The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

AfOicEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Thei has been very little activity in the foreign
and col :onial produce markets during the last few
days; ) most of the principal staples however have
mainta;u-ned previous values. Tea continues firm,
but the dealings have been of an unimportant cha-
racter. The better descriptions of sugar have been
in modetrate demand at full rates, and for the finer
qualities; of coffee there has been an active demand,
chiefly for home consumption. Rice has been dull,
but spices generally have been in fair demand at
improved rates. For saltpetre there has been a
very limited inquiry, and tallow has exhibited a
slight upward tendency.
Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton
Market 27esterday closed with a rather dull appear-
ance, tine 6,000 bales were sold at previous rates.
In Railvr.ay Shares only a very moderate amount
of businoss was transacted, and prices of all the
leading lines exhibited a slight decline.

At the Bank of England yesterday there were
no bullion operations of importance. Silver is in
moderate demand, at previous rates.
The general appearance of the money market
continues favourable, and all who require accom-
modation have to pay very easy terms, provided
the securities they offer are of an unexceptioneble
character. The bankers, as well as the discount
houses, have ample means at their disposal, which
they are willing to employ on moderate terms,
rather than allow them to remain idle and unpro-
ductive.

There was a special meeting to-day of the Medi-
terranean Extension Telegraph Company, at
Which Sir James Carmichael, Bart., took the chair.
for considering the propriety of accepting the
Neapolitan concession lately granted to the direc-
tors for conducting telegraphic communication
between Malta and Sicily. The term is for thirty
Tears, and the company will have the power
to use the English language, and will
be allowed a quarter part of the price
of all through messages to or from Malta passing
over the Neapolitan lines. Her Majesty's Govern-
Ilea have extended the guarantee of 6 per cent.
to this additional line, so long as communication is
kept open by either route, instead of being de.
Pendant as at present on the integrity of the Malta,
Cagliari, and Corfu line. The Chairman said he
had no doubt this new line would even then earn
ite dividend, and that it ought to be constructed
for their own protection. The concession was
agreed to, and a resolution was passed for issuing
1,600 preference shares of £lO each, at an interest
of 8 per cent. per annum.
There has been very little activity in the market
for Public Securities to-day, speculation being dull,
and bona fide business inactive, but a general im-
provement has taken place. From the extreme
Point of depression attained yesterday afternoon,
When the markets were very feeble, the funds
Lave rallied to the extent of 4 per cent., and
"413 movement, although limited, has exer-
"ed a beneficial influence upon other secu-
"ea. The decline, which was scarcely war-
tUted, has induced purchasers to come forward,
and hence the reactionary tendency. Consols have
dento 921 1 for the Bth proximo. The New
ThreeL per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities are
-e. °ay at 921 93, and Exchequer Bills at 235. and
2‘
28. prem. ; India Loan Debentures are flat at 942 ;
ditto Scrip at 931, and the Bonds at 10s. discount.
In Foreign Securities the transactions have been
v
a very restricted character, and, in most instances,
r°ees show a slight advance; Turkish 6 per Cents.,6
I,!vever, are firm at 74 to 75 ; ditto New at 60 to
; but the 4 per Cents. have receded to 1022 ;
leXican to 18}; Portuguese to 431 ; and Grenada
Deferred to 5 ; Spanish Deferred has improved
to 29a.
Rather more firmness has been apparent in the
I
Railway Share Market, some of the principal lines
11,
lirWing an improvement of abed 1 to 1 per cent.
ttnchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and North
tern (York) have advanced ss. ; Caledonian,
'eat Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire,
10,
• ; East Lancashire, Brighton and Oxford, Wor-
'v
, 4ter and Wolverhampton declined about 10s.
kln the Foreign and Colonial Markets the deal-
Iro have been extremely limited. Lombardo-
elletian New Shares are at 61 to 61 ; and
k ntwerP and Rotterdam, at 34. Grand Trunk
tt Canada are steady at 341 to 342 ; and Great
L%tern of Canada, at 141. Ceylon Guaran-
ittej.°lllt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
ezeeediugly quiet at about previous rates.

firCe BRntTISH FUNnnuDS—CLOSING PRICES92II. 3
I Reduced Annuities i
111 3 Per Cent. Annuities
litlia Stock
14,te riebentures
bi:te, Loan Scrip
kile Bonds, £l,OOO
Co" under £l,OOO
l'l,,Rols for Account (July 8) - I 1 I
brilequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 23 6 p
1)i t%') £5OO 23 6 p
4 Small, 11-d.
81.„FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Ditto
5 per Cent.
'itto 41 per Cent.
Dada . ..
kbittr, Deferred
New Active, 31 per Cent.
-text 5
Vet% 3 per Cent
it Account
ek to
vi 18 i 18
b. an 41 per Cent —
Nrtuitt° Account
itPose, 1853, 3 per Cent.
lit' '0 Account
Bid i,_,
,"11, 1822, £ St., a per Cent lohf
t bit"tola'll 6 per Cent
801
p11i.., Account
I)i2° 3 per Cent
bit 7 Account
l'lttki ° New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 291
Ditto
6 per Cent 733
ijit. Account
Ditt:llew Loan
bi,,o Account
''' Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Console fo Account, July 8 .... 921 i a d
,Z 1

I°ZICE INTELLIGENCE.-(T.HIS DAY.)

THAMES.
hAatoz OP STABBING.--JOhII Maury, a seaman, was
Llitht befdre Mr. Selfe, charged with stabbing a young
Nil 0. woman named Julia Donovan, No. 16, Perseverance-
let, St. George-in-the-East.
Ll'he complainant, who belongs to the class termed un-
:-11a.ate, and who has been frequently at this court on
,Ittes of assault and robbery, said she went into the Bell
'4lllllehouse, in Ratcliffe-highway, with a friend last night.
kite Prisoner and another man were quarrelling with two
la, and the prisoner struck at every one right and
',And took out a knife, with which he struck her on the
Ithd inflicted a severe wound. She was taken to the
Zr"Y of Mr. Croucher, who dressed the wound.
4.4 other woman confirmed the statement of the prosecu-
111,' 841:1 Elijah Long, a police-constable, No. 380 K, said
NI 44 called into the Bell, where great confusion pre-
Nt6:l; The prosecutrix was bleeding profusely from a
ti4l
the head.
mCharles Young, who defended the prisoner, said that
etal row was going on in the Bell, and a woman,
444011°ra the sailor had been staying, accused him of
her, and said she had not paid him, and struck
‘114.1, There were several loose women beating the prisoner,
kigli—te,llad to defend himself the best way he could, and
titt,,,,,,"'Ve struck the complainant with his fist, but he
did not use a knife.
of sailor, who gave the name of William Fisher,
kkfl,Zitionce in confirmation of Mr. Young's statement,
Al the prisoner had no knife in his hand.
`tloth. l'elfe said the prisoner was striking at every one in_
414 tehlately, and no doubt struck the woman Donovan
4, her with the ring on his finger. He advised the
01ero c
t
t los ompensate the woman; he must give her at
Tile •
Prisoner paid the money and was discharged.
!111.gh4,441-ETatiNr BY A NEws-Boy.--Leonard Horner, a
:iee ;Zhing boy aged 12 years, and formerly in the ser..
`") 're. Eliza 'Ann Parks, news-agent and bookseller,
%tor—gruercial-place, Commercial-road East, was brought
kti4 Selfe, charged with embezzling various sums of
1:h0c77, he had received for and on account of his mistress,
,s4111;.8* respectable young widow, and has been struggling
'404 pee the death of her husband to maintain herself and
The de the
upon her.
Agin prisoner was in the service of Mrs. Parks from the
141.0 t •,11:g of March until a fortnight ago, when he was
:he ° the City for newspapers and never returned.
.41oPt°4telltriz afterwards discovered that he had received
kad iZs_solus of money from her customers for newspapers,
tcl never accounted for the same. He admitted, on
tteal ofakeh into custody, that he had defrauded his mis-
%kbe,,l3l°lleY to the amount of £3 Ils. Several cases of
fet enient were made out, and the boy was committed