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Company amalgamated with them as soon as they could, or they would stand a chance of losing all the traffic they now derived from that source,—(Hear, bear.) The. original motion for the reception and adoption of the report was then put, and adopted by an overwhelm jug majority. The next motion from. the chair, authorising the pay ment of a dividend of 7'. 61, less income-tax was agreed `o without oppositio. Mr. WILSON would now move that the report of the auditors be received, and that the directors be requested to act upon that portion of it which related to closing t h e c apital account. The observations of the auditors were as follow:—" We cannot conclude our report with out expressing a strong conviction that the beat interests of the company require that the capital account should be finally closed with as little delay as possible, which result accomplished would tend to promote a wholesome economy and inspire confidence in the undertaking. We are of opinion that the point at which the capital ex penditure should cease could be ascertained and re ported to you at your next half-yearly meeting." After some discussion, Mr. Wilson consented to with draw the proposition, and the following resolution, moved by Mr. Coles Child (one of the auditors), and seconded by Mr. laclauren, was adopted unanimously : " That with the view of determining the amount at which the capital expenditure will cease, the directors be requested to submit to the proprietors at their next half-yearly meeting a detailed estimate of the amount required to complete the line and works of the Sout h- Eastern Railway Company; alp a statement of the en tire debts and .liabilites of the company, and of its pro perty and assets, as a necessary preliminary to the final closing of the gp it al account." The declaration as to forfeiture of shares, contained in the several resolutions of the directors dated the 22d April, was next confirmed, and the directors ordered to dispose of the shares so forfeited in the manner pointed out by Act of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN—The next resolution referred to the eorrespondence which had taken place with Lord Sondes and other gentlemen, upon the subject of the proposed extension of the North Kent Railway. It was—" That this meeting approves the views of the directors, as ex pressed in their letter to Lord Sondes of the 2cl of De cember last, as to the extension of the North Kent Bail way from Strood to Chilham;:and that the directors be instructed to take such further steps in relation to that ~ .-xtension as they may deem to be most expedient for the promotion of the interests of this company." Mr. Garr was of opinion that it would be highly in expedient 'sr this company to have anything to do with the construction of the line proposed by these gentlemen. If the landed proprietors in that part of Kent were so very anxious to have a railway, let them raise the money and carry it out themselves, or give the land which would be required for its formation. But if their ob ject was simply to benefit their own property at theer ethxe pense of the South-Eastern Company, the soohnecom. correspondence was at an end the better. pany could be reasonably called upon to A do ll t as the line was constructed, to enter int o an agreement for after working it, but to have nothing to do with the construc tion itself. The resolution was agreed to u nanimously, as tors were also two other resolutions authorising further thfeurdthireerc m to borrow at interest on mortgage money not exceeding 180,0001., an f d t i h n e str c u a ct n i t n e g rby andtuhsreumto give notice to the directors of Whitstable Railway Company of the South-E astern Company's intention to exercise the option given them to purchase the harbditr and works of the Canterbury and Whitstable Company on the terms agreed upon by the two companies. The CuAlasiatsr said the next resolution referred to the steam-packet company, and the directors had drawn it in such a manner as not to commit any proprietor in this company. He begged to move that " the directors be authorised to negotiate terms with the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, for the pur cha iof that company's steam-boats ' such terms to be submitted to a futur e meet i ng of this company for their consideration."—(Loud cheers.) Mr. WILSON suggested that it would be advisable for the proprietors t o appo i nt a comm i ttee f rom t h e i r own body, who were not shareholders in the steam-boat com pany, to co-operate with the boavd of directors in the performance of this duty.—(Hear.) Mr. G. SMITH thought there was nothing invidious in the recommendation of Mr. Wilson, and that the chair man and directors could entertain no objection to its being adopted. The CHAIRMAN—AII the directors asked was to be allowed to bring the subject before the steam-boat pro prietors, and call upon them to agree to some terms which might then be submitted to the South-Eastern Company. Ile would, however, accept the addendum of Mr. Wilson. The resolution would then be as follows: " That the directors be authorised to negotiate terms with the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company for the purchase of that company's steam boats; such terms to be submitted to a future meeting of this company for their consideration; and that a com mittee of five proprietors, who are not proprietors in the steam-boat canape* be associated with the direc tors to consider and report on the terms that may be proposed." In this shape the resolution was agreed to unani mously; and Mr. Iveyleaf, Mr. Coles Child, Mr. G. Smith, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Grey, were nominated members of the committee. Mr. THOMAS BROWN having been re-elected auditor, The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a proprietor, said that the Submarine Telegraph Company had offered this company 501. per wire per annum for permission to place six telegraphic wires along their line between Dover and London. In other words, 3001. a year only. This the directors had refused; and subsequently the Telegraph Company had laid down won troughs on the common eoad between Dover and L oon for their wires—a sys tem which had been tried in Prussia and failed, and he very much doubted whether it would succeed better hbre.—(Hear.) The business of the general meeting being terminated, the shareholders resolved themselves into a special general meeting for the purpose of considering the question of capitalising the mortgage debt. The CHAIRMAN said, that so far as he could judge the prospects of the money market were that money would be cheaper still, and if the directors might offer an opinion they would say that they did not think the com pany would suffer by allowing the question to pass over for the present. Mr. MACLAUREI could not see the advantage of the proprietors taking the debenture debt at a given rate of Interest in perpetuity at this moment; for, notwithstand ing the obloquy which was sometimes thrown upon their Unfortunate railway in the money market, it stood pre eminently successful; and although their shares were 30 per cent. discount, they could borrow money at as low a rate of interest as any other line in the kingdom. It Faa an anomaly difficult to account for, nevertheless so it was. li ri e Wrt ii soN suggested the propriety of adjourning the ciatio Th e c R.L before the lislif—The directors had placed the matter woald be tsate a rt h shareholders, h . olden,. expecting that some notice that anything oIt; but i t was obviously not important perfectly should corret be done now. Mr. Maclauren was Company, no eo4:cept the London and North-Western snolittdebt stood in such a position as did that of the -Eastern. Under the circum stances, therefore, h e safely adjourn the matterwn°lllll suggest that they might until a future meeting, of which ample notice should be question was then adjourned The consideration of the tine die by genecal consent. A PROPRIETOR moved a vote off re , thanks ttotnocethreaicsehdaiirn man, and a large number of han ds Mr. wmsos ( j umping upon a chair) exclaimed it s s upport, accompanied by loud cheers ott,were et ed that was, that Ir.) he objected to the propo,sition, and that tempted to be " crammed down the throats" ing he should move an amendment.—(Oh, and meet- meet- Mr. MACLA.IIItEN—AII he could say tience the chair had exhibited that day demanded Eg e s i ; beat thanks.—(Loud cheers.) A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. Maclauren, and seconded by Mr. Wilson, wa s then passed to the sect© _ tary and other officers of the company, for their zeal, attention, and efficiency in the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, after which the meeeking broke up. ____..r EXTENSION OF THE NORTH KENT. We extract from the "Correspondence for the Con sideration of the Proprietors of the South-Eastern Rail way relating to an Extension of the Noeth Kent Rail way, proposed by the Right Hon. Lord Sondes, the Right Hon. S. R. Luahington, and others," the follow ing documents:— MR. CHARLES LESHINGTON TO MR. MACGREGOR. London, 10, Whitehall-PTaCe, August 3, 1852_• . "EAST KENT AND MAIDSTONE RAILWAY COMPANY. _ " Sir,—l n th e alfserice of Lord Sondes (the chairman), "ing to a domestic affliction, I beg to hand you a copy al som e reso l ut i ons passed b y the committee of land owners interested in promoting the above projects. B"You Will see t h at L or d Sondes, Sir Edward Dering, art. and M.P , •P. Gipp s , E sq ., M.P., M r . Twopeny, resold o myself were appointed a deputation to bring the ns before the board of the South-Eastern Rail- Z a a l Co nnsany through y our self as its chairman, and I e, theretor e , to request that you will submit the same to your directors at their next meeting, so that, if they and YOU see flt We may be favoured with an ap pointment for Tuesday or Wednesda in next week. " I beg to add, that Mr. Mills our engineer, will at t e nd with us,lto explain the point; of 'unctio, radients, and course of the line, a s ,„ 0 are anxious ins very re spect that the interview should be as efficient as full g partie s can make it. explanation bet een wain 60 ha w ve the honour to be, Sir, " Your very obedient servant, " C. MANNERS On behalf of the ChairmanllliNcToN Lord Sondes. Railway ' riza4 c't .4 T o James MacGregor, Esq., ILP.,h a the South-EasternCompany., (Extracts from Minutes.) " EAST &ENT AND MAIDSTONE ItAL L - yrA , B. " At a meeting of the Committee of th e l andow held at Fa ve rsham, 3 I st July, ners 1832, the Right Hon' was Stephenßumbold Lushingtph i ll the chair, it as mov e d and seconded, committee, having and unanimously resolved, " `That thi s heard and con s id ered white to the chairma n of the l etters addressmd by Mr. the South-Eastern Company, on the third and 27th in st as also th e reply of the chairman o f the 3d inst., and that of th e secretary of the 28th inst., fl -o hereby confirm the view s stated by Mr. White in his letter be Ls' and do hereby agree th at the following proposals shall 1-,echairman forth with submitted f or the consideration of and directors of t h e South -Eastern Railway Company, viz. : ," 1. The committee to obtain an Act for forming a company, who are to construct a line, commencing at a junction with the line between Chilham and Canterbury, at a rd point four miles from the latter place, near Shalms fo-bridge, passing hY the West side of Boughtaa-bill DAILY WEATHER TABLE. • State of the Wind and Weather at ea ch of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morn ing.— The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pools--Wind N., gentle breeze—rain. HA-crrotos--Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SonmearrroN—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially clonal. Fommsroxs—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. TIINBRLDGE—Wind N., strong breeze—rain. GREENWICH—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. &moon—Wind E., gentle breeze—rain. SvrnenoN—Wind N.E., light breeze—partially cloudy. Cot wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. Cis—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudy. D.tammarox—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the Wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock Leex_:-- Wind N.E., gentle breeze—parti a lly c l ou d y. froL ° r l / E., gentle breeze—overcast. :Wind E., strong breeze--partially cloudy. BE ,Ar roc ,O ... Q, gentle breeze—partially cloudy. g Ind S. entle breeze—partially cloud. The Earl Stanhope, and captain Stevens and party, arrived at the the General Stea m of Desert, the Honourable Charles St. Katharine's Steam Wharf early yesterday morning by beyr, from Lcitord Navi gation Company's steam - ship RA arQ. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1852. to Faversham, with a branch to the creek, and from Faversham by Sittingbourne, Rainham, Gillingham, and Chatham, to a point near the bridge at Rochester, ' and thence by a continuation line across the Medway, to a point of junction near the present terminus of the North Kent line at Strood, thereby completing the direct North Kent line. " 2. That the capital be 600,0001., including the price of the land. " ' 3. That as the capital account of the South-Eastern Company is understood to be closed, they be not called upon to contribute to such new capital. " 4, That, as the object and desire of the landowners is to act in accordance with the South-Eastern Company, provisions be made in the Act of Parliament to be ob tained for constructing the line, to lease the same when made to the South-Eastern Company for a term of seven or fourteen years, or such other term as may be agreed on with them, at a rent equal to 3 per cent. on the capital expended, but not exceeding 600,0001., and at such fur ther rent as shall be equal to half the profits, after allowing for such 3 per cent. and working expenses; including therein a reasonable allowance for the use and wear and tear of the rolling stock of the South -Eastern Company in working the line. " 5. That all necessary provisions be inserted in the n Bill, in accordance with the South-Eastern CompanY, to insure the efficient service of the line, having regard to the interests of the public, for whose benefit the same is intended. "6. That Lord Sondes, Sir E. Dering , 11. P. Gipps, Esq., M.P., C. M. T.—ushington and E. Twopeny, Esqrs., be a sub-committee and deputation for the pur pose of submitting the above proposals, in conjunction with Mr. White, to the chairman and directorconfs of errin the South-Eastern Company, an d of meeting g with them, and making the nece ssar y arrangements for and carrying out such proposals. " 7. That on reference to the chairman's letter to Mr. White, where he points out the necessity of consult ing the proprietors of the South -Eastern Railway Com pany, this committee trusts the directors will, by early communication with the deputation, be enabled to con sider and form their opinion on the proposals, as to sub mit them to the ensuing meeting of the proprietors; and that in submitting the same to them they will point ou t - 0.) That it appears from the printed reports of the proceedings before wlineawas from r projectedto hme Stroud House b o yt f otCommons South-Easternihm , 1 the estimated c RailwayhBsestahamanned Company,Bl 8 4 4 , district oo a but that here theE throughlB4s, but therpeeriitodis raisedt costt o f wihs limitedc hwas not to 1e600,0001. i ( s b e .) th gr e h m at one a y t , e c independently d were ent l y focrtiem. 1 " (c.) That, to enable the committee to approach the company with confidence, they have already sub ramtijoittntteeuedizyel t n he th ir eir es b t a im si a s. tes to substantial and well-known contractors, who ha ve agree d t o un d e rtake the construe " ' (d.) That of 24,000 shares of 251. each, the com already placed 18,000, and have also entered into arrangements for a due placing and distribution of the remaining 6,000. " ' (e.) That they will be prepared to sustain their plans and estimates in Parliament; but that the limit of 31, per cent. on the capital of 600,0001. will give a re turn of 5 per cent. on the capital, calculated on the traffic as estimated by the South-Eastern Company at the period above referred to, without taking into ac count any increase of traffic since that period; but if taken into account, a return of six per cent. " ' (f.) That the construction of a direct line from Canterbury to Strood will of itself be a vast accommoda tion to the country about Deal, Sandwich, Ramsgate, Margate, and Canterbury, by reason of its shortening the distance from Canterbury 21 miles, and the time in proportion, and thereby effecting a great saving to the South-Eastern Company in respect of their present ser vice of the Reigate and Ashford line to those places. " ' (g.) That the company by acceding to those propo sals, will thereby fulfil their pledges to Parliament and the public to complete the railway service to the coun try between Strood and Chilham—pledges the fulfilment of which has been for so long a period the anxious de sire of the inhabitants of that part of the country and of the public at large, as evinced by the numerous attempts which have been made to have them fulfilled, and in which desire the committee understand the South- Eastern Railway Company to participate. " ' 8. That the consideration of the branch to Maid stone be postponed for the present.' " Agreed also— " ' That the deputation be requested at once to confer with the Board of Trade, and to submit to them a copy of these proposals, and to suggest that they act as media tors in the event of any point arising between this com mittee and the directors as to the mode of effecting the desired object; and that in every respect the Board of Trade be considered as referees, to whom the committee will be ready to submit the consideration of the subject.' " On behalf of the Chairman, " C• MANNERS LUSHINGTON." MR. MUIGREGOR TO MR. CHARLES AUSIIINGTON. (Copy) " South-Eastern Railway, London Terminus, August 5, 1852. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, on the subject of an East Kent and Maidstone Railway Company, and pro posing a meeting between the directors of this company and Lord Sondes, Sir Edward Dering, Bart, M.P., H. P. Gipps, Esq., M.P., Mr. Twopeny, and yourself, as a deputation to bring certain resolutions, passed by a committee of landowners interested in the promoting the projects of the proposed company, before the di rectors of this company, and suggesting that the engineer of the proposed company should..accompany the deputation. " The directors will be prepared to receive the deputation on Thursday next, the 12th instant, at any time that you may fix, from half-past ten to one o'clock. " The directors do not propose to receive the engineer on this occasion, as, in their view, communications with him can only be useful after a previous examination of plans and other preliminaries. " I have to request that you will not infer, from the immediate acquiescence of the directors in the proposed interview, any assent on their part to the propositions contained in the resolutions of the landowners, of which you have been so good as to hand me a copy.—l have the honour to be, Sir, you most obedient humble ser vant. " J. MACGREGOR. " C. Manners Lushington, Esq., &c." THEATRE ROYAL, HAMARKET. Mr. B; Webster, Sole Less an ee and Mager, Old Brampt on . THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Adelphl Drama of JACK SHEP PARD, by Mrs. Keeley, 3fessrs. Faul Bedford, S. Emery, and 0 Smith ; Miss Laura Heney, Miss Ellen Chaplin, &c. To conclude with the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under th e patronage of her Albert. Majesty and his Royal rtghness Prince Open Every Evening,prietor a nd Manager, Mr. W. Batty. w ith the Largest Equestrian Establishment in the World. Most Gratifying Success ! If possible, each night of representation adds to the popularity of this Fashionable place of Amusement. The Proprietor, therefore, hopes that, as neither expense nor the exercise of ability, talent, or energy have been spared on the present occasion, the performance altogether will be found to surpass any exhibition which has graced the interior of any arena in the British li mplre. The doors open at Seven o'clock; the Performances commence at H a lf -past Seven. admission—Stalls, 55.; Dre ss Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, is:O Upper Gallery, 6d. ce from Eleven till Four daily. Tickets to be h s aid ; S tag e manager, ffi Mr. Leclercq. at Gallery, the ox ROYAL SERREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday , Thursday, arid Friday. Fifth Week of the Vocal Entertainment& Last Week but Two. The Proprietor has the gratification to announce that the Madri fal and Glee Party were received with immense applause, and will continue their performance till further notice. GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. Pahrcipar, Vocarasrs—Miss 3lessent, Miss Clara Henderson, Mr. Young, t Mr. Manvers, and Mr. Letter. Conducted by Mr. J. L. Batton, who will preside at the Pianoforte. .- . 04 cIPAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS—Messrs. J. Richardson (Flute),,ir Wuille (Clarionet), Lazarus (Clarionet), Viotti Collins 4.2 1 t 1 : 3 1 ). Clan (Trombone), Collinet (Flageolet), Sidney Pratten s i2t and Conductor of the Orchestra, Mr. C. Godfrey. ~,1 1 of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT and Za t pe CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid rivalled mii i ,.__ n g Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un hook wi th a 44 Band —Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding at representin g th ,, r ,_ a nd PYrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby, Ancients), witht r ,, Tio r ot the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the the whole terminating Grand Tablau on Armour of Achilleo. The menagerie now m ash , two giraffes, four ostrichea, E ngl and, Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops, the with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a e Lake of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the the finest of their species in of seve in ral aiu h a u in n n dred sp e specimens, el ens ep , h s an om u e , the colossal tortoise (the h u .,,,,,, t ° ,ea v melts, lions, leopards, &c., and ye ars old. _ Doors open from Nine a.m. Touti ng a Quarter-AD • twork B .. t. u , MISSION, CI t Six Fir er ng e t :h e ib l led . ); upwards of 200 Nz suiLLavt ai s s t IT at in F e i . ve. Con cert at UIGII WATER AT EveningLOlT'DoiiT, __m orn ing 38 rain. after lo E ve „„7 - 'Q/ 4 . Turs DA' nun' it "in. after 0 IL I 19 'min after 11 52 mla: aRAr 11 BEZIERS TO GRAISSE SSAC RAILWAY, Joining the Bordeaux and C ettc Line at healers. Capital 720,000/. (18Deposit ,000,000 f.), in 36,000 Share. Shares of 201, (ONO each, (50L) per BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MM. Marqucomiste de Paul Carteret, St. Paul Carteret, ancien conseiller d'Etat David, aine, Poitiers Sabatier d'.Espeiran, Montpellier P. Monteaux, Paris. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. In London—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. In Paris—Messrs. Greene and CO. AGENTS IN LONDON. Messrs. Monteaux, Schulhoff, And CO. SECRETARY PRO TEL W. P. Ingelow, Esq. Offices, 17, Gracechurch-street. The concession of the above Railway is obtained. The Decree, signed by the President of the Republic, is in the hands of the Minis ter of Public Works, and will be defiaitive as soon as the usual for malities have been fulfilled. The required caution money was paid on the 26th ult., by the Con cessiennaires. The grant is for 99 years. The line going through a wealthy and populous district, both agricultural and manufacturing, will join at Beziers the Bordeaux and Cette Railway, as well as the " Canal du Midi," the distance being 33 miles. It establishes a communication, long wished for by the Government, between the rich collieries of Graissessac and Agde, Cette, Marseille, Toulon, and by these ports with the whole Mediterranean, as giving great facility for supplying the French navy with coal. The proprietors of the coal mines have already proposed a treaty, securing to the Railway Company a minimum of transport of 100,000 tons per year. This certain source of revenue, added to the actually existing traffic, taken from official returns transmitted by the Prefecture of the Department de llierault, insures a dividend of at least 6 per cent. for the first year ;* but the quantity of 100,000 tons will soon double, and taking into account the usual increase consequent upon the establishment of railways, the passenger and merchandize traffic will augment in a like proportion. An experienced English Engineer, Mr. Charles Mutton Gregory, who was sent by the Coneessionnaires to examine carefully the lo calities, plans, estimates, &c., &c., gives in his professional report the following opinion on the subject:— " I have no hesitation in saying that the more I see of the pros pects of this line, the more promising they appear to be ; and I be lieve that yon would be speaking much within the bounds of mode ration in assuring an ultimate interest, within a short period, of more than 10 per cent. on the capital." This railway has been considered so worthy of attention that, in 1846, the "Ingenieurs des Ponta et Chaussees" traced it out by order of the Minister of Public Works. The direction of the line then proposed, with the important modifications resulting from the recent surveys made for the Concessionnaires, has been the basis adopted for the treaty passed between the Government and the Coneessionnaires. The Concessionnaires have entered into a contractwith responsible contractors, who have undertaken to establish the line, construct the works, the rolling stock, the whole, according to the " Cahier des Charges," at a price within the proposed capital, viz., for the sum of 16,800,000 f. This contract, according to the agree ment with the Concessionnaires, is made over by them to the Company, thus giving the assurance that the capital cannot be exceeded. The deposit will be paid into Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.vs, and will be remitted to the Directors in France by Messrs. Mon teaux, Schnlhoff, and Co., on receipt of the certificates of the consti tuted shares. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. will be paid during the con struction. Applications for shares to be made to Messrs. Monteanx, Schulhof, and Co., 17, Gracechurch-street ; and Mr. T. 17zielli, 75, Old Broad street. To the Directors of the Beziers to Graissessac Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares in the above Railway, and I agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon. I am, gentlemen, yours obediently, Name • • ....... ..... . ...... . Date • • ........ • • • • • • • • ...... Reference •••• •••• • ''''''''' • Traffic as it now exists on the road, without increase : f 467, 500 Goods : 65,000 tons at 7% cents. per kilom - - • Travellers : 400 a day upon an average of 40 kiloms, at 365, 100 75,000 6 cents. Cattle Coals : 100,000 tons, calculated at the tariff price of 15 795,00 0 cents. per kilom ----- - - L 1,722,500 689,00 0 Or about 0 per cent. -r o f coals In the above estimate of probable receipts, the transp ort is calculated npon 100,000 tons minimum already secu red to the Company, but this quantity will soon be greatly exceede d. tion of The Government Engineers have stated that the prn duc the Graissessac Collieries can reach 400,000 tons. The consumption of the department where these coals can be brought to is valued at 530,000 tons, independent of the quantity wanted at the Ports for sea service. f. 1,033 ,500 a ppointed An official document, signed by M. Ducos, Min i s tre de la Mar in e , declares that the Government Commissionrs comparative trials of French coals, have found G raissessac coals the best adapted to steam-ships. A professional a nal y sis of th. 2 seals, made in London by Mr. Harman 11. Lew is, and by Maugham, has fully confirmed that rem t it. ho coal traffic Their good :quality thus insuring a large sale, to make cannot fail to bring before long a much high er revenue than above stated. London, September 4, 1852. Deducting 40 per cent. for working expenses - b - minci int LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1852. Notwithstanding the jeers of many an ignorant or injudicious caviller, the members of the British Association still continue to hold their annual meet ings with honour to themselves, with advantage to science, and with signal profit to the great cause of humanity as involved in the problem of progressive civilization. it has already been our gratifying duty to comment frequently upon the development of those noble inquiries into the various departments of human knowledge which have signalised the energy, the activity, and the self-devotion of the many emi nent men engaged in the researches adventured upon by this intelligent and enterprising institution. We have spoken the more earnestly in commendation of those labours because of the peculiarly virulent, and systematic, and infatuated nature of the hostility dis played towards their promoters by the enemies of the British Association. Apart from this incentive to eulogium, however, we cannot but acknowledge that there are discoverable sufficient reasons for panegyric in the importance and diversity of the benefits con ferred by the society upon the world at large—by the consequent enhancement of those truths which, of all, are the best calculated to improve the physical, and intellectual, and, we believe we may correctly add, in some measure also, the spiritual condition of man kind—we mean, of course, the sublime and awful truths disclosed by the revelations of natural philo sophy. Happily it does not remain for us to an nounce the magnitude of the good thus secured to the community by the elevated and ennobling toils of the British Association. Their extent and variety are by this time tolerably well, and pretty generally, appreciated. If further illustration of this fact were required it might be found, we conceive, in the mas terly and comprehensive Address delivered on the let instant at Belfast, by Colonel SABINE, the newly-elected President of the Association. In the course of that remarkable document Colonel SABINE showed, beyond the possibility of misapprehension that the achieve ments of the society have, in many particulars, been really very extraordinary. They hare proved at least that the members of the Association are no mere dilettantes in theory, or pococurantes in experi ment. Abundant testimonies of this might be ad dueed from the inaugural Address here referred to, but a selection from these will be adequate to confirm, to the utmost desirable extent, the accuracy of our foregoing assertions. Colonel SABINE, at the outset of his remarks, con fessed himself embarrassed by the astonishing profu sion of subjects demanding especial notice at his hands upon the occasion of his opening the annual proceedings of the British Association. Almost pain fully conscious, it would seem, of the difficulty of his undertaking in this regard, the President wisely re solved to restrict his allusions to simply two or three out of the seven departments constituting the Sections of the Society. By this arrangement he was enabled to yield a graceful preference either to the subjects with which he himself is most familiar, or to those which might in all likelihood be brought this year more immediately under discussion. Pointing atten tion, in this manner, to Section A—or in other words to the " Mathematical and Physical" department— the learned orator recounted the progress made in the attempt (originally suggested by the British Asso ciation) to establish an Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere with the assistance, or at least under the protection, of her MAJESTY'S Government. A memo rial recommending an enterprise of this description, it will be remembered, was presented some time back of the British to the Cabinet, by the Earl of ROSSE on the part of still believed— be the Royal Soci e t y, Association. a lt was conceived and is and by Dr. RogiNeoN on the part believed — a ssuredly with ample reason—that in furtheralnpceectedf from such an establish mentmuch might Astronomy. decisivelyo what Colonel SASINE advanced of all the has grandly and the divine and su preme The only rational ob jectionsince, it is gratifying sciences," termed " the most phhasanitolnygdissipated. Mirrors of science of de can now be readily polished l o r eb t h de e emnagtrni scheme iutmu di o n the spot" by means of the simple and ' • tt the e know, rneoq v vu t f o r that purpose contrived b yapparatus Earl Room and successfully employed in the renovation of the spectrum o f his own gigantic telescope. Satisfied upon this point, Colonel SABINE proposes that mea sures should be forthwith taken with a view to bring the matter once more under the consideration of our Administrators. It is earnestly to be hoped that his l s peediy adopted by the advice may be very Royal Society, as well as by the British Association, in re gard to a project which must, indeed, add not only very coutiderably to " their coUntrYel honour" but, k174A4 .• 4.4 pu I • M 44. 4- 4 V. vgi kr` - 4, o , , e t ; .121 - 4 - 6 ti• ' , 11.11‘. 4 , , ` _Zr ^ 'rr • to r , • mn.4 -DIE ' likewise, and in a particular manner, to " that general advancement of science by which all nations benefit freely and alike in proportion to their degree of men tal cultivation." We may, then, learn whether that beautiful hypothesis is correct or erroneous which supposes that the double stars revolve round each other in orbits, governed by rules similar to those laws of molecular attraction which determine the concentric orbits of the planets of the solar system. We may, then, derive invaluable additions from the nether hemisphere of facts throwing new light upon the dawning glory of the new system of the Nebulae, while amongst ourselves further scrutiny ii being directed to such heavenly bodies as are more accessible to philo- sophic investigation from their proximity— to the surface, for example, presented to our gaze by our own mysterious satellite. Referring to another bj e likely to fall u n d e r th e peculiar attention of subject same section of Physics and Mathematics, the President spoke in terms of deserved praise of the discoveries in reference to " Light," recently made by Professor STOlCES—discoveries suggested by the statement submitted to the Royal Society in 1845 by Sir Joser HERSCHELL, by which it appeared that light was capable of being subjected to " epipolic dispersion, . by passing it through a solution of sul phate of qamine. Guided by this singular revela tion, Professor STORES has demonstrated that epipo lised light is simply no other than light deprived of certain inv-sible rays, which in the process of disper sion have bscome invisible in consequence of changing their refrangibility. During the course of this sur prising elucidation, Professor STORES appears to have defined an exquisite distinction between cases of internal " false dispersion " or opalescence, and those of " true internal dispersion," or, as he calls it, fluo rescence. In consequence of these subtle inquiries, Colonel SABINE has remarked that " the facility with w hich the highly refrangible invisible rays of the s pectrum may be rendered visible by being passed through a solution of sulphate of quinine or other sen sitive medium, affords peculiar advantages for the study of those rays ; the fixed lines of the invisible part of the solar spectrum may now be exhibited to our view at pleasure." The President sub sequently submitted to the consideration of Section B--or, in other words, to the members; of the " Chemical'' department—the advisability of undertaking the revision of the Equivalent Num bers of the Elementary Bodies—a labour, it must be confessed, about as enormous (but one which we trust may not be found as apparently interminable) as that of compiling the British Museum Library Catalogue. That such • • a revision is much to be desiderated must be manifest,• when it is considered that almost all the numbers now in use are dependent upon experiments performed at a period " when the methods of re search then known were inadequate"—experiments for the most part, namely, undertaken by BERZELIUS. Upon the subj ec t of the Theory of Heat it was re marked a little further on by Colonel SABINE, that several researches which have recently been made appear to be laying the groundwork for the ultimate formation of a Mechanical Theory of Chemistry—a statement which we are in hopes may be very speedily verified by papers giving mathematical de velopments of the hypotheses of heat and electro dynamics. A brilliant illustration was thereupon soon afterwards given by the President of the prac tical advantages resulting to the nation at large from the scientific enterprise of the Association—this tes timony having reference to the extension of magnetic researches throughout; the world, at the instance of its members and under the patronage of her MMIESTY'S Government. The astounding accumulation of facts in relation to the force of the magnetic currents in both hemispheres appears, in truth, to have more than justified the exultation with which Colonel SABINE alluded to the new light thereby thrown upon the results of magnetic observations through the medium, of course, of the lines of equal horiasontal direction called the isogonic, those of equal vertical direction called the isoclinal, and those of equal force called the isodynamie. In consequence of the satisfaction thereby inspired, the public will be re joiced to learn that another enterprise equally compre hensive of its kind, and equally, therefore, requiring the encouragement of Ministers, has lately been sub mitted to the consideration of the British Govern• ment, the originators of the enterprise, however, being no purely scientific body, but—the Cabinet of the United States! The project is that of under taking a general system of meteorological observa tions, to be conducted by the naval service of both countries under the guidance and approval of their respective Governments. Such is the remarkable proposition submitted t o the judgment of the English Cabinet—a proposition which, during the course of last spring, was referred (for a Report) to the Royal Society by th e E ar l of .“.ALMESBURY, in his capacity as Foreign Secretary. That Report has since been transmitted to the Ministry by the Royal Society, and from its close we gladly tran scribe the following important passages :—" To the Government of this country the demand for co operation and for the interchange of observations is most earnestly addressed by the Government of the United States ; and the President and Council of the Royal Society express their hope that it will not be addressed in vain. We possess in our ships of war, in our packet service, and in our vast commercial navy, better means for making such observations, and a greater interest in the results to which they lead, than any other nation ; for this purpose every ship which is under the control of the Admiralty should be furnished ,with instruments properly con structed and compared, and with instructions for using them ; similar instructions for making and re cording observations, as far as their means will allow, should be given to every ship that sails, with a request that they will transmit the results to the Hydro grapher's office of the Admiralty, where an adequate staff of officers or others should be provided for their prompt exa mination, and the publication of the im proved charts and sailing directions to which they would lead ; above all, it seems desirable to establish a prompt communication with the Hydrographer's office of the United State, so that the united labours of the two greatest naval and commercial nations of the world may be combined, with the least practicable delay, i n promoting the interests of navigation." A variety of other themes, equally interesting and ' l iable in their character, might be equally valuable i parti cularisedhavng been referred to by 1 9 Colonel SABINE, in language of unusual:elegance and perspi cacit t h e course of hi s masterly inau gura l ad y, dress as Pres ident of the British Associ a ti on. B u t enoug h has b ee n said assuredly in our f orego i ng re marks to prov e the attractive and elevat e d nature of the subjects therein brought by that learned and dis tinguishedofficer under the scrutinizin g gaze of the part of our population. more intelligent Everything considered, i t will be readily allowed, we i magine , that the Address was worthy of the occasion and, therefore, no t altogether unworthy, likewise, o f th e translator of the Cosmos of HUMBOLDT. Fhalf-yearly meeting rEoeceeteedrningnseantwteh ye Company,it o o s p n o n e d n e nc e Wednesday which w e di last. If to will g of the rom S the beuthP seen that the landowners of the Stro o d and Chilham " district have resol ved to put on the screw, ,, in or der to compel the pro prietors to accept th e conditions di rected e forwarddte i public the ntei correspondence South-Easter n Company consent to give th e re quired guarantee of 3 per a ll will be cent. upon th e pr i ncipal sum of 600,0 001 . , " serene." Th e S Noble Chairman of the sub-Committ ee and his coadjutors will be fully contented ; they will ask for nothing but the i cons tructionruction of the at line between these localitieg, t being in fact, all that could be required, or tbat could, by even the most sanguine, be considered to have the m os t remote prospect of proving remunerative. But if the share holders hesitate for a moment—if th ey do not humbly submit to the " demands of th e " territorial aristocracy " then war to the k n if e " i s to be proclaimed, no mercy is to be shown—not only will application be made to Parliament for powers to construct the required line from Strood to Chilham, but also new lines from Strood to Maid stone, from Strood to Dover, and from Roches ter to Gravesend, with traffic arrangements with the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway ! ! ! This is a new mode of negotiation. These ex emplary landowners require additional railway accommodation, which would materially b en.ance the value of the farms situate in the vicinity of the proposed line. but, in place of putting their hands in their own pockets, they very coolly , call upon the neighbouring company to bear the en tire outlay; for, as we have already stated, a guarantee of 3 per cent. by a solvent party, in the present state of the money market, is to all intents and pur poses equivalent to bearing the entire expenditure. As might reasonably be anticipated, this proposition, which would entail a loss of 18,0001. per annum on the company, is demurred to, and forthwith it is intimated, in the most polite and conciliatory terms, that a regular opposition will be organized to compete for the entire continental traffic. The beggar in " Gil Bias," who extorted charity while his gun was pointed towards his benefactor, had not a more con vincing mode of enforcing compliance with his wishes. But, after all, the threat may not be so very formid able—Parliament will no longer sanction what are termed competing lines, at the instigation of any man or body of men, however respectable or influen tial. It will not render its assistance to divide a ;raffle paying only 3 per cent. on the outlay already incurred, because some hot-headed gentlemen are displeased at any resistance being offered to their disinterested efforts at dictation. The very nature of the alternative offered must ensure the rejection of any Bills that may be brought forward. GIL BLes would not have dropped his " reds" into the hat of the military suppliant, if assured that . his for midable - looking piece would have merely flashed in the pan. The South-Eastern shareholders refused to enter into a prejudicial contract under duresse, and very judiciously left the matter in the hands of the directors, to be disposed of as they con sidered best calculated to promote the true interests of the company. The general report (which has already appeared in our columns) was of a very satisfactory character. There was an increase of nearly 15,0001. on the first three months of the year, until the influence of the Exhibition became perceptible. The falling off then was only on the through or continental traffic ; but from and after the 11th of October, the time of the closing of the Crystal Palace, the receipts will be greater this year than in the corresponding portion of 1851. The use of periodical tickets, too, is steadily increasing, more than 3,5001. additional having been received from that source during the present year. The goods traffic, likewise, is progressive —the receipts for the half-year being no less than 5,7021. greater than in 1851, and 13,6231. greater than in 1850; the total improvement when compared with 1850 being 53,1111. 7s. 5d., or more than 2,0001. per week. When, however, the reasonable request of the company is complied with, and a bonded warehouse established at the London bridge terminus, and when the line round Paris con necting the southern with the northern railways has been completed, so that the wines of the south may be transmitted to Boulogne without change of carriage, there is every reason to suppose that this traffic will be materially augmented, more particularly as it is known that the sea voyage is exceedingly injurious to the lighter descriptions of French wine. Some complaints were put forward respecting the poor-law assessments of railways. We have always considered that railway companies have just cause of complaint on that point, and also on the passenger-tax. They are grievances imperatively demanding legislative interference, an interfer ence which cannot much longer be withheld. Shareholders would not complain of a direct tax, to which every other description of accumulated and realized property would also be liable, but a special impost of 5 per cent. on the gross receipts from the passenger traffic—equivalent to 9 per cent. on the net earnings from that source, in addition to the ordinary income-tax, is too bad, savouring strongly of con fiscation. Looking, then, to the changes that must neces sarily follow the increased supply of gold consequent on the Australian and Californian dis coveries, whether by the additional stimulus which a circulating medium, adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, would af ford to trade and commerce, or by the reduced rate of interest which would materially diminish the fixed charges, the prospects of all rail way companies appear far more favourable than they were a few years since, and none are more propitious than those of the South-Eastern, which, under judi cious management, will eventually repay to its share holders the vexations and annoyances of the last few years. DEATH OF A CONTEMPORARY OF DR. JOHNSON. — In our obituary of last week, we noticed the death of Mrs. Philip Valiance, late of 32, West-street. This venerable lady, who had attained her 88th year, had been, during her long life, a constant resident in Brighton, and was born within two doors of her late abode. Her father, also a native of Brighton, was many years a commander in the navy, and served under Sir Edward Hawke in the memorable battle with Mons. Confians, in the year 1759. He lies interred in Brighton churchyard, with mimerous descendants. His daughter (the deceased), who became a widow in 1825, con tinued to reside in her native place, in full possession of health and strength, until within a few months of her death. She remembered and often spoke of seeing Dr. Johnson with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale, promenading the Steine, as well as the celebrated and beautiful Lady Sarah Lennox, afterwards Banbury, and subsequently Napier. She died in London, after five days' illness of English cholera, surrounded b . y her family, and to all appearance wholly free from pain or anxiety.— Brighton Guardian. ANOTHER ACCIDENT BY FIRE-ARMS.--Last week, as the troops of the various depots in garrison at Canterbury were engaged in a sham-fight in a field near the barracks, one of the party, belonging to the 6 th Fo ot, while running with his loaded musket, the weapon by some accident went off, and wounded him severely in the right arm he poor fellow was led off by his comrades to the M i litary Hospital, and it is feared that he will be disabled for life. THE KOH•I-NOOR.—The re -cutting of this gem, which is insigne in its kind, was finished on Tuesday last ; and the expectations of Mr. Fedder, th e Jewish artist, who undertook this responsible task, have bee n full y realised, and the misgivings of the scientific gentlemen who questioned the final success refuted. It is unsurpassed by any other diamond above ground in shape, lustre, and beauty. Her Majesty the Queen inspected the two smaller diamonds before her departure for Balmoral, and graciously expressed the high satisf a ction she felt at th e brilliancy and beauty given them by the new process. We anticipate that her satisfaction will be heightened on beholding the " mountain of light," which is to shed its lustre on the illustrious lady, who shines gloriously in rank and virtue. We are given to understand that it will be sat either in the crown, or form an ornament to adorn the Queen. This gem having lett the hands of the artisans employed for . the purpose, they have each received from the bands of th . eir empl yoer, Mr. Garrard,Gad the Queen's jeweller, a piece of silver platF, with a the Koh-i-noor in the centre, and bearing the following inscription:—" Presented by Mr. Garrard to Mr. Fedder (Mr. Voorsanger) in commemoration of the cutting of the Koh-i-noor. Commenced the 16th July, and finished the 7th September, 1852."—Jeuiish Chroaicle. AUSTRIAN FEAR OF THE BIBLE.—A Breslau journal announces the arrival of a freight of Bible s , all un der seal, which had been seizes by the Austrian Govern ment at the Missionary Society's depot, and sent out of the country. FARREN, THE ACTOR.—We regret to an nounce that last night, while engaged in playing in The Master Pass i on at the Olympic Theatre, Mr. Farren was taken suddenly ill, and the piece was consequently stopped; Mr. Farren has greatly rallied. THE PRINTERS' DRAMATIC SOCIETT.—An at tractive amateur performance is to take place at the Soho Theatre to-morrow, on which occasion several of the members of the above society will sustain the principal parts in the following pieces :—Perfection, Delicate Ground, the Country House, and Charles the Second. The Earl of Lonsdale arrived at Lowther Castle from London on Friday evening last. The Hon. Colonel Lowther is also at the castle, where a select party have as sembled to enjoy the sports of the field. Captain Lowther, M.P., of the Guards, and Mrs. Lowther, have arrived at Whitehaven Castle. The Earl of Essex, his son, and Mr. William Brougham, have been shooting over Shap Fells, the property of the Earl of Lonsdale, during the past week. The sportsmen are all three excellent shots, and they bagged a great quantity of game. — Cumberland Pacquet. CLOSING OF THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—Yesterday the transfer books at the Bank of England, for the annuities due on the 10th of October on the following stocks, were closed, and will be re-opened on Tuesday, the 19th of Oc tober next, viz., Reduced 31. per Cent. Annuities, Long An nuities and Annuities for terms of years, Bank Stock from this day, the 10th inst., until Tuesday, the 19th October, and 31. ss. per Cent. Annuities until Wednesday, the 2d of Octo ber. At the South Sea House the transfer books for South Sea Stock will be closed this afternoon until Tuesday, th e 19th October proximo. FIRE AT SWINDON STATION. —Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, after the departure of the up-mail train, and at a time when all the servants and domestics belonging to the establishment of the Queen's Royal Hotel and refresh ment rooms had retired to rest, a fire was discovered in the linen-room, on the north side of the building, which created the greatest alarm an d consternation, and which, but f or its timely detection, an d the promptitude and presence of mind displayed by Mr. Phillip s, the proprietor, must have ended building. The gin the total destructio n of at least that side of the The fire was first d iscovered by a young lady of esta blishment, whose bed-roo m was opposite a nd l and who was aroused a crackling noise and a smell of smoke. She instantly g aveg an _alarm, and on M r. Phillip proceeding to the sp ot he found the room in ala the adoption of tim el y p recautions the flames w b ere ze. y s extin guished, and th e total damage will not ex ceed 100 / Wiltshire Mirror. The King of Belgium has conferred the order of Leopold, with the civil decoration, upon Sir Henry De In Beche, of the Geolog ic al Survey - "ice, of London, as a public testimony of his Majesty's esteem and satisfaction for the eminent services rendered by hi m ,„ . Werotta ViilVlolo PUblieatical gqQ.logy by his nu- THE SH ittKET S. 31321T15E RAILWAYS Raiiriays. Aberdeen 1001. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley all pd. Birk., Lan., Sr Ch. Jet.,, late 331. 6.9.8 d., 281. pd.' Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cens., all pd. Ditto, ditto .. . 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian _lOO/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jet. 45/. pd. Dundik & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber- deen JUnc. all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd., Do (181. E.& H.) all pd. East. Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 1001. Glas. & S.-West., 100/.p Great Northn., 100/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. IA B Stock,loo/. p J Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 1001. pd Lanc. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W.Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,lool. p Do. Fifths 12/. pd Do. 101.,M &B (0) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 501., 42;{,, pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil., all pd Man. Bus. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4/. 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 IA Do. ;4 Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket _lOO/. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...121 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 ,4 p Norfolk lOOl. pd Do. New 201. S. 151. p North. Coun.Un. 3 ;4 pd North British _lOO/. p Nth. Devon, No.l, 13 Lp Do., No. 2 6 14 pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. Si. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. Junc. 8 1 ,4 p Oxf.,Wor., &W.,100/. p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & Do. do. Shrew. & Her Bl. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Unien pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 5l. pd Stirl. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Bar. 1004 Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.loo/.pd Nominal Priem 26% to 26% 61 x.d 10% -- 11 xAI 9 8 d. 19 —2O x.dl 102 104 x.d 41% 42% 20% 20% 15 —l5 7 5 d. 7 - VA 4 9 - 3 -3% 11% - 11% 7 '4 -73 i 5 3 / i - 5 5 / 8 18% - 183/4 57 —59 x.d 71 —73 24% 25% 79 —BO x.d 42 —44 Ll 7 —ll9 x.d 45% —46 x.d 96% 96 3 % 84 —B6 Mi 11% p 86% 86% 4 —3% die. 2 3 / 4 —2% dis. 17% 181,i 103 4134 8 —B% x.d 104 1 ,4 105% 121% 121 3 / 4 3% 4 p 1 , 4 2 p 92 1 ,x, 93% x.d 4 3 dis.x.d 3 2 dis.x.d 15 —l6 3 —3% 29 —3O 8% 23 dis. 77% 77% x.tl 42 —44 x.dj ••• ••• 47 —49 x.d 3% a die. .1 3 / 4 , 2% 43 45 x.if x.n '9 8 clio.x.d x.n 30 —3l 7 —6% dis. 2y, -2% 1 -IA dis. 5 —4j dis. 5 - 6 p. 47 -48 77% - 78% 55 -57 68 -72 •.• ••• 2 —l% dis. 19% 20% 93 4 10% 14% 15 1 ,4 3 —2% d. dis. x.cl 72 —73 37% 38 par 34 p I . 6'd = 188 x.dl 2%- 2y B 12 -14 % - 63/ 8 21 -23 9% - 10% .... •• • G 7% 68% x.d' 8 % 7y s dis.x.d 2 4 dis.x.d 48 —49 x.d PREFEREzircs s: Aberdeen all pd Do.CoDßCparhooiler Chas. serks.4d. No c&o&paenn.nEic idta 2 7 hx.nso , iiylal p honrp e ldde. r . .os c c ,niat t. 15,01. 51. pd allpp:Stk Dundee, Per. ,& Aberd. Junction all pd E. An.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. ( 51.) 7 per ct. all p Do./ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., 5 p. c., No. 1 pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all. pd Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5p e. red. sc. all p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. _6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 131. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. —lOO/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 1001. p' Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 1001. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. Si. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, IG/....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, ••• ••• 1 105 -107 102 104 18 —l9 x.d par— 14P 6%- 6% S -3% 15 / a 1 7 / 8 p 1 5 / 8 1 ',3 P 14;i 143/4, 16 -li% 9% - 93 15% - '3% - 8 / 8 - 16 14 x.d 9% x.d 4 per cent all pd Do., 41,E per ct 6y 4 p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 1001. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Pref., di p.c. Si. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 ,E p ct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 100/. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 31. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd Do. 5 per cent, 81. pd South Devon all pd Do. New 1 pd, St.-Est. (Reading An-1 nuities)...l/. Os. 6d pd Do., 4% p c 100/. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 51. pd. York & N. Midland IL and S. Parch. 10/. pcl 3fg - 1p 107 - 109 'Adis.— %p 150 152 3% - 13 - p x.d 14 9 1 ,¢-10% 11% -11% 'A - % P dig. y l p Ys dis. y 4 p 148 - 150 •.• par -- 22 5 1 ‘ 1 3 / 4 , 99 P x.d 23 x.d 2 x.d 101 2A- 23/4p 11 = ii% 18% x.d 1% p x.d 16% % p 1. 7 3 A, . . •• ' 15 1 4 ii dis. ••• - ••• i 934 -20 y,, Ya 102 5 -- %di& 104 x.(1 1 2c.d! 34 p ________ Business dens to-day. Railways. I Nominv 1 Prices. Cent. France (0.V.) all' Charl. & Erquol all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian all pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Lour. a la Sambre 7 1 ,4 Luxembourg l4l. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do pd Do. (Canal) pd Madras 2s. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New pd Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 11/. pd Paris & Lyons 10/. pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd. Rouen & pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 61. pd, - - X dis.. 7 3 / 4 p 13' s — lisP 1 I '4 13 ••• ...—. ••• 6 3 / 1 ---. 7 4y 4 —434 e 1%-- 1% 14— 19/s 2% 2%P 7 .. 9 2 3 6% 634 26% - 264 13% - 14% Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Calitot than, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper —4O/. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 141 pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd G rd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgeoth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty ... all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mariquita all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10% South Australian, all pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba 1 paid 1 1 y i - 11 1 / 2 P 57 -5 9 34 - 34',4 27% - 27 % 14% - 14% % -- 8 7 ..• ... ••• 33% 4 3 5 / 8 3 7 / B P. 1 s P P 1 1 / 4 dtS. dl3. y a di g . par 3 .... 4 ••• Par 43 % ..• % ••• did. %dig.— Par %dis. Par P P 5 / 8 Addis. 5 Par y 8 dis. % 3 4 P % P 12 di9 . 1p 3 ar y 8 dia. 1% 13% 5 SWA %dia. P YA . _ -STOOS 55% - 56 67 -59 15 -- 16 L 29 -30 Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Cora. of London '2Ol. pd London Chart. Bank of Australia Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 101. pd Lon. & Westm. 201. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lOl. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold Importing Corn. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 2 1,4 pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd ••• - ••:, 18% - 1 - 31 - 33 44 -46 18 3 4 2 0 38 — 39 46% 47 16 y a -- 17% ... - ,• 49% - 50% 6 - 8 % 17 -18 ;CELLANEOTA 3 - 4 150 -51 Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land all pd Do. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14L pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...soL p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2 p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, V. p e.....•• .. dy,..... 514 ... ••••• .•• 28% = 29% '' _- 24 84 -- 86 35% -- 36% 78 -- 79% 27'4 •••• ••• ut• s!4 1% Y 4 5 % 6 1 6 I.P• 4fi % '64 MONEY an d --------- ' A i . il c ommEltellsß-4 •L'ex, The sales of Cotton u a l . C t LlivTerY; oilligte°d•BClivi°ere ev:ti; qmuaiteetd, but 5 9 , t 0 e 0 a 0 d y b , al o Pt°raue. The market ~0 to the . ,_ _.,es. Tbeool' to e r 5 4:, ' d d . u , comprised 4,000 American,l2loawcotißitoiiawoueitraal,alrttieiocrsoltsdi.r7eirinsuospi-cy patio eve and Marsoll6p: a t to 5 1 . and w 500 Surat at 3 2 d. to ‘ . 41 1 P ° ' 113.--.11. Shares ' Colonial produce has been more in dercitn-,.,,1e been A fOr de well etaples, supported.exporters pu T era h tue e rs b u u s u in d e s ie s p of the leading for home use, and on the whole prie es B D : cbietlwi operate with muc t t ° There is no alteration eresea f E of consequence at l'i m - oti ot ° notice in the English Stock }Market. Th e t ., — re c ie ' business doing d is mor© moderate, but pric"6",,,floy, isP cidedl st 99 i toY 10 e 0 a i. Consols are 994 to i for A'N.l- 000' edcouilleatobra99 cieleutititliag for Account. Reduced Three per ere_ have no ofri • cial quotations as the Transfer -vv- ate closed. Ne w Cleot o • bills Three-and-a-Quarter per - „wet . 104 A . r 8 to 1. Bank Stock Pieee" 001 227 to 229. 0. FOl . r e are still quotedat - i 3s. to 765., and 68s. to i for the March 0 1 ofand Jun ' June issue respectivelf; sosint The sc • rip the Turkish Loan is advacolog vsoriP now bears a premium of 8i to Bf. the voraigti steady atslto 51 premium. Is the otbor,e-c, beet], Securities Mexican n business b is less active than it had 115 ; 10 '; 41 1 5 ave been marked 25-1 i; Vt tlt : a nd 0 / " . Brazilianlo3k; Peruvian Deferred 65it to Dv , di ' nian 95i to i. ba le The Railway Market a Pr ice° IP keeps heal'' , o n arealo ' further declined, but the present quotations an better than they have been. The dealings ire generall • y unimportant. , a re stead The Share aw l riiiic- ere sof the French Cry T 1 Il ly riii and quiet at ito2 pr • Chartered ..-3 vote shade better, and 4 &MUM are quoted 2i i premiuni. Dock 4 to I The markg e l mium. "fle firnier.• air It is reported or Mining Shares is a tri _.,, Te m , s , that the auriferous gold qaar'say,o prvio covered on theperty, dAustralian Agricultural C. 1 1 30 ribilir district, New South PiTale ß, ". 00 0 t said to be of acter, is goa l) an exc • eedingly rich char .. 6 covered to ' Arthur, on exist as far south-west P . t iler,. OW the Hunter River; it ;I'', o fore t • • , anael a t • a . of e" lroa l Wales will ped that this porta) , ore 0 ultimatelybe the be cc it wi which the auriferous exports may be ezpected' or permit of a 1 mac hine P° 00 .argo application of inac... hat reason of the streams t • eor e abundance of water This intelligi ~„ through has - the plains into the Hunter. ler , t d ow, s caused the shares of the Australian Gordo tr oP 6 are 0 . advance to ss. Bd. , at which price th e y puny to buyers. TO 99 THRE O' QUART -511 • - . , 1 li BRlTlSH°D7ll2Bto ß Accoujii . . Oct. :.13 ..: 99 ' o cs Bank Stock . ************ ''' 4 ' 44 3........ . .......... per Cent. Console. Anns. ............. .. 99Y is ../ New 14 ... 1(45/a9's'i# 3 per Cent. Atlas. ............... FUN C D Fr S om ill th l e So9l6Acral India Stoc k ................................. .. -- _, 87 p Do. Bonds, 1000/....... .............. 85 81 Lilst?)ll:B°2'2G: South Sea Stock .............................. : , Ditto Old Annuities .................... rti,, Bank Stock for Account ................... 2-1,b41 Console for Account .•••• •• ~ 'arch ,99 lail li Ezehoquer Bills• 14d. .. .. .-.. .... i' V)g l i. x 001..•.....•. ............................ ............ :722 p g.) ..., Small .................. 7 ‘.. P fi g, ....................... PRICE OF FOREIGN •.....,.....•..,••FUNDS AT o,..ligeLtiv Brazilian Bonds. 5 per C e nt• •••••' I v ' Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... ,051/, Ditto, 5 per Cent ...... ' 7 . ...... .., . 45 4 Equador Bonds ................ ...- 0 0441 M4xican Bonds, 1846, 3 per Cell t., • . "'" - . r eruvian Bonds, 8149, 6 per Cent: ... 5 , IA tP Do. Deferred 3 Cent- ........... " Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ...... ~ Ditto Converted, 1841 •••••••"'• 4" % a Rsaassrdiinaniadasnßooßnnodtnshcrs.elB22, 5 per Bent••• -„, % 118 4 4 4 e Tnrkish Loan, 6'apbseorvpCeernCt.en,.t......".. p •10::Sido%•3' '4' P Dividepavan A 8('? ----- LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(01,,,tP0; fil3Cl LONDON, SEPT. 10.—Wind at 1.10011 N., l i g ht - / 0 - dull cloudy weather. 0 ,16 assistedt to OFF Queen t e e n : o ls f f l I t L 0 E 0 1: o n L rocks north of the Rabbet Islands, on the 1 4 1 P; cee', a PILL, SEPT. tEehoSe; Middlet on, Badger, DEAL,Quebec. Quebec. ot e i e t n he 17th. The Hakon Jarl, Odessa 'to Engllloooo' i b s rep a o g rt r e o d un to d. b An English schooner, name ,ordlol Biovenrira si Dn f d or 8.131dr.-.—Wind E., strong and sq ut/I ' 01 06 Lagun SEPT. 9.—Wind N.E--Arrd. AlAgroo 0 h .rn—s o ;i r aA e cr In n n e e a , r cthaeicLuitgtar foOrcloanii:vb.asr,o, lINGENESS, SEPT. 9.--JUDO, +4 , la m r o e , i biloauvrannen, 11511;01 h A wA r i v " otrro :i i i. o t, -._oooo' LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 9.--Wind E. B uenos 0....-10, pit, ar L'Pil; ti Calcutta; Wuzeer, ditto; May Buenos spry M ', Cordes, Mobile; Lone, Newfoundland. Si d ' ZtbOtie: Thomas ; The Duke, New York; William, ---ti!spot3ne if ditto; Sir Alexander, Prince Edward Dian a ; • 0 u Quebec; Christiana, ditto; Lord A.shburton, dit_c•fiera port, Antigua Packet, Jamaica; Child© ilar °ld ' II :40 th Star, Alfred the Great, Millicete, Mount Wailm e Jalulee, and Glendower. Poe' pi Tmy ianseelAEs I rtahal I 33. without ol .t—h Tw 13:e :12 no t, 1 ea gri: toriu°° ~1 /11,. (I: : 1 / 3: !t_ocill NEWBUROU, SEFT. 9.—Tho Iron Prind°Biieertf I° phine, of Stavanger, from Liebau to this ,„noiao stranded here, but expected off if the weather rub' moderate; crew saved. (I•oefeffi SOIITSADIPTON, SEPT. 9.—Wind S.E.---Sl-9 g c E bic i t t steamer, Brazils. ._,I 1 PLYBIOTJTII, SEPT. 9.—Wind E.N E.---r V...; 00,,-1 Rio Janeiro. Sid. Humboldt, Sydney, . 08 " YIP . ' Wales --lost three men last night off kiewstoelog# outtiug the an 0 11 Q 7 ; Kenny, Adelaido, 0020 Agi LINES LEASE: X- In AT rxima NENTALS. Railways.! _Leasing Compan es. Nominal Prices. to-day. Business '. -- Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W . .•• Bir.& Oxf., gua. all Gt. Westn. 29% —30 X Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar ... ... all pd Do. Do. without, all p Do. 1 Buckinghash. all p Lon. &N.W Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 52 —53 x .d x.d E. Lin., gua, 6 pert cent ...... 1001. pd Gt. Northn. 150 151 Gloucest. & Dean) Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. 32 — 33 Hartlepl. Dk. & 'Yk. New. 1_ Railw....all pd 1 &B erw. j .. ••• Hull & S e lb y , a ll p Y k. &N M 112 —ll 4 114 Do. Halves., all p Do. • 56 — 57 Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds & Brdf., a ll p Midl an d Lon. & Gre nw ., a ll S. Eastern 1334 —l4 Do. Pref....all pd Do. - 26 X Lowestoft., gua. 4 x.d x.d per cent...all pd Norfolk - 20 Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Middlesbr' & Red .— ••• x.d N. c & ar E , 6 ., p 5. pc..,ca.,llalpl E. Counties 6 . 23 : ____ . 6.5. x.u , Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. ... Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. nwi Presto. &WYre- { 1-4 • B ''''' sa r ... -.. all paid &La. Ditto, Halves, A, 1001. pd Do. orthn 1 149 151 x. d 14 8 -- 150 R D °37 O; S B' h il oP i • t E " lx° ' ° ' al ; e 1P1 , (51t)1 Shf * Rth• 86 G in Lan. & Yks MrlNt•Clean 1 ,4 . ....74 . di & x.d S • s e S a Pt r a fr. y e a d" I s . hi :P . 9 c: A" , a I PP I Stckt& Dar 30 1 ,4 ..... 31% w Ditto ditto, all p Do. ... ..._ ... ijf Utid 54%0 41140413g14 OM ..... .105 1 Business done to-day. 11% x.d 58 x.d 71 25 79 42 43 x,d 96% m.(l Pm 86% 'Vs 17% 18 8% x.d 104% 121% 120Y 8 15% % 92% % 93 x.d 29 X 77% 54 d x.d x. 44% x.d 67 x.d 12% 12 7Y B x.d 48% x.d 102 1 A 100 07% 102% x.LI 5% THE WEATHER —Suit OFTICE, s THIMMOMETEE, IN THE SHAzu. 10. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during th e „ light 65—this day, at noon. BALROMBITS, 29.91. WIND N.N.E.—cloudy, with very heavy rain; Afternoon, sunshine. 10 3 A 12 5 ,i 56% 19 3 A 14 5 /u 21% 148 1 tlllO, I t ortin teq 't .... 4 " ~ai II Di %.,