The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-23 00:00:00

THE SUN , LONDON .. . .. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET.—(THIS DAY). , FOREIGN. I 1 , * • ( Paid: Cl os i ng I Business CITY, Two o'CLocE. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. the Closing Business The progress of commercial affairs, although Share Railways. Paid. nd, Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam' all 54 54 steadily in the direction of a general improvement, - - p ev- 12.10 Amberg., Notting.Bost.' 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lini.7p.c 3 4 4 34 is not productive of the least excitement. Its and Eastern Junction 10 6* 61 r i- Belfast and Ballymena.. 5 • Belgian East. Junction all I 1 m▪ e movement is most tedious, and begets disappoint- 50 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 71 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 9 9 the meet, especially among those who possess large Stock Birk. , Lane. , and Ches h. 2 5 0 Dutch Carmeaux Mine & Bail, all 24 2 Junction Rh en ish of stocks of merchandise, which are not realisable, 25 Blackburn all 104 114 6 Eastern of France ...... all , 291 201 29 1 ies all 31 33 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. ' - - p p Blyth and Tyne except at a serious loss. The d,epreciation of 20 Great Central of France all - - re. Stock Bristol and EXeter in man y articles is still ver y p er p lexin g , and Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead - - )ry some time is likely to elapse before they recover 50 Cork and Bandon . all - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout ... all - - Ire Sufficiently to enable the holders to dispose of them 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage alt l - 4 - 5 44 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 5 51 p 134 20 Cornwall Do. A 2O Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.f. all - - ely at remunerative rates. Favourable as our prospects 10 A revel. no div. 1 all - _ until6p.e.per an. 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 254 264 er- are considered, there can be no doubt that trade is 10 Do. Bha sbeen'od.toll. a l l 334 Maria Antonia all - - still in a most depressed condition. The complaints 5 0 - Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Do. do. New - 20 Namur and Liege all 9 ros 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Jenc. all 64 74 i ts still made upon this point are natural enough, for Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 16420 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 211 21 16 Northern of France .... all 394 395 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 604 614 61 604 he those firms which have withstood the crisis stock Eastern Union A Ste-,k 100 46 48 10 20 Do. New Shares Trunk Pref all9 - - p rto and its influences up to this period have Stock Do. , do. B Stock 100 31 33 Norwegian 10 20 Ottoman, qua . 6 per cent 5 3 1 d 25 Do.IS w. A.(lte .E. U3ds) 84 - - ;ea had much to try their patience. They have had 25 East Kent all - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and_Medit. all 344 341 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 56 57 St k East Lancashire lOO 90 92 no opportunity of recovering any portion of the - 2 7 - East Suffolk all - - 20 Recife& S. Fran. I (Pere.) 9 i I P ad, gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) ... 10 Do - - by sustained through the numerous failures that Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 634 64 20 Ricr.a. and Dunaburg.. . 4 - losseslo Rome and Frascati ..:. 'all - ;he have unfortunately occurred, and the prolonged Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 26 4 27i 261 20 Royal Danish all - more - 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - he inactivity will doubtless embarrass many St oc k Furness - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - - 1 ts, houses before the end of the year. It was gene- Stock Glasgow & South Westn. 100 90 92 20 Sambre and Meuse all 8 8 81 8 nd rally expected that there would have been a consi- s to Great North of Scotland all 10 104 tock Great Northern lOO 1014 1024 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. ... all 9 20 Southern of France .... all 23 24 24 la- Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 82 83 derable improvement ere this, but until the position of 100 127 129 81 West Flanders all 5 5 helo Do. 54 p. c. Preference he affairs in foreign and colonial markets, in the first Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 102 103 Stock - Do. do. B Stock Stock Great Western d, instance, become more favourable, it is folly to Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 54 56 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland Tall - - 12 Irish South Eastern.. 6 all - - an suppose that a revival of animation can be secured 50 L ancas t er and Carlisle. all 86 89 6 Wiesbaden - -- 6 Do 8 per Cont. Pref all - - - .se at home. It appears, however, by the Board of 164 Do. Thirds - - 1613 4 Do. New . Thirds l6 11 12 4 p n - Trade returns for the month, and eight months. Stoc k Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 t 95 944 in 6 Do. do. F 416 6 1 0 4 d BRITISH POSSESSIONS. :','S ended the 31st August, issued to-day, that ODA com- a D o . d o . £9 s h a res 7 1 I l d ve mercial transactions, though smaller than those of 3 Do. West Riding,Union i - - Closing Business Sitars' Railways. Paid. p r i m D one . 20 Do. Southport - - he last year, presented a favourable contrast t. the 11.6.3 London and Blackwell all 54 64 ur 1 Do.Newiss at 4.5105n.51i. 41. - - s l t . c 6 c .3 k Lon.,Brigh • ton &S.eoast 100 1094 1101 110 100 Atlantic &St Lawrencel su , .. - operations of 1857 ; and during the last few months 1f t h ere h as ev id ent l y b een a f avoura bl e i ncrease i n St oc k London & North Westn. 100 90 90 904 490 Leased at 6 per cent. ht 124 Do. Eighths both the imports and exports. This gives a pmc- Sto c k London& South-Westn too 91 95 65 go. 5 per cent of 18 Do all' .- - in. tical confirmation of the impression that the reac- 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. AR - - • 18 Do. Addit Capital A 6 par I p (1 tion from the prostrate state of business noticed in the Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 344 35 35 44 18 Do. Do. ' B 44 par L p 10 Metropolitan 3 -- d 20 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 64 174 ss early part of the present year has fairly commenced. st oc k Midland " lOO 964 97 96 1 20 4 Do. New 164 134 124 d , d The Government officials are entitled to the Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.. 100 C 8 70 100 5 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 100 _ B3 88 50 Mid. Gt. Wezt. (Ireland) ' a ll - - t 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 5 rt.-100 Do. do. 1 July; 1873 100 78 82 thanks of the mercantile public for the promptitude 25 Do. 4 Shares all - --- rc 100 NewOastle and Carlisle all - - 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 1'75 80 le with which these accounts have been published 25 New., Aber., & Herold all 9 11 ' 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. - - p a on the present occasion. Even, greater expedition, 10 Newry & Armagh .(def ) 9 - - ' 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - --, 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scri . 2s. • - lc however, is yet required, for there is no reason Stock Norfolk - . -. ioo 62 64 '•• -- - 20- ntral-Oude (Limit .. 2s. 6d. _,.- - . a North. Counties Union : 34 34 3 d _. why these periodical billance-sheets should not Stock " North British 10 0" 56 564 51 2 6 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.e. 2' / llp 31 174 Demerara - - . i e- appear within a fortnight of the date of their Stock Nor.Dev . Rail .& Dk. Stk. 100 - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 par _IP tri..,„. )r stock Do.A Stk.- Aree.no div. , Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 106 4 toot Avvz s . completion. until 6p.c.hasbeettpdß 100 - - 20 Do. C Shares all ---.. - of Do. B Stock • ' 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 4 liP The value of the exports from the United King-. _ 103 --- 20 . Do. Jubbulpore 5. - - , 6 Stock Siock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 93 934 9 3 4 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 6134 14 1 d 100 D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.' - 5 - dom, for the eight months, was £75,596,564, against Stock Do. Leeds lOO 46 47 2° ( G Gee ee l l o ° n " g & C M or e Prra a t • i s on P•e 6 )1 1 00 1 _ l7 _ lB Ld £84,666,718 in the -like period of the previous year, Stock Do. York lOO 74 744. 744 4 per cent. Bonds 100 102 Sto.Stck 1 Grand Trunk of Canada 100 37 39 3 1 8 Y showing a diminution of X 9,070,1.54. The decrease Stock North London__ _ 100 10 N. &S.Westn., Ilampstd ic and City Junction_ _£ 3 Is . 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 73 74 is perceptible in butter, earthenware, fish, haber- LS 20 North Staffordshire 174 54 5 0 124 , 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref... - 60 10 ad dashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, 20 North- Western 14 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 74 8k 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 IP leather, linen manufactures, machinery, metals, silk s tock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 27 29 ' A 2O Do. do 1 2 s - 2 ' 13 a r 1 1. 1 ; 10 Peebles all - - i g manufactures, British spirits, refined sugar, sheep 20 Portsmouth 19 7 5 d 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Litri.-Scrip k guaranteed 5 per cent " n and. lambs' Wool, woollen and worsted manufac- 10 Rhymney lO - - 2% Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 171 184 18 13 24 24 d 104 tt . St oc k Scottish Central tures, and woollen and worsted yarn ; but there is Sc3 th . 100 113 115 274 i Stock N.E., Aber. Stock 100 27 28 204 Do. New 100 f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ) all 105 108 1- I opt till '6O an increase in beer and ale. Coals and claim, cot- - Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 . 82 83 ;c Stock Shropshire Union IC3 44 46 434 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 105 108 ton manufactures, cotton yarn, and seed oil are 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 3 2 d 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 104 106 stations Stock South D2von Steck South-Eastern lOO 34 35 10) 71 72 71 4 100 Do. 54 p: c. do. '77,d0 .. all 99 100 100 1- ry. 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. a all . 184 19 d The imports of the principal articles for the eight Stock South Wales 20 i' ° uthYorks &Riv Dun a ll 13 14 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 1 d !;. months show an increase in brimstone, cocoa, coffee, Do. do • • : 18 7 5 d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 5 p 54 a 5 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek.' all 9 11 20- Do. Fourth do. wheat, Indian corn, flour, raw cotton, oranges and n 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 354 34 • stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - lemons, hemp, pOtatoes, - spices, rum, sugar, tea, and 25 . Do. do. 1854 22/ --- Newßrunswialt&Canda. g 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - 20 Ry.&Land(Lizn.)g.6pc c tobacco. There was a diminution, compared with - • Stockton -& Hartlepool 161 - - Class , Acapiti.share.. 10 2 11(I 100 - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. o the same period of last year, in live animals, barley, 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. a 0 . 4 3 d Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - -- ••• cochineal, flax, fruit, hides, provisions, raw silk, 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... - - 100 88 93 • 20 Northof India Tramroad 2s. - C brandy, tallow, wine, and sheep and lambs' wool. Stock Vale of Neath St vk Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Limited, Scrip Waterford & Limerick all * - - 20 Oude (Limited) - The shipping accounts exhibit a slight increase in 50 a 20 West Cornwall the tonnage of vessels employed in the entries in- 10 W-end Lon. & Crv. Pal. all - - 20 Do. - - 5 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. New r. Z 5 par I p wards, but in the clearances outwards there is a 7 p.c. has been pd. to B• • all 3 34 20 Do. Punjaub - B - 1 all fi 61 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo „ a '''' 5 par p - decrease in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom ; 2 0 West London 1 all - - 20 St. Andrews& Quebec A 18 - - - 8 and in the coasting trade there is also a slight dimi- to Do. Ist Class : all - - 10 TristidadfLizaited) Scrip 1 par 1p 20 Do. 2d Class all - - nution, compared with that employed in the same t PREFEREWCE SHARES. , BRITISH MINES. period of the previous year, both__ for the entries r inwards and the clearances outwards. Share Railways. I Paid. I Crlorismil, Business Share Mines. • I p am. 1 ice. Done. Closing Business Done. ' 1 4 , rm.- -....;,. winariimmat frnm the I at Tnnunry fn 41itt The specie movement from the Ist January to the 31st August was as follows :—lmports—Gold, £15,391,384 ; silver £4,534,894 ; total, £19,926,278. Exports—Gold, £8,518,122 ; silver, £4,925,296 ; total, £13,443,418. Blythe and Tyne, 10 per C. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.et.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5.1 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do No.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per et.... . E.& W. York. Jcn. flais Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin.Perth o k Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.&S West.; 9.5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc ltedm.,lol3.c.pm Do. 4 p. c. do. . do. fps c. refltn.,s pc. prrf ' qt. Nh. of Sc Aid, Ist pt f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)9 .... Alfred Consols (Philastk) 2.11.10 9 10 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O RV. 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst ) 1 455 165 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 85 Great Sout'a Tolgus l7s 14 5 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 4 4 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) n 2} 2 Lady Bertha lBO 6d 4 North Frances (Illogan) 8} 6 7 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.1 9 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan nil. 4 5 Par Consols (St. Blaxy . 1} 161 171 Porkellis Unit. (Wend. 9 Sortridge Cons. Alin.Co. 64 1 11 SouthCaradon(SttCleer) 21 400 410 South C. Erea (Illogan). 2 34 41 S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 190 200 5 Tamer Silver and Lead • Mining Co 4l } 10 Tin Croft 9 3} 31 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 70 90 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d I 1 West Basset (illogan) ll 21} 22/ W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 90 100 Wheal Basset (Illogan) s} '175 ' 190 Wheal Buller (kledruth) 5 180 200 Wheal Edward (Czln.) s} 3} •34 —K neat Kiitv (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 WWI Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 42 44 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 24 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Bon Ace3rdCopper,Lim lOB I p 35 Brr2il. Imp. (is. at £sp ) 27 1 1 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 10 1 5 Do. Land and Minmeo all 14 2} 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing* Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobre Copper all 36 38 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 Geneial all 19 201 3 Linares all 8 91 5 Lusitenian 1 Mai iquita all - 1 1 New Granada all } 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba ld4 1 1 28.2.81 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 7 ;. td. 1 Closing Business Share Prices. Done. Securities. Ca n -L o Gov. o 6p c c : . F Ta b ..& &A dJt ug y . 100 00 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 11 1 6 5 1154 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c..Ta. &July 100 1091 1101 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103 101 100 } NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 110 111 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 1121 12 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Stk 20 tcck V.lO Stcck Stock At the Bank of England, yesterday, the only bullion operation of importance was the influx of .26,000 in bar gold. _ . In the Cotton Market at Liverpool a fair amount of business was done, and 10,000 bales were sold at improved quotations. The Railway Share Market chised quietly, and prices tended downwards. The English Funds continue very buoyant, and the daily variation seldom exceeds 3 1 per cent. Business, however, is still very much curtailed, and the speculators, although in many instances con fident of an improvement, refrain from extensive dealings. Consols have been 971 a for money, ant 971-, 1 for the account. India Stock has been dealt in at 2171; ditto Debentures, at 983 ; ditto, second issue, 984 ; and ditto Bonds, 13s. ; Exchequer Bills, 34 to 355.; and June ditto, 245. to 275. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market business is mode rately active, and quotations are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96 1 ; ditto Scrip, 1 a dis. ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1044 a ; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 401 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 771; Mexican 3 per Cents., 214 22 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 461 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1111 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 921 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 461; ditto De ferred, 293 30 ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; and ditto Passive, 11,-;!. p. et. pref: Stock xreat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. ' Do. Redeemable, 41 p et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do.Bittning . . guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do do Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&llril . .spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et... Do. do. 5 p. c. No. Lon. & N. W.Cov. &Nun - eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shorel _ _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : Londondy & Cole, shs. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. & Lin., 6 p. ct. 1858. Greet IYeAtern 1857. £31,568 Do: £6 Do. 3 per cent. liaryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent isOrih-Ai r estet 70; 101 Brighton Midland South-Eastern 18,637 35,856 24,766 Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock ,Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & llit.pref. at. NCI% port,Aber,&c.pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. um Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1666 Noi:olk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stc Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. Ifl7 Do. Way.VilEx.Sk 1817 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, VW . 5 per cent Nth. Dev. ail.& Dck. Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, 11. & S. Parch. North Staffordshire Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d n . .-1 Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gus.6pc. Do. 7 p. r. pref.. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4. percent. South Eastern (Eeading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do per cent Do.Fixedlp.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue., : South Wale?, gus. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent .3.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gwa. Stecktsn and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny. 6 per cent. Great Northern Lan6shire and Yorkshire, 24;655 28,464 Bristol and Exe`er East Lancashire ' 7,240 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,014 North-Eastern North Stafford Dublin and Wicklow 2,063 , Edinburgh and Glasgow ' 6614 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundoe 3,536 Glasgow and South-Western 7,015 Grand Trunk of Canala Great Western of Canada Northern of France Lombardo-Venetian 6,825 3 t 554 7,312 9,797 10,069 41,072 8,307 It will be observed by these figures that the income of most of the principal lines continue to improve. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have rather increased, and prices have fluctuated to the extent of about Ito per cent. The traffic returns in several instances are rather satisfactory, and prices have improved. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Scottish North-Eastern have advanced os. ; Great - Western, South-Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. 'Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, North-Western, and North Britishde dined 55., and Eastern Counties and South Wales, 10s. Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been rather inactive, and the variations were not im portant. Lombardo-4 enetiau have improved about ss. ; Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada declined 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little variation from previous quotations. London and 'Westminster have advanced ss. ; Union of Australia new shares, 10s. ; and Bank of Egypt, ss. London Discount have improved 55., and Crystal Palace, ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 peK Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures Ditto ditto, 2d Issue Ditto - Bonds, £l,OOO Consols for Account March 3 une. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &11d... 34 6 f 24 Ditto Small, 10. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent 771 Mexican 3 per Cent..... — Ditto Account Portugaese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llll i Sardinian, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Defetzed, 3 per Cent. 29 30 Ditto. Account - Ditto Passive Span'sh Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6 Tuitiek, 6 per Cent. DP t) New Loan Scrip i d Di' to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. D?to Account Venczuels, &per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. 97 971 a i Consols, Money Ditto Account Fleets are constructing for the French troops and sailors who are to form an establishment on the shores of the lily of Tourane, in Cochin. .China. .They will be ehirpad on board a transport which takes out a large 9f tit:Tote the Chinese 5048. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER c2a, 1858. THE STORE'AND :CLOTHING DEPOTS A.T WEEDON. INQUIRY--(THIS DAY.) The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the stores and clothing depots at Wecdon, Wool wich, and the Tower, resumed their investigations this day, in No. 11 Committee Room of the Rouse of Commons. Mr. Selfe, the magistrate of the Thames Police, occupied the chair ; the Commissioners present were Mr. Turner, M.P. for Manchester, and Col. French, of the War-office. Mr. Henry Brace, saddler, of Walsall, was the first wit ness examined this morning. In answer to questions put to him by Mr. Selfe, he said—l am in an extensive way of business at Walsall. I have furnished Government stores for some years. My business has increased since the trade was thrown open. Under the old system I only supplied two regiments. The prices are not lower under the new system, as the articles are not quite so expensively made as under the old. This year the Government work appears to have been divided, as out of 2,000 sets I got 600, and so on, in proportion to the amount of articles required. I have been twice to Weedon. It was to get a pattern tree for saddlery. Captain Smith was there. He is inspector of saddlery. He is quite up to the mark as an in spector. I have had some rejections, owing to the faults in the leather. The objections were never frivolous ones. I cannot give any information of complaints. As far as I am concerned I think the inspection is a good one. I have every reason to be satisfied. I don't think there is any bribery or corruption going on at Weedon. I don't see that any improvement can be made in the mode of doing business. I never sent saddlery abroad. The orders were always sent to head-quarters, being despatched for from thence. The only complaint I have to make of the work at Weedon is, that I should like more of it. I don't buy second hand saddlery. I never heard of Government selling saddlery at a low price and rebuying it at a high one. lam will ing to continue to supply the Government. I am also willing to supply, wholesale houses at the same terms. I have had what I think due notice of supply being required. I have had no difficulty in getting my goods passed by the inspec tors. The same pattern pf saddlery is now used by the whole of the cavalry regiments. It is in contemplation to have a lighter article. By Mr. Turner—l have never heard of old stocks at saddlery being sold off tut the appearance of new patterns. I have tendered for the eupply of lassos for the cavalry, but I did not get the contract. I made the pattern. By Mr. Selfe—l hove never furnished accoutrements to army clothiers. -Mr -Wilde; bootmaker; litisidier, examined by Mr Selfe —ln 1856 wesupplied the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards with boots. In consequence of the quality of the goods we received further orders. In 18.56 we supplied 4,000 o f patent boots, last year we supplied, 34,000 pairs. The first price was 108. 6d., the others at and 10s. We delivered 35,711 pairs at Weedon. There were 738 rejected. Half of these rejections I considered to be ill founded. The rejected boots cannot be remedied. When once rejected it is a final decision with respect to boots. With the exception of being too severe, I think the Government inspector is fair. I have been twice to Wooden connected with business trans actions. I have no reason to believe there is any briber) , at Weedon. As far as lam concerned, I can say posi tively there is none. - By Mr. Turner—The meaning : 0f._28 pair being rejected was because the inspecting note was missing, and a mis take was, made with respect to the parties to whom the goods belonged, and thenote was sent to the wrong person. Mr. Selfe—Will you give us your opinion' of these boots (two pairs produced). Theyare a sealed pattern. Witness—l think that would be very unfair. Mr. Selfe—l think not. Look at the boots. Is that good, work (referring to - the boots) ? - . Witness (after examining the artieles)—l think the work is very bad. Mr. Selfe—What do you think of the sewing ? Witness—lt is bad. Mr. Selfe—And the upper leather ? Witness—The whole is decidedly bad ; the sewing is bad. It is an East India kip, but not of the best or worst descrip tion. The sole is a foreign butt. The sole is taken from the best part of the leather. Mr. Selfe—Have the goodness to look at this (handing witness another sealed pattern boot). Is that better than the last ? CRIMINAL COU.R2.!--(T1118 Witness—Yes it is, but I can't say anything about the sewing. OLD COU7AT. (Before Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. Justice Hill.) Mr. Selfe—Whare the difference of the value between the two ? Witness—lt is worth about sixpence more than the other. It is worth 10s. If it had a good back it would be worth a shilling more.. Mr. Selfe—Do you think the first boot would come to pieces if put in water ? Witness—NO, it would not. Mr. Selfe—Do you think it a boot fit to issue to the sol dier? Witness—No, I dO not. Mr. Turner—Would the inspector be justified in rejecting all such as those ? Witness--Yes. POST ORYICE 11( bBBERIES. Mr. Selfo—Did you eve! make boots yourself ? Witness—Oh, dear, no. If I had knoNst the nature of this examination I would have brought my foreman up with me. Mr. Selfe—Would itbe fair to jag° one boot by looking at the other ? Witness—Coital/Hy not. Mr. Taylor—l am a retired bootinaker; and Govern ment referee. I gave evidence at some length before the committee on contracts. I adhere to the opinions I tken gave. lam anxious to be examined by the Commissioners in consequence of the evidence given by Mr. Eliot, of the Tower. 'Witness then entered into an explanation of his former statements before the Contract Committee. Mr. Selfe—All that evidence we have in print. We wish for fresh information. Witness—Perhaps, then, you will put some questions. Mr. Turner—Did you examine a certain number of boots at Weedon, and reject a great many of them ? Witness—Yes ; but I was never allowed to finish the examination. I believe, in consequence of some mistake, the boots I passed as good were returned as bad, and the bad ones retained as good. I have applied to the War office to inspect the boots remaining at Weedon, but I have been refused permission. Mr. Turner—Do you think you can identify the boots you examined if you saw them again ? Samuel Beal, John Bushel, au td Richard Leslie Wilson, three persons each convicted of stealing a letter, the pro perty of the Postmaster-G ivneral, were called up for judgment. Witness—Yes. Mr. Turner—Mr. Dowie, can Mr. Taylor see the boots let were returned to you ? Mr. Baron Watson said, the .offence of which the prison ers had been convicted was one .of the most serious nature. It was absolutely necessary to is filet a severe sentence, be cause it was of importance that ;the greatest confidence, in a commercial country, should be placed in the security of the post-office. The judge then a entenced each of the pri soners to four years' penal servitut le. Mr. Dowie—No ; they are all sold to regiments of militia. I have reports from different quarters, and they all say the boots have stood well. Mr. Dowie, army bootmaker, of the Strand, was next examined, but he reiterated the evidence he gave before the Contracts Committees, and expressed his belief that the inspectors of boots at AVeedon . lvere incompetent. Mr. Jones, a currier, stated that the leather in the boots supplied by Mr. Dowie was English, and not foreign, as had been stated by the inspectors. The Commission shortly afterwards adjourned. 49 51 94 96 1100 102 . 51 6 110 114 102 105 114 116 112 114 129 131 SO 82 69 71 1.19 121 110 112 104 106 6.3 65 111 111 91 93 82 84 &I 85 96 98 9 94 16 17 91 10 68 70 18 19 131 1119 i 139 111 1158 163 118 120 it 65 70 139 141 101 103 1 IP 92 91 m. m 4 107 109 984 97i i die } die . par 23 24 117 119 98 100 74 76 122 124 12.5 128 101 14 231 24} 100 102 99 101 28 29 324 334 38 43 ARSON. James Finch, a lad about 14 years of age, who was yes terday found guilty of arson, was neat placed in the dock for sentence. Mr. Justice Hill said it was a lamentable thing to see a boy so young convicted of so heinous an offence. The evi dence clearly proved that, in order to be revenged on his late employer for discharging him, he :feloniously set fire to his cow-house, and seven valuable animPas were destroyed. The prosecutor, on account of his (prisoner's) widowed mother, had recommended him to mercy, and giving full effect to the recommendation, he thought it would be most merciful to pass a sentence for a long term of imprisonment. Under these circumstances, he sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. RAPE. William Saville, a morose and determined-looking fellow, aged 45, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Louise Saville, his own daughter, a girl aged 15. Mr. Metcalfe, who prosecuted at the instance of the parish of St. Pancras, said the charge against the prisoner, William Saville, was for committing a rape upon his own child, Louise Saville, a girl 15 years of age, at a small house in Cooper's-buildings, Cromer-street, in the parish of St. Pancras. From the evidence of the girl it would leave no doubt as to the perpetration of the full offence, because, in July last, she was confined of a child. The manner in which the discovery of the offence was made was while the girl was in the workhouse of St. Pancras, where she was confined. She let certain observations fall which led the guardians of the poor to institute a rigid investigation into the whole case. They discovered that in September last the prisoner came home, and during the night he went upstairs to his daughter's bedroom, whilst she vas asleep, got into her bed, and committed the offence with which he stood charged. The girl struggled as much as she was able, but the pri soner threatened, with a terrible oath, that he would kill her if she made any noise. There were no other grown persons in the house but themselves. In a short time after wards he attempted to repeat the offence, and then she left the house and went to reside with a neighbour, and re mained there until she was taken to the workhouse. The evidence of the girl, who bore the child in her arms, fully confirmed the statements of the learned counsel. Several other witnesses having been examined, The learned Judge summed up the evidence. He said the case was so surrounded with horror that they could scarcely trust themselves to think of it for an instant with out feeling disgust. They would, therefore, • have a very difficult duty to peform in considering their verdict. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) CHILD-BIRTH CONCEALMENT. Mary Howell, aged 25, was indicted for unlawfully en deavouring to conceal the birth of her male infant. Mr. Cooper stated the case, and called the several wit nesses, but their evidence was the same as that reported when the prisoner was committed from the Guildhall Police Court. The jury, after hearing the evidence of the surpon, which clearly proved that the delivery was unexpected, and that no blame could be attached to the unfortunate young woman, acquitted her, and she was ordered to be discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE TIMOUGH LOTE.—Ann Baxter, a respectable looking young woman, was charged with at tempting to commit suicide in the Serpentine, Hyde Park. Wm. Bull, a waterman at the Serpentine, said, that about 9 on the previous night he observed the female get over the railings at the Serpentine and throw herself into deep water. He jumped in after her, and, with assistance, rescued her. The husband of the accused's cousin stepped forward and said it was a love affair. She had carried or a corre spondence with a young man, which had lately lyzen broken off. He was quite willing to take her home N‘ 4 ,th him. In answer to a question from the magiktrate, the girl said she was unhappy ; and in reply to the question, whether she would promise not to repeat the rash act, merely answered by sobs. The accused's relative said he had never known her to be guilty of anything of the kind before.. She was a very in dustrious person, an orphan, and d a persevering disposi tion, and he thought if she promiNed not to do it again, her word might be taken. The magistrate said he thought it better that she should be taken care of for a few days. The girl here exelaimea, gobbing hysterically, "Let me go. Let me go." The magistrate said ha did not wish to punish the poor creature, but he should not think of letting her go at pre sent. If her relative tame on Monday she should be given up to him, and it the meantime she would be taken care of. THAMES. THB LONDON Dom COMPANY AND THE PARISH OP ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST.—Mr. John Taylor, a gentle man residing in Albion-grove, Islington, applied to Mr. Yardley to take his recognisances to prose.;ute an appeal against a rate or assessment made by the churchwardens, overseers, and trustees of the parish of St. George-in-the East on the docks, basins, sheds, warehouses, and build ings of the London Dock Company, situate in the parish. It appears that the parochial atthorities have recently in creased the assessment of the London Dock Company from £17,000 to £70,000. The dock company maintain that they are not rated according to the benefits derived, and have been already successful in a very expensive ;litigation with the parish in the Court of Chancery. The parochial authorities, however, have resolved upon increasing the lighting and paving rate from £17,000 to £70,000, at which amount the dock company is assessed upon the poor rate. The increased rating will involve a loss to the dock company of upwards of £.5,000 per annum, unless the new assessment is quashed by the Quarter Sessions. The dock company have given notice of their intention to appeal against the rate ; and Mr. Taylor now attended to enter into sureties to prosecute the appeal. Mr. Yardley said that Mr. Taylor had better be sworn. The oath having been administered, Mr. Yardley asked Mr. Taylor if he was worth £2O after all his debts were paid. He answered in the affirmative, and his surety was taken for that amount STEALING PROVISIONS FROM THE WEST INDIA DOCK. —George Nash, a carman, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing four tins of preserved provisions from the ship Lauderdale, in the West India Export Dock, Blackwall. Police-constable Galloway, in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, said that yesterday afternoon the prisoner was about to leave the West India Export Dock, with a horse and cart, and presented him with an export pass. Ile asked the prisoner if he had anything in the cart, to which he replied in the negative. He suspected something wrong, and searched the cart, which contained a quantity of straw, and under the seat, in the cart, where the prisoner was seated, he discovered one tin of preserved meat. Prisoner then said there were-three more in the cart, and that they were all blown and rejected by the people on board the Lauderdale, to which shop the prisoner had taken several hundred cases of preserved meats. He went on board the Lauderdale, which was about to sail for Bombay, and both math and steward denied that the cases had been rejected. The meats were good, and the cases perfect. Robert Horton, steward of the Lauderdale, said he gave a receipt for the preserved cases of meat and other things left on board by the prisoner. Mr. Yardley—Did you count them ? Horton—No, I did not, sir ; I was too busy, and the prisoner said he was in haste to got away. Mr, Yardley said the witness had betrayed the interests of his employers, and had no business to give a receipt for the goods before.he counted them. _ Mr. Anderson, manager to Dixon and Hogarth, pre served provision merchants in Cheapside, said the prisoner was sent to the Lauderdale with 154 tins of preserved pro visions loose in a cart, 399 in baskets, and 72 tins of con centrated milk. He had been on board the Lauderdale this morning. There was a deficiency of four large tins of preserved meats, which the four tins now in court would supply. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, set up an ingenious defence for the prisoner. Mr. Yardley—You may make that defence before a jury if you like. ➢lr. Smith—The prisoner would rather not. Mr. 'Yardley—Then I sentence theprisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for unlawful possession of the property, which must be restored to the ship. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 22.—The screw steamship Nova Scotian took her departure hence to-day for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian mails, and 50 cabin and 80 steerage passengers, besides a full cargo. The next vessel is the Royal mail steamship Canada, which sails on Saturday for Halifax and Boston. ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENON.—We find the following in the Emancipation - Beige :—" An English astronomer, Mr. Forster, has just observed an extraordi nary phenomenon, which has already been produced on three occasions since the appearance of the comet. He has observed a brilliant meteor, of a red and white colour, appearing above' the comet, and which has been wrongly supposed to form part of that body. The skilful astronomer, Mr. Forster, who has remained 18 days in Brussels, has just left for France, for the purpose of making new asti 0- nomical ohm et iolle in a more favourable climate." a Stock JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Bnsiaess Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. Price. Done. A gra&UnitedScryiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. lik:& LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &C City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng. ' Scot., & Aus. Cit Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon. Ch a r. Bk:ofAust ral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prop. of England Do. new National Bank • New South Wales lrient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New ioutli Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 90 92 23 24xd 45 47 57 59 2,;-1 29 31 20 21 161 17 xd 201 27 Ei 31 3:21 46 47 47 49 37 39 18} 19 63 65 32 34 55 57 49 51 24 25 19 17d 4Fi } 9 :24 311 MISCELLANEOUS, Miscellaneous. lAnglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at Z 5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. 'B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop. Min .ofEng.& Smitg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & A u gt. Cop. St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gllron ScrewCol.(Lim ) Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lon d. G en. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg, Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p. c. Pref..is s. at ldis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares 'eel River Land & Min E'en. & Oriental Steam Do. New anfl Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. Nene Royal Mail Steam ic,ot.Austrin.Ttiv.i Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Sat., Do. do Registered fr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. l an. Pan Dieuzeu'p Laud _4 all all all 155. all all Paid• Closing g Business AOne Price. 141 310 33 0 34 30 1 14 21 31 41 43 19 21 13 15 117 120 24 28 25 27 4 5 2 21 109 112 1 11 21 21 11 d 2i 2j d 1 2 15 } 18 1 241 1 3i‘ 1 Par 2 21. 84 1 86 8 9 p 2t 23 1 P _6 7 60 432 If 38_ 40 I 11 19 Share, 100 ICO 20.11 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway. Paid.l Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Done. .s. Pr. Bedford and 'Betel'ley Buckinzhamshire Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e. l E Union,HarwichShs.l Do. Woodbridge . Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest II a rtlpool.Dck. &IR all Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. A- Shares Lon don&G reenw ich Do. Preference I. on. , T ilby. &Snatend. Do. Barking/Shares ' Loweatoft, gm. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Blixtn. & Matk Mid sb.& Rcdcr, g.6p c Mid. Brad ford Prf. Stk Newmarkt., linryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. North'', & Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Rovstn,Hitch.;& Shcp Shrowsbry& Here,ord South Staffordshire .. Wan. Valley, .g. 6 p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn ILn & N.W Ln (Sr N.W Caledonin C Gt-North. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do: : L&N Vi j & L.Yk. Do. Gt. Nor .... t .. i. Lan.& Yk T Brassey M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn DOCKS. Share DOcks • I r a i d Closing I Bushmen Price. DOCke• Stock Comma vial lOO —.• Stock Do I pe:Cent.rref.Min lOO ..., Stock Ea , t aid V est India lOO 124 Stock l o o3doi lOO 10C1 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southa np: on lOO Stock Victorii 20 D 9 lew „ 11 ... 10 id it pi ' - t.ww." 98 100 103 10: - , 16 1$ 143 145 4 44 109 111 13 14 24 25 94 96 2i 2* 96 98 iP 57 59 1139 141 9 94 IN, 90 92 8 9 THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON Sept. 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; strong breeze and fine. • • SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 22.-Wind S.E.—Arrived— Hanunonia (s), from New. Irtssk. PLYMOUTH Sept. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Nimroud, for Melbourne. _ C tUDIFF Sept,,22.—Wind S.—Arrived—W. H. Town send, from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN Sept. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived----Ex change, from Huelva for Liverpool. Sailed—Liffey, for Barbacloes. SUNDERLAND, Sept. :21.—Itrind &E.—Arrived—Anni versary, from Monte Video. PILL, Sept. 22.- . -Wind Quincey, for New Orleans: 3.1-' ARDROSSAN, Sept. 21.--Wind for New York. CROOKHAVEy,, Sept 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—Mariei from Quebec. - (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. The screw steamer Indian, from Calcutta, arrived at Cowes at 7 a.m., and proceeds to London at 10. Wind S.W., blowing hard. Arrived—Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Comet, from Sunderland. Sailed—Hibernia, for Cork ; Argo, steamer, fcr New York. L IV ERPOOL, Thursd a y m orn i n - - g• Wind S.S.E. Arrived, Sept. 22—Odin, screw steamer, from Stettin ; Llinda nor, from Amsterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND' BRITISH TELEGRAPIO GRAVESNND, Thursday Morning. Wind W,S.W.; tide low water; weather fine. Arrived, Sept. 22—Gangroff, from Cronstadt ; lialomel, from Dantzic. Arrived, Sept. 23—Tyne, from Abbevill e ; T aurus, steamer, from Yore]. . • DEAL, Thursda y Morning. Wind S.S.W., fresh and fine. Passed, Sept. 22—Kate, for Madr is ; Lotus, for. Brix ham ; Gilbert Wheaton, for Cardiff; Sarah, for Messina ; Paris and London, screw steamer, for Paris—all from Landon: The geological museum of the late Mr. Hugh Miller has been purchased by the Government for LW. In addition to this sum, another of about £6OO, subscribed all over the country, with a view to the purch ase of the collection, will be landed to Mr. Miller's widow. The collection will remain in the Edinburgh Museum. A Paris correspondent of the Nord says :—" It is asserted that the French Mediterranean Steampacket Company are on the point of organising a line of steamers from Suez to the island of la Reunion; these vessels will call at Jeddah, Aden, Yanbo, Massora, Mayotte, and Mada gascar. NEW MONEY ORDER OFFICES IN LONDON. — Notice has been given that on the lst of October Money Order Offices will be opened in London and the suburbs at Edward's-terrace, Kensington, W. ; Lisson.grove, N.W. ; Notting-hill-gate, W. ; Old Bromptor, Middlesex, S.W. ; Southville, Wandsworth-road, S. ; ana Wood, 5, Stock Stock Stock' Stock. Stock Stock 261 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 7,535 7,•561 11,860 42,533 7,446 2,016 !Stock Wock Stock Stock Stolk S'ock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock sr Stock Stock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 ,S:ock all }lOO 100 IC3 100 100 all 5. 5.6. 7O 70 ill i 107} 1111 i Share 1000 100 • 10 Stock Stockl Ir't LEICESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM SCURRY HANDICAP. Abron Chantress Lizzie Eight ran. Won by a length.. SPORTING NOTES. MANCHESTER. The sport at Leicester was not remarkable for anything except the number of accidents which attended it. The course was as slippery as ice, and the running cannot be deemed a true criterion of the horses' merits. Better luck, however, seems to be in store for the Manchester men, who will hold their meeting to-morrow and Saturday, and who have issued a programme which possesses a May-gathering attraction. All the stakes except two have closed, and the list of entries looks quite formidable. For the Chesterfield Handicap I shall expect the foremost places to be filled by Lily and The Deer. Pretty Boy and Honeytree seem favourably weighted for the Wilton Plate, and I shall be much disappointed if one of them do not prove the winner. Martlet and Julia are entitled to notice for the Trafford Handicap. The City Plate will perhaps bring out a somewhat large field, and in selecting The Jade and Broadbrim to represent my interest, I do not think I have much cause to anticipate the result with un easiness. The Spider may win the Selling Handicap. As nearly the same horses that run on the Friday will , enter the lists on the Saturday, it would be useless to refer to the probabilities of the second day's sport. Preparations are in active progress for the three Autumnal Meetings at Newmarket. The first of the series will com mence on Tuesday next. A FRESH MAN. LEICESTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Belvoir Stakes, a subscription of 5 sous each, with 20 added, for hunters, weight for age. The second to save his stake. Three miles. (7 subs.) Mr. E. Phillips's Heads or Tails, by Sir Hercules, 4 yrs, list (Wells) 1 Mr. Smith's Hedgetopper, 4 yrs, list (Knott) 2 Mr. Wilkins's Unexpected. 5 yrs, list 71b.... (Kendall) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Heads or Tails, 6to 4 agst Hedge topper. Won in a canter by twenty lengths. Unexpected was pulled up lame opposite the snail', the second time round. The Two-year-old Stakes of 6 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra. T.Y.C. About half a-mile. (9 subs.) Mr. Stevens's Ardour, by Archy, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra) (Kendall) 1 Mr. Drummond's Castaside filly, Bst 31b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Halford's Statesman, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 3 Count Batthyany's Coxcomb, Bst 71b (Wells) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Ardour, 2to 1 agst the Castaside filly, Bto 1 agst any other (offered). Won easily by a length ; bad third. Coxcomb jumped round at starting, ran the wrong Aide of a post, and took no part in the race. The Leicestershire Handicap of 75 sows, added to a sweep stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared. The second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes ; winners extra. One mile and a-half. Mr. R Q--" - 4r. R. Sutton's Rio, by Melbourne, 4 yrs, 7st llb (Plumb) 1 Mr. Ten Broeck's Mimosa, '3 yrs, Est 41b (Last) 2 Mr. Brown, jun.'s, Factolus, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b .... (Perry) 3 The following also ran :—Prince of Denmark, OrchehiP,_ Schoolfellow, Thornhill, Princess Royal, and Conductor Betting--3 to 1 agst Princess Royal, 4to 1 agst Pr;i nce of Denmark, 5 to 1 each agst Rio and Thornhill, 'IS to 1 agst Orchehill. Won by six lengths ; bad third. At, th e top turn Conductor was cannoned against and placeA, h ors de combat. After rounding the top turn Thornhr i i fell, and his rider, Cresswell, was much injured ; an A Mimosa, at the last turn, ran against Princess Royal,. - who fell, her rider escaping unhurt. The Ladies' Handicap Plate of 30 WW I * in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sows each. p .bout One mile. :r. Hall's Lass of Richmond 3 yrs r sst 41b . - (Custance) 1 Captain Christie's Kestrel, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Weill 2 Mr. Bates's Lazy Lass, 4 yrs, 7it (Snowdon 3 Mr. G. Gordon's Marabout, 3 •z.s, sst 61b.... (Challoner 4 Setting-7 to 4 agst Lass of Richmond Hill. Won by a neck ; the other two 11r,...-'-hed close together, some ten lengths behind Kestrel. The County Cup Stak.es, by subscription of 10 sovs each ; weight for age; rr j ares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be so l 4 for £5OO. Twice round and a distance. (5 subs.) Duke of Ru 4 ,:land nas Harry Bluff, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Rogers) 1 Conductor also ran. Bethig-2 to lon Harry Bluff. Conductor fell at the last turn, and Harry Bluff cantered in alone. Pritchard was severely shaken. The Juvenile Selling Stakes did not fill. Rain fell heavily during the early part of the afternoon, and rendered the course very slippery and dangerous. THIS DA F s MARKETS. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a fair average supply of beasts on offer in:our market to-day, and the demand for most breeds ruled steady, at Monday's currency. We were fairly supplied with sheep, which moved off slowly. In prices, however, no change took place. The best old Downs realised 5s per 81bs. The show of calves was rather limited, and the veal trade was firm, at an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs— the top quotation. being 5s per Sibs. Pigs and mulch cows were in fair request, on former terms. Per 81ba. to sink the offal. 8.. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 0 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crst'. fi inf. shetp 3 2 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Suckling calves, 19s to 23s 21s to 255. a. d. a. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 0 4 6 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 8 5 0 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 S 5 0 Large hogs 3 2 4 0 Small porkers and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 1,020 Sheep and lambs 9,000 Calves 3OO Piga 5OO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 220 Sheep and lambs 780 Calves 222 Pigs MEAT M . ARKET S. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally continues very inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to , 1s 64 ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 43 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept. 22.—T0-day's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of meat, which moved off slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 38 4d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 38 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RomFoRD, Sept. 22. —We had a slow trade here to day ; nevertheless, prices were well supported : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs. Suckling calves, 12s to 235; and milch cows, £l2 to £l7 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os. to £4 ss. ; clover do., £4 Os. to £5 55.; and straw, £1 75. to £1 10s. per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 N. to D- 4s. ; clover do., £1 Os. to £5 Os. ; and straw, £1 Ss. to £1 lls, per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £1 45.; clover, do., £t Os t 8 f. 5 55.; and straw, Lis. extto £1 108. per load. Supply moderate. COAL MARKET-SErk. 22. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) Grey's West Hartley, 15s. Od ; Holywell, 14s. 6d. ; Howard's West Hartley Netherton, 15s. 9d. ; Tanfield Moor, 13s. 3d. ; Tanfield Moor' Butes, 13s 3d.; Wylam, 14s. 6d. ; Newcastle Hartley, 14s. ;' Byass's Bebside West Hartley, -s. Od.; Walker Primrose, 12s. 9d.; Eden Main, 165.; Walbottle ffartley, 14s. Od. ; Haswell Gas, -s. Od. ; Lambert's West Hartley, 15s. 6d.; West Wylam, -s. Od.; Ward's West Hartley, 15s. 0(1. ; West Tanfield, -s. 0(1. ; Nixon's Merthyr, 21s. Walls End-Riddell, 15s. 6d. ; Byron, 16s. 6d. ; Harton, 158. 9d. ; Thorpe, -s. Od. ; Bell, -s. Od. ; Htlepool Hetton, -s. Od. ; Framwellgate, 16s. Od.; Haswell, -s. Od. ; Hetton, 18s. Od. ; Cassop, -8. Od; Hilda, 155.; Coundon, 15s 6d ; Birehgrove Graigola, 18s. ; Hetton,Bradyll's l6s. 9d. ; Gosforth, 15s. 6d. ; Dryburn Grange, -s. ; Heugh Hall, 16s. 3d. ; Lambton, 17s. 6d. ; Tyne Main, ; Tees, 18s. ; Northumberland, 15s. Od. ; South Hetton, -s. Od. ; Acorn Close, los. 9d. ; Wham cliffe, -s. ; Kepier Grange, 16s. 9d.; Shincliffe, 16s. 3d. ; Hunwick, 14s. 3d. - Whitworth, 14s. 3d.; South D ur h am, -a. ; Powell's Duffryn Steam, 21s. Od. ; Brow n ' s M oor High Main, 14s 3d. Ships at market, 73 ; sold, 65. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—SEPT. 22. There has been very little doing to-day, closing steady, except for • London and North-Westerns, which are easier. —Eastern Counties, 12 4—Caledonians, 861 7/ —Great Western, 61t 51I—Lancashire and Yorkshire 941 , 94a- Sheffield, 35--Midland, 961 96I—North oo! Berwieks, 93 I 4 —Dovers, 21 9 11—Dutch Rhenish, 4 3X d. —Leeds Northern, 464 7—York and North Midland, 741 —Great Western of Canada, 18 14—Grand Trunks, 91 9l—Chester and Holyhead, 344 4l—Blackburns, 10X 11 ex d—Birkenheads, 66 66i —East Lancashire, 90 901 —London and North-Westerns, 90 I. MANCHESTER- I SEPT. 22, The market was flat at the opening, but there was very little change in prices. North British, 56—Londons, Leeds, Blackburn Purchase 41 per Cents., 1-16 pm._ East Lancashire Blackburn Purchase 4/ per Cent s ., I s , p . —Ditto Pref. Fifths, sa—Midlands, 96t,—Dovers, 21 7-16 —Electric Telegraph, 110/. BIRMINGHAM—SEPT. 29. A good business was doing in the market to-day, and prices were again rather improved. London and North- Western, 901—Ditto Eighths, It dis.—Midlands, 97—Bir mingham Canals, 921—Great Westerns, 501 —Birmingham Gas, 1421 x d.—South Staffords, 10—Birmingham Banking Co., 27k. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The success which attended t he novel e4perimeut of playing the fountains by moonlight jast'Titesday evening at this popular place of resort, las iu4uced the directors to fir. Friday evening (to-mwroN% ), at sty= o'clock, for a repetition of the display, THE NAVY. The screw line -of-battle steamer Hood, 91, which has been several years in building in Chatham Dockyard, is so far completed that she could, if re quired, be launched during the present year. Although the vessel has been twice cut asunder for the purpose of being lengthened and transformed into a screw steamer, she presents a very fine appear ance on the Docks, and f'rom the manner in which she has been finished a very high rate of speed is anticipated. She is to be furnished with machinery of 600-horse power, and armed with the new de scription of guns of the heaviest calibre. - - The Admiralty authorities have ordered the line of-battle sailing ship Trafalgar, 120, fitting at Chatham for a screw steamer, to be completed and made ready for sea in the shortest possible time. The Orpheus, 22, screw corvette, building at Chatham, has been put in frame, and is being pushed forward with all despatch. Her engines will be of 400-horse power. The Lively and the Manceuvrer have commenced shipping war stores at Chatham for Portsmouth, Sheerness, and Woolwich Dockyards. THE ARMY. Vice-Admiral Win. Fanshawe Martin, Captain the Hon. James Drummond, C. 8., and Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.O 13., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Surveyor of the Navy, visited Woolwich Dock yard yesterday morning, and ,accompanied by Com modore Shepherd, and Mr. Johnstone, the acting storekeeper of the dockyard, mustered' and passed in review the whole o f the operatives of the esta blishment for the purpose of nominating a certain number for the superannuation list. The orders recently received from the War De partment, at the Royal Arsenal, WeAphvich, relative to the stoppage of the men's weekly money, claimed for payment of income-tax, have been cancelled, and the whole of the money received is to be re turned. The whole of the Royal IforF,t Artillery and the field batteries were yesterday 7 .frorning paraded on Woolwich-common, and were put through a course of field exercises with blank ammunition. This morning a large r arty of convicts. to the number of nearly 100, arri xe d' at the new convict establishment, St. Mary'(,, Chatham, from London, for the purpose of under go i ng their terms of penal servitude, and being employed on the public works in progress at I Jhatham. On their arrival at the Strood railwr.y station they were chained together in gangs, and conveyed in a number of vans and omnibus( 53 to the convict prison. There are at present up 'wards of 1,000 convicts in the prison. GAIN OF .12EAPEVG BY MACHINERY. • In an article on this subject in Bell's Weekly Messenge .• of Monday, the saving effected by em ploying .the reaping machine is thus exhibitca. A IT ap i ng machine will cut from 10 to 15 acres per 1 kr ; we will take, however, 10 acres per day : Ten acres, for one pair of horses and one man will cost £o 15 0 Binding, &c., 4s. 6d per acre 2 5 0 £3 0 0 Supposing this work, done by hand labour, we have the following results : Ten acres mowed and bound, at 9s per acre, is • Difference in favour of reaper 1 10 0 This work would require 23 men to cut and bind the corn, whereas the machine only requires eight men to do the binding t thus there is a positive saving of 12 men in favour of the reaper. The mere money saving, however, in diminution of hands re quired to work the reaper, is not the most im portant feature in the case. There is time, to gain which in our variable climate is of the utmost value to the farmer. Let us, however, put the money saving part of the question in another point of view. One firm alone, Messrs. Burgess and Key, has delivered, we believe, upwards of 700 reapers this year to the farmers, all of which .have been actively employed during harvest ; and if we com pare this number of reapers, , and the labour at tendant upon them, with hand labour required to effect the same amount of work, we have the follow ing results Labour saved per clay of 7,700 men, at 4s. 6d Ditto, for the 28 days of harvest 48,510 0 0 being so much in favour of the reaper as against hand labour. The money saving, however, is but a minor consideration compared with the saving of grain, the prevention of shedding 11.- cutting at the proper time, the securing the crop in a short time, and the being able to get in the harvest with the ordinary staff of hands, and not subject to the fre quent inconvenience of procuring extra hands, at a season when labour is especially scarce and dear. The reaper, in short, enables the farmer to secure his crop in three weeks, instead of five weeks, and with less waste and damage, a fact, the importanee of which, all things considered, can scarcely be Over . estimated, either by the producer or the consumer of corn. The Mark-lane Express of last Monday describes a new reaping machine, witk a self-acting rake, which, instead of delivering in swathe, as do the reapers now in use amongst us, delivers in sheaf. It is the invention of Messrs. Seymour and Morgan, of Brockport, near New York, and is introduced into this country as the " Britannia reaping machine." The bunches are delivered at every five yards, laid 31 to 4 feet clear away from the standing crop ; and while lying nearly at right angles to the direc tion of the reaping, arc only spread out some three or four feet, so that a man ties up the sheaf without any "gathering" being necessary. The sheaves when tied are very neat, the ears being more toge ther at one end than other sheaves gathered and tied after a common scythe. A trial of the machine, which took place last week, is described, and the conclusion come to is, that the sole objection to the machine is its great draught, which might be diminished. FIBRES OF INDIA. In our last we drew attention to the importance of cultivating the growth of flax in India, showing, from the evidence of Colonel Burnet, who is con nected with the Indian Government, that it could be successfully cultivated in that vast territory, and which evidence - was practically confirmed at the Belfast Chamber of Commerce last week, by the exhibition of several bundles of yarn made from the Indian flax fibre. We have now the gratification of referring our readers to an adver tisement in another column, from which we ob serve that the plants, grasses, and vegetable fibres of that country can be profitably converted into substitutes for flax. The advertiser, Mr. James Hill Dickson, of Leeds, has taken out a patent for the manufacture of these fibres, and already the Manchester Cham ber of Commerce have reported very favourably of the process, and declared their opinion that it will be a great acquisition to the textile industry of the country. The Honourable the East India Company, after having received and examined specimens of all the Indian fibres prepared by the patentee, and also of the yarn, cord, ship cania., and drill cloth, made from the " wild Rhea' (Assam grass) and from wild pine apple, have approved so highly of the manufacture that they have given the liberal subscription of fifty pounds sterling for the purpose of circulating books of instruction gratis on the - cultivation of. flax, :.spinning, and weaving in India. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has also granted his support and influence by placing his name at the head of the list of sub scribers. giMr. Dickson undertakes to make the coarsest hemp as fine as the middle quality of flax, and ordi nary flax as fine as the lower qualities of silk, and also East and West India fibre as fine as flax valued at £lBO per ton, and carry a lustre, or gloss equal to silk, when spun on silk-spinning ma chinery. Specimens of white drill made from the pine apple leaves, and ships' canvas made from the tow or waste of the wild Rhea or Assam grass, lie at our office . for inspection—they arc of excel lent quality, and can be manufactured one-third. cheaper than flax.—Be/last Mercantile Journal. 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