The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-10 00:00:00

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w iv, FP MARKETS—(nis Day.)
114. A. 4-3

RAILWAYS.

AND
COMMERCIAL INT7LLIGENCE.

RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
yestzr&V.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Leiters from Liverpool state the Cotton Market
yesterday closed with a hardening tendency, at the
extreme rates of last week. The gales amounted
to 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the
speculators. The Railway Share Market was
quiet, and prices were a shade easier than on Satur-
day.

Thera was a meeting held yesterday of the credi-
tors of Messrs. Sevayne and Bovill, merchants and
engineers, when it was agreed to w:nd up the
estate under inspection. The statement submitted
by Mr. Turquand, the accountant, showed liabi-
lities to the extent of 61,0951. 6s. Bd., and assets
—consisting of cash in hand, good and doubtful
to the amount of 39,2221.
debts, consignments owl. advances, and property
unencumbered—were
13s. 11d., from which must be deducted about
1,7001. for payments required to finish works on
hand, leaving a deficit of 23,5721. 12s. 9,1•
Another mercantile firm has been added to the
list of failures recently published ; but, although
these embarrassments have been more numerous
than expected, there is no unsoundness in business.
The continued dearness of money
must tell very
seriously upon those establishments which are not
in a strong position, but owing to the caution lately
observed in all branches of business, the commer-
cial community are generally prosperous. Messrs.
Doge, Bacon, and Co., merchants and patentees of
india-rubber cloth, and who have a house in Ame-
rica, have suspended, owing to their not having re-
ceived remittances by the last mail. Their liabili-
ties are estimated at 100,000/ , but a good dividend
is expected.
The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East
India Company upon the three Presidencies of
Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, from the 25th ult.
to the 9th inst., both days inclusive, was as
under :

Rates of Exchanges— £ B. d.
On Bombay, per rupee ......... Nil.
On Bengal, 2s Aid per rupee... 68,465 2 9
On Madras, 2s OA per rupee... 14,163 16 8

Total.

The half-yearly meeting ofj the East Anglian
Railway Company has just been held. The balance
of cash in hand was 13,9551., equal to the interest
on the Bond debt and on the A and B Shares, and
leaving sufficient to pay 4/. 15s. per cent. per annum
on the C Stock.
The Mermaid has arrived from Australia with
50,000 sovereignsand 41,892 ounces of gold, valued
altogether at about 217,5681. This is a very oppor-
tune supply, for the withdrawals of gold were
becoming very extensive, 40, 0001. or upwards having
been taken from the Bank yesterday for remittance
to the Continent. In addition to this receipt a
further quantity is overdue by the Blackwall and
other vessels, which are supposed to convey in the
aggregate about 800,0001. Theeffiux from the Bank
will now cease for a time, and it is probable that
some addition will be made to the stock of bullion,
although the greater part of the imports are likely
to be sent to the Continent.
There continues to be a very active demand for
disoouut accommodation, and full rates are still
current.
The Admiral, which left Melbourne on the 16th
Dec., will bring 47,000 ounces.
The market for Public Securities remains in an
exceedingly dull state, and there is no particular
feature to notice. The quotations have been rather
flat, but there is an absence of fresh speculative
dealing to affect them. A little additional firmness
has been produced by the arrival of gold
above alluded to. Consols have been 93) for
money, and 931 i for April 8. Exchequer Bills are
still par to 3s. prem., the Bonds 981, and Bank
Stock is 220 to 222.

Foreign Securities are also very quiet. Turkish
6 per Cents. are heavy, having been 961 to 97,
and the 4 per Cents. are 1011 ; Dutch 2i per
Cents. are 65i ; Sardinian, 91; Russian 41 per
Cents. 98i ; and Ptruvian, 7Si.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, Gi 7 ;
an, 221 4 ; Peruvian, 44 per Cents., 78 80 ;
ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 441; 45i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do.
per Cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 411;
ditto New Deferred, 241 ; Ditto Certificates,
6f i; Ditto Passive, 5i 6.
The 11,,,ilway Share Market h.Ls rulei rather
heavy, and a slight decline may he quoted in the
values of some of the principal lines. Eastern
Counties receded about ss. ; Great Western,
ss. to 10s. ; Brighton, ss. ; North-Western, ss. ;
South Western, 10.=. to 15s. ; Midland, 5.. ; and
South Eastern, 7s. Gd. to 10s. Paris and Lyons
have improved about 11., and Grand Trunk of
Canada declined 10s.

The Committee of the Stock Exchmge have ap-
pointed Thursday next, the 12th instant, as the
settling day for the shares of the Punjaub Railway,
as also for the new shares in the Great Indian Pe-
ninsular Railway Company.
British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares
are almost neglected. Great Wheal Vor brought
5i 6, and United Mexican 41.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rule
very quiet. London and Westminster advanced
about 55., and Ottoman Bank declined ss. Aus-
tralian Agricultural shares improved 10s.

Bitrns F UN(DrSTIi I S
oDffit
List:)AT O ' eCLoe.ti.
done
bank Stock
(from the
3 p.it Cent. Consols auunitio 931

1.11, is Bonds, .£lOOO .......„ ........_ —
Ditto, under 21000 2 a 1 p
~.;'onsol.s for t.ceouat .., „, .. 93i 11
E teliequer Rills, 2td. ,
.
£lOOO
8500 . . p
B=ll
.
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent........... 11
Ditto, 1959 ..
P &ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE (Yilla()'-'1". • 1,
,irazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1024 li
Peruvian Bonds 41 per Coat —
Ditto Account
Russian Bends, 1822,, £, St., 5 per Cent
Ditto, 44 per Cent.
Sardinian Bouts, 5 per Cent. .„, .......
Turkieli ,;onds, Ii per cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account ... lOl4 i
,f Wen is 3n tt.e ab.:e ~,aro. 1, t eIT, n.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cen.:,., 12 Guilders 654
TWO O'CLOCK..
Consols, money 934 R
1 Ditto for account
....... ..... .. 934 i

Viscount and Viscountess Curzan left town yesterday
morning for Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire.
Lord and Lady Forester ere expected in town on
Thursday.
Lady Dover is expected in town to-day from Hollenby
lipuse, Northamptonshire.
THE RIFORIE CLUNl.—George W. Harris, late
stipendiary magistrate of Granada, has been chosen
secretary of the Reform Ciub. Tne candidates were 126
in number.
CONSERVATIVELAND SOCIETY.—The eighteenth annual
meeting of the members of this society was held this
day at the offices of the company. The chair was occu-
pied by Viscount Ranelagh. The report (for which see
advertisement) was unanimously adopted.
At a general meetirg of the South-Eastern Railway
of Switzerland, lately hell at Caire, a convention was
ratified for uniting under the same direction the lines
of St. Gall, Appenzall, and Glatthal.
The firm of Messrs Dodge, Bacon, and Co., merchants,
and patentees of Indiarubber cloth, have suspended in
consequence of the non-receipt of remittances expected
to-day by the American mat. Their liabilities are stated
to be upwards of 100,0001., of which a large portion is on
accoant of correspondents, by whom it is hoped they will
be met, in which case the assets avail dile for the general
creditors may, it is said, realise a considerable dividend.
The house have an establishment in America, at Newark,
New Jersey.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO Mn. GLADSTONE, M.P.—An
accident of an unusual nature, the occurrence of which
seems to be known to very few persons, happened on
Tuesday night last to the right hon. gentleman.
Mr. Gladstone was returning from the House of Com-
mons to his own residence in Carlton-house Ter-
race after the division on Mr. Cobden's reso- '
lutione, and in a somewhat hazy state of mind,
when he inadvertently trod on a fog-signal which some _
rail way guard, in passing the Duke of York's column,
had carelessly dropped on the pavement. The effect
was instantaneous : the right honourable gentleman Li
was projected some feet into the air, and de-
scended with a heavy fall. A policeman was by his
side in a moment, and found him apparently unconscious. 1;
On being asked where he lived, no reply could for some 11
time be obtained except the one word "Sixteen," though 11
in the course of a quarter of an hour, Mr. Gladstone, on
being more urgently pressed as to his address, got so far
as " Sixteen—Downing-street." He was forthwith
conveyed thither in a cab and on knocking up the old
helporter, the latter at once recognised the cx Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, and the right hon. gentleman was I
removed to his own residence. Hedezed throughout the
remainder of the night and was better in the morning.
The story of the fog-signal rests uponitho authority of a
policeman, who declares that he distinctly heard the
explosion, of which he was well acquainted with the pe-
culiarities ; but we hear that several members who were
in the house on the previous evening are sceptical on the 11
subject. They allege that unmistakeable symptoms of
spontaneous combustion had exhibited themselves in the ,
right hon. gentleman during the debate, and attribute
the apparent accident to the [matured development of
those symptoms. We rejoice to hear that Mr. Gladstone
is now comparatively calm, though his friends sill feel
Ii
grounds for considerable uneasiness,—Morning Post, 1

Business done
this day.