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

MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS—YESTERDAY. No gold was taken to the Bank to-day. Fifty thousand sovereigns were withdrawn for exporta tion to Lisbon. The Magdalena Brazilian mail steamer takes out £80,183, including the above 50,000 sovereigns for Lisibon. From the uncertainty which prevails as to the rumours about the Great Eastern., and her safety, the underwriting premiums have gone up to 20 guineas at Liverpool. At a meeting, on Friday, of the creditors of Messrs. Crabtree, Aked, and Co., who suspended at Liverpool in the Brazilian trade, on the 22d ult., the liabilities were stated at £46,287 and the assets at only £5,627, leaving a deficiency of £40,660. The corresponding houses in Brazil, however, are in debted to the Liverpool house to the extent of nearly £50,000, and the results of the liquidation will depend upon the winding up of those accounts. The proximate cause of the stoppage consisted in the failure of Messrs. Rostron and Co. A committee of inspection was appointed. CITY NEWS-THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Rather more activity has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days. Tea, however, has continued dull. Sugars have been in more request, and good and fine de scriptions have slightly advanced. Coffee, rice, and cocoa have fully sustained former prices. For salt petre there has been a better demand, and British refined has been dearer. Tallow, however, has con tinued dull, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 48s. 3d., last three months' delivery 495. 6d., and spring ditto 495. 9d. per cwt, Not the slightest variation is perceptible in the condition of the Money Market, or the tendency of the rates of discount. There is no perceptible dimi nution in the available balances, and the mercantile Community are thus enabled to provide for all their requirements on terms ranging fully g per cent. below the minimum of the Bank of England. Even with the facilities they now offer, the joint-stock and private establishments are unable to provide employment for more than a portion of the means at their command. The receipts on the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 29th ult. are £791 18s. Bd. larger than in the corresponding period last year. Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool cotton market to-day was dull and drooping; sales small. The Paris funds to day better than yesterday. Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 69f. 80c. There has been very little alteration in the market for Public Securities to-day, a few trans actions having failed to influence prices more than 1-16th per cent. Consols are about 933 1 for money, and 931 a for the Bth proximo. Speculation con tinues dull, and there is comparatively little de mand for stock for investments. The New Threes and the Reduced are 921-; Long Annuities, 15; and Exchequer Bills, June, 20s. prem.; India 5 per Cents., are 1091 1-; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 111, 3 , ; and ditto Debentures, 1009, About an average business has been negotiated in the Foreign Stock Market to-day, and the changes, with one or two exceptions, have not been important. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 85 8 6; ditto, 1858, 67 672; and the New Loan, 2 to 11,- dis,, showing little change. The Consolides are rather flatter, viz., 341 1-; Egyptian are 902 91-1, and the second issue, 7 prem. ; Mexican have improved a , viz., to 311 8 ; the Peruvian Loan is marked 8 dis. ; and the Portuguese is nominally 21-, prem.; and the Russian, I t prem. ; Spanish Pas sive are 198; Italian 5 per Cents., 699 70k. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, and prices still tend up wards. Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South-Easterns have improved ss. ; and Great Easterns and North British, 10s. Caledonian, North-Western, South-Western, and Midlands, sustain about previous rates. In the Foreign Market there is little variation. Bahia and San Francisco realise 20; Great Luxem bourg 141 ; and South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian have receded to 221. The Colonial lines are firm. Madras 5 per Cents. have improved to 1021; and Great Indian Penin sula to 103. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, but Without material change in values. Oriental Bank have improved to 531 4 ; and London and County to 361 37; General Steam Navigation realise 26*. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock .duce d ......... nuitie ... s 92 241 3 per C en t . Re An 3 per C en t . Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 Rea Sea Telegraph, 1908 Ladia Stock . . . . - Ditto 5 per Cent ..... • ...... ... . Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4.per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent ..... ..... . . . . Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 .. Consols f or A ccount , O ct. 8 o3l March. I June. Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. — Ditto MOO - Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip Ditto, Second I ssue, £4O pd 7 Ditto Paid-up Scrip Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 72 Mexican, 3 per Cent Peruvi•an 41 pe r C ent . Dlito New, 1862 , A S cp, £l3 paid .... $ dis Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Ditto Account ;I 'Ditto Scrip, £l5 pd .... 2$ ttsgian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St — Ditto 41 p er C ent Ditto 5 p er C ent. 914 , 1862, Scrip, L 23 10s pd a Ditto, Paid up Scrip 1 i Spanish 3 p er C ent 931 Ditto New D e f erred — 1 tittu Account Ditto Passive. - , ............. Spanish Cert. o f . . : Coup. not funded Turkish 6 p er Cent. 1854 Ditto Account 85 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account - Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 (Sc r ip) Ditto, Paid up Scrip GS/ 61 / Venezuela, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 par Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Ditto Account lii 71 THREE O'CLOCK, Consols, Money Ditto Account ARCHXOLOGTCAL DISCOVERY.—In the beginning of this year the Prussian Government sent a number of archasolists and artists to Athens, in order to examine the Acropolis, the Pnyx, the Agora, the old walls of the city, andhe the p or t s of Cantharus, Mxnichia, and Phalerea. They arrived at s ome i nteresting results, but not equal to thos y e . tained by M. Strack, the King's architect, who, Prussia n a c n o o ta ffiisoi,l mission, had nevertheless joined the m of Athens as an ama t eur. In 1859, the Archse logical S oc i ety Athens had cau se d excavat i ons to b e made at no v ery great depth on a spot onc e occup i e d b y t h e theatre of Bacchus, whereby a few w orn - out worn out steps cut in a for rock were brought Ai o t light. With thi s s li g h t indi cation a guide, . sek of the th ea t re to succeeded in making a plan of the probable dimensions guide him in fur ther researches. In March last h e discovered anoth ander series of steps in ')s 'enexcellent preservation, SIX weeks l ater seventeen of steps and three staircases bel onging to the is buuildi rows ng, which dates from the time of Themist ocles. Nor is all. On the three lower rows, as well as in. front of th e l owest, of the personage fogr 58 marble seats have made their appearan ce , each hearin an inscription stating the dignity whom it was intended. M. Daveluy, director of the French school at Athens, has just sent to Paris a plaster cast of the central seat, the most remarkable of all by its dimen sions and the sculpture with which it is adorned. On the back of the seat there is the mutilated figure of a faunns. The legs of tha seat are curved, and end in the shape of lion,s paws and claws. The front above the legs is deco rated With a frieze, representing men and griffins. whose attitudes bear a striking resemblance to the Assyrian bas re at the Louvre. Below there is an inscription denot e seat was reserved for the priest of liacohuL 104 106 at l*Cal?don. £lO Gus. Stk at ,Gt Eastern, E. Ang. B 6 p. c. pref at 'Do. do. C 7 do at 'Do. Gt East. sp. c. pref at iLon.& I tkwall,44 p...sk. 64 i Do. do. 44 do. shares st Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., per cent. 1858 at Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 1 et 'Do. do. 44 per ct. 1851 1 5 ;Do. do. 44 per et. 1861 10 , Lon. & Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c.._ _ •• - • E st Lon. &S.Wcstern 44 p.c. it 10 +North British £lO Gua Shares, 1861 al Ft ,D oE'd,Prth,&D'dee,4p 0 10( at .. S cottishCentral 44 p.c. 101 irred. pref I 100 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 1 all 94 10 10 ID°. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd )' 74 4 /PT 20 1 190 . 5 P.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) 74 ' V ale of Neath • Failure of full dividends in any given hall-year not to be made good out of the profits of any subsequent halt year! 100 100 100 100 all 13'0 133 145 150 106 109 99 101 6f 6/ 102 104 107 f - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July' i - 1877-82 - Do 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.l 100 103 105 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept ! 100 103 105 x d - Do. sp. c. Jan. &July. ' 100 96 97 96/ - Do. 5 Inscribed stock! 100 95 06 - Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873! 100 108 109 - Do.Ap & Oct 1880! 100 112 114 - Do. 1890 i 100 112 114 - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 100 111 113 - !Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c{ 100 - - -- N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a..&July 100 1046 1051 - Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 1004 1014 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 1004 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 160 90 100 991 - !New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 lOO 1054 1064 - S. Aus G6p.c.1876.& up lOO !ICB 110 -- Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 !106 108 - . io 6 n.e. AnAt.Ont lOO 1094 110 1094 ;14 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 1A gradaJnitedService B 50 85 87 86 a d 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L' pool 7 5 54p 124 111 40 :Australasia all 69 71 70 25 'Bank of Egypt all 23 235 100 !Bank of London 60 British North Americsr ad - 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 10 4 fd 20 , Ch td. Ba n kof liviia, &c. all 194 20 20 25 :Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.dz Cli. all 33 85 100 ,City 100 Colonial .. 50 90 92 25 10 41 201.1 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - 20 lEng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 18 1 - 8; 18 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - 100 Imperial Bank Limited 7 Id p - r 7 100 Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) 5 pr 613 54 g g 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austrat all 26k <6l 264 4 50 London and County .. so 30 37 364 7 60 London Joint Stock .. 10 33 34 33f g g 20 London and &African.. 16 34 4 p 100 London & Westminster 20 77 79 781 8 100100 NMaett.rOppr.o&v.Porto 2) Do. new 2 2 6 0 N N a e t w io s u o a u l t r vy nk lvi a 'A l nli e . g 5 i 1 1 . a8 .:.: 11k.. .. 6 . .... a 1 3 1 102 2 01 4d: 17 47 1 : 91236 4 1 2 1000 5 0 0 t ri pto e o n m. t oll . noßw. BankC oo . r a . t . i . o . n . .. s al i l 2582 2963 6 2 3 81 4 2 24 2113 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new....... - - 25 South Australia .., ... all - - - 2 i 'Union of Australia ~ .. all 45 46 454 1 100 Union of Ireland, Lim. 2 2 1 d 50 Unto.. of London - .., . 12 314 324 100 Unlt‘ fitutnal ........ 60 - - MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 4 25 Australian Agricultural 19 23 24 23 1 1 0 0 , 1 3. ‘t. 324 China 'cellßerlinEDL:harya.n.ooniphig.. nns.Canada l t 3a da - 1 Steam i..l s PL l c (Limited). aa a n t i e d r a e n (L i !dint.. (Limited) e . ) ail all l 1 54 175 -5 8 4 4 ti 5 4 4 .5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 4 dis 4p DO British American Land 40 - - it B.&l.Xlag. Tel. A. (Lim.) 100 50 54 x d 20 Do. 8,70.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 19 21 a a a 11 1 5 1 11 1: 10 4 0 _ l_ lo2 B 100 B2 1 214 ; 00 ppmda. averrri . i & eaeottl. ,eos J r7 f Erte a ipoc a r ae:nrANCO Perpet.esoa no lavatsi. anal a.ga .&.i Deb. 100 it. 100 100 i 1 ...; 11 1 m 2 1 110 n Ship A. all . 4 1100 - d 99 st ' D o. 1 6 tim P ii et. oo '• 812 1 t.2165 0 16 . GDGlEEnrnoleDde eengiao.lat.7n::stiapert Telegraphl itr y.luisi: .1 i n.am. r.vec.iti t.ogei. pad. ept..) nie... B c)r.. n:. B. la a aaa101 1 :140 1 :11 s s i n t rj r ri b i r. c eua t i : It : p ( (Lim,) nLe i li i t .) I I x d prof. a a:1 21 1 1 32_ 4 1 1 4 2_... 14 4 : 1 1/ 2 1 15 0 :0 MLILLI:eBC3-dd:lr°Dal,&;xiten. Tel. (Li • • 10 Do. 8 per cent. all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 20 NerbitCoal&lron (Lim.) 5 Netherlands Land, Bp. c , 5 1 2 p all 7 1 1 2 8 2'1 7 2 1: 0 1 100 ,N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 8 5 5 . 14 11 p 1 1 !g r . B ie . n A t U aL s l t nG r d. a a l &s as ( l i a ii n( : L l.d it i nm) )) I a l l 510 1 0 1 15 1 : 1 na f 10 lOrintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 8 X, . 5 ;Ottoman Gas, Limited 1 id i . 7 _Bl t Z d 955 51 'R P Pen.e h D pe y ol o m l t ... &N N n eeelr Oriental .. 5team . ... i. ... m. ... .. p. ..... t "; I aa a a3 _2ol l ll o lll it i i , 8-!19_4144: 221_115;02 1 2 : 10 225 0 5 R R o il l oj a . l7.l e a i i dr l °o t e' Citya m . 1 6 54 56 i n t ; ssscuooubttm.hAaAruisuntseltnrT.alelnila.vns.(cLLniapm. Land l aa o ll o l, 1 3 3 1 0 1 13 i 1 Do. do. o. ltegi stored do s ail 4 4 1 6 x d 10 r) : d x d 2 Telegraph to India (L.) 10 Trust and Agency ix Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 4d pr 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5, 1 P 6 'U. ii'dom TeL Co. (lira.) 3 4 a Pr 101 Yap 131,Men' a LAid- 284 114 124 6HARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ...- ...__.___ __.__ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. r 1 Share itailways. Paid. C p l ri os c i e. ng Business done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val IBlythe and Tyne. I B Bo ri s s t io , SI and leaf Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall !g oo. AB IA gets no (IN ti ll 6p c.p an.h been paid to (Dublin & Belfast Jun ß. e. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. I Glasg. and S. Western./ ;Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock xd 1091 47 f 61 7} 42 t Ditto East A nzlian st C4reatNorthof Scotland Great Northern 1231 xd xd ! Do A stock Do B do !Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire k Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares ITetropolif an Midland Do New . . Do Birming. & Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland xd 65U xd 107 i 63& 124 444 i 94 *3l xd 99i 3S i si 1281 i xd p xd Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle ;North London Do new North Stafordshire IN. and S. NV. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool 'Shropshire Union ,South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un 'South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C !Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny :West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R INVest Midland -Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford PREFERENCE SI Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st i 100 Do. shares Caledon. qr. shra, No. 2 100 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all Cornwall, 5 per ant.. _ all Do. p. c. gua. perpet. all Dun. Perth, &Abel,Juu. all Do. Ist Class Pref all Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 1 00 Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &ii lOO Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 100 Do No. 100 Do. 6 p. c. pref Do E. Angn, A at 5 p.c. Do.. Do, E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p.c. gua Do,Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 5; p c. pref. 1847 Do. p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 45 p. c. do Do.sn.e.Redrr.atsp.c.prn Do. Hertford purchase Do. do. 41 p. c. pref Do. Luton do Do. do. do. sp. c. pref Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 15 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref 'Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. pref Lan. & York.. 6 p.c. stool. Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s lodpc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 45 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gtt. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do, pee cent, d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C. P.' Do. 4p e. st. Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. at., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpet] anus. of 2s. 6d.) r.ondony. & Ennis. 4 shs Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 35 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent llidland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 45 p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 40 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent . . Do.Leic. andllit4per et Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New eua. 5 percent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 45pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, K. & S. Purch I Do. Carlisle 45 p. c.. Do. do. 4p. c. N. London 45 p. c. £2O pf North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 45 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 45 per cent ..... Do. do. 1859.: Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... Do. B 6 p. c... Do. C 6 p. c... Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. ... 'Watrtd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do. ... Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1860 14 10 8t 0.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 75 77 76 78 169 172 103 105 - - 137 139 21 2; 122 124 * inn , 66 E 8 .1 iPm 138 140 102 104 93 95 113 115 110 112 liPro 92 91 100 102 li O d id ip 22i 234 10 10i 24 21 101 103 101 103 s 90 20! 21i 27i 28, 33 34 33 34 ii 44 125 1';'..7 120 124 100 102 1121 124 1115 118 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing !Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W Birkenhead Buckingh mg.rire. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 55 57 Do. 5/per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 ICledon. Colchester, Stour V a l . 100 11 , 3.15.&E. • C 67 69 F. Lincolnsh. g 6pr c. 100 IGt.North. 138 140 Gls.B arr.&Neilg.Drct. 100 Cledon Gloi=ter & D ean F orest all Gt. West. Gt.Ea tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent .. . ... 100 'Gt.Ea tn• Do. E.U.Harwch. 4 p. c 100 D 0... I Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 101 IDo .. •• • -- Hui I and selby ...... all Ylt.N. Mid 109 111 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 199 201 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0....... Do. New ShlB6l, 4 t p.c all D 0........ ii ig Do.Wii. Ext. A, 41p c all Do. .... ... at Al London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 66 Do. Preferen 3 Lon.,Tilb.& S, -tilend 100 IPeto &Co B6 89 881 Lowestoft gr,ua. 4 pc.. 1 00 'Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M . 4 *: 1 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Northn.&Eastn. sp. c all Do. Do. 6 per cent.....', all I Do. North Western Not. Gran. El. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 941 951 94; xd L&N.W 44 46 ) Preston and Wyre. I I all I ct L . yk . i Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• ' . • • • • • Roystn.liitch.& Shep. l 100 iGt.North.,l34 137 Shrewsby & Herefordi 100 IT Brassey 135 137 135 xd Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W • • • • West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all iLn&N.W. Do do C all I & Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO I Gt. West. 91 93 Wiinbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn di 91 _ FREFERENC Dividends contingent E SII on th, [ARES AND STOCKS [e Profits of each separate Year. 102 104 101 14 103 105 86 87 2s. 6d. 1b: 6; 8 3 81, 1287 128 j 18 LL 97 99 60 <ll 276 286 96i 97 1101 d 54 541 85 .F 6 124 126 102 104 P jam 41 41 d 101 101 116 118 49 50 104 106 46 48 34,1 35a 835 831 675 685 97 99 65 75 375 385 8 9 p P 145 150 4i o 25 Zip 555 565 21 35 d * p 85 87 141 143 ef 61 43 44 34 36 90 32 HARES. 94 96 20 21 6 6i 111 113 9J 92 111 113 110 112 127 129 100 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, 'TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEVIBER 9,186 k. IShare ( 100 Stk 20 20i 10 100 I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closine Share R a il ways Paul. P r i ce . Business done 100 At !antic &St Lawrence all 56 59 - 665 7 iitk f Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 160 102 103 102/ 1 ( Gu. 5 per cent. 20 De. N ew . 2 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 8 8 4 10 D ff o a . io,B Preference rantoGo, . d . r . ic . l . l all 8 4 8 1 Bu 100 6 ct. bds. Ag. 1 1872 100 78 82 100 D o,; do. July 1 , 1873 100 76 79 100 .1)o. do. June 1, 189 100 78 79 st ;Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lire:) 100 102 104 st I Cape Town & Dock Seri' , 100 108 109 175 ?Demerara all Itock , Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1035 1045 104 'took East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 105 105/ 1051 2 i 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 1 p . 20 Do. do. H do. tock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 201 21/ 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 64 68 TOO Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all 64 66 100 Do. 8 per ct. Debentr all 30 32 31 304 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 30 32 100 Do. do. 1872 lock 'Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 1025 1035 103 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 i i P 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 2 i iP lock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 102 103 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 12/ 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wl th't opt. all 99 WI 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 92 100 Do. 1878 10 Indian Branch Limited 1 5 dis par ,ock Madras guar., sp. c. ock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 955 965 ,ock De. 4., d 0... ock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 90 Newßrunswick et Canda ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Shalt,: .... Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do all 4 6 .... Do. do. Land do. N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds 100 83 85 lock Scinde .......... 4.3 100 163 105 1031 20 Do. Punjaub .... at e ~9 15 pr / p 20 Do. Do. ...., .. ta" _. all 101 102 1014 2 ock ,Do. Indus. St. Flo. gst. 100 98 100 . _ 17i stock stock stock 100 TOO 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock FOREIGN RAIL. WAYS Share' Railways. Paid'i Cl o si n g Business Price. Done. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE AND HIS WIFE. —David Crowley, James Lyons, and Jane Grady were charged with bursting open a window and assaulting Jas. Davey, 66 C, and his wife, Ann Davey, living at 20, Silver street. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street„ ap peared for the defence. James Davey, 66 C, said—At a quarter past two this morning I was in bed, and hearing a great noise of singing in the next room, I opened my door and asked my fellow lodger in the next room to have a little more compassion on his neighbours. The lodger said, " Oh, you're a policeman. What's it to do with you. I shall d• as 1 like. Who cares for a policeman." I then returned to bed, and heard the persons outside say, "Let's have the out, and immediately after the door was burst open, and the female rushed into the room, followed by the two prisoners. The female struck me on the face just as I got out of bed. The men then used me very roughly to get me into the passage. They got me as far as the door post, and I then got back into my room to get on my trousers. The two men then seized my wife and dragged her into the passage, and the woman tore her night-dress from the top to the bottom before all the men, there being about eight or ten persons altogether in the prisoners' party. By Mr. Lewis--A young man lodging on the same floor saw it all. I heard several persons come in about twelve. Mr. Tyrwhitt—They began the evening at half-past twelve. In answer to Mr. Lewis, Davey said he had thrown no water on any of the persons, and gave them no provoca tion. Mrs. Ann Davey, wife of the first witness, confirmed her husband, and said—They called my husband a peeler. The woman tore her night dress off before the men, ani then struck her in the face. The woman was drunk. James Black, a lodger in tho house, confirmed the other witnesses, and said that but for the interposition of the police he believed murder would have been committed. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the witness said the only thing Davey had done was to ask the persons, who made a great noise, to be quiet. Two witnesses were called for the defence. A third aim got into the box, but was not examined, being drunk, and the witnesses said there was water thrown on the prisoners, and that one of the prisoners' party, a female, was struck with a staff, but this was denied. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought the witnesses for the pro secution more worthy of belief than those for the defence, as they were in bed and sober while the others were drink ing and drunk. He did not believe that Davey struck any one. It was altogether a brutal thing for the prisoners to do, and the tearing the complainant's wife's clothes off before the men was atrocious. As there was a little doubt about the woman's conduct, whether it was her that pulled out Mrs. Davey or the men, he should discharge her, but the men would be find 205., or 14 days each. INDECENT CONDUCT TO A GIRL.—ABSCONDING FROM BAIL.—John Deere, a bootmaker, charged with indecently assaulting a young girl named Jane Weight, and, who was remanded, was again brought up, having absconded from his bail. Mr. Edward Lewis attended for the prisoner. Inspector Bowles, of the C division, said the prisoner had absconded from his bail and been taken into custody on a warrant. In the absence of the solicitor from the prosecuting society he wished for a remand. The prisoner, against whom it was said a second charge would be preferred on the next examination, was remanded for a week. Antwerp &Rotterdam. Ardennes.... , Bah.&S.Fran..Lim 7p.c. Belgian East, Junction Carmeaux Mine dt Raii Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ....... _Do ••••, Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction Namur .5; Liege .... Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.— I Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref, Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn: Paria,Lyons,tz Mediter. 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Isidore Mayse, having bean sworn to act as interpreter for the prosecutor, who does not understand English, and through him Viet r Julien said—l am an artiste sal- le trapeze. I live at 13, Wellington-square, Chelsea, where the prisoner is a servant. For four or five months he has been making indecent proposals to me, and I have told him I would de nounce him. I told him so yesterday morning, and at three o'clock yesterday afternoon I was dressed ready to go out, and was going down the staircase, when the prisoner stabbed me in my stomach. I turned round, or else the knife would have gone right through my stomach, and it went into one side above my hip and passed out the other side. I had not said anything to him. I then told him if he did not stab me again I would say nothing, and I went into my room, for 1 was afraid he would stab me again. I went to the Alhambra and performed there, and after I had per formed I told my father, who had previously put inquiries to me. He came home with me, and then gave the pri soner into custody. I never told my father he made inde cent proposals to me. I went to no doctor till I saw Mr. Webb. I went into a chemist's shop soon after I was stabbed and bought some plaster, which I put over the wound and stopped the bleeding. I bled very much, and am very weak. I saw the blade of the knife used in stab bing me. It is like that now produced. (The knife was a weapon nine inches long and jagged, and is described as a French amputating knife.) Mr. Edward Lowe Webb, surgeon, living at 9, St. George's-road, Pimlico, said—At three o'clock this morn ing I was sent for to Cottage-road station to attend Mons. Julien, who had been stabbed. I found a wound on the hip, with a plaister over it, and on removing this I found a wound above the left hip two inches wide. On probing this I found the probe entered laterally two and a-half inches with great ease. The width where the knife had entered was about two inches, and it had passed through to the ether side, where there was not much more than a scratch. I also probed this, and here again, after slight resistance, the probe entered over two and a-half inches. The wound ran laterally between five and six inches, the track of the knife being distinguishable all the way. Such a wound would be produced by this knife. No vital part was touched, and the wound, from the position in which it was, was not dangerous. Sergeant Perkins, 8 B, was called to the house 13 Wel lington-square this morning at one o'clock, where he found the prisoner in bed. The charge was told to him, and he said he did not mean to do it. Witness found a shirt, pair of trousers, and a coat in the house, all of which had been cut through, as with a knife, on the left side, and all the marks corresponded. The shirt had been washed and also the trousers, the hole made by the knife having been sewn up. Prosecutor having been recalled, stated that he had not touched the clothes since he had taken them off, the shirt had been covered with blood. The prisoner, who stated that he did not intend to hurt Victor Julien, but to stab himself, was remanded for a week. SOUTHWARK. ROBBEUY AT A RAILWAY.—A. young man, apparently about 16, and respectably dressed, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bircham, charged with stealing a handkerchief and purse from the person of Sarah Oldridge, at the book ing office of the London and Brighton Railway, London brid ge. hbdpt err:l.oi F rods pkoa r pnioynemedgwr hand ortheeffim e oe v fv o d n r e g. n thehc e i s , p i hu t ar a np p do p efera from e nif d gettingh e that r thea dress, p r a o n s de ticket. c u h t e r i Sheex n y d p e e ua s - t. h s ense a ch b ale o par u te tp t eor p c. proceeding She e fho d er i n hp g eurr t s o mu C eod r n o e y ayn d , o d a n n, andovertook e she oewo found was hn i i n dm, thin Wellington 'str ee t, w h ere he was stopped by a thee voured to escape with her h an dk erc hi ef and the purse but police-con stable, to whom she gave him into custody. William Bircher, 236 M, stated that he was on duty in High-street, Borough, yesterday, and he perceived the de fendant running from the railway station followed by the prosecutrix, who called " Stop thief." He stopped him and she gave him into his charge. He searched him at the station and found the silk handkerchief, which the prose cutrix identified as her property. The defendant had a peculiar description of Scotch cap, which was reversible, one side being a brown colour and the other black, with a white stripe, which effected a considerable alteration in his appearance when it was turned inside out. Dennis Scannell, a detective officer, who was employed at the South-Western Railway station, stated that the de fendant was one of a numerous gang of thieves who infest the railway stations in the neighbourhood of London bridge, and he had frequently desired him to leave the station. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months' hard labour. THAMES. THREE ATTEMPTED SIIICIDES.—LAMENTABLE CASES. —John Kerry, a labourer, of No. 18, Henry-street, Brom ley, apparently about 45 or 46 years of age, Ellen Santry, a drunken woman, of No. 6, Plough-street, Whitechapel and Arabella Ingram, wore severally charged with attempt ing to commit suicide. Mr. D. 11. Wyte, surgeon of the London Hospital, at tended to give evidence, but Mr. Woolrych, the magistrate, said that he had received a letter bearing upon each case from the chaplain of the prison, in which he set forth that, the three prisoners were penitent and appeared to regret the rash acts they had made to hurrythemselves into eternity One of them had a contused wound on the head, and a heavy hammer and pair of scissors by his s id e , and he had a severe gash in his throat. Arabella I ngram, i t appeare d,' had gone to six different chemists' shops and bought as many pennyworths of laudanum, which she drank, and then squatted herself upon a heap of bricks, whe r e s he was , 255 K, an d s h e was . Ellen Sant r y, it ap in the water n e ar the p f o e u removedanr e d d : I p to o mt l h i p c et e dc Poplar r s t o t d a b ruo l e wn in ß o nle. herselfhnocuo w s e e swing bridge of the docks. The magistrate having severely lectured the three pri soners upon their folly, and they having promised never to repeat the same again, they were discharged. LAMBETH-BRIDGE. —The readjustment of the cable and saddle of this structure, which recently slipped, is now nearly completed : and the bridge, it is expected, will be opened for traffic at the comreenoemen..f next months INFAN7ICIDE IN THE METROPOLIS. At an inquest held in Islington yesterday Dr. Lankester, one of the coroners for Middlesex, took occasion to make some remarks on the very large number of cases of infanticide which occur in the metropolis, and on the failure of justice in instances where there is too much reason to suspect that actual murder has been committed. The inquiry at which the Coroner was presiding was one into the circumstances connected with the death of a newly born male child, whose body was found on Thursday last in a mews at the rear of Compton terrace, Islington. Police-constable 270 N deposed that the dead body of the child, wrapped up in some wool, had been found by a little girl. The constable knew no more about the matter; and, in reply to Dr. Lankester, he stated that he had not made any inquiries on the subject in the neighbour hood of the place in which the child had been dis covered. The Coroner said he supposed the police thought the finding of the dead body of a newly born infant too ordinary an occurrence to call for inquiry. Dr. Stamford, the medical gentleman who had made the post mortenz examination, gave his opinion that the child was born alive, and that it had been three or four days dead when found. The umbilical cord was tied, but not in a skilful manner. The child had been a weak one, and he was not prepared to say that death had not taken place from natural causes. That was all the evidence on the subject. Dr. Lankester said that this was one of a class of eases which were exceedingly numerous at the present day —much more so, he thought, than society generally was aware of. He regretted to state that such cases were constantly occurring in London. He believed he held nearly one inquest a day on the bodies of newly born infants. These children were found under three different classes of circumstances. First, there could be no doubt that premeditated violence had been used—cases in which the child had been born alive and had lived for some short time, but in which the parents, or either of them, had determined to get rid of it by putting it to death. In such instances juries had little difficulty in finding a verdict of wilful murder, but too fre quently that verdict had to be against " a per son or persons unknown." Again, there were cases in which there was no evidence of violence, but in which it would appear that the child had died shortly after birth from causes which had occurred during birth, or, as was perhaps the fact in the case under consideration, in which the child had died from natural causes, and in which, because of illegitimacy, the mother, feeling ashamed of her position, took advantage of the death and got rid of the body as best she could. There was another class of cases—that of children who had not been born alive. He could not but'think that something might be done to diminish the number of each of these classes, more especially that of actual child murder. It appeared to him that if more vigour were shown in the matter by the police authorities—if. thera were more activity in en deavouring to find out the guilty parties—more discoveries of the perpetrators would be the result. Punishment would have a salutary effect in the way of prevention. It was a criminal offence to conceal the birth of a child; and, if re wards were offered for the apprehension of those who committed it, much good might be the result. A juror observed that parishes had in some cases offered as large a reward as 1.:50. Dr. Lankester thought that there ought to be a reward in every case. The English public expressed their horror at infanticide when it was brought under their notice. They were not aware that the finding of the body of a dead child was of so common an oc currence in London that there were instances of it every day. So common was it that the police seemed to think no more of finding a dead child than they did of finding a dead cat or a dead dog. This was a blot on our civilization, and vigorous measures ought to be adopted with the view of re moving so great an evil. In the case under consi deration the jury returned a verdict of "Found Dead." FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT AT BOSTON. A GENCLENIAN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED. An alarming accident occurred on Friday even ing last, about nine o'clock, to a pleasure party who were returning to Boston from a picnic at Miningsby. The excursionists, numbering about twenty ladies and gentlemen, veers riding in an omnibus and four, driven by Mr. Mears, of the White Horse Inn, Boston, and had proceeded safely o❑ their return until within about two miles of Boston. The road on which they travelled at this point runs parallel with a wide drain, and in consequence of the centre of the road being here covered with loose shingle, and the trees on the field side overhanging it, the driver pulled off the road upon the grass on the side nearest the drain, and so proceeded safely for a few hundred yards, when the conveyance sud denly slipped and fell over the edge of the drain bank, a depth of several feet, into the water, and in its fall it turned two complete somersaults. The gentlemen who were on the outside were precipi tated into the drain, and the driver fell among his affrighted horses. The majority of the gentlemen as well as the driver being only slightly injured instantly went to the rezcue of the ladies who oc cupied the inside of the vehicle, a feat they speedily accomplished, and found that they were but slightly injured. It was next decided to ascertain whether all had been safely extricated, when it was found that Mr. West, draper, was missing, and o❑ a close search the unfortunate gentleman was discovered beneath the vehicle, completely immersed in water. He was speedily conveyed to an adjacent public house, where Mr. Filcher, surgeon (one of the party), used every possible exertion to restore animation, but without avail. The injuries of the remainder were fortunately discovered to be only of a slight character, and chiefly contusions and cuts. News soon reached Boston, whence cabs and additional medical aid were speedily despatched. An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon on the body of Mr. West, when a verdict of "Acci dental Death" was returned. The jury wished it to be represented to the trustees of the road that it was in a dangerous condition, and recommended that the overhanging branches of the trees be cut away. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. SOUTHAEPTON, Tuesday Morning, Arrived—Borussia, steamer, from hamburg ; Isabel 11., steamer from Cadiz ; Tribune, from Newport ; Ploughboy, from Llanelly ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed Ann Paterson, for Sunderland ; Tonning, steamer, for Oprrto. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning, Arrived, Septemb er B—Collingwood, from Demerara; Vulcan from Jamaica; Leon, from Cienfugos; Ostrich, from Lagos ; Gipsy, fromDantsic ; Irene, from Caen ; Douglas, Promise, and Wave, from Guernsey; Albion, from Havre; Karl, from Christianstad ; Sparkling Sea, from Akyab ; Lady Peel, from Quebec; Burgomeister Peterson, from Riga. Arrived, Sept. 9—Frederikke Marie, from Wyborg ; John Cummings, from Ramonski , Albion, from Rouen ; Brasilia, packet, from Memel ; Heiress, from New Ywrk ; Danneborg, from Abo ; Chobueto, from Jamaica. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, in tow—Hougomont, ship, from Jamaica, for London. Passed—Anne, from Garracha, for Shields • Bougrin vine, and (M asseur , F renc h corve tt es , f rom the river, for the westward ; Hanover, from London, for Liverpool. Anchored —White Rose, from Quebec, for London. THE TEA TRADE, Sept. B.—The deliveries in .London estimated for the week were 914,6751 b., whic h is an increase of 6,4461 b,, compared with the previous state ment. SINGULAR ATTACK.—An attack of a peculiar nature occurred near Carmarthen on Saturday afternoon, A young woman named Gwerdlian Williams was proceed ing across the fields homewards from market at when fsace he was fiercely attacked by a rook. The bird flew her , flapping its wings and cawing in the most violent manner. The girl was frightened and took to her heels. The enraged bird, however, still kept up the chase, and was only induced to forego the attack still further by a countryman, Who, happening to pass at the time, drove it away. On examina tion of the fee) of the young w oman, who had fallen to the ground in a fainting state, it was found that her left eye had been pecked completely away. She was conveyed home, and proper surgica l attendance procured. Her face wa also scarred and m arked to a considerable extent, part of her lip being pecked away. ad A 541 xd xd 83f xd xd 117 xd 104 xd 108 xd [l2 ilk 13 12 4 13 } FOREIGN MINE!). 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm all I 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 6 14 2 Capula Silver los. pr }pm 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 20 Copiapo l6 7 8 1 DunMoun.Ccp.Ming Co ail t 3 East Del Bay (Limited) 1 1p 2 Fortuna 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt N. Cop. AS. Austr l4 1 d 14 Kapunda tLimited) 1 iip 3 Linares all 6 7 5 Lusitanian 2 I # i ds Iflariquica all I N.RhineCopof S.Aus. L 4 t ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... a 11 2 5 Port Philip 1 Santaßarbara (41dMine 4 4 pm f 1 'icottish Austrin. (L.) los. pm 14 20 St. John del Rey (L.).— 15 66 58 28.2.84 United Mexican 64 74 Wort hing (Limited) 1 all 1 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld 1 all 24 24 'OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 17i 18 x d 2f zd 48 121 12 I. IHE NAVY. His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia visited Deptford dockyard on Sunday, and in spected the iron-cased ships Favourite and Enter prise. His Royal Highness expressed great grati fication with his visit, and particularly admired the corvette Favourite, which, as announced in The Sun of last week, is now perfected in her design as a completely protected sea-going ship of war. Mr. Reed left London yesterday for Pembroke dock yard to lay down a new corvette to be constructed after the design of the Enterprise and Favourite. Sixty first-class lads from the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, were yesterday despatched to Ports mouth for the service of the fleet, and an equal number will leave shortlyby the Fex for Plymouth. The Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Master-Com mander George K. Bower, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Ostend, to which port she con veyed his Royal Highness the Prince' of Wales and suite from Woolwich on Saturday. The experimental firing at the armour plates on the side of the Alfred target ship at Portsmouth will take place on Thursday, instead of to-day, as originally proposed. The plates comprise one rolled 51 inch, from the Atlas Iron and Steel Works, Sheffield; two of si-inch hammered, made from scrap iron, one annealed and the other unan nealed, and two other plates made from Shopshire puddle iron, also hammered, of the same thickness of metal, and one also unannealed, and the other annealed, all four forged in the smithery of Ports mouth yard. The trial of these four will, it is ex pected, set the question at rest as to the merits of annealing armour plates, and also decide the dis puted point as to the superiority of scrap or puddled iron for hammered plates. Three other plates on the Alfred's side are from Deptford dockyard, 41 inch hammered. The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, Capt. J. F. B Wainright, will, according to present arrangements, make her trial of speed with the pitch of her screw altered from her trial, to-morrow. Yesterday a number of additional hands were transferred to the iron frigate Achilles, 50. The vacancies by the withdrawal of the large number of mechanics from the dockyard, OR strike, have not yet all been filled up, and first-class platers are still required for employment on board the iron ship. Some delay has been occasioned in prosecuting the works connected with the building of the Achilles, in consequence of the amended plans having been for some time under the consideration of the Admi ralty these, however, have finally been decided upon, and every effort will now be directed to the completion of the iron frigate with the least pos sible delay. The whole of the improvements which the experience of the last six months has taught the Admiralty, will, ic is fully expected, have the effect of rendering the Achilles as much superior in sailing capabilities and attacking and defensive powers to the Warrior as the latter vessel is to our Marl boroughs, Renowns, and Merseys. Nearly 100 convicts, in several parties, have ar rived at Chatham during the latt few days from Pentonville, Millbank, and the other convict esta blishments, for the purpose of being employed on the works in connection with the enlargement and extension of Chatham dockyard. At the present time there are upwards of 1,000 convicts at Chatham establishment, nearly the whole of whom are kept constantly employed in the embankment of St. Mary's Island, and in the other works connected with the improvement of the harbour and dock yard. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. G. W. Allen, to the Liffey ; James Lewis, paymaster, to the Resist ance ; Henry Rider and W. H. G. West, super nameraries in the Indus, confirmed as second-class assist.-engineers ; Hugh Loudon, acting second class assist.-engineer to the Indus, as supernumerary; John F. Hughes, and William Ambler, acting second-class assist.- engineers, to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries; and Thomas R. Batters and James Elder, acting second-class assist.-engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries. I HE ARMY. Some distinguished members of the Imperial tmily of Austria, under the incognito of the Count Schoenkirchen and suite, yesterday visited Wool wich Arsenal by special notification from Sir E. Lugard, Under Secretary of State for the Depart ment of War. They were received by Major Young, Major Shaw, Capt. Majendie, R.A., and other officials of the Royal Arsenal, who were in attendance in the Dial-square until half-past two, when the Count and his friends, three in number, made their appearance. They were conducted through the Laboratory under the superintendence of Capt. Frazer, and afterwards through the paper and cartridge factory, shell foundry, carriage de partment, &e., and entered the Royal gun factories, where they were received by Mr. John Anderson and the staff of officers belonging to the depart ment, and spent upwards of four hours in the in spection of the Armstrong gun manufactory, which they witnessed in all its details. The range of buildings erected at Sheerness for the wives and families of the married non-commis ,ioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, at a cost to the Government of £ll,OOO, is now com pleted, and only awaits the official inspection to be taken formal possession of by the Government. The building is one of the best of the kind yet erected at either of the large military stations, and may be looked upon as a mode' one of its character both as regards its interior arrangements and the ample conveniences and accommodation provided for each of the inmates. The quarters form two sides of a square, and are about 300 ft. in length and three stories in height, the whole constructed with white glazed bricks. On the two upper stories there is a verandah, which can be used as a promenade, and from which the view embraces the Nore and the distant coast of Essex. Ample provision is made for 80 families, a separate apartment being provided for each. Each room measures lift. by 14ft., with a height of 15ft., the upper stories being approached by three main stone staircases, well lighted at night with gas. The entire building is fireproof, the whole of the rooms are lighted with gas, and each is pro vided with a stove and cooking range so constructed as to distribute the heat into the rooms. There are also cupboards and other requisites to each vP rL, ment. The outbuilding contains a washing room 30ft. by 20ft., fitted with 22 galvanised ire: room, hold troughs 2o and Jacques's patent boilers, four of gallons each, and one, which is for w b_ h ry ite i h _ pur poses, 40 gals. There is also a cloth d es which, includ fitted with patent drying machinnee,e b effected with ing the heating of five boilers, can be Adjoining the expenditure of only one cvv 2oft., with men and is an ironing room, 25ft. by provision is made for women's bathrooms. the most approved is ventilated ventilated according to . supplying water to tbeAesTaPbleishment. The building h right s patent bar wit vv ples, and is surrounded The entire erection has been and Son, from th plans of e built by Messrs.NeY r pavement, sft. wide. io Mr. Lacy, C.E. 0 FIRES. —Last evening, a b out h alf-past five ALARI 4III i n habitants of Claph am - road wero greatly to the sudden outb rea k o f a fire in the pre mises , v a e r:ed ' e b ei e ° l ° ; ; " — g -, t i e g to Mr. Silvester, an ar ti s t , s i tuated at No. s New -terrace, Clapham-road. Th e fi re commenced in ' the Oa , aio and workshop s , a range of buildings 50 feet long an d over 20 feet wide. The flames travelled with remark able swiftness over the entire buildings, threatening with destruction the front dwelling-house, and also the private r esidence of Mrs. Jennings, No. 9, in the same terrace. The engines of the distillery belonging to Messrs. Beanfoy, Price's candlework.s, and Hodges's distillery, with those of the London brigade, under the command of Mr. Hendei-- son, the chief officer of the D district, and Engineer Met calf, were early in attendance, and the firemen eventually succeeded in extinguishing the flames before the front honee was touched ; but the building in which the misfortune commenced was burned down and the contents destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown, and it could not be as certained whether the sufferer was insured. The premises of Mrs. Jennings also received some damage, and several windows were broken. This lady was insured in the Sun Fire-office. OPENING OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —Yesterday the British Museum was re-opened to the public, and notice issued that the Museum would be continued open every Monday, Wednesday. and Friday, between the hours of ten and five o'clock, until the end of October, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING---THIS DAY. WARWICK RACES.-THIS DAY. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TRIAL STAKES. Libellous Weatherspy Twilight Eight ran. RACING STAKES. Harvest Moon.. Six ran. SHORTS HANDICAP. David Ann 1 Gipsy Girl 3 Vandermulin filly .. Six ran. Winner objected to for crossing. Since overruled. LEAMINGTON STAKES. Bally Edmond 1 Vixtrix Man at Arms 23 Eight ran. MA:LTEc.--Peepin g TQm beat Consternation. QUEEN'S PLATE. Knutsford Acre 2 AVON STAKES. Ma Belle First Attempt..... , Perfect Cure .............. 3 Eight ran. CASTLE PARK STAKES. Olitipa f .. Equinox .. ......... 2 Overstone Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEQER. 9 to 4 aget The Marquis (taken) 9to 2 agst Bucketone (taken) Bto 1 agst Cariabrook (taken) 100 to 8 agst Exchequer (taken) 14 to 1 aget Hurricane (taken) 14 to 1 agat Argonaut (taken) 18 to 1 agat Johnny Armstrong (taken) 20 to 1 agst Stockwell colt (taken) LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 9. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—gnperintendent of Stoles H. Tatum to be Principal Superintendent of Stores, vice Stewart, superannuated ; Deputy-Superintendent of Stores T. Pearce to be Superintendent of Stores, vice Tatum ; Assistant-Superintendent of Stores W. C. Moore to be Deputy-Superintendent of Stores, vice Pearce; De puty-Superintendent of Stores H. A. Russell to be ASSis tant Supertnteudeet of Stores; vice Moore. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 3. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Joe Drury Bottomley to be First Lieutenant, vice Swinton, de.. ceased. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any commercial mportance which appear in the " Gazette" : William Kibler, corn dealer, Shustoke, Warwickshire John Lock, builder, New Cross, Kent Daniel De Lacy Evans, innkeeper, Colne, Lancashire Archibald Little, lime merchant, Purfleet-wharf Wm. Morris, upholster, Notting-hill Richard Condy, drug merchant, Garlick-hill, City James Cooper, jun., grocer, Erith Richard J. Haynes, commission agent, Great Tower-st James Jarvis, coal merchant, Cambridge George Sheriff coal merchant, Godalming William Scovell, builder, Wimborne Minster, Dorset Louis Dolibo, stationer, Brighton George P. Greenwood, miller, Oxford Charles Price, innkeeper, Crickhowell, Brecon John Farrar, catton spinner, Warley, Yorkshire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Thomas Hollier, iron merchant, Glasgow Henry William Giles, circus proprietor, Edinburgh Alexander Baird, lime merchant, Chryston, Lanarkshire William Chalmers, joiner, Ayton, Berwickshire COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tins DAY. Amateidam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 Antwerp • • Brussels 26 42& 13 7f •• 11 171 11 171 25 471 13 8 25 221 26 46 26 45 119} 13 0 13 0 34i Hamburgh Paris • • Short. 25 17i Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo 494 49; 25 55 49 49 25 57f 25 v9 57/ 253960 Messina Lisbon —52 1 r Op or t o — 521 53A Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oa £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons GREAT EASTERN _RAILWAY COMPANY. GENERAL MEETING THIS DAY. The first general meeting of this company—late the Eastern Counties —was held this day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing ten gentlemen to form the new board of directors to transact the business of th a eompany, and also two auditors. The chair was occupied by H. Love, Esq. The CRAIRMAN said they were called together that day for the purpose of electing a board of directors from the amalgamated companies, and, in order not to detain them, he would, without further preface, propose the name of the first gentleman, viz., Mr. Samuel Anderson. A PROPRIETOR asked the amount of stock held by the gentleman. The CHAIRMAN said the amount of sto ck to qualify for a director had increased by the new act from £5OO stock to £2,000, and all the gentlemen who came before them to-day were duly qualified. A PROPRIETOR asked if the gentleman objected to say in what other company he had an interest. Mr, ANDERSON said he held no shares in any railway com p an y antagonistic to the Great Eastern. Ho, however , objected to the right of the proprietor to p ut the q uestion, which he considered was one inquirin g i n t o hi s pr i vate affairs. The motion that gr. Anderson be elected a director was carried unanimou al Y • The next proposed th e name o f M r . G e o rge he Parker Mr. Coeeo rm seconded the motion. Mr. AD ,,, ' looked upon the election of Mr. Bidder to thought by hi s a id th ey wou ld got r id of all C B ll id A d i e ulAl4 th e board of the com p an y as a most fortunate circumstance, because ho those cross-couutry lines which had been the great source of expense to the Eastern Counties. Th e motion was carried unanimously. Sir Samuel Bignold was elected a director, as also were Capt. White Jarvis, and Mr. James Goodson. Mr. SAMUEL ANDERSON moved the election of Mr. Horatio Love as a director. Mr. BIDDER seconded the motion. The motion was carried unanimously. _ . Mr. LovE thanked the meeting for the honour. Be begged to assure them that his whole endeavour, since his connection with the company, had been to promote its prosperity, and if there had been errors they had been caused by circumstances over which there was no control. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Thomas Norris, Mr. Packe, Mr. John Alexander Smyth, and Er. J. S. Wells were then unanimously elected to a seat in the direction. The meeting then proceeded to the election of two auditors, when Messrs. Soper and Morgan were chosen. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the pro ceedings. THE NEW REGISTRATION OFFICE UNDER TH.E LAND TRANSFER ACT.—Yesterday upwards of 20 work men in the employ of the Government were engaged at the late Insolvent Debtors Court, converting a part of the eats blishment into a registration office under the recent act on the transfer of land. The court of the chief commissioner of the abolished tribunal has been pulled to pieces, and several. offices are in the course of erection. Two of the courts its Portugal-street are reserved for law proceedings, but as yet nothing has been determined upon. The entrance of the new registration office will be in Lineoln's-inn-fields, and it is expected that under an order of the Lord Chan cellor it will be open to register estates before the commence ment of Michaelmas term. The number of passengers arriving at Boulogne from Folkestone and London in August last was 14,684 There were 13,253 departing; making a total of 28,239 passengers from and to England during the last month. In the month of August, 1851, which had until now been one of the largest passenger traffic on record, 11,571 passengers arrived, and 11,151 departed; making a total of 22,722. The past month shows, consequently, an increase of 5,517 passengers en the number which until now had marked the most active period in the international intercourse. It is not generally known that the interview of the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandrine of Denmark, which resulted in the engagement just made public, took place, a year ago, at Heidelberg, in the ot gar dens of the Castle. The on dit is, that it was nau officially-arranged matter, b ut an accidental meeting, whereat the Prince was so favha ourabe ly impressed with the young PrincessPrincessof Denmark, tt h signified big choice._ Cstat Journal. I I all all all all all 2.14.61 3.0.0 1 7.1261 13.15. f 8.12 4.15.6 1.18 4.3.0 21 2 12.3 2.9.0 2.4.9 1k 10.6.7 5.11.6 18.1.5 28.9. 1.7.2 2.10.8 21 t