The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-16 00:00:00

,~. Jae published, In Bvo., price to the T r ad e , 3s. #5l each, cloth, THE TENTH said ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORTS of the REGISTRAR-GENERAL of BIRTHS, DEATHS, and MARRIAGES, in ENGLAND ; comprising, in addi tion to the Two Reports, the Abstracts of the years 1847 and 1848. London Pu bli s hed for ILIT. Stationery Office, by Messrs. LOngTnan, Brown, Green, and i L ongroms, Ot whom Inay be had, The ]FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTI4 SIXTH, SYNENTII, EIGHTH, and NINTH REPORTS. TILEATHE ROYAL, HA.YMARIre.T. w.beier, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THI3 EVENING, vrti b e orforthed the celebrated Adelphi Drama of JACK SHEP ?ABD, by Mrs. Keeley, Mes , m. Paul Bedford, S. Emery, and 0. Smith ; tin Laura Honey, Miss Ellen Chaplin, &c. To conclude with the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S fREATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. ThiV Thetatre will OPEN on SATURDAY next, Sept. IS, when Will be performed a new petite Comedy, called THE PRIMA DONNA. After which. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabian and Louis to Franchi, Mr. Charles Bean. I) 0011 chicle with A. ROL SND FOR AN OLIVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert.. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Open Eyery Evening, with the Largest Equestrian Establishment in the World. Most Gratifying Success Second Week of the Equestrian Season. The most triumphant success of Mr. Stokes' Troupe—they are li terally American Wonders, and have, each night of their appearance, been greeted with reiterated applause. They will appear every Evening in conjunction with the Brothers Seigrist on La Perche, and the whole of the talented artists of the Establishment, forming one of the best and most varied entertainments ever presented within Ze walls of an Amphitheatre. doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; the Performances commence at Seven. Half-price at Half-past Eight. Awina.asioa—Stalls, is.; Dress Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ' • Upper Gallery, 6d. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Last Week of the Season. Greet Combination of Attractions—Music, Zoology, Floriculture, and Fireworks. Dasson's Modelled Panoramic View of Mount Etna will positively be removed after this week, in order to commence with the prepa rations for next season. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. Panic - oar. Vocarawrs—Miss Messent, Miss Clara Henderson, Mr. Young, Mr. Manvers, and Mr. Leffler. Conducted by Mr. J. L. Hatton, who will preside at the Pianoforte. PRINCIPAL IXSTRIISIENTAL S O LOISTS —Messrs. J. Richardson (Flute), Waffle (Clarionet), Lazarus (Clarionet), Viotti Collins ( Violin) Ciotti. (Trombone), Collinet (Flageolet), Sidney Pratten (Flute), and Conductor of the Orchestra, Mr. C. Godfrey. Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN' and the CYCLOPS—Splend id and interesting Menagerie -- Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un-. rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties--C o ncluding at Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southi?,3:, representing the Interior o f th e M ounta i n (the Pan d emo nium of the Ancients), with the Cavern s an d F orges o f V u l can a nd the whole terminatin g w ith the Erupt i on o f M o unt Etn . a, ,t, a o Grand Tableau on th e L a k e o f Thetis, and. th e Serelad3 rec." Armour of Achilles. his Cyclops, specimens , some The menagerie now consists of several hundred the finest of their species in England, th ree including ie , &C., and fine e le p hants, two giraffes, four ostriches, two camels, lions leopards, Use colossal tortoise (the largest ever exhibited). upwards of 200 years old, Feeding the Ani mals at Five. Con. Doors open from Nine A.M. Fe cert at a Quarter -past Six. Fireworks at ADMISSION, ONE Stu-La, --- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY --biOrninZ 19 caln. after 3 I Evening 33 nith . tit er To-oaow—Morning 0 rain. after 4 I Evening 21 im i n. atte 3 Vs. r 4 THE grEATFIER.—SEIN OFFICE, SEPT, 16. r irman AETER, L' I THE SHADE. 58—iighest since noon yesterday. 43_—lowest this morning and during the night. by Shia day, at noon. BARectualut, 29.77. W» variable from N.E. to S.E.—Morning, fine; After noon, cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Stare of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.— fhe stations ara arranged in order of latitude. Pramouni—Wind N., strong breeze—rain. Poorz—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. H AlrMs—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. toramsromr,—.Wind S.W., light airs—overcast. p t irle .,„2 43 ag—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. — "L"GsroK,E—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. G REENWICH—Wind S.E. gentle breeze—overcast. LnaGHTox—Wi n d N.W., calm—partially cloudy. CAXBRIDGE-W ind S.—cloudy. YeemouTH—Wind S.E., calm—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nige o'clock : LIMERICK—Wind S., calm—cloudless. Bitruzicies—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FL/lam:mil—Wind E., gentle breeze —overcast. Foor.E—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. liesmiGs—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. SormamproN—Wind W., gentle breeze —rain. Fo Wind N.W.; Tight airs —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BA.surasTomc—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—Wind IN:W., gentle breeze—partially clouds'. &moon—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CotelrEsTEß—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Cox:BRIDGE—Wind W.—cloudless. Y.satmourn—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. HOLYHZAD—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LAzicenttP--Wind N.W., gentle breeze—principally clear. SHAP—Wind N., calm—principally clear. Fixerrocx—Wind N., strong breeze--overcast. * - • ' . 4 °;;:;". '' ''s ei ti , .'.' - : , ;__ , O . ; ,P '. --',. --- ..---.76) - Y" . ,-.,-0 ' c'.,- - - - z',vr ~.k. I -004,1 T, i -., , ,,.„;; z,, , , t ig 4ei ,-_ oi : , ~ ...x .,........ .:., , ... tina LONDW.I, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1852 Everybody acquainted with the history of science, is familiar with the anecdote, which tells us that Jamas WhTT was regarded as an idle boy for sitting in the chimney corner watching the steam-dance of the lid of the boiling tea-kettle. Yet every one knows also, tolerably well, that to the contemplation of that do mestic phenomenon may he traced the construction of the elaborate and almost magical machinery of the steam-engine 1 As directly traced as the discovery of the principle of gravitation to the dropping of the ripe apple at the feet of ISAAC NEWTON ! As directly as the deteotion of the isochronism of the pendulum to the bronze lamp that swayed one evening to and fro before the eyes of Geramio GALILEI ! It is the habit, however, of pro sa i c mediocrity to be blind to the:grand ulterior purposes of experiment. Philosophers are in this manner not unfrequently counted as chil dren. Sometimes, indeed, th ey are treated as little better than moonstruck. In this manne r the ragged urchins of Madrid used to jeer Coat amos as the " mad Italian"—because he was stri c k en with the sublime insanity of yearning to go in search of an other hemisphere! There is at noble and touching moral implied, then, in that account gi ven by Burawaa LYTTON, in one of his most resplendent compositions, of A DA M WARNER and the fabrica tion of his Eureka. Precisely in the same spirit o f barbarism as that in which these historical and imaginary seekers after knowledge have been sub ifiated to the sneers of ignorance, and to the derision orthe shortsighted —the modern student 3 of science have been laughed at by the unthinking or the un imaginative. It is thus that we have so repeatedly had occasion to regret the flippant sarcasms directed against the labours of the British Association. Among the members of that association are numbered the names of philosophers than whom the world has seen few more illustrious in their respective depart ments. Yet against a body of men thus eminent the petulance of a few empty-headed cavillers has ventured to throw the shafts of ridicule, and this, in the age of the electrotype, and the daguerreotype, and the electric telegraph, and the steam-engine, and the printing-press, and the spin ning-jenny—undeterred by the renown of a ge o l og i s t Bite Mnaznaso s o f a traveller like HUMBOLDT, of an analytical chemist like LIEEIG, of an astron omer like EizuscnELL, of an anatomist like OWEN, or of an electrician like Faits.t)hor! From the com mencement of these unseemly displays of fatuity to wards the elevated toils of our Philosophers, p hers, we re joice to think that we i have invariably spoken tv a in d . terms of unmeasured indignation against the dlera who have endeavoured to depreciate the achieve. ments of the British Association. Recently, in alluding to the inaugural add ress de livered by Colonel SABINE oa the Ist instant at Bel fast, we availed ourselves of the opportunity t o eau. merate some of the more remarkable advantages con. ferred by the society upon the community a tlarg e, since th e per i od of their l ast assem bly, which took place in 1851 at Ipawiob. Several others were natu rally, or r a th er, we may say, isev-' 'itably omitted from the catalo gue —naturally, because of the narrow limits of a single article in a daily newspaper—ine vitably, because of the multiplicity cf the benefits re quiring to be enumerated. It may be as well, there fore, to particularize one more in addition, as illus trative yet further of the good resulting from the manual meeting of th e association. No one can be rah or ridiculous enough—however much he may be prejudiced against the British Association—to deny the importance, in a scientific way, of determining, with ail p oss ibl e accuracy, in regard to the globe which we inhabit, its Peciss figure and dimensions. Upon the extent of the accuracy arrived at in solving this very delicate problem, are dependent many of the most interesting calculations made in astronomy and navigation. Ac cording to the opinion of LarnacE, attempts in this direction were adventured upon at a period much earlier than the generality might be disposed to con jecture. It is even supposed by some, from certain curious indications to that effect discovered in various parts of Asia and Egypt - , that the ancients had a tolerably correct idea of the earth's circumference. Later on, as Colonel SABINE remarked, " the merit of resuming these investigations belongs to the French nation, by whom the arc of the meridian between For mentera and Dunkirk was measured towards the close of the last century. The trigonometrical sur vey of Great Britain, commenced in 1783, for the specific object of connecting the observatories of Greenwich and Paris, was speedily expanded by the able men to whom its direction was then confided into an undertaking of far greater scientific as well as topographical importance, having for its objects on the one hand the formation of correct maps of Great Britain, and on the other the measure ment of an arc of the meridian, having the ex treme northern and southern points of the island for its terminations. A portion of this arc, amount ing to 2 degs. 50 mins., viz., from Dunnose, in the Isle of Wight, to Clifton, in Yorkshire, was pub lished in the Philosophical Transactions in 1803. As the whole arc, extending from Dunnose to Unst and Balta, the most northern of the Shetland Islands, would comprise more than 10 degrees, and, as nearls have not been felt, that both y half a century had elapsed si nce t h e publication of the earlier part of the survey should t it i some degree ofimpatience by these who desired the results for scientific use, and by those who were interested for the scientific charac ter of the nation, that the general results of the survey applicable for scientific purposes should at length be given to the world." Participating in these feelings, and persuaded that some activity in the furtherance of this long-delayed project had become more than ever desirable, the British Associati on , upon the occasion of its meeting in 1849 at Birmingham, passed a reso lution appointing a deputation to confer with the Master-General of the Ordnance—a similar resolution Society, being p asse d almost simultaneously by the Royal During the course of last year a statement of the principal results obtainable from the geodetic f operati ons i n Great Britain and Ireland was, in con sequence, promised by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Subsequently, we should say very recently, a letter was transmitted to the British As sociation by Captain YOLLAND, of the Royal Engi neers, announcing that the " printing of the obser vations made with the Zenith Sector, for the deter mination of the latitudes of stations between the years 1842 and 1850, is finished, and will be presented in time for the meeting of the British Association, and that the calculations connected with the triangulation are rapidly advancing towards their completion." Another testimony is thereby afforded of the admira ble fruits of these frivolously depreciated meetings of the British Association—fruits, it may be added, poison to the ignorant, but manna and ambrosia to the initiated. The Income and Property-Tax, in its present form, is doomed. Several years of experiment have abun dantly tried it. Put on, originally, as a temporary measure, it proved so profitable to the Treasury, that it has gradually assumed an appearance of perma nency, so that, in the next session, the question will not be whether this impost shall be continued, but how it may be modified, so as to bear more equally than it now bears upon the tax-payers. In its pre sent form, or rather in its present practice, the im post is unjust, unequal, and unpopular. A. very little common sense, grafted upon our legislation, would easily remedy these evils. There exists no "just cause or impediment" to the putting this tax upon a fair, equal, and popular :principle—always bearing in mind, what class legislators so often forget, that the greater the wealth, the greater, in proportion, should be the taxation. If an artisan or mechanic earns two pounds a week, or 1001. a year, a tax of five per cent. on that will oppress him more and be more felt than a like tax upon a capitalist with an income of 1,0001. a year. That is, five pounds deducted from the workman's wages will leave him 951., whereas fifty pounds deducted from the rich man's income will leave him 9501. The rich man, for this deduction, can easily make up by dispensing with one servant out of his half dozen, or by shutting up his fencing-house, or by keeping two instead of three ponies for his children's pleasure. Fifty pounds out of a thousand is little felt by a wealthy man, while five pounds out of a hundred is really a heavy mulct. Five pounds would buy a suit of clothes for an artisan, or would clothe his wife and a child or two, or would pay the wages of a " help," so as to make his wife something better than the mere domestic drudge she is now, or would insure his life for 200/., or would pay his contribu tions to a benefit society, or would supply education (cheap as it now is) to two or three children. Five pounds would be taken from the working man's actual necessities, whereas (at the same ratio of taxa tion) fifty pounds paid by the man with 1,0001. per annum, is deducted simply from his superfluities. This has been, because the laws are made, not by artisans, but by men of large incomes, who—ah, poor human nature !—cannot help, in their class legislation, putting on the burthen so as to sit lightest on them selves. Is this denied ?—recollect how the window tax on Northumberland House, that palace at Charing cross, actually was' less than what was paid by one of the shops in the Strand, the idea of the class legis lators being that the larger the house the smaller snould be the proportion of the tax ! So, too, " The Palace of the Peak," as Chatsworth is called, paid less tax than an ironmonger's at Sheffield. Against direct taxation no sensible man will say a word. It really takes less out of the tax payer's pocket than imposts which are in direct. The many do not see this. Mr. MACGREGOR, who is sound authority upon such matters, says, " a public revenue being indispensable to defray the necessary public expenditure, Property, whether in Land, or in Commodities produced at home, or imported from abroad, ought to be taxed, or 1 made to yi e ld up annua ll y a j us t pr o p or ti on o f i ts rent or p ro fi t to the amount of the annual legitimate clai ms upon annual the nation. This proportion of th e rent or profit of Property, would then form all that could the whole amount of equitae taxation, levied upon equitably constitute the whole national income."— ' I abt, we think of the justice of a tax on Property : m uch doubt o f thelncome j a u n s d ti - c p e ro of e Income on a like scale, The proceeds of a rty tax Ta o x n average 5,500,0001. a y e ar___, far p of revenue to be lightly °Y too great a source relinquished. Is it at all necessary that it be unjust and inquisitorial ? The de is to have an t , an proper MO 'Mal ass essment, i n essnaent in the pound, upon th e annual value of all ' realized pro perty." This ' done, fairly and justlY, the amount now realized by this tax might easily be doubled, and Mr. DISRAELI would rejoice, we dare say, in having 11,000, • 000/ at his command, instead of .5,500,000/. Or, if only the latter sum wa s re _ t would raise it, on an quired, a tax of two per cen . equitable assessment. It is not equitable to put the man of uncertai n , fluctuating income, arising out of his own personal exertions, upon the same footing with the man who has, for himself and his heirs for ever, a fixed w ould be to pro perty yielding him a like income. That say that what is variable, fluctuating, and uncertain is o,f the same value as that w hi c h is fixed, unvaried, and for ever. Capitalise the two incomes, and what will be the result ?—That incomes arising from per sonal labour, ability, or profession (and ending wiin the life, or even with the failing health, of the pro ducer) are no more t h an li fe annu i ties, and value them aaegisterccordingly. Mr. W ILLIAM F ARE ( o f t h e G enera l Office) proposes thus " to treat life incomes from professions as life annuities, and to give them the same value as such annuities at some which is the by 5 per cen t. i n t erest, i nstead of 3, rate when there is no risk. By this hypothesis, which we adopt for the sake of its simpli city, we overrate the value of such incomes, as com pared with incomes derived purely from the interest of money or the rent of land." And he adds the reason why this should be : he says, " Every person of common sense I meet kno ws perfectly well that the income from trade is w ort h less tha n a n equivalent in come; and f ee l s that THE MAN from money or land WITH A LITE INTEREST OUGIIT TO BE TAXED LESS. " Sir ROBERT PEEL either did not or would not see ht before his no ti ce , i n . this. It was constantly 404 TIIE SUN, A LONDON, and out of Parliament, but he doggedly refused to remedy the evil. He was wedded to his opinion that his own idea was the best,—because it would involve much trouble in making the change, and because he was morbidly sensitive as to admitting that he was wrong. Yet, what changes of opinion were his, how decided, how complete, and, we might add, how noble in their operation for the public weal. The Bourse recovered is spine rue ,, sure I rem the de pression of the last two days. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 103 f. 80c., and closed at 104 f. 20c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents, closed at 77f. 60c.; Orleans Railway Shares. 1,448 E 75c.; Rouen, 3 71 f. 25c. ; G rea t Northern, 688 f. 75c; A B7 v O in ; o li n, av 4 r 9 e k; Basle, 313 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 713 f.; Paris and Lyons, 795 E; Lyons and Avignon, 592 f. 50c.; St. Dizier to Gray, 540 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 15. Charleroi and Erquelines, 15—Dijon and Besangon, 2 5 / 8 Luxembourg, 63/4—Namur and Liege, 714—Northern of France, 27—Ditto, 201. 3 per cent. Bonds, 14—Paris and Lyons, 21 , 4—Paris and Orleans, 57 3 / 4 —Paris and Rouen, 34 —Paris and Strasbourg, 27 y. Sambre and Meuse, 9. Is 1,000/. made in trade, by a profession, or by salary (dying when the recipient dies), worth as much as 1,0001. a year inherited from land ? Or, in other words, is a life-interest worth as much as a perpetual property? If not, do justice by putting the assessment on the property value of the two interests —that which is of uncertain and that which is certain. Treat both as property, and assess them accordingly, If you earn 1501. a year, by manual or mental labour,—which earning may cease suddenly and for ever, by the hand of GOD visiting you with ailments of mind or body, —are you on as good a footing as your neighbour who has 1501. a-year from landed property or from the funds ? Of course you are not ; of course, therefore, you ought not to be put on an equality, as to the taxation on property, with your more fortunate neighbour. Where he pays a shil ling, you ought not pay to more than threepence. Two principles will be borne in mind, we hope, whenever there is an assessment of the Income and Property Tax. One is, that it shall be graduated, so that the poor man's proportion shall be smaller (as it ought to be) than that of the rich man—for the pay ment is from one's necessity, and from the other's luxury. Another is, that whatever is the minimum exempted from the tax (it is now all under 1501) the payment shall be on the overplus and not on the gross amount. Thus, if a man's income be 1491. 193. 11d., he is free from income and property-tax ; but if he has the misfortune to possess the odd penny, which raises it to 1501., he must pay his tax of seven pence per pound, not on the amount which brings him within the tax, but on the whole. If his income be under 1501. he is tax-free, if it exceed it by one penny, then comes the monstrous injustice and ab surdity of making him pay 41. 7s. 6d. income-tax on that single penny 1 SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th contain no politica news of interest. The Diario announces that it will henceforth ap pear only as a literary and scientific journal. Th e QUEEN and the KING had paid a visit to the town of Scgovia ; the Infant Princess of the ASTU RIAS accompanied them. They were received with acclamation. The Three per Cents. were done at 46i ; the New Three per Cents. at 24 11-16; the Debt of the first class at 12k; and that of the second at 6 7.16. GERMAN Y. The official Vienna Gazette of the 10th contains a leader, from which it not only appears that it is the intention of the Austrian Government to let France act with perfect freedom with respect to the question of the proclamation of the empire, but that Austria even approves of that transition, as being favourable to the cause .)f tranquillity and order. We read In the Augsburg Gazette of the 12th that Austria want s th e Z o ll vere i n to b e renewe d f or five or sixysars, at the same time that neg otiations shall be going on f or th e conc l us i on o f a treaty o f commerce with her. In signing the protocol of Vienna, the eoalised states have engaged not to enter into any ne gotiations separately. But the Augsburg Gazette adds that they h ave a l so , b y secre t articles, enteredinto an engagement with Austria to renew the Zollverein for five or six years ,only. and gives this as a reaso n w h y Russia insists in its answer upon renewing the Zollverein for twelve years. The semi- o ffi cial publication, the Official Corre spondence, o f Vienna, contains a lon article on the state of the customs' question, of which the following may . be looked on as a summary :—" The customs' question is s till at the same point in Germany. Austria and Prussia both ma i n t a i n th e pos iti on w hi c h th ey respectively took up fro m th e commencemen t. As to the coa li sed states, their dispositions are repre sented to v ary, according as intelligence arrives from Vienna or Berlin. Thus the partisans of Austria say that the union continues to be perfect between those and that in th e r e ply they are t o ma k e on the show th at such is the case. According to the 15th states, of this mcntli to the Prussian ultimat um they will Prussian version, on the contrary, there is confusion in the coalition, and though Bavaria and Hesse re main faithful to Austria, Wurtemburg and Baden lean towards Prussia. The truth on this point will, ho wever, soon be known, as the delay fixed by Prussia for a d ef i n i t i ve rep l y exp i res on the 15th. It is true th at some persons represent that this reply will be evasive like the preceding, and will only cause new delay. But it must be remembered that Prussia , hasdeclared th at s h e w ill no l onger a l low any reply o f that kind, and will consider any dila tory prete x t as a rup t ure o f the ne go ti a ti ons . I t seems that thi s rupture may b e cons id ered as nearly accomplished at least for a certain time. But it is not less t rue that all the rumours of hostility being likely to arise out of it between Prussia and Austria, have not the least foundation. If the rupture of commercial relations be accomplished, Austria will continue her expectant policy, and Prussia will form a separate association with the Stales which are al ready rang e d on h er s id e. A n d t h en they will wait for a more favourable opportunity to come to a general nnderstanditg—if that time ever arrives." A letter from Vienna, 9th, says :—" It is stated that in the commencement of next year, a third loan of 80 millio ns of florins will be contracted, but on this occasion, it will be done abroad. Several banking houses have already offered to charge themselves with the affair." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur says :—" Several journals have re produced reports which had before been contradicted relative to a treaty of commerce with England. These reports are entirely void of any kind of foundation." The following details of the PRINCE PRESIDENT'S tour up to Monday evening are supplied by Galignani: " The train, which left the Paris terminus with Prince Louis Napoleon and his suite, amidst the loud acclama tions of the spectators, proceeded along the Orleans line with great rapidity. At every station crowds of per eons were assembled to seo the President pass, an d everywhere the train was received with shouts of Viva Napoleon.' At Vierzen, M. Pastoureau, the Prefect of the Cher, and the Duke de Mortemart, in command of the military division, were in attendance to receive the Prince. An immense crowd had assembled in the neighbourhood of the railway station, and all greeted the President with acclamations. The Prefect presented to the Head of the State the mayor, the deputy-mayors , the municip a l counc il , an d the principal funct i onar ies of the place. Th e t ra i n only - remained there a few minutes, and then d as h e d on across t h e f er tile plains of the Berry cover e d w ith v i nes, f rom w hich might be seen to spring up the picturesque towers of many a village church. H ere , every s t at i on was decorated with flowers, evergreens, and a great number of tri-coloured theflag flags. a t i l o n n a t l m o a o c st bright glare on the th ousan d s of peasants who lined the o e n v s e i r d y e rpalbalceehuge distan ceb on a fi r o r eusndilluminated sides of the railway. At about six o'clock the steeples of Bourges appeared close at hand. The town was already illuminated, and amidst the blaze might be seen the imposing mass of the towers of the cathedral. b to ell th o e f s T a h in e t c E an t n ie o n n ne of thu th n e der p e o d lyg fo o r n th an t d heir the we g le r o ea m t e President. The station was splendidly lit up and orna mented with shrubs and flowers. The band of the 9th regiment of artillery was in attendance, and played military airs whilst the train was coming up. Immense acclamations burst out when the President made his ap pearance. The Prince was received at the station by M. Planchet, the mayor, the members of the municipal council, General Bonne, in command of the artillery, the colonels of the sth hussars and of the 15th regiment of the line, and a number of other high functionaries. Cries of Vivo Napoleon!' here burst out afresh, and continued for several minutes. Tho Prefect then pre sented to the Prince the mayor and the other civil authorities, and, after a short conversation with those gentlemen, the Prince moved forward to quit the station. " No speech was delivered, according to the order of the Minister of the Interior. The Prince and the Minis ters then proceeded towards the city. On entering the Prince mounted on horseback, and was followed also on horseback by the Ministers of War and Police, the Pre feet, the Secretary-General of the Prefecture, General Duke de Mortemart, General Borme, General de None, commanding the subdivision, the Colonel Director of Ar tillery and Fortifications; Generals Roguet, de Montebello, and de Goyan, and Colonel Fleury, aides-de-camp to the Prince, and all the officers composing the staffof the division. The mayor, deputy-mayors, and municipal councillors of the city, together with deputations from the muni cipalities of Sancerre and St. Amend, followed either in carriages or on horseback. A detachment of the sth Hussars preceded the Prince. A line was formed along the streets by the National Guards, the 9th Ar tillery, and the 15th of the Line. Tho crowd was im mense, and along the line of march enthusiastic cries arose of Vive Napoleon!' The Place and the Porte St. Sulpice were handsomely decorated. Over the gate were wreaths, tricolour streamers, and escutcheons bearing the arms of the city; there were also the initials of Louis Napoleon surmounted by an imperial crown. All the houses were handsomely decorated, and the enthusiasm of the people was very great. The Hotel-Dieu and the principal house of the Sisters of Charity were also adorned with wreaths of flowers and tricolour ribbons, and with the inscription: 'To Louis Napoleon, the saviour of families, the protector of re ligion.' The Smuts de Charisk were drawn up in a line, and as the Prince passed he saluted them with marked attention. "At half-past six, the cortege arrived in front of the cathedral. Here, with the shouts of Viva Napoleon!' was intermingled that of Viva l'Empereur !' The Car dinal Archbishop of Bourges and his clergy were drawn up inside the grand entrance of the sacred edifice, ready to receive the Prince. As soon as the arrival of the cortege was announced, his Eminence descended to the bottom of the steps at the head of his clergy, and offered to the Prince holy water and incense. All formal ad dresses being prohibited, he then welcomed the Prince in the following terms:— "' Prince,—We wished to lay at the feet of your Im perial Highness the sentiments with which we are pene trated towards you; silence is imposed on us, but rend in our hearts, Prince, and you will there seo a devotedness and a gratitude which can only be equalled by our pro found respect.' ITALY. The Giornale dells Due Sicilie of the 3d announces that the King of NAPLES has just granted pardons to 362 political offenders who had been exiled to the islands reserved for such prisoners. Among them were seventy men who had served under the late Venetian Government, the remainder were soldiers of the corps of Lombard volunteers of 1849. The Neapolitan Government has published a de cree, doing away with the temporary quarantine which had been laid on vessels and produce coming from Algeria, at the time when suspicions were enter tained of the sanitary state of the colony. THE DUKE'S DEATM—LIVERPOOL,WEDNESDAY.— The announcement in The Sun of yesterday evening of the Duke of Wellington's death caused great excitement in all parts of the town, and up to a late hour its report was not credited, and especially as the Telegraph Company had not been able to ascertain its truth. The old newspaper reader, nlllodrentemcahgeeoliwell: etlnsesi3Prelraole h a r g e . Another remembering The Sun's activity and vigilance before the establishment of railroads and telegraphs, gave full belief to The Sun's announcement, and but for the wire communicator it would have had here the field alone for eight hours.— From a Correspondent. DEATH OF THE DUBE OF WELLINGTON.—A brief ponaceoifn2 t ' h he e I S li e st e o , ry la o s f t th n e ig las ht t , brings intelligence of the death of the venerable warrior, announcement from saollaatregeedaitsi r.—Galignaiii of Wednesday. great whose Eduereedpse European occupy The purchases of buyers both from the The commercial advices from New York describe continued animation in the markets for most kinds of im ported goods. southern and western states have been very large, and many additional orders had consequently been transmitted to Europe. The stock market had been active, but the specu lative descriptions of securities had not shown any signs of recovering from their recent fall. The nature of the building for the proposed Crystal Palace in New York had been de cided upon, the plan selected being that of Messrs. Carstensen and Gildsmiester. It will be in the form of a Greek cross, with a dome in the centre, but will not cover more than an eighth of the space occupied by the Crystal Palace, in Hyde present month. Under its new postage law was to com mencephlets, &c., not exceeding provisions ')ark yearly in advance. Books not three ounces are to be sent to any part of the United be charged 1 cent. per ounce States for or a halfpenny sterling, and at half that transmitted free in the county of pub tpt operation newspapers , Pamphlets, o f f pt thea jal h e over that distance. Weekly fi u oi e n ra d ht e ia r olnf 3 , , t o : newspapers rate when g 4p arel .d te q oa u c a bha r en t quarterly r l 2 y e c o te r en t s . ,not weighing more than an ounce and a half, can he circulated within their own state newspapers, &e, autho rizes a contract to be entered into for five years, at 100,000 dolls. a year, for a mail steam line from New Orleans to Tampico and Vera Cruz. The vessels are to be of not less than 800 tons, and the trips are to be performed three times a month. Should the line be formed advices from Mexico would be received with great speed and regularity by tele graph from New Orleans to New York. There was nothing later from California. The recent accounts received from this side of the yield of the Australian gold-fields were attracting great attention. GREAT SCARCITY or SILVER COINAGE.—There never was known for many years so great a scarcity of the silver currency as at present, in consequ ence o f t h e very large exportations of silver that have recently taken place to Port Philip, Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, and other ports of our Australian colonies, for the convenience of the adventurers at the "gold diggin gs o Not a vessel leaves the port of London, Plymouth, Bristol, Liverpool, &c., but takes out a considerable amount both of gold and silver specie, either by speculators who are proceeding to the above colonies for the purpose of making large purchases of gold from the emigrants now working at the diggin gs, or consigned by capitalists and bulli on dealers to their agents at Port Philip, • &c., for the same specific purpose. It is with much difficulty that the bankers in the City and west-end can obtain silver currency to any amount either at the Bank of England or the Royal Diint to accommodate their correspondents in the different Manches ter, parts of the U n i ted Kingdom with silver coinag e. Atßirmingham Liverpool, and other large a commercial towns, the de mand at the various banks for silver is so great that the' are unable to supply parties with more than 100/. to 200 t , as not only is a vast quantity bei n g shi pped off to Australi a . and India, but the demands for silver bu llion and sp ec i e for France, Belgium, Holland. flamburgh, and the continent, are also very extensive. In consequence of thi s i mmense call for silver, it appears that the authorities at . the Bli nt intend having a considerable amou nt immedi ately coined i nto specie, and likewise gold currency of half-sovereigns and sovereigns for the convenience of ,the emigrants, wh o are placed in great difficulties from the want of a sm a ll circu lating meuium in exchange for the ir g old. LAYING DOWN OF A SUBTERRANEAN L INE or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND DOVER, IN CONNEXION WITI I TILE S UB MARINE CABLE. -- Dover;, WEDNESDAY. —ln a few weeks will be completed a sec on a connexion with line of electric communication, inthe conti nental telegraph, between this point of the coast and the metropolis. It has been promoted by the European. Tele graph novelties is Company, and one of its peculiar that it is being laid down along the old coach road, through Dept ford, Greenwich, Shooters-hill, Dartford, Gravesend, Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Canterbury, &c. to Dover. A s may b e known, the South-Ea s t ern Railway Company are the proprietors of the present tele graph, and as the company would not sanction the formation of a second line of telegraph, the plan was devised of laying the wires under ground along the road, similar to those which are conveyed under the metropolitan streets to the several telegraph stations. Sanction was obtained of the different road trusts, and some 200 or 300 workmen are now actively employed day and night on the works. The copper wires, six in number, are encased in nutty percha ; and being de posited in a kind of trough, constructed of kyanised timber, it, is laid in a trench dug in the road, some foot and a half from the surface. In order that there should mot be the possibillity of the wires failing, test boxes, by which the wires are prov e d, are erected every mile. The works are proceeding with the utmost expedition. A mile and a half is completed every day. According to present arrange ments, the six wires, as we were informed, will be so appor tioned— two to Paris, two to Brussels, and two for the Me diterranean route. At present it is not known whether there will be any intermediate station between London and Dover. The telegraph is completed as far as Chatham from Cornhill. SUDDEN DEATH, AT MANCHESTER, OF ME. THOMPSON, THE COMEDIAN. —This actor, who has been one of the regular corps at the Manchester Theatre Royal since the first • night edifice, expired suddenly opening of the new edifice, tri Sunday evening last. lle had for some time past—in deed, it is said, from childhood—laboured under a disease of the heart; and, having recently taken cold, he suffered more than usual. lie has left no family. " The Prince replied as follows: "' Monsieur le Cardinal,—l am profoundly touched by the sentiments you express to me. They are a good augury for me at the commencement of the journey I have undertaken; the wishes which are made for me by a prelate so distinguished, and a clergy so excellent for their virtues, will have a fortu nate effect.' " The President was then conducted in procession to the choir, amidst the pealing of the organ. A passage was formed for him between two lines of the clergy, and he bored to them repeatedly. The Prince knelt on a cushion prepared for him, in front of the principal altar, and the Ministers, the Generals, and the rest of the cortige remained standing. The clergy then chanted the Domini salvum Jac Napoleonem, and the Archbishop recited the Oremus. "After tho service, the Prince left the cathedral, and proceeded on foot, accompanied by the Cardinal, to the Archiepiscopal Palace, where ho was to pass the night. The Place do la CathiSdrale, close to which the palace is situated, was brilliantly illuminated. Over the prin cipil entrance to the palace were to be seen the letters L. N., surmounted by an Imperial crown. The bands of the sth Hussars and of the of for National Guards were present , an d p l aye d mili tary airs during th e even i ng . At t h e f oo t o f t h e gran d S taircase were ranged thirty-fi ve y oung g i r l s , eac h h o ld- In_ga e ci bouquet,, which they p resen t e d to t h e P r i nce as h e i' sst• y stt covershalf-past t seven wh ic the h w Presidentere present h t a n d e a [G Cardinal, dinner the firbt Vi car : Vicar-General, G enera l D u k e d o Mortemart, the P re f ect 1 Le „ igiative MM. B , Bid au lt an d D uranty, d eput i es o f t h e ners of the re edy, t h e generals of the district, the colo functionaries.giment in ga rr i son , an d severa l ot h er hi g h " In the evening a Splendid display of fireworks, pre ot, eri of Pari s , all kinds were p repared fo was let ss: A musemen t s o f the public in diff eren t p a rts of the town. Th e Pl ace point of attraction ; i t Ne rancourt was t h e pr i nc i pa l as brilliantl y illuminated, and in a vast tent a splendid ball w Archbishop's Palace and the Prefectureas to be given. The particu larly distinguished fur the splendourof were ei h r illumina tion. The cathedral was at intervalitlhi Bengal fire, and the effect thus produced lighted up by was mag nificent." It, is stated that, on the occasion of the visit of the PRINCE PRESIDENT to Marseilles, upwards of 50,000 persons are expected in the city from all parts of the department and from Corsica, the Var, the Basses-Alps and Algeria. It is said also that the steamers of Naples, Civita-Vecchia, Genoa and Nice, will bring a considerable number of visitors. The inauguration of the statue of DESCARTES took took place on Sunday last at Tours. A grand cortege was formed of the civil and military authorities which proceeded from the Hotel-de-Ville to the place where the statue had been erected, and where tribunes had been constructed for their accommodation. A great number of strangers were present, among whom was the Count DE NIEUWERKERKE, to whose talent the statue is due. The removal of the covering was the signal for an immense burst of acclamations from the thousands assembled. THURSDAY EVENING, SIiPTEMB THE SHARE MA.AKETS Railways. Aberdeen 1001. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley . all pd. Birk., Lan., 8, Ch. Jct., late 331. 65.8 d., 281. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto . . 18% pd. Brist. & 100/. pd. Caledonian _lOO/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee,Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New all pd. East Anglian (25/.L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E.& H.) all pd. East. Counties 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. Junc., all pd Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 1001. Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northn., 100/. pd Do. 4s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. 4 B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 1001. pd Lane. & 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 i Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Loud. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (c) 1/p Lon. & S.-West 1001. p Do. New 50/., 42 % pd Do. New 40/ 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Brix. & Mat, all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 1001. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. % Shares, 17% pd .N 0 7 ) 1 1. 1 p p d d Newmarket i a s. rk & et Car . . 1 1 Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...12/ pd e e Newry & Ennisk. 7% p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20/. S. 151. p North. Coun.Un. 3 %pd North British ...1001. p Nth. Devon, N0.1,13/.p Do., No. 2 OA pd Do., 4 A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. 51. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. Junc. 8% p 0xf.,W0r.,&W.,100/. p Scottish Central 1001. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & Do. do. Shrew. & Her 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. . . South Devon all id South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales .. . all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun ...... 15/. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd Stirl. & Dunferrn all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pd Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London pd Yk., New. & Ber. 1004 Do. & New. Ex. 201. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 101. p York & N. Mid.loo/.pd PREPS Aberdeen , all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/ p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5% per cent. l% p Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(7l lOs)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct all p Do. 10/. Dab. Sh all p East Lancashire, 6 per et. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. s;g per cent. ....... all pd Gias. & S.W. gua. 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 pc. red. sc. all p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berks & H. Ex. 5 per cent.).,.6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 1001, p Lancashire and York- shire, F. 201. ...6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848...91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. —lOO/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 1004 pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, ICI. all pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4 % per ct. 6 p Mk 1 ..:, 1 0n. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Eris. & 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewesh Val. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1004 p Do. Pref., 41 p.c. 51. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% p et. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 100/. pd North Stalliard....all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 1.06/. 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 I%pdi St.-Est. (Reading An nuities)...] /. Os. 60 pd' Do., 4 1 y 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 5/. pd York & N. Midland H., and S. Purch. 101. pdi - -- 26 n2Z.TX1373 13,AILVTALTS Nominal Prices. 26 to 26% 5% -6% 10% - 11 9 8 d. 19 -20 102 --104 41% —42% 20 20 1 4 15 15 1 4 1 7 5 d. 6%- 71% 4 YB- 4 5, 3 - 11 - 7%_, 73% 5 3 4 - ti 1 8% - 18% 57 -59 71 -73 24% - 25% 75 -77 40 -4- 115 117 45 1 4 -4G 96 - 96% 84 -86 10 1 4 11. 1 ,4 p 86 —B7 3 yi —3% dis. 2 % —2% die. 18 —lB% 8 104 1 ,E - 105% 120 1 4 - 121 - 33/4 p - 2 p 91 -92 VA 4 dis. 4 —3% dis. 15% 16% 3 —3% 28% 29% BY& 2 3 4 dia. 7614 77 42 —44 ••• - ••• 47 -49 3 die. 1% —2% 43 —45 9 8 dig. 30 7 —6% di% 2% VA 1 , -4 dis. .5 47 8 dis. 4% - 5 1 ,i p. 47 -48 77% - 78% 55 -57 68 -72 ... ... 2 —l% dis. 20 —2l 10 loq 15 —l6 3% —2% d. dis. 19% 20% 72 —73 39% par l i4p 13* :7- - ffi 2% --. 2% 12 --- 14 6% - 6 21 -- 23 9 3 / 4 , -10% 66% 67 8%-83 dis. 2% 8 2 5 4 die. 48 —49 ' , ENCIII s: -This 7 100 - 194 18 -19 Par % P 6% - 39 1 5 / a 1 7 78 p 1 5 / 8 17 8 p 14 -- 34 1 6 3 / 4 - IA 9% -9% 15 3 4 - 16 13% - 14 8%- 9% 1 ,4 - 1 107 - 10 9 par p 50 152 ••• ....1 ... 31 4 ... 4 p 13 -14 9%-10 11%--11 3 / % - 3 A P %dig. ( p % dis. % p 148 - 150 par M p 22 —23 5%_ 6 13A 2 96 —9B 2% -2% p yo x : ii x 17 3 A, 7 / 8 - 1 p 1 5% - 16% p 26% -. 26% - 102 - 104 5 -5% Mt - % P 41y 201/4 11; 6 18% 75% 7G 40 115 91% 7C 77 7234 14 40 48% 106 4 Business done to-day. 95% 96% Pm 8G 87 105 120% 120 121 sizems x.Easz: ALT PULED INTAZa. , Railways. I Leasing Nominal Prices. Business(Companies. to-day. . Bdf. & Bitch., all pLon.&N.W . • ... Bir.& Oxf., gua. a ll Gt. Westn 2 ' 9% 80% Do. without, all p l Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., / guar all pd Do. Do. without, all p, Do. Buckinghash. all p :Lon. &N.W •.• —• • Clydsdale Jc., all p'Caledoni an 52 —53 E. Lin., gu a . 6 per cent I 001. pd Gt. Northn. 150 152 Gloucest. & Dean Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. 32 —B3 Hartlepl. Dk. & i Yk.New.l Railw.... a ll pd 1 & Berw.f ••• ••• Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N M 113 —ll5 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds & Brdf., all p Midland Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 1 3 3% 14% Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. --- Middlesbr' & Red- ••• cat, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar ••—• • N. & E., s p. c., all E. Counties 6 . 3 —65 65 Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p. c. a ll pd Do. ••• •••-• ••• Presto. &Wyre, r L.& N.W 1_ all paid . / &La. &Y f Ditto, Halves, A, 100/. pd Do. Roy. & Hit.,loo/.p Gt.Northn 149 i5l Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. l4B --• 150 Shf. Rth. & Goole, sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ... ••• S. Staffdsh., 9% p MrMlillean % l it di& Wear Val. 6 p c., all Stckt& Dar 30% 31% Ditto ditto, all p Do. Wititai &Sm. 1 Qt.Westea 104 .195 owl It l6, FOILEIGN. Railways. Nornin: I Price:. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian all pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg ...141. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do d Do. (Canal) 2 pd Madras 2s pd Maria Antonia 27A pd Do. New 8 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 111. 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) 4l. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 61. pd .. ~ - ... 3 4 p % dis. 7 3 A B%p PA 2 %p 1 p 6% 7 4% 4 5 / s 1 —1% 1 —1% 2 % 2 1 / 2 p 7 9 2 3 7y, 73/ 26% - 27% 13 " 3 - 14% ii % - 1 . 1% Pp 57 -59 34 - 34% 27% - 28% 14% - 14% 8 %-- 9 . . dih, .i 7 / 8 —4% 3 5 4 - 3 7 /; p. MINES. Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian Si. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. ss. p Braz. Ira. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 14/ pd, Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd, Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth 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 % Y 8 p par-- y,, p "" ••• %s— 1% p dis. % % dis. % dis. • . .• - 3 - 4 %dia. par 44 —46 YB % P % Ya di& % % dia. %dia. par 134 I%p % % di& y 4— % p 5 /d— % dis.l dis. par 4 5 y 8 % dia. Vs 3 4 P % Ys P 3idis. par 11% 12% 3 / 8 % die. 12 —l3 5 — 5 1 A Adis.—gi p 3 / 1 p JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Com. of London 201. 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 pdl Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New ...... pd Union of London 10L p Union of Madrid all pd -STOCK SAN: 55' -56 57 -59 15 -16 29 -30 4 - 5 18% - 19 31 -33 44 -46 1 8% - 26 38 -39 46% - 47 16% - 17% 49% - 50% 6 -6% 17 -18 MI S Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada ......... 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land De. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p ;CELLANZOIM 3 - 4 50 -51 ••• ••• ••• 47 8 :5% ii% -29% ••• ..... ••• 2 -2% 84 -86 78 - 79% 78% ••• ..•••,. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 10,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export and 1,500 on speculation. The market closed very firmly at full rates. The sales comprised 8,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maraoham, at bid. to 7id.; 300 Bahia, at 6id. to 6id.; 800 Egyptian, at qd. to 10id.; and 1,000 Surat, at 3il. to 48ci. per lb.—Rail way Shares were dull at rather lower rates. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 41s. 10d. per quarter, and the quantity sold last week was 76,494 quarters, in the towns that govern the official average. The Continental Stock -markets did not, at the latest date, present any feature of interest. At Amsterdam, on the 14th instant, there was not much doing in either the hems or foreign securities. Austrian Bonds were in some request, a circumstance that must be attributed, we conceive, to the efforts of the Austrian Government, through its agents, to sup port the market, since no cautious person would in the present state of the Vienna treasury be desirous of meddling with them. It is not too much to assert that the Austrian Government is as badly off now as at any time for several years, end with all its promises does not go the right way to restore a sound state of affairs. The dividend declared at the Bank of England meet ing to-day is 3i per cent. for the half-year to the 31st August. This is met withAout reducing the " Rest" or sur plus profit below three mitllions, but many proprietors are still of opinion that something better could be accom plished, if the Bank: Directors discarded some of their old-fashioned notions, and imitated the example in part of that admirably-managed institution, the Bank of France. The Iktnk has a very large capital, and heavy deposits at command ; and ,it is contended that too much is lodged in Government secu rities. Without we were behind the curtain, this is a point we could scarcely give a po sitive opinion upon; but precisely because the public and the proprietary are afforded so little information, there should be strenuotz efforts to effect a change. The weekly balance-t 3 beet is constantly mis leading even experience.l parties, and Mr. Parry de Winton, himself a bank ar of long standing, acknow ledged at the meeting to-flay, that when he read the account made up to September the 4th, and looked at the Rest., he certainly thought a larger dividend might have been declared. Clearly, however, from what the Governor said, this could not be, for the Rest, after the pre sent dividend is deduct pd, will be only 3,031,1801. Under the circumstances, 'therefore, wo should not be sorry to see a vigorou s movement to enforce the completion of a fulle r balance-sheet, and its circulation among the proprietory several days before a meeting takes place. If this be not done at present, the public should look to it when the charter is renewed, and we could easily suggest a clearer and more satisfactory Dr. an' I Cr. account without undue exposure of banking secre t 3. Listlessness is still the characteristic of the English Stock Market, and there iy ; no political news to excite fluctuation. Consols have en 994 a for Transfer, and 991 for Account. Exchequer-bil (shave been 675. to;7os. prom., and India Bonds 84s. prerai .um. Bank Stock for Account is at 2291. Foreign Stocks have bec .n rather flatter also. The Turkish Loan has been ddwn to 98 a premium. Some of the allottees ar e realising. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 491 t( • 50 ; and the Deferred 23 to f. Portuguese Four per Cent 3. are dull at 398. Mexican have been heavy at 251 and Grenada Deferred at 128. Dutch, Russian, and Danish Bonds have all been dealt in at about the previa us values. Railway Shares have b een drooping as regards the English lines. The Belgia n are still in favour at full rates. Gold Mine Shares are iv at quite so good. Australian Mutual about I, and Cor d illera 4 premium. The last week's Railwe • Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round fig. 2 res, as under:— Great Western 1852. £20,624 North-Western ... 52,403 South-Western , 13 427 . 000000 Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stafford 5,528 Caledonian Great North e r n Lancashire and York s hi re . York and N ort h Midl an d . 15 859 Newcastle and B erw i c k 1851. £25,608 58,650 18,301 15,912 24,858 20,420 5,305 9,308 11,907 18 018 9,489 14,957 Q rIRTER TO THREE. Consols ... ••. ••• 991 i Ditto Account. Oct. 13 ... ... 99; BRITISH FUNDS THIS D AY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Of. 41111 List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anne. . 9 9 74 77 8 India Bondsunder 1.0001. ...... .... 84 I, Bank Stock for Account , ..............229 Console for Account Exclv4enor Bills, I%d. March. June. 1,000/. ... .. ...... 70 67 p :soot. PRICE OF FiliaripanlGdaNa sFpiTher3QJ ant. 3.03 104 67 p Small ~ ...... 72 p 67 p S AT ONE O'CLOCK 1852 Business done to-day. Danisb Bonds 1825, 3 per Cont.... Ditto, 5 per Cent. Grenada, 11! 2 per Cent. ..... . . rz Ditto Deferred M -Tie= Bends, 3 per k'crtivian Bonds, 8149, 6 per Cent. Do. Deferred 3 Cent. - 66 Ditto Account Portutrucso Bonds,s per Cent 4 per Cent .. i?.ussian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent llBi2sis bpanisii Bonds. 3 per Cent. Ditto, New Deferred 0314 Ditto Account Ditto Passive Bonds. .............. " 2,43 z p Tnrkish Loan, 6 per Cent. 976 ' Thvidemts on the above payable in. London. Dutch 2 j per Cent., 12 Gua. ......... 65 1 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates......... 991/i LLOYD'S I s nAir.) s i --- ---- ---- - - lippiri( i _cuti •-•-• ii,,b; LONDON, SEPT. 16.-Wind at noon N.N..• •,, breeze and fine. PIymouth,CARDIFF, w i tShE damage,PT . 15. —Wi n d N.E.-Arrd. 036refr Agnes, off Newquay. from of St. '• : ttel SWANSEA, SEPT. 15.-Wind E.N.E•--Sld. Anioiae. Buenos Ayres. . T 1 contact with the &COM BELFAST.—Arrd. Isabel, Prince Edward's A s,aVd• oh SHIELDS, SEPT. 15.-Wind N.E,--Arrcl. 0311 Quebec. and 5 14 OFF FAnsionam.-Merrnale, Foro Rice, -- for Bremen. SUNDERLAND,—Arrd. Royal William, Queb e ' a' ft , nir„ 15.-Wind N.W.-Arrd. Hu SEPT. • Boeli° , Stephen's. 1 gi r ELSINORE, SEPT. 10.—The Sarah Eicharufidth -0 tlepuol, to Cronsiadt , has been on shore, bat received' damage. from o _ to m pbec A ß : To D st o m N ooft , U S T E H P , T. 15.-The Deux SO6Br s, 11.°112 tene t ' laix, is on shore, and will probably have to be l i g b Sid. Trafalgar, fi r PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 15.- W in ~•,, a 0 -r oPe ad°°' liSaEdprTa.s.ls,-W;nd S.W. to Da Adelaide; Indiana Chapman, steamer, Cep u a o rro; ; S o ld. Od ic- iod Bou p m E th L e , SEPT . R iv.er, India; t ' A man, Sierra Leone. A a. 0 Darlingl. (No. 2,5 1 6 5 9 .-- Is li t ' d in is d . 4pler.l,o7Cdoersatsfe.;--6.rri.. Ajort(10; p a t bee* , • Midas, Coquimbo. Banyan, Ceylon; Wm. Sarna and Abdel Natl....Art(l, LIVERPOOL. SEP T r • i ..., Eto . 0 . ' or 1.).,.. - WICO 0 , New Derwent i • pi eV/ s . Ayr es; leans. Wyoming , '1 nu gue• Sid. Charles Chal...felier'fOuncliaed; Philadelphia; Vesta, Gem. ' Ger.ged W. Bounce, Calcutta; Racer, itl en a ci ; NO V Havannah; Fic,ce, firlyti; xen-o'rse'Lcsat, Yarmouth, 'ens; Thome* IL Perkins, Philadelphia; tiriirap lg.S.• Commodore, St. Jobde• S ew vvatto , wick. ad A British brig, said to be the Caroliedg.di laden with sugar from Cienfuegos, was ashore° wok 24th c A re tT e u e s n t t, off or ar N e t re f y b , u w nd a l s a a n t d an li ch ar o b r o: ef r i3: ,, b n i t s ti Vl l : a o, 24th August very Jelly, but did not intend 1, 13 o flogv The Sarah (British brig), from Cienfuegos, rib on a reef nit Key West 22d August. , nste• lil , ll CAGLIARI, SEPT. 8.-The Ponaja Pvi 3n g e and I' Danub e to te United Kingdom, sprang,e.,l,l ° it Pr r , run on shore west of Cape Sparlevink• o e r A 9 vent her her • • slaking; lies full of . tine- a sent. water; assist WATERFORD,SEPT. 14.-Wind N...• w Nir.S Y ' to Arrd. Thomas and William, St. Doming°. gov/Pc/r ABERYSTWITH, SEPT. 15.—The to Liverpool, which put in hero leaky, ll ' ll the hard and be examined. foremast, e te a w s • e t a , bowspr g it c , n f BRIDLIN ‘‘,,reratrouu,...teth:, GToN, SEPT. 15.-The Mall Anth joss i" Harlin borough Head yesterday. , off s a l I r e , d , bas m abineteonpamsfsairss:teirl:liice:filPf7l4o:. MARKET NE WS. '' 11144 t'— g - i A.Y.) ig ig .95 ,1 ' s..' Be T ef h , e rr i g ro orer 2 a G s l ' 4 E i le ra 3 ;a 3 twas s 3:srie—latet:jl:t 0 u l4 : T l ' l°6 l ° 9 lll3; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od; , g d to . . 2 ad to 3s 10d per 81133 by the Veal, oactst u . to°3s 14°3; 11°1 6 v , 1 CO le j dit S t, 7 4 7 O 7 , ELD.- 11 2/te l a ir d o3wlALlitayZ, ° 2l T 1 35; to 4'':„ B / IP"' CUMBERLAN S . Os; Supply ") las to 51 - 2; moderate, and trade CP' e and Straw, 1/ 123 to 2/ Os r r ditto, 31 r leaanddowkistaeya,dly2/.121753t0t024110633F;er joild, Trade firm, at late rates. Straw, , , Ciof e l WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Ilay, 21153 to 414'.tar OP' A ditto 4103 to 5/ss; and Straw, 1/ 103 to 1 119 ' r full average supply, and a moderate demand. SOUTHALL, s ivI EF E T. AT zoraanzTs• k bet fig of st° c 0 110 aosn follows:—Beef; o i n a s e : r — e a s u e e , e ft;hfe.ogmoln:e.r—a4ldTdtheoero3asu4loPdri i t: e l s e d yell i l l Od t' l m u tton, a s Q ibty 43 63; Veal, 33 to 3s 8d; Pork 3); Od to 35 s d per c to sink the offal. ,t l er/ ROMFoRD 9 fi r t a l ful l state prices. 3ts e eof ; O f S r f oo h m P e 3 l ; 2 :w s l i i 8 8 5 0 e d. d , — : t o S h p h 3 e e s e d P i t o : d in v i :i f : 13 i , f : r e 7 e°11 : 0 1 : 1 :8: 8 1: titli Veai, Quarter old Store Pigs, _lBsotrok2,l9eac.th ~„ady, W Jo Rh • faiLrEawyeErasgeSSEuPpisp. li l e 4 s . o — n ti sa a i r e._ ma ß rk ee i , Mutton, 3s 6d to 48 8d; Veal, 3s Oi to 33 isfrooolt..B.:pieordstiv,, CORN AVERAG- 6S. TT colo l RI VS.- Of. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF B ‘ , o wsie" For the Week ended, Sept. 9, 1852, made up from t++ s t and Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in1:130 per Imperial Quarter. 10 0 , 8 ,.; 3 1 ° WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I I EYE. PRICE 142 s 5d 27s 10d 18s !MI 303 9d 0 " rE O ,I DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN I v" ngAz... A• WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. BYE. Od Is 0d Is Od lisOd I 15 ,t0. ve ott QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST "" -- 643; Wheat, 76,494; Barley, 4,154; Oats, 10,540, Rye, 1,852; Peas, 443 quarters. D AY.) BANK OF ENGLA.ND.—CiB IS ' dP r°' riprnrhi A t,o, htmoersu:nao nAf quarterly kt(eh rets. o g Enr e a n att e n, hk r ke a eo i yfp, C uEL , r i np u :o r . ist:etnohdfcelt Governor, vsegei heldoar v rni e ri r :: o ha r i s sbde a rev l 3 1 ijocci t b a ogo i s :d 4 r,; The minutes of the previous meeting har ing or ie the tea and confirmed, , t o tile! this GOVERNOR said he had to acqnsint the u n ° , ll ted b ; was one of the quarterly general court 3 OPP - 1 c otl a l" the charter, and one of the half yearlY g en i er p fl ed. P h : appointed by the by-lawn to consider of a divi", -- „, to t - . had also to acquaint the Court that the net Pr r, vie" half-year, ending the n 1 --st of August or'd `old M 8,4611, and the rest, out of which the cavil ° 0 , 0 111 : 1 to be made, amounted to 3 540,5351. T b n e a d ' i enable the Court of Directors o dec i°r 'el len to vidend of 31. 10s. per and e i,.. to the rest at 3 , 0 31,1801. Teleentiad, therefbaraeolare(l,, move that a dividend of 31. 10s. per cent• he h — fr eo e` payable out or the net profits of the 1/13 :1 1 :n incluomeesct.ttorrifxoK,ll3nsisdactiwodlithout any deduction Ivilit. te i v-- ; off '- , there was 20,000/. Was that the rest GOVERNORamounted vE R t oo R 3 Said, 604 taken ' a further falling II 13,0001., and d ye th ar is tyhee:re, viyi..aicis,eaavvintsaosiZetiti:ittre' 40 0 36 The rest 1861.; it Mr. CooKE—Tisere appears.' I wasfalling 0 ' kin Al dr r e . d Co i nE itu aa ti i o d n , s in it co w m ou p l a d ri a n p g p t e h a i r s The a w itil _ Thereis. to be a e.t 2BiliF fi e o b vir rir 3 a r ,s Y o l , B o s;:e h l , ea f the decline. Now, be should like to hetve, e ,, - ., o of t",, assigned for this decline, and with the pee : lag - lige °II ' Court he would ask the Governor if he Coo l legitimate '— legitimate cause for it? the q° es. Pro Lion The GOVERNOR said he could easily ansWeara tae P,,,cji fon of the Hon. Proprietor. The reason r i " i l, t hat '" e fits of the last year had declined was si °3 Pa . ' b aa rate of interest had been considerably redneeThe of Mr. CooRE said a great deal of the prosperthithe di' teosthaeblsisobrnsbcoottiheso, institution depended upon the manner in wh ie a etbe re fixed a permanent manager, whose mind wee rection was carried on. Now in the Bank of Fre ll ti oalli c 00 „ .., oslo xad upon the institution and ever alive to prouiohtel'eelr. uniform system for securing the prosperity of bled t ° The Bank of Franco had, therefore, bee enti id e °C f b a e l l i p ing th o in ff ki i n n g th t e h i a r t, d i iv f id t e h n e d r s e . was , a perm n n i d b ° a° a:de b t: C l O s l l soge r, assist the country in time of trouble; many panics would be avoided, while there Woo aid directors a Mr. DE WINToN complained that the i aerate not give the accounts sufficiently in detail. ri°tritir2 to know at what price the Government Set e E 00" held by the Bank were valued. Consols at par, and he ee ineti ta id at as very much believe that some of their securities could he ' 4° to O r large profit, which would enable the directors crease the dividend to 34 per cent. s trieg The GOVERNOR said tho Hon. Proprietor Was bean the directors to deviate from the course Wilik b : bad a adopted from time immemorial, and which ;to e ' b y tbs. right to suppose had been considered satisfactoriAaren proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) It had not been coo n ;" 1 , 6 er advisable hitherto either by the Court of Di re n o e ts . i, ° , 4 the Court of Proprietors to give the ee e- i t ego" detail, and if' any change were to be made now: 'c o urt. only be done with the concurrence of the w l3l °' ° o f die t —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the question tg hod dend, he need hardly tell them that the nee° l2° The di' been made in the same manner as heretofore. l . te i ite rectors had first ascertained the amount of °P te d the tact belonging to the Bank, and then they calca la co w dividend which the profits would enable t hem to r e f t he mend. They understood it to be the desire, ° t heta proprietor's, that if the profit would not enshielf per to increase the dividend by a full _ b lot t : ° cent. they were to carry the tractiona l ti' et dr the nest halfeyear, and in calculating the Prei s that Pt vidend the Court of Directors had been actuated u. 7 principle.—(Hear, hear.) ~ ti Mr. DE WINTON remarked that all the railway toi ts panies, and most of the other banks, gave their i l ea l r of in detail, and ho could not understand the . I ° 3 England did not do the , Go- Mr. Alderman SALoMoNS said the reply of te e fi) , ofvernor was perfectly satisfactory. Ho (Mr. So° vi l e same. why would have no objection to a more ample publication). but accounts, if that should be the wish of the Coe a l , per when the proprietors were now receivingra be lle re of cent. dividend, notwithstanding the market 0 cte el money was only two per c2nt he thought alteY 9 and ~ ifie ie9 with very bad grace when they raised dicoed attacked the m an agement of the Ba nk. It 21 , t he surprising that when any augmentation 0 ' 3 1 ordinary rate of dividend took place toaeot or 4 per cent. for the balf.year, such ge f o e , a larg e . and yet that, when the current of events showed „0.i.. satisfaciion should be felt, and no murmur s r dividend could not be given, or the same rate oi " _ t tit of the management, because iu his opinion the our 1 . 3 0 eh° dend maintained, a disposition was evinced to carp n t. dividend was only one element to be considered in mode of managing a bank. Whether they.et i g n t he have a permanent governor, or rather mammal otios present system, wets immaterial, that . being a pa tios e i l . OAS S ' interests of the corporasion, OAS purposes, or for the be s aki simply of principle, cud if it was desirable .for he governor should not be periodicallychanged, t .. ,,,, i b y might be brought forward at a proper time, and low° 7% 34 9 8/8 1 0 743 S YB % 7/8 1 % %