The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY NEWS, YESTERDAY.

The last price from Paris this evening was 68f
66e, showing another decline of an eighth.
In the corn market this morning an advance of
is. was occasionally realised.

The report of the Liverpool cotton market for the
-week shows an active business, at an advance of
fully id. per lb.
. .

In the foreign exchanges this afternoon the rates
upon Amsterdam and Hamburg were a shade higher
than those of last post. Other places were about
the srane. The movement in favour of Austria
continues.

'Me sum of £33,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank to-day,

The Borussia has brought £28,000 from New
York.

The monthly return of the Bank of France shows
a diminution of 1:85,0G0 in the stock of bullion.
The report of the South Australian Banking
Campany, to be presented on the 17th inst., states
the net profit of the year to be £43,837, and re-
commends a dividend tif 10 per cent. per annum.
A further increaFe of the capital by £lOO,OOO,
which will raise :t to £500,000, is also proposed.

An instalment of 30 per cent. falls due on Mon-
day next on the Lausanne and Friborg Railway
Six per Cent. Loan for £300,000.
The specie and bullion by the Mexican packet
were delivered to-day to the bullion brokers. Al-
though the eupply is very large, the time—ten days
—occupied at the Bank of England in weighing
and assorting it is much complained of, the loss of
interest being considerable.

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY .

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is an ample supply of money in the dis-
count market, but the demand for accommodation
as usual at tho end of the week, is exceedingly'

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £590,000, and the exports £1,378,000.
The half-yearly interest has been announced for
payment on Italian 5 per Cents. and Portuguese 3
per Cents.

The half-yearly meeting of the London Joint
Stock Bank has been convened for the 17th prox.

Two O'CLocx.

The English Stock Market to-day hes been very
quiet, and the variation in prices has been unim-
portant. Consols are 94 1 for money, and 911 I
for account. Speculation is exceedingly dull. The
New Threes continue at 91i s ; the Reduced, at
911 ; Exchequer Bills, at 3s. to 6s, prem. ; and
India 5 per Cents. at 1071

Extreme dullness has pervaded the Foreign
Market, and prices generally show increased de-
pression. Mexican have receded to 304 ; Spanish
Certificates, to 84 i; Portuguese, to 46; and Sar-
dinian, to 81/. Egyptian is firm, at 11 prem.; and
Moorish 5 per Cents. have improved to 93. Turkish
t per Cents., 1854, are 821 ; ditto 1858, 69i ;
End ditto New Scrip has improved to 31, prem.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
betxt of the most limited description, and in some
instances a slight dec.ine has been apparent.
Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, Lancashire and
Yorksh.re, and South Easterns have each receded
about ss, ; while North Eastern (Berwick) have
improved ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re-
mained viithcrit any change of importance in values.
Great Lumembc.urg are steady at 143 4 ; Sambre
and Meuse at 114 ; Bahia and San Francisco at 173;
1113.',1.4. South Austriaa and Lombardo-Venetian have
declined to 221 ; Eat Indian are firmer, being
dealt in at 1063 ; Bombay and Barod:a realise 1033 ;
Madras 5 per Cents. 1031 ; brand Trunk of
Canada, 23 ; and Cape T'.-Avn and Dock 1063 t.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
dull, Ottoman have receded to 233 24; Bank of
Egypt to 221 ; Alliance of London and Liverpool to
4, and Peninsula and Oriental Steam to 69.
The Strand Hotel shares are 3 3 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9lf 1
3 ver Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll / 1
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991
Consols for Accounts July 10 ..
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 3 6 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent, —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 .. 91
Egyptian, 7 p 0..? Cent
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent 93
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863..
inssian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St —
Ditto, 5 per Cent., 1862, Scrip
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
'''aulinian 5 per Cent. ..
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account
Ditto 1862 (Scrip) 3l
Ditto, Paid up Scrip 7O/ 1
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Console, Money
Ditto Account

THE ?'MIDDLE LEVEL INUNDATION.

TO THE EDITOR OE THE MIN.

SIR,—As the plan I suggested for stopping the rush of
water over the fens appeared in your valuable paper about
f.our weeks ago, I am induced again to trespass upon your
columns, as the coffer dam has burst from the cause I
strongly urged upon the engineers, viz., that if they placed
reliance upon throwing thousands of bags of earth into the
drain on the upper side of the dam, they would be washed
away from the scour and the treacherous nature of the soil
into which the piles were driven.

June 13, 1862.

Your obedient servant,
J. MACINTOSH.

I now beg again that my mode for stopping the tidal
vabYrs may be duly considered, and which consists in
sprealing on the upper side of the dam a sheet of strong
naval canvas, which can be made in sections, and laced
together to any size, the outer end to be secured to the
bottom by iron weights, and the end next the dam to
.be
raised above the water and secured to the piles. To give
the dam greater stability I would secure the ends of hawsers
?r chains to the top or bottom of the piles ; the other ends
of the hawsers or chains to be taken ashore and secured
to the banks by anchors or other holdfasts, and the chains
or hawsers to be tightened by block and tackle.
This plan need not cause any delay or much expense, nor
interfere with the work already begun, but greatly facilitate
it, as scouring is effectually prevented the dam is rendered
watertight, and held securely in position.
As materials for the alma plan, together with a staff of
riggers, can be had at once, the dam could be rendered
most efficient In a very short time.

DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH A BURGLAR. Last I
night, Detective Police Sergeant Seal, of Birmingham,
who was accompanied by two Manchester detectives—
Sergeant Watson and Inspector Taylor—went to Edwards's
beerhouse, Hanover-street, Shudehill, a well-known resort
of thieves, in search of a noted Birmingham burglar,
named Joseph Alexander, who was suspected of having
broken into a draper's shop in the Bull Ring, Birmingham,
on Monday night, and stolen property to the amount of
£2OO. Alexander was found drinking in the beerhouso
but the moment he saw Seal he caught hold of a
heavy poker, and made a desperate resistance, being
assisted by his companions. Watson was severely injured
about the head and body, and Seal's light arm was dis-
abled in the struggle. Seal, however, succeeded in giving
the burglar a blow with a pair of handcuffs, which stunned
him; and with the timely assistance of some constables of
the A division he was at length secured, and conveyed to a
cab. He was then taken to the Infirmary, where the wounds
on his head were attended to ; but ho remained for a long
time in a state of apparent insensibility, and it was found to
be impracticable to remove him last night. During the
struggle Alexander threw away a watch which he had in
his possession, but the works, having fallen out, were se-
cured by Seal.—Manchester Guardian.
The command of the Hogue at Greenock will be
vacant on the 4th of July in consequence of Captain R. J.
J. G. Maedonald's time ceasing on that date ; and we hear
that Captain Arthur Farquhar (1549), who was the efficient
Captain of the Hannibal during a great portion of the time
that Rear-Admiral G. Rodney Mundy's flag was flying in
that ship, will succeed to the vacancy.—. Army and Navy
Gazette.

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—On Thursday morning
a wan named James Davenport, a book-keeper in Mr.
Buckley's
print-works, at Burnley, committed self •destruo-
tion by
placing his head under a train at the Norwich and
Blackrod Railway Station, on the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway. He deliberately took uff his hat and laid
his head under the wheels, and when taken up was quite
dead. What has been the cause of this sad affair is at
present uukuown, Deceased LIM left a wife and family,