The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-30 00:00:00

IfIONEY LIARKET

AND
COMVIE'ROTAL INT.ELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLooK..
Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton
larket yesterday closed firmly and with some ani-
laqon ; prices of all descriptions, however, were
itbout change. The salt's arnoun'ed to 15,000
Iles, 4,000 of which were taken by the specula-
-4.8, and 3,000 by the exporters. In Railway
bares a fair amount of business was transacted,
11 former values were fully supported.
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ross,
[itchell, and Co., held yesterday, it was agreed to
'cept a composition of 12s. 6d. in the pound.
°lld complaints were made at the system upon
the business of the firm had bem conducted,
the discussion was v,:.ry protracted. Although
lawiry feeling is ofte❑ displayed at similar meet-

the indignation expressed on this occasion
lag much greater than usual.
When the fire took place at the St. Katherine's
, tek a few weeks ago, the insurance offices ad•
Itlced the rates 2s. 6d. to 33. Gd. per cent., but
similar casualties have since occurred at Fresh
'harf and the London Docks, it would not
slteite surprise if another rise is shortly announced.
losses accruing from the disaster of yesterday
`te considerable ; indeed there has not been such
Iclestruction of property in London for some time,
it is yet too early to form a correct estimate
,4 the value of the merchandise damaged and
4troyed. Before these events, which singularly
11011gh have all occurred within a few weeks, the
tees had sustained few losses cf a similar cha-
tter. They bad been particularly fortunate in
t respect, and thus some complaint was made
Ilen they advanced their tcArrog
.;:i.ru LA 6t. ix.o.tlieline's Dock, the
liras arising from which being the first of any
Suitude since the opening of the establishment,
'lt now it is admitted that the risk justifies the
sveinent, and there can be no doubt that
°Da this time many will ensure their
koperty, who have hitherto declined.
,A very active demand for money was experienced
34terday. At the Bank a larger discount business

lkEi done than at any time since the crisis, and the
n4Lns out of doors further advanced. At the

'°Cls: Exchange also there was some pressure.
There was a meeting of the Calcutta and
itlirmah Steam Navigation Company to-day, but

`4B proceedings were said to be private.
The description given of the English Stock Market
'4terday will apply to-day, scarcely any change
Ither in the transactions or quotations having
Itliten place. If anything the Funds are a trifle
°her, but the movement is frictional and
unim-
~~'ttant. Perhaps, the less favourable position of

KGB
Money Market has slightly influenced the
;414e3. Consols have been 951 A,' and are now
,14 buyers. The New Three per Cents. are 95-11
''`e Reduced, 95 ; the March Exchequer Bills,
38. preen. ; and the Bonds, 100 T- ; Rink Stock

a% 2201 22111.
The number of transactions recorded in the

foreign Stock Market are rather limited, but the
I;tldency in prices has been in an upward direction.
Itirkish .6
per Cents. arc 94=a ; ditto 4 per Cents.,
,41; Brazilian Scrip is 1 11 discount ; Mexican

Per Cents., 19:1 20 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
47 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 102 ; Spanish 3
mr Cents., 45 ; and ditto Deferred, 27n.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
toeks :-:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi-
4°, 19i- 1978 ; Peruvian, 861- 7Y ; Ditto 3 per
Itats., 66 67 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46i ;
limiaa 5 per Cents., 111 113 ; Ditto 41 per Cents.,

'1;11 103 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44.2 45k; and Ditto
'eferred, 27/ I.
to• The transactions in the Railway Share Market
g day have been limited, but prices have been
Itaer. Great Northern, North-Western, Man-
theater, Sheffield and Lincoln, and Midlands, im-
proved 55., Caledonians 10s and South-Easterns,
•/ • /

I. Eastern Counties and North British declined
Foreign
and Lancashire and Yorkshire 153. The
and Colonial undertaking.; are flat. Great
L'llzembourg have receded 55., Grand Trunk of
°kllada 155., and East Indian 153.

dining shares are inactive, and show little van--
;:lon from previoue notations. Joint-Stock
Mika and Miscellaneous Shares are at steady quo-
tltions. Union of London improved 53., Austra-
-1,44 Agricultural 55., and Van Diemaa's Laud
declined 15s.

4ITIEEL FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Offiesal L
1411( Stock
eee per Cent. Reduced Annuities
Lew Three per Cent. Annuities
-'llg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860
Ditto Bonds, £lOOO
~ODto undcr 1:100t,
sols for Account

15 20
95a
March. June.

32 -
18
1 19 22

£l6OO
£5OO
Snia'l
`4chequer Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent.
, bate 1859
4-I,kICE6 OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
m'azilian 5 per Cent —
1,
Ditto Scrip, 1853
Z xican ;3 per Cent l9,i 20
,'-ortugu:se 3 per Cent., 1853 47 61
+lussian 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
, Ditto '4,. per Cent lO2
'banish ho de, 3 per Cent.
p„Ditto New Deferred. 3 per Cent
ilarkisli Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Guaranteed 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the shove payaoie in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Console for account (July 8) 9sa x d—buyers,

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
441aterdam...........• 11 1 'l4 Gibraltar •• • •
a Ditto, throe months .. Leghorn .. • • 29 65
Zterdam ............ 11 17%, Genoa • ..... ...... 25 45
11,„.Lwerp •• •• .......... 25 35 Milan ......•• ........
•b•assela ;..• •. •• •• ••25 35 Venice. ••••••• •t •• •• -
Zan burgh ............ 13 7% Naplet -• •• ...... 41
letVna ••••••••• •• •• •• • • Palermo .••• • ..... .• ••.. 125%
25 10 Messina ... 126
Do. three months ...• 25 32y, Lisbon .. .......... 52
k4xseilles ............ 25 35 Oporto 52%
ZuTireteaux •• •• •• •• •" Rio Janeiro ...... .•
!Makin-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos
440, New York,6o days' sight
1•,..1611114•• •••• .• •. • • .... 10 28 Philadelphia
•• •• •• • • 10 'l9 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz:
Petersburg •• •• go •• •• •• 35% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Zadrid 4914 Portugal Gold Coin OO
49% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0
New Dollars
.. ,•,,. •• •• • • •• Silver lit bars 0 0 0
•

A CHILD KILLUD BY DRINKING ll.mit.—On Sunday
evening, as a man named Evans, residing in Blenheim-
street, Liverpool, was drinking a glass of rum, one of
his children, a girl three years old, seized the glass sud-
denly and swallowed the contents. The child boon after-
Viirds became very unwell and died on Monday in con-
Oulsione.

ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, at an early
hour, a welt-dressed young woman attf mpted suicide by
off Hungerford-bridge. She was taken out in a
state of insensibility, and conveyed to Charing•cross
rioapital, where she now remains in a dangerous state.
She cave her name Amelia Farrow.
THE RIVER or DEATH.—Ono would have thought that
the College of Physicians would years ego have warned the
Government as regards the state of the River Thames.
That river has been gradually getting worse for the last
ten years, and why, we ask, did not the Royal College of
l'hysicians, as it is called, warn the authorities, and pre-
veut the Houses of Parliament being built over a common
cesspool, which they ought to have known would endanger
the lives of all the members? If that college be of any
Ilse to the country it surely was its duty to have acted the
Part of a mouiti,r on this question, and the only way we
can account for its apathy in this matter is the fact that
doctors live by the diseases of the people. The morn there
are of them the more fees they pocket. When the number
of doctors is considered (all on the look-out for fees or
basiness) it is not unnatural that they should speculate
tiPen a sickly season. This seems to be the only reason
'which can account for the College of Physicians not having
long ago interfered as regards the state of the
river. We have a Minister of Health Mr. Cow-
per, we believe, to whom the country pays 2,C00/.
a-year. How is it that he did not bring this important
question before the House of Parliament ? It is surely a
question of health. If officials who are so handsomely
paid by the country, are to shufnlJ and throw the ball frcm
one to the other, it were better far to alter this form of
government. It is truly -lamentable in a great country
. like this to see its principal river turned into a regular
Poisoned chalice. All such evils, we think, proceed from
the manner in which doctors are paid-- viz., by the num-
ber of their visits. If this ha,t n. t linen f 1! •
I:Pc`r! it :it would have
resounded with petitions against the Awe of the river,
which must and would have been altered ; but, as it is,
the more disease there is the better for the doctor, end
therefore it is no one's business to interfere. C) Tempora,
0 Mores ! It is only when public opinion sounds the tocsin
of alarm that the doctors make a sign of joining in the cry
for redress, as they did in res Feet of the pharmaceutical
poisons, and in the case of Dr. William Palmer, for the
Rugeley poisonings. We ask again, Why did not the
Royal College of Physicians (if they are to be considered
lao Conservators of the public health) long ago interfered
in this matter ? Let tiliern answer this question if they
eln•—iSigned), THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE
°P HEALTH, Euston road, London, for the Society of
lineista,—June 26, 1858,