The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

azal, iIIAREBT AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
A very limited amount of business has been
transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets during the past few days. Tea has been
inactive, *it at steady quotations, all parties in the
trade:awaiting the delivery of their letters by the
Overland Mail. In sugar the dealings have been
confined to immediate wants, and little variation
has taken place in values. The refined market has
beenn flat, and rather lower rates are current.
"free has been little inquired for, and only tl e
finer qualities of Plantation Ceylon have found
buyers at about former rates. Rice and fruit have
meta moderate inquiry at about former quotations,
and saltpetre has slightly advanced. Tallow con-
tinues inactive, and notwithstanding some specula-
tive business for foward delivery, prices have
slightly receded.
The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed
BteadilY, and prices were unaltered. The sales were
lstiniated at 8,000 bales. In the Railway Share
..farket the transactions were limited, but quota-
tions considerably improved.
No material alteration has taken place in the
condition of the general Money Market. The de-
!and, perhaps, is rather quieter, but previous quo-
'lions are firmly maintained, 21 to 2-1 being the
'ell-Ilea terms for first-class bills.
The first instalment, viz., 20 per cent., of the
'Lilian Loan will have to be completed to-morrow.
fending the arrivial of fresh supplies, the specie
'°veinent has ceased to attract attention, but it is
evident that the last advices from China will tem-
30rarily stimulate the exports in that direction, the
drain,
being already increased. An extensive
Lain, however, is not apprehended. Bar silver is
..`"uaer, at ss. led. per oz. standard.
At the meeting held yesterday of the creditors
p
Xames Davies and Son, engaged in the leather
and boot trade, an account was exhibited shwvving
liabilities to the extent of £85,939 16s. 7d., whilst
liabilities
assets in this country amounted to £30,000,
subject to realisation; but a further sum of £45,487
Was anticipated, that is, provided the consignments
to Australia yield this estimated value, in which
ease a dividend of 17s. 6d. in the pound might be
obtained. The estate will be wound up under in-
spection.

Market
the transactions in the English Stock
41arket have been very limited, and few invest-
kents beyond those effected by the Government
k'oker are now reported, the Funds are firmly
14ailltained. The late advance has been succeeded
lt a. little flatness, consequent upon sales in reali-
sti ti°/1 of profits, but the quotations are now
.
shade firmer, and a few purchases on
61)eculative account would probably have the effect
0,.
reproducing buoyancy. Consols have been 97
97L- and subsequently 97-1. Bank Stock has
Reduced
dealt in at 226 ; the New 3 per Cents. and the
Annuities at 974-- ; the March Exchequer
345. to 375. prem. ; June ditto, 345. to 375.
renl• and the Bonds are firm at 1001. India
44 Debentures are 991 ; ditto Bonds, 12s. to 15s.
Preen.

In the Foreign Stock Market a moderate amount
ot
ha. business has been transacted ; prices, however,
ein some instances declined. Turkish 6 per
te'c'
aLlits• are 93 to 931 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 1 to
; ditto, 2d issue, par to 1 prem. ; and the
ceper Cents, are firm at 100.57 Danish 5 per
atilts• have receded to 1031. Peruvian Uribarren
6: 'narked 881; ditto 3 per Cents., 731. Russian
Lye. r Cents. are steady at 1131; ; the 41 per Cents.
declined to 1031. Sardinian are 91 ; and
eillish'Deferred, 317,-. Chili= Loan has been
eln at 2. prem. • •
tor Inothe Railway Share Market the arrangements
40„'e liquidation.of the half-monthly account are
"In progress. In some few instances there is a
114°:t supply of stock, and prices generally show
44 'ruprovement. Caledonians and Great-Westerns
:311eed ss. ; Eastern Counties, Lancashire and
11,;,shire, and Midland, 10s.; North-Western, 155.;
North-Eastezn. (Berwick), Li. The Foreign
1:11e8 Were at quite' nominal rates. In the Colonial
orant'ket East' Indian improved ss. ; Great Western
anada, ss. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s.
I'
ii4„°lnt Stock Bank shares show no alteration of
itirttance. London and Westminster have
6sPreved about 55., and Ottoman Bank declined
Peninsular and Oriental Steam were a shade

113.1. a. BRITISH FUNDS—
22CLOSING PRICE i
S.
3 '''' Per
sper ,Cent. Reduced Annuities
1i,,,,, ~,eut. Consols Annuities
14,04,,.. ',Per Cent. Annuities
Ilici-4.tuarities expire sth Jan., 1860 ll
Bitt„ „Stodk '
IlYtt,,- -ueb etu .
n MS 99/
bits Boma, £l,000
,
Colis ;under 41,000 -
°is for Account , ,, 15
971
garch-- June.
tNleeuer Ms, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 34 7 1 37
biitto !zoo_ 1 34
tclb %nal!, lid. - r 34
le-ecliler 13onds, 1859, 3i per Cent .... 100 k
8t,,,
' R.EYGN. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
. 0
1:17.uan,,..... 6 per Cent.
thalz 1858, 4i- per Cent. 95 xd
,1217'41,,, 6 per Cent —
likixs 4t per Cent. Scrip i P
bi“.,, 1:625, 3 per Cent.
kqli,:r 6 per Cent.
1,,,7',01' / few Cousolidated
1,e,11. Pr ovisional Land Warrant. 4k
bi:t444 '- per Cent —
bit, aTtibarren), 4/ per Cent.
b• 3 per Cent
It 14° Ae t 118,,,,,.._. coun
brui> 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll3
R, tto 4i per Cent.
tptitlahL,an, 5 per Cent
15,,,4 3 per Cent —
li,",_"' New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
1)1„:"K, Account
b., --= 6 per Cent. 93
blltes New Loan Scrip —
Ol'to Account
tto 2d Issue
" Guarautead, 4 per Cent. - losa .t• I
bil,. Dividends on the above payable in London.
bi:, Exchange, 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent 664
l'e,,to Certificat4 is, 4 per Cent.
-4`dan Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 80
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols', 3 toney
Ditto Account, Jan. 11

understan d that a marriage is arranged, and
tlienertly-take pl. we, between the Hon. George Watson
Of e
ea, eldest son o Lord Sonds and the eldest daughter
ir,„„lleury Straeef . y, Bart., of eliackheath Hall, Norfolk.
STAL PALL .CE.--ONE SHILLING DAY, MOll-
gek).ee• 13.--Admi Sidon. on payment, 602 ; ditto by season
,
ir 298 .;
total vi loiters, 800.
W
sleirr ghs, it 'tended to be used in the cone
of y-
of the he• sin the northern counties, on the occasion
eft
8,
°W storm, ha ye landed at Wick, from the Earl of
l'ey,""uiess steamer. They are both light and elegant con-
130k7ees, and are said to be admirably adapted for the pur-
-1
to Russia the . right of literary property belongs
The bheirs of the author for 25 years after his decease.
La.v ~,. 111peror Alex: mder has just doubled that period in
,1411, .ef the child of the poet Pouchkine, who was
L4eir",ln. 1837. A_ bookseller has purchased from them
iii.,(Tht for 128,04)0f.
1)11(1.',1)8.—Do not pluck those beautiful and fragrant
1%,-, out let them e' spend into the full-blown flower. And
4,ltf‘t.)4°t? They are very beautiful and very fragrant, and if
.144t8.,,1!PEultd, their fragrance will soon depart, their fresh
their Vat be lost, and the chilly wind of evening will scatter
often 'eaves,' or the noonday sun destroy them. God
Rh,' Plucks the bud J 3 in the midst of their beauty and fra-
the-hee, before they expand and perish. We miss them from
,4,,,arent stem, in •
t still remember them only in that ex-
., livt freshness in * which they were taken from our gaze
usilt.' ANT MoRT. ALITY IN AUSTRALIA.—The resi-
,lll,orq Victoria, Rho wishes to feel the extent of infant
b-4,tY, can go to a graveyard. Last April, I walked
tkok°,,i4k the Melbourne Cemetery, and read on the headstones
~‘4%-„s,'flittle child. ren by the hundred. The day was one
Lvitli;i4e'iv in the me mth of April when the hot wind. blows
t..'4AvaZ°ll(lB of dust.. Finding a grave with reclining slab
ob,-44,_Leutly placed
bender the shbelter of a tree, I shr_a
\toil-I:tie heat of t sun, and rested there. PreefPny
,11()Utt,-11 aPProached. whose sad face and dust-whitened.
-;,,.11g dress told me that she came hither not for 9uri-
uut from he r great love to some among the dead.
observing me, she hastened to a grave not far from
Itatt4t; sate : it w. ts one of those which had arrested my
nttlia*.°7l, because at the head, upon a simple tombstone, the
Zetaed of four young children were recorded. I have_wit-
j,s_hy „nlatly forms if grief over the dead, on land and far_
''oltec Pen the sea But never before or since have 18
I„l,Pen. such a gonising grief and hopeless sorrow. a
ja.cl 13, t4e face of ti "s poor woman beside the grave, which
-111.„ timesopelaied and closed over the objects of her
Pite,„ 'as bowed-hrJr head, and believing the solitude un-
'icke„ Poured tea as over the tomb of her children.—
to;'81,/ousehoh t Words.
tter Op A VESSEL WITH ALL HANDS. --A
,-
111 her;:ag received Montrose on Friday, addressed to the
'kEi
the Stir lingshire, of that port, by the British
.to,7' w i ' ,o. nfi in.g the painful apprehension that
LZP, while" on' her voyage from Cronstadt for London,
theV totally w..- •eckedin the recent storm on the shores
b'er, and the captain and crew, ten in num-
kl'iaitall„ Perish* d. The writer of the letter states that
tne seen e. of the sad catastrophe about five hours
ship was stranded, and a very melancholy specta-
Osikhe-e„.,ltted it iv The unfortunate crew had all been
to' these a .ngry billows. The owners have ascer-
Pped Itamesapt ;sin at Lon do the crew (all Scotchmen), who were
by the en.