The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

Ana Jaud's who 6rities It the I own nioie ter of •ward Wile. MONEY tiARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Accouuts received from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday presented a very flat appearance, and prices of all descriptions slightly receded. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by exporters. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quo tations were without any material alteration. The progress of business at the present time causes little excitement, the transactions in most channels, though increasing in a gradual and satis factory manner, being still far below the average when commercial affairs are prosperous. None but the over-sanguine and ignorant could expect an im mediate recovery to the full extent after the events of last year, and which are ably reviewed in the ' report of the committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the Bank Acts, and the effects of ihe laws regulating the issue of bank notes, as shown by the late crisis. The labours of the committee have been embodied in a voluminous re port which is well worthy of perusal, for although it contains few features of novelty, it is at all events impartial in reference to the general bear ing of that commercial revulsion, even though a bias may be detected towards the Act of 1844. So complete has Veen the prostration, and so ener vated must the energies cf trade continue for some time, that it is rather a subject for congratulation that the revival has been so pro gressive up . to this period. From most parts of the country the advices are becoming less un favourable, confidence is expressed in the future, and few complaints are made in respect to the employment fcural ear the operative eln "es• ljelcss more disastrous events occur, and which cannot be apprehended, there is still rea tinued 3 ° ll to believ e th a t, with a good harvest, con easiness in the Money Market, and encouraging advices from foreign and colonial markets, a marked improvement will be per ceived in all directions at the end of the Year. Still the movement, naturally enough, le Very slow, and the quietude pervading Most circles has the appearance of depression,- but it is only by comparison that an opinion can be formed of the extent of the amelioration yet at tained. If; then, the present position of affairs be contrasted with that existing two or three Months ago, it will be seen that in most, if not all branches of business, there is a better feeling, and a still more substantial proof of favourable change, Viz., increased operations. Although there is a general, though limited, improvement in trade, the demand for money co ntinuearestricted, and the supply is abundant. There is very little speculative activity in the English Stock Market, but the quotations are n evertheless well maintained, with rather a buoy ant appearance. The few operations recorded ! h ow a preponderance of purchases, and hence the Improvin g tendency. Consols have been 951 for money, and 952 for account. The New Threes are 961 i ; th e R e d uce d, 96 8 ; E xc h eque r Bills, March, 355. to 365. prem. ; June, 235. to 265. Prep s . ; ditto, Bonds, 100 ; and India ditto, Ws. to le a. prem. ; Bank Stock is 224 226. In the Foreign Stock Market a large amount of business has been transacted, and prices have f luctuated to a considerable extent. Turkish 6 P e r Cents. are 958 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104 1 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 103 ; ditto Scrip, dis. 13 par ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 19i; Peruvian 3 Per Cents., 69 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 451 g ; Russian 4i per Cents., 100 ; Sardinian 5 p r „ Cents., 904 ; Venezuela 41 per Cents, 38i 9 ; -uuteh 24 per Cents., 651 ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 1014. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western lB5B. 1857. £31,870 £33,586 North-Western mouth- Western lirighton. 17,535 16,991 )4idland So nth-Eastern - 22,319 22,586 G reat North ern 23,222 22,114 Lancashire and Yorkshire 27,252 27,662 tristol and Exeter 6,908 6,511 .iit Lancashire 7,346 7,02 N-a heater She ffi eld, & Lincoln 10,421 , 11. 2 68 gorth-Eastern h Stafford xj fa rd, Worcester, and Wolver 4,526 4,744 'T est B ar tl e , tjpooi ' 3,482 3,304 i l d i .uburgb and Gl asgow ...... .., 5,209 5,477 laburgh Pe rth , an d Dundee Glasgow , avow and South-Western 7,4g4 8,040 Grand„ Trunk of Canada Grea t Western of Canada 6,770 8,379 ,Northers of France 4' raba rdu-Venetian N. dealings in the Railway Share Market this 1 1 : 4 ; °rI ling Lave b e e n limited. Prices, however, ve been firm, and most of the leading lines show ail im provement of about i to i per cent.Cale donian, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and York 411're) and S ou th D evo n advanced 105. ; East a li g li an) Great Northern, North-Wese.ern, Mid mii,, sad Nortb-E a stern (York), ss. The Foreign iles have been neglected, and prices have been 14tgt e nominal. In the Colonial Markets there is tie chan ge t o re p or t. Great Western of Can ada have de c li n ed about 53. Grand Trunk of Can ada and East Indian have realised previous V alues, J oint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ta e be en i n good demand, an d y es t er d a y' s quo t a 1111 atre fully supported. Bank of Australia and hn °v ' ll k of Egypt show an improvement of about ss. ( 1.54, Atlantic Telegraph are quoted 350, and 1 ) ational Discount Company, iti. lit .ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol OCK. 13 ~) ~. (Frey) the Oilicsal Lis , , 4 1 . stock hre 224 6 g ° Per Cent. Reduced Annuities ';'6.l i I T '' - , t ~..t 5, .,, A nnu i t i es 931 0 ;tut° Bo c u p d e s r , C 2 e l n o t o . o Anftr -'6 i i 15 19 n o th t: ancler lawn) l5 19 t nsolsfor Account 44che gnerBills-- March. 1 000 £5OO 36 5 i l t r ,,,gtuall ..... 36 5 it'tqUe_r:iloncis ..i.. ** 3l.pe; Cent. ..... ..•. 1' ."` 11459 Rink, 100 i razai—ar7L):oo:ll,ElGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Ditto v ver Cent Il 133 ktl ls en itto 185 8, 97, ) j 'l l , per Cent. Ditto Yres bonds, 6 per Cent .... itto Account tquador Now Consolidated Ores de New Active, 2} per Cent 2O I.l call Per Cent — , itto Account :egiittlttio°a'n•lcliOnrucines't:44.7 Cent 69 t r li glizse 3 per Cent., 1853 til ttto Account 454 0 86 . 14 n, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent bitto 1852 4. peCent. "W I • ' 2 Di tto 5 per Cent 99i 90 1 ,, 4- , itto Account 9l -.wit.; t Ab Holed% :3 per i:ont. - Newl i i i t ,,_ t, Deferred, 3 per Cent. T - ..3 Account 27.} 'lrkiab,Bonds, 6 per Cent. b l, i ttu, Account Ditto Guaranteed 4 per Cent. V. Ditto Account 11 GZIlein Bonds,s per Cent +Atte Account 3Bl 9 Di tto Deferred, 2 per Cent. . .... • l4l Dividends on the sthove payable in L on d on . 1'4134 • Itentee, 4. per Cent., Ex. 25c. ... 1) 1) , ° . 3 per Cent., ex. 25 francs 4, eh Exchange, ‘4 per Cen:., 12 Guilaers 115 i D/ °• ir per Cent. Certificates T V7O O'CLOC K. 95i 0 t Conso oney .- Ditto acco unt 9si i Julie. 26 3 20 20 10 it. axnodellenc : : s r :' are happy to learn, in .- d Count Kielmansegge has arrived . at . "hb "s in Bohemia, in, we, prove hes.l.h. Lady Harry Vane have returned to town r° 1 1 .4 Lady Marian Alford's seat, ARhri 4 n:c r-il. . „ '44 Laura Aleyrick was " L4l, 1101116 " last evening to e:ll.:Z.ll3,_ar_d Sr'A4 party at her lady : hip's residence in L ., . ;met. o f .... 1 Arthur Hay left town yesterday, far tLe batl s n..sesingen, for a few weeks. h. i 't Robert P eel, Bart. , M.P-, and Lady Ewily Pee!, oval eft . ne lgrave-square, for Kissiogen, for a few weeks. Rtud a nd Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley and Misses P E Mura l). l. have left to wn f tr P au lt ons , H an t s , f or th e liii-!-;l:teis frOm St. Petersturgintate that a Polish exile in t c ,"„ia bas invented a means of applying steam-power he th e traction of the sledges, by which journeys may oo ye ra PidlY made on the In zen rivers and the steppes 141`yr4h frozen snow, which abound in the Rusa6n 0411. THE SUN, -LONDON, TTIMISDAV EVENING, JULY 21, Sii::',..lF MAI.C.CUfS - (This Day). EAILWA.YS. RAILWAY! , Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.— Belfast & BanYmen Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh 6 Cheshire Jtmet...... Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian.... 'Chester & Holyhea Cork and Bandon. (Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJun. Dun. P. &Aber June. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... EasternUni on, A. stk . 'Do. ' do. 8.... ..... Do. New A 'East Kent East Lancashire lEast Suffrll, Do. !Edinburgh & ;la.gow Edinb.Prth. &Dund“. Forth and Clyde June. Furness .. Glasgow& S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... I Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). I GreatWestern. Do. • • Str V.R gna.St ,Irish Sonth-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirdq. ..... . luirds Laneash. drYorkshirt Do., do. F 116 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport. !London & Blackwar I Do. New, in. 5/. 10s. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. ;London &N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Weatrn Lndndrry.&Coleraino Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Kanch.Shef.diLineln. Metropolitan Midland ... . . Do Birming. & Derb, • ilidland G. West. (Ir. Do. Shares 'Newcastle &Carlisle., Newpt.l4 berg.dalrfd Newry & Armagh ewry, Warrenpoint do Restrever Norto lk.. Northu. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. IDo. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n........ N. & S.Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. do S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union 'Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Dev0n......... South Eastern iSouth Wales IS. Yorks h. River Dan Staiues,'Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling., Do. do., 1854 ' Do. do., 1855 ,Stockton & flartlop! ITaff Vale Do. Pref., No. Lames Hay. D. &R. V ale of Neath........ Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coinwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palaco.. Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Claes Do. Second Class_ Anon , g - re yester 'ay 6 - Ci 7i - 8.1 66 - 63 11 - 12 26i -27 i 89 - 91 78 -78 i 39 - 41 . - .. 4 . - 5 7 - Si 15- 16 61i - 62, 45 - 47 30 - 32 14i -15 t 90 - 92 63 -- 64 251 - 26 90 - 92 9,3 - 10 101 - 102 80 - 82 129 - 131 102 - 104 494 - 50 56 - 58 87 90 111 12jp 14 —124 r 9 / 921 — d, 1 5i - 6h 109 110 91i 921 la 1. 93a. —94 j 351 -- 36 2 1 2 -- ld 93 -- 931 61 • 66 1 60 - 62 3i - 3 49 - 50 s•• • 91 - 92 2 - 1 46 - 47 72 - 73 96 - 98 6 - 4 . 8 - 9 27 - 29 7 - 4 [O9 111 26 27 81 83 43 44 3 2 34 25 67a 68 79 80 14 15 6 4 9 )1 34 33 97 .- 99 - - 3i 6 1 7 - r 61 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 6 p.c. Do.' Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Hur 7/ 8/ Buff.. Brnt. & Godch 16 p.c.bds., 1 Aug..'n Do. do., 1 July, 75 80 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 74 78 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim. Ceylon A sbares Demerara. Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. D 0.4 p.e.Bnds.,'s9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada i d i dl ... -- ••• i ..... 1 pl ••• •• id -- i• d loli -1 02 i .- P i -- iP 161 - 174' 38 - 39 73 - 76 20t - 201 - d 171 18 3 - 301 Do. 6 p. c. Deben I In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c i ;Gt. Wcatn. of Canada Do. New Do. &la., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, do. I Do. do., '73, without] 1105 - 108 1105 - 108 option Madras, guar. 4i P.C Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do Onde (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c 1 104 -- 106 171 -18 i 191 -- 20 lia lld d id 1 d— id ..• ••• par i pl Do FOREIGN. 10 all A.ntwrp &Rotterdam 51 51 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia & Francisco_ • 4tl .-- par 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 11 20 all Beziersto Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 21 21 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France 20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 7i 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all L.,se Const. & Bale 20 all Lime and Turnhout ~. ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 2i 3 2 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.i . 20 all Lyons and Genova 33; all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all D. do. 6p. c. Pref 2ll —2 1 ii 16 all Northern of France 361 361 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 3Ol 301 , 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 49 51 20 9 Recife & San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. d 81 20 14 Riga and Donaburg 10 all Rome and Frsseati — 20 Zr Royal Danish •••• 5 all Royal Swedish 4 all Do. 7 per cent ••• 20 all Sambre and Meuse.— 71 71 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 81 9 20 all Southern of France l9l 20 1 8i all West Flanders 4t 5 10 all Do. 51 per c. Prdf 9 94 20 all W.&N.W. of France 23 24 20 6 Western of Austria • 20 all Wept. of Switzerland 6 all •esi aden 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. 20 al, Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Sery 40 all :australasia ..• 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 4B 50 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co — 50 all British N. American ... 120 10 C.Bk.of Ind•Au.&Ch 3 21 100 50 City • b9 61 00 25 IColonial 201 all ICommercialofeanada . 100 20 ~ ,, !er,il . l c Loud. 2C ztaig.Scoto&Aus • Cat. 17 1 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk •of A 19 i —l9 50 20 London and Count y 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 20 fiond.andWestminst. 48 35 rational Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 25 N'ationai Bank ••• 20 all Now South Wales : 43 --- 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 20 all Ottoman Bank 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 61 _ 63 10 all Do. New.. 25 all South A astralia — 25 15 Do. New — „, 25 all Union of Australia ... 15 Do. New 50 10 Union of London 231 23i 3 100 I 50 Unity Mutual ••• 100 50 Westnißk of 1 cud l9 tr, Business done this day L[NE L ~ A`3ED AT FIXED REITTALS. 81 ir Pato RAILWAYS, Leasing Closing Price- Susines, Companies yesterday this day. St. 100 Bnckghamsh. Ln.&N.VJ. 100 102 St. 100 Clydesdale Je Cale don 103 105 25 all Col.Stour Vy, E.U.dtE.O 14 16 St. 100 g.Lin. g. 6 p Gt.Northn 139 141 5 all E. Un. 11. Sh E. Count. 4 5 St. 100 Glas. Barr. dt Neils. Direct. Caldonian. St. 100 Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn ". 50 all Hull do Selby. V. & N.M. 110 112 25 all Do. Shares. Do 124 all Do. i Shares. Do 12t all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 13 —l4 20 all Do. Preference Do 234 244 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 93 96 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 54 all Manch.Bxton. La.4N.W and Matlock 4 blidld 24 2# St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 97 99 934 6i 5i Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count - ip 50 I all N.4Est.s p.c. Do 5B 60 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &Is. W — 124' all Do. 4 Shrs. h Do • -- ••• St. 100 ,Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 138 142 10 all IShrewe.& Her T. Braesey 8# 8 12 all ,S. Stagordsh.. M. Mclean 10 10 50 all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.4Dar. I 25 , all Do Do St. 'lOO IWilts&Somrst Gt.Westn B9 S 1 POLICE INTELLIGEITCE,—(This Th.y.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A FIRE-ESCAPE ATTENDANT.—Henry Farrer, a fire-escape man, of No. 9, Brown-street, Grosvenor-square, va3 charged by Mr. Inspector Parke with stealis , g an antique eltctro-plated tea-kettle of the value of 81., the property of Mr. William Percy Doyle, of 5, 11411-upum-street. Martigny Milloz, valet to Mr. Doyle, said that on the previous morning he was in the drawing•room when, thinking he heard some one at the street door, he went dowt. and opened it; he then saw the prisoner, who was in the habit cf visiting the housekeeper and her husband, go down the area step.. He at the time took no notice of it in consequence of his frequent visits. Shortly after, on going to the pantry for the kettle, he missed it from the place where it was sate shortly before, and the pri soner was also gone. He had sp.ken to the house keeper, and she knew nothing about it, Hemmings, 79 D, said, on searchi..lg the prisoner, be found on him an envelope wits fdr. Doyle's address on it. He said be knew nothing of the kettle. He was at the time employed, with his escape, at the station in Westminster. Mr. William Percy D3yle said he had received a note in the envelope produced on Tuesday. He had had a conversation with the prisoner c.mcerning it, and he said he was frequently in the habit, while at his house, of making memorandums, and he supposed that wai the way he became possessed of it. The Prisoner, who is a respectable-looking man, was then asked by Mr. Beadon whether be wished to say anything, but he said he knew nothing of the kettle. Remanded for a week. PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) 48 - 50 94 - 96 Ea. 4 p.c. it. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn..£lo 4. p. c. Ches. di Ho. 5i P.C. la - 103 Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandons 4 p.P ,st,A ber.J.l 5i 1 : -6 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 'Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. 0 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp. c No .1 Do. No. 2 ...... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East tin. ' G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10 Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 p.cts. E.MV. York. J. sths 110 • 115 103 -• 108 115 - 118 - 117 132 - 134 77 - 79 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, 5 p. c Glas, & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem.._ Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pr( Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W.(13. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per )ent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. 311 Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do, Birra. Gus. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua, Sh Do. do. do Do, do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No 1 Do, , P., 5 p.c.St.NO.2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c,, N 0.4 Lon, & N.W;, Gov. & Nuneaton 5 F . ct Lon. & S, P 7. 7 per et a - a 119 - 121 112 - 114 105 - 107 65 - t 7 11 - 1;4 90 : 92 -- 83 82 -- 84 96 -- 98 9i -- 10 16 -- 17 9i -- 1 0 4 72 -- 741 18 -- 19 9 -- 9A 13i -- 14, 139 -- ]4l late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. hSh Londy.&Ennis. Sh S.,&L. 6 p... Do. do. do. £6 Cent. Do. do. 34 per cent. Ilarypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1160 - 165 122 - 124 i - I 68 - 70 St. 12. 12. 126 St. ctid.Consol. 6 p. c. St. D 0.C0n.8r.8ir.6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &IL Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. sp. c. pm. Do. Parpot. 6 pr. et. lorfk.Deb.4 p.a. Sb. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846. Do. 5i p.c. pf 18x7. Do. Wv.V.sp. North British . ...... Do. 71. l'reference N.B. Berw. 413. c. Prf. Do. do. do ;Do. Leeds 6 po. No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11. & S. Pur North Staffordsture Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 Ist guar 1 Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debentr. St Scot. Cent. Now Prel Sc.N. E. Aher.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.:3i p.c. pf. St ISouth Dovon 139 - 141 102 - 104 92 - 94 114 - M 8i - 9i lion - no 12 25 20 S. 97 - 99 it - P 23 - 24 1.0.6, St. St. St. St. 'lOO 'lOO 100 100 100 all all IDo. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading, Ann.) of El. Os. 6d. o. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent S. Wales Gna. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. o S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar ! Stock. &Dar., sp. c iDo, do. do 1 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 119 - 121 105 - 107 98 - 100 119 - 121 125 - 130 73 - 75 101 - 23i - 24,4 101 - 193 101 - 103 .. ... 100 - 102 164 - 17:1 28 - 29 ; 1401 984 i 40 7 45 BRITISH MINES. ... 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 84 gi 20 14 'British Iron .... 3 - 4 ... 20 !Condurow (Cambrn.) 55 65 10 1 , Dev. Gt. Cash. (Tay.) 465 47:5 30 East Basset (Illogan) 874 924, 90 ... . 178 Great South Tolgus 14 - 15 15* ..... 111 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 51 61 7E,Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) 11 11 ••• . 176 Lady Bertha ..... 8 N. Frances (Mogan) 6 74 ... . N.W.Basset (Illogan) £3 9i ... 6115 North Wheal Crony 4 5 ... li Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 161 171 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... ... 68. Sort. Cons. Mil). CO. 1 --• 1 . 4 ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Meer 390 -- 400 ... 2S. earn Brea (Illogn. 24 3. . . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 230 240 5 44 , Tam. S. &L • Min. Co. / 10 9 Tin Croft 3l 31 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) 70 9 0 ... 1286 V. of Towoy (Camar.) i 1* ... 14 W. Basset (Illogan) 22 24 ••• 20 W. Caradou (Liskrd.) 95 105 ... 51 1 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 175 185 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 20G 220 ... hi Wh. Edward(Calstek) 41 5 ... 117 e Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 9 ..,, 8 Wh.Ma• Ann (Menht. 46 48 4 Wh. Trelawney(Lis.) 24 -- 26 FOttEIGN 111.11 , 115 b. 20 7* Australian 1 1.08, Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 1 : p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .C 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaos do Cuiada .. . . 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1 - 12 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica .. . . . .4 40 all Cobra Copper 4O 42 . . 16 Copiapo - 13 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - 91 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita al all l p N o o n v t e . a s n Monde ii.Ldm.4 smit 5 7 1 all Now Granada a i • ••• 20 1. 5 1 Port Philip A - 1 30 16i Santiago de Cuba all United Mexican 3t 34 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) - 350 25 19 Australian Agri=lt. 29 30 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 1 11 10 all ;Berlin Water Works. 33 43 10 2 ;Do. New iss. at 5/. d 50 4O 'Brit. American Land 100 321 Canada l l .ll 120 St. 100 .Do.Go.6pe.Jan&July 113 114 1131 3 St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace ll lit 1 5 all Do, Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 all Eastern Steam 23 St. 100 Electriclelograph lO7 109 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel 5 111 En.&Anst.Cop.SmCo 11 1,1 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn, Tel. 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim„) 3i 20 ‘ll Gon. Ir. Sc. 15 14 ,Gen. Steam Navigat. •• 20 5 London Diseount d 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 21 —. 2i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7i 10 all Do. Extension 10 I all ".J . c.:,,..L.sxS.Amerien 2 0 5 Nat. Discount Co . ll 10 6 Netherlands ; Land._ 4 4 10 all Do. Do. . i - 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at ld. 1 14 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 14 17 St. l loo I N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 983 993 991 84 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 all INrth.olEuropeSteam 21 34 1 all 'Oriental Gas 1 108. Do New Shares id p 5 all Nein.. Ld. 6x Mimi 2 21 50 , all Peninsular & Oriental 783 79 , 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 59 - 61 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 1 St. 100 S.Ans, Gov.6p.e.bds lO7 109 25 all South Austral. Land 36 3T 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip — 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trute, Ln. Co. Up. Can. 100) 283 k Van Demme§ 103 113, THAMES. AN EXTRAORDINARY MIST , K Bt AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. —0 i SJ.,,urd a y rn,riliog last Captain Junes, tl,e waster of the American ship Clara, lying in the Victoria Dack, applied to Mr. Yardley for his advice and assistance under very peculiar circumaiances. He was accompanied by a gentleman from the eminent firm of Anthoriy Gibbs and Son, merchants, aad agents for the Peruvian Government. Captain Jones stated that he had for many years traded between New York and Glasgow, and wben he paid off his crews at the latter place it was always done in five dollar or one pound notes. lie had lately arrived in the port of London, from the Caincba Isles, with a cargo of guano, consigned to Messrs. Gibbs and Son, who advanced him money to pay off the crew, and he received from them a great many 51. Ba k of England notes. Not being accustomed to thas sort of money, ho had paid them away to his seamen as five dollar or 1/. notes, and did not discover his mistake until some time after he left the pay office, and commenced making up his accounts. Mr. Yardley must confegs that he was somewhat startled at hearing that an old and experienced Ameri can captain, and belonging to a people whose care and shrewdness in all monetary transactions were proverbial, should have cotnmitted such an egregious error as to pay away 51. Bank of England notes for 1/. notes. Toe' Captain said thought the notes represented five dollars, or 205., and not 51. sterling of English money. Mr. Yardley said all our paper noses represented pounds, not dollars, and our monetary affairs all had reference to the p nod, or a!iqu )t, parts of the pouud. The agent said the seamen ought to be compelled to disgorge the money they received in excess. Mr. Yardley said the difficulty would be to get at them. They ware, no doubt, scattered in various direc tions. As a matter of common honesty the money paid in excess ought to be restored to the captain, whom be was willin to a-sist by every means io his power. He asked how much Lad been paid in excess? Captain Jones replied up sarde of 160/. Mr. Yardley said that was a large sum to lose, cer tainly, and he would see what could be done. He directed police constable Taplin, No. 234 K, an officer tt„hed to the court, to take the matter in hand, and endeavour to obtain the restitution of the money paid in excess to the seamen, This morning Tap!in, a most intelligent officer, who has been often entrusted with ivory important mi.sions, reported that he had been among the sail.trs, and ob tained from them in all 1001. of the money over-paid to them. Others had quitted London, and gone no °Le knew where, and some bad spent all their wages, in cluding the money paid in excess. Mr. Yardley—You have reoeived 1001. for the cap tain, have you! Taplin—l have, sir. I had some trouble in getting back the money. Mr. Yardley had no doubt of it. He was both sur prised and gratified at the successful result of the offi cer's exertions, and he thJught the American captain was under a great obligation to him. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended July 22, 1858, made up from the Re• turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns iu England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WiIBAT BARLEY 1 OATS I RYB I 882kN9 I PRA 3 I 45s 3d „Os 4d 26s 5d I 30s 8d I 433 3d I 44s 5 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES, WURAT JIMMY 0 IT3 RYE I BEANS 1 PEAS 43s 91 31s 01 26s 2d 30s lid 423 7d 43s 4 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 91,232; barley, 1,343 ; oats, 2,731; rye, 93; beans, 1,357 ; peas, 77 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. About an average time of year supply of beasts was on offer to-day, and most kinds sold steadily, at fully Mon day's quotationi. The show of sheep was less extensive, and the mutton trade ruled firm, at extreme rates. We had a steady, but by no means active, demand fur lambs, which came rather freely to hand, at unaltered currencies There was a dull trade for calves, the supply of which was good, at barely stationary prices. Pigs and mulch cows sold slowly, at late rates. Per 81bs to sink the offal& s. d. s. 4.1 s. d. s. d. Interior Beasti....3 oto 3 2'PrimeSouthdown 4 2 4$ bond quality.... 3 4 3 6:lArgocrse. calves 3 6 4 0 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, dtc. 4 2 4 4 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...2 10 3 2 1 3ma1l porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...3 4 3 8 suckling calves 20 0 23 0 Prime arse.-wlled.3 10 4 0 Quarter old pige 19 0 23 0 Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d. TOTAL SIIPPLT. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 350 Beasts Sheep and lambs .. Calves 5lO Pigs — MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATIII AND LEADENHALL.— The demand for each kind of meat ruled inactive, as follows : - Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 41 ; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 31 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 33 0(1 to 4a 01 per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 21.—The supplies of stock hero to day wero seasonably good, and a fair average business was transacted, as follows: Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ' • Lamb, is 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4 s 6d ; Pork, 3a 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, July 21.—Sheep and lambs sold steadily, at very full prices ; otherwise the trade ruled heavy : Beef, from 3s 41 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 83 to 4s 6d ; Perk, 3s Od 41 4s 21 per 811ss ; Stora Pigs, —s to—s ; Mulch Cows, 141 —s to IE/ Os ; Lean Cows, --1 to —/; Suckling Calves, 16s to 231 each. HAy MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. Old meadow hay, 31 5s to 4/ Ts Od; new do., 3/ 5s to 4/ Os ; old ,:tov , -.1 I/. 5s to 51 Oa ; new do,, 4/ 5s to 4/ Us; and straw, 1/ 143 to 1/ 18s per lose. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND. Old meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 41 8s ; new, do., l 5s to 4/ Os; old clover, 410 s to 51 Os ; new do., 41. Os to 4/. 158 ; and straw, 1/ lls to 11 18s per load. A. moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITROFIAPEL. Old meadow hay, 31 03 to 4/ ; new do., 5s to 4108 ; old clover, V. 5s to 51 5s ; now do., 4/. Os to 4/ 10a; and straw, 1/ 138 to Il 168 per load. Trade dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, July P.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. moderwe breeze, and fine. QUEENSTOWN, July 21.—Arrived— Admiral Lyons, from Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, Jab" W.N.W.—Arrivetl— Itnperatriz, (ss), from Hong Kong ; Neptune's Favourite, Ganz° ; Wm. Metcalf, Leghorn, and Let for London. Sailed —H.M S. Avon, for the westward. SourtramPrON, July 21.—Wind W.—Vanderbelt (-), for New York. FALMOUTH, July 21.—Wind Russell, from Kiugroa ; Gottingen, from Moulmein for Antwerp ' • Elizabeth, from Akyab for Brem en . S a il e d— Elizabeth Yen, for Bombay. OFF DOVER, July 20.•--Arrived -- Imogene, from Algoa Bay. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOITTRAIIPTON, Thureday Morning. Wind W. Arrived—Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Horse Guard, Cardiff. Sailed—Despatch, st),.mer, for Jersey ; Le Coq, for Chei LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, July 21—Hesper, from Charleston; Florence, Montreal. Arrived, July 22—Yorkshire, from New Yolk; Aurora, Buctouch. Sailed, July 21—Vigo, screw steamer, for New York; Eljalmar, Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Thursday Morning. Wind W.N. W.; last bones obb ; cloudy. Arrived, July 21.—Wilhehnina, from Cape Town; Eliza Fox, Porto Rico. Arrived, July 22—Baron Osy, from Antwerp; Eliza, Antigua. Sailed July 22—Spitfire, for Port Philip. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. by N., moderate. Passed—Henry, hum *Quebec for London; Atha e, tit m Cagliari for Lou ion. Saile.l—Will Know, for Aberdeen. " VERY MUM LINES."—The two unhappy failures that have followed the attempt to lay down the Atlantic sobloor-Punck 100 100 100 100 St. 'lOO 20 i all 10 j all St. 'lOO -t. 100 St. 1100 St. 100 St. 100 50 .16 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St, 100 25 16 St. 100 St 100 St. LOO 10 31.1 1100 1 100 400 78 78i 10 I 2 82 91j 21 911 9- e i 3 1858. Si !ALI PA &, IA ARI 11 -I'. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shor ly after 12 o'clock. SARAWAK. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the merchants, shipowner: , , and bankers of Ljndon, tradiu to the East Indices and China, calling ai tenti - in to the present state of Brizieb interests in theArchipehigo, and praying that pnitection might be afforded to the govern- meta of Sarawak under Sir J. Brooke. CONSOLIDATED FUND (A PPROPIZ IATION) BILL- TR E FINANCIAL STATE OF THE COUNTRY. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir G. C. LEWIS called the attention of the Louse to a comparison of the figures in the Appropriation Bitl with the Chanc llor of the Exchequer's statement when he introduce I his budget. fie then estimated the re• venue at 63 000,000/., and that there would be a surplus of revenue over expenditure. The right hon. gentleman estimated the interest of the national debtat 30,300.000'., the charges for the army 11,750 000/., for the navy 9,860,0001., the civil serve. 7 000,0001., and the collec tien of the revenue 4,700,000/., making a total of 63 610,0001., compared v. ith a probable revenue of 63,900 000/ , showing a surplus cf revenue over ex?en diture of about 300,000/e The respite of the votes in committee during the session, as shown by the appro priation bill, were as follows :—National debt int: rest 30,300.0001., army 12,010.000/., navy 9,839,000/., civil , tervices, 7,240.0001 and ecl ection ofrevenue 4 738,000/., making a t , tat of 64 119,0001, but to that must he '.•'d 326,000/., the balance of former re) . 23 :a weernittee of r-ueple, of which the G v. rument proposed to avail ..beues Ives, and th,t would bring up the total charge of the existing financial v. ar to 61,415,000/ , agatnet an estimated revenue of 63 900,000/. ; ther , fore, ac2ord ieg to the infertnation new before the hou e, instead of there being an excess rf revenue of 300,000/ c• r ex penditure, there wou'd be an estimated exclqi of expen diture over revenue of 835,0001, which was the point to which he wished to call attention. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it °as true there bad been an excess of estimated expen diture over revenue, but at the same time he was happy to say the revenue bad also exceeded his estimate, and he were called upon to make a statement from this iime, his estimate of revenue would be much greCer than the estimate referred tn. The Bloomy state of things that Existed when her Majesty's G ivernment took office had cleared away, and the rev-nue for the final quarter showed an increase of 223,944/. income over expenditure, and that at a period when their expectations were the least sanguine, He found from a return that had been furnished to him the follow ing favourable state of the revenue from the Ist to the 19th Jul, in cemparkon with the same period of the previous year. Ie 1857 tie revenue derived from the customs for the 18 days was 867,000/,, fur this year 1,063,0001., giving a surplii , on the 18 days of 196,0001. (Rear. hear.) Excise in 1857 Wa ,, 623.0001., it was now 728,0001., giving an increase of 105,0001. (Hear, bear.) Stamps in 1857 was 297,0001, tt was now 340,0001. —(hear, hear)—giving a surplus of 43.0001. (Hear, hear.) The post-office in 1357 was 30,0001., it was now 50,0001, giving a surplus of 20,0001. The aggregate increase of surplus on these four great branches, which more than any other indicated the condition of the coon ; ry, was 364,000/. on the 18 day.. (Hear, hear.) Such a state of things would, he thought, allow hon, members to meet their censtruents without any gloomy s iev;s t f the state of the finances of the country—(hear, hear)—and when it was said there was a deficiency instead of an in crease, he appealed to the figures he had stated as proct to the contrary. The state of the revenue was so encou raging, that her Majesty's Government, although they had tee power of raising this year two millions, in orsler to pay off Exchequer Bonds, had only availed themselves of that power to the extent of one million—(hear, hear) —which they anticipated would be sufficient— (beat, hear)—so that if public aff ore proceeded as favourably as now, her Majesty's Government would he able to reduce the debt this year one (Hear, hear.) The rig l.t Eon. gentleman reminded the house that revenue and expenditure depended on the policy pursued by a G , ven nuient - . (Hear, hear.) And atter reviewing cur position with referi,ece to foreign ceuntrits, and our commercial prospects, he c ncluded by observing that the inc o - ne and expenditure was such as to give satis faction to every lover of his country. (Hear, hear.) After some remarks from Mr. Wins .N and Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. CRAWFORD asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer if he could state how much of the increase in stamps aro3e from the impaction of stamps on bankers' cheques The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not examly answer the queetion of the hon. member, uor did be think it necessary to do so. The t axes had generally realised the estitna'ss he made in the beginning of April. S r H. WILLOUGHBY complained of the growing, increase in expenditure of the country. It was becom ing a very serious matter, and the house must do some thing to chick it. The finanots were in a buoyant state but unfortunately expenditure increased according to the capability of taxation. He had every confidence that the present government would use their utmost en deavours to reduce the expenditure. After some lemarkl fr.)m Mr. W. WILLIAMS 111 rela tion to the increase of expenditure in the army aLd Davy, The motion was agreed to. tLEFT BITTING MARGARET PUB IN&W, AND THE ALLEGED PROCURATION SYSTEM. Sir Peter Laurie had made arrangements to pay a visit to the West London Union, to a , certam the result of lettere sent by Mr. Phillips, the Master of the Union, to various persons whom Robinson alleged were cognisant of her case, but in consequence of the day appointed, Tuesday, being a beard day, the worthy alderman did not keep the appointment. Since the last notice of the ' case, Mr. Phillips has received a letter from Mr. Oldham, the clergyman in Glasgow, who bad taken such an inte rest in the girl, in which that gentleman declares his in tention of not interfering any further in the matter. The girl's father has not addrmsecl any answer to Mr. Phillips' letter, and the affair assumes a by no means satisfactory aspect. It is the intention of the authorities at the West London Union to remove the girl to the Westminster Reformatory, where the will be subjected to strict discipline. Margaret Robinson ia not the "interesting girl" she has! been de cribed, but a weather-beaten avid lather haggard-faced girl. Altogether a grosser imposition. has never been practised upon the public. THE CASE OF SWINFEN v. SWINFEN. As one or two inaccuracies appear in the para graph from the Loudon papers, it may he interest ing, while correcting these, to give a resume of the circumstances under which this cause celebre comes on for trial once more at the present Stafford assizes. Mr. Samuel Swinfen, of Swiufen near Lichfield, died a few ykars ag having, by a will made shortly previous to his death, devised his estates, worth 60,000/. or 80,._001,, to the widow of his only sou. The son had died suddenly a short time before the making of this will. After the death of old Mr. Swinfen, the heir at-law, Captain Swinfen (son of a hall-brother, and per sonally unknown to the testator), claimed the estates on the ground that the will was invalid. The action to decide this was to have been tried at Stafford in the spring of 1856, Sir Frederick Thesi ger (now Lord Chelmsford) being Mrs. Swinfen's leading c uusel. During its progress, Sir Fre lerick, contrary to the expressed desire of his client, en tered into a compromise with the ceu -, eel of the heir-at-law, according to which Mrs. Swinfen was to give up all claim to the estates, aLd receive 1,0001. a year for life (not 3,0001. a year, as stated). Mrs. Swinfen repudiated the right of her counsel to enter into a compromise withew her authority, and sought immediately to be relieved from it. The arrangement, however, having bee i made by a rule of court, application was in the next term made to the Court of Common Pleas to commit Mi s Swinfen to prison for re pt acceding to the terms come to by Sir Frederick on her behalf. On thisocca sion his counsel made affidavits against her; but after a very able and elaborate argument from Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. S winfen's counsel, the court refused to make a rule absolute for her committal. A bill for specific pi rformance was afterwards filed iu Chancery, to compel her to accept he compromise. This bill was dismiss( d by the Master of the Rolls, and an appeal against the decision, entered before the Lords Justices, met with a similar fate, the court, after hearing Mr. Kennedy, confirming the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and ordering Cap ain Swinfen to pty all costs. Lord Justice Knight Bruce, in giving judemene, cereienieed most strongly the cone •e ;Jur eued by the defendant harassitig Mrs. Swinfen by a suit in Chanceiy. Mrs. Swinfen being thus completely freed from the compromise of 1856, the proceedings to test tle validity of the will hegin de novo, and the action of Swinfen v. Swiufen is to be tried during the Mr. Ken pre4en t Stafford assizes by special jury. body will be the leadni cotinFel on the part of Mrs. Swinfen, and Mr. Edwin James is specidly retained for the other side. Mrs. ~ S winfen Lib° brings an action against the Lord C hancelor to recover damages for having entered into the com• promise. Mr. Kennedy wi ll be her counsel in th i s matter. The question is of importance to the legal profeision end the public, it having been too fre quently the practice of leading counsel to come to terms without consulting their clients.—Birming ham Daily Post. - THE NEW FLAX Cu r fine specimen of new flax ha be-n I,f , %cab us by Mr John B 48 to 50 inn ies ng, grown from E: gli.h seed, idler a crop of oat- at Syrinx-vale. near Deugh. THE GREAT COMET.—It i , :-tated in 1.-tters from Paris that the great cornet, which was so much talked cf about a year ago, but failtd to appear, has been descried, jubt below the horiz9o, at the Paris Observatory. The point of emergence is raid to be identified with that ind:cated mou th ago by Prates , r Donati, of Florence, T r Ufa A OF 'lA:a' (From the Morning Poet.) The difficulties attending the complete purification of the Thames and the drainage of ths metropolis are cioubtlos very great. As it now seems determined that it shall be done—that it shall be Cone by the present authorities, and at the expen.e of the cay, it may be well to make a short rd-un.4 of the subject, and the theories and errors that have been promulgated thereon. Toe principal difficulties are these :—The only outlet for the sewage is a tidal river ; that is one which runs westward for thirteen hours, and back again eastward for eleven hours, out of every twenty-fur. The couctli through which it runs is a dead fiat fir many miles, and there are numerous large and important towns on its banks wboi.e welfare natr4 be cmaidered. Besides this, an extensive district which is to be drained is F carcely above high-water mark. It is only when the tide is down the sewa,:e from this can escape, and these sewers are scarcely emptied when the tide rises again, and carries the filth up the river to descend again by the next ebb, and oscillate backwards and forwards through the very centre of the most densely-pop u l ate d c i ty i n the world, Several remedies have been proposed. One, the for mation of gigantic brick tunnels and erections of enor mous steam engines, by the combined means of which the sewage may be party enticed and partly compelled to make its way to a point below Barking-creek ; othir the cutting of two open rivers rf au on each side of the T:ian:ee :wits convey the matter down to Reach. These black Tartaresque floods will not be offensive, say their prof-ctors, fur we can always ad mit enough water fr m the Thames to dilute their con tents, forgetting that, when diluted, as now, by the whole volume, or rather when the whole Thames is pcl lilted by them, the smell is intolerable. Others propose .he narrowing the stream by enormous embankments nn each side, utl, , r which the sewer 4 are to flow. The objections to thie last scheme are—first, the tremendous expense, the diiilulties of constructs in, particularly below bridge,_ and the fact that if by means of c..;ntrac'.- , ing the channel the river runs down quicker, it will run back again at a corresponding rate, and, worse than all, will bring back the filth with it again and again, as it does now. It is true it may get rid of what are called "the foreshores," cr shallows, whereon the mud is de posited ; but experiment has proved the original sin to be in the • pollution of the flowing, 'roving, tidal volume of the Thames itself. The remedy proposed is merely wiping the fouled margin of the foun• tain, net diverting the puieoned stream into other and I. , wer channels. The objections to ihe first scheme are the magnitude of the undertaking," the enormous cost, stated to be five millions of money ; the pouring all the filth at once into one part of the river, under the very nose of severs] important tcwes ; and last, not least, the length of time that must elapse be. fore the works could be finished. The city may be de ppulated by fever or cholera befota, one ounce of sewage can be diverted from its present channel, if no scheme but the most full, the most entire be at once adopted. Bat though a great length of time must necessarily elapse, and much money be spent, before a complete job may be made, can nothing be dente at once to lessen the evil—is there no ready way at once to get rid of a large portion cf it ? It appears to us there is if we seek it. If a man meets with a severe accident in the etreer, we do not let him lie there untouched till we can get the very first surgeon in London, and the very best bandages. We try to stanch the wounds with the first thing that conies to hand, and send for the nearest assistance, lest he should bleed to death before Brodie or Holt could arrive, If we walk to the tops of Greenwich or Highgate hills, if we glance at any map of London with the leve's or contours marked, we shall find, though there are considerable traces but little above high-water mark, that by far tho larger portion of North and South Lon den is actually on a hid. Let us treat of the former Ceeapside and Piccadilly are more than 40 feet above high-water mark—Trinity datum. Whited:lapel and Bethnal-green are 30 feet ab ire the same, and the whole cf Lou ion then rises raptoly northward towards Highgate and Hamp,tead. Tne top of the Regent'e-pat k and the heart of Islington are each one hundred and twenty feet above high-water mark. Surely there cught to be but little trouble in draining these high and poru lons districts. Be in and drain the eat once, and take time for the difficult and low levels. Du that which is easy at once, and be leisurely with that which craves care and precision. The rising grounds or hills on which the north of London stands are intersected by two valleys —one, commencing from the river at Blackfriars, passes in a r.ortherly direction, and is the channel of the ancient river Fleet ; the other ariees from the marshes to the east of L :ndon, and has two branches, one pass ing westward through Hackney to Kingsland and Islington ; the other, starting from the same point, goes northward to Stoke-Newingt in, aed then makes a sweep eastward to Holloway and the foot of High gate-hilt. Through these branches of the latter valley it has been proposed to construct sewers to "intercept," as it is called, the present sewers—that is, they are to be so deep that the latter may discearge themselves into the now sewers, and so convey the filth away to soiee peiet down the river where tLe volume of water is ao great that it shall be so diluted as to be corn pat atively harmless—at any rate, so far that the ttde will not carry it back to London. This course appears so obvious and so feasible tbat it seems marvellous it was not set about and finisee i long ago. But, like most thiegs in England, we are not content with what is good, but must strive after something better; arid then we get into heavy difficulties aad expenses, and the end is, no thing is done at all, but the old evils and nuisances re main. No I we must have one gigantic seherne ; high arid low, dif f icult and easy must be joined together, and the result bas been that neither the skid of our engineers nor the depth of cur pockets can carry out the whole withott inordinate taxation and a delay of five long year?. "Le mieux est I'ennemi du bien," is a good French proverb; it would be well if it eJuld be natura lised here. Now, let us inquire whence comes this obstructiveness, One of the first dogmas laid down was to provide for the increase cf population. This in many instances is proper, but not when time and circumstances press heavily The wisest course with regard to the future, perhaps, is to do as a new railway often does—to buy land enough for two lines, but to lay down only one till the increase of traffic justifies it. Of course, as a first step, this provision for posterity, the planning sewers not only for the present but the future, very touch in creased the amounts of the wimetes. The sec nd great cause of expanse was, that it was determined the new sewers should take off all the ra:n water as well as the sewage,acdc ,nst quently it wa necessary that they should be large enough to carry away the greatest quantity of water that had ever been known t r fall in the shortest space of time. This was sub equently much modi fied, but at the estimated rates of a fall of a quarter of an inch of rain in twenty-four hours, and of the pas sage of thirty gallons of sewase water for each individual of the population, in the same time, the size of sewer required for the former was double that of the latter. The sewers, therefore, as planned, were three times as large, and three times as costly as they would have been if intended to carry efr sewage only. The method of calinlating the fall of rain seein , a'so to have been very artiirary. In the City, where every acre is covered with either roofs or paving, all the water tat fa is from the heavens (sxcept that which may be evaporated) must go down the sewers; but in districts where every h .use has a garden the larEest portion of the raiu is absorbed by the tlirsty earth, and the surplus soaks slowly down till it meets with some stratum not permeable, where it forms what are technically called "land springs," which never get into sewers at all, and yet no such dis tinction seems to have been made in the calculation. 8.. t though it is clearly desired to prevent filth fhwing into the river, what hurt can rain do! Can there be any ohjectioN to this flowing into the Thames ! The mud from the streets is removal by flop carts, and cf the little that finds its way down the gull-ye the chief coal ponent part is the abraision from the tranite. By all me, ne let this be prevented from going ultimately into the riv.r if it be found injurious, but let us immediate/y divert the filth and disregard the mud. One is inuxt ou., the other poisonous ; one affects the eye, the other touches life. It appears to us that nothing is more . easy than to do this. Let the ordinary sewageP"igont t the new channel, the new iuterceptirg sewer; hn lot the flushes of rain, let the storm-waters, when hischan nel is fall, rise and pass off by the old existing Sewers t;11 the low level intercepting sewer is completed. But there was another oircuuotance often moaned e t e three ria.p - l a o r u k r , hf from s om of over as a cause of great difficulty and expense. It would be easy to draw the ew North London to the verge of the v oif whence there is the ample fall of 30 feet, or five feet per mile, to Barking Creek. But, oh ! the difficulty, the ground fells so r apidly at this first named point, that 20 s luggish course is ne ar l y l eve l to Berkiog, feet are lost at onc e in the first half- quarter of a mile, and a h n e d n a t n u he n t u a s r u d a y lly large sewer must be made to convey away its lazy contents. A. Roman engineer would at once have solved the difficulty, by making his "conduc tus" an acqueduct, or placing it on an embankment. N ow , this would peculiarly suit the condition cf ihe land, for the works would then pass over the nnriL sble River Lea, and save the ea t es:l,ec-e of sending "'vests ntoler its u. d, and would give a real y and Key tuft to whatever outlet might eventually be decided upon. Common sense tells us high lands may, with the same current, be drained to a much greater distance than lower levels. Why, then, should al the sewers discharge at (me point ! Let the sewage of the high lever be sent out further to sea than that of the low district, The difficulties of engineering would be much diminished ; and Erith and Giaveeend would no longer complain of the vast masse f filth proposed to be poured out before their windows in ene dense volume. The same ason• tug apilies to the south of Loot on as to the north. The main difficulty has been cleared away by Parlia ment. The sources are now defined, and the funds can now be legally raised. Want of money is now no ob stacle. But rumour states there is still to be Edo i.- ing, theorising, temporising, speechifying, and squab bling among the board, from whom so long we have expected o much and have got nothing but alk. If this be so, representative institutions are rot only or, t'reir trial, but on the broad, precipitous road 'o 'iatred and contempt. Let no hour be lost. All plant any; lay.:ls have been taken months—years ago. Let pm pa rations be made and contracts entered into dire: tly tot relieving the Thames of three-fourths of its but,anee and let this be carried out, within a few months. L' eto er and 'wire difficult f llow in due course. If not, let us acknowledge the imbicility f all cone, reed. 4,hd, as Tatquin bent to the EtruecaLs to construct the vast Cloaca maxima t 3 drain Rome, let us send t( France, or let us erg le the Russian ergiceer who eleveu.days falified bebastopd, and save our lives by acknowledging the ignorance of our agents. CitYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. THE SUNDAY QUENTION-RESULT OF THE POLL. It may be rem.mbrred that, at the half-yearly meeting of shareLold:-rs of . F.e company, held on the 3Dth of June last, it vias moved and carried by a show of hinds : "Tint in the opinion of this meeting the open. ing of the palace and grounds to shareboldero (11 Sunday afternoons is desirable, and that it be re ferred to the Board of Directors to make suck arrangements as they may consider best for giving effect to this resolution." At a subsequent stage of the proceedings it Was resolved, on the mo'ion of Mr. Sotheby, that a ballot of the shareholders should take place upon the question. The ballot commenced on the afternoon of the meeting, and was then reoi ened on Tuesday bat at the Crystal Palace, and continued until Satur. day afternoon, when it finally slosed at four o'clock. An adjourned meeting of proprietors was held yesterday, at the Cr) stal Palace, for the purposeuf announcing the result of the poll on the qu stion, whether the shareholders should be admitted into the Palace on the Sunday, and also for the elec..- tion of one director—Mr. T. M. Farquhar in tea ch ir. Thu Cii d ['BUN said that the only .business for which th-y were met on that occasion was to de- . dare the resultof the poll, which, according to the For op en i ng report of th e scruc i ne rs, stood as follows : the Palace on the Sunday to shareholders 43,480 Against 19,405 Majority ..................... , 24,075 The arinouucemeut was received with ch3ers and The CHAIRMAN said that the board would take steps to carry into effect the wishes of the share holders. (Hear ) Mr. L. SOTHEBY said that, whilst ho of course bowed to the decision of the majority, he could not but expre , s his opinion that the conclusion arrived at was the most suicidal that bad ever taken place with respect to the interests of the Crystal Palace Company. It was most suicidal, and if— The CHAIRMAN said that they were met on that occasion simply for the purpose of declaring the result of the poll, and he could not allow the ques tion of the openin.z of the Crystal Palace on Sun days to be re-argued. (Hear.) Mr. SOTHEBY thought that he had a right to say something on the presentation of the report. Mr. Ews--The decision of the proprietors is an answer to tie ques ti on . (H ear. ) The CuArnar..tiv—Yes. The report which has been read is conclusive, and I cannot hatre the question 're-opened. Captain YONG said that be should avail himself of the power he possessed of testing the legality of the proceeding. He had the opinion of Si r R. Bothell, which was opposed to the step about to be adopted, and if the directors were determined to act upon the resolution, he gave notice that it would involve the company in further litigation. The result of the poll for a new director was as follows : For Mr. Reed „ Mr. Laurie „ Mr. Spiller 6,021 A vote of thanks to the scrutineers terminated the procce dings. CITY SEWERS COMAUSSION. The Commissioners of Sewers met on Tuesday at Guildhall--Mr. Deputy Christie presiding. Mr. DAM read the following, which will explain itself : "Metropolitan Board of Works, " 1, Greek-stree-, Soho, July 13, 1858. " Dear Sir,—l regret that in consequence of other pressing demands upon my time, I could not look into the matter referred to in your letters of the 18. h and 24. h July last. " The passage in the report which you cite has reference to the main drainage loan, contracted by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, amount ing to 140,000/. The hoard first charged a portion of this debt on the City, in common with the rest of the metropolis, and the total amount for which the City would have become liable by that course would have been 14,185/. 3s. 11d. mortgage debt, and 1,5331. Os. ricl. in respect of the previous instal ment, interest, &e., making together 15,7181. 4s. 4d. Upon coming into office the board found that sum of 149,000/. entire ; and though they temporarily applied a portion of it to their current expenses pending the collection of their assessments, a part of the amount is still in their possession, and the remainder will be replaced as soon as the whole of the precepts issued have been complied wit% The fungi, therefore, still exists, and a portion of it, nearly equal to the debt, viz., 14,9311. 15s. 9d., and a further sum for interest recrived from the bankers, would stand to the credit of the City of L Ilion. When the coerce first proposed by the board in this respect was object& d to, the board ex punge d the debt so charged to the City, and at the same time reapportioned the above amount of assets among-the other party of the " In the present state of this question the com mittee considered the legal position of the City and the o her districts to be this :—lf the board now proposed to commence the main drainage, and to carry out one or more contracts, amounting to 155,000/., they would have 140,0001. in hand on account of the metropolig, exclusive of the City, and the 15,0001., which would ba the share of the City, would have to be raise 1 by a separate loan, or might possibly be demanded, by precept, in one payment. This the committee considered to be attended with inconvenience, and they made a re commendation for remedying it in the manner sug gested iu their report.—l am, he., " G. H. WOOLRYCH, Clerk of the Board. "T. D Esq Guildhlll." • t Incidental to this communication a long discus sion took place upon the Metropolis Local Manage ment Act Amendment Bill, in the course of which —while the nec -ssity of speedily dealing with the main draibage question was fully recognised—the &tails of the new scheme w ere freely canvassed, aid more e!pecially compulsory deodorisation was objected to, unless preceled by experiments to prove whether deodori a ion might not be dispensed with, and so a vast outlay saved without public danger or inconvenience by the points of outfall being fixed, as provided in the t ill, " at any place on the left bank or shore of the said river not higher than the west bank of Barking-creek, and any place on the light bank or shore of the said river not higher than Crossness Pi.int or Erith Marshes. Eventually it was determined to petition Parlia ment to make the deodorisation discretionary with the Metropo:itan Board. LIFE-BOAT STATISTICS. ational coastguard Life-boat sery lnstitutio nand by by r , o t m h e e it a ppears that, from some valuable retu r n s ma d e ice, a ()t g ot} i e tc a l: t er s s I t t o : fy L a l tl o h y Ne d 's, there are 64 additional life boats considered to be require 1 on the coasts of the British Ides, Tt:e proposed new life-boat stations are as follows ; England—Stains, Yorkshire ; Wells and Blakeney, Norfolk ; Orforduess, Suffolk; Puckaster Core and Brook, Isle of Wight ; Stud land Bay and Chapmln's Poole, Dorset; Exmouth, !tope Cove, Bauthau , and Bigbury Bay, Devon; Fowey, Falmouth, St. Ives, and New Quay, Corn wall ; Poit Talbot, Penarth, Portheawl, Milford, Porteullaen, Wales ; Fleetwood, Lancashire ; Maryport and S:lloth, Cumberland ; and Douglas, isle of Man. Seotland—Haddingtonshire, Ber wickshire, two life-boats ; Elie, Fife ; Donmouth and Newburgh, Aberdeen ; Lo3siemouth, Eigin ; Banff ; Sylester and Dunbrath, Caithness ; South Ronaldshay, Orkneys; Esdale, Sate Island Oban, Argyle ; Scrabster Harbour ; Campb.ltown and Dromore ; Mull of Galloway ; Tumberry, Ayr and Troon. Ireland Dundrum Bay Notth, Crandfield Point, County Down ; Clogher Head or Dundalk, County Louth ; Carnsore and Morris Castle, County Wexford ; 11 - nmire, La moro, en i Dango.:;a.l Bay, County Wa•erford ; 13attiuskilligs Bay or Derrynane, Kenmare River, and Kings‘own and Dingle ; County Kerry ; Achil Beg, Kilara and Belmullet, County Mayo ; Ru,lang and Cam, County Donegal ; Port rush and Carrickfergus, County Antrim. The average cost of a complete life-boat establishment, such as that provided by the National Life-boat Society, is 3001. ; this amount includes the cost of life-boat, life-belts and gear, transporting car riage, and a substantial house for their reception. 11 will thus be seen that a considerable sum will be required from the public to make the life-boat system practically complete on our coasts. :rn iustitution has already 70 life-boats in connection with with it. To waiutain these boats in staten at an w ate+, thorough efficiency requires a large Ps ta rin o a f the nual ()why. Last sear the life and duri d ain i n r c a h b o a l l e y p t r o op a: p r were, y the so ci&y, and those of local bodies, rescued; bo' 399 per sons from shipwrecks on our arsons b short period, 1,522 poor is ng e e d o: se x same last invaluable ye m ar e s an l s , , o2 toa 2 itav pe d a h:d . on our coasts from these slid clit• taet grave. a. 0 uOlrinnietshbeet ve:rmdbeta that, creatures !ion c,f t;,is large num ber might have been pre crved to t ., ( a ilies and th e i r country, if itddi h d been on the coast. We, therefore, appeal with confidence to the public, on behalf of the National Life Boat Institu tion, to enable it to carry out its truly philau i thropicaud national object __ ~` 1 , i 6•?, 100 'LOO all all all 100 100 !2s6d 493 8 42 ~ 26 i 1021 371 S 203 171 \