The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEW)S. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last few days a very limited amount of business has been transacted in the markets for fo reign and colonial produce, and in several in stances prices have shown a downward movement. Tea has been steady, but the dealers have deferred t heir operations until the result of the public sales to be held to-day is ascertained. Sugars have de tilted 6d. to ls. per cwt., and for coffee there has b een a moderate inquiry ; only the superior kinds O f Plantation Ceylon realised former values. Rice, spices, and fruit have been in fair demand, and a l arge business has been transacted in the new e rnPs of currants and raisins, the quality of both b eing extremely good. Saltpetre and tallow have Met with a fair inquiry, but the latter article has shown less firmness. P.Y.C. on the spot, and for forward delivery, being quoted 575. 9d. to 58s. Per cwt. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday rather Tnore activity prevailed, 10,000 bales havin g been sold at about previous values. Rather less firmness was apparent in the Railway Share Market, and busi ness was quiet. The Marco Polo was announced yesterday from Melbourne with £232,000. By the advices received i t appears that the following gold ships are en route for this country—viz., the Dover Castle with £ 31 2,764, the Yorkshire with £117,884, the British Trident with £131,068, the Dirigo with £74,628, and the George Marshall with £119,252. A rather large amount of gold, viz., about £ 1 20,000, was sent into the Bank of England Yesterday. The applications for money in the discount mar ket have increased, as usual at the close of the quarter, but as the available supplies are very ex tensive, and the October dividends will be speedily realised, the effect of these additional applications may be merely temporary. Rather more firmness is reported in the rates of accommodation, but the Bank minimum remains at 21 per cent., and choice bills are readily negotiable at that quotation. To-clay a call of £1 per share, or £40,000, is due on the North British Border Union Guaranteed £lO Railway Shares. The meeting of the Cape Town Railway and Tioe.k Company took place to-day—Mr. H. Watson in the chair. The report was satisfactory as to the Progress of the works, the contractor being now enlployed on several points of the line. The bill in Chancery, filed by Mr. Raymond, had been dis missed. The accounts showed—Receipts, £68,188 ; and payments, £40,594, leaving a balance in favour of the company of £27,500. The report was adopted.. At the half-yearly meeting of the Ottoman Rail -Way proprietors to-day, Sir M. Stephenson in the Ch air, the report stated that the works were Progressing satisfactorily, and that it was expected t o open the first 40 miles out of Smyrna by next a Priug. The chairman dwelt particularly on the - vast extent of the traffic likely to be brought on the line when completed, and of the great interest taken by the Turkish Government and the people of Smyrna in the completion of the railway. The accounts showed a balance in favour of the com- Pally of £25,163. Very little discussion took place, Itnd the report was agreed to unanimously. The transactions in the market for public securi ties have been to-day, but the quotations ',. , are seen well maintained, Consols being 952 for "nleY and account. The *satisfactory position of Ill enetary affairs, and the influx of gold at the Bank a re in favour of values, and although a little weak ness is sometimes recorded the market exhibits a steady appearance. The Now 21 per Cents. are marked 791 ; India Stock has advanced to 2181 ; ditto New is steady, at 1001 ; and the Scrip is firm, at 100,1 to 101 ; Exchequer Bills remain at 235. to 265. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues : el 7 quiet, and prices are tolerably well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84 to 85 ; ditto New, 69 to 70 ; and the 4 per Cents. are 1021 ; Mexican is Ar.ner, at 233 to 231 ; Sardinian, at 86Z to 87 ; and SPanish, at 46/ ; ditto Deferred is flat, at 34/ ; and -D utch 21 per Cents. are steady, at 66. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following as the price of American Securities : Redeemable. Prices. 'U nited States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 13° . Per Cent Bonds Kama 5 per Cent. Bonds — 77 e nip a tuckq 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 92 94 Maryland 6 per Ct. Str. Bonds 92 94 00kas nds sac hnoetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bo ---- 100 102 1 3 , 143 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 98 100 i) e luisylvani a 6 per Ct. Stock. 82 83 Tennessee 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 83 85 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 81 83 v I rginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .. 1886 84, 86 b"rgiuia perr Cent. St. Bonds 1888 84 86 Bo st sCent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 77 78 Illi nois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 76 •78 111* • in°l ' Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid .. 39 37 dis Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 80 82 N. do, shares 40 42 Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort 1, a do . St sands, not cony.. .Loo9 101 102 'Jo. do lst. "" 4 98 100 N " New York Central 6 per Ct , Nevt convertible ', York Central 7 per 'Ct , Convertible, from June 15, " 1857_59 I\ ,° : do, shares ° lv York and Erie, 7 per Ct , a d mortgage e'vf York and Erie 7 per Ct., convertible _ _ 1859 1865 1883 1864 92 94 68 70 60 62 1883 1862 The transactions in the Railway Share Market a`e been of a rather limited character. Prices, "wevee, have exhibited more firmness. Caledo nian have advanced ss. ; North Western and South :Western, 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, and 'enttish North Eastern, £l. Edinburgh and Glas- R°w, and Norfolk, have declined 10s. The' dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Mar itets have been very cir cum scribed. Lombardo onetian realised 121 I; Great Luxembourg, ; v East Indian declined to 09 1 1. Grand Trunk of Canada advanced to 361 364, and Great Western of C anada to 14 14i. Joint• Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown very little activity ; prices, however, are a shade' firmer. London and Westminster have tniproved to 50/ 1 ; Australian Agricultural to 291 ; Red Sea Telegraph to 15/ t ; Van Diemen's Land t enutin steady at 141 t. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. NKr Cent. COnsols Annuities l'i 2f per Cent. Annuities 11 , 11 1 a. Stock ' 2lBl 17 b-uitte, 1859, 6 per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, • 5 per cent .. 101 100 A 1 Debentures, 1858 — (' Ditto, 1859 I,° ll sols for Account (Oct. 11) t ',!(!hequer Bills, £l,ooo,l}d .. 26 3 " I tte £.500 ' , 23 II FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 11 ,enos Ayres, 6 per Cent . h t uitto Deferred 'xican 3 per Cent. i,_Ditto Account .. 23f f 1 3 I ".„I'llvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto Account P ortugue s e, 1853, 3 per Cent. ..... 464 nugman, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent......... bitto 3 pe r Cent. — BaDitto Scrip, . a d Il blian 5 per Cent B6a i 8 Ditto Account P triish 3 per Cent D itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account l e )i tto Guaranteed, 4 r Cent. v nezuela 21 p er C en t t. z Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Ditch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent 66 bt Hato Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9si Ditto Account (0ct.).... 951 t A 4 , WISE WOMAN."—On the 12th inst. died, at Ch svillgton, Frances Harris, a very aged woman, who for Wi m any years imposed upon the credulous by her reputed tchcraft, until the magic implements containing her " were destroyed at the request of the Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey and Lord Alfred Hervey. Her exact age cannot be ascertained; but it appears from the parish regis ter of be that she was baptised in 1763, and she has often stated that she well remembered walking three miles to church in pattens to, be christened. She was therefore " b ablY 103 rears of age at the least.—Bury Post. aIARE THIS DAY.) :DINARY SHARES AND STOCKS Railways. C rri loa ce ba . g gltaineas Share ikmber,g., Notting. Bost. and Eastern junction '4elfazt and Ballymena Wol., and 6tr. Val air., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.ST. Mid. Coun dristoi and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passav,e , Cornwall A rcves.,no div Do. A until6p.c.per an Do. B hasbeen pd.to B. Dublin andßelfast June. Dnn.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. East. Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.NNV.A.(lte.E.U3ds)' East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South W e stn Great North of Scotland' Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock (It. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon., Brighton & S. Coast Loud. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn IL'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares INewcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd 'Newry & Armagh (ciet.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rall.&Dk. Stk Do. A Stk.— Arec. no div until 6p. c. hasbeenp dB Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick; Do. do. G.N.E.Purchasel Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Son. W. Junction 'Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny IWaterford & Limerick :West Cornwall NY-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PREFERENCE S: Railways. Paid. Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at• £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct. Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West. g a. 5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf iJGt.Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock rreat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext s . 5 p.et. Do. Redeemable, 4 pct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do.. . Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf. shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do, Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl. BUS 3slodpc I Lon. &Brig.spo. gu. No.l IDo. pref., 5 p. c. . „No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ot.. • Do. do. 5 p. C. No. Do. do. 4 per c. shares Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ot. .. Lon4S : y, 7 p.ot. stook, late3d shares_ _ _ L oWdondy& Cole, 4 she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. Ct. Do. 26 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent IDo . - 'Aid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do. Con. Brie. &Bir.6 p.ct. Do. 44 p. 0. pref. stock Do. with option 1111 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s p. 0. redeem, at 5 p. a. n in Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lBl6 D0..64 p. 0. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, g,-ua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dik.Co. N-Fast. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. 0. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H.& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do-Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. 0. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. , South Eastern (Reading Ann.. 1.0.6.) Do .4 4 per cent Do.Fxed 4i p.c. Ist is : South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gus. Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent r Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 6 61 8 8i 77 79 lli 12i 6 8 98 100 881 89i 5 64 7i 8 14i- 15 55, : 561 35 39 25 27 77 79 274 28 96 98 1011 1021 85 87 130 132 106 108 63 631 63 63 195 200 151 161 p 154 161 p 951 064 63 66 112 113 131 141 93. 04 1 l d 94 05 7 8 35i 851 d 105 1051 84 86 si 10 56 58 3i Bd, __. __ 591 60 89 894 1 11d 44 45 72t 72 103 105 4i 31. d S 9 31 33 115 117 25 26 80 82 34 24 d i 444 154 68 76f 700 i 60 65 6 8 35i St3i 60 66 51 61 3 1 38 7t ARES. Closing Business Price. Done. 49 51 95 97 00 102 51 61 99 101 [lO 113 [O5 108 [ll 113 LlO 112 L 213 128 82 84 90 92 73 75 112 114 117 119 110 112 [O4 106 84 86 97 99 88 90 89 91 100 102 91 101 17 18 91 101 73 75 19 20 94 10 144 154 139 141 si 9i [2l 123 66 1 61P [3B 140 103 104 9i 95 9 1 9i 11 112 109 110 106 108 90 92 96 97 1 4p 1 id 122 124 123 126 114 118 98 100 74 76 120 124 118 122 I va 101 23 24 101 103 101 103 28 29 32i a3i 32 33 52 64 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. P a id . Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co.'s. Price. I Done. 1 Bedford and Bletehley l all Ln & N.W .. .. Buckinghamshire....; 100 Ln& N.W 96 i 8 Chester & Holyhead..l 100 Do. ' 49 50 Do. do. 51 p. et. .. .. 100 I Do. Do." do. sp. ct. Clydesdale Junction.' 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o 100 Gt,North. 143 145 E Union 4 liarwichShs all ,E.Counts, Do. Woodbridge .. . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret. 100 Do. New lOO (Ll'oster& Dean Forest all II a;tlpool.Dek.&Rail all Hull And Selby Do. i shares all Do. 1 Shares all London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et lOO Do. 6 per cent I 100 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk I all Mid. Bradford Prefer- !CaledomOrt I Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Norfolk , Do. LN W&M ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 P c Do. do. 6 per cent.; Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyr.. I Do. Shares A. Roystn,lEtch.,& Shep Shrows b r y& Hereford , South Staffordshire .. 1 Wilts and Somerset_ • .., Wimbledon& Croydn. 96 98 iP 56 58 Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&NWI & L.Yk. 5 Do. Gt.North.l3B 142 T Brassey, 9 nil M'Clean . 191 19i Gt. West' 91 93 L.&Brgtn DOCKS. I . Share Dooke. p a i d 1 Closing Busine Done .ss Pce. ....----- Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do4perCent.Prei .11,1 in lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO IG7 01 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton stock Victoria ••• lOO 102 104 ti 20 , Do New. wea5..... 1 : :7.2 I ..... 100 all all all I all t all all 100 3i 100 100 161 100 100 100 7i 100 all all all all all all all all all I 1 co 100 100 100 100 all 1110 112 64 66 115 120 92 94 21 2 4 • THE SttN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1859. BIIITISH POSSESSIONS. Ratlwaye. Paid. [Atlantic di St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. 1 Buffalo and Lakellurm Do. New Do. Preference BRtlalo,Brant.&Godrilh p. ct. bds. 1 18'7 Do. do. 1 July, 187 Do. do. 1 June, 1871 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim: Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara lEastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulßore D 0.44 p.c. Bls. pay.'sl Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs. G eelong& Mel. g ua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds 'Grand Trunk of Canads Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 G t.lndial'enin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4, p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c, Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g,.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde ci Do. New g g Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. 4," St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip, FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran„Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Bezierg to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem, ' Con, shs Italian Junction ~".. Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Ditto New Lyons and Geneva .. . Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France po. New Shares .. orwedan Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, and Modit. Paris and Orleans, „ Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.y gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) .. 1 Riga and Dunaburg... • 1 Rome and Frascati ... Royal Danish • t I Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse._ 1 IDo. 5i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOFER: Securities. Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6u.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. Closing r Businoss Price. Dona. 80 82 16& 17 l 1+ d 11 d 6 7 id i p 11 rid 1/ li ci li 1 d 9O lON id is 984 999 18 20 36 38 92 94 72 73 81 fll 71 73 97 974 i td 11 td 14 141 61 61d 100 103 100 103 100 103 9.5 98 82 86 92 95 88 90 li 11d - • d 18& 191 14 1 d 11 lidd 'AYS. 4f 4f — P 1 }d I 1 2f 21 d it 41 d l 26/ p 71 7; 2} 2i 8 8 19 20 37 37i PA 10f :351 361 55 67 2f 2} 61 7 81 91 20 21 5} 6 91 10 23 24 'T SECURITIES. ,Closing I Business Priem Done. 113 111 111 1101 114 113 113 1111 1131 I not I rusineso done 15 14j POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DANGEROUS FOREIGNER.—CORSICAN REVENGE.— Lewis Simon Mig,noli, a Corsican, and by trade a lamp maker, was brought before Mr. Bingham by Sergeant Rogers, 6 C, by whom he was taken into custody, accom panied by Mr. Albert, the interpreter of the court, charged with threatening to shoot and stab a Frenchman named Arthur Jermon, under the following circumstances : It appears that the complainant and defendant lodge in the same house in Frith-street, Soho, and that on Tuesday last the defendant missed from the place where he had de posited it in his room a I,ooofr. note, which threw him into a state of the greatest excitement, during which he accused the complainant of having taken it, and acted in such a manner as to induce the belief that he was either insane or a man of dangerous temper. Seeing the complainant sub sequently he said, " I'm a Corsican by birth, and the Corsican always takes revenge. I've a loaded pistol for you and a poniard, if I'm bung for it." The conduct of the defendant became so violent that the landlord of the house persuaded the complainant to keep out of the house, which advice he took, and afterwards applied for the war rant, fearing that something serious might occur, and it was speedily executed by Sergeant Rogers. While before the magistrate the defendant's demeanour towards the complainant was such as to induce the magis trate to believe that he was a very dangerous person. Mr. Bingham told Mr. Albert to explain the law to the defendant, and to tell him that we did not permit the use of poinards or pistols in this country. He should order him to find good bail for three months. The defendant was locked up in default. THAMES. MIJEDEROUS ASSAULT ON POLICE CONSTABLES. — Joseph Foster and Dennis Collins, labourers, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with violently assaulting and dis abling two police constables, who came into court with their faces disfigured from blows and contusions. William Murray - , police constable, No. 151 K, who was in a weakly condition from loss of blood, and whose head was bandaged, said that he was called upon by the land lord of the Blue Posts public-house in the West India• road, yesterday afternoon, to suppress a serious riot in his house, and to remove the prisoners, who were fighting, He got between them and parted them. He was immediately assaulted by both, and unmercifully beaten. Foster struck him a violent blow on the eye and felled him to the ground, and wbilo ho was down the same man kicked him on the eye and closed it. He was also jumped upon and rendered ,quite insensible. When he recovered he was conveyed to the station house. His bead bled like a tap all th e wa y t o i the station house, Mr. Selfe—Like a tap ? Witness—Yes, sir—the blood gushed from my ears like water from a tap. I have lost a large quantity of blood. Foster here said he hit the police constable in his own defence, and that his head was in a frightful state from blows he received. The police constable used his truncheon most unmercifully. Benjamin Keen, a police constable, No. 298 K, stated that he saw the prisoners stripped and fighting. He told them to put their clothes on, and they immediately com menced abusing and threatening him. Seven or eight ruf fians attacked him, and hit him right and left. Both prisoners struck him. He took the prisoner Foster into custody, and he struggled, kicked and plunged most violently, and said that no one should take him alive. The prisoner got away. He chased him for a quarter of an hour, and then knocked him down with his staff. He saw Foster and Collins both strike the last witness. Foster kicked him three times. Mr. Charles Balls, landlord of the Blue Posts, said the prisoners came into his house the worse for liquor. Collins fought with another man for half an hour, and then fought with Foster. A fearful row ensued; many persons were struck and injured, and the two policemen assaulted. Mr. Frank Fairbairns, commercial traveller, of Bromley Hall, Middlesex, said—l never saw a more disgusting scene in my life. The policemen were most cruelly and brutally used. Foster was like a savage, and used the most horri ble oaths. I saw him kick the policemen, and jump upon them. I considered it a public duty to attend here this day, though very inconvenient to me. Mr. Selfe committed the prisoners for trial at the sessions; THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to-day a very limited supply of English wheat came to hand, coastwise and by land carriage. Although the show of samples was very moderate, the demand for all kinds ruled inactive ; but, compared with Monday, no change took place in the quotations. Foreign wheat, the show of which was seasonably good, moved off slowly ; nevertheless, no disposition was shown on the part of holders to sell, except at full quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, but not cheaper. Most kinds of malt moved off slowly at Monday's cur rency. We were fairly supplied with oats, in which a fair ave rage business was transacted on former terms. Both beans and peas were very dull, but the flour trade was tolerably firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,010 I 1,720 690 740 560 Irish Foreign 4,780 I 3,720 i 15,270 120 sks I 500 ble NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat here is-day are tolerably extensive and the trade generally ruled heavy, as follows: Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s . .d. s d. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. d 0.... 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 0 Pm.largedo. 3 Bto 3 10 ( Prime do. 4 2to 4 4 Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2' Veal 3 6to 4 4 Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 Small pork .. 4 2to 4 10 DISCOUNTERS TO THIEVES. A number of thieves, and two discounters of bank notes to such persons, were brought before the magistrates at Manchester yesterday, under the fol lowing circumstances. On Friday night, a man named Griffiths was proceeding on his way home from Manchester to Cheetham-hill, when he was accosted by the female prisoner, Ann M'Kinsey, in Bradshaw-street. He endeavoured to put ber away, but she told him a tale of distress, and he took her to a gin vault, where he paid threepence for a glass of spirits for her, taking none himself, but giving her the change out of a shilling. He then left her and proceeded homewards, but on his way up Cheetham-hill he found she was again following him. He remonstrated with her, and whilst doing so two men jostled against him, and one of them asked him what he was doing with that woman ? The two men (prisoners) and the woman then ran away together, and Griffiths missed a pocket-book containing three Bank of England notes, one for £lOO, one for £5O, and one for £2O, together with a cheque for £226 13s. Ire gave information to the police, and the consequence was that Inspeetor Taylor went to Liverpool, and on Wednesday ap prehended the prisoners Ann and Robert M'Kinsey, in whose possession between £l3 and £l4 in money and some new clothing were found. On the way to Manchester, Robert M'Kinsey made a statement, which, during the succeeding night, led to the P - prehension of the other prisoners, John Sparll - m l )- Walmsley, and Brian M'Ginnis. A : I, the hearing of the case, Robert M‘Kinse: was admitted as a witness, and made the. :o - llowing statement. He said that on Satur..',ay night he and Ann M'Kinsey and John Sparks were together, and that Ann M'Kinsey anoosted the prosecutor, who took her to a 'lila% 'fault. Witness and Sparks watched them, and afterwards followed them up Cheetham-hill, to the place where the robbery was committed. They afterwards went to a cellar kept by Sparks, where the female prisoner handed the pocket-book over to Sparks. At that time it contained only the £5O ' and the £2O notes and some papers. The pocket book and papers were put into the fire, and witness then went with Sparks to a beer-shop, kipt by the prisoner Walmsley, in Charter-street. Walmsley gave them 35 sovereigns for the £5O note. They next went to the house of the other prisoner, Brian M'Ginnis, and he gave them 15 sovereigns for the ' £2O note. On returning to the cellar of Sparks to divide the money, Ann M'Kinsey produced the £lOO note, and they then returned to M'Ginnis with that, and Sparks asked what he would give for it. He agreed to give 60 sovereigns for it, if they would leave it till Sunday, which they did. , On Sunday morning they called and got the money, M'Ginnis telling them he had had to go to London with the note to get it changed. After some further evi dence the magistrates were about to commit, but on the application of Mr. Stead, solicitor, a remand till Wednesday next was granted. HISTORY OF A LETTER IN ITS TRAVELS THROUGH 2HE POST. When Mary Jane, your intelligent maid-servant, takes your letter, a ddressed to yonr aunt at Bol ton, in Lancashire, her powers of reading and dis crimination are exercised at the grocer's shop round the corner, where she finds two upright letter-slips. in the 'door-post, one marked " Lon don and twelve miles round;' and the other "In land and colonial mails." She first of all has to consider whether Bolton comes within the range of " twelve miles round London," and when she has decided this geographical point in the negative, either singly or by the help of the receiving-house attendant, she then drops the letter into the com partment devoted to the colonial and country post. After a short repose it is taken by a couple of faded gaudy drivers, in a more faded scarlet, hard-worked, dog-cart-looking vehicle, to St. Martin's-le-Grand. Herb it will be bundled into a large hall, called the General Sorting office, not unlike Exeter-hall, fur nished with long rows of tables, desks, and shelves, at which are seated' a number of active, -earnest looking, time-begrudging beings, every one engaged as if legerdemain had been his sole occupation from the cradle, and as if he had a certain task to per form, with only another hour to live. Taskmasters are passing to and fro directing and inspecting the work, but the chief taskmaster of all is a large clear-faced clock, which watches the hurrying crowd with the calm steady look of a sphinx, and which is glanced at in its turn by some of the labourers as the conductor of an orchestra is glanced at by timid performers. Your aunt's letter is at once turned out of the bag on to the top of a large table amongst a heap of other letters—a fortuitous con course of atoms—mixed and entangled' as only a mound of letters can be entangled and mixed. Some 50 men attack them immediately, like eager bone pickers at a virgin dust-heap, or, rather, consider ing their playing-card shape and appearance, like maniac gamblers at a scramble - when the police are knocking at the outer gate. All this activity has no other object than to " face" them, to put, those troublesome letters on their backs, which are obsti nately lying on their faces, and to turn those other letters round upon their legs which are at that mo ment standing on their heads. As fast as a pack that makes a full handful is scratched into order, it is transferred to another table, where the letters undergo another process of stamping. This process has to obliterate the postage heads, so that they can never be taken off and used again, and also to stamp the letter with a circular impression, containing the date and the name of London—the town from which the letter is about to be despatched. This task is confided to a nimble-fingered gentleman, who seems inclined to back himself against any steam-engine under the roof, past, present, or to come. Placing a number of letters before him in an upright position with the postage head in the upper right corner, he strokes them down gently but rapidly, one by one, under his right hand, which holds the stamping die, and comes down with unerring precision and bewildering rapidity full upon the label. A hun dred heads are damaged in a minute by this skilful operator, who requires a new die every evening ; and the only partial break that occurs in his labour is when a letter either wants a head, or contains it in the lower left hand instead of the upper right hand corner. Dipping the die on to the ink-brush, or stamping a paper at intervals that stands at his side, to keep a rough record in twenties or fifties of the letters passing through the office for that night's mails, are eccentric diversions of the head blotter's duty.—Leisure Hour. Returns just published show that the imports of specie this year up to the end of last month have amounted to £26,702,568, against £19,926,278 during the correspond ing eight months of 1858. This increase has been conse quent chiefly on an augmentation M the arrivals of silver to meet the demand for India in the London market, the gold receipts being but slightly in excess of those of last year. The proportion of silver has been £10,948,693, while in 1848 it was only . £4,534,894. Such is the extent to which the Continent is being drained that from France alone we have absorbed £5,099,180 of that metal, and from Belgium £1,191,216. The United States have likewise sent us £984,550, while the proportion from Mexico and South America has been £2,190,274, which is about the same as last year. The quantity of gold imported hag beeii £15,753,875 against £15,391,384 up to the same period of 1858. Of - this sum £5,597,595 has been contributed by America, showing an increase of £2,088,086 over last year. £1,997,881 was from Russia, which is also a large increase. But the receipts from Australia have amounted only to £4,970,669 against £5,561,619 in 1858, and those from Mexico and South America only to £1,388,375 against 3,509,609. The registered exports of gold and silver within the eight months have been £26,397,033, or within £305,535 of the imports. Of this sum £12,876,169 consisted of silver nearly all sent to India and China. To Paris we have sent during the eight months £11,845,824 in gold, partly to pay for silver and partly for mercantile balances—the latter fact being suffi cient to account for the rapid increase in the stock held by the Bank of France. THE LOSS OF THE NEPTUNE.—In reporting the wreck of the Neptune in the Bay of Bengal, Major Charles Swaffield, who commanded the troops on board, says : " On the morning of the Ist of August we parted from our anchor and drifted on to a reef. The ship first struck at about 12 o'clock noon, and continued to strike and drift with the tide and sea till about 2 o'clock the next morning. We expected every moment that she would go to pieces. She flhally settled at a place, I believe, about 18 miles north west of Akyab. On the morning of the 2d there was a very heavy sea and surf, and a raft could not be constructed. We were about two miles and a half from shore, and con sequently had no hope of saving life, not having an available boat. It was evident that at high water her decks would be swept. We were at prayers, and had given up . all hope, when the joyous sound was heard of a ' steamer in sight 1' She proved to be the Nemesis, Captain Goodwin, come out to search for us from Akyab, where our guns had been heard. Shortly after coming to an anchor her boats were sent, and continued to ply between the two ships until every soul was taken out of the Neptune and put on board the Nemesis. An officer's wife, a soldier's widow, and the sick were first lowered into the boats, and then'the men slid down into the boats by a rope from the forecastle, and lat terly (the ship having sunk deeper or the tide risen) stepped into them from the fore chains. The behaviour of the troops was most admirable. They were stationed on the poops until the sea washed over that part of the ship, and came forward as their names were called, There was not the'slightest symptom of a disposition to run, or even to rush to the boat, though it was perfectly evident that the ship was in momentary danger of going to pieces, and before the last of the troops left the sea washed over every part of the vessel." ACTION AGAINST THE BANK OF ENGLAND.— A very curious case affecting the Bank of England was tried in Newcastle county court on Wednesday. A mariner, on the eve of proceeding on a ten months' voyage, deposited £B3 in the branch bank of the Bank of England in Newcastle, at the suggestion of his brother-in-law, who is a cashier in the establishment. During his absence the wife obtained £4O of the money, through the influence of her relative, the cashier, The mariner on his return repudiated the act of his wife, and called upon the bank to refund the money. The bank, endorsing the act of the cashier, refused to entertain the application, and set up a plea of ratification on the part of the mariner. The judge commented in somewhat severe terms upon the conduct of the cashier and the proceedings of the bank, and expressed his opinion that the mariner had never ratified the wife's act. The jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff, LONDON GAZE2'T.E-( THIS .VENING) BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Priiy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign A.atirs, a copy ofl a despatch from her Maj es ty' s C onsu l at Li sbon, enclosiag copy of a notice issued by the Board of Health at that capital, declaring the port of Havana, and all the other ports in the Island of Cuba, to be considered infected with yellow fever. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 30. Royal Horse Guards —Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel W. Fordyce-Buchan, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel the Hon. G. C. Weld Forester, who exchanges, recetving the dif fence between Infantry and Cavalry ; Major and Brevet- Colonel Richard Henry R. Howard, Vvse to be Lieute rant-Colonel, by purchase s vie.- Goarge W, Fordyce- Buchan, who retiresl CaPbtn and Brevet-Major Hugh Smith 13aillie to be Mto^ - e, by purchase, with the rank of Lieutenants(Mal on Lieutenant 11% 'in the Army, vice Howard Vyse ; reach Keighly Peach to be Captain, by ti o r,,_ l " l "' Baillie ; Cornet Richard George Bomford to lie Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keighly each ; Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bolton. Ist Dragoons—Charles Downes Manning, Gent., to be Cornet; by purchase, vice Dawn, who retires. sth Light Dragoons—Captain John Xing Rendall,from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Andrew Gammell, who ex changes, receiving the same. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Gore to he Cap tain, by purchase, vice Mayne, who retires; Cornet Ed ward Alexander Wood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gore. 12th Light Dragoons--Captain C. Jefferys Watson Allen, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice White, who ex changes, receiving the same. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Richard Abraham Manners to be Captain, without purchase, vice McKenna, killed in action; Ensign John Richard Wheeler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Manners. 2d Foot—Henry William Pollard, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice William Hamliton Mulloy, who has been superseded for being absent without leave. 3d Foot—Ensign Frederick Taylor Hobson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bruce, who retires. sth Foot—Surgeon Francis Reid, 111.D. ' from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice M'Nab, appointed to the Staff. 6th Foot—Theodosius Wm. Poulden, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Moriarty, promoted. 9th Foot—Lieut. James Trevenen, from half-pay, 2d West India Regiment to be Lieutenant, vice John M'Queen, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company; Ensign Francis Edward Eccles to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Trevenen, who retires. 15th Foot—Captain Augustus Barton White, from the 12th Light Dragoons; to be Captain, vice Allen, who exchanges, receiving difference between Infantry and Cavalry. 16th Foot—Captain Andrew Gammell, from the sth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice John King Rendall, who exchanges, receiving difference between Infantry and Cavalry ; Captain Cuthbert A. Baines, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice George Studdert, who exchanges ; Lieut. Lewis Stevens Rooke, to be Captain, vice Baines, who retires; Ensign Cecil Godwin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rooke. 17th Foot—Charles Forbes Leith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burnett, promoted. 22d Foot—Captain John Wm. Trevor, from the 55th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rowland, who exchanges ; Ensign Alfred Geo. Drake Pocock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mather, who retires. 25th • Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Winter. Sheppard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Layton, who retires; Ensign Henry Martin Cornwall Legh to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Sheppard. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Lakin to be instructor of Musketry. 33d Foot—Ensign Edwin Jervis, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boyd, promoted. 46th Foot—Henry Watley Estridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Speke, promoted. 55th Foot—Captain Wm. Hodnett, Rolland, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Trevor, who exchanges. 60th Foot—Ensign Julius Lovell to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice King-Harman, who retires. 63d Foot—John Thacker, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Knowles, promoted. 78th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John A. Ewart, C. 8., from the 93d Foot, to bo Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Stisted, C. 8., who exchanges. 86th Foot—Ensign Chas. Henry Jackson to .be Instructor of Musketry. 92d Foot—Ensign R. James Salter Carruthers to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Gordon; promoted. 93d Foot—Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Henry Wm. Stisted, C. 8., from the 78th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Ewart, C. 8., who exchanges. 94th Foot—Walter Gregory Buller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice French, promoted. Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. Wm. James Miss to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Pratt, de ceased ; Ensign Wm. Ormsby to be Lieutenant,' without purchase, vice Ross ; Ensign William Perceval Gilborne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Molony, de ceased ; Sergeant-Major John Atkisson, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ormsby; Charles Francis Barry, Gent., to beEn sign, without purchase, vice Gilborne. 2d West India Regiment—Captain Henry John Davies, from half-pay 51st Foot, to be Captain, vice D. A. Pat terson, appointed Paymaster, Royal Astillery ; Lieut. William Cooke O' Shaughnessy to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Davies, who retires. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Robert M'Nab, M.D., from the sth Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Reid, appointed to the sth Foot ; Assistant- Surgeon William Langworthy Bake; from the 10th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Taylor, deceased. To be Assistant-Surgeons—James Africanus Beale Hor ton, M.D., vice Abbott, promoted on the Staff; William Broughtan Davies, M.D. BOROUGH HOP. Fine new hops are selling readily, and, in some instances, prices have an upward tendency. Other kinds command previous rates, and best old qualities are very dull. The duty is still called £285,000. New Mid and East Kent 90s to 123 s per cwt. Weald of Kent 58s to 80s „ S•issex. . 58s to 673 Farnhams ..90s to 115 s „ Country do. 7os to 105 s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been quiet, but prices are steady, most parties having delayed their operations until the tublic sales, which take place to-day. &GAIL—The demand for all descriptions has been ex tremely languid, and prices generally have shown a down ward tendency. In the refined market the dealings have been on a very limited scale, at about former rates. COFFEE.—For Plantation Ceylon there has been a fair inquiry on former terms. Native has been dealt in to a very limited extent, and prices are a shade flatter. RlCE.—There has been rather more inquiry for the fine and medium qualities, late rates having been well main tained in most instances. _ _ FnulT.—A steady business has been done in the new crop of both raisins and currants, and at public auction higher rates have been obtained. _ _ SALTPETRE.—The transactions have been rather limited; little change, however, can be recorded in prices. TALLOW.—The market has shown symptoms of depres sion. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 58s, and lait three months 57s 9d to 58s per cwt. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 30.—Wind this day at noon, South. Westerly; fresh breeze, and stormy weather. It hag been raining all day. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 29 —Wind W.S.W., blowing hard. —Arrived—General Williams, from London for Port Philip. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed— Taymouth Castle, for Kurrachee. CARDIFF, Sept. 29.—Wind W.—Acacia, from St George, New Brunswick. Sailed—Leonidas, for Guada loupe. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lngle hors, from Bahia; Flight, from St. John's, New Bruns wick. HULL, Sept. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ellerslie, from Quebec. COWES, Sept. 29.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrived— Marie Lucie, from Valparaiso ; Chapman, from Hamburg for V alparaiso. MILFORD, Sept. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gentoo, from Quebec for Bristol ; Economist, from Quebec for Llanelly. LIMERICK, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Saigd— William and Joseph, from St. John's, New Brunswick. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Sept. 29.—Maud, from St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Zetus, from Buctouche ; Aihia, and Porewne, from Ibrail ; Gem of the Sea, from Ancona; Hortense, from Antwerp. Off the Port.—Amy Rbbsart, from Salina ; Sovereign of the Sea. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, low water ; weather fine. Arrived.—Stokesley, Silistria, Queen, and Hercules, from Cronstadt ; Fredrika, from St. Petersburg; Providence, from Icira. Sailed—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne ; Swallow, steamer, for Tonning ; Chester, steamer, for Leghorn. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind W,S.W., fresh. Arrived—Elise, from London for Bahia ; Granus, from London, for Leghorn. Passed in tow—Vanguard, from Calcutta ; Gessbiena Helena, from Genoa—both for London. Anchored—Maroel, from London for Athens. Passed—Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, from westward s for Woolwich ; Mithridates, screw steamer, from London, for Odessa ; William, from Pugwash ; Gottenburg, screw steamer, from Cadiz—both for London. MR. ROBERT STEPITENSON.—Our readers will learn with much regret that Mr. Robert Stephenson, the eminent engineer, is at this moment in so serious a state of illness that his friends are apprehensive of a fatal result. It would be a curious and sad coincidence should their ap prehensions be verified by the event, considering that the other most eminent engineer of the day, Mr. Brunel, died a week ago.—Cheltenham Examiner. 631 i 1 E. 61 6 1124 13 ni B A4 4 i 4 1054 i 5 109 110 108 110 111 oi 1111 1001 i i MISCELLAAEOUS. Share'' Miscellaneous. 1000 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Map:.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862.. Do. C ... Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 71 per et !Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Electric Telegraph Stock Stock Do. New - Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co . Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gan. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Ce Netherlands Land DoB p.c.Pref.,iss. at ldis N. Br. &NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) Oriental Gas Do. Newjhaies; lOrtenth fi. Steam, A.. Ditto B Stock Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austen. Inv. (Lim South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. Owe Tiomtn'■ T and 160 Stock Paid. Closing Price. 14 15 200 220 29 31 I I 4i 5 36 38 18 20 14i 15/ 109 114 8 9 24 25 9 11 41,- hi 100 102 Par i P 1i la id par d i 14 1; d 14 11 i A 5 0 li 1 d i 1 1 1i id 48 53 75 80 9 11 22 23 ip 6} 7 115 125 34 36 1 11 14 14 BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) E. Russl (Tavistk ) Gam. &St.Aubyn(G wen ) Great South Tolrus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Lady Bertha Margaret (v ny Lelant) North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blazy). Providence (Uny Lelnt) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) Smith C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead 2.11.10 Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Caren.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cal s.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe ,Ph 'l Trelawney (Lick. 6.17.0 Os 12.1.8 9k 1.6.6. 10.6.7 10 7.9.4 nil. 1i 10.6.7 18.18.91 12s 6d 1.7.2 Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 3t 4} 1 2 420 430 155 160 8,1 9 46 50 131 14i 1 1} 1 1 11 53 55 5 5 64 S . 9 8 9 12 13 43 46 4 1 230 235 2k 3 145 155 4 k 31 1 5 20 135 140 160 170 80 90 11 1 11 12 33 35 274 28i Shire Mines. FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lss I p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p.) 271 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 11 6 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 47 49 Cepiapo l6 7 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 224 24 3 Linares all 11 12 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 6 8 71 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 d par 28.2.84 United Mexican I 10 21 21 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _ Share! Joint-Stock Banks. Paid ‘cClosingßusiness Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - -- 10 Australasia all 80 82 25 I Bank of Egypt all 201 211 100 Pank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 'British North American all - 20100 IChtd. Bank of India. dm 1650 62 64p Cit 100 Col o nial; - 20,11 'Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of Landon 2O la 21 20 Rug , Soot.. & Aus. Ch all 151 161 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 211 50 London and County - 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 501 1 1 100 Nat. Prov. of England 36 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 20 I New South Wales - 25 Orient .11k. Corporation all 391 401 39} 4} 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 1,7 i 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New - 25 South Austral ia tt all 25 Union of Australia,„ all , 47 48 47 50 Union of London lO 26 } } I 100 11111V411t4a 1 6O 216 1 Paid, 991 100 41 1361 6 / 74 93 24 34 714 24 14/ 14 I i d par 1151 19 14f f f 14 THIRD EDIT I ON. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' BREVET. Captain Cuthbert A. Baines, 16th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major Cuthbert A. Baines, 16th Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Army. The undermentioned Gentleman Cadet of her Majesty's Indian Forces, at present doing duty at the Royal Engineer Establishment at Chatham, to have the local and tempo rary rank of Lieutenant while employed at that establish ment—Robert Percival Pennefather. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Brevet-Lien tenant Peel, Major on half-pay Unattached, are Edmund Yates. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 11. Corps of Royal Marines—Mr. Ive Drury Bottemley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. West Riding of York—Edward Chivers Bower, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Reginald Pykes Marshall to be Lieutenant, vice Teale, promoted ; William Wickham Wickham, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Marshall, promoted ; the Hon. Marma duke Constable Maxwell to be Cornet, vice Vyner, pro moted . Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Militia—Adjutant Walter Blakeney Persse, late Captain 22d Regiment, to serve With the rank of Captain. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Ed ward Henniker; Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Skinner, resigned. sth Company of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers—Somerville Arthur Gurney, Esq., to be Ensign. Ist Subdivision of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers—William Henry Scott, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Harold Augustus Ernuin, Esq., to be Ensign. West Essex Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Edgar Disney, Esq., to be Captain, vice Bramston , resigned. , West Essex Militia—Lieut. William Maling Wynch to be Captain, vice Way, resigned. The following appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the Gazette of the 20th inst. :- Ist Subdivision of Essex Rifle Volunteers—Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny, Bart., to be Lieutenant ; John Fitzsimmons Bishop, Esq., to be Ensign. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 26, 1859. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now being made for the intended distribution of the award for stores recovered from the wreck of her Majesty's gunboat Jaseur, in the month of April, 1859, by the Cuba or Zeldina, tender to her Ma jesty's ship Imaum. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said award, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holdhag powers 'of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any salvor, aro requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset- House." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the " London Gazette," of the date proposed for the commence ment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an nounced. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 28th day of September, 1859 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. • Notes issued £31,391,220 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,916,220 Silver Bullion .... - 431,391,220) £31,391,220 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi tal .... £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- EPARTMENT. Government Secu - rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,220,018 Other Securities 19,434,507 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 624,899 counts) 9,268,239 Other Deposits 13,096,415 Seven Day and other Bills 824,134 £41,464,484 I £41,464,484 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Sept. 29,1859. Oct. 13 and Nov. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District. Court. Edward Clement Davies and George Cooper, chemists, Gainsborough, Oct. 12 and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court:, Archibald' Hay. Jack; letter-press printer, Haymarket, Oct. 18, at two, and Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, James M'Clure, jun., warehouseman, Manchester, Oct. 14, and Nov. 9, at twel ve , a t th e Manchester District; Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Samuel Dickson, jeweller, Dumfries. William Hamilton, writer, Hamilton. Francis Hamilton, Writer to the Signet, Hamilton. Peter Houston, plumber and gas fitter, Helensburgh , • AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price, of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns inadein the week ending the J27th day of- Sept., 1 85 - exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on• the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possesSions in America 2ss 5d Muscovado, the produce of thelfauritius 2ls 5d Muscovado, the produce Of•theithst Indies —s —d Average price of the foregoitig 24s 111 d ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—TuIs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16f 11. 164 Antwerp Brussels. 25 271 25 35 Hamburgh Paris ' Ditto Marseilles — 25 32f 25 371 Frankfort on Maine — 1171- '1174 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34 341 Madrid Cadiz — .50 , . 50a Leghorn — ' 30 10 30 15 Genoa — 25 50 25 65 Naples Palermo — 1221 123 Messina — 123 1231 Lisbon • 4* . - 511 . 62 Oporto' Rio Janeiro New York — • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ,,,,,,.. „ 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) .• • ~, 0 0 0 •• er BANKRUPTS, James Kurton Morgan, draper, Clifton, to surrender, Oct. 11, and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Chapman Green, hotel keeper, Manchester, Oct. 12 and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John Davey Vivian, grocer, Plymouth, Oct. 14, at eleiten, and Nov. 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court. ! James Kurton Morgan, draper, Clifton, Oct. 11 Wad Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Richardson Winckworth, picture dealer, Albilm street, Hyde-park, Oct. 15, at twelve, and Nov. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Rammage, ironfounder, Platts, Worcestershire, SUICIDE .FROM DOMESTIC' UIRAPPI- NESS. On Monday , all inquest was held before Mr. T. Badger, at the Prince of Wales beerhouse, Thurl stone, near Barnsley, on view- of the body of William Hamuierton, aged 59 years, landlord of the beerhouse, who had committed suicide at two o'clock the previous Saturdayporning, by shooting himself through the head with a double-barrelled gun. The bOdy, which lay in the bar, presented a most horrid spectacle, the upper part of the head and face being completely blown away, the walls and floor of the room being bespattered with brains and, pieces of skull and flesh. A more shocking sight, the coroner stated, it had not been his lot to witness during his long experience. It appeared that the deceased was in embarrassed circum stances, and his numerous creditors pressing him for money is supposed to have been one cause of his committing the rash act. He also lived unhap pily with his wife, with whom he appeared to have had frequent quarrels, which preyed much upon his spirits. On Friday night, about 10 o'clock. they re tired to rest. The wife, who is possessed of some thing like a religious monomania, got up a little after 12 o'clock, and commenced cleaning. De ceased got lip a little before two and tried to pre vail- upon her to go to' bed, but she refused, and they had some words. Deceased then threw her down and fell upon her with his knees. Mrs. Ham merton then became very Qxcited, went upstairs, awoke three lodgers who were in bed, and insisted upon them at once getting up and leaving the house. They remonstrated at being turned out at suc'; an untimely hour, but got up. Deceased came upstairs and seemed much affekted, and said he could not lire with his wife. The lodgers, after dressing themselves, went downstairs. On one of the party going into a room for his boots, with a candle in his hand, - he found deceased in the dark, With a double-barrelled gun in his hand. He' exclaimed that he was going to shoot himself, as he could not live any longer with his wife. The man seized the gun, and with assistance took it from the deceased. The latter, on becoming more composed, had the gun given back to him to put away, and he proceeded into the next room, , apparently for that purpose, but in less than a minute afterwards the report of a gun was heard, and on the parties rushing into the room they found deceased lying in a pool of blood, quite dead. Information was given to the police, and on Mr. Superintendent Hockaday proceeding to the place he found the house all but deserted, and although such a fearful occurrence had just taken place a large number of articles had been stolen from the premises ; and, in order to prevent further depredations, the' superintendent had to place the house in charge of the police. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased had killed him self by discharging a double-barrelled gun, while under temporary insanity, produced by pecuniary embarrassment and family discord.—Leeds Mercury. TEE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. (From the Quarterly Circular of Mr. Thomas Thorburn.) On the issue of my last quarterly report a degree of sensitiveness arose in the market, and extensive purchases were made at from 495. to 50s. cash, and 51s. open three months. Immediately thereafter, the declaration of an armistice between France and Austria, coupled with a reduction of duty of about 20s. per ton on the import of iron into Russia, created an intense excitement, and large buying ensued, particularly on Continental account, which communicated a considerable impulse to the trade —the price fluctuating between 51s. 6d. and 545., according as the currf nt of political intelligence confirmed or contradicted the expectations of a speedy close of the war, or its indefinite extension. The average price in July was Ms. Bd. ; August, 525. 10d. ; September, 51s. 9d. • against, 535., 555. id., and Ms. 4d., in these months respectively last year. Meanwhile, those prices, proving unremunera tive to the producers, have tended to curtail the production, there being now ten furnaces less in blast than at the beginning of the year. It is im portant to observe that the returns since June, 1837, have regularly shown an increase in the stocks, but, for the first time, a decrease has now to be noted. This unexpected feature is owing to the total deliveries exceeding the supply by 15,000 tons. The malleable iron works and foundries in the district have continued actively employed, and shipbuilding on a large scale is going on at our various building yards, whilst there is an increas ing demand for all kinds of machinery. The ele ment of labour, in connection with manufacturing industry, is assuming an importa nce w hi c h c annot be over-estimated; and in no branch is this of greater consequence than in the manufacture of iron, the cost to a large extent consists of wages. Already the sale coalmasters have been compelled to advance the pay of their men 6d. per day, and apprehensions prevail that the strike which con tinues so obstinately at certain of the works will eventually lead to a general demand for the restora tion of the deduction previously submitted to. ORIGIN OF THE JUDGES' BLACK CAP.—The prac tice of our judges in putting on a black cap when they con demn a criminal to death will be found, on consideration, to have a deep and sad significance. Covering the head was in ancient days a sign of mourning. " Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered." (Esther vi. 12.) In like manner Demosthenes, when insulted by the populace, went home with his head covered. " And David • . . wept as he wentup, and had his head covered ; . . . and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went.up, weeping as they went up." (2d Samuel, xv., 30.) Darius, too, covered his head on learning the death of his Queen. But among ourselves we find traces of a similar mode of expressing grief at funerals. The mourners had the hood " drawn forward over the head." (Fosbroke, " Encyc. of Antiq.," p. 951 . ) Indeed, the hood drawn forward thus over the head is still part of the mourning habiliment of women when they follow the corpse. And with this it should be borne in mind that, as far back as the time of Chaucer, the most usual colour of mourning was black. Atropos also, who held the fatal scissors which cut short the life of man, was clothed in black. When, therefore, the judge puts on the black cap, it is a very significant as well as solemn proce dure. He puts on mourning, for he is about to pronounce the forfeit of a life. And, accordingly, the act itself, the putting on of the black cap, is generally understood to be significant. It intimates that the judge is about to pro nounce no merely registered or supposititious sentence ; in the very formula of co n d em nation he has put himself in mourning for the con v i c ted culprit as for a dead man. The criminal is then left for execution, and, unless mercy exert its sovereign prerogative, suffers the sentence of the law. The mourning cap expressively indicates his doom.-IVotes and Queries. CHANNELS JUNCTION RAILWAYS.—A few weeks since we ventured some remarks on the progress of the great national scheme from Burnham, in the Bristol, to the port of Poole, in the English, Channels. The Somerset Central extends from Burnham to Bruton; it is there met by the Dorset Central, which has its terminus at Poole. In fur therance of this great object the directors of the two com panies met at Yeovil on Saturday last with their respective officials, and though the meeting was private, we are assured that but one feeling animated all—namely, the speedy com pletion of the entire line. For eighteen long years the bring ing the Channels within two hours of each other has been developing. The remarks of Lord Palmerston at B roadlands a few days since, on turning the sod of a broad g A.uge lead ing to Southampton, are appropriate to the perseverance and policy displayed in this scheme. The Bristol and Exeter, we learn, will put a third line (to accommodate the narrow gauge) from Highlsridge to Bristol, there falling into the Midland Railway—a company composed (#f directors who have long seen and known how to appreciate a narrow gauge continuation from - Bristol westward. Nl o thi ng so important for the west has yet been accomplished ; but sc• complished it will now be.—Sherborne Journal. ~,' .::: fk - ,-. 12.10 13.14 Stock Stock Stock 50 20 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock 16 1613 41 Stock Stock I Stock itock 12i took Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock) 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 1110 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock 10 Stock' Sharej Stk: t 20 Stock 12.10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 264 stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 3 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, 81 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 13 15 90 i 881 9 77 8 271 I 24! 45 41 7C4 7 624 14 100/ 1224 139 i 53 2 Share S took 20 20 100 100 Sto. 1 Stoeki 300 100 100 100 Stook r2O I o t 100 t 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Share I all 1 all 6 all all all 1160 100 1. 3 0. ,2m. 6d. all a 1 all I 1 oo 100 100 all all all 100 1 16 AI L- all all all all all 51i on 971 4 7}l 12} } till f 61i 151 I