The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-22 00:00:00

T HMI) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. T 4 TTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.) • The York settling occupied nearly the entire afternoon, and only the following bets were laid : SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES. sto 2 agst Killigrew (taken) 4to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken) 6to 1 agst Burgomaster (taken) KING JOHN STAKES. 7to 4on Thunderbolt (taken) 6to 1 agst Maid of Orleans (offered) ST. LEGER. 11 to 8 on Promised Land (offered) Bto 1 agst Trumpeter (taken) Bto 1 agst Marionette (taken) 10 to 1 agst Summerside (offered) 20 to 1 agst Napoleon (25 to 1 also laid) 6 0 to 1 agst Burgomaster (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Gamester (offered) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) it 0 .A' MA]?KET AND CITY NEW S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the past week business in the various manufacturing districts has been moderately active. 'At Leeds the woollen cloth trade has exhibited Satisfactory progress, and prices generally are firm, owing to the smallness of stock on hand. At Man chester there has been less activity in the demand for India goods, and prices have shown diminished For the home trade, however, there has been a fair inquiry for all descriptions of fabrics. At Bradford worsted yarns have been at steady quotations, but business has not been active. S Pinners, however, are fully employed, and piece goods suitable to the season realise fully former ro tes. The hosiery trade at Leicester continues b risk, and numerous orders are now waiting c ompletion, as the operatives generally have been e ngaged in harvest operations. Rather more activity has prevailed at Nottingham in the lace d ePartments, and for all kinds of fancy hosiery tliere has been an active inquiry. The iron trade ?f South Staffordshire has shown a considerable i mprovement, although little alteration can be re ' "rded.as regards the general state of business at Birmingham, but at Sheffield and Wolverhamptori thire has been a steady demand for most articles Manufactured in the neighbourhood, chiefly for home use. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with rather more animation, and prices were firm. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. In the 114 . Tway Share Market business was rather active, a nd quotations tended upwards. The demand for money, and the terms upon which it can be obtained, continue very moderate. Bankers, &c., still have the command of large sup- P l ies, through deposits lodged with them, in spite 31 ' the low rates of interest now current, and as the inquiry for commercial and other purposes has lately diminished rather than increased, sound mercantile bills are negotiated at quotations ranging as low as v i per cent., a fraction less than the M inimum being accepted for choice paper, in order compete with the national establishment. Notice has been given by the Submarine Tele graph Company that a direct telegraphich commu nication is now established, by special wire, between the London and Paris exchanges, via the Company's hew line from Folkstone to Boulogne. The directors of the Agra and United Service ' fl ank have announced a dividend on account of the current year, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The market for Public Securities although quiet, owing to the dulness of speculation, is well m aintained, symptoms of improvement being , 'ceasionally visible. Consols have been dealt in t o -d a y a t 95f-; t for money and ac count. There appears - ,to be a favourable tendency, although the transactions are limited. In the p r esent state of home and foreign affairs there is 11° thing to enconrage speculation ; and, on the ether hand, the public are not disposed to effect in vestments. Th e l a t es t p r i ce o f th e C o nsols is 951 . 11111f gfock is' Steady, at 224 ; the New Threes are 4- 961 ; the Reduced at 96k ; India Stock h ag receded to 217 ; the Debentures (1858), how "el., have improved to 951 ; ditto (1859), are flat, at 9 41 j ; and Exchequer Bills, at 235. to 265. pm. The New India Loan remains at 98 to 981. About the usual amount of business is recorded in the market for Foreign Stocks, which generally continue firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 83 84, and the New ditto 73 74, being firmer ; Sardinian Bo nds have been marked 86 ; Spanish Deferred, 33 ; and Mexican, 204. South American Securities are very inactive. Business has been reported in the new Russian l e a n at par to 1 prem. C ontinued investments are being made for the s 41 :ings Banks, the purchase to-day amounting to 4 ' 15 ,000 Reduced Annuities. There h as b een ra th er more ac ti v it y i n th e Rail way Share M ar k e t, an d, i n mos t i ns t anc es, prices h ave shown a further upward tendency. Great western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, ""° ll h Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, have I Proved 5 8 . ; C a l e d o nian, North Western, South W estern, los.; and. Bristol and Exeter, and North ti _. rit iah, 15s. Eastern Counties declined ss. The other lines dealt in were at about previous rates. T he Foreign and Colonial lines have shown very little activity. Lombardo-Venetian old shares declined to 101, and the New to 101 104; East In dian, to 994-; Grand Trunk of Canada to 35; lGre at, Indian P en in su la ha v e improved to 97/, and Great Western of Canada to 15 and 151. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have been dull at former values. "lank B St RI oc k 22 TISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 3 , Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 6 tper Cent. Consols Annuities r o_, 3 per Cent. Annuities Dil'll4 Stock tte Debentures, 1858 • 95 1 Ditto Ditto, 1859 , a te Bonds, Ll,OOO ;',° sols for Account (Sept. 7) • 95 1 t 1 rocchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d . 23 6 ritto £5OO i Ditto Small, 12, " 26 3 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. ~,' Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 941 4 exican 3 per Cent. . Ditto Account it tussian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent e, Ditto 41 per. Cent. ' 3 ardinian, 5 per Cent. B6 :4 Penish 3 per Cent — Ditto New. Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account T urkish 6 per Cent B3/ Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Accomt Divid Di tch Exch ang e s on the above ayable n L 12 Guil. 21 pe p r Cent.. i . 64/ ondon. t THREE O'CLOCK. Conmols, Money 9si f Ditto Account 11.43 SA LE: OF VAUXHALL GARDENS.—This morning royal property" was brought to the hammer, the sale bell on the premises. There was a numerous attendance i ~1 1, t ila gardens of purchasers and others attracted by cur - 84 3 P, and the different lots of properties, lamps, devices, : c c., bro ug h t good prices. The lots are to be imme di a t e ly 4 fe °mo ved, as th e ground is to b e cleared for b u ildi ng ; and in w days the once celebrated Vauxhall Gardens will be cola of the things of the past. MEDITERRANEAN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH CO3l - Malta correspondent , under date of the 16th et, reports that up to that date communication by ijorrrtne telegraph had not been re-established with Cag ' h er Was anything known respecting the operations for t l l el3 e 4irin g the broken cable, although the Elba steamer, with allPerintending engineer, Mr. Andrews, had left Malta th-rethie ex press - purpose in the first week in July. Through at i - c i lla n nte channel we learn that the cable between Malta p„,,Z; rfa had also gone wrong, no communications having -"ea since the 15th of August. TR E 41(41 LATE FATAL BALLOON ASCENT.— . Captain at letta well-known aeronaut, who fell from his balloon the reastle-on-Tyne, on Monday last, died on Friday in sustain mazy of that town, from the injuries which he less f .- ` 4 . The case had been pronounced almost hope atittorcm a very short time after the accident, and it was t akin g; on Thursday night that death appeared to be slowly looth g pla ce 'Lunt gradual ,w Captain Hall's Leic e r t and another relation, who had been sent for flout ally 1 ,4 r, Saw him on Thursday, and he conversed ration reeove t hem, expressing his conviction . that no hope of ever .YY remained. Mrs. Hall has been with her . husband ittt ei .rice the accident. * lt is stated that she will be left for hi. destitute , . and that the lost balloon was being paid heady - 'nenta• A subscription on her behalf has been omenc e d. • !DARE MARKET.-( TrIIS DAY.) dtDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. Closing Price. Business Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern •Juoi , i ion Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val IBirk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkroakokrassage Cornwall CA roves. no div Do. A 4410 p 0 per an Do. B ur " - • • .1 • hasbeen Dublin andßelfast Jund. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) .East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do ...„ 'Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. 4_ Stock Do. do. B fsiwk Gt. South.& Wstat„areld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Dp. Southport London and Blackwell Do.Newicicat £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighion&S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry &Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland , Do. Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares /fey /castle and Carlisle Nev„ Aber., & Herefd Newry .k Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dey.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B stock North-Eastn,—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchasei Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction., North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scott'. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer, South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B, Do. B West London I Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 61 62, 7i 84 76 78 11i 12i 98} 094 84 88 44 64 8 9 14& 15i 00i 5 n 10 44 27 3Q 73} 74i 20i 27 92 93 100 102 82 84 132 133 103 105 60 61 05 60 03 07 l!t 12 951 eh 65 67 108 110 95 06 d of' oi 6 7 35i 801. d 105} 104 81 83 9 11 .59 CO 3i 8d 89 sot 1. 1 (1 43 44 72 724 102 104 44 41d 136f714 14i 81 32 13 15 109 111 24 25 81 83 45 47 3 (1 45 47 7bi 767} 61 63 60 64 8 11 36k 36i 6 61 all all all all all 31 af 7t 71 PREFERENCE SHARES. g Closin Bu Share Railways. Paid.) price. Done.siness 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per 0. pref. (issued at 250) all 49 51 Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 9 8 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - took Caledon 210, 41 per cent 100 103 105 , 1041 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 - -• Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc 100 - - Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lOO - - StolCork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 54 61 E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 117 Stock Do. do. Class C7pc .. 100 107 111 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 114 116 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 113 115 1144 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 131 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 Stock East Lane. 6 per et. 100 - - 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - 7 . - Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 - - Stock Furness, 5 per cent 100 - - Stock Glos. &S West. •T a. 5 pc. 100 115 117 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 120 122 Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BO 86 88 86 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all I - - Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 00 Stock p. ct. pref. Stock 50 teat West. (Berke and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p et: 100 197 99 97 8 1 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 87 n Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO BB 90 Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref lOO 101 103 102 4 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares all 17 18 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 94 101 Stock Do. Binning. guar. stock 100 72 74 264 Do. Chesterguar.shares all 19 20 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 138 140 Stock Lon.&Brig•.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO - - Stoek Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p ct. - - Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 155 160 121 k Londondy & Cole, 4 shs all - - 12 Lonclondy.& Ennis sh all 8 9 Stoc Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct lOO 120 123 6 Do. £6 44 Stock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - Do. 4 per cent - - 124 Do. - - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 - - Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct . 100 139 141 Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 105 106 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1 p Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 95 96 951 5 6 10 Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s all 91 10 10 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. 0. with option till 1866 all 111 111 Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e.shares 100 • - Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lf346 - - Stock Do. 61 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - • Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 110 112 Stock Do. New, gua, 5 per cent 100 108 110 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dik.Co. 100 - - Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 93 971 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 9 - 25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch . 10 1 d p 20 North Staffordshire . . all 221 231 Stock ,Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsVg 100 122 124 123 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO - - S tockl Do. 41 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 100 99 101 81 Scottish Central, new pt all - - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb' 100 - - Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 72 74 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 120 124 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 118 122 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 11 10/ 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. 1 - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) Stock Do .41 per cent • 100 104 106 Stock Do. Fixed 4/ p.c. Ist is . 100 104 106 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - - Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - - 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all - 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 28 29 25 j Do. 6 per cent all 3.3 84 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. LINES LEA, .SED AT FIxE: REN' 'AL S. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Pa "" Co.'s. I Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W , Buckinghamshire 100 Ln& N.W, Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonin Colchester, Stour V a l all E.U.&E C E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 Gt. North. E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge lOO Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drot 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do Gloster& Dean Fore s t a l l Gt.* West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. i Shares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend too Peto &Co. Do. Barking Shares all D 0..... .. L o westoft, gua. 4p. et lOO N oro. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. . .... Mane., Buxtn. & Mat k all LN D 0.... Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c all Stk.& Da Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk lOO Midland Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 N 5, 5.1% E.Counts all Do. u o o 7t Do. do. 6 per cent. s n p . 5 . c lic all D 0....... F a h r n ix a . n &h ed e t d e s ast per cent. all Do. L& N W P r eston and Wyra• f all & L s k. I D Roy o. s i tn ShAr it e e s h .. 1 6 Lan & Yk * North. Slif.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.o. 18 1- • :it ... ij A el . , l a oo ll D Gt o . Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brass(?) , South Staffordshire .. all M‘Clean . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. D t o k . ..lr Dar Wilts and Somerset l OO ,Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtu 1 , 99 101 'lO2 104 16 17 140 145 1(8 110 64 66 115 120 01 93 2i 211 99 100 * I) 57 59 - - 138 142 9} 10 101 l 11 91 93 74 84 , 1 Closing I Rosiness Share Docks. ' Paid p r i c e. Done. • __ ___--- __ ____ __ Stock Commercial lOO -- Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref .Min lOO —. Stock East and West India lOO Stock London . . • 100 Stock Commercial 1100 Stock Do4perCent.Pref .31in 100 Stock East and West India 100 Stock London Stock St. Katharine lOO -- I Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New ..........,...! 1$ ... 5 30 28.2.81 Share' 12.10 13.14 Stozk Stock Stock Stock Stool./ Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock stock 10 sto:•k Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook 161 1613 4 Stock Stock Stook Stock t a 8 t 11 Stock 10 Stock' Stock Stock) 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2.5 Stock Stock Stock lock ! Stock Stock, Stock' Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 £3 Is. 174 all all 100 all 161 100 100 100 100 all all all T. SUN,-.LONDQN, MONDAY . EvNiFfiG t - -AirGtiSr. '22, 185tti BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share' gailways. ( Paid. Closing Business Price. I Done. 100 f is i 18 Atlantic & St Lawrence' Leaned at 6 per cent.. 'i.som.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 all 79 81 J 13 3 161 17 all 6 11 11 d 9 d all 45 sd l 161 51 qd Ileoloo — gu. 5 percent. Do. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. et. bde. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta, &S. E astrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim,) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara , Eastern Bei:watt:m.sp.m i East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do.4ip.c. Bds. pay.'s9l Geelong& Mel . gua. 5 p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Boluls Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.a. Deben.,pay.‘7B Do. 6 par cent, PrPtu • • • Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.ap.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Do. do Gt...5,14t Ind, Lim. Scrip mranieed 5 per eptit.l Gt.W. of Cana& Shard! 100 100 190 1. 3.0. id i p took Sto.. Stock 100 100 20 { 100 100 100 I Do. New_ DA, pogria sip. '7ti with ! °Pt Do. do. '73 i11 . T60 Do. dp. withAAt opt. Do. 5,1 p. c. do. 'n ap Madras, guar., 4t p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent. Po. p: STiArtximi.• Do. winret Itoc. gua.s.p.c. Do, FoArth do. Melb. Ow. 6 p,c, Bonds Newßrunswicic&Caufla. Ry.&L and(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACa La pitl.Share Do. do. d, 1 Do. do. B. Capital do i Do. do. Land do. Northof Ind to Trantroad , Limited, Scrip •,, tf Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New .„ g 9 Do. Punjaub z Do. Indus. St. Flo. bsg' 411111TN5 4 1,10bP04 ITrinidad(Liinitea) Script Stock 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 I 10 ' 12a. 6d. ZA Id! 1 d 90/ / lOOl all all 1100 d par 99i 1001 19 20 35 36 711 721 9,7 03 91' t I t 19 ld 1I Isii 1 10 i 111 . 1 1 :1 97 100 §4 PO 1 all all all all all all 85 911 111 - -0 99i 100 k 35 711 921 9 7 4 151 1$ —(1 —d 191 1) 1 4 I d ti 1 1d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on offer in the leading coun markets held on Saturday were only moderate, and the de mand for most kinds ruled steady, at full quotations. Barley supported previous rates, and most other kinds of produce were tolerably firm in price. The continental markets have been very inactive for pro duce generally on English account. In the United States, the value of both wheat and flour has continued to give way. Only moderate supplies of home-grown produce, arrived up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 7,044 quarters of wheat, 3 barley, 37,293 oats, 632 beans, no peas, 4,010 linseed, 7,038 rapeseed, 2,450 Indian corn, 32 sundry seeds, and 50 sacks of flour. Only a moderate supply of English wheat was received up to our market, this morning, coastwise and by land carriage. For all kinds the demand ruled very inactive. Good and fine samples were mostly disposed of at last Mon day's currency; but low and damp parcels were very dull, and in some instances, rather lower—say Is to 2s per quarter. The condition of the new wheat was only middling, but no qualities came to hand better than white. New red sold at from 40s to 455, and new white 42s to 49s per quarter. We wore again extensively supplied with foreign wheat. All descriptions met a dull inquiry. In prices, however, NAT ti4VO no change to notice. In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing at late rates, Very little barley was on offer. The general condition of the new samples was only middling, and the prices ringed from 32s to 40s per quarter. Malt realised previous rates, but the demand was in a sluggish state. The supply of oats was rather larger. Good and fine parcels moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly at about late rates. New beans were on offer at 40s per qr. Old parcels were dull but not cheaper. Peas sold slowly on former terms. We had a slow inquiry for flour, at late quotations. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 4os to 45s Ditto, old .398 44s • Ditto, white, new 42s 49s Ditto, old 42s 48s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 42s Ditto, new 378 45s Rye—Old —s —s New Barley—Grinding...., 268 298 Malting. 37s 38s Chevalier 3Bs 438 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingston and Ware 528 648 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s 265 Potato Youghal and Cork, black ... 23s 26s Cork, white 23s 328 Scotch, Feeding 23s 32s Beans —Tick Pigeons 4lB 50s Peas—Grey Maple White • 4os 49s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 32s 348 Stockton and Norfolk 3os 31s Privately the demand rules heavy, •yeet prices are firmly supported. Last week's imports were 907 bales frsm Algoa Bay s 176 from Port Philip, and 150 from Cape Town. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 10,824 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 9,906 ; in 1857, 10,284 ; in 1856, 8,897 ; in 1855, 8,362; in 1854, 7,951 ; in 1853, 9,328; and in 1852 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam Rotterdam Varil Hamburgh 73 .. 1,198 .. . , Nieu Diep Dordt Bremen .. 163 S .. .- •. - . Ostend Harlingen Twining 1,218 .. 912 .. 222 4 Antwerp - • . Calais Total 2,317 6,631 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1858 2,003 .. 5,256 .. 854 .. 622 .. 1,171 1857 1,471 .. 6,866 .. 631 .. 646 .. 662 1856 1,600 . . 5,498 . . 338 . . 660 . . 801 1855 1,542 .. 5,359 .. 146 .. 616 .. 700 1854 1,605 5,155 197 .. 522 .. 112 1853 1,310 6,481 266 .. 713 .. 558 Thero was again an extensive show of foreign stock in to day's market, in fair average condition. A fair supply of beasts.was received fresh up from our own grazing districts, but their general condition was by no means first rate. Prime Scots, crosses, &c., were in fair request, at fully last week's prices ; but most other breeds moved off slowly, at late rates. The top price was 4s. Bd. per Blbs. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to about 1,900 short horns and crosses; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 140 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 350 oxen and heifers. The supply of sheep was rather limited, compared with several previous weeks. For all breeds there was a fair de mand at full quotations. Prime Downs sold at 5s per 81bs. There was a slight improvement in the lamb trade, but no advance took place in prices. The top figure was 5s 6d. We have again to report a dull inquiry for calves, at the late decline in value. The supply was seasonably good. Pigs moved off slowly, at last week's, currency. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 3 0 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 2 4 4 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 8 6 0 Large crse. calves 3 2 3 8 Prime small do 4 0 4 8 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers Lambs, 4s 6d to 5s Bd. Suckling calves, 178 to 228 ; and quarter -old store pigs, LBs to 225. ' TOTAL SUPPLY. i FOR EIGN SUPPLY. Beasts: 4,B2olBeasts .1 490 , Sheep and lambs 27,250 ISh eep Calves Pigs 3OO ) Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great ltletropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 23, 1858, and this day, Monday, Aug. 22, 1859. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 23, 1858. Aug. 22, 1859. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . s d. s. d. . 3 4to 3 6 2 d. s. 8 to 3 0 Second quality ditto Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. . . . : Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 4 3 6 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto . . . 3 8 4 0 3 8 4 0 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves . . . 3 8 4 2 3 2 3 8 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 24, 1857.---Beasts, 4,544 ; sheep and lambs, 22,850 ; calves, 310 ; pigs, 415. Aug. 25, 1856.—Beasts, 4,705; sheep and lambs, 27,810; calves, 310; pigs, 400. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are seasonably well supplied with each kind of meat. Trade generally is somewhat heavy, at barely [ate rates. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. a. d. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Mid. d 0.... • 3 2to 3 6 Pm.largedo. 3 Bto 3 10 Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork.. 3 6to 3 8 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 0 Prime do. 4 2to 4 4 Veal 3 4to 4 4 Small pork 4 2to 4 8 to 4s 10d. Lamb, 4s oci BOROUGH HOP. We have again to report a dull market for all kinds of hops, at nominal currencies. Very favourable accounts aro at hand from the plantations, and the duty is backed at £260,000. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year only moderate supplies of potatoes are on offer in these markets, and the trade generally rules steady, as follows :—Shaws, 60s to 85s ; Regents, 80s to 105 s per ton. Tha imports last week were only 10 bags from Rotterdam. SEEDS. Linseed is firm, at fully last week's quotations. Rape seed is in fair request, and prices are well supported. New mustard-seed has changed hands to a moderate extent at late rates. Clover-seed commands fully last week's quotations Cakes are a slow inquiry, on former terms. rurnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Swede Mustard, Brown Bs lls White, new l4s 20s Tares, Spring, new.. 916 d 12s Old -s —s Canary, per quarter 5Gs Rye grass, new 22s 265 Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s White Foreign Red --s —s White —s ---s Trefoil, new —s —s Carraway 4os to 43s Coriander Os 128 Hempseed, per qr 30s 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing 74s 76s Crushing —s —s Baltic -s -s Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton En.. Bah £lO Os £lO 5s Foi:eign, p ton £9 Os £lO 5s Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 5s Rapeseed, p. qr. .... 64s 748 WOOL MARKET. A large number of buyers continue in attendance at th. , public sales still in progress, and the biddings are active, at fully the opening advance in the quotations. Australian —Clean sheeps' has realised is 7d to 2s 2d ; scoured, is 10d to 2s 6d ; handwashed, is 7d to 2s 2d; lambs', is 8d to 2s 6d ; skin, is 7d ; locks, &c., lld to is 9}d; grease, Is. Old. Port Philip—Clean sheeps', is 61d to 2s 7d ; scoured, Is 9d to 2s 101 d; lambs', is 6d 2s; do. scoured, 2s 9d ; grease, llid to is 3d. ; do. locks, 8d ; pieces, &c., is 2d to 2s. New Zealand—Clean sheeps', is 4d to 2s ld ; scoured, is 9d to 2s 2id ; lambs' is 41d to is 100; do. scoured, is 9d to 2s Old ; pieces, &e., is 3d to is 9d; grease, is 3d. Van Dieman's Land—Clean sheeps', is 81c1 to 28 Old ; lambs', is 7d to 2s ld ; do. scoured, 2s ld to 2s 3d ; broken, &e., is 3d to is 8d ; grease, is Id per lb. .LLOW The business doing in our market is only moderate, yet prices continue to rule steady. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 55s 3d' to 55s 6d per cwt. Rough fat, 2s lid per Sibs. Stock this Price of Y.C. f Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 38,292 57s Od to —s Od 2,771 23,404 639 13,281 57s 3d ! 8,946 5-4 s Od to Od 2,410 25,460 706 16,697 55s 9d. 1857. 1859. 12,910 11,439 21,18 Us 6d to 18s 9d to 55s 3d to —s -;•-s fki 55s 6d 710 . • 1, , i10 1,815 18,059 17,944 12,9 8 2,085- 1,533 1,474 17,877 18,036 22,071 53s 9 d 50s Od 55s 9d STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING -AT ET. PETERSBURG. Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1859. 1858. 1857. to July 27 ' 0. S. '(estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. C as k s goods to the cask) 25,758 16,072, 9,542 fu ships loading and lighters 1,440 1,743 1,220 Total loaded off from St. Petersburg, July 25, 0. S - }8 17,185 10,67! Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 112,012 103,761 London Liverpool 313 1,291 Bristol Other English ports Ireland 1,227 203 Scotland Germany 7Bl 552 1,151 Prance Total . 25,788 16,072 9,452 LA I6' INTELLIGENCE. —(THIS DAY. SHERIFFS' COURT. , (Before Mr. Kerr.) PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE. Upon the application of an attorney's clerk to appear for his employer, his Honour said—" While allowing you to attend to-day I wish it to be known that upon and from the Ist October next I shall not allow attorney's clerks to ap pear, unless under very peculiar circumstances. A new scale of costs is being prepared, and as professional aid is paid for it should be supplied by the attorney." SURIVENAING A DEFENDANT.--WILSO3I V. MICHAEL, This was an action to recover an amount for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Mackay, from Mr. Buchanan, said that the person who signed for the goods having left defendant's service, he had been obliged to subptena the defendant _ _ Defendant was then Called and upon looking at the re ceipts produced purporting to be signed by some person in his employment, he said he could not recognise the hand writing. He had never, received the goods mentioned in the receipts, and no ono had authority to sign per procula tion. The matter occurred five years ago. Mr. Mackay said he must elect to be nonsuited. ACTION UPON A GUARANTEE-THOMAS V. ROBERTSON. This was an action to recover £4 lls. 3d. upon a guaran tee for goods supplied to a Mrs. Conquer,- Mr. Dunn, for defendant, said the name on the summons was " Conquest." , Mr. Mackay said it was so, and the case was adjourned ;o make Conquer —Conquest. HASTE TO THE WEDDING ; OR, CABBY V. BROUGHAM, ROBINSON V. CHILDS. Defendant is a livery stable keeper, of Farringdon-street, and the action was brought to recover £1 damage sustained in consequence of the non-supplying a brougham as agreed by defendant. Plaintiff stated that he agreed with defendant to have a brougham upOn a certain day, to convey a wedding party to Hoxton Church. Defendant faithfully promised that the brougham should arrive by a quarter to nine. Plain tiff waited impatiently until a quarter past vino, and then he dare not wait longer. (Laughter.) He could not get a cab, and rushed off to defendant, who said he was very sorry, but his man had stopped away. The time now began to, get short—(laughter) —and the wedding party was finally obliged to go to church in cabs, which cost £l. Defendant—Why, he was only to pay 12s. for the brougham. His Honour—Ah! but the cabman was a knowing fel low, and seeing plaintiff in splendid attire made a capital bargain. He might have been too late and lost the break fast. (Roars of laughter.) You must pay this £l, Mr. Childs, and be more careful for the future in disappointing wedding parties. (Laughter.) Plaintiff applied for the expenses of witnesses, but the facts not being disputed, his Honour refused to allow wit nesses, telling plaintiff he might have brought the whole wedding party. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(7711S DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CANNIBAL.—Nicholas Said, who stated that he was a native of Central Africa, was placed at the bar charged with the following brutal outrage. Mr. Good, landlord of the Marlborough Head, Great Marlborough-street, stated that, at about half-past 10 on Saturday night, the prisoner came into his house and called for something to drink, with which he was served. He then commenced making a very great noise, and he (witness) requested him to desist, as his wife was upstairs very ill. Prisoner, who was the worse for drink; then put his fingers to his nose, and said he did not care a -, and he would make as much noise as he chose. A man named Cooper, who was at the time in front of the bar waiting to see his wife, who was upstairs nursing Mrs. Good, persuaded him to keep silence, when he seized him violently, and bit a piece out of his ear. He also threw him (Cooper) with such force against a door as to knock the panel out. Not satisfied with this, he again seized Cooper and threw him on to a mahogany table ; so great was the violence that it broke a large piece off the top. Witness went to Cooper's rescue, when he himself was attacked and bitten in two places on his arm in a severe manner. Henry Cooper, living at 3, Bentinck-street, baker, said that, at the time in question, he was waiting, as stated by the last witness, and, upon speaking to the prisoner, he seized him by the ribs and threw him with tremendous violence on to the ground. Whilst he was lying under neath, the prisoner seized his (witness's) ear in his mouth and bit a piece clean out. He then bit him very deeply in the neck, and attempted to get his other ear in his mouth. Witness then managed to get upon his feet, when he was again seized by the ribs and thrown with such violence against the parlour door as to smash the panel in. Prisoner again picked him up and threw him across the table and split it right across. He was completely exhausted when rescued from his violence. This witness's ear was frightfully lacerated and covered with adhesive plaister. He appeared to be at present in great pain from the prisoner's violence. Prisoner in reply to the charge said, in Fi ench, that he did not recollect it. Mr. Beadon—You don't remember it, don't you ? then I will make you. When a man acts the part of a cannibal I will be as severe as I can. I fine you £5 for each of the as saults, or in default of payment two months for each penalty. Prisoner, a strong powerful fellow, was then removed. He was dressed in Indian costume, and it was stated that he had been in the employ of a Russian prince. His face was tatooed to show the distinctive mark of his tribe. THAMES. A NARROW ESCAPE UPON A RAlLWAY.—lleinrich Muller, a German sugar baker, a remarkably heavy look ing man, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with tres passing on the North London Railway without lawful ex cuse, and with being drunk and disorderly. Samuel Quested, a guard in the service of the North London Railway Company, said he was proceeding with the down train last night about 10 o'clock, and saw the prisoner on the line crossing the metals. He first ob served him on a siding where bricks are placed, and ho then went upon the main line, crossing in front of the tender, narrowly escapingdestruction, and went up upon the up line. The train was stopped, and he went back after the prisoner, who was staggering, and he seized him, put him into the break and conveyed him to the Bow sta tion. The up train passed directly after he seized the pri soner, and if he had not taken him away he would have been killed, and his body cut to pieces. The passengers were very much alarmed. Mr. Selfe—How did he get upon the line ? Witness—l really don't know. Many trains were con tinually passing up and down the line, and I can't under stand how he escaped being run down. Mr. Ellis, travelling inspector on the North London Railway, said the prisoner was very drunk and disorderly, and he not only endangered his own life, but put the whole train of carriages, with their passengers, in peril. The prisoner in defence said he drank two glasses of rum and a glass of beer, and some hock (German beer), and it got the better of him Mr. Selfe—You ought to be thankful you were not killed. It is a sad thing, by your propensity for strong drinks, you put your life in danger. It was God's providence you were not killed. You are a very foolish fellow, and you owe your life, in a great measure, to the activity of the guard who stopped the train and picked you up. You are fined 20s. for unlawfully trespassing upon the railway. THE BUILDERS' LOCK-OUT THIS DAY). —It was anticipated that this morning would bring about some change, but, contrary to expectation, the workmen's resolve not to sign the obnoxious declaration remained unshaken, and all the workshops and buildings in the metropolis appear doomed to continue in the same inactivity that they have remained in during the last fortnight. This morning having been appointed for the payment of the first dividend from the Conference to the men locked out, an immense assemblage of the operatives took place in the vicinity of the Paviors' Arms, Johnson-street, Milbank, and at noon not less than 12,000 men were collected on Milbank and the adjacent streets. Several additional remittances arrived yesterday from all parts of the country, and it is stated that there is upwards of £20,000 in hand. All the men enrolled as lock-outs, whether society men or nnt, received the divi dend. It is expected by both masters and . men that several weeks must yet elapse before anything.hke a satisfactory adjustment of the dispute can be arrived at. The men boast they can stand it for three months, 991 9 84 i I 561 7i 83 132 3} 601 60 i i 141 1 p 951 64 , } 95 i 1 1 1 1N i 51 I G0_591 Co} Sgi 94 31- 72i 31i 1 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 44 I 20 Ardennes all —p, 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 Id; 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 24 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France , all 25 26 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs' all 65 61 10 Italian Junction ...... 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 21 25p 105 20 Lucca &Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 335 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 85 F 4 20 Do. do. 6IN e. Pref. all 19 20 16 Northern of France all 364 37n 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 ' 20 Ottoman. gma. 6 per cent 7 20 Paris,Lyons, and Meclit• all 34 35 20 Paris and Orleans f Recife& S. Fran. (Pere.) 20 2f 2,11 d •"" gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Rig - ,a and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all , 5 oval Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all I 6 64 10 Do. 5.5 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 215 224 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all -- -- 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref.— all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. paid. I Closing Business Prices. Done. • Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July 100 1125 1134 1135 125 Do. 6 p.c. Fb. &Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1115 N. B.Gov.a p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1095 1105 Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. o. Deb. 106 985 985 NovaScoriaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1094 1104 110 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Migeellaneous. Paid Closing ' Price. tusiness done Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultura' Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works I Do New, issued at £5 dis i British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do DoBp.c.Pref.,iss.at idis N.BrANovaScotiaL and N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim:l South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Van Diempn'a Land 14 14i 200 220 28 29 2i : 21 3 36 38 19 21 14 15 107 111 8 9 24 25 11 1 41 5 1101 104 ,g 1 9 i 5 d, 9 4 5 • 11 4 1 Share, 1 i 11 id IP N 55 76 78 9 11 21 22 6 6i 99 51 1.20 130 35 37 R 9 BRITISH MINES. Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan) E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan Par Consols (St. Blaxy Porkellis Unit. (Wend. Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St. Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cale.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant WlelMaryAnn (Meahe Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk. 1! 2.11.19 6.11.0 17s 11.18.8 91. 18s 6d 84 7.9.4 nil. 18.18.91 12s 6d 1.7 5 . t Paid. Closing I BUSiIIOI/11 Price. Done. 4 1 St 1 2 425 435 162 i 1721 91 131 141 I 11* I' 6_ 7 74 84 12 1 3 _ - I I 240 250 21 2f 100 170 42i 21 4t I 21 1 22 130 135 175 185 85 95 11 2 12 15 36 38 26 28 Stook Stock Stock; JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. 'Paid. Agra&UnitedServiceßk ,Australasia Bank of Egypt Pank of London &Loan Co. British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &o City Colonial Corn. Bank Of Canada Commercial of London Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen Bk. of Switzerland Lon Char.Bk.otAustral. Loudon and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of _Australia Do. New Union of London .. Unity Mutual Westera Bk of Lono 20.11 100 Closing I Business Price. Done. 21 22 par ipi 62 64 1 18 20 15 15 21 214 39 90 10 20 71 73 16 k i } 34 f 31 304 25i 20 261 6 all all all 15s. 100 all FOREIGN MINES Australian Bon AccordCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. Do.L and and Mining Co. Clarendon Consols Min• ing Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper ,Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada N. RhineCop.of S.Aus.L PoutgibaudSilver, Lead Mining and Smelt 1 Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 161 all i i i i P 10 11 41 43 8 9 2 1 21 22 2 105 lli d 2 } iP 4 5 I I 11 11 13f I 22 185 G. SPORTING NOTES. PAST. DOINGS AND PROSPECTIVE CHANCES. Party spirit and party spite cannot always be regarded with indifference ; they are sometimes carried to an extent which raise them from insig nificance, tind not only become public queStions but public nuisances. Now the recent Lewes Meeting furnishes a point by which these remarks may be illustrated. Because a certain gentleman chose to abandon Tan engagement from a misunderstanding on a weekly sporting authority (?) the meeting in which he was interested has been maliciously attacked, and an attempt to write it down has been made, which might have produced a desired effect if directed against an object worthy ()lc-ensure, blit which is only con t empt i b l e i n the present' instance. Admiral Rous has lent the weight of his indiscreetly used authority to back up the unwarrantable re marks which had been made respecting the management of the Lewes Meeting; but the quarrel, which was a very pretty one as it stood, between the sporting " authority" and the Clerk of the Course, has now drawn other. and unoffendinb persons into an unpleasant position. With private matters, however, the public have now nothing to do ; individual squabbles invariably • excite more derision than serious attention. The question, . however, as I have stated, has assumed a public shape, and therefore I should be guilty of a dereliction of duty did I not refer to it. The Clerk of the Course will be compelled to make an explanation of the charges which have now been publicly asserted against him. His case he himself .nust defend. • Mr.. Thornhill, the really aggrieved party, will not, however, perhaps possess the same facilities for showing how he has been blamed for doing that—not discreditable in itself—a thing of daily practice on the turf—and which, for motives which " the Admiral" has misunderstood, has been made public, in order to injure a man who dared to act independently in private matters, and who is work ing hard to conduct honestly and -legitimately a meeting which has not of late been over prosperous, and who is . endeavouring by fair means to render a precarious undertaking remunerative. "The Admiral" has " marked " Mr. Thornhill because Tournament was started to make running for Blue Jacket for the Lewes Handicap, and be cause Blu Jacket could not win. Now, how does the ease stand ? Wild Rose had been backed for the race at evens against the field, but she receded and Blue Jacket became favourite. A stable lad was put upon Tournament who—if no declaration was made respecting his being sent to make running only —was not backed for sixpence in tke ring, be cause a tacit understanding existed amongst the people present as to the purpose for which he was started. Now, is it a very uncommon thing for one horse to be started to make running for another without a 'declaration being made ? Why the thing is done every day. Now mark the injustice to Mr. Thornhill. He was at Wolverhampton with his jockey, Fordham, and did not reach Lewes till the Tuesday.. Previously to Tournament's race with Wild Rose for the Guineas, he went to Admiral Rous and explained. to hint the circumstance of Tournament's being started on the Monday, 'and informed hint that he left instructions to Drewitt, his trainer, to make public the fact of the horse's going to serve his stable companion. This Drewitt, who has been confined to his bed by a long and painful illness, neglected to do ; but the omission was not a serious offence, and the Admiral made P.b remark at the time. After the race, however, when Tournament won, the Admiral waxed wroth, and told Mr. Thornhill he would mark him.. He has done so. He gave a decision mbm, than ques tionable agains:, him in tt ilisputed race: he most unfairly hand.icapy,,ed Mr. Thorn hill's horses for their - engar ; .e meats at Egliain, and has threatened to " r',:rnember"' him for the Cesarewitch and Cam l 7,ridgeshire. Now Mr. Thornhill has, it must be confessed, been shame fully treated. 11 , ..1w came Admiral Roils in the position, by his mere ipse dixit, to destroy a man's property and to put the object of his wrath at an unwarrantable expense ? What would be thought of a captain who took charge of goods, and when he got them safely shipped expressed his determi nation that their owner should never realize a pro fit on it, and that he intended to throw it over board ? Mr. Thornhill paid the entrance money for his horses to the Stakes for which they are nominated, and he is immediately afterwards in formed that his horses will have such a weight placed' upon them as will deprive them of any chance of winning their engagements. Mr. Thorn hill might as well have thrown his money into the streets, or have had it taken from his pocket. Ad miral Rous has worked well for the Turf, but suck acts of caprice as I have brought under notice will operate more for the evil than for the good of the Turf. Than Mr. Thornhill a more straight forward man is not on the turf, and in justice to him I have taken up the cudgel s , no t on l y in his behalf, b u t in behalf of the entire sporting community. In giving his decision the Admiral has laid himself open to the charge which he makes respecting people's drawing upon ' their imagination for their facts. He draws upon his imagination and his prejudices for his facts and his decisions, upon cases which are unfortunately brought before him. Surely the Stewards of the Jockey Club will not be influenced by his vaponr ing determination to shut out whatever chance Mr. Thornhill's horses would possess for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, if they were weighted upon fair terms with their opponents. The length to which the above remarks have ex tended will prevent my referring, at present, to the York Meeting, and the in and out running on Knavesmire. The sport will commence this day at Radcliffe, and will terminate on Friday at Oxfcrd. The Radcliffe gathering I may pass over. The pleasant little meeting at Egham will occupy the attention of the Cockneys. The King John Stakes will enable Thunderbolt to improve upon his Goodwood running, and I shall not look for a more formidable champion. For the Surrey and, Middlesex Stakes I shall give my preference to Clydesdale and Clara Webster. For the Runnymede Handicap I shall stand Queen of the South and Lord Berkeley. Broadstairs. A FRESH MAN. ARRIVALS AT RADCLIFFE Raspberry, Fatty, Secret Treasure, Charlotte, Flash in the Pan, Alfred, Little Poll, Birdcage, Amy Sedgwick, and Brother to Flying Cloud. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 22.—Wind this day at noon, North -Westerly; light, with fine summer weather. OFF SALCOMRE, Aug. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Josephine, from New York for London. FALMOUTH, Aug. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Leland, from Matanzas; Bertha, San Jose, Ocean Favourite, and Secundina—all from Havanna ; Pandora, from Mazagan ; Euxine, from Berdianski ; Favorite, from Taganroe; Legore, from Ibrail. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Earl of Chester, from Callao ; Margaret, from Havannah ; Gluckup, from Camillas. PORTSMOUTH Aug. 21.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived — Her Majesty's steamer: Himalaya, from Gravesend ; her Majesty's steamer Trafalgar, from Sheerness ; her Ma jesty's steamer Arrogant, from Southampton. Sailed— Her Majesty's steamer Royal Albert, Algiers, James Watt, Hero, Herald, Diadem, Agamemnon, and Flying Fish. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind calm. Arrived, Aug. 20—Annie Vernon, from Cardiff; Sophia and Margaret, from Lynn ; Ceres, from Dublin ; L'Etoile, from Carenton ; Wear and Nancy, from Sunderland; Sup ply, Hero, and Adelaide—all from Seaham • Emulous, from Middlesborough ; Harriet, from Poole. Arrived, Aug. 21—Gratitude, from London; Argyll, steamer, from Carenton ; Waterford, from Cardiff. Sailed, Aug. 20.—Mechanics' Own, for Newport; Bro thers, Minerva, and Aurora, for Sunderland ; Ceres, steamer, for London; Ceylon, steamer, for Alexandria; Renown, for Porthcawl ; Doore, for Sundswall. Sailed, Aug. 21.—Kathleen and Delight, for Sunderland; Elizabeth and Mary, for Cardiff; Teviot, steamer, for West Indies ; Marion Lass, for Plymouth ; Amicus, for Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, Aug. 21—Douro, screw steamer, from Oporto ; Mary Glover, from Mobile ; Alice Wilson, from Mord more ; Amos, from Sulina ; Bjarke, from Saakyobing. Arrived, Aug. 22—Holger, from Iceland ; England, from Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, August 21—Christine Marie, from Thisted ; Aalto, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; De Veer Gebru ders, from Gottenburg; Anna Dorothea, from Nykoping ; Union, f r om Struer ; ./Eolus, from Cronstadt ; Ornen an d Pilot, from Riga; Copernicus and Hermon Hill, from Cronstadt ; Hebe, from Marstrand. Arrived, August 22—Fyenoord, from Rotterdam; from Hop pet, from Cette ; Salaeix, from Cronstadt; Behrend, from Memel ; Halieoch, from Cronstadt ; Frederica Louise, Memel. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.E., moderate Passed.—Premier, from London, for Demerara ; Kate Dyer, from Shields, for Leghorn ; Roseitate, from Shields, for Genoa, The Daily News, .Express, Morning _Herald, Morning Chronicle, Sun, and two other penny papers were peized in Paris on Saturday. I find by Buidler's Corre spondence that they contain a letter from Louis Blanc, stating that he does not intend to avail himself of the amnesty.—Paris Letter. _T • THE SUNDAY MARKET IN SOMERSTOWN.__h e vestry of St. P ancras have adopted the follow i ng resolu tion u tion :—" Th a t t hi s vestry having received memorial, nu merously signed by th e i n h a bit an t s o f Somersto com plaining of th e nu i sance o f a pu bli c mar k e t being t eted on Sunda?, do resolve that the police be , ins ru he to take held there steps for th e suppression of the nuisance. THE SERPNNTI2VE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,- . --There are occasions when, despite his own previous•re solution's to the contrary, a professional man must , abandon his retirement for the arena of an unsought and. most disagreeable controversy. Messrs-Easton and Co.. now seek to impute to me a wilful perversion of their voluntary proposals for 'cleansing the Serpentine, and particularly in •re 'spect to the alleged, intended application of the water to the ornamental lakes in Buckingham Pa lace Gardens and St. James's Park, after it shall have been previously employed to cleanse the Serpentine. They neither deny the statement nor explain it away, but 'content themselves with saying the sug gestion " is too much like a portion of Mr. Hawks ley's plan for it to have originated elsewhere than in his own brain." thus leaving the public to infer that my conclusions had no foundation in -fact, and that I had deliberately and wilfully misrepresented Messrs. Easton and ('o.'s o wn`prop6sitions. Messrs. Easton and Co. shall therefore reply to Messrs. Easton and Co. out of their own printed communi cations. On, the 10th of the present m on th • Messrs. Easton and Co., having been twice repulsed by two succeeding heads of the Department of Works, ad dresied to the First Commissioner the following remarkable epistle :- 1 • • "THE SERPENTINE. " Grove, Southwark, S.E., Aug. 10. "Sir,---We must ,ask you to excuse our again troubling you with a eonitminication on this. subject, but we are de termined that such a plan as that . of Meting t . he Serpen tine water shall no t b e carr i e d into effect without 'your being made fully acquainted with the fact that the supply of water to ,that .lake can be accomplished in a simpler, more effectual, and less expensive manner, "The quantity of water at present pumped ,daily by the six-horse agricultural engine and temporary pump into the lake in St. James's Park is not less r than 500,000 - gallons ; and it is from The knowledgenf this fact and from the extra ordinary quantity of water we met with in making the pre sent tunnels front the well in the duck island that Ive- are enabled to guarantee to obtain the quantity mentioned in our letter of the - sth inst. " Our . calculations in that letter were made upon the basis of supplying as much fresh water daily to the Serpentine as it was proposed to filter,—viz., 2,000,000 gallons; but we are of opinion that. by pumping 1,400 gallons per minute, equal to 1,000,000 per day of 12 hours, into. the basin in Kensington Palace Gardens, whence it would run into the Serpentine as at present, the supply would be amply suffi cient. " We are willing to obtain this quantity of water, erect the steam-engine, pumps, and buildings, lay down the pipes, and execute, all the works necessary for the sum of £11,500; and we will further contract to work the engine for six days in the week, 12 hours per day, and keep the whole in repair, for the sum of 1:7;t0 per annum, which is only about £2OO per annum more than the present cost of keeping up the lakes,in Buckiugham Palace Gardens and St. James's Park. " We are satisfied that 1,000,000 gallons Per day will be sufficient but should it be requisite to work the machinery • by night in` the summer, it could be done for 40s. pernight, and thus give 2,-000,000 gallons . - per day instead of 1,000,000. " The amnual sum here stated would be the total cost for supplying .the whole of the lakes when the present contract with the Chelsea Waterworks Company expires, , which we believe will be the case in lets than two years. " We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants, " EA.STON,- AMOS, AND SONS. • "The Right-Hon. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., Chief Com missioner of, her Majesty's Works, &c." This letter is, as I read it, perfectly distinct on five material points : • , . 1. The quantity of water' to be' pumped is 6,000,000 gallons per week of seven days, .equiva lent to au average supply of only 857,143 gallons per day, 2. The sums to be paid to Messrs. Easton and Co. for this service are £11,600 down for machinery and apparatus, and £7OO per annum for working expenses. 3. The sum to be saved is £5OO per annum, being " the present cost of keeping up the lakes in Buck ingham Palace Gardens and St. James's Park." 4. The annual cost (£700) i s " th e t o t a l cos t f or supplying the whole of the lakes" with this dis tinctly stated quantity of water (857,143 gallons per day.) 5. The water is to be obtained." fresh" from the well, and is to be pumped direct " into the basin in Kensington Palace Gardens, whence it would run into the Serpentine as at present." From this statement it therefore follows, as a matter of course, that the other two lakes—the one in Buckingham Palace Gardens and the one in St. James's Park—can only be supplied (unless, in deed, the same water,like the celebrated Hibernian bird, is capable of being in two places at one time) by the down-flow from the Serpentine, and this, as appears from other parts of the correspondence with which I need not now trouble you, was clearly intended by Messrs. Easton and Co. But in order apparently to prevent any possibi lity of mistake on this subject, Messrs. Easton and Co. present the readers of the Times of Tuesday last with an elaborate comparison of the costs of the corresponding undertakings ; as adopted by the Government and as proposed by themselves, in which they charge against my plan the following saving by their plan—viz., the whole of " the sums paid last year for pumping water into St. James's Park and Buckingham Palace Gardens, £500," being the identical amount mentioned in their letter of the 10th of August above referred to. All the water is, therefore, to travel from the well to Ken sington basin, thence pass into the Serpentine, afterwards descend into the garden of Buckingham Palace and the lake in St. James's Park, where, finally, it will in part escape by the sewer into the Thames, and in part filtrate into the gravel by which the well is supplied to re-commence the same distinguished circuit. I de - cline to comment upon, or in any way notice, the personalities of which I am made the subject, simply for having performed a strictly professional duty in a strictly professional manner. You, sir, and tour readers are the best judges of the good faith . with which I have acted in my professional capacity, and awell of the truthfulness of the statements I have been compelled to make in the two defensive communications you have done me the honour to publish. If I have been the means of misrepresenting Messrs. Easton and Co., it is only because they have been at pains to misrepresent themselves, for I have not knowingly altered a word of their own propositions, nor have I, as I believe, in any respect changed the clear and ob vious meanings attaching to them ; neither do I perceive that Messrs. Easton and Co. have failed to convey a distinct expression of their views, be cause every member of their several propositions is amplified and corroborated by some other collateral statement made by themselves. There is one other matter on which I desire to make a short remark. Messrs. Easton and Co. state in their last letter to you : t , We are willing is undertake to put the bottom of the Serpentine into the same state as that of the lake in St. James's Park, and that the cost of th e w h o l e t o th e country shall not exceed £33,000 beyond the present grant of £17,000. There have been many exaggerated estimates made of the cost of this operation •, Sir S. Dl. Peto to-day says it will amount to £BO,OOO or £90,000." Now, sir, the estimates for cleansing the Serpen tine have been more numerous than the public are probably aware of. They have ranged from about £30,000 to considerably more than £lOO,OOO, ac cording to the varying amounts of work proposed to be performed. Most of the estimates include, as a prominent item,the entire removal of the deposited mud, because this operation has for more than 10 years past been of all others the one most insisted upon both by the press and the individuals who have interested themselves the most largely in matudth ; but the sum e y of regard to the so called "purification of the Serpen tine." Messrs. Easton and Amon making thei r own propositions and their own estimates to fit th em, c d a o le n u o l t at p e ro t p h o e se co t s h t e removalof fthisoe p o r fth es e s £29,203 9s. 6d. Adding, then, this sum to th e sum of £50,000, for which Messrs. Easton a n d C o. offer we have the work p to op d u o la t r h t e otal of £BO,OOO, of o o f w w n h. w ay, app H e a a v r i s u t g o h m a a v d e e sp t o h k e e se n. exldana le t lt ion7 M I :e r n: n ul l :s e t t : rea lise—that I shall now s carcelylte permitte d o expect relapset o intor e a express the hope —a ho that condition of pro fessional qui e t u d e f ro m which. t l h consider a u loiohasv e: be en improperly w ithdrawn by of Messrs. interferences and persona l attacks but Easton and Co. I may h ave , unluckily, notwithstanding quite accidentally, Stepped between those gentlemen and a tradesman's gains for " goods sold and delivered, and work and labour done and performed" on a, supposed to be impend ing, Government contract of the amount of .C. 50,000 or more ; I must therefore abide the consequences of my temerity, and submit myself to all the pun. ishments I deserve for an offence at one .e so grave and graceless. I believe, however, that during my prolonged revolutions in Messrs. Easton and Co.s pillory, the public , who a re now grade ally gather ing the facts of the case, will not be di spospA, as i s old times, to decorate my person with the 'c Se / ti n e mud in - w hich Messrs. East Q y a tur-d Se rpens Co. take and have so manifest an inte r efieta, continue to ti 0 r 1 of the Ser. maintain that no vast outlays of mo n ey, time, or skill are necessary for the pixt pentine ; andl have no doubt of a o eing , able to effect that object with satisfactio n o the Government s and with advantage to the 'public. Sincerely thanking mission of this lettp-i. , - I 'you for yo l lr oourteous ad. have the hon our to be, Sir, ''Dur niost obedient servant,T. ItA. WKSLZi. Aug. 20. Share'