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

r i • -- THE SUN , LON' - ----... ----... _.... ••••.••=1••••00.600006.000.... . r.... _ .. ..601011110, ..0000.. * ' MONEY MARKET. SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. PRITISH POSSESSIONS. ---- S i ll:re --____..----- Closing 0 Atia--nr a ie .til t7t a l sa wrenct 1 Paid. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. c ,Botn.,Baroda&.Cent Ind : 8 r i c 6 e ; Business The formal ratification of the Venezuela loan is Share) 1 stk 10, 101 102 1011 expected to be received in London early in October. Railways. ( Gu. 5 percent,. p a id . i Closing Business I Price. done. ,20 I Do. New, - - • As was anticipated, the absence of any imme- 13. H itir., Wol. a.ad Str. Val all 8 84 1 10 1 0 0 ft 0B ou D i.l o ca . l.o l: b r i c e ir t ,a e . n r ., a ,l n ,t,it ce gc.:o;,d . lr . sie . j l a o l o l 7 : 8 8 2 1 ditto demand for gold for exportation is causing 25 , 'Blythe and Tvue • ~1 all - - 10 , Bost 52.2,1- as-a . ••• I sora:., influx to the Bank. The amount taken there at :nrisi;Cf4 - id'rxete i r :".' 100 a1 8: 39 100 D. do. Judy 1 tsn 100 76 79 ...1 today was £70,000. St Cr ledonlan lOO 1081 1091 108; 100 'Do. do. Jens 1: 1074 100 76 79 50 Cork and Bandon all - - at Clcutta.kS.Eastn.(Lie ; 100 101 103 The steamer Saxonia has brought £46,000 in 20 .Cornwall specie from New York for England. 10 Do A(A gets no div ) RH 1 2 174 Demerara all - - 10 Do B till Spc.pan.hne tall 5 6 stock Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1031 104; There was a pause to•day in the demand in the 1- • been paid to B. $ stock East! Indian, gu. sp. e. 100 1044 105 105 50 , Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 20 Do. do. G Ext 2 1 &13 Liverpool cotton market. American sorts were 25 ' Dun„Perth,& Ab. June. all 94 101 20 Do. do. H do. rather more offered and the sales have diminished at Edi n b urg h & Glasgow. 100 , 874 881 xn stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 204 210 , at Glass , . and S. Western. 100 104 100 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 64 (8 to 5,000 bales. There was, however, little decline at :Great Eastern, Ord. sik 100 43 44 441 131 xall 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all 54 86 at Ditto A stock in prices. at Ditto EastAnglian st 100 22 23 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all f 2 41 The articles of association of the Bank of Hindus- to ,Gr eatNorthof Scotland . 100 135 140 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 30 33 at 'Great Northern lOO 1241 1254 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 30 33 tan are now ready for signature, and the share cer- st Do A stock lOO 1244 125, 125 41 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 102 103 St Do Bdo tificates ready for issue. at 'Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 107 109 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 2 i fP The dividend warrants and new share certificates at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 57 guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1011 1024 in the Amalgamated North British and Mercantile st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1074 108 1071 20 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 12 } 124 124 at 'London and Blackwell 1 00 61 413 xd 204 Do. New . Insurance Company are now ready for delivery. at Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 119 /21 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wltlet opt. all 9 8 100 • I The half-yearly meeting of th e C oun ty and at I Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 43 45 444 I Lou. & North Western PO 96 064 95 I - 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 91 100 Do. 1878. all 89 91 General Gas Consumers' Company (Limited) is st Lon. & South Western 100 994 1006 994 1001 xd 10 Indian Branch Limited 1 1 dis par st I Olerry & Enniskillen. 100 40 45 stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 1014 102 called for the 28th inst., when it is proposed to st lien., Slid., & Lincoln. 100 39 391 stock Do. 41 p. o Extension 100 95 96 ' declare a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - stock D o . 1 0 d 0.... .... 100 91 93 stock w N Sl el e tw l y b ß. .C pr orp asia . v.d e lLe p k .:.. c) 7 n d d, s ,, . ; a OO l l - 5 -- 7 124 Do 1 shares all - - annum. 1 0 Metropolitan all 8 81 at Midland The Court of Chancery orders contributories in 6.4.0 Do New at ... , Do. do. Land d 0........ class Aof the State Fire Insurance Company to Do firming. & Derby 100 99 101 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. an 4 a 50 Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland all - 2 2 5 5 m D id o k 4 enf shares pay a call of £1 per share by the Ist October.all - - .. Do. do. Land do. ...... - " all - -. xd N.Rl.C'da 6pc Ist 12: lads 100 85 ES A fresh rise of about £1 10s. took place to-day 10 Do Cray Line - - stock Scinde .. . . a s.; 100 1024 1034 in Pernambuco Railway shares, the Government of at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 28 2) 20 Do. Do. - ...... 74 S all - - 1004 Brazil having consented to extend the guarantee at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. gx,.. 100 98 too over the excess of capital. at Do A stk ; A rec s no d ----- - till 6 pc. has beenpdß 100 -- - FOREIGN RAILWAYS There was a better demand for dock shares, and at Do B stock lOO - - st Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 971 PB l - 0 8 4 I an advance of about 1 per cent. took place in St. 25 Do, G.N.E. purchas e 16.13.4 1 01 4 d d Share / Railways. Paid.i Closing I Business Price. Done. Katharine' and East and West India. St Do Leeds lOO 544 554 54 at Do York at Do Carlisle .... - - 20 Ardennes.... . 2 .... -,, .. all -- - at North London .. • • • 100 102 104 20 Bah.&S.Fran_Lim.7p.c. 18 it 2 I CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. 10 Do new 5 p 4pm 5 Belgian East. Junction all 14 14 19.18.4 North Staffordshire 184 44 4 o Carme aux Mi ne & Rail SO 10 4 111 10 N. and S. W. Junctio n - . all 101 114 100 Coaoiapo . .............. all TWELVE O- 'CLOCK. at S cott i sh Central lOO 116 118 10 Ditto ixtension .... all 144 4 Owing to the large extent to which the corn- at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 46 48 20 Dut c h Rhenish ....... 16 t 11 14 p st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 104 106 20 IDo - I all - - mercial public supplied their discount requirements, 1 0 Shrews, and Welchpool all - - 20 Eastern of France .... all 21 22 st Shropshire Union under the impression that the directors of the Bank st South Devon - • 100 35 47 4 3 9 7 20 Grand' Rue Gear. 6p. c. al - - 25 S. Durham & Lanc.Un. all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con, shs... all 14 144 144 a England at their meeting yesterday might have 20 , Italian Junction ...... all - - at ;South Eastern advanced their minimum, the inquiry for the st South Wales st S York and River Dun 100 97 99 moment has partially subsided. The market, 0 •• • • xd 16 Northern of France.- all 394 404 2 stames,Wok„andWok. all 6 7 25 (Stockton & Darlington all 374 381 18 Do. New Shares ....... 15 - - although quieter, however, has lost none of thexd 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 810 25 Do l5 8 9 p xd 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 17 8 7 d firmness which has recently been manifested, 2 per 25 IDo New, 1860 6 51 61 p xd 20 Paris,Lyons, & Hedger. all 431 444 st Taff Vale - - cent. being the general charge for the best descrip- 10 Do B 8 44 5 p 20 i Recife &S. Fran. (Pern.) films of mercantile securities. 10 Do C , 3 21 21 p ( Ana. 7p. et. 1im...... all 174 18 184 18 50 Ulster 1 all 551 504 20 Riga & Danaburg...... all - - The Bank of England return, completed to Wed- 25 Do 2O 24 34 , 20 Royal Dani5h........, all 15 16 12.10 Do nesday, exhibits some important changes; but, at vale of Neath - - upon the whole, it is more favourable than many at (Victoria sta. and Pim , 100 140 142 xd 20 Sambre & Meuse ... all 104 104 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 - - 10 Do. 55 per cent Pref...., all 91 10 persons anticipated. A small reduction has taken 20 W es t C ornwall I all 61 74 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 8 14 11pm place in the bullion, but the total is still maintained at ,w.HartlepoolHar.eaßa 100 --- 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 18 4 44 p 22 bleat Midland Oxford 100 41 43 26 A East Portugal 7 p et. 10 - .at a high figure ; the other securities have been at I Do Newport( 100 3 5 40 20 Turin' and Savona .... 4 is 15 d 24 Do Hereford) 160 88 20 20 Southern o f France.. all 324 334 augmented by the increased inquiry for discounts, st 84 West Ftandern ...... :•. all 74 74 and the Government balances have received a PREFERENCE SHARES. 10 Do. 54 p a Prelerence.. all 10 104 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 214 224 further addition. Subjoined are the particulars :- .1 Brie. & Exet. 4p.c. st j 100 94 96 94 Active Circulation .. .. .. £22,067,670 20 Do. shares ,14 - - BRITISH MINES. Increase .. .. .. .. 47 5 at Caledon. qr. ahrs, No. 2 100 - -I - 17 674 •„ so fe •• .. , ,604 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c.! all - - 20 Cornwall, 5 per a nt.... all 20 21 - ' Clifford Amalgamated.. nil 23 24 )3ullion - Devon G. Con s . (Tavist. 1 445 455 Decrease .. • . .. .. 104,242 Rest .. .. .. .. .. 3,365,493 20 Do. 4:3 p. a gua. perpet. all - - 1 E ast Clogau Gold Ltd. 55. id 1p 64 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Ju n . all 6 61 - East Bassett (Illogan)• • 30 47 49 Increase .. .. .. .. 11 , 422 10 D o , I st Class Pref .. _ _ all - - - E as t Caradon ..... .... 2.14. e 47 50 47 Public Deposits .. .. .. 7,150,252 st EdinatGlas.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 - East Cam 8rea........ 1 0 . 0 11 12 114 ' st Do. 4p. c.g,uar. P. & u.. 100 9) 92 Increase r. .. .. .. 311,706 - E. 29'1Russel (Tavistk.) 7.12 6 3 34 at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c 100 - - - - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 57. i 161 174 ' Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 14,568,007 ' st Gt.Eastn, E.Coun.Ex. 1 100 112 114 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 44 Decrease .. .. .. .. 26,847 st Do No. ' 109 111 113 - Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 832 , 885 at Do 6 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 51 64 p. e. pref 100 129 131 - Grenville 6.152, 51 51 Decrease .. .. 20,647 st Do. E. Angn. Ast 5 p.c. 110 - - - Herod's- Foot 8.12 41 43 Government Securities .. .. 11,036,097 at Do - .. - Hingston Downs 4.14 21 3 Increase .. .. .. .. 50,000 at Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua 100 - - at Do 5 p.c. gua 100 -- - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant 91 41 43 Other Securities .. .. .. 19,176,606 at Do.Nort'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 1 0 - - - Marke Valley.. Increase .. .. .. .. 330,351 at Do. do. 5; pc. pref. 1047 100 - - 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim )21 1 Odds .. .. 9,428,180 Notes Unemployed .. at Do. p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 100 - - - North Downs 24 2/ 34 3 i 75,790 at Great Northern, sp, e.. 100 118 120 Decrease .. .. .. ..- North Frances (Illogas 12.3 - - at D 0.5 .c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 100 112 114 - N. Wh'l B asset (IllosaW 2.9 0 3 34 The Ripon has arrived with the Calcutta and at Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 105 107 1064 - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 34 4 China mails and £1 s 150 in specie and the Saxonia ett Do.sp.c.Redre.atap.c.pre 100 108 110 - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 5 6 , , Do. Hertford purchase 100 - - 20 Providence(UnyLelnta 10.6.7 40 42 from New York has brought £45,800., st Do. do. 44 p. a pref 100 - - - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 4at Do. Luton do lOO - - - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 345 '55 X d The operations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro- st Do. do. do. sp. c. pref 100 - - - S. Cant Brea (Illogan).. 5.11.6 24 3 3t. Nh. of Scot. tat pref. all - - I s? Gt. Sn. centW. (Ireland' - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 0 .1 120 105 claw Markets during the last few days have not - Stray Park been very extensive. Tea at public sale sold slowly 4 per 50 Great West. (Berke and 10 Tin Crort 9 94 101 at about previous prices, whi le su g ars in some in - Hants Ext) 5 per cent 8 - - - West Basset (Mogan). 11 13 14 stances were a shade cheaper. Coff ee, howev er , has at Do. redeem. 44 p. ct.... 100 100 102 - W C a r a d on (Liskeard) 5 30 82 at Do. redeem. 4p, ct.... 100 90 92 - West Seton been in great demand, and fine and superior de- at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.... 100 91 93 - Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 80 85 st Do. sp. c. redeem. pro' 100 102 104 af t f 3 O O. (7 131 s s at Do . . B h i r rm m . g r u e a f r. s f tock.. 100 78 80 - Wheal Buller( 'Redruth) 5 50 55 scriptions of colonial have slightly advanced. Rice , - Whitt( Edward (Cals.) 74 1 11 has been in limited request, while a downward este • P r g u tt . r. X a k r e" ; 100 09 78 - 80 - - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 94 101 - Wheal Ma ott movement has taken place in the value of saltpetre at Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she 100 173 176 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 13 14 st Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she 100 105 107 and tallow, P.Y.C. on the spot havin g receded to 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref all - - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 16 17 - 48s. 3d. ; and for last three months' delivery, to at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 139 62 Do.Barnslst£s 3s 10dpc 100 - - FOREIGN MINES. ~as l t I, Do. Do. 1 6 p i I; .i. C. ( .( E sßr v a i s a, t . cc rkut.ll .z Lan.).,. uri 1120(0)0 103 - 1051- - 117 i 495. 9d. to 50s. per Cwt.2o ' Australian 74 1 14 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim ' all A s i The English Stock Market opened heavily, ands Brazil Land & Min.Co all 4 11 I on the negotiation of a few sales a further decline at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 115 , 117 2 -Capula silver los. pr 4p m at Da S per cent. d 0...... 100 1.6 140 139 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 Of k per cent. took place; shortly afterwards, how- et Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 116 117 20 Copiapo l6 7 8 at Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk 100 152 157 1 DimMoun.Cep.Ming.Co ail 4 1 ever, buyers came forward, and although they only at p. Do. 6 c. do(W.E.&C.P.' 100 128 132 3 East Dcl Rey (Limited) 1 f 1 operated to a limited extent a recovery in prices a t ~ D_ o.4p.c.st(div.def.lll'6s 100 78 . so 2 Fortuna at Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 102 101 20 General all 21 23 ensiled. Owing to the dulness of speculation a few at Lon. &N. W., Coy. 4 , • 2Gt N. Cop. ~f S. Austr l4 11 4 d transactions are sufficient to influence the tende n c Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 - - 1134 1} Kapunda kLimited) 1 1 4 e y at [ Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. 8 Linares all 61 74 of values. Consols are 93 1 -4- for transfer and the at., late 3d shares .... 100 ---.. xd 5 Lueitanian 2 1 4ds 2s. 6d. Do. (Portsm'th phi erpetl 1 sfariquira all 4 4 4th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced anns. of 2s. 6d.) all 24 24 1 N.RneCopofS.Aus.L.. 4 4 4 de l st Londony. & Ennis .4 she 100 - - xd 20 Pontapaud Silver,Lead I are flat at 93-1'; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities re ,t Man. Sh. & Lin, 6 per ct. 100 122 124 Mining and Smelt.., all 2 4 anair at 211 . ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is flat at 1081 -.1. 6 Do. £6 - 1 11 14 at Do. 34 per cent, ........ 100 64 07 1 Santaßarbara Gldilline 4 4 1 pm, The transactions in the Foreign Market have 10 Do. redeem. 0 percent... 5 4 4pm 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 41ipm 14 4 bee.n moderately active, and prices have shown no 124 Marort & Carl. 4pr. c. all 1 24 Do. 41 yp per cent. .2.8 i United Mexican I ail 7 74 I i m portant variation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. _ 1 Worthing (Limited)... , all 8 4 i at Do.Con.Bris.ar Bin 6 p.c 100 138' 140 3 YudanamutanaS.A.L4 all 24 21 are 8,6 87 ; ditto, 1858, 71i',- 72-}; ditto New Loan at Do. 41 p c ?ref at. relent 100 104 106 ~ . . . Scrip, It, t dis. ; and the Consolides, 331 34; at Do 4- p.c. rredeemable 100 .. 6 Do. 44 per cent ... - all :: COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Mexican Stock is flat at 28-Z- ; and the Egyptian at Do. Leia andllitaiper et 100 P 5 97 st. Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 113 115 - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July Scrip, 2d issue, has receded to 9t prem.; Portia- at Do. New gua. 5 percent 100 110 112 - 1877-S2 l e o f Do. Bor. Un. r. prf. she all 11 11pm - Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4, 100 - geese are 461 ; and the New I can Scrip remains at 2 th.Dvn.Rai .&Tltek.Co. 100 .. .. - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.! 100 103 105 1 24 prem. ; Italian 5 per Cents. have receded to st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 91 96 • - Do. 6 p. a Mar. & Sept 100 106 108 132 Do. 44pr. ct redeemable 100 102 104 ' - Do. 5 per cent I 1100 95 96 698 . -Z ; Russian Scrip is j prem., and Venezuelan at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 96 98 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock; 100 94 95xd 1 7 Do. Berwick 4p. a pref. 8. 13. 1} 01 d - Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,18731 100 lOS 109 have receded to 25i 1. - Do.Ap 44 Oct 1880' 100 112 114 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 .. .. - Do. 1890 100 112 114 The operations in the Railway Share Market 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. .. , 25 Do. York, IT. &S. Purch. 10 }d 1 p - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 111 113 have been moderately active, and owing to a few et Do. Carlisle 44 p. c. . . 100 - - Ceylon, N0v.1861, 8p c 100 - - speculative sales prices have generally shown less at Do. do. 4 p. c..... 101 20 N. London 44 p. c. £2OPI all --. -_ - N.B.Gov. 6p.c.a a.&July 100 104 106xd - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - • firmness. Caledonians, Great Westerns, and Lan- 20 North Staffordshire.... all 224 234 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 1 100 101 st Scottish North-Eastern - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 ' 994 100 1094 cashire and Yorkshire have declined about 5 5., and 31 p. 0. pref. stock.... 100 .. ~-. Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 99 100 994 Great Northern A Stock and North-Western, 10s. at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. - - !New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 140 145 - INova Scotia Gov. 6p. a South-Western, however, have improved about s s. 105 . South Devon, Ann, 10s. all to 11 - I steming, 1875 lOO 104 106 10 Do Fixed 44percent all- :S. Aus G6p.c.lB7a.da up lOO ICB 110 1 In the Foreign Market a further advance was 10. 6 S ou tn . Eastern(eading .. • • - I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1106 108 apparent in Recife and San Francisco, which were Ann. , 1 . 0 . 6 ) - 1 ___ io 6 n.c. AnaiOnr,... ion 11081 109 at Do. 44 per cent lOO 100 102 JOINT-STOCK 13A ka. dealt in at 18 to 181 ; Great Luxembourg brought st Do, Fixed 44 per cent 100 100 102 e ....--_ at South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. 100 .. .. 100 lAgra&UnitedSer v ic B 40 87 8.):: 14 fr , and Turin and Savona, 2 8 ; South Auatrian at Do. 44 per cent nt lOO ~ 66 100 !Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool. 7 44 5 o and Lombardo-Venetian were flat, and receded at Do. da 1859 lOO .. .. 40 Australasia all 68 695 1 at Do. 5 per cent lOO .. .. 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 14 23 x d 1 to 22. s "S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 84 86 100 flak of London ..... The Colonial lines exhibited no than of lm- 20 Do. sp. c. gua. all 20 21 50 British North Amer :par ail - - 1 ge 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... all 274' 284 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Colum - ala 10 1 4d 1 26 Do. B 6 p. c... all 33 34 20 'Chtd.Bank of Ingle., &e. all 184 19.4 19 :portance. 25 Do. C 6 p. c... all 33 34 25 , Cll.3ler. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 15 87 Joint stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are, at Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. ... 1( 0 •• . 100 City in 23everal instances, a shad e firm er. London and at w ard&Kilkny, 6p. C. 100 42 • 44 100 Colonial .. .. 25 40 42 ( et id._o xf Ist gua stk 100 128 130 20•1 1 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - 1 South African, with £ l6 paid , realise 19 to 19 8; et D o. 2 d do lOO 123 126 20 En g ., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 171 18 18 1 at Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red lO4 103 105 2 0 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - and Ottoman Bank have improved to 29 and 29 4 ; at Do. Perpet6p. c. pf. 1866 100 123 127 100 Imperial Bank Limited 7 4d p 1 Crystal Palace Preference Stock is buoyant at 109 at Do, ti 111869 100 118 122 100 London and Brazilian. 5 I 1 p 5 20 Lou. Char.l3kof Austral all 25' ?a z 26 to 110. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 50 London and Count 30 361 37a 374 64 x d BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. i 50 London Joint Stoc .. 10 334 344 ) 20 London and S. African.. 16 24 3p19 1 1 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Leasing Closing Business 100 London & Westminster 20 78 80 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 4d pr 1 Railways. Paid. 3 pei• Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 935 4 3 ..w.mn. 20 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - -• i Red Sea Telegraph, 1908 - - 50 Do. new . . ... .... . ~.. 12 - - 20 National Bank ....... 3) - India Stock - Birkenhead., ...... 100 D0.&G.172 88 90 25 New South Wales.- - all 41 43 Ditto a per Cent. 20 Orient. B. Corporation . all 52 54 62 * Chester & Holynea • d_ 100 Do 55 57 xd Ditto - Do. 55per cent 100 Do. 125 127 xd Ditto 5 per Cent. 1 10 Provincial of Ireland ,Ditto 5/ per Cent. - 1 I Consols for Account, Sept. 4 934 4 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 L15.12.&E..0 67 69 1 1 FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. E. Lincolush. gBpr c. 100 l e. r.Nerth. 138 140 25 South Australia .. ... all - - 50 Union of Australia .... all 45 46 i Brazilian, 5 per Cent - Gls. Barr.&Neils.Dret. 100 ,Cledon . - 141 tosler &Dean Foresi all 'G . West: - - xd 100 Union of Ireland, Lira. 2 14 06 dli 8 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - 12 31 32 31411 c 100 Unit., M [Anal ........ so .... - Chilian 6 per Cent. - - 4 Ditto 41 per Cent ... 831 Do E.U.Harweh. 4 p.c 100 o Eiryptian 7 per Cent., Scrip - - MISCELLANEOUS. Ditto Paid-up Scrip - - - ---- ' Ditto, Second Issue, £2O pd Lon. and Chat Ext. B I 10 A t lantic 11, Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 4 5621 Bombay Britishoamh Australiani b a a S y Mexican, 3 per Cent - - , 6 per cent Ditto Account Gas Limited. 1 Portuguese 3 per Cent,, 1853 - Da.New ShlB6l, 41p.c. all D 0........ 22 24 10 Berlin Water (Limited I all 5 54 Land , 40 1 1_ die _4 p x d i Ditto Account _ 221 L 3/ 8212:00. CDlD B )h . ooo & p.i..n. l ßppa lll pni a e.. g c.ojr . fEeta T inni e ncia l :gn . B A .lC2 . so( ( Lma L si l tm m t . 1 : l a o l o l 5 : 0 9 5 2 5 1 t Ditto Scrip, £lO pd a 3 t 2 . 4 c C o a ß n i a vA d e a r Land steam Navigra. .6f a r vl e c f p . t a. 7 Do. Preference Rrissian 5 per Cent 1822. £St .. - Lon.,Tilb.& S.nthencll 100 Peto & Co. 86 39 Ditto 3 pet Cent~ 1859 _lOl _lO4 1 .. Lowestoft g - ua. a p c.. 1 100 Norfolk.. .. .• Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip) at,l3 Crystal t Ditto, Paid up Scrip per cent. .:. a Mid. Bradford Prefer-,! ' all l 1 14 - 18 - Spanish 3 per Cent - 10 E.lndra & Lon. E Ditto Account Nortlin.&East . n. sp. c. all Do. t P a e ce rpet. Deb. 100103 1 8 1 0 0 4 8 6 I ° l l l l o 109 10 Ditto Passive.. , lB4 Do. 6 per cent. all Do. c&Sohcpi Ship A. all I l l l l par 2 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - N. I:Retie-Hartlepool! 100 N. E. Ben; .. •i Ditto Account 2 1 5 0 0 l a e, 3 l . l l g n l d is i h a I & D rr A o ign us: - E Ditto 6 per Cent. - 1858 .. --- Not. Gran. Rh & Cl. 100 Gt.North.l 96 97 B. all - - C Ditto Account Ditto, £IOO Bonds A. all Coo. ••.• . 25 Do. New ............. x d r Ditto 6 per Cent., 1882, Scrip ll 04 Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 'Gt.North. 134 lii xd 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 264 274 Ditto, Paid up Scrip Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. , • • ,2/ 3/10 1 Great Slelp I anited)... all 4 - c s 'Venezuela, 3 per Cent - South Staffordshire.. 100 iLn.&N.2"9 1.. 2 2 1 Do 174 pet Preference all ' 1 14 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 - C Ditto Account ,W.Ln.Exl _ ._. Do do B all Ln&N.W.' - - 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 4/ sa d d lEvidendf.; on the above nayable in London. do C all Italit.Wst. - - 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all la If Do 10 Lon. Sr S.lrel.Dt.Tel. L. 2 a talia,7 l , 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex, 25f. 20 Madras In. and Canal.. - - 1 24 2a. t TWO O'CLOCK. Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn, 84 94 xd 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 34 44 x d c Commis ; :Money Ditto Account . . . Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. a _______ .____ at 1 2 p 4 20 5 N N e e r fh bu er .C la o n a d l& s I L r a o n n d (l , g p m e. .) 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 12 1 4 9 SUSPECTED MURDER OF A POLICE CONSTABLE, 2 Caledon. £lO lOO 10 Gua. Stk 1 , 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.' all 2 st Gt Eeastern, E. Ang. 131 a 1 -A rumour gained circulation at Rotherbithe yesterday 6p. C. pref - - 1 s riental Gas (Limited). all i t , 4 0 that police-constable Henry Butler, 135 M division, had st ,Do. do. C 7 do 1 100 - - 10 Drintl. in. Steam (Lim.) all 64 7 64 o st Do.' Gt East. 5 .c. pref 100 106 108 GU 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited L 100 1 p s a 2 r 1 5 r been murdered during the previous night, and his body was at Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., 41 1x dt' afterwards thrown into the Surrey Canal. The drags were per cent. 1858 100 1 102 104 1 6 51:: :10 0 2 .SREt Pe Dbi Y e n,.,yyora Royal tc Nnur L eienywie d .ri O r igin :e l: I l e a ! Oriental Steam 30 11 1 3 r at Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 , - - - st Do. do. 4.1 per et. 1861, 100 102 104 q " Do. Nese „..,.. . .. ceased was recovered, one aide of the head showing a dis_ 5 Do. do. 46 per ct. 15611 34 --- - 25 2512 DTSRoeot (South . et J dgh o a r .n a ei Australianr o Ci t .. I . m i l tinct mark of violence. Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for 10 (Lon. &Ch.,,vl4l,Metrop. 25 Do. do. Y - • 2 1 1 .) Ext. B, 6 p.c.. - .... all 101 1 0 il I East Surrey, having to hold another inquest in the parish et Lon. &S.Western 41p.c. 100 102 104 xd6 o 54 56 at. Scot. A.ustin. Inv (Lim.) 100 125 135 yesto,rday afternoon, formal evidence was given of the 10 North British £lO Gua.X d Shares, 1861. ~ . ...i all - - findi ng of the body of the deceased, and further inquiry st Do Ed,Prth,&Ti'dee,4p c, 100 55 87 Scrip., all p ß h eg t i o atered .. 11.1 I i ii into the ease was adjourned to a future day. The deceased st 2 SzottishCentral44 p.e., 10 1 10 ITrzitstAtaAl,ll, Do. 1 I do all 4 6 u I freed. pref. - had only been married 12 months, and leaves a widow and al 10 'S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 all 94 10 (11 L. 1 4 4 d one child. 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) 75 i 4pm _eney or ( 11 m)lst is 1 1d pr SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. EXETER HALL. - 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1801 (rd.) 74 } ip! 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ol Upran: 5 4 1 p E 20 Vale of Neath Handel's Messiah will be performed this evening. 700 * 5 U. li'dom Tel. Co. (lim ) 3 4 d pr Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be 1 00 IV lo .Dittmen'e I. ud.... 285 12 13 Ii Performers. conducted as usual by Islr, Costa. made good out of the profits of any subsequent hall year, b Clo Ring Paid. Price. Business done awrenct all 58 62 Cent Ind 1 7 0 86 1 i 8 1 62 0 5 2 1 101 eVluron e . all 8 84 Godria 1, 18;1 101'; yl, 1873 10 0 76 79 cl, 10N 100 76 79 n.(1.11, ; 100 101 103 ck Scrii 100 1074 1084 all u. sp. c 100 lon 104; .sp. e. 100 1041 105 105 2 I ip do. Canada 100 204 214 Pref all 64 (8 per ct all 54 66 ebentr all 30 32 1862 all 42 44 1867 all 30 33 1872 all 30 33 aa.sp.c 100 102 103 p. c... 12 p 862 .. 2 4 'gyp a (Lim *r cent. 100 101 f 1024 Sbarek. all 124 84 124 124 18 8 i't opt . . all 98 100 7 d 0... all 89 91 all 89 91 mited 1 4 dis par ). 0. ensior, 100 95 96 ' 100 91 93 Bnds 100 Can& Sl'6' all 5 7 ra °• • • all 4 C 1 : l b 'i .e . 100 10 15 0 1 4 8 02 00 p 5 4 8 34 all - —100 i ge,. 100 98 100 10 Antwerp & Rottercam. all 71 71 20 Ardennes.... - .... ~ .. all -- - 20 Bah.&S.Fran_Lim 7p.c. 18 11 2 I 5 Belgian East. Junction all 15 15 Carmeaux Mine ,t; Rail SO 105 115 100 Copiapo . .............. all - - 10 Ditto Extension .... all 41 4 20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 16 j 15 15 p 20 I Do ....1 all - - 20 Eastern of France .... all 21 22 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. al --- 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 14 111 144 20 Italian Junction ...... all - - 20 !Namur Az Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 20 21 16 Northern of France.- all 395 405 16 Do. New Shares -.. 15 - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 810 20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 17 8 7 d 20 Paris,Lyons, & Hedger all 435 445 20 Paris & Orleans ail - - 20 i Recife & S. Fran. (Pern ) I Alia. 7p. ct. lim all 175 18 181 18 20 Riga & Dttnaburg all - - 20 Royal Danish. 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 5 5 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Sambre ct Meuse . 10 Do. 55 per cent Pref..- all 91 10 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p.c. 8 11 11pm 20 S.Aust_tLomb Venetin 18 4 45 p 22 20 S. - East Portugal 7 p ct. 10 20 Turin and Savona .... 4 11 11 d 25 20 :Southern of France.... all 325 335 81 West Ftandero ...... . all 71 74 10 Do. 55 pa. Preference.. II all 10 105 20 W. & N.W. of France ..I all 215 221 BRITISH MINES. - ' Clifford Amalgamated.. nil 23 21 - Devon G. Cone, (Tavist. 1 445 455 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id 5p - East Bassett (Illogan)• • 30 47 49 - East Caradon ...... .... 4-14.4 47 50 47 - East Cam Brea.. .. . ... 10 . 0 1 1 12 111 - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 7.12 6 3 35 - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 57. i 165 175 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 45 - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 55 65 - Grenville 6.15.4• 51 51 - Elerod's-Foot 8.12 41 43 - Hingston Downs 4 . 14 25 3 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant 0i 41 43 - Marke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 1 01ds - North Downs 2l 21 31 3 5 - North Frances (Illoga!! 12.3 - - - N. Wh'l Basset (Illo„far) 2.9 0 3 35 - North Wheal Crofty - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 5 6 20 Providence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.: 40 i 2 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 I 5 - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 345 '65 X d - S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 21 3 - SWheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.15. i ICO 105 - Stray Park 5 Tamar SilvA Lead Min 45 5 15 10 Tin Crort 9 94 105 - West Basset (Mogan). 15 13 14 - W Carzdon (Li s k ear d) 5 30 82 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 80 85 - Wheal Buller(Redruth) 6 50 65 - Whitt( Edward (Cals.) 75 1 15 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 91 105 , - WhealLud ott - Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 13 14 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 16 17 . FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm all I A s 5 Brazil Land Min.Co all 4 2 -Capula silver los. pr tpm 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 20 Copiapo l6 7 8 1 DtmMoun.Cep.Mine - .Co ail ; t 3 East Dcl Rey (Limited) 1 g 1 2 li'ortuna 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt N. Cop. Jl* S. Austr l,l ; d I} Kapunda 2 p Linares all 6/ 74 6 Lueitanian 2 a ids 1 Hariquira all / 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L ; ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip , 1 Santaßarbara GidMine a a pm, 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. ;1 pm 1/ I 20 St. John del Rey (L.) , 15 65 57 1.2.81 United Mexican ail 7 7i 1 Worthine all 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld.f all it 2i 2, .--. ,'" -`u THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA.Y EVE XING, AUGUST 22, 1862. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN TAILTVAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS. At ten o'clock this (Friday) morning, Dr. Lankaster, the coroner for the central division of the county of Middlesex, resumed the painful inquiry respecting the deaths et Samuel Uriah Barrett, aged 50, Julia Victoria Barrett, aged 14, and Helena Blanche Barrett, aged 12 years, who unfortunately lost their lives through the outbreak of a fire in their father's mansion, No. 9, Great Cumberland-street, near the Marble Arch, Hyde-park, on the morning of Fri day week, the particulars of which appeared in this journal. The inquiry on this occasion appeared to create greater in terest than at the opening, and large as the court room was it was crowded to inconvenience, but the learned coroner had made ample accommodation for the representatives of the press and other officials engaged. Amongst those who attended to watch the proeeedings were Captain Shaw, the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade; Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C dis trict ; Mr. C. White, of the County Fire Office ; Mr. Hayes, of the Mercantile Fire Office; Mr. Low and Mr. Inspector Spencer, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire; the Rev. Brownlow Maitland; Mr. (ireenwell, vestry-clerk, and several vestrymen and other influential members of the parish. It will be remembered that on the former occasion the inquiry was only opened pro forme in order that the bodies might be viewed by the jurors and identified by the rela tives, so that the coroner could give an order for their in terment. The funerals of the unfortunate sufferers conse quently took place on Tuesday last, and scarcely a window in the neighbourhood could be seen without having the blinds closely drawn. One universal feeling of regret ap peared to pervade every inhabitant that such a melancholy catastrophe should have occurred. The jurors having answered to their names it was elicited that they had with the coroner visited the ruins for the purpose, if possible, of gaining from personal ob servation, as well as the scientific evidence to be adduced, in what part of the mansion the fire commenced. From the survey mac,:e it seems that the fire must have commenced in either the back or front kitchen—the former the most probable—and then have rushed up the massive stone staircase, to the backrooms in the building as well as to several in the front. The jury grounded their opinion from the fact of the stone staircase having fallen—the steps having been splin tered into a hundred pieces. This may, however, be accounted fur from the fact that stone, like cast iron, when exposed to his intense heat and the sudden application of cold water upon the heated bodies, will, as a natural con sequence, make the material fly in every direction. Owing to the many letters that have appeared in the public jour. nals, respecting what was alleged to have been the inade quate power of the engines, including Shand and Mason's steam land engine, it will be seen from the subjoined evi dence that such machines worked most admirably with the exception of a length of hose attached from the parish en gine to the steamer, which burst, but another length was replaced in 1 min. 5 sec. This caused the drawing-rooms to be, to a certain extent, saved, although the heat was so intense as to blister valuable pictures, demolish great looking glasses, and even melt the bell-pulia, and the wires of musical instruments. The rooms on the top of the front house as well as those at the back part are en tirely destroyed and all that they contained. It will be also seen from the evidence, notwithstanding what has been written by persons unacquainted with the practical work ing of fire-engines, that, had it not been for the service rendered by them, every part of the mansion must have been consumed, and in all probabaity those on either side. The learned coroner having made a few prefatory re marks as to why the inquiry was adjourned, he called upon the summoning officer to let him have the list of the wit nesses he had. The first person examined was— William Cornwell Brown said that he was called to the fire on the morning in qrrestion, and he attended with his engines and firemen. He got his engine to work, and after ten minutes the door was broken open, when Langdege, another fireman, discovered the bodies of Mr. Barrett and his two daughters. They were all dead. They were re moved. In the ruins, after the fire was extinguished, he found some cans which contained a liquid (a sample of which he produced. IThe Rev. Mr. Maitland said that the liquid produced appeared to be nothing more than dirty water.] Witness found some lamps. By a juror —The fire must have commenced in the pan try, but from what cause he could not tell. By the Coroner—The object in forcing the door was to get to the seat of the fire. Mr. Bridge, parish engine-keeper of Marylebone, said that he got through the panel of the door after it was forced, when Summers came out, and he lifted Mr. Barrett, who was lying on the ground, in order to allow the door to be opened. The door was eventually forced by a pole. As soon as the door was forced, he got into the passage through the panel, and they saw Mr. Barrett lyin g on *Le floor, THE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN CUMBER LAND-STREET. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held this day, at the Euston station. R. Moon, Esq., chairman of the company, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having teen taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the direc tors were not content with the amount of the dividend, yet, taking all the circumstances into consideration, they felt satisfied, and he hoped that would be the feeling of the shareholders, looking to the great depression that existed in the trade of the country generally. Of course the distress prevailing in Lancashire considerably affected their receipts, but there had been one circumstance in our favour, and that was the traffic brought upon the lino by the Great Exhibition. The falling off of in the Hull and Grimsby district had amounted to nearly one third, while the less from the decrease of trade of Man chester, Liverpool, and Stockport amounted to about £20,000. The directors, of course, could not count upon a continuance of the traffic occasioned by the Great Exhibi tion, yet the directors thought it was on the whole improved, and they confidently felt that they had turned the corner of the depressed state of affairs and that an improvement would not be too much to look for. (Hear, hear.) One very favourable circumstance, however, that he could fairly a c o v n e g r r y a l t e u r l g a et increasee the pr o p e r f i e m t r l e s e o g n e w t h a e s , e x t h p a e e notwithstandin g a very large increase of mileage the expenses had, by the e g o r n e a s i t d e e s r t a e h x l e y r t r i e o d n u s c o e f d ( t H h e e a o r ffi .) er sA Aso () t t h h e e e c e o e m d p i t a i n e n y, o f bn : t e h e e works and plant he had to say, that everything was in the best possible condition, and he did not believe any other company was in so perfect and complete a condition as they were. The increase in the repairs ac count, which, he had no doubt, would have struck many, had been occasioned by the frost of last year. At that period they had a peculiar kind of wheel in use on their line, but it was found that the weather so influenced them that it was felt necessary to replace them by others of a much better desci iption, and thus the expense was increased. The chairman then referred to the bills which had been submitted to Parliament, and said that although the cost to the company had been large, yet it was very considerably below that of other companies. Referring to the accounts, the net proceeds for the half-year, including the balance from last account, amounted to £485,067 12s. 4d., as against £491,513 12s. 2d. The insurance fund, it might be inte resting to the proprietors to know, was satisfactory, as they had set aside £30,000 more than they had taken from it, Having referred to the other topics mentioned in the report, the chairman concluded by moving its adoption, which recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 831 per cent. for the half year. Mr. 'WEsruman, M.P., seconded the motion. Mr. MITCHELL did not think the affairs of the company were as satisfactory as could be wished. He felt that they were not exempt from the causes that had led to the present state of affairs of the Great Western, viz., amalgamation guarantees and Parliamentary contests. He, for one, thought the dividend was not vet y favourable, because they had had to take something out of the reserve fund, and the only thing upon which he could congratulate them upon on the present occasion was that they had not to take as much out of the till this half-year as they did the last half year. He felt gratified that the Parliamentary expenses had not been more than £27,000; other companies had not been so fortunate. (Hear.) He found the directors were committed to no less than 22 schemes, and taking the cost at a very moderate calculation, it would involve an outlay of three quarters; or, to be more correct, a million sterling. Mr. GOETZ said the chairman had given great proof of the interest he took in the line, and he did not think the position of the company was to be attributed to the present board. Mr. WILLTAMS wished to know what the board intended to do with the million and a half of money which appeared in the accounts, and whioh was not capitalised. Mr. MonctAN thought the accounts were not made out as clearly as might be. He did not say the object of the board was to make the working expenses appear less than they were, but such was the result, which was produced by the way in which certain items were entered. It was to be re gretted that a diminution of confidence had taken place as regarded the stock of the North-Western, and he always found that whatever the circumstances of the line there was always an excuse for small dividends. Sometimes it was rain, frost, and snow altogether, but this half year it was frost alone ; but the real circumstance he considered was the injudicious competition that was going on with other companies. (Hear, hear.) The directors of this company, instead of addressing themselves to the propermanagement of their line, wasted their time in a perpetual game of chess. Doubtless they did the best for the company in the old jog trot style, but he thought that if more energy was evinced by the directors their affairs would be in a muoh better condition. Mr. TAYLOR wished to know if there was any intention of extending their system into Gloucestershire ; no good could.come of such a prockeding. The CHAIRMAN said the question of Mr. Taylor, as he was a shareholder in both companies, ought to have been put to the chairman of the Great Western--(hear, hear) — as the directors of the North Western have nothing to do with that part of the country, and have had nothing to do with the parties mixed up with that line. The explanation about the million and a half referred to by Mr. Williams had mentioned was merely a typographical error. The matter had been satisfactorily explained to Lord Redesdale, as they might be sure he was not the person to pass over such a mat ter with out being perfectly convinced. The chairman then read a statement of the dividends on the North Western Railway for the last 20 years, from which it appeared the average dividend paid amounted to £ll.k. 10d.—(hear, hear) — which, he considered, was a satisfactory proof that there was no need of dispairing about the value of their property. (Hear, hear.) The directors had most anxiously endea voured to live on terms of amity and peace with their neigh hours ; they had offered the Great Western and North Midland every inducement, but it was not the fault of the North Western that the present state of things, existed, as the directors of the North Western had put it as strongly as they could before the other companies, that if their interests were united, a better income would be most un doubtedly made by all parties. After some further discussion, the report was adopted. Alfred Moore, police-constable, 59 D, said that ho was on duty in Cumberland-street on Friday morning, and about :20 minutes past 12 o'clock he saw a light in the kitchen of 9, Cumberland-street, and upon examining it ho saw flames. His attention had net been railed to it by any other person. He sprang his rattle, rang the bell, and shouted " Fire." A gentleman came and opened the door. Witness said to him, " Your house is on fire." He said "Oh my family," and he then closed the door. Witness made a rush at the door not to make it fast, but it kept closed. He did not hear him bolt the door, but ho heard the lock turned. By the Coroner—He kicked the panel of the door and went to the foot of the steps, and sent two men after the Royal Society's fire escapes, another for the turnock, and others for the engines. About a minute elapsed from the time he rang the bell till Mr. Barrett appeared. The escape arrived in two minutes after: being sent for. He sent for the escape before Mr. Barrett made his appearance. By a Juror —He heard Mr. Barrett unbolt the door be fore he opened it. There was no knocker on the door. Neither blinds or shutters were closed. By Mr. S. Low —Not two minutes elapsed after he dis covered the fire before he sent for the escape. He passed the house 20 minutes before, but did not notice anything particular. By another Juror —He did not notice that any of the win dows were broken, leading to the inference that any com bustible had been thrown in. Joseph Roberts, 52, Seymour-street, said that on the morning of Friday week he was going to bed when he heard a female scream violently. He ran to the spot and assisted the escape conductor. He saw Hutchins, the conductor, raise his upper ladders and bring down a child from one of the upper windows and two or three females—the exact number he could not remember. When he ran to the house he saw a female standing on the steps screaming. He should imagine that she did not belong to the house, as she was fully dressed. He saw a tall gentleman open the door. He had his dressing-gown on. He said to him, " close the door, your house is on fire." He then closed the door, and lie did not see him again alive, Mr. Lewis Calise, insurance agent, said that he was the first person to arrive at the fire, when he saw flames in the basement. lie rang both bells and kicked at the door, as there was no knocker on the door. Having confirmed the previous witness's evidence, he spoke in high terms of the conduct of the fire-escape conductors, and also of th• firemen. Conductors Elsden and Hutchins gave most thrilling ac counts of the peril every one in the house was exposed to. The latter saved six, and the first one eight. It was impos sible for any one to get the child in the top floor. He was unable to tell in wh'eh room the child was found. He tried to get through the trap door, but the flames were then issuing through the aperture. It took him from two to three minutes in rescuing the other persons. Mr. Robert Rathbone said that he lived at No. 9, Cum berland-street, and was the butler. He was in bed when the alarm was given. He came out of his room on the fourth story, and met the nurse, who said the house was on fire, oh, save the child. He got as far as the third floor, but the smoke was so dense and hot that he was obliged to close his eyes and feel his way up stairs. Prayers were said at 10 o'clock, and he retired to bed at half-past. He turned the gas off in the pantry, and went into the housekeeper's room. There was no grate in the pantry, but there was one in the housekeerper's raom and another in the kitchen, in which was a very small fire. There was a lamp burning in the drawing-room whilst the family were at prayers. He did not know what sort of oil or spirit was burned in the lamp. The deceased always trimmed the lamp himself. The gas was kept on full at the main. Sarah Horne said that she slept;in:one of the upper floors and was awoke by the nursemaid calling " Fire." She got up and found the nursemaid with a child in her arms. Witness got out of a door and passed along the leads and I was rescued from the next house. The night before there was a strong smell of fire in the kitchen. Mr. Barrett made a search, but could not find any, and he came to the conclusion that the smell arcse from a chimney on fire in the Bayswater Road. (By a Juror—lt was the regular nurse she met with the child, not the monthly one.) Charlotte Wenterton, upper housemaid, said she went to bed directly after prayers. She slept in the third floor and was awoke by the nurse screaming " Fire." She made her way on to the leads and was saved by the escape. She tried to get back to the other patties, but was unable, Hannah Bevell, under nurse, said that cho slept on the seccnd floor along with Miss Barrett and Evely Rose Bar rett. Witness was awoke by a sensation of suffocation. She went to the window to see where the fire was, and then aroused the children. She opened the door to give an alarm, but the smoke was so dense that she was obliged to close the door again. Mr. Barrett came into the room and asked whether any one was present, a-id witness replied in the affirmative. Mr. Barrett put his hand upon the head of Miss Barrett and asked who it was, and she told him. The escapeman took the child, and passed witness into the can vass of the bag. She did not know why Mr. Barrett and Miss Barrett did not come down the escape. Elizabeth Mills, head nurse, said that she slept in the third floor front. The two youngest children but one slept with her. She was awoke by a suffocating sensation. She opened the door and called fire. She caught one of the children but she did not know which, She never thought of mak- SHIPPING---THIS DAY. (ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Providence, from Neath ; Tartar, steamer, from Lisbon. Sailed—Alarm, for Newport. GRAVESEND Friday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 21—Jane an d Esther, from Guernsey; Dolphin, from Bjorneborg ; Stranger, from Online; Mari anne Bertha, from Memel; Daphne, from Lulea; Bella, from Caen. Arrived, Aug. 22—John Bull, from Hamburg; Arvid, from Borgo ; Perle, from Dantsic ; Sarah Johanne, from Cronstadt ; Arminius, from Dental°. Sailed—s=usanna, for Konigsberg; Couranto, for Mau ritius; Peninsula, steamer, for Cadiz ; Manchester, for Quebec ; Florence Nightingale, for Bathurst, R. G, ; Dee, ynd Good Hope, for Archangel Valkyrtin, for Elsinore Fontabelle, for Jamaica ; Antillio Mathilda, for Shi e ld s an d Constantinople; Mary Ann, for Shields and Odessa; Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Stephen Duncan, from Remediros ; Bessie, for Algoa Bay; Seine Sainees, for Paris; Verulam, for Ade laide—all from London. TILE YOUNG SCAVENGER. A poor crossing-sweeper! Well, and what of that P Better far be even that, than nothing at all. A scavenger, or a shoeblack, or a chimney-sweep may each be respectable in their way ; aye, and render themselves useful members of society; for what should we do were there no scavengers, or shoeblacks, or chimney-sweeps ? It is bad enough even now to pass along our crowded streets on a drizzly day, sadly besmattered with mud ; but what if there were no boy to sweep the crossing where the mud is ankle-deep ; or if there were night the streets so day ? If percha nce J onathan i s de tained from home a little later than usual, and, n th o ro s n e g a e v d en b g y ers to sweep by between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, sees these poor scavengers just commencing their labour of sweeping and cleansing the streets, he says within himself; " These are a useful class of men, and ought to be regarded and respected as such." And then who but likes to see the sweep-boy, in addition to his more legitimate calling, politely clearing the way so that the flurried and anxious— it may be delicate—female, may cross the crowded passing omnibus or this piece of service cabrs e t r n e d e ? e t r , e o cid r nw t e a k thh e a s h a e ro r ef ta s td e i r a n t ee ss i s n s ae n t e h nd e gracefulness that has done honour to the follower of such a lowly palling, and which, if pursued with truthfulness, honesty, and sobriety, will most assuredly raise the indivi dual to a position still more worthy of such con duct. Moreover, who is there that is not thankful, after the dusty or the dirty walk through the London or other crowded streets, to stop and have their boots or shoes cleaned, by the boy who so promptly puts with such evident g a rpaot lish e o n t h t e h e s m m , gratuity offered in return P a a ll nd receive s Nay, it would seem that their previous want of occupation, or the lack of interest in their welfare on the part of others, has only tended to raise in their minds a keener sense of the veriest proof of regard for th e i r services, so Susceptible, very fre quently, are the poor and the ne g l ec t e d o f an y little service or attention rendered them.—Old Jonathan, CANADIAN MAIL.—The Royal Mail steamer North American sailed yesterday for Quebec. Besides the usual mails and a full cargo, she took out 96 cabin and about 100 steerage passengers. INCREASE OF PASSENGERS PROM AMERICA.—The Etna, which arrived in Liverpool yesterday morning from New York, brought upwards of 500 passengers, 479 of them being iu the steerage. ing for the leads. She might have told the conductor that the child was in the room. Elizabeth Menzies gave corroborative evidence. John Parsons, of 3, C umberland-mews, coachman to Mr. Milner Gibson, M,P., said that he was in bed, and was alarmed by a cry of fire. He got up, and ran down into the mews, and looking up saw Mrs. Barrett at the window of her bed-room. She called out, and was ringing a little bell. He ran out to the street to get the escape, but finding they were both engaged at the front of the house, he got a ladder, and brought down Mrs. Barrett, the nurse, and in fan+. He took them to the livery stables. He went over to the public-house, and saw Mr. Barrett brought in dead. Richard Kent, 191 C, said that he was on duty in Park st and saw smoke rising, and he went t o th e fi re. He ree ' assisted t in breaking open the door. When the bodies were brought out, he took that of the young lady in his arms and carried it to No. 5. She was not then quite dead, as he heard her breathe. He laid her on the table, and she was still alive. The ladies of the house gave her every atten- tion. She died in eight or ten minutes, just before the doctor arrived. By the Coroner—She walked a little way, after bein carried down the steps, between himself and anothc] constable. At this stage the proceedings were adjourned for the jury to take refreshments. We shall continue the report in a later edition, CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams) FRAUD BY A TRUSTEE. Mr. James Macroft Osborne, of Chelmsford, was indicted as a fraudulent trustee. His frauds involved nearly £2,000, He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. The trial of the indictment for libel against Mr. Gray, on the application of Mr. Giffard, was postponed until next session. POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A " RESPECTABLE YOUNG WOMAN" CHARGED AS A PICRFOCKET,—CAUTION TO VISITORS TO PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.—Theresa Kelly and Wm. Madden were charged with attempting to pick pockets at the entrance of the Alhambra Palace. Sergeant Gordon, 2$ C, proved seeing Madden insert his hand in the pockets of several females while leaving the Alhambra the previous night—the prisoner assisting him by covering his operations. A gentleman seized Madden and handed him over to 33 C, While he (Gordon) took the female. Madden—Why ain't the gentleman here this morning. Gordon —He signed the charge•sheet and promised to attend. The female prisoner (who, while in the dock stood away from her companion as if he was a stranger to her, this being an old dodge) said—lf a respectable young wcman has committed herself once or twice ain't she to be allowed to walk the streets. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l did not know you had committed your self. No one has said anything about it. You have ad mitted a little too much. The prisoners—the female, having been charged many times at the court, and been fortunate enough to escape_ were committed for three months each. William Ford, a rough looking fellow, was next charged by Sergeant Langley, of the detective police, with attempt ing to pick the pockets.of several gentlemen at the entrance of Haymarket theatre, the previous night, while the visitors wet a entering the theatre, there being as usual very large crowd round the doors. _ _ In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the prisoner made a desperate resistance, and it took three cou. stables to convey him to the station. A boy corroborated the sergeant. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for three months with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. MR. NVEMYSS JO 218 ON A GAIN.----.EXTRA ORDINARY AFIA. IR.—lmmediately upon the magistrate taking his seat on the bench this morning, Mr. Wemysa Jobson, addressing him, said "I have taken the liberty of waiting upon you this morning to inquire when it would be per fectly consistent with your convenience to have the written information to which you and your brother magistrate, Mr. Ingham, have alluded, prepared. I was informed by both of you that an information in writing supported by the oaths of two credible witnesses is necessary before any other proceedings can be taken in the case as I have laid it before you." Mr. Arnold—You are making a charge of perjury against some one. Mr. Jobson—Yes, against Mr. Benjamin Disraeli. Mr. Arnold—Have you the informatim nt.r. J orison-1 have not. I did not know that I was to bring it. I understood it was to be prepared under your direction. Mr. Arnold—l am sorry that you should have misunder stood the matter. It would be necessary for yen, to bring it duly prepared. Mr. Jobson—And the witnesses, Mr, Arnold—lt must be supportel, as I before told you, by the oaths of two credible witnesses. Mr. Jobspn—Yes, I am aware of that. I should have called Mr. Paynter, your colleague, but I find I am unable to do so, as he is away ; but I may overcome the difficulty by calling yourself, and, if I may take the liberty, the gen. tleman who sits hers under you as chief clerk. Mr. Arnold—You cannot call me before myself. Mr. Jobson—l can call you before Mr. Ingham. Mr. Arnold—l dont see what you think I can prove. Mr. Jobson—You heard the perjury. It took place be fore you, and you can prove it, Mr, Arnold—You must, however, bear in mind that this matter came before me in the course of my duty as a magis trate, and if I were subptenaed by you, and appeared, as I should be bound to do in respect to the law, I should declin to answer any question put to me of what occurred in the exercise of my magisterial capacity. One of the judges of the land so called upon to give evidence of anything that had occurred before him would decline to answer such questions, and would be justified in law in that refusal. Mr. Jobson—lndeed, sir. Mr. Arnold—There could be no necessity to call the magistrate to prove what took place in this court, as every other per son would be a witness that heard it. Mr. Jobson—Then I must supply the deficiency by call ing another gentleman who heard what occurred. Mr. Arnold—You must bring your informations here prepared and supported in the way you hays been informed. Mr. Jobson--I will do it, Mr. Arnold—The witnesses must prove that what was sworn on the occasion upon which you complain was false, Mr. Jobson—Mr. Disraeli's own secretary will prove that. Mr. Arnold—When the information is prepared and brought hero it will be seen whether there is sufficient to institute proceedings upon. Mr. Jobson—l will attend to the matter. SOUTHWARK. STABBING A WOMAN.—Charles Worman, a ruffianly looking young fellow, who was described on the police sheet as a labourer, was charged with a desperate assault on a female, named Ellen Baker, one of the frail sisterhood, who have become such a nuisance in th© Borough during the last twelve months. The complainant, who had a slight cut under the left eye, said that she was in Tooley-street this morning between one and two o' c l oc k, i n company with some o ther girls, when the pri soner crosse d t h e road an d a bused her, after whichhe drew a clasp knife and deliberately struck her in the face inflicting the wound under her eye. He would in all probability have done her 130100 serious injury, but for ' the intervention of the police, who took the prisoner into custody. A, 482, proved to having seen the_ prisoner st r ik e t h e cora plainant without having rec eived any provocation, an d he produced two clasp knives which he had taken from his person. Emma a woman of the town, was called by the prisoner, denied the charge, and s a id th at this morn ing she wa company with the p r i soner and some other l who s V i n t I ey , females, when the complainant, who was at the opposite side of the road, commenced abusi ng hi m and ultimately struck him in the face. The policeman was recalled, and stated it was impossible the complainant should have assaulted the prisoner without his seeing it, as he was standing opposite the parties until he saw the latter attack the complainant with his knife. Mr. Combo said he did not believe one word which the prisoner's witness had stated and he sentenced him to 14 days' hard l a b our , , COMMERCIAL DOCK COMPANY.---(MEETING THIS DAY.)-_ A meeting of this company was held to-day, to authorise the conversion into capital of the borrowed moneys due by the company, and the raising the necessary funds for that purpose by the creation of new shares (repre • sented by ordinary stock) of the company. The resolution of the directors was agreed to. CAUTION TO LODGING-HOUSE KEEPERS.--We have received from the Metropolitan Police-oflice the fol lowing description of three men, who have committed a number or robberies under pretence of seeking for furnishei apartments :—lst. Age about 40 ; height, 5 feet 10 inches ; rather slim, florid complexion, 2d. Age about 34; height, 6 feet 7 inches. 3d. Age about 30 ; height, 5 feet 7 inches ; sallow complexion, hat turned up at the sides. They are all respectably dressed. ACCIDENT IN A SAW -MILL.—A serious accident happened a few days ago in Woolwich Dockyard to Mr. James Towel', paymaster of the flagship Fisgard. Mr . Towel' was accompanying a party of lady friends through the steam saw-mills in the dockyard. He wag pOiII ting out the perfection and efficiency obtained by the circular saw, when the little anger of his left hand wa s cau g ht in the sharp revolving t eet h of the saw , a nd completely cut off at the second joint. He hastened to the assistant-surgeon, Mr. Humphrews, who found it necessary to amputate the lacerated part at the lower joint. The sufferer is now in a fair way of soon being able to resume his duties. RUMOU.RED MURDER. Yesterday a rumour prevailed that a murder had been committed in the metropolis. It was founded on the fact that yesterday, in Castle-street, Long-aere, the police found a bag containing 0 rn .n's cotton shirt, linen front and wristbands, marked A. G. W., the neck, shoulder of left arm, right side and sleeves covered with blood, both sleeves cut up the shoulder, and a por tion of the right side missing ; also cut from the tail to the breast, nearly new. The collar band had been lengthened with a piece of tape, the shirt has been worn with studs and sleeve-links. A lamb's wool under shirt, marked J. T. W., 12.58, a portion of the breast being apparently burnt, missing, and both s l eeves cut open. A flock pillow saturated with blood and a small white cotton handkerchief stained with blood wrapped in a portion of the News of the World of the 10th. A BEAUTY "MARRYING RICH." ee Paris correspondent of the Montreal Herald thus describes the matt iage of a beautiful but penniless girl of sixteen to one of the richest of the stockbroking nabobs of the Parisian Bourse, aged eighty :—" The octogenarian bridegroom, with that lave of theatrical effect so strong in the French heart, laid it down as an indispensable condition of the alliance, that the young lady should wear, during the performance of the ceremony, a simple dress of white tarie tane over a muslin petticoat, and no other ornament of any sort or kind than the wreath of orange blossoms and white veil, without which no French woman, from the ragpicker to the duchess, would ever believe herself legally married. The pretty bride consented t o th e s i mple gown of tarle tane, but begged with tears to be allowed to wear it over e white silk skirt, The mother, sisters, aunts 'and cousins, all joined their entreaties to those of the damsel, and t ears failed to soften his decision. He had caused a trousseau, fit for a princess, to be prepared :for his youthful bride, and had purchased for her a magnificent assortment, But he was determined to produce the stage effect he ,had contrived, and to figure a King Cophetua, ' raising a beggar girl to the height o f h is royal dignity, by causing his bride to be seen a t the etairie and the church in the very modest toilet he bad prescrib e d as an indication of the poverty out of which hb was to lift her, and displaying her, at the banquet and ball which were to take place immediately on the conclusion of the double ceremony, in a marvell ous ro b e of the costliest lace worn over an underskirt of th e r i c h est satin. covered with diamonds valued at about eighty thousand dollars, and all the accessories of her toilet in corre spending style. The old fellow carried out his vainglori ous programme to the letter. The crowd of speotatora attracted to the ceremony by the enormous wealth of the aged bridegroom and the beauty of the young bride, who, it was supposed, would be arrayed for the occasion with a degree of splendour in keeping with the wealth of the former. were dreadfully disappointed at the ex cessive simplicity of her attire, and the humble toilet of her relatives, and were both scandalised at the shabbi ness of the stock-broker's behaviour and indignant at finding therm elves thus defrauded of one of those gra tuitous spectacles which Parisians consider tie equally their right and delight. However, as some scores of invited guests sat down to the banquet in the splendid hofadhisbe and some thousands of guests hotel which the stock broker bad fitted up as the scene ball, the post-nuptial transfor mation of the beggar-girl into the queen was speedily bruited through Paris; and the laugh excited at the whimsical vaulty of the purse-proud bridegroom has gone a good way towards consoling the sight-loving public for the disappointment created by the want of splendour e.'t the wedding. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 'Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day of Aug., 1862: ISSUE ImPTENT. N otes issued ......X31,195,850 Go v e rnm ent Debt £11,015,1c 3 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,845,850 Silver Bullion .... X31,495,850j X 31,495,85-0 naa~xinu eroprietors' Capi tal X 14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche guer, Savings' Banks, Commis mis sioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Az- , EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities_ (( including W Dead eight A nnuity) XII OM 097 Other Securities • 19,178'606 Notes .......... 9,428 , ' 80 Gold and Silver 828,754 Coin counts) — 7,150.252 Other Deposits 11,568,007 Seven Day and other Bills F32,885 £40,169,637 I I W. £40,469,6 37 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. Aut. 21, 1862. SUICIDE OF MR. MORELL, OF PICCADILLY.—On Monday afternoon some persons in the neighbourhood of Keith, a little town between 40 and 50ndles north of Aber deen were surprised at seeing a strange gentleman proceed somewhat hurriedly towards the Lynn, a favourite water fall in the vicinity, end having reached its edge and partly undressed himself, walk into the water of the Isla and immediately plunge headlong through a cutting of the rocks into a deep shelving pool below. Instant measures were taken by the person who observed the act to rescue the stranger, but as he had sunk almost immediately on reach ing the water, all their efforts were vain, and it was not till some time after that the unfortunate man's bcdy was dis - covered. It was carried to the parish church, and on search being made in the pockets of the clothing a card was found with the ad iress "Mr. Henry Morel], Piccadilly, and 2, Lansdown Villa, Forest-hill ;" also a white cambric hand kerchief, bearing in red letters the initials "H. M." A large portmanteau, having the same initials, and which had arrived by the afternoon train, was found in the evening at the Keith Railway station. The deceased is understood to have been a member of the firm carrying on business as wine merchants and Italian warehousemen in Piccadilly. Two BROTHERS DROWNED.—Yesterday morning two youths named Henry and Alfred Garbutt, sons of Mr. Henry Garbutt, King's-road, Chelsea, were drowned in the Thames between Battersea and Vauxhall bridges by the boat in which they were rowing being run down by a sail. ing barge, Drags were used, but neither of the bodies was recovered. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE. —A desperate assault was committed on a police-constable of the Hanley force at Cobridge, on Monday night, and the poor fellow, whose name is James Crump, lies now in a hopeless condition in the accident ward of the North Staf fordshire Infirmary. He had visited between 12 and 1 o'clock a public-house at Cobridge, where he had a glass of ale. On coming out of the house he saw four half-tipsy men, whom he exhorted to go home. In return they at tacked him in the most violent manner, and after a blow on his part in defence, he was struck down insensible from in juries on the head. Three of his assailants have been dis covered and identified. The medical attendants at the in•. firmary give no hope whatever of his recovery.—Binning had; Post. IGNORAMUS IN THE EASTERN ANNEXE.—I go wandering alone about the aax candles, coloured, painted, and moulded, and fit only for the altars of monster cathe htheoduggeh-rtossoefs,b and ee a h n o d n a ey s - - a s m u e l :l e e r s ' : cathe drals ; and up to th e cases of 'wax flowers, where dreamy a d n a d y t a h m e o a n h g ea t p h - e d olganb barking on the fells in the distance, hang like an atmosphere about them; and I look at the dyed grass flowers, and at the fish ing flies, and at Pears' transparent soap, and at that ugly looking block of primrose soap, more like common brown than primrose ; and at the statuettes done in soap- -our Queen and the rest of them in mottled or curd, with red and blue streaks across their faces ; and at the pink and yellow crystallised spermaceti, very flaky, soft, and fairy like. And near to them I learn something of the purifica tion of sperm oil, and how it passes from the crude or body oil through the conditions of head matter and bagged sperm to finally culminate in that clear golden fluid, bright and beautiful and fit for human use. Then I taste Thorley's aromatic compound, which he lets fall into a little trough, like the trough of a bird-cage, and I do not think it deli • cious, though cows and horses may; and I smell the hops, which is a fresh and wholesome perfume; and I admire the new method of breeding wheat, and the lift hal e which Darwin's theory o f se l ec tion seems to the got thereby ; and I look l ong i ng ly a t the biscuits, sugar-plums, and the cry s talli s ed fruits, an d the cut bride-. cake, with its luscious top of snow, and midland of creamy loam lying on the rich and solid basis of its primitive for mation ; and I have a tender interest in the chocolate cases, and I feel a cannibal with respect to those little men and women in soft brown, and would like to try that old shoe, or even that miniature birdcago • + and then they gi ve me a dozen different perfumes at the perfumery stands,each one of which neutralises the o ther until the effect of the whole is decidedly unpleasant; a nd I wonder how those bottl es o f coot had one for agala d jelly would turn out if my co ay ; and whether the coloured gelatine would be good to eat ; and what the f ru it essences are made of—k now i ng that they are not ma de of fruit, but of some monstrous com n one can pound, with a name an origin n o o ne ca n fathom; and I have larcenious designs on these oddly-cut pickles, and speculate on their flavour with imaginary cold roast beef; for the truth i s I am ge tti ng hungry and tired, and my thoughts are wandering in a low brcd and unscientific manner to food and rest. And then faint gushes of sickly soup come in from the refreshment room, and nearly drive me to despair, they sme ll go appet.'s ing and suggestive ; and I do not dine till seven, and it is now only half-past-four. So I turn my attention ,to the vegetable ivory and the shell-work, and try to feel an inte rest in both--wherein I signally fail ; and I look at the seeds and the Indian corn, and the long eatable-looking starch, and the gums and the glues and the varnishes, and wonder how they ever came out of trees, when they look so like stones or crystallised pebbles:; and then I sit down be fore some coloured wools, and wonder how much arsenic is in that marvellously bright green rug overhead, till I find Myself nodding, and a policeman saying severely, " Move on ; move on. "—Dickens's ‘c Ali the rear Bound."