The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

NEW iORY, JAN. 2s.
Money is in increased supply, and ratev, though uO.
changed, tend downwards. The stock market will
lower with only a moderate business done. Exchange
on Europe quiet, and rates nominal. London (60 liar"
1084 to 108,1. Paris 5.21 k to 5.224.
Ashes heavy. Pots 3 dols. 371 c. to 7 dols. 50c. Pearl,
7 dols. 62c. to 7 dols. 70c.

Cotton dull and heavy. sales 900 bales.
Breadstuffs.—Flour sc. lower on common ; con3loll
to straight state, 6 dols. 30c. to 6 dole. 450. Obi*
extra, 6 dole. 75c. to 7 dols. Wheat steady, but quiet
Southern red, 1 dol. 50c. for common. Indian tors
lower ; mixed, 70c. to 71c.
Provisions.—Pork better ; old mess, 20 dole. ; nels
21 dols. 25c. Beef firm, and lard buoyant.
Iron firm. Scotch pig, 30 dole. for 6 months.
Freights steady. To Liverpool—cotton, ad. ;
7d, to 70.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27.—Cotton.—Sales to-01
12,000 bales, at iv:changed rates.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 27.—Cotton.—Market depressed°
and prices weak. Sales, 13,000 bales.

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LATEST LY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFO,
FIRST DESPATCH.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 30'
Arr;ved yes' erday the steamers Arago, NewYorieci
Vigo, and Clyde. $1,200,000 have been receive
from California since Tuesday.
NEW ORLEANS, EVENING 28.
Sales of cotton to-day, 18,000 bales ; quotation,
stiffer, but not altered. Middling Orleans quoted
121 c. to 124 c.

NEW ORLEANS, EVENING 29' vit
Sales to-day, '7,000 bales ; latest news fr°'
Europe being per Arago. Market unchanged.
SEQOND DESPATCH.

NEW YORK, P.M. 30.
..
Money market to-day rather easier. Exchavr
1 —New York on London, firmer, 1081 to 108'
the rate at New Orleans on London being 10 ;
, '
gi This cotton market is active and buoyant. ,*
dling Orleans, 13fc. middling uplands, 12/0%.;
13c. Flour declined sc. to 15c. as to qualii).'
Corn declined Ic. Wheat unchanged.

LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool and PhiladelPlll:l4
Company's screw-steamer sailed from the Mer
yesterday for New York direct, with a large and
able cargo, and a fair compliment of passengers. 01.
IMPORTANT TO BENEFIT SOOIRTIES.—At the. 106.. d
vency Court, yesterday, William Hawkes, late landlo7
of the Old Mermaid Public House, in Church-streo;
Hackney, applied under the Protection Act. He fo
opposed by the trustees of the Staunch Britons Be°4/1
Society. The complaint was, that the insolvent ea.
been treasurer of the society which was held at his boneol
and bad appropriated to his own purposes the ennithe
28/. 3s. 7d., which was placed in his hands to pal ;he
sick members. The Commissioners recommended, 'if,
insolvent to make some arranement with the 5001 e t
at
Av
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ttihseG u s
Tdepartedv,complaintthiswcitßhiunztT
py r.
_octaeAseetti wasotnh. for a breach of t 011,
the final order must be adjourned sine die. The jots
f th°
county magistrates at Horncastlee, Nle:rtt meeting
eLeitniecgoluo;brh
befornsinMartin, wife of Robert Martin, trundle-b° ;
gsby ; their servant man, named John GO/filb
and a farm lad, named Thomas Daft, were charged woo,
an assault upon Eliza Tait, servant to the female de t-. 0
&tut, under the following circumstances :—Tbe plait: it' I
had lived in Mrs. Martin's service since May last. -ed.
had been subjected to continual ill-usage. On the Sloe
nesday previous to the hearing, having committed
trifling fault, the mistress directed the servant•in° bleb
boy to take her into the washhouse and beat her, Woof
they did in an indecent manner, and for which,.
were rewarded with a pint of ale each. On the Of the
ing Saturday the girl, not having washed oue ° first
men's slaps to her mistress's satisfaction, viAg
beaten with the slop, and then beaten in the Bann sods
ner as before by the man and boy. Not satiefiea_opecl
this, they took her into the yard, and, having et; r
her, the man held her on the gtindstone the
boy turned the handle unt;l the skin was torn or!loudent
extent of four inches by two. The female de _Aril.
was present at the time, and laughed at the Poor aooo
shrieks under the torture. The latter ran home under
as she could get away, and was immediately Pilb
the hands of a doctor. The Bench warmly esp 6/.•
their disgust at the outrage and fined the won' °da
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the servant man dd. and the boy 11. soc,
including costs. The indignation of the persops!diet
around the court was so great that the female defers
..ef the
bad to be escorted to the lock-up by the police, to
people yelling and hooting after her, and threatvg
duck her in the river.