The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

~1 MONEY MARKET AND-CITY .NETVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England Return, completed to the 13th inst., although it shows some rather important changes, is of a more satisfactory character than was generally anticipated. The reserve of notes has been trenched upon to a rather large amount, and the bullion has also slightly declined, but this may be accounted for by the payment of the usual half-yearly dividend. One of the most prominent features is the decrease in the other securities, which shows that trade is only slowly recovering from the late depression. In the public deposits there is a diminution of about £3,000,000 sterling, caused by the distribution of the dividends, but this is in a great measure balanced by the increase in the private deposits. The active circulation necessarily exhibits a rather large increase. The Rest, in consequence of the payment of the dividend on Bank Stock, has diminished to the ex tent of about £600,000 sterling ; and in the Govern ment Securities there is a decrease of about a mil lion. In the other items of the balance-sheet there is no alterati on t o ca ll f or spec i a l remark, and they will be seen in the subjoined table : . Active Circulation .. X 21,201,120 • Increase .. • 378,160 Bullion .. .. 19,496,991 Decrease .. 29,484 Rest .. 3,091,512 Decrease : : .. • . • . 618,608 Public Dep os it s „ .. 5,356,897 Decrease .. 3,084,5,52 Other Deposits .. • . .. 14,569,366 Increase .. .. • . . • 2,654,427 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 827,272 Increase .. 14515 Government Securities 10,809 1 467 Decrease .. .. • • 322,202 Other Securities .. . • .. 14,817,709 Decrease .. 304,572 Notes Unemployed .. 12,137,740 Decrease .. .. 364,610 These alterations being attributable to temporary causes, are not likely to diminish the confidence lately expressed in the further accumulation of gold. Large supplies are coming forward from the various sources of supply, which, it is presumed, will leave an important surplus after the require ments of the exporters are satisfied. In the general discount market the demand has slightly increased, but the terms continue without alteration. First-class bills are still negotiated as low as 21 per cent. Further indications of weakness were apparent in the continental exchanges yesterday afternoon. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices were fully maintained. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. In railway shares the business transacted was moderate, and quotations tended upwards. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £527,430, and the exports £150,000, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent. during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin—Boulogne, 520 ozs. ; bars--Amsterdam, 80,000 ozs. Silver coin—Rot terdam, 1,200 ozs ; Boulogne, 3,600 ozs. ; bars— Ilambro', 300 ozs. ; Rotterdam, 65,000 ozs. The market for English Securities has been very quiet "to-day, but the quotations have remained tolerably steady. Speculation is dull, and there are few operations for investment to enliven the Market. Consols are about 984 1 for money, and 9 84 4 for account. Bank Stock is 2211, being Steady. The New 3 per Cents, are marked 974 4, and the Reduced 974 1. The March Exchequer Bills 38s. to 40s. ; June ditto 30s. to 325. premium. India Stock has been dealt in at 221 to 223 ; the Debentures 994 4; the Scrip, second issue, 994. In the Foreign Stock Market business is rather restricted, but quotations are well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 94 a ; ditto Scrip, No. 1, has improved to 14 1 pm. ; ditto No. 2, to 24 4 pm. ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1051 4 ; Brazilian 44 per Cents. (1858), 971 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 784 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 202; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 , 6 4; Russian 5 per Cents., 112 ; Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 77 ; and Spanish New Deferred, 304. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been of a very limited character, and slightly reduced rates were current. Caledonian declined £1; Great Western and North British, 10s. ; and n orth-Western and North-Eastern (Berwick), ss. So uth -Eastern improved about 10s. to 15s. The Foreign lines were flat. Paris and Lyons declined Os. In th e C o l on i al market, Grand Trunk of Canada declined ss. ; Great Western of Canada, East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula were at previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were Moderately active, but prices exhibited little alte ration of importance. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. . ............. .. 221/ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 971 3 per Cent. C onso l s Annuities New 3 p er C ent. Annuities India Stock 221 Dit to scri 3 Ditto Debentures 991 1 2d Issue 12 D itto Bon ds , £l,OOO D itto under £l,OOO . l5 Co nsols for Ac coun t 9 8 81 arch . Exch equer Bi ll s, £l,OOO, 2d. &ltd.:, . M June •38 40 1 30 2 F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES . Brazilian, 5 per Cent ~ Ditto 1858, 4 2 per Cent. 9n tluenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . „,Ditto Account Ditto 5 per Cent. Mexica n 3 per Cent ~,obitto Account r rtuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent S tsitto Account ' ll2 "'Nujah 3 - per Cent. — Tnrkieh, 301 .Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 6 per Cent. Ditto Accou n t Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Accoun t , Dividends on the above payable in L on d on . truvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 77 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE BY FIRE. EXETER, FRIDAY. A destructive fire broke out in the parish of St. Thoma.s, on Wednesd a y n i ght, in houses occupied by several labouring men and their families. It is not known how the fire originated, but in conse quence of the houses being thatched, it spread so rapidly that the fire-engines were unable to subdue the flames until three houses had been nearly con sumed. In the up-stair room of one of the houses the wife of a carpenter, named Joslin, was, as it is supposed, i n t h e act o f pu t t i ng h er f our c hild ren to bed. Before the poor woman could escape with her f our children she was enveloped in the flames. N 0 one knew that the poor creatures were in such a dreadful position, as the neighbours thought they had made their escape. On the husband's return ing from work, however, he proceeded to make inquiries about his wife and children, but could not discover - them. The poor fellow became frantic bu With gPrief, an d ma d e e ff orts to rescue his family, t they proved unavailing. The woman, with her ehildien, on attempting to make their way down stairs, found that the staircase had been consumed, and there was no hope for them. They therefore perished in the flames, and after the fire was ex tinguished the charred remains of the bodies were found in the ruins. An inquest yesterday washad before Mr. R. R. Crosse, and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. . Considerable excitement was caused some months since, in the fashionable world, by the elopement of a noble earl, of Crimean celebrity, with a young lady of much per sonal attraction and good sonnections and family. TTh destination of the parties was Gibraltar, where they stayed for a sh or t ti me , and whence they proceeded, in his lord shire yacht, to Cadiz. Since the departure of the noble earl from England the death of his countess has taken an event which, however melancholy in itself, has eble _ him to repair the wrong he had inflicted on Miss -h—, since it h as now t rans pi re d that, on receiving inti_ el lee of his marit a l b ereaveme nt, he lost no time in making er his wife. Thi s i s qu it e i n keeping with the past career of the noble personage in question; for it will doubtless be re membered that hi s f ormer un i on t oo k place under pecu h.ar circumstances, somewhat analogous to those which ve charact er i se d' his recent marriage. The readers of e Court Circular will have no difficult), in identifying the noblem an a b ove alluded to with the Earl of Cardigan. — Court Circular. MINES.—The Mining Share Market has been '? ‘ lo,ro active since our last ; and, in addition to a fair amount °I business in dividend mines, a demand has sprung up for I,Y.eral r youn g and progressive mines, the prospects of which . I , I Q fai for good and early results. We find that of dividend stocks, 54 mines during the past quarter have paid in the IFgregate £85,688 ; and, owing to the depreciation in prices ; ur uruig the last few months, many of the shares can be tbischused to pay, and that, too, with little risk—though r the e to public are slow in believing —from 10 to 20 4'4lent. per annum. We refer, of course, to the best . 5 ivy:re:ion= an cia d y, with good reseueo of ores.— SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) S harel Railways. ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOCKS. !Paid. I el°Bln g Price. Business Done. 4arelines. Mines. raid, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. Closing Business Railways. Paid. Price. Thane. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam' all 5f 5/ 20 Ards nnes all . p ..(,- , Notting. Bost. 20 Balo.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 / 1 3 1 :astern Junction 10 64 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all . 1 1 and Ballymena.. all —• 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 9 10 01., and Str. Val. all 71 71 5 Carmeanx Mine & Rail all 2 2 ',am, and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish lion lOO 66 6S 6 Eastern of France ...... all 29 29 irn nd Tyne all 31 33 20 Great Central of France all and Exeter dan • and Holyhead : lOO 37 39 II 20 Lake Constance & Bale all id Bandon all 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all lkrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 4 4 5 p 11 all 41 5 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all "A roves. no div t a ll _ 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all '25 26 until6p.e.per an all 331 Maria Antonia all hasbeen pd.toll 20 Do. do. New ...... ... • all ' andßelfast June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 91 9 1 ?rth,& Abr.Junc. ' all 71 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 21 21 1 iglian lOO 17 18 16 Northern of France .... all 38 . 39 Counties lOO ' 62 63 20 Do. New Shares t Union A Stock 100 46 48 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 do. B Stock 100 31 33 20 Ottoman gua. 6 per cent 5 3 1 d , „,-, ar.A.(lte.E.Uals) 84 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 35. 61 35 1:it tncashire lOO 93 95 20 1 Recife& S. Fran. (Perm) I 9 1 d 1 p folk all gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ... all , 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - *g and Glasgow 100 66 67 10 Rome and Frascati .... all erth, & Dundee. 100 271 28 20 Royal Danish all Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish 100 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all r & South Wesin uro 91 93 93 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 8 orth of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 5} per cent. Pref.... all 9 9 orthern lOO 104 105 , 20 Southern of France .... all 23 2. 4 A Stock lOO 83 S 5 81 West Flanders all 5 4 B Stock lOO 129 131 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 9 9 h.& Wst.n.(lre!d; 100 103 105 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 24 25 'estern 'l.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all ath Eastern all 6 Wiesbaden n* and Carlisle. all 87 90 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all .ds Thirds l6 11 121 ire & Yorkshire 100 V. 961 o. F 216 6 1 Old BRITISH POSSESSIONS. o. £9 shares 7 1 1 d . Closing Business b Riding Union 1— Share Railways. 'Paid. hport and Blackwall all 6 64 ss.at £slosp.sh 4l Do Atlantic &St Lawrence' 4 - hton &S.Coast 100 111 113 112 , 1 all k, North Westn. 100 9 1 i 92}t 911 2 Leased at 6 per cent.. As 1 g ; all Sr Enniskillen. all 5 per cent South-Westn. 100 94 95 1 91 1 5 8 1 Coleraine ... all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par ip et, & Lincoln.. 100 351 361 18 itan •Buffalo and Lake Huron all 71 81p 08 20i Do. New Jut 13 12Id • 100 9 8 1 4 'lag. & Derby lOO 60 71 100 I Bnffalo,Brant.&Godrich 1 100 8,3 88 West. (Ireland) all 6 100 Dpo. ct . do 0. . 1 1 Jul Au., 1872 tres all . . 1873 103 77 8 2 e and Carlisle all 100 Do. do. 1 Junye,, lB7^ 100 75 80 oer., & Herefd all 9 11 20 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. P Armagh (def ) 9 — 2 O Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. Varpt., & Ros all 20 Ca p e Town & Dock Scrip 28. Pm 100 63 65 20 Central Oud e (Li m it e d) 2 s . 6d. counties Union 3l 31 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 11 1 :P itish lOO 58/ 59 •59 1 171 Demerara Rail. &Dk. Stk. 100 --20 Eastern Bengal. gu .sp. c 5 1 i p Stock East Indian, gu . s p. c lOO 1074 10r1 108 71 8 .—Arec.nodiv. 20 Do. C Shares all - 4c.hasbeenpdß 100 Lek lOO ,„ 20 Do. E Shares E x t. 10 11 11p 111 tstn.—Berwick 100 911 951 93t 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 .N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 d d 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bs. pay.'s9 all - Is lOO 481 481 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 161 171 1 781 8 Sto. Geelong Corporation 6 i 100 774 78100 per cent. Bonds ,ndon lOO 101 103 ;stn., Hampstd Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 37 39 38 71 y Junction 23 l s . 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 74 76 75 4 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref . 60 10 5d afordshire.... 174 5 44 d 121 estern a. W. Junction a ll 71 S t 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 • 20 Do. do Vor.,& Wolver. 100 28 30 all 7 5 d 20 I Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 2s i ip pM x d nth guaranteed 5 per cent. 10 20 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 18 18 1 x d central lOO 110 112 201 Do. New R., Aber. Stock 100 271 28 100 f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 a ll 105 108 ish Mid. Stock 100 81 82 ( o p t. till 60 re Union 1 e,o 44 46 100 Do do '73 till '6O urne & Sheer. all 3 2 d 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 105 108 1011 51 von lO3 34 35 35 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 99 100 991 stern lOO 75 751 751 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 11 In d cent. es , lOO 76 78 20 Do. do. 5 per all 20 201 ts.&Riv.Dun all 13 14 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 I id 18 7 5 d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 5 p Wok., & Wek all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. & Darlington. all 34 35 Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 -- 185.4 1855 7 20 / RyairLand(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 Ild & Hartlepool 161 Class ACapitl.Share.. 100 .. Do. do. Land do. . .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 4 3 d rence, No. 1 [avenDk&Rail 22 .. Do. do. Land do:.. eath lOO 03 95 94 .),-, Northof India Tramroad 2s. d & Kilkenny 100 ( Limited, Scrip — f & Limerick all 20 Oude (Limited) nwall 20 -i • 4.1 15 1 1 p 21 16 ii 0 Do. sn. & Cry. Pal. all 20 Do. New 4 8 s all I / P recv.nodiv.till , s been pd. to B all 331 ' 1 20 Do. Punjaub all 61 6/ , r 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ba,,,"'" 5 1 P adon lass all 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par Ip , . ass all PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. iClosing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 84 94 20 pritish Iron Con durrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 455 463 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 95 100 Great South Tolgus l7s 13 14 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 3 1 . 3 —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 81 1 1 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 7 8 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 NAV h'l Bisset (Illogan) nil. 4 5 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 164 174 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6a / 1 Southearadon (St.Cleer) 25 400 410 —. South C. Brea (Mogan). 2 35 4 S. IN heal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 185 195 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co L 10 Tin Crott 9 a t 4 UnitedMinec(Gwennap) 40 65 75 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d I 1 West Basset (illogan) l4 21 22 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 100 110 W:teal Basset (Illogan). 54 2C3 220 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 iBO 200 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 54 3 34 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (31ezthel 8 45 47 Wh'l.,Trelawacy (Lisk.) 44 25 27 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Bon AcnrdCopper,Lim lOB 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at p.) 27 1 l 20 Do.St.Jobndelßey,Lim. 15 10 11 5 Do. Land and 3liningCo. all 1/ 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobre Copper all 35 37 36 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 215 3 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all N Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 I 30 Santiago de Cub , 28.2.81 l United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. tit July 100 1155 116 116 154 Do. 6 p.c.leb..t.Au. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 111 112 1114 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1005 101 1001 101 1005 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1104 1114 S.Aus.Gt.6pc..Tan&July 100 112 114 Vict'GOv.6p.C.Jan&July 100 110 112 Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. C l osingl Business 1,0 Share' Railways. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 Bin, Wol., and S tr. Val Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne Steck Bristol and Exeter Stock'Caledonian Stock'Chester and Holyhead: 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A A reves - no div untilflp.c.per an. CCCIO Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin and Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.Uals) 25 East Kent Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow Stock Edin.,l'erth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstp.(lre' ct, Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. £9 shares 3 Do. West Riding Union 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Stock Lon.,Brig - hton &S.Coast Stock London & North Westn. 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen Stock Man., Slief, & Lincoln ) 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. 4 Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock 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., Hampstdl and City Junction... North Staffordshire.. North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor ,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Sooth. N.E., .Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon . South-Eastern... South Wales , SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek.. Stockton & Darlington, Do. do. 1854.... Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class.. Do. 2d Class . Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct. Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & llolyhd, pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 6l k Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c 6 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stc Do. do. Class C 7 pc StockE. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l StockiDo. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock Stock Ftstern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares Stc 3k Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stc3k Furness, 5 per cent Stock, Glas. &S West. g P. spc Stc3k'Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stork Do. 5 p3Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 163 Do.sp.c. edm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Se)Vd, Ist pf , ( Gt. Sn.& pref.lreland)4 Stock ) p. ct. Stock .., 50 (; mat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. . Stcck Do. Redeemable, 44 pct. Stock I Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Stcck Do. Irredeemlble, do Stack Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. Bp.c.pf. shares Stock 261 134 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock I Do do. sp. et. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester g - uar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ILon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., sp. c. No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nui eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, i p.ct. stock, late al shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy. Az Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. ct 6 Do. £6 . - Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 3laryport & Car., 4 p.c 121 I Do. 4 per cent .. Do. Sto Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock Stczki Do. Con. Bri s. & Bir.6 p.ct Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 I Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st. 10 I Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Steck Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, rua. 5 per cent Stock Ntli.Dev.ltail. & Dck.Co. Stock N- East. irced. 4 p.c. Deb.' Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1816 25 Do. York, 11. &S. Perch. 20 North Staffordshire Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua Stock Do. 4k p.c. Db. stk.in perp 8k Scottish Central, new pt Stork Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 3k per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Stork Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s, - South Devon; Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4. percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann.,106) Do A. per cent Do. Fixed p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 24 issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 4i t per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. put Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 1)o. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock !Stock Stock 251 25 Stock 49 51 91 96 1101 103 6 1 6 112 115 105 110 114 116 112 114 128 130 81 83 71 73 91 93 120 122 111 113 104 10( G 4 66 111 111 93 fr) S 4 E 6 85 87 97 99 ct, 10 16 17 95 10 73 74 18 19 9 9 135 1455 141 143 1158 163 120 122 i il ) 68 70 140 142 LOI _ 103 93 95 • 9 1 9 1 111 11 8i 9i 108 110 91 100 die p dig p 23 2-1 1120 122 99 101 72 74 120 122 121 123 lot 101 24 24} 102 104 101 103 28 29 32 331 38 43 1011 Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North Americani Chtd. Bank of India, &c! City Colonial 86 87 241 25} 15 47 57 59 3 l id 58 60 294 304 Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of Loridon Eng., Scot.. & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. I'rov. of England Do. new National II:Ink New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New 19 21 161 17 201 21 27 28 31 32 5 -48 48 49i 47 49 39 40 194 2 0 64 66 south Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 31 33 56 57 55 56 234 244 • 19 17 d M n e I o S u C s . E L L l A p N a l; I d O . I I .usiness done Bedford and Bletchley l r all iLn & N.W - Sharet Mtscella I:Jr :losing 1,, . 1015 Price. I. E .l. l3 L n in io co ri lN a li r i l r v e i , Colchester, Cßluikeisndahi S ts t l lin o Stour ° V .n. a : l : . , 11 a ®C 1 3 1 CL E an . D iked . :E n. IW C n ' : 16 3 110 18 5- ___ - c g h 6 S P l i e s .• 1 :1, 0 1 9 1 Do. Woodbridge . . 103 - G E. t c .N 9u or n t t h s: 143 1 14Z 1 141 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 16 1000 Atlantic TeL (Limited). all 340 380 Gls.Barr.&Nells,Dra. 100 Caledonia Do. New lOO Do. — 25 Australian Agricultural 19 35 37 i 5010 Br British fish w , issued American 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 11 .."4 Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 25 n Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk . N.&Br Mill and Selby a 41 103 — l - 3 - 1 5 : .. ' Do. 5 Shares all Do. — 50 Brit. & Irish 3lar,.Tel.A. all 40 42 Do. I Shares all Do. — 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 2' London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 95 97 10 ( Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 10 105 Do. Barking Shares. all Do. — Stock!Cop.Min.ofEnp;.&Striltg ally 24 28 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. c t. 103 Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent lO3 D o . — 25 Do. Preference 75 per ct all 25 27 Manc.,Buxtn. & 3latk all LN W&M 25 2 5 Do. Preference all 5 5 Crystal Palace. 31 idsb.& Reder,g•.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar guaranteed 5 p . c .5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 55 p 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland . 97 99 I s Tewmarkt.,BuryEx 1 Steck Electric Telegraph lOO 1 12 114 5 En,(' & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 15 15 Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. G per cent.... all Do. (Lim.) all 2 _ Do. Fixed 5 p er cen t . all Do. 20 Gl.lron S crew Col.(Lim.) all 5 1811 Preston and Wyre. I all LA/T.Nvnls Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 _ R s h o r y o s w t u s , b 1 I r y i t s r c h H . ~:::Se ih : i n : Do. 5 Shares ... . A. a ll — — , Gt. North. 140 142 T Biassey k — 9 — 94 20 London Discount 51415 d Do. 1— 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 2 2 Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all 1 4 6 Lan &Y 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 7 75 1 :11 f d South Staffordshire .. all 25 National Discount Co 5 1 ~ 5 M'Clea 6 It Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all _ _ n . 10 101 10 Netherlands Land mic.&Dar all 1 2 Do. do all Do. 10 Do do Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. Weal: go— 92 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 5 18 15 Wi m bledon& Croydn. all L.&B rgtn 8 9 100 N./tr.&N ova S c otiaLand 80 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 i • 20 North of Europe Steam all DOCKS. -- 1 Oriental Gas ----------------------------- 1 Do. New Shares lss. 5 dis par Share Docks. I Paid C losing I Bpsiness 5 Peel River Land & 31in. all 25 2 5 Price. DOCkli . 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 88 90 ~, 50 Do. New lO 13 15 p 60/ 100 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 2 5p2435 45 Stock C0mmercia1............ 100 50 Rhymney Iron Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref . 31 in . _ 15 Do. Nev all 6 7 Stock East and West India... 100 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 63 65 Stock London lOO 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) all 15 14 Stock St. Katharine lOO 25 South Australian Land. all 38 39 Stock Southampton lOO - 1 Submarine Teleg. Serip. all 1 1 Stook Victoria lOO 101 103 1 Do. do Registered all i 1 20 DO lien i nn t y .} t i 2 a•- iS id S P __ go Lead ; .. piemelea Liay NI. 11 la ,4 i 25j 5 Stock 12i 12. Stcck all 1 103 6 100 100 100 1C 3 all 281 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing I Closing Business Railways. I Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. 941 4 9i 104 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY - EVENINO, OCTOBER 16, 1858. FOREIGN. LAW INTELZIGENCE.-(THIS DA y;) STIOTtEDITCH COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Stokes.) SUTTON V. NEWLETE NELSON, OLAI3IANT..- INTEE.PLEADTR. This was an interpleader summons for unlawfully dis training the plaintiff's goods and chattels. Mr. Beard appeared for the claimant. The facts were briefly these :—The defendant in the ori ginal action resided in the same house as Mr. Nelson, his brother-in-law, and on the execution being levied, pro perty in the parlour, alleged to belong to the plaintiff, was seized. Mr. Beard now called the claimant and defendant, when both swore positively that the goods belonged to the for mer. Two furniture brokers also deposed to having sold the goods to Nelson. His Honour said there was,no evidence. Mr. Beard submitted that the positive evidence of the defendant, corroborated by the brokers, ought to be deemed conclusive. His Honour said no bills or receipts were produced, and in such cases the strictest evidence was necessary, or the officers would be baffled and continually placed in difficulty. Mr. Beard said that he must respectfslly submit that, according to the sworn evidence, there could be no difficulty or doubt ; if in such a case as this officers were allowed to levy, there would be no end to difficulties, and frequently injustice. His Honour said he was not satisfied that the property did not belong to defendant, and he should therefore find for the plaintiff in the action. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MANSION-HOUSE. Joseph Carbine, a private in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, was charged with assaulting a police-constable whiletaking him into custody for upsetting a barrow with fruit, standing at the bottom of the stairs leading from London-bridge to Lower Thames-street, last night at a quarter to 9 o'clock. It appeared from the evidence that soldiers from the Tower are in the habit of upsetting this fruit stall and barrow at the bottom of the London-bridge stairs. A sergeant in the Guards gave the prisoner a good cha raotor, and said if the defendant had boon sober he would not have been guilty of the offence. The Lord Mayor sentenced him .to one month's imprison ment with hard labour, and directed the Inspector of Police to write to the Commanding Officer detailing the whole cir cumstances of the case. Barbara Higgins, an old offender, was charged with entering the premises in Crutched-friars, and stealing a bedroom utensil, the property of Mrs. E. Philips, widow, who missed several other articles. Prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. BOW-STREET. ROBBING A JEWELLER. -- The lad Alfred Clothier, lately in the employ of Mr. Peacock, a jeweller, carrying on busi ness in New Oxford-street, was placed at the bar, on re mand, charged with plundering his master. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was en gaged as errand-boy, and from certain circumstances trans piring, the 'police apprehended him on the present charge. The articles produced on the first examination merely con sisted of a few metal rings and brooches, but the property produced to-day was of a more valuable description. Among the articles of which the prosecutor had been robbed were three sets of gold studs and some silver brooches, amount ing altogether in - value to about £3. The police-constable, who had charge of the case, said, since the last examination he had discovered that several boys had been in the habit of buying things of or pawning articles obtained from Clothier. He had been to the resi dence of one of the boys, and had received some pawn broker's tickets, which he discovered related to articles stolen from Mr. Peacock. Upon informing the pawn broker the property had been stolen, he at once gave up the articles, and the prosecutor had identified them as having formed part of his stock. Mr. Jardine—Why did you take the property. There is no use in investigating a case Where the property is given up ? The Constable --There are other things the prosecutor Identifies, your worship. Mr. Jardine --They may be, but we are inquiring at one part : of the case, and you are s p e aking of another.. Can you, Mr. Peacock, identify the whole of the property pro duced as being yours ? Mr. Peacock—l can't swear to the wedding ring, but I know I had some shirt studs of the same pattern as those with which the prisoner is charged with stealing. I can speak positively to some of the brooches. As the wedding ring is pawned with the studs I should think it belonged to me. Mr. Jardine—The only clear case we have against the prisoner is that made out on the former examination—the stealing five metal rings. Do you wish the case sent to the sessions ? Mr. Peacock—No, your worship. I have no vindictive feeling towards the boy ; he has been in my service two years, and I never had occasion to complain of him. I should never have found out I had been robbed if it had not been that the police informed me of the circumstance. "'Mr. Jardine—As the prisoner has been two years with you, you don't know for certain the extent of your losses ? Mr. Peacock—No, sir. All I want is to get as much of my property back as possible. I should wish the case dealt with summarily, but the police tell me there is something about a gold chain and pencil-case. I should like to know something about that. Mr. Jardine—Then there had better be another remand, to enable the police to make inquiry about the things you have mentioned. (To the prisoner)—What have you to say to the charge of robbing your employer ? Prisoner (crying)—l should never have thought of it if I had not been frightened into it. After I first took one of the things the boys used to come to me and say that unless I got them some more things—some studs, or things like them—they would tell my master of me. I used to get them the things to keep them from doing so. I was afraid of them. Mr. Jardine—l dare say that is the truth. I shall remand you for a week, for the police to make further inquiry. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A SitormA:4.—Edwin Porter, a young man in the employ of Mr. Joseph Michael Rose, grocer, of 352, Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing money from the till of his employer. The prosecutor said that, having reason to suspect the prisoner's honesty, he marked four shillings and three six pences and gave them to a constable named Joy. The two shillings now produced were two of the coin so marked. Joy, 338 A, a detective, said he gave the marked money he received from the last witness to a female named Law rence, and saw her go into Mr. Rose's shop and come out again. A few minutes afterwards he went in and told the prisoner he should take him into custody for robbing his master's till. He denied having done so, but, on searching him, two marked shillings were found. The female Lawrence having proved receiving the marked money from the last witness and going to the shop and purchasing some articles and paying the prisoner with the money, The prisoner said he would plead guilty, and was com mitted for two months. THAMES PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. — Christian Tilford, a foreigner, appfteared before Mr. Yard ley, after the night charges were disposed of, to answer a summons which charged him with unlawfully exposing fireworks for sale on Sunday morning last. The case was clearly made out by Inspector Griffin of the K division, who said he had received a letter com plaining that fireworks were manufactured and sold in Church-row, Limehouse, and that it was a nuisance and dangerous to the neighbourhood. The prisoner lived at No. 3, Church-row, and there Nhas a large quantity of fire works exposed for sale in the window. The prisoner also sold apples and sweetmeats for children. The prisoner, in defence, said he covered over the fire works after the Inspector called upon him. Mr. Yardley inflicted a fine of £5 and costs, and said that penalty would not be enforced if the defendant abandoned the illegal trade, and he must not only not manufacture, but he was not allowed to sell or expose for sale any fireworks. This was preparatory to the annual exhibition. Ile hoped it would be known to every one that heavy fines would be in flicted if people dared to sell or expose for sale any fireworks. It was a childish, foolish, absurd practice, and he was sorry to say that grown-up fools indulged in the practice of let ting off fireworks as well as children. Charles Norris, of No. 2, Church row, was fined £5 and costs for a similar offence, with a notification that the fine would not be enforced If the trade was abandoned. If, either of the defendants dared to sell a halfpenny squib the fine would be levied, and they would be proceeded against a second time. Two CHILDREN BURIED ALIVE IN A SAND-PIT.— SANDWICH, THURSDAY. - The village of Puston-next- Wingham, situate a few miles from this town, has just been the scene of a melancholy occurrence, by which two little children, a girl and a boy, were buried alive in a sand-pit. One of them, John Fagg, was fortunately rescued in time to save the little fellow's life, but the other poor thing was a corpse when its body was taken out. The particulars of this sad event were thus detailed at the inquiry before the county coroner (Mr. T..T. Delasaux) yesterday afternoon, touching the death of Ann Johnson, the child whose life less remains were taken from the pit :—Henry Fagg, a labourer, said he went into the marsh for a horse, and on passing Deason sand-pit he observed the deceased and a little boy named John Fagg at play in the pit. On his re turn, in about ten minutes, he noticed that a quantity of sand had fallen in the interval, and he could not then see the children. He almost immediately saw the father of one of the children, and told him what had occurred. George Fagg proved going to the sand-pit, in consequence of what he had been told by the previous witness, and then he heard one of the children, but he could not say which, cry out, " Oh, de ar ." H e procured a shovel, and commenced re moving the sand. Shortly afterwards he found his own child buried about four feet, but alive. Assisted by the father of the deceased and two other persons, he continued to dig, and ultimately found the body of the deceased, about two feet deeper in the sand. She was quite dead. By the jury —He believed the sand had fallen in consequence of the wet weather. Corroborative evidence was adduced, and after the coroner summed up, the jury found a verdict of widemtoi dui% - THIS DAYS 11IAIRKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Large supplies of both fruit and vegetables were on sale to-day, and a steady business was transacted, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pineapples, per lb 4 0 to 6 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 *Grapes, per lb 2 0 to 4 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 1 3 Melons, each Peaches, per doz 1 0 to 8 0 Nectarines, r dz 2 0 to 8 0 Apples, per .live 1 3 to 4 0 Pears, per lif-sieve 1 3 to 5 0 Oranges, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s. d. Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 6to 0 8 Cobnuts, per 1001 b 0 6to 0 8 Almonds, per buB24 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 10 to 2 0 Figs, per doz 1 oto 2 0 Strawberries, prpto oto 0 0 Gooseberries, 4 sv. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do.o oto 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 4 0 Cabbages, pr do. 0 10 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 2 oto 5 0 Brocoli, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Old potatoes,p ton 2 10 to 4 10 New ditto, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 2 oto 2 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Carrots, pr bunch 0 4to 0 5 Cucumbers, each 0 Ito 0 6 Garlic, per ld .... 0 6to 0 8 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, perdo... 1 6to 2 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, dz bun 1 oto 1 9 New do., per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 1 6to 1 9 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 Si - allots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 S Horseradish, pbu 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p potl 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 4 • Cabbage letts,psc 0 Bto 1 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 1 0 Tomatoes, pr hsv 3 oto 5 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chilies, per ditto 0 0 to "0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 1 6to 4 0 Sea kail, per pun. 0 oto 0 0 NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 6s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; wild do., 9d to is 3d ; pigeons, 5d to Os 7d each ; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od each ; pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Od ; woodcocks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; snipes, is Od to ls 9d ; teal, Os Od to Od ; wild ducks, 2 s Od to Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 4d to Os 8d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is 2(1 to is 3d; English, is 3d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French do., 78 Od to 88 Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s Od to 4s Od ; and pork, 2s Sd to 4s 3d per 81bs WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 38 Od to 4s Od ; and pork, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 81b. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os 10d to is Od ; trout, is 3d to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, is Od to 3s; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 158 ; cod, 2s Od to 15s Od; brills, 28 Od to 8s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 128 to 16s ; natives, 40s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 16s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; floimders, is Od to is 6d per dozen; mackerel, 50s; fresh herrings, 8s; bloaters, 68 per 100; carp and tench, 3s to 4s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 'lid; of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3/4 to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 41c1; 721 b to 801 b, 40 to 4id ; 801 b to 881 b, 41d to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to 61d ; 961 b to 1041 b, sfd to 6d. Horse hides, 8s 6d to 108 6d - ; calf skins, light, 3s to 4s; ditto, full, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; polled sheep,lss Od to 68 6d ; half-breds, 4s Od to 58 Od ; Downs, 3s Od to 4s Od; lambs, 2s 10d to 5s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIDLD. Meadow hay, £3 Os. to £4 10s. ; clover, do., £3 10s. to £5 55.; and straw, £1 4s. to £1 7s. per load. A short supply, and a steady trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s • clover do., £3 10s. to £.5 ss. ; and straw, £1 4s to 8s per lead. Both hay and straw were firm, and rather dearer. WMTECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 9s per load. A fair average supply, and a firm demand. COAL MARKET—OcT. 15. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) Buddle's West Hartley, 15s. 9d. • West Tanfield, —s. ; Howard's West H ar tl e y Netherton, 15s. 6d. ; Tanfield Moor, 13s. Od. ; Tanfield Moor Butes, 13s Od.; Wylam, 14s. 6d. ; Earsden Hartley, —s. ; Byass's Bebside West Hartley, 158.9 d.; Walker Primrose, 135.; Holy well, 14s 6d; Birchgrove Graigola, —s. ; Nixon's Merthyr, 21s. Od. ; Davison's West Hartley, 15s. 9d. ; Haswell Gas, —s. Od.; Morpeth West Hartley, —s. Od ; Tyne Main, —s. Od. ; Newcastle Hartley, 14s 6d ; Lambert's West Hartley, 15s 9d ; Powell's Duffryn Steam, 21s. Od. Walls End—Acorn Close, —s. Od. ; Benson, —s. Od. ; Hunwick, —s. 9d. ; Whitworth, 14s. 6d.; Shincliffe, —s. Od.; Haswell, —s. Od. ; Hetton, —s. Od. ' • Cassop, 18s. 3d; • , Northumberland, —s. Od • Lambton, 18s. 9d.; Wham- cliffe, —s. Od. ; Kepier Grange, 18s. 3d. ; Bell, 16s. 6d. ; Russell's Hetton, 17s. 9d. ; Harton, —s. Od. ; Dryburn Grange, —s. Od ; Heugh Hall, 18s. Od. ; Riddell, 16s. 6d. Ships at market, 39—sold, 36. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—:YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 321 25 37 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 32 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 118 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa 34/, 49k 491 29 90 25 50 35k 494 491 29 95 25 55 Naples - Palermo — Messina — Lisbon Oporto - Rio Janeiro New York — 41 1221 1221 52k 521 41k 123 123 52k 521 E.I. Co's Ws. House his. GOd Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 231 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — - 26 23 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. £1,201 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bengal.. Madras Bombay .. £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard). per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 0 0 THIS IJAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Oct. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze and fine. 'PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Sailed—Scringapatam, for Madras. PILL, Oct. 15.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—William, for Newfoundland. TROON, Oct. 15.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Lady Daly, for Monte Video. Stumps, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Alexandine, for Martinique. Put back—Emilie, from New York, leaky. WEST HARTLEPOOL, Oct. 15.—Sailed—Gonzalus (s.s.), for Bahia. CLYDE, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—E. G., from New York. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady Douglas, from Moulmein ; Woodstock, from Callao ; Ann Best, from Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Planet, from Lon don for Melbourne. Sailed—British Empire, for Moreton Bay. Wind calm, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived--Morning Star, from Kinsale; Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Pet, for Port Talbot ; Cautious and Juno, for Sealutin ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Charlotte, for Guernsey ; Matthew Thompson, for Sunderland ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey; Mechanics' Own, for Newport. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, Oct. 15—Ophir, from Islay; Janier, from Bilboa. Arrived, Oct. 16—Rajah of Cochin, from Akyab ; Kirk connell, from Maranham. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind, S.W. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; weather, light and fine. Arrived, Oct. 15-01impio, from Odessa. Arrived, Oct. 16—Success, from Dunkirk; City of Nor. wich, steamer, from Tonning. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.S.W., moderate. Arrived—Nassarima, from London, for Trinidad. Passed—Spheroid, for St. Vincent ; Vio let, for St. Michael's ; Busy Bee, for Shoreham ; Arve, for Cardiff; Sunshine, for Algoa Bay—all from London. Sailed—Augusta Wattenbach, Midlothian, King Phillip, Thames, City, Gwalior, H a vering, Majestic, Golcond a, and Advice, with most of the outward bound. The ships that remain are preparing to sail. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVlCE.—Colonial Department—A clerk ship in the Colonial-office has become vacant by the ap pointment of Mr. Higgins to a registrarship in bankruptcy. The Board of Trade—Mr. Thomas M. Johnstone, collector of customs, Woodbridge, has been appointed receiver of wrecks, vice Mr. Newson Garrett. Audit-office—A vacancy has been created in the Audit-office, Somerset House, by the death of Mr. E. E. Hoffay, junior examiner. The Dockyards--Thero are two clerkships vacant on the establishment at Devonport Dockyard. Customa—Mr. W. G. Flewker has been promoted from first-class clerk to be a principal clerk in the Long-room, Liverpool; Mr. Joseph Pyke has been promoted from second to first-class clerk at Liverpool i Mr. J. M. Williams has been promoted from first-class inspector of patrol to fourth-class tide-surveyor at Hull. Inland Revenue Department—Mr. E. Farncorab has been promoted from second clerk in office, Somerset o the promoted storekeeper's e pf k er e ro e m; p e andr' s office to be chief clerk in the registrar of warrant's oc e S o merset House; Mr. G. Evett has been promoted from a warehouse-keeper to be warehouse-keeper; u se Mr. D. M'lntyre from storekeeper to be assista n t warehouse m keeper ; Mr. W. A. Hawkins has been - in spector of permits to be chief clerk in the warehouse • Mr. H. Garlang has been pronioted freak the diary office t o' b r e . from first celhe°rkusein; s H n a pgin ey te h n ae den be t e o u f o p l r d em bo e o t k ed s th r e . J. re li . . keeper's office to be first clerk in the warehouse,--Civil "Servo Gazette. FLOATING DOCK, BASIN, AND HAR BOUR OF REFUGE AT GALWAY. A very practical and easily -accomplished plan for the formation of a floating d oc k and basin, the effect of which will be to convert Galway Bay into a harbour of refuge for mercha n t s hi ps of all classes, and a starting-point and station westward for her Majesty's navy at all seasons, and under all circum stances, has been placed before the directors of the Royal Atlantic Mail Steam Navigati on C ompany by their engineer. This plan can be carried out efficiently at an expense of less than £lOO,OOO, while a breakwater could not be constructed in less than treble the time, and at an expense certainly of not less than half a million. REPORT. With reference to the improvement of the harbour of Galway for the accommodation of the large steamships of your company, I beg to submit herewith for your consideration certain improve ments, which I have marked on the accompanying chart and ordnance map of the bay and harbour, and which I would propose to be adopted instead of the pier and breakwater proposed to be constructed at Mutton Island, for the following reasons :—ln the first place, I consider the works I propose can be executed at a much less cost ; and in the second place, when completed, the improvement that would be thereby effected, and the accommodation afforded would be far superior to what would be- effected and afforded by the pier and breakwater at Mutton Island. The improvement which I propose is to render the great basin (formed by nature) of Lough or Lake Athalia accessible or available for steamships and other vessels of the largest class and greatest draft of water. In order to effect this it would only be necessary to excavate by means of coffer dams a channel from the lake at where it is crossed by the railway to the entrance of the present dock ; and from thence to the roadstead the channel should be deepened where requisite by steam dredges. According to the soundings marked on the Admiralty charts by Capt. Bedford, it appears that but little dredging will be necessary either in Lough Athalia or from the entrance of the present small dock to the road stead, so as to give a depth at high water of neap tides of 24 feet, which is the greatest draught of the largest ocean going steamer, or even the great Leviathan. The entrance to the lake at where the railway crosses should be similar to the present dock, and having like it a pair of tide gates, whereby the water in the lough could be always. kept up at a height of not less than high water of neaps. The average present depth of the lake (according to the soundings marked on the Admiralty charts) at such times of tide is 21 feet, and at high water of ordinary springs 25 feet, and in some places there is a depth of 30 feet, so that very little dredging or excava tion would be required in the lake. The present swivel-bridge should be taken away, and another of a different construction erected in its stead. A wharf should be constructed alongside the railway, at which the steamers could discharge and load all goods, going or coming by the railway, as all such goods could be readily raised from this wharf and loaded on the trucks or other carriages on the railway, or lowered from these trucks to this wharf by means of cranes or gantries, with winches or by inclined planes constructed for the purpose. Other wharves, with sheds and storehouses, might be erected from time to time as occasion would re quire. Also graving docks and slips could be readily constructed along the west side of this splendid basin. The principal cost of these works would be the construction of the coffer-dams and the excavation of the channel from the entrance of the lake to about the entrance of the present dock, or to a line from it towards Rinmorepoint. All these works could be executed with much less difficulty and cost than the pier, in the most ex posed situation at Mutton Island. When these works would be complete Lough Athalia would be the largest floating basin in the world, comprising an area of 100 statute acres, ca pable of affording accommodation to the entire Bri tish fleet and to vessels of the largest class, as they could lie securely sheltered in the greatest storms in still water, in the greatest safety, and also where they could discharge and take in their cargoes and passengers close to the town and railway. I consider that the cost of the works I propose would be much less than those necessary to com plete the breakwater and pier at Mutton Island, but what the exact amount would be I cannot say until I should make the requisite surveys, sections, borings, &c., to enable me to send in an accurate estimate of the cost, which I can have done in three weeks from this date, if it is desirable by your lord ship and gentlemen that I should do so. I may, however, safely state, from a rough calculation, that it would not exceed one-half the amount Ile-, cessary to complete the pier and breakwater, and would not occupy beyond a third of the time to complete, which is very important, not only to your company but to the shipping interest of the kingdom. Although it is stated that £150,000 will suffice for the pier and breakwater, I beg to state that this sum will not be sufficient by one-half to complete the work. It will take at least £300,000 to construct the pier and breakwater, and even then it will be incomplete in giving perfect shelter to shipping for either , discharging or loading cargo without g r.n inside smaller harbour or dock, to have smooth water, otherwise ships cannot lie alongside without being torn and chafed to pieces, as well as injuring the pier. The pier would be of no use without the breakwater, and the two toge ther will not give the shelter that is expected. They cannot do so. They would break off the heavy sea rolling in from the open bay, but in bad weather there would ever exist a heavy swell inside the pier. The great floating basin I propose will give a hundred times more accommodation—by far greater security to shipping, as they will lie in perfectly smooth water, and have a constant and never ceas ing depth of thirty feet of water, accessible at high water to vessels up to the tonnage of the Leviaihan, and to the medium sized vessels (from 100 to 1,000 tons) at half tide, at which they can leave the basin and proceed to sea, or enter it and moor safely alongside of the railway quay proposed to be built for their accommodation. Not only would this work of constructing this enormous floatin g basin be less difficult to execute, and in less than the 'time of the pier and breakwater, but would not cost half the amount. The pier and breakwater would occupy from three to five years to complete, and at least three years before they could be of the least service. FATAL AFFRAY WITH A GAiIE KEEPER AT .NEWARIC. *- On Saturday afternoon last, about five o'clock, much excitement was produced in Newark by the report that a labourer, named Charles Braithwaite, had been shot dead by George Wesley, an under keeper in the employ of James Thorpe, Esq., of Beaconfield House, near that town. It appears the keeper was walking up Cliffe Nook-lane, when he met the deceased, carrying a gun, which he re quired him to give up. The deceased refused, and a fearful struggle ensued, both falling into a ditch five feet deep. Shortly afterwards the keeper called to a man who was passing, and said, "Poor Braith waite has shot himself;' after which the keeper went for assistance. The gun stock was broken into several pieces, and the barrel, as well as the clothes of the keeper, was covered with blood. During the evening the keeper gave himself into custody; and, on Monday an inquest was opened before the borough coroner, at the Newark Arms Inn, where the body of the deceased was taken. The above facts 'were stated by the accused, who added that during the struggle the deceased struck him on the mouth, when the gun went off and shot the deceased ,• but he could not account for its being so much injured. The sur• geon, who had examined the deceased, stated that the head and body were very much bruised ; but that the actual cause of death was the gun-shot wound. After sittil• seven hours, the jury ad journed to yesterday ( 'hursda . y),when it is expected that further evidence of an important nature will be produced. The excitement in the neighbourhood which such an event is in itself calculated to create, has been increased by the proceedings of the county magis trates in different game cases which have rece ntl y been brought before them. Tke deceas e d was s h ot through the heart, but he also tad a very serious wound on the head, and the latter, in the opinion of many persons who have seen it, is such as would be likely to have caused death if no other injury had been sustain e d. I t is also.very singular that the stock of th e gun should have teen broken into pieces, supposing the deceased shot himself, and that the various fragments of it and the gun barrel were found at distances of several yards from each other. The spot where the struggle occurred was just • within the boundary of the borough of Newark ; so that, much to the satisfac tion of the inhabitants, the judicial inquiry will not be held before the county magistrates. We may add, that the lane is a public highway, and that the keeper, therefore, had not the slightest right to demand the gun from the deceased while he was passing along it.—Manchester Guardian. A special general meeting of the London and South Western Railway Company is called for the 27th inst., to consider the expediency of the company taking leases of the Staines and Wokingham and Portsmouth Railways. Sharel 100 100 20.11 100 481 9 391 20 191 all all 17i all LITEP,ATURE. Dives and Lazarus. Judd - and Glass, New Bridge-street. This little work professes to narrate the adven tures " of an obscure medical man, in a low neigh bourhood." It is a simple and excellent method for telling the sorrows of the sick poor in the crowded courts and narrow alleys of London. The medical man, in virtue of his profession, is everywhere ad missible, and he sees their sufferings in their most painful aspe c t. H e sees th e me l a ncholy cases where the father of a family leaves his widow and children without any provision, ofteil in debt from his illness.; where diseases or accident's, sufficiently terrible to those who have the comforts of life, have to be borne with an uncertain supply of the barest neces saries, and where the close and crowded neighbour hood, the bad air and bad food, help to produce ill ness, whose victim is unable to quit their evil in fluences. All this is forcibly and simply portrayed in the little volume before ts. Of course, the NI fter does not pretend to say that all the sufferings of the poor are independent of their own conduct; but are there so many of the upper and middle classes who carefully regulate their expenditure within their income, and in times of prosperity lay by enough for a commercial panic and a suitable pro vision for their families, that we should judgd harshly those who have to maintain six or eight persons on 12s. or 15s. a-week, without education or example to teach them prudence ? The follow ing passage states forcibly the miseries entailed for want of better lodging-houses—an evil that might be remedied : " As it will greatly assist me in my argument, I will admit nearly all you state of the condition of the working classes to be correct—at least of a large portion of them ; but I maintain they are the victims of an infamous code of laws, and that, bad as their morals may be, those of the higher classes are equally open to reprobation. You taunt them with their love of the public-house, and that of their wives and children for the minor theatres. You might go still further, and name the penny theatres—though, thanks to the vigilance of the police, very few of them are to be found in the present day. Let me ask what other amuse ments are open! to them ? Home perhaps, you would say ? Go into one of their homes—l speak of that of the labourer—and what do you find it ? A foetid small room is, perhaps, all the accommodation they can obtain for four or five individuals. Sometimes I have seen eight in a room not more than ten feet square. It is impossible to stop demoralisation in these crowded dwellings; and is not that, may I ask, the fault of the Legislature ? Has any im provement taken place in London, of which one of its ob jects at least, if not the only one, has been to drive the poor man from his home ? While the population was increas ing rapidly, during the last half-century, was any accom modation made for their reception ? No ; during that time, thousands--ay, tens of thousa n d s — o f their dwelings were destroyed by successive acts c the Legislature; and have one hundred been rebuilt ? Has one act of Parliament been passed to oblige the wealthy to build fit and proper habita tions for them ? In one parish (Whiteehapel), in twenty years the population had increased by twelve thousand souls ; but, during that time, two thousand houses of the poor had been destroyed, and not twenty of them have been rebuilt. The nobleman, if he turns his dogs from one kennel, sees that another is provided for them. He, by birth, is a legislator ; has he ever shown a like considera tion for the poor of the metropolis ? Trace the amount of demoralisation it has oecasioned, and then say whether the blame lies with the Legislature or the poor. Consider the crowded state they must be in, and is it to be wondered that the father leaves the house if he has the opportunity ? Poverty naturally takes to the gin-shop. There is gaiety, light, and warmth in the tag-room, and temporary happi ness —or, with many of them, its equivalent—oblivion in the gin." There is much interest in some of the sketches, which are written with ability and straightforward ness, and the work is likely to be of effectual ser vice, by bringing forcibly before the rich and thoughtless the sufferings of their poorer fellow countrymen. THE NA VY. Her Majesty's screw steam gunvessel Teazer, Lieut.-Commander Charles Wrey, from the West Coast of Africa, yesterday steamed down the river from Woolwich to try her engines, and was subse quently admitted into basin to be stripped and pre pared for being paid off. The steam transport Dee, bringing a number of naval stores for Deptford dockyard, arrived a Woolwich on Thursday from Pcrtsmouth. THE ARMY. Yesterday orders were forwarded to Major Shaw's company, 12th battalion of the Royal Artillery, tp proceed to Barbadocs, and Captain Blosse's company, 12th battalion, to Jamaica. The different companies will embark at Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Cork, during the ensuing week, on board the steam transport Melbourne, which will bring home Capt. Margesson's company, sth battalion, and Major Barry's company, 4th batta lion, from Barbadoes, and Capt.lll.‘Crea's company, Bth battalion, from amaica. It was yesterday stated at the head-quarters of the Royal Artillery, Woolwich, in reference to the rumoured alterations which have been for some time past under contemplation by Government, that the first four battalions of Royal Artillery are to be formed into a brigade of field batteries, the first and second battalions to be despatched for per manent service in India, the third battalion to re main in garrison at Woolwich, and the fourth bat talion to be stationed in Ireland. The Woolwich. and Irish brigades, it is added, will be formed forth with ; the remaining ten battalions to be appro priately equipped and retained as garrison or siege artillery. The cost of the new measure, it is stated, will' entail a demand on the Treasury of £40,000. Major Strange's 7th company, 12th battalion, Royal Artillery, at Woolwidi, are ordered to relieve Capt. Barnett's Bth company, 4th battalion, on duty at the Tower. A detachment of 40 gunners of the Royal Artil lery were yesterday despatched from Woolwich in charge of a non-commissioned officer to do duty at Dover. Yesterday morning Admiralty orders were re ceived at the head-quarters of the Chatham divi- Son of Royal Marines, directing Colonel E. Rea, econd Commandant, to hold in readiness 200. no ncommissioned officers and marines to proceed to Sheerness at an hour's notice, should their services be reqtired. The officer selected to command the force is Lieutenant-Colonel W. H March. . A Chelsea board of officers assembled at the in valid establishment, St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, yesterday, for the purpose of inspecting the sick and wounded troops who have recently arrived. from India, in order to ascertain the number of men whose wounds unfit them for further service. The number of non-commissioned officers and men se lected by the Commissioners for dischargq was 23, the whole of whom have been awarded pensions according to their length of service and the nature of the wounds they have received. 36 convalescent non-commissioned officers and men belonging to various corps were also medically inspected at Fort Pitt yesterday morning by the medical Lt rff at that establishment, when, with but few exceptions, the whole of that number were declared fit for further service, and received orders to join their respective depots. In accordance with divisional orders issued by Colonel Rea., commanding the Royal Marines at Chatham, the whols of the officers and men now at head-quarters were yesterday morning drawn UP in the barrack-square for the purpose of hearing read the proceedings of two district courts' martial, which were recently held at Chatham for the trial of two privates belonging to the division, named Jesse Card, 25th company, and Dennis Hennesey, Ist company, for having deserted from the corps and afterwards rc.inlisted into another branch of the sc a i l •N n - i i e ce n , t omflietrheebyustuhaciy sumshad recruits t heG v o e i i ; joining. i d m e i f , iiau t d o ed The battalion having been formed into square, the prisoners were conducted to the centre and their sentences read. by Adjutant Elliot. The prisoner JesSe Card, who is a man of bad character, enlisted into the'6oth Rifles. He was sentenced to be branded with the letter " D," and also to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence for it o3 l a 6 l B A d r a til s l yi I , ennesey, who had. enlisted into th 4 was sentenced to 112 days' impril sonment, and also te be Marked with the letter "D." Both prisoners will be placed under stoppages until the whole sum of which they defrauded the Government is made good. The following medical officers at Fort Pitt, Chatham, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the stations named. for medical duty :—Staff Assistant Surgeon L. A. White and Staff Assistant Surgeon W. Holmes, to Ceylon ; Staff Assistant Surgeon J. Wilson; to Dub lin ; Staff Assistant Surgeon J. Robinson, to Wool wich ; and Staff Assistant Surgeon W. A. Gardener, to Winchester. Yesterday a great number of volunteers from Militia regiments who have completed their allotted. period of training arrived. from different parts of the country at the chief recruiting department, Delahay-street, Westminster, having enlisted for service in her Majesty's regiments in India. Up wards of 200 were forwarded to the Provisional Battalion at Chatham; a great many were billeted last night, previously to being despatched this day to the depots of the different corps which they have joined. ----- We (Ayr Obserrer) understand thtt, in anticipa tion of thmatened prosecu tion at the instance of the share• holders of the IVestern Bank, the directors have retained the services of eminent counsel, Mit. BRIGHT 's VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.—In addi ti„n to thepublic meeting convened by the Mayor, whereat Mr. Bright will address lais c e . o n n tl s e t m itu an en t t o s, a it pu h b a li s' cbedeinnndeertetro ethe ho n. Town-hall, on the 29th. 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