The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

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The present packet from Buenos Ayres brings a remittance of £lO,OOO on account of the interest on the bonds for the second half of the present year. There were no gold operations at the Bank to day. It is probable that the loans lately taken here Will tend to check the influx of gold to the Bank. It is stated that the remittances of gold, probably on account of the new Peruvian Loan, by the next steamer for the West Indies will considerably ex ceed the total (i 300,000) 'taken by the Seine on the 2d inst. The Swiftsure has arrived from Melbourne with £191,000 in gold, and the Formosa with £52,000. The Magdalena, from Brazil, has also reached Southampton, with £13,392. The total is £256,000. The proposed dividend on Midland Railway stock Was officially announced to-day at the rate of 51 Per cent, per annum against 6-1- at the correspond ing period of last year. The surplus is £7,400. The stock has fallen 1i per cent. on this announcement. The London and North Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £7,182, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire a decrease of £5,600. The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for the week ending the 19th July were 4:14,002 sterling, being £l,lBB more than in the corresponding week of last year. An instalment of 15 per cent, falls due on the first issue of the Egpptian Loan on the 11th inst., less the large portion already paid in full. The final instalment of 7* per cent. is payable on the Ist o f September ; but from this has to be deducted the half-yearly interest of 32 per cent. The fail of the last day or two in Turkish bonds and scrip is partly attributed to the action of the Tt;rkish Government in consolidating their internal debt. This debt amounts to about ten millions sterling, and bonds, bearing interest at 6 per cent., are under course of issue for it. These bonds can be b oug ht in Turkey for about £34 for £lOO, and at that rate pay an interest of 171 per cent. The monthly , supply of £300,000 bills on India, drawn by the India Council, was offered to-day for Public tender in the usual manner at the Bank of England. The minimum prices declared were simi lar to those of lost month—namely, ls. 11,id. per rupee for bills on Calcutta, and ls. 111 d. per rupee on Bombay and Madras. The applications within the limits amounted to £950,000. All tenders above the minimum will be accepted in full, those on Calcutta at the minimum will receive about 18 per tent., those on Bombay about 5 per cent., and those on Madras 50 per cent. The failure has been announced to-day of Messrs. Richard Rostron and Co., of Manchester, an old and respectable firm, carrying on an extensive busi bess with Brazil where they have three houses— Zamely, Rostron, Dutton, and Co., at Rio ; Ros tron and Co., at Bahia; and Rostron, Rooker, and Co., at Pernambuco. Their liabilities are believed to be large, and the event is supposed to be attri butable in a great degree to the recent bank and other stoppages at Pernambuco. The books have been placed in the hands of Messrs. Broome, Child. Murray, and Co., and a meeting is to be called at an early day. The bar silver brought by the Tasmania has to day been sold at 61d. per oz., showing no alteration. The is rat half-yearly drawing of the Imperial Moorish Loan for redemption under the application of the 5 per cent. sinking fund took place to-day, When 45 bonds for a total of £12,500 were drawn Which are to be paid off at par on the 18th inst. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . TWELVE O'CLOCK. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1862. 1861. Great Western £69,903 60,859 I North-Western ,South- Western j s righton Midland South -Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire.... Bristol and Exeter North Eastern 45,608 30:051 9 4 7 6 :6 9 0 0 4 9 Eastern Counties Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 15,160 16,190 Glas gow .and South-Western Great Wes tern of Canada .. Grand Trun kof Canada These ret urns are, in most instances, satisfactory. On the Great Western there is an increase of £9,044, on the North Western of £7,284, on the South Western of £4,482, on the Brighton of £2,099, on the Midland of £2 924, on the South Zastern of £3,642, on the Great Northern of £3 869, on the Eastern Counties of £2,477, on the Great Western of Canada of £2,168, and on the Grand Trunk of Canada of £1,189. The Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, show a decrease of £5,684, the North Eastern of £1,301, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,030. A larger business is now reported in the discount Ulark e t, and the rates for first class bills continue t•rrn at 1 per cent. The directors of the Midland Railway intend to Propose a divideLd for the past half-year at the rate O f 5 1 per cent. The following remarks upon the leather trade are from Messrs. Page and Welch's monthly price current :—The inquiry for leather of most descrip tions has been well maintained during the past koritk. Heavy sole leather has had more atten tion ; and for prime bark-tanned thick butts a slight advance in price can be obtained. Light butts of Clean tannage, well rounded, and free from cuts, have also sold freely without c han g e in value. Dressing leather has generally been in fair request at previous rates. Should the present fine weather f or harvest operations continue, the trade during t he rem ainder of the year will, we hope, show more a ctivity than has characterised it up to the present t tl tlie. The hide market has displayed no new fea ure since our last. Stocks begin again to accu mulate, and tanners still look for a further reduc tion in price,. Market hides have lately improved la quality and the price has advanced fully in pro- Portion. The subscription list of the Thames Express steamboat Company will close on Saturday next. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The half-yearly meeting of the City of London I, ll rewery took place to-day, Alderman Sir James Bart., MP., in the chair. The directors' I : e Purt was unanimously adopted, and a dividend f or the half-year at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num ordered to be paid. There has not been much doing in the English tuek Market to-day, owing to the dulness of spe culation and the limited operations of the in vesting classes. Consols are 93: 1 for money, a nd 931 efor the 4 th proximo, being a further u.eclin e of nearly I per cent., and affairs Pr esent a very unsatisfactory appearance. The Ne w' Threes and the Reduced are steady at 932 1 ; Exchequer Bills have receded to 235. and P rem . ; India Five per Cent. Loan is steady at 108 1 There has been very little animation in the Fore ign M atket, and prices c ontinue heav y , Turk ish 6 pt , r Cents , 1854, are flat, at 851 ; ditto, : 68 , at 72 731; ditto, New Loan Sc ri p has de- A llri ed to I ‘ l ,; prem., and at the last moment is ; Peruvian 4 1 1 per Cents. are 1001 1 ; Italian 5 tit er Cents. ate flat at 711 ; Spanish Certificates Ty at 9 ; Egyptian Scrip is 13 1 14 1 pre m. Loa ns; sudden decline has taken place in the New the Peru v i an i s 1 di s . ; Portuguese, 21 tte y r n• ; and Venezu e l an , 1 :- prem. hz : - li n tilt:, Railway Sh are M ar k e t th e operations h o : net been very extensive; a slight advance, ' c er, has taken plac e i n one or two o f th e prin t, and ertakings. Cal e d on i ans an d Midl an ds e improved 58. ; and Great Northerns, £l. Low t 'c e ashi lm an d Yorkshire, and South-Eastern, LO v et', have declined ss. ; and Great Westerns, udon, Chatham, and Dover, 10s. viol " Foreign and Colonial undertakings are dull, vaiu :'lt any change of importance to notice in 14i. San P aul s Gr eat Luxembourg realise 121, °' 9 EI; Great Western of Canada are fiat at .and Eastern Bengal at 104. 41d:rt. - stock B an k an d Mi sce llaneous Sha res are toad i nstatices rather chcaper. Alliance of and Liverpool have declined to 124; and 4'104 and ,South African to 15?-, London and --..:_~~ Westminster realise 79/ ; Crystal Palace Stock, 34! ; National Discount Company, 6! ; River Navi gation of India and China shares are quoted at 1 to 1 premium. , BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 1 , 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Red Sea Telegraph, 1908 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent , Ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent lo4i Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 101 D. tro Bonds £l,OOO Consols for Account, Sept. 4 93a Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent Ditto £500 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip Ditto Paid-up Scrip .. Do. Ex over-du® Coups. & Hectares lok Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 73 Ditto Scrip eruvian 41 per Cent _ .. 1001 / Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 tusgian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St .. 97 Ditto, Paid up Scrip 93f Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Ditto Passive... Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 • • --- Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862. Scrip 1 a la 9 Ditto, Paid up Scrip Venezuela, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. TWO O'CLOCK Congols, Money Ditto Account POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. "GENTLEMEN " IN THE HAYMARKET:Mr. fame s Henry Owen, of 12, Lincoln's-inn-fields, solicitor, was charged with being drunk and et eating a disturbance in the Haymarket. Mickleborough, 307 A, said that about twenty minutes to two this morning he saw the defendant in the Hay market very drunk, and making a great disturbance by having a loud altercation N, ith a prostitute. He told the defendant to go away, when be refused, stating that the place was free for him and prostitutes also. Defendant said—l deny I was drunk, I deny I was dis orderly, but I admit speaking to a female. I've been locked up all night. Inspector Wilson said the eefendant was drunk. Mr. Knox—This is the result of going to the Haymarket at an unseasonable hour. You ought to have sufficient good sense not to go amongst blackguards and prostitutes in such a place as the Haymarket, and if you do, at all events to keep out of the hands of the police. You are fined 205., or seven days in default, in the House of Correction. Mr. David Luik, artist, of Portland-street, was next charged by the same officer with being drunk and using obscene language in the Haymarket, and threatening to knock the officer's -- head off. Defendant—l don't understand English well. Mr. Knox—You seem to understand the obscene part of it. The defendant was fined 20s. or seven days. The next persuns charged were George Jeffcoat and Mary Ann Brown, who wore charged with loitering in the Haymarket for the purpose of committing a felony. The case was proved by Sergeant Gordon, 28 C, Sergeant Thomson, and Shillingford, 325 C. _ _ The man was committed for three months, and the woman for one. MR. FRANK MATTHEWS, THE COMEDIAN, A PROSE CUTOR—FRAUDULENT DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.—CharIes Williams, a lapidary was charged by Sergeant Brown, 5 C, with unlawfully disposing of a jewelled bracelet of the value of £2O, entrusted to him to repair, the property of Mr. Frank Matthews, the well-known comedian, of 7, Lin don-grove, Notting-hill. Mr. Matthews said he entrusted the prisoner with the bracelet to get repaired, and, although he had applied several times for its restoration, all he could get was the duplicate. Sergeant Charles Brown, 5 C, said he apprehended the prisoner at his shop in Dean-street, when he said he was very sorry, tut had pledged the bracelet at Bartram's in Princes-street, for £3 10s. to oblige a friend. Prisoner said he was very sorry. He bad a wife and _ _ Mr. Knox said he was sure Mr. Matthews had no wish to deal harshly with him, all he wanted being his property. Mr. Matthews said that was all he required. Mr. Knox said he would take bail for the prisone'r's re appearance is a week, and in the meantime he had better settle with Mr. Matthews. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 57s 8d ; barley, 38s 8d ; oats, 24s 6d ; rye, 37s 2d ; beans, 41s 3d ; and peas, 41s ld. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 56s lad ; barley, 32s 4d ; oats, 24s ld ; rye, 37s Od ; beans, 40s 7d ; peas, 40s ad ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 52,750; barley, 634 ; oats, 5,017 ; rye, N ; beans, 2,352 ; peas, 135 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was favourably well supplied with beasts both as to number and quality. Prime Scots, short horns, Btc., commanded a steady sale at very full prices, but inferior kinds were a slow inquiry at late rates. The gene ral top price was 4s 6d, but really prime beasts realised 4s 8d per 81b. We were fairly supplied with sheep, and the mutton trade ruled firm at full quotations. The best Downs sold at 5s 2d per 81b. Prime lambs moved off freely at full currencies. Otherwise the lamb trade was in a sluggish state on former terms. Prices ranged from 5s to 6s 4d per 81b. We have no change to notice in the veal trade. Pigs were rather cheaper, and milch cows com manded very little attention. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 0 3 2 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Second quality do. 3 4 3 8 Pule. S'thdowndo.s 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 3 10 4 2' Largo orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 I Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 5s Od to 6s 4d. . Suckling calves, Ils to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, l9s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. --..._ _ ___ __ Beasts Sheep and lambs 10,500 Calves Pigs ... 340 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs .... — MEAT MARKETS. NEIVOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are only moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 10d to 48 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug 6.—The supplies of stock were good, and the trade generally ruled very inactive, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 48 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ' • lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8 d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Aug 6 —Beasts were dull in sale, and 2d per lbs lower; other kinds of stockmoved off slowly at late rates. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6.1; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b ; suckling calves, lOs to 19s ; quarter-old store pigs, 19s to 28s each; and milch cows, £l4 Od to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od , new do., £1 16s to £4 Os; old clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A dull trade. CUMBERLAND.--Old meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; new do., £1 16s to £4 Os; oil clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; new do., £3 lOs to £5; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade very inactive. WITITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £2 0. to £5 Os; new do., £1 168 to £4 08; old dove!, £4 Os to £ 6 Os ; new do. , £3 lOs t o £5 O s • and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade heavy. COAL 111 f ?floes of Coal per Ton a' Grey's West Hartley 18 di Eden Main 6l 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 0 Do. Anthracit e 2l 0 Hastings Hartley .. l5 9 Wvlam .. 15 9 West Wylam l4 0 Tanfield Moor Butes —l3 0 North Pelton Gas 12 9 Ellison Main Steam • l4 0 ARK ET. t the close of the market Walls End. s. d. 1 Hetton S' F o r tc ara th w Hetton .... ... 7 6 ... ....... 1 1 7 6 Whitworth 15 0 Thorpe s ß ß Et r d a eew s di v d a i r y , i t l 1 1 i a ' . a.H . . e . t . t . o . n .. ... . '1 1 57 6 36 6 South H ":171teepool 1 1 117 6 66 0 3 03 (-3asw° P l6 6 Walls End. I Byron. 1 1 6 6 0 9 Heugh Hall .......... 16 31 Acorn Close .......... 16 3 Kelloe ..... .16 9 i ' Russel's Hett . o . n . ............ South Whitworth ..... 15 0 \ Caradoc 15 0 , South Kelloe l6 6 Trimdon Thornley.... Ttimdon Hartlepool ..17 0 Hartlepool.. l7 0 Ships at market, 91 so". 53. THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN SUEZ AND JUBAL.— Yesterday a telegram from Alexandria was received at the office of the Telegraph to India Company' reporting the restoration of telegraphic communication between Suez and Jubal. The Calcutta steamer passed Jubal at 7 a.m. yesterday. Sir Alexander Cockburn has left his residence in Hertford-street, Mayfair, for Scotland. ME SUN, LONDON, TRITRSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1862. SHARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid. l Railways. ~a .i Closing Busi ne ss Share ."rn Price. done. 13.1+ I Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Boat.,Sl eat., and Mid. Co. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall ...........••• IDo A A gets no div Do l'tit i ep c.p an.has • B b e en paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suflolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.ot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 8 8i 6 7 . 89 91 108 108& 1081 ei 1 2 5 6 42 44 10 11 211 224 58 5) 58 62 38 42 87 83 291 306 103 105 140 145 1206 124 1206 1211 133 135 107 109 691 701 55 57 107 1076 61 63 12! 124 48 49 95 (15.4 1011 1021 40 45 381 391 Do B do Gt. S. an ' W. of Ireland{ Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Smith Western L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 111aryport and Carlisle. Do shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New 81 129 1291 1 , ) 1i ) 99 101 6.4.0 Do Birming. &c Derby, Ind Gt. W. of Ireland Do. h shares Mid Kent Do Cray Lire Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk N'orth British N or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 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 & Darlington 77 79 62i 43 97 08 I 0, d 54} 54 84 f!5 101 105 10rn 3; 3 d 11 14 116 118 45 17 103 105 (9.18.41 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Itileter Do 12.10 Do ~. Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford do Kilkenny West Cornwall VI/. Hartlepool Hanel West Midland Newpor Oxtord Do t Do Hereford 1211 1211 24 70! 69i 70 69i 1071 961 If 1011 8i } 129} 9 97i d 86} df Closing Paid. Price. Business done nee all 58 62 End 100 101 102 1011 ... ron all 55 51d ... ... all 85 8./ ich 100 78 82 572 873 100 76 79 5.4 100 76 79 it ) 100 101 103 11l 100 1075 1085 ... all 1. c 100 1035 104 104 .c. 100 1045 105 ... all ;p 2 I fp alai 100 215 225 f..' all 62 65 it.. all 54 66 tr. all 32 34 .. all 10 42 .. all 30 33 all 30 33 Le. 100 1025 1035 103 21 ... 12 i i P .. i tp 12f .in nt. 100 1015 1025 res all 1258- 7 1 :125 • 18 12 1 pt. all 97 100 ... all 89 91 . all 89 91 ed 1 i dia par 100 101 102 102 Lon 100 95 06 ... 100 91 93 de. 100 _ Oa 3po! all all 5 7 ark ... '•• all 4 e ... )d.B 100 85 68 i• .a 1025 1035 1 ,9 1 15 5 110 i r-: all 205 201 I,g 100 98 100 , arel • Rai iwityll 10 lAtlantic &Si Lawrence , f !Bom.,BarodaLt.Cent Ind ' ( ; Gu. 5 per teat.. oi 113Valo an d Laxe Huron Do. New . ......... LO Do. Preference .. • • • • )0 5 Builalo,Brant,6zGod ri ch ( 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 30 Do. do. July 1, 1873, 00 Do. do. June , 1, 16.11 at Cleutta.&.S.Eastn. (1- 1, ) st Cape Town it Dock Scrii 174 Demerara ............. . ock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c )ck East Indian, go. 5 p. c. O Do. do. G Ext Do. do. II do. lic 'Grand Trunk of Canada a) Do. 6 per cent. Pref 10 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et_ , ) 2 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. )0 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 30 D o . do. 1867 DO D o . do. 1872 ock i Gt.lndiaPentn.g ua.s p .c 20 Do. New g - ua. 5 p. c• • • 20 Do. January, 1862 ock ,Gt. South.otlndia(Lim guaranteed 5 per, cent. 2 24 Gt. W. of Canada Shares 40 4 Do. New .. . 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do 100 Do. 1878 10 Indian Branch Limited took Madras guar., 5 p. C. took Do. 41 p. c. E xtension took Do.ll do.. ••-- • • Ito& Melb•Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. 20 Newßrunswick Cands Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc,, Class A Capital Shark .. Do. do. Land d 0...... „ 20 Do. do. B Capital do .. Do. do. Land do. .. „ N.Rl•C'da6 pc Ist pt bds stock Scinde .... •- • • c 1.3 20 Do. Punjaub .• •• c4 , s ,T, 20 o. Do. .. ...... ca` stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ge,, stool 10c PROROGATION 47 49 36 38 841 854 flp4i 694 97 100 8 7 384 394 64 84 9t p C 148 15 2 pl 4i 41 of 2 ' 554 58 4 24 34 85 88 142 144 61 7} 44 46 39 41 88 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blythe and Tyne 0 p.c. pref. issued Pt £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st.. Do. shares ...... •..... "aledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent.... Dun. Perth, & Abez•Jun. ' Do. Ist Class Fret E. Angn. Class A 5 p. C. Coun. Ex. S p.c. No. 1 Do No. '2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. e. guar. S. & u Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redir .atsp.c.pm Nh. of Scot. Ist pret. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. red2'em. 86 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct. Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pret Do. Birm. guar. stock I Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Cheaters p.c. pi. sh Do. Cheaters p.c. pf. sh, Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre! Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stool Do.Barnslst£ s 3s 10dre Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 P. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. 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.' Do. 4p c.st(div.detliP6 Lon•Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. A- N vneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. 5,7 S.West. 7p. cent st, late 3d shares Do. (Pon`sm'th perpetl anus. of '2s. 6d.) (.ondony. & Ennis. 4 sh , Stan. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. • . • • • • • • Do. redeem. 6 percent 11 arort & Carl. 4 pr. c. yp Do. 44 per cent ...• • • • • Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. Do.Con•Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent. . • Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct Nerflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1841 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB 4 7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N th.Dvn.Rail.&Dck•Co. N: Fast. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44- r. ct redeemable Do. Berw;,oE 4 p. c. pref. 1 Do. Leeds f; D. C. N Do. G.• E. 4p. ct. pre, Do. do. QuartOrst, 1848.. Purch. Do. York, R. & North Staffordshil-e• • • • Scottish North-Eas ,, erc 34 p. 0. pref. stock • Do•Aberdeen,g,ua.6p 0 Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 /3. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. 0 Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Oxf lst gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6p. c. pf. 1866 Do. tilt 1869 94 96 20i 214 6 6i 02 106 [l2 114 111 113 128 130 83 85 tll 113 90 92 ,18 120 112 114, 05 107 [OB 110 98 100 100 102 90 92 91 93 103 105 78 80 78 80 173 176 105 107 36 138 03 105 15 117 [l5 117 ,36 140 115 117 150 155 128 132 78 SO 102 104 all 00 too 100 21 2; 22 124 8 140 ,04 106 94 96 id ip 22i 23i from 64 67 ipm. 112 114 110 112 1 i Ibm 93 95 102 104 96 98 1.1 03 d Share) Railways. 10 'Ardennes.... Rotterciam., 20 Ardennes .• • • ••• • • • • 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction Csrmeaux Mine Rail ! 00 Copiapo ...• •••• •• •• •• 10 Ditto Extension .... 20 Dutch Rhenish •••• • • • 20 I Do •• • 20 ;Eastern of 1 ranee •—• 20 iGrand Rus Guar. 6D. C. 20 IGt. Luxem., Con. shs•.• 20 Italian 3unCtion •• •• •• 1 IN amur & Liege • • • • 0 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ...• •• • • 16 Northern of France.. •• 16 Do. New Shares 10 N t o , r m w n e fs ia m n y T ru r a un to k A P idn) Fret 20 o 20 Parts,Lyons, & Alcdi ter. 20 Paris & Orleans...• •• • • 20 t Re z c u it it e 20 Itiga & Dunaburg .• •• •• 20 Royal Dani5h........ 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref...• 20 Sambre & Meuse ...• • • 10 Do. 51 per tent. Pref 20 San Paulo, lira, Z. 7p. c 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 20 S. East Portuo*al 7 p ct. 20 Turin and Savona .. !O Southern of France.. • • St West Flandero ...... O Do. 5i p c.Prelerenco.. :0 W. & N.W. of France •• PREFERENCE SR Dividends contingent on the all all all all all ,RE S Profits it I*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 Cornwall ft p.c. ga.perp all it *E. Anglian, Clsß, a p.c. 100 it 1* Do. Clse, 7 P.C. 100 it lEdin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 it ILona'n, Brigr'tn, per cent. 1858 100 it Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860. 100 it Do. do. 4} per ct. IsBl 100 5 113 c. do. 4 , per ct. 1861 31 • ILon.‘t Chat'rn, Metrop.: Ext. B, 6 p.c all it Lon. &S. Western ft p.c. 100 10 North British £lO Gua., Shares, 1861 .......... ail *ScottishCentral ft p.c. irred. pref... ......... 100 LO S.-Eastern ft p.c. 1859..' all 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 6 LO Do. 5 p.c. Aug*. 1861 (rd.) 6 ?0 Vale of Neath • • ...... all • Failure of full dividends in any made good out of the profits of any 43 44 48 60 15 15i 15 16 i i 101 1011 91 10 1 1k nom 4: 4: p 1 32 33 7k 74 10 10i 21i 22i 14} AND STOCKS of each separate Year. 104 lug 125 130 137 142 84 b 6 rear not to be half year. 146 145 10 11 108. 10 1 O. 6. 231 241 86 90 20! 21} 284 29s 34 35 334 34i 42 44 129 131 123 126 105 107 125 128 120 124 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. a Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Bi r k e nhead., Buckingh ma.nre.• Chester & Liolyflead lOO Do 55 56 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 , 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O 67 69 It. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gr. North. 137 139 E. Union,H arwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • •• Gls. Barr.&Neilsrot. 100 Cledon . • • • • Gloster &Dean Forest all IGt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby I all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 202 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all 'Do. ..... • • • - • D3.New ShlB6l, 44p.c. all Do ..... ... 22 24 Do.W . Ext. A, 41p c. all Do ..... ... est 11 9 London & Greenwic , 100 S. Eastern 63 65 Do. Preferen , LOn.,Tilb.&S., •thend' 100 Peto &Co B6 68 Lowestoft gua. a p c.. , 100 Norfolk Do a per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 31. 44 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 5. 5.6. E Counts. p 1 p gua. 5 per cent... pm Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent .... all Do ... .. .. N. Eastn--Hartlepool 150 N. E. Ber. .. .. North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 96 97 . . Preston and Wyre. t all I , ,se i y. Do. 4 shares A. / 44 46 all Do. ••" t . .. . t Roystn.liitch.&•Shep. 100 Gt. North. 137 140 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 133 138 Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all & Gt.Wst w;lts and Somerset , 100 Gt. West. 92 94 93 wiobledn & Croydon all LABrgtn 84 91 _ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _ 1 , 0 A m •a&UnitPdsc.rvi.. 11W 50 88 90 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool. 7 51 slp 121 40 Austrai.asia , all 68 70 •A 25 ,Bank of I ,, :fYpt all 251 461 100 , Ba•Ak of LOD don ill 'British North ittneriear ail _ 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 5 I 4p 41 40 Chtd.Bank of India, &, all j 201 21 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 36 18 100 City 100 Colonial ... ~... ...... , iO.ll Corn. Bank of Canada all _ 20 Env.. Scot., t Aus. Ch all 171 18 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all _ 100 Imperial Ban k Limited 7 a , l _ 106 London and Brazil ian . 5 i jit' 6 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25.1 ,o 5 5 0 0 ;London 40 20 Lon don and S. AiriCan- 14 i t ie 34 11 100 Londe. & wer.„inster 20 78 80 79 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bilk. 10 p 4 p 20 Nat. ?my. of Englan(, 42 ...aJnoidnctoSutnoctyk :•. ;( 0 ) •11394 344 2 25 Ne%‘ S ou th Wales .• •• • • a ll 41 43 L I National w • ne li •• anic • . ::: : . 1 31 20 Orient. B. Corp ora tion . all 53 5 4 Cfniou of Loudon —..,. 12 31 32 100 Otto•nan B a nk ... .. . . I'o Pro v i ncial of Ire l an d 25' Do. new... . . all 25 ',south Australia ... .. . ... all 0 9 30 294 , 50 D ' Ai l Z l ll of Australia ‘. •• • all 45 46 400 Unit) 11 - 1 141141... ~... 60 .7. 7! FOREIGN RAILWAYS Cl os i ng Business Paid .I Price. Done. Et 7 1 21 If lt p 1(4 ni 4; 4 1 I p 21 12 14} 14k 86 8 196 206 396 106 8 10 8 7d 102 101 1 0 2 101 10i 101 104 106 pr pm pr im 201 2 1} given halt-; subsequent 1310T15H MINES. Clifford nil 24 26 'levon G. Con, (Tavisi 1 445 455 1 East Cogau Gold Ltd. 58 • par ip twist Bassett(lllogan)•• 40 46 18 East Caradon .......... 2.14.. 43 14 East Carn 8rea........ 3 . 0 . 0 135 14 141 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.)i 7.12 6 3 31 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)j 574 161 174 Great South Tolgus.... 178 4 45 G. Wheal Vor (lielston) 40 5 5 at Grenville... 0 .15.n 6 65 Herod's-Foot 8.12 40 42 Hingston D0wn5...... 4.14 25 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 11% 41 43 Mar ke Valley.. ....... . 4.3.0 105 105 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 211 1 05 North Downs 35 4 North Frances (111op,ra 12.3 will Basset alio ;an' 0 35 45 Forth Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 39 4 Par Consols(: t. Blazey) 11- 5 6 80 l'rovidence(Uny Lelni.; 10.6.7 41 43 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co.) 1 1 1 South Caradon(StCleer) 15 340 50 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 3.11.6 21 3 .E.'.Wheai Fran. (Mogan) 18.1". i 100 105 Stray Park 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 1 1 10 Tin Crort 9 101 115 West Basset flllov,an) ll 13 14 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 34 36 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 80 85 Wl'eal Buller (Redruth) 5 525 571 Wlital Edward (Cals.) 71 11 11 IVheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 101 111 WhealLud ott ........ 2.10.8 121 135 125 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 14 Wheal Trelawneyt(Lis.) 7 15 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Xustralian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 5 Brazil Land, Min.Co all ,S 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 20 CopiaPo l6 7 8 2 Capula Silver los. pr ipm 1 D un Moun.Cop.Mine - .Co all I 14 3 East Doi Bey (Limited) 1 1 21 2 2 Fortuna. 4. i all 3 34 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt N Cop. Jf S. Anal r. 1} 1 d 1i Kapu nda kLimited)„, p x d 3 Linares all 64 74 5 Lusitanian I 2 1 d par 1 narlquira all t I 1 ~.I.lllinceopotS.Aus.L ds I 20 pontgibaud Silver,Lead Miniwz and Smelt.., all 2 I 5 Port Philip 1 1} 1 4 1 Santaßarbara pm' 1 ;cottish Austrin. cr, ,--,• • 108. 1 lip m 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 57 59xd 28.24 United Mexican ail 64 7} 1 Worthincf (Limited) all 3 Y u danamutanaS.A.Ld.l all 24 24 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-8 2 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & tu - 2 - . 100 103 105 ' Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept,. 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent........ 100 944 95 6 951 44 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 05xd ,Cape G.llope. 6p c,1873 100 108 109 Do.AP &Oct 18801 100 111 113 .._ Do. 1890 100 111 113 !Do. Jar,.. July, 1891.. 100 110 114 !Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6n c 100 1N.8.G0v.6 a.&J illy 100 1031051. d Do. 6p. o•AP• & Oct. 100 N. S. W . c., 1868, 100 994 1004 Do. SP. c•• 1071 to 1876; 100 99i 100 Do. d0.,1888 & apwdel 100 99 100 New Zealand 6p. cent.l 100 107 109 jNova Scotia Gov. 6p . c . l steriilW, 1875 ........ 100 ,103 105 S. Aus G6P.c. 187 a& up..l 100 1108 110 Vto .Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyj 100 'lO6 108 - to p.m An , t0nt,....1 100 1084 1 0 81 1084 1 1081 I DOCKS. -- stock (Commercial 1100 1 -- stock I D 0 .4 pe r Cen t . Pret.Min 100 ' _ stock lEast and West India lOO 130 133 x d stock L_ o ndor ... 100 56 58 stock [St. Kathar ine lOO • 56 58 stock ISouthamP ton 1 100 stack "irigtoria 20 i Do. New • ---,—' 2 ld par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 I tingia- M e xican Mint .. all -- I 18 181 10 Atlantic R. 311. Stm (Id) all 2 3 2 22 25 Australian Agricultu ral 19 2 10 Bahia Steam (Limi ted). 1 _ 10 Berlin Water (Dratted) all 5 5 Bombay Gas Limited.l 1 dis u i v p 50 BriUsli Amer i ca n Land 40 2 50 8.&1.Mg.,,. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 50 55 20 Do. 8,70.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 19 21 20 Do. C. ( ti m iteil) ........ all _ 325 Canada Land ......... all 10 China kJallan Coast & 101 103 River Steam Naviga. 5 st. Cop.Min.ofEng,.&Sailtg. all ____ —7_ 25 Do. Pret. 74 per cent... all 13 16 at. Crystal l'a ac e at. Do. Preferenc, at, Do. 6 p ct. P er p et. Deb lOO 106 110 I 10 ('.'.lndia & Lon. Ship A all — 0 Do. B 2 all 0 Klndialrrign. & Canal 1 par ;pm at. Electric Telegraph .• • • 100 102 105 26 Do. New 5 English &Ans. Copper all 1,,, 2 li I 15 Gen. Sto imitedm Navigat)i. mi 14 261 271 p 1 Do 171 p c 1 Great Slii L• • all t Preference all 1} 11 2 Indian Carrying' (Lim.) 1 _ 5 Lon. District Tel. ( 1 -Am.) 4a 31 ~4 d 4 L.G. Omnibus (o. (Lim.) , all 14 'it 10 Lon. & S.lrel.Dl.Tel." 2 _-1 2 . 20 :Madras Irr. and Camt.l., 1 21 21 10 Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim. , all 34 4 , 10 Do. 8 per cen t. P ref • all _:_`_ 2 25 . National Die. Co- (Lien ) 6 1Z li p 64 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 10 Netherlands Land,SP•c. all , 1 . 100 N.lir.&NovaScntiaLand 81 12 14. 1 N.B.Australastan(Lim.)l all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 1 11 1 10 Orintl. In. Stearn( Lim.) all 65 64 at. Peeln„Lnd.&Mi n.(Lim) 100 55 57-- ' 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 50 Do. New .. : ...... ~ ... 30 70 72 10 12 20 Red SeaSzln.Tel.g.4lP.c. all _ 50 allYmney Iron ........ all 17 5i ... 16 Do. New ............ all 4 19 25 Rio Janeiro ..... ImPts• all 281 29 100 52 RoDYoa•lMaidloSte•a• ..... •. 6 4 0 614 561 21 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 25 South Australian Land all , 130 140 32 64 1 Submarine Tel. ScriP• • all I i 1 Do. do. Registered .... a.l 10 Do. do• all 4 i 6 i 2 Telegraph to Ind 1 10 Trust and Austrlasia A^ -encY of 4 1 d (Hia)lst is. 1 , . _ 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. oi UP .Can 5 0 Pt" ~,,6 12 r..„,. Kdona Tel. CO. (lir%) 3 1 3 ~ Ay' V aD;DiID2CII'b 1....td, 28i Z 3.1 AP 7C, PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. Their lordship assembled to-day at two o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Lord Chancellor and the other Royal Com missioners having taken their seats before the Throne, the Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the Commons to the bar of their lord ships' house, to hear her Majesty's assent given to several bills which had received the sanction of Parliament. On the arrival of the Speaker and several members of the House of Commons, the Royal assent was given to a number of bills, amongst which were the following:— Union Relief Aid Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) ! Court of Common Pleas (Officer for Acknowledgment of Deeds) Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Burial Boards (Mortgage of Rates) Fortifications (Provi-ion for Expenses) Thames Embankment Highland Roads and Bridges Militia Ballot Suspension Parochial Assessments Companies, &c. Confirruation of Sales, &c. Divorce Court Queen's Prison Discontinuance Excise Dfities Polling Places (New Shoreham, &c.) Savings Banks (Ireland) Weights and Measures (Ireland) Act (1860) Amendment County Surveyors (Ireland) Poor Removal Recovery of Poor Rates, &c. Mersey, Irwell, &c., Protection Police and Improvement (Scotland) Charity Commissioners Jurisdiction. African Slave Trade Treaty (No. 2) Moveable Property (Scotland) Lunatics Law Amendment Lunacy Regulation (H. n.) Militia Pay Charing-cross Railway (City Terminus Bridge) Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Junction Railway Kensington Station and North and South London Junc tion Railway Aberdeen Police, Water, &c. This part of the proceedings being terminated, The LORD CHANCELLOR, on the occasion of the prorogation of Parliament, then read HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from further attendance in Parliament, and, at the same time, to convey to you her Majesty's acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the perfor mance of your duties during the session now brought to a close. Her Majesty commands us to inform you that ber relations with foreign Powers are friendly and satisfactory; and that her Majesty trusts there is no danger of any disturbance of the peace of Europe. The civil war which has for some time been raging among the States of the North American Union, has unfortunately continued in unabated intensity; and the evils with which it has been attended have not been confined to the American continent. But her Majesty having, from the outset, determined to take no part in that contest, has seen no reason to depart from the neutrality to which she has steadily adhered. Disturbances have taken place in some Frontier Provinces of the Turkish Empire, and her Majesty has instructed her Ambassador at Constantinople to attend a Conference to be held in that city, by the representatives of the Powers who were parties to the Treaty of Paris in 1856. Her Majesty trusts that the questions to be dealt with in that Conference will be settled in a manner consistent with the treaty engagements of the allies, and in accordance with the just rights of the Sultan, and the welfare of the Christian inhabitants of his dominions. Her Majesty's forces in China, together with those of the Emperor of the French, have lately been employed, in co-operation with those of the Emperor of China, in protecting some of the chief seats of British commerce in China from injury by the civil war which is laying waste portions of that vast empire. Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she has concluded a commercial treaty with the King of the Belgians, by which the trade of her Ma jesty's subjects in Belgium will be placed, generally, on the footing of the most favoured nation. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Her Majesty commands us to convey to you her warm acknowledgements for the liberal supplies which you have granted for the service of the pre sent year; and her Majesty thanks you for having also made provision towards placing her Majesty's dockyards and arsenals in a permanent state of defence. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty commands us to express to you the admiration with which she has witnessed the un diminished zeal and the patriotic spirit which con tinue to animate her Volunteer Forces, as well as the military efficiency which they have attained. Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction the kindly intercourse which has subsisted between her Majesty's subjects and the numerous foreigners who have been attracted this year to the United Kingdom, and her Majesty trusts that the inter change of mutual courtesies will strengthen the foundations of international friendship and good will. Her Majesty has given her ready assent to an Act for carrying into effect the Treaty which her Majesty has concluded with th© President of the United States for the suppression of the Siave Trade; and her Majesty trusts that the co-opera tion of the United States navy with her own may go far to extinguish the desolating crime against which that treaty is directed. Her Majesty earnestly hopes that the steps which have been taken for rendering more effectual the aid provided by Parliament for the extension of education among the poorer classes of her subjects, will tend to promote an object of great national importance. Her Majesty has given her willing assent to many measures of public utility which you have submitted to her during this session. The severe distress which prevails in some of the manufacturing districts has inspired her Majesty with deep concern and warm sympathy, mingled with admiration, of the manly bearing and exem plary fortitude with which the pressure has been endured. Her Majesty trusts that the Act for enabling boards of guardians to provide additional means of relief will mitigate that distress. The Act for rendering more easy the transfer of land will add to the value of real property, will make titles more simple and secure, and will dimi nish the expense attending purchases and sales. The Act for the better regulation of parochial assessments will tend to a more equal distribution of local taxation ; while the Act for the be t te r ivia.i_ ad ministration of the highways will, her trusts, improve the means of communication in many parts of the country. gh i t n s The Act for establishing a remedy to in and measures in Ireland will conveniences which have and the Act for u Y ch felt and com that part of the United! plained of as affecting the ;_ i b n trading age Kingdom la o Pnin m Pi firn transactions of w e amending the law relatinhgerteAtihaeiepstoyorTs w su il b l i e e x et t s en i d to the poorer clas ses of n Ireland better m eans of obtaining relief and medical , attendance. The Act for the better regulation of merchant shipping, her Majesty trusts, will prove advanta geous to the maritime commerce of the country. In returning to your several counties you will still have important duties to perform, and her Majesty fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty God may assist your efforts, and may direct them to the attainment of the object of her Majesty's con stant solicitude, the welfare and happiness of her people. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tras DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to two o'clock. ECCLESIASTICAL REVENUES (DURHAM). On the motion of Mr. INGHAM, a return was ordered of the amounts received from the ecclesiastical revenues of Durham for the years 1859, 1860, and 1861. THE ACT OF UNIFORMITY. In reply to Mr. li. SErmoure, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in the absence of the Home Secretary, said that the injunction referred to was a matter that rested entirely with the Bishop of Oxford, who had taken on himself the whole responsibility with reference to the same. THE UNITED STATES VESSELS AT NASSAU. In reply to Mr. S. FITZGERALD, t Lord PALMERSTON said that there was no co mor e interested than Great Britain in th e protection country belligerent rights, and he believed they had not been infringed by the search which the United States vessels had made under the impression that contraband of war was being conveyed to the parties with whom they were at hostilities. It appeared, however, that these belli gerent powers had been exceeded, and the subject was now under the consideration of Government. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. Colonel CLIFFORD, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoned the members to the Upper House to hear her Majesty's speech delivered by commission proroguing Parliament. The SPEAKER, accompanied by several hon. members then proceeded to the House of Lords, and after about three-quarters of an hour's absence returned. The SPEAKER then read the Royal Speech, for which see Lords' report, after which the members present shook hands with the right hon. gentleman, which terminated the session, SPORTING-THIS DAY. BRIGHTON RACES.-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM FOURTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Brick CLUB STAKES. Vinegar Hill Church Militant .. Gwellyan PRODUCE OF JAVA.—'f he island of Java is ex pected to yield this year the following produce :-841,218 piculs of coffee, 1,693,936 piculs of sugar, 668,700 pounds of indigo, 1,600,000 pounds of tea, 100,000 pounds and 35,000 piculs of tobacco, 177,600 pounds of cinnamon, 41,000 pounds of cochineal, and 5,000 pounds of pepper, all Am sterdam weight. The half-yearly meeting of the Chester and Holy head Railway Company is called for the 21st inst., and will be made special to determine as to the " creation and issue of new preference stock, not exceeding £2,468,000, bearing uniform rate of interest of 5 per cent. per annum, in sub stitution for the £3,455,000 existing stock, at various rates of interest." BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Aug. 6.—The market continues very firm, and, importers not pressing sales, buyers are obliged to take what they want at the full asking prices. No British plantation offering except the Barbadoes. Rum—Demerara and Leewards are taken freely on arrival at previous rates, and stocks of these descriptions are con sequently very light in importers' hands. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Aug. 6 . —The de mand for cotton to-day has been moderate only, and the sales do not exceed 5,000 bales-4,000 on speculation and for export. Prices of American and Brazil are higher ; Surats are dull at previous rates. HOPS.—In the first half of the present year 70,232 cwt. of foreign hops were charged with the 15s. duty on entry for consumption here, and at the close of the half year there were 48,223 cwt. of foreign hops in bond at our ports. In the same half-year 4,613,9041 b. of British hops. chiefly of the growth of 1855-56, were exported; more than half went to the Channel Islands. _ THE NONCONFORMIST EMIGRANTS.—Some little anxiety having arisen as to the safety of the Matilda Wattenbach, which sailed from London for Auckland,New Zealand, on the 29th May, we are informed that the vessel has been spoken, all well, in lat. 7 N., long. 21 W., and that a copy of the Albertland Gazette, printed on board, has been received in London. A COALPIT ON FIRE. NARROW ESCAPE OF SEVENTY MINERS.—On Tuesday, the woodwork in the west shaft of Low Gosforth Pit, near Newcastle-on .Tyne, caught fire, to the dismay of the 70 men and boys who were working below. The shaft is 180 fathoms deep, and the aides of it, for a considerable distance upwards, are lined with wood " cleading," about 21 inches in thickness. A few fathoms from the bottom is the furnace drift; and the heat from this fire is supposed to have given rise to the conflagration. It appears that the first person under ground to discover that the shaft was on fire was the man who puts on and takes the tubs off the cage. His attention appears to have been attracted by the roar of the flames and the showers of sparks which fell simulta neously to the bottom of the shaft. The " onsetter" im mediately sent word to those " in-bye" to coma out ; but the alarm had spread much speedier than his messengers could travel. The miners, as soon as the fire broke out, became sensible that something unusual had taken place in the pit shaft. The air came rushing in through the work ings, in consequence of the increased draught caused by the burning shaft, with a force that was felt in the innermost parts of the pit, and near the bottom of the shaft was so powerful as to extinguish many of the lamps in the hands of the miners. The miners, therefore, lost no time in seizing their clothes and rushing to the bottom of the shaft. Here they remained, waiting anxiously for the de -1 scent of the repe in the east shaft to take them to bank. In consequence of the skeets in this pit having been taken out, the cage could not be used for that purpose, and the only way of rescue open to them was the slow and tedious pro cess of hoisting them by loops attached to the chain, three an•.! four at a time. All were drawn safely up, but had there only been a single shaft at Gosforth Pit, not a man would have been brought up alive. With the fire roaring and burn ing with the heat of a furnace, it would have been impossible to have hoisted the men a depth of 180 fathoms through the smoke and flames. The heat must have been most intense ; and in proof of this it may be mentioned that the wire cage rope was burnt in two some fathoms from the bottom, and fell in huge coils upon the tubs in the cage beneath, which were already in blaze from the showers of burning sparks which had descended upon them. The fire engine played down the west shaft for several hours, and between eight and nine o'clock. it was conjectured that the fire had been extinguished, and the engine ceased playing.— Abridged from the Newcastle Chronicle. SHIP ARRIVALS.—The ship Octavia, 1,055 tons, William J. Dale, commander, belonging to the late D. Dunbar, bound to London, arrived on Tuesday afternoon off the South Foreland, with a general cargo, consisting . of 900 chests of Assam tea. The following passengers were on board :—Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Lee, Captain Wal lace, Bengal Native Infantry; Captain Percy, 89th Regiment; Messrs. Crabbe and Higgins, Miss Leonard, &c. Mr. J. Gibson died on the passage. The vessel sailed from Calcutta on the sth of April, rounded th 3 Cape of Good Hope on the 6th of June, crossed the Line on the 27th of June, touched at St. Helena on the 18th of June, and sailed therefrom on the 19th of June. She spoke on June 30, in lat. 5.20 N., long. 20.45 W., the ship Matilda Wattenbach, with emigrants, and the bark Ecliptic, from London for the Mauritius ; July 1, in lat. 740 21.0 W., the bark Cockatoo, from Bonny for Liverpool, the a _:ng out 26 days ; July 7, in lat. 12.2 . 5 N., long. 23.30 v American ship Anna Decatur, from Sunderland for the Ame rican 61 pore ; July 14, in lat. 27.40 N., long. sa's b_ o for Falmouth; ship Lawrence Brown, from Ak and July 28, in lat. 45.15 N., long. 25.15 w., the American Liverpool. 3y The ship Piscataqua, from New York for bark Medusa, 210 tons, William Lanc as ter commander, belonging to Messrs. T. and C. Nichols, London,and bound for London, with a cargo of woo l, ivory, hides, and horns, has arrived off Plymouth. Among the passengers are th e Lord Bishop of Natal, e Bi s hop, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. Churchill, Mrs. Stone Mr. on Buchanan, and families. Th e vessel sailed from the 24th of May ; r oun d e d the t , Na a the 6th of June; cro sse d the Line on the 27th o f 31100 ; G oo d Cape of Hopeon touched at St. Helen a on t h e 18th of Failed there f rom on the 19th o f J une. She left June, and at the ship Catherine, in ballast, port Nat al for Ak yab ; the bark Syr,ja in ballast, for Bata v i a ; and the trig Sir Colin Ca , u pbelldischarging cargo. She l e ft at St. Helena her majesty's steam cruiser Antelop e , w h ich brought in a slaver on the 19th of June, with 550 slaves on board. June 1 7, remaining in the roads, the ship Octavia, from Calcutta for London ; th e schooner Marianna, from London, discharging general cargo ; the schooner Pris cilla, of Jersey, discharging potatoes. A Dutch brig, name unknown, called off and sailed ; the barks Christabel and Bristow. She spoke June 2, lat. 34 19 S., passed the ship Thornhill, bound homewards; June 28, in lat. 4 12 N„ long. 20 32 W., the Kurrachee, bound to Marseilles ; July 12, in lat. 21 30 N., spoke the brig Dashing Wave, out 18 days, bound for Vera Cruz; and on July 21, in lat. 36 50 N., loog. 34 3 NV., passed the ship Bosphorus, out 95 days, all well, from Bombay for Liverpool. July 31, she spoke the French barque Arrnide, Captain Le Granch6, from London for Havannah, in lat. 44 40 N., long. 12 0 W., showing Bremen colours, steering W.S.W. The celebrated magpie of Palaiseau, whose thieving propensities gave rise to the well-known drama of the "Maid and the Magpie," has just been eclipsed in the annals of crime by a bird of the same species at Breviandes, near Troyes (Aube). Two days since smoke was seen to issue from a hay-loft belonging to a farmer named Damoisseau, but as plenty of h elp was at han d, the flames were promptly extinguished. How the fi re could have origin ated was a mystery, no one had been : the ae ar A close oxami nat the place. however, showe d the ~ . s mall i ncen diary was a tame magpie, which had stolen n, muse svais mediately CO box of lu cifers f rom the kitchen, and had go ne t o a i tse lf with them in th e loft. The cu l pr it ... ! , ?xecuto4d, condemned to death by the indignant farmer j-_ LONDON AND COUNTY BANK. At the half -yearly meeting to .day of the London and County Bank the report presented stated, that the accounts which were made up to the end of June last showed a net profit for the past six months (including the balance of £20,703, 3s. 2d. brought forward) amounted to £61,3b4 Se. 2d. after deducting interest paid to customers, expenses of management ; income-tax, and rebate, and making pro vision for bad and doubtful debts. Out of this sum allow ance had been made for £34,034 2s. 11d. remitted to Ire land, in consequence of the adverse decision of the House of Lord's on Mr. Eyres' appeal. The directors declared a dividend of 5 per cent, for the half year, free of income tax, rand carried forward the balance of £776 16s. 7d. The report was after a short discussion unani mously adopted. VICWRIA STATION AND PIMLICO RAILWAY COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING,-(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held this morning at :the offices, 31, Parliament-street. W. Lee, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, pre sided. The report of the directors was as follows : " Since the directors presented theirlast reportthe Brighton Company's conveyance has been completed. The deeds have been executed, and the shares representing the Brighton Company's subscription to the undertaking have been can celled in accordance with the provisions of the act. The permanent station is sufficiently complete for the purposes of trafEc, and the London, Chatham, and Dover Company have been for some time is occupation of their booking -offices and platforms. Referring to the capital account, it will be seen that the amount expended on the station works since the last re port is £33,479. Out of the balance of the revenue account the directors recommend a dividend of two per cent, for the past half-year, ending June 30th, being at the rate of four per cent. per annum for the year 1862." - The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the docu ment, said he bad very few remarks to address to the share holders. They were aware they were nearly at the close of a very valuable speculation, and he had nothing further to add to the facts contained in the report. Mr. ELGER seconded the motion, which was carrieet unanimously. A resolution was also agreed to, declaring a dividend of 2 per cent, for the half-year, which was at the rate of 4 pe r cent, per annum. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. METROPOLITAN .RAlLWAY—(Yesterday.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held at one o'clock, at the London Tavern; Mr. W. A. Wilkin son in the chair. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN moved its adoption. He commenced by expressing regret at the delay in the opening of the line, which he said would be easily understood by those who were acquainted with all the difficulties which had been en countered. However, within. the last two or three days Mr. Fowler had carried them through the line. (Cheers.) As regarded the necessity for more money, that arose partly from the novelty of the undertaking, and partly from alte rations and extensions. The making of the line as origi natly proposed, he was happy to say, had not exceeded the estimate. (Hear, hear.) When the line was commenced no one expected the present number and character of sta tions. The board felt that they must do everything in their power to entice the public. Omnibuses ran over the line almost the whole way, and great efforts were required to compete with them. The company had taken land which for the present added to their burdens ; but he be lieved would ultimately prove remunerative. Owing to these various causes they required £300,000 more, and they appealed to the meeting to give them the means of raising it Mr. PARSON (deputy chairman) did not think any apology was needed for asking for additional capital. Original capital to the extent of £lOO,OOO had provided for works not contemplated at the outset, and the shareholaa.s were now asked to replace it. The extension of the I;_ne to Smith field was a matter of great importauco. T'ae bargain with the corporation was complete. There were negotiations with the Great Western Railway company, the object of which was to secure to that (tke Great Western) company more than half the substructure of Smithfield ; and if they were successful, the result would be very beneficial to the Metropolitan Company. They had surplus land of the value of £lOO,OOO, and they had been obliged to purchase 20 houses in the vicinity of Baker-street Station, and 20 more in the vicinity of Gower-street Sta tion. The lino would be opened on the Ist of October, anti: almost everything was already paid for. (Cheers.) The line had in fact been constructed under the original esti mate. Adverting to the contemplated extension to Moor gate-street, he observed that there were other parties who were prepared to meet them there by a line running east ward. The Great Northern Board considered an exten sion of the Metropolitan line to Earl-street, Blackfriars, where it would meet the London, Chatham, and Dover line, even more important than the extension to Fins bury, and that matter was under consideration. If it had not been for the Fleet-ditch accident the opening of the line would have taken place immediately after that meeting. The immediate money damage from that disaster was nothing compared to the loss of time; but the matter was one over which they had no control, It was satisfactory to know that one effect of this delay had been to place the Fleet-ditch in a state which secured them against ac cident in future ; and it was fortunate that the defects of that ditch were discovered before the line was opened for traffic. The report having been adopted, it was announced that the line would be open on Saturday, the 30th inst., to the inspection of the proprietors, and that they would be in vited by circular. The meeting was then made special, and a resolution was passed authorising the raising of £300,000 in 30,000 shares of £lO each, bearing a preferential dividend of 5 per cent. pet annum, £2 10s. to be paid on the 31st August and the remainder by three equal instalments, there being an inter val of four months between each payment, the proprietors to have the option of paying up at once in full. BANK OF EGYPT.—(Yesterday.) The half-yearly meeting of proprietors 2 o'clock in th e Lo n d on T ave rn—Mr. Tite, 31. P•, in the chair. was held at The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, after congratu lating the meetin g on th e re d uc ti on of the debt of Prince El Hami Pacha to £6,000, said littlo doubt was entertained that the other principal outstanding debt, which had been reduced to £32,000, would ultimately be recovered. On the whole, he said, ttough the advances were imprudent, there was no cause ;or apprehension. The retort was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 7 per oent. per annum declared. I CRICKET.—•In our return of the match—Surrey v. North of England —on Tuesday, an error occurred in the by Carpenter. This celebrated less than 91 (not out) in the first innings cricketer scored no number of runs obtained . of the North eleven. o The ne i g hbourhood of the Rue Dauphi ne was, th e night before urer last,fouo followed s i u n i t c o id c e o . nste A rn i ‘ a i t i . Cesar n byar D an , at tempt at m urder jug ., d e pais of a town in Picardy, arrived unexpectedly, about half-past ten at night, at the house of his brother..in /aw, M. B—, No. 41, Due Dauphine. He was very coolly received, as they had not been on good terms for some time, owing to his strange conduct. M. D— told his brother-in-law that his (D---.'s) daughter was about to be married, and he asked B-- whether he did not intend to give her a wedding portion of 40,000 fr. M. B—, amazed at this demand, for which there was no reasonable ground whatever, gave a flat refusal, - I) ---- then drew out a double-bar relled pi stol and fired both shots at his brother in-law, only o ne of which took effect, infl i ct i ng a s li ght wound on B ---.'s right hand. B—, thinking the man mad, endeavoured to seize him, and a struggle ensued, during which D— stabbed himself four times in the breast with a small poinard, and having at last got free for a .mo ment, he drew out another pistol, and, discharging it in his mouth, fell down dead. At this moment a number of per sons, alarmed by the repeated shots, entered the apartment and among them was the commissary of police of the ~... quar ter. On examining D—'s pockets a letter was fou nd, which he declared his intention of being revenged on his brother-in-law, and then killing himself, and its con tents showed that it could only have been written by an insane person.—Geaignani. From a Parliamentary return issue d this morning p 1, the it appears that in the year ending 5th ' 4 ;001,26 1861, 5, the • amou nt of income ch arge d w i t h t ax v 7 w h o le the amount of nu mber of person s c h arge d was 278,7*- of? andl tax £3,429,175. O M NIBUSES.—The SIR R. M AYNE AND Ti° h a ve received official London General Omnibus Con3P anY to remove the instructions from the Police Commissionercorrespondence has taken advertising boards, and to the company's request place. The commissioner to continue the boards is t°. the'BBreePleYffect that he will forego all removed, as they are opposed proceedings on the samesabrPediunflic Carriage Act, but that he wtoiltlhneoltaoteb object to placed above the weatherboard to Fit7r°lY)° an s Y not to obstruct the ventilation, or to in such a manner , interfere with '" , passagea of the roof passengers. A LWAY.— ester dayu.yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the ha held at the offices of ( . 0 p ny wasthe London, Brigh ton, AND CROYDON R I N. this - 7 - S a outh Coast Railway Company, London•bridgo ton, an t i on —Mr. Jack in the chair. Th e sea l of the company l if ing been affixed to the register of the shareholders, the chairman said that as the directors had no report to present with reference to the working of the line, which was in the hands of the lessees, the London and B r i g hton Com pany, entirely his du y was a very simple one, and merelY e a o u ! to moving the declaration of a dividend at theurmat fr t e :4B o . f p a t per share, being equivalent to 4 per cent, P w hich deductions. Mr. Read, jun., second proceedings terminated. e a er th a rmotion, was Ullallinansly adopted, and the 2s. 6d.' ~---- 1