The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-01 00:00:00

OONEY MARKET AND CITY _NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Bank of England return completed to the 29th Angust is of a satisfactory character. The bullion has been augmented by nearly a quarter of a million sterling in consequence of the arrivals from the United States and Australia having been more than sufficient to supply the continental de mand. The reserve of notes has also been largely added to, while the increase in the other securities is only to a limited extent. The public and private deposits both show a considerable augmentation. In the other items of the balance sheet there are no alterations of importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation Decrease Bullion .. Increase Rest £2l 141 789 218,795 :: :: •• 15 914,353 • • • • • . 233,513 3,481,910 •• • • 51,026 •• • • .. 5,949,005 .. 350,250 .. 14,168,176 .. 321,812 .. 735,601 . • 11,583 9,643,398 No alteration. Other Securities • . .. 19,996,726 Increase • • • • .. .. 180,311 N otes u ne mployed 8,447,710 Increase 385,660 A further sum of £56,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited no change of importance. The Tagus has arrived from Lisbon with £4,285 in specie. Decrease Public Deposits Increase • Other Deposits Increase .. • • Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase .. • • Government Securities Owing to the abundance of money, and the made rate demand, the rates of discount still tend down wards, business being reported at 31 and 3i per cent. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, a fair demand was experienced for most descriptions, and about 8,000 bales were disposed of at former prices. The market for Public Securities is exceedingly quiet, but several purchases have taken place, and increased buoyancy has resulted, Consols being 931 for money and 932 t- for the account in October. The fine ness of th e weather, a nd the ac cumulation of gold, have produced a favourable effect. The New Three per Cents. have improved to 931 ; the Reduced to 931 ; Bank Stock is heavy at 231 ; India Loan remains at 1031 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has advanced to 961; and ditto 51 per Cents. to 102. A fair amount of business has taken place in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are well sup ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731 to 74 ; ditto New, 574 to 57i- ex div. ; and the 4 per Cents. are firmer at 1001, Mexican at 211 22, Portuguese at 44, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. at 731 741 ; ditto 41 per Cents. are marked 951 96 ex div. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are heavy at 911, but the Deferred have advanced to 30. The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 2 pm.; the Thames and Mersey, 1 r i pm.; and the Universal, I t Business in the Railway Share Market has been active, and most of the principal lines have shown a marked improvement. Caledonian, Great Northern A Stock, and South-Eastern have ad vanced 55.; Eastern Counties, Nor • th-Western, and North British, 10s. ; Great Western and Midland, 155.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and Blackwall, and North-Eastern (Berwick), £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been dealt in to a fair extent also, at enhanced quotations, Dutch-Rhenish have improved to 121 1, Grand Trunk of Canada to 321, Great Western of Canada to 13! 1, East Indian to 1001, and Great Indian Peninsula to 97. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown little variation. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock ... 231 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . .. 93a f 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . 93 1 k i New 3 per Cent. Annuities ... 9 3 i i i India Stock. . Ditto 5 per Cent . .. . Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent........ Ditto 5 per Cent. .. 961 Ditto 51 per Cent. .. . 102 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Consols for Account, 6th Sept. .. 931 it Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto £5OO 4 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSIN G PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent • • Ditto Account' Ditto Deferred Mexican 8 per Cent ... Ditto Account ... 22 11 Peruvian 41 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cont.. 1853 , . Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822 , £ St • • Ditto 41 per Cent .. 931 Sardinian 5 per Cent ... _. . Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent • • Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in. London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 84 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94 931 Ditto Account Ditto October 93i 93 STATE OF TRADE.: MANCHESTER, Aug. - 13.—There is very little change since Tuesday. Sales are difficult, but yet sufficient to keep prices nearly steady. There is some accumulation of stocks, particularly in the heavier fabrics. Light cloths, including shirtings for India, have been more freely, though at very low and unsatisfactory prices. In good qualities of T-cloths there is little doing, but there has been more business in the lighter makes of these fabrics. Long-cloths of all weights and qualities are a good deal neglected, with declining prices. The demand for printers is also tame. Spinners adhere to their quotations with some steadiness, especially in warps and cops for home consumption and export. For India and China qualities slight concessions have to be made. • LEEDS, 31st.—The Leeds Chamber of Commerce give the following report of the trade of Leeds and neighbourhood for the month of August : —Woollen trade.—There has been but little demand during the month for the lighter descrip tions of woollen fabrics, and the state of the fancy trade has been much like that of the weather — gloomy and uncertain. The buyers who have visited the warehouses have operated with extreme caution. For heavy goods for export, transactions of import ance have taken place. In consequence of the late ivvere winter and spring the stock of broad and heavy cloths left over is very limited, and mann ts.o. carers, though not quite so full of orders as during the Previous month, are well employed. No doubt a very. I , riek from the state of trade would prevail were it not c e r ,uncertainty which hangs over the probable result the L enci L c h n e harvest. Wool—Since the last report Wool sales have been in progress, and concluded Thursday. Throughout the entire series there°l,ll4__ been but but very slight fluctuations ; and, the aI3Z any very animated demand for the Continent, E 4 circumstance strongly i cates the soundniilsi of the woollen trade of this country. Th e e— iteraely unsatisfactor state of the weather has Prevented . 3: state of h ave b the rise of prices which might otherwise e i. Zen looked for ; and, while some description s slight advance on the prices of May, the averageK) a f er quotations are as nearly as possible the same. ver „ in n glish combing wools the demand has been sluggish, and prices have ruled in favour of the 0 --- .,°r short wools and buy ' er. noils the demand has been g,._?_( 4, and prices have very Iti l ir ar "unt of business slightly advanced. A has been done in Russian Ivo s' and a moderately East I n d ian . . es good demand has prevailed for Villa and y , priC , and. stocks for both descriptions are firm. -- l arn— The importations of tow have been sn l are at present very low. Consequen tly, p r ices have not only been firm, butinsomeinstanses an ad vance ra of from £1 to £2 per ton has been paid . T tions in flax have been very limited, an d 'with nsae. out a . re, n , i any alteration in price. The growing cops the average, favourably reported of. The spinners are generally engaged with orders, and the yarn trade has shown some signs of improvement as the j month has drawn to a close. The scarcity of han ds in the spinning mills restricts very much the pro duction of yarns. An accession of adult workpeople would be an important benefit to the trade. Leather—A steady cautious trade has been the rule during the month, and prices have remained with very little alteration. There has been a slight ac cumulation of stocks, and tanners generally are working short time. The wholesale boot and shoe trade has perhaps never been so dull as lately. A considerable accumulation of stocks is taking place in the manufacturers' hands, and unless the demand springs up soon many workmen must be thrown out of employment. RE SUN,- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING;) SEPTEMBER 1, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid . Closing Business Paid. Closing Business Share Railways. Price. Done. Share Mines. Price. Done. glythe and Tyne 10 per 1 c. pref. (issued at £5O Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock , Do. do. do. Shares ;Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 'Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun. E. Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... l Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. oua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, kper cent .... Glasnt S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. IDo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm ;Do. , q p. c. do. do. CDo. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm IGt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pf. f Gt. Rn. W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks andi jAlfre4 Consols (Philack)2.ll.lo 44 51 20 !British Iron 1 16 1 2 Clifford — 200 210 !Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 430 440 'East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1074 1121 lEast Caradon 2.14.6 9f 101 lE. WThussel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 111 ;Gam.&StAubvn(G wen ) 541 20 31 Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) l l2.l3.9 11 11 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 i 4 ' ,Grenvi11e..15.14.6 21 21 Herod's-Foot 8.12 30 31 Hingston Downs 4.8.6 31 34 Lady Bertha ~.- Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9k 38 40 North Downs 2l 34 4 !North Frances (Mogan) 11 21 34 N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ,an) 5s 41 54 North Wheal Crofty !Par Consols (St. 13Iazey) 1/ 111 121 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 11 11 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 298 310 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3l 21 21 1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 1 4 ,Sll - I,eal Fran (Illogan)18 1.4.9 i 130 140 ,Stray Park 122.18.0 52 55 5 ITarnar Silv.& Lead Mind 4/ 21 21 10 Tin Crort ' 9 44 5 ;Vale of Towey (Carm ) ...c..s 6d 1 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 17 18 iW. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 65 68 ♦West Seton IWheal Basset (Mogan 5f 130 135 heal Buller (Redruth 5 80 85 ,Wheal Edward (Cals. 61 21 21 'Wheal Kitty (IT.Lelant 1.7.2 131 14 !Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 24 20 !Wheal Trolawney (Lis. 01 23 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 !Australian 1 IlionAccordCopper,Lim 15s 5 d pr 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ip )i 275 14 11 20 'Do.St.Jolindel Rey,Lim! 15 27 28 5 ,Do. Lan d and Mtningeo. all 1 iClarendon Cons.MinCo. dig. 40 'Care Copper all 4l 43 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 !DunMoun.Cop.Ming,.Co ail 4 1 2 Fortuna. 20 ,General all 22 23 2 iGt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 , 4 d 4 d 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 3 Linares all 104 11 5 Lusitanian 2 4 d fp 1 Mariquira all 4 1 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 2s.6d. 4 i d 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all i 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 4 1 Scottish Austria. (L.) los. ' 14 d 28•2•84 United Mexican . 1 Worthingi (Limited) all 1 i 1 1 Do. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,Can. Gov. 6 p.e.Ja. &Jul 100 112 115 1141 I Do. 6p. cent. 187 100 - - , Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1883 100 1141 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 1111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 413 115 c Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 102 102 14 t Do. Scrip 5O N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. ja.&July 100 1051 1061 106 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876' 100 99 100 991 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdsl 100 981 991 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c I 1 sterling, 1875 1 100 107 108 1071 S.Aus.Gt 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 108 110 , Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 i Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1191 110 1094 10 c:tk 20 stock stock 104 I stock 50 tock stock stock stock Hants) Ext. 5 p. et IC o. Redeemable, 4i p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Tlo dos p. ct. pref Do Birmg.cruar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. LanAYork 6 p. c. stock Do. Barn sl. st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.et Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l 'Do. 5 p. c No. 21 IDo. Erna. 6 p. C. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 41 IDo. do. 41i per cen'. Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.itC.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover !Lon. and N.W. Cov. and stock 2( 13k 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. Nuneaton, 5 p. Lon. & SW, 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prism. perpl anus. of 2m. 6d. Londondy. tt Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. ,-E6 Do. 3,1 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Mary( ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p. c stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4a p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5A p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, g ua. 5 p. c Do. Bor.Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.e,. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire i Nhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new p Scot`tish North-Eastern 34 p, c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,zua.6p.e. 12 124 stock stock 124 124 stock stock stock all 1100 1.91 no 109,E 10 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. •100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 , -- 40 Luatralasia all 61 Off 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 21 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 205 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.Sc Ch all 32 14 100 City 100 Colonial . - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 20 21 205 20 Eng., Scot., k Aus. Ch.. all 15 155 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all • 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 235 24 50 London and County .. 20 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 100 London & Westminster 20 $8 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all -- 20 Ottoman Bank 400 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new — 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London. 100 Unity Mutual 6O MISCELLANEOUS. 10 ;Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 :Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 !Australian Azricultural, 19 26 28 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 55 50 [British American Land' 40 30 35 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)'[ all 35 57 20 Do. 13,7 p .c. 11111852 (Lim.). all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 15 325 ;Canada Land all 114 117 10 !Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all stock 'Cop.Min.ofEng,.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 245 255 stock Crystal Palace stock 'Do. Preference stock ,Do. 6 p.c. Pei Jet. Deben. 100 106 108 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5d 5 p 5 !English & Aus. Copper all 25 25 25 15 !Gen. Steam Navigatt m 14 1 ,Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do. 174 pet Preference ; 5d pr 5 Lon. Di2trict Tel. (Lim.) 2 25 14d 20 London Discount (Lim.), 5 15 15d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.)[ all 11 If 20 Madras Irr. and Canal t 1 25 21 10 IMecliter. Electric Teleg.; all 10 :Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.)l 5 15 15 d3l 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 lid 10 Netherlands Land all 5 5 Do.B p.c.Pref.iss.atl dis. all 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 82 —5 1 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. 5 pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2s. stock Peelit.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 17 50 471 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 74 76 50 Do. New 25 125 134 p 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp c all 18 185 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 122 125 25 South Australian Land all 33 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 5 1 'Do. do. Registered a:I 5 10 Do. do all 55 65 20 -Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can.• 5 100 Pau Diemen'o Laud 285 9 10 Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4& per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann: 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 1 4p.c. Ist is 1 south Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. Ac Dar. A 5 p. Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & ICilkny, 6 p. c -Oaf Ist Gus stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 6 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, let tel Do. do. 2d is. Do. Hereford 44 p.c. pf. 166,11 POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS .D.AI.) Closing Share Railways. Paid. Frice. limning done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence an 86 88 88 1 stk I Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind lo p 034 944 944 ( Gu. 5 per cent. 18 Do, Do. B 16 14 15 d 204 Buffalo and Lake Httron all 5 4 54d 5 4 4 205 . Do. New - 10 Do. Preference .... 100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godricli 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 182 100 73 731 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 5 d 1p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 25 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 15 4 d 171 Demerara. . all - - 20 Eastn. Bengalegu. sp. c 74 11 14 d stock East Indian,igu. sp. c. 100 99 lc° 100 4 994 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 f d 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 1 d 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 994 10 1 0 991 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102 20 Geelong & Melbourne 214 224 Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 - - per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 314 24 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 89 01 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 55 57 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 took Gt. TndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.c lOO 96 97 97 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 Idf d 5 4 20 Gt. South.of In dia (Lim) 13 2 lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 134 134 13 4 4 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 93 96 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . . all 93 96 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 92 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 1,00 83 85 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 94 95 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 87 89 20 Do. Fourth c 10........ 10 14 14 d 20 Do. d 0..... - .... all - - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - Newßrunswick A Canda 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6Pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share - ▪ Do. do. Land d 0... .... 20 Do. do. B Capital do ' • • all 5 7 ▪ Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. - - stock Scinde .......... , : i 4 ,; 100 975 981 20 Do. Punjaub .... ca g 7 11 d 11d a2O Do. Do. .... .. 9 all - -d c)* et Do. Indus. St. Flo. g,... 100 93 944 f 20 IStAndrews & Quebec A 18 - - • 10 iTrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 f d - ] FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 54 54 i 20 Ardennes ..... ......... all - -. 20 Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 85 4 id l i 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to G raisses sac.. all - - 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 ( 100 Copiabo ........ &...... all - - i 10 Ditto Extension - - all 24 2 d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 4 340 124 4 20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26 c 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 - - 20 Do. do. all - - t 20 Great Central of France all - - c 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all '64 7 7 I 20 Italian Junction .. ... all - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - - N 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - c 20 Lyons & Geneva ... ... all - - 335 Maria Antonia ........ all - - s 10 Do. New . ............ all - - t 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 71 84 f 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 194 204 16 Northern of France.... all 374 .184 a 20 Do. New Shares ..... 15 10 Norwegian Tru n k Pref . . all 74 85 20 ['aris,Lyons, AT, Mediter. all 344 355 v 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 53 55 v r Recife & S. Fran. (Pe rn .) 20 gua. 7p. et. lim ...... 13 24 24d n 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 - - a 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all .-- 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 14 16 o 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - 20 Sambre & Meuse .... - all 54 51 54 p 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 85 84 tc 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 4 fd c( 20 S. Aust. &Lomb Vene tin 12 15 4 d 20 Southern of France.... all 19 20 SE 84 West Flanders 10 IDo. 54 p. c. Preference.. all 95 94 PI 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 23 Western of Austria.... 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - -a: 6 Wiesbaden - - 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand - - vi BRITISH MINES. re 1.... ... Plnaincr 1 Thlairiana tl -: ..,. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BREAKING OFF COURTSHIP, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. —Mr. William Hilton, a respectable-looking, portly middle-aged man, residing in Woodstock-street, Oxford street, was charged with the following assault : Mr. Henry Bloomfield, a smart-looking young man, the nephew cf an hotel-keeper at 11, Woodstock-street, said that on the previous evening he was standing at the door of the hotel with the waiter, when Mr. Hilton crossed from the opposite side of the street, and after striking him a severe blew on the temple with his stick, causing a swell ing as large as an egg, was about to strike him a blow with his crutch, but he fortunately warded it off, and gave him into custody. He had frequently annoyed him also. Mr. Beadon asked the complainant whether he gave the defendant any provocation. The complainant said he was engaged to be married to the defendant's daughter, but owing to the defendant's conduct it was broken off by mutual consult. The def3ndant, a tailor, said the aggravation on his part was this. The complainant asked his consent to be allowed to pay his addresses to his (defendant's) daughter, but af terwards broke it off and married another. The complain ant and the waiter were all day long standing at the door of the hotel making grimaces at him. He would admit the assault, but it was under aggravated feelings. The complainant said it was a mistake on the defen dant's Fart. The fact was, the waiter was " after" a young lady on the defendant's side of the way, and what the de fendant took for grimaces towards him were the waiter's smiles to attract the young lady's attention. Mr. Beadon said it was very unfortunate she lived on the defendant's side of the street. A constable said the defendant was certainly intoxicated at the tine. Mr. Beadon said, under the circumstances, he should order the lefendant to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of £lO to keep the peace for three months. THAMES. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. ^ Captain Alexander Douglas, the master of the ship Blackburn, from Cal cutta, appeared before Mr. Yardley, to answer to a sum mons which charged him with having refused to give a proper certificate of service and discharge to Mr. John Sharman, late chief .mate of the same vessel, in violation of the 172 d clause of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, by which he had incurred a penalty not exceeding £lO. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, who appeared for the com plainant, said, his client possessed a master's certificate of competency, and was substantially, as far as rating went, in as good a position as the defendant. Mr. Sharman had served as chief mate of the Blackburn on a voyage to Cal cutta and back. There had been some differences between the captain and the mate on the voyage, and in the certifi cate of service and discharge, which the defendant was bound to give to the complainant on the termination of a voyage, a wilful misstatement was made, and it was done out of a feeling of resentment against the mate, who was de scribed as an A. 8., meaning able seaman, whereas he ought to have been described as mate. It would be impossible for the complainant to obtain employment as chief mate in another ship without such a certificate. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor for the defendant, said this was a proceeding to annoy the captain, who had complied with the Act of Parliament, which said that the word " sea man" shall include every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship. Mr. Yardley over-ruled the objection, and said the inter pretation clauso just quoted did not get rid of the obligation to specify the capacity in which the defendant served ; if cook end steward, he must be described as such. An erdiaary seaman should be called an ordinary seaman, and a mate should be described as a mate. It was unfair to the com plainant to put him down as A. B. if he acted as mate. Mr. Smith—He was chief mate, and received his wages as such. Mr. Young—He was put off duty for three weeks pre vious to the voyage, but was not disrated we admit, and received his pay as mate. The shipping-master made out the certificates of service and discharge ; the captain only signed them. Mr. Yardley—The captain is answerable. The Act of Parliament would be worse than useless unless officers and seamen are to receive certificates according to their respoo- Live capacities. Mr. Smith said the defendant was fined 40s. and one guinea costs, by Mr. Selfe, for assaulting Mr. Sharman, and the error was intentional, to injure the mate. Mr. Young said the certificate was given to the mate at the Shipping-office, several days before the conviction. Mr. Sharman said he noticed that A.B. was inserted on the certificate when he received it at the Shipping-office the day the ship was paid off. He made no remark upon it. He did not call the defendant's attention to it. Mr. Yardley—Why not 1' Mr. Sharman—Because, whenever I have had any con versation with him, he has endeavoured to excite me. Mr. Yardley said the case was made out. He could not help noticing there was a little angry feeling on bah sides. He thought the complainant ought to have called attention to the certificate when he iecetved It, and have said 1 am only described here as an A.B. I require you to de scribe me as a mate, in which capacity I have served. Mr. Smith said he spoke to Captain Douglas about the certificate on the day the assault case was heard, and he then refused to alter it. Mr. Yardley said the mate ought to have called the cap tain'a attention to the certificate directly he received it, and if he had done so he would certainly have inflicted a very substantial penalty. He hoped the defendant would give the mate a proper certificate. Captain Douglas—Certainly. I will do so. Mr. Yardley—Then I think a fine of is and common emits will meet the justice of this case. The money was instantly paid. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. Home-office.---The lord-lieutenancy of Berwick shire has become vacant by the death of the Earl of Lauderdale. Office of Works.—Mr. F. W. Weldon, assistant hook-keeper, Office of Public Works, Dublin, has been appointed accountant, Office of Works and Public Buildings, London. The Post-office.—The postmastership of Montrose is vacant ; salary £l2O, commission on stamps £l5. The Postmastership of Blackburn is vacant; salary £2OO, commission on stamps £25, allowance for office-rent and other expenses £4O. Mr. Old ham Barlow has been appointed private secretary to the postmaster-general, Lord Stanley of Al derley. Mr. J. Downes, first clerk at Worcester, has been appointed postmaster of Stafford. Mr. John Gib son and Mr. Robert Winter have been promoted third to the second class of travelling clerks, mail office department. Messrs. J. Lee, H. Barker, and S. B. Cooper have been promoted from the second to the first-class of sorters at Leeds.—Mr. E. Phe lan has been promoted from the fourth to the third class of sorters at Edinburgh. Mr. W. H. Sten house, third class sorter at Glasgow, has been appointed assistant inspector of letter-carriers. Customs.—The following officers have been placed on the compensation list :—Mr. W. Phil lips, locker second class, London. Mr. G. L. Elgan, weigher, first class. London. Mr. B. Bond, clerk first class for general business, London. Messrs. W. Dotson, J. Pickett, and R. Anthony, weighers first class, London. Messrs. R. Smith, R.Walker, W. James, and P. Byrne, tidewaiters, Lon don, Mr. J. Adley, collector, Ipswich. Mr. C. Sholl, controller, Exeter. Mr. R. C. Hearn, collector, Newhaven. Mr. J. Mason, controller, Hull. Mr. C. Rudviick, controller, Arundel. Mr. John Cooper, tidewaiter, at Little hampton, in the port of Arundel. Mr. W. Lashman man, tinewiter at Shoreham. Mr. W. Marks, tide waiter arDover. Messrs. J. Yeames and W. J. Budds, weighers at Dover. Mr. W. Lashmar, tide waiter at Cowes. Mr. A_ Cole, principal coast officer at Newport, in the port of Cowes. Mr. D. Clark, controller of accounts at St. Katherine Docks. Mr. W. Pike, superintendent locker, second class, in London. Messrs. C. West and B. Harrison, weighers, second class, in London. Mr. J. Henry, weigher, third class, in London. Inland Revenue Department.—S tamps and Taxes Branch.—Mr. F. G. Bailey, of the Secretary's Office, has been appointed assessor of the income tax for the stamp and tax branch of the department, in the room of Mr. A. A. Watts, resigned on promotion. Mr. H. W. Fuleher has been appointed to a clerk ship in the Chief Accountant's Office, and has entered upon probation. Mr. Albert Thompson has been appointed to a clerkship in the Legacy Duty Office, and has entered upon probation. Mr. Charles Ogilvy, supernumerary surveyor of Taxes in Eng land, has been ordered to be transferred to the Irish establishment, Mr. George Barber, a redundant landing waiter on the establishment of the Customs, has been appointed supernumerary surveyor of taxes in England, in the room of Mr. Ogilvy. Excise Branch.—Mr. John Miller, supervisor of Brighton district, Sussex Collection, has been ap pointed surveying general examiner, third class. Mr. Thomas Pugh, supervisor of Buckingham district, Northampton Collection, has been appointed to Brighton district, Sussex Collection, Mr. George Jones, examiner, has been appointed to Buckingham district, Northampton Collection. Mr. William John Poole, examiner, has been ap pointed to Oban Collection district. Mr. John L. Gibson, officer of Halifax third division, Halifax Collection, has been appointed to Rochdale first division, Manchester Collection. Mr. John Strange ways, officer of Bridgend second division, Argyle Collection, has been appointed to Halifax third division, Halifax Collection. Mr. John N. Hassam, officer of Peterborough third division, Grantham Collection, has been appointed export officer at the Port of London,—Civil Service Gazette. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock, MALTA. A letter from Valetta, dated August 27, says: —I take the opportunity of the departure of the French steamer Amerique to send you a few lines. The Amerique arrived today (in five days from Beyrout), and leaves in an hour or two for Mar 7 seilles. She carries no mail, but through the kindness of the French agent I am enabled to avail myself of his despatch-bag. The troops on board the Amerique, Borythene, and Simois had been landed at Beyrout without anything occur ring worthy of notice. The Gange, also, with French troops, had not arrived, and fears were en tertained that some damage had occurred to her machinery. One hundred and seventy-three Druses had been executed by Fuad Pasha. The screw steamer Orontes arrived here yester day from Alexandria, and the Arno to-day, from the same port, both for Gibraltar and Gibraltar, with wheat, &c. H.M. line-of-battle ship Queen left Malta on Saturday for a cruise off the island, and is still in sight. The line-of-battle ship Cressy is under orders for Naples ; the Melpomene, frigate, for Corfu ; and the Grayhound, corvette, for Beyrout. The gunboat Intrepid suddenly made her appear ance yesterday from Naples and Messina, bringing invalids from the squadron. She communicated with the Scylla, at Messina, on. the 25th. There was also a Sardinian frigate in the port. Garibaldi was in possession of all the Neapolitan posts in the Straits on the Calabrian coast. The firing between Garibaldi's outposts and the Neapolitan troops in the citadel continued. Her Majesty's steam corvette Scylla has just come in from Messina, it is said with important de spatches for the Admiral, brought from Naples to Messina after the departure of the Intrepid. Nothing has transpired as to the purport of their contents. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth of Prince Albert the Royal star&dard was hoisted at the Palace and Fort St. Elmo, and the Union Jack on the other forts and public offices. The ships were decked out with flags, and at noon a Royal alute was fired from Rear-Admiral Codrington's ship the Hibernia in honour of the occasion. The day being Sunday the fort reserved its salute until to-day. P.S.—A fine Russian frigate, the Grand Admiral, Captain Sheslakoff, has just come in from Cronstadt and Gibraltar. She left the former place on the 27th of July, and the latter on the 23d of August, and is bound for the coast of Syria. On entering port the usual salutes were exchanged. SPORTING IN27I.'LLIG ENE. CITY BETTING--FRIDAY. ST. LEG El L. 3to 1 agst Thormanby (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Sabreur (of faced) 100 to 15 agst The Wizard. .(taken) Bto 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 11 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to 7 agst St. Albans (tetken) 1000 to 30 agst Cape Flyaway (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst High Treason (offered) 50 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Buccaneer (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Horror (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Cramond (o CD Ted) 1000 to 16 agst Sir William. (offered) 1000 to 15 agst The Rap (o flexed) BgTTiNG AT MANC ELESTER-FRIDAY. ST. LEG ER. sto 2 agst Thormanby (offered, take 3to 1) 11 to 2 agst Sabreur (ta ken) 7to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 7to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 14 to 1 agst St. Albans (ta.ken) 14 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) LEAMINGTON S'TATiES. stolon the field (offered) 6to 1 agst The Greek (ta ken) WARWICK SEPT Acceptances for the age st, lb age st lb Mouravieff The Argossy Aneurin Crater - 3 8 2 Sae ffield Wild Rose Royal Sovereign. 5 7 9 Pitman 3 6111 Marine 4 7 8 Springwell MB:ER MEETING. Lear aington Stakes. THIS DAY'S Iif.ARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Rather extensive supplies of both home grown and foreign produce have been on sale here to-day,and the trade generally has ruled somewhat heavy, as follows: FRUIT. s. d. 8. d. Pine apples, perlb 3 0 to 4 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 2 61 Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 5 0, Foreign do 1 0 to 2 6 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 4 0 to 12 0 Nectarines, per dz 3 0 to 5 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 1 6 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 15 0 to 20 0 Lemons, per 100 10 0 to 15 0 Apricots, per doz 1 0 to 3 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 4to 2 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 11 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 1 6 Figs, per doz 2 oto 4 0 Strawberrios potl 0 4to 0 6 Gooseberries hf sv 2 oto 2 6 Currants, per do. 3 oto 4 0 Plums, per do. Green „ages, pr d 0.4 oto 5 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo 3to 0 6 IDLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 6 to 5 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 0 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 0 6 to 0 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 2 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Old potatoes,p ton 60 to 130 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 1 to 0 4 Peas, per sieve 1 3 to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 3 0 to 5 0 Carrots, pr do 3 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 3 to 1 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, ht -sv 0 6 to 0 8 Brus. sprouts, h. s 0 0 to 0 01 Old onions, hf. ay. 0 0 to 0 0 New do., dz bun French beans, 100 t 3 to 2 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 1 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 3 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 6 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 2 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 0 to 2 6 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 2 oto 3 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 Oto 4 0 Seakale, par pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; poults, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; ducklings, Is 9d to 2s 9d ; rabbits, Is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 9d to is ld ; pigeons, 5d to Os 8d each ; large Surrey fowls, 7s Od to 14s Od; chickens, 3s 6d to 5s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 6s Od ; capons, 4s 6d ; hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; grouse, is 9d to 2s 9d each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to Os Od; snipes, Os 9d to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is ld ; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 9s Od to Os Od ; French do., 8s Od to 9s Od per 120; leverets, 2s 6d to 5s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 58 Od to 5s 8d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 2d to is 4d ; trout, Os Od to is ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, ssod to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to lOs Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 3s Od lobsters, 6d to 3s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oyster 12s 12s to 16s ; natives, 42s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Odlo 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 18s Od ; smelts, 4s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 55s ; fresh herrings, 8s ; bloaters, Os to 12s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 93d, of household do., id to 8 3 / 4 d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, nd to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 4fd ; 721 b to 801 b, 4id to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to 51c1 ; 881 b to 961 b, id to 54d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, Bsod to 9s Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s Od; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 3s Od to 3s 4d ; lambs, as Od to 5s Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—MosuIow hay, £2 10s to £ 5 12 s Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 105 to Ll IGs per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £ 2 15s to £5 ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw. £I lOs to Cl is, per load. Supply moderate. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—Mea,doIv bay, £2 15 s to £5 15, od; clover, £3 15s to £6 Os ; and straw. £1 13 s to £1 16 s per 1 etd. Both hay and straw moved off steadi ly, at full prices. COAL MAR] Mims of Coal per Ton at s. d. Bell's Primrose ..• • —l4 0 Tanfield Moor Butes. • 13 3 Howard's West Hart ley ,17 0 St. Cuthbert's Hartley 15 0 Holywell l6 0 Eden Main...... l7 6 Craghead Hartley.— , 15 0 KET—At;o. 31. the close of the market) Walls End. s. e. Hough Hall 17 0 Kelloe .... ... .... „18 3 South Hardepool 17 9 Brandon Gosforth 17 3 Cassop lB 0 1 3r;ddyll'a Hetton 18 0 Hetton South Durham 16 6 Car. & DuffrynMalting22 6 t, 41; sold, 40. Walls End. Hunwick 16 0 Tunstall lB 0 ShiPB at market SHARE MARKET.- 4 -(THIS DAT.) Bharel Railways. !Belfast and Ballmena 13.14 stock iiiii., Wol , and Str. Val. ,Birk., La., and Ch Junc Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian stock stock Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon (lork, lilrock ., trassage Cornwall .... A (A gets no div Do 'Do B until opc peran hasbeen • d. toB Dublin Belfast June. Dun., Perth, ALAb. dune East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk 0 Do stock stock stock stock Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee !Forth &Clyd.e Junction Furness .... Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gus. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. t S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. k Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. Sth. Western L'derry t 45 Coleraine L'derry dr Ennisaillen Man. Shef. do Lin"oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do # shares Metropolitan stock stock stock Midland Az Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do a shares )IM Kent__ Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Cerlisle Newry lc Armagh, def Newry. Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk... ..... N'hn. Counties Union North British ... Nor.Dev.RaihtDk.stoi.V= D A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B, Do B stock ......... stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stoc,; 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall ;0 'West London Nth. Eastern—Tierwiekl Dodo , G.N.E purchase 1)0 Leeds ..• • • • • • • Do York . North London . . North Staffordshire— . N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail Peebles...... Portsmouth Rhyrnney - . Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittinebourne & Sheer. South Devon ...... South Eastern ...... South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rall Ulster . •• Do 12 10 stock 13 stock stock 25 1271 Do Ist class .. Do 2d class .. West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford ail f all all ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 8 81- 78 80 11f 12& 6 i 7 100 102 94 94i 5 i 6i 71 8! 161 17! 531 54 40 42 28 30 941 i so} 30 114 i 15 116 i 132 701 i 1 1241 I 5 96f 71 52! 3/ 13/ el i 871 I Paid.l Closing I Businesi Price . Done. 104 8/ 91 I 68 1101 10 / 100} 100 I f 92 i 2 I f 81 82 SO 31 107 109 100 100 100 100 100 100 [l4i 115. [lsi 116? [32 134 [ll 113 70} 71 60 65 109* 109/ 67 69 1094 1101 47 49 994 100 121 12f 91 92 101 lli 43 43i all all all all all 3 2d [23i 1241 99 101 10 13 4 100 100 100 174 all 7 6dl 54 56 3i 3,1c1 63i 63; 1 163 100 100 sq 961 it 1 a 52 : 1 521 814 61! 103 105 d 9 10 6 6.4 114 116 :32 33 87 89 50 52 6 7 41 43 864 87 78 SO 6 8 38 39 8 / 9 P, 51 564 2 3ip d ip 58 60 lli 11! 61 7/ 44 46 loi 21 11 PREFERENCE SHARES. 1103 105 24 21i 5 6 99 101 114 116 107 110 109 111 1 108 110 123 125 81 83 112 114 90 n 78k 79i 103 105 120 122 114 118 109 112 104 106 84 86 97 99 99 101 49 91 90 92 102 104 91 101 16,E 174 19% 101 75 77 20 204 10 106 15 156 137 139 115 117 115 117 138 143 115 117 102 104 152 156 130 134 68 70 83 85 117 119 1524 1571 12ft 12 126 128 69 71 139 141 101 103 stock stock stock stock stock stock 92 94 101 10 stock stock stock 112 114 1 110 112 ljp S* stock stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 lti 12} Bedford — a7arnietehley Backinghtmshire Chester liolyhe d.. Do. do. 51 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincoln shire, g.. 6 p.c.' E.Union arwich Shs Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. . , Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest' Hartlpool.Dek.&llail. ull and Selby . Do. Shares Do. Shares Lam& Carl. gua.s p.c. London t Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.' Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. Matk I Mid. Bradford Prefer-' ence Stock .....- Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.k, Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North 'Western 100 100 100 al 1 all Y 'restoxl and Wyre. ''..uystn SlleP 81,rew sbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staltordshire Wilts and Sorm.raet . • Wimbledon & Croydn. 90 92 96 98 1 id 2d * 2* 23* p Docks. 122 124 130 135 1011 11 24/ 241 102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 83 85 27 28 32/ 321 32 33 46 10 126 128 121 123 9/ 10/ 12/ 124 14 14 all tn r eirlr 100 Ln & N.W 95 98 100 Do. s2i 13i 100 Do. 125 127 WO Do. 112 114 100 Caledonin 102 104 all B.U.Silt C 15i 16i 100 Gt. North. 138 140 all l.Counts. 4 41 100 100 Caledonin -- 100 IDo. all 'Gt. West. all lYk N &Br all ,Yk.N. Md. all all 'Do. ...... 100 100 )S. East... 100 Do. 100 j'eto Si Co 100 No. k lOO o. all L NWSin 100 'Midland 5. 5. 6 ' E.Counts all Lllo. all Do. all 1)0. all Midland all L4El\ W I k L.Yk. j all 'llo. 3 3} 127 i 7 95 97 P 55 57 141 15 100 Gt.North.l T.Brassey' 1 all IPClean.. 100 Gt. West. all 1.4.& Brgtn 1135 136 103 106 i * P! 101 11i' 92 94 ~..i n niercial ----------' ' stock IL. ......... . . 100 stock 'DO. 4 p er Uent. Prefllin. 100 _ stock i Eftqt and West Indies no _ stock tLondon ................ ian stock t. O Katharine........— VA stock (50uthampt0n........... 100 stock 'Victoria . ............... ino 96 98 20 ID° NM ..• • *•• • * - *"*** o a id p LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ~;,, Leasing (Closing Business Railways. -4 ;1 Co.'s. Price. Done. Paid. Closing Business "'- Price. Done. share 110 112 206 209 61 63 115 120 923 933 STREET RAILWAYS. -- The readers of Tancre d will remember that the respective characteristics of Europe and Asia are illustrated in that attractive tale by a sarcastic con trast between Damascus and Birkenhead. Yet at this moment the West might sustain the suggested comparison without much disparagement. Damas cus is depopulated by assassins an d h angmen w hil e Birkenh ea d is giving England a lesson which may do as much for public convenience as any discovery of the present century. Vast as are the advantages of railways, they have been but half explored. We use them only for long distances and on a gigantic scale. We leave the inventi on t o grea t compan i es with their millions of capital, and totally neglect its benefits at our very doors. If we had pursued the same system on the water that we have adopted on land, half the services of steam would have been lost to us. Screws and paddles would have been con fined to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, while for a trip to Gravesend or Chelsea the old machinery of sail or oar would serve us still. Everybody, however, now understand that the real utility of steam power in navigation is felt in its smaller appl i cations, i n the daily and hourly convenience i t affords, in the cheapness it has established, and in the multitude of•facilities it has added to every-day life, whereas these are precisely the uses to which railways have never yet been turned. We can run along an iron road from London to Bristol, but not from Charing cross to London-bridge, although for one person who makes the former journey there are at least 100,000 who make the latter. Why, then, should we not have street railways as well as river steamers! That is the question which Londoners have been asking for these five years, and which Birkenhead has at length answered. Let nobody be alarmed at the idea of a locomo tive careering along the streets of the metropolis. Even that phenomenon would not be without a precedent; but in reality, it is by no means indis pensable that a railway should be worked by a steam-engine, nor is that the proposition which we are now advocating. The essence of a railway is in its " track"—in the smooth and level course provided for the wheels of carriages. When fric tion has thus been reduced to a minimum, and interruption prevented, it matters not what species of power is employed for the actual purpose of traction. A horse can draw a railway carriage as well as an engine, though not so quickly. A pair of rails turns a road, as it were, into a canal, and a couple of horses, under zilch conditions of draught, can run away with a load which on ordinary ground they would be utterly unable to move. To bring the case to a point, we simply ask the reader to look at the spectacle which either Fleet-street or Cheapside is pretty sure to present at any hour of any morning in the week. Ten or twenty omnibuses may be seen packed in a line or jammed into a mass with carts, vans, waggons, and cabs. Each of these omnibuses has its two horses and its two men to work it, whereas if a railway were laid down two men and two horses would suffice, with proper carriages, for all the passengers together. Moreover, in addition to the economy of labour, there would be an immense increase of convenience. It is something to find that a pair of horses can draw 50 passengers with perfect ease, but the discovery becomes still more agreeable when it is seen that every one of these passengers obtains twice the amount of accommodation which the old system would have provided. Of course such a novelty as this could never escape opposition. We have been long ago assured that the scheme was utterly chimerical—that on a macadamised road the rails could never be laid down or taken up again—that carriages would have their wheels knocked off, and that street accidents would be of constant occurrence. Exactly in the same way 30 years back we were told that railways altogether were as mad a speculation as the South Sea bubble; that they would be stopped by snow, by wind, by rain, or by frost ; that they could never be made, never be worked, and never turned to profit, and that argument, in short, was almost thrown away in convicting of folly a design which would soon perish of itself. It happened that rail ways were tried, and we know the results. Fortu nately, street railways are now to be tried also, and, the Birkenhead experiment will probably be fol lowed in other towns as rapidly as the Manchester and Liverpool line was copied between other sta tions. The predicted embarrassments of the opera tion vanished like smoke before the practical reso lution of Lancashire assisted by American experi ence. It was only in March last that the scheme was first proposed. It was only in May that the terms of the undertaking were arranged, and yet on Thursday morning the new carriages were actually plying on the new rails, to the perfect satisfaction of all concerned. This is the first introduction of the American street railway into this country, but an experiment of a still bolder kind will presently be attempted in another town. Burton-upon-Trent has been raised by its breweries to the position of a provincial capital. Sir Walter Scott tells us that it was celebrated for its beer in the days of Ivanhoe, and so rapid, at any rate, has been the progress of its renown in recent times that it is experiencing the difficulties as well as the dignities of London itself. What happens in the Strand has happened on a smaller scale in the streets of Burton. The traffic was so enormous that it became necessary to divert it, or to provide in some way or other for the relief of the thorough fares. Accordingly, Messrs. Allsopp and Sons, in conjunction with the Midland Company, have pro jected the construction of two railways across the streets of the town, and, although the inhabitants opposed the scheme, the bill for this novel under taking was passed last session. At two great centres of business, therefore, we shall now see what rail ways can do for the depletion of overcrowded streets, and all who know anything of London will devoutly hope for the success of the experiment, and a speedy reproduction of the example. The obstruction of our streets at present is really intolerable. The tax upon time, money, patience, and temper is as bad as any tax we have to pay. Without some relief we cannot go on. The dead lock which already occurs at every second crossing and every second minute will by and by become absolute stagnation. If our drivers were not dexterous, and if the very necessity of the case did not suggest expedients, Cheapside could never be cleared. By the aid of habit, resignation, and policemen we con trive to get along, but distances are more than trebled in practical effect, while the state of things becomes worse every day. Statistics are superfluous to those who feel the truth every hour of their lives, but if any country reader should wish to get an idea of the facts we may just observe that the vehicles and persons who pass over London-bridge every 24 hours represent the numbers of an enormous army, and that the number of passengers actually coming and going at the single station of Fen church-street in a single year is ten times as great as that which Herodotus assigns to the host of Xerxes. Then why, let us once more ask, should we not have street railways ? Is it because they can not be constructed or will never practically work ? Birkenhead teaches us otherwise, not to mention the evidence of American examples. Is it because of the possible inconvenience ? No inconvenience can be greater than that which we suffer already. 30 4 conveyue ue u practi callyla Is it because of the danger? On this point we it have but two words to say. A city magistrate took occasion the other day to remark that more people n ra . 1, - were killed and injured by street conveyances London alone than were killed and injured UnitedPll way travelling throughout the whole oftth heepresent Kingdom. So much for the safety system. As to that of street. raSolfvroatw-neouomhave r prove our simply to add, that whereas in sengers travelled by ofthiishl72:kodnseulych facts conveyance in New York and Brooklyn came to any mishap. We , established.—. 7 imes . case, and we shall be heartily gladlBs Under the provisions t.whiethricarEtasAt l e n t d o ia f of ted S P t o a crk liament all business o will in future be transacted at th-------7—cee e Bank of England. THE BRITISH MusElfll , —The British Museum will be closed to the public from this day (September 1) to the 7th inst. inclusive, for the purpose of being thoroughly c l ea nsed in every department, and new arrangements car ried out for the accommodation of the increasing number of visitors. Since the new directions respecting the Reading room were issued, req u i r i ng that every application for ad mission should be accompanied by a written recommenda tion addressed to the Principal Librarian, no less than 20,000 persons have a va il ed themselves of the advantages and faci lities of reference now afforded to students by the trustees of the National Collection. NEW ACT ON SPIRIT DUTlES.—Yesterday the new act to grant excise duties on British spirits and on spirits imported from the Channel Islands which received the royal assent at the time of the prorogation, was printed. The duty charged on British spirits made within the United Kingdom on and after the 29th February last was Bs. ld. per gallon, and on and after the 10th of July last 10s. per gallon. On Channel Islands spirits imported into the United Kingdom on and after the 28th March last, Bs. 6d.; and on and after the 17th July, lOa lA. Where contracts have been made the additional duties are to be charged with the price of the commodities. THE DAMSEL AT THE PLOUGH.—A rather un usual circumstance occurred at a ploughing match which lately took place at Vaugueray (Rhone); a young woman, about 19, driving a pair of oxen, presented herself as one of the competitors. At first some objections were raised as to her admission, but under the circumstances of the case they were set aside. Marie Chirat, the young girl in question, had the misfortune to lose her father about ten months 11.' 's 0. He had a lease of a farm at 2,000 f. a-yea r , an d when he died left a widow, a little boy, and Marie. The daughter, feeling that to quit the farm in the middle of the lease would be the ruin of the family, told her mother not to be cast down, for she would undertake to work the land. She applied herself strenuously to the work, and was soon pro nounced to be the best conductor of a plough in the com mune. That opinion was confirmed at the public competi tion, as the principal prize was awarded to her. She re turned home in triumph to her mother, accompanied by a party of female friends, who presented her with a large h bouquet. This incident p ro d uce d a d ee p impression Amon g the crowd, THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE. The principle of competition has recently received a development of which Adam Smith and his fol lowers little dreamt. Certainly, when they wrote of the necessity of opening trade, both internal and external, and of sweeping away all obstacles to the free practice of any profession, they proposed inno vations which must have appeared to the people of that day sufficiently bold and startling. But now, that we have achieved all this, we seem likely to go a step further, and to give this new and fruitful principle a development which may tend rather to expose it to ridicule than to increase the public confidence in its truth. We have already applied competition to the administration of justice by set ting up the County Courts as rivals to the superior tribunals, and hitherto the experiment has been attended with complete success. Because we have gone to such vast expense in establishing our regu lar army, we have felt it necessary to start a sort of opposition to it by raising an irregular army of 150,000 Volunteers. The press is often accused of competing with the House of Commons in the dis cussion of public affairs. The Dissenters all over the country are in active competition with the Esta blished Church. The miscarriages of the Crimea led to a general impression that everything would be better managed by private persons than by the Government, and the theory has been carried out not only by giving to individual enterprise what ever can be taken out of the hands of Government, but by intrusting to private persons the very func tions and duties for the discharge of which some one else is paid. If we go on at this rate we s h a ll en d i n a thoroughly Japanese system, where a ll thi ngs are e th ve e r d ; m ub i l n e is o t f er e , a e c v h e o r t y h fcti e u r n , where ever y ever y d e p ar t ment, will have it s un official antitype, and be doomed to struggle not only with the cares of office, but with the pangs of jea lousy and rivalry. For our own part, we must plainly say that, strong as was our sense of the blundering, the failures, and the mismanagement of the Crimea, the years that ha7e since passed by have not tended to convince us that, bad as our public management has been, we are likely very mates ially to improve it by a recourse to private enterprise as a substitute for it. Those years have been full of discoveries of the grossest frauds perpe trated on private establishments. They have given us in the ease of the Great Eastern an abstract of every kind of mismanagement of which a great un dertaking is capable, and people are very much dis posed to doubt whether the public service - would gain if the navy were managed after the fashion of our great Steam-Packet Companies, or the army subject to no better discipline than has been shown to prevail in many of our banking establishments. There was, however, one instance in which it was supposed that we had, at any rate, successfully called in the abilities of a private man to assist the defects of our officials. Mr. Cobden was just the man to negotiate a Commercial Treaty with France. The idea was his own, and who so fit to work out the scheme as the great Apostle of Free Trade ? Compared with such a man, what could Lord Cowley, what could all the English Embassy at Paris, know ? They were for this particular . subject set aside, and the destinies of the country, so far as the commertial treaty went, were placed. at the disposal of Mr. Cobden. We have not yet seen the end of this mission, but we know enough to say with the most perfect confidence that it was impossible to place the negotiation of a treaty in worse hands. As regards form, there probably never was an instrument prepared which offended so grievously against the rules according to which alone contracts can be reduced into a clear and perspicuous shape. The questions which arise on a document not at all difficult to frame, and contain ing no special or uncommon conditions, are almost infinite, principally because the phraseology differs iu almost every clause, and the same word is never used a second time to express the same idea if a synonym, however clumsy end inaccurate, can be found. As to the substance, the error was still more grievous. Mr. Cobden should have been con sistent. If he adhered to the ordinary doctrines of Free Trade, he should have had nothing to do with commercial treaties at all. If he determined to negotiate a commercial treaty, he should have ne gotiated it on the principles upon which alone such things rest—the principles of reciprocity. As a Free Trader, lie should have advised the reduction of our duties on imports to the lowest point our revenue would permit. As a negotiator, he should have stickled about any reduction at all, and only made it in consideration of a corresponding reduc tion on the part of France. Instead of this Mr. Cobden gave up all our customs' duties because he was a Free Trader, and failed in obtaining corres ponding concessions from France because he had left himself no equivalent to offer. Decidedly the ex periment of an amateur negotiator did not in this instance answer ; and the veriest official hack, while be might have done much better, could not pos sibly have done worse. But we are told that the experiment is to be tried again. A paragraph is going the round of the ne ws p a p ers w hi c h asser t s that Mr. Lindsay, the member for Sunderland, is to be despatched on a mission to the United States in order to negotiate our admission into the American coasting trade, to settle the rule which is to be ob served in the next naval war, and to settle the law of the two countries with regard to collisions at sea. We do not believe that this report is true, and we heartily hope it is not—so heartily that we can not forbear from protesting against the idea of such a mission. We have a Minister in the United States presumedly competent to represent us there ; if not, it is easy to recall him and supply his place by some person who is fit for it. We ought not to fall into the practice of setting one man to do another man's work. But, even waivng this objection, we hope that some person more fitted to represent this coun try in the United States than Mr. Lindsay will be selected. Mr. Lindsay is a self-made and self-edn cated man ; that is to his honour, but has no tend ency to instill into him those qualities which are principally needed in diplomatic intercourse. We should be sorry that the gentleman to whom the task of representing the interests of England is in trusted should not speak with more influence than- Mr. Lindsay can possibly carry with him. ,W,e' have, as we have shown, no reason t o congratm,f!' ourselves that we hav e pl ace d M r . Cobden in the position of our rep resen t a ti ve a t the Court of bound ich France; but, whate ver are th e groands re to we complain of Mr, Cobden, we ha . ane and m all admit that he occupies, both in . . hica it would be foreign countries, a position to . vr_ Lindsay to simply ridiculous for Mr- pretend. resented b We entirely decline to ~ b b e en r e e v i e th at y such a negotiator, nor do we, the subjects on which negotiation.. desired admit of any satisfactory settlemez!van "he Protectio t ma feeling is strong in the Arnerie l s. and they are not likely, admitted as they are a ready to the coasting trade of this country, to surrender the advantage which from their narro w by point of vi ew , t h ey think they o btained, y excluding us from the trade be tween the Atlantic cities and California. We en tirely protest against the notion that persons whom nobody would think fit to place in office at home are competent to represent the country abroad, and we anticipate nothing but evil should the policy be come established of taking the business of the coun try out of the hands of our responsible Ministers at foreign courts and placing it in the hands of no vices, who purchase, by serving us for nothing, fA most unlimited licence of mismanagement.--Tines:. T.HIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at noon—West by South ; pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. - - PLYMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dumar, from Eupatoria; Southampton, from London for Mel bourne. POOLE, Aug. 31.—Wind W.—Sailed—Mountaineer, for Newfoundland. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind W.—Arrived—Croco dile, from Middlesborough for Alexandria, with loss of head of foremost, sails, and other damage, and much water. CLYDE, Aug. 31.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Burmah, for Labrador. LONDONDERRY, Aug. 31.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed— Augentine, for St. John's, N.B. HARTLBPOOL, Aug. 31 .—Arrived—Palinogra, from Dalhousie. • OFF HURST CASTLE, Sept. I.—Wind W.—Arrived' Ripon, steamer, from Alexandria, with Calcutta and China mails. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday 31°14ning. Arrived, Aug. 31—Norman, s t eame r, from Cap e Wind W.N.W..W. Hope; Anna Digna, fro m Portsmouth, to dock and repair. Sailed—Alliance, st e am er , f or Havre; Di s patch, steamer, of Good for Jersey. Arrived, Sept. I—Ripon, steamer, from Alexandria ; Temora, steamer, from Dublin. Elizabeth, from Kurraehee Sir James Ross, from Arch (By SULMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGB.ApR.) Odessa. GRAVNsEND, Saturday Mo rn i ng. Isle A r ( l , -1 . v i‘ e i d a , ys: u ir: g t n. a . Wind W.N.W.; weather fiii 1 3 .— C1° : 1 : 11barY r ; a1, from 0 angel ; Eastern Province, from Algoa Bay . Arrived, Sailed.—Metropolis, steamer, for G ' Calais; Holland, uernsey; Triton s t eam er, for steamer, for Ostend. , DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind iv.N.W.,. moderate, i„aß'seci fordos.—Cambrian, from, J ama i ca, for London; Dor Goffredo, for Cardiff; Briton's Pride ? Director, for Ja ma i ca; Gefard for Colombo ; Teti, fiat for rr n B i a e r n b , a Tlb Alliance, ; for Madras ; Reculie r a, f or wes t Constantinople ; Conqueror, for Rio Grande—all fro.tu London. Sailed. —A. great number of the outwardbound, with tb,. greater number of coasters towest. ~~