The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. The arrivals of Russian gold this week have amounted to about £lOO,OOO, the whole of which is expected to be taken to the Bank. The lid that the Bank bullion has experienced a reduction of £1,300,000 since the end of July, when the rate of discount was lowered to 2 per cent., might lead to the idea of an upward movement being soon adopted, were it not for the evidence afforded by the largeness of the Bang reserve of unemployed notes that the commercial demand for money is steadily diminishing. This reserve is now £10,482,100, and is higher than at any previous time since June, 1859, and £2,375,000 in excess of the amount Lt which it stood at the corresponding period of last year, when the rate of discount was 3 per cent., and Cinsols were about the same price as at present. Although there is no foreign de mand for specie at this moment, the two or three next weekly returns must be expected to show a further falling off in the stock of gold, owing to the withdrawals of coin for the usual quarterly Go vernment payments, and for the approaching divi dends. The foreign exchanges to-day were without varia tion of importance, but there was a somewhat in erep.sed demand for bills. Owing to the tenor of the American news the cotton market was much firmer to-day, and the fall of the week—id. to ld. per lb.—was recovered. The sales were 5,000 bales. _ _ The half-yearly dividend is announced as payable on the 10th of October on the Turkish Six per Cent. Loan of 1854. On the same day the bonds drawn July last for redemption, amounting to £42,550, Will be paid off at par. The committee of the Stock Exchange have this day authorised the " London Chatham, and Dover Six per Cent. 2d Preference Stock" and the " Kent Coast Six per Cent. B Shares" to be marked on the Official list. They have also appointed Wednesday, the Ist October, a special settling-day in the shares of the Italian Irrigation and Canal Company, which are to be officially marked. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway of Canada is called for the 15th of October. CITY NEWT---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is, in some respects, rather More active, although the amount of business nego tiated is still comparatively small. There is no alt era tion in the rates at present, but greater firm ness is not improbable during the ensuing week, owing to the provision that will have to be made for the monthly liquidation of commercial accounts and the various demands that usually occur at the end of the quarter. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £280,000, and the exports £546,000. The following with regard to American rock oil is extracted from Messrs. J. Travers and Son's cir cular :—Next to the question regarding cotton sub stitutes, the point that is now attracting most atten tion in trading circles is the rapid increase taking Place in the introduction of the oil obtained from the spontaneous wells in Pennsylvania. The prioe, which is now about £lB per ton, has exactly doubled since the spring. This is said to be owing to the singular rapidity with which the consumption of it is extending for illuminating purposes, the more Perfect system of refining having removed the pre judices excited by the accidents from inferior sorts, and the light obtained from it being purer and 'whiter than that of gas, while its price is con siderably below that of oil. Turpentine is largely extracted from it, which has been pronounced to be of a much softer and more workable character as a vehicle for painting than ordinary turpentine, and is capable of being supplied in any quantity at far 10- Ner prices, the quotations of the turpentine, which has hitherto been principally derived from the pine swamps of North Carolina, having seriously ad vanced during the American war. The use of the material for the lubrication of machinery and other services appears, likewise, to be on a large scale. As the wells extend through a wide district, and seem almost inexhaustible, while there are also great number, although of inferior quality, in Canada, there may be no limit to the growth of the trad e , and some sanguine people are already begin ting to calculate that before many years are over it will attain a point nearly as important as that Which had been reached by cotton at the beginning of 1861. Two O'CLOCK. Continued heaviness and inactivity are experi enced in the English Stock Market, and the few transactions recorded have taken place at previous quotations. Consols are 93a for money and ac count. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 911 92; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities at 2l1 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan has receded to 1081; and the 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is 94. Foreign Securities are well supported, and busi ness has been moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 85* 86*; ditto 1858, 671 681 ; ditto New Scrip, 11. to 1 dis., and the CoLsolides, 371 38 ; Mexican are steady, at 31i ; Portuguese Small Bonds are 461, and the New Loan Scrip re mains at 21 prem. ; Spanish are 541 ; ditto Passive, 21 1 4, and are at the latest moment 221; ditto Cer tificates, 10 1 ; Italian have improv ed to 701 ; and Venezuelan are supported, at 281. Business in the Railway Share Market has continued dull, the dealers and speculators being chiefly occupied with the half-monthly settlement, and prices have remained without change of im portance. Great Easterns realize 451 46; Great Western s ot- ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 108* ; ` l ed South Eastern 83 to 831. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has be en a ve ry limited business recorded, and prices remain without change of importance. Joint Stock Bank and M iscellaneou s shares are, in one or two instances, rather flatter. London „ itY 901 and County realize Mt ; Ottoman Bank 24 ; S co ttish Australian 32i; City Crystal Palace Stock 34 1. 34 .1 • and Berlin Wat er 4 , , Works 6a 4 15 8 • T he London and Colonial Bank Shares area 1 Prem. 3 BRITISII FUNDS —CL OSING Per Cent, R educed A nnu ities PRICES. 2 3 per Cent Consols Annuities I T `2 ", 3 per C ent. Annu iti e s 9l Indi i t s to Di (Red Sea T e legraph), ck Aug. 1908 2ll 1081 Ditto 5 per Cent . Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ...••• 94 Ditt o Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 D tt,, Bonds £l,OOO Bank St ock for Account onsols for Account, Oct. 8 . 931 India Stock or Account, 5 per Cent .... 1081 Exche quer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. .. Jun 3. March. 17 16 Ditto £5OO : _ 16 Ditto Small — _ FOR EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 p er C ent — Buenos Ditto 4i per Cent.. 185 2-58-60 Ayres 6 per Cent M Equador Now Consolidated! Alidated! I 34i n Portuguese 3 Per Ce t , I , itto Small " 1853. Ditto Scrip, 1,5.... * . ........ 461 2 P.nsian 5 p er Cent 182•2“ x• .......... 2 i Ditto 41 per C ent., 92 Elpanisii 3 per Cent ................................. ••••••••.•.•+o 92 54 1 Ditto Passive ... . .............214 I- Span i s h Cert. of Coup. not funded ... . •• • Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Gent. 1858 ........ 61 8 6 er Cent. 1862 (s - ... Ditto p Sc i cr , P), £5O paid 1$ Ditto, Paid upr p• ......... ........ 66i 1 Venezuela, D:viden per Cent. .... ds on the ......... 28 1 above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent . , 1861, Ex. 25f. ...... Ditto Ac3ount ..................... 701 1 TWO O'CLOCK. COTlsnis, Money ...................... Ditto Account ...................... --:-_ MURDER OF A BRISTOL POLICEMAN.--o n That's ' LlaY morning, about three o ' clock, death put an end to the suffering s of Christopher Wickham, the policeman W h o was stalked some weeks ago, on the Welsh Back, by, as it was alleged, a man named Robert Morgan, who was apprehended and brought before the magistrates, and by them remanded from time to time on the charge of stab Ling, to await th e time when th e woun d e d man s h ou ld be sufficiently reco vered to be able to appear against him. That time, how eravl'lr;inngever came, for the constable, though occasionally in a slight measure, could not bear up against the excessive loss of blood he sustained in consequence of the after outici . An inquest was convened the same afternoon, and _onertaking medical evidence, it was adjourned. The pri soner was brought up in custody, looked l ' a lij°, dto feel the painful position in which he WAS pined 84 aNtOly,— w pale, and Morn ,Dadg Press, StIARE MARKET..-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARESAND STOCKS. Sharel Railways. I ' a i d. l Closing Business i Price. done. Bir., IVol., and Str. Val !Blythe and Tyne • • • 8 8i Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.kio Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 6 6i 85 87 108 108; Cork and Bandon, Corn all Do A (A. gets no div Do. , till 6p c.p an.has 1 . been paid to P. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Pertli,&A b. June.' Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 6 61 1 2 5 6 Ditto A stock Ditto East A.nglian st G reatNo rt h of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. awl 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. & South Western L'derry & Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. I Do shares 'Metropolitan Midland Do New Do firming.& Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South DeTon_ S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun, Staines,Wok. , an dWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath !Victoria sta. and Pim 1 !Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.tß West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 41 43 9 10 S 3 85 100 106 454 461 42 43 22 224 135 140 1224 123 i 126 127 133 135 104 105 651 66 54 56 1081 1081 66 C 8 121 123 43 45 921 Qt. 99 100 38± 38.1 8i n 128 f :29i 98 100 56} 57a 27 28 961 07 11 01 531 54i 851 E 6 126 128 103 105 P iPna 4} 4 d 101 101 116 118 48} 491 102 101 454 46i 33 :',5 83 83 on 68 97 99 64 74 374 384 8 9 p 54 P 1,5 150 44 5 24 3 p 55} 564 24 3p 81 86 141 143 30 33 92i 431 34 38 93 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. liris. Exet. 4p.c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent Do. 4:s p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref EdindtGlas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. 446 D Glas.st S.West. gu. 5 p.c Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. I Do No. 2 Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do.. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p.c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 51 p c. pref. 1847 Do. 5 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.at s p.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. do. 4, p. c. pref Do. Luton do Do. do. do. sp. c. pref Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland;l 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. at— Do. redeem. 4 p. ct... Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. guar, stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester S p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.stLs 3s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.zeßrig.sp.c.gt.% No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 5 per cent. do.— . Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P. ) Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.liP6s Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. ee S.Woot. 7p rent et., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpeti nuns. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh, h Lin. S per et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 percent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4} per cent. Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con•Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable Do. 4t per cent. Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New elm 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4i pr. et' redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, El. & S. Purch. Do. Carlisle 41 p. c. Do. do. 4p. c... • • N. London 4} p. c. £2O pf North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern p. c. pref, stock.... Do • Aberdeenana ,6 p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Oxf Ist fru, a stk Do. 2d do ,Do. NewportNewport 5 p.c. pf.re d Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 94 96 20 21 6 61 111 113 9) 92 [ll 113 tlO 112 [27 129 , 30 133 145 150 [l6 118 110 112 [O3 105 107 109 Os 100 C 8 100 88 90 89 91 [Ol 103 75 77 !09 172 103 105 - - !37 139 02 104 16 118 [l6 118 [36 140 [l6 118 [52 157 128 132 78 80 [Ol 103 21 2} 123 125 ,fpm Co 68 }Pm L 8 140 [O3 105 03 95 I 112 114 110 112 1i lipm 92 91 100 102 11 Old *dip 22/ 231. 100 100 100 all all ,o. 6. ia ioi 24 25 101 103 101 103 85 90 20} 21i 274 284 33 34 33 34 43 45 12(1 128 120 124 100 102 121 124 115 118 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Railways. L ea sing Closin g Business Co. s Price. Done. —_ Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead B uc ki ng h-mshire lOO ,Do. 05 96 Chester & Holyhead lOO IDo ... 55 67 Do. slper centl 100 iDo. .125 127 Do. 5 „ 100 'Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 , Cledon .. Colchester, Stour Val. 100 114;.1.L&G.E 67 69 E. Lincolnalt. g6pr c. 100 ;Gt.North. 138 140 G DG I to s . . E .:3 ; L. 7.1 :. .&laNrwe Newmarketi c l h s . .1 4 r p ct . e . 100 I C led o n . Glosl,e r & D e a n Forest all ,Gt. West.. &C., 5 per cent 100 0 :,Gpto,Eastn. Do.Wodbrg. E x. 4 lltii 1 .. 10ki o D Lan and baby .. caster & Cari .. isle all' ; Yk.N.Mid 109 111 Lou. and Chat. Ext. B 100 iLn.&N.W 200 202 0 per cent .a.. Bt s..t C ; h l:. 1; 1 . 1 6i 2 .4 6 1 . 2 i6 1 1 Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. • D 1 27) .. ....... .. 11 tl2 ( 2 17 Dpoo.,Nwemw.i,SpxltB.6Al: 441pp.ce: 100 l l Loudon & Greenwic.) 100 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.&S.. -•Mend;100 Peto & Co. 87 89 Lnd'dr. ct Enns. ori A ., 100 DO. , 100 Irish N.- B. 100 Western. Do. C I 100 Do. Lowestoft gua. 4p c llOO 00 Norfolk .. Do 6 per cent Mnc.,Batn.,&3latloelt all LNW& 11 . 34 • • . 41 Do. Mid. Bradford Prefer- I once stock .... 100 100 Indiana 95 97 a LS:S.W. Nor.Dev.itail & Dock Do A stock lOO f ro m Ist i Jan.,1863. o B stock rn. &Eas tn. sp. c all Gt. Eastn 56 8 574 Do, 6 per cent all D 0....... • • • • 100 No D th 5 N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 ,N. E. Ber. . • • • North Western all 151idland 161 17 Not. Gran. RL & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 941 951 95 Preston and Wyre. all t " L N .y • W k. 144 46 Do., shares A. all Do. ••• - , , .. • • Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 I Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 LAN.W.. 135 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W WeetLondon, Cls A all INV.Ln.Ex Do do B all I Ln&N.W. D o do C all !& (3 t.Wat. _ Wilts and Somerset lOO IGI. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon _all L.&Brgtn 81 94, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS in;‘,1,1.,, a. enntingent on the Profits of each separate Ye - Do. - Do. South Staffordshire Wee Mondon, Cis A Do do Do do C Wilts and Somerset Wimbledn & Croydon FRE FEREN Dividends conting•en st - I*C £0 Gua. Stk . st Gt aledon. Eastern, l E. Ang. B 6 p. c. pref k 1 st Lon.& Do.d ii o lc . s‘ 4 l . d ll, O 4p?• o shar.s s st Lond'n, Brigln, &e., per cent.... ...... 1858 st Do. do. 4 per et. 1860 s 6 t D p o o. . d d o o. . 4 p p e o r r c o t 1 1 84 10 Lon. &Ch.46lll,Metrop . Ext. It, 6 p.c... -- • • • • sistot jNprth British e x rn lo 4 S l r i k s h A c q l t D m 'd i e li e, p 4p .o ci at rred. pref....... 10 8 .-1 V astern 4i P.c. 1859 10 f p.c. June mei (rd.)•' 10 D 0.5 p.c. An. 1861 4.4'1 20 Vale of Nes/CI * Failure of full dividends ... 11114(10 gind out Qf the prctlts 100 102 104 100 105 108 100 100 101 all el 6 i 100 102 104 100 02 06 100 10'c' 104 3 all 10i 100 105 all - 10' 87 OCKS ,arate Year. 106 i 1 " ' 10 1 t' 1 1 7i 4P 131 1 i 201 21/ En any given half-' Of wig etteecp;egi rear not to be 'Alt year. 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 19.16.4' 832 451 6 Si 424; 65 i i 108 f f 92 f 88 1281 1 p 834 3 674 THE - SUN, LONDON; SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEVIBER 27, 1862. BRITISH POSSES 'IONS Share 100 etk 20 204 10 100/ 100 100 1 hv.ws Paid all ft... Hairdo & St Lawrence Born., BarodaßE.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per Do. New. • . Buffalo and .axe Huron, Closing Price. 55 57 - 103 104 Do. Pref eronce Buffalo,Braut,&Godricl, 6 p. Ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 • do. • •Do July 1 1878 no. do. j cui,. 1,1 S Clcutta.&S,Eastr. (Lip ; CapcTolvn J.; Dock Sul; Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c li:ast Indian, 5 P. c. stock stock stock 100 /DO 100 100 100 100 stock Do. do. '6 Ext..... stock 201 20 100 100 100 Do. do. 11 do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct..l Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. stock stock stock stook stock BO". do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 Do. Janda'ry, 18 . 62 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. I Gt. W. ot Canada Sharer, Do. N ew ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 1875. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. c. Extension Dc. 4 } do • • • • Melb.Corp. p. a Bnds Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Eds. Newßrunswick a Candi. Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital do. N.Rl.C'da6 pc I st pi bds IScinde ...• !Do. Delhi iDo. Do. Punjaub Do. Do. .- , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) all alt 100 (too I 100 I 100 0)0 stock; FOREIGN RAIL 5 5* 49 51 3 _. _ 5 7 4 6 83 55 1034 1044 101 a 1C26 * P 102 103 98 100 WAYS Antwerp (Sc Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah. & S.Fran..Lim.7 c.c Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ..........•• •• . • Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Do Eastern of France Grand Itus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction .... • • Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. c. Pref. [Northern of France Do. New Shares _ N.Rail. of BuenosAyr: 3 Gua. 7 p c., Lim Do. do (Norwegian Trunk Pref Ormn (Smyrna to Aidn) 'Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer. Parts & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) xua. 7 p. et. Bra Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre ttlfeuse Do. 54 perbcent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetic 3. East Portugal 7 p ct Southern of France Turin and S:vona ..•• West Flame - AI ...... • • Do. 54 p c. Preference W. & N.W. of France . 7a 7i all all all all all 1; 2k P 11 11 10k 11k 6 5 1} li 1) 214 14: 148 81 B,t 20 21 401 411 id pr 9 to 9 7d 46 (7 Business done 171 181 16 17 I i 10 1 1 4 ,410 1 0 01 4 41 p! 103 f 104 j I 33 n 30 pm i i 12} 1 1 (1 75 1 7# I 10 105, 1 215 225 JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. 1031 4 1021 100 Agra&lJnitedServiceSt 60 rB5 87 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool 7 tt elp 40 Australasia, all 69 70 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 24 100 Brack of London 50 British North - Amer' ail 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Colutt WA 10 4 Icl 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 2CI 25 Ch. Mer. of In. hon.& Ch. all 34 85 100 City ... 50 90 91 91 904 100 Colonial 20*11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., * Aus. Ch.. all 181 19 18 1 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 100 Hin'stan,China&Japan 5 2 1 d 100 Imperial Bank Limited 7 4d pr 100 Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) 5 t ip 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austrai all 274 t7l 50 London and County .. 20 36 37 264 7 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 33 4 34, 3i 34 20 London and S.African.. 16 34 4' p 214 100 London & Westminste r 20 17 78 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 pr 1 p 101 ; 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 42 20 , Do. new 20 ;Do. do 2 50 !National B‘nk .. ••• • • 30 20 New South Wales...—. all 44 46 454 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 531 644 54 50 'Ottoman Bank 20 Do. new 100 Provinoial of Ireland 10 Do. new. .....». all 25 South Australia . c all 25 ,Union of Australia all 45 46 45 100 lUnion of Ireland, Lim. 2 21 1.4 d 2 4 50 Uniuu of London 12 334 444 334 1 100 Unity Mutual BRTTISI MINES. Clifford Amalgamated — 22 23 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist 1 480 490 1 East C'ogau C old. Ltd ss. 4d 4p East Bassett (iilogan) 3O 51 53 East Caradon q. 14.6 DO( 51k 514 511 East Carn .. • • 10 . 0 11 .4 (o 4 WI Russel (Tavistk:) 7.16 6 34 4 Gam. & St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 574 14 16 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 40 54 64 Grenville . 1-ferod's- Foot .. 8.12 43 45 Hingston Downs 4.15.6 24 21 Lady Bertha Yinrcouct la.,y Lolant 91, 41 43 —iiarke Valley.. 4 Slyndy Iron Ore (Liza ) 2k 1 04ds North Downs 24 3 St North Frances (Mogan 12.3 Wh'l Basset (111o4an) 2.14 0 21 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 1/ 4k 51 20 Providence (tiny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 37 39 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 4 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 375 PB5 S. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 14 24 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) (8.1 0 .9 £3 100 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.,Sz Lead Min. 44 4 1 10 Tin Croft 9 11 114 West Basset (Mogan). 11 131 141 W Oaradon (Liskeard) 5 32 84 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 45 55 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 1 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 9 10 WhealLudrott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 131 141 Y d Wheal Treiawney (Lis )J 7 174 191 FOREIGN MINEb. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Ltin all 5 Brazil 'Lan d & Mln.Co all 4 14 Capula Silver los. pr m 40 Cobre Copper all 21 Ip 23 20 Copiapo l6 7 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Minz.Co ail fI 3 East Rey (Limited) 1 I ;p 2 it'ortuna... 20 General all xl 23 2 Gt N. Cop. ~f S. Austr l4 1 d 15 Kapunda (Limited) 1 tp Linares •.• all 6 7 5 Lueitanian 2 ds 1 Mariquita all ; 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L ; ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead' Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 S Port Philip 1 11 lf 1 Santaßarbara tildMine 4 4 4pm 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. a 4pm 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 55 57 28.2.84 United Mexican ail 74 74 74 1 Worthing' (Limited) 1 all +I 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld.l all 24 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC II RITIE6. tJan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July) 1877-82 Do 6p. e,ent.lBB3-41 100 • Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sent. 100 104 106 Xd Do. sp. e. Jan.Sti uly., 100 971 081 974 Do. 5 Inscribed atocttj 100 97 08 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873' 100 110 111 Do.Ap Sc Oct. 1880 100 113 115 Do. 1890 , 100 113 115 ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p ci 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.J a.&July 100 105 106 Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 101 102 Do. Sp. c.,1871 to 1876, 100 IC O i 1011 101 Do. 600888 &upwds; 100 100 101 1001 - New Zealand 6p. cent.; 100 108 110 INova Scotia Gov. 6p.c. I I sterling, 1875 lOO ,1054 1061 S. Aus G6p.c.1873.&up ! 100 ICB 110 jVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 106 - lo 6 me. An.&llet 1 100 1031 1101 109; 106 1091 101 1101 MISCEL: Anglo-Me 'clean Mint atlantic R. 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South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip.. Do. do. Registered .... Do ? Telegraph to Indio (L.) Trust and Agency of Austrlasia(lim)lst is. Tr.& Ln.Co.ol Upr.Can. U. ludora Tel. Co. (Um.) , VAD . , Divisen'S Land., ANR ,OIJS. 174 2 4 221 23} 51 5i dis p 52 65 19 21 100 102 15 20 84 85 109 112 109 111 id 0 I 10 1 d ,iprn 100 103 2 21 26i 27 I 1 80d 11 If 23. 4 3 4 2k 21 p 1 2 p 6 1 10 12 11 1 11 7 1 8i id i 63 PM 50 72 74 13 16 i p d r 18 20 6 6 28 29 54 66 4 132 136 31 33 II 14 4 - 8 I Id id Pr i 1 P i d Pr 12 13 POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT. —Mr. Alexander Thompson, of New Bond-court-house, \Valbrook, gentleman, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and disorderly in Tichborne-street. Tho defendant was taken into custody the prev:ons morning, and bailed out by Mr. Lindsay, of Lindsay's Hotel, Air-street, Piccadilly, but on the case being called on, failed to appear. On the defendant being placed in the dock this morning, Mr. Knox told him that bat for the exertions of the hotel keeper he would have sent a warrant after him. He took the defendant for a mete boy, and therefore refrained from doing that which might injure him for life. Sergeant Lindsay, 21 C, said that at a quarter-past three in the morning, while passing the Cafe Regence, Picea'• dilly, ho heard the breaking of glass, and directly after the defendant and another were turned out. The defendant then became very noisy and tried to force his way in again, and he (the sergeant) fearing that something serious might take place, and seeing the defendant was drunk, took him into custody. Defendant said he was sorry for it. Mr. Knox said that a person of the defendant's position ought to set an example to others, and not disgrace himself as he had done. The defendant was then fined 20s. THAMES. A SELF` -CONFESSED AND UNGRATEFUL THIEF Samuel Smith, a tall youth, aged 19 years, who appearod to be destitute, and was poorly clad, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged on his own confession with stealing a silver watch and chain, value £6 10s., a pair of boots, and a tin cash box containing two sovereigns and 12s. 6d. in silver, and three horn snuff boxes. This morning at an early hour the prisoner accosted a police constable of the K division, named Anderson, No. 206, in the Commercial road, East, and pointing to the Old Friends ale and beer house, near the George Tavern, said he was formerly potboy there, and had stolen some money and property and wished to give him self up to justieo. Ha also stated that he expended the money stclen by him, pawned Mr. Wardhaugh's silver watch and chain in Ramsgate, his boots in Brick.lane, and threw away some horn snuff boxes, for which he could not find a customer. The prisoner was immediately taken to the station. house, where he delivered to Anderson a pawnbroker's duplicate relating to a silver watch pledged at the shop of Mr. Hubbard, High-street, Ramsgate, on the 22d of August last. Mrs. Catherine Wardhaugh, the landlady of the Old Friends, who was labouring under some indisposition caused by her anxieties and continual attendance on her husband, who is in a dying state, was sworn, and said the prisoner was formerly her pot-boy, and left his situation about 12 months since. On the 18th of last month the prisoner called upon her, and said he was in great distress and without the means of obtaining food and lodgings. She gave him some victuals, and he was permitted to sleep in the house that night. Next morning he absconded, and she missed her tin cashbox. It was taken from her bedroom. She after wards found the cashbox in a dust hole on the premises. It was broken open, and the contents, £2 12s 6d. in money, a silver watch and chain, and three horn snuff-boxes, one mounted with silver, were missing. A pair of boots and other things belonging to her husband were also stolen at the same time. The silver watch and chain she valued at £6 10s, The prisoner, an,impueent fellow, who treated the mat ter with great levity, pleaded guilty. Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner was a most ungrateful thief. Mr. and Mrs. Wardhaugh, while labouring under heavy afflictions themselves, had taken pity on a destitute lad, and relieved him, and while Mrs. Wardhaugb was at • tending on her husband, who was labouring under a clan gerous illness, the prisoner, with black ingratitude, robbed his benefactors. Ho sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned four months, and kept to hard labour. SOUTHWARK. ROBBING THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.— John Godden, James Hall, and John Jones, labourers, were brought up in custody of Inspector Clarke, Thames Police, charged with stealing a quantity of oats and a quantity of rags, the property of the General Steam Navi gation Company. Mr. Thomas Clarke, the inspector, said that on the pre vious afternoon he was on duty off Horsleydown, and, passing the steamship Clarence, lying in the stream, he saw the three prisoners leaNe in a boat. Observing that they had bundles with them, which they hastily put under the seats, witness pulled alongside and asked them what they had with them, upon which they replied " Only a few dirty rags." He, however, overhauled the boat, and found the two bundles containing oats, and a bundle containing rags, which they admitted bringing from the ship, saying that they were sweepings and their perquisites. Knowing that such was not the case, ho took them into custody. Mr. John Marshall, the chief officer of the steamship Clarence, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Com pany, said that the prisoners had been employed by them to discharge the cargo since the vessel had been in port. Part of the cargo consisted of oats and rags. Yesterday both were being taken from the hold, and a small quantity of oats might have been scattered about the deck, but not so largo a quantity as that found in the possession of the prisoners. Even bad they been sweepings the prisoners had no right to them, as no perquisites were allowed by the com pany to any one. _ _ The Inspector informed his worship that the foreign steamers were robbed to a serious extent by such men, who, although they stole small quantities at a time, did it three or four times a-day, when they went ashore. It was, how everr difficult to detect them, as they and their companions watched the police. In answer to the charge, The prisoners admitted taking tho property, but it was their first offence. The magistrate fined them 20s. each for the unlawful possession, and in default committed them for a month. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN. Yesterday morning Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the deputy-coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquiry at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland-road, re specting the death of a gentleman unknown, appa rently 40 years of age, who expired on Wednesday morning under the following singular circum stances :-- Police-constable Heaton, 407 N, said that he was on duty in East-road, New North-road, and upon coming to Mount-terrace he saw a respectable looking person, apparently a gentleman, standing talking to a young woman. As witness was pass ing them the gentleman said that the woman had robbed him. Witness asked him what she had robbed him of, when ho replied, "Of a sovereign, a half-crown, and a railway ticket." He had no sooner uttered the words than he dropped on the pavement, and never stirred again. He appeared to be dead when he reached the ground. Witness stooped to see if he could assist him, or whether he was drunk, and the woman ran away. Police•sergeant Collett brought her back and sent witness for a doctor. Dr. Grif f iths pronounced deceased dead. The woman was searched, and nothing found on her. In deceased's pocket was found a long blue purse, but there was no money in it. He had a half-pound of tea in his hand When witness saw him first. Sergeant Collett said that as he was coming up New North -road he met a female running away, and upon asking her what was the matter, she said, "I am running for a drink of water." Witness caused her to go back with him, and they came to deceased on the ground. Upon hearing the circum stances he took the woman into custody. Deceased was dressed in a well-made cut-away coat, a new cloth waistcoat, and a pair of speckled trousers. In his pocket was a Crystal Palace Guide-book and a Birmingham newspaper. The only mark was the name "Stourbridge" in the hat, which was evi dently country made. In the coat pocket was half a pound of black and the same quantity of green tea, purchased at Ridgway's. He was a very well built and gentlemanly-looking man. 'she police had not instituted inquiries about him at Stourbridge. One of the jury, Mr. Pearse, said that he would cause a photograph to be taken forthwith of de ceased, and send it down to Stourbridge, so as to give the deceased's family a chance of identifying the body. _ Dr. Owen Griffiths, the divisional surgeon to the police, said that he found on the cheek, n ose , a nd lip of deceased an extensive mark as if from a blow or fall, but he considered it might have been caused by gravitation after death. There was an extensive effusion of blood on to the brain, which was no doubt the cause of death. _ The Coroner said he should adjourn the court to give time for further inquiries to be instituted by the police. MR. LEIGH MURRAY.—This gentleman, who through indisposition has been long absent from the stage, is about to play a short engagement at Drury•lane, com mencing Monday, October 6. He will then take a provin cial tour previous to his deprture, in the spring of next year, for Australia, a long sea voyage having been recom mended by his medical attandants as a certain relief for, and probable cure of, these Isthmatic tendencies which have so seriously interfered withthe exercise of his once-acknow ledged professional talents in this country.— Era. THE EXPORT COAL TRADE.—The export coal trade of the kingdom during the past month shows an in crease of 82,396 tons as compared with the corresponding month of 1862, while the exports during the present year, from January to August inclusive, show an increase of 222,025 tons as compared with the corresponding period of 1861. During the past month the exports from the various ports were as follows :—Northern ports, 400,038 tons; Yorkshire ports, 36,930; Liverpool, 66,582; Severn ports, 212,265 ; and the Scotch Pert°, 60 3 6 40. The exports in the corresponding month of 186 1 were :—Northern ports, 399,695 tons ; Yorkshire, 20,228 ; Severn ports, 164.0: 49 Liverpool ? 65 1 798 a aid tho Sei9tch porta. An A-- , v viAVV: CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) TIIE TRIAL OF CATHERINE WILSON FOR POISONING. On the reassembling of the jury this morning the prisoner was placed at the bar, and appeared to be in a very de pressed and nervous state. Mr. Justice Byles then proceeded to sum up the evidence in a meat clear, succinct, and perspicuous manner, prefacing his address by saying that the case was now almost ripe for the decision of the jury, They had heard, no doubt, with great attention, the statement of the counsel for the prose cution, which was instituted at the instance of the Govern ment, and had been conducted temperately, fairly, and in a perspicuous manner; and they h a d a l so h eard the state ment of the learned counsel for the prisoner. He (the Judge) had most anxiously considered the evidence to ascertain what were the points most favourable to the prisoner, and he could not find any one of those points had escaped the notica and observation of the learned counsel for the pri soner. He was happy to say that the decision was no part of his duty; it was that of the jury and the jury alone, and they must act upon their own judgment without any re gard to anything that might fall from him, and that if in the course of the remarks he should feel it his duty to make, he should say anything that they might think, an expres sion of an opinion, he begged them to dismiss it at once from their minds, and act upon their own judgment alone, and a calm and careful consideration of the evidence ; and they must dismiss all consequences that might result to the prisoner from a conviction they (the jury) had a duty to perform to the public. They all well knew what the con sequence would be to the prisoner, and there was no reason to believe that in the case of the decision of the jury being adverse to tho ;prisoner these: consequences would not be carried out. It was a duty the jury owed to the publio and if they failed in the discharge of their duty there would be no safety for the public. If they believed the case fairly made out against tha prisoner it was their duty to convict the prisoner ; but, on the other hand, if they did not think tho evidence bore out the ease, they ought to give the pri soner the benefit of any doubt they might have. The course he (the learned judge) proposed to take was to go through and read over those portions of the evidence that appeared to him material, making such remarks as might occur to him as he proceeded. If he was to read over the whole of the evidence, covering over two days, the effect of it:would be to smother you with details which would in no way assist you. He would go through the principal por tions of the evidence, and make such observations as would assist them in understanding that evidence ; and the jury confine themselves to the evidence, dismissing and the evidence alone, and dismiss from their minds all idle rumours they might have read or heard about the case. The learned judge then proceeded to go through the whole of the evidence, which has already appeared, com menting upon that portion which related to the deceased, Mrs. Somme, on the 17th of October, 1856, going to her half-brother, a Mr. Barnes, a draper, of Highbury House, who was executor to the will of the deceased's father, and to whom a legacy of £lOO had been left, and from whom she received £9, the same night the deceased was taken ill. The prisoner, at this time, was residing in the deceased's house, at 27, Alfred-street, and had partaken of tea with her ; her continued illness ; the sickness and vomiting after the prisoner had volunteered her attendance, and administered medicine to her; her death the following day ; the entire absence of any money in possession of the deceased although she had received £9 the day before ; the prisoner's subsequent conduct, and suggesting that the deceased had taken poi son, and had been in trouble about some per son (now believed to be imaginary) to whom she was about to be married, and the expressions used by the prisoner after the inquest on the deceased, and the verdict of the jury that the deceased died from natural causes, and the prisoner saying how glad she was as she was afraid that that man (alluding to the matt the prisoner had said Mrs. Soames was going to be married to) had given her something. The learned judge then proceeded to read through and com ment upon the medical evidence, the effects that might be produced by the administering colchicum, and more par ticularly that of Professor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, as to the effect of the symptoms attending the illness of the de ceased, and his opinion that no traces of colchicum would be found a short time after death. Having gone through and commented on the whole of the evidence, the learned judge said, having done so. it was his duty to tell the jury what, in his opinion was the effect of that evidence, it was not necessary in point of law, to show what was the nature of the poison of which the deceased died ; if that were so, a person more advanced in medical skill and knowledge than the rest of mankind might go on poisoning with impunity. The prisoner was not to be prejudiced by anything that might have been said with regard to the coroner's inquest on the deceased, and as not one-tenth of the evidence was before the coroner's jury that had been presented to them, he begged them to dismiss from their minds everything they might have read or heard on the matter, and the first point for their consideration was—did the death of the de ceased arise from natural causes, or poison. Now, what sort of person was the deceased ? It appeared from the evidence that she was vigorous, healthy, robust, a woman in the prime of life, of a cheerful disposition, of even spirits, and in the possession of sufficient for the comforts of lifo, being in the receipt of a legacy; which in her station of life, was sufficient to place her out of the reach of want, and one material question for the jury was to consider how ahe was on the last day of her life, and the two or three days before. She was described as being in full health until the last illness, after she had taken the medicine that had been ad ministered by the prisoner; and the case came before them whether death arose from natural causes. They had the opinion of two celebrated scientific men upon that point, who said there was no case within their knowledge in which death from English cholera had taken place in such arapid manner as the death of the deceased was said to have taken place, and the question was if the de ceased had died from poison by whom was that poison administered ? Was it done by the older daughter of, the deceaased, or the younger daughter. The jury had seen them and heard the na ture of their evidence, as also that of Miss Rowe, and could they come to a conclusion that either of them had done so. Then there were two other persons except the prisoner who could have done so; ono of those persons was in America beyond the reach of a Govern ment subpoena or the Extradition Act, and " the man," the imaginary man, to whom the decea se d was to be married, for there was no evidence that such a man was in existence ; on the contrary, there was every evidence that no such man was in existence. Having re ferred to the letter alleged to be fabricated by the prisoner threw suspicion from her, and to lead others to believe that the deceased died by her own hand, the learned counsel for the prisoner instanced a case in which a man was charged with the murder of a child that had disappeared, and he was told unless the child was produced he would be charged with murder. The man at his trial, at the next assizes, produced a child which he fabricated as the one lost. The deceit was discovered, and the man condenanedlwhen it after wards turned out the real child was living, and had secreted herself owing to her uncle's ill-usage, and the man was not a murderer. He alluded to the case to illustrate the cause of the fabrication of the letters. After some further general remarks, the learned judge said the duty of the jury lay between the public and the prisoner, and they were bound not to swerve from their duty. If upsn the evidence they believe the prisoner guilty, they were bound to say so, whatever were the consequences. On the other hand they were bound to give her the benefit of any reasonable doubt they might entertain. The Jury then retired to consider their verdict shortly after one o'clock, and at a quarter to three returned into court with a verdict of GUILTY. The learned judge then put on the black cap, and passed the dreadful sentence of death in the usual form , remark ing, at the same time, that he fully concurred in the ver dict. ACCLIMATIZATION OF SPONGES.—M. Lamiral, whose departure for the coast of Syria with a view to obtain sponges for transplantation we mentioned in April last, has now returned, and presented a detailed report of his proceedings to the Societe d'Acclimatation. M. Lamiral distinguishes three kinds of sponges for which there is a demand—the fine and soft sponge, called abiand ; the fine and hard sort, called achmar ; and lastly the common sort, called cabar by the Arabs. These sponges are found in the Levant withinthe 36th and 33d degrees of latitude—that is, between Alexandretta and Saida. It is now universally ac knowledged that sponges belong to the animal kingdom, and are an aggregate of cellules built up by gelatinous polypi similar to those which construct madreporm, porites, and other polypifere. When the sponge is first gathered at the bottom of the sea, it is covered with a black but trans parent gelatinous substance, resembling vegetable granu lations, among which microscopic white and oviform bodies may be distinguished. These are the larvw destined to perpetuate the species. When arrived at maturity, they are washed out by the sea-water which incessantly flows through the sponge ; they then swim along, by the aid of the vibrating cilia or hairs with which they are provided, until they reach a suitable rock, to which they attach themselves, and there commence a new life. This emigration of the larva 3 from the parent sponge occurs about the end of Jun: , and beginning of July. Th e fi ne qua li t i es o f sponges are chiefly found at a depth o f 15 f a th oms or thereabout; , common sponge lies at d e pth s var yi ng b e tween 2 0 0 and fathoms. At Tripoli (on the coast of Syria, nos ced f o pera- M. Lamiral engaged some divers, who comm e lered were tions on the 21st of May. The sponge s r a stream of immediately placed in boxes, through w h h e ic s nima matter sea-water was constantly made to flow, the from injury. being, of course, left on them, and p t te lan l7 d t s h ef of H J y u er n e e These sponges arrived at Marseilles d on e thence they were taken to Toulon and in each, were sunk where stone troughs, with five spong es o f the experiment will in different places. The until ne xt season. not, of course, be known THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.--The York shire papers state t hat Archbishop of re t eocra°ezi I raveund Th eie l,iir at. s tillos a :pfaro l l e a s mc t e, D t ha r et . B L :p ong o l nir e e y sr.: thorpe, r , York) quo at the primacy of England, which b.i t min ; offering tom: 1 hi m deternAhiatio i Vit ACOePt t 1 once exProsiv" DREADFUL FIRES AND EXPLOSION. PROBA BLE LOSS OF LIFE, AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTy. SATURDAY MORNING. The firemen of the London Brigade, various parishes, and Hodges' Distillery, were engaged for several hours this morning in extinguishing fires that had taken place in various parts of the metropolis, which, unfortunately, w ere attended with great loss of property, and one nearly ac _ companied with fatal results to a whole household. As it was, the proprietor of the premises was so seriously burned that he had to be conveyed to the London Hospital, where he remains without the least hopes of recovery. Between the hours of two and three o'clock, as a police constable was passing along Bunhill-row, Finsbury, his attention was directed to dense masses of smoke rising over the house tops, which satisfied him at once that a fire was burning in some place, but the difficulty was to ascertain its exact locality. The constable, however, sprang his rattle, mad having obtained assistance, he went off for the Royal Society's escapes and engines. In the course of a few minutes the officer found out that the premises of Messrs. J. Simes and Co., known as the Steam Saw Mills, situated in Twisten's.alley, were in flames. The building in which the disaster commenced was between 60 and 70 feet long, and over 25 feet wide, and contained property and machinery of great value. The engines of the London Brigade, from Whitecross-street, and two land steam-engines of the establishment by Shand and Mason, of Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, were quickly in at tendance, bringing with them Captain Shaw, the superin tendent, and a powerful body of firemen and principal offi cers. At one time it was feared that the flames would have extended to the house in Bunhill-row, for immense showers of sparks and largo flakes of burning timber kept falling upon the buildings. Captain Sbaw had his extinguishing apparatus so placed around the houses as to enable his men to attack the main body of fire at each Feint, but in spite of which the work of destruction continued, and a couple of hours elapsed before the fire could be extinguished, and not 1 until the premises in which it commenced was burned out; but, fortunately, the brigade succeeded in saving the ad joining houses, only one being damaged, and that slightly by water, belonging to Mr. J. Pandy, 164, Bunhill-row. The origin of the conflagration is enveloped in obscurity. Fortunately the Messrs. Simes were insured in the Sun Fire Office, and Mr. Pandy was insured in the Liverpool and London Fire Office. The next fire of importance happened about five o'clock, a.m., in the well-known tavern termed the Pilgrim, the pro perty of Mr.Pri tchard, No. 35, Queen's-row,Walworth-road. Had it not been for the opportune discovery which was made by the police on duty, it is not at all improbable that a fearful sacrifice of life must have occurred ; as it was, the persons in the upper rooms had the greatest difficulty in reaching the ground without being either burnt or suffocated, for the fire having commenced in the bar, or bar-parlour—which it is hardly possible to tell—it seized the stock and fixtures, sending up dense heated volumes of smoke. Harmsworth and Simmons, two conductors of the Royal Society, and Mr. Inspector Havant, attended with the escapes and the engines of the parish. Three engines of the brigade and that of Hodges' distillery arrived almost simultaneously, and a good supply of the Southwark Company's water having been procured, the firemen, under Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, and Engineers Medcalf and Cooper, went to work in an admirable manner, and with the aid of the stand pipes they were enabled to confine the flames to the bar and bar-parlour, which were nearly destroyed, and the upper portion of the building was greatly damaged by heat and smoke. The origin of this fire is also unknown, but fortunately Mr. Pritchard was insured for the building and the contents in the Liverpool and London Fire-office. Another fire, which was well nigh attended with most disastrous consequences to life and property, happened in the premises belonging to M. Camille Silver, a photographio artists' chemist, carrying on business at 38, Porchester terrace, Bayswater. This fire commenced in the laboratory on the ground floor, owing to the heat from the furnace flue, and in a few minutes the fire shot into the roof. The engines of the parish, London brigade, and others were soon in attendance, and owing to the exertions of the inmates, police, and firemen, the flames were prevented from entering beyond the laboratory. It is unknown whether or not M. Silver was insured. The most distressing fire of the whole, although not at tended with such a serious loss of property as ocourred at some of the above, happened about a quarter before five o'clock this morning, in the premises belonging to Mr. Stockman, an artist in fireworks, carrying on business at No. 8., Stookwell-street, Lyson-street, Bethnal-green. It appears, from the inquiries made, that Mr. Stockman was in the habit of keeping fireworks on the ground floor, and he with his family occupied the upper rooms as sleeping dormitories. This morning, whilst the residents were in their beds asleep, they were suddenly startled by a loud and fearful explosion, evidently arising from the ignition of some of the fireworks, or the composition used in their manufacture. This was accompanied by fumes of sulphu rous smoke rushing up the staircase, and filling the bed. rooms of the unfortunate inmates, who, with one execfp. tion, were rescued from their impending danger, but 'how, it is hardly possible to tell, although the Royal Society's escapes were quickly in attendance. Mr. Stockman, it is presumed, while endeavouring to extinguish the fire, mos nearly suftoeated, but he was so frightfully burned over the body that he was obliged to be taken to the hospital, and it is doubtful whether ho will ever come out alive. Captain Shaw was soon in attendance with a land steamer, by Shand end Mason, and several manual-power engines, but fortunately the fir , : had been extinguished by th e l oca l aid a ff orded before their arrival. The sufferer was. Of course, insured. MARKETS---TIIIS DAY. COVENT GARDEN. Our market continues to be fairly supplied with fruit and vegetables, and the trade, on the whole, rules steady, as follows : rRIIIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. sd. Pine apples, perlb 3 oto 5 0 Cherries, per ith 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 1 oto 2 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Grapes, per lb 2 oto 5 0 Filberts, por lb 6 oto 1 0 Foreign do 1 oto 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Melons 1 oto 3 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3to 2 6 Figs, per doz. .... 2 oto 3 0 Pears, per do 1 3to 4 0 Damson . 4 oto 6 0 Oranges, per 100 10 oto 15 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 120.. 4 oto 8 0 Plums, per do. .. 4 oto 5 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 I Shallots, per lb oloto 1 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 i Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Red ditt0........ 1 6So 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdzlo to 3 0 Beet, per doz. l6to 2 0 Brocoli, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 I Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 to 110 01 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pd 0 oto 0 0 I Mushrooms.p ptl. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr d 0.... 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 10 to 1 0 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 0 Hint and savory 0 2to 0 4 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv.l2 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Bros. sprouts,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 6 Onions, hi. sv 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 6to 2 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 1 3to 1 9 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per bun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 6s 6d to 12 s 0d each ; goslings, Turkeys, Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is to 2s Od each; wild do., 8d to is 2d • pigeons, Od to Od each; large Su rre y f ow l s , 9s Od to As Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 9s ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, 3s Od to 4 s Od eac h ; pt arm i gan , O s Od to O s O d ; partridges, is 6d to 3s Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os ; snipes, Os Od to Os; te a l, O s Od to O s Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers Os Od to Os Od each guinea fowls, Os Od t o O s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, lld to ;is Id ; English, is to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to lOs Od ; French do.; 7s Od to 8s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od each. • BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is Od to is 2d ; trout od to Is ; , 10d to is • eels, 9 is P ' 'but 6 er prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hall o d lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 205; cod, 45 0d to lb Od ; bra ls + A Od, to is Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to punnets, lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and c7mmon 4d to Is Od each ; soles, Od to Os Od per oysters, lias to 20s ; natives, 48s to —s per bushel;m to Is 6d ; 3s Od to 9s; haddocks, 4s to 16s ; smelts, Is i ' air ; :hitings, 120 • fresh flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 405 PBr and tench herrings, 6s per 100 ; bloaters, 7s per 100; carp Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. id to 4s 4d ; lamb, Beef, from 2s 8d to 4 s Od ; mutton. ) p. and pork, 3s 8d to Os Od to Os Od ; vea l, 3 s 6d to 48 Ga 4s 8,1 per Bibs by the carcase. _. WHITECTIA.7I4 mutton, s 4d to Beef, from 2s 8d to . v 40 a1, ° 39 6d to 48 6d ; and pork, 4s 4d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; _NAB& 3s Bcl to 4s 8d per 81bs by the {,`_, BREA D ' l a d in 71d the metropolis The prices of wheat en br e 6d to per 41b loaf are from . 8d to Bd, of house hold do., ss AND SKINS. Ilil) to 64 1 b, 3 d to 3 1d ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to Market 561 3 hides, dto4d ; 801 b to 8 81 b, 4d to 41d ; 31d ; 721 h to 8 2 1 to u 'oi; 961 b. to . 1041 b, 5d to 51d. Horse 881 b to 961 b, 4_l 6d; ca lf skms, light 2s Od to 3s Gd ; do. full, half-brods, hides, 8s to po lled sheep, Gs Od to 7 8 od ; 6s Od to Os sd; Downs, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; lambs, 38 Od to 5s Od to ss ari i ngs , Os Od to Os Od. 6s Od; Ell e HAY MARKETS. ralELD.—Meadow hay, Li 16s to £5 Os; clover, so rr T A £3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. r7ide dull—prices drooping, £ cimsMea-low h ay, r ,£l 16s to £5 Os ; cl over , A heavy demand and 10a to L 6 Os ; an d straw, ZI 1.6 s to £2 Os per load. do.,PELAleadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os ; clover, Trade £3 10m dull. to 16 Os; and Straw, 11 16 s t o £2 O s p er load. COAL Al (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. west la Wtn .. l . l5 6 yam Camay Euid Duffryn 15 0 Malting Do. Anthraeite 21 6 Holywell 15 6 Tanfield Moor l2 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 1 2 6 Byass's Bebside West _ _ _ ARKET. the dose of the market. s. d. Cowpen Hartley ..16 0 Walls End. Keno() . . , .... l7 3 South lalloe 17 3 Hartlepool lB 0 South Hartlepool 17 0 Hetton ........ lB 6 Caradoc Russel's Hetton 17 0 Braddyll's Hetton 17 3 , South Hetton 18 6 'Haswell . ..... $ • •1 8 6 Ships at market, 15;; gold, 36. Hartley 0 Lambert's West nut ley.,,,!",, ....... 15 9 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, AUTUMN MEETING--FEIDAY. The Chesterfield Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra ; second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. G. S. Thompson's Jet colt, 8A 121 b .. (H. Hesslop) Mr. Smith's The Cobbler, 7st 71b (Entwistle) 2 Mr. Osborne's Comet, Bst 41b (Whiteley) 3 Mr. T. Wadlow's Herdsman, 74 (T. French) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Herdsmen, sto '2 each agst Comet and Cobbler, and 5 to 1 agst the Jet colt. The Jet colt made all the running, attended by Cornet to the distance, where Cobbler took second place; the Jet colt, however, went on and won by a length ; the same between the second and third ; Herdsman was last throughout. The Salford Handicap Plate of 60 sovs, for all ages; win ners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Arr. Osborne's Goldseeker, 4 yrs, ist 51b.... (Whiteley) 1 Mr. E. Mills's Vulture, 6 yrs, 9st (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr, C. Peck i nn ? ,S Bernice, 4 yrs, Tat 91b (E. Harrison) 3 Mr. Drummond's Egyptian, 3 yrs, 7st 31b .. (T. French) 4 The following also ran :—Leontes, Joe Maley, Drummer Boy, and Lord Dundreary. Betting-7 to 4 agst Egyptian, sto 1 each agst Drummer Boy and Vulture, 6 to 1 agst Leontes, 10 to 1 each agst Goldseeker and Bernice, and 20 t. 1 agst Joe Maley. After several attempts a very moderate start was effected, Leontes being left at the post. The foremost lost consisted of Vulture, Egyptian, and Goldseeker, the first-named taking the lead to the distance, where he gave iray to Gold seeker, Egyptian at the same time compounding. Bernice immediately after took third place. No change occurred after this, Goldseeker winning very cleverly by a length ; Bernice finished third, a length behind Vulture; Egyptian was fourth; the others were beaten some distance. The Wilton Handicap of 100 sovs added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners ex. tra ; the second to receive 10 sovs out of y th rs e . Est es 21. One mile and a half. 17 subs. stakes. Mr. G. H. Moore's Ma s t er G e o r g e , 3 (T. French) Mr, Moore ns Eidolon, .5 yrs, Bst 51b Calvert) 2 Mr. G. S. Thompson's Fairy King, 3 yrs, sst 7Vb (J. Mason) 3 Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Carroll) 4 Mr. T. Wright's Nosegay, 6 yrs, 7st Slb (Midgley) 5 Mr. E. Buckley's Wynnstay, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (H. Grim shaw) fi Betting -2 to 1 agst Master George, sto I each agst Wynnstay and Fairy King, 6 to 1 agst Flytrap, 8 to 1 each Eidolon and Nosegay. Eidolon cut out the work, closely attended by Flytrap and Fairy King, the favoarite lying last. They proceeded in this order until entiring the straight, when Master (feorge began to make up his ground ; and by the time they had reached the distance, the favourite had the race in hand. A few strides after he went to the front, and won very easily by a length ; four lengths separated the second and third ; Flytrap wrs a bad fourth, The All-aged Selling Handk:ap of 3 says each, with 30 added ; the winner to be sold for £3O; a winner of any race value £5O after Sept. 20 at noon, 71b ex. T.Y.C. Mr. G. Whittaker's Gasconade, 2 yrs, sst 71 b.„(Carrell) 1 Mr. Ambery's Palermo, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Acorn, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Williamson) 3 Mr. T. Hunt's Jacob, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Marlow) 4 Betting—Even on, Palermo, 5 to 2 agst Gasconade, 4 to 1. agst Acorn. A fine race. Won by a head; four lengths between se cond and third, a head between tbird and fourth. The winner was sold for 70 guineas. The Trafford Handicap, of 5 !ova each, with 50 added, by Sir H. De Trafford, Bart., for all ages ; winners extra ; the second to receive 10 soya out of the strikes. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. Drummond's Egyptian, 3 yrs, 7st ........ (French) 1 Mr, Hudson's Princess Louisa, 2 yrs, 65t.... (Whit6ley) 2 Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fox, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Harvey) 3 Mr. W. Phillips's Harriet, 4 yrs, Bst ....... (Midgley) Betting -6 to 4 agst P r i ncess L ou i sa, sto 2 agst Egyp tian, 3 to 1 agst Harriet. An excellent race. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a head between second and third. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 100 to 15 agst Silkstone (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dulcibella (taken) 25 to 1 agst Balder (taken) 30 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken) 30 to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken) 100 to 3 agst Henham Lass (takes) 40 to 1 agst Drumstick (taken) 50 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken) FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST ETENING. FOREIGN-FFICE, JULY 19. The Queen has been pl eased to appoint Ronald Ferguson Thomson, now First Paid Attache to her Majesty's Lega tion at the Court of Persia, to be Oriental Secretary at her Majesty's Legation at that Court. SEPTEMBER 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Anthony Worms, as Consul-Oeueral In the United Kingdom for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Auo. 11. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the [tight Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Major James Thomas Craster, on half-pay Unattached, one of her Majesty's Honourable Colo of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Major Thomas Jenkins, deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 25. lIEMP:ER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMEN T. Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent —Henry Riversdale Gren. fell., in the room of John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 26. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Caracas, enclosing a COPY of a Venezuelan Decree, of Which the following is a trans lation, imposing additional customs' duties on articles imported into Venezuela : Decree.—Art. 1. The custom houses shall collect an additional duty of 25 per cent. on the ordinary customs dues, besides the 50 per cent. which are collected in virtue of existing dispositions. Art. 2. The collection of the said 25 per cent. shall begin after 30 days for importations from the United States, and after 90 days for importations from Europe. These terms are to be reckoned from the day of publication in each custom house respectively. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any commercial importance which appear in the " Gazette" : Andrew Barton, victualler, Coventry John Milner, farmer, Whitson, Monmouthshire Thomas Milner, farmer, Nush, Monmouthshire Thomas Watkins, contractor, Merthyr Tydfil Holly Shorney, carpenter, Cannington, Somersetahire Thomas Maycock, timber dealer, Bakewell, Derbyshire Henry Chown, wine merchant, St. Swithin's-lane, City Francis J. Strutt, builder, Sittmgboutpe, Kent William Harding, jun., builder, Kennington. William Williamson, s hoemaker, Durham Charles F. Lamb, cooper , New Windsor. Robert Stocks Walker, merchant, Wapping Zechariah Charles Pe arson, merchant, Brngaton-upon- Hull Robert Thomas Oir and Jobn Bennett, builder", Bishopsgate-street Chas. Gerrard, editor, Warrington Jonathan Heaford, grocer, Dawley SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Mathew Wallace, dyer, Paisley John Watson, farmer, Laml as h jua , Munro, contractor, Cromarty AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns ma d e in the week ending Sept. 23, 1 862 , exclusive of th e d uties of Customs paid or payable . thereon on the i mportation thereof into (treat Britain Per cwt. From the Briti s h possessions in America 22s. llid. Mauritius East Indir , s — s. • — d. —s. —d. Average price of th e foregoing COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—TESTRIMAT. Amsterdam . short. 11 151 11 151 Ditto • Rotterdam — 11 1 7/ 11 18 Antwerp. Brussels — 25 421 25 471 Hamburgh -- 13 7 1 13 8 1 Paris .. Sh or t . 25 15 25 25 Ditto 25 45 TV F M r r i a e an ie r n se sn k te i a f li Or e ! ...................... .... • • ---: 2 1 5 2 11 7 9 4 : 1191 12 80 • 1275 12 90 Petersburgh .. Berlin ........ —3 4 j Madrid .............. 49 4 -9 9/ Cadiz ............. —49 k Leghorn , ..... ' ....... -- 25 521 25 60 Milan .....' 25 521 25 57/ Genoa ********* 25 521 25 571 Naples Palermo _ 119 1191 Messina Lisbon _ 62! 63 Oporto — 53 631 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), 'per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 0 South American Doubloons FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..Oct. 19. via Marseilles ..Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2. via Marseilles ...Sept.. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 1.!3. via Marseilles Sept. 2;r. Sept. 9.. India (Bombay), via Southampton S e pt. 27. via Marseilles ........ .. Oct. 4. Lisbon .. ... Sept. 29. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v v i i a a S m on ara th e a ili re o pt ....... Sept. 27 ....... . v t Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, bY by U.S. packet.... ........ : .. ... ...... Sept. —. by Canadian pacet.Sept. 26. a Sept. —.ffi W.C. of Africa, Oadeb* an d Teneri Oct. 23. ... ...... ....Sept. 29. f west Indus, Chili , PPet,r t , Ibe pt. parts o and .. . b. 29. ca u for so, my ash ccatuabia., 'moose's. Bahamas, ........... ..... including !s. &LI all all 1 4f all 1 5 3 281 5; I£ 34} I IC9 11 }