The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY NE WS-YES rERDAY. The B ink of Amsterdam to-day has reduced its rve of discount from 4 to 31, per cent. About £12,000 in geld was taken to the Bank to-day. The amount of gold taken to the Bank on Satur day was £218,000, instead of only £35,000, as re ported. At the same time £50,000 in French gold coin was sold. The Tasmanian Royal West India Mail steamer has brought £300,000. The foreign stock market was less excited than on Saturday, yet a very large amount of business was done. The high premium on Egyptian scrip, com bined with the rumours respecting the approaching issue of the additional amount, has occasioned some sales, but the price has not descended below the closing quotation of Saturday. Of the scrip of the new Turkish Loan there were a number of realisa tions, and the price has fallen to Q per cEnt. The scrip of the new Russian Loan has remained com paratively dull throughout the recent period of ex citement. The scrip of the new Portuguese Loan has risen to 3 1 4- to 4 prem. Amongst the purchases was one to the extent of £lOO,OOO stock. Tt e next tendering for bills on India, to the ex tent of Rs. 30,00.000, or £300,000, will take place at the Bank o f E ngland on the 6th August. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,696, and the South Eastern an increase of £2,400. CITY NEWS ---THIS DAY. CITY, o'. Busine ss i n the Foreign and TWELVE Colonial CLocK Produce Markets during the last few days has been mode • rately active, and owing to the easiness in the Money Market, prices generally have been well sustained for the principal staples. The late advices from the E as t h ave caused no change of importance in the value of tea. Sugars sold readily at about previous rates, while a limited business has been done in coffee without any variation of importance to record in values. Rice has been in better request chiefly for exportation. In saltpetre the operations have been limited. The Tallow Market has been more animated, and prices for both present and for ward delivery tend upwards. P.Y.C., on the spot, 18 quoted 495. 6d., and last three months 50s. 6d. Per cent. The Hibernian, from New York, has brought £20,100 in specie. The traffic receipts of the Illinois Central Rail road for the month of June were £48,113, against £ 3 4,788 in the corresponding period of last year. There is an increase of £2,442 in the traffic re turns of the South Eastern Railway for the past week. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is very little demand for money to-day and the rates continue to denote an extreme degree of easiness. At the annual meeting to-day of the Australian Agricultural Company, Mr. Hamilton in the chair, th e directors stated that the position of their affairs did not warrant them in recommend the payment of a dividend. A discussion ensued 11 1 3 0 n the motion for the adoption of the report, the tenor of which was, that the directors should utilise their land by stocking it with sheep, &c. The Board of Trade returns for the six months ended June 30, 1862, have just been published, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports during that period amounted to 87,314,679, against £60,143,425 in the like period of 1 861, showing a decrease of £2,828,746. Consols opened very buoyantly this morning, and business was soon recorded at 941 : for trans fer and the 7th prox., and at 94: I for the 4th of September. This movement, however, induced some of the operators who had bought at a lower ta ngs to effect sales with the view of securing Profits, and the quotations relapsed to 94/ and 94 4 • Since then, however, the tendency has again turned in the upward direction, and the latest price s are 94: 2 and 941 respectively. Bank Stock has further advanced to 237 and 240 ; the New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 946 :; Exchequer Bills hav e i m p rove d t o 23 5 . an d 27 5 . prem.; the New 2,1 per Cents., to 771; India Stock is 227; and Five per Cent. Loan, 108: H. Rather less buoyancy has been perceptible in the Poruign Stock Market, although the transactions have been numerous. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 88 .87; ditto, 1858, 744 75; ditto, New Loan Scrip has receded to 3/ prem. ; Egyptian Scrip to 11 Prem. ; Mexican, to 281 :; Russian 5 per Cents. t o 9 7 ; ditto, New Loan Scrip is flat at I prem. ; Sardinians are firm at 85/ ; Spanish have im- Proved to 55 1 1 ; ditto Deferred to 44: ; ditto Pas sive are heavy at 188 f and the Certificates at 9: ; Italian 5 per Cents. are firm, at 71:, and Vene zuelan 3 per Cults. are steady at 261- 27k. The new Portuguese Loan is 3/ 4 prem. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, the dealers and speculators being oc eaPiod with the arran gements f or the liquidation, Prices, however, are firm, and in one or two in stances show a slight imp rovement. B r i stol an d Exeter Great Northerns, South-Westerns, and SOnth - Wales have advanced ss. ; and Caledonians, Midlands, and South-Easterns, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings support Previous prices. Sambre and Meuse are firm, at !? 1, ; San Paulo, a t ; Bahia and San Francisco, ." 18- 4; and R ec if e am). San Francisco, at 15 ; Bom bay and Baroda realise 101/ ; East Indian, 1044 ; 4114 Madras 5 per Cents. have declined to 1011 101/. J oint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain without any material alteration in values. Alliance of London and Liverpool are steady at 131 ' ; London and Westminster at 781 ; Oriental 1, k have declined to 53 and 53/ ; and Scottish `l.astralian Investment has advanced to 1361. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. )3atar Stock 4 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94, I I a leer Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es Nei ' W 3 per Ce n t. A nnu iti es 941 / 8 4 . , e1. - ' 91 ,-- per Cent. Annuities 771 It di a Stock bi tco 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditl,o 5 per Cent Conso Is for Account, Aug. 7 Ezchi ;quer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 24 3 7 Ditto £5OO Dili ,o Small FOREIGN FUNDS --ONE O'CLOCK. Bra ziljan, 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 .4iry . ptia74, 7 per Cent., Scrip Ditto Paid-up Scrip .... 93 Al ..::rican, 3 per Cent D 'jruviao. 3 per Cent . 84f 5 D -°ll alguuse 3 per Cent., 1853 4 , nssi hn a per Cent 1822 £ St 97 s Dito 18 62 (Scri 4 'di t llian , 5 per Cent . c fAniali 3 I)er Cent 557} Ditto New Deferred 44/ Ditto Passive.. :e t L.,i_ 8 . :, o kii tt i itt s suo t 6 C 6 p e pe r er t T . c o ce f e ! lt t o . . u 1 p 815 . 885 n 4 0 t funded 741 i Ditto 6 3,+, per Cent., 1862, Scrip , Paid up Scrip.... e riezuela, 3 per Cent Df.vidends on th e a bove payable in London. Itali al; 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. °Dil itt gl At i cO P ult TWO O'CLOCK. 941 I 94 / the TTnit a lt a li ana of Milan, a Mazz i nian orga n, n° ,t conspicuous for scrupulous veracity, publishes a tele tr au). from Florence announcing that a grand demonstra ti( ) n took p l ace there on the 23d in favour of the political .i soners, with cries of "Viva Garibaldi!" " Viva Maz- PI " 1 " No information has yet reached us from any other quaff •ter. 141 he t r i a l of the Italian journals seized for pub -0,11(ng Garibaldi's speech at P a l ermo will commence on -e l 2 d of August. It is stated the defendants have re d to cite General Garibaldi as one of the witnesses. According to a circular of Messrs. Arles Dufour alp Co.. the hopes excited in the Lyons silk mar k et by the o,erdadoh a ra l r eceived on American account in May and Ju ne , i n anticipation the gradual success of th e F ederal armies g to a prompt pacification having been disappointed, iiren,ant tction s are now almost at a stand, and prices show a 44t t rlo e of about 3 to 5 p er ce nt. from t hose at the end of of b .Ftl Montenegrin's are hard pushed b y th e Turks, it still they manage to hold their own. B o y s o f 12 years '30.t,,"?..g a re under arms, and many of them are actually L 417! ing under Mirko Petrovitsch against the i nva d ers of iltittrve ulountaimi LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchl e y a n Ln.&N.W . Birkenhead. Buckingh M 9 .11 re. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 55 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 , 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon. Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.1.1.&E..0 87 69 E. Lincolnsh. gBpr c. 100 Gt. North. 137 139 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 44 41 Do. Woodbridge._. 100 • • Gls. Barr.&Nells.Drot • • . 100 ,Cledon . Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. . _ _ hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N. W 201 204 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c all Do. ...... DD.New ShlB6l, 46p.c all Do.— —. • • 21 23 Do. W. ~ Ext. A, 46 p c all D 0...... • • /Ai e London & Green wic 100 S. Eastern 63 115 Do. Preferen s Lon.,Tilb. Sas. • "lend , 100 Peto ALCo., 86 88 Lowestoft g - ua. 4p c ' 100 Norfolk .. .. „ Do 8 per cent ..., 111nc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M . 3; ' 9l Mid. Bradford. Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx I p p 5. 5. 6. E Counts. i gua. 5 per cent .. Notthn.&Eastn.sp.c.i all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. • North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 95 96 96} Preston and Wyre. t all 1 "' W ] 44 46 Do. 6 shares . . & L. Yk. . A. all Do. ••• • . .. .. Roystn.flitch.iShep. 100 Gt. North. 136 139 Shrewsby & Hereford; 100 T Brassey 133 138 Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cls A f all W.Ln.Ex .. Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all & lit . Wat. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 96 91 93 8 i 9i FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 5 Brian Land ez 1111n.Co all 4 1 40 Cobre Copper all 22 23 2114 20 Cop iapo l6 7 8 2 Capula Silver los. pr fpm 1 DimMoun.Cep.Ming.Co ail / 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 4 1 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 21 23 211 2 Gt N Cop, JI S. Austr l4 14 d 14 ECapunda tLimited) i Ip ><d $ Linares all 64 76 6 Lueitanian 2 4 d par' 1 3ttariquita all 1 N.RhineeopotS.Aus.L t 1 4de 20 l'ontgibaud Sllver,Lead Mining . and Smelt... all 2 4 6 Port Philip.- 1 14 14 1 Santaßarbara GldMine X. pm 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) l o a, 14 lipm 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 58 60xd 28.2.84 United Mexican Worthinv (Limited) all 3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld all 24 24 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. .k Aug. 100 105 107 106 Do. 6p. c. Mar. .4 Sept. 100 105 107 Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 96 xd 944 5 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 93 95xd Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873 100 1074 1086 Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 in 113 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 110 112xd :Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 _ N..13.G0v. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 101 ItSid 1024 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. U ov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1 876 100 984 poi Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 98 99 994 - New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 106 108 Nova', Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 101 103 Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 107 109 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.eauly 100 106 108 1 io 6 0.0. An.SzOot , 100 1081 108/ 1084 DOCKS. - - stock 'Commercial 1100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min 100 stock East and West India stock I Lsmdo- , ,1 100 65 57 stock .St. Katharine. lOO 56 58 57 stock Southampton 1100 stick & — V)stori a ...... I 100 96 98 964 7 120 D New 2 id par 96 98 id par MISCELLANEOUS. I — l l7 - 0 : e , l.a t — r a i n oT - c h t 7t . i 3 cr i u . s 3 t l m in ( t i . d . ) a a l l l l 18 2 i 3 8 4 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 7 - 7 _ 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 5 4 2500 80t18.3,71„age.. 5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 4 (Hs ila 25 Australian Agricultural 19 l? 2 23 224 50 British American Land 40 20 C. (Limited) t ri il e ll L B A s2 . (L Li im m ) ) 82.1 Danada Land all 100 105 10 China & Japan Coast & all i l 48 52 20 1 River Steam Naviga. 5 st. Co p . Min.otEng.&Smitg. all ——2 s , Do. Fret, 71 per cent st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference . ._. . • 100 105 1( 9 st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 1(00 105 109 10 E.lndia & Lou. Ship A. all Edi if. B Do.all 100 103 1 03 20 .Ina Irrign. & C anal 1 par fpm et. Electric Tg,r eleaph lOO 25 Do. New 5 English &Aus. Copper, all 221 16 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 26 27 1 Great Ship Limited) all i f 1 Do 174 pct Pref erence all / 1 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 _ _ 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 34 8 1 . ri 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) a l l 14 I f 10 Lon. & S.lrel.D t.Tel. L. 2 .2! 20 Madras lrr. and Canal i 21 2/ 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 3 4 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 NationalLim ) 5 5 i 2l 2 p 64 I 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron ( (Lim ) "; 10 Netherlands Land, Bp.c all f 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 12 14 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) a ll / 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), a ll It 1# 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 6 Of xi st. Peelll.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 5 7 50 fen. tr Oriental Steam all 70 72 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 20 21 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 44 Si 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts all 281 291 294 x d 52 Do. do 100 Royal Mail St eam 6O 54 56 , 641 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 130 140 1361 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. al' I 1 Do. do. Registered .... a.l 10 Do. d 0...... all 4 6 2 Telegraph to India (L.) 1 1 . i d 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 id 13. 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of U pr.Can. 5 i 1 5 U. li'domTeL Co. (Um.) 3 I I d iOO Van Ditmen's L in d .. 284 11 14 121 btiARE MARKET---THI3 DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STa;KS. Share Railways. Business done Paid. Cl!roleing 1 Bir., Vol., ,----,---Idstr. Val. ! Bost., Sleai „an d NI i d.k:o. ißristol and Exeter ;Caledonian ;Cork and Bandon COrnwall .. .. ..... Do A A 2 ets no dh 1 rl IDo. B till6pc.pan.has! been paid to 8.1 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l D un.,Perth,&Ab. Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow lEdin., Perth, & Dundee !Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock , Do Bdo Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon. Ll' gnn ." & & C i a Smith tChat . , NorthanWestern"rde Dovert e nj 8 " 6 7 I 91 9: 1 108 109 924 / 108/ i 61 7 1 2 5 6 42 44 10 11 214 22i 59 60 56 SS 57 59 864 87k 29} 30k 103 105 140 145 1191 1201 136 117 133 13 5 1054 106 h 73} 73 55 57 108 1081 62 64 124 125 46 48 95k 06 1024 103} 40 45 38k 391 L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming . . & Derby' %lid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. I shares Mid Rent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British N or.Dev.Rail&Dk. stock Do A stk ; A recs no d 8 8i 130} .131 Vi )RP 99 101 75 77 62i 63b till 13 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwici• Do, G.N.E. purchase A 8 09 1 0} d 5615 F 6) s 7 104 IC6 P APm 4 31 d, 101 114 115 117 45 47 le2 104 , Do'T,ecas I Do York ,North London 2)0 new Norn Staffordshire N an S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock D o s o ,,t, d. stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lanc. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,an dWok. Stockton & Darlington 45 47 36 38 84} HI 68 (9 97 100 8 7 39 40 9 10 p 64 7 p [4B 152 4f 44 p 2f 2/ p 55i siit 24 34 p 85 88 [4O 143 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall V. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxtord Do Newpor Do Hereford 61 7 PREFEREN Blythe and Tyne 0 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Ban don, 5i p. e. Cornwall. 5 per ant Dun. Perth, &Abez.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref. E. Angn. Class A 5 p. e. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. C. st Eastern Union, 4 p. C-- Do. 5 p. C. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & 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.Redmatsp.c.pm (it. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 1). c. Do. 1711111. redeem. pref' guar. stock Do. Bit'rn• Pref. stock Do. ChestCr guar. s h ares Do. Chester 6 shs Do. Chester 5 P. r. pl. she Lan. & Carl. 4i 13.. e. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. st,nct I Do. Barn sl. st£s 3s 10d r , , n Do. o p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.ezßrig.sp. , ,.gu. No.! Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. .1 pei• cent d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 0 p.o. do(W. E.&C. P. Do. 4 p c. st. (div. def.lll '6° .on. Chat. dr Dov. sp. c. pf. . Lon. & N. W., Coy. is Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. et., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anns. of 2s. 6d.) Conclony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3i- per cent, Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryport Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6p. c. stk Do. Con. Bri s. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 4;, p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent. . Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct, Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 184 c Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.stlBl7 Wort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 percent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44 pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. .& S. Porch North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do, Fixed 4i_peicent louth Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrt d & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do o.Newport 5 p.c. pf.red o. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 18691 41 46 39 41 87 82 CE SHARES. 20i 214 6 6i 105 108 112 114 111 113 128 130 82 84 110 112 00 92 rllB 120 112 111 105 107 ,108 110 97 99 100 102 90 02 91 £l3 103 105 78 80 77 7g 170 175 104 106 135 138 1103 105 117 119 117 119 140 145 117 119 153 157 130 135 78 80 100 102 21 2i 125 127 #Pm 67 69 IPm 139 141 104 106 94 96 111 113 1109 111 1 Ppm 93 95 101 103 96 98 1i Of d i d i p 23 24 140 145 10 11 234 24 103 105 103 105 86 90 20f 211 286. 290 336 346 336 346 42 45 [2B 130 [23 126 [O4 106 [23 125 [2O 122 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. C , i) A c_raeinit,‘(lSprvic“ 111; 100 Alliance B.Ln. &L' pool. 10 'Australasia 25 ;Bank of Egypt 100 ilix/k of London 50 litriti Rh North A m (Tie, 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 20 ;Clitd.Bank of inclia, 25 Ch.lSler. of In. Lon.& Ch. 100 City 100 ;Colonial ........ ...... 011 Com. Bank of Canada 20 Eng.. Scot, Az Aus. Ch 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 100 Imperial Bank Limited 100 London and Brazilian . 20 Char. Bkof Austral 50 London and County • • 50 •London Joint Stock •• 20 London and S.African.. 100 ILondon & Westminster' 100 netrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. Ilrov. of Englani, 'Do. new .. National B‘uk • New South Wales Orient. B. Corporation . . Otto•nan Bank ..... Provincial of Ireland Do. new Soutti Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity B 1 t 'aid ••••• • • • • • 88 5f 68 25 83 00 6113 70 46 85 204 21 p 34 86 92 94 40 42 18 . 18} 1 lip 2 20p 251 231- 39 40 35 36 I.} :8 80 P iP 41 43 53 64 "S 29 87 89 35 37 45 03xd 31 32 xd, ONO .... 13.14 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 19.18.41 12.10 1082 i I 95# i 6 103 i Si 131 30f 1i P 98} d 85 4f 69 THE SUN IJONDON, TOES!) V EVENING, JULY 29, 1862, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share , c Railways , Paid. Price. Business d one ' 100 { 'Atlan tic stir Gu. 5 per cent. log 101 102 104 208 /Buffalo arid Laae Huron all 5 51d Do. New 10 Do. Preference ...... all 8 81. Buffalo,BrantAGodrich , ritrt'CF---dSat,ti.gfterd all 58 62 10 , 80 85 100 1 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 75 80 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 75 80 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Liu ) 100 100 102 at Cape Town Js Dock Scrii 100 1071 1081 171 Demerara... all stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1031 1041 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1041 1056 1041 20 Do. do. U Ext..... all 1, ip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 2 tp stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 21 22 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et_ all 60 b 3 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 31 33 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1882 .. all 10 44 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 30 33 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 30 33 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 102 103 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 i 1 p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 2 1 p stock Gt. South.of India (Li m guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 102 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 201 Do. New .. .... . . lB 81 8 9 1r 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 widet o pt. all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 88 92 100 Do. 1878 18 Indian Branch Limited 1 1 die par . I 'took Madras guar., sp. c. lock Do. 41p. e. Extension 100 94 95 took Do. 44 do.. 'took Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 20 Newßrunswick &Can& Ry..kLand(Lim.)g.6pe all 5 7 Class A. Capital Sharc .. o. do. Land do. ......z ..Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do. 4 Mock Scmde ... 0 1()21 1:31 i ...... 20 Do. Puujaub .... 0,9 15 1 i P 20 Do. Do. __ 'id S all 201 201 .M.C'da6 pc Ist pf bd s 100 85 88 took Do. Indus. St. Flo. g e., 100 98 100 l . stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock FOREIGN RAIL WAYS Paid.i Closing Business Price. Done. 7 71 1; 2} t, If 1; lof tlf 4i 4 1} 1 p 20i Eli SPORTING---THIS DAY. GOODWOOD RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CRAVEN STAKES. King of Diamonds Sawcutter 3 Atherstone Reville ... LATEST BETTING. STEWARDS' CUP. 6to 1 agst Bosh (taken) 7to 1 agst Humphrey (taken) 7to 1 agst Volunteer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken) 20 to 1 agst Any other (offered) GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst St. Bernard (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS —This DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at one o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. AYTOUN took the oaths and his seat for the Kirkaldy burghs, and was introduced by Mr. Brand and Sir W. Dunbar. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con sidered and agreed to, and the bills were ordered for third reading :—East Grinstead, Groombridge, and Tunbridge Wells Railway—London and North 'Western (additional powers)—Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny Railway —Mid Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway—Somerset Central and Dorset Central Railway Companies—Welling ton and Cheshire Junction Railway and West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby Railway. STANDING ORDERS REVISION. Col. W. PATTEN moved the consideration of the report of the select committee for the revision of the standing orders relating to private bills, and the adoption of the re vised orders. Ile trusted that the subject of the expense attending the transit of private bills through Parliament would receive their best attention —(Hear, hear) — and bore his personal testimony to the assiduity with which hon. members devoted themselves to the business of private legislation. He hoped that the President of the Board of Trade would not lose sight of the return for which he (Col. W. Patten) moved this session for a detailed account of the expenses incurred by railways in carryingtheir bills through Parliament. After a few words from Colonel Fnakreer, Mr. ADAIR movad the following amendment :—. 44 That, in the proposed Standing Order IE6 A, page 47 of the re• port, the words forms part of the continuous route of such railway' be omitted, and the words is required to connect portions of railway belonging to or proposed to be con structed by such company,' be substituted." The original motion, with the amendment, was agreed Sir G. GREY said that he thought the country was under great obligation to his gallant friend (Colonel W. Patten) and the committee over which he presided for their exertions, the extent of which was not generally known. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he thought that the right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) should have made some al lusion to the subject of the expense attending the passage of private bills. Sir G. GREY said he thought it unnecessary to do so, as his gallant friend (Col. W. Patten) had given notice that he would bring this subject before the house next ses sion. BANKRUPTCY ACT (1861) AMENDMENT ACT. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL this bill was recommitted for the purpose of making some al terations already agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then reported the bill which was read a phird time and passed. GUNPOWDER ACT AMENDMENT BILL (LORDS). This bill was read a third time and passed. BURIAL BOARDS (MORTGAGE OF RATES) BILL (LORDS). This bill was read a third time and passed. COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION BILL (LORDS). This bill was read a third time and passed. SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. JUDGMENTS LAW AMENDMENT (IRELAND) STAMP DUTY. The report of the resolution already agreed to was brought up and adopted. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TREATY (No. 2) BILL. This bill passed through committee. MERCHANDISE MARK BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. The sitting was suspended at two o'cloock. HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. MURDER IN BELFAST. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday next he should ask a question of her Majesty's Govern ment, relative to the case of William Heardman, who had been found guilty of murder in Belfast, and recommended to mercy on the ground of insanity. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Wellington and Cheshire Junction Railway—West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby Railway—London and North-Western Railway (Additional P owers)—Eastern Counties Railway (Amalgamation)—and Glasgow Police CIVIL WAR IN CHINA. Earl GREY rose to move for copies or extracts of any correspondence explaining the arrangements that have been made for permitting officers in the naval and military service of her Majesty to accept employment under the Government of China. The noble lord said the subject was one of very considerable importance, and upon which it was very desirable some explanation should be made before the present Parliament was pro rogued. The allowing English officers to take part in China against the Taepings, implied that a material change in the policy of her Majesty's Government respecting the em pire of China had taken place, and he for one thought it was very desirable that Parliament and the country should know the extent to which it was proposed to go, and also the reasons which had led to the change. He could not reconcile that step with the avowed intention of Government to observe a strict neutrality between the conflicting parties. All the principal fortifications had been inspected, and the guns bad been laid by British sub jects, in fact everything had been done for the Imperialists except the actual personal oPposition of British officers against the insurgents. He could not reconcile such an act as one of strict neutrality, and the information he wished to elicit was what change had taken place that had so al tered the determination of the British Government. He did not think our trade in that part of the world could be furthered by the fact of assisting the Imperialists against the insur gents. On the contrary, he thought the worst effects would arise from British int erference, and that the restora tion of tranquillity would be mere remote than ever. The Duke of SOMERSET stated that an arrangement having been come to between the British Admiral and the Taepings that the latter shculd not approach Shang ha broke the compact, and nearer than 34 miles, the Taepings declared that the time had arrived to take that town. With much British view to protecting Shanghae, in which th ere was British wealth, the Chinese Government requested our officers to organise a flotilla of gunboats toput down th e pirates, and the Admiralty had given the se o ffi cers leave of absence. Up to this moment the British Government had kept a police of small vessels there, and the time had come when we must abandon th e tr eaty and quit Chi na or assiste its Government in the slender ; way .n which our aid was asked. There was no objection to produce the papers. Lord STRAT FORD de REDCLIFFE having spoken in support of the Chine se p olic y of th e Governme n t, Earl RUSSELL admitted that the course now pursued by this country in China appeared to be a departure from a system of strict neutrality; but the ci rcumstances were most exceptional. The stipulations of the treaty of Pekin were being carried out faithfully by the Chinese Government, and our trade at the ports opened to us under that treaty was largely increasing. Of course the safety of those ports was essential to our commerce, and Ningpo had, therefore, been taken from the Taepings, because it was found that they would not agree to leave European property unmo lested nor refrain from impeding the trade. They had ap proached the neighbourhood of Shanghae, and the English and French ambassadors resolved that the port must be protected or the trade would bo annihilatcd. In this view they were supported by every person engaged in the trade and the naval and military officers, and steps were thereupon taken to enforce it. That the Taepings were unable to establish a government of their own, nor likely to adhere to any engagements into which they entered, was proved by the mast conclusive testimon y from mission aries, merchants, officials, and all who had had any com munication with them. Guided by the advice of Mr. Bruce, then, her Majesty's Government had decided not to assist the Chinese Government in putting down the rebels in the interior, but to protect from a horde of marauders those who, on the faith of a treaty, had settled at the ports, whilst at the same time they undertook no responsibilities on behalf of the Chinese Government, which, however, was the only one that showed any aptitude for civilisation, and was looked up to by t h e mass of the p eo p le as the ruli ng authority. S o far from wishi n g to provoke a war , the object of the Govern ment was to enable the Chinese Government by its own means to protec t and develope the industry and resources of its most industrious and peaceful subjects. Earl GREY briefly replied, and observed that ho still co ns id ere d the policy of Ciovernment in China A 8 impolitic and unjust, and as certain to embroil us with a large por. tion of the Chinese people. The motion for papers was then agreed to. The Earl of LEITRIM moved the second reading of the Preservation of Life (Ireland) Bill; but the motion was negatived, and the bill lost. Several measures were subsequently advanced a stage, land their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Devey Reclamation Bill, the Redditch Railway (Capital, &c.) Bill, the Dagenham (Thames) Dock Bill, and the Waterford and Passage Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Night Poaching Prevention Bill, the Union Relief Aid Bill, the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday, &c. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, returns were ordered relative to the sittings of the house, the divisions, members of select committees appointed, and the number of private bills introduced during the current session. GOLD COINAGE. On the motion of Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, a return was ordered of the amount of sovereigns and half sove reigns tendered monthly at the Bank of England from the year 1844 to the 31st December, 1861, and the amount of coin which proved too light to be put into circulation again. THE LAW RELATING TO CRIME. Sir J. HAY gave notice that next session he would move for leave to i n t ro d uce a bill t o amen d an d consolidate the law relating to crime. INDIAN OFFICERS, &c. In reply to Colonel GILPIN, Mr. BARING said that no representation had been made by the Government of India to induce her Ma• jesty's Government to enlarge the retirement list of Indian officers who are now receiving pay without employment. Some delay had arisen in the Dhar prise money, but the Queen's warrant would shortly be issued for such distribution. FREE NEGROES. In reply to Mr. H. SEvmoult, Lord PALMERSTON said he regretted to state that Government had received information, from which it ap peared that slaves were conveyed from the port of St. Paula de Loandi, on the west coast of Africa, to the island of St. Thomas, under the pretence that they were free labourers. Her Majesty's Government had remonstrated cn the sub ject, and negotiations were still pending ; but it would not be advisable . at present to lay the correspondence on the table, but they would be submitted to the house next session. , The t'ortuguese and Spanish authorities had disregarded the instructions of their Governments in carrying on this traffic, but her Majesty's Government were at present en deavouring to stimulate the Governments of Madrid and Lisbon on this subject STATE OF KENSINGTON GARDENS. In reply to Mr. LEWIS, Mr. COWPER said that his attention had been drawn to the fact that there had been an accumulation under some of the trees which could be got rid of by drainage. The trees of the parks were their greatest ornament, and the process of drainwe would have the effect of removing them, to which he could not consent. The contractor was pro ceeding with the works at the west end of the Serpentine. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. Lord LOVAINE asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the electric light at Dungeness Lighthouse had not been successful, whether it was intended to adopt it by the Trinity Board in the Portland lights, and moved for the reports of Mr. Faraday and the Trinity Board on the subject. Mr. GIBSON answered the first question in the affirma tive, and with regard to the second he stated that the subject was under negotiation. He had no objection to lay the reports alluded to on the table. CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY drew the attention of the Go vernment to the cost of the Chinese war, in reference to which he required some exp:anation. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE made some remarks on the sub• ject, in the course of which he denounced the Taepings as a set of lawless brigands with whom no treaty would be binding, and he appealed to the Government not to adopt any course that would tend to injure the commerce of this country with China. Lord R. CECIL deprecated any debate on China. After some remarks from Mr. HAMLET, Mr. PEEL agreed with hon. members that the bill should be printed, and entered into some explanations. Sir 11. CAIRNS said that as a portion of the money provided for in this bill was voted for the administration of the law in Ireland, he wished to draw the attention of the Government to the processions that had taken place recently in Ireland. After a few words from Mr. HENNE-SY, Sir R. PEEL said that the processions alluded to did not infringe the Act of Emancipation. In one case the parties carried green banners, but it was merely because it was a national colour, and not with a view to make a party display. There was no party tune played, and one of the pieces was Brian Boirhome's march. (Laughter.) The right honourable gentleman defended the course of the Government in respect to this matter at some length, and said the object of the Irish executive was to preserve the balance of justice as between both parties in Ireland. Mr. S. FITZGERALD observed that the state of affairs in China was so serious that it would not be right to let the session close without requiring some information from the Government upon the subject. He believed that we were on the eve of such events there that it was impossible to say that the provisions made in the Appropriation Bill would be sufficient in view of the difficulties surrounding us. He wished to know, then, what information the Go vernment had received with regard to the present position of affairs in China, and whether reinforcements had been urgently demanded from India in support of our forces al ready in China. The hon. gentleman also observed that the Chinese policy of the Government in reference to the rebels was attended with great danger, and he feared that we were once more about to embark in a Chinese war. Lord PALME RSTON said that the Government had not to his knowledge received any information bearing upon th e points referred to by th e h on. gent l eman. We were defend those war in Chi na , except so far as was necessary to positions at which our trade was carried on ; and if they fell into the hands of the Taepings our com merce would be annihilated. In reply to Lord H. LENNOX. and Mr. OSBORNE, Sir G. C. LE WIS said in his opinion the select ordnance committee was sufficient for the purpose of inquiring into the results of the recent trials of the Armstrong gun, and suggesting any improvements that might seem to be required. He denied that the Armstrong gun, whether for naval, field, or garrison uses, was a failure. On the con trary, be held that it was the very best gun i n t h e serv i ce , although it might be susceptible of improvement. After some observations from Mr. MONSELL, the bill was read a third time and passed. UNION RELIEF AID BILL. On the order for committing this bill, Mr. OSBORNE directed attention to the effect of the 36th section of the Reform Act on the franchise of working men i n the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Cheshire who may be in the receipt of parochial relief. The operation of that clause in the present circumstances of the workpeople would be a wide-spread disfranchisement, and seeing how well they had conducted themselves in the pre sent crisis, he suggested that a clause might be introduced into the bill providing that the reception of parochial relief should not in such cases act as a disqualification. Sir G. GREY should regret if, in addition to the pressure they Were suffering, the working classes in the manufac turing districts had also to experience the loss of their political franchise, and that owing to circumstances over which they had no control. He did not apprehend, how ever, that in the present state of things persons would be found to object largely to voters who received relief during the year. They would act unworthily if they did so; but he did not consider that sufficient ground had been laid for altering the law, and hoped that the mere fact of the hon. gentleman having called attention to the subject would pre vent parties from tali lug such objections. Subsequently the house went into committee, and Mr. VILLIERS stated that, having considered the pointat which the bill ought to come into operation, he had determined to amend it by fixing ss. in the pound on the annual rateable value, instead of two-thirds of the average of the three preceding years, as originally proposed. He also intended substituting an order of the Poor-I tw Board for an order of the Queen in Council ; and at the suggestion of Mr. POTTER consented to include Derbyshire in the bill, but declined to admit Yorkshire, Cumberland, and Nottinghamshire. A new clause embodying the above amendments was sub sequently brought up by Mr. VILLIERS, and after discus sion was ordered to stand part of the bill. Mr. AYRION then moved an amendment empowering boards of guardians, with the sanction of the Poor-law Board, to borrow any sum not exceeding h ilf the amount of the rateable value, and apply the money so raised in payment of any charges im- I posed under the bill on the common fund of the union. This proposal elicited a debate on the comparative merits of a rate in aid and a loan on the security of the rates, the ba lance of opinion being apparently in favour of the plan con tained in the bill. Ultimately the amendment was nega tived, and the bill passed through committee, and was or dered to be reported to the house on Wednesday. The Burial Beards (Mortgage of Rates) Bill, the Council o f Medical Education Bill, and the Stipendiary Mag i strates Bill, severally passed through committee. The Security of Purchasers Bill, which h a d come down from the Lords, was withdrawn. The amendments to the Night Poaching p revention Bill wer e considered, and several divisi ons taken upon them after a warm and animated debate. Other measures were advan ce d a stage, and th e h ow , journed. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.— The number of patients relieved week endin Jul 26 at this h os pit a l d ur i ng t h e g y was 3,014, of which 976 were new, eau§ Share/ Railways. Antwerp dt, Rotterdam. A rdennes . • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Raglan East. Junction Carmeaux Mine dz Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Do. Eastern of France ..I Grand Rus Guar. 1 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. sin... Italian Junction ...... Namur St Liege ........ Do. 5 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Parts,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris 85 0r1ean5........ 141 15 8 81 Iv 6 204 39} 10h 8 In 8 7d 42i 43i 48 GO 1 neat e & S. Fran. (Bern.) zua. 7 p. ct. 1im...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish.- ........ Royal Swedish ...... Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lira, R. 7 p. c. S.Aust&Lomb Venctin F 4. East Porturral 7 p ct. Turin and Savona .... 14} 15 o 15 16 10! 11 SI 10 11 11pra 4i 4i 1') 10f 9 i I Southern of France.... West Flandern ..„ Do. 5i p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. 314 3? 7f 74 10 30i 214 224 PREFERENCE SH) [ends contingent on the k.RE S Profits AND STOCKS of each separate Year. st i*Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk, 100 103 105 101 20 ICornwall4l p.c. ga.perp, all st ,*E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. 100 ! 122 126 st Do. ClaC, 7 p.c. 100 132 136 at ,Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100 83 b 5 st Lond'n, &c., 41 per cent..... 1858 100 104 106 at Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 92 95 st Do. do. 4 per ct 1861 100 104 106 5 iDo. do. 4 per ct 1861 31 - 10 Lon. & Chatim, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c.... all 104 101 st Lou. &S. Western 44 p.c. 100 104 106 10 North British £lO Gua. ail Shares, 1861........,•. st *ScottishCentral4l p.c. 100 irred pref 10 S.-Eastern 45 p.c. 1859 all 10 iDo. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) 6 pr fpm 10 ID°. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) 6 pr Om 20 Vale of Neath • • all 204 211 * Failure of full dividends in any given half-year not to be made good out of the profits of any subsequent half year. BRITISH MINES. Clifford I nil 25 27 Devon G. Con, (Tavist , 1 435 445 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 55. par IP East Bassea (Illogan) JU 47 19 East Caradou ..... 2.14.6 44 45 East Carn Brea. E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.12 6 3 31 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 57i 1 6 5 17 4 64 Great South Tolgus. G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 51 6 5 Grenville 6.15.6 61 61 Herod's-Foot 8.12 38 40 Kingston Downs 414 25 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (ljny Lelant 1 41 43 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 1 0/ North Downs 25 34 4 worth Frances(llloga 12.3 7 Wh'l Basset (filo ;an 9 0 4 41 worth Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 34 41 Par Consols(st. Blazey 19 5 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 335 '45 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3.11.6 25 3 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 , s 100 105 Stray Park 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4l 1 14 10 Tin Crort 9 11 115 West Basset (Illogan) l5 121 134 W CarCdon (Liskeard) 5 34 36 West Seton Wheal Basset (IllogaW 51 875 024 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 52/ 575 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 74 14 10 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 101 114 Wheal Lid ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 14 • Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 15 17 Divi, NEW ORLEANS. The following is an extract from a letter dated New Or leans, June 30, 1 2 :—" lam now going to give you an idea of how thins are in this quarter of the globe. 'We have passed through a most exciting year, the details of which, 1 suppose, will be written by some future United States historian. By the means of enormous armies, well supplied with every possible war material, their fleets of gunboats, mortar vessels, and heavy ships of war, they have captured this city, and will soon obtain control of the navigation of the Mississippi River. But lam inclined to think that the conquest has been dearly bought. Wherever their armies approach, property of all ki n d s, an d more particularly co tt on, will be destroyed. How far the people are justified in such general destruction I cannot say. The sacrifice of such vast representative wealth is terrible to contemplate, yet it is none the less true. An intimate friend of mine, the represen tative of a large English house, had occasion to leave here shortly after the arrival of the United States' fleet on some business connected with his firm, and travelled through Mississippi up as far as Vicksburg, through the interior of the State, thence to the Ouachita country, and across to North-Western Texas, down the Red River to Shreveport, Nachitoches, and Alexandria, taking in his journey a belt of the most productive and valuable cotton lands in the Slave States, and hence he is able t si eak with authority upon the condition of affairs in the interior—perhaps bet ter then anyone in New Orleans just now. In Mississippi and Louisiana, bordering on the river, nearly all the cotton was being destroyed within six miles of the bank. He came down the river some 90 miles in a skiff, and rowed through dense masses of loose cotton, partially burnt, that had been thrown into the stream from the gin-houses, where it had been lying unbaled. The Legislature of Mississippi had taken the subject of the destruction of cotton into their own hands ; and, even if there should be any planter indispos,d to destroy his crop, committees had been appointed in diffe rent counties and parishes to proceed to every plantation, have the cotton placed in the open field, and prepared for immediate ignition the moment it should be endangered by the approach of the Federal forces. This, he says, was not necessary, as there did not seem to him to be any necessity for legislative action whatever to compel the planter to this course, for, without an exception (and he saw a great num ber), they were all enthusiastic in the determination to lay waste and destroy their crops and plantations. lie saw several who had burnt from 2,000 to 4,000 bales, and in one instance a large planter below Vicksburg not only destroyed his crop, but his plantation residence, gin-houses, negro quarters, and outbuildings, and removed his slaves 30 miles back from the river. This was, he says, by no means a solitary instance, as there were many others following his I example. In the remote and almost impenetrable section of country known as the Ouachita country, in North-West Louisiana, the same spirit of destruction prevailed as in Mississippi, and in some instances he met planters, whose places were situated in Bayon, Bartholomew, and Lake Bortenears (which are only approachable by very light-draught boats, at a high state of water, and where no immediate danger was to be apprehended), who had already burnt their cotton, not from apprehension of its being cap tured, but to give the United States' authorities to under stand that any attempt to get possession of their cottons would be utterly futile. He travelled from Monroe on the Ouachita River, to Shreveport, en Red River, a distance of nearly 200 miles, by stages, passing through an extensive and vsry productive cotton region, and on every plantation he found the cotton everywhere so prepared that it could be immediately destroyed. He learned (I have myself) from well informed planters that the same determination prevailed throughout the cotton country in Texas contiguous to Shreveport and down the Red River to Alexandria. This is no imaginary statement, for the reports received here every day from all sections not only confirm the above, but the determination which the planters have come to seems, it' possible, to have become even more decided than ever. Factors, and others interested in cotton, are inclined to think that, under ordinary circumstances and a free export, we should have received at all the ports nearly 4 ,000,000 bales. The amount already destroyed is placed somewhere in the vicinity of 300,000 bales: and, what with the waste from the want of bagging and carelessness in picking, the avail able crop, presuming all our war troubles at an end at this moment, would not exceed 3,000,000 bales—circumstances may greatly diminish this last figure. With regard to the prospective crop of 1862-3, it is very doubtful if sufficient cotton has been planted to yield more than 3,000,000 bales. The attention of planters has been turned almost entirely to the production of cereals, and a gentleman told me that he saw plantations that last year produced 2,000 bales and upwards planted almost entirely with corn. Now, the pro spects of returning trade are very gloomy, and, under the most favourable circumstances, it will take a long time to restore confidence and place the commercial community in a position to afford facilities to the planters. The cotton factors even now are hopelessly insolvent. It is impossible to tell what this class will do in the event of further de struction of property in the interior. Our banks in Sep tember last suspended specie payments—perfect robbery, and the subsequent withdrawals of their specie beyond the reach of their creditors must eventually go into liquidation, and the question is, will their present issues ever be re deemed. You see now that affairs look very gloomy ; a source of no small regret to myself, for my future prospects were exceedingly bright. The suspension of the banks affected me to a small degree. Everything is in a deplora ble state. Flour now commands 30 dots per barrel, beef 30c per lb." KITTY PALMER. We extract the following quaint but pleasing poem from the new volume of Routledge's series of the Poets, which contains the collected poems of Mr. W. C. Bennett:— "KITTY PALMER." [The sole inscription on an old headstone in Dulwich Churchyard.] But " Kitty Palmer"— not a word Beyond—the mossy head-stone's showing; Not even a date; it seems absurd To care for one one san't be knowing, Yet I can't help it; she lies nigh The quiet road I travel often. And always, when I pass her by, Towards Kitty there, my heart will soften. There's nothing there her age to say; Young ? old ?—all's hid by time's thick curtain; Was she a babe, scarce born a day ? A girl ? a woman P—all's uncertain ; Was she maid, wife, or widow P—well, That knowledge —we mulct do without it; We know there's nothing here to tell, And that's all we can know about it. What conquests were her's P—did she reign, A child, but in her home's affections, Or, older grown, seek, not in vain, Heart triumphs, for sw et recollections P Was she vain P humble P foolish P wise ? Rich P poor ? coy ? bold P quite dull or witty Oh, were you wicked with your eyes, A plague to men-1 hope not, Kitty I Did children make her smile or sigh, A blessed or afflicted mother ? Did she at weddings laugh ? or try By death-beds, sobs in vain to smother? At her grandchildren's christenings, eyes, Half tears—half laughter, did she show now P Or weep their flight to Paradise From cradles here P —ah, who can know nowt Yet still my fancy will go on About this long-gone Kitty dreaming. She, freed from all we think upon Of worldly toils and cares and scheming. Whatever she was, hero her rest— How pleasantly these green elms shade it, How calm and throbless is her breast, However wild, or sad, life made it! As here I see her lie, forgot By all who used to hate or love her, By all but she who makes this spot So sweet with thymy turf above her. I cannot come to picture her But as a sweet one life could render With smiles to heaven—one fit to stir In me but thoughts serene and tender. So I think of her—think her fair, And on the painted sunshine gazing See laughing eyes and golden hair, All beauty that one should be praising; A happy girlisb wife before My sight she lives, to fancy giving Content more calm —more sweet, since more Undimmed by fears, than do the living, For we are things that know no peace— Poor slaves of care and toil and pleasure, Of wants and hopes that never cease, For calm content we have no leisure; But her's no more are sin and death, All we must fear, with which we've striven; Earth's must be still unquiet breath; She breathes but heaven's, we trust, forgiven. All they who knew her, too have passed Fr , m time ; all broken heart-ties mended, They have rejoined her where at last All tears are dried—all sorrows ended: What matters then that here her name Alone is written She is faring As well as most who cared for fame, For whom now not a soul is c aring. Ah, you wh o here are w And dream perhaps infuture Your name may ,hrio li n g this, ,catch or miss, live-4 1story Snatch at a little gleam of glory, Is it so much that men should know Your words years hence I—nay, man, breathe calmer I Will you not sleep as well below Th e grasB, f o rgot like Kitty Pal mer Blackheath. W. C. BENNETT. I D I E TEA TRADE, July 28,—Th e deliveries in 1 London estimated for the week were 983,2841 b., which is an increase of 6,5341 b., compared with the previous state moat. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. This company is about to proceed at once with the con struction of the new lines in Suffolk and Cambridge, which will accommodate the country between Sudbury and Shel fold, and Long Melford and Bury St. Edmund's. The length of line about to be commenced is 48 miles. The works will be undertaken in the autumn. LYNN AND HUNSTANTON. This line is approaching completion. A party of the directors last week passed along the rails laid down as far ' as Dersingham. It is expected that the line will be opened for traffic before the close of the year. Building operations are in progress at Hunstanton, which, on the completion of the railway, will increase in importance as a watering_ place. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. The number of train miles run by the engines during the Past hal f - year amounted to 1,221,838, of which 641,079 were for passenger trains, 388,086 for goods trains, 127,371 for mixed trains, 59,827 coal trains, and 5,475 miles cattle trains. During the half-year ending the 30th of June the ( engines were in the aggregate 170,959 hours in steam, of which 88,658 hours were consumed in running with the trains, 58,557 hours in shunting, and 23,744 hours stand ing in steam. The coke consumed was 21,822 cwt., and the coal 380,353 cwt. The cost of fuel per hour working was 13 . 76 d., and per mile 1-56 d. There were 30,849 pas senger trains on the line during the half-year, of which 25,833 arrived in time, and 4,966 above five minutes after time. There were 9,322 goods trains, of which 6,830 ar rived in time, and 2,492 above five minutes after time. There wet e 5,924 coal trains, of which 4,795 arrived in time, and 1,129 above five minutes after time; so that ont of 46,095 trains run during the past half -year, 37,503 arrived in time, and 8,587 above Lye minutes after time. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, after several days' inquiry, the committee of which the Duke of Buccleuch is chairman threw out the Great Western Railway Company Bill for their proposed new lines between Oswestry, Shrewsbury, and Ellesmere. The committee then took up the Ellesmere and W em (Oswestry, Ellesmere, and Whichurch lines), promoted by the London and North-Western. Mr. Salisbury and Mr. Jones, counsel for the Great Western, intimated that after the decision of the committee in the foregoing case it was not intended to offer any opposition, and the further con sideration of it stands adjourned to this day. The evidence of Mr. Piercy, C.E., and others occupied tho Marquis of Salisbury's Committee on the Mold and Wrexham lines. The bill for the Mersey, Irwell, and Weaver Navigation was passed in committee. THE COTTON QUESTIO.N. A writer in a contemporary says--On the sth and 11th of February last you were kind eneugh to insert two letters of mine upon the then relative cheapness of East Indian cotton as compared with American, the feasibility of its be ing used by our spinners with a proper alteration of their machinery, and the great necessity there existed of their doing so with the almost certain stoppage of the American supply during this year, and thereby encouraging the im portation of cotton from India to supply the deficiency which would be caused by the entire absence of a crop which previously had supplied four-fifths of the consumption of the world. Subsequent events have fully proved the advice to be correct which I then presumed to give spinners and manu facturers. A fair trial soon enabled them to ascertain that East India cotton was capable of supplying the place of American cotton, and that yarn of finer numbers than they ever contemplated could be produced from Surats when their skill and ingenuity had been brought fully into play by the necessity of their position. Hence the fact that from Jan. 1 last to the present date spinners have purchased in this mar ket and consumed 438,000 bales of Surat cotton and only 198,000 American, while last year, during the same period, they consumed 1 ,130,000 American and only 115,000 Surats. Thus the capability of East Indian cotton being made avail able as a substitute for American is, I think, settled, and the great improvement in its quality that has latterly taken place, and which the present high scale of prices will still further stimulate, gives every encouragement that from India alone we shall ultimately receive such a supply as will make us independent of the United States of America, and which now appears so necessary for the future welfare of our manufacturing interests—considering the great uncertainty that now exists, first as to the probable duration of the civil war in America, and secondly as to the possibility of its causing a permanent curtailment in the growth of cotton in the Southern States. At the close of last year the estimated consumption of the world was over 5,000,000 bales per annum, four-fifths of which was supplied by America. At the present moment nearly one year's American crop has been withheld, and even so far how serious is the result f Ilow necessary, there fore, it is that our true position should be clearly under stood, so that the danger being evident the remedy may bo sought for, and by timely application save us from still greater peril and injury. So far this year, compared with the same period of 1361, the import of American shows a decrease of 1,400,000 bales, while East Indian cotton during the same period only shows an increase of 160,000 bales, while the quantity now at sea for Europe from America is nil against nearly 300,000, and that of East Indian to arrive by the end of October is 402,000 against 391,000 bales at the same period last year. Last week in your columns it was stated that private telegrams had been received from Bombay advising a further shipment of 115,000 bales of cotton in one week to this country, and that it was expected, that when the advices would be received hence of the late important rise in prices, that still further extensive shipments would be immediately made. Now, as I am assured you will be glad to correct any error which may inadvertently be inserted in your columns, 1 take the liberty of stating that the Bombay letters and circulars by this same mail have to-day been received, and instead of 115,000 bales stated to be shipped in one week, it appears that only 28,000 bales were shipped in two weeks ending on that date against 72,000 bales during the same period last year, and that only about 85,000 bales were then in stock, and on shipboard ; and also that the monsoon which either had or was about setting in would almost prevent any cotton being received coastwise or from the interior until the beginning of October, so that it was quite impro bable that over 100,000 bales more could be shipped in suf fi ient time to arrive here beforo the close of the present year. _ Thus the prospective supply from India for the remainder of this year will be no greater than we received during the sa me period last year. Then we received 495,200 bales of East Indian cotton, while this year, with the cotton now afloat and the probable quantity yet to be shipped to arrive before Dec, 31, the quantity will barely exceed that amount. I have been privileged by the perusal of letters received by efirrantlesminelaßforomm th y e an most d al e o i n b e y n t e n o n f v l e n r d a a i a t i o h n o u w s i e t s h fr a o e T ul e r th a l e r g bay now here who are well acquainted with that country, all of whose testimony fully confirms and corroborates this view of the supply to be received from India this year. Ycu will therefore perceive how critical is our present position, and how necessary it is that every effort should be made to stimulate the bringing down of cotton to the ports of India, so as to admit of immediate shipment ; for after at period of 10 months, during which the spinners and manu facturers of Europe have been working " half-time," the supply of cotton on hand and that on the way is still mise rably small, and quite incompatible with the necessities of the world, as the following figures will show PILEtENT 'VISIBLE STOCKS IN EtItOPI; AND AMEBIC/1i AND EAST INDIAN AT SEA. Great Britain..... 1862 . 180,000 France ...........• 40,000 German y......••.. 5,000 Itussia ............ 5,000 Spain ...... ........ 1,500 Italy .......... . ... 1,500 1861. 1,150,0 00 350,000 75,000 40,000 10,000 15,000 213,000 1,640,000 At Bea ........ In spinners' hands.... 50, 00° ' • 180,000 300,000 391,000 American .. • • • • • • East 1ndian........ 402,000 .. 665,000 2511000 Thus the T stockotaPPnloYW.. , , in hand in Europe, and of East n di a n and Amer ican to arrive by the end of October, is on ly 665,000 bales, against 2,511,000 at the same period last year. Such a comparatively s mall s upply for the next three months will naturally strike those who may even not be conversant with the trade how critical is our Position at the present moment, and how necessary it is that renewed efforts should be made to obtain from India, now our only hope, as large a proportion as possible of the supply of cotton which Europe now requires to meet the consump tion of cotton goods going on. Permit me to thank you for the able manner in which you have so frequently of late discussed this question, and for having so clearly pointed out to spinners that the question rests with themselves alone ; for did they but entertain a wise appreciation of their position we should not have witnessed, as of late, wealthy and exten sive firms, with large stocks, purchased at prices consider ably under present rates, sending back their cotton to be re-sold at Liverpool, preferring to secure the profit which a re-sale would secure them, although they can only do so by stopping their mills and throwing out of employment their operatives, who are thus left without occupation or support other than they can obtain fro m p aroc hi al rel i e f. C an anything be more discouraging to importe rs , an d will s uch a course induce greater efforts throu g h ou t th e world to meet their necessities ? An official return shows that the loss of . 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