The Express. — London, England, 1850-08-20 00:00:00

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The patronage tntangbout • :n.erotp testisnam.la COD esetived of their . . . . &ad eus • 4 proof of their MAIO. &mare of ....A I& The only pentalny of oath hale the named ; r.onhan iltat ut theartiele en the witipw er :o,llattcogartles. lamas ; art by .tlowdeln sal , .t . l HEALTH in INVARIABLY RE .... entbeet *edicts', Inefsirairese, at Livens to die .•., le.us,dylperie, constipated, Slices, debilitated, or • . 3. - DU BARE'C'S DELICIOUS IEVALENTA • • •• thnorand testimonials cleaves, from Lord tbe affable Arebdescos Altai, Stuart, of Its*, • *. Cm Drs. tre. *arm, and riborLind, and oiler • • cheat reoptetaMlary, pixie lb. extraordinary curative virtues of Oda food beyond a doubt. In canisters, lib,. 2 Tic; *la, 40.1,1; Mb., 119.; 121i1.. • 10Ib., 335. The 101 b. and 11In. collage bee noundles order.—Ds Bonfe Palmitin Ras hoes, a ' ad venal remedy be sonstia, adds, snits& and all luar, th roat, sad buret!, aro of icarieallad exert wsc. lA, es. 611., sr post-tree. L. 44.31•3 1 3. . Da Barry sad Oa, 127, Now toud.aireet„ Lades, and . er..ocrs, ebonies, and boatman& Di cv;ssawnsts itrio:_wosza. - - \J I - nre - Of LIPL Weak roarostion, eaJ ratioral ine of time." : Fatly Imo—Aprtag mad rummer Iliewriatro—Tsant. r;.• Environs of LondonMr Parks, Ins" Ms, Fort= Inoto Boas. and cater phsmort places—Oanntry Tripe "—DA lor—boodoz at INlrlit—Breir ars at Home—Moria— ' .rawn—Oa Easing, Drinking, lEorping, Bathing. Ali, Boat, apniss. ha. • ',MOTs honk the 2 voi. la. 'AA; by pail, • Tleft Pt the Lehen—dretelt el Idabisid. .:L —he Lath) at Itillanasp—llemlatatraeos .1 Dublin. is, Abe, sew *diem, la. ,• by pat, WHAT to SAT. DRUM and *Tom. Tu. thy.. WON veers sad tat sat awns arty ran." p•ru,...• renew d goon amp brat (suer and noel el am • :•tno.ated heeth and en,•eablecl eans.ltutlan, that bosom the r ere. the ulia et pleasure, bonnets, ee study, aad eatlanne . ye; silt to den and neat fir esa dirt sad physkal manta= er r•ry.oar We. tioem,od, LS. l'aewander-rom ; Nam. 33, °anthill ; Carealbo, fieet.erreet i or inset from the •uthor. 10. drirti•Oloor. hr. I •PT•00... LAW INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. BLICAI Ma. CONYINIONEI FuNIIIAX.II. a. Is az BALL. Irebatkrnpt,JohnßJl,was described as a shipowner, ••,att Audtsy : street, also u a brewer, of To!ton, wear .rhamptou. This wu rut lut examinatioa meeting. He .c 1 a Laluat-shost extending wear two years prior I *ar.iruptey, and strierior I.l6l4lCllffii debt of 3051 ..•*ahm: 611. A futility *um of 1,441/. wu due to ere . 74 f .I.iug security, the securities being estimated u . 4bieetel by Mr. J. Collis', far the assignees, that •..)ante ail not e•.maeae+ at a sufficiently tarty period, was sdjoaraed for (bre* mouths. POLICE INTELLIGENCE THIS DAY. BOW-STEEET. • tl. - . OF HOCUSSINO AND RONNERT. J. Cotter, , re-stutiseil, charpd with humming sad the 0 . 1 Z:4ot. Pe - tcrinWaites, a fruit salesman la Covent-garden , said on the samosa of Friday week last, h. I the Mercers' Anne public house, Mercer street, rre, and there net the prsoaer and several other woo were &Skin, in front of the bar. He catered s.e.natin* with Ulm, and althastely elated fey some s r obielo he paid. He had then in his possession a by. rattail/nig twn 1001 rotes, two ensgves for -so about 201 in gold. He afterwards called fcr a wise, dhe hat scarcely drank a glas► of it when .nkesaseasible, sad when he recovered he found him- r: .11 in bad at his neatens. All his money was gone. -; • i• 011•41 proved Audis, the prosecutor in front of tr.• e• c• the Mercer's Arms, toile insensible, and with his 4. :'1 tufted inside oat sod all his inanely hone. The its' •:. r w-e obooved sitting by the side of the proesteco.,, . ' male on the enter aids, previous to Lis becoming lie prisoner and his COVIAMO6II were also seen v.' , it r • esb. which appeared to be waking for then, 1.• • T • . Have you got the money ?" and another re f-. •• Yee." They were penny d, but all escaped with the 50' , a•on of the primer, who was apprehended in a house vrett soon afterwards. Nov.r., • solicitor, attended for the prosecution, and • *he eat examination the cheques and a psrtion of cad been found by a boy in the neighbourhood. nt• Tatt.oll of the publicity given to the cue through of lbe newspapan, the limey and were ,- 14 19 the preartwor. The notes hays not yet been •• ii. would ask the maginiats for a farther trussed, ItArgarims had bus obtained by the prase, which ymbably lead to the recovery of the other prsperty, ! llPPultcasioia et the rummer's companions.— .auded kr a week. AR - 1.60 - BODO kJ-STREET. mitt AT /110111 WAT RODAZAT.•—SUM YiUr wee aaaelleg Pie JAMS/ ilatnerland Macitenzie J nimibiettet had W. Day aad F Summon& were aloe 0 4 With violently nasanlting Sir JUBA by knocking *n with the intention of ribbing his. ' i'etid that lam *be &host 12 o'elock he left the sad was proctudiag along Jeremy*- . r ,,1 way to hie club, when, at the caner of Duke the V mci prisoner aososted his. He told her to go wa!teti on to wild/ her, She followed and overtook •- ••nd Lek•• lad he idolising him, whew he told her did ant wish to have anything to do with her, and 4 'd OS hie way. She thee came up a third time, sad '' to pollee constable close by, and she still persist `l"-litig him, he gave her a shove on one side of the ". Upon hie doing so the two sale prisoners case apposite Ida of the way, and the prisoner Day int a very bard blow 00 th• head and knocked hi. Le' the ridings, and on his calling out " Police." three rut off down Dake-street. A constable tLa % to wh , pta ii;roi;ta7l ThToceurrosoo, sad who - Ail *lily west in parsiiiiofeheisirieonsfc ustikle Miller, 15 previousl st • ..1 ths primiters, la r 4 ummy with String ed 193 C. h e paretic, and esught them on the dark side of St. , tWea-.e the female prlsmer said she certainly did t SJ ir unin, who Rave her a violent pub, and is rim pushed him spin. sea maid they were walking dews Jersyn-streist, t., law the promeator strike the woman, , ' .'mettt it wits &inwardly mu, they went up to take her .1 My denied Ma initiation of robbing Mae. biome said he was of opinion the ease was eland, sad, hod k not been for the activity and .. i'lMyed Uwe ellson, he had no doubt Si, James • •I tem trai flanker ill-treated sad robbed. t' ‘t priwieers IMO *ft misoitisd fa mouth each, he* iabou. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1850. maw toit TEE BRITISH CORN TRADE • Militia TR& PAST 11128. K. (item the Irk Lam Repress.) Theme' burnt work Au been interrupted b par eMi is Mandl parts of the kingdom. cenaiderable Fine hoe beer mule it the more forward district., and a deal of wpm has Imes carried in fair counties' *arias ' Fire The asesuses of the yield of wheat do not ha prove; Indeed the ecespeeinN rispeetimg the deficiency of pats is propeetion to straw Lave increased, which we are not surprised at, sensidariag the prevalence' of blight smug all the earlier tense wheat, eed the loss which was summit, to he 'spotted from the fact of large breadths of corn having bees badly laid by the heavy rains and high winds expert need in July. It is yet too early to speak positively as to the *Mot of the deficiency; bat teem an we have hitherto been seabird to colleet, we are of °pinks that wheat will prove lest productive than I. moderate!; good avenge Nese% sad that a considerable preportioe will be of coarse quality. This will prove a heavy trial to oar farmer, ' as there exists Was prospect of the value of the snails ad vancing, so as to cover the loss to which, undensoeh circum stantial, the shorten* of the yield must subject them. They have found It sufficiently dial:lilt to compete with the (outgo growers with so good a crop se that of last year; but we mach fur that the pretest mum will prove a ill more try* to all engaged is the gallivants of the lead. Priem have °snakily vise. tram the lowest pia; sod precut rates may perhaps be shoat maintained ; bat we stash qualm whether the ukases ealablished Is at all reigns* to reeme rue for the sheerness in tee quantity par seal. From the boor of the foregoing ressults it will be readily saderstood that we an sot saarcelee of nay haprovemeat in des wheat trade. We feel fully.permasimil *bedews shall not have as avenge crop, and, further, that a may large pieties I of the potatoes will be lest; but we are equally well ere vhesed that this win not have muck isnuenos on prima. In the southern countries of Europe the harvest has been nabbed uader very auspicious circumstances, and in the men nortben parte it is feet drawly( to a esuclosion. All allicarata were is speaking highly of the quality, and al levier/ that the partial lees of the rye crop in Germany and Holland may eaves en tuna consumption of wheat, still • bergs surplus must remain for shipment to Great British'. The new produce cannot, we admit. Mee forward frainedi ately ; indeed, from the more distant parts compara tively little is likely to reach us before neat spring, but so real scarcity cut be felt in the interval, and as our met. cheats and farmers will constantly hate the dread of large impors before their eves, the former are not likely to be mach dispond to make Written me at high rater, or the latter to be either alibi or willing to holdback 'applies. This seem hs be the view pretty generally takes, of the probable fetus coons of sashes, and notwithstandiag the unfavour able accounts from the agricultural districts, lumina, Las re mained In a van quiet ewe, with the Mediae, of prices rather downwards at several of the leading provincial mar het.. Bed weather would naturally bars the effect of caus ing iipondatioe, bat provided nothiag farther occurs to endanger that part of the crops still in the fields, so material or permanent rise in the value of agricultural prods., is likely to take plus. The arrivals of wheat coastwise tats the port of London have again been small, may 3,313 qrs. haring ease to hand during the week audible this iSaturdayl evens,. The q au tit; Nougat forward by land carriage samples from the anghbouring 'aunties has meanwhile been innine ; but un important as have been the supplies, they have frond ' amply 'efficient to awls', the demand. Oa Wednesday the show consisted of a run or two of white Kent wheat left over from Monday ; the donned was decidedly dull, and though factors would willingly hue ac cepted previous prices, they were usable to place the little on sale ; since then the weather has improved, end Friday seeming being remarkably fine, there was lees disposition to purchase than earlier in the week, and to have suc, , eded in play*, the trilling parcels fresh up, some oonceisiou must kayo been made. _ _ The reoelpts from abroad have rather fallen off sines our last, bat there has beet no want of torrign wheat, a consi derable proporikm of that which arrived daring the preceding fortnight still remaining unsold. The country demand has at no period of the week b rn *olive, an the town millers, being mostly well e:o:ked, have manifested little inclination to purchase; the trauma.- ots have consequently been on a retail wait:, but im porters have remained very firm, and former prices have been well supported Good Polish Odessa has net been offered below 395. to 405., end for other de-eriptions of red wheat, enthratiog Baltic, French, and Belgian. prices have ranged from 40s. to 4.5.. ; indeed superior Rostock (beteg very earn.) has been held Is. to 2s per quarter above the last named rate. Danzig wheat has met with lam atten tion than red, bat we have so chonge to report in quotations, similar rat-s being asked on Friday to therm current on that day sennight. Quotations of towa-mannfaetured flour have remained nominally unaltered ; fresh cnuntry marks have been in moderate request, and have sold quite as well as before, nor has any change occurred in the value of fine qua. !hiss of French, but the commoner descriptions, whether of hone or foreign manutacture, have hung somewhat hea• vily on hand. Bapplies of home-grown barley have embed to come for. ward, and the probable result of the forthcoming crop being less favourably spoken of than was the case ettrlier in the weans, full terms have been demanded for the little on the market. Foreign barley has been in moderately good re quest, and though upwards of 10,580 qrs., have again come to hand during the week, good fresh parcels have been token off pretty freely at previous price.. There was more doing on Monday than on Friday, but the firmness of holders was quite as great on the latter as on the former occasion. Melt has not excited mach attention; s-ilen have, never choler, manifested a disposition to ask more mosey, and choice samples could scarcely have been bought en as easy terms on Friday as in the beginning of the week. The total quantity of home grown oats received daring the week has amounts i to only 1.23) qn., of which 775 qrs. are from our sou', and 460 qrs. from Scotland. The foreign supply has not been ao plentiful of late. English beans have cornet forward sparingly, and needy buyers have bad to pay quite as much msney as before. la Egyptiaa a steady business has been done st former terms. Peas have Raintained the alight improvoment established on Monday. Nothing of interest has transpired in fluting cargoes of Intan cons, awl we have heard of no saes of wheat free on board at foreign ports. REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. The reports from the continent resenting the harvest are of a decidedly favourable charact r. Thunder storms have been esperianced at times, by which local damage has been done, bet the masons have on t►e whole been auspicious both in the south and north of Europe. In the early pert of the week a heavy fall of rain appears to have taken place la France, which had caused holders of grain to raise their pretensions, but the upward move• went had not been freely responded to by buyers, sad the trade had remelted quiet at the principal markets. _ _ From the Bailie the accounts are of much the same chanteer as before. The letters generally describe the weather as auspicious, and the wheat crop as promising; spring emu ie, however, not so well spoken of, and rye is certainly el. 'Limit over a large portion of northern Europe. There is some talk of potato disease in the Netherlands and part of Germany. but this does not seem to have had much influence on the grain markets. Meanwhile, neither buyers nor sellers had shown any dispoaition to enter into fresh engagements, and the transactions appear to have been of very little importance, even at those places when until recently a good deal of business had been done. Our Danzig letters are of the 10th inst. Though there had been no inclination to buy, holders had remaised very firm, and prices were then quite as high IPA they had been the week before, f qua to 465. to 47.. having been deminded for fine high mixed samples, weighing 63Ibs. per bushel, and 39e. to 445. per quarter frei on board for mixed to high mixed of Glass. to 621 be. weight. The weather has been remarkably Rae in that neighbourhood, and harvest work was making rapid progress. Advice. from Konigsberg of the same date also give • very favourable account of the crops, and the quality of the new wheat would, ft wee expected, be fine and heavy. In wheat hardly asythiag had been does sines that day week, bet rye had been in lively request at enhanced rates, equal to 181. per clamber free on board having been paid for gcod heavy guilty. Prom Stettin we learn that the greater portion of the grain g y o u r at in that vicinity had been secured, mostly In fine order. had yielded well, but spring earn was generally short, and pees had proved nearly • Milers. Bye had been a good deal inquired for, and had realised very full tense, but in other 'encl./ the transactions had been unimportant. Pa meranian wheat, weighing 621 be., was quoted 42e. ; ticker mark, of the muse weight, 41e. ; and bllb. red Btettia 40e. per qr. free oar hosed. Our licateek letters are wholly without interest, as far as regards business transactions, but it may bees well to notice that there, as well as elsewhere, a good crop of wheat was emfidently ealmelated on. Hamburg letters of Tuesday last state that partial com plains of the wheat and potato crops had for some days been circulated without producing any effect on the wheat trade, which had remalmd In a dull state. 0..0d 6ilbs. Make wheat on the spot had bee offered at 395. Cid. par qr. withal: ex• citing attention. The offers frem the Baltic ports had not bees numerous, bat no disposition had been manifested to buy. Rye had been is lively demand at prices equal to 201. to 20s. 61. per qr. free on !nerd, and some speculative purchases for spriag delivery had been made at 225. per qr. At Antwerp, on Wednesday, several samples of new wheat were exhibited, dry and of fine quality; thee, and the dull ascauste from Mark-lane, had slushed sU disposition to bay ; holders had, nevertheless, remained arm, and quo tattoos were nominally the same me ea that day as anigh• Ina Rotterdam the reports ani aloe very Set. Buse very sae sew white Zealand wheat was shows there es Iliesday, sad, the smuts hem the Woke being of a istiefsetery Wart is releases to the making with hansel, the Melees? N prises wee to dowswird. MONEY MARKET. MONDAY eturnee. The committee of Mellow Bondholders have issued the following statement for general informatioe : Besids• the outcast shipped Orals Vera Ores, by *ail. for the pavans et the divides& ea the MOM.* debt, tb• parasitises of whisk w . re published es th e 16 t h Lamm; the sonusittee of boadlieliers have. received bills of lading for the lollowieg permit of specie mad bullion, vls..—Tor 8,285 dollars, f rom Tampico. pet Tie ; 2 880 dollen sisents. from Guaymas, per Ceti:sines ; 1,406 dopers from Rustles, per Inconstant. Mows. hisaalag sad Ilschetooh, Mite:too, write respectful' the 100,000 dollars received by then hem the Tobacco Company ter the boadhelden, that t. they will' be remitted without dusy." • Lettere from Alexandria of the 6th state that owing to the holders of cotton demandinx high prices there was little doing in the grief.. In flax scarcely an thing bad been done during the fortnight, an d wi t h the exception of about 1.000 centnersof J. P. machine drained, for which 311. 17e. per ton, f. o. b., was ask d, there was no disposable stook at market In grain the transactioas had been on a very small seals, owing, in a great moseure, to the very light stocks. Shuna Said wheat was quoted 17s. a to 17e. Bd. f. o. b. Freights wen quoted as. to 6s, 3d., for wheat and beans to a direct port. Exchinge on Le A edom, 97 p. dvice, tem the Mauritius of the 21st June report trade as being in every respect satisfaotory. In caw nothing bad been done since the arrival of the over land mail of April on the 16th, and very little re -1 maned untold: The-quaatlty shipped to data war 115,067,265165. against 102,102,47216 e. at same date in 1849, and 109,986,9151 be. in 1848. There wee also 426,0401b5. on bard ships loading in the har bour. Of coffee the stock was moderate, and prices bad given way. Rice had improved considerably in value, bat at date the market was rather duller. Very few private bills against shipments bad been in the market for this mail. Australia Bank bills on the Union Bank of London had been nego tiated at par and 1 per cent. prem., and bills against beck credit, had been token at 1 per cent. prem. The rate for private bills on England was last quoted par to 2 per cent. prem., for three months sight. Sovereigns were not in active disused, and 4; per cent. prem. was not readily obtained. Freights to the United Kingdom t uled at 21. to 21.105. The accounts rec ived by the Asia from the United Sates, arc, on the whole, exceedingly favourable as regards the grain grope, which it is expected will be very abundant, and of good quslity. A correspondent writes with reference to the crops in the western states, that " the wheat crop is much greater than usual, the grain very plump and large, and that the surplus will greatly exceed any previone year. Of the amount erimaied for any particular sra.e I have not seen - any account, except 0. - do, in which state it is said the crop will exceed twenty millions of bushele." In the district of Rochester, however, the weathe- ha I been greatly against the harveet and much damage had been done to the wheat in consequence. As regards the cotton crop the accounts fully ()infirm these previously received of the backwardness of the plant, and although the weather had been more favourable, more than a mode -1 rate crop cannot, it is rated, under any circumstancrs, be expected. With respect to the tobacco crop little is said, but as prices in the leading markets were merely firm, and . no advance had taken place, the apprehensions which were lately entertained in the I.Juited Sates with re gard to it may los considered as having materially abwed, if they exist at all. A recent report of the bank commissioner, of the state of Alabama to the governor shows that of debts due to the s'ete bank and its branches, there has been collected from the Ist November last to the lot July, 387,638 dole. About two-thirds of these collections are on debts marked "doubtful," "bad; and "unknown," and :he. other third on those marked " good.' The provisional council of Panama have enacted a law for the bettor security of passengers croasirg the Isthmus, which had been received with much satis faction. Every person engiged in the business of transport from Chagres, Girgons, and Leiner, to Panama, or intermediate points, is to have his name registered in a book set apart fur that purpose, to be kept in the office of the political chief; and every carrier is required to have with him, at all times, a coil of his license, for the purpose of proving his identity. They will be numbered and licensed, so that any breach of contract can be easily traced and punished. The West India Mail steamer Medway has brought specie to the value of '707,620 dollars, or about 141,5231. sterling, of which 36,887 dollars are on ac count of the Mexican bondholders. From Jamaica there is no news of much importance by this oppor tunity. Heavy rains had fallen in moat parts of the island; but, owing to the previous dr.ught, .agricul tural prospects were not so promising in several districts. Business was rather dull, and prices of most articles exhibited a de clining tendency. flour market was firm, but with very few operations. Of coffee there was only a very small stock, and none for exportation. Sugar was worth from 133. to 16s. per 100 lb?. Brandy wee dull at previous sates, and in ruin there was no improvement. Of Liverpool stoved salt there was a very large stock at market, and a parcel of 100 bags had been reused at 40. 9d. Exchange on Lou don: Jamaica Bank, 3() days, I per cent. prem. The accounts from Barbados s, St. St. Mar lin'', Dominic*, Gaudaloupe, Antigua, and Marti nique, afford full details of the disastrous hurricane of the 11th and 12th of July, which had caused a serious amount of damage in all these islands to the shipping and estates; whilst St. Vincent and St. Lucia had not experienced the visitation in its full intensity. From Barhadoes the aocounte of thegrow ing 'rope are very good, and the next sugar crop was thought likely to prove an abundant one. The ex ports of produce were nearly completed for the sea son. The total shipments are given tit 35,200 hhds. of sugar, and 1,100 puncheons of molaw•es. In Tri nidad the crop had turned out considerably less than last year, the exports amounting to 22,939 2,122 tierces, and 4,313 barrels of sugar, 9,150 puncheons and 131 tierces of molasees,273 puncheons of rum, 2,300,607 lbs. of cocas, and 43 serous of cotton. The accounts from Demerara mention the sale of several estates almost for nothing. The agonise says— The Marshal's hammer has again been busy transferring eitatt• from impoverished proprietors, not to new specula tors, but to viztimised mortgagees and creditors. Three fine estates have Uri% week changed hands at prices bordering on the fearfully ridiculous. Plantation Hibernia, in Hasequibo, was sold on Monday to Mr. Cohn Simeon for 1,201 dollars ; I on Wednesday, Plantation Vreedeatien, River Demerarr, was purchased on behall of Sir John Ulsditone, for 1,800 dollars; and yesterday, the once splendid estate of Nouvelle Flandres pawed over to Charles MecOarel, Esq., the mort gagee, for 6,000 dollars. These things are occurring before oar eyes, and we are coolly called upon "by tan eaters " to submit with angelic patience to the wisdrm and benevolence of the rulers who have brcught such disastrous conio;tuences upon our once flourishing province. At Tobago Mr. Frinklyn's estate wan sold at the Marshal's sale for 8371., to Mr. G. M'oregor. The accounts from the United States mention a highly important discovery in gold refining made by Mr. It. S. McColleh, Professor of Natural Philosophy In Princeton College, and the late U.S. metier and r 4 finer at the Philadelphia Mint. This gentleman pro fesses to have discovered a new, quick, and economical method of refining argentiferous and other gold bul lion, by which the work may be done in one half the time at present required. It appears that the new method would save in labour and materials about one half of the coat required by the process now used in the mint of the United States, so that the charge to depositors for refining, which is now fixed, according to law, at the actual cost, may be considerably reduced. The apparatus required is lea costly and more compact than that used in either of the methods now employed. The advantages in respect to space are such that, it is stated, probably five times as much work as at present may be done in the same building. Professor McCalloh has taken out a patent for the discovery, but has offered to dispose of it to the United States government on certain terms—an offer which it was thought probable that the government would accept THIS DAY. Two o'Custit. The English stook market is doll to-day, and the entire absence of animation in the dealings has m alted in a decline of k since the commenosmeot of business. Cassels were first quoted, as they left off yesterday, at 981 to t for money, and k more for so °not, bat they Nies .lees become flatter, and were last traasseted at 96! for cash, and I for time. The quotation stands at present at 961 to t, and 961 to t. The Three per Cont. Reduced have been transacted at 97, I, and 96/ I the Three-and.a-Qaarter per Omits., at 981 and t: Long Annuities, exp. 6th Jan., 1860, at 8 6.16 and t. South Sea Old Annuities, at 98. Bank Stook marks 212). .Fanhequer Bills, 1,0001. have been done at 6tm" premium ; ditto Small, at 68s. India Bonds, under 1,00 W., at 88. Freshly. The soreign stock market is a shade Batter in tote to-day, sad wiL eery few treaseasstiots o ff ering. Prime, however, generally quoted the same se yes taulay. Mexican is at present called 291 to t. 13u. shwas has been dose in the following :—Danish Five per Cents., at 1011. Two-and-a-Half per Ont. Dutch, at 671; exchange, 12 gull.; the Four per Cent,. Certificates, at 89f. Mesucao, for the 30th lost., at 291. Peruvian Deferred, at 33. Portuguese Four per Cents., et and t. Russian Four.and-a- Half per Cent., at 96j. Spanish Active Five per Coats., at 171 and 1. 11010)11.—This Dor. Ipw Of illil L osowW4 TN I , l4rw i nVlr railli". We I 3 prit.ol. Oso.Apoo, WU - b 00.634. to Oa /0111'0 %VIZ 4 pr OS. lod= Row* I 1 per Ct. Ors 11.44..18 4 la we ft Bak. Illowl4 90 I I amp& Doherld D. 4 4 *Fr Ow., t per Ot. Wu. Ida, 11111 4 4pm 01. Brollba Stk. II 11 I pm Ot. Pleggliii Mb, 12 a '-- -no . 0 ... ea 5 .. 4. 10 1 1 1i 13 01/b• in. IP IN SW 44 4 Pao. 114 I ‘, 01 4 .331 a 004 . 1161 471 3 pea 01. Wb. TS 11 2i per 04 mi.. RI 1 par 04 DOW 010‘.331 30 , k t„ Ditto bet Talszalis 1111-11 sm.— MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY. ,1441 Elus•s.—The public sales ire (Miff of steadily, at full prim. sad Move is a good demand is the private contract mulct. Ballsolom sold at 36a. to 42., ed. &filed is very ems. Grocery lumps, 601. to 511. Gd.; low qualities moat is demand. COPFIX.—The publiosals of 100 casks plantation Ceylon want off at a shade blew prices; middling, 639. low mid dling, 61s. 6.1. Good ordinary nativ e Ceylon has been in fair demand, and holders now ask 425. _ _ TIM —The public sales wait of stetchly. The Food qua lities were held for high priest, and chiefly bought tn. Low Congou, out of condition, end declared with t' all fenltt," slid at 111 d., which was a high price. There is considerable inquiry by private contract. Rtun.—The public sales went off heavily, and neatly all b , aght in by the importers. A small part, very good white Bengal, sold at lis. Corrow continuos dull of ule. Run remains steady. Sewn are steady. la other articles co material elteratics. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. - - The market is dull to-day, and there is .tasty anything doiog. Prices are quoted ea follows :—Town Tallow 35e. 6d. nett Mt' Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 36e.61.; October to December. 375. sellers; October to December, separate months, 375. 6d. to 375. 9d. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Merin. Coop•r and Davis report the supply short. at the following quotations:—Prime Meadow, 701. to 761.; interilr,6ss. to Vit.; new, 6Us. to 7.55. ; Clover, 70e. to 861.; new, bus. to 7.1.. ; Straw, 234. to Mc WINDING UP OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. The COLONIAL SOClETY.—Petitions have been Presented for winding up the unsettled affairs of *hie under taking, which was established at the West-eed as a rer.di s cow, tor persona interested in our colonial possessions, and for the purpose of diffusing information at home respecting their various resources. There were upwards of 400 mem bers at home and shout 200 abroad, who paid the entrance fee of a guinea and annual subscriptions. A journal w.s published periodically of the various colonial occurrences. Guarantees were entered into by 106 of the members to be responaible to sack other for lel. per annum for three yokes, thus constituting a fund of 3,2101. for the purpose of giciog a credit to the provisional committee, and loans were made to the society by its members for which they received the society's debentures of 101. each. The balance of uncovered liabilities was reduced from 8,0001. to 4,6781. by the payment of 101. by a number of subscribers. Amongst other deb•s owioe by the society is one of 4,0001., for which Levi Mount cashil, one of the committee, has been sued by the Commer cial Bank of London, and made minus payments, and for which his lordship now seeks to be re.imbuned, all•ging that he ia 7.0001. out of pocket by the affair. I: is erm..uted t'Lat ea there remain 160 members, if each agree to pay 701. the outstanding lisbiltties may be discharged- Suanz.—lu Kensington-gardens yesterday after noel, between 4 ao.d 5 o'clock, a gentleman, evidently • loreigner, discharged • loaded pistol through his heart. The act Waco 111111. rad in the centre of a email clump of Mee, near the Hound-pini. The report of a pistol was beard, and J• 11 1, a Dsnu, of No. 1, Cromwell-road, Old Brampton, looking rows! saw the unfortunate gentleman tall on the rats. He instantly hastened to the spot, and found the gentleman quite insensible, and bleeding from a wound in the left breast, over the region of the heart. He only gave • sirgle gasp alter the arrival e Dunn, and instantly expired. One of the garden constables was promptly on the spot, and picked up • pistol which had been recently discharged. A puree, containing 61. in gold, and some silver, was found in the pocket of the cleaved, together with • gold watch and chain, but no papers or Acuasents of soy kipd could be found. His clothing is evidently of foreign manufacture, and is composed of • black frock coat, corded watered ails waistcoat, blue cloth trousers, with black braid down the outside, linen shirt, without initials or marks black elk , worsted socks, and Wellington boots. Its wore • blue cloth travel- Howell), lined with orange-coloured silk; in the centre cf the latter was stamped, in gold lettere,. Mode de Paris" Toe unfortunate gentleman is about 30 years of age, sallow complexion, black hair, no whiskers, and about five feat five Lichee high. The body was conveyed to the dead house of the parish to await the inquest rod identity. ANOTHER STEAM-110AT ACCIDENT. , —The steamer Londonderry, from the Clyde for Londonderry, put bark to Greenock an Thursday, having been ashore on Rathlin Island about three o'clock, 11,11. The night was very few, and the vocal was proceeding at half speed only, when she ran on the rock., in consequence, it is supposed, of the Ude haying carried her somewhat out of her course. Soo backed off, when it was found that she was making a coati derable quantity of water, which, however, preyed to be under what could be easily ejected by the pumps.—Glargoso Daily Mail. AFFRAY WITH POACHERB.—A sanguinary conflict between gamekeepers and poachers, similar to those which for the last half century have charecterised Wortley and the , neighbourhood took place on Sunday morning last, about one o'clock, between Lord Wharncliffe's keeper and a rut- Reply band of poachers, numbering abut ten. At that hour Thom:. Barite, the keeper alluded to, accompanied by a young man, his ton in-law, encountered two men in pursuit of game in • gram field, about 250 yards from Westwood lola', his own resWence. One of the poachers was in advance of the other, sad B rker and be, on meeting, immediately closed, ands desperate struggle ensued. The eon-in-law and the other poacher mutually retired from each other, the latter to briar up hie companions, which he did in a few minutes. They had arrived within a few yards of where the keeper • ono one of the party were engaged, when the latter, unbut toning his waistcoat, dexterously slipped it and his smock over - his head, and then extricating himself from the keeper, joined his companion', leaving the two garments, together with his hat, in Barker's hands. At the spat where they halted was a heap of stones which had been got off the land, and Barker we. immediately assailed by a shower of these dangerous missiles. Notwithstanding, he kept his ground, and requested them to retire. A simul taneous burst of oaths and threatening was the reply ; and, one stone having struck him on the neck and another on the shoulder, he thought ft prudent to commence the re treat himself. This he was doing very slowly, preserving a sidelnok at his antagonists, and he had not got more then 20 or 25 yards away from them, when one of the dastardly fellows presented his piece, and, taking a deliberate aim at the upper parts, tired, lodging the contents principally in Barker's shoulder and about the arm-pit, a few shots in the cheek, and one very near the eye. We are glad to be able to add, however, that none of the shotUsched • vita , part. Immediately on receiving the shot Buller dis charged one of his barrels et the legs of the gang, who were now making their way in the direction of Chapeltown, bat he could not tell whether it took effect or not, eines none of the men seemed to halt. He thinks it probable they all escaped unhurt, bemuse the perturbation of the moment incapacitated him from propurl directing . his piece. None of the gang has yet bees irib Barker 'a wounds it are progressing quite favourably. TY in his 67th year, and labouring under tae Wheel of Grin sustained on former similar oomeions, he seems es less and deter mined as ever. In the desperate renoentr• between Lord Wharneliffee keepers and a band of pesthole is the autumn of 1648, he bad • linger and a bone In hie shoulder broken, his head laid open, and a knee permanent!) , injured. Fourteen years ago, is a @balls: engagement, he had several ribs brukea, sad was otherwise severely breistd.—Meffirld Tina. RAILWAYS. Tau DAT. Two °Two'. The share market is rather dull to-day, bat there is scaree4 any change in prim, except fur Shrewsbury and Chester Preference shares, which have further declined to 12. Great Westerns mark 67; London and South W esteems, 60 ; MI dland', 32/ ; Eastern Caunties, O. We are given to understand that, notwitlitanding the strike of the nen on t►is latter line, and the threats and intimidation which are stated to be held out to those at present in the company's employ ment, the arrangements fur working the line have been carried out in all instances with the great&st punctuality, thus preventing the least hindrance to the regular deep tch of the trains. 1.1.4111 twits. Till4fiela7 rte. taday up to I o'e MI. 7 1 1 41a. 7 * 7 I. 6 pm ff 211 11 5 4 41 MIL 4 pm. x 9 94 63 64 171 171 76 /I 41 3 91 10 1 410 161 it /0 MB 1 16 1 16 I 1 66 6 116 11 1 Pei 5 I Pin I 60 ex 6 Bpm „ 4.1 4 2f 3 133 16 84 31 ex 26 26e 23 24 If 111 11 41 2 1 Ab 22 1 111 di° 291 SO 231 140 ex S 7 57§ „ 74 7 ala. ' I'6 PS 48 19 101 111 13 55 par 1 pas 151 15 % die. 91 9 air. 9i 9 di s. 11 121 ey 6 dia 93 94 6 7 Si 5 die. 7 G dlr. 21 21 dim 1 4 l i d" 40 81 1156 138 iii il ez the 234 244 1101 111/ 1 1 pm 1 li I 11 pm. 32 6 4 11:2 div 21 20 4.. „ 18 16 dui „ 2 21 gok. „ 141 155 3 1 1541 &a - 1 1 8{ 7 8 3 4 dis 31 34 33 24 die 1 1 U 4 143 14 16 Haman Ran.w.m. lAtTdela .„. ... ... ... Ito. Pnelwenne . Asabern., Nolen, . Boren. and We Junction ... Betts Ili HAM kLet. (Ct. e lleit=tual 3 p.a.) Adord.lune li c.ildul l u nn o .:ol Pd v.,: ewi end ag.... l Deidiey hguar t. : Do. without' guarantee esliedutypd., orwtttigsar. Ittnn.Wolv.katour Valle, Minot and Exeter ... .. rinelihnhatnentro ... .. Do. £lO Pretcreeee Warr awl &Wpm', .. I Dal& a!e . l Bettost Do. (EIS S. s ' 5.j... Do. (UAW.) 6p.Q.Pref. Do. New I ref. 6 p. Ct. Do. NAL, 2 O. Ct., No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. N. k East 6 per Ct Dw New Boo g toro Wake, elm A . . Do. 800 B. gold C ditto Do. Barip (gm. 6 p. 41.) I te." ^ llire •• 1 Esatthoutr sh.auur.d p.Ct EAlubturb end Otasiew Vmater,Yeoell, Pt Worth's. Exeter and Exmouth .. Groat Norman . _ _ _ Do.lshuree,A,Deferred Do. Phar eo, 11, 6p. et Do. per Cent. Pref.. t. houto.end est.(lre.) Do. Eighths root North of England... Do. New SAO Do. New £.30 Do. New ZI3 rest Western Do. New ZI7 gelOy Lasaister anal Zarliele Do ITins Tw.lthirr Do. Thirds RZWigtix ... 6 Do. Went Riding I , uiue Leeds Sid Leeds sal Mural' Do. Prof. No . Do. Do. No. 2 Do. No. of BO: PT et. QuairTers - ,1;4;1 London and Inaewer.ll . Los., Brighton, & S.Coaat Do. New eon. G p. Do. guArunteed sp. Ct. late Croydon 1 birds Do. Pref. 3 per Cent ... Do. Coorrt. 3 j0.(1..,1852 London and Greenwich .. 11o:irTierenee - London & S.rth.Weetern Do. do. New Num% .. Do.Elo4.,M.andn.(C, London & KWh-Western Do. New, EN po. New,.t.lo Do. iiiie . lrelerenoe" . •.:: 20 Lowestoft(ioar.l per Vent. llsoeb.,Nuz., sea Ni.o.lna 100 Manclu,Shet.,&Liocolnokh. 23 Do. 1 A.m., No. ... 10 Do. New 1:10 Pref. .. 4! Do. Man. z Linel. Waal U. rse Tare; Do. Dino. •od Derby De. Cons. B. B. • p.C. Do. New £20.. . .„ Do PAO nolo° Do. OuAran. - 5 per Ct. all Brag!' Do. Preterenee 14 17 4 21 7,1 11 111 db. 6 41 49 6 4 7 1 ya IS 124 6; 71 ex in 111 Ar 91 9 lit. 71 7 44. 9 91 7 9 Sf 44 4 7 1 0/ die 12 124 1+ 3/ dl. s 6 7 111 di& 14 1 SI 4/ 111 llf 11 5 ' 20 99 Nor — iii ;iii;jl - 1;n1,1; rP. Outord, Wore., R Wearer. Preidon and Wyie Do. S shares (A) _. Read., Guild., Red Reigate Royston sod ilucliin _ Ua tibeprea% Estenriot doottlrh Central Sl;eirs: IM:;., Class A I Da, New Gamarteed . Shre.w4Se, end Chester I ((Nor. ,ii;.)-:-.: Do. Yew Do. per cent: PA ... ribropeletre Unica South Devon l'referesce death Staffordshire ... „. South Eastern - Du. N!..-1 South Wales ... South Yorkshire, Deem; and Qoulo Waterford and Kilkenny._ Wear Valley, 6 p. Ct. gaa. Wilts, Somerset, &Waynal York,Nerreantlo ttc:rwick, 51 ads I $ Do. O.N. E.Purth urPret York and North MittaalL I 5 o '44 13 lit 14k. I db. 1 6j 4 pm Prr par 11 6 1 11 1 1 Ms 29 31 Do. Preference_ ... F9MRION RAILWAYS. ~.v~1w.0 jinn li,u.n~ and Auatnan) Boulogne and Amiens ... Central Trance (Vierson) Dutch Ronnie Great Indian Penineuta ... Do. Luxembourg I No:air - anti * Lei.; Northern of Franco ... iiileaTu;sid Oordelus •... Parts snd Orleans Paris and Rouen P.tris and Stntsbnarg Rouen end Ilswe Sambre and Meuse Tours and Nantes ... ss iij ex div 6f 91 91 1O 9214c1is !3& ex flit LIVERPOOL. Augsin 19. erom-Bionuter.—Tber• w u more raiseelloneeos busi ness dons to-day, but prices were not improved. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and 8., 221. shares, 6 per mut. till d.—Lancashire and Yorkshire cowl-, 35 —Ditto (fifth shares), 91 d.-Iritto (preference (hares), 12)—London and North Western, 1111—Ditto (new shares), 15-16 p.—Ditto (6fth sham), p.— Midland, 92 —Ditto shares), 24 15-10 3e. 3 1 d.—North anionl3 (Irma. jointly by L. and N. W. and Lan. and York), 1661-61irewr. bury, Oswestry, and Chestier, 6 ) —Ditto (pref. guar. 8 per mot.), 12:— South Eastern and Dover, 141—York and North Midland, 151 MANCHESTER, Asipme 19. STOOLE/CHANGII.—The market to-day WAS quiet, and prices had mime a downward tredeney. LEEDS, August 19. ISTOCIE-BICHANOr.—The market Is a trifle flatter this morals& especially tor North Midlands, which have been done at 7s. Gd. a .hue ten than on Satunlay; but a oon.klerable amount of budder bas been done at the Worm* rata: East Laortahlre,, at t , t. 3a. 9d. ; Leeda and Think Quarters, at 30s. ; BheMeld. Rother ham, and Goo'ses, at 184 and 8, ; C.tletionlana, at 7i ; North W. stet its, at 130 ; York and North Midlands at 13i ; and Leeds and Thirst Ex tension; No. J, at 24 die BIRMINGHAM. August 10. drooz-lizawres.—This market wu steady to-lay, and prices weru well supported. Londan and North Western New Quarters were done at 1 pm. PUNISHMENT Or CONVICTS.—The two eolltiete who recently attempted to escape and were recaptured near the Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich. and another very refractory convict, who wee continually threatening to strike both guards and convicts, or any person who came near him, were ordered by the authorities to receive four dozen of lashes each in consequence of the number of attempts of con victs to escavi and the bad example of instaboraination shown by others. The convict who was moat loud and fearlem when he thought be could threaten and strike with impu nity, proved the greatest coward when the lash was applied to his beck, and succumbed so much when undergoing the etas ent awarded to him, that the doctor caused the punishment to cease whoa be had only reorived ten lashes. One of the convicts who attempted to amps said be demrved the punishment ordered, as hews. aware ke had done wrong, end would bear his tour dozen, which he did in the Meg stoical manner. The other convict only received a limited I snake of Wise ow taw tocomosadatioa of the doctor. - 41 6 ;1 So 14 - ei so 4$ 25 :of 60 iii A se so SS" 13 9I 8 20 si 2i a etHREEPENCE. MIDLAND. The directors' statement of the accounts of this rail way, for the hair-year ending 30th June, 1860, wee on ifatarday WWI to the proprietor,. Their true receipts, iLetuding rents, balance of interest, and transfer f.rs, amount, for the six months eating 30th June, to 657,4611. 17s. 91. The expenditure, for the owns period, including interest on loan, sad ieterest payable to the Midland 60!. shareholders, amounts to 609,444!. Ba. 6d.. ehlct, deduet,l from the amount of receipts, leaves a bal ince of 48,0101 9s- 31. for the half-year. To this must be added the surplus that wu left on the 31st December last, after reptant o• dividend, viz , 11,5021 19.. 71., which will give a net disposable balsam of 69,5131. Bt. 101. for division among the prclitietora Tut dividend proposed to Ili paid amounts to 68 6391. 5i.114 f .- - • 0,334,4051. ISa, Consolidated Stock, at Us. per amt. E ad. per annum, or in.. for the bal.-year 9:3,5331.91 , Birmingham and Derby litoek, at 40. 6d pay cent. per annum 103,0001., Pzewash-ealley 001. share!, at 61. per cent par annum 4,130 0 0 0.5.0010.. Midland Preference 0w...a, at 61. per cent. per _ _ 750 0 0 g 511,6119 3 11 Which. deducted from the net revenue, 69,5131 81. 101. leaves 8741 2s. Ild. to b. curia forward to the neat hall year, as staied. The accounts show that the company have debited all their preferential chirps to revenue, and that they have set aside 10.0001. for the halt-y ear towards the fund for the re newal of the permanent wf y, which now shows • balance in their favour, available, of 24.6571. 9a. 6 1. By the unitsl account, it appears that 1.5,438,8401 12s. 6d. has been eaper,ded up to the 30:h of June, including 140,3391. Gt. I Id. xpended between the 31,t D.cember last sad that date. Toe total receipts from shares and loans, up to the nib Winne. meant m 44,817,8121. 9s. 101., leaving a balance of 141,2281 2i. 61. against the company, which will be absorbed by the proceeds of the cell on the 501. shares jolt made. The grow amount the company bar. viill power to call from the proprietors is stated at 1,611,7011. 8.. 10d. The boodrel debt appears to have inereased durirg the half , year by the sum of 25,137 f., while 116.6001. of the loan notes, have been ;slid off, the weeds of the borrowed capital now amonnioe to 3.416,3161. The half.yearly mee:ir g is to be held at Derby on the 23rd instant, which is also to be made • 'pedal one, for the pur -1 pose of "taking the opinim of the shareholders upon the assumed liabilities of the eanplay for any expenditure in curred by the I,,ede and Bradford Company ; also for the assumed hail 1:y of th, company as to the debenture debt of tA! Leeds an.. Bradford Company ; alto as to the maimed general habdi y of the company to pay a certain annual reut to the Leeds and Brad urd Iteilway Commie., ; and also in respect t t all the circumstances which brought tib tut the engagement between the Miiland Railway Company and the South Midland Railway Company." The number of mica worked by the Midland Railway Company is now 5184, and the cost or working cock and machinery 3,fiuld. per mile, being 251. per mile less than last half-year. ROY3TON AND HITCHEN. The ninth hair yearly me sties of this company was bold yesterday, at the offices of the Greet Northern Company, in Meorgate•treet. Mr. Wihhire took tee chair. Tne following report was read to the mewing eAt the lest mue.irg the directors stated that they had every reasonable expectation of obtaining tee railway commiesiosers' certifilmte by the end or the month of Match. To retitle the company to that certifizate it was neeeessre m prove to the latisfac ion of the commiesioncrs, net only that one half of the capital had been celled up, but that it had been expended under the provi sions ot the emptier' acts. The seminary emu meat wee sent in be your directors on the 15th of March last ; and, as the eciaaleireion , rs raised uo question as to its accuracy, the directors antic pored the d- every of the certificate at or about the time adverted to at the last meeting. They ripe; however, that, ueiag to some cause over which they had no control, the certiii:ate was only received on 10tu May, eines which date every elf ..et his been made to obtain the ex (cation of the leau by the Great Northern Railway Company. A necessary preliminary is the execution of the lease w s conceived to be the examination of the accounts of this com pany; but, owing to the *managements of the accountant of the Great Northern Coo pang, this examination has not yet taken place. With a view however, of obviating any furteer delay is the execution of the lease, the directors made arroteements with the Great Northern Co.npany that the lease should be executed, leaving the accounts to be sub sequently exarethed ; and accordingly the document has been prepared and settled by the solicitors of both eon panim, has received the teal of this company, and will beer. changed for the duplicate bearing the seal of the Great Neithern Company so soon as it is axed, which your directors hefted will be at thole. next board meeting, to be held on Monday - , tke 26th ins'. The rent will commence as from the let of August that., and will be parable half yearly, on the Ist of February and Ist of August in every year. With reord to the Shepreth extension, the director. ace happy to in orm the proprietors that they have entered into a contract with Mr. Brune for the execution of the works at the remarkaely low sum of 17,2171., being leo than 3.5001. par mile; that a great portion of the land his bren puthhased, aid the rails end choirs no: only come teted ter but to a great extent suppled ; and it is anticipated that the company will be in a position to apply for the railway c tunli.moners' certificate to enable the company to lease that oettepien to the Great Northern Company about the month of Match next, and there is no reason to doubt but that the execution of the lease will follow close ou the receipt of the certificate. The members of the beard who retire in accordance with the provisions of the act, regulatirg the company, and who are 'head.- for re.election, are Lord Doerr, W. Wilehere, E q., J ien Chevalier Cabbold, Esc; , M.F., Captain Laws, lt N. Francis Parker, and Fran cis Plen, Eels. Tree interest warrents fur the year's intotest due the lben July lest are in course of preparat on, and will be lute don the 20th August. The directors have to recom mend the confirmation act the Wei ors of thirty shares, on welch cella are is urea for two mantes and upwards. The numesn are as follow., 671 t 3 680, 9,8)1 to 9,620. The general balance abut up to lb- 18th of July last, 'hewed the following resales:—receipts, 165,5311. 4s. expenditure, 154,8,521. 10e. 71.; total, 10,6781. lee 64. Since the 6th of July the receipts had been 17,5131. 21. 63., oat of which a balance remained of 13,0261. 4a. 10d. A eievereation then took ;dace in respect to the expense of keeping up the company, in the e'..11110 of which Mr. John Masteries& jam. (a director) sail the expense of this com pany was toot very eousiderable. The Eastern Counties company paid to such an extent as almost taunted the peopeiatore of the N nettern and Eastern Company from any expense. It was not the case erlth this company. A certain expense must bas kept up, and it was not considerable, for in case of need the com pany might hare to tyke possession of their ovn railway. He would like t 3 know how a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum cou'd be paid to the shareholders of then company from the Great Northern Company without some weeniest expense. (Hear, hear.)—Mr Hutchinson said he was aware of time, hut he thought the I :pease of keeping up the com pany might be on the scale of the East lenooln shire.—Mr. elasterman *aid that was a question for the direct-re. Tree, telly object wee economy. It was no: the case with them, and the Great Northern Company, for they must keep a certain establishment, how ever small it might be, to protect the sharebohiers, and ea curs tee dividend. (Hear, hoar.) Mr. Hutchinson asked if the calls on the Sbepreth Extension would be likeiy to be called for soon. The Chairman said immediately. The calls might be made every two months. Oa the completion of the railway they would have to date the commencement of their 6 per cent. interest. Some disetusion thee ensued, after which a special meeting was held for the confirmation of the forfeiture of 30 share., which was agreed to. WESLEYAN REFORM CONFERENCE.—Yesterdsy general conference of delegates eiturnissioned from all parts of Breland to meet in oppositien to the conference of preachers now nuembling in London, was field at Albion Chapel, Moortlelis. The proceedings were held with open doors, and a large attendance was thus secured, more espe cially as from the ordinary conference meetings th • undele gated members of the Weeks An body have been rigidly ex cluded. The first question that presented itself for discus site was whether or not the assembled delegates should pee -1 pent themselves to the roofs recce and demand the restitu tion of the rights of which the great body of the people had been unjustly tiepriveid. It was ultimately resolved that the most dignified course for the delegates to pursue, after an insulting melange which had been received from the con ference, would be to remain pertscly silent upon the matter. Os the motion of Mr. Baldwin, s ronded by Mr. Warne, and suppertnd by Mr. Stanley, Mr. lisltoo, and Mr. Ibbitts, the following resolution was agreed to: "That this meeting is conrisced that the con duct and spirit of the present oonfer.nce, from its rejection of all conciliatory overtures, and especially from its total disregard of the mem riga signed by thousands of ullice.hearcis, and tens of thousands of msenbers, that the most decided measures are neeesoary on the part of the t W bs ee m ley c an mor r i e a t;oznae , reontother mutton n t o th r e m o r bje jt e i ts .t i i o n d , ic o e f te m d an in . cheater, seconded by Mr. Denson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Me following resolution wit: agreed to:—" That th:s meet ing, although deeply interested in the progress of NI es.eyan Methodism, and having a strong attachment personally to assay of its ministers, is painfully convinced that the as sumption and sets of the c. reference are palpably opposed to the authority of the great head of the church, at variance with the design and constitution of the early Christian churches, and practic illy opprosel to the genius aud spread of Christianity, and that constituently it is no longer desir able to contribute to the system as it now is, or to the sup port of the preachers, without being ,sartaken of thole shame and guilty of their deeds; and this meeting there fore reeommends the immediate withdrawal of all funds as the only remaining practical means of memorialising the conference)." 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