The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-21 00:00:00

, Pl l ' , ' MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A limited amount of business has been transacted during the last few days in the markets for Foreign and Colonial produce. Holders of most of the principal staples demand high rates, and this has in a great measure checked business. Tea has been steady, at about former prices; but the trade have deferred their operations owing to the large quantity to be offered to public competition this day. Sugars, of the better descriptions, have been exceedingly firm, late rates being fully maintained ; but in the Refined Market there has been very little business. Coffee has fully maintained its value, more particularly the better qualities of Plantation Ceylon. A considerable quantity of new fruit has come to hand, and the quality being good there has ; been active competition, prices gene rally being fully supported. Saltpetre has been in steady demand at late values, and tallow has exhibited rather more firmness. Spe culation, however, is not very active, and for im mediate delivery and for forward periods there has been a moderate business done at slightly improved quotations. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, at full quotations. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market there was less animation, and a slight decline in values took place. As much as £300,000 in gold was taken into the Bank vaults yesterday, consisting of remittances from Russia and America, which are likely to be followed by further immediate consignments, in consequence of the present position of the ex changes. The bullion is now supposed to exceed .£19,000,000, and many anticipate that the Executive will be induced to modify their discount regulations to such an extent as will enable them to compete for a larger share of the business now transacted in Lombard-street and among the joint-stock banks. Their position, it is contended, will warrant them in adopting that course, for there is nothing to feer, from undue speculation. The public are not disposed to embark in enterprises of an uncertain character, for the truth is, there are no surplus profits for them to employ in that manner. All classes of the commercial community must feel the severe effects of the pro tracted inactivity and depression, besides the injury sustained through losses arising from failures. It is only at periods of mercantile prosperity that there is an active demand for securities or intest ments, and this will account for the existing quietude at the Stock Exchange, in spite of the abundance of money and the low rates of dis_ count. In considering the condition of the money market it must be remembered that the existing plethora results from commercial adversity, and it is nominally cheap, because little employment can be found for it in legitimate channels. Since the opening of the market, when symptoms of weakness were visible, the English Funds have become firmer, and renewed buoyancy is apparent. Consols are quoted 971 7, for transfer and 977, for the account. The influx of gold, the easiness of money, and the possibility of a reduced minimum are among the influences which are giving so much support to this market. The March Exchequer Bills, 355. to 38s. prem. ; and June ditto, 255. prem. The Bonds are firm, at 1001 ; India Loan Debentures, 987 N ; ditto (second issue), 981 ; and ditto Scrip (second issue), 981. In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of business has been recorded. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96 Q ; ditto New Scrip 1 to 8 dis. ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1041 ; Chilian 6 per Cents., 106; Mexican 3 per Cents., 213 22; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 921 93 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 721 73 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.; 461 ; Russian 41 per Cents., 1001 ; Sar dinian 5 per Cents., 93 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 46 ; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 401 ; Belgian 41 per Cents., 1001; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 661. There has been rather more activity displayed in the Railway Share Market, and, in most instances, prices have improved about 4 to 1 per Cent. Caledonians, North Westerns and Midlands advanced 15s. Great Western, Manchester, Shef field and Lincoln, and North British ss. Eastern Counties, and South-Western declined 10s., and Great Northern and North-Eastern (Berwick) ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in very moderate request. Grand Trunk of Canada improved£l; East Indian, ss. ; and Geelong and Melbourne, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares shoe• very little variation from previous rates. Bank of Australasia declined 10s. ; London and County have improved ss. ; Ottoman Bank, ss. ; and Union of London, 10s. In the Miscellaneous Share Market Royal Mail Steam improved 10s. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures Ditto,ditto, 2d Issue Ditto Scrip 9Bl Qonsols for Account Maid' June. 25 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid 38 5 Ditto X5OO, Ditto Small, lid. Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent ..... ... • Ditto, 18,59 1001 f PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9s} Brazilian, 5 per Cent. — Ditto 1858, 0 per Cent. 961 7 6f Milian, 6 per Cent lO6 Mexican 3 per Cent. — Ditto Ac - count Peruvian, 41 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. 73 21 Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4/ per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 93 Spanish 3 per Cent. 46 Turkish, 6 per Cent. Ditto New Loan Scrip i d Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f lOOl batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66i Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. . 97f 1 . 971 1 Consols, Money Ditto Account SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.—Thursday, Sept. 30, is the 500th anniversary of the dedication of this noble pile, whickwas completed during the prelacy of Bishop Brid p_ort, twe years after his accession to the see. In " Brown's Handbook to Salisbury Cathedral" we find the following : "At length, on Sept. 30, 12,58, Boniface, Archbishop of Canterbury, presided at the solemn dedication of the stately pile in the presence of the King and Queen and a large assemblage of prelates, nobles, and the neighbouring families. The Cathedral of Salisbury was completed in thirtrreight years, at an expense of 40,000 marks."—Salis bury Journal. A MILITARY POLTROON.—On Tuesday morning last a man's thumb, cutoff at the second joint, was brought to the police-office, which was stated to have been found at the West Back-o'-th'-square. On further inquiry it was found that a private in the 2d battalion of the 24th Regiment Was in the regimental hospital, and had made a vague state meat as to being attacked by four or five men, who, while assaulting him, cut his thumb off; and that the alleged assault did not take place in the " Back-o'-th'-square,' as stated; but in a field near the reservoir. Police-sergeant Robinson went to the spot, but was unable to discover any traces of a scuffle or of blood ; and a man who was working in the field from 5 to 6 o'clock on the night in question stated that he did not see a soldier or any man pass that way during.that time ; neither was there any trace of a person Passing the watercourse which the soldier stated the men Went over. Sergeant Robinson then made particular in quiries as to where the thumb bad been found, and the per son who found it directed him to the rails above the goods station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire station, where the top of one of the stumps was stained with blood, and there Was a sign of blood on the ground. A brick lying near sug gested the probability that the soldier, whose name is William Lewis, and who has only joined the regiment a fortnight, had done the act himself to incapacitate himself from further service. This was no doubt the case as he has just received his XS bounty. We understand that he will be tried by court-martial.—Glasgow BURNS' CENTENARY.—A few weeks ago, one of our citizens mentioned to several friends that he was about to communicate with Lord Eglinton regarding a grand de monstration in Glasgow on the approaching centenary of Burns' birthday, and suggested that a provisional commit tee stfoldd be formed to organise further proceedings. The suggestion being warmly received, a committee was ap- Pointed • and at its second meeting the following letter from the Earl' of Eglintoun was read :--" Dublin, Aug. 26, 1858. will give me great pleasure, as it has always hitherto done to co-operate in any scheme which has for its object the exhibition of respect for the methory of Burns on the part of his fellow countrymen. and I cordially approve of the suggestion that there should be a festival in Glasgow in celebration of the centenary of his birthday, and that a subscription should be entered into for the purpose of erect ing a monument to him in that city. As it appears almost impossible that I should be able to attend the festival, my Uarue appearing among the list of stewards would be an empty •compliment, but I shall be most happy to join in the Centenary if it is entered into.—l have the honour to be, hour Obedient servant, EGLINTON and WINTON.—C. R. rown, Esq."—Glasgow Daily Mail. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHAERS AND STOCKS. Shltrel Railways. Paid. Closing[ Business Price. I Done. Share Railways. Closing 1 Business , Paid. I Price. Done. 10 Antwerp &. Rotterdam all 54 51 20 Ardennes 12.10 Amberg-., Notting. Bost. i 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 par 1 ' and Eastern Junction' 10 61 64 5 Belgian East. Junction ,all 4 1 50. Belfast and Ballymena.. all 20 Mears to Graissessac, 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Sti. Val. all 71 74 • , all 9 9 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rai l. all 21 2 Stock Birk., Lane., ancl Chesil. 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 4 Junction lOO 65 87 6 Eastern of : Fran& ...... all 30 30 25' Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 33 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of trance all Stock Bristol and Exeter .... 100 90 92 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 84 81 Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead: lOO 34 36 20 Lake Constance & Rale 411 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Lierre and ,Turhhout... all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian..., , 8 51 51 p 20 Cornwall all 4 5 20 Lucca &Pistoja; 5 p.c.pf. all 10 D o. A A rcves. no div all 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 251 201 all 33 1 Maria Antonia all 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. hasbeen pd.tol3. 20 Do. do. New 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all -- 20 Namur and Liege all 9 91 01 25 Dun„Perth,drAbr.Junc. all 61 71 20 D o . d o . 6p. c. Pref . all 21 21 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 16 Northern of France .... ' all 39 39, Stock Eastern Counties lOO 61 62 61 604 20 Do. New Shares .. . 12 p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 4 7 10 N orweg i a n Trunk Frit': all 9 10 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 30 32 31} 24 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 5 3 1 d 25 Do.NW.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 4 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 344 344 25 East Kent all 20 Paris and 0r1eani,...;.. all 56 57 Stock East Lancashire lOO 90 92 20 c Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 9 i Ip , Gie i 20 East Suffolk all t gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... 10 Do Stock Edinburg - and Glasgow 100 63 4 '614 10 Rome and Frascati .... all j Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 27 28 264 7 20 Royal Danis:' all 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 90 92 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 81 8 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 91 9 Stock Great Northern lOO 102 103 1014 20 Southern of France .... all 24 2 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 82 83 84. West Flanders all 5t 5 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 127 120 10 Do. p. c. Preference . all 9 0 51 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld: 100 102 103 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 25, 26 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 54 56 20 W es t ern o f Swit zer l a n d all 12 Irish South Eastern all 6 Wiesbaden 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 136 89 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12. Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 91 9 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 1 0 d BRITISH . POSSESSIONS. 0 Do. do. £9 shares 7 4 4 d . 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 Closing Business 20 Do. Southport Share ' Railways. Paid. prioe. D one . 11.6.3 London and Blackwall. all 54 61 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 41 1 Stock Lon„Brighton &S.Coast 100 1091 1101 110 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence! . a p _ Stock London & North Westn. 100 90 901 90 I 4 Leased at 6 per cent..l ' 121 Do. Eighths , k p Stock London& South-Westn lOO 94 93 94 g t; 5 perc3nt 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all —'• " 18 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 18 .Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par 1 p Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 3 4 4 35 4 54 4 5 18 Do. Do. B . 41 par 1 p • 10 Metropolitan 3 —— d 20 Buffalo and Lake Huron all. 61 7i Stock Midland ' lOO 964 954 96 4 4 20 4 ' Do. N an 164 131 124 d Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.. 100 68 70 100 Bufralo,Brant&Godrich i 100 83 88 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 6 p . ct. bdi. 1 Au g ., 1871 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 73 82 100 Newtastle and Carlisle all 100 Do. ' do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 21 New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 H • 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Ll - .n. 1. 3.0. p ,) - ' 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim. 2s. __ __ —-. • - 20 CapeTovrn & Dock Scrip 25. 20 Newry, Warpt., & Hos. -all . .- Stock Norfolk lOO 62 64 20 Central Oude (Limited)ls. 6d. 50 North. Counties Union 3l 31 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed Gp.e. 2 4 11p Stock North British lOO 554 56 56 51 1 171 Demerara Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 par ip Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c_ 100 1064 1061 ,1084 4 1 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 20 Do. C Shares ell Stock Do. B Stock lOO. 20 Do. E Shares E::1•,. 10 4 11p Stock North-Eastn.-- , Berwick 100 92/ 93 924 3 20 Do. Jubbulpore • 5 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 1 d 100 Do.4lp.c.lids. pay.'s9 all Stock Do. Leeds lOO 46' 47 461' 20 Geelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 161 174 . Z 64 . sto. j Geelong Corporation 6 ) 100 Stock Do. York lOO 731 74 Stock North London lOO 100 102 t per cent. Bonds 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd = Stock Grand Trunk of . Canada 100 35 37 37 1184 8 4 and City Junction.... 33 ls. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben„pay.'7B all 73 74 731 4 20 North Staffordshire.... 171 54 5 d 160 Do. 6 per cent. Pref... 60 10 Ed 20 North-Western 10. No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 4 8 4 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent.. -4 1 1) Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 26 28 20 Do. do 2 'BP 10 Peebles all 20 Gt.S.of InctLim.—Scrip j 2 , 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d t guaranteed 5 per cent j s '. par ip 10 Rhymney lO — . 20 1 Gt.W. of Canada Share:, all 174 181 18 Stock Scottish Central lOO 113 115 201 Do. New , l3 24 24 d Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 274 28 4 2 3 100 j Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ) all 105 1 0a Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 82 83 t opt. till '6O Stock Shropshire Union lOO, 44 46 . 44 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 108 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 3 2 d . 100 Do. do. '73 without 'opt all 10/ 106 Stock South Devon lOO 34 35 • 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 99 100 Stock ' .iith-Eastern lOO 71 72 714 • 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c. all 18 124 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&.27..v.Dun all 13 14 20 Do. 4,1 p. c. Extension... 15 1 1 - il 20 . Do. do lB 7 5 d 20 Do. Taird Ex. guc.s.p.e. 5 1 p 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 11 20 Do. F ourth d o . 25 Stockton & Darl:ng ton. all 3 5 4 36 4 3 8 Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 25 Do. do. 1854 ' 221 Newßrunswick&Canda. • 25 Do. do. 1855 7 20 / •Ity.&Lancl k Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 116 Stockton & Hartlepool 164 —, Class ACapitl.Share. • Stock•Trff Vale lOO .. Do. do. Land do. . ;. Stock,Do. Preference, No. 1 4 3 d 25 Thom es HavenDk&Rail 22 .. Do. do,. Lan d d 0... 20 1 Northoflndia Tramroad t ,g . Stock Vale of Neat h lOO Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Limited, Sc-ip , • j - ' 50 Waterford & Limerick all • 20 Oude (Limited) .. ss. 20 ' West Cornwall - all 20 Scinde 4 4 15 1 4 p 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all 20 Do. 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. New 1! 5 par 1 p 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 31 20 Do. I'unjaub ~ gg s par p • 5 Do. B all 61 64 • 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. t 5 Id p 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class all 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p 20 Do. 2d Class • all - BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. I Paid. Closing Busine ss Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 9 10 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 45 55 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 455 465 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 90 95 Great South Tolqus l7s 14 15 G.Wheal Alfd.(Philltlek) 11.14.11 —G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 81 24 11 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 91 10; N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan nil. 4 5 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy ) 11 161 171 Porkellis Unit,. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. fra 1 11 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 400 410 • South C. Brea (Illogan). 2 34 ,41 S. , Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 190 200 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4 10 Tin Croft 9 4 4 Unitedlilines(Gwennap) 40 80 100 Vale of Towcy (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 211 224 W. Caradon (Liskcard) 2O 90 100 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5l 175 190 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 180 200 Wheal Edward 51 31 -14 Whealliitty(U. LelawL) 1.7.2 5 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 41 43 Wli'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 24 26 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Litn los I p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is.. 25 p.) 27 1 1 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 1 5 Do. L and and Mining Co. all 14 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min- : ing Co. o: Jamaica 40 Cobre Copper • all 36 38 Copiapo l6 11 112 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.C.:, all 2 Fortuna 20 Gene - . al all 19 201 3 Linares all 9 5 Lusttanian 1 Mariquita all 1 I New Granada all 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago ne Cuba lO4 11 1 28.2.81 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Busines s Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 1151 1 Do. 6p.c.Fh&Aug. 100 113 115 ' Do. 0 p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6 p.e. Jr. &July 100 1091 1101 1101 -- Do. op.e.Ap. &Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 991 1001 994 1001 NovaScotiaGov.o p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1094 1101 1101 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 109 111 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Steck PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. oek Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. StE.Angn. Class A 7& spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pa Stelc Do. do. Ckss C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. friths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dpn. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 p.?.r cent Stock Glas. &S West. g a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. S pcßedm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. o. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Ti edm.,s pc. pth TO Gt. IN h. of ScAld, let pi Gt.Sn..lr W(lreland)4 '`"'" p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 pct. . Stcck Do. Redeemable, 4, p ct. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Stock Do. Irredeemcble, do. . Stock Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. firm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf 'shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do.Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do: do. Lan.* York 6 p.c. stock 1 on.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon .& N. W.Cov. &Nun - eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent .. Stock 264 13 20 Stock Stock Stock Stcck Stock Stock, Stock' 13 Stock 6 Stock 121 I 12 Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 Do. - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 18& Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 -). c. pm Do. l'erpet, 6 p. c. with option 'till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Ste2lc,lB46 S t eak Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Ws v.Val.Ex.SklB47 Stock North British, 5 percent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.ltail.& Dck.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Do. York, 11. &S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire Stclk Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Stcck Do. do. do., 2d gua Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db. st k.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pa Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Abefdeen.gua. 6 pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 ' Do. Fixed 44 per cent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Beading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. lst Is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gata. Stockt. n and Dar. 5 p.c. Do. 6 per cent 'Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 Stock all 1 100 100 IC3 100 100 all 'Paid Closing Business . 1 Price. Done. 114 Zi. Share' Joint-Stock Banks. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Clostng Business Paid. p r i m. I Done. 49 51 94 96 101 103• 6i 6 110 114 102 105 1141 1104 112 i 1144 129 131 80 82 09 71 119 121 110 112 104 106 63 65 11} 111 91 93 82 84 83 85 196 98 9 16 17 95} 101 68 70 18 19 1 9 3} 1 9 41 139 141 1158 163 118 120 I ! IP 65 70 139 111 101 103 :P 92 91 14 14 1106 108 96 07} } is } i dis par 23 24 117 119 98 100 74 76 122 124 125 128 10 lot 24 244 100 102 99 101 28 29 324 334 38 43 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Paid. Leasing I Closing) Business C o. ' s . Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all ILn & N.W - -- Buckinghamshire IC3 Ln & N.W 98 100 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonin 103 105 Coldiester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C 16 18 E.Lincolnshire,g.3p.c 163 Gt. North. 143 145 E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge . 103 - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonia Do. New lOO Do. — Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby all Yk.N.Md. 109 111 Do. I Shares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. 94 96 Do. Barking'Shares. all Do. i •-• Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO De. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M 21 2 Midsb.& R edcr, g.6p.c all Stk.& Dar Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk :76. E.Counts.Midland . 96 1 9 4 8 p N ew markt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. ... all Do — Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all D Preston and Wyre. "all A N s W k. Do. Shares A. 'all Do. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 139 141 Slif.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 6 Lan.& Yk Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassey g South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . Wear Valley, 'g. 6p. C. all ' St k . & Da r 101 Do. do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 90 gg Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 DOCKS. Share Docks. r a i d Closing Business Price. I Docks. Stook Commercial .. ... tt ... 100 Sock Do 4 per :ent Pref. Min. 100 S' ock East and Vest India... 100 S' ock London lOO Stock St. Kat uu ins lOO Stock Southa not on lOO S' ock London -- 1100 Stock St. lint la] ine lOO Stock Sontha gpt on 11 0 00 0 Stock Victori I 1 20 IDO New or 16 100 loz id 100 A gra&Uni tedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 91 93 911 25 Bank of Egypt all 231 24xcl' 100 Bank of London 5O - 45 47 10 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American all 57 59 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 31 21d 100 • City 5O IC3 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 20 Eng., Scot.; & Aus. Ch all 161 17 xd 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerl a nd a ll 1 I 20 . Lon.Char.llk.ofAustral. all 20 21,- ' 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock - 32 100 London & Weatminster 2O 45 46 100 Nat. I'rov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank • 25 20 New Sciuth Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 37 38 20 Ottoman Bank all 181 19 ICI 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do.-New all 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 55 56 25 Do. New' 2O 49 51 50 Union of London •10 24 25 241 4 100 Unity Mutual 55 - 100 Western Bk of London 50 19 17 d MISCELLANEOUS. Shirai Miscellaneous. I Paid. Closing Business done . 4, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 300 350 23 Australian Agricultural 19 34 36 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 11 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at 25 die 3 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & Irish Maz.Tel.A. all 41 43 20 Do. 11, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21 ' 20 Do. C all 14 16 100 Canada' 321 117 120 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Li m ) all Stock Cop.3lin.ofEng.&Smltg all 24 28 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 25 27 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference all 4 4 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Steck Electric Telegraph lOO 108 11l 5 Eng. & Auld. Cop.St.Co. all 1 11 14 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. - 9 Ell TOp. & AM. Stm.(Lim.) all 24 24 20 Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim.) all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. is 20 London Discount 5 11 11 d3l 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 21 21 10 llediter. Electric Teleg. all _ 10 lied. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 74 8 25 National Discount Co 5 1 01 141 10 Netherlands Land 6 10 Do do all 1 2 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,is R. at idle. all 11 11 100 N.llr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 1 N.B.Australasian (Lira.) all i. 20 North of Europe Steam all 2 3 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 is par 5 Peel River Land & 31in. all 24 21 50 (Pen. ,& Oriental Steam. all 8$ 86 50 Do. New lO 8 9 p 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 2 4 1p 21 50 : - Ihymney Iron 15 )o. New all 6 7 100 !loyal Mail Steam , 6 0 60 62 61 4 1 icot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) all 11 11 25 4outh Australian Land. all 38 40 1 iubmarine Telcg. Scrip, all 1. 14 i 1 1 Do. do Registered all 4 14 1 20 fr.& Ln.Co.of Upr, Can 5 100 a % T aal Diemen's Land . a 284. 10 12 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1858. FOREIGN. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) 'WATCH ROBBERY. William Johnson, aged 30, was indicted fos. stealing a watch, the property of Frederick Randall. Mr. Cooper appeared for the prosecution. Frederick Randall said, on the 11th of September last, he was passing the top of Botolph-lane, and in endeavouring to'get through a crowd which had collected there, he met the prisoner, who seemed inclined to prevent his progress. He (witness) went back a few steps, but the prisoner, who was accompanied by another man, followed him, eventually got close to him, and immediately afterwards he found his watch chain hanging from his waistcoat, it having been cut, and his watch , stolen. He immediately collared the prisoner, and charged him with the robbery, which he stoutly denied, and struggled violently to get away. While the prisoner was being detained until the arrival of a con stable, something was heard to fall on the pavement, which turned out to be the witness's watch. There were some other persons near, but the witch was picked up close to where the prisoner was standing. Thomas Marshall, a Cusfom-house officer, said he was passing Botolph-lane on the day in question, when his attention was attracted by a crowd, in which he saw two persons struggling. The prosecutor held a watch in. his hand, which he charged the, other man (the prisoner) with stealing. He detained him until a constable arrived, wheal he was given into custody. Henry Mumford (City police), said the prisoner was given into his custody, charged with robbing the prose cutor. On being searched at the itlaniiion-house some money and eight duplicates were found upon him. The prisoner said the prosecutor was quite mistaken in saying he was the person who took his watch. At the police court he (the prosecutor) expressed a doubt as to his being the person who had robbed him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Recorder sentenced him to nine months' imprison. meat, with hard labour. PICKING POCKETS: Henry Jones pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a purse containing money, the property of Mary Ann Dobson. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Catherine Morris and Ellen Roach, both respectably attired women, each of whom held an infant in their arms, pleaded guilty to picking the pocket of a lady "tallied Ran dall, as ahe• quitted. the Woehrieh-steatn-boat at the Lon don-bridge pier. The police stated that both prisoners were well. known. The Recorder sentencod them to six months' imprison ment, with hard labour. • NEW COURT. The Common Sergeant was occupied the whole of the morning in disposing of Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed sufficient ifttereif to call for a report. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.- - Eliza Jones, a good-look ing young female, respectably attired, was charged under the following circumstances before Mr. Beadon Mrs. Elizabeth Steadman, of 31, Burke -place, Kensing ton, said she was on the prec,eding day looking in at a window in Regent-street, she being shopping at the time, when the accused, who had lived with her twelve months ago in Upper Berkeley-street, came up and stared at her in the face in a most annoying and impudent manner. She asked her why she did so, when she said she would follow her wherever She went. She (complainant) then went into, a shop, where she stopped a quarter of an hour, and on coming out she wag followed by the accused, who was joined by another female, till they got near Rupert-street, they both making use of the most disgusting language, and 'ultimately the prisoner giving her a violent blow. Prisoner said she did it because she was called a thief. Complainant mid the accused, while living with her, had gone into the storeroom and taken away linen, plate, sheets, &c., but she forgave her. Inquiries made by the police showed she had robbed• every place she lived at. The accused said she had never lived with the com plainant. The Chief Clerk asked the complainant if she was sure she was the same person. , The complainant said she was quite sure, although she had not given her right name. Her five sisters had also threatened her. In answer to Mr. Beadon, the prisoner said she was looking in a window when the complainant called her a thief. She soon after met• a friend and told her, and they went after her to speak to the police, when the complainant pushed up against her, and she pushed her. She had never lived with her as a servant. She was quite innocent of what the complainant said of her having robbed her. She had lived in Hercules-Imildings, Milsom-street, Bath, and had been an unfortunate ever since she had been in London. The complainant said she made the charge at the time at the station-house. Mr. Beadon said he would send for the officer to see if she was the same person. The complainant said the police had never seen the ac cused. They could not find her. In answer to the Chief Clerk, the complainant said she lived with her brother, who was in the wine trade in the City, but she declined to saywhere, as she did not think ho would like. He had failed and been to Germany. The accused said it was a false charge altogether against her. _ . The complainant said she did not wish to say anything about the robbery. Mr. Beadon said he should order the accused to enter into her own recognisance to appear again to-morrow, so that inquiries might be made, the complainant's statement not being at all satisfactory. EXPLOSION ON BOARD • THE HAM BURG AND NEW YORK STEAMER HAMMONIA. HAMBURG, Supt. 18. --Great excitement was created in this city on. Thursday by the announce ment of an accid tnt, of a mysterious nature having happened on boa ,rd the iron screw steamer Ham - mom, Captain S ichwensen, of and from this port to New York, whi .ch left Cuxhaven the day before yesterday with the usual bi-monthly mails, a large and valuable ca rgo of manufactured goods, and 293 passengers. If. appears that the steamer—which belongs to the'gGerman line of packets that touch at Southampton., and have hitherto been distinguished by their sp:endid runs across, the Atlantic and the total abseace of all accidents or misfortunes—left the Elbe on Thursday afternoon, and had not been many laours at sea, when from some hitherto unexplained cause an explosion took place in the after part of the ship, and it was found that the powder magazine, containing the vessel's stock of blue lights, - signal rockets, and powder for salliting, had blown up. This magazine being situated under the chief saloon, the passen,gers of the first-class cabins were th e principal sufferers, as the poop decks were forced up by the violence of the explosion. The ship was immediately turned round to return to the Elbe, whilst medical assis *llee was speedily offered by the surgeon of the Hammonia, and Dr. Neander, one of the cabin pas sengers. _ I - subjoin the list of wounded as given by the company :-1, Madame Andre, from Offenbach, residing at Philadelphia, slight contusion of the right hip ; 2, Herr Barth, from Costa Rica, dislo cation of the left knee cap ; 3, Miss Fanny Bier mann, from Furth, a sli g ht woun d on t h e le ft cheek% 4, Herr Friedrich Muller, from Oldenburg, lower part of left thigh bone broken, and fracture of right leg below the knee. to the energetic exertions made by the directors of the company, the repairs of the injury will be completed this evening, and the manager has publicly announced to-day that the vessel will sail to-morrow morning (Sunday) for New York. Although the police authorities have made, the most searching investigation, and examined the officers, passengers, and crew, nothing has b een elicited to throw the slightest light on the cause of the explosion, which is consequently wrapt in the same shrOud of mystery as before, but generally attributed to spontaneous combustion. The powder magazine contained forty blank cartridges for the saluting four-pounders, five dozen blue lights, and about an equal quantity of signal rockets. There were also some gunpowder in it belonging to the French Government. Some of the slightly wounded proceed to New York by . the Hammonia; but Mr. Muller, who was sitting in the smoking saloon im mediately- over the powder magazine when the ex plosion took place, lies in the General Hospital of this city in a most critical state, and Dr. Knorre, the head surgeon of the establishment, is going to amputate both his legs to-day, and entertains but very feeble hopes of his surviving the operation. Madame Andre is also not able to proceed to her destination by this steamer, and remains for the present at the Hotel de l'Europe under the surgical care of Dr. Knorre. No damage was done to the screw or any other part of the machinery of the Hammonia, which is an iron-built vessel of 2,500 tons. THAMES. ASSAULT ON A POLICE - CONSTABLE.--JOllll Petelin, a tall German sailor, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting police-constable Simon Ralph, No. 244 K. The complainant said—At half -past 11 last night I was on duty in South-street, and saw the prisoner fast asleep on the ground. I aroused him and found he was drunk, and he fell down again. I got him up and told him to go home. He swore at me, and hit me twice on the chest. I did not take him into custody, but advised him to go home, on which he hit me again and kicked me. Mr. Yardley—Where did he kick ;ou Witness—He kicked me nine or ten times on the shins, and also upon the hand, and he has injured my wrist. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, began laughing, and sa id—" Please you, mine vorship, I vos dronk, and' cannot tell vot vos the matter on last night, but I vant to go to mine ship." Mr. Yardley—Drunkenness is no excuse at all. You are fined 205., or eight days' imprisonment. TERRIBLE CASE OF STABEING.—Dennis Harrington, a big, burly, morose-looking fellow, who said he was an Irish man by birth and a dock labourer by trade, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting and wounding Mary Regan, who appeared in court with bandages on her head and face, and in a weakly condition from loss of blood. The complainant said she was in no row last night, but there were a few angry words between her husband and the prisoner in Stone-stairs-court, Rateliff. She told the prisoner to go home, and he struck her a violent blow on the eye and knocked her down. She called out " Murder" and cc police," and a constable soon arrived and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner broke away from the constable, and struck her and knocked her down again, and while she was upon the ground he kicked her and stabbed her with a knife below the shoulder on the left side. Mr. Yardley—ls your eye much injured ? Witness—lt is indeed, sir. I thought my eye was out. I am in great pain, your worship. William Freestone, a palice-constable, 105_ K , stated that he was on duty in Brook-street, Itatclif , last night, and heard cries of "Murder" and "Police." He went to Stone-stairs-court, and saw the prisoner, who was mad drunk. He took him into custody for assaultingthe woman, and on the way to the station-house he broke away from him —as the woman described—and knocked her down, and struck her while she was down. He was not aware the woman was stabbed until he reached the station-house, and he then found her bleeding copiously, and called in a sur geon, who dressed the wound. It was below the shoulder. He found a clasp knife upon the prisoner. It was in the prisoner's pocket, and the blade was stained with blood. Mr. Yardley—Does the wound correspond with the size of that knife? Witness —Exactly so, sir. It is a deep Wound. The Prisoner—l was ston eblind drunk last night, yer honner's wortchip, and I don' t know anything about it. Mr. Yardley—You are committed for trial at the sessions. APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The followin g arc th e names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, September 16:—John Davies, Festinicg, Merionethshire ; Thomas Hewlett ; Robert Hollings, Yorkshire ; John Ashley, Bristol; and on the 9th inst., John Blackett Jeaffreson, Islington ; and three gentlemen who passed their first examination. A CHILD KILLED BY A ELAYMATE.--A n inquest was held at Bristol on Friday afternoon, on the b o dy o f W. H. Twitchings, five and a-half years of age, son of a chair maker, whose death, it was alleged, had been caused by a blow given by another boy named Thos. Clark, aged 10 years. It appeared that on the previous Saturday the de ceased, who was in good health, found Clarke sitti n g on a rl i door step with. a little girl named. away, up on w hi c h Eliza Thoma s . The deceased attempted to pull the Clarke gave him a violent blow n the side. The little fellow went home crying, and complained to his mother of being in great pain. He was at length taken to the infirmary, where it was found that he had sustained a rupture, and on Thursday afternoon an operation was per formed for the purpose of replacing the intestines. The child, however, died under it. The coroner told the jury that although it was more than probable that death had re sulted from the blow given by Clark, yet they could hardly charge a child so young with manslaughter. The jury re turned a verdict of accidental death, and the constable in attendance was desired to inform the parents of the boy Clark that unless they punished him the case might yet be taken up by the police. WHAT IRELAND CAN SEND TO AMERICA. LEVER'S GALWAY AND HALIFAX LINE. In connection with this new scheme of Trans atlantic communication the Belfast Mercantile Journal has the annexed statement :—" The develop ment of this new line has been much more rapid and successful than could have been anticipated by the most sanguine. Every steamer leaving Galway for New York, as yet, has been both full of goods and passengers, and frequently more has been offering than the vessels could accommodate. The fine steamer Prince Albert, which left on Tuesday, took out a full complement of both goods and passengers, among which, from this port alone, there are : Linen 217 boxes, containing 335,627 yds., and 488 pieces, value.-- .£12,896 Haberdashery 13 boxes, containing 5,625 dozen. 1,172 Handkerchiefs 5 „ ~ 3,200 „ . 798 Shirt-fronts 3 „ „ 66.5 „ . 376 Muslin Thread Yarn 1 bale If 168 „ 4 X 16,463 Also, 6 first, 12 second, and 23 third-class pas sengers, forwarded by the enterprising agent here. Already the fruits of a direct trade from Ireland with the United States are apparent. A stocking factory has been opened in Galway for the purpose of supplying the States with cotton stockings, and it is expected that a large trade will be carried on, and the facilities of labour and water-power cannot be surpassed." [Thus far the Belfast Mercantile Journal. We may add that an important company is already formed to carry out this line of steam communica tion (in conjunction with Mr. Lever), to its fullest development.] THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept._ 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. light breeze and fine. QUEENSTOWN Sept. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived-- Margaret, fromPonduras. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed— Indus (s), for Alexandria. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—West moreland, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Em press, from Port Madoc, for Wisbeach, with loss of main boom, and master overboard. DUBLIN, Sept. 20.—Arrived—Catherine, from Porto Rico. NEWPORT, Sept. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Helsingor, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Sept. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rich mond, from Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind E.-;--Arrived—Susannah, from Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Hammonia, steamer, from Hamburg ; Thomas Mahony, from Dublin ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Dispatch, steamer; from Jersey ; Ann, from Sunderland ; Friendship, from Swansea ; Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardiff; Adelaide Ray, from Sunderland. Sailed—lndus, steamer, for Alexandria . ; Indian Empire, steamer, for Galway ; Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPaOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Sept. 21—Mistletoe, from Buenos Ayres ; Numa, from Alexandria • Fernando, from Lisbon. Sailed, Sept. 18—Gulf Stream, for New Orleans. Sailed, Sept. 19—Rowena, for Venice ; Neptune, for Cronstadt. Sailed, Sept. 20—Cairo, screw steamer, for Alexandria ; Warner, for Kid ; Idea, for Bordeaux. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.S.E. ; tide 2: 7 1 hours' flood; cloudy and fresh. Arrived, Sept. 20—Vestrik Winter, from Berbiee ; Canada, from Wyborg ; Vere, from Cronstadt ' • Tasso, from Cronstadt ; Ellen, from Jamaica ; Susan, from Denia ; Carthina, from St. Petersburg; Fanalian, from Malmo ; Merchant, from Archangel; Lightning, from Denia; Hon tie Deantoo, from Riga ; Ardmillan, from Callao ; Abelona, from Helsingborg ; Aberdeenshire, from Huysum ; Visarus, from New Carleby; Vrow Suronina, from Dantsic ; Tri ton, from St. Petersburg; Carl, from Dantzic ; Providence, from Denia. Arrived, Sept. 21—Peggy,. from Wyborg ; Empress, from Cronstadt ; Laura. Ann, from Charente ; Herman Cbr nelius, from Bilboa Georgiana, from Smyrna; Frederick William, from Dantzic; Francis, James Stuart, Tinamara, and Anna Maria, from Cronstadt ; Petrel, from Denia ; Alexandre, from Lucon ; James Bailie, from Dantzic; Matilda, from Corsoer. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.,SE., moderate. Anehored—Prineess Royal, from Rio Grande, for Hull. Passed—Bercaldino, for Halifax • Montezuma, for St. ' John's • Stirlingshire, for Trinidad; Palestine, for New York; Katherine, for Ferol—all from London; Osborne House, from Hartlepool, for Aden; Equator, from London, for Wellington, New Zealand. THE FORTHCOMING SHRIEVALTY.—We an nounced a fortnight since that it was contemplated by their lordships the Barons of the Exchequer to defer the receiving of the sheriffs in the name of her Majesty at Westminster from the accustomed day, the 30th instant, till the let of November next. The sheriffs elect, Mr. Alderman Hale and Mr. Deputy Conder, wishful that in their year of office the immemorial custom of the sheriffs elect being received on the 30th September should not be deviated from, com municated with theirlord ships on the sub ject, and it has since been arranged that the ancient cus tom shall be still followed out. The presentation will, therefore, take place on Thursday, the 30th September instant, when Mr. Baron Watson will preside. The state procession will, as last year, be throughout the entire dis tance by land ; it will leave the Mansion-house about one and arrive at Westminster-hall about two o'clock. The at tendance on the new sheriffs in procession, will, we under stand, in compliment to those distinguished gentlemen , be greater than usual. The members of the Court of the Tal lowChandlers' and likewise those of the Wheelwrights' Com panies, to which the sheriffs elect respectively belong, will take part in the procession, preceded by the banners of the respective companies ; two full bands of the Royal London Militia (with the sanction of Colonel Wilson) will accom pany the procession its entire route. The sheriffs elect will on that day give their inauguration banquet at Tallow- Chandlers'-hall, Dowgate-hill, to which a distinguished and numerous party of guests have been invited. THE BIRTHPLACE OF MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON, C.E.—The cottage of the late Mr. George Stephenson, at willington, is in course of being pulled down. Jr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., paid a visit to his birthplace previous to the removal of the cottage and at the same time he in spected the plans, &c., for tie Stephenson Memorial School, obe erected on its site. The buiMin will comprise schools g for girls, boys, and infants, together with a mechanics' in stitute and dwelling-house for the master and mistress of the schools. The cost of the building will be upwards of 2,000. The foundation-stone will be laid in the course of he ensuing month by Mrs, Addison Potter. TILE ATLANTIC CABLE. The intense interest felt in everything likely to throw light on the cause of the present failure of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, induced us to devote so much sp ace yes t er d ay to the explanations of Mr. Whitehouse. That gentleman claims the title of " Electrician Projector of the Atlantic Telegraph." He has been engaged during the whole period of the manufacture of the cable in experimenting upon it. He has continued these experiments long after the completion of the whole cable. We therefore perused his account with great care in the hope of finding some light thrown on the cause of the present difficulties. We need not say to those who have travelled through the long communication of Mr. White house that we have been greatly disappointed. Had the cable not been laid down, had it broken again and again, we could have understood the drift of Mr. Whitehouse's letter. Acceording to his state ments the form, weight, and whole construction of the cable was ill devised; not only ill devised, but imperfectly carried into execution. Yet in spite of this character the slender cable—which, slender as it was, was a heavy burden for two large ships— was successfully submerged. He blames the paying out apparatus. Yet this apparatus did its work sufficiently well to accomplish the laying down of the cable in spite of wind and weather. The defect of the cable cannot, therefore, be traced to its me chanical construction—that is, so far as Mr. White house gives us any idea of his own opinion of the present cause of the stoppage of electrical communi cation. Mr. Whitehouse admits that he had the control given to him over the electrical operations of the Feat undertaking. Yet all that we learn from him was, that up to the last moment he was only slowly feeling his way as an experimentalist ; that even now his speaking apparatus can hardly be said to be completed. Now this is the confession of the " Electrician Projector of the Atlantic Tele graph." He throws considerable light on the method of getting up companies and gigantic undertakings, not very satisfactory, indeed, for the consideration of shareholders. Mr. Whitehouse and Mr. Brett—the former as electrician, the latter as engineer —made certain experiments on a length of 2,000 miles of under ground wire belonging to the . Magnetic Telegraph Company. The result was deemed successful, and advantage was taken of the publication of this suc cessful result to commence the organisation of the company. The Electrician Projector of this com pany now asserts, that though he claims the title of the Electrician Projector, he is " bound to say that his own habits of research would have led him to repeat it (the experiment on the 2,000 m il es o f wire) again and again, in various forms, before he should have ventured•to regard it as a basis of operations in so gigantic an enterprise ;" and again, that he is " free to admit that the inferences drawn therefrom were in some respects incautious, and the promises of working speed too sanguine, in which respect experience has convinced me of several sources of error." After such a confession as this, which seems to us to indicate that the Atlantic Telegraph Company , was got up upon most uncertain, if not false elec trical data, it seems strange that the person making this confession should style himself the Electrician Projector. The strange thing, however, in spite of all this confession, is, that the thing, so far as elec trical communication is concerned, has been an ac complished fact. The engineering difficulties have all been overcome ; intelligible signals have been sent both ways. They have been sent with as great, if not with greater speed, than theory had anticipated. Why, then, the candid exposure of all Mr. Whit e h ouse ' s difficulties and doubts ? All these, on his own showing were practically swal lowed up in success, as soon as the first intelligible messages had been recorded on both sides of the Atlantic. Wherefore the voluminous communication of Mr. Whitehouse ? It is an apology for his quarrel with the directors of the company. Now, while one side of this quarrel only is before the public, we have stated that we cannot enter into its merits. All that seems of any real value in this lengthy apolou, and self-condemnatory confession of an electrical projector, is contained in its last para graph. With all his experience, Mr. Whitehouse declares that he has heard nothing since his resig nation to alter the opinion he then expressed, that the nature and seat of the injury extends no farther from the shore of Ireland than the portion of the cable -which ought to have been replaced by the thick shore end. If this supposition be true, the defect could easily be repaired without any great difficulty. In this case the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph M Com pany stand, as r. Whitehouse says, in this re markable position :—" Having a success which has startled the whole world laid at their feet, they know not how to use it, but by apathy and incom petence suffer it to elude their grasp, and the grand enterprise of the day to fall into collapse." If the confident expression of this opinion be founded in fact, all the foreboding and complainings of the whole of the previous part of Mr. White house's letter must arise from a distempered imagi nation. If this be not so, we are forced to the con clusion that the credulous directors forced a pro jector, with but little faith in his scheme, to a suc cessful conclusion ; that after its success, a check arising from a cause easilyforeseen and imprudently unprovided for, directors and projector change places; faith is restored to theprojector, and departs , from the directors. Directors and shareholders have a direct pecu niary interest in the undertaking ; they have freely spent their money to carry out a gigantic work of the greatest import to the civilisation of the world. In spite of any quarrel with their projector, we cannot suppose they will suffer the question to col lapse here. It is to their own direct interest to settle the doubt that remains as to the permanent failure of the cable they have successfully sub merged, as an electrical way. They will surely at once take means to set at rest the question whether the fault lies within reach of repair. Mr. White house seems to labour under the impression that he is the only electrician who can successfully work an Atlantic cable. Without undervaluing that gentle man's attainments, or the discoveries he has made in deep-sea telegraphy, we cannot admit the existence of any patent right to exclusive knowledge on this subject to any man. The gigantic strides made by electrical science have not been made by one mind. They are the combined results of the brain labour of hundreds of distinguished men. Many of these were martyrs of science, and ive have known some, whose position as electrical discoverers would entitle them to as distinguished a rank, at least, if not a far more exalted one, than Mr. Whitehouse has yet attained, who hardly obtained in their old age but ter for their bread. However much we may sym pathise with individual disappointment, scientific progress requires a perfect absence of all exclusive rights to reach perfection.—Daily News. THIS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 ss. to £1 10s. ; clover do., £3 10s. to £5 55.; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 12s. per load. Both hay and straw, the supplies of which were moderate, sold slowly, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Gs. to £4 12s. ; clover do., £3 12s. to £5 6s. ; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 12s. per lead. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 10s.; clover, do., £3 10s le £555.; and ,straw, £llos. to £ll4s. per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been very little business done by private contract, as purchasers are awaiting the large public sales announced for to-day. Prices are firm, and common congou is quoted 10d to 101 d per lb. SUGAR.—The market has a very quiet appearance, and the transactions reported have been unimportant. Holders, however, are fewer, and the present high rates check busi ness. In the refined market there is a fair demand for pieces, but dried goods are quiet, at about former values. COFFER.—By private contracts only a limited business has been done at fully late quotations. A rather large quantity is advertised for public sale during the week, and the qualities being good late rates are expected to be realised. RicE.—The market is very quiet, with little alteration to notice in prices. Rum.—There is a fair demand for the better qualities, and full values are current. FRUlT.—There have been further arrival s o f new cur rants, and a good business has been done at 47s to 52a per cwt. New Valentia raisins are quoted 42s per cwt. SPlCES.—Pepper and pimento have been in moderate demand, at about late quotations. Nutmegs, ginger, and cloves have been rather firmer, and cassia lignea has been in active demand, at a slight improvement. SALTPETRE.—The market continues firm, and a mode rate business has been done, at fully late rates. TALLOW.—OnIy a moderate amount of business has been done. Prices, however, are firm. P.Y.C., on the spot, 49s 9d ; last three months, 49s 3d; and January to March delivery, 49s 9d per cwt. DESTRUCTION OF A LIVERPOOL SUGAR WARE HOUSE EY FIRE.—On Sunday morning a fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. J. Leitch and Co., Blackstock street, Liverpool, and raged until four o'clock in the after nom, destroying a very large quantity of property, and gutting the building itself. Through the energy of the fire briguae, 6.5 hhds. of sugar and 75 hhds. of molasses were saved. The stock and premises were both fully in sured in the Pheenix, Sun, Royal, and other offices. HULTSDORF MILLS COMPANY.—A meeting of the Hultsdorf Mills Company (Ceylon) was held yester day at No. 8, Austin-friars, Mr. Harry G. Gordon in the chair. The accounts and directors' report for the last year showed a satisfactory return, except a loss on cocoa nut oil, but this latter had been mainly caused by the late commer cial panic. The disposable balance was £3,942 18s. 4d., from which the directors proposed a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving £1,637 Ils. 9d. to be carried over to the next account and reserve fund, which amounts to £3,875. After some observations from the chairman, Mr. Frith, Mr. Nicholson, and others, the report was adopted and a vote of thanks was passed to the directors. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Ayerage AmOimt of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 4th day of September, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, &Co 11,340:' Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-C o bb an d Co. -...• 23999 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Bigglcswade-Wells, Hogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 7,2:5/ Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. 7 21,800 Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co 32,628 Bewdley Bank, BewdleyNichols, Baker, and CO 9,603 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester--Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - Attwoods, Spooner, and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Claypons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey • 7,050 Bristol Bank Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co. Broseley and Bridgnorth and iridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingh am -B ar tl e tt, Par rott, and C 0..... Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank,'Bury St. Edtnunds-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 68,167 Banbury Bank, Banbury --J. C. and A. Gilbert Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 22,769 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, S on , an d Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Lloyds and Co 22,931 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire --Harris and Co. 11,5 Brecon Old Bank, Breco n -Wilki ns an d C o 38,4 8,6 90 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, ant Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard- ing, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Co 10,227 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 40,36,5 Canter fury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 30,738 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 17,042 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,905 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, &Co 13,546 Colchester and Essex Bank, and With am a n d Essex Bank, a id Ha Neigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co: - Cornish Bonk, Trurc-Tweedy and Co.. , 37,766 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 4,820 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcoeks, Birkbeck, and Co 61,107 Chepstow OW Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W.. and S. E vans an d C o . Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 29,294 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co. Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,453 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Done ester- Cooke and Co . 54,984 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and C 0.... 75,545 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and C 0.... 8,421 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Der chester-R. and H. Williams 44,057 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, Co East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 52,398 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 39,952 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 25,859 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring-, don-Barnes Medley, and C o 6,877 Farnham Bank , Farnham -John and Jas. Knight 8,714 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,271 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 4,830 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 12,729 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 23,010 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat-, thews and Co 12,135 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Sthith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting- • don-Veasey and Co. Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. '4,619 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin--Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield - Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 19,950 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbr:dge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders &Co 68,730 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and Co. - 8,578 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co 16,408 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 41,638 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 62,691 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, }hewn, and C.o. Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 21,871 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co.' Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co 74,828 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-:--D.-Jones and Co. 20,803 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 9,925 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 2,289 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 7,090 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agt icultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavennv-Bailey and Co. Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage, Snead, and Co. Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co 17,686 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co.. 14,939 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harvevs and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 90,623 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co.. 8,576 Nuneaton Bank, Nimeaton-Craddock and Co. 2,655 Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris &Co ... 19,769 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 11,095 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co 24,706 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Croxon and Co. Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons nod Co 27,150 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge, and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. 5,723 and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons Beverley Bank - , Hull-Pease and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and 36,286 Penzance Bank, Penzance - Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. IB':et)nrkke, v C elordwest-J. and W. Walters o. f P e b n ° Th ro r u o k g e h s - li 10,595 Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co. 26,486 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. 5,546 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, & Co. 2,828 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordhani and Sons 11,670 Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 8,192 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 8,407 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, 'Lloyd, &Co 12,020 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eyton, and Co 33,132 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne- Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce 9,855 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and C 0... 10,103 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton -Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and CO. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co 23,603 Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury- Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton-11. and R. Badeock 24,815 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co. 7,855 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 8,456 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-York and Eland 11,479 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and Co. 7,720 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sons • 8,632 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 14,227 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 9,381 Wallingford Bank, Wallin g f or d-H e d ges , Wells, and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers and Co 5,730 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract Bank-Leatham, Tow and Co 35,918 Whitby Old Bank, Wliitby-Simpson, Chapman, 11,440 and Co. 1 16,7 1 ter-Bulpett and Co. Winchester, Airesford, and Alton Bank, Winch( s- Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey . mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank- Arkwright and Co. 32,333 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-Gur neys and Co 43,094 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W: Hancock 7,127 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Goodricke and Holyoake ' Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co. ....... 49,361 3,47averhampton Bank, Wolverhampton -R , and r W. F. Fryer 8,037 Yymouth and Suffolk Bank, and Hdeswoxtb. and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, Birkbea, ( and Co, 38,8 1, i 1,1,111,,,,,,,,, , ,,, ,,,,111,9%.,, -)6 28,933 8,863 9,435 I ~.