The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-29 00:00:00

'I().2V BTARICET AND CITY NETTS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. T he advi ees trio s from th e var i ous manufacturing dis trad give a fa voura b le account o f t h e prospec t s o f e, although very little activity has prevailed finning the past week. At Manchester, prices were ll for all d escr i ptions of cloths suitable to home e use ' but Indi a goods were a shade cheaper. N o le °f importan ce h as t a k en place in the wool bee Lrade at Leeds, f or a f a i r amount of business has n tran sacted at fully late prices. At Bradford 'Operations have been in a great measure suspended owin g to th e musical festival ; manufacturers, how ever,emplo ved, and prices are steady. The tir '`rY trad e at Leicester continues extremely ac °'and ther e i s every appearance o f i ts cont i nu i ng or eing the au t umn and w i nter. Th e i ron t ra d e South Staffordshire has shown little variation. th er n . the a Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday wer — was rather mo re d e mand, and 8,000 bales S h n s old at ab ou t F r id ay ' s ra t es. Th e ra il wa y C;r.lnes e market presented a firmer appearance, and ll s was active. Unite I( augarao has been announced from the ; h ad States with £18,066. / nar ,. ere is very littl e movemen t i n the money mi 'et, 'which con ti nues easy , w ith an abundant th r : l3 . l Y. The commercial inquiry, notwithstanding Improv ement in trade, is still moderate ; the require ments of the mercan til e c lasses are readily provided, and th e t erms c h arge d f or di scoun t ac th: Inedati on range from 21 per cent., according to rao d ate and qua li ty of the paper negot i ate d . To vittjaw Payments have to be made in connexion pr u the R ussian and Indian loans, but up to the v e e sent time these financial operations have created r y little W e i rs. effect upon the tendency of monetary The advices from New York received this morn 'Pc'rt a diminished inquiry for money, and the granted by th e Cit y b an k s consequen tly ex zotid a . falling o ff, a lth oug h the movement was tcs im portant. Commercial affairs had not yet p rn iline d a prospe rous a ppearance, and the steady progress of trade, just the same as in this country, 1 insufficient to produce any important effect iva the tendency of the discount market. The itl, ella age on this country was about 1101 to 1, and t e 7 e xpected that further shipments of gold will report e d . t i ness in th e St oc k E xc hange markets continues quiet' but the members are now engaged with the r a l lt l d4 tien of the account in foreign stocks and ati,` a y securities. The recent tendency of specu ilt,:ns and the changes in value, must render the i tn -se nt settlement comparatively limited and un tentant ; but the necessary operations serve for ki e d i notnent to give employment to both dealers fo r brokers. Consols opened steadily, being 952 'pa,,, L lll° nes' and account. Notwithstanding a 1 30 ;mase of £15,000 New Three per Cents., 1 3 ,-L av er, the mar k e t i s flatter, the latest prices T1 1 1 ; 6 1 : 5 1 1 for transfer as well as the 7th prox. 96 N ew Threes are 96 to 96 1 , and the Reduced aed -0 1 96 .1; Exchequer Bills are quoted 21 s. pm. L oa unsiness has been recorded in the New Indian ( a at 98 , or 1 , to 11 pm. The Debentures N 18 69) are 948 . t h i a rb e Foreig n Market is quiet, and presents no 11 1 , e . , of importance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 4 0 ; e18 3 to 831, and the New 731 to 74—they are Per c , 821 8 31, and 72 74 respectively ; Russian 5 pa r. L e nts. are rather flat, and the New Loan is pia b 'exiean Stock is steady, at 201 ; and Peru ih"4"da have been dealt in at former rates. Il c il e re has been less activity exhibited in the liel a Y Share Market, and several of the principal tb: have shown a downward movement of about If w -t ent. North-Western, Great-Western, South tee;ern, Eastern Counties, and North British have kad; eci s s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, Th" °rt ia - Eastern (Berwick) have improved s s. Foreig n and Colonial undertakings continue t s/ ina c ti ve. Lombardo-Venetian old shares h ave (ke t cle . r d to 10: ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 34 ; gait' Indian are steady at 1001, and Eastern Ben realise 48. , ho °int Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have 105 no no material variation. Canada Land rose to Ae„ '1 ! ' Berlin Water Works brought 4 F 5 /, and .448„ar and Oriental Steam declined to 76. 12.10 Mock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stoc) 2 5- Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock A 81 1 FUNDS. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. a ti k st a 1 '' t , c e e4l k. Reduced Annuities 96} 6 Q A , , , , eta. Consols Annuities i:ler Cent. Annuities bitt o 1 3toelc h .Aentures, 1858 — I," i tto Tr il l°, 1859 , itt, - ' 3l,l ds £l000 ( oh. 44 der £l,OOO - I '4 - 'o. °i ' ; for Account (Sept. 7) 114.'6(1er Rills, #3,000, lid — I ?it‘t,!, 'l 5O O 2l t1tt, 13141 1, 11{1 24 aexi ' ll OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 411, 411 3 Per Cent. bitr . „ , 4 } per Cent — Po? per Cent. ' 9 l* ' l ..„"s 1853, 3 per Cent. 447 , 1 822, £ St., 5 per Cent lll 4 Arq i '? 4 i per Cent. +III4 III 4 3; 5 per Cent B5l 61 Di tto '-' Per Cent 1 , ,,,„. 0 Passiv e - .,...L1E , .b, R 4, 1tt 0 l e per Cent B3t w Loan bividends on the above payable in London. TWO O' CLOCK. Consols, M one y 9si Ditto Account LIZT..4 AND CORFU SUBMARINE CABLE. t ie 13 11 b— I llowing relates to the Malta and Corfu tu arine cable : " Mediterranean Extension Telegraph ig 8. Company (Limited), London, Aug. 27. this „ 11.,--- Referring to a paragraph in the Times of be " K Y , headed ' The Malta and Corfu Cable,' I g to e nclose you an extract from a letter received 'sits rou _. 3'04 . "ung from our officer at Corfu, from which eve perceive it is by no means certain that the 4ny Pells i°n of electrical communication is caused by ituPture in the submarine cable, and I am very i ut :Q disposed to think, from previous temporary, ti ou rr uPtions which have taken place on this por -46_ of the company's line, and have always been O'oyered to be in the land line, that this will turn ✓ anehe same.—l am, sir, your most obedient ser , HENRY C. ORTON, Secretary. P.S. I may also inform you that the end of ‘ 4 le Malta cable has been lauded at Marsala, conse quently, the communication between London and, qalta is complete via Sicily." tm.Extracts from Mr. Lyne's letter, dated Telegraph 'gee, Corfu, Aug. 20 : — h . In the a b sence of Mr. Andrews from Ma l ta, an d N e fact that I get a very strong earth and no return tli, e utt and from Mr. Harwood i n f o rming me that ju.- r eturn current at Malta is as strong as ever, I deLend followi n c, the portion of cable running un frombthe hut at San Gordi to the margin th e sea (abo u t 100 yards) as I think it possible of t hud may h ave s hifted so as to allow the heat 18. 4 ‘. 4 , 6 sun (whi c h h as b e en something fearful the and three weeks) to penetrate to the gutta percha our Itelt, it, and which did not materially affect_ ea.tZ °ll r-ing until the heavy rain which fell early e mornin g o f t h e 14th." or he approaching conclusion of the Conferences sp at 4111 cla, announced yesterday by telegraphic de c'," says the Nord "is confirmed by the letters Cw received. The principal question appears to 4.a riltively settl e d . Th e con di t i ons re l a ting to „,,e a cession of Lombardy, to the new boundaries, di, the questions of detail connected with the ores from Austria of her ancient possession, vo_ s. probably d ec i ded and embodied in a treaty eollich o nly awaits th e san ction of the high titract ing parti es . O n th e o th er h an d, divers questionsth resultin g more or l ess di r e c tly from ha ys Preliminaries of th e t r eaty of Villafranca c ou e not bee n so l ved at Zur i c h , an d w ill o f thetas be th e object of subsequent negotiations, all tere rilare i , c omplicated a s th e y involve the vital n of of oth er S tates, and even the general interests lik ei lira pe. In f act, i t does not appear t o us ve ry thni —` e 3 : A T a t two or th ree St a t es s h ou ld take upon ec e v es to regulate, as may suit their conveni ve,the destinies of independent foreign countries. Dow ila tever may be said or done, the European and e , rs ' assembled in congress, have alone the right la w 1 7wer to treat questions affecting the public cannot Eu roPe, and the solution of which they tini ve - W it hout abdicating their legitimate and rileir rsa - utuority, leave to the private arbitra .3f thi s or that Government." Share Stool Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, stock Stock 161 1613 4, Stocks Stock Stock Stuck 124 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stockl Stock, 11ARKE11-( THIS DAY.) IRDINARY S lIA Railways. Andierg., Akng. and Eastern JliTY'LiOn i`elfa:4 and Ballymena.. Bir., Wel., and Str.Val. Lane., and Chesh. Junction Blackburn I Blyth arid Tyne Bristol and Exeter 'Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon 'Cork, Blkrock,&Passagj Cornwall Do. A 1A roves. no div until6p.c.per an Do. B hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelf ast June Abr.Junc ] East Anglian l Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stool: 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.Vl.Rail 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.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon., Brighton &S. Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. Binning. & Derby Rid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Ilerefd Newry & Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk_ . North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.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.,llampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire_ ~ North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolper 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., & Wek I Stockton & Darlington. I Do. do. 1855 'Do. do. 1858 !Stockton & llartlepooll iTaff 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 ND STOCKS. Cloning Price. 61 4 61 74 84 77 79 11 12j 98i 99 856 86 44 54 8 9 14i 155 57 58 40 42 27 30 74 7 6 26i 27 97 99 102 104 85 87 132 134 103 105 60 M 55 60 93 96 14i 15,E p 14i 156 p 97 97i Ind 64 66 108 110 1 91 *5l 96 * d 1 92 94 6 8 35i 86 - -d 106 1061 83 85 9 11 58 e3O 31 3 d 60} 80! 89 89i 1t 11 d 44 44 714 72 103 105 q 4id 134 14i 7 . 8 . 31 32 13 15 109 111 81 241 251 83 45 47 n 21d 44 45 76 761 61 63 60 65 8 11 36 37 6 1 61 q 11 Paid. Business Railways. Share Mock .took Stock . Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Blythe and Tyne 1( peri c. pref. (issued at £50) l Brie. & Exet.4p.et. Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5 / 1 pc Do. do. 5 p. et. ,, 'Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. E.Ang,n. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... Do. do. Class C 7 pc .. • . E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l 'Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lanc. 6 per et 'F & W York Jon. fifths. Edin.&Glas. 5 pe shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. tirS West. a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 peßedm.,loP.e.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Reflm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nom. of Scotld, lst pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4i pct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pr e f. Do. firm. Pref. Shares IGt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.l all 1 100 ) 100 100 100 100 all 97 87 88 ,101 9/ 99 E 9 90 103 101 shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stockj 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, shs Londoudy.& Ennis, sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport &' Car., 4 p.c , Do. 4 per cent 17 18 91 10 1 72 74 19 20 91 10 141 151 1139 141 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock, 1155 160 120 12 3 , 66 1 01 Pi Do - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.Arßir. 6 p.et. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option $ll 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,Stc. p ret .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. ^ m Do. Perpet, 6 p. a. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 po. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way. Val .Ex.Sk 18471 :North British, 5 per cent' Do. New, gin. 5 per cent Nth.Dev,Hail.tiz N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. r Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 139 141 105 106 96 9 6 p 9* 10* Stook' Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stockl Stock' Stock Stock 11i 12 Stock' Stock! Stock 8 1 Stock Stock Stock Stock 108. 1.0.6. 1110 112 1108 110 Do. do. do. - Do. Leeds, 6 p. C. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1546 F)o. York, Ff .& S. PurCh.l North Staffordshire • Ox. Wr. & Wol.6pc.lstg Do. do. do., 2d g-ua Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perpi Scottish Central, new pt, Scottish N.-Eastern debt Do. 3i per c. pref. stock; Do. Aberdeen.gua : 6 pc. 96 OR 1 4p Do. 7 p. c. pref. stok. lid p 224 234 1122 124 i 1 20 02 110214 72 74 120 124 1118 122 10} 11 South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading, Ann.,_lo6) Do .4-4 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. lst is I Do. New do., 2d issue ) South Wales, gua.4 p.c , Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. r.•,ua Stockton and Dar. 6 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny,' 1 6 per cent.- 24 24i 104 106 104 106 28 29 33 34 47 53 INES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 1; a i d. ',Caging Closing Business Railwayg. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire all Ln & N.W n & N.W 100 'aleclonin a ll E.ZTAEC 100 Gt.N67th. all lE.Couni 9 . , 100 100 100 all all Clydesdale Junction. ., Colchester, Stour Val.i E.Lincolnshire,z.np,c, E Union,llarw!chShs.' Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail hull and Selby Do. A Shares Do. A Shares Lon don &Greenwich D o . Preference 1 Lon.,r.rilby.&Sout end ; Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct.l Do. 6 per cent Manc.,lluxtn. & 31atk.1 Mid sb. & Redo . , 6p.c. Mid. Bradford Prf . Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. C. Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.e. Do. do. 6 per cent. • Do. Fixed 5 per cent. P r eston and Wyre. 1 Do. Shares A. Roystn,llitch.,& Shep Shf. Roth. & Gol. g.sp.c. Shrewsbry& Hereford! South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 p. e. .Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Caledonin! Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. !S. East !Do. !Peto &Co Do. !Norfolk Do. ILN R&M Stk.& Da Midland . E.Counts Do. Do. L&N l& L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. i!Lan.&Yk! 'T lirasseyl !M'Clean .1 (Ztk.& Dar Do. 'Gt. West ,L.&Brgtn DOCKS Share Docks. 106 100 100 100 100 I - 91 93 7i Si Commercial Do4perCent.Pret .Min Eaat and Wost London St. Katharine Southampton lOO Victoria Do New ...mem...! 1$ Closing Business I Paid Prioe . Done. Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stock Stock 99 101 102 104 16 17 140 145 109 111 '64 66 115 120 ,92 94 2 } 21j 99 100 P 57 59 138 142 9i 10 10i 11 13.14 Stock 100 all all 100 100 100 all all c all I all all 100 3i 100 100 100 100 100 116 13 4 £3 Is. 17i all all 100 all 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all !E SHARES. Done. Paid. Cp ri s m ing I Business 49 51 96 98 1103 105 51 6 99 101 112 117 107 111 114 116 113 115 1129 131 181 83 115 117 120 122 112 114 106 108 86 88 5. F. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 18b9, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. I Paid. 0 100 1 100 190 Stook s Sto. 1 Stock Stook Stock Stock Stock tharel Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd go . 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 5 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1871 Do. do. 1 July, 187: Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. &S. E astrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim. Cape Town & Dock Serif Central Oude (Limited' Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern liengal.gmsp.c. East Indian, gfu. 5 p. c.. Do. 1' Shares Ext. Do. Jobbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'so Do. 41 p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. C. Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7S Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. IndiaPenin. gua. sp. c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. GOV. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'V3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4; p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. 'y, ;lase Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Sein de Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. ISt. Andrew (U q, li'rinidad(Limieed) w t. bec A Scrip 1 all 1 all all a u iill 1190 100 1. 3 0. 28. 6d. 7i all 5 100 al all ) 100 100 all 100 100 FOREIGN RAIT; Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes BalL&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rue Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Juntion . ..... Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Ditto New Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 5} per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5} p. c. Preference 1 W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand Can.Gov.6 p.c Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c. 1 ,- b. &Aug. Do. 6 p.c. Mr. k Sep. N.B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. NovaScoliaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S. Aug. Gt. 6 pc.Jan &July Viet •Gov.6p.c.Jan&July all all al 1 all all Paid.! 100 100 100 10C 100 106 Closing Business Price. Done. 79 81 16 17 ___ .... 1/- 1+ d H 1d 5d 6 d id 3p 99; 1; ; d 100; d par 9tli 1004 994 1004 19 20 34 36 71i 72i 92 93 97i 98i f 4d 1} Id 14i 15k 51 51 d 102 104 102 104 101 103 97 100 85 90 85 90 187 19 d 1 1 d 18t - -dl —d —d' i l9} f 1 1 dl 1 1 d 'AYS. 41 41 —p 1 d I 1 I } d 5f 5i d 25 26 6 1 61 21. 24p 2} 2j 81 81 19 20 361 371 9 10 34 35 53 65 2 24 d 6 64 84 94 194 204 54 6 94 10 214 224 41 1001 'MENT SECURITIES. Closing 1 Business Prices. Done. 1121 114 110 112 113 115 1091 1101 1121 984 994 1094 1104 108 110 109 1 1 THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were very inactive for wheat. In prices, however, the fluctuations wero trifling. Barley was a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. All other spring corn moved off slowly, on former terms. The transactions in flour were much restricted. Throughout the Continent wheat and most other articles have commanded very little attention on English account; nevertheless prices have been mostly supported. Dull advices continue to reach us from the United States. The arrivals of English produce into the port of London last week were limited. From abroad we received 13,820 quarters of wheat, 3,918 barley, 94,986 oats, 48 rye, 217 peas, 12 tares, 1,785 linseed, 7,988 rapeseed, 15 sundry seeds, 270 sacks and 70 barrels of flour. In floating cargoes of grain the transactions were some what limited. The show of both English and foreign barley was li mited ; nevertheless, most kinds were a slow inquiry at about last week's currency. Malt—though in short supply—moved off slowly at late rates. The supply of foreign oats being very large, the oat trade ruled heavy, and prices were Gd per quarter lower than on Monday last. Beans sold slowly; new Magazans realised 34s to 365, and small 40s per quarter. In beans very little was passing. New grey sold at 34s to 355, new white 40s to 42s per quarter. All kinds of flour were a dull inquiry at barely stationery prices. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to-day were moderate, and a fair portion of the supply was of the pre sent year's crop in various condition. The red qualities of new sold at from 40s to 43s ; and of the new white, 448 to 47s per quarter. The trade for all kinds was in a de pressed state, and prices gave way, compared with Monday last, from 'ls to 2s per quarter. At that amount of depres sion millers purchased with extreme caution. We were well supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat. For even the finest qualities there was very little inquiry, and the quotations ruled almost nominal. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 4os to 44s Ditto, old 3BB 448 Ditto, white, new 428 488 Ditto, old 428 488 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 38s 428 Ditto, new 378 458 Rye—Old —s —8 New 3os 328 Barley—Grinding...., 26s 298 Malting . 37s , 38s Che'ralier 3Bs 438 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s2s 668 Brown Kingston and Ware s2s 648 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s 26s Potato 298 338 Youghal and Cork, black .. 23s 268 Cerk, white 23s 328 Scotch, Feeding 23s 328 Beans —Tick Pigeons 4ls 508 Peas—Grey Maple White 4OB 498 Boilers 498 508 Flour—Town-made Suffolk 328 348 Stockton and Norfolk METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 10,659 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 8,931; in 1857, 10,431; in 1856, 11,383; in 1855,. 8,372; in 1854, 10,051; in 1853, 11,226; and in 1852, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam Rotterdam Bremen -.. 21 .. Ostend — Hamburgh 44 559 Harlingen Dordt Medemblik Nieu Diep Tonning 1,059 900 .. 260 .. Total 1,574 7,377 - •• 5 .. 2 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. She€p. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1858 1,621 .. 5,632 .. 200 .. 863 .. 625 1857 1,805 .. 7,240 .. 145 .. 725 576 1856 1,933 .. 6,990 .. 214 .. 820 .. 526 1855 1,317 .. 5,544 .. 283 .. 527 671 1854 2,382 6,010 .. 160 .. 802 693 The supply of foreign beasts and sheep in to-day's mar ket was extensive, of lambs and calves only moderate. Prices generally ruled high. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were moderately good as to number, but very deficient in quality. Prime Scots, shorthorns, &c., were in fair request, at full prices, but most other breeds moved off slowly, at late rates. The best Scots sold at fully 4s 8d per 81bs. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to about 2,000 shorthorns and crosses, from other parts of England 700 of various breeds, from Scotland 88 scots and crosses, and from Ireland 400 oxen and heifers. There was a moderate number of sheep in the pens. All breeds moved off briskly, and the quotations advanced 2d per 81bs. Very superior old Downs having realised fully os 2d per 81bs. We had a good demand for lambs, the supply of which was seasonably good, at from 4s 8d to 6s per 81bs, being higher rates. Calves were in moderate supply and active request, at 4d per 81bs more money. There was a fair sale for pigs, at full prices. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 3 0 Primecrs-wool do. 4 4 4 8 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Prue. S'thdowndo. 6 0 6 2 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 4 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 5 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 6 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Second quality do. 3104 2, Small porkers _ _ Lambs, 4s id to 6s Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 23s ; and quarter .old store pigs, re to 225. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 5,210 Beasts 1,580 Sheep and lambs 27,910 Sheep Calves Pigs 3OO Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug, 30, 1858, and this day, Monday, Aug. 29, 1859. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. Aug. 30, 1858. Aug. 29, 1859. s d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, &c.. . • • Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 8 Second quality ditto . . • . 3 8 4 03 10 4 2 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 6 4 4 4 8 Prime Southdown. ditto . . . 4 8 4 1015 0 6 2 Lambs Large coarse calves . . • 3 8 4 2 4 4 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers • • . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 31, 1857.---Beasts, 5,974; sheep and lambs, 27,280 ; calves, 252 ; pigs, 250. . Sept. 1, 1856.—Beasts, 5,013; sheep and lambs, 24,460; calves, 358 ; pigs, 270. 4 8 3 6 4 6 3 0 3 8 NEWGATE AN]) LEADENHALL. These markets are very scantily supplied with each kind of meat; nevertheless, the demand generally is very inac tive, as follows : Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. e.. 4. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Mid. do. „ „ 3 2to 3 6 Pm. larze do. 3 Bto 3 10 Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork 3 6to 3 8 Lamb, 3s 1^ s. d. s. d. Infr.ll;t - t - on. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 0 Prime do. 4 2to 4 4 3 4to 4 4 , c 3 l k 4 2to 4 6 I VSI.I 4s toeg. 1" BOROUGH HOP. Great flatness continues to prevail in the demand for all kinds of hops, owing to the favourable accounts at hand from the plantations, and prices must be considered almost nominal. The duty is called £260,000. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Tho supplies of potatoes on offer here are moderately good, but in very middling condition. Prime samples are in fair request, at full prices ; but all other kinds move off slowly, at barely late rates. Shaws, 55s to 85s, and Regents, 70s to 120 per tone. SEEDS. The linseed market is firm, and prices are fully main tained. Rapeseed moves off freely at fully late rates. Canary is in moderate request on former terms. Mustard seed and tares realise late currencies. Clover commands extreme rates. Cakes are quiet but not cheaper. _ _ furnip,White,p.bus. l2 s to 14s j S we de Mustard, Brown Ss 118 White, new l4s 20s Tares, Spring, new.. 966 d 12s Old —B —8 Canary, per quarter 66s 76 8 Rye grass, new 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., ct. —s — g White —s —8 Foreign Red --a —s White —s —s Trefoil, new. —s —Bl Carraway Coriander 9s 12s Hempseed, per qr 30s 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing Ons 65s Crushing -s —if Baltic —s -8 Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton English £lO Os £lO 5s Foreign, p ton £9 Os £loss Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 56 Rapeseed, p. qr..... 64s 74s WOOL MARKET. The public sales held since our last have been well at tended by buyers, and the whole of the wool on offer has sold at very full prices. Australian—Clean sheeps', is 8d to 2s 7d ; scoured, is 10d to 2s 6d ; handwashed, is 7d to 2s 2d ; lambs', is 8d to 2s 6d ; skin, is 6d to Is 9d ; locks, lld to is 9d. Port Philip—Clean sheeps', is 6d to 2s 7d ; scoured, Is 9d to 2s 10d ; lambs', is 6d to 28 ; do. scoured, 2s 6d. to 2s 9d ; grease, lid to is 3d. ; locks, Is ; pieces, is 2d to is 10d. New Zealand—Clean sheeps', is 4d to 28 id ; scoured, is 9d to 2s ; lambs' Is 4d to is llid ; pieces, is 3d to is 9d ; grease, is to is 3d. Van Dieman's Land—Clean sheeps', is 8d to 2s Id ; lambs', is 7d to 2s ; do. scoured, 2s to 2s 3d ; broken, 1■ 3d to is 7d ; grease, is to 11d. Other wools have ranged from is 6d to 2s per lb. By private contarct very little business is 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. Stock this day.... 35.568 8,450 11.699 11.517 19.895 Price of Y.C.i 57s 6d to .52s 5d to 6380 d to 49s 6d to 55s 3d to —s Od 53s Od —s —s Od 55s 6d Delivery last week 2,742 2,219 1,621 2,000 1,707 Ditto from June 1 26,146 27,689 19,680 19,964 14,675 Arrivals last week 18 1,733 378 1,878 418 Ditto from June 1 13,999 18,430 18,255 19.914 22,489 Price of Town ... , j 58s Od 55s 9d 64s 0 d 52s 3d 56s 6d doing in any kind of wool, and English qualities are rather cheaper. TALLOW The amount of business doing in our market is only moderate, nevertheless prices rule steady. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 55s 3d to 55s 6d for delivery during the last three months, 55s per cwt. Rough fat is 2s llid per Blbs. STATEMENT OF TALLOW ,HIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1859. 1858. 1857. to Aug. 3, 0. S. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks poods to the cask) 26,821 16,471 10,719 In ships loading and lighters 2,450 5,562 4,705 Total loaded off from St. Petersburg, Aug. 5, O. S. Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 112,012 103,761 London Liverpool 313 1,291 Bristol Other English ports Ireland 1,227 203 Scotland Germany 913 951 France 1,196 149 Total 26.821 16,471 10,719 LAW INTELLIGENCE.(T.HIS DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. ACTION UPON A GUARANTEE.-THOMAS V. ROBERTSON. This was a summons which had been twice adjourned in consequence of technical objections and errors in the par ticulars. Mr. Buchanan, for plaintiff, stated that £4 12s. 6d. worth of goods was supplied to a Mrs. Conquer, upon the specific guarantee of defendant. The goods were, delivered in due course, and application made to defendant for payment. Mr. Dunn, of Kingsland, for defendant, objected to the guarantee, and said there was no condition on the face of it. His Honour remarked that that was not now required. The question then arose, in consequence of Mr. Dunn's examination, whether Mrs. Conquer had a husband living. His Honour remarked that it did not matter, after the guarantee, if she had a husband—besides he might have been an infant. -- Mr. Buchanan contended that he had proved delivery and receipt of the goods, and that the guarantee was suffi cient. ____, His Honour found for plaintiff, and, although the amount was under £5, allowed the attorney, considering it was a case calling for an advocate. [MPORTANT QUESTION AND DECISION. - CLIFTON T. WALKER. This was a summons to recover a sum of money for goods sold to a Charles Walker, jun. It appeared that the summons had been served upon Charles Walker, sen., father to the defendant. Defendant's father said that he received the summons, which had not been handed to his son, who knew nothing about it. Plaintiff said he told Mr. Walker, sen., that the sum.. mons was for his son. In answer to his Honour, Mr. Walker said that defen dant slept in his house. His Honour held the service to be good, making a short order, and adding some condemnatory remarks. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. JUSTICE NOT TO BE DEFEATED.—SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—Michael J. M'Hugh, of 5, Green's-court, Soho, was charged with being drunk and assaulting his wife, blackening both her eyes and cutting her shoulder with a knife. Police-constable 99 C said, that he was informed a man was murdering his wife at 5, Green's-court, on the pre vious night, and on going there he found that the prisoner had greatly ill-used his wife. Both her eyes were blackened and she had a severe cut on her shoulder blade, which he was informed by the mother of the injured woman was done by the prisoner with a knife. Mr. Beadon asked where the wife and her mother were, and being informed that neither were in attendance, said he would have them sent for, and shortly after the mother appeared but not the wife. Winifred Moran, the mother-in-law of the prisoner, was then sworn, but in answer to the questions of Mr. Beadcn, said that her daughter had the " drop taken," that she aggravated the prisoner, and that the prisoner was not to blame. On being pressed as to how she came with the wound on her shoulder, she said, " she must have fallen down stairs," and she denied that she had told the consta ble the prisoner had used a knife, and said that her daughter was drunk at the time. The constable said she distinctly told him that the wound was done with a knife. It being evident that the wife was kept out of the way Mr. Beadon said he would remand the prisoner from time to time till he did get the wife in attendance. He was de termined not to allow such assaults to go unpunished, and the prisoner was then remanded. THAMES. A MIRACLE.—THE DUMB MADE TO SPEAK.—Charles Stewart, a tall, rough-looking man, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting Mr. James Lugg, the land lord of the Goldon Eagle public-house, in High street, Shadwell. The complainant stated that the prisoner came into his house yesterday afternoon and made some motions, indi cating that he wanted some refreshments, and he was sup- ' plied with what he required. The prisoner continued making motions with his head and his hands for some time, and at last knocked down a glass and broke it. Ho demanded payment for the glass, and the prisoner con tinued his dumb motions and made him unier stand that he would not pay for the glass. This went on for some time, and at last he seized a bundle in the prisoner's possession, and declared that he would not givo it up until he was paid for the glass. The prisoner instantly recovered the use of his tongue, swore at him, and abused him grossly, and at last struck him a violent blow on the mouth with his fist. He then gas e the prisoner into custody. Mr. Selfe—The loss of his bundle caused the restoration of his speech ? Mr. Lugg—Yes, Sir. I have since given him his bundle. The prisoner, in defence, said that he was in the practice of being very quiet and making signs. Mr. Selfe—You may be as quiet as you like, but you are not to strike people. I fine you 105., and in default 14 days' imprisonment STABBlNG.—Elizabeth Harden, a very disorderly prosti tute, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stabbing William Perry, a boiler-maker, of No. 28, St. Ann's-road, Stepney. The parties wore quarrelling last night in a ropemaker's fields, Limehouse, and the prisoner took up a knife, and after uttering some threats plunged it into the man's back, inflicting a serious wound. He was conveyed by the police on a stretcher to the hospital, and a certificate was now pm in, stating that the wounded man was in a precarious con. dition, and could not be removed at present. The prisoner, with great unconcern, said, the man." Mr. Selfe—You are remanded until Tuesday next, the 6th September. " I did stab THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 29.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and fine. FALMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Arrived—City of Durham, from Ceylon ; Sebastian, from Matanzas; Simoda, from Akyab. Opr QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 27.—Arrived—Sunderland, from Akyab ; Star, from Buenos Ayres. WATERFORD, Aug. 26.—Sailed.—Jenny Lind, from Quebec. WHITEHAVEN, Aug. 27.—Wind W.—Arriv ed—Jane, from Quebec. Sailed—John Pink, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Bengal, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 27.—Wind for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning, Wind W. Arrived, Aug. 27—Felicina, from Thrall ; Charles, from Charente ; Ferment, from St. Malo ; Effort and Bessie, from Sunderland ; Rebecca, from Plymouth ; Boyle' steamer, from Dublin; Jackson and Alceste, from Cardiff; Janes, and Competitor, from Swansea ; Tibor, from Cam bria ; Lily, and Limerick Lass, from Newport ; L'Etoile, from Carentan. Arrived, Aug. 28—Seviges, from Cherbourg ; Argyle, steamer, from Carentan; Victoria and Albert, from Car diff; Nile, from Llanelly ; Caledonia, from Sunderland Sailed, Aug. 27.—Mary, for Sunderland ; Foyle, steamer, for London ; Orissa, steamer, for Alexandria ; Tagus, steamer, for Lisbon. Sailed, Aug. 28.—Ceres, and Iris, for the Baltic. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind S.S.W. Arrived, Aug. 28.—Sparta, from Smyrna ; S. E. Grant, from New Orleans ; Why Not, from Gaspee. Arrived. Aug. 29.—British Queen, screw steamer, from Havre; S. Crowell, from Halifax; Culloden, from Bom bay; Queen of the South, from Cobija ; San Spiridone, from Ibrail. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind W. ; tide first hour's flood ; weather fine. Arrived, August 29—Sagitta, from Barbadoss ; Emma nuel, from Archangel. Sailed—Batavier, steamer, for Rotterdam ; Hutt, for Naples. Arrived, August 28—Royal Bride, from Bimlipatam ; Esmeralda, from Mauritius ; Constant, from St. Ingo de Cuba ; Susannah, from Havannah ; Elizabeth Martin, from Singapore; Malcolm Brown, from Smyrna ; Doska, from Waarhuus ; Robert Barker, from Baltimore ; Portland, from Licata. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind S.W. moderate. Anchored—lslit, from London, for St. John's. THE METROPOLITAN REGISTRATION C 0 U.R TS. The annual process of revising the lists of Par liamentary voters promises this year to excite un usual interest in the various boroughs and districts within the metropolitan area. For some years the preponderance of political opinion in and near Lon don in the Liberal direction has been so strongly marked, that not only have contests between can didates of exti ernely divergent opinions become very rare, if not altogether ceased, but even the Registration Courts, once the hopeful arena of Con servative action, have been left to the undisputed supervision of the Liberal agents. The recent brief enjoyment of political power by a Conservative Government appears to have stimulated their par tisans to renewed exertions, for, according to pre sent symptoms, a " revival" of Conservative faith in the value of Sir R. Peel's celebrated axiom of " Register, register, register," has made its appear ance within the Parliamentary districts in and sur rounding the metropolis. Thus, in the city of Lon don, which for some years has been quietlT surren dered to the solitary vigilance of Messrs. S. Smith and Ledger, an outbreak of activity on the part of those who so unsuccessfully, and without authority thrust forward the name of Lord Stanley at the re cent general election may be looked for. It is un derstood that at the forthcoming revision of the electoral lists for the city, the Conservatives will be represented by an agent to support some 300 or 400 objections which they have made to persons now on the register, while the Liberal interests will be cared for by those who have so long attended to them. In Marylebone, where also for many years the Conservatives have ceased to take any active part in the Registration Court, the enterprising Mr. Haig has succeeded in forming an association, which it is said will depute an agent to watch over the interests of the party before the revising bar rister. Mr. W. A. James will represent the inte rests of the Liberal electors of Marylebone. What ever may be the results of these contests in a purely party view, there can be no doubt but that the public interests will be served by them, as in the absence of political agents having an interest in keeping up a " good register," the electoral lists are apt to become encumbered with names of persons who, by reason of death, removal, &c , are disquali fied from voting. As an instance of this state of things we may observe that at the last election for rvlarylebone, the agent of one of the candidates bad no less than 3,000 letters addressed to persons upon the register returned " not found." In the city of Westminster the Conservatives have made no sign, while in Lambeth, Southwark, and the Tower Hamlets the current of public opinion is too de cided to hold out any prospect of advantage to that party. In Finsbury, where of late no political representative has appeared before the re vising barrister, it is stated upon the next occasion an agent will attend to watch the revision in the interest of Sir S. M. Peto, one of the sitting mem bers. The county registrations in the vicinity of the metropolis will be still more strongly contested. In West Kent, where for several years both par ties have fiercely fought each name, the fight will be renewed upon this occasion. South Essex, we believe, will not be neglected by either party, and in East Surrey, notwithstanding the want of suc cess which has attended their candidate upon the last two elections, the Conservatives have an nounced their intention to fight the battle in the registration courts against their equally determined Liberal opponents. In the metropolitan county itself, Middlesex, Conservative energy appears to have attained its climax. Not content with the able advocacy which its interests have for some years received from Mr. T. A. Jones, the agent of the old Conservative Association, in the Registra tion Court, the party which was represented by , Mr. Haig at the last election have, under the aus pices of the Conservative Land Society, announced a determination to renew the contest before tlie revising barrister. The Liberals will, of course, be represented, and, as each party has made many hundreds of objections, the revision, will probably occupy more time than usual. According to the Act of Parliament the revising 'oarristers must hold their courts and conclude their labours between the 16th of September and the 31st of October. COLONIAL GOVER: Securities. MISCELLAAEOUS. Share Miscellaneous. , Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at 25 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mar,. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.oi Eng. &Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Stock Stock Do. New - Eng. & Auct. Cop.St.Co. GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at idle N. Br. &NovaScotiaL and N.B. Australasian (Lim ) Oriental Gas Orientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot, Austen. I nv . (Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of I] pr. Can. V.!, Diemen'. T.anel: Stock Stook all 1 all all Closin g Business done Paid. \ price. 134 144 200 220 28 29 i 32 f 36 38 19 21 14 15 W 7 111 8 9 24 25 4 11 5 101 104 par 1 p t 1 d par 3 d 4 5 11 li cll 4# 1* 1 I cl 5O tS P 75 77 9 11 21i 22i P 8 7 49 51 115 125 34 38 1 8 9 1051 BRITISH MINES. Share' Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) l 2.11.10 4 5 20 British Iron 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 430 440 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 1674 1724 E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 81 94 Great South Tol;rus.. 17s 134 144 G.Wheal Alld.(Phillack : ) 12.1.8 1 1 G. Wheal Vor (Relston) 94 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 10 7 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 74 84 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 74 84 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 12 1 (Providence (Uny Lelnq 20.13.2 80 85 IPorkellis Unit. (Wend.)' 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 240 250 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 24 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 160 170 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 24 2 10 Tin Croft 9 41 41 41 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d West Basset (Mogan). 14 21 22 W. Caradon (Liskeard) . . 10 110 135 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 54 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redruth), 5 80 99 ▪ IWheal Edward (Cals.). I 6 14 2 I Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant\ 1.7,2 12 15 131 IWh'l Mary nn (Mexhe), 8 36 38 411'1 Trelawney (Lisk.)i 44 26 28 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian I 74 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim 15s ol p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 'sp ), 27 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim 15 10 11 5 Do.L and and MiumgCo I all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica t d 40 Cobra Copper al 41 43 421 1 Copiapo l6 8 9 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 2 Fortuna • all 24 21 20 General all 22 24 3 Linares all 104 114 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 N. RhineCop.of S.Aus.L all 1 P 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead 10 Mining and Smelt 4 6 5 'Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 4 d par 28.2.811 United Mexican all Paid. \ Closing Business Price. Done. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. i Paid. 1 Closing I Business 1 I Price. Dane. Agra&UnitedServiceßk ,Australasia !Bank of Egypt iPank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American i Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial ,Corn. Bank of Canada 'Commercial of London lEng , Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen Bk. of Switzerland Lon Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster.' Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new 100 100 20.11 100 National Bank ... , New South Wales Orient Corporations Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual western Bk of Loud% 214 4 3 4 1 . dl 1( 3i 601 97i t 96 5/ 6/ 021 106 &6 88i d 83 86 21 22 i IPI 62 64 19 21 14 151 21} 211 39 40 19 20 71 73 26 27 THE WI?ECK OF THE .ALIII.I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your powerfully written article of Thursday last on the loss of the Alma you state, " We have very little doubt that 30 or 40 per cent. of British merchant ships now actually prosecuting their voyages could not show their thowles in their places if suddenly required in any direct emer gency." As this sentence may be productive of much uncomfortable feeling in those who travel on the deep, allow me to make known through your columns the manner in which this sort of thing is done in the service to 'which I belong. Each senior midshi .man of a watch is put in charge of a boat, which he, has to keep clean, free from lumber, and ready for lowering at any moment. The rowlocks are attached each to its place by a lanyard, not stowed away in lockers ; the oars are always becketed to the midship thwart to prevent their falling out should the boat cant in lowering; spare plugs and bailers are always secured in the boat, and falls coiled down clear for working. Every night at 8 o'clock the fourth officer goes round to each boat separately and sees that all is in readiness for lowering, and reports the same to the captain. The rule is never departed from under any circumstances ; and if it were adopted in every merchant ship we should hear no more of such dis• asters as that which befel the Alma.—l am, sir, yours obediently, ONE OF GREEN'S MIDS. THE SPOT ON THE SUN. BRIDGE FOR THE VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO RAILWAY. The bridge which is being erected over the Thames for the Victoria Station and Pimlico Rail way is being proceeded with rapidly. The stone used in the con s tr uc tion o f th e b r id g e is of three kinds, viz., for th e footi n g o f th e pi ers , Yorkshire rag landings ; for the piers up to the level of Trinity high-water, Portland roach stone ; and for the whole of the masonry above high-water-line, Bramley Fall stone. The bricks in the piers are to be "paviors," and for the other parts Cowley stocks. The bridge will consist of four principal openings across the river, having each a clear span of 175 feet, and of one side opening at each end over the road leading to the suspension -bridge, with a clear span of 70 feet. The principals openings are each spanned by six wrought-iron arched girders, rest ing on cast-iron bed plates fixed to the piers and abutments, and will be composed of I shaped ribs, with top and bottom tables, and central web of flat plate-iron, connected together by means of angle-. iron and T iron covers, and the whole riveted to gether. Horizontal wrough-iron girders stretch from arch to arch, bearing on the piers in the centre of their length, upon cast-iron bed-plates fixed on the ma sonry of the piers. The spandrils between the arches and horizontal girders are intended to be filled in with a wrought iron framework, radiating from the arch. The radiatiug bars will be intersected longitudinally by a flat wrought-iron plate passing through the centre of each bar. The roadway will be carried by means of wrought iron transverse bearers placed three feet apart and bolted through the horizontal girders and arched ribs, each alternate bearer being continued through the centre and external spaces. The seventy-feet opening over the road will be spanned by six horizontal wrought-iron girders. The roadway over this opening will be carried by means of wrought-iron cross-bearers, placed three feet apart, bolted through the horizontal girders, and each alternate bearer being continued through the centre external spaces. On the top of the external horizontal girders a cornice will run along the entire length of the viaduct on each face, and will be composed of wrought-iron plates, rolled or bent to the required forms. The whole of the wrought-iron used in the work is to be obtained from the Monkbridge Iron Com pany. Power is given to the engineer to test to the following extent : 18 tons' strain must be borne without a greater extension of length than k of an inch. 21 tons strain ... i „ extension. 23 tons' strain .. I If It ff ft 25 tons' strai n 4 and all bars must bear a tensile strain of 26 tons before fracture. Mr. Kelk is the contractor for the Victoria sta tion and Pimlico line, and considerable progress has been male in the works. In two of the three piers in the river, of the bridge we have illustrated, the foundations have been put in, and the masonry is considerably advanced towards the springing of the arch. In the third pier the piling of the coffer dam is completed, and preparations are made for the commencement of the masonry. In the two abutments the coffer-dams have been finished several weeks, and the excavations are well advanced ; moreover, with a trifling exception, all the masonry required for the construction of the bridge is on the ground and ready dressed.—Buildcr. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The solar spots which have lately attracted the attention of your correspondents, concerning which information is asked, are not of recent ap pearance ; they have been visible to the naked eye from some places for many weeks. As a detailed account of them may be expected from some of the observatories in the scientific journals, it will suffice to say that I first saw them on the 22d ult., from the deck of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ripon, Capt. Christian, as we were steaming out of the harbour of Alexan dria. i The supposed co nnex ion between these open ings n the solar atmosphere and a high range of terrestrial temperature promises to be confirmed when meteorologists collect the thermometrical re cords of the season. My observations extend from Nagasaki to Southampton, but, being those of a traveller only, cannot be regarded as conclusive. lake Shanghai and Gibraltar as examples. At the former port, in the office of the North China Herald, the maximum by day and the minimum by night for the weeks ending the 24th of June, 1858 and 1859, were as follows : Week ending June 21, 1858. Week ending June 24, 18 59 . Maximum. Minimum. Maximum. Minimum. 78 .. 67 .. 84 .. 69 84 .. 68 87 .. 70 84 .. 70 84 .. 72 87 .. 72 At Gibraltar I ascertained that in the south of Spain, the heat in the month of July was unprece dented. Cattle died in the field from exposure to the sun, and so dangerous had agricultural occupa tions become that the authorities had interdicted all field labour during the hot hours of the day. It is not unlikely that it will be found that the increase of temperature has been local and transient, but it will not, therefore, follow that solar pheno mena exercise no influence on our atmosphere. D. J. MACGOWAN, M.D., Of Ningpo, China. 6, River-street, Myddleton-square, Aug. 29. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS. A telegraphic communication was received on Saturday, announcinc , that the Isle of Man cable to St. Bee's, in Cumberland, has been successfully laid by the staff of Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. under the superintendence of Mr. Webb and Mr. 'Latimer Clark. With respect to other operations, it is stated that the Berwick, with the cable for uniting Sicily with Malta, will leave Greenwich on Monday. It is expected that the cable will be laid and completed in a fortnight, and the communication with Malta be established. Telegraphic communication between this country and Malta has been re-established. Some time ago - operations were commenced for the repair of the fractured telegraphic cable between Malta and end Cag liari, but were stopped by severe weather. The - of a portion of this cable , distant 160 miles from i Malta, has now been landed at Marsala, onthecoastof Sicily, and there joined to the system communi cating with London. The effect of this will be to anda llowchainsa to b ummar e y roefeeniveewds here e m t ln re d e ia, days Australia, earlier h than of late. There is reason forbelieving that the statement that the cable between Malta and Corfu is out of repair is incorrect ; perhaps only the land wires between the coast of Corfu and the telegragh office, ten miles inl an d , are damaged. As regards the damaged piece of cable lying between Cagliari in and Maritino, Sicily , it may eventually be car ried to Marsala, thus forming another link in the system to Malta. Another line has to be laid from Malta to Alga Grande, in Sicily, for the Mediter ranean Extension Telegraph Cm any by the 20th of Septemb er , so th a t the re u o iren p ient; of the mer cantile community trading With that quarter will, it is hoped, be amply provided for. TILE PRESS IN AUSTRIA. A letter dated Berlin, Aug. 27, says :—The change of Ministry in Austria, which was looked forward to here with hopes that it would lead to a better understanding between the two Cabinets, has disappointed expectation. I saw two days ago a letter written from Vienna in the beginning of July, a short extract from which appeared in one of the pa pers some weeks ago. It describes the state of thral dom from which the press is now freed. On every subject the editors received instructions as to how it was to bo treated, a paternal provision against the wear and tear of editorial brains, which the pre sent Minister will not discontinue. The paper for the following day was sent to the police bureau at midnight, and an hour afterwards was re turned, expurgated by the scissors of the censor. Not only were whole articles often cut out, but paragraphs and even single words were condemned, and the writers had to exercise their wits in finding words, sentences, or articles of exactly similar length to fill up the spaces, for no blanks were allowed to appear. There was a rich variety of forbidden subjects. Home affairs were naturally not to be discussed, for they concern Go vernment, and not the public of the newspapers. Foreign affairs were the free field in which the edi torial genius could roam, provided always that he permitted himself no unkind remarks on the doings of friendly Sovereigns and statesmen, and avoided everything laudatory concerning those who had the misfortune to be in disgrace. The constituted autho rities, and of course the police is the first of these, were to be spoken of with the respect due to the ser vants of the Emperor. As an example : a paragraph was cut out because it complained of an obstruction of a public thoroughfare by the piling of a large quan tity of fire-wood before one of the houses in the street ; it was considered an undutiful reflection on the activity of the police. Sometimes this care for the public safety extended itself to the correspondent of newspapers in other States of Germany. The condemned scribbler was watched when he went to post his letter ; as soon as he had committed the rash act, a gendarme would step up to him and re quest hi,n to walk into the office. Then his letter was taken out of the box and opened, and he was required to acknowledge it. Thus self-convicted, he was sometimes only reprimanded, but more generally received his passport, with orders to quit at once. This was the regime to which M. von Hubner has put an end ; and hove severely it was felt may be judged by the gratitude which has followed his declara tion, that henceforward the preventive censure is abolished, and newspapers only remain subject to seizure if they transgress the well-known rules. FATAL ACCIDENT AT PORTLAND. An inquest was held on Friday evening before Mr. Stegall, one of the coroners for the county of Dorset, at the Portland Breakwater Hotel, on the body of Thomas Fletcher, seaman, who was killed by a cannon ball fired from her Majeaty's ship Blen heim, under the following circumstances :—On Friday last the chief engineer of the Portland breakwater (Mr. Coode) was steering a four-oared galley, cf which the deceased was one of the crew, from Weymouth to the breakwater, and while passing some 500 or 600 yards from the Blenheim a shot struck the boat on the starboard bow, be tween the gunwale and the water, knocking de ceased down from his seat. He fell with the ex clamation, "Oh dear, my back is broken." The boat was instantly ruu alongside the Blenheim, but in spite of the promptest medical aid being rendered, the hemorrhage was so excessive, the spine being completely shattered, that the deceased very . shortly expired. In the course of the evidence it transpired that the boat was at least from 60 to 100 yards out of the line of fire ; that the shot was fired at a short range target, placed at a distance of 60 yards only from the ship ; that the shot was fired not by one of the crew, but by a Coastguards man on board, for practice ; that the ball struck the water before it hit the boat ; and that no man had been stationed (as is customary) to look out s e e p o o t s ed noticeb y t t h o e t g h u o n gunner, t Mr. T that no boat came within the range of th e guns, although i h att hew a h s ad d Lieu tenant that practising with the guns was about to be carried on. It is only due to state that the man who fired the gun from the position in which he was placed, standing as he did several yards from the ship's side, could not see the boat approaching the lino of fire. The jury returned a verdict of " Ex cusable Homicide," with a requestthat the coroner would represent in t s rong terms to the Board of Admiralty that in the opinion of the jury " gross neglect is allowed to exist on board her Majesty's ship Blenheim during their practice of firing, thereby endangering life and traffic in Portland roads." NEW HOP FAIR.—The hop-growers at Farnham, in Surrey, and the principal inhabitants of Reading are making efforts to establish a hop fair in the latter town. The railway accommodation at Reading is represented as affoFcl• ing direct access to all parts of the country, and the opinion ha gained ground that a hop fair in that town would, as a matter of course, attract many of the merchants who have now to attend Weyhill and other places which are difficult to get at, so far as railway convenience is concerned A. committee of gentlemen interested in the project has been formed in Reading to confer with the principal hop-growers in Surrey, Kent, and Worcestershire, and the matter has been so warmly taken up iu Surrey that there is a prospect of the first hop fair being held in Reading in the month of September next. The hop growers, especially those in Surrey, look upon this additional fair for the outlet of their stocks as a great boon, and they have expressed their earnest determination to support it if established. The authorities of Reading have offered the Corn Exchange for the fair, and its easy distance from the railway stati o n renders it, apart from other considerations, an excellent place for the purpose. DEATH.—A singular death has oe- N c u o r r r e t h d a r o t , o x w t a o a n e . n A g a w g e o d m i a n n t r h e e s ring n e a g in i n f A r o l n m t a o - f s t h r e e : t h , o N u e s w e when a monkey, belonging to an Italian organ grinder, jumped on her back from the street, and so alarmed her that she was attacked with convulsions, and died in two days gay Stock! Stock Stock' Stock Stock 20 25 25 Stock