The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 15,000 bales. The market closed with
a very animated appearance at an advance of id.
per lb. for American. The sales comprised 13,000
American, 400 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to
Id., 350 Bahia at 6d. to 61d., 500 Egyptian at
sd. to sid., and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4id. per lb.
Railway shares were rather firmer.
The six weeks average price of wheat is 455. 2d.
per qr.
The sailing ship Meteor arrived in the Channel
from Port Philip, which place she left on the 25th
Nov., and has on board 44,704 ounces in gold. The
Lochnagar, which sailed on the 20th Nov., has
about 4,000 ounces, and is also in the Channel.
Two or three vessels are near at hand, according to
the last accounts from the Cape of Good Hope.
The Great Britain passed St. Helena four days
previous to the steamer Calcutta, consequently has
only lost time since.
Hamburgh advices of the 28th instant state that,
owing to the holidays, there was nothing done on
the Bourse. 'Spanish Three per Cents., privately,
were quoted 41i. The navigation of the Elbe was
expected to be free in the course of a few hours.
The cold was 2i- deg. Reamur.
Late dates from Smyrna state that the firman
allowing agriculturists to pay off in silver advances
obtained upon their crops, giving interest at the
rate of 12 per cent, per annum, had given much
satisfaction to them, although it disappointed the
expectations of the merchants, who were speculat-
ing for higher prices.
The Pacific steamer from the United States has
arrived.

The telegraph forwarded from Paris as to the
bearing of the Russian Imperial Ukase, does not
appear to be strictly correct. According to a letter
from Brody, brokers of the Jewish persuasion, even
though regularly sworn and admitted, -are to be
prohibited doing business for Christian firms, and,
on the other hand, Christian agents are not allowed
to represent Jewish houses. This is a specimen of
intolerance which appears to have been most un-
called for, and cannot but prove injurious to
Russian commerce.

Advices from Constantinople state that the capital
of the new bank is to be 200 millions of piastres, or.
more, of which the Government and various officials
had already subscribed about half. All the
" bechliks" and paper money circulating would be
withdrawn.

The South Sea House held its meeting to-day
merely to make a statement of its bond-debt. _
The General Screw Steam Shipping Company
has adjourned its meeting.
The English Stock Market has been very firm,
but there is scarcely any business doing. Consols
realise 100 to for Transfer, and 1004 for Account.
South Sea Stock is maintained at 1114. Exchequer
Bills of March are quoted 6s. to 10s., and East
India Bonds 425. to 475. premium.
Foreign Stocks are influenced diversely by the
arrangement of the half-monthly account. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. have been quoted 39; to
Spanish Certificates are firm at si 47 and the Three
per Cents. have been at 49 to The Turkish
Loan is at 2 premium. For Peruvian Scrip the
price is 3 to 4. Mexican Bonds are worth 25i to
26, and Grenada 231. Venezuela Deferred is at
161. Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 98g.
The account is now pretty nearly adjusted in
the Railway Market, and prices have a tendency to
increased buoyancy. The " contangos " paid yes-
terday were havier, showing a " Bull " account ;
but a few real purchass would soon rally the
market.

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

1853. 1852.
Great Western £16,934 £15,265
North Western 45,442 42,365
South Western 10,159 9,263
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern 12,269 10,441
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire lB,lOl 15,891
York and North Midland
Newcastle and Berwick

The Gold Mine market has been more animated,
and prices are firmly maintained generally. The
Brazillian Cocaes are higher.
The Land Companies' shares are heavy again.
Joint-stock Bank shares are steady.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY.
(From, the Official List.)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Console Annuities
India Bonds, £lOOO 45
Ditto, under £lO3O 47 2
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 10. • June. )(arch.
,1.000 •
£5OO 7
Small 6
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,

Ditto Ex, Dec., 1849, Coupon
Mexican 3 per Cent..
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 4A per Cent.
.88
Ditto Scrip
Portuguese 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49 *
Ditto Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 8i A p s
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852
Venezuela Bonds 3A per Cent —
Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent l6l
Dutch Exchange 2A per Cent., 6si
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.., -. 9Ba
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols lOO 4
Ditto April Account

THE BALLANGIECH EMIGRANT SHlP.—lntelligence
has reached Southampton of the arrival at Port Philip,
after a 100 days: passage, of the emigrant ship Ballan-
giech, which left the first-named port last autumn. In-
subordination and disturbances prevailed on board
during the voyage. Three deaths and two births took
place on the passage. Among the persons who died on
board was Miss Lamprey, the daughter of the late Cap-
tain Lamprey, for many years the Ordnance superin-
tendent of the gunpowder magazines at Marchwood,
Hants. Another of the deaths was a young woman
who poisoned herself by taking medicine for an improper
purpose. Intelligence has also reached Southampton
that a party from Totten, Hants, who went to Australia
in the ship Admiral, had arrived safely at the diggings,
and were likely to be successful.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CRONSTADT.—Letters from St.
Petersburgh mention a disastrous fire at the port of
Cronstadt. All the principal timber wharves had been
burnt, and the loss is estimated at between 500,000 and
600,000 silver roubles. It happened that the quantity
remaining in stock, in consequence of the want of ship-
ping last autumn, was unusually large, and hence the
evil is more serious than would otherwise have been the
case. Most of the houses engaged in the deal trade,
Russian as well as foreign, will, it is said, be sufferers,
although many of the latter are protected by insurancoq.
The 'quantity of deals destroyed is supposed to be
50,000 dozens of the first sort, besides the wood of
minor dealers, and a very large stock of lathwood.
These advices are to the 22d inst., and the rate of ex-
change at that date was again rather more favourable for
England, the quotation being 38 7-16 d.
A GIRL SHOT IN A LIVERPOOL SHOOTING GALLERY.
Mr. Vivian O'Keefe, a respectably-dressed young man,
about 18 years of age, was charged at the Police-court,
yesterday, with shooting a girl with a rifle. From the
evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that, shortly after
twelve o'clock, on Tuesday night, the prisoner, accom-
panied by another young man, entered Maclaren's Glas-
gow Shooting Gallery, under Mercer's snuff shop, 7,
Murray-street, Williamson-square, Liverpool. They
were both in liquor at the time, and were followed by a
girl. On entering, the prisoner took up a rifle, which
had been loaded with powder and ball, and, putting it to
his shoulder, said to the girl, Jane Riley by name, " By
G—, I'll shoot you !" to which the girl replied, in a
laughing tone, "0, don't." The prisoner on this fired
the gun, and lodged the bullet in her shoulder ; the wife
of the proprietor of the gallery, who was close behind
her, narrowly escaping being shot in the head. The pri-
soner immediately turned very pale, and ran off ; but his
companion was seized and kept in the gallery until the
police arrived. The girl was immediately conveyed to
the Royal Infirmary, and the following note from one of
the surgeons was read to the Court :—" Royal Infirmary,
March 30. I certify that Jane Riley was this day ad-
mitted an in-patient of this institution, suffering from a
gun-shot wound of the shoulder, which I do not consider
dangerous at present.—WM. A. G. JAMES, house sur-
geon." The policy afterwards went to the prisoner's
lodgings, Islington-terrace, where he was arrested in bed,
about two o'clock. At the time he appeared quite sober.
On being asked what he had to say, the prisoner re-
marked that be had been at the Amphitheatre and the
St. George's Vaults, where he got very drunk. He had
no recollection either of going into a shooting-gallery or
of shooting any one. The person who accompanied the
prisoner to the shooting-gallery has since gone to Man-
chester. The magistrates, after a brief consultation with
Mr. Wyborgh (who told the prisoner that drunkenness
was no excuse for his crime), remanded the case for seven
days, in order that the girl might be enabled to appear,
if possible. Shortly afterwards the father of the prisoner
entered the court, and requested the magistrates to take
bail for his son, who, he said, was quite a stranger in
Liverpool, and had fallen into bad company. The magis-
trates refused the application, but said that if the girl
could appear before the expiration of seven days, the
case would be investigated immediately.
PEDESTRIAN FEAT AT PLYMOUTH.—Coates, the vete-
ran London pedestrian, commenced the arduous task of
walking 10005 miles in 10005 hours successively, on
Tuesday afternoon last, in the presence of a large number
of highly respectable persons, including a great many
military officers of the Plymouth Garrison, who appear
to take much interest in the affair. Up to twelve
o'clock on Monday night he had completed 3075 miles,
and although Coates appears to be advancing in years
for so difficult a feat he proceeds with the greatest con-
fidence at present. The only symptoms of fatigue is a
soreness of the feet.— Plymouth Mail.