The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-15 00:00:00

i THV I 'SUN , ILOND( r in- MONEY MARKET. I .-_-___.. ...--...... ....-......, ,___ ,= ... atiARE MARKET—THIS DAY. " BRITTISH POSSESSIONS, 6 D. ct. bdass.ltr:jiaHDl:,z,uisgonug:cone.:zd.s.llo(ss:i.p,cllpir...i:c7.l:l`. _...; Inge, • Share Railways • I Closing ,00:00000 1111 7 :00_0 6 4371111 1 10711_6000i16481 110: Paid.' Price. Business done CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOu&S. 100 iAtlantic &St Lawreneel all - 58 62 31self ~ f Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind and There was a decidedly improved demand for faid i Closing Business 61 ' i I Gu. 5 per cent. 10U 73 82 1 Share l l Railways. Price. done, 2oi (Buffalo And La Ne Huron all 5 511 that -American railway securities, and in most instances , , . - - asant prices have improved. 13.14 le, Xl - 01., and Str. Val all I 8 8/ 10 10 Do. Preference ... - all 8 81 ' ilo.-4.,Sleal.,andMilCo. all ; 6 7 100 I Bufialo,Brant,&Godrich made A corrected memorandum from the Ecuatorian 1, “ , l'lristol and Exeter .... 100 187 89 rifled Commission of Agency informs us that the amount 50St Caledonian Cork and Bandon lon 100 l uo 1091 10 91 all - - 100 Do. do. July 1, 1878 100 76 79 ) the received by the mail on the 13th inst., towards the 20 Cornwal , all 61 7 100 e et Cape e C p a l O c r U e t T t a ( 0 1 . ° I . A "gets no thy " 1 Ecuador dividend fund, was £632 16s, 6c1., instead 10 ID O Af ti ID; , , r all 1 2 3 1258 10 I Do. B been paid i all 5 6 811:07ckik bast aap e os ; n oott ii.. e I r . nladßpidroceau Trunk do. . 1 tar nc; cke G notf Ext..... all I ip of £332 16s. 6d. lers --- 50 'Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 aders, Owing to the tenor of telegrams received to-day 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno all 91 10/ st East Anglian lOO - - .C p a r n e a r d . a . l a o l o l 2 64 01 ( 2 8 11 from Bombay, there was an increased demand for st Eastern Counties lOO - - s l to pp ck Gr p a o n . d 6 w not bar silver for exportation thither, and an advance st Eastern Union, A stock . 100 - - ame - I Do Bdo d& 100 - - ZOO Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 64 56 .: 1 kein, " occurred in the price. at East Snfiolk - - 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debenti. all 31 33 34 at iEdinburgh & Glasgow I 100 87 88 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 12 44 t•hter, " Mexican securities were stronger to-day, and in a t ' Edin , Perth, & Dundee; 100 - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 30 33 some instances a rather decided improvement oc- si , Glasg. and S. Western. 100 104 106 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 30 33 stock 'Gt.lndiaPenin.rrua.sp.c WO 102 103 102/ Vision, 10 GreatNrthn of Scotian& 100 135 140 carrel, It would appear that the supply of many s Great Northern 2O Do. New gua.'s p. c... 12 1 1 P st Do A stock 2O Do. January, 1862 .. 2 t P kinds is now very limited, owing to the magnitude a t I 100 135 137 Do B do i 1 1 00 00 1 2 24 4 1 3 1 2 2 5 51 1 1 25 24 1 1 2 5 stock ,Gt. South.of ladia (Lim ' ~, i layanteed 5 per cent. 100 101 f 1021 of the amount brought up and shipped to America B e l Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 129 1 6 0 1 7 ! g 9 l 651 41 5i 41 ~ ° 20 !;rent Western , Wu L IS. of Canada 'iares all 121 124 for many months past, and in payment for which at 'Do Str Val gua. siock; 100 55 57 201 G Do. Ne w . ' 18 8/ 8 9 1 ; given heavy remittances of at Lancashire & Yorkshirel 100 1071 1081 1071 / gold have been received in this et London and Blackwalli 100 62 04 62 100 Do. 6 p.c. '7:i w . iii .......... all 97 1 00 nd her st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 120 122 121 100 Do. 51 p• c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 91 i 100 Do. country. 1878 - all 89 01 , g," are st Lon. Chat., and Dover! 100 461 47 1 , 136 a 6 10 Indian Branch Limited 1 1 dis par An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the st Lon. '& North Western; 100 96 96. . s e t t 2oc o o c k k N M eD a w d o r i3. a 4r e:uar.. sp.c. .. 100 101 102 102 I. cc A at Lon. & South Western! 100 99 100 99 100 p • ... 'Do R . stock st Wk me D i o b. . c 4.l onrp p. s.w c , . ii Extension 100 95 96 952 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited) is st L'derry & Enniskillen. 100 40 45 roducts man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 38 39 called for the 2d September, to confirm the resolu articles so Maryport and Carlisle. all - - yd.o&.LLaann(di ( ci ,pd d io o i m, t. . c. .. . c.) Buds.. 4 . .. x . . n . o. dp. . ,:t , 1 1 : 0 10 0 1 9_ 5 0 1_2 7 tions passed at the special meeting on the 15th 121 Do t shares all - - ve find 10 Metropolitan all 81 81 July, having reference to alterations in the ar.ticles st Midland Mina. 6.4. 0 Do New of association. st Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. a ll 4 4 . .. Do. do. Land - co. .- .... At the half year l .y meeting to-day of the Berlin 50 Slid Gt. W. of Ireland all - •- N.Rl.C'da 6pc Ist pi bde 100 85 8 8 25 Do. i shares - - stocs &nide ...... ~. t ci ,„ ; 100 1(21 1031 Waterworks Company, the directors' report stating 25 Mid Kent - - 20 Do. Punjaub ...: . _ .. $ ine well the disposable balance at £5,346, and recommend - 1,!)g Do Cray Line . all - - 00 Do. Do. ..... - t Oi C all 201 201 1 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ' ?,„71 . 100 98 100 tie is on ing the payment of a dividend of 2s. per share, free al Norfolk lOO - - aational of income-tax, was adopted. • 8 North British at Nor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - FOREIGN RAIL WAYS ;pir., Wol., and Str. Val 11 0:-4., Sleal.,and Mil. Co. ;Bristol and Exeter ~ Caledonian ('ork and Bandon.. I C o o n rn A wa . l Ai l I,:_t,.et_f4 1,10 ,div IDo. B '-' ' P' 1 " 11 •"" f been paid to B. 1 'Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. East Angliam Eastern Counties ...... Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do! East Suffolk 1 Edinburgh & Glasgow. ' ;Edin., Perth, & Dundee; !Wasp:. and S. Western ; GreatNrthn of Scotland) Great Northern Do A stock , Do Bdo Gt. S. an W. of Ireland; Great Western Do Str Val gllft. stock! Lancashire & Yorkshire! London and Blackwalli Lon., Bright,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover; Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western, L'derry & Enniskillen. i Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do i shares .. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming . . & Derby' Mid Gt. W. of Ireland' Do. i shares 'Mid Kent Do Cray Line 'Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British • N or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pciß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire . • ,N. and S. W. Junction iScottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union , South Deron S. Durham & Lanc.Un , South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington s Page,' Secret," CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 Animal gigantic 3t lands.. TWELVE O'CLOCK. 98 99 I O d 54.454 85 ,',13 105 116 inn 3 1 31 , lot [l6 118 45 47 981 d The variations in the Bank of England return, completed to the 13th inst., are not of so unfavour able a character as was generally anticipated. There is a slight falling off in the stock of bul lion, but a considerable increase is apparent in the reserve of notes. The other securities show . a moderate diminution ; and, owing to the active re venue collections, a large addition has been made to the Government balances. The various items, and the changes they represent, are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation Decrease .. Bullion ;eaweeet, are also Islands. Ist, they ) cables, I several ad rarest ing the ! his dis the same be giant net with . :hat of is ht or tom id termi like the ie forests .. £22,067,195 .. 519,325 .. 17,778,846 .. 178,092 .. 3,354,071 •• 3,546 .. 6,838,546 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Decrease .. Pest .. .. Increase .. Public Deposits increase Other Deposits.. .. • Decrease .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase •• •• •• Government Securities Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Phn 1 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. &R West Midland Oxford, ' Do Newport Do Hereford 681,188 14,594,854 .. 638,105 853,532 • • 61,659 . 10,986,097 alteration. .. 18,846,255 le Macro als." (Other Securities Decrease .. . • Notes Unemployed .. • • 232,945 .. 9,503,970 rth Italy" OUT own Increase .. 305;180 The annual meeting of the shareholders of the British Electric Telegraph Company was held, to day, at the offices 58, Threadneedle-street. Mr. E. Cropper in the chair. James Simpson, Esq., the chairman of the directors, retired from office by rotation, and was immediately re-elected. The usual formal business was disposed of, and the tnee ting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. L and Ire islands of the world .11 that is ire." In d the fol og of the decorated. hedral, its 'ding ones .ty—there said, of :tle golden er Neoski ere sentry fear of yip ember of a is a thing ' The tale )d its 18th. by Arch rater. The first call of 308. per share on the 44 per tent. Preference Shares of the London and Black wall Railway, will be payable on or before the Ist proximo. $ The New York from America has brought £24,450 in specie. 'The dividend on the Peruvian 41 per Cent. Active Bonds will be paid on and after the Ist proximo. An extraordinary meeting of the Oriental Com mercial Company has been called for the 16th proximo' for the perpose of reconsidering the articles of the association, &c. The enquiries for discount accommodation are still sufficiently numerous to create activity among the bankers and brokers, who continue to enforce lull terms for all the business they negotiate. EET. During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets were not very extensive, Tea at public sale, however, re tilained at steat3y rates. Sugars were dull and rttther cheaper; but coffee, cocoa, and spices have slightly advanced. A moderato business has been done in rice at about previous values. Saltpetre has been in fair demand; and tallow has remained In moderate request at steady prices for both pre sent and forward delivery. N.VGITST 9. miral by tha , on the Bth m, of the 4th Marlborough, K. C . B.), and , Capt. Sir F. Lauder K. E. the former Are have since th inst., when leave in a feW itish interests had left for rfu in a week. Highness the L roads on the Scarlett, took I coast of Asia , by the end of , uth, 86, Capt. een cancelled, Lg further in approaching h a portion of be stated that Whatever may baring the past week there was a fair attend ance of both home and foreign dealers at the public Mies of colonial wool, and good and fine qualities have fully sustained the rates current at the com eneement of the series. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market to-day opened st eady, and sales probably 10,000 bales. The continuance of rain has increased the depres sion of the English Stock Market, which from the e°lll inencement of business has presented a very u nfavourable aspect. Speculation continues quiet, 40 sales preponderate, and prices consequently Rive way. The actual movement in prices only represents per cent, Consols being 931 for money, an d 931 1 for the 4th proximo, or just 1 per cent. bel °W the prices current at the end of last month. T he c _ New Threes and the Reduced have receded v° 9 31 ; Exchequer Bills are 18 s. to 21 s. prem.; b a lik Stock is 240 ; India ditto, 230 ; and ditto u Per Cent. Loan, 108 k e. In the Foreign department business has been and the principal movement has been the de pression of Turkish Securities; the 6 per Cents., .1 854 1 are 84 85 ; ditto 1858, 701 711; ditto, New °an Scrip has been as low as 2 dis., and is now 11 to 1 dis. ; Italian 5 per Cents. are 701 71 ; Egyp !ll% paid-up Scrip is 951 ; Russian ditto, 931 ; and Mexican Stock is 28i -1. The Portuguese Loan is 21 f,-, prem.; the Vene aelEtn, par 1 prem. ; and the Peruvian 11 to a dis. Tile operations in the RailwLy Share Market nave been very limited, and prices have shown a marked decline. Great Westerns have receded C L ., 2 ; South W es t erns , £ 1 10 s . ; Great Northern A 'tocir, and London and Blackwall, £1 ; South East ern and Caledonians, however, have improved about ss. to 10s. An important alteration has taken place in the Eastern Counties, which is now styled Great Eastern; the ordinary stock is quoted 45 1-o 454, and the A Stock, 59 to 592 . The Foreign an d C olonial lines remained . with out any change in values. lira, accord nain at Corfu, t to the British ships London There is some h and French ece. It is well a at present ill 6rta of the East, ; complications. e given rise to staking, in the Tian King and must at present no more arri n, on their way ah engagement tegrins, as well hostilities for a xtremely warm, the time of 3 ear Lth this summer? ;ded to England 3 throughout the , on the whole, ;re of the bless .ce, however, a 0 3pression, but it 3veral ships have 1 others are oil lent of Stores A , iura, and relieve s The Foxhonac i A., and Captai n • discharged sea" Corfu, with de brought by the Queen, 76, Capt'• s morning, she ed 10 of her V' rival here on the timately land tho guns , which Wi ll trongs, A shai' n all the line-of' ' 13 ., while decree s " add to their e' art, lately arriv ed relieved by the yes to-day for the Balfour, returned n sent with store; ed there. She 1.8 Patras, to relieve ordered to Ida"' eft Alexandria on , baying on board , of her Maj esty's from Bombay for court• martial tot que Channel. sul at Caudill, ar rseilles, on real; Yoint• stock Bank /and Miscellaneous Shares rem ain dull at about previous rates. The shares of the Inland Steam Navigation of India are quoted at 1 to 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 11 , allk Stock u Per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. ..... 3 ~,,Per C ent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities O3l 3 / Red 21 per Cent. Annuities 76 7 '''acl Sea Telegraph, 1908 India Stuck Ditto 5 per Cent. 111 k Ditto Effaced Paper, 4 per Cent 93 Ditto 51 pe r Cent ll Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 101 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO D itto under £l,000 Consols.,;. for Acco un t, S e pt. 4 931 i " cheriner Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent into £SOO :bitto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. E gyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip ~abitto Paid-up Scrip .... .t ia, ban 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 721 I "3. 'xica n 3 per Cent vbitto Account .. t;'-oorish Imperial 5 per Cent 931 Tully. ] 41 per Cent .......... - 1,,,-?itt c• 3 per Cent ... • ..... ............ 881 1,1"` tuglaese 3 per Cent., 1853 ............ 461 `' l " , an 5 per Cent 1822 £ St. ......... 97 Ditto Paid up Scrip ....... 931 ,dinian 5 per Cent. blttttoo 64Per t; iiitto Account I,l)%nisb. Cert. of Coup. not funded .... 9.1 Fi.ti:oh6Per Accountkent. 1854 83 cut. 1858 72i 7 01 I 1 IN., ccount -,,k.-tto, 100 Bonds Ditt o i 4 4 2 1 di s per Cent., 1862, Scrip 100 , Paid up Scrip v e at° Civaratteed, 4 per Cent. I fzuel. s, 3 per C ent 2ss Ditto A.cconnt N I - .D.!videnJs on the above uayable in London. 141 1 6 per Cent.f. 1861, Es. 25f, Ce l THREE O'CLOCK. eats, Alone- •• • . 4'o Accomit .... • est 10PNDIN.--LaSt Blondin, v4lO Dr dazing. feats at the rope in ber no a barrow, then and afterwards re ort distance of the to be the slipped It is stated that ise her nec k w ould raraediately taken ien were instantly )rtained by a hal ;broken, although THVI'SUN, LONDON, - FRIDAY VEviNG, AUGUST 15, 1862. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK, SPORTING-THIS DAY. READING RACES,-THIS DAY. CAVERSTIAM STAKES. Domino Sampson Jack-in-the-Box Pareaseuse Eleven ran. READING STAKES, Soapstone - Toni F oo l , . t Orphan t Six ran. 1% HITLEY STAKES. Ripon ... Fitz-Avon Don John 2 3 Seven ran. STAND PLATE. Juliet 1 Peignoir Lady Derby 3 Twenty-three ran. FORB ORY STAKES. Ironsid es The Quaker Seven ran. SELLING RACE. Lady Derby Lucretia Griffin - - 2 ....... Eleven ran. THAMES HANDICAP. ThViolet ............................................ De Don .......................................... 2 on John ...................................... 3 Four r an . -____ ir 47 49 35 37 85i 86 681 69a 98 100 8 7 P.B 39 8 9 f , 6 Ci 150 151 4a 5 H 24 2I pl 55i 564 2 4 kdip 85 88 142 144 61 7i 42 44 37 40 88 90 Share/ Railways. • Fi made !Antwerp Ce Rotterdam. Ardennes—. 'Bclg - ian East. Junction Carmeaux irtine C Etail Copiapo ......... ...... . Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... !__Do •••• Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Nainur & Liege .... .... Do. 6 p. a. Pre.. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Fret, Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, k Mediter. Paris 0r1ean5........ Recite & S. Fran. (Porn.) zna. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga it Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. S.Aust,lLornb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 g ct. Turin and Savona .... Southern of France.— West Flandern Do. 51 p c. Preterence W. & N. W. of France .. PREFERENCE SH) ends contingent on the ;*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 Cornwall 4i p.c. ga. perp all E. A nglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. 100 Do. CNC, 7 p.c. 100 Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 Lond'n, &c., 45 per cent.... .... . . 1858 100 ,Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 IDo. do. 4 per ct. 1861 100 iDo. do. 4 per et. 1861 31 I Lon. & Chat'm, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 all Lon. &S. Western 4i p.c. 100 North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861... ail *Scottlsheentral44 p.c irred. pref... lOO S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859 all Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 6 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) 6 Vale of Neattt ilure of full dividends in any; ;rood out of the profits of any 21 z 2 141 144 - - SO 81 196 20j 39} 406 8 10 8 7d 43j l4i 1 14f 151 15 16 i I 10} 10 11 lipm 1 4i 16 1 326 336 76 76 10 )06 216 226 AN D SI of each BE 104 166 85 67 102 104 102 104 log 104 106 ? 10 i ‘ pm 201 211 given half.' subsequent rear not to be half year. BRITISH MINES. Clifford nil 23 26 ovon (3. Con, (Tavist 1 445 455 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 55. id 5p p,ast Bassett allogau,•• . 10 47 49 East Caradon ".11.. 46 47 East Cant Brea.... . . 3 . 0 . 0 13 13 4 E. WI Russel (Tavistk. , 7.12 6 3 31 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 57, 165 174 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 45 G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 55 61 Grenville . Herod's-Foot 8.12 41 43 Hing - ston Downs 4.14 21 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant st¢ 41 43 'll ark e Valley.. 4 3lyndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 21 1 04 North Downs 24 31 31 vorth Fran CCR ( Illoga, 12.3 Basect (Ill° .4an 2.9 0 31 4 vorth Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 31 4 l'ar Consols (Fst. Blazey; 15 5 6 20 I'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.' 10.6.7 41 43 ' , ortridge Cons. Min. Cc. 1 1 lI South Caradon(St.Cleer; 11 34:1 55 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 3.11.6 21 3 -'.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 418.1--.1 1024 1074 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 ; 15 10 Tin Croft 9 101 11 West Basset (Illog - an) 1 a 13 14 W Caradon (Liskeard' 5 33 34 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 40 55 - Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 1 15 • Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 95 101 - WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 14 Wheal Treiawney (Lis )l 7 16 17 FOREIGN MIN ES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 4 5 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 4 1 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 20 Copiapo ... 16 7 8 2 Capula Silver los. pr 4pm 1 DunMoun.Cop.Min2 - .Co aii 3 East Dot Rey (Limited) 1 t 14 2 2 Fortuna. ,4 20 General all 21 23 2 N. Cop. S. Austr l5 15 4 d 15 Kapunda (Limited) 4 p x d Linares all 65 74 5 Lueitanian 2 4 d par 1 Mariquira all / 1 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L l. 5 ds 20 Vontg,ibaud Silver,Lead Minim , * and Smelt... I all 2 4 5 Port Philip t Santaßarbara Gld Mine 4 4 4pm 1 Bcottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 lip tn 11 St. John del Rey (L.).— 15 56 58xd , 58 75 28.2.81 (Int tett Mexican au' 6/ 75 74 1 Worthing' (Limited)... all 5 3 YndanamutanaS.A.Ld. all 25 25 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S2 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 105 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 '1074 Do. 5 per cent lOO 95 06 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 95xd Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 108 109 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 112 114 1131 121 Do. 1890 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 1111 113 ,Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.J a.&July 100 103 105xd Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. sp. 0.,1866 100 904 1001 Do. f; p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 995 100 1005 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 89 100 99/ tt New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 107 109 -- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 S. Aus G6p.c.187&& up lOO ICB 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 106 108 - to 6p. c. Ap.&oot. 100 11685 1081 1081 115 DOCKS. stock ICommercial lOO x d s a t to oc C k k a o s . t 4 and per West ' l r n e d t. i I 1 1 ,3 0 0 0 stock London .... . .100 60 130133 stock ,St. Katharine lOO 56 58 stock Southampton lOO Stook Victoria.... 20 iDos New ._.v_ 2 ld par 96 98 ld par MISCELLANEOUS. lo t A. B n ti g . a l n o t .: l s o l e it iCii ii e i a l n s 3 t l m in ( t l d) all 18 I 1 2 8 9 ' • 4 1 -- 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). __ 5 54 10 Kerlin Water (Limited , ail f die i 1 ' p 5 Bombay Gas Limited. _ 50 tiritisii American Land 40 _,, ... 25 Australian Agricultural 19 22 24 221 50 11 .&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 50 0231 2200 Do.1)0 B c ..7 (L n. l c in t l i l t l e l d 8 ) 5 . 2 . (! : .. In ) all all ' 13024 ChinaC a R n i a v d e a (trs Land all all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sfu vigst ltg ali -- 25 Do. Prof. 4 per cent all 13 16 st. Crystal P a l ace 100 33 85 . u 4 Na a. & 5 : 103 1024 100 st. Do. Preferenc. 100 106 1 1 0 et, Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 160 107 110 . . , . .. . 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. all ——1 G Do. B. all —— 20 E.lndialrrign. 4, at. 2 Electric npolis h NewTelegraphttA. ll ,:. 15 Gen. Steam Navigati in :. 1a4 : 11 4 1 I Great Skip Limited) all 4 4 1 Do in pct Preference all 1 14 li _ 2 9 1( 9 14 2_1 1; 2 4 2 Indian Carrying (Lim) I _ 5 Lon. District Tel. (L i m.' 44 4i. 31 , 1 par }pm 14 1 4 LG. Omnibus Co. (Lim.' 0 i if 14 10 Lon. & S.lrel.D t.Tel. L . 2 M a dras Orr. and Can a l — 10 Me 1 244 10 2 20 d • Exten. Tel. (Lim, all 3A li ~ Do. a per cent. pref all _..! _ Die. CO. (UM.) 5 25 National 1 (1 i ) 14 lap 1 2 all 4 1 12 14 100 rs.l3r.-- I Bian(Lim.) all 1 N.B.Austra a (Limited). all I P 1 Oriental GAS Li ) all A' 5. Steam • -4 64 1 10 i irintl. In. nin,(Lim) 100 55 57 - st. Peel,R.Lnd•At' 1 Steam all 7 1 7 , 72 50 P m & Oriental . 13 50 Do. New ...... ',.; o n el all 1 25 005 1 2 4 R R o i p p o yto o i da. .koa:n. un e e f ied r ilz o on . si :C .B : lte i: n t ea. - d Y rv. : nn i t . . 1 1 .. ... i. m . ... 2 10 0 N . l e e r t h b u er . C iNa o on a vd l & as s Le r 01 0 tn n i ad LB , In in. c d. 81 20 Red Sea&ln.Te'•'-' ''. . 50 Rhyinn e y Iron .... 2 5 81 t 2 69 x d irapts. 2 25 South Australian Land: all 32 84 4 61 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip•• a l l l 100 125 135 fit . 1 D S c o ° . 10 Do. ..... • 4 i id 2 Telegraph to Ind :a (L.) 'lO Trust and Agency or , id pr Austrlasia Ohm) ist is. '2O Tr. 4 Ln.Co. of flpr.c an . 5 4 1 5 U. K'dom Tel. C o . ai m ) 3 4 d pr 10 0 Vail DitlUela's I.;.nd 284 12 14 Paid.[ Closing Business Price. Done. 76 7 2 i 11 2 la lg 10i 114 4i 4 lf IS p GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. —(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders in this company was held to-day at the Pad dington-station. There was a very full attendance of shareholders, and the greatest interest was manifested in the proceedings. At one o'clock the chair was taken by the Earl of Shel burne. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings, A PROPRIETOR said he should like to know the names of the directors present who were entrusted with the money of the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN said, after the meeting had been opened, he would feel happy to attend to the request of any of the shareholders. The Secretary having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The report, which recorded a dividend for the half-year at the rate of lf per:cent. for the half-year, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said he hoped the shareholders would first hear what he had to say, because he did not feel ashamed, neither did his br ther directors, to meet the shareholders that day. He should be quite content to ask the shareholders to act as a jury, and he, for one, should be perfectly content to abide the decision of the meeting, after they had heard the observations he had to address to them. He could not help expressing his regret at the great blow which would be felt by the smaller shareholders, and he could assure the meeting that that feeling was participated in by the whole board. One of the great causes of the difficul ties was, that the West Midland Company had not sub scribed their proper quota to the expenditure and the bur dens they had brought upon the company. They all knew there were ups and downs in all railway com panies. A person in the body of the meeting here exclaimed, " We'veno ups here ; we've always had downs." The chairman said with regard to their connection with the South Wales Railway he felt satisfied when the traffic was fully developed it would become a source of profit to the shareholders. He admitted that the report was not at all of a satisfactory nature, but he etill looked upon the depression as a temporary one, and that the pros pects for the future were, he considered, favourable. (No, no.) He had no desire to highly colour their present position, but he felt justified in making the observation he had used. The last session of Parliament had been a most expensive one for the company, and it would require an allotment of money on some future half-years to meet the expenses. (Cries of " Where's it to come from r) The noble chairman then proceeded to refer to the bills they had to meet in Parliament, and said that the steps taken by the directors were all thought to be for the interest of the great body of shareholders. With respect to the dividend it was, it must be confessed, exceedingly small, and he hardly liked to refer to it—(a cry, " Give it to Saunders)—but he felt that if the half-year had been divided at the end of July instead of at the beginning, it would have borne a very different aspect. During the last month there had already been an excess of £52,000 over that of the corresponding period, and it is obvious that a great portion of that sum would have been available for dividend if the period he had alluded to had been the time for taking the half-yearly accounts. (A shareholder here asked whether there would be any difference in the gross amount for the year if that were done. The chairman admitted that the yearly result would be the same, but the present dividend would have been much better. He had to assure the shareholders that the board of directors were not fascinated with any desire for extensions or amalgama tions.) The chairman having alluded to the position of the Great Western Railway with the North-Western and South-Western Railways, stated that the great desire of the board was peace and good feeling with their neighbours ; but it was not to be expected that to obtain that they were to accept every proposition that was made to them without first ascertaining whether or not it was for the benefit of the Great Western shareholders. After again regretting the smallness of the dividend, the chairman resumed his seat by moving the adoption of the report. The motion having been seconded, Mr. BROWN said he was not actuated with any ill feeling to any of the directors, but he must tell the meeting, in mild; yet strong language, that he had no confidence in the board of directors. He thought their attempt to get to Southampton was the most foolish attempt he had ever heard of. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) At the proper time he intended to move a resolution embodying his views. He hoped the shareholders would not on the present occasion be contented by simply complaining of the present state of their affairs; but, on the contrary, that they would take such steps as would secure the improvement of their pro perty. (Hear, heat.) This resolution was to the effect, that taking into consideration the present position of the Great Western Railway, the shareholders were of opinion that all it required was rest, and that no fresh schemes be en tered into, no new guarantees with any other company con cluded, and that all further outlay of capital on existing lines be stopped. (Hear, hear.) In the event of the meet ing agreeing to that proposition he had another resolution to follow, which, he felt satisfied, was equally worthy their acceptance. Mr. Goss= said he totally objected to the report. (Hear, hear.) He wished it to be thrown back at the directors, and he accordingly begged to move that the whole board of directors, with the secretary (Mr. Saunders), be requested to resign, and that a management committee be formed, and the present meeting be adjourned for ten days, in order that a new chairman and board of directors he se. lected. (Cheers.) Mr. COURT objected to the report so far as the dividend was concerned, because the amount it would take to pay it had not been bona fide earned during the last half-year. Mr, ADAMS would like to know the exact position of the meeting, whether there was any amendment to the report of the directors. The CHAIRMA.N said no amendment had yet been moved to the report. Mr. ADAMS thanked the chairman for the information, at the same time he could not but say the policy of his lordship had altogether failed. He also objected to the dividend, because not one farthing of the expenses of their late parliamentary contest had been placed amongst the accounts for the last half-year. He should like to know about the amount of money expended during the late ses sion of Parliament, whether it was £40,000, £50,000, or £60,000. (Hear, hear.) The amount whatever it was ought to have been charged against the revenue. He thought the proceedings that had taken place with respect to the East Gloucestershire line were much to be condemned. Then again their absurd attempt to get to Southampton, why did the directors of the Great Western imagine t hat if they went there the South Western Nvouli not go to Bris tol. (Hear, hear, and cries of Yes.) Of course they Would, and it would only be right that they should as a matter of pure defence. Instead of making two useless lines, he thought the proper course to take was to make that which they already had yield as much as possible. , The speaker then proceeded to make a comparison between a the present dividend and that declared some years the rate of eight p er cent., and then referred in the diwreocutilodn,baesbheest to the new Metropolitan line, which he considered would was the greatest evil be highly profitable to the Great Western. He thought dderwtaikthingtii con sideredthere ought u their rto enormousbe some the meeting had to deal with. (Loud cheers.) . lie did not wish to introduce a firebrand into the board, becau se ebu t i h tm a i t _f was not e xactly the sort of person who ca pital—nothing p cal culatedo threeta n oere t o foofur improveealing practicalt be i tmphoesnxi men —men o r n ; o on f o ,tiohmoeopi rsoeufans pinion that a committee but good could result. He was of o xpenditure, and the be appointed to inquire into the e manner in which the accounts Were kept, gr. lIARTRIGGE in the c ourse of his observations made a charge against Mr. Saund ers, employed co unsel before the sec re t ar y, o f h av i ng a parliamenta r y com mittee in a scheme his son as of which he (the secretary) was the originator. Mr. SAUNDERS indignantly repelled the accusation; he said he never had and never would be guilty o f a job. Mr. Haguicifaz continued to condemn the policy of the • board of directors, and contended that there ought to be a committee of shareholders appointed to confer with the directors upon the management of the undertaking. Mr. MoNstra. condemned all extensions, and he was of opinion that if rl e directors determined steadily to develop their own traffic, to keep to their own territory, to avoid en croachment, ' fli tivo 4" good fe.ling with their neig,hbourF, a better and brighter future might confidently be expected. He was not one of those who looked upon Southampton as the Redan the Great Western had to take ; on the con trary he looked upon it as the ruin of the companf. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN having replied to the various questions put by shareholders, The motion for the adoption of the report was then put and carried, Mr, BROWN then moved the resolution given above with the following addition :—" That steps be immediately taken to organize an united economical management of the three companies, and that a bill be prepared for their legal amal gamation an abstract of which shall be sent to every pro prietor prior to its being submitted to a general meeting t o be held in November; that free passes be allowed t o s h are.. holders to attend, and that no proxies be applied for by the directors or their officials." Mr. ADAMS seconded the resolution. After a long and angry discussion the resolution was put to the meeting, but the hands held up being so nearly equal that the shareholders present divided, when there appeared— For the resolution Against it .. Majority against the resolution — 7 A scene of great confusion ensued. At six o'clock the meeting was still going on. r r 19.28.41 12.10 all 100 100 100 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blythe and Tyne ;o p.c. pref. issued at £5 [lris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent.— Dun. Perth, Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. e. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I>o No. '2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4p. c. guar. S.& . las.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 45 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redcr.atsp.c.pni it. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref (4*. Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 45 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Bum. guar. stock ')o. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. share Do. Chester g p.c. pf. sh , Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. prel Lan. & York 6 p.c. stool Do.Barnsl.st£s 35 10d oc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.).. Do. 45 p. c. (Blackb. pur. L0n.&8rig.5p. , !4.,rn. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Da I per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st(div.detliP6. Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.e.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent st., late 3d shares .... Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anus. of 2s. 6d.) Londony. & Ennis. 4 shs Wan. Sh. & Lin. S per ct. Do. £6 Do. 35 per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per cent 31 arort & Carl. 4 pr. c p Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 45 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 45 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent . Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 184 P Do. 55 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB4; wort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs Nth.Dyn.Rail.&Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 45pr. ct redeemabl, Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pre Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 45 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent Do, Fixed 45 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. sp. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c.„ Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrtd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do D D o o.wp . N r e erpe o t r .t3 t 5 p. p c .c . p .p ff.l r B e m d Dn. till 1869 94 96 20 21 6 6, 112 114 111 113 129 131 118 120 ,112 11 , 1 105 107 108 110 98 100 101 10'3 90 02 91 03 102 104 78 80 78 80 173 176 105 107 136 140 103 105 115 117 115 117 136 140 116 117 152 157 128 132 78 80 101 103 21 2; 122 124 Pm 64 V brn l'?8 140 LO4 106 v. 6 97 13 115 10 112 94 96 102 104 96 98 1} Old _ fd fp 22} 23i 140 145 10 11 24 24& 86 90 201 21} 28i 29, 34 35 334 344 42 44 129 131 123 126 103 105 125 128 118 122 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. 1 -- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead. Buckingh inquire. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. 55 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O 67 69 E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gt•Nerth. 138 140 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. . • • Do. Woodbridge.... 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drc. 100 Cledon • • • • Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 'lll 11A Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all 'Do. ...... . Do. New ShlB6l, 44.p.c all Do ..... ... ii 2 i Do. W.. Ext. A, 45p c all D 0........ as 01 London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 6.3 65 4 Do. Preferen , ~ Lon TilbdirS, -'lend 100 Peto &Co' 86 n 83 L °ls.: ' , s t p o e f r cent c "a i l . ... c . .. . 100 Do.. 100 Norfolk .. .. p Munidc..,lßlrxatdnfold3r.larteltocerkk a ll LNW& M * it •; 38 ence stock Newrnarkt, BuryEx 1 Npoo g rt. u i a h . s: s a p er e se r tse c rn ent. . . 5. 5. 6. E Counts. .. _ sp N ßhro o ery r es t stw l to i n n sn. . bff & ay E nt &t, od a h s w t . n.sp . c . all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do . • • • N. b.lastn—llartlepool it 0 N. E. Ber . • • • all Midland 165 17 Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 96 9 7 :r .. e . ..) . a a l l l l D L& 0. N . : 1 . V .. 1 .. 4 . 4 . 4 . 6 . & L.Yk. ne Shep. 100 Gt. North. 137 140 i e i i:r : d lOO T Brassey 133 138 So D ut o h . StaDfibor.delir sla a oo l ll l W . t Rt. ir . ,L t n w. E x t : .. __- 24 3 = - 41) ..•• West London, Cis A 10g Ln.&N.Vi 7 .. .. Do do B f Do do C all L&N W Wilts and Somerset Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn Gt. West. 92 94 85 94 JOINT-STocji B A N KS. 100 IA gra &IJnitedservie, In ---- 6 6" ----- ---------- 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L' pool 7 " 68 70 88 90 40 'Austrafasia 4 , sip 11812 a 25 hank of Egypt all 235 41 100 Balk of London 2 7 27 60 ; British North Amerien• a il ...... 85 20 'Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 10 id 20 iCutd.Bank of ludic, &k all 19 20 25 , Cll.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 15 s 7 100 City 100 Colonial .. .. 25 40 42 9.0.11 Cora. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng . Scot., 45 Aus. Ch all 178 17s. 20 Gen.. Bk .91 Switzerland a ll . .... 1 1 0 00 0 Ln n Imperialionaßnadußk Limited 7 5 1 s i d 1 i p p 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all ' 255 26 25/ 60 London and County .• 90 36 38 50 London Joint Stock • • 10 335 345 ra L z i r i li 20 London and S.Airican l4 14 2 p 1 5 4 100 London & Westminster 20 78 8 0 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 id S P 20 Nat. Prov. of England 42 -* 50 Do. new 20 National Bank ....... 35 25 New South Wales..... a ll 41 43 „, 20 Orient. B. Corporatio n : a ll 52 54 OA; 100 Ottoman Bank .... ..... :11 -- 25 : all 0 75 285 10 Provincial of Ireland .. o 5 88 90 25 Do. flew .. • . Unionou tt I o Australia Australi . a . :::: all 45 46 1 -- -.. u n to', of London ..r. i -2 30 . -- • "'"' Unity Biatuah. —.... . 0 ... t 0_42 2s. 6d. o. 0.1 86i 61 1041 2 18. 13. 4 Divii .RE S Profits POLICE-THIS DAY. M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING AN ARTIST.—Mrs. Ann Coffins, a female well known at the court, was charged on a warrant with threatening to knife her husband, Mr. Sydney Collins, of 11, Little Pulteney-street. On the complainant, a respectable-looking man, getting into the witness-boy, Mr. Tyrwhitt asked him his name and address. Complainant, who seemed rather surprised that his fame had not reached the ears of the magistrate, said—My name is Sydney Collins. lam an artist, and extensively known for my artistic abilities in restoring the human countenance —I am an artist in colouring black eyes. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Of what do you complain ? Complainant—On the 7th inst. my wife (the defendant) said she would knife me. She has for a long time given way to habits of dissipation. She has thrown things, in cluding vitriol, at me, and she is a most violent woman. Some evidence having been given of a confirmatory nature, Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to find one bail in £lO for six months, telling her that if she came again he would put her under heavy bail for 12 months. MR. WEMYSS Jonsorr.—Mr, Wemyss Jobson, who stated that he was the author of about 20 works, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt, and said he had just been discharged from the House of Correction after being there for two years for a libel on Sir James Fergusson, of which he was innocent, but upon that point he would not enlarge, but the purpose of his application was to state that when he went into the House of Correction he was dressed as a gentleman, but had his clothes taken from him, and on applying for them was informed that they had been destroyed in a fire which took place at the prison, and the clothes were given to him which he then appeared in, and a piece of dirty rag given to him to put round his neck, and in consequence of the disreputable way in which he was dressed when he appeared at the Westminster Police-court a few days ago he was described as a person of shabby ap pearance. He had applied to the Visiting Justices, and they would give him no redress. He therefore wanted a summons for his clothes. Mr. Tyrwhitt—How can I give you a summons for de taining your clothes when they were destroyed in a fire. Applicant—They had no right to take away my clothes. I was put in the prison dress. I was also detained three weeks beyond the expiration of my sentence. I wrote to Lord Palmerston, and others, and I also wish for a sum mons to compel the persons to give up my letters. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l cannot say, in point of law, that the authorities are liable for loss of clothes by fire. If they put the prison clothes on you legally, why then no one is liable far the other clothes. As to the letters you speak of they are not within my jurisdiction. You must apply to the court of the district. If you think proper you can sue for the value of your clothes at the County Court. The applicant then withdrew. SOUTHWARK. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN,--A young man who gave the name of George Lee, and stated that he was a native of Loughborough and a working ironmonger, was brought up in custody of Police -constable 258 M, on a charge of loitering about the Borough with felonious intent. From the statement of the constable it appeared that about two o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner outside a watchmaker's shop in the neighbourhood, and noticed that he tried the bar of the window. He then went to another watchmaker's and did the same. The witness then took him into custody, and at the station he said that be was a ticket-of-leave man, having been sentenced to four years' penal servitude for having robbed his em ployer, and that he had the morning previously received two shillings from Alderman Humphrey, to whom he had applied for assistance to reach his native place. The pri& ner, in reply to the Magistrate, denied the charge, and said he was unable to obtain employment. Mr. Combe said that the prisoner was not only a thief but an impostor, and that the constable was quite justified in taking him in charge. He sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. THAMES. A SEAMAN IN TIGER BAY.—Elizabeth Brown, 23, and Catherine Newman, 22, were brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing four £5 -notes and £3 10s. in gold from the person of Edward White, an English seaman, who was paid off from a Russian barque in the West India Docks yesterday, and in the course of a few hours was plundered of every farthing he possessed. Mr. Selfe—This is the third case of robbing seamen this morning. What fools you are. One man lost £3, another £5, and here is another who has lost £23 10s. Seamen are the most perfect simpletons in the world. When will they learn wisdom? They take large sums of money into in famous houses in the district and are robbed. In one case, I have just remanded a seaman, who was not only robbed of all his money, but he was stripped of his clothes—of every thing. It appeared that the seaman found his way into that vile place, Tiger-bay, consisting of two streets called Bruns wick-street and Frederick-street, Backchurch-lane, St. George-in-the-East. Here he met with Brown, and treated her to the Earl of Effingham Theatre, and afterwards with a bottle of wino at a publichouse in the AVhitechapel-road. After regaling themselves till a late hour, they w ent home to Brown's longings in Frederick -street. He put all his money, consisting of tour £5-notes, three sovereigns, and a half sovereign, in his trousers pocket. He placed his trousers under his pillow. This morning he missed his companion, missed his money and his trousers. He went out to look for the woman, and on meeting with her gave her into custody. William Ellis said he was White's shipmate and went to the same house with a girl who left him in the course of the night, and went out with the other prisoner. Mr. Selfe—Did you go home with Newman ? Ellis—Yes, sir —my girl made an excuse to go out, and she came back at half-past 3, and when I learned my ship mate was robbed, I overhauled her and gave her into cus tody. Mr. Se!fe—Did you lose your money? Ellis—No, sir-1 had none except ss. 6d. my shipmate lent me. lamto be raid off to-day. Mr. Selfe—Then by all means avoid that horrible place, Tiger Bay, and don't take money into brothels. The pri soners were remanded for a week. MARKETS ---THIS DAY. MARK LANE. Fresh up to this morning's mark, t the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were very small, and the trade ruled firm at fully Monday's currency. There were a few parcels of new wheat on offer, which sold at from 58s to 63s per qr. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. In most descriptions a moderate retail business was transacted, and prices were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at full quotations. The trade for barley was firm at extreme rats. New Kentish qualities were quoted at 36s to 38s per qr. The malt trade was steady at full currencies. Good and fine oats Were firm in prices, but low qualities, owing to the large importation, were less active on rather easier terms. Beans and peas were firm at quite previous rates. In flour a fair businebs was transacted, and the quotations were well maintained. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Parley. Malt. Oats, Flour. English.-- : 850 1 190 I 3,720 190 i 1,110 sack Irish. Foreign. 7,190 bls, NEWOATE ,eLND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are only moderate. Ales qualities command a steady sale, and prices are well sup• ported. Per 81b, by the carcase. stlsd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Frime large do. 3 8 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 10 4 4 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 Middlingmutt gdPd on 4 p 4 4 Prime do ....... 4 6 4 8 Vaal ......... 3 10 4 8 Small pork . 464 10 Lamb ........ 4 6 5 0 BOROUGH Hop . Sales progress slowly in all kinds of hops ; nevertheless, previous quotations are well maintained. The plantation accounts from nearly all districts are of a satisfactory cha racter. COLONIAL. TEA.—The dealings have not been very extensive, but prices generally are well supported for good and fine qualities. SUQAR.—OnIy a limited business has been done in West India, and in some instances prices have slightly given values. Refined descriptions remain e d at about previous COFFEE.—A fair amount of business has been transacted in colonial descriptions, and a slight advance has taken place in good and fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon. and prices have e I en opdederatupwardions ha s. ve been moderately active, RICE.—For the better descriptions of East India there has been a moderate inquiry at . about‘ previous quotations. SALTPETRE.—MOre animation n been apparent, and n dency. prices have exhibited a slight y Up war TaLLow.—The market has continued dull, and quota tions have shown no material variation. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 48s 6d, and last three months 50s to 50s 3d per cwt. TESTIMONIAL FOR CIVILITY, A meeting was held on Wednesday, the 13th inst.) at the Royal Oak, Penge, to present Mr. William Smith 2 the Anerley station master on the Brighton and South Coast line, with asilver goblet and a purse of sovereigns, subscribed for by upwards of 70 of the inhabitants, in token of their attention and ci v ility. app r eciation of his The last eagle vanished many Years ago from o ur mountain region; and the last pair of r avens is no longer seen ; the hawks and owls are:too few for the field ve rmin in the vall e y s ; and their absence i s no t likely to give us the larks we long for; for th e fowling-piece is as fatal to the small singing-birds as to their enemies. We witness a random and mischievous sport with fire-arms, because more legitimate sports and exercises are absent.-- Once a Week. 'OCKS .parate Year. 14 i LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. BALMORAL, AVG. 12. The Queen, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, having been graciously pleased by letters patent un • der the Great Seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations observed in regard to installation, and to give and grant under His Royal Highness Frederick William, Reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Knight of the said Most Noble Order, full power and autho rity to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if he had bem formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the con trary notwithstanding. DOWNING-STREET, Aua. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francesco Fiteni, Esq., LL.D., to be one of her Majesty's Judges for the Island at Malta. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 12. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice, that the .Moniteur of the 31st July contains a French Imptrial Decree, opening the Custom-house of Chambery (Savoy) for the importation of English and Belgian cotton and woollen yarns. BANKRUPTS. - The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im pertunce which appeared in the Gazette : Thomas R. Baker, ship agent, Elnathan-villas, Camber. well Richard Castle, miller, Witney, Oxford Edward Evans, iron merchant, Trigg-lane, Upper Thames-street Joseph G. Lovell, ship owner, Bristol manu William rers, Els Leedworth and Ab ra h am lluddleston, cloth s John Adderton, baker, Manchester William Knighton, lace designer, New Radford Wm. Banks, newsvendor, Lewes Herbert Hampton, moulder, Dudley Clement S. Atkins, miller, Southampton John Jay, bricklayer, Romford, Essex John Dnnckley, carpenter, Bilsworth John Tubb, farmer, Fawley, Buckinghamshire George Johnson, china and glass deal er , Bi r k enhead SCOTCH BANNRUP TS. Robert Stewart, butcher, Glasgow John Sinclair, innkeeper, Kilmarnock John Macpherson, farmer, Strone, Inverness-shire Thomas Watson, builder, Glasgow John Clark, engineer, Inverness AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Aug. 12, 1862, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain Per. cwt. From the British possessions in America 23s. Old. Mauritius East Indies Average price of the foregoing COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THrs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18i 11 181 Antwerp • • 25, 45 25 52f Brussels — 25 45 25 52f Hamburgh — 13 St 13 St Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119$ 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —34 t Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 572 25 621 Milan — 25 572 25 60 Genoa — 25 571 25 60 Naples Palermo — 1192 119 i Messina —119 i Lisbon —62 f Oporto —52 i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons CHURCH-RATE LAW.* As our legislators refuse to accept either Sir John Trelawny's Abolition Bill, or Lord Ebury's proposal to abolish compulsory powers of levying Church -rates, it is important that, in the interim, both the opponents and the advocates of Church rate injustice should know their powers. We hail, therefore, the appearanoe of a compendious yet com prehensive little work on the laws relating to Church-rates, by a gentleman whose professional engagements have required him thoroughly to study that branch of law. For a trifle any intelligent man may ascertain the statute law upon all practical points relating to Church-rates, while the largest part of the book is occupied by notes, which give, in the briefest yet clearest form, the actual decisions of the judges on disputed questions. The book is thus as available—per haps more so—for the professional man as for the layman. We could wish it were in the hands of some competent person in every parish, where squire, parson, and churchwardens still can be guilty of the meanness and injustice of compelling non-attendants on Church worship to pay for it• As the cost is so trifling, every working opponent of the Church-rate iniquity will do well to procure and to study this exposition of his own powers, and those of his opponents. We subjoin the table of contents : Part I.—Rates Generally—Vestry Notices—Chairman of Vestry—Right and Manner of Voting—Sturges Bourne's Act— Small Tenements Act —Proceedings before Magis trates—ln Case of Quakers—lllegal Rates—Disputing Legality of Rate—Distraint—Actions against Alagistrates —Against Brokers—Against Churchwardens. Part ll. Rates under Church Building Acts—Church Enlargement —Taking Down and Rebuilding Church—Site for New Church—Burial-grounds—Loan -rate for Repairs—Repairs of District Churches or Chapels—lndex. * Acts and Cases, or the Statute-book on Church-ratesi being a Selection of Acts of Parliament relating to Church, rates, with the Decisions of the Judges thereon. By Chas. J. Foster, LL.D., of Lincoln's-inn, Barrister-at -Law London : Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane. 1862. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. 1 (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived;_Harriet, from S we d en. Salle;;I Nicol° Maria ' for Cardiff ; Argyll,, for C a rentan; Georges , for C steamer Cherbour g , GRAVESEIID, Friday Morning. Arrived—Haber, from Soderham ; Henry, from Ong. Joha nnah Emma, from Dantzic ; Napoleon, from Ant werp ; Urdo, from Swanswick • Omar Pacha and Matilda Christine, •from Archangel ; 'Galatea and 'Wave, from Dantsio; Varonia, from Swanswick ; Maria Matild a , f rom Thisted; Gustav, f rom Stralsund ; Ravenswood, from Sundswall; Alida Cumberland Harb'oufror ; Triton, from Windaw ; Flora, flora from Frederick: , m St ockholm ; T r illi ng B ro d ere ne, haven. Passed— DEAL, Friday Morning• the we s t ward. M.S. Rhadaraanthus, from Woolwich, for CRYSTAL P ALACE.--To-morrow will be the first shilling Saturday this season. The fountains will be played at three, the band of the Coldstream Guards performing promenad e music during the disp l ay . Mr. W. T. B est, organist of St. George's Hall, Liverpool, will afterwards perform on the great organ, and later in the day the co in _ biped military and other bands will play Meyerbeer's and Auber's music written for the opening of the international Exhibition. THE CONVICT BIIRKE.—The Clonmel Advertiser of Tuesday says :—" This morning a c ommunication was received by Robert Grubb, Esq., G overnor of the County Gaol, from Sir Thomas Larcom, i ntimating. that his Excel lency the Lord Lieutenant, having given the fullest consi deration to the mem orial of Ri c h ard Burke, praying for 4 remission of the capital sentenc e pronounced upon hi m for the poisoning of his wife, is unable to find any grounds upon which such remission could be made, and that accordingly the law mus t take its co urse. Th e unhappy ma n will therefore be hanged 031 Monday, the 25th inst." Coal mine is now An extensive b e i ng worked in the province of Auckl and, New Zealand, and the coal ob tained frolu it is ollizi 4 e- at the ( ) area port for 12s, a ton. A A THE DISTRESS J LANCASHIRE. The first meeting of the Borough of Salford Dis tress Committee was held at the Town-hall in that borough on Wednesday, James Worrail, Esq., the mayor, presiding. The Mayor of Salford was ap pointed chairman, and Mr. Alderman - Weston (tee ex-mayor) the vice-chairman of the committee ; and • Mr. Alderman Davis, Mr. George Brett, the town clerk, and Mr. William Noar, the borough treasurer, were requested to act as honorary secretaries. Re solutions were adopted, reqvesting the secretaries to inquire and report what organised bodies other than the board of guardians are now engaged in relieving distress within the borough consequent upon the present position of the cotton trade, the organisa tion of such bodies and their mode of giving relief, the mode of investigation adopted by the 'Manches ter and Salford provident societies, and the extent and description of relief given. A resolution was also passed affirming it to be the opinion of the com mittee that the funds which may be entrusted to it should not be giving to persons receiving parochial relief, unless in special and extreme cases. The mayor announced subscriptions to the amount of £B5O for the local fund ; and he, the ex-mayor, Mr. Alderman Pearson, and Mr. Alderman Turner were requested to wait on some of the leading firms and inhabitants to solicit subscriptions in aid of the fund, preliminary to a general ward canvass being insti tuted by the committee. A deputation from the factory overlookers had an interview with the com mittee. The quantity of s ou p distributed, principally through the Manchester and Salford District Pro. vident Society, in the week ending the 9th instant, was 14,133 quarts; the week previously the quan tity was 13,295 quarts. On Tuesday evening a meeting of the workpeople employed by Mr. John Whittaker was held in the schoolroom, Hurst, for the purpose of forming a committee to relieve the distress among themselves.. Mr. Edwin Whittaker presided. Mr. W. Penning ton read a brief address from Mr. John Whittaker, expressive of his deep sympathy with the p eop l e, and intimating his wish that the meeting should appoint a committee to distribute judici ous l y t h e £4O per month which he had contributed t o th e Central Relief Fund specially for this object, to gether with such other funds as might be obtained. A committee was appointed, and afterwards met to arrange for immediate operations. By the aid of their personal friends and clerical brethren, the clergy of Blackburn have instituted sewing classes for the benefit of the younger branches of their respective suffering and patient flocks. By present rules, none are admitted who are married, or are under 14 years of age, or who are in partial employment. They are occupied in sewing, knitting, darning, &c., during three days in the week, five hours in each day, and, if in con stant attendance, receive each e i g h tpence per I day. Partly f rom th e association's funds, and p artly from private benevolence, an economical meal of rice pudding, or coffee and bread, is provided for each pupil once a week. The committee of manage merit avail themselves of the kind assistance of ladies who, in rotation, superintend the classes, each one day a week, and they calculate upon an expenditure of £4O or £5O per week in wages to matrons and pupils. At the meeting of the Oldham board of guardians on Wednesday, the figures presented by the reliev ing officers showed a considerable increase in the numbers relieved during the last week as compared with the week previous —the numbers being 4,068, against 3,566, and the amount of relief, £143, as. compared with £l7l. The clerk stated that the rmembers of the committee appointed at the late public meeting had requested him to suggest the appointment of a separate day for the relief of unemployed applicants, as the majority of them were unwilling to come before the guardians at the same time as the regular paupers. The board decided to relieve the unemployed poor every Wednesday morning, commencing at nine o'clock, and to proceed with the usual relief busi ness at two o'clock on the same day, the opinion of the guardians being that it would interfere with. the arrangements of the relieving officers if a sepa rate day were appointed. The Local Relief Fund now amounts to between £3,000 and £4,000. Messrs. Joseph Rowland and Sons have given £2OO, and Mr. F. T. Hibbert, M.P., £5O. Mr. Hibbert has also intimated that he would have sent a larger contribution had the fund been applicable to the Whole of the Parliamentary instead only of the municipal borough; but, under the circumstances, he intends to contribute to the relief funds orga nised in the other townships or union. The relief committee will hold its first meeting this evening, when the necessary preliminary arrangements for relieving the distress will be taken into con sideration. A committee appointed by the Wesleyan Con ference for the purpose of suggesting measures for the relief of the distress in Lancashire and Cheshire, have submitted their report. They recommend that public collections shall be made in all the Wes leyan chapels throughout Great Britain not later than the last Sabbath in September, and that dona tions shall also be solicited from the influential members of the congregations. The Liverpool subscription in aid of the fund for relief of 'the unemployed operatives in the cotton manufacturing districts continues to be well sup ported. Up to the close of business on Wednesday afternoon the gross sum subscribed is Liverpool amounted to £28,338 4s. SHOCKING CRINOLINE FATALITY. ` Dr. Lankester, the Coroner for Central Middle sex, held an inquest at the Bank of England Tavern, Cm Paddington, yest er d ay, touching the deathbr o-fpc $ a vs eking v e k a t i e n Airs. Sarah Padley, 18 years of age, a residing at 6, Buckingham-ter race, w hich rook place under mel anc h o l y circumstances. Thomas Spencer, a lodger at 6. Buckingham -ter race, deposed that on Sunday at 11 20 a.m., H iou e d ra s n cr t e n am th s e i r s o su om ing an f d ro f m oud a nroom he heard the first floor. the deceased n in a mass of flames. He seized a piece of carpet from the floor and enveloped her in it, andthrew her upon the land ing ; by that means he succeeded in extinguishing the fire bef ore li fe was quite extinct every particle of he r Wearing a l'but not until exceptherboots was compl ete l y consumed R e a r helpless creature's body w as f r i ghtfully burned all over. Two rooms were set on fire in consequence, and on the arrival of the husband (who was absent at the time) directly afterwards, he set to work to extinguish the fire in th e rooms, and by diligent efforts soon succeeded in .doing so. Maria Mason, a young sister of deceased, said she Was Wearing at the time a muslin dress, extended by the the fire e m in the a crinoli ne , an d h av i ng occasion tofrcormoss skirt o f t h e d ress got ignited grate. The flames spread rapidly before assistance arrived. The coroner said it was, as he feared, one of those numerously distressing casualties from the use of the dangerous crinoline. Such cases were much more numerous than the public generally because, being now so c ommon, many of t hem were nev er reported in the p u b l i c journals. If every fatal public would crinoline accident w ere reported the supposed, know of them, an., A then he felt assured that crino line, the modern and often fatal nuisance of society, would soon be abandoned. The jury, ner, returned a verd i ct of " Accidental death, through Wearing crinoline." FIFTY YEARS AGO.- - There was a great flocking into the army and navy on the part of all classes—from the public schoolboy, the prince of the field, to the troublesome cottage lad, who sooner or later went for a soldier, or ran off to sea, wept by his mother, and by no means regretted by the neighbours. There was a great deal of smuggling in those days, an d much more poaching. There w as a good deal of Hang occasionally—breaking- of threshing, -ma chines in agricultural counties, and of power-looms in the manufacturing districts : but a commoner safety-valve was po aching. There was less netting birds tli ofwhich we are c omplaining under ourand snaring of ga me than now, and more shooting. This was Part of the now e great t em ptation to the slaughtertemptation. of small It is present plague o f slugs, caterpillars, and wire-worms. Not only boys y but men like the excuse for popping off guns : and hence the extir pation of many useful birds which we may never seo re stored. If the village butts and universal archery of old England hod existed now, or if we now had the general practice with weapons which another generation will see, our small birds would at this moment have been devouring the moderate quantity of caterpillars , which would have made their appearaziae,—Once a Week.