The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-28 00:00:00

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CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The inquiry for money at the Bank of England
continues very quiet, and in the general market,
Where the supplies are exceedingly abundant,
Father easier rates are reported. No difficulty is
experienced in getting choice bills discounted at
2e per cent., and although the difference, compared
With the minimum quotations is only m per
Cent, it is sufficient to divert business
from the national establishment. The au-
thorities, however, are still granting loans
uAon stock, while the transfer books remain closed,
and by this means they may be enabled to keep up
Their stock of " other securities" at a moderate
figure, On the Stock Exchange there has been an
increased demand, owing to the liquidation of the
Account in Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares.
A further sum of £52,000 was added to the stock
of bullion in the Bank of England yesterday, and it

is probable that this movement will continue some
title longer owing to the steady influx from Aus-
lralia. The demand for silver has revived, and
~111 c shipments to the east may temporarily increase,
but the export of gold to the Continent is likely to
continue moderate. The price of bar silver is
Father firmer, viz., ss. 2d. per oz. standard.
Very little alteration was apparent in the foreign
exchanges yesterday afternoon.
Accounts from Liverpool report that in the cotton

narket yesterday a very moderate business was
transacted, and no important alteration was apparent
in prices. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales.
The railway share market closed quietly, and quota-
tions continued very firm. '
The 'report issued by the directors of the Great
'western Railway of Canada states that the net
rofit realised during the last half-year only
mounted to £8,167 15s. ld., which the directors
t'commend should be carried forward 'to the credit
°l' the next six months' account. This result has

Pl' Dbably caused much disappointment among the
treholders, but it is attributable to exceptional
eirt lumstances, and better success may be anticipated
la i!uture.

rhe business transacted at the Stock Exchange
Btilit denotes inactive speculation, and a limited
demand for investments. Notwithstanding this

continued quietude, however, the quotations appear
buoyant. A few sales occ isionally produce a de-
cline of* or per cent., but it is merely tempo-
-1117, and renewed firmness speedily ensues. Con-
"la have been dealt in to-day at 95;1 I for money
And. account. The Government Broker continues
'his purchases on account of the Savings Banks,
out the aggregate amount of bona fide business is
'exceedingly limited. India Stock has improved to
F,lB ; ditto New, to 1001 1,
; ditto Scrip, to 100
; and the Debentures are steady at 951. Ex-
chequer Bills are heavy, at 235. prem.
In Foreign Securities the transactions continue
crn a limited scale, but prices generally have ad-
/ .41leed. Turkish 6 per Cents. have improved to 84
421 d 8.5 ; ditto New Loan, to 691 to 701 ; Chilian
6'
per Cents., to 1051; Grenada Active, to 18 ; Peru-
°ian 3 per Cents., to 721 ; and Dutch 21 per
tints. to 66 ; but the 4 per Cents. are flat, at 102,
Ittld Mexican at 23:1

The dealings in .the Englivh Railway Share
lirrirket have been limited; a further improvement,
i
°l'wever, has been apparent in values. Caledonian,
4'dt`nburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Manchester, Shef-
t!lC, and Lincoln, Midland, and South-Eastern
44'11! advanced. ss. ; Great Western, Lancashire
aild Yorkshire, South-Western, and Bristol and
b
'Ziz ter 10s.

hi the Foreign and Colonial Market the trans-
rtirons have not been extensive. Lombardo-
? Intim shares realize 121, and Great Luxembourg,
t 4 71-. Grand Trunk of Canada have improved
° and Great Western of Canada to 131.
Pia -
at Indian and Great Indian Peninsular are at
134 lions values.

J .oint•Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
silo wn no alteration of importance, with the ex-
Pi ;ion of Van Diemen's Land, which exhibit a
fort her improvement.of about 1 per cent., viz., 15
to
0.17.

3 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
1136 r Cent. Consols Annuities 95f f
l','liri Stock
I)D' ;to, 1859, 5 per Cent.
,Itto.Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
4-11tto. Debentures, 1858 —
t Ditto, • 1859 ', 951
4.41 i.-: Stock for Account 221
(.0
1,. 1,4 tls for Account (Oct. 11)
1-).(el) equer Bills; £l,OOO, lfd .. 23
'tto Small, lfd
th FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
-et .os Ayres, 6 per Cent .. ..
bit ;to Account
'4lli rat' 6 per Cent losk
(I rettada New Active, 31 per Cent.
h1e,51 can 3 per Cent.
1,.i. o Account
eill van 4-1 per Cent —
,bi tto 3 per Cent.
icui tto Account
tpisian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lll
1,40. 3 per Cent
Ditto Scrip,
patish 3 per Cent 46k
Pitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. . -
rp `U :tto Account
4.14 ltish 6 per Cent .. 841
,bitto Account
D tin New Loan
itto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
/311 t eh Exchange, 12 Guil. 24 per Cent 66
4-kitto C 2rtificates, 4 per Cent.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9sa
Ditto Account (0ct.).... .. •

by the last accounts, the Grand Duke Constan-
, in his splendid ship, the General Admiral, had arrived
St (!ronstadt, where the attention of his imperial highness
wall at once directed to the hastening out of the ships of
tar intended for different foreign stations, that they might
a n.abled to leave the Baltic before the winter should set
detain them.
BURNOPFIELD MURDER.--A pitman named
Zvilliam Harrison has been brought before Mr. George H.
Rea nsey, one of the justices of the peace for the county of
VuV_rharn, residing at Derwent Villa, near Winlaton, and
a made a most extraordinary statement respecting the
gitt-rder of Mr. Stirling, the young doctor, at Burnopfield,
,the Ist of November, 1855. Harrison had been freely
Wtng Min with whom he came in contact that he distinctly
it'tvi and conversed with one of the men who committed
Z. 6 horrible crime, the circumstances of which are still
.78:11 in the recollection of the public, and for which, it will
4..9 be remembered, two men, named Cain, alias "Whisky
7
.."(lic," and Rayne, were tries and acquitted at the summer
zee held at Durham in 1856. if there be not some
Lralth in Harrison's statement it is difficult to define what
b7t have induced him to state what he did before the
of 7istrate on Friday last. He says that on the day of
tqa murder, whilst he was in the lane, he heard the
ip),lrt of a gun, and shortly after, on looking through the
ge, he saw a man standing in the wood, who, on seeing
the
1, asked him (Harrison) what he was doing there, and
V,e clenched his teeth at him and said he would kill him.
L:11 a man Harrison know, although he says he only saw
via head and shoulders. He also says that he heard the
°'lce of another man,- at the top of the wood, call out,
u ome here." The authorities have the description of the
a whom Harrison says he saw, and hopes are entertained
the tin a few days he will be captured. It should, how-
-BPe r, be stated that Harrison's master, whose name is Mr.
~i.?l,iert Simpson, of Ryton, on looking over the pay bill for
% time, found that though Harrison was not at work on
afti 2d of November, 1855, he was there on the Ist and 3d
'that month, and as Ryton is several miles from the
141 re of the murder, his statement is somewhat contradic-
q? 11 with the circumstance of his being at work on that day.
190, matter has caused a good deal of excitement at Win-
tZtt and other places, and the renewal of the statement of
ue,. circumstances connected with this fearful tragedy tends
Ilivolve it in some degree of mystery. It may be that
a rrison's statement may prove as unfounded as those of
°,th sr persons, who, since the trial, have come forward as
e,:Cmants to having participated in one of the foulest mur-
'et 3 that stains the history of our country.
'rig BUILDERS' STRIKE.—The builders' strike is
Fcto dually wearin itself out. The number of recipients at
the weekly meeting of the Trades' Conference on Monday
may 6,955; or 21 fess than in the previous week, while the
itral Association of Masters report that 2,270 men are
work under tbe " declaration." These two facts are pro
"'ably explained by another, namely, that ac 'onsiderable
9vlt nber of workmen have come up to London from the pro-
-ees. There can also be no duubt that necessity has also
`4.,z1 Yen some non •society men to accept the declaration.
4h a men will ultimately be the principal sufferers, as is
nmonly the case in strikes. They asked, as it seems to
1-1.8, for too much. The masters appear to us to be.asking
...2! too complete a surrender of their rights from the men.
w hat is forced on the men as a declaration might be ac-
t
l)ted by them as a shop rule. No such battles brtween
r.ployers and employed can be otherwise than injurious to
th. There is but one way in which the relative claims of
a:pital and labour can be righteously adjusted, and that is
by an equitable monetary system, under which the producer
ould be enabled to raise his price permanently to a mill-
i rative level, and the working man would obtain a fair
to tTortion of the price charged for the work of his hands.
-Derbyshire Courier.
Just as the railway triin was leaving Spa a few
mornings ago, a young female, handsomely dressed, but in
elerery disordered state, and evidently in a ste of great ex-
nt, entered the station and wished to leave by that
tril.me
; but in the state in which she was, she was refused.
.e
She had been seen it was said, on the previous day at the
4 rite, where she lost several thousand francs, and had
Probably been rambling about for the whole night in the
neighbourhood. The profits of the bank at Spa had on the
uaY in question amounted, it was reported, to 1,113,571 f.