The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

His Honour resumed his sittings after his vacation.
IN RE WARING'.
This bankrupt was described as of Mortimer-street'
Cavendish-square, glass dealer, &c., and came up to Pasti
hisM examination. a do
r. Turner, for the assignees, did not oppose, al ts
bankrupt passed. The debts are stated at £1,226; Ass°
and debts, £206; property, £l6O.

IN RE SEALER.
This bankrupt was described as of Shooters'-hill, 141'12
&c., and came up to pass his last examination on ace°ll/1-0,
by Messrs. Butler and Cannings, showing—Debtor
ditors, £729 ; to ditto, holding security, £4,331; or*
January, 1857, £612 ; profit, £644. Creditor—Good
18s. 6d.; reversionary interest, £ll2 ; propertY ni°l4b;
dorm
£5,642; interest, £682; trade expenses, £302;
£4Ol.
The bankrupt passed.
IN RE ROBINS. 'WA
tO

The bankrupt was described as of St. John's'ilart
builder. The examination was adjourned, Messrs.
Brothers not having been able yet to file the accounts.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before % A
Mr. Kerr.) LS/
IMPORTANT CASE TO TIIE SHIPPING INTEREST.-- '°(:)

V. SAUNDERS AND .
This was an action to recover £3 18s.ANOTHER
under the °lance
ing important circmmstances.
Mr. Watkin Williams, instructed by Messrs. riereelf,
end
Gresham House, appeared for the plaintiff
James, by Mr. Cattams of Mark-lane for the defenvdant*
who are the ship brokers for the Russian Steam Navigation
C Plaintiff is a wine merchant in the city, and said that if
had sold, in May last, eight puncheons and four hogsh7;
of
rum, to a Mr. Meyer, to be shipped free on hae
ship belonging to the Russian Steam Navigation ComPenPs
bound for Odessa. Plaintiff called up
mon defendants and sailio
r. Duncan, one of the partners, and engaged freigit
was told that the ship was lying in the East-lane-Pi
the
the river, and that if the goods were taken alongside 11
`OO
2d Juno, they would be taken. The goods were Pnt Ist
board a lighter and arrived alotr,side the ship by el the
June, but the vessel went into the Victoria Docks, an a
Delay °ie.:
lighterman was told that he must go there.
curred, and plaintiff was informed that the goods wen° l'a
taken,
but the vessel finally went without them. And
„wry that
ship was given, defendants saying, They were s" -
they had engaged more freight than they could oa-.1.e.
The amount now sought to be recovered was the lighteratlo
paid in going backwards and forwards through defendall"
error. not
Plaintiff was cross-examined as to whether it W,`"-muld
necessary to obtain the broker's order before the goods
be taken on board. Plaintiff said he did obtain all °:--4.he
and that this order was presented to the mate= boar(' '—
ship.
The lightermen were called, and said—They had an. °jet
told
from the broker and waited alongside the *easel, Woo
that the goods would be taken on board.
Bentley, the man who took the barge to East-lane, her.
was recalled by Mr. James for the purpose of cross -exare 114
ina '
lie
tion—He arrived at East-lane-pier on the Ist June. he
the shipping order then. The mate sei".,,ry
could not take the goods then because some
heavy railway carriages were being shipped. ~11.1-,
ship went into the Victoria Docks as the ilYdra7.o
press was required for the machinery Witness wasonl
quired to follow the ship down to the Victoria Docks'
did so.
Another lighterman said he took charge of the g°ed
the Victoria Docks. He presented the brokers'
w
chief officer, who said he would take the goods. • °
not take the order till ho had the goods on board.
The defence was that no brokers' order was given' of
the Ist
the lighterman had
presented a shipping order on
have
June ,when the ship was not full, the goods -would
been taken. By the time the goods arrived at the Victoria
Docks the vessel was full, and the goods could not be
order to the

taken.
;
Mr. Gibbs, one of defendant's clerks, said no pa11.,011.Pl
order was given. There were no particulars of the t
and numbers of the rum sent to defendant, and without
suAnother an order would not be given. An lot
clerk said he was on board the vessel on ...-
June, and no order was presente
Mr. Early said that when the d.
goods had been shot out!.
plaintiff applied and received an order for another vessel.
He did not give up the order for the previous vessel, an
a
to the best of witness's belief never had one.
His Honour was not satisfied that tho plaintiff had mast'
out his case.
Mr. Williams then addressed the court, and contended
that it had been positively proved that an order had bee°
giveint wa.Tshe order had been traced from person to pal
and
satisfactorily in evidence that each of those Pe
sons had presented it on board the vessel.
His
Honour repeated that there was no evidence that all
order had ever been given.
Plaintiff was then nonsuitcd.

Loss OF A FLAT IN THE 11SERSEY.—Abotiv...,9
o'clock on Tuesday evening the flat Sarah,
Wilkinson, was shipping coals on board the screw stew the
Hungarian, for Quebec, lying in the river opposite t;
belonging t° lr;
north landing-stage, when her bow rope broke, and i:he
masthead, as she swung round, being caught in iier
steamer's rigging, she capsized. The men on board of
were precipitated into the water and rapidly carried
by by the tide, not one of them being saved. It is not
how many hands were on board. There were certain t
three, and unless some of the crew were on shore there 1111/B
have been double that number.

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..4-2VD CITY NEW,F.

The George Marshall, fromCITY Australia, hasCLOCK been
announced this morning with £119,252, and the
eitY,ef Washington from New York with £214,930
•--ntaking a total of £334,182.
The Ceylon, from Alexandria, has arrived with
the remaining portion of the China 2nd Calcutta
mails, and the letters will be delivered to-morrow.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily, and prices remained without variation.
The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales. In the
Railway Share Market the transactions were
united, quotaticns, however, exhibited an advance.
East The amount of specie that will be taken for the
by the mail steamer on Friday is £567,740 of
Which £1,900 is for Ceylon, £293,435 for India,
and £272,405 for China and the Straits. £20,075
i 8 Rohl, and £541,665 silver. The Government remit
tbis occasion £269,000 to Calcutta, and £104,833.
to }long Kong.
In the Mincing-lane markets business is rather
restricted, but prices in most instances are well
maintained. The public sales of sugar are of a
united character, and former rates are generally
(11-3tained• Coffee, tea, and rice are quiet and without
"iteration. Saltpetre and tallow are flat, and
besiaess is dull.
The prospectus of the Great 'Northern Caffa
8 lug' Company of South Australia is affording
_orae attention from the valuable deposits of copper
tia.ld to be easily obtained by the judiciois applica-
;° of capital. The amount to be subscribed is
bl,lo'ooo in £2 shares, with 10s. deposit, out of
capital the sum of £70,000 will have to be
e'lree for the property.
There was a meeting of a section of shareholders
of
tho Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Co-
it 13r $O-day, at which ma
resolution was passed to
Coin-
the effect that it was expedient that a local ma-
nagement in Ireland should be established with a
devlel! to a development of the prospects of the un-
thrtakingt and for the protection of the interests of
e shareholders.
tonne following particulars of the number and
linage of vessels now on the berth in the Port of
f:don, loading. for the Australian Colonies, is taken
21s
the usual monthly statement published hby
Miller, the manager of the Jerusalem Coffee-
F
or
2 vessels .... 599 tons.
» Robert To ********
1 649 ~ •
,>• SYndey ****** 91 • -,39
mobour.n.ee • • • • • • • •
211. 9 9 • •
• 19,827 ~
>, Adelaide ********
•• • 2,2°2
iN•Swan 2 807
ew. • 0000000
ealaad • • • •
5009 „
000000 7 ~ •• •• •

119 ~ 36,532 If
th° Wing to the increased demand for money, and
the 1. PWard tendency in the rates of discount,
RultaPression was entertained. in some quarters
che minimum would be raised to 3 per cent.but
th meeting of the Bank directors to-day, . .
eY separated without announcing any alteratio.nn
tilrthere is very little animation to-day i
hag mar is
for public securities, but quotations 96
tc:re been steadily maintained. Consols are
The96l for money, and 961 i for the account..
there • is evidently very strong asv
Ortre is nothing in the progress of monetary
political affairs to create excitement, and not-
'Withstanding the sales effected yesterday after-
NThe 411°°41; the supplies of stock continue rather limited.t 92 New Threes and the Reduced are steady at
; 95. The New 21 per Cents. at 79. India
Deb is 1031, and the Scrip, 1038 ; dittot
Dee,4tures (1858) are 'firm at 96Z-; ditto (1859), a
141.1; ; 1 ank Stock remains at 2251 to 227 ; and
La clitto at 224.
RatherBectimore business is recorded in Foreign
elthtltes, and prices are without any importantt
Newt Turkish 6 per Cents. are 78 to 79 ; ditto
gt;', 67 to 68. Mexican are steady at 221 1. ;
iire"l:4ll 8 Per Cents., at 441; Dutch 21 per Cents.
991.41)1.,, er, at 661; ditto 4 per Cents. are flat at
INV eltuneillitnns Ayres 6 per Cents. arc marked 80 ;
tkatB i. 6 per Cents., 104. Russian 3 per
Th. ',lave receded to 65i.
to this
last Week's railway receipts, ascertained up
GreatlB ‘1471 are in round figures as under:
18.59. 1858.
ste
.. £30,343 £28,956
tlritili WeBte
..... .............................. 7186:6-117 70,409
tiptot....
CiS.),ZII ........................................ 37,22197 13105
rkt x., astern.
............
14nea?thern
..
27.471
kistoVilre Exeter.lForicsl;ir.o. .......
362,839701 222
6691031 6;
0094
142.iich alid
.
'-orth eater, sh
)4;.! stafrord
........ . ... Lincoln
7,846 79:090021
i3,lth..taiite,n
............
39,200 36,759
14d, Wercexter, . an....d. ... Wolverhampton. 5,017 4,598
kdirlta and Wicklow .
(liim,,llrg,h) Perth, and ni:1;&" '" " 3,242 3,1",,
41a,,s'rga aud Glasgow
bilteC' all(' South-West
Great -Rhenish . Western
76:227101
3 013 3,210
66:087190
Thit LUxeniur.B: .........
' 1,492
s 2,287
inert return shows a steady improvement ; then
Ilk 4e Oil the London and North-Western
£1 to SR 9
--- ''-'3B ; on the Great Western, to
Exeter ; on the Midland, to £2,324 ; on the South-
£l n, to
4731 ; on the Great Northern, to
ta oa; en the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to
01 " ; en the North-Ea.stern, to £2,441 ; on the
_o_rze:rlo:l4veu:aneuldbSuouurtg.h,-ItVuexst7e9rsn. to £392 ; and on the
haLUtee transactions in the Railway Share Market
;vriee, there very
limited ; in some instances, how-
a slight improvement as regards
Iv a• Caledonians have advanced ss; South
Ileesfiternteril, 105. ; North British, ss. ; and South
,
1\1;y k), 5
nirthl\r's. tern, Midland,
eusBte, Great Westerns declined 10s. ; and
and North Eastern (Ber-
*II?? Foreign and Colonial markets no mate•
40, Francisco
was apparent in prices. Bahia and
Antwreraneiseo brought 41; Namur and Liege, 811
Rotterdam, 41; East Indian 101,
Jointl, and Great Indian Peninsula, 98 to 981.1,
4.l:a.,l.l3Btaoenkd Bank and _Miscellaneous Shares are
Nightly
Vaneed
ss. , improved_ prices. Oriental Bank ad-
sliht .14 • . Bank of Australasia, 10s. ; and Penin-
t Oriental Steam, ss.
I
e
ta, titr-

504
eO• '

31:,,,,,,
___TISII FUNDS—CLOSING
...........
,%,,Mook
.. ... . ............... 14-IVI 5
41
- "Ilk Reduced Annuities
96Itiil
Pe-
liCent. Consols Annuities
e:. a per Cent. Annuities 94 5 4
8044 79.
1.0h.,21 Per Cent. Annuities
bit,t, Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1389. • : —l7i
1 3O Years, expire sth April, 1880 ,
11(144 Sto ' -4
1)41 c
~,,, ,
1)41 0, 1809, 5 per Cent. ........... INiz
Ditto 0 Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Debentures, 1558
bit bitto, 1859
~. to Rends £1 000
Tc,uoittlt: u, nder'4l,6oo4l .....
0::.1.1:d:
:7468111)2831
9
la _
.eis for Account (Nov 8)
Itetilelier %Ts,
1)14:
sinoo
........................
31 28 9
ell, lid
PRICES.
D FO
FUNDS--CLOSING
100
-111,ilian 5 per Cent
98 51
tuuitto 41 per Cent. 1858
80
elm., Ayres, 6 per Cent
104
tie Itn) 6 per Cent.
22t I.
bk.,c,l,,inn 3 per Cent.
24
irt,-iitto Account .. ....
Ditto,' 822, £ St., 5 nor Cent
654 i
bl4o, 3 per Cent., 1859 1
d
8 L•t° Scrip, .................
ItllitTill per Cent
41—
liirki:h 6 pelritte
Ditto Account._ •
......... .................... . .
_
bitt ew Loan
Ditto Account ....................
1031
Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dlif t Dividends on the above payable in London.
1,-'.', Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 664
99i i
Ditto Certificates 4 per Cent.
Consols, Money . THREE
O'CLOCK.
Ditto ....... CCi 1
Account (Nov.)
96
-.1
1'44 ."

slid iiB
, txcellency the British Minister at Mexico
D
an 'B. 0 tway arrived last night at the Brunswick Hotel,
'4ll3qt-street.
The •rx a
from -,,11Ke of namilton arrived in town on Monday
R .
fo,t %Milton Palace, N. 8., and has since left, via Paris,
i adell, to join the Duchess and family.
kciaTTERS, &C FOR AMERICA, VIA CORK.—To
irlad'e'sfe the carrying"
into effoet of the new arrangement
Northr the
mails to the United States and British
ci
00 ev Arnerica, via Cork, on Saturday, the sth inst., an
that
.°D let: alternate Saturday subsequently, it is nears_aly
theseters and newspaper, intended to be forwarded in
WheTtpTi, and which may be posted after the latest I'l
tither be
aaa hitherto been possible to post them,. should
°f bo
the case
ke or by moans of postage-stamps (as in
Ivill i, ',) or be forwarded unpaid. No money, therefore,
Hell e received in payment of postage upon the letters and
titewiPapera in question, and if not prepayed by means of
114,1$ such letters, &c., must be dropped into the box as
Lit?,',"l.---By cominand of the Postmaster-General, Row-
"b ILIA, Secretary.----Greueral Pot-ffice, Nov. 3, 1859.