The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-25 00:00:00

........ --- Youtil4o. ire in the the rrist °l° „ , " 1 11 ,end there an elerae , in of stie.; ca ° .n . gY the , Y iergi f the n ot o j o " put They ca n t hat belies° 00, Y til 3t .0 1 the „ CO ' v or Chur c ' that the Lich aloof:tiro the C hris tre• is the celery I,y CO, ft t to do e • IC a rid Wded 00 e° inten ,101: 111 offer ed boP the V" nea r Chtl r f c i t 4 „id ba re tity Will t o OP e'— fOr ° M O be be w ilier eti _ q.ll° pct tho 94 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. According co Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Routes were 73f. 30c. Dull. The to:ciya, improvement of yesterday is not maintained and a depressed feeling of uncertainty exists bJth in the English and foreign markets. kConsols are 3 rather quiet at 9►3 z 1 for money; ditto, for Ac:ount, 934 3 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 931 ; New Three per Cents, 93e 1 ; Excherper Billy £l,OOO, March, 7 prem. ; June, 9 Prem. ; ditto £lOO, 4 '200, and £5OO, March, P r em. ; June, prern. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 216. Indic. s Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 210 ; ditto per Cent., July, 1880, 113 121 131 ; ditto Pap er , 4 Per Cent., Oct.., 1888, 101 1 ; ditto Eufaced 4 per Cent., —. In the Foreign Stocks, Egyptian (1808) are 771 to 7 8; Italian 55.' 5 . to 551 ; Charkof Railway, 83 to 81 1; Spanish, 9 81 to 9 8,1- ; Turkish Five per ,?etits , 411 to 411 ; Petuvian Five per Cents., ' 9 l to 7% ; Mexican, 111 to 121; and Argentine, 79i to 80. American Five-Twenty Bonds are 831 to 84 ; Erie Shares, 191 to 20 ; and Illinois at 9& to 95k. In Railway Shares the general tone is dull. The quotations are now as follows : Caledonian, airoe: ; 0 to 80 1 ; Great Eastern, 371 to 384 ; Great n orthern, 106 t o 107 ; G rea t N or th ern (A), 1044 t o 5 Great , Western, 531 to 521 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 127 to 127 i ; London and Brighton, 44 1 to 45 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 16 „. t° 16 1 ; London and North-We s t ern , 1191 t o 1191 ; L ondon and South Western, 881 to 891; Metropoli tte 9r2a;l to 93; ; Midland, 1181 to 1181 ; North (Berwick), 115 to 1151 ; and South-East era, 7 61 to 77. In Bank Shares there has been a fall of 10s. in London and Westminster, the price is now 551 to 56 1. , An glo-American and French Cables are earch 1 'nwer, the former being marked at 201 to 201, and the latter at 18i to 191; and Construction and Maintenance is also 1 worse, at 281 to 281. There were no gold operations at the Bank Yesterday, The Hermann, from New York, has brought £66,323; and the City of Cork £1,460. t he Lancashire markets this week have opened With steadiness. , T he reported resignation of one of the directo rs 4 0 , 1 ' the Great E as t ern R ai l way cause d a d ec li ne i n that stock, and it now appears that the circum 61,anee is connecte d w i t h t h e f a il ure o f M r. J ohn L e PPer, carti ng agen t a t L ee d s , w h o h as p l ace d his affairs in the Bankruptcy Court, with liabilities stat ed at b e t ween £90 , 000 an d £lOO , OOO . M r. p East ern had a traffic agency with the Great x-Aast ern line, a n d th a t com p an y a pp re h en d a pos sible loss f rom hi m of b etween £12 ,0 00 and A T 15,°60 . It is understood that the difficulties of 0 - r • PePper ha ve arsen f rom l arge an d con ti nue d Jerations jointly with another speculator in Great Eastern stock. 10 T he Philadelphia papers state that the aggregate fire in sustained by the English insurance companies, n umber, who had policies open in that city at the ti me of the recent fire, is £144,000. l t is stated that some French bankers, in con heeti°ll with the National Bank at Athens, have toti ated a Greek lo an o f £360,000, b ear i ng a b ou t "; 4 4 Per cent. interest. As the Greek Government fr VC never, at any period of their existence, paid a act ion to a ny o f t h e i r f ore i gn b on dh o ld ers , t h ose o ho are now willing to subscribe may be left ll It),lleir f a t e, but it is a question which concerns Public financial mora lity w hether the French Go vertraent, to whom, as well as to the Governments tilogland and Russia, Greece is in heavy default, Lollltl Permit such a security to be quoted on the —ears_ e. t 1 ,41. joint meeting was held yesterday at Leeds of ietsereditors of three failed firms in that town— ,r,i''srs• Newsome and Wailes, millownere and la a er. l , whose liabilities are about £15,000, and ao ? offer 13s. 4d. in the pound ; R. and J. New xitr) cloth manufacturers, whose liabilities are e l,7:! J ° o ) and who o ff er 7 s . ; an d Mr. J o h n W a il es , 41;;" m anufacturer, whose liabilities are £5,000, 40 " who also offers 7s. As these proposals were not ad e i °4l Pailied by any offer of security, the creditors t t ,:'' ° `lied to give the respective debtors an oppor ttY of finding guarantors. of Thomas Bondworth, carpet manufacturer, staStourport, !has made an assignment. Also Mr. 1110 111 '7 B a ld w i n. Th e li a bili t i es o f th e l a tt er : l int to about £20,000. There are likewise one Xiwa° less important failures in the carpet trade at Attruainster. e ona t h° meeti ng o f th e S u b mar i ne T e l egrap h Y e ar D an Y a divid en d was d ec l are d f or th e half rt,aet the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. th Met ropolitan Railway traffic return shows w eek an increase of £2,651 over last year. ~ailbae„t. ng of the Ottoman (Smyrna and Aidin) h a Y Company is convened for the 27th inst. a g ee acs Ayres papers of the 7th July state that Whi ch ' fi rise had taken place in the national bond 3, eveolliP _ aedrabieema the highest price they had re ached. ge e a et t in 6 g s, of the Merchant Banking 91h )4113 ' of London (Limited) will be held on the ePtemb er The hte aoie ritl.') ol etters and journals by the Pacific mail iueutiOnat agonia reach to the Ist of August, but raer e i ai afr rio alterati on e ith er i n po liti ca l or com - Vitie e : a irs. The local Legislature of the pro- Port of those 'au Paul o h a d reduced the duties on ex- Pro duce to 3 p er cen t., an d h a d a b o li s h e d se e anie• oo manufactured cottons—a change which I dt, 11 ' 0 force at the port of Santos on the 21st ,i,IT(.) O'CLUCK. j3triISPIFUIDI6- 9..4 s 8 (i"P•I(X7AZNT ruNDs.: (-lent. Consols Jag I a 1)44) for Account, Sept 8 N.Pet,ent. educed 93 i 4 - i 1 •:,--.1-1- 9,4 4 2 iv 7W . Per Cent "' h l ° 21 per Cent. Jan. 181 ct 44-e* per Con 0%13.18" nuitieb, 40 Yes, expire sth Jan.,.665.- 1)1 ?0 . ( f It nr. 80 , yr?,, expire sth April I , oB_ _ tx,4 ea t.lll ele6rsP /,., Lt. March rcilt:r hills, 41,009, 21 p' o. : Juno 7 pni D o Do. 3 d i ,00 & £5OO _ 13,,141.. 4100, .£.• 0 ~ent, -of 1 111 1 d Stock, 4i P r '-' 1) 0. ull 1(II I ttle : ra i t e : 01 : 3 41e !:: 7 1, a g l o (2 1 0 e11 t: I n B iu ° 131 nds — r i \ h, 1U WILE:, '4ll ','4l' UOVI:UNMENT bLe 113 I -1)(),. °Jelling, AprilforerACc:Olutn"t 1 1 - • 0 per Cent July, 1880 1011 b-306 ?..,Pets• Cent:, Oct. 1888 1874 2lo_ D 0• . `'ortilicittes ,000.151Aface,c1 Pape. 4 per C.--a(•:•:* p. P3r Cott., Jan. 1612 ~.. _ t i ' s per 13-.lt. May 1879 ..„, _ °per Cent Rup •Deb. 18" ?J o Do. 1882 do. )." b ob., b c t Aug. 1873 *" — tb, „ per -en ~ 1 1 ) ,: ° :1 1 11 : 1 4 . 1 i ni1:1:1 r:::1Pb : 1 r 1 tU.C, d I: o n . P . t . :. .!! tout I t )108 . :::. ....... ............... .pm -41 tr,. 1.01(EN FUNDS -I'W 1).-,U,,Lu7 riku tends 5 per ce --,d b ra • • 1)0. 1850 ___;.. tj• ii pePreerenCte.ntiß e' do 1858.... 13 0. 1)0. (~0 1860 .................. _ 1-) `Lo., 11,1 1,),, t). Per Cent., 11886653 ie-41ecoUnt ........... : CI.)l'o.o Ayres 6 per Cent. ........... 7, ......... -- ( . 1 01,, ° is Per °out. (Deferred 3 por Le ..... ti ) j i ,' u Cen. .... ........................ 1 4 11 , -41 derper Cent i; • i Per eut...,.. .......... - ......... 0. :3 /),21. (nt, t (110:i°, - , ' ...:••• 13sti2 Ifir Cent., 1866 , per cant. 1867.... ...... s4"'ln, per Cent. ............ . t,bi‘littlitoi,a:ofttn3l.l),)irri ntieilii,a.i,i t 116,285, ~.i.i.r... zieTi . : ______ P Por Cent. 1667 ................ ..: . it _ Ne Co nsolidated, 1 per CA- 1 . 871 .11,tittb, 7 Per Cent.... .................. Do e0u,,1 issue .............. ••••• 4 , 3 9 ' 51u, !sends °' '1()0 Londs .......................... 1) 0. . Di 64 D o Dt, ' Account ............... r),,- -(%1)() Nude _,.. Cir;'f,,,.' 410 U 1011(18 .......................... ..1 . j 7 1 8 e . 7 per C t Ig6B 98i Ijl. en , ..... s 'er°llll3l Railway liebenture • :,.5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups Aeeullur ............................... , - 1) "Pon ............................. D°. A enleeetiut . Cent Ilt '''' l4 5 Per Honduras Gov Hail. Lot) 11.40 p. Ct., all pd lt9lian 5 p. 47 Cert., 1?1,6.; ;Jo. .±1 ry,tuunt • . Do 111;i - or:maim Railway — '41 ,, xi ,- 31,r, 1 p er Cent Ditt-o for A 0;011 - ' f Do. 1834 Do 6 !my Cent. A ng,lo-Fronch — .Jontovitkau 6 per Cont. . — lieu-I . :di imperial 5 per Cent gins Grenada l7 Do 3 per Cent, — Do. Deferred Po:uvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .. 791 Do 4i per Cent. (I.JiNirren) ....... ..... Do 4 , 1- per Cont.. 1862 . — Do Account — Por tv.guese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.': Do. do. 1867 34: Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — llisian 5 e el. Cent., 1t,2'2, X St Do 4i per Cent . 1850 Do 4_4 per Cent., 1800 Do S per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 'do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, ..Efoo l3umh, Do. du. .T::.84 los. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds — D.). do .£B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6B: Sar !Mimi 5 per Cent Spanirli 3 per Con ... Do. Acc‘AnL ... ~... Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 - Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account 67 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1866 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.' — Dividends on the abo'e payable iu London. Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch ti per Gent. Ex. 12 GO.: ss} Do ££loo Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — 2 . • Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — ItaliarA 5 per Cent. 18G1, E. 25f. — Do Account ss} TWO O'CLOCK. Oonsols, Money' Do. Account, Sept. 8 BOURSE, Aug. 21.—T1 closed as follows : per Cent. End of mouth — 3 per Cent End of month 73 721 Credit Mobilier '235 Transatlantic 287 5C Credit Foucior 1765 Paris Gas 1670 - RAILWAY Lree o'clock—The market Bank Shares 2BBO Ited!an Fives 56 40 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 45 40 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Cash Orleans ... P 671 Western Northern Strasburg • • s9Bk Lyons and Mediterranean Southern—. 615 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 665' North of Spain 53 Saragossa Roman 55 P A EIS CORRESPONDENCE. TUESDAY. General disappointment is expressed at the speeches de livered at the opening of the Conseils Gdniraux yesterday. Bo far as we yet know none of the presidents said anything remarkable. M. Rowland, the President of the Council of the Seine Inferieure, excused himself, on the ground of his senatorship, from touching on politics; but M. Riche mond in the Indmet-Loire department, who is no less a Senator than M. Rouland, spoke freely on the topics of the day. Perhaps this dif ference of opinion as to the reticence required of a Senator may be explained by the fact that M. Rowland believed that his countrymen were over whelmed with liberal concessions some years since, while M. Richemond represents the Moderate party in the Senate, who hold that the Senatus-Consultuin of 1869 is the natural development of the Emperor's former policy. 111. Rouher did not preside at Puy-de-Dine, as he intends to remain in Paris or at Cercey until after the report of the Commission is deposited. AL do la Gucrronilre was also detained in Paris by the labours of the Commission. M. Caney St. Paul presided at La Haute-Vienne in his absence, and called upon Lis colleagues to refrain from all political votes and demonstrations, though he observed that public opinion favoured the principles of decentralisa tion and administrative enfranchisement. I must not omit to mention the speech of the War Minister at Poitiers, though INT. de la Toufi d'Auvergne contented himself with expressing his full satisfaction with the Con stitutional reforms, and his confidence in the liberal inten tions of the Emperor. The Constitutionna of this morning boldly asks what reforms are necessary to enable the Conseils Cc , n6raux to exercise the same influence over affairs in the departments as the Corps I.6gislatif exercises over those of the whole country. It calls upon the Govern ment, the press, and the deputies, to find an answer which shall elevate the Conseils to something more than the regis trars of the reports prepared by the prefects. It has been remarked that at the late elections of members of the pro vincial councils the Government observed a complete neutrality. This, at all events, is a step in the right direction. _ The meeting of the Senate Commission yesterday, to discuss M. Devienne's amended report, was full of inte rest. The 11th Article was again the stumbling block. The representatives of the Government, and also, I suspect, M. Ronher, insisted that the felations between the Emperor and the great bodies of the State should be regulated by an Imperial decree. You will remember that the amendment resolved upon by the majority of the Commission transferred the authority from a decree to a Senatus-Consultum. As this amendment opens the way for the restoration of the right of address, it is doubly important. I understand that four members of the Commission, in cluding of course MM. de Maupas and De la Guerroniere, strongly urged that the right of address should be expressly included in the Senatus-Con3ultum itself, but the seven others thought that the right of interpellation rendered this superfluous. It was finally decided that the question should be adjourned till the next meeting, rendered neces sary by the alteration in Article 11, for I am happy to say the Liberals held their ground, and on a division of the Commission a large majority upheld the substitution of the Senatus-Consultum for the Imperial decree. The most important amendment proposed by the Commission, and agreed to by the Government, is that of the last para graph in Article 7, which empowers the Government to reject at pleasure any order of the day. The addition of a few words has rendered the Article more liberal, and provides for the immediate nomination of a committee, which shall report to the Chamber on the subject. M. Devienne is determined that there shall be no mistake about his interpretation of the 2nd Article. " The responsibility of Ministers to the Chamber" are words, I am told, three times repeated in his report. Some excitement was caused to-day by the report that the Emperor was seriously indisposed, and that the Empress would immediately return to Paris. The most decided contradiction has been given to these rumours. The Emperor is declared to be in his usual health. General Lebceuf has already entered on his work, and, though sc arce l y se ttl e d i n th e War Ministry, he has begun in earnest. lie will take possession of his hotel as soon as the widow of Marshal Niel has left it, which she is ex pected to d o t o - morrow . I t i s not at present the inten tion of the Government to appoint a successor to the General at Toulouse, and it is believed that the authorities intend to suppress some of the great military appoint ments. M. Baroche is not yet fixed upon definitively as th• representative of France at the (Ecumenical Council. The Emperor is advised to commission one of the French prelates, who will assist at the Council to represent the Imperial interests. In the event of this plan being carried out, the probability is that the Archbishop of Bourges, the brother of the Foreign Minister, will be entrustedwith the mission. N. Marrot, the Radical candidate for Angou lame, has just been elected a member of the General Council. _ _ _ General Prim is expected shortly to arrive at Vichy, which is a proof that Spanish affairs are not so serious as they have been represented to be. The lion-tamer I,:icas has fallen a victim to the injuries he received at the Hippodrome. The greatest admiration is expressed concerning the conduct of Mendey, his assis tant, who rushed in the cage to his rescue. It appears that he bad never been in the lion's cage before, but he was determined to save his master at all hazards. The harvest is nothing remarkable either way, and if it has disappointed the expectations of the sanguine, it has not fulfilled gloomy prophecies. The frequent storms which have occurred during the summer have caused great injury to the crops, and the state of the wheat is very unequal in different parts. The ecclesiastical authorities in Spain have, it is believed, signed an address to the Pope, requesting counsel in the difficult position in which they find them selves with respect to the Government order. According to the latest accounts, tho Carlist chief, Polo, will not be executed, the Spanish authorities peino 11294 i UllYfaiing t 4 mcg i cl, to OAktzpitick. rH E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 25, 1869. SHARE LIST. OUDINAILY 811AttE3 AND STOCKS. raid. Closing Business Share MOP:Amy s. Price. done. et Bristol and Ex.'eta ...... 100 Caledonian lOO 80 804 tO4 100 15 20 - - at Ultribrlnti. 20 Cornwall. . all 21 3 at Dublin St Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Dun„l'erth,tt Ab.Jans ioo 70 72 21 East London all 7 8 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 at Glasgow AS. Western lOO 102 104 at Great Eastern .. lOU 371 36 371 at Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lOO ... at lircat North of Scotland lOO 15 14 at Great Northern lOO 106 107 1061 at Do. A stock lOO 1011 1054 st Do. Blalock lOO .. st GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 10 .0 al lit. Western -Original lOO 51 514 521 st Do. South Wales lOO 54 57 at Do. W..3lld.—Oxlord lOO 30 Tz at Do. Newport Lou :;',l st Lancashire. f orkshiri- lOO 12 4 eat at Lou., Brigh.,A S.Coast lOO 4-1 k 111 4 0) Do Scrip .... at 1 on., Chat., and Dovvt ltJv 161 17 161 at Do. Aletrep. it.x. A lOO 10 12 at Lon. A .North Western lOl 1 8 19 at Lon. S South Western tut) 88 00 181 1 Man., Shel., A Lincoln ll'o .'4 514 5 at Aletropolltan . lOO 924 0 4 94 34 et Du filousiia 100 ot 9:1 5 Do. k,,,s all 44 st Metrupoinan I)ltrlct. .t 1 ;;1 10 Metrup. at. John's 'W oo 1 6 - at 5t a,.d at Do, tilnntu..l D4aby ll.O 1.5 17 st N xth British St Do. Ed., A Dun... 104 at P.or.lCatstcrn—Bcrwitli ILO 111 115 25 Do. U. N.IC. purchast —16.17.1 at Do Leeds . ....... 10U 701 711 St 1)u York at Do Carlisle .... . at Do Stock. A ICO 141 143 at North London ... .. 100 121 01 123 10 Do .New 1868. 4 14 at North Staffordshire llO 51 57 at North an ia.-W. Junction 100 101 103 10 Do New £lO shares 7 ... at Itl J mney at Shropshire Union lOO 581 51 at South Devon'.. at South Eastern lOO 761 77 at Staines, Wulehain, & Wok all 12 13 at 'tad V ale . . lO6 153 1511 Do. C Waterford A Kilkenny.. 160 10 Waterloo & Whiteliful.. 6 RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SLIA It ES AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME, Vn id. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all t. . , 1 1 i 10 Do B lO 3: It 50 Albion l5 9 7 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 221 23,1 p 231 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 5 4 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia,,, all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 1 5 4 161 151 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, A ustra lia, a nil China all 18 19 25 Chartered Mere, of India Loudon, and China 20 City lO 11 12 100 Colonial 25 38 49 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lim 30 East Loudon, li m 5 21 11 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Silo de Ja neiro, lim lO pr 1p 20 English, Scottish, and Ans. traliau Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 231 Do new lll 4.5 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 zil 13 1 .5 lonian all 19 22 '5 Do new 5 6 3 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 31 1 100 Do sp.c. De h 5.1861, so all 76 76 80 100 Loudon Bank; of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 7 6 16: 100 London and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 27 20 Do new 71 4 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 6 S 25 Do new 10 11 2 p 12 20 London Chart. of Australia all 233 24/ 221 20 London and County 9O 491 501 50 Do new, is sat 20 p.m, 16 pd. Id ••• —•— London Joint Stock 1 311 32 4 London anti South African al 8 9 9 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 1 3 11 50 Loudon &Venezuela, Jim._ 121 ... ••• 100 London and Westminster 2O 571 581 56 1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 100 Merchant, Urn '2s 61 5 4 10 Metropolitan, lint all 74 71 00 Midland, 1im...... 2O 11 i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, Bin l5 3d 1p 00 National Provinc. of Ens'd 42 ... ... 1401 10 Do 50 National. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 434 50 Provinc. Bank. Co rpo., lim lO 61 51 31 30 Provincial of Ireland 25 DJ 92 10 Do - new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 11 14 100 Do issued at 6 put lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 413 43 47 64 100 Union of Ireland, Ihn 50 Union of Loudon l5 35 36 351 I k - 4- , tritramr"Yr. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cout. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... .., st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 78 82 st Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 _ 21) Cornwall, 5 per cent gua, all ... st i Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... _ st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... ... st Gt. Eastern, E.O Ex. No.l 100 97 103 st Do do N 0.2 100 26 99 at Do do 6 per cent 100 107 11.0 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 _ ... st Do do B 6 do. 100 _ ... st Do do C 7 do. 100 _ ... at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 _ ... st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 68 72 at Du Nuifolli 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 _ „. at Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lBl7 100 _ „. st Great Nut them, 5 per cent 10) „. ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 „. ... Do 4 4 do do do lOU „. ... at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. lOU ... ... st Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO _ _. at Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf It/0 .„ ... at Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 59 st! Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut. - Rent chg., per 's , ua. 5 p.c lOO 104 106 1011 st Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 st Do do 41 per cent. 1850... lOU 87 69 ' at Do do 4 du do ... 100 78 80 st 1)o do 5 per cent. redem. 100 &4 96 at Do do Birmingham gua.. 100 66 70 st Du do do pref... 100 ... st I)o du Chester gua, lOO 85 1 . 9 . 3 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... . at Du do do 5 do 100 93 1 . 4 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.e. 100 „. ... at Do do 4 i p.c lOO ... ... at Do do 44 1859 lOO ..„ ... at Do do 5 st Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO Ho 112 st Do do 2d gua lOO 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO tin 92 93 1 st Do do 24 do 100 97 100 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ~,, .. 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 11 p.c. all • at Laucash. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. 100 Itl 135 st Du 13arusley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 13(1 13 . 5 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 at' London & Brighton, 5 P.C. guaraancod, No 1 lOO „. at! Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 *— —at Du 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ••• *— ••• st Do 7 per cent lote do( 1811) W.E. & C.P.) 1 0 0 4 1on, Chatham, & Dover 100 ••• ••• 5 ICO at; London and /1.W., C. and a s a t tt D D L o a , 6 per cl cent Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 11 0 111 st Do Bedford ti Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOB ••• at London and S W. 7 p,c ••• late 3d shares lOO 140 150 a Do (rortsm.perpaus 256(1) all ... ... a Man., Slid., &Linclu. 6 p.c. 100 _ .., Do L s Do 3.1 per cent lOO GJ 6.5 • 1 Do re.ieent. 6 per cent 5 Mid. ... ... • , • .• , at iu. consonuateu., 6p. e lOO 13;) 135 s Do Bristol & Birat., 6p. e lOO 11'2 111 a Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO SW 101 a Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 1/9 1.1 a Do Leicester 6:, 'relit', 1 p.c lOO 80 81 at North Brills'', 5 p.c. No. I. 100 ... ~,. at Do E. ti; cf. 4p.e. 8. 6.7. D tut) ..,, „.,, at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO .... ~.. st Du Border Union, 51 p.c lOO _ _ st N.-Eastern—eons. 4 p.c.,— 110 87 89 st Do 41, per cent. redeem—. 100 97 99 at Du U :N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... ... 17 1)0 Berwick capital 8.13.1. Du York, 11.5' S. purchase lO Fl 101 Do Stektu ti Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 107 10J at Do W, tlactlepuol 11. and 11, WO 8i 80 20 North Staffordshire lOs t-. Devon Annuities, I.s all 9 lu lOs Du Tavistock Anus., 105..• all S; VI 1013 Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 8 1 1;0.6. B.. East. (Read. Anus., 1.1).6) all 22 23 9t Do 41 percent lOO ... ... at Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO ••• ... at Taff Vale N 0. 1 lOO 130 155 st Waterford& liilkeuuy,6pc 100 43 45 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent ou the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. Con. ruin. 7p c lOO ... st Do 4s p irredeem all st Do 4p e con., issued at 80 65 ... st Great Eastern 41 per cont. 100 77 89 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 c 8 St Do New 5 do, 1303 lOO 81 86 861 st Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 84 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO ... st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO ... st Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Groat West., W. p c 100 ... st Do Joint perpo. 5p c, 1865 100 88 02 st Do do 6p c irred., 1806 100 106 108 1061 20 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cout, B lOO ... 4,.5 Lane. and York New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1p st Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1653 100 st Do du 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ..„ St Do do 41 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. G 5 do, 1866 100 ... at Do No. 7 5 do st Loud . Chat., &e., 2d, 6 p.c 100 st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c st London& N. Western, 5p c 100 110 112 st London &S. Western, 4.1 p c 100 13 95 10 Man. Shel. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 81 81 st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO 100 102 st Midland, A 5 per rout pref lOO 107 109 st Do B 5 do 100 107 109 18 Do 5p e opt, to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 211 18 Do IneonY. New Shares all 19 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 n 21p st North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent lOO st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ..• Do E ,P., & Dun., 2d, 4 pc 100 ... •••••• st Do E. &G , Nu. 2, 5 p.c lOO st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p .c lOO „. st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 99 96 1 St Do Stuck. &, Dart., lOO 112 1 1 4 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1359 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 ••• ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1663 100 st Do 5 du, 1864 st Victoria St. 6; faulico, 41 pc 100 „. RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS at Birkenhead 100 at yj 100 Do. 4! per cent. Prefer.., all 95 100 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 6 I 66 st Do. 5! per cent. st Do. 5 do. 100 11C 112 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1 3 . . 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all s Gt. Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do 100 • Ht Gt. West, W. Mid., nerd( 100 96 ,*; 50 lull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 212 2,6 st London and Blackwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 4! per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., 41 p c lOO st Do. Com. Fun, 5 do 100 st London and Greenwich st Do• do Preference lOO st London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 8 st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 79 81 st Do. do. 6 do. lOO 51 Manch., Buxton, &Matlk all • st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 94 94 10 Mid limit Cray Line) 50 Northern& East, , 5 per cent all 53 56 80 Do. do. 6 do. ull kit N. Eastaril— Hartlepool lOO ... ... st N.Wcst.A perp. prof, 5p C 100 107 109 at Do Ii minimuntl4 p.c 100 ... ... st Notting. & Ciranth. It. & C 100 91 93 20 Preston and IVyre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shep. 100 132 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford NO 132 134 10 Du do 8 2 2i p at S. Torlish. and Ri ver D un 100 97 99 t Do 4 per cent gua 10; "i 8 SO Ft Do 5 do all 98 100 st Vict. Station and Pimlico 100 st V est Cornwall 20 West London, Class A...... all 13 14 20 Do do II 20 Do do C all • .. • . , Weymouth and Portla n d lOO .. ...... ... F t Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. et East and We,;l, India lOO 118 121 1191 Low.lou and St. Katherine lOO 19 bl 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 27 32 staSouthampton lOO • 6d 70 §t,l Surrey giManalrcial is ,"„ 100 ),04, 104 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. lb — AffirrAthe r icau Tel., limi all kak 201 204 20 10 Anglo Moditer Tel., 1im.... 10 le4 161 164 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 18 20 at Do. 8 per cent. at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., Rm lOl4 165 175 at Electric Inter. Telegraph 100 265 270 265 10 Do. New 8 12 14p 25 Indo-European Tel., lim... - lO ld pr 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all 34 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all 4 1p 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 5 6 25 Reutcr's Telegram all 79 81 20 Societe Transatlant., hm all 191 204 ln et Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 11 1 4 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., hm all tit 74 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 14 5 p MISCELLANEOUS, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 11-Z 15; 11 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 3 5d 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 15 10 Do. New all 111 15 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 1 1 Id 50 British American Land 44 15 17 20 British Indian Tea, lim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... .. 29 Canada Company all 63 a 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l •• ••• 20 Ceylon Company, lim. _ . 20 Do. A shdres -d 10 City Discount, lint 5 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 51 45a 30 City of Milan Improv. lint all s 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint all 50 City Offices, lint 25 23 22 d 50 Colonial, lint Do. 5 1 0 0 CompanyCominercia e l f 17 A ni f c i t i n e Lis m su e r r ) - p r • p Mer chants, lira. 3 2 1 d 20 Continental Union Gas, lint, all 23 21 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1577, 41 per cent. all 1034 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882,41 per cent. all 103 101 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint. all 21 2/ 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritiuslim lO 31 21t1 at Crystal Palace lOO 21 23 at Do. Preference lOO 92 97 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 105 110 20 Darjeeling, lim 10 Eastern Assam, Inn 64 ...d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irriga, & Canal all .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian '9 per cent. V'roy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 901 971 981 8 20 Egyptian Cont. & Trutt. lim e „. „ 3 Eng.& Austral. Copper, lint 21 1 15 English and Fore-4m Credit 71 44 3;0 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, liar t3 • 1 10 Fairbairn Enginnering 5 a 20 Fure-street Wareliouse,nm l2 1 2 p 100 Fur. & Cul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1:85 all 90 PI 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O 10 General Credit & Dis., lint 71 11 1 I 61 15 General Steam Navigation 11 '27 2) 50 Hum & Col Marine In. lint. 5 24 .Ctl 10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... 20 Hudson's Bay all 11:4 14 121 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 20 Interna.Financial Soc. lim 5 2 13 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint G 6 41 50 Italian Land 5 Id p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 31 100 Do. 6 p. e. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 10 all 61 63 50 Land Securities, tins 2l 114 25 London African Trading lO 7 511 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ••• ••• 11 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, limn 25 21 164 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine 2 Id Pr st Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gus. 5p.C. by India Gov. 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim. 11 11 50 Merchant Shipping, lint all 32 37 SO 111ihiwa11 Iron Works, lint. 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 11 1 1 1 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 ••• • • 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 3% 3(1 , 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim 3 14 11 ' 5 New Qnebrada, lim 4.8.0 4i 4 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mar • candle Ageney,lim I 4P 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 11 1 1 10 Northern Assam Tea, lion. 5 7 5 10 Do. B st North Brit. Austral., 100 48 51 50 North Brit. & Moreau. In._ GI 9 19 1 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 13 14 50 Oriental Financial, lim ll 5 Oriental Gas, lim 5 Do. New 1 1 1 1 ) 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lim /4 1p 1 1 5 Ottoman Gas, lim l4 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lint 5 Do. do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 3,11 48% 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 46 48 ut 50 Do. New 1867 io 2 2,1 50 Rhymney Iron 1 Do. New 2 Rio de Janeiro City lin lint. a ll 18 19 Do. Gas, lint all 25: 254 100 Royal Mail Steam Go 43 .5 Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO % 8 81 Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint 10 7 6,1 Societe Gen.de !'Empire 01. 8 2 4 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ••• ••• 25 South Australian Land 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 27% 28/ 281 1 20 Thames and Slersoy Marine (Insurance), lint 2 2/ 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ..• 10 Trust & Agency of A us.,lint 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 i p 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 44 b p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 21 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 11 4d 20 Universal Marine(ln.), lint 5 11 2p 8 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all H. 2 281 6 7 • cent. (Mortgage) Loan— all 801 811 81 50 Warrant Finance, lint l2 1 1 104 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim... 100 3 PiTerpoly.enloafP'E3 gLyaput 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO •• - COLONIAL GOVNHNBENNT NECURITIIs6 British Columbia, 6 per 100 1)o. 1895........... .• 190 Can .11,0v. 6 p.0,7a11.' 46 J 01 Y 1877-84 .•........ Do. 6p. o Yelp, di Aug. • 100 105 107 Do. sp. 0. Mar. SePt•• 100 1 0 2 101, Do. p . 4) . ( ig July lOO 921 9 34 031 Do. sp. o. Inioribed at lOO go 92 Cape G.IIOPcS 0 1 ) .,?•1 873 •• . 1 9, 0 102 101 Do.4ll.Atlk o 1119"I' vv lO 111 112 DO. d o 1880-90 lOO joy boy —. Do. Jan.diJoly, 1891 ...• 100 108 lit Do. 5 per °cut. lb April and 15 Oct, 190 0 Nov 1878, 6 P•ce- 100 108 lip D - C ~ f o. 1872, do.• 100 105 107 Alfturititui• ep. 0, 1873 (•• Jan. and July .• ••••• 100 102 104 Do. 1878 . . ..... 100 5 in , Do. 1882, Ida 7 and N g.O. . •• 10 00 106 10 3 1; 8 ' Do. 1695, Feb. at Au p/3 31(0,bourno Oorporatn., 1667-75, 0 ier c€ ll, • • 1(0 100 100 N.8.G0v.6 po.Ja.At.ltily lOO 103 104 Natal 6p of AO& Oct • • 00 __ Do 6 pc,. 21. y k Nov 1 0 1( 6 10S —N.S. W. 5 9 ' ; ..'71 to '73 1 99 101 lot Do. 5 p.e.lBbs to 15yt`... 100 i 9 100 i,91. 1)o. 5 p.c.rd.'67 to %S N.Zealand,s p. ot. IE9I lOO Do. per - DoJan,Apl,July, OA lOO 91 92 921 1/0 fi p c. M,r tivpt '9l lOO 108 110 1)0 June it )co ' l ' ol •••• 1 " 109 all IDo l'rov. d Auotld.l ICO - ( series 1 .t 2, lE9l— ) -- Nova Scott( 6 1). 0 , / ,10 ••• and .1n1y.187 5 • 190 10 101 Do 18K. 100 102 104 Queenalnd.s p. o. '814.. 100 307 108 107 I Do 1891 • lOO 107 1(8 1071 Tasmanian; pet 0.1895 .. 106 107 Do 193)7. .•••• 1 1063 107 Victoria 6 rer cent.l69l lOO 115 It 6 7 . 2 D c . 4prila4 Cid 112 113 1114 HER MAJESTY. BAL3IORAL, August 22. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service in the parish church, Crathie. ME SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR IN WYLD- STREET. To-day the man. Pullin, his wife and his neice, were placed before Mr. Flower, at Bow-street, on remand, the latter charged with concealing the birth of her child ; and the others with aiding and abetting her to do so. The only a Iditional evidence was that Dr. Ben net said he did not think it all possible the female prisoner could have placed the body of the child beneath the stone in the kitchen, as it weighel over 191b5., and that she must, at that time, have been in an extremely.delicate state. The male prisoner, in his defence, denied all that had been attributed to him, but Mr. Flower fully committed all three prisoners for tria', intimating that he would accept bail for Mrs. Pullin. On the male prisoner Pullin being removed from the cell to the police van he was recc , gniscd by the large crowd that bad collected in front of the police court, and also received with expressions and hisses of the loudest , description. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 11 191 ... 12 Do Rotterdam — ... 12 2 ... 12 21 Antwerp — ... 25 40 ... 25 45 Brussels Ramburgh ... 13 111 ... 13 111 Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 221 Ditto .- ,3 M- 2 32' -. 2' 37k Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main: 124 ... 124 Vienna — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70 Petersburg Copenhagen — 9 24 ... 9 27 Berlin Madrid.. - ... Cadii — ... 48i ... 491- Leghorn POLICE IIVTELLIGENCE.-7Ms Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A 'BRUTAL FELLOW FL,OPERLY FUNIEUED.—Thornas Shortis, a painter, charged with violently assaulting a young woman, named Barnett, was brought before Mr. Knox for final examination. Mr. William Moore, of the Associate Institution for Ire. proving and Enforcing tho Laws for the Protection o. Women, attended to watch the case. The injured woman, who has been in the infirmary of St. James's Workhouse since the last examination, was in attendance, but still very unwell. It may be rememb;ired that the complainant and tha prisoner lived together, but quarrelled and parted. Sho had ebtained a summons against the prisoner for the sup poll of their child, and went to his mother's to see him, and while speaking to a young woman at the door the pri soner came up and abused her. A quarrel then took place between their, in consequence of the prisoner refusing to do anything towards the support of the child, and in the course of it the prisoner struck the complainant several times on the breast, side, and arm with a part of a French bedstead, severely injuring her. Mr. Knox said—l will deal with this case at once, and not send it to the sessions, and a more brutal I have never heard. You have a child by her, and she is walking about th,l streets in a state of Cestitution. She calls at your mother's house to see you, and she might have been abu sive to you, but what wonder if she had on your refusing to assist her and insulting her. Upon the evidence of the - complainant, and that of a man in the house, you were the first as ailant, and you assaulted her in a cruel manner. A more painful scene than that last week I never saw. She was here fainting, and only kept up by stimulants. She is the mother of your child, and this is the way in which You treat her. 1 never heard a worse case in a court of justice, and in dealing with you summarily I shall commit you for six months with hard labour. PROSPECTS OF THE _HARVEST. The accounts received from different parts of the country of the progress of the harvest are full of interest. They shew of • course some variations, owing to the quality of the soil and climate in particular districts, and owing, too, in some degree, to the view which the particular narrator is disposed to take. The general effect appears to confirm the anticipa tions that were formed earlier in the season. The harvest on the whole is somewhat below the average, though dry, cool weather for the last week has been of immense service to the country. The Mark Lane Express says that with another fortnight like the past the great crisis of our harvest season will have safely con eluded. The change to fine weather has stopped the advance on wheat throughout the country, and the condi tion of the new wheat which has made its appear ance in the markets is better than was generally hoped for, though the quality is very inferior to that of last year, and the yield is below the average. The variety of the samples has been great. It must be remem bered that the extraordinary crop of last year probably induces our agriculturists to think more unfavourably of the crops of 1869 than they would have done if 1868 had not disturbed their ordinary calculations. There is a very marked difference in the estimate of the acreage. Some practical agriculturists are said to estimate it as much less than it was last year, while Mr. James Sanderson calculates that 10 per cent. more land than the average breadth is this year sown with wheat. Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall, strongly advocates his favourite doctrine of thin sowing, and advises wheat growers to try half an acre in each field with varying quantities. He gives a pretty favourable account of his own harvest, but a Yorkshire farmer sends him a most depressing statement. From other parts of Yorkshire, however, the accounts are pretty fair, and there is great rejoicing over the improve ment of the weather. In Lincolnshire the crops are said to be variable, as indeed they aro in most parts, but har vest work is now becoming very general. In some cases the harvest is being got in, but there are com plaints in some places of blight in the wheat. Throughout the country the barley crop is un favourably spoken of, though, as barley usually likes wet weather, it is difficult to see what it has had to com plain of this season. Barley is likely, it is said, to prove our worst crop. Peas and potatoes are not fully up to the average; but beans are equal to it, and turnips, like other root crops, are far above it. The mangold crop is, accord. ing to some accounts, likely to yield "an enormous acre age weight," while others report it to be "a regular failure." The question of harvesting cropsindepcndently of weather is naturally being actively discussed by the agriculturists who have suffered from the uncertainty of the season. Mt. Neilson, vho holds a farm of 300 acres under Lord Derby near Liverpool, has found the means of placing corn in ricks in such a manner that a current of dry or heated air can be forced through it, and the corn, however wet, thoroughly cured. He is indebted for the idea to Mr. Gossage, of Widnes, and he has derived the greatest benefit from it. During the past week, too, a new system of harvest-carting by steam has been tried on all the, farms of Messrs. Howard, of Bedford, by which a steam-ploughing engine is used for drawing waggon-trains of corn. By means of such ingenious applications of mechanical power we may hope that our enterprising agriculturists will soon become more independent than they now are of the vagaries of our climate. Notice., were posted on the railway bridge at Carfrons, between Athlone and Moate, on Friday, threaten ing the fate of Captain Tarleton upon any person who should cut the meadows let by Mr. Lawder, of Gallon. The present Liverpool summer assizes have been unusually prolific of breach of promise cases. A young lady on Monday received damages of £lOO from a widower in an action of this sett. The Norwich Election Commissioners resumed their sittings on Tuesday. It is said that the proceedings will last two months. The source from which the money Tent in bribery came Las been ascertained. The man Shanley, whose arrest on a charge of wife murder, in Oldham-road, Mascbester, was announced on Monday, has been sent for trial ; but the magistrate took a lenient view of his crime, committing him for man slaughter instead of for murder. The Derry Commission resumed its sitting on Mon day. Several Liberals were examined, and they were of opinion that tho Derry celebration should bo suppressed, the city police abolished, and constabulary appointed. The Conservatives have withdrawn from the inquiry. Mr. John Rea has applied to the Mayor for summonses against John Ilimpton for slandering five magistrates before the Commis sioners, and against the proprietor of 013 Derry Journal for publishing the slander. A decision upon the application will be given on Thursday. THE FATAL COLLISION AT NEW CROSS.—Yes terday, Mr Carter resumed, at the King's Head Tavern, Upper Kennington-lane, the inquiry respecting the death of Mr. Henry Way, aged 27 years, who it was alleged lost his life in consequence of injuries which he re ceived during a collision at the New-cross Station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, on June 23. The case is regarded with great interest by the medical world, as well as by the general public, as no fewer than seven doctors have been summoned to give evidence—some to prove that he died from inflammation of the lungs from natural causes, and some to depose that he expired from the effects of the injuries he received during the accident. The railway company allege that deceased was not seen in the train at the time of the accident, and that even if he was in it he died from the effects of natural causes, and not from injuries. After a lengthened inquiry, the jury expressed their opinion that deceased's death was quite independent of the accident. A SELF-SUPPORTING GAOL.—The annual report of Mr. James Caldwell, the governor of the gaol at Dune din, Now Zealand, dated the 14th of April last, states that the value of the labour of the prisoners during the year ended the 31st of Marcia last more than covered the entire expenditure of the establishment, without taking into con sideration the labour of such prisoners as wore engaged in prison employmon, such us washing, cooking, cleaning, &c., and various other works connected with the gaol. The prison contained, when the report was printed 1,789 in mates, of whom 43 were debtors and six lunatics. During tho year there wore received 595 male and 147 female pr - Boners. The expenditure for the year on account of the gaol was £7'385 2s, Bd., and the value of the prisoner's labour was £8,778 3s. 7d., showing an excess of £1,309 Os, 11d. over the expenditure. A considerable number of the male prisoners are employed in dredging the harbour, reclaiming swamps, and even in sweeping the streets of tbe town, &c. The ration scale shows that the following allowances per day (in ounces) aro given to male and female prisoners at hard labour :—Maize or oaten meal, 8 and 6 ; bread, 20 and 12 ; meat, 16 and 8 ; potatoes, 16 ancl 12; sugar, 19z, 00; §orip and pat, oz, oult. WESTIIINS'rER. POLICE MISCONDUCT.—John Smyth and Henry Welsh, stokers in the Equitable Gas Works, were charged with assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Mr. W. D. Smyth, of Rochester-row, defended. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Miles, the land lord of the Ship public•house, Vauxhall Bridge-road, that the prisoners came into his house drunk and using bad language, were requested to desist and leave the house ; this they refused to do, and the police were sent for. Thomas Ban6eld, 54 B B, arrived, and with the assistance of Mr. Miles, ejected the prisoners, after which they be came very violent, kicked and assaulted the constables, and with great difficulty were taken to the station ; some of the crowd taking away Bantield's truncheon, which was found broken iu half next morning. Mr. Smith made an able defence, and proved, by an in dependent witness, that the prisoners refused to leave the house, because they wanted 3d. they had paid and had not had value for it. The police were fetched, and they were thrown out of the house by the police with violence on the ground. They did not assault the police, but Banfield drew his staff, and a gentleman on horseback rode up and told him he had no business to use it. The crowd got it away from tho policeman. An excellent character was given both prisoners by their foreman for many years. _ _ _ Mr. Arnold strongly commented on the conduct of the police in handling the men so roughly, and said they should exercise more caution in such casts, as these men were thrown down thrae steps on to the pavement. They would be bound over to keep the peace for six months. THAMES. A l'nolisisa Sox.—Jeremiah Began, described as hav ing no home and no occupation, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and stealing the materials of two pairs of corduroy trousers. The boy is only 16 years of ago ; he is an incorrigible blackguard, and has been frequently in custody. Ile camp home drunk a few nights ago and quarrelled with his father, who administered to the young rogue some proper chastisement. He escaped from his father by opening a back window and leaping into the yard. Ile then obtained admission to the house of a poor man named James M'Gratb, a tailor,land stole the materials of two pairs of trousers, which he soon disposed of, and squandered the money. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Bowen, after commenting on his precocious roguery and drunkenness, sentenced him to six months' imprison ment and hard labour. A DISHONEST SERVANT.—Ana Cradock, aged 13 years, Harriet Halyard, 15, and Mary Ann Higgs, 40, widow, were charged with stealing a gold turpoise pin and a gold ring, the property of William Palmer, a builder, No. 94, Flint street, Bromley. The prisoner Cradock was servant to the prosecutor and his wife. The pin and ring wore stolen on two sepa rate occasions, while the prosecutor and his wife were from !home. The prisoners Ilillyard and lliggs were afterwards found dealing with the pin and the ring, awl Mrs. lliggs produced the ring tb Norman, a detective officer, and said she gave liillyard fid. for it. When .Norman took llitlyard into custody she raid that she bought it of a girl named Gardner, who told her she gave three half-pence for it to Ann Cradock. Mr. Palmer identified his ring. There was no evidence seriously affecting all the pri soners. Mr. Benson observed that the evidence ngainFt the small servant, Ann Cradock, was very strong indeed, but it was not such as would convince a jury of her guilt, and discharged her. He committed Halyard and Higgs for trial for stealing the turquoise pin and the gold ring. BOW-STREET. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF OBSCENE BOOKS AND PRINTS.— Paul de Paris and Charles Saunders were placed before Sir T. Henry, charged ou a warrant with selling obscene prints and books at 45 and 46, Holly well-street. A witness was called, who proved the purchase of the books and Elides produced, the price charged for the first ranging from one guinea to five shillings, and tho slides wore charged £1 per dozen. Inspector Brennan then stated that he, accompanied by Sergeant Kerley, made the seizure of the stock in the various shops, which created the greatest excite ment, last night in liollywell - street. A number of the occupiers of other shops, when it became known what the police were engaged in, throw large quantities of similar prints from their windows into the road; and the persons residing in the different shops afterwards ran into the street in an excited manner, all endeavouring to escape being taken by the police. There was the utmost activity exercised by the whole of the fraternity, and men who had never ran for years last night showed the greatest activity. The amount of prints and books seized was larger than had ever been taken by the police, and the character, if possible, worse and worse. The prisoners admitted the truth of the evidence of the police, but Sir T. Henry thought it advisable to remand the prisoners. Richard Groves was next charged with committing the samo offence at 33 and 34, Wych-street. The books and photograph slides here seized were of the worst description. The prisoner began to cry, and said he was not the pro prietor of the shop, but merely filled up his time by assist ing his brother. Inspector Brennan said it was quite true that he did assist his brother, and ho did so by keeping a watchful eye on the police to give timely notice of their appealing in the street. Sir T. Henry also remanded this prisoner. THE CRUISE OF THE IRONCLADS. The following is the official programme of the in tended movements of the combined fleets : " The Agincourt, beariu,g the Admiralty flag, Minotaur, Northumberland, Monarch, Hercules, Inconstant, and Bellerophon leave Plymouth this evening (August 23), znd arrive on the Ist of Sep tember at Gibraltar, where they will be joined by the squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K C. 8., consisting of the Lord Warden, Caledonia, Royal Oak, Prince Consort, and Enterprise. " The fleet will leave Gibraltar on the 4th of September, arriving at Lisbon on the 13th, and re maining until the 15th or 16th, arriving at Cork on the morning of the 27th. "Letters may be sent for the fleet via Southamp ton packet of the 28th of August, which arrives at Gibraltar on the 2d of September ; next by the Southampton packet of the 4th of September, which will be met by the Psyche at Gibraltar and con veyed in her to a rendezvous. " On the 9th of September mails will be con veyed from Southampton by the Brazil packet, which will meet the fleet at Lisbon on the 14th of September. " Letters posted in London on the 12th of Sept., and sent via Franuce, will reach the fleet before they sail on the 15th. " Opportunities will also offer for sending mails to the fleet by the Helicon, which leaves Plymouth after the arrival of the evening mail from London on the 16th of September, and again by the En chantreEs, which leaves Plymouth on the evening of the 24th September. " On the fleet leaving Lisbon the Mediterranean fleet will return to the limits of their proper sta tion." 111ARKE7 S-2IIIS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Aug. 25.—S'e1es probably 10,000 Wee. _ The market quiet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This D-7 CITY BETTING.—TIIIS DAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4on Ryshworth (taken) ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 90 to 20 agst Drummer (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Martyrdom (taken) 100 to 5 agst Ryshworth (offered) 33 to 1 agst Brennus (offered) 40 to 1 agst Starter (offered) CESAREWITCH. 40 to 1 agst Starter (offered) 100 u to 15 agst Paganini (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Widmer (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Judge (e.ffered) 500 to 71 agst Anlace (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Stork (offered) DERBY. 1230 to 50 ngst Macgregor (taken) INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE. 2to lon Oxford (offered) YORK RACES—YEsTEnDAT. LEYLAND STAKES. White Slave Hawkhead Gertrude Ele ve u rau. YORKSHIRE OAKS. Tolson d'Or Lady Boacoustioli Duchess of Athol Eight ran. CONVIVIAL STAKES. Kingcraft La Calounc Noblowan Five ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Arolo 1 Landscape Lady Zetland 3 Four ran. BRADGATE PARK STAKES. Crown Piece Hoppicker Breakwater ........... ........ 1 THIRTEENTH BIENNIAL. Ryshworth Good Hope 2 Amster 3 •• Five ran. BLACK DUCK STAKES. Sunlight Pibroch ......... PRODUCE STAKES. Toison D'Or . 1 Misadventure JUVENILE STAKES. My Lady 1 Exciseman ..., 2 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 11 to 4 agst Laird (taken) 6to 1 agst War (taken) 7 to 1 agst Viscount (taken) 7to 1 agst Stork (offered) 10 to 1 agst Winifred (taken) ST. LEGER. . 75 to 40 agst Pretender (taken) 500 to 100 agst Drummer (taken) sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 9 to 1 agst Martyrdom (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Kingcraft (taken) HUNGERFORD RACES-YESTERDAT. IV OODHAY STAKES. Darkie Miss Ann 2 Vale of Avon Five ran. BERKS AND WILTS STAKES. Morgan la Faye f . 1 Actress... 2 T riana 3 Fiv© ran. LADIES' PLATE. Patrician Durkin Regula 2 Thirteen ran. SELLING STAKES. Clarionetto . Stuff . .APIs Six mu. II U N GERFORD STAKES. • [Tarmony Dams Hetty filly Six ran. CRAVEN STAKES. No race. RACING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Croydon I'4 mow h Lti, !li I Great Yarmouth 31 Cauterbury....... ............. :10 Derby Summer. ...31, Sep. 1 Scarborough ..3U, 31 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 -------- SEPT: Ipswich 2 Margate 3 West Drayton 3 Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 'J, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Hampton 21, 22 - - ;MBEI Richmond I., 22 Lichfield Western (Ay r) 22, 28 Hendon 23 24 Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket Ist 0ct....28, Sto. Lanark... 29 St OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, (Ire. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 NOVI Harrow .„2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans 5, Cheltenham l9 24 Curragh l9, A., it West Drayton ....21, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth '23, 24 Newmark.t ll'ton ...25, &a IBER. :MBElt. I Egliuion Hunt 6 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury ..... 15, 16 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES. OCTOBER. Bromley 7 I West Drayton 2l, 28 COURSING FIXTURES. OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6 Ortnesby 19, ,tc. Huntingdon Club.. 96 27 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 16, Barrow 2, 3 I Leamington Hunt Lverpool ..... —.9 10, 11, 12 I REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME. AUGUST 25—Vesper Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea 27—Albion Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea 28—Oscillators Rowing Club: Senior Sculls 28—Lurline Boating Club: Senior Sculls PRINCE ARTHUR IN NOVA SCOTIA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) HALIFAX, Aug. 24. A public reception was given to his Royal High ness Prince Arthur yesterday. The Recorder, on behalf of the Corporation, read an address welcom ing the Prince to Nova Scotia, and earnestly assur ing his Royal Highness of their loyalty and their deep respect and affection for Queen Victoria. The Prince, in reply, expressed his grateful thanks for the cordial welcome be had received, and his great satisfaction at finding how highly the people of Nova Scotia cherish the memory of his grandfather, who had governed the province. The affectionate allusion to the Queen, and the hearty welcome of her son would, he said, give her Majesty great pleasure. A large procession of the Trade Societies, and a review of the military by the Prince, followed the presentation of the address. The city was illuminated in the evening. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. General Ames, Commanding in Mississippi, has suspended the operation of the Habeas Corpus Act in his district. The continued drought is reported to be doing great damage to the corn crops in the Western and Southern States. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. DONNING-STREET, AVG. 23. The Queen has Leen pleased to appoint Cecil Smith, &q., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the c.dony of Hong Kong. THE GREAT WESTERN RAlLwAr.—The directors have just intimated that the dividends for the past half year will be as follows :—On Great Western (South Wales) original stock, £3 ss. per cent. per annum; ditto (Original), £2 per cent. per annum; ditto (West Midland and Now port), £1 per cent. per annum ; and ditto (Oxford), xi per cent. per =lw—carrying furwexcl A Pl‘lAil9o Qt 000 4181000.