The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-01 00:00:00

- . MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. STOCK LISTS.-This day ho--e--- tat The influx of CITY, Two o ' CLocx. ENGLISH PITNDB. St nd still n • gold into the Bank of England is Bank Stock, 219 71. , laintained, and owing to the extensive supplies I tre3 per Cont. R3d,:2Ced Annu i t ies, 971 1. .°ly coming forward, and the limited remittances to e s t . i e 9 5 7 , 1 9 1 C1 1 1. vt slat France and other places, it is firmly believed that a N T , h e t v i 7 e e lr. p t e r r e 0 0e r n er t . c C e o , n t g . o A ls r, ,l , ! i l i n t td i „ St Long Annuities, expire Jan. 5, 1860, it. 31 the ,furth.er considerable accumulation of bullion will yet Long Annuities, 30 years, expire April 5, 1885, 18 11-161. I in- be, witnessed. Indeed, gold is now dearer in London India Stock, 214. old than India Debentures, 981. in Paris or Hamburg, and a resumption Do. scrip, 2d issue, 971. ble of theiately drain to those cities is therefore not imme- Consols for Account, 961 1. Si d Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 21d, March, 31-June, 22. 81 ty. ! anticipated. Since this day week, nearly Exchequer Bills, 5001., 21d., March, 31-June, 22. SI tad £ 3 00,000 has b een se nt into the national establish- Exchequer Bills, amall, 21d., March, 31- June, 22 . 1 MS ~'Bent, . and besides what may be received from Russia, FOREIGN FUNDS. ve. - america, and other places, £1,300,000 is en route from the A Five per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, Acct., 1031. 1 t to the latipodes, and will probably arrive here within 41 per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., +0 1 891 901 ex div. fore, next Three per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., 704 70. ace few weeks. The specie movement, there- Three per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 1853, 411 6. Iva could scarcely he more satisfactory. Even the So. per Cent. Tui kJ - 4h, 95. e se x a p l o e r . ts of silver to the East are on the most reduced Ditto Acct., 951 1. Ind Four per Cent. ditto Guaranteed, Acet., 1041. The present extraordinary importat ion of the ny, precious la metals, it is contended, must assist in preserv es- g the money market in the easy state to which the the hlic have now been accustomed for seve ral mouths. LONDON ,SITA.RE MARKET.--This .Day. igbAlthough a larger field is open for the employment :pia of the funds available in Lombard-street, and the term WIDINARY saimEs AND STOCKS. dit 2 , perhaps, are a shade higher, an impression -- , ___ _ -- -- --- exists in discount circles that the period has not even Business of Yet arrived when] a permanent change in Mare Rails. ay s. I laid Closing Price Do uc. ns. tile p osi t i on ~,, of financial affairs need be expected. ----"-----'-' - act -t oe resourc es of the market are too extensive It ii• imberg., Notting.. Bee.. per to render it more than temporarily sensitive to the and Mutton Junc - m 3... 10 63 63 61 extra 10 3elfast, and Bal.ymena ... all - - Ind demand for accommodation resulting from the 13 14 Sir., Wel., .tg Stour Valley, all 71 81 )be liquidation of Stock Exchange accounts, the sub- ?tool 11., Lan., a Ches. June. Se riPti Lien . lOO 67 69 Ind en to the Indian and Turkish Loans, and the t 5 Blackburn ous p r eparations for, the 4th of the month. It is just to is illyth 'Tyne original 221. . All 30 32 observe, however, that this view is not shared in by stock Bristol and Exeter l6O 94 96 ilks all who are considering the question, as many Rigs t are induced to believe that, in spite of large Stock )alodotitan ited re ce ipts Stock O'nester mid liels head - -100 34 36 of gold and silver, the growing demands 2 ,teat 50 Gork and Bandon. ... ~, all - - u pon the supply of money in Lombard-street and at 10 Oort,Blackrock,&Pasgage all - - serezit a 5 t he Bank, abundant as it may have been represented, 50 Wrawall 0 d iv . M ust soon stimulate a reaction at all events to a Up , D "C • P A cr an all ... MD IQ Do. A 1 W:" IIT point more in accordance with the average value of 10 DO ' S (has peen paid toB. all .... ... die- ac commodation when trade is healthy and vigorous. 60 Dublin and Belfast Jane all -•-• is Dun.,Peran, it Aber. Jan. all 7 8 :ells The precise amount of gold taken to the Bank ally yesterday was £22,000, chiefly from America. Al- Stool Bast Anglin. IoW , thou g h ,a, o L iastern Counties lOO 61 62 60 the exchange at New York is not sufficiently rtoc e :le ]astern Union Stock ....,.... ' 120 46 48 the h igh to render shipments very remunerative, mode- Stock Do. Do. B. Stock ,.. 100 31 U :: Do. New A. (late E.U Bh. 83 .-. oral ra terernittances are nevertheless considered probable. ) a ll 12 15 ties The ea anions expressed by the speculators, in Stock 4114 Lancsehire llO 91 93 It d und reference to the New Turkish Loan, prove that the I: East Suffolk Do. ..... all -- - all -, - C ontemplated measure, is by no means popular at stock 6dinburgh and GlasEow 4 100 64 65 old, the Stock Exchange. It is believed, however, that Stock Win., Perth, and Dundee 100 24s 251 281 rae- an influential clique of capitalists, disappointed 10 forth and Clyde Junction all -.-. at not getting the loan themselves, are trying to Stock Furman; lOO -.- that frustrate its present negotiation. Whether they ate- will succeed, yet remains to be seen, but there can be o w ti es an i d er . ! a o l t 1 : 1 too too 101 981 6 ( 1 110 e I I ir e % agttioo Northern sof x Do. Do. A. Stock lOO 79 81 no doubt that their endeavours are likely to have some effect,in consequence of the known exhaustion of the sleek effe • DO. Do. B. Stock lOO 132 134 Best ireat Bonn. & Wn.lrelar•it 100 104 It 6 1021 vere treasury at Constantinople and the little confidence felt soak great Western lOO 503 503 50 3 own in the political stability of the country. But, apart from s6 ,2sock Do.Stour Val. Bail. Gu.Sk 100 52 54 19 Irish South Ea5tern.. .. .. . .a1l - ions these considerations, which are met by the assurance 50 trancaster and Carlisle .. ... all 88 92 rice. that a thorough financial reform is intended, the 163 Do. Thirds l4l 12 13 or as 1618; Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 prr It aid terms upon which the £5,000,000 is now sought are Stook Lancashire andYorkshir too 931 941 z d ;ars. liberal and attractive. It is understood that a fair 16 Do. do. F. £l6 6 13 3 din a Do. do. 29 shares 7 1 3Ma Sold proportion of the first issue is already subscribed for, i 00. West Riding Vila, 3- - 'ter- and that the applications are making favourable pro- so Cilverp., Crosby,a South - 2. ali - - JO- . ud s London and Blackwell a ll 53 63 gress. Besides the above, however, a large sum is 6 s Do. New 11 - - 3100 due upon the shares of the Copiapo Extension, Stock Lon, Brighton, aB. Corsi 100 109 110 it 'able Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, and Lombardo- Stock London Sr North-Western 100 921 13 89 381 111 Do. Eighths ✓ enitian. The amount due on the last is £625,000. Stock London k South - Wasters 109 Ai (31 923 3 W elt The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 25 Loudon and Coleraine all ... -. lend 15 London and Enniskillen all ..- - quietly, and 6,000 bales were disposed of at full rates. be- Stook lianchea.,Bhef.,& Lincoln- 106 14 341 133 Railway ' Shares presented less firmness, and the 10 Metropolitan _, • -dl2 Stock aßdland. .. lO O3 971 973 961 5} and quotations slightly receded. Stock Do. Birmingham & Derby 100 CC 68 The English Stock Market is very dull ; but so lid.Gt.West. (Ireland) all - cute although the transactions are extremely limited, in I P 3 Sli de and ()arils an ma mat ;9 of the variation in prices does not show increased - ii Ne eN"M rt.AbOrg.. "Tleere i all. - 9 11 . idea w eakness ; they remain almost stationary at to Newry Barremagh (def. 9 - - *eat th e point established yesterday afternoon. Fur- $l 2l ii r azr o yept. is Rostr. 11 1 , 1 1 1 ) 6 7 6 7 meat the n „ arrivals of gold are reported, but neither so northern Counties -union g ot 1 dis Stock North British Hon, thi s n or . the influx of bullion into the Bank Stk, North Devon RailltDk.ilk 100 - .. bona 11 4„ 8 ihment to restore an appearance of buoyancy. Stk. Do.A Stk.-A racy. no div. were The continued advance of the French Funds is also tmtil 6 p.c.has been pd : 100 -.. .... Eitk Do. B Stock ,.. ug without any influence here. Consols have been ttoei North Eastem-Berwick 100 91 931 901 13 901 long • 96 i 11, for money and account. For October they 15 Da. do. G.N.E. Purehase 16.15.4 14 I 4 Ms are 96i. Bank Stock is firm at 227 i to 229. The Stock Do. Leeds eieW. Stook Do. York Niel?, 3 per Cents. are marked 971 i, and also the Stock North London too 193 991 z d 2 a ll ! Reduced Annuities ; Long Annuities, 18 11-16 1 ; 10 N. a 8.7 estn.,Hampstesd, mills the March Exchequer are 31s. prem. ; June ditto, 10 so sig i v t ity . J r u d n s etion. Si. Is. - -. a l7l 51 53 as id is 225, prem. ; India Stock, 214 ; Ditto Loan Deben- 20 North Western all 8 9 10 Nor h & Sou. West. June all 3 9 • tUres, 981 ; and ditto, 2d issue, 971. Stook Ittord, Wore., 31 , Folveria 100 17 28 into • Foreign securities continue inactive and prices are to i'eablai aii - .... peril well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 941 95 ; 2° Portsmouth l9 7 5 dis WO dit 10 Rhymney to 4 per Cents., 1041 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., Stock Scottish Central 100 111 113 n of 8 0 ta Cents., 90 ex. div.; ditto, 70;; Portuguese 3 per Stock Scottish N.E., Aber. Stk 100 27 28 D ca- ‘ - 'ents , 454 46 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1031. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 t of Ne w . Turkish Scrip is i i premium. ;took ahropahire Union. lOO 44 46 10 Bittingbe. & Sheerness all 3 S at. Wks Rather more business has been done in the Rail- Stock South Devon no 34 VI 43 Itcok 3outa-Eastern ioo 71 72 701 3 'Ocla , may Share Market, and prices ge n e rall y show an Stock So South Wales lOO 77 79 20 South Yorks. &River Dun all 14 15 ly be _ l mprovement of about Ito 1 per cent . Caledonian, so Do. Do lB 6 4 Its ;and Eastern Counties, and North Eastern (York) advanced so Staines, Woldn. & Woking all 9 11 The 5 5.; Great Northern, Great Western, South Western, 15 Stockton and Darlington all 151 261 lades and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; North Western, :: t.. do.. 18 54..- 5 20 ... i 5 „ 7 ..... ars form Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Sout - Stockton and Hartlepool 164 -. - mit- Eastern declined ss. • and Edinburgh, Perth, and II " k raff Val° lOO ..... ..., Stock Do. Preference No. 1 lOO .... Dundee £l. The oreign and Colonial lines have 25 thames IlavonDk.k Rail. is .. .... ter of been exceedingly dull, with little alteration to notice Stw k v a le of Neath "" .... '.. ' - I°o - con' in values. Grand Trunk of Canada have ad- Stock Waterford and . Kilkenny 100 - -• aided 50 Waterford and ilmegiok all - -• vanced £l. 10 West Cornwall ........ flap For Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares to W.E. af.Lcluariggre all -.- )rill - there has been a very limited inquiry. Ottoman :{ (beerol 7 pr. et. has} 2 1 , 1 1 p zobie Bank and Peninsular and Oriental Steam were at n westtodo u n paid to 8... all ... ... iding previous rates ; and South Australian Land declined 10 Do. Ist Class ... iePa" IN, to 15g. 10 Do. 2cl do 1 all •-•-, Ding Consols for money and acco unt, 96 1 I ; ditto for Wool • October, 964. LINER LEASED AT TEULD SINTALL istri - , ___ 'eked MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT AT MONTROSE.- Leasing ) ( Business WO' Ballways ' POUR LIV ES LosT.-On Saturday last a distressing casualty Paid. o omp= 1„ . Medal Prlci. i Dom pre o ccurred I , mess occurred near the harbour of this town. Between 10 and 11 ..220--- ...- --s -o'cloek, forenoon, a party, consisting of seven persons- Sedlord & Bletohley all Lon.*N.Wn. - - Over Buckinghamshire lOO L•n.lt N. W. 100 102 na lndy Mr. C. S: M. Somerville, chemical manure mann alydesdale Junction -.. too Oatedonlan... 104 106 )01 1 " fa ' iur ehlrer ; Mr. William Mitchell, shipbroker ; Mr. Charles Oolchestar, Stour Val all E.Un.11211.0. 16 18 curl i lateheoa, lime and coal nwchant ; Capt. Mackie, of the LLineolnshire. g. 6p. c lOO Gt. Northern 141 148 )111 1 . ) lad schooner Alert, and his btother, a boy of only thirteen 11. Union. Harwich Shra all E. Counties. 6 II . . 6 the Years of age, all of Montrose, with Messrs. Murray and Do. Woodbridge ..... ills. Barr aNells.Direct. 100 Caledonian.. .. ... posed Smeaton, lime and coal merchants, Cspar-Angus, who were , Do. New lOO Do. this)* ! Ori a visit, proceeded to take a sail in Montrose Bay. They Cowes. & Dean Porest 4+ll CM.. Western - v. a d htle left the harbour in the ship's boat of the schooner Vigi- 4artlopool Dock. &Rail. all, U.N.& Bet. 4.. .p Sant, and sailed down the Southesk, close to the wind, with a gall and Selby all 111.6 N. Mid. 111 112 pod , e vied 2 eainsail and jib set, and a pretty stiff breeze from the N.N.E. Do. it Shares .... all. Do ..... MEP PP O . n reaching opposite the Ness Point, where the river falls mto the ocean, they had evidently discovered that the sea Do. 1 Share' ... ...... ..... all Do -..- London and Greenwich all Bth. Eastern 13 14 iortbDo.Preference. ... ... ... all Do l2l 111 con - w as too reugh for their tiny bark, as they were seen to put Lon., Tilby &Southend 100 Pato &Co 92 94 93 ~ gold about for the purpose of returning. Captain Mackie was 50. Barking Shares all Do. at the helm, and must have taken toe little sea-room, as the tamastoft, gua. 4 per ot. 100 Norfolk -. 21 all boat Do. Do. It per cent lOO D 0.......... ..... - - r hi° ran violently to leeward and went broadside upon a Ranches., Btu., a Matl. all tab N.W.B2M. it 21 large rock called the Stone, which lies about eight or ten ;Oat alt Stook.kDarl .. yards from the south bank of the river, and is bare at the t il i t iVa lu d l rr ' stord ear" 100 Midland......: 98 100 s el top at low water. The Stone must have been seen from the rub' ginsg n t.By. Eg, gu. 5 p.c. 51.50.6 En. Counties 1 4pm pm boat, as the tide had not flowed more than half an hour. The wortharn and Eastern all Do. ....... ..... 58 60 ppe, boat was instantly capsized, and the whole seven passers - Do. 6 per cent all D 0.... ....... ..... .... woou gers were precipitated into the sea. Mr. Mitchell was the Do. Vied 5 per cent all D 0... - .... twif first t o reach the rock, when he assisted Mr. Hutcheon moon and Wyre .. all La irwt - - Nett and Mr. Murray to get upon it, but could render no (*) ,A„ Bha ,, re r , s 4 A- , in all D 0...... ....... ... .... ;h t° tidier aid to the other four persons. Mr. Mitchell then swam - gi er - r - acii - 00 - i r '' .. and ~.. 100 Qt. Norther- 140 144 to the shore and gave the alarm. A messenger the, that Roth, and Goole 18.11.6 Lau. & Bork. - eo f Wag despatched to the fishing village of Ferryden, half a sarewsburya Hereford. all INr.T.Brassey 9 10 mile otf, and a number of persons were soon on the spot. South Staffordshire- all /21r. M'Clean 91 101 mall Wear Talley all i Stook. 6 Dar - ..' Somerset..... 100 Grt. Western '9O 92 Meantime the four unfortunate persona bad sunk to rise Do. do all Do ,D2l S4l 2 0 6 , con' 1 110 more. The young lad Mackie, who was an excellent swim.... t.... oh....vpd for a time to battle with the billowy; in nk inill t a lod nd o i r I all , Lon. h Brlgh 8 9 . MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT AT MONTROSE.- YOUR LIVES LOST.—On Saturday last a distressing casualty occurred near the harbour of this town. Between 10 and 11 o'clock, forenoon, a party, consisting of seven persons— namely, Mr. C. S . M. Somerville, chemical manure manu facturer ; Mr. William Mitchell , sh i p broker ; Mr. Charles Hutcheon, lime and coal nwchant ; Capt. Mackie , of the 'chi:loner Alert, and his bt'other, a boy of only thirteen years of age, all of Montrose, with Messrs. M urra y and omeatou, lime and coal merchants, Capar - Angu s, who were ° A a visit, proceeded to take a sail in Montrose Bay. The y left the harbour in the ship's boat of the schooner Vigi lant, and sailed down the Southesk, close to the wind, with a mainsail and jibset, and a pretty stiff breeze from the N.N.E. On reaching opposite the Ness Point, where the river falls into the ocean, they had evidently discovered that the sea wag too rough for their tiny bark, as they were seen to put about for the purpose of returning. Captain Mackie was at the helm, and must have taken toe little sea-room, as the boat ran violently to leeward and went broadside upon a large rock called the Stone, which lies about eight or ten yards from the south bank of the river, and is bare at the top at low water. The Stone must have been seen from the boat, as the tide had not flowed more than half an hour. The boat was instantly capsized, and the whole seven passen gers were precipitated into the sea. Mr. Mitchell was the first to reach the rock, when he assisted Mr. Hutcheon and Mr. Murray to get upon it, but could render no aid to the other four persons. Mr. Mitchell then swam to the shore and gave the alarm. A messenger was despatched to the fishing village of Ferryden, half a mile off, and a number of p er sons were soon on the spot. Meantime the four unfortunate persona bad sunk to rise 13 c more. The young lad Mackie, who was an excellent swimmer, was observed for a time to battle with the billows; and one of the men held on for a short period by the boat, but was ultimately washed off and lost. The coast all around the Ness Point is composed of precipitous and projecting rocks ; and the Stone, the rock where the casualty happened , i s a very dangerous part, a terror to the most experienced of the fishermen, and where many lives have been lost in the same way. Mr. Somerville was an enterprising ci t iz en, in the prime of life. He has left a wife and two children. Captain Mackie was a young seaman of much promise, 21 Years of age, and was just about to be married. Mr. Smeaton, whe was also much respected in Cupar-Angus, has left a wife and young family. Up to Saturday evening none of the bodies had been found, though active search was being made for their recovery. A NURSE MAKING CONFESSION.—" I'm dying, doctor—l feel it. You're sure I'm. dying, ain't you?" in terrupted she, changing her solemn tones for very shrill ones, ‘ 1 you are quite sure." We are sure of nothing," said gravely; " you are very seriously ill." " I know," ex claisned she bitterly, relapsing into her melancholy phase again, " that is what all you doctors say; but it means death. Oh, e;r, I have been a very, very wicked woman indeed. I have eomething—l have three things on my mind, Which it will do me good, I think, to get disburdened of ; they will kill me else, I feel, of their own selves. And, sir, I have not got a soul in the world to tell them to, only you.,, So this dreadful old person had indeed dragged me out of ray warm bed for the purpose of reposing in me a dangerous confidence, which my own good nature invited. "Do you remember the very stout gentleman, doctor—him with the apnleplexy in Ward No. 2—at St. Harnabasses ? " "446. Pleurisy. Left convalescent ? " inquired I, from memory. "The same, bled him to death, doctor, at his own house within the week. His friends paid me by the job you see, and I was anxious to get it over." " Good heavens !" cried I ; "and to save yourself a little trouble you committed, then, a cruel murder 7" " 14a wept off like a lamb," cried the wretched creature, apologetically, " But there's worse than that. I once gave a young gent. four doses of lauda num in one, and you wouldn't a known when he was dead from when he slep. But them was murders for all that, I know." "They certainly were, miserable woman," cried I, indignantly. "Havel yo anything yet more upo n y our m i n d ?" " Hush !" whispered sbe, pointing to wards the door; " she's listening ; they always does it bless you—l knows 'em 6o well. Once, only enee, as I'm 4 sinful woman—l smothered wouldman with his pillow ; tintt was for his money ; he have died any wa y, because Ms had the lock-jaw. if N o w,i/ added she, with a tong drawn sigh, and after a pause, " I feel somehow utter and more comfortable like, thanks to you, sir." The patient bad sunk back from kr sitting posture, as if ex nausted with this terrible naaration ; but re ad in her yet anxious eyes that she had still something more to say. Presently she again broke silence, and this time the emplia kla with which she spoke was mingled with a tone of gratitude. Sbe desired to recompense we, I suppose for my prompt attention and interest, and delivered hers If of this advice instead of a fee :—" When your time comes, doctor, and your friends send for the nuss, don't let them pay her by the job."—ChanzberB's Journfil. Ruw -- Ay AND CANAL COMPANIES,— 'ram a Par liamentary return issued yesterday, under this bead, it appears that the total amount of share capital of railway and canal. companies in the United Kincdom, paid u p on the 31st December, 18 5 7, was es follows t —England---Railways, £187,973,117; canals, £13.053,696. Scotland —Hallways? £5 ; 208,58 . 5 ; canals, £47.329. Ireland— Railways, P 2 , 623,3543 • canals , _xingdom-14 I £674.890. Total for tltO United --ai•waYa V 15,805,058 ; canals, £13,775,924. The total amount of parochial rates and tare=, an d of pas ager duty paid by the railway companies n in Eneland, period was 08 ) &50 118' 54 ' 5c0 165. „ l end, and Ireland, during the year 1857, was i t66 ' °sB the Will amount paid by can a l comp an i es within the age; FE2I9IIIINOI BRANS& Cluing Mac 49 SI 96 96 ,04 100 5 6 mil NW 115 %20 103 104 117 119 116 117 ISt 1114 BO Et 122 12S 116 116 107 109 65 67 11 11i •Ell WO 91 9S 82 134 i. 3 95 96 98 9} 10 le} 17} 91 101 72 74 181 191 91 91 1111 14} 1118 140 It 8 ICS 116 112 I PM 70 IEB 140 104 106 94 i 90 i Pm .. lit Ili Si 91 108 110 981 991 t OW par 4. par Is 14 118 110 0$ 100 ,„ Ensiniss Dons. &gtlWr+ys. ihars. l Nock 12.10 Stock Stock Stock Stk} Myth and Tyno 10 per o. pref. (issued et £508tc0..... Brie. it net. 4 p.ct.' , Do. do. do. ....... ..• Caledonian 103., tt p. C.. Do. shares, No. '2 ......... o:,eeter & 1. oly head, sipc Do. do. 5 pc: cent Cork and Bandon, 5} 9. c. Dtm.,Porth, It Aber. ALTA E. Anglian Mace A Shure* Do. Claee B 6 Ter cent.... Do. Claee C 7 per cent. .. E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. at. No. Do Do. New 6 por cent. Stock Gael. Union, 4 p. 01 H. Lan., 6 per cent B. de Wt. York. Junc.fifth Odin. I Glae. 5 p.c. sharet Odin., Berth, and Dnndet PllrlloBB 5 per cent ilae. St B.Weet. gun. p. ct. Great Northern, 5 y.cent 134).5p.c.ltedeemable, 10 p.s . Do. 4} per cent. do Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, red.at 5 p.• Stook Stock Stock Stook litoOk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stack Stock stock stock 6 etoelc !hoax stock Stock stock Stock Stock Stock Steck Stock Stork Stols lit)oi 100 1.10 100 100 Gt.Nh.of Bcotland,lst pre Gt.Bn.&Wn. (Ireland) 4 per cont. pi et. Stock.. West. (Berke # Hang RI. 5 per Cent) Jo. Con.&Redm.4i per ot Do. do. 4 per cent. Do. Irredeemable 4 par ot. Do. 6 per ct. redeem. prof Do. Binning. pre!. sharel. Do. Chester 8 p.c.pr.slisre. Do. do. 5 per c,nt. do I Do. Birming. guar. stock. Do. Chester guar. whores.. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & Yorkshire 6 per C. `knd. & Brigh. gna. 5. p. 6 50. Pref. 5 p. et. Stock . )o. New guar. 6 pit ee t. jo, 4e. 4 per cent Lon. & „Ca v .& Nunea ton, 5 per cent ..ondon and &West. 7 p.c Londondy. & Cole, }.hart Londonderry & Ennis,} oh.' Lin„ Do. 61 Do. si per cent.— kinryport and Carl. 4 p. c. Do. do, 4t per cent Do do 1i1d.00n.6 per cent. Stool J Do. Con. Brie. & Bir.6 p, et.' p. c. Pref. Stock_ Do. with option till 1860 Do. talc. and Mt. pref.st.. ew-port, Aber. &c.prel... .10. Per pet. 5 p. gorlolK Debenture Bbt.m 10. 6 per c„ Es. Bk., 184. ) 0 . 5b p. 6. Pre l .-Sk., lA4' „ 7orth British )o. Ti, Breferauce va.gt er —Bei*, 4 p.c )o. Leek; 6 v.: ct 1 1 0 - )o. ao 4 - I , l;teris. 1%0 Oo rot K 11. S. larel forth%LaftordsAlre AL.W02.,kW01.,6 r.c. Do. Ix 6p. C. 2tl Ao. o, o Desbentim Ak 100 110 100 110 100 PIC- t h to froth dug, 16 01 Neil and k the 100 4 E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1858. PZWYMI;IVT.29 EHAREE;--;Oonunse.l.) I..ilwsys. r&ia. (nosing Prim Zulu Dont. Erseerz ors: 8/ iic.oi'liii.Sentral, now prat ;ock 1:,0t.N. E. Debenture .ock p. c. pre. 4 - tc•ig , g. G p. C ;ock Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock lrs. (South Devon 10 :wed pev 0 E I.ga3tr.. (Bead, An.)9.oe;Gd Lock Do. 4/ per cent ;ock Do. fixed 4/ p. cent, let in Lock Do. New 4/ p. cent. 2d is riSouth Wales guar. 4 p. ct "' I !Do. do. 4/ per cer...t 80 ISh.Torkshire, 4p. et. wail 'B5 Stockton &Darling.s p. 85 Do. de. 5 per cent , W;.ktor.t. Kilkenny 8 p. cl 100 100 100 100 all 74 71 122 124 125 128 10 11 21 211 102 164 102 104 Jo In 17 19 ..... ....- pa 40 45 COLONIAL YOMON. :-.. Ei:llanya. B taines htt I\Cd. !assltz Fil:23. - Thr e. 100 ,Adlantic & Se% Lawronce, all - --80 18 lilom.llarods,k Cen.lndia 9 par ipm 18 ali 18 1 , i 'Do. Acidlll, - ,nal Capit .1 A . all 4 .41' ipm 8 o o B. 41 1 dis tpm 20i 'Thalalo & Lake Huron .... all 7 8 201 IDo. Now 1 Buffalo,Braut, & Goderich I 161 13 12 dis 1001 83 88 wt .., ,6 p. C. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 - ;Do. do. 1 July, 1873 lOO 73 82 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 lOO 75 80 10 ICalcutta &S. Eastern .. Is. - -- pm 20 'Cape Town & Dock Scrip Is. ... .... em N 0 "Central Oude (Limited) ls. 6d. ..* "" Si (Cleylon 17, ' Demerara all .... - 10 , Eastern Bengal took Bast Indian 10 Do. e shares., ..,..„, all .- - 30 Do. E shares Eaten... 5 4 4Pm 20 Do, Jubbulpore - - 100 'Do. t 1 p. c.Bonds,pay.'s9 all 10 Geelong and Melbourne, all - - stock Geelong Corporation 6 p. cent. Bonds - -- hock Grand Trunk of Canada... 100 3 8 39 36 a opt. 100 Do. 6 per o. Debentures... all '73 75 731 4 100 Do. 6 p.c. Pref. Ln 6O 10 5 dis Great Indian Peninsala all 21 214 10 Do, New 5 pas tent 4 par lam 10 Do. do 1 4 4Pm 10 Great South of India 2s. i ipm pm 101 Great Western of Canada all 17t 174 171 101 Do.new IS 34 21 aia 100 Do.bonds payable '76 lO5 108 100 Do. do. '73, do. ' 6O ...... 100 Do. do. '73, withe - opt all 104 106 100 Do. 51 p.c. do. 77, do all 99 100 10 Madras all 181 191 10 Do. now, do. 5 percent all 201 201 201 4 10 Do. 41 p. 1. Eaten lb 1 Ot ais I 10 Do. third Eaten, g. sp. o 5 i 4Pm 10 Do. fourth do 5 4 4 Pin 20 f New Branswick, &c. (lim )10 1 It dis Do. do. B Capital lO 4 3 dis 20 ,Beinde, guar. Ip. c l5 4 4pm Do. New 5 par t pm 10 Punjanb S par 4pm 20 Do. Indus Steam Flotilla 5 par Ipm 10 Trinidad, Limited, Scrip_ 1 par ipm 10 Antwerp and Rotterdam. all 51 51 51 10 Bahia & San Franoisco I par 4pm 6 Belgian Eastern Atuction all 1 It 10 Beziors to Graissessutc all -- -. 6 Carrneaux &Toulouse all 21 21 10 Mitch Rhenish. l5 4 4 dis 10 Bastera of France . all 371 28 10 Euphrates Valley 2l. - -pm 10 Great Central of France- all -.- 10 Gt. Luxembourg, con. she all 71 84 10 Italian Junction 6 .... - 10 Lake Constance and Bask. all .... ~.. 10 Lierre and Turnhout all -. 10 Lombardo Venetian 3 Lucca 3cP:stoJa, a p.t.pref all -- 10 Lyons and GOlleVit ,., all 31 25 134 Maria Antonia all -- ... 10 UMW& Liege CI 9 91 10 Do. do. 6 per cent. prof ll 1 all 214 16 Northern of Franco....- all 571. 374 33 23 Do; do.new l2 - - 10 Norw avian Trunk Prefer 811 81 at 10 Ottoman 10 Paris and Lyons au 321 321 10 Faris and Orleans... . . ..... all 5° t 4 10 Recife & San Fran., g. 7 p.c 9 4 4on zin 20 Riga & Dunaburg 4 lir am 10 Rome and Frascati all - - 10 Royal Danish. „all -•- 5 Royal Swedish.... ..... . - all -. .- 10 Sambre and MOUSE , alf 71 8 10 To. 51 per cent. pref.... all 94 91 10 Bouthern of France . all 211 22 34 West Flanders All 54 51 10 Do.slper eent.Pref all 91 94 10 West. &Northn.of France all 14 15 10 Western of Austria 6 - - 10 Western of Switatuiand... all "' .... 6 Wiesbaden all - s. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT, SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July 100 1121 113 k 11 3 1 1 - Do. 6.p . c.'Feb.&Aug.' 100 111 113 - Do. 6 p.c. Mar.&Sep. tioo 111 113 111/ - N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July 100 101 103 , - Do. 6 p.c. Apr. & Oct. -100 - - - N.S.W.Gov. &p. c. Debent. 100 931 101 4 100 - Nova ScotiaCrov. 6 p.c. St. - Debent. redeemable 1875 100 109 111 110 91 - S.Aus..Gt.6,p.c. Jan.&July, 100 109 111 - Vict.410v.:43.c. Jan.&July 100 - - MINED I , Pal 4. Clotlig Prim. nal. ihare., Mines. alli Dollo. ......... i i 1.... at55.........eva .................. ............... - mrsmosir• 10 .Australian 74 1 1 1 Bon Accord Copper, limd los. 4 Ipm t 5 ,Bratilian imp. i Is. at 54. p.) 27 I 14 10 DO. Bt. John del Rey l5 11 12 5 Do. Land & Mining Co all 11 1* 1 Cobra Copper all 39 41 40 Ooplapo l6 111 121 ... Dun Copper Mining Co all 1 1 2 Fortuna ali 11 21 10 General I all 14 20 3 Lames all 91 1 9 1 6 LUsiltuilan li 11 1 dls 1 Maricinits all 1 1 1 New Granada all if 1 10 ,Pontgibaud Silver, &a all 5 7 5 !Port Philip..., 1 1 1 10 Santiago deaths 164 * I 111 181 United Mexican all 5 51 - i Alfred Consols (Phillack) 2.11.1( 8 9 10 British Iron l4 21 34 .- Oondurrow (Camborne)- 20 50 60 10 IDevon-Great• Consols t 1 455 465 - , East Bassettllllogan) - Great SoutlkTolgus , l7l. 15 16 ▪ Par Consols (St.-Blaxley) 11 141 174 ..... 113ortridge Console Min. Co. 61. 1 1 I iTamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 1 4 10 l'in Cro ft 9 si It 175 190 2 d - Welt Baleet'alloganl .101 NT 6TOOI BLIIIII. lutenist mars. Zola Stock Banks. I Paid. Closing Prices. Don , •••••••••• ~ ...MllMMomismonimm........., .........0. ...11111.11■11.1.... .111111.11111 , 100 Agra & United Service Bk 50 - - 40 Lustralasia 25 Rank of Egypt all 241 25 100 Bank of 'London . - ... 410 t Brit. Col. Bank A Loan Co all - -- 50 I British North American all 57 59 10 [Ohartd.Bank of India, Ac 10 3 54 Ms 15 100 ,City 5O \ et t 30 31 4 100 Colonial 20.11 Commer. Bank of Canada all 4 - - WO l Oommercial at Loudon,- 10 20 11 10 llnglish, , Scottlmh, & Aus. all 17 171 10 Gen. Ilk of Switzerland all . - - 50 LLon.Char.Bankof Austral. all 201 511 50 (London and County lO 171 181 w 50 London Joint Stock , 10 11 IS 100 London & Westminster 2O 411 461 100 I National Prov. of England 56 ..- •-• 10 Do. new lO w. - 10 iNattoaal Bank 25 .... 10 New South Wales all 47 49 15 ,Orient. Bank Corporation all 57 58 10 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland l5 62 64 10 Do. new all -...-... 15 Bouts. Australia. all - la 25 Do. new 15 Union of Australia. ~ all 58 60 15 Do. New 2O 52 14 50 Union of London lO 541 251 100 Unity Mutual ......... - 100 Western Bank of London 50 18 17 dii 1 TfIIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. DEBBY RACES-(THIS DAY.) (By Electric Telegraph.) MAIDEN PLATE. Slyfellow 1 Wanderer Lazy Lass CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Gaspard Newcastle Raspberry Seven ran DERWENT STAKES. Nougat The Deer Miss Partridge TRADESMAN'S PLATE. Dead heat between Honeytree and Odd Trick. DECIDING HEAT. Odd Trick Honeytree MEMBERS PLATE. - Neweas.le Hells Marmalade LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 apt Toxopholite (taken) 7 to '2 agst Fitz Roland (taken) 7 to 1 agst Hadji (take's) 1000 to 30 agst Volta (taken) POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE.—FORGING A BILL or Ex- CHANGE FOR £46o.—This morning a gentlemanly dressed man, a foreigner, who gave the name of Joseph Ruscovitch, was placed before the Lord Mayer, charged with forging, and then uttering, a bill of exchange for £460, with intent to defraud Mr. T. Gillespie. Mr. Gillespie, of 2, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane, said that is the early part of August, lasyear, the prisoner entered our office, and presented a bill of exchange drawn by one of our correspondents at Constantinople,and payable at sight for £3OO. A cheque for the amount was given him, and he quitted the place. In a few days afterwards, the 15th of August, lie again called and presented another bill of exchange, for the sum of £460, and believing the same to be a genuine instrument, I drew a:cheque on Messrs. Bar clay and Co. for the amount. From information received afterwards it turned out that the last bill was a forgery. The bill, like the first one he presented, amongst other sig natures, bore that of Mr. C. S. Anson, of Constantinople, by whom it was indorsed to the prisoner. A gentleman from the firm of Anson, Brothers, of Great Winchester• street, on looking:at the bills, said—The indorse ment on the bill for £3OO is a genuine signature, but that for the £460 is a forgery. Mr. Dutson, cashier to Messrs. Barclay and Co., bankers, of Lombard-street, said—On the 15th of August, 1857, I cashed a cheque of Messrs. Gillespie's for £460. I gave four £5O Bask of England notes and £260 in gold. Prisoner—l was not the party who presented the cheque. The Lord Mayor—He does not say you were. Witness—The party signed the cheque in the name of " J. Ruscovitch." Mr. Bailey, of the Bank of England, produced four f5O notes which were exchanged for gold on the 15th of August, 1857. On the back of each note is the name of Ruscovitch, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. They are the same notes as described by the last witness. Mr. Bakewell, merchant, of Great:Tower-street—l knew the prisoner when he resided in Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. I have seen him write. I believe the en dorsement of the bill for £460 to be in his handwriting. There are other names on the document that greatly re semble his writing. Prisoner—Yes. I say it resembles my writing, but I neither signed nor presented the bill for payment. Mr. Gillespie is mistaken when he says I am the party. Another witness from Edinburgh, acquainted with the handwriting of the prisoner, said he was of opinion the endorsement was written by him. The Lord Mayor—l shall commit you for trial, but before doing so I have to ask you what you have to say in answer to the charge? whatever you do say will be taken down in writing and may be used against you. Prisoner—l have nothing to say. I deny the charge and reserve my defence. The prisoner, who was taken into custody at Constanti nople, was then fully committed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. — EMBEZZLEMENT.— John Franklin was charged with embezzling several sums of money, received for and on account of his employers, Messrs. Longman, seal engravers and jewellers, Waterloo place, Pall-Mall. William Augustus Jones, manager to the prosecutors, said the prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. John and Richard Longman as errand lad , and it was his duty to hand over all monies received to either Mr. Longman, his son, or himself (witness). On the sth of August, having received from Mrs. Atkinson 155., Lady Burgoyne £l, and the Rev. William Kelk 10s. 6d., the prisoner came home, and taking out another parcel never returned. On being taken into custody he admitted he had received the amounts in question. A constable said the prisoner admitted to him that he had received the money. He further said he bad nowhere to go, and would rather go to prison than elsewhere. Mr. Jones said he believed Messrs. Longman wished not to press the ease very strongly against the prisoner, as they chiefly wished others in their employ to be warned, and he thought there would be some difficulty in getting the parties to attend. Mr. Beadon said he should remand the prisoner for a week. THE ORGAN NUISANCE.—DISTURBING AN AUTHOR. —Bartholomew Pesasagola, an organ grinder, was charged,with playing his organ at 10 o'clock on the previous night, to the great annoyance of Mr. Charles Wm. Day, a gentleman residing at 82, New Bond-street. Mr. Day said the defendant came outside his house on the previous night, and began playing his organ. He went out, and told him in Italian to go away, and the defendant did move a few yards, and then began again. He then told him that would not do, upon which he moved back to the former place, and, putting down his organ, began. He was obliged to follow the organ players, and give them into custody, for they seemed to have an idea that, as long as they moved away, they had a right to begin again. They were an intolerable nuisance to him, and he was unable to follow his pursuits in consequence. Mr. Beadon, having been informed that the man was not well known in the district, cautioned him that, if he came there again, and did not go away when told, he would fine him heavily, and discharged him. THAMES.—TnE PILOTAGE LAWS.—EXTRAORDI NARY APPLICATION. —On Mr. Selfe taking his seat on the bench, a constable from Woodbridge, Suffolk, ap peared before him with two warrants, signed by a magis trate of that county, for the apprehension of two Danish captains for a violation of the pilotage laws. iMr.:Selfe looked over the warrants, and said as far as he understood them th e s hi ps o f the Danish captains were ex empted from pilotage, and did employ unqualified persons to act as pilots. If the ships were exempted from pilotage, how could the Danish captains be prosecuted for not taking licensed pilots on board ? He asked the applicant where the Danish captains now were? The Woo.lbridge constable replied that both were in the port of London. He believed that one was in the East India Dock and the other in the London Dock. Mr. Selfe—And you have been sent up to London from Suffolk to arrest the Danish captains and take them down to Woodbridge? Applicant:—Yes, sir; those are my directions. Mr. Selfe—Where are the pilots who exhibit the infor mation on which the warrant is granted? The constable—ln London, sir; the offence was com mitted at Orfordness. Mr. Selfe said he found no fault with the constable, who was acting according to his instructions, but he did think this was a most harsh proceeding, and should decline to " back" the warrants signed by a Suffolk magistrate with his signature. • He had some doubts about the legality of the warrants; but setting that aside, he would not be a party to so harsh a proceeding as this, and countenance the Danish captains being taken out of their ships and transferred to Suffolk for an alleged violation of the law, of which perhaps they were quite ignorant. Mr. Widdle, second usher of the court, said that Mr. Yardley had refused to sign similar warrants for a violation o ftbe pilotage laws on the coast of Suffolk. Mr. Selfe—l am very glad to bear that. If the Danish captains are to be proceeded against, let them be proceeded against here and by summons. All the parties are here, and I will not sign the warrants and allow the captains to be snapped up with the two warrants and taken into Suffolk. The warrants were then returned to the constable. SPGR2'ING INTELLIGENCR. - -*- LICHFIELD RACES.-MONDAY. GOLD CUP. Apollo 1 Captain Wedderburn Six ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. Broadbrim Cripplegate Four ran The Deer• came in first for this race, Broadbrim being second, and Cripplegate third ; but on returning to scale an objection was made to The Deer, and the stakes were awarded to Broadbrim. SHENSTONE PLATE. Little Girl Joan of Arc Unexpected Six ran PLATE. Leoholhea Echo QUEEN'S PLATE. Fisherma❑ walked over. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. • The following thorough-bred stock were sold by auction, by Messrs. Tattersall, on Monday last : YEARLINGS. Bay filly by Daniel O'Rourke, out of Artful, by Sleight of Hand Black filly by Tadmor, out of Katie Stewart, by Conyngham Bay filly by Tadmor, out of Vixen, by The Tartar Bay colt by Aleoran, out of Jewell, by Amorino Black do. by Tadmor, out of Susannah, by John o' Gaunt l7 The Property of Mr. HOWARD. Gaylaqs, bay filly, 2 years old, by Student, out of Joyful The Property of the late T. S. DRINICALD, Esq. STALLIONS. St. Lawrence, by Skylark or Lapwing, out of Helen, by Blacklock Mathematician (brother to Euclid), by Emilius, out of Maria, by Whisker - Id FACELLANIIIOIIS. & siat ea Clare. 21.1saallanoons. Paid. i Closing Plloon. Des*. ........ .-4 . .146.90 aereamorm aM116111.1 .......... .10.1.1=13........ "" .1.1. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 15 1000 Atlantic ielogh. (limited)' all 840 860 15 tustrallan Agricultural l9 33 35 10 kustralian lloyal MaiL, , all 1 11 10 Sarni) Water Works all 8 4 10 Do. New 3 .... SO B -Wan American TATA. 46 50 Bri. & Irish Mag. Tel. A.- all 42 44 20 Do. B. 7p. c. ti 111862 all 19 21 20 Do. 0 all 16 17 100 Oanada Land 2ll 115 120 Stock Cop. Miners of England._ all 25 10 16 Do.Yre Terence 71 per eon!. all 16 . 30 I Orystall'alace all 11 11 6 Do. preference all 41 4} 20 Eastern Steam all 2 21 Stock Wectric Telegraph lOO 11)7 109 5 Vngliah and Austl.oopper all 11 11 10 European & Indian June. Telegraph ••. 10s. ... ... 9 Euro.&Amer.Bteam(Lim.), all li 2 10 G3neral Iron ScrewOollitt all 15 General Steam Vavigation' 14 • 10 London Discount 5 11 11 dls 4 Lon. Gen. Omnibus Co all 21 21 10 Meditern.Elec. Telegraph all 10 Do. Exten. (Limited) all II 8 1 15 National Discount Co , 5 11 01 dig 10 Netherlands Land...„ 6 —..- 10 Do. do all 1 2 6 Do, Bp. C. prof. is. at 1 ga l l all if 1} 100 N. Br. and N. Scotia Land 80 1 N. B. Australasian all 10 North of Europe Steam all 2 6 I 1 Orient& Gas all I If 1 Do. "Now Shares" 15g. }d id ii pm 6 Peel Elver Laud &11itioral all 21 11 SO Penin. and Oriantal Steam, all 81 83 821 50 Do. new lO 71 8 pre 10 ahymney Iron , all 11% 221 15 Do. New all SI 7 100 aoyal Mall Steam Se 60 62 1 'sottish Aust. Investment all 11 if 15 ?loath Australian Land all 38 40 381 1' Submarine To?og. Scrip.,, all 1 I 1 Dc. do.rectstored all i 1 2 , Trust & than Co.. Canals. S •• V 0 IVan Dia.-ilexes Land sat 101 111 The Hotel du Nord was yesterday the theatre of a strange rencontre. Prince Gortschakoff found himself placed side by side at table with Lord Lucan ; and the two former adversaries amicably discussed the fearful cavalry affair at Balaklava, of which they were the contending leaders.—Letter from Berlin, Aug. 27. THE SIEGE OF Lucuwow.—A neat tablet has lately been placed in the chancel of Cottenham Church, in memory of the late Major Banks. The following is the inscription : —" In memory of John Sherbrooke Banks, Major 3::td Ben gal Native Infantry, Provisional Chief Commissioner in Oude, who was killed, in discharge of his duty, during the siege of the Residency at Lucknow, July 21, 1857, aged 45 Years." A RABID CAT.—A boy named Alexander Gor don, aged about six years, while walking with a com panion of about the same age in one of the back streets of Fochabers, on Tuesday last, was furiously attacked by a huge cat. The creature sprang at the boy's throat, and would have destroyed him but for the timely aid of some per sons who happened to be near. After being removed from the throat it caught hold of the thigh, and ultimately of the leg, and it was with the greatest possible difficulty that the cat could he got to quit the leg, The unfortunate boy still lies in a very precarious state. The animal was more of a pole cat than the common domestic cat, being a cross be tween the two, and was quite rabid at the time. —Bang' .J9tfroa(! THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; strong breeze and cloudy. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning Wind N.W. Arrived, August 31 —Dodo, scr ew steamer, f rom Rot terdam. Arrived, Sept. I—Dantless, from Antigua; Express, from Quebec. ____ (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.S.W.; tide half ebb; weat h er fi ne . Arrived, Aug. 31—Eliza Itutke, from St. John's, New Brunswick. DEAL, Wednesday Morning Wind W.S.W., moderate. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHAME. To-day's market was but scantily supplied with loth old and new English wheat. Good and fine samples were in lair request, and Monday's prices w ere well supported. Low and damp qualities met a dull inquiry, at late currencies. The general °audition of the supply was by no means good. There was very little demand for any kind of breign wheat. Importers, however, showed no disposition to accept lower rates. Floating ca rgoes of grain sold at full quotations. Fine barley was scarce, and quit e as dear as on mouday. Low qualities were a slow inquiry. • There was an average business doing in most kinds of malt, at last week's currency. Good dry oats sold steadil y , other kinds slowly, it Monday's prices. Beans, peas, and dour sold slowly at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WUL. Wheat. Barley, English 99 ‘l l.B . HO ,Ira. Smtch -- - Irish , - - Foreign Do IS Do I --- I Unit ll2O qrs. Oats. 490 ,jli. Plow. 664 ski, 780 18840 390 skb 2910 bllB WIIITECII tiPEL. Our market rules steady, and prices are well supported. Beef, from 3s od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d. to 4s 8d ; I=l4 43 id to Ls 4d ; veal, 3s ad to 4 s 2 A ; and pork. 3 s 2 d to As 4 d per bs. BOROUGH HOP. A few parcels of now hops, 56 hales, have arrived this week, but the demand for them Is by no means active. Old hop are very 411, Duty, k 255,0001 BROOD MARES, &C. Susan Lovell, by Velocipede, out of Cyprian B2 lonia, by lon, out of Ranvilette The Teri, 6 years old, by St. Lawrence, out of Susan Lovell, with a bay filly foal by Mathematician 5O A grey colt, 3 years old, by Fernhill, out of Monge's dam (untried) CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS in INDIA. - The following report of the select committee appointed 'o inquire into the causes that have led to the delay in the construction of railways in India, has just been issued : " Your committee have taken evidence from many of the best authorities on the subject, viz., gentlemen connected with the Indian Government at home, officers of high stand ing and long experience of public works in India, as well as managing directors, secretaries, and engineers belonging to the different railway companies. "There are seven distinct companies at present engaged in vanstructing lines of railway in India, under the guaran tee of the Indian Government, viz. : "1. The East Indian Railway Company engaged to con struct a line from Caleulta vici Rajmahal and Alla tiabad, to Delhi or Meerut, with a branch from Mir zapoor. to meet the East Indian Peninsula line at Jubbulpoor. " 2. The Great Indian Perrinsulz. Company, from Bom bay iu not Ur-easterly direction to Julibulpoor, and in a south-easterly direction, via Poonah and Sho lahpore to meet the Madras line in the neighbour hood of Bellary. "3. The Madras Railway Company, from Madras via Cuddapah to Bellary, to join the line from Bombay, and in a western direction to the Malabar coast, at er near Beypoor. " 4. The Bombay and Baroda Company, from Bombay vici Surat, to Baroda and Ahmedabad. " 5. The Scinde: and Punjaub Railway Company, from Kurrachee to Kotree on the Indus, and from hloult an to Lahore in the Puujaub, with a csanection by steam navigation between Kotree and Moultan. "6. The Eastern Bengal Company, from Calcutta to Dacca, with a branch to Jessore. "7. The reat Southern of India Company from Salem yid Trichinopoly to Negapataw, and southward to Madura and Tinnevelly. "The first l ndian railway project was broached in the latter end of 1844 by Mr. M'Donald Stephenson, who sub mitted to the India House a scheme for a line from Calcutta to the north-west of India, based upon minute information and statistics collected by himself on the spot; and, almost simultaneously, Mr. Chapman submitted a scheme for a railway from Bombay towards the interior; a company was also formed in 1845 for the construction of a railway from Madras to Arcot. " The delays attendant upon railway construction in India may be classified under four distinct heads:— " 1. Delays arising from Government supervision at home and in India. "'I Delays incidental to the execution of extensive and complicated public works under novel circumstances in a distant country. "3. Delays produced by political causes, such as insur rection and mutiny, "4. Delays arising from the natural difficulties which the face of the country presents. " Your committee will proceed to notice each class of delay in the order thus given, but it is necessary before doing so to describe shortly the system of railway construc tion pursued in India. Indian railways are constructed by companies formed in this country, and incorporated by Acts of Parliament. In all their proceedings, operations, and expenditure they are subjected to the control of the Govern ment, who engage to grant for 99 years all the land re quired, free of expense, to the companies, and to guarantee interest, generally at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, for the same term, upon the capital employed. "The following conditions are attached to the guarantee and the granting of the land : " The railway company have the power of surrendering the works at any time after the lice is opened, upon giving six months' notice to the Government, and the East India Company undertake to pay the whole amount that has been expended by the railway com pany. "The East India Company have the power, within six months after the expiration of 25 or 50 years, of pur chasing the railway at the mean market value in London of the shares during the three previous years. Incase the railway company fail to complete the line or to work it satisfactorily, the Government is entitled to take possession, and repay within six months the sums expended. " The railway company to repay the guaranteed inte rests from the profits of the railway." " The supervision of the Government over the proceedings of the railway companies is of two distinct kinds, viz., that exercised in the person of the official director over the rail way boards in London, and that exercised by consulting engineers in India, to Whom is committed the charge of superintending on behalf of Government all railway opera tions in that country. " SUPERVISION AT HOME.—The duties of official di rector at the various railway boards have hitherto been per formed by the same person, and he has, under the terms of the contract, a power of veto over all the proceedings of the beard, but it does not appear that this power has ever been exercised; indeed, until a comparatively recent period, his functions appear to have been confined to giving information to the Court of Directors upon points on which they might require it, and to co-operating in the promotion of the various undertakings ; but authority has been lately given to him to sanction all indents (or requisitions) for stores and materials approved by the local Governments in India, and the acceptance of tenders for the supply of the same. " Previous to this important extension of the powers of the official director, every indent was submitted for the direct sanction of the home authorities, by a process thus described by Sir James Melvill, the official director :—‘ The indent came from the railway authorities in India to the railway board in this country ; the railway board then came to their decision upon it ; and if they proposed to comply with it, they sent a resolution to that effect to the Court of Directors; the Court of Directors came to an opinion upon it, and their opinion was submitted for the concurrence of the Board of Control, and when the indent was returned with the opinion of both authorities, the decision was com municated to the railway board.' Such a system necessarily entailed a very considerable amount of delay and corre spondence, and the best results may be anticipated from the judicious changes lately effected in this respect. "The process of forwarding instructions from the railway boards to their agents in India also seem to your committee to require improvement. Sir James Melvill thus describes it :--` The railway board prepares a draft of the instructions to its agent in India, and every such draft, without excep tion, is submitted to the Court of Directors; the court, ex pressing an opinion upon it, submit it to the Board of Control, and when both authorities are agreed, the letter is returned to the railway board, with an intimation that the Court of Directors offers no objection to it.' Considerable delays have not unfrequently resulted from this cause; and though it is, no doubt, important that instructions to their agents in India ehould go out backed by the whole weight and authority of the approval of the Home Government, your committee would confidently expect that the contem plated consolidation of the departments of the India House and the Board of Control will materially expedite the future transaction of railway business. Before leaving this branch of the subject, your committee would remark that the har mony which has prevailed at the railway board seems to be in no small degree attributable to the judgment and discre tion exercised on all occasions by the official director, and to the respect shown to his opinion. "SUPERVISION IN INDIA.— Under the terms of the contract the Government have an almost unlimited power of control over the acts and operations of the railway com panies, the inspection and supervision of the works being in every case delegated to a military engineer, whose duty, as described by Col. Baker, is, in the first instance, to ex amine the line of country over which it is proposed to con struct a railway, to examine all the designs and estimates, to audit all expenditure, to report upon completed works, and to maintain a real check over all the acts of railway officers. " Your committee hesitate to express any opinion as to the policy of employing military men in the inspection of railway works and the control of civil engineers, but it is quite clear that to ensure cordial co-operation no small amount of forbearance and discretion must be exercised on both sides. Too minute an interference in details, while unnecessary for practical economy, involves constant con troversy, lengthy correspondence, and consequent delay, besides engendering irritation and discord where friendly and united action ought to subsist. Your committee are de cidedly of opinion that to ensure the speedy and efficient completion of railways in India the utmost freedom of action ought to be allowed to the efforts of the different companies, consistent with the control necessary to protect from undue expenditure the Indian Exchequer, upon which the payment of the guaranteed interest must for some time remain a heavy charge. 4, Complaints of too minute an interference on the part of the Government consulting engineer have been strongly urged from the Madras Presidency, for the further details of which your committee would refer to the evidence, which complaints appear to be in part well founded ; on the other hand, your committee cannot think that the proceedings of the chief engineer of the railway company have been wholly free from blame. Directions have been sent out from the Home Authorities to the Madras Government to relax the extent of supervision in force there ; but it does not appear in evidence that those instructions have as yet taken effect. Your committee, however, have had no opportunity cf hearing an explana tion from the Madras Government on the subject. " Other complaints, but in a minor degree, have arisen, both in Bengal and Bombay, though in the latter Presi dency the relations between the Government and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway officials appear to have been, for the most part, of a harmonious and satisfactory character. " The delays incidental to the construction of railways in so distant a country as India are of various kinds and degrees of magnitude. The cost and means of obtaining freight must always be regulated, and, in the opinion of many competent authorities, actually limited by the home demand for Indian produce ; hence the transport across the sea of the vast mass of dead weight] necessary for the construction of thousands of miles of iron way, besides locomotives, iron work for bridges, and other materials, forms a cause of delay second only in importance to the difficulties which impede the conveyance of these ma terials up the country, where the means of internal communication are in many places very imperfect , to where river navigation during the dry season is liable constant interruption, where boats are scarce, and native boatmen untrustworthy. To these difficulties may be added the want severely felt in many districts, and especially in Iliengal, of fuel for lime and brick burning, and of timber suitable for sleepers, large quantities of which are now being supplied from England : the effects of Indian climate upon European constitutions ; the f, equent failures of contractors, unaccustomed or incompetent to undertake such extensive works ; and, lastly, the circuitous and lengthy correspondence carried on between the railway boards and their agents on the one hand, and with the various Government eepartments, both here and in India, on the other; all these appear to your committee to form sources of delay more or les serious, and must be classed among the main impediments to the rapid progress of tail way enterprise in India. " Delays from political causes have been of frequent occurrence. In Bengal the Santhal tehellion in 1355 is described as having thrown back the wot ks in the Rajmahal district for fully 1 . 2 months, and the evil influences resuliing from it are not even yet at an end. The mutiny snbsequenly suQpended railway operations in Upper Bengal and the north-west provinces from May to December of last year, and its disastrous consequences must be felt for some lime to come, although the actual damage done to the woks appears to be less than might have been anticipated. Rail way operations in the other Presidencies have hitherto been happily free from the disturbing influences of insurrtc ion and war. "Lastly come the delays arising from the natural features of the country, such as the bridging of large rivers, and the surmounting of the emits. Mr. Noa4, in his evidence, states that the whole question of the completion of the East India railway resolves itself into the rapidity with which i he enormous number of its heavy bridges and flood arches can be constructed. Along the Ganges Valley line, between Burdwan and the river Soane, a distance of about 400 miles, there are described to be no less than 47,000,000 cubic feet of brickwork, including the substructure of the gigantic bridge over the Soane. "On the Bombay and Baroda line, between Surat and Ahmedabad, three large and rapid rivers, the Taptee, Ner budda, and Mhye, present considerable engineering diffi culties, and require costly and extensive bridges; on that important portion of the line between Surat and Bombay no fewer than 18 rivers have to be crossed, one of which, known as the Bassein Strait, is described to be 11- mile in width. On portions of the Madras line, also, the bridging works are described to be very heavy; but even the great works thus enumerated appear insignificant in comparison to the stupendous task undertaken by the Great Indian Peninsula Company of carrying their railway across the two mountain passes known as the Thull Ghaut and the Bhor Ghent, the former on the north-easterly the latter on the south-easterly portion of this line. On the Thull Ghaut the ascent is nine miles, the total rise in that distance 972 feet ; the steepest gradient, 1 in 37 for a distance of 11 miles 44 chains ; and the works include 1,062 lineal yards of tun nelling, and 614 yards of viaduct, at an estimated cast of £49,988 per mile. On the Bhor Ghaut the steepest gradient is 1 in 67 for a mile and 38 chains, the total dis tance is 15 miles 68 chains, the total rise in that distance 1,831 feet, the tunnelling is 2,535 yarJs, and the viaduct 888 yards, the estimated cost being £48,188 per mile. " With the exception of the ghauts and rivers, however, the general face of the country seems favourable for rail way construction, presenting for the most part easy gradi ents ; and the very low price of labour keeps down the cost to an average for the whole country of about £lO,OOO per mile, while many of the less expensive lines are being con structed at a cost of £6,000 per mile. " Upon an impartial review of the early history of In dian railways, there can be no doubt that much valuable time was lost in the preliminary negotiations for the intro duction of railway enterprise into India, and also on ac count of the commercial crisis having arisen while these negotiations were still incomplete; the novelty and mag nitude of the undertaking, the remoteness of the scene of operations, and the natural difficulties of climate and country might well have raised doubts and hesitation in the minds of the Indian authorities at home; but your com mittee are decidedly of opinion that had the matter been taken up at first with the earnestness that its importance, both political and commercial, deserved, in accordance with the proposal of the Court of Directors in 1846 to the Board of Control, and had the proposals of the originators been met with the same liberality which has been displayed in the agreements with the different companies, our Indian possessions might ere this have been provided with many hundred miles of rapid internal communication, the value of which would have been felt in the facilities afforded for military concentration, and the more speedy development of their resources. But your committee have no means of judging of the considerations by which the Government were actuated in these proceed ings. With reference to the actual prosecution of the works Your committee cannot in fairness omit to observe that, though some cans have been cited in which the Govern- went superintendence has been productive of vexation and annoyance to the railway officials, and has tended to im pede that harmonious action between the Government and the companies which is essential for the rapid completion these great works, no very material delay in the construction of the various lines appears to have resulted therefrom. From the evidence adduced, your committee are led to be lieve that the progress of railroads under construction in India will bear favourable comparison with that of English lines. Willing tcs!imony has been given by many of the railway authorities to the value of Government control to the interests of the companies themselves, when rationally and temperately exercised. "Your committee have not thought it necessary to enter into any comparison of the respective merits of the contract and departmental systems of construction, the adoption of which must always materially depend on the circumstances of the district ; and it appears highly necessary that both systems should have a fair trial before giving any decided preference to either. " In conclusion, your committee are of opinion, liist, that the Government has acted wisely in committing to private enterprise the execution of these great public works; secondly, that a guaranteed interest on the requisite capital was indispensable to induce the public to invest their money in undertakings of this magnitude and novelty; and thirdly, that in order to protect the Indian revenue from undue expenditure, Government control over the railway operations is requisite, and even valuable to the interests of the shareholders themselves. At the same time, your committee would observe that, under a system complicated iu its character, and necessarily somewhat cumbrous in its machinery, a system, moreover, the greatest defect of which is the facility it affords for the evasion of re sponsibility, a clear and distinct definition of the duties, re sponsibilities, and extent of jurisdiction of all heads of de partments, and those under them, is essentially requisite for its smooth and successful working ; always as , mning that due care be taken to entrust discretionary power only to men who are to he relied on as competentlo distinguish an effective general control from too minute an interference in details. By a judicious adherence to the spirit rather than the letter of the contract, you r committee feel a ssured that arrangements may h e simplified, united action f or ono common object secured, and railway enterprise in India may before long assume proportions commensurate with the vast commercial agricultural and mineral resources of that coun try." • The COLLISION ontheOXFOR D, WORCESTER, and WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. The adjourned inquest on the ill-fated persons who came by their death on Monday week in consequence: of the col lision of two excursion trains on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, near Brettell-lane, will be held to day, before the coroner, Mr. T. M. Phillips, and experi— ments have been made on the incline where the collision took place, the results of which will no doubt be given in evidence. The Goverament inspector of railways, Capt. Tyler, has visited the locality and witnessed the experiments. lie has been occupied two days in making the most minute in quiries into the condition of the line, the plant, rolling stock, &c., and has been attended by the secretary (Mr. Adcock), the manager (Mr. Sherriff), and the engineer (Mr. Ni lson). Some important evidence will be brought forward to-day. It is stated that several of the injured parties have already been liberally compensated by the company. The points to which the inquiry has now to be mainly directed are as to the service of the brakes used on the train and the competency of the guard who was entrusted with their working. It is certain that when the coupling chair.s broke, and the hinder part of the train b€catne detached, its already acquired momentum caused it to continue on its journey for a short time until that momentum became ex hausted, when the detached portion of the train. must for a moment have come to a stand, after which it began to recede down the incline. At this point a small pressure of the brake ought to have stopped the train ; c.nd if the guard applied the brake, and it acted in a proper manner, the train would have been kept in a stationary position on the line, and would not have receded down the incline. The question, therefore, is, whether the brake was an efficient one, and whether the guard applied it as it was clearly his duty to have done. These are the points that ought to be cleared up, if possible. The van with the brake was smashed to pieces by the collision. THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S SIIOW AT ABERDEEN. —The proceedings connected with the Highland and Agri cultural Society's show commenced at Aberdeen on Monday. Everything gives indication that the meeting will, while t doubt, be the greatest the s ociet y ever held, and, in some ruc spects, probably the best ever held in Britain. The number of entries far exceeds those at any former show, the total the Glasgowsociety's lost h y s ea o r fw i th beingwhile in 1847, At i when o entook total place w'a ins 2 032 3 N Aber deen, the num ber was onl y 030. Pr i aments there are 802 entries, including 10 reaping mach' machines. Monday was occupied l'aes and 27 thrashing - log machines, and arranging the in ',tie trial of the thra sh yard on the Li n ks. The mcg,r lmplements in the show ni , nr g were entertained that the w however, the day w suc cess of the meeting consid was very wet, and fears ev- t iler might damage the as b Srsi . !,)ly. When our despatch left, r7, - g li t and sunny. A great many straugers have alread • Y arrived in the city, an d ever y train brings crowds of fresh arrival, s. YEARLINGS. Chesnut filly by Grey Tommy, out of Susan Lovell 20 Grey filly by Grey Tommy, out of The Pert AQUATICS. LONDON ROWING CLUB. GREAT PAIR-OARED RACE. A very fine paired-race among the members of this great club came off yesterday, in heats—the first and second from Putney to Hammersmith, and the final downwards. The attendance of members and friends was very great. FIRST HEAT. Messrs. J. Isles and Addison Messrs. Burgess and G. Sherreff Messrs. C. Stahlsehmidt and Smith 0 A splendid race between the first and second, being barely won by a length ; the third pair fouled a barge. SECOND HEAT. Messrs. W. Lowe and Debenham Messrs. Ireland and W. Sherriff 0 Messrs. Escombe and Hunt 0 Won easily. A splendid race between the second and third pairs to Crab Tree. FINAL HEAT. Won easily by Messrs. Lowe and Debenbam. ILEX CLUB. The four-oared cutter race of this old-established gentle men's club, appointed for yesterday, is postponed sine die, owing to lack of entries. ST. JOHN'S AND ST. OLAVE'S BERMONDSEY REGATTA. This regatta, under very distinguished patronage, for a coat and badge, and other prizes, among watermen's ap prentices, came off yesterday afternoon. It was managed by Alfred Chapman; and, after some good preliminary rowing, the following went for the grand heat : James Dean (Yellow and White) 1 . Benjamin Rogers (Green and White) 2 A good race, till Green and White getting swamped, the other rowed the distance. TRANSPORT OF TROOPS TO INDIA. The report of the select committee appointed to inquire " concerning the measures resorted to or which were available, and as to the lines of communi cation adopted for reinforcing our army during the pending revolt in India, with a view to ascertaining the arrangements which should be made towards meeting any future important emergencies involving the security of our Eastern dominions," has just been issued, together with the voluminous evidence taken before them. The committee, of which Sir De Lacy Evans was chairman, came to the following resolutions : " 1. That the inquiry which this committee has been ap pointed to conduct may be divided Into three branches; the first, relating to the overland route to India; the second, to the employment of steamers, as compared with sailing vessels, for the transport of troops round the Cape of Good Hope ; and the third, to the use made during the mutiny of the military resources of this country and of the colonies. "2. That the Court of Directors appear from the first in telligence of the mutiny at Meerut to have been sensible of the advantages of the overland route, and to have lost no time in recommending its adoption ; but that political and other considerations deterred her Majesty's Ministers from at once assenting to that recommendation. " 3. That the contnatee cannot ,judge of the validity of those political objections, as they felt themselves precluded from inquiring into them ; but that they ceased to prevail in the first week of September, when the more serious cha racter of the war and the lateness of the season for ships departing for Calcutta, led to a formal requisition from the Court of Directors, and to a compliance with it on the part of the Cabinet. __ ..... ___........ "4. That it would have been desirable, independently of political considerations, to have taken advantage of the overland route at the earliest possible period ; and, apart from such considerations, it is much to be regretted that the steps that were taken in September to transmit small bodies of troops by this route were not resorted to at an earlier date. That the transport, however, of any large body of troops would have required previous arrangements, and that the evidence laid before the committee leaves great room to doubt whether any considerable reinforce ments could have been sent in the months of July and August, with a prospect of their arrival in India so far in advance of those sent round the Cape as to give any great advantage in favour of this route. " 5. That although the overland route may be advan tageously employed in times of emergency, it would not be advisable that it should be relied upon as the ordinary route for the transmission of troops to India. " 6. That if steamers had been used In greater numbers the reinforcements would have reached India more quickly than they did by sailing vessels ' • but that no evidence has been laid before the committee to show that, at the time the emergency arose, a greater amount of steam transport was attainable, whilst it has been shown that grave doubts existed whether the supply of coal on the route would have been sufficient for a larger number of steam-vessels than were actually employed. " 7. That steamers should for the future be always made use of, as far as possible, in urgent cases; but that, for the transmission of the ordinary relief, the committee would not recommend the adoption of so costly a mode of transport. "8. That the Governors of Ceylon and the Mauritius gave early and valuable assistance to the Government of India, and deserve great praise for the zeal and prompti tude with which they acted ; that the Governor of the Cape, without loss of time, forwarded treasure and horses, together with a portion of the troops at his disposal, but that he did not send the whole amount of the force which he was instructed by the Home Government to transmit to India; that the committee have not the means of judging whether the circumstances of the colony did or did not justify Sir George Grey in taking this course. "9. That the committee observe with satisfaction that the people of Canada displayed great readiness to afford assistance to the mother country, and that the committee are of opinion that it is highly desirable to give every en oouragement to such demonstrations of loyalty on the part of the colonies. "10. That on the whole, considering the suddenness of the danger, and the distance to which the troops were to be sent, the committee are of opinion that great credit is due to the Court of Directors of the East India Company for the promptitude and efficiency with which they discharged the difficult task of transmitting reinforcements to the army in India during the past year." THE INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Hindostan was five days behind her time in reaching Suez with the Calcutta and China mails. The Indus, with the heavy portion of those mails, is not expected to arrive in England before the Bth instant. The Cadiz, with the Bombay mail, arrived at Suez a day before her time. The heavy portion of her mail may be expected home on the 9th instant. The Emeu, with the Australian mail, arrived at Suez two days after her time. The heavy portion of those mails may therefore be expected in England about the Bth instant. The Indian packet Colombo which was due on the 20th has not yet arrived home. 'lt has been already stated that the Benares was sent in search of her. The Benares called in at Vigo, and found that the Colombo had just left there. The former then steamed out again after the latter, but missed her, and arrived at Ply mouth en Saturday. There she learned that the Colombo had put back again to Vigo. The Benares therefore started for Vigo the se cond time immediat ely. The Colombo and the Benares w ill most p robabl y arrive home at the latter end of this w eek. The dela y of th e Colombo shows in a striking manlier the want of a telegraphic com munication with Gibraltar. That steamer arriv e d a t th e latter port on the 14 th in st. broken dow n. Now, if that fact could have been telegraphed to Engla n d t h e C olombo might have remained at Gibraltar, and a steamer could have been sent from Southam p ton in four days and taken China Passengers and cargo, and on b buogahrtd ti t heie m the 23d. F or wan t o f that rot o India Englandand by C tele graphic co mmunication the passengers have t o b e ma i n tained ' and have been put most pro bably venienoe and loss, and their t t o O rth n e ca g rl r y ea a te fo st rtn in ig e h on t f r iends are waiting . about for the m a t th e S ou th a mpton at sea hotels. Great loss may be Incurred also by the delay of the landing of the cargo. Altogether it is quite possible that a submarine cable.(from the Land's End to Gibraltar might have saved in the case of the Colombo alone a sum of leveral thousand pounds sterling, ME V I