The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

R K "AL
V ON E Y M

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
eetimated at from 5,000 t 9 6,000 bales, of which
000 American and 1,500 Surat were taken on spe-
culation. The market closed steadily without alter-
kit% in prices. The sales comprised 3,000 Ameri-
can, 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 6/d. to 7id.,
150 Egyptian, at 6d. to 'rid., 2,500 Surat, at lid, to
4,}d. per lb. Railway shares were firm.
The Tartar, from Sydney, brings dates of only
August 28, but 7,050 ounces of gold.
The following suggestions are from a corms-
Pundent

" Perceiving that there is a movement in the City to
concert means in accordance with the Commissioner of
Bankruptcy's remarks in re Openheim, to effect an
dalteration in the present stamp law as applied to
seign bills of exchange drawn in England, but
ted from abroad, I send the following case
as an illustration of another of the many ills
that the Mercantile community has had to bear
in consequence of the existence of these laws in their
present form :—A bill for 9001. sterling was presented
tme for discount in February last, having a few days
ent n, which I did' at the current rate—viz., 4 per
per annum. This document (in the present con-
struction of the law not a bill of exchange) purported to
have been drawn by a house in Sierra Leone, on its
Parent establishment in London. The acceptors refused
to
y at maturity, and not being on a stamp, I could
not sue them. I had, therefore, to bring an action
through the broker who brought me the bill, against the
Party from whom he received it, for 'money paid,' and,
consequently, the name of the former had to be on the
record as plaintiff. The verdict was obtained for the
araOunt, but the 'law's delay' just gave time for the
broker (plaintiff) to stop payment, and defendant having
a claim of upwards of 9001. against his estate, the amount
Was set off against the judgment.
" I am, yours truly,
_ _

" MINUS NINE HUNDRED POUNDS."

At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Canada
Governor
held to-day, Charles Franks, Esq., the
Movernor in the chair; a dividend of 2/. per share
•
as declared, free of income-tax, and payable on
the 10th proximo. We extract the, following state-
tient

Aereq. Average.
Land sold 3,861 at 255. Od.
Leases converted to sales 45,580 at 14s. 6d.
Land leased 15,925 at 245. 10d.

Total 654366
teeeipts in Canada to Dee. 2, 1853 £98,836 7 2
Ditto ditto 1852 51,149 7 8

Increase in 1853 £47,686 19 6

The English funds are still rising. Consols have
been done as high as 95 for money, and have been
94i I for account, but are now 94i f. The intelli-
gence' from Paris strengthening the belief enter-
tained in some quarters, that there will be a
difficAlty in maintaining peace between the great
.Pewers. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have realised 96k to 968, and the Three per Cents.
Reduced, 94i to 95. Bank Stock is at 219 to 220.
xchequer-bills are 2s. to ss. premium, and India
Ilelida at par.

The foreign market has been inactive as regards
speculative transactions. Peruvian Bonds have
been at 674, continuing rather heavy. Equador
llonds have been at si. There has been a bargain
ill the Greek Red Bonds at 7. Russia* Bonds
are steady at 113 k to 4. There have been bargains
ill Dutch 24 per Cents. at 64k, and since at 65.

In the Gold Mine Shares there have been a few
bargains at barely former quotations. The meet-
ing of the Lake Bathurst Company we find is for
to-morrow, being convened by the Gold Mine
Shareholders.

The Australian Consols shares have been as high as
i'and par. The other Land Companies' shares are
arm, though not very active. The Australasia
Bank shares have declined 11., and the others are
not quite so good.
There has been a rising market again for the
English Railway Shares, although the business
done has been extremely limited. The Great
Northern remains at about the previous rates, but
the Lancashire and Yorkshire are about 10s.,
North-Western 10s., and the Midland ss. to 10s.
higher ; and the North Stafford, and some of the
smaller lines, in proportion. In French Shares
there has been scarcely a bargain, but the Belgian
.re higher. The Luxembourg are fto better,
and Sambre and Meuse have advanced

BRITISk FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
( From the Official List.)

Business don
Rank Stock 219 20
3s_per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 5
dew 3i per Cent. Annuites 96 a a
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Bonds, 1000 .......
'Ditto, under £lO3O par
Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 94
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£lOOO
.E. 500
Small 5 2 6 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Equador Bonds •
Ore sic Bonds, Red

Ditto, Blue
Peruvian Bonds, 4a per Cent. 67
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St ll3k

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 641 5 4
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates..
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 18th January 94j x d

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about Z per mile discount (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.091 ;
and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.00, it follows that gold is about 0.38 per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg
the price of gold is 4211 per mark, which, at the English
Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.31 • and, the exchange at Ham-
burg on London at short being 13.11, it follows that
i
gold s 0.78 dearer in Hamburg than in London. The
course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
SO days' sight is 110 per cent., and, the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
vit follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent.
in favour of England ; and, after making allowances for
charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre-
sent rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from
the United States.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT THROUGH THE FROST.—Yester-
day a frightful accident happened to a young man named
Charles Jones, whilst engaged cleaning the windows of
the Ship Tavern, at the corner of Marylebone and Charl-
ton-streets. Owing to the state of the pavement caused
'bY the severe frost, the ladder on which he was standing
slipped from under him, and he fell on the iron spikes
surrounding the area. Some persons immediately has-
tened to the poor fellow's assistance, but not being aware
that the spikes had entered his leg, they occasioned, it
is feared, additional laceration to the wound, in their
anxiety to disengage him from his frightful position.
,4'ite was conveyed with all speed to Middlesex Hospital,
ant he is still in a dangerous condition.
-PALL FROM BUlLDlNGS.—Yesterday Mr. Pltyne held
lin inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body
of James Dobner, a bricklayer, aged 21, who had been
killed by a fall from a building in New-street-square,
Whilst he was fixing a chimney-pot. His master, Mr.
Clarke, of Gough-square, deposed that he had asked
!lira whether he thought it would be safe to attempt the
Job without an assistant, and he replied that he thought
it would. Mr. Wood, foreman of bricklayers at a build-
ing opposite, saw the accident, and considered it not
°WY rash in the deceased to attempt such a job. but ex-
ceedingly imprudent in any master to permit a work-
than to go out on a roof in such weather without an
assistant. He would not have done so in fine weather;
Indeed, there ought to have been two or three men to
such • a job. The Coroner addressed the jury at some
length
on the imprudence of Mr. Clarke, in not exer-
cising the authority of a master to compel the deceased
,(,) have an assistant. The jury returned a verdict of
Accidental death," and several expressed a wish that
Mr• Clarke should be admonished. That gentleman
was called in, and was cautioned in strong terms by the
coroner.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT EAST ACTON. Yesterday
much excitement prevailed in the village of East Acton,
fcmsequence of a rumour being circulated that a most
i!anolical murder had been committed in the locality.
12,`,_aPPears that the naked body of a youth, with a nuin-'
fev_r_ of marks and bruises on various parts of it, was
b_unad at half-past seven o'clock on Monday morning last
labouringr-Yrtna man passing down Irvin's-lane. In-
the body to
was at once given to the police, who caused
to be removed to the Goldsmiths' Arms pub-
' n ein the village, where it now lies awaiting the
The
investigation, and, if possible, to be identified.
e deceased appearAo be about sixteen years of age,
'stout
full features, with light brown hair, and of rather
Proportions. Thepolice have been! most actively
engaged in endeavouring to discover the friends oft e
iZetesas_e_d, and to find out in whose company he was
re
.eti alive, but at present this extraordinary affair
remains shrouded in mystery. It is expected that the
inquest will be held to-morrow morning.
/ Itichard Efarington, D.D., late Principal of Brasenose,
4vZ
third SOU of the eighth baronet of that name,
not born April the 26th, 1800. He had, therefore,
"InPleted his 54th year. His loss is dee and
csincerel.Y deplored both in the University andpl iny the
ity of Oxford.