The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is a steady demand for money in the dis count market, and at the Stock Exchange an active inquiry - has sprung up, in consequence of the Consol settlement. The bar silver by the last West India packet has been disposed of at ss. IA-d. per oz. standard for transmission to China. The Royal mail steamer Magdalena, which leaves to-day for the Brazils, will take out £76,750 in specie —viz., £63,250 in gold, and £13,500 in silver. At the forthcoming meeting of the Ottoman Bank, a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum will be proposed. A meeting took place to-day of the creditors of Messrs. Smith, Patient, and Smith, when it transpired that the joint liabilities were £207,138 2s. Id., and the assets £37,097 ls. 7d. It was shown that the private drawings had been consider able, and that a large amount had been expended in farming operations. The insolvents were not in a position to offer any composition, and a discussion took place as to whether the estate should be wound up in bankruptcy or under inspection. No definite result was arrived at, but the principal creditors will take into consideration the course which it is the most desirable to pursue. It is expected that the directors of the London and Blackwall Railway will recommend a dividend for the half-year ending 30th June, at the rate of 3 per cent. per anitum. A large amount of business was transacted in the Cotton Market, at Liverpool, yesterday, and prices tended upwards. The sales amounted to 20,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market the transactions were rather more active, and a better tone generally was apparent. The market for Public Securities opened heavily, and a decline of .4-- per cent. speedily Pnsuod in con sequence of a pressure of sales on speculative au count. Consols are 933 1 for money, and 931 for September. The operations for transfer have been very limited. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are steady, at 932 ; Bank Stock is at 2291 2304; India ditto, at 218 ; ditto New Loan is 1041 g,-; and Exchequer Bills remain at 2s. to 6s. prem. A moderate amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices are tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to 763; ditto New, 60 to 611; and the 4 per Cents. are firm at 1011 ; Russian .5 per Cents. at 1081; Sar dian at 831 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are heavy, at 999; ditto 42 per Cents. at 870 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. at 651 ; and Buenos Ayres Deferred are 27. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, i -1- prem. ; and the Universal, i 7,- prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1860. 1859. Groat Western North-Western 94,163 88,732 Mouth-Western Brighton Midland south. Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter .. 7,119 7,508 Forth-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North British West Midland Edinburgh and Glasgow 7,003 6,802 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada The above returns show a steady increase on most of the principal lines in the United Kingdom. On the Great Western it amounts to £1,636; on the North Western to £5,431 ; on the South Western to £3,867 ; the Midland to £5,072 ; the south Eastern to .£4,028 ; the North Eastern to £5,019 ; the West Midland to £974 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada to £2,738 ; and the Great Wes tern of Canada to £4O. The Great Northern shows a decrease of £1,136, and the North British of £839. The transactions in the Railway Share Market hayebeen on a moderate scale. Prices opened with rather a buoyant tone, but a downward move. went has subsequently taken place. Great Westerns, North-Westerns, and Midlands have ad vanced 10s., and South-Easterns, 15s. Great Northerns, London and Blackwell, and North British declined ss. The Foieigu Mallct continued very dull. Butch Rhenish improved to 11-i ; Antwerp and Rotterdam to 5/, and Great Luxembourg brought 7. In the Colonial undertakings a slight improve ment was apparent. Grand Trunk of Canada ad vanced to 311 32 ; Great Western of Canada to 121 121, and East Indian to 100. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown no change of importance. Union of Aus tralia have declined ss, ; Union of London ss. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 t 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6/ i India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 97 k Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 7 d Consols for Account, 6th Sept. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid D tto £5OO 36 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. 991 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Ditto 1860 B7l Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Peruvian 4i per Cent 7 3 1 Ditto 3 per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 108 f Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded 5 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Guaranteed' lOl 1 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 551 Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 651 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, September IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tats DAY.) The SPEAXER took the chair at 20 minutes past one o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Hamilton and Strathaven Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. LAING, on moving that the house go into com mittee, appealed to hon. members who had motions on the paper to postpone them until the evening sitting. There were 200 votes still to be taken, and the only chance of getting emthrough the business in reasonable time was for honm . ters in future to adopt the course he suggested should be taken this day. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. ADDERLEY, who had:a motion on the paper for the production of a plan and estimate made for the National Gallery by Captain Fawkes—said that the plan and es timate in question were in possession of the First Commis sioner of Works, and he understood i t was to be rejected on the g roun d of official etiquette, while another of an inferior ail s character was about to be adopted. The National ery Was built under most unfortunate circums tances for the architect, considering t and the consequence was that it w as a very de fective building, ons o a ridep ar g d th m e ar p e uareepoasmtaadti purpose to which a pro posal it was devoted. In order was made to the Government of Lord Derby. Captain Fowkes was well known for his architectural talent, and as he understood the objection to his plan Proceeded from the Royal Academy, who had no right to interfere at all, as they were merely tenants at will. The hon, member concluded by moving for o rthr any the production of the Plan and estimate of Captain Fowkes,other plan for alteration in the National Gallery now under consideration of the First Commissioner of Works, and of any corres • pondence thereon. Mr. CONINGHAM protested against the course pursued in reference to Captain Fowkes, which he attributed to Occult influence. The result was that the public interest was endangered, and he suggested that any alterations in the National Gallery should be postponed until next session. Mr. COOPER said he was glad this question was put because it gave him an opportunity of making some ex plations in respect to this subject. (LEFT SPEAKING). AN EARLY PAMPHLET OF LOUIS NAPOLEON.— The Revue de Ge*eve publishes extracts from a pamphlet written by Prince Louis Napoleon in 1833, when he was residing at Arenenberg. In this remarkable print L. Na poleon declared that " Switzerland was destined to cover the frontier of France," and that the day may come when France "will take her revenge for Waterloo, and revive Jena and Austerlitz."—Advertiser. Share tk 1 20 stock stock stock 50 SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. 8 84 80 82 114 124 6f 71 105 167 044 05 6 01 8 9 17 17f 561 57f 39 41 28 30 786 796 306 31 106 108 1174 1184 118 120 135 137 113 115 724 73 60 6.5 110 110 71 72 111 113 12 124 LO3l 1031 121 13 96 06 10 11 424 13 3 2d 1281 129 101 103 7 6d 65 57 _34 _3 a V. 14 stock stock stock I . 3elfast and Ballymena Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn IBlyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co !Bristol and Exeter • !Caledonian !Carmarthen k, Cardigan !Cork and. Tian don 'ork, illroek., &Passage Cornwall A gets no div Do A until 6 c peran Do B ehasbeenp pd. toli & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern U non, A stock Do do B Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk Do Edinburgh ct Glasgow Edin. Perth, Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glas , . and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Po do T 1 do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val F.r,ua. stock I Trish Sonth-eastern Laneashire it Yorkshire) London and Blackwalt Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover ] Lond. (IL Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry 45 Enniskillen Nan. Shef. Miiryport and Carlisle Do do 1 shares Metropolitan Midland Do lairming. & Derby IMid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares ,Mid Kent.... Do, Cray Line . . Newcastle and C trlisle Newry k Armagh, def.. Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. Nthn. Counties Union North British N'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoev A stk ; A recs no d. 64i 65 until 6pclias beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do , G.N.E. purchase. Do Leeds...... • • • • • • • • Do York North London . . :north Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. &Grantham Rail Peebles . . Portsmouth Rhymney.... • - - • • . • • • Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittin gbourne & Sheer. South Devon .. • . • • • • • • South Eastern .... • • • • South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton k Darlington looi 1- 101 d 1) 551 55} 85} 85} 105 107 34 d 91 10 61 7 115 117 32 E 3 86 88 51 53 6 7 45 46 89 .191 674 68 80 82 6 8 44 414 10 11 p _ Do do Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale ~. • . .. • • • • • • Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster • • 551 56i 2 d 3ip ip 54 57 111 111 D 0...... .......... .. Do Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C‘ , rnwall ...... • . West London.. . Do let class 6i 61 Do 24 class .. .... • • West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. liereford 46 48 11 11i 2 1i d PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid. Price. Railways. Closing Business Share Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £56 Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares lealed on £lO, 4/ per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 5a p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pee et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. e. gua. S. & D. F.din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. !Great Northern, 5 p. et. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 4/ p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ) p. ct. pref. stock fireat West. (Berks and, liants) )'het. 5 p. ct. r o . Tweemable,44 p.et. I Do. Redeemaoic, 4 p. cr. 'Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. firm. Pref. Shares. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. Do des p. ct. pref .. Do Birme.:.cruar. stock.. Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock 'Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c No. 2 gua. 6 p. c Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cen , . Do. do. 4/ p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def. tit '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W, Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct stock Do. 4A per cent Do._(Prtam perpl anus of‘2s. Londondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh,l 111 . a.n._Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 'Do. £6 Do. 11, per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Marynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. per cent Mid. Con. 6 p. G. stock Do. Con. Bri s. & Bir. 6 p.m Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 'Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leis. & Hit. pref. et. Norflk 5 p, c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex,et.lB47 North British. 5 p. c. Do. New, min. 5 p. c Do. Bor. ' Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. 'Nth.Dey.R ail. do Dck.Co. IN-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p, c. Do. Bernick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p, e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Pureh. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern p. e. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,mia.6p.c. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4t per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed lip.c. Ist is south Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd do Kilkny, 6 p. c W.lllid -Oxf Ist Grua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6p. C. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. Do. Hereford 4a p.c. pf. 94 96 1104 105 5f 6 99 101 114 116 105 110 112 114 111 113 127 130 81 83 111 113 90 92 74 79i 103 105 118 120 118 120 112 114 106 108 87 89 99 100 1100 102 ot 91 93 102 104 10 10/ 17 18 10i 11 77 79 204 21 10} 103 15/ 15/ 137 139 [l4i 116 i 114} 116 i L3B 143 [l4a 1161 102 104 .52 156 130 134 07 69 20i 21i [l7 119 Ls2i 157} 12i 12 125 127 68 7 0 PI 139 141 104 105 95 97 11! 114 110 112 P. 92 94 99i 100} d ip i i d p 23 231 73 75 122 124 130 135 101 111 241 241 1104 106 1 104 106 91 93 100 102 88 88 28 29 °,31 341 33 34 47 50 130 132 127 120 10 10. 121 I'2l 11 12 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock stook stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 stock stock stock stock Stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways, P-- s" Leasing IClosing Business -- s" Co.'s. Price. Done. 1 Redford and 111. - Achley, all Ln & N.W .. .. Buckinghamshire .. .. 1100 Ln & N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 1 100 Do. Do. do. 51 per cent.) 100 Do 125 127 1261 Do. do. 5 per cent. ; 100 Do, ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction.. 100Caledonin 102 104 I Colchester, Stour Val.: all E.1) . .&1 1 1 C 16 17 E.lincolnshire,g6 p.c.,' 100 IGt. North. 139 141 E.Union,Harwich She' all lE.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge ... I 100 , Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 ICaledonin - Do. New ...•...... 100 IDo. - . „ Gloster& Dean Forest all ;G t. West. 11artlpool.Dck.&)llail. all IYk.N.&BrI Hull and Selby ...... all IYk.N. 31d. 112 114 Do. 1 Shares ....... all IDo. Do. 1 Shares ....... all 'Do.. •.. _1 Lanc.& Carl. ~ -, ua.5 p.c. 100 Ln..t . N.Vir,2ll 214 London & Greenwich; 100 S. East. ~1 62 64 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.; 100 :Pato &Co 91 93 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk • • Do. 6 per cent.-- -I 100 ,Do. , _ _ Manc.,Buxtn. & liatk.; all L NW&3I n 31 i 3 Mid. Bradford Prefer-I ence Stock ... •• - —.I 100 Midland 97 99 Newmarkt.,BuryEx i ' guar anteed sp. c. 5 . 5. 6 E.Counts i i p 56 58 N D:o o r . tdiih,oin.x.6(tedpFe' a s r B p Ce n e n r . cent e . P . n . . c t .l all a l Do. Do, .. North Western ...... 1 all L M k id_i N a w nd 141 15 141 15 Prestou and Wyrc. 1 all s , Lyk. 1 _ - R D o o y . I st S n t il ar i e t s ch ... , ... ... h .,:t p .1 1 1 :0 00 1 0 1 1 , (:, , , , . ° t R : N r a o s r s t e h y .11 10 37 6 139 108 Shrewsbry& Hereford 1 ...... ia p , Do. Do. S w o i u i t t l and Staf r s o o r n d l e e l r i i s r e e t .. .. l a w n 1, 6 1; . 0 l wß e r a ree ___ n s . tn: 1 9 44 4 934 & 111 Wimbledon Croydn. , all L. - ---151)i(S• -------_ -- --- ------ I Closing B us i ness I Share Docks. raid'l Price. Done. stock -- 2 --- ----- ---- Do. Commercial T,2:irdcelvnest.tplrnefd.ime sin... 7 1 ;1 stockatoc kt°.n.K.da°tnliarin stock 2— stocko 1 1.) 2 4 .50 1 .1 t0 t h isT i wa l n . P . ......... : 100 100 100 -- 6 5 1 --- \ i 100 96 its i .. ••••.••., 2 id P . all 100 34 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4j 100 100 100 174 j all liqCFMly= LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1860.- THE SUN, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Shill • Railways. Paid. Closing Business done '" Frice. 100 i A. B la n . x t i c a r t d S a t & L c a e w n r t e I nd a7ll : '6 —...--......_ stk 100 94 95 941 Gu. 5 per cent.. 18 Do, Do. B 16 11 14 . 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 41 51 .- 201 Do. New 100 I 6 B p u fl . 'a c t l o , b ß d r s a n A t , I ct ig G o l d l r ise7h2 all 10 Do. Preference 100 75 80 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 p 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 4 d tp 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.! 2s. 20 Cape Town 47., Dock Scrip 3s. 24 14 . 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. u 71 1 4 / ' 11 1 171 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 7 1 1 1 1 4 4 stook East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 99 1001 100 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 4 d 4 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 1 d * 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 99 100 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 01 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne all *1 221 at , Geelong Corporation 6 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 311 2 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 90 92 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 54 56 651 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 - 68 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 all 50 55 tock Gt.lndiaPenin.p,ma.sp.c lOO 961 97 97 i 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 4 d 1 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 ii lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 12i 124 121 if 201 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 all 95 97 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 97 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 95 97 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 02 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 85 87 stock Do. do. 5 per cent..... 100 95 96 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 89 91 o 20 Do. Furth d 0........ 10 If li d 20 Do. d 0..... .... all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. l3nds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6 . k Class A Capital Share a ll 5 7 • Do. do. Land d 0... .... 20 Do. do. B Cital do. .. all 5 7 • Do. do. Lando. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. stock Scinde .......... , : 3. 4 .:, 100 98 99 20 Do. Punjaub .... ie a 9 7 11 d lid 20 Do. Do. ........ R 9. all —d f stock Do. Indus St. Flo. &I; 100 94 95 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam' all 5; 51 61 20 Ardennes .... .. ....... all —p ii 00 115a.e4.0.1 , :n....7,;....r 7 .... e 4 I f 3 ri 2 5 Belgian East. Junction all / 1 1 1 20 Bezfers to Graissessac.. all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21 100 Copiabo ......&...... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 21 114 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .... all 241 251 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 61 74 7 20 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout all 20 Lyons & Geneva. ...... all 334 Maria Antonia ........ all 10 ID°. New all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 8 4 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 191 204 16 orthern of France.... all 371 384 20 Do. New Shares l5 p 10 orwep - jan Trunk Pref . . all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 35 36 20 Paris & Orleans.. —.. :. all 53 55 ecife & S. Fran. (Pero.) 20 r I gua. 7p. et. lim .... 13 2 lid 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish. all 14 16 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 54 ei 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 81 Ai 20 San Paulo, lim, v. 7p. c. 2 1 A d 20 S. Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 1 id. 20 Southern of France.... all 191 20. 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 91 9 20 W. & N.W. of France 23 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden ...' .. . . 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand Share! BRITISH MINES, ? Mines. Altred Consols (Plilla,ck) l ,British Iron Clifford . Devon G. Cons. (Taoist. East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ): Gam.drSt.Aubyn(Gwen )! Great South Tolgus I G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack)l G. Wheal Vor (Helston) , Grenville Herod's- !Hingston Downs I Ladi Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 'North Downs 'North France (Mogan) N.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) North Wheal Crofty • . Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) (South Cons. Min. Co. ISouth Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illo,gan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim., 1S Wheal Fran (Illogan) 1 ;Stray Park Paid. ' Closing I Business Price. Done. Tam'arSilv.,t Lead Min, ITin Croft !Vale of Towey (Caren.), 'West Basset (Illogan)..1 W_, Caradon (Liskeard) , 'Weat Seton !Wheal Basset (Illog - an) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (ILLelant) (Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tralawney (Lis.) ,2.11.10 i 16 I 17; 12.13.9 9 5.14.6 8.12 4.8.6 1.8.6 4i 6 9.18.9 11,- 10.6.7 12s all • 18.1 , .9 !22.18.0 13s 6dl 1.7.2 I 2 220 230 430 440 1 110 1201 81 91' 12 124 35 38 12 13 24 29 30 3 3 4 - 2 36 39 3! } V t '5 81 91 12 13 45 47 11 11 290 205 21 31 150 1 6 0 53 55 21 21 41 18 1 19 63 65 295 305 135 140 96 00 1i 2} 14 15 24 25 25 26 i 1 i pr 11 It 26 27 -- die. 44 46 11 13 i 21 1-- 22 23 'did 101 1 11 1 1 i A d p . i. f } - cl 5 6 lÀ z LONDON AND SOUZH WESTERN RAIL WA L HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this undertaking was held at the Waterloo station this day—Captain Mangles, chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding. The Secretary (L. Crombie, Esq.) having read the mi nutes of the previous meeting, and the report (which has already appeared in The Sun) having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN rose to move its reception and adop tion, and said the directors felt great gratification in meeting the directors on the present occasion, because their affairs were far more auspicious than they were in February last, they being enabled to de clare 'a dividend equal to that at the corresponding period of last year. (Hear, hear.) He felt satisfied that the whole of the shareholders would agree with him that, in looking to the vast extensions that were going on, they had made a good fight in holding on their own. (Cheers.) Since their last half-yearly meeting a charge had been made against the directors of the South- Western Railway of breach of faith, but he would not de tain the meeting more than by just making a passing allu sion to the subject. It had been said "in another place" (hear, hear, and laughter) —that they had been guilty of a breach of faith with the public in not carrying out their en gagement, but at that moment they had carried out their engagement by making a line which was much better than the coast one. It had been approved of by the most eminent naval and military authorities, and the charge made against the company of a breach of engage ment was therefore untrue, ungenerous, and unjust. (Hear, hear.) The company was much indebted to two noble lords who had come forward and done that which was not very fashionable at that time, namely, defend a railway. (Hear, hear.) It was now considered fair for any person to attack and depreciate railway property, and therefore when they found two noble lords adopting the rare course of defending and vindicating the directors from the charges made, he thought such honourable exceptions were worthy of their deepest thanks. (Hear, hear.) In the last half•yearly report the directors expressed a hope that the arrangements then conditionally made with the Bris tol and Exeter Railway Company, for the construction and working of a joint station at Yeovil where the two systems meet, would receive the sanction of the pro prietors and Parliament. The proprietors at that meeting accorded their approval : Parliament has since confirmed the transaction, and arrangementS were now in progress ro, erecting the joint station. The extension line from Yeovil to Exeter was opened throughout for traffic on the 19th July. The line and works had been most substantially constructed throughout, and reflected great credit on the en gineer of the line and the contractor, who had had a severe season to deal with while completing them. The directors anticipated a large increase of traffic to the old main lines of the company from the rich and populous district through which the extension line passes, and the local traffic will no doubt be oonsiderable. The Chairman then called atten tion to the last paragraph of the report which referred to the invasive schemes that had been attempted on their lines, and he congratulated the meeting that none of them had received the sanction of Parliament. 'Whatever differ ences their might have been with respect to the past he thought their future prospects were as favourable as they as reasonable men could expect. (Hear, hear.) If any share . holder wished any question answered which was touched upon in the report he should have very great pleasure in answering them. He concluded with the usual motion that the report be adopted. Mr. LACY seconded the motion. Mr. EDWARDS complained of the loss sustained by the company with the steam-packet company, and expressed a hope that the directors would most seriously consider the matter. The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The CumumAN then moved that the dividend for the half year be at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, and that the same be payable on the 25th of August. Count EYRE seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution to tilt effect that the directors be empowered to create and dispose of such share capital as shall have been authorised by ParHamer* and as shall remain:undisposed of. Mr. HUTCHINS seconded the motion. Mr. MALINS hoped that the rivalry on this and the Great Western Railway on the Exeter line would not lead to a cutting down of fares. Mr. TOTE, M.P., entirely agreed with the opinions of the last speaker, and expressed a hope that he would use his influence in the House of Commons to prevent the adop tion of all sorts of useless schemes, the capital for which must be• in the moon. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. MALINS thought it was a most objectionable thing to leave a committee of the House of Commons to decide upon the advisability or unadvisability of certain lines being con structed. The members composing those committees were frequently quite unaccustomed to business, and who lost sight of the vast capital invested, and the rights of the proprietors, and only looked to see how the public could be carried quickest and cheapest. Serjeant GAZALEE concurred in the remarks of the last speaker, and condemned committees of the House of Com mons as being totally incompetent to deal with railway matters. The motion was then carried unanimously. In reply to a Proprietor, CASTLEMAIN said it was not true, in any particular, that the company had refused to make the doable line from Dorchester to Southampton. The fact was the company had agreed on their receipts amounting to a certain sum, and on a requisition from the Board of Trade being made to them that it was desirable such a line should be made, to carry out the engagement, but the Board of Trade had not yet called upon them to make the line, therefore there had been no refusal on their part to do so. The fact was, the whole affair had been got up entirely for certMn party purposes. Mr. TITE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was enthusiastically agreed to, and the proceedings termi nated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY. MARLBORO UGH- ST REE T. SINGULAR SENTENCE. —THE WATCH ROBBERY AT " SCOTT'S." —James Clarke, the young man who was charged at this court on Saturday last before Mr. Mansfield with stealing a gold watch of the value of £l4 from a gen tleman (the report of which case appeared in this journal) at Scott's, a well-known night-house, near the Haymarket, was again brcught up before Mr. Tyrwhitt. On the last occasion Sergeant Cole, 23 C, stated that the prisoner had been at this court about two years ago, and cGmmitted for three months. Upon this Mr. Mansfield said he should remand the prisoner for a few days, expressing his determination to commit the prisoner for trial, and refusing the prosecutor's application to deal summarily with the case, as he con sidered it one on behalf of the public that might go before a jury. It has since been ascertained that the prisoner has been twice, if not three times, before at this court and Clerken well, and also that he is well known at the other side of the water. Mr. Tyrwhitt disposed of the case by committing the prisoner for one month with hard labour. THAMES. CRUEL ROBBERY.—EIiza Swainson, a married woman about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing £5, the monies of a poor widow named Shadbalt, who keeps a shop in the general line in Plummers-row, Whitechapel. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Martha Sirbut, a married woman, the daughter of the prosecutrix, that on . Tuesday last the prisoner, w h om she bad known five years, was on a visit to Mrs. Shadbalt. While the prisoner was there, Mrs. Shadbalt went up -stairs and brought down a for the purpose of paying her rent. It was in a bag and consisted of four half-sovereigns, 11 florins, 25 shillings, a five-shilling piece, four half-crowns, and two sixpences Tho money was placed on a table in the room where the prisoner was. Witness had occasion to leave the room, leaving the prisoner there. On her return, three minutes afterwards, the prisoner was still there, but the bag containing the money was gone. No one else was in the room but the prisoner. Witness exclaimed, c, oh my good God, the money is g one ! The prisoner expressed great surprise, and said, " Whire do you think you have laid it ? " To which Mrs. Sirbut said, "On the table." The prisoner said, " You had better go upstairs and look for it." Mrs. Sirbut did so, and could net find the money. On the following morning the prisoner came to the house at five o'clock, and said she was unable to sleep all night as she was so much concerned about the loss of the money, and expressed the greatest anxiety about its recovery. Evidence was given that the prisoner had stated on Tuesday evening when the money was lost that she had none of her own whatever, that yesterday the prisoner was spending money freely, and that suspicion being directed towards her, her room at No. 23, Greenfield. street, White chapel, was searched by police-constable, 179 H, and four half sovereigns were found in a tobacco pouch on her mantel shelf, and 11 florins. Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial. VALUE OF LANDED PRO PERTY.—The Berkswell hall Estate, Warwickshire, ten miles from Leamington, in a favourite sporting country, was submitted to public auc tion' at the Mart, City, yesterday, b y M essrs. Chi nnoc k and G a lsworthy. The sale attracted a large attendance of gentlemen from the midland counties, with their agents, evidently intent on purchasing this fine estat e . The rental, as stated in the particulars, was £2,350, including the cot tages, and £250 fixed as the estimated rental of the mansion. The biddings commenced at £60,000, and after a spirited competition the price reached £Bl,OOO, at which it was sold to Tbomas Walker, Esq., of Orgreaves Park, near Lich field, th us realising 341 years' purchas e on th e t o t a l ren t a l, with the addition of timber at a valuation. The Emperor of Russia has granted to the Governor of the Caucasus the power of authorising the local ministers of Christian sects tolerated in Russia to admit Makommedans and idolators, as converts, into their congregations. The heads of these congregations must ' make a formal declaration that the new converts have not belonged to the mtlaodox church of Russia. READING RAGES.—(This Day.) LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] CAVERSHAM HANDICAP. Spicebox Ten ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The King's Meadow Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Jones's Sunbury, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Midgley 1 Mr. Gulliver's Misa Eleanor, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Dacker) 2 Mr. James's Artist, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. Formby's Speaker, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Plumb) 4 Betting-2 to 1 each agst Speaker and Miss Eleanor, sto 2 agst Sunbury. Sunbury made all the running, and won by two lengths ; three parts of a length between second and third ; bad fourth. The Borough Plate of 25 sovs, added, to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; weight for age ; the winner to be sold, etc. Half a mile. Sir E. Hutchinson's Sweetbread, 2 yrs, Gst 71b (Entwisle) 1 Mr .Mills: Queen of the May, 3 yrs, Est 4113.. (Fordham) 2 Mr. Merrifield's Confession, 2 yrs, Est 41b (Vorraby) 3 The following also ran :—Mountebank, Billy Banks, Flame, c by Boiardo out of Phingari, Everlasting, Con tract, Rosedale, Boisterous, Wee Polly, and Stormer. Betting-3 to 1 agst Billy Banks, 4to agst Queen of the May, 8 to 1 agst Stormer, 10 to 1 each agst Flame, The Boiardo colt, and Everlasting, 12 to 1 agst Boisterous. Tha winner lay in front all the way, and,. won easily by two lengths, four lengths between second and third. The win ner was claimed by Mr. W. Day. The Abbey Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners extra; allowances for maidens, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. 14 subs. Mr. Cartwright's Fairwater, Bst 71b (inc. 31b- extra) (Charlton) 1 Captain Christie's Lady Clifden, Bst 71b (inc. 31b ex.) (Fordham) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Cronstadt, Bst 71b (Goater) 3 Mr. Stone's Almeric, Bst 21b (Harrison) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Lady Clifden, 4to 1 agst Cronstadt, 6 to 1 agst Fairwater. Won by three lengths ; a head be tween second and third ; Almeric beaten a long way. The Berkshire Stakes (handicap) of 20 soya each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners extra, &c. About two miles. 46 subs, 23 of whom pay 5 soya each. Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, 3 yrs, Est 101 b.. (Edwards) 1 Cupporthurnite's Riming Sun, 3 yrs 7st 21b (Bottom) 2 York and The Nun also ran. Betting--5 to 4 agst Rising Sun, 7to 2 each agst Nun and Plumper, 4to 1 agst York. The race was run in a shower of rain, Plumper going off with the lead, and never being headed. She won by 20 lengths, the favourite getting second. Only those two passed the post. The Nursery Plate (handicap) of 100 sous, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. Straight run in (about 7 furlongs). Mr. Morris's Balkam, Est 41b (car. Est 51b) (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Barber's Foxhead, 7st 21b Mr. Barber's Rose, sst 121 b. (Entwisle) 3 The following also ran :—Ellerton, Esther Mishap, Miss Emma, Maid of Peru, Nutbush, Count Home, c by Chan ticleer, Clotilde, Parapet, Podarces, c by Wild Dayrell, Blemish, and Dira. Mr. Barber declared to win with Foxhead. Adams weighed for Sweetbread, whose number was placed on the telegraph board, but the horse did not go to the post. Betting-5 to 1 agst Balham, 6to 1 each agst Rose and Foxhead, 12 to 1 each agst Podarces and Parapet, 100 to 7 agst any other. Balham came out at the distance and won easily by three lengths ; a bad third, Podarces was fourth, Parapet fifth, and the others straggled in. The Ladies' Plate of 30 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3 soya each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights. Five furlongs. Mr. H. Coverdale's Griffin, 4 yrs, Bst (L3O) .. (Harrison) 1 Mr. Willoughby's Corfu, 2 yrs, sst lllb (L 30).. (Roper) 2 Mr. H. Ivey's My Uncle, 2 yrs, sst 31b (X3O) (Parsons) 3 The following also ran :—Mushrobm, Tumult, Joy, Prince Galitzen, and Tony Lumpkin's dam filly. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tumult, 4to 1 agst Griffin, sto 1 each agst Corfu and Mushroom. The three placed were in front all the way, and a good race ended in favour of Griffin by a head, a length between second and third. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. On cantering down the course Corfu knocked a man down, fell, and unseated his jockey, who was unhurt. The man, however, was severely injured. The Easthampstead Park Stakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for 3-yr .olds and upwards. One mile and a half. (10 subs.) Mr. S. Jacob's Amsterdam, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Midgeley) 2 Mr. Newbold's Burlington, 4 yrs, Bst (Charlton) 3 Betting-2 to lon Amsterdam. Won by a leng. h. Bur lington walked in. Rain fell heavily during the greater part of the afteo noon, and the course was very sloppy. The attendance of company was - very large. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY. The great St. Leger was almost forgotten to-day. The Great Ebor Handicap is now fairly before the public, and, from the number of horses supported, it is evident that those who have accepted are quite satisfied with the handi capping. It is useless noticing the " doings" upon any particular animal. We think upon the whole it is one of those events upon which the bookmakers may very well cry content. We have not lately seen a handicap in which, judging from the operations, there were so many good things.—Closing prices : GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Defender (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Pax (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 100 to 7 agst Satellite (taken) 100 to 7 agst Horace (taken) 15 to 1 agst First Lord (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Pedlar (taken) 100 to 6 agst Hepatica (taken) 100 to 6 agst Moorhen (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ancient Briton (taken) 100 to 6 agst Tunstall Maid (taken) 100 to 6 agst Sutton (taken) r. LEGER. 7to 2on the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst Stamped° (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (offered) THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. infERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 58s 7d ; barley, 33s Od ; oats, 26s 6d ; rye, 45s 6d ; beans, 46s 9d ; and peas, 41s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 57s 7d , barley, 33s 2d ; oats, 26s ld ; rye, 41s 4d ; beans, 46s 6d ; peas, 41s 4d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 73,459, barley, 641 ; oats, 2,661 ; rye, 16 ; beans, 1,113 ; peas, 346 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market, to-day, was scantily supplied with beasts, for which the demand ruled steady, at fully Monday's cur rency. The best Scots commanded quite 5s 4d per Sibs. The show of sheep was moderate. Prime Downs were, in some instances, 2d per Blbs higher in price, and the value of other breeds was well supported, with a steady trade. There was a good sale for lambs, the prices of which were well supported. Calves, though in good supply, changed bands freely, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Pigs and milch cows were unaltered in value. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 8 . s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 5 4 Pme.Sithdowndo. 5 6 5 8 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 lAO Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers Lambs, 5s 4d to 6s 4d. Suckling calves, 19s to 23s ; and quarter .old store pigs, 22s to 30s. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 11,650 Sheep Calves Pigs 3lO Pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate ; and a fair business is doing, as follows :- -Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 5s Od ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d ; perk, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTEA.LL, Aug. B.—To-day's market was fairly supplied with fat stock, in which an average business was done, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, August 8. Prime stock sold steadily, other kinds slowly, at about previous currencies : Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s 8d to Os 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 14s to 18s ; quarter old store pigs, 23s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 10s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHVIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 5s Od ; new do., £2 15s to £4 lOs ; old clover, S 4 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 8s to £4 15s • and straw, £1 108 to £1 16s per load. Trade dull, at reduced rata. Supply large. CUMBERLAND.--Old Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 102; new do., £2 15s to £4 12s ; old clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 8s to £4 15s; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 5s Od; nnw do., £2 15s to £4 122; old clover, £4 Os to £6 6s 041 ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 12s to £22s per lead. Trade dull. I have seen the hay harvest going on from the beginning of April to the end of October. Any traveller who is fortunate enough to see Switzerland in April enjoys a feature of the Alps which later tourists miss. To them there is no motion among those mighty masses except the waterfalls ; whereas he sees expanses of rippling grass dis closing the passage of the winds. In the hot rock-bound valleys the meadows are mown in April; and the scythe mounts higher and higher, till the last coarse upland hay is carried, just before our English mowing begins. In our northern counties the grass is seldom all carried in August. and sportsmen who spend their autumn in Sc o tl an d see ' more or less hay still courting the sun and wind in the last days of October, which aie there so brilliant. In one year I have known this to be the process of successive haymaki ngs between Venice and Invernesa,—once a Wok. L7} } 79 3oi i 118} 18 721 i 3 21 31 not 71i 1111 103 i f .... Mii 9 4 100 1 i d i 55f 891 90 892 6 1 1 1 213•2•81; COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU RITIES. ;Can.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly 100 113 115 Do. 6p. cent. 1878 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 i - - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 , -- - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 112 114 ( Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 102 1 92 t Do. Scri - - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 105% 1061 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct lOO 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 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c 1 sterling, 1875 lOO 1061 1074 S.Aus.G t. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 108 110 ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1 . Do. do. 6 p.a. Ap.&Oct. 100 109 1091' 1091 9 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 I British North American all 20Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 2 0 20 1 125 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 32 14 100 City 100 'C010nia1...... ... 20'11 I Corn. Bank of Canada... all 100 (Commercial of London . 2 0 2 0 21 20 !Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 15 1 16 1 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all -- 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23 23/ 231 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 Londen & Westminster 20 Of 100 ' Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 (Do. new l2 50 !National Bank ........ 25 20 !New South Wales .... all 20 !Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank .... ... 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do. new 25 I South Australia 25 !Union of Australia 50 Union of London l2 244 100 lUnity Mutual - MISCELLANEOUS. 10 l A ng l o -Mexican Mint .. all 131 141 1000 !Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 51 51 51 • 50 British American Land 40 30 35 50 8.&1.Mag,. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 36 38 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 15 324 Canada Land all 114 117 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all stock Cop.Min.ofEng - .&Synlig all 25 Do. Pref. 7 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deben. 100 105 107 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 15 pr P 5 English & Ans. Copper. all 21 21 1 2251 5 010 Do.GGLLoroeennu Madrasa .. d.170 S ,n Districtt pr e ), Dr a i pr m ci . st and oi N niTtsud a mren v eci it i f. t g eleLLrn a de t in l mm.l )( Canale a 11 2 45 i 1 - 221411 — .3pii: . pr dd 2 4 51 1 104 I3..leGd.iOtemr.nEiblecusterioc, Teleg.(Lim.) all all _ l4 _1 t 20 10 3: e e r d b . o. Exton. e o am L I T T . o el o . (Lim.) (L m) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 14 11 d 2 . lid 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.S p.e.Pref..iss.atl die. all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 101 151 10/ 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all I 1 1 1. Do. Now Shares • . 1 --- (Lim.) ~ 4 p r 10 Orintl.ln.Stearn(Lim.)A 6 _ L 10 Ditto B, 6 10 Ditto C stock ,Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 .7 60 49 50 tPen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 124 134 p 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.c all 181 191 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 54 64 100 Royal Mail Steam stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 125 123/ 25 South Australian Land all 33 34/ 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 100 Do. do , all 6 7 10 Tr. & Ln. Co. ofUpr.Can. 5 -.- , „ t )19 Van Diemen'a Land 2.14.6 7.4.0 FOREIGN MI: Australian .. BonAccord Copper, Lim Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ i p.) Do. St. John del Rey,Lim Do. L and and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co Fortuna. General Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquita N. RhineCopof S. Aus. L Pontgibaud Silver,Leaol Mining and Smelt Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) : ,United Mexican Worthing (Limited) I Do all 1 10s. ail all 19s. al 1 2 all 128.6 d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. CHURCH RATES. Mr. HUBBARD gage notice th a t ear ly nex t se s s i o n he would bring in a bill to amend the law relating to church rates. UNION OF BENEFICES BILL. 1 1 On the motion for going into committee on this bill, i Mr. D. GRIFFITH complained of the manner in which public business was conducted. The present bill was brought down ready made from the House of Lords at a period of the session when it could not pass without a dis cussion. The fact of the bill being brought before the House of Commons at that period of the session, and so early in the day, when they could scarcely muster a sufficient number of members to make a house, rendered it impossible that the measure could receive the necessary discussion. This was not properly legislating on a measure of such im portance. Mr. HENLEY said that in this bill the bishop, the clergy, and the patrons were well cared for. He objected to that part of the bill which related to the removal of the dead, and he certainly would divide the house on that point The house then went into committee on the bill. Mr. GRIFFITH said there was no one on the Ministe rial bench who was responsible for the bill and he would move that the chairman report progress. Mr. B JUVERIE said that the bill had undergone much discussion in the Upper House. It was in his charge, and he brought it on as early as was in his powe. - :. Mr. JOHN LOCKE considered that the members of the City of London ought to hare had charge of the bill. It certainly had nothing to do with Kilmarnock. (Hear, hear.) The Bishop of London had opposed the demolition of churches in the City for the purpose of making London bridge. He was not of opinion that London was destitute of churches; but if they placed clergymen in them who could not preach, of course congregations would not be at tracted. Mr.CRAWFORD, as one of the members of the City of London, said he thought it would not be courteous to the hon. member for Kilmarnock to take the bill out of his hands, simply because he representel one of the five cities affected by the bill. The measure was introduced into the other house by the Bishop of London, and its provisions were well known. Mr. AYRTON supported the bill, and said that the pre sent state of things was most objectionable. The only question was as to the mode in which a remedy should be applied, and he hoped the house would be rational enough to prefer the interests of the souls of the living to the bones of the dead. Let the bones of the dead be treated with respect, as no doubt they would be under the provisions of the bill, but he trusted it would not be said fuel when the making of a dock or railway was concerned, ;it was quite easy to have churches and the bones in church yards removed. There was no difficulty experienced, but when the interests of religion were involved it was another case altogether. He hoped that, although the bill might be amended in passing through committee, its main object would receive the support of the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman CUBITT said it could not be denied that several churches would require to be removed, and in one place there were about fifty-eight churches in an area of about half a square mile. He considered it was obvious that seme remedy was required for the existing evils, and he thought all the details might be arranged without diffi culty. _ _ gr. HUBBARD said that he did not think the house were sufficiently acquainted with the principle of the bill. Were the house aware of the manner in which the bill was read a second time? At a quarter to one o'clock in the morning an hon. gentleman was asleep at the end of one of the benches. He was roused by a touch of the elbow and the words, " Union of Benefices Bill." He then jumped up, and all he (Mr. Hubbard) heard was the word " Monday," and he discovered that the bill had actually passed a second reading, (Laughter.) Under these circumstances he con sidered that the bill required at least a little more illustra tion. Against the bill of 1854 there was a very general feeling outside the house, and why, he would ask, should a bill conferring equally large powers be introduced ? Why should not the arrangements of a certain group, which re quired anaendation, be made the subject of a specific pro position ? Mr. BOUVERIB said that this bill ha 3 been on the table of the house six weeks, and no objection was made to its principles. The fact was, that the present state of things required great improvement, as it presented a very ano• malous condition. In some parishes with a population of 50,000 or 60,00 J there were 50 or 60 churches, while other parishes were without any adequate provision. In other places there were no congregations, owing to the ground being occupied with warehouses. After soine discussion it was agreed by the hon. member in charge of the bill that its operation should be limited to the metropolis. The amendment was negatived without a division. Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. MALINS said that he did not consider the house possessed the necessary materials for legislating on this subject at present, and concluded by moving that the chair man leave the chair. After some remarks from Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Henley, Sir G. Lewis, and other hon. members, the house divided— For the amendment l6 Against 76 Majority The clause was then agreed to, with some alteration, as were clauses 3 to 6 inclusive. On clause 7, Mr. HADFIELD wished to be informed what was meant by the words " spiritual destitution" in the bill. Was it merely to be understood as meaning Church desti tution, ignoring altogether the spiritual insction sup plied by the Nonconformist body. Mr. BOUVERIE said that the meaning of the words " spiritual destitution," as he understood them, was the absence of sniritual instruction, in which condition were several populous distilcts of the metropolis. Some discussion ensued, in the course of which Sir G. LEWIS said that the population of the City of London was about 55,000, and there were 58 churches. There was a considerable deficiency in the means of afford ing spiritual instruction, which could be remedied only by the passing of this bill. The clause was agreed to, as well as clause 8. On clause 9, Lord J. MANNERS considered that the powers con ferred on the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by the clause were too extensive, and that these powers with reference to the building of churches should rather be entrusted to the governors of Queen Anne's bounty. Mr. BOUVERIE said that there was no other body be sides the Ecclesiastical Commissioners who would be an adequate machinery for the discharge of the duties con fided to them by the present bill. After some discussion the committee divided, and the numbers were— For the clause Against Majority The clause was accordingly adopted. Clauses 10 to 12 were agreed to. On clause 13, Mr. D. GRIFFITHS moved the addition, at the end of the clause, of words to the effect, that before any scheme for annexation, severance, or union of parishes be carried out, it should be laid on the table for two calendar months pre viously. After some conversation the amendment was negatived without a division, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 14, Mr. HENLEY said that he had a great objection to the removal of the remains of the deceased, or "bones," as they had been described by one of the hon. members in the course of the debate, who had the misforiune to die before. He concluded by moving an amendment restricting the operation of the bill to churches in which no interment had taken -place, or which had no vaults underneath them. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. BENTINCK moved the following addition to the clause :—" Provided always, that nothing in this act con tained shall authorise the pulling down the churches of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, St. Martin, Ludgate, St. Peter, Cornhill ; and St. Swithin, Cannon Street; or the towers and steeples of any of the churches within the City of Lon don, and specified in the schedule (B) to this act annexed." Mr. B 0 IJVERIE considered that there was no necessity for this provision. Mr. NORRIS thought that instead of removing these churches from the centre of a p o p u l a ti on more than ade quate to fill them, they should improve the.condition of the patronage, and place in the pulpits persons calculated to attract iongregation s. He expressed a hope that the amendment would be adopted and the bill withdrawn. Sir G. LEWIS said that it would be injudicious to inter fere with the provisions of the bill on architectural grounds, as proposed by the hon. member (Mr. C. Bentinek). Mr. A. SMITH suggested that the clause should be with drawn, and the sites of the churches should not be built on if they were pulled down. On clause 14, Mr. HENLEY proposed an amendment, which led to a long discussion, prohibiting the sale of sites on which there have been interments. The committee divided— For the amendment 5O Against it BO Majority —3o The amendment was negatived. After some further clauses had been agreed to, the clock pointed to a quarter to six, when the discussion closed. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned at six o'clock. TBIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day at noon—West- North. West ; light breeze and fine weather. There was a great deal of rain yesterday. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. B.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—New York, steamer, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Aug. B.—Wind W.—Sailed—Ramiles, for Sydney; Dane, s c rew s t eamer , f or t h e C ape o f G oo d Hope. GLOUCESTMR, Aug. B.—Wind N.W.—Arrived--Hein rich, from Philadelphia; Nicaragua, and May Dundas, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maid of the Mill, from Marseilles. OFF HURST CASTLE, Aug. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Ittarsilia, steamer, from Alexandria. (BY 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, August B—Dynamene, from Ibrail ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Courier, and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey ; Euroclydon, from Sunderland. Arrived, August 9—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan. Sailed, August B—New York, steamer, for New York; ♦lliance, steamer, for Havre; Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W. ; tide five hours' ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, Aug. 9—Lionne, from Gravelines ; Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam; Iberia, steamer, from Oporto. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.S.W., moderate. Passed —Harvest Queen, from the westward ; Finny Huntley, from the Cape of Good Hope; Dorothea, from Philadelphia; Lochlamar, from Matanzas—all for London; Magesta, from Rio Grande for Antwerp ; Gannet, screw steamer, from London, for Genoa. MORE BRIBERY PROSECUTIONS.-.--It is intimated that proceedings are about to be commenced against five persons who are accused of acts of bribery at the last elec tion far Oreat Yarmouth. HER 1114..TESTY'S f O URNEF TO BAL MORAL. ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY. The Queen left Holyrood at a quarter before nine o'clock this morning, and drove through the park to St. Margaret's station, where the royal train was in readiness to convey her Majesty northwards to Aboyne. The departure of the illustrious travellers from the palace was announced by a salute of 21 guns from the Castle heights. The morning was wet and misty, and only a few persons witnessed the progress of her Majesty through the park. An escort of the 13th Light Dragoons attended the royal party from the palace to the railway sta tion. The guard of honour at St. Margaret's was formed by a company of the 78th Highlanders. The directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway were in attendance to receive her Majesty and immediately upon the royal arrival the train was set in motion, and proceeded rapidly north wards. At the Larbert junction the train was taken in charge by the directors of the Scottish Central Railway, who conducted her Majesty thencefor ward to the city of Perth, where her Majesty ar rived at eleven o'clock. Mr. Miller, deputy-chair man, and other directors of the Scottish North Eastern Railway. here assumed the direction of the train, which proceeded, with one intervening stop page at the Bridge of Dun, to the city of Aberdeen, where the royal party arrived shortly before two o'clock. The Deeside Railway was next traversed as far as Aboyne. The last 20 miles from Banchory, which have been only recently completed, and were to-day first travelled over by her Majesty, are very beautiful, the scenery through which the line passes being very romantic and wild. The Queen arrived at Aboyne at three o'clock, a few minutes in advance of the appointed time. The station was tastefully fitted up, and a great crowd of her Majesty's Scottish subjects had assem bled to witness the royal arrival. After partaking of luncheon the Queen left for Balmoral in an open carriage and four, the Prince Consort and the two elder princesses accompanying her Majesty. The remaining members of the royal family and suite in attendance followed in other carriages, and her Majesty reached her Highland home at half-past five o'clock. Mr. Seymour Clarke again to-day received the acknowledgments of the Queen for the admirable manner in which the whole railway journey had been performed. (From the Court Circular.) HOLYROOD, AUG. 7. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, arrived at Edinburgh at 10 minutes past eight this morning, and immediately proceeded to Holyrood Palace, escorted by a party of the 13th Light Dragoons. The ladies and gentlemen in attendance were the Coun tess of Desert, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Sir Charles Phipps, K.C.8., Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros, Major Elphinstone, and Dr. Baly. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert was in attendance on the Queen as Secretary of State. In the course of the morning the Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort and Princess Helena, drove to Cramond, to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Lady in Waiting and two Equerries were in attendance. Her Majesty returned to Holyrood for luncheon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Holyrood at about three o'clock, to accompany the Queen to the review of the Volunteers. At half-past three the Queen, royal family and suite left Hclyrood in three carriages to review the Volunteers. The first carriage contained her Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness Prin cess Alice, and his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, in the uniform of afield marshal, rode on the right of the Queen's car riage, and the Duke of Buccleuch rode on the left. The second carriage contained their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and Louise, Prince Leopold, and the Lady in Waiting. The Equerries rode on each side. The third carriage contained Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, v.nd Lord James Murray. The staff preceded the Queen's carriage, and the escort was formed of the 13th Light Dragoons. The Queen was received with a royal salute. Affxr which the troops marched past, and after re-forming in con tiguous close columns, they advanced, presented arms, and gave throe cheers. Her Majesty returned to Holyrood at abcalt six o'clock. Tho Queen had a dinner party in the evening-. The fol lowing bad the honour of receiving invitations:—The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Major-General Lord Rokeby, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lieutenant-General Sir George Wetherell, Major-General Sir James Scarlett, Major-General Sir Richard Airily, Major-General Cameron, Colonel M'Murdo, and Major Elphinstone. The band of the 13th Light Dragoons was in attendance during dinner. PREPAR 4 TIONS FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES AT NIAGARA. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer gives the following account for the preparations for the reception of the Prince at Niagara :—" It is un derstood that his royal highness the Prince of Wales will, during his sojourn at the Falls, have his quarters at the mansion formerly the residence of the late Samuel Zimmerman, on the Canada side, just in the rear of the Clifton House, which also belongs to the estate of the same family. The Zimmerman homestead has been chartered for the personal use of his royal highness, while the cot tages attached to the Clifton Hotel have been engaged for his suite and attendants. The house in which the Prince will reside is a substantial dwelling of stone, covered with cement, and stands upon the highest part of a beautiful park of twenty acres, commanding a full view of the Falls and all the neighbouring scenery. The grounds are surrounded by a fine hedge of privet, rendered impenetrable by the addition of a strong wire fence on the outside. From the emi nence upon which the house is situated, the ground descends towards the Niagara River on the south, first abruptly through a belt of forest trees, and then gradually across a broad, smooth lawn, neatly ornamented with shade trees, and containing a fountain and a great number of gas light posts. In the south-east corner of this park, and also upon the highest point in the grounds, flag-staffs 85 feet in height will be erected, from which., during the stay of the Prince, the royal standard of Britain will float. The flags are manufactured in England for that purpose. The trees whocse tops and foliage intercept the view from the parlours towards the Falls are to be trimmed so as to afford a full survey of the cataract. Over the gate way, which constitutes the main en trance to the grounds of the estate proper, and which the Prince must pass upon his walks or rides, a triumphal arch is to be erected, fifteen feet in width and thirty feet high, adorned with representations of forest scenery and American life, and surmounted at the summit by a splendid stufed deer, in the attitude of flight, with upreared head and lofty antlers. The construction of this beautiful piece of work is confided to the same hands which . built the four famous arches at the Campus of flay , at Ballater, at Cloch Mac Creigh, and at thr3 suspension bridge at Crathie, upon the occasion o'r the first visit of her Majesty the Queen to Balmoral. No one more com petent could be selected for the task than the man who has been chosen—Robir 'son the old superin tendent of the garden of Abergeldie, the residence of the Duchess of Kent. " The work of preparati on has already com menced; to-day the hedge is being pruned with tin usual care, next week the pa ,pering and varnishing of the interior of the mansion will be b egu n, .and every portion of the premises, from the draw ing; room to the stable, will be swept an d garnished for the reception of the high-born boy,who for a few short days will honour the jitaee with his temporary use." Yesterda NEW DRINKING Four/ram : — y a foun tain,opposite de of polished a granite base, on was opened for public . use in the Strand , Somerset House. It con which there stand six r ich ly d ecorated columns of brass a superb entablEiture and corni ce i n red and white marble ; these are surmounted by a dome in upporting terracotta, polished enriched with shells and water plants, and the whole work, which is 14 feet high, stands on three granite s t e ps, and is crowned by a rilded figure of a boy holding a water-bottle on his head. The water flows in two jets from a vase placed in the centre between the columns. This fountain (the most expensive and handsomest that has yet been erected in the metropolis) is the gift of Robt. HanburYt Esq., M.P., who arrived on the ground at a quarter-past two, and was met by the sculptors, Wills Brothers, and the vestry of St. Mary -le-Strand, when, after an appropriate' address had been given, the fountain was declared opened. GOVERNAItIiT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant vessel Hannah Moore, 1,130 tons, Capt. Michael M urphy, belonging to Messrs. Wm. Roberts and Co., of Liverpool, which sailed from Birkenhead on the 12th Feb ., arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 6 th May, with 3 . 3 6 married couples, 126 single men, 99 single women, e t boys b e t ween th e ages of 1 and 12, 28 girls between h same ages, 8 male and 7 female inf ants—make r , a total of , 371 goals, equal to 326} statute adults, under chi urge o f sur geon-superintendent Henry Rickards. 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