The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-16 00:00:00

Mi" 7! MONEY MA_TIKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLooK. About 4216,000 in Australian gold was taken into the Bank vaults yesterday, being the largest parcel received th ere for some time past. This un- interrupted flow a the precious metal, sustained by extensive remittanoes from the Colonies and smaller consignments from Russia and America, is causing a rapid accumulati lon, upwards of three quarters of a million sterling having been sent in since the date of the last weelly balance-sheet. Unless the metallic circulation has largely increased during that interval, the sto ck of bullion must now ap proach 181 millions sterling, and further additions will be made from Nr reek to week by the supplies from Victoria which are known to be coming forward. Two or three vessels are overdue, with moderate quantities of gold, and as the export demand has almost ceased, it is presumed that the whole will be disposed of to the Bank .authorities. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and values were fully supported. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales. In the Rail way Share Market a moderate business was done, and prices continued to improve. The report issued by the directors of the General Discount Company shows a gross profit of 42,310 12s. 11d. upon the .10 months' operations, which, after deducting working and preliminary expenses, will leave sufficient for a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. At the meeting of Messrs. Montgomery's credi tors, held yesterday, the liabilities were stated at £Bl,OOO, including £lB,OOO r(),mmodatien bills accepted for Messrs. Carm ich'ail and Co., and the assets at £40,372. A divid end of about 10s. in the pound is expected, and it w as agreed that the estate should be wound up under inspection. There was a meeting to-day of the creditors of Messrs. Portelli, Sehembri, and Co., when a state ment of their affairs was submitted, showing the liabilities to be £42,060 1,55. 5d., and the assets £9,357 2s. 9d. If appeared that the books were badly kept, and much difficulty had been expe rienced in ascertaining whether there was one or two houses connected with the firm, Mr. Schembri having been said to be associated with both. Mr. Schembri was represented as absent in Paris from illness, otherwise he might have been here to give explanations. The Malta house was said to be still solvent and respectable, so that if the identity existed, the claims of _ the creditors of Portelli, Schembri, and Co. would be more likely to be satisfied. It was eventually agreed to adjourn the meeting, to get more information from Malta on the subject. The market for . English Securities has again pre sented a quiet, yet buoyant appearance. There is nothing to create the least excitement, and the dealings are too limited to promote fluctuation. Th 3 daily movement seldom exceeds 1 per cent., but the tendency is strongly in the ascend ant, owing .to the numerous influences created by the favourable progress of political, mercantile, and financial affairs. Consols have been 971 for money, and 971 for the account. The market at the present moment, however, is rather flatter, the quotations being 971 d and 971 1 respectively. The New Threes have been specially transferred at 971, India. Stock is rather flatter, viz., 216 ; ditto Scrip, 2d issue, 981 4 ; ditto Bonds, 13s. to 15s. The March Exchequer Bills, 365. ; June ditto, 275. prem. ; and the Bonds, 1011. -Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode rately active, and prices are not quite so well main tained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 951 96 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1111 1; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 93 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 451 ; and ditto Certificates are flat, at 61 ; Mexican 3 per Cents. are 211; Peru vian 3 per Cents., 711 72 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. (1858), 961 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 78 ; ditto Deferred, 161; Chili= 6 per Cents., 106 ; Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 761; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 1011. Turkish New Scrip is now par to 1 premium. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under :-- 1858. Great Western • Nerth-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 1857. £32,809 68,136 16,772 18,171 33,856 24,508 23,235 Lancashire and Yorkshire 27,745 Bristol and Exeter 7,355 7,277 Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire 7,185 7,370 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North-Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,809 4,777 West Hartlepool 3,630 3,562 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,197 6,407 Glasgow and South-Western 6,950 '7,563 Lombardo-Venetian 11,084 8,565 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada Northern of France It will be perceived by the above particulars that the income of most of the principal lines con tinues to improve. There can be no doubt that increased commercial operations, in the manufac turing districts especially, are developing the traffic, and a further movement in this respect may be expected before the end of the year. A rather large amount of business has been done in the Railway Share Market, and owing to the favourable character of the traffic returns, most of the principal lines show an improvement of +to 1 per cent. on yesterday's closing quotations. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, South-Western, and North- Eastern (Berwick) have improved ss. ; Eastern Counties, Great Western, North-Western, Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South-Eastern, 10s. ; and Caledoniarrand North-Eastern (Berwick), £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in moderate demand, and rather advanced rates are current. Northern of France have advanced 10s. ; Dutch Rhenish, ss. East Indian have improved 10s. ; and Great Indian Peninsula, ss. Great Wes tern of Canada declined about ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little variation. Bank of Egypt have improved 55.; and London and Westminster, ss. Atlantic Tele graph shares have declined to 455 and 460, and South Australian Land are 381. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto Scrip, 2nd issue 9Bk Ditto Bonds, £l,000 Consols for Account March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 36 I 27 Ditto 1500, --I 27 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cont. , Ditto, 1859 look PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian, 6 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 96t a Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 7B Ditto Deferred l6f Chilian, 6 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian, 4i per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. r,fl Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. 4st • Sjoanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish, 6 per Cent. Dividends on, the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. eruvian Dollar Bonds, 4} per Ct. Ex. 4s 76} TWO O'CLOCK. Consols,Money 971 Ditto Account 971 DESPATCH OF AMERICAN LETTERS.—The screw Steamer City of Washington, with 115 passengers, a good Cargo and mail, sailed yesterday for New York. On Saturday next the Arabia, Cunard vessel, tak es h er de parture for New York with mails and passengers. Letters /or her must be posted on Saturday at one p.m., and with late fees until two, on the landing stage at three. PERILS OF PILGRIMAGE.—An incident has just taken place, says the Pays ' which shows what a state of discrganisiti , n prevails m Arabia at present. It is known that a son and two nephews of the Emperor of Morocco, to fulfil a vow made by the head of their family, left, in May last on a pilgrimage to the holy cities. After visiting Mecca, t t l*proceeded to Medina, which contains the tomb of Ma 401net, as well as those of the two first caliphs, Aboubekir and Otnar. On leaving this latter city, the princes, who were ac coinpanied by a numerous suite, were att- clod by one of the tribes of the district of Assyr, which pillaged the caravan and insisted on receiving a large sum as the ransom of the :Moorish party. One of the young men having attempted to offer resistance was nearly killed. The princes, seeing that nothing else was to be done, were obliged to send one of their °tracers to Yambo, a town under the rule of the Turkish . authorities, for the sum required ; and it Was only when the amount was handed over to the assailants that the caravan ° lad coatinue itejelguoy. SHARE Share! Railways. Amber,;., Notting. Bost., and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballvmena Bir., Wol., and gtr. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction - Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian • Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall s reve no div Do. A A E • Do. B until6p.c.per an. ha sheen pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg* and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.VI.R ail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newis .at £slosp.sli Lon.,Brigliton &S.€oast London & North Westn. Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shet, & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmii.T. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Aree.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. it Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks.& Riv. Dun Do. do.. , Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class.... Do. 2d Class .. 6 1 61 1218 DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. s.:~ } 6} Paid. I Closing I Business Price. Done. 64 66 11 12 31 33 90 92 85} 851 34 36 4 5 7 r 11 16, 61 62i 44 46 29 31 90 92 63 61 26,1 2Z 91 93 10 101 1014 102 83 85 127 129 1014 1021 51} 511 54 56 86 89 111 12i p 11 124 p 94 94 1 Old }d 5} 6} [O9l 1104 90 91 1 11 d 93 91 35 36 _.... ._. I:+4 97 68 70 9 11 61 ., 634 3 3d " 551 92 93} 1* 1 d 45 46 73} 74 99 103 54 5I d 8 9 26 4 28 84 112 114 24 274 83 6 85 43 45 3 2d 34 35 714 72 764 774 13 14 7 5d 9 11 35 35 3 3i 611 21 12.10 13.14 Stock, Stock Stock Stock SfOck Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 1613 4 Stock; 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stoc 12i Stock Stock' Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock' all all 22f 7 16f 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. IPaid. I Closingprioe. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. e. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do.. N. Do. New 6 per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. East Lane. 6 per et. E.& W. York: Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pr. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. ALS West, g a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 4i p. c. do. do. Redm:,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock rent West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeempble, 44 p et. Do.-Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do.Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock :Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 : Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S : W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. shares Do. .S p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, frua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.ll ai I.& Dck.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire . Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. ls:t . ,g• Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb .Do. 34 pert. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.Kua:6 Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do. 4:* per eent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. 1 efts Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gas - Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per. cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per oent. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July Do. 6 p.e.Fb.drAug. Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6p,c. Ja. &July, Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb.' NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St.' Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6pm.Jan&July 100 100 100 100 100 100 1141 1151 113 115 113 115 lon nq 991 1001 109 a 110 i 109 111 109 111 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. I Price. Done. Closing Business Agra&UnitedServie,eßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, Arc City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot.,- & Aus. Ch. Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustrat London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new. • • . .. . National Bank • • New South Wale's Orient: Bk: Corporatio Ottoman Bank ..- Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 90 92 1 234 24xd 45 - 47 57 59 n 30 31 20.11 20 21 . 16i 17 xd 201 21 27 28 31 32 451 46,1 37' 38 19i 20 63 65 53 55 47 49 24 26 19 17 49 51 94 96 Itockl 1103 105 4 6 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 112 116 103 108 1141 1161 1124 114 i 129 131 80 82 Stock' 50 Stock Stock Stock' Stock] Stock 26 13 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, 12 12 Stcck StCekl Stock Stock Stock Stock) io 1 io Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8* Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction COlclizster ; Stour Val E.Lincolushire,g.6p.c E Union,Harwichns Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. f, Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference all 1100 100 100 100 100 all 674 68} 119 121 111 113 104 106 6.3 65 11} 112 91 93 82 84 83 85 96 98 9 9} 16 17 68 # 70 101 18 19 9 9,1 134 14i 39 141 1158 163 Lon.,Tilby.&Souteia Do. Barking Shares.. 117 119 IP 65 70 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,lturyEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. 1 139 141 101 103 92 1 J P 118 i 9 11/ 106 108 Do. 4 Shares A:• Rovstn,Hitch..& Shep Shrewsbryt Hereford South Staffordshire .. Woar Valley, 'g. G p. C. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset. Wimbledon& Croydn 9c4 974 f d ie i i Ms par 23 24 117 119 Shari Docks. 98 100 74 76 1122 124 125 128 101 231 241 100 102 99 101 28 29 321 33i 38 43 Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin E.U.ArE C G t. North. E.Counts. ICaledonin Do. 98 100 102 104 16 18 143 145 3/ 4; Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Pet() &Co. Do. Norfolk Do LN w&M Stk.& Dar,' Midland . E.Counts. D 0....... D 0....... L&N W k L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Lan.& lTk T Bra iet y Stk.& Drr Pe. Gt. West. IL.&Brgtn 109 111 13 14 24 24; 91 93 25 95 97 iP 57 59 139 141 91 in 90 92 8 DOCKS. 1102 i Closing Business I raid P r i ce . Docks. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Rref.l4u l OO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine 1 Stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria, lOO 101-102 20 D 9 New as uSi LIU MO: 16 i 4 14.1 . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. R a il wa ys. . Paid. Leasing !Closing] Business Co.'s. Price. Done. St St ock ock 25 • Stock Stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 £3 Is, 174 all all LAW INT (This Day.) Closing 1 Business Share Railways, I Pa i d. I Price. Done, 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 20 Ardennes all 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e -3 par i 3 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 2 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 30 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem. ' Con. shs all 84 81 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Rale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 5 51 p 131 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Genova 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New ' all 20 Namur and Liege all 9 9. 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 211 211 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares • l2 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 5 3 1 d 20 Paris,Lyons, and. Medit. all 334 31/ 34 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) t u gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse...: all 8 8 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 83 West Flanders all 5 51 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 25 26 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) THE. LYCEUM THEATRE,-IN RE C. 1. DILLON. Today was appointed for the last examination of Mr. Dillon, late lessee of the. Lyceum Theatre. The account put -in by Messrs. Booths and Canning shows debts to the amount of £4,632, besides £485 due to creditors under an insolvency in July, 1854, when bank rupt owed £7 . d5, but had since paid £270. To creditors holding life policy, £557. To salaries received between September, 1855, % and April, 1856, £196. Cr. Cash— £4 6s. Ild. life policy valued at £23; excepted articles, per sonal and theatrical wardrobe, £2O ; law costs, £B4O ; in terest, £541; travelling and other business expenses, £421; domestic, September, 1855, to April, 1858, £l,BlO ; loss on 254 performances at Lyceum and Drury-lane Theatres, £214; ditto on subletting Lyceum Theatre from 14th April to:23d December,-1857, £326; ditto upon surrender of lease of Lyceum Theatre, being deposit money forfeited, £1,260; other losses, £663. Total losses, £2,464; deficiency Sep tembar. 1856, £Bl9. • The bankrupt passed with opposition. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) IMPORTANT TO . PUBLIOANS-THE TIPPLING ACT--.. CORN EXCHANGE. SAPLAND V. REAY. This was an action for £1 65., goods sold and delivered, and £1 10s. for a silver watch entrusted to defendant, but never returned to plaintiff. A person who acted as agent for plaintiff, who is a pub lican, of Leadenhall-street, produced a number of tickets, and stated that they were orders sent by the defendant, who is the foreman at a portmanteau manufactory. The tickets were handed to his honour, who, upon pro ceeding to examine them, found that upon some was written " Old Tom" 2nd upon others " Gin." Ibis Aptiour—Wall,-defendant does not appear, and you are the only witness against your principal. You have thrust these tickets into my hands, and I am bound to strike the amount out of the summons. You cannot re cover for old Tom and' gin. Plaintiff—What ! not upon a written order ? BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I - g Share' Railways. Paid. Business Price. Closin Done. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all Leased at 6 per cent.. . Born. f liaroda&Cent.lndl 9 18 }dis ip gu. 5 per cent 18 Do 18. Do. Addit. Capita! A 6 1 dis p 18 Do. Do. B 41 4 dis p 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 7 204 Do. New l6l 131 12 d 100 f Buffalo,Brant.&Godrichi 100 8.3 99 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 78 82 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 20 Cleutta.& - S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. P 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 4 1 4P 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e 5 par Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 106 10 04 1061 20 Do. C Shares all 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO f 1p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D0.44p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 20 Geelong& 31e1.gua.5 p. c. all 151 161 Ste S Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds.. j Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 37 361 1 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 73 74 110 D0.•6 per cent. Pref.— . 60 10 6d 20 Gt.lndial'enin.grua.sp.c. all 211 211 211 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 parp 20 , Do. do , .2 IP 41 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip (. guaranteed 5 per cent. j zs• par 1p 2% Gt.W. of Canada Shares . all 171 184 111 18 201 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '7,s,with all 105 108 1 1 1 ; t st a ll 1 104 °5 105 08 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 18 191 20 Do. do. 5 per cent all 201 20 20 Do. 4f p. c. Extension l4 1 0d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 5 P 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6pp c. Bonds 100 Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g4o 10 2 11d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do IO 4 3 d .. Do. do. Land do 20 S Northof India Tramroad 2s. Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde -4 15 4 fp 20 Do. 20 Do. New m 5 par 1p 5 20 Do. Punjaub g a 5 par p 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bt, 5 par p 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 4p His Honour—Certainly not. - Old Tom is a shocking old fellow, and a curse to the country; and if people will have it, you should get the money at the time. Plaintiff—Well I, never heard that we couldn't recover upon a written order. At the Southwark County Court we have recovered upon these orders. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 0 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 , Suckling calves, 18s to 23s 18s to 255. His Honour—Well, you cannot recover here, and the amount must be struck out. This was done, and a verdict given for the amount claimed less 7s. 6d. gin and "old tom supplied. SCRUEMANN V. SCHLIN4FR :-- EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 1,149 Sheep and lambs Calves 3BO Pigs 4OO IN LOTTERY TICKETS. In this case plaintiff sought to recover a sum of 5s for goods sold and delivered. Defendant admitted that he had had the goods, but pleaded a set off of 15s. for a lottery ticket supplied to plaintiff. He said that he had bought the ticket in question and had sold it to plaintiff at that person's request. Plaintiff—Oh, he generally has 40 or 50 of these tickets about him, which he thrusts upon people. His Honour—Well, this is a dangerous thing, and I atu inclined to think illegal. Plaintiff—lt is oily Werth 7s. 6d. Defendan.—l'll take that. MEAT MARKET S . His Honour—Then I will :deduct it, but it is not a very safe trade. SMITH IV. HERRING. Plaintiff, the proprietor of the Sunday Times newspaper, claimed £3 10s. for. inserting isundry advertisements in the Sunday Times, and .£3 3s: for insertions of advertisement in the Almanac. Defendant alleged that his advertisement was not inserted in the Sunday Times Almanac in a proper place. Accord to agreement, it was to be placed On the last page of the Almanac but one. He agreed to pay £3 3s. for the use of that leaf. The advertisement was not put there, but amongst the " puffs." Mr. Potter, collector of the Sunday Times, proved the order and insertion of the advertisements. The defendant had previously paid the advertisements in the Sunday Times, £3 10s., into court. The defendant was also examined, and proved that there was an express agreement to insert his advertisement in the last leaf but one of the Almanae, His son, a boy 14 years of age, corroborated his father's evidence. Mr. Prior, advertising agent, said that he countermanded the defendant's advertisement in December, and said that the defendant stated to him, and he stated to the plaintiff, that unless the defendant's advertisement was inserted in the last page but one of the Almanac, he would not have it inserted at all. His Honour gave a verdict for the defendant, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT TO FEMALES AT TirE GUARDS' CLUE.—Thomas Cotchin, described as the housekeeper of chambers, 50, Pall-Mall, was charged with disgraceful and indecent conduct to the female servants at the Guards' Club. From the evidence of Mary Wilks, still-room maid at the club, and which was confirmed by Harriet Bradbury, one of the housemaids, it appee.re4 that, for some time past, the prisoner had been in the Constant practice of exhibiting himself at the window of the house where he lived in a state of complete nudity, , and. making use of disgusting gesticulations, evidently with the intention of insulting them. He had been caution e d severs' times, but as he persisted in doing it, yesterday `afternoon, on his again re peating it, Carter, a young man employed at the club, was sent over to him, and he was given into custody. A solicitor, who appeared for theprisoner, cross-examined the witnesses, but their evidence, which was given in a very creditable manner, was not in the least shaken. Henry Frank Carter, billiard marker at the club, proved being called up and seeing thd conduct of the prisoner. He then went over and ea:used him to betaken into custody. Mr. Bingham said it was clearly a case under the Vagrant Act. The conduct of the females in every respect reflected great credit on them. It was very hard that they could not go to their window for a mouthful of fresh air without being insulted by a persoh with such a nasty taste. Committed for three monthB. SAVAGE ASSAULTS Olt FEMALES..--A RUFFIAN.—A tall, ruffianly fellow, named Daniel Lynch, was charged with assaulting his wife, 't nen Lynch, and also a young female, named Ellen Casey. The wife, on getting into the witness-box, refused to be sworn, but the magistrate insisting, she reluctantly con sented; but it was evident idle gave her evidence with fear, sa ying sho did not wish to hurt her husband. The whole of her evidence was, that she was brutally treated by the prisoner on all occasions, and that on the previous day he had given her several violent blows on the face. Mary Casey said she heard the man and his wife quarrel ling. She told the prisoner he ought to be ashamed of himself to strike his wife in the way he had done, when he gave her (witness) a violent blow in the face. Having afterwards, by accident, met the prisoner, without a word o n either side he gave he violent blow in the back, r It causing her great pain. A constable said the prisoner bore a very bad character in the neighbourhood. On the previous day he seized a saucepan which was on . the fire, containing a few things the woman had to :wash, and threw the contents all over the room. He had been -twide -before convicted ; once for an assault on a female, when he had three months, and on the other occasion•for assalting.his wife, when he had six months. Casey said that she only knew the female owing to her (Casey's). mother having oniployed her, as she was a poor; hardworking woman, and the prisoner was an idle fellow, never doing a day's work,to itipport his four children. The magistrate haling animadverted in strong terms on the prisoner's brutality and cowardice in striking the woman who worked hard to keep him and his family, while he spent a life of idleness, sent him to hard labour for six months. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1858. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.—Wheat, 44s 8d barley, 33s 3d ; oats, 27s 4d ; rye, 34s 2d ; beans, 46s 6d ; peas, 445 2d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST. WEEK.—Wheat, 119,213; barley, 8,366 ; oats, 9,067; rye, 802; beans, 2,872; peas, 387 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market WAS fairly supplied with beasts, and the demand fur all breeds ruled inactive, at Monday's currency: We had a slow inquiry for sheep—the supply of which was moderate—yet late rates were well supported —a few prime old Downs having sold at 5s per 8113 s. Lambs are now out of season. Prime small calves were in fair request, at full quotations ; but inferior veal was very dull. Pigs were firm in price ; but milch cows commanded very little at tention. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 0 4 6 Pme. S'thdown do. 4 8 4 10 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 8 Large hogs 3 2 4 0 Small porkers ; and quarter-old store pigs, POI tialg SUPPLY. Beasts 298 Sheep and lambs 900 Calves Pigs. NEWOATE AND LEADENTIALL.—The trade generally ruled nactive to-day, as follows : —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 5d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept. 15.—The supplies of fat stock on sale to-day were tolerably good,- and the trade generally ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 38 2d to 4s 8d; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 10d • lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Sept. 15.—Each kind of stock was in but moderate request, at our quotations, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to 5s Od ; veal, 3s Od to 48 6d; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs. Suckling calves, 12s to 21s; and milch cows, £l3 to £lB each. Lemon into custody, and th a other prisoners made an attempt to rescue him, and he./ took them into custody. The prisoners in defence, sal. 4 they were taking a friend home, and the police-cons tat)] a officiously interfered with them, and on remonstrati ag with him he used his fists and struck them. _ - Alder—l deny using my 1 'lsts. Mr. Selfe—l have had occl ision of late to find fault with the police on many occasions for being too officious. These young men have been taken : into custody most improperly and detained for several hoUrs • There has been too much of this, and I intend to keep a. book in which I shall record the names of police-constables - who act so improperly. The pr discharged. BENEVOLENCE.-Mr. Selfe handed to our reporter a letter, of which the following is a copy, and said the en closure mentioned had safely arrived, and he should dispose of them according to the wisdies of the benevolent donor " Mr. S. presents his compliments to Mr. Selfe, and requests the favour of his directing the within draft to he appropriated as follows—Ls for the poor blind„boy Regan, and £5 for the poor box of the office. - If acknowledged in the newspapers, Mr. S. will ;be obliged by the employment of his initials.—J. S., Lloyd's Room, Royal Exchange, 15th September, 1858." BIMETAL WEEKLY ANEEAGES.—Wheat, 45s ld ; barley, 35s 2d ; oats, 25s 7d ; rye, 33s 8c1; beans, 45s 9d ; and peas, 44s 7d. BRITISH MINES. raid. Closing Price. 2:11.10 - 11 45 55 05 465 90 95 11 15 4 41 21 2 6 7 9 4 1 0 4 164 174 17s 11.14.11 18s 6d 1 11 400 410 24 2 18.18.9 31 4 L9O 200 40 128 h 4 80 100 f 1 214 224 90 100 175 190 180 200 a 8 9 n 43 45 24 26 .1 0 1 -1 11 P 1 1 24 37 40 11 12 1 2 19 204 I 1d 1 1 4 6 2 3 Shire' Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons..(Tavist.) East Bassett (Mogan): Great. South Tolgus... G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci) G. Wheal Vorillelston) Lady Bertha North Franceslllogan) North Wheal £rofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy), Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons.. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea (Illogan). S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft Unitedhlines(Qwennap) Vale of Towey (Carol.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.).' Whearliitty (U. Le'ant) WWI Mar Ann (Menhe Trelawney ( Lick. ) FOREIGN M: Australian Bon AccordCopper,Lint. Brazil. hnp. (li. at £5 p,) Do.St.Jolindelßey,Lim. Do: Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Consols Min- inp; Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo DuuMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican COLONIAL GOVEI all alt MEN' Securities. MISCELLANEOUS. Share Miscellangous. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 00 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at Z 5 dis 50 British American Land 50 Brit. tt Irish Mag. Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C ,00 Canada _ _ _ Stock Chau . Islands Tel .(L im.) Cop.3lln.ofEng.&Smlig Do. Preference 71 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim.) Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 3lediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Nctherlauds Land Do do Do 8 p.c. Pref. ,iss. at I dis N. Br. &NovaScotiaL lnti N.B.Austraiasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oilental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & 3lln Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New _ _ _ Steckl Red Sea & Ind. Tclegr Rhymucy Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin Inv.( L South Australian Laud. Submarine Teleg. &rip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Thor. Cau Vi r st Dlomen's 100 all 10s. all all Paid .I Ciosinb► lEll6l3lcm done Price. 131 14 180 510 31 36 1 11 2i 41 43 19 21 14 16 117 120 24 28 25 27 _ _ if 4i 4 2 2 108 111 1 460 40 55 34i _ ..... 21 3 14 4cl 7i 8 d 1 2 11 11 3; ctar 4 4 83 83 2t 71 4811" GO Gc), it 36_ 40 1 ii V SECUII Closing Prices. Business Done. THAMES. AN AWKWARD DILEMMA. --A poor Woman came before Mr. Selfe and stated that a man, who Was a widower, had sent his child to her to be lodged and maintained, and for some time past had not contributed anything towards its support. She had applied to the parish o ff icers of Stepney, and they refused to take the child into the workhouse, or to give her any out. door relief. Mr. Selfe said the applicant had taken the child to benefit herself, and to realise a profit out of the money allowed weekly for its maintenance, and she must put up with the loss. The woman said she could not afford to maintain the child any longer. Mr. Selfe—Then summon the father for the cost of its maintenance. The applicant—l don't know where to find him. Mr. Selfe—You must seek him. The applicant—He has left London: Mr. Selfo mid he could not interfere in the matter, or compel the parish of Whitechapel to maintain the child. He was of opinion the applicant had acted very indiscreetly in adopting the child of a man without taking any security whatever. The child was adopted on speculation as a profitable investment, and it was rather too bad to call upon the parish to maintain it after the father had stopped the supplies. POLICE OFFICIOUBNEES.—George Hutt, George Lemon, and William Smither were brought before. Mr. Selfe-on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and making a dis turbine° in the Horsfirry-road , natcliff. The evidence of a police conitable named Alder, 28 K, was to the effect that he heard a good deal of noise and shouting in the Horsferry-road this morning, - between the hours of three and four o'ckek. He found the prisoners with a drankon man, who was very noisy, and instead o f undertaking to take him home, as they ought to have dont, they had a tar k with lilt; He told the, primulas to move 014241 rich Lentos Old Wm 44 to Moo- fast, go to* HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os.. to £4 10s. ; clover do., £4 Os. to £5 10s.; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 13s. per load. A slow trade. CI7MBERLAND.—MeadOW hay, £3 Os. to £4 10s. ; clover do., £4 N. to £5 Bs. ; and straw, £1 10s. to £1 14s. per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os. to £4 10s.; clover do., £4 Os. to £5 10s.; and straw, £lBs. to £1 13s. per load. A fair demand. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 16.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; light breeze, and fine. OFF THE START, Sept. 14.—Arriyed—General Wind ham, from Sydney. FALMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived--Leopold, from Ibrail. PLYMOUTH ' Sept. 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Russia, from Onega ; her Majesty's ship La wring, from Cuba ; Dora, from Newfoundland ; Sybelle, from Middlesborough; Emma, from Seville. • WEYMOUTH, Sept. Dantzic. 15.—Arrived—Seaforth, from QuEEssTowir, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived-- Temps, from Taganrog ; Favourite from Liverpool f or Buenos Ayres, making water in her ' bow ports ; Pind era , from Liverpool, short of coals. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, Sept. 15—South Carolina, from. Bombay; Jessie Munn from Bassein • Paragon, from Rio Bent o ; Dalomain, from Callao • Minho, screw steamer, from Paras. Arrived, Sept. 16—Aurora, from New York ; Ariel, from St. Übe's. Sailed, Sept. 15—Atalanta, for New Orleans ; Colombo, for Constantinople. Sailed, Sept. 16—Jasper, for Cardenas. (BY SUBMARINE AND- BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind E. ; two-and-a-half-hours' ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, Sept. 16—Alma, from Stettin; Egeritia, from Smyrna ; Shanghai, from Quebec ; Carolin e , from Patras. Sailed, Sept. 15 —Hertha, for Dantzic ; Johanna; for Hamburg; Huntingdon, for Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. light. Passed—Lidskiffe, from Canada for London ; Advance, for Mobile ; Lady Jocelyn, and Calcutta; for Calcutta ; Silistria, for Simons Bay; H. M. Mitchell, for Glasgow; Samuel, for Denierara ; Lymo Regis,. for the Cape of Good Hope—all from London. Sailed—Richard, for Grimsby. ACCIDENT AT A BREWERY . .—Yesterday morn ing a dreadful accident happened to William Bluer, aged 48 years, who resides at Milton-place, Old Kent-road. The unfortunate sufferer was engaged at a brew-house at Hors leydown, and was going to empty the hops out of the cop per. Supposing the liquor to be all drawn off he jumped m, and sunk in the scalding liquor. His screams brought assistance, when he was extricated and at once conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, but very much scalded. THE STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS.--In reference to a statement which has appeared to the effect that a person at Gibraltar has been apprehended on his own confession that he alone fired the fatal shots which resulted in the death of the Messrs. Jermy, at Stanfield-Hall, in Nov., 1848, it is right to state that nothing whatever appears to be known in Norfolk on the subject. This is important, as it is only fair to suppoie that if a person had really been apprehended as stated, some comnnuticatiott on the subject would have been made to the local authorities. The state ment has naturally excited some interest in Norfolk, but among those conversant with the circumstances of the murders little attention is paid to the narrative, *as the uni versal testimony of every one about Stanfield-Hall was that the murderer was a man of exactly the figure of James Blomfield Rush, who was found guilty and executed in April, 1849. , The evidence upon this point was most em phatic, and was supported by many collateral circumstances. - - DEATH FROM STRYCHNIA.—On Tuesday after noon Mr. William Baker, the coroner, and a jury, assem bled for the third time at the Duke of York Tavern, York street, Ratcliff, respecting the death of Miss Lavinia Ann Francis, aged 16 years, the daughter of a medical practi tioner, and surgeon to the hamlet of Ratcliff, who died under very sudden and mysterious circumstances from strychnine. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the two previous occasions that the deceased was the daughter of Mr. William Lyndon Frantia, ono of the medical officers of the Stepney Union. The death was quite sudden, and with all the usual symptoms of strychnia. The stomach and contents were placed in a bottle and sealed up, and sent to Dr. Letheby for analysis: Dr. Letheby, the lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital, was called, and said that he received the stomach of a human person and its contents in a bottle, carefully sealed up. Witness examined the stomach, which was perfectly healthy in its appearance, and contained two ounces of liquid like tea, which witness analysed, and found to contain strychnia. lie had no doubt that the deceased died from the effects of strychnia. The quantity found in the stomach was very small. Mr. Robinson, the assistant-surgeon to the Stepney Union, said strychnia was kept in the surgery The deceased had access to the room, and could get to the cupboard where the strych nia was kept by elevating herself. Henry Russell Davis said that the deceased occasionally came into the surgery to speak to her father. She could get through the waiting room at any time in the morning unobserved. She always seemed to live happily with her parents. Laura E. Francis said the deceased was her sister, and that she was with her on the morning when she was taken ill. She did not find in the drawing-room or the kitchen any cup or phial which the deceased could have used. Other witnesses were exa mined at length, when the coroner remarked on the extra ordinary and mysterious nature of the case, after which the jury consulted for a Aloft time, when the foreman raid his mother jurors were not satisfied with the evidence adduced, and wished for another adjournment for additional testi mony, as the case was involved in such mystery. At a late hour the inquiry was adjourned. THE SEPOIM—A letter from Calcutta, received yesterday, says :—" The rebellion seems to be gradually dying out. The inactivity of the rebels is in part, perhaps, owing to the rains, which impede their movements even more than ours, but its principal cause is obviously want of heart. The last hope of success died away with the second capture of Lucknow, and now even the hope of escape seems to be vanishing away. The sepoys, relieved from immediate pursuit, hope to find guns and allies in Oodey pore, where the household tiaaops of the Rana six months ago showed symptoms of discontent. Theymight succeed but for their plunder. Every sepoy is loaded with gold mohurs. His waist-cloth, his knapsack, and his hair are all alike weighed..down with these coins, an irresistible temptation, 'not o nly from their value, but from the ease with which they can be concealed. Every man's hand, therefore, is against these moving treasuries. The peasants watch for stragglers as patiently as dogs. The local troops watch eagerly for the chance of a skirmish, in which every man killed is a fortune to the victors. The budmashes, among whom they hoped to find allies, find it more profitable to cut their throats, and the wretched Sepoys, hunted by the Europeans, hunter the Rajahs, and hunted by the pea santry, dare n . !t, nor stop, nor disperse. Th e sp i es report their . a e , 4rightful. )3o9Adee they had food op ce • •ly on CYO, that was torn from the • 1024 824 Milli 9 4 a 911 90f 11 94 3 36 54 97 6} 55f I 61 93 I 13 II 711 I } 77 Stocki Bustnese Done. 30 28.2.81 Share Paid. IT lES. Business Done. 1151 I I DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) LATEST BETTING. CLOSE OF ROOMS.—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DONCASTER CUP. Even on Vedette (offered) 9to 2 agst Saunterer (taken) CESAREW/TCH STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken) 100 to 6 agst Prioress (takeni 30 to 1 agst Warlock (taken) 100 to 3 agst Fearful (taken freely) 100 to 3 agst Happy Land (taken freely) 100 to 3 agst Fadladeen (taken) 100 to 3 agst Underhand (taken) 100 to 3 agst Ancient Briton (taken) 190 to 3 agst Turned Loose (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Blanche of Middlebie (taken) 1000 to 50 agst Ancient Briton (taken) LITERATURE. Trust and Trial: a Story from the Danish. By Mary Howitt. Hurst and Blackctt. This is a simple little sketch of home life, written in a natural manner, totally devoid of affectation, and well calculated to pass away an hour in an agreeable way. There is not much incident re corded in the tale, but the characters are strongly marked out, and an individuality seems stamped on each person met with. Thorbjorn, the hero, is not of a very pleasing disposition ; he seems always to incline to adverse courses ; but it is to be remem bered that his father had brought him up after a veryi absurd fashion. Synnove, the heroine, is a graceful and charming. maiden, and forms the chief attraction of the tale. It is amusing to notice the stiff and stern demeanour of her parents—her mother especially, who was bent on throwing obstacles in the way of her daughter's union with Thorbjorn, but eventually she was compelled to give way. Ask is a peculiar character, who is very well described ; the mischief he caused to Thorbjorn was incalculable. It is interesting to peruse the accounts of the style of the people in the village ; there is a quaintness about their lives and customs that strikes the reader as unusual and re markable. On the whole, there is a great deal in this simple tale that may better deserve notice than many more elaborate and pretentious ones, and a debt of gratitude i s d ue t o t h e l ady who, by her translation, has rendered it available to the English reader. FALKIRK TRYST, TVESDAY, Sept. 14.—The second day of this market commenced with the sale of cattl6. The weather being favourable, the cattle had a fair ap pearance. The show was composed of Highland cows, 2-yr-old West Highland stots, and a fews lots of 3-yr-olds of the same breed. North country stots and stirks were a pretty large show. The Angus, Galloway, Fife, and other polled cattle were, collec tively,a tolerable show. The short-horned cattle were tolerably fair in point of quality, but rather short in numbers. The Irish cattle were a shortsupply,but in many instances the qualitywas good. The buyers were not so many as has been seen at this market in previous years, arising partly from the absence of the feeding portion of the East Lothian farmers, and also from feWer Englishnien being on the ground. The market in the early part of the morn ing was somewhat stiff for all kinds. The demand for real West Highland stots and stirks was fair, but for northern cattle the market was ex ceedingly stiff; particularly for stots, the inferior kinds of which were difficult to cash ; and of this description of stock a good number remained un sold at five o'clock. Kyloes were little in demand in the morning, but a few lots towards the fore noon slipped off the ground. The Highland cows, a number of which were on the ground (some of them left since last market), met very little en couragement. At the close of the market a con siderable number of all kinds were left unsold. The six-quarter Argyleshire stirks ran from £2 10s. to £4 10s., and the best quality about £6 a piece ; two-year-olds, from £6 to £9; small northerns, from 325. 6d. to 40s. ; and heifers of the same kind, from £6 to £9. Upon the general Highland stock a reduction of at least 7; per cent. was experienced below last month, and at least 15 per cent. below the corresponding market of last year. DESTRUCTION OF TILE GRAIN CROPS IN THE BLACK SEA AND SEA or Azor.—Advices from Nicholaief, of the 19th of August, announce the destruction by locusts and hot winds of the grain crops in the Russian territory of the Black Sea. Over Kherson a cloud of locusts recently passed, full 25 miles in length, but without alight ing thereat. Much distress prevails, and prices are almost at famine rates. A great deal of wheat injured by rain at harvest time, had been shipped from Taganrog for Malta and other Mediterranean ports. If we are rightly informed, the Mexican govern ment are now engaged in a negotiation which is likely to be attentively watched by the bondholders. The sale of another slice of the territory of the republic is, we are assured, in contemplation. EXPLOSION OF GAS AT ALBERT -GATE, KNIGHTS BRIDGE.—On Tuesday night, shortly before 12 o'clock, the inhabitants of Knightsbridge were greAtly alarmed by a tremendous report, resembling that of a heavy piece of ordnance, which was soon ascertained to have proceeded from an explosion of gas at the residence of Colonel Fulke S. Grenville, Esq., M.P., Albert-gate, Knightsbridge, by which three of the female servants were so severely injured that faint hopes are entertained of their recovery. The hon. member and family left town the day before yesterday for Ireland, and some repairs of the gas pipes were found necessary. During the night the servants were awakened by a strong smell of gas ; they proceeded down stairs, when on entering the back parlour with a light a terrific explosion took place, knocking down and scorching them in a dreadful manner. On the smoke clearing off it was found that Elizabeth Foot Margaret Scales, and Eliza beth Blamfield were severely injured. They were at once conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where Mr. Tomlinson, house surgeon, rendered every aid that medical skill could suggest, but the poor girls remain in a dangerous state. THE FRENCH CORN LAWS.—We find the follow . ing in the Echo Agricole :—" The queStion which excites general attention at the present moment is what measure the Government will adopt on the subject of the corn laws, the provisional decrees which regulate the question expiring on the 30th inst. We are asked. what, in the event of the sliding scale being again brought into activity, will be the position of persons who have purchased corn abroad, and which shall not have arrived in a French port by the 30th. The first decree of 1853, establishing the minimum of the duties fixed by the law of April 15, 1832, or 25c per hecto litre, without distinction of place of growth or flag, replies to the question. Art. 3of that decree says The enact ments of the preceding articles fixing at 25c. per hectolitre the entrance duty on corn and flour, and at 25c. per 100 kilos. that on rice and dried vegetables, shall be applicable to all French or foreign vessels, which shall prove that their cargoes, composed of the above mentioned articles, shall hove beeri completed, and their departure effected from any foreign port before Dec. 31, 1853.' As the enactments of the decree of 1853 were successively extended to the 30th inst., it follows that any vessel which shall have left any foreign port before Sept. 30, will only pay the low duty of '2se. The silence of Government as to its intentions oa the subject of the corn laws naturally gives rise to different sur mises. It is said that other very important affairs having absorbed the time of Ministers and the Council of State, they have not been able to establish a new law on any other basis than.that of the sliding scale, and that it may possibly occur that the, provisional decrees may be again extended to the 31st Dee. next. It is said by others that these decrees will be allowed to expire on the 31st Sept., and that the sliding-scale will come into operation but only provisionally, the intention of the Government being to present a new law to the Council of State immediately after the close of its vacation. The sliding-scale establishes such high duties on importation that they-are tantamount to prohibition. In that case we should remain with only our own resources to supply the consumption of the country and the probable de mand of our neighbours. Would such resources be suffi cient ?" RESTORATION OF TURKISH FINANCE.—The great drawback to commerce in Turkey has been the unsatisfac tory nature of its currency, which has acted very prejudici ally as rosneets the c,pital and resources of that empire. And the reamfiii is obvious, because, assuming that a profit has been realised on invested capital, the adverse course of the exchanges in Turkey has prevented such profits from being transmitted to England except at an enormous sacrifice. The operations of the Ottoman Bank are an evidence of this. The soundness of the principle on which this important bank is established and the ability of its manager is universally admitted. Before the currency assumed its present posi tion, the bank was enabled to pay a dividend; but dur ing the last 12 months, although th e actual business at Constantinople has been attended with great profit, the state of the exchanges has prevented the mana t ;er from making remittances for pu r p oses o f dividend. On the whole, it is impossible that any establishment can enjoy a more secure positionthan the Ottoman Bank—the favourite scheme of its chairman, Mr. Layard, and governed by some of the leading London bankers. A new Loan is now proposed, and • its declared object is to restore to a healthy condition the disordered finances of the Turkish em pire by absorption of the depreciated currency. That it will have this effect there can be no question ; and of course it will not merely affect favourably the interests of shareholders in the Ottoman Bank, but must tend, and largely too, to encourage further investments of nritish capital. The question, therefore, is one of national importance ; and it is impossible to exaggerate the benefits which would be derived in a commercial point of view by the opening of this unde veloped field to British enterprise.--(horning Chronicle. !RUSSIA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The .Nord, in allusion to some remarks mild° in an English paper respecting the danger of allowing Russia to occupy the port of Villa Franca in the Mediterranean, replies as follows : " As to the fact in itself it appears to us without importance. A vast steam navigation company is being established at Odessa to trade with the Levant and the Mediterranean ; it needs an ,entrepot for its merchandise vessels, and it buys one. What Government can oppose that act, except that of the country in which the en tropot is, or that of the country near it ? Now these two Goverruuents, which are those of Sardinia and France, do not complain; and it is England which it • is desired to cause to intervene in the transaction which is entirely com mercial. In truth, this is carrying the right of interven tion somewhat too far. In a moment of political aberra- ' tion, Prance and Europe allowed themselves to be drawn into promoting English interests to the extent of forbidding Russia to have vessels of war in the Black Sea. It is now desired to cause them to interdict Russia from having mer- Want ohipa is the Itediterruem r THE _NAVY. - Commander J. H. Derriman, of her Majesty's ship Harrier, has been promoted to be Captain. The screw steam gunvessel Lapwing, 4, Comman der M. F. o:Reilly, arrived in Pl3-mouth Sound on Tuesday evening, from the West Indies, with invalids. The despatch vessel Caradoc left for the Darda nelles on the 2d inst., to receive on board there, from her Majesty's steam frigate Curacoa, from. Marseilles, and convey to Constantinople, on a visit to his Majesty the Sultan, Lord Stratford de Rod cliffe, late her Majesty's Ambassador at the Sublime Porte, since, under existing treaties, no large class ship of war carrying guns can pass the Dardanelles. At Prussian squadron,eons:sting of the Th e ti s, the Gefion, and the Grille, with H.R.H. Prince Adalbert, Lord High Admiral of Prussia:, on board, passed the Wight during the night of Monday from Dantsic, last from Yarmouth, boutittiillrest. The following appointments havitetii made at the Admiralty :—Commandei _ Sir Malcolm Mae Gregor to the Harrier, vicefnexripan, promoted; the Rev. S. Beal, chaplain, to ttie' Royal Albert ; and W. H. Thompson, assistant paymaster, to the Hannibal. THE ARMY: The Council of Military Education, composed of Major-General D. A. Cameron, vice-president, Major-General J. E. Portlock, Lieut.-Colon e l J. E. Addison, Colonel T. Elwyn, Royal Artillery, and the Rev. T. Moseley, resume their examinations for direct commissions on the 21st inst., and they will continue for the three following days. The 99th and 67th Regiments are under orders to leave the Camp at Aldershott for Portsmouth eps route for India, on Sffturday night. The order alluded to in The Sun of yesterday, relative t• the barrack accommodation provided for the use of the staff sergeants of the Royal Artillery and their families, was yesterday put into opera tion. The new arrangements are said to have been adopted by General Peel on the plea of a desire of reducing the expenditure of the army, irrespective not only of the health and comfort of the soldier, but of his social and moral condition. The quar ters hitherto allotted to staff sergeants in garrison have been a couple of rooms each, the more spacious of the two being about an average of 8 or 10 feet square. The apartments contain one fire-place and one outer entrance only. By the regulations put in force yesterday a double number of the same class of non-commissioned officers, including their wives and families, were told off and directed to enter into a joint occupation of the one room, and what is termed a closet, so that this limited space is considered sufficient by the authorities of the War Department to maintain the sanitary condi tion of eight, ten, or twelve persons huddled toge ther, without consideration of sex and age. Those who prefer remaining out of garrison will be guar- . tered at their own expense. The artillery soldier, who is not ordinarily a dissatisfied man, has thus been goaded to a state of exasperation never wit nessed on any other occasion. Since the recent visit of inspection of the Lords of the Admiralty to Chatham Dockyard the greatest activity has prevailed in that establishment in order to complete those vessels which are ordered to be launched during the present and succeeding year, and also to push forward those ships which have recently been laid down. Among the latter class is the line-of-battle-ship Atlas, 91 guns, one of the large screw steamers which the late Board of Ad miralty ordered to be laid down at the various dockyards. This screw steamer, although only com menced in the present . year, is already in a very forward state. She is one of the largest vessels ever built at Chatham dockyard, and is sister ship to the Renown, 91; her engines will be of 1,000- horse power. Another 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamer, to be called the Bulwark, is ordered to bo laid down at Chatham dockyard. The Hood, 90, is nearly completed, and will be fit to be launched during the present year. This vessel was formerly designed for an 80-gun sailing ship, but during her construction she was twice lengthened in order to be fitted with screw machinery, and altered into a 90-gun steamer ; she has been on the stocks several years. The Charybdis, 21, one of the class of screw corvettes designed by Sir B. Walker, Surveyor o the Navy, is completed, but no day is yet fixed for the launch to take place. The Irresistible, 80, screw steamer, has been several years on the building slip and is now only about three parts completed, the shipwrights being employed in pushing forward those ships which the Admiralty have decided on having completed forthwith. The Orpheus, 22 screw corvette, building on No. 2 slip, has beenre cently commenced, and great efforts are being made to have her completed early in the ensuing year. Among the vessels in do c k i s th e line-of-battle ship Trafalgar, 120, which is being partially taken to pieces for the purpose of being converted into a 91 gun screw steamer. There are still two building slips vacant at Chatham, but these are expected to be shortly occupied by the new ships ordered by the present Board of Admiralty to be laid down. The aggregate of the vessels now in course of con struction at Chatham dockyard is nearly 20,0)0 :on& Col. Tulloch, superintendent of the Royal Car riage Department of Woolwich Arsenal, has returne from leave of absence, and resumed the direction:of his department. Capt. Gordon, appointed prinei. pal military storekeeper, to succeed the late Mr. F. Pellat, was yesterday ordered to take up his ap pointment. COURT-MARTIAL ON A GARRISON CHAPLAIN. WOOLWICH, Sept. 15.--A court of inquiry, com posed of officers of the Royal Artillery, has been sitting at the Commandant's-office in this garrison, to investigate serious charges affecting the Rev. William M. Wright, A.M., who has for many years officiated for the Regiment of Royal Artil lery, at head-quarters, Woolwich, as garrison chaplain. The president of the court was Colonel Buchanan, commanding the 3d Bat talion of Royal Artillery ; and the specific charges against the defendant were that ho had been seen in a state of intoxication on various occasions. In support of the prosecution a number of witnesses were called, both soldiers and civilians. The most material evidence was given by a sergeant of Royal Artillery, who for merly officiated at Woolwich as clerk at the garri son church, and who took an active part, under the superintendence of the rev. defendant, in the educa tion of the children of soldiers. The rev. gentle man positively denied all these charges, and alleged that the non-commissioned officer referred to had himself been guilty of certain malpractices, and had falsified entries with regard to monies entrusted to him for the purchase of rewards for school children, &c. The reverend gentleman produced as witnesses for his defence upwards of 30 military officers and highly influential civilians residing in this district, and it appeared from that and other evidence, that not only had the defendant for many years maintained his posi tion without reproach, but that the statements of several material Witnesses for the prosecution could not be true. The court considered that there was sufficient proof of the high character which de fendant had previously maintained, and of his zeal and activity as a clergyman, as well as in the work of education. After a recapitulation of the evidence in the usual way the court was cleared, and a de liberation took place, the result of which is favour able to the defendant. The specific terms of the " finding" of the court will not be made known (in accordance with military usage) until such decision is confirmed by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, to whom it has been for warded, THE MILITIA. The Northumberland Artillery Militia, in com mand of Col. Clementson, met at Clifford's Fort, North Shields, the head-quarters of the regiment, on Friday morning last. In the afternoon they marched to the North Shields Railway station, and, with their heavy guns and baggage, proceeded by special train to Hexham, where they will undergo the usual 28 days' drill. The Royal Elthorne, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Murray Prior, now stationed at the Curragh Camp, has just given 81 volunteers to the Line, and a few months before, while at Cork, it gave 45, which, with 579 given previously, makes a total of 805 volunteers from this regiment. The North Downshire Militia, consisting of 20 officers and 650 men, arrived at Aldershot yester day from Shorneliffe. The Fermanagh Militia have been removed from Great Yarmouth, having left that town on Monday evening. A disturbance which took place recently between some of the townspeople and militiamen was notified at the time of its occurrence in The Sun, and a second minor collision having taken place, it was deemed advisable to remove the regi- ment, part of which is to be stationed at Bradford, and the remainder at Burnley, Lancashire. The Ist Somerset.,,Militia - will assemble for 21 days' training and exercise, under Lt.-Col. Phipps, on 'Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Taunton barracks. DEATH OF DEPUTY JOHNSON.—On Tuesday information was received in town of the death of John Johnson, Esq., deputy of the ward of Cripplegnte Without. The deceased was aliveryinan of the Coopers' Company for many years, and was a member of the corporation Iti years, having been chosen:for th 3 ward of Crippregato Without in 1842. He was one of the Commissioners of Sowers for the City of London, a governor of the Royal Hospital of Beth lehem, and a of tilt) corporattqa, member of beyeral of the working committees t. Ati