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962 BRITISH FU OFFIC! 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 8 per Cents Reduced I 8 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent _ Omnium Ezell. Bills, 2d. per diem India Bonds, ( IBBi al 81 18.8 g iiBB2 I par Ip. C-11) 1 BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuaut to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32 for the week ending on Saturday, the 29th day of 5ept.,18615. ISSUC DZP/ATMENT. Notes issued .... 426,368,2 Lb r Government Debt 011,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,954,9P0 Gold Coln & Bullion 12,368,255 Silver Bullion .... £26,368,256 BANNING Di Proprietors'CapitalBl4,ssB, o oo Rest :PARTMEN T. Government Secu rities (including Des4WeightAn4 42,125,02 d Other Securities 11),015.763 Notes 6,195,570 Gold rt Silver Coln 370,673 . . Public Depositas 8,144,209 Other Deposita 11,437,956 4eveu Day .t other Bills 538,807,032 13007,032 lIIIIIiOOOIII Of • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, C National Debt, and Dividend Accounts FOREIGN FUN Per Cent., ISfond.,Tuesd. Brazilian b 1100 xdp2i xd Danish 5 ( Ex 12 G nil French [DS. 1 Wed. 1774itre.i i£l9; xdi 11091 641 il :65( 30ei IG5f 60c f c Do. Do. Bank Stoi Mexican Peruvian Portuguese Russian f c l - f.I Spanish Turkish ( Ace.) Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian.... Gt. Indian Pen. G. W.of Can.,Sh. Lyons & Genevr Madras .. Na.&Lge.(w Nrthxn.of Frne Norw. Truk. Pd. Paris & Lyons.. Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen.. ...4 ...3 FORE: 1871 6e65i fe4s 4, - LI Mond. 8 I 2} 2 1 Par 41 3 , 2.1 GN RAILWAYS, . ruseday. Wanes. 21 2 d 7 21 2d 1 24 P 4 i 3 S Z 24 i 24 i f 6 6 y 6 6pl 194 20 19} 20 5 6 34' i t ;34 8 9 4 9 44 4 44 lb 7 45 7 20 36 t S 9 44t 45 7 SHARES. Mond. 64 6 1.113 Aberdeen Binn. Wolv. & Stour Val Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. 51 - 9e' _ 4z; t 9 East Anglian Eastern Unioc (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wat of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, & Sthend Lon., Brighton, tic London and 131ackwaill London and Nrth- Wes t. Midland tibt 6 99.101 1511 5i 121, a ii i S 7 9 69 ixd 12 8 195 7 6 1 I 911 2i 641 5} :f 2} 47 9 d Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfulk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oa, Wrostr., and Wolv Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov. South. Western South Wales Waterford it Limerick MISCELLANEOUS — Australian Agricultural 25} 81 7i 7 (1 5 2 34 12 3 5? 8 Oli 2j 31e 18 2: 112 4dl 12 S 54f b 7bi 8 25i 1 5 1 24 - f. 2L 38 84 2i, Fri/Mg. 99 f Thurs. 8 2 d d par 22 i bi 24 i - 5 6p l 19 20 4i b .334 4 74 84 42i 3 44 6 1 Wed. 194 5 lii i $7 9 S 9 ixo 12 3 5 4d 12 3 09 n 9 7 I 8d 7 99 101 it/ 513 t 95 7 (92 e i j 1641 5 f 21tur. 12f Ea lan 1 Canada - Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British AucLaud Peel River Land & Scottish Aust. Invest. 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(Reportedszelustrelw for "Tas Pases:") 21 36i 61 134 4i CORN-EXCHANGE—Although the arrivals of English wheat up to our market this week have been very moderate, and the show of samples has been smaller than for some time past, the demand for all kinds has ruled inactive, at about stationary prices. Foreign wheat has changed hands slowly, at about previous quotations. Floating cargoes have sold on former terms, and the inquiry for them has continued good. The few samples of barley in the market have been readily disposed of, at fully last week's currency; and there has been an improved sale fur malt, at very full prices. We have had a moderate in quiry for oats, at late quotations Beans and grey peas have realised former terms; but white peas have been lower to pur. chase. The flour trade has been less active, yet prices have been supported. ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 63s to 85s; red, Ws to 70 ; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 37a to 76a. Idtiltingbarley, ing Prices. 'ION. Wed. !Thurs. Friday. ;86 4 h 874 874 Ms 8 674 874 I par Ip;3 itl) Id - 2 Ixl THE PRESS. 35a to 428 ; grinding ditto, 34s to 378; distilling, 36s to 38s Malt, 678 to 74a. Feed oats, Vs to 275; potato, 27s to 335. Rye, 46s to Ws. Tick beans, 40s to 445; pigeon, 43s to 498 Grey peas, 388 to 42s ; maple, 41s to 445; white boilers, 628 to I,ss por. quarUir. Town-made flour, 7U. to 728; country marks, 688 to 858 per 2801bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEE!. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English 4060 610 .. sto .. rib It Foreign Flour. 590 5100 .. 2080 .. 2140 sks. 4160 bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 7,395 quarters, ; barley, 745 quarters, 40s Id; oats, 3,400 quarters, 28s 9d ; rye, 34 quarters, 54s 4d ; beans, 159 quarters, 49s 7d; peas, 239 quarters, Ns 7d. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAG ES—Wheat, 77s 3d ; bar- ley, Ha 4d; oats, 285 4d ; rye, 48s 8d ; beuns,49s 3d; peas, 454 4d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 75s bd; barley, 35s 3d; oats, 28s bd; rye, 45s 3d; beans, 475 ltd; peas, 414 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Whest,l4B,l37; barley, 13,959 ; oats, 18,427 ; rye, 1,230; beans, 3,158; peas, 829 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 11d; of household, ditto, 84d to 94d per 41bs loaf. TEA There is a moderate demand for all kinds, and late rates are well supported. The news from China states that the shipments have been extensive during the season. Congou is selling at 9d to 2s 6d; ring Yong and Oolong,lod to Is 9d ; Scucliong, 9d to 2s 8d ; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 9s 64 ; Caper, is to Is 4d; Scented Caper, ls 4d to Is 84 : Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to Is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe. Is 8d to 2s 9d ; Twankay, 7d to Is 9d ; Hylton Skin, 74 to Is 64 ; Hyson, la 64 to 35 9d; Young Hyson, 94 to 9s; Imperial, Is to 25 8d; Gunpowder, is to 3s 6d; Assam, is 3d to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 96,499,3041b5, against 33,826,5051bs last year. SUGAR—Most colonial sugars have sold to a fair extent, and in some instances the quotations have further advanced 6d per cwt ; but foreign parcels have ruled dull, and rather cheaper. Brrbadoes has sold at 43s to 47s lid ; Jamaica, 43s to 488; Mauri tius, 425 to 485; Bengal, 468 to 478 6d; brown Penang, 39s to 435 Id; yellow, 438 64 to 498 per cwt. Floating cargoes have been held at very full prices. The market for refined goods is active, at from 54. to 578 per cwt. The supply is still vet)! moderate. COFFEE—The demand may be considered steady, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Good ord native Ceylon has sold at 518 per cwt. Plantation, fine, 71s to 828 ; fine middling, 678 to 74s ; good m:ddling. 65a to 688; middling, Ns to 64s ; fine ordinary to middling, 558 to 588; triage, 458 to 548. Mocha, fine to finest, 788 to 90s ; garbled, 688 to 778 ; ungarbled, 56s to 66e. Costa Rica, middling to tine, 57a to 728 ; good and fine ordinary, 50s to 585. Java, 485 to 558. Jamaica, good middling to fine, 64s to 878. COCOA—Most kinds move off slowly, and prices are barely supported. Grey Trinidad has realised 438 to 455; red, 455 to to 508; Granada, 418 to 475; Bahia, 41s to 425; and Guaya- quil, 458 to 46s per cwt. RICE—The transactions on the spot are not to say extensive, but large parcels—over 7,000 tons—have sold for arrival, at very full prices. SEEDS—Linseed is still in good request, at full late rates. The few samples of new clover seed on offer have not changed hands. Other seeds are slow in sale; but cakes command full quotations. COTTON—Great inactivity prevails in the demand for all kinds of cotton, and late rates are with difficulty supported. Surat, 311 w 5.1 d; Bengal, did to 4d; Madras, 3id to Cid per lb. HEMP AND FLAX Baltic hemp moves off slowly, at 431 108 to 441 per ton. The fiat market is heavy, at barely stationary prices. New Zealand is held at 221 to 261; Friesland, 501 to 701; Dutch, 601 to 641 per ton. WOOL—We have to report a dull sale for all kinds, and the quotations are almost nominal. About 38,600 bales will be offered at the next public sales. About 5,000 bales have arrived from our colonies this week. METALS Scotch pig iron has sold slowly, at 79s 6d. All manufactured parcels are tolerably firm. Tin has sold steadily. at 125 s fid to 1268 for Banc': 123. to 1258 for Straits ; 126. to 1275 for British; and 130 s 6d to 131 s for refined. Tin plates are firm, but not dearer. I.C. coke, 29s to 298 6tl per boz. There is a good inquiry for lead, at 251 to 251 10s for British pig, and 261 to 261 108 for sheet. Quicksilver is quoted at is 95d per lb. Spelter is selling at 231 158 to 231 178 6d per ton for present delivery. English zinc, 311 per ton. SPIRITS—The market for rum is tolerably firm, and proof Leeward. may be quowd at 28 4d to 2s sd; East India, 28 35d to 4. 4d per gallon. Most kinds of brandy off freely, and the quotations have an upward tendency. Malt spirit, 10s 10d per gallon, with a firm market. IMPS—Large quantities of new hops continue to arrive in excellent condition, and the demand for them is active, on higher terms. Mid and East Kent pockets, 1005 to 1265; Weald of Kent, 865 to 100 s; Sussex, 84s to 90s; country Fern hams, 84s to 1058; Farnham, 105 s to 120. per cwt. Duty, 290,0001 to 300,0001. POTATOES—The supplies continue liberal, and the demand is steady, as follows :—York regents, 708 to 858; middlings, 408 to 1$06; .haws, 60s to 70. per ton. COALS—Heaton, 201 9d; Eden Main 21a 9d; Haswell, 228 6d ; Lumley, 318 6d ; Russel's Hetton, 22s 3d; Tees, 228 6d; Buddle's West Hartley, 19s 3d per ton. TALLOW—The season's supply from Russia will be about 80,000 casks. Our market is steady, and P. Y. C. on the spot is selling at Ns 6d per cwt. Town tallow is scarce. OlLS—There is less doing in linseed oil, at 438 6d per cwt. Sperm is steady, at llrl to 1201 per tun. Turpentine supports last week's currency. METROPOLITAN CATTLE There ban been a moderate demand for each kind of stock. In prices no material change has taken place. Beef, from 35 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, Is Gd to 55 2d; veal, 4, to sa; pork, 3a 10tl,to 58 per Albs to sink the offals. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—These markets have ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, Bs 4d to 4. 8d ; veal, 3. 104 to 58; pork, 3s 84 to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. BIRTHS. GORDON—On the let instant, at Great Stanmore, Lady Ellen Gordon, of a son. lIICKS 7 On the 23rd ult., at Shirehampton, the lady of Major Win. Hicks, of a son. LAING—On the 2nd instant, at Sydenham, the wife of S. Laing, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. MECHI—On the 4th instant, at Tiptree.hall, Kelvedon, Essex, the wife of I. J. Medd, Esq., of a daughter. TELFER—On the 29th ult., at Hereford, the wife of Captain Telfer, Royal Artillery, of a son. TALBOT—On the 27th ult., the wife of the Hon. and Rev. A. Talbot, of a son. SATURDAY, ,GES. BERLYN—MENETRIER—On the 13th ultimo, at St. Mar garet's, Westminster, Peter Berlyn, Esq., of Rotterdam, to Emily Aglae, eldest daughter of Emile Menetrier, Esq., of Albert-terrace. Hyde-park. BUTLER—FITZGERALD—On the 2nd instant, at the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, Paget Butler, Captain 7th Royal Fusi- liers, and Aide-de•Camp to his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., youngest son of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart-, of Bailin Temple, County Carlow, to Geraldine Sydney, only daughter of Lord William Fitzgerald. GRANT—CUMMING—On the 2nd instant, at Eglinghan', the Hon. George H. E. Grant, son of the late Earl of Beetleld, to Eleanora, daughter of the late Sir Win. O. Gordon Cumming, Bart., of Altyre. HOOD—MACLEAN—On the 2nd instant, at Caversfield-house, Oxfordshire, Commander Arthur Wm. Acland Hood, RN., to Fanny Henrietta Maclean, daughter of Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean, Bart., of Morvaren, Argyleshire. PURCELL—LETHBRIDGE—On the 29th ult., at Weymouth, Peter Valentine Purcell, Captain in her Majesty's 13th Light Dragoons, to Agnes Maria, daughter of Sir John Heaketh Lethbridge, Bart. DEATHS. ADAIR—On the 3rd instant, in Ctesterfleld-street, the Righ Hon. Sir Robert Adair, G.C.8., aged 93. BETHUNE—On the lath ultimo, at 134, Westbourne-terrace, London, Charlotte Jane Lindesay Bethune, youngest daughter of the late Major-General Sir Henry Bethune, Bart., aged :9. BACKHOUSE- -On the Slat of August, at the Havana, George Canning Baekhouse, Esq., H.B.M.'s Commissary Judge at that place, aged 37. CUST—On the 2dtb ultimo, at Ehrenbreitstein, on the Rhine, Elizabeth Frances, eldest daughter of the Hon. Peregrine F. Cust, aged 31. CUMNGHAME—On the sth ult., at Malta, Captain Robert C. Cuninghame, 42nd Royal Highlanders. DELAMERE—On the 34th ult, in Hereford-street, Thomas Lord Delamere, aged Bd. ELLIS—On the 2 , -th ult., at Brighton, the Right Hon. Sir Henry Ellis, K.C.B. GODFREY—On the 12th ult., of wounds received at the storming of the Redan, Lieut. Godfrey, aged 22. HARDY—On the 29th ult.. John Hardy, Esq., of Dunstan-hall, Staffordshire, formerly M.P. for Bradford, aged 82. M'PHERSON— On the 2nd instant, in Brompton-square, Lieut.- Colonel Gillies M'Pherson,lately of the Royal Canadian Nifty. MICHELL—On the 14th ult., in camp before Sebastopol, of wounds received on the Bth, Ensign Christopher Michell, 49th Regt., aged 19. PROBY—On the 10th ult., in the hospital at Malta, from the effect of Crimean fever, Lieut. Charles How Pruby, Ist Royale, aged 21. SNOW—On the 6th ult., killed in the trenches before Sebas topol, Captain Edward Geary Snow, Royal Artillery. TRELAWNY—On the 13th ult., at Trelawny, Cornwall, Colonel Jonathan Trelawny, aged 70. THEATRE ROYAL OLYMPIC. Lessee, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, which has been entirely redecorated during the Vacation, will REOPEN for the SEASON on MON DAY,l5th October, uuder the manage ment of Mr. Alfred Wigan. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THE GRAND ELEUSIATAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock, com bining in its extraordinary character the multiform attractions of a Comedy, Spectacle, Farce, Extravaganza, and Monologue. Professor ANDER6ON Every Evening in MAGIC and MYS TERY, in Twelve Acts, with Five Hundred Incident.. The Royal Lyceum Theatre is the most thronged, fashionable, and pleasant house in London—the Entertainment being equal to six ordinary evenings' amusement as given within the walls of a Theatre. All London should listen to the SPIRIT•RAPPINOS, and hear Professor Anderson's exposé of TABLE-RAPPING. Doors open each evening at all-past Seven ; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, 11. Ils. 6d. and IL Is. ; to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal Libraries. Stalls, 4s. Dress Circle. Se. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is. Gallery, Gd. The Box office is open daily from Eleven till Five, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, Jun. Grand Fashionable Morning Per formance on Saturday, October 13th, at Two o'clock : doors open at Haltpast One. MIN ERALOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.—Profeasor Tennant, F.G.8., will give a Course of Lectures on Mineralogy, with a View to facilitate the Study of GEOLOGY, and of the Application of Mineral Substances in the ARTS. The Lectures will be illustrated by sm extensive Collection of Specimens, and commenced on Friday Morning, October sth, at Nino o'clock. They will be continued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. DR. KAHN'S GRAND ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Consisting of upwards of One Thousand Highly Interesting Models, representing every part of the Human Frame in Health and Disease, also the Various Races of Men, de. Open (for Gentlemen Only) daily from Ten till fen. Lee tures varying every day in the week ale delivered by DR. SEXTON at Twelve, Two, Four. and Half-past Seven. Admis sion Is. 4, COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OIL. TESTIMONIAL from DR. LETHEBY, Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Medical College of the London Hospital, Chemical Referee to the Corporation of London, &c. &c. dc. " I have frequently had occasion to analyse the Cod Liver 011 which is sold at your establishment. I mean that variety which is prepared for Medicinal use in the Loffosien Isles, Norway, and sent into commerce with the sanction of Dr. six JONON, of the Hague. " In all cages I have found it possessing the same set of pro perties, among which the presence of cholaic compoun ds and of iodine in a state of organic combination are the moat remark able in fact, the Oil corresponds in all its characters with that named ' Iluile brune,' and described as the best variety iu the masterly treatise of Dn. DE JONGH. "1T IS, I BELIEVE, UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT DESCRIPTION OF OIL HAS OBEAT THERAPEUTICAL PO WER ; AND, FROM MY INVESTIGATIONS, I HAVE NO DOUBT OP ITH BEING A PURE AND UNADULTERATED ARTICLE. " College Laboratory, London Hospital, Sept. 24, 180." Sold ONLY in bottles, capsuled and labelled with Dr. de Jongh's SignattIYe.WITINOUT WHICH NONE ARE tiEnuinE.byA NSA WHAR FORD, and CO., 77, STRAN D, London, Dr. de Jongh . f. sule Cou signeee ; and by most respectable Chemists in town and country. Half-pinta (10 mimes), 2s. 6d.; Pints (20 ounces),lts. it• ; Quarts (40 ounces), go. IMPERIAL MEASURE' "I NDS. - AL Q 1 Mond. LIOTAT, 2'uesd.