The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-06 00:00:00

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CITY NE JVS.

CITY, Two o'CLocl,

There has been rather more activity in the Foreign
and Colonial Produce Markets during the last
few days. Tea, however, since the conclusion of
the public sales has been rather inactive, but
rrices are firm. Sugars have advanced 6d. per
cwt., while there has been a more active inquiry
for coffee at slightly enhanced rates. Rice, spices,
and fruit have been in fair demand, particularly
the latter, Valentia raisins having been in increased
request, at a slight advance. Saltpetre has been
dealt in to a fair extent, and for the better de-
scriptions higher prices have been obtained.
Tallow has continued in moderate demand, and
prices have not shown any material alteration.
P.Y.C. on the spot and for delivery up to March
is now quoted 61s. 6d. per cwt.
Rather less activity prevailed in the Liverpool
cotton market yesterday, but prices exhibited no
change of importance. The sales were estimated at
10,000 bales.

A sum of £20,000 in gold was withdrawn from
the Bank of England yesterday.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 10th ult. exhi-
bited an increase of £1,035 compared with the same
period in 1859.

The amount to be paid during the present month
on account of railway calls is £2,206,560, exclusive
of a final payment of 25 per cent. on the East Indian
Railway Debentures, which is due on the 22d inst.
During the month of October mining dividends
were declared, amounting to a total of £22,166.
A steady business is reported in the Money
Market, the inquiry not having increased, although
the probability of an early advance in the rate of
discount is still discussed in commercial as well as
speculative circles.
A small amount of business has been transacted
in the Market for Public Securities to-day, but the
speculative dealings are limited, and the public
transact very little business beyond a few sales for
transfer. Consols, however, were steady, being 93
to 93f for money, and 931 for the account in
December. -The firmness of the Paris Bourse tends
to strengthen the market here, although it fails to
create animation. The New Threes and the Re-

duced have improved to 91; ; Bank Stock has
declined to 2311 ; India ditto is firmer at 223 ;
ditto New Loan at 1031 ; ; ditto 5 per Cent. Rupee
Paper is 95 ; and Exchequer Bills are steady at
3s. dis. to par.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode-
rately active, and prices show increased firmness.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 71 to 711 ; ditto New,
68 to 584 ; Russian 5 per Cents. have improved
to 105; ditto 3 per Cents. to 621 ; Spanish De-
ferred to 401, ; Dutch 22 per Cents. to 651 ; and
Brazilian 5 per Cents, to 98!. Buenos Ayres De-
ferred are 29k.
Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 1.4 2 prem. ;
Thames and Mersey, I prem.; and the Universal,
; = prem.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
inactive. A slight improvement, however, has
taken place in one or two of the principal under-
takings. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Wes-
tern, and South-Eastern have advanced ss. ; Eas-
tern Counties and Brighton, 10s.; and London,
Olaatham, and Dover, £1 to £1 10s. Midlands have
declined ss. ; and South-Westerns, 10s.
The Foreign Market has continued very quiet.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, however,
have advanced to 114.
In the Colonial undertakings some slight changes
have been apparent. Grand Trunk of Canada are
steady, at 22! 23 ; but Great Western of Canada
have declined to 121 t. East Indian are steady, at
100! ; and Great Indian Peninsula, at 961;

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
shown no change of importance. London and
Westminster are dealt in at 62 to 621 ; Union of
London, at 25f E. Electric Telegraph have ad-
vanced to 971, and Royal Mail Steam to 481.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Sock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll a a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock . -
Ditto 5 per Cent .
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858
Consols for Account, Nov. 8
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 14d
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent .. 98/
Ditto 44 per Cent. 1860 .. BBa /
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . •••••
Ditto Deferred
Mexican per Cent .
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £St .. 105
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Saidinian 5 per Cent. ..
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent •• • ---
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 24 per Cent 654 5
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Console, Money 93 934
Ditto, December Account

POLICE INTELLIGEN CE-( THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH- STREET .
THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.-ANNOYING
TRADESMAN.—Four respectable-looking men, named
Henry Bannister, Charles Lambert, .Edwin Smith, and
Samuel Brickett, were charged before Mr. Beadon with
distributing handbills in Oxford-street and obstructing the
footway.
William Sturgeon, 174 C, said—At nine o'clock last
night I was in Oxford-street, when I saw the defendantps
distributing bills of the early closing movement in front of
110. 373, a bootmaker's shop, kept by Mr. Parker. They
were walking in front of that shop and nowhere else. Mr.
Parker is not a member of the Boot aid Shoe Trade Early
Closing Association, and they were obstructing the pave-
ment. They refused to go away, and said they had a
light to do as they liked on the Queen's highway.
Two bills were here handed to Mr. Beadon ; one is the
usual bill advocating the movement, the other runs as
f°11°":---" Early closing—all the bootmakers in Oxford-
street have agreed to close their establishments at 8 o'clock
(Saturdays excepted), with the exception of Mr. Parker,
who was a few years ago, when a shopman, the most
powerful advocate for the early-closing movement. Do
not patronise the shops that refuse to close at the above
hour."

Bannister—l had no bills, but was taken by mistake for
those who had. I was merely talking to one of my friends.
Sturgeon—l saw yogic distribute them.
Lambert--I will admit I was.distributing the bills, but
did not know I was doing wrong. I did not confine my-
self to the front of Mr. Parker's shop.
Brickett—l will admit distributing the bills, but the
constable did not speak to me, and I was not taken till I
was some distance from the shop.
Smith—l distributed some bills, but did not stand still.
Palmer, 191 C, said I was called to the front of Mr.
Parker's shop, and saw all the defendants but Bannister
distributing bills. Bannister was with the others, but I
cannot say he was distributing tills, or had bills in his
hand.
Lambert—Bannister distributed no bills. I am willing
o take all the blame on my!elf:

Mr. Beadon, addressing the defendants, said—Now' just
understand me. One of you has said he did not knoNlhe
-
Naas breaking the law. If there is one thing more than
another an Englishman is proud of it is liberty, and if *ny
one tries to take away that liberty I will put on the severest
penalty. You are breaking the law by distributing in the
street any handbills; but when I see you are trying to in-
jure a man by distributing these handbills in front of a
tradesman's house, I will put a stop to it. lam not going
to the extent I will do if this continues; but, with the ex-
ception of Bannister, whom I shall discharge, you must all
enter into your recognisances to keep the peace for three
months, and do not do it again, for if you do I shall fine
You 40s. each or one month.

A VETERAN PlLOT.—Captain Titus Sanford, the
well-known pilot of the steamer Elm City, on the Now
York and New Haven line, has probably travelled as many
miles by steamboat as any known traveller. Ho commenced
the duties of his office as pilot on this route 36 years ago,
and has averaged once on the route daily during this period
the
Una. The distance being 86 miles, he has travelled during
n'e 46 years 1,116,900 miles, which would be the distance
of more than 46 times the circumference of the globe, or
nearly five tunes the distance from the earth's centre to the
4..2°°11, which is, in round numbers, 240,000 miles ; and were
know to make a balloon excursion to the celestial body, we
4OW of no pilot we would sooner trust with the helm than
(2111: noble pilot Captain Sanford. He commenced the duties
of his ()flee as pilot in the first boat of the line from New
the
oven to New York in the year 1824, in the boat called
United States, which was about the size of a Fulton
ferryboat
, and was considered a splendid boat of the age.
.4elo Raven Journal.