The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-16 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE:
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
5,000 bales; the market was steady, with an increasing
speculative demand.—Railway shares were in fair de-
mand, at firm prices.
The return tor the week ending the 9th instant, of the
liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, is of the
same character as those that have preceded it for some
weeks past. The unemployed funds of the Corporation
are still decreasing, while its business is curtailed. We
must ascribe, however, part of the curtailment of circu-
lation to the payments on account of Government, though
it will need a more rapid increase in public deposits to
indicate a well-supplied exchequer. The comparison
with the previous week is as follows :
Notes Issued
Increase
Rest

... 27,770,200
... 216,635
... 3,103,541

Decrease
Public Deposits ...
Increase ...
Other Deposits
Decrease
Seven Day and other Bills

45
... 6,181,1,26 •
••• 540,407
9,526,150
••• 131,623
... 1,066,067
•• 9,918
No alteration
.. 9,723,675
_ _____ ... ... ... 101,154
Notes ... ... ... ... 9,648,040
Increase ... ... ..455,820
Bullion t.. ... ... .., 14,652,762
Increase ... ... . 210,785
Active Circulation ... ... 18,122,160
Decreaso ... ... ~ 239,185
There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the
rate of Exchange on Paris and Hamburgh, but bills on
the other continental cities were taken generally at firm
rates. On Trieste nothing was done.
The exports of the precious metals from London
during tho week, to Thursday last, were as follows:
Gold in coin and bars, 1,047 ounces; silver, to Belgium,
22,200 ounces, to Holland 161,400 ounces, and to Ham-
burgh rather under 20,000 ounces.
The firmness of the Paris Bourse has had a good effect
again here, though our stock market rests more particu-
larly upon the abundance of money. Consols have
been 91-a i for the opening and ex. dividend. Exche-
quer.bilts have realised 425. to 455. premium. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted
92 to 92,f, and the Three per Cents. 91* to 3.Foreign Stocks are looking up. Spanish Three per
Cents. have been 34* to k, and Portuguese Four per
Cents. 27k to 1. Mexican ex. Coupons have touched
28 and 284 Peruvian Deferred are 14k. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. are 501 to 50i.
Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating, but on
the whole the market is good.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
8 per Cent. Consols Anna
New 314 per Cent. Anus. ........ ......
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B%
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 %
India Stocl-
Do. Bonds, 1000/
Consols for Account
India Stock for Account 252 250
Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 2d.
March. June.
1,000/. . — 42 45 p
500/
Small — 42 46 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds
DI( xican 80rn45,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Account . ...... ....
Ditto Ex Coupons
Ditto Account
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Ditto. 4 per Cent., Active —
Ditto Deferred ...
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 34%14
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SUAKEC AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SIIARE.
naledonian
Eastern Counties
Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d
Groat Northern
Do. Extension ...
..... to
... to
Great Western 100 ... ....
Ditto, Quarter Shares
...... 16% to
Do. New 17/ l5 .. ... 10%...... to
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Ditto Quarters
Dit to. 'Mirth l5 ...... 734..... to
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50
London & North Western 100 12514 to 126%
Da. New Quarters.
Do. Fifths
London and S. Western...—. 50 ..... 35 1%;/ to
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 41,[2 % . to
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 10% to
Mid1and........• ............. —.IOO
Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 25
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 125
North British .. .. ..., ..... .. 25
Ditto, Preference 2% 2%..... to
North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% 12% to 12
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 15
Shropshire Union 5 ... .. 2% to
South Eastern 348 .....
Ditto, Scrip No. 4..
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 14 ...
York and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Preference
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 7 ..... to
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7
Paris and Rouen
Paris & Strasbourg ..,.. ..... 10
Rouen and Havre
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia

Decrease . .
Government .'::ccurities
Other Securities ...
Decrease ...

COURSE OF
imstercl am .....• • 12 2bi
Ditto, at sight 12 1
Rotterdam .... • . 12 2%
Antwerp 25 90
Ham burgh .... • M.B. 13 12%
Paris, 3 days'sight 25 GO
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 80
trarseilles •... • 25 85
. 25 85
Frankfort on Mains 122%
Petersburgh, Sil. Rble..
Vienna, effec. ••

Trieste: ditto.. .: • • .
Madrid •• .. 49%
Cadiz •• •• ............ 50
Barcelona .. • • ........
Seville• • •• • ***** •• ••

7s to lis per dozen lbs; Irizh Eggs, 4i 61 t) 53 3,1
French, ditto, 45 9d to 6s; and English, ditto, 6s 3d to
7s 3d per 100.

Beef, rriMa 25 2i to 3s 211; Mutton, 25 10d to 35 10i?;
Lamb, 4s 8d to 55 SJ; Ve.,il, 3s 2d to 34 10,1; and Pork,
3s 4d to 4s per Sibs.

33 X IL larrasoaTt.
Salmon, 10d to Is 8d per lb.; Turbots, 4s to 8s;
Brills, is to 23; Cod Fish, 3s to ss; Whitings, 4d
to 6d; Lobsters, is to 2s 9d; and Crabs, is to 2s each;
Soles, 6:1 to 2s per pair; Eels, 4d to lld per lb;
Mackerel, 4d to 9d each ; Flounders, is 2d to is 6d per
dozen ; Haddocks, 4d to 7d each; Scate, 4d to 8d per
lb; Wite Bait,ls Gd per quart.

nxn.ri raarazzr.
Market hides, 56:b to 641 b, lid to 12d; ditto, 641 b to
72:b, lid to qt; ditto, 72ib to 80113, 14d to 2d; ditto,
801 b to 881 b, 24d to 2d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3d;
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 10416 to 1121 h, aid
.to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 53 ; Lambs Skins,
Is Gd to 2s 5:1 ; Horse Hides, 7s Gd; Shearlings, 7d
to 9J.

The prices of Whea*.en Bread in the Metropolis are
from, bid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 4lbs
loaf.

EMT lifialIEMTS
SMITLIFIELD.—Meadow hey, 21 103 .to 3! 153; Clover
ditto, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and Straw, 1/ 83 to 1/ 133 per
load. A limited supply, and a sluggish remand.
CumnErti.AND. -7- Meadow Bay, 2/ 123 to 3/ 16s ;
Clover ditto, 2/ 103 to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, a 9s to
1/ 14s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade firm.
WIIITECHAPEL.-11.eudovv Hay, 21 103 to 31 153 ;
Clover ditto, 21 103 to Si Os; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s
per load. Trade steady, at our quotations.

QUEEN'S BENCII.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
STRUTT V. WHITCOMBE, HELPS, AND co.
This was an action brought by Mr. Strutt, a solicitor,
in the Adelphi, and formerly the proprietor of the Bucks
Herald, to recover the sum of 301. from the defendants,
who are solicitors at Gloucester. It appeared that the
defendants were slicitors during the railway mania to,
projected dock at Gloucester, and in that capacity di-
rected the insertion of an advertisement (a Parliamen-
tary notice) relating thereto in the newspaper of the
plaintiff; for which he charged Is. a line or 30/. alto-
gether. The daily newspapers charged Is. and ls. 3d.
a line.
Mr. Newton, Mr. William Thomas, of Catherine-
street, and Farrant, advertisement agents, proved that
Is. a line was the usual charge at the time in question.
Several of the newspaper proprietors at that time, and
the plaintiff was one of the number, agreed to increase
their charges in consequence of the publication of sup-
plements and other additional expenses. They had're-
peatedly paid for advertisements during the mania at
that rate. The defence was that the defendants were
merely agents to principals ; that the charge was ex-
orbitant, a number of other papers being charged 121.,
101., 141., and 161. for the same advertisement, of which
evidence was adduced to show. They had tendered
161., and had now paid that sum into court.
The jury found a verdict for the defendants, to the
surprise of many in the court.

EXCHEQUER.—(TIIIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BARON
and a Common Jury.)
COMM V. BICKNELL.
The trial of this case, which occupied a portion of
yesterday, was resumed to-day.
The plaintiff is a builder, and the defendant is a bar-
rister, residing at Kilburn, and he had employed the
plaintiff to erect certain buildings for him at Priory-
place, Kilburn, and the action was brought to recover
the balance which the plaintiff alleged was due to him
in respect of the work he had done.
Mr. COCKBURN, for the defendant, alleged that the
plaintiff had been guilty of misconduct, and that this
case was nothing but a conspiracy to defraud the defen-
dant. He then went into the state of accounts between
the parties, and having proved by means of cheques and
the evidence of the defendant's brother, that the plain-
tiff's claims had been fully satisfied,
Mr. MARTIN, who appeared for the plaintiff, intimated
that he was unable to proceed further with the defence
and must therefore consent to a verdict for the defendant
A verdict for the defendant was accordingly returned'

CRIMINAL CO UR T--(THIS
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
MANSLAUGHTER.—A middle-aged man, named Tlios.
Graves, surrendered to take his trial, on a charge of
having killed and slain William Pent, aged 76.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Bodkin defended
the prisoner.
The widow of the deceased deposed that on the 17th
of May her late husband, about six o'clock in the even-
ing, came to his home in King's-cross, King's-road,
and threw himself on a bed, remarking that he was very
bad. She immediately went for Mr. Pratt, a surgeon,
and he directed her to take him to the North London
Hospital, which she did the same evening. He was a
navigator, and had been out of work six weeks.
John Wilford, a cowkeeper in Upper Holloway, s aid
on the 17th of May he was near the Half-moon public-
house of that place, when he saw Graves fighting with
apparently a very old, but yet a very active man,
who seemed to have the best of it at first. There were
about four rounds, when the old man said ho was very
weak, and would not fight any longer. He had since
seen the body of the deceased, and he believed that was
the night the prisoner fought with deceased.
Mr. Billing, publican at Hollovvay, corroborated the
evidence of the previous witness, and added that be saw
the prisoner go up to the deceased and chuck a hand-
kerchief in his face, which the deceased put in his pocket,
and then the prisoner struck him, which ultimately led to
the fight. The prisoner was drunk at the time, and be
believed he had never seen the deceased before. The old
man did not appear to be drunk at the close of the fight;
the deceased washed himself' and returned to London.
Mr. Filliter, a surgeon, proved the cause of death to be
injury done to his bowels, in consequence of a blow which
he must have received.
Mr. BoDxrN then addressed the jury for the defence,
contending that the evidence failed to make out the
charge against the prisoner.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The prisoner was then discharged.

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.
The grand spectacle of Mon!tan and Goojerat, fol-
lowed by the scenes in the circle, continues to attract
crowded audiences to this favourite place of amusement.
The graceful and unrivalled equestrian performances 9f
Marie Macarte continue to excite the delight and admi-
ration of all who witness them, and she is rewardad
nightly by the most rapturous applause. She richly
merits the title which our trans-Atlantic brethren have
conferred on her—of the Equestrian Enchantress, The
performances of Madlle. Minnie and of Mr. John Bridges
are also exceedingly graceful and wonderful. With:such
attractions we are not surprised to find that the house is
crowded.

BATTY'S Crucus.—Quite a sensation was occasioned
here last week by the presence, for four days, of Batty's
troop of f quest::an performers, clowns, and " acrobats."
They made a grand entrance, as mentioned in our last w hen
M. Tournaire drove through the streets eight fine horses-
in-hand, followed by a number of performers mounted
and iichly dressed—Mr. Jackson, the manager, bringing
up the rear in a miniature phaeton, drawn by four beau-
tiful piebald ponies. At the horse-market the circus had
been erected in the forenoon—a roomy erection, covered
with canvass, lighted with portable gas, and capable of
holding, perhaps, eighteen or nineteen hundred persons.
On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, morn-
ing and evening, performances took place—on the latter
day under the patronage of the Provost and Magistrates
and of Col. Findlay and officers of Fort-George. The
day performances were fashionably attended; and on the
first three evenings the circus Ras crowded nightly in
every part. The number of visitors was perfectly asto-
nishing. There could not have been less than
from 1,600 to 1,800 present each evening ; and,
cheered by audiences so large, the entertain-
ments Fused off in the happiest manner. Mr. T.
Powell performed several splendid acts of horsemanship,
astonishing the audience at once by the agility, daring,
and grace of his feats. Mr. Adams represented, on
horseback, a series of characters, but his changes were
not accomplished with anything like the rapidity shown
by that veteran of the arena, Mr. Ord. Messrs. Jackson
and Nichols, as clowns, exerted themselves indefatigably
to please, and succeeded in drawing rounds of laughter.
Jackson's mock cachucha, his ancient and modern qua-
drilles, his extraordinary violin playing, and his jokes;
and Nichol's feats of balancing and his conundrums,
occasioned much amusement. The performances of the
American brothers were really wonderful—so were the
accomplishments of M. Tournaire's steeds and of the
dug Venture. But it is needless to point out parts of the
entertainment. As a whole, it was a treat perhaps never
before equalled here. The company left Inverness on
Saturday night for the south, by the Highland road. On
that day M. Tournaire astonished the people by driving
fourteen horses-in-band through the principal streets,
followed by the manager in his little vehicle, driving his
four ponies in line.—lnverness Courier.