The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-19 00:00:00

, -------_________ MON_EY MARKET AND CITY .A' ..E TVS. STIARE IPIARKET.-(17118 DAY.) e _______. + --.-_ CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 1 - - During the last few days there has been more ac- Paid. I Closino. ; Rusin, ilh are Railways. ____ Price^ ' ' Dom twits iu the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. _ __ At the public sales of tea just concluded prices, in a 3 some instances, were a shade higher ; inferior 1 5 . 0 1 i F; Belfaste ir l . f , a w Belfast o a i n , d andstr. Ballymena l , al. a ll , 8 8 - 1 L. B[ook zlirk•. La., arid Ch June. 160 .78 80 Qualities, however, brough t former prices. Sugars 25 'Bloc-ilium have been in more request, and for good grocery 25 Blytli and Tyne all - - 10 Ro • , ,t. Steal. and Mid.Co all 4;4 7 .- descriptions'higher rates have been realised. No stock Bristol and Exeter s stock Caledonian ' dealings of importance have taken place in coffee, 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - '- the trade deferring their operations until the public 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 40 20 Cork, illrock., ,V, Passage all - - (A gets no div. • sales announced for the 25th inst. Rice has been 20 Cornwall , until 6pc peran 1 ail aii _ 134 _64 64 is in increased demand, and East India descriptions 10 Do A 10 Do B Le have changed hands to some extent at higher quo- hasbeen , d. toe, a ll - -- 15 50 Dublin & Belfast, June all - - 25 Dun., Perth, t Ab. :lune: all 74 8 stock East Ane•lian tations. For fruit there has been a seasonable in r- quirt', and advanced prices have been obtained for 100 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 5 3 1 1- the better qualities of Valencia raisins. Currants stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 of A strAo Do do Bdo 100 27 29 have continued in request at full prices. 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 84 - - re fair amount of business has been done 79 East - - 0 - - e, in saltpetre at slightly enhanced values. At the stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 81 82 Id stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 301 304 public sales of indigo, which have just terminated, 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - ° i there was a rather inactive demand except for good st, , ck Furness - - re shifting qualities, and the better kinds sold at an stoc:: Glasg. and S. Western 100 111 113 10 6 7!•eat Ntlin. of Scotland all - - a- 100 114 115 advance of 3d. to 4d. per cwt. on the rates realised stock G res !Northern 10 0 115 117 n. stock Do do ,k stock at the July auctions. The quantity offered was stock Do do B . 1 0 stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 a -13,285 chests, of which 4,513 were sold, 1,992 stock Great Western ... ... 1 1 0 00 0 an 76 034 65 744 74 i bought in, and 6,780 withdrawn. For tallow there stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 all - - LOS k ionlri s h e a S s o h i South-eastern r t h e - A, e a r s o t e r k r n s h . . ir , , 118 1185 1184 has been increased demand ; the dealings, however, stoe l2 its have been chiefly of a speculative character ) stock Lou. stock don and Blackwell 100 64 66 ce, prices for both present and forward delivery show-s 2 54 stock Lon d., Chat., and Dover 100 1001 _ _ stock Land. &Nth. Western 100 lOll 1004 14 _Am., Bright.. &S Coast 100 113 115 Pe ing extreme firmness, notwithstanding the increase 124 Do eighths - - 3(1. I stock Lond. & sth. Western lOO 95 96 95 ng I on the stocks of 11,000 casks compared with those 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - of the same period of last year. 25 `,.'derry & Enniskillen all 104 11 ler stock Sian. Shef. & Linsoln • the The demand for money continues rather active, 50 Maryp ort and Carlisle all - aed and 4 per cent. is still the minimum quotation in 121 Do do 1 shares a 4ll 3 - - 2 d 10 Metropolitan en, the general market, as well as at the Bank of Eng- stock Midland stock Do lairmincr. & Derby 1 00 107 10 9 107 ion land. Although the directors abstained from mak- so Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - sof Do A shares all - ing any alteration yesterday, the opinion is still ris- 25 25 Mid Kent all - - entertained in some qters that an advance will 10 Do , Cray L i ne - - - ' uar 100 Newcastle and Ctrlisle all - - itu- 1 speedily occur. The inquiry for commercial pur- to Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d mer poses is expected to be maintained, and the large ock 0 New Warn t & Ros all - - st 2 Norfolk P • • 100 54 56 iia arrivals of grain from abroad are likely to occasion sto s c o k North Bor Ntlin. Cuntie itish s Union . ... 31 3 100 62f 4 31 d cadi an extensive exportation of specie. . 63 63 stock Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stoes 100 - - acy 311 - 1 The half-yearly interest has been advertised for btock D, A stk ; A recs no 8. until 6pchas been pd.B 100 - - lass ptiy y ment on the Cit of Melbourne Loan. stock Do B stock - - ~ . I . stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 104 1045 104/ sere .Notice has been given by the agents general for 25 Dodo , G.N.E. purchase 161341 p 1p I stock Do Leeds 594 60 594 4 who Crown Colonies, that tenders will be received for Be- stock Do York ..... *-•• • • • • igg ssi 004 894 9 ma- bentures to the extent of £50,000 on behalf of the stock North London .. ..... 100 102 104 len- 19.16.4 North Staffordshire.... 174 327 1 had Government of Natal. The Bonds are for sums of a 10 N. and S. W. Junction.. all 9 1 ? 12 Not. & Grant l :s in £lOO and £5OO, and bearing interest at the ra t e of . 10 Peebles ~.... ~........ all - - h m Rail. 10 7 B, t aere 6 per cent. per annum. - Portsmouth - - all - - th er The bar silver by the Atrato , fr om t he West stocks n ,c h oPtis a h eY Central •100 113 115 VOTO Indies, has been cold at ss. 11d. per oz, standard, stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 341 351 stock Do Scot. Mid. stocic lOO 86 83 but being an advance of 1-d. upon the price realised stock Shropshire Union aces 10 sitt in gbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 for the previous supply. stock South Devon lure The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ceylon stock South Eastern ...... of a. 1 stock south Wales which leaves to-morrow for India and China, will stock s. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 suit, take out £654,276, viz., £601,207 inand 20 Staines, Wok.. and Wok al: , 6 8 is ofsilver, I 25 Stockton & Darlington all 39 40 teed, £53,069 in gold. Of the above the Government re- 25 odo ll 85 94 p - Stoc D kton & Hartlepool 161 - - His- mit £200,984 in silver to Hong Kong. stock Taff Vale - - abitsstock Do Pref. Not l6O - - Speculative business continues very quiet in the ipper 25 TharnesHavenDk&Rail 22 --- English Stock Market, and the daily variation, 50 luster .... " they 25 Do ...... ......... with although frequently denoting heaviness, is only of 12 10 Do .... : , tiled, a fractional character. Consols are now quoted at stock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim ction. 921, 5 for money, and 925 93 for the account. The stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 50 Waterford k Limerick all third- - dealings in stock for transfer are very limited. The 20 West cern-wan their brew Threes and the Reduced are steady at 911 m•• 20 West London all - - , , - g 1 10 Do Ist class .. • all - - eople * Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem. ; Bank Stock 20 Do 2d class ••..• • • • all - - loges stock West Midland-Oxford 10 0 1 48 49 0.811113 remains at 2291 231; India ditto 221; ditto New 25 Do, Newport all I 10 4 11 ' s, Pa per _l2/ Do. Hereford 111 ' 21 1; .l vould Loan at 1031 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced P REF E RENCE ST-TA RE 5. .grat- has improved to 961; and the 53- per Cents. to e was 1011- 102 1 ! g Busin e. ss toliti- I e 4 , ' Share! Railways. Closing Do Price. n Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues ; dan moderately active, and prices show no important 25 Plythe and Tyne 10 per ;eneo 1 c. pref. (issu'd at .Cie all - - ;stion variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 69i ; r gtk i Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 94 96 /20 'Do. do. do. Shares ..... 14 - - ;fain- ditto New, 541 to 54.1 ; and the 4 per Cents. are stock ICaledon £10,41 per cent 100 100 102 stock I Do. Quar. Shares, all - - e had steady at 102 ; Mexican are firm at 22t I ; Spanish 61 ;Cork & Bandon, 51 p. a all - - 1 was at 49,1, and ditto Deferred at 40 ; Peruvian 3 per 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent... all 205 215 idget, Cents. 731 ; Russian 3 per Cents. at 63 b 3 1 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. all 54 61 remain at stock E.Angn.Class A. 7 &sp. e . 100 99 101 a the 64 ; and Grenada Deferred at q ; Portuguese are stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... 100 111 113 'great stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 106 108 y was fiat at 44 1 2 . stock i F. Conn. Ex. sp. a N o ,l 100 , 109 1/1 stosk Do do lendi- The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11- 21 st ' ' ' No. 2 100 103 110 ock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 123 125 e time prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, I 1 prem. •; and stock EP +dem Union. 4 per et. 100 82 84 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar._ 100 - - in a the Universal, I _a prem. stock Ecliii.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 111 113 make The dealings in the Railway share Market have stock . Do. 4p. a gun. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Min. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 771 785 they been very limited, and prices have shown no stock Fiirness, 5 per cent .. .. 100 103 105 was s t oc k IGlas.le S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 120 122 material variation. Lancashire and Yorkshire have stock !Great Northern, sp. et. 100 116 118 untry stock IDo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 101 'lO 112 1115 f that advanced ss. ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; stock I Do. 41 p, e. do. do. with Midland, 15s, and South-Eastern £l. too I Do. sp.c. Redin. 5 p.c. pm 80 85 87 10 ;Gt. Nh. of Sentld. Ist pf all - - f Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland)4 1 100 93 100 'ranee . The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were actor. stock very quiet. Lombardo-Venetian were nominally f p. c t ; Pre' sthek. •• • ) It and 50 Great West. (Berks and ly by 111 a, and San Paulo realised 11. East Indian Hants) Exit sp. et 6 - - tuck 'Co. Redeemable 41 p ctloo 100 102 iercial advanced to 991 100. Grand Trunk of Canada stock Do. Redeemable, 4 . p. • ot: 100 90 92 021 gds of . remained steady at 27 7 1- 27k, and Great Western of Stock Do. Irredeempblc, do lOO Cl 93 stock Do. 5 p.a. Redeem. Pref lOO 101 103 tercial Canada at 131' 14. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 lot 10 Gt. W. Chem 8 p.c. pf sh all 171 184 171 there Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were 10 Do dos p. ct.• pref . • • all 101 10/ 1 evil very inactive and prices remained una l tered. Col o- steak Do Birmzesuar. stock lOO 76 78 265 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 sercial nial Bank brought 371 ; Ottoman Bank, 17 1 1; 135 Do. do. do. ;ystem 20 Do. do. do. led on Cr y stal Palace Stock, 291, and Madras Irrigation 3. stock Lan.&,York ap. c. stock lO3 136 138 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc t 100 - - 3 very stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) , 130 - - goods BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 1 100 116 118 Bank Stock 3 goodstock Do. gua. 6p. a lOO 135 140 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 915 i stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 116 118 of the 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities luties, New 3 per Cent. Annuities - - It was Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - stock Do. 7p, ct. Pref. stock. 100 152 156 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 16% 1 stock Do. 6p.e. do. (W,E,&C.P.) 100 130 134 entire stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 68 70 India Stock. a • 221 lament Ditto 5 per Cent nigher - stock Lou, and N.W. Cov. an d Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. icy o f Ditt o 5 per Can' stock Lou. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 150 155 10 ad.. Ditto 5 1 per Cent lOll 2/ stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - - . . 4 itirely Ditto De b entures, 1358 125 Lo o n f (1 2 o'n • ci B y d . • & • • • e • o • l • e . . .. sh-. a a l l l l _-- -___ good Ditto, 1859 :.. • . ...... 961 6 h Mr. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO 1 d 121 Londony. & En n i s . /sh all 121 13 ed the Con so l s f or A ccoun t. N o v. 8 9 25 stock 6 Do .26 Stan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 100 127 129 44 I 5 P umber Exchequer Bills, £I,OOO, lid ' D. i 0 £5OO par 3pm 10 Do. redeem. 6 p ercent .. 5 5 4 Ditto Small - - p nating onceal 121 Do. 41 per cent. 1 all - _ t c. stock.., 100 mus t FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. sock Mid. Con. 6 p - - stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.e. 100 137 119 goods, Brazilian 5 per Cent - stock Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock.. 100 101 103 were Ditto 41 per C en i e 13 5 8 - - Mexican per Cent stock Do. Leie. & Hit. pref, at, 100 93 95 rough .. - Ditto Account - - there 22/ 1 New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. - - of the Ditto Deferred - stock Do.slVay.Val.Ex.st.lB47, 100 - - kind. Peruvian 41 per Cea` 65 stock ' , 7ortli British, sp. e. ..I 100 111 113 goods Ditto 3 per Cent g.lOl Do. Bor. Un. . pf. shs 1 5 11 p their Ditto Account - - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. ........ .. - stock Nth.Dev.R ail. &Dck.Co. 100 - - never- Ditto Account .......... 44/ stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c., 100 91 93 which Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £Ss stock Do. Berw Lek, 4 p.c. Prof.! 100 103 105 • • -- ;d and Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 - - ludget Spanish 3 per Cent... - - Ludes. Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred id be- , Turkish 6 per Cent . • ....... - 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all - - vexa- Ditto Account - - 30 the Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 31 p. e. pref. stock.... 100 - - riding ; Dividends on the above payable in London. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua...6p.c. 100 120 123 'enue. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 99 1.0.6 s o D u t o il. Fixed ßaste r n 4l ( p rt e e r s cent. d.g 1 all - stock s Do. 7p. a prof. stock 100 130 133 lonely Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2% per Cent 64/ l ig South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 105 11 "ht to TWO 9 0 21 ' C 9 1 2, 0 5 CIL Ann., 1.0.6) c.• 1 t i , 1 I EI, OO II 101 103 3 only Consols, Money Ditto Account stock Do. Fixed tip 231 241 1 160 101 10 SOMe stock • , outli Wales, gu • a. 4 8 s• 100 90 92 sleep - stock Do. 44 per cent. P.c. 100 99 101 stock S -Yo 1 • 'y was On Monday, at Stillorgan Church, the Hon. 25 _. rks tire, 4p. c. gua 4 100 8:3 86 Stock. & Dar. A 5' orifice Percy Wyndham, M.P secondof the Right Hon. ~son all 524 331 of the Lord Leconßeld, was married to Miss Madeline Campbell, 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32i 334 daughter of the late General Sir Gu Cam bell. Bart., and stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. e lOO 45 48 lad he granddaughter of Lord Edward Fite y eerald. P His Excellency stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 100 126 128 Do. 28 do 123 145 lerent the Lord Lieutenant, in the absence of her brother, Sir Ed- 10 Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. all 10 IC voted ward Campbell, Bart,, gave away the bride. Amongst those 10 Do.Perpet. 6p.a pf 18410 all 121 12 n the present at the ceremony were his Excellency the Lord Lieu- 124 Do. till 1869, Ist is. all 14 14 tenant, the Earl of Mayo, Lord and Lady Naas, Lord W. 121 Do. do. 2d is. 5 ..... is the Fitzgerald, Col. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. De. 'Hereford 41 p.c. pf. all - - ' that quodaile, Esq., Rev. T. S. Gray, - _____ - - done Mrs. Wyndham left Lady &c. The Hon. Mr. and LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Campbell's, Stillorgan, at an . early hour, for Lord Bloomfiel' n tho s seat, county Tipperary. I Leasing l --- LORD PALMERSTON'S V Railways. Paid. , Closing Business letter ISIT TO LEEDS.-This 1 Co.'s. i Price. Done. event is likely to be made much of ' c they Yorkshire. The first object of in tho West Riding of Bedtoicrand b)eTchleyl all In ~r,N.117- --.7 .7- ---- ------ re tax I preside at the annual soiree of the Leeds the noble lord's visit was to Backinehamshire ....1 100 Ln &N.W 95 98 -, na the tote and Literary Society, whichwill Mechanics' Insti-Chester & Holyhead..• 100 Do. be held in the Town- Do. do. 51 per cent. 100 ' Do. 125 127 vever, hall, Leeds, on Thursday evening next, the 25th Do. do. 5 _per cent., 10,0 Do. ll3 115 it the in the afternoon of that day, before the soiree inst.; but Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonln 102 104 a united deputation from the Chambers eetakea Place) Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&111 C, 154 164 lunch of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Sheffield Commerce Eleineolnshire,e,.6p.c. 100 Gt, North. 138 140 dad to have an interview in . , Hull, and E.Union Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 4el Batley is to - Do. WOodloridee ..,' 100 - - lever, ship in reference noble to reform in the Bankruptcy Laws. Gls. BP re& Nells,Dret. 100 Caledonia - - aboli- On Friday the lord is to be presented with an Do. New .. ...... .. 100 De, . .. -- - address from the Mayor and Corporation.Gloster& Dean Forest' all 114 t, West. - - renee ball to which The presenta tion is to be made in the Town- . 1 admitt • Hartlpool.Dek& Rail, all If it.N.&Br - ished mayor, magistrates, and t ance is Hull and Sella to be by tickets. The Y•• .. - all. OCk.N. 31d. 169 111 tickets,l 800 in own council Do. 1 Shares - - iotice have the distribution of the , n um b er. On Do. 1 • Sheres - - and the same day (Friday) his Lordship is to preside at the an- Lana& Carl e• 5 Carl. p.c. 100 ' ,CN 206 209 Ragged School Society. London & Greenwich Vl''W 3avoy nual meeting of the Leeds y. O n the 100 S. East... 61 63 61 the Yorkshire farm Do. Preference 3 first 1 Saturday or Monday following tenants Lon Ti .' .. - 100 ,1)0.115 120 of the noble lord will entertain him at dinner at Fairburn Lowestoft, e lby.& Soutend. 100 Teto & Co. 92 94 • con- I • along with Lady Palmer. gua, 4p et 100 ' near Ferrybridge. His lordship, . , Do. 6 per cent. ..- • ; Do.ierfolk .. - - I the Leeds n Wednesday the 24th M , 100 stop, is expected to arrive in o ___. _, . line.,Buxtn.4l; Ma - tk. all [ouse inst , and will become the guest of Mr. NV Beckett, at Mid. Bradford Prefer- I L NW &DI 34 31 !noes Kirkstall-grange. once Stock......Newmarkt ,elui3:* .. 100 Midland 96 98 eyed, THE DAHOMEY MASSACRE.-The following is an guaranteed 5-' x }s. 5. 6 E.Counts P. a ii p 0 the extract from a letter dated :-" Cape Coast Castle. Gold Northn ` Do, ~ Eastu, 0 P.0.a1l ao, 55 57 Gal:- Coast , Se p tember 16.- T h e atroc ities at Dahomey have far Do, ' Foe ixed Per cent "•' all 'Do. 5 per exceeded the report of which you are aware. Th ousands North Western ,cent' all Do. sa . ier, have been sacrificed. Latterly came a steamer on that coast Prestos .... all Midland 15 155 70r id and shipped off 1,500 slaves. A man-of-war, being on the _ and Wyre. I all LAz NW ) _ ring- spot, saw the vessel, but suspected nothing of her design. Do. i Stares & L•Y i - Roystir 11* t " .... A. all Do • k• ;hak- • We hear that English people and ether Europeans have shrewsbe' 49)- & 8110 P 100 Gt N - „ Y& Hereford 100 • orth. 137 13q , been imprisoned there -most probably from refusing to wit- Do. onest , , .Do T.Brassey 101 106 Pro- ness the human sacrifice, or take part in the rites of diabe- South Staffordshire .. 1 ' . : ... i 1 p ‘ , lical superstition. Pray, let this be known in the proper Wilts and Somerset.. all M'Clean lOl 11e 'icily Wimbledones Cre ec h,. i a l cit. West 92 94 quarter.' - IL A Brg . tn 75 81 ender We tin not rival P.Asssisses, .1., ,-,;44,,,,. 41- ~.-4.seB of . ---- I )Crirs - ---'-------- We do not rival Germany in either the extent of our forests or the docility of our pigs. We do not train our swine to understand the horn or obey the whip; but there are forest ranges still in England where acorns and beech mast are plentiful, and where racy pork is bred, as good as any in Westphalia or Ohio. I am unpoetical enough to believe that the very best pork is that reared on meal and milk as the staple food; but I own to a feeling of gratifica tion when my boys come home with a basketful of beech nuts for the pig, or the village children, offer 4091125 for 340. —Once a 'WI Share) Docks. P a i d. Closing I Business Price. Done. stock 'Commercial ... 2 .... . lOO s t o ck Do. 4 per CentPretinin, too stock East and West Indies 100 stock London lOO stock t Katharine.., lOO stock outhampton lOO stock IVistaria . U 1 100 90 I Q 10.1 D1/ 14e W'' ,1 "1 1 405 49 4 a id a, ~,- ,-) •- - , 4 - ~,t 7-- 121 &I#4 I Closing I Business Share Railways. Done. 4 , 0 e. 50 Belfast and Ballymena i 1 all 13.11 Bin, Wol , and Str. Val.! all 8 81 stock ilirk•., La., arid Ch Junc. 160 .78 SO 25 'Blackbitrn 25 Myth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleal. and 31i d•Co all e 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian .92 624 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, lilrock., &Passage all 20 Cornwall ail 61 64 64 10 Do A(A gets no div until 6 la" 10 Do B .?, pc peran E all . hasbeen • 0. toll 50 Dublin k Belfast, June. all 25 Dun., Perth, t Ab..lunc all 74 8 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 635 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 s slcuic Do do B do 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 84 s 20 East Suffolk 10 Do stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 81 82 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 301 301 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all st, , ck Furness sloe:: Glasg. and S. Western 100 111 113 10 (;_reat Nthn. of Scotland all stock Gr e a!Northern lOO 114 115 stock Do do ,& stock stock Do do B / 1 0 stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 stockst oc k Great D o Str Western Val g u ; . stock ... . . 1 0 1 7 60 31 65 744 74 i 12 Irish South-eastern ... • all stock T,ancashire & Yorkshire 100 118 1184 1181 4 stock London and Blackwall 100 64 66 8 stock Lou.right.. & S Coast 100 113 115 s •• ,-, stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 52 54 s stock Loud. &Nth. Western 100 1001 1011 1001 11 124 Do eitzliths stock Lond. do sth. Western lOO 95 96 95 et 25 L'derry & Coleraine - 25 L'derry & Ennistcillen all 101 11 stock 3fan. Shot. & Linv.oln .. 100 47 48 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 5 shares.... all 10 Metropolitan stock Midland stock Do lairming.. & Derby 100 107 109 107 st 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares all 25 Mid Kent... . 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry k Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all dock Norfolk lOO 54 56 --- 3 50 Nthn. Counties Union.. 31 31 31 d itock North British .. . 100 624 63 63 dock Nor.Dev.Ttail&Dk.stock 10 0 ,tock D , A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pehas been pd.B 100 ;tock Do B stock .. took Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 ,104 1041 104 4 1 10 25 Dodo, tock no Leeds ..... ......... 100 594 60 59 4 4 2 tock Do York took North London .. 9.16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 3 27 i 2 10 N. and S. IV. Junction all 9 1 ?i - 2 12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO 7 8a 2 10 Peebles ...... , all 2 Portsmou'Lh 10 Rhymney all 2 lock Scottish Central lock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 341 351 a ock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 83 11 lock Shropshire Union 10 Satin gbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 21 ock South Devon •-ock South Eastern ...... ock South Wales ock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 2( 20 Staines, Wok.. and Wok a 1: 6 8 2( 25 Stockton & Darlington all I 39 40 25 Do do ll 84 94 p 2C Stockton dz Hartlepool 161 21 ock Taff Vale ock Do Prof. No 1 lOO 21 25 TharnesHavenDk&Rail 22 —-- a 50 Ulster .... " 25 Do ...... ......... 10 Do „: !: ....... ll d4 l 10 ock Vale of N caul 13 Victoria SO. and Pim DCK Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 50 Waterford k Limerick all 8 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 20 10 Do Ist class .. • all 23 20 Do 2d class .. ~ ck West Midland—Oxford 100 1 48 49 6 25 Do, Newport all I 104 11 6 14. Do. Hereford 111 f 21 1; d 2O ling ire, a riFiEi SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS . ' Closinf , Share' Railways. Braid. • ''' usinessdone Price. ' 100 'Atlantic &St Lawrence all 8063 ! stk c Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 1 00 93 94 /1"42 t Gu. 5 per cent........ 18 Do, Do. B; 16 1 1 1 5 d 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 55d 2 205 Do. New 10 Do. Preference ~ .. : tri 65 75 100 I , Buffalo,BrantAGodrich 6p. ct. bds. huv,. 1, 18721 100 78 82 100 Do: do. July 1, 1873; 100 73 78 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 1 100 70 75 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim; 1. 30. 5 d 5p 3 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Line.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 15 11 d 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 14 5 d 175 Demerara. 20 Eastn. Bengakfu. sp. c 71 15 11 d stock East Indian,irgu. sp. c. 100 994 10 995 100 195 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 1 d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 5 d pr 100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 93 99 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 1015 20 Geelong & Melbourne — sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100 —. per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 27 28 275 i 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 81 86 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr all 51 53 52 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872., all 48 50 • tock Gt.lndtarenin.p.,,na.sp.c. 100 965 ' 96,1 965 i 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 6 15d 5 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 25 15d guaranteed 5 per cent, 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 135 14 41 135 20 Do. New 100 I Do. Bonds Pay. ' 76 , N Vitli all 100 102 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 102 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 100 102 100 Do. 55 p, a, do. '77 do, , all 93 85 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. a lOO 84 85 stook i Do, do. 5 per cent. ~ 100 935 On stock I Do. 44p , Q. Extension 1 00 8 7 88 8 74 5 7 20 I Do. Fourth do lO 15 11 d 20 Do, d 0,..., .._.• all stock Melb.Corp. 6 p. c,. Buds. 100 i Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry,&Land(Lim.)2 - .6pc 1 Class A Capital Share all 5 7 Do, do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do ( .. Do. do. Land do. ...... all 5 7 t 20 Othle (Limited) ~...... ss. & stock Seim& .......... d„z 100 0531 995 20 ;Do. l'unjaub .... 21, g 7 15 8 112 t 20 i Do. 1)o. __ .. Fe lo. q,. 0 all --d I stook Do. Indus. St. F., 100 93 94 931 { 20 IS t.Andrews & Quebec A 18 i. 10 I Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 5 5 d 1 ._..._......________... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. a 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam l3 all 51 55 i 20 !Ardennes ............ .. all —p V 20 tl3ah.&S.Fran..Lim.7l).c. 85 15 5 8 b 5 Bekriaa East. Junction all 5 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all , 25 21 n 100 Copiabo .............. all 10 Ditto Extension all 21 2 d m 20 Dutch Rhenish ...... .. 15 35 252 20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 I.' 20 Do. do. all 20 !Great Central of France 20 IGt. Luxem., Con. shs... 64 65 ts 20 Italian Junction ...... el 20 Lake Constance & Bale. sl 20 ILierre & Turnhout .... all 20 IL yens & Geneva ...... all 0 335 , Maria Antonia .... —.. all 10 Do. New ...... ........ all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 75 8/ lo 20 Do. 6it c. Pref......... all 191 204 hi 16 ,Northern of France.... all 88 39 20 Do. New Shares .—.. 15 it( 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 75 81 H 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36 37 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 53 55 20 1R e o. c u i a. fe .p S.:; . ra i t i t i . i r .. e . r . n . ..) ni 13 35 24d; 20 Riga & Itinaburg...... 14 lit 10 Rome & Frascati . . all sti 20 Royal Dazish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish ........ all —.— m: 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre ..t Meuse ....„ ail 55 64 to 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 85 8/ . 20 San Paulo. lim, v. 7p. c. 2 I Id 5 1 sti 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 ; 5 d 20 Southern of France.... all 191 205 84 West Flanders . ... all 51 6 1111 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference.. all 9 ci 20 W. &N.W.of France .. all i an N ' 4 2 2 3 23 Western of Austria.. t , 6 _ ___ Bt 20 Western of Switterlafld all pr: 6 Wiesbaden ~ , . 6 p!o. 8 per cent. !'ref..., all 4 20 'Zealand Share' Mines. LA J 1 INTELLIGENCE-(TBIS .DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Joyce.) IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY AND OTHER PUBLIC COMPA NIES. —THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - . V. HITCHCOCK. - Upon this case being called a gentleman at once got into the witness-box on behalf of the plaintiffs, defendant also putting in an appearance. Mr. Joyce (to plaintiff's witness) --Arc you in the service of the company ? Witness—Ves, for more than ten years, I now appear as agent for the company. • Mr. Joyce—have you any appointment under the seal of the company ? Witness —No ; but surely I can appear as agent. Mr. Joyce--Not unless you appear under the seal of the company. I must nonsuit the company. They are not poor, and ought to appear by their attorney. The attor nies to the railway are most respectable people. Witness—l have often attended as agent before. Mr. Joyce--I should not have allowed it had I presided. Plaintiffs nonsuited. POLICE I NTELLIGENCE -(THIS' DAT.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. DISORDERLY GENTLEMEN.-Mr. George Nicholson, 23, Alexander-square, merchant, and Mr. Frederick Perkins, Barnard's-inn, Holborn, were charged as follows : Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said that about four this morning, hearing a cry of " Police " near Newport-market, he went to see the cause, when he found the two defendants quarrelling with a female. He sent the female away one road and the defendants the other. After a few minutes the defendants began shouting, and on his telling them to desist, Perkins said they (the police) were "a lot of dressed up fellows;" that they (the defendants) were gen tlemen; that Nicholson belonged to the Royal Exchange, and that they would do as they liked; and also that one of them was an officer, and would send to the Tower for a dozen soldiers. They continued to create a disturbance, and he was compelled to take them into custody. On the way to Vine-street station Nicholson knocked off a constable's hat, and tried to make his escape, and it required three consta bles to take them into custody. Perkins further said he would give £2, £3, or even £5 if he would let him go, as iv) had never been locked up before at a police station. Nicholson said the officer made a little mistake i n th e names. Perkins said he had taken a glass of wine tto much, and was very sorry if he had interfered with the police. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendants — parkins 10s., and Nicholson ss. SINGULAR CHARGE Or ROBr, ERY.-Wm. Leslie, a tailor, living in Church-court, Doctors'-commons, was charged with stealing a table of the value of 265. from the shop of Mr. Henry Bridges, furbiture manufacturer, 4041, Oxford-street. A constable said, finm information he received, he fol lowed the prisoner tP, Crown-street, Soho and there stopped him with the to '"..,te on his s h ou ld er. Hoy asked him where he got it, slcl he said he purchased it upon the pavement. He then took him back to 406, Oxford -street. Mrs. Hannah. Mary Bridges, wife of Mr. Bridges, fur niture dealer, of 406, Oxford-street, identified the table as her husband's property. On being spoken to by the con stable she missed the table, which she had seen safe twenty minutes before. The prisoner said he did not steal it, it was given to him to carry by his master Mr. Haberfield, a tailor in Sutton street. Habcrfield on being sent for said, he bought the table of a man in Oxford-street, for 45., it was between Dean-street and Charles-street, near a shop where the the name of Bridges or Burgess was painted up. He gave it to the prisoner to carry home, and thought it very cheap. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the witness whether he usually bought tables in the street ? Haberfield said he only bought it to oblige the man. A witness was called, who said he was with Habev.field when he bought it, and the gentleman (the prisoner) was with them. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered. the table to be givr,n up to Mr. Bridges, and the prisoner to be discharged. MURDER OF A SE4NAII:: After the disposal of the night charges a t the Thames Police Court to-day, Mr. Wm. Brookhole Ling Webb, the chief mate of the ship Brierly Hill, from Australia, was brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged with the wilful murder 9f Wm. Brown, otherwise Lancaster, on the high seas, near the Island of Ascension , on the 6th day of August last. The ship arrived in the port of LOT ition on Sunday last, but no steps w ere t a k en t o arrest thep risoner until Thurs day morning, when the law was set 1- d motion by the Home Office, owing to a communication, ',laving been received by the Board of Trade from the shipping-office in Poplar, where the official log-book V. the Brierly Hill was depo sited. Mr. Charles Young, gol%citor, again appeared for the defence. Inspector Cox, of the Thames Police, who arrested the prisoner, handed the oftcial log-book of the Brierly Hill to the magistrate. The witnesses Farrow and Kcarnan, who gave their evidence on Thursday with remarkable clearness, said the entry made in the log-book after the deceased was shot was net a correct one, and that after seven of the crew had gone aft to request the captain to put in to the Island of Ascension for fresh water, he refused to do so. Brown then said if the captain did not he would have to be tied down till he did, but this was not accom panied by any violence or any attempt to seize the captain or do him any harm. The prisoner, however, immediately went below, returned with a loaded pistol, which he cocked on deck, and after saying, " I'll blow the first man's brains out tkat lays a hand upon the captain," deliberately presented the pistol at the deceased and tedot him dead. Tho prisoner then ob tained a second pistril from the hands of the carpenter, who was standing by, mad said, "If you don't go forward, I'll shoot every one of you;" and the men did go forward. About thrce-quarters of an hour afterwards, the men were again w_u.stered in the after-part of the ship. The prisoner said; % This is what comes of your mutiny ;" and declared tae pistol went off by accident. The two witnesses swore distinctly the pistol did not go off by accident, that it was upon half-cock when it was brought on deck, and that it was deliberately presented and fired at the deceased. John Taylor, able Beaman on board the Brierly Hill, was called in confirmation of the evidence of Farrow and Kearnan. He said—l went aft with Brown and five other men to complain of the water. I heard and saw every thing. There was no agreement as to what we should do before we went aft. We certainly went to complain of the water. It was not good. Kearnan had some tea in a pannikin, and asked Capt a i n Vi ncent, the master, to tar,'„, it. The captain s a id it was good. Then Brown. forward and said, " Will you go into th e Island. of came Ascen sion to get fresh water." The c a pt a i n said, "I•To Brown ~ said, "We will have you tied down," P ,r words to that effect. I cannot exactly say. Brown 'Yr as then five or six feet off. He did not advance t, Jwards the captain or attempt to touch him. v dith that the chief mate went down to his e r .ein and brought up a large horse pistol in hi s lul hand, and cocked it with his right. The captain c.id. r:ot order him to go below for the pistol. The mate on the captain I will blew his brains out. " The mate was said., " The first man that lays his hands then very 'close to ;crown, and had the pistol presented towards b i,n, Bmwn said, " Will you," but he did nothing at all., or attempt to do anything. The mate immediately s v aot the man, who fell dead at his feet. The pistol was such a one as that on the magistrates' desk. I cannot say if it cocked easily. After the deceased was shot the pri soner handed the pistol down the companion to the car penter, took another, and said, "If you don't go forward I will shoot every man of you." The following official entry in the log-book, which the three witnesses already examined said was false, was read. It was in the handwriting of the captain : " I hereby declare that the seamen came aft in a body. Christopher Kearnan asked me if I was going to the Isle of Ascension. I told him no. Wm. Brown then spoke up and said, if I would not they would come aft to make me fast and take the ship there themselves, and that they would do it. The mate jumped below to fetch up a pistol, and after William Brown had made an attompt to lay hold of me, he (the mate) presented the pistol, which had been loaded over night, and said he would fire at the first man that at tempted to lay hold of the captain. While the mate made use of these words Brown cried out " Will ypu, will you ?" and put his hand behind him to draw his knife, but the words were not out of the mate's mouth before the pistol, which was at full cock, went off in the mate's hand and shot Wpm... Tho knife tell xrom his hand as he fell, when the rest of the crew dispersed forward. The bullet had entered the man's body, and he died in a few minutes. I was at the cabin door when the pistol went off, receiving pistols from the carpenter, whom I had previously sent down into the cabin for them, and the mate got between me and the man, so I did not see the pistol go off. The mate declares that he did not intend to fire, but that in raising his hand towards the man he might have unconsciously touched the trigger, and I fully believe and declare upon oath that he did not intend to shoot the man. I declare the above entry to have been duly read over to the crow, and signed—William Vincent, master ; William Brookholding Webb, first officer; John Horne, 2d officer, Isaac Wilson, carpenter. The witnesses, Farrow, Kearnan, and Taylor, all swore in the most positive manner, and with great distinctness, that the deceased did not take his knife out of the sheath, or attempt to do so ; that his knife was not in his hand when he fell, and that he did not attempt to lay hold of the captain or the pistol, and that it was deliberately fired by the mate. The vessel afterwards put into Ascension Island, where fresh water was obtained. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, having completed the deposi., tiens, they were read over, and the prisoner, who said he would reserve his defence, was fully committed for trial for wilful murder. SIR .TORN BOWRING ON CHINA. At the meeting held at Liverpool on Wednesday evening, in connection with the inauguration of Brown Library and Museiam, Sir ohn Bowring said,—ln China there are 400,000,000 of men who make no progress. They don't learn what concerns the business and draties of daily life. They are wholly occupied with Ile past, which was the age of ignor ance. They look not forward. They have not learned that great maxim of Bacon, that the present genera tion is the oldest of generations, and that the earliest generation is the youngest. A maxim of more prac tical wisdom never fell from the lips of philosophy. What I should desire to see in this country is what I have seen in China—a universal passion, a universal desire for instruction. Certainly that does pervade the community, but the instructors and the instruction of a valuable character are wanting. A half dozen Lord Broughams—what wonders would they not work—(hear, hear, and ' applause)—with a language which 500,000,000 of men can read ! On that subject perhaps you will allow me a word or two, because if there be any thing which keeps society together in the present fearful disorganisation of that country—when internecine wars are tearing, I may say, the foundations of society up by the very roots— when village is quarrelling with village, and man with man—whop civil war is ravaging the whole country, destroying cities, breaking up wealth into pieces, and_ leaving everywhere around it ruin and devastation—the one single, solitary clement of se , :mrity and tranquility is the great competitive organisation. (Hear.) Schools are accessible t', every kind of boy, and the children of the meanr,ot parents often rise to the mightiest influener, and occupy the highest positions. The man at this moment who stands at theheadof litera- Imre—who bears the strange name of Chwang Tuen, the first man in the empire of China—is the son of a petty shopkeeper, a stationer who lives in an obscure street in that very city of Ningpo. There is scarcely a viceroy in China who has not risen from the very lowest grades, for offi ce i s only attainable according t o the laws of China, by that competitive struggle through which they press towards distinction. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I have seen youtbs, not youths only, because there are men of 70, or SO, or 90 years of age—(laughter)—l have seen 40,000 or 50,000 per sons enter the great cities of China in order to enter upon that struggle : conceive what the struggle is. A province of China ordinarily consists of 20,000,000 of human beings; and the villag e schools are universally spread for the promotion of education. There is not a father, however mean, who does not struggle, if a lad of his family show any evidence of superior talent, every effort is made, every sacrifice undergone, in order to give that youth the means of education •, for should he succeed, such a blaze of light is thrown over his family, over the village to which he belongs, that the whole district is delivered over to rejoicing. When this Then was nominated, no other person from the district had reached Vile distinction for 200 years ; there was no man., however, elevated, who did not go to pay homage to the family and pro genitors of the young man. They make their no bility run upwarao, and never downwards— (laughter)—they ennoble the father and mother, the grandfathers arid grandmothers, and ancestors, of the men who distinguish themselves, and when I discuss the matter with them, they say they have better reason for what they do, for the descendants. of a very wise m an m i g ht b e a great fool, and the son of a good man might be a great rogue— (Laughter.) And it is a strange fact connected with Chinese history, that there is not a man, how ever poor, who does not know his forefathers for many generations; and this teaching is given to their children from the earliest period at which their intellect can develope themselves. What I want is this—that I may see in this country the same passion for education and the same passion for distinction which existed in China ; and in China I would desire to see the valuable elemen tary books of this country, and the advanced in struction which we are enabled to give them. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps that will be the result in both cases. In this country we are beginning to recognise the very important truth that some thing is to be learnt even from very remote coun tries ; and sorry I am that even in China, un doubtedly the proudest of nations, and the nation least willing to receive instruction, the only improvement of European origin is the lire engine. (A laugh.) It was not long ago that the Emperor of China heard something of the English firelock, and he ordered some per cussion locks to be sent to Pekin ; but to this hour they have not reached the use of the flint, much less have they got the firelock. A very curious communication was received from the French Am bassador at St. Petersburg, tbat the Emperor of Russia had proposed to send the Elnperor of Chi na some 30 or 40 firelocks ; but ne would n o t h ave them, because the dish barbari ans w ill use them and have thel the " , benefit of them upon hi s own subjects." SUDDEN DEATH FROM EXCITEMENT.—An alter cation took place in Warren's Hotel, at Kilkee, between Don Seluco Gutieraz, a native of Lima, South America, and others in the hotel, after dinner on Friday evening last. In the affray the Don received a kick, and in a few minutes, when in the act of paying his bill, he fell down and expired. An inquest was held. The medical man, who made a post morton examination, said death resulted from excitement. A. Mr. Lawler, who was one of the persens present during the quarrel, and who is a lieutenant IA th e cu re mui t i i , incuet9cly,--1)0(ill 41 , 01ingjigg. j THIS DAY'S SIIIPPING. LONDON, Oct. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. DEAL, Oct. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Martin, from Rio Grande. Oct 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Ethel red, from Colombo. KINGSTOWN, Oct. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Attilia, from Quebec. CORE, Oct. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—William and Joseph, from Quebec ; White Eagle, from St. Übes. WATERFORD, Oct. 17.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Benja min, from Quebec. BELFAST, Oct. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Garibaldi, from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Agnes, from Baltimore ; Welford, from New York. . , LEITH, Oct. 17.—The two steamers seen in the North Sea, disabled, were about 80 miles off the coast Gf Jutland. The Vanguard, arrived at Dundee, reports having seen a steamer, on the 10th inst., steering for Mandel; she was three masted, had a black and white funnel, and black sides. WAILRENPOIIiT, Oct. 19.—The ship David Houston, front New York to Glasgow, is on shore near St. John's Point. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived, Oct. 18.—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Atalanta and Dispatch, steamers, from Jersey; Temora, steamer, from London. Sailed.—Southampton and Atalanta, steamers for Jersey; Temora, steamer, for Dublin. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb ; weather cloudy. Sailed, Oct. 19.—Sir R. Peel, steamer for Dunkirk ; Schwalbe, steamer, for Bremen ; Panther, steamer, for Boulogne. DEA.I,, Friday Morning. Wind W., moderate. Passed—Lycurgus, from Patram, for Hamburg; Ethel dred, from Colombo, for London ; Vesta, screw steamer, from London for Malta ; Albertina, from Quebec ; Pluth wi, from Trois Pistoles ; Myhra, from Moulmein—for London. Anchored—Perle, from Stettin, for London. The Lord Hungerford, from Lomtdon, for Cardiff, lost anchor and chain on the 18th. . - -------- . r ., 2 GREAT. OUTHERN OF INDIA R AIL WAY. —D e t a i le d accounts have been received of the state of the works up to the end of August. It appears that though the long dry weather and intense heat had rend( ;red the execution of the earthwork difficult, the more important department of ma sonry has been proceeded with vigoro usly, and advantage had been taken of the unusually dry season to get in the foundation of the bridges and culverts, the more important of which were far advanced. There were 44 miles of per manent way materials in the country, all of which were expected to be laid by February next, and the whole line to a ge d nerally. Trichinßpoly is estimated to be ready for opening in J une , 1861. Four locomotive engin es had arrived, and w ere to b e immediately set to work at bal lastin g . The prices at whi c h the work has been done are favourable, co nsidering the (about greatly-increased rates p aid far labour in In dia The earthwork has cost about , Id. per cubic one-sixt h - t s h i xe completion tihnethliinse one-half of the let earnings country), and y r brickwork, 12s. over 5 per cent. will immediat available ely become th athe pr i ce rie of e sup plement of the dividend to the sharehold ers, in th e interest paid during co'astruction bee n has and when S ecre t a ry of State for India, the proprietors repaid to the will receive the w h o le surplus. From tho with rapidity ve ,, h av e been prosecuted, the, amount f l which the works off is winarAtiYolY triabg. interest oco to 120 paid ..,.- SPO.RTING INTELLIGENCE. TATT ERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Bto 1 agst 'Weatherbound (taken) 9to 1 agst Dulcibella (offered) 15 to 1 agst Prelude (taken) 15 to 1 agst Thuneierbolt (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Optimist (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sir William (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Sutton (offered) 25 to 1 agst Contadina (offered) 33 to 1 agst Fravola (taken) • 33 to 1 agst Maggiore (offered) 33 to I agst Ticket-of• Leave (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cavriana (offered) 33 to 1 agst Roesia (offered) 40 to 1 agst Stampede (offered) 40 to 1 agst Maid of ttie Mist (offered) 40 to 1 agst Little Dick (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agst Pl'ecise (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Mooreock (taken) 50 to 1 ngst Heiress (offered) 50 to 1 agst Killig-rew (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Madlle. Chantilly (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Nuncio (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Ben Webster (taken) TILE DEREY. 1000 to 8 agst Athorstone (taken) 60 to 1 agst Forester (taken)' BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. Speculation on the Cambridgeshire underwent an Im portant change. Weatherbound came with great time ; all prices were taken down to 10 to 1, and that AA freely that no one seemed inclined to make an offer. Dulcibella receded to 12 to 1 (offered), but at the close 10 to 1 was taken. Th e a ft ernoon was nearly taken up by 'the friends of Weatherbound, and the transactions done rin the other animals quoted were not of a very importvnt character CLOSING PRICES. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKE 4 . 10 to 1 agst Weatherbound (takfli freely) 10 to 1 agst Dulcibella (taken) 16 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (o:gen) 20 to 1 agst Maggiore (ts', ien ) 20 to 1 agst Sutton (t' ken) 20 to 1 agst Stampt jdo (offered) 22 to 1 agst Sir V, illiam (taken) 25 to 1 agst E r ,esia (taken) 25 to 1 agst ontadina (taken) 30 to 1 agst Cavriana (taken) 30 to 1 9 "gst Prelude (taken) 40 to iagst Benbow (taken) 100 '4. - A 1 agst Brassey (taken) CU- --.RR4s ..GH OCTOBER MEETING.—WEDNISDAY. Sligo ' otakes, 25 move, 10 ft, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Seven subscribers. Mr. Disney's Bombardier .. Second-class of Trainers' Stakes—Sweepstakes of 5 goys each, 3 ft, 25 sous added from the Trainers' Fund. One mile and a half on th© Peel Course. Mr. Irwin's Nightingale, 3 yra 6st (T. Brodrick) 1 Mr. Ceurtenay's Tomboy, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Williamson) 2 Mr. Dunne's Busy Bee, sst 121 b (Gannon) 3 Pontelland and Nuncio also ran. Betting—Even on Tomboy,:3 to 1 agst Nightingale, 4 to 1 agst Busy Bee, and 6 to 1 agst Pontelland. The running was made by the Bee for the first mile, when she resigned it to Nightingale and Tomboy, the former winning on the post by a head ; Busy Bee a bad third. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's Plate of 100 guineas, two-yr-olds, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 121 b ; four, 9st 71b ; five, six, and aged, 9st 101 b ; 31b allowed to mares and geld ings. One mile and a half. Mr. Gowan's Daniel, 4 yrs .. (Osborne) 1 Mr. Cockin's Nosegay, 4 yrs (Gardiner) 2 The following also ran :—Lovebird, British Grenadier, Recipe, Amain, Bandsman, Princess Royal, and Lena Rivers. Betting-7 to 4 agst Daniel, 3to 1 agst Bandsman, and 4to 1 agst Princess Royal and Nosegay. The running was made by Nosegay, with Bandsman and Daniel handy—the three raced together abreast from the half distance, when Osborne came to the front with Daniel, and won cleverly by three-quarters of a length; Bandsman a good third ; the other beaten of. i Renewal of the Kildare Handicap of 5 soya each, 50 KM added. One mile and a half on the Peel Course. Mr. Keary's Shamrock, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Moran) 1 Earl of Miltown's Aferin, 5 yrs, 7st 91b .... (D Wynne) 2 The following also ran :—Gracchus, Garibaldi, Daniel, Terror, Darling, and Ninetta. Betting-2 to 1 agst Daniel, sto 2 agst Darling, sto 1 agst Aferin, 8 to 1 agst Gracchus, 10 to 1 agst Shamrock. Darling went off with a commanding lead, which she held for upwards of a mile, when she died away, and Shamrock drew forward, with Aferin on the inside, the former win ning a good race by three-quarters of a length; Garibaldi a bad third. Beresford Stakes of 5 sow; each, with 100 added, for 2-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. One mile. ' Mr. Cockin's Lawyer, 9st 21b, inc. 121 b extra (Gardinel 1 Mr. Disney's Cromwell, Bst (D. D oy l e 2 Mr. Disney's Moss Trooper, 7st 111 b .. (Igoe) 3 Earl of Howth's Reindeer, Bst 21b (O s b orne ) bolted. Betting-7 to 4on Lawyer, 3to 1 agst Cromwell, and 4to 1 agst itemdeer. After a false start, caused by Rein deer bolting, the three placed got well off together. They were all abreast at the half distance, if anything Lawyer having a slight lead. Within 50 yards from home a severe struggle ensued between Lawyer and Cromwell, the former winning a fine race by three parts of a length. Selling Stakes, of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for all ages. One mile and a quarter on tho Peel Course. Captain Goirs Vigo, 4 yrs, Sst Gib (£25).... (Reynolds) 1 Captain Beresford's Lovebird, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (£25) (Lynch) 2 Marquis of Couyngham's Rosa Bonhour, 4 y rs , Sst 911 t (:£5O) (Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Necklace, Little Girl, and Honesty. Betting-2 to 1 agst Little Girl, 3to 1 agst Lovebird, 4 to 1 agst Necklace, 6to 1 agst the winner. Vigo went off with the lead, was never headed, and won by two lengths. The winner was sold for £32, The Sport announces that nine horses belonging to Count F. do Lagrange have left Royal Lieu for Newmarket, and that among them are Mdlle. de Chantilly, Nuncio, Pretendant, Pierrefonds, and Angelo. ONII THOUSAND POUNDS FOUND.—YOUATT WM. GRAY'S selection for the Cambridgeshire Stakes is as good as £l,OOO found. The horse will see 4to 1, and win easier than Dul cibella did. 66 to 1 can be got at the time he writes this. Liverpool Cup is a good thing ; he selected Meg Merrilies last year. Terms, to the end of the season, ss. ; one week, 2s. 6d.—Address 15, Charing-cross.—Advice on the Cam bridgeshire will be issued up to six o'clock on Monday evening. TEIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was again very moderately supplied with English wheat coastwise and by land-carriage. The few fine samples on offer were disposed off without difficulty at fully Monday's prices ; other qualities, however, moved off slowly at late rates. The imports of foreign wheat are nearly 14,000 qrs., and the show of both red and white parcels was good. On the whole, a fair average business was transacted, partly for inland consumption, at extreme rates. Floating cargoes of grain were inactive, but net lower in price. Fine parcels of barley were is per qr. dearer than last week, with a steady demand. Other qualities were very firm in price. Malt, the show of which was only moderate, moved off steadily at full quotations. There was a good consumptive demand for oats at ex ireme rates. Both beans and peas were quite as dear as on Monday. In the value of flour no change took place. ARRIVALS Tina wEEX• Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat6os. Floor. Eng1i5h........ 1,010 630 810 1 1,170 Irish. F0reign........ 13,830 3,5 60 , 8,390 brls. ------ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets continuo to be well supplied with each kind of meat. Generally speaking, the trade rules inac tive, as follows Per Sibs by the carcase. a . d. c d. I. d. s d Inferior boof .... 2 6 2 10 Middling mutton 3 10 4 . • Middling d 0.... 30 3 4 Prime do 424 o 4 a ro do.. 3 6 3 8 Veal DrO.ruseuilall- do.. ••310 4 0 Small pork 1 0 0 4 6 Largo pork ...... 42 4 S Lamb.... Inferior mutton.. 3 2 3 8 • 0 0 0 ......I. BRITISH MINES, Al•red U3nsols (Philark) British Iron !Clifford ; Devon G. Cons. (Tavis !East Bassett (Illogan). t .)! ! East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavis tk ); !Gain.,46St.Aubyn(Gwen ), Great South Tolgns.. „I Alfd. (Philaok), G. Wheal Vox. (Holston)! ,Grenville IHerod's- Foot llingston Downs 'Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Uny Lela 11) North Downs ......... , !North Frances (Illoon),; , N.Wh'l Basset (180 ,an)i !North WII(Ai crafty 1 Par Consols (St. Bl azey) l 'Providence (Uny Lelnr.l l Sortridge Cons. Min. C al ,South Ca radon(S t.Cleer)l S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gm, Lim, i &Wheal Fran. (Illog4AV Stray Park 'Tamar SilV,44 Lead Min-) Till Crait,, ; !Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Mogan). Aca nann 4T1r.a.4 West S eton 4 Wheal Basset (Mogan heal Buller (Itedruth heal Edward (Cale. heal Kitty (U,Lelantl !Wheal Mary Ann (Men.Y Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 2.14.6 7.4.0 541 17i 12.13.9 91 5.14.6 8.12 4.8.6 I .5.6 9.18.9 li 10.6.7 1i 31; al j 18,1' 4 .9; ;2.18,01 6,11 Paid. ' Closing Business Price. Done 4t 5i 1 2 425 435 11 91 2 f /14 12} 13 27 29 10f 11 .11 11 3 1 11 20 3 1 3 / 4 11 4 44 al 41 21 31 4 5 11 12 11 12 46 0.1 ZA 306 3 af t 125 135 52 54 2/ 21 51 51 17¢18 rl 7S ' 305 315 120 125 78 82 2 2A 151 14 2311 2 5 _2221 FOREIGN MINES. Aus aal; an ---, BonAccord Coppor,Lim Brazil. Imp, (is, at £ S p ) Do,St,Johndel Rey,Lim Do. Lan d and 31iningeo. Clarendon Cons.MinCo. Cobte Copper Copiapo ...... „ „ ~; DunMoun.Cqp.Ming Co; Fortuua„., 04efai GI. N. Cop, of S. Austr I Eapunda Liming Lusitanian Mariquira N.RhineCopeaS,Aus.L POTitglhaud Silver,Lead Minim(); and Smelt Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Do. 15s 27i 15 all 1 2 20 5 1 28.2:81 all ,125.6 d. all 1 10s. all all 10!. d 27i 284 dis. 43 45 9 11 , 24 2} 23 id ill 1! 11 P i 3 ip I id 5_ 6 I 1I i 21 t i 2f ni l f JOINT-STOCK BA:isnis, .190 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 18 00 40 Australasia .. . .... all 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 20 100 Bank of London 5O 50 62 20 Bank of Turkey 3 11 1/ 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of ,&a all 25 Ch,Mer. of Li. Lon lndia & . Ch all 33 204 20 35 4 100 City 100 C010nia1....... 25 37 39 374 2011 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 15 15/ 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 231 24 23! 50 London and County 20 80 London Joint Stock 10 100 London & Westminster 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 98 20 Do. new l2 284 50 National Bank .. . ... 25 20 New South Wales all 20 Do, new 25 Orient. B. Corporation - 20 Ottoman Bank .. .. 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do, new 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London • 12 100 Unity Mutual 6O , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.o.Ja. &July 100 113 116 11511 Do. 6p. cent. 188 i 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 — 6p. cen t. 1883 100 . Do. 6p. a It'eb. & Aug. 100 111 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 111 113 Do. 5 per cent lOO 103 104 101. 34 I Do. Scrip 5O N.B.Gov. 6p,0, Ja.&July 100 106 107 1061 4 Do. 6p, c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. a, 1866 100 100 101 Do. sp. a, 1871 to 1876' 100 991 1001 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds 100 99 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. al sterling, 1875.... S.Aus,Gt. 6 p.c.1878 Stup l 100 108 110 Via Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oot. 100 106 1061, 106/ 6 1 miScELLANEOUs. 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all —— 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 29 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51 50 British American Land 40 30 32 50 B.da.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 35 37 20 D 0. 13 ,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 10 1 Chan .Is Canada l L ands and Tel. (Lim ) al al l l 111 115 stock Cop.Alin.ofEng.&Smltg. all 2 5 Do. Pref. 7 per cent. stook Crystal Palace stock Do. P re f erence 100 29 30 ;2!} stock Do. 6p, a pe t 100 99 101 pet Debon. 100 106 108 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New ....• .....1 1 5 English &A . us C . opper . 15 1 . all 21 2 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigat )n 14 1 Gat Ship Limited ),,, 1 D re o. 171 pet Preferenc e 1 5 Lon. Distri c t Tel. (Lim.) 2 20 London Di scount (Lim.) 5 11 lid 4 L.G. Omnibus C o. (Lim.) all 11 120 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 2 3 10 Mediter. Electric Taleg all 10 Med. Exteri. Tel. (Lim ) all 2 4 25 National Dis, Co. ( Lim ) 5 111 11 20 Nerbu,Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 11 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.Bp.c.Pref..iss.atl 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 86 _ N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all I 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 1 1 Do, New Shares (Lim.) • 15 8 . pr 1() Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim4A. 5 10 Ditto B. 6 10 Ditto C. 2s. stock PeelltLnd,&Min.(Lim.) 100 47 5 0 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 73 75 50 Do. New 25 12} 131 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.s all 17i 17tp 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 100 123 126 •-• 53 55 stock l() SRcooyta A l Mail Steam .4 6 t4:2.11- -an Land all n 84 25 1 s Sou4h ari Au .. s 1 } l¢a..e Tel Scrip all all Do. all 1 3 7 20 ['Pr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.uan': _5 100 Van Diemen '! Land 9 10 1 . Registered 9 10 2.11.101 1 16 BOROUGH HOP. All fino now hops are in good request at very full prices, b u t inferior kinds a ro dull and difficult to s e ll ; o th er h o ps support provious rates. The imports from the continent this week are 267 bales, and about 3,000 bales are now on pass age from New York to London and Liverpool. New Mid & East Kent pockets, £lB Os to £ 2B Os W•• ealds .. 14 Os to 21 Os SO Sussex .. 10 Os to 16 Os •• •• Yearlings 7 Os to 12 12s •• COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been quiet, and at the public sales just concluded there was no material alteration in prices. , SU ll4 R.—More disposition has been evinced by the trade to operate in good grocery descriptions, and prices have shown au upward tendency In the refined market busi Hess hag been moderately active, at previous rates. COFFEE,—The dealings in the private market have been extremely limited, and no public sales have taken place during the past few days. Prices, however, remain steady for all descriptions. RlCE.—There has been a good demand, chiefly for East Indian, and a further slight advance has taken place in values. FRVlT.—Currants have been in moderate request, at previous rates, and a fair business has been done in Va lencia raisins, at a slight improvement in value for the better qualities. SALTPETRE.- —A moderate amount of business has been transacted in Bengal qualities, and prices have tendad upwards. TALLOW.—The market has remained very steady!kr in d prices are well maintained, considering the large s _ v r„, d las t the h ands of importers, compared w ith the same pok , year, the increase ))eiug alma 11,000 cuts, FRENCH GUNBOATS. Louis Napoleon is a rule r who gives hi s persona l atten tion to all that relates to the improvement of the ports of France, the internal means of communication, the drainage of land, the embankment of rivers and canals, the beautify.. ing of Paris and cther towns, and the adoption of any weapon to increase the efficiency of his land and sea forces. Above all, he has paid particular attention to the build of gunboats. The iron plates with which his vessels of war are plated, it is said—and we believe with some degree of probability —are not so brittle as the iron employed for the same purpose in England. It was proved some years ago, by experiments at Woolwich, that on a solid shot striking iron plates, the latter fly into showers of grape that would deal death on or between decks of an iron-built ship. It was this discovery that led to the condemnation of iron frigates ; but if metal can be made so as to break without splintering on contact with cannon shot, then iron will be far superior to wood for the construction of ships of war. This, we hear, is what Louis Napeleon is aiming at. He is trying to produc e iron-plated gunboats with metal capa ble of resistinr‘; light ordnance, and which does not fly into small partiAes when struck. That he will succeed to a • f eat exta n t in this experiment we can easily understand, ,f Qte perfe c ti on arr i ve d a t i n E ng l and in the manipula tiont'of i ron. Our only surprise is that such efforts should no have originated on this sido of the Channel instead of Vac other. The French gunboats, fitted in pieces so as to put toge ther, and which were intended for operations up the rivers and on the lakes of Italy, were little hornets in their way ; and as we may sorn o d ay be engaged in warfare, and op portunities for the fi g hti ng of gunboats ma y present them selves, it would be no loss if our Government were to take a French lesson in this respect, as our Admiralty is imper vious to teaching from English t u t ors. Wo possess, itmust be conceded, an abundance of steam gain vessels, but whe ther we have gunboats is another question. Such gun ves sels as we have are splendid models of their sort, a n d th ey are valuable for some services; but, if they can be' knocked to atoms or sunk by the unskilled firing of Tartars, as lately witnessed in China, it is clear that a well -manned four -gun battery would smash a fleet of them. What the nation wants, and what is urgently required, is a fleet of small gunboats, so constructed as to stand a good hammering. The Emperor of the French has had his eyes opened to this want, and Louis Napoleon was present to witness the experiments on a gunboat in the River Seine, at Paris. This boat was constructed on, the report states, a new principle for landing troops. The Emperor wit nessed the trial from the bridge at St. Cloud, and set apart a whole day for the purpose. This gunboat can carry 180 men, with arms and baggage, a 4-pounder rifled field-piece, its ammunition, waggon, and horses. A boat of this sort would be invaluable in penetrating, by river or creek, into an enemy's rear. The Indian revolt gave many chances of using such boats, but those whom we entrust with our naval destinies seem too much occupied with the routine of official duties to study such naval system of stra tegical operations. However, it is, or ought to be, the interest of some one to look into these affairs; and, as there is evident remissness in high quarters, we venture to draw the attention of the public to this momentous point. On investigation of many new inventions, it will be found that though they have been brought out in France, they have been initiated here, and this is the case with these small iron gun boats. In 1846 Mr. T. Moore designed a gun boat, which, we are told, he submitted to the late Oliver Lang, master builder of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich. Having gained this practical man's approval of his plans, he, in September, 1846, now 14 years ago, submitted the drawings to the Lords of the Admiralty. Mr. Moore, it appears, strove to accomplish three essential things : —l. To turn out a boat with light draught of water. 2. To model her so that shots would glance from her sides. 3. To make her available for landing troops. He set to work, it would seem, somewhat in this manner. The hull he designed of an oval form, partaking somewhat of the Dutch galiot, se that she should not present any perpendi cular sides as a target. He intended to line her sides with 21-inch iron. Instead of one screw at the stern, he intended to have one screw under the fore rim of each quarter, the blades in passing upwards to enter a kind of covered well, so as to be out of reach of cannon shot, and to be as free as pos sible from fouling by gear. The screws were to be driven by direct' action from the cross shaft of the engine. On the upper deck the centre section was to be a fixture, and to carry a pivot gun. The fore and after part of the deck was to be doubled, so as to be taken up to be used as a gun raft, or for the disembarkation of troops or horses. The oval or convex sides of the ship gave a concave space in the inside, which he proposed to fill with air cases, for service with the raft, or to give a landing stage for marines or soldiers. The experience gained during the last 14 years may have pre sented fresh ideas to the inventor, but it seems singular that the French, in 1860, should be approaching the ideas pro pounded by this gentleman in 1846. The difference between the British and French Governments in these matters would seem to consist in action and non-action. The former allows a really useful scheme to be shelved, and when emergency arises, runs up a lot of wooden-built vessels, which rot or decay from the haste in which they are pat together, anti from unseasoned timber, discarding the advice given to try iron; whilst we see the Emperor of the French solicitous to possess a gunboat of the strongest material and the best form to do battle in shoal water or to land troops. Our Ad miralty appear to be content to follow in the footsteps of the French, to be mere imitators, and to set their faces against innovations even should they improve the efficiency of her Majesty's sea defences.—Mitchell's Steam Shipping Journal. STATE OF THE IRON AND COAL TRAD ES. The usual meetings of the ironmasters have occupied most of the attention of the trading interest of this district since our last. The series of these assemblies terminated at Dudley on Saturday evening, but the attendance was small in that town, and it partook more of the character of a formal than a business meeting—the entire business of quarter-day, so far as the iron trade is concerned, being now transacted in this town and at Birmingham. The result of hose two meetings leads us to a conclusion, which we believe will be generally admitted to be correct, that the quarter days have been very quiet. This arose from two circumstances—first, that the makers of the best brands of finished iron have suffi l / 4 :ient orders in hand to make them indifferent about obtaining any addition to them whilst they are so situate ; and, secondly, that consumers, having a feeling that the price of that class of iron may yet recede, show a reluctance to buy except to a moderate extent. Our own opinion is that there is not the slightest prospect of the price of marked iron going a fraction lower; certainly the makers of it evince a strong determination not to depart in the slightest respect from the trade scale, and as they are not standing for orders there appears to be the less reason why they should inactive, and this resolve; for inferior iron the demand i s and these circumstances combined are sufficient t l o as a t c w cr k t . for the languor which characterised the mee tings blm:aetmleaatensaud In this town on Wednesday the broke up early ; the room at the Swan • sed the representatives interested in the trade. The in conveniently crowded, and we of many of the distant firms al ass w enl as b y y dealings in the batter class of mine business transacted was on a very moderate e only, and was confined to a few pigs ; in o ther respects the assembl y was conversational Thursday, the ra ther than otherwise. At Birmingham on Th at tendance was large, the various sections of the trade in this district, in North Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Wales being well represented. The tone was more cheerful than in this town; the firmness with which the makers of the best qualities of iron adhered to prices had the effect of in ducing consumers to buy more freely, and although there was not the slightest appearance of animation, we believe that a larger amount of business was done than might have been inferred from some of the reports current in the Hall. Sales were also made of inferior iron, but, as was stated, at prices oven wider from the regulation prices than the more margin between best and second or third-rate qualities. The fact is, that consumers are beginning to become sensible of the imp o li cy of using inferior iron, some occurrences of late years having brought manufacturers into disrepute from that cause ; hence the sluggishness of the market for that commodity. With regard to pig-iron there can be no question that the trade is dull, and although there were a good many transactions at Birmingham on Thursday, in various makes, these were insufficient to sustain the prices even of last quarter-day, and it is quite certain that there is no inconsi derable portion of the pig iron now produced in the district having been sold of late at a loss to the producer. With the present demand and consumption of this district the mako is too large, and it is not for the interest of this branch of the trade itself, but for individual interests, that we should be glad to see some of the furnaces now in blast, blown out, or the result will be considerable loss, the consequences of which will be experienced hereafter. The exporting firms are doing only a moderate business in iron at this moment, to which the quietude which pervades the district at least may be also to some extent attributed. These drawbacks taken into account, the meetings last week passed off as sa tisfactorily as could be expected. In some quarters ha i ve hear reports that the trade is bad. We cannot go to length,t but rather incline to the belief that there are tvindicationsedelepbeia a slight re-action, which will be more fullyde w est of d fore the end of this quarter. The coa l Dud ley is becoming daily more animated , maintained. There is no doubt that t d prices are firmly r 4 highern rates might be prejudicially on the exacted, but this would operate vevrrYould make the colliers manufacture of iron, and, doubtless demand a higher rate prices are advancing for a great bareness of stocks, and home consumption. Therteha demand can be met for the ye voferwyaugnese.asyOn as the th e e y e swt would Ddi further,ond doubl it is with some dirliculty to the requirements for household rious works in The d d e i ad r o ti°n and for good qualities of ironstone of p ur p oses ' ntinues brisk. The prices range from 15s. rice of Cannock.Chase coal has been native produce coh T e P The labour market ie. per ton. to 17s. Continues in a advanced trade tor y state. The general of the district has satisfactory material change since our last report; b • undergone no ness is undoubtedly quiet ; is seldom that it is otherwise per ton. at this season, and the weather tends to depress the country trade. At Birmingham the fancy trades are reported slack, but at present it is at a few of the manufactories only that the artisans are upon short time,—Wykcrliamptcon Chro ,nick, ';..