The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

----. --. _ ier MONEY MARICET AND CITY NEWS. STOCK LISTS.-This Day in- aus: ___ e- fIy ENGLISH FUNDS. aft CITY, Two o'CLocK. Bank Stock, 2281. During the last few days the transactions in the ---- - re 3 al- Foreign and Colonial Produce:Markets have been on 'area per Cent. Reduced Antx'tit , s, 971 1. three per Cent. Consols Annuities, 961- t. vew Tbree per Cent. Annuitiei, 971 t 1, , . 3vAx Btoc ted the increase. Most of the leading staples have been New 21 per Cent. Annuities, 801. _ dm i n Long Annuities, expire Jail. 5, 1860, Iz. to( in fair request, and in some instances improved prices Long Annuities, thirty years, expire Oct. 10,1859, 11. 10 per Long Annuities, 30 years, expire April 5, 1885, 18t. 1( have been realised. For tea there has been a fair India Debentures, 981 1. al, 1 0 Do., 2d issue, 9% , i• ind inquiry, and some large quantities of common Lama Bonds, under 1,0001., 11 pm. Ilto( Sto( r• e, Congou have changed hands at full values. 2x3nelTelcisuf,,orrtr, 1,00 ' 0 9 1. 6 , 1. 2 ' 1d, March, 32. Roc lad gxchequer Bills, Siniiii, 21d., March, 35 -June, 25 2. 39 Sugar has been in request, particularly the or E xc hequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent., 1001 .i. 1( f oe ge qualities suitable far home consump- FOREIGN FUNDS. 2: t 22 Ddk tion, but in the refined market only a Three per Cent. Mexican, 211. t. ll P u o s r s t i v an gue l le si ßonds, 1853, 46. tiro ` the limited amount of business has been done, and the Th Fiv r e m p p e e r r C C e e n n t but market has been rather quiet. Coffee has been at per Cent. Turkish, 9Q 51 14/1 S D i i ' tto Acct., Sept. 15, 951 I. 1 , 2.,. steady rates, and for the better qualities of Planta- Four per Cent, ditto Guaranteed, 104. an 21 per Cent. Dutch Exchange (12 g.). 66 5.1. age tion Ceylon there is still some inquiry for home use. Four per Cent, Dutch certificates, 101. 101 v AO Common Native Ceylon has been dealt iii to some 41 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds , ex Is. , 78 1. 11 it , of extent for exportation at about former rates. Cocoa LONDON SHARI? MARKET.-This Day. 2( 11 shat remains firm. Rice and spices have been at steady _____-.- 21 but rates. The demand for new fruit has been steady, ORDINARY STIAP.,ES AND STOCKS. 'fret toil, and the pareels of the new crop just arrived have - - - --- 7 101 sold readily at full values, and saltpetre and tallow ihare Balite aye. 1 Yea 'closing Price l Business ( Done. 11 1110 21 k ith, continue to be dealt in at fully late quotations. 13 1 1 21 f troberg., Notting.. 805,t., 21 13r13 1 Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton and .6attern Junctac e... 10 61 81 1 fie , Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices were o 3elfast and Ballymena II is lo Sir., Wol., k Stour Valley! all 71 81 Ste( s ur- Without alteration. The sales were estimated at Stock sirk., Lan., & 131.69. June 1( War 7 )000 bales. The Railway Share Market presented 1 5 Ma t :burn wb- . 21 11 'Very 15 Myth S Tyne original 251.. All 30 32 7red• quiet appearance, and quotations tended II ' art downwards. stook dristol and Exeter I 110 94 96 11 Ste, The general inuir for accommodation, although Stock Oaledonian iota sore active than it was a few weeks ago, is still Str o k Chester end Holyhead-. 100 i 34 sa l Oork and Bandon all ! •-•- 101 COO 101 r D s i dlleCrhi n q g u iet e r than might have been expected, cons rent 20 ; C o rk,Elackrock,SzPassage all 1-- - 20 'Cornwall er 40 MT ., .• sal the loans lately introduced, and the in- is Do. A t an"' it until t. p.e.perann ''''„„ J •••• ~ 21 were creased commercial transactions now recorded in io i Do. B has oeen paid toB. "'' - 21 - CO' 11:10St departments of business. As provision has 50 jOublin sad Ballast Juno all - ..... V d per to is i Dun.,Pertn, a Aber. Jun. all 7 8 10 101 t the be made for the commercial bills arriv- et oei last Anglian Ana in at maturity on Saturday, and a deposit soca auternooanties too 61 et 591 10 *red. of 5 st oc k Oastern Union Stock ~. per cent. must accompany the appli- Stock Do. Do. B. Stock 2 1 tile es New A. late lh )84 cations for allotments of the Turkish Loan, which ii I gait Kent . ( E.U.. . . all is 15 1 is maintained at a premium, a temporary in- Stock 12" Lancashire li 20 East Suffolk all ---, .... crease in the demand for looney may now be expo- to Do. - II k Ildinburgh and Glasgow 100 64 6 5 rienced. Supposing, however, there should be a Stook &din., Perth, and Dundee 100 2if 251 slight advance in the terms of discount, it will not 10 Perth and Clyde Junction all •••• - I justify the slightest uneasiness in commercial circles. 5 8 t i e s c ( ! ,. 3 i lk a r i n g e o s w s & South Weaters IV, 91 1- 91 1 At the Stock Exchange, no doubt, a rise oft} or I would 10 (l i r r e e a a t t 'o o rg e o ru fScotland lall 00 10 1 0 0 10 10 1 1 be regarded as a most unfavourable feature, and one tg DO. Do. A. Stock. lOl 79 81 7 9 . Do. Do. B. Stock IGO 112 134 that might consistently be made the basis of speculative s tock ;rest Senn. & Wnareland 100 104 106 102 operations for a fall. But 2} per cent. is much 100 501 l 501 i ne of :7:3 Gzsttowurvr....G below the average rate of accommodation, even for it , (rich South Eastern... all - -. :', is 11 28 82 ;Wee first-class bills ; and, inasmuch as a return of corn- 50 I Luncaster and Carlisle-- a l l 4 l 161 Do. Thirds... f1213 pm PO 16 121 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 pm a are mercial prosperity must inevitably occasion a change 1 Stock Lancashire audYorkshir 100 931 911 921 1 d in the market, the public will have to expect ' 16 Do. do. F. 216 . 6 lf 1 ii ,, o f g Do. do. £9 shares 7 1 1 dll is a reactionary movement in the terms of discount, a Do. West Biding Uniou 4 •'- .•-• ~ a l the a 0 Liverp. Crosby ,& South , sit - - )111 011 provided, of course, that too great an absorption for LI 6 3 Condon and ilackwal:.. all si ea " 11 6 z Do. New 4l - - foreign enterprise does not take place. Stock Lon., Bri g htoia, &S. Coast 100 109 110 109 x n Another addition of about £BO,OOO to the stock of 'Stock London & North-Western 'OO 921 83 } its 58911 1 9 121 Do. Eighths bullion at the Bank was announced yesterday. The Stock London & Bonth-Westeri lee 924 132 2 London and C o l era i ne all - - E return on Friday must consequenily show an impor- 1 5 5 London andEnniakillen all -- - Stock danches..Bl.ef.,& Lincoln- 105 54 341 344 31 tent increase in that department. 10 Metropolitan S die The additional supplies of Australian gold, re- Hook lidland.. Stock Do. Birmingham & Derby 100 66 68 (erred to iu the telegram from Malta, are consider- is tid.GtWest. (Ireland)... all -. ..• able. They include the Sultana, with £162,000 ; 100 15 I sl o o . wtaa S tle and Carlisle.... all "-'.." --- the Supply, with .£319,968 ; and the Ocean Chief, 1 l i a ) tsigeGaz and rt, Ab A er r g in ., a ;;T( ( i d re e i . all 9 9 11 With £190,376. Upwards of a million sterling is 10 Nowry,Warronpt& Rostr. all ,-.- '.. al. ts stool fforfolk titst therefore coming forward, the bulk of which will to Northern Counties Union 34 • 34 Tait ! 3 Stock North British probably arrive during the next month or six weeks. (Itk North Devon Itail.&Dk.lik 100 ... .... 1 ,beY' There was a meeting of the Newport, Aberga ilitk Do.B Stoc k 7=l 100 -. ptg'tn;TA _ lig. veiny, &c., Railway Company to-day, at which a sto th e k k . North Eastern-Berwlck 11 ( 1 1 9 - 3 9"'84 901 - a tod report was presented, stating that the earnings of the 25 Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase 16.12.4 11 1 el. Ells jib tO half year ending the 30th of June, 1 858 Stock Do. Leeds .., __ _ , over 50 Stock Do. York 100 73 731 711 1 • • r ieble and tbe net re - Stock North London lOO 59/ 991 x d ' miles, amounted to £31,676 18s. 2d., 10 N. &s ei vveen,Hampstoad, Venue was £15,788 4s. Bd., which with the former ba- City Junction. Si. 11. '-. .. 20 ffo a rt n h Staff Y. lance made an available sum 0f.£16,675 ls.4d. After so North Western all 8 9 . 10 Nor‘h & Son. West. Jane all g 9 . 27, the payment of the debenture interest and the 6 and 5 ;took Oxlord,Worc., kWolverh 100 17 28 - High' Per cent. shares, a net balance of .£862 would remain to ;O:=oliin all -•-• 19 7 5 Elie Of t llO to be carried forward. In spite of the depression of to Rhyraney lO .- ... - Stock &sottish Central WO • trade this line, from its connection with others, has Stock Scottish N.E., Aber. Stk lOO is a sh Mid. Stock lOO 84 86 been enabled to maintain its gross earnings. The ittrot B D lUo le pshir ttl e Union. lOO 44 46 - iob l - 14 _, Shrewsbury and Crewe line would be opened by the 10 Sittingbe. & Sheerness Stock South Devon lOO 34 16 1 rOY OI ISt of September. The report was adopted. Stock Sonti-Eastern lO3 11 72 79 71 St oo k South Wales loo 77 There has been a very quiet market for Public 20 South Yorks. & River Dan all 14 15 0 Do. Do 1 4 die o riflOrtf Securities to-day, the attention of the members 10 Staines, Wokin. & Woking all 9 11 ce a nd being occupied with the final li q uidation of the 15 Stockton and Darlington all 25 1 SG* 15 Do. do. 1854.-.. 20 .... .... IPO share account. The Turkish loan, however, still 15 Do. do. 1855 -... 7 - Stockton and Hartlepool 161 .....- site' Prevents buoyancy, notwithstanding the favour- Stock Tel Tale lOO ..f. - St able specie movement and the rise on the Paris ;r oc k Do. Pr e e l ie i r i e s n ye co n , N Dk o . . ai 1 itau. 1 , 00 -• .... t set the Bourse. Consols are 96i i for money and account. Stock Vol of Neath .. .. ....... . 100 - - - to the j The New 3 per Cents. are rather firmer at 971 k, *lad Stock Waterford and 'Kilkenny 100 - Waterford and Limerick all .... ---. Grail' 20 trest Oonawall ell ... .... the Reduced Annuities are steady at 97f I. New 2f to R.E. of Lou. & Cry. Palace all --.- b I ••eceiving noddy. )11ke Of per Cents., 80;; Long Annuities, 18 / 1 ; India Loan { 1 ,3:111{ till 7 p ai r d . T o . B haa ... } l 2 111 ... : 4 L 4 64 zoller rif Debentures, 98i1 ; ditto, second issue, 972 i. The to t . .a t L obi2onj rrille e _ March Exchequer Bills, 325. to 355. ; ditto, June, 225. I: Do. o IS t 2ci C l ro s 1 a ll - - to 2,5 5 . Bank Stock, 228 k. I H ere dar g , The transactions recorded in the Foreign Stock LINKS LEMMA AT MED UNT he ci t i Market are still rather limited. Turkish 6 p er Cents. ALIN ;it eitl P are 95 i ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104/ ; Mexican 3 per -- -- - Lamina ) ( Business d wi g , t , Cents., 214- ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 ; Russian Railways Md. , Companies 1 ° 1 ° 1 " Pric*i Dons. • , d with ~-....,......................- ...................... -........................ , 5 per Cents., 113 i ; Dutch 2i per Cents., 65; 66 ; skimsSeafotchly..... all !kn.& N. .... - 3nclihire ....,... 100 Lou. &N. W. 100 102 IrB. Ditto 4 per Cents., 104 ; and Peruvian Dollar Clydesdale Junction-- 100 ofuldontal)... IN, 106 91 0 e Oolchostor, Stour Val..- all E.gn. & 11.0„ 16 18 le 0 ii Bonds, 78 i. Turkish Scrip is at about ;to 1 prem. 11.Lincolnshire, g. 6 p.O . 100 Gt. Northern'l4l 141 nirat ) " a. 'Union. Harwich Win, all E. Connties_l 4 5 The transactions in the Railway Share Market Do. Woodbridge .........100 •••- - have been exceedingly limited , and p ri ce s g enerall y Gles.Earr A Netir.Direct. 100 Caledonian._ - .... 11 Do. New .................. 100 Do._ ........ .... .... ; side show a decline of about ito 1 per cent. Great 3lonces. & Dean Forest all art Western .... .... x d FlertlepoolDock.*Bail. all Yk. N. a Bar. .... ..• I,laj e 9t9 Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, Still and 5e1by......... all Irk. &N. Mid lll 113 iIP all Do rtisl Midland, and Sauth Eastern, declined is. to 10s. • Do. i S h ar" A l e , 00.4 Shares - ..... tO b - and Caledonian, North Western, and Manchester, London and Greenwich all Bth. Baden 13 14 ... all Do 2SI 241 Sheffield, and Lincoln, about 103. to 15s. The tion.tlo.P,Tietfee.n,:ego-ratal, aeo Peto & Cu- 92 94 firßarking Shares ' all Do. eir Foreign and Colonial lines are flat. Northern of o ' Lswestott, qua. e per ot. 100 Norfolk ... .... Do. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do .... - SOT' France have receded is. ; an d Namur and Lie g e, r s• "tenches., Btu., & Matl. all 1..31N.W.1( M ll 14 Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada, l i tiddl n es d b y r '4 , ll.(ad ord car... 100 Statik.u&d.D.arl: . 91 100 . 9.5' A and East Indian are also at lower quotations. lewkt.By. Ex, gn. 5 p.c. , 51.58.6 Bn. Counties 4 fpm pm Northern and Eastern all Do ... 58 60 igb 0: Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are at .. .. lv , , Do. 6 per cent all nO • to' slightly improved rates. London and County have Do. kixed 5 per cent..,. all Do . Preston and Wyre ell Lai IL Wt.- -.- ... advanced is.; London and Westminster, ss. ; and 03. 1 Share s -t- ...... -••' ar Do Ottoman Bank, 10s. Canada Land shares improved % Vil g e t p G r u e . ot th -l a t t c o lli c u '.. an ., a 110 (.It.Nortl.en , 140 114 k . she. Rh., and Goole ,18.11.6 Lan. h York. - about is. to 10s. earewebury & Hereford. all Mr.T.Braney 9 10 , South Staffordshire all Mr. M'Clean 9! 104 G, •- .4 Consols for money and account, 96f R. 40 j1 Wear Talley Do. do all Stock.* Dar. - , all Do 231 341 )res --- - ------_ Wilts and Somerset...-. 100 Grt. Western 90 92 _ _ .. s Wimbledon is Croydon all , Lon. h Erlich 8 9 ” Iloo lo eff 0 GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF FO UR a 1 or AND A-HALF PER CENT. gRitYIiBIUSON SHAUL ad 0' : t if --..—. ,is - , ofe TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU N. Stare. Railway a. Pall. °te e i ng prim Done. . ll:ninths mu- J r0a..... ta,........5....mr e5...3....) ..-VIZIO. ....4111.17•1101. , 5k.... ...sossm... 8 711,—Having seen the observations of your correspndent, 11 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. a few days since, in reference to the Red Sea Telegr a p h, I pref. (Issued at 650..... all 49 51 i; tb e have made careful inquiry into its merits, and find that it is r Stk. Brie. & Emet.4 p.ct. St( te, 100 96 96 011- • 0 13 INDISPUTABLY guaranteed 41 per cent. by the British 10 Do do. do. Shares 9 ~. .... ell!. t1 Government.—Your obedient servant, Stock Do 101., 41 p. c lO OllO 104 106 12.10 Do. I shares, No. 2. d . ........ . d WM. BROWNE. rl O 00 London, Aug. 31, 1858. en ,e. .... 1 1 )t°° Ror ° lit) ! s a t 0 " . 5 & per il c' 1 e Y e ll n u t a . .' . 5 . k . . P c . . 1 10 00 0 ... . , , 61 Dun.,Perth, di Aber. Jn:-..c.i all 5 / I to it 0, (6 6 t1 1 . Jerk and Bandon, 519. c. „ o il Stock 51.1nglian Class A. Shares 100 ... .. y i lV 4 , 1 0 Stock Do. Class 11 6 per cent ye fil 1 0 1 i FATAL RAILWAY A CCIDENT.—On Sunday after is. e 4 0 noon a person, whose name is supposed to be Ray, was at Stock e D . c C . C oon las . s E C x 7 . I p p er . o c t e . n N t . 0 : 100140 1 1 0 1 3 7 1 1 0 19 5 ' 101 t he Kingston station, on the South-Western Railway, Btkil Do No. -1 100 115 117 n'Bl A S' ' I Do. New 6 per cent. Stoc) , 100 132 ISA t Tb '' o o a man who had neglected to take his ticket. )1 cc or The former volunteered to go to the booking office, and neck los .. Urion, 4 p.ct lOO 50 A Stock Lam., 6 per cent lOO .... I ( n* a E r of procure the ticket. In order to get there he imprudently 15 &Ss fict.Tork. June. titth all .... ass erno ' , Oll made an attempt to cross the line just at the very moment Stock Mtn. & Glas. 5 p.c. share, 100 .... .... - il igrs' that the train was in sight. The engine-driver, as well as Stock Win., Perth, and DundaL ' 100 the guard, saw the imminent danger the man was exposed Stock Purness 5 per cont 100 —.— r. 4 , 0 to, and the former sounded his whistle as shrillly as he possi _ei• t o Sly could, andlat the same time shut off the steam, whilst sp t .e p e . u et 100 1 100 122 123 Id re e the guard applied the breaks most vigorously, but they 86 11i nco oc clik k 041F5ap.t.k.cN8.1°.17adtreholetrfa' h10,10p. , . 100 lit 116 f , a, ) a ..stn' Stock Do. 44 per cent. d 0..... ... 100 107 109 were unable to stop the train in sufficient time to allow the 100 D 0.5 p.c.Scrip,red..at 5 p. , 60 66 47 Y ` - )lr' unfortunate man to get upon the platform. The buffers of of ' 1 ,110 in' 0 the engine struck him, hurling him across the metals, when 10 it.Nb.of Scotland,ist pre all 11 111 SO Gt.fin.aWn. (Ireland) 41 lel the wheels of the locomotive, and those of several carriages 100 •se ... l ' teP passed over his body, literally cutting him to pieces. The per cent. pi et.etoex elec .e ot 60 Qt. West. (Barks 4 Ilan!. poor fellow's remains were promptly removed frost the line. Es. 5 per cent) 8 -- ..... I usol It is hardly necessary to state that death was instan taneous. Sto ck Do. Con.dinedm.44 per ot llO 91 93 WO g " l ot Not the least blame can be attributab!e to the company, Stock Do. do. 4 percent lOO 81 8 5 6 t net t oo for if ordinary foresight had been used by the decease d h e Stock Do. Irredeemable 4 per et. 100 53 8 rill! 4 ,01 could have seen the train approaching when it reached the Stock Do. a per et. redeem. ere! 100 96 9 0, 8 alit 'lO junction, a long distance off. a Do. Binning. pref , shares all 94 ... hII 10 Do.Chestcr 8 p.c.pr.sharol all le4 171 171 a I,o' c e DREADFUL ACcIDENT.—A very melancholy occur- 10 Do. do. 5 per oent. do . all 91 104 Se! , 14 rl 0 rence, resulting in the instantaneous death of one man and Stock Do. Binning. guar. stock.. 100 72 74 DSc ,j 0 161 Do. Chester guar. shares.. all 181 191 1 , ti the serious injury of another, took place at Chalderness, in 111 71 AB' 184 Do. do. do T o -„ 0 the parish of Tingwall , S hetland, on the after noon of Satur day. A quarryman, resi din g in Lerwick, had left his home Ste 10 00. do. do all 111 141 ck Lan. & Yorkshire 6 per c lOO IEB 140 in the morning, to blowup, by 'Beans of a charge of powder, Ctock *.ond.& Erligh. gutt.s. p. o lOO .... 40 Some stones at a place where a new croft is in course of ',oak Do. Prof. sp. et. Stook PO 0 0 formation. In the afternoon, the train of one of the blasts hock Do. New viz. 6 per ea: A. 100 . ... i 'll l ell 'd having only burnt half-way, another attempt to get it to go stock Do. do. 4 per mat - ... • VI I o i . Sto c k lr'' , l W Cov•,li Nunes off Was equally unsuccessful, when it was resolved not to l 4 t n o .n, i s . per " cen t ' ' - 00 1 Ity if, blow it aga in. The hole had bee n bored p retty nearly to Stock .ondon ond &West. 7 p.c. 100 11 8 1 r 63 ] • . t rir the powder, when a spark produced by the iron employed in 124 fondant , . 8; Cole, 1 Pharr. all —. ..... o° ll 'o7' boring reached it, and instantly drove the iron right into 184 Londonderry& Ennsh. all ... J.. the yeatt —8 forehand of the unfortunate quarryman, killing him on Stock 111ilAn., lOO 118 112 the s cOll ' I RS pot, Another man standing close b ' y was struck by Do. 31 per cent... .. .. . .... 100 65 70 91 ) 11 pe the stones blown up by the explosion. and was much injured. Stock 111 Haryport and Carl. 4 p.c. ~ 8 • rj O. The body of the other man was taken to Lerwick in the 55L 5 Do. do. 41 per cent au ... ...• ' 1 D Sll ° ‘l .4 .oZloti.ll per cent. Stook 1 1 0 ° 0 1 .... . o f , „Der • ..., ....... oi. 4 evening in a cart. He has left a widow and a large family.— Le' cs' Northern Ensign. !moor Stock Do.Con.Bris.k Btr.6 p.a. 100 111 140 Stock Do. 1 j s w il e i i p e n with s e on. Fre t.pd t H iIl: M t:1 r l ° l:l f k 4 . 5 2 6 - 4 "i fl ; 100 104 106 MACHINERY FOR S IBER IA .—Messrs. Hand side and vo- 10 3 0 94 1 96 1 PM Co., OD ° i d of Derby, are now finishing some machinery for the Rto 6 ck Pig.. ci° •- 1 /' Russian Government, consisting of two horizontal steam 10 Owport, Aber. Atc.pre! 1 all engines, of 150 horse power, with expansion valves upon the to ao.Perpet. eP. c all 111 111 e ilie ' e . 3 o' . 1 0 equilibrium principle. These engines are coupled together, 10 or? Debenture Share& all 81 9/ VI Ito work Stock la. 5 per c., Ex. bk., 1866 100 _ ,re c:10, t at quarter strokes—the fly wheels over five )o. op. c. Pre!. Sk., 1147 100 ... Stock . 5p .c.14 sr.VaLEx.bk „ 100 .. pet/r il e 481; lilting pumps, twenty incites diameter each, two of the d IS and one plunging, are to be worked by these ;WI engines; four boilers, with double fireboxes and flues, con- P i k sT, - ) ° 3 r . t i ll e 2 P r r i e tt3 fe h reeee Articled for burning wood—each 30 feet long and six feet Stock sih.Eastorn —Ber, 4 p.c.D • 100 951 991 991 Ili five nehes diameter. IR a few days this machinery and 410-1 au. ( la. do. Blt 4 t ail l pu ' du ,Nets i engines will be forwarded to St. Petersburg, and thence 17 --, 0. Leo a,, 6 per ct We. 1: .... .... 3filp e ti overland a distance of 3,500 miles to Irkutch, on the river°arta , Otis— ... e. 01 50. , . SO foli L in lit. . , Lean . degrees north, long. 135 degrees east, or • Pt .n, fete ii. &S. e.,r- L. Ire i die p ee d ll about 5,000 tags from D 'will be l d erhy. They in pumping water from an iron mine 000 feet deep, be- Stock °IL:4"i" longing to at; Aussiun Clovemmeni.—Den is siortht LaffordifilTe &W01.,6 p.c. le. 100 118 110 ^,k Do. do, 6p.e. td Jo. 100 -... to Reporter. • btcci Do, 44 p. 0 Donative 5k 100 , 9$ 109 lis 1, THE StrN, LONDON, TUVIDAY EVENING, ATTGITST 81, 1858. raid. Swine. s Molars Don, 7t TG 122 121. 125 118 10i J. 24 211 10t 164 102 100 17 19. _... .... pm 40 45 IBBIGN. Mc:ens 1:1•:cs. par pm * At• ypm * dis * pm 7 8 13 12 die 83 88 74 82 75 $0 pill 11 11 Pm par t IP I P 105 106 .(THIS DAY). I i pm PAilTrsys, flottish:l7antni,new prof. 3ck '.1.1.3t. N. E, Debenture ock ~s. p. c. pref. ock D 3. O. Ater. y. 6p. c ock Do, 7 p. c. prof. stock .es. death Db V 011. Fixed 4i per cont. ..... c, 0 6 13.filutn. °UFA. In.)10s eil ock !Do. 4} per cent Cock I Do. fixed 4} p. cent. lot ock I Do. New 4i p. cent. '2d is. South Wales guilt 4 r. et. "Z Do. do. per eelit le Sh.loritahlre, 4p. 15 Stockton & Darling. sp. c 15 Do. do. 5 per cen+ -k WMqr, ny 6 p. et, COLONIAL A Ealll'ayi. I . Lthutic & St, Lawrel ca, Boi-a.Barcdrs,.t Do. Additional Capital A so B. Buffalo & Lake Huron !Do. New Banalo,Brant, & Goderich '6 p. c. bds. 1 Aug., 1872.,.1 ,, 'Do. do. 1 July, 1878 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 loalcutta & S. Eastern Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Dude (Limited) 1 Ceylon I _. I)e - gnerara Ilastern Bengal Bad Indian Do. C., shares ....... Do. E shares Eaten... Do, Jubbulpore Do. 4} p. c. Bonds, pay.'s 9 Geelong and Melbouree, Geelong Corporation 6 p. cent. Bouds Grand Trunk of Osnalb... i Do. 6 per c. Debentures... Do. 6 p. c. Pret. Le Great Indian Pearls ea Do, New 5 pet cent Do. do. Great South of India Great Western of Canada Do.nenr Bo.bonds payable '76 Do. do. '76, do. '6O Do. do. '73, wlthe - - opt Do. 54 p.c. do. 77, do !Madras Do. new, do. 5 por cent.., Do. 41 p. 1. Eaten Do. third Exton, g. 5 p. O Do. fourth do New Brunswick, Stc. (Urn ) Do. do. B Capital Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do. New Punjaub Do. Indus Steam Flotilla Trinidad, Limited, Scrip Antwerp and Rotterdam Bahia & San Francisco, Belgian Eastern Julaction Beziers to Graissessac Cannella' &Toulouse Dutch Rhenish. Eastern of France Euphrates Talley treat Central of Prance_ Gt. Luxembourg, con. ohs Italian Junction Lake Constance and Basle' Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lanza & Pisto',u, 5 p.c.pref Lyons and Genets !Sarin Antonia ',lloa St Liege Do. do. 6 per cent. prof lorthern of Franco Do. do. new :icrwasian Trunk Fretar. Ottoman Pans and Lyons ?via bnd Orleans.,.. geeVe & San Frain.. g. 7 p.c Riga & Dunaburg Borne and Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. Si per cent. prof Southern of France West Flanders Do.slper cent. Pref W est. as Nortian.of France Western of Austria Western of Swit!miland Wiesbaden COLONIAL GOVER: Can. Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July Do. 6 p.c. Feb.&Aug.! Do. 6 p.c. Mar.&Sep. l N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July Do. 6 p.c. Apr. & Oct.' N.S.W.Gov. 5 p. c. Debent.) Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p.c. St.l Debent. redeemable 1875 S.Aus. Gt. 6 p.c. Jan.&July Vict. Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July '3IENT SECURITIES. 100 100 100 100 100 I ^ 100 90i 101 112, 1131 111 113 111 113 10i 117,q 100 109 111 100 100 111 100 - - ill3i i lONE% w Mi e. nts. U.. cnoi... , ?TI Bull"' A '''' M ' Dons 10 ( Australian I 1 /1 I 1 ............. I Bon Accord Copper, limd. 10s. 1 4 pas 15 'BrasiLinn Imp. Us. at 54. p.) 27 1 15 10 11)o. Bt. John del Boy l6 11 12 5 , Do. Land & Mining Co all 11 II 1 , Do. Copper all 39 41 50 ..... Dun Copper Mining Co all I 1125 I Yor tuns I all 14 24 10 Genoral all I? 20 ILnares I 5 liasitanian ll 11 1 dig 1 IMariqulta 1 ,New Granada all 1 1 10 iPontgibaud Silver, ,to all 5 7 1 5 (Port Philip i 1 1 I! 1 10 Santiago de Cabs l6. 1' 18 181 United Mexican all 2 fli (Alfred Consols (Thillack) 1.11.11 8 9 10 (British Iron 1 14 24 SI Condurrow (Camborno) lO 50 60 10 (Devon Great Consols 1 1 455 465 ••• (East Bassett (Mogan) ; SO 103 105 - (Groat South Tolgua ' 17v. IS 16 .... par Consols (St. Blaxloy) 14 164 175 - taortridge Consols Man. uo. 66. 1 1 I Tamar Silver and Lead, Mining Co I 4 4 I I 19 Tin Croft 9 14 11 Wont Bunt (IllOkan) 1 l l 175 190 i d JOLKT STOCI BAWLS. - I:lsinss: ihars. Joint Stock Banks. ?sir.. 1 Closing PAM. D 0, ."" 1 100 I Agra & United Service Bk 5(1 - - 685 40 la.ustralasks sil 88 90 88 15 IBank of Egypt all 211 25 100 'Bank of London SO 45 47 1 d 40 IBrit. Col. 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Dom ........... •attitlEtr..a moriall...••=ll ........,* IMINILICSAIIII ........ . 1 " . " . 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 15 1000 Atlantic Zelegh. (limited) all 840 BGO 25 Australian Agricultural,— 19 33 s 5 3/1 10 Australian Royal Ma L all 1 15 10 Berlin Water Works all 3 4 10 Do. New 3 • 50 13 , 1thn American La^..l.. 40 50 Bri. St Irish Mag. Tel. A all 42 44 20 Do. B. 7p. c. till 186" Sc) Do. C I all 16 17 100 IJanada Land ati 115 120 18 Stock Cop. Miners of England all 25 SO 25 Do. Preference 75 per cent. all 26 30 5 Crystal Palace all 15 If 15 5 Do. preference all 45 4 10 Eastern Steam all 2 25 Stack Electric Telegraph lOO 107 109 5 English and Austl.Copper, all 15 If 10 European & Indian Junc. Telegraph .. los. ...., 9 Euro.&Amer.Stesm(Lim.) l all 15 2 20 General Iron ScrewCollite all • 15 General Stearn Navigation ' 14 i 10 London Discount 5 11 15 die 4 Lou. Gen. Omnibus C 0 , all 25 25 1.. Itoditern.Elec. Telegraph all 10 Do. Enter.. (Limited) 1 all 75 35 15 National Discount Co , 5 If 01 die 10 Netherlands Laud 1 6 „... 10 Do. do , all 1 2 S Do. Bp. c. prof. is. at 1 dis! all 15 15 100 N. Br. and N. Scotia Land 80 1 N. B. Australasian all 5 5 20 North of Europe Steam._ all 26 3 1 Orients.) Gas all 1 15 Do. " Now Shares" lse. die 5 pm 6 Peel B,lver Laud &Mhaeral! all 21 15 50 Penin. and Oriental Steam j all 81 1.5 50 Do. Lew 1 10 75 8 D. 50 ahyn‘ney Iron all 215 221 15 Do. Now all et 7 110 R.oyal Mail Steam 6O 60 St 1 ?.c..ittish Aust. Investment all 15 15 15 Sonth Australian Land.— all 38 40 1 .11 . y.r.:,rine Teloc. Scrip all 5 15 1 Dc.do.rc(istorecl I all fl 5 2 + Trust & Loan Co. , Canada 5 ... 100 ,Van Vent on's Land_: 585 105 111 I 1 Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-otlice from the Governors of the North American Pro viores, Helialand, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. _ THE WORTHING CATASTROPHE.-011 Sunday, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the funeral of the children of Mr. Torr—Elizabeth, Ada, and Florence—and Clementina Jackson, with the boatman Bland and his wife, took place at Broadwater church, about one mile from Worthing, and almost within sight of the spot where the recent dreadful calamity occurred. The bodies were placed in a hearse, and attended by a file of mourners, and not less than 3,000 spec tators. At the porch of the ancient church at Broadwater the bodies were r eceived by the l'ev. E. K. Elliott, 8.A., the incumbent of the parish,and immediately afterwards the b eau tiful edifice, which is considered to be one of the finest specimens of the Norman and Saxon periods in this country of an ecclesiastical char a cter, was crowded to excess. The burial service was rea d in an impressive manner by the rev. incumbent. At four o'c lock in the morn ing the b od ie s of s M in a i r t y h tSarah,hee h George, and Clara Ann ildren w ho also drowned by the oversetting of the Mary Eliza, were were removed by special train to the residence of their father in town for interment. The brave man Lester, who saved the sur vivors, was one of the chief mourners at Broadwater. During the reading of the funeral service scarcely a dry eye was to be seen. POLICE IN MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—CRUELLY USING A HoasE.—John Carpenter, of Chippers.field, King's Lang ley, Herts, carman to William Ellis, a hay carter, was charged at the instance of Mr. Wm. Love, chief constable of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with working a horse in an unfit condition. Simeon Sell, one of the Royal Society's officers, said be was in the New-road when he saw the defendant driving the horse, and his attention was called to it from seeing it tremble as if in great pain. He went up and examined the horse, and on removing the saddle discovered two large old wounds; there was also a large raw wound on the shoulder, and the collar was pressing on it, and both wounds were very raw, and the horse was altogether in a very low condition. The magistrate having examined the horse (which was standing in front of tke court, and was in a very pitiable condition—a mere skeleton), asked the defendant what he had to say to it. The defendant said it was not so bad when he brought it out. The magistrate said he could not allow a horse to be worked in such a condition. It was too bad. The officer of the society hail very properly brought him to the court. He would take a lenient view c,f the case and let him but he would advise him ❑ot to do so again. Tile officers of the society would have their eyes on him, and he mialit depend upon it that if he was brought there again he would be severely dealt with. THAMES.—DRUNKENNESS, DELIRIUM TREMENS, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE'.--NiCho/aS LartViek, aged 28, a stout, able-bodied Norwegian seaman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat. The complainant, Richard Sanderson, of No. 142, High street, Shadwell, said he was a lodging-house keeper, and the prisoner had boarded with him since he* was paid off eight days ago, and had been thinking to excess ever since, until he became afflicted with delirium tremens ' and scarcely knew what he was about. This morning he heard a great noise in the prisoner's bed-room, and the breaking of glass and furniture. The noise continued for some time, and be went up stairs to see what was the matter, and found the door of the prisoner's bedroom barricaded. He broke it open, and found the apartment in the greatest confusion, and the prisoner in the middle of it, staring wildly, and trembling very much. The prisoner had a knife in his hand, the blade of which was stained with blood, and he thrust it forward and said, " Kill me, kill me, for I can't do it my self;" and pulled his shirt on one side and exhibited a wound in his throat, from which the blood was flowing copiously. The knife was taken from the prisoner, and a surgeon was called upon to attend him, who sewed up the wound. In answer to Mr. Selfe, the witness said that the prisoner came from Bombay in a British ship, the Ladyo ttavia, and had been almost continually drunk. Mr. Selfe— And spent all his wages, I suppose ? The prisoner—Yes, sir, and I wish to get to sea again as soon as I can. Mr. Selfe asked how much the prisoner received on Tues day last. The prisoner—l had £2O, mine worship. I have had the horrors, mine worship, for the last five days. Mr. Selfe—What a shocking thing it is that you should be so foolish as to spend all your hard-earned wages in one week, and get into this dreadful condition, and attempt to take away your own life. The prisoner— Oh, the horrors, mine worship, the horrors. Mr. Selfe—The horrors. Yes; it is the horrors, indeed. You are in a state of delirium tremens. Did you encourage him to drink, Mr. Sanderson ? Mr. Sanderson—No, I did not indeed, sir. I never en courage seamen who lodge in my house to drink. He drunk nothing in my house. Richard Harris, a seaman, was a shipmate of the prisoner's, and confirmed the statement of Mr. Sanderson as to the prisoner having been continually " on the drink" since he came home. Mr. Selfe--Have you spent ali your money ? Harris—No, I have not. The prisoner—l have got the horrors, let me go, mine worship, and I will go to sea. Mr. Selfe could not liberate the prisoner in his present condition, and would remand him until Thursday to the House of Detention, where he would be taken care of and properly treated. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUS- TRALIA. THE PANAMA ROUTE. Yesterday afternoon a deputation representing a large num ber of bankers, merchants, and other persons interested in the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay, and New Zealand, waited by appointment upon Sir E. Bulwer at the Colonial-aice, to present a memorial in favour of the esta blishment of anew postal communication via Panama. Tue deputation consisted of the Hon. Sir Henry Watson Parker, late Colonial Secretary of New South Wales; the Hon. Robert Johnson, and the Hon. R. J. Want, Members of the Legislative Council of New South Wales ; Mr. G. A. Lloyd, Agent for the Government of New South Wales ' • Messrs. John Algo, Dona ld Larn a ch, and William Walker of New South Wales; Mr. J. C. Fitzgerald, late Member of the Executive Council of New Zealand; Messrs. W. J. Graham and Edward Blacket, of Auckland ; Mr. Day, Emi gration Agent, late of Melbourne; and Mr. R. Moore, Of Paris, The deputation having been introduced, The Hon. Mr. PARKE R said that he had the honour to present a memorial from the Australian colonies and New Zealand, urging upon her Majesty's Government the im portance of establishing a steam mail communication by way of Panama between England and the Australian colonies and New Zealand. The memorial was signed by about 400 of the most influential gentlemen in the colonies and this country connected with the colonial trade, and was in the following terms : " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART., SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLCY :LIES, &C., &C. "The memorial of the undersigned bankers, merchants and others, inhabitants of, or otherwise interestei in the welfare of, the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay, and New Zealand, " Sliewelb,-1. That your memorialists have suffered great inconvenience, and, in some instances, considerable loss, in consequence of the delays and irregularities which have hitherto attended the performance of the postal service between this country and the Australian colonies. " 2. That, even with the present insufficient communica tion, the mails are rapidly increasing in bulk and import ance, whilst an amount of traffic is springing up which de monstrates the profitable results that would arise from a postal service conducted with regularity and despatch. "3. That the increasing wealth and importance of the Australian colonies, and the rapid development of their resources, demand a more frequent postal communication than has hitherto been maintained with this country ; and that for such purpose a fortnightly mail ought to be esta blished. " 4. That whilst in deference to the wishes of the southern aria western colonies of the Australian group the route by way of Suez should be maintained, the interests of the northern and eastern colonies demand that a new route by way of Panama should - oe established, the mails being con veyed alternately by either route, so that each portion •f the whole group may share equally the great advantage derived from being made the point of first arrival and of last departure of the mails. "5. That the insufficiency of the postal service yid Suez to the wants of the northern and eastern colonies is such that twice only in the time during which it has been in use have replies been received from Sydney by return of post; it is comparatively of little use to the dis trict of Moreton Bay (about shortly to be erected into a separate colony), which would receive its mails via Pa nama as soon as Melbourne ; and New Zealand, although willing to share the expense, can derive but little advan tage from the service. "6. That the feeling of the colonists of New South Wales ' and New Zealand has already been clearly manifested, the Governments of both those colonies having unanimously voted a large sum to establish a mail service by the Panama route—the former £35,000 a-year, the latter £45,000. And this feeling has again been strongly expressed by the Legis lature of New South Wales, as appears in recent accounts received from that colony. "7. That whilst your memorialists believe that the Suez route ought to be maintained as having the incidental ad vantage of keeping open the intercourse between Australia and the British dependencies in the East, the Panama route presents still more important incidental advantages as opening the communication with the British colonies in North America, the West India Islands, and the newly discovered gold fields on the North-West Coast, as well as with the United States and with the coasts of South America, between which and the Australian colonies commercial re lations of great importance already exist. "8. That the importance of the Panama route is im mensely enhanced by the completion of telegraphic com munication with America, by which intelligence may be conveyed between the Australian colonies and England in about 30 days. " 9. That upon every consideration, whether of commer cial or political convenience, the maintenance of a double line of postal service is of the highest importance as a pro vision against those contingencies to which a single line will always be more or less exposed. "And your memorialists earnestly hope that their petition may be taken into the favourable con sideration of her Majesty's Government." Sir E. L. BULWER—You are aware that the establish ment of any route of postal communication must rest with the Treasury. It is not a matter for the Colonial-office, although, undoubtedly, recommendation of the Colonial Minister will have its due weight and influence. A great number of applications have been received on this subject, and consideration from the Govern men t. they I willthin think it every it . probable that we may ultimately be able to establish a fortnightly communication with the Austra lianof Panama, the mere so in consequence ofthe"flo°rlm'icas ytibonwoafythe colony of British Columbia. But, the question is, after all, to a great extent one of expense. The Hon. Mr. PARKER referred to the great inconveni ence that had arisen from the irregularity of the mails as was pointed out in the memorial. The colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand had offered to contribute liberally towards the establishment of the proposed route. New Zealand bad offered a subsidy of £15,000 and New South Wales a subsidy of £35,000 a year. Sir E. L. BULWER—I shouldsh like to have some idea of th e p r oportionate expense the Panama route. The Hon. Mr. PARKER — Twelvemonths ago the company which now has communication with New South Wales would have been content with the colonial subsidy, inde pendent of the Imperial Government altogether ; but the line broke down somewhere on this side of Panama. Sir E. L. 131.1LWER — Was that an Australian or an Eng lish company ? The Hon. Mr. PARKER—It was the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and they would have taken the mail the whole way, but their consideration was that they had an establishment between Panama and England. Sir E. L. BITLWER—And would they have taken the rest for £50,000 a-Yearl The Hon. Mr. PARKER — Yes. The contract now in ex istenceway of Suez was not °ray most insufficient, but most expensive. by way He had been informed by a gentleman of great mercantile eminence, that if the old contracts were annulled, the two might be taken and effectually carried out for the additional £50,000. Both as regarded the Imperial Government and the colony, it was most desir able that there should be a second route. Sir E. L. By LwEu, so far as the principle is concerned, I very much agree with the memorialists, and so far as the expression of my o p inion g oes I AM in favour of the esta blishment very much so indeed. A great route have l ; lately number rnt of reasons a double arisen to render the second route necessary, and I shall be exceedingly glad to do what I can to promote it. That is all I can say ; perhaps you may think it desirable to see the Treasury on the subject. The deputation then withdrew. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONN &JILTING DAL—Yes terday the admissions on payment were 11,684 ; do. by season tickets, 848; total, 12,532. SPGRTL GENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—MoNDAy. Owing to counter attractions very few members put in an appearance, and, as a matter of course, no great amount of spcculation took place on future events. During the early part of the afternoon Fitz Roland was backed for Tne St. Leger at 4 to 1 to nearly gm), four "monkeys" being taken in one bet about him; 7 to 2 WAS the highest offer at the close. Four to 1 would have been taken about Toxo philite. Gildermire was frequently inquired after, and 20 " ponies" were taken once about her. Nothing whatever was done on The Derby. ST. LEGER. 7to 2 asst. Sir J. Hawley's Fitz Roland-4 to 1 taken freely. 7to 2 Lord Derby's Toxophilite—take 4to 1. .00 to 0 Mr. S. Williams's Knight of Kars. 15 to 1 Mr..ott's Longrauge—taken. 20 to 1 Ado • Harcourt's Gildermire—taken and off. LICHFIELD RACES.—MONDAY. FURTHER PARTICULARS. THE COPELAND HANDICAP of 5 sov each, 3 fr, with 2.5 added. A mile and a-half. 9 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Sobir ski, 3 yes, 6st 6lb (Gardiner) 1 Mr. W. Flintoff's Er.[Jo, 4 yrs, 64 Sib (Grimshaw) Mr. W. Saunders's Master Bagot, 4 yri, Sst 71b (Kendall) 3 Mr. White's Glen Eagle, 4 yes, 7st 3lb (Snowden) 4 Won by a neck. THE STAFFORDSHIRE STAKES of 50 SUSS, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared by the 21st of August ; certain penalties for winners; second to save his stake. 20 subs, sof whom declared. Two miles. 111 r. H. Wilkins ns Honeytree, 3 yrs,4st 121 b (Grimehaw) 1 Mr. J. Mott ns Thornhill, 3 yrs, sst 81b....(Moorhonse) Mr. G. Payne ns colt by Flying Daschman—Gala, 3 yrs sst Glb The following also ran :—Pensioner, Leukothea, Yonder mulin. Won by a length. THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 5 says each, with 4o added, for two-year-olds; colts, Bst 7lb; fillies, Bst 31b; certain penalties and allowances. Half a mile. 16 subs. Mr. T. Bell's Marseillaise, Bst 31b (Grimmer) 1 Mr. Bates's Raspberry, Bst 31b (Osborne) 2 Mr. H. Wadlow's Brandy Ball, Bst 71b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Marmalade, Spratton, and Aston. Won by three lengths. THE TAMWORTH PLATE of 30 says, handicap, for all ages; certain penalties. Six furlongs. Mr. J. S. Barber's Nougat, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 1 Mr. It. Wilson ns Spider, 3 yrs, 7st alb 2 Mr. J. Yardley ns Silkmore, 4 yrs, 7st slb 3 The following also ran :—Lizzie, Independence, Windfall, Sir Isaac, and Castaside. Won by a neck. THE SELLING HANDICAP of 3 sows each, with 20 added, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for .50 sovs. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. H. Wilkins's Ferndale, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 1 Mr. J. oiborne's Spider, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Nougat, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 3 Silkinore and Echo also ran. Won by a bead. AQUATICS. SCULLERS' RACE FOR FORTY POUNDS. A scullers' race came off yesterday between Thomas Coombes, of Millbank, and Frederick Lett, men who were In their time good scullers, and have had several antagonistic conflicts, but who have not been rowing for several years. The distance was from Putney to Barnes. The steamboat Venus, which was well filled, accompanied the race. Lett had the best place, but his opponent went away with the lead, which he maintained, winning ultimately with ease. The roughness of the weather militated very much against Lett, who, however, throughout rowed one of the best stern wagers ever seen. Both were in fine condition and rowed well. CIIELSEA REGATTA. The thirty-seventh annual regatta at Chelsea, for a purse of sovereigns and other prizes, came off yesterday, and was attended by a vast number of persons, being managed by Joseph Cole, sen. It was a scullers' race, and resulted as follows : • FIRST lIEAT. John Prince (Blue) 1 11. White (White) 2 Joseph Cole (Red) 0 Won by two lengths. SECOND HEAT. Thomas Cole (Green) 1 John Cole (Pink) 2 R. Meekiff (Stripes) 0 Won by two lengths and a-half. GRAND HEAT. White Blue 2 I Green A good heat, won by two lengths. The distance was between Chelsea College and Cremorne, once round. The military season is over at Aldershott, and the other popular places of warlike entertainment are fast preparing winter quarters. The great Engineer barrack on the banks of the Medway has kept open a few days later with brilliant attractions, but only for a short time, and yesterday the last display was made in one of those interesting and well managed siege operations for which Chatham has become so widely and justly celebrated. The programme on this occasion was almost as varied in incidents and effects as any day of actual hard siege fight ing. There was cannonading, springing mines under land and water, escalading, pontooning, crossing bridges, and blowing up stockades,—in fact, all, and a good deal more than all, which any one could hope to witness even in a siege of the most complicated and desperate character. The day, therefore, was looked forward to apparently with a good deal of interest, not alone on account of the opera tions themselves, but because, perhaps, they were to be the last of the kind fur the year, and because, as it was generally believed, his Royal Highness the Com mander-in-Chief would conduct the operations in person. Iu the latter expectation the Chatham public were certainly disappointed, and also, we imagine, in the operations them selves, for from one cause or another the commencement was delayed till so late in the afternoon that the siege and sham assault, the only things which bore curtailing, were all compressed into the space of a few minutes, and the fight terminated before the firing had well informed the public of what was going on. The weather, too, as no doubt many of our readers have had cause to observe for themselves on similar occasions, exercised an important adverse influence. During all the early part of the morning it rained with that dogged obstinacy peculiar to such holiday occasions in England, and though towards the middle of the day it cleared up fine and warm, yet the mischief was done, and any influx of visitors from the country effectually prevented. The siege works upon this occasion had been undertaken, to perfect the young officers and men studying military engineering at Chatham, in carrying out the most important details of their tactics in that practical manner which eat only be acquired by the experience of actual siege operations on a large, though bloodless scale. For this purpose, therefore, actual siege was laid to that portion of the Chatham defences round the steep bill over looking St. Mary's Creek, and enclosing the barracks to wards New Brompton. It is some time since the siege com menced, for everything has been done according to the most approved rules and regulations of civilised and very modern warfare. Not a cod was turned which was not ne cessary to the attacking party—not a thistle was cut down or a blade of grass uprooted but upon the soundest strate getical reasons. The only difference (rather an important one, it is true) between the approaches in this case and those of an ordinary siege was that there was no defence. No matter what batteries were erected or what dangers seemed to threaten Chatham, the defenders gave no heed. There were no sorties or alertes, rifle pits or mines to contend against, yet, notwithstanding such rather favourable circumstances, the attack progressed but slowly, for every step had to be taught to both men and junior offi cers, and since the ground was first broken some months have elapsed ere the place has been completely invested. However, in spite of all delays, the last approaches, with all their sanguinary etceteras of mines, fougasses, breaching batteries, and so on, were completed, and nothing remained but to "deliver," as it is termed in military parlance, the final assault at 2 o'clock yesterday, though, as it turned out, the delivery was by no means made with that punctuality which usually distinguishes military appointments in such matters. As we have intimated, it was anticipated that the Curnmaader-in-Chief would either conduct or witness the ' operation, so, in order to give extra eclat to the occasion, there was to be pontooning across St. Mary's Creek to the island, with subaqueous explosions and a trial of various kinds of improvised bridges for use in the field. The place besieged was situated in the heights over the creek—a salient angle of the works, including several strong bastions and batteries, and defended, of course, like other parts of the Chatham lines, by a very broad and deep dry ditch. In spite of this de- AN INTERESTING EXCURSION.—This morning there fence, however, as even the mimic siege showed beyond a was an immense assemblage of people in and near the doubt, this salient is a very weak part of the works, so church and schools of St. Thomas, Stepney, to witness the weak, indeed, as to quite justify the opinion that, though departure of 800 children (who are receiving their educe- an attack on it might occasion heavy loss, it could, never tion in the national schools attached to St. Thomas's toeless, be taken with comparatively . as much ease and cer- Church) for the park of Mr. Pemberton Barnes, near tainty, in spite of its defence, as if, in the case of the pre- Romford, in Essex, where they are to spend the day. There sent siege, it never fired a defensive shot at all. were 30.1arge vans, each dra wn b y two horses, ens a g ed fo r Against ' this weak point the sieg e had been regularly the occasion. The children of both sexes w ere d ec o rated ressed, with the usual approaches of first, second, third, with rosettes and ribbons of al l c olo urs; there was a profuse and fourth paralle le, _ e - p it s , zigzags, breastwork, and mines, and their acco mpaniments of covering display of flags, banners, and other insignia of holiday- b a tteries to each, rifle-pits, making, and the children , before they left the so that when comple te the whole trenches cover a ver y schools, set up a continuous cheering and shout- large extent of ground. Taking the whole, from first to last, ing for half an hour. The vans for the girls all these approaches were most admirably executed, and were drawn up in Arbour-street West, and those for with as much care and solidity literally as if the lives of all the boys in Arbour-street East. One van contained the concerned in the attack depended on them. All the parallels provisions for the children, guarded by a bevy of fair dames. were deep and capacious, the breastworks high and massive, Each van, after receiving its little merry freight of humanity, the musketry loops strong and admirably concealed. The pulled up in Arbour-square. At ten o'clock the van pro- insides of all the works were carefully rivetted with turf cession started amidst uproarious cheers from the assembled and fascines ; the outsides showed little to the fire of the multitude, re-echoed by the happy children. As the vans enemy, and there were shell-pits and refuges for the men as if passed down the Mile-end-road, the children in one every sod had been turned under a tremendous fire of bombs, and in them only, the expe were singing the " National Anthem," in another " Rule with stout and well-made banquettes for the men to stand Britannia," in a third " Wait for the Waggon," and in others on and fire over the parapet, against sorties or enemy's rifle " We won't go home till morning." The last song appeared to besiegers men. Whenever the zigzags were compelled to turn so as to be the favourite. The Rev. Mr. Valentine, the incumbent, be exposed, however distantly, to the enfilading fire from of St. Thomas, Mrs. Valentine and her daughters, the curate the besieged, traverses crossed the approach at close inter of St. Thomas, Mr. Warren, the master of the Colet d in ete th et e e s d e traverses, tbnttlle schools, the churchwardens, kc., accompanied the excur- had never had to sion. About 40 young ladies, who intended to join in encounter the enemy's fire, for they were unquestionably too the demonstration could not find room in the vans, and weak to withstand the effects of any but the very lightest two more were sent for, which arrived in Arbour-street artillery. The magazines, however, were, as the English East, at 11 o'clock, and they were soon filled, and drove magaz i nes a lways are, protected withl the most solid works, rapidly away. Great preparations have been made by Mr. riencedvais•ltewyr and the batteries thrown up at various points were 18 feet Pemberton Barnes to make the day one of great happinweisisl thick in the embrasures. In the construction of the works to the children, and there is no doubt the little_ ones ts _ wrought iron solid gabions had been used with the iron fullyld fete appreciate his kindness. The expenses of band hoop gabions and those of the common hazel have been defrayed by subscription. and ash twigs. The latter d b • R ICHM OND. --- The are re as being lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, RICIIM of beyond all doubt the best where wood and labour are success which has attended the restoration ad9dt reopeningisoe more, this theatre has been most complete; n_ a ot :he nobility and as well as the facility with which any number can be made after a lapse of many years, the resort and transported, gives them an immense advantage over any performances on Tues gentry of the neighbourhood. The the Duchess Dowager others for convenience. Niue batteries had been constructed day last were by desire of her Grace to assist at e the final assault—all of different kinds, but all, Royal Highness th of Northumberland. On Friday his and Major-General l Sier or nearly all, converging their fire on the casemate battery Duke d'Autnale bespoke the play; Frances Countessa and redan wall of the besieged place. The armament of these Russell,. . Edward Bowater, Lord J.besieging works seldom exceeded two pieces—howitzers, 18- the Hon. Justice Haliburton, and Waldegrave, Gen. Peel, pounders, or 32-pounder siege guns. There was an admi other their intention ' influential residents have signified of Mr. and rably-constructed masked battery—quite hidden—to sweep doing the same during the season their Mrs. 1, .'f.V• Sidne y the dry ditch ; this was No. 4. Nos. 5 and 6 batteries were are already established favourites,and per performances applause; placed so as to command the re-entering angles of the be are nightly hailed genuinewith osom would 1 s eged works. No. 7 battery had a mine of 271 b. of powder suggest to Mr. Sidney the policy to breach the redan, and a counter battery next it, and in the male department, d ing his companyand impressing also opposite the redan, had the same charge for the upon them the necessity of being rather more perfect in same purpose in another deep mine. These works were their delivery of the text. We are glad to observe the im- connected with a line of rifle-pits admirably constructed provement in the band. and concealed, and in rear of them was a cavalier bat- EVERY MAN ails OWN TRUMP ETER . B y G . W tery , l oo ped in all p ar t s f or r ifl emen , an d d e f en d e d w ith Thornburg. 3 Vols.—" The spirit, dash, picturesqueness, cohorns from behind. This was the besiegers' right attack. and completeness which characterised M r . Th orn b ur y's The left was also of several strong batteries, with some 20 ' Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads,' will le found fougasses (small mines) in a flying sap, running direct upon hi every chapter of his new novel. Th e l atter i s an excee d. the case m at e b a tt ery , an d a l mos t a t r i g ht angleswith the cur ingly glittering drama, well Put upon the stage, the per- tain to be escaladed. The men at the breaching guns and swages accurately defined and strikingly varied, the scenery others close to the works were " endangered" by some of touched by the hand of ad artist, and the action sustained the clumsiest se^ '' t ' .aataile s over the muzzles of the pieces (to untiringly from the first scene to the l as t. W e recommend aaa • t the fire of the besieged riflemen) which we re ever Mr. Thornbury's vivacious b oo k to t h e wor ld o f "-• 0 o ut r eaders."--.4theneetent. I _ .auvel devised. In native serv ice such mantlets would fly like grap e inis. .. among the defenders of a b a tter y , and do ten times more - , ~, chief than either rotted abet °retell. /made the hreasiess lay what are known among the men by the name of " sap pers"—large gabions trebly lined with massive wattles, and used to shelter the men while digging a rifle pit. Such were the siege works on this occasion. Five minutes' walk t h sous: h them would enable the most civil of civilians to understand more about the na , ure, difficulties, and dangers of a siege than a twelvemonth of unassisted military reading. It was arranged that the siege attack was to begin at 2 o'clock. and eager sightseers, of course, were waiting in crowds long before that appointed hour—and long after it, too, we are sorry to say. The Commander-in- Chief was expected up to the last, but to the disappointment of thousands his Highness was unable to be present. Sir John Burgoyne, however, attended by a brilliant staff, arrived at Chathaut for the operations shortly before two o'clock. The gallant General, having inspected the troops in review order with out knapsacks, proceeded to inspect the model room, while besieged and besiegers resorted to their allotted posts. The defence was intrusted to a body of Marines under Lieutenant- Colonel R. J. McKtllop. The besiegers consisted of Captain D. Blyth with 100 Marines to work the heavy guns. 'The Royal Engineers, with those of the East India Company, were under Colonel Sanditam, the Ist bat 'allot), made up of vat ious depots ofregituents ut the liue-1,6c0 strong in all —was under Colonel der%is, tne second battalion under Colonel Phillips, and the third tinder Calcine! Feirtlough. The voltaic batteries of the different mines were in charge of Captains Noble end Scott. All the troops were provided with 10 rounds et' blank cartridge, and 20 were allowed for each siege gun. The troops of the line were told off fur working parties or reliefs in rear of the second parallel for some time, but afterwards came forward to the ad , ariced works, occupying them and the intrenched cavalier bastion as firing parties. The Engineers were told off into the single and flying saps, as leaders of working parties, in charge of the d escen t into the dry ditch, and with the first line of ladders for escalading. A strong detachment of troops of the line took charge of the second line of scaliees ladders, occupying part of the third parallel and works in the right attack. These dispositions and .arrangements were made with such admirable good order that a large (wee was distributed among the batteries, parallels, end ap proaches without a sound being' audible, and scarcely In, re than a head or two peeping curiously over the breastworks being visible. The same secrecy, however, was by no means observed among the besieged, for all their works, even the doomed casemate battery, against which the mine in No. 7 battery was to be sprung, was covered with ladies and gentlemen. As it turned out the patience of these persons was se verely tried, in common with everybody else's, for it was getting well towards four o'clock , and t he public were not only thinking ofgoing away,but were actually doing it when the signal was given. It was a grand one, for suddenly, with awful dull roar and heavy shock, the besiegers' mines were sprung and a great mass of earth and stones, mingled with thick dense smoke and massive sheets of flame, went high up into the air with the earth and gabions of the bat tery. There was an instant pause as every one looked at the solemn mass of dust and smoke that drifted slowly away from the ruined work, and then the attack began—a regu lar " delivery of the assault " in one grand crash of can non and musketry from every port. All the breastworks, all the batteries so carefully masked up to the last moment, seemed suddenly girt with fire. A fringe of musketry en closed the place, broken only by the masses of flame and smoke that marked the position of all the heavy works, from the embrasures of which, as fast as the piece could be run out and loaded, came a continued stream of hot red fire, darting like rows of serpents' tongues to the em brasures of the besieged. Everything became wrapped in smoke and dust, and only the thundering din of the can nonade predominated. The men in the third parallels were hurried up closer and closer, hemming in with a fiercer and smaller circle each port attacked. It was in vain that the besieged replied by a heavy fire—there were se many points from which he was commanded that his defence was lost amid the din and conflagration that raged outside. In the midst of this the fougasses (each a small mine of 61b.) went off' in rapid succession, aiding more dust and smoke to the encumbered air , amid which came a rush and heavy tramp of feet, as a strong party of troops of the line rushed forward, and made a lodgment where the fougasses had been sprung. From this last place the fire never stopped or slackened for an instant, the ardour of the batteries, if possible, seemed increased, and every thing denoted a crisis in the affair. The cavalier bastion seemed a mound of smoke and flame, through which ou the left could be seen now and then groups of figures pressing on with ladders towards the curtain, followed at a greater dis tance by another line of ladder bearers and storming parties. There was loud cheering amid the smoke as the Engineers mounted the counterscarp, and, dragging up their ladders, began to descend into the dry ditch. Every musket and gun was discharged at the besieged works to cover this movement, but still the besieged stood to it manfully, and poured awful volleys among the assailants. But the latter were supported by the second line of troops, who, leaving their ladders against the counterscarp as a means of retreat, hurried down with the Engineers into a dry ditch, carried the ladders across, and swarmed up the curtain at every point, the besiegers breaking and flying in disorder as they mounted the walls. This terminated the siege operations, in little more than five or ten minutes after they had com menced. In fact, it was a regular assault—short, but mur derously hot while it lasted. Almost the instant that the last guns were silenced, the public, with the officers in charge of pontoons,] moved down to the water's edge at the creek, where it was sup posed, that, as a result of the siege operations, troops were to cross on rafts and blow up sunken wrecks, while some gates of stockades were to be destroyed with live shell. Previously to this, however, Sir John inspected some bridges over the creek of the true rough and ready style— bridges that could be made in the course of a couple of hours in any field, but which, when pr ,perly made, would suffice for the passage of any army, and for the most of its heavy baggage and stores. One of these bridges was the in vention of Colonel Sandham, and the strength, simplicity, and even beauty of its rough construction were universally admired. There was a lattice-work bridge, too, strong and simple, but not on qui'e a new plan. Both these bridges were made of scaffold poles tied firmly tegether with rope, and both were on the suspension principle. But perhaps the most curious and interesting bridge of WI was one invented by Sergeant-Major Jones, which utilised in the most valuable and importaut manner the refuse iron hoops. These hoops were simply rivetted into long bands, which were hung in a segment of a circle between two poles, and on which again were laid the pontoon " cheeses" or planks, so as to make a bridge of unusual strength and light ness, and one constructed with the greatest ease and quickness. The only drawback in the use of this bridge is that, hanging downwards like a slack rope, it vibrates and oscillates so seriously that it is as much as a man can do to cross. Guns or horses would be out of the question. If the pontoon cheeses, too, are used, why not use the pontoons themselves, which confessedly make the best bridge of all ? After these bridges had been examined the engineers formed a pontoon bridge in intermediate order. Some rafts were also made of barrel pontoons, and from one of these a tower de scended into the deep water of the Medway to place a charge against a supposed sunken wreck. This was to have been fired by a voltaic battery, but for some sub-aqueous reason or other it would not go oir. Another charge of Glb. of powder was then hauled down by the diver by rope, and this was lighted by a Bickford's fuse, and exploded grandly. An 8-inch shell, loaded with 21b. Soz. of powder, and hung against a gate in the shell-house, was next fired to show the manner of destroying gates and entrances, an effort which was per fectly successful, and the gate, though of strong oak timbers, was blown to fragments. This concluded the programme of the day. In the course of another week or so all the field works will be filled in and turfed over till another siege is planned for next year. I(1i:;~9 GENERAL IRON SCREW COLLIER COMPANY. The sixth annual meeting of the shareholners was held yesterday, at the London Tavern—Sir J. Easthope in the chair. _ . In the report the board expressed deep regret that they had been prevented by the stagnant state of the shipping market from snaking any progress in selling the ships at a reasonable price. From the same document it appeared that the balance to the credit of the revenue account for the year ending the 30th June last was only £651 18s. 4d., which was subject to disputed debts amounting to £12,957 10e. 10d.; a condition of finance, it was observed, quite incompatible with making any dividend upon the working operations of the company during the year. The concern had also in that period lost two of its ships, and had, in addition to the sum of £1,531 ss. Bd. (the costs already paid for sundry collisions and accidents) to defend itself against claims for upwards of £lO,OOO made against the company in respect to other collisions now in the course of legal investigation. The directors entertained considerable confidence that their defence against these undecided claims would he successful, and that no considerable further loss would arise from that quarter, beyond the legal expenses consequent upon un avoidable defensive measures. The legal advisers of the company were instructed to proceed with all possible vigour against the several parties who owed the sum of £12,057 10s. 10d. Oae of these parties, a debtor for the large amount of £6,815145. 11d., had been declared insolvent; the remainder not so, but it was feared they would only pay when forced to do so by legal proceedings. The directors could not in the present depressed condition of such pro perty estimate the value of the ships. Only eight were now employed; the four others were laid up in dock. It was impossible to form any safe estimate with respect to the dis puted debts, or to anticipate the result of the legal proceed ings now pending against the company for collisions. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the board had laid before the proprietors the exact state of their affairs. There was no use in referring to the past, and therefore what the directors had aimed at was to place the con dition of the concern plainly before them, with a view to the winding up of the company at the earliest possible period. The great impediment arose from the investment of £lO,OOO in Surrey Gas bonds, which at present were not marketable. As soon as these securities had been disposed of, and a cer tain portion of the debts had been collected, there would be a distribution of the proceeds without loss of time; and as soon as £lo,ooo could be realised by the sale of some of the ships, there would be a further distribution. The share holders all knew that he himself long ago advocated the winding up of this concern, and it was now the only course open to them. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know how the directors came to invest £lO,OOO in unavailable securities. The concern bad been badly managed for a very long period, and but for the Crimean charters their assets would hava been totally dissipated. The CHAIRMAN said he had himself asked the board why £lO,OOO was invested in the Surrey Gas bonds, and the reply was that the company received good interest, and the Surrey Gas Company was considered a sound concern. Before the Russian war he proposed that the concern should stop, believing that they could not obtain a profit from the coal trade, and their experience since the termination of the war had proved that this view was correct. After some discussion the report was adopted. 100 106 100 100 all 100 100 100 )169 411 ND IN PP!. 38 39 73 75 10 5 dia 41 21} par tDm fpm i Pm 17t St I lit 105 ;08 104 108 104 106 I 8 19i 20; 201 1 Ot dis . 1 pm Pm 2 lt dia 4 f Cs I PRI _ par t pm par Ipm par t Pm par / pm 5} 5/ par tpm I It 21 Sf 4 4 Mx 271 28 .. Dm 7-I Ei 3 ! 3 1 Pm 24 25 9 91 211 '2ll 27A S7i ►i e 4 ti 5 S 1 dis it 92} 82} 11 52 t. 4 9 P 2l 4 ". 71 8 Ili 91 21t 2 91 24 i 5 Sr, 4i 73 pm lit 121 i 5} 4 Basilica ~ J.Patit. 161 100 I 100 100 is. 6(1.1 105 I ~~ '~ w The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, the First Lord of the Athniraity, an iv ed on Saturday at his• seat in Worces tershire from Pembroke, having completed his annual tour of inspection F f the ❑aval dockyards and arsenals. Captain the Hun. J.H. DrarLmond and Lord Lovaine, M. P., Junior Lords, have returned to town from Pembroke. The Right Hon. IL T. L. Coiry, M.P., the Secretary of the Admiralty, has gone on a tour to Scotland. Rear-Admiral Milne, on leaving Pembroke, went to Scotland for a few weeks' relaxation. The Board of Admiralty have countermanded the order for the removal of the Seamen's Hospital-ship from Greenwich to the pier at Greenhithe, and have ordered the whole of the moorings laid down for that purpose to he removed. Com modore Count Popoff and a party of officers from the Rus sian squadron at Portsmouth, yesterday visited Woolwich Arsenal, by permission of the War Department, and in spected the Royal Laboratory and other departments of that establishment. The steam-transport William Ft ance commenced shipping platforms, gun-carriages, and other stores from Woolwich Arsenal yesterday for Coati ; and the steamer Elizabeth Jane yesterday arrived in the river, and commenced ship ping military stores from Woolwich, for Malta. The Diadem, 3.2, screw-frigate, Capt. W. Illoorsom, C. 8., arrivcd at Spitheal on Sunday afternoon from the westwa:d, and saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief. The llif,sian ships Itindee, Griden, and Oprichnew are expected to sail to-morrow (Wednesday) for the Pacific. A day has not passed since their arrival at Spithead but some of their officers have visited the dockyard. Eleven of B:em did so yesterday. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Capt. G. W. Preedy, had her lower masts apd bowsprit taken out at Portsmouth yes terday, and is to be paid off to-morrow. The Pigmy steam-vessel, Master Johnston acting, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries for Plymouth. On Thursday night five line-of-battle ships belonging to the Channel fleet anchored in Torbay. They are expected to remain a few days in the bay, and since they havebeen there they have been practising great gun exercise. The Benares, screw-steamer, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, returned to Falmouth on Saturday after her fruitless endeavour to find the Colombo at Vigo, bat, on being telegraphed from London to proceed again to Vigo, she departed at once for that port, after replenishing her fuel. . . . The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Patrick Selvin, Surgeon, to the Valorous ; Edmund Wallis, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Wellesley ; J. N. Dick, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Chatham Division of Royal Marines; and Percy O.M. Presgrave, Clerk, to the Cressy. THE ARMY. The Commander-in-Chief has issued directions for the Royal Antrim Rifle Regiment of Militia, at Woolwich, to be thoroughly instructed in the art of manufacturing war materials, as practised in the Laboratory Department of the Royal Arsenal. One company is ordered to be admitted daily for that purpose until further orders. . . . Information:ha; just been received of the safe arrival at their destination of the party of Royal Engineers who sailed from Southampton on the 2d .April last for British Columbia, for the purpose of marking out and making a survey of the Oregon boundary, which runs along the 49th parallel of latitude, from the Gulf of Georgia to the Rocky Mountains. The detachment consisted of Lieut.-Col. Hawkins, R.E., Commissioner; Capt. Haig, Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Wilson and Lieut. Durrah, R.E.; and 56 non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers. Capt. Parson, R.E., and the detachment of non-com missioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers who embark at Southampton for British Columbia, via Chagres and Panama, to-morrow, are not intended, as stated, for the survey of the Oregon boundary, but for the survey of such a portion of the territory as may seem most suitable for the establishment of the first Imperial settlement, which will be formed on the arrival of the main body of the expedition, under Col. Moody, R.E., who will take out with them, we are informed, a sufficient quantity of iron and wooden houses, &c., to form a small town at once, and which may be destined to form the capital of a prosperous colony. Captain Barnett, Bth company, 4th battalion, Lieutenant Young, six non-commissioned officers, and 42 gunners of the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, are under orders to re lieve Captain Blosse and the detachment of Artillery, 12th battalion, on duty at the Tower, who are ordered to return to head-quarters, Woolwich. A society for promoting the exercise of the rifle by pri vate individuals is about to be formed at Torquay. TIIE MILITIA. The Lord-Lieutenant of Brecknockshire has appointed Tuesday, the sth of October, as the most convenient time for calling out the Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment for training and exercise. SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM. // THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. strong breeze and cloudy. KINGSTOWN, Aug.3o.—Arrived—lnvincible, from Porto Rico; Elizabeth Young, from St. John, N. 8.; Ajcnrico , from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Wm. Woodside, from Matanzas. COWES, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Swanse a, for Caldeira. PILL, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Juno, for Quebec; Moses, for Davenport, Newport, and Ma tanzas. CARDIGAN, Aug. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—Advena, from Quebec. NEWPORT, Aug. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—Bristol, from Matanzas. HOLYHEAD, Aug. 30.—Wind W. by N., fresh Arrived—Eliza Jenkins, from Huelva for Liverpool. (lIT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.N. W. Arrived, August , 30.—Johanna Cattarina, f rom Rio Jan i ero; William Stanley, Jamaica; Acer, screw steamer, D en is; Saltmarsh, Huelva ; Christine, Riga ; Victcr and Loochristie, Ostend ; Laconia, screw steamer, Alexandria. Arrived, August 31.—Prince of Wales, from St. John's, New Brunswick. OfF.—J. Bradshaw, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Arctic, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.W.; tide three-quarters ebb. Arrived, Aug. 31—Franz Alois, from Odessa; Windward, Sombrero Island; Johanna Hendrieb, Ibrail; Mecklenburg Hansutb, Taganrog; Utila, Alexandria; Iris, Guernsey; Lionne, Furet and Auguste, Gravelines ; St. George, Ibrail; Young King, St. Malo; Countess of Leicester, Guernsey; Ranger (s), Cronstadt. Sailed, Aug. 30—Alma, for Christiania. Sailed, Aug. 31—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne; Belo glum, steamer, Ostend. _ _ DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., moderate. Arrived—Mercurio, from Jamaica, for London ; Bayard, from St. John's, for London; Tar, from London, for Swan— sea; Elliott, schooner, from north, for west. Her Majesty's ship 'Valorous, w►th her Majesty's ship Mersey, sailed in tow for Portsmouth. THIS .DAY'S MARKETS. HAY AND STRAW. Smithfield—Old meadow hay, 60s to 87s Gd; new do., 65s 10 S5l: old clover, 553 to 1104; new do., 85s to 100 s; 4nd straw, SOs to SS4 per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. Cumberland—Old meadow hay, es 3 to 901; new do., F,Cs to S!1 old clover, bs to 112.3; new do., i6s to 100 s ; sad straw, 318 to 544 per load. Both hay and straw met a fair sale, et our quotations. Whitecl'apel—Old meadow hay, 60s to 563; new ditto, Vs to 85s; old clover, 55s to 110 s: new do., 85s to I.os ; sad straw. SOs t 0 334 per load. A fair demand, at full prices. Supplies moderate. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been rather more activity, and a large quantity of common congou changed hands at rod. per lb. Considerable quantities are announced for public sales during the week. and prices are expected to be firm, as the private advices from Chinn report that quotations there are exceedingly firm. SunAn.—The demand is by no means active, but prices remain firm, more particularly for the finer descriptions. In the Itennedl Market only a limited business has been done, and little variatiori can be reported in value. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon continuo in fair demand, and at fully late quotations. The better kinds of native Ceylon have also been inquired for, and sales have been effected to some extent for exportation. RICE.—A very limited business hes been reported, holders de. mending higher rates, which buyeis do not seem disposed to give. The small business done has b een chiefly in wh'te qualities et Bengal. FB.IIIT.—The second cargo of new Valentia raisins has been re. ceived, and the quality being exceedingly good, has realised full rates, viz., 445. per cwt. SALTPETRY..—The me.cket is dull ; a few sales of Bengal have been. effected at about late quotations, in other qnalities there is net change whatever to report. T.W.ow.—The market has exhibited symptoms of improve. ment ; a fair amount of business has been done, and the trade have bought: to some extent. A rather large speculative business has also been doue, as the advices from St. Petersburg notice a con. siderablo advance on the quotations. p,Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 505., 495. 6d. to 490.9 d. for last 3 moutlia t ;rid 50$, per cent, for Wring delivery. E '7