The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-26 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
Our market, to-day, was but moderately supplied with
bcasts in middling condition. Prime breeds were in fair
request, at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was in a slug-
!ish state on former terms. The show of sheep was rather
traited. Downs and half-breds commanded extreme rates ;
~,,,...11t.long-woolled sheep were a dull inquiry, at Monday's
e-ney• The top figure was 6s. Bd. per 81bs. Prime
all Porkers were firm in price ; but large pigs were very
dam'
In ranch cows very little was doing.

Per 811..) to sink the offal.
Crae. A.. s d s d s d s d
inf. beasts... 3 2 3 8 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2
rin,7qulltY do ..3 10 4 6 Prie 6'thdown d 0.6 4 6 8
art.fae oxen ..4 8 5 0 Lame coarse calves. 4 8 5 2
e Scots, Prime 5 4 Pme small d0......5 4 5 6
Bci
1e and inf. sheep. 4 44 1 Large hog.s .4 4 5 4
'lia quality do ..5 05 8 t;mall porkers 565 10
Lambs....os Od to 0, Od.
35a eachsun calves, 21s to 24s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 28e
to

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreignsupply.642
geasts ... 1,020 Beasts
_
~,,,oirs.. ************** 138 Cows calve. lambs
,348 13,291
""P and •••
7 22,1 Sheep and lambs
3'29
Ca yes
38
tlgs ******************************** 400 Pigs

MEAT MARKETS.
R•vm,
oil AND LEADENuALL.—Fair supplies of meat are
V3ffer and the trade is steady at the annexed quotations :
°43, f; from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 53 6d ;
tli!`'4B 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 66 Od per 81b by 9 carcase.
Itt•
Sot ?tutu Oct 25.—Prime stock moved off steadily
te quotations ; otherwise, the trade was heavy
44ef, front 3s 4d to 5s 2d; mutton, 4s 61 to 6s 6d; veal, 4s
t° 5s 2d •and 4s 4d to 56 Gd per 81bs. to Oink the
offal. , pork,

11°Itroxn Oct. 25.—The supply of stock was tolerably
i°°,l, and sales progressed slowly, as follows :—Beef, from
58 2(1 to 5s 4d; mutton' 4s 4d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 8d to
to 9'l; Pork, 48 2d to 5s 8d por 81bs. Suckling calves, 20s
to'qUastore pigs,
rt • ld 3os to 32s ; and milch cows,
£2O ei-o . each.

HAY.
t 5814,, D. ITlrr L Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s ; clover,
4-811"8 to IZ46l—Og ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 13s per load.
ort
4,5 supply.
DMIIERIAXD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 125; clover,
fair Os 6 d
to f lOs ; and straw, £1 Es to £1 155 per load.
deman.
S°VVIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 4s to £5 105; clover,
Os to £6
limited 10s ; and strap, £1 is to £1 145 per load.
PPly .

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d.
.................. 22 9
South lie Hoe ........ 22 9
Camay and Duffryn
oMutalting ............... 24 0
h Eletton 6
East Hartle ......... 23 6
pool ...... 23 3
Hetton ............... 241
nYass's Bebsido •'West
Hartley
................ 20 9
"wren Hartley ...... 20 9
Ships at market, 46 ; sold, 41.

s. d.
neugh Hall 22 9
South Hartlepool 22 9
S tewart's
West Lambton 22 9
Penshor Primrose
Walls End Byron
Eden Main
Braddyoll's Hetton 23 0
Russell's Hetton

TIONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
It has not been found necessary to-day by the
ir,l3
dank,_ of England directors to make any' alteration
at at
"ae rate of discount, which therefore, remains,
tiler cent.f Notwithstanding the abundance of
-b°:ing capital which bankers and brokers have at
-e4 command, and the small inquiry prevailing
„ri accommodation, the quotation out of doors is
Per cent. under the official minimum.
,Ciihe coupons for the Atlantic and Great Western
I\i-"waY Certificates of Debenture, due the 15th of
Itember, will be paid at the Consolidated Bank.
on has been notified that the eleventh dividend
4t for
wegian Trunk Preference Shares, 5 per
the year ending Sept. 1, 1865, will be paid
It the offices of Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court
aiT4) on and after Nov. 2.
r()°,l3°„ sals have been made for the issue of the
()0C1,'"," new shares, at £2O each, of the Credit
8„--,c'er and Mobilier of England, raising the sub
'sed capital of the company to £4,000,000, the
Pai u
to (iv to £1,000,000, the general reserve fund
1,-‘,°"0,000, and the dividend reserve fund to
aX-",000. Half of these new shares, viz., 50,000,
ptee to be reserved for the shareholders, issued at a
rRePII-111,, 41;11 of £2 10s., and the other half to the
e public at a remium of £3 10s. per share.
sh,-Inercgle dealings are daily recorded in these
-res, and the old are quoted 51 prem., and the
errw 4i premium.
to -thi.h last week's railway receipts ascertained up
"aY are in round figures as under :-
1865. 1864.
Creatw
£72,069
Ist°rth esteril • 73,368 108,397
Bem#l, Wastern
... 113,605 W " 23 826 24,460
)3oltou wester
..• •
• 21,645' 20,434
1131141"
••••
***
***
*:: 48442 47,756
trisciashire
erileatht 25,497 24,901
-“orthern 40,220 37,63,2
and Yorkshire 39,170 34,592
l'lorti,)l,-,1"14 Exeter
katlet Eastern 69,887
7,002 6,391
784
6°,
Cheat Itster, Sheffield, and Lincoln 19,580 L ',astern, 18,134
33,304
•33 100 ,I,°lll Chatham, and Dover ... ••• 9,716 8,329
eni,-'e4e returns, when compared with those of the
a grefB;ll°llaing period of last year, are generally of
there character. On the Great Western
Iv re is an increase of £1,199 ; on the North
enete,r° ° £5,208 ; on the Brighton of £1,211 ;
of the Alidland of £686 ; on the South Eastern
the's96; On the Great Northern of £2,588 ; on
Bristol
ashire
and Yorkshire of £4,578 ; on the
ol
aucl Exeter of £6ll ; on the North Eastern
co_ -9103 ; on
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
-441(11 of £1,446 ; on the Great Eastern of £396 ;
on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,387,
wbi.lle the
South'Western exhibits a decrease of £634.
houshare list of the Metropolitan Railway Ware-
-1,81, Company were closed this afternoon.
13 - 811111 of £170,000 in gold was taken to the
Yesterda
The Y.
Ezehfollowing notice has been posted in the Stock
the alige The committee have resolved that
settlement in
ridgy, Turkish Consolides be fixed for
iii Nov. 10, in order to enable buyers to send
theirrn bends for conversion. In all transactions
oi Turkish Consolides subsequent to Nov. 10 it
settled 8t Specified whether the bargains are to be
i.
in unconverted bonds or in bonds stamped
for conversion."
has been announced by the directors of the
entConsolidated Assurance Company that they have
ered into an agreement with the British Pruden-
.,l Assurance Company, by which the business of
the two companies will in future be conducted
under one management. The present policyholders
of the Consolidated are entitled to £75 per cent. of
the profits of the company, but under the
new arrangements they will receive £BO per
cent. ; with the company these profits
Obtained from an income of only £25,000 a ywere
ear,
chile the present income of the joint institutions is
133,000 a year ; the new premium income of the
Consolidated is progressing at the rate of only
£67000 a year, while the British Prudential ex-
ceeds £50,000 a year.
In the tea trade there has been a good demand
for Most descriptions. Messrs. Layton and Co.,
Itn their periodical circular, state that during the past
f°rtnight there has been a continued good demand
Kai aae congous of the now crop, the grades of
h.sow under 2s. 6d. per lb. realising full to rather
tiogber prices : most of these have now been placed
the trade, and excepting a few choice parcels
,_rMIY held, there is but little available on the
13`1'warket. In the absence of Russian orders, a few
rates'
of the new Monings were made at moderate
'es) but within the past few days there has been
store desire to purchase, and several chops, form-
jig a large total, have changed hands at extreme,
218• ongli somewhat irregular, quotations—say from
-Ni'4(l. to 2s 9d per lb the latter figure being for
hn. •
ref,,t) 'Deng, as much as 3s. having been bid and
tons"ed for the Bop Pat chop. With these excep-
_ ti there is nothing of particular interest to report,
k:ton
,ous of old import remaining without any active
taken , a few small transactions have however
in en
disc place in common black-leaf at about ls., and
red-leaf
kinds up to Is. 2d. per lb. ; in other
ptions there has been very little done.

Two O'CLOCK.
/141 the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
ellter'e teleirram the 3 per Cent. Rentes ►ere
Of. 02e. 117,t.
e.„l,t!llewed symptoms of buoyancy have been per-
,.,141151e in the Stock Exchange to-day, and although
lere have not been very many dealings quotations

indicate firmness. Consols for money are 881 89k,
and for the account, 891. The New Threes and
Reduced Annuities are 871 1; the New 21 per
Cents., 701 ; Annuities, 1885, 131; Exchequer
Bills, March, 2s. dis. ; June, 6s. dis. ; India 5 per
Cents., 1870, 105; ditto Debentures, 981; ditto
Bonds, 245. to 20s, prem.
In the Foreign Stock Market the business trans-
acted has generally imparted firmness to quotations.
Turkish Consolides are 471 481 ; Mexican, 251 1;
do. New, 24+ 1 ; Greek, 19 1; Spanish Passive,
29 1; the Certificates, 14/ 1 ; Italian, 631 1; the
ConfedeLate Loan, 6 8 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 21 1
prem.

American Securities have been steadily main-
tained at former. values. United States' Govern-
ment 5-20 Bonds are 63i ; Erie Shares, 55f 56 ;
Illinois, 822 83 ; Atlantic and Great Western Cer-
tificate of Debentures, 852 861 ; and the small ditto,
87 88.

Business in the Railway Share Market has re-
mained very dull, and prices have in most instances
shown increased depression. Great Eastern, Great
Western, North Western, and North Eastern, have
ech declined ss.

The Foreign and Colonial lines are also a shade
flatter.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. London
Bank of Mexico are dealt in at 15/- ; London Joint
Stock at 50f ; Oriental Bank, 51t ; Fore-street
Warehouse, 11} -8- ; and London Financial, 22 f ;
Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England aro,quoted
5} 1 prem. ; Transatlantic Steam Ship, part prem. ;
and Tasso Brazilian Gold, par t prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Nov 8 B9l
0 per Cent. Reduced B7l
New 3 per Cext B7k
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7Ol
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3l
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
March June
Exchequer Bills, £1,000,3 k3l per Cent. 2 dis
Do. £5OO —
Do £lOO and £200
Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 248
Do Account : —
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, Hi per Cent., April 1874 —
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. Account
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 —
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 9Bl
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO —
Do. under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865
Do. Scrip, £l5 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Do. Account

Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chili= 6 per Cent

Do. 41 Per Cent —
Colombian 6 per Cent. —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do Account —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —

Egyptian 7 per Cent Oll
Do., Second Issue 94
.Do £lOO Bonds 94}
Do.- 1864 9lO
Do £lOO Bonds
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do Account
Do. Coupons
Do Account —
Guatemala 5 per Cent. —
Do £B6 paid

Do. 1839 and 1850
Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway)
Do 1865

Do Scrip, £67i paid —
Do 5 per Cent., 1861 —
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 —

Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c
Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid .
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 41 per Cent
Do. Account
Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds
Do 3 por Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4f per Cent., 1862
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
. _

Do. Account . ' . ' . ' 46-1
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 —
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 per Cent. 1864 —
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Do Account
Spanish 3 per Cent

Do Account
Do'New Deferred —

Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l4l
Swedish 4 per Cent.

Do. 41 per Cent. 1864
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account 720
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do. 1i per Cent —
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account 4
Do £lOO Bonds -
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 —
Do 5 per Cent. 1865
Do £1(0 Bands 44
Do Scrip, £35 paid
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do. 6 per Cent., 1862

Do. Account
Do. 6 per Cent, 1864
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cont., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 6l
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates
French Rentes 4/ per Cent.
lralian 5 per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. —
Do Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for money
Dtto account

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market opens quiet. Sales probably 5,000 bales.

SOLDIERS' AGES.—Of the 50,420 men serving in
the regiments at home in the year 1863, not reckon-
ing the depots, the returns of ages are as follows :-6,016
were under 20 years of age ; 19,775 were 20, but under 25 ;
13,615 were 25, but not 30 ; 6,911 were 30, but not 35 ;
3,280 were 85, but not 50 ; 823 were 40 and upwards.
There were, therefore, nearly as many above 25 as under.
Of the recruits inspected in the same year nearly three-
fifths were under 20, 1,003 were boys under 17, 1,573 were
from 17 to 18, 7,764 from 18 to 19, 4,697 from 19 to 20,
3,221 from 20 to 21, 2,035 from 21 to 22, 1,851 from 22 to
23, 2,736 from 23 to 25, and 634 above 25.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF THE FATHER OF THE
MAN WHO SHOT BOOTH, THE ASSASSIN.—On Tues-
day B. Corbett, aged 82, was conveyed to the Marylebone
workhouse infirmary, so very ill and his head so dreadfully
swollen from erysipelas that he cannot possibly survive
many hours. For many years past the old man has lived
in a small back room in Chapel-street, Edgware-road, and
for the last seven years no one but himself had entered the
place. He was understood to be a taxidermist, and was
considered to be very clever at his business. Nothing hay-
ing been seen or heard of him for some days the police
were called in, and the door broken open, when the room
was found to be full of rubbish, and Corbett was seen
crouched in a corner, in a state of delirium. Ho was re-
moved at once to the workhouse. The room, from the floor
to the ceiling, was found to be crammed with cases of
stuffed birds, books, and papers. Tho latter wore carefully
covered and labelled, and many of thorn appear to be of
value. An avenue, 3ft. high by 2ft. wide, and formed of
stuffed birds, dc., led to a recess, not much larger tkan the
interior of an ordinary sized portmanteau, and this eccen-
tric individual must have slept in this recess for many
years. From a statement made and by numerous letters
found in the room, it appears that the old man is the father
of Sergeant Corbett, of the Federal cavalry, who shot the
assassin Booth, and who is expected shortly to arrive in
this country.
It has been agreed by a large number of influen-
tial farmers in the hundred of Wirral, assembled at a
meeting in Birkenhead, to form a society for their mutual
assurance should the cattle plague appear in the hundred.
There are about 5,000 head of cattle in the district, valued
in the aggregate at .C 50,000 or more. The insurance will
amount to a uniform rate of £lO per beast ; and only the
plague will bo insured against. It will be open to the
owners of valuable cattle to take more shares than one for
each beast.