The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-22 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET. CITY NE WS-YESTERDAY. The Court of Chancery orders contributories in class A of the State Fire Insurance Company to pay a call of £1 per share by the Ist October. A fresh rise of about £1 10s. took place to-day in Pernambuco Railway shares, the Government of *Brazil having consented to extend the guarantee over the excess of capital. There was a better demand for dock shares, and an advance of about 1 per cent, took place in St. Katharine and East and West India. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the large extent to which the com-; mercial public supplied their discount requirements, under the impression that the directors of the Bank of England at their meeting yesterday might have advanced their minimum, the inquiry for the moment BEi partially subsided. The market, although quieter, however, has lost none of the firmness - which has recently been manifested, 2 per cent. being the general charge for the best descrip tions of. mercantile securities. The Bank of England return, completed to Wed nesday, exhibits some important changes; but, upon the whole, it is more favourable than many persons anticipated. A small reduction has taken place in the bullion, but the total is still maintained at a high figure ; the other securities have • been augmented by the increased inquiry for discounts, and the Government balances have received a further addition. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £22,C67,670 Increase .. • • • • .. 475 Bullion .. 17,674,604 Decrease 1)4,242 Rest • .. .. 3,335,493 Increase .. • • .• 11,422 Public Deposits 7,160,252 Increase .. 311,706 Other Deposits.. . • .. 14,563,007 Decrease .. • • .. 23,847 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 832,885 Decrease .. 20,647 Government Securities .. 11,036,097 Increase 50.000 Other Securities .. 19,176,506 Increase .. .. 330,351 Notes Unemployed .. 9,428,180 Decrease 75,790 The Ripon has arrived with the IStalcutta and China mails and £1,150 in specie, and the Saxonia from New York has brought £45,800. The operations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have not been very extensive. Tea at public sale sold slcwly at about previous prices, while sugars in some in stances were a shade cheaper. Coffee, however, has been in great demand, and fine and superior de scriptions of colonial have slightly advanced. Rice has been in limited request, while a downward movement has taken place in the value of saltpetre and tallow, P.Y.C. on the spot having receded to 48s. 3d. ; and for last three months' delivery, to 495. 9d. to 50s. per cwt. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this /morning the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted 68fr. 75c., being sc. lower than yes terday. The Liverpool cotton market to-day opened with a steady feeling, and the sales about 5,000 bales. The English Stock Market opened heavily, and on the negotiation of a few sales a further decline of k 'per cent, took place ; shortly afterwards, how eve?, buyers came forward, and although they only operated to a limited extent a recovery in prices ensued. Owing to the dulness of speculation a few transactions are sufficient to influence the tendency of values. Consols are 938 4 for transfer and the 4th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 934•; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities re main at 218 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is flat at 1088 I. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been moderately active, and prices have shown no important variation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 86 87 ; ditto, 1858, 718 72k ; ditto New Loan Scrip, 1/ dis. ; and the Consolides, 331 34; Mexican Stock is flat at 281 ; and the Egyptian Scrip, 2d issue, has receded to 9f-, prem.; Portu guese are 46i ; and the New I oan Scrip remains at II prem. ; Italian 5 per Cents. have receded to ; Russian Scrip is prem., and Venezuelan huie receded to 254 s. Ihe operations in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and owing to a few speculative sales prices have generally shown :ess firmness. Caledonians, Great Westerns, and Lan cashire and Yorkshire have declined about 55., and Great Northern A Stock and North-Western, 10s. South-Western, however, have improved about ss. In the Foreign Market a further advance was apparent in Recife and San Francisco, which were dealt in at 18 to 181 ; Great Luxembourg brought 141, and Turin and Savona, 2 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian were flat, and receded to 22. The Colonial lines exhibited no change of im portance. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are, in several instances, a shade firmer. London and South African, with £l6 paid, realise 19 to 191; and Ottoman Bank have improved to 29 and 29/ ; Crystal Palace Preference Stock is buoyant at 109 to 110. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 31 1 31 3 per Cer,t. Consols Annuities New 3 cier Cent. Annuities 93k 1 3 1 Red Sea Telegraph, 1908 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditt o Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Di tto 51 per Cent. D itto Bonds ELMO — riitto under £l,OOO .. Co (ISMS for Account, Sept. 4 93k f Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent .. — Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 per Cent Ditto 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4/ per Cent ... 83 Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip Ditto aid-up Scrip Ditto, Second Issue, £2O pd Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account MoorisTa Imperial 5 per Cent 94 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — Dr tiu Account Ditto Scrip; £lO pd • , 2,- Itn.si an 5 per C ent 1822 £ St i Ditto 4f per Cent 9O 1 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip) Ditto, Paid up Scrip. 931 S-panish 3 Der Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive., '-pa,nish Cert. of Coup. not funded 'l'a r ki s h 6 per C ent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 I)itte Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862, Scrip l3 Of Ditto, Paid up Scrip Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ..... .. , 1021 'Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account D:vidends on the above payable in London. T rteb. 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. . THREE O'CLOCK. C onßols, Money Ditto Account 93k I TWO BROTHERS DROWNED.—Yesterday morning t .„" Youths named Henry and Alfred. Garbutt, sons of Mr. ',:lary Garbutt, Ki ng ' s - roa d , Ch elsea, were d rowne d i n the T hames between Battersea and Vauxhall bridges by the 'oat in which they were rowing being run down by a sail. ke barge. Drags were used, but neither of the bodies was recoTered. The formal ratification of the Venezuela loan is expected to be received in London early in October. As WP.S anticipated, the absence of any imme diate demand for gold for exportation is causing some ; influx to the Bank. The amount taken there to-day was £70,000. The steamer Saxonia has ,brought £46,000 in specie from New York for England. The articles of association of the Bank of Hindos tan are now ready for signature, and the share cer tificates ready for issue. The dividend warrants and new share certificates in the Amalgamated North British and Mercantile Insurance Company are now ready for delivery. The half-yearly meeting of the County and General Gas Consumers' Company (Limited) is called for the 28th inst., when it is proposed to declare a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. SHARE MARKET -THIS DAY: ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuRS. Sharei Railways. Paid, ! Closing 1 Business Price. done. fir., Vol., and Str. Val all Blythe and Tyne. .... al [Bost,Sleaf.,andMid.k.'o. al Bristol and Exeter .... 10( ICaledonlan ............ 10( 'Cork and Bandon ...... all Cornwall all D . A (A gets no dix ) al 'Do. i al - !Dublin & Belfast June. all ' D un. , Perth,&Ab. June. all Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 Glasg. and S. Western. 100 Great Eastern, Ord. sI k 100 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian ,t 100 GreatNorthot Scotland . 100 Great Northern_ Do A stock lO Do 8 do Gt. S. an 'W. of Ireland 00 !Great Western .. Do Str Val gua. stock 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 10 London and Blackwall 10 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 10 Lon., Chat, aad Dover 10 Lon. & North Western 101 Lon. & Smith Western 101 L'derry & Enniskillen. 101 Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 101 Maryport and Carlisle. al Do I shares . a 3 Tetropolitan a: Midland Do New Do firming. & Derby 10 Olid, Gt. W. of Ireland a Do. 4 shares IMid Kent I Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 1( N or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 11 Do A stk ; A revs no d till pc. has been pdß ' IC Do B stock lO Nth. Eastern —Berwick IC Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 6: Do Leeds lO Do York Do Carlisle ...... North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 10 Do Scot. Mid. stock lO Shrews. and Welchpool al Shropshire Union South Deyon lO S. Durham & Lane. Un a South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun' 10 Staines,Wok.,andWok a] Stockton & Darlington , a] Do 1 I Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. .. 10 Do 8.. 8 8 6 7 87 84 1081 109; 6i 1(4 91 64 61 1 2 5 6 42 44 94 104 873 883 104 106 433 444 39 41 22 23 135 140 1244 1253 1244 125 175 137 107 109 65 (6 55 57 1073 108 61 f 3 119 121 43 45 953 06 993 1004 40 45 39 394 xn lq 1 3f xall 221 xd 125 41 1 9 5 136} 65} 1071 I 611 2 ad 120 t9} 444 tISI 99 1001 xd 8 8} 1295 130 If lep 99 101 601 dl. 28 2) 97/ 981 1 05 d 545 65 85 86 102 104 P 4; 4 d 101 111 116 118 46 48 104 106 Do C Ulster I al. Do Do i 54 Vale of Neath ) Victoria sta. and Pim ' 100 Waterford & Kilkenny 100 West Cornwall , all W. Hartlepool Har.ezß lOO West Midland Oxford 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford' 100 _ )0 1 47 49 10 35 37 85f 86-I 6$ 69* 97 99 11 8 7 11 374 384 [5 8 9 p 6 54 tl4 p )0 150 154 8 44 5 t, 3 24 24 11 554 5o 2 4 34 d p 85 90 110 142 6 1 7 41 43 35 40 89 91 ARES. 94 96 20 21 38 140 04 106 95 97 113 115 [lO 112 94 96 102 104 96 98 1} ot d d fp PREFERENCE s: at Bris. Exet 4p.c. at ; 100 20 Do. shares ; 14 at Caledon. qr. shra, No. 2 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per ant.. ' all 20 Do. 4: s p. c. gua. perpet. all 64 Dun. Perth, & AbeLJun. all 10 Do. Ist Class Pref.. all st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &t) 100 st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c 100 at Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 100 at no No. 9 100 at Do ...6 p. c. pref 100 st Do E. Angn. Ast 5 p.c. 1.( 0 at Do .7 p.e,. 100 at Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua 100 at Do at Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 1 0 at Do. do. 54 pc. pref. 1 , 47 100 St Do. fp. c. Wavy. Val. '47 100 at Great Northern, sp. c.. 100 st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 1 00 st Do. 44 p. c. do lOO at Do.sn.c.Redtr.atsp.c.pm 100 at Do. Hertford purchase 100 . 1 00 at Do. Luton do p C. pref 100 at Do. do. do. sp. c. pret 100 10 i;t. Nh. of Scot. Ist pret I all st G*. Sn. &W. (Ireland' 4 per cent 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent st Do. redeem. 44 p. ct at Do. redeem. 4 p. at Do. irredeem. 4p. et at Dd. sp. c. redeem. pref st Do. Birm. guar, stock at Do. Birm. pref. stock at Do. Chester guar. shares at Do. Cheaters p.c. pf. abs st Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre( at Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock at Do.Barnstst£s 3510dpe at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur at Lon.&Brig.sp. , ...gtt. No.l at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 st nag per cent d 0...:.. st Do. 5 per cent, do. No. 4 at Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk st Do. 6 p.c. cIo(NV-E&0•P-% st Do. 4 p c.st(div.detliP6s at Lon.Chat.,&Dov. sp.c.pf. at Lon. &N. W., Coy. d , Nuneaton, 5 per cent. at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent at, late 3d .... 28. 6d. Do. (Portsm'th shares perpetl anna. of 2s. 6d.) at Londony. & Ennis. 5 shs Et sTan. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 st Do. 34 per cent, 10 Do. redeem. 6percent .. 124 Ilaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. 124 Do. 44 per cent ........ st Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. st Do. Con. Bri s. & Bin 6 p.c at Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem at Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable 6 Do. 41 per cent .... . . at Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct at Nort British, 5 per cent. at Do. New gua. 5 percent 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dek.Co. at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. at Do. 44pr. ct redeemable at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 1 7 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. I 12a Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 25 Do. York, FL. &S. Purch. at Do. Carlisle 44 p. c.. at Do. do. 4p. 20 N. London 44 p. c. £2O pf 20 North Staffordshire.... at Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. C. pref. stock.... st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock [Os. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent , O. 6. South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 41 per cent at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. at Do. 41 per cent at Do. do. 1859 at Do. 5 per cent 8 S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua 20 Do. sp. c. gua 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 25 Do. B6p. c 25 Do. C6p. c at Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. at 'Watrfd & Kilkny. 6p. c at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk at Do. 2cl do at Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red at Do. Perpet 6p. c. pf. 1866 st Do. till 1869 6 6i 111 113 9) 92 112 114 111 113 129 131 all iOO 100 43 100 [lB 120 [l2 114 :05 107 [OB 110 98 100 [CO 102 90 92 91 93 [O2 104 78 80 78 80 173 176 105 107 [36 139 03 105 15 117 15 117 36 140 15 117 52 157 28 132 78 80 [O2 104 2} 2i [22 124 R Pin C 5 IV IpnH ... _ 2.2 i 234 40 145 10 11 24 244 100 102 100 102 84 85 20 21 274 28i 33 34 33 34 42 44 128 130 123 126 103 105 123 127 117 120 1151 LINES LEASED AT FIX ED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W . Birkenhead.. Buckingh msaire. Chester & llolyhead lOO Do ... 55 57 xd Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO2 104 xd Colchester, Stour V a l. 100 iE.U.&E.O 67 69 68} E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 IGt.Nerth. 138 140 Gls.Barr.&Nells.Drot. 100 Cledon Mosier & Dean F ores t a l l Gt. Wes t — -- Gt.Ea tn. Newmarket &c.,5 per cent OO Gt.Eastn. Do. E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c, 100 !Do Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c , log Do Hull and 6elby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 ,Ln.&N.W 200 202 xd Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 1 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c , all 'D0....... .. .. 12 Do. New ShlB6l, 4) p.c ! all Do ..... ... 22 24 Do.Wo. Ext. A, 44 p 0 1 all Do.— ••• • • a/ Oi London & Greenwich! 100 S. Eastern 63 65 Do. Prefcren . I 100 I Do. Lon.,Ti lb.& S,sltitendr 100 Peto &Co B6 69 88 Lowestoft gua. t pc..! 100 !Norfolk • • • • • • Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,&Matlo c kl all LNW& M 31 4 xd Mid. Bradford Prefer-) epee stock f 100 Midland i 97 99 Nortlin.&Eastn. sp. c 1 all Do. Do. 6 per cent. ....' all Do. . xd N. Eastn—Hartl e p oo l l 100 N. E. Ber. .. • • North Western . —.. all 'Midland 16a 17 Not. Gran. El. & . Cl. 100 IGt.North.: 96 97 „ Preston and Wyre. { all I L&N ' "11 44 46 & L.Yk. 1 , Do. i shares A.. all IDo. ••••• • ' • • • 137 Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt.North.;l34 xd Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey'l3s 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cls A all W.Ln. Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. _ Do do C all &Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn, __gi. 94 xd FREFERENC Dividends colating-ev 'E SHARES AND STOCKS on the Profits of each separate Year. 3t *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk it Gt Eeastern, E. Ang. B 6 p. c. pref it Do. do. C 7 do it Do. Gt East. sp. c. pref Lond'n, Brig'tn, SLc., 4i per cent. lB5Bl it Do. do. 4 per et 1866' it Do. do. 44 per ct 1861 5 Do. do. 4t per et 1861 [0 Lon . . Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c t Lon, &S.Wcstern p.c.l ,North British £lO Gua.l Shares, 1861 -- 4 Do E d,Prth,&D'dee,4p e ;t *Scottisheentral 44 p.c., irred. pref.... ..... 1 L 0 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 [0 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) 0 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) Vale of Neath Awe of full dividends i it out of the prate 1 104 106 it F. made 1041 74 I 74 all 12 any DI any -year not to be it halt YeeZt 106 108 102 104 102 104 10 10k 102 104 85 87 9 1 pm 4pml2of: 214 given half- IlubSeqUelll 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 st st 25 st st st st 10 ' 945.4, lu FOREIGN RAIL WAYS Share/ Railways. ; p a:A. l Closing Business price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all I 71 74 20 Ardennes.— _, ,. . all 2 0 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim 7 p.c.. lB 14 2 p 5 Belgian East. Junction all 14 14 Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3C 104 li4 100 Copiapo . ............. all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 44 4 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 16 14 16 p 20 Do .! all 20 Eastern of France .... all 21 22 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. al 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 14 144 144 20 ltalian Junction ...... all 20 (Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 20 21 16 Northern of France.... all 394 Oh 18 Do. New Shares ... 15 1 0 Norw.gian Trunk Pref . . all 810 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 17 8 7 d 20 Paris,Lyons, k Mcditer. all 434 444 20 Paris & Orleans. , ...... all 20 i Recife & S. Fran. (Pent.) [lB4 4 ( gas. 7p. ct. 1im...... all 184 195 184 18 419 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... all 20 Royal Danish all 15 16 5 Royal Swedish .... ..., all 4 1 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 104 104 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 91 10 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 8 14 11p m 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 18 3/ 4p 22 20 S. East Portugal 71 et. 10 20 Turin and Savona .... 4 11 14 d, 24 20 Southern of France— • all 324 334 81 West Fiandern ..,..... all 74 74 10 Do. 54 pc. Preference.. all 10 104 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 214 224 BRITISH MINES. Clifford Amalgamated.. nil 23 21 Devon G. Con, (Tavisi. , 1 445 455 1 East Cloo - au Gold Ltd. ss. id 4p East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 47 49 East Caradon ..... ..... 2.14.6 464 474 47 East Cam Brea.. E. W'l Russel (Tavistk )I 7 . 12 6 3 3 4 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 574 164 174 Great South Tolgus l7a 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 5 4 6 4 Grenville... 6.15.6 54 51 Gerod's-Foot 8.12 41 43 Hingston Downs 4.14 24 3 Lady Berth a Margaret (Uny Lelant 9; 41 43 Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 21 1 04ds North Downs 24 21 34 3 4 worth Frances (Illoga• , 12.3 N. WWI Basset (Ilio 4an "2.9 0 3 34 North Wheal Crotty ~ 2,4.9 34 4 Par Consols Mt. Blazey; 14 6 6 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 10 12 •;ortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 5 South Cara.don(St.Cleer) 14 345 '55 X d S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 24 3 ' Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 , .1 100 105 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min 44 4 1 5 10 fin Crort 9 94 104 West Basset (Illogan) l4 13 14 W Caradon ( Li s k ear d ) 5 30 82 West Seto • • Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 50 55 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 1 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 94 104 WhealLud ott Wheal AlaryAnn (Men ) 8 16 18 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 16 17 • FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Ltm I all 4 4 4 4 i 6 Brazil Land & IFlin.Co ' all 6 1 4 2 Capula Silver ' 10s. pr }pm { 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 l ' 20 Copiapo . 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 4 1 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 4 1 . 2 Fortuna.... 1 all 3 34 20 General I all 21 23 • 2 Gt N. Cop. ~f S. Austr 14 14 4 d If Kapunda kLimited) 1 1 1 p 1 2 Linares all 64 74 " ] 5 Lusitanian 2 / 4ds 1 Mariquica all 1 4 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L , 4 * 4ds I 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi Mining and Smelt... 1 all 2 4 6 Port Philip: 1 Santaßarbara GldMine 4 A 1 pm 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) I 108. 4ti pm 14 1 20 St. John del Rey (L.) I 15 5 5 57 564 4 f 1 • 2.81 United Mexican 1 ail 7 74 1 Worthing (Linalteel) 1 all 4 1 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld j all 24 24 I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July , - 1877-S2 - Do 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.l 100 103 105 - Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept., 100 106 108 - Do. 5 per cent ; 100 95 96 96 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 05xd - Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 108 109 1094 - Do.Ap & Oct 18801 100 112 114 - Do. 1890 , 1 100 112 114 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 111 113 - Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 - - N.B.Gov.6p.o..ia.&July 100 104 106xd - • Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 , - - - N. S. W. 6 ov. sp. c.,1866 100 ; 100 101 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 100 991 -. Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 100 994 9 - iNew Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 - ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - 1 sterling, 1875 - B. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO .ICB 110 -, j Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1106 108 - lo Sox. An.&Oct lOO 11081 109 1081 1 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. leo I.Acfra&UnitedService B NO 87 89 884 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool ' 7 44 5 n 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 24 23 x d 100 Dank of London 50 British North Americar ail - - 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 10 4 id 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &e. all 184 194 19 25 ,Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 05 17 100 ,City 100 'Colonial.. 25 40 42 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 20 ,Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch all 171 18 18 174 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - 100 Imperial Bank Limited 7 id ip 100 London and Brazilian . 5 i$ 5 1 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austra, a ll 25 •64 26 50 London and County ~ 9.0 364 37A 374 61 7X d 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African l6 334p19 1 19 1 100 London & Westminster 2u 78 80 100 Metrop. & ProvinL Bnk. 10 4d pr 94 20 Nat. Prov. of Englan6 42 - --, 50 Do. new - 20 National Bank ...... • 3 1 - - 25 New South Wa1e5...... all 41 13 20 Orient. B. Corporation 100 Ottoman Bank all 284 294 29 i 9 4 9 20 Do. new 10 Provincial of Ireland 25 Do. new . . - - 25 South Australia ..0... all - - 50 Union of Australia ~ all 45 46 100 Union of Ireland, Lim 2 14 04 d 4 50 Unto,. of London - ..,. 12 31 82 314 100 Unity Mutual ........ 60 .... - MISCELLANEOUS. 10 &nglo-Mexican Mint.. all 18 184 10 Atlantic B. MI. St m (1 all 2 4 25 Australian Agricultural 19 22/ 234 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 - - 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 54 51i X d 5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 i dis 4p 50 British American Land 40 - - at B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) 100 50 55 1 20 Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim ) :all 19 21 32 4 Canada, Land all 101 104 10 China & Javan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 5 - - at. Cop.ofEng.&Sailtg. 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 108 111 10 E.lndia & Len. Ship A all - U. Do. B all -- - 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 4 d fpm at. Electric Telegraph 26 Do. New all - - 5 English &Aus. Copper all 221 2 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigate mi 14 204 274 1 Great Slip Li m i ted) all 1 i 1 Do 174 pct Preference all 1 li 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 - 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4 44 ::1 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all If Ii 144 10 Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel. L. 2 - 20 Madras lrr. and Canal 1 24 24 31 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 34 44 x d 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref.. all ___ 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 li 11 1 , 20 Nerbu.Ceal&lron (Lim.) 5 1 2 p 5 Netherlands Land, Bp.c. all i 1 100 N.Bn&NovaSx.)tiaLand 81 12 14 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 4 4 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 14 1 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 64 7 61 4 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited 1 par ipm at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 52 54 53 a d 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 72 74 50 Do. New :3O 11 13 50 RllYfuney Iron all 18 20 15 Do. New all 5 6 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts. all 271 284 25 Do. do. 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O i 54 56 21 25 t 1 . 1 Scot. South do. Austin. Registered Australian I nv. ( L L . i a m .n a.. ) , 100 125 1 3 2 1 5 135 63 1291 1 a d 1 A D O .Submarine TeL Scrip all 1 1 10 ' Do. d 0...... all 4 1 6 1 2 Telegraph to India (L.) 1 .4 i d 10 Trust and Agency 0 / Austrlasia(lim)let is. 1 id pr 20 Tr.azLn.Co. of lipr.olt' .) 0. 5 4 1 P 5 IL li' dom T el. Co. (li 3 i d 1 00 Van _Di enl•Al'S Loud_ 28i 12 13pr 981 54 I 45! ; 68; THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY B v.B `461T1, A.Ol-13ST 21, 1862. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 At! an B t i c a r tt o d S a t t L . c a , e w n r t e i n n ct d - all 5B 62 f 80i , n., ( Gu. 5 per cent.. . .... : 100 101 102 1015 204 Buffalo and Laae Huron 5* 54 , 1 I I : 0 11: 0 : c B u pp f f oo a . 1 oPN, Preference n r .e t . dz .c e G o . . .d . r i " c . h . 141 all 7 -8 8 • 82 84 ( 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 76 79 100 Do. do. June 1, 1879 100 76 79 st Clcutta.&S,Eastii. (Lir, ) 100 101 103 st Cape Town &Dock Seri] 100 1074 1083 1081 174 Demerara.. all Stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 100 1035 1043 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1044 105 105 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 2 I ip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 2 * 41) stock Grand Trunk of Canad a 100 203 213 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 64 68 100 Do. 2cl Pref. 6 per ct.. all 54 56 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 30 32 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 10 43 100 Do. do. 1867., all 30 32 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 30 32 tock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 102 103 102 4 2 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 5 4 p 125 20 Do. January, , 862 .. 2 I 4p tock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1014 1024 203 Gt. W. oI Canada Shar es all 12} 124 125 2 20 Do. New .. . ... .. . . lB 84 8 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 100 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 c 0... all 89 91 100 Do. 1878 10 Indian Branch Limited 1 I dis par 'ock Madras guar., sp. c. :ock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 95 96 ' ,ock Do. 44 do.. ,ock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 20 Newßrunswick a Cands Ry. dzLand(Lim.)g.6pf all 5 7 Class A Capital Shar ... Do. do. Land do.. ..... . 20 Do. do. B Capital do all 4 e .. Do. do. Land do. N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds 100 85 48 took Scinde ..... A 4 100 1024 1035 20 Do. Punjaub .... i ,l ,z 15 pr 4 P tO Do. Do. _.. .. `c; e all 1003 1014 1005 { ock Do.lndus.St. Fl o .. LI . 100 ; 98 100 i 17i stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20 20e 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary half -yearly meeting of the proprietors was held this day, at the Euston station. R. Moon, Esq., chairman of the company, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the direc tors were not content with the amount of the dividend, yet, taking all the circumstances into consideration, they felt satisfied, and he hoped that would be the feeling of the shareholders, looking to the great depression that existed in the trade of the country generally. Of course the distress prevailing in Lancashire considerably affected their receipts, but there had been one circumstance in our favour, and that was the traffic brought upon the line by the Great Exhibition. The falling off of in the Hull and Grimsby district had amounted to nearly one third, while the loss from the decrease of trade of Man chester, Liverpool, and Stockport amounted to about £20,000. The directors, of course, could not count upon a continuance of the traffic occasioned by the Great Exhibi tion, yet the directors thought it was on the whole improved, and they confidently felt that they had turned the corner of the depressed state of affairs and that an improvement would not be too much to look for. (Hear, hear.) One very favourable circumstance, however, that he could fairly congratulate the proprietors on was, that notwithstanding a very large increase of mileage the expenses had, by the greatest exertions of all the officers of the company, been considerably reduced. (Hear.) As to the condition of:th e works and plant he had to say, that everything was in the best possible condition, and he did not believe any other company was in so perfect and complete a condition as they were. The increase in the repairs ac count, which, he had no doubt, would have struck many, had been occasioned by the frost of last year. At that period they had a peculiar kind of wheel in use on their line, but it was found that the weather so influenced them that it was felt necessary to replace them by others of a much better description, and thus the expense was increased. The chairman then referred to the bills which had been submitted to Parliament, and said that although the cost to the company had been large, yet it was very considerably below that of other companies. Referring to the accounts, the net proceeds for the half-year, including the balance from last account, amounted to £485,067 12s. 4d., as against 1491,613 12s. 2d. The insurance fund, it might be inte resting to the proprietors to know, was satisfactory, as they had set aside £30,000 more than they had taken from it. Having referred to the other topics mentioned in the report, the chairman concluded by moving its adoption, which recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 831 per cent. for the half year. Mr. WESTHEAD, M.P., seconded the motion. Mr. MITCHELL did not think the affairs of the company were as satisfactory as could be wished. He felt that they were not exempt from the causes that had led to the present state of affairs of the Great Western, viz., amalgamation guarantees and Parliamentary contests. He, for one, thought the dividend was not very favourable, because they had had to take something out of the reserve fund, and the only thing upon which he could congratulate them upon on the present occasion was that they had not to take as much out of the till this hrlf•year as they did thela;thaff: year. He felt gratified that the Parliamentary expenses had not been more than £27,000; other companies had not been so fortunate. (Hear.) He found the directors were committed to no less than 22 schemes, and taking the cost at a very moderate calculation, it would involve an outlay of three quarters ; or, to be more correct, a million sterling. Mr. GOETZ said the chairman had given great proof of the interest he took in the line, and he did not t hi n k t h e position of the company was to be attribut e d t o t h e present board. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know what the board intended to do with the million and a half of money which appeared in the accounts, and which was not capitalised. Mr. MORGAN thought the accounts were not made out as clearly as might be. He did not say the object of the board was to make the working expenses appear less than they were, but such was the result, which was produced by the way in which certain items were entered. It was to be re gretted that a diminution of confidence had taken place as regarded the stock of the North- Western, and he always found that whatever the circumstances of the line there was always an excuse for small dividends. Sometimes it was rain, frost, and snow altogether, but this half year it was frost alone ; but the real circumstance he considered was the injudicious competition that was going on with other companies. (Hear, hear.) The directors of this company, instead of addressing themselves to the proper management of their line, wasted their time in a perpetual game of chess. Doubtless they'did the best for the company in the old jog trot style, but he thought that if more energy was evinced by the directors their affairs would be in a much better condition. Mr. TAYLOR wished to know if there was any intention of extending their system into Gloucestershire ; no good could come of such a proceeding. The CHAIRMAN said the question of Mr. Taylor, as he was a shareholder in both companies, ought to have been put to the chairman of the Great Western--(hear, hear) — as the directors of the North Western have nothing to do with that part of the country, and have had nothing to do with the parties mixed up with that line. The explanation about the million and a half referred to by Mr. Williams had mentioned was merely a typographical error. The matter had been satisfactorily explained to Lord Redeadale, as they might be sure he was not the person to pass over such a mat ter with out being perfectly convinced. The chairman then read a •statement of the dividends on the North Western Railway for the last 20 years, from which it appeared the average dividend paid amounted to 41 18a. 10d.—(hear, hear) — which, he considered, was a satisfactory proof that there was no need of dispairing about the value of their property. (Hear, hear.) The directors had most anxiously endea voured to live on terms of amity and peace with their neigh hours ; they had offered the Great Western and North Midland every inducement, but it was not the fault of the North Western that the present state of things, existed, as the directors of the North Western had put it as strongly as they could before the other companies, that if their interests were united, a better income would be most un doubtedly made by all parties. After some further discussion, the report was adopted. CALAMITOUSTHE FIRE IN CUMBE. LAND-STREET. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS. Alton o'clock this (Friday) morning, Dr. Lankaster, the coroner for the central division of the county of Middlesex, resulted the painful inquiry respecting the deaths of Samtel Uriah Barrett, aged 50, Julia Victoria Barrett, agedl4, and Helena Blanche Barrett, aged 12 years, who unfo r tunately lost their lives through the outbreak of a fire in tisir father's mansion, No. 9, Great Cumberland-street, nearthe Marble Arch, Hyde-park, on the morning of Fri day week, the particulars of which appeared in this journal. Theinquiry on this occasion appeared to create greater in terett than at the opening, and large as the court room was it was crowded to inconvenience, but the learned cornier had made ample accommodation for the reprsentatives of the press and other officials engaged. Am'ngst those who attended to watch the proceedings were Captain Shaw, the Superintendent of the Fin Brigade; Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C die trici; Mr. C. White, Of the County Fire Office ; Mr. Ha; es, of the Mercantile Fire Office ; Mr. Low and Mr. Ins)ector Spencer, of the Royal Society for the Protection of life from Fire ; the Rev. Brownlow Maitland ; Mr. Grenwell, vestry-clerk, and several vestrymen and other infltential members of the parish. will be remembered that on the former occasion the inqiiry was only opened pro forma in order that the bodies miglt be viewed by the jurors and identified by the rela tives, so that the coroner could give an order for their in terment. the funerals of the unfortunate sufferers conse qumtly took place on Tuesday last, and scarcely a window in the neighbourhood could be seen without having the blinds closely drawn. One universal feeling of regret ap peered to pervade every inhabitant that such a melancholy catastrophe should have occurred. The jurors having answered to their names it was elicited that they had with the coroner visited the ruins fcr the purpose, if possible, of gaining from personal ob servation, as well as the scientific evidence to be adduced, in what part of the mansion the fire commenced. From the survey made it seems that the fire must have commenced in either the back or front kitchen—the former the most probable—and then have rushed up the massive stone staircase, to the backrooms in the building as well as to several in the front. The jury grounded their opinion from the fact of the stone staircase having fallen—the steps having been splin tered into a hundred pieces. This may, however, be accounted for from the fact that stone, like cast iron, when exposed to an intense heat and the sudden application of cold water upon the heated bodies, will, as a natural con sequence, make the material fly in every direction. Owing to the many letters that have appeared in the public jour nets, respecting what was alleged to have been the inade quate power of the engines, including Shand and Mason's steam land engine, it will be seen from the subjoined evi dence that such machines worked most admirably with the exception of a length of hose attached from the parish en gine to the steamer, which burst, but another length was replaced in 1 min. 5 sec. This caused the drawing-rooms to be, to a certain extent, saved, although the heat was so intense as to blister valuable pictures, demolish great looking glasses, and even melt the bell-pulls, and the wires of musical instruments. The rooms on the top of the front house as well as those at the back part are en tirely destroyed and all that they contained. It will be also seen from the evidence, notwithstanding what has been written by persons unacquainted with the practical work ing of fire-engines, that, had it not been for the service rendered by them, every part of the mansion must have been consumed, and in all probability those on either side. The learned coroner having made a few prefatory re mark's as to why the inquiry was adjourned, he called upon the summoning officer to let him have the list of the wit nesses he had. The first person examined was— William Cornwell Brown said that he was called to the fire on the morning in question, and he attended with his engines and firemen. He got his engine to work, and after ten minutes the door was broken open, when Langdege, another fireman, discovered the bodies of Mr. Barrett and his two daughters. They were all dead. They were re moved. In the ruins, after the fire was extinguished, he found some cans which contained a liquid (a sample of which he produced. LThe Rev. Mr. Maitland said that the liquid produced appeared to be nothing more than dirty water.] Witness found some lamps. By a juror —The fire must have commenced in the pan try, but from what cause he could not tell. By the Coroner—The object in forcing the door was to get to the seat of the fire. Mr. Bridge, parish engine-keeper of Marylebone, said that he got through the panel of the door after it was forced, when Summers came out, and be lifted Mr. Barrett, who was lying on the ground, in order to allow the door to be opened. The door was eventually forced by a pole. As soon as the door was forced, he got into the passage through the panel. and they saw Mr. Barrett lying on the floor. Alfred Moore, police-constable, 59 D, said that he was on duty in Cumberland-street on Friday morning, and about :20 minutes past 12 o'clock be saw a light in the kitchen of 9, Cumberland-street, and upon examining it he saw flames. His attention had not been called to it by any other person. He sprang his rattle, rang the bell, and shouted " Fire." A gentleman came and opened the door. Witness said to him, " Your house is on fire." He said "Oh my family," and he then closed the door. Witness made a rush at the door not to make it fast, but it kept closed. He did not hear him bolt the door, but he heard the lock turned. By the Coroner—He kicked the panel of the door and went to the foot of the steps, and sent two men after the Royal Society's fire escapes, another for the turnock, and others for the engines. About a minute elapsed from the time he rang the bell till Mr. Barrett appeared. The escape arrived in two minutes afteri being sent for. He sent for the escape before Mr. Barrett made his appearance. By a Juror—He heard Mr. Barrett unbolt the door be fore he opened it. There was no knocker on the door. Neither blinds or shutters were closed. By Mr. S. LOW—Not two minutes elapsed after he dis covered the fire before he sent for the escape. He passed the house 20 minutes before, but did not notice anything particular. By another Juror —He did not notice that any of the win dows were broken, leading to the inference that any com bustible had been thrown in. Joseph Roberts, 52, Seymour-street, said that on the morning of Friday week he was going to bed when he heard a female scream violently. He ran to the spot and assisted the escape conductor. He saw Hutchins, the conductor, raise his upper ladders and bring down a child from one of the upper windows and two or three females—the exact number he could not remember. When he ran to the house he saw a female standing on the steps screaming. He should imagine that she did not belong to the house, as she was fully dressed. He saw a tall gentleman open the door. He had his dressing-gown on. He said to him, "close the door, your house is on fire." He then closed the door, and he did not see him again alive. Mr. Lewis Calise, insurance agent, said that he was the first person to arrive at the fire, when he saw flames in the basement. He rang both bells and kicked at the door, as there was no knocker on the door. Having confirmed the previous witness's evidence, he spoke in high terms of the conduct of the fire-escape conductors, and also of the firemen. Conductors Elsden and Hutchins gave most thrilling ac counts of the peril every one in the house was exposed to. The latter saved six, and the first one eight. It was impos sible for any one to get the child in the top floor. He was unable to tell in which room the child was found. He tried to get through the trap door, but the flames were then issuing through the aperture. It took him from two to three minutes in rescuing the other persons. Mr. Robert Rathbone said that he lived at No. 9, Cum berland-street, and was the butler. He was in bed when th' alarm was given. He came out of his room on the fourth story, and met the nurse, who said the house was on fire, oh, save the child. He got as far as the third floor, but the smoke was so dense and hot that he was obliged to close his eyes and feel his way up stairs. Prayers were said at 19 o'clock, and he retired to bed at half-past. He turned the gas off in the pantry, and went into the housekeeper's room, There was no grate in the pantry, but there was one in the housekeerper's room and another in the kitchen, in which was a very small fire. There was a lamp burning in the drawing-room whilst the family were at prayers. He did not know what sort of oil or spirit was burned in the lamp. The deceased always trimmed the lamp himself. The gas was kept on full at the main. Sarah Horne said that she slept in'one of the upper floors and was awoke by the nursemaid calling "Fire." She got up and found the nursemaid with a child in her arms. Witness got out of a door and passed along the leads and was rescued from the next house. The night before there was a strong smell of fire in the kitchen. Mr. Barrett made a search, but could not find any, and he came to the conclusion that the smell arose from a chimney on fire in the Bayswater Road. (By a Juror—lt was the reg-ular nurse she met with the child, not the monthly one.) Char]otte Wentertou, upper housemaid, said she went to bed directly after prayers. She slept in the third floor and , ' was awoke by th e n urse scream i ng " Fi re ." She made her way on 'o the leads an d was save d by the escape. She tried to get back to the other parties, but was unable. Hannah Bevell, under nurse, said that she slept on the second door along with Niss Barrett and Evely Rose Bar rett. Witness was awoke by a sensation of suffocation. She went to the window to see where the fire was, and then aroused the children. She opened the door to give an alarm, but the smoke was so dense that she was obliged to close the door again. Mr. Barrett came into the room and asked whether any one was present, sad witness replied in the affirmative. Mr. Barrett put his hand upon the head of Miss Barrett and asked who it was, and she told him. The escapeman took the child, and passed witness into the can vass of the bag. She did not know why Mr. Barrett and Miss Barrett did not come dow n the escape. Elizabeth Mills, head nurse, said that she slept in the third floor front. The two youngest children but one slept with her. Sne was awoke by a suffocating sensation. She opened the door and called fire. She caught one of the children but she did not know which, She neTer thought of mak- SHIPPING-::THIS DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Providence, from Neath ; Tartar, steamer, from Lisbon. Sailed—Alarm, for Newport. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 21—Jane and Esther, from Guernsey ; Deiphin, from Bjorneborg ; Stranger, from Sulina ; Mari anne Bertha, from Memel; Daphne, from Lulea; Bella, from Caen. Arrived, Aug. 22—John Bull, from Hamburg; Arvid, from Borgo ; Perle, from Dantsic ; Sarah Johanne, from Cronstadt ; Arminius, from Dantsic. Sailed—Susanna, for Konigsberg; Couranto, for Mau ritius; Peninsula, steamer, for Cadiz ; Manchester, for Quebec ; Florence Nightingale, for Bathurst, R. G. ; Dee, end Good Hope, for Archangel Valkyrtin, for Elsinore ; Fontabelle, for Jamaica ; Antillio Mathilda, for Shields and Constantinople; Mary Ann, for Shields and Odessa; Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Stephen Duncan, from Remediros ; Bessie, for Algoa Bay; Seine Sainees, for Paris; Verulam, for Ade laide—all from London. THE YOUNG SCA VENGER. A poor crossing-sweeper ! Well, and what of that P Better far be even that, than nothing at all. A scavenger, or a shoeblack, or a chimney- sweep may each be respectable in their way ; aye, and render themselves useful members of society; for what should we do were there no scavengers, or shoeblacks, or chimney-sweeps ? It is b a d enough even now to pass along our crowded s t reets on a drizzly day, sadly besmattered with mud ; but what if there were no boy to sweep the crossing where the mud is ankle-deep ; or if there were no scavengers to sweep by night the streets so thronged by day ? If perchance Jonathan is de tained from home a little later than usual, and, between the hours of ten and eleven o'cicck, sees these poor scavengers just commencing their labour of sweeping and cleansing the streets, he says within himself, " These are a useful class of men, and ought to be regarded and respected as such." And then who but likes to see the sweep-boy, in addition to his more legitimate calling, politely clearing the way so that the flurried and anxious— it may be delicate—female, may cross the crowded street, or take her seat in the passing omnibus or cab ? One has ofttimes seen this piece of service rendered with a readiness and gracefulness that has done honour to the follower of such a lowly ()sluing, and which, if pursued with truthfulness, honesty, and sobriety, will most assuredly raise the indivi dual to a position still more worthy of such con duct. Moreover, who is there that is not thankful, after the dusty or the dirty walk through the London or other crowded streets, to stop and have their boots or shoes cleaned, by the boy who so promptly puts a polish on them, and receives with such evident gratitude the small gratuity offered in return ? Nay, it would seem that their previous want of occupation, or the lack of interest in their welfare on the part of others, has only tended to raise in their minds a keener sense of the veriest proof of regard for their services, so susceptible, very fre quently, are the poor and the neglected of any little service or attention rendered them.—Old Jonathan. CANADIAN MAIL.—The Royal Mail steamer North American sailed yesterday for Quebec. Besides the usual mails and a full cargo, she took out 96 cabin and about 100 steerage passengers. INCREASE OF PASSENGERS FROM AMERICA.—The Etna, which arrived in Liverpool yesterday morning from New York, brought upwards of 500 passengers, 479 of them being in the steerage, -ing for the leads. She might have told the conductor that the child was in the room. Elizabeth Menzies gave corroborative evidence. John Parsons, of 3, Cumberland-mews, coachman, to Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., said that he was in bed, and was alarmed by a cry of fire. He got up, and ran down into the mews, and looking up saw Mrs. Barrett at the window of her bed-room. She called out, and was ringing a little boll. He ran out to the street to get the escape, but finding they were both engaged at the front of the house, he got a ladder, and brought down Mrs. Barrett, the nurse, and in fant. He took them to the livery stables. He went over to the public-house, and saw Mr. Barrett brought in dead. Richard Kent, 191 C, said that he was on duty in Park street, and saw smoke rising, and he went to the fire. He assisted in breaking open the door. When the bodies were brought out, he took that of the young lady in his arms and carried it to No. 5. She was not then quite dead, as he heard her breathe. He laid her on the table, and she was still alive. The ladies of the house gave her every atten tion. She died in eight or ten minutes, just before the doctor arrived. By the Coroner— She walked a little way, after being carried down the steps, between himself and another constable. At the conclusion of the evidence, The Coroner summed up. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died from fire and suffocation, but how the fire originated there was no evidence to show." CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams,) FRAUD BY A TRIISTEE. Mr. James Macroft Osborne, of Chelmsford, was indicted as a fraudulent tru3tee. His frauds involved nearly X 2,000. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. The trial of the indictment for libel against Mr. Gray, on he application of Mr. Giffard, was postponed until next session. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A " RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN" CHARGED AS A PICKPOCKET.—CAUTION TO VISITORS TO PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.—Theresa Kelly and Wm. Madden were charged with attempting to pick pockets at the entrance of the Alhambra Palace. Sergeant Gordon, 28 C, proved seeing Madden insert his hand in the pockets of several females while leaving the Alhambra the previous night—the prisoner assisting him by covering his operations. A gentleman seised Madden and handed him over to 33 C, while he (Gordon) took the female. Madden—Why ain't the gentleman here this morning. Gordon—He signed the charge•sheet and promised to attend. The female prisoner (who, while in the dock stood away from her companion as if he was a stranger to her, this being an old dodge) said—lf a respectable young woman has committed herself once or twice ain't she to be allowed to walk the streets. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l did not know you had committed your self. No one has said anything about it. You have ad mitted a little too much. The prisoners—the female, haring been charged m any times at the court, and been fortunate enough to escape— were committed for three months each. William Ford, a rough looking fellow, was nest charged by Sergeant Langley, of the detective police, with attempt ing to pick the pockets of several gentlemen at the entrance of Haymarket theatre, the previous night, while the visitors weze entering the theatre, there being as usual a very large crowd round the doors. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the Sergeant said the prisoner made a desperate resistance, and it took three con stables to convey him to the station. A boy corroborated the sergeant. ➢lr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for three months with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. MR. WEMYSS JOBSON AGAIN. — EXTRAORDINARY AFl•AlR.—lmmediately upon the magistrate taking his seat on the bench this morning, Mr. Wemyss Jobson, addressing him, said " I have taken the liberty of waiting upon you this morning to inquire when it would be per fectly consistent with your convenience to have the written information to which you and your brother magistrate, Mr. Ingham, have alluded, prepared. I was informed by both of you that an information in writing supported by the oaths of two credible witnesses is necessary before any other proceedings can be taken in the case as I have laid it before you." Mr. Arnold—You are making a charge of perjury against some one. Mr. Jobson—Yes, against Mr. Benjamin Disraeli. Mr. Arnold—Have you the information ? Mr. Jobson—l have not. I did not know that I was to bring it. I understood it was to be prepared under your direction. Mr. Arnold—l am sorry that you should have misunder stood tke matter. It would be necessary for yeu to bring it duly prepared. Mr. Jobson—And the witnesses. Mr. Arnold—lt must be supported, as I before told you, by the oaths of two credible witnesses. Mr. Jobson—Yes, I am aware of that. I should have called Mr. Paynter, your colleague, but I find I am unable to do so, as he is away ; but I may overcome the difficulty by calling yourself, and, if I may take the liberty, the gen tleman who sits here under you as chief clerk. Mr. Arnold—You cannot call me before myself. Mr. Jobson—l can call you before Mr. Ingham. Mr. Arnold—l dont see what you think I can prove. Mr. Jobson—You heard the perjury. It took place be fore you, and you can prove it. Mr. Arnold—You must, however, bear in mind that this matter came before me in the course of my duty as a magis trate, and if I were subpasnaed by you, and appeared, as I should be bound to do in respect to the law, I should declin to answer any question put to me of what occurred in the exercise of my magisterial capacity. One of the judges of the lane. so called upon to give evidence of anything that had occurred before him would decline to answer such questions, and would be justified in law in that refusal. Mr. Jobson—lndeed, sir. Mr. Arnold—There could be no necessity to call the magistrate to prove what took place in this court, as every other person would be a witness that heard it. Mr. Jobson—Then I must supply the deficiency by call ing another gentleman who heard what occurred. Mr. Arnold—You must bring your informations here prepared and supported in the way you have been informed. Mr. Jobson--I will do it. Mr. Arnold—The witnesses must prove that what was sworn on the occasion upon which you complain was false, Mr. Jobson—Mr. Disraeli's own secretary will prove that. Mr. Arnold—When the information is prepared and brought here it will be seen whether thew is sufficient to institute proceedings upon. Mr. Jobson—l will attend to the matter. SOUTHWARK. STABBING A Wou.t.N.—Charles 'Woman, a ruffianly looking young fellow, who was described on the police sheet as a labourer, was charged with a desperate assault on a female, named Ellen Baker, one of the frail sisterhood, who have become such a nuisance in th© Borough during the last twelve months. The complainant, who had a slight cut under the left eye, said that she was in Tooley-street this morning between one and two o'clock, in company with some other girls, when the prisoner crossed the road and abused her, after which.he drew a clasp knife and deliberately struck her in the face inflicting the wound under her eye. He would in all probability have done her some serious injury, but for the intervention of the police, who took the prisoner into custody. A, 482, proved to having seen the prisoner strike the com plainant without having received any provocation, and he produced two clasp knives which be had taken from his person. Emma Willey, a woman of the t o w s n ald w t a i s ia c t all th e i d s b m y or th n e . prisoner, who denied the charge, and ing she was in company with the prisoner and some other females, when the complainant, who was at the o p pos i te side of the road, commen ced abusing him and ultimately struck him in the face. The policeman war recalled, and stated it was impossible the complainant s hould have assaulted the pri soner w i t h out his seeing it, as he was standing opposite the parties until he saw the latter attack the complainant with his knife. Mr. Comb s said he did not beli eve one word which the prisoner's witness had stated, and he sentenced him to 14 days' hard labour. COMMERCIAL DOCK COMPANY.---(MEETING THIS DAY.)— A meeting of this company was held to-day, to authorise the conversion into capital of the borrowed moneys due by the company, and the raising the necessary funds for that purpose by the creation of new shares (repre • suited by ordinary stock) of the company. The resolution of the directors was agreed to. CAUTION TO LODGING-HOUSE KEEPERS.—We have received from the Metropolitan Police-office the fol lowing description of three men, who have committed a number or robberies under pretence of seeking for furnished apartments ;--let. Age about 4.0 ; height, 5 feet 10 inches; rather slim, florid complexion. 2d. Age about 34; height, 5 feet 7 inches. 3d. Age about 30 ; height, 5 feet 7 inches ; sallow complexion, hat turned up at the sides. They are all respectably dressed. ACCIDENT IN A SAW-MILL.—A serious accident happened a few days ago in Woolwich Dockyard to Mr James Towell, paymaster of the flagship Fisgard. Mr. Towell was accompanying a party of lady friends through the steam saw-mills in the dockyard. He was pointing out the perfection and efficiency obtained by the circular saw, when the little finger of his left hand was caught in the sharp revolving teeth of the saw, and completely cut off at the second joint. He hastened to the assistant-eurge °n, Mr. Humphrews, who found it necessary to amputate the la cera t e d part at the lower joi n t. Th e s uffarer is now in a fair way of soon being able to resume his duties, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. WHITEHALL, AUG. 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon,. the Lord Mayor of the City of London; Major-General Sir - Joshua Jebb, N.C.8.; John Thwaites, Esq., Chairman of" the Metropolitan Board of Works ; Captain Douglas Galton, of the Royal Engineers ; Edward Burstal, E , q., Commander in her Majesty's Navy, Secretary of the River Thames Conservancy Board ; Henry Arthur Hunt, Esq,, Surveyor of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings; John Robinson M'Clean, Esq., and Willi am Tite, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners to consider Plans for making a communication between the Embank ment at Blackfri a rs Bridge and the Mansion House, and also between the Embankment at Westminster Bridge and the Embankment at Millbank. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 22. The Queen has been pleasei to approve of Abdullah Effendi as Consul -General at Manchester for the Sublime Ottoman Porte. i The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Francisco de Acuna, as Consul at Southampton for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The following notice is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 19th inst.:— CROWN-OFFICE, Aug. 18. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King loin, con stituting and appointing Brent Spencer Follett, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law, Registrar of the Office of Land Registry, by virtue of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to facilitate the proof of tide to and the conveyance of Real Estates." WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Aro. 22. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alexander Cunningham to be Colonel, vic e Laughton, deceased ; Captain Archibald Itnpey to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Smith deceased ; Capt a i n William Drumm , )nd Alexander Roberton Short to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Cunningham, promoted Captain and Brevet. Major William Arden Crommelin, C.., B to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Yule, who re ti res S econ d Captain Charles Thornton Stewart to be C a p tain, ; vice Impey, promoted ; Second Captain Captain, Brevet- Major Frederick Richard Maunsell to be Second Captain promoted. Fred. Weston Pei le t o be Short, ca 13 ta p promoted; m voiteeed c;ronamin AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Aug. 19, 1862, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payabl e thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain Per. cwt. From the British possessions in America.. 22s. sld. Mauritius East Indies Average price of the foregoing BANKRUPT S. The following are the only bankrup is of commercial im portance which appeared in the Gazette : Joseph Perigoe, builder, Tunbridge Wells, Rent William Henry Astley, photographer, Walthamstow John William Perkins, chemist, Margate John Barford, clerk, Camden -new-town Matthew Willing, master, Loddiswefl, Devonshire Harry W. Donnelly, civil engineer, Fenchurch-street. Thos. Hopkins, coal me7chant, Winclifield John Francis, coach maker, Brixton George Folson, cotton spinner, Oldham Samuel J. Milne, commission agent, W !st Gorton, Lan shire George W. Field, forwarding agent, Strand James Sully, dealer in coke, New-cut Samson H. Burton, ironmonger, Commercial-road East R. Muir, accountant, Ssven. Sister's-road Henry bi inion, publican, Aldridge, Staffordshire Wm. Smith, plumber, Edenfield, Lancashire: William Beckett, farmer, Norfolk William Howells, draper, Swansea SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James French, accountant, Glasgow George Hay, farmer, Easter Mianonie, Banffshire John M'Dougall, saddler, Tain COURSE OF EXcHANGE.—THIS DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18± 11 184 Antwerp.. — 25 471 25 50 Brussels — 25 47± 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 si 13 8f Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine.. 13 11 1 119/ __ - Viennal3 10 Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid 49 491 Cadiz Leghorn — 25 57f 25 62} Milan — 25 57} 25 62f Genoa — 25 57f 25 621 Naples Palermo — 119 1191 Messina Lisbon — 52/ 53 Oporto — 521 531 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz .. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about / per mine premium and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-ICths dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4251 per mark. and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-1( ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 126 to 127/ per cent., and the premium on gold about 141 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE. —A desperate assault was committed on a police-conztable of the Hanley force at Cobridge, on Monday night, and the poor fellow, whose name is James Crump, lies now in a hopeless condition in the accident ward of the North Staf fordshire Infirmary. He had visited between 12 and 1 o'clock a public-house at Cobridge, where he had a glass of ale. On coming out of the house he saw four half-tipsy men, whom he exhorted to go home. In return they at tacked him in the most violent manner, and after a blow on his part in defence, ho was struck down insensible from in juries on the head. Three of his assailants have been dis covered and identified. The medical attendants at the in firmary give no hope whatever of his recovery.—. Birmin gham Poe. GNORAMUS IN THE EASTERN ANNEXE.—I go wandering alone about the Ni ax candles, coloured, painted, and moulded, and fit only for the altars of monster cathe drals; and up to the cases of wax flowers, where dreamy thoughts of bees and a summer's day among the lanes, and hedge-roses, and honey-suckles, and the sheep-dog barking en the fells in the distance, hang like an atmosphere about; them : and I look at the dyed grass flowers, and at the fish ing flies, and at Pears' transparent soap, and at that ugly looking block of primrose soap, more like common brown. than primrose ; and at the statuettes done in soap- -our Queen and the rest of them in mottled or curd, with red. and blue streaks across their faces ; and at the pink and yellow crystallised spermaceti, very flaky, soft, and fairy. like. And near to them I learn something of the purifica tion of sperm oil, and how it passes from the crude or body oil through the conditions of head matter and bagged sperm hl,en and I fall d idel like c to finally culmina te in that c l ear golden fluid, bright an d beautiful and fi t for h uman use. Then I taste Th or l e y' s aromaticliies the though bird-cage, lets fa intoo not 1 of a ird-oa cows and horses may; and I smell the breedingw h oleso m w e h o p a e t r u a t: d e thea n d o m ps i , re which now is a m f e r t e h s o h o. a o n f d ; th a e nd lif l t, which Darwin's theory of selection seems to have got thereby ; and I look longingly at the biscuits, and the sugar-plums, and the crystallised fruits, and the cut bride cake, with its luscious top of snow, and midland of creamy loam lying on the rich and solid basis of its primitive for mation ; and I have a tender interest in the chocolate cases, and I feel a cannibal with respect to those little men and women in soft brown, and would like to try that old shoe, or even that miniature birdcage ; and then they give me a dozen different perfumes at the perfumery stands, each ono of which neutralises the other until the effect of the whole is decidedly unpleasant ; and I wonder how those bottles of jelly would turn out if my cook had one for a gala day; and whether the coloured gelatine would be good to eat; and what the fruit essences are made of—knowing that they are not made of fruit, but of some monstrous com pound, with a name no one can spell, and an origin no one can fathom ; and I have larcenious designs on those oddly-cut pickles, and speculate on their flavour with imaginary cold roast beef ; for the truth is I am getting hungry and tired, and my thoughts aro wandering in a low bred and unscientific manner to food and rest. And then faint gushes of sickly soup come in from the refreshment room, and nearly drive me to despair, they Brasil so appetis ing and suggestive ; and 1 do not dine till seven, and it is now only half-past-four. So I turn ray attention to the vegetable ivory and the shell-work, and try to feel an into rest in both—wherein I signally fail ; and I look at the and the long eatable-looking seeds and the Indian corn, starch, and the gums and the glues and the varnishes, and wonder how they ever came out of trees, when they look so like stones or crystallised pe bbles; and then I sit down be fore some coloured wools, and wonder how much arsenic is in that marvellously bright green rug overhead, till I fins myself nodding, and a policeman .sayii:tg severely," M ove on move on." — e kcnss " Ae leer Bawd," ; , Di SUSPECTED MURDER OF A POLICE -COI. ST L 1 , —A rumour g ained circulation at Rotherhithe yesterday co nstable Henry Butler, 135 M that police- division, had been murdered during the previous night, and his body was afterwards thrown into the Surrey Canal. The drags were at once procured, and in a short time the body of the de ceased was recovered, one side of the head showing a dip duct mark of violence. Mr. '\V. Carter, the coroner for Bast Surrey, having to hold another inquest in the parish yesterday afternoon, formal evidence was given of the finding of the body of the deceased, and further inquiry into the case was adjourned to a future day. The deceased had only been married 12 months and leaves a widow and one child