The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-30 00:00:00

Ten f the MO NEY MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. The Mexican dollars by the Seine, from the West Indies, have been sold for China, at ss. 21d. per oz., being ad. above the price obtained for the pre vious supply, but the same as that current in the interval. Telegrams received to-day in anticipation of the Brazil mail announce the stoppage at Rio of Messrs. Faria Brother and Co., merchants and bankers, owing, it is stated, to the failure of Messrs. Rostron and Co., of Manchester. The house is highly re spectable, and the liabilities are understood to be very considerable. The Committee of the Stock Exchange has ap pointed Thursday, the 2d of Octobtr, a special settling day in the shares of ! . he United Kingdom Shipowning Company (Limited), which, however, are not to be marked in the official lists. Late advices from Hamburg mention the failure of Messrs. 3". M. and H. D. Lindheim, of Vienna, Prague, Brunn, and Breslau, ironmasters and cotton-spinners. Their business was extensive and their debts. are stated to be very large, but the assets when realized are also, it is hoped, likely to be Considerable. The outgoing French mail of the 23d inst. to Brazil takes advice of the non-acceptance of the draughts of Johnston, Saunders, and Co., of Bahia, upon their Liverpool firm of Messrs. Edward John ston, Son, and Co. About X 70,000 in gold, chiefly Russian imperials 'was taken to the Bank to-day. Although the Con tinental ex c h anges are fl at they are not at a po i nt to Induce remittances of gold from this side, and con sequently any arrivals that may immediately take ,place from A us t ra li a , A mer i ca , or e l sew h ere w ill °e sent to the Bank. The commercial advices from New York to-day xeach to the afternoon of the 16th of September, When the accounts of the victories gained by General IVPClellan over General Lee had been fol lowed by much anxiety on account of no later in formation having been transmitted by the Govern ment from Washington. A reaction had conse quently occurr-d in the stock-market, and the premium on gold, which had declined from 191 to 16 4, had again risen to 171. This movement, in the absence of any authentic information, was of course accompanied by all kinds of adverse rumours, among which was one to the effect that General Jackson had succeeded in getting to M'Clellan's rear. The steamers to arrive this week are the Hammonia and Kangaroo, both from New York on the 20th, and the Australasian on the 24th. The Great Eastern was advertised to leave on the Ist of October, CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A larger business is reported to-day in the gene ral discount market, the supply of bills having tem porarily increased through the disbursement usually effected at this period of the year. The revenue payments are also exerting some influence, and the banks and discount houses are taking advantage of the opportunity to ask rather higher terms for the securities they negotiate. The consequence is that very few bills are now discounted under 2 per cent., and there are numerous applications at the Bank of England. A call of £3 per share (making £5B paid on every £6O share) on the Phcenix Gas Light and Coke Company's shares has to be paid by the 21st Oct. The Dutch Rhenish Railway Company's receipts for the fortnight ending the 15th inst. amounted to £10,353 16s. 6d., and for the corresponding period of last year to £9,215 19s. Bd. showing an increase of £1,137 16s. 10d. in favour of the present year. Tbinsciay next has been appointed for a special settlement in the shares of the United Kingdom Ship-owning Company, but dealings in them are not to be officially recorded. During the last few days there has been less ani mation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Mar kets. In tea a moderate business has been done, and full rates have been obtained for the new season's crop. Sugars have remained at about previous prices. For coffee there has been only a moderate demand without material alteration in values. Rice continued dull, and rather lower quotations are cur rent. Saltpetre remained in fair demand; but tal low, owing to the recent large arrivals from Russia and Australia, has been dull and rather cheaper for present and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-day was rather quiet, partly owing to the great decline in New York; sales probably 3,000 bales. Further indications of buoyancy have been per ceptible in the English Stock Market to-day, and several purchases having been made, an advance of per cent. has taken place, Consols being 93-a I for money and the Bth proximo, and 93; for November. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are firm at 92k; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities remain at 21; ; India 5 per Cent. Loan has improved to 108, 5 , i• ' and the various d escr i pt i ons of Enfaced Paper are at higher quotations. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been rather numerous, and prices have continued buoy ant. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 851- 861, ; ditto 1858, 681 69; ditto New Scrip, 1 dis. to par ; and the Consolides are 38 2 ; Venezuelan are 28i s ; Mexican Stock is 3'1 ; 1 ; Moorish have risen to 941 ; Spanish Passive are 22}1 ; and the Certificates, 10/} 4. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more activity, and prices have generally tended upwards. Caledonians have improved ; Great Easterns and Great Westerns 10s. ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, and South Easterns ss. Great Northern A Stock and North Eastern (Berwick), however had declined about ss. The operations in the Foreign and Colonial un dertakings continued limited. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, however, have improved to 22i; Grand Trunk of Canada to 21; and Madras 5 per Cents, to 971. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shareq fully sustain previous rates. Bank of Egypt realise 234 ; London and Westminster 78k; Berlin Water Wcrks 5.1 I T; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 734 and National Discount Company 7. The shares of the Cambrian Gold Mining Com pany continue in demand at 1 to a prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities.... Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l/ India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 94 Ditto 5 per Cent lO4l 5 Ditto 5t per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100/ Ditto ditto April, 1864 101 Ditto Bonds 21,000 Consols for Account, Oct. 8 . 93a f Juns. I March. 16 19 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. — Ditto £5OO Ditto Small Brazilian, 5 ),-)yiptttioan.4! 7 per ,,, C r F°ItEIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Per Cent ent.,lBs2-58-60 Italian 0 per Centle Ditto v , £4O pd t Secondlent" Scrip 941 90 3 per ce(nnaremmana Railway) 72 ot Mexican, Ditto Account . Moorish Imperial::rp.ce;:en6t.n. et 93441 Now Grenada, 2 eruvian 41 per Cent .. ,_ . ._ Portuguese 3 per Cent.;il3s ....... > 971 Ditto Account . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1i56, 7, ~, and ,60 ...... Ditto Account . ............ Ditto Scrip, £ l5 pd Ditto Paid up Scrip.... ...... .. ... .. • 1 111q.ian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St . Ditto 5 per Cent. ,1862, Scrip, £32 18s p . ti. Tx Ditto Paid-up Scrip Sardinian 5 per Cent. .......... 83i 4 z•panish 3 per Cent ............. Dtto Account ..... ... Ditto Passive.. , 221 A 2 4 . Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1855 69 Ditto, £lOO Bonds ' Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £5O paid g the par .1 di e Ditto, Paid up Scrip 67/ I. 1 Venezuela ' per Cent. -I );tt u :Account Ditto 11 per Cent l4 Dividends on the above payable tu London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f — Ditto Amount • Co D ns it o;: o s, A. N o l c o o n gt THREE O'CLOCK. 93i ~„ 931 - - Aeon, aided meld the td as o my have ies of own, sands that That is DO • and. his is [ding Great y her ly in :press essive r two r own , con- ed to spotio from y, and L con- [NI. ; 1 AT eputy tution. ,matic mally 6nnui!- ifices, lding, ipable apart room, iplete, fur er. It all be it four 's, and gar ill be- y pic- , Mrs. s were r, and. ersons Itoa ne de- Imple anti= y had a the at that :e pro gnen- damn, est is resent iterity L went stage, their ildren. body. y say been, tisfied them ; eatest d for I, and ;ontri ) who were what sition e for- irt of r hud. ing of Fouch such to the then Col- [dress liege. 11 the reand with in the • still conn -3 that look Idone ;they y was they emed and ladies hero an d horn. inesa that 0 to- Mr. StIARE MARKET...THISDAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. 13.14 Bir„ Wol., and Str. Vat 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 13oRt.,Sleat.,and Mid.k2o. st jßristol and Exeter st 'Caledonian 59 ICork and Bandon 20 ICornwall Do A A gets no div D o. B fill6pc.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. IDun.,Perth,&Ab. June. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. !Glasg. and S. Western.) 'GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian t GreatNorthof Scotland 'Great Northern... ... 1 Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland I Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock! 'Lancashire. Yorkshire !London and Blackwall !Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L 'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. i Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Vid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 0, shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwie Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North l.ondon Do New North Stafrordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool: DO Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlingtor. Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do T 1 Do C Ulster Do - Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.Azit West Midland Oxford Do Newpor' Do Hereford Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 6i 6 6i 84 86 109 109; 6 64 1 2 5 6 41 43 9 10 83 85 104 106 46 47 42 43 22 224 124 12i 128 129 133 135 104 105 54 f 6 1081 109 67 f 8 121 123 43 45 93 03i 99 lOU 38} 39 8} 9 129 129 i 11 IP . 98 100 57 57i 27 28 961 97 11 0 d 531 641 851 F 6 128 128 103 105 p 4PrI) 44 34. 10} 11 116 118 481 491 103 104 454 464 33 SS 83 84 674 684 97 99 74 374 344 8 i 9 4 5 1 ti 115 150 44 5 24 3 p 554 564 24 34p d 1, 81 86 141 143 30 33 PREFERENCE SHARES. tins. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent Do. 4.; p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, & Abei.Jun Do, Ist Class Fret Edin.&Glas.s p.c. share: , Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.r. Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. • Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. IDo . .7 p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do Do.Norrk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 5 pc. pref. 1 , 47 Do. f• p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. do. 4e p. c. pref Do. Luton do Do. do. do. sp. c. pref Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent ,Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 46 p. Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Bum. guar, stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester. zuar. shares Do. Chester S p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5.c. shs Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pret Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 38 10dne Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4/ p. c. (Blackn. pur Lon.&Blig.sp..gt. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 5 per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.` D 0.4 p o. st. (di v. (I ef .111' Lon.Ch at. &Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent st., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpotl anns. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh. & Lin. S per ct Do. £6 Do. 3i per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent rid land Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 The Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent ~ Do. Leic. andHit.4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New 2" ua. 5 per cent I Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. sbs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, R. & S. Pur Do. Carlisle 44 p. c Do. do. 4 p. c N. London 45 p. c. £2O pf North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Readiner Ann . , 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 45 per cent Do. do. 1850 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. qua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c aff Vale No. 1 Prof. Vatrfd & Kilkny. 6 p. c. V. Mid.-Oxf cmastk DD. 2d do. .... po.Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. [Do. Perpet.6 p. c. IA 1866 Do. till 1869 94 96 20 21 6 61 111 113 9i 92 111 113 [lO 112 L 27 129 1 3D 133 145 150 [l6 118 [lO 112 [O3 105 [O7 109 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 91 101 103 75 77 169 172 103 105 - - 137 139 02 104 16 118 16 118 36 140 ,16 118 152 157 128 132 78 f 0 99 101 21 2; 123 125 I €6 68 iPm' [3B 140 103 105 100 100 100 All 100 100 100 8. 13.4 93 95 108 110 107 109 1* ltpm 92 91 100 102 98 100 1} Odd i - cl 6 p 100 100 100 all all 1,0.6.1 224 234 10 101 24 25 101 103 'lOl 103 85 90 20f 21} 27i 284 33 34 33 34 43 45 126 128 120 124 160 102 120 123 115 118 1081 xd xd 126} 6 100/ i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s I Price. Done. _ ... Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh 'mAaire lOO Do. 95 06 Chester & Holynead lOO Do 55 V Do. 5i per cent 100 Do.-- .. ;125 127 Do. 5 , 100 Do. .. ...... 1:101. I:i..N. ;lid 10; I — ll Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon —llO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 iIiaTAG.E 67 89 E. Lincolnah. gBpr c. 100 IGt.Ncrth. 135 133 xd G l s.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 'Cledon Gloster & Dean Forest all IGt. Weet:. GtEa tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt Eastn. D u o u . i E i . I .E i j r: l d la b r :l v b e y tL . - - 1 Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 10" D Lancaster & Carlisle 100 En. &N. W 200 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 0 per cent „LonditChi 111 12 xd Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. .., Do. New ShlB6l, 4 q).c. all D 0........ 22 2 - 4 Do.Wo. Ext.A, 41p c. all Do ... . 84 pi London & Grecnwio 100 S. Eastern 61 66 - Do. Pref eren , • Lon..Tilb.& S.. •t l iencl , 100 Peto & CO: 87 89 Lnd' dr. &Ennis. orig,r.' 10D Do. A 100 , ►lrish N. Do. -- Do. R 100 Western. Do. CI 100 _ Lowestoft gua. 4pc lOO Norfolk .. .. .. Do 6 per cent Mnc.,Bxtu.,& Matlock, all LNW& 31 3i. 41 3; . M id. Bradford Prefer enee stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist Do B stock Northn.&Eastn.sp.c 1 all Gt. Eastn 65 58 Do. 6 per cent . •• N. Eastn—Hartlepool li 3 O N. E. Ber. .. • • North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 941 051 Preston and Wyre. f all L&N.W Az L. I'k. 1 44 46 Do. 1 shares A. all i Do. ••• • .. • • • • Roystn.llitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford. 100 L.&N.W.. 135 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshil•e Wes tLondon, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C , all 1 & Gt.Wst. Wilts p.,nd Somerset -1 100 ,Gt. West. 92 94 WiMbledn & Croydonl all L.‘tiirgtil___!_ii ....9±_____:_:____ all all j 100 all 3E SB .t on th FREFERENC Dividends contingeni LAMES AND STOCKS Le Profits of each separate Year. st *Caledon. .£lO Gua. Stk, st Gt Eastern, E. Ang. 6 p. c. pref st Lon.& : , kwa11,44 p. •.sk• 68t Lo p n ° d . 'n d , ° B . r 4 i l g d 't ° ll . : l 7 e4s i per cent..... 1858 at Do. do. 1 per et. 1860 at Do. do. 4i per ct. 1861 Do. do. 44 p e e et. 1861 105 Lon. & Ch.., in, Metrop. Ext. it, 6 10 . c... - •• • • I t Lou. & S.Wcs p tern 4i p.c. INorth British £lO Gua. Shares, 186 1 st ;DoEd,Prth,&l3'dee 4p c st !*Scotti shCe ntra l 44.c. irred. pref... .... .10 !S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 10 10 D D o. 5 p.c. June 1861 ( r d .) Aug. 1861 20 Vale of Neath ....... (rd.) * Failure of full dividends ii made good out of the profit§ a 100 102 104 100 106 103 100 100 102 all ei 100 102 101 100 92 06 100 102 104 3 106 i 7 i all 1 101 10; 100 I 103 105 ail 100 85 87 all i 91 10 7 4 pm 7 4 all I zol 21i any given half -01 any subsequent rear not to b e half year. " Business done 103 i 106 k f 12i / 104 i 102 i 151 102 a i iK BANKS. 85 87 5 6IP 65i 67} 23 24 87 89 d 20 201 34 85 90 91 40 41 3.0.0 7.16 6 571 17H 2. 4.15.6 1.18.6 4.3.0 , 12.'3 2.14 0' 2.4.9 10.6.7 5.11.6 28.9. 19 191 21 lid id pr 4- it) 271 ,7I 36 37 34 35 81 31. p 77i 781 pr p 45 17 531 64 254 261 2 24 p 87 89 45 46 2i li d 32} 33; 23 24 475 485 4cl 52 54 524 63i 111 Ni 31 4 14 16 4 4i 5 5i 43 45 21 2 41 (3 10 10i 1 01cls 3 4 I 2i 3 4i 5 4* 54 37 39 1 375 85 11 21 95 (00 34 35 111 1 lll 131 141 32 84 240 250 80 85 45 55 1 11 9 10 12} 13; 131 141 18 19 101 9/1 221 f 13 51 i 271 e 374 34} 21} i 78} 451 E 531 4 4i251 61 TEE SUN, LONDON; TUESDAY EVENING, SE - PTEMBER 30, 1862. POLICE-THIS DAY. CAPE TOWN _RAILWAY AND DOCK. The report was unanimously adopted. CAMBRIDGE, MONDAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. The ninth report of the directors stated that, in addition to the 21 miles opened on the 13th of February, 10 miles — as far as Stellenbosch—were opened for public use on the 4th of May. Since the opening to 30th June 35,874 passen gers and 2,907 tons of goods had been conveyed over the line. During the month of June the traffic was temporarily affected by the unusually heavy rains which prevented pas sengers and goods from reaching the country stations, and also impeded the progress of the works on the unfinished por tion of the line. The section to Stellenbosch is complete, and nine-tenths of the remaining earthworks have been con structed. A further portion of the line to Klapmuts—nine miles in length—was shortly expected to be opened. The construction of railways to Malmesbury and Worcester, forming junctions with the present line, have been proposed by the executive government. The short branch at Cape Town into the Morning Market has been sanctioned by the government under the usual guarantee, and is in course of construction. The goods traffic will be materially aug mented by this extension. The suburban line, originally proposed by this company, from the Salt River Station to Wynberg, by way of Mowbray, Rondebosch, and Clare. mont, is being constructed by the Wynberg Company, to whose directors the board have made proposals for working the traffic subject to the approval of the terms by the colonial government. The capital hitherto raised on construction account amounts to £526,600, consisting of 25,000 shares of £2O each, which are nearly all converted into stock, and debentures to the extent of £26,600, authorised to be issued by the meeting of 19th March last. There have also been raised £20,000 on account of working expenses, as sanctioned by the last general meeting. Of this capital £508,768 3s. 11d, have been expended on construction account. This amount includes advances for interest and management expenses, to be recovered hereafter. The sum of £16,689 12s. 3d. has also been expended on working account. From the revised estimate of Mr. Brounger, it appears that the sum of about £50,000 would be required to com plete the line from the Ist of June. In order, there fore, to meet this outlay, and to provide the necessary ad vances on account of interest to be eventually repaid, partly by the Government and partly by the contractor, it is pro posed to take authority to raise the sum of £53,000. As a great portion of this sum is only to be temporarily advanced it is proposed to raise the whole by debentures at short dates, so as to admit of its being paid off at an early period. The guarantee enjoyed by this company being in the form of a rate in aid of profits, to an amount not exceeding £20,000 a year, a return of only £6,000 a year over expenses is re quiredinterest temporarily n extended, X6oo,o a 0 to untilw h theic h ameua to th p e ay i capital per will acco unts with the Government and the contractor have cent. b e been arranged. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD VANCEATLENT OF SCIENCE. Active proceedings in connexion with the forth coming meeting here may be said to have com menced to-day with the arrival of many members and intended members and associates, and though the terms "large numbers" cannot at present be applied to them, yet they are in appreciable quan tities ; and the sight of old familiar faces and many strange ones in the streets, many of them those of notabilities, betrays the fact that there is something more important on the tapir than is usual in Cam bridge at this particular time of year. These, for the most part, consist of those who are about to take an active part in the approaching proceedings, and such as by reason of past experi ence know the value of an early arrival in securing choice of accommodation, and (when strangers) an early intimacy with the neighbourhood. As a mat ter of course, the majority find their way to the reception-room at the Guildhall, where the prices and situation of lodgings may be learned, and all necessary information acquired. There is a branch Post-office and Telegraph-office in the building. Many of the former members of the colleges are snugly ensconced in their ancient habitations, but if the attendance reach former averages, there will be still enough to afford a fair harvest to the lodging house keepers, a numerous class in Cambridge, and whose hopes are raised as flys and omnibuses dis charge into the town the living loads of the railway trains, lodgers at this season are to them a we!come extra; but we have not heard of any unreasonable prices. By reason of the requirements of the junior members of the University, lodging-houses are plentiful, and competition would tend to regulate the prices at reasonable rates, even were there any Ap airp tn overcharge. w ( l lleti. however, as we have said,is not the case. t course prices vary witn the accommodation ; but all purses can be accommo dated. In the ranks of the Association the names of many of the most distinguished scions of this University may be found ; and though the fame of aome is all that now remaias of them to the scien tific world, yet worthy successors occupy their places, and the forthcoming meeting may be looked to to diaplay a galaxy of talent rarely equalled. Estab lished 31 years ago, the Association now favours Cambridge as its focus for its yearly gathering for the third time, the former visits being in 1835, under the presidency of the venerable Professor Sedgwiek ; and in 1845, under Sir John Herschel. Many of the " boasts" of this University have filled the presidential chair, and this year Professor Willis l is thus appropriately honoured. Taking the 30 years to 1860, the average number of members at each annual gathering may be set down at 1,600, and the receipts at something under £2,000. Manchester, however, in 1861, worthily boasted of upwards of 3,000 members, and receipts to the amount of £3,920. This was, however, a vast in crease over the first visit to the cotton metropolis in 1842, when the number of members was 1,316, and the receipts £2,161. The increase in 1861 was of course due to the increasing appreciation of the importance of the Association, and with this, the attractions of Cambridge, and its pecu liar aptitude for a meeting of this kind, it is not to be expected that Cambridge will now lag in the race. An excursion to Hunstanton is proposed for Sa turday next. For general convenience there will be an ordi nary at Peeling's Bath Hotel, Benet-street, every day at 5 o'clock, and it is recommended that in all private parties during the meeting the hour of dinner be 5 o'clock. 6.4.0 9.16.4 12.10 461. I / I 42* 22i 128 i / i 133 f 60/ / 7 61 109/ 9 ; 9 al 129 k 961 d 112 111} 11 BOW-STREET. STEALING A PLANT.—John Smith, a well-dressed gen tlemanly-looking lad of about 16 years of age, was charged with stealing a japonica plant, value 2s. 6d., from the en closure in St James's-park. John Winter, a labourer, stated—About half-past nine o'clock this morning I was at work in the park when I saw the prisoner take this plant up by the roots, Mr. Corrie--Did he get over the railing ? Witness—He did. When he saw me he threw the plant down and ran away. Park -constable 10—I saw the prisoner running away and stopped him. I did not see the plant in his hand, but when I asked him what he had done with it he said he had thrown it away. I asked him what he had pulled it up far, and he said to make a stick. The prisoner —That is true, sir. I pulled it up to make a stick, and when I saw that it would not do for that I threw it away. I had not seen eithor the gardener or the park-keeper till they stopped me; and I was not running for the purpose of escaping, for it did not occur to me that I had done wrong. Mr. Corrie—What are you ? Prisoner—A clerk. Mr. Corrie—Where. The prisoner hesitated. Mr. Corrie—Yo u are not obli ed to say unle ss y ou like, and I don't k now th at I need pr g ess you. I dare say it has been a foolish, thoughtless act, whether you took a fancy to the plant, or whether your story is true that you wanted it to make a stick. Still I can't pass it over without some punishment. You must pay a fine of 20s. The prisoner, on hearing the decision, burst into tears. The fine, however, was promptly paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED B URGLARY.—DanieI Leary, a rough fellow of about 18 years of age, well known to the police, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned with others in attempting to enter the shop of Mr. George Malls, boot and shoemaker, 13, Gilbert-street, Golden-square, by springing the shutter bar. Bettsworth, 181 C, said that at half past three that morn ing he saw the prisoner with two other lads loitering in Gilbert-street. After watching for a short time he saw the prisoner stand at the corner of the street as if keeping watch while the other lads went up to shop 13, Gilbert street, and one having sprung the shutter bar by pulling it forward, there being no centre fastening, the other let down a shutter. He (Bettsworth) then went forward, when the prisoner and his companions ran off, but after a sharp chase he managed to secure the prisoner. The prisoner told him that the others had asked him to go with them, and he did so, and that their object was to enter the place. Inspector Charles Bowles said the prisoner was known to Boden, the messenger of the Court, as an associate of thieves for years. At the station the prisoner said that they meant to enter the shop for the purpose of plunder. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. SOUTHWARK. A RUFFIANLY FELLOW.—Henry Blandford, who de scribed himself as a "wing man," or scene shifter, and who, it appeared, had been discharged from Marylebone Theatre for misconduct, was charged before Mr. Combe with assaulting Ellen Hudson, a woman with whom he had been cohabiting for five years. The complainant, whose face was very much disfigured, said that she lived with the prisoner, at Williams-place, Cornwall-road, and this morning, about 2 o'clock, the pri soner, who had been drinking, quarrelled with her, and then struck her a violent blow, which gave her a black eye. He afterwards struck her again, and bit her hand. She said she was sober at the time, and denied having given him any piovocation. It was evident that the complainant repented having given the prisoner in charge, as the preced ing statement was elicited with much difficulty by tha worthy magistrate. Police-constable 103 L stated that he took the urisoner into charge this morning, and proved that he had been pre viously convicted of a brutal assault .on the complainant, for which he had been imprisoned. Mr. Combe commented on the Conduct of the prisoner, and sentenced him to four months' hard labour. MARKETS-THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os; clover, do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow demand, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os ; clover, lOs to £6 Oz ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £1 168 to £5 Os ; clovo, do., £3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw. £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a fair amount of business trans acted, and the new season's crop just arrived sold readily at full rates, good - and superior qualities having realised 2s for kr-, 1 üblic o Are n 4 rh ap fi kr t o : n.i orttii. , is an nnnnnnrl SUGAR.—The market has been dull, although good and fine descriptions of West India support previous prices. In the refined market there is a better supply, and quota tions remain steady. CorrEE —The demand has been limited for both foreign and colonial. Native and Plantation Ceylon, however, sustained previous quotations. Rica.—Only a small amount of business has been re corded, and in some instances holders have accepted lower rates, particularly for inferior descriptions of East India. SALITETRE.—There has been a better inquiry for British refined, chiefly for home consumption, and prices have in some instances tended upwards. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, owing to large arrivals from Russia and Australia, and prices have been depressed. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 478 9d ; last three months', 48s 3d ; and spring delivery, 49s per cwt. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Sept. 30.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; fresh breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy at times. There was a very heavy fall of rain during the night. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 29.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Sussex, for Melbourne. OFT BEACHY HEAD, Lzept. 29.—Arrived—Candahar, from Honduras. PENZANCE, Sept. 30.—Arrived—Magalen, from Havan nah for Hamburg. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Hansa, steamer, from Bremen ; Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed--Laura, for Shields ; John Clements, for Sun derland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning, Arrived, Sept. 29—Esk, screw steamer, from Guernsey ; Saxonia, from Hamburg. Arrived, Sept. 30—Jeune Selestine, from Nantes; Furet, and Providence, from Gravelines. Sailed, Sept. 29.—Catharina, for Galatz ; America, for Punta Arenas. Sailed, Sept. 30—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Mormag. Passed —Strata Fl or id a . from Co c hin : Excelsior, from St. Kitt's ; Calypso, from Jamaica ; Wentworth, from Calcutta; Electra, from Grenada; Devondale, from Co lombo; Zodiac, bark, from west—all for London. Anchored—Nos, of Jersey, from Africa, for London ; Josephine, from London, for Nassau. The Messager du Midi gives an account of a violent thunderstorm which burst a few days back over the village of St. Arnac (Deux-Sevres). The lightning fell on the house of a weaver named Calvet, and after penetrating the roof passed through the floor below, and descended into the ground floor, whence it went out through a pane of glass, which was broken to pieces. Six persons were struck by it in its passage. Calvert's wife, who was in the upper room, was killed on the spot ; a woman named Rosch, who was in the same room with two young children in her arms, was knocked down and severely injured, the children escaping almost unhurt. A little boy who was near her had his clothes set on fire, and was much burnt; and lastly, a girl aged 10, who was in the room on the ground floor was killed instantaneously. THE FLEET DITCH.—The works for the repairing of the portion of the Fleet ditch running parallel with the Metropolitan Railway in Clerkenwell, and which were ren dered necessary in consequence of the accident which caused the inundation of the adjoining cutting, are making consi derable progress. The old and insecure parts of the brick work of the sewer have been demolished as far as the bottom of Vine-street, nearly opposite the Sessions-house, and a Ilarge portion of the new sewer has been rebuilt, including 1 the length where the rupture occurred. As the work of reconstruction proceeds the opening in the roadway is being tiled up with soil and made good. The turbid waters of the Fleet still run through their temporary course into the old channel, and the street is blocked up near St. Peter's Church, Saffron-hill, which at present causes a large and ' inconven ient detour of the passenger traffic. POACHING AFFRAY NEAR YORK.—At York Castle on Saturday, three men named John Hemingbrough, and Ueorge Thompson, were George Hemingbrough, brought up on the charge of having been engaged in a poaching transaction of a rather serious character on the estate of Lord Wenlock. The prisoners were found at p A c aster Malbis, an d in their cssession were discovered a number of rabbits and nets for taking game, and in a boat moored in the river Ouse, near she place, were found nine hares. Major Preston, of Moreley Hall, two gamekeepers, and another man, went to the boat, when the prisoners ma de their appearance, and, after considerabl e r e sistance, they were secured. One of the moll engaged in assisting to take the poachers had his arm broken, and in the posses sion of one of the prisoners a revolver was found, three barrels of which were loaded. The accused pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawfully having entered land with in tent to take and destroy game, and besides being committed to the House of Correction for three months to hard labour they were required, at the expiration of that term, to enter into recognizances not to offend in like manner for twelve months,,—Manchester Examine,. THE BOARD OF 7 BADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the past month I were issued this morning, and again present results which confirm the anticipation so often expressed that, owing to the universal character of British trade, it would be found that even the cotton crisis could only for a short period seriously affect its totals, any disturban3e or stagnation in one branch being soon made up by the exercise of our skill and energy in new directions. The declared value of the exportations of British and Irish produce for the month ending the 31st of August was £12,829,627, against £12,337,441 in the corresponding month of last year, showing an increase of £492,186, or exactly 4 per cent. Contrasted with the unprece dented figures of 1861, it reaches them within about 5 per cent. It is to the increased activity of the woollen and linen trades that this satisfactory state of affairs is mainly due, our cotton exportations showing a falling-off of £686,761 notwithstanding the extent to which their amount has been raised by the advance of prices since August of last year. The item of arms and ammunition con tinues to increase in importance with the dura tion of the American war, and has now assumed large proportions, the amount for the month being £286,110, against £77,763 in August, 1861. The total value of our exportations during the first t eight months o f the present year has been almost exactly equal to the total for the like period of 61, the figures b e i ng £82,276,107 against £82,575,i5126. Compared w ith th e corresponding eightm ntha 1860, there has been a falling-of of £5, 8 6 1 '785' or only 61 per cent. As regards imported articles , them of wheat and itiaioeatura has consisted in the extraordinary arrtic. v 1, pondin g 260,000 quer flour, the total having been equal in thecorres f ters, against 731,337 quarters te am ount was then month of last year, although de h Of this quantity remarkable for its 131ag s n from. the United Stat es, about 42 per cent. wfl Canada, and 5 per cent. Russia, eirinany, 11 per cent. f rom abuosustiari o per pereen c t. en fr t ! in fr o m Egypt' con fidently asserted that the d ecree of It is amnestyto i all person s concerned in the lat e G aribaldian movement, with the onl y e x cept ion of t he deserters from ther ROYal arms, will follow close upon the celebration of the Princess's marriage. BRITISH POSSESSIONS Railways ;Atlantic & St Lawrenc€ Bom.,Barodad.c.Cent Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New . . Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. Preference Bull alo,Bran t, o drich ; 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 18713 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Glen tta.& S. Eastn. (Lin Caper own .t Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c Last Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.g.9a.sp.c Do. New gua. - 5 p. O. Do. Jandiry, 1562 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. IGt. W. or Canada Share,• Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 1878. Indian Branch Limited Madras 7 - , uar., 5 p. c. Do. t p. c. Extensim; De. V, d 0...... • • Melb.Coro. 6 p. c. Bnds Melb. et Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg . . Bd.. Newßranswick a Cand, Class A Capital Shan Do. do. B Capital do. N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds, Scinde ......... Do. Delhi . I :14- D Do o . • P d tt o niaub .•... r Do. Do. , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) FOR,EIGN k.ntwerp & Rotterdam. A rdennes . lah.&S. Fran.. Lim 7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & tiai Cupiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Do Eastern of France .... Grand Rue 5-'har. 6 p. e. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction. ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... iN.Rail of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim Do. do , Norviwian Trunk Pr. Ot'mn( Smyrna to/thin', ' l'arts,Lyons, .2 klcditer. I earls & Orleans Recife .t S. Fran. (Perii., l zua. 7 p. ct. 1im...... ftiga Dunaburg......l Royal Danish. - ........' Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per oent. Pref..... San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c. 'S.Aust, &Lomb Venetia S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... Turin and Savona .... West Fiandere Do. 5i p c. Preference.. , W. & N. W. of France .. 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 (100 I 100 J 2 15 100 (100 -all RAIL Closing Price. 1 65 07 103 104 49 51 3 5 3 5 83 65 104 105 102 1(3 I ii. P i 6 102 103 98 100 WAYS 7t 71 2 24 p fi lt 10i 14 6 5 li li P - - 21i 2.2 i 141 141 8i 8 1 20 21 40} 41i id pr 9 Lo g 9d 46 (7 171 18} 16 17 I i lot i pi 10 14 Ilpra 44 4 1 P' 35 S 6 1 2} 1/ d; 7* 7f 10 10*, 211 221 JOINT-STO Agra&UnitedService Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool Australasia Bank of Egypt Ralk of London ..... British North American Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &e. Ch. Mer. of In. hon.& Ch City Colonial .. Corn. Bank of Canada Eng., Scot., t Aus. Ch ,Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Hin'stan,China&Japan Imperial Bank Limited! ILon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County London Joint Stock London and S.African , London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. Prov. of England Do. new ..... . Do. do National Bank .. •• • Ne w South Wales . Orient. B. Corporation . !Ottoman Bank ....• Do. new Provincial of Ireland Do. new • South Australia ..,-... Union of Australia Union of Ireland, Lim. Unto., of London BRITS Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (T avi st East Clogau Gold Ltd Last Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gm.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.; Great &Int!' Tolgos 1 vciieal or ( ,I . l ton Grenville . Herod's-Foot I I ingston Downs Lady Bertha Nlargaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Illoga,, S. Wh'i Basset (1110 4 - an' North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) Fran. (Mogan ~ Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Oaradon (Liskeard' West Set= Wheal Basset (Mogan', Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (15.Lelanpl WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Tre iawney (Lis ); 20 8t stock 2.10.8 121 z d I‘l 1 N Ni !). 20 B k o U n S A tr ec al o la r la co -- () pp l e:L l im ll . all 4 1 I I 5 Brazil Land & Illin.Co all 5 2 2 Capula Silver los. pr }pm 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 20 Copiapo . 1 DunMoun.Cep.Minu* Col ail 1 1 .. 3 East Dal Ray (Limited)! 1 4 ;I:. Al 4 2 Fortuna.... 1 all 31 04 2 22 2 0 050 ( G Lis 3 ,o t en ne.i N i e toto r a . h a C l o p . ~ f S. A u s 1 r j all li 2 1 1 2 4 3 d 1 4 Kapunda (Limited) 1 i i P Linares all 6 7 5 11 51,iN Portc. a o l r i t t l l ip ] u sh it i e: Ai o pu p s o tS.A u s . L i i t i i d s n b n i a a d u n e d i S i t i e l v y e ( r i , L ) e ad , r 2 4 4 : 6 " 54 62 0 54 Mining tß : tr and ba rat S r Gi m iii. e d : A t i Smelt... e. l l l a ° : 41 1 . 2 1 Sa 28.2.81 United Mexican '.• -• • 1 a ' il 3 1 y W u o d r a t n h l a n in z u ( t L a n i m a i s t :ell ) . . 1 . , • • i allll 1 .13 4 4 6 4 4 1 463 1 p P4 6l m m 75 1 4 0: :i n I i . COLONIAL UuV ERN MEN 1 SEC U ItITIES. -,- t2an.Clov. 6 p.e.Ja. &July -.- 1877-82 .... ...... Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 _... D 0.6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c,:`,lar. (Is Sent! 100 104 106 a( d D 0.5 p. 0. Jan.&July.' 100 971 981 971 8 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 00 97 98 2 1 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873' 100 110 ill 111 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 113 115 Do. 1890 1 100 'll3 115 1 00 Do. Jan. & July , IS9I , 1 00 413 115 'Ceylon, N0v. 1861, 6 p cj l— -- N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 105 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 1 N. S.W. G ov. sp. c., 1866; 1 00 101 102 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876, 1 100 1104 1014 Do. 411,188 ctuwdsl 100 100 101 New Zealand 6p. cent. 1 100 lOB 110 100/ 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.' 1 sterling, 1875 ! 100 1051 1061 IS. Atm G6p.c.1878.& up 100 108 110 (Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1051 6 ' in On-e. A-D,to),,t 100 1094 1104 1091 10 MISCELLANEOUS. —lO Anglo-MeiiCan Mint . ar 174 `4 10 Ati antic R. ML Stm (1(f ) all 2 4 25 Australian Agricultural 10 224 234 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 , . It 10 rlerlin Wat e r (Limited all 51 I 5t assintgut: China oh l p m i tn.1 13 :: : :1 z y naA. zoj G m. taTm a en s ernal gn.c L ic i n. m s: lai l :, t sai e ltr nnt i ge. . , 100 4 5_ : _ 2 d i s i:s l p 0 1 0 . : Ts p t . a 7 l n p .c a .ti a l e ll e 852 (Lim E.lnd . 20 no, all :9 21 .I'9 Canada' Land all 08 102 _ River Steam Naviga 5 : E E : e i c n6 t 4 r i i:c e e l t . Cot ton Agency Do. Fret 74 at s C •per cent. Bt . Do, p c P ie e g r r p a e p t h . .Deli.. . 100 84 15 15 Gen. Steam et, no . _ relerene.o ip L et on. Ship A all 21 I :o r :17-1 Do. B all 41 10 ' n 'a Ir rign. & Canal 1 f d fpm 25 Do. 1 1 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 11 3 raviF, , ati in 14 264 27 !iralted) all 4 i i •' English & i - u - .... . . . . - S. Copper, all 24 21 4 L.G. Omnibus Co' 1 Great Simi (Lim.) 41 4 3(1 2 Indian art freferene ( all 1 i 10 Sled. Exten. Tel. (Lim -- ; 1 5 Lou. DistriZA ( Lim.) 1 10 Lon. & S.Trel.Dtßi l 7 ) ail la If 20 Madras Irr. and Canal, 2 21 2t . 10 Do. 8 percent. pref . ',' all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lira.) all _ 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron `(Li m ) 5 21 21 p a 5 Netherlands Land, gp .n. all 1 2p 7 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 8 1 4 1 1° 12 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) a ll 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all i t 1 11 1 po. New all 10 Orintl. In. Steam ( Lint) all — 7a 7, n 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited 1 I d 4 , '. 'it st. Peelli..Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 " 60 n,12 1 13 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all • 72 21 it 73 50 Do. New ----------- 1 30 11 15 431 10 Quebrada Land,R B , . Alining (Lim.) all 20 i 5 6 15 Do. Nvw•••—• ....... 25 Rio Janeiro City Tull ) • ~ 29 25 Do. do. _-,,,‘ A i 54 56 100 Royal Mail Steam •, .),° 132 136 50 Rhymney Iron at. scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim )i 1 , 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.., 17 1 / 1 Do. do. Registered ..•. a. , 4 . A I 10 Do. d 0...• all 6 25 South Australian Land` a ft! 31 83 2 Teler,r%pli to India (L.) 1 i id 10 Trust and Agency of Aus t r lasia (lim)lst ie. I 20 fr. 4 Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 t p U. li'dom Tel. Co. (life.) 3 4 d pr 12 13 id. 1 100 v aD ioitocife L.,mit. 284 „ s4r EAST INDIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.-(MEETING THIS DAY.) At a meeting of this company to-day the following reso lution was adopted : " That the board of directors be, and are hereby em powered, to negotiate and enter into contract for the sale of steamers, barges, tools, and other property of the company, in whole or part, and on such terms as to price or otherwise as they shall in their discretion think most expedient for the interests of the company." SHOCKING AFFAIR AT KIRKHAM. A dreadful affair occurred at Kirkham, near Preston, on Sunday night. It appears that a party of Irish harvest men went to the Swan Inn, where they had something to drink. About 11 o'clock they became very noisy, and the landlord, Mr. Henry Rawcliffe, expressed his desire to clear the house. He asked the men to go, but they refused. He then seized one of them, named Garrety, who seemed to be the worst, and got him into the lobby, but was unable to eject him. Subsequently he went to the door, and gave an alarm with a dog whistle. This brought a policeman named Fletcher to his assistance, who tried to get the men away, but he could not do so. The officer then went out and whistled, and Sergeant Lofthouse came up, and Garrety was apprehended. The other Irishmen then turned out of the house. A man named James Cain, his wife, and Patrick Cain, their nephew, tried, but ineffectually, to rescue Garrety, who was taken to the lock-up. The three Cains then ran away, but was pursued by the police. Whilst the officers were thus engaged, they were informed that Rawcliffe, the land lord, had been killed. They then went to the Swan, where they found Rawcliffe almost dead, and attended by two surgeons. It appears that after the officers had left, the door of the Swan Inn was immediately closed, and Raw cliffe and his eldest daughter, a girl 15 years of age, went into an upper room, with a view to see what was going on in the street. At that time the crowd in front of the door had gone away, and Rawcliffe was about leaving the window. His daughter had gone just before; but she had not proceeded very far before she heard a great crash, and, on looking round, observed her father with his head near the window. She went up to him, when, to her horror, she found that a poker had been liven into his eye. It had been hurled at him from the street. She did her utmost to extract the poker, but her efforts were ineffectual. She immediately raised an alarm, and several neighbours came in. Rawcliffe was found lying on a chair near the window bleeding profusely, and with the poker still protruding from his right eye. A man named Smith tried to pull out the poker, but for some time his efforts proved vain. At length he placed the unfortu nate man's head between his knees, and then it required all his force to extract the poker. Of course Rawcliffe was quite insensible. Two medical men were sent for; but Rawcliffe died an hour afterwards. The poker had entered under the lower lid of the eye, and had thence passed into the brain. Yesterday Garrety and the three Cains were brought be fore the Kirkham magistrates. Garrety was committed for two months for assaulting the police, and the others were remanded until Thursday. _ _ Yesterday the inquest was opened, and after some formal evidence had been given, the inquiry was adjourned until Monday next. At present nothing definite is known as to who threw the poker at deceased. A correspondent writes that after the hearing of the case at the Police-court, the landlady of the Caine volunteered a statement to the effect that on Sunday night James Cain ran into her house and seized a poker, swearing that he would have somebody's life, or some one should have his, that night; that he took the poker out with him a few minutes before the landlord was struck. THE GLASGOW MU.RDER. Petitions are being numerously signed in favour of a reprieve of the convict Jessie M'Lauchlan, and last night a great meeting was to be held in Glasgow in favour of the the same object. The Caledonian Mercury of yesterday says:— Mrs. M `Laucb.lan, we learn, has through the week been suffering mentally very much. Since last visited by her husband, a dull moping state of mind has succeeded the former resolute upbearing against the despair that may well overwhelm one in her position. Several of the city clergy - men have offered their services, but she is contented with the ministrations of the Rev. Mr. Doran, and unwilling to be visited by any other clergyman. The formula of the sentence that the convict be "fed on bread and water " was carried out after the unfortunate woman first entered the condemned cell, but her weakly bodily condition rendering this diet hazardous to her life, which at present it is in. cumbent on the prison officials to maintain, nourishing nu triment was ordered to be given her. . . The story I gave you on Saturday regarding a certain gentleman who heard screams coming from 17, Sandyford place on the night of Friday, assumes now a new character, the said gentleman turning out to be a Mr. Stewart, a wealthy jeweller, residing next door to the house of the murder, and having his place of business in Argyll-street Mr. Stewart did not hear screams, but says that, as he awakened by ; n y clisetrihe adjoining house, whtc E - a - a ceased when he awoke. The editor of the Free Tress, a Roman Catholic organ in the city, brings forward in Satur day's paper the evidence of the old clothesman, Paton, to whom old James Fleming says he sold his clothes about a fortnight before the murder. Paton says the clothes sold to him were not those of old Fleming, but of the son, John Fleming, being far too large for the old man. The same paper (tbe Free Press) assails Fleming's repu tation, and produces as evidence of the old man's moral and physical character the following assertion of a Mrs. Samuel Gray Dr, M-, Main-street, Gorbals, brought me a female child, nine years ago, at the time my first child was born. The father is James Fleming, 17, Sandyford-place, who allowed me at first £1 per month for her maintenance, which was subsequently reduced to 108., and raised to 125., which James Fleming himself came regularly to pay. He has been here soon after his release from prison, and paid 4s. for two months, and I expect him again in a few days. The child's mother I understood to be a young woman in service, who died when the child was about ten months old. The girl is now at school, and we call her Elizabeth Gray. (Signed) ELIZABETH M‘CANN Or GRAY, Govan-road." The Free Press assails him in other respects, questioning his sobriety, and asking that in any future investigation the servants who served in his son's house during the last 12 years, or the female servants whose rents he collected, should be asked whether he has appeared to them sparing in his use of ardent spirits. Unless " Old Fleming" is thoroughly cleared in the course of coming events of all suspicion, he need never again personally go forth into the wynds to collect rents as heretofore, the somewhat lawless inhabitants of that locality being fiercely inclined towards him. PEDESTRIANISM. JAMES MILES'S GREAT MATCH AGAINST TIME AT WANDSWORTH. It will be recollected Miles attempted for the first time to accomplish the extraordinary feat of walking, fair heel and and too, 21 miles in three consecutive hours, for a bet of £5O a• side, on Monday, August 11, when he failed. Miles on that occasion became so used up that while walking the first lap of the 18th mile he fell trom sheer exhaustion. His backer thinking the failure arose solely from his not being in proper trim, determined to let him have another cahrtanc.e, • The present 1 - .2atch was therefore made, the requisite in...! the being entered into on Friday, Aug, 29, W. rrio_ l : 33p 7 ish. .. odds of £5O to £25 that Miles did not succeed e' ing the above specified distarace within the al 84 times inlaotted three hours. Miles had to make the circuit of the c ourse itieas state ef (less 70 yards). Notwithstanding the unPraPdition, and at the weather, the ground was in splendid . t e t e , m ade his ap -3 o'clock, Miles, attended by young STmle, b u t the backers pearance. The betting was 6to 2 on E . l- w hip it on at the of Miles did not feel much disposed at:to a ll intents and odds offered, as they said the day ty The start had to be purposes so much against their relana;ad on the signal being made by the report of a PiT oent sty le, The first mile given Miles dashed off in matgan4s seconds, the second mile was accomplished in 7 minutes Oboes were completed in 23 in 15 minutes 50 seconds ; 0 minutes 59 seconds ; ton clipper in 40 minutes 18 4 miles, .32 m inutes 8 seconds ; 5 miles log gra were told off by the Yeti „ B e d in 48 minutes 38 seconds ; seconds ; 6 miles acconiereeno com pleted, and that with the most 57 minutes. The first 8 miles and the first 7 miles.toh 7: l ' l ,l:m il :antes 33 seconds ; 9 miles were perfect ease were done in 1 hell • done in 1 h our 14 minutes 9 seconds ; 10 mil es were done 0.) urinates 44 seconds ; 10i miles (half the dic ,- lished in 1 hour 27 minutes • 11 miles in 1 hour .-.- tance) were accomplished ,„ooleted in 1 hour 31 minutes 16 seconds; 12 miles were -- in 1 hour 39 minutes 45 seconds ; 13 miles in done in 1 hour 4 8 minutes 25 seconds; and the first 14 miles were ga ll a ntly walked in 1 h our 57 minutes 11 seconds. The first 15 miles were accomplished in 2 hours 6 minutes 57 seconds ; 16 miles were completed in 2 holm 15 minutes y seconds ; 17 were splendidly walked in 2 hours 24 minutes 33 seconds ; 18 utiles, 2 hours 33 minutes 40 seconds; 19 miles were done in 2 hours 42 minutes 33 seconds. The ex citement which pr eva il ed was of the most intense descrip tion, and Miles,as he rattled along, was hailed from all parts of the ground with the most deafening applause. There could be no doubt, and well it might, that the pace and the long continuance of his exertions were beginning to tell on him, and that he was becoming more and more terribly dis tressed. Still, the pluck he exhibited at this trying and most critical time was deserving of the highest praise. Through out the last mile and a half Miles struggled on with the same undaunted pluck, the time when he had entered upon the 84th and last lap being called out by the referee, so that ther e should be no mistake. On came Miles in the midst of the most deafening a pplause, but notwithstanding the tern ' fic exertions he had made, he had failed to reach the goal when the referee had to announce to his friends those fatal words, " Time's up,'' but still, so close was he " there" that . he succeeded in walking the 21 miles in 3 hours and 10 seconds, thus only losing the match by 10 seconds. Such a performance as this has not been witnessed for years, and that, toe, in the midst of a pitiless rein, THIRD EDt no SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOC: K. SPORTING---THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NEWMARKET RACES.—THIS DAY.. TRIAL PLATE. Dead heat with Richard and Optimist. Hilly Grove _ . .„ a Seven ran. Richard afterwards walked over, and the stakes were. divided. DUKE MICHEL STAKES. Argonaut Freeholder Ross ............................................. 3 Hopeful Duchess HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Tisiphone ......................................... . 1 Acco Six ran. GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. Biondella Y v 1 Alchymist Myrtle Twenty-four ran. HOPEFUL STAKES. Fantastic Golden Dust 2 Stampede . 3 Ten ran. TRIENNIAL STAKES. Ca merino Prince Plausible • 2 West End Four ran. MATCHES. Otho beat Tubal Cain. Merry Hart beat Maid of Honour. Nebula beat Lady Funny. LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Itov land Pync, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Fal Islands. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 24. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Bowatead, M.A , to the rectory of St. Olaves, i n the borough of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, an d dio cese of Winchester, void by the resignation of the. Rev. Thomas Pattison Sproule. SEPTEMBER 25. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has appointed William Joshua Ffennell, Esq., Frederick Eden, Esq., and James Leslie, Esq., to be Commissioners under an Act passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to regulate and amend the law respecting the Salmon, Fisheries of Scotland." SEPTEMBER 30. The Chapel Royal, St. James's, will be reopened for divine service on Sunday next, October sth. FRANCIS GARDEN, Sub-Dean. BREVET. The undermentioned Officers having, under the provi_ sion of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1856, co• tn pleted five years qualifying service in the rank of Lieut,27l - to be Colonels in the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Charles Dixon, Rcrial Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Hamilton Graham, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Ogle, Royal Engineexs, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Alexander Campbell, R oya l Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Goodenough, Royal Artillery. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any commercial importance which appear in the " Gazette" : Wm. G. Cooper, innkeeper, Reading •, Wm. K. Brown, butcher, South Shields Frank Holloway, engineer, Paul-street, Finsbury Alexander Noble, sawyer, Sutton-street, Lambeth William Carrington, tailor, Luton, Bedfordshire Frank Bottom, lace dealer, Noble-street, City Thomas Binks, tea merchant, Fenchurch-street, City Henry Williams, timber merchant, Bristol John Tate, tailor, Darlington George Fathers, baker, Marcham, Be rks Thomas Rowson, eating-house keeper, Hull SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Macdonald, clothier, Dundee Thomas Stewart, grain merchant, Glasgow John Faulds, coalmaster, Stevenstone, Ayrshire Robert Walker, coach proprietor, Hamilton William Gillespie, lathaplitter, oatbridge Andrew Dunlop, grain miller, Renfrewshire COURSE OF, EXCHANGE.—This DAT. Ainsterdam Ditto ... 3 Months. 11 17 1 11 18 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 42f 25 45 Brussels — 25 42 i 25 45 Hamburgh — 13 7i 13 8 Paris .. Short. 25 15 25 20 Ditto Fittycillrc on maine.. --9 % = 4 11 2=s__ 5 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid 49 * Cadia Leghorn 49 f 25 52* 25 7 Milan — 25 50 2.5 571 Genoa '-25 60 25 571 Naples Palermo — 119 119 f Messina .. •.. —119 f Lisbon — 521 Oporto — 524 534 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz .. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons SOCIAL PROSPECTS OF AMERICAN SL.6IVERY, From the social prospects of Jamaica we as 'e tempted, not irrelevantly, to glance awhile at the slavehol&ing States of the late American Union. There, if Ameri,'%an writers may be trusted, the white population would gra,lually die out, but for the steady influx of fresh immigrants from the North; while the blacks are already about half as nume rous, in spite of the great social and legal barriers to their growth, and the proverbially wasteful tendencies of slave life in the cotton fields under a tropical s un. It is a common a ssertion, too often, Inde ed, p ut forth in defence of negro slavery, that white men of British blood cannot in thoseg low latitudes bear the hard work, by dint of which the mar kets of the world ar e supplied with cotton and tobacco. If the African were not there to help them, they would soon be driven either to import field labourers wholesale from other lands, or too flee a country all to hot for their northern. temperaments. As it it, two centuries of hard slavery have stocked the Southern States with almost the only peasantry which they seem fitted to grow ; with a race of men capable of working hard in a climate unfriendly to most nations, of men easy to govern, not slow to learn from their civilised. neighbours, and peculiarly prone to increase and multiply under circumstances the least encouraging. How much mere numerous that peasantry might now have bee.` l , but for the life they are too often compelled to lead, and the efforts of their masters to keep up their market value by discountenancing the slave trade with Africa, we need no t care to consider her e . Th e f ac t rema i ns that the numbe rs haveincreased under every drawback at a rate proportionally greater than the white people of their own neighbourhood. If this be anywhere near the truth, we may expect to see that s a bl e p easan t r y er e long outnumbering S he white population. But even if the truth were very far off from this, if a race of white men could ever show itself eVal to the negro in the power of working hard for any length of time under a scorching sun, and defying the baleful effects of a fever-laden atmosphere, there would still be so many millions of black men living in tho same country and obstinately declining to take themselves out of the way. to fu d mc e ou a tu l t oc w nh i a t ft h t e s t h i c s oan unhouogtceobu country mass notsof fbi r ao r cw e k d ahr ua l at k h e a eni. m twy e h ie t e b Tm a h l e ee s sne another. You m a y t a lk o f shipping from o em off in a body to Liberia, or driving them off across the Rocky Mountains into a country set apart for themselves ' but \will they go of their OVn freewill, and failing that, how are the Americans to force them away ? Harsh laws have hithorto failed to stop the influx of Chinese settlers into Auetralia. An armed rising would be a dangerous remedy, and even if it succeeded, the expulsion of the Moors from Spain. brought any thing but good to those they left behind. The wisest policy is the only one which a Christian nation, if Chris tianity with most nations were more than an empty name, should feel bound to pursue. Let these black millions who now sit in chains and darkness beside a race of men bred up in the light of freedom and the Christian's gospel, be first taught to cultivate what mental powers they have, and then be gradually delivered from a state of social thraldom as debasing as it is unwarrantable.—. Dublin alfagazine. The Illovimento publishes the following letter from Garibaldi, the original of which it declares it possesses in the general's own handwriting --" 1 have read in No 1,027 of the Persetwanza a letter quoted from the Esprit Z'tiblic, which is said to have been written to me by an agent of Mazzini's on August 12, and to have been found upon me by the royal troops at Aspromonte. These two bits of news form one lie. Another journal, the Patric, has got somebody to write to it from Spezzia that the! English surgeon put into my hands a sum of; 0 £_ 5,0 9 41 ° n jn o3 v A e L n l t ) i t o . l2 ,. on the part of Lord Palmerston, as a testiroorteiantortprithlse sympathy of the English people with against Rome. It is sad to see Guttenbouthi: turned to such vile and abject purp -foo imported in. °. placed en the near• by the mail t 1,000 packages have been rea therrFhieerfiyi3Cerocs°sllangduFslfyrionnig SFP:-;:elisre:' get this morning, and sfberan 3cl to re c 2 e s i l v O e d d . lised at prices ranging India Journals. The West rix,animous in opposing the suggestion yesterday are that Vest India mail contracts the future Wes f ro m 2 should be stir NOW York. i to bout f the the I that nice. posi .ning nded ne to r the gr. , for theel F the 2s. 6d.1 43 44 34 38 93 25 854 5 1094 93} 891 831 i Share] 1001 Stk 20 20i 10 100 1 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stoc. st 100 9.,0.11 ~~s