The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-14 00:00:00

4fONEY MARKET AND CITY IVE TVS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The accounts from the manufacturing districts dur-
ing the past week are of a more satisfactory character.
At Leeds there has been more inquiry for spring
goods, and at Halifax, Bradford, and Huddersfield
operations for the home demand have been on the
increase. Business at Manchester in, both yarns
and cloths have been in some measure restricted
by the advance in the values of cotton at Liverpool.
At Leicester there has been a fair amount of busi-
ness in both :woollen-and cotton: hosiery, andi the
lace trade of Nottingham has been moderately
active. In the hardware districts there is little
variation to notice. At Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton, orders from the various pro-
vincial markets have been sufficient to give steady
employment to most of the operatives.
The supply of commercial bills on offer in the
General Discount Market continues very moderate,
nor is it likely to increase while commercial opera-
tions are conducted on their present limited scale,
and the consequence is that the prevailing abundance
.of capital keeps down the quotations within a fraction
of the minimum of the Bank of England. Rather
more firmness has lately been manifested by the
banks, and private firms owing to an impression that
a restaietive effect may be produced by the situation
of monetary affairs in France, but first class bills
are yet negotiable at St- per cent., and in excep-
tional cases even on rather easier terms. In the
Stock Exchange there is a plentiful supply of
money, which enables holders of public securities to
obtain loans on unusually favourable terms.
About £9,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of
England on Saturday.

The Lincolnshire has arrived this morning from
Australia, with £207,112 ; and the Atrato, from
the West Indies, with £185,679.
The Africa, for New York, took £3,000 in gold.
The traffic receipts of the Northern of France
Railway from the Ist of January to the 30th ult.
amounted to £1,786,590, being an increase of
£62,406 compared with the corresponding period of
last year, and on the Paris and Orleans Railway, the
returns for a like peeioti were £2,106,712, or
£166,56& more than in 1860.

A fair amount of business was reported in the
Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, and prices
tended upwards. The sales were 15,000 bales.
Increased depression has prevailed in the market
for Public Securities to-day, owing to a continuance
of speculative sales, which have caused a further
decline of * per cent., Consols having receded to
92?-, I for transfer; and to 92 f, for the account.
The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at9o: ;
Bank Stock is at 232 ; Exchequer Bills, March, re-
main at par to 3s. prem. ; ditto June, 6s. to 9s.
prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Scrip has improved to
10W 104,

In the Foreign Market the dealings have been
of a rather limited character, and prices tended
down wards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81 ;
ditto, 1858, 681 1; Mexican have receded to 251 t;
Portuguese to 47 ; Dutch 41 per Cents. to 99*
Russian are 100* ; and ditto 48 per Cents., 92 ;
Brazilian 41 per Cents., 911.

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been on a very limited scale, and little variation of
importance has taken place in values. Caledonian,
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North British im-
proved 55.; and Great Northern, £1; Eastern
-Counties, Midland, and South-Easterns declined ss.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings expe-
rience no change of importance. South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian, Grand Trunk of Canada,
and Great Indian Peninsula receded about ss.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continued dull, and prices,' generally, were unal-
tered. British American Land brought 53, and
:Peninsular and Oriental Steam 68.

BItITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES,
Binlc Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol $ a a
3 per Cent. Cons,ols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9Ol $ a
Julia Stock • •G• -
Ditto 5 per Cent.
( )ii to Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent 96k i
thtto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 984 I
Ditto 1859
Consols for Account, Nov. 7 .. 921 i 4
March. June .
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..... 3pm par 69 pm
Ditto £5OO .. 6 9 pm
Ditto Small
:'O' SIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent .....
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent ..........
Ditto Deferred ....
Cuba, 6 per Cont —
Ditto (Matanza & Sabinilla) 7 per Cut lOl
Clnliau 6 per Cent —
Ditto 41 oer Cent 844
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 .
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1001 100
Ditto 41 per Cent 92
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860
Spanlsh 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred . 414
Ditto Passive
T arkialt 6 per Cent .. 801 4 .-}
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 5O
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Gu11.
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent...
Ralian, 5 per Cent., 1861
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account 921 1

THE EXECUTION OF COGAN.
(THIS DAY.)

'llO last scene of the frightful tragedy in Holborn took
place this morning in front of Newgate, namely, the exe-
cution of William Cogan for the wilful murder of his wife.
Memorials had been forwarded to the Home Secretary
praying for a remission of the awful sentence ; but the
answer transmitted by the Secretary of State was, that he
saw nothing that would warrant him in recommending her
Majesty to exercise her prerogative of mercy, and accord-
ingly last night, or, more properly, very early this morn-
ing, the usual barriers wero erected at the different streets
leading to the Old Bailey, and shortly before daylight the
executioner's platform was drawn from its repository in
the court-yard of Newgate, and fixed in its usual position.
Tho officials of the prison entered Cogan's cell this morn-
ing at seven o'clock, and when asked if he had any state-
ment to make, preparatory to the sentence being complied
with, he replied, " Nothing ; I've nothing to say further
than that I'm innocent—l'm prepared."
While Calcraft was pinioning him, Cogan asked for a
little brandy and water, which was given him, and then,
when told that the hour of execution had arrived, he
walked unassisted from the room to the gallows, repeating
portions of the service for the burial of the dead.
The time occupied by Calcraft in adjusting the cap and
noose was very brief, and in a minute or two afterwards
Cogan ceased to exist.
There was of course a great concourse of spectators com-
posed chiefly of the lowest class of costermongers.