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

Utter in- y range, g himself not; and. urse that inpleasant ing made .ong rifled ) do the were less ounders— le-loaders, know not ting ame )d Skein," )aughter," ,ny,Vision n, is given Ln and her Lding," are ibed. " A a products he articles i" we find in China. g'azine well ►rticle is on ternational ng's Page,' y's Secret," n " Animal se gigantic stant lands. is seaweed, e, are also ,nd Islands. coast, they ible cables, 'lid severs'', and rarest nding the of his die t VA same "ale giant y met with I that of eight or ton and termi nd like the rine foreats the Macro male." o'rth Italy" of our own bin and Ire t islands of it the world all that is tire." In nd the foi ling of the e decorated Lthedral, its Lnding ones city—there is said, of ittle gol den ier Neoski nere sentry fear of via iember of a is a thing The tale ed its 18th l by Arch vster. ;E:ET. AUGUST 9. lmiral by the 1, on the Bth .m, of the 4th Marlborough, K.C.8.), and !, Capt. Sir F. wander K. E. t., the former We have since th inst., when leave in a for itish interests n, had left for rfu in a week. Highness the L roads on the Scarlett, took coast of Ago by the end of uth, 86, Capt. mn cancelled, g further in.' approaching h a portion of 38 stated that Thatever maY DlN.__Last 31ondin, who feats at ring rope In her barrow , th et ! stance fterwar ds re of the the sl/PP erY s stated that r neck would liately taken ere instantly ed by a 1111 7, en, altitolle t MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. There was a decidedly improved demand for American railway securities, and in most instances prices have improved. A corrected memorandum from the Ecuatorian Commission of Agency informs us that the amount received by the mail on the 13th inst., towards ths Ecuador dividend fund, was £632 16s. 6d., instead of £332 16s. 6d. About £4,000 in gold was taken to the Bank to-day. O wing to the tenor of telegrams received to-day from Bombay, there was an increased demand for bar silver for exportation thither, and an advance occurred in the price. In the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day prices were quoted id. to id. per lb. higher than on Fri day, and the sales increased to 10,000 bales. Mexican securities were stronger to-day, and in some instances a rather decided improvement oc curred. It would appear that the supply of many kinds is now very limited, owing to the magnitude of the amount brought up and shipped to America for many months past, and in payment for which heavy remittances of gold have been received in this Country, An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited) is called for the 2d September, to confirm the resolu tions passed at the special meeting on the 15th July, having reference to alterations in the articles fuf association. At the half yeaey meeting today of the Berlin Waterworks Company, the directors' report stating the disposable balance at £5,346, and recommend ing the payment of a dividend of 2s. per share, free of income-tax, was adopted. CITY NEWS-THIS DA-Y. TWELTE O'CLOCK. '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 revenue 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 .. £22,067,195 Decrease .. • • 5i9,325 .. 17,778,846 Decrease .. 178,092 Rest .. 3,354,071 Increase .. 3,546 Public Deposits .. 6,838,546 Increase .. 681,185 Other Deposits.. .. .. 14,694,851 Decrease •. 638,105 Seven Day and other Bills .. 853,532 Increase .. .. • • 61,659 Government Securities .. 10,986,097 No alteration. Other Securities .. 18,846,255 Decrease .. 232,945 Notes Unemployed .. 9,503,970 Increase .. 305,180 The annual meeting of the shareholders of the tvitish Electric Telegraph Company was held, to day, at the offices 58, Threadneedle-street. Mr. E. Cropper in the chair. James Simpson, Esq., the chairroan of the directors, retired from office by /otatioit, and was immediately re-elected. The usual formal business was disposed of, and the Meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The first call of 30s. per share on the 44 per Cent. Preference Shares of the London and Black- Wall Railway, Will 139 payable on or before the Ist proximo. The New York from America has brought £24,450 in specie. The dividend on the Peruvian 44 per Cent. Active bonds will be paid on and after the let proximo. An extraordinary meeting of the Oriental Corn rneroial Company has been called for the 16th proximo for the purpose of reconsidering the articles of the association, &c. The enquiries for discount accommodation are atilt sufficiently numerous to create activity among the bankers and brokers, who continue to enforce full terms for all the business they negotiate. During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets were not very extensive. Tea at public sale, however, re mained at steady rates. Sugars were dull and "rather cheaper; but coffee, cocoa, and spices have slightly advanced. A moderate business has been don e 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. During the past week there was a fair attend ance of both home and foreign dealers at the public sales of colonial wool, and good and fine qualities ' L ave fully sustained the rates current at the cora encem ent of the series. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The continuance of rain has increased the depres kart of the English Stock Market, which from the "eltueneement of business has presented a very t illf e-vourable aspect. Speculation continues quiet, it sales preponderate, and prices consequently r eprese n t s Way. The actual movement in prices only s e Presents per cent, Consols being 93i for money, and 9 31 for the 4th proximo, or just 1S- per cent. belowthe prices current at the end of last month. toe New Threes and the Reduced have receded 93 -.1; ; Exchequer Bills are 18 s. to 21 s. prem.; B ~ukStock is 240 ; India ditto, 230 ; and ditto u Per Cent. Loan, 108/ Io the Foreign department business has been and the principal movement has been the depression of Turkish Securities ; the 6 per Cents., 1864 1 are 84 85 ; ditto 1858, 70 4 71 4 ; ditto, New ' 4 °an Scrip h as b een as low as 2 dis., and is now 44 to 1 dis. ; Italian 5 per Cents. are 701 71; Egyp tiltil paid-up Scrip is 954 ; Russian ditto, 931; and Stock is 284 i• he Portuguese Loan is 2 prem.; the Vene 3111e)an, par 1 prem. ; and the Peruvian 11 to I die. T i tle operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, and prices have shown a rked decline. Great Westerns have receded , 42 ; South W es t erns , £1 10 s . ; G rea t N or th e rn A Stock, and London and Blackwall, £1; South Ear tern and Caledonians, however, have improved about Se. to 10s. An important alteration has tali ( .0 place in the Eastern Counties, which is now styl, ed Great Eastern ; the ordinary stock is quoted 45 t, a 451, and the A Stock, 59 to 59Q. T'' be Foreign and Coloni a l l i nes rem. ained with out any change in values. J - oint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares tern vin dull at about previous rates. The shares of the Inland Steam Navigation of India are quoted at 1 t o 11 prem. B ank st oc k ... BRITISH FUNDS—ONE 0' CL 2 ° o Cit. a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities a .. 93 Per Cent. Consols Annuities i i .""evir 3 per Cent. Annuitie s es 76 cl3t 3 VP' 9 i per Cent. Annu iti es 21k ~. ed Sea Telograph, 1908 230 411 ,,dia Stock . 108 i it Ditto 5 per Cent. v itro Ilufaced Paper, 4 per Cent 93 i b itto 5i p a Cent D '" ,, Bands il,OOO t Ditto u , Eder £ l,OOO .. e i, °ls tor Account, Sept. 4 /Lehequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 1 18 21 Litt Ditto £5OO ' .. • • ° 8 21 mall E FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. g'9,:Ptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip — oitto Paid-up Scrip AP l ian 5 per. Cent. (Maranniana Railway) 721 I .eEt, :.; per Cent 1, Ditto Account D it to 41 per Cent ............. , libitto .3 per Cent. 1ir.,44.4ik/1 .5 per Cent . 1822 £ St ... 97 . 1 , uitto Paid up Scrip ........... , * l . l rk* ' 1854 -I. ish 6 per Cent. ttto 6 per Gent. 1858 .............. ,Ittu Account 4-ktte £lOO Bonds .......... 731 4 I)ltto'6 per Cent.., 1862. Scrip .......... I,,,itru, p a id u p Scrip .... Ditto' Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. it i 2 dis I tal. D,idends on the above payable in Loudon. - lan, '5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. C c „ co TWO O'CLo oh , 93 i i;e, Money .... 93k 41 0. Account .. the 13 extensive coal mine is now being worked in tw.ll Province of Auckland, New Zealand, and the coal on ob (1 from it is selling at the nearest port for 12s, a t. biTARE MARKET-THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. done. 8 8/ 6 7 87 89 109/ 110 114:191 6} 7 1 2 5 6 42 44 94 10 22 22i 59} 600 58 60 39 41 87 88 284 29 i 304 106 135 140 124 126 125 127 134 136 107 109 651,51 85 57 1074 108} 63 135 120 122 464 47+ 96 964 101 102 40 45 38 39 8k 81 1291 1301 ii liP 99 101 79 81 604 614 98 99 1 01 ( - 1 54i 51 85 6 105 106 g 3 3i 10/ 116 118 45 47 Share/ Railways. 13.14 10 st st 50 20 8. - i0 Do. shares 'Mid Kent _ . liO . Lecd s - Do York North London Do new I North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool: Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union ‘'.outh Devon :s Durham & Lanc.Un Sout,'. Easte r n South 1741' River Dun S. York. ant: .ndWok. Staines, Wok., 14 Stockton & 13arlihfInn i 916.41 Do _ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R IWest Midland Oxford Do Newpor' Do Hereford Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div Do A i till 6p c.p au .has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock; Do Bdo East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. G reatNrthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do S. an W. of Ireland Great Western ........ Do Str Val qua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brip,tt.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & south Western 11, *derry Enni ski I len. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. m a ryort and Carlisle. Do # shares.. NT etropoli tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stocl; Do A stk ; A recs no d till ifpc. has been pdß i Do B stock 'Nth. Eastern—Berwic D0,_0.1.E. purchase PREFEIEN' Blythe and Tyne i 0 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Brie. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref.., E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar EdindtGlas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & u Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm (it. Nh. of Scot. lst pref. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pret Do. Birm. guar. stock 70. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she f.an. & Carl. 44 p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stocl , Do.Barnsl.st£s 3510dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. put'. Lon.dtßrig.spx.gu. No.l ID°. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Dag 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. 4 p c.st Lon.Chat&Doy.sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. (1 , Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent st,, late 3,1 shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl suns. of 2s, 6d.) _ 2s. 6d. lb. 6. Londony. & slm !Kan. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. 46 Do. 35 per cent. ........ Do. redeem. 6 percent... aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent ........ Nfidland Con. 6 P. o. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable Do. 45 per cent . . Do.L eic. andHit4per ct Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 184 C Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.stlB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Po. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N th. Dvn. Rail. &Dek. Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. C. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, 11. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeengua.flp.c Do. 7 p. c. pret stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, glut. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent..... • • • S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 P. 0 Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrtd & Kilkny, 6 P. c W. Mid. -Oxf Ist guastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red Do. Perpet 6p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 CE s: 100 100 100 all all 94 96 20 21 8 6i 102 106 1112 114 111 113 129 131 83 85 111 113 90 92 118 120 112 111 105 107 108 110 98 100 101 103 90 92 91 93 1102 104 78 80 78 80 173 176 105 107 136 140 103 105 115 117 115 117 136 140 115 117 152 157 128 132 78 80 101 103 2 2 122 124 jpirt 64 517 128 140 104 106 95 97 113 115 110 112 li 1113 ml 93 95 102 104 96 98 I 1} 01 di id ip 22i 234 114 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing IClosing Business ys Railwa. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. --- -- - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead.. Rucking,h nighire. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do. 55 56 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 lOO Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon .. Colchester, Stour Val. 100 EJI.&E.O 67 69 E. Lincolush. g6pr e. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. . • • • • Gls. Barr.&Neils.Dret. 100 Cledon .. • • Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. Weal . . .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all iDo. ...... .. .. Do.Nevy ShlB6l, 44p.c all IDo . ... 22 24 Do.Wo. Ext. A, 41p c. all Do ..... ... a t it London & Greenwich 1 100 S. Eastern 3 65 Do. Preferen 3 Lon.,Tilb.&S,-INend 100 Peto &Co B6 88 88 Lowestoft gua. 4p c.. 100 Norfolk .. • .. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 4 • 31 i Do 6 per cent ...... 100 Do. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx i 1 5. 5. 8. E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... pm Northrt.&Eas tn. sp. c. all ' Do. . ..... 67 59 Do. 6 per cent all D 0....... . • • • N. F , astn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. .• •• North Western ystn.Blitoh„s z Shep I Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 96 97 Her 1 r .1 Preston and Wyre. I all LSIN • Vir 1 44 46 & L. Yk. Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. • • • • South Stafforcis.liiie:: Ro Do. Do. eo d 100 T Brassey 133 Shrewsby & 100 Gt. North. 137 140 10 5 0 Ln._•ilkT IV 138 West London, Cis A t all W.Ln.E . x a 3ip all Ln&N.W. y se d t o . n . ?Li L - . - &B . rgtn s- — B5 —9 4 Do do B_ W w i i m l t D s b o i a e n d d n S t t o m e r Cr d o o u all ~..,t w , __ Gt. West. 92 94 - 92 94 8} 95 r()0K - BANKS. lon A irra , tlTnitoriServico Bk 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L' pool 40 Australasia 25 j Bank of Egypt 100 'Rack of London 50 B r itish North America, 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 20 Chtd.Bank of India, otc. 25 Ch.ller. of In. Lon..k Cll. 100 City 100 Colonial'... • 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada 20 Eng.. Scot., k Au. Ch 20 Gen. Bk .ot Switzerland 100 Imperial Bank Limited 100 London and Brazilian . 20 Lon, Char.Bkot Austral 50 London and County •• 50 London Joint Stock • • 20 ,London and o.Atrican 100 !London As Westminster _ . Irovinl.priti Nat Do. i . no env r r a o l v ß . o s n t k E o . g . I . a t d . lNat ü B t . II C W O r p a l o o r s • a ; t : i . • 0 ; n : Orient. Otto - non Bank Pro vincial of Irel;ncl • ; • Do. new.• ••• •• • • N Soutustralta Unio h. n of Australia Union of London • Uility SOW.. •••.•• 88 90 5 88 70 iP 24i ?5i 83 85 In 20i 1 id 35 c 7 90 92 40 42 178 t7f id ip 25,E ) 1 6 p 36 38 33i 34 14 2 78 80 id 41) 41 13 52 54 o7i 281 88 90 45 48 3o it 814 ..., _ -- 47 49 35 37 85186 csi 59a 98 100 6 7 38 39 8 9 fi 6 CI p 150 154 4i 5 2t 2 p 55i st: 2i 3i d 85 88 142 144 61 7} 42 44 37 40 88 90 HARES. 140 145 10 11 24 24i 86 ik 201 21} 28i 29i 34 35 33i 34i 42 44 129 131 123 128 104 108 125 128 118 122 all all 100 100 all all all 1244 1254 f 5 661 4,k 51 41 1071 I 62 9818 99 iOO 981 d THE SUN ''LONDON. FR AY ZVENING, AUGUST 15, 1862. BRITTISH POSSESSIONS: Closing Plod. Price. Business done Share! ' Rail w ay s 100 (Atlantic &St Lawrence all 62 B u m.,Baroda.t.Cent In 100 101 102 1013 stk t Gu. 5 per cent.. 203 ;Buffalo and Lake Buron all 5 53d Do. New . ..... 10 Do. Pretcronce all 8 81 f Buflalo,lirant&Godrich 100 78 82 100/ 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 76 79 100 Do. do. June 1, IK4 100 76 7 9 at Clew! ta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ) 100 101 103 st CapcTown .& Dock Serif 100 107# 108# 1071 171 Demerara. . all stock Ekstn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1033 104 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 104 105 20 Do. do. G Ext..... all ip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 2 6p stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 203 213 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref., all 84 t 8 200 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et. all 54 56 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 31 32 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 42 44 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 30 33 100 Do. do. 1872., all 30 33 stock GtlncliaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 102 103 1021 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 3 f p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 2 # ip stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 101# 1021 201 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all 12# 12f 203 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 97 1 00 100 Do. 53 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 in 100 1878 Indian D Branch Limited 1 3 die B9 91 10 stock Madras guar., sp. a. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 95 96 953 stock Do. 4A d 0.... 100 9 0 tit stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100 20 Newßrunswick do Candy Ry..tLand(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Shan .. Do. do. Land - do 20 Do. do, B Capital do a ll 4 t .. Do. do. Land do. . . N. Rl.C'da 6pc Ist pi Ws 100 85 38 stool' Scinde „s 100 1 0 21 103 3 20 Do. Punjau . b 15 11 1 P 10 Do. Do. .- ce all 203 201 stook Do. Indus. St. Flo. ge, 100 98 100 201 20i 100 100 100 10 stock stock stock stock stook Antwerp & Rotterdam. 'Ardennes—. ••• •- •• BalL&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Csrmeaux Mine & Rail, Copiapo Ditto Extension ....1 Dutch Rhenish ....... Do • • Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. fi p. c. Gt. Luzern., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aldn) Parls,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recite & S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. ct. 1im...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... -;an Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin '4. East Portugal 7 p ct. Turin and Savona .... southern of France.... Wept Fiander6 ..,..... Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France 43 44 141 151,1 15 16 i i 14 Oil 01 10 I*Um 3 i 4 i PI le 1 34 334 74 71 10 10 1 1 214 Vi FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate Year. it l*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 100 104 106 20 i Cornwall44 p.c. ga.perp all et E. Anglian, Clsß, 0 p.c., 100 130 135 st Do. Cisc, 7 p.c. 100 140 145 st Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c.l 100 85 87 b. iLonn, nrig'tn, &a, 4c per or cent.... , .1858 100 102 104 at IDo, do. 4 per et. 1860 100 at IDo. per ct. 1861 , 100 102 104 5 IDo. do. 4, per ct. 1861 ; 3 1 _ 10 Lou.' & Chat'm, Itretrop.' Ext. B, 6 p.c... _ .1 all 1 04 106 10f st Lon. &S.Western 44 p.c.; 100 101 106 10 North British £lO Gua.' Shares, 1861 all at *Seottisheentral44 p.c irred. pref.. 10 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 1 all 94 10 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) 6 pr pm 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) 6 pr pm 20 Vale of Neath * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to bi [lade good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. * Fi made rear not to be half year. BRITISH MINES. Clifford nil 23 26 vvon G. Con.. (Tavist 1 445 455 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. 4d fp East Bassett (Illogan) 3 l, 47 49 East Caradon 1.14.. 45 17 East Carn 8rea...... • E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 7.128 3 31 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 57, 164 171 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 4 G. Wheal Vor (BielstoW 4 0 5 1 !4 Grenville 6.15. f• 5 5 Di Flerod's-Foot 8.1!2 41 43 tlingston Downs 4.14 2 4 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (llny Lelant 91 41 13 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 1 05 North Downs 24 31 31 North Frances (Illoga 12.3 Basset 9 0 31 4 North Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 35 4 Par ConsolstSt. Blazey 11 5 6 20 Providence( Uny Lelnt. 10.6.. 41 43 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer 15 345 55 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 21 3 t'.Wheai Fran. (Mogan ,18.1 1025 1071 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 iE 14 10 Tin Croat 9 10fr 11 West Basset (Illogan) ll 13 14 W Caradon (Liskearot 5 33 34 West Satan Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 80 85 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 521 571 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 1 15 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 91 101 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 14 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 16 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 , BonAccord Copper,Lim all 1 4 5 Brazil Land & Mln.Co all 5 1 40 Cobre Copper all 21 23 20 Coplapo l6 7 8 2 Capula Silver los. pr fpm 1 OunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail t 1 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 4 1 14 2 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 21 ?3 2 Gt N. Cop. AS. Austr l4 14 1 d 15 Kapunda (Limited) 1 I X d Linares all 61 75 5 Lueitanian 2 f d par 1 Mariquita all 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 4 5 sde 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... aII 2 I 5 Port Philip 1 Santaßarbara GldMine 1 11 pm 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) loa. 1 111 p m 99 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 56 58xd 11 28.2.8/ United Mexican ... „.„ all oit 75 71 1 Worthing (Limited)..— all 1 1 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld. all 25 24 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6p. centll3B3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 105 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 1071 Do. 5 per cent loo 95 96 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 95xd Cape G.Hope. op 0,1873 100 108 109 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 1134 121 Do. 1890 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 I Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 N.B.Gov. p.c. a.&July 100 103 105xd Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S.W. G ov. sp. c., 1866 100 991 1 00 4 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 100 1001 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 ,New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 1('8 110 I Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.July 100 156 108 - to Rp.a Ao.&Ont too 1081 1081 1084 DOCKS. stook stock stock stock stock stock stick Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pretlilin East and West India London St. Katharine. ISouthampton Victoria ...... " IDo , New . iCO 130 133 100 - - 100 56 58 100 ióii i 96 98 2 I ld par MISCELLANEOUS. I 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 5 + 51 2 1 50 A kA n ut igsatinroat-1115ilatt{:ki5eigrain. Agricultural mi i t n u( t ir . da . l a a ll l 9l l 2 1 2 8 2 244 8 4 221 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all *_ . • ited 1 °us I P I 5 Bombay Gas Lim • ..... _ , 50 British American Land 40 _ , 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all ;) r i. 20 Do. 8.7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 1 20 Do. C. (Limited)........— all 7... 32 Canada Land all 10 0 106 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 5 st. Cop. Mi n . o fE ng.&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 74 percent.., all 13 16 st. Crystal Palaceloo 33 83 st. Do. Prefer ene , st. Do. ti p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 10, 110 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A all It, Do. B all -- it 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Can a l 1 par }pm L I at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New ..... Cop all 5 English &Aus. per all 11 li 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 264 274 1 Great Slip Limited)._ all i 1 Do 17, pct Prefe rence all i t If 1, 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 4} 3, d 4 LG. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all if 11 r 0 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 4 5 L n o a n d . r & as S i . r l r re a l n .D d t e T an cl ai L . : 21 2 — i 2 - 1 Per i .c cen t. o. p L r e in f' . : all ... .. &Ir o n (L i m.) 5 'I 1 , p 1 12 2 14 20 10 Netherlands Land , Bp.c. all 4 1 L L i a m nd .) a ll I 14 14 i s 1 Oriental Steam (Lim.) all 64 6 1 10 Orintl. In. i-7 - 5/1 11 .(Lim) 100 55 57 St. Peelit.Lud.& 1 13 50 Da New ....... .4in.e. all ..... _ 13 Do. New. •; 20 • Red Sea&ln.Tel.g. ..... all 13 20 50 Rhymney Iron •••••••• 50 pen & Oriental Steam a 3 l ol 71 73 Z d 25 Rio Janeiro City --- • 2 at. 52 Sco p t o ..Aust d l o n . . In . v.( . L ..1111. .:' 6° 4 5 1 1 6 25 South Australian Land 1 1 25 00 1 00 0 11 , SubmarineßN ae . 0. D B B rt y bio . r° aA . •• un l & 8. ux NP aaari vl al a a i ss a , S rt s C ee i ° a l .a t . n .m i asTcm. (Limited),.r i. .D. p..:: : laaltaaolll:oliil, 21853: 14:109 , all 32 $4 10 1 Trust and Agency 01 al i ll 0 4 6 Pr I 1 Do. do. Registered S Do do .. . • i 4 id 2 Telegraph to Ind a(1 ) ' Austrlasia(lin)i a t is. ; 1 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. ot llpr.Can. " 5 U. IV dom Tel. Co. ai m ) 3 g A 100 V&D.Ditimen's L oad ., 284 12 14 POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING AN ARTIST.—Mrs. !inn Collins, 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-bow, Mr. Tyrwhitt asked him hie 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. WEburss Jousox.—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 bad 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 Pollee-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 for 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 he 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 prisoner, 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. GREAT WESTERN RAIL if L HALF-YEARLY MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the directors ant 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 CEIAIRILIN 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 th-e meeting, The report, which recorded a dividend for the halt-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 brother 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, " W e ' ve no ups here ; we've always had downs. " depression s atw t h h l laee of S ffu o a u l tysha developedti safsaWalessha reholders. cta rytHe nmtßailwayta The chairman said w i t h regard to their connection with l yt d t be ud b o t e nt c heh o ,a m et e t eht a ei l s r o e p u o o r oig c r t e e dw o f upon p ap r on o n f i o ttt the to et e l and that the patwoudrrmoaeur,ihe felt satisfied when the traffic pros pects for the future were, he considered, favourable. (No, no.) He had no d es i re to highly colour their present. position, but be felt justified in making the-observation ho 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 1 1 ") 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 d S i a v u i d n e d d e r a s t ) —t the) —but t e n h felt h de of July n t ly a n i a f t e t a h half-year d e fatthe had beginning, enn beening, 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 f g o r r e at dividend portion f o t f h e that o s d u m h e h w a o d ul a d have b alluded nded to had available beenth 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.) [We shall continue the report in our late edition.] BANIC OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day of Aug., 1862: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .........X31,571,185, Government Debt £11,115,100 10ther Securities .. 3,634,900 Gold Coin &Bullion 16,9A165 Silver Bullion .... £31,571,165' £31,571,165 PropriCtOProprietors'CapßANKlNG n : i tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in eluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , PARTMENT. Government Seen- counts) - 6,838.545 Other Deposits—. 14,594,854 Seven Day and other Bills F53,632 Aug. 14, 1862. rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,986,097 Other Securities 18.846,255 Notes Gold and Silver 857,051 Coin £40,194,003 W. £40,104,003 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. MAGNETIC TEL EGRA PIO SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Harriet, from Sweden. Sailed—Nicolo Maria, for Cardiff; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan; Georges, for Cherbourg. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Haber, from Sodez ham ; Henry, from ()liege; Johannah Emma, from Dantzic ; Napoleon, from Ant werp; tirdo, from Swanswick •' Omar Pacha a n d M a tild a Christine, from Archangel ; Galatea and 'Wave, from Dantsic ; Varonia, from Swanswick ; Maria Matilda, from Misted - Gustav, from Stralsund ; Ravenswood, from Cumberland Harbour ; Triton, from Winclaw ; Flora, horn Sundswall ; Alida, from Stockholm; Trilling Broderene, from Frederickshaven. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—H,M.S. Rhadaraanthus, from Woolwich, for the westward. CRYSTAL PALACE.—To-morrow will be the first shilling Saturday this season. The fountains will be played at three, the band of the Coldstream Guards performing promenade music during the display. Mr. W. T. Best, organist of St. George's Hall, Liverpool, will afterwards perform on the great organ, and later in the day the com bined military and other bands will play Meyerbeer's and Auber's music written for the opening of the International Exhibition. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN FRANCE.—A lad, 15 years of age, son of M. Dubrulle, judge of the tribunal of Douai (Nord), went three days ago to the ditch which surrounds the fortifications to amuse himself with fishing. At a few yards from him was a sol dier following the same amusement, and with whom he en tered into conversation. After a time young Dubrulle, thinking it time to return home, took out his watch to see what time it was. The sight of the watch excited the cu pidity of the soldier, and when the lad left he followed him. On reaching a secluded spot the soldier, after asking his name, laid hold of him by the throat, and saying—" You shall never see your father again," pressed his throat so hard as to nearly strangle him, after which he beat him about the head with a brick, and left him for dead, carry ing off the watch wi.h him, In about two hours the young Dubrulle recovered his senses, and managed to drag him self a short distance from the spot, where he fainted. For tunately, some one chanced to pass, and he was ultimately conveyed home, where, after medical assistance had been procured, he recovered sufficiently to be able to give an ac count of what had taken place, and also some indications which, it is hoped, may lead to the arrest of his assailant. The lad remains in a very dangerous state, but hopes are entertained that his life will be saved. COUNT CAVOUR.—Nothing was too small for him. He took an interest in the persons, the wishes, and habits of others. His piercing glance read in the countenance the thoughts of his interlocutor, and, without being indiscreet, his questions showed fully that he penetrated to the inner nost depths of the person interrogated. It happened some times that, after having been occupied for four or five hours together, with affairs of marine, finance, or administration, he entered my study, and would jump, and talk, and ru, about like a boy fresh from his work, in order to rest his mind for a short time. In such moments he gave his spirits free scope; jokes about his opponents, about the bombastic speakers of the Left and the extreme Right, rained in such profusion that he seemed to take his revenge for the reserve to which he had gradually accustomed him self in his parliamentary speeches. He often cut jokes about himself, especially when he had to appear in grand uniform at official festivities. Except on occasions where it was indispensable, he never wore his decorations, and sympathised very little with those who liked to deck them selves with crosses and ribbons. When somebody advised him to found an order, in compensation for those which had been suppressed on the Peninsula, he replied, " Don't you see that the spirit of our times is opposed to ..e su an h things ? Why create new causes of inequality, 1 irresistible power drives all classes to e I do there will be no order in Europe fifty years henc e. -but these not know whether this prophecy will be fulfiiledthe existing quality7?,hil bet words, of a man decorated with nearly all I orders of Europe, seem to me to be worth once asked him casually how his arms ?am eto recordingcontain "They say," he re a Get man motto, " Gott will Becht." Saxony, and that a pilgrim called Benz had come to Piedmont plied, "that my family came fro hence tho cockles and the device. Do y ou . ie into a ringing laugh till bmelvei in in it 10 ?"—"No."80; —"Nor I either I" and he burst R eminiscence s —,tirtoxts aClo communicationAd e r tis W e a rs efthecwolhoostlecurraotoemr.esounded with it. e of T T u ri e E sda e y ° :a e" s l C : _ T T II h R i E. morning T h received by Robert Grubb, Esq., Governor of the C ounty Gaol, from Sir Thomas Larcom, intimating that his Excel lency the Lord Lieutenan t, havin g given the full es t consi • d era tion to the memorial of Rich'srd Burk e , praying for a remission of the capital sentence pronounced upon him for th e poisoning of his wife, is unable to find any grounds upon which such remission could be made, and that according ly the law must take its course. The unhappy man will therefore be hanged on Monday, th e 25th inst" COMMUTATION E E N SentenceTE N a ssed on Philip e E of death uPON PHILIP MicniEL FO LEY.—His O e Excellency th e L or d Li eutenant p hasheenpmleaieshedeel Foley to cote t ley at last assizes (for the murder of his cousin Philip James Foley, at Killorglin, in April WO, to one of penal servityle for life,--Dolln, 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 wine at a publichouse in the Whitechapel-road. After regaling themselves till a late hour, they went home to Brown's lodgings 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 him 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 skip mate was robbed, I overhauled her and gave her into cus tody. Mr. Selfe—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 market 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 moat 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 rat9s. 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 business was transacted, and the quotations were well maintained. ARRIVALS THIS VIES. Wheat. Harley. Walt. Oats. Flour. E ng li s h 850 190 , 3,720 i 90 l,llO sack. Irish. Foreign 19,370 4,360 i 35,680 83 0 „a s , 7,190 Ws NEIVUATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are only moderate. Most qualities command a steady sale, and prices are well sup ported. Per Sib. by the carcase. Bagd Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 0 Nliddling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 4 0 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 10 4 4 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 d Middlingmutton scle 40 4 4 Prime do ... 4 6 4 8 Vea/ ......... • 3 10 4 8 Small pork ... .. 4 6 4 10 Lamb ........ 4 6 6 0 BOROUGH HOp. Sales progress slowly in all kinds of hope ; 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 extensiTP, but prices generally are well supported for good and fine qualities. SUGAR.—OnIy a limited business ha s been done in West India, and in some instances prices h ave slightly given eyes Refined descriptions remained at about previous li. 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. Cocol.—The operations have been. rnoderately active, and prices have tended upwards. RICE.—For the better descriptions of East India there previous quotations. has been a moderate inquiry at . about been apparent, and SALTPETRE.—More animation nas prices have exhibited a slightly upward tendency. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, and quota tions have shown no material variatio n , spot is marked 48s 6 d, and last three PY.O on the months 50s to 50s 3d per cwt. TESTIMONIAL FOR CIYILITY.---A meeting was held on Wednesday, the 13th inst.) at the Royal Oak, Penge, to present Mr. William Smith, the Anerley station master on the Brighten and South Coast line, with a silver goblet and a purse of sovereigns, subscribed for by upwards of 70 of the inhabitants, in token of their appreciation of his attention and civility. The last eagle vanished many J ears ago from our mountain region; and the last pair of ravens is no longer seen ; the hawks and owls are too few for the field ve rmin i n the valleys ; and their absence is not likely to g ive us the larks we long for; for th e r lowling-riOCO is as f a t a l to the small rn singing-birds as to th e i r 6n e.es. We witness a random and mischievous sport with fire-arms) because more legitimate sports and exercises are absent. — Once a With. FOREIGN RAILWAYS Share) Railways. Paid! Closing Business Price. Done. 71 71 7 s I 11 2 v 1/ 10f Ili 44 4 1 lf li p 21 22 14} 144 - - 81 8f 196 204, 396 406 8 10 8 7d LO:tlrDfjjv AND SOUTH WESTERN RAIL- WAY COMPANY. A portion of t'le followm' g appeared in our impression of yesterday e riming : The adjuarned general half-yearly meeting of thepro prietors ). this comp any was held to-day at the offices, Waterloo Station. Capt ain MANGLES, Chairman of the board of directors, presiel e d. T'ne report, which has already appeared in The Sun, hay ing , been taken as received, The CHAIRMAN said the explanations given at such le egth in the r e p or t ren d ere d i t altogether unnecessary that t should detain them f or any considerable time. All he proposed to do was to explain certain items in the accounts, and also in the event of its bein g con sidered necessary to give any explanation that might be required, as to the different subjects dealt with in the report. Before, however, he did so he thought, as the authorised mouthpiece of the directors, he might say it was a matter of pleasure to them, and he thought it would be a satisfaction to the shareholders to know that there had been an increase of receipts this half-year, and comparing that with the amount received during the same period of 1861, there was an increase in favour of the half-year just closed of £3l,ooo—(hear, hear)--- and during the six weeks that have elapsed of the present half-year the excess had continued, for on making comparison with the same period of 1861, there was an increase in favour of the present of no less than £27000, which was at the rate of £4500 per,week. He was sure the shareholders would not expect that that increase of income could be secured without an addition to their charges and expenses. (Hear, hear.) He could not leave that portion of his duty without expressing the high estimation in which the directors held the exertions of their able and talented traffic manager, Mr. Archibald Scott. Early an-I late he was to be found at his post, and it was a matter of surprise how that gentleman was en abled to get through such an immensity of work—(hear, hear)—but while he had to notice the labours of Mr. Scott, he thought the shareholders would also agree that the other officers of the company had all done their duty to admiration, when the increase of their expenditure was so small as compared with their increased income. (Hear, hear.) The chairman then proceeded to give a detailed explanation of the half-yearly accounts to June 30, 1861, which showed that the net revenue for that period, after deducting interest on loans and all other preferential charges, amounted to £143,362 lls. 5d., and adding to that sum the surplus of December of 1861 of !£l,Oll 10s. 91., gave a balance available for dividend of £144,274 2s, 2d., from which sum the directors recommended that a dividend be declared at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, pay able on the 26th instant. After providing for the dividend, there would be a sum of £252 19s. Bd. The re laying of portions of the permanent way had been continued during the past half year, both on the main and branch lines. The former portion had been completed, and £lO,OOO had been charged to revenue on that account. The work of doubling the Southampton and Dorchester line was pro ceeding as rapidly as was possible. Out of the 60 miles to be accomplished 35 miles had been completed, leaving 25 miles still to be done. The large buildings at present in Progress at Nine Elms, when completed, would enable about three-fourths more work to be turned out from both the locomotive and carriage departments than before the improvements were commenced. The directors, and all persons connected with railways, had great reason, he thought, to complain of the law with respect to that descrip tion of property. With respect to th e late unfortunate accident near Wimbledon, after 14 days of the most search ing investigation before a coroner and jury, a verdict of accidental death was returned in the case of the late Dr. Baly, which he thought was tantamount to an acquittal of the company from blame, yet in another investigation with which they were all, no doubt, acquainted, namely, Ford's case, which was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, a penalty hod been inflicted on them as heavj as if they had pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with gross negligence. The company, wishing to avoid law as much as possible, had effected compromises in other cases, which he thought, under all the circumstances, would be considered highly favourable to the company, (Hear, hear.) The lamented death of Mr. Errington, their con sulting engineer, was a source of profound regret to the directors. With respect to their difference with the Great Western, on the part of the directors he was desired to say most emphatically there was on their part the greatest desire for the re-establishment of amicable relations, relations it must in justice be said, the South Western were not the first to disturb, The same feeling he also said was desired on their part with respect to the Andover and Redbridge Company. The South Western board had been ,the first since the recent contest to express its readiness for peace, and he sincerely hoped those feelings would be reciprocated by the Great Western Company, He concluded by mov ing the adoption of the report. The motion having been seconded, Mr. HELPS referred to the position of the sister of the late Dr. Baly, and moved that £l,OOO be presented to her by the company. The CHAIRMAN said he did not suppose that the hon. proprietor wished to move that as an amendment to the adoption of the report. It could be put as a substantive motion after the report was agreed to. This eourse was adopted, and the report was agreed to unanimously. Mr. HELPS then brought forward his motion relative to Dr. Baly's sister. Mr. MITCHELL thought that the lady had no legal claim upon the company, but that she had a strong moral one. Sergeant GAZELEE opposed the proposition on the ground that it would be a heavy tax on the company, whilst indi vidually it would not be so hardly felt. The holder of the share would not feel much the loss of his proportion to the contribution of £l,OOO out of the funds of the company, but the person who had £30,000 invested in the ooncern would feel the effect of the tax, and that too most heavily. If, as had been stated, Dr. Baly during the last few years of his life had been in the receipt of an income of £3,000 per annum, he ought to have had the ordinary fore sight to insure his life for his sister's benefit. If the person killed had been John Snooks instead of the physician to the Queen, the directors might have given a small contribution if asked for it, but most certainly it would not have been a large sum. He objected to the pro position mainly on the ground that it would place the Company in such a situation that it would never be able to tell its position with anything like exactness. He should therefore move, as an amendment, that a subscription be opened, and that thoso who liked might be invited to con tribute to it. Mr. HUTCHINGS, a director, said he should put his name down for £5. Mr. HELPS said he had no wish to carry his motion by a bare majority, and therefore, under the circumstances, he would withdraw his proposition. The motion was then withdrawn in favour of the sub scription moved by Mr. Sergeant Gazelee. A resolution for the conversion of £1,000,000 debenture debt of the company into the 4 per cent. preference deben ture stock, was agreed to unanimously. After the transaction of some formal business the pro- CE edings terminated. CHURCH-RATE LAW.* As our legislators refuse to accept either Sir John Trelawny's Abolition Bill, or L ord Ebury's proposal t o a b o li s h compu l sory power s of th e interim, l evying Church-rates, it is i m p or t an t that, both the opponents and the advo o c w at e e r s s. of: e u h r a c i h l : Church rate injustice should know their m p therefore, the appearance of a c o mpendious relating to p ae n w d s ious yet com prehensive little work on the I Church-rates, by w hose professional a gentl d enz im engagements have require thoroughly to study that branch of law. For :r a trifle any intelligent man may ascertain relating e statute law upon to Church-rat es , while the largest p all practical pointse ng t of the book is occupiod b y notes, which give, par t o r the briefest yet clearest f orm, the actual decis io ns - 7 i of the judges on di sputed qu estions. The book is thus as available —per hap, more „ _ so —for the professional man as ior th e layman. W e e could wish it w ere i n the hands of some m petent person in every parish, 'where squire, co reparson, and churchwardens still can be guilty of the meanness and injustice of compelling non-attendants on Church worship to Pay f or it. As the cost is so trifli ng , every 'Working opponent of the Church-rate iniquity 'will do well to procure and to study this exposition of his own powers, and tho se o f se of his opponents. We subjoin the table of con Part L—Rates Generally —Vestry Notices—Chairma n of ,s Vestry—Right and Manner of Voting—Sturges Bournes. Act— Small Tenements Act—Proceedings before. gi s M u a ting trates—ln Case of Quakers—lllegal RateB—Disputing Legality of Rate— Distraint—Actions against M a gistrates Part 11.-- -Against Br okers—Against Churchwar u d r e c n b s E . nlargement Rates under Church Building Acts — L 'b rch—Site for New —Taking Down and Rebuilding t C e for Repairs—Repairs Church—Burial-grounds—L°Bnlndex. of District Churches or Chapels— Acts and Cases, or the Statu te -book on Church-rat es t being a S e l ec ti on of Acts of Parliament relating to Church rates, with the Decisions of the Judges thereon. By Chas. J. Foster, LL.D., o f Lincoln's-inn, B arr i ster-at-Law. London : Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane. 1862, 'TIE SALMON FISHERY,--For the past few days affording the Ness has been perfectly swanni ng with fish, capital sport to anglers, , Friar s Shot for the and helping to compensate the lessee of the Fri Unproductive labours of a good part of the season. On Friday M r . 31`Lean c,aght 95 salmon and 60 ; no less than haul of 155 in two sh g cl r a i y ls s e — and on Saturdai making abigger take than has boon known in the Noss for the last 20 or 30 years r a greatly i.ii the PUle ISM@ of time.—inv f ma 4dvertigr. THE D IS'T'RESS IN LANCASHIRE. The first meeting of the Borough of Salford Dis tress Committee was held at the Town-ball in that borough on Wednesday, James Werrall, Esq., the mayor, presiding. The Mayor or Salford was ap pointed chairman, and Mr. Alderman Weston (the 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, reqvestin g 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 corn ! mittee that the funds which may bcs entrusted to it should not be giving to persons receiving parochial relief, unles s in special and extreme cases. The mayor announced subscriptions to the amount of .EB5O 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 soup distributed, prin c i pa l l y through the Manche s t er an d S alford 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 people, and intimating his wish that the meeting should appoint a committee to distribute judiciously the £4O per month which he had contributed to the Central Relief Fund specially for this object, tfo gether with such other funds as might be obtained. A committee was appointed, and afterwards rad 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 eightpenca p ea ,- day. Partly from the association's funds, and partly from private benevolence, an economical m ea l o f rice pudding, or coffee and bread, is prnvided for each pupil once a week. The committee of manage ment 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 [members 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 in 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, Cambridge-place, Paddington, yesterday, tou c hi ng the death of Mrs. Sarah Padley, 18 years of age, residing at 6, Buckicgham-terrace, Baysw ater, which took place under melancholy and sh oc ki ng ' circumstances. Thomas Spencer, a lodger at 6, Bucking has:l race , deposed that on Sunday at 11 .20 a.in. h h re 3 l, i i t oa e or r ii: room onthe deceased in a mass n cr t e o am th s e i r s o s o u m ing an f d rom a ro foundthe of flames. ufldra ran es. He seized a piece of carpet fr om t h e fl oor and enveloped her i n it, and threw h w ing ; by that means he succeed er upon the land ed the fire before lif e was quiteed in exti ngu i s hi n g extinct, but not until every particl e o f her wearing was completely consumed. apparel exeepther boots The helpless creature's body was frightfully bur ne d a ll over. T wo rooms enn were set on fi re i n , --sequence, and on the arrival of the husband u (whofl was absent at the time) directly afterwards, the rooms , doing s o , and by dili gent e ff orts soo n succeed e d i n Maria MIIBOI3, a young sister of deceased, said she Was w earing at the time a muslin dress, extended by crinoline, and having occasion to cross the room the Iskirt o f t h e dress got i gn i te d f r o m th e fire in a 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 supposed, because, being now so common, many of themwere never reported in the public journals. If every fatal crinoline accident were reported the p u blic would know of them, and then h e f e l t assure d that crino line, the modern and o f ten f atal nuisance of society, would soon be ab an d oned, suggestion of The jury, a c ti ng upon the the coro ner, returned a verdict of 4 , Acc id e ntal death, through wearing crinoline." was a great flocking FIFTY YEARS AGO.—There into the army and navy on to the troublesome public schoolboy, the prince of h all classes—from the cottage lad, who sooner or later went by no means regretted off to sea, wept by his mother, the part w e e n t of field, for a a soldier, or ran was a great deal of smuggling by the neighbours. poaching. There was a good in those days, breaking of threshing-ma counties, and of power-looms in the deal of riotng an o d ce ric°h7airare(l)3l chines in agricultural districts : but a commoner safety-valve There was less netting and snaring was poacbbing manufacturing now, and more shooting. Thi s was of game t t an emptation. It is now the great temptation part of t h e to the slaughter of small bird s of which we are co niPlaining under our pr esent plague of slugs , ell. cater pillars, and wire-worm s . N ot only boys but wI like the excuse for poppin g off guns : and hence t extir pation of many useful bi r d s Which we may never of stored. If the villa ge b utts and universal ad the general a rchery old j : j3 see re- England had exi ste d now, or if we now had the will see, a i practice with w eapons Which another gen been devouring e our small bird s would at this moment have the moderate quantity of caterp illars ! which would LAW made their app e 4 IF - 04. ttranve.-01" 3 19! 20 ~.