The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

I Hilt D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALLS"-(THIS EVENING.) EBOR HANDICAP. 100 to 30 agst Starke (taken) 7to 1 agst Volatile (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Peeress (offered) Bto 1 agst Underhand (taken) 100 to 6 agst Shafto (offered) ST. LEGER. 20 to 1 Prelude (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Wizard (taken). 11 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken). 12 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken). Very little betting. .110.IVEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts continue of a satisfactory character. During the past week a fair amount of business has been done In woollen cloths at Leeds, for this season of the Year, particularly in fancy goods, and the opera tives generally are fully employed. At Bradford there has been less activity in the demand for Yarn s ; piece goods, however, have been dealt in to a fair extent, and at late rates. India goods, at Manchester, have not been in such good request, and prices have slightly given way ; the inquiries for the home trade have been steady, and the market generally may be considered favour able. At Leicester the hosiery trade has been exceedingly active, and prices have tended upwards. At Birmingham the various branches of business connected with the town and neighbourhood have shown rather less animation ; but the :ron trade of South Staffordshire generally exhibites symptoms °f improvement. In Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and Walsall there has also been a slight ameliora tion, orders to some extent for the home trade and for the United States having been received. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with a dull appearance, and 7,000 bales were sold at Previous rates. In the Railway Share Market the transactions were limited, and prices tended downwards. There has been less inquiry for money during the last few days, and the terms asked for accom modation in the discount market have been slightly relaxed. Early last week first class bills could scarcely be negotiated at 22- per cent., but instances are now recorded of 2t- and 2 . 1 per cent. being freely accepted. It is thought, however, that the s ubscriptions to the Indian and Russian loans will tend to stimulate the inquiry, and impart increased firmness to the quotations. The imports of gold from America continue on a Moderate scale, and at the present moment, when t here is an active export demand, they are of con siderable importance, inasmuch as an efflux of gold from the Bank of England is prevented. The last return shows a small diminution, but the total is maintained in a very satisfactory position. The receipts from Australia augment the general im portation. The Africa, from New York, with 90 ,000 sterling, and th e S ou th am pt on , f ro m P or t Philip, with £118,216, have . been announced this day, The dividend of the Royston and Hitchin Rail waY Company was declared to-day. The amount for the half-year, after the expense of management, Was £2 16s. 2d. per £lOO Consolidated Stock. At the meeting of the Bank of Australasia held today, a very brief report was presented, stating that the business of the bank was proceeding satis factorily. Owing to the great competition, how ever, and the allowance of interest on deposits, the Profits of the current year had fallen off, and the directors prepared the shareholders to look forward to diminished profits. They still felt themselves Justified, in the absence of the accounts, to con tinue in October next the existing scale of dividend and bonus, at the rate of 20 per eent, per annum. The report was adopted unanimously. Very little alteration is apparent in the market f er public securities o r i n th e f ore i gn s t oc k an d r ailway share departments, owing to the paucity of business. Consols have been 95 to 951, and 95 1 1. The new loans have created rather a heavy to ne. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are steady at 95f -2- ; Exchequer Bills, 235. to 265. ; India Loan Debentures (1858) have re ceded to 941 ; ditto (18,59), are firm at 941. Foreign stocks are quiet, but the quotatiens re main steady, and in some instances there is an im proving tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 82 LO 83 ; the New Loan, 72 to 73 ; and the 4 per C , ee ts., 1024. Venezu e lan, Brazilian, and other South American stocks are steady. Mexican I stock is 20 to 20i. The New Russian Loan is 2to prem. Rather more firmness has prevailed in the Rail :way Share Market to-day. The strict business at tended to however has been the preparations for the nquidations of the half monthly account. Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, London and Blackwall, and North Eastern (Berwick) advanced ss. ; Mid land, 15 %, and Eastern Counties 1/. to 1/. ss. ; South Eastern declined 1/. The other lines dealt In brought ab ou t f ormer ra t es. e _T he Forei gn an d C o l on i al un d erta ki ngs h ave b een 4 0.r eedin g l y i nact i ve, and prices show no material nvoiation. Lombard o -V ene ti an s h ares are a t mere ly urinal quotations, and Great Lux em bourg are 05uade firmer. East Indi a n d ec li ne d s s . ; and a nd Trunk of Canada, 10s. littli n t - Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show ° activity, and prices ar e unaltered. B ack BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 223 21 3/ ..)olok Stock 951 a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 951 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities Ist ,u, , 95 i I i i - ,-• Per Cent. Annuities Di n g Annuities, exp ire sth Jan., 1860.... 'itte for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 — lB 1-16 India Stock 941 Ditto Debentures, 1858 941 Ditto, 1859 nit to Loan Scrip 95/ } (5,,,°,1501a for Account (Sept. 7) 26 3 L,xehequer Bills £l, OOO, 1 1 d ritto £5(03 ' Ditto Small, lkl . 26 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Buenos D itto 41 per Cent. 1858 941 Ayres, 6 per Cent. 7ll Ditto Deferred 18 E`ufo or New Co nsolidated 151 ..Ditto Provision a l L and Warrant 3l 'lexicon 3 per Cent p t'' avi an Account . 2oi 93 r uvian 41 per Cent b, Di Accoun t . ortu ° - 45/ 1 b_ Plese, 1 853, 3 per Cent. ..41.ittri., 1 822, £ St., 5 per Cent — (~ Ditto 41 per Cent. 2,4'dirda; p e per Cent B6 5} I.'anish 3 Cent Ditto N 6 per Ceew Deferred, 3 per C en t. A kish nt B 2l / 1 Is Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto A ccoant . 7 3 .1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. • enezuelan s per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. . THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money • 95 1 Ditto Account THE s- isil.iE SHIP SENATOR - -TESTIMONIAL.—A massive t,rr_v_er inkstand, of unique design, has been . finished by s. Widdowson, of the Strand (where it . is on view), i",-. Pl'aentation, with an Indian work escritoire, inscribed , .virat.itude's trifle,” from Captain Lees, of the Senator, and . .1;18 friends, to F. Solly Flood, Esq., of the Temple and Wexford, barrister, to acknowledge his energetic, continu ° p i ll s ', ari d gratuitous exertions, which were crowned with . e.. ? . es, in rescuing an innocent man from an unjust plose 6iticul, Unfairly conducted at S. Helen, 1858-9. Jo hn odfrey, solicitor Pearce and Nash, agents. „ ACTS OF P ARLIAMENT.—In this year (1859) the r°llowing Acts were passed : First Session (22 Victoria), Public ?general Acts 3 :loc — a - 1 Acts, 3:5; private Act, 1 ; total, Secod ' Session (22 and 23 Victoria), public pfloral Acts 66 ; local Acts, 139 ; private Acts, 7 ; total L 2 ; grand ;otal, 283. Albanl\rE 'Y'DitR, August 3 . — Despatches received from this morning announce the occurrence of a dreadful accident on the Northern Railroad last i_llgh. The accident occurred near Seiagticoke, to 4 train en route for Albany. The train, while pass ion. , 6 ov er th e b r i dge which spans the Tomhannock, 'vas Precipit ated into the creek below, a distance of 20 to 25 fe et deefeet. Th e water was about seven or eight lost • dee p , li and over 13 per sons are reported to have ves. Nine dead bodies had been reco vered at 11 o'clock last night, and more were sup- Posed to be in the water. About 20 persons were ulore or less wounded. The moment the train st ruck the bridg e the structure ga . ve . way,. and a great the of the train was precipitated into the these'43 but, strange to say, the locomotive got across bridge, and became ,the from the tender. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share, Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1( per' c. pref. (issued at 2.50); Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 45 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 55 pc ! Do. do. 5 p. ct . Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. l E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc . E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. NO.I, I Do. do N 0.2; Do. New 6 per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et.l 'East Lanc. 6 per et lE.& W. York. Jcn. flfths jEdin.&Glas. 5 pc shares' Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent GI as. &S West.. a. spc ; Great Northern, 5 p. at 1 Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pml Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm I Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& w (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock rest West. (Berke and „ _ Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stock Stook Stock Stock 12i 12 Stock Stock 12i 120 Stock! Stock Stock Stock 10 I Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.l Stock Stock, Stock, 8} Stock, Stock, Stock Stock Stock stock Stock Stock Stock 20 25 25 I Stock, shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, Lon. & Brig.spc. gu. No.l , Do. pref., 5 p. C. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 41 Lon. & N. W. Coy. &Nun- I eaton, 5 p. ct. 11.9 n: &S z W, 7 p.ct. stock, ' late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Nfaryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock ) Do. with option till 1860, Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Do. do. do. IDo. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 IDo. do. Quarters, 1846 I Do. York, H.& S. Punch.; North Staffordshire ; Ox.wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock, Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. I Do. Fixed 44 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is. Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. (Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e.' Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, I 6 percent.- all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 104:, 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 100 18.13.4. Closing Business ra i d */ Price. Done. 104; 2° 120 100 1 100 190 1711 20 Stock Sto. i Stock 100 100 20 1 201 100 f 100 100 100 Stock Share I Railways. I Paid. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lndl all l3i all g . '5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant. &Godrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern BengaLgu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. F Shares Ext ! Do. Jubbulpore D 0.14 p.c. Bds. pay.'so l Geelong& 31e1.gua.5 p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada! Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7Bl Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.g,ua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent.) Gt.W. of Canada Shares , Do. New 'Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. ''/3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent.' Do. 4 4 §- p. c, Extension. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c . . I Do. Fourth do. Nell). Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßruuswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do IDo. do. B. Capital do cDo. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde 4 3 4' :Do. New iDo. Punjaub IDo. Indus. St. Flo. tz,';.; ISt. Andrews & Quebec A :Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 16i 1100 100 IL 10. 2s. fSd. 7i all 5 100 all all 1100 1 2s. all 1 all all all all all all 49 51 95 97 1103 105 5 61 99 101 112 117 ilO7 111 jll4 116 :113 115 1129 131 81 83 1140 142 'll5 117 120 122 111 113 1106 108 iB5 87 97 99 87 29 88 90 101 103 9 101 17 18 10 104 74 76 19i 20 91 10 14 15 138 140 ;158 162 8 9 ,120 123 } iP ,66 68 1139 141 1104 106 9i 96 1) 9 2 1. 10 114 111 110 112 108 110 98 100 ' 1 ila I p 224 d 23i 124 126 123 125 99 101 72 74 120 124 118 122 to i 11 24 244 104 108 104 106 28i 29i 34 35 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ;A Leasing Closing Business Railways. ra"" Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Buckinghamshire lOO Clydesdale Junction lOO Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 E Union,HarwichShs all Do. Woodbridge lOO Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct ' 100 Do. New lOO Gloster& Dean Forest, all artlpool.Dck.&Rall all Hull and Selby Do. Shares all Do. Shares all London&Greenwich D o . Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Do. Barking Shares all Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Do. 6 per cent lOO Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk i all Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c all Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk lOO Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5.1 guaranteed 5 p. c. j Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent all Preston and Wyre. i f , all Do. shares A. all It oystn,Hitch.,& Shepl 100 Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. l lB 11 Shrowsbry& Hereford all South Staffordshire .. all Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Do. do all Wilts and Somerset lOO Wimbledon& Croydn all Share Docks. Stock Commercial lOO Stcck Do4perCent.Pref .11i n lOO Stcck East and West India._ 100 Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 10 Do New uul.ru..up 18 •Ln & N.W Ln & N.W, Caledonin E.I.J.&E Gt. North. lE.Counts. I Caledonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.Sißr ,Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. ;S. East Do. I Peto &Co. Do. . Norfolk ;Do. LN W&M !Stk.& Da ;Midland . lE.Counta I Do. Do. 'L&N W 1 L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. ;;Lan.& Yk IT Brassey M'Clean . IVtk.& Dar a. West .IL.Srllrgtn DOCKS._ 98 100 102 104 16 17i 140 144 110 112 04 66 115 120 91 93 98 100 i if) 57 59 1139 142 SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) Share Railways. rim berg., h (Ming. Bost. and Eastern Jup'tion rlelfaA and Baliymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passagf Cornwall Do. A I A roves ' no div Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc `Fast Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreldl Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln , lief ropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def. , Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk I Do ' A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchasei Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth I Rh ymn ey 'Scottish Central South. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union , Sittingbourne & Sheer , (South Devon South-Eastern 'South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do !Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington 'Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & 'Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 IThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny IWaterford & Limerick ;West Cornwall 'W -end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 'Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class 12.10 13.14 Stock Stock Stock Stock 4} S i Stock Stock Stock Stook 8 9 14} 15 57 58 40 43 28 30 Stock 94 96 72 ni 26 27 92 93 161- (613 4 Stool: Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock 1100 102 81 83 131 133 106 108 59 80 55 60 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock, Stock all 100 3} 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock £3 le, 17} all all 100 all 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 5 20 10 20 ( all all all all all 65 67 108 110 93. 94f 1 11 d 92i 113 i 5 7 35 36 1041 1041 79 81 2 11 59 61 n s d 57i 672 91 91i 4-li 44 72 73 102 104 4i 7 41 d 14 144 61 } 31 32 13 15 111 113 24 25 82 84 45 47 24 d 44 46 734 744 61 63 60 64 • 8 11 S7i I 11 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 6 6.1 - - 711 8i 75 77 11/ 121 - - 97 99 821 821 591. i 9 87 90 12 13 p 12 13 p 941 95i 1 I d d 93 1 f f 4 3f 93 4 104 a i I paid.Closing Business II Price. Closing I Business Paid Price. Done. -. 631 101 103 ~, Tr,-11\fti "'r..T7l THE SIJN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, isb% Closing Price. 79 81 164 17 11 lf d 4 3 lf d 5d bid Id i P " 99 100 "I 94 100 i 19 20 34 35 71 73 91 93 91 97/ / /di 1 1i ld 1 141 141 6; 6; dl 1102 104 102 104 ,101 103 97 100 85 90 181 191 d: 14 1 d - -al d 19} 192 1} I d 1 I d 14 Idi FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 'Antwerp & Rotterdam: all 45 q 1 20 ArdQnnes all p 20 , Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 14 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all i 5 1 20 Bezters to Graissessac all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 24 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 'Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 64 61 61 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 24 21p 20 Lucca &Pi stoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 335 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 85 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 20 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 344 35 20 Paris and Orleans 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 20 21 24 d 101 gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 6 6 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 84 94 20 Southern of France 85 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France , all 215 225 20 Western of Austria ; 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden I all 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& July 100 112 113 1121 1 Do. 6 p.c.lb.&Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1095 1104 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -- -- N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 984 994 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1095 1105 1104 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLAI Miscellaneous. Itusinees done • Paid. C P lo rme in ! I Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail 'Berlin Water Works ; Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land. Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C ,Canada Land ;Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim )I Cop. Min. of Eng. & Smltg Do. Preference 74 per et Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land 13 14,E 200 220 28 29 i I 2 3 36 38 19 21 14 15 107 111 8 9 24 25 lf ,3 104 106 , I I d 4 5 11 li d Do do Do 8 p.e.Pref.,iss.at ldis N.l3r.&NovaSootiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Van Diernpn'm Land „ t t Shared I i id ip 21 21 76 78 9 11 IP 22 224 6 7 49 51 125 135 35 37 Al 8 9 BRITISH MINES. Mines. Paid. \ Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 5 6 51 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O I 10 ' Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 1 435 445 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1170 175 E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 6.11.0 91 10 Great South Tolgus.. 17s 131 134, G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci) 11.18.8 11 14 11 G. 'Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1 11 11 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 7 8 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 74 84 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 12 13 , Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s i ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 240 1 25 1 0 ISorth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 21 24 ,'S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9160 170 5 (Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 21 24 10 'Tin Croft 9 4i ti UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 211 224 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 130 135 Wheal Basset (Illogan).( 51 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redruth), 5 85 95 Wheal Edward (Cale.) : 54 15 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant), • 47.2 9 10 Wh'l Mary Ann (Meohe)l 8 35 37 vVh'l Trelawney (Lick.); 44 27 29 FOREIGN MINES 20 I Australian 1 'Bon Ae,cordCopper,Lim lOs Id 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp ) 27 - 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 10 11 5 I Do. L and and MiningCo I all 1 ;Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica , d 40 Cobre Copper I all 4l 43 Copiapo l6 8 9 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 I 2 ;Fortuna 20 General all 23 24 3 'Linares all 101 111 5 :Lusitanian d 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 .N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 5 p 20 ' l Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all i 34 4 5 5 'Port Philip 1 f 30 ,Santiago de Cuba 164 - 28.2.81(United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing Business 1 Price. Done. a , Pank of London AA Ba gru n sa k tr&a o tl f a ' nisigypt tedServiceßk Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo.l British North American Chtd. Bank of India, citc 'City ;Colonial ;Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of Landon lEng ' Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen Bk. of Switzerland Lon Char.Bk.ofAu6tral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient .Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London! 71 73 21 22 Id p l 62 61 100 100 20.11 100 18 20 152 16-1 201 211 18i 19i 71 73 251 28i !.. di 89 i 8i 91 13/ 14 31& Business Done. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were rather scantily supplied with wheat, yet all descriptions moved off slowly, at about stationary prices. Barley and most other kinds of spring corn, as well as flour, were a slow sale, but not cheaper. Throughout the Continent, wheat has sold in limited quantities, at about previous rates. Other kinds of pro duce have ruled without material change. In the United States the downward movement in the value of produce has been checked. Only limited supplies of home-grown produce were re ceived up to our market, last week. The arrivals from abroad amounted to 11,779 quarters of wheat, 1,610 of barley, 57,586 oats, 24 rye, 225 tares, .575 linseed, 2,675 rapeseed, 64 sundry seeds, and 891 sacks of flour. • The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was very moderate, and chiefly composed of last year's qualities. The condition of the new wheat was by no means prime, and white parcels sold at from 44s to 48s per qr. For most descriptions we had a slow inquiry; nevertheless, com pared with Monday last, very little change took place in the quotations. Millers generally showed no disposition to purchase beyond immediate wants. We were again extensively supplied with foreign wheat. Dealars operated with extreme caution, but we have no change to notice in prices, Floating cargoes of grain off Falmouth were held at full quotations. The show of barley was very limited, yet sales progressed very slowly, at late rates. The general quality of the new samples was very poor. There was only a limited inquiry for malt, at last week's currency. The arrivals of foreign being large, oats moved off slowly, and prices had a downward tendency. In beans, very little was passing on former terms. The supply was very limited. New white peas sold at 408. to 445. ; new grey, at 345. to 365. per quarter. Flour was only in moderate request at last week's prices About 800 quarters of new white mustard seed, in mid. dling condition, was on offer at from 12s to 16s per bushel, New tares were held at lOs 6d. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 3Bs to 44s Ditto, old 39s 44s Ditto, white, new 4os 48s Ditto, old Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 38s 43s Ditto, new 37s 45s Rye—Old —s —s New 3os 32s Barley—Grinding...., Malting. 37s 38s CheTalier 3Bs 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s2s 66s Brown sos 52s Kingston and Ware s2s 64s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s 260 Potato Youghal and Cork, black 23s 26s Cork, white 23s 32s Scotch, Feeding 23s 32s Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 4os 49s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk ... 308 31s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 10,622 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 9,578; in 1857, 8,922; in 1856, 5,028; in 1855, 8,867; in 1854, 9,703 ; in 1853, 10,973; and in 1852 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Amsterdam Harlingen Medemblik 3 .. 1,595 .. .. 8 .. Hamburgh .. 62 .. 1,894 .. .. Tonning 675 ... 600 .. .36 .. Bremen .. 96 . Ostend Antwerp — . Total 1,045 8,381 ."'. • • --- .. 12 .. 17 .. 2:: -- .. 25 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1858 2,524 .. 5,035 .. 494 .. 743 .. 772 1857 1,046 .. 6,140 .. 513 .. 643 .. 580 18.56 1,088 .. 3,147 .. 196 .. 407 .. 190 1855 1,466 .. 5,633 .. 234 627 907 1854 1,738 .. 6,525 .. 71 600 .. 860 1853 1,528 7,240 .. 774 671 759 The supplies of all kinds of foreign stock in our market, to-day, were very extensive as to number, and in fair average condition. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably good, but their general quality was by no means first rate. The primest Scots, crosses, &c., were in fair request, at full prices; but most other breeds moved off slowly, at late rates. A few very inferior beasts realised 4s. Bd. per 81bs. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to about 1,600 short horns and crosses; from other parts of England, 1,200 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 50 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 110 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was seasonably good. On the whole, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. In the general qualities, however, we have no change to notice. We were well supplied with lambs, and the demand for them was heavy, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of fully 4d per 81bs. The veal trade was heavy, at Thursday's delino in value of 2d per 81bs. The supply of calves was good. In pigs very little business was transacted, at last week's currency. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 8 3 0 Primecrs-wool do, Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Pine. S'thdowndo. Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 Large crse. calves Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Large hogs Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Small porkers Lambs, 45 6d to 5s Bd. Suckling calves, 18s to 22s ; and quarter •old store pigs, 18s to 225. TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts 4,750 Sheep and lambs 29,260 Calves Pigs s. d. s. d. .4 24 4 ~4 86 0 I 3 10 4 4 ,4 6410 ,3 O 2 6 ,3 84 6 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts: 1,410 Sheep Calves .. 310 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in th e Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 16, 1858, and this day, Monday, Aug. 15, 1859. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 16, 1858. Aug. 15, 1859. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 3 8 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. . . . . 4 6 4 8 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 0 3 2 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto . 3 4 3 8 3 8 4 0 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . .3 10 4 2 4 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves . . . 3 8 4 23 10 4 4 Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 17, 1857.---Beasts, 4,136; sheep and lambs, 24,620; calves, 322; pigs, 345 . Aug. 20, 1856.—Beasts, 4,405; sheep and lambs, 25,790 ; calves, 287 ; pigs, 437. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat are seasonably good. Prime beef, mutton, lamb, and veal are in steady request, at full prices, otherwise, the trade ruled heavy. Per 81bs., by the Carcass. s. d. e, U. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Mid. d 0..... 3 2to 3 6 Pm.largedo. 3 Bto 3 10 Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork.. 0 oto 3 8 Lamb, 4s 6 Infr. Mutton. 8 3 . d i to S i d 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 0 Prime do. .. 4 2to 4 4 4 oto 4 6 Id to 5s 2d. N s - m e aall Small pork .. 4 4to 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. Since our last report, only moderate supplies of potatoes have appeared on sale here. On the whole, the trade is very firm at extreme quotations. Shaws are selling at from 708 to 90s, and Regents 100 s to 140 s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. New Sussex hops, in good condition, have sold at £B, and new Kent at £8 8s per cwt. For all kinds, the demand is heavy, at nominal currencies. Duty £255,000 to £260,000. SEEDS. Linseed has continued in fair request, and prices have advanced is per quarter. Rapeseed is steady, at full quo tations. Canary is in moderate request, at late rates, and clover seed is held at very high prices. Fine new white mustard seed is worth 14s per bushel. In cakes very little is doing. rurnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Swede Mustard, Brown Bs lls White, new l4s 20s Tares, Spring, new.. 9s6d 12s Old —s —8 Canary, per quarter 56s 76s Rye grass, new 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., et. —8 —s White Foreign Red --8 —s White —s —s Trefoil, new. —s —Bl Carraway 4OB to 43s Coriander 9s 12s Hempseed, per qr 30s 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing 748 768 Crushing —B —8 Baltic —s —8 Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton English £lO Os £lO 58 Foreign, p ton £9 Os £lO 58 Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 58 Rapeseed, p. qr..... 61s 74s WOOL MARKET. The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well at tended, both by home and foreign buyers. The biddings still rule firm, at very full prices. Sydney—Clean cheeps' has sold at is 8d to 2s 8d ; scoured, is 8d to 2s 4d; skin, Is 2d to is 8d ; grease, &c., ls. to ls. 6d. Port Philip— Clean sheeps', is 8d to 3s 4d ; scoured, is 8d to 2s 8d ; handwashed, is 9d to 2s 2d ; lambs', is 7d to 2s 4d ; skin, &c., is 2d to is 7d. Van Dieman's Land—Clean cheeps', is 8d to 2s 10d ; handwashed, is 7d to 2s 6d ; lambs', is 8d to 2s 4d ; grease, Ild to is ld. Adelaide—Clean cheeps', Is 5d to 23; scoured, is 6d to 2s ; lambs' is 6d to is lld ; grease, is to is 2d. Cape—Clean cheeps', is 5d to is 10Id ; handwashed, is 4d to is 8d; lambs', is 4d to is 8d; greases STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG. Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1859. 1858. 1857. to July 20, 0. S. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks goods to the cask) 23,855 . .15,175 7,508 In ships loading an d li g ht ers 3,014 ' 1,755 2,707 , Total loaded off from St. Petersburg, July 22, 0. S 26,869 16,930 10,':75 Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 10d to is Id. New Zealand—Clean sheeps', is 4d to 2s; scoured, is 10d to 2s 2d; locks, &c., bid to Isz6d. Other kinds of wool have sold at from is ld to is id per lb. The private market rules inactive, ,on former terms. TALLOW The business doing in our market is only moderate, yet prices are well supported. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 55s ; for delivery during the last three months, 55s 9d to 56s per cwt. Rough fat, 2s lld per Slbs. 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. Stock this day.... 40,424 10,641 /2,577 11,7 I*3 21.552 55s Od to .5.3 s 6d to 65s Od to 49s Od to 55s Od to Price Y.C. 35s 3d 53s 9d , —s —s Od —s .0d Delivery last week 2,647 1,503 1,873 2,810 1,799 Ditto from June 1 20,683 23,059 '16,359 16,3.54 11,155 Arrivals last week 869 406 2,581 305 965 Ditto from June 1 13,341 15,991 15,792 16,503 2,0597 Price of Town .... 568 6d 55s 9d 66s tkl 50s Od 55s 9d stock! Btockl Share 99} 9 i all all all 15a. all all 112,012 103,76: London Liverpool 313 Bristol Other English ports Ireland 761 159 Scotland Germany 732 552 France l4 223 1,194 1,020 149 Total 23,855 15,157 7,508 CRIMINAL COURT. -(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) TRIAL OF DR. SMETHURST. This morning the trial of Dr. Smethurst; who stands indicted for the wilful murder of Miss Isabella Bahkes, at Richmond, was resumed. Sir John Lawrence was amongst the distingutshed per. sons who occupied seats on the bench. The court was very much crowded. Upon the prisoner being placed at the bar, The Clerk of the Court read to him the indictment and the coroner's inquisition, by both of which the prisoner was charged with the wilful murder of Isabella Bankes. He pleaded not guilty. Sergeant Ballantine, with Mr. J. Clark and Mr. Merryl weather, appeared for the Crown ; Sergeant Parry, with Mr. Giffard, defended the prisoner. It will be recollected that the prisoner was a person who had for some years practised medicine, and about 30 years ago he married a lady, still alive, and who was in advan of his own age, and he was living with her in January, 186 , when he resided at No. 8, Rifle-terrace, a boarding-hous , kept by very respectable people.- Miss Bankes was a lad about 43 years of age and of considerable private means, tp the extent ofabout £l,BOO. In 1858 she obtained a life inters t in £5,000 in the funds, but at her death that would, of tours , pass away. In the autumn of the same year she went to r side at No. 8, Rifle-terrace, where the Smethursts were resit ding. An acquaintance sprang up between them, and tbie landlady, seeing that there was some familiarity, between Dr. Smethurst and Miss Bankes, spoke to Miss Bankes, who left the house and went to reside at a similar establishment in Kildare-terrace. On the 9th of December, 1858, D. Smethurst met Miss Bankes at a church in Pimlico, where they were married. Dr. Smethurst went back to his wile for a day or two, and it would be found that Smethurst and Miss Bankes afterwards left their respective boarding houses on the 11th of December. Nothing was heard of the lady until the 10th of January, 1859, when Miss Louisa Bankes, received a letter from her sister. That letter was answered, and on the 15th of February Dr. Smethurst and Miss Bankes, calling herself .Mrs. Smethurst, went to live at Old Palace-gardens, Richmond. They appeared to live on the most affectionate terms, and Miss Bankes went for long walks, and appeared to be in very good health. Up to 28th March thei lived there, and then commenced the illness which terminated in death. The prisoner made inquiries as to who were the best medical men in the town, and, on recommendation, Dr. Julius and Dr. Bird, his partner, were called in on the 3d of April. Dr. Julius treated her for an ordinary case of diarrhoea, having obtained from 130 . Smethurst a full account of the nature of the symptoms. Dr. Smethurst took a most active p ar t, was i n c l ose attend ance on the deceased, and never allowed the medical men to be alone with hen Dr. Smethurst also suggested medi cines, innocent in their character, but in which he said he had faith. Dr. Julius continued to attend her from the 3d of April to the 15th, when she left Old Palace-gardens and went to Alma-villas. Dr.:Julius was extremely puzzled by the symptoms, and was astonished to find that all his remedies were unavailing. Under these circumstances, he requested Mr. Bird to see her ; and from that time to the day of her death Mr. Bird attended her, in connection with his partner. The unfortunate lady died on the 3d of May, and the present indictment was in consequence preferred against the prisoner. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in his opening speech, laid the whole of the above details before the jury, and then prefr ceeded to call evidence to prove the case against the prisonei. ._ _ _ The evidence adduced to-day was similar to what hail already appeared in The Sun. The trial is expected to last three or four days. THE NEW PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR CENTRAL AMERICA. The country will view with considerable satisfac sation an awakening sense in the silent bosom of the Foreign-office as to the importance of Central America. Secret diplomacy only demonstates its operations by outward and visible signs, leaving the public to speculate upon their significance ; and by these signs the public must judge of the inten tions of Lord John Russell. Long ere the stars and stripes decorated the free banner of the United States, the King of Great Britain had recognized territory in Central America. The woodcutters of British Honduras are as ancient a race as the Pilgrim Fathers; but the wood-cutters remained faithful when the sons of the Pilgrims shot down their fellow.subjects on Bunker's Hill. And the wood-cutters still desire to remain faithful, notwith standing the threats and blandishments of their northern cousins. British Honduras, including the Islands of Ruatan and Bonaca, is a British colony, as much as Canada or the Cape of Good Hope; and its title is unaffected by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. as all American politicians know, though some are not honest enough to avow it. About two years ago the present Foreign Secretary was indis creet enough, in his place in Parliament, to speak with indifference of the value of her Majesty's pos sessions in Central America. Mature reflection has, we believe, however, .altered his opinion. In deed, credit must be given to the Foreign-office for having recently greatly amended its ways. The public opinion, freely expressed in this and other journals, has at length reached the recesses of the Foreign-office, and repentance is evidencing itself in acts having a tendency in the right direction. We expressed hopes that something would be done to restore the confidence of the colony when Sir W. G. Ouseley was sent out, last year, as Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua. The well-known manly character, instinct with British feeling, of Sir W. G. Ouseley, rendered him a peculiarly fit instrument to reassure the drooping confidence of the colonists, and to unmask the aggrandising ten dencies of the United States. It is suspected that Sir William's line of policy was of too bold a nature to be sanctioned by the traditiOns of the Foreign-office, and it is not unlikely but that this has caused some complications, working personal annoyance to himself—and it is known that he has suffered greatly in his health in the warm, moist climate of Nicaragua. Be the cause, however, whatever it may, it is, we under stand, the intention of the Foreign-office to recall Sir W. G. Ouseley, and to supply his place with Mr. Charles Lennox Wyke, who was presented by Lord John Russell to the Queen, at Osborne, on Friday, and will take his departure by the West India mail on the 17th for Costa Rica, via Panama, the directors of the railroad across that isthmu s having, through their president, Mr. D. Headley, now in England, in reference to the Australian postal contract, placed a special train gratuitously at his disposal, as they did when Sir Y. Ouseley proceeded from Aspinwall to the same destination. The Foreign-office list for the present yeir fur nishes a short biography of Mr. Wyke. He was formerly a lieutenant in the Welsh Fusiliers, and afterwards, for three years, a captain in the Gene ral Staff o f the late King of Hanover. In 1845 he was appointed vice-consul at Port-au-Prince, and. in 1852 he was named as consul-general for Cen tral America, on the retirement of Mr. Chat field; and in 1854 he was raised to the diplo matic rank of Charge d'Affaires. Mr. Wykes' name and reputation are necessarily shrouded in the haze which hangs over Central America ; but, from such information as may be gathered from a perusal of such of his despatches as the Foreign-office have made public, it is evident that he is a gentleman of considerable ability, and thoroughly English in all his thoughts and feelings. Unless Mr. Wyke be crippled in his actions by secret dispatches from home, his coun trymen may expect shortly to see some practical evidence of a sound policy which, while respecting the rights of the Republics of Central America and assisting in the development of free routes of transit shall at the same time maintain the rights of her Majesty, and of her Majesty's subjects, in this hitherto neglected but important corner of the Queen's dominions.—Liverpool Albion. THE TREASURY CHEST.—The liabilities of the Treasury Chest on the 31st of March, 1858, are returned at £3,206,643, and the assets at £4,537,344, leaving a surplus balance available for the service of the Chest amounting to £1,330,701. 3J~~II~ PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(SATURDAY). The ceremony of proroguing, the Imperial Par- Ii intent, by Royal Commission, took place to-day with the usual formalities. Shortly after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor and the other peers named in the Commission entered the house in their scarlet robes, and took their seats in front of the throne. The usual preliminaries having been gone_ through, • The LORD CHANCELLOR then directed the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the "faithful Commons to the bar of their lordships' house to hear the Royal assent given to certain bills, and also her• Majesty's most gracious speech proroguing Parliament." The Vsher of the Black Rod then retired, and in a few minutes the Speaker and a number of the members of the House of Commons appeared at the' bar. The Royal commission having again been read, the Royal assent was then given to' the following bills : Income Tax Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) ; Stant) Duties; Military Savings Bank; Universities Incorpor4- tion Act Ainendment ; Queen's Remembrancer; Countfr Cess (Ireland) ,Acts Continuance; Universities (Scotland);• Constabulary Force (Ireland ); Manufactories '( lreland) Acts Continuance ; Cambridge University Commission Continuance ; Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amend ment; North-Western Territory, (British America) Coinage; Probate and Letters of Administration (Ireland.). ; Turn pike Trusts Arrangement ; Railway Companies Arbitr4- tion ; Marriages (Lisbon) ; Imprisonment for Small Debts ; Militia Law Amendment ; Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) Act Amendment; Customs (No. 2) ; East India Loan ; Militia Pay ; Reserve Volunteer Force of. Seamen;;' Government of India Amendment ; Inclosure Acts Amend ment; Stock-in-Trade Exemption; Ecclesiastical Jnris - diction Continuance; Episcopal and Capitular Estates Act Continuance ; Corrupt ,Practices Prevention Act (1854) Continuance; Weights and Measures Aot Amend ment; Turnpike Act Continuance; Dublin. Police ; Chari table and Provident Societies ; Inclosure ; European Troops (India) ; Divorce ; S a l e o f G as ; Charitable Trusts A t Continuance; Sessional Division; Law Ascertainment Sq ciety; Poor Law Board(Paymentof Debts); GalwayHarbonr and Port Amendment; Fishing Vessels passing the Nora; Chester and Holyhead Railway; Westminster New Bridge; Newcastle-under-Lyme Burgess Land ; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway ; Chichester Harbour Embank ment; Herne Bay and Faversham Railway (Margate Ext.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Rail w ay Companies ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax junction; Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway; Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway ; Berks and Hants Extension Railway ; British and Canadian Telegraph Company ; South Staf fordshire Railway ; London and North-Western Railway (Denton to Staleybridge) ; and several other bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose and read HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. ‘‘, MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " We are commanded by her Majesty to release you froin further attendance in Parliament, and at the , same time lo convey to you her Majesty's acknowledgment s for the zeil and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the performance of your important duties during the sessidn of Parliament about to close. " Various circumstances have occa s i one d inter ruptions, and prevented the completion of important mea sures which her Majesty pointed out to the attention of her Parliament at the beginning of the present year, lint her Majesty trusts that these matters will be taken into your consideration at an early period of the next session. " The war which has broken out in Northern Italy hav ing been brought to a close by the peace of Villafranca, overtures have been made to her Majesty with a view to ascertain those held by the great Powers of Europe, for the purpose of settling arrangement.; connected with the pre sent state and future condition of Italy, a plenipotentiary would be sent by her Majesty to assist at such conference, but her Majesty has not yet received the information ne cessary to enable her Majesty to decide whether her Ma jeity may think it fit to take part in any such negotiations. "Her Majesty would rejoice to find herself able to con tribute to the establishment of arrangements calculated to place the general peace on satisfactory and lasting founda tions. "Her Majesty, in accordance with the stipulations of the treaty of Tiensiag, has instructed her plenipotentiary in China to repair to the Imperial Court at Pekin; and her Majesty trusts that such direct communication with the Imperial Government will have a beneficial effect upon the relations between the two countries. " Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she looks forward with confidence to the continued mainte nance of those friendly relations which so happily subsist between her Majesty and all foreign Powers and States. " Her Majesty is glad to be able to congratulate you on the complete restoration of tranquillity in her Indian do minions. " It will be her earnest endeavour to promote their in ternal improvement and to obliterate the traces of those con flicts which her Majesty witnessed with such deep concern. " The financial arrangements of that portion of her Ma jesty's empire will continue to engage her Majesty's serious consideration. " 4er Majesty has had much satisfaction in giving her assent to the bill which you presented to her for the forma tion of a naval and military reserve force. A complete and permanent system of national defence must at all times be an object of paramount importance. " Gentlemen of the House of Commons,- 4, Her Majesty commands us to convey to you her cordial thanks for the readiness and zeal with which you have provided the necessary supplies for the year. My Lords and Gentlemen, — Her Majesty commands us to express to you her heartfelt gratification at witnessing the general wellbeing and con tentment. which prevail throughout her dominions. The happiness of her people is the object dearest to her heart. At the termination of the reading of the Royal Speech, The LORD CHANCELLOR said—By virtue of the commission which has just been read, I declare, in the name of her Majesty the Queen, that this Par liament is prorogued until Thursday, the 27th day of October. During the proceedings few visitors were pre sent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES BY A NOBLEMAN'S COACHMAN.—Henry Fimion, coachman to Lord LUrgan, was brought up on a warrant by Shillingford, an officer of this court, and who had apprehended him at his lordship's estate, Lurgan, County Antrim, charged with obtaining a lady's side saddle, from Mr. Peter Worsley, saddler, ST, South Audley-street. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner in May last . was in Lord J. Manners' service, in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, and without any authority from his lord ship he went to the prosecutors, and by saying that he was sent for it he obtained a lady's side saddle. When Lord J. Manners was spoken to about it he denied having sent the prisoner for the article. Prisoner had since ' obtained another situation in Lord Lurgan's family. Lord J. Manners' steward said his lordship,;for the benefit of his health since his accident, had gone to Malvern. Prisoner was remanded for the attendance of his lord ship. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 15.—Wind this day at noon, North- Westerly ; fresh breeze, with fine weather. It rained heavily in the night and morning. PoRTSMOIITIf Aug 14.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Pigmy, for Portland. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Cameos, for Monte Video. SwANsEA, Aug 14.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Ford mill, from Quebec. (BY BLECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL ; Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived, August 14—Kelpie, from Cameroons ; Equity, from Galvestton. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday morning. Wind W.; tide, two hours' flood; weather squally. Arrived, Ang. 14—Derwentwater, from Ostend. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind S.W., strong, with rain. TRINITY-HOUSE PlLOTS.—Copies of the memo rials and correspondence relative to the application of cer tain free watermen of the port of London to the Trinity house and the Board of Trade to be examined as to their competency to act as pilots in the said port of London, and, if found compete n t, t o h ave permissive (not compu lsory) licenses granted to them, were published on Saturday, on the motion of Mr. William Ewart, M.P. The Board of Trade decided (in June, 1858) that-1. That se far. as re gards the cap a bility of the memoriali s t s to ac t as pilots in the Thames, th e i r case appears to have been yrovid ed for b y an Order o f C ouncil, passed upon the application of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity-house on the Ist of_M 1855, a copy of which is eclosed. 2. That as further question of granting special licences acts - in the showing their competency totcfewgaardterms the m in an teri ag er e e m . en t of vessels in the Thames , do certainth e Lords could not TILE iS,EI3P.E.N,7.INE.rop: TO THE EDITOR 01 . THE Sir,—As the engineer employed by:the Govern ment to eleanse the wat er o f,th e Serpentine, I have hitherto. felt myself precluded from taking part in the singular controversy now raging in your co lumns.' 'As; however, some . Of your correspondents are — apparently from mere excess of 4iireStrained vivaeityLL-beeOnhing very personal towards". myself, and Mr. John . Lilwall especially so,, I may, perhaps, be permitted to correct them and several important Particulars. . -First,•us"regards my profession; Mr. Lilwall corn- MUnicites to the public the following gratuitous and as he evidently ,imagines; very damaging,informa tign Personally I know nothing of MiN Hawks ,ley.7—this compliment I can truthfullyrecipriocater— " but I venture to suggest that to censultflarat gen ' ilenian, himself 'a contractor, Upon various papers • relating to the purification of the Serpentine was, to say the least, to place hiai iii most und es i ra bl e position. Clearly his interest lay in" the . opposite direction of deciding in favour, of any plan not his own. Than this no systeni.• could well be worse," &c. Now,.although I ain'very happy to agree with the principle enunciated by Mr. John, Lilwall, I arn'under. the unfortunate necessity of &senting from' his facts. I am .not a contractor, nor ever was a contractor, nor have I ever been concerned or in terested, directly or indirectly, in any contract what ever; on the contrary, I have for the last 30 years been occupied in the practice of my profession as a civil engineer, and most extensively in designing 'and superintending the construction of waterworks at home and abroad; 'under circumstances in. which the purification of water by the means about to .be adopted at the Serpentine are more erlesa .etten sively employed. I am, 'therefore, just the - Sort of person to whom Mr. John Lilwall would adViSe the Government to refer ; and it, was, probably, because the Government haVe by anticipatien coincided with Mr. Jelin Lilwall that.' had the honour to be asked to make a report. - Mr. John Lilwall's other Statements,.plausible , as they. appear ' 'are unfortu nately equally dashi ng , an d f or the most part equally wide' of the truth. Their WeVht, and au thority are entirely derived from theprominent place with which you have honoured theM in your journal. Having notoriously made a T greater number of hydraulic works than any other living per Son, I may be expected to have acquired at least some reliable knowledge of the expenses attending the, pumping and filtering of water. If I have possessed myself of this knoWledge, and provided alWays, I were that sCandalum magnat u m th e " contractor" that Mr. John Lilwall incontinently asserts me to be, but which I am not,—by the way; the most indignant of your correspondents, affection ately quoted by Mr. John Lilwall as the firth which is willing and anxious and endeavouring to, effect the same purpos-:, in another fashion,'happens to be in that identical position—l Should venture to undertake to perform the whole operation in respect to which that gentleman cites such formidable figures for the comparatively small remniieration of £3OO per annum. On the general subject the truths of .the'matter lie in 'a very narrow compass, and are mainly these : —That the vast deposit at the bottom of the Ser pentine, black and deep as it is, does not affect the condition of the supernatant water; thafthe*Water of the Zerpe ntine does not hold mmilii )- Organie matter in solution, but; 'on' the contrary, 3 lS - essen titilly clear, sweet, and, inedoraus—let fhere be no mistake on this subject, for' am speaktUg.'of the water ;—that it is, nevertheleas, to sonic extent loadedwith confervoidal and other forms of vegeta tion of a very primary and' harmless Character, com mon to and well known in most waterworks, and in exposed lake waters generally ; that these can be very readily removed by filtration, and that as they will become reproduced Under the 'favouring action of summer light and heat—and they would be just as rapidly produCed in other water added to the Serpentine as in the water now therethey can be again as easily removed, and so froin time to time when and as the occasion may require, - I may further remark that the very simple and effectual operation now about to be performed is entirely independent of the removal of the mud or of the formation of an art'ficial beach - for the benefit of the bathers ; and that it would Wjust as necessary for the preservation of the incumbent Water, after these alleged improvements hid been made, as it now is. If your somewhat excited correspondenta•Will not take offence I will, with all deference tot their imaginative opinions, venture to recommend, them to go to the house of the Royal Huhiane Society, on the north' bank of the Seitentine, there borrow a glass or a bottle, take a boat and pull off from the side, then (if their prejudices will allow them, for they need not be alarmed) view, taste, and smell thC water; afterwards Alter some of it through a piece of white blotting paper (this can be obtained properly folded at any respectable druggists's) ; put some that is filtered and some that is unfiltered under a good working microscope, with Dr. Carpenter's or some other standard work on microscopic forms by their side ; evaporate a quart or more of the water very slowly, and it a low temperature, so as to bring down all' the inorganic salts and all the organic matter ; weigh the dry residue in a small platinum crucible, ignite and weigh again (the difference of the two weghings will consist of organic matter and some - go:sea com bined with the inorganic salts), and yotii Corre spondents will then, it may be, learn wliat they do not seem to know, that neither sensibly nor che mically is there much that is wrong with the greatly abused water of the Serpentine, and that the little that is wrong may be readily set right by the simple process of filtration. That the water 'of the Serpentine is preserved fresh and sweet is' a - natural consequence of its magnitude and depth, and the same result is observable in all large sheets of Water, while the co n t rar y e ff ec t i s experienced in all small sheets of shallOw, depth. The reason is almost too obvious to mention ; the depth retards the depuration of the mass, while the extent of surface affords facility for agitation and the conse quent combination of the water and, its , devitalised organic contents with that all purifying - r element oxygen. For the information of your readers generally, I may also state that the proposed constructions will be of a decidedly pleasing charactei, that the filter-beds will create neither a nuisance nor an eyesore, and that the public may safely trust the First Commissioner, whose heart is in the matter, to tolerate nothing either in the design or the work ing operation which can' afford ground of,offence to the most fastidious taste. The general effect will be that of an Italian flower garden, with fountains and vases, and four ornamental sheets of water. The machinery will be noiseless and smokeless ' • it will be placed in a lodge-like cottage, forming 'also the attendant's residence, and will be' disposed among the large trees at some.little distance from the other works. While on -the one hand there will be nothing pretentious- or obtrusive, so, on the other hand, there will be nothing to hide ; and if my ability be equal to the task I have undertaken I shall succeed in combining, without sacrifice, the useful with the agreeable. The soiled sand (which will be insignificant in amount) will be hand carted in the early morning to the machinery, by which it will be washed, and the small quantity of water dirtied in the process will flow off into the adjacent Ranelagh sewer. The filthy duck-pond, one foot deep, at the head of the Serpentine will be obliterated, and the stagnant portion of the lake above bridge will hereafter be fed with a consider able stream of purified water. With your leave one word of the " contractors," Messrs. Easton, Amos, and Sons. It appears that these gentlemen have for many years past-been in the habit of forcing their own u interested" propo sitions on the attention of the Government, and that they seem to think they have a vested right in all works for water supply undertaken by the Go vernment ; so much so, indeed, that they have angrily resented an official negative to an unasked for proposition. Now, of these gentlemen's schemes I never so much as heard till some time after my report had been sent in and adopted, and then only because Messrs. Easton and Amos forwarded a letter to the First Commissioner almost, if not quits, rebuking that important officer of the Crown for being so adventurous as to accept my professional views in preference to their trade propositimis' and nAinrmeocomess,sawan (See hereon their own letters published by them selves). I then, however, for the first time became acquainted with Messrs. Easton and for I was end all I can say in relation to any one's sug gestions—is, scheme, not called in to sit in judgment n_ that if my powers_ insinuates, included those have awarded the prize to competitors, I should not o f a li n aod a'r as bi y t M er r b L et i w iw e a e l n i l o y se ex d p ev en ic s e iv is eV i a n k m in y g M de e li s b sr e s r . at E e a o s p to in n io a n n , into account), based on false pre misesworking charges influence it would have well in Duck Island, Serpentine and the quantity of exercised consequences of no small water to be obtained and e rta bothinontaos produce the c on magnitude in and around St. James's-park. Had Messrs. Easton and Amos received the commands of the First Commissioner I should. certainly not have c onsidered it my duty to interfere publicly or priately With the performance of their appointed functions. It may, however, well be that " contrac tors " and professional men regard such interfe rences from very different points of view.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, T. HAWKSLEY. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, Aug. 13. 2i 2 9} 9, 10i 11 90 92 11 9 9 1 i