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

MONEY MARKET

A ,;D

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocx
_'['he Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
with a hardening tendency, and prices of all de-
scriptions were nearly id. per 1'). dearer. The
salt:s were estimated at 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which
wetre taken on speculation. The Railway Share
Ma rket was quiet, and prices were a shade easier.
From Manchester the advices relative to trade are
ver y encouraging, and there csu be no doubt that
bus iness next year will commence very favourably.
Ia cotton cloth an extensive business has been
don e, at enhanced rates: All kinds of fabrics have
been. in request, and goods which for a long time
past were quite unsaleable are being rapidly cleared
off: The inquiry is for exportation as well as for
horae use, and it is remarked that so much
activity immediately preceding Cl,ristmas has not
bee a experienced for many years. The letters from
Let ds are equally satisfactory in tone, and the
stocks of cloth have been considerably reduced.
Tho manufacturers, therefore, look forward to the
Ne sr-year with much confidence.
The dividend declared at the Court of Bank-
rupt tty yesterday, in the case of the Royal British
Ban', E, was ss. 6d. in the pound ou 380,0001. This
is 6c1,, 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
furtl ier instalment will be paid in a month or six
weel rs. 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
milldon sterling has now been remitted from Lon-
doss, it is not very likely that much further incon-
venience will be occasioned.
'There is a considerable demand for discount ac-
commodation in Lombard-street and the Bank of
Et igland, 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.
Colasols have been 9315, and 93i to 94. Exchequer
Bills, however, owing to the pressure for money,
ha-re receded to is. discount and 2s. premium, and
the, Bonds are 981 a. The New 3 per Cents. are
931 to 94, and the Reduced 931. 2. Bank Stock is
21&, and India Bonds 2s. premium.
In the Foreign Market the dealings have been
very limited, but the quotations are a shade
fin ner. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 to 95k,
awl the 4 per Cents. 1021 IT. Spanish 3 per Cents.
are, 42k, and the Deferred 24i 1. Sardinian are
89, and Dutch Securities are nominal. Mexican
are 21t.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign.
SI ocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mext.
Dan, -&-; Peruvian per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per
emits., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 ; ditto
/Tew Deferred, 232 41 ; ditto Certificates, fit ; ditto
Pamir°, 6.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :--
1856. 1855.
Blackburn
Blythe and Tyne
Brighten 12,576 12,705
Manchester and South Junction 743 683
North London
North Stafford
South-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,
aid 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 ss. The
Preisoh lines have also slightly improved, Paris and
Lyons being quoted at an advance of about ss. to
7a. 6d. Lombardo-Venetian are also firmer, the
Canadian and East Indian lines are dull, but
priefs 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.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES.

(iron) the Offiem List.)

~,,ners done
Sank Stock ... 216
3 per cent. Reduced Annuities
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
Isdi, Ronde. .Cl009
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 p
Consols !or Account
ExchennAr Bills, 21d.
£lOOO.
imall
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Con'
Ditto, 1859
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent
Ditto Account ...................
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ..................
Sardinian R0n4,,5 per Cent. ...........
Ditto Account
13P-ro, h .4,24, 3 per cent ~. ..... -..-- 42i
Ditto Kew Deferred, 3 per Cent.
... bitto Account
4:14 • kir b + .onds, 6 per cent .... ~....
Ditto Acoount
•
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent,
--
Ditto Account
'Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent
Ditto Account . 36k 6 i

Of enfis .I,P *here :'z' me Lenior.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cenl., 12 Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 971
THREE O'CLOCK.

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Ditto Account (January

MANSLAUGHTER BY FURIOUS DRIVING.—An inquest
Vas held last night at the Midilesex Hospital, on the
body of Sarah Sydenbam, the young woman who died
in consequence of being run o7er 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 ♦erdict of
manslaughter against the accused, and he was committed
for trial.

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 Wm.
Codrington, in Easton-square, and presented him with a
requisition, numerously signed by all classess 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-lpidge, respecting the death of a child named
Maria Bailey, which, as alleged, bad been caused by
ill-
treatment and starvation, at a scnool kept by Mrs.
Mears at Battersea. The general evidence, confirmed
by that of Mr. 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, the mistress of
the school.
MR. ERNEST JONES ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.—
Last night Mr. Ernest Jones gave his second political
soir6e, at St. Martin's-ball, Long-acre. As on the previ-
ous occasion, the political porti in of the ent• rtaintnent
was preceded 1:y a concert, of which it is impossible to
'peak but in terms of just admiration. Mr. Jones's own
address commenced with the praise of that portion of
the press which was liberal enough to open its columns
to the reports of his lectures, and the condemnation of
those papers which, as ho alleged, misrepresented
them. He then went into an arithmetical calcula-
tion to show that every labouring man in the country
'lnght to have at leapt 145/ per annum, This, in Mr.
npiair.ll, is to be accompli2lied by the
pr,!eels, avirpy with twritorifd arist9c.:-.4cy,
with the Established Church, with the factory owners,
and with royalty itself. The address, which was delivered
with a good deal of oratorical effect, was enthusiastically
"Jived by his unthinking audience.

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