The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-09 00:00:00

F*Pl MONEY MAI , KET AND CITY NEWS. ------- -- CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The adviccs from most of the ma,uf‘cturing districts state that during the past week business has been rather active, and fnlly late rates have been supported for most decerip'iong of textile fabrics. The Iron Trade of South Staffordshire, however, has been dull, and a reduction of lOs per ton has taken place in the value of goods suitable for the American markets. At Birming ham a fair amount cf business has been done in the various fancy trades of the district. At Leeds the demand for middle qualities of cloth was active ; a large quantity of heavy goods has also been disposed of for the autumn and winter, chiefly for the American market. The various mill' , in the neighbourhood are actively employed, and are in most instances working full time. At Brad ford there has been little alteration to noticc in piece goods; a steady demand bas been apparent for both home use and for exportation in heavy goods suit able for the autumn. Business at Hudder,field is steady. At Manchester the demand for goods suit able to the Indian markets has been moderately ac tive. Yarns for the Continent are in good request, and purchases in cloths for the home trade have been made to a fair extent. At Leicester the hosiery trade continues active, and for plaid goods there is a decidedly improved demand. The fancy branch is moderately active, and at full values. The lace trade of Nottingham continues dull; some demand, however, has been experienced for the American market, and manufac turers are for the most part employed on orders not yet completed. The hardware trades at Sheffield and Wolverhampton have been very quiet, with little variation to notice in values. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday closed with more animation, 10,000 bales having been disposed of at very full rates. The Railway Share Market presented a very firm appearance, and quotations were unaltered. Not the slightest change of importance can be re corded in monetary affairs. They continue quiet and easy. Although a large amount of capital has recently been brought into use, which had for months previ ously remained idle and unproductive, the supplies have not appeared to diminish, and the terms of dis count are unaltered. When, however, it is recol lected that before the late crisis commenced upwards of 40 millions of money was deposited with the joint stock banks, the extraordinary abundance now, trade having in the interval been protracted, can excite little surprise. It will require a further considerable diversion of capital, with an absorption also for com mercial purposes, to create a permanent influence upon the discount market. The larger importation of gold neutralises in some degree any temporary increase of the demand, but the variations from day to-day, both in the description of bills offered and the rates at which they arc negotiated, are too triyial to call for a special notice. The arrivals announced to-day include the Canada, from Boston, with £250, and the Armenian, from the West Coast of Africa, with £7,600. in specie. It appears that the recent stoppage of Messrs. Hyde, Hodge, and Co., in the timber trade, has caused considerable anxiety among other firms simi larly engaged, and very unfavourable rumours are still in course of circulation. Unless great caution is exercised, and unnecessary alarm is allayed, some further disasters may occur. The serious deprecia tion which has affected this particular interest adds of course to the feeling of apprehension caused by the . late failure, for any firm holding large stocks, if compelled to realise, would only do so at a great sacrifice. It is sincerely hoped, therefore, that this unsatisfactory state of things will not be exaggerated by an excess of apprehension, nor by the . circulation of extravagant rumours and opinions. The accounts from New York state that although the exchange had risen to 1095 to 110, it was not expected that the exportation of specie would con tinue on a large scale. On the 26th ultimo the stock of bullion held by the City Banks was £7,103,500. The advices from Australiia are generally very favourable with respect to the yield of gold, and the progress of commerce. The receipts of gold by escort were about equal to those of the previous year. The great event of the month of June was the commencement of the railway works, in conse quence of the raising of the £700,000 loan. According to the last return, the popula tion of the colony was 469,367 souls, and the Chinese population amounted to 34,874. As to the Money Market it had remained almost without fluctuation since the departure of the last mail. The exports and imports for the current year were nearly equal as regards value. Complaints were still made of the overstocked markets, and the effect on prices, but the state of trade was evidently improving. Some remarkable discoveries had been made at the gold diggings, and a monster nugget had been found at Ballarat, weighing 2,217 ounces, the largest yet discovered ; it belonged to the Red Hill Alining Company, which consistsof 22 working partners. Increased firmness is perceptible in the English Funds to-day, the operations having caused an advance of s to 4 per cent. This renewed buoyancy is attributable to the favourable progress of affairs, and the encouraging prospects of the harvest, and of commerce. A conjunction of satisfactory influences is at work just now to impart strength to the various markets. Consols for transfer have been 96 and 96 , 3 ; for the account they have been 964 5, and 96H. The New 3 per Cents. are 971 -g e and the Reduced 97 to 971. Bank Stock is 227 to 228 ; India Debentures are marked 98, Do. Bonds 15s. to 19s. prem., and the June Exchequer Bills, 21s. to 255. prem. In Foreign Securities a large amount of business has taken place, and the quotations, in most in stances are well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 971 1 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104; Y ; Spanish De ferred, 91, ; and the Certificates, 5.1. Russian 5 per Cents, are 1131, ditto 41 per Cents., 100 ; Mexican, 21 ; and Peruvian 41 per Cents., 891 ; Venezuela are firm at their late improvement, being 411 for the Fives and 16 for the Deferred. The Atlantic Telegraph Shares are about 900 to 920, and the Red Sea are supported at 4 prem. A rather active business has been done in the Railway Share Market this morning, and a further advance of about 4,- to 1 per cent. has been estab lislnd on most of the principal lines. Eastern Counties, Midland, and North-British improved 55.; North-Western, South-Western, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern, 10s. ; and Caledonian, Great-Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1 ; Brig ton have declined about 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial Market the dealings have ' been limited. Paris and Lyons improved 5 ; and ' Lombardo-Venetian, 54.; East Indian advanced 55.; Grand Trunk of Canada, ss. ; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Joint Stock Bank Shares hare been quiet. Lon don and County have improved 103; London and Westminster, ss. ; and Union of London deAined 10s. In the Miscellaneous Share Market there is little alteration to report. Canada Land Shares improvcd tn. 1191 ' Peninsular and Oriental Steam to 81. Consols (Money) 96 11-16; ditto Account; 96 13-16. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—COMMITTAL OF AN OPU LENT FARMER FOR SHEEPSTEALING.— At du? petty sessions for the New Inn district of Glamorganshire, on Friday, a considerable amount of interest prevailed in con sequence of Mr. Rees Jones, a highly respectable farmer, renting lands at Ystradyforlarg, having been brought up on charge of stealing a lamb, the property of a neighbouring farmer, Mr. Thomas Joseph. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Joseph is a somewhat extensive flockmaster, hay ing upwards ef 1,100 sheep and lambs on his farm. The !ceased, Mr. Rees Jones, also owns a goodly number. Lat terly Rees Lewis, Mr. Joseph's head shepl erd, has mis4ed from his flock four or five lambs, and as they were all marked With the distinctive mark which his flock hear, and by which they are well known by the various flockmasters of the district, It was known that they could not have strayed, but must have been dishonestly abstracted. Inquiries were consequently Made, and the other farmers of the neighbourhood we re Of course upon the look-out. Amonsst the others was Mr. William Morgan, who occupies the Tynewyld farm, which irnrned 4 aiely artjoins that ranted by the prismcr, and on Wednesday he saw one of Mr. Joseph'.: lambs on the rrisoner's ground. A day or too previous Mr. Morgan had Been the same lamb at a short distance from the houcdary of the prisoner's premises, and at that. time "the ardinal, which was running with the ewe, bore Mr. Joseph's mark, which was very plainly disclosed, and must have been seen by any one. When I,e aftewarda saw the lamb on Mr. Jones's land, the mark which distinguished Mr. Joseph's flock, and which was of pitch, had been removed, an operation which must have occasioned some trouble, and n middle ma'k of the same description as that which t he prisoner's flock bore substituted. Knowing that r the lamb could not have strayed on to the prisoner' . farm by accident, at there was a fence six feet high, Mr. Morgan at once gave information to Mr. Joseph, and that gentleman's bailiff and his head shepherd, together with a Poteeman, went up the mountain to the prisoner's farm aad took the-ewe, the mother of the lamb, there with them. they recognised one another and bleated, and the lamb im mediately ran and sucked the ewe, t bus afrording convincing Proof that it had belonged to Mr. Joseph's flock. On the eri snuer being told that the lamb was Mr. Josepli'a he at first /a id, " If you believe it to be yours take it ;" hut he a fterwards said, " There is no pitch matk on the al ", and no one shall have it till they have proved "tether it is or not." On the wool of the lamb tieing closely examined by the shepherd some remains of the pitch mark were clearly discovered, and it was also observed that the I t tl iidle mark on the lamb was much more recent than those on Jte other sheep and lambs, and was brighter than it would been had the lamb been matked at tbe proper time. There were also some marks of a hay collar round its neck, Which was a very unusual circumstance, as when lambs are ru nning it is never the custom to tie tlsein. The magistrates 4 Pressed their regret at seeing the prisoner placed in such IP9sition but said they felt it their duty, after the evidence w hichhad been adduced, to commit him for trial at the ses 'ions• In consideration, however, of his previous cha "eteri they would accept good bßil for his oppeartuice. nook 'took Stock Stook Oook 10 stook itc cL 'ttX,r ttock Itocv 13 3tock 3tock THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1858. STOCK L TS.—Monday. ENGL . :IS_II FUNDI. Stock, 22S 71 7. • r.re.:, , ,,er rnree no , •:.t. Onrs -- .ls Anunities. 96t• V 0,7 Three ,er Cent. Annuitie, 9 7 Lone Annuities, thirty years. expire April 5,188 , , In. India Loan Debentures, 9”. ittu.s. Bonds, 1,000 Z., 19. Ind:a BenCe, nr.der 1,00'1., 15 19 pr!. C.n , rls for Ao - .ount, Exchequer Eiits, 1.0001.. 2 o.—June, "1 5 pm. rills, 1700,:. 212., March 32 June, 21 5 pm. Exchequer Ban:11,1859, 3; per Cent.—June, 21 5 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. • Five per Cent. Brea.lan, 1031 21. Six per Cent. Buenos Ayres, Deterred, 174. Equador New Consolidated, 111, 14 per Cer.t. Grenada New Active, Deferred, 64. three per Cent. Mexican Bonds, Acct., 21 j. 44 per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., Aug. 13, F9l. Five, per Cent. Russian, Mt, 113 Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Russian, 101. Spanish Bonds, Passive, 9 . 1. Spanish Committee Cert. or Coup. not fondest, 54. Six per Cent. Turkish, Acct., Aug. 13, /4. Pour per Cent. ditto, Guaranteed, Acct., Aug. 13, 1014 1. Five per Cent. Venezuela, Acct., Aug. 13, 414. Two per Cent. ditto, Deferred, IR. to.N.DOIC SHARE MARKET.—This Day. ORDINARY MIRES A: 'D STOCKS. ,~ i.S}R R~ 9, Pala Saturday's tiuniat r. CI !hare. 61 61 71 81 tO It It 32 27 IS A 2 91, 7P SO i 37 39 71 Si 16 17 62 43 47 49 S 1 29 Ruth's: Done. 71 94 3 137:811 1 I"- 1031 41 150/ t I 11 I,' i stock 1~ A„ 171 SO Stock 100 10 Stock Stock 100 100 lot lOt too 100 too ICO mock Stock Y .1 :7- p.f t.l3Aßlll—(fiontnatiels. 3rliway% Cloning ?ea rulncDlnt, 3- pr.., al: st as ,re ~,. 100 - lock, lO3 71 76 c lOO - - . stock 100 125 127 all 101 101 All- 214 :41 110 101 l' 4 ir.b. 100 102 104 . 2.1 is. 103 - c " j 100 t, g'l,: all 161 171 p. •• all 284 291 23 - p. at! 100 40 45 IIA A 1.71) 7/0111iIGN. 14'. L aloeng Prices. Basta; n. nonce, ali jr,alq 9 die t . pm d l ial A. all 1 dis * pin 41 * pm on all 8 9 151 121 111 Ws derfrl 100 85 90 a j 1872 1573 lOO so 8s L 874 lOO 77 82 rn . -- Pm pm Scrip 2s. 104)„ is. bd. 2 1 If pis sll -. .- 5 par pit 100 106 167 1061 1 all - - ten 5 1 4 pm 5 - iy„ , sg all mime all 17 19 a 6 p. toe - - alh. 100 33 41 tree, all 74 76 75 41 60 6 4 Ms mit._ aU 21 211 it . 4 par /pm 1 * * pm a 2s. ti - 1 Pm 1 pm made all 1 2 18 2 18/ dis 151 6 lt 5 . all 107 112 all 107 11l opt all 105 107 all 100 101 100 all 18 19 att . .- all 20* V/ . .. c 5 par pm 5 par pm 51 (11m ) 10 2 11 din 1. 8 4 1 dis 15 1 pm 5 par / pm 5 par * pro lotilla 5 par Ipm trip 1 par / tam all 51 54 ym sco ctica all 1 1/ W , all o all 21 25 15 41 4/ Ur xd 104 1 d ..... all 26 261 2s. ..... pm ace all ..- a. eh* all 71 84 8 Bask all •- ; ...... . all 1 21 si pit 91 .pre: all all 13 24 all , . all - all 91 9/ ref :J.: 3.1 i 2 SCI 361 i7l 371 rear an 51 )11 5 3 1 dim all SO/ 311 111 •...,•, all 50 52 .7 p c 9 * 1 Pla 91 . all all - all all 74 74 'et all s 4 91 all 2 1 4 211 all 5 51 all 9 91 ante all 23* 141 6 - ad, all alt ... all - r.s6ttilliZcntr..l, new pr„ , Debenture .e% St p. C. pre!. :Cock,. Do. 10. 9.her. g. 6 p. c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock loath Dorca 1 0 6 Itock stock Stock Itk f Miel. id; pir cent. k rraaa:l„ A.D..)7.14 ER,. 41 por ceet... • Do. f zed 4i p. cent. 1,4 i *b. 20. New 44. p. cent. 24 ix. South W111e.3 guar. 4 p.c.. Do. do. ti por 'lh..l' ark vhtro, 4 p. et. g.tv 'Stockton & g. 5 p. 130. do, 5 per ccr.t.. ...... e P. n't. COLONI A. TA Rams; a. Atlantic at St. Lawrence, nom. Bhroda, a Car. Ir. al Do. Additional Capital A. 20i 100 t B. Butalo & Lake Huron .... Do. New 31.Itialo,Brant, & Godethl 6 p. c. bag. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873.. Do. do. I June, 1874.. Calcutta & S. Eastern Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited).. Ceylon Demerara Aastern Bengal Mast Indian Do. 7 shares. . I F,o. E shares Exten 'Do, Jubbulporc I Da. 4i p. c. Bonds, pay.'s9 ;Geelong and Melbourne (Geelong Corporation 6 p. cent. Bood.s Grand Trunk o' Csnalh. Do. Q per o. DebentureE. Do. 6 p.c. Pref. lan Graat Indian rentninila Do, New 5 pen tent !Do do Great South of India Western of Uanadd Do.ntra Do. b wads payable '76 . Do. do. '7.1, do. '6O Do. do. '73, withr - opt i po._sl p.c. do. 77, do Madras Do. new, do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. Eaten Do. third Eaten, g. 5 p. c 80. fourth do New Branswick, ac. (Um Do. do. B Capital. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do. New ?unjaub Do. Indus Steam Flotilla' Trinidad, Limited, scrip... Antwerp and Rotterdam,. Bahia a San Francisco ... Belgian Eastern Ju.ctioa Beaters to Graissessae....., Carmeaui &Toulouse Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France. Euphrates Great Central of France 4t. Luxembourg, oun. eh* Italian Junction Late Constance and Lark Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian 1404311 a PAW:a, LT one and Geneva Mari 3 Antonia Do. do. now t►+amur a LiOge no. do. fi rClr COr.t. pre! • northern or From Sof wesrian Trank Prof.? Ottoman Yana and Lyons P:Nrts and Orleans aecire & Can Fran., g. 7 p.c alga & Dunaburg Some and Frascati Royal Danlßh aoyal Bwediab Umbra and Meuso Kan Oats Do. 5} per cent. pref Souttern of Franco Rest Flanders D0.,54p0r cept.Pref W est. d Northn.of France western of Austria . Western of Bwitzeiiand Wiesbaden Sea and.........—........ TILIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The country markets held on Saturday were, for the most part, but moderately supplied with wheat, which moved off slowly at about stationary prices. All spring corn sold steadily at extreme rites. Flour was tolerably firm. Most of the continental markets have titled less active for wheat, yet very little change has taken place in prices. Barley end other articles have commando 1 full currencies. Up to our market last week very 1110 ierats supplies of English produce came to hand. From abroad we received 19,571 quarters of wheat, 10,692 barley, 39.714 oats, 1,530 beans, 210 peas, 6,3.0 linseed, 5,111 Indian corn, 361 sacks, and 4,521 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, about 1,200 quarters of new wheat calm to hand from Essex and Kent. The general quality and condition of the samples were gmod, and several of them weighed fillbs. per bushel. The arrival of old wheat was very moderate, and the actual supply of all kinds in the market was by no means extensive. However, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggi-di state; never theless, compared with Monday last, the fluctuations in prices were trilling—the decline being Is. to 2s. per quarter. Foreign wheat, the supply ix which was again extensive, moved off slowly. In prices, however, compared with Monday last, very little change took place. Floating cargoes of grain were a slow ievi English barley was in short supply, and the supply of foreign was only moderate. The trade ruled steady, and prices were well supported. We had a slow sale for malt, at about last week's quotations. Although the supp:y of foreign oats was good, the oat trade ruled steady, at an improvement in value from Gd. to Is, per quarter. _ _ Beaus changed hands steadily, at 'very full prices. Peas were firm, but not dearer. There ws a good demand for flour, and country marks were the shade higher. cheat White 46i Od to 108 Od Red :is 0d to 426 Od Dantzic 4-s Od to t 66 Od Pomeranian and Mecklenburg red Danish, Hamburg, and Swedish 435 Od to 505 Od Archangel and Petersburg soft 366 Od to 42$ Od American Red, Ors to 46s White 46s 0.1 to 601 Od Polish Odessa Ghirka and Marianople 466 0.1 to 49s 0.1 Ibraila, Galatz, and Kalafat Syrian and Egyptian 3os Od to 31$ Od Burley Malting —ll Od to —s Od Distilling Grinding Scotch —s Od to —s Od Irish Danish . 248 lid to 3'S Od Danube and Mediterranean 215 Od to 155 Od Ware and Kingston 6lB Od to 66s Od Norfolk •and Suffolk 6os Od to 658 Od Brown Black (patent) 568 Od to 586 Od English, feed Ditto potato and Poland Scotch, feed 216 Od to 258 Od Ditto potato 29s Ud to 308 Od Irish, potato 528 Od to 53$ ed Ditto feed 23s Od to 28s Od Ditto black 2ls od to 255 Od Galway 23s Od to 26s Od Dutch Polanda 248 Od to 30s Od Ditto brew 2Bl Od to !Os Od Ditto feed 2 +s Od to 266 Od Swedish 246 Od to 26s Od Danish 24s Od to 28s Od Russian 22s Od to 248 Od Beans English, &nail, $25 to 4fs ......... Large 405 Od to 42a Od Dutch and German 396 Od to 406 Od Egyptian Peas White boilers Grey and Maple Foreign 424 Od to 43 Od ?lour Town-made per sack, 280 lbs. 436 Od to —ls d Country ditto Norfolk 3OB Od to 328 Od Irish —B 01 to —s Od French 3RB Od to 353 Od Leghorn and Sp‘nisk Extra States & Canada, per brl. 1961 b 2lB Od to 26s Od Superfine and Common do 226 Od to 2ls Od AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Royal Mail Company's steam ship Australasian we have received our private cor respondence and files cf papers from Melbourne to thejsth June inclusive. The EngEs', mails of the 16th April reached Melbourne on the day upon which they were due—namely, 6th June. They were taken out by the Emeu. We extract the following from the monthly sum mary of the Melbourne Arguq THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. VALENTIA BAY, Aug. 7.—The Old and New Worlds aze now united by the bands of niece% The prayers of piety, the aspirations of love, the discoveries cf art, the mandates of poley, or the requirements of commerce may now fly from London to New York as tom as they can be itnpresed upon paper. The impulses convoyed by one small fragile wire row direct two worlds to thick in truism, to rejoice M the suc cesses, to deplore the reletscs, and to syrovathise with the joys or sorrows of each other. Her Majesty's ships Valorous and Go: got] steamed out of Cork harbour on Saturday, the ]7th of July. The United States' steamship Niagara followed late the same evening, and her Majesty's ship Agamemnon very early on the morn lag of the 18th. The Valorous and Niagara met at the rendezvous (la►. 5 , ) deg. 5 min. N., long. 32 deg. 42 min. W.) on the morning of the 26th. The Gorgon arrived on the 27th, and towards the evening of the 28th the Agamemnon was descried In the distance. On the 29th of July the " splice" was effected on beard the Agamemnon, between the hours of 12 and 1, and the cable that was to unite two hemispheres was consigned to the mighty deep, and the hawser that connected the two steamers being slipped, the Agamemnon and Niagara steamed eastward and westward to their respective destina tions, convoyed by the Valorous and Gorgon. The ar rangement was, that if a rupture should occur when less than 130 nautical miles of cable had been paid out, the squadron should return to the rendezvous; but should each vessel succeed in pad ing out 150, the orders were understood to be return to Queenstown. It may well be conceived with what anxiety every human being in the squadron looked out for the signal that was to relieve them from the monotony of cruising near and aroued an unseen rendezvous in the middle of the Atlantic, losing their summer and their patience in what former experience had told them was almost a hopeless experiment. About 2 p.m. on the 30th the Agamemnon signalised that MO nautical miles had been paid sot 11 her, and about 4 p.m. she again signalised that the Niagara had done the same. TneTollow periment wil In tabular view of the daily progress of the ex , be found interesting : irnberF., Boat.. i. , i+rtern 1 uncut t.. • ialfart and ItltTrota.t 31r., Wol., & Stour Valley & CLOf. JUL( !ion Tackburn alyth (b. Tyne originsl i I „iristol en 4 Enter ~., )aledcnian .... 'Mawr and Ifol: head.... lark at d liandot. lorx,SlackrocY oir Passage Oornwall. • . De. A recau ce ~r) B until. p.e.perent thz.. mien paid toB . Dubin sr d Beregt Itlr , Danjertn, cc Aber. JI:L fi t AX ••• ••• 00000000 'astern Co-Intim ...... astern t olon Stock ao. Do. D. Stock 70. New A. (late E.V. Sast Kent CNC Lancashire Bast Suffolk Eo. Ittlinburgh and Glancy Jilin., Perth, and Dundt Perth and Clyde lunette urness Glasgow k South Wester, 'Great North o'Scotland 3rArst Northern ..... Do. Do. A. 5t0ck...... , Do. Do. B. stock ....... Groat Sonn. & Wn. Inter Great Western .. .. Do. St our Val. Rail. Gu. 6 , Irish South Eastern...—. Lancaster and Carlisle... Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire and Torkshir Do. do. F. £l6 Do. do. £9 sharer Do. West Biding Unto:, Urerp., Crosby, & South; London and Blackwa'l. Do. New 'on., :Prig *con, 1 S. re London & North-13 - 800n Do. Eighths London & Sonth-Westil (London and Coleralt o London and Enniskillen ffsinehes.Abef.,& Lincoln Metropolitan Do. Birmn4hant Derby did. Gt. West. (Ircland).•. De. Shares iewcastle and Carlisle :ew - ixlrt, Aberg., "rere Newry aril Armagh (le:. 7e wry,Warrenpt. t Soft: S a:l°lk Uorthern Counties Dnio• North British /forth Doren Ils.11.&Bk B, Do. A Stk.—A racy. no dir until 6 p.e.hita been pd I Do. B Stock Forth Eastern—Bernio' Do. do. G.N.E. Yurrhai Do. ',Bode Do. York North London N. aMN cstn.,Hampstes , and City JUnctio - n !forth Stsfordshiro Borth Western gsr h & Bon. West. Jan( Os' ord, Worc., & Wolver) Posh' es Portsmouth abyreney Scottish Centre; Sc:ot•tish N.E., Aher. Stk.. Do. Scottish. Sid. Stock Shropshire Union. Siztink be. S. Blieorness . ioutt Devon - y,ntl-EAstern Atm tl% south Yorks. & Direr Du Do. D 0.... ..„ . Statues, Wokin. & Wokin, !tocktou and Darlington 6 I Do. do. 1854...... Do. do. 1855 Aockten and Hartlepool ;31 Vale )o. ribterence, No. 1 amen Hoven Dk.tiia'l v:413 o!Nt'ath ....... rq.rerford and Xilkonn; faterford and 141.. r erica art Ocrawall !C.F. of Lon. & Cry.PolrOo , eceivinz nadiT. ),. A Do. B till 7 pr. rt. t (Pr.: pail to 8... 131tLor.d0n Do. lot Cl -.Q r)o. '25 do THE GOLD FIELDS. It will be seen from the tables given in our commercial columns that up to last Saturday the quantities of gold brought into town from the gold fields during the current year and the corresponding period of last rear were nearly equal. The shipments, which are mere fluctuating, de- pending as they do on the number and character of the ves sels sailog, were also se nearly alike that the departure of one good ship would make them quite equal. These facts give the best evidence of the permanent resources of the gold mines of Victoria. The weather of the early part of the year was most unfavourable for mining operations. Water was wanted everywhere ; but owing to the long-con tinued drought, it was found in few places; hence the ea ` penses of the miner were increased by the cost of cartage for miles across country of large quantities of " washing stuff," with which the metal is surrounded. Even now, although we are blessed with an early winter, complaints are general of the want of such a fall of rain as would insure an abundant supply for mining purposes for months to come. We have had occasion to allude in recent summariesto the agitation in favour ofthe obtaining water privileges by (ism elated capital, for the purpose of carrying out engineering works to secure an unfailing supply at all seasons of the year. The formation of the country is peculiarly favourable to the construction of artificial reservoirs for the collection from the watershed of the surrounding hills. The first great undertaking of this kind—the Bendigo Waterworks —is still at a standstill, in consequence of some legal diffi culties having arisen as to the leasing of the land. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the weekly and fort nightly returis have been maintained up to the average of last year—a result to which the quartz claims have contri buted in the chief degree. The large amount of capital as well as labour required for the successful prosecution of works on the quartz reefs is drawing the attention of prac tical miners and others to the absolute necessity of securing to the miners some more tangible tenure of the land on which their operations are carried on. This question is now occupying the attention of the Government, and its settle ment is promised at an early period. In the meantime, the commercial and trading classes of the metropolis are being canvassed by a standing committee of gentlemen connected with mining interests, with a view to secure that amount of support without which the action of the Government cannot be depended upon. The great event of the current month has been the dis covery of a monster nugget of pure gold, at Ballarat, weighing 2,217 ounces. This, the last and the largest mass of the metal yet discovered, is thus described in the Bal larat Times of Thursday last " This wonderful nugget is about 20 inches long by six or seven bread, and nearly as much deep. It had a narrow escape of being two nuggets instead of one, for at a point one-third from the end its continuity is only maintained by a narrow neck, which is so slight that the men were afraid to handle their prize much, lest they might break it in two. In shape it hes a grotesque resemblance to a skeleton horse's head and shoulders, the narrow part we have mentioned reprrsentine the neck. Or it looks like a continent with a peninsula attached to it by a rarr..r: It hrare up6 i , its sides the marks of several hard b.owa fruw the pick. The fortunate owners are the Red Hill Mining Company, owners of the engine claim on Bakery-hill, beside the Imperial Hotel. They are a party of 22, all working partners. They have been long together, and were among the first to intro duce steam-propelled machinery upon this goldfield. Before taking up their present claim, which had been worked pre viously by another party, they were mining at Creswick, and were not very successful there. On Bakery-hill they have done well, independent of this immense nugget." The following is a list of the gold ships n Lich have sail( d from the port of Melbourne since the Ist day of April last : The Formosa, for Calcutta, April 9, 2,555 oz. of gold; Royal Charter, for Liverpool, Ap:i110, 93,703 oz.; Caribou, for Calcutta, April 15, 1,962 oz.; Cornwall, for Hongkong, 15,104 oz. ; Victoria, for Suez, 85,423 oz. ; Shooting Star, for Liverpool, April 21, 41,598 oz.; Tudor, for Liverpool, April 23, 27 oz.; Princess, for Batavia, April 26, 298 oz.; Heather Bell, for London, May 5, 75,792 oz.; Eagle, for Liverpool, May 13, 25,945 ,oz.; European, for Suez, May 15, 38,300 oz. ; Bengal, for Hongklng, 10,506 oz. ; Hougoumont, for London, May 20, 33,497 oz. ; Essex, for London, May 22, 64,084 oz. ; Avon, fur London, June 10, 107,006 oz. LAR. In consequence of th e unse ßO U ttled state of some most im portant questions direcily affecting the employment of labour here, it has been our duty for some time past rather to discourage the emigration towards oar shores of those who on their arrival would have been dependent on immediately finding a demand for their services. No benefit would have been conferred on the colon; or on the immigrants themselves by inducing persons to come hither merely to swell the ranks of the unemployed. Of this, however, tlere is now no fear, fur the construction of our national railways has been actually commenced ; and these alone will give work to a large number of additional hands. On the gold-fields, too, the issue of leases, soon to be looked for, will create.a vastly increased demand for la bour. Opinion is much divided as to which will prove the best system of working out the larger extent of MIT iferous soil and of quartz reefs that will be so granted for a certain term to each company or capitalist; but there cainot be a dun tit that there is now a prospect of a much wider and more certain field for manual labour being opened up than has hitherto existed in mining for gold. Both on the railway and in mining the employment of an increased numb, r of labourers will provide a proportionate amount of work fur mechanics, in supplying the needful machinery and tools. In erecting this machinery, building bridges, culverts, 6:e., on the railways, and in providing dwellings for the miners, who, on becoming more settled members of tociety, will re quire better abiding-places than the tents and temporary huts-they now occupy, the assistance of many carpenters, masons, and bricklayers will be required ; so that this pros pect of full occapation extends to all sections of the work ing classes. Under this hea4ing we may mention that a complaint has been made to us by letter from England of the difficulty ex perienced there in learning many things regarding the colony with which an emigrant should be acquainted, espe cially the cost of living here. It is well said by the writer that books cannot be relied on, for the charges ate so great during a year or two of our rapid progress that they may be considered as out of date soon after publication; but this is not the case with the paper , forwarded by every mail, and most of these contain in their market reports a correct list of the retail prices of all ordinary articles of consumption, as well as the wholesale prices. From these reports it will be easy to calculate the cost of maintaining a family in food, and from Ss. to 12s. a week, according to size and situation, may be set down as the rent of such a cottage as working men usually reside in. On the w bole, the cost of maintaining a family here is greater than in England, but not at all in prop ;Ilion to the higher rate of wages. At boarding-houses in town single men can obtain hoard and lodging at charges varying from 20s. to 2os. a week. In seine of these there is a suill ient accom modation to allow of each lodger having a small bed room to himself, and to all three abundant meals cf bread and meat are served every day, with tea and coffee morning and even ire e. Persons in the mother country requiring infertnation on thew points have only to search the columns of a Mel bourne paper of late date, and from the advertisements of hoarding-house keepers, and those of houses to he let, to gether with the market reports, they will be able to ascer tain pretty accuratrly the c .st or living there. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Melbourne Argus of June 14.) Export entries were passed to-day on 3,286 ounces of geld for shipment in the Australasian to Suez. The marker, which has been fluctuating fir smile weeks, is still unsettled, prices having been influenced by rumours of coming changes to be effected by the operation of the railway lean on the rases of exchange on England. At present prices are quoted by the Melbourne brokers at r -for Jiendigo, Castle maine, and Pleasant Creek, 75.. 6 per ounce ; Avoca Dun olly, Fiery Creek, and Maryborouch, 779. ; Ararat, 76., 6d, ; Ovens, 775. to 795.; Ballarat, 78g. O. per ounce. The escorts last week amounted to 41,379 ounces, against 51,304 ounces fur the corresponding week of last year. This quantity is 528 ounces below the weekly average of the first quarter of the current year, and 6,273 ounces below that of the year 1857. ELOPEMENT AND ROBBERY.--At the Court House, Leeds, on Saturday last, before the sitting magistrate, a woman, named. Susannah Naylor, the wife of Mr. John 'Naylor, Knottiegley, a captain of a vessel lying there, and a dirty-looking tailor, named Charles Ellerington, were brought up charged with robbing the house of the female prisaner'e husband of 28/. 14e. l Id., together with wearing apparel and other articles. The husband, it appears, re ceived some information en Friday afternoon that his wife had eloped with the male prisoner; he was astounded at the time, but at once !ruffled off to his house, when he found the information too correct—his unfaithful spouse decamped and his house ransacked. He heard they had taken the train to Leeds, where he arrived on Friday night, and gave information at the poli-e-oflice. Two :police-officers were dispatched in search of the prisoners, and they were ultimately found to have taken lodgings in the house of Mrs. Lord, Briggate, where they were found in bed together. The female prisoner had taken tl:e lodgings, stating that she was a married woman, and her husband would be there in a short time, saying that he was a tailor, and had come to seek work at Mr. Barran's, Brig gate. A short time afterwards the male prisoner arrived, and then went to the railway-station and returned with some parcels. The missing property was found in the parcels the male prisoner fetched from the railway elation, and the prosecutor identified the money. The magistrates, after the case had partly been heard, F aid that, as the pro= petty was stolen in the jurisdiction of the west riding tratee, they did not think, though the property was found in Leeds, that they could hear the case. After some con versation the prisoners were ordered to be handed over to the west riding magistrates for the district in which the robl'ery was committed. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—The Lynn corre spondent of the Stamford Mercury says :—The villages of Terrington and Tilney, and indeed the whole of Marsh land, have been during the past week subjected to the most painful excitement, in consequence of a melancholy occur rence which to.tle place at Terrington on Sunday last. It appease that great numbers of people, chiefly of the humbler class, are in the habit during the summer months of making visits to the large marshes on e the sea coast of the former village, for the purpose of digging clams (a kind of shell-fish found in the sands there), gath er i ng samphire, and bathing. Amongst those who did so on Sondes , last were four lahourers from the paridi of Tilney All Saints n amed It. Banyard, 0. Banyard, J. Allen, eul J. Stcekdele. They arrived at the sea bank at an eatly hour in the morninr, just as the tide was flowing, and pro ceededlo cross a creek and go down the marsh fer the pur poses above-mentioned. As they did not return to their homes all night, a vigorous search was instituted fur them on Monday, and at about four p.m. their bodies were found lying a short distance from each other in a creek about a mile from the bank. It appears Ihat after being upon the marsh for some tune they discovered that the tide bad sure , rounded them by flowing up the creek before it covered the level sands, and abandoning their baskets and spades they rs.o fur their lives, but in endeavouring to ford through the creek, the bottom of which was no doubt a perfect quick sand, they bad all been drowned. Two of them had their watches tied round their necks, and they had stepped at about nine o'clock aan. R EIIA July 29.—Cable spliced in lat. 52 deg. 8 min. N., long. 32 deg. 27 min. W. Distance to Valentin vl6* 7 30.—Agamemnon stopped for two hours to splice cabl., having Lund a defective place in it. July 30.—Niagara shifted from ono coil to another at 5 a.m. Strain on ligarneinnon's cable 1,500 lb. 2.30 p.m.—Agamemnon bad paid out 1! , 0 miles of cable. 3.30 p.m.—Niagara had paid out 150 miles. Agamemnon lost sight of Valorous from 11 p.m. to 11.30. _ _ Duting the night motion of ship extremely dangerous to cable. July 3l.—Noon.—Barometer falling. 8 p.m.—Very threatcYting appearance of weather. Any. 1.-4 a.m.—Barometer fallen to 29'45 in. Noon.—Barometer steady, weather unsettled. 8 p.m —Motion of ship very dangerous to cable. Aug. 2.-8 a.m —During the night continuity ceased for 10 minutes, but was afterwards very good. Noon.—Barometer rising, weather improving. . . 3.15 p.m.—Cable seriously endangered by an An tele An schooner pasbing close astern of Aa,gmetnnon. Aug. 3.-3 adv.—An American ship passing near Agememnon WaS compelled to heave to until the latter had passed. . _ p.m.—Agamemnon supposed to have arrived in shallower water, strain on the cable (by dynamometer) having conAlerably decreased —viz., to a•'out I,ooolb. Aug. 4.-4 a.m.—Agamemnon changed to last coil of cable. Noon.—Proceeding elowly, so al not to close the land before day light ou the morning of the sth. 3 p.m.—Sereral whales near Agamemnon. 8 p.m.—Valorous went ahead to make the land, and kii;lited the Vatentia light at 9.15 p.m., and returned to Agamemnon. Aug. 5: 2 :5.30 a.m.—Valorous anchored at Valentia (inner pelt of Doulus Bay). 6 p.m.—Agamemnon anchored in the same place. Nlagara proceeding up Trinity Bay. Electric current complete. The following letter,from Surgeon Mansfield, R.N.,• de scriptive of !belaying of the Atlantic cable, is interesting:— " H.M.S. Valorous, Valentin, August 5, 1858. " Sir, —Being, I think, the only officer connected with the ships on this expedition who may feel an interest in your local paper, I hasten to send you a hurried sketch of this our last and successful attempt to lay dor n the Atlantic tele graph cable, in company with her Majesty'N ship Agamem non. Being the first intimation of the trip you probably have received, it may not be devoid of Interest to some few of your readers, though you will doubtless before many days have more information on the subject. " Her Majesty's Airs Gorgon ant Valorous left Queens. stown in the early part of Saturday, 17th July ult. " We (Valorous) reached the rendezvous, la'. 52 deg. 5 min. N, long. 32 deg. 42 min. W, on the 24th. "The Niagara, Gorgon, and Agamemnon, arrived on the 25th, 26th, and 28vi respectively, the Niagara having sailed front Cork bat hour on the evening of the same day that we left—tho Agamemnon at 3 800. on the 18th. " Our boats having conveyed the end of the cable from Niagara to Agamemnon early on the 29, It, it was spliced and toweled into the depths of the ocean at 1.5 (obsetv. time), the ships steaming apart at 1.25 p.m. "It was found on board Agamemnon that it was necessary to stop at 8i p.m., in truer to dimini•li as touch as possible the tension on a weak portion of the cable, which was allowed to run easily out in safety. "An announcement had been made to the effect that should the cable part before 150 nautical miles had ran out from both the Niagara and Agamemnon, we were all to return to rendezvous, and an intet.se anxiety was accord ingly felt as the critical time was approaching. That, how ever, was passed, to the comfott of all, when at 215 p.m. on the 30th, the Agamemnon signalled that her allotted portion had been paid out in safety, a similar result being obtained at 3.30 p.m. in Niagara. "Hitherto nothing could have been more gratifying than the calm state of the sea and weather,sanguine and all there of success to a high degree, when tower - Cs evening tin the 30th the wind commenced to freshen, and lit fore midnight it blew half a gale from S.S.E., a heavy swell getting up, and causing violent pitching notion to the ship. .cre,liaN.ing all"nGigrheta,t butfea r i s n w t e h r e e entertained I t was sib! secure, ned for the safety of the ca.b'e bravely withstood a heavy strain. Thes'ra;,nh c on ti n ued to he until 3d August, when it commenced to diminish less felt, as the wind shafted to S.W. on the day before, and was now favourable. 1,775 fathums of soundings into sao fat p .m. on the "We passed from the deep int o . the shoal i,lQ w a a t t r er, i.e., from 1 1 3d inst., lot 52 deg. 27 ruin. N, I:mg. 16 deg. 7. rum. W, 4 11 5 d tl a i t t h n o o n o i B y 6 Tt in er i d ic az t from Valentia. "Last night . at nine a.m., being less than 40 miles off, we di(sWtanednesday, the 4th), we were iu left the Agamemnon, proceeding, so as to make tile land before her in the mo rnin g . We made it soon, an d anch o red soon after daylight, the Agamemnon coming up at s i x t hi s morning. " We anchored is Doulus Bay, outside Valentia har bour, and the cable was landed by our boats, under the com mand of Lieut. Richmond Moore, senior lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Valorous, at White Strand Bay, off Doulus Bay, in the forenoon, amidst the greetings and welcomes of all who were assembled to receive it. There were not, how ever, very many present, as our arrival could not, of course, have been anticipated. " Thus, the end of an unparalleled undertaking has at last been attained, after many a combat with storm and sea, anti hard strugglingapparently against insurmountable greatestties. However, expenditure ore satisfactory ner gyn t h r e csult well achievement. re pays the " The cable has b een l a i d down at the season recommended by Lieut. Maurcy, LL.D., though the weather at the end of June, when the last al tetnpts were made, was decidedly the most favourable, and it evidently would have suc ceeded had there not been mechanical defects in the cable itself. " With regard to the per tentage of cable lei I out over the distance gone, the greatest amount was 48.75, but this was only on one occasion during the heavy !Well on 31st July, in 2,200 fathoms soundings, and with half a gale from S.S.E. The general average has been about 30. Through the entire distance the average speed of the Aaamemuon has been five knots, never exceeding six and a half, whilst the greatest rate at which the cable paid itself out was eight—the least six knots per boar. " The greatest angle that the cable has been observed to make with the water, 26 deg.; the least, 14 61(g. 30 ruin.; and the strain which was on the cabt never exceeded 2,3301 b, never less than I,oollb, being inversely as the angle, and not in a direct ratio. " These facts, quickly put down from some hurried' notes, not yet arranged, I bOieve to be mainly correct; but should yen find any slight difft•rence between them and those which will be duly and officially published, and consequently will) more minuteness, you will, I am sure, kindly make allow ance. " Here, by the simple act of man, are hemispheres bound together—tie old world now materially united to the new — and this communion is effected through the extraordinary medium of a slender thread laid beneath the all but un fathomable depths of the great Atlantic! I hope, then, that that material union, with our social and political ones also, may long continue firm and unstraioed, and vish every future success to an undaunted and enterprising com pany, by whose unmitigated perseverance and assiduity it has been established." - t Distance by plain about 831 by the great circle, CAPTURE OF ELLIOT7', 7HE GOVERN 21IE1V7' DEFAUL7'ER. Our readers will probably m th i e lit e a i r:s circumstance of recollect the absconding of Ml. Elliott, principal at Weedon, in the month of May last, and its being dis covered that he was a defaulter to the Government to a large amount. Circumstances had arisen leading to the belief that re it it regularity had taken place in the military stores deparrntnt at Weedon, but no suspicion rested on Mr. Elliott, and a committee of the House of Commons was appointed to investigate them. Mr. Elliott attended before the committee and gave evidence on one or two occasions; and on Thursday, the 20th of May, Elliott left Wcedon by an early morning train, stating he was going to attend the committee, which aroused no suspicion from the fact that he had attended the committee on a previous oases - hon. Nothing, however, was heard of him again till the following Friday evening, when he sent a telegraphic message to Capt. Gordon, who was about to succeed him at Wcedon he (Elliott) having been transferred to Dublin as military store fkeeper there, stating he should return to Weedon rho ollowing morning (Saturday) in time to pay the nume rous en/pinft:4 there. He did not, however, make his appearance that morning, neither was he seen during the daY• On Sunday morninn. his son-in-law, who resides at received ce d o nagain,letter: f u r t o t i n h a h t i e in statingtend intended t s o h o p u r o l le n e e d vr r Weeder ,, eturnt lv Boul , gne, in whi c h place lie should b e w h en h e ( t h e son-into law) received the letter—a letter, as the sequel will show, intended to thro,v the authorities off their guard. As soon as Capt. Gordon became aware of the emit, nts of the letter he suspected something was wrong, and although it was Sunday, he telegrareqd to the War -,office authorities, Pall- Mall, who immediately rut themselves in communication with the Commissioners of Police, Great Scotland yard, who directed Inspector Whicher, the oiosr experirncpd officer of the metropolitan dote ire force, to take the . cessary steps for tracing the supposed deiinquent, it not then being known that Elliott bad embezzled any of th e moneys of the Government. Inspector Whtcher commenced his inquiries on the Sunday, anti found that Elliott :tri ve d in London on the previous Thursday, and went to P. nouse in the neighbourhood of Regent-street, to a female: named Sinclair, whom he had been cohabiting with for smile time, who was with him when he was apprehended, wrtd with whom he remained till Friday about four- o'cl kin the afternoon, when they left in a cab, informing the li.ndlady of the !reuse they were about to proceed to Dobli n. In spector Whicher also ascertained that E liott went ohe same afternoon to Messrs. Cox, Biddulpb, and Co., whet e he ob tained cash for a cheque f r £350, drawn upon ths: Bank of Ireland, Dublin, where he had opened an account aturing his temp :rary stay on receiving his appointment to the military stores department in Dublin. The payment of 'die cheque was stopped, fortunat, ly for the Government, 9410 will m.w obtain possession of hi s mone y there, but Co the 1. sag Messrs. Cox, Biddulph, & Co., w h o cashed the cheque. Pur suing his inquiries he ascertained that two etarsons answer ing the descripti©n of Elliott and Miss tO,inclair had pro ceeded to Liverpool, and on proceeding there be found that Elliott and Miss Sinclair arrived at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, on the previous Saturday night about half-pass 10 o'clock, under toe assumed name of Mre and Mrs. Brook. Elliott, then took a passage for both in roe mail steam-Shin America, then about to sail for Bostor,, so that when the officer arrived at Liverpool the fugitives were on their voyage across the Atlantic. Inspector \Vhicher then returned to town and cthemunicated the result of his ineluires to the authorities at the War-office who at first were diposed to despatch him to America after them, from the great amount of in formation he had obtained, that could not have failed in his discovering them; but upon consulting the law officers of the Crown it was ascertained that the extradition treaty between this country and America only applied to cases of murder, forgery, and fraudulent bankrupts, and not to eesps of emben!einent, nod the corosequoece %1 as, the it:- L, mutton obtained by Inspector Whicber was forwarded to the British consul at Boston. with directions that he should have Elliott arrested and proceeded against civilly kr a debt by the laws of Arnerici., - as he could not be given up to he brought here to be tried criminally. The British consul put the matter in the hands of Mr. Bowyer, one of the detective officers of New York, who, from the particulars supplied to him, succeeeded in tracing the fugitiv es 10 d ays after theirarrival at Boston. 11 e went thence toAlbany where Re found they had stopped at Tremont-house, as Mr. and Ales. Brook, and had left for New York ; he was unsuccessful there, and returned to Albany, when lie was ibformtd they had gone east to Springfield, Massachusetts, where they passed as Mr. Everett and wife, of Toronto. Mr. Bowyer traced them to various places, the fugitives always patroeis lug the best hotels, end he at last came upon their track at the International Hotel, Niagara Falls. After tracing them from Boston to Albany, Syracuse, Niagara Falls, Buffiln, Old Point Comfort, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Newport, he apprehended Elliott t the St. Nicholas, New York, where he will have to r t ide the result of a communicatioa wiili the British Gover men ATTACK OF THE MONTENEGRINS ON THE TURK S.-.R.E IT SLAUGHTER. An official telegraphic elit)atch of the 4th instant. from Trebigny, gives the fdlold ig details of the s Wise of Kolachino by ti e Monteneg ins. Early on the the 28!h July, the Monttn;grins, having attacked the Ltiwn in great force, the inhahants of which, relying upon the established security, were entirely off their gthatt, burnt all the houses, killed about a hundred men, committed atroci ties cf the most revolting description, and at last retired, taking with them two hundred Mussulmans, women, and children. The excitement there was very great. At the moment when the above despatch was sent, Kimal Effendi received from the Governor of Albania nn official report upon the two rencounters at Podgoritza. It sta•ed that, in both these attacks, the Montenegrins, who brought artillery with them, were the aggressors, and fought upon Albanian territory.— Observer. RELICT:WS PUITLISIITNG IN THE UNITED STATES —The A'cro York Evangeli4l gives interesting statistics On this subject. It eays:—The annual amount reecivrd by the O'd School Preshytei fans io behalf of puhlicatlr•ns i, i ) N em 5130,000 and SI40,000; and some 800,000 copies of their different publications are distributed, in part through the agency of more than 200 colporteurs. The Methodist Eo k Concern (North) reports for the present year a total expendi ture of $382,000 for hooks and periodic►ls ; the profits upon which amount to $37,000; their total asstts reach ►o $600,000. The American Baptist (North) issue some 626 distinct works, more than one-half of which are bound volumes. The Episcopal Society for Promoting Evangelical Knowledge receives annually between $2&,000 and $30,000. The Congregational Board of Boston is actively engaged in republishing the standard works a the New England divines; they already have a valuable list of volumes and tracts. The Swedenborgians and Unitarians are active in the same department of labour, and have issued a great number of works. The New Schcol Pre.sh)terian General Assembly hns expended, besides, $8,179 55c.; sill the Dutch Reformed Chapel has also made large contributions to the same object . . Indeed, the press was never before so exten sively wielded for religious purpcses, and its influence was never greater. LORD LYNDIIUR'T ON ARTISTIC COPTRIGIIT.—In the House of Lords on Monday ve k, Lod Lylidburst, in presenting petitions for the extension of the law of copy right, said :—" Ever since the time of Queen Anne copy right has been granted to authors for the protection of .heir works. But it is a strange circumstance that to painting, the most delightful of all the art=, no ' s/ yet by - t right has ever been wen•, an he saint principle it rotection by copy is an invention of the mind assurninz a useful and beneficial form. There are r:-, , arlar dealers in spurious copies, who employ artists r f au it.f rior character for the purpose of ear vtcrbt , L w ! v i e ) o r p i o s td r , e m M a r k - .. which she applies it, pur rpyriinvagt:nsatihese,f6rtauptlu.bliTe tam. auctions i a n te L d o r i sy o s n e , d .0 0 r t , s i o n n o t r e e tir g n e e n s c o . ! 600, on the understend eacrib6l:llaeltssYptrei)iirrna,triri:ecirc.;Areici 'l r f gan :a d o t,l n' e co e r r f n e n a iv a n iei r t r i i.i y e c s r il t ta l i f, re r l i r es l an.l she was very much astonished on going to the Manchester Exhibition a few years afterwards to find there a painting which, with the ing that it should not c( pied ; exception of some of the subordinate details, WitS an exact c opy of her own. A noble marquis purchased from the Exhi bition a picture of some metit, fur which lie paid a con siderable slim. He was asked to allow it to be engraved, and with his usual kindness and fondne, , s for the arts be con sented. Some time afterwards he fiund that while it lied been in the hands of the engraver it had been copied, nod the copy sold as the original at a sale in London. The painter Moi land made a contract with a dealer to go to his shop every morning at a certain time, and work a cer tain number of Lours each day urvil he had completed two or three pictures: At the same rime the dealer engaecd two inferior at fists, who, as soon as Morland left, assumed his place, and copied the work that had been done during the day ; so that when the pictures were completed, instead of two or three, five or six came into circulation. A naval officer, whose novels and writings of that sort are very popular, sent two pictures to he limo d. They were detait.ed a long time, and when he went to inquire of er them the man to whom he had entrusted them said that his works)" p was not there—it was at a place some miles off. The officer went to this workshop, brit he did not find his pictures. The servant iLere said that they were at another place a mile or two oil; but, seeing a ladder slung under a trap d or, he ran up it, opened the doer, and in the loft ti which it gave access found his pictures, surrounded by copies, three or four of which were c , nrpleted, and two or three more in progress." THE TAILORS' LABOUR AGENCY.—The members of this institution, situate in Newington-causeway, had their annual holiday and dinner at Windsor, on Thursday last, under the auspices and presidency of Mr. Dunn, its e2ergetic founder. Tire morning was agreeably spent in visiting the various attractions of Windsor Castle, access to which I ad been obtained by the special permission of the Lord Cham berlain. Among the runny excereat enjoyments of the day none seemed ,to be more highly relished than this, and it was pleasing to find many of the men highly versed in the historical recollectioni 'of this right Royal residence. In the afternoon an excllent and abundant dinner was served in a large tent erected for thepnrposeina p'casant — m;etilv on the banks, of . the Thames, between Windsor Castle and E'on College. Public dinners are easily des , ribed, and any one may be generally token as a type of all the rest, but on this occasion it was peculiarly impressive and suggestive t•) witness the workmen of the establishment with their wins enjoying the society of each other and of their employer, In those plf want recollections which fill but (Co seldom to the lot of the sons of toil, and was, on the whole, an exhibition of the soundms of those associative principles it hich ate working wondreusly well in relation to the emplip r noel tt e employed. The usual loyal toa4.having been duly honouree, " Prospe, ity to the Teflon.' Labour Agency" was proposed by Mr. Edwards, the respected secretaty, who pointed out the and library, stated the healthy financial condition 4 their advantages which had scorned from theroirposcsehdo,ol::.classe s, Donn Ins itution, and enrnesly eoinieed edditionsl application and interest in those educational measures, whose tendency trusted that was their true mental r.nd Stela l elevation on swore bas is. - Qa the health of the eh &man being p took the opportunity of recapitulating the objects , ' view in the estatilisbnir,e4 under his direction. neks now aflbrded stem/ employment, The busi h_at. they could accomplish hundred peisons, and he to a the result of that would be the development by co-operation in increasing their material comforts and as members of society. In pull,- cuter he instanced how the purchase of land and the erec tion of improved dwellings might be nceoznplished, and encouraged them to baps for the real i sation of this from what they had already achieved. The party re:urned in the evening to their own hall, where a slight . h ' retres ment wee provided, and an hour's musical entertainment conelueed the enjoyments of a day gratifying alike to those for wtom they.had been specially provided, and to a few friends who 10 accompanivi theca, at fa.,rwaigieesb:d in 13 15 91 VS 644 4S 26 164 92 93 10 10f 03 304 81 83 131 133 03 105 50 501 56 56 1 87 91 IS 13 9 3 ; 11 13 girl' 93t 931 I It 01 411 r I db t am I 92} e. _lf I dr' 94 1.51 115 t 35/ dig 951 96 65 61 all 140 SI 110 100 100 100 100 6.1E.4 ... ... 62 64 it 8 dia !3 !3 93} 941 It 1_ di, 4fii 47 74 741 97 99 51 51dii xd 8 9 S 9 27 28 7 4 Ms 10 112 17 271 1 , 1 8 44 46 3 2 di, $5 14 1 1 711 tli F2l 14 15 6 4 AL 9 11 15 1G P 8 100 R I§ 61 If d !95 1 r66 l bf ff 5f 61 1 53 1 k I 19tki I LINEB LEAPED AT Vl= BIINTAUt. Legettg Basinaa lin;rl I 7 / 16 ' 00n:1)5n:et. IC l " ln S ree "; Done. Ad'ord a Blotchley—. all :Km. N.Wt.l •-• luckla,hh:r.shlre , 105 Lon. aN. W.. 101 103 nydesdale Jinn:lon- 100 19111doLlen... .04 le6 lolchestor. St o t..r Val.- all E. Vn. &D. C. 6 18 4.Lineolnebiro, g. 6 P.C. 100 Gt. Norther:. 141 143 1. Union, Ilervor.h 812 r, all A. Conntlek. 4 6 11ae.Barr,&Nelle.D1rect , 100 Onladonlan... Do, Now lOO ........ dance& tit Doan forest all •irt. waiter/ - lartlopool Dock. &Ball. all tk. N.l) Bar lull :Ind all OK. aN. MM. 111 113 30. Zhorcs ... all Do ....... 1 Shore% lll ........ - ltondon ar.d Orcenwlel, all bth. Efittan. 13 14 Do. Pre:arena% ........ all Do ....... `sip 9 41 Titby,,,t Sonthero 100 Pato & 00..., 113 95 )o. Barking Shares...... 811 Do. -•- •sweeto - t, pus. 4 por et. 100 Vorfolk.. )o. Do. 8 per cent.-- 100 D 0. . .. dane.ies., Box., WA. . al: W ,:t bl 31 fl 3.ldletbro' a 8041041. all titook.4Dvi 11Clend Brad or,l loakt.ll7. Ea, 11,:0.E lan. ( )Tail pm aorthern and B•tzttri all - 30.15 per rent ?AI Co. ...... kixt:d 5 per c00t... all Do.-- - Preston and Wyro .ll L. aW. ?Ft_ - -- Do.l ebsres S. c'' Do . •••,. INI• ioy,tt a, Illtetzn, an • bhooreth Etork .... 1.0 2t.74erlbot 110 112 that Both., nod r.er. 5 per cent . 'Ler. . a Tor). & rere'ort% all iltr.T.Er•tte: ; 9 21 kutt Btu fill 155. r. 11'Clee 10 10t re.ir Vhilcy „ 41' ; - I•4ett, t Der. - 4 1^ all Do. l',1” sr?! Eomeret-, . 1104 %rt.. Wester 90 tit ilzt:edon a crore,o.l all Lon. a Brig). 8 9 DIT.PBBINOII MARIO. Will/raj& Pall. 0: Wag bless, 11 " Done. iral=.,••••••9111191112,1rX •Vr. Vanalg.PPOTookll • WWI.. St 16 ISlyth tort Tyro 10 per e. 951 (Stk. St k g7ti f . , ''' '' ** 1 1 0 1 1 9 / 1 9 4 . 8 ! 9 5 :3 t 20 iDo. do. do. tihar05........ Bock I.lBltdonitin 101., 4} p. a.. 101 103 105 12.10 Do. } eharoe, No. 2 ......... T.lO Io4,ester s}p4 100 -. Do. do. 5 per cent . ... 100 in. 01 lark nod Bandon, 5} p. G. all Dun.,Porth, & Aber..lll ,, I all 51 6 Stock 11. Anglian Clsse A Shure,., 100 8. . Stock D,. Chu , . 2 6 for c0nt....! 100 110 115 Stock Do. Class C 7 per colt. 140 103 104 B. Cogs. Ex. sp. et. No. i 100 115 118 Btk De.. No.ij 100 114 116 115 Do. New A per cent. Stoc) , I 100 .31 124 Stock 1.1r.10n, 4 p.ct lOO 2 !lock B. Llll., 6 per cet.t ...... 100 20 14 S 12.2 41 - t. ork.ittne. fifth all .• Stock Kdin. et Gies. 5 p.c. share. 130 noes &P.n.. Perth, and Dunde. 100 look leurnoes S per cent.. flock a B.Weit.gua. p.c* 100 .4. 4. 4 . stock .Irest Northern, 5 men , . 100 120 122 Stock Do.sp.o.Badoemable,lop.t. 100 113 115 Stock Do. 4} per cent, do lOO 106 107 100 D 0.5 p.c.Scrip, roti.at 5 p , 60 (5 67 10 4 /t.Nh.o" Scotland,! at pre all 11 111 20 Gt.Bn.&Wa. (Ireland) 4 ) 96 101 per cent. pi, etXtock.. so 1%. woo.. (Berke & llant Ax. 5 per cent) 6 mock So. 0tn.d.8.edm.414 pert 110 91 93 stock )o. do. 4 per cent 100 81 tit ;took Do. Irredesmehle 4 per Cl 100 FS $5 !took Do.filcrct.rctinnr.nrot 100 96 18 Do. Birming. ere'. share. all 91 19 10 Do.Chos ter 8 p.r.pr.sharet all 18 17 10 Do. Co. 5 per vent. do all 91 101 flock )o. tirmitq. guar. stock. 100 721 711 161 Do. Chester guar. ilium. all 18 19 111} Do. do. do all 9 91 20 Do. do. do all 121 141 clock 1i n. fi Torkshire 6 per 0 lOO 117 139 x d i d stock ',On& trlgh. p. c l6O —4. .... :tick Do. Pref., Ip. et. Stook .. ito:l4 So. New Paz. 6 per cot!. 110 44 4 ... Bert 40. do. I per cot' 101 4tocl P.& N.W.,Cov.& Nun t a. ton. 5 per cent lO3 8. ... 'took rindon and ti. West. 7 p.n lOO 160 165 121 C.ondondy. & Cole, 4 shArc all 16} . .,01i1onderry teEnnl4,l4h all Stock & 8 Do. 61 lt 2 f pm it,o6; lu. gt per, tint ... .. 100 69 71 111 4aryport had Carl. 41 p. ( So. do. 41 per cent all ... 1811 no, do , 101 ... !IC 11.13.C0n.6 per cent. Stook j 100 ... Stot k Eric& Bir.6 p. et.' 100 136 1;8 ltock ./0. it p. c. fret. Stock ; 100 104 105 0 Do. m it!' option till lilt () 3 stock Do. Lei.% and llit. pref.st , 100 9S * I pm 95 951 10 , o nor 1., Auer. 2 . -c. pre', 1 all 10 rerpet. Cp. c al 111 111 10 ior 4 olk Debonture Shsret all 8/ 94 Stock )0.1 per c., Ea. Bk., 154( 100 ... 000tk to. 5} p. 0. Pro% St., 1147 100 'IN Stock „ 109 Stock lerth British 5OO 108 110 7 Do. 71. 1% reerenct Stook ch. Raelcrr.—Ber, 4p.c.p, 109 98 99 11,0 ,1 1 Dc , . do. dg. 1811 4 4 all Par es 17 So. Laois 6 per ct WO.l 18 " 20 )o. do Quarters. 1848., 9 a" "" Sit ar 151 10 roi &8. 4'14101 10 1 p 25 forth Btallordsit'ze all 13 24 10 Dit.ol 01.,aiW01.,6 p.C. 1 g 100 110 ItB hook Do. 40. 6p. c. Stl do. 100 105 101 41166 k EN, 4i P. o i Damns:o biL 100 98 100 MINED. fn. ! Mines. 10 'Atstralian Pa:4. Zulus Coen Prim. Dons. 10 'Australian I I I # i I 1 'Don Accord Copper, Brod 10s. 4 2pa 1 15 !Br asilizn Izzip. its. at :A.p.) $7 1 14 ' 10 ' Do. St. John del Rey IS 11 12 5 Do. Land 1 Mining Co all 11 11 1 Cobra Copper at! SS 40 10 Cort.7o lO 12 IS .... Dun Copper Mining Co all I 4 I iltortum. ail 14 24 10 'General l l.l 14 20 2d. t ,L nures all 91 94 5 iLusitanlan ll 11 1 Cs 1 ' ! lelartquita ... all 4 1 2 d 1 Now Grt.nada all 4 1 30 'Pontgibaud ii:lror, ao all 5 7 5 Port Phllip. . 4 11 10 .flantlaKo de Caba l6l 461 Si ,Unlted Y.exiD.n all II 81 - iilfred Consols (Phillack) 2.11.1. 8 9 10 ,tritish Iron lt 1 5 4.. Condurrow (Camberne)... 20 50 60 10 Devon Great Conno's - , East Ba.nett (Illegan) ... 80 95 101 - !Great South T014.. us . Tar Consols (St. Blaxley) 11 I'4 171. 44 . BertridgeCon&ot Min..... Is. i It 5 (Tamar Silvor and Lead Mining Co AI 4 -I 10 SOn Croft 9 St 94 .". I West Basset (Mogan) J OLNT 8:001 BANRO. aortae: Marc joint Stock Banks. laid. Closing 111:44. Dno .......,.. 3 ,„...,;,,....,..„...........„-..-.......... ..........- 5e..^.1,4c0r a5e."4 . .. 4 , 01K10 4 • - 100 Agra & United Service Bk 50 - - 40 .I.Latralmit A:i F 7 89 08 1 35 Bank of Egypt all 23: 13: 100 Bank of London . BO 48 :0 40 Brit. Col. Bank & Loan Co ill - - 50 British North American_ al 58 58 10 :Cbartd.Bank of India, at 10 S 21 die 100 , Olty bo fin (2 1 A 100 C010ni.,.1 l5 29 SI 50.11 Conirccr. Bank of Canada all - - 100 ; Commercial 01 Lora,ton, 3O 39 21 501 ~ 10 /Sngllsh, Seettish, I Ans. all 16 1 171 10 Gen. Pk of Switzerland 5 .1 - - 10 iLon.Char.Bentor Austral. all 204 201 20: 4 50 London and County ... SID 19 a 1 301 SO 'London Joint 8t0e2........ 10 81 IS 100 'London a Wenntinzter... 30 45 47 16 1 ~ 100 ;National Prot , . of England 115 ... ..... 30 Do. new lO 4.. '''' 10 Nattozal Bank 55 v. - 10 New South Wales all 45 47 55 , Orient. Bank Corporatia• all 37 3 9 SO Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 42 61 10 Do. new all - 15 lotiVi Australia. l7l ... .. 25 Do. new 15 Unotl of Australia.....- ,,, !3 55 15 Do. Now 2l 46 44 so Union o• Londo , le la 26 151 5 :03 Unlty Mutual ....... ..... 15 -, ~ 109 Western 13a....1: of Lomb ° So - ISI 181 u:s COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ________.-------- 'lain Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July 100 i 1 s 116 1151 15 Do. 6 p.c. Fely&Ang. , 100 113 1 15 i d Do. 6 r.c.Mar.&Scp.l 100 116 Ili N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July' 100 10 71 10 1 Do. 6 p.c. Apr. & Oct. , 100 - N.S.W.Goc. sp. c. Debent.l 100 1:.0 101 1001 Nova Scotia Gov, 6 p.c. SLR, -- Delimit. redeomabic ta7s , 100 108 109 B.Aus. Gt. 6 p.c. Janatritily 100 109 111 Viet. Gov. 6 p.c. Jar.i,lnly 100 109 111 ------- MISCSLL ANIMA. 111%rt Mac °alma'. red. i (11091 n; MM. BUtirry Do„. ... ........- 7,•• ow-wow. ,••••••••11,11.• •••••••1049. ...010,41.11140 liiMakliMl i .05111111.1,` 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 16 I 1000 Atlantic Zelogh. (limited) all , , 920 900 15 tustrailan Agricultural l9 294 101 10 tustrallar Royal Mail all 1 14 10 Berlin Water Works.-- all Si 4 10 Do. New I - so P•rici..n American Lae .1 43 —• 50 Bri, & Irish Mag. Tel. A nll 41 43 20 Do. B. 7p. c. 11111802 1 all 19 21 '2l Do. C 100 •Taia,aoa Land ssg 117 122 Stock 00p. Minors of England... all 25 SO 15 Do.Fte erencoTh per cent. all 15 27 5 Crystal Paine° all II 14 li 5 Do. preference all 118 21 11 35 0 s r 4l- 10 Eastena Steam allo all dtock en,efsiit d A tro , T n e!ezrz ti ph l .coner 14 14 1) 4 10 European & Indian Junc.l Telegraph. ••• I ifs. ... ... 9 Elro.drAmer.Steam(Lim ) l all ~ .m. 10 General Iron ScrewColller all ..... 15 General Stearn 17avigation 14 25 20 London Discount 5 14 04 Ma 4 Lon. Gen. Omnibus Co all 21 24 11 Molltern.Eloe. Telegraph all ....- .... 10 Do. Eaten. (Limited) , all 74 S 4 15 National Discount Co— ! 5 1 01 dli I d 14 N 511.er:suds Land.... .l 6 -. 10 Do. do 1 all 1 2 15 Do. S p. C. pretis. at 1 dli all 11 14 190 N. Br. and N. Scotia Land 80 ... -- I N. IL Australasian all .1 I go North of Europe Steam all 28 a 1 Orion tai Gna 1 Do. " Now Stares" lss. 4 &is i pin 5 Pool Rt'-er Timid & Mineral all 2 11 50 Partin. and Oriontal Steam all 79 8l 50 `O. new lO 74 6 pas 50 t Shymney Iron all 514 121 15 I Do, New all 6 i 61 09 Royal Mailaoarn «.,,.. 69 60 62 1 ;?cottlah Anat. Inv estnienl all 1} 4 15 ^-:mth Anstralinn Danl... all 36 87 14 1 Dc. do.ree s tered all 4 14 • Loan Can ada 5 -- i 0 Tru st & Co., 1 Submarine Telog. Scrip all 1 Ito , Tan Moron's WA ll4 11 12 I'. i POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Aug. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE AT TILE SERPENTINE.—Mary Ana Tont/ine, a resp. et ably- attired female of about 30, was charged before Mr.Beadon with attempting to commit suicide by throning herself into the Serpentine river, Hyde Park. William Edwsrit Whitehead, in the employ of Messrs. Harvey and Co., of Ludgate - bill , said he was passing by the Receiving-house, Hyde Park , on Saturday, about 8 o' c l oc k, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who was struggling in the water, by two little boys. He hastened to the spot, and without waiting to divest himself of any of his clothing rushed in and pulled her out by the shoulders. He felt convinced that, had there been arty delay, she would have lost her life. Wilson, 153 C, said be received the prisoner from the last witness, and she was given into his custody by the Superin tendent of the R9yal Humane Society, when he took her to the workhouse. The husband of the prisoner here stepped forward, and said lie had not been living with her for nine years. She bad Ucen bourd over once at the Marylebone Police court for threatening him. Prisoner said it was trouble caused her to do it. She was very sorry. Mr. Beadon said he knew she was a violent-tempered woman, and he should therefore remand her for a week, to see the effect that would have. METROPOLITAN. There was a large supply of foreign stock in to-day's market, but its general quality, owing to a great deticiency of food on the con tinent, was very inferior. About an average number of home-fed beasts was on offer this morning. in middling condition. 11l kinds met it dull inquiry - , and, in some instances, prices ruled a shade lower than last week. The highest figure for beef was 4s. 6d. per Sibs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, we re ceived 2,500 shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds; from Scotland, 100 Scots ; and from Ireland, 350 oxen, &c. We were seasonably well supplied with sheep, but their general quality was by no means prime. Old Dos as and th e b est half breds were in fair request, at fel! prices. Otherwise, the mutton trade was iu a sluggish state, on rather easier terms. Lambs were in good supply and heavy request, at Thursday's decline in the quotations. About 500 sheep and lambs came to hand from Ireland. The show of English calves was limited—of foreign, extensive. The veal trade ruled inactive, at late rates. There was only a limited inquiv for pigs, at late rates. Per Ms. to sink the (Mils. Interior beasts 2s 104 Ss 21 lixond quality Ss 41 Ss 84 Prime large oxen Ss 104 48 24 Mme Scots Inferior steep ls 104 Ss Od Sec. quality do 3B 24 31 84 Doane wool do Ss 10d is 24 Lamb, 44 I B'down wethers 4$ 44 45 8: Lge coarse calves Ss 10d 41s 4 , 1 Prime smallditto 45 6d 5* Od Large hogs Ss 2d 4s 0 1 Small porkers .. 45 21 44 4d Buckling ca1ve5...175 Od 2Ss Od Quarter-old pigs 185 Od 24, y d zd to 5s 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Rhone and lambs 28,100 Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Boasts . 2,531 Sheen and lambs 3 52 ) ()%hrea 3OO Pigs.. — NEWGATZ AND LEADENHA LL. These markets continue to be seasonably well supplied with each kind of meat. Generally speaking the demand is in a sluggish gtate, as follows : Per albs. by the carcase. B,e!,tntertor 2s 10A - se - 24 Mutton, inferior 36 Od Ss id Ss 44 Ss sd --middling Ss 44 Ss MI prime large 31 84 Ss 102 prima Is 10d 48 4d prime small 41 04 4s 21 Po , l6,birge Veal Lamb, 4s 01 to 50 Od. EODOITGII AND SPITILFIELDS, Vet large supplies of Ilnglisb potatoes :actin stle here in good condition, and the accounts at hand respecting the crop arc very favourable. The demand generally is rather inactive, as follows : Ruents, 75s t i 100 s ; shaws, COs to SOs ; inferior, 40s to 50s per ton. Last week's imports were 100 baskets from, Antwerp and 11 do. from Rotterdam. BOROUG II 1101'. There is very Nilo inquiry for any kind of hops, and prices rule almost nominal. The accounts from the plantations tre very favourable, and some parties call the duty 4250,000. The supply of hops here is very large. WOOL MARKET. There continues to be a good competition for fine wools at the public sales still in pro~:c;s, hut inferior kinds aro rather easier than at the commencement, Since our last, prices have ruled thus:—Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is Gel to 2s 21:.; second, 1 s I}A to 2s sd; I ainbs', 132 d to 2s; pieces, Is Id to Is 50; skins, is 3d to is 4d. bydney—Clea.o sheep's, Is 9d to 2s 0!,(1; second is 7d to 2s; ditto pieces, Is Id to is Id. South Australian—Clean sheep's, is 5d to is 8d; low sorts, Is to is 7d, Van Dieman's Land—Clear sheep's, Is 4d to is I9d ; lamb's, is 4d to is 9d. Cape—Clean sheep's, lld to Is 7d; handwashel, lid to is sd: lambs', Is 2d to is td; pieces, &c., is to Is Gd per lb. Last week's imports were 2,°30 bales from Sydney, 3,102 from New Zealand, 1,014 .corn South America, 744 from Algoa Bay, 371 from Auckland, 101 from Vancouver's Island, and i from other quarters, Privately, the market is tolerably firm, SEEDS. Linseed has been in slow request, at barely last week's quotations. New rapeseed continues dull. Clover seed and trefoil are inactive, yet holders demand extreme rates. Canary commands last week's quotations. New mustard and tares are fetching unusually high prices. Cakes are lirmn, and prices have an upward tendency. TALLOW. Our market 0 steady, and prices rule a shade higher than on Monday lag. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted to-day at 4Ss ed—for the last three months, IDs per cwt. Rough fat, 2s 7d per Sibs. THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LosDoN) Aug. O.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light bret ze and very fine. THALER, Aug. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—British Qucen, from Q,,iebre. GLot•CESTER, Anq. 7.—Arrived—Adeline, from New yolk; Emily from llnelvn. ' DUBLIN, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lndian Queen, from Darbadoeg. GREENOCK, AliV. W.—Arrived—Surprise, from Trinidad; Errs, from Belize. Sailed—Stirling, for Colon. se.re ; ,AL ab, g• 7.—Wi n d S.—A rr i ve d—J ames C as k er, for Miramictd. from brt b E 4u ' e from Kooria Moods. Sailed—Regria, HULL, Aug. 7.—Wind W.—Arlived—Pioneer, from Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. 7.—Wind W—Arrived—Jebu, from New York. . _ DUBLIN, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sphynx, ft orb Barbadoes. -I.ONDONDERRY, Aug. 7.—Wind W.—Arrived—Argen tinus, from Quebec. STARCROSS, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Laymont, from Quebec. COWES, Aug. 7. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Maria Therese, from SaintHary. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. B.—wind S.E.—Arrived—ll.M.S. Urgent, from Cherbourg; 11.M.5. Terrible, from the west ward. Ind E . — Sailed —lntrepid, for Val.- SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. B.—Wind S.F.,—Arrived—Ral retie (s), Benarcs (s), Pera (s), Havre (s), and La Poule, all from Cherbourg. :Alra. 7.—Arrivett—Sinus, from Bal ntagenet, from Melbourne for Cal- Sailed—Oneida (s), for Bombay ; Al hambra (s), f,r Lisbon. , 3.—Wind E.—Arrived--Anglesea, ind E.—Arrived_ Cal cutta. i u r linTOr t PORTS t os: a irsi . rel°l3. fYI 3' re Aug.lNi 11:63 Aug.kg—il. I: 7.—.Arrlved—Crinoline, from Ili° from ceylon. Sailed—Jane Black, Columbus, f fr r o o} P i rn, n l ; I T L Q, - :o ir l l n o : tu u :o eT T c ri l. l ir i f:ir A A te Melbourne. o s u . r_n e N . y Grande; Q u EE N R s T h o e l a v d r: : for Quebec. MURDEROUS ATTACK — On Thursday evening, in the Compton Road, Wolverhampton, two brcthers, named James and Patrick Jeffries, unde r the Influence of liquor, brandished their sickles, and wounded several per sons by striking them with these dangerous tools. °tie man bled from a wound in the upper part of the face; and another WES al u cut, and, when a police man, named Ferris, had his at t ention first directed to the ruffians, they were actually menacing an infant in a carriage. Ferris at first flied quietly to persuade them to put up their sickles; but they at once turned upon him, threatening him in the most violent and repulsive language. Farris As be was no match for both, quietly recommended them to walk on, determining to follow them till be should come up with another constable ; but they became so vio lent that he found it necessary to attempt to (rapture James Jeffries, who, from his violence and great stature, appeared the most dangerous. While endeavouring to seize and hand cuff him, Francis Jeffries attacked the officer, and James aided him. The first blow cf the former's sickle f or t una t e ly was oblique ; but it cut off the . brim of the poli ceman ' s h at. Ferris endeavoured to ward off other blows with hi s walking stick ; hut a heavy blow from a sickle cut his stick in two. The officer then retreated a few paces, at the same time en deavouring to get out hii staff, when he was closely followed by both brothers, who shouted, "Now we shall have the ; now we'll have his life." The next blow of a sickle was parried with the truncheon; but the fallowing struck the officer's !Eft arm, occasioning a frightful wound on the elbow joint. TPe blood flowed eopro9sly ; and like wild beasts, info' iated by the sight, the In-lime - 0. again sprang upon the officer, arid one sickle was coming down upon him with a force which must have killed the poo r f e ll ow , w h en policeman Marlow arrived just as the ruffia n ' s arms were uplifted. A timely and well-aimed blow saved Ferris's life, and knocked down his antagonist ; and Ferris then k noc ked down the other. They were both handcuffed and taken to the police-station, and Ferris was conveyed to a surgeon's, where his wounds were dressed, and he was then taken home, where he remains in a very precarious state.—On Friday the prisoners were brought up at the police-court, Wolverhampton, when Marlow and Mr. De Lane, surgeon, gave evidence; and as Ferris was unable to give 145 eTi denco the prisoners were remanded for a week. >-• '' 2PI '-' .-. MI 4'. 4 ra a = . a Ai O^ _ gi . 'g .. a . F'.. o g r-: . d 0 0 .... 1.1 r , a -V , : ,- .3 0 E :.,7' 4,* 8 e = t- - 4 8 a 0 ..3 .4 4c..2, , a 4 .. A .s.Fi c i o vi o 44a ~...., „ 0 :- . :--- o - = ~., • - o ... : O E: o :' a• 73 4 4 ii. re F ,° .' .4 Es 4 'Z' 72 - •-•1 8 Ei :A ° or g A ° °z3 i.* E e .... . 73 ~,%-;:- -g re:7 t 4) .... a" 7.. 74 7. ~4 tod p as 71 ... 14 as e: el Z 4 ---- - --- - --- July 22-1 p.m. ... ... .., 1500 Variable, 1 om. 52. 8. N. smooth sea. :12. 27. W, July 30-8 p.m. ... 26 ... E.S.E., 1 om., 816 smooth. 8 a.m. ••• 110 391 S.E. by E., 3 be.. 79 391 smooth. Noon. 126 136 18 2000 E.S.E. 4 be., 52. 24. N. 101 38 4 swell from east- 29. 50. IV, ward. 721 8 p.m. ISO ISO 314 S.E., 5 omg., 1311 33 1 heavy swell. luly 31-8 a.m. 250 250 271 S.S.E., 6 ogd., 1891 31 4 swell decreas ing. Noon. 202 282 481 2200 S.S.E. 6 om.. 52. 33. N. 211 3 34 swell increas- 26. 44. W. Ft , . 60G S p.m, '.. 330 18 1 3U AL, sto 6 bep.. 2'41 311 heavy swell. Aug. 1-8 am. 420 410 16 '1 W.S.W., 4 bcm., 320 28 swell decreas ing. Noon. 44 , 431 331 1950 S.W., 5 being., 52. 27. N . 333 28 1 swell increas- 23. 16. W. ing. 476 8 p.m. 500 492 41 4 S'.W., 6t3 7 beg., 3 . 79 291 increwing Aug. 2-8 a.m. ISO 575 36 3.1 V., 5 to 6 ocm., 412 31 swell decreas ing. Noon. 6 10 605 361 1880 West, 5 beg., de. 52 . 35 . N . 465 30 creasing. 19.'48. W. 8 p.m. 670 660 22 1 We-t, 5 beg., 318 510 201 heavy swell. Aug. 3-S a.m. 750 741 2 , 1 IVest, 4 bcm., de -579i 281 creasidg. Noon. 780 770 261 1900 W.N.W., 4 be.. 52. 27. N. 600 2.1 sweltrolling up 16. 7. W. 8 p.m. 820 824 221 astern, but ra- 214 pidly decreas -614 271 ing. Aug. 4-8 a.m. 930 900 134 S.S.W., 3 ocm., -.: 711 261 slight swell. Noon. 920 924 331 West, 3 oem.. 52. It, N. 729 201 smooth. 72. 40. W. 061 8 p.m. 962 970 244 be. - 7 71 94 Aug. 5-4 a.m. 101011104 24 - 808 6 13 1$ ttock ;zoc: itock !Sock foci Stock 'Lock Steel Stock hock Stock 'toe); 19 (1 3tock %Ink Jock 161 16 13 Stock 11 6 I II 6 : Itork Stock 13} ltock Rock 10 flock Hock flock SO Stuk {lnk Btk Btic Stock hock 'bock ,lock st. IN. ile tlis A I fit *