of men they had to deal with. . c
Zs tc:iWalker's naotion was carried by a majority t

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)4111Nr., io
Ntiolle , - ALOI3I3ERY OF A LADY....-A most auda-
ed;e/'c'ubery, accompanied with violence, occurred about 8
on Monday evening, in Jewry-street, Aldgate. A
kkideNvilii.th Whom was her daughter, 12 years of age, was
s °_,tlier j grasPed by the throat by a ruffian, who forced h
dreg 'll4 into tho pocket of her gown, from which he
Viler, 1)11r.9e containing between £5 and £6 in gold and
I.leiti eThe lady called as loud as possible for help, and
tiatelytiltialllan with tbsl utmost determination, but unfortn-
Z4ista there
Was no one passing at the moment. to
.render
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stance,
Phidi g• he was not likely to obtain his liberty,
Itt Iteeile,,e 4 his
succeededn- endeavour to escape, which
11,41 eve he in effecting, not however u.nt.il he
his eNretelY kicked and bruised the courageous victim of
the I:lB"Ze4.attack, who was carried in a fainting state f into
tli,enaz-B' hot). It was supposed the man was one o
ia 4'04'4 four men and a woman, who were seen a few yards The Police allee, just previously, in close conversation..
tile Were on the spot in the' course of two minutes after
traillucelitrenee, cubed hem the appearance of all the parties
ZiAtely dei