The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-30 00:00:00

GLTf NALS~ to lay too gr e3t on, but we C°3 h e perturba tio übject is altog: Stock ExcbA l , e , Ld can be serse,,, the Emperor flt s infirmity• ne, that hall' A : teudance at S' a n auval, deer'i,t emit exPeu ir .; in consid erati isprofessiu s. ds himself so fag siness with 11 , 1 p hy s ician in the. m, the l'oPres; 1 ,, Corsica, a s idenco that to d be needless of considerable ome of his 1)r?; he fact that Ili, 'e all groun d hope he 1133 ~n t to any really SC1'201111; Lis w ielding t„ time comes • But there:: steel Par tic3 ;ainst that e° W i t h o ut hel m ', he Emp e r or o p ' bilitl !sponsim .han his 004 ~ m perialfo Lu , ;agreements 'a g ood -W' ' , so , arm, 00_%e the 111 P, to self.gO ve ,n no per soo v the Jet`,..L °usl u te h a re or Fr • ead of sec d• ,ce Coo3ion PO'oi xPlanat wbery cable. , so t g one to ro . ,t for the Opt om the ID -e heel'lla w e tre i a% v i put. 0 1111 her 1 f t he The 00 0 ° f is ;he f a cts 0 0 t hee worse ap very se" - ri s ice of in .. , 0 0u was 113 ',.. 1 . middle cle7if hich are I, '.on of sali ° e; es " terly he l P l a t distrust tuct.4 !risible !an The offices. lr d eate th e i s strict l3 itution ivb s the 133 ! i iiti id do sal Alexf MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business to-day opened very 11.ttly, but we have no decline to note in Consols. There is a little ac tivity in the Foreign Market, but not to an extent that might be called an improvement. Consols are quiet to-day at 931 3 for money; u ditto, dced, _ ; for A c:ount, ; Three per Cent. Re- New Three per Cents, 931 e ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, March, 8 prem. ; June, 6 prem. ditto £lOO, v2OO, and £5OO, March, Prem. ; June, prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 246. dittoln s dia Stock, 10} per Cent., April, 1874, ; per Cent.„Thly, 1880, 1131 4 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1011; ditto Enfaced 13. aper, 5 1 per Cent., 1879, 1101 ; ditto 5 per Cent., 1 ° 77 , 105; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 25 prem.; ditto under £l,OOO, 30 prem. la the Railway Market prices arc on the decline- Quotations are as follows :—Caledonian, 801 to 4; Great Eastern, 371 to 38 ; Great Northern, 10.01. eat 01 to to 1061 ; G reat N ort h ern A, 101 t 3 1041 ; Western, 531 to 54 ; Lancashire and York -4l,ire, 1274 to 1281 ; London and Brighton, 45 to 4.r, a —} ; Chatham and Dover, 161 to 161 ; Lon -on and North-Western, 1191 to 1191 ; London a nd South Western, 89 to 90; Metropolitan, 921 to 92:t z ; Midland, 119 to 1191 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 1151 to 1161; and South-Eastern, 77 to 77 i. In the Foreign Market shares are heavy, and in most cases lower in price. Argentine Bonds are now 7 91 to 791 ; B raz ili an, 841 t o 841; E g ypti an (1864), 91 to 92 ; do., (1868), 761 to 77 ; Viceroy's Seven Per Cent., 811 to 811 ; ditto Nine per Cent., 12i to 981 ; I tal i an, 541 to 541; Mexican, 111 to ?; Peruvian, 79 to 791; Rus.lan (1866) 93t0 941 ; fell 84+ to 84,1 ; Cnarkof, 831 to 841 ; Moscow, r , `i,o 43 t ) to 84 ; Sp an i s h , 28i to 281 ; and Turkish, 431 In i. Bank Shares little business doing. Agra tA lua re B are quo t e d at 1 1 to 111 ; Alli ance , 121 6. 3 i ; Anglo-Austrian, 22 to 24 prem. ; 4luartered Mercantile, 33 to 34 ; Consolidated, t4 f - Imperial, 16 to 17 ; Imperial Otto -au: 21 to 3 prem. ; London and County, 49 to 4a to 44 ; London and Westminster, 551 to 56 ; Oriental, London Joint Stock, 30 to 31 ; and F rench of L on d on, 35 to 36. .:.. Tel egrap h Ca b le Shares are fi rmer, 1 8 i tflBl Anglo-American, 201 to 201 ; and Tole -6414,1311 Co nstruction, 291 to 291. in Miscellaneous Securities prices are without lueuenlent. said regard t o th e G ree k L oan f or £360 , 0 00, °tun to have been contracted in Paris, the object Rued at is s t ated to be the repayment to the Bank _ t Athens of the for ce d l oans o bt a i ne d f rom it, so In it may resume cash payme_nts, and, as this will _ greatl Y benefit th e course b ot h o f b an ki ng an d 7 o r er cial transactions, the re i s a di s p os iti on i n e quarters to [trust that the operation may do . I: , a_or e good than h arm . T o t h e l on i an B an k , an English establishment, • the shares of which stood at a premium until the issue of the forced currency s e nt them t o a heavy discount, the result may be , s p ec ially advant rgeous. B ut, a l t h oug h t h ere a ave been some efforts lately to put a stop to bri ondage and t o e ff ect other reforms, it is difficult ? believe th at under its present political organisa tion the country can experience any permanent im oveent, or endeavour to enter upon the path of honesty. There were no gold operations at the Bank on Sat urday. 3 1.213,2e080.0mbay mail steamer Tanjore has taken ou I The contract for the new Turkish Loan for a net s um of 12 millions sterling has been signed exclu- Si rely with the Imperial Ottoman Bank. A portion of ,it, destined to redeem the bonds issued some t ime ago by the Societe Generale of Paris, has been t aken firm by that institution and its adherents. With regard to the Grand Trunk, of Canada Railway, Ilerapath's Journal states that Mr. Potter the President, will leave Liverpool on Tuesday for a tour of inspection of the entire line, and that he will devote several months to the task, in order to master thoroughly its details of management. It is stated that Mr. Varley, the electrician, is at Brest for the purpose of remedying the fault in the Preach cable. It is at a point about 1,000 miles from the French coast, and Mr. Varley, without r aising the cable, " hopes to be able by some very Clever manipulation of electricity to produce at the precise spot of the fault an effect similar to electro typing on th e sur f ace o f t h e con d uc ti ng w i re, an d °Y this means to prevent the escape to earth of any Portion of the electric current." , Suez Canal Company have issued, in Lon "en, officially, the terms and conditions upon which vessels will be allowed to navigate the Canal in l ' a 'sing from one sea to the other, i n compliance with the Act of Concession, dated Jan. 5, 1856. th e are a l together eleven articles. By the first e navigation of the Can a l i s open t o vesse l s o f a ll h —datinns, provided they Pon do not exceed a certain u raft of water. Speci a l con di t i ons are i mpose d _ steamers ; aud, as to s peed upon all vessels ; an d pro v i s i on is made for the employment of the L3ll Pan's pil o t s , w h ose di rections are to be coe e wed, but the captain's responsibility for the Cert ain and mov ement o f hi s vessel remains. uf t a t° forms h ave to be gone through at the ev _`' r ea at Po r t Said or Suez on ships' arrival ; and e Y vessel is to observe certain rules during the vassan.e ni ght %! one of which relates to lights during to b„ : l ine. The ru l es as to vessels meeting seem obeelelear and definite ; and if th e y are care f u ll y p osei fv i , ecl; accident s a t such times are apparently im froaaute• Provisio n i s made for cases where vessels. aim ~4 11 Y cause may b e d eta i ned i n t h e Canal forhi?'den natrtanders, among othe r req ui remen t s , are 14111 the to anchor un l ess upon superior order, or - Water an,-v re quest of th e p il ot, or to cast i nto the Y filth, ash es , ru bbi sh, or indeed, any object the can er. Tr If any article does h a pp en t o f a ll i n t o %l ee a declaration t o that effect is to be at a, teilt ulaue to the pilot, who must transmit it to the of th e at the nearest station ; and the commander object veB sel is pr o hibi ted from searching for the pang'sa bout the di rec t sa n ct i on of the corn effectegenfa, and the salvage, however it may be th e sh; is always t o b e made at the Expense of restore " 4 1) to which the recovered article will be 0 4 the The dues payable are to be calculated de t real tonnage of the ship, which will be it `4,ut according to the ship's papers ; and of ()Wa ge 2f n e 101. per ton, and 10f. per passenger. Wat • per ton. Pilotage according to draft 213 f cr. I f the pilot is detained he is to be paid l 'ed;l e P t e i r da y ; but vessels anchoring are to have a ' aeh °II of 25 per cent, upon the pilotage dues. tim e :re t he prin c i pa l rules, which seem to in -- extesed. verY Contingen cy to which the navigation is O'CLOCK' 11111118 R FUNDS—TWO tlovx , , , g per „... lIMUNT PUNDS., b. ‘jeat• 00116013 _Mt 3 a itto for Aecoubt, Sept 8 tstsl' °eat. Itedced ..... ... .................. .., Isiow''' Per Cen t Do I) i Cent. Jan. 1894 4,4,0nii, kr Cen Jan:lB73 .. . 12•••i480 _ . floell6o yrs, xi)irtitsth J sth A bo (11 d Yr?', exPre 1)1) 1908 l9i April 18 8 5 l2 tic% e ea IttleEP ' Au g .,. Mar ch 8 o%r 13111 e, £ l ,OOO, 24 P• ,-,‘. Juno 6 ~,, 1)0 80, do. : Pin .1 4t. £lOO, £2OO & .£5OO — 1 ) ,,' 01 Bngland Stock, 4i per Cent .„ . °Pel ' i llg Clanari. ............... lilt 44 4 Per Cent. Bonds cr-eolonial Onininea linliall4ll UOVE.B.NIIENT SECURITIES _ .bn r e clr ! 104 per Cont rl 1874. b ' Jjelaing, for Accou n t —_, t i o ' 0 Per Cont. July, 'l880 ,-,?./1 %4 ' Per Cent., Oct. 1.888 _loli ii!.ertiOcates ...... `l•'__). ijnfaed Pape,. 4 per Cent...." ... Per C ent., Jan 1872 ..... ..K DJ 21 Per fJet. M. 1879 ') u Per Cent It Deb. 1872 __ 11 13. b o do 1877 ...... Do. do. 1882....... ." -- der 0'),:;.12613., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 25 1)0 ""(181 kper Cent., Cl,OOO Do: tinder 41.000 ........................ " I'ORBICIN Fol4l)hi TW ........... Argentin .- Atl lt • --e -,Aepubbc, 6 per Cent _-- . rian Bonds 5 per cent . _ L itzih.._' • 1)°. 1859 4' -- - , wit 5 per 0A.4. 4. ... . I ... pitiustuttot• Do. 4i per Cent. 1852 — Do. do - 1,858.... — Do. uu 186 1 . — Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 - i Do Account. — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 8 per Cent ) ()tet, 6 per Cent. Oaillaa 6 per Cent Do. 4i por Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., Do, 7 per Cent., 1866 -w Do. 6 per co-t. 1867 0 10-nlaan, 6 per Cent. Da u.sti., 3 per Cent., 1825... . — Dan *Lien Principalities; 7 ler Cent B3l Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equaclor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent, Egyptian, 7 per Cent..... — iJo Secood Issue — Do. £506 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. 1600 Bonds D 0.1106 Bonds — Do. 7 per Cont., 1868 Government Railway Debentures - 81 Greet{ 5 por Cent., 1821 5, ex Coups. - - P. 4. Account . . Do. Coupons Do. Account atemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov Rail. Losn., 10 p.,Ct., all pd 831 itiliian 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account .... — Do Marommana Railway — Ilexicar. 3 per Cent Ditto kr Account Do. 1804 — Do 6 per Cent,. Anglo-French — Aouttvitlyal. 6 per Cent.. . . — Slocrish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l7l Do 3 per Cen 36f Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. Do 44 per Cent. (IJl;harren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 , — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent . 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do :do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 94 _ _ Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.. ., Do., Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds 9 q 4 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6Bi Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred' 2Bk Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1844 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 per Cent.: Do Account Do 6 por Cent. 1858 69 Do Account Do £lOO. Bonds Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do. Account Do-5 per Cent. 1865 4Bl 1 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 186 b , Do 4 por Cont., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 8 per Cent, — Do. Acc*unt Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Do Account - Dividends on tho above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull — Do .ClOO Bonds .. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ••• ... TWO O'CLOCK. consols, Money' Do. Account, Sept. 8 PARIS CORRESPONDENCE. S IJZTDAT. The state of the Emperor's health is the prevailing sub ject of interest at present. The Journal Official has at last furnished some particulars of his illness. He is said to have been suffering from rheumatism, which has nearly disappeared, Tho Constitutionnel states that the Em peror has presided over a Council of Ministers, and after wards walked in the park. After the return of the Empress and the Prince Imperial, it is announced that the Emperor will go to the Camp at Chtdons, in order to pass some days there before it is broken up. The ',de pendance Beige thinks that too much mystery has "been preserved respecting the health of the Emperor, and that it would have been far better for the public to have been lammed of his state from the beginning of his illness. The continued silence of the official journal gave rise to doubts and sum - list's . 1\ Melt produced lu conse quences, and served to shake the public eonfi deuce. It is said that the doctors in attend ance on the Emperor hod signed a, bulletin respecting his health, but that it was not deemed of a sufficiently reassuring character to be made public. It is also affirmed that the Emperor has not been suffering from rheumatism, but that his illness proceeds from a very different source, arid that he has had to undergo an opera tion. In consequence of this having proved successful a great improvement took place in his condition, and hence the favourable report of the official journal. It seems to . be the general opinion that when the Emperor is restored to health it will be necessary for him to take more precautions than he has been in the habit of doing, in order to avoid the danger of a relapse. The Moniteur declares, on the authority of authorised persons. that the Emperor is now much better, but that during the whole of Thursday he was very ill, and that Dr. Ricord was sent for. Since then a great improvement has taken place in his condition, and there . is every reason to expect that his health will soon be completely reesta blish ed. The Empress is still anxious to go to Rome, and it is rumoured that, if the Emperor continues to improve, she will proceed to Civita Vecchia from Ajaccio, and from thence proceed to Rome, to spend a short time in strict incognito. This project will, however, be difficult of accomplishmeq under the circumstances of the case, and it is more likely — ths.t she will return direct to Paris. _ . The Figaro denies the report that in consequence of Mme remarks on the health of the Emperor it had been summoned before the jugs d'instruction. It furnishes some details of the visit which M. Rabut, Commissary of Police of the Bourse,paid to the office, and remarks that M. Pabut declared that the Journal Official never spoke of the condition of illustrious individuals except when they were in danger. The points on which the Commissary chiefly insisted were that the Emperor had not suffered from fainting fits, and that he had not been obliged to undergo an operation. The sessions of the Conseils Gentlraux came to a con :lusion yesterday evening --a fact which no one is much disposed to regret, for it became evident as soon as they assembled that tl:e discussion would not throw much light on the political situation, The minority in almost every assembly were ready indeed with motions and sub jects for debate, but the timidity or the hesitation of the majorities rejected them in every instance. The Liberal organs do not affect to conceal their disappointment at this result ; which is certainly to be deplored, as the unanimous expression of public feeling in the provinces would have proved a powerful support to the constitutional reformers of the caPital. In some depart ments efforts were made to secure the publication of the speakers' names in the reports of the proceedings of the councils, in place of the awkward formula, "A member said," "A member proposed," now adopted. The publi cation of the reports in the journals was also the subject of debate. The former proposal was actually adopted in the Seine Inf4rieure. The Council of Il et Vilaine chewed a little more spirit than the rest. Its members voted an address to the Government, expressing the satis faction with which they saw the Ministerial reforms, and their hope that eventually the power of the Conseils G6msra,ux would be enlarged and their right to choose their own officials restored to them. The interpellation of the 116 continues to give rise to discussion. At the Council of Loire Inferieure allusion was made to it, when one of the members present (pro bably M. ThoinZA de la Trumeliere) declared that it Ibas neither illegal nor unconstitutional, since it only aimed at directing the attention of the Government to the ten. dencies of public opinion in France. For his own part he believed he had done the Government a service in signing it. Two more deputies have con tradicted the statement of the Pays, which jonrual averred that the 116 had either acted without reflection or in consequence of pressure. The Pays mentioned fifty-one of these gentlemen by name as already inclined to regret the step which they had taken, and of these fifty-one only seven have as yet left the assertion unccntradieted. The publication of M. Devienne's report has certainly not improved the public estimate of the Seoatus-Con.sultum: The regrets and excuses, the panegyrics over the past and the manifest trepidation as to the present, show, in the opinion of some critics, that the Emperor himself is submitting to the change more from necessity than from choice. Such feeble and uncertain efforts will but serve, it is said, to produce a system of government which will be neither autocratic, constitutional, authoritative, or national, and which, consequently, cannot possibly inspire confidence. The reserves in the amnesty have also given these cynics ground forrcomplaint,but lam told that Ledru Rollin, the most notable exception, has . a,ctually arrived at Lille. The Temps of this morning attacks the Govern ment on this subject, and declares that, in excluding Ledru 13, 0441941gritnc9. it oinnneigker logic uor law. niE SUN, LONDON, iIIOiNDAY EVENIc, AUGUST 30, 1860. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME, Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Liiiiited, A • all 11 111 VI Do B l9 3 9 1 41 4 1 50 Albion IS 7 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian, line all 221 21p 231 20 Anglo-Ilungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1367, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 :3 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 25 37 39 381 10 Bank of New Zealand all 1 5 4 104 40 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, tml China all 13 19 25 Chartered Mere, of India, " - London, and China 20 City .19 11 12 100 Colonial 21 38 40 10 - Consolidated, Bin, .......' 50 Delhi and Loud on, tins 50 East London, Hal 5 21 14 20 English and Anaerican, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. line 20 English, :ruttish, and Ans. tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 33 281 Do new lll 4 .5 100 Imperial, lim ...... ....... 20 Imperial Ottoman. lO 21 21 111 & z 5 luuian all 19 22 25 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, Hui 4 Si 3 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 r 0 100 London Bank:, of Mexico and South America. lim. 20 7 6 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 41 10 27 20 Do new 71 :i 41 100 London &River Pi:tta, line. 49 6 8 2.5 Do - new 10 11 2 p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 211 20 London and County 2O 491 501 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 18 pd. 11 ..; London Joint St oc k 1 314 321' 30/ London and South African al 8 9 100 Loudon & S.-Western, lira, 20 13 11 50 London & Venezuela, lim.., 121 ... ... 100 London and Westminster, 20 571 5'4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, lint 2:i 61 51 10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 71 00 Miclituld, 1im...... 2O 11 1 0 National of Australia 1 61 r L ovin ive c rp .0 0 f ol E , n lir .d 1 4 52 Nationalnal 3 _ ll . .. 1 , 1) 1101 10 Do '.. . 42 ... ... 50 National., 2 _..„ .. 3O ... .. • 20 New South Wales - all 41 - 43 20 North-Western 00 25 Natio 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 50 rrovinc. Bank. Co rpo., Rm. 10 61 51 30 Provincial of- Ireland '2.5 Di 92 10 Do now— all ) .100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, line 25 11 Li 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 46 41 100 Union of Ireland, inn 50 Union of London l5 - 35 36 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 10 Auklo:Arherican Tel., Hull all 14 20,} 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint... tO lei 16i at Atlantic Telegra,ph lO id 20 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 55 60 531 at B. and'. Magnetic Tel., lint. 100 165 175 at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 265 270 10 Do. New 8 12 lip 25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO ld pr 5 Loud. Provincial Tel, lim all 31 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 1 p 10 Meditorra. Exten. Tel., lira. all 5 6 2.5 Reutor's Telegram all 79 SO 781 20 Societe Transatlant., lim... all 191 201 18 1T& at Submarine Telegraph 1. Do. Scrip all 12 11 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all ci n Do. 10 per cent. Pref all h p MISOELLANLu US. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 111 151 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira. 10 Ba,ugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 15 15 141 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolchow Vaughan, lira. 5 Bombay Gas, lira. 5 Do. New 4 ]1 id 51 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lint all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l . . .. 29 Canada Company all 6 . 3 t 6 10 Canadian Loan and InTest ment, lira 2j • .. 20 Ceylon Company, lint. - - - iylo - Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim a ..._ 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 41d 30 City of Milan Improv. Rm all 5 6 25 23 22 d 121 & 50 Colonial, lim. m Do. 5 2 0 5 City City o o lli f M cO o s s , e i oMoscowGas, lim all 221 ... . i . 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 pr p 1 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 23 24 241 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bands, 1877 4.1 per cent. all 103! 1011 100 Do. 1379 , 41 per cent. all 101 l 1051 100 Do. 1832, 4f per cent. all 103 lo 1 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 21 21 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21(1 st Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 et Do. Preference lOO 92 97 st Do. Gp. c PetpotualDeb lO9 10r, 110 20 Darjeeling, lim. 10 Eastern Assam, lila 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint. .... 8 51 414 ' 20 East India , Irriga. & Canal all .. 32 Ebhw Vale Steel, Iron. anti •• • . Coal, lim. ....... 2-71 13 12 d 100 Erzyptlan s per cent. Vroy: ' 4:u... by 14.,...pt. , ,,..... • all ,041 071 931 20 Egyptiatu Com.. Trei.tt. lice. 6 , ~. . 3 Eng.& A.st rJ.:. Coppc,r, Jim 21 i • 7 i 15 Englialt and Foreign Cret lit 7,1 41 3;01 lis) Eng.:x:ld Scot. Uarine, km. - 8 .. ..,1 10 Fairbairn liaginocring 5 3 *2.1 20 Fore-street W:trehouse,litn l2 1 2 p lOu For. & Col. Gov. Trtot and Loan Scrip, isouanta £33 all 93 21 50 Gellivara, lint. 10 General Credit. & Dis., lint 71 1 , 1 i 4 : i 13 General Steam Navigation 11 ' , :i 2 .' 50 Home &Col Marino lu. li:u. 5 2 ) - ,1 10 Hung Kong and China Gus all ..• ••• 20 Hudson's Bay a ll 1.4 II 121 20 Imperial Laud Cu. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna.FinautdalS J e. lim 5 ' 2 1 ; 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 C 1i• 50 Italian Land 5 1,1 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 4 100 Do. Cp. c. Bds., redeem • 1870, issued 90 all 61 1 . 3 50 Land Securities lint 2l 11d 31 25 London African Trading._ 10 7 s ' l , 25 Lon. & Calecl. Marine, lim. 6 ... ••• (1 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lint. 50 Loud. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 50 Loud. and Glaug. Engineer and Iron Ship, Hu, 25 21 led 20 Loud. & Provincial Malue 2 ta In' at Madras Irriga. &Cf:nl.Gna. sp.c. by India Coy. 10 Mauritius Land, C. edit, and ' Agency,lim..... 50 Merchant Shippit g tim. 60 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lim 5 11 11i icq 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••..•;, 10 National Steam Ship lint. all 9 i t( !i 20 Norhudda Coal& I ron, li nt. 6 3 1 ;3- 10 sewconsolidatadD is . lini . 3 it 11 ,1 5 •1\ ew Quebrada. lint 4.8.0 4 1 4 1 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar . eautile Agency,lim ll 1 IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lint 5 11 111 10 Northern Assam Tea, liin. 5 • 7 ! 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., lint_ 100 48 51 So North Brit. & Morea u . Tu 6l 9 191 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lint ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. Now 1 I tp 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint • 1•1 IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lint 1; 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim 5 Do do. at Peel It. Land & Minerl, lint 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 46 48 10,1 1 50 Do. New 1367 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio deJaneiro City Im.,lint s a l! 1P IT) 18 Do. Gas, Hui all 24 : 2, 1 2f I 100 Royal Mail Steam CO 41 •5 441 Scottish Aust. Invest., lint 10.) .8 81 Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO ... ••• Societe Fin. d'Egyrte, lim lO 7 6d 25 South Australian Land n u ., r h i n n i g . all 21i 28; 281 9j 81. 50 s So ., c l l f e r t fca Cl u en M .t o te rt i .. l4 & ‘ n ln P v i 7li o m L . 8 6 f . . 1 2 21 3 2200 Thames Tog u ap ,.a h nn e edo o ) n , . Merseyi&iinM am' 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ... ... Do do. o. all •.. ... CO., U• Canada 5 k gp 20 Trust &L0an5...0.. • . _ 50 Union Marine lipo o . l , inn 0 41 2, p hat all 22 21 20 Union Steam Ship, i . 15 United Discount Crp, ll 5 un. 6 11 4:1 10 1 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim. 1 i ip 20 Universal Marine(ln.), M ll 2 p all 11 2 281 0 7 Egypt, 7 per 100 Viceroy of _ ,n _ ceut. (31ortgage).-Lo• ••• all EOl 811 81i F i nan ce, hm. l2 II ioa 60 Warrant 60 West India and .1:. 0 Stearn, lim 2 5 3 20 Wost London Wharves and 3010 NTlJapapepriAerassir:lTLTlllp Warehouses lO ••• ••• COLONIAL (10YERNAII.INT britilb Columbia , 6 rev 1972, ,• ..... 100 —, tjDao c U n e . . 0 n 5u . t ro " : : 0 1 . 6 8 . 9 1 : 11 1: 0 ' a. j — ra: 1.: : c J p u t l . y . D 0 1 . 87 6 7 ; 8 .: 7C1:::::87..3..: 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 ( 2 3 5 1 1 1:1 1 1:: 1641 i 1 1:0 ° I t 2 1:i D I) 0 0 .. 5 p i) .. cl e .• In scribed Ju ly a y .. ll OO 9 9 9 24 2 1 98 i Cvaliptli.roPoei ib9o-1900 100 111 113 1)0. do 1 89040 100 107 lop Do. Jan.•lrJnly, 1891 lOO 108 11e Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 (Jot., 1900 lOO 98 1 00 Ceylon, NOV 1878, 6 p.c lOO 10 8 11C .. 1)0. 1872, do lOO 105 lig INlaurltiu o . Bp. 0. 187/1, Jan. and July —• 1)o. 1878 ... ........ , 1)0 115 106 Do. 1802, May and l'ic , . , Do. 1895, Feb. Sz Aug ...• lO 106 los 31,,Ibouine Corperatn., leo7-73, 6 per scut llO 100 100 N.13.(.1cv.6 p.e.Ja. , tJuly lOO 103 11,4 Natal 6 p et, Apl. l z Oct OO Do 0p e. Alny it Nov lO 1( 6 105 N. S.W. 5 re., '7l to '7 , 1 lOO 99 101 101 100 1)91 _.--- Do. po. 65 p.c. 08 100 vo 21:Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 lOO _ Do. b percent.... Do J an, 1(0 alpil,July, o.t lOO 91 92 921 Do 6p c. Mar &Sept '9l lOO 108 110 Do June & Dec., 1.91 iDo l'rov. el AuCkld . 1 Ito ( tt riei 1 At. 2, let e 5 .. -- -- Nova Scotia 6p• r.Ja9 and Jnly. 1875 Do 18A.. •••........ 10 102 104 Qtrcueind... , l p. C. 'B2-G•. 100 107 108 1074 - Do 1891 .. ... • lOO 107 108 104 Tasmanian 6 pet x. 1895 .. 106 107 Do gto3 '97 . • .. ~ 1 Deti 107 Victoria 6 rer eent.l69l HO 115 116 ▪ DI?. April ancl Oct ~.....0 k 29 0,4 113 Ilti - - THE .ROYAL BANK OF LIVERPOOL, A case which excited a great deal of interest came on at Liverpool, on Friday, just before the close of the assizes. It was an action brought by Mr. Step lien Watson, a 'gentleman well known in commercial circles, against Mr. John Bibby, one of the directors of. the bank. The plain tiff charged the defendant with having knowingly ismed an incorrect report in 1863, containing an account of the profits, losses, and liabilities of the bank for the year, which induced the plaintiff to purChaSe additional shares in the bank, and to retain those he had already purchased. Mr. Bibby, who is a large shipowner, was appointed a director in 1861, and his family has been connected with the bank throughout its whole e7.istenee. No personal imputation was made against him. After the plaintiff's counsel had opened the case at considerable length, Mr. Justice Hayes interposed, and said that the question was one of account, involving inquiries as to the value of securities, ships, and ships' cargoes, &c., with which a jury could not deal. He should, therefore, under the Common Law Procedure Act, refer the case. Mr. Bibby's counsel at first demurred to this, as he said his client would prefer to submit his character to a Liverpool jury; but finally he consented, and a juror was withdrawn. Great disappointment was felt at this termination of the case, as it had been thought it would disclose a good deal of the history of the bank, and the court was thronged before the hour for opening the proceedings. SHARE LIST. OUDINARY SIiAtUIS AND STOCKEi. Share Railways. et Bribt , )l and Exeter ...... 103 et Valedonian SO} 130 i at Cambrian 2.1 Cornwall alt 21 3 at Dublin .Sc Defiant June 199 77 79 at Dun,.rerthol; Ab. Juno lOO 70 72 2i East I,9ndon all 7 8 20 Vol 15 2) Do ---- 10 at Glasgow AS. Western 104) 102 104 st Great Eastern .. at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... ... st Great North of Sootiand lOO 15 1.1 at Great :Northern lOO 106 LOT at Do. A stock .... 100 1031 104 k st Do. B 3100: at CitS, and W. of Ireland lOO 1.0 .8 st Cit. Western —Original lOO 5 / 531 531 st Do. South Wales luo 5. 57 at Do. W. laild.—Oxlord lOO •,0 12. at Do. Newport lOO :3) 32 st Lancashire Yet kelnra lOO 127 i 271 at Lon., Brigh., S.Coast lOO 441 11i 15 00 Do Scrip et Lon., Chat., and Dover lOO 16 17 at Do. Metrup. Ex. A lOO 10 12 10 at. Lyn. worth Western lOO 1.9 sl9l 1101 st Len. At South Western lOO 88 90 Man., Shel., . Lincoln lto 14 511 dt Metropolitan at Do Extension 5 Do. kftia rd at Metropolitan District. all :31 83 10 10 Metrop. at. John's 11 eel 6 st Mulidild st Do, Durby t 5 st North liritish st Do. Ed., Yth., it Dun lOO st Nor. tiAstera-I.3trWick 1( 0 115 116 25 Do. (.4. N.E purchase CM. st Do Leeds st Do York st Carliale st Do Stoe::.. Zit Darling 1(0 141 113 at North London 10 Do NOV 1868. 4 11 21p st North Staffordshire ito 51 57 st North ano Jnuction 100 101 113 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... •• at . lOO 03 65 st Shropshiro Union lOO 581 59i at South Devon'.. st South Eastern lOO 761 77 77 et Staines, Wok'hamot Wok all 12 13 st '1 ad Vale -- ... 6 Waterford Kilkenny llO 10 Waterloo & Whitehall 6 Closing Business Pstd. Price. (Wise. RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND. STOCKS. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua, 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. • do. • Ordinary lOO 76 82 st Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gnu all „. sti Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua.s per ct lOO at (ft. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 97 10 ) st Do do N 0.2 100 tlti 90 st Do do 6 per cent 100 107 110 at Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 du. 100 ••• st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 63 72 at Do Norfolk 5 p.e.Ex.1846 100 st •Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lBl7 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent 10) st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 Du 41 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c.pm. 100 „. at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 90 at G tWest.—Orig.&Jnt.-ltent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 104 106 st Do. Orig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 at Do do 43 per cent. 1850... 100 87 89 at Do do 4 do do ... 100 78 80 at Do do 5 per cent. redem. 100 94 96 st Do do Birmingham gnu 100 66 70 at Do do do pref... 100 • •stDo do Chester gua, lOO 85 Y . ) at Do do do 8 per cent lOO a t Do do do 5 do 100 95 lob at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Do do 46 p.c lOO st Do do 41 1850 lOO ... at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 110 112 at Do do 2d gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 at Do do 2 , 1 du 100 97 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. atl at Laucash. Yorksli. t; p.c. 100 1 • 73 1.15 at Do Barnsley, £5 3s lOti p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1:35 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 OS 100 ati London 8t Briatton, 4 P.C. guarantead, No 1 lOO Ed' Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do *** ••• at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent loo at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) 100 st Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, &Dover •.. .•• 5 per cent ICO st, London and g.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent— 100 110 112 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO at Do Shrewsb'y di Welchp'l los at London and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 s Do (PortsuLperp aus 256 d) all • . a Man., Shef., •• all Linclu. 6 p.c lOO • • Do £c • • • par Ipm s Do 31 per cent lOO GO 1 Do redeem. ti percent 5 st Mid. ConsOlittujed., 6p. c too 1.1; 1:15 • Do.Bristoid Bin.a., op. c rue t 0 Lit s Do 45 per cent. releein lug s O 101 a Do 4A per cent. irredeuns lOO In. 1:1 • Du Leicester & irellu, 4 p.c lOO SJ at North Britiale, 5 p.e. N 0.1.., 100 at Do Si.E.titx. 4p.e.S. & D lOO ..„ at Do N. 13., No. 2, 5 per ceu.t lOO „.„ „, st Do Border UniOu, .51 p.c lOO , at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 8; Se st Do 41 per cent. rede,.ll lOO 97 99 st Do (i- N.E. 4 per cent., lOO „. 17 Do Berwick capital Do York, 11.8 a S. purenase lO 10 Du Stcktu X, Drling. ea. 5 p.c lOO 107 10) at Du W, Liartlepoolth au.llt 100 8i 89 20 North Staffordshire all 201 211 10s Devon Annuities, 1 s all '0 1u lUs Do Tavistuck Anus., 10s all SI pi 104 Do Fixed 41 per cent all a 8, 110.6. S. Last. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 . at Do 41 percent lOO •,, at Do Fat:a 41 per cunt lOO st Tall Vale No.l ..• •.• 100 150 15 i st Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SILUU AND STOOKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p - u gust. st Do Scot. Con. win. 7p c lOO ... st Do 41 p all at Do 4p e con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 77 SU st Do .5 do, 1562 lOO 86 t S st Do New 5 do, 1860— 100 81 Si) at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 84 86 at Great Northern, 5 p cirred lOO ... at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Midi., 5p c 100 at Do Joint lupe. 5 p c,1865 100 83 V: at Do do 6p e irred., 15:56 100 105 20 Do Vale N oath perp. 5p c all 10 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 13— 100 L 5 Ltinc. and York New 41 per • cent till July, 1871 2 1p at Lond., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1808 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 190 st Da do 41 do, 1863 100...- st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud . Chat., &c., 28, p.e 100 at Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Du do C 6 p.c ... at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 1111 at London IS. Western, 41 p c 100 a 3 95 10 Man. Sher. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 81 84 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO lee 102 st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107 100 at Do B 5 do 100 IV7 109 18 Do 5p c Opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1360 all 201 21} 18 Do lucony. Now Shares all 19 19/ 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 14 21p st North British, E. and L.+ No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... Do E ,P., & Dun:, 2d, 4pe 100 at Do E. ,& , No. 2, 5 p.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... at Do E. &G-., (Ordiry) 41 p e 100 at North Eastern, 44 per cent 100 97 09 st Do Stock. & Dan1., D. at North Loudon, 41, per cent _ _ . _ . ... (Max. 5 per cent) 100 103 105 st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO ... ... st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... s t Do 5 do 1861 100 ... ...... st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 .. ... st Do 5 do, 1861 at Victoria St.& Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... .., RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st 13irkenhead lOO 91 ts 3 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.— all 98 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... st Colchester Stour Valley ~ 100 •". st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c... 100 1 . 3 132 20 Gloster and Dean Forest.. all ... "'a Gt.Easa., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... ... s Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 ..„ ... at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do 100 .. .. st Gt. West, W. Mid., Hero! 100 96 gi 50 Hull anti Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2t 6 st London and Blackwall lOO 9.3 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ... st Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO ... ... at Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ... st London and Greenwich st Do- do Preference,, lOO ... ... st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 85 st Lowesioft,gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 at Do. do. 6 do. 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk a ll ... ... at Midland, Bradford, Prof.,, 100 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northeriti.East.,s percent all 53 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... .. a st as a . tt: t 6sl; ; D.,. ... ::::: : :: :: Fot a isi it, t t. s a iAEi r ii iin. d .i pyia — aiietit n,cuil l In. Hitch., i a ..3, 1., r iffr,a) t ieri l nvolo o tiref p :orp o Osi. o r ..ohpe l re.:: pn.c 111: 1 0000: 0 0:00 0 11 ill::: :247. 1419:6ti 134 •• ••• at Nutting. &Urauth.lt.& C IOJ 91 iii 10 ' Do do 8 2 21p t De 4 per cent gua loi 78 So at Do 5 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO - at West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all ••• ••• at Weymouth-and Portland,,, 100 ..1 . st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and WeeLlndia lOO 118 121 London and St. Katherine lOO 49 61 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ‘4 ,. Millwall Freehold Land et Dock 1(0 27 32 stLSouthampton]CO ota Surrey Gonazaorciaa „„,„, 104 1991 _ ART AIVD .LITERARY GOSSIP. Lord Palmerston's Diary is said by the Athenaum to be written in a hand only a little less firm and graceful than Walpole's, but it is quite as legible. It is not a mere record of facts, but a gal'ery of pictures and sketches, in all of which are clearly to lid seen the style of an accom plished master. It is, besides, something more. A scene between the writer and the Duke of Wellington, when Mr. Huskisson's dismissal or his being retained was in dispute, is of the very highest and finest style of serious comedy—graphic, dramatic, and so life-lihe that the actors seem bodily before us.—Mdlle. Pauline Lucca has been engaged .by the Wiesbaden Kurba's Adusinistra- Lion for one concert to sing three songs for 5,000 francs.— Le FigarO announces the forthcoming marriage at Wies baden of Mdlle. Stella Collas to a M. Proukovskof.— A letter from Homburg states that Madame Patti last I week sang the part of Leonora in the " Trovatore " for her fourth representation. The theatre was crowded, and among the audience were the King of Prussia, the Prince of Wales, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh- Strelitz, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Nassau, and all applauding the vocalists just like sim ple mortals.—Viscountess Strangford has edited her husband's social, political, and geographical writings.— We are requested, says the Echo, to contradict a state ment respecting the health of Miss Braddon. That lady is not dangerously ill, but is able to pursue to a large extent her literary labours.—A Mr. Ossian E. Dodge, of Minnesota, is said to have invented an" acoustic register," by means of which he tunes concert halls to the size of the audience, and make a whisper audible whether there be ten or ten thousand to hear.—Mr. Gilmore of Boston Jubilee fame, has sailed for Europe in search of materials for a still larger festival, to be held next year. " Woe to his reputation," said an American paper, if he does not give us a hall, holding 200,000 people, and an orchestra of about 50,000."—Mr. Magniac, M.P., who has just purchased Chesterfield House, Mayfair, is a partner in the house of Messrs. Matheson, Jardine, and Co. The Duke of Abercorn and his family have received from the new owner notice to quit; but whether Mr. Magniac will reside in his new purchase, or pull it down and cut up the site for building purposes, is probably known at present to no one but himself.—Mr. J. F. Booth, brother of the slayer of President Lincoln, has just closed a successful engagement at the Queen's Theatre, Dublin. Mr. Booth, whose father was the Lucius Junius Booth who, fora brief moment, shook Edmund Kean's throne more than a half century ago, chiefly played melodramatic characters. —The Milan Trovatore an nounces that the Princess de Solms (Countess Ratazzi) is writing both words and music of a new opera, entitled "Byron."—The Musical Standard says :—" M. Pasde loup, of the Th6.ltre Lyrique, Paris, Las purchased an unpublished opera of Halevy's, from his family. The work is entitled Nod.' The theatre will reopen with Rienzi,' to be followed by Nydia,' by M. JonciZ.res."— The last published vocal score of Rossini's Mass contains an accompaniment both for the piano and harmonium. The piano generally takes the string parts, and the har monium the wind. It would be well if composers of works of this kind were to adopt such an arrangement ; for many cantatas, masses, &c., would be snore acceptable to our numerous choral societies were support and colour given in a larger degree to accompaniments than can be the case with the ordinary piano part. TRADE AND FINANCE. It would a:most appear that the Turkish TZailway loan or .1:12,t0 ),OCO, which has so lung been the subject of Daoud Pa,lia's negotiations, is about to fall through. The South Austrian Company has refused to make the desired arrangements with regard to the project, anti an attempt that has been made to organise a special company with a capital of 150,000,000 francs to take the place of the South Austrian Company has not proved successful. MAO Pasha has returned to Con stantinople; and the negotiations, if renewed at all, will probably be conducted on an entirely different basis. It is stated that the Sultan, contrary to the opinions of his intimate advisers, has determined to proceed with the whole of the system at once, and this ambition has placed great obstacles in the way of the necessary arrangements. Now that the negotiations have failed, the Sultan will be 'compelled either to greatly moderate his pretensions or to abandon the enterprise altogether. We should be sorry to see the latter course adopted, as the proposed system would be a great benefit to commerce. It would probably open up a direct trade with Persia and the Turkish provinces, which have long languished from the want of direct and rapid means of communica tion. Great difficulty, however, would be found in carry ing the plan into execution, as the ground to be traversed is almost unknown, though generally admitted to be very difficult from an engineering point of view. The great event of the week has been the publication of the Ilan for the reconstruction of the Albert Assurance Company—a plan that is by no means likely to find favour in the eyes of the unfortunate policy-holders. The simple logic of it is that the policy holders are to sur render nearly the whole of the sums falling clue to them, the older policies being reduced 40 per cent., and the younger 5 or 10, but, while this reduction is to be made in . the 'amount of the policies, the same premiums as formerly paid will be demanded. The great difference in the reduction to be made on the old and new policies was, of course, necessitated by the impos sibility of getting the young liVes to keep up their insu rances, and we very much doubt whether they will not be abandoned under any circumstances. It is impossible for an office whose credit has been sa attacked to offer any , inducement to new insurers, and the youngest policies must also lapse--a fact which will prove fatal to the scheme. The hardship to those who have been paying premium's for a number of years is very great, but it is evident that no satisfactory plan of reconstruction can over be devised. We should have stated that the shareholders, under the new plan, would be required to pay up the whole of the capital, and the concern would so start with the apparent surplus of £15,000. The shareholders would then get 20 per cent. out of future profits, the remaining 80 per cent. being divided among the policyholders. It is scarcely worth while to seriously consider the advantages or disadvantages of a scheme which is not likely to see the light, but, from a shareholder's point of view, nothing could be more satisfactory under the circumstances and nothing more unjust from that of a policy-holder. The directors of the Bank of England have taken the necessary steps for the payment of the dividends on Government Stocks through the post. Applications are to be made on the forms provided for the transmission of the warrants. The applications must be lodged in future before the Ist of September, but on the present occasion the time has been extended to the 15th proximo. In the case of the action of Mr. Aturphy v. the l\Tayor of Birmingham, the Birnzinghant Cavite underetauds that the writ has been served, and service accepted. Mr. Thomas Scott Townsend, who had been itssis• taut-surveyor under Government in Australia, was found in his room, Surrey-street, on Friday with his throat cut. The inquest was held on Saturday. No facts about him came out. it was very inpti•rious the coroner said. The jury found that he had committed suicido when temporarily insane. A Church reconstruction meeting is to be held in Dublin on Tucsdny text, when the expediency will be con sidered of a:kirg the Dukes of Leiuster and Abercorn to call an aggregate meeting of laymen to consult on the steps to to taken to bring about a representation of the laity in the general Synod. The IliOtop of Killaloe has, at his visi tation, exho. led the Churchmen in his diocese not to re i.,ct the co-operation of such Protestants as may have sup ported the Church Act. Thelndian papers state that the money-order system is about to be ostablizlied between England and India. Its introduction will probably date from the beginnine of next year. It is said that orders on this country for £lO will cost the sender 101 rupees, while orders on India for 00 rupees wtl bo grantel hero on payment of £lO 2s. As . L)0 rupees la ladle represca a market value of little more than £9 18c Bd., the difference of a commission between the two aeon:ries will tell aping the Eno - Usti rat for than anima thatalola drtoym., 7HE HON. A. BURLINGHAME. . The telegram from liong 7 kong asserting the re fusal of the Peking Government to ratify the, con vention made by its Envoy, ANSON BURLING orE, with the Mailed States, is coupled with another, ' wherein Mr. G. Ross BROWNE, the American Minis ter to Peking, is described as emphatically denount s ing, in an address to the British and American communities of Shanghai, the policy of Mr. Bue,- LINGAME, which lie 'regarded as evidence of the Chinese disinclination to progress. It is difficult to reconcile these contradictory messages ; for if Mr: BURLINGAME'S policy be wrong, the Peking Govern ment Mr. BRow.NE condemns, is right, in refusing to ratify his work; but if his policy be founded ou broad principles of equity and international law, in repudiating it, the Peking Government have made a fatal mistake, in which case Mr. B URLINGAME is right, while Mr. BROWNE condemns both. In dealing with a Government like that of Peking, it is neces sary to exercise the utmost forbearance, and to make some of that sort of allowance which grown men make for very young people. Nor should the fact be overlooke 1 that these telegrams come from the strongholds of the enemy. Tee system against which Mr.I.IURLINGAIIE %% ars, is that Inaugurated by such communities as those Mr. ROSS BROWNE ad dressed at Shanghai, and is it admirably suited to meet the exigencies of their pesi , ion as far as their own interests only are concerned. But when men are empowered, not only to judge their own quarrel, but to execute their own award, the other side too being in their eyes contemptible barbarians, whose morality they deny, and at whose equal rights they jeer, justice will assuredly not fairly hold the scales. To interrupt so agreeable a system is to invade the prerogative of these com munities, and in no light matter; for they dwell on a spot far from home, surrounded by swarms of the men with whom is their quarrel, whose ideas of equity are low, and whose guiding rule is the ex pediency they see and feel. The easy way, and perhaps the best, if the foreign communities were always right and the Chinese always alike wrong and impracticable, might be through gunboats. But Lord CLARENDON and Mr. BURLINGAME, being persuaded that the foreign communities are not always right nor the Chinese always wrong and impractic able, arranged that the quarrels should be referred, as arc other international disputes to the Govern ment of the country, through an Ambassador, and not to the commander of the nearest gunboat. Now this is Mr. BURLINGAME'S policy--to remove from the hands of one side to a quarrel the power of settling it in their own favour by force of arms, and to place the Government of China in a position of equality by the recognition of, and treaty with, the great Powers. This policy Mr. Ross BROWNE, the American Minister, is described as emphatically de nouncing, denunciations which any other communi ties than the British and American residents of Shanghai might well have received with smiles of derision. What is there emphatically to denounce in such a policy ? We grant it may be too good, that it may be in advance of Chinese civilization, and that a stern necessity for gunboats and their quick employment may exist, but this is no better reason for denouncing Mr. BURLINGA3IE'S policy than for de nouncing the advocate of temperance because he may injure the revenue and the keepers of public-houses. Denouncing is an extraordinary word to use in re ference to the advocate of broad principles of in ternational law and justice, so clear, that nothing shouldpermit the departure from them but the proved impossibility of otherwise dealing with the Chinese. Equality in the relations, according to Mr. BROWNE, was impossible at present, and a yielding attitude on the part of Foreign Powers would tend to pro duce war, the revelations made, proving the mistake of the late British policy. Equity and moAera don are required, and the machinery which Mr. BROWNE terms equality, is the best at present de vised to secure them ; but that machinery, and the trial through it of any quarrel between the sub jects of the Chinese EMPEROR and the foreign com munities, does not imply a yielding attitude. On the contrary, a very firm and dignified Ambassador is the only means the Christian Powers have of di,- ' I :is s ia ls to the Peking Government a determined attitude. Warbas followed war with a startrug rapi dity under the system we presume Mr. llnow.NE ad- ' vocates, and mainly because these powers could not di-4play such an attitude through an Envoy at the .eat of Government in China, wii.h the frequent recurrence of th, se outbreaks testifies against the old policy which prod ice I them. The end bell g at mined of securing the re I hence at the ofpital of the Ministers of Foreign countries, it would not be wise to slight the men appointed, by permitting any commander of a gunboat to make war either at his own caprice or at that of a Consui,against a Mandarin who may have given offence. The machinery being in operation ought to be worked and not thrust aside as useless, though it may not run as smoothly as with civilized powers; which is the misfortune of being compelled to deal with a nation struggling up unconsciously from a state of setni-civilii ition. All contended for is, that the Chinese and their Go vernment Might be treated as are other nations at whose capital, missions are maintained. The Chinese text of Mr. BURLINGA3IE'S credentials may have differed from the foreign version ; for the Govern ment, however enlightened, is compelled to comply with the prejudice engendered in the people by ceu turiss, and the only way in which an Administra tisu such as that of China might be able to repre sent the mission to the people, may be as to a tri butary nation. To this, we attach as little import ance as the refusal of the Court to receive the Duke of EDINBURGII as an equal; but the first portion of the telegratn, that the Peking Government had de finitely refused to ratify the convention with the United States, is of grave significance, and will do more than any other act could to strengthen the hands of its enemies. The Chinese are, in a certain sense, children in the art of Government, and no course could be more childlike, perhaps indeed dic tated to them by those who use it to show that they can be dealt with only by gunboats. Between the Hongkong and Shanghai telegrams there is a eOnliee don which ought not to be overlooked. Mr. Ross BROWNE succeeded Mr. Amos BURLINGAME as American Minister to Peking. He was appointed by Mr. ANDREW JOHNSON, and he evidently acted on notions when in Peking wholly opposed to those of his predecessor, of which his Shanghai speech affords the clearest proof. The Minister of the United States, antagonistic to the policy of his•predeeessor, who had gone forth as an Envoy from China to frame a treaty with the United States, was left at Peking to explain and advocate that treaty, and could any result be more probable than that the telegram now announces ? Of course the numerous enemies of Mr. BURLINGAME'S mis sion rejoice beyond measure at this failure, with that country, too, where success was most assured, as it settles all the others, and defeats Mr. Bon- LINGAME'a designs. If to Mr. Ross BROWNE this result be due, it will be another nodding plume in ANDY JOHNSON'S cap ; an item in the bill paid by the United States for putting confidence in that gentlethan ; and it would be a thousand pities that Mr. Ross BROWNE, who up to his celestial mission had been usefully *employed in exploring and re porting on the mines of the Pacific slope, had not been left to pursue an :occupation for which he was so much better fitted. An intelligent and well educated Chinaman, such as CHOY-CHEW, is more qualified to pronounce an opinion on Mr. BUR LINGA3IE and his mission, and for that opinion we refer our readers to our letter from New York. But before attaching very grave importance to the news from China, we have much to learn which could best be taught us by Mr. Ross BROWNE'S successor. The Washington Government will per ceive the necessity for hurrying the movements of Mr. HOWARD, or if, as is reported, he has definitely declined the appointment of the person the PRESIDENT may select. Such a position as that held by Mr. Ross BROWNE makes him reckless, or he 'would have been more reticent, and less likely to violate diplomatic propriety, as we maintain has been done in his Shanghai speech.—Anglo-American Times. Thelbridge Races and Steeplechases are announced for Wednesday, Sept. 8. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AID VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant PAlAtable, a>ld bayigorAtiag• 09,151 by (s_,ll 711 E DE.S7III7CTION OF 7111; IGLU LION 'VER At, This we:l-known establishment, situate nearly opposite Somerset House, in the Strand, the property of Mr. J. Unlock°, was totally destroyed by fire, and although the whole of the inmates had most miraculous escapes,it is satisfactory to state that no lives have been-lost, although one of the barmaids was tadly injured by jumping from the second floor window. The premises in question 'con sisted of 12 rooms • the parlour on the ground floor, when in- existence a few years, was the favourite of literary gentlemen after leaving the Houses of Parliament. Many of the greatest wits of their day used to assemble until the "Break of day" in that same well-warmed and equa ly well-lighted room. Nothing now remains to show, the seat that Douglas Jerrold, Sterlyu Coyne, or Lemon Redo used to pass jokes between each other, for about twenty-live minutes to three o'clock this morning loud and piercing shrieks were heard proceeding from sundry parts of the building. In a few minutes afterwards loud explosions followed in rapid succession, when im mense sheets of flame rolled from the different vats, casks and barrels of brandy, whisky, gin, Scc. The fire then rolled up in a huge mass up tho.stairs, cutting of all means of egress by the regular way. The police of the F Divi sion, under Mr. Thompson, the Superintendent, and Lis nom-sake the Inspector, quickly arrived, just in time to see a young female, named Elizabeth Pritchard, jump fro n the second floor window. She struck first the arm of the lamp, but falling at the side of Policesergeaut-No. 11 F, her fall was somewhat broken, but she was severely injured and was removed to Charing-cross Hospital. Strong hopes are however entertained of her recovery. Two fire escapes one from St. Clement's Church, and the other from Chan dos-street, having arrived, conductors Luke, Green, and Watley were just in time to bring down their machines three females, one being Mrs. Uniacke. Her husband, it appears, was at Gravesend at the time. Numerous engines, including thrce land steamers by Shand and Mason, &c., were at once sot to work, but the flames could not be ex tinguished until nearly seven o'clock, and not until the building was gutted and the premises of Mr. Cousins, printer, No. 6, Helmet-court, had the second and third fibers seriously damaged by fire, water, .SPORTING NOTES. Fortunio won the Ebor Handicap with War for a place, precisely as I predicted. The three year old form created no special feature of interest as regards the St. Leger. R►yshworth maintained his superiority over all corners, and ran game as a pebble on Thursday, or he would not have got home, as Typhon, a most improved horse, pressed him hard, and it took Maidment all his time to squeeze Ryahworth home first. There was really nothing to spare in the performance. Lord Hawthorn was easily beaten when it came to racing, as he is still backward. He wants at least a month or six weeks' more work, and then he will be " a nailer " over a distance of ground ; and if he gets in the Cesarewitch with something like 7st 71b it will require a really good horse to beat him. Arlington was never "in the hunt," and hence his Leger chance must at once be dismissed. Acaster ran forward, and appears a much better horse than many people thought him before York, and he will prove a useful colt across the fiat at Newmarket. Everybody could judge of Brennus for themselves. He is nothing like fit, and cannot be made fit for the Leger, so that his chance for that race has literally departed never to return, for Acaster beat him for the Queen's Guineas. The Cesarewitch is a complete dead letter at present, and few of those that have been quoted in the betting are likely to get well in. Mr. Hodgman still fancies Paul Jones a good horse, but I don't think Admiral Rous agrees with him, hence Paul Jones will get lightly in. The Provost is a goad horse, but Mr. Bevill seldom wins with a horse the public fancy. The racing this week bad better he left alone until the numberr of the horse arehoisted, as it is impossible to tell the intentions of owners who have several engaged in almost every race, A FRESH. MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This pay CITY BErTING.—Tuts DAT. ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 agst Pretender (taken and offered) , sto 1 agst Drummer (offered) 6to 1. agst Pero Gomez (taken) 7to 1 agst Martyrdom (offered) 100 to 8 agst Ryshworth (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thorwaldson (taken) 33 to 1 agst George Osbaldeston (offere.i) 'L-'0 to 1 agst Royal Oak (taken) - 40 to 1 agst T,ypliou (taken and offered) 40 Lo 1 sgsi Lord hawthorn (offered) 100 to 20 agst Duke of Beaufort (wanted) 1000 to 8 agst crocus (offered) CESATZEWITCIf. .50 to 1 ngst any ono of li.rou IlothEohiltl's let 40 to 1 riga Argyle (Liken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. C 6 to 1 agst Blacklock (taken) DERBY. 2:4 to 1 agst Sunlight (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Macgregor (taken) RACING FIXTURES. AUG Baden Baden 3l Great Yarmouth 31 SEPT' Ipswich Margate 3 Wcat Drayton 3 Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Hampton 21, 22 UST. Derby Summet 3l, `'cp. 1 Weymouth 31, 1 OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, Chelmsford l9 20 19 20 NOVI Harrow .... ...2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans llielunond ......21, 22 Lichfield Western (Ayr) 22, 25 Hendon 23 24 Monmouth.... 0 3, 24 Newmarket Ist Oct 28, dm. Lanark... 29 3‘ Cheltenham 19.21 Curragh l9, 2t,, •1 West Drayton ........21, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newinarkw il'ton —.25, Sto. IBEIt. ,MBEIL Eglinton llttut 6 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ..... 1.5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES, ocToisEIL Broml©y 7 West Drayton 2l, 22 N OVEMBER. Worcester '2, 3, 4 Shrewsbury la. I narrow ), 3 Leamington. limit ....:Y., &a Lverpool 'J 10, n, 1.2 1 COURSING FIXTUILLS. OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6 Ormosby 19, esc. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27 REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. AUGUST 31—Kingston Town Rowing Club : Junior Sculls SEPTEMBER. 4 —Hope Rowing Club: Eights _4—Oscillators Rowing Club: Junior Sculls B—Orion Rowing Club: Senior Pairs, River Lea 10— Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Four-ow:ea Raab 11—West London Rowing Club: Eights 11—Lurline Boatiag Club : Vice-President's Pairs 11—London Rowing Club : Tub Fours 21—Alexandra Rowing Club : Scratch Fours, River Lea 25 —West London Rowing Club: Eights 25—Vesper Rowing Club: Club Fours, River Lea 25—London Rowing Club : Twelve-oared Race 25—Oscillators Rowing Club: Eights OOTOBER. 2—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Eight-oared Itace YACHTING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER. Prince Alfred Yacht Club: Closiug Cruiso THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, Aug. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera arrived at 11.30 last night, and the mails leave for London at 10.45 a.m. to-day. TILE CHINA MAIL. The Messageires Imperiales steamer Peluse, with the India, China, Mauritius, and Reunion maila, arrived here at 8 a.m. to-day. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam., Short .. 11 101 .. 12 Do Rotterdam.. .. 12 2 _. 12 2t Autwerp ... 25 40 -. 25 4.) Brussels Hamburgh - -- .. 13 11; _. 13 11f Paris Short .. 25 15 -. 25 2 . .4 Ditto Marseilles - .. 25 35 ... 25 4u Frankfort-on-the-Main; -- .. 1211 _. 121 f Vienna - .. 12 0 -. 12 7u Trieste - .. 12 6A -. 12 7U Petersburg - .. Of ... 29 Clopenhagen.,, ....... -- - ~ 9 24 .. 9 27 Berlin - ... 6 2ii ... 6 28i. bladrid.. ChlUsullosulusuiumou 1". sit 48 4' .. ilkir