The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-14 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(PY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING.
The Royal mail screw steamship Indian has ar-
rived from Quebec, with dales to the 4th inst.

She brings no si.ecie.
qhe loss of life by the burning of the Mcntrcal
absorbed the attention of all patties. Up t 3 the
4th 200 bodies had been recovered.
White pine, 65 t) 70 feet average, was in good
demand, and good rafts of these averages found
ready buyers at irem Bd. to 9d. per foot. Smaller
timber more abundant, but much of it poor and
knotty. In red pine little doing. Oak sold high,
but the demand was not great. In elm little doing.
Tamarac slightly improved. Staves, bo+h standard
and puncheon, very scarce, and a good demand ex-
pected fur the greater part cf the month. Deals in
request, especially floated. Fre.ghts dull. Deals to
London 41., 28s. to Liverpool, and 295. to the
C►yde.
In the New York money market on the 2d there
wes a Brood demand, and rates were firm at 6 to 7
per emir. (m, stly the latter on call).
Sterling exchange dull and heavy at 109 to 1091.
Stocks steady but inactive. Flou r dull, and 5c lower
for common grades ; Canadian dull. Rye steady at
4 dol. to 6 d 01.,. Wheat buoyant at 1 dol. c. for
prime white Canadian, and 1 dol. c. for common.
Rye firm. Corn firm at 84 c. to 95 c. Oats steady.
Pork firmer at 12 dol. 50 c. for mess, and 19 dol.
50 c. for prime. Beef dull and unchanged. Lard

heavy.
The screw steam-ship Khersonese has also an ived.
with dates from St John's to the 4th inst.
The alvices are devoid of interest. Her Majesty's
steam frigate Cyclops, despatched to take soundings
preparatory to the laying down of the Atlantic
telegraph cable, arrived at Sr. John's on the 30th

0 E Di A rt,K J T

AND
C0.7_7112,R.C1AL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yeAerday clos'Al. with a very animated ap-
pearaucE., and at extreme prices for all descrip-
tions. The saes amounted to 12,000 bales, 1,000
of which were taken by the speculators. The
Railway Shan Market manifested a very flat ap-
pearance, and prices were at a slight decline.
The advices from Paris state that the satisfactory
weather and the encouraging harvest prospects are
producing a gradual decline in the prices of grain.
A sack of flour which at the end of Juue was worth
74f. to 75f. per hectolitre declinPd on Wednesday
to 66f. 50c., and was offered on Saturth,y last at
64f. At the same time wheat has receded 2 to 3
francs per hectolitre in all the departments, and it
ii rather surprising that this movemet*las not
exercised any I eneficial influence the Funds,
which continue flat.
_ _

At the annual meeting of the Peel River Land
and Mineral Company held this day a dividend
of is. per share was recommended out of the (is
timated profits on the year's transactions. The
amount of profit was 8,9841. The progress of the
company was more satisfactory, but there was a
falling off in the gold licence'. The report was
being discussed at the time of our dispatch being
sent off. _ _ •

The half yearly meeting of the St. Katherine's
Dock Company has also been held, to-day, at which
a report was presented showing the net profits in
the c .mpany's business for the half-year to be
47,8751. A dividend of 21 per cent. for the half-
year was declared. The report was adopted.
The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New
South Wales was held at Sydney on the 22d April
last. The report of the directors was of the usual
favourable character. The nett profits for the half-
year amounted to 62,8131. Gs. 10d., which, with
the amount left over from the profits of the pre-
vious half-year, made the sum for distribution
64,4761. 10s. Od. Of this sum 50,0001. was applied
as dividend (at tke ra' e of 20 per cent. per annum),
13,0531. 4s. Bd. to increase reserve fund, and
1,423/. Gs. ld. carried over to next account. The
reserve fund had, by the addition named, and
1,9461. 15s. 4d. recovered from bad debts pre-
viously written off, reached the sum of 140,0001.
The report was unanimously a,lopted, and the
power of opening fresh branches where deemed ex-
pedient was left in the hands of the directors.

Tne Indian news reports an advance in the ex-
change at Calcutta and Bombay. This is likely tl
lead to large remittances of silver from th's side.
In China, however, the rates have declined, so that
the total shipments will probably be smaller than
of late.

The dollars brought by the last West India
steamer have boen sold at 602.

The Money Market is comparatively easy, and
the demand is still very quiet. An opinion ap-
pears to prevail that the rates will further de-
cline, and hence, thoFe engaged in business
merely supply themselves with the means they
immediately require. The payment of the
divi.lends has afforded much relief, and the
continued influx of gold promotes confidence.
It is iprEstuned that the Bank rate will soon be
lowered to a more reasonable point than 6 per
cent., as the lowest charge out of doors is now 5i
per cent., with a declining tendency. On the
Stock Exchange money is offered at 5 to 52 percent.,
and the terms charged for " carrying over" in the
Share Market are ccnsidered moderate.

The Funds continue languid, and the transactions
are exceedingly limited. Since the violent move-
ment iu prices on Saturday the variation has not
been important, but on the whole the tendency has
not boon unfavourable. The particulars of the
Indian revolt published this morning are not consi-
dered assuring, and the explanations in Parliament
are scarcely deemed so satisfactory as anticipated.
The English Stock market is therefore fiat. Con-
sols for transfer have been 91i7 to 92, for the
account 92 j. Tl.e New Three per Cents. are
92l Reduced Three per Cents. 92 1, and Long
Aunui ies 2. Exchequer Bills are par to 3s.
discount, the Bonds .984, and India Stock 213.
Bank Stock is 215.

Foreign Securities are very dull and heavy.
Turkish 6 per Cents. receded 1 per cent, yesterday
afternoon, and they continue depressed. The 6
per Cents. are 95 to 951, and the 4 per Cents.
Guaranteed are 1021 1. Business has been re-
corded as follows :--Brazilian 41 per Cents., 96 ;
Mexican 3 per Cents., 221 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents ,
551 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 891 ; Venezuela 4f
per Cents,., 34 ; Belgian 41 per Cents., 97 ; and
Dutch 23 per Cents., 63'1.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 61 ; Mexican,
22 ; Peruvian, 80 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54
56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Russian 5
per Cants., 109 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 96 98 ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 1 ; ditto Deferred, 25/-
ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been of a very limited character, but prices, with
one or two exceptions, have been steady. Great
Western, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, North
Eastern, York, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton were about ss. lower, and South Eastern,
and Great Northern about 10s. Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln, advanced 10s. In Foreign and
Colonial lir.es there is little variation to report.
The French and Canadian lines were not dealt
in. past Indian, however, were fiat, and declined
10s. to 155., and Great Indian Peninsula declined
about ss.
Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have
been almost neglected. Great Wheal Alfred have
advanced to 7f. London and Westminster Bank
improved to 49k 1. Ottoman Bank to 15, and
London General Omnibus Company to 31

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the Official List:)
Business done.
wink Stock

3 in,r cont. Reduced Annuities
3•,per Cent. Consols Allnn i t los 9ll 2
No .v 3 per Cent. Annuities 924 a A i
Lear, Annuities, eipiro sth Jan. 1860 • V
Ditto BU Yews, expire sth April, 1885 lBa
India Stock
Ia im Bonds, ..t.:101;ti ......... ........., - -
Ditto, under £lOOO lO d
CoL sols for Account ... . . 921 i
Drao for Opening 928
EL:thequtr Bills, 21d.
£loi3O ...
g 533 .
8.nr..11
Ditto Bonds, 1858, :li per Cent,
Ditto, P 359
P tICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Ti per Cent. -
Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent..
Wexican 3 per Cent 224
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent -
;ends,
Guaranteed, 4 per Ditto 3 per Cent.
Sardinian SoirAs, :5 per Cent.
Tuorkititsoh
rent
5 i
Cont. Cent.
Ditto Account
Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in Londtn.
Belgian 21 per Cent,, ex. 25 francs ..... -
Do. 41 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs... • 97
Dutch Ex.. n tange, 22 per Cen ':,., 12 Guilders 63

ConA“le, money
Consols for Account

TWO O'CLOCK.
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At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday a petition was
opened on behalf of the assignees of the Royal British
Bank against Mr. Loran de Wolf Cochran, shipowner
and merchant, of South Sea House, and who was also
onelof the directors of the Royal British Bank.
THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY CATASTROPHE.—Yes-
terday morning a renewed inquiry into this terrible acci-
dent was held bsfore Mr. Carttar. James Curtis, the
night watchman at Blackheath Station ; Jupp, a porter ;
Mr. Cnapman station-master at Blackheath, and others
were e xamined and the jury returned the following
odes verdict :—" find John Griffiths, the Blackheath
signal-roan, and The!. Perry, engine driver., guilty of
manslaughter. The jury find from the evidence that the
signal lvi at Lewisham; was, and is not so effective
a
opinion it should be ; and also that great neg-
ligence distance
heeir
was manifested from the fact that proper appli-
ances were not carried by the engines, as ordered by the
rules of the company ; and the jury cannot help ex-
pressing
their regret that sa much time should have
o:apsed be ore any assistance from the company arrived
at the scene of the accident. They likewise express
their opinion that more efficient men should be placed to
work the sigealS, and they further condemn the open
third-class carriages of similar construction to those that
were destroyed, as not affording sufficient protection to
passengers in the event of an accident.",

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