The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

~~ blishes %I. ser- ,ugrist, certain with ice, the notice will be attain, present red pay diem. admiral eniority without A of re- to be af leeire. Lined the ge, to be f retired length of been em- Is, in the period of ) receive B, also on fficers to ;fired cap rther. ad- y may be ,t the time or who are ,his retire- Tespectivo O count as transport 1 of retired t guard or ; or abroad first three Lra' agent'o t, mate, or years' ser fficer to be ()served list rune, 1851, )ase of pal, service. tied, or who .ed on a re id to receive latter mew' been era" mand of re' hin a period' receive pal These off': ;le of retired hout further r diem. ,„ they maY , v' g at the tun a tired. . 6d. . Od. . 6d. E, or who or° )r retireloon . , irrespeotiO a be made nandere .9 to count'' in the trailli a the scale li t 5 in the 00° tt, or abroa d ; the first tiar e 2 three yes► ant, mate, of vo years' seL officer to IN d for the a'' La the CO'as whom it tosi active list, to , ording to ses I reserved 1 0 of 25th Jun e / K 1 to inure of teir length :TIVE xed accord scale : ?or diem. , in the coP- ti reckon as icrease of r e fished for f 6s. and 7 0 ' 9 , t of half :Ito iy at the er a the serclii cars at 60 ie 011..., f neo i°ll ired list of It, permitted t y ' 60, but vfl be eligible 1 the rank til' 3 ,,. Ley shall 11 0 ' time afloat :4 inlanders 0 Lieutenau' r hereafter, tufts on o'l — respec t eing re tired lists of out-pension of I in articles 1 o of retireme:2l 's port, or In to r b e served i the widoW o °I .1.P.-£9O a-yeas .. 80 .. - ... 75 ,m -,.. 60 •' In—Wester la rain in nived—l O2 , l) „l4 ' rk, from x " • PIA xnved— $ 3owen SOW —Elvezin, 0 0 for Point Lenia, for v Ly Morning' )m Harab''„lo Wyke imeriek arland 11°411 ' er, for Ill; for Card RAPTI.) Morning' ;loudy. itoc r arache; „.Bgo ombo ; 113 Riga; pl a; El i a `W -91), TiStal al Ltta ; TridCs luernseY . 1 g 5 ann tlall is and ci th lle u' a 1, when, rif and _ill e irl a y.9 g p - vv is in the slid A tabo so p r.. ruro l If our l e at once? 7,1 ock of pilaf f , inesu in 00 MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx.. The Bank of England return completed to the Ist August, shows no change of importance. The' bullion, owing to the demand for the Continent, has been slightly diminished, and the increased demand for money has caused a moderate addition to the other securities. The public deposits, how ever, have been slightly augmented. The various items and the charges they present are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation 122,069,810 Decrease 00 00 08 00 48,365 Bullion .. .. 15,758,880 Decrease 00 00 0e .00 155,954 Rest 3,422,213 Increase .. • • • • 27,397 Public Deposits 4,234,969 Ilacrease .. • . 274,948 Other Deposits .. 14,717,654 Decrease .. • • • • • • 110,960 Seven Day and other Bills .. 707,729 Decrease .. • 4,427 Government Securities 9,758,795 Decrease .. • . 12,650 Other Securities ..et Ito 19 , 712 , 700 Increase 307,3 9 7 Notes Unemployed .. 7,426,610 Decrease .. • • • • 69,655 There is more inquiry for discount accommoda tion, owing to the engagements due to-day, the 4th of the month. No alteration, however, has taken place in the rates charged for the negotiation of first class bills. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The foreign exchanges yesterday remained with out any material alteration. The Arabia has been announced this morning from Boston, with £40,000 in specie. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair demand prevailed for most descriptions, and prices were steadily supported. The sales were estimated at about 10,000 bales. • Subjoined are the particulars of the specie taken out by the steamer Ripon, which sails to-day for India and China, viz. :—To Alexandria, £6,500 in rm. ; Madras, £3,296 ditto ; Calcutta, £21,335 in silver ; Hongkong, £30,630 ditto, and £12,500 in gold ; Fow-chow, £2,060 in silver ; and Shanghai, £13,833 ditto ; total, £90,154. By the advices from Australia it appears that the following ships, with gold, have left that colony for this country, viz., the Leaping Water, with £158,516; the Yorkshire, with £169,152; and the Maidstone, with £195,136. The following letter from the secretary of the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company (Limited) gives a complete denial to a statement made by the chairman of the Electric and.lnter national Telegraph Company at the meeting yes terday : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • Sir,—The extraordinary assertion made by the chairman of the Electric and International Telegraph Company, as reported in several of the morning journals of this day, viz., • " that the United :Kingdom Electric Telegraph Company at , has no Parliamentary powers," is directly untrue ; this sty company having the benefit of special and ample powers conferred by the 14th and 15th Vic., cap. 137, which act is • now lying at this office, for the inspection of the public. 12 The statement made by him also as to the impractica st - bility of the system adopted by the company, is one requir- a' ing confirmation from higher authority than the chairman of a rival company, whose profits will be considerably diminished by our already assured success.—l am, &c., JOHN LILWALL, Secretary. The United kingdom Electric Telegraph Company (Limited), 101, Gresham House, London, st August 2, 1860. Since Monday last the imports of specie have - been about £400,705, and the exports £290,720. There has been very little movement to day in the Market for Public Securities, and the prices remain without variation, Consols being 93: 4 for money and the 9th inst. Speculation has become quieter, and during the next week the settlement a' will principally occupy the attention of the dealers. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are flat at 93t i ; India Nevi Loan is firm at 1044 ; ditte a 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper remained at 974 ; ditto Sc 51 per Cent. at 1021; and Exchequer Bills are st at 3s. to 6s. prem. at Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a fair 8 .1.: extent, prices show little variation. Turkish 6 per at, Cents. are 76 to '764; ditto New, 604 to 611; and : t t l , the 4 per Cents., 1014 ex div. ; Mexican are firm st at 214 4 ; Spanish at 481 ; ditto Deferred at 401; at, Portuguese are steady at 444; Peruvian 3 per st Cents. have improved to 74, and Brazilian 5 per 1 ' Cents. are heavy at 994. at The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 24 4 prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, 1 1 prem. ; and the t Universal, 1 4 prem. at The market for American securities during the st past week has been dull. The following are the prices of the American Stocks : et Redeemable. Prices: United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 96 98 De. 5 per Cent Bonds at Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds - 93 95 Et Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. et Bonds - 101 3 / 4 102 3 / 4 et 82 84 Pennsylvania i per Ct. Stock. -- al Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds.. - 75 77 et Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 90 92 8 1 Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock lB B6 97 98 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87 8 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 79 81 a Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 80 82 A limited amount of business was transacted in 8 the Railway Share Market to-day, and a downward g movement was apparent in some of the principal 8 2s .' . undertakings. Caledonian declined ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- I Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern, 10s. ; and ' t ` North-Western and Midland, 15s. st! The Foreign and Colonial lines have also sh own rather less firmness. Dutch-Rhenish have declined 55.; Grand Trunk of Canada, 5e.; and Great st Western of Canada, ss. East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula remain at about former quota- :t st st Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have st sti been flat. London and Westm inster realise 58 ; Union of Australia, 411 42 ; Union of London, 241 et 25 ; Canada Land realise 115, and Red Sea Tele- st at graph, 191. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuiti es 23 930 a 29 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India stock Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent lo4i _ Ditto b per Cent ... Ditto 5i per Cent 97i Ditto 1858 lO2 Consols for Account Debentures ,, 9th Aug' .. 93f 961 7k 6 $ pm £5OO Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid D 'a° 6 3 pm Ditto Small 6 3 pm FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. B r asilinn 5 per Cent Chilian 6 per Cent. 991 Ditto 44 per Cent. 82/ Mexican g per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 4 i per Cent 2li Ditto 3 per Cent P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 • • 74 D i tto Account 44 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St Ditta 8 per Cent., 1859 S ar di n ian 5 per Cen t. .......... • ... Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. ............... Ditto Account 401 Ditto New Deferred . 401 Ditto Account Ditto Passive ................ . N/, Turkish.; per Cent .................. . Ditto New Loan ..................... Ditto Account ................ 101 (51 Ditto 4 per Cent. Guarantee d ........ . 101 i Ditto Account • .......... TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money .. . . . . . . OR .. Ditto Account, August.. ... ..... 94 i The marriage of Lord Skelmersdale with Lady Alice Villiers is fixed to take place on the 15th inst. Nearly all the Paris journals devote a considerable apace to extracts from the articles of the London journals on the Emperor's letter, and in general without the addition of any comment of their own. The Mand e , h owever , has a few lines of observation :—" The letter is naturally the ob ject of comment in the English press, which shows itself ironically satisfied, but it does not= that account lay aside its mistrust towards France, and continues to urge the Queen's Government to adopt precautions for the future.' Some experiments which have been tried against edrtain iron plates supplied by the Thames Iron Ship building Company, have just terminated at Portsmouth. It appears that the Lords of the Admiralty were not satis fied with the iron coating with which it was at first in tended to clothe the Warrior, and intimated the fe.et•to the above-named company. This led to the manufacture of some highly-tempered plates, a number of which were attached to the sides of the Sirius in Porehester Creek, and Captain Hewlett, of the Excellent, was ordered to fire at them. The result, we understand, has been so far satis factory, that at the ordinary ranges used for trials of the kind the shot failed to penetrate the plates, which were arranged on the " dove-tail" principle. It has, therefore, been recommended that the Warrior should at once be fitted with them, and that the "dove-tail" plan should be used. —4rmy and 2Yary gawk, diem. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. barel Railways. Paid. 1 Closing Price. 50 Belfast and Ballymena 3.14 I F3ir., Wol , and Str. Val. ock Birk., La., and Ch June 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Sleaf. an d Mid.Co ock Bristol and Exeter ock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 Cork and Bandon 20 cork, itlrock., &Passage 20 Cornwall A (A gets no div 10 1 1° D° until 6 pc peran. 50 Dublin & Belfast J une D° B —b as been pd. toB 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June DA East Anglian )ck Eastern Counties >ck Eastern Union, A sh o ck )ck Do B 15 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 10 East Suffolk 10 Do >ek Edinburgh & Glasgow )ck Edin. Perth, & Dundee PO Forth & Clyde Junction k Furness ck Gilts.% and S. Western O Great Nthn. of Scotland )ck Great Northern lek Po do A stock ck Do do 11 do 'lc Gt. S. & W. of Ireland k Great 'Western ck Do Str Val MIL stock 2 Irish South-eastern )ck Lancashire & Yorkshire )ck London and Blackwall ck Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover ick Lond. &Nth. Western 24 Do eighths )ck Lond. & sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine 15 L'derry & Ennistollen ick Man. Shet. & Linooln i 0 Maryport and Carlisle [ 2 i Do do shares O Metropolitan Midland Do firming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 15 Do 3 shares 15 Mid Kent ..... 10 Do, Cray Line )0 Newcastle and Carlisle [0 Newry & Armagh, def. • 10 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. )ck Norfolk.. ...... • . • • SO Nt hn. Counties Union )ck North British )ck Nor.Dev."RailteDk.stoc% )ck l3A.stk;Arecsnod. until 6pchas beenpd.B ,ck Do B stock ..... •- • • )ck Nth. Eastern—Berwick 15 Do do , G.N.E. purchase )ck no Leeds ....... • • • • • • • )ck Do York pet North London . 18.4 North Staffordshire 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. & Grantham Rail 1 0 Peebles ...... —•••• • • • • Portsmouth 10 Rhymney ...... • • .• • ock Scottish Central ock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock ock Shropshire Union.... • • 10 Sittinebourne & Sheer. ock South Devon ..., • ock South Eastern .. • • • • • • ock South Wales .... • • • • • • ock S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do do Stockton & Hartlepool :ock Taff Vale .......• • • • • • • ock Do Pref. No 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 50 Ulster .. ' • 8 81 80 82 114 124 6 7} 104 106 944 95 stool stool 10 sto& stool 10 stool stool stool stool stock 61. 61 8 9 17 17i 57 58 39 41 27 29 stock stock 78i 79i 30} 31i 106 108 all 100 3i 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 174 all • 10 Do )ck Vale of Neath 3 Victoria Sta. and Pim )ck WaterfOrd & Kilkenny i 0 Waterford & Limerick !O West Cornwall !O West London .......• • • 10 Do Ist class .... •• .• ?0 Do 2d class .. ...• . • ick West Midland—Oxford ?5 DO. Newport 12s Do. Hereford 1181 1191 121 122 135 137 112 114 731 731 60 65 110 1104 71 72 112 113 12 12 104 104 12 33 954. 964 10 11 42i 43 3 2d 128 128 i 103 105 7 6d 55 57 31 3 d 651 652 1011 101/ Id IP 551 561 851 86 104 106 31 3 d 92 10 6! 7 115 117 31i .32i 86 88 51 53 6 7 451 461 884 69 68 69 80 82 6 8 41 42 10 11 521 11,p 1 d p 52 57 114 11t 6 61 47 49 101 111 2 11 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. raid. Clos i ng B us i nes s Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O etk Rids. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares ock Caledon £10,44 per cent ock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. ock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c ock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c ock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c ock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 ock Do. do. No. 2 ock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. ock Eastern Union, 4 per et. ock Do. 5 per cent. guar... ock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares oc k Do. 4p. c. ock F. din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. ock Furness, 5 per cent .... ock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. ock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm oek Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 00 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scothi. Ist of. ( Gt. Sn. 4 W (Ireland) 4 ock ) p. et, pref. stock GO Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et ock Co. Redeemable,44p.ct. ock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. ock Do. Irredeemable, do ock Do. 5 p.d. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birrn. Pref. Shares. 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 10 Do dos p. et. pref ock Do Birmg.guar. stock 261 Do. Chester gua. shares 134 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do, do. ock Lan, &York 6p. c. stock ock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc ock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) • oek Lon. I Brig. 5 pc. gm No.l pelt Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 ock Do. trua. 6 p. c. ock Do. do. 5 p. e No. 4 ock - l)o. do. 44 per cen'. .... 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. ock Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. ock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P,) ock Do.4p.e,S.(div.dettil '65) 25 Lon. Chat, and Dover.. ock Lon, and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... ock Lon. & 5.W,7 p. et. stock ock Do. 41 per cent ........ . 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 214. ad............ 124 Londondy, & Cole. 4 sh. 124 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. ock, Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 6 Do. £6 ter Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 12. Maryoort & Car., 4p. 0 124 Do, 44 per cent ock Mid. Con. sp. q stock ock Do.Con.Bris. &Bir. 6 p.c. ock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 ock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. ock Norfilr sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 ock Do. 54 p. c, Pref. do. 1847 ock Do.sWay.Val.Ex,st.lB47 ock North British, 5 p. e... ock Do. New, gua. sp. c.... 10 I Do. Bor. Un , g, pf. she 10 ' Do. do. do. ock Nth,Dev.R ail. et Dck.Co. ock N-EsatCons.Pref. 4 p.c. ock Do. Berwick, 4 P.c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do 20 Do. Leeds. 6p, e. No, I ni Do. do. Quarters, 1848 25 Do. York, H. &S. Puroh 20 North Staffordshire 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 131. S c ottish Central, new pf ock Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock wit Po. Aberdeen,gua.6p,c. ock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 105, South Defpn, Ann. 105. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. .0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.5) ~ )cic Do. 4-4 per cont„ , nc Do. Fixed '4p.c. Ist is. lc 'myth Wales, trua. 4 p.c. ic Do. 44 pm* cent. k S,-Yorkshire, 4 p. s. gua. i Stock. & Dar. Asp. 0 ; Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent . , ... it Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c.' It W.Mitl -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 211 do 0 Do. Newport 5 p.e.ptred. 10 Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 18661 la Do. till 1869, Ist is. 110 Do. do. 2d is. 10 'Do. Hereford 44 p.c. pf. 100 all all all all 100 stoi s stoet. stock stool stool stool stool 94 96 W 4 105 51 6 99 10 [l4 116 [O5 110 112 114 111 113 127 130 81 83 111 113 90 92 78 79 103 105 118 120 118 120 112 114 107 109 87 89 99 100 00 102 89 91 91 93 [O2 104 10 10} 17 18 10} 11 77 79 204 21 101 10i 15} 151 137 139 14i 1161 [144 1164 138 143 [l4i 116} 103 105 '152 156 130 134 67 69 20 21 [l7 119 [s2i 157, 124 121 125 127 I 68 70 iPi 13 [39 141 104 105 95 97 .11 113 X/9 111 I 1* p 100 100 100 8.13.4, 92 04 I [OO 101 d ip i i d p 23 23i 166 100 103 100 100 73 75 122 124 130 135 lot 11; 1231 all all all 5 all 24k 21f 104 106 104 106 93 93 301) 102 86 88 28 29 34k 33 34 45 50 130 132 128 128 10 10k 21 n 1 1 1 12 LINES LEASED AT MED RENTALS, Railways, Bedford and Bletaley All Ln & N.W :.• ' • 1 Buckinghamshire - - 100 Ln a N.W 98 100 1 Chester & Holyhead„ , 100 1)0 . Do. do. 5i per cent,' 100 1)0 ~.125 127 Do. do. sper cent. 100 Do. ll2 1 14 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonia 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 16 17 E. Lineolnshire,g.6 pe, 100 Gt. North. 139 141 E.Union,Harwielx She all E.Counts.l 41 41 Do. Woodbridge . „ 100 Gls.Barr. &Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin, l - - Do. New _ 100 Do. -. • . - - Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - I Er H a t irutl andpoo 1 Selby. D ek. &. B . a . 1 . 1 .. a altll Yk YIc . . TC N: & M B d r . I I - 12 1 1= 14 Do. Shares ..„... all Do. I Do. 1 1 Shares ~., , ~ all IDo. _I - LAnC.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 11.n.i . 1i . .W 210 213 London & Greenwich 100 18. East. 1 62 64. Do. Preference . , 100 iDo ll5 120 L00.,T11by.4 Soutend. 100 Peto & Co. 91 93 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.et. 100 N , nfolk _ manc. : Bux i n A z Mark. all 1 1.4 51 n o. 6 nor cent ... • .... 100 'Do. N id W land li 2 9 4 7 3991 2& 3 E.Couuts * i p i t - ' C. guarante o ` t , 5 , q . all Do. 5B M NorthnA Eas n ' i all Po. - - Do. do. 6 per ,„,,,iti all p,..„• - - North Western .... i. k Nix, _ Do. Fixed 5P - ..1 all Midland 14. 15 IV N - 1 e e! v 7 en Id C. Bradfo rd la B r t i iq e , B .u..1:Y1:0E11:1: 1 6 1 : ° 5 O . 6 re. all '4 Lyt. 1 Etesttma and W 3 "re. - Do. IthYstn•flitch"&'Sll°Pl ifil T.Brassey 106 108 Slirewsbry4tHerefora . . .. a 1 p Do. Do t 1 1 P G t ° :N . o . ....... 13 - 7 1 :3 - 0 • • all 14:eiiin- t / \ 100 Gt. West. i 98 Wilts and. Somerset.• - , & Brgtn n B l 11 lA . Ks - -- Wimbledon 4 Croydß:_ a :liStSatar:Oird ..... ....... , -_ - PPC *-__--__________ -- i Closing 1 Bin _______ 1 Shand nnolta 1 raid. Pricp. P ____ stock Commercial..~_ Do. 4 per Cent.l'ref.Min. 100 stock East and Westlndies I l':,' stock London lOO stock St. liatharin.e lOO stock Southaropton lOO stook iVictori a 20 DO 1iew...•...••....t ' 3 3 4 I) Business Done. PaidLttepg e ICl os ingl Business • • • Co.'s. Price. Done. I 1, Share THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUSF 4, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. B us i nes s I 100 Atlantic &st Lawrence Done. I Bom.,Baroda/c.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. - 105 6i 91f I 120} n 201 7 311 110 91 1 121 12 104 f if f 1 95f 5 1 1281 I 8 651 lon i la% d : 5 51 141 6/ 7 46 881 i I 79 Si 1011 Share Railways. Paid. Fr Closing Business done f — 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 841 855 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind stk 100 94 95 / Gu. 5 per cent. 18 Do, Do. B 16 15 15 d 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 55d :5 20 Do. New 10 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 lOO 75 80 6 pbd . ct. s. July l Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. , 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 t3I 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lital 0. 5 d P 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 28 . 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 38- 25 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 15 5 d 175 Demerara.. 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 75 1 1 t d stock East Indian, gu. sp.c. 10 99 1 051 10a 0 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 5 d 5 , 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 5 d 1 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 291 301 305 1 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 90 02 915 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 54 56 5 1 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 52 5 t • 100 Do. do. 1872 all 50 55 tock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 97 971 97 5 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 5d5 d 5 5 20 Gt. South.6f India (Lim) 13 is , lad guaranteed 5 per cent. 24 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 111 115 115 5 5 204 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 100 all 95 97 opt, till '6O ... 100 Do. do. '73 till . '60.... all 95 97 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 9I 97 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 92 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c lOO 85 87 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 95 96 stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 88 90 20 Do. Fourth clo lO 15 15 d 89 20 Do. do. all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) stock Scinde . ... . t 4 4 100 98 99 20 Do. Punjaub .. :. ca a 7 15 d 15d 20 Do. Do. ........ '.:"1 all —d f stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. z T,,... 100 94 95 20 S LAndrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 5 5 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 5 20 rdennes. 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c B5 O,l 7 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 20 eziers to Graissessao all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 25 25 100 Copiabo ........ A; ... . . . all 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs 'all 65 75 20 Italian Junction .. 20 Lake Constance & =ale all 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva, 335 Maria Antonia .... , all 10 Do. New all 20 Namur & Liege .... 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref all 195 20 16 Northern of France all 371 385 20 Do. New Shares :.... 15 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 35 36 20 Paris & Orleans.... .. 20 i Recife & S. Fran. (Pern ) / gua. 7p. ct. Bin-- 13 2 15d 115 20 Riga & Dunaburg l4 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish . ..... all 14 16 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref all 85 85 8/ 20 San Paulo, lim, ~,,. 7p. c 2 5 5d 11 20 S. Aust&Lomb Venetin 12 Id p r 12 115 20 Southern of France all 191 201 85 West Flanders ... . all 55 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference .. all 91 95 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 23 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACE CLUB.-FRIDAY. The Second Brighton Club Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added by the club ; for two-yr-olds, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. 16 subs. Mr. Mundy's Mimic, by Barnton, Bst 71b..... (Bullock) 1 Sir C. Rushout's Conqueror Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Roger's Blisworth, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) (Rogers) 3 Chiffonniere and Henricus also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Blisworth, 4to 1 agst Conundrum, 5 to 1 each agst Mimic and Chiffonniere. Blisworth led to the bottom of the hill, where Mimic came out, and after a good race won by a head ; bad third. The -Brighton Club Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft (Handicap) with 50 added by the club. Winners extra, &c. To be ridden by members of the club. New course. 12 subs. Lord Strathmore's Worcester, by Annandale or Mentor, 6 yrs, lOst 61b (car. lOst 71b) (Captain Little) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Wild Bird, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (inc. 51b ex.) (Mr. W. Bevill) 2 Captain Little na Tocher, 5 yrs, lOst (Mr. Wood) 3 Newcastle and Prince of Orange also ran Betting-2 to 1 agst Worcester, sto 2 agst Wild Bird, 4 to 1 agst Newcastle. Worcester led from start to finish, and won by a length and a half; the second beating the third by three lengths. A Plate of 100 sovs, given from the Brighton Race Fund, added to a sweepstakes of 5 Boys each; for two-yr-olds, colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Mr. Mundy's Malta, by Gibraltar, Bst 71b...(D. Plumb) 1 Mr. Onslow's Conundrum, Bst 31b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Fleming's Boabdil, Bst (car. Bst 31b) (Norman) 3 The following also ran :—Robin, Wombat, Rhedycina 811 y, and Mantrap. Betting-7 to 4 agst Conundrum, 4to 1 each agst Malta and the Rhedycina filly, 6 to 1 agst Wombat. Conundrum made play, with Mantrap second ; Malta and the Rhedycina filly next. Coming down the hill, Malta went up to Conundrum, and, from this point, the race was left to the two placed, Malta winning by a length , the others, beaten off a long way, straggled in at wide intervals. The Claret Stakes, of 5 sous each, with 50 added by the Club ; winners extra; to be ridden by members of the Club. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Captain Little's General Hesse, 3 yrs, lOst 101 b (Captain Little)tl Duke of Bedford's Leontes, 5 yrs, list 31b (Mr. W. Bevill)t2 Mr. Payne's Rockley, 3 yrs, 9st 31b .... (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Catherine, Birdbolt, Conjuror, and Vulture. Betting.-7 to 4 agst Rockley, 3to 1 agst General Hesse, 6 to 1 agst Leontes and Vulture. Vulture made play to the dip, whore General Hesse and Leontes caught him; the first two finished the race to gether and made a dead heat of it ; the others pulling up, were beaten several lengths. Deciding Heat.-7 to 4 on General Hesse, who slightly led to the bottom of the hill, where the old one got nearer, but failing to get quite up, was defeated by a head. The Brighton Club Plate of 60 sovs ; optional selling weights, &c. Last half-mile. Sir W. Booth's Forager, 3 yrs (£5O), 7st 91b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Apollo, 3 yrs (£5O), 7st 61b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Morris's Athens, 3 yrs (£5O), Bat 51b (G. Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Bavard, Mountebank, For tuna f, Queen of the May, and Rattlesnake. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Apollo, 10 to 3 agst Rattlesnake, 6 to 1 each agst Forager and Queen of the May. The running was made by Apollo to the stand, where Forager and Athens joined him; Forager winning by half a length ; a neck separating the second from the third ; Bayard was last. The winner was sold to Mr. Woolcet for 280 guineas. A Plate of 60 sovs, for three-yr-olds, 9st 101 b ; four, lOs 101 b ; five, six, and aged, list. The winner to be sold for 400 sovs, &c. Mares and geldings allowed 31b ; to ridden by members of the club. One mile. Mr. Godding's Tyrant, 3 yrs, 9st 101 b • . (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Saxon's White Rose, 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (in. 61b extra) (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. . Bevill's Claire, 4 yrs, lOst 71b --(Owner) 3 Independence and The Speaker also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst The Speaker, 2to 1 agst Tyrant, 100 to 15 agst any other, offered. The first two ran in front throughout, Tyrant winning by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third. A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Half a mile. Mr. Barnard's Parapet, Bst 71b Mr. T. Hughes's Parole, Bst 41b (Hughes) 2 Mr. T. Browne's Launcelot Gobbo, Bst 71b.. (J. Goater) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Parole, sto 2 agst Parapet. The latter took a slight lead, but on descending the hill the favourite got in front, and appeared to have the best of it. Opposite the stand, however, Parapet rushed up to him, and won a fine race on the post by a head ; same dis tance between the second and third. A Plate of 50 soya for three-yr-olds and upwards which have never won MOO ; three-yr-olds, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 81b; five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. T.Y.C. Mr. Saxon's Lady Peel, 4 yrs, Bst 81b.... (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Mundy's Error, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Bullock) 2 Mr. Fleming's Fortuna filly, 3 yrs, 7st 10th (llibberd) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Lady Feel. The Fortuna filly led to the bottom of the hill, when the favourite came to the front, and won by a length ; a bad third. A Plate of 50 sovs, given by the Club, for beaten horses during the week, two-yr-olds excepted ; the second horse to receive 10 sovs out of the plate; gentlemen riders T.Y.C. Mr. Hughes' Flitch, 4 yrs (including Glb ex.), 10st 101 b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, aged, 9st 121 b (Mr. Baynton) 2 Mr. Payne's Rockley, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (Mr. Bevill) 3 The following also ran :—The Speaker, Bel Bsperanza, Ambush, General Havelock, and Joyeuse. Betting-2 to 1 agst Rockley, 4to 1 agst Flitch, sto 1 agst Ambush, 6 to 1 agst Prince of Orange. Won by a length and a half ; three-quarters of a length between second and third ; Bel Esperanza was fourth. BRITISH MINES. illack)i 3t 4} i 2 230 240 430 440 122 8 1274 i 114 124 I 35 38 12 13 1 ' 2 3 29 30 t 3 21 2f/ 37 40 4/ 4/ 3 Paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. Share Mines. Alfred Consols (ki :0 ,British Iron !Clifford — - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)' East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... E. W' 1 Russel (T avistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack)' G. Wheal Vor (Helston) , Grenville Herod's-Foot ..... Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) j North Downs North Frances (Mogan) ] IN.Wh'I Basset(Illo ,an)) 5 6 North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 0 Providence (Uny Leint.) ISortridze Cons. Min. Co. 8/ 91 12 13 45 47 11 11 2871 2921 3 3/ 4 1 1471 1521 52 54 21 21 4t 5 18 19 1 62 65 300 310 135 140 871- a 2/ 1i 2* South Caradon(St Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv. & Lead Min [0 Tin Crort Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W, Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) ,Wheal Edward (Cals.) ,Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) ;Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 1.712 1; 15 23 25 26 27 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim lss 1 d pr 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Xi p ) 271 11 11 "7 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 27 28 271 5 Do.L and and Miningeo. all 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. 1 di s. 40 Cobre Copper all 44 46 Copiapo . 16 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all / 1 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 22 23 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 1d 1 d n K a p un da (Limited) 1 1 11 p $ Linares all 101 111 5 Lusitanian 2 4d p 1 Mariquita all 4 1 N.RhineCopolS.Aus.L 125.6d. 4 1 d 1 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 1 28111 United Mexican a ll 1 2 1 IWorthing 1 W or thing (Limited).... all 1 I Do l9s. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 1 113 115 Do. 6p. cent. 1878 100 I Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 : Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 ' 1131 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 112 114 c Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1021 101 1 - I Do. Scrip 5O I N.B.Gov. 6 P.c. Ja.&July 100 1054 1064 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds 100 "99 100 99/ Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.! sterling, 1875.. lOO 1061 1074 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. 100 108 110 ;Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I - - I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1081 1091 1094 100 IOC 1074 100 108 110 100 I - - 100 108} 1094 ICK BANKS. 50 I _ _ JOINT-STO I 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 82 i 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt ....... 100 Bank of London ...... 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all , 20 Chtd.Bank of India , &c. all 120 201 25 Ch.3ter. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 33 100 City 100 Colonial 26 2011 }Com. Bank of Canada all 100 ,Commercial of London . 20 20 21 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 liii 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all -- 20 Lon, Char,BkOf Austral all 23 231 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stook .. 10 IQO London & Westminster 20 Is 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - 20 Do. new .I g i IW ---. -e". 50 National Dank ...... , . 25 -- 40 New South Wa1e5...... all } 20 Do. new - 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank . „ . „ all 174 18 VII 100 Provqteial of Irelan . of 25 10 Do, now, 25 South Australia ..., „ all 25 Union of Australia - 414 2 50 Union o London l2 21 5 100 Unity Mutual .... . „ 60 } . , MISCELLANEOUS. 10Ang i o -M e xican Mint .. all } 13 4 14 / i 1000 l Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 1 25 'Australian Agriculturall 19 28 30 . 10 Berlin Water (Lim ited) all 41 5 1 .51 i 50 } British American Land' 40 33 30 50 113.&1.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)} all 36 :8 1 20 IDo. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.)l all . 19 20 'Do. C. (Limited) ........ all 12 15 324 'Canada Land .. . . ... ... 1 all 115 118 1115 10 }Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim.), all stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all _ 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. .. all 244 25 25 4 stock Crystal Palace 100 f 8 1 0 0 stock Do. Preference stock Do. 6p, c. Perpet. Deben lOO 105 107 stock 12121:50000 GGELmNNNDnroeee.oeenngiirtd. Electric 25 Do. New 15 pr p d d 22 5 05 L NM o aa n td a Bhbi l l driro ti pt l uean S l 4 2. i il i p I 1 Do. 174 pet Preference i Icl 1 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 1 a B l O l 5 d n is n s t . i a a tLd n is d . ill all s o — I — 1 i 41 ersinshteciarlNnsei..airlDtarino:riappirviAdliesic&aielis. and T s ti urc : mreaonviolneciii. tgdai(:, etiai)iiimmmi n.el Copper.ig.n )) ; a a1 1 142151 1 _ 21 2; 3 2 1 ; d . . 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 ; I 1 1 N. B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all i 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. 1 , .. 1 ., 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 ..1 1 " 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2s. _... stock Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 1 25 00 i n s :8 3 p - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 1 2 0: 0 0 :I Royalß: : e D I.2 dS e a a : . New l : naie n l d rr . e T I e. Steam 1 s . g o . r 4 l i p p .. c n a aBl l loll l 1 19 91 2 19 1 1 191 all 4591 516 _ 50 Rhyraney Iron 15 Do. New J stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 1 00 120 125 25 South Australian Land all 33 344 1 Do. do. r.k'<zistered Do. cio all 61 7 1 10 Tr. & Lu. ComfUpr.Can. 5 --.. .7 go Van Dionien's Lane ~. 28e 16 6 1 vl THIS DA Y'S MARKETS. COVENT Our market has been some' most kinds of both fruit and nerally has ruled slow, as fol. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 2 6to 4 0 Colonial do., each 1 oto 3 0 Grapes,per lb 3 oto 6 0 Foreign do 1 oto 2 6 Illelons, each Peaches, perdoz 8 oto 15 0 Nectarines, per dz 4 oto 8 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 oto 6 0 Pears, per doz 6 oto 10 0 Oranges, per 100 6 oto 15 0 Lemons, per 100 5 oto 10 0 Apricots, per doz 1 6to 3 0 VEGET. Greens, dz bunch 4 0 to 5 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 9 to 2 0 Savoy do., pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Old potatoes,p ton 100 to 180 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 1 to 0 4 Peas, per sieve 1 0 to 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 5 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 6 6 Cucumbers 0 3 to 1 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve • 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, hf. -sv 0 6 to 0 8 Brus. sprouts, h.s I 0 to 0 0 Old onions, hf. sv 0 0 to 0 0 New do., dz bun French beans, 100 1 9 to 2 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 01 GARDEN. what extensively supplied with vegetables, and the trade ge lows B. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 4to 2 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 6 Almonds, per bus 0 uto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz 5 otolo 0 Strawberries potl. 0 4to 0 8 Gooseberries hfsv 2 6to 3 6 Currants, per do. 3 oto 4 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr Ptlo 3to 0 6 .BLEB. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 Bto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 3 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Beet, per doz. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 2 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 8 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 8 Tomatoes, hf eve 2 oto 3 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 I Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; ducklings, is 9d to 2s ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, 6d to Os 9d each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 7s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 6s Od ; capons, 4s 6d ; hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to Os Od; snipes, Os 9d to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 6s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is ld ; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French do., 7s 6d to 8s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 6d; veal, 38 Sd to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per Sibs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 10d to is Od ; trout, Os 9d to Os ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s Gd to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to 5s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, Gd to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 128 to 16s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, 2s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s ; fresh herrings, 68; bloaters, Os to 106 per 100 ; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8 3 / 4 d to 9d, of household do., bid to 3d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to 32d ; 641 b to 721 b, 31c1 to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3/d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4-41 ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 780 d to 9s Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, Os Od to Os Od ; lambs, 2s 6d to 5s Od; shearlings, 2s 10d to 3s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 12s Od ; new do., £2 15s to £4 15s ; old clover, CA Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 15s to £5 ss; and straw, £1 15s to £2 52 per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 15s ; new do., £2 15s to £5 Os; old clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 15s to £5 ss; and straw, £1 16s to £2 8s per load. Supply limited ; demand rather active. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 12s Od; new do., £2 15s to £4 15s; old clover, .£4 Os to £6 6s 0.1 new do., £3 15s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 14s to £2 2s per lead. Trade firm. COAL MARKET—AuG. 3. (Pews of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) s. Walls End. Holywell 16 0 Hastings Hartley l6 0 Lambert's West Hart ley l6 0 Wylam.... l6 6 Tanfield Moor 13 3 Tanfield Moor Butes-13 3 s. Frainwellgate l5 0 Brsddyll's Hetton 18 9 Russell's Hetton 18 9 Heugh Hell 18 0 South Hetton 20 0 Byron l7 9 Gosforth 17 9 Hilda . • l7 3 Cassop .. l9 0 ,t, 54 —Sold, 45. Walls End. Whitworth ...16 0 1 Ships at market COUNTRY MARK ET S. LIVERPOOL-AuG. 3. We had a good attendance of the town and country trade this morning again, and a brisk business was done in both wheat and flour, at the full rates of Tuesday last. Oats and oatmeal in moderate demand, at the full quotations of last week. Beans, peas, and barl e y h e ld fi rm ly a t former prices. Indian corn was in large demand, and mixed Ame rican brought fully 6d to 9d per qr more money. WAKEFIELD-AuG. 3. We have had another week of variable weather, with heavy rain occasionally. Our arrivals of grain are short The wheat trade remains inactive ; prices same as last Fri day, but few sales. In other articles no change worthy of note. Averages for the week . Wheat . 3,093 qrs ,at __ 58s 9d Peas .... ^ —s Od Beans 3O 4Bs 81d 8ar1ey......... 35 — 32 s `Sid Oats — —a 041 Rye — —s Od EXETER —Ault. 3. Businees was firm in the corn market to-day, and quo tations were at late rates. Wheat, white 7s 9d to 8s Od Barley. .4s 4d to 4s 6d Ditto red 7s 3d to 7s 6d I Oats 3s 6d to N Flour, fine, 44s to 45s ; seconds, 41s to 42s per sack. CATTLE. Notwithstanding that there was a larger supply than usual the market was sluggish, and prices were somewhat advanced. Fat beef,p score, lls to 12s6d Pork carcases,do lls to lls 6d Sheep, per lb. 7d to 71d Rough fat, Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 7d Wethers, d 0...... 7d to 7d Fat calves, d 0.... 6d to 7d 44el per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR--AUG. 3. The market has been exceedingly quiet during the past fortnight. Importers continue to show much firmness, and will only sell when fully former prices are to be obtained. Refine, s' produce also quiet. Rum must again be quoted lower, with a very limited sale. • COURSE OF EXCITANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Short. 11 144 11 144 Ditto 3 Months, 11 16i 11 17 Rotterdam — 11 16t 11 17 Antwerp — 25 30 2,5 35 Brussels . . ..... .— 25 30 25 35 1-lainturgh — 13 5} 13 6 Paris Short. 25 10 25 17i Ditto 3 :Months. 25 35 25 37} Marseilles ... . — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine 1174 1174 Vienna — 12 94 13 2 Trieste — 12 91 13 2 Petersburgh 13 344 2 Berlin Madrid .... Cadiz Leghorn ...... Milan —. Genoa ..._ Naples Messina, .. Lisbon .‘ —.. Op to -, Rio Janeiro ....... i New York ...... •. • • Foreign Ciotti in Bars (Stand ar d), ...per oz. £3 17 9 mwean Dollars .......... 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard).. . ... ........ • a • • s) 0 0 0 South Alaerician Doublons I, 491 491 491 49i 30 32i 30 40 28 37 3 / 4 25 42 3 / 4 25 37 3 / 4 25 42 3 / 4 39 3 / 4 39i 63 i Lai _ETON AND TVEsrmINSTER EIGHT OARED _RACE. From the long interval which has elapsed since the last contest, no aquatic event has caused such intense interest among the higher classes as the race which was rowed yesterday between the colleges of Eton and Westminster from Putney to Chiswick, Mr. Chitty, of Exeter College, Oxford, acted as umpire. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the attendance was not very large. The following were the crews : ETON.—H. Garnet, 9st 131 b; Lord Borington, 9st 101 b; R. Kinglake, lOst 31b ; E. H. Wynne, lOst 81b ; R. E. L. Burton, list 61b ; H. B. Rhodes, lOst 101 b ; C. B. Lawes, 9st 71b ; R. H. B. Humfrey, lOst 51b. F. Hopwood (cox). WESTMINSTER,—W. Wynne, Bst llb • A. R. Tomlinson, 9st 131 b ; A. C. Onslow, lO s t 91b ; J. d. Hawkshaw, lOst 61b ; E. M. Tomlinson, lOst 91b ; B. Thoms, lOst 131 b ; W. S. Wright, lOst 21b; J. Forster, 9st; J. 0. Yates (cox), 6st 81b. A good start having been effected, the Eton crew soon began to go ahead, and the race from the commencement never was in doubt, as the Etonians kept the lead, and wen easily by eight or nine boat lengths. Mr. Searle, as usual, provided accommodation on board his steamer for the representatives of tke press. PROVISION FOR SCARCITY.—In such a year as this the landlords ought to provide for a free sale of their rabbits. Every year the rabbits do the farmers more mis chief than almost any amount of bad weather; and every yea r gamekeepers are understood t o ma k e two, three, br four hundred pounds each by the sale of this particular perquisite. We may believe this from the fact of one land owner having sold 40,000 rabbits in one year after taking a farm into his own hands—his t enant having thrown i t up on account of the rabbits. The farmers ought, in suchtinaes as these, to use freely the right of taking the rabbits wherever they hav e not foolishly, parted with that right. There ought to be a sweep of the rabbits, whatever the gamekeepers may say, both for the sake of present food and next year's crops. It will be objected that there is no getting at the creatures when they choose to hide. Well; let us have all that can be got at. 'We know that one gentleman got at 40,000 in one year. Let us see how many more may be obtained by early watching in the mornings, and by all known methods.—Once a Week. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 on The Field (offered)—take 4 to 1 12 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 12 to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 30 to 1 agst Horror (taken) 33 to 1 agst Stampedo (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) BEENAN AND ISIS BEL7'. As we anticipated, Mr. 'Wilkes, of the Spirit of the Times, has changed his tune on the arrival of Heenan in America. The worthy editor is riled that " Back to those expectant shores" Heenan has " returned without the Belt." We are not sorry that such has been the case. The friends, or rather those who speculated in the rival champions, mismanaged the whole concern from first to last, and the ridiculous Yankee fancy of reciprocal presentations of sham cham pions' belts (for although of equal value they represented nothing but the empty-headedness of those who called them into existence) has ended in a bottle of smoke, and the oft presented belts are destined to grace the studio of Mr. Morris, as a memento of the failure of his presentation speculation. Bell's Life makes the following remarks on the subject : In Wilkes' s Spirit of the Times, announcing the return of John C. Heenan to America, we find several statements by the editor, which we cannot but fancy are deliberately intended to mislead the American fancy. In the first place he grumbles that Heenan was permitted to go from our shores without a belt, and secondly without the English testimonials which he had been offered. On these points we have only to say, firstly, that, if Heenan did not get his belt, Sayers was in no better predicament. Mr. Wilkes knows as well as we do, if not better (for the suggestion was his own), that the arrangement between Sayers and Heenan was, that if Sayers would raise a subscription among hif friends to present Heenan with a belt, Heenan would per form a similar office for Sayers. This arrangement was not carried out strictly, for the following reasons :—Directly it became known to certain gentle men connected with an American circus that the mer. had amicably settled their differences, an applica tion was made by them to Sayers and Heeraan to enter into an engagement with them at Z 255 a w ee k each to appear at the Alhambra and elsewhere with their new belts, An application was made to us to get the belts made at once, and, thanks to the exertions of Mr. Hancock, they were manufactured with marvellous rapidity. They were presented, as our reader& know, at the Alhambra ; but Sayers and Heenan not having raised sufficient to pay for thorn, Mr. Morris, one of the speculators, advanced the balance for that purpose. The public, finding the belts had been presented, naturally concluded that the subscriptions had been made up, and no more money was forthcoming on either side. Mr. Morris retained the belts in his own pos session,. and as Heenan and Sayers both refused to carry out their engagement by paying the difference themselves, why the belts still remain with Morris. Secondly, as to the testimonials, Heenan's own letters, which were pub lished in this country, proved that he refused to accept them when offered, and besides this he insisted on going home when he did, refusing liberal offers in this country, which would have insured him silver compliments, as Mr. Wilkes styles them, of almost equal value with those of Sayers. Mr. Wilkes goes on to abuse the English people because Heenan was not allowed to strangle Sayers on the ropes, and uses ad captandem arguments to prove that Heenan fairly won the fight, which may go down with those for whom he writes in his own country, but which every impartial man who saw the battle will regard with contempt. It is not our intention to go further into the matter, and we should not have made the above remarks had we not deemed the statement in the Spirit too bare faced to be passed over. Our belief is patent to the world, and nothing will induce us to deviate from it, that at the finish of the fight at Farnborough, had the ring not been broken into, Sayers would have proved the victor, as, had the referee not been forced from the ring side during the 37th round he would, according to the rules of the ring, have ordered the men to be separated when on the ropes wheji it was seen that Sayers was in danger. That Heenan afterwards struck Sayers fool is well known, as is the fact that that worthy a few minutes after the battle w as quite blind, notwithstanding the certificate of Dr. (?) Rawlings to the contrary. As to the severity of the punishment on either side, the fact of Heenan's not being able to make his appearance for a week speaks TQWlleao 2.11.101 16 2.14.6 7.4.0 I 17; 12.13.9 5.14.6 8.12 4.8.6 1.8.6 9.18.9 n 10.6.7 1* 3* all 18.1.9 122.18.01 135 6dl THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette of last evening.) WAR-OFFICE, August 3.—The Queen has been gra ciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the deco ration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officers of her Majesty's Indian forces, whose claims to the same have ban submitted for her Majesty's approval, in consi deration of their gallantry and distinguished conduct during the operations of the expeditionary force in Persia, in 185 6-57, as recorded against their several names, viz.:- 20th Bombay Native Infantry—Captain John Augustus Wood. On the 9th December, 1856, Captain Wood ed the grenadier company, which formed the head of the assault ing column sent against Bighire. He was the first man on the parapet of the fort, where he was instantly attacked by a large number of the garrison, who suddenly sprang on him from a trench cut in the parapet itself. These men fired a volley at Captain Wood and the head of the storming party, when only a yard or two distant from that officer ; bat although Captain Wood was struck by no less than seven musket balls, he at once threw himself upon the enemy, passed his sword through the body of their leader, and being closely followed by the men of his company, speedily over came all opposition, and established himself in the place. Capt. Wood's decision, energy, and determined valour un doub:.edly contributed in a high degree to the success of the attrick. His wounds compelled him to leave the force for a time; but with the true spirit of a good soldier he rejoined his regiment, and returned to his duty at Bushire, before the wounds were properly healed. 3d Bombay Light Cavalry—Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Thomas Moore, and Lieutenant John Grant Mal colmson. On the occasion of an attack on the enemy on the Bth of February, 1857, led by Lieut.-Colonel Forbes, C.B. , Lieut. Moore, the adjutant of the regiment, w as , p er h a p s , the first of all by a horse's length. • His horse leaped into the square and instantly fell' dead, crushing down his rider, and breaking his sword as he fell amid the broken ranks of the enemy. Lieut. Moore speedily extricated himself:and attempted with his broken sword to force his way through the press ; but he would assuredly have lost his life had not the gallant young Lieut. Malcolmson, observing his peril, fought his way to his dismounted comrade through a crowd of enemies to his rescue, and, giving him his stirrup, safely carried him through everything out of the throng. The thoughtfulness for others, cool determination, devoted courage, and ready activity shown in extreme danger by this young officer, Lieut. Maicolmson, appear to have been most admirable, and to be worthy of the highest honour. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned seaman of the royal navy, whose claim to the same has been submitted for her Majesty's ap proval, in consideration of an act of bravery which he per formed in the recent operations against rebel natives in New Zealand, as recorded against his name, viz. : William Odgers, leading seaman, of her Majesty's ship Niger. On the 28th of March, 1860, William Odgers dis played conspicuous gallantry, at the storming of a Pah during operations against rebel natives in New Zealand : having been the first to enter it under a heavy fire, and having assisted in hauling down the enemy's colours. DESPATCHES FROM NETV ZEALAND. (From the Gazette of lest Evening.) ADMIRALTY, AUG. 1. Despatches, of which the following a re co pi es , h ave b een received by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty from Commodore William Loring, C. 8., Senior Officer of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Australian Station : Her Majesty's ship Iris, Auckland, April 27, 1860. Sir,—l have the honour to forward, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies of reports which I have received from Captain Cracroft, of her Majesty's ship Niger, relative to the proceedixgs of a part of her crev, employed on shore at Taranaki, at the requisi tion of his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. The capture of the Pah, as described in his letter No. 10, was, on the part of Captain Cracroft, his officers, and men, a most dashing and judiciously timed affair. His Excellency Colonel Gore Browne informs me that it was most opportune. The death of several of the most troublesome of the Taranaki Chiefs, and of a considerable number of their followers, served not only to damp the ar dour of the rebellious tribes, but also to avenge some cold blooded murders which these very people had committed only a few days previously. And it is now known that, under God's providence, this success was also the means of saving the lives of a detach ment of the Colonial Volunteers whom the Maories had beleaguered in a neighbouring house, and whose ammuni tion was almost expended. Captain Cracroft has not mentioned his own personal share in the affair, but I learn that his coolness on that and on other occasions was most conspicuous, and that he aid not undertake this very hazardous service in a spirit of headstrong gallantry, but from a deliberate conviction that it was necessary that the attempt should be made, and therefore it was done, and done most successfully. Under these circumstances I trust that their Lordships will authorise me, in accordance with the request of Cap tain Cracroft, in his letter No. 11, to decorate William Odgers, leading seaman, with the Victoria Cross. These Maori natives are by no means a contemptible foe,—man to man they are equal to ourselves; and in the storming of the Pah it could only have been by eager and determined gallantry that success could have been attained. I also beg to call their Lordships' attention to his letter No. 12, enclosing a letter from the Colonel in command of the troops in another part of the field, and also a letter from Colonel Gold, Commanding-in.. Chief. Lieutenant W. H. Blake's conduct, as Senior Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Niger, has been uniformly correct and efficient, and whilst on shore, in command of fifty-five seamen, he has shown himself a gallant leader. I much regret to state that his wound is of a serious na ture ; and 1 beg very respectfully and strongly to recom mend him to the notice of their Lordships as an officer whose conduct has rendered him worthy of promotion.—l have, &c., _ _ , . WILLIAM LORING, Commodore. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's ship Niger, Taranaki, New Zealand, March 31, 1860. Sir,—At 1 p.m., on the 28th instant, I received the en closed requisition from Colonel Gold ; you are aware through my letter of proceedings, No. 8, that 55 men be longing to this ship, under the command of the first Lieute nant, were already landed to assist in the defence of the town, but as the case appeared urgent and the weather was fine, I did not hesitate in complying with it, and landed at 2 p.m., with the force detailed in the margin.* 2. We had scarcely taken up a position pointed out to me by Colonel Gold, when intelligence arrived that Colonel Murray was hard pressed by the natives and short of am munition, and Colonel Gold requested me to advance to his support. I therefore proceeded to the Omata Blockhouse, about four miles on the great South-road, from whence I was enabled to obtain a good view of the country, and of a Pah constructed on the crown of a hill, about a mile beyond which displayed flags, and from which a continued fire of musketry was kept up upon Colonel Murray's force on my right; here I found Lieutenant Blake, first Lieutenant of the Niger, just brought in dangerously wounded by a ball through the breast. 3. I immediately sent Mr. W. H. Hyde, Assistant Pay - master, doing duty as my aide-de-camp, to inform Colonel Murray of my arrival; and as it was half-past five, and there was only half an hour's daylight left, I determined tr.; attack this Pah at once. 4. Accordingly I planted the 24-pounder rocket tube about 700 yards from it, and, after a few discharges, the men stormed the Pah under a heavy fire, in the most gallant style —William Odgeys, leading seaman, doing duty as my cox wain, being the first man in it ; and having captured the flags, and destroyed everything living in the trenches, as far as could be ascertained in the dark, I returned to the blockhouse. 5. In performing this service I am thankful to say that I had only four men wounded, which may be in some mea sure accounted for by the rapidity of the attack, taking the enemy completely by surprise, and giving no time for the usual Maori tactics ; while the increasing darkness also favoured our small force, and prevented a good aim being taken by their sharpshooters. 6. It was impossible for me to estimate the number op posed to us, nor could their exact loss be ascertained-16 dead were counted inside the entrenchment, 11 or 12 were lying in the road outside ; but no doubt many of the wounded succeeded in crawling away unobserved. 7. After a short rest at the blockhouse I returned to town, placed the wounded in military hospitals, and re-embarked my men, as I did not consider the ship safe without them at this exposed anchorage. 8. I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of all engaged in this sharp and decisive affair, more especially the conduct of William Odgers, leading seaman, to which I shall bring your more particular notice in another letter. 9. I beg to enclose the surgeon's report of casualties in the party landed.—l have, &c., (Signed) P. CRACROFT, Captain and Senior Officer in New Zealand. Commodore Wm. Loring, C. 8., Senior Officer. List of Casualties in the party from her Majesty's ship Niger, at the attack and capture of the Maori Pah, on the 28th March, 1860. Robert Glanville, captain foretop, severely wounded in the leg. George Tozer, ordinary 2d class, severely shot through the thigh. William Palmer, private R.M., severely wounded in the knee. William Clark, private R.M., severely wounded in the knee, (Signed) W PATRICK, Surgeon, H.M.S. Niger. (Signed) P. CRACROFT. Captain and Senior Officer, New Zealand. (Copy.) • Her Majesty's ship Niger, Taranaki, New Zealand, March 31, 1860. Sir,—With reference to paragraph No. 4 of my letter No. 10, 1860, 1 beg leave most respectfully to lay before you a statement of the conspicuous gallantry of William Odgers, leading seaman, upon the occasion of the capture of the Pah, in having been the first to enter it, in the face of the heavy fire opened upon us. He also assisted in hauling down the enemy's colours, in which act of daring, which was performed under my own eye, three other men equally participated, viz : Robert Glanville, captain foretop, William Older, A. 8., and Wil liam Clarke, supernumerary marine, belonging to the Iris carrying your broad pendant. And I should wish to submit for your consideration, whether all these men are entitled equally with William Odgers to the decoration of the Victoria Cross, and if not, then I should beg leave to recommend William Odgeri for it, as being the most deserving, for the reason first men tioned. It would be proper to add that Robert Glanville and Wm. Clarke were both severely wounded in the Pah.—l have, &c., (Signed) P. CRACROFT, Captain and Senior Officer in New Zealand. Commodore Wm. Loring, C. 8., Senior officer. (Copy.) Her Majesty's ship Niger, Taranaki, March 31, 1860. Sir,—Referring to my letter No. 10 of this day, reporting the service upon which Lieutenant W. H. Blake, senior lieutenant in charge of a detachment of seamen and ma rines, had been employed with the force under the com mand of Lieutenant Colonel Murray, 65th Regiment— I have now the honour to enclose a letter and its en closure, received from the Lieutenant-Colonel, expressing his high sense of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Blake, at the action at Ornate, on the 20th inst. in which that officer was dangerously wounded, as also o the steady good conduct of the petty officers, seamen, and marines upon * Lieut. A. J. Vil liers; Mr. W. W. Smyth, A c ti ng Mate; Mr. S. Gassiot, Midshipman; Mr. W. C. Karslake, Midshipman; Dr. W. Patrick,, Surgeon; M r . W. H. Hyde, Assistant Paymaster. O ffi cers, 7; seame n , 43 ; mar ines, 10; total, 60, with a 24-pounder rocket tube. this occasion, under Mr. C. B. Theobald, midshipman, upon whom the command had devolved. In requesting you to bring the gallant conduct of Lieut. Blake to the favourable notice of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, I beg to recommend him to their lord ships as a most zealous, active officer, who has a l wa ys merited my entire confidence, and is well worthy of pro motion. The name of Lieutenant Blake has been before mentioned to their lordships in despatches, as being the Senior Lieu tenant present at the destruction of a formidable Chinese piratical stronghold and junks in March, 1859.—1 have, &c., (Signed) P. CRACROFT, Captain. Commodore, Loring, C. 8., &c. &c. (Copy.) New Plymouth, March 31, 1860. Sir,—l consider it due to you to express the high sense I entertain of the gallant services tendered by Lieutenant Blake, and the officers and men of her Majesty's ship Niger, who formed part of the force under my command employed against the rebel natives at the village of Ornate, on the 23th inst. I was myself an eye-witness of the steadiness with which the gallant blue jackets advanced in skirmishing order over a difficult piece of country, compelling their opponents to retire before them ; and, from the information that has reached me since, their force told severely. I beg to add that it was with extreme regret that I be held their gallant leader taken to the rear dangerously wounded. My regret was the greater, from the feeling of friendship I entertained for that officer, occasioned by the perfect cordiality which existed between us on all matters of duty since he has been attached to the garrison under my command. I beg further to inform you that the men of the Niger, when ordered to retire, displayed the same steadiness under the command of Mr. Theobald, who seemed to possess the cool ness of a veteran. I herewith enclose a return of casualties in the Naval Brigade.—l have, &c., (Signed) G. F. MURRAY, Brevet -Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain P. Cracroft, R.N., ------- --- Commanding her Majesty's ship Niger. Lieutenant W. H. Blake, dangerous bullet wound in right breast. Thomas Millard, Royal Marines, shot through the head, since dead. (Copy.) Brigade-office, Taranaki, March 29, 1860. Colonel Gold, commanding the forces, wishes to express to Captain Cracroft, of her Majesty's ship Niger, senior naval officer on the station, Lieut.-Col. Murray, 65th Regiment, and Captain Brown, of the New Plymouth Militia, and the officers, non-commissioned officers, war rant and petty officers and men, who were engaged yester day with the enemy his high sense of the gallantry dis played, which led not only to the rapid destruction of a Pah, but also to a considerable loss on the part of the insurgents. The Colonel commanding will not fail to report most fa vourably to higher authority their distinguished valour and most active exertions.—By command, (Signed) JOHN PAUL, Captain 65th Regt., Acting Major of Brigade. In consideration of his services, as mentioned in these despatches, Lieutenant William Hans Blake has been pro moted to the rank of Commander, with Seniority, from 26th June, 1860. ... William Ogders has also been offered a warrant as a Gunner or Boatswain, provided he be found competent. KENT MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR /INCE COMPANY. The ordinary general meeting of the above company was held yesterday, at the Chief Office, Queen •street-place, Cheapside. Mr. King, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The routine business having been transacted, the manager, Mr. Preston, read the Directors' report, from which we extract the following portion : " It is with much pleasure that the directors again meet the members, the more particularly as this is the tenth an niversary of the society, a period to which all interested in its welfare have looked forward with feelings more or less of hopefulness. It is, also, gratifying to them to be able to report the continued prosperity of the society. During the year ending the 25th March last, the number of policies issued was 336, assuring £129,760, and producing in new cash premiums £1,624 ss. Tho renewal premiums amounted to £21,274 15s. Bd., and the total income (in cluding a sum of £2,135 6s. 7d. received for interest, &c.) to £28,034 7s. 3d, Claims have arisen upon 31 policies, amounting, with bonuses thereon, to £7,340 lls. 9d. After payment of these claims and current expenses, the sum of £7,652 10s. ld. remained as a balance to be carried to the accumulated fund, which, with this addition, now amounts to £42,548 3s. 7d. The Loan Reserve Fund has likewise beer, increased by the office fees received during the year, and amounts to £1,331 7s. These general results of the year's operations show a slight increase over 1858-59, in the new cash premiums ; an increase in the total premium income of £2,583 12s. Bd. ; and the income generally, of £3,164 15s. Bd. In the claims there has been a decrease of £123 12s. 2d. The policies now in force upon the books of the society number 1767, assuring the sum of £716,174 ; the full annual premium income thereon is £26,529 3s. 10d. Your direc tors believe that, taking into consideration the many cir cumstances which still tend to retard the full development of life assurance, and which have been felt by all offices, more or less, during the past year, the present statement of the society's affairs cannot be regarded as other than satisfactory. Not only has an amount of new business been transacted superior to that of the previous year, but an important addition has been made to the income gene rally, whilst the claims have been less than in 1858.9. Since the last annual meeting the business of the Kent Mutual Fire Society has been discontinued. In connection with that society, a sum of £6,000 was duo to this company for money advanced. In respect of such debt, a bond of £4,000, bearing interest (recently in part paid off), given to the fire society by the Midland Counties Insurance Company, as consideration for the good will of its business, has been transferred to this society. At the close of the fire business, and in deference to an ap- peal from that society, your directors felt themselves morally bound to investigate th a past joint expendi ture accounts of the two societies, with the view to their adjustment, should circunuecances appear to call for it. This investigation necessarily extended from the period at which, arising out of the connections and influence of the fire society, the life was established, and has been brought down to within twelve rnonths of the present time ; or, for a period of more than. - nine years. As a result, the direc tors feel bound to admit that, in their opinion, there is much justice in the clairn made. In a few words the grounds may be stated. 'When this society was established in 1850, and for a considerable time after, the expenses were mainly borne by the fire society. This continued until by the more rapid progress of the life business a nearer arproach totan equitable arrangement was attempted, and eilch society bore one-half of the joint disbursements; but even then the advantage was mainly on the side of this sor,iety, for whilst by such expenditure an equal measure of benefit was intended for each, it is abundantly clear that, by force of circumstances, in many important instances the life society was benefited by the outlay, but the fire not so. In the sums jointly paid from time to time for branch expenses and for appointing and visiting agents, this is . particularly apparent. During the nine years the fire society's share of the joint expenditure amounted to a sum approaching 410,000, most of which, if not all, must have been defrayed by this society, in addition to its own portion, had the fire business been discontinued at the origin of the life. Upon a most careful and anxious review of all the circumstances, and as giving effect to what they believed would be the feeling of the members, to promptly and liberally recognise any claim the fire society might have, founded upon principles of equity, your directors felt constrained to admit their con viction of the justice of the appeal, and taking all the cir cumstances into consideration, felt that the case would be met by remitting the sum of £2,000, as likewise the in terest and rent, then accruing, amounting to £204 13s. ld. Having adopted this course, as that which appeared a light and proper one, the board trust that it will meet with the concurrence of the members, and be equally deemed by them an act of justice to the fire society. During the year the vacancies which had occurred in the board by the resigna tion of Messrs. Saddington, Pittard, and Hawkins, have been filled up the election of Major-General Carmichael, C. 8., Leonard Philip Cox, Esq., and Nathaniel Elgar Toomer, Esq., gentlemen of influence, and deeply interested in the welfare of the society, each being assured for a sum producing premiums much in excess of the ordinary qua. lification. Whilst it was a source of much regret to the board to lose the services of three such valued colleagues as Messrs. Saddington, Pittard, and Hawkins ; necessitated by advancing years in one case, de parture to a distant colony in another, and in the third, by the election to the board of a much older and more in fluential company ; it is still a matter of satisfaction to them to have found amongst the members three gentlemen so well qualified to fill their places, and who cannot, the directors believe, be other than acceptable to the members generally. In addition to the ecfh firmation of the election of these gentlemen on this occasion Messrs King, Murrell, and Russell retire by rotation from the office of director, but being eligible for re-election offer themselves accordingly. In like manner Mr. Hood retires from the office of auditor, but being eli gible for re-election, offers himself accordingly. The audi tors have, as usual, minutely examined into the accounts and certified as to their accuracy. The business done during the time the society has been established, the direc tors believe will contrast favourably with the experience of the first ten years of most of the established companies, and that not only as respects the number of policies issued— amount assured—and premiums represented thereby ; but in regard to the moderate cost at which the same has been obtained, bearing in mind that whilst, in the words of a celebrated authority on life assurance, " the mutual system is the only one which the public at large are concerned to support," yet no company is so difficult to found as one so constituted, and, there fore, in the very nature of things, involving i n it s mar years a greater comparative outlay, than when firm 7. established, with its many realised advantagesto praCti cally recommend it to general public support. " After various questions had been put to the chairman, and satisfactorily answered, the report was adopted unani mously. The retiring directors were re-elected ; and a resolution pledging the meeting to ex tend, as far as possible, the be g been agreed to, the p rocee di ngs d with a ty v thanks to the chairmen. been ofttehesocieloiteavoinf YORICsiIIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.--The ex hibition of implements and live stock commenced on Wed nesday morning, in the Show Yard, Love Lane, Pontefract. The attendance was very numerous. The cattle exhibited are much above the average, while the foxhound depart ment is filled with some fin e dogs from first .c lass hunting packs. A meeting of the council of the society took place at the Sessions-house, in the morning ; Lord Ilerries in the chair. After the transaction of the usual formal business, it was resolved that no show of the society shall take place in 1861, in consequence of the Royal Agricultural Society holding their meeting at Leeds in that year. A. resolution, however, to offer, at the Royal Society's show., two prizes of £75 each for the best designs for farm cottage s build ings, was unanimously adopted. A public dinnelr took place in the evening. ne Consti- A GENEROUS ADVOCATE.—The 7yr *o— out of the tution mentions the following incident aria" ng ,I sersean a trial of Holden, the policeman, for shooting f nce of John w e as e s e peemlly re- Dungannon :—" Mr. Butt, Q.C., a leaving this tained, and came over from London,M io r r ty. Holden, his fee being 100 guincsse• handed to the town the learned chivalrouslygentleman prisoner's wife a £5O note, being nearly out -half of his not over liberal retainer." I "TV