The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

lONF,Y AARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. 1146 Liverpool cotton market yesterday ruled y, and the sales amounted to 6,000 bales, of e ll 1,000 were taken for export a nd on specu c°4. Mid Uplands realise d s i d. ; Mobile, 6d. ; „,‘ Orleans, 6 1 ,d. per lb. The Railway Share krk et was buoyant, at an advance of Id. por cent. It he principal lines. , 111 the circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles 41 following statement is given respecting the tdition of trade in Russia : Z e b r a St. Petersburg advices are to the 20th Sep ik_ • The Exchange was 35i to 36 1-16th. 300 tallow taken on the spot at 111 rs. 200 casks, en to Korn°, at 115 rs. There had been despatched kit:St. P e t ers burg and the interior 36 to 40,000 casks of and it is estimated that there are about 40,000 niore to be disposed of. Taking, therefore, the ex eestimate in both cases , it appe ars that the total Ztity o f t a llow available for exportation this season is t 80,000 casks. Looking at the fact that the average krtati on of tallow from Cronstadt for the 30 years h g v with 1653 r e w e e at d i in l g 27, t 3 h l e o casks per o f annum, war and itw fo n for are caystr, as nd that the prices ruling in our market for Orticle since 1853 have been such as to stimulate pro we 1 have, in theestimatesdirefctthperzrr t t i i 3 o e n i o n f . ' 11 ,,,.. this war °ln(? i s 1w brinogieng us,a most upon the productive powers of ; The extent of the demand for accommodation the Bank of England, during the week to the 4 inst., shown by the weekly balance sheet, fullY as large as was represented. The cause we 'Mined at the time as being rather a preparation !9 1 (3 advanced rate of discount, and a provision bat possible contingencies, than a pressure of 'qtreme character which such an extraordinarily )1(1 addition to the securities would imply. thou g h it is probable that during th e first por - st• ; 1 of the current week similar circumstances 12 'q their weight, we can scarcely suppose the in- 50 , 12 eto have been in the same ratio , and may i6l ":82. expect it to diminish, now that 5 per cent. St. r ge is established and speculation is discouraged. 2(3, an amount of loans and discounts has not, for Ili 13 g period, figured in the Bank assets, and one B s t t • two conclusions is inevitable : either there is an 20 t ilense trade doing, or financial operations of 10 than usual magnitude have been undertaken. 12+ t' first supposition we believe to be erro- 50 !tls, the grain imports being the largest E I , :. ‘quercial absorbent, and most other branches 25 i4 g kept within very moderate limits. The fall- „s 5 i,_”ff in the exports to Australia and ot her coun- 8 12 a ; the United States perhaps exce p ted, is the st. 't corroboration of this view. There is , however, 650t* auxiliary and by no means unimportant strain 25 r ti the currency in the elevated prices of all raw 4192? 'terials and articles of food. The experience of to 01ies m a y be taken in Petto as that of the nation. 20 L larticle of consumption exacts an outlay far be- si Lid that of less prosperous or more abundant 5( 117°ds, since the ample e m p lo y ment afforded b y 7 War to a mass of persons ordinarily restricted it the merest necessaries, brings them in as buyers L ° ° 7 aaparative luxuries, while the diminution of stock s and the deficiency of the production up (l4 the market prices against the old opponent sear money. Passing on to the balance - sheet of to Lank, the following changes are observed in I ltrast with the previous week : Acti ve circulation £19,408,435 Decrease "%on Decrease 4eat 305 035 13,268,607 429,848 3,657,207 12,503 8,389,892 Increase Deposits - Increase e ther Deposits I L Increase "'wven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Decrease o ther Securities 551,361 11,266,877 120,115 1,000,541 10,401 12,498,067 301,301 18,509,278 Increase 1,120,494 Notes unemployed 7,286,815 Decrease 109,985 yestyesterday afternoon the Foreign Exchanges erday generally higher. Paris, 90 days , 25 60 to k 1 2 i , hamburg 13 8/ to 9 1, Amste rdam 11 191 to Prankfort 119 k to 1, and Trieste 11 26 to 30. The Board of Trade Returns for the month end- A.ugust 31st, 1855, have been issued, and tn in comparison with those compiled for the Z e period to Sept. 5 last year they presen t some liktoresting changes. The aggregate exports for ' Month, this year, are given at the value of ' B9 l 473/ showing an increase of 10 7, 7591 . over ` ih eSe of last year, which is very satisfactory, things considered. The augmentation is appa lkt • in.coals and culm, cotton yarn, linen yarn, :;khioery, silk manufactures, thrown si lk, and ° °llen and worsted yarn, but there was a falling 2 7 0 6 . Of linen manufactures, cotton manufactures, 20 rllberdashery and millinery, and hardwares and 20 t iit t:ery. The imports were smaller of live animals, E 1, ley, flour, cochineal, flax, hemp, mahoga n y , ra w 100 4 1 % cloves, pepper, pimento, tallow, wine and too 0 01, but there were increased receipts of tea, 25 lignea, cinnamon, nutmegs, quicksilver, rice, 25 t lll l oil, opium, currants, indigo, wheat, oats, 100 Llee, and cocoa. The shipping returns show an crease in the tonnage of the clearances o f vessels 121 Z l Ployed in our foreign trade, but the entries aro 5 Presented by a smaller amount. 5 The shipments of the precious metals direct 5 413 t0. London during the week ending last Thurs- 5 a comprised 74,500 ounces of silver, and 9,670 20 Il tilnces of gold, together with 3,2781. 4 There has not been much animation in the Eng- 20! 14 4 Stock Market, but the decrease in the bullion too b eing smaller than was anticipated prices are too I lkintained. Consols have brought 88i to for lo p T ransfer, and 88i for account, being now 881 1, 100 ." 1 (1 881 I. Exchequer Bills are 3 s. discount to 20? L. premium. too Foreign Stocks are quiet, but Turkish 6 per 20 flnt. Bonds have further improved, being up to 20 6 1 and 87. The Scrip is 1/ to 1 discount. Pe- 20 avian Stock is 75 to 761, being flatter. Equador 20 4 N firm at 5. 33 The following are the nominal prices of foreign li tOCks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexi can, 211 to 211 ; Peruvian Four - and - a - Half per `ients., 75 to 77 ; ditto Three per Cents., 57 to 59 ; rt'ortuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Ive per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half r Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 4 1 to 191 ; ditto Three per Cents., 38i to 39 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 41 ; ditto Passive, 4i to 5. Railway Shares showed rather more firmness, 4 / 1 d rallied in most cases from the closing rates of Yesterday. Midland were ss. better, also South k',astern. and Vale of Neath, but the total transac tions were limited. Antwerp and Rotterdam were not lower, and Eastern of France were up 10s. Faris and Lyons nose and Great Western of Canada about ss. Mines and Banks were inactive. Canada Land ruled heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL '. ' ' . ( Prontlic Official List.) nnsiness don Per Cent. Consols Annuities BB3 a tadia Bonds, .ClOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 6 ‘'Ohßols lor Account, 12th October B B3 i 4 il Etchequer Bills, 2#d 1 2d. £1.000 £5OO .3 d 1 p 1 1 p ~._ Small t.tehequer Bonds 1858, 34 per Cent ... 98i 9 Ditto 1859, „ ... 98i 9 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO: k: t , quaclor Bonds Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent — Ditto for the account 751 64 x d Elardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account B4 A ~ panish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3B; Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive 4i T rckihti Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the account B6 5i 7 6 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. f)ividend3 on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds, 2A per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 44 per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 94 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for Via lccouut SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT IN BERMONDSEY-STREET.—Yes. terd ay a fins young man, named James Cannard, aged 24 years, fell from a scaffold a depth of 40 feet, and sus tainedir, a compound fracture of the legs and other injuries. : I -le was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where he remains i ll a precarious state. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEIPTEMTER 29 1855 SHARE MARKET S. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. BAILWATI. ieloaing Prices yesterday. 24 - 25 3/ - 4 7i - 7i 16 - 15 14 15 9 8 d 87 - 89 581 - 594 ••• - ••• 12 - 13 5 - 4 (i 6i - 7 12 33 9a pa - 71 49 - 51 9 1 - 1.14 16i - 17:3 72 - 74 85i - 67 - 69 122 - 1 1 .24 99 - 101 54 55 6i - 12' 6 - 7 6 - 7 P 75i Y 76 —6/ 95 97 911 921 2i —11 d 1 id 1 81 62,3 94 841 8 . 74 23 - 23 7 .- 8 64i - 65 36 - 38 o 1.• ... •• e 12 -14 li - 21 1G - 48 - 26 681 • 693 8 - 72 4i - 4 12 - 13 45A 461 94 -98 7 bt 5i ••• .... %dm 24 - 26 05 —10 T 76 78 41 43 12 13 56i —57 i 31A 32 5 3 2(1 pat 33 - 35 19 20 3 - 4 19 - 21 5 - 7 4 2d Paid.l LOO Aberdeen ...« ..- $= Ambg. /dottng. Bost Sand Bastn. all Belfast & Ballymonn. all Birming, \Yoh jrb Stour Valley 29A Birk„old. Laucsl, 47 Cheshire Rmet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., .£2O all Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian 61s. Carmarthen and Car digan al; Chester Ix Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 1l Ciieff Junction 45 Duolin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perthdaber deen Junction all Do. N' 100 East Auglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, .A Stook . 100 De., B. Stout 8i Do., New A .... ...• • 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dundee 9 Forth & Clyde Jn all Furness all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 130 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val_ Rail Qua. Stk.. all Irish South-Eas:;ern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancasb andYorksh Do., Vet. aiding Tin. all Liv.Craby.&Soutbpt all London & Blackwall 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 51 D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 2 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn. 47i Do., £5O 38 Do., £4O all Lndndrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef. k Lind h) all Do. Shares, No. 1 52%. Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby all Midid. G. West. (Ire.) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. 231 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and hostrevor. . 100 Norfolk 33 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwio 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Puroh all Eo. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO 31 1F N .&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn.. 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, S: Wolverhampton 8 Perts:uonth 100 Se.ash Central 100 ScottishElidland 100 Shropshire Union a'l South Devon 110 South Eastern all South Wales 115 S. Yrksh. di Riv. Dun 5 Do Staines,Wok. &Wok al Stockton & Darlin 16'4 Stockton & Hartlepl. too Taff Vale... 9 Do. £lO shares WO Do. Pref., No. I 21i Thames Haven Dock and Railway Ulverstone & Lancs. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London. all jWimbledn &Croydon FOREIGN. all Antwerpdatott rdarn 4 Belgian Eastn. June 10 Bezi ors to Graissessac 4A Bombay, Baroda, awl Central India,Scrip all Demerara 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. sp. c. 10 Do. Extension... all Do. 4A p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 17. Od. Tl* of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Celitral of Frame. all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 Do. Extensions all Do. 61. 13 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations I all Gt.WesternofCanad Shares .......... all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all IX:. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 por cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 P.C prof 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons & Mediterran all Madras 10 Do. Now 31i Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ox interest), all Northern of France all Do .201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & rod. at 2221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPre' 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen..... 15 ParisCacu & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse.. ' all Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. 2s. Seindo all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A),. 1.. 1 1 West Flanders.....,,. all Do 5i per c. Pref 18 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand Business done this day. ex d, - 8 21 - 2 4 - 2 i- 1 1 par s p 341 35 94 104 22i 23 It —• 11 8i - 16 - 17 64 )1 - 93 3 - 51 - 5 r * - RP - - 24 )9 - 101 1:4 - 116 116 - 119 lc? • los 224 —23 i 11: - 114 d 1 5 . 6p 191 - 20 p 3 A 1113 7 9 2 - 3 5 - 5. 5 -5. 331 34 12 - 12 8 - 42i - u ia ... - pm 20 - 21 2 -lA'l 8 - t-51,; 110 pm - - I - INp ••• .''... 18 - 19 JOINT-STOCK BANKS 87 -- 89 d P'r -- 53 - - 55 p ow, •G• 161 —17 i 19! =2od - d 38 40 ... "'. ... ••• ..... N• ••• 35 - 36 40 - 42 52 - 54 ••• ''. ... ••• ••• 40 - 41 68 - 70 8 - 9 “r el its all I ustralm.eia6 all I British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all ilritiih N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Brik. of India, Australia, & China 30 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all English Scottish and Australian Chart , all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australis 5 Ditto Now 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. We2troinstea 35 National Provincia' of England 10 Do. New 221 National of Irelaud all NOW South Wales , all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold hap Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. Now 19 4.1_0 of 1,490 RAUMAITI. Bedford and Bletchloy Buck gh a.msh. Clydesdale Je. Col. Stour Vy. Sucl. and Hal. E. Lin. 7, . 6 pc. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direet Do. New, Glstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middles ro' & Redcar .. Midld.Bradfd, Newmark et Bury Exton... NAEst.sp.e. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fix, p s Prest. & W ;:e Do. ars. A Roystn.& Hit. Shof.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews. &Her S. Staflordsh. Wear Valleygr ' 6 per cent Do Wilts&flornrst Leasing Company London N. Weq. L&N.W. Caledon E. Un. & E. C Gt.Nrthn Caldonian: Gt. Westr Yk. New. Dy Sz .os, B li er m w Do S. Easton Do Peto k Co. Norfolk, Do & Midi& Stckton & Darlingt. idland.. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northe Lancarth & Yorksh. T. Brassey ME.MClean Stockt. Darlingt Do QtWee tn lositu trier yesterlay. THIS DAY'S NEWS Business this e.ay. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. (TIIIS DAY.) .i - 96 100 - 102 The election of Lord Mayor for the City of London ook place to-day at the Guildhall, and in consequence of the rotation falling on Alderman Salomons more than ordinary interest was evinced, the citizens looking on his election as an important event, in recognising to a greater extent than has hitherto been the case the right of the Jews to an equality of citizenship. At twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor in his state car riage, accompanied by the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and preceded by the usual city officers, left the Mansion-house, and proceeded to Guild ball, where he was joined by a large number of Aldermen and Common Councilmen, who shortly after walked with him in procession to the church of St. Lawrence, Old Jury, to attend service in accordance to time-honoured I custom, Mr. Alderman Salomons being one of the 2$ 2fi number. _ _ ..• "" ••• 27 - 29 tOi - 107 1 12i -- 13 23 -- 94 110 -- 115 90 - The liveries of the new sheriffs, Messrs. Kennedy and Rose, presented a marked contrast to that of their pre decessors, and their plain appearance was the subject of much comment by the numerous bystanders who had congregated to witness the civic pageants. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, aldermen, &c., returned to the hall about 1 o'clock, and shortly after proceeded with the interesting and important business of the day. The attendance of the Livery was very small, and by far the greater portion of them belonged to the Jewish persuasion, who had taken up their position immediately in front of the hustings, some considerable time before that appointed for the election to take place. The appearance of Mr. Alderman Salomons was hailed with a burst of hearty applause. - - 58 lio : iii 2/d 30 -31 i 8) - 91 The TOWN CLERK (Mr. Sergeant Mereweather), in the absence of the learned Recorder and Common Sergeant, addressed the Livery, reminding them of the privileges and duties that devolved on them in electing a proper person to fill the high and important office of Lord Mayor. He then read the following names, from which the Livery were requested to select two gentle. men to be returned to the Court of Aldermen for the election of one of them. Alderman Salomons, T. G. Fin nis, W. Lawrence, Sir W. Carden, D, A. Wire, J. Car ter, W. Cubitt, and Sir H. Muggeridge. The names of Aldermen Salomons and Finnis were received with acclamation, but that of Sir W. Carden with hisses and cries of " No Maine Liquor Law," &c. Mr. Sheriff KENNEDY then declared the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Alderman Salomons and Mr. Alderman Finnis. (Cheers.) The Lord Mayor, with his brother Aldermen, then retired to the Court of Aldermen, for that body to elect one of the two gentlemen returned to fill the office. On their return to the hall, The TOWN CLERK announced that the election had fallen on Alderman Salomons. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Alderman SALOMONS then came forward and thanked the Livery for electing himoto the office of Lord Mayor. He was not insensible to the responsibilities attaching to the important office, nor unaware of the new circumstances attending it, with which he was more pessonally concerned than any other person who had been previously elected to the office. (Cheers.) He assured them that he would do his utmost to fulfil all the duties of the office. Twenty years had elapsed since he was elected to the important office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, since which time many changes had taken place, not only in England but in Europe, all more or less tending towards the extension of the rights and in terests of the people, and more especially the extension of the rights of conscience. (Cheers.) Mr. Deputy Him moved, and Mr. Deputy REEVE seconded, a vote of thanks to the late Sheriff. (Cheers.) A resolution was also carried, congratulating them on the mark of distinction they had received from the Queen, in consequence of the late visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to the city. Sir H. MIIGGERIDGE and Sir. C. CROSLEY both re turned thanks. Mr. D. Holz moved, and Mr. A. Moor seconded, a similar vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor. Mr. JONES, of the Strand, addressed the Livery, and contended tho Lord Mayor had neglected his duties in not giving the Livery an opportunity of meet ing to defend their ancient rights against the threatened attacks of the Legislature. He thought the visit of the Emperor of the French to this City was no honour to them, because it was paying homage to a man who had trodden down all the rights and liberties of her people. (Hear, and tremendous uproar.) _ _ _ The resolution was, however, carried, and the LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, defended his conduct from the aspersions cast on it by Mr. Jones, amidst loud cheers. The business being completed, the meeting separated LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) IN RE JOSEPH MOSES. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt wasdescribed as of 133, 134, and 135, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, glass and china dealer. The balance-sheet commenced July, 1854, and ended 1855, and showed debtor to creditors 6,1171. 17s. Cre ditor—By good debts, 21. 6s. 9d. ; bad ditto, 5621. 19s. ; property given up, 9181. 10s. ; excepted articles, 201. Loss supposed upon realising stock, &e., by assignee, 1,0811. 14s. 6d. ; loss upon trade, 1,3061. 103. ; private expenditure, 3741. 16s. 4d. ; statement January, 1854, 7631. 4s. 3d. The bankrupt passed. PREFERENCE SHAKER. It. 1.00 ;t. 1100 15 1 all Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. e Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. atso/s, Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5? . per cent Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork do Bandonsl p.c Dun.Prth • dt Aber. J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. D o. 51., 10 per cent. o. 101. Debentr.Sh. 1 o. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.ets E. &W. York. J. sths Sd Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness Glas. &5.W.G.5 p.c rest Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem ; at 10 p. c. prom no. 4? ) p. c. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. lat Pre Gt. S. iW. (Ireland) Do. 4 por c. Pref. Sc Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4. p.c. D. , ). con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Thrill. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do ...... ••• •• • Lan. & York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. d: Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S. W. Con .31- Londy. & Color. Sh. Lowly. & Ennis. Sh. Shef., & Lin. New, £lO Do. £6 Warypt .& Carl. 4 p • Du 4 1 per cent 2 112 - 116 108 - 112 It. 100 !O 5 It. 100 ,5 all si —sa )8 all all 64 all sn 1.0 2 It. 100 it. 100 6i all 6 =- 99 all LO all !O all 6 all LO all ,t. all It. 100 5 all all t. 100 100 it. 100 15i -- 164 ;t. 100 '.2i 7t 0 all t. 100 •.• - ••• 3 - 4 5i - 6 - 126 - 13 57 - 59 ~IJ2 : 115 .2i all .2i all .0 all 6 1 4 .2i all .2A all 10, It. 100 ft. 100 ,64i 11, Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol F: 1 Birm. 6 per cent, Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. Pref. 4 per cen _ _ 107 - 109 99 101 • - 5 all Do. 5/. Pr , f. 4p. c.. It. 100 Ditto Leicester anc liitclien Pref. St. .0 all !Norfolk Detcatnre . It. 100 It. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 It. 100 :0 13 2i 9 35 10 ?,0 all 3t. 100 Do.Pra. 4 p. c. Stoe Do. 5 p.c. Est Dci. 5i per ct. prof— Do. Way. Val. 6 p c ;North British iP 9i - 10 6 Rz 95 97 80 85 65 87 91 10 16 —l6 10 101 70 —72 1 19 81 9+ 01 131 146 k .Rd ,134 136 341 all 2 . all 10 li .0.6 all ,•• ..... ... t. 'lOO !O all all !.0 all all n 15 12t, all ups "'"' ... Do• Me -..... ... 121 - 13 i - i' 135 - 137 96 - 98 41 - N. E. Eery?, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do ..... 96 - 93 89 - 91 3 -3, Do Leecls6p.c , ,No.l Da. do. Quarters 4' , Do.Yorkli. & Pur. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, Woiverh.£ls. 6 p.e Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,Now Pre; South Devon Do. fixed, 4 i per cent S. Eastern (Readiup Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. per cent . , S. Wales Gus. 4 p. C. Do, do. 4 p. 0.... S. Yorksh .4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dax , S P. c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 ,Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 pc -a. 100 - 102 98 6i i 3 14; id pa) 234 23 98 100 16 ::: -18 i pm pm 1081 1004 100 i ' 96 8 14 - it P .•• •• i 3 2d ....._.: • ...___—_______ MINES. 1 all Ague. Brig. ......... • .1 ••• di 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... .•• •• • 10s. all Anglo Californian II' - $ 1 20 6 Australian 6 1 all Australian Cordillerf ..• •• - 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of i R 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal . ~ 20 14 British Iron 4l 5 .'.1 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue,l at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiab 31 3 i 20 15 Do, St. John. Del Rey 20 —2B 1 A Carson's C;v3sk .—• • • 1 ; , Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica — RP 40 all Cobro Copper 63 67 5 1 I Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng 33 36 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 25 27 ... 1C Copiapo . is 20 5 all English and. Austin. Copper Smcltg Co ... ... 2 1 Fortuna 1 -- kp 20 all General l3 —l5 1 all Gt.Nuggetl r chaßeg. , i, _ 4,1 all Great Polgooth . •.• . 9 3 1 all Liberty y - Il 3 all Linares 74 8} all 'Do. B , 2i —3.1 p ••• 5 1 Lusitaniau 1 1 31' 1 all Mariquita • i i 1 all New Granada lt i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... _ ... 1 all Nouveau Monde i 20 all Pontgibaml Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 15.1 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock s 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. New 30 1.2 i Santiago de Cuba-- 4 41 1 all South Australian fi 10 71 Tin Croft ....... ...... .. 1-- 3 281 all United Mexican ...... 3 3 1 all Waller I 1 all West Mariposa i if 1 ' 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia - ••• 1 all lYnba. ... MISCELLANEOUS. 25 171 Australian Agricult. 29 30 le all Aus`..raln. Royal Mail ... . 1U 7 Berlin Water Works 2 1.• (1 50 40 Brit. American Land 59 61 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. ... ••• 100 321 Canada 140 150 148 53 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and Jaly ll2 113 111 i 5 all Crystal Palace 2 , 1; 2i 2,1 5 5 Do. Preference 5 5i 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc: ... ... 1 )1 Duston Iron Ore ... ... 20 11 Eastern Steam ..• •• 25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 18 all General Screw Steam ... ... 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ~. ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi g. .... ... 10 all Mcditeran. Elm Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican kS.Amerien. 6 61 10 21 Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ~. ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co ... .. 1 all N. B. Australasian 5 4 20 15 Nrth.of EuropeStzam ... ... 1 all Oriental Gas 1 li S all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina 2a 2g 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 50 10 Do. New — ••• 2 all Portland Iron Co li 1i 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 1i 1 f Ditto New i fl ) 25 all South Austral•la.nd 351 —36 A 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip i i. 1 all Do. Registered i i 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can ... ... ... 00 40 Van I Dienielea Lau ci I 1.3 i ...; Ili .;,,, r;~ IN RE THOMAS LEIGH. This was a meeting for last examination. The bankrupt was described as of Wellingborough, wine merchant. The balance-sheet, which was prepared by Mr. But ter, commenced January, 1854, and ended August, 1855, and showed debtor to creditors, 9051. ; ditto holding se curity, 5.31/. ; profits, 3991. ; good debts, 1291. ; doubt ful, 7/. ; property given up, 1501. ; ditto in hand of creditors, 5981.. ; trade expenses, 4111. ; domestic and personal ditto, 2011. ; law ditto, 36/. ; excepted articles, 201. ; losses, 2241. ; deficiency at commencement, 571. The bankrupt passed his examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A man named Harris was charged before Alderman Humphrey with stealing two pewter pots from the Ship public-house, Ivy lane. The barmaid stated that having lost a dozen pots within a week the prisoner was suspected ; and yester day after he left the house she followed him and found he had two in his possession. He was committed for two months. _ _ ROBBERY AND INGRATITUDE.—Mary TT7tite, remanded, charged with stealing five sovereigns and other articles, was again placed at the bar. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner ar rived here from Ireland about three weeks since in a destitute condition, and was afforded temporary shelter by Mary Daly, an Irishwoman, and a widow, residing at 6, Plough-cuurt, Newgate-street. In the course of conversation the prosecutrix stated she had saved five sovereigns, which she kept in a box in her room. On Wednesday morning she went out, leaving the prisoner in charge of her room ; and, on her return, she found her gone, her box broken open, and the money taken away. Since the former hearing the police had ascertained she had taken numerous articles out of pawn. Mr. Alderman Humphrey ordered the various articles and money found to be given up to the prosecutrix, and sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour. THAMES. ROBBERY OP EIGHT SOVEREIGNS BY A SEAMAN. — Peter Donald, a seaman, belonging to the ship Claren don, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing eight sovereigns from John Manuel, a man of colour, residing at No. 13, Market-hill, Shadwell. Th e prisoner is a tall , scraggy - look in g man o f colour with grey bair. The prosecutor, a Lascar, belonged to the ship Norden , and was sent u p from Newcastle a few days ago by the owner of that vessel to join another ship bound to the East Indies, but the Lascar and many other Indians after signing an agreement to proceed from Glasgow to Calcutta in a ship refused to embark on board a steamer provided for them, and which was to convey them to Glasgow. The prisoner, who was re presented to be an idle, dissolute, and dishonest fellow, belonging to a foreign ship in the dock, had mixed with the Lascars, and been drink ing with them at their expense. A few days since the prosecutor received 10 sovereigns from the agent of the ship to distribute among his shipmates. He put the money in a white handkerchief, and went to a public-house with the prisoner, who suddenly snatched the handkerchief containing the money from the Lascar, and made off with it. Another Lascar confirmed the evidence of Manuel. Marshall, a police constable, No. 20 H, said that Manuel had complained to him that a girl ran away with his money, and Mr. Glazier, an interpreter, said he had seen the prosecutor and the prisoner together fre, quently in the course of the week. He had had much trouble with the Lascars, who received their advances and would not join the ship provided for them. Mr. Yardley said if the Lascars did not proceed to sea and fulfil their agreement they would be reduced to the same miserable condition as the wretched-looking object the (prisoner) before him. He did not believe the prisoner was ever possessed of eight sovereigns in his life, and there was a great doubt whether he took the money ; however, there was quite sufficient to justify him in remanding the prisoner till Monday. DETAINING A CAPTAIN'S EFFECTS.—Captain John Mitchell, the master of the ship Lady Napier, from Dantzic, applied to Mr. Yardley for a summons against Captain Williams, the owner of the ship, whe he said had detained all his clothes, nautical instruments, and effects, and refused to pay his wages. Mr. Yardley—You were summoned here a few days ago by the seamen ? - ~ Captain Mitchell—Yes, sir; the owner did not furnish me with any funds to pay them, and he won't give me my wages. Mr. Yardley—What cause does he assign ? Captain Mitchell—He says I am in debt to the ship, but I can prove I am not, and that he is 401. in my debt. Mr. Yardley—Then take a summons against him for 401., and I will ascertain when the case is heard whether he has any right to detain your things. The summons was then made out. A DESPERATE FELLOW—ASSAULTS ON POLICEMEN.— David Fraser, an athletic seaman, 27 years of age, 19e longing to the ship Early Bird, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and riotous, and with assaulting Mr. Henry Overall, a pastry cook, of No. 171, St. George-street, alias Ratcliff High way, and also assaulting Frederick Marshall and John Greathead, police constables Nos. 20 and 31 H. It appeared that the prisoner sought shelter in Mr. Overall's house while it was raining last night, and when the rain ceased the shopkeeper asked him to depart, which he re fused to do, and struck the prosecutor a tremendous blow on the nose, which bled profusely. The two con stables were called in to secure the prisoner, and he at tacked them and kicked them about the legs. Mr. Yardley fined the prisoner 405., and in default of payment committed him for 21 days. SOITTHWARK. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.— John Perks, a carman in the employ of Messrs. Barton, plumbers, Bethnal•green•road, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with causing the death of a child unknown. Josiah Welsh, police•constable 499 A, said he was on duty in the Southwark-bridge-road about 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon, when he was called into Gravel-lane, where he found a child lying dead, and the prisoner, who had a horse and cart heavily laden with lead, was pointed out to him as having driven over it, and caused its death. The prisoner, who said it was quite an acci• dent, was then taken to the station-house. Mr. A'Beckett—ls there any one in court. who wit nessed the occurrence ? Charles Hoff, a fishmonger, residing at No. 2, Gravel lane, Southwark, said he was standing at his door about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he saw the prisoner driving a cart towards him. The horse shied at another vehicle crossing it, and became unmanageable, and the prisoner, in trying to pull it up, fell backwards in the cart. The latter went on the pavement where two young children were playing, when the horse kicked one into the road, and the wheel passed over the other's head, pressing it quite flat. • Witness lifted up the child, but it was quite dead. Thomas Trevelyon, a cooper, residing in Park-street, said that he witnessed the occurrence, and he considered that it was purely accidental. The prisoner said he had been more than ten years in his present employ, and he could assure his worship that it was an accident, and he was extremely sorry for 14. Mr. A'Beckett told him an inquest would be held ; therefore he should remand him until Tuesday next, but at the same time he would take his own recognisance to appear on that day. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day. ) MANCHESTER, Sept. 28.—Our reports have latterly exhibited a progressively increasing dullness of trade, which has now attained a point at which the great body of buyers suspend all operations that are not impe rative. This we might naturally expect to be the case with prudent men, under monetary circumstances which have compelled the Bank of England to advance the rate of interest three times in the course of four weeks. In the present week the buyers have had an advantagelof most things as compared with last week : but that ad vantage is hardly a quotable one. As values are not subjected just now to anything like a test, the safest way is to avoid details and to deal only in general state ments. Since this decline commenced, yarns may be broadly stated to have lost fully id. per lb. on an ave rage of the middle and lower counts ; while in goods, the giving way is scarcely so much as that, but may be represented by lid. to 3d. per piece upon shirtings and madapollarnu. BRADFORD, Sept. 27.—W001: The market is now well supplied with all combing wools, and for which the rates of the past two or three weeks are steadily main tained. Yarns : The contracts for the coming month cannot be made on easier terms than fur the one near ending. The demand for spools continues equal to the production. In reeled yarns there is more doing, with no stocks on hand. Pieces : There is a satis factory amount of business doing in the warehouses, and in grey goods. The supply is not greater than the de mand, but there is great complaining about prices. LEICESTER, Sept. 27.—Having been holidsy time there is nothing fresh to remark upon, except that the cessa tion of Government orders has produced a stoppage of some machinery, and a flattening in the demand for worsted and lamb's-wool yarns. Wools retain their value, but are not so much sought after. MARKJ!T NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. We were heavily supplied with fruit and vegetables. The trade ruled steady, at full prices. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to Gs per lb; colonial do., is to 3s each ; hot-house grapes, is 6d to 4s Oil per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os Od ; melons, is Od to 5s each; peaches, is Od to Gs ; nectarines, is Od to 4s per dozen ; apples, is Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, is Oil to 3s per half sieve; Orleans plums and green gages is to 2s per punnet ; apricots, 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; common plums, 2s 0 i to 4s per half sieve ; cherries, 2d to Gd per pound; lemons, 4s to Sc Od per 100 ; oranges, 8s to lls per 100; fil berts, 5s to Gs per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, Os to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Gd to 10d per 100; figs, is Cd to 4s Od per doz. ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, is Gd to 2s Od per half sieve ; currants, 3s Od to 4s Od per half soive ; raspberries, 2d to Gd per pottle. VEGETABLE.—White cabbages, 6d to is 3d per dozen; red ditto, 2s to fis Od per dozen ; French beans, is 3 , 1 to is 10d per half sieve ; brocoli, Od per bund. ; potatoes, 505 to 95s per ton ; vegetable marrow, 4d to is per doz. ; peas, 3s to 5s Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Odto is 9d per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 4d to Gd per bunch ; cucumbers, Os ld to Os 6d. each ; garlic, 6d to Os Bcl per pcund ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per sieve; old onions, Os to Os per bushel ; now ditto, 2s 6d to 4s per doz. bunches; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is 3d to 2s 3d per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os Gd to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is 6d to 2s Gd per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 10d to is Gd per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes, is to is 3cl per dozen hands ; tomatoes, is to 2s Od per punnet ; chillies, is to is Gd per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per dozen; walnuts pickling, Gd to is per 100; cauliflowers, 3s b Gs per doz. NEW-GATE AND LEADENHAIL. Tarkeys, Os Od to Os 0d; Geese, 5s 6d to 103 Oil each Ducks, 2s 6d to 2s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to N Od; wild do., is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 6el to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling , 2 s Od to 3s - 01 ; Chickens, is Od to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares 3s Od. to 4s 0(1 ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Guinea Fowls, 2s Gd to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lie 6d to 12s Gd, and English lls 6d to 14s Gd per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 8s Od to Os Od ; French ditto, 5s Oil to 7s Oil per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s M to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 49 8d ; lamb, 09 Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per &be. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 6d to 4s 6d mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3 s 10d to 5s ; pork, 3s 61 to 4s 101 per Sibs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to2lsTiiriils,l;od to 7s each ; Salmon, is 4d to is 9d per lb ; Cod Fislb 2s 6d to 8s each ; Soles, is to 3s Od per pair; Eels, 8d to is Od per lb; Lobsters, Gd to 3s 6d ; Crabs, 6d. to 3s Od ; Whitings, 3s Gd to 8s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 20s ; Natives, 50s to —s per bsh ; Mackerel, 50s to Os per 100 ; Smelts, is 6d to Os Od per doz.; Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, Os Od to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., Gd; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to lOs each; Haddocks , 6s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6LI ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 6s Od to 7s; Mullets, 6d to is 6d ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, Gd per lb ; Flounders, is to is Gd per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to lld ; of household ditto, 8 , ; (1 to 9,id per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to Od. ; 641 b to 721 h, 34d to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to Od ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 40. ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4od to 5d ; 104 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 28 Oda 3s Od ; ditto, full, Gs 6d to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 3s O to 4s 4d ; Keats, Os Od to Os Od ; Half-breds, 3s ld to 3s 8d ; Downs, 2s 10d to 3s 4d ; Lambs, 2s Sd to 4s Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; clover ditto, 5/ OS to 6/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ 8s Od to 1/ 14s Od per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at full prices. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 6/ 108 ' • clover do., 5/ Os to 6/ 158 ; and straw. 1 / lOs to 1 / 15s per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 17s to 6/ 6s; clover do., 5/ Oa to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to It 13s per load. lota tolerably 4x=l, at full qmtatim. ;0 I all Bt. 100 St. 100 it. 100 t. 1.00 it.. WO ;5 all /0 all 15 all L 2 all .2i all !O all LO all St. 100 St. LOO 5 all L. tro 5i .24 all it: too 5 18i .0 all 2 9: 1 ;0 all 15 4 all M. 00 20 10 50 25 St. 25 25 50 20 20 10 10 10 5 20 18 100 100 100 20 541 5 4i 5i 75 6k 911 21 2 82 li 2 651 41 5i ISi I 21 2 I sl L 68i 9 45 6 35 S 19,n I Si s 107 23k 3 691 970 IRONMASTERS' MEETING, HANDSWORTII, SEPT. 23.—The usual meeting preli minary to the quarterly meetings of the Staffordshire and Worcester ironmasters was held at the New Inn in this place to-day ; and the recent circumstances of the trade imparted to it a peculiar interest. The attendance was not remarkably numerous, but members or repre sentatives of the principal firms in the district were pre sent. It is well known that since the last quarterly meet ings, when the price of bar-iron, so far as the resolu tions of the trade could determine it, was Si. per ton, many if not the whole of the first-rate Staffordshire houses have upon new contracts asked and obtained 91. So general, indeed, has this advance been, it may be said for several weeks past, excepting in the case of a few needy manufacturers, to have ruled the trade. There were persons who, notwithstanding, refused to entertain new contracts, even at the generally understood advance, and who sought for a still further enhancement of rates. The question under discussion to-day was therefore not the maintenance of the old price of 8/. per ton for bars, but whether it should be 91., already virtually adopted, or a still further advance, the amount to be fixed upon if such advance were deemed advisable. Mr. Foster, of Stourbridge, one of the most eminent ironmas ters in the district, proposed that the price of bars should for the ensuing quarter be 91. 10a. per ton, or an advance of it. 10s. upon the last quarter's declaration ; and this proposition, as we understand, was supported upon various grounds, but chiefly on account of the increased demand for iron and the exorbitant price of pigs and raw materials generally. The makers of pig iron at the present moment have, according to the opinions of some manufacturers of finished iron, the market completely in their own hands ; and, unless they reduce their terms, it is contended, bars, sheets, and hoops must of necessity go up. It was contended, however, by others that 91. was a remunerative price, that the money market was tight, that the present demand might probably be but temporary, and that if a further advance was declared the iron men of the district might be expected to seek for au immediate proportionate rise of wages. These considerations appeared to have most weight with the meeting, and after considerable discussion the price of bar iron for the ensuing quarter was fixed at 91., and a corresponding rise in hoops and sheets. The prices of coal, ironstone, and limestone arenotdetermined by these preliminary meetings, and even those of iron are after all subject to the confirmation of the regular quarterly meet ings, which will commence at Walsall on the 9th of the ensuing month. The greatest unanimity, however, pre vailed at the meeting to-day, and there appears little probability of a change. It is quite certain that the ironmasters can now deter mine upon an advance with greater certainty of its being maintained than they could 6 months:ago. At that time there were several insolvent houses anxious to sell al most at any prices they could obtain, and by their un derselling to an immense extent inflicted a great injury upon the more reputable firms of the district. These for the most part arr now extinct, and the trade is conse quently placed in more certain and healthy condition. Confidence appears to be re-established, and, although the money-market, in consequence of the proceeding of the Bank of England, is disturbed, commercial credit is apparently restored. CONSECRATION BY CARDINAL W MEM AA. The consecration of a new choir and other newly completed portions of St. John's Roman Catholic Ca thedral, Salford, took place yesterday morning, the ceremonial being conducted by Cardinal Wiseman, as sisted by Bishops Turner and Roskell, with several other Roman Catholic Bishops, and a very numerous body of canons, priests, and other ranks of the Roman Catholic clergy. About 1,600 persons were present, including a number of the leading Catholic families of the neighbour hood, among them being Sir Humphrey and Lady An nette de Trafford, Mr. and Mrs. Trafford, 'Lady Gwen doline Talbot, Sir Charles and Lady Tempest, Mr. and Mrs. Walmsley, Captain and Mrs. Hibbert, and several members of the families of Mr. Daniel Lee and Mr. Learning, of Salford, two of the principal benefactors of the church. Mr. Brotberton, M.P., and the Rev. Dr. Hally, Independent minister; and a number of persons of different religious denominations were also present. The ceremonial commenced with a procession from the sacristy through the north transept, and up the centre aisle from the west door to the choir. High mass was celebrated by Bishop Turner, of Salford. The musical mass selected was Haydn's celebrated Imperial or Co ronation Mass, No. 3, and the choir was greatly strengthened for the occasion, there being nearly 4C voices, and an orchestra of stringed instruments besides the organ. Mr. Michael Conran led the choir ; the prin cipal soprano was Mrs. George Cooper ; and this attrac tive portion of the service was a most beautiful perform ance throughout. Cardinal Wiseman, who preached the sermon, took his text from Ephesians, iv., v. 4—" One body, and one spirit." His discourse, which was of great length, was principally directed against the Puseyite portion of the Church of England, endeavouring to show that, although they might hold themselves to be one with the body of Christ, they could not be one in spirit with the church as it was from the beginning. The Catholic Church was one and the same, from the beginning to the present day, and those Protestants who affected to bo restoring the church to its pristine splendour admitted that for 200 years the cross of Christ and the altarstone of his church had been cast into the dust ; therefore they ad mitted that in spirit and in body they had been broken. On the other hand, the Catholic Church had endured, even when driven to worship secretly in dens and ca verns, and through the middle ages, and even in those times when the priests inhabited secretly the houses of noblemen and gentlemen in this country, still the Ca tholics were brought together, and the extent of their means preserved the spirit and body of the church im mutable. Besides the choir several other new works and em bellishments in the interior of the church, which have occupied the last two years in completion, were included in this consecration. They consist chiefly of side aisles, high altar and reredos, oak stall for the chapter, and seats for the choir boys, side screens of stone, Ladye Chapel at the east end, flanked by the Lee and the Lem ing chantries, and the great east window, with two me morial windows of stained glass in each chantry. The whole is covered with a groined roof, azure, and starred. The view from the west door of the church up the cen tre, terminating in the high altar, with its screen, and the great east window beyond, presents now a most mag nificent effect. ORIGINAL ANNEXATION OF THE CRIMEA TO TILE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. The manifesto published by the Empress Catherine upon the occasion of her troops entering the Crimea, to annex it, in 1783, has more than an historic interest at the present moment. The following is a translation : Petersburg, August 1. We, Catherine 11,, by the Grace of God, Empress and solellTonarch of all the Russian, & c . Our last war against the Ottoman Empire having been attended with the most signal successes we had cer tainly acquired the right of reuniting to the territories of our empire the Crimea, of which we were in possession : we, however, hesitated not to sacrifice that, with many other conquests, to our ardent desire of re-establishing the public tranquillity, and of confirming the good under standing and friendship between our empire and the Ottoman Porte. This motive induced us to stipulate for the freedom and independence of the Tartars, whom we had reduced by our arms ; hoping to remove for ever, by this means, every cause of dissension, and even of coolness, between Russia and the Ottoman Porte, ex posed too often to these inconveniences by the form of government which then subsisted among the Tartars. Great as were our sacrifices and our efforts for realising those hopes, they were soon, to our great regret, consider. ably diminished. The restlessness natural to the Tartars, fomented by insinuations, the source of which is not un known to us, caused them easily to fall into a snare laid by foreign hands, which bad sowed amongst them the seeds of disturbance and confusion to such a degree as to induce them to labour for the weakening, and even the total ruin of an edifice which our beneficent cares had erected for the happiness of that nation, by procuring them liberty and independence, under the authority of a chief elected by themselves. Hardly was their Khan established according to this new form of 'government, before he saw himself deprived of ail authority, and even obliged to desert his country, to give place to an usurper, who would again subject the Tartars to the yoke of a do minion from which our beneficence had released them. The greater part of them, as blind as they were ignorant, had submitted to that usurper; the rest, thinking them. selves too weak to resist, would infallibly have yielded to his yoke ; and thus we should have lost the fruits of our victories, and the principal recompence for the sacrifices which we willingly made at the last peace, if we bad not • instantly taken under our immediate protection such of the well-disposed Tartars who, prizing the blessings of their new political existence, lamented their being forced to submit to the usurper who had expelled their lawful Khan. By thus effectually protecting them, we furnished them with the power and the means of choosing a new Khan in the room of Sahib Gheray, and of establishing an administration analogous to this state of affairs. It was to attain this end that our military forces wore put in motion ; that a considerable body of our troops were ordered, notwithstanding the severity of the season, to enter the Crimea, where they were subsisted at our ex pense, and obliged to exert the power of our arms for the support of the good cause, in order to recall such of the Tartars as were estranged from it by their revolt. The public is not ignorant that a rupture between Russia and the Ottoman Porte had very near ensued upon this occasion ; but thanks to the Divine assistance, we disposed matters in such a manner, that the Ottoman Porte again acknowledged the independence of the Tartars, and the validity of the election of Schaghin- Gheray, their lawful sovereign. Notwithstanding all the inconveniences above mentioned, as long as we were sustained and animated by the hope of re-establishing the repose necessary to the advantage and preservation of good neighbourhood with the Ottoman empire, we regarded the Crimea, according to tenour and letter of the treaties, as a free and independent country, confin ing ourselves solely to appeasing the troubles which pre vai el amongst them. From our love of peace we found in this conduct a sufficient recompence for the great ex penses incurred by it ; but we were soon undeceived in this respect by the fresh revolt occasioned in the Crimea last year, the encouragement of which always flowed from the same source. We have been obliged, in conse quence, to have recourse again to considerable arma ments, and to cause troops to enter into the Crimea and the Cuban, whose presence is become indispensable for maintaining tranquillity and good order in the adjacent countries. The sad experience of every day demon strates more clearly that if the sovereignty of the Otto man Porte in the Crimea was a perpetual source of discord between our two empires, the independence of the Tartars exposes us to subjects of contention no less numerous and important, since the long servitude to which that people have been accustomed has rendered the greater part of the individuals incapable of valuing the advantages of the new situation procured for them by that independence of which we sought to give them the enjoyment ; and which, laying us under the neces sity of being always armed, occasions not only great ex penses, but also exposes our troops to inevitable and con tinual fatigues. The efforts they made to extinguish the flame of dis cord, in succouring the well intentioned of that nation, exposed them to the violences of the seditious and ill-in tentioned, whom we were willing to leave unpunished, in order to avoid even the shadow of an act of sovereignty, so long as we could cherish the least hope of at length restoring good order, and preventing, by this means, the essential interests of our empire from being injured. But to our great regret, all these measures, dictated solely by our love of humanity, tended only to bring upon us losses and damages, which we have the more sensibly at heart as they affected our subjects. The loss in men is not to be appreciated—we will not attempt to estimate it ; that in money, according to the most moderate calcu lations, amounts to upwards of twelve millions of roubles. To these particulars is to be added another of the utmost importance, both in its object and with regard to its consequences. We have just been informed that the Porte has begun to lay claim to the exercise of sove reignty in the Tartar dominions, by sending one of its officers attbe head of a detachment of troops, to the island of Taman, who has even proceeded to cause the officer to be publicly beheaded who was sent to him by the Khan Schaghin-Ghera,y with a commission only to inquire of him what were the motives for his arrival in that island ; and what evidently proves the nature of the mission of this commandant of the troops is, that he made no difficulty in declaring openly to the inhabitants of Taman that he looked upon them as subjects of the Porte. This decisive, though unexpected step, convincing us of the inutility of the sacrifices we had made upon the last peace, annuls, in consequence, the engagements we had contracted, with the sole intention of firmly establishing the freedom and independence of the Tartars, and sufficiently authorises us to enter again into the enjoyment of those rights which we had lawfully acquired by conquest ; the more so as it is the only means remaining for us to secure hereafter a solid and permanent peace between the two empires. Animated, therefore, with a sincere desire of confirming and maintaining- the last peace concluded with the Porte, by preventing the continual disputes which the affairs of the Crimea produced, our duty to ourself and the pre servation of the security of our empire equally demand our taking the firm resolution to put an end, once for all, to the troubles in the Crimea ; and for this purpose we re unite to our empire the peninsula of the Crimea, the island of Taman, and all the Cuban, as a just indemnification for the losses sustained, and the expenses we have been obliged to incur in maintaining the peace and welfare of these territories. In declaring to the inhabitants of those conntries by the present manifesto that such is our En periai pleasure, we promise them, for us and our successors in the Im perial throne of Russia, that they shall be treated upon au equality with our ancient subjects ; and that in taking them under our high protection, we will defend against all people their persons, their estates, their tem ples, and the religion they profess; that they shall enjoy the most absolute liberty of conscience, without the least restriction, in the public exercise of their worship and their ceremonies, and that not only the nation in gene ral, but also each individual in particular, shall partici pate in all the advantages enjoyed by our ancient sub jects. But we also expect, from the gratitude of our new subjects, that, touched with these favours, they will be sensible of the value of this fortunate revolution, which removes them from a convulsed state of disturb ances and dissensions, to one of entire security and per fect tranquillity, under the protection of the laws ; and that, striving to imitate the submission, zeal, and fide lity of those who have long had the happiness of living under our government, they will render themselves wor thy of our imperial favour, beneficence, and protection. Given at our Imperial residence of St. Petersburg, the Bth of April, in the year of grace 1783, and in the 21st year of our reign. (Signed with her Imperial Majesty's own hand) CATHERINE (L. S.) SINGULAR CASE. At the Salford Town-hall, on Thursday, a man named John Griffiths was brought up on remand, before Mr. Trafford, charged with unlawfully obtaining and running away with 7151., under the following circumstances : Some time since the prisoner was in partnership with Mr. Farrell (as joiners and builders) ; they became bank rupt, and their partnership ceased. Afterwards two persons, named Brownbill and Lawton, carried on busi ness with Griffiths ; but as some of Messrs. Farrell and Griffiths' accounts remained to be settled, an excuse ex isted for Griffiths being frequently about Messrs. Brown bill and Co.'s premises. A short time since the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Company sent notice to M essr s. Brownbill and Co. that they were prepared to pay the sum of 7151. in question. The notice was in the following terms : " Notice.—You are requested to apply for the payment of your account, amounting to 7151., on Friday, the 21st inst., at one o'clock. If you cannot, then the authority at the foot must be signed in favour of the party autho rised to receive payment on your account." This was signed by the treasurer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and it was received by Messrs. Brownbill and Co. at their place of business, where it had no doubt been seen by the prisoner, who, on the day in question, presented himself—not at one o'clock, but at a much earlier hour—at the offices of the company, and obtained cheques for the amount, which he got cashed during the morning, and which was discovered when one of the firm went to the company's offices, in tending to receive the cheque. Griffiths was pursued and apprehended, but only 15s. of the money was recovered. Messrs. Brownbill and Co. gave the company notice that Griffiths was in cus tody, but the railway authorities replied, "He has robbed you, not us, and you may prosecute if you please." Messrs. Brownbill and Co., on the other hand,. contended that the company ought to prosecute. Grif fiths was therefore discharged, there being no charge against him. To explain the abovo singular proceedings (says the Manchester Guardian) it must be stated that the rail way company, by prosecuting Griffiths, would have ad mitted that the money was obtained from them, and that they were therefore liable to pay Messrs. Brown bill and Co. the whole amount ; and the company do not of course wish to pay the money twice. Messrs. Brownbill, by prosecuting, would have admitted their rece ipt of the money, and thu s have invalidated their present supposed claim upon the railway company. Had the 7151. been recovered with the prisoner, there would probably have been no difficulty as to who should pro secute. THE FAILURE AT THE .12EDAN. attack on the Iledan ought to open the eyes of the An old soldier remarks that the failure of the English British people to the following startling facts : That the military engineering department is deficient in skill and practical knowledge. That the mismanage ment of the army by the governing powers is fearful to contemplate. That thousands of veterans are first slaughtered by the criminal incapacity and negligence of the Government ; and raw recruits are called upon to a ttack a strongly fortified position, defended by pro perly trained troops, and under disadvantages arising from engineering deficiencies sufficient to defeat the best-conaucted operations. That the English Staff, as at present constituted, are absolutely destructive. That there is a deficiency of regimental officers with their re giments ; and that, whilst the conduct of those officers who have stuck to their men and done their duty is highly meritorious, there is a large class of men in the British army, holding commissions, who have deserted their regiments, and shirked the perils of the service in the field, in a way which requires immediate correction, both for the credit of the service, and as a fair compli ment to their more honourable compeers. What has poor England done that s h e should be humbled in the eyes of the world ? She has delivered herself up, bound hand and foot, to a helpless aristocracy, and has not the courage to break her bonds ! In the meantime, all honour and glory to our brilliant Allios, who have hobly won Sebastopol _ SERIOUS FRAUDS BY A FRENCH NAVY CONTRACTOR. The Maritime Tribunal of Brest has just been occu pied for seven days in trying 23 persons on the charge of defrauding the state. Notwithstanding the immense length of the trial, the main facts of the case are simple enough :—The principal prisoner, a man named Turrel, who since 1829 has been master tailor in the dockyards of Toulon, had, it appeared, been accustomed during all that time to appropriate to his own use the cuttings of cle.t. entrusted to him to work up into uniforms, though he'eught to have accounted for the greater part of them to the state ; and it further appeared, that, being re . markably skilful in his trade , h e invented a new eystra of cutting, which en abled him ver y materially to ro of his depredations. Nor did he confine his fraudu lent operations to cloth alone, but extended .them to which were stuffs for linings, linen, and other things considerable required in making clothes. As the value .of the goods confided to him annually was very wa rds of . 1,000,000 f . of the cloth alone being up his illicit gains were exceedingly extensive ;. the pre cise amount of them could not be ascertained, but he married his daughters with 200,000 francs each, and he is now in possession of a very large fortune. Of the twenty-two other prisoners one was the wife of Turrel, and she was accused of . having aided him in his robberies • nine were dealers in . Tonlon, charged with having purchased' his booty knowing it to be stolen ; two were lieutenants i n the navy, named Banda and Da• monteil, both memb ers of the Legion of Honour, and in vested w ith the task of superintending the making an d distribution o f the clothing for the navy—and the charge against them was that profited had tolerated Turrel's role es,hiannidpbraedseinntdsiroefetmlyoneyandb.yotthheemr them,obtaining from biu presents of money and other things loans, in finally, all the other prisoners, wh o were Tfb&retioer.rmir;ealn'sdemployment, wore charged with having in hi m Turrel guilty, i t dif ferent degrees assisted in the frauds and participated in theh gre profitsat eloquence, bu t Tribunal the B r ryer defendedd d and sentenced him to two years' i m prisonment and 10,000 f. fine, also to pay a sum of 40,000 f. by way of restitution to the state, and 5,093 f. costs. All the other prisoners were acquitted, with the exception of one Montigny, Turrel's foreman, and he was sentenced two =Lag' o iuvri4oumut and Pig fj'e• . - • Ira ith )in de etc• the . vat!! ng )ok 20 50 20 25 21i i . I Pafi i 0 1 al K' al 5 al