The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY _NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return completed to the 29th August is of a satisfactory character. The bullion has been augmented by nearly a quarter of a million sterling in consequence of the arrivals from the United States and Australia having been more than sufficient to supply the continental de mand. The reserve of notes has also been largely added to, while the increase in the other securities is only to a lithited extent. The public and private deposits both show a considerable augmentatiDn. In the other items of the balance sheet there are no alterations of importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined table : A c ti ve Circulation .. Z 21,141, 789 Decrease .. • • • • 218,795 1 5 , 914,353 Bullion .. • • 233,513 Increase Rest 3,481,910 154:39315 5 6420981 1 :: , 082 0 1507 2 1056 6 2 Decrease .. .. • • Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven Day and other 735,601 Increase .. • • ' • • • 11,583 Government Securities • • .. 9,643,398 No alteration. Other Securities • • • • .. 19,996,726 Increase . • • • .. .. 180,311 Notes UnemploYea •• • • • . .. 8,447,710 8,447,710 Increase • • • • 385,660 A further sum of £56,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited no change of importance. The Tagus has arrived from Lisbon with £4,285 in specie. Owing to the abundance of money, and the mode rate demand, the rates of discount still tend down wards, business being reported at 3! and 3-& per cent. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, a fair demand was experienced for most descriptions, and about 8,000 bales were disposed of at former prices. The market for Public Securities is exceedingly quiet, but several purchases have taken place, and increased buoyancy has resulted, Console being 931- I for money and 931 •:2- for the account in October. The fineness of the weather, and the ac cumulation of gold, have produced a favourable effect. The New Three per Cents. have improved to 931- d ; the Reduced to 931 15,-;* Bank Stock is heavy at 231 ; India Loan remains at 1031- ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has advanced to 961; and ditto 51 per Cents. to 102. A fair amount of business has taken place in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are well sup ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 73.1 to 74 ; ditto New, 571 to 57i ex div. ; and the 4 per Cents. are firmer at 1001 Mexican at 211- 22, Portuguese at 44, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. at 731 741 ; ditto 4/ per Cents. are marked 951 96 ex div. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are heavy at 911, but the Deferred have advanced to 30. The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 2 pm.; the Thames and Mersey, 1 i t pm.; and the Universal, 1 3 _ 4d pm. Business in the Railway Share Market has been active, and most of the principal lines have shown a marked improvement. Caledonian, Great Northern A Stock, and South-Eastern have ad vanced ss. ; Eastern Counties, North-Western, and North British, 10s. ; Great Western and Midland, 15s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and Blackwall, and North-Eastern (Berwick), £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been dealt in to a fair extent also, at enhanced quotations. Dutch-Rhenish have improved to 12k 1, Grand Trunk of Canada to 321, Great Western of Canada to 138 1, East Indian to 1001, and Great Indian Peninsula to 97. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown little variation. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93a t 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto b per Cent lO3l Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. 961 Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Consols for Account, 6th Sept 93/ i Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto £5OO 4 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent............. Cent Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 41 par Cent Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. • Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent Sardinian 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent . . Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 84 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Ditto October 932 93 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 173.—There is very little change since Tuesday. Sales are difficult, but yet sufficient to keep prices nearly steady. There is some accumulation of stocks, particularly in the heavier fabrics,. Light cloths, including shirtings for India, have been more freely, though at very low and unsatisfactory prices. In good qualities of T-cloths there is little doing, but there has been more business in the lighter makes of these fabrics. Long-cloths of all weights and qualities are a good deal neglected, with declining prices. The demand for printers is also tame. Spinners adhere to their quotations with some steadiness, especially in warps and cops for home consumption and export. For India and China qualities slight concessions have to be made. LEEDS, 31st.—The Leeds Chamber of Commerce give the following report of the trade of Leeds and neighbourhood for the month of August : —Woollen trade.—There has been but little demand during the month for the lighter descrip tions of woollen fabrics, and the state of the fancy trade has been much like that of the weather — gloomy and uncertain. The buyers who have visited the warehouses have operated with extreme caution. For heavy goods for export, transactions of import ance have taken place. In consequence of the late severe winter and spring the stock of broad and heavy cloths left over is very limited, and mann - faeturers, though not quite so full of orders as during the previous month, are well employed. Na doubt a frQY brisk state of trade would prevail were it not bl Ie uncertainty which hangs over the probable resul t of the harvest. Wool—Since the last report the _ o n concluti don wool sales have been in progress, and t ' l on Thursday. Throughout the entire ~.eerie, the have been but very slight fluctuations ; and, in Contin ent ab e of any very animated demand for the this circumstance strongly indi cates the s 'iind Thene ss of the woollen trade of this country. e xtremely unsatisfactory state of t i:evented the rise of prices which the weather kaai, might otherwi se s a Z h eten looked for; and, while a slight advance on the some description prices of M e. p ge quotations are as nearly May the ava7 a as possible the sam been ''''r English combing wools the demand has ver y alugish, and prices have ruled in favour of t he been For short wools and noils the demand has r , o f o od, and prices have slightly advanced. A p e rt' J rnt of business has been done in Russian woo is, and a d t l m . o era e y ' for Emti good demand has prevailed Fla ndian ; prices for both descriptions are firm. '' and yarn —The been importations of tow have s mall, and stocks are at present very low. Consequ entl y , tn 2 Prices have not only been firm, but in some ill's a e 8 an advance of from £1 to £ 2 per ton has been pa id. r r - vansac tions in flax have been very limited, and W i thout any alteration in price. The growing crops ar e , on the average, favourably reported of. . The spinners are generally engaged with orders, and e a t arn y trade has shown some signs of improvement s the month has drawn to a close. The scarcity of hands in the spinning mills restricts very much the pro duction of yarns. An accession of adult workpeePle would be an important benefit to the trade. Leather—A steady cautious trade has been the rule during the month, and prices have remained with very little alteration. There has been a slight ac -0 umulation of stocks, and tanners generally are workinc , short time. The wholesale boot and shoe trade has perhaps never been so dull as lately. A considerable accumulation of stocks is taking place in the manufacturers' hands, and unless the d emand springs up soon many workmen must be thrown out of employment. ,J SHARE 111ARIET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDIN ARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Shan' Railways. p a id . Closing Business Price. I Done. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wrol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch Juno !Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and liid.Coj Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Illrock., kPassage Cornwall Do A (A wets div 4 ns ast i e r' e r n 'j . r tgi IDo B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Do Edinburgh & Glasgow - Min. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasfr. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great North ern Do do A stock • DO do 11 do Gt. S. At W. of Ireland Great Western Do~Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern.... Lancashire t Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Loud. & Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry ct Coleraine L'derry & Ennismllen Man. Shef. do LinPoln Maryport and Carlisle. • Do do shares... • Metropolitan Midland . Do Rirming. Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares Mid Kent. Do, Cray Line Nermastie and Carlisle Newry ..4t Armagh, def Newry, Warn Pt. t Ros Norfolk hn. Counties Union.. North British ... - cor.Dev.ltail&Dk.HtUt D , A stk ; A rem no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock ....: Nth. Eastern—Berwickl Do do , G.N.E. purchase noLeeds ..... Do York North London North Staffordshire „ „ N. and S. W. Junction., Not. ttc Grantham Rail.. Peebles ..... Portsmouth Rhymney..., - .•• • • • Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union .. • . • • Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon - •• • • South Eastern • • • • , • South Wales ........ S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do. Stockton & Hartlepool Tar Vale ...... „ , • Do Pref, No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Raill Ulster .... ••, • , Do Vale of Neath Victoria, Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class .. Do 24 class West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 8 84 78 80 114 14 6} 7 100 102 94 Orli 51 64 74 Si 164 174 VI 644 40 42 28 30 81 82 30 31 107 109 1141 1151 115} 116 i 132 134 111 113 74 71 60 65 1091 1091 67 69 1094 1104 47 49 994 100 121 121 91 92 124 stock stock stock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock all 100 3} 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 17i all 10P 100 10 114 43 43i 3 2d 123! 124} N 101 7 6d 54 56 3i d 63i 63f 90 96! 1d 521 52! 811 811 103 105 ak 3f d 9! 10 6 } 61 114 116 32 33 87 89 ,60 62 8 7 41 43 86} 87 78 80 6 8 i 38 39 81 9 i PI 30} 30 554 MI 2i dip 58 60 14 In 114 i 15 116 i 132 GI 71 44 46 10 111 lf 702 f I 048; 9 }1 68 110/ 10 i 1001 100 1 i 92 i 2 f I 1241 15 961 71 521 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Ka i Closing Business Share Railways. ;Paid- I Price. •Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares , Caledon £lO, 41 per cent IDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 'Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. ; Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class P. 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. ;Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... ,Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. gua. S. & D. I F.din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. ;Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. (treat Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm I Do. 41 p. c. do. do. I Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 'Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. r Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4, I ) p. ct. pref. stock.— I Great West. (Berks andl Hants) Ext. 5 p. et. Ito. Redeemable, 44 p.ct. Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. !Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. iDo. Birm. Pref. Shares. (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. Do d o 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.stXs 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Beg. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 IDo. do. 41 per cen'. I Do. do. 44 p. c. shares i Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock 'Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) j Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65)1 ton. Chat. and Dover—l Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock iDo. 44 per cent .IDo. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh. Dian. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent I Do. redeem. 6 percent 'Maryrort er Car., 4 p. e Do. 44 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock 1 Do.Con.Bris. t Bir. 6 p.c. I Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock I Do. with option till 1860 , Do. Leic. 1 Hit. pref. st.l tNorflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 'Do, 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 00..5 - 117ay.Val.Ex.st.1847 North British, 5 p. c Do. New, gua. 3 p. c Do. For. Un. g, pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, Ti. tt S, Purch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranieed Scottish Central, neW pf Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c., Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 45 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent Do. Fixed ip.c. Ist is. -outli Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. guad Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 percent I Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c ii l W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua st Do. 2d do Do.NT ,, wport 5 n.c.n i f red. Do.Perpet. 6p.c. p 1 4 4 Do. till 1869, lit is Do, do. 2d is. Do. Hereford 45 p.c. pf. [O3 105 20i 214 5i 6 99 101 114 116 107 110 109 111 108 110 123 125 81 83 'l l 2 114 N 78i 79} 103 105 120 122 114 118 108 112 [lO4 106 84 86 97 99 99 10t 89 91 90 92 102 104 91 101 14 174 1Q 101 75 77 20 201, 10 10i 15 156 137 139 [l5 117 tll5 117 L3B 143 [l5 117 [O2 104 52 156 ,30 134 68 70 83 85 117 119 L 524 157} 12f 12/ [26 128 69 7 1 P' tn [3O 141 101 103 92 91 112 114 ' 1 110 112 i liP 90 92 96 98 1 4d 2d _ 2 i 23i [22 124 [3O 135 10 11 211 24$ 102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 83 85 27 28 321 32/ 32 33 46 Vo 128 128 121 123 9t 10/ ig tzt 14 14/ l_ = LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford afielßletchley Buickin,ghtmshire Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5a per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincoln shire, g. 6 p.c. E.Union,Harwich She, Do. WOodbridge ...I Gls.Barr.‘tNeils,Dret. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.& Hull and Selby .... • • Do. Share; Do. I Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c London & Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.te Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent.. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Stock .....- ,• Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. Nortlin.t Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wyre. Wiltss our y e? s n sas . bn i t r l ady i ff tc o h rd . Stares A. s Hereford Dilior .. Wimbledon& Somerset..Croy do sliarel Docks. Wei stoc k Commerci a l i stock Do. 4 Per Cent. j:ref.lllin stockE I .......... I stock Loadaound. ... stock ,St Ka . tharine stook Southaropton stock Vl a toria ~ 20 Do NeW ••••.—..... . .. Leasing Closiag Faid 'i l Co.'s. Price. all itiIPTIV !! !! i 100 Ln&N.W 95 98 100 Do. 100 Do 125 127 100 Do, 112 114 100 aledonin 102 104 all .U.&11 C 154 104 100 Gt.North.l 3 S 140 all .Caants. , 4 4t 100 100 ,Caledonin - 100 'Do. ~ all , Gt. West. all 'Ylc.N.Ltrir, all Yk.N. Md. all ''Do. all 'Do. 100 k n.&.N..W 100 . East. I 100 t o. 100 J'eto Sz Co. 100 orfolk 100 o. all ,L NWdall 100 ?lidland 5. 6, 6 , E.Counts all Do, all Do. all Do. all 'Midland all Ut NW 1 all Do. 100 Gt.Nortlt. 100 T.Brassey 1 all 11`Clean.. 100 Gt. West. all L.& Brgtn Business Done. 110 112 :206 209 61 63 115 120 92i 93V1 3 3; 95 97 55 57 144 15 135 136 103 106 1 11)1 Li 92 94 Paid. losing I Business Price. Done. 100 ' 100 100 100 100 — 100 100 96 98 8 id p THE SUN, LONDON,- SATURDAY EV_EIsIiNG, • rSEPTEMBER J; 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Paid Closing B usinesadone • Frice. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 86 88 8S , stk Bom.,Bnroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent . 18 1)o, Do. B 16 1,1 11 .. 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5$ 55d 53 1 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... 100 I Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 73 731 i 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187: 100 70 75 100 Do. do. .Tune 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. k d 1p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 25 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 14 I d 175 Demerara....., 20 Eastn. Bengalt, u. sp. c 7/ 15 14 d stock East Indian,fgu. sp. c. 100 99 100 100 4 99/ 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 5 d 1 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 I d i 100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 991 100 991 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne , 21/ 225 Geelong Corporation -6 sto. 100 percent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 311 25 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 89 91 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 55 57 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 I Do. do. 1872 tock I GtlndiaPenin.guit.sp.c lOO 96 97 97 20 Do. New gna. sp. c 6 Ids d 5 5 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 2 lid , guaranteed 5 per Cent. 205 'Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 131 135 131 4 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 93 96 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . * all 93 96 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 92 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 83 85 stock Do. do. 5 per cent ... 100 94 95 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 87 89 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 10 11 15 d 20 Do. do.. all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d 0... ..... 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 5 7 .• Do. do. Land do. . . 20 Oude (Limited) stock 'Scinde 20 iDo. Punjaub 20 Do. Do. ~ •., stolk Do. Indus. St. Flo 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 i Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 ntwerp & Rotterdaml all 5 51 51 20 rdennes .... . ... ..... all —p 20 ah. A-. 9 Frgn f.iin.7p.o. 84 5 4d . 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 1 20 eziers to Graissessac.. all -- 6 iCarmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 25 100 .Copiabo .. —..— & ...... all 10 Ditto Exter9ion .... all 21 2 d 20 ;Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 4 350 121 4 20 lEastern of France .... all 25 26 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 20 I Do. do. all 20 ;Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 7 7 20 i Italian Junction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva, ...... all 335 Maria Antonia .... ~.. all 10 Do. New .............. all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 7/ 85 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 19/ 204 2 1 0 6 Northern Do. New,Lt of yoosrn.: es Shares Fra n c e .. . .. .. . l a s ll _374 28 1) 1 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 71 64 : 2 ° O O i Paris aecruii. r t . e n. r .. . ) a a l l l l 0 34 3 5 5 3 5 51 'a&n Fran. B3.l* ( e r —d e i s a fe' . 7p. ct. 1im...... 13 25 24d 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 14 16 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent, Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 55 51 55 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 8} 84 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 ft Id 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Vene tin 12 11 1 d 20 Southern of France.... all 19 20 85 West Flanders .. .. all 5 5 55 10 Do. 51 p. c Preference.. all 9} 91 20 jW. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 23 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all S iesbaden ... .. . . .... all 6 o. 8 per cent. * Pref.... all F - 20 ealand . all BRITISH MINES. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. 4 ! 5-1 200 210 430 440 1074 /12 01 i 9] 1 11 114 29 SI 11 12i 21 it 30 31 31 31 21 21 38 40 31 4 zi 3i 4} 5i 8 - 9 11i 124 45 47 14 11 295 310 21 24 a i. 135 140 52 55 Mines. Share' )Alfred Consols (Philack), British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist East Bassett (Mogan). ;East Caradon , ~, 'E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam..kSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) ,Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philaek) :G. Wheal Vor (iFielstoo Grenville .. Herod's-Foot.-- Hingston Downs ;Lady Bertha ,Margaret (Uny Lelanq North Downs :North Praneei (Mogan); Basset (1110 an) [North Wheal Crofty (Par Consols (St. Blazey)i 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.)l - iSortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 'South Caradon(St.Cleer)l S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 1 IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. IS.Wheal Fran.. (Mogan) Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 10 ,Tin emit IVale of Towey (Carm ) 1 'West Basset (Illo,zan) 1 CST. Caradon (Liskeard) l rW . est Seton (Wheal Basset (Illogan OVheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Edward (Cals. ;Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant —;Wheal Mary Ann (Men. IWheal Trelawney (Lis. FOREIG: 20 'Australian 1 [BonAccord Copper,Lim. 35 ll3razil. Imp. (is. at £ p.) 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Liml 5 Do. Land and MtningCo. • 1 ,C l arendon Cons.MinCo 1 40 Cobre Copper Copiano 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming. 2 'Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 ,Kapanda (Limited) 3 'Linares 5 iLusitanian 1 ;31ariqui Ea 1 ' .11hineCopofS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 6 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 28.2.84 United Mexican . 1 ( Worthing (Limited) 1 ' Do COLONIAL GOVER 21 2/ 44 5 17 W 18 (15 68 280 290 1130 135 80 85 1 21 13i H 2 i 1 21 26 1 23 25 NES. i 1 i pr It 11 27 28 dis. 41 43 10 12 1 2} 2f 22 23 f did 1 1f p 104 11 d fp 4 Id 5 6 I VP I i POLICE INTELLIGEN C.E-( THIS Dill.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BREAKING OFF COURTSHIP, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. —Mr. William Hilton, a respectable-looking, portly middle-aged man, residing in Woodstock-street, Oxford street, was charged with the following assault : Mr. Henry Bloomfield, a smart-looking young man, the nephew of an hotel-keeper at 11, Woodstock-street, said that on the previous evening he was standing at the door of the hotel with the waiter, when Mr. Hilton crossed from the opposite side of the street, and after striking him a severe blow on the temple with his stick, causing a swell ing as large as an egg, was about to strike him a blow with his crutch, but he fortunately warded it off, and gave him into custody. He had frequently annoyed him also. Mr. Beadon asked the complainant whether he gave the defendant any provocation. The complainant said he was engaged to be married to the defendant's daughter, but owing to the defendant's conduct it was broken off by mutual consult. The defendant, a tailor, said the aggravation on his part was this. The complainant asked his consent to be allowed to pay his addresses to his (defendant's) daughter, but af terwards broke it off and married another. The complain ant and the waiter were all day long standing at the door of the hotel making grimaces at him. He would admit the assault, but it was under aggravated feelings. The complainant said it was a mistake on the defen dant's part. The fact was, the waiter was " after" a young lady on the defendant's side of the way, and what the de fendant took for grimaces towards him were the waiter's smiles to attract the young lady's attention. Mr. Beadon said it was very unfortunate she lived on the defendant's side of the street. A constable said the defendant was certainly intoxicated at the time. Mr. Beadon said, under the circumstances, he should order the defendant to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of £lO to keep the peace for three months. THAMES. IMPORTANT TO MARINIIRS. - Captain Alexander Douglas, the master of the ship Blackburn, from Cal cutta, appeared before Mr. Yardley, to answer to a sum mons which charged him with having refused to give a proper certificate of service and discharge to Mr. Join Sharman, late chief.mate of the same vessel, in violation of the 172 d clause of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, by which he had incurred a penalty not exceeding £lO. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, who appeared for the com plainant, said, his client possessed a master's certificate of competency, and was substantially, as far as rating went, in as good a position as the defendant. Mr. Sharman had served as chief mate of the Blackburn on a voyage to Cal cutta and back. There had been some differences between the captain and the mate on the voyage, and in the certifi cate of service and discharge, which th© defendant was bound to give to the complainant on the termination of a voyage, a wilful misstatement was made, and it was done out of a feeling of resentment against the mate, who was de scribed as an A. 8., meaning able seaman, whereas he ought to have been described as mate. It would be impossible for the complainant to obtain employment as chief mate in another ship without such a certificate. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor for the defendant, said this was a proceeding to annoy the captain, who had complied with the Act of Parliament, which said that the word " sea man" shall include every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship. Mr. Yardley over-ruled the objection, and said the inter pretation clause just quoted did not get rid of the obligation to specify the capacity in which the defendant served ; if cook and steward, he must be described as such. An ardiaary seaman should be called an ordinary seaman, and a mate should be described as a mate. It was unfair to the com plainant to put him down as A. B. if he acted as mate. Mr. Smith—He was chief mate, and received his wages as such. Mr. Young—He was put off duty for three weeks pre vious to the voyage, but was not disrated we admit, and received his pay as mate. The shipping-master made out the certificates of service and discharge ; the captain only signed them. Mr. Yardley—The captain is answerable. The Act of Parliament would be worse than useless unless officers and seamen are to receive certificates according to their respeo tive capacities. Mr. Smith said the defendant was tined 40s. and one guinea costs, by Mr. Selfe, for assaulting Mr. Sharman, and tho error was intentional, to injure the mate. Mr. Young said the certificate was given to the mate at the Shipping-office, several days before the conviction. Mr. Sharman said he noticed that A.B. was inserted on the certificate when he received it at the Shipping-oflce the day the ship was paid off. He made no remark upon it. He did not call the defendant's attention to it. Mr. Yardley—Why not ? .Mr. Sharman—Because, whenever I have had any con versation with him, ho has endeavoured to excite me. Mr. Yardley said the case was made out. He could not help noticing there was a little angry feeling on both sides. He thought the complainant ought to have called attention to the certificate when he received it, and have said I am only described here as an A.B. I require you to de scribe me as a mato, in which capacity I have servpd. Mr. Smith said he spoke to Captain Douglas about the certificate on the day the assault case was heard, and he then refused to alter it. Mr. Yardley said the mate ought to have called the cap tain's attention to the certificate directly he received it, and if he had done so he would certainly have inflicted a very substantial penalty. Ile hoped the defendant would give the mate a proper certificate. Captain Deuglas—Certainly. I will do so. Mr. Yardley—Then I think a fine of is and common oosts will meet the justice of this case. The money was instantly paid. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PRO3fOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. Home-office.—The lord-lieutenancy of Berwick shire has become vacant by the death of the Earl of Lauderdale. Office of Works.—Mr. F. W. Weldon, assistant hook-keeper, Office of Public Works, Dublin, has been appointed accountant, Office of Works and Public Buildings, London. The Post-office.—The postmastership of Montrose is vacant ; salary £l2O, commission on stamps £l5. The Postmastership of Blackburn is vacant; salary £2OO, commission on stamps £25, allowance for office-rent and other expenses £4O. Mr. Old ham Barlow has been appointed private secretary to the postmaster-general, Lord Stanley of Alderley. Mr. J. Downes, first clerk at Worcester, has been appointed postmaster of Stafford. Mr. John Gib son and Mr. Robert Winter have been promoted third to the second class of travelling clerks, mail office department. Messrs. J. Lee, H. Barker, and S. B. Cooper have been promoted from the second to the first-class of sorters at Leeds.—Mr. E. Phe lan has been promoted from the fourth to the third class of sorters at Edinburgh. Mr. W. H. Sten house, third class sorter at Glasgow, has been appointed assistant inspector of letter-carriers. Customs.—The following officers have been placed on the compensation list :—Mr. W. Phil lips, locker second class, London. Mr. G. L. Elgan, weigher, first class. London. Mr. B. Bond, clerk first class for general business, London. Messrs. W. Dotson, J. Pickett, and R. Anthony, weighers first class, London. Messrs. R. Smith, R.Walker, W. James, and P. Byrne, tidewaiters, Lon don, Mr. J. Adley, collector, Ipswich. Mr. C. Sholl, controller, Exeter. Mr. R. C. Hearn, collector, Newhaven. Mr. J. Mason, controller, Hull. Mr. C. Rudwick, controller, Arundel. Mr. John Cooper, tidewaiter, at Little hampton, in the port of Arundel. Mr. W. Lashman man, tidewaiter at Shoreham. Mr. W. Marks, tide waiter at Dover. Messrs. J. Yeames and W. J. Budds, weighers at Dover. Mr. W. Lashmar, tide waiter at Cowes. Mr. A. Cole, principal coast officer at Newport, in the port of Cowes. Mr. D. Clark, controller of accounts at St. Katherine Docks. Mr. W. Pike, superintendent locker, second class, in London. Messrs. C. West and B. Harrison, weighers, second class, in London. Mr. J. Henry, weigher, third class, in London. Inland Revenue Department.—Stamps and Taxes Branch.—Mr. F. G. Bailey, of the Secretary's Office, has been appointed assessor of the income tax for . the stamp and tax branch of the department, in the room of Mr. A. A. Watts, resigned on promotion. Mr. H. W. Fulcher has been appointed to a clerk ship in the Chief Accountant's Office, and has entered upon probation. Mr. Albert Thompson has been appointed to a clerkship in the Legacy Duty Office, and has entered upon probation. Mr. Charles Ogilvy, supernumerary surveyor of Taxes in Eng land, has been ordered to be transferred to the Irish establishment. Mr. George Barber, a redundant landing waiter on the establishment of the Customs, has been appointed supernumerary surveyor of taxes in England, in the room of Mr. Ogilvy. Excise Branch.—Mr. John Miller, supervisor of Brighton district, Sussex Collection, has been ap pointed surveying general examiner, third class. Mr. Thomas Pugh, supervisor of Buckingham district, Northampton Collection, has been appointed to Brighton district, Sussex Collection, Mr. George Jones, examiner, has beer). appointed to Buckingham district, Northampton Collection. Mr. William John Poole, examiner, has been ap pointed to Oban Collection district. Mr. John L. Gibson, officer of Halifax third division, Halifax Collection, has been appointed to Rochdale first division, Manchester Collection. Mr John Strange ways, officer of Bridgend second division, Argyle Collection, has been appointed to Halifax third division, Halifax Collection. Mr. John N. Hassam, officer of Peterborough third division, Grantham Collection, has been appointed export officer at the Port of London,—Ctvil Service Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENB. CITY BETTING—FRIDAY. ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken and offered) 9 to 2 agst Sabreur (offered) 100 to 15 agst The Wizard (taken) Bto 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 11 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to 7 agst St. Albans (ftken) 1000 to 30 agst Cape Flyaway (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Ugh Treason (offered) 50 to 1 4 , st Tom Bowline (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Buccaneer (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Horror (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Cramond (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Sir William (offered) 1000 to 15 agst The Rap (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Thormanby (offered, take 3to 1) 11 to 2 agst Sabreur (taken) 7to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 7to 1 agst tiweetsauce (taken) 14 to 1 agst St. Albans (taken) 14 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) LEAMINGTON STAKES. stolon the field (offered) 6to 1 agst The Greek (taken) WARWICK SEPTI Acceptances for the age st lb Mouravieff The Argossy 5 8 6 Aneurin Crater Wild Rose Royal Sovereign 5 7 9 Marine 4 7 8 MBER MEETING. Leamington Stakes. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. ARDEN. age st lb Weatherbound 3 7 3 The Greek Gridiron Sheffield Mixture Pitman 3 6 . 7 ;11 Springwell s of both home grown and sale here to-day,and the trade heavy, as follows: s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb.. 0 4to 2 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 1 6 Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 0 Strawberries potl. 0 4to 0 6 Gooseberries hf sv 2 oto 2 6 Currants, per do. 3 oto 4 0 Plums, per do. .. 3 6to 4 0 Greengages, pr do. 4 oto 5 0 Raspberries,prptlo 3to 0 6 &BLEB. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 1 6* Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 3 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2 toe 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 2 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 2 oto 3 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 Oto 4 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 MENT S'ECU RITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 112 115 1141 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 - - Do. 6,p. cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1883 100 1141 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 . 13 115 f Do. 5 per cent lOO 011 102 102 11 I Do. Scrip 5O N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1051 1061 106 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. C.. 1871 to 1876 100 99 100 991 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwde 100 981 994 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c I i sterling, 1875 ' 100 1107 108 1071 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 1 00 I , Do. de. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1 0 91 110 , 109 1 10 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. X lOO Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 1 40 Australasia all 61 66 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 21 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of 1 ndia, &c. all 201 20/ 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.k Ch. all 32 34 100 City ... 50 65 67 100 ,Colonial ................21 20'11 ICorn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London. 20 20 21 201 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 15 154 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland' all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 24 50 London and County .. 20 50 'London Joint Stock .. 10 100 London & Westminster, 20 58 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 50 INational Bank ........ 25 00 170/rw C3Duilk Inaloia ••• • • • an --..---•• 20 'Do. new 25 lOrient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 IProvincial of Ireland .. 25 10 IDo.new. all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London l2 100 Unity Mutual.... 6O MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 10 ;Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 51 50 'British American Land 40 30 35 50 8.&1.Mag, , . Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37 20 i Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.)l all 19 21 20 ,Do. C. (Limited) 1 all 12 15 324 .Canada Land ' all 114 117 10 ,Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) , all stock ,Cop.Min.of - El4.l•.&Smltg.l all 25 IDo. Pref. 74 per cent. stock Crystal Palace ...... stock IDo. Preference 1 100 100 102 stock Do. 6p. c. Pet ? et. Deben.l 100 106 108 stock ;Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New , 15 id i 5 English & Aus. Copper .1 all 21 21 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigate nil 14 1 Great Ship I Imited) I all A 6 1 Do. 174 pet Preference' 4 id ' pr 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.); 2 21 ld 20 London Discount (Lim.), 5 14 lid 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.), all 11 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 24 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 lied. Exten. Tel. (Lim.); all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.); 5 14 11 d3l 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ); 5 2 lid 10 Netherlands Land I all 1 4 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis ' all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLatut 801 — 4 1 I N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all / 1 ii 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 155. 4 pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2s. s t oc k Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 4 7 50 47 1 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 1 2 4 13 4) 20 ItedSea&lnd.Tel.g4lp c all 18 18 1 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 5 2 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 122 125 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all 4 1 De. do. Registered ...... all 4 10 Do. do ' all 54 84 20 /r. & Ln. Co.oiltpr.Can. 6 100 Vll,ll PieweD.' 13 Land .2.11.101 i 16 '114.6 7.4.0 17; 12. 94 9 ' 1 14 65• • 8.12 4.8.6 1.8.6 9.18.9 1i 10.6.7 1} 3} all 18.1 . -%9 122.18.0 COVENT Rather extensive suppli foreign produce have been on generally has ruled somewhat s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 3 oto 4 Colonial do., each 1 oto 2 6 Grapes,per 1b.... 2 oto 5 0 Foreign do. 1 oto 2 6 nelons, each .... 2 oto 4 0 Peaches, per doz .. 4 oto 12 0 Nectarines, per dz 3 oto 5 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 1 6to 2 6 Pears, per do .... 1 6to 3 0 Oranges, per 100..15 oto2o 0 Lemons, per 100..10 oto 15 0 Apricots, per doz 1 oto 3 0 YEGET. Greens, dz bunch 3 6to 5 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 0 eto o 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Old potatoes,p ton 60 to 130 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 1 to 0 4 Peas, per 4 sieve 1 3to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 5 0 Carrots, pr do 3 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 0 6to 0 8 Brus. sprouts, h. s 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, hf. sv. 0 oto 0 0 New do., dz bun 1 oto 2 0 French beans, 100 1 3to 1 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; poults, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; geese, 5s Od to is Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; ducklings, Is 9d to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 9d to is Id ; pigeons, 5d to Os 8d each ; largo Surrey fowls, 7s Od to 14s Od; chickens, 3s 6d to 5s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to Gs Od ; capons, 4s 6d ; hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; grouse, is 9d to 2s 9d each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s Gd to Os Od; snipes, Os 9d to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Os Ild to is ld ; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 9s Od to Os Od ; French do., 8s Od to 9s Od per 120; leverets, 2s 6d to 5s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 36 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; pork, 36 4d to 46 8d per 81bs. by tho carcase, BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 2d to is 4d ; trout, Os Od to 18 ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to lOs Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 3s Od ; lobsters, 6d to 3s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 128 to 16s ; natives, 42s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 18s Od ; smelts, 4s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen; mackerel, 555; fresh herrings, 8s ; bloaters, Os to 12s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9id , of household do., 7d to 81d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41-d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to 5/d ; 881 b to 961 b, id to 51d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s Od to 9s Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s Od; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 3s Od to 3s 4d ; lambs, 3s Od to 5s Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 IN Od ; clover do., £3 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND...—. Meadow hay, £2 15s to £5 188; clover, £3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 18s per load. Supply moderate. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15a to £5 158 Od; clovei, £3 los to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 10s to fl 16s per I , 4ad. Both hay and straw moved off steadily, at full prices. COAL MAR (rrioes of Coal per Ton al :ET—AuG. 3il the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Bell's Primrose ......14 0 Tanfield Moor Butes ..13 3 Howard's West Hart- s. d. Heugh Hall 17 0 Kelloe South Hartlepool...... 17 9 8rand0n....... Gosforth l7 3 Cassop lB 0 Br2ddyll's Hetton 18 0 Hetton South Durham 16 6 Car. & Duffryn.Malting22 6 ley 17 0 St. Cuthbert's Hartley 15 0 Holy w e 11 16 0 Eden Main ...17 6 Craghead Hartley..... 15 0 41; sold, 40. Walls End. Hunwick l6 0 Tunstall Ships at marke COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam - Short. 11 141 Ditto Rotterdam — ~11 16± Antwerp Brussels — 25 25 Hamlurgh Paris I)itto Marseilles — 25 37± Frankfort on Maine — 117± Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Stanclard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ... Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 1} South AmeriCan Daubions 11 14; 11 161 11 16 25 30 25 30 13 6 25 17f. 25 40 25 42} 117 i 13 35 13 30 35 49 49 25 0 25 40 25 40 391 THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Aug. 30. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. .• .. Aug. 29. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Sept. 1. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 9. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 3. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. Sept. 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 3. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto • • • • .. Sept. 1. United States, California, &c. Sept. 8. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe Sept. IT West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, C u ba, &c. Sept. ' HAIL STORM.—A violent hail storm ' burst over Leipsic on Monday night. Some of the hailsto nes wei g h ed between three and four ounces. Scarcely a pane of gla ss escaped on the windward side of the house s ; 900 squares were broken at the Hotel de Ville, 700 at the Peat-offi ce, and 1,800 at Breckhauss's printing establishment. All the lower parts of the town wore inun dated, and the grea t square was as white with the h ail as if there had b een a heavy fall of snow. THE LATE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF ri kiIi.AVEN. In tho person of this estimable and amiable lady,whodied a few day ' s since at her residence, Hampstead Marshall near ex caption of Lady Essex) near Newbury Berks, we have lost the last (with the sing l e of the coronetted l a di es who were formerly connected with the p ublic stage. The last Coun tess of Craven was we ll known Upon the London boards some half century a go as one of th e most popular fa vourites of the day, u nder her widen na me as Mi ss Lo lllBB. Brunton ; and when in 1807 she e exchanged that name for a title and rank it was felt that even a Countess's coronet wou ld never bby the s omew h a t pl e b e i an e tarnished al liance. Lady Craven was the daughter of a gentleman long connected with the theatre at Norwich, and by the late Earl Craven she had three sons and one daughter, of whom the present Earl of Craven and his youngest brother are the only survivors, STREET RAIL TT 11 YS. The readers of Tancred will remember that the respective characteristics of Europe and Asia are illustrated in that attractive tale by a sarcastic con trast between Damascus and Birkenhead. Yet at this moment the West might sustain the suggested comparison without much disparagement. Damas cus is depopulated by assassins and hangmen while Birkenhead is giving England a lesson which may do as much for public convenience as any discovery of the present century. Vast as are the advantages of railways, they , have been but half explored. We use them Only f or long distances and on a gigantic scale. We leave the invention to great companies with their millions of capital, and totally neglect its benefits at our very doors. If we had pursued the same system on the water that we have adopted on land, half the services of steam would have been lost to us. Screws and paddles would have been con fined to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, while for a trip to Gravesend or Chelsea the old machinery of sail or oar would serve us still. Everybody, however, now understand that the real utility of steam power in navigation is felt in its smaller applications, in the daily and hourly convenience it affords, in the cheapness it has established, and in the multitude of facilities it has added to every-day life, whereas these are precisely the uses to which railways have never yet been turned. We can run along an iron road from London to B r i s t o l, b u t not fromCharing cross to London-bridge, although for one person who makes the former journey there are at least 100,000 who make the latter. Why, then, should we not have street railways as well as river steamers ? That is the question which Londoners have been asking for these five years, and which Birkenhead has at length answered. Let nobody be alarmed at the idea of a locomo tive careering along the streets of the metropolis. Even that phenomenon would not be without a precedent ; but in reality, it is by no means indis pensable that a railway should he worked by a steam-engine, nor is that the proposition which we are now advocating. The essence of a railway is in its " track"—in the smooth and level course provided for the wheels of carriages. When fric tion has thus been reduced to a minimum, and interruption prevented, it matters not what species of power is employed for the actual purpose of traction. A horse can draw a railway carriage as well as an engine, though not so quickly. A pair of rails turns a road, as it were, into a canal, and a couple of horses, under such conditions of draught, can run away with a load which on ordinary ground they would be utterly unable to move. To bring the case to a point, we simply ask the reader to look at the spectacle which either Fleet-street or Cheapside is pretty sure to present at any hour of any morning in the week. Ten or twenty omnibuses may be seen packed in a line or jammed into a mass with carts, vans, waggons, and cabs. Each of these omnibuses has its two horses and its two men to work it, whereas if a railway were laid down two men and two horses would suffice, with proper carriages, for all the passengers together. Moreover, in addition to the economy of labour, there would be an immense increase of convenience. It is something to find that a pair of horses can draw 50 passengers with perfect ease, but the discovery becomes still more agreeable when it is seen that every one of these passengers obtains twice the amount of accommodation which the old system would have provided. Of course such a novelty as this could never escape opposition. We have been long ago assured that the scheme was utterly chimerical—that on a macadamised road the rails could never be laid down or taken up again —that carriages would have their wheels knocked off, and that street accidents would be of constant occurrence. Exactly in the same way 30 years back we were told that railways altogether were as mad a speculation as the South Sea bubble; that they would be stopped by snow, by wind, by rain, or by frost ; that they could never be made, never be worked, and never turned to profit, and that argument, in short, was almost thrown away in convicting of folly a design which would soon perish of itself. It happened that rail ways were tried, and we know the results. Fortu nately, street railways are now to be tried also, and the Birkenheid experiment will probably be fol lowed in other towns as rapidly as the Manchester and Liverpool line was copied between other sta tions. The predicted embarrassments of the opera tion vanished like smoke before the practical reso lution of Lancashire assisted by American experi ence. It was only in March last that the scheme was first proposed. It was only in May that the terms of the undertaking were arranged, and yet on Thursday morning the new carriages were actually plying on the new rails, to the perfect satisfaction of all concerned. This is the first introduction of the American street railway into this country, but an experiment of a still bolder kind will presently be attempted in another town. Burton-upon-Trent has been raised by its breweries to the position of a provincial capital. Sir Walter Scott -tells us that it was celebrated for its beer in the days of Ivanhoe, and so rapid, at any rate, has been the progress of its renown in recent times that it is ex! eriencing the difficulties as well as the dignities of London itself. What happens in the Strand has happened on a smaller scale in the streets of Burton. The traffic was so enormous that it became necessary to divert it, or to provide in some way or other for the relief of the 'thorough fares. Accordingly, Messrs. Allsopp and Sons, in conjunction with the Midland Company, have pro jected the construction of two railways across the streets of the town, and, although the inhabitants opposed the scheme, the bill for this novel under taking was passed last session. At two great centres of business, therefore, we shall now see what rail ways can do for the depletion of overcrowded streets, and all who know anything of London will devoutly hope for the success of the experiment, and a speedy reproduction of the example. The obstruction of our streets at present is really intolerable. The tax upon time, money, patience, and temper is as bad as any tax we have to pay. Without some relief we cannot go on. The dead lock which already occurs at every second crossing and every second minute will by and by become absolute stagnation. If our drivers were not dexterous, and if the very necessity of the case *did not suggest expedients, Cheapside could never be cleared. By the aid of habit, resignation, and policemen we con trive to get along, but distances are more than trebled in practical effect, while the state of things becomes worse every day. Statistics are superfluous to those who feel the truth every hour of their lives, but if any country reader should wish to get an idea of the facts we may just observe that the vehicles and persons who pass over London-bridge every 24 homrs represent the numbers of an enormous army, and that the number of passengers actually coming and going at the single station of Fen church-street in a single year is ten times as great as that which Herodotus assigns to the host of Xerxes. Then why, let us once more ask, should we not have street railways ? Is it because they can not be constructed or will never practically work ? Birkenhead teaches us otherwise, not to mention the evidence of American examples. Is it because of the possible inconvenience? No inconvenience can be greater than that which we suffer already. Is it because of the danger ? On this point we have but two words to say. A city magistrate took occasion the other day to remark that more people were killed and injured by street conveyances in London alone than were killed and injured by rail way travelling throughout the whole of the Kingdom. So much for the safety of the we have system. As to that of street railways _v°. ?eveyanee simply to add, that whereas in 18_ sengers travelled by this mode of f -c' h tnu in mber came a New York and Brooklyn, 12 only o suc h facts prove our came to any mishap. We think to case, and we shall be heartily glad see practi cally established.—Tinzes. ooo:ooensipeaen: the recent A ct of Par liamUenndtearlltbhuesipnersosvicsoinonnected with th e E MusE ekßorfitßianhg public. East India Stock will in future be transactedum •at the BankTh lMandu.seum will closed e, for the this day (September 1) to HE the 7th inst. incl usive, purpose of being th oroug hly BRITISH RIT to ISH the from eraeqccuoinlrinpgantiheadt b e y ve a r cleansed in every department, and new arrangements car ried out for the acc om mod a tionele of the increasing number of visitors. Since t d u , s ew directions respecting the Reading raeticoonmmfoernadda: every written room wer s e bo is u_ s i Pa t e b the Principal Librarian, no less than 20,000 ter sons have availed themselves of the advantages and faci lities of reference now afforded to students by the trustees tmioinssaiodndressed o of the National Collection. NEW ACT ON SPIRIT DUTlES.—Yesterday the new act to grant excise duties on British spirits and on spirits imported from the Channel Islands, which received the royal assent at the time of the prorogation, was printed. The duty charged on British spirits made within the United Kingdom on and after the 29th February last was Bs. Id. per gallon, and on and after the 10th of July last 10s. per gallon. On Channel Islands spirits imported into the United Kingdom on and after the 28th March last, Bs. 6d.; and on and after the 17th July, 10s sd. Where contracts have been made the additional duties are to be charged with the price of the commodities. THE DAMSEL AT THE PLOUGH.—A rather un usual circumstance occurred at a ploughing match which lately took place at Vaugueray (Rhone). a young woman, about 19, driving a p a i r o f oxen , presented herself as one of the competitors, At first some objections were raised as to her admission, but under the circumstances of the case they were set aside. Marie Chirat, the young girl in question, had the misfortune to lose her father about ten months ago. He had a lease of a farm at 2,000 f. a-year, and when he died left a widow, a little boy, and Marie. The daughter, feeling that to quit the farm in the middle of the lease would be the ruin of the family, told her mother not to be cast down, for she would undertake to work the land. She applied herself strenuously to the work, and was soon pro nounced to be the best conductor of a plough in the com mune. That opinion was confirmed at the public competi tion, as the principal prize was awarded to her. She re turned home in triumph to her mother, accompanied by a party of female friends, who presented her with a large bouquet. This incident produced a deep impresaign among tke crowd. THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRA YCE. The principle of competition has reuntly received a development of which Adam Smith and his fol lowers little dreamt. Certainly, wh en t h ey wro t e o f the necessity of opening trade, both i nterna l an d external, and of sweeping away all obstacles to the free practice of any profession, they proposed inno vations which must have appeared to the people of that day sufficiently bold and startling. But now, that we have achieved all this, we seem likely to go a step further, and to give this new and fruitful principle a development which may tend rather to expose it to ridicule than to increase the public confidence in its truth. We have already applied competition to the administration of justice by set ting up the County Courts as rivals to the superior tribunals, and hitherto the experiment has been attended with complete success. Because we have gone to such vast expense in establishing our regu lar army, we have felt it necessary to start a sort of opposition to it by raising an irregular army of 150,000 Volunteers. The press is often accused of competing with the House of Commons in the dis cussion of public affairs. The Dissenters all over the country are in active competition with the Esta blished Church. The miscarriages of the Crimea led to a general impression that everything would be better managed by private persons than by the Government, and the theory has been carried out not only by giving to individual enterprise what, ever can be taken out of the hands of Government, but by intrusting to private persons the vary func tions and duties for the discharge of which some one else is paid. If we go on at this rate we shall end in a thoroughly Japanese system, where all things are the double of each other, where every department, every Minister, every functionary will have its un official antitype, and be doomed to struggle not only with the cares of office, but with the pangs of jea lousy and rivalry. For our own part, we must plainly say that, strong as was our sense of the blundering, the failures, and *he mismanagement of the Crimea, the years that have since passed by have not tended to convince us that, bad as our public management has been, we ate likely very materially to improve it by a recourse to private enterprise as a substitute for it. Those years have been full of discoveries of the grossest frauds perpe trated on private establishments. They have given. us in the case of the Great Eastern an abstract of every kind of mismanagement of which a great len dertaking is capable, and people are very much ais posed to doubt whether the public service would gain if the navy were managed after the fashion of our great Steam-Packet Companies, or the army subject to no better discipline than has been shown to prevail in many of our banking establishments. There was, however, one instance in which it was supposed that we had, at any rate, successfully called in the abilities of a private man to assist the defects of our officials. Mr. Cobden was just the man to negotiate a Commercial Treaty with France. The idea was his own, and who so fit to work out the scheme as the great Apostle of Free Trade ? Compared with such a man, what could Lord Cowley, what could all the English Embassy at Paris, know ? They were for this particular subject set aside, and the destinies of the country, so far as the commercial treaty went, were placed at the disposal of Mr. Cobden. We have not yet seen the end of this mission, but we know enough to say with the most perfect confidence that it was impossible to place the negotiation of a treaty in worse hands. As regards form, there probably never was an instrument prepared which offended so grievously against the rules according to which alone contracts can be reduced into a clear and perspicuous shape. The questions which arise on a. document not at all difficult to frame, and contain ing no special or uncommon conditions, are almost infinite, principally because the phraseology differs is almost every clause, and the same word is never used a second time to express the same idea if a synonym, however clumsy and inaccurate, can be found. As to the substance, the error was still. more grievous. Mr. Cobden should have been con sistent. If he adhered to the ordinary doctrines of Free Trade, he should have had nothing to do with commercial treaties at all. If he determined to negotiate a commercial treaty, he should have ne gotiated it on the principles upon which alone such things rest—the principles of reciprocity. As a Free Trader, lie should have advised the reduction of our duties on imports to the lowest point our revenue would permit. As a negotiator, he should have stickled about any reduction at all, and only made it in consideration of a corresponding reduc tion on the part of France. Instead of this Mr. Cobden gave up all our customs' duties because he was a Free Trader, and failed in obtaining corres ponding concessions from France because he had) eft himself no equivalent to offer. Decidedly the ex periment of an amateur negotiator did not ir, this instance answer; and the veriest official hack_, while be might have done m uc h b e tt er , could not pos sibly have done worse. B u t we are t o ld that the experiment is to be tried again. A. ps.ragraph is going the round of the newspapers venich asserts that Mr. Lindsay, the member for Sureeterland, is to be despatched on a mission to the United States in order to negotiate our admission into the American coasting trade, to settle the rule which is to be ob served in the next naval war, and to settle the law of the two countries with regard to collisions at sea. We do not believe that this report is true, and we heartily hope it, is not—so heartily that we can not forbear from protesting against the idea of such a mission. We have a Minister in the United States presumedly competent to represent us there;, if not, it is easy to recall him and supply his place 'by some person who is fit for it. We ought not to fall into the practice of setting one man to do anot her man's work. But, even waivng this objection, we hope that some parson more fitted to represen t this coun try in the United States than Mr. Linetsay will be selected. Mr. Lindsay is a self-made 'and self-edu cated man ; that is to his honour, but has no tend ency to instill into him those quail ies which are principally needed in diplomatic irate rcourse. We should be sorry that the gentleman. to whom the task of representing the interests of I E ngland is in trusted should not speak with more influence than Mr. Lindsay can possibly carry with him. W e have, as we have shown, no reason to congratulate ourselves that we have placed Mr.. Cobden in the., position of our representative at the Court which France ; but, whatever are the groan ds we complain of Mr, Cobden, we are 7 3 11 b ound to would be admit that he occupies, both in this .an: in . 111 enSt admit i b t o s f uch any a foreign countries, a position to whick simply ridiculous for Mr. "Lindsay e _to_ pretend. We entirely decline to bereprets that the subjects negotiator, nor do we believe s i . n a a nd they ar e on which negotiation is desired„ already to flu: coasting trade The Prot( !ctionist feeling satisfactory settlement.. ytoasruer.render the ad:vantage which is strong in the b A y m ex er c i l c u anot likely, o ai f lm th i i t s te c d ou a n s t t ry be , from their narrow point of view, t hey think they us frcim the trade be tween the Atlantic cities and Cal' tfornia. We en tirely, protest against the notion ti le persons whom nobody would think fit to place in office at home are competent to represent have obtained, the auntry abroad, and we anticipate nothing but evils) o d the policy be come established of taking the b of usiness of the coun try out o f the hands our resp onsible Ministers at foreign courts and placing it 'in the hands of no ices, Who purchase, by servi :ng us for nothing, a most unlimited licence of mism.unagement.--- Times. THIS DAY'S SHZPPING. LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind thin day at noon—West by South; pleasant breeze, and fine c tear weather. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind 13.W.—Arrived—Dumar, from Eupatoria; Southampton, Strom London for Mel bourne. POOLE, Aug. 31.--Wind - yr.—sailed—Mountaineer % for Newfoundland. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wine I W.—AlTlVeci—Croco dile, from Middlesborough for 1 klexandria, with loss of head of foremost, sails, and otl aer damage, and much water. CLYDE, Aug. 31.—Wind NAlT.—Sailed—Burmah, for Labrador. LONDONDERRY, Aug. 31.- 7 ' Wind S.S.W.—Sailed— Augentine, for St. John's, N.B. HARTLIIPOOL, Aug. 31.—Ai 'rived—PalinogTa t from Dalhousie. OFF HURST CASTLE, Sept. I.—Wind W.—.Arrived?' Ripon, steamer, from Alexandria , with Calcutta and Chip mails. (BY ELECTRIC TEL EGRAPH.) SOUTZIMPTO.If, Saturday Moryag• Arrived, Aug. 31—Norman, stes t mer, Wind W.N.W. Hope • Anna Digna, from Portsmouth, to dock And repair. Sailed—Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispa tch, steamer, for Jersey. from Alexandria; Arrived, Sept. I—Ripon, steamer, Temora, steamer, from Dublin. f rom cape o f Good cdesica,teifarariroin;e:A.risgfLoo:a sßaatury from Odessa. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNVTIC TELEGRIPII.) GIavNEIEJ a), Saturday M orn i ng. Wind W.N.W. ; weather fine. ' Arrived, Aug. 31.—MarT E lij s abeth, from Kurrachee ; Isle of May, from Colombo; Sir James Ross, from Arch angel ; Eastern Provin Arrived, sailed.— A S i e e p tro t. p l o .-- us A , . _, Guernsey ; Triton, ' day , Morning. steamer, for Calais; Holland., SD earner, for Ostend. Wind W.N.W., moderate, passed.—Cambrian, from, J . . Carmen, for Balboa; G o ff d 7amaica, for London - Del re o, 1 for Cardiff;Briton's ' . for Barbados ; Alliance, for for Jamaica ; ci. Madras ; Reculiera, for west ; Constantinople . ; Con efar d for Colombo ; Teti for London. qu.eror, tin- Rio Galindo—all 'from Sailed.—A great n greater number o f n umber of the entire' rd bound, with the 0 coasters towept. c 1 1 1 3.14 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock r tk 120 stock stock stock tock stock stock stock stock 2fii stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 124 stock 6 stoe 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock all 1100 1,00 100 100 all all 941 I 104 I 1271 7 6cl' 1.7.2 all 35.6 d. all 1 10s. all all 19e.