The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-26 00:00:00

, ... - -- - -- - ---- , ccurree STOCK - Y esterday . MO I'vllE Y MARKET AND CITY NEWS. sudden --- - -- -0- ENGLISH FUNDS. weed. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. l ead out Bank S',ock, 2,71 9. The imports of specie for some time past have been Threa per Cent. reduced Annuities, 971 1 1-. .ation of I tiree per Cent. Console Annuities, 9E I 7. From largely in excess of the consignments to foreign !Ce r Three per Cent. Annuities, 971 -4'. second countries, and the consequence is that, with the ex- New Long A 3l nn pe u r it C ic e s n , t ih A ir n ty n ' ' y li e t a ie rs s, , expire Jan. 5, 1860, 14. m inster ception of a few parcels remitted to the continent, Long Annuities, thirty years, expire Oct. 10,1859,14. Long Annuities, 30 years, expire April 5, 1885, ISt. elf and probably in liquidation of commercial accounts, the India Stock, 217415. , where India Debentures, 954. various receipts arc passed into the Bank of India Lcan Scrip, 2d issue, 98 1 4 .. • n saps' India Bonds under I,OOL 16 England. Small additions to the metallic re side fo r cansols for Account, 7. ' - pen. ,topped,serves lodged there are reported almost daily, ~ ~ E vibe . .e Mils, I,lool.,March, , 334 . Exchequer Bills, Small, 21d., Marchl. 1 i g 0816 although the recent supplies, through the delay Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent., leo4. thserved in the arrival of the Australian vessels, have been FOREIGN FUNDS. whe ther on a reduced scale. The influx from America, Rus- Five per Cent. Brazilian, 1Q34. F , oui -ad-a-Half per Cent. ! middle sia, &c . , has satisfied the wants of the bullion dealer s, Sae per n Cent. Chilian, 105!. Brazilian, 1858, Scrip, 4 i pm couple d and left a surplus for accumulation at the Bank. Five per Cent. Danish Bonds, 1825,104;. Abut £28,000 was taken there yesterday, which, Three per Cent. Mexican, Acct., Aug, 31, 211. 1 , whiell 41 per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., Aug. 31, 901 24. From with the parcels previously disposed of to the autho- Th ree p er C ent. P eruv i an , A cc t., A ug. 3 1, 7 0 4 . rities, must have caused a further large increase Five per Cont. Sardinian, 91-4. )1: pie ce Three per Cent. Spanish, Acct., Aug. 31, 414. in the bullion. The balance-sheet, to appear in the e I o d s per Cent. Spanish. New Deferred, Acct., Aug. 31, 281. Gazette next Friday, is therefore expected to present Four per Cent Turkish Guaranteed, 101. ;I I bope a favourable appearance, because, at the same time, Five per Cent. Venezuela, Acct., Aug. 31, 394. et kno t the demand for money at the establishment has been Ithoug lh very limited. A further diminution of the other LONDON S ITARK M ARKET. - This Day. :lined t° ' securities is presumed to have taken place, and as the ORDINARY SUA.RES AND STOCK'S. cks, t lo t resources of the directors are likely to be further outlier. augmented by the repayment of advances to the East Star e t ED , ays. I Fait; !Closing Price? Business 1 the re' India Company, the possibility of a reduction in th e . Done. ...womar. ~ ,, , ,•/1.4. 4 .6.1........1 ~ /..!." - .1,17,4 , - I • •.., t :S.W., ~.. hillithilimos OEM o'cloc k ' minimum has not escaped attention. Increased perste (/ ' facilities, however, are scarcely looked for at a period ..s to kynterg., Notting.. Bost„ aid kaeletrrn .innmie a 10 61 6 ro trait", of the year when the demand generally becomes ;0 golfs's!, and liallnneme ... all •-• 2 3 each 0f more l active, and continues to increase for several 1514 Sir., Wok, & Stour Taller all 74 84 monts. 'lock Birk., Lou., & Ches. Jan's e i t her 5 1 ten e/ 1 There is very little demand for silver, and the 15 S'ackburn all 11 12 ; On Y ,I. amount to be transmitted by the next steamer to the 15 Myth Tyne original Vl. all 29 31 7t of t he East will probably not exceed the recent average.k Bristol anl Exeter . ll4O 24 96 ras in th e ;took 1944 Quotations are, nevertheless, supported, both for bar )ic pia " Stock /de:lonian silver and Mexican dollars. Stock Chow and Hell head.... 100 34 36 ;es 01 The amount of specie exported from New York, 50 Cork andßandon ..,, , all -.- standi os Cork,Slackrock,&Passage all -.- .of from the Ist January to the end of July, was about so 20 Cornwall 10 10 Do. A B r par t °t £3,172,000. t. recamil Ao div an - - 1 for the A small remittance, viz., £5,000, has arrived byuntil (.. p.o.perann „., ... he... peen paid toB. "" (.. ..• and W I/ the Flambe from the Cape. 50 D u b l i n and Bel:ast Intro all -- .- Of e scene From the manufacturing districts the letters 15 !Dun.,Pertn, a Aber. tn. all 74 81 ; porter' , mostly agree in the statement that trade is steadily ' ~ Stock ' Seat Anglian i froino ur reviving. The mill-owners are busily engaged, full Stool 8/stern Counties ...... ;, and 1 Stock ganol7l Union StoCk ..... 106 46 48 employment is provided for the operative classes, and Steck Do Do B. Stock lankS 9ll4l the prices of textile fabrics are advancing. The 25 - Do:New . A. (IntoEX. Sh. l 84 - - couldlOt accounts from distant markets, foreign and colonial, 25 Beat Kent " all 13 15 Stock Nast Lancashire lOO 91 13 z 2 tinge d t° are encouraging, and production is bein. increased. 60 all --b for money, 1 1 0 0 East Suffolk Do. - - the trai l This of course creates an additional inquiry , stock 841nburgh and Glasgow 100 65 e 6 65 although the movement may not yet have been suffi- k Edin., Perth, and Dundee 100 24 25 A d cient to influence the terms ofdiscount, or create a press- hock the do i ing demand for accommodation ; indeed, the supplies 10 Forth and Clyd e Junction all ... ... le of the 1 St 401 , Ptumess lOO - .... of money are so abundant that extreme easiness con- 111),-,), Glasgow & South Western 100 91 93 ;nod, tbs tinues to prevail, first-class bills being negotiated i 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 , r } Great Northern to -i- per cent, under the Bank rate. a no. Do. A. Stock lOO 79 81 79 carriage' At Liverpool yesterday the Cotton Market closed .-4 3 , D ir o ;a D t o so .B uii B . t & o w ck iozolar6 1 1: 0 0 1 1 6 3 4 1 183 116 ..‘.. . , the trill " firmly, 15,000 bales being sold, at very full rates. l wek m eet ittnk Great Western lOO 501 bl on 5 3 vas mu ch The Railway Share Market exhibited rather more iiock Do.Stour Val. nail. Gu.Sk 100 56 58 neral (5' ' animation, and quotations tended upwards. 12 Irish South Eastern all - -.. Lancaster and Carlisle- all Sf 2 aolll l e Ctei The official returns relating to trade and naviga- 50 161 Do. Thirds l4l 1! 13 pa as tion for the seven months ended the 31st July, is is i Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 pa , k statlo th 1858, have just been published. From these it boc 16 Dok Lancashire and Yor 166 I kshir 100 931 24 931 431 z d . do. F. £1 1 dls . station 0° appears that the total declared value of the exports a D o. do. £ 9 shares 7 3 3 db h ed in the from the United Kingdom for the above period was 0 Do. West Riding Palo:,, - / "" "" 1 don £64,461,801 against £73,027,913 in the correspond- il l s r o T zt el : Crory, & south ; ah ... 61 . .. e There log period of the previous year, being a decrease of 11 6 s Do. New B kwall a e l l l 6 - °• £8,566,112. The decrease is perceptible in earthen- Stock Lou., Brighton, AS. Coast 100 109 110 11l on o f tll6 Stock Lend= & North-Western 100 93 931 OS ware, fish, haberdashery and millinery, hardware 124 Do. Eighths hind 1" linen manufactures, linen yarn, Stock London & South-Waster 100 931 841 3111 &ages 1° and cutlery, leather, iron, salt, silk manufactures, thrown silk, British 15 London and Co'eraine all .... ..- ~,, of 15 London and Enniskillen - all ::: .- - ,er o: spirits, refined sugar, sheep and lambs' wool, Stock Aanches_Stef.,& Lincoln- 100 14 344 344 4 the II 'woollen manufactures, and woollen and worsted arn. " 00 10 k - -- dis 100 961 461 961 1 .0 , the re The importations of the principal articles were larger Stock Do. Birmn/sham a Derb; 100 66 CS 10fiCie lel' in cocoa, coffee, wheat, Indian corn, flour, raw cot- 50 MILO t. West. (Ireland) all - ..•• 25 Do. 1 Shares all ... ."... api ng ein ton, guano, hops, provisions, rice, spices, and sheep too eiewcastle and Carlisle.- all .... .... ter 15 Newport, Aberg, '.• 'Tare' all - - re gre y t and lambs wool. There was a diminution, however, 10 Newry and Armagh (def. 9 - .... ~, not et in live animals, cochineal, flax, mahogany, raw silk, 26 Nowry,Warrenpt.is liostr. ell -.. .... 1 0 0 LI , thrown silk, brandy, tallow, tea, tobacco, and wine. 100 e 3 65 The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the ' assist ant, 100 134 541 531 S , t i o i; k ff tZo ° r ri t G h l e t ro Counties Palo' si ' al 3 lii Aock North British amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade bf (Ilk . North Devon RaiLltDk Elk too *.s fl uid v fr the United Kingdom of 248,757 tons for the entries 81k. DO. A Stk.-A recv. no dir. gogress of of 170,984 tons on tam Do un . B til - la inwards, but there is a decline are °- t the clearances outwards. B e to p. c c k .h as beonpll3 100 100 '- Stock North Eastern-Berwl& 100 92 93 931 1 We 1 Ca dis IS. n igh In the coasting trade for the above-mentioned 15 De. do. G.N.E. Purchase: 16.13.4 11 ;dal a Stock Do. Leeds ... lOO 15 46 46 period the tonnage employed showed a slight de- flock Do. York Ce I °ill ' crease for both the entries inward s and the clearances lock North London lOO 9 100 z d tell. 10 N. &M.l estn„Harnpstead, . outwards. an d C i ty Junction. bra, w"" Ihi There was a meeting of the Sortridge Consols so North SW ordshire ..... ~. 171 51 - 51 on '' • trac e ' i Mining Company to-cray ; Mr. O rr in the chair. 1 1 0 ° tt sl o o rrt bert h Tg 'e fi s o t rWast. Jape all 8 0 h ibite prat. to The accounts of the four months showed a loss of nook orora,Woro., a weiver2. lea 26 28 ro aster ° (1 £405 14s. 10d. The total estimated balance in to Feeble/. ..... ... all - - I y c°° P ie 10 Portsmouth favour of the mine was £1,900. After a short dis- to Shrnnoy l9 8 6 dis 10 -•-• to P arti- Stock Scottish Central ~,,i 8 cussion the report was adopted. Stock ScottiahN.E., Aber. Stk lOO 274 18 The Funds are exceedingly firm and buoyant, but hock Do. fkOttlßhl4lll. Stock lOO 8 3 85 n g Cus- fi n i6 w hich - the transactions are still very circumscribed. There Stock ShropshirelTnion. lOO 44 45 io _ 10 0 c Bittinghe. & Sheerness .: all 3 2 dis Y) ° a.. if', consequently, an absence of animation, but St k South Devon lOO 34 36 0 well 0 - the improvement is nevertheless making , Steck 3outk-Er.stern lOO , 01 711 711 &it Stock South Wales lOO 77 79 78 steady progress. Consols have been 99- ,20 South Yorks.& Slyer Du. all 14 15 g i v en hir n for money, and 97 for the account. The New 10 '.l-o. no. IR 6 4 1 4.1, ac the 0- 3 per Cents. remain steady at 97A- 1 ,1-. The ' 13 Staines, Wain. fil Y. ck... ~: 9 l then gilt ° Reduced Annuities are firm at 97i i • New 21 per , 15 Stockton and Darlington all 86 36 Cents., 80; is Do. do. 1854.„.., 20 .... .... h ioself °l:l Long Annuities, 18i • the 111 arch Exche- 1 35 Do. do. 1855.... 7 ....* ...... cre W quer Bills, 31s. to 345.; ditto Bonds, 1004- ;India 1 - Stockton and Hartlepool 164 .... ..... and 6 I Stock ral Vale 100" .... ...e ~,y, a§ Stock, 215 to 217,V; ditto Debentures, 981 ; ditto I 'lock Co. Preference, NO. 1 lOO - .." e riOi•- ° • old (second issue), 98- 1 , if ; and the Bonds (under .:£1 000) ' 15 rhames Haven Dk. A Bail. 15 ..... .... He c °- , , Stock Vale of Noath . - ..... . 100 - - , 16 8. Bank Stock Is firmer-viz., 0 °7.- 1 ,- to 00 9. Stock Waterford and . ilikonny 100 - _- eThe number of transactions recorded in the 10 Waterford and Limerlok all -.. 10 west Cornwall . all - .... fixed to th Poreign Stock Market is moderate, and prices have to W.E. or Lon. & Cry.Pultice all - - nut. ,„ advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 961 . 1 - 4 ; ditto 5 D 2. A -eceiving nodiv. ? it 3 Sk 81 - to 7 pr. ct. has static:oi; 4 per Cents., 104 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 44a ; ditto s D 0.13 tow, pai 3 to 8... WI f 4 7 is 00 00° Deferred, 3q ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 901- 92-i- ; so rogliondon 0 ~.., .... 14 0 6 10 Do. ist Class - here • t i l l is I Do. 2d do ... 1111 •••• ..... Is train tbe Venezuela 5 per Cents., 39 7 1; Brazilian 5 per Cents. ) _ ;ion 013 103-1 • ditto Scrip has risen to i i prem.; Chilian LINES LEASED AT FIXBD BIINTALIi. and Bret -6 per ' Cents., 1051 ; and Danish 5 per Cents. 1041. __ - The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to Pam 00 L m 0a p ti t a ...1 1 610 „,__ ...4.. , 10 .1 B Do us n in e e . ss 0 11 Railways said i n this day, are, in round figures, as under :- :.,w,.....,,,..,--...-.---............ ----.....---............. tat an °P., i 1858. 1857. ted!ord & Bletchley...„ all Lon. A N.Wn.I - ..., ase 9 Suckinahareshire lOO Lon. &N. W. 100 In 2 L e deo - I , Great Western 31,980 32496 North-Western urthe res' Joichoster, Stour Val... eh E. t'n. &B.C. 16 18 Or 80ru h-Western 18,367 18,098 11. 4. Lin un c i0 o n lnshire. g. 6 p.c. 100 Gt. Northernll4l 146 he eir e ii brighton • life; °lc Midland 34,208 33,609 Do. Woodbrilge t ;ell' 24,558 24,056 inves' - Noun- Eastern Great Northern - r.Direct. too Caledonian... ... Do. New lOO D 0....- ........ .... ... it 21 lonocs. & Dean Forest all Grt. western .. el‘' Lancashire and Yorkshire - .... For a V ie B ristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead - - el° Past Lancashire ion °-f' Nara d ied' Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,218 11 , 541 flo.Pro!oreneo.... ....... .. all Do 231 244 A3 B Norti•-Eastern 10. Barking Shares all Do. - Om D i lire. , , t 5 Oxford, Worcesttr, and Wolverhampton,. 4,320 4.633 1 ret wort° t, guet. 4 per et. 100 Norfolk.. - - eat don West West 11 artleneol - - . e i WO Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee .. 3.522 :1,836 i i.tr.ctes., Btu., & 211 , 14', all tat N,w,e t y 21 11 bci r Edinburgh and Glasgow - -.... :hint; t Glasgow and Smith-Western - 98 109 C 8 7,462 ~,,.--, 16 lir )., t.By .E 7, , 4 -, u. 5 p.: . 5:.55.s 13n. 00untle 1 Ipm pm !ogsi sau Lombardo Yen t thin ,933 38,827 7686 On 19,102 tO Verthern nil Ilaator all do 6B 60 Nor thern of Ft sues justi ce , alleViat°6 per cent . . ... all Do The transactions in the Railway Share Market ..);:i;rnd 5 per - ............. ell D 0.... ..... : - e t he have been on a rather moderate scale, but prices in ? '" ast " "1 Wyse ell L a i ' , " ir t.. . . --- , ;song o t 0,4 Stares 1.... .... . a' Do .. P. The '' most instances are iv( ll maintained, the variations %usual, into:are ' ;V' . ' 0a having been about - 1 to 1- per cent. Bristol and sheer - tab 5t0ck....... 11e , it. Norther; 140 1 4 4 1 Oak 8 . 1 1 ' 1 .. ha , Roth., and Gelb- is lis 1. A York Exeter, Eastern Counties, and South Eastern ad- 4.rewsbory"”a Etc - --an- -. word. all Ihir.T.Brassey 9 10 which Wi ll s hed vaneed 10s. • Great Western, North Eastern (I3er- has? Stattordshire..... all Mr. Id'Olear 10 101 deter Valley ....... ..... all 'Stook it, Wick), and North Eastern (Leeds), ss. Sauth IVes- Do de ' • P ' • 4 Dar. - - an Do ll3l 844 I do g gills and Sornorret .... 100 fist. ester: 90 92 W tern, Midland, and North British declined .ss. ; and 7,-, tic:lon & Crordor 1 all , Lon. A Erigh s 9 Of Lanonehir. and Y'r,elt,il,;.,-. sari Nictrfl, 11. , ,,,,,,,, 1 flc 1858. 1857. Great Western... North-Western .. South-Western . brighton Midland Mouth-Eastern . Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire _ 28,782 29,015 Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead Past Lancashire Lancaster mac Carlisle 31 anchester, Slutheld, and Lincoln 10,218 11,541 Norti•-Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,320 4.633 West liartienool Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ... Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Sotitb-Western Lombardo Vent. thin Northern of I'l anee i The transactions n the Railway Share Market have been on a rather moderate scale, but pri ces i n Most instances are will maintained, the variations having been about 7 1 ,- to i l- per cent. Bristol and Exeter, Eastern Counties, and South Eastern ad vanced 10s.; Great Western, North Eastern (I3er- Wick), and North Eastern (Leeds), ss. South Wes tern, Midland, and North British declined ss. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, 10s. The Foreign Lines have been quite neglected, and show little variation in values. In the Colonial Alarket Canada shares are rather firmer. Grand Trunk have improved 10s., and Great Western ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. London and Westminster have declined 10s., and Union of Australia ss. Peninsular and Oriental Steam have receded 10s. to £l. Eastern Steam 55., and Australian Agricultural 10s. Atlantic Tele graph were dealt in at 840 to 845, and Red Sea Telegraph are at about previous quotations. Consols (money), 961 97 ; ditto (account), 961 97. i'IIEFXBIINCTX Maim. 11 - ,,are ReilWayS. rial• awns blow 1 ' 41 " Dorm .., & 1113 : 34 1 1 0.4MIAPANV“. -4.111111.111WR 15 Slyth and Tyne 10 per c. pro!. (issued at £50..... all 49 sl Stk. Sits. h Fact. Ip. et. Steo' 100 94 95 '2O Do. do. do. 5hare5......... 9 Stock , aledonlan 101., p. 0.. 108 IC4 106 11.10 Do. t shzres, No. ' 7.10 J..ester & Holyhead, stpt (00 •• Do. do. 5 per cent .... . 100 w • et 3ork and Bandon, at p. c all ,••• et Don.,Porth, a Abe?. all 51 6 Stock t. Anglian Cites A Share. 1100 Stock 00. Claes B 6 ser cent... 100 110 115 Stock 00. Class 0 7 per cont. 105 103 104 etk}L.Donn.Ea.s p. et. NO. ; j 100 117 119 Do No. 100 1t 5 117 Do. New 6 per cent. MO 100 138 114 Stock Union, 4 p.ct lOO 80 F 2 Suck E. Len., 6 per cent lOO •• X d 5 h.& t. York. J unc.llfth all •• Stock Kdin. (llas. 5 p.c. share' 10 0 Stock Edin., Perth, and Dunde 100 —•-• Stock ?urness 5 per cont., lOO •-• Stock & 8.1% est. gua. p. ci 100 Steck Great Northern, 5 p.eent 100 122 124 Stock Do.sp.c.Redeomable,lop.(. 100 114 016 Stock Do. 4t per cent. do lOO 107 109 100 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, retat 5 60 C 5 67 10 Gt.Nlx.of Scotland,lst pre all 11 111 20 qt.tin.aWn. (Ireland) 103 per cent. pi el.Btock.. 60 (il. West. (Books Mont. Ex. 5 per cent)... ...... „. • Stock Do. Con.atedm.it por ot 130 91 93 117,cck Do. do. 4 per cent. 100 82 84 Stock Do. Irredoomable 4 par ot. 100 03 f 5 Stock Do. I per ct.redoom. prof 100 96 98 8 Do. Binning. pre!. shares all 91 10 10 Do. Chestor 8 p.c.pr.sharot all lot 174 10 Do. do. 5 per cent. do all 9/ 10t Stock Do. firming. guar. stock lOO 72 74 261 Do. Chester guar. 'hares all 18 19 ISt Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do all ISt 141 Stock Lan. & Yorkshire 6 per c, 100 188 140 Stock trend. & Brigh. gun. 5. p. 0. 100 •• „to it' Sto c k k Da. Prcf. Sp. ct. Stook Block St ok 40: ) o. .) 4 8 :d N w o w g u . 4 , a c r p o . per c c P t c , t it ° e n e n : 119000 ID n. Stock 4o t ie3 n ein S a p n e d r B c . e W nt est. 7 p.c. 100 1 178 163 Londondy. & Colo, t their, all 121 I d 12; Londonderry & Ennis,; eh. all Stock ttan., Sh., & Lln ., lOO 117 140 6 Do. 61 • 4 4 1 pm Stock Do. St per cent. .... . . 100 05 70 • 121 'elaryport and Carl. 4p. e. • r Do. do. it per cent all •• 1 " Do. 3tocos Xlld.Con.6 per cont. Stool 100 Stock Do.Con.Bris.& Bir.6 p. ot 100 138 140 Stock Jo. 4t p. c. Prot. Rock.— 100 104 106 104 6 Do. with option till 15C0 3 litock Do. Leic. and Mt. yref.st lOO 94 96 1 10 ewport, Aber. &c. pro! all ...., 10 Do. Pupa. 5 1 ) . 0 all lit 111 10 lor!olk Deber,ture Share all 84 94 Stock 10. 5 per c., Ex. Bk., 164' 100 etock Jo. St p. 0. Pre!. 8k.,184: 100 9vick iicop.e..llArSaLEx.BlE „ 100 Stack Korth British ............... . 100 108 110 7 'Jo. 71. Prererenee Stock vh. fo,starn—Bor, 4 p.C. 100 981 99 1 Sto , k 3a. do. du. 81 8 as par e s 17 )0, Leels 6 per of No. 13 10 (rofirterb. 1848. 9 141 )0 IntkN. a V. elf TO 10 t die par 23 `orthlital f ordeA ' re all 28 28 30 at." 01.,81V0L,6 p.c.l 1 100 118 110 • Stock Do. .10. 6p.e.2d de 100 107 to St :;k Do, 4i p , c Debenture pk 100 9 8 100 Is 7d; oats, § ld ; ''''''t°' 08; •ley, le'‘, to all — nib ° we hal o ( he u rnl, at "'"icl msive, 5„ ' 0 d an a0 . .,t supplY" Il lily, at f" r 1 81 4 '4l o °U 0 61 51 61 211 40 41 2 1 45 e d ed 23 ' ad od So LT. 0 9 ...... 6 61 ...... 250 1, n iutt o „ ll ' 4d; IM" .5 ot; ,1 to 611 1 ° 4 Y- 0 1; a to 5 2 A d; to " ve5,10,3 DA OB tO toa"A 608 to gl; 39. t 3 f 5 "; sog to s $ , SOS tO 5 ;TEAM; s team ~' °av ert d 4ceolle ° resol i ,"; ne of t he down f e w day s re seen rht 0 1° 7 b a ck an Pave"' CROSSED CHEQUES. A daily flood of letters, says The Times, continues to attest the int er e s t ft-lt in the crcssed-cheque question. Out of the whole the following is the only one that endeavours to defend the clause introduced in the new Act at the instance of the hankers to exempt themselves from respon sibility : "Temple, Aug. 20. " Sir,—l have read in your city article to-day an argu ment in support of the proposition that where a banker has Paid a forged cheque, the forgery having been by erasing the crossing, he should be made to hear the loss, as in the case of any other forgery. Ido not agree with the proposition, and with your leave will state two reasons in support of nay opinion :—First, in the case of an ordinary forgery, there is no default in the customer whose name is forged, and, therefore, there is no reason why he should suffer, whereas in the case of a forgery effected by erasing the crossing the holder of the cheque must have lost it, or it Must have been stolen or obtained from him in some way, and be is in default for not taking- better care of it, and of 'hatever degree his want of care may have been, he seeks to throw the consequences of it, or the da nger to ar i se from it, from his own shoulders on to those of the hanker. Secondly, the bolder of a crossed cheque, who is the lose r o f It and the sufferer from a forgery effected by erasing the crossing, is not, as a general rule, the drawer of the cheque, 1 .e., the customer of the banker who pays, but is some one to whom the cheque has been paid and who has no connexion with the banker, and he, not the drawer of the c h eque , is the person for whose convenience it is crcssr (I. That being So. it seems to me that even if the b3oker ought to be affected by his customer's carelessness, be ought not to he Placed in danger or to be affected by the carelessness cf one to whom he is a total stranger. " I am not a b a nker, b u t t h e cus t ome r c f a Milker, and It seems tome that when the question above referred to is being publicly discussed, the above arguments are worthy of being brnight forward.—Your obedient servant, "J. G." TO E QUEE N ' S V ISIT TO L EEDS .—In conse quen c e of the gathering of the Sunday school children on the visit of her Majesty, a rehearsal of the hymns to be sung on the occasion hock place in the Cloth Hall yard, on Saturday evening. It is believed there were about 15,000 children and teachers present. The public were also admitted, and during Jthe evening there could not, altogether, be less than 20,000 persons in the yard.—Leeds Mercury. PRINCESS'S TOEATRE.—The farewell benefit of Miss Carlotta Leclerc(' last evening, at the Princess's, was a Complete ovation for that accomplished and favourite actress. At the fall of the curtain the fair beneficiaire was enthusias tically called for, and being led Corward by Mr. Walter Lacy, a brilliant shower of bouquets descended on the stage emkst universal acclamations, as a pnrting homage to one whose presence will be sensibly missed in the ensuing season. The theatre will clot? for g khort pealed on the 4th of klepteinber. Tilt SUN, LONDON, TITUTRSDAY E %/ENING, AUGUST 26, 1858. easr.:elibAN 3hme.; Eat'war, Paid. Olorbig Price Endue Done. Si took Stock ;lock Stock 1:v. SoottlEhrF. , entra!,now pref. '3 •ot. N. E, Debenture , Et p. c. pre'. •Jtock IDo. do. Aber, g. 6 p. c !Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock (South Devon axed 44 per eent. ..... &Has (Itead. An.)/08 &d Do. 44 per cent Do. fixed 44 p. cent. 1 et in 'Do. New 44 p. cent. 2d is South Wales guhr. 4 p. ct Do. do. 44 per colt Sh.Yorkehlre, 4 p. ct. guo Stockton & Darling. 5 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Wsiler.& Illkenny a p. ct 1 0 6 Stock Stock Stock 25 is stock 41Tts COLONIAL Railways. !Atlantic dr Bt. Lazo: co, 1/loni.Baroda.ti Con.lnc4a, Do. Additional Capital Al 100 180 B. Buffalo & Lake Huron .... Do. New Buffalo,Brant, & Goderict i 6 c. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1878 Do, do. 1 Juno, 1874 ICalcutta k S. Eastern !Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceutral Oude (Limited) Ceylon DeTr,erara Eastern Bengal ....... Halt Indian Do. G shares Do. 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Ay. par t pm par t pm 7 8 13 12 dig 83 88 7i 82 75 80 am. am pis is. 6d. 1 It pm * IPri 105 106 f 1 pm 36 SS 73 75 10 5 die 21 21} par t pm fpm . fpm 17t 17* 3t 31- dip IVS 108 Baslnes Don.. 106 51 871 7 73 4 51 50 21i Pm x in ,NM ENT SECURITIES. 113 114 Ilt 114 114 115 115 if 1034 100 100 100 100 100 100 I 100 101 tool 100 100 108} 1091 100 109 111 100 - - COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—(T his Day.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) The inquiry into the state of mind of Mr. Ruck was re sumed this tno:ming at the large hall, St. Clement Danes. Mr. Edwin ;Tames, Q.C., addressed the jury on the part of Mr. Ruck. Having at some length alluded to the painful nature of investigations similar to the one in which they were engaged, he said he thought he should be able to place before them evidence which would entirely remove from their minds any doubts they might have conceived of the sanity of Mr. Ruck. It was the misfortune of his client at one time to have indulged in excessive drinking, to which cause alone, and not to hereditary lunacy, was the excitement under which the unfortunate gentleman at one time la boured to be attributed. While suffering from delirium, instead of being looked after with more than usual care, he was left without control, and it is not to be wondered at that a person of the then disposition of Mr. Ruck should have been led into the commission of numerous excesses. It had been admitted by both Mrs. Ruck and Mr. Barnet, that Mr. Ruck was perfectly sane in 1837, when he, in company with his wife and Mr. Barnet, visited the Manchester Ex hibition. It was said by his learned friend Sergeant Bal lautiae, that his insanity commenced at that period, as he grew tired of the exhibition. He thought the jury would be of opinion that the fact of his becoming tired of looking at the treasures there collected was not a proof of a dis ordered mind, but, on the contrary, showed in the clearest manner that a country squire had been taken to just the precise place in which he took the least interest. An ante diluvian fox would have been of more interest than all the wonders there placed before him, and the fact that he wearied of the exhibition being fixed as the beginning of his insanity was, he thought, absurd. It bad been admitted that his client was capable of managing his own affairs in August, and about that time he arrived at his house at Aberdovey, which appeared to be a very irregular establish ment, and there, instead of finding a proper reception, he experienced quite the contrary. He thought it too much to say that, because a gentleman laboured under great ex citement, produced by excessive drinking, he ought to be confined for life in a private lunatic asylum. The misfor tune of Mr. Ruck in 1857 was intemperance, and this caused a delusion, which, had it been treated rightly, could have been cured in a short time; but it appeared that there bad been, by some persons, an attempt to prevent such a result. The doctors who had given their evidence during the investigation had told the jury that if Mr. Ruck was declared to be of sane mind, they could not take upon them selves the responsibility of saying so, because at another time he might commit same act of violence. Such a theory was the most extraordinary be had ever heard, and, if fully carried out, no gentleman suffering from intemperance on a single occasion would be safe from being taken and impri soned in one of those private asylums for life. Various _ . incidents bad been related to the jury to prove Mr. Ruck a hopeless lunatic; but be (Mr. James) thought that nothing had been adduced inconsistent with perfect sanity. Dr. Stillwell, when he first saw Mr. Ruck, was of opinion that be was suffering from excitement pro duced by intoxication, and that a short residence at his establishment would , only be necessary for curative purposes, but such a treatment had never been prac tised ; and had it not been for the steps taken by Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Ruck would still have been confined as a confirmed lunatic. The medical evidence adduced to prove the insanity of Mr. Ruck was, in his opinion, of the most unsatisfactory nature, and he thought it was the duty of persons keeping private asylums to do all that was possible for the restitution of the patients, and not to convert them into moral prisoners. The learned gentleman then, in strong terms, deprecated the system pursued in private asylums, which, he said, were conducted more like hotels, from which large pro fits were derived, than hospitals established for the cure of mental delusion; and where there was a direct pecuniary interest in keeping a person there the jury might rest per fectly satisfied that the greatest difficulty would be thrown in the way of perms interesting themselves to procure the liberation of their unhappy inmates. With respect to the case of Mr. Ruck four doctors had been set at him to make him mad, and with what success he would leave the jury to say after they had heard the whole of the evidence he should call before them. The opinion he had arrived at, after the most careful investigation, was, that Mr. Ruck was a person of sound mind, and perfectly capable of managing his own affsirs, and such, be confidently believed, would be their unanimous verdict. Mr. Fisher, a relative of Mr. Ruck, was then examined by Mr. Petersdorff—He said, from 1851 till the time he was confined he saw a great deal of Mr. Ruck. In 1853 Mr. Ruck space about his quarries—they were valuable— and during the whole of his conversations be never betrayed any evidences of a disordered mind. As late as August, 1857, be thought him in good health. When he first heard he was in a lunatic asylum he was greatly aston ished. It was on the sth of November. He was present at the interview. Dr. Stillwell said Mr. Ruck appeared as rational as ever he had known him. He never knew him to squander his property, on the contrary he was looked upon as a person of a rather close nature. The witness was cross• examined by Mr. Montagu Cham bers, but the reuilt was, that he was of opinion that Mr. Ruck was perfectly competent to manage his own affairs. Mr. E. James, at the conclusion of the examination of the witness, intimated that he wished to ask a question of Dr. Stillwell, in reference to the statement be found in his case book. It was there stated, after a description of the personal appearance of Mr. Ruck, that there was hereditary predis position in the family to insanity. The words were—" Pre disposition partly hereditary and partly intemperance." He wished to know tbeuthority for that entry ? Dr. Stillwell said it was on the certificate signed by Dr. Barnet. Mr. E. James then read the remainder of the entry, which went on to say that Mr. Ruck had threatened to shoot Miss Jones. The learned gentleman said lie should also like to know how that circumstance came to the knowledge of Dr. Stillwell ? Dr. Stillwell replied that Mr. Barnet told :him so. Mrs. Fisher, wife to the previous witness and sister to Mr. Ruck, was then examined. She stated that she was not aware of any insanity in the family from her father downward. She was present at an interview which took place between her brother and Dr. Stillwell in November• She thought him quite competent to manage his ewn affairs. Mrs. Ruck, the mother of Mr. Ruck, said she was not aware of nmy insanity in her family. Her husband was certainly not insane. proceeding when we went to press. It is no T t h ex e p c e a e s t e w eit a o s terminat e until late to-morrow. TRADE ON THE INDUS. Lnst week we intimated Co — our readers the despatch to I rdia of the steam trains eGnstructed by the Oriental Inland for the navi gat i on of the great r i vers of India by Steam Company, und er arrangement with the East India s C t o ea m m pa . n 'ilt se steam trai ns , cons:sting in all of twelve vessels, have been sent to Ku rrachee, and are intended to ply upon the Indus. By the last India mail we have teceived from Kurrachee a copy cf a pamphlet printed for private circu lation, entitled " Metncranda rn the External Trale of Scinde for 1857-58, by P. M. Dalzell, Deputy Collector of Customs at Kurrachee," and as the official data there col lected illustrate in a conclusive manner the rapid ex'ension of the trade of the Indus, we propose here to make a few citations from the pamphlet referred to. Mr. Dalzell opens his" Memoranda" as follows :—" It will be a matter of gra tulation to all interested in the commercial progress of Scinde to find that its trade for the past official year has im mensely increased, notwithstanding the disturbed state of the country and the general excitement that has prevailed throughout the whole continent, extending even into Cen tral Asia. The external trade of Scinde now amounts to nearly two and a quarter millions sterling, exclusive of the value of Government stores, stowing an increase over the previous year's trade of nearly three-quarters of a million sterling—equivalent to an increase of 52 per cent." The main items of increase enumerated are, in piece goods, Sze 74 per cent. • in m e t a l s , 37 per cent.; taw saltpetre, ,dsrooupgelrits cent. inA ; and grain, 138 p er cen t. f2 ffshattistan; silk, 187 per cent. ; wool, 26 per cent.—a deficient increase oil seeds, 140 shawls increased about t wenty f o ld , or '2,000 per c pfr e eao n rstn tnthcalr ~e id e lteu . e ri c n sc g ai le year, and in souse kinds of seeds there had been an immense increase. Mr. Daizell adds :—" To no fortuitous cause can this great increase be attributed. It is perfectly natural, and must prove how vast the resources of a country must be the export trade of which, in two years, has nearly doubled itself; a trade the value of which, eight sears ago, did not much exceed half. a-million sterling," not one-fifth part of its present amount. The main impedi ment to the more rapid growth of the trade of these exten sive districts is the avant of cheap and efficient means of con veyance. " What," Mr. Dalzell asks, "can be more detri mental to the progress of a trade than to have it arrested on its unshipped and reshipped, and per cent.? This is pre ciselyis subject t o e re it reac h es the European market."ceffo nothing, i n d ee d , i s now more notorious than that the first great want of India is faci lity end cheapness of internal conveyance. This want wtaayxeto whatdthet to the the consumingproduceextent the Oriental Inland Steam Company has been esta blished to satisfy; and that it will satisfy it to a consider able extent will be apparent to every one who is cognisant of the nature of that company's operations. Its trains are specially designed to enable a very large cargo to be carried without risk u p o n a light draught of water. Each train, it is reckoned, will carry 1,000 tons of cargo, weight and mea surement, on about two feet of water, and with this cargo a considerable rate of speed it maintainable. This capability vastly excee d s that of any vessels plying in India at the pre sent time ; and if it be the fact—as it is well known to be— that existing vessels have long been very profitable, and are now yielding dividends of about 50 per cent. per annum, a result at least equally favourable may be expected from these new vessels, especially as they are the only vessels plying on the Indian rivers to which a government subsidy has been granted. Kurrachee is rapidly becoming the great portal of India. The trade of the Indus and its provinces is fast swell ing to gigantic dimensions, and an enterprise specially de signed is accommodate this rising trade by experiments of the most approved efficiency cannot fail, if managed with ordinary prudence, to he attended with the most prosperous results. We see, front the company's report, which has just been issued, that though bat a very small part of its capital has been called up, its vessels have not only been built but paid for, including all the supplies necessary to establish them in the East.—Liverpool Albion. TIIE CANADIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 25, 1858.—The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamer North American sailed from the Me:sey at half-past 11 o'clock this morning for Quebec and Montreal, with the fortnightly mails fee the Canadian provinces, 124 cabin ard 110 average poseßgers, as also a full cargo of nierclandite. ICS LOS 104 106 181 191 2O 201 1 O 1 dis f 1 pm * I , Pm 2 it din 4 3 411 i i Pm par it pm 5 i 5 f 1 Pm 1 par 11 51 6 Pm 11 1 it 11 •-• 2} SI 41 A Ms 17t 271 NM Dr 71 Fi 3 1 SI Pak ~.. ... !Si 24i 21t } tli sit 371 ,11 5 3 1 Ms 11 32 321 j 1 51 63 9 par pin 4 71 RI 9 9; 21t 211 5* 51 1, , at 24 25 ..... ... LA TV IN2 'lll3 DA Y. ) CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) WOODS Y. CBAGGS-IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER TIIE BANKRUPTCY LAW. Mr. T. Beard, of Basinghall-street, for the plaintiff, said he withdrew from the case, as he underttood defendant pleaded a certificate of discharge of the Court of Bank ruptcy. He said that the bill upon which his client had taken out the summons was given but one week before the bankruptcy. Defendant—A year since I was summoned to this court by the plaintiff upon this very bill, and upon my appearing war informed there was no plaintiff. Now lam again sum moned, and again no plaintiff makes his appearance. Mr. Beard—l do not think defendant pleaded bankruptcy on the last occasion. His Honour—Until the fee is paid, I cannot entertain any discussion upon the subject; but I think it is too bad to harass a man who has been already relieved from this debt. Defendant can use his discretion; but I think he should pay the hearing fees and take his chance of the applcation. Mr. Beard—We were not aware that defendant could plead bankruptcy. His Honour—Oh ! It's too bad. Defendant has good ground for complaint. Defendant then left, but not paying the hearing fees the case was struck out. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(7'HIS DAY). MA RLBOROUGH-STREET.—DISTURBING A CON GREGATION.—John ,Smith, dressed as a mechanic, was charged before Mr. Bingham with being drunk arid riotous, and disturbing the congregation assembled at the church of St. Giles-in-the -Fields during divine service. Mr. George Martin, schoolmaster of the public school of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, said that on the previous evening he was present during divine service in the church, and everything went on properly till 10 minutes past eight, when be heard some one, in a loud voice, say to the minister, while he was preaching, " Shut your mouth." Witness turned round and looked for the churchwarden, but not see ing him, sat down, and had no sooner done so than he heard the same person cry out, in an equally loud manner, " Hear, bear." He then asked the pew-opener who was the person ? and she pointed out the prisoner as the person. He then went for one of the officers or the beadle, and while he was doing so the prisoner repeated his conduct. The prisoner seemed to have been drinking, and as he thought it probable lie would continue his annoyance, a police-constable was sent for and he was given into custody. In answer to Mr. Bingham, the accused said he was very sorry. He would promise his worship he would not repeat the offence. Mr. Bingham said he was inclined to accept his promise, and ordered the accused to find one surety for his good behaviour for the next three mouths. THAMES. ROBBING A COACH-TIOUSE. - George Aulson, a thin young man, was brought before Mr. Stile, charged with stealing a set of harness, value £5, from the coach-house of Mr. Thomas Ennor, builder and contractor, of Hardinge-street, Commercial-road, Ratcliff, and Marine place, Stepney. It appeared that a lad named Kease, in the employ of Mr. Ennor, put his master's harness into the coach-house adjoining the business premises in Hardinge street, last night. The coach-house was inclosed by a pair of folding-doors, which were found to have been disturbed this mottling. They had been opened without unlock ing them, by shaking them and causing the bolt to be withdrawn from the socket. Some considerable force must have been used to effect an entrance. The interior of the coach-house was in a state of great confusion, pieces of candle were lying about, and the harness deposited there last night was missing. Soon after nine o'clock last night, police sergeant Stitnpson, 21 K, and another officer, met the prisoner in Shadwell. He was carrying a set of harness. Another man, who was carrying an umbrella, was in the prisoner's company. On the police sergeant's ap proaching them, the prisoner threw down the harness and ran away. His confederate followed his example. Stimpson pursued the prisoner, who ran down a narrow turning, called Twine-court, and was missed. On reaching High-street, Shadwell, the prisoner was missed. Stimpson looked about, and saw the door of the Duke of York public-house, on the south side of the High-street, move. Stiropson went into the house, and saw the prisoner, and said to him, " You are the man I want." The prisoner said, " Me, what do you want with me ?" The barman at the Duke of York said the prisoner had only just entered the house, and Stimpson then took him into custody. At t h e station-house the prisoner said to Stimpson, " You may as well have it," and took from his pocket a bridle bit, also be longing to Mr. Ennor, who identified the same. The prisoner said a man employed him to carry the har ness. Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. CARDINAL 'WISEMAN. The visit of this great dignitary to Ballinasloe is the only piece of fresh news in this morning's papers, which are un usually dull at present. Early yesterday the Cardinal left this city by railway for his destination. At the moment of his departure a large number of priests, and about two hundred persons, chiefly of the humbler class, were assem bled on the platform, and as the Cardinal passed along they all bowed low before him. Having taken his seat, several priests from the north of Ireland were introduced by the bishop. They knelt successively on the platform, and having received the Cardinal's blessing, were permitted to kiss his hand. The laity then pressed forward, nod, in sections numbering about twenty persons in each, knelt before the door of the carriage, and the band of the Cardinal was passed over their heads. The train then left, and on its arrival at Mullingar, the Cardinal, followed by hi, attendants, re paired to one of the waiting-rooms, and after an interval of about ten minutes reappeared clad in scarlet robes, and wearing scarlet stockings, scarlet gloves, and scarlet head dress. He also wore a massive gold chain, a crucifix ar_ tached to which lay upon his breast. The bishop in attend ance wore puce-coloured robes and mitre, and several priests put on clerical costume. The platfbrm meanwhile became almost blocked up with country people, who, as the precession passed up,first knelt devoutly and then shouted lustily. At two o'clock the train arrived at Ballinasloe, and here a process similar to that which had been witnessed at the Broadstone terminus was gone through. A host of the priesthood and a crowd of the laity were assembled ; numerous presentations were made, and numberless blessings were distributed. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Elpbin and Clogher were in waiting on the platfirm. As the dignitaries passed, the Rev. James Rogers said loudly and repeatedly—" As a min ister of the Irish Church, I protest against the introduc tion of Romish forms into Ireland." Beyond the precincts of the railway about a thousand country people and boys, the latter forming the majority, were collected, and as the Cardinal was conducted to Captain Bellew's carriage, there was general cheering. The carriage was at once driven off, preceded by a crowd of, for the greater part, shoeless boys, who shouted vigorously. Some of tbem waved boughs, and one of the m carr i e d a ru d e attempt at a flag. The noise made the horses restive before the carriage had proceeded far, and the animals plung e d violently, and for a moment the position of the Cardinal was a critical one. When the horses were quieted their further services were dispensed with, and some of the people drew the carriage to Gill's Hotel. Immediately opposite, and close to the spat where the h orses were removed, a large " poster" was visible, offering the sum of £40,000 for the Roman Catholic rule of faith. At the corner of the princi pal street some branches dangled from a rope that was stretched across it, and a number of fruit stands were orna mented with pieces of room paper, banging from rode. On arriving at the hotel the crowd surrounded the carriage, and yelled rather than cheered. A passage was with considerable difficulty formed, and the Cardinal then proceeded to the drawing-room, the windows of which were thrown up, and, the crowd kneeling on the street, the pontifical benediction was chanted, after which, without a moment's interval, the yelling was renewed. Several clerical agents of the Society for Irish Church Missions have issued invitations to the Roman Catholics, which are posted and distributed in every part of the town, to attend a series of sermons and lectures—the sermons in the parish church, which has been placed at their disposal for that purpcse by the Rev. J. C. Walker, rector of Bal linasloe, and the lectures in the Farmers' Society building, on the following subjects:- 1. Saturday, August 21.—" What and where is the Roman Catholic Rule of Faith ?—Offer of I:49,000 to Cardinal Wise man for it ; the Pope's New Dogma and the alleged Assump tion of 8.V.M." 2. Sunday evening, August 22.—" Can Dr. Wiseman prove the Mass to be a Sacrifice for Sins, and the Priests to be Sacrificrs ?" 3. Monday mid-day, August 23.--" Is Transubstantiation true ? Should the consecrated Host be adored ?" 4. Monday evening.—" Is Salvation through the Sacraments of Rome, or solely through Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ ?" 5. Tuesday mid-day, August 24 . —Cardinal Wiseman's Glories of Mary and Lives of the Five Saints. Will he defend the Miracles and stories therein indorsed by him ?" 6. Tuesday evening.— " What are the Consecration Exorcisms, &c., to be performed by Dr. M'Hale or Dr. Derry, out of the Pontifical ? Are they Christian rites or Pagan ?" 7. Wednesday evening, August 25.—" Cardinal Wiseman's Consecration Sermon—What he said, and what he did not say." 8. Thursday mid-day, August 26.—" What of the Alleged Supremacy and Infallibility of the Bishop and Church of Rome ?" 9. Thursday Evening.—" What of Purgatory and Priests ?—Prayers and Penance for the Dead ?—How many Masses will deliver a Soul ?" 10. Fri day, mid-day, August 27.—" What of Intercession, and Invocation, and Merits of B. V. M. and the Saiuts 7—ls not the Lord Jesus Christ Himself alone enough ?" 11. Friday Evening.—" What of Holy Images, Holy Relics, Holy Water, Holy Salt, Holy Ashes, Holy Oil, Holy Scapu lars, Holy Medals, Holy Beads, Holy Cords, Holy Wells, Holy Crosses, Holy Pictures, Holy Shirts, Holy Habits, Holy Coats, Holy Vestments, Holy Candles, Holy Tapers, Holy Mortar, Holy Stones, Holy Palms, Holy Rings, and holy Clay ?" 12. Saturday mid-day, August 28.—" No True Worship and no Salvation in the Church of Rome— Who will remain a Roman Catholic now ?" The agents of the Church Missions Society evidently look upon the Cardinal's visit as a rare opportunity of displaying their strength. He is too wily, however, to be dragged into a conflict with them. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAY S. AO. The report of the select committee appointed " to inquire into the causes of accidents on railways, and into the possibility of removing any such causes by further legis lation," was issued yesterday, together with the minutes of evidence on which it is founded. The committee consisted of Mr. Bentinck (chairman), Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, and Messrs. Lowe, Crossley, W. Hodgson, Blackburn, Hume, F. Scott, Kendall, and Jack son. They sat 11 days, and examined, lqmong other wit nesses, Mr. S. Clarke, Mr. Joseph Locke, M.P., Capt. Mr. M'Connell, and Mr. Beattie. As their report relates to a subject of great public interest, we give it in exten.so:— " That your committee has heard much evidence upon the subject-matter of inquiry brought before it ; that. the evidence has been chiefly given by officers of the Board of Trade, by eminent engineers, and by directors and other offi cial,: of railway companies. " That it appears to your committee from that evidence that the causes of accidents on railways may be classified und - r the three following heads:—lnattention of servants; defective material, either in the works or rnlling stock ; ex cessive speed. " That it appears to your committee that the strict per sonal supervision which alone can check the carelessness of the men employed on the lines, and detect the insufficiency of the material used on them, can best be obtained by the attention of the companies themselves, and that the very serious losses they incur by any accident ought to render it sufficiently their interest to!pay minute attention to these points; but cases having occurred when these %lei-bits have been neglected by railway companies, your committee is of opinion that the Board of Trade should be invested with the fullest powers to investigate, and report to Parliament, upon any accidents which may occur on railways. " That your committee is of opinion that a rate of speed, considerably in excess of what is considered safe, in the opinion of the great majority of the wittaesns examined, is sometimes attained on many of the lines. " That the evidence taken further tends to show that such excessive speed has arisen, not so much from the average speed required as advertised by the railway time-tables as from the want of strict punctuality in the time of the de parture and arrival of trains from each station, which leads to an excess of speed for the purpose of endeavouring to make up time lost. "That your committee, impressed with the many diffi culties and complications connected with this part of the subject, and also with the inexpediency of relieving railway companies from the responsibility which now devolves on them, is not prepared to recommend any direct legislative interference by the house upon the question of the extreme speed at which railway trains may he permitted to travel. But your committee is of opinion that the perfect regularity in the time of the departure from and arrival at. each station by the trains, which would appear to he a material element of safety in railway travelling, may be attained by legislative interference, to the extent of enacting, that, except under exceptional circumstances, the public should have some means of obtaining prompt and cheap redress in the recovery of penalties in every case of want of punctuality in the departure and arrival of trains at every station, thereby rendering it imperative upon railway companies not to advertise a rate of travelling which they cannot always maintain with undeviating punctuality. "That your committee is of opinion that it should he made imperative on railway companies to advertise a suffi cient time beforehand the exact hour of departure and ar rival of trains at each station. "That your committee is also of opinion that it should be imperative on every railway company to establish a means of communication between guards and engine -drivers. " That your committee has received much evidence with reference to the advisability of enforcing a system of tele graphic communication, and the utility of enacting that trains should not be despatched without having ascertained by such communication that the line NVOS clear. "That your committee is not prepared to define the dis tance at which such telegraphic stations should be placed, but it is of opinion that a recourse to this system would be a most of means for the prevention of railway acci dents, the largest proportion of which arise from collisions. "That with respect to day and night signals, breaks, and ether precautions, your committee is of opinion, from the evidence which it has heard, that such details are better left to the management of the railway boards. "That your committee is therefore of opinion that it Is incumbent on the Board of Trade to apply to Parliament for such further powers as may enable that department to carry out the above recommendations, which in the opinion of your committee would tend greatly to diminish the num.. ber of railway accidents." THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. N.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. moderate breeze and fine. CARDIFF, Aug. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Glamor gan, from Huelva Sailed—Vesper, for Para; Fi,rtune, for Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Arrived—Vulcan, with Hartle poll for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— H.M.S. Terrible, from Devonport. Sailed—H.M.S. Avon, for a cruise. • OFF FALMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Arrived—Kimegrinde, from Trinidad de Cuba. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind N.—Sailed—Amenia, for the Coast of Africa. BRISTOL; Aug. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Queen Mab, for Pernambuco. NEWPORT, Aug. 25.—Wind E.—Arrived—Elizabeth , from Bremen. SWANSEA, Aug. 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—lndefatigable , for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) VIGO, Wednesday. The Colombo, which left Vigo in tow o f leer Ma j est y 's steam-tug Itedpole on the .21st inst , reached latitude 44, and being then met by heavy north-east gales, was com pelled to bear up and return to Vigo. The Benares, sent to assist the Colombo, reached Vigo on the 23d, and put to sea again to find her. The Colombo will now await the return of the Benares to Vigo. SOUTHADIPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Le Coq, from Cherbourg; Clipper, New castle; Argyll, steamer, Carentan; Courier, Jersey ; Havre, steamer, Havre; South Picton, Newpo l t. Sailed. —Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, Havre; Le Coq and L'Etoile , Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W., fresh. Arrived—Cameronian, from Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH ) GRAVESEND, Thurssday Morning. Wind N.N.W.; tide, first hour's flood ; weather ficc. Arrived, Aug. 25.—Adler, from Dantzic ; Shamrock, Bathurst; John and . Martha, Peecamp ; H e l ve ti a , Pug wash ; Rosalie Canalie, Hucon ; Osiris, Rugenwald. Arrived, Aug. 26.—Mahtorre, from Archangel; Swan, W arnuf. Sailed, Aug. .26.—Chatiotte of Derby, for Bombay; Albion, Boulogne. MINES --, - Ihsiro.! Mines. PAW. Cies* pri me Basin's; Dona, .0•11.0... I LLSZ.Aroasearamserserli, ......... .........m..........mr. momenommom 10 Australian 74 4 4 1 Bon Accord Copper, Hind ' 10s. 1 Ipa 15 I Brasllian imp. tie. at 5i.p.) 27 1 It 10 Do. fit. John 301 Rey l5 11 12 5 Do. Land & Mining Co all 11 It 1 Cobra Copper a,l .40 42 £0 Gopiapo l6 Ili 121 ... Dun Copper Mining Co all i 4 1 .I.irtunv .. n 1 1) 21 'to 6,i-et:oral all I/ 20 t Lmaree all 9/ 91 5 ilinsitaulan. 1.4 11 1 dls 1 Marionita all I 1 1 iNew Granada all 1 s SO ;Pontgibau3 Silver, Le all 5 7 5 !Port Philip 1 A 4 SO 'Santiago de Caba lef 1 - 1 1 .82 83 United Mexican all 2 at !Alfred Consols (Phillack) 2.11.11 8 9 110 ;British Iron , 14 24 34 - Condurrow (Carnborne)-20 50 60 10 'Devon Great Console 1 452 465 —. , East Bassett (Illogan) .., 30 95 10) 984 Great South Tolgus .... Par Consols (St. Blaxley) 11 1 , 4 171 - ;Sortridge Consols Min. uo. 6s. 1 1 5 Tamar Silver and Load Mining Co 4l 1 s i 10 Tin Croft 9 81 At ... West Basset (Mogan) '---- JOINT STOOK BAND. Share. Joint Stock Batiks. Paid. Closing Prim Salines. Dons. ...v. .../Dapiurlarrs. +lsAr..- weNtIVANIIIO .RW4, -.. "'MINI • 100 Agra &United Service Bk 50 - - 68 4 60 Lustralasta au 68 90 15 Bark of Egypt all 24; 25 100 Bank of London ....... 10 Brit. Col. Bank & Loan Co. all - 50 !British North Amoral= 20 IChartd.Benk of India, ac 10 8 31 dis 100 'City 5O 62 64 100 'Colonial 25 294 101 20.11 Commer. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of London lO 191 201 20 English, Scottish, & Ann. all 16i 171 10 (ion. Pk of Switzerland al - - 20 Lon.Char.Bankof Austral. all 201 11 50 London and County lO 171 SO 6, 60 :‘ondon Joint Sto,k lO 81 OS 200 London & Westinin6ter lO 45 47 46 100 'National trov.o , England 05 .... .... 00 Do. now... lO ..., .4 211 1. 50 Natfoxal Bank 26 .... ... 10 ,New South Wales all 47 49 15 ~.)rlont. Bank Corporatiot all 28 4 ) 10 Ottoman Bank BO Provincial of Irelarld 10 Do. now all .... ..... 15 Po . t - . knitralla ail - ca 25 Do. new - .... t 5 Uv.o:, of Australia....., al 5 8 60 581 15 Do. Now 2O 50 t 2 60 Union of London.... 109 Unity Mutual .. 55 - 1.00 Western Bank of Londor. 50 18 17 dis :31 MIECBLLAItIOIII. Pall, Xlscellansoas. Mare Stock I(Nosing hices. A.nglo-Mcsican Mint Atlantic ielegh. (limited) to tra tad AgrWalt:rad", ingtrallan Royal MaIL I 3arlln Water Works Do. New 4rlGt+n American Lan A. Bri. & Irish Mag. Tel. A Do. B. 7 p. c. till ISt. Do. C 13 15 810 960 301 Bli i 14 3 4 42 44 19 It 16 17 115 120. 25 10 15 27 1: 11 )anada Land . Cop. Miners of England, Do.Pre crone° 7k povcont 1 OrystalPalace Do. preference Eastern Steam Reetrie Telegraph English and Austl.Coppor European & Indian June.' Telegraph •• .1 Eitm&Amer.Steam(Lim.), General Iron Scrawl:Jollier. General Steam Navigation, London Discount Lou. Gen. Omnibus Co ) Meditern. Elec. Telegraph' Do. Exton. (Limited) I National Discount Co Netherlands Land.......... Do. do Do, 8 p. c. pre'. is. at I dls N. Br. and N. Scotia Land' N. B. Australasian North of Europe Steam.., Orients) Gas Do. " Now Shares" Peel River Laud & Mineral Penni. and Oriental Steam Do. row Rhymney Iran Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scottish Ana t. Inv estraent South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Dc. do. registered Trust & Loan Co., Canada \Tau Dlonlen's 4i 41 1r it 105-. 1 , 101 11 If stock it 2 11 11 dill 2f 2f 71 81 1/ oe dia 1 1/ 11 1 2/ 3 1 1/ 212 / dig pm 1 79 81 7 8 plit 21! 22/ el 7 60 62 11 11 37 $S B2sitri Doss. ~.amooPre 1810 45 I3if I If i If 10; llt 83 li 171 The Turkish Ambassador had an interview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. CHURCHBATES. — On Friday last, when the annual meeting was held [for granting the church rates at Tam worth an opposition was raised by the anti-church party, the town having been previously placarded with publica tions of the Liberation Society. The motion for refusal of the rate having been rejected by a very large majority, a poll was demanded, which was brought to a close on Tues day last—the votes in favour of the rate being 501, against it 186; majority for the rate, 315. LETTERS FOR C.VNAD.,. — General Post-office, Aug. 23d, 1838.—A further representation having been made by the Canadian Government respecting the difficulty attending the conveyance, through Nova Scotia, of correspondence addressed to Canada, no mails will in future be made up for transmission to Canada by that route. On the 17th June last, notice was given by this department that newspapers and book packets, addressed to Canada, would not be forwarded thenceforth via Halifax ; and this regula tion will HOW be extended to letters. With the exception of letters, &c., for Bay Chaleur and the district of Gaspe, which will still continue to be sent in the mails for New Brunswick, the whole of the correspondence for Canada will in future be forwarded either by way of the United States, or by Canadian wail packets. HIS EXCELLENCY'S VISIT TO THE NORTH. After leaving Coleraine, his Excellency the Lord Lieute nant proceeded to the seat of Sir E. W. Macnaghten, Bart., Dundarave, near Bushmills. His Excellency left Dundarave on Monday, and arrived at Garcon Tewer, the seat of the Marchioness of Londonderry, where a numerous party of the nobility and gentry have been invited to meet him. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IN BELFAST. This commission, which has been appointed to inquire into the municipal affairs of the borough of Belfast, com menced its sittings yesterday, when the commissioners, ,J. Iliehr. r'tr. C sta'ed 1113 tit.: inquiry had been granted. It is to ascertain— " What moneys have been borrowed by the Corporation of Belfast, under the several acts for the improvement of the borough of Belfast ? " What moneys have been expended by the Corporation of Belfast under these acts ? " Whether any moneys have been b wowed by the Corpo ration of Belfast otherwise than unthr the Acts for the im provement of the borough of Belfast ? " Whether any moneys have been expended by the Cor poration of Belfast otherwise than under said Acts ? " What sums of money borrowed by the Corporation of Belfast, under said acts, are nsw properly chargeable on the rates and other corporate property ? " What sums of money so burrowed are not properly chargeable on the rates and corporate property ? " What sums of money expended by the Corporation of Belfast are not properly chargeable on the rates and other corporate property ? " What sums of money so expended by the corporation are properly chargeable on the rates and other corporate property ?. " - Whether any and what sums of money so borrowed and expended, and not chargeable upon the rates and other corporate property, have been borrowed and expended bolui fide for the benefit of said borough ? "Should the same, or any part thereof, be charged on the rates or other corporate property? "Should the same be charged on any and what part of such rates and property? " Would it. be for he benefit of the borough that any and what matters now in litLalon in relation to such moneys so borrowed and expended should be adjusted and arranged ? Upon what terms should such litigation be adjusted and arranged ? " What is the nature and extent of the rates and taxes upon property in the borough, levied by the Corporation of ? " Or levied by any board or body-corporate, having juris diction within the borough ? " Would it be desirable to consolidate any such board or body corporate with the corporation ? " Or is core , olidate any such board or body corporate with each other ? " how, and in what manner, should such consolidation take place or be male ? " Should any provision be made for a single and uniform collection of the rates ? _ _ " Should any cnns:olidation be made, vvlat provision should be made with respret to the present assets a: d lilies of the boards sr bodies to be consllitlated, and with respect to their limits and jur:sdiction ? " Having regard to any prospective system of valuation in Ireland, should any, and what, alterations he made in the scale or scales of taxation within the borough ? " Did any power heretofore vest in said boards or bodies corporate, or in any of then), to carry Into effect any pur pose authorised by Parliament? " Should such power be revived or renewed ? " Should any change be made in the powers of such boards or bodies corporate ? " Would it be necessary or expedient that there should be any additional powers for borrowing money, having reference to the purposes before mentioned ? " What should these additional powers be ? " THE POTATO DISEASE IN IRELAND. The Northern Whig, which is an authority on agricul tural_known blacknesst t: a tregarded matters, has the following observations on tic state a the potato crop. At the present period the information thus afforded is of great importance :—The progress of the potato -disease is now a question of the deepest importance, not only to the agricultural interest, but to the general popula tion of the country. The accounts which we have received during the past week from various parts of the boe c f o en u t n h t ge ie e s nnpe o : f Down and Antrim mention that the potato stalks in a great many instances bear unmistakeab t l u e be e r v s id h e a n v e e e pearance of the disease, but the rally found to be in a sound and healthy condition. In highly lsye the sio : tui ss a f v a e o l td l oriil the Ards the farming interest look upon the condition at l i n s o of f i the e av e s c raonpd, stalks, notwithstanding as ha ui dis trict the tubers are well matured, and as a safeguard against consequences arising from the blight. From the neighbourhood of Saint field, our correspondent, writing er e t d y s ay, states :- 4 , The blight is universal over the potato fields here ; but the roots, with very few exceptions, remain round. There will be a yield of this crop much greater than during any season for the last seven years.' Our Randalstown correspondent, writing yesterday, observes that he is sorry to say . the crop, in low and marshy situations, presents unmistakeable symptoms of blight,. in milder form but a much form than during past years.. As yet the tubers are per fectly ‘ s6und ; and h e enter t a i ns a b e li e f t h a t, s h eu ld th e present fine weather continue, the crop may altogether escape from any serious consequence arising from the disease. In the counties of Louth and Armagh, the early potato crop, on the whole, has turned out well. In some few fields diseased tubers have been di.cerned, but even there they bear an insignificant proportion to the general crop. In size, firmness, and flavour, the crop in these counties bears comparison with the esculent grown revi ous to the famine years. It is also a remarkable peculiarity in the tubers this season that ' flounders' and ' white rocks' are of an exceedingly large size, and that those lately planted promise et most abundant yield. In the county of Monaghan a severe blight has fallen on the crop, but all our accounts agree in stating that its ravages have been averted in the stale, and that the tubers, generally, appear to be untouched by the disease. From the south and west of Ireland our accounts are equally satisfactory. In King's County the crop continues to promise admirably ; and, in some instances in which the stalks looked withered, the tubers, we understand, are found to he sound and healthy. In fact, in that county, the potato seems to have recovered the sweetness and firmness of its best periods. Everywhere in the county of Sligo the crop is abundant, and general'y it is healthy ; but in two or three districts the blight has be gun to manifest itself. Its traces there, however, aye not as yet extensive. From the county of Wexford we learn that there will be a luxuriant and excellent produce of potators .To be sure, the disease has unmistakeably 'shown itself on both stalks and tubers, near the sea, nut the abundance of the produce renders the loss by disease com paratively small i and even at the present busy season for farmers, the market of that town is well supplied with the best quality at sd. per stone. Indeed, all the accounts which have reached us from the south and west, as well ay the north of Ireland, agree in stating that although the blight ha; reappeared the utmost confidence is felt as to the general safety of the crop." THE DUBLIN POLICE BILL. On this subject the Dublin Evening Post says The member of the Irish government, with the approval of Lord Eglinton, have applied for and obtained the sanction of the Government to prepare for the reproduction of the Dublin Police Bill of last session, and to obtain all returns and statistics that may be considered necessary by the pro moters of the bill for the destruction of the police force, on the pretence that it contains too large a proportion of Catholics. The bill is to be brought forward again at the opening of the next session ; and the whole strength an d power of the Government will be put in requisition to carry it through." HISTORY of the ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. (From the .Liverpool Albion.) At the present time, when messages are beginning to pass between Ireland and Newfoundland, it may be inte— resting to advert to the origin and development of this grand undertaking, which has so recently taken the world by surprise, in consequence of the scarcely to be expected success of Mr. Bright and those who assisted him in the energetic prosecution cf this wonderful project. The first conception of the possibility of a telegraph across the Atlan tic can scarcely be attributed to any individual, for it natu rally would --and did—follow upon the first insulation of an underground wire, which was the original form assumed by telegraphic conductors. Unless viewed in this light, the merit of the in troductioa of steam as an agent might with equal justice be ascribed to the vague speculations of the Marquis of Worcester, or the more shapely designs of Papin, instead of to Watt, who brought into its present practical shape the steam-engine. The idea of an Atlantic telegraph had been suggested for many years, though scarcely believed in by the propounders tizem3eives, until those connected with the present line provided the necessary basis. For several years the feasibility of such an extension had been asserted in our town (whose commerce is chiefly interested in the success that has been achieved), by Mr. Bright, who demonstrated the practicability of a direct line between America and the south-west coast of Ireland, where lie hal extended the wires of the Magnetic Telegraph Complrry, of which be was the engineer; and with this view he carried out numerous mechanical and electrical experiments: In 1R55, Mr. Cyrus Field, vice-president of the Telegraph Company between New York and Newfoundland, cairn to England, and became acquainted with Mr. Bright, as one of the must prominent engineers in the advancement of telegraphic science, finding that he was at work on this subject. The Newfoundland Company, which Mr. Field represented, bad in view an extension of their telegraphs from Newfoundland to Europe, but were not prepared with the practical knowledge to furnish prof, or with the capital necessary for carrying it out. Mr. Field asso ciated himself with Mr. Bright, as well as with Mr. Brett, who was well known in this country as a promoter of other submarine lines, and with Mr. Whitehouse, who, although not previously connected with telegraphs, had recently devoted himself to some important electrical en quiries. In the middle of 1856 a series of experiments re sulted in the elimination of apparatus capable of exciting au electrical sensation through 2,000 miles of the subterranean and submarine wires of the Magnetic Company, and a full statement of this telegraphic feat was communicated to the world by Professor Morse, why, was a spectator of the final experiments and proof. Some valuable privileges having been secured by arrangement with the Newfound land, Nova Scotian, and other American Telegraph Com panies., and a promise of the aid of ships, together with a subsidy of £28,000 a year, from the British and United States Government, the Atlantic Telegraph Company was formed in this country under the Joint-stock Act conferring limited liability. A form of cable having been provided that was calculated fur submersion in the depths of the Atlantic (which had been previously sounded throughout the route proposed for the cable), the project was intro duced here, and warmly taken up by those of our towns men under whose consideration it was brought, and by this means the requisite capital was in a great mea sure raised, only a very small proportion appearing to have been taken in the United States. Mr. W. Brown, M.P., on account of his extensive business rela- lions with the United States,was the first chairman appointed, although we believe the connection of that gentleman with the company was of a very recent character; indeed, it is understood that he did not take any part in bringing it before the public, but rather drew back at first from joining the undertaking. By the middle of the following year 1857, the cable manufacturers, Messrs. Glass and Elliott, and Messrs. Newell and Cu., had completed their task, by spinning "2,500 - miles of cable, and Mr. Bright, the com pany's engineer, had designed and censtructed a variety of apparatus, with the view of regulating the speed of delivery, and giving safety to the operatic:re of paying cut , he ceb:e from the ships. In fulfilment of their promise, the Brilsh Government placed the Agamemnon, Leopard, and Cyclops at Ills disposal of the company, and the Unitee States Government 'sent over their steam-frigates Niagara and Susquehanna. The necessary arrangements being completed for coiling away the cable, and the immense mass having been placed on board the Agamemnon and Niagara, the squadron, after meeting at Queenstown to in terchange signals throughout the en !ire length, proceeded to Valentia, where the landing of the cable end was inau gurated by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in person, on the sth August. With the issue of that expedition all our readers are acquainted. After success had attended the Niagara in paying out nearly 400 miles between Fri day and the Tuesday following an error in judgment on the part of the breaksman fractured the cable. In this attempt it may be noted that a considerably greater length was submerged successfully prior to the mishap than any cable laid up to that period. In June of the present year, after a series of experiments in the Bay of Biscay, the squadron—consisting of the Agamemnon, Valorous, Gorgon, Porcupine, and the United States frigate Niagara, Capt. Hudson, proceeded to mid-ocean, where they met at the rendegous, after encountering a fearful gale on the way oat, in which the ships and theircrews, especially I heAgarnemnos, suffered severely. Two inure attempts were then made, after which (apparently by some misunderstanding) the Niagara preceeeed to Queenstown, instead of retuning to the ren dezvous in the middle of the Atlantic, where Capt. Preedy and Mr. Bright waited nearly a week in the Agamemnon, expect hie the Niagara to rejoin. On the Agamemnon getting beck to Queenstown another alert was determined upon, which has het to the glorious result of telegraphic commu nication between the two centinents—both the Niagara and Agamemnon striving at their opposite destinations at the same time, Mr. Might landing the end of the cable at Valentia (by a curious coincidence) on the same day this year (August 5) that the Lord Lieutenant last year assisted to draw it on shore prior to their departure. Tue details of the last two expeditions will be fresh in the minds of our readers. Since the s!li inst int ample opportunity has been afforded of negat ivi nue in the most practical and undeni a bl e manner, the siany statements made beforehand as to the impracticability of working through the cable when laid and the results, as regards e v en the speed ee ihe first sig. nallieg front stn re to shore ef the Iwo continents, must prove very reassuring . to the shareholders. The rate first attained, of about one hundred words per hour, should ro duce rcceip!s yielding '25 per cent. per ann um to the pro prietors; and, as we learn that at present upwards of f ray currents can be passed with ease per minute, there is no doubt that, by mere improvements in the form of alphabet, or by the use of codes, a far greater speed of communication will shortly be arrived at. We believe Professor Thomson, who accompanied the expe dition, is now, with other scientific gentlemen, engaged on this suhjict. It was surmised by tnany ells& the.signals miehtbe affected by curreets of terrestrial magnetism passing between the two continents, such as areexperienced in con nection with the Jand lines of telegraph in this country and in America, but none such tippeer to exist in the cable, the uniformly low temperature of the ocean depths not only pre cluding,in all probaGility, any disturbance of thi s ki n d , the same time, actually improvin g th e i nsu l at i ng character t of the guts percha coating s w hi c h w hi c h the con ductinglitu wire is enveloped. Great part of the cable has now been down nearly a month, and, as nothing can well be con ceived to interfere with it, except, perhaps, in the shallows, near the shore, where it can (as experience has provedwitlt ether cables) be easily repaired, there appears no rca'on why the original predictionifof the promoters should not be verified by the cable continuing to be a most useful agent to the human race for ages to come. GREAT CHESS MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM.—YeSter day a chess congress was held in Birmingham, under the auspices of the British Chess Association, of which Lord Lyttelton is president, and Lord Cremorne and Sir John B!unden vice-presidents. The list of members includes most of the eminent players of Europe. Mr. Morphy, the young d i er tiatie g ke to le npresent, but at the last mo ment eri d c e a c n grand tournament, on the ground that the time it would requi re was more t h an h e cou l d afford. American, had undertaken join He has, however, promised to he present on Thursday. As his name had been given in he was drawn for the tourna ment, and will be considered a loser by default. The chief feature of the meeting is the tournament for two prizes, the first of 60 and the second of 20 guineas. There are 16 com petitors, and on the ballot being taken yesterday the follow ing gentlemen were matched against each other :—Staunton and Hughes; Lowenthal and Ripping; St. Arrant and Beetlestone ; Brien and Bird; Owen and Hampton; Zabo and Salmon ; Faulkner and lugleby ; Morphy and Smith. Some of the games were immediately begun. The ei . g e li n win ners will then play together, the n the four, and th two- The congress will last three more days, and various matches between clubs will be played in addiiion to thetourn uncut. At half-past four o'clock the fillowing gam_cs had_ been Salmon, 2 ; wonn —Staunton, 1; St. Amant, 1 ; Lowenthal, 1; Salmon, Faulkner, 1; Owen, 1. The Empress Eugenie, says the Pattie, in one of her drives )n the Bois de Vincennes before 1856, several times remarked a statue of the Virgin fixed in a wall near the site now occupied by the military hospital. Her Ma jesty, at the mom ent she became pregnant, m u l e a vow that if Providence blessed her with a son she would erect a chapel on the spot.. This vow has been religiously kept, and on the 15th, the fde of the Assumption; the building was inaugurated with great solemnity. The statue which was the origin of the vow has been placed in the chapel, and under it is the following in; iption :—" The Einpress Eugenie, in a promenade in the Bo!s de Vincennes, hav ing passed before 811 image of the Virgin, made a vow that if God blessed her with a son she would erect a chapel in His honour. This chapel was terminated in 1858. AN ELECTRIC Q,EINTET.--1--A Hung arian, M . ganan, A . ,eon Humar, has, according to the Emancipation of Brusell, made a new and curious application of electricity. In a public concert at the National Theatre lie played, by means of electric wires, on Eve different planes at the same time. The electric battery which worked the wires was in an adi a cent room. ~:,..:_ Stock 109 10 Stock Stock 100 100 lot loft 100 100 100 100