The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-08 00:00:00

AIONEy M. KET AND COMMERCIAL IN'LLIGENCE. --4. The market to-day :Y, Two o'CL OCIC 1 i s 1 un settlel by the re port of a p an i c i n Const in°P le and of renewed uneasiness in 'Vienna. isols are 1 higher, and foreign stocks are flat. Consols are quoyant 921 to 94 for money ; ditto, for .Acount, 9; Three per Cent. Re duced, 91 a ; New E xchequer Bill s .£l,ooelar eb ' c. -, ;(3 per Cents, 911 1 i ; prem. ; June, 10 --- prem. ; ditto £lO 200, and £5OO, March, P e er'. ; June, 10 prey ; B sn k of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 245. India Stock, iof per went., April, 1874, 210 ; ditto 5 .ily, 1880, 1141 ; ditto . per Cent.. BBB n-a 4 per Cent o t , z..), ; ditto Enfaced l'aPer, 5 '' c " per Cent '572, 1051. The panic a t C tutted t h e marl, stantinople has very much dis for foreign stocks, especially as r egard s T urk; and Egyptian. Of the former the Fi ve per ce . Loan is / lower, at 401, and the ''' i x per cr .s. 11, at 631. Of the latter the Go vernmer,Loans are unaltered, at 90 to 91 and 741 to :75 4 . respectively. Viceroy's Nine per Cents., bower, are 11 lower, at 96/, and the Seven per Cers• 1, at 79. 1 11 the Railway Share Market business is flat. The following are the prices :—Caledonian, 81 t° 81 1 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 371 ex div. ; Great Northern, 103 to 104 ex div. ; ditto (A), 101 to 1011 ex div. ; Great Western, 53 to 531 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1241 to 1251 ex div. ; London and t ri ghton, 441 to 44/ ; London, Chatham, and o ver, 16 to 161; London and North-Western, 1154 to 1161 ex div. ; London and South-Western, 89 to 90 ex div. ; Metropolitan, 871 to 871 ex div. ; Midland, 116/ to 1171 ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 11 4 to 1141 ex div. ; and South Eastern, 751 to 751 ex div. American Securities are fiat. United States Five- Twenty Bonds are i lower, at 82/ to 84. Bank shares are dull, and the general tone of . I ; l.ie es is scarcely so firm. London Joint-Stock is 4 -us• lower, at 29i to 301 ; and Imperial Ottoman, at 18 to 1 prem. A fair business is doing in Telegraph Shares. An glo-American shows a further improvement of at 201 to 20k, but French Cable is lower. In Alis.cellaneous Securities, General Credit is markeb at 14 to 14 dis. ; International Finance, 2 to I 8 dis. ; and National Discount, 10:1 to 111. The sum o f £113,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, including 50,000 sove reigns for Canada and 10,000 for India. The Manchester markets this week have opened heavily. The Frankfort a d v i c es, dated Saturday, refer to t he collapse at Vienna and to the considerations wh ich impelled the National Bank and other insti tutions, such as the Credit and Discount Bank, to raise their rates and restrict their loans. The public, it appears, have at length discovered that a great many of the recently started banks had no legiti mate business whatever ; that all that was new in connexion with them was that the promoters had hit u pon it upon a nam e w hi c h wou ld support the pretencWe Lnat they intended to enter into monetary relations * wit some special foreign country, or that they ° lll d cultivate a particular branch of finance at 'cull% The great majority of them simply gambled at the Bourse, or furnished to their followers the m eans for doing so. They took money on call in B ums from 10f. to 1,000 f., and issued certificates, Payable after one, eight, or 14 days' notice. The means thus obtained they lent out on their own shares at the high prices they had reached, which, i n some instances, were three times the amount Paid upon them. When the National Bank, by rai sing its rate of discount, sounded the alarm, and when the indisposition of the French Emperor began to disturb the equanimity of speculators, the note-holders called for their money, the banks were compelled to ask for their reimbursement of their advances, and, as the mortgaged shares Could not be sold at any price, other securities were b rought instead to the market. A ruinous fall oc curred, and large orders for sale were sent to Frankfort. Even such shares as those of the Lombard and French Austrian railways, whose weekly returns are most satisfactory, were forced 01 1 in large quantities, and , went down severely. The speculators in other parts of Germany who operate at Frankfort also took fright, so that the mark et was pressed from all sides, at the precise moment when the anxiety regarding the health of t he Emperor Napoleon was influencing prices at a ria• Among the latest rumours is one to the effect t hat the Austrian Bank, to stem the adverse current, I n tend to sell a m illion dollars' worth of their foreign bills, and to import the amount in silver, Incr easing thereby their reserve, so as to enable the m to make further advances at Vienna. Of American b on d s t h e fl oat i ng supp l y was compara tivelyl moderate, l arge amoun ts of 1885 descriptions having been sent to New York. The portion of the Alabam a an d Chattanooga R a il way l oan o ff ere d f .17 subscription at Frankfort has been taken in full, ut s ubscriptions for other mortgage bonds of vari ouslB American lines have entirely failed. " There su ch ' ,it is remarked, " a deep distrust here against wit h bonds, and all remarks of American papers ‘ ll regard to large sales effected in Germany are merelyvr inventions to influence the market." At the tesankfort autumn fair a satisfactory extent of busi wo4, has been effected, especially in worsted and 1 2 11 en goods, which have sold well. the mail from South Australia brings advices to 4151,7 17th of July, when the crops promised favour d. The Northern Territory Company had been pr `"* ic olved, and xt es by the land orders sold at nearly par The first instalment of the Burra opener ' Railway, 24 miles in length, had been fri et -e ' The news from the silver mines is satis tairy• The mania continued for speculating in having shares, a large number of new companies ing bee n started, and an extens i ve t rac t of eo u 1 , 013 44 1 taken up i n t h e nort h f or m i ne ral pur t)eLiie from Specimens 04Ad iela of gem-sand have been brought the Port Lincoln district. Atten of fia s still g i ven to the culture and preparat i on th at and mills are b e ing erected. It is reported coal has been discovered in the north. 'rho ne ws h n i z ' the further fall in wool in the English ti lt) ' LB had opened a very gloomy prospect to se en gaged M a r ket i i in pastoral pursuits. The wheat bz as been paralysed through the arrival of Per b eEtdstus uffs from C a lf orn i a , w heat being at 4s. 9d. W as hel without buyers ; and flour, equally dull, Btu 1 0 to £l3 per ton. The b an k s co ntinue to bu dr aughts on Lond on a t 11 per cent. pm., and to 5' per cent. dis. •Aal (Maki i ghth dividend of ls. 6d. in the pound n g 13 s• in the pound paid) is payable oCon the and 10th inst. to the creditors of the Oriental C o Z er e , r e i t t ß h a e n rs k , (aLnid Co. mited ) at the offices of Messrs. 'CLOCK' 13111TISA FUNDS—TWO O Per(4o°Zß3ltnN'rlirr"3.; 924 i Ditt , 92k ' 4 : l tor Account, Sept 8 1;°,„ Per Cent. Reduced 914 I 0 1 :_r 3 Per (lent : 1 per Cent. J an. 1 894 _ 4, ''). per Oen 19.12. 1873 ililitieS! 80 vre, expire sth Jan., 1880 —l bJu yrs, expire sth April 1885 — x x, 0 Otod Seu. Tolevaph), Aug.., 1908 — 'hetitt3r ltille, £l,OOO, 24 p. Ct. March D a Do. 3 do. Juno 10 r , nt t I. £lOO, £2OO & £5OO — pin t '". of Ell land Stock, 41 per Cent 1). 4 g (~, • opening — 1.'4414 Per Cent. Bonds — .4Lor-Colonial (Autumn. In INDIAN G OVERNMENT SECURITIES 'la ,`;rock, 104 C t April 1874 2lO per on ~ Do. Opening, for Account _ bc, 1141 b • 5 per ceut. July, 1880 ~,° 1 pet- Cent 888 Li C, .. •, Oct. • _ 0. ertalicates p)o. Enfaced l'apt,, 4 per Cent.. ... — 105 i O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ,-'°. 5 1 per C e n t May 1879 _ 1)4 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Y) 0 do 1877 _ ,I):, Do. do. 1882 — Do. Deb., 5 p er C ent., Aug. 1873 b o. Under .£l.OOO .FOREIQN FUN DX —TWO O'CLOCK. entlne Republi c , t por Cent 784 I lrguitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — Bratilian 5 per Cent -- Do. 44 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do 18:)8..„ - Do. au 186+ , Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account B2 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cu3a, 6 per Cent. °Alan 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent 7ll Do. 3 per Cent., Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Po. 6 per teat. 1867 — 0 lombian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825....“.., — Dan. , Lian Principalities, 7 for Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ......... ........ Equalor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Egyptian, 7 per Cent B3 Do Second Issue — Do. .£sot Bonds. Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 841.51 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 .. ... Government Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account - Do. Coupons - Do. Account atetuala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Uov Rai I. Loa n.,10 p.,C t., all pd 82 Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 Jo. Account . Do Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Aontevidvan 6 per Cont. crish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account •• 79 81 Do 4} per Cent. (UiNtrren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 -.. Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 34i Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 ~er Cont. 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent . 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds 931 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway — Sardinian 5 per Cent 72 i Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acctiunt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Cow. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent.: Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account •.. 61 TWO O'CLOCK. Jonsols, Money . 921 Do. Account, Oct. 6 921 } PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. TUESDAT. Py common consent the long-looked-for debate in 64 senate presented onlytwo noticeable features—the speeat a Prince Napoleon and the reply of M. de Pores& Emile de Girardin, in expressing his general conviction, nays that, without the first, which was an act, and the second, which was a blunder (partially retrieved by M. Magne), the debate would have been fairly extinguished, like a lamp without oil. The eminent journalist, of course, attributes this corn parative failure to the choice of a Senatus-Con. sultum, instead of a plebiscitum, as the vehicle of constitutional reform. No doubt a genuine Frenchmar finds it extremely mortifying to declare, as the writer in the Liberte does this morning, that it would be impossible to accomplish a great sacrifice with less effect ; but, ao M. de Girardin affirms that the Senatus-Consultum of September 1869 throws into the shade the change of dynasty in August 1830, he ought to be satisfied. The Temps calls attention to a passage in the violent harangue of M. Sclgur d'Aguesseau, on the right of address. M. S6gur d'Aguesseau's language wad most intemperate, and he spoke of "les ivrognet de la tribune et de la presse," an expression which, at you may suppose, has excited no small indignatiot iu political circles. M. de SJgur openly declared that he would not have supported the Senatus•Consulturr if he had thought that it would effect the transformatior of the Empire of Authority into the Empire of Liherali3m, and declared that the Emperor, relying on the support o! the Senate and the Corps l",gislatif, or, should suet be the case, on the Senate alone, would be stronf enough, sustained by Lis faithful soldiers, to crush at his intractable and irreconeileable enemies. The Tonp reminds the enthusiastic orator that one coup d'etat ma} establish a dictatorship, but that a succession of thou can never found a dynasty. Notwithstanding the decisiot of yesterday, it is not unlikely that the question of tin Address will be brought forward at a very early oppor tunity in the Chamber of Deputies. I understand that the close of the debate in the Senate was a good deal affected by the panic on the Bourse and the unfavourable rumours respecting the health of ti Emperor. The speakers were hardly listened to. The senators stood about, talking in groups, and the votes were given almost haphazard. Several members who had their speeches ready, and fully intended to have deliver% them, failed in the cmfusion to seize the opportunity foi doing so. A pamphlet, bearing the title of " The Senatus-Coi sultum and the English Constitution," has just appeared, and is making some stir. It bears the name of M Alphonse PinWe, counsel of the Imperial Court al Paris. M. Louis Blanc has addressed, from London, a letter qy. "Personal Government" to the Temps, in which he declares the anxiety felt in England as well as in Frans. respecting the Emperor's illness to be altogether exagge rated. No individual, he affirms, is indispensable to ti fortunes of a nation, and the reforms which the Bona. partists are attributing to the independent design of the Emperor really originate in the acts of France herself in the results of the elections of June, and the feeling shewn by the electors. If France revives she will owe it tc herself. If absolutism is at an end, it is because the situation has changed. When Napoleon 111. dies them will be but one man the less in the world. A nation does not perish from a rheumatic affection, and the voice of universal suffrage will change the old cry of "The Sing is Dead; Long Live the King !" into " The King is Dead' Long Live the People ! " The Journal Qtliciel refers to the alarming rumourt which were circulated with respect to the Emperor'e health, and created such a panic on the Bourse. D declares that there was no foundation for them, and attri. butes their origin to the decrees of foreign speculators. If appears that the Emperor's recovery has been retarded by the unfavourable state of the weather, and that he snf fered from the excitement consequent on the return of tht Empress and the Prince ImperialfromCorsica. The youni Prince was so eager to give an account of hi adventures that he remained with his father great part of the night of Friday. In order ti dispel the fears which were occasioned by his depresses' state on Saturday, the Emperor proposed to take a drive on Sunday. He considered that more people would b about on that day, but General Fleury declared that at this time of the year they were dispersed in the environs. While they were discussing the subject the weather changed and the drive was therefore abandoned. The Empero put his signature to the decree for closing the Senate while he was out in the park of St. Cloud, and he has since Monday resumed bis oldhabits of business and dictated many letters to M. Conti. I hear that the doctors are afraid of the effect which the cold season may produce on the Emperor, and that they have informed the Empress of the probable necessity of his passing the winter in a milder climate —Cannes, Algiers, or even Egypt. It may be retnem bered that after an attack of this kind, less severe in its character, the Emperor derived great benefit from voyage to Algiers. In this case it would be necessary to Provide a Regency, and the chance of this may have given rise to the rumours which were circulated of an approaching abdication. It seems that great preparations are being made at Constantinople for the reception of the Empress. Tlu Ottoman Ambassador at Paris has forwarded an immens• number of packages, which are designed for the enthel lisbment of the Palace of Beylabe, where her Majest3 will reside during her stay at Constantinople. Thu Turkish people are as anxious as the Sultan can be to ses the illustrious lady, and her reception bids fair to be a most enthusiastic one. Some people have calculated the erobahilities of Us( Empress's journey to the East in connection with the state of I►er yacht Hircndelle, but it is now pretty gene. rally known that it is not her Majesty's intention to us( this yacht in any case. The Eagle is the only vesse, which the Empress has used for some time past, and then is no foundation for the statements which have Leen math in connection with the non•equipment of the Hirondelle. Count Sohns had scarcely left the Prussian Enthass) when he was recalled by a despatch from Isis Government. It is said that his speedy return to Paris was rendereC necessary by the interest which the Berlin Cabinet takes in the fluctuations of the health of the Emperor Napo Icon. Share Railways. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 - - et Caledonian ............. 100 80f 811 Si at C•tinortan 20 Cornwall all 21 3 at Dublin & Beliast June lOO 74 76 at Dun„Perth,& Ab•Junc ioo 70 72 23 East London all 7 8 20 Do 15 - - 23 Do 10 - - at Glasgow &S. Western lOO 102 104 at Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... ••• at Great Northot Scotland lOO 15 lit at Great Northern lOO 10. i 1041 at Do. A. stook . lOO 1031 101 1001 1 st Do. B stock lOO •• •*• et Gt 3, and W. of Ireland lOO 11 t•ti et Gt. Western -Original lOO sti 5 st Do. South Wales lOO 56 58 et Do. W. Mid.-Oxford lOO 31 33 311 at Do. Newport lOO 10 12 st Lancashire 2 Yorkithiro lOO 1251 t 251 123 st Lou., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 45 451 00 Do Scrip - - at lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 16 17 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 10 12 at Lon. & North Western lOO 1 7 1171 11/4 161 at Lon. at South Western lOO 88 90 891 Man., Sitei., & Lincoln llO 14 411 5.4 at, Metropolitan ..... lOO 881 831 IS 7j at Do Extension .. 5 Do. New rd .. it Metropolitan District. all 11 33 10 Metrop. St. John's 11 °of 6 - - at Mithaud st Do, Bit min. .2 Derby lOO IS 17 at N.irth British ... lOO 15 30 at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun lO9 - - at Nor. klastern-Berwick llO 115 116 114 j 25 Do. G. N. 14 purohasc 16.11,1 - - at Do Leeds ....... st Do York lOO 110 11) 109 , st Do Carlisle .... .. - - at Do Stock. & Darling 11.,0 141 143 st North Loudon 10 Do New 18i.8 . ......... 4 it 2 11) 53 57 st North Staffordshire st North.anil 8.-W. Junction 100 101 103 10 Do New £lO shares 7 - ••• •• at Rl , :yinney at ‘ohropshire Union lOO 531 591 at South Devon*, lOO 41 43 at South Eastern lOO 77 7;1 7.5 j at Staines, Wok'haln, & Wok nll 12 13 st 'lan' Vale lOO 153 155 -- Do. C.. • 6 - - - Waterford & Kilkenny.. 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whitelia.l 6 - - RAILWAYS--PREFERENCE SIIAItE3 AND STOCKS. It Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ccut. 100 86 88 et Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 45 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO St Du. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st) Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference luu st Was. & S.W. „owl. 5 per et lOO t Gt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 97 100 st Do do N 0.2 100 96 99 st Do do G per cent 100 107 110 st Do East Anglian A 5 do. 100 et Du do B 6 st Do do C 7 du. 100 et Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 68 72 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1.846 100 _ et Do do 5 p.e.Way.Va l . lBl7 'lOO _ st Great Not - them, 5 per cent 100 6 t, D04 5 1 p.e., d r o d at l d t/ o p. c. , 1 1 ) 0 111. 1 .10 )0 0 st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ..„ st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 st Great South,and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 stj GOVest.—Orig.ut.-12eut 100 101 106 c h g ., per gua.s p.c st Do. Orig. (B. &1.1. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 93 100 st Do du 4, per cent. 1850 lOO 87 8) st Do do 4 do do st lm do 5 per cent. redem lOO 9i et Do do Birmingham gua lOO 66 70 st Do do du pref lOO _ et Do du Chester gua, lOO 85 i) It Du do do 8 per cent. 100 st Do do do 5 do 100 93 101; st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do du 41 p.c lOO _ st Do do 4 1 185 P lOO st Do do 5 st Do West Mil Oxford Ist g. lOU 110 112 et Du do 2.1 gu.t. 100 1(7 UI bt Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 et Do du 25 do 10U 97 IUJ st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 lOU 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 45 p.c. all et Laucaeh. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 st Do Barnsley, .C 5 3s 105 p.c. 100 st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 110 st Do 41 (Blaekbura purch). 100 98 100 sti Loudon & 13rjahtoa, 5 p.c. gu aranteed, No 1 lOO ••• It! Do 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2. 100 • *— ••• •.. st Do 6 do d o lOO It Do 5 do Ni. 4 lOO et Do 7 per cent lOO st D o 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ••• st Di 4 do 18:50 lOO ••• st London, Cnatham, &Dover 5 per cant ICO stj London and 21. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 110 111 et Do Bedford &Cambridge._ 100 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l iud et London and S \V. 7 ne ••• ••• late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 a Do (Portsm.perpaus 2565) all ••• a Man., Sher., &Linclu. 6 p.c. 10() •• Do £1 all par Ipm • Do 31 per cent lOO 01 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. 5 It Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c... 100 13 . 0 . 13 . 5 a Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. C lOO 1(2 131 • Do 41 per cent. redeem ita; too 101 a Du 41 per cent. irredeeni lOO t)t) Jul a Do Leteeater 51 irelm, 4 p.c. 100 80 51 st • North 43ritish, 5 p.c. 100 •• et Do E. &U. 4 p. c. I) lOO ••• st Do N. 8., N 0 . 2, 5 per ce n . t lOO st Do Border lruieu, 5. , p.c IOU at N.-Easteru—Cons. 100 r 7 Sv et Du 41 per cent. redeem__ 100 in Int st Du U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO _ 17 Do Berwick capital Du York,ll.& S. purchase lu 10 105 Du Stektu &.Drliug. A 5 p.c. 100 107 102 st Do W,Llartlepool IL and It 100 67 SO 20 North Staffordshire 105 S. Devon Annuities, lis all 9 lu 10s Do TztTistock Anus., all 81 95 108 Do Fixed 45 per cent all 8 85 1 0.6. S. East. (Read. Anne., 1.0.6) all 22 23 sit Do 45 percent lOO st Do Fixed 45 per cent lOO st Taff Vale No.l lOO 15U 155 It Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFEitENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gum. at Do Scot. Cett. min. 7 p c lOO ... at Do 43 p irredeem all at Do 4p e con.. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 80 at Du 5 do, 1862 lOO SG t 8 st Do New 5 du, 1863._ 100 81 86 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleatel, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. hlidl., 5p c 100 st Do Joint i-erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 82 at Do do 6p c irred., 1666 100 106 108 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 26 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 1,5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 a 1p st Loud., Brig Ste. , 41 pc, 1856 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 Itql at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 du, 1665 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 5 do st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, G p.c lOO at Du Iletrop. Ex., B 6 p.c lOO Do do C 6 p.c 100 „. at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 1 ) 3 95 10 Man. bhet.& Lin., 5 pc, 1565 all 8# Bf, at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 10u 10: at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 10V et Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5 p c opt, to cony. to OrS. Stk., Sept. 1, 1669 all 20i 21} 18 Do lucouv. New Shares all 19 •193 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old Stk.,Auo. 31, 1872 g 11 24p et North British, E. and CI No. 1, 5 per cent lOO ... St Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E.&Cr, N 0.2, 5 p.c.,, 100 a s t , D Duo E N. & N. 8..5.., N .1e 862 at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 et North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 99 at Du Stock. & Danl., D 100 112 114 st North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ..„ et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 at Do 6 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 s t Do 5 do, 1864 et Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pe lOO RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS et .I.—TiiiM,,eu cad - WO V t 93 9.2 00 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all VS 100 st Buckinghamshire at Ch e ster and Holyhead lOO 5 1 56 st Do. 04 per cent. st Do. 5 do. s t Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... a t Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6 p. c l OO IP2 131 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ... a Gt. Easa., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... .. • 8 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c DO ... ..• st D o .do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. st Gt. West ,W. Mi d . , lieret 100 96 4; 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 216 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 05 id st Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... st Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p. c lOO ... ... st Do. Cone. Fund, I do 100 . s t London and Greenwich st Du. do Preference lOO ... ... st London, Tilbury, d South 1 00 83 s o st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. do. 6 do. ... 51 Munch., Buxton, 8; Matlk all ... ... st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 91 921 10 Mid Kent Cray Liue) 00 Northcru&East.,spereent all 107 L:69 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ••• ... . 8 ; i t . N. West. \ ,Dotting. Eastern—Hartlepool sieitsitogti.. ::itiLijuiaieitriucraih.)o.t:tihi)ati..,l_,.,iii,,.,t.pri&s.:co .e.. . pc.. . 1 1 00 0 00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 ) 93 : 4 :1 72 2 i4 Ml4 l l o ; (; i. , ) 4 1 25 Preston and 11 yre.. st S. S s h . i y •e o w r s k b s u ii iiy a a n u a d i H ti e v r e e r fo D r u d . 1 1 0 0 a 0 o ll 10 Do do 8 2 1/) t De 4 per teat gua lO i 78 84 st Do 5 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico lOl.l st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all ••• ••• st Weymouth and Portland lOO ". ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and Wee,L . lndia lOO 118 121 Loudon and St. Katherine lOO 48 60 100 1) ()Deb. stock, 4 per cent all Minivan Freehold Land st Dock lOO 27 32 st Southampton lOO 68 70 at Surruy Cuinworciai 100 109} 1091 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Cl os i n g 1 Busitteel9 Share NAME. Paid. Price. 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COLONIAL GOVSE.NhINNT SECUILITJX • 6 British Columbia. 6 per 0ent.,1872..• . ••....•••• 100 .... ..., DO —, .... Do. op. 0 TO. &1 , m:,,,, 100 105 107 1877-8 4 . P5...a..j..111.....t ....... Y 100 1(33 t o g 1051 Do. sp. o. Mar. it Sept 100 102 104 Jan• . 36 JulY•• 100 023 931 9' — - - C D 1 O D n. O . (I . p°.v 10. : . 9 0.1873 lO6 102 104 Do.ApLitOot 1800-19 0 0 lOO lit 113 Cape e 5 u p .. iciorpne3rpi b . ed Bk lOO yo , 02 . 1)0. do 1860-90 lOO 107 100 Do. Jam&July, 1891 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April N. s.w.A5 pp :4 o •7 t o l l O O OO and 15 Oot., 1900 lOO 0s 100 C.* lon, Nov 187 8 . 8 P. O lOO ___ Hs 11,0 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 or Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1 871 Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... ........ Do. 1882, Slay and Nc't 1)0. 18)5, Feb.& Aug lO 106 196 31,1bourne Corporate., 1667- 75 , 6 Per cent 1(0 100 100 N. 1i.G0v.6 p.0.Ja...v.J uly Natal 6 p ct, Apl St Oot.• g t0 °7 1 . 8 ,0 . 0 . 1 6 . ll O l O O OO 99 1 . 1 it 92 93 21 —.... Do Do 6 . 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A good deal of complaint tad been made that no sighting shots were to be allowed. This was founded on an- error, as they will be allowed, though the Belgian officials have not yet determined whether there shall be one, two, or three. At an interview which some members of the English Committee had with the Belgian Committee this week, it was agreed that there should be an entrance fee of three francs. Volunteers who have been in the habit of paying the high entrance fees at the Wimbledon meet;ng will have no cause to grumble that they are required to contribute this small amount towards the heavy expenses. Though there will be no regularly appointed officer in command, Colonel Thompson will practically take charge of the men. He is chairman of the English Committee, and in that position has had almost the entire responsi bility of the whole matter. He has visited Liege twice already on the business, and will leave again to-morrow to complete arrangements. It is to be regretted that his Majesty the King is not at present very strong. He is suffering from pains in his right leg, which will prevent Lim from riding at , 'the inspection of the volunteers from the different countries represented, which is ;to take place on this day fortnight. Accordingly he will occupy a carriage. " The Times gives a horrible account, from an eye witness, of thelreatment of cattle at sea. Thenarrator came from Rotterdam to London last Saturdayby on e of the vessels of the General Steam Navigation Comrany. The upper deck was appropriated to passengers, but the main and lower decks were covered with a cargo of animals. Nearly 1,400 sheep, 400 pigs, and boxes of birds were crowded into the available space. The sheep were so closely packed in pens - that the sailors, in passing along the ship, walked across their backs as over a mat. Their miserable and helpless condition seemed to rouse the evil spirit of cruelty in their drovers and in the crew. Having, as we have said, to pass along the ship over the backs of the sheep, they must needs jump on them, kick and beat them recklessly. For the whole of the the twenty-four hours' voyage the animals were kept without food, and when they reached Blackwall still worse treatment awaited them. An inclined plane was laid from the ship up to the landing-stage. Up this the frightened creatures were forced from the slippery deck. They were driven from behind by the drovers and the crew, armed with short sticks, whips, and goads. As they slipped and fell, they were kicked and struck and goaded on to their legs again. This revolting scene was protracted for about an hour on Sunday morning. From Blackwall the animals were to be driven into a field for another twenty-four hours, and to be sold on Monday. It ought to shock the public mind, for more reasons than one, to know that this is the manner in which a great part of the food of London reaches„ our shores every week. This scene was witnessed, be it remembered, in a passenger steamer, where it was everyone'S interest to mitigate its miseries. What is likely to be done in merchant vessels, where there is no one to tell the tale but those who are themselves concerned in the cruelty ? Veterinary surgeons are at a loss to understand the origin of certain cattle diseases. It would be strange if such treatment as this did not generate disease of some kind. It is for the public to say whether they like the idea of using for food animals which have been thus beaten, kicked, goaded, stifled, and poisoned with filth and foul air for twenty-four or mere hours before their sale for slaughter. It is still worse to know that such cruelties as these can be practised, and openly practised, in the vessels of a company with an English name. It indicates, as our correspondent observes, an untamed butality which may render us equally ashamed and alarmed. Thanks to the Transatlantic Cable, says the Standard, the American newspapers of August 28th .made their ap. pearance with almost as full an account of the aquatic doings of the 27th as the English journals of the same date. If we recognised in the challenge which the Uni versity of Oxford traces of the true spirit of Saxon pluck, we think that we may also recognise in the reception with which the intelligence of the victory gained by the senior University on the Thames has met, similar evidence of a genuine affinity in rational sentiment existing between the old England and the new. All this is precisely what we should have wished, conquered, but not disheartened; that is a most desirable motto for any nation in an international con test ; and nothing could be better than the general tenor of the comments of the American press on the results of the Harvard and Oxford Boat Race. When, however, we come to the consideration of the special hints and sug gestions which Transatlantic jcurnals have thought fit to make on the subject, we must be allowed to make some exception, and to enter cur protest, not, indeed, for the first time against the moral which they have found it necessary to point. Now, if we accept—and we do accept— the remarks which Mr. Simmonds made at the dinner given s by the London flowing Club to the Harvard crew at the Crystal Palace, as well as the general profes sions of time whole body of the American students who challenged Oxford, it is as an event between two univer sities that they wish the race on the Thames to be regarded. To adopt the principle which is implied in the comments of the Ke w York Times would completely alter the whole nature of the affair. We, too, maintain that " the Oxonians ought to give the Harvard students the chance of a return match ;" but it will on all accounts be very regrettable if the period of that return match is pre cipitated. If the Harvard and Oxford boat-race is to become an established usage, it must certainly not be one of annual recurrence. The progress of the Emperor's recovery from his recent indisposition has, the Post apprehends, been retarded by the fatigue consequent on over-exertion. His Majesty has, no doubt, somewhat anticipated the renewal of his strength by calling upon a comparatively weak body to , keep pace with an active and pswerful intellect. This will be easily understood, since it entirely consists with the sense of duty by which the Emperor has been invariably guided. It is perfectly obvious that the I difficulty which ph) sicians always experience in dealing with patients, in every walk of life, who have business that requlres their attention, must, in the Emperor's case, be measured by the very highest appreciation of a respensibilay loudly susceptible of exaggeration. The malady front which the Emperor is recovering has, ton, caused hint suffering before. It was an attack of his old enemy, rheumatism, which is more likely to have originated br the Italian campaign than to have arisen out of the political situation in France, or to have been brought about by shattered nerves or depression of spirits. The Emperor is getting older every day, as we all are, but the moral courage and and indomitable spirit which sustained him in adversity arc certainly not bowed down by the weight of the years in which his ideas have been realised, and his aspirations crowned with success. We do not attach to the official and semi-official declarations on the subject of the Emperor's health more importance than they deserve ; but, seeing that they are borne out and confirmed by circumstances which happen to be well known, though not perhaps known to all the world, we cannot withhold from them the confidence which they bespeak. The Herald discusses the annual report of the Irish Registrar General on the agricultural -condition of the country, and thinks that although it is regrettable to find that the cultivation of cereal crops adapted for human food has seriously diminished since last year, it is Batista:, tory to learn that the quantity of land devoted to tillage has considerably increased, namely, by 27,872 acres. We cannot be much surprised that the land under wheat should have decreased by 4,033 acres, as the climate —except on the eastern and southern coasts—is too moist to produce a first-class grain ; but we cannot account for the very serious deficiency in the quantity of land under oats this year as compared with last amounting to 16,857 acres, unless on the suppo sition that it arises from the consolidation of the smaller holdings into larger ones, and an improvement in the quality of the food consumed by the people. Sheep have decreased as compared with their reported numbers in 1868 by no less than 253,000; but it should be remarked that even With this serious diminution the number of sheep is still greater than it was some four years ago. Pigs, " the poor man's friends," have increased in number by 20,215 since 1868. The total estimated value of Irish live stock is set down this year at £34,911,360 sterling, shewing an incr e ase of £530,844 sterling over its computed worth last year. The area of ground under flax cultivation is greater by 22,695 acres than it was in 1868, which proves a recovery from the collapse caused by stimulated over production during some preceding years, and indicates a normal and healthy condition in the linen trade. The least satisfactory of the statistics in the Registrar , General's report is that rfdating to emigration. Last year returns shew that up to the same period at which those for this year have been made up the number of Irish, emi grants was 42,607, while this year it amounts to 45,346, shewing an increase of 2,639 persons, who have left the country to push their fortunes elsewhere, notwithstanding the admitted improvement in the condition of the class they belong to at home. The Daily News declares that the agricultural labourer and the system under which he has been developed into the thing he is make periodical topics for correspondents, but it is seldom that a new light is thrown on the unfortunate subject of these disquisitions. • In • the glorification of harvest homes, we forget the steal truth about Hodge. He is then represented to us happy for the nonce, in the midst of beer, beef, and plum puddings, with a landlord as agreeable for the time as if he had been imported for no other purpose than to look out and fugle delight all round ..on the occasion. If we follow the labourer home- to his dwelling, or asked him a few questions involving a, know ledge beyond the common understanding of the mere functional necessities of life, we may be told, perhaps, as certain education commissioners were in Dorsetshire, " that Noah was a sort of bird." A gentleman writing to a contemporary recommends one step in the right direction iu this matter. He says that tho ploughboys taken in hand for improvement are simply drenched with information which is utterly worth less for them. They want technical education in some degree at least. Many of the agricultural lads never rise as high in life even as to get to the tail of the plough. They are placed upon a hedge to frighten away the crows, and are gradually promoted to cleaning fences perhaps, where they stick at miser. able wages, marry, and in due course enter the workhouse. The worst and most hopeless sign of depressed mental power in the agricultural class is to be perceived in their utter lack of enterprise. These unfortunate heavy-clays never dream of bettering their condition, and as for thinking of being provident, they having nothing to start with but what barely suffices to keep skin and bone together. These generalities, wide as they may seem, are unexaggerated truths which it may be useful to keep in mind at a time when we shall probably have one land lord after another drawing Arcadian pictures at annual dinners of the condition of the English peasantry. It is curious to notice, remarks the Telegraph, the passionate desire to stifle discussion which some good people display. Dr. APNeile, we have no doubt, is a most earnest man, and we have no right to blame him for believing that Ritualism is as bad as Popery, and Popery ten times as bad as Atheism. But that is no reason why he should seek to prevent Mr. Mackonochie ;rom reading a paper an the off e rtory at the Church Congress which is to be held at Liverpool. The well-known Ritualist. it seems, was invited by the Executive Committee t' read a paper on that subject ' • but on Monday Dr. M•Neile formally moved that the invitation should be withdrawn. We are happy to add, however, that by 33 votes to 11 the attempt to stifle discussion was defeated. If Or. M'Neile is sincere, so is Mn Mackonochie. If the one can speak in the name of the ultra-Low Church party, the other can, with equal authority, expressnth ehave sentimentsy onl a o o f limited p r s a y - n lli rl' e majority of Englishmen sympathy with either for the interest of the Church itself it is well that both should get a hearing in such an asgq4ly as the Church I Congress. HER MAJESTY. ___. 4 _ VERTRO SSA Hs, Sept. G Dull weather prevented the Queen from maki3g an excursion this morning ; but in the afterncon. her Maksty drove to Lochearnheid and back here. SP.ORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day WARWICK RACES -THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) lULF-MILE SWEEPSTAKES. Perfume Podesta Blondella f Five ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. PROGRAMME. AT LlEGE.—First distance, 100 metres. For Volunteers, Gardes Civignes, tte„ (belonging to legally constituted corps) in uniform.—The reothition arm of their service. Prizes for "best scores" and "bull's eyes." Position, stand ing. - Second distance 225 metres (for all comers).—Any military rifle fitted for a bayonet, and of any bore. No sight tubes, glasses, hair triggers, or covers to sights. Prizes for best scores and bull's eyes. Position standing. AT SPA.—Third distance, - 175 metres (for all comers). — Any military rifle, of any bore, with or without hair, triggers. Prizes for " best scores" and " bull's eyes." Posi tion standing. Fourth distance, 550 . metres (for all comers.) — Any military rifle, as in second distance. Prizes for best scores only. Any position.. Fifth and sixth distances, 750 and 1,000 metres (for all comers. Any military rifle as in second distance. Prizes for points only. Targets and scoring same as Wimbledon. Entrance Fees.—First distance, free; for any or all other distances, 3f. Number of Shots.—One series of five at each distance. Loading.- 7 -At discretion of competitors, but no mallets, funnels, or testers allowed. Sighting Shots.—Allowed at every distance ; number not yet_ specified' TUB INTERNATIONAL BOAT-RA CB. The American papers, arrived on Tuesday morning, devote an enormous space to the description of the boat race. They have a snap of the country round about Putney and Mortlake, a full account of all sayings and doings up to the time of the encounter, a wood portrait of the various competitors, and a column of tele grams describing the actual contest. All this matter, amounting to about a page of type, appears in the New York journals simultaneously with the English narratives —that is, the morning after the race. The description of the race is thoroughly impartial, and the comments of the fairest character. The news leached New York just 23, minutes and 13 seconds after the winning bolt arrived at Mortlake, this time including the trans mission from the winning-pest to the nearest telegraph station, three quarters of a mile. The result was awaited with the most extraordinary excitement in the great American city. When the news came, says the New York. Tribune, it was near the hour for Wall-street to empty itself, and some very gloomy men sat down to dinner. The word ran like fire. " Oxford ahead" was upon everybody's lips. Hotels, club-rooms, and billiard-rooms took up the theme. "No u se , Bob," said a porter to a hackman at the Fifth-ave. Hotel, ' them English boys have the staminy ; its some think in the climate gives cm the hadvantage." This reasoning (lid not please the hackman, nor, it is believed, the generality of people. . About the boating clubs great regret at the result was manifest. The Gulick boys forgot their customary rally, and sat talking low in the dark-. The Hoboken Club seemed to be ready for a funeral. The boat's crew, on the Hudson for practice, rowed quietly, and the oarsmen sighed as they went up from the landing to the boat-house. No bad feeling enters the breast of a true oarsman. " Don't let them beat us in good stature," was often said, and the occasional drain of comfort in " Better luck next time," was gladly received. All did not seem to be lost with the toatmen, although the field was lost. At the Metropolitan a large crowd discussed the result, and many were of the opinion that the Harvard mcn should have retained Pass and nice, who were set aside for Fay and Lyman, and others, thought that Simmons should have been replaced. The fair.play shewn by the Englishmen was the subject of flattering comment. Old gentlemen walked slovenly ovar the marble blocks of the hotel floors, alternately damning the English and boasting of Yankee pluck. "We can beat 'em the next' time, can't we, pa?" were the words of Young America. Almost every naturalised face bore a shade of disappointment. The "Irish jintleman " took a chew of fine cut, and said, "O, ye have got to git up in the Morning if ye weal to beat them there Britishers ?" The young man lately from Liverpool thought it queer that the Americans should dream of rowing with men who have ruled the seas for centuries. " Well, there is nothing like letting people know where they stand. If the Yankees will not learn at home, why they must go abroad and pay dear for their knowledge." The genuine American said that we can afford to wait. • In their comments on the issue the American journals universally praise the fair rlay shewn by the English. The Tribune says the result is a sore disappointment, but not a surprise. "It could .not be forgotten that the art which at Oxford is based upon the accumu lated experience of generati ons , a t Ha rvar d i s almost an acquisition of yesterday. Neither could it be forgotten against what fearful odds the American crew went into the contest. Pulling in strange waters, with a strange organisation, in a strange climate, against men who were perfectly at home and knew every inch of the course by heart ; pulling, too, against the very finest crew that England had ever put into a boat, it was nothing short of a despe rate encounter into which they had thrown them selves, and their success would have been little less than marvellous." The New York Times says:—" In common fairness we maintain that the Oxonians ought to give them the chance of a return match. Let the accidents which told in this race against the Americans be courageously faced by the Englishmen. Then the two systems of rowing will have been satisfac torily tested. The Oxonians have shown themselves •a spirited foe—it is not too . much to expect from them a chivalrous emulation of ,the, course taken by our representatives. If they come over here they will be, during their stay, the most popular men in the country. The whole nation would take a pride in in suring for them generous treatment and fair play. Whether they won or lost the day, their reception would be a thing for them to remember all the rest of their lives. There is no civility or hospitality which has been extended to the Harvard crew which would not be repaid here to the Englishmen four-fold." The money remitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by divers persons, for conscience' hake, in the financial year ending March 1869 amounted to £4,194. In 1868 the amount was £4,668. A SCIENTIFIC CONUNDRUM.—The Engineer kindly gives the following information to velocipedists, by which. it is to be hoped, they will profit :—" The keeping of the balance in mounting a velocipede depends on the fulfil ment of one or other of two conditions—either that the line of motion of the centre of the mass of the rider at the instant when he alights in the saddle must be in the same vertical plane with the line of motion of the centre of mass of the velocipede and the track of the wheels, or should that be impracticable, the rider must be prepared instantly to correct the deviationby means of the steering apparatus." The paddlewheel steam frigate Terrible, 19, Captain H. Earle, from Bermuda (which landed mails on Saturday at Falmouth), sailed thence on the 12th of August, came home under canvas nearly all the passage, and experienced very fine weather. She arrived at Plymouth on Monday, and brought the following passengers :—Mrs. Osborne, wife of Lieutenant Osborne, 61st Regiment ; Mrs. Pilleau and child, wife of Lieutenant Pilleau, 61st Regi ment; Mrs. Check and family, wife of Lieutenant Check, R.N., Misses Wainwright (4), daughters of the Captain Superintendent of the dockyard at Ber muda, Mr. Obiunille, Glst Regiment, cn leave; and Dr. Moore, R.N., with six n•tval and 16 military nvalids, two women, and three children. The iTerrible spoke, August 27, lat. 32 N., long. 24 51 W., the Tanta!lon Castle, homeward bound, and the Ismael and Susanna ; 29th, the English brig Rosehall ; Sept. 2, lat. 48 30 N., , long. 15 8 W., the ship Bosphorus, from Quebec, 47 days out ; and Sept. 3, the French ship Egmont and Hoorn, home ward bound. ~, THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, EP A T, , A o t 7 - TOT :OF 4 " Di, Breeze f.. Recorder Indian Ocean 3 Eleven ran. CUT BETTING.—Tiers DAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Gea.nt des Battaillea (off —take 8 to I) 10 to 1 agst Wildbad (offered) 12 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken) 100 to 8 agst Cap•a-Pie (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst War (taken) 100 to 7 agst Formosa (taken and wanted) 100 to 6 agst Taraban (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Zetland (offered) 20 to 1 agst The Laird (taken) CESAREWITCH. 40 to 1 on the field (offered) 50 to 1 agst Starter (takon) 50 to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Tramp (taken) 50 to 1 asst Make Haste (taken) 50 to 1 agst Hasselas (taken) 50 to 1 agst Conjuror (taken) €6 to I agst Our Mary Ann (taken) WARWICK RACES-YEATERDAT. TRIAL STAKES. Sallie t.. Turret SHORTS HANDICAP. 1 2 Fal-lal. Marshal Ney IL ACING STAKES. Blucher 1 Factory Girl •• Mirage WO ODCOTE NURSERY. No race. LEAMINGTON STAKES. Cock of the Walk Kidderminster Distaff Six ran. TIER MAJESTY'S PLATE. Adolphus Arlington Benan HANDICAP OF 5 SOVS. Silvermer© .. I ,2 ..3 sv.o Blondella f Alice Detective.. CASME PARK SFAKES. Four ran. LA.TEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 agst Pretender (taken) 100 to 30 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 6to 1 agst Drummer (taken') 12 to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered) 16 to I agst Royal Oak (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Rysworth (offered) ~... I RACING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER Doncaster 1-1, 15, 16, 17 I Hendon '23 24 Hampton .....`ll, 22 Monmouth... 23, 24 Richmond ~,..21, 2z Newmarket ist 0ct....28, eta Lichfield Western (Ayr)........22, 2.: I OCTOBER. Bedford 5, 6 Kelso 19 20 Ediuburgh Leiccbter 7, 6 Curragh l9, 20, z 1 I Bromley 7 8 West Drayton ...... —2u, 21 Newmarket 2d 0et...11, &c. Newmark,,t ll'tou ..'.20, ac. Chehusford l9 20 I NO krt.:SIDER,. Harrow ...2, 3 I Eg*Huron lluut 6 / 3, 4 Liverpool 61- AllnAus 5, Shrewsbury . Li, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. ocTonEit Bromley 7 j West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester ", 3, 4 Shrewsbury 15, Harrow ", 3 Leamington liuut 23 3:o Lverpoul J 10, 11, 12 COURSING FIXTURES. OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, G Ormosby 19, .ice Iluutingdou Club.. 26, 27 REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. SEPTEMBER. B—Orion Rowing Club: Senior Pairs, River Lea 10—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Four-oared Race 11—West London Rowing Club: Eights 11—Lurline Boating Club : Vice-President Pairs 11—London Rowing Club : Tub Fours 21—Alexandra Rowing Club: Scratch Fours, River Lca 25 —West London Rowing Club: Eights 25 —Vesper Rowing Club : Club Fours, River Lea 25—London Rowing Club: Twelve-oared Race Till? ROBBERY OF 2,15,000. The charge preferred at the Mansion-house against Clement Harwood of stealing bills of exchange to the amount of £15,000, the pro perty of Messrs. Harwood, Knight, and Allan, bill brokers, Clement's-lane, was yesterday, on the application of Mr. Straight, the counsel con ducting the prosecution, withdrawn on the under standing that the prisoner would be sent abroad by his friends. MARKETS-2 HIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Sept. B.—Sales probably 5,000 bales. The market dull. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6. The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the diguity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto William Richard Drake, of Oatlands Lodge, iu the county of Surrey. DOWNING STREET, SEPT. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Daniel Thomas Smith, Alfred John Daucombe i Frauds Ellis, and Alex ander Campbell Lowe, Esqrs., to ba Non-Elective Mem bers of the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 3. . Robert John Corsillis (rant, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty'd Fleet. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 171 c. per £1 steriaig. On Comparing these rates witli the English Mint price of lis. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears taut gold at the above price is the same in Paris and London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 63 days' sight was on the &th km 1.104 per cent. At this rate them would be a loss on the transmission of gold from the United States. Yesterday the B battery of the B brigade of Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Colonel Andrews, arrived at Windsor, from High Wycombe, on their way to Aldershott, having been on the march from Leeds since the 25th ult. The guns and waggons were placed in the new square of the Infantry Barracks in Sheet-street, and the men were billeted ou the townspeople. Early this morn ing the battery left for Aldershot, where they ex pect to arrive in the course of the day. A pecu liarly constructed vehicle, belonging to Cokiwi Andrews, which accompanied this brigade, attracted much interest RS it passed through the town. It consisted of a well constructed boat, with sculls and rudder, combined with every convenience of a phaeton, and capable of holding 16 persons. It was placed on the framework of a carriage, and by a quick and simple process could be glided into the water. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. Cochran, to the Pallas; and Sub-Lieut. L. H. Eliot, to the Warrior, as supernumerary. rying Wool' g pro' nvder chief ocure with• l uzzle :1001 Baia atic," ;iatie. 3peci' y the poei• bat it id we As of gun, Aug° due, LocitY sit ten to rear• •eatet strain thin 11 110 tame p its e ntAl ma rt ; the rpeoC by o r 1 the NO: 1;t it LI • 0111 T ijell vet! of. [pa I ' A re lOC' ,e 01g TV been 'OP t he [ale bev To so' p of goo d : 601* til e so er°, of I I -~ `'►