The Express. — London, England, 1853-07-18 00:00:00

A c., edetimedso I fi • 11 1; veb ofprt%%. , [THREEPENCE. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1553. No. 2,154.] • :40 Ica or ininw.su.—BANK 01' twrosir. NATIONAL ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT ApuRIATIoN, 7, SS Martta'aiaste, Tratelg.r-tqeste, latat a. wxttg,wr. 'ae the if %LP-YEARLY INTEREST, at the roe a y pee cent. per a num. ow mve.tment stork of this Association, J ~..02 Übe loth June. will be REIDY for DV.LIVERY ow and after ika 911 ei lei. and will no patabie at the alines of the Association, Immo the Won el 11 and 1 thlock Plan MORRISON, Managing Director. Parties &drive M inn sling ta..n.y are requested to examine the OM aloe Nei eel AAPUTAMA:MaI APSOCilltioll, by which 1 kWh witc of it. , Oreel may be olit.ined, combined with perfect stmt. 'di to the depositora. Prospectuses and full inkrmatiow may be ob tained at the rem re will be tent r free on application. DItIGHTON SELTZER WATER, 45. a Dozen. 111.. HOOPER kaa BET 'VOID hia PRICE for Brighton Meltzer sad refiltiora from to V. per drain. Mao other ter .td tab-rein rot orb n, m. bbtcla are artrurii.riard it WA utr quanfti Sa4wA, hamtm can air- Irr, bulb and fe!e• soppood m suet, age as may . be e.quirel. tbrivery twice d a ily, ,‘ 7. irriof pri is CA3 be t Ppytiealno.-1100EK. rall- mall bat. abd33, Omar , wir..troot, 11:nrci.,t net. _______ g DAILY NEWs tonics *wain( rare, priesl4. Isoli t , a l Ouso. the DAILY NEWS be •P sa Br head te of the L1..4 b in ; p r o, ot Draw llriutia. advocating fres pis in i broach.. paws. .and all n Ana Aid pasties% intones, *beam political, socA Or err.i.-•.,tisil. la the trent oral razor of Its neutral Itews,-42 the stearaey of its law rola.rt*, in to .usple. trs* idol. and impartial character of tut yes e.ril lott thitera , , and in tip , turie.l memantitesed eornrr.errial in. fteroit. , o coat .font la Ow City, twilway, sal etemetire Articles,- . LA es.isa is tIO , UII , OPI. It OOtLOW , it lik 4 c ..etalte r l Ild of Shipping than My saber paper- fIL si ii e., melt 'soon of Shiprior in the Mira leen by every ovre:sial and dot the only daily Musing thwart, 'ink et priers, Bt. 'stabbed anYwhere. Ml It ablrewas itse.f t, Wales. ee being the . mtly paw awes. d, slimes" wtileh esetedre. and has cwaye e 'waded. fr up cui,... 131 ell ellesolve rdvertiertettte, 111 i ts ei I. OA ilir Issar is shown by the lost Mors of stamps 214 2 r the year I. 5.1 to the landing Looks Illennetpete. by 12 ,blele It all Ito sera :het this paper (tho yeomen& lay ISOM than M. BIM >cur ) 1t.4 in Ins leen Mateo phi three Wag aesrapii, wa nd. gp, liabblivhei Maw le lloavise t o t 1220............... 912,547 10 111, , t•INO l'o•t ... ......... S 011......-.....„ 220.000 SO 11111................ 116,000 u 'The COODOOI+I mointemease of tlds poems 25* epithet traced? I spreveed by a smite It " the ' Daily NCO'. 'la the youttetrtileas. labs leendas 10 papers Prom the krt. it took kiith wowed aids Iddik Bharat braa-re. n pre Whir eonsiraently that CONamvative libeeillete which le ekes* the .I.b:i.: is int:si of !Wand and already, Id& the awed highest 22 t i n ... ~,,,,,a of OP rreoastreql daily oreek . and with the larval Ist. mauler of adeert,einente- seat to the . Tanse-obtalned by any ad daisy o ,per, ti ;silica; were than committals with de commareial IR. Heientee." 10 T. be or&ed of may Bookseller or Nemeses he the kingdom ;or at Bt. IM Were, 10. Bouserbsetreet. vireSetrert, Idols 111.\ DK. CUL% r.ILWISIA:b NOLDICAL WORKS, ~ o r tikwi, Alni.ssnansst. mad OwOW, Is.olab; 1,9 pow. a 18.6.1. I. In WHAT 10 SAT. 0111.111. AND AVOID. IS n. SO acTrits TO VOTWO Km. ill st. now TO tI HAITI. 191 1.. Is HOW. Lbu rityarAL IDIJOTMILIT (T LITZ. be nil sTICIAL DMA/I& 11 1 10 mi isyrirtnui op iLtIZIAGII LIR 1 1. DVSZASWat Intim. to ratmosa nrousGIMENTP. CONRUPATION, ILJSKOILL BO MID% ..- Lir. &SOLIDS. ISIS% SL4 dCOTCII L.A. ILZI 2 via, S. est. II 1 , it UTlMbritl lll . OA. MS COLD lIVICS CtialL r 111 Iberrosi. 3. fa.oso.tetwow. Carvallio.lo.,lo9t-Amet: 11•15 n. ...' 111. ConiOlZ. mod an bocAraiier , at of Cahrraall, M.D., to . r: antgu.ssia,lt•prawstror, •bo wag br issoYM4 daily Iron la ith I '" 60 emla UP % IS St. 7- - - - IMPORTANT MEETING ON THE BALLOT. A meeting of the friends of the ballot was held on the 14th, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-ion -fields. The meeting, which wee convened by circular from the Ballot Society, was called with the view of enablina that body to confer with the friends of the ballot movement on the best moans of ensuring its sue t**. Yoe attendance on the occasion was highly influen tial, while the letters received from leading reformers in the country proved how wide-spread is the feeling in favour of the ballot among the constituencies of the empire. At the hour hued for the meeting, one o'clock, there were, among other', present, the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. ; R. Coliden..ll.P.; J. M'Cann. M.P. ; J. Brady, P. ; J. Ball, M.P. ;W. J. Hall, Toreros M'Cullagh, T. Prout, 11. Bateman, Donald Nicol (who banded in a contribution of five guineas), O. Pounce!, I'. B. Parker, O. E. Denote, R. Dawson, J. Evans, W. Simpson, J. Ledger, A. Newton, W. .Saul, W. Genoa. J. Pront, W, WickKns, I).xon, W. Roberts, R. Cassidy, Mons tessera ; Kennedy, Brighton; J. Sothern, Yarmouth W. Gibbs, Aylesbury ; R. Colons, Barnham, Sussex ; T. Falvey, Southampton, end other gentlemen. Previous to the more immediate business of the meeting, the Secretary of the Ballot Society read communications, expressive of concurrence with the bsilot movement, a nd of regret at their inability to attend on this occasion, from Baron Rothschild, M.P., through Mr. W. J. Hall, with a contribution of twenty guineas ; Mr. Scholefield, M.P.; H. Hussey Vivian, M.P. ; R. W. Crawford, F. Bennoch, Dr. Lee, of Hartwell-house, Bucks ; Mr. .1. Etches, Derby, with a contribution of 61. Letters to the same effect were Mao read from liavant, Landport, Haverfordwest, Swansea, Enfield, Stroud, Inverness, Banagher, Cheltenham, Bristol, Great Marlow, and other places. The Hoc. F. H. F. Berkeley. haying been called to the ' chair, stated the objects of the meeting, which was to con fer on the steps to be taken at the present important junc ture (when a measure of parliamentary reform was in prospect), for obtaining such an expression of public opinion in favour of the ballot as would secure its adop tion in the plate that would be proposed by her Msjesty'a Ministers. A number of gentlemen ad tressed the meeting, and re solutions in &cordons* with its objects were adopted. EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY. The fifth annual general meeting of the share holders in this company WAS held yesterday at their offices in Cheapside ; 11. HAMILTON LINDSAY, Eiq. presiding. The report (which was read by the Secretary), refers at some length to the suit instituted by Sr J. Brooke against the company for the revocation of their charter, which it states is still pending before the Court of Error. The directors express confidence that the decision will be in their favour, bet they intimate should it be otherwise the only result will be to deprive them of the privilege of limited liability, and that in all other rearm the property and position of the company will remain the same. The proceedings insti tuted at the hasta..ce of Sir James Brooke by Dr. Mae bride, have, they say, been withdrawn, and the coma paid by the nominal plaintiff. The new Sultan at Brune', has confirmed the grant made by his predecessor to the com pany, of the whole et the coil found in the country, ex tending from Meng-Kaboug to Tanjong Barram (em bracing 150 miles of territory) notwithstanding nn attempt made by Sir J. Brooke a deputy to induce him to withhold his ratithatioc. The various projects on foot tot establishing regular steam communication between Europe and Chine, the Eastern Archipelago, British Indio, Australia, and New Zealand the directors look to as the means of coi.ferring great benefit upon the compeny consequent upon the large demand of coal that will be created. Preliminary steps have been taken to open the coal seams on the main land of Borneo, her Majesty's government having recognised tae Sultan's grant, and particulars of the operation of the company's agents there are shortly expected. The directors intimate that in conformity with the provisions of their deed of settlement they are ready to grant licenses and leases for the working of their coal helds for the supply of the Australis, Califor nian, and other markets beyond the sphere of their own operations, and to co-operate with capitalists in establishing a trade between Labuan, Australia and South America, ex chaagieg coal for Copper ore to be smelted at Labuan for the Indian andChica markets. After ezprening their satisfaction at the removal of Sir J. Brooke from the governorship of Tatman, the directors touch upon the favourable position In which they are placid as compared with the coalowners of England in competing in the Indian and Chian markets In regard to wages ; upon the high rate of tonnage from which they have in some degree suffered ins contract for supplying 4,000 tons of coal to the Peninsular and Oriental Company at Hoag Kong ; the advantages to be expected from the proposed employment by that company of auxi liary steam colliers, and announce the employment of an engineer to superintend the working of the manes and the purchase of a schooner for the regular conveyance of stores between Singapore and Labuan. The grope disbursements of the company for permanent works, buildings, roads, steam-el:glom, pumps, colliery implements, and all ex of eve kind to the 30th ultimo are stated at tra ry 17e. Bd., and the gross receipts for coil sold at 19,6221. Ile. Bd. The directors do not declare a dividend , but state that the prospects of the company are fi b' Tearable and its ultimate success certain. Mr. Mot. M.P., expressed his opinion that no judgment of • cotiK of law could possibly overrule a royal charter. The report was unanimously adopted, the retiring dine ton were re-elected, and the proceedings terminated with a Tote of thanks to the chairman. NORTH DERBTSHME F.t.scrom.—The nomination tack place 6n tistarday. The ahem of hAnds was declared to be in faronr of Mr. Thornhill, whey on tho part of Mr. Brans a poll was armairled, which will commence in the moral &trials at Mao o'clock on Tuesday mosaiag. WARE LISTS. SATURDAY EVLYINO. The railway market to-day was very deficient in 20 busincse, and prices merely varied in sympathy with the funds. In the morning quotations in most cases i; slightly gave way, but a rally took place in the ID afternoon, and at the final close prices were nearly 2 Z, identical with those of yesterday. The day's market ... may be pronounced almost destitute of feature. THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocE. Great quietude prevails in the railway market to s. day, this department being almost deserted. A little flatness was observable at one period of the morning, Lancashire and Yorkshires and Midlands slightly to giving way ; but the tone is now stronger, and pre- : se nt quotations are fully as good as the last rates hi of Saturday. is French lines opened flatly, but are now all higher. Northern. are quoted 3-11 to 35 ex div.; Sires bourgs, 361 to 1 ex div.; and Paris and Lyons, 161 is to 17 prem. cx div. A good deal of business has r, been done in tipper India Scrip at 1 to I prcm. Si Is OILLSINART SUAILLS AND STOCK'S. P. • noiselftdur M.. to I pa. a•ILVATS. 1.410 to tbaneal 1 •tatam. liOtttas Baala sail Art all Birm.Walv. 01,004'0 1 6, airtaa..l4o„nOtta.. llo .l all .o.obacztlkra. s e/ 110 SLC.. IN Do. aat... D• 4, Asisk4 and Easter all ‘llolor awl al! 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Ila 10 lr ,n 4 .1 onetiqn of Pm, pi e pan ain 1 10 Grand Trunk of Canada shams and bons% all ;1.'6..4, r Cannik.-bare 2, liarnllton and Taranto all Do. G per Cent. 3 Loakaask.to,s,3p.Ct.Prel 1 +4r ,4 „sausibuura ... .. 61 al Ain IS lk.. ( lt.usiway) „ 4 4S ain 1 l a. (Cak . a111 1.. .... 7. 4 Do. Guaranteed .... .. 1 ells II =sail Modalarranaaa pat Is ... .. 14 4 pa I 29 Cala Ar.touris ... ... ... e . ..OM a Ltstri (with tn.) If 1 16 lertberst of Ranee.. ... 34 341 el 6 so , Oa. luS. 3 per et.. Pand. ,tor U. it Am:ono ik..; all RarareirlanTraak Prater. 1 , .) ,'era earl Lim* .... 10 .':lris sal I.ll.eaaa ... .. A Voris sod Rouen .. 0 - siriss ar 1. tr.` n..rar • rolis.fte ~sadClawboura d and Iliobsead .. , 4.4.411 on,l Jaen ... ... 21 Royal Dru3lab 111 Royal orrodloit .. wawa a,,.. Raw 4 06 II per amt. Probr. 1 bah Roam at [rams 6 4outhern of frees .... Di. Uwe India Scrip 4 all goat Mandan 0 If Do. 54 per Omni Freer. o le VMetti ttl V 11,11/0 O / I/totem ol owllooTilid O 1 Zealand +W _pm H 14 lii lel p:, 43 44 41 43 ja Si* zin 4 4 b ya Us par SO # 1 dls , par 4 31 i 2o,pa 41 41 dim 81 3 1 Pla 1 i die 1 3 2 dlis MINES. SATURDAY ERWIN°. The home mining stock market remains totally destitute of movement, and we hear of very few deal ings. Several of the principal dealers are absent in the mining districts. The gold mining shares were flat all the morning, and, although a shade firmer in the afternoon, on the improvement in the other departments of the Stock Exchange, are yet unmarked by any rally deser•ing of notice. Nouveau Monde remain flat. Ave Maria have receded to 1 to 1 dim. At three o'clock, Colonial Gold were quoted to 1 prem. ; Great Nugget, a to 1 prem. ; Port Phillip, 1 dia. to par.; Nouveau Monde, jto 1 prem . ; Ages Fria, 11 to 11 prem. In Jamaica copper mine shares there is still little movement. Metcalfe closed s to 5j prem., and Port Royal, 1j to 1Z prem. The closing prices of new undertakinr are as follows: London and Liverpool Australian Gold Mining and Streaming, par to prem.; Austra lian Mutual, 1 to I per share; Australian Consols, jto 1 dis. ; Monarch Gold, to k dis.; Miners Head, 1 . to 1 dia.; Chartered Australian Land and Mining, & to 2 pet share; Lewis Hill Range, 1 to 1 per share ; a . ..nett and Moseley, 21 ton pm.; Lake Superior Copper, dis. to 1 prem.• Cologne Lead, to 1 dis ; Carberry West, to fr die.; Con nemara, par to 1 prem. ; Glenaulin, to k dis.; Sulphate of Barytes, to 1 . per share; Lackiunor Copper, par tot prem. • Golden Mountain Ito per share; Britannia Gold , to pi er share; Mountain, to & dia. ; British and Colonial Smelting and Reduc tion, to j pm.; Jamaica Copper, 2 1 to 21 prem.; New Linares, & dis. to I pm. ; New SouthWalesCoal, j to 1 dia. •, Australasian Coal, jto dis. ; Sue River (of Jamaica), 1- to 1 prem.; Metcalfe (of Jamaica), 5 to 51 prem. ; Port Royal (of Jamaica) 11 to 11 pm. ; L'Aigle d'Or, Ito 1 dis.; London and Virginia Gold and Copper, par to prem.; Brucutu Gold, 1-16 dia. to 1-16 prem.; New South Wales Gold, to per share; Mount Carbon Coal, Z to " die.; Parkwyn and Car walsick Tin, partol pm. ; Albion Gold, j dis. to par ; Kenmore, k to e prem. ; Port Hunter and Moreton Bay Coal, par to 1 prem.; Liguanea of Jamaica,/ to a prem .; Cumberland Hematite Iron Ore, Ito I prem. ; Adelaide Land and Gold, Ito 01 dia. ; Anbin Coal and Iron, par to I prem. ; Great Cambrian Min ing and Quarrying, & to Z prem.; Melbourne Gold, & to; per share ; Gladbach Zinc, 1 to / prem.; East Indian Iron, ss. to 7s. per share.; Great Hewes United Tin, k dis. to I prem. ; Great Crinnis, 1- to 1 prem. THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoce. The gold mining shares are a shade firmer to-day, but business remains very quiet, and there is scarcely any real change in prices. Ague Fria are quoted 1,1 to 11 prem.; Nouveau Monde, 11-16 to 13-16 prem.; Great Nugget, 11-16 to 13-16 prem.; and Colonial Gold, » to 1 prem. Australian Agricultural shares are quoted 34 to 35; Peel River, 1j to 2 prem.; and North British Austra lasian, 3-16 to 5-16 prem. Scottish Australian Invest ment have improved to 2 1.16 to 2 3-16 prem. - prism Saturday. If p'fa' 2f f cis per h I Pal j Ws pat 1 I Ms I dis I db. I die Sti 3 41 44 SU I Ms tad sowl. rooeu 10,000 soeoc 72,00 r ti.ote 100;0ile 60,041( $.00( 00.000 1 7 :1 70,01K1 100,040 00,f 00 60.0.1.4 i IPm 104 14 Se 70 7 e pm S Pb a 4 1 7 pm 141 113124 ,al par 1 01 dB 1 i die i die 4 pco 9 10 1 741 e I. SPIT ra i pm PM i 1 11 die {die 1d par la Par I 1 ts an 7 9 4 5 9 1 414 par 3 1 4 1 e dis pas fal l pas 1 1 ail Manse No. 6b IlLiscrstallauta Pd. 0 = Bagman . te-di 33,001, 6 &Ole Coal and Iron , 6 AV" ' Australian Agricultural l7l 331 341 31 12.60 Awarala.lan Pm:01431441_ 10 00.00 0 10 Aontraltan Royal Mall .- 35,1/00 10 Berlin Wsterworag.___ I AineriCan OS 611,001 6 Bet cetuariAgoottiii Reduction Cowpony I .- 10.000 100 , Canada ~ - 32166 TO 100,00.) atryital Palace . - - 611 encir sa, T 1 a 1").0 04 J 41Crytlal Palace a Rance 2l I pc& 60.000 ilastern Rican 1 12. La. 2I" Electric Telegraph b 111 PG 20,090 15 1 0eneral steam Idariaiii: 14 nto :ours! IL ahlyglag Co 14 in 6 t. Ithm Beetroot SOW 6 Kurt , 31. Maelnkna St. Navigation 4 WNW 1 Salim) ti Potenuftennatizel ill — — 60,00 1 0 Netherland.% Land 3 IMt Icar. 76.00 N.N. Wales ( oataalitie Kam Navigation Co 1 121,710 I North Britian Amicable§ all 11 pd 1 Do, New .. .... a. !forth of Europa Mee. S,Pool River Llnd k Nlnceal ea li 1) pea lAlea 60.Penho.idar a orkaktal OW. aR ytyrt I LAI I) I Portland Iron Colail . say all 14.3 4 Moen] Mall ,Crth Aur!r. In‘votmeal dl II 20 pro 1.! 3 12.7.- t oulL Anetrakm L. sd ..$.l d I , ?Lao:inrine Teloar — (an iu,Oril Weiss Ligroin% tar. eon se,aoo to", to,roo Fria +Anglo AortrnlianGold I eAseloCa:ifurotan tlisatratastan •Aarralian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Brines Austral:an Goad firitishlroa taras.lzap GanstSt.pr Do.Oxossand Cute.. flt. John Dal Pes Carson's Cries Coke Copper Co+lonial Gold Copaipo +Copper Miners of Reg +Do. Pref. s per seat SE l lftAUPtral , aeleerr? I Great Nugget Vita I Do. Regietered SCev.eral .hand Duchy of emus Great Lake Bitlatlle Liberty +Linares LondonteCallforo Gehl Quartz Cruebire Co.. Mariquita .teer.erslaSt.Airiericon New Granada ...... 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The English stock market was fiat all the morning, the excessively wet weather inducing apprehensions relative to the crops; but in the afternoon intern genes of a ries on the Paris Bonne of this day led to a reaction, the market finally closing firmly at the last rates of yesterday. No news transpired affect ing the Turco-Russian question, nor in all probability will any intelligence of importance be received for some days, as we must wait to learn the reception given by the Emperor of Russia to the several pro. poseL for the adjustment of the difference which have been forwarded by the other great European powers. Great support is given to prices by the hope that Nicholas will waive some portion of his last demands, on perceiving the attitude of the rest of Europe, and that the conciliatory offices of the four powers will lead to an arrangement agreeable to all parties ; but, on the other hand, there are many parties who, reviewing the whole conduct of the Emperor prior to and during the present dispute, and bearing in mind the strongly marked and consistent policy of Russia towards 'fur key, express a decided opinion that the incubus of this unsettled question will hang over the markets and trade generally perhaps for months. Although few persons think that the Czar will blindly rush into war, there is an apprehension that his plans have been duly matured, that he has gone too far to recede, and that he will maintain his present threatening position towards Turkey for some time to come, encouraged by the conviction that the mo deration of Great Britain and France will cause great exertions on their part to avoid war, and that the defensive armaments whiclPTurkey will be com pelled to keep up will quite destroy the financial resources of that government. At one period of the morning there was a little buying of Consols at 98 for money, but the preva lent and closing official quotation was 971 to d ex div. for next Tuesday. At 3 o'clock, however, the price had rallied to 971 to 98 for the 19th inst., and 98 to 'I for the 11th August. The official business report includes:—Three per Cent. Console, for money, 98, 971, 98, 971; ditto for account, 19th July, 971, 1•, Three per Cent. Reduced, 981, 1; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 101, 1001 ; Long Annuities, 1860, 5 13-16; ditto, 30 years, 1860, 5 9.16; South Sea Steck, 1151. Exchequer Bills remain fiat, at 2s. die. to 25. prem. India Bonds were sold at 22e. prem. Foreign stocks wt re very quiet, but closed steadily, with scarcely any change from yesterday's rates. Mexican maintains its rally, and Spanish Deferred was a shade firmer. At 3 o'clock, Mexican Bonds were quoted 261 to 27,_. Peruvian Deferred, 38 to 60; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Scrip, 2 to 1 die. ; Granada Active, 214 to 221 dittO Deferred, 9to 9 1; Spanish Def e rred ' Threes, 221 to ; the Certificates, 5e to 6 per cent. The list of sales in cludes : Brazilian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds, 1852, 981, 99. Danish Three per Cents., 1825, 851. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, 96f, 1. Equador Bonds, 51. Greek Bonds (Red), 9, 91. Russian Five per Cents., 117, 1; ditto Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 1001. Spanish New Deferred Three per Cents., 221 ex div. The Committee's Cer tificates, 51, 31 per cent. The imports of the precious metals this week have been moderate. Our list includes : 46,000 ounces of gold by the Stebonheath, and 6,890 ounces by the Syria, both from Port Phillip; 591,082 dole. by the Asia, from New York ; 4,0501. in gold by the Hope, from Africa ; and 1,3201. by the Iberia, from Por tngal and Gibraltar. The total value of these arrivals is about 335,0001. The Humboldt also brought over 900,000 dole. from New York, but nearly the whole of this sum is believed to have been destined for the Continent. The Custom-house statement of the exports of the precious metals direct from London, for the week ending Thursday last, shows a total of 29,744 ounces of gold, and 5,500 ounces and 5,0001. in silver, re presenting an aggregate value of about 122,0001. sterling. The whole of this gold was despatched to the continent. The account in detail is as follows : Goln coin : to Boulogne, 30 ounces; to Hamburg, 3,457 ounces. Gold bars: to Hamburg, 7,426 ounces; to Belgium, 4,750 ounces ; to Boulogne, 14,050 ounces. Gold dust : to Hamburg, 31 ounces. Silver coin: to Hamburg, 4,000 ounces; to Boulogne, 500 ounces; to the Mauritius 5,0001. Silver bars: to Boulogne, 1,000 ounces. The other shipments reported to us comprise 9,000/., chiefly . for the Mauritius, by the Bosphorus; 5,0001. in coin, by the John Taylor, for New Zealand; and 31,1001. chiefly in English cola, (besides 10,0001. worth of jewellery), by the Great Western, for the Brazils. So far as returns can be obtained therefore, the aggregate shipments of the week appear to amount to 167,0001., against 335,0001. imported. As we have reported, however, throughout the week, the drain of gold to the con tinent continues, and is only shown to a compara tively limited extent in the London Custom-house return, as the most important of these sums are sent from London by rail, and shipped from the eastern and southern ports. This important movement of gold is exercising a decided influence on the stock in the Bank of England. The return of the Bank of France for the month ending last Thursday, shows the following results in round numbers : Decrease of coin and bullion L2,221,800 Increase of commercial bills discounted 2,88.5,200 Increase of advances on French funds 95,800 Increase of advances en railway shares Increase of notes in circulation Decrease of Treasury deposits Decrease of private deposits The decrease in the stock of the preeiousmotals is very heavy, and forms the most important feature of the return. It becomes a matter of grave inquiry as to whither this specie can have gone. Payments for corn may have had some influence, but many people will be disposed to think this extraordinary diminu tion is in some measure attributable to the well known disposition of the French people to hoard coin in times of political disquietude. The large increase in the item of discounts would appear to indicate in creased activity of business, but this view is not con firmed by the commercial advices. The specula tion in corn has probably had something to do with the movement in this item also, and the political anxieties of the time have doubtless induced the commercial classes to draw as much ready cash from the Bank as possible. The Bank continues its sup port to the railway market. At the annual meeting of the Eastern Archipelago Company, held to-day, the gross disbursements of the company were stated at 56,6971. up to the 30th tilt., whilst the gross receipts for coal sold to the end of March were 19,5221. No dividend was declared, but the directors express their confidence in the niti , mate success of the undertaking. Reference was made to the proceedings instituted by Sir James Breeke for the purpose of revoking the compaey's charter; but the directors re-assure the shareholders that, in the improbable event of the charter being revoked, and the grant of another refused, the ex- lizin 817 xis acid 261 x all Nit I 1 in i i Pcn all all a iau su 5 1 all all 15 all all in 46 1 ill 78i gnIg" IS gEWIC ;!&R,_ 2% %;5i °'• g,s p ox' tril 407. 0.1, Li 2fiiE,.* . TET Vsl2 7 5 . 3! 1 :q!. !F4'.W rya pv.atoamto SO CP FFrcr• tensive property of the company is not compromised in the issue. The shareholders were also congratu lated on the removal of Sir James Brooke from the governorship of Labuan. The directors state that her Majesty's government have officially recognised the validity of the Sultan's grant of coal, and that they are consequently prepared to grant licenses or leases to any parties or companies who will work distinct portions of their coal field. The prospectus was to-day issued of an associa tion called "The Hartlepool and Yorkshire Hills Iron, Coal, Coke, Fire Brick, and Pottery Company, Durham." The property , on which the operations of the company are founded is stated to consist of 2,000 acres, leased at extremely moderate royalties, and rendered additionally valuable from its propin quity to the port of Hartlepool. The capital is fixed at 100,0001., in 50,000 shares of 21. each. Of this, 50,0001. (viz., 25,0001. in cash, and the rest in shares), are to be given to the present proprietors, as purchase money for the plant, and entire interest in the coal and iron-stone mines; 25,0001. will be ap propriated to the development of the property, and 25,0001. will remain in the form of reserved capital, not to be called up, unless required. Australian Land shares to-day were generally stationary in price. Australian Agricultural closed 331 to 34; (being now divided). Peel River, after .slosnlining to 11 to ! premium, finally closed 1; to 1; premium. Scottish Australian Investment were I batter, at 2to 21 premium. Bank of Australasia' 'shares ruled 10s. higher, and Union of Australia 10s. lower than yesterday. Crystal Palace shares, old and new, were quoted I; to 2 prem. The shares of the Old Electric Telegraph Company (with 201. paid),l aro quoted 1 to 11 prem. Berlin Waterworks mark par. The 13th annual general meeting of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Society was held yesterday. fhe statements of accounts from the formation of the company to the 31st December last showed the fol lowing results : That during the year ending 31st December, 1862, 490 new policies have been inued, assuring 371,5191., ana yield ing, in annual premiums, a sum of 13,498'. 2s. Id. That the emunt of new premiums for 1852 exceeds that of the previous year by 1,088!. 12s. 7d. That the yearly ',income, from premiums alone, is 107,2831. 17e. 11. That the pro perty of the company, its at 31st December last, amounts to 454,9811. 101.6 d , being an increase of 3.5,6021.115.3 d. over the year ending 31st December, 1851. That the sum assured by each policy from the commencement avenges 7211. lie. Ild. That 75 policies on 58 lives have become claims in 1852, on which 53,1961. 16s. 2d. has been paid ; and that since the company commenced business in 1834, 7,845 po licies have been issued in all, of which 3,460 have lapsed, surrendered, or become claims. As the general meetings of the railway companies are drawing near, tho following table of the divi dends declared in 1850, 1851, and 1852, together with the balances remaining over from the last half year, may be found useful for reference : • . T O 41 a 0600006•00 P 1:110,041.00.60.0 0 : 000000A01 0.00 a • L. • ! 2 • -• to .+b^^tl b 0 ea ca ...a • c• Or Oro- NYN F ~MY I. 14: • ",.........owaw.w. WWWWW ...c.ww. ra .... .... ....... —... ...... ..- r r r rt co. .pco O ........... ca co= ce 411 p N N 4 _l Annexed are the latest reports from continental bourses, as received by Mr. }tenter's telegraphic express :—Amsterdam, Friday, closing prices:— Dutch Four per Cents., 941 ; ditto Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 63; ; Spanish Deferred Three per Cents., 22 11-16 ; the ()Id Three per Cents., fo reign, 47 3-16 ; the Certifs., 54; Portuguese New, 364'; Austrian Five per Cent. Metalline, 81 7-16 ; Mexican New, 26 9-16; Granada Deferred, 9 3-16 ; Equador, 4 5-16. THIS DAY.—Two The funds opened at the closing range of Satur day, but, on the progress of the settling, have since undergone an improvement. Console were first quoted 971 to 98 for to-morrow, and, after being for a short time 981 buyers, are now called 98 to 1. For the 11th August the price is 98/ to 1. The Three per Cents. Reduced mark 981 to 1; the Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 100; to 1011; India Stock, 258; Exchequer Bills, 2s. die. to Is. prem.; India Bonds, 21s. to 265. prem. Foreign stocks are quirt, but firm. Mexican has been a shade weaker, but has since rallied to 261 to 27. Sardinian is quoted 94 to 95. Spanish Deferred Threes mark 221 ex div.; the Certificates, 51 per cent.; Russian Fives 117; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,lool; Portuguese Fours, 41 to 411. Other stocks are quite neglected. LONG VOYAGE. The ship, Royal Stuart, chartered by the l'ort of Southampton Emigration Compaay, left .Soutnampton on Friday for Australia, tilled with emigrants. She is the ►argest emigrant ship that has left the port, being about 1,400 tons burden. The Royal Stuart was built about two years since, and has only made one voyage from England, but that was a pretty long one. In Wooer, 1851, she left Plymouth for Sydney, with emigrants. From thence she went to Pori Stephen, the most northerly settlement on the eastern coast of Australia, and took in a cargo of wild horses for India. After passing through Torres Strait, she called at the Dutch Island of Timor, and reached Madras in August, 1852. Gyre she was chartered by the govern ment to proceed to Rangoon, and was towed across the Bay of Bengal laden with soldiers, cavalry horses, camp followers, guns and stores. From Rangoon she proceeded to Calcutta, from whence she sailed for the Cape of Good Rope and England, arriving at the latter in April, 1833. From Sydney to India she was manned partly by Otahetian sailors. She is now partially manned by Ewan and Africans. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.— Shortly before noon the screw steam ship City of Glasgow, Capt. Wylie, arrived in the Mersey from Philadelphia, with a fair number of ' passengers and 15,000 dole. in specie. She left on the 2nd I inst., and has made the voyage in 13 days 10 hours. About 2 o'clock this afternoon the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, I Capt. Lott, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails (under charge of Lieut. Oaks, R.N., Admiralty agent), 93 passengers, and a large and valuable cargo of general merchandise on freight. Just before she left her moorings, Messrs. Willmer and Smith, news agents, Liver pool, placed copies of the Daily News, of this morning, on board for the press and news-rooms of the Western Con tinent. A VOICE PROM " TIIE DIGGINGS ".—A gold-digger writing from Bendigo Creek, Australia, to a friend in England, concludes his letter with the following unique and earnest appeal :—" Now pray write once a month at least, and number your letters that I may see whether I receive all. And above all things vote for Ocean Penny Postage. Go ahead with that. A penny is enough for a letter. Our shippers only pay three farthings a pound for freight of wool, and less for ta•low. I only paid IM. for my passage out, which is 3.100 pence, and I believe I weigh 3,600 half ounces; Besides our shippers nearly kept me in food for 100 d iys, and twenty-two days more. Just try to rcmcm ' be Oc r e till'2.l"canindy 11,%oasttaageletwreerrotioniestartit.h7it, rozzt.brninilut would f o to l reap the ads entages in 'mint dutiep,t , r the stati,mcni would sell a ream where they now sell a quire." Bolas done to-day. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARE-LANE.-THIS DAY. The Pupply of English Wheat at market this morning was small, and was readily di.posed of at an advance of 20. to 3s. per qr. upon the quotations of Monday last. Notwithstanding an arrival of 36,200 cm. of foreign Wheat, a good sale was experienced at an improvement of fully 2s. per qr. The top prise of town-male Flour was advanced to 50s. per, sack. American barrels were ls. dearer. Barley was firm at the rates of this day se'nnight. Oats were m better supply, and the quotations of Monday last could not be exceeded. Beans and Peas without alteration in value. Floating cargos were saleable at 2s. per qr. mere money. ARRIVALS INTO W"I)WS MOM JULY Ilth to JULY 16th. Brerlieh. Seutelt. Irish. ficrt.. Wheat I 3215 34219 Batley ...... 1560 I 2771 6935 16559 Malt ....." 34'0 50 5 5 Flour. 1416 racks sod 746 barrels. MINCING-LA.NE.-THIS DAY. The private contract markets are inactive to-day, but most articles have a firm appearance. The public sales declared for to-morrow are :-Sugar 400 hbds West India, 2,000 bags Mauritius, and 1,000 bags 'Bengal. Coffee : 300 mks Plantation Ceylon, and 2.50 begs , Native. Rice: 4,000 bags Bengal. Cochineal, 1001 bags. TEL.-The news received from China by the accidental receipt of a newspaper has arrested attention. It isofgreat political importance, Lod causes much satiety as regards the stoppage of business at Shanghai, all are anxiously-waiting the arrival of the peat mail. especially the case inertial letters, which unfortunately have missed the present mail. No business of importance yet repeated to day. Olia.--Ses/, pale, 321. 10s. to 0/. ; straw, 311. 10s. to 321.; orewn, 301. 10s. to 31/. ; sperm, BSI. 10s.to ON. ; bead-mat ter. 931. to 941. ; coil, 311. ' • South Sea, 331. to 36/. IR.; Olive Gallipoli, 611. to 6141.; Spanish and Sicily, 631. to 641.; palm, 381. 10s. to 391. 10s. ; cocoa nut, 401. to 411. 103. ; rapeseed, pale, 36/. 10s. to 37/. 103. ; linseed, 29/. 15s. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. The Tallow market to-day is steady, at the subjoined quotations: Town tallow, 51s. 6d. nett cash; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 521. ; Oct. to Dec. (new), 58a. 61. PARTICULARS OF TALLOW. 1851. I 1851. ' 1853. (ock on pond Casks. 83,649 43,267 19.4"4 Delivery lastweek Do. from let June AtTIVOI last week 1,234 605 • CR Do. from let Juno 1 6,237 9,181 6 . 189 Prit.e Y. C. per cwt. Dn. Town Arrival for the week ending July 26 loot year, MG casks, and delivery 536 mks. The arrival last week comprised 578 casks from St. Petersburg ; from Australia, IDb. Total, 678 casks. SNIITIIFIRLD MARKET.—TIIIS DAY. The number of Beasts is considerably smaller), aid fen sequently prices have cdranced on all kinds; notwith standing there are some inferior qualities left unsold. The supply of Sheep and Lambs is very short for the time of year ; they are speedily disposed of at an advance of fully 2d. per 8 lbs., and ii some instances rather more. Calves arc also on the average dearer. From Germany and Hol land there are 1,631 Beasts, 3,040 Sheep, 291 Calves, and 30 Pigs; Scotland, 200 Beasts; Norfolk and Suffolk, 1,200; and 500 from the NortLs:n and Midland counties. Pus stone of &La .. o. A. ; Yea tonne of &La a 4.•. d. Bast Seely Ilerafordo.. 4 8 410 ' hat Una & llt.o da :=5 Best Short-11nm ...... 4 4 4 8, Witt Lang-w 001....... 4 5 4 8 &nowt qt..ality Boats— 34 4 0 Da. do. &lora ...... —•-• CAITIN ................ 4 06 0. Saes *a.' pentad tioallt 38 4 2 Ma .... ..... ......... 3 4 4 8 , Do. do. Man........ IiCK DU a alf-105AP 110 5 2 1.,51. , ........ . 1455.ut at H market. 3,509 ; an* at and Link. 26.470 ;. elt:Tea. 378; PIP, 410. -- BOROUGH 1101' MARKET-THIS DAY. Messrs. Pattendes and Smith report that the accounts from the Hop plantations this morning are more unfavour able. There is more business doing at rather higher rates. Duto 130,0001. to 140,0001. COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY. Eden Main, 17s. 3d. ; Cowper Hartley, 17r; Walla End Laznbton, 18s.—Ships at Market, 21. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. A sale of autographs has just concluded at the auction rooms of Meters. Puttick and Simeon, of Picca dilly, which, though consisting mainly of unimportant papers, included a few which tieserve notice. The bulk consisted of letters of statesmen and literary characters of comparatively modern date, and produced but moderate prices. The most remarkable document in the sale was Lot 154, " The Original Act of National Insurrection under Prince Rakozy at the commencement of the 16th century, with shout two hundred signatures of senators and nobles, with their seals, witten in the Hungarian language, on vellum, handsomely bound in velvet." This interesting deem meat was knocked down at 901. We may also quote lot 173, an autograph of Richard Cromwell, son and successor of Oliver, whica sold for 51. 12i. 6.1. Amongst the more modern autographs were the following:—Lot 91, a letter of Edmund Kei.n, which sold for 2/. ; and the fol lowing lot, a letter of G. F. Cooke, produced 21. 6.. Lot 136, a letter of " the procrastinating chancellor," Lord Eldon, contained a curious passage—" Now, as to aelay—that for which I was so heavily abased, and I think often unjustly the consciousness of never having decided a case till I was sure I could gain no further information respecting it." This letter sold for 11. There were several letters of the Duke of Wellington, written in his official capacity as Chief Secretary for Ireland, many of them very bong and inter (sting letters, hut they seemed to find little favour in the eyes of the autograph collectors, and sold at small sums. One of these, lot 458, was a long and mast interesting letter on the defence of Ireland, itt which his Grace writes that " I will endeavour, in this letter to give you all the informat.on upon it which the attention which I have given to it has enabled me to acquire." 7'hlA letter, occupying thirty-three pages, dated May 7, 1807, sold for 331. One other autograph of the Duke may, in years to come, be regarded with interest. It occurred in lot 426, amongst other papers, being a list of forces at his disposal at the battle of Waterloo. The list is as follows: British, including German legion, 60,000; Dutch, 30,000; Hanoverian., 2x,600; Brunswick, 7,000; Nissat., 3,000; Haase Town, 3,000; total, 127,600." The number ,of Hanoverians hail been altered by the Duke from 24,0c0 to 25,000, bu,t he had not made the corresponding alts ration in the total, which should be 128,600. This lut sold 11. 10s. LEEDS NEW TowN HALL—The Town Hall com mittee of the Leeds town council have just opened the 'en ders sent in for the erection of the proposed new Town Hull, thi plans for which have been prepared by Mr. Brodrick, architect, of Hull. Fifty tenders were stet in, four of them being for the whole of the works, and the ethers for separate branches. The highest of: the latter estimates amounted to 50,260i. ' and the lowest to 59,2691. The tender of Mr. Samuel Atack, builder, of Leeds, was accepted, the sum being 41,535/, including the extra cost of plate glass windows. The design for the new hall and corporate buildings has been altered in some of its details, according to the suggestions of Sir Charles Parry, and the material to be used in the building increased by upwards of 20 per cent. W shout teis inc rease, Mr. Brodrick. the architect, estimated tle. cost at about 29,000: ; therefore coneidi ring that the building h as been increased es teemed out, and that the p: ice of labour and materials is, at 1 ast, 15 per cent dearer than when that estimate was made, it is clear that the architect's calculations neust have been made with great accuracy. A meeting of the town council is to be held this week, to seal the contract, aft, s which the works will be commenced forthwith. The new building is to be completed by Vic end of 1855, schen Leeds will pessees one of the ureic splendid public edifices to be found so the kingdom. TUE LONDON SUMMER POULTRY SllOW.—Fcr this exhibition, which is to open about the end of the month, 1,500 of birds' pens have been entered, exclusive o the pigeon cluses,which wili give a show.of upwards of 4,000 birds. The pigeon classes will consist of about 300 pens. The Poultry Show at the Gloucester meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, which has taken plies during the past week, only consisted of about 300 pens. It is said that the arrangements which are being made for the ensuing exhibition will afford a greater amount of accom modation to the public than at the winter show of last year, in consequence of a more extended width of the avenues than the galleries were enabled to afford. On this occasion I the managers have excluded rabbits, on account of their offensive smell at this season of the year. A NUISANCE NEAR VIE TEMPLE.—. botit. 100 I yards due east from the Temple gardens is an :ilia ~.5 the Thames ; bounded on theby lay-stalls for all the filth of the suburbs; on the east by the City of L union gas works ; and on the north by the unfortunate citizens whose business obliges Gem to reside there. I have, with two witnesses, counted, in the space of five yards (et:ginning at the head), twenty dead dogs, or other animals, all in .5 de cemposed irate, which, supposing the same overage tu con tinue the the 100 feet, the length of the inlet will show 400 animals lyinl in the state described, which at this season of the year is likely to produce serious consequences. They seem to forget that this neighbourhood, a few sum mers since, was nearly the first that was visited by the cho ' !era. The inlet, as far as I can ascertain, has been tree to the public, or, in ether words, a public highway, which I have only seen cleaned mice in seven years. Why do not the City authorities ket p this inlet clean ? If the sewer, which now discharges is If at the head of the inlet, were i carried to low water mark, and the bar of river refuse and l sand cornet d (ruin the month, it could be Lept as chin as I scores of similar 11 tees now in private hands.—Ccerx spotident of the Builder. 100,000 SlOOO 21.10.600 MON 10.Wie 6"0 11.003 MON moo