The Express. — London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. BlisnrcTlFE FLOoDS IN BA ['TIMOR& GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Arcomts from Baltimore to the •24th July give :he re•• "tiara of a rain-fall so heavy asto cause great de •trurti..n life and property. It began on that date, . m 1 a I rtion of the city soon became inundrite.t. In some -ti,cts in the neighbourhood of the Centre Market the doors of the stores were under water, and for „ ear ly ..'Ao hours the flood rose at the rate of two .-• minute. On many of the wharves south of Platt. trret, F.ills to Frederick.street, the water wassere rm fr.•t • p A city passenger car was swept from the tu c k .) -street down Harrison-street, with a number There was no communication between the • a stern .1„i western portions of the city, and there was .con....;inication south by telegraph, all the lines being :own. Nu such flood has ever been known here. The II sal seems to have fallen as rapidly as it rose, and 't was no. until it had sub-ided that any reliable estimate ould be formed of the damage done. At 10 o'clock, however. the same night it was calculated at 3,000,000 dollars. Hundreds of stores were submerged, and many liogshesi.. of mulaases on the wharves and sugar in waiehou were entirely destroyed. A number of Istildings and stores were undermined, and damaged. Den. rucad's foundry and Bentley's iron works were partly wept assay. The gas works supplying the eastern part the city were Anhwei gsal, and that section was without • that night. A td..gram from Ellicott City (formerly Ellicott's 74414) r,ported the granite mills carried away, and sixty liven :0.4. Dr. Owens' entire family, except himself, were OrILDFORD ASSIZES.-(THIS DAE) IMPORTANT SPORTING ACTION. (Before Yr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury., RAIDING V. VALINTRUS AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by a gentleman, a ell known on the turf and the owner of several race , •raes, to recover compensation or damages from the de 7.ndants, Moors. Valentine and Wright, who carry on an stensiv• business as betting commission agents, for awing posted him as a defaulter at the last Derby race at I Serjcant Ballantine, Mr. Garth, Q.C.,and Mr. Hill e.re counsel for the plainti ff ; and Mr. awkins, Q.C., 1 Mr. Thcsiger appeared fur the defendants. This (*Vie created a good deal of interest in sporting •,•1 0 ,, and the action arose under the following carctua . • .llcelt—The plaintiff, who had formerly been an officer army, resided a good deal at Paris, and he devoted deal of attention to the turf, and it appeared that , -,-sionsly to the last Derby he had hadsome bets with Mr. I , ta.,,, a 1,0 was the agent for the defendantsat Paris, and a • sil ',lance was due front him to them, but it had never .1, ,ipp!ied for, and upon one occasion the plaintiff ••• rid to lay the amount to Mr. Valentine, but he told • • a a of no consequence us he had not got his book •i. Inn snit could not tell the exact amount. The .Tool then made some further bets with him . 1, t 1,,, Derby, and as the race turned • 1.•• would have had to claim 2:i/. from .' 7. La:infs. He went to the Derby merely for amuse. t did not g,o into the betting-ring, and to his a few days afterwards ho discovered that naauts, on the morning of the Derby, had , i Lim as a defaulter, and the consequence 71, .t he was very coldly received at the abort he was a member, and would also have tiled from running his horses at Ascot ..iwood, and he was subjected to a great •.1 0, is Imolai annoyance until the matter was !-,mid The defendant, Mr. Valentine, appeared I: occasion to have expressed his regret at 7 1...1 happened, and promised to make au • 1.. d this was never done, and the present ac a instituted. Serjeant Dallantine ..•• .1 rt..t. of course, the only object his client tad in • a a,- t•. char his character from the imputations that 1.. , ist upon it. 7he plaintiff was examined and he proved the above • . and also stated that there was not the slightest for posting him as a defaulter, as he was a man • o.p tty. and quite in a position to pay the original • • 17 he had been asked for them. All. Dawkins, at the close of the case, admitted that he 1,1 not justify the defendants' conduct, and ho con to make an apology and to withdraw all imputations • I. the plaintiff. _ . rienitt Ballantine expressed himself satisfied with this ro• being adopted. %erdiet was then taken for the plaintiff, with 40s. div es, and the learned judge certified for a special jury. NADON AND COILN:TY BANK-12MS DAY.) The half-Tearly meeting of shareholders was I in the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street; Mr. I Loan in the chair. Ih, following le the directors' report : directors, in submitting to the proprietors the i.e.-sheet of 'the bank for the half-iea; ending the • . iline last, have the pleasure to report that, after • .iig all charges, and interest to customers, and making ....en for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits 'spit to 72,16.5/. 12e. 6d. This sum, added to ‘,BlO/. brought forward from the lust account, produces .1 7:076/. Bs. Bd. They have declared the usual of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 2 per cent. for free of income tax (equal to 16 per cent. • .I.lium), which will absorb 75,884/. ss. 4d., and leave Id. to be carried forward to profit and loss new The dividend and bonus (together 1/. 12s. per • • will be payable at the head office, or at any of the on and after Monday, the 17th instant. .pital„ 1,000,0001.; instabnentsunpeid, not yet due, I - .. 1 5'. 1 .996/. Reserve fund, 600,000/.; instalments un 'tart due, 40,0041.-469,908 E Amount due by the customers' balances, Ac., 12,004,4771. be. bd.; lilies. ,m acceptances, covered by guarantees and seen • 1.6;4011/. 9e., .11d.-13,680,7941. lbs. 4d. Profit loss balance brought from last account, 7,81 W : gross profit for the half-year, after mak ' riivi si.o for bad and doubtful debts, 218,02.51. : 1 / 4 1 —2 - 14,836/. 9s. 11d. Total, 16,326,6231. bs. Ity caNlt ou hand at head office, and branches, and •1. Rank of England, 1,818,601/. la 9d. ; cash placed at mut at notice, covered by securities, 1,378,087/. ;1,1. :;,196.588/. 19s. 7d. Investments, viz.: Govern ! guaranteed stocks. 1,147,106!. 4s. Bd. ; other :a4.1 securities, 60,6381. 10s. 8d.—1,207,6441. 16s. 4d. iautisl bills, and advances to customers in town and Neeti,o3Bl. fis. 7d. ; liabilities of customers for • ipted by the bank Ow per contra), 1,676,317 L K 662,3.151. 16s. 6d. Freehold premises in Lom •!•strivt and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold at the branches, with fixtures and fittings, Is. ud ; interest paid to customers, 33,029/. d. ; salaries and all other expenses at head office . .lanehes, including income-tax on profits and gala -101;2074 Ifis. 9d. ; total, 16,326,6234 Ls. 3d. and loss account :—Tointerestpaidtocustomers, 33,0'19/. 16e. Bd.; to expenses, as above 101,2071. . to rebate on bills not due, carried to new ac . 11. 1 ;21/. It,. 10d. ; to dividend, of 6 per cent., for ' c. ar. 66,913/. 4s. ;to bonus of 2 per cent. 18,9714 t., balance carried forward, 40921. 3s. 4a. ; total, 116. By balance brought forward from last uut, 7,8101. 16s. 2d. ; by gross profit for the half-year, making provision for bad and doubtful debts, at. 13s. 941. ; total, 226,8361. 9s. lid." he CHAIRMAN. in moving its adoption, said that ough the dividend for the half-year, which was at the of 16 per cent. per annum, was smaller than usual, ',Alert-41 the state of their affairs was, on the whole, atorr. The profits of banking usually followed the decount at the Bank of England, and they could 1, .t to make so much profit when the bank discount was 2 per cent. as they did • a was at I per cent. It was unpre • I iti the monetary history of this country rate should have continued at an average of for more than twelve months. When the ' • r!oney was high, they divided 26, 24, and 20 per N-w they only divided 16 per cent. But under the • •,,e, s they would consider that satisfactory. , r.) I, having been seconded the report was . Ar(.l . s . r 6.—The Transatlantic Coin ' • 0... k:urepe, from New York, arrived here .• 7 1 , , :she brings 144 passengers, and 627,t21 ' • . and Mrs. Disraeli left town for AI • 1,. tr. High Wycomb. Before leaving the • man paid a visit to Mr. Mayan's studio, • 1. and 111./1110 fine photographs were taken. • rat meeting of the Town Council of ,•. I were adopted to the effect that the the rite be offered to Lord Napier of Magdala, Lnnes T. Simpson, Bait, Professor of Mid . •Se Un ivers it y of Edinburgh. i l ul,lic meeting of shareholders of the 2 . • 1c..1-therri counties Railway 1001. has been • ,1 .-..riptiou to the fund to purchase an annuity ••, I , fed...l-min Davis landed in Liver poo l on h. fact of his being a perenger on board the r Austrian, Captain ylie, was known to a • who sympathised most actively in the M. and preparations were made by them to e, ' The news that Mr. Davis was on board had Mat rapidity, and by the time the Austrian - dile the quay-wall a considerable crowd had ' 'l. mid they . cheered the ea-president as he landed t. k Ids Peat in Mr. Medley's carriage, as well as l e a , started. The corti"ge drove at once to Pau Hotel. ..mwsked 1 • • THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 'LIkW INTELLIOENLE.- 4TIIIB DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) nr RR R. BARTLETT. The bankrupt, who formerly kept the Clarence Hotel, in Alderegate-street, asked for an order of discharge. His debts were over 2.000!., and be Bled his petition in forml pauperie, surrendering no estate. Mr. Aldridge ap peared for the o ffi cial assignee. The bankrupt slated that when he took the Clarence Hotel be invested 1,2001. of his own money. He lost it all in twelve months. The rent was 4001. a year. His Honour granted the order. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) _ RE =MET GROROI XACDOWALD. The bankrupt was described as late of Portsmouth and Aldershot, captain in hoc Majesty's 97th Regiment, and now a prisoner for debt in Winchester Gaol. lie attributes ho, bankruptcy to insu ffi ciency of income, sickiwws of his wife in India, and expenses consequent thereon, and the henry premiums he had engaged to pay on borrowed money. The debts are about 2.600 i. The bankrupt is still in custody. This was the first sittaig. Proofs of debts were ad mitted, and Mr. J. B. Johnstone, military tailor, of Rock ville-street, Piccadilly, was appointed assignee. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Tins DAY.) (Before Mr. Serjeant Coz.) ROBBERY TROY THE PIJUION. Richard Brown and William Gawps were indicted for steal ing a silver watch, value W., the property of A. B. Pope, Low his person. The prosecutor was a government clerk, and as ha was returning home from the office one afternoon (*Gorge matched his watch and passed it to Brown. Both the prisoners were immediately captured. The jury convicted the prisoners. Mv. Saieant Cox said the court would do all it could to stop these daring street outrages. He asked if the priso ners were known, and several previous convictions were proved against George. Mr. Cox said penal servitude for at least seven years would be the fate of prisoners con cerned in these outrages who had been convicted before. George was now sentenced to seven years' penal servi tude, and Brown to twelve months' imprisonment. POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. romosay BY • WEBOB•111"YS OLZBX. Seigmund Rosenberg, a respectably dressed y man, was brought up on remand before the Lord Mayor charged with forgery and uttering a cheque for 3001., with intent to defraud the City Bank. The previous examination took place before Sir Robert Carden about a week ago, and it then appeared that the prisoner, who had been a clerk in the employment of Mr. Louis Feick, merchant, South-street, Finsbury, absconded on the 2nd July. It was afterwards discovered that he had forged, and cashed at the City Bank, a cheque for 30W., and a warrant was accordingly issued for his apprehension. It was placed in the hands of Detective-sergeant Funnell, who traced him to Paris, where he was apprehended by the French Folios, and be wis then conveyed to Boulogne and given up to the English detective in accordance with the extradition treaty between this country and France. It appeared that the prisoner had spent the whole of the proceeds of the cheque, with the exception of 401., and that a great part of the money bad been spent in jewellery. Mr. Falck was now called on as a witness, and stated that he had an account at the City Bank. In the month of April last the prisoner came to him with a letter of intro- duction from Hamburg. He had no occasion for a clerk at the time, but he engaged the prisoner temporarily till he got another situation. The signature and the ruling up of the cheque for 300/. was in the prisoner's handwriting. The cheque was taken from a book he had in use, and which was usually kept locked up in the safe. Te prisoner said he was in great misery at the time he did it; he had only 14s. a week, and could not live on it. The Lore Mayor committed him for trial. THAMES. CHABOR OF BURGLARY. latrirketonwirmy ' aped 24 years,wasbrought before Mr. Benson, charged with breaking into the premises of Messrs. Kirkaldy and Co., in High-street, and stealing therefrom 3601b5. of tallow. It appeared from the evidence of several men in the service of the prosecutors, that the contents of three casks containing tallow were missed from the yard on Tuesday morning last. The lock of the gates had been tampered with and forced. The tallow had been taken over the palings surrounding the prosecutors' warehouse, and no trace of it could be obtained until a polioe constable named Henry Slin u r, No. 294 K, went to the dwelling of a man named uire, in King Edward street, Wapping, where he fo the whole of the tallow. On Monday night, at a late hour, Slingsby saw the pri soner and Squire in • passage called Ellis-court, near Mesas. Kirkaldy's Both men smelt very stongly of tallow and Slmgsby then suspected that they bad been enga in a robbery. Next morning the con stable heard that Messrs. Kirkaldy had been plundered of tallow and had succeeded in tracing the whole of it. Squire bad absconded. The tallow produced by Slingsby was identified by the prosecutor's men. Mr. Benson remanded the prisoner for a week. LATLST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE THE MICR HANDICAP AND THE LEWES MEETING. AN IRISH LIBEL al 13E. (si TILLROILLPS (ram ova owx oozaseroarDaary.) CORK, tarvaimay Arrsaatoow. An action for libel brought by Sir Joseph MiCelina against Mr. Thomas Masters Usbourne was opened at the &seises to-day. The plaintiff alleges that having refused 13:bourne's assistance to effect • financial operation in bank shares, Uzbourne threatened to injure him, and subsequently wrote a letter to the bank directors contain ing libellous reflections on the plaintiff's oluirscaor. The defendant denies the libel and pleads privilege . MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK. The markets for public securities are flat to day, and the general course of prices is unfavour able. In the absence of any boas fide purchases on account of the public, the dealings consist mostly of speculative sales for a fall. An increased demand for money in the Stook Exchange, where the rate on English government securities has risen to 2 per cent., combined with an export demand for gold for the Continent, tends to exercise an adverse influence. Consols are dull, at the reduction of yesterday. Several of the railway stocks have given way, though not to an important extent. Foreign bonds are offered, and exhibit a drooping tendency. United States 6-20 bonds have eagle rienoed a fresh reduction. The demand for money has increasefi, and the rate for the beat bills is firm, at 1/ per oent., or only I below the Beak minimum. Consols are quoted 94 to / for money and 94/ to for the. account (Sept. 8), and the Three per Cents. !echoed and. New Three per Cents., 94 to /. A (moderate reduction is apparent in several of the railway stocks. Midland has declined 1 per cent. ; Gina& Northern A, ; and Great Western, Great Eastern, and Brighton, Caledonian, however, has improved 4; and Metropolitan, 4. Subjoined are the quotations : Caledonian, 78 to ; Londen and North Western, 1161 to / ; Great Western, 501 to 4; Midland, 107 to 1 ; London and South Western, 92 to 93; Great Eastern, 394 to 1; Brighton, 54 to ; South Eastern, 771 to ; Metropolitan, 117/ to 1; Great Northern, 1061. to 1074 ; Ditto A, 1044 to 105 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 204 to ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301 to 131; York and North Midland, 93 to 94 ; Berwick, 1044 to 1 ; and North British, 36 to 4. Very few dealings have been recorded in foreign stocks. Brazilian of 1865 and Italian of 1861 have receded to 1 per cent., viz., to 761 to 77/ and 621 to 53, respectively ; while Egyptian of 1864 are 1 better, at 851 to 861. Chilian of 1867, 92 / to 931 ; Mexi can, 151 to 1; Peruvian of 1865, 79 to 1; Russian of 1866, 921 to 931 ; Orel, 84 to 4; Spanish of 1867, 331 to f; Turkish of 1858% 66 to 67 ; ditto of 1862, 631 to 641; and ditto of 1865, 381 to 1. The Indian Five per Cents. are at 114/ to 1151; the Four, 1041 to 105 ; the Bonds, 235. to 288. prem. ; and the Debentures, 1051 to 1. Bank Stock, 247 to 249 ; and Exchequer Bills, 13a. to 18s. prem. There is a moderate inquiry for bank shares, and prices are steady. London and Westminster, 681 to 1; London and County, 511 to 524 ; Union of London, 341 to 354 ; Anglo-Austrian, 7 to 1 prem. ; London and Brazilian, 30 to 25 dia. ; Imperial Ottoman, to 1 prem. ; and Consolidated, 1 to 1 prem. The only alteration in miscellaneous shares is a reduction of 2s. 6d. in Hudson's Bay, the present price being 151 to 1. National Discount, 111 to ; General Credit, 2/ to 2 did. ; Credit Foncier, 21 to 3 per share; International Finan cial, 1/ to 11 dia. ; London, 22 to 21 dia. ; Tele graph Construction, 151 to ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to 4 ; and Anglo- American, 214 to 1. 'United States 5-20 bonds exhibit a fresh fall of 1 per cent., viz., to 701 to 711. Erie Railway shares are quoted 381 to 391 ; being 1 per cent. better; Illinois Central, 921 to 93 ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 39} to 401; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 401 to 41. The Intercolonial Loan is quoted 105/ to 1061 ; the Swedish, 21 to f prem.; the Tamboff-Kozloff, to 11 prem. ; and the Egyptian, par to prem. The new French loan is at 11 to 11 prem. The half-yearly meeting of the London and North Western Railway Company will be held on the 21st instant. A special meeting is also called for the same day, for the following purposes, viz. : For authorising a subscription towards the undertaking of the Lancashire Union Railways Company, not exceed ing 70,000/. ; for authorising a subscription towards the undertaking of the Carnarven and Llanberis Railway Company, not exceeding 60,0001. ; for authorising a sub scription towards the undertaking of the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Company, not exceeding 15,0001. ; and for authorising the directors to exercise the borrowing powers of the company to the extent authorised by the company's acts of parliament. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern Railway Company is convened for the 22nd inst., " to receive a report from the directors, to autho rise the exercise of the borrowing powers (by mortgage or the issue of debenture stock) granted by the following Acts, via.:— The Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Act, 1864, and the Great Northern and Leeds, Brad ford, and Halifax Junction Railways (Amalgama tion) Act, 1865, 16,600/. ; and by the Great Northern Railway(Junctions) Act, 1865, 54,000/. ; and for other the general business of the com pany." Advices from Mauritius to the 17th July state that " the fever was said to be still preva lent when the mail left." TWO 0' CLOCK. Consols are without variation. Railway stocks are flat, and a decline of I to j per cent. has occurred in Great Western, Brighton, Metro politan, and Great Northern A. A reduction of I to I is also observable in Italian of 1861, Peru vian of 1865, Spanish of 1867, and Turkish of 1865. FOUR O'CLOCK. The government funds are dull, at 94 for money, and 94 to 1 for the account. Railway stocks are inactive, but Metropolitan and Brighton have improved to # per cent., viz., to 1171 to 1 and Mk to 1, respectively. Cale donian, 771 to 78}; South Eastern, 77 to # ; Midland, 106} to 1071 ; London and North Western, 1161 to e ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1301 to 131; and Great Western, 50 to 1. Foreign bonds are without change of import ance. Italian of 1861, 321 to ; Orel, 83k to 841; Nicholai, 661 to ; Spanish of 1867, 331 to 1 ; and Turkish of 186,5, 381 to 1. Baregold, valued at 130,0001., has been taken from the Bank to-day for exportation. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway divi dend is announced at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum, against 6} for the corresponding period of 1867. With reference to the new French Loan, which was yesterday quoted 11 to 1 prem., the subjoined notMcation, just issued by Messrs. Bischoffsheim 1868. and Coldachmidt, may be recapittiluted kw, au epton ising the conditions of the iseiheeripiioS: • Moors. Blechoffneisi sad Goldedwoilt are outherhed London French governmsot to opus lisie for the above loan , from the O s tk u tr a lltla .taut, both inclusive. The pries of force IBM per cost, with coupon attend, from let July, 1868, The deposit on application is 3 per cent. ; that to to soy, tor every 1004 or 2,600 franca 110111iMil capital, 3L, or Ts frame. The payment on allotment ie 18 per conk, hid tin deposit. The aura recognize is to be paid in sag tree monthly instahnents ; the let oo the Met September, 1868, and the last on 21st February, 1870. in Pena, or two days •ws in London. The first lodgment will be re osind by Messrs. Biecho(aheim end Goisholunat at 26 franca per 11. starling, the others at the ex change of the d a y. N o payments is advance under will be received, and no Indian will be allotted The French government will notify in the latilerr the total amount subscribed . to this loam mad the proportionate reduotion of applications. A statement of the amount to be returned . to each subscriber will be , communicated as soon as practosablo For emerints above one hundred francs Beebe (F. 3333.33, or 138,. 6d. M. nominalcapital), the French °ornament scrip will be de livered ; for smaller amounts the agent* will ill" their own scrip. No o.mmiasiou of any kind will be charged. Forme of application may be procured at Meows Bischoff aheim and idechmidt's °Moe, Fouiuler'o-oourt, Loth bury.—London, August 6, 1868. The market for bar silver and Mexican dollars is flat, with very little business. Bar silver is quoted ss. 0 5-16 d. per ounce, and dollars 4s. 10Id., being fractionally lower in each case. The bidding. for bills on India took place yester day at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were: to Calcutta, 17.72,000 Ea. ; and to Madras, 2.28,000 Ba. The minimum price was - fixed as before, viz., at Is. 101cL, on both Presidencies, and tenders at Is. lO i d. will receive about I/4 per cent. Those above will be allotted in full. These results show a little diminution in the demand for the means of remittance to India. The Anglo-Austrian Bank in London announce that they are prepared to receive subecriptioas for shares in the Royal Privileged Hungarian North Eastern Railway up to noon on Saturday next, the Bth inst. The shares are to bearer, and are of the nominal amount of 2000. silver. The price of issue is 14511. Austrian currency. It is mentioned that the government guarantee will provide for the payment of interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annual on the nominal amount of the shares, and for a sinking fund for their extinction by drawings by lot during the period of the comes. sion. Anglo-Austrian Bank shareholders are to be entitled to an allotment of one share in every five, and Anglo-Hungarian Bank to one in every ten. The liquidators (Messrs. A. Young and John Ball) of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Associa tion (Limited) notify that, in accordance with the 4th clause of the arrangement made by them with the creditors in June, 1867, they are prepared to pay to-morrow (Thursday), under discount, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, the promissory notes issued by them on behalf of the association, which will become due on the 30th December next. The London and North Western railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of 936/., com pared with the corresponding period of lasi year ; and the Midland a decrease of 132/. The directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way Company have agreed to recommend a divi dend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, carrying forward a balance of 2,3001. At an independent meeting of shareholders in the Credit Foncier of England (Limited), held yesterday, a resolution was passed similar to that agreed to at the meeting which took place on Tuesdity. At the meeting yesterday of the shareholders of the London and South Western Bank (Limited) the directors' report, recommending a dividend of Ss. per share, free of income-ta x, for the six months, was ado pted. At the meeting yesterday of the Electric and In ternational Telegraph Company a dividend of 5 per cent., free of income-tax, was declared for the half year upon the stock of the undertaking. The half-yearly general meeting of the City of London Brewery Company (Limited) took place ' yesterday • Sir James Duke, Bart. n the chair. The a ff airs of the company were s tated i to be in a very prosperous state, and an interim dividend of 31 per cent. out of the half year's profits was de clared. This appropriation will ab50rb20,527/. 10s., and leave a good balance to be carried forward ; after adding 3,118!. 12s. to the reserve fund, and providing the usual amount for depreciation of leasehold properties. The reserve fund now stands at 47,289/. 3s. 7d. An extraordinary general meeting of the Metro politan Railway Company is convened for the 19th inst., " for the purpose, if so determined, of passing a resolution, pursuant to the provisions contained in the Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, to divide the paid-up ordinary stock of the company into two classes, to be and to be called, the one, preferred ordinary stock,' and the other, ' deferred ordinary stock,' and to issue the same subject and according to the provisions and conse quences defined in the said act." The half-yearly meeting of the Southampton Dock Company is fixed for the 26th inst. At a meeting of the London Rice Mill Company (Limited), just held, a dividend was declared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, 6,9151. was added to the reserve, raising that fund to 20,0001., and 4,4071. wascarried forward to the new account. Mr. Boyson, the director of the Land Mortgage Bank of India (Limited), who recently returned to England from an inspection of the bank's affairs in the several presidencies, has been unani mously elected chairman of the company. The first importation of this year's Bavarian hops has been received into the warehouses of the Hop and Malt Exchange and Warehouse Com pany (Limited). MARLDOROIFGH-STREET. Gorge Patterson, a shoemaker, of No. 50, Cleveland street, was charged before Mr. Knox, with assaulting Mrs. Emma Bedford and Mrs. Emma Weakley, mother and daughter. Mrs. Bedford said that at a quarter to 1 this morning she was walking along the Tottenham-court-road, accom panied by her daughter , on the way home from Camden town, where they had been to see some friends, when the prisoner and two other young men came up to them, and the prisoner made a very insulting remark to her daughter. She told the prisoner that he had no right to speak to them, as they were respectable women, upon which the prisoner pulled her daughter about in a most improper manner. He tore her dress, and en her (witness) ting with him he gave her a blow on the temple andkicked her in the side, and had the constable not come up she did not know what would have happened. Corroborative evidence was given, and Mr. Knox committed the defendant to prison for two months with hard labour. FEARFUL ACCIDENT TO TOBISHIRE CRICKETERS. Thin week the All-England Eleven have been engaged in a cricket match with twenty-two of Soraercotes, near Nottingham. At night an omnibus, belonging to Mr. Cupitt, of Alfreton, was driv ing some of the cricketers home. Amongst them were Luke Greenwood, Freeman, and Em mett, the celebrated members of the Yorkshire County Eleven. By some means the vehicle was pitched over, and Greenwood sustained such fearful injuries that beim not expected to live. The other two were also much cut and bruised. A sergeant of police and several other passengers were likewise severely hurt, and the 'bus was greatly damaged.—Leas Mercury. DEATH FROM EATING MUSSEL'S. An inquest was held before Mr. Coroner Humphrey, at the Royal Oak Tavern, Galway-street, St. Luke's, last evening, touching the death of a woman named Roche. The ver dict of the jury, based upon the medical evidence, was that the deceased died from the effects of being poisoned by mussels, of which she had partaken. KILLED BY A THRASHING MACHINE.—A fright ful accident occurred on Monday night, whereby a man named John Smith met with his death. He was employed at a thrashing machine on a farm at Kimberley, when his leg was drawn between the beaters, causing a fearful laceration. Assistance was at once procured, and the suf ferer was speedily conveyed to the General Hospital at Nottingham, where he shortly afterwards died. METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTALN AND CATTLE TROLIOII AINOCIATION.—The Queen has forwarded a donation of one hundred pounds to this society. SUNDAY TRADING.—Upon the proposed rules of the new King's-cross Market being submitted by Mr. Robinson (one of the proprietors) to the numerous shop keepers and stall-holders, the question "Sunday or no Sunday " was unequivocally dismissed by a thoroughly unanimous vote, eliciting hearty cheering, with a general shout of "No work on Sunday ; no Sunday trading." THE LATE BIRMINGHAM BANKING COMPANY. The official liquidators have given notice of the payment of another dividend, the fourth, of one shilling in the pound, at the Priory-rooms during next week. This pay ment will (says the Birmingham Poet) settle the claims of the creditors of the bank to the extent of 17s. in the pound. THE EFFECTS OF CARELESSNES3.—The Leeds iterrury reports that yesterday some reapers were en gaged in a field of barley, covering 23 acres In extent, situate at Bridge Hewick, about two miles from Ripon, belonging to Mr. W. Band!, farmer. One of the men, named Reynard, lit his pipe, and threw the paper on the ground. It ignited the stubble, and spread in an instant to the standing barley, which burnt quickly across the field, opening out in the form of a fan as it went along to the opposite hedge. The men in the field, assisted by the la bourers from the surrounding lands, succeeded in prevent ing the fire spreading. The quantity destroyed is estimated at over two acres. A similar fire in an adjoining field, belong ing to Mr. Ibbotaen, was prevented spreading on the previous day by the opportune presence of the reapers, who beat out the flame caused by a man throwing a piece of lighted paper from a conveyance after lighting a cigar. The de struction of two hay stacks, valued at 3001., at Ho land, neer Barnsley, is also aft: Hinted to the same sort of care ler nese. _ _ Yesterday the Liverpool Town Conrail resolved to in-Tease the salary of Major Greig, the head ooritsble, om f5Ol. to 1,0001. p r minus. TO TIRE EDITOI OW Twa TICIIIIN. 81n, —As had been generally prognosticated, the sport found at the Brighton meeting proper was not of a character to go into &stacker about; still, the proceedings were tolerably enjoyable, the heat being scarcely so oppressive as nervous people had been looking forward to ; and there was something like a race for the Cup after all. The gallant fight Blueskin made against Thorn dyke for the Brighton Stakes made him appear more than ever worthy to contest the Cup with Speculum, who might not, it was thought, have beaten him so very easily at Goodwood; and the owner of Paul Jones throwing down the gauntlet to the pair despite Ms recent defeats, we had three worthy competitors for the valuable prize . However, it was the City an d S u b ur b an over again with the Duke of Newcastle'sbit of everlasting, who partially repudiated the theory that he ls not exactly up to racing weight by carrying home his Sat 31b lengths in front of everything. Of course this delighted King Alfred's St. Leger backers, on account of the vast supe riority he showed to Speculum in the Derby; but I cannot understand, great as my liking has been for The Spy ever since the weights ap peared, why be should be at such a ridiculously short price for the Ebor Handicap, seeing that nearly all the gilt is taken off the performance of Tabouret (his easy conqueror the other day) in the Goodwood Cup when Blueskin is discovered to be about 211 b behind Speculum. It is not improbable that his fond backers, by their eager ness, will force the Whitewall men to try their luck with Taraban instead of the young one, whom it is admitted a boy cannot "get out" • besides which there is a faint suspicion that he does ; not like a distance. Ms best per formance at Goodwood was over a mile, when he beat the badly-ridden Vale Royal ; at • mile and a half he only did moderately, just beating Sunstroke and Banditto being , nothing to boast of ; and how far he was behind Tabouret and Ilium has been estimated at something between four and eight lengths. Allowing a wide margin for accidents and disappointments, The Spy is only fairly handicapped with this latter pair again; and they stand at 10 to 1 in the market—very properly, too, when the Goodwood Cup made Tabouret appear no better than Blneekin, who is proven to be 211 b behind Speculum. Put the latter in The Ebor with 211 b more than Tabouret —fist 71b—and no one would look at him ; and yet, "on c it a r e r t , i ; * his chance would be equally as good as that of ilium, or The Spy. lam not arguing against the latter's pretensions, for there is more than one reason why the ahoy, line of argument should not be followed too closely ; but he is none the less in a false position in the market, and, as before observed, Tarabau might yet have to "come" in his stead. One of the reasons why last week's running of the above-named horses should not be strictly followed is the disadvantage Tabouret was labouring under in having to contest the Goodwood Cup only 24 hours after be bad run over the same long distance for the Stakes, besides which he met with a mishap, I now discover, that fully accounts for his losing so much ground when out of sight in the Cup race. The number of lengths he made up at the finish proves him a thorough good horse, and unless Mr. Johnstone posseeees a better ally in Donald bain, Mandrake, or Mercury,.it is quite on the cards for him to give The t Spy the weight and win again. The Tupgill quartet is the strongest lot in the Ebor, the only other parties boasting more than one string to their bows being the BI with Blinkhoolie and Lord Palmerston, Joseph Dawson, with the Claret winnerand the Mak eshi ft colt, presented by Lord Glas gow to Mr. Payne; and W. Scott, with Fairwind and Deceit, in which latter clique may also be included Band master. The fact or Blinkhoohe accepting argues that he could not have been very seriously amiss at Goodwood, as he is hardly left in to keep the weights down for Lord Palmerston, who does not . look at all like the winner after the specimen of form we have had from Emigration, Distaff, and Kidderminster, his recent conquerors ; and perhaps the only one of the above mentioned we may hear of is the hero of the Claret, the Young Melbourne colt, who made a lot of the running in the Alexandra Plate at Ascot, and then finished third. Taking the single representatives of stables, Strathconan cannot fail to strike the eye for in addition to being on his favourite course, he has only to car & 91b more than Three per Cent., who would otherwise look " well in." The only other candidate worth recommending (unless Romp ing Girl is left in) is Fervacques, who meets Tabouret on 9lb better terms than when they met in the Liver pool Cup, and will be at home over the extra half mile to boot. We have plenty of candidates to prevent the race having anything like the appearance of a certainty at the finish, even if only Strathconan, the Young Melbourne colt, Fervacques, Tabouret (or anything else in the blue and silver interest), and Ilium are in the hunt against The Spy; and were the latter's owner to "turn round" in favour of Taraban, the field might be as strong numerically as it was last year. tinder any circumstances, it strikes me that the Tabouret men are the best to follow and there are more unlikely things than old Strathcoean; beating all the "pots," his running into one of the three coveted places being quite on the cards. Three or four of the Ebor horses are in the Lewes Handicap, run for on Saturday , and much will depend upon - how they perform with Glengarnock, who will have to win for The Spy to keep his place in the betting, as there was little between them in the Good wood Stakes. Should he be bowled over, the trick may be done by' Thorndyke or Vortigern, the latter a fair horse when up to the mark, as I believe he is now. Of the minor events, let me award the De Warrenne Handicap to old Reindeer in the event of his opposing the formidable Tibthorpe division ; the Welter Cup to The Makeshift colt or Merry Andrew ; the Priory Stakes to Melody, in the absence of Martyrdom ; the Nursery Plate to Kellogg ; the Sussex Stakes to Ryshworth ; the County Cup to Amster; and the Railway Nursery to The Scout, or the bent of Lord Westmorland's.-1 run, &c., METEOR. (BT nrixoprpu.) BRIGHTON CLUB MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) TENTH BIENNIAL. Matilda beat Ns. to Veda. SWEEPSTAKES. Sir Oliver .. .. .. La Belle Jeanne .. .. Clifford .. • • BRIGHTON CLUB STAKES. President Lincoln .. .. Idaeallweh .. .. Chippenham .. 6 ran. CLARET STAKES. T.Y.C. Viet Reindeer, Redivivue, Ettrick, /Erolite, Clairon, and John Leech are here. £lOO PLATE. T.Y.C. _ _ Honeydew c, Scimitar, Acaater, Manama; Dryad, Arling ton, Sidadin, Fortress, and Lumley are here. BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) LEWES HANDICAP. 2.30 r.st. 5 to 1 agst Thorndyke (off) 6to 1 Glengarnock (t and off) 6to 1 Choral (t and off) GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst The Spy (off) 100 to 12 Fervacques (t) 100 to 10 Tabouret (t) 20 to 1 Buttercup (t) ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 apt The Earl (off) 100 to 7 Green Sleeve (t 100 to 6) 25 to 1 Cap-i-Pie (t) .50 to 1 Restitution (t) BIIIPPINQ INTELLIORYCIL-(MIS DAY.) LONDON, August 6.—Wind at noon, 8. ; cloudy. GRAVIESEND A r6. 7 Bs.iled : Timaru for Otago, N.Z. • Carniamonatire, ftaultal ; Forrest, Cone of Good Hope i l•kg° : thy, Demerara; Pembroke, Boston • Liverpool New York. DEAL. August 6.—Arrived : Macairlay,frona Baltimore• Bee (of &ashore ), North, for West. Arrived from the river an d sailed : Parana, for Westward. _ _ =ai /3111141;17iuiy : Rosalie, from Demerara: Arrears, New York. -. 1n1, - Invet : for Montreal. rill Orr TEI WWI', A= l 4. from Mauritius. CiAns 'August 5. : Storm Xing, for Demerara; Liver pool, Bo ston, after repairing. firittr, August s.—Arrived: Ourtina, from Monte Video. CARDIFF, August s.—Arrived: Eleanor, from Quebec; Bon Pere de Farouk, Bilbao ; Wasp, Bilbao; Cousins Deis, Mack Sailed: Pax, Rio Jaeeiro. TROOII, 44 A . Mat 5.--Bailed : Alien, for St. John, N.B. ; Lord Metcalf, SHIRLUS.--Bailed : Harmony, for Bombay. Qcss.srows Au=Arrived Catherine Scott, from Bahia ; Mary Stott, Livraroot August s.—Arrived : Montrose, from Bombay ; Helios, Pern ambuco ; City of Antwerp, New York ; Holly How, Pomaron. Bailed : Flora, for ; Lord Clyde, Calcutta; City of Boston, New York ; Denmark, New York ; Premier, ECOAM. Dem., August S.—Arrived : Julia ;brig), f7Olll Wert Court of Africa; Atalanta, Jamaica; Norfolk Tar (or Clay), North for the Wed. Arrived from the river: William Duthie, for Arrived from the river and .ailed : Liverpool, for New ark; Ada (so.), of Waterford, Malta ; During. Saleombe; Blythe, Drixham. ICEBERGS _ . . New Yeas, July 96.—Adviors from Quebec of day's date repoet that outward bound vessels are and that several resells bad pat back owing to the large number of icebergs in the Lower gt. Lawrence. The Ydale, arrived here from Newcastle, experienced thick fogs every day after pewits; Sable CASUA.LTIEI3. . . _ TAIMOTTH, AUSItPt 6. 2 i1t - eJan;, of borketon, drifted to the beach yesterday and has become a complete wreck. DAIRDARIELL IS, July 99.—The Elocomyille (BMW, from Mar mike to Conetantinople, got on shore to the evening of July 23, =ledtugs in e morning of 99th, and came of after ocit th s towing; paid MO. LOWDON GENIERAL °lnagua Corr4llT aserrrao).—Traillo receipts for week ending August 2, 11A171. 2s, 74. 1 MINES.-(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK. In the mining market to-day there is a demand for Great Retallack, Great Laxey, North Treskerby, and West Chiverton shares. Annexed are the prices : —Great Laxey, 16/ to 171; Prinoe of Wales, 355. to 375. 6d.; Chiverton Moor, 61 to 1; Greatßetallask, 31 to 1; Clifford, 11 to / ; North Treskerby, 10s. to 12s. 6d. ; Wheal Grenvil le, 255. to 275. 6d.; South Caradon, 235 to 250; West Chiverton, 60 to 62 ; New Lovell, 18s. 9d. to 21s. 3d. ; East Lovell, 7 to 71; and Trumpet Comas, 12 to 13. With respect to foreign and colonial mining shares, St. John del Rey are 10s. lower, at 191 to 201. Don Pedro, 21 to prem. ; Anglo-Brazi lian, par to 1 pram ; Peetarena, /to dia. ; Chontales, 2 to 1; United Mexican, If to 1; Port Phillip, 1 9-16 to 11-16 ; Anglo-Italian, par to pram. ; Sao Vicente, Ito 1 prem. ; Froutino and Bolivia, Ito ; and Yudanamutana, 51 to 1. INDIA CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN (HEAVY) Mane.-MALTA, Anon'? o.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah leaves at 1 a.m. to-morrow for Southampton, where she may be expected early on the 16th inst. OUTWARD INDIA AND CHOLA MAILB.—MALTA , Atntriff 6.—The Bangalore, from Southampton, 25th July, arrived on the tad instant at 4 p.m., and left at noon on the 3rd for Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, Atrorin B.—The National Steam ship Company's steamer Denmark arrived here from Liverpool at 12.40 p.m. to-day, and having embarked passengers, she proceeded for New York. AU well. FIRE AT SUTTON -PARK, NEAR BIRMINGIIAM.- The fire in the gorse and underwood at Sutton-park, which commenced at noon on Monday, was still raging yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, The Are has pene trated to the turf, and in some places to the extent of 10 or 12 inches. There was a heavy thunder-shower about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, which seemed to damp the fire in some places. A large number of men have been set to work to make a trench, land thus prevent the further extension of the fire. -- TRAMPLED BY A BIILL.—A etiocking ocourenee marred the _pecreedings in connection with the annual of the IS show Agricultural Sociaty. Shortly before the judging oominseiond a man named Thos. Withill, a herdsman in the employ of Mr. Joshua Craven, was in charge of a bull called Red Admiral, two yesn and ten months old. Suddenly the admiral turned upon knocked him down, and trampled upon his chest and body, breaking, as it afterwards was found, three of his ribs, and, it ai feared, inflicting other internal injuries, RAILWAYMINING, AND OTHNi • 81111138.--(THI8 DAY.) [Mainz pnese to 1 p.m.! COunruf. oofzionnurr 88C87111711*. Canada, I pat ant., J. mg Julj, New ikarib Wales, I per eurt., Jan. and July,. leiter New e traland, I per ant., INN, Jan., April, July, sal October, 96k, Nova, 6 per cent., 1878, Jan. and July, 1824. Queenelabl, 6 per cent., Jan. ani/July, 1891, 10. Tatenaanan. 6 per bat., Jan. and July, 18116, 1061. Victor* 8 per mot., April and Crabber. 114. f, 1, 16. 0511;101ABYlliARE8 AN. 5T00153.. Caledonian, N 7Bl 7t. Great °mat glisberN orthern, l9 l.4. Do. A (A mein,' no- dividend ansr out. has been paid to B), 102,4 104, Groat Wastena, 5011, London, Brighton, and Coast, H. Loudon, Chatham, and Dow, 201, London and North Welders, 1161. Mancheeter, sod Innolnabhe, NfetropolitaN 117, I, I. Do. Now NedeemoNo, 01. Midland, 107 i, 61, 71. North Faidern—Buwick, 104 E, 4. Do., Leeds, 514. Do., York, 94 Do., Carlisle, JO. South Eastern, 771 I. PREFERENCE SHAM. Great Northam 4t per cent. redeemable at 10 pot amt. prem., 9. PREFERENCE SHARES AID STOCKS. Midland, 5 per cent., 91. LINES LEASED 4T FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. and C., 941. Royston, Hitch. and Shep., 132. BRITISH POSSESSION& Atlantic and Saint Lawrence, 571. Bombay, Beroda, and Central India, guar. 6 per emit, 031. Eastern Bengal, gum. 6 per mat., 106 f. Rut Indian. gun. 5 par cent., 1071, S. Grand Trunk of Canada, 161. Great Indian Peninsula, guar. 6 per cent., 1071. Great Western of Canada, 131. Madras, ins. 6 per cent., 106 i. Gads and Bohilcund, gun. 6 per mat., 1061, 4. Scinde, gua. 5 per cent., 1031. Do., Delhi, 1021 3. Do., Punjaub, 1024. INDLiN RAILWAY DEBENTURES. East Indian, 1600-70.71, 106 f. 1)o., March 22, 1872, 1 01. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Buenos Ayres, Gt. South. gurs.6 par et., 174. Dunaburg and Witepsk (lam.) guar. 6 per omit., j. San Paulo (Limited), gua..7 per cent., FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS. Orel Vitebsk, gum. by Readmit Government, 6 per ma. - - COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MINES. Anglo-Brszilian Gold (Um.), f Dor, Pedro, North del Rey, 24, i Pm- St. John del Rey ted) 20, 121, 201. United Mexican, ' led), If. Yudanamutana o S. Australia (Limited), 6}, DOCKS.. Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 32. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia, 631. Chartered of India ? Australia, and China, 191. Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China, 29. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, 161, mi. Imperial Ottoman, 101, 11, 101. Loudon Chartered of Australia, 231, 1. London and Westminster, 681, id. National Provincial of England, 2nd and 3rd issue, 391. Union of Australia, 431._ MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 211, 1. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent., 78j, 80. Berlin Water Works (Limited), 16 . Commercial Union (Assurance), 6 -16. Credit Foncier of England (Limited), 2 13.16. rae F ; g o llian 9 per cent. Viceroy, gua. by Egyptian govern. Fore-street Warehouse (Limited), 12, ad. London Financial Association (Limited), 71. Reuter's Telegram, 6.31. Royal Mail Steam, 66. Scottish Australian Investment (Limited), 110, 9, ad. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance (Limited), 161. acl. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON MAR -YET. (THIS DAY.) (IT 1211018. PB..) (mom ova owl oonasepomniarr.) The market rather better Md less offering. Wes about 8,000 bales. CORK BUTTER_MARKET. 7 (THIS DAY.) (Fox °UN OWN COMNSPONDSNT.) Ordinary, 1275. 121 s. 118 s., 1125., 975., 775.; 1,630 firkins. Mild cured, 139. .. 1275., 1215.; 110 firkins. MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAY.) Stio.ia.—The market continues quiet, at the previous currencies; for refined no further change in prices has taken place, as the demand continues limited. COME. —The public sales of Plantation Ceylon con tinue to go off at prices in buyers' favour ; good and fine ordinary small, 665. 6d. to 63a. 6d. ; grey, 64e. to 675. low middling to good middling, 675. to 765. ; good to fine bold, be.. 6d. to 86s. TRA.-The public sales have gone off more steadily, and occasionally at firmer prices. Ruts &tar SALTrItTalt.-No sales to report. Rum-1,000 bags of Madras had been sold at 44d. to M. advance, and 4,200 tons for arrival ; Rangoon, lls. 41d. to 11e. 6d. • Necranzie, 10s. 6d. to 10, n i l rer. 11 , Siam, 118. 6d. • Ballam, Bs. 64. Business has been done in cleaned des criptions, chiefly in common kinds of Ben e SPICZB.-1,000 bags of good west mast Penang pepper sold at firm prices, 3ed. to 314. ; 600 bags white at steady prices, ordinary, 4,1 d. ; Singapore, 6d. ; 8 oases doves, Penang at firmer prices , 10d. tolOid.; Ainboyms, bid.; 900 packages Jamaica ginger, low dark to comma, 36e. t 0.425. ; good common to good middling, 44a. to 625. • 970 awes Co , hin, common, 365, to 60e. ; middling, 63k to 68s. ; good, 271. to 81s. ,• .flne, 61. to 61. 3e. 310 hags common and middhng, 2d. to 2ed. • 60 casks nutte in gs, eat' a easier prices ; small to middling, is. 3d. to ls. ; bold, 2s. 2d. to sd. ; 7 cases mace, I L. 24...t0 . 35. s 3d. Corms. —The demand continues limited, and prices still rule in buyers' favour. Jura.—Tbe demand has much subsided, and prices are 10s. per ton lower, TALLOW MARICET.—(THIEI DAY.) The market is steady. Town tallow, 425. ; Peters burg Y.C., on the spot, 445. 6d. ; August to September, Pi. 6d. ; October to Doomber, ge. 9d.; , 46e. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET (THIS DAY.) We have a few more beasts than on Thursday last, and trade is very dull. Monday's quotations are barely maintained, and several lots remain unsold. Sheep are plentiful, and tilde is wareely an good as on Monday for them. Lambe are in great abundance, • large proportion of them totally unfit to be sent to market, but forced in by the dry weather; these are making very low prices, and many remain unsold. The supply of calves is large, but choicest make about the same as of late. Our foreign supply Foolish; of 20 beasts, 2,630 sheep, 322 calves,, and 26 pigs. Per Ammo of dbo. ad. s. 6. Per done of Ma. a 6. s. d Butlasto, Nereids. 4 10 5 6 13totDoltHII•brdsolt 0 0 0 0 Boatlerealterno_ ... 4 8 4 10 Beat Loat-woolo 4 4$ fl quaL Bomb 18 $ 4 Do., do., !teen 00 0 0 Calm 3 0 5 0 14readiscoadons. $ 6 3 10 Pita 3 0 4 6 Do. do. Bltorn OO 0 0 IliffitDlols/111-Leda 4 6 4 10 Lambs 4 6 5 4 BOWS at souk, 1,091; sheep and iambs. WAD; 011504 KS P 616. 50. SMITHFIELD HAY MARIET.-{THIS DAY.) Yr. Charles James Poston reports trade at last day's prices tom.:—Prime eld hay, 115 e. to 120 e. ; in ferior ditto, 90e. to 100 s. ; prime new hay, 100 s. to 115 e. ; prime old clover, 120 s. to 130 s. ; inferior ditto, 105 a. to 116.. ; prime new clover, 110 s. to 120 e. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to 100 s. ; straw, 30e. to 38e. ANOTHER TORT CANDEDATZ FOR BIRIaNOHAM. —The tories, it is said, are considering the advisability of bringing out a second candidate, and rumour has it that they are trying to persuade Mr. J. D. Goodman to swept the dubious honour of standing fifth upon the poll, im company' with Mr. 8. 8. Lloyd, for whom the fourth place is already engaged.—BirsseagAset Post. PlozoN B.werrro. —The Epervier, a Brussels p 2: givea an account of the great_pigeon race which tplace annually in Belgium. Th. King offers a valu able prim to the owner of the first bird in, and the Count of F lan ders to the owner of the second, the total value of the prizes competed for being 19,000 fr. This year 1,507 pigeons were conveyed from Brussels to Agen (Lot-et (aronne), a distance of more than 600 miles, and were then thrown up at 6 a.m., under the ruperintendence of IL Huybrechta, who had been a l4 .inted by the Society L'Hirondelle to mark and liberate I. pigeons entered for the national concourse of 1868. The first prise was not claimed in Brussels until the following day, when M. Grooters, of that city, presented his bird at 6.4 a.m. A few minutes afterwards the same gentleman claimed the ard, 6th, 7th, 11th, 16th, 18th, and 21st prises from the commissioners. Bt 9.30 a.m. 21 of the pigeons bad reached Brussels, eight of them belonging to IK. Grouters, who appears to be the most pigeon fancier in the w I 3 •