The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK,

_ • _
There is an active demand for discount accom-
modation, owing to some heavy payments in con-
nection with the Australian trade. There is an
abundance of capital, but the rates remain at 8}
per cent. and upwards for the best paper, and with
little prospect of a change for another week or two.
The sum of £52,000 in sovereigns was taken to
the Bank of England yesterday, and there was a
withdrawal of £39,000.
At the forthcoming half-yearly meeting of pro-
prietors of the Midland Banking Company, to be
held at Wolverhampton, the directors recommend
that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per an-
num, free of income-tax, should be paid upon the
capital stock of the company for the half-year.
The Union Bank of Australia are inviting tenders
for the balance of the Queensland Six per cent.
loan, authorised in 1864. The debentures now
offered amount to £446,350, and applications are to
be lodged at the bank before two o'clock on the
27th inst., when they will be opened and the pur-
chasers declared, provided they are not under the
fixed minimum, which will be then announced.
The six per cent. interest accrues from the Ist inst.
At the half-yearly general meeting to-day of the
shareholders of the London and Westminster Bank
a dividend was declared at the rate of six per cent.
Per annum, and by way of further dividend out of
the profits a bonus of 11 per cent. on the paid-up
capital.

Two o'CLocK.
At the Paris Bourse, this morning, according to
Reuter's telgram, the 3 per cent. Rentes were 68f.
40c. Firm.

Almost every department of the Stock Exchange
exhibits an improvement, although the amount of
business has not been extensive. Consols are now
higher, at 84 88 for money, and at 884 for
the account. There is a large exchange of invest-
ments of Foreign Securities, and the home Funds
consequently indicate buoyancy. The New Threes,
Reduced Annuities, and Exchequer Bills are attract-
ing increased attention.

Nearly all the chief speculative stocks show an
improvement. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced
to 27 -k; Italian to 52k 53 ; Spanish Passive
I, to 19/ 20; and Certificates f, to 151 ; Mexican
to 15+ f ; Greek remain at 11 12 ; and the Bra-
zilian Scrip, 3i 3 dis. Egyptian 7 per Cents. £lOO
Bonds, second issue, 88i- ; do. 7 per Cents., 1864,
82/ 84 ; do. £lOO Bonds, 86 ; do. Government
Railway Debentures, 80k 80 ; Peruvian 5 per
Cents., 1865, 631 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 67 ;
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, 81k; and do. 1862, 52.
United States 5-20 Bonds, 68/ 69 ; Erie shares,
42k 43 ; and Illinois, 771 f•
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
not been very extensive, and in most instances
prices arel; a shade flatter. Great Eastern have de-
Great Western, and London, Chatham,
nded Chatham,
Dover each 15s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
South Western, and South Eastern, each 10s. ; and
Metropolitan and North Eastern (Berwick) each ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
has been no change of importance.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue rather
dull. Alliance have ,declined to 21i ; Imperial
Ottoman to 8 ; 'London Chartered of Australia to
22 ; While London and County are firm at 66 ;
_Union of London at 44i ;
and London and
Westrninister at 95 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier
g
'D.!. England are at / dis. ; General Credit, at 1/
.'s• Egyptian Trading Company, at 5f dis. ; and
Atlanticr Telegraph Company, at 31 per share.
The next public sales of East Indian wool at
Liverpool will commence on the 31st inst.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GoVERXMEsT ruNDs.
3 per Cent. Consols
3 Do. Account, July 10
New Per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 •
Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Annuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1208
;Trch. June,
Do
E Dxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 11—
o.
£5OO
_
£lOO and £2ooen
Cent
_
Bank or England Stock, 5
per C
Do Account —
lAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
IND
Indian Stock, 10
if per Cent., AprillB74 2071
_.Do. Account
102} 31 3
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870__
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
_
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879
_
•
Do. Deb. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l5
Do. under £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm
_
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do.
Do. 1863
Do Account 1865 —
190. £lOO Bonds
u., Do. Scrip, £55 paid ueuos 73 21 3
Ayres 6 per Cent 3} dis
Do 41.00 Bonds
Do C 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
hiliart 6 per Cent
Do. 41 per Cent
Do. 6 per Cent
f•-, D, ° ,Scrip, £5O paid
pm
,i•tnottotan 6 per Cent.
• Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Danubian Principalities
DO. Account
totuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cont —
Doo., Provisional Land Warrant
Egypt Deferred
ian 7 per Cent
Do. Second Issue .
£lOO Bon
Do 'ds
Do.
1864
Do £lOO Bonds ............. -.. .
Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl 80
Do. £6O paid ...................... . ......... .di
Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex COlll'3ollB
DDo. Account
Do. Coupons "'
o. Account ..................
Guatemala, 5 per Cent.
Itaiian 5 per Cent 1865 •
Do Account .................................... 64 i•
tleDo. Alaremmana Railway .................. --
D°xican 3 per Cent ...........................
• Account .................................
Dn
1864 ........................
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ............
outevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid ......
koorish Imperial 5 per Cent
~, D 0 Land Warrants (Hectares)
.4 c• Granada _
D° Granada per Cent
Do. Deferred
p ” •.6.uvian 5 per Cent., 1865
DO. Account
64
'DO 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)
D
p° 42 Per Cent., 1862
o Account
Doportlig.neso 3
per . a.3.1;•t..., 1853
3 per nt.
, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3,
Do. Account
43} 1 3
Russian. 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —:
D•,-,° 4i per Cent 1850
'''3
4i per Cent., 1860
~
D° 3, Per Cent. 1859
,1) 0 Per Cent• 1862 —
Do 5 • ,
Bard .5 Per Cent. 1864
"r(iltlien '
per
•uo. Account Cent
1-' P„,anieh 0
Accc Per Cent
D,O New Deferred —
120 4)0 Account
s 0 Passive
Ace*unt ... .
Plnish Cert. of ....... not funded —
Swedish° Account ..... .
, 4 per Cel'it..
D°T„'",?,: 9 Per Cent. 1861• -
-BAO- 6 per Cent. 1854
lfo'kee"nt --
D°'6 per Cent. 1858
Account
o £lOO Bonds ... •
Do g
*- Per Cent. 186.2
DoAccount ........................... 52 501
p£loo Bond's
)o 6 per Cent., 186▪ 3
........................
Dos per Cent 1865 paid up Scrip...
-uo Account 1 ' 26} lii7i Gi
b•D°• 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed
I::
(qzt:3
%3oupnetr Cent.
12
,li ) 6 tier Cent 1862 —
•L'o. Account ''
6 Do. Per Cent, 1864 341
Dividends on the above payablo in London.
AUs+r*.•
t 1 ' l'n, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
„e giaUol per cent, Ex. 25f.
:,,,,,,utch •zk per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
.rcu. ch itentes 3 per Cent. —
It 5 per Cent., 1.861., Ex. 25f.
Do Accoun
Consols for THREE O'CLOCK. 1
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Do. Ace n money
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SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. LAW INT

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11 100 102
10 994 100 i;
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1 57 60
1 58 53
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1 40 85
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Constable—Yes, sir.

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'ELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wildo and a Special Jury.)
JONES T. JONES AND NIXON.

This was a suit by tho husband, James Lewes Jones,
for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's
adultery with the co-respondent, Frederick Nixon, and
the defendants pleaded denial, cruelty, and desertion on
the part of the husband.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Dr. Spinks appeared for the
petitioner ; Mr. Kenealy and .A.lr. Armstrong for the re-
spondent ; and Mr. Cooper for the co-respondent.
From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that
the petitioner originally lived at a village called Beath, in
Wales, where her mother kept a public-house. Here they
became acquainted, and after having been absent for some
time in Australia the petitioner married the respondent
in July, 1883. She expressed a desire to have a public-
house, and accordingly they took a public-house. Pre-
vious to the marriage the respondent contracted
habits of intemperance, which caused great un-
happiness to the husband. The September after the
marriage she returned to Beath, her husband remaining
at Birmingham, and went to live at the house of the co-
r:_‘simnd,..Lt, a gentleman near that village, ostensibly
to act as his hotisekeeper. She was still living at his
house and in a state of adultery.

Several witnesses were called to support the petitioner's
case, and to disprove the pleas of the defendants.
The jury returned a verdict for the petitioner.

COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.
IN RE FILLELL -A ➢SODEL BANKRUPTCY.

This bankrupt was described as a waster mariner, of
Lower Thames-street, and to-day was appointed for the
first meeting. The bankrupt has only one debt, and that
is £2O, due to a marine company. He was adjudicated a
bankrupt, while in prison, by the registrar, who asked his
release from custody. This is the smallest bankruptcy case
that has been known since the passing of the act in 1861,
and certainly discloses a most extraordinary system under
which a creditor may be upset when his debtor has been
arrested even for a sum so insignificant as £2O.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

The Ilan by the Sea.

The last new venture of the spirited partners,
Messrs. Spiers and Pond, is the opening of " The
Hall by the Sea," at Margate, and had they been
the possessors of the marvellous wand of Prospero
they could not have performed a greater change
than they have effected in one short month at this
very favourite summer resort of the Londoners.
In little more than eight and twenty days the dingy
unused building, originally intended for a railway
station, and in close proximity to that now in use
by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company, has undergone a metamorphosis, which
will surprise and delight every visitor. The spirit
of desolation has been set to the right about ;
the genii of pleasure and enjoyment has
taken possession of the place, and certainly
a more beautiful amusement hall it has never been
our good fortune to visit. The exterior of the hall
is of itself an attraction, with its cool and refre:3li-
ing fountain and parterre of blooming flowers, but
the interior is a perfect temple of enchantment. The
walls are covered with fluted white drapery, exqui-
sitely ornamented with white lace over a pink bor-
dering. Along either side of the hall are numerous
arched panels, every alternate one of which is filled
with a great mirror, while the other has a marble-
like medallion of some ono of the great composers.
Between stand statues most tastefully chosen, and
banks of moss and flowers fill up the bottoms of the
panels. The orchestra stands at the lower end of
the large hall, and immediately behind it is a supper
room, decorated in the same manner as the hall.
The roof is painted a delicate blue, picked out with
gold stars. The whole effect is singularly chase and
beautiful.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CONVICTION OF A GENTLEMAN ON A CHARGE OF-DRUNK-
ENNESS. —The Hon. Charles Southwell, of No. 17, Thorn-
ton-street, Kensington, was charged before Mr. Knox with
being drunk, and furiously riding a horse in Rotten-row,
Hyde-park, to the common danger of the public.
Robert Plant, 214 A (one of the mounted police), said—
Yesterday about half-past 12 I was on duty in Rotten-row
and saw the defendant come galloping down the Row to-
wards Apsley-gate. I called to him to stop, but he paid no
attention and went galloping on, at the same time urging
his horse to go faster, and I had to gallop after him to stop
him. I then told him that if he repeated his conduct
proceedings would be taken against him. The defendant
walked his horse a short distance and then galloped
by me again, and then walked his horse back and met me.
I then went up to the defendant, being accompanied by
another constable, and told him that I should take him
into custody for furious riding and endangering the lives
of the passengers. The defendant said he would not go,
and on my taking hold of his horse's bridle ho made his
horse rear up so as nearly t 3 unhorse me, and then rode
off. As soon as I recovered myself a little Ive went after
the defendant, and had to go more than a mile along the
Kensington-road before we could overtake him, and we
then took him into custody.

Mr. Knox—l see the defendant is charged with being
drunk. Was that the caso ?

The Defendant—l do not think I was going very fast.
Constable—You were going as fast as you could.

Edward Bird, 552 A—l was on duty in Hyde Park yes-
terday at a different part of the Row, and seeing the de-
fendant going at a furious rate I cautioned him, but he
took no notice. On telling him that we should take him
into custody he nearly unhorsed 214 A, and thou made
off. We went after him, and took him into custody. The
defendant was drunk.

A very important matter at the present season of

The defendant made no answer to the charge.

the year is ventilation, and how the cool atmosphere
was obtained on Saturday last on the occasion of
the inaugural concert was the wonder of every
visitor present. To effect all this in a building for
such a length of tine` looked upon as useless is a
perfect marvel, but Messrs. Spiers and Pond, pre-
vious to commencing operations, secured the ser-
vices of a number of talented gentlemen, to each of
whom a carte blanche was given, the only direction
being that they were to do their best. The design
and execution of internal construction and decora-
tions of the hall were confided to Mr. Hurwitz, of
Southampton-street, Strand, the statuary medal-
lions were supplied from the celebrated atelier of
Brucciani, of Great Russell-street, and the thousands
of artificial flowers were perfumed by Mr. Rimmel,
and wonderfully well has each performed his task.
The direction of music has been entrusted to M.
Jullien, and the general management of the whole
has been confided to Mr. Hingstone, one of the most
successful and experienced public caterers in Eng-
land. The inaugural concert on Saturday was a
success, the extent of which may be imagined when
we mention that, althongh the charge of admission
to the stalls was five shillings, offers of double that
sum for the privilege of being present had to be
refused, as every seat was occupied immediately
after the opening of the doors. The artistes were
Mdme. Parepa, Miss Rose Hersee, Miss K. Ryan,
Miss K. Gordon, Mdlle. Lebhart, Mr. George
Perrin, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Farquharson, each o

whom elicited unbounded applause by their respec-
tive performances. That the speculation will turn
out an extraordinary success seems certain, and the
residents of Margate cannot be too grateful to
Messrs. Spiers and Pond for the splendid place of
entertainment they have created.

Mr. Knox—You have been guilty of a very scrious of-
fence for riding in the way it has been proved you did.
You might have caused some terrible accident. Such con-
duct must be put a stop to. lam sorry to see a person of
your position charged with drunkenness ; but I must do
my duty. You were guilty of more than furious riding ;
you nearly unhorsed one :of [the constables, and I shall
fine you £5 for resisting the police in the execution of
their duty, and 40s. for the furious riding.
The fine was at once paid.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1866,