The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
Moderately active, and most of the lines dealt in
have shown an improvement of about to s per
Cent. Caledonian, Great Western, North-Western,
and Midland have improved ss. ; and Lancashire
and. Yorkshire, and Brighton, 10s. North British,
North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern have
declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertak-
ings have been neglected. Eastern of France have
improved ss. ; and Grand Trunk. of Canada, ss.
East Indian haie receded 10s. • •

Joint Stock Bank Shares have been in very
limited demand, but prices have been firm. Lon-
don Joint Stock have improved ss.
In the Miscellaneous Market, Atlantic Telegraph
shares are quoted 330 to 335, and Royal Mail
Steam 61.

, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
on Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96/ A
tper Cent. Consols Annuities
Hale'"QW. 3 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities expire sth Jan., 1860 1 3-16
Stock ' —
Ditto Debentures
991 1,-uitto 2d Issue
99-i
Ditto under
unßodnedrs,44l,looo,ooo
13
. l4
Consols for Account 9Bl
Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 3/ per Cent
It FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
razi„ l 5 per Cent
13-uitto 1858, 4I per Cent. 971
446, ii, 1825, Sper Cent. —
_ uitto 5 per Cent.
liyeatemala, 5 per Cent.
ve xican 3 per Cent.
rirviatt, 0 per Cent.
8 Ditto (Uribarren), 4/ per Cent.
sardi, ,nian, 5 per Cent
1-14311 3 per Cent . 471 I
T Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
urkigh, 6 per Cent.
Ditto New Loan Scrip par 1 d
Ditto 2d Issue
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account 9Bl 1
I)

--)EPARTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN PRINCE.—The
efgriall Prince, Toussin Pacha, only son of the viceroy
the gYPt, who has now for more than three months been
Is_ guest of Sir Moses Montefiore, at East Cliff, Ramsgate,
,2 received directions to return to his country. 'The
nice and his suite will quit England on the 15th, and will
ark on the 27th at Marseilles. His highness, who
Zr'ved in England in a very delicate state of health, has
,
e ,tare happy to learn, fully recovered. This is the second
t•tironi cle the young pasha has visited our shores.—Jewish

TUE CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS.--A copy. of a
Ipatch has been received from her Majesty's minister at
bon• reporting that a Portuguese royal decree has re-
cently been passed regulating the duties upon the imports-
. tion of foreign gunpowder into the Cape do Verd islands ; and
also that by a recent decree a special duty of three per cent.,
ad valorem, is to be levied upon all articles imported into, or
"Ported from, the island of San Jago.
HEREFORD.--A vacancy is occasioned in the
county representation by the sudden death of Mr. Booker
ylakeraore. Two candidates are already iu the field—Mr.
Raisbeck, in the conservative interest ; and Mr. John
toyd, of St. Owen's, on the part of the radicals. The con-
t is expected to be a very severe one.
INCOMPETENCY IN A SERVANT,—The Court of
runion Pleas has held that there is no material difference
between a servant who will not and a servant who cannot
Perform the duty for which he was hired.—Harmer r. Or-
"(tic—The Builder.
UNLICENSED BROKER.—An unlicensed broker
Ras employed to purchase scrip certificates of shares in a
public company. He bought the shares, and paid the price
tc' the seller. It has been held that he was only entitled to
paid the money he had advanced, and was not entitled
"3 commission as a broker. Six judges, in a court of ap-
Peal, held this view, and one judge dissented.—.Lindo
41ith . The Builder.

THE APPETITE OF A LANCASHIRE LADY.—An
lulgallant correspondent of the Preston Chronicle, at a con-
'vial meeting among the working classes, to which the
Ladies were gallantly invited, was promoted to the office of
carver ; and appetites being good, he held no sinecure. "My
attention," he unhandsomely discloses, " was more particu-
'lY arrested by a modest-looking and neatly-attired female ;
disposed when I state the quantity of food this lady quietly
'iBPosed of, it will not cause any wonder that my amaze-
bit eut should be excited. The following was supplied to her
ply own hand :—Four plates of beef and potatoes ; one
aate of veal pie ; one plate of plum-pudding ; one plate of
,Ploe tart ; and one plate of celery and. cheese I During the
"oistication of all this she drank one glass of water."
VACANCIES APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS
ch to convict hulk,
zr."N. TUB CIVIL" SERVICE.—Home-office (Prisons Depart-
elartt,) : Mr. C. P. Measor, deputy governor of the Stirling
has been appointed deputy governor of
Thatham Convict Prison, in the room of Major Setleemr•karatt.
gil'° backyards : Mr. John S. Harper, second class.ce
tan,,ntess, has been appointed first class clerk, vi
C4--„,„.ralinuated. Law Department : A mastership in the
4-10 f Queen's Bench has become vacant by the death of
e'DP;;I" • Mince. Customs : The office of collector and-prin-
(llVo,`°llf-door officer at Padstow has become vacant by the
lef Mr. John L. Hawben • Mr. B. Howson has been
ss °!ed from fifth to fourth class clerk for general bum-
4Aotiden ; Mr. C. Herbert has been promoted from
latall to fifth class clerk for general business, London. In-
kr'pevenue Department (Stamps and Taxes branch) :
Prern T' r• Cheeseman. surveyor of taxes, Oxford, has been
eary °Lod to Nottingham district; Mr. John Edminson,
disti93;°l',ol taxes, St. Albans, has been promoted to Oxford
lkir,'Wn,,,a succession to Mr. Cheeseman.. East Indies .
kki. ' "a Costa has been appointed to officiate as Principal
apDo.4r Ameen of Pumeah ; Mr. A. Money has been
i'-ulliff,ted,toagistrate and collector of Shalutbad ; Mr. A. A.
`1;11c'll liar been apinted collector of Behar; Mr. H. C.
pi e uas been -appointed magistrate of Behar.—Ciril Set-
(e Ggzettc.