The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with a hardening tendency, and prices of all de-
scriptions were nearly id. per lb. dearer. The
sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which

were taken on speculation. The Railway Share
Market was quiet, and prices were a shade easier.
From Manchester the advices relative to trade are
very encouraging, and there can be no doubt that
business next y ear will commence very favourably.
In cotton cloth an extensive business has been
done, at enhanced rates. All kinds of fabrics have
been in request, and goods which for a long time
past were quite unsa!eanle are being rapidly cleared
off. The inquiry is for exportation as well as for
home use, and it is remarked that so much
activity immediately preceding Christmas has not
been experienced for many years. The letters from
Leeds are equally satisfactory in tone, and the
stocks of cloth have been considerably reduced.
The manufacturers, therefore, look forward to the
New-year with much confidence.

The dividend declared at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy yesterday, in the case of the Royal British
Bank, was ss. 6d. in the pound on 380,0001. This
is 6d. in the pound more than was expected early
in the day, but the assignees have not retained
anything for expenses, and it is thought that a
further instalment will be paid in a month or six
weeks. It is contended that had it not been for
the Chancery proceedings the first dividend might
have been 10s., instead of ss. 6d.
The accounts from Ireland state that there is
less excitement with regard to the " run" on the
National Bank for gold, and as upwards of half a
million sterling has now been remitted from Lon-
don, it is not very likely that much farther incon-
♦enience will be occasioned.

There is a considerable demand for discount ac-
commodation in Lombard-street and the Bank of
England, and full rates are paid.

There is rather more firmness in the market
for public securities, notwithstanding the li-
mited transactions recorded. It is expected
that the authorities of the Bank of France will ex-
tend their discount business to bills of 90 days to•
morrow, and this has strengthened the market.
Consols have been 932 k, and 9n to 94. Exchequer
Bills, however, owing to the pressure for money,
have receded to ls. discount and 2s. premium, and
the Bonds are 98 The New 3 per Cents. are
931 to 94, and the Reduced 93i I. Bank Stock is
216, and India Bonds 2s. premium.
In the Foreign Market the dealings have been
very limited, but the quotations are a shade
firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 to 95k,
and the 4 per Cents. 1021 Spanish 3 per Cents.
are 42k, and the Deferred 24i Sardinian are
89, and Ditch Securities are nominal. Mexican
are 21i. _

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi-
can, 211 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
a per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i per
Cents., 95 '; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42i ; ditto
New Deferred, 23i 4# ; ditto Certificates, ; ditto
Passive, 6.

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

1856. 1855.
Blackburn
Blythe and Tyne
Brighton 12,576 12,705
Manchester and South Junction
North London
North Stafford
Seuth-Eastern
'West Hartlepool
Belfast and Ballymena
Ulster 1,401 1,320
Caledonian
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada 13,246 12,134
Great Luxembourg
Northern of France
Norwegian Trunk 566 367
There has been a very limited business transacted
in the Market for Railway Shares this morning,
and the fluctuations in prices have not been to any
great extent. Chester and Holyhead ; Edinburgh,
Perth, and Dundee ; South-Western ; Midland ;
North-Eastern (Berwick) ; and Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton, declined about ss. to 10s. ;
and East Lancashire, Great Northern, Brighton,
and North-Western advanced about 58. The
Prench lines have also slightly improved, Paris and
Lyons being quoted at an advance of about ss. to
7s. 6d. Lombardo-Venetian are also firmer, the
Canadian and East Indian lines are dull, but
prices are well supported.

In Joint Stock Bank Shares no business of any
amount has been done. London Chartered of
Australia advanced about 55., and London and
County 10s. Miscellaneous Shares are without any
alteration in values.

°zonal" FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON
(From the Officza List.)

- Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto' under £lOOO 2 p
Consols for Account • 93i i i
Exchequer Bills, 21d.
81000
arnall 2 d
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent. 9Bi
Ditto, 1359 ............ .
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOt K
Grenada New Active, 2} per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account ..... ....
SPKnnh Bonds, 3 per Cent ...
Ditte New Deferred, 3 per Cent
bitto Account
kith Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto Account

Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
Ditto Account
Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent
Ditto Account•
Dtvieends on the above payable .In . Londont
TWO O'CLOCK.

Console '(Money) —
Ditto Account

MANSLAUGHTER BY FURIOUS DRIVING.—An inquest
Was held last night at the Middlesex Hospital, on the
body of Sarah Sydenbaw, the young woman who died
in consequence of being run over by a cab, which WAS
driven by a man in a state of intoxication. The facts of
the case appeared yesterday in The Sun. The jury,
without a moment's deliberation, returned a verdict of
manslaughter against the accused, and he was committed
for trial.

THE WARDMOTES.—The result of the poll in Aldgate
was the election of Mr. Lusk, in place of NI r. Stephenson.
In Coleman-street ward Mr. Kenyon polled but 64 votes.
In Cordwainers' Mr. Lamb was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the removal of Mr. Tress. In Dowgate
ward Mr. White, in place of Mr. M'Laren. In Far-
ringdon ward Mr. Longhorn was chosen instead of Mr.
Clemow. In Cripplegate, in consequence of the numbers
polled by Mr. Sewell and Mr. Spencer, a fresh election
will take place.

THE REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH. —Yesterday a
deputation; composed of electors of the borough of
Greenwich, headed by Mr. A. R. Bristow, attended at
the town residence of Lieutenant-General Sir Win.
Codrington, in Easton-square, and presented him with a
requisition, numerously signed by all classes& of the
constituency resident in Greenwich, Woolwich, and
Deptford, to allow himself to be put in nomination as a
candidate for the seat in the representation recently
'vacated by the retirement of Mr. Peter Rolt. The
gallant general promptly responded to the invitation,
and immediately issued an address to the constituency.
TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT BOARDING SCHOOLS.—
Yesterday, Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, con-
cluded an adjourned inquest at the Swan Tavern, Bat-
tersea-bridge, respecting the death of a child named
Maria Bailey, which, as alleged, had been caused by ill-
treatment and starvation, at a school kept by Mrs.
Mears at Battersea. The general evidence, confirmed
by that of Mt'. Richardson, a surgeon of Battersea,
proved that the cause of the death of the deceased was
insufficient and improper food, want of clothing, and
neglect of cleanliness. The jury returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter" against Marian Mears, die mistress of
the school.
THE HEIGHT OF IMPUDENCE.—The following is a
"Pi, verbatim, et literatint, of a letter received the
other day by a landed gentleman in the stewartry,
Rho anxiously preserves the game on his estate,
irom one of the most notorious poachers in the
district :—" Rhonehouse, Oct. —, 1856. Sir,---AS
I mad a promis to Mr. -- last year that i wud mak
no more Hair nets if the gentlemen of the districk
Would allow me aney thing for giving it over. fcr it
Is worth six pounds a year to me and I will become
Bound that I will take no more. Pleas put Down what
You Give. (Signed S— G. To Mr.
fries Courier.

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