The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-20 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)

A young man, whose name did not transpire, was
charged before Mr. Henry with the following brutal
assault:—

Mrs. Billings, a married lady, residing in Lincoln's
Inn-fields, stated that last night, about seven o'clock, she
was returning home, in company with two friends, down
Vere-street, Clare-market, when the prisoner came up to
her, and without saying a word he deliberately struck
her in the face. She attempted to remonstrate with him
upon the impropriety of his conduct, but it was to no
purpose; all the attention he paid to her complaint was
to repeat the blow, which this time was so violent as to
knock her down. While she lay prostrate on the ground
the fellow kicked her in the abdomen, and then made
an effort to escape, but he was collared by a gentleman
who witnessed his brutality, and detained until the arri-
val of a policeman. At the time of his arrest the lady
was in so precarious a state that she bad to be taken to
an hospital; but as she lived so near it was thought ad-
visable afterwards to remove her to her own residence.
She bad never seen the prisoner before, nor bad she
given him any provocation.
The policeman who had him in charge stated that he
was quite drunk when taken into custody.
Mr. HENRY observed that drunkenness was no 'exte-
nuation of such conduct, and fined him in the full penalty
of 5/.. or two months' imprisonment.
The prisoner was removed in custody.
A middle-aged woman, with respectable demeanour,
though poorly clad, was charged with being drunk and
incapable. _ _

A- police-constable stated that while on duty last
night about ten o'clock, in Parker-street, Drury-lane,
he found the prisoner quite incapable of taking care of
herself, and he therefore took her to the station.
The poor creature, who appeared to be dreadfully
agitated, and suffering from nervous excitement, said
she was afraid her family bad sailed to New York with-
out her. She and her family had obtained passage tic-
kets, and she ought to have been on board last night,
but in taking leave of her friends, all of whom bad in-
sisted upon treating her, she imperceptibly drank too
much liquour, which took effect on her when she got
into the air. Her children were on board without a
friend to protect them.
Mr. HENRY said there was some excuse for her intoxi-
cation, and upon being informed that she would still
be in time to get on board if she made haste, as the yes-
eel would not sail for an hour, he at once benevolently
ordered an officer to take her to the docks and defray
all expenses.
The poor woman, who seemed completely overcome by
the kindness of the worthy magistrate, thanked him
with much warmth and left the court.

SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.)
diary Sullivan Ras brought before Mr. A:Beckett,
charged with creating a disturbance in the Victoria
Theatre.

Murray, the officer, said that a little after ten last
night he perceived the prisoner standing on a seat in the
pit, shouting and abusing the performers, and her noise
completely put a stop to the performance for several mi-
nutes. Bo violent was her conduct, that it took several
parties to remove her from the theatre.
In defence the prisoner said she had been drinking.
She was extremely sorry for her conduct.
Mr. ATECKETT told her she should not go to a
theatre in a state of drunkenness. As a caution to her,
he should fine her 53. or even days' imprisonment.

LORD DENSIAN.-IVe have good reason for be-
lieving that at the close of the present Guildhall sittings
this distinguished Judge, so long an ornament of the
legal profession, will resign his high office into the
Queen's hands. The Noble and Learned Lord we be-
lieve has solicited an audience for the purpose.—
Morning Paper.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We understand
that the dividend on the consolidated stock of this and
of the Norfolk Company will be 3s. per share of 201.
each.

MONEY and COMMERCI. AL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton a t Liverpool wet e only 1,500 bales,
all to the trade, with a dull market, t previous quota-
tions.—Railway Shares were again In wer, and the mar-
ket was very dull.
The Grain trade in Mark lane ue)l the same as
on Monday.
The continental mails have not a rain ed as usual, and
even the French mail has come in lat e.

We have before us an appendix i Mr. David M.
Evan's work on the "Commercial Cris s," a curious and
valuable table of dividends, complets d to the end of
last year, and we take from it some of the more interest-
ing points:—

8 (J.

Alexander, L. and Co. have paid . 2 8 in the pound.
Barclay Brothers ... ... 2 6
Bruce, Buxton, and C 0....

... 1 V

Bensusan and C 0.... ... 0 •3
Brainy, G. T. (and with interest). 20 0
Cockerell, Larpent, and Co. ... 0 6

Castellain, Sons, and C 0.... ... 10 0
Cruikshack, Melville, and Co. ... Ti I
Fry, Griffiths, and Co. . . ... 4 0
Gower, A. A. and Nephews ... 1 6

Harman and Co. ... - ... ... 3 0
Johnson, Cole and Co. (expected) C 4

Lackersteen. A. A. ...
Lackersteen and Crake ...
Lyall, Brothers and Co.
Perkins, Schlusser, and Mullins S
Phillips, S. and Co. ... 1 .0
Phillips, L., and Co. ... 7 4
Reid, Irving, and Co. ...
Rougemont Brothers ...
Sargent, Gordon, and Co. ... 2 6
Sanderson and Co. . . 9.06 0
Trueman and Cook ... ... 12 0
In several of the above instances further dividends
are expected.
The Funds opened with rather a du 11 appearance, but
have gone somewhat higher since. 'Consols have been
95i to it for Transfer, and 95i for At count. There is no
foreign intelligence f importance to /ve t upon them, the
accounts reoeived being for the most pa r; satisfactory. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent,c.. .ave been 98 to
and the Three per Cents. 954 to 96. Bank Stock has
been marked 206 i. Exchequer-bills kt ave realised 545.
to 575., and India Bonds 88s. prom ium. Consols at
present are about 95} I for Money, s ,nd 95 I for Ac-
count.

... 19 6

The Foreign Securities are much c' iieter, and Peru-
vian have sensibly declined. The Ac .live Stock has re-
alised 76:t0 77j, and the Deferred 31i to 33k. Mexican
Bonds have been 29.,347 to and Buen 3t, .Ayres are 58 to
59i. French Five per Cents. have be en quoted 26, with
the exchange at 26 45; Danish Fi vefrper Cents. 99k;
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 90i; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55i.
Railway Shares have been very dull, and there is
scarcely any alteration in prices cf.-. no pared with yes-
terday.

lit.ferring to the recent position of the Railway
Market, a writer in the Railway Circular states:—
" On the last settlingday in the Shay e Market the rate
of interest charged for continuing Brant ttona was ten per
cent. and for North Staffords fifteen pa. cent. London
and North-Westerns and Great Weste rs to have both been
sold very largely. Now bad these sales been bona
fide, it follows that on the settling day there would
have been an over supply of stock, and the rate of
interest charged for continuing we •uld have bee❑
proportionately high; but so far froria that being the
case the jobbers were all borrowerts of these shares,
and were only too happy to lend money 7 upon them for
nothing. Such was also the case wil;11 Midland Stock.
Upon Caledonians, York and Nor tl Midlands, and
Newcastle and Berwicks, money i:o uld not only be
borrowed for nothing, but 15 and t?() per cent. were
readily offered for the loan of the alaares. This de-
monstrates that the sales have been s olely on account
of speculators who have not a share they can deliver.
It also traces the source of the jesuitic al advertisements
which are put into the papers to elan] the unwary. It
also reveals, what has never been es mystery to our-
selves, the purity of a certain moril staid paper, which
is written by and known to be the property of a certain
notorious speculative house of the Stock Exchange.
Now we tell these conspirators that their day of retri-
bution is approaching, and that at 3 moment, and in
a manner they least expe.7t, their discomfiture will be
comp.!: te."

0-SE 4.11.,`-I G
P.:l. Ns OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. P RI 'ES
dank Stock 2061,4 206%.
3 per Cent. Reduced .Anne 9sli 96 95% 96 96
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 i.,5A 44% 95%
New 31i per Cent. Anna.....- 9BlAi 98 981/8 98%
L'mg Anne. to empire Jan.lB6o -16 8 % 8%
India Bonds, 1,0001. —
Ditto under 1,0001.... .........
88 p
Cons )1s for Account 95 I'3
). 3/41h:ii 95%
Kxchequer Bills. Pie 6i ZU
1,0001. June ..... ...........
500/. June
Small. June 54 57 p
FRICEB OF FOREIGN FUNDS.

57 p
57 p
57 p
min CLOSI/i
O'CI•4 'CT PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.— 5'9 % 58 59%
Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. --
Ditto 5 Der Cent.
Equador Bonds - --
Greek Bonds - _
Ditto ex Over-due Coupons 6% 6%
Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupqns—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .. - 29%
Ditto. Account
Ditto, Small - • 29%
Peruvian Bonds. 4 per Cent
Ditto, Account ..... 71% 76 77 78
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents. - -
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2;ii per Cent ... -- •
Ditto. Account -

99%

3314
33

34

Dividends on the above payabl a in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent ,h3f. 96f.
Exchange
Beligan,4!‘2 per Cent. . :it )(,,,i 90
mach 21i per Cent., 12 Guild. .. :,:.,I/9 551/2
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates YI; 86% 861/,
PRICES OF PAID. Busri.r4t IS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES, AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 7%•••••• 14.
Cht,ster and Holyhead... 50 ...... —• .. ...... ...
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... ...
East Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D
Do., 31. 105., Pref... 31,4 ..... ..
Eastern Counties...

91A

Do , New Prt f.rer ce,
6 per Cent ....
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent., No.l 64 13s. 4d.... )1; p...
Do. North. & Eastern,

ii,'
114
7%
11%

3i r

6 per Cent.
bitto. 5 per Cent
Eastern Union, Class A

50 - ...- .__
50 - •••••• •• ...... 59

(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (fi per cent.) 20 ..... 15Ih —.... ..... .... 151,E
East Lancashire
great Northern
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 121 A _
....
1034
Great Western 109 ...... 63 .. ............. 014
Ditto, IA Shares
Ditto, Fifths ......
Ditto. New 17/... ..... 15 ... 7
..
75,.;
Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ..... , ..............
Ditto, 14 Shares ...... 49 ... .. 25 . 25
Do. Fifths.. ... 10
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10
Do. (W. Riding Union) 103 ..... 3A.V, . . 3%
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Third:: ...... 50 .-

Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,4 —
Do., do. No. 2 10
London, Brighton, and

4%

_
South Coad... ..... 100
London and N Western 100 lO9 108 109 lOB3/4
Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 ...... 12%4 1214
Ditto,Fifthq l2 .....
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 15A,3/4
London &S.Westarn ..100 ..... 66 .. .. 66
Manchester, Sheffield,

and Lincolnshire...400
Do. New 101. Pref..— 10 ..... 7!41/2 74
Midland ........ ..... ....ICO ..... 43 45%
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100
Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ~.....
Norfolk .......... ....... ....100

1%
18)

Do. New 201. . l5
Do. Extension ......... 20
North British ........ ... 26 ....
Ditto Preference 5 —
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 4ih .. ... x.n . .....
South Staffordshire 8
South Eastern
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed .. ..
Do. do. do. ..
York, Newcastle, an

50 - -
25 25 ~ 25

:Berwick. ............... 25
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20
York and North Midland 50 - 191,,
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
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..,
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 :6% .IE. div ...... 6% x.d
Paris and Rouen 2O ...... ... .. ........ 22
Paris and Strasbourg