The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-21 00:00:00

~~"'"r z MONEY MA 7TY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A limited amount of business has been transacted during ihe last few days in the markets for Foreign and Colonial produce. Holders of most of the principal staples demand high rates, and this has in a great measure checked business. Tea has been steady, at about former prices ; but the trade have deferred their operations owing to the large quantity to be offered to public competition this day. Sugars, of the better descriptions, have been exceedingly firm, late rates being fully maintained; but in the Refined Market there has been very little business. Coffee has fully maintained its value, more particularly the better qualities of Plantation Ceylon. A considerable quantity of new fruit has come to hand, and the quality being good there has been active competition, prices gene rally being fully supported. Saltpetre has been in steady demand at late values, and tallow has exhibited rather more firmness. Spe culation, however, is not very active, and for im mediate delivery and for forward periods there has been a moderate business done at slightly improved quotations. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, at full quotations. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market there was less animation, and a slight decline in values took place. As much as £300,000 in gold was taken into the Bank vaults yesterday, consisting of remittances from Russia and America, which are likely to be followed by further immediate consignments, in consequence of the present position of the ex changes. The bullion is now supposed to exceed .£19,000,000, and many anticipate that the Executive will be induced to modify their discount regulations to such an extent as will enable them to compete for a larger share of the business now transacted in Lombard-street and among the joint-stock banks. Their position, it is contended, will warrant them in adopting that course, for there is nothing to fear from undue speculation. The public arc not disposed to embark in enterprises of an uncertain character, for the truth is, there are no surplus profits for them to employ in that manner. All classes of the commercial community must feel the severe effects of the pro tracted inactivity and depression, besides the injury sustained through losses arising from failures. It is only at periods of mercantile prosperity that there is an active demand for securities or invest ments, and this will account for the existing quietude at the Stock Exchange, in spite of the abundance of money and the low rates of dis count. In considering the condition of the money market it must be remembered that the existing plethora results from commercial adversity, and it is nominally cheap, because little employment can be found for it in legitimate channels. Since the opening of the market, when symptoms of weakness were visible, the English Funds have become firmer, and renewed buoyancy is apparent. Consols are quoted 971 f for transfer and 9711 for the account. The influx of gold, the easiness of money, and the possibility of a reduced minimum are among the influences which are giving so much support to thii Market. The March Exchequer Bills, 355. to 38s. prem. ; and June ditto, 255. prem. The Bonds are firm, at 1001 ; India Loan Debentures, 981 K ; ditto (second issue), 981 f and ditto Scrip (second issue), 981. In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of business has been recorded. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96 1 ; ditto New Scrip 1 to f dis. ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1041 ; Chilian 6 per Cents., 106 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 211 22; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 921 93 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 721 73 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 461 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 1004 ; Sar dinian 5 per Cents., 93 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 46 ; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 401; Belgian 43 per Cents., 1001 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 661. _ _ _ There has been rather more activity displayed in the Railway Share Market, and, in most instances, prices have improved about 1 to 3- per Cent. Caledonians, North Westerns and Midlands advanced 15s. Great Western, Manchester, Shef field and Lincoln, and North British ss. Eastern Counties, and South-Western declined 10s., and Great Northern and North-Eastern (Berwick) ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in very moderate request. Grand Trunk of Canada improved £1; East Indian, ss. ; and Geelong and Melbourne, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show ``very little variation from previous rates. Bank of Australasia declined 10s. ; London and County have improved ss. ; Ottoman Bank, ss. ; and Union of London, 10s. In the Miscellaneous Share Market Royal Mail Steam improved 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures 981 4 Ditto ditto, 2d Issue Ditto Scrip 9B Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO .. 10 12 14 pm Consols for Account March June. ~ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lfd 38 5 1 i 25 °Ditto £5OO, Ditto Small, lid. Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent Ditto, 1859 lOOl 1 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. 951 Brazilian, .5 per Cent. — Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 961 1 Milan, &per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian, 41 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 6 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian ' 5 per Cent... - __ Spanish 3 per Cent ..... 93 46 Ditto AC - count Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive Spanish Corn Cert. of Coup. not funded 6 Turkish, 6 per Cent. Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f lOOl I Latch Exchange, 12 Gull. 21 per Cent 66 I Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 97 Ditto Account 974 SALISBURY CATIIEDRAL.—Thursday, Sept. 30, is the 600th anniversary of the dedication of this noble pile, which was completed during the prelacy of Bishop Brid port, two years after his accession to the see. A MILITARY POLTROON.—On Tuesday morning last a man's thumb, cutoff at the second joint, was brought to the police-office, which was stated to have been found at the West Back-o'-th'-square. On further inquiry it was found that a private in the 2d battalion of the 24th Regiment was in the regimental hospital, and had made a vague state ment as, to being attacked by four or five men, who, while assaulting him, cut his thumb off; and that the alleged assault did not take place in the " Back-o'-th' -square," as stated, but in a field near the reservoir. Police-sergeant Robinson went to the spot, but was unable to discover any traces of a scuffle or of blood ; and a man who was working in the field from o to 6 o'clock .on the night in question stated that he did not see a soldier or any man pass that way during that time ; neither was there any trace of a person passing the watercourse which the soldier stated the men went over. Sergeant Robinson then made particular in quiries as to where the thiunb had been found, and the per son who found it directed him to the rails above the goods station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire , station, where the top of one of the stumps was stained with blood, and there was t sign of blood on the ground. A brick lying near sug gested the probability that the soldier, whose name is William Lewis, and who has only joined the regiment a fortnight, bad done the act himself to incapacitate himself from further service. This was no doubt the case as he has just received his £3 bounty. We understand that he will be tried by court-martial.—Glasgow BURNS' CENTENARY.—A few weeks ago, one of our citizens mentioned to several friends that he was about to communicate with Lord Eglinton regarding a grand de monstration in Glasgow on the approaching . centenary of Burns' birthday, and suggested that a provisional commit tee should be formed to organise further proceedings. The suggestion being warmly received, a committee was ap pointed ; and at its second meeting the following letter from the Earl of Eglintoun was read :—" Dublin, Aug. 26, 1858. —Sir,---It will give me great pleasure, as it has always hitherto done, to co-operate in any scheme which has for its object the exhibition of respect for the memory of Burns on the part ;,f his fellow countrymen. and I cordially approve of the suggestion that there should be a festival in Glasgow in celebration of the centenary of his birthday, and that a subscription should be entered into for the purpose of erect ing a monument to him in that city. As it appears almost impossible that I should be able to attend the festival, my name appearing among the list of stewards would be an empty compliment, but I shall be moat happy to join in the centenary if it is entered into.—l have the honour to be , your obedient servant, EGLINTON and WINToN.—O. R. Zrown, Esq."—Olasgow ,Daily SHARE A FITS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, Share Railways. Price. Done. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost.iPaid.l Closing Business ' and Eastern Junction 10 6} 61 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Mr., Wol., and Str. Val all 7} 74 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesil Junction lOO 05 67 25 Blackburn 23 Blyth and Tyne all 31 33 324 Stock Bristol and Exeter lOO 90 92 Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead lOO 34 36 50. Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 4 5 10 Do. A{ A roves. no div all 10 Do untillip.c.per an. all ' B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin and Belfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 6} 7} Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 61 62 61 60} 1} 1 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 46 4B Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 311 2} 25 Do.Nw.A.ate.E.U3ds) 81 25. East Kent all Stock East Lancashire lOO 90 92 20 , East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg. and Glasgow 100 6.4 61} Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 264 271 264 7 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 90 92 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 Stock Great Northern lOO 1011 102/ 1014 2} Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 82 83 83 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 127 129 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld; 100 102 103 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 54 56 12 Irish South Eastern all 5o Lancaster and Carlisle all 86 89 io Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 121 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 94 944 91 4 4 16 Do. do. F 416 6 1 0 d Do. do. 49 shares 7 } 1 d 3 Do. West Riding Union I 20 Do. Southport 11.'6.3 London and Blackwall all 5j 6; 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 4l Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 109} 11 110 } Stock London & North Westn. 100 90 9 04 90 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 94 9a 94 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 344 35} 341 5 10 Metropolitan 3 d Stock Midland lOO 96 97 96} ; Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 68 70 69 50 Slid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all —-- 25 Do. Shares all 100 NelNtastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros. • all-- Stock Norfolk lOO 62 Of 50 North. Counties Union. 31 3} 3 d Stook North British lOO 551 56} 56 54 ;6} Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO 'tock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 921 93} 921 3 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1f 1 d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 46 47 461 Stock Do. York lOO 734 74} 74 itock North London lOO 100 102 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction 43 la. 20 North Staffordshire 174 5} 5 d 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 74 8 4 tock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 27 29 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d 10 Rhymney lO tock Scottish Central lOO 113 115 tock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 27 28 2 7# # tock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 8 2 83 took Shropshire Union lOO 44 46 44 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 3 2 d tock Smith Devon lOO 3 4 35 tock South-Eastern lOO 71 72 71} tock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 13 14 20 Do. do lB 7 5 d 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 351 86} 36 54 25 bo. do. 1854 , 221 -- 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 bock Taff Vale lOO bock DO. Preference, No. 1 25 - ThamesHavenDk&Rail -22 ,ock Vale of Neath lOO ock Waterford & 'Kilkenny 100 10 Waterford & Limerick all !0 West Cornwall [0 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 3i 5 Do. B all 6} 6f 0 West London all 0 Do. Ist Class all 0 Do. 2d Class all 11.6.3 1 11.6.3 Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock Stock Stock] Stocks Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook 10 StoCk Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 - Stock Stock BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Business Railways. in.a. 1 Prior. Done. 100 Atlantic kSt Lawrence ".11" Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 18par 5 p gu. 5 percent 18 Do. all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par 4 p 18 Do. Do. B 41 par p 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 71 20i Do. New l6} 131 121d i 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich inn 83 88 p. ct. bds. 1 Au. 1872 100 Do. do. 1 Ju l y , 1873 100 78 82 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town &, Dock Scrip 25. 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 j liP 17} Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 par p Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c.; 100 1061 1064 1061 i 20 • Do. C Shares ' all 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 4 11p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 Do.4i p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all -- 20 G eelong& Metg - ua.s p. c. all 17 18 14 171 sto. r Geelong Corporation 6 100 A , per cent. Bonds — Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 37 3i 37 1 181 8 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 73 74 734 431 100 Do. 6 per cent Pref... , . 60 10 5d 20 GtlncliaPenin.gua.sp.c. all 21 214 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 20 Do. do. 2 • p 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip s. par 1p guaranteed 5 per oent. j 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 171 181 18 4 201 Do. New , 43 2f 21 d 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with } all 105 108 opt till '6O • 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 108 100 D0..d0. '73 without opt all 104 106 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 18 19 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 20 201 1 20 Do. 45 p. c. Extension l5 1 d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 5 p 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 t Newßrunswick&Canda. • Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 lid Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO 4 3 d .. Do. do. Land do 20 Northof India Tramroad 2 ( Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde l5 5 p 20 Do. 20 Do. New g 5 par p 20 Do. Punjaub ; 5 par p 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. toe,;" 5 par p 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ctStock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester Sr Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. et. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. • E.Angn. Class A 7 & Spc • Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet No.l Do. do • N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin.Perthot Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S. West. g a. 5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm pc Do. 45 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt. G t.Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock ... rent West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 pct. ... Do. Redeemable, p et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do: Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock 124 12 Stock Stock, Sto(4; Stock Stock Stockl Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock 110 114 102 105 114 116 112 114 129 131 80 82 StoCk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock 69 '7l 110 121 110 112 104 106 63 65 11} 111 25 i ' Stock shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun • all 1100 100 100 100 100 *ll 91 93 82 84 83 85 96 98 9 94 Id 17 94 10 68 70 18 19 9 l3} i4i 94 139 141 catonr, 5 p. ct. L4p : &,S : W, 7 p.ct stock, late 3d sh'are - s Londondy & Cole, Londondy.&Ennis 4 s h. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. n per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct .Do. 44 p. C. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.() p. c. redeem. at 5 p. c. pm Do. I'crpet, 6 p. c. w : t' option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.sharer Do. 5 p. c. E xt. S t0ck,1846 Do. 54 p. c.. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.ll,l.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, alla. 5 percent Nth.Dev.Rait& Dck.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. IDo. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. I Do. do. Quarters, Do. York, 11. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. r. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g: Do. do. do., 2d gma Do. 41p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb 1158 163 118 120 I ip 65 70 139 141 101 103 92 1 911 1) lli ' 484 1107 109 I i 974 dis f dim par 23 24 117 119 98 100 Do. 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua..6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, glut. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gsa Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction .. COlchester, Stour Val. E. Lincoln shire, g ep.c. E Unionjia ravich Sits. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest IT a rtlpool.Dck. &R ail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. I Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference 74 76 122 124. 125 128 10 log 24 244 100 102 99 101 28 29 a 2.1 33 4 38 43 ILn & N.W ;Ln & N.W 'Calcdonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. 98 100 103 105 16 18' 143 145 4 4i Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Mid. Bradford Pd. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyrc. 'Do. Shares A . Roystn.Hitch.,& Shep Slif. Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrawshry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Warr Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset ' Wimbledon& Croy-dn Calcdonin Do. (it. Vest Yk.N.Md Do. Do. S. East Do. Veto &Co Do Norfolk De 109 111 13 14 24 241 94 96 Wa r M Stk.k Dar Midland . E.Counts. D 0...... . 24 90 98 iP 57 59 !Do. I Do. . L4cDT L.Yk. .Do Gt. North. Lank Yk T Brumley M'Clean Stk.ar, I)ar Do. 1139 141 Gt. West. L.&Brgttt Docks. noi 115 1194 tllO 544 97 6 1191 20 DOCKS. 9 co 91 10i 90 92 8 9 Paid Closing 1 Business Price. Docks. Stock Commercial lOO —, Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO .... Stock East and West India lOO ...... Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New : 16 id * P 1056 !p a i d. I Closing 1 Business Price. Done. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Paid. Leasing ( Closing l i no ., Co, s. Price. Share Share Railways. I p i a . Closing I Business Price. Done. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beaters to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France si si par 1 9 24 2 4 4 3 294 30 Euphrates Talley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem. ' Con. shs ItalianJunetion ; - -p 8- 1 8 Lake Constance* Rai? Lierre and Turnhout... Lombardo Venetian.... 5 51P1 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Genthlt Maria Antonia Do. do. New 24 24 Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France - )o. New Shares 3 23 3211 Norwegian Trunk I'ref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans - 9 - — 10 43 3 I d 341 341 56 57 i 'p Recife& S. Frau. (fern.) pm. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) ... Riga and Dunaburg.... Rome and Frascati .... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5-i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders 9I 9] 23 24 5 9 9 2.5 2 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & IS'.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1858. BRITISH MINES. Share!ines. M Price. Done. i Paid. I Closing Business Alfred Console (Philack) 2.11.10 9 10 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 455 465 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 85 90 Great South Tolgus l7s 14 15 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillitck) 11.14.11 4, 4 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 8f 24 2 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 4 5 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 164 174 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 66 1 15 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 24 400 410 - South C. Brea (Mogan). 1 31 41 S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.181190 200 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 / 10 Tin Croft . 9 31 31 Unitedslines(Gwennap 40 70 90,, Vale of Towey ( Caren. ) 12s 6d West Basset (Illegan) l4 214 224 W. Caradou (Liskeard) 2O 90 100 Wheal Haseet (Illogan) 54 175 190 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 180 200 Wheal Edward . (Cals.). 54 3-5 34 Wheal• Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 - Wh'l Mary . nn (Menke) 8 41 43 • Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 24 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Boli AccordCopper,Lim. 106 I p 3.5 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 1 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 1 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 14 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... f d 40 Cobre Copper all 36 38 Copiapo l6 11 13 I DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 Gene•.•al all 19 204 3 Linares all . 8 94 5 Lusitanian 1 ' Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all 5 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead • Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip l. 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 11 28.2.81 1 iUnited Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. .1.1 Closing Business Share Securities. • Prices. Done. • Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 1151 1 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1094 1104 1104 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb, 100.. 094 1004 991 1004 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1094 1101 1104 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share' Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing I Business Irice. Done. 100 Ag,ra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - - 40 Australasia all 91 93 914 25 Bank of Egypt all 234 24xd1 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 40 Brit. 011:Bk. & LoanCo all - - 50 British - North American all' 57 59 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 31 2fd 100 City 5O - - 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all " - - • 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 xd 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all. 20 21 201 1 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 45 4 46} 100. Nat. Pray. of England 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 37 38 20 Ottoman Bank ,all 184 19 181 100 Provincial of Ireland-4 25 63 65 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 174 - - 25 Union of Australia all 55 56 25 Do. New' 2O 49 51 50 Union of London lO 24 25 24} 100 Unity Mutual 55 100 Western Bk of London 50 19 17 d MISCELLANEOUS. Bhara t Miscellaneous. Paid. Closing Business done Price. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 300 350 25 Australian Agricultural 19 34 36 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 lt 10 Berlin wat er W or k s 10 Do New, issued at £5 die 3 50 British American Land 40 - -- 50 Brit. & Irish MaK.TeI.A. all 41 43 20 Do. 11, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21 20 Do. C all 13 15 100 Canada 324 117 • 120 10 Chau'.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all - Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 24 28 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all -25 27 5 Crystal Palace all I 1 14 5 Do. Preference 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Steck Electric Tolegraph lOO 109 112 5 Eng. & Amt. Cop.St.Co all 1 2 11 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel los. - 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 24 3 20 GLlrou ScrewCol.(Lim.) all - • 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - 20 London Discount 5 If 14 d3l 4 Lon d.Gen. Omnibus Co all 24 n 24 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all - 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 74 71 25 National Discount Co 5 1 Of d 44 10 Netherlands Land 6 - 10 Do do all 1 2 5 DoBp.c.l'ref.,iss.at ldis all 14 14 100 N.Br.&NovaScotia Land 80 15 18 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all I I 20 North of Europe Steam all 2 3 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. is par 5 Peel River Land & Min all 24 3 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 81 86 50 Do. New lO 8 9 p IFf 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 2 f P 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 6 7 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 60 62 61 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 14 11 25 South Australian Land all 38 40 38 1 Submarine Teleg. Serip all 4 1} 1 1. Do, do Registered all 11 20 iTr.Sr Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can. 5 • 100 Faia Diemen's Land 283 10 12 49 51 94 96 1100 102 5t- 6 344 1 56 voi i CRIMINA OLD COURT. 'HIS DAY.) (Before the Recorder.) WATOH ROBBERY. William Johnson, aged 30, was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Frederick Randall. Mr. Cooper appeared for the prosecution. Frederick Randall said, on the 11th of September last, he was passing the .top of Botolph-lane, and in endeavouring to'get through a' crowd which had collected there, he met the prisoner, who seemed inclined to prevent his progress. He (witness) went back a few steps, but the prisoner, who was accompanied by, another man, followed him, eventually got close to him, and immediately afterwards he found his watch chain hanging from his waistcoat, it having been cut, and his watch stolen. , He immediately collared the prisoner, and charged him with the robbery, which he stoutly denied, and struggled violently to get away. While the prisoner was being detained until the arrival of a con stable, something was heard to fall on the pavement, which turned out to be the witness's watch. There were some other persons near, but the watch was picked up close to where the prisoner was standing. Thomas Marshall, a Custom-house officer, said he was passing Botolph-lane on the day in question, when his attention was attracted by a crowd, in which he saw two persons struggling. The prosecutor held a watch in his hand,- which he charged the other man (the prisoner) with stealing. He detained him until a constable arrived, when he was given into custody. _ _ Henry Mumford (City police), said the prisoner was given into his custody, charged with robbing the prose cutor. On being searched at the Mansion-house some money and eight duplicates were found upon him. The prisoner said the prosecutor was quite mistaken in saying he was the person who took his watch. At the police court he (the prosecutor) expressed a doubt as to his being the person who had robbed him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Recorder sentenced him to nine months' imprison. tent, with hard labour. PICKING POCKETS Henry Jones pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a purse containing money, the property of Mary Ann Dobson. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Catherine Morris and Ellen Roach, both respectably attired women, each of whom held an infant in their arms, pleaded guilty to picking the pocket of a lady named Ran dall, as she quitted the Woolwich steam-boat at the Lon don-bridge pier. The police stated that both prisoners were well known. The Recorder sentenced them to six months' imprison• ment, with hard labour. NEW COURT. _ . The Common Sergeant was occupied the Whole of the morning in disposing of Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed sufficient interest to call for a report, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(Thi s Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINAR Y CHARGE•—EIiza Jones, a good-look ing young female, respectably attired, was charged under the following circumstances before Mr. Beadon Mrs. Elizabeth Steadman, of 31, Burke-pl ace , Kensing ton, said she was on the preceding day looki ng i n a t a w i ndow in Regent-street, she being shopping at the time, when the accused, who had lived with her twelve months ago in Upper Berkeley-street, came up and stared at her in the face in a most annoying and impudent manner. She asked her why she did so, when she said she would follow her wherever she went. She (complainant) then went into a shop, where she stopped a qua r ter of an hour, and on coming out she was followed by the accused, who was joined by another female, till they got near Rupert-street, they both making use of the most disgusting language, and ultimately the prisoner giving her a violent blow. Prisoner said she did it because she was called a thief. Complainant said the accused, while living with her, had gone into the store-room and taken away linen, platog, sheets, &c., but she forgave her. Inquiries made by the police showed she had robbed every place she lived at. The accused said she had never lived with the com plainant. The Chief Clerk asked the complainant if she was sure she was the same person. The complainant said she was quite sure, although she had not given her right name. Her live 'sisters had also threatened her. In answer to Mr. Beadon, the prisoner said she was looking in a window when the complainant called her a thief. She soon after met a friend and told her, and they went after her to speak to the police, when the complainant pushed up against her, and she pushed her. She had never lived With her as a servant. She was quite innocent of what the complainant said of her having robbed her. She had lived in Hercules-buildings, 181ilsoraltrect, Bath, and had been an unfortunate ever Since she had been in London. The complainant said she made the charge at the time at the station-house. Mr. Beadon said he would send for the officer to see if the was the same person. The complainant said the. police had never seen the ac cused. They could not find her. In answer to tie chief Clerk, the complainant said she lived with her brother, who was in the wine trade in the City, but she declined to saywhcre, as she did not think he would like. He had failed and been to Germany. The accused said it was a false charge altogether against her. The complainant said she did not wish to say anything about the robbery. Mr. Beadon acid he should order the accused to enter into her own recognisance to appear again to-morrow, so that inquiries might be made, the complainant's statement not being at all satisfactory. THAMES. ASSAULT ON A POLI C E- CONSTABLEo—JOhn Petelin, a tall German sailor, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting police-constable Simon Ralph, No. 244 K. The complainant said—At half-past 11 last night I was on duty in South-street, and saw the prisoner fast asleep on the ground. I aroused him and found he was drunk, and he fell down again. I got him up and told him to go home. He swore at me, and hit me twice on the chest. I did not take him into custody, but advised him to go home, on which he hit me again and kicked me Mr. Yardley—Where did he kick you ? Witness—He kicked me nine or ten times on the shins, and also upon the hand, and he has injured my wrist. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, began laughing, and said—" Please you, mine vorship, I vos dronk, and cannot tell vot vos the matter on Last night, but I vent to go to mine ship." Mr. Yardley—Drunkenness is no excuse at all. You are fined 205., or eight days' imprisorunent. TERRIBLE CAST; OP STAnnlxa.—Dennis Harrington, a big, burly, morose-looking fellow, who said he was an Irish man by birth and a dock labourer by trade, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting and wounding Mary Regan, who appeared in court with bandages on her head and face, and in a weakly condition from loss of blood. The complainant said the was in no row last night, but there were a few angry words between her husband and the prisoner in Stone-stairs-court, Ratcliff. She told the prisoner to go home, and he struck her a viofnt blow on the eye and knocked her down. Sh 6 called out " Murder" and " Police," and a constable soon arrived and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner broke away from the constable, and struck her and knocked her down again, and while she was upon the ground he kicked her and stabbed her with a knife below the shoulder on the - left side. Mr. Yardley—ls your eye much injured? Witness—lt is indeed, sir. I thought my eye was out. am in great pain, your . worship. William Freestone, a palice-constable, 105 K, stated that he was on duty in Brook-street, Ratcliff, last night, and heard cries of "Murder" and "Police." He went to Stone-stairs-court, and saw the prisoner, who was mad drunk. He took him into custody for assaulting the woman, and on the way to the station-house he broke away from him —as the woman described—and knocked her down, and struck her while she was down. He was not aware the woman was stabbed until he reached the station-house,, and he then found her bleeding copiously, and called in a sur geon, who dressed the wound. It was below tho shoulder, He found a clasp knife upon the prisoner. It was in the prisoner's pocket, and the blade was stained with blood. Mr. Yardley—Does the wound correspond with the size of that knife? • _ . Witne ss —Exactly so, sir. It is a deep wo un d. The Prisoner—l was stoneblind drunk last night, yer honner's wortehip, and I don't know anything about it. Yardley—You are committed for trial at the sessions. APOTHECARIES'-HALL. — The following are the their exami na t ion i n the names of gentlemen who passed science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, an Thursday, September 16 :—John Davies, Festiniog, Merionethshire ; Thomas Hewlett ; Robert Hollings, Yorkshire ; John Ashley, Bristol ; and on the 9th inst., John Blackeft Jeaffreson, ington ; and three gentlemen who passed their first examination. A CHILD KILLED BY A PLAYMATE.—A n inquest was held at Bristol on Friday afternoon, on the body of W. H. Twitchings, five and' a-half years of age, son of a chair maker, whose death, it was alleged, had been caused by a blow given by another boy named Thos. Clark, aged 10 years. It appeared that on the previous Saturday the de ceased, who was in good kealth, found Clarke sitting on a door step with a little girl named Eliza Th omas . Th e deceased attempted to pull the girl away, upon which Clarke gave him a violent blow in the side. The little fellow went home crying, and complained to his mother of being in great pain. lie was at length taken to the infirmary, where it was found that he had sustained a rupture, and on Thursday afternoon an operation was per formed for the purpose of replacing the intestine s . The child, however, died under it. The coroner told the jury that although it was more than probable that death had re sulted from the blow given by Clark, yet they could hardly charge a child so young with manslaughter. The jury re turned a verdict of accidental death, and the constable in attendance was desired to inform the iments of the boy Clark that unless they punished him the case might yet be taken up by the_ police. EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE HAM BURG AND NEW YORK STEAMER HAMMONIA. HAMBURG, Sept. 18. —Great excitement was created in this city on Thursday by the announce ment of an accident of a mysterious nature having happened on board the iron screw steamer Ham monia, Captain Schwensen, of and from this port to New York, which left: Cuxhaven .the day before yesterday with the usual bi-monthly mails, a large and valuable cargo of manufactured goods, and 293 passengers. It appears that the steamer—which, belongs to the German line of packets that touch at Southampton, and have hitherto been distinguished by their splendid runs across the. Atlantic and the total absence of all accidents or misfortunes—left the Elbe on Thursday afternoon, and had not been many hours at sea, when from some hitherto unexplained cause an explosion took place in the after part of the ship, and it was found that the powder magazine, containing the vessel's stock of blue lights, signal rockets, and powder for saluting, had blown up. This magazine being situated under the chief saloon, the passengers of the first-class cabins were the principal sufferers, as the poop decks were forced up by the violence of the explosion. The ship was immediately turned round to return to the Elbe, whilst medical assis tance was speedily offered by the surgeon of the Hammonia, and Dr. Neander, one of the cabin pas sengers. _ Isubjoin the list of wounded as given by the company :-1, Madame Andre, from Offenbach, residing at Philadelphia, slight contusion of the right hip ; 2, Herr Barth, from Costa Rica, dislo cation of the left knee cap ; 3, Miss Fanny Bier mann, from Furth, a slight wound on the left cheek ; 4, Herr Friedrich Muller, from Oldenburg, lower part of left thigh bone broken, and fracture of right leg below the knee. Owing to the energetic exertions made by the directors of the company, the repairs of the injury will be completed this evening, and the manager has publicly announced to-day that the vessel will sail to-morrow morning (Sunday) for New York. Although the police authorities have made the most searching investigation, and examined the officers, passengers, and crew, nothing has been elicited to throw the slightest light on the cause of the explosion, which is consequently wrapt in the same shroud of mystery as before, but generally attributed to spontaneous combustion. The powder magazine contained forty blank cartridges for the saluting four-pounders, five dozen blue lights, and about an equal quantity of signal rockets. There were also some gunpowder in it belonging to the French Government. Some of the slightly wounded proceed to New York by the Hammonia ; but Mr. Muller, who was sitting in the smoking saloon im mediately over the powder magazine when the ex , plosion took place, lies in the General Hospital of this city in a most critical state, and Dr. Knorre, the head surgeon of the establishment, is going to amputate both his legs to-day, and en t er t a i ns b ut very feeble hopes of his surviving the operation. Madame Andre is also not able to proceed to her destination by this steamer, and remains for the present at the Hotel de l'Europe under the surgical care of Dr. Knorre. No damage was done to the screw or any other part of the machinery of the Hammonia, which is an iron-built vessel of 2,500 tons. TrHAT IRELAND CAN SEND TO AMERICA. LEVER'S GALWAY AND HALIFAX LINE. In connection with this new scheme, of Trans atlantic communication the Belfast Mercantile Journal has the annexed statement :—" The develop ment of this new line has been much more rapid and successful than could have been anticipated by the most sanguine. Every steamer leaving Galway for New York, as yet, has been both full of goods nd passengers, and frequently more has been offerin g 'than the vessels could accommodate. The fine steamer Prince Albert, which left on Tuesday, took out a full complement of both goods and passengers, among which, from this port alone, there are Linen 217 boxes, containing 335,627 yds., and 488 pieces, value... ... .L 12,896 Haberdashery 13 boxes, containing 5,625 dozen. 1,172 Handkerchiefs 5 „ „ 3,200 ~, . 798 Shirt-fronts 3 , 665 „ . 376 Muslin Thread If Yarn £16,463 Also, 6 first, 12 second, and 23 thild-class pas sengers, forwarded by the enterprising agent here. Already the fruits of a direct trade from Ireland with the United States are apparent. A stocking factory has been opened in Galway for the purpose of supplying the States with cotton stockings, and it is expected that a large trade will be carried on, and the facilities of labour and water-power cannot be surpassed." [Thus far the Belfast Mercantile Journal. We may add that an important company is already formed to carry out this line of steam communica tion (in conjunction with Mr. Lever), to its fullest development.] THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. light breeze and fine. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 20.—Wind S. E . —Arrived— Margaret, from Honduras. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed— Indus (s), for Alexandria. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—West moreland, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Em press, from Port Madoc, for Wisbeach, with loss of main boom, and master overboard. DUBLIN, Sept. 20.—Arrived—Catherine, from Porto Rico. NEWPORT, Sept. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Helsingor, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Sept. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rich mond, from Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind E.—Arrived—Susannah, from Havannah. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Hammonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Thomas Mahony, from Dublin ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey; Ann, from Sunderland; Friendship, from Swansea ; Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardiff; Adelaide Ray, from Sunderland. Sailed—lndus, steamer, for Alexandria; Indian Empire, steamer, for Galway; Havre, steamer, for Havre; Courier, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, TucAay Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Sept. 21—Mistletoe, from Buenos Ayres ; Numa, from Alexandria; Fernando, from Lisbon. Sailed, Sept. 18—Gulf Stream, for New Orleans. Sailed, Sept. 19—Rowena, for Venice ; Neptune, for Cronstadt. Sailed, Sept. 20—Cairo, screw steamer, for Alexandria ; Warner, for Kiel ; Idea, for Bordeaux. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH) GRILVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.S.E.; tide 2/ hours' flood; cloudy and fresh. Arrived, Sept. 20—Vestrik Winter, from Berbice ; Canada, from `Vyborg ; Vere, from Cronstadt ; Tasso, from Cronstadt ; Ellen, from Jamaica ; Susan, from Denia ; Carthina, from St. Petersburg ; Fanalian, from Malmo ; Merchant, from Archangel; Lightning, from Denia; Hon tie Deantoo, from Riga ; Ardmillan, from Callao ; Abelona, from Helsingborg ; Aberdeenshire, from Huysum ; Visarus, from New Carleby ; Vrow Suronina, front Dantsic ; Tri ton, from St. Petersburg; Carl, fromDantzic ; Providence, from Denia. Arrived, Sept. 21—Peggy, from Wyborg; Empress, from Cronstadt; Laura Ann, from Charente;. Hermans Cor nelius, from Bilboa ; Goorgiana, from Smyrna; Frederick William, from Dantzic; Francis,'James Stuart, Tinamara, and Anna Maria, from Cronstadt; Petrel, from Denia ; Alexandre, from Lucon ; James Bailie, from Dantzic; Matilda, from Corsoer. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.,SE., moderate. Anchored—Princess Royal, from Rio Grande, for Hull. Passed—Bercaldino, for Halifax • Montezuma, for St. John's ; Stirlingshire, for Trinidad Palestine, for New York ; Katherine, for Ferol—all from London ; Osborne House, from Hartlepool, for Aden; Equator, from London, for Wellington, New Zealand. THE FORTHCOMING SHRIEVALTY.—We an nounced a fortnight since that it was contemplated by their lordships the Barons of the Exchequer to defer the receiving of the sheriffs in the name of her Majesty at 'Westminster from the accustomed day, the 30th instant, till the Ist of November neat. The sheriffs elect, Mr. Alderman Hale and Mr. Deputy Conder, wishful that in their year of office the immemorial custom of the sheriffs elect being received on the 30th September should not be deviated from, communicated with theirlordships on the sub ject, and it has since been arranged that the ancient cus tom shall be still followed out. The presentation will, therefore, take place on Thursday, the 30th September instant, when Mr. Baron Watson will preside. The state procession will, as last year, be throughout the entire dis tance by land ; it will leave the Mansion-house about one and arrive at Westminster-hall about two o'clock. The at tendance on the new sheriffs in procession, will, we under stand, in compliment to those distinguished gentlemen, be greater than usual. The members of the Court of the Tal low Chandlers' and likewise those of the Wheelwrights' Com panies, to which the sheriffs elect respectively belong, will take part in the procession, preceded by the banners of the respective companies ; two full bands of the Royal London Militia (with the sanction of Colonel Wilson) will accom pany the procession its entire route. Th e s h er iff s e l ec t w ill on that day give their inauguration banquet at Tallow- Chandlers'-hall, Dowgete-bill, to which a distinguished and numerous party of guests have been invited. THE BIRTHPLACE OF MR. ROBERT STEPHEN SON, C.E.—The cottage of the late Mr. George Stephenson, at Willington, is in course of being pulled down. 'Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., paid a visit to his birthplace previous to the removal of the cottage and at the same time he in spected the plans, &c., for the Stephenson Memorial School, to be erected on its site. The building will comprise schools for girls, boys, and infants, together with a mechanics' in stitute and dwelling-house for the master and mistress of the schools. The cost of, the building will be upwards of £2,000. The foundation-stone will be laid in the course of the ensuing mouth by Mrs, Addison Potter, THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The intense interest felt in everything likely to throw light on the cause of the present failure of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, induced us to devote so much space yesterday to the ex pl ana ti ons o f Mr. Whiteho use. That gen tl eman cla i ms the t i tle of " Electrician Projector of the-Atlantic Telegraph." He has been engaged during the whole period of the manufacture of th e ca bl e i n experimenting upon it. He has continued these experiments long after the completion of the whole cable. We therefore perused his account with great care in the hope of finding some light thrown on the cause of the present difficulties. We need not say to those who have travelled 'through the long communication of Mr. White house that we have been greatly disappointed. Had the cable not been laid down, had it broken again and again, we could have understood the drift of Mr. Whitehouse's letter. Acccording to his state ments the form, weight, and whole construction of the cable was ill devised; not only ill devised, but imperfectly carried into execution. Yet in spite of this character the slender cable—which, slender as it was, was a heavy burden for two large ships— was successfully submerged. He blames the paying out apparatus. Y e t th is a pp ara t us d i d its work sufficiently well to accomplish the laying down of the cable in spite of wind and weather. The defect of the cable cannot, therefore, be traced to its me chanical construction—that is, so far as Mr. White house gives us any idea of his own opinion of the present cause of the stoppage of electrical communi cation. Mr. Whitehouse admits that he had the control given to him over the electrical operations of the great undertaking. Yet all that we learn from him was, that up to the last moment he was only slowly feeling his way as an experimentalist ; that even now his speaking apparatus can hardly be said to be completed. Now this is the confession of the ' Electrician Projector of the Atlantic Tele graph." He throws considerable light on the method of getting up companies and gigantic undertakings, not very satisfactory, indeed, for the consideration of shareholders. Mr. Whitehouse and Mr. Brett—the former as electrician, the latter as engineer —made certain experiments on a length of 2,000 miles of under ground wire belonging to the Magnetic Telegraph Company. The result was deemed successful, and advantage was taken of the publication of this suc cessful result to commence the organisation of the company. The Electrician Projector of this com pany now asserts, that though he claims the title of the Electrician Projector, he is " bound to say that his own habits of research would have led him to repeat it (the experiment on the 2,000 miles of wire) again and again, in various forms, before he should hav e ven t ure d to re gar d it as a basis of operations in so gigantic an enterprise ;" and again, that he is " free to admit that the inferences drawn therefrom were in some respects incautious, and the promises of working speed too sanguine, in whi c h respect exp er ience has convinced me of severa sources of error." After such a confession as this, which seems to us to indicate that the Atlantic Telegraph Company was got up upon most uncertain, if not false elec trical dat a , it seems strange that the person making this confession should style himself the Electrician Projector. The strange thing, however, in spite of all this confession, is, that the thing, so far as elec trical communication is concerned, has been an ac complished fact. The engineering difficulties have all been overcome ; intelligible signals have been sent both ways. They have been sent with as great, if not with greater speed, than theory had anticipated. Why, then, the candid exposure of all Mr. Whitehouse's difficulties and doubts ? All these, on his own showing were practically swal lowed up in success, as soon as the first intelligible messages had been recorded on both sides of the Atlantic. Wherefore the voluminous communication of Mr. Whitehouse ? It is an apology for his quarrel with the directors of the company. Now, while one side of this quarrel only is before the public, we have stated that we cannot enter into its merits. All that seems of any real value in this lengthy apology, and self-condemnatory confession of an electrical projector, is contained in its last para graph. With all his experience, Mr. Whitehouse declares that he has heard nothing since his resig nation to alter the opinion he then expressed, that the nature and seat of the injury extends no farther from the shore of Ireland than the portion of the cable which ought to have been replaced by the thick shore end. If this supposition be true, the defect could easily be repaired without any great difficulty. In this case the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany stand, as Mr. Whitehouse says, in this re markable position :—" Having a success which has startled the whole world laid at their feet, they know not how to use it, but by apathy and incom petence surfer it to elude their grasp, and the grand enterprise of the d a y t o f a ll i n t o collapse." If the confident expression of this opinion be founded in fact, all the foreboding and complainings of the whole of the previous part of Mr. White house's letter must arise from a distempered imagi nation. If this be not so, we are forced to the con clusion that the credulous directors forced a pro jector, with but little faith in hi s sc h eme , t o a suc cessful conclusion ; that after its success, a check arising from a cause easily foreseen and imprudently unprovided for, directors and projector change places; faith is restored to the projector, and departs from the directors. Directors and shareholders have a direct pecu niary interest in the undertaking ; they have freely spent their money to carry out a gigantic work of the greatest import to the civilisation of the world. In spite of any quarrel with their projector, we cannot suppose they will suffer the question to col lapse here. It is to their own direct interest to settle the doubt that remains as to the permanent failure of the cable they have successfully sub merged, as an electrical way. They will surely at once take means to set at rest the question whether the fault lies within reach of repair. Mr. White house seems to labour under the impression that he is the only electrician who can successfully work an. Atlantic cable. Without undervaluing that gentle man's attainments, or the discoveries he has made in deep-sea telegraphy, we cannot admit the existence of any patent right to exclusive knowledge on this subject to any man. The gigantic strides made by electrical science hav e no t b een ma d e b y one mind. They are the combined results of the brain labour of hundreds of distinguished men. Many of these were martyrs of science, and we have known some, whose tion 1: elcett real diAcoverers would entitle them to as distinguished a rank, at least, if not a far more exalted one, than Mr. Whitehouse has yet attained, who hardly obtained in their old age but ter for their bread. However much we may sym pathise with individual disappointment, scientific progress requires a perfect absence of all exclusive rights to reach perfection.—Daily News. THIS DAPS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 os. to £4 10s. ; clover do., £3 10s. to £5 55.; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 12s. per load. Both hay and straw, the supplies of which were moderate, sold slowly, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 6s. to £4 125.; clover do., £3 12s. to £5 6s. ; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 12s. per lead. Trade rather dull. IVIIITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 10s.; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 55.; and straw, £1 10s. to £1 14s. per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been very little business done by private contract, as purchasers are awaiting the large public sales announced for to-day. Prices are firm, and common congou is quoted 10d to 101 d per lb. SUGAR.—The market has a very quiet appearance, and the transactions reported have been unimportant. Holders, however, are fewer, and the present high rates check busi ness. In the refined market there is a fair demand for pieces, but dried goods are quiet, at about former values. COFFEE.—By private contracts only a limited business has been done at fully late quotations. A rather large quantity is advertised forublic sale during the week, an d the qualities being good late rates are expected to be realised. RICE.—The market is very quiet, with little alteration to notice in prices. Rum.-LThere is a fair demand for the better qualities, and full values are current. FRUlT.—There have been further arrivals of new cur rants, and a good business has been done at 478 to 52s per cwt. New Valentia raisins are quoted 42s per cwt. SPlCES.—Pepper and pimento have been in moderate demand, at about late quotations. Nutmegs, ginger, and cloves have been rather Arnier, and cassia lignea has been in active demand, at a slight improvement. SALTPETRE.—The market continues firm, and a mode rate business has been done, at folly late rates. TALLOW.—OnIy a moderate amount of business has been done. Prices, however, are firm. P.Y.C., on the spot, 49s 9d ; last three months, 49s 3d ; and January to March delivery, 49s 9d per cwt. DESTRUCTION OF A LIVERPOOL SUGAR WARE HOUSE BY FIILE.—On Sunday morning a fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. J. Leitch and Co., Blackstock street, Liverpool, and raged until four o'clock in the after nosn, destroying a very large qu an tity o f property, and g utting the building itself. Through the energy of the fire brigade, 65 hhds. of sugar and 75 hhds. of molasses were saved. The stock and premises were both fully in sured in the Phoenix, Sun, Royal, arid other offices. HULTSDORF MILLS COMPANY.—A meeting of the Hultsdorf Mills Company (Ceylon) was held yester day at No. 8, Austin-friars, Mr. Harry G. Gordon in the chair. The accounts and directors' report for the last year showed a satisfactory return, except a loss on cocoa nut oil, but this latter had been mainly caused by the late conuner cial panic. The disposable balance was £3,942, 18s. from which the directors proposed a dividend of o per cent. per annum, leaving £1,637 Ils. 9d. to be carried over to the next account and reserve fund, which amounts to £3,875. After some observations from the chairripn,_Mr. Frith, Mr.. Nicholson, and others, the report was adopted and a vote of thanks was passed to the directors; THIRD EDITION. SUIV OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS AT LEICESTER. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAM% Hedgetopper, Rio,' Professor Airey,. Q ueen fl owage . , Liley, Lazy Lass, Marabout, Thornhill, Statesman, Harry Bluff, My Niece, Coxcomb, Schoolfellow, Vulcan, and Mimosa. O.2VDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVEYTNG.) WHITEHALL, SEPT. 21. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Cap tain James Rawstorne, of the Royal Navy, her hiajesty's royal lice nce an d permission that he may accept and wear the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, of 'the fourth class, which the Sultan has been pleased to confer upon him, as • a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of his dis tinguished services before the enemy during the late war. The Queen has also been pleased to give and grant unto James Vaughan Hughes, M.D., her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the Cross of a Knight of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, which the King of Sardinia hath been pleased to confer upon him in tes'iimony of his Majesty's approbation of his distinguished services before the enemy during the late war. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ray. Dr. Rigaud, Bishop of Antigua, to be a Member of the Council for that Island ; Galvan L. Bellot, Esq., to be a Member of the Council for the Island of. Dominica; and Edwin D. Baynes and John F. Kirwan, Esqrs., to be Members of the Council for the Island of Montserrat. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Clements, Esq., to be Inspector-General of Police f or th e Island of Barbadoes. INDIAN-OFFICE, SEPT. 21. It is hereby notified that, in compliance with the enact ment-contained in the eighth clause of the Act of Parlia ment "for the better government of India," passed in the session holden in the '2lst and 22d year of her Majesty's reign, chapter 106, th;• late Court of Directors of the East India Company certified to the late Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, under the seal of the said company, that they had elected— Charles Mills, Esq. John Shepherd, Esq. • Sir James Weir Hogg, Baronet. Elliot Macnaghten, Esq. Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esq. William Joseph Eastwick, Esq., and Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esq. to be Members of the Council of India, established by the said Act. It is further notified that, in compliance with the enact ment aforesaid, her Majesty has been pleased, by warrant under her Royal Sign Manual, to appoint to be Members of such Council the following eight persons : Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery, Baronet ; Sir Frederick Currie, Baronet; Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of the Chief Division of the Most H ono urable Order of the Bath ; Sir Robert John Hussey Vivian, Major-General of the Forces of the East India Company, and Knight. Com mander of the Military Division of the Most honourable Order of the Bath; Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, formerly Colonel of the Forces of the East India Company, and Knight Com• mender of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; Sir Henry Creswieke Rawlinson, formerly Lieutenant- Colonel of the Forces of the East India Company, and Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; John Pollard Willoughby, Esq., and William Arbuthnot, Esq. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 21. The Right Honourable 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 despatch from her Majesty's Minister at St. Peters. burg, announcing that a quarantine of four days will be imposed on all vessels arriving at the ports of Sottkonm Kale, Redout Kale, and Poti, from ports in the Tallish dominious. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 21. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Frome, from the Seconded List, to be Supernumerary Lieutenant Colonel. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant John Sargent, from half-pay of the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 17. In consideration of the successful operations on the Pei Ho, as recorded in the supplement to the London Gazette of July 27, 1858, the following promotions have this day taken place : To be Captains—Commander Charles C. Leckie, and Commander Samuel G. Cresswell. To be Commanders—Lieutenant Alleyne Bland, Lieute nant Ralph P. Catori and Li eu t enan t A r th ur T. Thrupp. Mr. Charles Prickett, Second Master, to be Master. Staff-Surgeon Charles A. Anderson, M.D., to be 'Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. Mr. William H. M. Arnold, Assistant-Paymaster, to be Paymaster. And for general services during the operations in China, the following promotions have been made : Deputy Inspector George Burn, M.D., to be Inspect or of Hospitals and Fleets ; and Mr. John T. Gabriel, Assistant-Surgeon, to be Surgeon. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT... Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Alfred Herbert Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign ; Ensign Stephen Kent Winkworth to be Lieutenant. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Thomas Rainforth, Gent., to be Ensign. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Wm. Batley, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice Young, re s i gne d. 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Jervoise Smith to be Captain, vice Glyn, resigned._ ROyal Monmouthshire Militia—Rhys Brychan Powell, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. • Edwin Logsdon, carriage builder, Hitchin , Hertfordshire, to surrender Sept. 30, at two, and Nov. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Hargreaves. coal and lime merchant, Bradford, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Frances Evans Bailey, eating-house keeper, Birming ham, Oct. 2 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Henry Nott Hobday, tinplate worker, Birmingham, Oct. 1 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Die trict Court. William Gowland and Son, nautical instrument makers, Oct. 5 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. James Ford, butcher, Wolverhampton, Oct. 1 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Henry Milner Cockburn, tobacconist, Middlesex, Oct. 5 at twelve, and Nov. 2 at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Itowland Parkinson, innkeepe4 Blackburn, Lancaster, Oct. 14, and Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Edward Thomas Gover ' stationer, Bull's Head-court, .Newgate-street, Oct. 5, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Edward Legh, wine merchant, Gourock. George W. Phillips, bookseller, Rothesay. John Wilson, cattle dealer, Crieff. Walter Fowlie, tailor and clothier, Edinburgh. Mark Davis, clothier, Trongate, Glasgow. Robert M‘daw, farmer, Kilstay, Kirkmaiden. Alexander Moir, farmer, Woodhill and Tarrholm, Tar bolton. Thomas 'Ward, wine merchant, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DXY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 181 11 19 Antwerp - 2.5 421 Brussels — 25 37' 2.5 42 I -Lamburgh -13 8t Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 311 Madrid Cadiz — 49 Leghorn — 29 95 Genoa — 2.5 55 Naples Palermo — 1221 Messina — 122 Lisbon Oporto : — 52 Rio Janeiro New York — _ _ 13 81 fs 20 25 421 25 4,5 1191 10 16 10 18 35 49 49 f 30 25 60 401 123 1231 62 52 E.I. Co's bls. House bls. (AL Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 21 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 21 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to tho Bth inst. Bengal £1,201 5 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £1,201 5 0 - - Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per opt. A 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 sOi HAVELOCK AND HIS SOLDIERS.- ,, After tne battle of Busserat Gunge, our General passed clown the narrow street, thronged with wearied soldiers. They, on observing him, mied out Clear the way for the Gene ral 1' To this ho instantly made answer You hare done that well already.' Never WAS compliment more happily timed, or more warmly appreciated ; they were literally transported with delight, praise being the soldier's coveted reward and best stimulant. Despite his reserved manner, no man is more capable of conciliating, I had almost said compelling, regard than Gen. Havelock." . „ Major North's Journal of an Officer in India. A BON MOT FROM THE CALEDONIAN CANAL.-- t gives us pleasure to state that the touring* routes in the Highlands are extremely well frequented this season, and that wit and fashion are rife on the great canal. A party were assembled on the paddle-deck of one of the steamers the other day, among whom were Earl Grey and a distin guished member of the English bar. After enjoying the beauty of the scenery and the pleasures of conversation for some time, the noble earl retreated from the chilly atmo sphere to the cabin, and while going down stairs it was observed by one of the party that a hole had been burned by some means or other in the skirt of his lordship's coat. The barrister was asked whether Eatl Grey smoked, and replied that he did not think that imbibing the sweets of the weed was one of his lordship's enjoyments, but was curious to know why such a question was asked. On being told of the suspicious hole in the coat, that learned gentleman said—"Ah 1 the noble earl has probably sat down on one of his own speeches."-G! sqou: Jou7•nalj ~. -~_.__ OTS o the Vool- day, spied aser, that is far pub hrow pram- !.e, in been !veral D. you why 31 tho )plied with Le ao- )ction fiat is And ng of adds- intity As 0 6 the extra Wee- r e ry 1' ) last ,n, is iered you ,ddy. sonde and rotor ouch ire edou was neat B ent yoU 3 Ra ;h. 0 is F l 9. taro est; nd )110 ;~