The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

IVIONEV r 5, ki 141 K

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices were
id. higher on all de3criptionss. The sales were
estimated at 12,000 bales, 6,500 of which were
Laken on speculation, and 1,000 -fir expor'. The
Railway Share Market manifested a firm ap-
pearance, and prices slightly advanced.
There has been a meeting of the creditors of
Messrs. Ashmore and Sons, general merchants,
Ivi,ho suspended payment on the 7th ult. Mr.
Sheet
vhatteris, the accountant, submitted the balance-
,W..
1,
when it appeared that the unsecured debts
alternated to only 10,8251., and that sufficient as-
sets will be realised to pay-10s. in the pound. The
ictuediate cause of the failure was stated to have
from losses sustained through an alteration
in the tariff on goods shipped to the United States.
It was eventually agreed to wind up the estate
under assignment, and Messrs. Crokat and C4atteris
Were
appointed trustees.
It
18 announced that the dividend on the shares
of
.17 the Glasgow and South We-Atern Counties will
n_e at the rate of 5 per cent. against 4 per cent.
i
'at Year.
The official returns relative to trade and naviga-
tion
for the seven months ended the 31st July,
▪ ,57, have bean published. The total declared
~saLue of the exports from the United Kingdom was
.11;027,913/. against 63,936,6421. in. the correspond-
ing period of the previous year, showing an increase
gild
°9,091)2711. The increase is perceptible in coals
culm, beer and ale, cotton manufactures, cot-
ton yarn, earthenware, fish, haberdashery and
Millinery, hardwares _and cutlery, linen yarn,
Machinery, silk manufactures, British spirits, sheep
aild lambs' wool, woollen manufacturer, and
Woollen and worsted yarn.
The Imports of the principal articles were larger
as regards live animals, cocoa, barley and oats,
dyeing stuffs, flax, fruit, potatoes, raw, silk, tallow,
timber, tobacco, wine, and sheep's and lambs' wool.'
There was a diminution in bristles, Indian corn,
flour, raw cotton, guano, hops, rice, thrown silk,
spices, rum, and tea.
The Shipping Accounts exhibit an increase in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade,
utries inwards, as will be seen from the following
table, and also for the clearances outwards
ENTERED INWARDS.

Vessels.lBs7_ ----
Ton.. 1856.
Vessels. Tons.
16,588 4,462:805
... .. 15,678 4,266,254
CLEARED OUTWARDS.
1857. 1856.
1 "18018
25 2Rti Tone. Vessels. Tons.
I. 5,967,002 23,129 5,320,943
'ft the coasting trade, for the same period, there
Rare employed :

ENTERED INWARDS.
Vefisele"". 1856.
Vessels. Tons.
75 Tons.
"Is 7,511,422 76,436 7,225,284

atmCLEARED OUTWARDS.
1857. 1856.
. Tons. Vessels. TOns.
,w4(6 8,202,612 83,943 7,644,145
11.4110 rates of Continental exchange were rather
-.`"ter yesterday afternoon.
the Considerable portion of the gold brought by
Great Britain has been sold to the Bank of
ti,ll_,Bl4l:ld. About 147,0001. was taken there yes-
r‘4.43l, and 240,0001. has followed to-day, as the
°uPpliea required for the continent are limited.
r, market for English Securities has been very
slillet throughout the day, speculation being sus-
;haded until the overland advices come to hand.
ere is no particular variation in prices from
these 4. current "after hours" yesterday, when, owing
40 the expression of adverse opinions as to the
!Probable tenor of these next accounts a decline of
tDer cent. took place. Consols have been very
h 1 at 90i for money, and 90i I for the account,
vY are now 901 I, and 90i. respectively. The
ew LOnb Threes are 91k s, the Reduced 91 it, and
Annuities 2 7-16 Exchequer Bills are par,
and India Bonds 20s. discount.' Bank Stock has
been
dooo at 214 to 2151.
Securities there is au apathetic
n° 'and and
no fluctuation of importance can be
th iced! Turkish 6 per Cents.- are 94k f, and
Spa n 4 Per Cents. remain nominally steady.
3 D::,81;,, Nevi!' Deferred are 25k Portuguese
__e
f,,oeiniotsw.irzilgs, and Mexican 22 to 22k.
are the nominal prices of Foreign
,°cks :-.--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6i ; Maxi-
ta' 221 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 83 ; Por-
CilltiteBe 3 per Cents., 44i 45k ; Russian 5 per
11%41 112 114 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spa-
-20
° 'per Cents., 40 40i ; ditto New Deferred,
p; ditto Passive, 51 6i.
Irer Itailway Share Market today has not been
prey active, This, however, being making-up day,
fewParatory to the Settlement of the account, some
44,,,,,ba'rgains have been reported to effect the neces-
Nr4ica+zrrallgem.ents. Prices, however, exhibit little
We,7°ll. Caledonian have advanced 10s. ; North-
ft
e;e111 South-Western, North-Eastern (Ber-
the,' and South-Eastern about ss. ; Great Nor-
te. °' 108. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire declined
The'ralla Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ss.
a tal°reigia lines are quiet. Paris and Lyons showed
deciiight improvement; Grand Trunk of Canada
ne
about 155., and Great Western of Canada
r"ed 10s,
"°int
reecbb
Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
—4telT active, at about former quotations ;
et'
'<TN Er Australia however, detained 10s.

.4'4 FONDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK-
/144, (From the Official List 4)
Business done.
3
aer e.,
Steck 215 14 15i
cDe ,lit. Bedueed Anuuitibe 9l A
New', 0%4. Consols Anneities 9og
t 1,,,,, 4, per Cent. Annuities 9IA
1.4),„,"5 Per Cent. Alnnities .. 101
i\!' 4enuities expire sth Jan. 1863......2 7-16 6
1 Titto 0 ,
0 Zl4 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 18 1-16 1,-
1-°4(le• .elkll ........ .......... ....... 20 d
4 i,,,18 rer recount
..
90j
-".or 8111.1, 21d.
kick))
qtio . .
8, ..................... ...
T, -,,411 ......
parld 1 p
k'exiie,S.,OP ""FOREIGN.... FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Portu" u Per Cent
bieeee Bouds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1641 -
14)4 ° 1853, 3 per Cont 45
''l'll. itoud •
Ditto „ 6, 3 per Cent.
Tnk'" 'lee? Deferred 3 per CLir.
-• Al En„.,_ , 2s}
?;
--,,,,, e par cant . .
Dividends on the above payable in London.
, X VVO O'ut,OU :.i.
Consols rnoneY
Cougols account
..... _
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NV.74kI:,7TER,I°US CASE.—Yesterday morning Thomas
-•" the coroner, received information of the
death of
Who
ace Young girl, named Mary Ann Sullivan,
ba, was found in a state of insensibility lying in King,
oat, Drury-lane. She was conveyed to King's College
'ntespital, where Mr. Anstie, house t:urgeon, used every
Illeans to restore animation, but without success.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A WATERBUTT.—Yeeterday
Morning a woman Emma Squire:, residing in Snow's-
fi.elds, Bermondsey, atteruptei self-destruction by drown-
ing herself in a waterbutt. After great trouble anima
tion was restored, but she remains in a very pPrecariousstate.
Yesterday a serious accident occurred at the new
buildings in course of construction in Belitha-aquare,
Thames-bank, leading to the now Chelsea-bridge. It
teems that four workmen were employed on an tipper
scaffold, when one of the cross putlocks broke, and, the
the boards 2iving way, they fell to the ground from a
?eight of 30 feet. William Duffy was found dreadfully
injured his skull being fractured and several ribs broken;
and another man, named Sliaxt 'in Craft, bad both hie
tlegs fractured. They are not expected to survive. The
two others escaped with trifling juries.
tioruz NEW LANDING STAGE AT LIVERPOOL—The great
ating stage for sea-going steamers is now nearly corn-
Sir William Cubitt is expected in Liverpool
tnring the present work to inspect the stage, prepara-
meiry to its being banded over to the corporation by
bee 4:°ollantors. 't will thpublien bc. e made immediately
avail for the use of the
ctn. Oar, ACClDENT.—Yesterday a fatal accident oc-
ther:d to Wm. Clarke, aged 16. The deceased was in
tur EnPloy of , Messrs. Dery and Deane, gun enanufac•
"
of ,Irs, Bermondsey,dingFeizA with down the aister
and ue well staircase, when 'he was Bertgo,
felltab to the basement, a depth of 40 feet. He sus-
' "e't snob ii,juries that he died shortly afterwards.
IttillloTruca
V ICTIM OF THE KNIFE.—Toe unfortunatela Inn, Gallo, who was staobed at his own door in the
,thea'lnPstead-road by a an named Ambrose, who was
in tz.:l3? man
captured by th,4 police, Expired this morning
e University College Hospital, Gower-street, after
eat Buff .
ermg.
wi.. aLEIIENT OF A YOUNG MAN.—Yesterday morning
Til'otuatn Stylivan, ago d 24 years, was admitted to St.
received Uospital, from the effects of severe injuries
gaienied by being impaled on
,some iron spikes near
Precarious state.
Dree °°ort, while getting over. He remains in a