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gaged in strengthening their defences. Major Nelson remained with a small force in a secure position close by, and harassed them in their operations, by firing shot and shell into the pahs from two 8-inch guns. On the 4th July a proclamation was issued by Colonel Gold for the removal from the town of all persons incapable of bearing arms; the central portion of the town had been previously fortified by entrenchments, blockhouses, and, otherwise, in anticipation of an attack by the rebels: They had advanced within ten miles of the town. On the 27th, a large force of artillery, and detachments of the 12th and 40th, started early to take up a position at Omata, to check the onward progress of the rebels, who, when last seen, were a thousand strong, Including women and children, who had accompanied the , expedition to attack New Ply mouth. No less than ten pahs had been erected in their rear, each capable of holding one hundred men, to cover their retreat in case of non-success. The rebels had sworn that in the event of failing in their attempt on the town, they would destroy everything upon European territory, and kill whomsoever they caught in their way. Firing had been heard for several days in succession in the direction of their position. Some slight skirmishes had taken place between the troops and the rebels, who were very daring at night in their attempts to drive off live stock from the farmers. Two atrocious murders are recorded. We take the following extracts from one of the Taranaki journals : " Tuesday, July 31.—1 n consequence of some informa tion received frem Bell Block that the rebels were in force there, the light company of the 65th, under Lieut.-Colonel Murralr, marched out this morning, and were followed in the course of the day by Captain Barton's company with two guns and six artillerymen. It was rumoured that the rebels were in numbers in the bush, and as an at tack on the town was to be apprehended, the militia and volunteers were called together, and strong out-lying piquets told off. Before dark strong lines of sentries were posted, and extra piquets stationed in commanding positions ready to resist attack. " Wednesday, Ist August. —From Wanganui, a corres pondent writes—' A report is in town this morning (28th) that the rebels have now completely hemmed you all within the tow, and that they hold possession of the Waiwakaiho bridge The news was brought in by Aperahama of Waito tars, and we think it may be true, as from the last accounts Ngatiruanuis and Taranakis had determined upon at tacking your town. We have also heard that they have possession of the Hua stockade, and have killed many more soldiers. A letter was received yesterday from Waitara, which was brought down the river, giving the natives an account of the fight at Puketakauere. It states that 200 soldiers were killed, and only five Maories, and that the dead bodies of our men were left on the ground for the pigs and sea gulls (keroro).' This evening the 65th detachment returned to town from the Bell Block. " Thursday, 2d.—A skirmish with the rebels took place on Tuesday, when they came down to the beach and endea ♦oured to cut off a party of marines escorting carts with firewood. The rebels also endeavoured to shoot some of Tiera's natives, who had been out fishing, as they were pul ling up the river. An ambush of two hundred natives prevented the forces from the stockade following up the rebels, and on proceeding to support the marines, received several volleys, and the force retired, having suc ceeded in bringing in the escort. No casualties on our side. Some of the natives were seen to fall. So close did they follow our men that they came within range of the blockhouse, and their shots fell over the steamer into the river. Two or three shells were fired into them and they retired. A reinforcement of the 12th marched to the 13e11 Block this afternoon, in command of Captain Queade. The head-quarters of the 40th moved this evening from the parade ground, and took possession of Fort Murray, vacated by the 12th. " Friday, 3d.—At an early hour this morning H.M.'s colonial steam sloop Victoria anchored in the roadstead, from Melbourne, after a passage of eight days. She brings Major-General Pratt, C.B. ; Lieut.. Colonel Carey, Deputy- Adjutant-General ; Lieut. Foster, R.A., A.D.C.; Deputy- Inspector-General of Medical Department, J. Mouat, C. 8., Capt. Pasley, R.E., and fifty men of the 40th Regiment. At ten a.m. the General landed under a salute of thirteen guns from Marsland Hill. A guard of honour of the 65th, in command of Capt. Turner, was on the beach at eight a.m., with the band and the colours of the regiment, but by the General's request the compliment was dispensed with. The men disembarked in the course of the morning, and were played to Fort Murray by the 65th band. From in telligence brought into town by a courier from Omata this morning, we are led to fear that two more lives have been sacrificed. Yesterday afternoon (we are informed), John Barford, farmer, of Omata, left the Omata stockade with the intention of calling at the camp on Jury's Hill, for three artillerymen, who were to accompany him as far as his farm in the bush. Towards night one of the latter came back by Honeyfield's Hill, through Rata pihipihi, and stated that several vollies were fired by some natives upon them, when they all separated, he run ning through the bush, and reaching the camp as described. A second artilleryman also ran, and succeeded in making the length of the camp in the middle of the night, but nothing has been seen or heard of Harford or the other artilleryman. This morning Capt. Burton rode up the camp, and arranged with Major Hutchins to send a guard of ten men with his party to search for the men. The escort had not returned at our latest advices. A number of Pohara ma's natives proceeded to-day, at the request of the autho rities, to Ninie pah, and succeeded in recovering 70 sheep driven off the Bell Block by the rebels. They did not meet with any opposition. 6 p.m.—The armed expedition sent in search of Harford and Gunner Gaffney have returned, and confirm the worst forebodings. Gaffney was found dead in a gully near Harford's house, much mutilated about the bead and body by tomahawks, but without any gunshot wounds. The body has been brought into town by an escort. No trace of Harford could be discovered, but there is no doubt of his fate. He leaves a wife and nine children (refugees at Nelson), to mourn his untimely end 1 It has transpired that Minarapa, one of the perpetrators of the first Omata murders, told a woman of the Poutoko (T. Wiremu's pah), this morning that he had killed two white men yes. terd ay. Saturday, 4th, 1 p.m.—At 10 o'clock this morning the alarm guns from Marsland Hill and Mount Elliot were fired, and the bugles called together the troops and militia, a messenger having arrived in town reporting that the natives were in force in the rear of the Colonial Hospital in the town belt, and that a combined movement was to be made on the town. Intelligence also in town that the troops were engaged on the Bell Block. The troops and militia under arms, in readiness to move to any point. The women and children flocked to the barracks from all points. A reconnoitering party of friendly natives report that the rebels have fallen back in the bush, after pillaging several houses and strip ping a large quantity of lead from the house of Mr. T. W. Richardson, of Waiwakahaio." .10 On the 10th July, at Auckland, the meeting of loyal chiefs to confer with the Governor on the present position and prospects of native affairs, commenced. His Excellency was accompanied by Mr. M'Lean, Native Secretary, the Chief Justice, the Colonial Secretary, and the other mem bers of the Ministry, together with several of the most emi nent colonists. Chiefs were present to the number of 127, representing a majority of the most influential tribes. His Excellency made a lengthy address in opening the conference. After reminding the chiefs of the conditions of and their obligations under the treaty of the Waitangi ; and renewing the assurances of royal protection to the natives, he asked them to state frankly their grievances, and if they were real he promised to try to redress them. He then continued : " There is also a subject to which I desire to invite your special attention, and in reference to which I wish to receive the expression of your views. For some time past certain persons dwelling to the eouth of Auckland have been endeavouring to mature a project, which, if carried into effect, could only bring evil upon the heads of all concerned in it. The framers of it 'are said to desire that the Maori tribes in New Zealand should com bine together and throw off their allegiance to the Sove reign whose protection they have enjoyed for more than 20 years, and that they should set up a Maori king, and declare themselves to be an independent nation. Such ideas could only be entertained by men completely ignorant of the evils they would bring upon the whole native race, if carried into effect. While the promoters of this sch eme confined themselves to mere talking, I did not think it ne cessary to notice their proceedings. believing that, if al lowed time to consider, they Thi would s abandon isioasfuntoitlebaneend ex d angero us an und ertaking ' expectation fulfilled. At a recent meeting at Waikato some of the leae ng men proposed that Wiremu Kingi, who is in arms sign e t the Queen's authority, should be supported by re _ inforements from the tribes who acknowledge the Maori king, al armed parties from Waikato and Kawhia actually purpose. These men also de s i re went t) leranaki for this to assume at authority over other New Zealand tribes i n their relation with the Government, and contemplate the forcible subjetion of those tribes who refuse to recognis e their autherit, Under these circumstances, I wish t o know your iews and opinions distinctly, in order that I may ;ive correct information to cur So vereign. It is unecessary for me to remind you that her Majesty's engage:tents to her native subjects in New Zea land have been iithfully observed. No foreign enemy las visited your shores. Your lands have remained it your possessionq have been bought by the Government tt your own desire. Your people have availed themselves , f their privileges a:British subjects, seeking and obtaining a the courts of law hat protection and redress which they fford to all her Malsty's subjects. But it is right you hould know and unerstand that, in return for these ad antages, you must yove yourselves to be loyal and faith il subjects, and that the establishment of a Maori King ould be an act of dilebedience and defiance to her Majesty hich cannot be tolereled. It is necessary for the preser tion of peace in every eoentry that the inhabitants should knowledge one head. I nay frankly tell you that New eland is the only colony 'vhere the aborigines have been kited with unvarying kindness. It is the only colony 'ere they have been invited to unite with the colonists, t to become one people under one law." t is but just to say that when the chiefs spoke, on sub tent days, they were for the most part anxious to prove i , ;;• loyalty. Some, however, showed a desire to have their Sovereign ; and one in particular, by way of comproe 1Z expressed his favour for a Queen. E DATTJAg rui 4 w4Avuez,--It is import it to correct a passage in our account of the battle at Puketa kauere, which was founded on imperfect information, to the effect that the Maories on that occasion stood the bayo net charge of the soldiers of the 40th Regi ment. The most reliable information contradicts this statement. On the occasion of the ad mace of the sol diers and blue jackets to the charge, the natives re mained in cover, till our men were within 20 yards of them, and then discharging their double barrelled guns turned about and ran. An officer, to whom a shower of bullets is no novelty, s tates in lively language--" I have seen fellows cut and run before, but never as these did ; they leapt like kangaroos ever the tutu and fern." To this hour it is im possible to give a trustworthy estimate of their loss ; and it will probably ever remain so. It may be observed that the native accounts, even from the most thoroughly loyal, must be taken with allowance for the feeling of fellowship in race ; every man must [naturally take pride in the skill of those of his own blood. Our less was exaggerated by the Maories, and doubtless they make the least of theirs. The troops were engaged for two hours and more, firing on the enemy at no great distance, and a short delay in the arrival of succour from W. Kingi, would probably have put our men in possession of the pah. The artillery practice seems to have been unpleasantly warm, and there was an evident inclination to evacuate the position entirely. From these circumstances, and remembering the deadly discharge of canister into a cluster of them, the reader must form his judgment. The only part of the British force which was at all disordered was the party of the Grenadier Company under Lieut. Brooke, who were greatly outnumbered, and scattered in swampy ground under a galling fire from the heights and scrub around them. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLomc. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been rather inactive during the last few days, and, except for tallow, which has exhibited considerable fluctuation•owing to the extensive speculative trans actions, prices have not varied to any important extent. In tea the dealings have been limited, as both buyers and sellers have deferred their opera tions until the arrival of advices by the overland mail, and which are expected to influence prices at the public sales which commence to-day. Sugars have been in moderate demand, at former rates. For coffee the inquiry have been on a limited scale, the chief feature to notice being the deficiency in the stock,—viz., 3,600 tons compared with that of the same period of last year. Rice has been in better demand, and there has been more inquiry for fruit and spices. The public sales of indigo have proceeded without any material alteration in the rates realised at the commencement of the series. The tallow market has been very excited, the advance, owing to specu lative transactions, amounting at one time to ss. per cwt. A slight reaction, however, has since taken place, owing to the large increase in the stocks by recent importations. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, busi • ness was moderately active, and prices were firm. The sales amounted to about 10,000 bales. There were no withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England yesterday. An instalment of 8 per sent. is due to day on the Canadian Loan of £2,800,000. It appears by the latest advices from Australia that the following gold ships had left for this country, viz.: the Ottawa, with £91,420; the Swiftsure, with £282,490; and the Water Nymph, with £321,800. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada for the week ending the 28th ult. exhibit an increase of £3,281 compared with the same period in 1859. Should the New Grenadian Bondholders, at the meeting to-morrow, reject the proposition made by the Government for the settlement of the debt, the Spanish American Committee will introduce another basis of arrangement, and,• if the latter be adopted, a further delay will arise from its trans mission to the republic for approval. Both projects are now before the public. The Government pro pose a conversion of the Active and Deferred Bonds, with the arrears of dividend, into Active Stock, bearing 2 per cent. interest, for the payment of which an offer is made of 25 per Cent. of the import duties, the moiety of the revenue derived from the Panama and Coln Railway received by the Government; and, lastly, the re venue obtained from the leasing of certain silver and emerald mines. The committee agree to a conversion as above, but require the assignment of 25 per cent. of the custom duties until 1866, and 374 from that date until the complete redemption of the debt, and also that certificates shall be given to the bondholders to receive waste lands of the Confederation, viz., about 50 acres for every £lOO of Active, and about 371 acres for each £lOO Deferred Bond. The transactions in the market for Public Securi- ties to-day have been limited, the speculators not being disposed to continue operations for a decline upon a large scale after the depreciation which has already occurred. Continued heaviness, how ever, is perceptible, Consols being 9%1 for money, and 921 for the account. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities are heavy at 911 4 ; India Loan is at 1031 ; ditto 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 1021 ; and Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem. Rather more activity has prevailed in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices generally are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 691-701, ditto New to 541 55, but the 4 per Cents. are firm at 102 ; Russian 3 per Cents. are heavy at 631, Sardi nian at 86, and Portuguese at 43i ; Venezuelan 3 per Cents. have improved to 231, but the 1 per Cents. have declined to 111. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 11 21 prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, I 1 prem. ; and the Universal, I, f a - prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather dull, aid prices generally have exhibited symptoms of depression in sympathy with Consols. Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined 55.; Great Northern, North Western, South Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) 10s. Midland have advanced 55., and South Eastern 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets rather more firmness has been apparent. South Austrian and Lombardo -Venetian have risen to 111 8 ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 27 and 271; and Great Western of Canada to 131 a. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued in limited request, without any material value. Union o f L on d on rea li se d 251 ; 631 641 ; and R e d S ea T e l e - Bank of London, graph, 17t. change in BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities I 3 per Cent. Consols Annuit ies 921911 if I New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock 1031 3 Ditto 4 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 51 per Cent lO2l Ditto Debentures, 1858 96 96 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO par Consols for Account, Nov. 8.... Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lfd .......... 3 pm par D tto £5OO 2 3 pm par Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 6 per Cent .. -- Ditto 4} per Cent. 1858 B7l Ditto 4f per Cent. 1860 Ditto New Grenada Acc o u Account • 88 71 Mexican per Cent po D rt i u tt , : u D ese efe 3 rr p e Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto 3 per e d rCent..l 16i 8 .. 431 Russian 6 Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 431 per Cent. 1822, £ St •• Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 . 631 Sardinian 5 per • Cet ... Spanish 3 per Cent . . ......... Ditto New Deferred erred"'' 4O Ditto Account .. 40 Turkish 6 per cen.t Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed: Vi be ; e •d• • •••• • • • • • • ao It nt. Venezuelan 3 per Cent . Ditto Account ....... Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above.. payable... . Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil 21 in London. • z per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK.. Consols, Money ................ Ditto Account ....... . . 921 92/ ...... .... 921 921 COLLECTIONS IN CIIURCH.—The following an alysis of a collection made on Sunday l as t at one of th ea st •end churches may not be uninteresting :---The hic,h es e t coins were half-crowns, of which there were six; 1 florin, 38 shillings, 61 sixpences , 1 half fr anc , 14 fourpennies, 14 threepennies, 48 pence, 50 halfpence , and 10 farthings. Total pumber of coins, 243, value £5 05.4y1. The obj ec t of the collection was the Local District Visiting Sinioty Apr rulifnin the 1 3 99 r wuityr p394thg. SLAKE 31ARKET.-(TIRS DAL) ORDINAItY STIAEES AND STOCKS. paid. ! Closing i Business Share' Railways. Price. Done. 50 Belfast. and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 85 stock Birk., La., and Ch June 100 78 80 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 stock Bristol and Exeter ..., lOO 94 96 stock Caledonian 1 0 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, 131 rock., Passage all 1 2 0 0 I C ,) o o r . 66 5 10 Do B untgile6tsenpoerdainv hash e n d. toB 50 Dublin .t Belfast. June. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 75 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 531 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 stcot Do do B do 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 85 20 East Suffolk 10 Do stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 81 82 stock Edin. Perth, L Dundee 100 30 304 30 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 109 111 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 113 115 1134 14 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 65 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1184 119 117; 181 18 1 stock London and Blackwall 100 65 67 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 113 115 114 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 52 54 525 31 24 stock Lend. & Nth. Western 100 1005 101 1001 125 Do eighths stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 95 96 955 5 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Ennisullen all 105 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 075 185 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 125 Do do 1 shares all 10 Metropolitan 4 3 2 d stock Midland stock Do Birming. & Derby 100 106 108 107 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares all 25 Mid Kent. all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Ctrlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. do Ros all • tock Norfolk. 50 NI hn. Counties Union .. 35 35 31 d tock North British . 100 625 63 tock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stook 100 tock 13 , 3 A stk ; A revs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 lock Do B stock .... . . 100 lock Nth.Eastern—Be rwick 100 1045 105 1041 1 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 p 1p a ock Do Leeds ..... ......... 100 595 60 59e took Do York `Dolt North London 1.16.4 North Staffordshire 175 321 1 141 5 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 12 Not &Grantham Bail lO 6/ 7 0; 7 10 Peebles all - Portsmouth 10 Rhymney. ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 345 35 ock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 ock Shropshire Union lOO 49 51 10 S'ittin gbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 ock South Devon ock South Eastern ...... 100 841 641 845 ock South Wales ock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 39 40 391 25 Do do ll 85 95 p Stockton & Hartlepool 161 ock Taff Vale , lOO ock Do Pref. No 1 - 100 25 ThamesnavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster .... • • 25 Do 2O 2 3 10 Do : ock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 II; 111 Del( Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class .. all ock West Midland—Oxford 100 47 49 48 • 25 Do. Newport all 105 11 1.25 Do. Hereford 114 21 11 d O4 stock stock stock stcot stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 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 THE StTN,'I LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 18 0. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid Closing 1 Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (Issued at X5O Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stockl l Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. e. Cornwall. 5 per cent. Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e Do. do. Class B 8 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et co. Redeemable,4lp.ct Do. Redeemable. 4 p. at Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do d o sp. ct. pref Do Birrmr.Eruar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. stock stock stock 94 96 'lOO 102 1 6 2 51 01 214 99 101 111 213 106 108 109 111 103 110 123 125 82 84 1111 In 90 n 77e 74 103 105 120 122 116 118 110 112 103 105 85 87 all 1 100 98 100 tock stock stock stock 100 IC2 90 92 91 93 101 103 9 10 17 184 lot ni 76 78 20 21 10 104 15 154 136 138 stock 134 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon . & Brig. 5 pc. gu. No.] Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4/ per cee. Do. do. 4/ p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P,) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat, and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct, Lon. .t S. W, 7 p. ot. stock Do. 44 per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d... Vo . ... ~1 Londondy. .15le. I sh' Londony. & Ennio. sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per oent Ifarynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. Mid, Con. 6p. C. stock Do. Con. Br's. & Bir, 8 p.c Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leif), & Hit. pref. st. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1816 Do. 5/ p, C. Pref. do. 1817 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st 4 B47, North British, 5 p. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do, do, do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-E as t.Con s.Pref. 4p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Plinth. North Staffordshire... y Guaranteed'. Scottis ßhymne h Central, new p Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stoat Do.Aberdeensgua.6p.c. Do. 7 p, o pref. stoc South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4/ per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent, Do. Fixed 4/p.o. Ist is. . south Wales, gua, 4p. c. Do. 44 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. o. gua. Stock & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 tier cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6p.a pf 1868 Do, till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. Do. Hereford 44 p.c. pf. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d 12; stock 6 stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock 8 stock stock stock 108 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stook stock stock 100 100 100 all all 116 118 116 118 135 140 116 118 102 104 152 156 130 134 08 70 90 91 117 119 ';0155 12f 13 [27 129 68 70 P 137 139 101 103 93 95 111 113 tO9 111 P, •iOO 91 93 103 105 P iP 102 i P 2:1 23i 120 123 130 133 104 11 10 10 12i 12 231 24% 101 103 101 103 CO 1;2 99 101 83 88 271 284 °,2 33% 32 334 45 48 126 128 123 125 10 101 121 h 1 14 141 LINES LEASED A' LT ii'IXED RENTALS. Railways. 1 p aid' I Leasincf (Closing Business I•Co.'s. Price. Done. !Win and Bletchley all 1,,n & N.W . • • • , 95 98 Bfickingliamshire .... 100 L n & N . W Cheater & Holyh ea d .. 100 Do. '52 531 Do. do. 51 per cent. 100 Do 125 } 127 125 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 15/ 16/ E.Lincolnahlre,g.6p.c. 100 Gt.'North. l l3B 140 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.Bart&Neils,Dret 100 Caledonin -- Do. New ... '. . .... 100 Da ~ G loster& Dean Forest all Gt. Wee . West.-- Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all Yk.N.&Br 0- Hull and Selby ..... . all Yk.N'. Md. 109 111 Shwa Do. I 1 Shares ...., ~ all Do Do. ....• • • all Do. _ Lanc.& Carl. gua.s P.C. 100 Ln. .. ~ .___ 1V 205 208 London & Greenwich 100 • East . . Do. Preference .. •• • • 100 o. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 92 94 Lowestoft, gua- 4 P-d• 10 0 orfolk Do. 6 per cent.. ... •• • 100 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all L NW&M 31 34 3/ Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock., ...- •• • • 100 Midland 95 97 Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6-lE.Counts I 1 p guaranteed 5 P. C. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all 'Do. 55 57 Do. do. 6 per cent .. - all Da Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. all Midland 15 151 IL& Preston and Wyre. 1 all ,& L.yk. NW 1 _ Do. }Stares North Western A all !Do. — IGt.North. 136 138 137 T Brassey 104 106 R s h o r y e s w t n ib li ry i t & ch n , Do. Do. 1 i 4 p all M'Clean.. 101 111 South Staffordshire .• e & r e S f h o e r P d 1 1 ° 00 . Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 1 93 Wimbledon IV Vroydn all L.& Brgtn 7l 8/ ___ ______ Sharel Docks. raid. Clo sing Price. Business Done. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.3lin lOO stock East and West Indies lOO stock London lOO .--2. stock t. Katharine lOO stock , outhampton lOO St oc k Victoria 1:00' NeW ........umau:{ $ id iP 121 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share ] Railways. Paid. Closing Business done Frice. 100 ATiantic &St fom.,aroa&Cent Ind Lawrence' all SO e 3 BBd etk 100 93 91 : 94 31 t Gu. 5 per cent .... . 18 Do, Do. cent........ 16 15 15 d 205 Buffalo and Lake Huro n ' all 5 51d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference ...... all 61 75 100 {Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 78 82 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 ,Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 73 78 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 70 75 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim , 1. 30. 1 d fp 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. 20 ICapeTown & Dock Scrip 3s. I; 15 d o 35 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 14 Id' 175 Demerara.. 20 Eastn. Bengajigu. sp. c 71 15 11 d5l I stock East Indian,Fgu. sp. c. 100 99 ILO 9s4 i 1 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... 15 5 d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 5 d pr 100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 99 99 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne — Geelong Corporation 6 s 100 tii ' percent. 80nd5,,,,,, stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 27 24 27 5 5 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 84 86 84 5 6 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 51 53 51 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 '' Do. do. 1872. all 48 50 48 Lock Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 955 961 961 si I 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 6 ild 5 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 25 ltd guaranteed 5 per cent. 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares, all 13; 145 131 5 145 201 Do. New .. ...... ... 18 61 64 dll I 1 1 na Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 99 101 -- opt, till '6O . ... ...... 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 102 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 100 102 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 94 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c lOO 811 86 84 531 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 93 94 935 5 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 87 89 20 Do. Fourth do lO 1; 1i d 20 Do. d 0......... all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 Newßrunswick & Ganda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Glass A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d0.... 0 20 Do. do. B Capital d. Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) stock Scinde .......... 7 15 d 11, d...: 100 985 991 99 20 Do. Punjaub ... . 4ii 1 ./ 20 Do. Do. ........ ce 0 _. all d o etc)* Do. Indus. St. Flo. _ ?,,°, 100 93 94 20 St. Andrews &Quebec A 18 _lO ;Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 5 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. lb Antwerp & Rotterdam all , 51 55 3 20 'Ardennes ...... .. all — p I 20 Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. 84 11 ; 4.1 i 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all a 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail 'll 21 21 a 100 Copiabo ......&.... • • all —t: 10 Ditto Extension .. .. all 25 2 d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 ai 21d 20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 8 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 61 45 20 Italian Junction ...... a. 20 Lake Constance & Bale. al 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 335 Maria Antonia .. 1 10 Do. New . ... —••• • .. all 20 Namur & I:lege ........ all 7; 8 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 195 201 16 Northern of France.... all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares .—.. 15 g 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 75 85 G 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 35 3 7 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 53 55 h ( Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) 20 i gua. 7p. ct. lirn ...... 13 3 20 g 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 10 'Rome & Frascati ...... all of 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish ........ all ad 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. . all b' 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref a ll 8 81 20 San Paulo, lin'', g. 7p. c 2 id cc 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 5 3 d 115 1 i al 20 Southern of France—. all 191 201 81 West Flanders . ..... 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 95 41 u; 20 W. & N.W. of France 23 ;Western of Austria 6 gi 20 'Western of Switzerland all .... _ 1 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Prof.. 'all 20 Zealand BaITISH MINES. Mines. Cg e i e n . Z Business Pail! Don• Alfred Consols (Philacky British Iron 42 6} 1 I Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyrt(Gwen ) Great South TolFus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (IIelston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingstoa Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Illogan N.Wh'l Basset (Ill° ;an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Surtridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silvs& Lead Min Tin Crort Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illozan) lIV. Caradon (Liskeard) ‘ West Seton Wheal Basset (Illog. - ,an Vheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1 \ Meal Mary Ann (Men. ;Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 415 435 1124 114, 91 10 7 11 12 121 27 bt 1 11 .1 1 1 11 11 21 1 31 20 31 31 4 1f t 42 44 31 4/ 21 31 4 5 11 12 11 12 4B 48 295 305 3 31 120 135 51 55 21 25f5 174 Isf 71 73 303 315 122} 1274 78 82 24 164 25 22} } 1 14 It 28 29 43 45 9 11 i 1 2} 21 23 id pr It 13 d ip d 5_ 6 1 i 1 21 FOR EIG: 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim.l 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 20 Do.St.Johndel iley,J,', m 5 Do. Land and Mink agCo. 1 Clarendon Cortr,.MinCo 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo... 1 DunMoi':n.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortu- aa. 20 Ger t e ra i 2 C a. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1i Kapunda (Limited) 3 Lir ares 5 Lusitanian 1 Illiariquita 1 I N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L , 20 Pontg - ibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) , 2 5 / 1 •8 , 1 United Mexican ' 1 Worthing (Limited).— I 1 Do JOINT-STOI Agra&UnitedServicc Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt. IRank of London Bank of Turkey .. British North American ,Chtd.Bank of India, (tc. !Cli.Mer. of In. Lou.& Ch ,City ,Colonial ,Corn. Bank of Canada.. ICommercial of London . tEng., Scot., Aus. Ch.. ;Gen. Bk .0 Switzerland Lon. Char. Bkof Austral London and County .. !London Joint Stock .. London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England . 1 Do. new National Bank .... New South Wales.. Do. new Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. new South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Mutual.. ILONIAL GOVER Can.(l 4 .)v. 6 p.c.Ja..t Jufy- Do. 6p. cent. 1880 ' Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1883 Do. 6p. c. Feb.. Aug. Do. 6p. c. Mar. Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a,t.July Do. 6p. c. Ap. do Oct, N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. a, 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 upwds, 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 up. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.SzOct MISCEL Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural ;Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.& I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111552 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smlig Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference IDo. 6 p : e. Pei pet. Deben Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati m Great Ship Limited) Do. 174 p et Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) ;Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.S p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis N.BrANovaScotiaLand N. B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A Ditto B. Ditto C. 'Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.p;.44p.e Rhymney Iron Do. NOW Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered ... • Do. d 0...... rrr. & Lu. Cool Upr.Can, Via Plentou' Laud ..• IANK S. 78 80 19 20 60 62 1i 33 35 20i 2 . 91 37 39 20 21 15 15} 23} 24 - - 17 17i 631 4 1 31 31 ' ell II T SECURITIES. 112 f It 1034 f I 1041 THE STEPNEY MURDER. Tho coroner (Mr. Humphreys) this morning resumed, at the Railway Tavern, Gore-road, Stepney, the inquiry re specting the death of Mrs. Mary Emsley, who was found brutally murdered at her residence in Grove-road. The man Mullins, who stands accused of the crime, was not on this occasion present, and the interest which the former investigations have excited seemed totally to have subsided, owing, no doubt, to the circumstance of his com mittal to Newgate by Mr. Selfe, the magistrate at the Thames Police-court. The witnesses examined this morning were the niece of the murdered woman, Mrs. Gottz, whose evidence, it will be recollected, went to show that a certain key found in the possession of Mullins was given to him by Mrs. Ems ley the day previous to her death. Michael Gafferey also repeated his evidence as to the excited state of Mullins after the murder had been discovered, and Mrs.F uke again stated the effect of a conversation she had with Mullins about the penurious habits of the deceased, when he said it was a great pity such a miserable old witch should be allowed to live. Mr. Wood, who attended for Mullins, put several ques tions to the witnesses, in cross-examination, but did not elicit anything that in any way altered the charge against his client. The Coroner, at great length, summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Mullins. POLICE INTBLLIGENCE-(TIII3 DAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULTS THROUGH CRINOLINE.—Mary Ann Stuart, a female of about 30, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting James Reid and Thomas Abrams, two bands men of the Coldstream Guards, St. George's Barracks, and also with smashing the hat of Police constable Chapman, 79 C. Reid said he had just entered a publiohouse having been practising with the band at St. George's Barracks, at about 9 the previous night, when the prisoner, without any provo cation, struck him in the face. She had previously charged him and some of his companions with robbing her. Abrams said as soon as he was in the house the prisoner began abusing everybody, and then struck him in the face. The prisoner said she was wearing crinoline at the time. It was not at all in their way, but the complainants pulled it about, and then she might have struck them. Chapman, 79 C, proved going to the public-house, and seeing the prisoner strike the complainant Reid in the face, and, on attempting to take her into custody, she knocked the crown of his hat in. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner what she had to say. Prisoner said they should have lot her crinoline alone. :Laughter.) Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoier 2s. 6d. for each assault, and ordered her to pay the amount of damage to the con stable's hat. LOUIS BLANC ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. M. L. Blanc, who has lately been lecturing in Scotland, gave a lecture on Wednesday last to the working men of Glasgow on " Co-operation." Having been asked to state his views on the present posture of affairs in Europe, he gave the following exposition of his opinions:— " Many and most touching indeed have been the marks of attachment I have received from working men in Paris and other parts of France, ever since I have been in exile ; but I must confess I was hardly prepared to be so warmly welcomed as I have been by the working classes in this country—in Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Paisley, and elsewhere; and I feel more than ever that I have absolutely nothing to regret in all the calumnies and miseries that I have brought upon myself by advocating the cause of such men. But the gentleman who has spoken has expressed a kind desire that I should give my opinion on the ' Present State of Europe.' This is rather much. Still I will do my best to satisfy your curiosity, as briefly, however, as possible for your sakes, and a little, if you will allow me to add, for my own. Be fore I enter into that great question, I beg this opportunity to repel a most unjust charge that has been brought in this country against the Provisional Government of 1848. Yes terday I was reading a letter in the Ayrshire Express, signed by a' Lover of Truth,' who asked how I could reconcile the idea I entertain of the generous policy of the Previsional Go vernment with the fact that that Government in 1848 sent soldiers to Rome in order to crush the Roman rebellion ? My answer is very simple, and I trust it will appear quite satis factory. It is a question of dates. The French soldiers were sent to Rome on the 27th of November, 1848, and the Provisional Government of which I formed a part had resigned Its power in the eyes of the National Assembly as early as the 4th of May, that is about seven months before. As for myself, at the very moment the French soldiers wore sent to Rome, not only was I not in power, but I was in exile ; I was in London. More than that, the man by whom I have been cast into exile is just the same man who sent the French soldiers to Rome, there to crush the Roman rebellion—l mean General Cavaignac. Now for the pre sent state of Europe, which I suppose means Italy, for I think at present Italy is Europe. In 1848, on hearing that Charles Albert, father of the present King of Piedmont, was about to invade Lombardy in order to snatch it from Austria, the provisional government immediately made up their minds to back Charles Albert, and wo sent an army of 30,000 men to tho foot of the Alps, so that if the Italians happened to be defeated, they would have an army at least to rescue them from utter destruction. What do you think the King of Piedmont did ? He sent word to the provisional government that if we dared so much as to cross the Alps, ho would take care that we should be duly fired upon by his own soldiers. And why? Because, as stated on the 4th March, in a despatch, the giving of assist ance by the French to Italian independence might have raised in Italy a feeling of cordiality towards republican principles, which was not thoroughly in keeping with the family interests of the august House of Savoy. And what was the result ? Charles Albert was crushed, and the Italians were doomed a second time to be trodden upon by their oppressors. This fact, which is little known, I fear is perhaps of a nature to throw some light on the proper motive of the misunderstanding between Count Cavour and Garibaldi. The difference between them is this. Garibaldi has only in view the independence of his country, while Cavour, perhaps, has in view, together with the indepen dence of his country, the family interests of his master—two things that may be possible, but not always in accordance with liberty. There is, as I said in Paisley, a proverb that a cook should have one eye on the cupboard and another for the pot. Well, it is my idea that Cavour pays too much attention to the cupboard, and not enough to the pot. However, Victor Emmanuel has earned for himself the reputation of a great patriot, and it is not fair to pass a hasty sentence on his readiness to follow the advice of his diplomatic advisers. As to the question itself, it appears to me that the great difficulty lies in the presence of French soldiers in Rome. I cannot help thinking that to attack the French soldiers in Rome would be, on the part of Gari baldi, a step of a nature perhaps to imperil the cause of Italian independence. On the other hand, it is impassible for Italy to become a united nation with Rome as its head, its heart, the Eternal City, continuing to be the stronghold of despotism, the den of Popery. No ; and the groat ques tion is, how are the French soldiers to leave Rome ? Un fortunately, this is a great difficulty, because the French ruler, as such, is interested in preventing the formation in the south of Europe of a mighty nation ruled by principles incompatible with those on which Lis own power is known to rest. He is interested in preventing the formation of a mighty nation capable of counteracting, on the continent of Europe, the influence of despotism as exercised by such governments as Russia, Germany, and I am sorry to say, France. What, therefore, must be done I' Public opinion in this country is immense, powerful, and, when ener getically and unanimously expressed, irresistible. It is my impression that it must depend on you to impel the British Government to obtain from Louis Napoleon the withdrawal of the French sol diers from Rome. Public opinion, firmly declared on this particular point, would have a great effect, not only on the British Government, but on the French rider himself, be cause he is evidently anxious at this moment to keep fair with Great Britain ; and if he wore convinced that the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome is a conditio sine qua non of friendly alliance with England, it is my opinion that he would be wise enough to withdraw his troops from Rome. No better kind of assistance could, in my opinion, at the present moment be given to Garibaldi than that which you British people call so energetically a public agitation,' for by that Garibaldi will be indebted to you for the independence of Italy. He is an Italian Wal lace, because, by fighting with such magnanimous heroism in the cause of the independence of his country, ho is, in fact, also in intention, fighting the cause of European free dom." VHS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITTIVIELD.—Maatiow hay, £2los to £slss Od ; clover do., £3 10. to £6 Os; and straw, Al 10s to 16s per load. Trade dull. Meadow hay, £2 108 to £6 15. ; clover, £3 10. to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 10. to 18. per lead. A slew demand. WHITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, £2 108 to £5 151 0(1; clove!, £ 3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, Al 101 to Al 1 0s per load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has remained very quiet, both buyers and sellers having deferred operations until the A c es her t of I letters by tho overland mail, expected to-day. large quantity is announced for public sale. SUGAR,--There has been very little inquiry, and prices have shown no change of importance. In the refined mar.. ket previous quotations have been current. COFFEE.—The market con tinues very quiet, and only a moderate business has boon done in the private market. The stocks in hand, compared with those of the same p er i o d of last year, show a deficiency of 3,600 tons. RlM—There has been more inquiry, and prices h ave slightly advanced. part icularl y for East India desc riptions , S ALTPET RE. —The inquiries for medium descriptios hav speculative business h as b een done, b een ex tensive, and a l ar g e business has b een d one at an adTvanALTOolfv.6l AperlacrNovte. and prices have s hown a considerable adv ance --viz., 4s 6d tnsarnads- Ption, however, has beento s p l e a r cwt. e kta d The yest e d r e d m a y a demand f a o li r g c h o reaction was apparent, P.Y.C. on the spot beigig (mod 'cry vu wt. 83 6 d, 14114 PPrwg Share 1 2.11.1 16 2.14.6 7.4.0 I 17i ;12.13.9 9i 5.14.6 8.12 4.8.6 1.8.6 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 3i all 18.1 8 .9 ;22.18.01 li2s 6d 191 i 61 1.7.2 2 15} 23 21i 1.: S. 7' 15s 27} 15 all 281 1 all ,125.6 d. all 1 10a. ail all 19s. 'MEN' 1113 116 111 113 'lll 113 103 104 106 107 100 101 991 1001 99 100 1074 1084 108 110 '9s} lo6 } OUS. 14} 14t 27 29 5 54 30 32 35 37 18 20 12 14 111 115 25 25 9 30 99 101 106 ICB IN 101 14 f 2} tf l' i I It 1 1; 2 2 4 If li 2 14, i 4 4 1 105; 6i 6 i l p l r 47 50 72 74 12 13 171 17/p 18 20 4 6 52 64 123 126 32 34 i I s i 7 i i 5 PROGRESS OF THE THIRD CLIINA WAR. (From Special Correspondent of the Loudon and Ctia Telegraph.) OFF THE PEIRO, Aug. 12, 1860. My last was dated from Tah-lien-Whan, and we were then in expectation. Our hopes had indeed been cheered by the advent of Lord Elgin, and we looked forward to some definite movement, which has at last been taken. It is now too late to speak about the time wasted during this summer season, as we have at last a chance given us, and, like honest Sancho Pause, we must not look too closely at our gift horse. If neglect has be©n the prelude, energy must now compensate for it, unless all con cerned with the direction of this undertaking are willing to accept the odium which must attach to those who lose great opportunities and trifle with their nation's interests. They seem now willing enough to work, and therefore let us give some little commendation when it is deserved. On the 26th of last month we started from Tah-lien-Whan, the day when the steam fleet moved to Odin Bay, to be ready to render assistance to the numerous sailing vessels which were employed by the Government. We left en masse for the Peiho ; and if the Chinese were on the watch, it was a sight sufficient to awaken their gravest apprehensions. Not less than 250 sail of English vessels left, in such admirable order that nothing was to be desired ; and we had a fair opportunity, at last, for giving credit to our admiral for something done. Could he always be sure of conducting other matters as well as he conducted that, then would we say that we had at last the right man in the right place, and some confidence would be exhibited by those under him. As far as I can gather, he now is followed with that heroic devotion which is part of our countrymen's pride—when they will sooner support mental in competence, and perish for want of a better leader, than raise a cry against one whose personal cou rage cannot for a moment be disputed. The command of the military is in Sir Hope Grant's hands, and if report speaks truly, we need no better soldier. The landing of the troops ne cessarily occupied some time ; this has been effected most satisfactorily. I should here mention that the main body of the fleet is at anchor about five miles from the shore. The land is so low that it is hardly perceptible, and although every top was filled with men and officers, it was two days before any reliable information could be obtained. The following, however, may be quoted as authentic : THE RECONNOITRE. On reaching the shore to the north of the Peh tang forts, a large body of Tartar cavalry was disco vered, which had been despatched from an entrenched camp some few miles inland. It was at first thought that they would ronder the undertaking one of some difficulty; but upon firing some three or four rounds of shell and shot, they very quietly rode back again, leaving the coast undefended. The French, whose force on this occasion was larger than the English, rapidly effected their purpose, and the Ehglish were not long in following their example ; some slight skirmishing took place with a portion of the enemy, in which we had some fourteen wounded ; these all amongst the military, one, Capt. Great head, being, I regret, seriously so. On the next day, or the following, they proceeded to advance against the forts, the gun-boats, from their light draught of water, being able to go up the shallow river which forms the false mouth of the Peiho here. These forts were, to all appearance, well supplied with guns, and a considerable resistance was expected. You may judge, then, of the sur prise of the forces to find them utterly undefended. The English then proceeded to occupy them, but did so cautiously, thinking it not unlikely, from the known character of the Chinese, that some trap was laid, and it was fortunate that it was so, for before entering the first fort, the man who was reconnoi tring found the bridge across the dry ditch which surrounds it trembling with his weight, and, upon a careful examination being made, it was shown to be so constructed with levers, &c., as to form a large hammer, which, on the rush of any body of men, would have exploded some detonating powder in communication with a large quantity of gun powder, effectually destroying fort and all within it. Of the guns found some were only wooden dum mies, but a large supply of Chinese rockets was there, and the soldiers amused themselves by ex pending these harmlessly in the air. With the exception of the occupation of three such torts, we have hitherto done nothing but make preparations for the march inland, and the first attack of real consequence will be begun to-mor row. The first will, lam informed, be a feint on the part of the military, and an attack upon the entrenched camp I spoke of before ; if this draws off their attention from the forts the gunboats will begin a bombardment, and from their number and the weight of the guns they carry, will, I fancy, rather astonish John Chinaman. Ai easy victory is not expected, for it seems pretty well known that many of the engineers are Russians and not Chinese. The safe landing of the troops, their occupation of the Pehtang forts, and the skirmish with some Tartar cavalry is the sum total of the news. Specu lation is rife as to the probable issue of the next steps, as upon the rapidity with which the Taku forts are overcome depends ♦irtually the length of the campaign. If we occupy them after an attack lasting but a day or two, we may hope to date from Pekin this year; if siege operations of any magni tude are necessary, we shall have to wait another season. Nearly every one is heartily sick of the inactive life they have been leading since the com mencement of the expedition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—Mom:JAY. As on Saturday, the principal business was settling on the past week's wvents, which has proceeded so far without any complaints. A moderate amount of business was done on the Cambridgeshire, and a change as to some of the out siders took place, for which we refer to the quotations, but nothing was done on anyparticular animal calling for special notice. Closing prices : CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Dulcibella (offered) 14 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sutton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Stampedo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Prelude (taken) 25 to 1 agst Optimist (offered) 25 to 1 agst Maggiore (offered) 33 to 1 agst Contadina (taken) 13 to 1 agst Cavriana (taken) 40 to 1 agat Killigrew (taken) 40 to 1 agst Seclusion (taken) 40 to 1 agat Fravola (taken) 40 to 1 agat Moorcock (taken) 50 to 1 agst Bonbow (taken) YOUATT WY. GMAT TO SITBSCRIBERS.—You must pet more and more on the Camb r id ges hire • we sh. I know a all win easier than Dulcibolla did the Cesarewitch 'Stakes horse that has been kept for the Liverpool Cunow at 60 to I—that will receive all sorts of " popper ;" that will settle half the bookmakers: Terms, to the end of the season, 5s ; the Cambridgeshire Stakes, 2s. 6d.—Address 15, Charing:. cross, London._ TIIIS Ddl"S SHIPPING. LONDON, 16. _wi n d this d a y at noon--South- Westerly moderate breast), ant dull cloudy w ea th er, with heavy rain' D„Lt Oct 14.—Wind N.W.—A rr i ved—Orwell, from mobourno ; B e NTrle4from Woosu ng ; Week& from Kur rachee. Oct. _ s.w._Anived_thrican, from Colombo. POUTS YO UTH, Oct. lb.—Wi n d W.S.W.—Arrived— Witch of the Wave, from London for Melbourne, with Balm Nola ; Bride, from Southampton, and sailed for Airs bay, Sailed—Wellteat, for Mobilo. FLTKOUTH, Oct. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived—Milo, from Cuba. BRISTOL, Oct. W.—Arrind—Fanny Chap man, from Africa ; Sarah Park, from New York; Pleader, from St. John's, Newfoundland. (EY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAM) Wind W.; weather c G loudy, with RAVESEND, rain Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W • S.W.strong, and thick, with rain. Anehored—Mutlah, for Algoa Bay, and African, for Colombo—both from London. MR. SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—A writer in a con temporary says that this gentleman was not on board the ill-fated steamer Arctic. Ho is at present living with a friend at Torquay. Wo hope the above information maY turn out correct. FEARFUL DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING BY FIRE. —Telegraphic advices from Constantinople of the 12th October state that the Isabella, with coals, and 21 other craft, have been burnt in port. The disasters arose from one of the bridges in the Golden Horn having acre r l i c ui sa y . taken fire. During the fire it blew a Per e ,. A u d r i n p ip Several casualties are reported as 9441 '"" Dardauelkvi k4t jig liT“ 19.1. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' clock. AMERICA. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The North Atlantic steamer Adriatic, Captain Comstock, from New York on the Gth instant, has arrived. She brings 243 passengers, and 671,271 dols. in specie, of which 60,000 dols. are for England. AQUATICS. SCIILLERS 11 , ACE 4 BETWEEN MACKINNEY AND cameThis he afternoonusualthe ni t dw h a e ab hr oeenusr o sh l zti v e le: invizoEg. contest me wn f r o o r uandtnjt uhesyetaquaticteod choice, honours . , Mortlake maankeden tossed for places, took the Middlesex side of the river. The start took place at three o'clock, when Mackinney dashed his sculls into the water with the rapidity of lightning, and in a few strokes drew himself in advance of his opponent ; but very shortly after Wise overhauled him, and at Searlo's was two lengths ahead, which he kept until they arrived off Craven-cottage. In crossing the river Mackin ney began to put forth all his power, and gradually shortened the distance between them, and eventually came up to him, and a fine race ensued for the next 100 yards, both mon rowing scull and scull together. Prom this point Mackinney again began to show ahead, and gradu ally increased his advantage. At the Crab Tree Mackinney was two clear lengths in advance, and passed under Hammer smith-bridge 4 seconds before Wise, the tine being— Mackinney, 9 min. 58 sec.; Wise, 10 min. 2 sec. Wise struggled manfully to recover the lead, but ineffectu ally, as at every stroke Mackinney improved his position, so much so that at Barnes Bridge he was fully five lengths ahead, this portion of the distance having been rowed in 22 minutes. Scarcely any alteration took place in the position of the competitors until the winning post was reached, when the victory was gained by Mackinney, who won the match by six clear lengths. The time occupied in rowing from Putney to Mortlake by Mackinney Was 25 min. 48 sec. Thomas Mackinney was umpire for his brother John, and Mr. Williams fulfilled the same office for Wise. Mr. Biffin was the referee. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hay. ing certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act. 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expen diture thereof, for the year ended the 30th day of June, 1860, amounted to the sum of £912,168 10s. 7d. ; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice that the sum of £228,042 2s. 7d being one-fourth part of the said surplus of £912,168 10s. 7d., will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 11th day of October, 1860, and the 31st day of December, 1860, to the following purposes, viz.:— X To be applied to the purch ase o f S tock.... 42 s. d. 2 7 To be applied to the purchas e o f E xc h equer Bills, commonly called Deficiency Thai, made out in pursuance of the Act 57 Geo. 3, cap. 42 .. 228,000 0 0 Add interest receivable on account of dona- tions and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of Stock £232,410 5 2 National Debt Office, Oct. 10, 1860. C. H. W. A. COURT, Assist.-Comptroller. WAR •OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 5. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Captain James Ainslie to be Major, by purchase, vice Michael Stocks, who retires ; Lieutenant 'W alter Balfe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ainslie ; Cornet William Lawrence Twentyman to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Balfe. 2d Dragoons—Thomas Jessop, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Herbert, who has retired. 10th Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Levett to be Major, by purchase, vice Richard Plane Smith, who retires ; Lieutenant Esdaile Lovell Lovell to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Levett ; Cornet Thomas James Williams Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lovell ; Cornet John Cecil Russell, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Bulkeley. Military Train—Captain Charles B. Virynne, Lora the 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Richmond Hoghton Gale, who exchanges. Grenadier Guards—Ensign Charles James Herbert, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Bridges, promoted. Bth Foot—Ensign William W. Madden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leeson, who reti ree . 12th Foot—John King Dooner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fiddes, promoted. 13th Foot—Ensign Richard Fitzgerald King to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Henzell, superseded for being absent without leave; Lieutenant Edward Lut wycho England, to be Adjutant, vice Bond, promoted to an Unattached Company. 18th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Stevenson to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Theobold deceased; En sign George Augustus Nicolls to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bryant, promoted. 27th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon:Joseph Henry Thomas King to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cameron, appointed to the Staff. 36th Foot—Lieut. Edward Dorrien Newbolt to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Le Mesurier, who resigned that appointment. 66th Foot—Lieut. and Adjutant Henry Williams to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Baxter, deceased; Donald James Gordon Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieut. Williams. 58th Foot—Ensign Wm. James Hall to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Wm. Bolton, who resigns that appointment. 70th Foot—Ensign Rodney Stuart Riddell to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Crozier, who retires. 74th Foot—Lieut. Robert Frederick Martin to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chas. Wylde Sherlock, who retires ; Ensign Norman Magnus MacLeod to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Martin; Ensign Henry Smith Andrews, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice MacLeod. 78th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Watt Beve ridge, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Mastor, appointed to the 6th Dragoons. 90th Foot—Captain Henry Richmond Hoghton Gale, from the Military Train, to be Capt a i n , v i ce Charles B. Wynee, who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—Anthony Cope, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herbert, appointed to the Grenadier Guards. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Straker Turten to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant George Wm. Resde, who resigns that appointment. DEPOT BATTALION.—Major Charles Carey 1-Colonel be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Bray° James Well Armstrong, retired on half- Y. P enant-Colonel UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet ....lout the 23d Foot, Charles Spalding S. Evans Gordon, from de Morel to to be Major, without purchase. -- MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Maeod vice Bradshaw,erOn, A p fr l a o d t hljitopso;n7 stan t-Surgeon John ha sot, to be Staff- Surgeon, . RAN — K RupTS- Egbert Lambley, tailor, : and Nov. 29, at eleven, a t th e C h ar l e s-street, Soho-squar e , t o surren d e r Oct. 25, at on a Court of Bankruptcy. m erchant, a nd Nov. 28, at two, at the Court rchant, Devonshire-square, City, Get. of Bankruptcy cowkeeper, Budoek, Cornwal, Nov. 7, Walter Lawrence,,7 at 0/15 at the D' • 31 1:l at os h e a s if 1 1 : p fze t s t , w and Nova ' Exeter District Court. at eleven, r groce Halifax, Oct. 26 and Nov. 16, at John et , eleven, Silvestar, photographic artist New Dorset-place, Alfred at the Leeds District Court. Clapham-road, Oct. 25, at one, and Nov. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W illi am John Cox, grocer, Fetter-lane, City, Oct 31, at two , and Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Frank Adams, lighterraan, Chancellor's-wharf,liammer smurt h, of Bank ith, Oct. 31, ruptcaly. at h -past two, and Nov. 28, at one , a tthe Co f Joseph Mathews, innkeeper, Holywell, Flintshire. Oct. 26 and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. John Rowbotham and James Shaw, picture dealers, Manchester, Oct. 31 and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Robert Edward Martin, surgeon, Brighton, Oct. 26, at half-pa s t one, and Nov. 30, at one, at the Co urt of Bank ruptcy. Henry Edgar Morgan, confectioner, Oxford, Oct. 26, at half-past eleven, and NOY. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Nl'Phers .n, innkeeper, Aberdeen. Neil Brown, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow. William Murdoch, shepherd, Corry of Torrridon, Apple cross, Ross-shire. John Anderson, builder, Partick, Lanarkshire. Charles Grubb, farmer, Ladeddie Quarries, Fifeahire. Ernest Chapuy, general merchant, Fenchurch•street, London, now residing at Kingston, near Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tars DA.T. Amsterdam Ditto et. 3 Months. 11 Iff ii 1 71 Rotterdam • 11 161 11 Antwerp Brussels 25 30 Harrel 25 25 Sh — ort. 25 13 12 Paris2sl3 20 Ditto Marseilles — 25 11 77 25 42} Frankfort on Maine — ,1 1171 13 65 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 Berlin.. — 49 491 Madrid -- 49 2.5 15 491 Cadiz 25 60 Leghorn 25 371 25 45 Milan ...... 2.5 40 25 45 Genoa Naples ... . Palermo ..... 121 122 Messina ........•••• ...... 52 Lisbon ............ ..... 62 63 Oporto . : .......... .... 634 Rio Janeire ........ .... .. Now York So A dreadful accident occurred last week on the Lake of Garda. The boiler of a gunboat, which has been running regularly, with permission of the Government. from Salo to Limone on the opposite shore, exploded,, and precipitated 80 persons into the lake. The whole family of Count Guerrieri, of Verona, comprising eight person..., were lost; and the family of Count Avright, of Salo, valued the rama fAtO, Tha Awaint wf Tiotian is deli 79. 100 100 20'11 100 1000 82i 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 100 stock B 100 100 100 100 100 PANE 100 all all all all 0111 k 1002 3f it 4a 37i 171 I