The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-12 00:00:00

There was rather more animation in the Liver-
pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices tended
upwards. The sales were 12,000 bales.
With regard to American Securities, the sub-
joined remarks are from the circular published by
Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite :—" The market in London
for American Securities continues very dull. The
character of the advices lately received from New
York has induced a great amount of distrust, and
the disposition to sell appears to increase. Erie
shares are offering at 22, and Preferred Stock at
43, without meeting buyers. Illinois shares have
touched 391 discount, and Construction Bonds, 814 ;
this price includes the coupon of 3 dollars, due Ist
October. In Federal and States Stock there is but
very little doing."

The Money Market during the last few days has
shown a decided tendency in the direction of in-
creased easiness. Large quantities of gold have
been sent into the Bank of England, and bills have
been discounted as low as 31 per cent. It was,
therefore, imagined that the directors might deem
it expedient to adjust their minimum quotation to.
day at 31 per cent., but the weekly Court has not
resulted in any alteration.

The market for Public Securities opened this
morning with a buoyant appearance, but the deal-
ings were rather restricted. At first an additional
improvement of I per cent. took place, but it was
not fully maintained. The quotations are still
rather higher than they were yesterday afternoon.
Consols have been 934 94 for transfer, and 94 948
for the account, they are now a out 938 -& respec-
tively. The New Threes have improved to 918 92 ;
the Reduced to 921; India 5 per Cent. Loan to
lon 104 ; ditto New Loan Scrip, 103 i 1044-; ditto
per Cent. Enfaced Paper is flat at 968 I; and
ditto 54 Cent., 1031. _ _

Foreign Securities have shown increased buoy-
ancy, but the dealings have been rather restricted.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 82/ ; ditto 1858, 68/ a ;
Mexican have further advanced to 221 23; Grenada
Active to 16k-, 2 ; Portuguese to 47 ; and Spanish
Deferred to 424-; Dutch 4 per Cents. are 1001.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1861.
Great Western ..552,033
North-Western
Sou th-Western
Brighton 21,284
Midland
Sou th-Eastern
Gre at Northern 29,152
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Brifgol and Exeter 6,914
North-Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
-West Hartlepool
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada

1860.
£53,315
91,054
21,977
22,231
44,785
28,660
29,775
41,987
7,3v8
44,860
15,343
5,198
6,903
12,479
9,284

These returns are, in most instances, of an un-
satisfactory character. On the Great Western
there is a decrease of £1,282; on the Brighton of
£9477 on the Midland of £1,764 ; on the South-
Eastern. of £2,806 ; on the Great Northern of
£623 ; on the North-Eastern of £2,561 ; on the
Grand Trunk of Canada of £2,151; and on the
Great Western of Canada of £1,196.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been limited, prices, however, have shown slight
improvement. Caledonian, Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee, and South Easterns have improved ss. ;
Eastern Counties and Great Westerns, 10s., and
North Westerns, 15s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there is
little change of importance to record. Bahia and
San Francisco realise 13 ; San Paulo, 3k ; and South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 177-, 172.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
continued in moderate demand at about previous
prices. London and Westminster realise 66-a ;
Oriental Bank, 501 ; Crystal Palace, 341, 35 ; and
Peel River Land, 49.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE
per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 92
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
(nrlia Stock .

Ditto 5 per Cent.
Oil to Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto 5i per Cent lO3l
),rto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 i
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
)itto under £l,000
4::ousols tor Account, Oct. 10 94 1 31 I
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
arch une.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d ll pm 4J 7pm
Dt to £5OO ..
Ditto Small

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PH ICES
Fquador New Consolidated
Guatemala 5 per Cent 69
blexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent.
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .
Ditto Account
47
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, St • .
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
••••••••••
Ditto Account .. BOl 80
Spanish 3 per Cent
. • • • ---
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 6 / 5/
Turkish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 931
Ditto Account

TABLE-TURNING A CENTURY AGO —Some years.
after the astonishing transactions, and when the Stockwell
Ghost had begun to fade and be no more heard of, this same
Ann Robinson made a private confession to a gentleman
capable of enjoying a practical joke even when it bordered
—as this certainly did—on downright wickedness. She put
long horse-hairs to some of the crockery, and wires under
others ; on pulling or touching these of course the moveables
fell. When she saw the effect of her first feats she was tempted
to exercise her dexterity beyond the original purpose for mere
amusement. She loosened the hams and bacon, attaching
them by the skins, which soon gave way ; and she threw
a chemical powder into the pail of water as she passed, after
which it bubbled. She managed to throw down several
articles with her own hands, and when the victims turned
and saw them broken or in motion, they attributed it to
unseen agency. In short, the only magic was the dexterity
of the supposed witch, and—a very large feature in the
case—the alarm of the spectators, whose terror at the time,
and their conversations afterwards, magnified many of the
circumstances and invented othtrs, and who were too full
of their own dread of supernatural agency to be capable of
examining anything, or even of a moderate degree of °beer-
vation.—Once a Week.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN A CANAL TUNNEL.—
An inquest on the bodies of the two men, named Edward
Broadbent and IVilliarn Webb, who lostl their lives in a
canal tunnel, as reported in our columns yesterday, has
been held. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased
were accidentally suff)cated by the smoke in the tunnel.
They also recommended the company to sink additional
vent lating shafts.
Two cases t,f offences against public morals, in
which the accused were ecclesiastics, have just been tried
by the provincial courts of Assizes. In the Charente-
Inferieure, Philip Delaurier, a brother of the Christian
Doctrine, was indicted for committing, indecent assaults on
as many as 25 children, who attended the school kept by
the brotherhood at Saintes. The offences were fully proved,
and the jury having brought in a verdict of guilty, without
extenuating circumstances, the Court sentenced the pri-
soner to hard labour for life.—The other case occurred in
Loire-Inferieure, where a priest named Burbin was accused
of indecent assaults, attended with violence, on the persons
of two young women of the parish where he officiated. The
evidence not being altogether conclusive on every point, the
jury declared the prisoner not guilty, but the President of
the Court, in pronouncing his acquittal, addressed him as
follows :—" Burbin, you have heard the verdict of the jury.
which declares you not guilty of the whole charge brought
against you; but the offence of indecent conduct towards
young women still subsists. You are free, but dishonoured ;
you are no longer worthy to be the priest of society." Then
turning to the gendarmes the President added, " Gen-
darmes, remove him I"