The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocx.

A steady business is reported in the discount
market, and during the last few days the rates
have exhibited more easiness. The continued sales
of stock for delivery have stimulated the demand
for money at the 'Stock Exchange, and 4 and 41
per cent. are the current rates for loans.
The monthly return of the Bank of France will
be completed to-morrow.

A call of £4 per share has been made by the
directors of the Sevenoakes Rail Nay Company,
payable on the Ist proximo.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
was a fair demand for most descriptions, at full
prices. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales.
The £140,800 by the Norfolk, from Australia,
has been purchased for exportation, and £136,000
was taken from the Bank of England yesterday,
which, it is expected, will be followed by further
withdrawals, as orders have been received for
£600,000 on account of the Societe d'Escompte,
which requires the money for the purpose of form-
ing branch establishments in India and China.
No change of importance was exhibited in the
Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas
Nokes, miller and corn merchant, near Grays, Essex,
which took place yesterday, a composition of 6s. in
the pound was agreed to. The liabilities were stated
to be £18,051, and the assets £5,090.

The Directors of the Scottish National Insurance
Company have declared the usual dividend of 6 per
cent. per annum.

The quarterly sales of indigo were commenced
yesterday, consisting of 13,285 chests. The biddings
were very inactive, and prices ranged 2d to 6d per
lb lower compared with the July sales; 1,361
chests passed, of which 687 were sold, 290 bought in
and 384 withdrawn.

The principal feature in the English Stock
market to-day is its increased depression. A de-
cline of 1 per cent. took place yesterday, and a
further reduction of 1 per cent. is now reported.
Several sales having been effected, which, with the
market already over burdened with stock, have
produced a very favourable effect. Consols are
now depressed at 921 93 for money, and 93 to 931
for November. Indian Loan is heavy at 1032 ;
ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 961,
and Exchequer Bills have receded to par and 4s.
premium.
A fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign
Securities, and prices in some instances show more
firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 lex div. ;
ditto New, 551 to 561; Portuguese are steady at
431 441; Dutch 4 per Cents. at 991, and Mexican
at 221; Sardinian have improved to 85, Ckilian
to 101 2, and Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 88.
The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11 2
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, 11 prem. ; and
the Universal, 1 d prem.

The dealings in the Railway Share Market
have been of a rather limited character, and prices
have shown less firmness in most instances. Great
Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North
British have receded ss. ; Caledonian, Eastern
Counties, North-Western, and South-Eastern, 10s.

The Foreign lines continued very dull. South
Austrian and Lombardo•Venetian have receded to
111 1, and Antwerp and Rotterdam to sy.
In the Colonial Market, East Indian had de-
clined to 1001 ; Grand Trunk of Canada. to 261
27 ; and Great Western of Canada, to 13a 131.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares can-
‘inue inactive, at former rates.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 pe:. Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock . . _ _

Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian b per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 ... 88
Chilian 6 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. • •
I )itto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 43a
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 701
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange 12 Guil. 24 per Cent —
' Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Account
Ditto, November 93 931

EXTRAORDINARY FORGERY BY AN

INNKEEPER AND HIS WIFE.

A remarkable instance of obtaining money by
fraud has just come to light at Belford, near Aln-
wick. Stayini, for the shooting season at the Blue
Bell Inn in thate small town was Mr. George Dunn,
brother of Mr. W. Dunn, of Newcastle, and it so
happened that in another part of the town lived a
beerhouse-keeper, also named George Dunn. In
the latter part of September Mr. W. Woodman, of
Morpeth, agent to Mr. G. Dunn, the visitor, des-
spatched from that place a letter to him, stating
that a sum of money due to him (Mr. D.) would be
paid to the writer in a few days. This letter was
delivered by the letter-carrier to Mr. George Dunn,
publican, by whom it was opened and read. A
day or two after the above, Mr. Benjamin Woodman,
son of Mr. William, wrote from Morpeth, to " Geo.
Dunn, Esq., Belford," informing him that he had
received oa the day of date the sum of £3OB 3s.
due to him, and desiring to be instructed as to the
way in which he should dispose of it. "He would
have sent a cheque for the amount, but was not
quite sure that he (Mr. Dunn) was to be found at
Belford." This letter also got into the hands of
Dunn, the publican, who this time replied to it.
Having misgivings respecting his ability. to write
the letter properly, he obtained the assistance of
Mr. Moore, schoolmaster, who wrotetolBM6o,r.
B.
Woodman a letter dated 26th September,
in-
ditine. it in the first person, to the effect that he
(Mr.. George Dunn) had received a letter from Mr.
B. Woodman's father yesterday, but could not h
make
it all out ; but having received his this morning, e
might inform him (Mr. Woodman) that he could
either send a cheque for the amount, or else he
could bring it on the 3d or 4th of October, when
his father would be coming to Belford. The letter
was subscribed, " Your obedient servant, George
Dunn." On receiving this on the 27th Mr. Wood-
man despatched a letter to " G. Dunn, Esq., enclos-
ing a cheque for £3OB 35., which was received on the
following day by the publican at Belford. He pre-
sented it at Messrs. Lambton's bank, in Newcastle,
on the 29th, and received the full amount of cash.
An answer to this last from Mr. Woodman imme-
diately had the effect of arousing his suspicions.
The writing, the penmanship, and the incorrect
orthography showed him it was written by an im-
perfectly educated person. It stated that husband
3SohBe3sa. co kwnho
iwc
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tdhgeeyd
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" recept" of a cheque for
was from "ham" (home).
was signed " Mrs. George
got cash, for,,,T Thei Mr. Benjamin
Dunn.,woodman." Mr.
Woodman, after reading this epailsictlee;
acnodmbmyutnhiceamteidt
had disbursed sums
was
as aaspaciecriotnaisnteod tthheact ouDnatya
ap
amongst his creditors to the amount of about £l9O,
the sum found in the house being £llB. The pair
were taken prisoners, and were brought before the
magistrates at Alnwick on Saturday, and remanded
for further hearing. Sergeant Henry,of the county
police, is still engaged in the
rnieie.
investigationo
affair at Belford.—Newcastle

THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 9.—The
Royal Mail Company's steamship Tyne, Carptth.
eaJßelrlia car
czoiel,swanacis
despatched henoe to-day with the mails fo
River Plate. She takes out 110 passengers, full. go,
£14,000 bar silver (Minister of Finance, Rio) £13,028 gold
coin, £13,270 English and French jewellery, and £1,200
diamonds.
THREE PERSONS FOUND DROWNED IN THE
REGENT'S CANAL —Yesterday morning Mr. John Hum-
phreys, the coroner, received information respecting the
deaths of three persons found dead in the Regent's Canal.
The first case related to the body of William ilog,bin, aged
33 years, which was discovered by a bargeman floating in
the Limehouse •cut of the Regent's Canal. Tne deceased is
supposed to have committed suicide. The second case was
that of Robert George, aged six years, whose friends reside
at No. 1, Nicholl-square, Hackney-road. The deceased was
playing on the towing-path, near the Acton-lock of the
Regent's Canal, lloxton, when he by some means slipped
and fell into the water. An alarm was raised, but the de-
ceased was dead when taken out of the canal. Another
death was reported by Mr. Coningham, the summoning
officer of Limehouse. It seems that a boy, named Thomas
Paterson, aged 11 years, was found on Monday morning be-
tween the locks of the Regent's Cculal• basin, commercial-
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