The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-02 00:00:00

Wog .0 data MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. „, Closing \ Business _____ Sharel Railways. Pa ”' I Price. Done. __ 12.101Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern J u nction 10 6 1 61 ';?; 50 (Belfast and Ballymena Rll 13.14 Bir.. Wol., and Btr. Val all 7} 8 Stock Birk., Lanc., and Chesh Junction lOO 65 67 25 Blackburn all 29 31 25 Blyth and Tyne 100 90 92 91 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A A roves. no div. (all all 4 5 41 until6p.c.per an. all - 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 7 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 15 154 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 59 60 6 0 5 9 1 i Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 „„ 44 4 „ 6 , Stock Do. do. B Stock I ° o _ ." " 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) at „„, 25 East Kent all 90 92 vus Stock East Lancashire lOO 20 East Suffolk all all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 64 65 Stock Edin„Perth, & Dundee. 100 244 254 254 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 91 93 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Great Northern lOO 98 99 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 78 80 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 128 130 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 102 103 Stock Great . Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 54 56 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 88 92 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 921 934 93 421 16 . Do. do. F £l6 6 1 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 3 Do. West Riding Union / 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall. all 51 64 11.6.3 Do.Newlss.at R.slosp.sh. 4 1 Stock Lou. Brighton &S.Coast 100 1084 1094 109 Stock London & North Westn. 100 88} 880 88 4 11 1 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 914 924 9 4 11 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., She., & Lincoln lOO 32} 32} 33 2} 10 Metropolitan 3 —— d Stock Midland lOO 944 95} 95 141 I Stock Do. Binning. & Derby lOO 66 68 67 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 9 11 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt.. & Ros. all Stock Norfolk ' -- - 50 North. Counties Union. 34 3 3 d Stock North British lOO 52 534 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO ~,,, Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 90 91 vt'S 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4414 14 d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 46 Stock Do. York lOO 71 72 NI i 1 Stock North London lOO 994 994 10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 Is. 20 North Staffordshire 174 51 51 dl2 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 a Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 - 27 28 10 Peebles all 7 5 d 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO 27 28 Stock Scottish Central lOO 84 86 Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 44 46 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 3 2 d Stock Shropshire Union lOO 34 36 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 70 701 70 Stock South Devon lOO 76 78 Stock South-Eastern lOO 13 14 301 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. all 9 11 134 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 25 Stockton & Darlington all 25 Do. do. 1854 224 -- 3 25 Do. do. 1855 7 —— Stockton & Hartlepool 16f Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 r 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 S Stock Vale of Neath lOO —— Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 1 00 ▪ 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 1 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 34 31 1 e 5 Do. B all 64 „ 20 West London all ' 10 Do. Ist Class all a 20 Do. 2d Class CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ,a only a , Rmall amount of gold was taken into the Sh , -E) ph yesterday, but the movement will no doubt be actively 12.101Amberg, Notting. Bost. resumed as soon as fresh supp lies are 1 and Eastern Junction apnounced. from Australia and other parts. The - i q 4 (Belfast ir ,i. o fT d a ß a Al ll t m r e . ; , ! 1 : ' ': 03 1 730 brought by the Eagle will be available in ock Birk., Lane., and Chesh a few Junction days, and in the meanwhile further imports 5 Blackburnuonti ar e likely to take place, as one or two vessels, also from Stol•k Yilrilitior Exeteran d d ilie .. • • Victoria, may now be considered overdue. The Stock Caled st onian Cheer and Holyhead 1 0 S' - k Orinoco, from the West Indies, has conveyed Cork and Bandon 162°- ° O- viz., £96,000 in gold, and the remaind er 2.6 Co,lrrilwi3allifrmkAP"sage AunYlv6es..nordaiv.l In silver. Notwithstanding the departure of a to Do. A the to the East on Saturday, the market for to Do. B hasbgnepPde.tolt ule latter metal continued quiet, the intelligence 25 b )ubl . i ;e a il i trr f ivr t :j u u n n e e .. fro m en , India not being of a character to stimulate the gra Easterneounties in uill x in that direction. Altogether, the operations Stock Eastern Union A Stock specie are most favourable , a nd, in the present St g k Do. do. B Stock . Do. Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds` position of the exchanges, a further large accumu- )..5 East Kent It East Lancashire lati cm seems inevitable. , East Suffolk 10 Do An increased demand for accommodation is now Stock Edinburg and Glasgow experienced throughout the discount market, but stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. Junction the applications are now of a pressing character, 10Stock p a r r t a h ea dr a Clyde and the alteration in the rates is unimportant. At Stock o re 6 Gla sgowto B gio:f u geo w t e l ß a t n n d th e o Bank also a large business is now transacted stock Great Northern ..... Win g to the loan instalments and the liquidation Stockc Bo o: do. it ' N o el " • ' of e Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld; ormnercial engagements. Stock Great. Western ~., T he dividend proposed by the Edinburgh and Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk ' l asgow Railway Company is at the rate of 3 per 12 Irish andCarlisle SoeurthEastern ant. 50 Lancaster 16, D . irds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 „ Do. do. F £l6 to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 9 Do. do. 29 shares 1858. 1857. 3 Do. West Riding Union Ghat 33,089 32,121 20 Do. Southport Western 63,241 70,131 1 1 1.11 bo o nl sT l e o N n vi an ss. d at ß e l z afl o r s wa s ll Southwestern North-western tdeton Stock Lon.,Brighton &s.eoast 19,331 19,101 Stock London & North Westn. '''' and Bo 35,470 34,835 124 Do. Eighths Croatnth-Eastern N ort h . ern 25.-5 L'derry & Coleraine ... feashlre and Yorkshire 118 tol and Exeter 7,147 7,146 10 Metropolitan: e lleste East r and Hol head 7,138 6,986 Stock Midland y Lancashire 7,422 7,805 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.. taneaster and Carlisle . H.anehester Sheffield, and Lincoln Vie ° 4 .1 Newcastle _ Shares e re a s nd Carlisle. N orth-Eastern . 38,494 40,774 Oxford w 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. Edinburgh Worcester and Wolverhampton 4,503 4,985 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) n r o and Glasgow 6,289 6,462 20 Newry, Warpt.. & ROB. ;juLls o w and South-Western - 8,Q09 Stook Norfolk . -- --' Z tifsh 7.4, orth-Eastern N orthern of France gtock i s s l to or rt .te tochß vlt i a s il l .&Dk. Stk. Although the above returns do not exhibit much Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. a _lteration, it is evident that the tendency is Stock Do. It papasbeenpdß fav ourable. The accounts from all parts of the st 2 o s ck North-Eaßerwi G.N.E.Purchase ck count, report an extension of commercial enter- Stock Do. Leeds P ri se, and this must speedily de velo p the traffic Stock Do. Le e k upon the principal lines of railway. 10 N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction.... Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton North Staffordshire.... Market y es t er d a y closed steadily, and price s were 20R ;st r o o rt . 11 Sou.es t-We W rn Junction fIIII Y supported. The sale s amounted to 7,000 St i , o o ck I G ,e x e col e d i; Wor.,& w oiver. bales. The Railway Share Market presented a 20 Portsmouth very quiet appearance, and values were unaltered. Sl . 1 Y oe% co hY t i t i i l E: l lP r Central A merican The subjoined memorandum is from the Spanish §toc , r , vo o tig .; / o C t l it AzA . . Stock A merican Bondholders' Committee :- Jk Shropshire Union ~,, " Advices have been received from Mr. Mocatta, dated 1 , 0 o 0 k g i o t u t no ev u o rn u e & Sheer L' ar accas, 9th August, stating that the differences between lock South-Eastern ",e English and French Ministers and the Venezuelan ic South Wales Dover wined unsettled." SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun , Do. do .. , ernment rem._ The Committee of Mexican Bondh olders have r eceived advices from Mr. Whitehead , dated Mexico, the 2d ult. Colonel Facio has by this packet been instructed to distribute the balance 'W C : the Bank of England (amounting to about 1 per ~,,e llt ). After the close of this operation he goes as wring d'Affaires to the Hanse Towns, and Messrs. " u __ a ring Brothers, jointly with himself, have been o , l l . .ered the financial agency of Mexico in London. Wight Government have also agreed to confer the ' . .. l , ght on the bondholders to appoint interventors in . ' a e Custom-house to act as receivers of the duties ‘ B , n signed for the payment of interest on the debt. _" .11 .. T he ports, however, still repudiate the government , °f the capital, and the packet consequently comes _ 'Without a remittance for the d ividend fund. Politics Blythe c. pref. and Tyne 10 per (issued at 250) B eellied to remain in state quo. Both parties claim 2ok B ri o s a: gox.P- ot.Stmk the victory in the battle fought near Guadalajara, stock caiedOn 210, Sharesp cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2 Government Guanajuato had been re-occupied by the Stock Chester & Holyhd, spc * Stock Do. do. 5 p. et . Ilrevernment troops. M. Castello y Lanzis 6 4 Cork & Bandon,.si p. c had been named Minister of Foreign Af - Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun fairs ; and Senor Dr. Pedro Jarred Minis- g t tO c ck L A . i cr e a l s a s ss ß A 6 7 & spc ter of Finance. To their goodwill and honour- Stock Do. do.. Class C 7 ? p c c .,:i. . • • i able feeling, as well •as to the exertions of her Stockoc Y , ...c. C . ct un. Ex. 5 Pc' NO 2 Stock Lo it N er e n w t tp i er e:. Stock Majesty's Minister in M exico, Mr. Otway, the stock_ East Lane. 6 5 p n er g r ct. b ondholders are indebted fo r what there is en 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths 'eouraging in the above advices. Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock tc Dch w in n . e P s e s rt s h,& er b ee un. t 4 pc. . i ., The principal subject of discussion in the Stock -tachange to-day is the probable success of the st t o o : t k G isr l o a e s t . t & N g 7, w r2 l . ln St ero g io6p u n s. t: spc. . Turkish loan. The majority of the members seem Stock Do. z. C. do. * do. very adverse to this financial operation, and many 100 ) a D t o G .. 5: Nr. .sh . :i e . . oß.lpesoordivemf (Ireland)4 ilas . lcit p dp m )fi . influential capitalists are doing their utmost to thwart the efforts of the contractors. These, how- Stc'ek 50 Hants) t West. (Berks and ever, will no doubt completely fail, - for-there is reason to believe that applications have already Stock Do. Ree E m x a t de p i e i t iCt . . been received for nearly the whole of the amount. Stock oo Do. Redeemable, ele 4 Let. Extensive sales of scrip have been effected by spe- Sto B ck Do. o 51. et m .. R;ect7na.'ret : . ealators, and at one time as low as Ito 1 per cent. 10 Gt. W i est. Ches. 8 p.c a . r p e l! Premium ; since then, however, they have rallied 10 Do sh a r o e . sr ct. p f Stock Do.Birnugg. gua r r e . stock to about 1 1 premium. A very heavy ton e is manifest in the various la Do. chre Do. do.e lor guar.shares blarkets of the Stock E xchan g e to-day. The ab- Lan. s Stock k d &?. o : York 6 p.c stock hence of speculation, and the introduction of the • grot Lon.&Brig.spc. gu * .No.l Turkish loan, seem to have produced a very preju- Stock cbc 800.. pref.,ew gu s to.6.p—Neto 2 Stock Do. do. sp. c. * No. :4 tidal influence ; the near approach of the settling- Stock Lon. &N. W.Cov.&Nun daY has also contribu ted towards the gloomy feel- eaton, 5 p. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, l ug now temporarily e xhibited. The fluctuations late 3d shares however, are not very imp ortant, and Consols, after IF.I Ltiiii4doondy & Cole, 4 shs ndy.& Ennis 4 sh Stock Nan.,Sh., & Lin., 0 p. ct. experiencing a decline of about per per cent., are Il l ow steady at the previous quotations, namely, 961 Stock D o o . . 31 6 per cent. 124 ?It_try 4 po pe r r t o & ent C . ar., 4 p.c. 4 for money and account, and 961 'l. for the Octo ber settlement. The New 3 per Cents. are 971 t-, 124 t v° D . . and. also the Reduced Annuities ; the New 21 per Stockoc Noid.dno.ilir6isp.iiiisr.trpket: Sto 6 ck Do. i 41 r. c. pref. stock Cents., 80 to 81 ; Long Annuities, 18 11-16. In tPeu.r p o le fl i e B6toa f. 5 . ( lia Stock has been dealt in at 214 to 215 ; ditto st i r ) i f N D e o lproe * . Le r i (t h c. o g mbe t l i- 13 i Loan Debentures, 981. The March Exchequer Bills, 345. prem ; June, 225. to 255. ; and ditto 10 O. Perpet; 6p. P c . . 1;v 1 11ri option till 1866 Bonds, 1001. 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares A rather active business has been done in the Stockoc 8 0 0 . . 5 54 .a c s Eic ,r t. ef lo d c e kz Foreign Stock Ma rket, and p rices continue firm. Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95 1- ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 2t t oc oo t to o r . tp o ß w ritish,: per er cent 103 1 ; Spanish New Deferred, 281 ; Russian 5 per Stock too m a D s e t v irr et e ilt bck.co. Cents., 1101 1111 ; ditto, 41 per Cents., 100 i 1 ; S tock 17 B o o: It i e rwic k , 4 P 3 ..c e . * Pr e e 3 f * . Mexican 3 per Cents. 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 20 Do. Leeds, do* 6p. c. No. 1. " ; ditto -Uribarren Bonds, 79i 80 ; ditto Dollar 1 2 4 25 Bo o ..4 „ - i _lo o . r f c i , eArtzr;,1 . 846 . Bonds, 771 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 451 46 ; 20 North Staffordshire ure . h ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. 103 ; and ditto 41 per Cents. Stock c 0x . .7 10 r : t 0. 7 2 01.,i, (1858), 961 . Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. sgc.in perp • • 81 Scottish Central, new pf About an average amount of business has been Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb tiansaeted in the Railway Share Market, and for stock rolte P r el d . e c. efi .r . ef. a. st ge k . - several of the principal lines prices have shown a Sto ck ta So D ut 3 ii 7 Dev . c on . downward tendency. North-Western and Midland 10 • Do. Fixed 41 peicnt P , Arlna lOs.k. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading declined 59. ; Great Western and South-Eastern, Ann., 1.0.6.) .......... 109. ; and South-Western, 15s. Eastern Counties Stock too Do. 44 cent ....... and North-Eastern (Berwick) improved ss. ; and !Stock Do. New lct., P i c ti l i a s t st. Caledonian, 10s. East Lancashire, Brighton, and Stock oCt so uth io4 lrales (;e ga. 4 p.c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln were at previous ' r, ga l g o k n l t e d LP .e. g un. quotations. In the Foreign Market the dealings If Do. 6 per a cen: r. 5 P.C. 'were exceedingly lim ited. Italian Junction Waterfordpercent 6 & Kilkenny, brought 10, and Southern of France, 221. , The Colonial lines were dull. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 10s., and East Indian ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are at almost nominal rates. London Joint Stock are at 28k. Peninsular and Oriental Steam 82 to 821, and Royal Mail Steam 61 to 611. 20 IDo. 2d Class au I • PREFERENCE SHARES. Business Share) Railways. I Paid. C g c Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per C. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.a.Stock 100 94 96 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 101 106 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lOO StokCork & 8and0n,.54 p. c. all Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. all 54 6 E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 . Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 115 120 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 . 100 103 108 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pc t. N o.l 100 1144 116/ Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 112* 1144 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 82 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO 5 E.& W. York. Jon. fifths all Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 66 68 Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S WeSli gua. spc lOO Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 119 121 1201 1 Stock Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm 1 00 111 113 pc Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. 60 63 65 10 Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pf. all 11 114 Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 rest West. (Berks and 6 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. 100 91 93 93 2 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p.,ct. 100 82 84 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 83 85 834 4f Stock Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 96 98 97 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 94 94 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares all 16 17 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 94 104 Stock Do.Birming. guar. stock 100 69 71 70 261 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18 19 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 138 140 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 158 163 124 Londondy & Cole, shs. all 121 Londondy.& Ennis sh. all Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 118 120 6 Do. £6 44 4 iP Stock Do. 34 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all ( Do. 4 per cent. 12 — Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 138 140 Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1p Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 92 91 ▪ io Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s all 1 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 111 114 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares all Si oi Stock Do. p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 100 Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 • Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 108 110 109 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 ✓ stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 • Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 961_ 97 17 Do. do, do. 8 13.4. dis 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 9 - ✓ 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch . . 10 4 dis par ▪ 20 North Staffordshire . . all 23 24 ' Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc.lstg 100 118 120 3. Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. lOO Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 98 /00 • 84 Scottish Central, new pf II Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock 100 74 76 or Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 122 124 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 125 128 a 108. South Devon, Ann. 105. all 104 101 d 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 1 , Ann., 1.0.6.) .. . ....... all 24 241 Stock Do. 44 per cent . . ..... 100 100 102 38 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. lst... 100 99 101 Ld !Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 , Stock South Wales, gua , 4 p.c. 100 Ld Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all 25 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c all 28 29 78 25 Do. 6 per cent 23 324 334 334 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, ner cent lOO 40 45 LINES LEA .SED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. I Leasing Co.'s. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuit ies • 971 1 tPer Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annintis 4 Ne w 21. per Cent. Annuities bo ng Annties exp ire sth Jan. , 1860 1 11-16 1 itt( ) 30Year's, ex pire 6th Ja., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 1 11-16 India Ditto Stock -uitto Debentures 9Bl 1 Ditto ditto, 2d Issue Cons o l s for Account 961 March. June. ...,Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 1d 34 ^ 122 5 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3 2 p er Cent. Ditto, 1859 ............................ 1001 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING P RICES. Brazilian, 5 per Cent ... . ............... 103 ~,Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent ............... 961 1 'Veen. 3 per dent. .................... I ,uitt e Account e rtivian, 4i per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. P rt 10 --1 1guese, 1853, 3 per Cent. - mnssian, 1822, L St., 5 per Cent . 11101 111 Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. . _• .... . .. . D p i i t t. t t o o NpaewssivDeeferred, . per Cent. — Ditto Account 1 9 urkuth, 6 per Cent. 7 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account ' Dividends on the above payable in London. P ellivian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 77i w THREE O'CLOCK Consols (Money) Ditto Account, Sept. 7 96 t :Si I i§ 154 491 50 I it) Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia oCK R Bank of Egypt Bank of London tO Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial 1 Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation :0 Ottoman Bank )0 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New i 5 South Australia :5 Do. New _ . 5 Union of Australia 5 Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London Paid. ANKS. Closing Price. 87 89 2AI 24:i5d 45' 47 57 59 3 24d - . 62 64 - 30 31 20 21 165 17 xd 20 27 2 4 1 6 1 31 32 45 47 49 37 38 16 18 62 64 12 I 100 Business Done. 1201 I list t I 55 57 49 51 24 254 125} 5 18 17 d BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. Price. Business Sh a re Railways. . 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence a u ...... I . - Leased at 6 per cent.. 18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd 9 , di s i . i p gu. 5 percent. 18 Do all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 dis 1p 18 Do. Do. B 44 1 dis 1p 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8 , 201 Do. New l6l 13 12 d 100 1 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 10 , 83 88 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 78 82 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn•Lim. 1. 3.0. p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 llp 31 171 Demerara 1 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 par Ip Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1041 105/ 105 20 Do. C Shares all 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 1 ip 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D0.44p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 20 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all Sto * I Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 37 351 ex option 100 Do. 6p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 73 75 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 6O 10 5d 20 GtlndiaPeninsgua.sp.c. all 21 214 21 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 ar ir p 20 Do. do 20 i Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 2s. par Ip guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.. of Canada Shares all 171 171 ' 201 Do. New 100 j Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 105 108 t opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 108 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 104 105 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 181 19 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 20 20 202 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 11 0' d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 5 par p 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6pp c. Bonds 100 20 t Newßrunswiek&Canda. Ry.&Land(pm.)g.6pc 10 2 11d Class ACapitl.Share .. Do. do. Land do. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 1 0 4 3 d Do. do . Land do. • • — 20 f- Northof India Tramroad 2s. t Limited, Scrip _ _ 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde 4 , .1 15 l 1 ip 20 Do. 20 Do. New t • r . ,' 5 par 20 Do. Punjaub a 5 par •p . , 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo bo u T 5 par p 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par Ip Closing) Business Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W MISCELLANEOUS. B uc kinghamshire .... 100 Ln &N W 97 99 Closing Clydesdale Junction . 100 Caledonin 104 1 0 6 Colchester, Stour Val . . all E.U.&E C l 6 18 Share Miscellaneous. 1 Paid .1 Csrice Busines done E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 143 145 1444 E Union,HarwieliShs. all E.Counts. "31 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drc.i. 100 Caledonin 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all : • 800 Do. New lOO Do. — . 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 34 Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. 7- - .-• --- 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 14 H u l l and all Yk.N.&Br —, 10 Berlin water Works . .. _ all 3 4 Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all Do. — 50 British American Land 40 Do. 4 4 Shares all Do. — 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 41 43 London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 92 04 100 Canada 324 117 122 119 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. — 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk .. Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 26 30 Do. 6 per cent lOO Do — 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 25 27 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 24 a 5 Crystal Palace. Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar 5 Do. l'reference all 4 4 Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland .95 97 97 6 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 107 110 guaran teed 5 p.,. 3 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 4 i p 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 14 11 rthn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. ' all Do. 57 59 58 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. Do .Do do. 6 per cent. . all Do. — 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) a ll 224 Do. Fixed 5 per cent . . all Do . — 20 Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim.) all Preston and Wyre. all L. k. 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 & L.Yk. 20 London Discount 5 11 1k d Do. 4 Shares A all Do — 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 24 2f Rovstn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North l3B 141 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all Slitßoth.&Gol.g.sc. 18 11 6 Lan.& Yk 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 74 71 Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassey 910 25 National Discount C 0... 5 14 Of d South Staffordshire .. ' all M'Clean .94 104 10 Netherlands Land 6 Wear Valley, g. Op. c. all Stk.& Dar 10 Do do all 1 2 Do do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 90 92 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B. Australasian (Lim.) all 2 3 4 20 North of Europe Steam all DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares l ss. 4 Is p Closing i Business 5 Peel River Land & Min all 2 Share Docks. I Paid f 2 Price. Docks. 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 81 83 824 2 50 Do. New E5O Rhymney Iron S toc k Commercial lOO 15 Do. New all 6 7 Stock Do 4 per Cent. Pref. Min. 100 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock East and West India... 100 1 Scot. Austrin. Inv.(Lim ) all 14 11 Stock London .. .. ............ 100 _ 25 South Australian Land all 38 40 Stock St. Katharine .......... 100 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 4li Stock Southampton .......... 100 1 Do. do Registered all f Stock Victoria ............... 100 99-101 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 5 20 Do New ............... 16 4(l par t 100 Van Diemen's Land Sliare Railways. .4,1 Closing Business P— " . l Price. Done. THIRD DITION. 10 lAntwerp & liottadani! 20 Ardennes 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Liin.7p.c 5 Belgian East. Junction 20 Beziers to Graissegsac 5 Canneaux Mine & Rail 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale 20 Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo Venetian 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, sp. c.pf. 20 Lyons and Geneva 34 Maria Antonia 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. XI Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent !O Paris,Lyons, and Medit. 9 Paris and Orleans ( Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. at. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg 'ome and Frascati -Zoyal Danish 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do: 7 per cent. Pref. !O Sambre and Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref !O Southern of France 8-1 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France.. Western of Austria .... Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref 20 Zealand :~ ~~ SUN OFFIrIT. Seven o' Clock. par 71 Si" 21 2i• i 4 d 29 4 1 201_ DERBY RACES.--(THIS DA 1:) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 71 1 INNKEEPERS PLATE. 1 Sly Fellow Captain Wedderburn 4 4} pi Four ran. 24 25 JUVENILE STAKES. 9 34 21 4 1 321. Vigo Contract Indifference Seven ran. 9 10 - 3 1d 33 331 53 55 par I p CHATSWORTH STAKES Fisherman Misty Morn Sly Fellow Eight ran. 7 8 9 9 22 22 5 5 9 9 25 26 THIS DArS MARKETS. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1858. JOINT-STO , Larel Joint-Stock Banke, 109 88 4 1 1 1 25 49 21 11100 33 2} 100 100 95}4}} 20.1 67 100 BRITISH MINES . I Paid. Share Mines. 1 Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 84 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 45 55 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 455 465 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 974 1021 Great South Tolgus 17s 15 16 G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillaek) 11.14.11 4 4 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 81 3 Lady Bertha lBs 6d North Frances (Illogan) 84 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 4 5 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 164 174 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 14 14 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 24 400 410 South C. Brea Mogan). 2 3 S. Wheal Fran. ( (Mogan) 18.18.9 200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 10 Tin Crof 9 al United3li t nes(Gwennap) 40 83 34 100 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (Illogan).. 14 214 22 4 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 90 100 Wheal Basset (Illogan). . 54 175 190 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 180 200 . Wheal Edward (Cals.). 54 31 t Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) - 1.7.2 74 8 Wli'lMaryAnn (Menhe) 8 44 46 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 23 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOB 1 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p ) 27 1" lt 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 11 - 12 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 14 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica d 40 Cobre Copper all 39 41 Copiapo l6 111 12r 1 Dunblo un.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 19 20 3 Linares all 91 94 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all 4 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... all 5 7 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 28.2.84 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 . p.c.Ja. At July 100 113 114 1131 Do. 6p.c.Fb.kAug. 100 111 113 Do. 6p.c.Mr. St Sep. 100 111 113 int N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1084 1094 109 Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 994 1004 100 994 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 109 110 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 109 111 110 CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 64 ; barley, 34s 6d; oats, 27s 10d; rye, 348; beans, 47s 8d; and peas, 43s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.—Wheat, 44s lld ; barley, 31s 9d ; oats, 27s lld ; rye, 33s lld ; beans, 46s ; peas, 445. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 84,399 barley, 2,192 ; oats, 4,307; rye, 373; beans, 1,279 ; peas' 459 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was moderately: supplied with beasts, but their general quality was very inferior. Prime breeds sold readily, at fully Monday's currency, the best Scots pro ducing quite 4s 10d per 81bs, otherwise the beef trade ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. We had a good demand for prime sheep, at extreme rates, the best Downs being worth 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. Other kinds of sheep were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. Lambs 'were in moderate supply and heavy request, at from 4s 8d to 5s 6d per 81bs. There was a full trade for calves, the supply of which was limited, at an improvement in value-of 4d per 81bs. Pigs and milch cows sold readily, at full quotations. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3' 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 s. d. s. d. Prime crs-wool do. 4 2 4 4 Pme. S'thdown do. 4 8 5 0 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Small porkers id to 5s Bd. Lambs, 4s Suckling calves, 19s to 24s 9s to 265. and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 7 7 -- : 1 ,164 FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts 229 Sheep and lambs .... 1,200 Calves 3OO Pigs Sheep and lambs 9;000 Calves 340 Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat here to-day were moderate, and the trade ruled steady, at very full prices : Beef, from 3s. to 48. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. ; lamb, 4s. to ss. 2d.; veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 4d.; pork, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. per Blbs. by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS SOUTHALL, Sept. I.—The supplies of fat stock here to day were extensive, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 6d to 58 4d ; veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs, to sink the offal. RoMFoRD, Sept. I.—Prime stock sold steadily, other kinds slowly, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs. Suckling calves, 'Ts to 22s ; and milch cows, £l2 to £l4 each. HAY MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £3 Bs. to £4 10s. ; clover do., £4 ss. to £5 10s.; and straw, £1 10s. toil 13s. per load. A fair demand. ------ CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £3 10s. to £4 10s.; clover do., £4.45. to £5 Bs.; and straw, £1 10s. to £1 15s. per load. Supply very moderate, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 103 to £4 10s.; clover do., £4 4s. to £5 10s.; and straw, £1 10s. to £llss. per load. Trade steady. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, Sept. 2.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W. ; moderate breeze, and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. I.—Sailed—Valld.erbelt (S), for New York. PLYMOUTH, Sect. W.N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ships Orion, Renown, Caesar, Racoon, and Bruns wick, from a cruise. COWES, Sept. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—King Philip, from Callao. CARDIFF, Sept. I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Julia, for Monte Video ; Frederick, for Havannah ; Myrtle, for Holland. LERWICK, Aug. 30.—Wind S.E.—AfTived—Sir Frances Scott, from Iceland ; Favourite, from ditto ; Queen, from Greenland. • SHIELDS Sept. I.—Wind N.W.— Arrived—l~aleigh, from Rio SHIELDS , GRIMSBY, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W._Arrived_Wenscales, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. I.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrived —H.M.S. Mersey, from Sheerness, in tow of H.M.S. Valarous. TORBAY, Sept. I.—Arrived—Jacobus, from Hamburg for Monte Video. SWANSEA, Sept. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Pearl, for Cuba. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH._ SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived. —Despatch, (s.), from Jersey; Orinoco, (s.), West Indies ; Le Coq and La Poule, Cherbourg ; Clara, Newport ; Ceres, (s.), Dublin ; Alliance, (s.), Havre. Sailed.—Ceres, (s.), for London; Argyll, (s.), and L'Etoile, Carenton ; Atalanta, (s.), Jersey ; Havre, (s.), Havre ; Courier, (s.), Jersey. A telegram from Hurst announces that the City of Man chester, with troops, from Algoa Bay, passed that station, at 9.5 a.m. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning, Wind S. Arrived, Sept. l.—George, from New York ; J. A. Jarvis, Galvaston ; Hebe, Quebec ; Ondar, Montreal ; Union, Morage. Arrived, Sept. 2—Garland, from Valparaiso; Cultivator, and Harvest Queen, New York ; Star, and Scotland, Que bec ; Mary Stuart, Cardenas ; Bona Ventura, Kooria Mooria ; Great Northern, Mirimichi ; Juverna, Gabooa ; British Queen (s.s.), Havre ; Montmorency, New Orleans ; Vanguard, Mobile; and York, Humber. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Willa W. by N., moderate. Passed—Britannia, (s.s.), from Corunna, for London ; Ellenborough, St. John's, London (in tow) ; Wm. France, (s.s), London, Corfu. Anchored—lndemnity, from London, for Port Phillip. Coming down—Comet, from London, for Madeira. Sailed—H. M. S. Archer, for westward. THE BROOK MOOR MURDER. DUDLEY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, Our readers, doubtless, will remember that in the month of June last a man named William Collier was discovered in a field between Brockmoor and Hartshill, in such a condition as left no doubt that he had been brutally murdered. His head was completely battered in, and his brains protruded. It was proved that he had, on the night before, been seen in the company of a man named Jabez Onions, who has not been seen since, although the greatest exertions to find him have been used by Colonel Hogg, the chief constable of Staffordshire, and the men acting under his orders. Yesterday the adjourned inquest upon the body was resumed by Mr. T. M. Phillips, the coroner, at Brockmoor House ; and in reply to questions it was stated that the whereabouts of Onions could not be discovered. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown, and The coroner said he should take steps to induce the Government to offer a reward for the appre hension of Onions. TIIE AMERICAN MAILS.—The Vigo (s.s) sailed from Liverpool yesterday for New York with 105 passen gers and a full cargo. The steamship Persia sails on Saturday next for New York with 'hilted States and Ca nadian mails. Letters for the Persia w;11 be received at the Post-office till one p.m., and, with a late fec, till two p.m. The box on the landing will remain open for the reception of late letters till within a few minutesbefore the departure of the steamer. NEW NASMYTII HAMMER AT PORTSMOUTH. — We have been much interested by the inspection of a model of a fifty cwt. Nasmyth • hammer, executed by Henry Padbury, belonging to the s,iiths' department of her. Majesty's dockyard at Portsmouth. This beautiful piece of workmanship is on an inch scale, and represents the Nasmyth of which Padbury ha 4. charge. It is made entirely of wrought iron, and does treat credit to the skill of its manufacturer. We understand that it is to be exhi bited at the Sailor'sHome.--ifeehanies' ilagazine. FORTIFICATIONS AT GOSPOiT• — Three more large forts are be forthwith commenced in the neighbourhood of Gosport, which will complete the cordon of batteries in tended to surround this important port. Large cavalry and infantry barracks are also to be built near the Gomer Fort, which, with the extensive barracks just completed at Gosport, and the numerous other military establishments already existing, will form this promontory into an im mense place d'arines for the Smith of England.—Xechanics' Magazine. all all COMMITTEE. THE COLLISION ON THE OXFORD, WOR CHESTER, AND WOLVERHAMP TON RAILWAY. TO - TIE EISITOE, OF THE sm.- _Six,—Will you allow me to concentrate my objections to the Report of the Bank Committee into the space of a column. The subject not being sufficiently interesting to your readers to warrant the insertion of a series of letters, I will confine myself to an endeavour to show that in drawing up that report the public have not been fairly dealt with, and to expose the fallacies of only one of its paragraphs, though I am prepared to show that nearly all those expressive of opinion are equally objectionable and opposed to the facts given in evidence. I will now call attention to the fallacious statement in paragraph No. 60. Instead of " the supply of gold in the coffers of the Bank being (as stated in the paragraph) beyond dispute greater under the Act of 1844 than ever was maintained under circumstances of pressure in former times," the reverse was positively the case, and had the Act been in force duffing the former crises men tioned, of 1825, 1837-1839, the Bank must then, as in 1847 and 1857, have stopped payment, or the Act been suspended. The fallacy here is in con founding the two departments of issue and banking together, and treating them as one and the same ; whereas the banking department represents only and actually the Bank, and has no more to do with the issue department than any private banker or individual who holds notes, and can claim gold for them at the office of that department. In reference to this state of things (see Lords' Report, page 14) the following important evidence was given by the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England : " You had only £1,600,000 in the banking de partment for the payment of your liabilities ? Yes. " If anybody had called upon you for anything beyond that million and a half you must have stopped payment ? Yes, we must. " .At that time, if there had been no separation between the two *departments; and the Bank of England had been conducted on its old principle, instead of being within one million and a half of stopping, there would have been nearly eight mil lions and a half in your vaults ? Wd should have had eight millions and a half in our vaults." The increase of gold in the Issue Department in 1847 and in 1857 may be attributed to the Act of 1844, for, although the great increase of trade which had taken place was the primary cause, by calling for more legal tender money to carry it on, yet as Bank of England note legal tender could. not 'be had under the Act of 1844 without depositing gold, that Act was undoubtedly the cause of that in crease in the Issue Department. But this was ob tained at the expense of increasing the danger of the Bank stopping . payment, to depositors and to fundholders, of their dividends, in order to ensure the convertibility of the notes of the Bank of Eng land which had never been doubted, and for the greater part of which the whole nation, through its debt to the Bank, was a 'guarantee. The following table, compiled from the Appen dix No. 10, and from page 10 of the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, exemplifies these views : In 1825 the Bullion fell to £1,261,000. This was previous to the Act of 1844, when the Bank was one and undi vided in its departments, and had entire control over all the bullion. £3,831,000 Ditto. £2,406,000 Ditto. £448,000 Being subsequent to the Act of 1844, which sepa rated the Bank Depart ment from the Issue De partment, and deprived the Bank of any greater control over the gold in the Issue Department than was possessed by any . other private bank or individual who held notes which they could present for gold. In 1856 Ditto £615,000 Ditto In 1857 Ditto £581,000 Ditto Had the Act of 1844 been passed before the crises of 1825, 1837-1839, it must also have been sus pended during those periods, as the notes in circu lation exceeded what would have been permitted by that Act by £4,739,000 in 1825 £704,750 in 1837 £765,500 in 1839 In 1837 In 1839 In 1847 Ditto Ditto Ditto Thus, the lowest amount of bullion 1825. 1837. 1839. was— £1,261,000 .. £3,831,000 .. £2,406,000 Notes allowed to be issued by Act of 1844 £15,261,000 .. £17,837,000 .. £16,406,000 • Notes in circulation at the period of the lowest amount of bullion reserve ... £20,000,000 .. £18,535,752 .. £17,177,000 Excess beyond what the Act of 1844 would have allowed £4,730,000 .. £701,750 £705,500 The Committee say " that the opinion of the pre sent Bank directors is strongly in favour of main taining the Act of 1844, but as the Committee were appointed to take into consideration the evidence also given before the Committee of 1847, why did not they in fairness state in their report that Mr. Horsley Palmer, who had been twice Governor of the Bank, and thirty-seven years a bank director, was of a directly contrary opinion, and said (877), " I feel the objection to the Act to be so consider able, that if it were possible I would get rid of it altogether, and leave the matter as it stood before the Act was enacted. It is not unnatural that the present directors should be in favour of maintaining an act and a monopoly which give them in a panic a greater dividend than in ordinary and steady times ? In 1857, the year of the last panic, they declared a dividend of 11 per cent. in the last half of the year, being 4 per cent. more than in the last half year of 1852—the rate of discount ranging then from 2 to 21 per cent., and from 51 to 10 per cent. in 1857. " They say that the assistance which they gave to the public would not have been ventured on by them except for the Treasury letter," which means, except for the suspension of the Act of 1844. Surely this admission was sufficient at once to con demn the act ' • but to counteract this obvious de duction, the Report goes on to say, "Nor would they have ventured to act on that letter if the bul lion had been much lower than it was, for they must have begun to think of the convertibility of the note." The fact, however, was that little discretion was left to them as to venturing to act on the letter, for it is notorious that three of the largest houses in London had determined on the day preceding the issue of the letter, that if some such letter were not issued, and of course acted upon, they would call for deposits sufficient to stop the bank. 'With a reserve of only £581,000 for both London and the country branches together, the directors and the Bank were at the mercy of any firm or firms that could demand more than probably half that amount of deposits in Threadneedle-street. " The directors further state that for these rea sons it appears that the adoption of the policy which the Act now in force required, placed the Bank of England in such a position that it was en abled at the time of severest pressure to afford a larger aid to the commercial public than would otherwise have been in their power." Was it fair here to suppress the very contrary opinion of Mr. Horsley Palmer ' supported by the fact that in the crisis of 1837 the Bank did advance L. 6,000,000 to America, thereby saving our best trade and customers, which could not have been done under the Act of 1844. " That was the means of saving the American houses. There were three of the principal Ameri can houses that failed, but the aid afforded by, the Bank rendered essential service to others engaged in that trade. Almost every house connected with America was in a state of discredit, and unless the Bank had come forward at that period I do not believe that there would have been more than one or two houses that could have sustained them selves. " And the Bank could not have done so, if the Act of 1844 had been in existence ? Certainly not." May it not be presumed that if the Bank had not been trammelled last year with the Act of 1844, they could have prevented the failure of Messrs. Denistoun and Co., Messrs. Naylor, Vickers, and Co., and of the smaller houses dependent upon them, and, what is of still more importance, the dis employment of all their workpeople—the firms named retaining an enormous surplus after having paid their creditors in full. The Report is by nd means creditable to the ability and intelligence of the House of Commons, and when contrasted with the justly celebrated Report of the House of Lords, in 1048, I feel con strained, although a Radical in politics, to join heartily in the exclamation, " Thank God we have a House of Lords," and as a consistent Reformer shall feel it a duty to give my humble support to those Ministers, be they of what party they may, who will promote monetary reform, as - being the vantage ground for the people on which to obtain all other reforms. I am, Sir, yours, sin ß cerely, HAME STANSFELD. The Grange, Burley, near Otley, 16th August. P.S. I am glad to find in the City Article of this day's Times some remarks which are in accord ance with the principles I have long advocated of the Legislature taking care of the quality of the currency, by ensuring the convertibility of the Bank note, but leaving the quantity to take care of itself, with this difference, that the Times would sanction free trade in the issue of notes without security, in which they have the support of Adam Smith, so far as relates to notes of £5 and upwards, The inquest on the bodies of the 12 persons who were killed by the collision of two excursion trains on the above line of railway on Monday week was resumed yesterday, at Brettel-lane, before Mr. Phillips, the district coroner. Another of the sufferers named Clarke having died yesterday, the inquiry also had reference to his death. Mr. Fenton, chairman • Mr. Sherriff, manager •, Mr. Adcock, secretary ; illr. Wilson, engineer ; and Mr. King, of Stourbridge, solicitor, attended on behalf of the railway company. Two attorneys attended on behalf of sufferers by the collision. I\ King, on behalf of the railway company, expressed their sympathy with the sufferers and apologised for the absence of the chairman at the previous sitting, that gentleman having been in Scotland when the jury first met. The witnesses were then examined. Eli Newton deposed that at about a quarter past 8 o'clock on Monday evening week he heard an ex plosion, and went down to the railway, where he found the trains in collision. Saw Francis Mills lying against the rails With a cut across his fore head. He was sensible and asked for some water. Witness removed him from the line. He appeared in a dying state, and expired in 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour. William J. Humphries, station master at the joint station of the Great Western and Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Railways at Wolver hampton, stated that his duty was to take charge of the station generally, but not to inspect the car riages. Superintended the starting of the excur sion train from Wolverhampton on Monday week. It was advertised as an excursion for Sunday-school teachers and children. Believed there were 24 carriages and two break vans used in the the train that started from Wolverhampton. It was a single train. It left at 9.18, and was advertised for 9.15 There was one engine employed, but witness did not know what was its power, and= an engine-driver and fireman accom panied it. Ninety-nine persons left Wolverhamp ton in the train, chiefly children. The engine was in front of the train, and as far as he knew every thing was in perfect working order. Examined the train himself before it left. No complaints were made by the guard or other person as to the chains. When the train left the station witness had done 1 with it. _ _ _ By a Juror—There, were printed rules for the management of trains. Examined the train itself before it left, and could say positively that there was no visible defect in the chains or fastenings, nor was any complaint made by any person. The printed rules were here put in, and the " duties of station masters" read from them. Did not examine the inside of the guards' vans, and therefore could not say that anv passengers were in them. It was contrary to rules, and did not think any one would have got in. Any , of the agents on the line could have given permission. The regulations to be observed by guards were then referred to, and the following directions read: " The train will be under the control of the guard ; the passengers and their property under his charge ; he must take care, previously to start ing, that there area, sufficient number of carriages attached to the train ; that they are properly coupled ; that an adequate number of covers for luggage are provided ; and the signal and roof lamps are attached." Witness continued—He had been 11 years sta tion master and six years in another capacity attached to a railway. Examined all the coupling chains before the train left Wolverhampton. The inspector of carriages was the officer who started the trains, and who had to see that the couplings were secure. Mr. Drinkwater was the inspector of carriages, and witness believed he was at the station at the time the train left Wolverhampton. By Mr. King.—Had seen a Great Western excursion tram of 50 carriages. That was on the broad guage, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway was on the narrow guage. By the Coroner.—There were two guards to the train. It was customary for all guards and other officers of the company to be supplied with copies of the rules. The rules were again referred to, and the follow ing were quoted as referring to the inquiry : " 16. No person shall be permitted to ride in the guard's break without an order in writing from one of the officers of the company% " 20. Guards must immediately report at the first station at which they , stop any defect they have observed in the works." Witness further stated, in answer to the Coroner, that he had no complaint made to him after the train had left of the insufficiency of the locomotive power provided for it. Mr. Phillips, station agent at the Round Oak station, who was examined on the first inquiry, added some particulars to the evidence then given. He had picked up a broken shackle on the lme, a short distance from his station. This had fallen from an excursion train from Wolverhampton about a month since. The train arrived safely at the station, but on leaving the chain broke. Was not aware if the breakage of that shackle was ever re ported to any superior authority. By a Juror.—Was well acquainted with the rules. Was at Dudley at the time of the collision, and left the station in charge of his deputy. Did not leave word how long he would be away. The general understanding was, that when he was absent his deputy should superintend the station instead of him. Witness had charge of the goods as well as the passengers at Round Oak station. Was likewise goods station master at Primrose-hill, distant a mile and three-quarters from Round Oak. His aggre gate salary was £9O per annum, with allowance for a horse, and a prospect of an increase. The office was not thrust upon him. He solicited it. There were two persons on duty at the Round Oak station at the time of the collision. There were competent persons at the Round Oak station and the goods station during his absence. [lt was here stated that 'Unison was the driver of the train from Wolverhampton to Worcester. Cook was guard to Worcester. Cook and Cording were the guards of the return excursion train, and Prickett and Pest i ridge of the second. Cording went on to Dudley, he being in the foremost part of the train.] - Witness did not inquire for Cook when he went to the scene of the disaster. Knew it would be Cook's duty to put on the break when the train was running down the incline, and believed he did so, or a greater speed would have been attained. Did not inquire of Cook the cause of the accident ; it was patent to him that it had been caused by a coupling-chain breaking. Did not examine the break-van after the accident ; it was too much broken. Did not examine the broken van next morning, as his su perior officer Mr. Adcock, the secretary and super intendent, was present, and also Mr. Sheniff, the manager. Had been two years in the company's service. Cook was a properly constituted guard, and witness never knew him in any other capacity. Knew nothing of Cording. Never saw him till the morning of the accident. Could not say who was the chief guard—Cook or Cording. The Rev. Mr. Perry, who was previously exa mined, again appeared to tender in evidence some calculations which he had made in reference to the strength of the couplings. Objection was taken to the reception of such testimony, in answer to which the rev: gentleman stated that he had been for many years engaged practically as a civil engineer. The jury having ultimately decided that he should be heard, The Rev. Mr. Perry then deposed—The train consisted of 45 carriages, weighing five tons each, and two engines and tenders of 30 tons each, which would require a force of 101. b. a ton upon the whole weight to drive it along a level and straight road at a rate of 20 miles an hour, a very third-class rate. - An additional force of 21b. per ton would be required to drive a train of equal weight round a curve that was not inclined, therefore the force needed under the most favourable circumstances to drive a train towards Worcester would be equal to 2,8501b5. The chains connecting the carriages to gether would, therefore, at the starting of the train, have a strain upon them of not less than 2,8501 b., or 1 ton 5 cwt. l'qr. and 221 b., which is only 1-12th the tension of good iron an inch square. If, therefore, the iron of which the chains were naaile I had been of good quality it would have stood 12 times the strain. It is, 'however, quite poseible to bring to bear on the connecting chains 10 times the tension by putting on an excess of steam. It therefore follows—all things being favourable to the train —that the iron in question was either of l,ad quality, or that an excess of steam was applied. The train from 'Worcester consisted of 29 carriages, we ighing 5 tons each, and. two engines and tenders 30 tons each, ascending an incline, the gradient of which was 1 in 75, a force of 401 b. per ton on tv. i .e whole train, would be required to maintain a 514e. 3 ,:,. of 20 miles per hour, overcoming, of cours'a, ache usual resistance. The weight of each car:ie e. e and its passengers being set at five tons, 1-1,10 ;:ietached 13 carriages would weigh 65 tons. T :ids weight having to descend an incline 1,520 9P.rds in length, with a gradient of 1 in 75, the 'distance due to gravity, or through which it fell , would be 61 feet, and by the time it came int' collision with the other train would strike , with a force equal to 3 , 965 tons, supposing the pro' a k was not app li e d ; and, assuming that break nullified thatthe application of the orce by one-half, it would then strike with a forele of not less than 1,982 tons and a-half, and the velocity at this point would be 60 feet per sece Jnd. The force of 401 b. per ton being required take a train up an incline of lin 75, which r.,n 205 tons would be equal to 2,8001 b., or 3 t9AS 19 cwt,, which will be the strain upon the connecting chain. This, of course, would be the lowest pressure, and if the iron be of good quality it is capable of sustaining with perfect safety four times the amount of pressure, showing that had everything been favourable, therefore the chain must either have been of bad quality or, as was the case in going to Worcester, too great a power put on, which power was what is technically termed " back lash." . By Mr. Kin ; —The thickness of the coupling or side chains is about an inch round. The thickness of the shackle is an inch and a quarter before the thread is placed upon it, and an inch and an eighth at the bottom. Mr. William Thomson Adcock examined—l am secretary and superintendent of the Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and reside at Worcester. I was at the Worcester station when the excursion train arrived on Monday, the 22d of August, at half-past 12. Frederick Cook was the chief guard of that train ; the under guard being John Cording. My assistant, Charles Harris, who had travelled by the train, explained to me that a coupling-chain had broken. The Coroner—Had he any charge over the train ? Witness—He had, and the guard would act under him. On hearing that a coupling-chain had broken I directed him to send away the train in the evening in two parts, and to send only one engine with each train. In accordance with these instructions the train was so divided. I was very much surprised when the train arrived at Wor cester to find so many passengers besides the school children. No tickets should have been used to any but the school children and their friends, and those who did so acted contrary to their duty. I believe that tickets were issued at every station. Each station master had the instructions before him, and in granting tickets they exceeded their duty. By Mr. King—William and Co., of London, are the builders of the Great Northern Railway Com pany's carriages, and they are considered the best in the kingdom. Ours are the same build, and I believe are made as models for the Great Northern. By Mr. Ebsworth—We do not keep our best carriages 'in stock ; they are used indiscrimately. - The best carriages are used in the ordinary traffic, and. the -carriages used in the excursion trains are the same as would be used in the ordinary traffic if required. The carriages used in this excursion train were built by Messrs. Williams in 1853 and 1854. Some of them might be built in 1852, but a very small minority—none prior to that date. The eoupling andside chains were supplied by Messrs. Williams. When we buy any carriages they arc all 'thoroughly examined by Mr. G. B. Gooch, late engineer on the Eastern Counties Railway. When Harris told me of the breaking of the coupling chains in, the meriting they were referred to Robt. Gransmore, whO has charge of that matter at Wor cester. I was not present when they were referred to Gransmore, nor do I know whether he applied any, test. Harris did not accompany the train back. Cook has been in the company's service six years. He was not under notice to - leave at the time of the aceident.• By the Jury—The second guard in charge of the train is frequently raised from among the best con ducted porters--a man in whom we have confi dence. Cook has been a guard for two years. Cording, who assisted him, was only a porter. Coroner—Have any of the station-masters been rebuked for issuing tickets indiscriminately on the day of the excursion P Witness—No steps have yet been taken in that matter. By Mr. Burbary—lt was the duty . of Cook to have fog signals and extra coupling-irons in his break-van. It was his duty also to have examined his break, and if out of order to have reported it to Brown or Meyrick, the superintendents at Wor cester. Edwin Walter Hart, station-master at Brettel lane station, sworn—l remember the excursion train coming down on Monday, the 23d, and spoke to Cook, the chief guard. When the train started from Brettel-lane station one of the coupling-irons broke ; one of the side chains was broken and the other torn out. When I saw the train part I held. up my hands to the driver, who at once brought his engine to a stand, and the train then ran to gether with a slight shock. We got another coupling-iron from the guard's van and re-attached the carriages. The side chains were not fastened. The only link of the shackle-chain was hung down, and went on with the carriage. I saw the train pass the Brettel-lane station, and the first I heard. of the accident was the signal-man's whistle, and hearing a loud noise ; and I ran up the line, having ordered the signal-man to put up the signals and block both lines. By the Coroner—After the train passed my station—that is, the second train—l heard the crash, and the first thing I saw was the guard Cook -running towards me with a lamp, and he said, "We have had a dreadful smash." I told him to go on to the Round Oak station, and stop all that might be coming on the line. On arriving at the spot I saw a heap of carriages smashed up, and heard the groans of the dying and shrieks of the mutilated passengers. I sent both my men off for medical aid. The guard, Cook, told me the train had broken loose, and it was, I concluded, from that cause the accident had happened. I have been seven months station-master at Brettel-lane. I do not remember any coupling chains breaking before. By the Jury--I believe there were passengers in the break-van. It is contrary to regulations, but rather than allow passengers to remain behind they are sometimes allowed to ride in the break-van with the guard. I did not refuse any one who ap plied for a ticket, as I thought they were friends of: the children. By Mr. Ebsworth—There is no person 'appointed to examine the carriages at Brettel-lane. Ido not consider it to be my duty to examine the carriages. I made no report as to the breaking of the coup lings in the morning. Nor on the return journey did I look to see if the couplings which had been broken in the morning were properly perfected. By Mr. Burbary-4 have no doubt if the wheels were examined by a competent party he could tell whether the break had been properly applied. By Mr. King—lt would be almost impossible for a station-master to examine the couplings of every carriage when a train arrives at a station. The couplings put on at Brettel-lane station in lieu of those broken in the morning. were extra strong chains. It was a goods coupling, and equal to the strength of an ordinary shackle and side chains. It being now 6 o'clock the inquiry was again adjourned for a week. DR. LIVINGSTONE IN AFRICA. Mr. Aspinall Tlirner, M.P., has communicated the following (private) letter to the _Manchester Guardian:— earl, June 10. e to infor m y ou th a t "Screw Steamer . 7. 2 " My dear am happy to be Al , we have had a prosperous voyage ever. since we left Liver pool, and that, after a good deal. Cif what may be called exploration, we are now threakingour wayup the Zambese, "We went first of all to the most southerly branch, as that was reported to be preferable to the main stream ; but after going up about 70 miles, we found that the connecting line was choked with a peculiar kind of grass or rush which. floatti on the surface. Though a large body of fresh water was flowing through, the vessels could not proceed. The harbour and bar are both good, and for 70 miles a navigable river flows through extensive plains, where Sea Island cotton could be cultivated, and would be invaluable were it in the Cape Colony. We then went to the Luaho, or Parker's branch, but: found, though the river is very large, and the water fr,;th outside, a double bar rendered it dan gerous. Returning seven miles south, we found a very fine bar and harbour called Kongone. This communicates by two brauchea with the main stream, and as one of these is only . five miles long, we entered by that, and having the little steamer Ma Robert acting as a pilot to the larger, we are feeling our way as cautiously as we can. We tried atkother large mouth from the inside, but the bar was bad :There are many fine branches, but the Portuguese have I kept them secret. " Near the mouth of the branch Kongone, my brother stumbled on cotton growing in a deserted native garden, which does not adhere to the seed as that I saw up the river, and the pile or staple is longer than the Angola cot-- ton. I enclose a specimen. " Wh - en at Sierra Leone, I left there a small cask of seed for Ms:. Gabriel, of Loanda, and would fain have gone and triea't o stir up some of the people of that country (de (.ld2(lly the best in Western Africa) to bring their produce to market. " I am distributing Sea Island seed to different persons on the Delta, and they express perfect willingness to culti vate itffor sale. " WAame, however, in what seems a most unfortunate position of affairs, yet it may come cut ultimatel y to be for the best. The first news we got was that the Portuguese were all obliged to flee to the coast, and we found t hat suc h was actually the ease—the half-castes had rebelled, and all had fled to Quiliman& Fortunately we were not in the country at the time, or we should have been accused of stirring up the natives. I " I will let you know how we get on higher up.ians. IdVe have had no sickness yet. Quinine every day for a . . . . . . . " With kindest regards to Mrs. T. and your family, I am yours most truly. "DAVID LIVINGSTONE. 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