The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-22 00:00:00

. 31°T .E 11. MARKET AND CITY NEWAt CITY, Two O'CLOCK. T he gene ra l i nqu i ry f or di scoun t accommo d a ti on both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of Eng ,. td continues moderate, but the rates show very alteration, and, as gold is flowing into the natio nal establi s h men t, it i s conc l u d e d that the ureetors will not be called upon to modify the elis ting regul a ti ons f or some time to come. h u eed, very little attention is now paid to tL e Weekly meet i ngs o f th e di rec t ors , b ecause th e stock of bullion continues at a high P °i nt, and the other securities show scarcely i ncrease, notwithstanding the loans now ob tained on stock until the transfer books are re ePened--.viz., on the 19th proximo. The Railway trade returns an d o th er s t a ti s ti cs i n di ca t e th a t th e trade of th e country is slowly recover i ng from i ts s lat e inacti v it y, b ut the i mprovement, a l t h oug h B e atif iractory, h as not been sufficiently extensive to the an import an t i n fl uence u p on th e t en d enc y o f Melley 2 Market. Instances are still recorded of rst-e laell paper being negociated at rates as low as abPer cent., and at the Stock Exchange, where ly in quir is eq ua lly li m it e d, a dvances are obtain e at very moderate quotations. utetters from Liverpool state that the Cotton _ 4144 et yeste r d ay c l ose d h eav il y , an d 8,000 b a l es Share sold at th e prev i ous d ec li ne. I n t h e R a il way "e Market business continued moderately active, and prices fi rm . . , A meeting of the Chartered Bank of India Aus tralia, and China has been held to-day, at which r • Nicol M.P., presided. The meeting was an bintermediate one, and no accounts were presented, 1 ; 4 the chairm an s i gn ifi e d th a t as th e i r pro fit s cou ld W e ta ken at upwards of £16,500 the directors felt ar ranted i n propos i ng a di v id en d o f £2 10 s. f or • the half -year, which having been agreed to the t n eeting adjourned. There has been rather more animation in the hmarket for Public Securities, and increased buoyancy r : e been app arent, ow i ng to f urt h er purc h ases f or (Ine Y and on speculation. Consols at one time v7Proyed to 951 7„ but they are now rather flatter, _ ~ at 956 A , 7, the rise having led to a few sales in f eal isation of profits. The Government Broker 4458 s bo ught £5,000 stock for the Savings Banks. 4 Peeial t rans f er is recorded in New 3 per Cents. " A " 95 i. Th e N ew I n di an St oc k i s 1001 t o being E; 4l er, and th e S cr i p h as a d vance d t o 1002. Th e xchequer Bill s are 23 5. t o 26 5 . prem . r .: 11 F oreign Securities a fair amount of business is „ r ded, and prices in most instances show in- firmness. T u rkish 6 per Cents, are 83 to 78, 2 ; ditt o N ew, 69 to 70 ; and the 4 per Cents. a 21") advanced to 1021; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 461 7, Grenada to 17,-1 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. to 4; and Venezulean 2-3- per Cents. to 281 ; ditto ...P e r Cents. are s t ea d y a t 15 ; M ex i c an at 221 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. at 95! The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained P to this day, are in round numbers as under : liGros_a,t 'Western . L 37,451 tt,,,11-Western 83,417 ),V l 3 ton 20,438 s 411 nd ... 40,173 ( . .-1 13 : l ea til t - isz E n akj . ,tero . ............... 1858. £32,931 79,302 18,897 37,852 26,024 44,_-:9rthern tru s i l o rlre and Yorkshire No rth ' b and Exeter .. 7,965 7,537 If ort ,..aster n British tCbd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,148 4,74 8 lala ifro 4r 3 ll and Glasgow ge oti l . ,7 and South-Western Grant North-Eastern oi:4Q Tnink of Canada "Lt Western of Canada 7,553 8,770 6 0 119 above receipts on most of the principal lines 1p a continued increase—that on the London fr 7; Nor th-Western amounts to £4,115 (but this • h o j e th .ll : l 4 B o the Lancaster and Carlisle, which has not been ever added to the return), on the 0 te at western the improvement amounts to £4,520, °lithe Brighton to £1,541, on the Midland to £2,341, r' the South -Eastern to £1,212, on the Great the t o £1,258, on the Lancashire and York. .to to £2 ,265, on the North-Eastern to £ 262, on Gaddinburgh and Glasgow to £389, and on the Trunk of Canada to £374 ; on the Great "!at ern of C ana d a t h ere i s a d ec li ne o f £1,217. Bh alo re activit y h as b een apparen t i n th e R a il wa y ar e Market, and several of the principal lines r 4 e L shown an upward movement. Edinburgh, an , and D un d ee , North-East ern (Berwick), and 1 441- Lastern have advanced ss . ; 4 - Eastern Western, 1 1 , 4 ri ' 4 °a/hire an d Y or k s hi re, B r i g ht on an d South ?trn improved 10s. ; and Caledonian, 15s. tile Foreign and Colonial Markets the deal -41, s 8 Were moderately active. Lombardo-Venetian br o h ires advanced to 121 ; Great Luxembourg A uli nght 71; Paris and Lyons, 35t ; Sambre and T ru se ,: 6 1 ; East Indian were 991 ; 1001 ; Grand itzida 4 of Canada 36 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 971 ; ? r eal; Western of Canada, 131 1. °'nt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have asent in'l3l fair demand. Bank of Australia improvei W ° B. ; London and Westminster, 10s. ; Berlin z2 atee'ur orks, ss. ; and Electric Telegraph, £ 1 to t 2. ; Peninsula and Oriental Steam declined about 13 1tr,„,1411 4 ' FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOQK i per Cent. Consols Annuities 951 "tiv h i 11. a Per Cent , Annuities ( Stock At e T .. 1001 I t ....,oa u s er i... , 5 P per cent kik Stock for Account 219 °: 18 _,018 for A.ccount (Oct. 11) .. 23 b iZ iellier Bill s , £l,OOO , 11d mall, lid 26 ritx. z OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK tlirliall 5 per Cent. Cub 190 tte 41 per Cent. 1858 , ~ 4 1 , ~....-) . per C ent ti, e ...as. New Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent • D""to Account ' Il iViSly, A I itt° 3 -.! per Cent per Cent bitt Itu, .° Account t r 8 ,141 1. 1 822, St., 5 per Cent Dittolrto !I - per Cent., 1859 s g erip, par 1 1) 11918 1ff ? , 3 Per Cent Ditto Account b!,•to Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. — T u I L l 'l'' ) Account r '"Ph 6 Per Cent — Ditto A • .. D itto x e e ' e°llll t . but w Loan - Ditto69s 70 bi ° Account _ Gu aranteed, 4 per Cent. 1021 N._ Account _ 'ila.,!?uela 25 per Cent. Dot Account , tt° 1 Per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O' CLOCK . Conisolm, Money 9ss 951 4 Ditto Account (Oct.).—• • • • • THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. _Loi m ,., west '"i'r, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon, South ,oerly ; strong breeze, and fine weather. tvoo:lp'sleouTu Sept. '2l.—Wind W.N.W.-Arrived— e, from ' Sunderland for Madras. . to illowrii Sept. 0 l' qnatilb ~, -o t ,„ °. —Wind N.W.—Sailed—Gitana, to l d 41.-k-341)T0N 21.—Wind t°ll steamer, ' ' Sept. .an d left for New York. N.W.—Arrived— ot,.) from Havre, d— rrive 1?,, 1. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—A . t "° l 4 Arctic Regions. fromISTOL Sep t. 21.—Wind W. Queb ' ee.—Arrived—Resolute, 'Sept. 13kb IL Sept 20.—Wind W• —Sailed—Memmiso, for adoes. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. rri, A , l ues '''''.--Ernpress Eugenie, steamer, from Liverpool ; sail steamer, from Jersey ; L'Etoile, from Carent an. ulton , steamer, for New York ; Courier, tit f or Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; London' for C aren t an; E mpress E ugen i e, s t eamer , for Aid fro m l jed, Sept. 21 . —M ages ti n , f r o m Old C a l a b ar ; F a ith, e tt " " Calaba r ; S ar di n ia, from St. George's ; Lydia, fro rh en ., B 7' C. , and Lady Russell, from Quebec ; Sir W. Raleigh, se ? : uarn t aica ; Reliance, from Bordeaux ; British Queen. A~gnaSeamer, from Havre ; Eclipse, from Ostend ; York te' from Ghent ; City of Washington, from New Ar r i Sept. 22.—Jane, and S. De Wolf, from Quebec; 111 fro St. Pefrom Boston ; Fritz, from Demerara ; Persian, tersburg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. (1 / 1 S UBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wi n d GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. tide first hour's ebb; weather fine. tathged, SeYdne pt. 2 1—Union, from Havannah; Hornet, g ved, 2-1.1 t from Seville; Agnes, from ro.ens. t o „ Sept.• 22—Liberty , y, Sailsod ®' t. F. Chapman, for New Orleans; for Melbourne. bY ;st thi'-'-tunroer from rong. Kurrachee ; Comet, from New taas •— both for L'ondon. DEAL, Thursday Morning, WARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. itailways. Paid. C P lo ri s c i e n . g I Business Amberg., Notting. Bost, and ka'stern Junction Belfast and Ballymena I3ir., Wol., and Str. Val Bir., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth arid Tyne Bos t. Slefd. & Mid. Conn , Bristol and Exeter 6 6} 8 84 76 78 114 124 6 8 97 99 ICaledonian Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div Do until6p.c.per an. • B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßeltast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June East Anglian le astern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock; 87i 88 44 64 7 8i 14 15 55 56 38 40 26 28 i);:Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Lancashire lEast Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow' Edin , Perth, & Dundee , Forth & Clyde Junctions :(Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland) 'Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) • .Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk !Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds : Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon. ,Brighton kS.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen :(Dian., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan , Midland IDo. Binning. & Derby IMid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newlastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union ! North British i Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec. no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock INorth-Eastn.—Berwick I Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase ,Do. Leeds Do. York ,North London North Staffordshire North- Western No. & Sou. W. Junction ;Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 'Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central IScoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittino - bourne i , & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wek I Stockton & Darlington I Do. do. 1855 'Do. do. 1858 'Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale I Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesllavenDk&Rail I Vale of Neath I Victoria, Station & Pim !Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 74 75 261 26/ 96 98 101 102 84 88 130 132 1051 1064 60 81 55 60 192 196 15 16 p l 15 16 p 954 96 63 66 110 112 134 144 934 94 1} 1 d 92 93 7 8 35 86 104 i 105 84 88 94 lo} 56 5$ 3 1d 59i 591 1 88, 89 1, If di 44t 45 71! 12 103 104 44 44 d l 74 8 30 32 13 15 1109 111 124 25 81 83 2i d 43 44 74 78 62 63 60 65 8 11 35} sq 57 68 51 6} 7 p.c. has been pd. to B' Do. B West London Do. Ist Class iDo. 2d Class all all all all all 31 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. paid. Closing Business Share Railways. Price. Done. p aid. ' Closing I Business -- Share Securities. Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 1C per C. pref. (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Edin.&Glas. spc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glam. &S West..' R. spc Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 peßedm.,lop.c.pm I Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt ( Gt. Sn. & w (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct I Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf. shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock :I Do. Barn sl. St£s 3sledpc Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. C. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 8 p. ct t Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per c. shares Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. I Do. 4 per cent 1124 i Do. Arid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option bill 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret. s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n m I Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way. Val. Ex. Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, qua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref: ID°. do. do.. - -- Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H.& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. tvr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 24 gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) Do .41 per cent Do:Fixed 44 p.c. lst is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. MIA Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent r Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.. 1114 100 f 100; WI 11 I Closing Business dons Price. 14 15 200 220 28 29 4 si 36 38 19 21 144 154 [O7 110 8 9 24 25 14 11 41 51 100 102 par i 1 I} id ip ; d lid 41 i 4 5 1} 1 d 1 1 ; 48 53 75 78 8 10 i $P 21 23 8 7 115 125 34 36 111 8 0 12.' 0 13.14 Stock Stock Stock 50 20 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock, Stock'' Stock' i6l 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 Stock Stock ] Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock s St toc oc k k Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock, Stock' Stock Stock stook) Stockj 49 61 95 97 100 102 51 99 101 [lO 113 105 108 111 113 110 112 126 128 82 84 90 92 71 73 [l2 114 118 120 110 111 [O4 106 84 86 97 99 88 90 89 91 [OO 102 9 101 17 18 91 104 73 75 19 20 94 10 144 154 139 141 84 94 L2O 123 86 1 611 [4O 142 LO3 104 95 91P 94 91 111 111 109 111 106 108 90 92 96 97 1 i P i i-d 122 124 122 124 112 115 98 100 74 76 120 124 118 122 10} 10i 234 24 102 104 102 104 28 29 33 34 32i 33! 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. paid. ! Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchlei Buckinghamshire .... Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i p. ct. Do. - do. 5 p. ct. Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincoln shire,g. 6p. e E Union,HarwichShs .Ln & N.W , Ln & N.W Do. Do. Do. Caledonia' C Gt. North. lE.Counts. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.' Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest; H artl pool.Dck. &Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. 1 Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent M aim , Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) guaranteed 5 p. c. 5 Northn. & Eastn. 5 p c Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire.. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Caledonia Do. 'Gt. West jYk.N.&l3r Do. Do. IS. East ' IDo. Peto &Co Norfolk iDo. ILN W&M 2j 21 1 98 98 i 1 P 58 58 'Midland . !E.Counts. Do. Do. L&N L.Yk. j jDo. Gt. North 1 IT Brassoy! j3PClean !Gt. West IL.&Brigtn! 138 142 9/ 10 ' 101 10; 92 94 DOCKS. Share Dooko. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pret.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock;London lOO StocklSt. Katharine lOO ...... StockiSouthampton Stock Victoril 40 iDo New...•.../.1.1111/110 2 -- Closing Business Prioe. Done. 06 08 49 50 .123 127 1113 115 102 104 16 17 .143 145 110 112 64 69 1115 120 92 94 Stock 12.10 Stock) Stock Stock. Stock) Stock Stock 26i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 3 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook 100 100 100 all 100 all 100 3i 100 100 14 100 100 100 74 100 all all all 100 1C all all all all 100 100 100 100 100 N THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • Share Railways. Paid. Closing I linsinesa Price. Dona. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. IBom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd u. Do. 5 171 W. n Lpital Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron 204 204 10 100 1 100 190 Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. b(ls. 1 Auk*., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 ClcuttadliS.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. I'rov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bent.Tal.o•u.sp.c East Indian, F , •u."5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext 17i 20 Stock Do. Jubbulpore p.c. BCls. pay.'s9 Do. 4 p. c. Debentrs. G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Gt. Indi aPenin gua.sp. e 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 ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4, p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrun swick &Can da. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New Do. Punjaub t' 4l , 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. Eog" St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip Sto. Stock Stook 20 I Et 100 I 100 Stock Stock Stock Can. Gov. 6 p.c J a. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. k Sep.' N. B. Gov. p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen. 888 and up NovaScoliaGov.6 p.c. S:. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6l3.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. 1 all tall 6 all all all }lOO 100 It. 3 e. 128.6 d. all 100 }l6 1 all 12 5 15 ,AI J; all all all all all 144E0 Paid. 78 80 161 17 11 1 1 1 tid 1 d 41 5 d 5 6i- id f p 2 li d 11 iii 99 100 id par 984 99i 18 20 35 36 92 94 715 724 78 82 68 72 965 97i 1 i d 14 id 13f 131 0t 65d 100 103 100 103 101 103 97 100 85 90 88 90 184 19 d 14 1 d - -d - - -d 181 19.1 11 1d 1 1 d 1 It d 'AYS. 41 4f, — P 1 d i 1 i 1 2} 2} f i d 1 51 54 d 25} 26 6 1 - 7 11 2pl a ii 1 si 8 19 20 36& 37 — 9 — IO P 344 35 54 66 24 2 d 6 6% 84 9 194 204 54 6 94 10 22 23 112 113 110 112 ,111 112 'llO 111 100 i 991 41 991 1001 981 1001 991 1001 1091 1101 108 110 11104 13i i I 19 ! 10 1 3f 1101 i 1001 102 LAW INTELLIGENCE.--( THIS DAY.) BARNET COUNTY COURT. SINGULAR HORSE CASE-NASH V.. WEBB. This was an action to recover £9—£6 paid to defendant for a horse, and £3 various expenses incurred through the purchase of the same. Mr. Simpson appeared for the plaintiff, who is a rag merchant of Holloway, and Mr. Beard for defendant, a farmer, of Highl,vood-hill, Barnet. According to plaintiff's testimony and that of his wit nesses, it appeared that on the 24th of Au gust he paid 10s. deposit on a horse in pos,ession of defendant. The horse was tried and found all right, and defendant warranted it sound. On the 31st August the balance, X 5 10s., waspaid, and on the Ist September it was discovered that the horse was lama. Defendant refused to return the money, and hence the present action. For the defence it was insisted that the horse was really iu the same state now as when purchased, and was in reality only gifted with a " stiff leg." Mr. Beard created considerable merriment in court by asking how it could be expected that a£6 horse would be warranted. Why, if he had only four pins, or wooden legs, he'd fetch £3 at Atcherleys. Defendant was called, and said he did not warrant the horse. The horse was just the same at the present time as when purchased. After some conflicting evidence, and the summing up of the judge, the jury found for the &fondant, and his Honour granted full costs. Mr. Simpson then applied for a new trial. Mr. Beard was heard in opposition, and contended that this verdict ought to be accepted by the parties. It was a case peculiarly for the jury, and it was not feasible that any one would warrant a £6 horse. His Honour confessed that he was hardly satisfied with the verdict ; at the same time he advised plaintiff that the cost of a new trial would be very heavy. After consulting his client, Mr. Simpson pressed for a new trial, which was granted upon plaintiff paying the costs of Mr. Beard's opposition to the application. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) Mr. John Nicol, of George-yard, Lombard-street, this morning surrendered to an indictment, charging that he did on the 24th of August last, being bailee of a certain war rant for delivery of 148 chaldrons of coals, the property of Henry Hunter and another, unlawfully convert the war rant to his own use, and thereby did feloniously steal, take and carry away the same, contra! y to the statutes 20 and 21 Viet., c. 54, sec. 4, commonly known as the Fraudulent Traders' Act. Mr. Giffard appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Poland for the defence. The case has already been fully reported in The Sun when the summons was heard before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBING A SEAMAN. William French and Elizabeth French were indicted with robbing a seaman, named Wadley, of £l9 10s., a metal whistle, and a tobacco box. William Wadley, the prosecutor, said he was the captain of a brig called the Wakefield, of Sunderland. On the 23d of August he was walking in the neighbourhood of the docks looking for a lodging, when he met the female, and asked her if she could direct him to a lodging. She said if he liked to accept her home as it was he might rest there till the morning. He went home with her, and there he was shown into a room in which there was a bed on the floor. As they were going up stairs he heard the female pri soner speak to some person, but he did not take any particular notice of the circumstance. He asked the woman to call him at six o'clock, in the event of his not waking, which she promised to do. About half-past 3 o'clock he awoke, and finding things all right ho went again to sleep, but on the female waking him in the morning he found his pocket had been cut open and his money gone. He accused the woman of robbing him, which she'denied, and called her husband, the male pri soner, and they both ordered him to quit the place. He refuse:to do so until the premises were searched, and the male prisoner said he would go and get a policeman. On the constable's arrival the male prisoner was not to be found, he having effected his escape by the back yard. The house was searched, but nothing was found with the exception of a piece of calico which exactly corresponded in shape and size to that cut from the trousers of the prosecutor. The whistle produced was his property. He recollected seeing the female prisoner in the room when his money was safe in his pocket. Police-constable Gilbert said he apprehended the male prisoner three days after the robbery in a coffee shop. On the table before him there was a bundle, when he at first denied the bundle was his property, but he afterwards said it was. lie found the whistle, which the proscutor identi fied as his property, and which was in his pocket with his money when he went to sleep, in that bundle. The father-in-law of the male prisoner said—Two days after the robbery the male prisoner came to him in a state of intoxication, and asked him to take care of four sove reigns for him. He at first refused to have anything to do with it, but eventually the money was left with him. The prisoner had married one of his daughters, but the female was not that person. He (prisoner) had deserted his wife, and for a number of years he (witness) had brought up the children. On being called upon for their defence, the male prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery; and the female prisoner said the man must have lost his money before he met her. The jury, after a short deliberation, found both prisoners guilty. - The Recorder sentenced the male prisoner to nine, and the female to twelve, months' imprisonment. CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH. A young woman, named Sophia Potbury, pleaded guilty to an indictment for concealing the birth of her child. The poor creature, on being called upon to receive sentence, seemed completety prostrated. The Recorder sentenced her to be imprisoned for ono month. ' WATCH ROBBERY. Joseph Percival was indicted with stealing a watch, the property of Mr. John Acton, coffechouse-keeper,Ship-alley, Wellclose-square. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor went out of his house to quell a disturbance, and while doing so the prisoner snatched his watch out of his waistcoat pocket. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Robert Draine, 30, coat trimmer, was indicted for steal ing a watch from the person of Charles Mellard, with vio lence. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been playing bagatelle with some persons, amongst wham was the prosecutor. On leaving, the prisoner struck the prose cutor a violent blow on the head, and then stole his watch. Mr. Metcalfe, who appeared for the prisoner, in his address to the jury, urged that there had, in fact, been no robbery at all committed. The prisoner had, unfortunately for himself, taken part in a quarrel, and it was during that disturbance that the prosecutor got knocked down and lost his watch. Ile reminded the jury that it was impossible the prisoner could have inflicted such a blow without a weapon of some kind, and yet no instrument capable of producing injury had been found. - - - A witness was called on behalf of the prisoner, but in answer to a question from Mr. Cooper, who appeared for the prosecutor, he said that, two years ago, the prisoner had been chargsd with robbing his father, but the magis trates discharged him. The jury found him guilty, and in passing sentence, Mr. Justice Hill said it would be idle to sentence the prisoner to a short term of imprisonment. He had evi dently got into bad company, and it would be a merciful act to take him away from them for some time. He therefore sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. FOREIGN Antwerp Rotterdam Ardemses Bah. &S. Fran., L m.7p. c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graisses sac Carmeaux Mine & Rai' Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bah, Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Ditto New Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Prcf. Northern of France Do. New Shares (Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.)i gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) I Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. !it N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand ANOTHER HORSE CASE-MASON V. DARKINS. This was a new trial, and the action arose out of a horse transaction. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Buchanan, ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Codd for the defendant. It appeared that plaintiff had purchased a pony of defen dant, and upon the point of warranty some very hard swear ing was prevalent on each side. Plaintiff declared he had two warranties —certainly verbal ones—but most full and satisfactory. When hetook the pony home he found out that it was a " roarer." After evidence had been called in support of this state ment, defendant declared that he told plaintiff the pony had a cough, and that he would only warrant the poney alive out of his (defendant's) hands into those of the plaintiff. After a most energetic address by Mr. Atkinson, his Honour summed up, and the jury found for the defendant again. WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Forster.) KELL V. SKIRROW AND OTHERS.-IMPORTANT TO PURCHASERS OF HOUSE PROPERTY. This was an action to recover £4 12s. Gd., under circum stances of immense importance to purchasers of house pro • perty. Mr. Angell, for plaintiff, stated—On the 24th June last Messrs. Rushforth and Jarvis sold by auction a certain lot, consisting of some houses in Red Lion Court. This lot was purchased by plaintiff through her agent, Mr. Salmon, and the present action was brought to recover rents received by the agent of the vendor up to the 22d July. Now it must be understood that some of the tenants in the houses in question had fallen into arrears with their rents, and the vendor's agent in receiving rents up the 22d July had thought proper to apply the various sums to the back rents. Some of the tenants knowing the property to have changed hands somewhat demurred to paying the vendor's agent, but their scruples were speedily dissipated by the re-assurances of that gentleman. Mr. Angell then called a clerk to the auctioneers to prove the conditions of sale. Mr. Page, for the defendants, asked if there was not a written contract lately signed, and upon being answered in the affirmative, objected to the blank conditions being put in. Mr. Angell produced the deed between the parties duly executed, and contended that the words " sold by auction" in such deed would enable him to give evidence of the con ditions of sale without the production of the contract, His Honour decided that the contract must be produced. Mr. Angell then called upon the clerk to the auctioneers to produce the contract, and Mr. Page then objected to the document, as it was not stamped. Mr. Angell expected the objection, and if his Honour would entrust him with it he would speedily get it stamped. He considered it to be the duty of the auctioneers to have it stamped. Witness—lndeed it is not. They did not have the money for it. Mr. Angell—Well, I will see if I cannot save the penalty. I shall bring an action against your masters. After a somewhat desultory argument, Mr. Angell said, your Honour will perceive that the con tract, as it is called, is only signed on behalf of the vendee— the vendor has not signed it all. Surely that document is not worth anything here ? His Honour—Does 'Mr. Page think this document one binding on the vendor, seeing that it is not signed by him or on his behalf ? Mr. Page—Yes. It either is or is not a contract, and, if it is a contract, must be taken with all its consequences. His Honour confessed himself in doubt, and would take time to consider, as to the power of the document. He must adjourn the case to a future day. Mr. Angell—l ask your Honour to make it two months, to give me time to bring an action against Messrs. Rush forth and Jarvis in reference to stamping the paper. His Honour, by the consent of all parties, adjourned the case till December next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MANSION HOUSE. INDECENT ASSAULT.—Robert Cooper was charged with indecently Mrs. M ar y A nn C om fort, ix an Gm'. b the Borou g h t o C orn bill, about half pt night, by p u tti ng hi s hand round her nais us runningo,cloe last fromassaulting back and underneath her, and when she rose to get out he put his hand up her clothes, when she slapped his face. On the arrival of the omnibus in Bishopsgate-street, her hus band, who was waiting for her, was told of the assault, and prisoner was given in custody. These facts were sworn to by the wife and husband. The prisoner offered an apology at the station, which was refused. Mrs. Comfort said that she was not sure that she could establish the charge against him. Mr. Lewis, senior (of the firm of Lewis and Lewis, soli citors), defended the prisoner, and contended that the charge was not proved—that the probability was that the witness was mistaken, and that the assault never was com mitted by the prisoner, who is a respectable married man, and called a witness who had known him 25 years to prove it. Several other gentlemen were also called who had known him upwards of 20 years, and knew him as a highly re spectable man. The prisoner said that he had his bag and umbrella in his hand, and in going out of the omnibus the umbrella might have touched her. Mrs. Comfort was re-called, and denied it was accidental but wilful. The Lord Mayor considered the assault proved, and fined the defendant X 2. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A CABMAN.—William Grimmond, a cab driver, was charged before Mr. Bingham with as saulting Wm. James, of 13, Smith-square, Westminster, another driver, by striking him in the eye a severe blow with his whip, and also causing a severe wound on his cheek. The complainant, whose face was covered with a ban - dage, and who said he had been very ill for some time, stated that while passing the prisoner the previous night, both being on their cabs, the prisoner made use of grossly in sulting language towards him ; and as he had repeatedly insulted him in a similar manner, he said he would take a summons out against him, upon which he struck him a severe blow with his whip in the eye, blinding it for a time. He (complainant) then got off his cab, and on his doing so the prisoner struck him three or four severe blows in the face with his fist, and on his (complainant) trying to prevent him further assaulting him, he stooped down and threw him on his back, stunning him from the effects of tho fall, and not con tent with that, struck him several times while on the ground' covering him with blood. The prisoner then got on his cab and drove off furiously, but was stopped by a constable and taken into custody, and he (complainant) went to the Charing-cross Hospital, and had his wounds dressed. The constable having corroborated the above the prisoner said that ho didn't cause the injuries, but that the com plainant fell against his wheel and did it himself. , Remanded for the production of further evidence. A VISIT TO WHITEWALL MOUSE.—lust as we had finished breakfast, a whole troop of horses, carefully clothed, and each of them ridden by a smart, dapper-look ing lad, followed each other in single file, passed our bay window, on their way to the exercise ground, " Langton Wold," as it is called ; it really was a beautiful sight, and my friend knew nearlyall the horses as they passed,though occasionally assisted by Mrs. Scott and her daughter. We were soon summoned by our host to accompany him in his four-wheeled carriage up the steep hill which led to Lang ton Wold, the private property of Major Norcliffe, to whom every horse pays an annual toll for the use of the ground; and as John Scott has an average of about 70 horses, and there are other trainers as well, I'anson, Peck, Shepherd, and Cunningham, who use the ground, this piece of moor land must pay the Major a comfortable rent. There is also a gallop, or track, made of tan, which is used for exercise when the ground becomes very hard, to prevent concussion; it is about a mile and a half in length, with a circular track at the commencement, so that by going round the circle that distance can be extended, when required, as is the case when horses are sweated, when they gallop four or five miles.—Once a Week. BURGLARY BY A SOLDIER. William Hawthorn, a private in the Royal Artillery, was indicted with stealing a quantity of whisky, the property of Richard Turner. The prosecutor stated that he kept a public louse in Woolwich. On the night previous to the robbery, the 28th of August, the whisky was safe in the cellar, but next morning when ho was called up the flap of the cellar was found to have been forced and the liquor stolen. A police constable met the prisoner after the robbery, and found two bottles of whisky in his possession, which the prosecutor identified as his property. The jury found the prisoner guilty. A corporal of the Royal Artillery said the prisoner was under his charge as a court-martial prisoner. Sentence deferred. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. WRECK OF THE JERSEY MAIL STEAM PACKET EXPRESS. On Tuesday last the Express left Jersey at a quar ter to 7 o'clock a m. for Guernsey and Weymouth, having on board nearly 200 passengers and three horses. The latter, with most of the passengers, were bound for Guernsey, Tuesday being the first day of the races. The vessel was under the com mand of Mr. Mabb, chief mate, the usual captain, Mr. Harvey, being at the time too unwell to take his accustomed place in the ship. As bcfore stated, the Express left at a quarter to seven o'clock, under the most cheering auspices for a fine run across, the weather being very fine. When off tie Corbiere the ship was hugging the land so closely that a few of the passengers made remarks to the bystanders, but no notice was taken of their ob er vations. However, Mr. Hamson. a Jerseymau, and deputy-harbour-master of St. Helier's, observed that he had often made the trip by steamer, and had never known and vessel attempt the cut they were then making. These word s h a d scarce ly been spoken when the Express struck on a rock called the " Grunes Houillieres." Consternation and terror seized all parties, but Mabb endeavoured to calm their fears by stating that " it was nothing, and all would be right." A second shock was now felt, and Mabb for the first time seemed to understand that the ship was in danger. To extricate the ship from her position he endea voured to get her into deep water again, and to run her on the sandy beach of St. Brelade's Bay. Fortunately, the Express is built in compart ments, and, having struck on her port bow, the water had not reached her engines, which were still manageable. Mr. Hamson, assisted by Mr. Brett, a boatman of St. Helier's, who took the helm, drove the ship into a snug berth on some rocks a very short distance from the mainland. The next thing was to see to the safe landing of the passengers, which was accomplished by Mr. Hamson, ably assisted by the second mato of the Express, who throughout exhibited great coolness, activity, and judgment. . _ Three lives, however, at least have been lost. Their loss is attributable to the persons themselves, who endeavoured to descend into a boat which had been lowered shortly after the disaster. The rest of the passengers were landed from their perilous position by means of the steamer's boats ply ing between the rock and the shore. The, three horses were also saved by swimming to the rocks. The mail bags for England were conveyed to Southampton yesterday by the com, pany's steamer Despatch. The big of letters for' Guernsey being in the fore part of the vessel could not bo got at, and it may be considered lost. During the evening of the day of the disaster, the three bodies were found and brought on shore. The Ex press lies in such a position that she may yet pos sibly be got off, unless a southerly wind should spring up, and then she must become a perfect wreck. Mr. Green, the manager of the steamship department of the London and South Western Rail , way Company, arrived at Guernsey yesterday morn , ing on his way to Jersey, hiving left Southampton I immediately on the news of the sad event reaching the latter place by telegraph. Mabb was to have been arrested yesterday afte4 noon by order of the Queen's Procureur. An investigation will take place as soon as po sible, and the real truth, no doubt, will come out a to the reason why Mabb should have selected passage never before attempted by any steamer, o ! indeed any other vessel. _ _ 1 Three bodies have been found ; those of a womai and two men—Philippe Coudray, of the Star Hotel, St. Peter's, Jersey, and that of an English gentle man, who had his wife and daughter on board. He imagined that a boat had been lowered, and let himself down by a rope, and fell into the water. The woman whose body has been found is not known. It is feared that other persons have been drowned. Immediately on the arrival of the Despatch a Jersey on Tuesday morning Capt. Babot, her com mander, visited the wreck, to render any assistande his nautical skill might suggest, and sent his vessel., the Despatch, to Guernsey, to convey the intelli gence, as the electric wire between the islands was out of order. LANDSLIP AT TV-IRD.EN POINT, SIIEPP I. A writer in a contemporary says :—From Sit tingbourne, on Sunday morning, I walked over to Warden Point, and inspected the landslip noticed in your columns last week. The whole northern seaboard of the Isle Of Sheppy, from near Mile Town, east of Sheerness, to Warden Point (from whence eastward the land rapidly falls, and the cliffs terminate towards Shell ness Point at the west entrance of the Swale), is composed of London clay, of undulating form, moderate height, and intersected by a few main gullies or chines, carrying off the surface water. The whole of this cliff is constantly falling, acted on by atmospheric agencies, the influence of the tide and waves, with gales from north-east, and from land drainage, forming a sloping undercliff below ; the same remark applies to the tertiary cliffs eastward, past Whitstable, Herne-bay, and Reculvers ; until the chalk rises and crops out in tie promontory forming the Isle of Thanet. This is well described in the works of Lvell and others. There are, however, some exceptional circum stances about this fall, which the agencies above referred to can apparently hardly account for, and the following slight sketch may possibly draw towards it the attention of others who have made such subjects their more especial study, and may not be wholly uninteresting to the general reader. About three years back a similar fall or slip took place to the westward, which the present one in effect appears a continuation or prolongation of to the eastward. The present fall is immediately adjoining the church, extending an equal distance east and west of it, including about two and a half acres of land, the former fall apparently about three times that amount ; in all there are some 10 acres of land affected, and in each case the results are similar. The recent fall took place on Sunday, the 11th inst., about 9 p.m., and occupied some hours —i.e., it was a gradual, and not a sudden, move ment or subsidence. The results presented are these—a broad belt of land moves seaward (not a mere abrasion or under mining of the cliff), settles vertically downwards, or spreads out, and slides seaward, presenting a new cliff landward at the last parallel fissure ; and the moving mass obtain a state of rest in the form of an undercliff. This latter presents the following appearances :—The mass in moving appears to fall forward towards the sea into regularly defined parallel belts of, say, ten feet in thickness ; these laminae, as it were, obtains a state of rest at an angle inclining forward of about 45 deg., so that the fallen mass now presents in the valley of the fall a series of parallel terraces rising and falling in steps, the faces composed of the fresh section of the natural clay, the tops dipping towards the sea, the turf and vegetation undisturbed. The mass in subsiding or falling forwards is split into layers presenting angular sectional edges, the same as those of an inclined pack of cards, of an open book, or leaning stack of tiles or slates. The mass is more broken up, and rises into a huge mound seaward, so that the fall assumes a concave or valley form be neath the cliff, falling from it and then rising again seaward. An extraordinary result of this fall is that it has, by its superincumbent moving weight, driven the old foreshore and superimposed shingle up about ten feet above its former level, rounded in form. My attention was specially directed to this result, which is apparent when standing on the shore. The fall is, in fact, a complete avalanche of earth intersected by parallel fissures or crevices, scooping up and causing the saturated material forming the foreshore to rise up en masse. The singularity, as many observed looking on, was that this great slip should have occurred after so dry a season. The edge of the altered cliff is now only 18 yards from the chancel of the church, in a line with the west side of the nave, and portions of the row of trees and fence adjoining have settled down bodily, and are now standing on the undercliff some 50 feet lower than they were when in situ, at a slight inclination, corresponding with that of the detached pieces of cliff on which they stand, plainly denoting how gradual and vertical has been the subsidence. It is difficult to account for this phenomenon ; a question arises, viz,, to what extent are the bases of cliffs in the tertiary formations saturated or affected by percolation through fissures by tidal agency, and how far may this be the first cause ? There are no appearances of land springs from the cliff-face, the whole appears to have squeezed down into a saturated or partly fluid base, or this apparent effect may be the resultant merely of the spreading of the dislocated mass. A similar fall took place at Axmouth, in Devon, some 10 or 15 years back. In that case, however, it was mainly one parallel bolt of land that slid or fell away in a similar manner, possibly from like causes. Without knowing the exact condition of the cliff before the fall, it appears difficult to explain the cause ; the slip may in reality be merely the result of the cliff having beco me gradually too steep to remain in repose, the same as a slip occurs in an artificial cutting which has been excavated to too steep a slope ; the appearances presented hardly, however, warrant the conclusion that this is the cause alone. TROUT FISHING.—A few days since John Bird , fisherman to the l a t e C ap t a i n Woodhouse, of Armathwaite Castle, Cumberland, caught in the Castle fisher y , in the river Eden, a grey trout, which measured 16 inches in length, 34 inches in circumference, and weighed 71b. 1510 z. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH WALES. The adjourned half-yearly ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington—Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., chairman of the company, presiding. The SECRETARY having read the notice eonven imp; the meeting, and the report, which appeared in lhe Sun of Tuesday last, The CHAIRMAN said, as the report had been in the hands of the shareholders for some days, he thought they might dispense with the usual form of reading it. At the last meeting they had re ceived the report of Captain Galton, fixing the amount which the Great Western Company would charge for working the line. It was impossible to exaggerate the difficulty and trouble which this matter gave Captain Galton. The clear cost of working the line was greater than was generally supposed; but this company stood in this position, that they knew exactly what it would cost to work the passenger line and the goods line. The traffic had greatly improved since the 30th of June last, and in the latter part of the year they would pro bably have the largest receipts which they bad yet had, and he expected the traffic would be greatly increased by the opening of the Swansea Docks. With reference to Milford. Haven, the company were in a similar poition to all companies who had a sea terminus—they were under the neces sity of doing something to induce naval men to adopt their terminus. Every line which ended 'at the sea—the Southampton, the Chester, the Holy head, and all others—was in that position ; and un ' less they took steps to induce steamers to start from their terminus, no steamer would do so. For him self, he was of opinion that railway proprietors should be also the proprietors of steamers. (Hear, hear.) The company were now running daily steamers to Waterford, which paid exceedingly well. (Hear.) As to the Cork line they were not so fortunate, but the South Wales Company had lost nothing by that line hitherto, and he had no doubt that ultimately it would be as good as . the Waterford line. (Hear.) So much for home lines. With regard to foreign lines, a. proposal had been made to this company by the IL azilian Royal Mail Steam-ship Company for . the establishment of a monthly service between Milford Haven, Lisbon, and the Brazils, by means of large and powerful ocean steamers, which the directors were anxious to adopt. The directors had an undoubted right to employ the balances which might be in their hands for any purposes generally which they might think proper, and they proposed to accept the offer of the Brazilian Company, provided they would agree to start their steamers from the company's terminus. (Hear, hear.) There was another steam line which the directors were_ most anxious to see established at Milford Haven ; that was the line just initiated by the Great Eastern steamship. No doubt, Wey mouth was a fine harbour, and Holyhead was also a good one ; but he was perfectly certain there was but one port in Great Britain from which the Great Eastern could start, and that was Milford Haven. (Hear.) Neither at Weymouth nor Holyhead was there room for the Great Eastern, but at:Milford Haven there was ample room for her to lie. (Hear.) The proprietors would recollect that at the last half-yearly meeting Mr. J. Orrell Lever, MT., was elected a director of the eompany. It was well known that Mr. Lever was largely connected with the great shipping interests, and the directors were led to consider whether in securing his services as a director they could not also avail themselves of his influence and active co-operation in the estab lishment of steam communication at Milford Haven in such a manner as to lead to the increase of traffic, and a permanent improvement of the property of the company. Having regard to the personal ex ertions which would be necessary to secure this end, the directors had agreed to the following resolu tion:—" That, provided the traffic of this railway shall have so far increased as to admit of the pay ment of a dividend upon the ordinary capital, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, on or before the expiration of three years from the next half-yearly meeting, the directors hereby agree to recommend to the proprietors to set apart a sum of £20,000 out of the receipts from traffic—one moiety of such sum to be paid to Mr. Lever, and the other moiety to such persons as shall, in the opinion of the directors and Mr. Lever, have been instrumental in the im provement of the dividend so realised." The duty of carrying out this arrangement would devolve upon the joint traffic committee, but the board of directors thought it right that the proprietors should be in formed of it. That was a proposition not usual in railway reports. All he could say was that it was of the utmost importance to make that advance to Mr. Lever, and if he (Mr. Lever) succeeded in do ing that which he hoped to do, namely, to double the dividends of the shareholders, he would be very much underpaid by that advance. He should con clude by moving that the report be now received and adopted. _ _ _ In reply to observations made by different share holders regarding the advance to Mr. Lever, The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Lever would give his time and services to the interest of the proprie tors iu performing the ordinary duties of a director; but he believed Mr. Lever would be a very great loser by the transaction, while the proprietors would have the advantage, not only of his services, but also of his enormous capital. (Hear.) The motion that the report be received and adopted was then agreed to. The following resolution was also agreed to That a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, at the rate of £2 ss. per cent. per annum, be now declared on the consolidated stock and ordinary shares of the company, and that the same be apportioned among the stock and share holders, according to the stock held by them re spectively, the said dividend to be payable on and after the 27th of Sept. to the proprietors who are registered at the closing of the transfer books." Mr. PETERS proposed that Mr. J. W. Bowen be elected an auditor of the company in the room of Mr. G. W. Brown, who had resigned that office. Mr. CONEYBEARE moved, as an amendment, the election of Mr. G. Allen as auditor. After a few remarks from Mr. Allen, The CHAIRMAN observed that Mr. Allen was a very small shareholder in the company, and Mr. Bowen was a very large one. A show of hands was then taken, and Mr. Bowen was elected auditor by a large majority. Th© usual vote of thanks to the chairman con cluded the proceedings. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 41s lld ; barley, 35s 3d ; oats, 21s 7d ; rye, 30s 6d ; beans, 40s 4d; and peas, 38s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 6d ; barley, 32s Ild ; oats, 24s 2d ; rye, 31s id ; beans, 43s 9d ; peas, 37s Ild ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 112,236; barley, 14,870 ; oats, 10,881; rye, 720 ; beans, 4,865; peas, 1,462 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. About an average supply of beasts was on offer in to day's market, but the general condition of the stock was inferior. All breeds met a dull inquiry, but, compared with Monday, no quotable change took place in prices. Sheep, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly, at Mon day's decline in value. The few calves in the market sold steadily, and in some instances prices were a shade higher. The pork trade ruled steady, at full currencies ; but milch cows commanded very little attention. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 2 10 Primecrs-wool do. 4 2 4 4 Second quality do. 3 0 3 2 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 8 5 0 Prime large oxen 3, 6 4 2 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 0 3 2 Large hogs 3 0 2 6 Second quality do. 3 4 4 0 Small porkers .... 3 8 4 6 Suckling calves, 18s to 22s ; and quarter •eld store pigs, 19s to 235. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts — l,lOO Sheep and lambs 8,000 Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3OO Sheep Calves .. 110 ;Pigs HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD..—MOSUIOW hay, £2 lOs to £4 4s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 12s to £4 4s ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw , £ 1 5a to £ 1 lOs per lead. A slow trade. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 4s ; clover, £3 12s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to El lOs per load. Trade rather heavy. MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATR AND LEADExuALL.—The supplies of meat are good, and the trade is somewhat heavy, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTUALL, Sept. 21.—Prime beasts and sheep were in moderate request, at full prices. All other stock moved off heavily, and the quotations had a drooping tendency : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Sept. 21. —The trade generally was very inactive to-day, on lower terms :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ;,,veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; - milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 10s each ; suckling calves, 13s to 18s ; quarter old store pigs, 175 to 23s each. KEW GARDEN S.—The royal palace pleasure-gar dens and new arboretum will close for the season on or about the 30th inst. An American aloe is now in flower in the Botanical-gardens. 88 n si 65 1 1 1001 1 65 61 1 951 6 51 93f 4 81 924 3 35 1 1 10.5 41 59 1 i i R 4 44 1 d ; 72i 131 111 4 43 ni I BIISCELL. Share Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works British American Lard Brit. & Irish Mai.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng - .&Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Electric Telegraph Stook Stock Stock 100 Stock Do. New - Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Shin (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Disoount Co Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c.Pref.,is s. at 1 dis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.inv.(lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can. Van nipmon'm T.and 110 128 8 1401 100 all all • all 6 284 BRITISH MINES. Share) Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 34 44 20 British Iron 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 425 435 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 160 16.5 E. WI Rusal (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 9 94 Gam.drSt.Atibyn(G wen ) 544 40 4 Great South Tolgue.. G.Wheal Alf.l.(Phillaci) 12.1.8 it 2 G. Wheal Vor (Ilelston) 94 1 14 Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lelant) 10.6.7 0 52 North Frances (Illogan) 10 54 tif North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 54 61 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 14 1 14 12 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 40 45 Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 6s SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 11 230 240 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 3 34 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 145 155 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 n 10 Tin Croft 9 4t 5 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d f 'West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 1174 1424 Wheal Ilasaet (Illogan). 54 100 170 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 80 90 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 6 1f 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 124 134 Wh' I Mar y Ann (Moshe) 8 33 35 Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 1 274 284 • FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lss fd fp 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 274 20 Do.St.Jolindelßey,Lim l5 10 11 5 Do. Land and Minim:Co all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cob)** Copper all 46 47 Copiapo l6 7 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 224 23 3 Linares all 111 12 5 Lusitani an 1 Mariquita I all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.Ll 10 f 1 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead ! Mining and Smelt I all 6 8 5 Port Philip ; all f 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 1 ,I d par 18.2.8} Miiiinz and Smelt.... Port Philip Scottish Australn. (L.)... ,United Mexican I I 121 Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing Business I Price. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt [ rank of London 'Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American tChtd. Bank of India, &o City ! Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of Lcndon Eng ' Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen Bk. of Switzerland Lon. Char. Bk. of Austral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient .Bk. Corporation' Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia jUnion of Australia lUnion of London lUnity Mutual 80 82 24 21& 61 3 1 6 } p 21 21 151 161 81 sol 21i 22 40 41 181 191 70 72 471 484 26 27 41 40 1 72 noi • - , BEAM OF PROFESSOR NICHOL. We have to record with unfeigned regret—a feel ing which will be shared in by a wide circle of scientific and other friends—the death of John Pringle Nichol, LL.D., Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, which took place on 'Monday afternoon, at Glenburn House, Rothesay, the hydropathic establishment of Dr. Paterson. Dr. Nichol had been in delicate health for a con siderable time past, and though, during a sojourn at Rothesay early in the summer of this year, he appeared to have rallied somewhat, the state of his constitution was still very feeble. On Tuesday, last week, his condition was such as to induce his friends to advise his removal from his town resi dence at the Observatory to Rothesay, where, on the following Thursday, his illness assumed a more alarming aspect, and from that day he continued gradually to sink till the afternoon of Monday, when he expired from congestion of the brain, re sulting from a palpitation of the heart. Professor . Nichol was a native of Brechin, in Forfarshire, where he was born on the 13th Jan., 1804. After acquiring the ordinary rudiments of education, he entered King's College, Aberdeen, where, as a student of mathematics, he greatly distinguished himself. He was subsequently e mployed as a teacher in different towns, and filled the office of Rector of Montrose Academy. Having originally been intended for the Church, he went through course of theological training ; but literature and t science proved more attractive than theolo gy , and o these he specially devote d himself. In 1836 he was appointed by the Crown Professor of Astronomy in Glasgow University. H is vari ous works—" The Architecture of the Heavens," " The Solar System," " The Planetary System," " The Planet Neptune," and the " Cycloptudia of the Physical Sciences" — were all written with great chasteness and power. was employed on a new e dition of the "Physical Prior to his death he Sciences," to be published by Messrs. It. Griffin and C o ., o f London and Glas gow. He was also engaged on the new " Cyclo- Fedia of Universal Biography," now in course of publication by M r. Willi am M a kenzie, of this city. In the " Cycl o p w di a o f Bi ogra phrpublished about five years ago b y M essrs . R. Griffin and Co., the principal names in the department of the Physical Sciences were entrusted to Professor Nichol. H e likewise wrote numerous articles for various maga zines and periodicals, and the columns of the Mail have :)ccassionally been enriched with contributions from his pen. In the domain of moral science and philosophical investigation, Dr. Nichol has achieved a reputation scarcely less brilliant than in the peculiar walk of his professorship. As a public lecturer, especially on his favourite science, Dr. Nichol was greatly admired for the clearness and beauty of his style, and the interest with which he never failed to invest his theme. If we remember rightly, the last public appearance of importance which he made was in delivering a lecture last winter in the City Hall on the subject of Donati's comet. Political reform, and other ,questions of public importance, likewise received a considerable share of attention from the Professor. In private he was courteous, obliging, and kind. Dr. Nichol was twice married, and by his first wife had a son and daughter, both of whom, with his second wife, survive him.—Glasgow Daily Mail. Share Share 100 100 20.11 100