The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

.310. NET MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLecK. Rather more animation has been apparent in the 'Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the week, and for some of the principal staples higher rates have been current. Sugars have improved 6d. to ls. per cwt., and in the refined market en hanced quotations have been current for dried goods. At the public sales of tea the biddings were not quite so animated, and some descriptions were at rather easier rates; of 19,000 packages offered, already 7,600 were sold. Coffee has been in fair request, and good qualities of plantation Ceylon have realised full values. For rice there has only been a mode rate inquiry, and the dealings in saltpetre have been on a limited scale, previous rates being barely supported. The tallow markethas been steady, and pikes have been well maintained both for present and future delivery. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, but without animation, and prices of all descriptions remained stationary. The sales only amounted to 5,000 bales. In Railway Shares a fair amount of business was transacted at previous rates. The suspension of Messrs. Robert Brandt and Co., merchants, of Old Jewry Chambers, was an nounced yesterday afternoon. The liabilities are stated to be about £20,000, but the assets have not been estimated. A public company has just been formed for the purchase of Masters' Crystal Palace Hotel, at Norwood, the trustees being Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P., and Thomas N. Farquhar, Esq. (chairman of the Crystal Palace Company), with a • capital of £30,000, in 3,000 shares of £lO each, the deposit being £2 10s. per share on allotment. The present building is found to be doing a steady anal profitable business, but it is quite disproportionate to the increasing number of visitors. The object of the company is, therefore, to enlarge it to a commensurate extent, by which the directors consi,- . der a very high and profitable return will be de rived for the shareholders. The arrivals of specie this morning include £137,560 by the Shallimar, and £21,356 by the Annie Wilson, both from Port Philip, and 22 cases by the Baron Osy, from Antwerp. At Hamburg the rate of discount has been re duced to 12 per cent. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The gold by the steamer La Plati, viz., £120,000, has been taken for the Con tinent, together with a small portion of the recent Australian arrivals. The continuous influx of the precious metals is causing a steady accumulation of bullion at the Bank of England, and as the demand for money, although increased by temporary arrangements, is still very quiet, there is some expectation of a lower minimum rate of discount. The alteration, however, even if practicable, will probably not take place until after the dividends are paid, but as in the meantime accommodation on first-class bills can be obtained at 2+ per cent., temporary delay will not be attended by inconvenience. During the early part of the day the Market for t Public Securities was exceedingly heavy, and rather lower quotations were produced by speculative sales. Subsequently, however, a rather firmer tone was apparent, and the present %notations show a partial recovery. Consols, which were 911 92, are now 92 to 92. It is clear that foreign political intelligence is Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock, stock' Stock' • exercising an unfavourable influence upon the • course of quotations, and a comparatively, small _supply of stock is sufficient to create depression. The New Threes and the Reduced' Annuities have declined to 921, and India Loan Debentures to 941. I ; the Scrip, however, is firmer, at 931 1, and Exchequer Bills at 265. prem. • . • si Business in the Foreign Stock Market-llo' been very inactive, and prices are rather . depressed. : Turkish 6 per Cents. being' 71 to 73; ditto New,: • 58 to 60; Dutch 4 per Cents. hate receded. to 961 s 97 ; Mexican to 171 18, and Danish .3 per Cents. to: t 7 801 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 411 to 42. si The .market for Ameri can S ecur iti es d ur i ng the s s i past week has not exhibited much variation. ' Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. xemark :-4 4 The St market continues steady, and prices stationary. There has been a fair amount of business doing, gt, but the transactions have not been to a large extent, . 1 1 or of a character that entitles them to pa r ti cu l ar notice." , st Redeemable. Prices. United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 Do. 6 per Cent Bonds .. 1868 Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds.. - Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds - Idaesachusetts 5 per Cent. Str Bonds Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds ennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia s.per Cent. St. Bonds Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinoii Central 6 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent Do. do. shares New -York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible .. New York Central 7 _per Ct., convertible, from June 15, 1 857759 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., 3d mortgage New York and Erie 7 per Ct., convertible New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , sinking fund Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., Ist. do. 1886 99 101 75 77 92 94 93 95 99 101 98 100 81 83 83 85 82 84 85 87 84 86 88 90 74 76 70 73 1877 Divers 1886 1888 1875 1875 1860 85 87 41 40 diB 1869 78 82 45 48 1883 1864 1883 1862 1875 5 7 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock, Stock' Stock . 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 102 92 95 1859 186.5 A very limited amount of business has been recorded in the Railway Share Market, and several of the principal lines show a further decline. North Western, North British, and Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton have receded ss. ; Eastern Counties and Great Western, 15s. ; and Citledonian, £l. South Eastern improved about ss. ; Great Northern, Midland, and Manchester, Sheffield, and L;ncoln, have realised former rates. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very inactive, and the variations have been unimportant. Lombards-Venetian New shares have declined about 55., and Eastern Bengals ss. East Indian improved os. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are Id slightly reduced values. London and Westinin stem have declined as. ; Bank of Australasia, 55.; Electric Telegraph, £1 ; and Peninsular and Orien tal Steam; IN. KEITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 2 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92k / f A Itriv 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock bitto Debentures Ditto Loan Scrip Consols for Account (July 8) Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 26 p Ditto Small, la. 26 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cenc, Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Console for Account, July S .... 92 4 x d FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—Mr. Tidd Pratt, registrar of friendly societies in England, delivered a lecture last l liglit on the above subject in the school-room of St. Peorge's, Hanover square. Since 1793, he said, 26,900 o enefit societies had been enrolled in England and Willea, thich was at the rate :of 400 a year. Of these 7,000 had teased to exist, being at the average of 100 a-year, or tWQ Eery week. This number was greatly on th e i ncrease ;' at sent there were 20,000 societies, numberin g 2,500,000 tubers, in England and Wales. In order to insure. suc- Celia in the establishment of societies, he would recommend that they should insure medical . attendance, allowance in si ckness, endowments—a sum' applicable at death—and a provision for the expense of management. The failure of any societies arose from the false rate at which the con tributions were calculated. As an instance. of a model taciety, he called their attention to the3Vestminster Provi qent Benefit Society; which has been recently formed. The %Pita' of societies now enrolled amounted to £10,000,000, t Pd . the annual payments for sickness, superannuation, and 'r•ath money exceeded £1,500,000. The suspension was announced this afternoon of 'li. Robert Brandt and Co., alarphanta; of Old Jewry. di The liebilities v. believed to be water . . SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) Sharer Railways, Amberg., otting. Bost., and Eastern Juor'tiOn Belfast and Baltymena., Bir., Wol., and Str.Val. Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div, until6p.c.per an. Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelfastJunc. Dun „Perth o t Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock, Do. do. B Stock) Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds); East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness 'Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland, Great Northern Do. do. A Stock 'Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wmtn.(lreld; Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds ,Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall' Do.Newise.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln 'Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British INor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. 'do. G.N.E.Purchase] Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North 'Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhyrnney Scottish Central Scoth. N.E„ Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do. Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesFfavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall ,W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal DO.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 12.i0 13.14 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 1613 4 Stock Stock 100 10Q 100 100 100 100 14-1 16 100 Stock Stock 12 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock! 73 75 14 111 32 '3s' 93 95 781 791 4 6 87 [li p Ili p 111 l 1 d 1 i 1 d 62 64 111 112 84 90i 2 14 d 90 91 5 7 35 36 981 99i 74 77 1613 41 ..e3 lc 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 9 11 56 68 3 dl 34 64i 83 881 21 lf dl 44 15 71 721 100 102 4# 41 13 'l4 8 8 30 31 8 s d, 109 111 23 24& 79 81 43 44 4 3 rl 41 43 66.1 671 59 61 63 67 65 70 5 1 6 11 3 31 7 3 7! 7p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London to. Ist Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. a a 7i 8i 71 8i 13 14 55 661 37 42 26 •28 78; f 8 91 i 89; i 90 901 35; an 67 .. Paid, i Closing Business Price. 12 14 87 89 72 ?3 2.5 28 91 93 10 1 9? 9 9 79 81 130 132 [O4 106 64 55 60 65 Stock Stock Stock Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Blythe and• Tyne IC per, c. pref. (issued at £50): Brig. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do: Shares tockraledon £lO, 44 per cent 2.10 jDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Lock Ch ester & Holyhd, 54 pc Cock Do. do. 5 p..ct: Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c ock Dun. Perth,& Aber.J un tE.Angn. Class A 7& spc Lock Do. do. Class B 6 pc tock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Lock E. Coun. Ex: 5 pct. No:1 Lock Do. do N 0.2 Lock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock lock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Lock East Lanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. - York. Jcn. fifths Lock Edin,&Glas. 5 pc shares ;ock j Edin. Perth, & Dun. 4 pc. ;ock Furness, 5 per cent ;ock Glas. &S West. , r a. spc .ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct ,ock Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm pc ock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 30 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm LO Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf (Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ; "'s G t p. et. pref. Stock SO reat West. (Betio and Hants) Ext: 5 p.ct.. ;ock Do. Redeemable, 44 p ,ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. ;ock Do. Irredeemable, do ;ock Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 .iDo. do. 5 p. ct. pref ock:Do Binning. guar. stock 264 iDo. Chester guar.shares 134 jDo. do. do 20 jDo. do. 'do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Stock Do. pref., sp. c. No. 2 Stock Do. New gua., G p ct... Stock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov.t I un eaton, 5 p. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 124 Londondy & Cole, she 12 Londondy.& Ennis sh Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et 6 Do. £6 Stock Do. per cent. 12i Maryport do Car., 4 p.c 12i ,Do. Do. 4 per cent Stock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ot Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 10 I Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. o m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 StocklDo. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock. Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 18471 Stock!North British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. Stock N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. t 24 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 !.5 - Ro. York, H.& S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire ;ock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 5 pc. Ist g bock Do. do. do.; 2d gua bock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pi ock Scottish N.-Eastern deb ock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock ;ock Do. Aberdeen. gua.6 pc. ock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. !Os. South Devon, Ann. 101. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. .0.8. South Eastern (Reading Ann„ 1.0.6.) ock Do .41 per cent bock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is took Do. New do., 2d issue Lock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c took Do. 44 per cent W S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gus 25) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 Do. 6 per cent ,Ock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Closing Business Paid.l Price. Done. 0 51 95 97 !102 104 99 5! 10 1 } 110 114 107 111 112 114 111 113 127 129 80 83 69 71 112 114 119 121 111 113 103 105 62 64 111 111 all 1100 8 100 100 100 100 all 94 96 86 28 87 89 100 102 9i 10 16} 171 9 10i 71 73 18 14 r 9 9 1 13 lii 139 141 1158 162 V 9 120 125 iP 67 69 140 142 101 103 92 91P 91 10 11 11i ►too In 96 98 li 1 p 4 4d 2 24 120 125 120 122 100 101 72 74 118 122 115 120 I 101 101 231 24} 101 103 ,101 103 28 29 32 83 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Businoss Railways. Paid. Co.'s. Price. Dona Bedford and Bletchley! Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o. E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.r --- - Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpoo , .Dek.&Rail ! Hull and Selby ILn & N.W! ILn & I Caledonin r E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. 97 99 101 103 16 17 138 140 4/ 4] Share Do. Shares London&Oreenwich Do. Preference Lon„Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsh.& Redcr, g.6p.c Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per oent Preston and Wm. 1 1 Do. 4 Shares A. Iloystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire , Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset. . Wimbledon& Croydn. Caledonin Do. Gt. West IYk.N.&Br iYk.N.Md. IDo. Do. S. East Do Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . [':.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N & L. Yk. Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Bras sey M'Clean . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn - 110 112 all all all all all 100 18 11 6 all all all all 100 all Share' Docks. 64 os 115 120 93' 95 97 99 I I P 56 58 1135 138 0 3 10 11 DOCKS. 88 90 8 9 Paid Closing Business Price. boss. Stock Commercial lOO ...- Stock Do 4pe rCen t . Fret .311 n lOO , Stork East and West India lOO tota Stock London lOO Stocki •-• St. Katharine lOO Stoc Atitzthampton lOO ..- S Viotoria .5111110 lOO 10 0 1 0 0 00 n 0 ;TOM II 001. -P. . v : ~."."4 1 le M ..., * e., " • ' •' . j ,~,... ~ -I Closing I Business Share' Railways. f Paid ' Price. DODO. _ 100 'Atlantic &St Lawrence all 79 81 Leased at 6 per cent 18 I Bom.,Baroda&Cent,lnd 131 14 171 161 g, u. 5 per cent 18 Do all - - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 14 13d 18 Do. Do. B 9 li 11 d 203 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41' 5i d 201 Do. New l6l 51 61d 100 i Buffalo,Brant. &Godrich lOO - - 6 p. ct. bdr. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 - - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. 3d par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 28. 11 ld 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 71 - - d 17/ Demerara - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 If 13 • 3 1 Stock East Indian„zu. sp. e lOO 991 1001 'DO 1 20 Do. C Shares all - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 - - -141 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 99 100 sto 2o . i Geelong e e e e l l o ° n n g g& C M or e p l O gu ra a titn P. 13 1 all _ lB ..... 2° per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 34 33 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay. '7B all 72 74 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 83 20`" Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 97 98 . 20 Do. New, g - ua.s per cent 4 14 4 d 20 Do. do - - 20 j Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 1 1 2s. 1 1 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 14} 141 201 Do. New 100 j Do. Bonds pay. ' 76, with ) all 98 102 ( ept. till '6O 100 • Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. "/3 without opt all 98 102 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 16 17) 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 17 18 20 Do. 4# o. c. Extension l5 16 17 I 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 1 13 il 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - .. - 20 I Newßrunswlck&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 - ......d Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... . • 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 - -d .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 Northoflndia Tramroad 2s. I Limited, Scrip - - '2O Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde _ ..±* 15 -d - d 20 Do. F, all 19 20 20 Do. New V. ? 10 11 1 d 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo te,,,''' 10 1/ lid 1 20 • St. Andrews & Quebec.A. 18 - - 10 I Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 31 4 20 Ardennes all - - p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 2 13 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 i 20 Beziers to Gralssessao. all - - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 2 23 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 61 61 d 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p • 20 Great Central of France all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 51 51 10 Italian Junction .. - 8 - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout all - - . . 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 11 lid 20 Lima & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all - - 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all - - 331 Maria Antonia all - - 20 Do. do. New - - 20 Namur and Liege ..... 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref.... , all 174 183 . . 16 Northern of France -- ~ all 36 37 20 Do. New Shares• .... .' 12 - -' P , 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 9 10 20 _ Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent' 7 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 32 33 20 Paris and Orleans 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) ) . 4 3 1 1 gua: 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 - - 1 10 Rome and Frascati - - , j 20 Royal Danish all - -' 5 Royal Swedish - - i 1 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref, , all - - 1 20 Sambre and Meuse all 5 53 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders all 5 6 I 10 Do. 5/ p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 19 201 i 20 . Western of Austria 6 - - ' . 1 20 Western of Switzerland all - - • 6 Wiesbaden ' all - - • , - c 6 Do 8 per mat. Fret 'all - - ' ~ 20 Zealand....... all - -•- .. . _. I BRITISH MINES. Share' mines: ~ Paid. Clesingl Blisintais __..............._ I — Price. mono. - , - ' Alfred Consols (Ph 4 2.11.10 51 64 20 British Iron .?•• Cendurrew (Capbcpte) ': 20 ' 10 Devon G. Cons„(raryi 1 0 450 East Bassett lllloglC , : 80 100 170 Great South-Tol at :'' 17s 13 14 G.WhealAlfd.(P )pi ck ) ,11.18.8 11 2 B r G. Wheal Vor( elsfOn) ' 91 1 1 Lady. Bertha ' -18 s 6d 1 11 -.- North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 . North Wheat Crony... 7.9.4 7 8 N.Wh'l Basset (Illbgan) nil. 71 81 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 124 131 - -- Porkellis Unit. (Wend) 9 s • Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 4 .„ SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 225 235 Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). . 2 21 21 - , S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9175 185 , , ' 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co ,.. 44 2 21 . 10 Tin Croft 9 4 4 9 1 -- UnitedMines(Gwentiap) 40 , -- Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 1 West Basset (Mogan).— 14 21 22 211 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 110 120 . Wheal Basset (Tlloan). 51 175 185 ' Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 115 • Wheal Edward (Cale.) 54 1 4 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 10 11 Ali'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 49 43 411 41'1 Trelawney (Lisk ) 41 1311 324 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l I 1 1 Bon AccordCopper,Li m los id * p 35 Brazil. Imp. (le. at £5 p.) 27 1 1/ 20 Do.St.JohndelßeT,Lim, 15 9 11 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica — d 40 Cobra Copper al l 37 39 Copiapo l6 9 11 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 9 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita i all 1 f 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 I p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 3 4 5 Port Philip 1 i 4 • 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l - 28.2.84 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Shaul Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk l 50 69 71 40 Australasia all 84 86 844 25 Bank of Egypt all 204 214 100 rank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 90 British North American all 56 58 20 Chtd. Bank of India, dro 12 2 1 d 100 City 5O 64 65 100 Colonial 25 -- 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 154 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 204 211 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 504 50 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 60 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Ek. Corporation all -- 384 20 Ottoman Bank all 16 17 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 174 25 Union of Australia all 51 53 25 Do. New 2O 58 Union of London lO 100 Unity Mutual 6O - 100 Western Bk of London 50 d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid Closing Business i Prices. . Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 112 113 113 1121 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 108 109 Do. 6p.o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 994 1004 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 109 109 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 110 1094 Vic.t•Gov,6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLANEOUS. tare' Miscellaneous. 0 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural 0 Australian Royal Mail. .0 Berlin Water Works ... .0 • Do New, issued at £5 die, io' British American Land A Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862.. Do. C )0 Canada Land 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) ock Cop.Min.of Eng.&Smltg 15 Do. Preference 741 per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 6 Do. Preference 10 Eastern Steam ock Electric Telegraph 10 E 6 E n g. iiro & Au 9 E nr op.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) 10 GL Iron ScrewCoL (Lim p & i u s t d . . C j o u p n . 0 7 3 . C e c t 15 Gen. Steam Navigation :0 London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg 10 Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim ) 15 National Disoount Co 10 Netherlands Land 10 Do do 5 Do B p.e.Pref.,iss.at Idis. )0 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) 10 North of Europe Steam 1 Oriental Gas ..... 1 Do. New Shares 5 Peel River Land & Min 10 Pen. & Oriental Steam i 0 Do. New .. . .. . :0 Red Sea & ... Telegr Rhymney Iron 5 Do. New . 10 Royal Ma il Steam .. 1 • Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Li m. ) 5 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine ,Teleg. Scrip 1 Db. do .0411ttrod a t 0 • 4..a;Metlair 0 au mmollAssi _L. all all all 15s. all all •I 2 Paid. Closin g Business doze Price. 13 14 [6O 210 !9 31 I i 2 3 33 35 19 21 12 14 111 115 8 9 234 245 1 f 1 44 6 1 98 102 par 1p l# 1i k l d 11 5 6 lf li d 2 1} ; ; I d par 21 3 78 *0 11 12 id 21 23 32 fit 115 00 - - j I a ft Ii I lot I 11 Si Pm I 131 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings after Tern—Before Mr. Justice Crowder and a Special Jury.) HORNIMAN V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action instituted by the plaintiff to recover a sum of £2O 65., for loss resulting from an alleged breach of contract by the defendants. From the opening statement of counsel, it appeared that the plaintiff is a fish and fruit salesman, carrying on busi ness in Billinsgate-market, and the declaration set forth that thedefendants undertook to convey 32 boxes of oranges from London to Birmingham within a given time, which they failed to do, and in consequence plaintiff sustained loss to the amount specified. The defendants pleaded that they had duly conveyed the goods to Birmingham; but they had been unable to discover the address of the party to whom they were consigned. On the 14th of June the plaintiff received a telegraphic message from a person named Braines, a fruit salesman at Birmingham, to send him without delay a quantity of oranges, which he accord ingly forwarded by the London and North-Western Fail way, at seven o'clock on the same evening, and they were to arrive at six o'clock on the following morning. They were ordered specially for the 15th of the month, the day on which the Queen was expected to visit Birmingham ; but they were not delivered, and on the 17th the plaintiff received them back. He then sold them at a loss, for which, as well as the amount of the carriage, the present action was brought. Charles Plowman, the plaintiff, proved to the goods having been deposited at Messrs. Chaplin and Horne's to be forwarded to Birmingham, and to their having been returned to him. When he received them back, though some of them were sound, they were generally in a damaged condition, and considerably deteriorated in value. The goods were directed to "Robert Braines, fruiterer, at Birmingham." The plaintiff had been in the habit of forwarding goods to him so directed. Lewis Elliott, a clerk in the employment of the plaintiff, gave some corroborative testimony as to the forwarding of the goods, and to their being returned damaged. Mr. Robert Braines said that on the morning of the 13th of June, 1858, he applied at the goods department of flit) North-Western Railway station at Birmingham, but could obtain no information relative to the oranges. He was told that all the goods which had come, by the train were on the platform, and he searched there but could not find the oranges. He was in the habit of receiving goods directed to him simply at Birmingham and other places, and they reached him in safety. The Queen arrived that day and the streets were barricaded, but if the goods had been pointed out to him at the station he could have con veyed them without difficulty to his place of business. He swore positively that it was not usual for him to call for goods forwarded by railway, but that they were de livered to him by the company when directed in the way described. Some further evidence was adduced to prove that it was the practice of railway companies to forward goods when they were directed to :be called for, and that the oranges were sold at a loss, which closed the case for the prosecu tion. For the defence it was contended that the goods duly arrived at Birmingham on'the morning of the 16th June, 1858, , and that articles of a perishable description had been delivered early that morning in consequence of its being apprehended that the , streets would be impassable as the day adianced, owing to the visit of her Majesty. Every 'effort had been made to discover the where: abouts of , Mr. Braines, hat without success, and at the hour when- he stated-he applied at the station it was impossibTe that he could have removed the goods from the state 'of the streets. It was also deposed by one witness that the 'goods were not claimed, and that a telegraphic message had been`despatched to the plaintiff for further directions to enable the servants of the company to deliver them to Mr. Braines. It was further deposed that on the morning : in question no truck, or mode of conveying so large a quantity of goods as were consignedto Mr. Braines, could be procured in Birmingham. Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Powell were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Mellor, Q.C., find Mr. Giffard for th e defendants. The jury found a verdict for the defendants. • COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. ' • ' (Before Mr. Corataissioner Holroyd.) THE ROYAL BRITISH 'PIA—DIVIDEND. To-day was appointed for the declaration of the further dividend of Js. in the pound,under this estate. Mr. Linklater for the assignees referred to a claim by MCssrs. Nixon and Dillon to prove against the estate in respect of certain shares bargained for by them, just before the bankruptcy, under circumstances which they considered -entitled them to have the money retnrned, or that they should prove against the estate. A state of facts had teen. agreed on - for his Hotour's decision, but in the - interim, the official manager had made a claim on them as contributories, and that question was now in Chancery. 11 e (Mr. Linklater) now had to urge that the claim should be expunged, so au not •to interfere with the dividend now proposed to he paid. The case had stood so longlhat the eleimarite would not be injured - by - letting the Metter stand over, until the final dividend, for had the case been argued before his Honour and the decision was unfavourable there could be no doubt that an appeal would be entered, and that could not be decided until November at least. His Honour did not consider he ought to expunge the claim, it ought to remain so .as not to interfere with the present dividend. The case of Mr. Law, of the Victoria Tavern, Holloway, was then brought before the Court. It was similar to the above as to facts, but he had refrained from claiming as it had been understood that the case was to abide the result in the previous case. Mr. Reed supported on the ground that Mr. Law ought not to be prejudiced by a delay. To save expenses on all sides, he said that he ought to be placed in the same position as Messrs. Nixon and Dillon. His Honour concurred, and admitted the claim. After some few applications of no general importance, it was announced that arrangements would be made for the payment of the dividend forthwith. Mr. Johnstone, the messenger of the Court, made ar rangements, which will be duly announced. A further dividend is expected, although small, under the bankruptcy. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 24.—Wind thi s d a y at soon—Westerly.; ; light, with fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, June 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, from Woolwich. NEWPORT, June 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Reaper, from London for Jamaica, Sailed—lnkermann, for St. Thomas. PLYMOUTH, June 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Gul nare, from Moulmein. • CI:TDE, June 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Rose, from Trinidad ; Lady of the Lake, from Quebec ; Achilles, from Miramichi ; Britannia, from Mauritius ; Robert Hastie, from St. John's, N.B. OFF QUEENSTOWN, June 23.—Wind W.—Arrived— Rosamond, from Bahia. CORK, June 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Girl I Love, from Barbadoes. LONDONDERRY, June 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Annie Hall, from Riehibucto ; Mary Ann, from St. John's, N.B. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Clown, from Newcastle ; London and Sham.. rock, from Newport ; Foyle, steamer, from London. Sailed—Foyle, steamer, for Dublin; Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey. L/VERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, Juno 23—Qneen of India, from St. John's, N B. ; William Wert, from New Orleans ; Pacific, from Honduras; Alonse and Mary, from Nantes; Nancy, from Havre ; B. Colombo, from Quebec ; Ellen Morris, from Venice. Arrived, June 24—Xarifa, from Nantes ; Sulan, from New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; tide two hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, June 23—Constance, from Barbadoes ; John Lugars, from Tutocorin ; Speedy, from Sydney ; Come On, from Porto Rico; David, from Guernsey; Alice, from Dunkirk. Arrived, June 24—Henrique Fredrike, from Porto Rico; United States, from St. John's ; Lelia, from Nassau ; British Empire, from Calcutta; Sola, from Matanzas; Palestine, from New York ; Sannon, from Calais ; Sorata, from Foo .choo-fow; Oden, from Bahia; Stag, from Guernsey; Colonsa, from Bomleay. Sailect—Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.W. ; moderate. Passed—Countess of Leicester, brig, from north for west ; Parthenia, from Sunderland for Alexandria; Owen Glen dower, from Melbourne for London (off south) ; Ceres, from Barbados for London ' • Pessita, from London for Liverpool ; Prosperity, of Cowes, from west for north; Trafalgar, from Madras for London (last night supposed sailed or outward bound). The following vessels were spoken with by the Owen Glendower, on her passage from Melbourne : " May 4.—Shepherdess, from London for Algoa Bay, out 60 days, in let. 25 15 S., long. 31 12 W. " May 9.—Euxine, from Leith for Adelaide, out 60 days, in lat. 16 2 S., long. 25 50 W. " May 10.—Isaac A. Bordman, from Liverpool to Aden, out 72 days, in lat. 13 6 S., long. 30 28 W. " May 19.—French ship Costa Rica, from Valparaiso for Havre, out 56 days, in lat. 2 16 N., long. 31 09 W. ; also, French barque Atrato, of Havre. "May 20.—John Peile, from Iquique for Queenstown, out 76 days, in lat. 3 40 N., long. 30 26 W. " May 28.—Hebron, steering south, in lat. 2,5 55 N., long. 49 20 W. "June 3.—Rose of England, from Chili for Liverpool, out 71 days, in lat. 35 56 N., long. 47 27 W. ; also, the French ship Luzitano, from Rio Janeiro for Havre, out 27 days, in lat. 35 56 N., long. 47 29 W. ; and French ship E toile . " June 9.—Brobio, from Whanipoa for London, out 96 da t y , s sun in e lat. 4212 d Z e ., l on g. 40 10 W. Snow, in lat. 43 2N , lon g. 38 18 W . ";June 2t—Chile from Melbo ' urne 4 for" - oniln, in lat.' 1E..191g. 16 L-""Ngrlu . (7 The Joht Fe'ile).—Severn, from Portland Bay, iti Ist; 3 0 N., long. 8018 W." Other officials having been re-elected, SWEARING-IN OF THE LORD C.FIAN- CELL OR-(THIS DAY.) This morning the ceremony of swearing in Lord Camp bell as Lord High Chancellor of England took place before Sir J. Romilly, the Master of the Rolls, The oaths having been taken by Lord Campbell, - his lordship afterwards, in his official capacity, sat with the Lords Justices Knight, Bruce, and Turner. Sir Alexander Cockburn, also, as Lord Chief Justice of England, was shortly afterwards sworn into office before the Lord Chancellor, in his private apartments, and the same ceremony was gone through by Sir William Erle, on his being appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY. BOW STREET. UTTERING A FORGED LETTER.—James Davison was placed at the bar on remand, charged with uttering a forged letter with intent to defraud. A female domestie in the service cf Mr. Philpot, of MoLtague-street, Russell-square, said about a week ago the prisoner brought a letter to the house for her master, which she delivered to him. Mr. Philpot said—l received the letter spoken of by my . servant. On opening it I found that, it contained a memo rial, purporting to be drawn up by the curate of Hampstead, for the purpose of raising £36 to defray the expenses of ob taining the admission of a child into the Blind Asylum. The petition was drawn up in the most harrowing lan guage, and bore the signatures of the Rev. Mr. J. P. Fletcher and Mr. Prior for subscriptions. Some doubts having arisen about the genuineness of the application, the Mendicity Society was communicated with, and an officer was ordered to watch the house, as the man said he would call again for an answer. The letters was as follows : "Hampstead Parsonage, June 17, 1859. " The Rev. Thomas Anger presents his compliments to J. Philpot, Esq., and at the earnest entreaty of Mrs. Clarke, begs to submit the enclo se d d ocumen t f or h i s charitable consideration. " Mrs. Clarke is a native of Lyme Regis, Dorset, daughter of the late . James Baker, and related to John Baker, boot and shoemaker, combe-street, Bloomsbury, and maternally - related to John Harding, Bridge-street, of that towns Having a knowledge of JI Philpot's family for many year, Mrs. Clarke is induced to hope he would add his signature to the memorial to enable her to procure the boys's admission, to-morrow being the day of admission. The Rev; Thomas Anger has taken mol'e than usual interest in this case, having known the family during their resi dence in this parish, and hopes that, the' motive which prompts him in thus addressing J., .Philpet, Esq., will find some apology." • A list of names was theft given as persons in Lyme Regis to whom Mrs. Clarke was known. The •Rev. -Mr. Angel', 'perpectual curate of Hampstead, said the letter was not 'in his hand writing, and it was not written by his direction. The signatures of Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Prior he knew to be fictitious, as he was well ac quainted with the handwriting of both these gentlemen. Horsford, the constable of the) Mendicity. Society, said he watched the house and• saw a well-known begging letter writer, named Sullivan, go to the house. Sullivan, on seeing him, ran away, but;very near the spot he saw the prisoner. ' The prisoner, who declined saying evnything, was fully committed for trial. , MARL}3PRCII.TqI:I,-STRET. ApORAVATED AND.I2ingIiAL,,A.SSAULT ON A FEMALE.— Iticharc, Worrell, afarl stout man, was charged with the following brutal assault on a female 'named Clara O'Don na On the case being, called, on,, the constable who had charge of the case said, he ,wae informed th e p rosecu t r i x would not attend; but Mr. Beadon said he would hear the nature of the case, and the evidence of some of the wit nesses proving that 'a most _brutal ,assault had been com mitted on the prosecutrix, sent for her, and she shortly afterwards appeared in court.with her face covered with adhesive piaster, and evidently in a state of great suffering. On liming sworz, she said her name 'was Clara O'Donnel, that she lived at 16,. Union •street, and was acquainted with the prisoner. On the previous night she went to fetch the prisoner home, when a female said something to her she did not like, and the prisoner did not take her part, and when he came home he struck her a blow on the face, knocking her down and rendering her insensible. The prosecutrix (who gave her evidence evidently in a manner to screen the prisoner), was questioned by the magistrate, and said the prisoner did not give her the serious blow on her eye ; it was done by falling on the fender ; but the other witnesses said she was not near the fender at the time. Mr. Beadon said it was lucky for him, after such a blow as he had given the female, he was not before him for man slaughter, and comitted the prisoner for a month, THAMES. ROBBERY BY AN AUSTRIAN SAILOR.-ViTICCIIt Mar ciovitch, an Austro-Italian seaman, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a purse containing £1 10s. in gold, and other monies, from the person of a Spanish sailor. Mr. F. Pignatilli, a linguist, of Strathmore-terraco, Back-road, Shadwell, was sworn to interpret, and he had a difficult task to perform, the evidence of the prosecu tor being given in the Spanish language, 'rendered to the prisoner in Italian, and translated to the Court in English. It appeared from the evidence of the Spaniard that he and the prisoner were lodging in the boarding-house of Mr. John Seymour, a Greek, at No. 32, Wellclose-square. Last night they went out together, in company with their landlord. Witness then had a purse in his jacket pocket. It contained £1 10s. in gold, and some silver. They went to a public-house in Ratcliff-highway, and called for some drink. Soon afterwards he looked for his purse and missed it. The prisoner was gone. He went home with his landlord and asked the prisoner for his purse and money. The prisoner denied having seen either, and said he had only his own money in his possession. The prisoner, on being asked if he had any questions to ask, said he was guilty, and did take the purse and money. Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for one month with hard labour. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to •day very little English wheat came to hand, coastwise or by land carriage, and the show of samples was limited. For good and fine qualities the demand ruled steady, at full quotations. Low and damp parcels moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The amount of business passing in foreign wheat, the show of which was extensive, at about stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, but not cheaper. Grinding barley realised full prices ; but malting and distilling sorts were dull in sale. There was very little inquiry for malt, but no disposition was shown to accept lower rates. The oat trade was healthy, on former terms. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Oats. Flour. 240 1,090 1,000 8,920 t 3,110 sks I —131 v Wheat. Barley Malt. English 1,620 ; 3,230 Irish Foreign 11,130 3,910 I NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat here to-•day were mo derate. Prime beef, mutton, lamb, and veal were in fair request, at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy. Per 81bs. by the Carcass. •, s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Mid. d 0..... 3 2to 3 6 Pm.large do. 3 Bto 3 10 f Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork.. 3 2to 3 6 Lamb, 4s r d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 0 Prime do. .. 4 2to 4 6 Veal Small pork 3 Bto 4 2 I to 5s 6d. BOROUGH HOP. Some of the plantation accounts state that the fly 18 still increasing, but that the bine is progressing rapidly. Our market for all kinds of hops is very dull, and it is difficult to quote prices accurately. To sell, lower rates must be submitted to. The duty is called £175,000. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS FOR LONDON, MIDDLESEX.-(THIS DAY.) A Common Hall of the Livery of the City of London was held this morning at the Guildhall, for the pur pose of electing fit and proper persons to fill the office of Sheriff of London and Sheriff of Middlesex, the Chamber.. lain, and other officials. The Lord 'Mayor, with a full attendance of aldermen, presided. Mr. Alderman Phillips and Mr. Alderman Gabriel were unanimously re-elected sheriffs. Mr. B. Scott was re-elected Chamberlain. Aldermen PHILLIrs and GABRIEL returned thanks, and the proceedings terminated. Mr. 0. C. T. Eagleton, of 84, Newgate-street, is ap pointed Under-sheriff, to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff elect Phillips, and Mr. Charles Gammon, of the firm of Lepard and Gammon, of Cloak-lane, to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff elect Gabriel. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of this articl e h ave gone off rather slowly, and, in some instances, at slightly reduced values. Common congou ha s declined to 141 d per lb. SUGARS.—The demand for the better descriptions of British West India has been good, and prices have ad vanced 6d to is per cwt. In the refined market a large business has been transacted, and at firm prices. COFFEE.—A rather large quantity of plantation Ceylon has been disposed of during the last few days, at fully late rates, and prices generally show an u pw a rd tendency. Ittez.—There .as been a moderate inquiry for Bengal qualities at about late rates. The transactions recorded, however, have not been extensive. FRUIT.—At public sale currants went at rather easier rates ; raisins and figs, however, were in fair demand, and brought full values. S ALTPtTRE.—The market continues rather quiet. A few lots Bengal, 9 per cent.. refraeMulf sold for 4ls 6d per cwt. T ALLOW.—Little Change of importance can ,be recorded in the demand, and quotations aro 'steady. '.Y.O: on the 9ot is at 565, and 56s 9d to 57s for last three months' de livery, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY). The house met to forward some private bills a stage. Lord REDESDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the woolsack at half-past 4 o'clock. The following bills were read a second time:—Great North of Scotland Railway, Great. Western Railway, Kingston-upon-Thames Gas, South Wales, Pembroke, and Tenby Junction Railway, Tweed Fisheries, Lucette's Estate, and Earl of Ki n t ore ' s E s t a t e . The house adjourned shortly after 5 o'clock till half-past 4 o'clock to-morrow (this day). LONDON AND SOUTII-TVESTE.RN RAIL W A Y. A special general adjourned meeting of the proprietors of the London and South-Western Railway was held yester day at the Waterloo station, Ross Mangles, .Esq., M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement conven ing the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the political struggle that had been going on in Parliament had been unfavourable to many interests, among them railways, and they h a d a t present three bills waiting to be proceeded with. The business, therefore, of the day would be' to con sider the Portsmouth Amalgamation Railway Bill. The reply that had been circulated amongst the share holders, bearing his (Mr. Mangles') name relative to the subject would render it unnecessary for him to enter into the subject at any great length; but this he would say that the board counsel the proprietors most strongly to vote in approval of the bill. (Hear.) The chairman then alluded to the position of affairs between the South-Western and Brighton Railway Companies, and called upon the secretary to read the correspondence that had taken place between the boards. The SECRETARY then read a long letter from the South- Western directors to the Brighton, offering to refer the dif ferences between the two companies to arbitration, or to enter into an arrangement to charge equal rates where the two lines competed. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the answer to that was a refusal, and so the matter remained. The shareholders would no doubt expect to hear a few words from him with respect to the decision of the Lord Chancellor given a short time ago. The decision had taken the beard of the South Western by surprise, as well as the B r i g ht on . W e expected a deci sion in our favour, and the Brighton expected a decision in their favour, or entirely against them. The legal advisers of the South Western were of opinion that the decision was bad in law--(laughter)—and the company had entered an appeal against it. - (Hear, hear.) As the decision "tit present stood, it did not entirely exclude them from the station, but only until the directors got the bill he was that day urging them to approve of and push forward. It would be satisfactory for the shareholders to know that the quarrel had not inflicted that mischief that had been anti cipated. The board of the South-Western had always been for peace and harmony, and to obtain that they had made many concessions. They had given up much, bit by bit, but now the directors were determined to make a stand. The hon. gentleman resumed his seat by advising the share holders to approve of the bill. The bill for the amalgamation of the Portsmouth Rail way with the South-Western having been read, Mr. TITE said he understood that the present was called a " Wharncliffe " meeting, to see whether the com pany would proceed further with this bill. (Hear, hear.) With respect to what had been said about arbitra tion, the only arbitration he was favourable to was one to see how best the two companies, the South-Western and Brighton, could be made one. With respect to the Ports mouth line, he thought it was a bad one, and ought never to have been made, but in the event of the Chairman!s , pro position being agreed to he th oug ht th e shareholders ought to have some guarantee that the bargain with the 'Ports mouth line should be carried out at the price it at)pre sent stood, in order that tiresome discussions- should effec tually be put an end to. (Hear.) A SHAREHOLDER was of opinion" that the directors had not acted in a fair and open manner to the shareholders, and said he should move a vote of censure on them. (Laughter, and cries of "no, no.") The CHAIRMAN said the hon. shareholder was out of order, but he could hand in his resolution, and give notice that he would move it at the next general meeting. [The shareholder then handed in his resolution.] He begged now to move that the meeting approve of the bill now before Parliament for the amalgamation of the Ports mouth Railway with the South-Western Railway. Count EYRE seconded the proposition. After a few observations from Mr. HERAPATH, Mr. PUNCHER objected strongly to the proposed leasing of the Portsmouth Railway, and said he should vote against it if he stood alone. After a discussion in which Mr. Herapath, Sergeant Gazelee, and several gentlefnen took part. The CHAIRMAN said he hoped Mr. Tito would leave the subject ho mooted, with respect to the agreement with the Portsmouth line, to the directors. Mr. TITE said if the board only intended to give £lB,OOO a year to the Portsmouth Railway, and they stood firm, £lB,OOO would be all they would have to give. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution for amalgamation to the meeting, and declared it carried. The meeting was then adjourned until the 14th of July, for the purpose of considering the other bills at present be fore Parliament A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated tha pro. ceedings. SCREW PROPELLERS. In his recent work on " Naval Warfare with Steam," Sir Howard Douglas, in the clearest and most forcible manner, urged the adoption of what he conceived would be a great improvement in the form of the screw propeller. This improve ment consisted in removing the leading corners of the blades, and breaking the leading edge of each blade into its circumference by an easy curve. The first object sought by Sir Howard in making this change was that of reducing the " shake" or vibra tion of the screw, and the consequent injury to the stern of the ship. These are produced, he argued, by the sudden and violent reactions of the dis turbed water against the blades as they enter and emerge from the space between the two sternposts, the rectilinear edges of the ordinary screws being in this respect highly disadvantageous, since the whole of an edge enters and leaves at once the water on each side of the aperture. " But if the leading edges of a screw-blade were curved they would slide obliquely and continuously through the water, like a screw formed with an en tire feather, so that at no moment would there be any shock or discontinuity of action." Further ad vantages which Sir Howard considered the carved edges would possess were, that they would readily throw off any floating materials that might come in contact with them—that they would not be so liable to be broken by their oblique collision with large spars as straight edges are by their direct blow--that their rounded extremities: would be less liable to be hitched by ropes than the angular ex tremities of the common screw—and, finally, that if the curved parts could be furnished with incor rodible sharp knife-edges they would divide and disentangle the screw from any rope, spar, or other floating matter with which it might become fouled. " The author would not," said Sir Howard, "at the sacrifice of speed revert to a continuous feather-screw, but the form here recommended to a considerable extent gains the proposed ends." Now, in justice to an able and veteran officer—an officer who by his incom parable writings on naval and military science has commanded the profound admiration and respect of both services—we revive these passages of his latest work, and couple with them a reference to those re markable experiments the results of which were recorded in our last week's impression. These ex periments show—if the report which is before us may be trusted—that the improvement recom mended by Sir Howard does actually accomplish his first and principal object by reducing the vibra tion or shake of the screw, as he predicted. They also show that it has the further important effect of improving both the speed and the steerage of the ship. The reporter tells us that " the first trial with the Admiralty screw was with a diameter of 18 feet, her speed being 11.823 knots. On the se cond trial, with the ,diameter increased to 20 feet, the speed realized was 11.826 knot, with a great increase of vibration- On the third trial the lead ing corner of each blade was cut off, and in this form the common screw attained its greatest speed, giving a result of 12 . 032 knots. On the fourth trial both the,corners of each blade were cut off, when, with a greater number of revolutions, less speed was made, being 12 . 012 knots. Its last trial, with the following' corner of each blade cut off, but the screw restored to its perfect form in every other respect, gave a result of 11 . 815 knots." The re porter also says, " The leading edge of the screw is the part that mostly affects the steerage of the ship, We and v dailrseoctcoauttseensttion t the othese facts greater part of the vibration." solely desire to aid i n reflecting upon the g " Naval W ar f are w i th Steam" the credit that is justly all gallant a fromauthor of e his due, This may seem to some a romantic thing to give ourselves any t r ouble about; but , romantic or not, it a ff or d s us much pleasure, for we confess to feeling a peculiar interest in the reputation of a man like Sir H. Douglas. Those of us who have to wade through the many volumes which mere pirates and charlatans compile and publish acquire a reverence, ay an affection, faornwotrhk:4 ofke "Naval N i a Hw va o l ard,sn Gunnery," ‘‘ which Mi litary Bridges,"d o care, patience, i n dustry,intelligence, masterly skill, and many other virtues and endowments are stamped upon every page. There is something al most sacred to us in these fruits of human power and e xcellence, and still more so in the men by whom such fruits are produced.—Mechanics' Magazine. THE FRASER RIVER.—The annexed note (says the Times) relates to the statement by the jest AmeriCan mail that the accounts from the Fraser River gold mines were discouraging. Looking at the ample adviees r eceived not long previously, which clearly established the general and superior character of the deposits, it is wholly Impro bable that any unsatisfactory turn can havp occurred in the lapse of a week or two :—"3, Raymond's-huiklings, June 22. —Sir,—With reference to a paragraph on British Columbia in the Times of this morning, copied from the Californian papers, I would observe that all information derived *Gm those journals should be read with the utmost caution, as the Californians have proverbially displayed a feeling an tagonistic to the new colony. To dispel this misconception on the part of your readers I need but refer them to the letters of the Times' correspondent written on the spot, and w hich altogether confirm the advices I continue to receive of the "encouraging prospects of ,the gold. mining generally, establishing beyond a doubt the future greatness of this iroko_rtant colony..—l am, Sir, your obedi en t servan t.— E, BLEXDZESON," SUBMARINE T_ELEGR APES: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As everything relating to submarine tele graphs possesses at this moment 41. public interest, I venture to send you a few facts o, a this important subject. Assuming a cable to be safely aubmerged to a depth of three miles, and its elect rical condition not impaired, we must now conside r what mecha nical effect such a pressure of water' produces on the insulator. From practical tests 1 . have made on portions of the Atlantic telegraph cable (sup plied with a potassium wire in lieu of cropper), discovered by immersing it in water for a continu ous period of 23 weeks, and subjecting it to a pres sure of three tons per square inch, that it was. per fectly insulated; but, from this date, the insu3ator appeared to deteriorate, and at the 25th week, dis covered that moisture had reached the centre of the core, consequently decomposing the'potassium.. To obviate this difficulty I immersed fresh pieoes of cable in bisulphuret of carbon and the chloria. Of sulphar, which had the effect of shrinking toil closing up the pores, and rendering the insulattof thoroughly impervious to moisture ; this, in 1'44, vulcanised the insulating core to about 1-16th of its own thickness. Having proved by experinaente that my system of preserving the insulatingmediultt from moisture is effectual, I beg to bring such a valuable fact to your notice. The result of these trials was brought forward' at a meeting of theinstitution of Civil Engineers prior to the laying down of the Atlantic cable, and with the view of deterring the Atlantic Telegraph Company from sinking their cable in its then efficient state. The subject was discussed at a meeting of the company, but unfortunately it was overuled by Mr. Whitehouse, the company's electrician, although the fact of such inefficiency was apparent to all practical men. The result of applying s'ich a cable for deep-sea purposes proves the accuracy of my experiments, but at a loss of from £400,000 to £500,000. The main practical part to be considered in the construction of telegraphic cables is, combined with sufficient strength, perpetual isolation. It is not by outer coverings of tarred and greased hempen twine, or such soft materials that will assist in r rendering the core perfectly ins‘lated, but by apply ing to the insulating material, Whether fillets, or coverings of indiarubber or gutta percha, a presxuee of four tosix tons per inch, at the time it is encased round the copper conductor. This pressure 'is ob tained by passing the conductor between a series of double rollers, and to prevent abrasion fibres are incorporated in the outer coating of the insulating material, producing a body of such consistency and power of resistance to alteration of form that alone is not inherent with the pure insulating substance, such as gutta-percha or indiarubber. The adoption of the above means of constructing telegraphic cables will necessarily produce the fol lowing inevitable results :-1. As gutta-percha and indiarubber decompose, absorb moisture, and are injured by heat, which, in long lengths of tele graphic cables, greatly reduce their insulating properties, and which have been the great cause of -failure, the cold vulcanising renders the insulating core homogeneous, shrinking and closing up all pores and joints, besides rendering the insulator proof against moisture, decomposition, abrasion, or injury, by tropical heats. 2d. The great advantage of laying on the coatings or fillets of indiarubber, longitu dinally, and submitting them to cold vulcaniea tion, must be apparent to all, over the ex_ pensive and ineffectual system of spirally winding them round the wire, making a join every quarter of an inch, or 253,443 joins in a mile, which e l re the elements of its own destruction. 3d. The rapid rate at which these cables can be made will reduce the expense 25 per cent. 4th. From their lightness and great longitudinal strength there will be little or no strain upon. the conductor; therefore the paying-out apparatus will be simple and inexpensive. sth. Telegraphic wires insulated with india rubber, and subjected to cold vulcanisation, will resist 250 degrees of heat, and may be punctured 50 times in the space of an inch without admitting any water to the wire, from its superiorpowa: of elastic contraction caused by vulcanisation. To the public this is a matter of the utmost importande; inasmuch as one pin-hole in the Atlantic cable would render it unserviceable. In conclusion, I believe that a cable constructed on these principles will eventually be the only one capable of permanently resisting the severe natural actions to which all submarine wires are subject, when submerged at great lengths and depths. I may add that I have met with the same diffi culty in introducing the above sysfeth of construct ing telegraphic cables that I did twenty years ago, in introducing powerful metallic rollers for the coating of cloth with indiarubber, and vulcanising the surface, first employed by me at the Tottesharn Indiarubber Mills (then known as the London Caoutchouc Company), and now universally adopted. The coating of telegraphic wires with india rubber is but a simple affair compared to coating cloth two yards wide ; suitable machinery (which is being constructed) will coat from 250 to 300 miles of perfect vulcanised cable per day.—l am, &e. JOHN MACINTOSH. COURT OF LIEUTENANCY. A Court of Lieutenancy for the City of London was held yesterday, at Guildhall, over which the Lord Mayor presided, for the purpose of considering a letter addressed to his lordship by the late Secre tary at War, suggesting the propriety of calling out the Royal London Militia. THE ROYAL LONDON MILITIA. The report of the present state of the staff was read, and ordered to be entered on the minutes. A letter was also read from the Secretary at War (late) upon a change in the dress of the officers, as well as another letter, stating that the lords lieutenant of counties were calling out their various regiments of militia, and suggesting that the Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City of London should do the same. After some discussion, Friday, the 15th July, was fixed for calling out the regiment, and the clerk was ordered to communicate the fact to the War-office. Numerous applications for commissions were laid before (l uarte r the s, Committee,C ta , n d werereferred some resignations to the H w e Head quarters' were also received from officers who had received other appointments. wa A letter also read from the Secretary -at-War regulating the standard fer recruiting. RIFLE CORPS FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. The LORD MAYOR said he had receivedbankers, a requisi tion, very numerou s ly s i gne d b y and tradesmen in the city, requesting him to convene merchants, a meeting of citizens, for the purpose of taking steps to form a rifle corps for the city of London. (Hear, hear.) He had consulted the clerk of the Court (Mr. Henley Smith) as to precedents ; and, finding from him that the powers of any rifle corps that might be formed must emanate from that court, subject to the sanction of Government, he should be glad to receive the advice and assistance of the court upon the .subject. After some discussion, Col. WILSON thought they could do no better than follow the example set them by the lords lieutenant of counties, who had called meetings of their deputrlieutenants, formed committees to re ceive applications from volunteers, and looked to all the arrangements which it was necessary to make, and submit for approval to the Secretary at War. Unless the citizens were prepared to come forward with spirit, and in strong numbers, and as a matter of duty, it would be better not to stir at all. (Hear hear.) But he felt sure that those who might not wish to join personally would willingly con tribute pecuniary subscriptions. (Hear, hear.) A motion having been made and seconded, after a discussion it was decided that the matter should stand over to enable the Lord Mayor to have an interview with the Secretary at War, his lordship undertaking to do so, and to report the result to a future court. Some other business of a routine character having been transacted, the court adjourned. The postage on letters for Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, the Cape de Vord Islands, and all the othe r P or t ugu ese possessions on the Coast f Africa has been moderately reduced. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE TO MALTA.—On the Ist July next, and thonceforward, the combined British and French postage upon all letters addressed to Malta, for warded via France, whether conveyed between Marseilles and Malta by British or by French packet, will be reduced to Gd. for a letter not exceeding a quarter of an ounce in weight ; Is. for a letter above a quarter and under half an ounce, and so on, Gd. being added for each additional quar ter of an ounce. Letters for Malta forwarded via South ampton will be chargeable by the half-ounce scale, as here tofore. The satisfactory notification has been made that hTessrs. Herman Sillem, Son, and Co., who stopped in the crisis of 18.57, are prepared to discharge in full the balance of their outstanding engagements, with interest at the rate of fLp,pr cont. The Judicial Com m it tee of the Privy C ounc il sa t yesterday. Lord Ju s ti ce K night Bruce gav e judgment on appeal from Bengal , Hetnarain Sing v. Modnarain iwa All appeal from Jersey, Falle v. Le Sueur et Lo Huguet (part l rd) wa s conc l uded, and ju d gmen t Justice night Bruce, given by Lord The anniversary of the accession of the p r esent PoPe was celebrated - at Rome on the 17th by a religious, cere in° ll Y , in the Siztine Chapel at the Vatican, in the pre.. seuce of the Pope, th e p re lates, and Roman magistra cy, sthe cardinal., of Cardinal di Pi etro sa id mass on the occasion, after which the Pope received the congratulati° a ,IDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1859. „. ~.,