The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The prices of English Securities were with diffi-
culty maintained to-day, but those of the Continent
gave way. Americans participated in the down-
ward movement. In Railway shares there is but
little doing.
Consols are now at 924 to 92* for money;
ditto, for Account, 921 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 91* ; v New llree per Cents, 91* 1 ;
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, prem. ; June,
10 7 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, March,
prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 238.
India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1142_ ; ditto
4 Per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004 ; ditto Enfaccd
Paper, 4 per Cent., 921 ; ditto 5 per Cent., ;
ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 30 26 prem.
In the Railway Share Market South-Eastern,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and GreatNerther n are 4
better, and Caledonian, Great Western, Metropoli-
tan, and Midland * each. The following are the
current prices :—Caledonian, 83 to 831 ; Great
Eastern, 361 to 36* ex div. ; Great Northern 102
to 1031 ex div. ; ditto (A), 1004 to 101
exdiv.; Great Western, 54:1 to 544 ex div. ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1244 to 125 ex div. ; Lon-
don and Brighton, 444 to 444 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 161 to 16i ; London and North-
Western, 115/ to 116; ex div. ; London and
South Western, 89 to 91 ex div. ; Metropolitan,
8541 to 86; ex div. ; Midland, 116 k to 116/ ex
; North-Eastern (Berwick), 114 to 1141 ex
div. ; and South Eastern, 754 to 76 ex div.
American Securities are dull. Illinois Shares are
94 to 944 ; the Five-Twenty Bonds, 83 to 83k ; and
the Ten-Forties, 744 to 754.
In the Foreign Stock Market Egyptian, Italian,
Peruvian, Russian, and Turkish are lower. Egyp-
tian (1864), 90 to 91 ; ditto (1868), 754 to 76 ;
Viceroy Seven per Cents., 794 to 804 ; ditto Nine
Per Cents., 974 to 97i ; Turkish Five per Cents.,
44 to 414 ; Turkish Six per Cents., 65 to 651 ;
Spanish, 271 to 274 ; Charkof Railway, 80 to 801;
Orel Railway, 841 to 85 ; Italian, 524 to 524 ;
Mexican, 114 to 121 ; Peruvian, 78f to 79.
In Bank Shares Anglo-Austrian have rallied £2
Per share. On the other hand Imperial Ottoman are
286 d lower. Prices are as follow :—Agra (A) Shares,
Wheat is dull at Monday's decline of ls.
11 to 111 ; Alliance, 124 to 134 ; Anglo-Austrian,
15 to 18 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 324 to 334;
Consolidated, 44 to 44; Imperial Bank, 16 to 17 ;
Imperial Ottoman, 24 to 24 prem.; London and
County, 49 to 50 ; London and Westminster, 55
t"3„ 56 ; Oriental, 424 to 434 ; London Joint-Stock,
494 to 304; and Union of London, 344 to 354.
A petition has been presented to the Court of
Chancery by two of the contributories and policy-
holders of the European Assurance Company, for
the Purpose of obtaining an order to wind up the
company, under " The Companies' Acts, 1862
and 1867." The petition will come on for hearing
on the next petition day, before Vice-Chancellor
Sir W. M. James.
The large and continuous European importation
Of United States bonds has led to a further with-
drawal of £lOO,OOO from the Bank yesterday for
transmission to New York. At the same time
50,000 sovereigns from Brazil have been sent in.
The Hansa, from New York, has brought £4,034.
The Lancashire markets have opened without any
symptomof recovery.
The Indian Council have notified that the amount
Of bills on India to be tendered for on the 6th of
October will be only £200,000, instead of £350,000.
-1-'? that extent the demand for silver for the East
I°lll therefore be augmented.
According to the accounts of the conversion of
the_ Austrian public debt the amount hitherto con-
verted, gives a total of 617,000,000 florins, of which
cliland has contributed 80 millions, Holland 300,
South''' Germany with Frankfort, 250, and Hamburg
eonmillions. France has not yet sent anything for
uversion, owing to a dispute on a question of
stamp duty, amounting to 700,000 florius, which
the French Government demand.
With regard to a note from Mr. A. C. lonides,
Stating that his name had been inserted without
illt"ritY in the prospectus of an " Anglo-llanu-
iiLe4ll Towing and Lightering Company," of which
.1„ had never heard, Mr. Murly,, whose name ap-
.,,,ars •
d; 10 that prospectus as secretary and managing
tlr,sector, writes to say that the error was owing to
7.name having been printed with wrong initials.
tor': extraordinary general meeting of the share-
plas erhsekr the Albert Life Assurance Company
yesterday at the offices in Waterloo-
Vville_,e! to consider resolutions for a voluntary
4„;',.'ng up, for the appointment of liquidators,
13;40L-Ivt. or the consideration of the proposal of the
August,
official liquidators, dated the 25th of
iil'alni.st) for the arrangement of the company's
how 'ties. These special objects of the meeting,
of
cover, could not be proceeded with, the Court
coni .11(...ery having already made an order for a
44tisruserY winding up. There was a lame conver-
apir,,,l?) resulting in the adoption of solution
bra
t 0
a committee of five shareholders, who
bcp_to confer with the committee of policy-
tl:leral and to examine generally the affairs of
Act°lllh PanY'
half•yearly meeting of the London Bank
at 4i co and South America an interim dividend
Prue rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared.
he Cape mail on the present occasion brings ad-
lice; dated
August 24 from Potchefstroom, in the
va'aava 11 • • eries a a Republic, regarding the diamond disco-
Prodti 'ld the revived prospects of a profitable gold
tio eti°n• Large numbers of precious stones con-
Watiliet(loft° be found near the Vail River, and the
their competent lapidaries on the spot to judge of
value
-413P0a was much felt. The diamond beds are
the ed to be at or near the Hart's River, forming
darywne2...tern frontier of the Republic. The boun-
RileBe set
I,4estion between the Transvaal and Portu-
-14, 4 tlements had been satisfactorily disposed
tsrecL, Commercial Treaty with Portugal en-
tater J•duto through the instrumentality of Che-
Cape 2, Prat, Portuguese Consul-General at the
The t.' who arrived on a mission for the purpose.
hphe Llisslan steamship Petermann had not yet
•ta-re h ared on the east coast, although the papers
Ztiaroier date of sailing from Europe as the 18th of
gold M. Mauch, the geologist, by whew the
arrivaT.elternent was first raised, had, pending her
11i.1 rat, made a trip into the diamond country, and
ura
*4lanch,„ was expected with great interest. " Mr.
kr. (ire it la said, "to a certain extent exculpates
fiords
g°erY (Mr. Emmanuel's late agent) as re-
Rolqsc rPOrt3 in re diamonds. Both these and
to be found here under circumstances
syorid%u(l.fferent from those in other parts of the
log her:
_1 Mauch strongly advise geologists com-
ithet,l,
4140, leave part of their book lore behind
:ear ia th_ 1)e Prepared to turn over an entirely new
!ately hfur:cords of their science." Gold specimens
t.o
v:
rich (estimated at 9 to 16oz. gold to the
eau ud te consist, not of picked ones, but to have
toz indiscriminately n
from a heap of quartz
kas, in Weight. A
eAtrat. Mr. Hockey, of Natal, the
a -ve
film °n the Latin, was expected down within
With a quantity of fine gold gained by
, With a veryithsitatidi_ primitive self-made machine. Not-
depths of
so"Ibla the large percentage of gold and the
tet"iderecl toelof the shafts, the true reef was not
Ilarked,
_lave been yet struck. Finally, it is
Sonia 6toime of the old Australian diggers
:4entl 4 tlia,t
rtyl-0 'Patin crystallized quartz is fre-
her_ e found rich in gold—a thing never seen
0013 of Australiafive letters from there to different
and New Zealand pass through
have been ordered
P"t-nflice t dfaryo,manthderte.w,o, crushing machines

BRITISII
92i
a (foot, FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
- bit h
vet. ce NUENT UNDS.-
t e°llBol3 ° for
11(7,:r (Jew,. b "Quilt, Oct. 6.
i.)eutintileect
1:70.2t pLr
c,o4ut. ..... ....... ..............
per Gen J au. lti73

inntatieS, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.
Do. for 30 yrs, Empire st.b. April 1885...
Do (Red Sea Telehraph), Aug. 1908
Exchoqu2r Rills, £l,OOO, 21 p. Ct. March
Do. 3 do. June 10 7
Do £lOO, £2OO & .£509 — pm
Bank of England Stock, 4}l per Cent
D. °Aping
eanada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Omniuni
INDIAN UOVZILNBIZINT SECURITLES.
India 9.tock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Amine t —
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1388
Do. Certificates 921
Do. Enfaoed Pape. 4 per Cant...„ —
Do. ter Cert., Jan. 1872
Re, Ei per Cent. May 1879
Do 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872
Do do 1877
Do. do. 1882 —
Di.. Deb., 5 per Gent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l,OOO —

FOREIGNFUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
tu itrian Bonds 5 per cent ..
Do. 1859 —
Bracilian 5 per Cent —
Do. q per Cont. 1852 —
Do. do 1858
Do. au 186 P
-
Do. do., 1863 7l} 4
Do. 5 por Cent., 1865
1)o Account B3} 4}
Buenos Apes 6 por Cent. -
Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Ceut )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
o“ilian 6 per Cent —
Do. 4} per Cent .
Do. 3 per Cent., —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per coot. 1867
o lonbian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent. 1825
Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 79}
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.
Egyptian, 7 per Cent —
Da Second Issue
Do. £5O(, Bonds —
Do. £lOO Bonds .•••. 85
Do. 1864 —
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. £lOO Bonds —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868
Government Railway Debentures 9B
Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups --
Do. Account --
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Gulteuntla"s per Cent .. —
Honduras iov Rail. Lou n., 10 p.,Ct., all pd
Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account ••• —
Do Maremniana Railway —
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto fcr Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
itontevidcau 6 per Cent. .. —
Motrish imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Cen —
Do. Deferred
Pearriat 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account —

Do 4} per Cent. (Ih:barren) 4 ••• -
Do 44 per Cent., 1862 -
Do Account —
PortNguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'8 334
Do. do. 1867
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 par Cont., 1822, X St
Do 4} per Cent . 1850
Do 44 per Ccnt., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 871 8
Do :do, Scrip —
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds..;
Do. du. £B4 15s. do —
Do., 1666, £lOO Bonds 934
Do. do £B4 los. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 6B 4
Sardinian .5 per Cent 734
Spanish 3 per Can . —
Do. Account
Do. 18G7
Do. Account - 1
Do. NevT Deferred —
Do. Account
Do. Passive —
Do. 'Cert.
Com. of Coup. not funded —
...

Do. Account
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864
Do do, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent.:
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do Account
Do .£IOC Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862

Do. Account . 651
Do £lOO Bonds 684
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Account

Do G por Cent., 1865 6s} 5
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1862..
Do 6 per Cent. 1664
Do Account
Dividends on the above payable in Loudon.
Austrian n per Cent. Ex In Florins „. 50
Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2i per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil„ •
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates
French Rentos, 3 per Cont., Ex. 2M.
I Witt:, 5 per Cent. 1831, F. 25f.
Do Account 53
CLOSING PRICES

Oonsols, Money 92i
Do. Account, Oct. G 92f j

711 E CHARGE AGAINST PROFESSOR

_RISLEY.

THIS DAY.

It had been arranged that the trial of Professor
Risley, who stands indicted with abduction, should
take place to-day at the Old Bailey, but after some
consultation between the parties Sergeant Parry,
at two o'clock, made an application to the Com-
mon Sergeant to postpone the case until
the next session, as, if commenced, it
would not be at all likely to finish
to-day, and it would be impossible fur him, who
had to defend the accused, to attend to-morrow.
Mr. Besley said the witnesses for the prosecution
were in attendance and all was ready to go on, but
if the trial did not close to night Inspector Clarke,
who was a material witness, would have to go to
Ireland to-morrow morning on Government busi-
ness, and therefore he should not be able to pro-
ceed with the evidence. The Common Sergeant
said it would be advisable that there should be no
break in the matter when once it Wes pro-
ceeded with, and as it appeared to be impos-
sible to finish the case to-day, and for both
the learned gentlemen to proceed to-morrow he did
not see any alternative but to postpone the trial till
the next session. Ile should, however, like it to
be clearly understood that the bail now in force
would remain so until the day of trial, which was
fixed for the 26th of October.

The court was crowded by members of the
,heatrical profession.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day.

OLD COURT.
TIIE DETONEORT MURDER.

William Taylor, a private in the 57th Regiment, was
indicted for the murder of Corporal Arthur Skullen at the
Raglan Barracks on the 31st of July.
From the evidence it appeared that tho prisoner bad
committed certain irregularities, and for which he was
ordered to undergo defaulters' drill. On the 31st of
July last he was heard to complain of the corporal
and at 6 p.m. that day he had to do punishment drill, with
two other soldiers who had boon guilty of irregularities,
named Rindle and Jacques. The prisoner endeavoured to
shirk his work, and come up with his knapsack empty,which
would make a difference of 181bs. to nibs. in its weight. The
corporal found out the deception, and ordered the prisoner
to return to the barrack room and make up his kit properly,
which ho did and returned. During the drill the prisoner
uttered threats against the Corporal, and finally said, "He
would put him out of his mess." In a few minutes after
drill the prisoner took up a rifle and shot the unfortunate
corporal through the head.

The defence raised on behalf of the prisoner was that
he bad committed the crime whilst labouring under tem-
porary insani'y.
The jury returned a verdict of "guilty," and the priso
nor was condemned to death without hope of mercy.

NEW COURT.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
John Finch was indicted for manslaughter.

It appeared that the prisoner was driving in a very
reckless manner across Stepney-green, when he ran over
the deceased, who was using the utmost caution to get
safely over the green ; the jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Justice Hayes said the case was a very bad one.
It appeared to him that people who were entrusted with a
horse and cart thought that foot passengers were not
worth a thought, but he (Mt. Justice Hayes) would en-
deavour to remove such a notion. Foot passengers must
not be treated with such indifference, they wore on-

titled to command tho greatest care, and drivers
must be taught that it was their duty to do
all they could to protect them, and not as in the
present case think it too great a trouble to pull up. The
life of the poor old man had been sacrificed bysheer care-
lessness., and it would perhaps tend to put a stop to the
reckless conduct of which ho complained by inflicting a
severe sentopcc in the present case. The jury had found
the ptisouer guilty of manslaughter, which was a felony,
and he should therefore sentence Lim to six months' Ira-
priscnatent, with hutilabeur.