The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-27 00:00:00

2110 Y MARKET AND CITY 11 7 E If' e. CITY, Two o'CLocr. The markets f or F o reign and Colonial Produce during the last few days have shown rather more activity. Business, however, in one or two of the Prhi eiPal staples has been checked by the late n ews from China. In the tea trade most par ties h ave waited for the delivery of their letters Y the Overland Mail previous to purchas ntg• Sugars have been dealt in to a mode rate extent at former rates. ,For coffee there has been only a limited inquiry ; the finer qualities ° f Plantation, however, realised full rates. In rice t he dealings have been to a moderate extent at about former quotations. Thn' transactions in the f t s , crop of fruit have been extensive, and prices of i __" ° th raisins an d curran t s h ave improved. Saltpetre ` lB been in steady demand, and tallow has slightly advanced for both present and forward delivery. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and between 8,000 and 9,000 bales were l c ald at f ormer va l ues. I n th e R a il wa y Sha r e Mar .et a decid e d i m p rove ment took place, but the 4. ansacti ons were rather limited. A bout £140,000 in Australian gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. An instalment of 25 per cent. is due to day en t he. Indian Loan, but owing to the large amount Paid in a n ti c i pa ti on it h as i ncrease d th e d em and f or di scount accommodation. At the Bank of England, as well as in Lombard-street, the applications are of ' moderate character, but instances are still re "icla'ded wh ere c h o i ce commerc i a l bills are negotiated the Stock Exchange advances can be obtained at LTY quotations, although the demand may be tem -1 oily stimulated by the liquidation of the ac "aunt in foreign stock and railway shares. T he Stock Exchange markets still remain in a : di et position, and the members are principally ° gaged in the liquidation of the account in foreign , t e () elcs and rail wa y shares. Speculation continues : ce edingly inactive, and the investments, although ) , -4a Governm en t b ro k er s till purchases £5,000 stock ' er diem, are comparatively unimportant. Consols o p e ned heavily, and very little alteration has since ' 41 ',.,, Airred, although the market is A trifle firmer, Co nsols being 95:4 1 for money, 'and 951 for the ,_ 4e aount. Exchequer Bills are rather firmer, at , 235. 70 Us. prem. The New India Stock lemur's at , it ° I i ; ditto Scrip at 1001. The Debentures are -e `, I , ( IY, at 95: 1, and the Bonds at 6s. discount. "le transactions in the Foreign Stock Market have been rather restricted, and prices remain e tt heut any change of importance. 'Turkish 6 per th e ata. are 831 to 811- ; ditto New, 63 to 70; and Per 4 Per Cents. have receded to 1021. Russian 5 ' 6 ` 7 r 7 Cents. are steady at 1111 ; ditto 3 per Cents. at b 4 ; and Spanish Certificates at 4-1. Peruvian 41 C . Cents. are firm at 92 ; and Venezuelan 1 per 18 . at 153. Mexican is rather flatter, being 4111 °* ed 9 31 to 231. to l luttn . ess in the Railway Share Market has been tr n fined within very narrow limits, most of the o i ttri sactions being connected with the liquidation t ogs, :account. Prices opened with a rather heavy ", but have since shown more buoyancy. Cale inolan, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and York 01lre, South-Western, North-Western, and Man ol/tile:ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln have advanced 5,3. ; 8 ' Great Northern, Great Western, Midland, °nt h - Pastern and South Wales, 10s. Iri th e Foreign M.arkist business has been very (et ; prices have remained steady. Great Luxem bin quie t; prices improved. about ss. lie r he Colonial li ne s have shown rather more firm %,..iss• Grand Trunk of Canada have advanied to a .: Great Indian P en i nsu l ar to 9Th ; East Indian an d Western of Can a d a rea lised previous rates. c int-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have dealtl in to a moderate extent,but therehasbeen ed" tieo `an change to record in prices, with the exception 1 1 'an Dieman's Land Company Shares, which 4 vc further advanced Ll to £2. I 3 hA ,. ,lIRITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 1";: dent. Consols Annuities 14 Stork • ' — b i ll t itto, 1859,5 per Cent. - I i Ditto Luau Scrip, ,o er cent itto Debentures l S p5B — bi, Ditto, :1859 Ditto'to Bonds, £l,OOO ° under £l,OOO t.4301s for. Account (Oct. 11) 951 li ttchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Ild .. 23 6 eo X5OO Ditt o s mall, 11d lit F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Nean . 3 p er Cent. uitt 23 h a 1i a ,.., oAccount ) , Lt tian 41- per-Cent 9 - e l to 3 per Cent. I , o tto Account ,. 72 ' enese, 1853, 3 per Cent. ' — 1 t. ,. Itto 3 per Cent., 18.56, 7, 9 11•17' 1 ° 14 , 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llll 1 to 3 61, 4 . Per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent Passive 14 4 ,1 1 t 1 311 Com. Cert. of Coup. not iunded 4Oa 6 per Cent Bl 1 i Di tto N ~ bitt Guaranteed, " an bit t ° —uasanteed, 4 per Cent. Ir, t ° Account. . ‘,.ezucla 23er cent. 4 iitt o 1 z per Cent 154 D ividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Conxols, Money Ditto Account (0ct.).... 95i The Tuscan N vari Tuscan Monitore of the 22d contains a very 1 l ice leader, in .which it asserts that the Tuscans to carry out the programme of the Emperor t ae leon 111 because the welfare of Italy and the ale of Europe require it. The perseverance of Nvi: b ea llY will, it allows, no doubt be accompanied t s' sorrows, but the Italians will prefer sorrow t? 1, t heir ruin, which would be that of civilian -4' " The d e Sti n y of Europe," the writer as serts, "is in the 'hands of Italy., The nation trn as t r s. Continue to arm ; the Italians want a coun p37 Which shall be no longer the sport of Germans, Nheh, or Spaniards ; they want Italy for them !Wes, that sh e may cease to b e t h e pre y of th os e who th Can neither k ee p h er nor ren der Ler happy ; e Want Italy for themselves, so that she may ' lo nger be a cause of eternal disturbance for mop e !" . th e The Opinione of Turin, in a leading article on 01,elilitary league concluded between the States i n .i4eutral Italy, says that should the Austrians the ee ° under the Papal or Moden'ese uniform de re r i4 lple of non-intervention must be consi stain f :' S 'violated, and Piedmont cannot then ab ut' repelling the - a:thick; The - COnseqUences ou such a convict, t it thinks, would be too danger -o,fe3tlfieori!,ll° peace of Europe to allow the protest (1, Btine...ledmontese Government against the clan rolment of Austrian troops to pass un needed. TiT CI VIL SEIIVICE.—The following gentlemen -s .t'e been appointed to the Civil Service, being the success gcandidates jai a competitive examination 'recently held o re the Ci v i l Service Commissioners :—Mr. Henry Jas. ii Ile t eNver, to a cNrkship in the department of general busi to Liverpool ; and Mr. Wm. Holtham, of asapernumery surveyorship of taxes under the Board Inland Revenue. Viscount Sudley has passed his exami ilthal as unpaid attache, and has been appointed to her jesty' s Mission at Hanover. Admiralty. —There are "alleles in this department for junior clerks, for which a efiT.:4Petitive examination is announced to commence this pIY• Public Record-office.—Mr. Henry George Holden, a u.srost..class Assistant-keeper of Public ltecoills, has retired ' RP superannuation allowance, alter nearly fifty years' MARTINEAU ON SWIMNIING.—Wh y is it t o made a part of education for every child to learn early t, 9 o Bwi ta ? Where is the difficulty ? Where is the objec oinri ? many years ago, a boy was drowned in bathing in It4 e i °I the great private schools of the Dissenters. The 4Per was with the party, but the boy got beyond : his ith, and sank because - he did hot know how to keep him 11,01P. Instead of taking measures to show every boy 114, 7 to do that the masters forbade bathing altogether 3 ; - a more awkward squad' than the pupils of , that to th, o l could not well b e seen. They never learned oprop er use of their limbs and theycon -Ilently timid where well-trained were lads would have been t: out a th oug h t of fear. A boy who can swim li k ea b o .t_is p retty sure to do ,ther things well; to row, to lik e to drive, to ride ; and every child ought to swim b ae „, fish. See how this consideration, again brings us v ,_ e ic to the topic of mortality I Is there ever a summer t s i_Nve do not see a succession of paragraphs about per crag drow-aed in bathing ? Is there ever a tourist season at Lakes in which every considerable lake has not its skiff is u p se t— a bather has got ou t o f hi s depth eats atl.gler h as f a ll en over-board ; and as none of. them as ,il e SWI4I, they all go to' the bottom. So we go on, year r, year. This year 1859 has been mournfully distill il_,otted by coroners' inquests on this kind of needless death. I ,"_,A a t s rd and Cambridge haw offered up their victims, and and rivers have sent their bad news to swell the indi.-- Liatton and shame with which we have to confess that we,' a • • rae nation noted for Wee our manly sports, have n o t yet ' , riled t o swim :—Once a k. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• Railways. Paid I Cloning • Price. 12.:0 A.mberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 50 BeMet and Ballymena 13.14 Bir., Wol.,.and Str. Val Stock Rir., La., and Ch. June 25 Blackburn. 25 Blyth and Tyn.. 10 i3ost.Slefa& Mid. Coun Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passagc 20 Cornwall 10 Do. ASA roves. no thy 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin and Belt est J unc 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc Stock East Anglian Stock' Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South W estn 10 4.qreat North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Otock Do. do. B Stock Sock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Sto3k Great Western Stock Do. S tr.Vl.Rail 0 na.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern V Lancaster and Carlisle 16g Do. Thirds 1613 t Do. New Thirds Stock ;.anca,shire Sc Yorkshire Stock London and Blackwall. Stock Lon..Brigliton ArS.Coast 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover Stock Loodon & North Westn 123 Do. .i..7ighths Stock London South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. Stock Man.,, Shef., & Lincoln 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Binning. & Derby. 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. 3 Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle ) 25 New.. Aber., & Ilerefd 10 Newry & Armagh (set.` 20 Newry, Warpt., .& gas Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stoci: North British Stock t.Nor. Dev.Rai I. &Dk. Stk Stook 11)..•.A Stk.— Arec. no div 6p.c.liasbeenpdß Stock! Do. B Stock Stock North-E2stn.—Berwick 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase I Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 20 North Staffordshire 20 North-Western tlO No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 i lthymney Stock!Scottish Central Stock ! &Oh. N.E., Aber. Stock Rock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock, Shropshire Union 10 ISittlngtoume & Sheer Stock ,',outh - Devon Stock South-Ezgtern Stock South Wale: , Stock South Yorks.& Ply. Dun 20 Staines', Wok., & Wok 25 I Stockton & Darlington,l 25 Do. do. 1855 25 'Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Prelerence, No. 1 25 !ThamesrfavenDk&Rail Stock, Vale of Neath 10 'Victoria Station & Stock Waterford ,fc Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick! ,20 'Vest Cornwall I 10 !W-end Lou..; Cry. Pal,, 5 Do A . ha 3 been pd. to Ri Do. 17 1 e t London .... Ist Class Do. 2d Close 5 20 10 20 I. PiZEFEItErT Railways. 811 ARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY;) Ras bless 'Blythe and Tyne lt * pet c. pref.' (issued at .C5O) -Brie. & Exet.4p.et.Stoel. Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc 1 . ..`0. do. Clara C 7 pc E'...Coum Ex. 5 p et. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New' R per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. i;",yrness, 5 per cent .... Glag, &S Wea:.Q. a. 5 pc. Great `northern. 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc .aldm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. to. do. D0.5p.c.Redm.,.7 pc. pm Gt. FM. of Scotid.l.st Gt. Sn.& W (IrelanZ. l )l p. et. pref. Stock mat West. (Berks Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. p. ot. Red eem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf. shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Birmiug. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan.& York 6 p.e. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3sl( dpc Lon.&Brip - ,.5pc. gu. No.i Do. pref., 5 p. et. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 m c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per e. shares L on. & N. vv .Cov. & N un - eaton, 5 p. ct. ,on.titS. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs , Londondy.& Ennis Man.,SlL, & Lin., 6 p. et' Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Afaryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. ;lid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leie. & liit.pref. st. INeivport,Aber,&c. prer.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. r rn 1,0. Ferpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk .0.'1). 4 p. e. sh arcs ►Do. 5 p. c. 14.,:t.Stock,lt+Iti Do. 5i p. c. Pre:. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, tata. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& D,k.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Ccnsol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c.-Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do.. Quarters. 1846 o. York, Ff.& S. Porch North Staffordshire Ox. r. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua..:. Do. Irredeem., 2 i gua )o. 41 p.c. Dh.stk.in perp Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua. 6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 103. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is South Wales, gma. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent g.-Y,,rkshire, 4 p.c. gull Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. I; 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent • WAerford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 6 61 8 gi 77 79 111- 12} 6 8 98 100 En 681 5 64 n 8 ICI 15 554 561 36 40 25 27 77 79 271 2i:l 96 98 1101 102 84 86 130 132 106 108 63 ai 55 60 195 200 151 161 14 164 p 96 961 63 66 112 113 131 141 931 94 1 1a 93 ft , 7 8 35} 851 105} 10:4 84 86 95 105 56 58 31 it d 60 601 89 ; 89 J is a 41 44= 45} 721 721 103 105 4- 4 - .lad 7i S 30 32 13 15 115 120 241 25} 80 82 3% 2%d 921 431 70/ 77/ e 5 70 ' 60 65 6 8 35/ SO 57 08 51 (I n. 3 71 Share Share! Stocl.l Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ,INI4:S LEASED AT FIXED .RENTA LS. Paid Leasin„ , * Closingl Business BailwayB.. Co.'s. . Price. I Done. Bedford and Bletchley l , all Buckinghamshire 100 Chester &If olybead 100 Do. do. 5i p. et ! 100 Do. do. 5 p. et. ClydesilaleJunction lOO Colchester, Stour Val all Is.Line.olnshlre,g.op.c I 100 E all Do. Woodbridge., 100 Glc.llarr.&Neils,Dret lOO Do. New lOO Gloster& Dean Forest 11 artlpool.Dek.&ltall all Hull and Selby Do, 4 Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 Do. Preference :srtiolltity,.gl(ruSa.ol47.ned: 100100 I L ri o oo ll 7 . 6e , r Matte.,lttixtn.b. Matt. all per cent lOO Eltd.Brulford Prefer (l. Fl. Counts. 5 . 5.. 100 Midland . guaranteed 5 p. C. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. all Do. Do. }'fixed 5 per cent. all. [Do. N ) Pr.:slot' and Wypo. all L.Yk. Do. 4M I Rreg A. all Do. Roystn,llitch.,& Shop 100Gt.Nortli tllirm shry& Heref or d a ll IT Brassoy South Staffbrdshire .. all I%l`Clean . Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn Ln N.W; Ln& N.W Do. Do. Do. 'Caledonini E.U.&J C Gt. North. E.Counts. 1 1 96 98 ! 49 50 '123 127 113 115 102 104 1 16 17 143 145 Caledonia Do. (.t. West Yk.N.&tir Yk.N.3.ld. Do. Do. -/ - 1 . ../ 112 -- - - 3. East.. Peto .Co. Norlolk Do LN W&M 98 98 i a i.) 50 58 138 142 91 10 10-i 104 91 93 DOCKS. Sh are Docks!. Commercial 1100 Do4perCent .Pref. Min 103 East and West India ! 100 S! ocki London S t ocleSt.liath urine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 'to% Do New: •••••• 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 11(2 = IC4 2 lyaldClosing liusiness Price. I Done. Stock Stock S:oek all 100 81 100 100 al 1 all all all all 711 E SRA RES. Paid, Closing Price. 19 51 25. .V 7 100 102 5.1 01 99 101 110 113 105.103 111 113 110 112 125 128 82 84 0 02 73 75 112 114 117 119 109 111 104. 106 84 86 97 99 8 90 89 91 100 102 9t 101 17 18 0:1 101 73 75 19 20 14 10 144 154 139 141 81 91 120 123 4 4 66 68 1 39 141 103 IC4 93 95 1,1 I 1 109 llt LO6 108 90 92 90 97 1 1 id 122 124 123 39(1 114 111 98 ICO 74 . 76 120 124 118 122 1q 10,1 , 24 24 101 103 101 103 28 29 ni 334 32 33 47 53 all 1100 100 100 100 100 1 64 66 1115 120 1, 92 94 - - 5' 21 20 ~~:^, 1 , .w r'y. Y ~..SWA. J:.`--'. Share teil. THE; ':SUN, LONbbil, TUESDAY gVENING; SEPTEMBER 27, 18b9.1 .BEITISII POSSESSIONS. Oways. Atlantic & Sr Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. I3om.,Baroda&Cent.lnd gu. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Butilzlo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference B io,Bran t. &G odricli 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 Do. do. 1 .July, 1.873 IX , . do. 1 June, 1874 & S.E as trn. Li re. Cape.Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Beng,al.gu.sp.c East Indian, v ,- u. sp. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Buis. pay.'s9 Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cont. 1862 Do. do. 1607 Gt. IndiaPenin. gua.op.c. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Do. do _ . Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do, do. ''3 without opt Do. 5i p. a. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4¢ p. o. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New I! v) Do. Punjaub 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ttg' St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limi ted) Scrip FOREIGN Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 79 81 161 17 1/ 1i d 11 d sfrbd 6 7 Id i p 11 li d If 99 100 id 1 d 9D 100 18 20 35 36 92 94 71/ 72/ 80 82 70 72 96/ 97/ 1 I d 11 ld 13z 14 61 6; a 100 103 1043 107 160 103 97 100 85 00 88 06 18110 d 14 lid, - -d - 181 191 14 1 d 11 • d 1 1 d DR. LIVINGSTONE'S EXPEDIIION. The Cape Town Nall of August 20 has the fol lowing copy of a letter from Dr. Livingstone to Sir George Grey, containing a sketch of some important geographical discoveries in addition to those recently announced by that distinguished explorer : "River Shire, June 1, 1859. "My dear Sir George,—We have lately disco vered a very fine lake by going up this river in the steam launch about 100 miles, and then marching some 50 more on foot. It is called Shirwa, and Lake N'gami is a mere pond in comparison.. It is, moreover, particularly interef:ting from the fact reported by the natives on its shores that it is sepa rated by a strip of land of only five or six miles in width from Nyanja, or Lake N'yinyesi—the stars —which Barton has gone to explore. We could ,hear nothing of his party at Shirwa, and having got no European news since you kindly sent some copies of the Times last year, we are quite in the dark as to whether he has succeeded or not. Lake Shirwa has no outlet, and its waters are bitter, but drinkable. It abounds in fishes, leeches, alligators, and hippopotami. We discovered also by examining partially a branch of the Shire, called Ruo, that ,one portion of Shirwa is not more than 30 miles distant from a point that may easily be reached by this launch, which by newspaper measurement draws 13 inches, and actually 31 inches. The Lake Shirwa is very grand. It is surrounded on all sides by lofty green mountains. Dzoruba, or as 'people nearest it say, Zomba,-is over 6,000 feet high, of same shape as Table Mountain, but inhabited on the top ; others are equally high, tut inaccessible. It is a high land region—the lake itself being about 2,000 feet aboTe the sea. It is 20 or 30 miles wiP.c. and 50 or 60 long. On going some way up e hill, we saw in the far distance two mountain tops, ris ing like little islands on a watery hP;rizon. An inhabited mountain island stands mar where we first came to it. From the size of the wares it is supposed to be deep. Mr. MarAear will show you the map. . ' " Dr. Kirk and I with 15 Makololo formed the land. party. The country is well peopled and very much like Londa in the middle of the country, many streams rising out of bogs—the vegetation nearly identical also. Never saw so much cotton grown as among the Manganga of the Shire and Shi rwa Valleys— all spin and weave it. These are the latitudes. Which I have always pointed out as the cotton and sugar lands—they are pre-eminently so, but such is the disinterestedness of s ome p eop l e t h a t l a b our i s exported to Bourbon instead of being employed here. The only trade th e p eo pl e h ave i s t h at of 1 slaves ; and the only symptoms of impudence we met were from a party of Bajana slave traders ; but they changed their deportment instantly on bar ing that we were English and not Yotraguese. There are no Maravi at or near Shirwa----they are all west of the Shire, so this lake cO.l, scarcely be called Lake Maravi—the Portugue Fa know nothing of it ; but the minister who clamed (blue book for 1837) the honour of first traversing the African ontinent for two black men with Portuguese names i---must explain why they did not cross Shirwa. It lies some 40 or 50 miles on each side of the latitude f Mozambique. " They ,came to Teta only, and lacked at least, 00 miles of Mozambique. We go back to Shirwa in July, and may make 'a push for I\i'yi , ..yesi. i (Signed) "DAVID LIVIY GSTONE." ~~_ ITE GOLD DIGGIN/Gs. -4. - The Eireipool Albion furniskes the following ntercsting letter from a miner at the gold diggings, 'racer River, received by a gentleman in that own. The writer had. .previously gained experi nee in the gold fields of California and Australia. •Vriting from Print . . o Albert Flat, on' thz: 27th of July, he says :----J:left New York on the sth April, t two p.m., and. had a pleasant run down to Aspin vall, calling at Havana on the 11th, at 6.30 a.m., rriving at Aspinwall on the 16th, at 6 p.m. I vent over: to Panama next morning by rail, and roamed about there all day, went on board of the John L. Stephens at night, and left next morn mg,' atfive o'clock, for San Francisco, where we arrived on the ISt of May, calling at Acapulco on the 23d. Here I walked' round for two days seeing the fashions, at the expense of sundry five dollar pieces ; but, as this was not paying, I left for Victoria on the 3d of May, at 10 a.in., in the steamer Brother Jonathan. whose greatest speed did not exceed six knots; but the lArd sent us a fair wind, and we got up to Victoria on the 7th, at 6 p.m. Here were any quantity of miners from up ' the river, whose account of the mines was anything but encouraging ; but I felt assured that it could not be any worse than Victoria seemed to be just then, so I left for Fort Hope, 8.C., on the 9th, at 3.15 a.m., in the steamboat Governor Douglas. We had a pleasant run up the river, calling at Queensborough, Langley, Harrison's River, arriving at Hope on the 11th, at 6 a.m. We ran ashore, tied the boat td the trees, and at night I kept straight on to Fort Yale, 16 miles further up, but found it all alike—busi ness dead, mining dull, and river rising like the tide. Go where you would, you would find deserted claims and empty cabins. I did not like to be idle, so I went prospecting for diggings of my own, until I fell in with this place. Here I got the best pro spects I could find on the river, but it required time and money to get at the gold, so I formed a company of nine, took up the ground, and com menced a work on the 6th of June ; but the river flooded us out, so that we did not get to work again until the 7th of this month. We have to run a tunnel 300 feet from tho river, in order to get an outlet for our water. We own part of a ditch, so that we are on the safe side ; I think we will be in in another month. It will cost four thousand dollars, but will pay from ten to twenty dollars ' per day to the men for three years ; so you will • see that the prospect is a good one. Fraser River does not contain one-tenth part of the popu lation it did this time last year ; but this is partly • owing to men coming here with too large ideas, and partly to Government mismanagement ; but if the Government will now adopt a liberal policy and encourage mining, the progress of British Columbia will be upward and onward, perhaps not so fast as Australia or California;• . but, nevertheless, it will be sure, for gold can be found in almost every flat from Harrison's River to Fort Alexander, in pay ing quantities. The average of miners here now is greater than in California, but there being no roads through the country, and provisions very dear, miners . make little. more than a living, after paying taxes, paying for water, and paying for every thing ; but they are making a roadafrom Harrison's River to Bridge River, which will be through the Cascades, the country being pretfy level from that to Fort Alexander. There have been two silver veins found in the vicinity of Fort Yale. I have found some detached pieces of copper ore, but cannot find where they came from ; indeed, I have had some thing else to do besides looking for copper. They have located the capital of British Columbia. It is a short distance from the mouth of the river. It is called Queensborough, but it is to be called New Westminster, lots brought as high as 2,000 dollP.rs. 1 It is reported that gold exists in large quantities in Queen Charlotte's Island, and several parties have gone there prospecting. Gold diggings are reported to have been found above Fort Alexander. The Indians are friendly all through the country. Busi ness has improved very little since I came here, but -it is a shade firmer ; as the river falls it will be ! bciter. THIS DAY'S SUIPPING. LONDON, Sapt. 27.—Wind this day at noon, West- North-Wesierly ; light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather; a great deal of rain fell during the night. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Arti zan, for New York. WEST HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 25.—Wind W.—Arrived — Native, from Miramichi. FALMOUTH, Sept 26.—Wind S.W—A,rrived—Fredo rick, from Taganrog. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 26.—Wind N.W.—Sailed— Ascendant, for Algoa Bay. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Argus, from Buenos Ayres; Fullerton, from Rio Grande. Sailed— Celt, screw steamer, for Southampton. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Solidi, from Itichibucto. CLYDE, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Auchneagb, from Havannah. • • • HULL, Sept. 26.—Wins S.W.—Arrived—George Heinrich, from Buenos Ayres; Pembroke, from St. Ste phen's; Freleriek the Great, from Quebec; Queen Vie, toils, ditto. C.VRDIFP, Sept. 26.—Wind N W.—Sailed—Jane, for the Care of Good Hope. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) k:OITT HAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind Arrived—L'Etoile, from Carenton ; Despatch, steamer, from Jersey; Celt, steamer, from Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—Alliznee, steamer, from Havre; Atalanta and Courier, steamers, for Jersey ; lialaklava, steam transport, for Woolwich. _ _ _ LIVERPOOL, Tueslay Morning. Win=l W. S. W. Arrived, Sept. 26 —l - la - ebinger, from Demerara, and not from Buenos Ayres ; Jalvera; from Bombay ; Sunderland, from Pensacola y ; Mazurka, from Alexandria; Vivid, from Mazagan ; Arab, from Cuba ; Albina, from Paraiba ; `Washington, from Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND TIRITISII TELEGRAFRI GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Calm, tide 1 half-hour's flood, weather fine. _Arrived, Sept. 26—Star, from Vivian. . Arrived, Sept. 27—Eclipse, from Madiera. Sailed, Sept. 27—Walter llood,_for Sydney. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S., light. • Passed—Bedouin, from London, for Halifax. Passed in tow—King Lear, from Akyab, for London; Eclipse, from Shields, for Alexandria ; Ann Rankin, from Wyburg, for Bordeaux ; Pacific, from Sunderland, for Ceylon ; Forerunner, from London, for Madras. Sailed All the outward botad except the Westbrook, for Constantinople. all 100 116 118 ss. /g l 5 15 AILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 20 Ardennes all — p 20 Bah.&S.Pran.,Lim.7p.c 5 11 4 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graisseesac all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 24 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension all f d 20 Dutch Rhenish- l5 44 4 d 20 Eastern of France all 27 274 YO Euphrates Valley p 20 Grand RW3 Guar .5 p.c 6 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Ltixem., Con. sirs all 71 71 71 20 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout_ all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 20 Ditto New 8 21 25 ' 121 1 20 Lyons and Geneva all 331 Maria Antonia all 10 Do, do, New 20 Namur and Liege all 81 8} 81 1 20 Do. do. 6p. e. Pref. all la 20 16 Northern of France 20 po. New Shares 10 "Norwegian Trunk Prcf all 94 104 20 Paris,Lynns, and Medit all 344 36 20 Paris and Orleans ~„ , all 55 67 20 Recife& S. Pran. (1 rn ); 13 3 .f 4 d 101 guy:. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20. . Riga and Dunaburg... :1 S 10 Rome and Frascati .all 20 'Royal. Danish 1 all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Sambre and Meuse all ta 7 10 Do. 51 per ecnt. Pref all 9 94 9 20 Southern of Prance Wast Flanders 10 Do. 51 p, e, Preferenae 20 W. & N.W. of Prance all 231 244 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 W iesbaden 6 DO per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Mildness Share Securities. Prices. Done. Ja.&July 10.0 112 a 113 112; 113 , Do. • 6p.c.1 ,- :).&Aug. 100 111 113 Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 111 113 N.8.G0v.6p.c.,Ja. &July 10C 110 111 Do. op.c.Ap.& Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. SD. c. Deb. 106 100 1035 D0.5p.een.1871 to 197 a 100 100 1004 Do.sp.een.lBBB and tip 100 100 1001 1004 NovaScoalaGov.6 p.c. s Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 109 110 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&july 100 108 110 VietaGov.6n.c..Tan&July 100 Do. do. April & Oct. 100 1101 1115 1111 107 - MISCELLAAEOUS. Share Miscellaneous. Paid. Closing,- Price. Business done 10 Ana-to-Mexican stint all 14 15 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 200 ?20 25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 31 01 10 Australian Royal Mail. all S 7,74 10 Berlin Water Works 50 British American Land 41, 50 Brit.& Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 16 38 20 Do. B, 7p. e. till 1862 all 19 21 +. 20 Do. C 1 0 0 Canada Land 324 109 114 10 Chan:lslands Tel.(Lim.` all 8 9 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng,.&Smlle all 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 24 25 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference all 44 55 Stock rectrie Telegraph lOO 100 102 1001 25 Do. New 5 Eno.. & Aant. Cop.St.Co all 11 la 20 GLlronScrewCol.(Lirn all 15 Gala Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Shin (Limited) all 1d 1 p • 20 Indian & Aust. lelegr 2s. - 5 London Distil Telegr 1 / 4 d 20 London Disoount 5 14 .i 4 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 14 11 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 1 11 a 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 44 54 25 National Discount Co l4 1 d 10 Netherlands Land ail 5 DoBp.c.l'ref a iss.at ld is all 1 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 '1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ' all 3 1 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 1 d ip 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 -- 10 Ditto B 4 - 10 Ditto C 2s. - .7, took Peel River Land & Min lOO 48 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 75 78 50 Do. New l5 8 10 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 p 155 50 Rhyrnney Iron 15 Do. New all 64 7 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O Stock SeOt.Austrin.lnv.(Lim \ 100 115 125 120 25 South Australian Land. all 34 36 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 4 1 1 Do. do Registered all 1 20 Pr.& I ,n.Ce.ot Upr. Can. 5 100 Vitt, Tliernoti'a Land 281 13 14 121 4 121 i i BRITISH MINES. . Mines • Share raid. \ closing Business Price. Done. • Alfred Consols (rhtlanic) 2.11.14 34 41 20 British Iron 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 420 430 East Bassett (illotran) 3O 1574 1621 E. WI Bus:,l (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 81 9 Gam.&St. Aubyn(G wm ) 544 43 .48 Great South TolErns l7s 131 14/ G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.1.8 11 1 —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 4 11 Lady Bertha Margaret (L. ny Lelant) 10.6.7 54 57 North Frances (Mogan) 10 51 61 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 81 91 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan)' nil. 51 61 Par Consols (St. Blazyl.l 11 12 13 Plovidence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 43 46 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. I 6o 4 I SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 14 230 240 Soi'th C. Brea (Mogan). 2 21 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illocr,an), 18.18.9 145 155 5 Tamar Silver and Lend' Mining Co 44 '2l 3 10 'Tin Croft 9 44 5 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - 'Vale of Toney (Cann ) 12s 6d I 4 West Basset (Mogan). 11 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard. 10 140 145 Wheal Basset (Mogan). '5l 160 170 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 80 90 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 6 14 lie Wheal ICltty(tj. Lelant) 1.7.2 11; 121, 12 11 Mary. nn (Me he 8 33 35 WWI Trelawney (Usk.) 44 274 LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(TELS DAY.) WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Bayley and a Jury. LITTLEWOOD V. TILE EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the proprietor of Joseffe 'Dining Rooms, Strand, against the Equitable Gas Company, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained through the proceedings of the servants of the said company. Mr. Hutchinson appeared for Mrs. Littlewood, and Mr. Robinson for the Equitable Gas Company. Mr. Hutchinson, at some length, stated his case to the jury, from which it appeared that the gas cons umed on the premises was supplied by the defendants, one of the con ditions being that a sum of £5 should be paid in advance. The:plaintiff objected to such an arrangement, but as the money had been formally paid under protest the company continued to supply the gas until the £5 in hand was exhausted, and then they threatened plaintiff to stop the supply unless the deposit of £5 in advance was renewed. Plaintiff refused to accede to such terms, and the servants of the company then proceeded to open up the street in front of the house to cut off the gas. As it was of importance to the plaintiff that such should not be done, the money was paid under protest, and teas was supplied as usual. The plaintiff, thinking the company was not justified in acting as they had done, brought the present action to try the point, and also to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the obstruction of the footway before the house. Mr, Robinson said it appeared to him to be a question of law. The company said to the tenant you must pay me ain advance. Mrs. Littlewood said she would not do so, and the company then said you shan't have the gas. He said the company had a right to mako the demand, and if it was not complied with they had a right to refuse to sup ply the gas. The Judge—l think they have the right to cut off tho gas. Mr. Hutchinson—Then they have a right to do just u hey please. Mr. Robinson—We have as much right to claim the monoy first, as the plaintiff has to claim the gas. The Judge—The company have by their act the right to cut off the gas if they please, or refuse to supply. Mr Hutchinson—ln case there is an implied contract. The Judge—l think they have. _ _ Mr. Hutchinson— Notwithstanding there is nothing due ? The Judge—Yes, they have such a right. It appears they went on supplying the gas until there was no deposit, and I think they can, if they please, refuse to supply unless their terms are agreed to. I have gone over very atten tively the Acts of Parliament relating to gas companies, and I think the Gas Consolidated Act expressly gives them the power they have exercised. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. ---- --- POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WHOLESAEE SMASHING OF WORKHOUSE WINDOWS. —Ellen Redding, an inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse, was charged with breaking 43 panes of glass of the value of 52.3 4s. the property of the guardians of the poor. Michael Brennan, porter of the workhouse, said that about half-past 5 that morning he was called by the police, and in formed that some one. was smashing the glass in - the win dows of the workhouse ; and on proceeding to the ward he saw the prisoner, who had just ceased her work of destruc tion, having demolished 43 panes, and on asking why she had done it, she said because she was, ill, and could get no medical assistance. The value of the glass was £3 4s. When called on for her defence, the prisoner entered into a long statement, to the effect that she could not get tea and sugar ordered her ; that about 20 of them were ill with the diarrhoea bn Saturday, and again yeiterday, 'and that there was no medical attendant; that they could not get to the head nurse l'ecause the door was locked ; that the bread was sour, and that she was half starved; and that the place where they had to work was under ground and damp, and that she could not stand it any longer. Brennan said she had been admitted 79 times. The medical officer said he had examined the place and found no offensive effluvia, but it was ordered to be white washed. Tho prisoner said that when the things were removed maggots were there, and that she had ate nothing since Sunday. , Mr. Beaumont, relieving-officer, said that diax,hcea had been in the house. The' prisoner said she had drank four or five pints of cold water the previous day. Mr. Beaumont said the bread was now much better than it had been. Mr. Beadon said she must pay £3 or be committed for 107,- I two months. FOREIGN MINES Xustralian ll I I 1 Ilion AccordCopper,Lim. l 15s i a i p Brazil. Imp. (iv. at .C 5 p.)i 24 - Do.St..lolindelßey,Lim.l 15 10 11 Do. Land avid Mininf4Co. I all Clareudon Consols Min ing Co. f)f Jamaica ... # —— (1 Cobra Copper' all 47 98 Cepiapo l6 7 . 8 DunAlonn.Cop.lling.Co all i i Fortuna General all 22 23 ' Linares all 11 4 12 Lusitan lan .11arIgnita all # t IN. RhineCon.of S. ikus.l lO I i p Pol4:;ibandSilver, Lead Atininz and Smelt all Port Philip all :lccitisli Australis. (L.)... 1 United 3.lcxican 6 8 1 1 d par t 2 21 201 20 10 100 100 190 174 20 S Lock 100 ICO 20 Sto. Stook! 100 100 100 100 Stock 100 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stock 201 88} 8 551 i 62 i 1 1121 i - d 1034 761 6 67 4 Business Done. JOINT-STOCK I:3A;KrsloSien.s Business Share Joint - Stock Banks. Paid. -- 100 ApTa&UnitedServicellk 50 -- 40 A ustralaz,ia all 80 82 801 25 Bank of 11;2 - ,ypt all 201 214 100. Pink of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North A merican all - —55 j 20 Clitd. Rank of India, &c 16 4 1 1 p 1(x City 100 Colonial - 20.11 Com. Bank or Canada all 100 Commercial of B,u , ton 2O 2) 21 20 Plug , Scot., & Aus. Ch 1..11 154 161 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon Char.Bk.ot Austral. all 211 214 • 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock ... 100 London & Westminster 2O -- 501 50 100 Nat. Pray. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 50 • National Bank 25 20 ' New' South Wales 25 Orient Ilk. Corporation all 391 404 :pi 20 Ottcman Bank all 18 19 18. 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all 471 431 474 50 Union of London l2 100 Unity Mutual 6O —. all all 1160 100 1. 3 0. 2s. 6d IIA 5 100 all a l all }lOO 100 100 all all all 100 723 3 8O 973 33 8a 101 l 1001 THAMES. I'M ZZLEMENT. —Thomas Hatch, a boy about 15 pars of age, was bnught before Mr. Selfe charged with embez zling various sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to £5 5s ld., which he had received for and on a2count of his employer. Mr. Frederick Butler, baker, of No. 18, Mile-end-road, said the prisoner had been in his service about eight or ten weeks, and his duty was to carry out bread, receive the money for it of the customers, and account for the same daily. He had recently discovered that the prisoner bad debited many customers with bread who had paid him re gularly. (The witness handed in a list of customers from whom the prisoner had received money which he had ap propriated to his own use. lie was afraid there were other cases which had not yet been discovered. He asked for a remand to enable him to bring forward the people who had paid the prisoner money. Mr. Selfe—Are any of them here ? Mr. Butter—l have two of them here. Mrs. Plumb, of Park-street, Mile-End, said she had paid Bs. 6d. to the prisoner. Mr. Solfe—Do you keep an account ? Mrs. Plumb—No, sir. I never kept any account. I sometimes paid the prisoner daily, and sometimes weekly, as it suited me. Mr. Selfe---Yom ought to keep accounts. People who are worth a "plumb" generally keep accounts. Mrs. Fanny Maiden, cf Park-street, said that she had paid the prisoner ss. 6d. for bread. Mr. Butter said he had never received the two sums mentioned. Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner. A DRUNKEN CAB3iA.N. A strange-looking fellow, named 'Wingfield, a cab-driver, wearing the badge No. 1,398, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with being drunk and unable to take care of his horse and cab. Cockerell, a police-constable, No. 266 K, said he saw the prisoner driving his cab very awkwardly at 1 o'clock this morning, and he went ". bang" against the toll-house in the Commercial-road, and was thrown off his seat, ant fell heavily on the ground. The prisoner was the worse for liquor. The prisoner said it rained heavily last night, and he took two or three glasses of liquor, and he fell asleep on his cab. Mr, Selfe Cabmen havo no right to be asleep l —they should always be wide awake. The prisoner said he had received a severe shaking, and his waster having given him a good character, he was al lowel to go at large without payment of a fine. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SIIITIIFIELD.—Mcadow hay, £2 103 to £4 4s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, 43 to 103 per load. Trade dull. Supplies good. CUMBEIILAND.—Meadow hay, £2 12s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 58 ; and straw', £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand. WurrEcnArEL.—Meadow hay, £2los to £4 4s ; £4 5s to t 5 ss; . and straw, 11 .1f; to la 8s per load. Both hay and straw met a heavy market at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.---The business transacted has been quite unim portant, as all parties are waiting the delivery of the letters by the overland mail. SUGARS.—The market has been steady, late prices having been fairly maintained for all qualities. In the refined market a moderate business has been done on former terms. COFFEE.—There has been a partial inquiry for the better qualities of Plantation Ceylon. The trade, however, have not bought freely, as large quotations are advertised for public sale. JticE.—The demand for East Indian descriptions has continued active, and prices have shown an upward tendency. - - Fuut : i—lncreased firmness has been apparent. New Valencia raisins have advanced Is to 2s per cwt., with few sellers. Currants realise fully late quotations. _ SALTPERTE.—The market has been exceedingly steady, and fine qualities have realised slightly advanced rates. TALLOW.—The market during the last few days has exhibited more animation and prices have shown an up ward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 58s to 58s 3d, and 53s Gd for last three months' delivery. MISS MARTINEAU ON THE WANTS OF BOYS.— A boy goes to a public school, or to a large private one, such as exists :n every sect of dissenters, as well as in many dis tricts, lying out of the way of our great public schools. He carries with him the wants every boy has at his age. He wants food in the first place-•---food fit for, and pleasant to, a growing boy. He wants plenty of sleep, airy, quiet, and decent. He wants regular daily opportunity for cleanli ness ; for the neglect of the skin is invariably avenged upon the internal organs of the body. He wants due warmth in winter, much more than hewill need it ten years hence. He wants frequent change of posture and employ ment; steady, moderate lessons, alternating with vigorous play. He wants to have every muscle put to use in active sports, and every faculty put to use in study and in daily life. how does he get these wants supplied at school ? Once a Week. _ _ A NARROW ESCAPE.—In the beginning of the week, says the Alloa Journal, while a cow, the property of 'Mr. James Young, cattle-dealer, was being shipped for Leith, one of the ropes broke, and the animal and a party in charge of it were precipitated over the pier int. , the water. The individual cried loudly to " save him, for he was drownin', and no mind the coo." We are very glad to be ably to state that both the party and the cow were after wards safely landed. T Hilt D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. AQUATICS. SCULLLERS' MATCH BETWEEN BRENCHLEY AND LOWE FOR £25 A-SIDE. This match came off this afternoon over the usual course from Putney to Mortlake, with the following result : Brenchley Lowe Won easy. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. We are happy to inform the lovers of rowing that the Messrs. Searle have chartered a boat to accompany the great match for the Championship of the Thames and £4OO sovereigns, on Thursday next, between Kelly and Chambers. NETVIYARKET RACES-(THIS DAY). [HY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TRIAL STAKES. Weatherbound Nimrod 2 GRAND DUKE MICHAEL STAKES. North Lincoln Promised Land Two ran. BUCKENIIAM STAKES. Tom Bowline MATCHES. Actwon beat Cynricus. Roesia beat Apollo. • Virago colt beat The Baron colt. • Narcissus and Sweet - sauce is off. In.dependanco and Des Chiles is off. walked over. HOPEFUL STAKES. Madame Eglantine... King of Diamonds Six ran. EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP Penalty New Brighton Montebello Won by a length. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Orlando. Tiara... Bastion., SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOUS. Dapple Sleight filly Three ran. HOPEFUL STAKES.—Patapon, Harrid iptes, ITirail leur, and Convivialist have paid forfeit. EASTERN' COUNTIES ll.t.ND:cA7...—Mand, Star of the East, Fadladeen, Enfield, Physician, Killigrew, Chantress, Queen of the East, Orlanda, and Zaretan, have raid for feit. LONDON GAZETTE -(THIS EVENING.) .• 4- - ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SEPT. 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral the Hon: ' Sir Henry Koppel, K.C.8., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Lieutenant-General Berkeley Drummnd, resigned: The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant- General Berkeley Drummond to he en Entra Groom in Waiting in Ordinary to - her Majesty. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEI'T. 21 Tho'Queen has leen pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas M. Persse as Consul at Galway. for fhe United States of America. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL. SEPT. '27. The Right lion. the Lords of the Committee of Priey Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Mspatch front her "Majesty's Consul-General at Port-au- Prince, enclosin g a copy of a law recently passed by the Government of Hayti, repealing the tax iu kind hitherto levied upon coffee exported, and substituting au export duty of one piastre and three-quartets per 100 lbs. net, the duty to be payable at the option of the Government, either in . drafts on Paris or in liaytian currency. The Right Hon. the Lords of the 'Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, throutTh the Secretary -of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, reporting that the Board of Health at that capital, has declared the ports of Alicante and earthlgent and the ports of the kingdom of Hanover to be suspected of cholera morbus. The same board has also declared the port of Rio de Janoiro, in Brazil, to be considered as suspected of yellow - fever since the 2d March last. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council fur Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Minister at Naples, enclosing copy of a Neapolitan Royal Decree, prolonging- until .the 30th June, 1860, the decree authorizing the free admission into the kingdom of Naplcs of wheat, barley, oats, maize, pulse and rice, and floor of same. BOARD OF TRADE, -"WHITEHALL, SEPT. 27. The Right lion. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de- spatch from her Majesty's Char g 6 d'Affaires at Florence, enclosing a coyy of a Tuscan decree, reducing the export duty on rough. hewn and chiselled alabaster from 3 liras per 1001bs. to 10 soldi, and the duty upon works of alabaster from 1 lira per 100Ibs. to 10 soldi. The same decree also reduces the export duties on vegetables from 6 soldi per 1001bs. to 2 soldi. *ADMIRALTY; SEPT.' 22. First Lieutenant George DarC Dowell to be Captain, vice Wood, placed on half-pay. Second Lieutenant 'Wm. Benthain Morris .to be First Lieutenant, Vice Dowell, promoted. ARAIIRAITY, SEPT. 24. First Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Foster to be Lieu tenant and Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Merioneth—Edmund Buckley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Ist Company of Pembrokshire Rifle Volunteers—George Noel Clarke, Esq., to be Lieutenant. 7th Company of Lancashire Volunteer Rifles—Robert Ellis Green, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Walter Watson, Gent., to be Ensign. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Charles Frederick King, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ramsay, promoted. Ist Company of Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—Major- General George Borlase Tremenhere to be Captain; Henry Dobree, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas Cornish, Esq., to be Ensign. . Ist Company of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—Charles Glynn Prideaux Brune ' Esq., to be Captain; John Tred wen, Gent., to be First Lieutenant. Princs of Wales Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia— Lieutenant Charles • Bisset Thomson to be Captain, vice Latham, resigned ; Ensign Arthur Woolfrey Bridge to be Lieutenant, vice Thomson, promoted ; Ensign Henry Bar clay,Dunlop to be Lieutenant, vice Cameron, removed in consequence of long absence without leave. Ren.frewshire Vounteer Rilles-3d Company—Alexan der Fullerton, Gent., to be Captain; William Carlile, Gent., to be Lieutenant; James Andersen Mach can, Gent., to be Ensign. 4th Company—Alexander Crum, Gent., to be Captain; Robert Gillies Lowndes. Gent., to be Lieutenant. Edinburgh City Artillery Militia—First Lieutenant Geo. Charles Finlay to be Captain, from Sept. S, 1859, vice Nicol, resigned; Second Li6ut enan t J o h n G or d on D av id s on to be First Lieutenant, from Sept. 8, 1859, vice Finlay, promoted. NorthUmberland Regiment of Militia Artillery—Alex. L6slie Gracey, Esq., A.M., M.D., late Senior Surgeonto the Artillery of the Turkish Contingent, to be Surgeon, vice Nettlefold, vsigned. County of Middlesex— Sir John Gibbons, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant. sth or Royal Elthorno Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Robert henry Bolton, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gibson, resignell. MEMORANDUM.--3d or Royal Westminster Light In fantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the Commis sion in this Regiment held by Lieutenant William John Ralfs. . • .v• sth or Royal Elthorne Regiment of Middlesex Militia— The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resig nation of•the Commission'in this. Regiment held by Assis tant-burgeon James Edward Gibson. Wooton or 2d Surrey. Subdivision Volunteer Rifle Corps —Henry Walker K,errich, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Robert Barclay, Esq., to be Ensign. Brixton or 4th Surrey Company 'Volunteer Rifle Corps— Thomas Email, Esq., to be Captain; Edward Griffiths Syms, Esq., to be Lieutenant.. Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry —Lieutenant William Erle Welby to be Captain, vice Hon. 11. 1). Curzon, resigned; Cornet George Henry Little dale to be Lieutenant, vice Sir F. lfeygatc, resigned ; Cor net George Henry Finch to be Lieutenant, vice Welby, promoted ; Charles Phillips, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Finch, promoted. [The following appointments are substituted for those which appeared in'the Gazette of the 13th inst.] Reigate or sth (and not the 4th) Surrey Company of Vo lunter Rifle Corps—The Hon. 'William John Monson to bo Captain ; Francis Henry Beaumont, Esq., to be Lioute nant; Henry Lainson, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Ist Company of Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteers — The Right Hon. John Poyntz, Earl Spencer, to bo Captain. 3d Company of .Ess,•:x Rifle Volunteers—John Coope Davis, to be Captain; 'William Henry Clifton, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Henry Martin Harvey, Esq., to be Ensign. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant;•General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 26, 18.59. Notice is hereby given to all persons 'i n terested therein, that preparations are now being made for the intended distribution of the award for stores recovered from the wreck of her - Majesty's gunboat Jaseur, in the month of April, 1859, by the Cuba or Zeldina, tender to her Ma jesty's ship Imaum. Agents or other persons having any just and l ega l de mand, unliquidated, against the said award, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined; taxed, and allowed by th a t Offi cer , and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any salvor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accom p an i e d by the usual documents, to the , Prize - Branch of the Department of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset- House." Due notice will be given, by future a dvertisements in the " London Gazette," of the date pr.4posed for the commence ment of distribution ;. and, at the. same time, the amount of an individual's share in the' respective classes will be an nounced. BANKRUPTS. John Suit, currier and leather seller, Bermondsey, to surrender Oat. 2, at one, and Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Henry Baker and Joseph Aguilar, soap raanu facturers, Water-lane, Great Tower-street, City, Oct. 6, at twelve, and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Squire,:draper, Kendal, Westmoreland, Oct. 10, and Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Joseph Richmond, corn factor, Bradway, Derbyshire, Oct. 8 and Nov. 19, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. John Machin Hall, paper dealer, Sheffield, Oct. 8 and Nov. 19, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Joseph Yardley Vernon, draper, Stourbridge, Worcester siCre, Oct. 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. • Joseph Morris, needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Wor cestershire, Oct. 7 and Nov. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Peter and Thomson Aikman, shipownerS, Glasgow. James. Mitchell, accountant, Edinburgh. James Thomson, inspector of poor, Canongate, burgh,_ William Cameron, commission agent, Glasgow. Robert Smith , watchmaker, Inverness. Alexander Glasgow Carswell, salesman, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Tiers DAN. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 271 25 30 Harnburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 .32t Frankfort on Maine —117 i Vienna Trieste 2.5 35 25 371 118 12 30 12 32 Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon .. 34 491 50 30 7i 25 50 401 122 123 34. 49 51 30 0 15 25 55 414 123 ' 1231 52 _ Oporto &o Janeiro New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) plr oz. LS 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ll 0 5 2 MANNING THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,- - -You have admitted several letters on the above subject lately ; it is therefore possible that you may find room for a few remarks from one who has had a certain amount of profeisional experience, though a former communication of mine on the fame subject was not thought worthy .of publica tion. Since then, howeTer, the report' of the com missioners has been published, and confirms in 'part the principle which I advocated. There is a great principle involved in this ques tion of manning the navy, to which the same laws are applicable as to all other commercial transac tions. It is a simple question of supply and demand, and must be treated in the same way as any other article of commerce. If we mice admit that a sailor is a manufactutcd article, which is never denied, the common rule applies —as the de mand increases we must set to work to manufac ture more, so as to keep up the supply. It is no use the consumers competing when the manufacturers don't supply the demand, for it only has the effect of making the article dearer. We cannot have what does not exist, or; to use an old adage, we cannot (ret blood out of a stone." Let any one compare the tonnage of vessels em ployed in the foreign and coasting trade over 'series of years. They w•ili find that there is a steady increase of about half a million in each department, makink between the two a million tons increase an- 1n aiis. Then take into consideration the enormous increase to our navy of late years, and let it beborne in mind tLat in America the tonnage is increasing even iu a greater rati , ) than our own, and that she is constantly drawing upon us for sailors, who then can be surprised at there being a scarcity of sailors fir Manning the navy, more especilllv when no 'steps have been taken to meet this additional de mand? Cu]. Simmons proposes to do with fewer sailors, but that, even if practicabl6, would only be a tem porary relief. But Cot Simmons is treating a sub ject which he is not familiar with. It is just as it I, as a naval officer, o were to try 'and enlighten the public mind a on the best mode of building batte ries and defending them. His plan will never be adopted, because it is impracticable. We have a great example before us. The Russian navy is manned as Col. Simmons suggests, and is a lament able failure, and a failure, because the crews of the men-of-war arc soldiers, and not sailors. The only way out of our difficulties is to set to work as any man of business would do, and as the demand increases make more of the article required. Now, sailors can only be made by beginn_nn• with them as boy; about the age of 14 or 15 is the best, and fortunately, of these there is an unlimited sup ply. It takes about six or seven years to make a sailor, so that at the age of 20 or 21 we have $ manufactured article ready for use. There is yet another 'difficulty. We rely very much upon our mercantile marine to supply the navy in case of need; but it is notorious that our merchant ships are so scantily manned that ship wrecks- innumerable and losses immense are in curred for want of hands to work the ships under difficult circumstances, and therefore we cannot draw upon these ships for any portion of theircrews without disabling them. It would, therefore, be a positive economy to the shipping trade if Govern ment were to require them to carry more men, to say nothing of an act of humanity in saving the lives of thousands lost by shipwreck. But this, it may be said, is only to aggravate the evil, by increasing the demand. But that would be only a temporary inconvenience for a permanent ad vantage, as it is obvious, when once established, we might withdraw for the navy in cases of emergency all the extra hands the merchant ships were required to carry, and leave them just as efficient as they now are. Now for the mode of operation. I have not access to any accurate account of our mercantile tonnage, but will assume it to be about 10,000,900 tons. From my experience I believe it would be a relief to all the crews ' of merchant ships if tney were re quired to carry one man more for every 100 tons. This accomplished, we should have a reserve avail able for the navy of 100,000 men. Our navy is mainly employed in protecting our trade, so that 'even if this was not an economy in the saving of ships, who ought to more justly bear the burden than those who reap the principal advantage ? Then, in order to keep up the supply, it would be necessary that each ship should be required to carry more boys than they do at present. The actual number required would be a matter of calculation and detail, which I need not enter into. But the present sysiem of manning merchant ships is de cidedly opposed to an encouragement of the supply of seamen. Every merchant ship when she comes into port discharges all her crew except the apprentices, and engages a new crew when she goes to sea. The number the master is allowed to enter is too few under any circumstances ; therefore he tries to have these the best and ablest he can find- 7 -good, sea soned, able seamen. Of course he will not take a boy if he can help it ; so that he is constantly draw ing upon this manufactured article without keep ing up an adequate supply. But as it takes at the least five years to make a sailor. I would allow this one additional hand per every 100 tons to be a boy in lieu of a man for the first. five years. After that we should have a re -serve equal to any emergency, and be able to man our navy. It can neither give weight to nor take it away from a great principle by. adding my name or not, but as I have used the name of a distinguished offi cer of engineers, I will give him the opportunity, if you think this worthy of going before the million, of knowing who has thus questioned his authority in naval matters.—l am, sir, your obedt. servant, JAS. A. LEGARD, a Rethed Captain R.N. DIE CONVICT DR. SMETIIIIIIST.—Therc is no decision come to yet Whether there shall be a commutation of the capital sentence. Circumstances have transpired which lead to a suspicion that there are other cases of a serious character against Dr. Smethurst, which, we under. stand, the police have received instructions from the Home Secretary to investigate. " On Mqndav last," says the Inverness Courier, "the Duke and buchess of Manchester left Tonmadown, in Glengarry, to p l ro h c :y ed se t t o voitsritoLnoridoo l\ t fa e l x u p te e s e b ti u n i z to over take at Aeh- miearry their ponie., and Were accompanied by a guide. When about half Way the guide was dismissed, the duke conceiv ing that he was sufficiently acquainted with the road over the hills. Unfortunatelv, how ever , hi s grace turned to the left instead of the ri ght hand, and came down upon Loch- Loci* , instead of Loch-Arkaig. The journey, however, was proceeded with, and about eight in the evening the duke and duchess arrived at Acbnacarrv, having travelled from 20 to 25 miles of rock, bog, and steep corries—a pedes trian feat which probably no lady in the peerage ever sur passed." JOURNEYMEN BAKERS.—A crowded rucetng of these men was held on Saturday, in the School-room, George-street, Lambeth-walk, for the purpose of taking steps to procure the abolition of night Work. in .bakehouses, and 4 reduce the hours of labour from 18 to 12 per clay. It was resolved, that the journeymen bakers of Lambeth, sen sible of the:privations and degradation the unlimited hours system has .cntailo4 upon them, are determined to Use ever y :nouns in their power to procure the total abolition of night work, and the restriction of the hours of Mbour to . 12 per day, and in order to bring about an uniform system, the hours be from four a.m. to four p.m. The speakers said they did not want to strike, but if they could not obtain their just and reasonable demands in any other way they would strike, I Stk . 20 Stock 12.10 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2(% Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stook: Stock Stock 12f 12 Stack Stool 121 120 Stock Stock Stock ?Lock 1.0 Stock Stock Stock' Stock 8k Stock Stock ) Stork Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock 6 took, Stock Stock Stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 104 3 1 28.2.8 47