The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOI4, MOAIiAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1.:60.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS

Railways. Paid. \ CPrsii:! Tininess done

(Atlantic & i tLawreno
Leased at 6 per cent.
IPlom.,Baroda&Cent.ln(

1 all
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88 90

aci 9611

961 I I

rO. slt. percentpital A
Do. Do.
Buffalo and Lake Huron

20
20
10
100 I
100

;d 1 1
6 si.

Do. New .

Do. Preference
B uffalo, Brant. & Godrich
6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2
Do. do. 1 July, 1873
Do. do. 1 June, 1874
Clcutta. &S. E astrn. Lim.
,Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.)
Cape Town & Dock Scrip
Central Oude (Limited)
Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c
Demerara

all
all
all
1100

si 7
83 83

"go
100
1.30.

78 82
75 80
par i p

11 1 cll

S took

, Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c.
East Indian, gu. 5 p. o
I Do. F Shares Ext
Do. Jubbulpore
Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs
Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864-1
G eelong& Melbourne
Geelong Corporation 61
per cent. Bonds
Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1
Do. 6 per cent. Debentr
iDo. 7 per cent. 1862
Do. do. 1867...
Do. do. 1872.
Gt.lndiaPenln.g.cua.sp.c.
Do. New, gua.s per cent.
Gt. South. of Ind.Liirt.—
guaranteed 5 per cent
Gt.W. of Canada Shares
Do. New

13s. Od.
74
all

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101 1014
par ip
par 4p
NO 1004
1014 102
20 21

100
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20
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Stock

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100
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94 95
73 74
85 87
75 77
74 76
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12 12}
8 d
95 40
95 ICO
95 ICO
90 -93
87 90
971 98
91 93

Stock

20 1
201
204
100
100

Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
opt. till '6O
Do. do. '73 till '6O

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stook

IDo. do. "/3 without opt.
Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do
Madras, guar., 44 p. c
iDo. do. 5 per oent
Do. 4f p. c. Extension
,Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.o
Do. Fourth do.
Do. do.
,Melb. Corp. 6 p.o. Bonds
Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc
Class ACapitlAhare
Do. do. Land do
Do. do. B. Capital do
Do. do. Land. do
Oude (Limited)
Scinde
Do. New
Do. Punjaub '
Do. Indus. St. Flo. bc,'S
St. Andrews & Quebec A
Trinidad(Limited) Scrip

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74 5

1011 I I
10 i 10
102

341 5
94
73
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7511 6
75
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81 91

121 $

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111 1

gilS DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

There wag% steady demand for wheat in most of the
country matets held on Saturday, and prices were well
supported. Carley was likewise in request, at full quota-
tions. Othe kinds of spring corn moved off freely, at ex-
treme rates. . .

Througho.t the Continent wheat has continued firm as
to price, blithe business done for spring sliksment has not
increased. )they produce has sold readily, at fully late
currencies. In the United tates the value of wheat and
flour has ho an upward tendency.

Only morate supplies of home-grown produce were re-
ceived up o our market last week. The imports from
abroad wet very limited—viz., 2,100 quarters of barley,
148 tares, 1,135 linseed, 2,006 rapeseed. 850 maize, 297
sundry sews, 350 sacks and 1,354 barrels of flour.
The arrkals of wheat fresh up to day from Essex were
limited ; 14 from Kent the supply was rather on the in-
crease. Alhough the general quality of the samples was
tolerably god, there was no activity in the demand. How-
ever, the tade may be considered steady, at prices about
equal to Maiday last, and at which about an average busi-
ness was trnsacted.
We were moderately well supplied with foreign wheat.
The demon. was chiefly confined to retail parcels ; never •
theless, prios were well supplied.
Floating argoes of grain, off Falmouth, were in some-
what impro•ed request.
We werescantily supplied with barley, especially with
fine samples The trade ruled firm, at very full prices.
For malt the demand was restricted. In quotations,
however, nochango took place.
The supply of oats en the stands was very moderate, and
the demand-uled steady, on former terms.
Beans wce in short supply, and good request, at very
full prices. t
Their wasa good demand for peas, at extreme rates.
The flour trade ruled steady at last Monday's currency.
OtIMENCY PER IMPS) AL MEASEIM.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 43s to 405
Ditto, old
Ditto, white, new 475 63s
Ditto, old 485 435
Norfolk and Linooln, red, old 4os 45s
Ditto, new 4os 46s
Rye-011 —8 —s
New
Barley—Grinding....,
Malting l3B 405
Chevalier
Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk
Drown 6OB 525
Kingston and Ware s2s 645
Chevalier
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 225 265
Potato 215 au
......... - ..4.
Cork, white
Scotch, Feeding 235 32s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons 415 485
Peso—Grey
Maple
White 4OB 495
Boilers
Flour—Town-made
Suffolk 325 345
Stockton and Norfolk.

C'ENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

The March sessions of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Sir
R. Carden and Hale, and the Sheriffs.
The grand jury having been sworn,
The Recorder said ho was happy to inform them that the
number of prisoners for trial this session was smaller than
it had been for many previous sessions. The calendar con-
tained the names of 48 persons, and the crimes charged
against them were of the ordinary description. There
was but one charge of murder, and the person charged
was a female named Smith. The deceased was her illegiti-
mate child, and if they should be of opinion that the child
had been born alive and death had been occasioned by vio-
lence, the question for them to decide would be was the
death occasioned by the prisoner. The evidence to prove
the case would all be laid before there, and upon that
evidence they would have to decide whether or not a
true bill could be returned against her. There were two
cases of manslaughter, the first of which was that of Thos.
Barnard. The unfortunate deceased was engaged looking
at an omnibus on the near side of the road when the pri-
soner's horse and cart came furiously up and passing be-
tween the curbstone and the omnibus, the man was knocked
do-vn and killed. The prisoner was on the wrong aide of
the road, and the evidence showed that previously to
his coming xp he flogged the horse most violently. Bar-
nard however said the horse had ran away, and at
the time the unfortunate accident occurred he had no con-
trol over the animal. They would have to decide whether
or not there was sufficient to justify the finding of a true
bill against the prisoner. The next charge of a similar
nature was that against John Fox, and death in this
case occurred during the attempt of the unfortu-
nate man to stop a fight in a public house. The case
did not present any difficulty, and the question for
them to decide was whether, in their opinion, the
evidence sustained the charge against the prisoner.
There was a serious charge against a prisoner named Wil-
liam Downes, of febniously assaulting Clara Mary Ann
Langlois and carnally knowing and abusing her, and also
for unlawfully taking the said Clara Langlois out of the
possession of her parents, she being under the age of 16.
The evidence, as was usually the case in charges of this de-
scription, rested entirely upon that of the girl herself and
the medical man, and it would be for them to say whether
a prima feels case had been made out arainst the prisoner. I
gul alleged that the prisoner effected his purpose
whilst she was in a state of insensibility, produced by some
narcotic introduced into some drink the prisoner had given
her. With respect to the latter part of the charge, it was
not necessary, in order to enable them to return a true bill
against the prisoner, that the girl should be in the actual
possession of the parents ; because in this case the prisoner
met the girl in the street, while she was engaged on the
business of her parents, and persuaded her to accompany him
to the theatre, and after that induced her to go to a place
with him, where he falsely represented she would meet her
uncle and aunt. If from the evidence they should be satis •
fled that the girl was under the age of 16, and was induced
by the prisoner to leave her home, it would be their duty to
return a true bill against him. There was nothing that
he thought called for any remark, but in the event of any
assistance being required that aid would be most readily
granted by the court.
The grand jury then retired, and in a short time returned
into court with several true bills, and the trials proceeded.