The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-03 00:00:00

CHINA.

Letters from Hong Kong of the 10th May state
that at that date the. Capricieuse French frigate,
the-Marceau steamer. and the Nisus brig, were in
the roadstead. The Virgiuie frigate was oo a cruize
visiting the other ports of the Celestial Empire, and
was to sail fot the Philippine Islands about the
20th. She was to wait at Manilla for the arrival
of the NetneSis, which left France in January last.
.Rear-Admira' Guerin was then to give up the corn-
izand of the squadron to Rear-Admiral Ripult de
Genouilly, who has bis flag on board the Nemesis,
and return to France in the .Virginie. Admiral
' Guerin has been on the Chinese station for 5 years.
The
same letter mentions that Sir John Bowling.
the English commissioner, and M. de Bout boulon,
the
French minister, were to leave in a short time
for Singapore to meet Lord Elgin and Boron Gros.
0 important operation will be undertaken until
the arrival of these last-named personages.

A letter from Copenhagen, addressed to the
National Gazette of Berlin, mentions a rumour that
it was in contemplation to very shortly publish an
amnesty. The &lids the most compromised in the
ev. ents of Schleswig-HolAein in 1848 to 1850—such
118 the Duke d'Augustenburg and his brother, the
Prince de Noer, the two memt ers of the regency,
Peseler and Count de Reventlow-Prte-z, and
Plancke, who now holds a high office iu the
Pvtrnment of Coburg—will, however, it is said,
b 0 excluded from the benefit of the measure.

With reference to the late Canadian Railway disclo-
stir
es, the I,ecretary orthe Great Western of Canada line
akes to point out that mainly through the vigilance
:tr f the English directors that company was entirely pre-
st4 he English
loom the schemes in which it was Fought to be
itng

DI OIT E_' _LI R '.7rE

AND
COMMERCI IL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocit.

The Liverpool Cott^n market yesterday closed
firmly, and pripes were at a slght ierpr.vem.-nt.
The sales amounted to 7,00 i) bales. The Railway
Share Market closed quietly, but steadily, and
previous rates were well maintained.
The general demand for money is t:derahly active
but; although full rates are paid for accommodation
the: e is an absence of pressure, and the mercantile
community experience no difficulty in preparin;
for the engagements which have to be met to-
m rrow, the 4th •of the month. During the
1 tst feW days the tendency in the rates has
bean to decline, and the be-t bills have in some
cases been negotiated at 5i per cent. This to-
gether with the steady influx of gold into the Bank,
srreng hens the impression that a reduction of
if not 1 per cent. will soon be made in the mini-
mum. Some persons are of opinion that an altera-
tion ought to have been made yesterday as the posi-
tion of the establishm-nt is presumed to have im-
proved materially since the date of the last Weekly
Return.; but the Court were no douLt guided by
cautious policy, and iu the absence of the balance-
sheet showing the actual position of affairs, the
public are not qualified to decide whether the course
adopted is correct. Numerous half-yearly dividends
are now being paid, and the interest on Consols
will- be distributed next week, and some relief is
being thus afforded. The supply is found to be
ample for all purposes, and as soon as the bills
falling due to-morrow are liquidated, increased
ease will no doubt be felt. _

About 170,0001. of the gold brought by the
Vandenbilt and the Atlantic was sold to 'the
Bank yesterday.
This day the half-yearly meeting of the London
Dock Company was held at their offices in Princes-
street Bank ; Mr. Cattley took the chair. The
r port, statf-d that the number of foreign vessels
which entered the docks in the six months was 462,
And the receipts 249,9861. 3s. sd. The net balance
standing to the credit of profit and loss was
235,6311. 9s. 4d:; frcan which a dividend of 21. 10s.
per cent. for the- half-year was recommended,
amounting to 94,7801. ss. 5.1. The stock of goods
in the warehoUses was 05,922 tons. A short dis-
cu.s;on en.ued, when the report was adopted. .
At the special meeting to-day of the Victoria
Dock Company, a bill for enabling the directors to
make a new cut eastward of their clock, and for
raising additional capital, was read to' the proprie-
tors, and appraved.-unammously. • •
The value of the English Funds is maintained
w.th firmness, but there is an absence of
.buoyancy,
business being too dull to stimulate an an advance.
T.ius for some days past the movement has been
r.tl!er a'lverse, although an improvement would
have been justified on account of ;the favourable
weather for the crops, and the general prospect
of the Money Market. No fresh buyers appear,
but when the dividends are paid, and the tiansfer
boots re-opedl investments to some extent may be
calculated upon. Special transfers can be effected
on Monday next, but the Looks are not opened to
the public generally until the 17th instant.
Consols to-day have been 921.1, and since,
92 buyers. For the opening they are 921
The New Three per Cents. have been
dealt in at 92g and_ the Reduced 921 I. Bank
Stock is flat at 213 to 2131. Exchequer Bills are
now only 4s. discount to par. India-Boiads under
1,000/ are 6s. discount..
Foreign Stocks. are firmer, and a moderate busi-
ness has been done. Russian 41 per Cents. are
96 ; Spanish Deferred, 25f; the Passive, 63 ;
and the Committee's Certificates, 611 being steady.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96 ; and the 4 per
Cents., 102 to 1021 • Mexican Stock is flat at 22i ;
Portuguese 3 per dents. are 45 ' • Peruvian 4 per
Cents., 80 ; and Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1004.
The following •are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks i.--Gienacla Deferred Bonds. 6fj ; Mexixin,
228 f Peruvian 41 per:Cents., 79i 80/; ditto 3 per
Cents., 541 551 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 444 45k;
Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; 41 per Cents.,
96. 98 ; •zpanisti 3 par. Ceuta., 401 ; ditto New
Deferred, 25 25i ; ditto Certificates, GI 4 ; ditto
Pas4ive,
MesSrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., report that the
market for American Securitieit bas continued dull
during the past week, but that symptoms of im-
provement had been manifested. For the various
State Stocks there bad been some enquiry. Rail-
road Bonds were dealt in to a very limited extent.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...106 106.
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-106 106

STATE SECURITIES.

... 78 -
... 89 91
...100 --

Alabama 5 per Cent
ltrojiand 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)...
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds).
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk.
Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42
Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 22
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stook
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ....1877... 80 81
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds -
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 81 83
Virginia 5 por Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86
LOANS OF CITIES.
Boston 4 per Cent. Bonds ..,
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds...
Now Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock

1883... 90 92
.1856-1865... - -
.1863... 75 77

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875... 88 89
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 86 83
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds 1.860...103 105
Illinois Central (Shares). $3O paid....
Michigan-Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860...
Do. do.. do. ....... 1869... 89 91
New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1861... 88 90
New York Central 6 per Cent., not
1883... 77 79
Convertible
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 80 82
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 72 74
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
1875... 76 79
Fund
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865...
Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., lst Mort 1880... 86 88
In the Railway Share Market a moderate bu.d-
ness has been resorted, and in most instances at
an advance upon previous quotations.• L tncashire
and Yorlish.re, Midland, North Eastern, York,
and North Eastern. Berwick, improved ss. Gi eat
Western, and South-Eastern, 10s., and Oxford,
Worcester and Wolverhampton, 15s. Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Vale of Nealh declined
about ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings
are in better favour, more particularly the Canadian
lines. The Grand Trunk of Canada have advanded
about 21., and Great Western ss. to 10s. East
Indian have improved 108., and Eastern of France
ss. Dutch-Rhenish, Great Luxembourg, and
West Flanders have been dealt in at previous quo-
tations.
Business in Milling Shares ruled inactive, the
only dealings reported being Cobre Copper at 52,
and St. John Del Rey at 11.
For Joint Stock Bank and Misc3llaueous there
was but.liitle inquiry, and prices exhibited no ma-
terial variation from previous rates.

B e : ITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY.
(From the °lima List:)
• • P,usiness done. ,
3 tnk Stock . 213 A
S ore C,,rt. Keduced Knucitlas ... 920 i I
*e.,v 3 per Cent. Annuitdes .
Wag Annuities; expire sth Jan. 1860,,
Ditto 31 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 I
.0 or Boras, £l01,0
f itto, under £lOOO 6 a
(I'onsols or A.econnt,
Ditto for Opening 92 i
India Stock —
Litto Account
Ls:, htquer BIM!, 2d.
£lOOO - •• - 4 a par
£5OO 4 d par
5ma11.... • - 4 d par
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS .DAY.
R.azdian 5 per' Cent.
Cuilian Bonds, 6 per Cent • 1.924
Ditto 3 per Cent. . 77
lidnico.n 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Peruvian 80nd5,,41 per Cent . --
Ditto Account
Ditto '3 per Cent., -
1 Ditto ,xccouut
1 t si
a. . 55ii
Portugueseßonds,lßBosn3d,s:,3
per 5c
Cent
Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto
deiwpeoreCreerrnte.d; 3
iiitto Account
1422, £ St., 5 per Cont —
Ditto,96l i
Sp lath i:0,41e, 3 per Cant.
Ditto 14
tastinsimveittee Cert. of Coup. not fun. G.:413:
pr Cele,
~...tplanitisti•li
Turkibh Rontt.., 6 per cent . .
Ditto Account ..... •••• --
' 961 1 i
Ditto Guars.nteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account ....
1021
invldeals 01 the above ,vabi,, in r.,1,1 tn.
Dutch Eslliange, 2A per Cen:., 12 Guilders --
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
' 7127? ER O'CLOCK.
Consols for account, July 9 . 92 iex d

We are authorised to state that Mr. Mani:ty, of the
Northern Circuit, is to be appointed one of her Majes-
ty's counsel.
Tam SPANISH LEGATION.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier will, this day,
receive the members of the diplomatic corps, at the
residence of the Spanish Legation.
Count de Nieuwerkerke, director-general of the mu-
seums and intendant of fine arts of the household of the
Emperor of the French, has left Palls to visit the exhi-
bition at Manchester.
The amount of silver to be despatched by the India
and China mail of the 4th is nearly 800,0001. Including
the quantity likely to be added at Marseilles, the total
will fall; little short of 1,000,0001.

POLICE INT.ELLIGENCE.— (This Day. )

SOUTHWARK.

CONCCALMENT OF BlRTd.—Catherine Carlisle, a de-
feinal,s, 20 years of age, described on the
i charge-sheet- as a furrier, was charged with concealing
the birth of hrr new-horn inf&nt.

Mary Cramlev, an elderly female residing at No. 20,
C liege-street, T,i,ley-atrept, stated that the prisoner
had lodged with her since Christmas, and she went out
daily to work at a furriers. A few days ago witness
had some tuspicions that she was in the family way,
and she told her of it, but the prisoner laughed at it and
said she was mis aken. Witness said nothing more at
that time, but on Wednesday morning She spoke to her
again, saying, "Kitty, you look very poorly—why
don't you acknowledge that y)n are in the family way."
She replied that there was nothing the matter with her,
and went out of the house. After She was gone witness
went up•tairs to her room; and then she saw some-
thing wh,eh induced her to believe that she had just
been delivered of a child. Witness informed the pplree,
and when she returned home she'was given into custody.
Mr. Thomas Evans,
_surgeon to the M division of
pf.lice, 159, Eligh.street, said that he was called into the
llerinond,ey police-3:44qm) on Thursday afternoon to
examine the prisoner, which he did, and he believed that
she had recently been delivered of a child. Witness told
her so, hut iihs resolutely denied it. He, however, was
of opinio❑ that she had from her general appearance, and
on telling her so she said that she did not know that she
had.

The magistrate at,ked him how long a time did he
think had elapsed since her delivery.
Dr Evans replied about twenty-four boars. Witness
examined what was discovered iu her room, and that
confirmed him in his opinion.
The prisoner here declared that she did not know that
she lied given birth to a child. In fact, she was sure
,he had not, or she should have au,ffPred a great deal.

The magi-trate asked the constable whether he had
carefully searched the place I The officer said be had
looked about, but coad not find any child, neither had
the prisoner made any provision for her accouchement.
The magistrate sent the prisoner to her lodgings, and
directed the officer to make a more minute search, and
produce-any further evidence on a future day.