The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

MONEY MA TTY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK, The Bank of England return, made up to the 15th September, presents some rather satisfactory features. The bullion, owing to the late large arrivals and the limited demand for exportation, show a large accumulation, viz., about half a mil lion. The reserve of notes has also been aug mented to about a like amount. In the other securities, owing to the comparative dull ness of trade, there is a slight decrease. The public deposits, in consequence of the active collection of the revenue, have increased about half a million, but the private deposits have de clined to something like the same amount. The active circulation has been augmented to the ex tent of about £140,000. In the other items of the balance-sheet there is little variation of import ance : Active Circulation .. £20,153,990 Increase .. . • .. 140,430 Bullion .. .. • • .. 18,648,915 • -Increase . • .. 609,450 Rest . • .. .. 3,696,116 Increase .. • • .. 3,506 Public Deposits • • • .. 8,041,078 increase .. • • .. 505,345 Other Deposits • • • .. 12,201,959 Decrease 65,087 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 759,560 Decrease .. 10,917 Oovermuent Securities • • 10,970,514 Increase .. 15,245 Other Securities • • • • 15,311,274 Decrease .. • • .. 51,418 Notes Unemployed .. 12,279,970 Increase .. . • . .. 521,250 The contents of this balance-sheet have given much satisfaction to the speculators in public secu rities, and it is not considered improbable that a reduction will shortly be made in the mini mum rate of discount to 2 1 _ per cent. A movement of that kind would, no doubt, give a stimulus to busi ness, and it is scarcely imagined that it would engender a speculative mania, such as alarmists arc always inclined to predict whenever money becomes unusually cheap and abundant. The reception given to the projects lately introduced, and especially the hostility shown to the new Turkish loan, show that the public know how. to discriminate between substantial and questionable enterprise, and it can scarcely be believed that an alteration of I per cent. would render them less wary and critical in their choice of investments. About £40,000 in gold was received at the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer Indus will take out £27,230 to China and -the Straits on the 20th. There was no alteration of importance in the rates of Continental Exchange current yesterday afternoon. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, there was much firmness, and previous quotations were fully maintained. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £233,039, and the exports £27,229, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week, ending Thursday last :—Hambro, 65 ozs. of gold coin; Rotterdam, 22,110 ozs. of silver coin ; and Hambro, 65,576 ozs. of silver bars. The market for English Securities has been very buoyant, but business has been almost suspended. Consols are 971 a for money, and 97?, for ac count. The favourable Bank return, and the pro spect of a further increase in the bullion, have im parted increased strength to the market. The deal ings recorded to-day have been smaller than for some time past, and there is no new feature to comment upon. The New 23 per Cents. were 82 ; the March Exchequer Bills, 375. ; and the June ditto, 255. to 28s. prem. India Bonds are 12s. to 15s. prem., and the Debentures (second issue) about 981 I. Foreign Securities are moderately active, and prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96 1 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 45; ; Russian 41 per Cents., 1001; Mexican 3 per Cents., 21; ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 911 92 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 711 ; Portu guese 3 per Cents., 461; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 40i ; and FrenCh 3 per Cents., 72 50. Turkish Scrip is par to prem. Tuesday next is fixed for the settlement. The Railway Share Market to-day has been very inactive, and there is little variation to re port in prices. Great Northern have declined as., and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ss. Great Western improved 55., Midland 55., and North British ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been exceedingly quiet. Paris and Lyons have advanced 10s., and Lombardo-Venetian, ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are steady at about former values. Bank of Austral asia have improved about £1 ; Ottoman Bank, 10s. Peninsular and Oriental Steam, Royal Mail Steam, and South Australian Land, are at former quo tations. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 2} per Cent. Annuities Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account India Stock for Account 219 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21d Ditto Small, 11d. March Jame. 37 128 5 p 1 24 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 per Cent. Ditto 18.52, 4 per Cent. 96 Mexican 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Peruvian, 41 per Cent. Ditto Account .... Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4f per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent. 92 1.1 Ditto Account Ditto Passive, Turkish, 6 per Cent. Ditto New Loan Scrip Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentea, 4f per Cent. Ex. 25f Ditto 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. TWO O'CLOCK. . 971 . 97i . 451 . 11 . 96 • 1 P Consols, Money Ditto Account _RAILWAY CALLS. Subjoined is a statement of railway calls falling due at various periods : _ Call. Making Paid. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, Per. 4 per cent. Debenture Stock (Nov. 1, 11358) £2s Ditto ditto ditto (Feb. 1,1859) 25 Cape Town Railway and Dock (Oct 23, 1858) Danube and Black Sea (Oct. 1, 1858). Dublin and Drogheda 5 per cent. Pre ference, 1857 (Oct. 1, 1858) Ditto dito . ditto Jan. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto April 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto July 1, 1&59) Ditto ditto ditto Oct. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto Jan. 1, 1860) Exeter and Exmouth (Oct. 1, 1859) Grand Trunk of Canada 7 per cent Debenture, 1862, issued at 20 die (Nov. 20, 1858) 2O Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 20, 1858) Ditto ditto ditto (Mar. 31, 1859) Great Western of Canada New Shares, optional prepayment (Oct. 1, 1858)- Italian Junction (Oct. 1 to 20, 1851)- Killarney Junction (Nov. 1, 1858) Lancaster and Carlisle, £l6l (Aug. 1, 1860) • Lancaster and Preston, £lll (Oct. 31, 1859) Lombardo - Vonetian (Nov. 1 to 15,18.58) London and Blackwall, Now (Oct. 1, 1859) London and North-Western Eighths (July 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1860) Manchester, Sheffield, and shire, £lO, 4 per cent. (Jan. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1860 Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1860) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1861) New Brunswick and Canada (Oct. 1, 1858) Newry and Armagh Extension (Oct 1, 1859) Scinde (2d issue (Oct. 10, 1858) South Devon,, additional shares, £lO (Dec. 1, I 858) Waterford and Kilkenny Debenture Shares, £lO (Jan. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1860) Whitehaven and Furness Junction, New Pref.,- £lO (Oct. 1, 1858) Whitehaven Junction, £2O Pref., 5 per cent. (Feh. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (June 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto -(Oct. 1, 1859) 1 18 6 0 2 10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2 0 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 13 o 10 20 1 0 2 10 2 10 1 15 1 5 0 15 0 10 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Brim. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 45 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 55 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stojk E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. g a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 pc Redrn.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. edm.,s pc. pm '^ Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. Stock reat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.et. Do. Redeemable, 45 pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do.Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester g-uar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan7& York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&l3rig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. . N do e . w s r g p. i o a . ., 6 p. N et 0 ... 4 . Lon. & N. Yir.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 pet. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et Do. £6 Do. 35 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.& Bi r. 6p.ct Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber,&e. pref.s ) p. c. redeem, at sp. c. j Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 per cent ' Stock:Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock,Ntli.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co. StockN-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Porch North Staffordshire Ox. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 45 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pr Scottish N.-Eastern deb ' Do. 35per c. pref. stock ' Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. ' Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do . 45 per cent Do. Fixed 45 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. v,ma Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent. Stock' 12.10 Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Paid. i T o r isciens 49 51 91 96 1102 101 6 1 6 110 114 100 103 1141 1161 112 k 1141 129 131 80 82 68 70 119 121 [lO 112 101 106 63 65 11} llf all 1100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' StoCk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! 100 100 100 100 all Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 ) 1 25 1 i Stock 91 93 82 84 83 85 96 98 9 91 16 17 91 1 68 7 0 18 19 9 91 134 14i 29 141 158 163 Ll 7 119 65 1 70 1P 139 141 101 103 m il J r) ll B t 114 i 9i jlO6 108 964 974 dis 1001 8 dig par 23 24 117 119 98 100 74 76 122 124 12.5 128 10 lot 24 241 100 102 99 101 1101 i 2 28 29 32i 334 38 43 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing! Business Railways. Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all I Ln & N.W - -- Buckinghamshire ... lOO ILn & N.W 98 100 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonia 103 105 104 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C 16 18 E.Lincolnshire,gr.f43.c 100 Gt. North. 143 145 E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. — Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt: West. Hartlpool.Dek,Stßail. all Yk.N.& Br Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all Do. — Do. 4 Shares London&Greenwich S.East... 13 — l4 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 93 95 94 Do. Barking Shares.* all Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. Mane., Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M 24 2 Midst). & Redcr,g.6p.c all Stk.& Dar Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk s i : :o . e. 3 E l . i c d o la u n n d ts .. 96 4 98 p Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed North.&li:ast s n p . 5 . C PI. all Do Do. do. 6 per cent. ... all Do . Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. Preston and Wyre. W a a l l l l D&L'o.7.y. 1... _ ____ ___ Do. 4 Shares A. Iloystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 139 141 SU. Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk Slircwsbrv& Hereford all T Brassey 81 9i South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . 91 101 Woar Valley, V. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. 109 Gt. West 9O 92 Wimbledon& Croydn. all L .& Brgtn 8 9 DOCKS. ____ Share Docks. !Paid Closing Business Price. Docks. Stock Commercial lOO .”.. Stock Do 4 perren t . Pref. Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO StockiSoutharnpt on lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New ! 16 id :i p: 1 0 12f 0 15 0 17} O 20 O 221 O 2,5 O 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 15 20_.0 SHARE IS DAY). ORDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Wol., and Sir. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesil ' Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passag,e Cornwall Do. A (A rcves. no div Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast June Dnn.,Perth,k Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) l East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western 13.14 Stock] Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 16i 1613 Stock 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 12 Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ) Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock, Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk.' Irish South Eastern.... Lancaster and Carlisle. Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon., Brighton & S. Coa st London & North Westn. Do. Eighths London& South- Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., She, & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West: (Ireland) Do. Shares Newtastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (clef ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p. c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Ea stn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitting,bourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. ' 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk& Rail Vale of Neath Waterford Sr Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal., 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all ' paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. 100 1,00 100 ,613 4 GI 61 7} 7. 61 66 11 12 31 33 90 92 85 1 8,5 1 31 36 4 5 61 1 16 17 61 62 45 47 30 32 90 92 61 65 27 28 89 91 10 102 103 81 83 127 129 102 103 501 51 54 56 1021 81 127 S 3 Is, 17i all all 50 1 1 1 94 4! 4; 110 91 I 901 I 4 4 961 7 56 &I 61 934 3 73 1 131 86 89 111 1:2:i p 11 126 p 94 95 1 Op t I d 5 1 6i 1 9 09 0 1 1101 1 1 1 9 i d 94 95 35 36 961 97 68 70 9 11 62 64 2 . 1 3d 561.1 92 6 1 931 1 1 d 4 47 73 741 [OO 102 51 5 d 8 9 7 4 84 26 28 113 115 274 284 82 83 44 46 3 2d 34 35 71 72 76i 77i 13 14 7 5d 9 11 354 364 12.10 LAW INT This Day.) Shard Railways. I P a wl Closing I Business Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 31 51 20 Ardennes all -- PI 20 Bali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 ar i p 5 Belgian East. Junction all * 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 81 9 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2/ 2 2* 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 84 81 84 10 Italian Junction .. 6 20 Lake Constance & Rale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 51 5/ p 13/ • 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 334 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 9 1 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. ... 16 Northern of France all 394 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Ottoman; gua. 6 per cent 5 3 1 d 20 I'aris,Lyons, and Meclit. all 344 344 341 20 Paris and Orleans 20 1 Recife& S. Fran. (I'ern.) / 4 , i 1p ( gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ... ) " 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 10 Rome and Frascati .... : all 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - 20 Sambre and _Meuse all 81 8 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 54 5 10 Do. 5/ p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 25 2' 20 Western of Austria .. 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share) an Railways. bald' Closing Bunint Price. Done. 100 'Atlantic &St Lawrence! 1 all Leased at 6 per cent.. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent. Ind ) 9 , par t p gu. 5 per cent j 18 Do all:, 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par $ p 18 Do. Do. B 4/ .par / p 24 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6/ 7/ 7 201 Do. New 164 13f 124'd 100 1 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 1 100 8.3 8 , 8 6 . bds. 1 Aug. 1872 100 D o . ct. do. 1 July, , 1873 J 100 78 82 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Liin. 1. 3.0. p 20 Capc,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. .5 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 4 14p 17/ Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 * iP 5} Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO wei 1061 1061 20 Do, C Shares .... . all 201:00 Geelong eeDD 0 D o ee loi 00. . . 4n:igg E ups rb. Corporation Shares outßdreippi . o:usrr. aepat ias . o E y : : 5 : t 0 9 ., . aa l ll o sll 11_6/ 17_ 1 1p per cent. Bonds )l® S S t tOc . k Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 37 36 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 73 74 leo Do. 6 per cent. Pre, 6O 10 5d 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 214 211 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 P 20 Do. do 2 fp 20 ( Gt guaranteed 5 p .S.of Ind.Lim. er —S cent j ' crip ) „ s. par 1p 20/ Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 171 181 201 Do. New . , l3 21 2/ d 100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 105 108 opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 104 105 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 181 191 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 201 20 20 Do. 4j p. c. Extension l5 1 01d j 20 Do. Third Ex. gu1 1 . 5 .P.0 5 1 ip 151 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 NewßrunSWlCk&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share lO 2 1/d ▪ Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO 4 3 d • Do. do. Land do.. 20 Ilin Lite, Scrip NorthoflndiaTramroad d _ 28. 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde +o :-,g 15 4 4 p 20 Do 20 Do. New V. :". 5 par 1 p 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo bt,T 5 par p 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) MAYNE, AITCHISON, AND CO. V. JOHNSON • Plaintiffs, oilcloth manufacturers, claimed £1 6s. 3d., ac count sales of remnants of oilcloth consigned for :iale by auction to the defendant. Defendant clained £1 2s. for re served purchases on two sales. Mr. Aitchison, on examination, said that there was no reserved price put on the goods to be. sold. They were to be sold without any reservation whatever. Mr. Howlett, clerk and town traveller for the plaintiffs, said that before the second sale he called upon the defen dant and told him not to sell under ls. per yard. His Honour considered this was a reserved price, and allowed the defendant's claim as a set-off against the plain tiffs' claim, to the extent of Ils., and gave a verdict for the plaintiffs for the balance under this deduction, and 2s. 3d. paid into court with costs. IHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1858 THIRD EDITION. Business Done. REED V. MILLER. Plaintiff was represented by Mr. Nicoll, solicitor ; defen. dant by Mr. Gay, solicitor. Plaintiff applied for an order of commitment upon a jud►ment summons obtained in the County Court on May 30, IMB. Defendant pleaded, Ist. That about ten years ago he was imprisoned for payment of this debt, and he thought that was sufficient. 2d. That he was not able to pay the debt. His Honour said that the defendant ought to be ashamed of himself for not paying this debt in ten years. His Honour made an order for payment at the rate of one shilling per week, and in default to be committed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT.—AbIe Upright, a baker, residing at 19, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, was charged with embez zling the sum of 14s. lfd., the money of Mr. Nathaniel G, Wakely, baker, of 1, Charlton-street, Marylebone. There were several other cases against the prisoner, but only one was taken to-day. Mrs. Jane Moreman, residing at 12, Upper Charlton street, said she paid the prisoner, who was in the habit of bringing bread to her house, the sum of 14s. Ip., on the 14th of August last, when he delivered the bill, and he put paid to it and his name. Mr. IVakely, the prosecutor, said the prisoner had never accounted to him for the money, and there were several other cases in which the prisoner had received money and not accounted for it. Lambert, 68 G, the officer in charge of the case, said there was also a charge of felony against the prisoner, which he should have ready in a few days if his worship would give him a remand. Mr. Bingham said he should remand him till Friday next. The prisoner, it appears, was formerly in a situation at a baker's in Whitechapel, from which he absconded, taking with him at the time a barrowful of bread, neither of which he returned to his employer. The prisoner had also ab sconded from Mr. Wakely's employ, and had given the officer Lambert some trouble to find him. THAMES. FALLEN WO ME N ATTEMPTED SUICIDES. - Emma Miniam, alias Meglan, a woman of very excitable tempera ment, about 30 years of age, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Selfe, charged with attempting to commit sui cide by cutting her throat with a knife. The prisoner made the attempt upon her life in the dwelling of a woman named Hare, of 12, Phillip-street, St. George-in -the-East ; and after the wound (a slight one) 'was dressed by a surgeon, she attempted to tear it open again, but was prevented by the police, who had much trouble with her ; she would have hung herself in the station-house cell if her hands and arms had not been fastened. In defence the prisoner said that she had lived with a man, a greengrocer carrying on business in Mary-street, Poplar, for several years, and had been recently married to him. The attempt she had made upon her life arose from drunkenness. All her sorrows were the result of drinking ardent spirits, and if she was liberated she would become intoxicated again. Police-constable Bidgood, 168 K, stated that the pri soner made a similar attempt on her life some time ago, and was then forgiven after a short remand on her promise not to do such a rash act again. Mr Selfe was afraid the prisoner was a very wicked woman, and she must be remanded for a week, and if, at the termination of that period, he received a good report of her, he might be induced to set her at liberty on her hus band giving him an assurance that he would look after his wife closely. She was now brought :up from the Clerkenwell House of Detention a sadder and a wiser woman. Mr. Selfe said he had been informed that the prisoner behaved well in prison, and he (Mr. Selfe) hoped she had listened to the exhortations of the worthy chaplain. The prisoner--I will never do anything so foolish again. A respectable, well conducted man, who said he was the husband of the prisoner, here stepped forward and said the accursed drink was the cause of all the mischief. Mr. Selfe—Keep her from strong drinks, and keep her at home. She has behaved well in prison, and therefore I *ill discharge her. take her home directly. ANOTHER FALLEN WOMAN.—Mary Bryan, of the class called unfortunate, and aged twenty-eight, dwelling in that notorious place, Angel-gardens, Shadwell, where none but fallen angels dwelt, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself from the bridge, in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, into the lock entrance of the London Dock. The prisoner was very drunk last night when she made the attempt to ter minate her wretched- existence. Many unfortunate females have committed suicide at the same place. Mr. Selfe said he would give the prisoner time for re pentance by remanding her to prison until Wednesday next. TIIIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 18.--Wind this day at noon, N. ; light breeze, and tine. - SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.—Wind N.—Sailed—Atrato s), for West Indies. PLYMOUTH, Sept. I7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Mary B. Rich, from Segala la Grande ; Actif, from Nantes ; Duke of Cornwall (s), from London for Dublin ; Dublin (s), and Ondine (8), from Dublin; Sybelle, from Water ford. FALMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind S.E.—Admiral Wind ham, from Rotterdam. Sailed—Hilda, for Marseilles ; Danube, for Bristol ; Lawrence, for Liverpool ; Swan, for Cork. HULL, Sept. 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Prince (s), from 'Antwerp; Anna, from Memel; Thetis, from Elsi nore; Indian, from Gothenberg; Occident (ss), from Cronstadt. DOVER, Sept. l7.—A rr i ved—Soph i a Maria, from Havre from Frederickstadt, with bows stove and other damage, having been in collision on the loth, of Hythe, with a screw steamer. :0317 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH , SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind W. Arrived.—Fellowship, from Seaham ; Lady Constance and Mary Lawson, from Sunderland ; Courier, steamer i from St. Thomas ; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—South, Picton, Llangothland, Sea, and Alarm— all for Newport ; Alliance, steamer from Havre; Despatch, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W., fresh. 'Arrived, Sept. 1 7.—Historia, from Kooria Mooria ; Shakspeare, from Arica ; Ocean Pearl, from New Orleans ; Pyramid, from St. George's, New B runsw i c k ; Ol a f uge , from Iceland ; Cynosure, from Smyrna ; Kingaloch, Sines, Jacqueline, and Elise, from Amsterdam. Arrived, Sept. 18—Clarence, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Cochituare, from Baltimore ; Ricardo and Blue Brune, from Alexandria ; Cook, from Ostend ; Neutral, from Riga.; Lavie, from Dantxic ; Edoward, from Ghent ; Brevente and Little Marie, from Nantes. Off—Canadian, Nautilus, and Agnes. Sailed--Metear, for Melbourne ; William Tapscott, for New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. _ Wind N.W. ; high water ; fine. Arrived, Sept. 18—Prospect, from Cronstedt; Cyprian, from Hudickswall ; Pica, from Onega ; City of Norwich, Trident, steamer, and Swallow, steamer, from Tonning ; Imperial, steamer, from Malaga ; Gibraltar, steamer, from Cadiz. Sailed, 18—Tone, steamer, for Bremen. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W.. moderate, and fine. Passed—R. . Sumner, from London, for New Orleans. Anchored—Australian, from London, for Brixham. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.—A most fearful fire, destroying property to the extent of nearly £I,OOO, occurred at Wilbrighton, near Gnosall, Staffordshire, on Tuesday night. The principal portion of Wilbrighton be longs to Sir Thomas F. F. Boughey, of Aqualate-hall, Newport, and the hon.baronet, findi ng t h at the land was badly cultivated, has within the last few .years farmed it himself, and by an improved system has brought the whole into a high state of cultivation. The steward's house is situated on a hill, and the homestead adjacent was crowded with gigantic stacks of grain, the produce of the well managed estate. About 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening, smoke was seen issuing from the stackyard, and an imme diate alarm was made. .The engine from the Duke of Sutherland's at Lilleshall, the town engine from Newport, and the engine from Aqualate, were soon on the spot, but not before the flames had reached such a height that the faintest possibility of extinguishing them was hopeless. The fire spread from stack to stack with feaiful rapidity, and the extensive yard was soon enveloped in one huge sheet of fire, which raged so fiercely that no one could approach it. E ver y poss ibl e effort was made to save the implements, waggons, &c., in the yard, but, with few exceptions, their efforts were unsuc cessful. The difficulty of obtaining water from the valley, the stackyard being on the hill, was so great that no check could be given to the devastating element, which continued to rage until the afternoon of the following day, when not a single vestige of anything but the iron from the waggons and implements was to be seen. The heat f rom th e flames scorched'the trees near the stack-yard, a n d lit era ll y malte d the apples on the trees. The origin of the fire is at present unknown, but there are strong suspicions that it was the work of an incendiary. Sir Thomas Boughey was at the spot as speedily as possible, and remained there the whole night, and numbers of neighbouring farmers and labourers flocked to the scene to render any assistance they could, the flames from the burning mass having lighted up the coun try for a circle of many miles. We understand that Sir Thomas is not insured,—Manchester Guardian. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. GREECE. A letter from Athens of the sth, in the Unio says:—" The laying of the first stone of the Cham ber of the Legislative Body took place on the 27th ult., and as the Queen was to preside in the core mony, an immense crowd assembled. The archi. tect is a Frenchman, M. Boulanger, formerly a pupil of the school of Rome. He is also charged with the construction of a new theatre, and of several other very important works. Athens already owes to him one of its finest edifices, the cathe dral, as well as the place surrounding it, orna mented with porticos in keeping with the Byzan tine style of the church. The old church, built on the model of Pagan temples, will serve as a chapel of ease to the new one, and be used for christenings and funerals. The buildings of the naval school, orphan asylum, civil hospital, the mairie, and the hotel which is to accommodate all the Ministries, are advancing rapidly towards completion. Athens is being every day embellished. The Queen has had a road made at her own expense round the Acropolis and gives an impulse to everythi ng th a t can contribute to the physical and moral develop ment of Greece. She is . actively seconded by M. Christopoulos, the Minister of Public Instruction who superintends all the archeological excava tions." PORTLAND PRISON. An outbreak of a very serious character occurred at Portland prison on Monday last, and continued during the two following days. Information having been previously received by the authorities, adequate measures were imme diately taken to meet any emergency that might occur, and it is a matter of no small satisfaction that the mutiny has, apparently, been suppressed, not only without loss of life, but without any case of assault or violence. The convicts at this important establishmen t have ever since its formation in 1848, and up to this point, been conspicuous for their good feeling and industry, and the cause of the present outbreak is attributed to the men sentenced to penal servi tude under the Act of 1853 feeling it unjust that they should be required to serve out the whole of their sentences, while all convicts previous to 1853, and under the Act of 1857, are eligible for a pro portionate remission for good conduct. The convicts sentenced between 1853 and 1857, a period of about four years, are placed in conse quence in a different position from all others, and it is difficult to persuade them that it is not an un favourable one. The fact, however, is that the sentences passed under the last-named Act are assumed to be for longer periods with a view to granting the remis sion referred to, whereas the sentences passed under the Act of 1853 are designed as a commutation of sentences of transportation, and as such have been carried out, with few exceptions, to the full extent of the terms. As a precautionary measure Her Majesty's ship Argus has been sent to Portland, in order that any convicts whom it may be desirable to remove may be temporarily placed on board. The reports of the two following days are favour able, and it is hoped that the firmness and discre tion exercised by Captain Gambier, the director, Captain Clay, the governor, and all the officers both civil and military who were on duty, has had the effect of arresting what might have been a very serious affair. It was by the skilful disposition of the forces at their command, and the admirable manner in which they were handled, that the evil-disposed among the men were prevented from getting together in any considerable numbers. Those who struck work in the different parties were immediately secured And marched from the quarries into the prison, whence a proportion of them were removed to Milbank. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was heavily supplied with fruit and vegetables, and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, per lb 4 0 to 5 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 2 0 Grapes, per lb 2 0 to 5 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 1 3 Melons, each Peaches, per doz Nectarines, f ier dz 3 0 to 5 0 Apples, per sive 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per 11 -sieve 1 3 to 3 0 Oranges, per 100 8 0 tolo 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 7 0 Apricots, per doz 1 0 to 3 0 s. d. s. d. Cherries, per lb 0 4to 1 0 Filberts, per lb 0 6to 0 8 C,obnuts, per 1001 b 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus`24 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per doz 1 6to 3 0 Strawberries, prpto 6to 1 6 Gooseberries, sv. 1 3to 2 6 Currants, per do. 2 6to 3 6 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 3 6to 4 6 Raspberries,prptlO 3to 0 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 0 to 4 0 Cabbages, pr do. 0 10 to 1 6 Savoy do., pr do. - 0 2 to 0 4 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per d 0... 0 0 to 0 0 Old potatoes,p ton 0 0 to 0 0 New ditto, per lb 0 1 to 0 4 Peas, per sieve 2 0 to 2 6 Turnips, dz bunch 3 0 to 3 6 Carrots, pr bunch 0 5 to 0 6 Cucumbers, each 0 1 to 0 6 Garlic, per Id .... 0 6 to 0 8 Sorrel, Der sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, per d 0... 1 6 to 2 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Old onions, dz bun 1 0 to 2 6 New do., per bun 0 0 to 0 0 French beans, h.s.l 6 to 1 9 Leeks, per bunch 0 2 to 0 3 Shallots, per lb .. 0 Bto 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p potl 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 4 0 Cabbage letts,p sc 0 Bto 1 0 Endive, per dozn 1 6to 3 6 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 1 0 Tomatoes, pr hsc 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chilies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 1 6to 4 0 Sea kail, per pun. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to .6s Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 5s Od to 75 Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; ducklings, is 9d to 2s 3d ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 9d to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to is Od each; large Surrey fowls, 5s Od to 7s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 58 Od ; capons, 4s Od; hares, 2s 6d to 38 6d ; grouse, 2s 6d to 3s Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od ; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Od ; wild ducks, 68 Od to Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is hi to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 7s 6d per 120; leverets, 2s Od to 4s Od each. BILLINGSGATE Salmon, —s 10d to is Od ; trout, 8d to 9d ; eels, 8d to ls ; prawns, 2s 6d to ss; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s 6d to lOs Od; brills, 2s Od to 10s Od ; doreys, is Od to 5s Od ; mullets, 6d to is Gd ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is Od each ; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 168 to 20s ; natives, 40s to 42s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 5s to 16s Od ; smelts, is 6d ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 40s ' - fresh herrings, 8s; bloaters, 6s per 100 ; carp and tench, 2s to 3s per brace. WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally ruled very inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per Slb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d'; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 70; of household do., od to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 41d ; 641 b to 721 b, to 441; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to ; 801 b to 881 b, 41d to 5d ; 88113 - to 961 b, 5d to 50 ; 691 b to 1041 b, 51d to 6d. Horse hides, 8s to 10s; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 4s Od to lis Od ; half-breds, 2s 10d to 3s 6d ; Downs, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s set. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 ss. to £1 10s. ; clover do., £4 Os. to £5 10s.; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 12s. per load. Trade rather dull, at late rates. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £3 6s. to £4 12s. ; clover do., £4 Os. to £5 12s. ; and straw, £1 9s. to £1 12s. per lead. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. do., hay, £3 sa. to £4 108.; clover do., £4 Os. to £5105.; and straw, £llos. to £ll4s. per load. Both hay and straw were in moderate request, at our quo tations. COAL MARKET—SETT. 15. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) Davison's West Hartley, "-s. Od ; Holywell, 14s. 6d. •, Howard's West Hartley Netherton, 15s. Od. ; Tanfield Moor, 13s. 3d. ; Tanfield Moor Butes, 13s 3d.; Wylam, 14s. Gd. ; Newcastle Hartley, 14s. ; Byass's Bebside West Hartley, 15s. 9d.; Walker Primrose, 12s. 9d.; Eden Main, 165.; Hastings artley, -s. Od. ; Haswell Gas, 13s. Od. ; Lambert's West Hartley, 15s. 9d.; West Wylarp, -s. Od.; Ward's West Hartley, 14s. 6d. ; West Tanfield, -s. Od. ; Nixon's Merthyr, 21s. Walls End-Riddell, Od. ; Byron, 16s. Od. ; Benson, 16s. Od. ; Thorpe, -s. 0d..; Bell, 15s. Gd. ; llt'lepool Hetton, 16s. 9d. ; Framwellgate, 16s. Od.; Haswell, 18s. Od. ; Hetton, -s. Od. ; Cassop, 16s. 9d; Bradyll's Hetton, -s. Od. ; Gosforth, -s. Od. Dryburn Grange, 16s. 3d. ; Heugh Hall, 16s. 3d. ; Lambton, -s. ; South Hetton, 17s. 9d. ; Acorn Close, -s. Od. • Wharn cliffs, -s. Od. ; Kepier - Grange, 17s. Od. ; Shineliffe, -s.; Hunwick, 14s. 3d. • Whitworth, 14s. 3d.; South Durham, -s. ; Nixon's Dudryn, 21s. Od. Ships at market, 72 ; sold, 56. TIIE ATLANTIC CABLE.—A sale of goods and chattels of a rather novel deß3ription took place on-Wednes day, at the Custom-house, in Cork. The receiver of droits of Admiralty put up to auction about 800fathorns of the At lantic telegraph cable, which was found about two months ago. There were two lots, each containing about 400 fathoms, which, after a tolerable share of competition, were purchased by the receiver himself at 10d. per fathom. The balance of the proceeds, after deducting the receiver's dues, will doubtless scarcely satisfy the demands of the salvors. DOG AND BARBER SWIMMING MATCH.—A rather novel swimming match took place on Saturday, at Fisher row, between a barber and Mr. Downie's dog Maggie, for £5 a side. The distance was three-quarters of a mile. The barber took the lead, but was soon overtaken by his canine opponent, which, after a good struggle, went in 'winner by about ten yards., BRITISH MINES 2.11.10 17s 11.14.11 al 186 6d B sl 7.9.4 nil. IPaid. 1 Cplorsicein.g 9 10 2} 3i 45 55 155 465 90 95 14 15 21 6 7 94 104 4 5 164 174 Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack: British Iron Condurrow (Camborne). Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Mogan). Great South Tolgus G.WhealAlfd.(Philltick) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea (Illogan). S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining CO. Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cats.).. Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'lMaryAnn (Menke) Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) Australian Bon AccordCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.). Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. Do. Land and Mining - Co. Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... 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Business Done.. 1151 1 1181 I 19 Isi i EXPERIMENTS ON BLOOD Dr. Claw le Pernard has just oommunicated a most intereting series of experiments to the Aca demy of Sciences, on the nature of the blood which passes throngh the glands, and on the functions of those organs. We mentioned some months ago that the same eminent physiologist had established the fact that venobs blood in passing through the glands is red when the latter expls the produce of their secretions, and black, on the contrary, when they are in a state of res t. He now states that the reason why the oxide of carbon is poisonous to animals is that it instantly deprives the globules of blood of their oxygen, by which means those globules are, so to say, paralysed, and can no longer absorb that vital principle. If all the globules have undergone that action at once, death is instanta neous, and the subject can no longer be recalled to life by artificial insufflation ; if only part of the blood has been affected, death is delayed in propor tion. The oxide of carbon is therefore eminently calculated to determine the quantity of oxygen con tained in the blood. For this purpose Dr. Bernard draws the blood he wishes to examine by means of a graduated syringe, and instantly makes it pass into a graduated tube previously filled with the oxide of carbon on a mercury bath. The gas, on being well shaken with the blood, exercises its chemical action upon it ; the latter instantly as sumes the colour of vermilion, and the gas may then be analysed to ascertain the oxygen it con tains. We now come to the principal point- of the question, viz., whether the red venous blood issuing from a gland contains as much oxygen as the black, or more. "In the present state of our knowledge," says Dr. Bernard, " there are but two suppositions possible regarding the cause o f the red colour observable in the blood which issues from a gland in the full exercise of its functions, and is so active that it produces pulsations like those of arterial blood when the secretion is very intense. It might be thought that red venous blood was merely arterial blood, having passed through the capillary vessels with such rapidity that it had not had time to become venous, that is, to emit its oxygen and replace it by carbonic acid. But it might also be supposed that red venous blood. ....I's merely common venous blood, with this differ ence, that it had not retained its black hue, because, being formed at the instant of secretion, it had by the glandular excretion been deprived of its carbonic acid, which otherwise would have blackened it, as is the case when the gland does not secrete, and the car bonic acid cannot escape." To decide this Dr. Bernard operated on the blood of a dog, and found by the process above described that red venous blood contains oxygen to the amount of 17 per cent. of its volume, arterial blood 19 per cent., and black venous blood only 6 per cent. This result would tend to confirm the first supposition, were it not that this red glandular blood differs from that of the arteries in various particulars. It has much less fibrin, and less water ; it is, besides, much more subject to alteration, since it bec omes bl ac k sooner when extracted. The author then adverts to this singular fact that it is precisely when the glands are at rest that the blood issues deoxidised and charged with carbonic acid, while the contrary takes place when the glands are in activity ; this being just the contrary of what occurs in the mus cular system where the blood is deoxodised in pro portion to the intensity of muscular action. Dr. Bernard concludes therefore that the correctness of the present theory of the glandular functions may be doubted, and that it requires further investiga tion. A BOLTER.—On Thursday week last, a prisoner attempted to escape from Prince Town Prison, Dartmoor. fie was shot at by the soldiers and received a ball in his leg, thus showing that he had a better leg for a ball than a bail. THE SHIPPING MOVEMENT.—At a time when public feeling is being directed to the seriously depressed state of shipping, and consequently to the classes more or less dependent upon the mercantile interest of Great Bri tain, it may be well to bring before the attention of the ship owners about to move in the projected measures for relief, that during the last few days eight cargoes of salt have been imported into the Tyne from the Humber, seven of which have been brought in foreign ships—viz., the Helene, Hjalmer, Peter Johansen, Elwina, C. H. Knit schky, Grania, and Gazellan, and only one cargo carried by an English vessel, the Sultan—seven foreigners to one British in a portion of the coasting trade of this country. Surely statistics such as the foregoing in relation to that department of our native shipping which has been deemed as the nursery, par excellence, for the best men to man the navy, will induce immediate action at all the outports.— ShiPping Gazette. _ CHILD MURDER—Yesterday afternoon an inves tigation took place at the Cannon Tavern, Hammersmith, before Mr. Wakley, on the bodies of two new born infants (male and female). William Nicholls, waterman of Queen street, Hammersmith, said—About 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning I was rowing across the river in my boat, near the • Suspension-bridge, when I discovered a wooden box, about seven feet from the strand. I got it into the boat, and was pulling a little further along shore, when I noticed another box, of a similar size and make. I took both of them ashore and found thent to contain the infants, the subjects of tho present inquiry. In the box which I first discovered was the male infant, wrapped in very fine linen. - There were considerable marks of violence apparent., particularly the mark of a ligature round the neck. Other witnesses cor roborated the above evidence. The police said that every 'inquiry had been made to trace the parties who were con nected with the affair, but hitherto without success, Mr. Hunt, surgeon, of Bridge-road, Hammersmith, said he had made a post mortem examination, and had no doubt they had been born alive, and destroyed. Verdict—" Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." AN EPISODE IN THE QUEEN'S TOURNEY TO LEEDS. _ _ —On the 6th inst., upon the arrival of her Majesty at the Great Northern Station, Doncaster, it was intimated to the officials that her Majestyhad not received her letters, which had been directed to be forwarded to Peterborough and there delivered to her Majesty in the Royal saloon. Her Majesty was informed that they should be forwarded to Woodsley House, the residence of the Mayor of Leeds, where the Royal family were staying. Soon after the royal train had left the station, a special engine, in the care of a trusty and thoroughly competent driver, was de spatched to Peterborough at half-past 5. It arrived in due course, and after a short stay at that city to take in water, the special engine left at 7.30, accompanied by superin tendent Edwards, in whose custody the Queen's letters had been deposited by the Marquis of Exeter, arrived at Doncaster at 9.24, having accomplished the distance of 160 miles in 3 hours and 54 min. The letters were at once for warded to Leeds by the 9.30 p.m. train to Leeds, and her ' Majesty received them by special messenger soon after half past 10. The special engine ran to Peterborough in 20 minutes less time than the first-class express travels the same distance.--Stan ford Mercury. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.—The scheme de vised by the united sagacity of Sir James Melvill and Mr. Leach for the amalgamation of the two establishments hitherto engaged in the conduct of business connected with the government of India has been entirely approved by Lord Stanley, and will be immediately carried out. The chief office in the Secretary of State's department will, we believe, consist of six secretaries for correspondence, who are to be placed in chargeof the various branches of the government. It is probable that these important posts will be filled in the following manner ;—Revenue department. Mr. Prideaux ; judicial ditto, Mr. Hawkins; political ditto, Mr. Kaye; rail way and telegraph, Mr. Danvers ; public works, Mr. Thornton; public department, Mr. Bourdillon. The mili tary department, it is said, will be placed under the charge of a military officer, on the anticipated retirement of Mr. Philip Melvill—the assistant-secretary being Mr. Eade. The head of the marine department will be Mr. C. C. Plow den. late aF'iS"') + - Sec``'ep. - y ct the India ron.rd—Mr. Mason tiri:.ti. Mr. Si_aidoz is spoken of as the new auditor, and Mr. Dunsmure as cashier—vice Mr. Morgan, who retires. The retirement of Mr. Collingwood leaves the field clear for the appointment of Mr. Friend as accountant-general. Mr. Hornido-e, we imagine, will remain at the head of the statistical office, while Mr. Clark will act as agent to the administrator-general.—Allen's Indian Mail. OVERCROWDING OF STEAMERS.—At the Justice of Peace Court on Monday, in the presence of Joseph A. Wright and David Smith, Esqs., Jas. Turnbull, master of the steamer Thistle, was charged with a contravention of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, particularly section 319, in so far as on the 9th and 10th days a August, the steamship Thistle, under his charge, had on board, during the whole or part of her voyage from Londomlerry to Glas gow, and on arrival in the Clyde, 1,700 passengers, being 1,174 more than the number allowed to be carried in said ship by the sea-going certificate issued by the Board of Trade, applicable to said ship, of date August 4, 1858, namely, 468 deck and 58 cabin passengers. The defendant had thereby incurred a penalty not exceeding £2O, and also an additional penalty, not exceeding 55., for every pas senger on board over and above the number allowed by the certificate. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Douglas, Procurator Fiscal, who made the complaint on instructions received from the Board of Trade ; and Mr. Adam Pater son, writer, appeared for the defence. Mr. Trevor, collector of customs, was also present. The defendant was con victed and sentenced to pay a fine of ls. for each passenger in excess of the number allowed by the certificate„ being £5B 145., and £lO being half of the penalty of £2O in terms of the Act, making in all £6B 14s. The justices trusted that this would prove a warning not only to Captain Turn bull, but to others similarly engaged, and also to the masters of river boats.—. North British Daily Mail. PAINLESS INCISIONS UNDER ELECTRICITY. — During the last week Mr. Marshall, of University College Hospital, following out the principles now so widely dis cussed, of tooth extractions under the influence of electricity, has made some interesting observations with the view of testing the powers of the electric current to modify the sensi bility of parts operated on by the knife. The operations, 9in number, performed under its influence, include the incising of abscesses and carbuncles, the removal of necrosed bone, and also of a fatty tumourof considerable size. The general effect has been to modify the pain of ordinary incisions, render ing the suffering less acute. In one case, this effect was very striking. On some occasions, however, the pain was aggravated, apparently owing to the strength of the current employed. I'erfect insensibility was never produced, and the results claim notice as those of early trials only. Mr. Marshall's first operation was performed on the 9th inst. The coil apparatus was used, one pole being connected with the knife employed, and the other placed either on the patient's neck or in his hand—the current being, of course, intermitting.—ifedical Times. PEMBROKE DOCK AND TENBY LINE.—Some six weeks ago we advoCated the propriety and the necessity of at once constructing a line of railway between Pembroke Dock and Tenby. We are pleased to learn that there is now a prospect of the line being speedily commenced. During the past few days Mr. Hamilton H. Fulton, C.E., of West minster, has been ens-I:god in surveying the proposed line, and finds no engineering difficulties whatever. It will be a surface line and will not cost more than £5,000 a mile. It is supposed that most of the owners of the property through which the intended line will pass will take oul the value of the lands in shares and at agricultural prices.—'Milford Telegraph, LITERATUR.E. BOOKS ON INDIA. The Journal of an English Officer in India. By Major North, 60th Rifles. Hurst and Blackett. The increasing number of books on Indian sub jects must have struck the attention of most readers. Whether they consist of political discui sions on the past or future government of the em pire, or of personal adventures and exploits against the enemy, or narratives of hairbreadth escapes from the mutineers, or records of the weary days and nights of a protracted siege, their number, and the readiness with which they find readers, prove that the topic of India and Anglo-Indian life has not yet become tedious. The feelings excited by the terrible events of last year were too deep to be quickly exhausted. The families and friends of those who had striven and suffered in the mutiny were naturally eager to read, not only their own narratives, but the descriptions of others, and those who had no means of gathering details from private sources, were anxious to trace in the daily records of eye-witnesses the gradual development of the plot, and the particulars of the outbreak. The " Journal of an English Officer" is one most worthy of the attention of the reader. Major North was Aide-de-Camp to the gallant Havelock, and his work is the first authentic record of the progress of his band of heroes, from its formation as the Allahabad moveable column in June, 1857, to its arrival at Lueknow. He joined the 78th Highlanders as a volunteer, having been fortunately prevented from joining a regiment en route for Cawnpore, and was subsequently appointed Aide-de-Camp to the General. His work is written in a clear, straightforward manner, and though he claims indulgence on account of ill health; and the circumstances under which _it was written, none is needed. The chief facts of the advance to Lucknow are familar to most readers ; the filling up of details does not bring us much striking novelty, but heightens the general interest. Major North speaks in the highest terms of the general and the soldiers, and speaks especially o f th e admiration felt throughout the little band for the macrnaminity of Sir James Outram. He attributes their successes entirely to the spirit and determi nation which animated all, from the general to the privat e . Th e l ong f asts an d privations of every kind, added to their great and continued exertions in marching, and the heat of the season, are constantly alluded to, and, indeed, the men who achieved what they did, under such disadvantages, must be considered as having encountered an allied host of foes at . once.. Thus he writes on the 15th of July:— "During twelve hours our troops had been under arms and twice engaged, and their endurance tested to the utter most. The scorching sun glared down its unpitying- rays upon their arms, which glittered with intoler a bl e ra di ance, till the brain reeled and the eye-balls ached with the inten sity of that dazzling sheen. " Yet their indomitable energy rose superior to every trial—instinct with the dignity of manhood, they uttered no complaint, but bore on nobly. Night had again closed, when their long fast was terminated by a meal." And again, a few days later, at Cawnpore— " July 19th.—The heavy and frequent rain incident during this monsoon weather make writing a matter of difficulty. The ploughed ground beneath one's feet is a regular swamp. W a t er, water everywhere I A dry jacket has been a luxury unknown to us for many days. We cannot find a dry corner wherein to sleep, while the number of frogs which luxuriate in this humid atmosphere is astonishing. They are great, unsightly, bloated-looking creatures ; I have not made up my mind whether the large black frogs, streaked and fretted with dun colour, or the dingy yellow, variegated with black, are the most disagreeable. My presence does not seem to dis compose them in the least. They either flounder about in the little pools on my floor to their heart's content, or rest panting on the saturated earth ; their round, shining eyes fixed on me at times, as if fascinated. Dysentery and cholera continue to increase. It is lamentable to see our fine fellows smitten by those dire scourges, to which the peculiar state of the atmosphere, superadded to fatigue and privation, predisposes them. The long fasts, too, which we have been obliged to endure, ...must encroach on bodily strength. Our last was of 21 - hours' duration, viz., from noon on the 16th July till 9 a.m. the following day. During this interval not a man in our force had any refreshment, and at the end of these 21 hours the meal served to them was of the most meagre description. Still there was not a murmur in their ranks." Later on, in alluding to the anxiety felt by the medical men at the rapid progress of disease, he observes that it is not surprising as the extraordinary exposure to which the troops were subjected, at a season particularly trying to Europeans, would have naturally predisposed them to sickness, even had they the shelter of a tent, or the comfort of a bed after their weary marches ; while the scanty supply of food of an indifferent kind was ill adapted to enable them to resist the evil influence. It is pleasant to' nd an officer writing in such cor dial terms of those around him, and his work fully maintains the high reputation enjoyed by every individual in Havelock's little army. My Escape from the Mutinies in Oude. By a Wounded Officer. 2 vols. Bentley. This work is not another of the records of those who have escaped the hands of the mutineers, and who have written an accoun t o f t h e i r personal ex periences for the benefit of their friends in England, and elsewhere : it is a story in the form of an au tobiography, whose hero is an officer in the Com pany's service. His Indian adventures are not re stricted to recent events, but include the battles of Sobraon, Chillianwallah, &c. A full description of his flight from Oude accompanied by two other officers, their narrow escapes, their privations and sufferings, occupies the greater part of the second volume, and is no doubt very similar to the suffer ings of many unfortunate wanderers. The - gradual spread of the feelings of discontent and insubordi nation, and the general apathy of those in authority, arc ably drawn. The terrible state of suspense in which the Europeans remained after hearing of the outbreak at Meerut is vividly described. With the sword suspended over their heads, every morning scarcely hoping to get through the day, every night anticipating an onslaught before the morning, the few days before their fears were realised were scarcely less terrible than their subsequent suffer ings. All this—whether really drawn from per sonal experience, or gathered from the records of others—is told with vigour and ability. When the writer comes to the more domestic part of Ifs narra tive he is not so successful. He represents himself as a very unprepossessing individual, and a tone of vulgarity mingles with his conversations. The fair Ella's gaiety, too, often sinks into flipi ars -, and the other family portraits are scarcely more pleas ing. Nevertheless, those who wish to gather some idea of the terrors of an escape from the mutineers, without reading a serious or solid work, will be much attracted by these volumes, which will, no doubt, in consequence of their combination of reality and fiction, be popular with the general reader. Service and Adventure with the Khakee Ressalah dariv the Mutinies of 1857-58. By R. H. Wallace Dunlop, B.C.S. Bentley. At the commencement of the present year the author of this work had determined on writing a brief historical sketch of the Meerut mutiny, memor able from its position as the first massacre of the outbreak. He believed that the general history of the Indian mutiny would hereafter be best written " by combining such threads of narrative drawn by separate writers in every district affected by the revolt." But he was told by a friend that such a narrative would not be acceptable, as few cared for learned disquisitions on the causes, local history, and consequences of the Sepoy revolt—that an account of personal adventures would be far more acceptable; and being convinced of the truth of these sugges tions, the writer abandoned his intended history, and offers instead this brief record of his personal exploits and experiences with the Meerut Volunteer Horse. He has retained, he tells us, notes and drafts of his letters, which detailed his own opinions and actions ; and thus he is able to offer the reader the description of events and impressions as he recorded them at the time ; and he justly remarks that many truths concealed from history are faithfully carried home by every fortnight's mail. His sketch, he tells us, "is not written under any delusion that the writer saw more of adventure than his com panions." The scenes he witnessed were the everyday lot of hundreds of his countrymen, and on that account possess, as he infers, a general interest for Englishmen. We must not omit to mention that the volume is illustrated by numerous woodcuts, representing the various tribes and na tions. Six Months in British Burniah : or, In(Tia beyond the Ganges; in 1857. By C. T. Winter. Bentley. A work on Burmah is something of a novelty in Indian travellers' tales, and as such very acceptable, The author specially devoted himself to the study of the people, their manners, customs, institutions, and religion. With his sketch-book in hand, he entered the pagodas and temples, and mingled in the festivals and gatherings of the people, so far as a stranger could do. From foreign residents, too, he obtained much useful knowledge, and having collected so much interesting material, he naturally thought, at the present time, some account of the country and its inhabitants would find readers. There are many very curious particulars respecting the people and their traditions, as well as statistical information concerning the national resources. A sketch of the British encounters with the Burmese is also given, and occupies a considerable portion of the volume. The illustrations of the temples and pagodas add to the attractions of the work, which is an acceptable contribution to books of travel, as it gives information respecting a part of our Eastern possessions, of which little is known in this country. #.."" he ::(- a a nil n's 'he ith tin sin ant on ard B of veil the the oso Lea' roll nil hat hat lid a rest the Os., 44- 71 8/ 10 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Share) Share) l ip d r