The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-31 00:00:00

r AXD CITY NEWS. ORDINARY SHARES A: CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There israther more firmness in the general tip- Shat.., Pcaran ee meats s of the money market, owing to the pay- 12..0 . Anthem., Notting. Bost. e xpected made on account of the new loans. It is I,I and Eastern Juut , i ion' ten. , , Cd that the subsequent instalments will also 6 5 . 0 14 1 a l - . , f Vo ß i., d a T iV i gt m r.M l existing t o augment the inquiry and diminish the sto?,t4 BitiL., e l ti ft e n n c., and Chesh importance easiness, but no immediate alteration of 25 31ackburn and ar. 0 : p ro h n , a , ne e in the minimum quotation is con,idered St 2 o s ck l ' il l ?;s t I t )1 TyneE:eter f n , 5t.. 7 10 . Although the market is rather firmer, .rtiWe:l t onia n n a ET 01. h,..vi low rates, bills are still negotiable at very s 5O ). I Cork e anti Bandon Bandg ' land h es, and the inquiries at the Bank of Er.g- 2 , 0 0, Cork, Cornwall r)I I r o c k , &Passag,e arri ve " ave not materially increased. Some large 10 Do. A n A n. w i v 6 es e . no er d a i n v h av _ '8 of specie have lately taken place, which 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß iande, prevented an efflux from the Bank of Eng- ;,( 5 ) i i : .) . ,, u n bl . ii ii l e a i iv i irf A it 3 r tju u n n c e : A ustral ' : d as further consignments are due from v t o e c e tlt7,a a s s l e Anglian ties fro m ' a and moderate remittances are rtceived Stock ' Eastern Union A Stock America, the stock of bullion is likely to be ste Eg:Nw.P(ite.l37.V2) Slight.,, maintained at a high point, although a further 25 1, Vast Kent hi e f e ,,, " i tainution may take place within the next S 2O East Lancashire r '' Weeks. 10 Do The Stock ,Edinburg and Glasgom Which public sales of foreign and colonial wool, stgk It i ' 4e d r il t i ii ,P ac cij l h, d et e Dutg i e e e n . antaj e n o amtinaonenced on the 21st ult., were brought to a ii ter Stock Furness y yesterday, as far as regards Austra- Stock alraeNciTvo";trjtllelsatnna 'I escriPtiOnS, in accordance with a resolution Stock Great Northern adopte d series hY the committee of brokers. During the stock Do. l o d0.,0 ALI was a large attendance of both home groccrLsa(tm:Vhe's4iewrnstn. (lreld) asenridv4f4e, buyers, and the biddings for all de- Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. th_ P e ti°l33 were animated, prices, compared with 12 tr ,a is n l e i a S s ? e u r t ha n E d ase a r r l ifsie: 111. realised at the previous sales, being barely 1 6 ., R New Thirds 1624 Do. India to 2d. Per lb. higher. The sales of low East Stock Lancashire & F Y( c iashire other descriptions of wools will be pro eeededand 16) Do: do. £9 shares IsitAlsae, ~, with this day and to-morrow. 3 Do. West Riding Union 20 Do. Southport Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed Stock London . and at l=wa s lk • vi. : Increased animation, and about 7,000 bales St — ock Lo ° o3rig s 7;ton &S.d ' o'asi 4: e s old at previous prices. In the Railway St l o 2 c i k bo o l i n o l l iz ti A i N s orth Westn e ther $ business was quiet, but prices were Stock London& South-Westn. -tuft firmer 25 L'derry l & Coleraine 25 IL'derry & Enniskillen 111 the foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, s io ck Ilteallr.Opscigla"n& Lincoln 1,.. adv ance took place on Amsterdam and Ham - Sto ck Midland rg. Stock Do. Birming. & Derby At th e 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 8, 0 N vb . castle re a s nd Carlisle • Railway Company to-day a favourable report 25 ;New., Aber., & Herefd: 'w ag read L 10 'Newry & Armagh (def. ) , h " 8 owing the an increase in the net revenu e 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros alf - year of £2,621. The available balance Stocki Norfolk 50 , North. Counties Union ,: ar,,. 4_19 , 1 46 ss. ld., out of which the debenture Stock (North British Rall &Dk Stk l e , 6e, and the 5 and 6 per cent. preference in- gttoocctlil°or.*A"&.— A'rec.no . div: to would be payable, leaving £177 13s. 11d. until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Stock Do. B Stock carried forward. Stock ' North-Eastn.—Berwick to : Thei half -yearly meeting of the Submarine Tele- soe s k go o .. d i o ,e .2 s N.E.Purchase of •7 13 ,, Com pany took place to-day, and a dividend roc c izi ! : ' 7gr • ti r i7o k ndon in eve eer c ent. per annum was declared. The large to N. &S.Westn., Hampstd ieldea se in the business of the half-year had not and City Junction 20 North Staffordshire t e a u an equivalent addition to the gross revenue / ( 0 ) I N .co ort & h - S w ol e i s .V n Junction tei ,_ ee ennt of the reduction in the tariffs. The re- Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. P, however, were £14,113 ss. 10d., being a 19 zo l i f: e o e xt le m d outh to dance of £7,768 17s. lid. between the associated 10 Illiymney Stock ~ ' cottish Central th re e P r anies. The directors awarded 10 per cent. to stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock v end fund, which, after the payment of divi vturtli. Would leave £193 f t t o o c e t , !? .,,,,, o ,r . o s p cxt r i e sti ti l% nl i o d n . Stock 4s. 11d. to be carried for- to Sittingbourne & Sheer. Stock South Devon A c . ' The report was adopted , Stock South-Eastern wt;tethe half-yearly meeting of the Mid-Kent Rail- Stock South Wales 20 i SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. any Company, to-day, the accounts were exhibited, 20 12• 20 iSt o a'ine d s ° Wok., & Wok s tB o4 suc ' w ed a balance in favour of the company of 25 'Stockton & Darlington. di v ;, ' 8s • 7 d., from which the directors proposed a 25 !soo: do. vj „ whi t e ,, ,s ena at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, Stockton & iiartlepool I Stock Taff Vale A 4 was adopted. Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 committee Heath Dk&R a i I to a resolution passed to-day by the sak 1 ' Pa i t e m o e f s iournittee of the Stock Exchange, the settlement Stock Wat t e e go o r r g Si Kilkenny Limerick t he Indian and Russian loans will take place t2'g (West Cornwall "Xt M on d. 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal The ' ' Y ' 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till toodin . market for public securities, although ex- 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 , Do. B te nden g l Y quiet, has exhibited rather a buoyant 20 ) n res lst , a d s on af te.. . c Y, and a rise oft. per cent. took place soon !s 20 1Do: 2d Class . t rill ', the commencement of business, which has been anA t y maintained. Consols are 95:1 for money --- for ' account. There have been very few operations siu I .s lil „, s °lle Y, but the Government broker has bought — 2s Blythe and Tyne k per; mva TO . stock for the Savings Banks. Bank Stock r , c.. pref. (issued at £50)1 tkit r i p r o is , . i & o I c i: o xea.c e t s . Stock It. s , ' Ac ed to 2241; the New Threes to 96- g 1 ; the t 2 o o ok ICal'edo • n ilO, 44 per cent 117ced to 96i •; Exchequer Bills to 21s. 245. pm.; 12.10 ;Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2., ( 18 ! 4 _ 11 Loan Debentures (1858) to 951 1 ; ditto gt t o e c e t Re . sj o e . r 5 p.H 1 h ct? ' d' 54 Pc b") to 941 ; ditto Scrip to 981 :-; and ditto 64 Dun. it , z e l t rllov . i, e 5 .i ' . ..I ' u • n e : - .end, Were steady at Bs. to 3s. dis. sto r t clE.Angn. Class A 7 & spc b its l ! l tho Foreign Stock Market there is very little zo oe ctlßo e .. g o o . . l sB 6 pc.... l a a s ss C 7 pc .... I , e 2 nes s, but prices are rather firmer. Turkish 6 zoc oe k k il. o C ( 7 o un. Ex. 5 pet. ~C , Tr o o . l ' c i i , r Cents, are 83 84 ; ditto New Loan, 73 74 ; Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock L° 4 per Cents., 1021 ; Mexican has advanced to 201 & I, Stock t Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock. East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths There has been very little variation of import- Mock t e t n n:te G it s ,Ki n s I . I rp e o s . ghee ne i a theßailway Share Market. A steady busi- fr o g • ,fs 'i l igi . ell zi t . . cent n a t . i . 1) o . : is h as been done in some of the principal lines, Stock Great Northern, sp. ct.' ulit ' in quoted Stock! dividend,P ri ces, most instances, are now ex- st o o o ck i g o o. s 44. l f e . dn o i . dsopo. pm. lit Eastern Counties, North-Western, Mid -110 IGt:l , l ' h:of Scoiid, l • st pf g o nd) and South-Western have been at former values. Gt.Sn.& t r V e V f. (lg oe lae . ) 41 Stock' th- Eastern declined 10sand Bristol and Exeter 50 ' W est. ; ~ , neat l) (Berke and. itlid Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. .1 T G reat Western ss. St ock I Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct.' t o h e Foreign lines have been exceedingly quiet. IttoecelictlEoo.. f r e r d e e d e e m em ab a l h e i , e 4 N o . .ct . . loillib ar do - Venetian new shares have receded to Stock' Do. sz. r et. RA . d e e f enA.Lr r e e fS.l p e t r B ahia and San Francisco are steady, at 4, and to 'Gt. ' west. • Ches. 8 p.c.pf narnbueoat 10 1 I shares 4 , In ...I_ . 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref h ay the Miscellaneous Share Market East Indian stock ,Do Birming. guar. stock, a , ° improved to lOs • Grand Trunk of Canada 26i Do. Chester guar.shares 134 Do.do. do -e steady, et 33r . ' Western of Canada, * 0 I Do. do. do. 1 141 Lit. 34; Great Stock i Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock; Joint Stock Lon.&Brig.sPc. gu. No. 11 • Stcck Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are Stock; Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 , I ' ll tetiy Stock ;Do. New gua., 6 p. ct eat yesterday's closing quotations. StoeklDo. do. sp. c. No. , 1 Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun -1 eaton, sp. ct. S tockj Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock , l 1 late 3d shares i 124 I Londondy & Cole, 4 shs 12 li o ndondy.& Ennis ssh ,ocklMan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Railways. ,Paid. arel Railways. t u a tt '„ l k lltt , FuNDs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC K . 224 f 3 Per Cent. Redu ce d Annuities 96f Nl se i4 r Cent. Consols Annuities i iici Y 3 jr Cent. Annuities is. la Stock ultto n e b en , es, Eur 1858 / Ditto Ditto, 1859 °Loan Scrip, 5 per cent 9Ba ,Ditto Stock i.)-)!to Bonds, £l,OOO eLtat) under £l,OOO 14 .; jols for Account (Sept. 7) 1 . 4 'Willer Bills £1 000 Ifd • • -- 1,,t 0 E5OO , , , 21 24 t1t1 9)36 OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK k ' 'lN lic all 3 Per Cent. , . 1 l ' i ta Account .. 20k urkish 6 Per Cent Ditto Account 83 k Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Lonaou. 6 I Do. £6 Stock I D°. 35 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c 124 IIDo. 4 per cent... 100. Stoe'..!Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Stock' Do.Con.Bris. &Bir.6p.ct. Stock' Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option 011 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. ( NewportAber,&c. prct .5 10 1 p. c , redeem, at 5 w p.c.n I 10 Do. Perpet, 6 p. c.with option till 1866 Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.sh ores Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock ,lB46 Stock Do. 511 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847. Stock North British, 5 per cent; Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent Stock Nth.Dev.ltail.& DA.Co.I Stock N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref., 17 }Do. do. do. 20 IDo. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 124 I Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 ; Do. York, 11. &S. Purch. 20 'North Staffordshire.... lock ,Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g; bock Do. do. do., 2d gua ' bock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pii ock Scottish N.-Eastern deb , ockl Do. 34 per c. pref. stock ock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. ockl Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 108. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent .0.6. South Eastern ( Readin gi Ann., 1.0 6 ) tock Do .44 per cent 1 ; tock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is. ;tool:, Do.Nelv do., 2d issue. Stock South Wales', gua. 4 p.c. Stock Do. 45 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. g-ua. 25 1 ,Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c. 25 $ , Do. 6 per cent ‘,ockWaterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent- ..... . - _ TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money.. 958 Ditto Account sIiARE MARK_E T. —( TII2S DAY.) ND STOCKS. Closing 1 Li Price. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased . t 6 per cent.. 8 Bom.,Baro'la&Cent.lnd g - u. 5 per cent 7i 8i l I i 8 Do I 61 63- 77 79 12i 98i 09i 85 86 41 51 8 9 14i t 4 57 5% 40 42 27 30 74 76 264 27 97 99 8 Do. Addit. Capital A 8 Do. Do. %0 Buffalo and LaLenuron Do. New 10 S Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 1 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 187,, 10 Do. do. 1 July, 1871 10 Do. do. 1 June, 1879 5 C lcutt a. &S.Eas t rn Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.` !O Cape Town & Dock Scrip :0 Central Oude (Limited) !O Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c [7i Demerara !O Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c ,ock East Indian, „, - u. sp. c 20 Do. I` Shares Ext 20 Do. Jubbulpore 00 Do.‘li p.c. This. nay.'s 00 Do. 41 p. c. Deoentrs 20 G eel ong& 111 el.gua.s p. c. 0. IGeelong Corporation C per cent. Bonds ock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7E , 00 Do. 6 per cent. Pref ,ock GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 20 Do. do 102 104 85 87 132 134 103 105 60 M 55 60 93 96 144 154 p' 145 154 97 974 96i I II 86 51 1, Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares 1 id Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,witl' ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt , Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do .',IE Madras, guar., 4t p. c , ck Do. do. 5 per cent 0 Do. 41 p. c. Extension D Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c I Do. Fourth do. 0 Do. do. Bonds t . Eck Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. B Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share . Do. do. Land do ) Do. do. B. Capital do . Do. do. Land do ) Oude (Limited) Scinde ) Do. ) Do. New cis 8 ) Do. Punjaub o ° ' c),., O Do. Indus. St. Flo. la, c 7 O St. Andrews & Quebec O Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 56i I 24 Isl 601 11 11 Sto( Sto( THE BOMBAY MAIL. S tocl The following telegram has been received at Mr. st, R,e , liter s office, August 30 : sti B The t, s ombay mail arrived at Marseilles by t f re neh steamer a t 9 o ' c l oc k this morning, and left 't erLendon at 10 a.m. - The Madras a rr ived at Suez on the morning of the 22d instant. The V a l etta and 'Ripon left Malta for Alexandria onthe m orn i ng of the 23d instant The Candia arrived at Calcutta on the 29th of July, The Rectory of Kirby-under-Dale, near Pock fg t ° ll ) Yorkshire, rendered vacant by the death of the t s 3 o. and Rev. Dr. David Erskine, Dean of Ripon, has e tueonferred by the Lord Chancellor upon tie Rev. Thos. ° ma Monson, M.A , of University College, Durham, Vicar of Kirkby Pl ee th am . near Bedale. This last named bom b"' worth about £4OO a year, and which becomes vacant j h Mr. Monso n ' s p re f e rment, is in the gift of the Lord a ncellor. Intelligenc e was r eceived yesterday at Lloyd's fl.ol ' l Calcutta that on the 26th of July there was a cyclone tl tehe H uughly, and that two steamer s and a number of r vessels were wrecked. The scrip of the Indian Five per Cent. Loan is : l ug steadily absorbed for investment, and the transactions e _ere at 981 a and the final price standing 981. Th . Z n it l e o ,..s uut to make up the 25 per cent. was well paid this is '"u° ll , in addition to considerable sums in advance.. I'. stated that in arranging these payments the practice is to provide the total to be paid, the allowance of discount to be b V.lnsted in a day or two. Considerable activity wasio observa e,at the Bank throughout the day in conn ectn with this IL ', ' 11 " 8 . - 21foriaing herald Money Article. ri.,b,e:Aei;h3to New ONPISIIINGS.—The fishings in the Nith Quay may be said to be a failure this seaso n. great want of rain is the cause of this. From the New 1 7 11 aY down to the Solway Firth there has been good fishing ; many as forty or fifty fish have been caught in a single Y by the fishers residing at Newabbey and Carlaverock. . w u ° of the halvers . obtained r ' the other day a fish of 241 b. : 101 t, the heaviest caught this season. Up the river, t6hi e D umfries, anglers have had scarcely any sport. The ug waters in th e T wee d continue to be very unproduc d o while the pro4.enee of salmon in the bay is very evi t:lit• The Ness has been in good order for some days past. successful Gifford, on the upper part of the river, has been very ; in one day lie took nine grilse. 1) A N ENGLISH GENTLEMAN TURNED MOIIAMME d-;.—The Hon. Mr. Stanley, son of Lord Stanley of Al rreil, has arrived at Penang by the Singapore from Ceylon. \lB enterprisinc , and accomplished gentleman is said to be t'l(thammedan.b He wears Turkish costume, speaks Ara 'e, and takes entirely amongst the Mohammedans at all etivollits, the best way to , become intimately acquainted with t 0 the He will visit Perak before proceeding on his I ravels e southward. The results of his wanderings in these ( 1 ) . .Ying land s o f Islam w ill b e o f great interest. He is j i l vin g Chuliah-street with an Arab named Sheik Salim ati gadie, and carefully avoids all intercourse with Euro e proceeded to had the Rajah of Perak, and on J lute 20 for e a week Quedah, and remained there with tile Ra - Jah Telegraph. 64 66 108 110 051 11 d 92 92 6 8 351} 86 —d, 106 1061 83 8.5 9 11 58 60 3 48 d 601 601 89 89i It I}d 44 44a 711 72 103 105 41 4} d 134 141 7 8 31 32 13 15 109 111 24f 251 81 83 45 47 3 25d 44 45 76 761 61 63 60 65 8 11 36 87 51 61 ;I 3, Cl os ing Business Pa id ' Price. Done. 49 61 96 98 103 105 99 101 112 117 107 111 114 116 113 115 129 131 81 83 115 117 1120 122 1112 114 ,106 108 186 88 97 87 88 101. 91 103 10i 17 18 91 101 73 75 19 20 9i 10 14i 15i 139 141 165 160 84 94 120 123 „ eo 08 1119 141 105 106 95 96 P 91 101 116 12 110 112 1108 110 96 9! 1 Id ip 22i 23i 122 124 122 124 99 101 72 74 1120 124 118 122 24 24i 104 106 104 106 28 29 33 84 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Leasing I Closing Business Paid. Co.'s. I Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Buckinghamshire ... . 100 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.l.incolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 E Union,liarwichShs. all Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.l 100 I Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. 4 Shares London&Greenwich • • Do. Preference Lob.,Tilby.&Souten d Do. BarkintiShare L owes toft, gua. 4 p. ct. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. &Matk. Midsb.& Itedcr,fr.flp.c. Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,lluryEx gnaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Iflastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. .• • Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyve. Do. Shares ......A. Itovstn,Hitch.,& Shep, Shi Itoth.&Gol.g. s p.c . Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. I Wear Valley, g. 6 p. e. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Share T,n& N.W N.W Caledonin C Gt. Nort h, lE.Counte. Caledonin! Do. 'Gt West. I • Yk.N.&l3r Yk.N. Md. Do. Do. iS. East !Do. ,Peto &Co I Do. ,Norfolk , Do. LN W&M Stk.& Da Midland . E.Counts Do. Do. • Do. L&N L.Yk. ) I Do. IGt.North ' ;Lan.& Yki T BrassoY M'Clean tk.SL Do. G•t. West L.&Brgtn DOCKS 49 101 102 104 16 17 1140 145 - - 109 111 1 64 66 115 120 92 94 2 21 99 100 P 57 59 138 142 90 92 7i 8 1 Docks. Sleek ! Commercial Stock Do 4perCent.l'ref.Min Stock East and West India :‘,loCkLondon 1 100 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 40 Do New ......a..■u..p 1$ -...7. Closing I Business Paid Price. , fie • FOREIGN .0 Antwerp it Rotterdam 10 Ardennes 10 Bah. &S. Fran., Lim.7p. c 5 Belgian East. Junction 10 Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail )0 Copiabo [0 Ditto Extension 10 Dutch Rhenish 10 Eastern of France 10 Euphrates Valley 10 Grand Rus Guar .5 p.c 10 Great Central of Fr: , c 10 Gt. Luxem., Con. ells 10 Italian Junction 10 Lake Constance & Bale ZO Lierre and Turnhout ZO Lombardo /0 Ditto New ZO Lyous and Geneva 335 Maria Antonia LO Do. do. New ZO Namur and Liege 20 Do. do. 6p. c. I'ref. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New SI ,res 10 Norwegiar unk Pref. 20 Paris, Lyo is, and Medit. 20 Paris and 0 .cans zo f Recife& S. Fran. (Pere.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France .... 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 55 p. c. Prefererce 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref 20 Zealand COLONIAL GOVER Litre! Securities. Can.Gov.6 p.c Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c. Yb. &Aug. Do. 6 p.c. Arr. & Sep. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c. Deb. NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan &July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&Julyl MISCELLANEOUS. Sharei Miscellaneous. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint Kl Atlantic Tel. (Limited) t 5 Australian Agricultural tO Australian Royal Mail . tO Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at 25 dis i 0 British American Land i 0 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. tO Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 ID Do. C 30 Canada Land 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) took Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference 20 Eastern Steam tock Electric Telegraph 2 5 Do. New 5 Eng. & A net. Cop.St.CO 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 1 Gre_t Ship (Limited) 20 London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. 20 Madras I e. and Cana! 10 'Hedger. Electric Teleg. 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) 25 National Discount C 0... 10 Netherlands Land 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at 1 dis 100 N.Br.SzNovaScotiaL and 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) 1 Oriental Gas 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C 1 Do. New Sh: res tock Peel River Land & 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. 50 Do. New 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam itoek Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 25 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine 'I! eleg. Scrip. 1 Do. do Regi , tered 20 rr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr.Can, 100 irstri T)iemen'a Lanol . Paid* C l o sin g Business dons Price. 14 14i 200 220 28 29 i i 3i 4 36 38 19 21 14 15 105 108 8 9 24 25 q If 41 5 102 105 par 1 p i li d par d I 1 44 11 d i 1 1 ; i 1; d }p 50 55 74 76 8 11 21* 22* IP 6 7 49 51 115 125 34 36 fi 9 511 501 BRITISH MINES. Paid. I! 2.11.10 i 91 1 . 2 425 435 160 16 94 5 9 131 141 1 14 1 1 '1 7 74 8 4 6 114 12i 42 45 235 215 211 .60 170 2 4 1 21 211 130 135 175 185 80 91 2 12 14 38 38 26 28 6.17.0 17s 12.1.8 91 1.6.6. 10 7.9.4 nil. Closing Business Price. Done. id i ip 10 11 _ d 41 43 8 9 Share' Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) 20 British Iron 10 !Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) iEast Bassett (Illogan) 1 Russl (Tavistk ) , IGreat South To iG.Wheal Alfl(Phillack) iG. Wheal Vor (ilelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Mogan) ( North Wheal Crofty iN.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Waxy, IProvidence (Uny Lelnt) IPorkellis Unit. (Wend2,l Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. ;S ou thC a radon (St.Cleer)l —South C. Brea( Illogan).1 ,S Wheal Fran. (Illog an)' 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 10 Tin Croft !UnitedMines(Gwennap) (Vale of Towey (Carm.) iWest Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Illogan),I Wheal Buller (Redruth), • 'Wheal Edward (Cale.) ,Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant), I Wh'l Mary Ann (Meahey Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.)) Australian I Bon AccordCopper,Lim.l Brazil. Imp. at £5 p.) i Do.St.Johndell?ey,Lim. Do. Land and Minnw,Go.l Clarendon Consols Min _ c .- o i b n r i e C c o c;p o i V r amaica I ,Copiapo IDunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General ,Linares ; Lusitanian Mariquita N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L' Pontg - ibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt Port Philip : Scottish Australn. (L.)... [ United Mexican 1.7.2 FOREIGN MINES JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid, A gra&UnitedServiceßk' ,Australasia ,Bank of Egypt Dank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American' Chtd. Bank of India, &c City !Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of Lyndon !Eng ' Scot., & Aus. Ch ,Gen Bk. o Switzerland 'Lon Char.Bk.otAustral. Loudon and County London Joint Stock ILondon & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new Nationaißank 100 100 20.11 100 New South Wales Orient .Bk. Corporation 'Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland . IDo. New South Australia . Do. New 'Union of Australia. Do. New . gnion of London . tinity Mutual 1 Western /31c of Loudon Closing 1 Business Price. I Done. 83 85 21 22 47 49 lb 1 61 C 3 19 21 151 151 211 211 39 40 19 20 70 72 26 27 40 _dl 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 23 ls. 17/1 all all 100 all 14 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all all }IW 6 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 I° oo 1 18.13.4. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EirEl4lNe, AUGUST gl, 186, SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. BItITISH POSSESSIONS. i t Share Railways. all all all all all 1 100 1. 3 o.' 28. Od 7 all all a 1 all 1100 100 all 100 100 J; all all all all all Closing Businoss Price. Done. 79 81 10 17 d a lid, 4 5 5i 640:1 Id f p 1 Id' 99} 100 i id par 99i 1001, 19 20 33 35 71 72 (2 94 974 884 t d id 14i HI 6 1 5 1 d 102 104 102 104 101 103 97 100 85 90 68 90 18f 19id 1i 1 d 181 19} •-• -(1 -d —d d 19} 14 It I c c 11 'AYS. 41 4j - - P l} i d / / 5/ 5/ d 25 26 41 1 00 1 1 1 331 4 4 61 93 93 St 141 1 9 1 i 21 21p 2 8k 81 19 20 3di 371 9 10 34 35 53 0 21 24 d 6 6 84 9 20 21 5} 6 94 10 22 23 cMENT SECUR Closing Prices. 112 113 110 112 114 116 1094 1104 - - 984 994 1094 1104 108 110 Paid, 100 100 100 10C 100 106 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( VHS DAY. SHERIFFS' COURT. JOASSE v. PALMER.-SINGULAR STRUGGLE FOR A CHILD. This was an action to recover board and lodging supplied to defendant's illegitimate child at his request. Plaintiff stated that she was the child's grandmother. The defendait was the father, and she had supplied it with food. Mr. Beard, for the defendant, cross-examined the plaintiff as to whether defendant had not often applied for the child? Plaintiff admitted that it was so, but insisted that she had a right to keep it. Mr. Beard then contended that plaintiff, although the grandmother, had no right to withhold the child from its father. The fact was defendant had applied over and over again for his child, and if plaintiff refused to give it up, she could not recover from defendant for its maintenance. His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff could not re cover. She was bound to give up the child. Defendant--T can place it with another child of mine, now grown up. His Honour (to plaintiff)—You must deliver the child up. You cannot have any objection. Surely a younger companion is all the better for it. Plaintiff-1 don't think so. His Honour—Very likely, but you aro nonsuited, and must give up the child. THE TALE OF A COAT.-REICHART V. SYDNEY. This was an action to recover a sum of money for a great coat supplied to defendant, an attorney's clerk. Mr. Rea was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Beard appeared for the defendant. A set-off had been pleaded, and to oppose plaintiff's claim it was endeavoured to be shown that defendant had con ducted some law business for plaintiff, in return for which he was to have a coat. To answer this it was stated that plaintiff had paid for the work charged by defendant to another solicitor. Mr. Beard said that defendant had conducted all the) pre liminary portion of the business, and after hearing two or three witnesses, His Honour said it was clear defendant could not recover the amount of his set-off, and as plaintiff had agreed to allow the coat to be worked out he could not succeed. Each party must pay his own costs. IMPORTANT TO INSOLVENT DEBTORS.-COTTON V. GRAVES. This was an action to recover a sum of money for profes onal services rendered, plaintiff being a solicitor. _ _ Mr. Charnock, of King William-street, said there had been a plea of insolvency entered, and he was in a condition to prove that the plaintiff had been scheduled. Mr. Buchanan then handed in an I 0 U for £5, and said that defendant had not inserted that amount in his schedule, and contended that not having specifically entered it, he was still liable. Mr. Charnock contended that the amount entered fully covered plaintiff's claim, but His Honour held that plaintiff must have a verdict upon the lOU. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.) LIBEL-SCANDALOUS AND ABOMINABLE CHARGE-DA- MAGES £lOO -MASON V. RICHARDSON. This was a suit of inquiry to assess damages laid at £5OO in a case of libel of a most scandalous character. Mr. Cole, instructed by Mr. Jerwood, appeared for the plaintiff; defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. After all females had been ordered out of court. Mr. Cole in opening the case said said that the libel in question was of a most abominablecharacter, and defendant had accused plaintiff of an unnatural crime of the most aw ful character. Defendant was base and cruel enough to say that he had seen the plaintiff go into a pig stye and, remaining there for an hour and a half, commit an unnatural offence with a sow. Plaintiff was a farmer catrying on business in Nottinghamshire, and the slander had been propagated all over the place in which he dwelt and carried on business. Plaintiff's solicitor called upon defendant for a full re tractation, instead of getting which defendant jeered and laughed at him. Defendant was served with a writ, and had since sold off his property. On the 4th Nov. last he repeated the slander in most fearful language. Plaintiff was called, and stated that he knew the defen dant, who was a baker. After proving generally the facts as stated by the learned counsel, and adding that the slander had done him incalculable injury, Mr. Cole said this was a wretched and awful charge against plaintiff, and called upon the jury to enable the plaintiff to point out to the world how his character had been relieved of the stigma in a court of justice. _ _ - The learned Secondary summed up, and the jury found for plaintiff—damages, £lOO. _ One of the jury asked if plaintiff was a single man? Plaintiff—Yes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING ATTEMPT TO STEAL A PHYSICIAN'S GOLD WATCH.—Charles Stevenson, a tall, determined-looking -fellow, living in the neighbour. 'good of the Waterloo-road, vas placed at the bar before M.-. Beadon, charged with at tempting to steal a gold watch 'l ,, value of £25, the pro perty of Dr. John Wells Wainwright, 3, Charlotte-street, Pimlico, in the following daring manner : Dr. Wainwright said he was going through Pall-Mall that morning at a quarter to one, when the prisoner, who had previously been following him, passed him, and then turned round in front of him, and he then felt his neck pulled, and on putting his hand to his watch-pocket in his waistcoat he found his watch was gone. The prisoner then started off, and on his running after and taxing him with having stolen his watch, he denied it. The prosecutor then put his hand down in front of him, and found that the watch had been broken from the gold chain, but in conse quence of its being also attached by a steel chain the pri • Boner had been unsuccessful in his attempt. Brown, 304 A, said he had been watching the prisoner and another man in the Haymarket, and followed the pri soner along Pall-Mall and saw him turn sharp round in front of the prosecutor, and then run into St. James's square. He pursued him, and on coming up with him a gentleman had hold of him, and on his attempting to take him into custody the gentleman at first declined to let him (Brown) do so, thinking, as he was in plain clothes, he was an accomplice. Inspector Webb, of the C division, said two counterfeit coins were found on the prisoner, but the prisoner was nog known at present. Fully committed for trial. THIS DAY'S MARKETS CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to-day were very moderate, but we had the bulk of Monday's supply on offer All kinds met a dull inquiry at that day's decline in the quotations. There was a full average show of foreign wheat on the stands, and the transactions were restricted to retail parcels at barely stationary prices. The few samples of barley on show were in request at full currencies. Superfine malt was tolerably firm, but other kinds were a slow sale. The oat trade was in a sluggish state, but we have no further change to notice in value. Beans and peas, as well as flour, were a slow inquiry al last week's currency. ARRIVALS TILTS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,390 ( 10' 820 ' 100 i 440 Irish Foreign 1,060 630 1 15,820 i 110 skG i 1 I bls LICHFIELD MEETING.-TUESDAY. The Anson Plate of 3 sovs each, with 30 added (handicap), for two-yr-olds and upwards. Half a mile. Adelaide, by West Australian, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Grimshaw) t 1 Vigo, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Maid of the Tweed, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (carried 51b extra) (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Marmalade, Scroggins, The Deer, and Rameses. Betting-7 to 4 agst Vigo, 7to 2 agst Marmalade, 4to 1 agst Maid of the Tweed, and 7to 1 agat Adelaide. De ciding heat-6 to 4on Vigo. Adelaide beat Vigo by a length. The Aristocratic Plate (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. One mile. Mr. Barber's King William, by Poynton, 4 yrs, lOst 91b (Edwards) 1 Mr. Melverley's Toddy, aged, lOst 71b (Smith) 2 Mr. Campbell ns Dilkoosh, 4 yrs, list 21b.. (Hall) 3 Thornhill and Tragedy also ran. - Betting-6 to 4 agst William, and 2to 1 agst Dilkoosh. Won by a neck ; the same distance between the second and third. The Licensed Victuallers' Stakes. Creeper Lansquenet Maid of Orleans Scroggins (Thomas) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Maid of Orleans, sto 2 agst Scrog gine, 3 to 1 agst Lansquenet, and 5 to 1 agst Creeper. Won by a neck ; a head between the second and third. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three-yr-olds, Bst 21b ; four, 9st 41b; five, 9st 91b; six and aged, 9st 111 b. Two miles. Mr. Craven's Newcastle, 3 yrs... ....(Fordham) 1 Mr. F. Higgins's Fisherman, 6 yrs (Cresswell) 2 Astarte (Denman) 3 Betting-6 to 4en Fisherman. Wont by a head. The Gold Cup of 50 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. One mile. Mr. Evans's Kinnersley, 4 yrs, 7st 51b.... (T. Snowden) 1 Mr. Halford's Emblem, 3 yrs, sst .. (Madden) 2 Mr. Cliff's Babbler, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Grimshaw) 3 Dilkoosh and Mr. Sykes also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Emblem, 3to 1 agst Kinnersley, and 6to 1 each agst Babbler and Mr. Sykes. Won by a neck, two lengths separating the second and third. The Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds. Six furlongs. Mr. Copeland's Lady Grosvenor, 7st 21b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Dennis's Rising Sun, 7st 21b (Edwards) 2 Mr. W. Scott's Prologue, 7st 21b (Fordham) 3 North Lancashire and Argyll also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Rising Sun, sto 2 agst Lady Gros venor, and 4to 1 agst Argyll. Won by a neck; two lengths between second and third. YARMOUTH RACES.—MESDAY. Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap. Adulation Young Hopeful Julie Courier Nine ran. WHITECHAPEL. The demand generally ruled steady, at very full prices : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 08d ; lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81b., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. A few more hops have been disposed of at from 80s to 105 s per cwt., but the demand is very inactive. The duty is called £260,000. We read in the Montrose Review :—" The arri val of the Chief Justice of England at the Clove gathering was heralded by a buzz of conversation. Doubts were ex pressed by the young ladies whether he would come with a mace or a sceptre ; and they were apparently much sur prised to see a pleasant-faced elderly gentleman, mounted on a Highland pony, with a tweed suit of quiet check and a fast-looking little cap, instead of that ideal chief Justice, with a robe and wig, and all the insignia of office, which they had pictured to themselves." TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A HOTEL.—On Sa turday afternoon Schaw's Hotel, at Gilsland, well known to tourists in that interesting locality, was totally destroyed by fire. It is supposed that the conflagration was caused by the overheating of one of the numerous flues in the establishment. There were about 200 visitors staying at the hotel at the time of the breaking out of the fire, but wo are happy to state that no serious accident occurred, which is a subject for congratulation considering the large number of persons residing in the house. Th e d am age which is ve ry considerable, is covered by insurance in several fire of ces.—Neweastle Chronicle. A TERRIBLE STORY.—An old woman of weak intellect, known as Black Bess, died of starvation near Galashiels last week. The story of Black Bess's life is a fearful one. Fifty years ago Elizabeth Graham was the rustic beauty, belle, and toast of Melrose and its neighbour hood. Returning home one evening, she was set upon by a villain who occupied a rather higher station in life, and reft of all that she held dear to honour. She immediately forsook the ordinaryhannts of man, having become a raving maniac. She took up her abode in a rude cave in the Old Quarry Hill of Melrose. Here she slept at night, in sum mer and winter, wrapped up in a blanket, save when, for some weeks after the birth of her dead child, she followed it to the churchyard and would not be driven away, but slept among the tombstones to watch its grave. From that time to this Crazy Bess has lived a life of much priva tion, and often voluntary suffering, wandering from hamlet to house, and village to town, never, however, removing far from the scenes of her early years. It was from this unfortunate waif, it is said, that Sir Walter Scott drew the character of Madge Wildfire, in the " Heart of Mid lothian." Nursery Handicap. Clio Rose Middleton Assyrian Seven ran. • Tradesmen's Plate. - Adulation vY 1 Catherine 2 Julie . ' 3 Queen of the East el , 4 __. Nine ran. The Victoria Garden Stakes was won at two heats by Caucasian, beating four others. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TIIESDAY. ST. LEGER. 6to 4 on Promised Land (offered) Bto 1 agst Marionette (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Trumpeter (offered) 20 to 1 agst Napoleon,(offered) 40 to 1 agst Prelude (take 50 to 1) DERBY. 9to 1 agst Umpire (take 10 tc 1 freely) 11 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 66 to 1 agst Plum Pudding (taken and wanted) 66 to 1 agst Upperhand (taken and wanted) FEARFUL STEAM ACCIDFNT. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING. An accident of a very alarming character occurred at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the Sound, on board her Majesty's screw steamsloop Pioneer, Comman der Charles H. May, and r orders for the West Coast of Africa. She had some slight defects to make good, and was getting up steam for the pur pose of proceeding into Hamoaze, when the main steam pipe burst close to the communication. John Dunn, leading stoker, was on the point of opening the communication-valve, and he suffered severely ; William Bone, engineer in charge, Charles Piller, third engineer, John Oliver, third engineer, John Dunn, leading stoker, Charles Devine, stoker, Jas. Murphy, stoker, and James Rennison, second class boy, unfortunately rushed aft, where the steam was most dense, and were, of course, much scalded, especially , in their faces. Mr. Oliver's sight is af fected. Mr. J. A. Leicester, second class engineer, prudently shut off the communication. He escaped uninjured. The ship was speedily enveloped in steam, but as there was a smart south-west breeze, its effects were most detrimental att. The looking glasses in the captain's cabin were shivered, and kis boots shri velled. Boats from the ships of war, with their surgeons and assistant-surgeons, were soon along side, and the steam tender Confiance conveyed the worst cases (seven) to the Royal William Victual ling-yard, whence they were taken in cots to the naval hospital. The Pioneer was afterwards sent into Hamoaze. _ TUESDAY, 10 P.M. By inquiries at the Royal Naval Hospital it has been ascertained that Dunn is in a very precarious state, and that Mr. Bone is suffering severely; the others are not in great danger. Commander Reilly is in command of the Pioneer, and not Captain May. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon, West; moderate breeze, and cold weather. The Tasmanian, from the Brazils, left Lisbon for Southampton on the evening of Aug. 23. The Oneida, from Australia, was at Monte Video —having put in for coals. ST. HELEN'S ROAD, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Suffolk, from London, for Melbourne. TORBAY, Aug. 30.—Wind W., squally.—Arrived— Superb, from Poole, for Newfoundland—leaky. IRVINE, Aug. 30.—The F. E. Schutt Bayne, of Ham burg, from Troop, to Bahia, struck on the rocks, north of Tambury Point, this morning, foremast cut away and vessel full of water, and likely to be a total wreck. Crew saved. Wind blowing a gale right in shore. BAHIA, Aug. 12.—The Windsor Castle, from Newcastle to Aden, has foundered—crew here. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.S.W.; showery. Arrived.—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; Le Coq, from Cherbourg ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Empress, from Sunderland. Sailed.—Nancy, for Sunderland ; Ceres, steamer, for London ; Annie Vernon, steamer, for Cardiff; Georges, for Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning Wind W.N.W. ; strong. Arrived, Aug. 30.—Excellent, from Quebec. Sailed.—Tessalia, screw steamer, for Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb; fine. Arrived, August 30—Fiona, from Mauritius • Lord Coke, from Guernsey ; Sir Colin Campbell, from Mauri tius. Sailed—Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Rain bow, steamer, for Calais; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend. Wind W. by S., moderate. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Tudor, from Calcutta ; Rapid, from Tarragona ; Arigona, from Havannah ; Progress, from St. Lawrence ; J. F. Chapman, from Saguanay—all for London ; Molda vian, from Shie lds, for the Cape. Anchored—Em ily, from London, for Cape Coast Castle ; Merrimac, from Shields, for Rio Janeiro ; Duchess of Bra bant, from Antwerp, for Constantinople. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, Tuesday.- The market continues on the whole in a healthy state, although the-business is not very extensive. For the lower counts of yarn there is not much demand, either for the home trade or shipping. In tne finer numbers transactions have taken place for India in 20 and 30 mule, and 30 water more especially, and manufacturers have bought yarns for the manufacture of India goods, sometimes at hd. advance. There is also beginning to be a sounding of prices on the part of China merchants, and for Russia some little inquiry seems springing up, but no business of consequence has as yet resulted for the quarter. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.—The following ex traordinary case occurred on Saturday night at Milfield Ironworks, near Bilston. It appears that it is the special duty of one of the workmen of the above works to go t' Bilston Bank for the money to pay the men. Last Saturday a ft e rnoon, as usual, the man got the men. La nd was re turning to the works. When within a short distance he was met by one of the clerks, named William Henry Swat man, who told him that he was to deliver the bag and money up to him. The man accordingly gave it to Swatraan, and was then directed by the cle rk to go with a message to a place which was some distance away, and wait for an answer. The man went, and Swatman decamped with tho money, amounting to £740. Swatman had obtained permission from the proprietors of the works (Messrs. B. Gibbon and Son) for ahalf-day's holidayon the Saturday afternoon. His absence, therefore, was not noticed. Hours elapsed, and the man sent for the cash was not forthcoming. Men were despatched in search of him aid inquiries made at the bank, and it was manifest that there was something wrong. All the furnace and forge men were waiting anxiously for their wages long after the ordinary time of payment, Ultimately the man was seen coming. He approached the place with all the apparent innocence of one who considered everything right. He soon discovered that Swatman had no authority to have the money. Swatman has only been in the employ of Messrs. Gibbons a few days, and was strongly recom mended. He has as yet eluded the vigilance of the police to discover his whereabauts.—Manchester Guardian. 11 ,- EW .RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL AND BANKING SOCIETY The official St. Petersburg Journal has published the statutes of the new Russian Commercial and Banking Society, recently authorised. The con cession is for fifty years, and the period can be prolonged with the consent of the Government. The company is to have all the privileges of a merchant of the first guild, and the power to trade, possess ships, stores, factories, and all kinds of industrial establishments, except distilleries; to carry on all banking and exchange operations, as surance business, contracts for Government works, &c. According to its capital and connexions the company is to assist the financial operations of the Government and the industrial activity of the country generally. Immovable property may be held, but not to a greater amount than a tenth of the paid-up capital. The same limitation is also adopted with regard to the purchase of mercham disc. The sum invested in public funds or shares is not to exceed a fifth of the total paid up. Other rules are likewise laid down with the object of keeping the business of the undertaking in safe channels. The capital is to be £8,000,000, in £2O shares, which will be issued gradually from time to time. The concessionaires, however, engage that within a year a fourth at least of the capital shall be subscribed, when operations will be at once commenced. The administratimt of the affairs of the society rests with five directors, of whom two must be Russians, with an administrative council 5. An abstract of the accounts will be pub shed annually. The Minister of Finance appoints a commissioner, who is to attend the general meet. ings of shareholders and those of the administra tive council. He can examine the minutes of the directors, and all the agreements concluded by them, verify the cash, and assist in making out the balance-sheet. If he discover any infringement of the statutes he is to point it out to the directors or administrative council, and in case of his remon strances being neglected, or of a difference of opinion, reference can be had to the Minister of Finance, with whom rests the final decision. He will also present with each balance-sheet a general summary of the position of the company's affairs. The remainder of the statutes, which extend over two sides of the At. Petersburg Journal, refer to minor points of detail. THE IMPERIAL HOLIDAY. A letter from Saint Sauveur of the 26th says:— " The Emperor and Empress the day lifter their arrival began taking the baths. His Majesty bathes every morning at seven, and her Majesty at eight. In the course of the day they make excur sions in the neighbourhood, and have already been twice to Bareges, where the Government proposes to re-establish a military hospital. The Emperor takes great interest in the projected establishment, and has had the plans submitted to him. It is said that his Majesty will order various constructions in the environs of Saint Sauveur ; but thus far only one operation is certain—the restoration of the old hermitage of Saint Pierre, the ruins of which ate opposite Luz. The chapel there was for merly a place of pilgrimage, and the hermitage ac quired a certain degree of celebrity. The Emperor and Empress seemed much pleased with their new residence. T visited various parts of the Alps,' said the Emperor the other day to ono of the prin cipal functionaries of the district,' but I have never seen anything so pretty as the valley of Luz.' We had the other evening a little scene, which was really of charming simplicity, and which excited the enthusiasm of the inhabitants and the bathers, from the contrast it presented to the idea generally entertained of imperial majesty. The mountaineers of Luz are famous for their skill in singing. They are simple peasants, most of whom cannot read, and not one of whom knows music; but they sing together with great skill and taste the songs of the country or pieces of their own composi tion. A number of singers then collected the other eveninc , before the house occupied by their Majesties, and began singing. The drawing-room in which their Majesties sit is on the ground floor, and the moment the singers began, the Emperor appeared at the door, and was shortly after followed by the Empress. The Empress seated harself on a chair on the door-steps, with two ladies of honour behind her; and the Emperor, descending amongst the crowd, stood leaning against the wall. The singers, though somewhat moved at such close proximity to their Majesties, sang exceedingly well, and their Majesties several times gave the signal of applause. One of the songs was a sort of cantata, in honour of the Imperial family, and a prayer to God to watch over the Emperor and the Imperial Prince, which it contained, drew tears to the eyes of the Empress. When the singing had ceased, the bystanders cried out with great enthusiasm, Vive l'Empereur !" Vivo l'lmperatrice !"Vive le Prince Imperial P The Empress then advanced to the singers, accompanied by the Emperor, and addressed to them her thanks and compliments." " The Emperor and Empress," says a letter from Biarritz, " are not expected to reach this place until about the 10th of September. Their Majesties will not, it is thought, prolong their stay at the villa beyond the 25th, when the court will return to Paris, and then proceed to Compiegne, some days earlier than was at first expected.' D I , ' ATII OF A VENERABLE DENIZEN OF ARUNDEL CASTLE. A very distinguished occupant of the fortress of Arundel Castle expired on Thursday last. It was a very old owl. Many years ago some very fine spe cimens of the horned owl were introduced into the keep by the then Earl of Arundel; and their descend ants have continued to occupya place in this ancient building up to the present period. There are now living seven birds in all, the oldest of the eight having just passed away at the patriarchal age of about 100 years. This was a very noted bird, and its death should not be passed over in silence. These owls have become almost as famous as the Saxon keep which they occupy. They are very peculiar, and perch up in the niches of the citadel, looking on visitors with a pride which seems to bespeak the dignity of their connexion with the ancient House of Howard. Since their introduction only about six have been added to the family, so that the race is not likely to become common. They usually live to a green old age, but none have before passed over 100 summers. _ _ This bird must have been batched in the reign of George the Second. Four kings have passed away since it first saw light • and many Dukes of Norfolk. have been numbered with the dead. A Wellington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Nelson and Wash ington have all fretted out their lives on the world's stage, within this period. The recently departed owl was supposed to have been the famous " Lord Thurlow" of the Keep, in connexion with which a ludicrous anecdote is told, which we will repeat :—" It was formerly the custom of the castellan to give each of these birds a name, and from their singularly wise appearance they were invariably named after some celebrated dignitary of the law. One was called Lord Eldon, and the subject of this notice was dub bed Lord Thurlow, we presume in total ignorance of the sex of the bird, which was in reality that of the feminine gender. It happened at one time that the famous Chancellor, Lord 'Thurlow, was ill, and much political anxiety was felt at the circumstance. The Duke of Norfolk was desirous of learning the latest intelligence respecting the learned man ; and as he was riding one day into the gateway of the Castle, the attendant ran up to him, out of breath, exclaiming, " Please your grace, Lord Thurlow —." "Well," said the duke sharply, " what news—is he better or worse ?" "Oh ! please your grace," replied the man, " just laid an egg." As may be supposed, it is quite an event for an egg to be deposited by these aristocratic birds. They do not average among them one a year, and it is seldom that they are productive. The last bird, however, is one of the finest of the collection ; this was hatched about six or seven years ago. The oldest denizen of the Keep is now about 63 years of age. The famous " Lord Thurlow" owl, which has just expired, has been blind for the past 25 Tears, and in walking about in the interior of the Keep invariably ran against the p ro j ections of the building. It was carefully attended to by the keeper, and died from physical exhaustion, having p a ssed a monotonous life of a centurys duration within the narrow boundaries of the Keep of Arundel Castle, unconscious of the turmoils and changes which have taken place during that period in the expansive world without, among the more intelligent bipeds of creation.— West Sussex Gazette. :0 PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 11 dis. and the short exchange on London is 25.10 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 2 10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 110 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion of gold from the limited States. LYN . O few days ago one of the crew of an American vessel (which ship is now in the Tyne) requested to be allowed to go on shore, and not re ceiving an immediate leave he was in the act of getting over the side, when the wife of the captain seized a pistol, cocked it, approached the man, and said if he put one leg over the rail he would be a dead man.—Neweastle Chronicle. 94 1 1 1 92! 1041 i 816 891 4ti t 72 761 7 6} 5 1 28.2.81 ,ITIES. Business Done. 18.18.91 12e 6di A SAILOR'S ASCENT OF ..110UNT VES U VI US. The following letter is from the pen of a young seaman named Dymond, 20 years of age, servieg on board her Majesty's ship Centurion. He is the son of a messenger at one of the Plymouth banks. The-writer is a true seaman, as far as spinning a long yarn is concerned, but his description is pro bably more correct than many of those which have been written on the same subject. We wish the navy had some thousands of young fellows of his pluck and perseverance. Should the enterprising young seaman go to Mont Blanc Albert Smith must look to his laurels :--- "Dear Mother—l have had a bit of a dangerous walk since I wrote to you. I have been to the top of Mount Vesuvius and looked into the crater ; it was a most awful and grand sight. The height of the mount is 3,000 feet from the level of the sea and about ten miles sloping upwards. It was rather a fatiguing walk. Four of us started, but after they went up to the burninr , lava they turned back, but it was no use; I was determined to mount to the top. They watched me till they said I was as small as a mouse, and shook their heads and turned back, whilst I, nothing daunted, pushed on. It was not walking, it was a jump and a spring, slipping, falling, sinking to the knees in sand and cinders. I started with the intention of going as far as I could, so I took no refreshment whatever, and can assure you I paid dearly for it. I suffered the most extreme thirst. I put a silver coin in my mouth and I sucked it as bright as a diamond, so you may guess it was rather dry work. After I passed the vineyard at the bottom of the mount, I met with a dusty and soft soil, sink ing ankle deep every step until I came to the burn ing lava that forced itself through the mount. By Jove it was hot. Talk about a blacksmith's foundry —it's a mere trifle to it. I saw the lava rolling out burning as bright as the sun and streaming down the sides ; turning a steel blue as it got cool. Well, after passing through that I came to the cold lava. That was the stuff to walk on—like a large pie crust, you would think it firm but down you sink. I think I must have a good pair of legs after I got by that. Then I came to sand, up to knees every step, very pleasant—the sun striking down and no signs of water! Everything burnt and parched up, fearfully choking with thirst. I scrambled on, no sign of anything human ! I rested about 20 times to take off my shoes and stockings to shake sand out, and got in the ravine! and now comes the grand tug to the top ; it was climbing hand over hand, sinking and falling. Every foot I would catch hold of a lava, thinking it would hold me, give a tug and down it would come right on the top of me, had I not jumped on one side, or rather fell, out of the way. Imagine, about four cwt. of lava rolling down! no very pleasant thing to stop, I can assure•you. I sat down regularly ex hausted. Shall I turn back ? No, Bill,' go a-head or drop,' well, at it again.' Toiling, scrambling, till I get up to about 100 feet from the top, when I see a little thin vapour on the top, rolling down towards me. I took no notice till it reached me, when, talk about the essence of sulphur itself, 'twee twenty times worse. I felt a shudder seize me ; my lips grew rigid ; my nose felt as hard as a bullet; my tongue clove to my mouth ; I felt a stifling sensation in my throat, and giddiness, and down I fell stiff. " Oh! the sea breeze sprung up ; a fresh air re vived me. I plucked up courage—it was run, Bill, run ; I did, or rather I sprung, I leaped, I flew. Oh ! for dear life. I gained the top, - and ran to windward. I gained the top, my hope was reached. I rested then. Now lam going to tell you about the crater,' or what they call the mouth of the hill. It is about a quarter of a mile around, and about half a mile deep ; you can't see the bot tom, owing to the smoke that keeps rolling up. There it isn't smoke, it is a regular white vapour, rank poison, and no mistake. By the small sniff I got I think if it had lasted on me a minute longer it would have been a slew-up; so I kept to wind ward. I can assure you it is just like looking down a deep pit. You can hear the molten lava just like frying fish on a fierce fire, fizzing, cracking, and snapping. I started about one hundred weight of lava and stuff down ; I saw it rolling down about half way, and then it swept into the vapour and vanished from my sight ; I could see it no more, but I fancied I heard it drop into the boiling lava. I suppose that it is about as far down as where the lava forces through the sides of the Mount and finds vent, and that it is about half a mile down from the top ; so that by that I guess it must be about a half mile deep. Well, I stopped about an hour on top surveying the country. It was well worth the trouble I took just to see the scenery. It isbeyond my power to describe it to you. There was Naples, m all its glory, underneath, to the right ; the sea in front ; Castellamare to the left ; Pompeii and Her culaneum right underneath. You may imagine what thoughts were in my head. I was standing on the edge of the very crater, or mouth of the mount, which emitted that pillar of fire which de stroyed those houses and cities 1,800 years ago. There were the ruins still standing. What a sight ! Turn round. There the seething vapour is still issuing up like a kettle singing. Should a shift of wind come suddenly, down I should drop—pleasant reflections, but wonderful feelings. I have taken three specimens of the edge of the crater, which I will show you when I can, and a stick which I took up with me. I carved a few names, of which I will tell you by and bye. I left the stick up ; come down fine and tired and fatigued. I got a drink ; I thought I should have drunk the sea dry. When I came on board to them they would not believe me, but I told them if they went on top they would se• my stick, and offered any young fellow a " wet" if they fetched it down. A young fellow brought it down, and now they believe me. He gave me the stick, which I shall bring home with me. So I boast of being the first to ascend the Mount in this ship's company. Since then Jack Gimblett went up, but he had a guide, I had none ; he had refresh ments, I foolishly brought none ; he bad my direc tions how to go, but I had no one's; so I had the honour of being the first of six that went up. It took me from 6 a.m. till 9 p.m., nine hours, without taking anything. Judge of my legs after that. — Yours truly. " W. D." —Plymouth Journal. AN ADVENTURE ON GOATFELL. A party of gentlemen left Invercloy Hotel oil Monday forenoon, to ascend the lofty peak of Goat fell. The day was hot, and the sky was clear, but over the distant landscape there was a haze which invariably accompanies heat, and which gives dis t int coasts and headlands a shadowy, indefinite, and to scme, with creative fancies to fill up the outline, a poetical aspect, but to the matter-of-fact traveller a disagreeable barrier to- vision. The party numbered seven or eight gentlemen, some of them youthful, nimble, and active, but more than one had seen the snows of half-a-century. Having attained the height of their ambition, the summit of Goat- Tell, and enjoyed the refreshing breeze which on the hottest day is felt there, and having partaken of such refreshments for the inward man as are ever welcome to the natives of merry England, they commenced the descent by a different path from that by which they ascended. Some of the party had climbed the mountains of Switzerland, and looked upon anything got up in this country as mere molehills in comparison. One stout, spectacled gentleman of 19 stone (Dr. Smith), rubicund, noisy, and short-sighted, started of down the southwest side among the loose debris which had fallen from the rocks above. This steep incline which neter a terminates on fell onthetotpwo years ofafe a g o and w fearful precipice, as over killed. Down, down went our friend in a gully made by a mountain torrent, till his eye caug ht the fearful gulf below, and in desperation he c lung to a jutting rock, by which his prog ress downwards was checked. Holding on like som e" bold swimmer binuthisthaegyonyh,a"dheenshorgthed to do a h o is t r h ou and heeded him not. They got f riends down tfoorGlaeind_, with themselves, ro muchsll ab below out their bours , resting from his Ia co ncerning astbetyhetbmoseuglyhets, friend, t . whom they now ob servedon his lofty chair. _ T hey shouted to him to come along, but their shouts were lost in the noise of a falling torrent. They now wended their way homeward to Invercloy, consoling themselves with the remark that their friend would not fail to be at the inn in time for dinner But dinner passed, nightfall came, and still no word of the lost gentlemen, and: jokes were not so frequent, and long faces and anxious looks were being put on. The landlord of the Douglas Hotel was now appealed to, and he is ever ready and ever active to aid his friends. All the available hands about the fan were called out, waiters and coachmen were collected, and off they set, pro vided with ropes, &c. The whole night long the search was continued, but not until nine o'clock on. Tuesday morning was any trace of the lost travel ler discovered. But there, at the identical spot where he first caught the jutting rock, still hung the adventurous traveller, and there for eightem hours had he held on without being able to effect, an advance or retreat. By the aid f o ropes he was got out of his perilous position, and, by the help of a little mountain dew his speech was restoi'ed.— Greenock Advertiser. THE AURORA BOREALIS.—A -correspondent writing from Bridgend,Glamorgan, says, "I beg t o inform you that I witnessed the beautiful aurora borealis, 4-AiMon day morning about a quarter past one o'clock. The ap pearance was similar to that described in your edition of yesterday." I 94 10 10i 11 1124 21 23 1 11 1 d P 131 13