The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-25 00:00:00

Irri Fc PT AVP 0 TTY VP WS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The steady progress of business is shown in the ,B.oard of Trade returns, which have just been pub lished for the month and seven months ending the 61 st July. Th e i mport an d expor t t a bl es an d the shipping statistics present some satisfactory results, and it is hoped that the improvement will con tinue, espe c i a l l y as the advices from the various r..oreign, markets indicate a gradual recovery from the depression lately experienced. It appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom for the seven months was £74,288,610, against £64,461,801 in the like period of 1858, showing an increase of t 9,826,80 9. T he i ncrease i s most percep tibl e i n cer and ale, coals and culm, cotton manufactures, earthenware, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares an d cutlery, eutlery, lin en manu factures, silk andmanufac woollen and worsted manufactures; but the re was a f a lli ng o ff i n co tt on , ya rn , linen yarn, Wo c r l ii ed nery, sheep and lambs' wool, and woollen and t yarn. The importations of the principal articles were lar ger as r egar d s li ve an i ma l s , b r i s tl es , raw co tt on , lli digo, flax, hemp, mahogany, provisions, quick odder, raw silk, b ran d y , unre fi ne d sug ar, tea, wine, 4 sheep and lambs' wool. Thero was a diminu *,len as regards c ocoa, coffee, wheat, flour, fruit, ri ce, spices, tobacco, &ze. Th e shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the am ount of t onnage emp l o y e d i n th e f ore i g n trade . the Unit.-:d Kingdom for the seven months of 88,449 tons, the total being 4,800,011 against 4,711,662 for the entries inwards ; while the c learanc es outwar d s are 5 , 939 , 602 t ons aga i ns t 5 ' 196 ,018 t ons , b e i ng an increase of 143,584 tons. In the coasti ng t ra d e f or the seven months, 502,094 tons more were employed than in the correspond ing peri o d o f l ast year f or th e en t r i es i nwar d s , an d for the clearances outwards there was an increase, 84 compared with those of 1858, of 343,722 tons. The Live r p oo l C o tt on M ar k e t y es t er d a y c l ose d Wetly, and prices of all descriptions remained Without alteration. The sales were estimated at about 6,500 bales. In Railway Shares rather more business was transacted, and quotations exhibited a decided improvement. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of E ngland yesterday. To -day calls of 25 per cent. are due on the Bom bay Baroda, and 25 per cent. Debentures, and of C 2 10s. per share, or £23,000, on the Dublin and Meath Rail way. The demand for money continues very quiet, and t he rates charged for accommodation exhibit no c hange of importance. The meeting of the Victoria Dock Company took 1 1 3 , 1 n0e to-d a y. Th e repor t s t a t e d th a t, d ur i ng th e h alf-year, 1,298 ships had entered the docks, mea suring 338,854 tons. The decrease was owing to a d iminution in the business of the Port of London, a nd Partly to the dimished import of guano. The r evenue account showed a balance in hand of 7342 Bs. 3d. Business in the English Stock Market to-day las been dull, but the quotations have tended up ,ards,r„, Consols being 95t- i• for money and account. ;no Gov ernmen t b ro k er has bought £15,000 Stock the Savings Banks, but speculation continues i 4(:)1 ' I nac tive. The New Three per Cents. and the Re duced a re s t ea d y a t 961 ; E xc h equer Bills at 20s. to 233. prem. ; and the India Loan Debentures (1859 ) at 95 ; I ank Stock is firm at 224 ; and Long Annuities at 18 1-16. The New Indian Loan is quoted 98t- to 98Z, being 11 to n- prem. The transactions in Foreign Securities continue 1311 a very limited scale, and prices remain without raaterial alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 83 to ad -= ; ditto New Loan, 731 to 74-1; and the 4 per C ents. are firm at 1021 -1-; Russian 41 per Cents. are steady, at 99; and Chilian 42 per Cents. at 89. The New Russian Loan is about 1 dis. to 1 prem. The last week's Railway Receipts ascertained u p to this day are in round numbers,a s s 9 under:- 181858. Great Western Nor th - Western south-`Westernl9,974 18,606 t Br ighton Midland B c, °ll.t h - Eastern ;..zreat Northern ,"Ilacashire and Yorkshire at:stol and Exeter 7,803 7,479 rk o rtil-Eastern • 144 elle , ter Sheffield, Lincoln t s ' z f ai or L d, ' Wo ' rcester, and Wolverhampton 4,834 4,320 7,164 6,598 S eo ` t a ?urgh ... and Glasgow fish North-Eastern ,„Gra nd Trunk of Canada great Western of Canada 6,503 6,613 4-iorab ardo-Venetian. and S. Australian 36,186 34,068 The above returns show a steady increase in most of the principal lines. On the Great Western it amo unts to £3,286 ; on the North-Western, to 5 ' 493 ; on the South-Western, to £ 1 , 368 ; on the '' ri ghton, to £1,825; on the Midland, to £3,160; °I) the South -Eastern, to £1,032 ; on the Great Nor thern, to £3,361 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire , t Z 3,04 3; on the South-Eastern, to £1,427; on the (linbiirgh and Glasgow to £566 ; on the Grand r l rli nk of V net anCanada to £485, and on the the Great and South Austrian of £20,118, but on n u e Great W es t ern of Canada there is a decline of ado& Rathe r more activity has prevailed in the Rail sh?• S hare Market this morning, and prices have • a further improvement. Foreign shares, Lombardo-Venetian, are also firmer. b .. st B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. iva r; 224 23 3 ock liPer . Cem, Reduced Annuities 96k 1 6 1 k tter 'Oeni. Consols Annuities Lo w 3 per Cent. Annuities -,-g - A-nrunties, expire sth Jan., 1860 — -uitto for 30 Years expire sth April, 1885 18 1-16 Dime Stock ' — o I Debentures, 1858 trt Ditto, 1859 bl t° 11 °Ilds, £l,OOO _citt.-, under Xl,OOO usols for Account (Sept. 7) kxcliequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 23 20 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . 4 'azilian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account 111 . 1 etkle Ayres, 6 per Cent. Ditto Deferred C hilia.n, S per Cent — , Ditto 41 ver C en t 'eruvian 4 t ner Cent — Ditto (Ui : ibane.u), 41 per Cent. Po rtuguese, 1853, .3 per Cent. Ditto Account - Itlissian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — .. Ditto 41 per Ce n t. Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan bitto Account Ditto Guh'Y'anteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 951 i Ditto Account THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. ---_,_ 174. ° " 1 " 3 „ 014 T' 5 —Wind thin day at noon, South- Ist i ft ry —er 'Y; light Aug. . breeze, with fine weather, but very (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. wine S. si o 4 :T ri ved.—Martina, from Soderham; Julie, from Herno- R7‘4 . ; Deapatch and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey; from ae. stamier, from Havre ; Syren, from Shields ; Pet, S Newcaqtle ; Taurus, from Sunderland. ail ed Ma.-y Ann, for Newport; Courier, steamer, for b-ileY; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Spring, for Ar- Math. Wind s . w . LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Sail ed, Aug. 24—Grayhennd, for Melbourne. Arrived, Aug. 25 —Surnrime, from Amsterdam. for - V ied ' Allg. 25—Fleetkng, for Newfoundland; Sappho,. Aiii - ustendje ; Mamelon and Mvice, for Quebec ; Jessie Mill for St. Mary's, N.S. ; Victi.my, for Tampico; Mary Ilitnu,sell, for Newfoundland ; Bay, for Cronstadt ; it 8 7 for Barbadoes • Adolphine, for Iceland ; Julie, for avannali ; Drei Aurelius, for Riga. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind variable; tide, 31 hours' flood; fine. lane v ed, Aug. 24.—Danube, from Cronstadt ; De Fey from Dantsie. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. tn,asse€l.—Artizan, from New Orleans, for London (in 4;1 9 1 " . ; Hercules, screw steamer, from westward ; for Lou- daI'ATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER LEA.—Yester fternof)n an inquest was taken by the coroner at the eand Woolpack, Old Ford-road, Bow, as to the death 10 Jo hn Dudley, aged 18 years, an assistant to a druggist, ~4 1, 30 died from drowning. The deceased went to bathe in Lil River Lea on Sunday morning last, and while in the ,later he hot out of his depth. An alarm was raised, but uvftien the body was recovered life was extinct. 'Verdict 44eidente1 death." SI7ARP MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SLIARIA.S AND STOCKS. --- _ Closing Business Share' Railways. ( Paid. , 12.10 , Amber;;., Notting. Bost., and Eastern Jura"( ion 10 64 61 50 ' Bellar,t and Ballymena all I 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 1 74 84 Stork Birk., Lane., and Chesh ! 1 Junction lOO ,77 79 25 1 Blackburn 25 1 Blyth and Tyne all Stock Bristol and Exeter 89 Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 'Cornwall all 44 54 10 Do. A A roves. no div. in 1 D until 6p.c.per an. I all all -- `" B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 ;Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc I all 8 9 Stock 'East Anglian lOO 145 155 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 5 7 53 57( 7 I Stock 'Eastern Union A Stock 100 40 42 Stock I Do. do. B Stock 100 27 30 25 1 Do. NIV. A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 25 !East Kent all Stock ' East Lancashire lOO 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 74 76 StocklEdin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 264 27 262 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 9 7 99 10 Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern 1 100 102 104 1034 Stock' Do. do. A Stock lOO 84 86 86 7 Stock{ Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 134 Stock IGt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 103 105 StocklGreat Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 60 56 12 Irish South Eastern.. all ,„ 50 Lancaster and Carlisle — . all 93 96 '" 162 IDo. Thirds I Hi 144 154 11 151 I p 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 146 155 p3l i Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire' lOO 964 974 96 a 64 16 Do. do. F £l6 1 6 I I d 9 Do. do. £9 shares 1 7 d 3 , Do. West Riding Union' 4 20 'Do. Southport ' all — „ Stock !London and Blackwall ' all 6 5 67 654 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 108 110 1095 9 5 Stock London & North Westn 100 95 1 96 4 96 5 4 6 4 5 4 6 4 125 ;Do. Eighths Stock ;London& South-Westn lOO 915 925 924 14 25 , L'derry & Coleraine all 25 iL'derry & Enniskillen all 6 , s 7 or . Stock, Man., Shef., & Lincoln ' 100 35 4 86 Z 4 10 (Metropolitan Stock !Midland lOO 106 1064 106 4 1 6 Stock Do.' Birming. & Derby. 100 83 85 50 13Iid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 125 Do. 4 Shares all 100 Newbastle and Carlisle 1 all 25 ,New., Aber., & Herefd 1 all 9 11 10 (Newry & Armagh (def.)' 9 20 :Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock;Norfolk lOO 59 61 50 !North. Counties Union 34 34 8 d 3tockiNorth British lOO 604 604 604 1 601 ;took INor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO ;took ' Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div , , until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 89 895 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 14 14 d 14 d Stock ;Do. Leeds lOO 44 495 441 4 Stock' Do. York lOO 72 724 72 5 Stock North London lOO 103 105 10 !N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 1 and City Junction £3 ls. 20 North Staffordshire 174 4i 44 d 20 , North-Western 10 INo. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 itocklOxford, Wor.,& Wolver l 100 31 32 33 10 'Peebles all 20 'Portsmouth 10 :Illiymney lO ,tock ;Scottish Central , took Soon. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 244 254 245 hock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 81 83 815 ,took Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 10 'Sittingbourne & Sheer nll 34 24 d tocklSouth Devon lOO 44 45 took South-Eastern 1100 7 5 76 754 6 4 ftock' South wales i 100 61 63 63 20 , SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 60 64 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 25 (Stockton & Darlington all 36 57 25 I Do. do. 1855 7 25 'Do. do. 1858 ' 7 - - !Stockton & ilartlepcoli 164 tocklTaff Vale ' 100' tock :Do. Preference, No. 1 1 100 25 IThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Itock;Vale of Neath lO9 tock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall I all 5 4 6 41 10 'W -end Lon. & Cry. Pal , all 5 1 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till, , 7 n.c. - has been pd. to B 1 all 34 31 5 I Do. B I all 74 74 20 1 West London ! all 10 Do. Ist Class 1 all 20 Do. 2d Class PREFERENCE SHARES. Share, Railways. Closing Business Paid. prioe. Done. tilytne and Tyne It per; 1 c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 61 IStk)Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 100 j 96 98 20 Do. do. do. Shares I 9 Stock l Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 103 105 12.10 jDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2., 10 —• Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc, 100 Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 1 100 1 8 1 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c 1 all I 6; Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 99 101 StockiDo. do. Class B 6 pc._ 100 112 117 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc 100 107 111 , Stock' E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l, 100 114 116 StockiDo. do N 0. 2, 100 113 115 StocklDo. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et; 100 81 83 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO 5 lE.& W. York. Jcn. fifths) all tock l Edin.&Glas. 5 pc sharesl 100 Stock 1 Edin.Pertli,& Dun. 4 pc. , 100 S tock Eurness, 5 per cent ' 100 Stock iGlas. ATS West., a. 5 pc. 100 Xll5 117 StocklGreat Northern, 5 p. et. 100 120 122 Stock !Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 Stock!Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 'Do 5p c Itedm.,s pc. pm , 80 83 87 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotid, Ist pf 1 all Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4! 100 1 p. ct. pref. Stock I) ' 50 Great West. (Berke and , 6 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. St ocklDo. Redeemable, 44 p C. t.I 100 97 99 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct.l 100 87 E 9 StocklDo. Irredeemable, do. 100 88 90 90 St ocklDo. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref.. 100 101 103 1924 14 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all gt 104 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf 1 shares all 17 18 10 Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref all 05 104 Stock Do. Birming. guar. stock 100 72 74 73 1 26i Do. Chester guar.shares all 19 20 135 I Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141 140 Stock' Lon. &Brig.spc. g,u. No.l 100 , Stock ; Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 100 Stock Do. New gua., 6 p. ct lOO Th Stock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 1 00 1104 Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 1 155 160 124 , Londondy & Cole, she all 125 I Londoudy.& Ennis 4 sh all 8 9 Stock llan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct lOO 1120 123 6 Do. to 44 1 Stock Do. 34 per cent. 124 llaryport & Car., 4 p.c all I 124 1 I Do. 4 per cent Do Stock !Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock 100 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. 100 i 139 141 Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 105 106 1054 6 Do. with option 14111 1860 3 4 4 p 34 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 95 96 10 Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s all 9/ 104 10 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 all 114 12 St ock ;Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares 100 - Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 I(,L, 1014 Stock Do. 54p. C. Pref. do. 1847 100 1034 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 i 100 Stock North British, spercent 100 110 112 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent, 100 108 110 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& D.Fk.Co., 100 Stock I N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb.' 1 0 0 1 Stock l Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.' 100 96 98 974 17 I Do. do. do. 813.4. 1 4p 20 IDo. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. 13 124 I Do. do. Quarters, 1846 - 25 PO. York, H.& S. Purch. 10 3 d p 20 North Staffordshire....; l all 224 235 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. lstg 100 122 124 Stock! Do. do. do., 2d gua ..1 100 StocklDo. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 100 99 101 84 Scottish Central, new rut all Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb t 100 Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock; 100 72 74 Stock ) Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc.l 100 • 120 124 Stock Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.: 100 118 122 10s. , South Devon, Ann. 10s. 11 104 11 10 Do. Fixed 45 percent. 1 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) all 24 244 244 Stock'; Do .44 per cent lOO 104 106 Stock' Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is lOO 104 106 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue ' 100 Stock S o uth Wales, gua. 4 p.c , 100 Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 2 0,5, -Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 1 all 25 1 ,Stockt6 per ceon and nt , all 33 Dar. 5 p.c all 28 29 25 5 Do. 34 StocklWaterford & Kilkenny,! 6 per cent.- all 47 83 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. 10 (Antwerp & Rotterdam all j 41 41 20 Ardennes all p 20 f Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 d 5 :Belgian East. Junction all f 1 20 'Beziers to Graissessac. all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 ,Eastern of France all 25 26 20 ,Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 64 64 10 'ltalian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout._ all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 24 25p 101 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.e.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva all 334 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 84 84 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. .. 16 (Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 ,Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 'Ottoman, gun. 6 per cent 7 - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 34 35 20 Paris and Orleans all 53 45 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) j2O 21 21 d 101 gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 j 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 6 6 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France all 191 201 81 West Flanders all 5 6 51 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 21/ 221 20 Western of Austria .. 6 I 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all I 20 Zealand i all I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Busines s Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& July 100 1121 1131 1121 13 121 18 Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. Az Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.0 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1091 1101 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 981 991 NovaSco4daGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1091 1101 1091 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Share' ' Miscellaneous. Price. Closing Business done I _ 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 134 144 1000 j Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 200 220 25 Australian Agriculture' 19 28 29 10 (Australian Royal Mail all 4 1 10 Berlin Water Works all 31 :it 34 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis I 50 British American Land 4C, 50 Brit. & Irish Maf, ,. .Tel.A. all 36 38 120 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21 191 20 Do. C.., all 14 15 14 100 Canada Land 321 107 111 1071 10 Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim.) all 8 9 81 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 24 25 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference all 41 5 20 Eastern Steam all Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 101 104 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 1 1 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel lOs. - 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all - 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 20 London Discount 5 11 11 d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 11 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 4 5 25 National Discount Co 5 11 11 d 10 Netherlands Land 6 10 Do do all Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 20 North of Europe Steam all 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 1 d p Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 50 65 60 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 75 77 50 Do. New lO 9 11 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr lO 4 ip 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New :100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 50 1 Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) all 115 125 2.5 South Australian Land. 11 35 37 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 1 Do. do Registered all I 1 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can. 5 fan v.,. It:omen'. TATiol: tie 8 9 BRITISH MINES. Mines. Paid. \ Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 4 5 44 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 425 435 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 165 170 E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 6.11.0 81 94 Great South Tolgus l7s 134 144 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaer, 11.18.8 1 1 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9.1 1 Lady Bertha l Bs 6d 1 North Frances (Mogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 7/ 84 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 71 81 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 12 13 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleeo 24 240 250 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 160 170 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 2 2 10 Tin Croft 9 4 4 44 44 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Caren )) 12s 6d 4 West Basset (Illogan) ll 21 22 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 130 135 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 85 95 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 5 4 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelan t 1.7.2 12 15 WI Mar Ann (Menhe 8 36 38 -IVlfl Trelawney (Lisk. 44 26 28 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim los (1 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p ) 27 - 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lini l5 10 11 5 Do. L and and MiningCo all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobro Copper al l 41 43 Copiapo l6 8 9 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 22 24 3 Linares all j 101 11} 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 4 , 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 } P 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt_ all 4 5 S Port Philip 1 1 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 1 28.2.84 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Closin g Busiii ne. e" Price. I 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk l 50 - - 40 Australasia all -- -85 i 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 Pank of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 50 British North American all - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &ci 12 1 p 164 100 City 100 Colonial 25 - - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all , - - 100 Commercial of Lyndon 2O 18 20 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 15} 151 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21 22 50 London and County - - 50 London Joint Stock 10 - - 100 London & Westminster. 20 - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 77 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales - -- 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all 39 40 39 20 Ottoman Bank all 19 20 10i I Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - 25 South Australia - - 25 Do. New - - 25 Union of Australia all - - 4E 1 7 1 25 Do. New 2O - 59 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual .. . 60 - 100 Western Bk of L ondon 60 d EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WA E HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held this day at the London Tavern ; H. Love, Esq., in the chair. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said it was his duty to appear before them to-day to give every explanation relative to the affairs of the company during the last half-year, which it was the right of the shareholders to know. In the observa tions he should address to them he should state what he had to say in the plainest possible terms, because it was the wish of the directors that the shareholders should be as intimately acquainted with the position of the company as the gentle men who occupied a seat at the directors' board. (Hear, hear.) It was a source of gratification that the receipts for the half year showed an increase —(hear, hear) —while with regard to the decrease in the goods traffic it was caused by exceptional causes, and, therefore, it was not to be expected it would occur again for some years to come. The circumstance to which he alluded was no doubt new to many present, viz., the total failure of the fish traffic. Instead of upwards of 100 trucks being de spatched daily between Lowestoft, Yarmouth, and London it had been reduced to about 30, and the suffering caused in consequence of that failure against those en gaged in the trade had been greater than had been known for the last 25 years. The estimated loss sustained by the company for the half-year in consequence of that failure was about £9,000. It was a matter of congratulation that the working expenses of the company had been reduced. For the past half-year the working expenses were £45 14s. per cent. against £45 18s. 6d. for the corresponding period of 1858. (Hear, hear.) The condition of the permanent way was also a subject of congratulation. The ex penditure had been £45,709 2s. 10d. for the half-year. The whole was in the most perfect condition so that the Eastern Counties line is now second to none in the United Kingdom. (Hear, hear.) The posi tion of the capital account was in a satisfactory state, and the debenture debt of the company had been greatly re duced. (Hear, hear.) He could not resume his seat with out stating that the directors did not view without apprehen sion the formation of lines in the triangular district bounded by the Cambridge, the Colchester, and the Newmarket lines, promoted without the concurrence of this company, and not designed to harmonise with our system of rail* way, and with the view of checking the extension of ill digested, if not hostile projects, they believe that the time has now arrived when it will be necessary to lay down a general scheme for the railway accommodation of the district in question, to be carried out with the interests and with the support of the company by parties locally interested. The directors felt satisfied the shareholders would rest perfectly content that the best thing for the benefit of their property would be done. (Hear, hear.) The directors, he felt assured, had given their best attention to the various and important in terests confided to their charge, and had endeavoured to preserve the rights of the company undiminished. (Hear.) The sum available for dividends was £66,574 9s. 9d., and in the opinion of the directors every charge belonging to re venue had been placed to the debit of the same. They re commend a dividend of Ll ls. 3d. per cent. for the half year, being at the rate of £2 2s. 6d. per annum on the ordinary share capital of the company. The dividend would take £61,982 155., leaving a balance of £4,591 14s. 9d. to be car ried forward to the next half-year. The adoption of the report having been seconded, A SHAREHOLDER said he thought before they went to Parliament again their dividend ought to be increased. The CHAIRMAN said the directors would not go to Par lament without the full consent of the shareholders. :Cheers.) After some discussion the report was adopted, and the proceedings shortly afterwards terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE PIPEMAKERS' COMPANY V. BARTLETT-THE PIPE- MAKERS' COMPANY AND ITS LIVERYMEN. This was a summons to recover quarterage due from de fondant, a pipemaker and liveryman of the company. Mr. Buchanan required further particulars. Defendant had instructed him to inquire fully into the matter, and to do so he must know what the claim was for specifically. His Honour adjourned the case, and ordered that parti culars should be furnished forthwith. THE SAME V. TINGEY. This was a summons to recover eight years' quarterage from the defendant, a liveryman of the company and master pipemaker. _ _ _ Defendant said he had joined the company many years ago, and had paid the entrance fee of £2 Bs. Bd.. Since his entrance he bad not been asked for one farthing, and had certainly derived no benefit from the company. He contended that the company was useless. He had also to plead the statute of limitations, and complained bitterly that the company had allowed such a period to elapse before calling upon him. His Honour observed that perhaps it would be better to ask for the quarterage as it fell due, but the matter was entirely in the discretion of the company. As regarded the statute of limitations, the company were empowered by their byelaw to sue at any time within 20 years. That byelaw had been the subject of a very lengthy argument in the Queen's Bench, and was held by the Court to be binding upon the liverymen of this company. Plaintiffs wore enti tled to recover, and defendant must pay. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire . . 100 Ln& N.W Clydesdale Junction lOO Caledonin I Colchester, Stour Val all E E.Lincolnshire,g.6p .e 100 Gilj.toE C rtli. E Union , HarwlchS s. all E.Counts. Do, Woodbridge lOO GI s. Barr, &Neils,Drct 1 100 Caledonin Do. New ; 100 Do. Gloster& Dean Forest) all Gt. West. llartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selbyall Yk.N.Md. Do. Shares i all Do. Do. j Shares , all Do. London&Greenwich 100 S. East Do. Preference llOO Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend 100 Peto &Co Do. Barking Shares all Do. * Lowestoft, gua. 4p . ct 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. Manc.,Buxtn, & Matk all LN W&M 311clab.& Redor, g.6p.c all Stk.& Da Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk lOO Midland Newmarkt.,BuryEx I 5. 5.6. E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. L& N w Preston and Wyre. t all & L.Yk. I Do. Shares A. all Do. ltojitn,U.Bliteht.g..Sphepll6ooll 6 Gt . North. Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassay South Staffordshire .. all M'Clcan Wear Valley, g. a. D. all Do. do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn, l all LABrgtn 91 93 7a N DO6 I CS• Share Docks. Paid Ci p o r i s ce in . g Bu Do sin n e e s . s Stock Commercial lOO I —. —. Stock Do 4 perCent.Pret .111 in. 100 119 i Stock East and West India lOO —. Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO —. Si ock Victoria 20 Do New 4 i 4.........••! is I -- 99 101 102 104 16 17 140 145 1109 111 64 36 115 120 92 94 2i n; 99 100 * 57 59 1138 142 9 10 10i 11 1001 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock, 10 Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock i 6 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 Stock Stock 10 I Stock Stock Stock] 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stool Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 5 20 10 20 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EIrgNING, AUGUST 25, 185 k BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sharei Railways. 100 18 !Atlantic & St Lawrence` Leased at 6 per cent..! Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd! go . 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo, Brant. &G odrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872, Do. do. 1 July, 18731 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. ICape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) , Cape Town & Dock Scrip' (Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c 1 Do. C Shares Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do.4i p.c. Bds. pay.'s9i G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c.l Geelong Corporation 6 , per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "a without opt Do. Si p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 411 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension ,Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c IDo. Fourth do. IMelb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc I Class ACapitl. Share IDo. do. Land do ) IDo. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Punjaub iDo. Indus. St. Flo .4 2,6' ISt. Andrews & Quebec A ,Trinidad(Limited) Soripl 100 1 100 190 S took 100 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 20 i El 100 I 100 100 100 stock }all Il3j all 79 81 lei 17 lf 11 411 ctl 5 fs4dl 601 161 1160 100 . 1. .1.0. id i t p 2s. 2s. 6d all 5 100 all 1 i d 99t 1 1001 all all }lOO 1 2s. 1 all all all all all all d par 94 1001 19 20 35 36 71i 72i 92 93 91 94 t i ( 1} ld 141 151 ! 5f 5i di ;102 104 102 104 ;101 103 97 100 85 90 85 90 14 19 d 11 1 d - -0 - --d —d —d l 19} 11 d 1 1 d 1 I d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Paid. C p l r o l a ce in . g I Business Dona. ftki i 100 1 100 k 341 5 & 93 98 I 141 15 181- 19 18! BOYDEN V. MILNE.---KEEPING HIS WORD. This was an action to recover £5 7s. for writing on walls, &c., at publiehouses. Mr. Buchanan, for defendant, said a sum of money had been paid into :court, which was even in excess of the amount agreed upon for the work. Plaintiff said he did originally agree to do the work for a cer tain sum, and a letter (ornamental) was chosen by de fendant. After the work was nearly finished, defendant altered his mind, and required a different letter. That being so plaintiff was clearly entitled to charge a further sum. To answer this Mr. Buchanan called the defendant, who deposed that after the completion of the work plaintiff asked for 50s. A lad named Leeson said he heard Mr. Boyden ask the defendant for 505., and say "If you don't pay me at once I will summon you for double the money." Mr. Buchanan—And he has kept his word. (Laughter.) His Honour (to plaintiff)—Now, is all this true, or purely an invention ? Plaintiff—Such a remark never came from me. His Honour—There is flat perjury somewhere. I shall give plaintiff a verdict, and defendant may take other steps if he likes. A CASE FOIL THE ARBITRATOR.--WORKMAN V. FORSTER- FORSTER V. WORKMAN These were cross summonses. Workman had sued Forster for £5 Bs., and Forster had sued Workman for £2 7s. 63. Mr. Buchanan, for Workman, said this was purely a matter of account, and the accounts between the parties were very lengthy. His Honour—lt had better be referred. Mr. Forster said that Mr. 'Workman owned to owing the £2 7s. 6d., while the £5 Bs. was disputed altogether by him (Forster). • His Honour observed that he heard a great number of cases every day. This one would probably take two hours —now it could be settled in one quarter of the time over the arbitrator's table, and Mr. De Jersey, who generally acted in that capacity, was both quick and satisfactory. Referred accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COILMIT A RAPE.—Pierre Garciaus, a Frenchman, aged about 56, was charged with the following assault on a female, named Kelly, residing at 57, Berwick-street, Soho. Mr. Charles Albert acted as in terpreter. Eliza Kelly, of 57, Berwick-street, Soho, said the priso ner invited her to go and dine with him and a friend at his place in St. Ann's-court, Soho, on the previous afternoon, and she accepted the invitation. Shortly after dinner, the prisoner, having got rid of his friend for a few minutes, in vited her to stop into the next room, as he wished to show her something, and on her doing so he immediately seized her, and, making an improper proposal to her, threw her on a bed and held her tightly by the throat, and then struck her twice on the mouth. She struggled violently with him, and screamed "murder," and some persons coming down stairs to her assistance she managed to get away from him. He had tried to lock the room door to prevent her escaping. In answer to the charge the prisoner said the prosecutrix had tried to rob him of half-a-crown, and had been in cus tody on different charges. The prosecutrix denied having been in custody, but on the prisoner again asserting that she had, and on her being pressed by the magistrate, she admitted that she had been charged with stealing a soldier's medal, remanded, and dis charged ; and also that she had been charged with stealing a 'coat, but discharged. The prisoner was remanded. THE FORBES MACKENZIE COMMISSION GONE A ROVING.—The Glasgow Herald has the following :—The Royal Commissioners brought their public inquiry to a close on Saturday forenoon, but their labours among us still did not cease. Rightly conceiving that ocular demonstration was the most satisfactory of all evidence, a party of them set out on a cruise through the clubs and shebeens at a late hour on Saturday evening, so that they might satisfy them selves of the actual state of affairs atter 11 o'clock. We understand that the party consisted of Sir George Clerk (the chairman), Professor Swinton, Mr. M'Geachy, and Mr. Colin Campbell Grant (the secretary). They were accompanied by Inspector Coglan. On entering a club in Icing-street, at half-past 12 o'clock, the inmate, not anti cipating a royal visitation at that hour, began to shake "in their dispositions" as the door of the apartment opened and the commissioners were ushered in. However, they were soon reassured that the commissioners did not come With any immediate hostile intent, as the latter was very cour teous, Sir George Clerk remarking, '• I hope you are enjoy ing yourselves," by way of apologising for any intrusion. They looked into the various apartments, took a quiet laugh, aucl departed. T HIR I) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. STOCKTON RACES.—( This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Birdcage La Hollandaise Five ran. CLEVELAND STAKES. Umpire High Treason Cramond Twelve ran. STOCKTON HANDICAP. Dilkoosh Arch Duchess Heiress Four ran. OXFORD RACES.—( This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TRIAL STAKES. Misty Morn Hop Merchant Ardour HEADINGTON HILL STAKES. Frav01a...... Lady Falconer.... Diamond Seven ran. MEADOW STAKES. _ Queen Bess 1 Misty Morn 2 Cynthia OXFORD STAKES. Eltham Beauty Princess Royal Greek 3 Seven ran. POACHING IN SCOTLAND. Two poaching cases, at the instance of the Duke of Richmond, have just been tried at Keith, which occupied the Court from 11 in the forenoon till 11 at night, there being no fewer than 10 witnesses examined, five of them being gamekeepers. Wm. Laing, Esq , Keith, and John Grant, Esq., factor for Drummuir, presided. One of the cases was for trespassing on the Duke's grounds in the parish of Enzie. This was rather an exciting affair, border ing on the romantic. There were three parties in the field, but only one identified and proceeded against. To the other two we may apply the couplet— " There was racing and chasing on Cannobie lea, But the lost bride of Netherby nta'er did they see." The witnesses in the case were four keepers and ;hree crofters in Oldmore. At an early hour on Saturday, the 13th, two of the keepers were out, and heard firing and saw the smoke from a couple of guns on the Duke's grounds about the Braes of Enzie They soon discovered three sportsmen in the dis tance, with two guns, the third carrying something like a bag in his hand. They gave chase through bush and brake, moor and moss, o'er brook and burn, nothing impeding progress. The pursuit and search lasted from 4 in the morning till the afternoon, the route traversed being from the Braes of Enzie to the Burn of Oldmore, on the Earl of Fife's grounds. The three fugitives, who were accompanied by a brown setter dog, were lost sight of about the burn, only one of them, the panel, again turning up. The Duke's keepers, early on the field, had given up the chase for the time, and were succeeded by two of Mr. Tayler of Rothiemay's keepers and fresh relays of the Oldmore crofters. During the chase, one of the fugitives was seen to stoop occasionally, as if unloosing his shoe ties, and at one time to drop something. At: an after hour of the day, a pair of hunting boots were found at the spot. Panel was seen by the crofters running along barefooted, amy also recrossing. a moss he had formerly traversed, as if in search of something, and again coursing along towards the burn with a carpet bag in his hand, was seen pulling heather in a brae by the burnside, and soon after the carpet bag was got there, in which were found three grouse, a snaring net, and a pair of stockings. Ultimately Mr. Tayler'a keepers came upon panel by the burnside, with the brown dog seen in the morning, in his company. The case does not appear very clear, as panel was not certainly identified as one of the three pursued in the morning, nor were the boots or carpet bag proven to be his, but the evidence was such as the Bench considered sufficient to convict him. He was found guilty, and fined one pound, with ten pounds five shillings of expenses, The other case was against a shepherd in Glenlivat, who was charged with killing grouse, accompanied by two colley dogs, in the glen or moors of Chyma, about the head or source of the Livet Water, and where the shepherd pastured his sheep. The evidence of Shaw, the keeper, who had been watching accused, went to prove that the dogs hunted for the game, acting as trained setters, waiting and looking round for the keeper's approach. In one instance the dogs were seen to raise a covey, and panel to strike them down with a stick, and place the birds in an inside coat pocket. In another case the dogs killed the birds, when one of them was picked up by accused, but which, on the keeper's approach, was thrown away. Shaw, the keeper, saw at least the head of one chucky hanging out of the coat pocket, and at once charged the shepherd with the crime, and intimated that he would report the case. The accused pleaded for a compromise, saying " Bet ter would it have been for him to have been sleep ing all day, though the flock had gone down the Black Water." The case was clear, and the offence restricted to one bird. Fine—Xs, and the same sum for expenses.—Banffshire Journal. S7RENGTH OF THE EUROPEAN ARMY IN INDIA. Now, it must be remembered that after so ter rible a struggle as that of the last two years in India, the minds of those who have been engaged in the contest, however sound their understandings, will naturally be induced to exaggerate to some extent the means required to subdue a similar revolt ; otherwise we could hardly believethat men like Sir J. Lawrence and Sir H. Frere would re commend a European army to be kept up of three times the strength it was during a straggle which can never again be exactly paralleled. If subsequent to the outbreak there were in the Punjaub but 5,620 Europeans, to watch a force of 32,240 native soldiers, of whom 18,920 were enemies on the look out for an oppor tunity to attack us, how can it be necessary to keep up for all future occasions a European army four times as numerous ? Turning now to the Bombay Presidency, we find that the ordinary establish ment of European soldiers has been seven re giments of infantry, one of cavalry, and 1,603 artillerymen. Why then, we ask, in the face of the financial difficulties under which the Indian Government is now labouring, should it be pro posed to raise that force of less than 8,000 men (for the regiments had never 800 present for duty) to 12,500 ? On the most general view of the subject, we must conclude that the European force proposed to be retained in India is unnecessarily large, and, with reference to our means of supporting it, altoge ther impossible. To take a more sober view of matters, we may say that the number of Euro pean soldiers which our revenues would really allow us to support is about 45,000, of whom 25,000 would be infantry, 15,000 artillery, and 5,000 cavalry. The expense of this army would be about L 4,000,000. To this it would be necessary to add 90,000 native regular troops, all infantry. The ex pense of these would be about £1,800,000. In ad dition, 30,000 irregular horse would be required, at an expense of about £900,000. The total expense, then, of our Indian army would be £3,700,000, which, it is evident, our revenue, now amounting to £33,806,294, would fairly enable us to support. Now compare this outlay with the estimate of our military expenses in India for the year 1858-59. This amounts to £19,561,970 a sum which the keenest advocate for the retention of our empire purely by the sword, must admit to be far beyond the means of Government to maintain.—Home ward Mail. A MAGNIFICENT BEQUEST.—After the funeral of Lord Henry Seymour, which took place early in the morn ing of last Saturday, at Pere la Chaise, in his mother's vault, only attended by Lord Hertford, Vicomte Dar; and five members of the Jockey Club, his will was opened, and the hospitals of Paris,were found to have inherited a rent roll equal to £36,000 sterling per annum. As all this pro perty came through his mother, the late Marchioness, England had no claim on it ; indeed, the testat o r, born in Paris, never set foot on British soil in his - life. Four favourite horses enjoy an annuity and exemption from saddle-work. Other annuities are named unnecessary to notice. A WOMAN SEIZED WITUCRAMP WHILE BATHING. —On Tuesday morning about 20 minutes to seven, a woman, while bathing from one of Wisden's machines, was seized with the cramp and fell. Some men who were bathing near observed her fall, and ran to her: assistance. When she was got into the machine Mr. Blaker, surgeon, was sent for. On his arrival he ordered some brandy, and under this treat ment the woman soon recovered. She was taken home in a cab in the care of a police constable. The extraordinary part of the case is that the woman was drunk when she entered the machine. It seems to us that there must have been some strange neglect on the part of the attendants, or she never would have been allowed to bathe in such a con dition.—Brighton Guardian. THE HARVEST IN THE NORTH.—Another splen did week of harvest weather has prevailed, and great pro ess has been made in cutting and securi n g the cro p s. Now that the crops, especially the wheat crops, are being more seen into, they are reported to be very fine and likely to yield abundantly.—Hull _racquet. Sharel 'FATAL AFFRAY. - A fierce fight took place at Ludlow on Monday night, which resulted in the death of a man named Pierce. It appears that about 8 o'clock on Monday evening a gang of gipsies, male and female, num bering nearly 30, reached the Bridge Inn, at the bottom of Cowe-street, Ludlow, and called for some drink. The landlady, Mrs. Bird, refused to draw them any, but her servant surreptitiously supplied them with several quarts of beer. The party had been drinking before this, and grew warm in their disputes as to which was the best dancer. Blows succeeded to high words, and a general fight en sued, in which women and men bore a part. The landlady endeavou re d t o i n d uce th e exc ited gipsies to leave her house, and interfered with a view to stop the row, but in so doing she received a blow in the face which drew blood. This incited several men to take part in the fight, which became general, and among the combatants was the man Pierce, a job bing butcher, who was acting as assistant ostler at the Bridge Inn on Monday, that being fair day. The men fought themselves out of the house, and the door was locked behind them. The gipsy women assisted their swarthy mates by beating their antar gonists behind with tin pots and pans, forming part of the ware which they hawk in their itinerations. Pierce, being sober, had an advantage over his anta gonists, two of whom engaged him outsid e th e h ouse , and while one of these was engaged with him in a hand-to-hand strnggle, the other looked for a more effective missile than the human fist, and picked up a piece of a brick weighing about 1 alb. With this he struck Pierce a violent blow under the left ear, which caused the poor fellow at once to drop as though he were struck dead. He was carried into the Green Dragon Inn, in Co we-street, and a medi cal man, Mr. H. Meymott, was sent for, but before he could reach the spot the man was dead. Hear ing of what had happened the gipsies quickly dis persed, and up to midnight the police 'w ere engaged in searching out and apprehending the members of the gang, assisted by the excited populace. Next morning 12 men and seven women were brought before the magistrates for a preliminary examina tion. The wild and swarthy appearance of the prisoners, and the excitement prevailing among the people of the lower orders, formed an unusual scene in this quiet place. The gipsies were of all ages, from the boy of 15 to the withered crone of 60, and some of the men presented a most savage appear ance. Some evidence was taken to show that the prisoner who took up the brick and used it with such fatal effect was John Macgunnis, a rough-look ing young fellow, with a huge shock of unkempt hair. He was retained in custody, and six men were fined £1 each for riotous conduct. The ma gisterial proceedings were adjourned to await the result of the inquest, to be held to-night before Mr. Williams, coroner for the borough, at the Green Dragon Inn. Meanwhile the town is in a state of great commotion. The coroner's inquisition on the body of William Pierce, the unfortunate man who met his death in the riotous affray with gipsies, on Monday, under circumstances already detailed, took place last night at the Green Dragon Inn, in this town, before Mr. Williams, borough coroner. The prisoner John Macgunnis, was brought up in custody. He had xo advocate, and did not cross-examine the witnesses. He is a stupid-looking fellow, about 26 years of age, dressed in the ordinary gipsy habiliments ; and with his unkempt hair and unshaven beard, looked sufficiently uninviting and ferocious. The jury, having viewed the body, returned to the large room, which was densely crowded. Henry Meymott—l am a surgeon, practising in Ludlow. About half-past seven o'clock last night I was called to see deceased, and found him sitting in a chair, breathing, but quite insensible. His case was hopeless, and he died at five minutes after eight o'clock. There was a wound under his left ear, which bled profusely. His skull was fractured on the brain. On making a post mortem examination I found that the fracture extended to the base of the skull in several directions. There was an effusion of blood on the brain opposite the wound on the skull. Death ensued from that fracture, which was occa sioned by a blow from some heavy substance. Two other witnesses were then called, who dis tinctly deposed to having seen the prisoner throw the brick at the deceased. The blow was aimed at deceased after he had turned away from the affray. This being all the evidence, the Coroner explained the law as it bore upon the simple facts of the case, and the jury retired to deliberate, and were absent for a considerable time, during which the greatest excitement prevailed, and it was difficult to preserve order. At length they returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner, who was removed in custody. These proceedings seem in a great measure to have allayed the unwonted excitement which lately prevailed, and the town is resuming its accustomed tranquillity. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A FARMER NEAR ITAWTHORNDEN: A charge of assault was yesterday gone into at great Jength before Sheriff Jameson in the Sheriff Summary Court, Mr. John Aitchison, farmer, re siding at Montmarle, near Roslin, being accused of attacking Captain John Bly th, of Seabank Villa, Leven, Fifeshire, Mrs. Blyth, Mrs. M'Callum (wife of Mr. George M'Callum, stockbroker and accountant), and Miss Macpherson, sister of Mrs. Blyth. The circumstances of the case are shortly these appeared that Captain Blyth, accompa nied by the ladies above mentioned, and his dangh ter, Miss Blyth, went out from Edinburgh on Thursday last for the purpose of visiting Hawthorn - den. They travelled by coach to Lasswade, and proceeded thence on foot. After reaching Spring field they lost their direction, not knowing the locality, and in consequence got into a grass field belonging to Mr. Aitchison, who happened to be present on an adjoining ground with his reapers. Mr. Aitchison noticing the party on his field, called out to them to turn back, as they had no business there, and there was no road that way for people. Captain Blyth being rather deaf, was informed by the ladies of what was said, and as the farmer advanced towards them he stepped forward to meet him, and civilly requested him to point out the way to the high road, as they had missed the way. Mr. Aitchison, however, would listen to no explanations, and coupled his refusal to give the desired information by seizing hold of tha captain by the collar and shirt front, and violently throwing him down. Captain Blyth fell heavily, but soon regained his feet, though nei ther aotive nor young. Mr. Aitchison then a second time rushed upon him and threw him down. Mrs. Blyth and the ladies loudly rebuked this savage con duct, but the only answer given by the farmer was a severe blow on the back, which felled Mrs. M'Cal lum to the ground, Mrs. Blyth and Miss Macpher son meeting the same extraordinary treatment in succession. Remonstrance was again attempted, but proved of as little avail as before, Mr. Aitchi son insisting that they should all march out of the field instantly, or he would have them forced away. A slight fence stood near the spot, and seizing hold of the ladies he pushed them over one after the other, giving Miss Macpherson a push of such vio lence that this lady fell down upon the other side and received very severe injuries. Miss Blyth was not assaulted, although she was compelled to get over the fence. Captain Blyth being thus sepa rated was retained in the field by the rough fellow, and in spite of renewed requests to be shown a foot path whereby he might reach the high-road, was pushed on across the field in another direction by the farmer, w ho, when they had proceeded some dis tance, and were out of sight of the ladies, dealt him a severe blow on the eye with his fist. Eventually they reached Sir J. W. Drummond's gamekeeper's house, and Mr. Aitchison drew the attention of the gamekeeper to the circumstances under which he detained Captain Blyth. The gamekeeper, taking a rational view of the matter, lectured the defender on the severity of his conduct, the captain having also related his side of the case. During the con versation which ensued, Mr. Aitchison declared he would suffer no person to trespass on his ground, and he would serve every one who did so in the same way he had served Captain Blyth. After several expressions to this effect, he pushed the captain through the gate and left him. These facts were proved in evidence by Captain Bl y th and the v th bya Captains e er al ladies. For the defence it was urged reapers, who were called as witnesses, Blyth attacked Mr. Aitchison first, and that the latter did not strike any of the party, and the statement of the defender was to a similar effect. Having heard Mr. Miller, S.S.C., for the defence, and carefully reviewed the evidence, Sheriff Jame son convicted Mr. Aitchison of the assault, and sen tenced him to pay a fine of XlO ; in default to suffer Scotsman. imprisonment.— forty days' A meeting of the English and Australian Copper Smelting Company took place yesterday, Mr. Bostock in e chair. It was stated that there has been a progre ss i ve increaseh in the prosperity of the undertaking, and that it is now in a satisfactory position. The expenses are decreas ing, while an augmentation is taking . place in the returns. Comparing the ten months ending in April, 1859, with the twelve months ending in June, 1858, it appears that in the former period 6,523 tons of ore were smelted, against 6,800 in the latter, the proportional increase being equal to 1,000 tons, and that the make of copper has respectively been 1813 and 1852 tons. The total make in the year ending June 30, 1859, is expected to ex ceed 2,000 tons. The stock of coal in April, 1859, was £ll,OOO, and in July, 1858, £5,600. The advances from the bank in the colony have been reduced from £15,000 to £6,000 and a further considerable reduction is an ticipated._ e The accounts sh ow a b a l ance of nearly £ 31, 000, a nd the question of decla r i ng a di v id en d was d e b ate d a t gr eat length. Ultimately a distributio n was or d ere d, by a large majority, of 2s. 6d. per share. THE GREAT EASTERN. (Franz Mitchell's Steam-Shipping Journal.) What will they do with the Great Eastern ? is a question which has occasioned a good deal of dis cussion, and has given rise to a variety of by no means uninteresting conjectures. Will she go to India, to Australia, or to North America, and will she be laid out chiefly for goods or for passenger traffic ? The question of her first voyage appears at length to be definitively settled. She will, after a trial trip on the Bth of September of 500 or 600 miles, start on the 15th for Portland, in the State of Maine. The idea of sending the Great Eastern to India or Australia has been for the present aban doned, and the directors, in placing her in the North American trade, have, in our judgment at least, come to a wise decision. It is possible that the expectation of bringing home the remainder of the Indian army from Calcutta and Bombay may have suggested the idea of despatching the Great Eastern to one or both of those ports ; otherwise the state of the freight market in the East would surely not have tempted the directors to load home from any port in India. An Australian trip would offer greater inducements both as to freight and passengers ; and as the projectors of the Great East ern originally designed her with a view to the Aus tralian trade, the despatch of the big ship to the anti podes might be regarded simply as the fulfilment of her destiny. But there are practical difficulties in the way of an Australian voyage which seem to have been overlooked. The Great Eastern, when under full steam, will consume something like 250 tons of coal per day. Say that she realises all the expec tations formed of her, both as to speed and wea therly qualities, she could not perform the voyage to Australia in less than a month or five weeks each way, and even her vast stowage would not possibly suffice to carry coals for the occasion. If not, could she reckon upon procuring at Melbourne, Sydney, or the Cape, an adequate supply ? The idea of a long voyage is, therefore, met by this initial diffi culty, which must be disposed of before it can be attempted with any prospect of success. The North Atlantic trade, and especially the trade with Canada, seems to invite the great experiment which the world is soon to witness. The passenger and goods traffic on that line is sufficiently large to induce every encouragement, while the St. Lawrence in the one direction, and Portland in the other, afford the choice of harbours in which even the Great Eastern may be safely accommodated. We regret the preference has not been given in the first in stance to the St. Lawrence, inasmuch as there exist at Quebec abundant facilities for loading and dis charging, while the communication with Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Buffalo, Oswego, the other lake ports, and the cities of the Ohio and Mississippi, the places whence the return cargoes must be derived, is open and direct. Chi cago alone, in 1850, exported over 3,000,000 qrs. of grain, 250,000 brls. of beef and pork, besides vast quantities of bacon, lard, hides, wool, &c., while in the same year Chicago took 100,000 tons of Eng lish pig-iron, besides hardware, earthenware, and other British products, all of which went by way of New York to the Erie Canal. Here is a trade the profits of which have been hitherto diverted from the St. Lawrence, its natural outlet, to New York and Boston, to the serious damage of Quebec and Montreal. The Eric Canal has hitherto drawn by far the greater share of the traffic of the great lakes, although that canal is more than six times the length of the St. Lawrence canals, and the transit proportionably costly. The Great Eastern may become of great importance in further deve loping this valuable trade in British bottoms and on Britis l i railways. The selection of Portland as the port of destination for the Great Eastern is in tellig:ble, seeing ::that the Grand Trunk Railway runs in there, and that the harbour possesses abun dant accommodation ; while, during the winter, the choice of it is inevitable. But it has been suggested that the extension of the Grand Trunk to open water in winter below Quebec, by means of a wharf, would enable the Great Eastern at all times to Joad and discharge in the St. Lawrence ; and this sug gestion, coming as it does from one thoroughly ac quainted with the traffic of the river and its navi gation, is worthy of attentive consideration. Assuming, then, that the directors have decided upon the trade in which, for the present, they will employ the Great Eastern, and have fixed upon her port of destination across the Atlantic, it remains to be seen what place will be selected as her port of departure in this country. For a vessel of the dimensions of the Great Eastern the choice will probably be between Holyhead and Milford. Both are sufficiently eligible in point of accommodation, and both are connected with the interior and the metropolis by railway. Holyhead has the advan tage of being nearer to Liverpool—Milford in hay ing supplies of coals at half price, and a good clear offing, free from most of: the dangers of channel navigation. The balance of natural advantages is, we should say, decidedly in favour of Milford ; but there may be other considerations which will go vern the managers of this great experiment —an experiment which may entirely disappoint the hopes of those who look forward to a splendid en gineering and commercial success, or which may, and we trust will, crown the efforts of the projec tors, realise all their expectations, and inaugurate a new era in the history of steam navigation. HERRING FISHERY ON TILE WEST COAST-THE TRAWL. In 1851 an act of Parliament was passed, declar ing it illegal for any person to trawl for herrings after the commencement of the herring fishery, or to use any other description of net than the drift net. For some years back the fishery officials have ceased to work the act, and the trawl mode of tak ing herrings has been pursued with perfect impu nity. A spirit of dissatisfaction and discontent has therefore prevailed amongst the drift-net fishermen and they have from time to time adopted a variety of means, with the view of getting the act wrought out and the trawl entirely suppressed, but hitherto without success. The trawlers did not appear in any part of Lochfyne above Otter Spit until one even ing about the end of last week. On this becoming known, the drift-net fishermen, despairing of get ting protection from Government, sacrificed a night's fishing to go in pursuit, and chased them out of the loch. The trawlers fired two shots at their pursuers, but fortunately without injuring any one. Mr. Sheriff Maclaurin and the Procurator Fiscal, on hearing of the intended collision, drove down to Furnace, where great numbers of the fishermen were congregated, and lectured, dissuaded, and warned them from resorting to violence, or in all probability the consequences would have been most disastrous; as it is, one man was considerably in jured by a stone thrown at him. The authorities are of course investigating the affair, but it is to be feared that this is but the first of an outbreak which has been long anticipated. The Magistrates and Town Colincil of Inverary met on Tuesday last, to take into consideration the present critical position of matters, when Mr. Sheriff Maclaurin addressed them, and made some explanations with reference to the state of the law respecting the trawl. The magistrates unanimously passed the follow.. ing resolutions, which contain a short summary of the grounds of complaint :- 1. That trawl fishing is very injurious to the ordi nary and legal mode of fishing by drift net, which cannot be carried on at the same time with trawl fishing in such narrow waters as Lochfine, the trawl nets, when extended, invariably crossing, tearing, and otherwise destroying the drift nets, and the fish taken by the trawl nets have been found to be ma terially destroyed as an article of food. 2. That trawl nets are also very injurious to the spawning beds of the herring,by tearing them up and thereby destroying the whole bed. 3. That by totally breaking and separating the shoals of herring, the fish leave their usual spawning ground and narrow waters for the ocean, where they cannot be caught by either drift or trawl net; while, at the same time, the use of the trawl has been found to have a most injurious tendency by scattering the eyes of the herring, frightening and disturbing th em so much that the herrings have in some parts , . where the fishing at one time was very successful, deserted. the grounds altogether from the pr osecut i on of the trawl. 4. The meeting are strongly of opinion that tbe enforced, and against ana trawli n g for tat should be strin gentlynestly recommend th a t additional p urpose officers shouldth e ee:a a p poi be appointed, the t ed ,if trawlt he ; p a r n e a s en a t l ssot,a if bepr a ctic a b l e , insufficient that to pres sthe land police force should be employed in that capa city. In addition to these well-founded grounds of eom splaint, others exist, amongst not the least of which , the wholesale bagging of the herrings of all sizes, from an ounce weight upwards. But the trawl likewise sweeps up all fish coming in its greedy track ; and it was no uncommon sight last year, in Lochfyne, to see the salmon and herring in the boats together. For the upper parts of Lochfyne, the salmon fishing has been almost a complete failure this sea son. in it attribute the scarci ty solely to the foul w or k The parties enga ge d of the trawl.—Glasgoto Herald. , w t h o en ce , l in ebr ad ate dit l:l o r n . ET TO Mn. LEATHAL—We believe THE BAN" th b e an fi g th il ) e , t will take place in Huddersfield next Leatham's tri u mph, to m Mr. Leatham, Mr. John Bright will be present, and, we b y t on th T at hu a rs la y n , d . hope, Mr. Cobden as well. In the absence of any autho thoenret h i s rised communication, it being too early for that, our readers ma y rely upon there being a banquet upon such a scale,, (p u r o ob d a u l and attended by such guests, as probably Huddersfield has never yet witnessed. It is intended to engage the large, marquee used at Rochdale during the past week.—Hudderaw. field Examiner.—The banquet has, it appears, been pciA. tively fixed for the Bth;September. s l, 1