The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRITAItY 24, 1854.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 500
American were taken on speculation. The market
was fiat, and closed heavily, with American at 54d.
to 6d., 1-16 d. to id. per lb. lower. The sales in-
clude 300 Egyptian, at 61d. to Bid., 600 Surat, at
3d. to 4Jd., 50 Sea Islands at ls. Old. to 25.,
and the remainder American. Railway Shares were
better again.
Colonial produce has been offered to rather a
limited extent at auction this week, and holders
have been firm. Rum has been taken to a large
amount by the Government again, and 30,000 lbs.
of tea have been tendered for. Sugar has been
firm, and at 6cl. advance for some descriptions.
Coffee is held for steady rates, but the demand has
been quiet. Rice has slightly declined, but spices
have been active at firmer prices. Saltpetre has
risen, cochineal is cheaper, and iron inactive.
Upon the state of the silk trade during the pre-
sent month, Mr. Henry W. Eaton reports as fol-
lows :

"I beg to report to you the result of the public sales,
which have gone off even more heavily than usual, the
attendance of the trade being moderate. In Chinas the
best qualities were taken in at about previous rates, and
the bulk of the other sorts at a reduction. Some few
parcels, however, of Tsatlees, of middling to good fair
quality, were sold from 14s. 6d. to 16s. ld., being about
ls. to is. 6d. under rent prices. Bengals were much
neglected, the quality being so inferior. The operations
during the week by private contract have been unprece-
dentedly small."

The official returns relating to the trade and
navigation of the United Kingdom include, like-
wise, statements relative to the Customs income.
From these it appears that, in the years ended the
sth January, the figures stood as follows :

1853. 1854.
Gross receipt of duties £22,187,149 £22,612,729
Payments therefrom

Net receipt £22,036,297 £22,419,308

From butter and cheese about 190,0001. were
last year received as duty, from coffee 463,6651.,
wheat 247,569/.,* flour 87,123/.; pepper 90,8621.,
rum ' 1,253,3051., brandy 1,402,9321., wine
2,036,0831., raw sugar 3,913,7271., tea 5,686,1941.,
tallow 89,7431., tobacco 4,749,7801.
The quantity of hops retained last year for home
consumption was 30,949,590 lbs. only, against
50,146,639 lbs. in 1852. Malt rather increased,
paper rose 17,000 lbs., and of spirits the quantity
was 25,021,317 gallons, a slight decrease com-
pared with 1852.
.Another notice is out from the Victualling De-
partment for the hire of transport ships, three or
four of which are required, of 630 to 800 tons, and
to be armed, according to indent. Owners are
particularly requested not to tender for ships
known to be ineligible according to Admiralty re-
gulations, as it causes much delay and incon-
venience at the office.

The steamer Cleopatra has arrived at Liverpool,
from South Australia, which she left on the 16th
inst. She came home by way of Rio de Janeiro.
Her freight includes 18,829 ounces of gold, and
346 tons of coffee. • The dates brought are not so
late as those per Great Britain.
The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East
India Company, from the Bth to the 23d inst. in-
clusive, on the Presidencies in India, was in the
aggregate 78,6501. 18s. sd. On Bombay no bills,
however, were drawn.
The English Funds have been very steady, but
with less business doing. Consols have realised
91a I, and are since 911 The New 3i per Cents.
bring 93k to 4. Bank Stock is supported at 217
to 218, and India Stock at 240. Exchequer Bills
are 18s. to 21s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been quite neglected.
Russian 44- per Cents. bring 85i, being a fall of 1
to 2 per cent. Dutch 24 per Cents. have remained
at 591. The Spanish. Committee's Certificate is
at 31

In- Railway Shares there is only a limited busi-
ness doing, but prices are mostly fully up to yes-
terday's range. Great Northern, North-Western,
South Wales, and the York and Berwick are higher.
French Shares are a shade lower.
The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been much
the same, and also the Land Companies.
The current prices for the Jamaica Mines, not
officially quoted, are as follows :—Metcalfe, par to
I premium ; Sue River, 4 discount to par; Port
Royal, 2to premium.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES,
(From the Official Liat.)

nusinAss done.
tiank Stock .. .
I per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92A R I A
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9113 1 4
New 3.; per Cent. Annuities 9V A a i
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan:, 180
Ditty 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 sb
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5
(Tna Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO ............ .......
Ditto, under £lOOO
Consols for Account 16th March
Exchequer Bills, Id.
£IOOO
£5OO lB 21 p
Small lB'2l p

8 p
pli

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 2ll
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. St —
Ditt 4A per Cent 8513 6i
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Bl
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3i

Dividends on the above payable in London.

Datch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 59} 9

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols
Ditto March Account 913

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CARDIGAN COUNTY ELECTION.—CARDIGAN, Feb.. 43.
The Earl of Lisburne was returned yesterday, without
opposition. for the county of Cardigan.
LOUTH ELECTION. —On Thursday night, at the close
of the poll, the number of votes polled by the candidates
were attiollotiv A-Fottescuei 720 ; „Cantivelki, 525.; ma.
jority for Fortescue, 195. There was scarcely any ex-
citement.

THE HORSE GIIXRDS.—Major-General Charles Yorke
has been appointed to succeed Colonel Airey as Military
Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief. Major-General
Yorke served in the Peninsula with the 52nd Regiment
at Roleia, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria,
Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes, and also in the
Waterloo campaign. He has received the war medal
with ten clasps for his services in the Peninsula, and has
only very lately returned from active service in the
Kafir war.

The grand civic banquet to the gallant officers (naval
and military) ordered upon foreign service is fixed for
Saturday, the 11th of March next ; and it is expected
that her Majesty's Ministers will dine with the Lord
Mayor and Lady Mayoress during the same month.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, and the youth-
ful Lady Susan Innes Ker, have arrived in London,
from Fleurs Castle, near Kelso, N.B.
The Marchioness of Breadalbane has arrived on a visit
to her relative, George Baillie, Esq., of Mellerstan, at
his seat, in Midlothian, en route from Taymouth Castle
to Breadalbane House, Park-lane, for the season. _ _

The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived in
town, from Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull and family, who
have been passing the winter at Brighton, have returned
to Hampden House for the season.
A marriage will shortly take place between Colonel
Long, of Bromley Hill, Kent, late of the Grenadier
Guards, and Miss Herbert, sister to Mr. Herbert, of
Muchruss, Killarney, M.P. for the county of Kerry.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the nuptials of
the Hon. Harriet Louisa Hanbury, eldest daughter of
the late Lord Bateman, with Mr. Astley Dashwood, son
of Sir Charles Dashwood, were celebrated at the church
of St. George, HanoVel,square, in the presence of a dis-
tinguished circle of the nobility, &c. His Grace the
Archbishop of York officiated on the occasion. After
the ceremony, Lady Bateman, mother of the bride, gave
a dejeuner at her mansion in Cumberland-street, Hyde-
park. The happy pair subsequently left town for Mares-
field-park, Sussex, the seat of Sir John Shelley, M.P.
for Westminster.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—His Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert visited the palace yesterday, and devoted two hours
to a careful inspection of the works, expressing much
satisfaction with the progress which has been made, espe-
cially in the Fine Arts and in the gardens. His Royal
Highness was accompanied to the different portions of
the palace and grounds by Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Dighy
Wyatt, Mr. Belshaw, and other officers of the company.
A MAN MURDERED BY HIS EA THEE. —Williatil Barker,
a cattle-dealer, of Donnington, Lincolnshire, 37 years of
age, was a few days ago stabbed by his father, Christo-
pher Barker, a man of 66. The evidence given before
the coroner, Mr. Pricker, at the inquest held yesterday
at Donnington, went to prove that the prisoner was ad-
dieted to drink, and had frequent quarrels with his son,
during which he had often been heard to threaten his life.
Yesterday week the deceased had been drinking at theßed
Cow at Donnington. and his wife and he went home toge-
ther. Soon after they left the public-house the prisoner
came up, and a quarrel took place. The deceased pushed
his father, who fell down, being tipsy at the time. They af-
terwards crossed over the road together, and the quarrel
appeared to be over, but the old man suddenly pulled
out a large clasp knife and stabbed his son three times.
The wounds were of such a nature that he died a few
days afterwards. The prisoner called out, "Oh Lord,
I have stabbed my son !" Afterwards he exhibited the
knife, admitted that lie had stabbed his son, and said he
did not care who knew it. He added that he had once
bought a pistol to shoot him for his ill-treatment. The
jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the
prisoner, who was committed for trial. The deceased
has left a wife and six children. He was an industrious
man, and did a good business as a cattle-dealer with
many of the farmers in the county.