The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

~---.0 sroi. RKET 3:TONE Y MA AND CO . IO IER,GIAL INTELLIGEIVCE. CITY, Two o'CLoca. ci she Cott on M arket at Li verpoo l y es t er d a y The firmly, with an u p w ard tendency in prices. Lae sales amounted to fully 10,000 bales, 3,000 of r hiell were taken on speculation and for export. l e Railway Share Market closed steadily, with 4 moderate business doing. The overla n d ma il , i n a dditi on t o th e l e tters from f alcu tta, and the m o re important business marts, rni , she s a report, dated June 30, from Maulmein. Th e demand for imports was extremely dull, a suf 6ileht quantity of rain not having fallen to open : L e C reeks with th e interior, thus preventing pur a3ers coming down. i jhe worki ng o f th e mercan til e tribu n als in h o all ee and B e l g i um , t er m e d " Conseils de Prud% 1414 e 2 )" has very naturally attracted attention er e fora long time past, and to an address of the 40 of Commons a memorandum has been pre- Pared b y i t ,the Board of Trade, giving much useful g l er lliation up on the subject. Taking a rapid 4114 ) at the information contained in this pape r, t b , h We find that the first of these tri it-"aii was e s tablished by Napoleon at Lyons that other under a law passed that year ; 4 t other towns then followed in rapid succession, litt hat Paris possessed no such institution until pat e because of the practical difficulties antici k from the great variety of the branches of u - afactur e there carried on. In 1849 there t"heere Conseil in France. The Government has ri ght of establishing them on the advice of a Cha mber o f C ommerce or a Chamber of Arts and tta a ufactures, and the number of its members is isegillated by the same decree, but. cannot be less t 4111 6 , exclusive of the President and Plc s •Presid en t. The number of workmen and a 4 ters is e qua l, but the President, who is norni d4i4'd by the Government, is not considered a mem. 1 4 41 (1 has the casting vote, which prevents "a ta ;: 3 1(301 E" upon any knotty question, and gives t1 ,: 41 apparently a slight preponderating influ- F • There is a p a id secretary and an executive kt ee l . ) and th e election of the Conseil is managed a m eeting called by the Prefect of the town he re it is to be carried on. Under the present the following are electors t— lr4:4llMaster manufacturers of 25 years old and up -144' Who have been ' patentia' for five years, three of Co e , „tenet have been within the district for which the ep , is established. '04;1 1 Workmen who are 25 years old and upwards, IN, '4O hav e exerc i se d their trade for five years at tI 14 ,:; and res id ed t h ree years i n th e di s t r i c t f or which , pseil is est a bli s h e d. tol l . he qualifications for serving on the Conseil are— e attained the age of 30 and upwards ; to know The ma y or write ; and to ha qua!ified as an elector. klit l , t ie mayor of each commune of the district, as. ka 4tet ey two assessors, whom he chooses,. one from the S I , : 1 the other from the workmen, registers the elec ‘ "'ed send s th e d ee d to the prefect, who summons „electoral meetings. wo r k : 16 masters at a meeting of their body, and the ; te n at a meeting of theirs, choose the members thee respectively to represent them in the Conseil. tit ) , *rst time of taking the votes an absolute majo. te c ,Zeiljorit6 a b solue) i s requ i re d f or e l ec ti on ; a t t h e O te ". 4 rel a ti ve ma j or i ty (ma j or i t y re l a ti ve ) i s sufficient. Tl 4 le thre e years h a lf t h e mem b er s of the Conseil, h e bY lot, retire, and a new election takes place. retiring members, however, are re-eligible. tif e i r T Conseil holds a general meeting (Bureau " C 8 a week, composed of an equal number of tat of and workmen, which number must be at least e,ach class. A " Bureau de Conciliation," klaste s 4 : 4 " Bureau Particulier," composed of a sits a workman, both members of the Con 'l4 jell l e s i - i ve rY day from 11 to 1 o'clock. All disputes i ll th e Within the province of the Conseil are, :414,414rtieillerr;e'tdPlace, brought before the "Bureau de Cons 11, and if they cannot be seljuste I there, they to the .‘ Bureau General," whose decision is to in all disputes where the sum or value at issue is de s ili,,to or less than 200 francs. In, all other cases the NI t ,; 118 of the "Bureau General are subject which o bi a c n 11 1 , d ' , to a superior court. (The sum beyond was,h ,Ilav t ' 4l isions of the Conseil were subject to appeal th ' 4 ); recently, only 60 francs, and was raised by f 1853 to 200 francs.) Up to the year 1 842 tt liv e), there had been 184 , 574 cases submitted t de r ‘ e jurisdiction of the Prud'hommes : of these 1 /I 4 - ,,ture au de Conciliation " decided no less than f\ f '4.).l 7 . leaving 10,0°7 for the number of those re. 4 ' 4 tC the "Bureau General" for compulsory decision. vli e ,e 4 e latter, 4.849 were withdrawn by the parties in . S i - Teo, : and upon 5,178 judgment was passed ; of ep 9 u4 were decided subject to appeal, and 3,274 44 ), er flier ressort.' In all of those, however (except /14 tit l ;hich were decided subject to appeal, the judg ii., the Prud'hommes was accepted without . appeal. . The main objects of these institutions may b e -.4 1 4' stated to be the decision of disputes between 41, rB '‘nd workmen, or between the workmen them ite; ; lAA , ° ` ll Y. They also exercise certain specific functions o f h ' ul leinistrative character." Nit; tte has been a flatter market for English se- Rhi c and sellers have come forward. Consols, 91 ° Pened at 91 to 1, have since been quoted Dep t for transfer and time. The New 3 per 1 1 1 : 8 ; have been at 92i to 2, and the Reduced ‘lli e f„ 3 ,; tt 9 1i to 92. Exchequer Bills are 155., m`tia Bonds 275. to 30s. premium. Z tiela e 'grt Stocks have been mostly firm. Vene lik %qttlare 31, B uenos Ayres 56 to 571, and Bra -1-02/ to 103, being flattest at the present mo . r I , Spanish Threes are 38, and the Deferred Old Scrip is firm at 2i premium, and the Pe t Per Cents. are quiet, at 931, Dutch 21s. he ell t• re 65 alise 64i to . 4 % . follo w i ng are th e nom i na l prices of foreign kriGrenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7.i ; titc;ki '--Grenada 214 to 21 ; Peruvian, 81 to 82 ; 1 ?o ti , 'three p er Cents., 58 to 59 ; Portuguese per: n Per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five 11 41 f etl ts., 100 to 102 ; ditto Four-and-a -181 i !'er Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, , tt ') 19 • ditto Three per Cents., 3 8 to 38 1 ; 0 , h Ce rtificates, 41 to 41 ; ditto Passive, 41- to 4i. I) t T i ii ; , l ast week's railway receipts, ascertained up $ i l day, are in round figures as follow :- 1855. 1854. clkt w Western est 4.wi£27,669 .023,837 , ster n 0 40 7 i *stern 17 459 15,881 kP i lend •• ******************************* 30,174 29,910 le t A ll tia.E • ***** d, . 4 51tere 12,691 12,668 .li k tl‘t-la r ti thern - ' l ‘ N tli.ss ilir e and Yorkshire 24,367 23,318 Easter n tt4'' t 4 2 , shares have been affected by the settle -It,„ of theo si •tt, rci - n account, and are generally weaker than Vli t ti'Y. The lines most dealt in are Eastern eat ar Lancashire and Yorkshire,. and North c't; Foreign shares are not quite so high. k e i ; °rei gn Mining Market is steady, Joint 'o44 - "Oiks are dull, and Crystal Palace at pre )l rate s . k. 1 11.311 FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. i tk k r Prom the Oficial List. ) NI. i ltotk .. 215 i Yr.t Tut. R e ' d t1 ,, e1 3 ,t . , uood Annuities 9ll-, 2 1f i N it Dt? Consols Annuities 9l 1 1 tN iat. C 4 ent. Annuities 1 bi t :kan, it , 11 11uthes 4, 11, t '0 3 0 ~( ' `i, Expire sth Jan., 'Nen ~ Di v o ud .. ears, Expire sth April, 1885 16 15-16 1,-, t :' , o. : XlOOO t t a 10 tinde r kiooo 27 30 'll,, r' Account 6th September 9ll 1 j i 10 0 111 r Bills, ' 2f a 2a. ri„., ............. .-- . 15 13 15 16 12 ma11' . ..................................... 13 15 hy; 11. ICE ... • i ''ll t , atim i to OF FOREIGN FUNDS TITTS DAY. m r . 40. lid. r 'll 4 ' y ',, per Cont. Li., , i til to g o t ti l s ßo .. nd , s, 6 per Cent A' Leh p er h e - 18 -5, 3 per Cent 6 wlrt,4 c h,_` - • nt ii , terOltet e Zge 23 per Cent. 12 Guil. % 11 i 4 41 8,7 . ; 1113 , 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 49 f i t tb s 11 0 ,; . ( ' 1 ',' . 4 5. 5 per Cent. . t , N ew 7.; 3 Per Cent 3B ,top t 4) fo r ti ',"eferred, 3 per Cent. i4.° the Account l9 IPA ,Sonde g 43 1', 4 - itt o s. , or th'e- par cent 93i i ,4%, ~e,,,? account 0t t ',,, , 1a pmz: Scrip, 4 per Cent. - P '.., j ntis 41 r , Or th , 4 per ...eat. . ) T 1 c Account :if i 2 l 'llk e h l ' l dend, ti i , 11, 13 t on the above payable In London. 1 ''.,..: t 2 sc r i!:',... 3 per Cent. •. il l ..h r ‘nd L f 185- 2l to , nice oan o ) 4 Der 0,:24 oer Cent. 12 Gull 65 4k P Cent. Certifieates .. .. THREE 0' CLOCK . I\ --. ° it il t, 3 'llsl ; l o ...... , N t 't i 1 :i . CCOu - ni ti,,, 1t ii _•-•!-- _ ________ t ' 5 . am RIII NG ti k i Tri, TRADE.—WICK, Aug 23.—The her ror4 ti,,st,eees4st t B his station has .nly been attended with . tp ei viti ~ e ince our la-t Thursday's report. The -• 11 14 t 4 t ,,„ 1 , Week is about 16 crane per boat, and 4!t t ern 4 '2 crane. The take is as near as possible 444 e time last year. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. . r .l z5t4,11.00 ;:)0 all 13; all 31 9 :711 all ,et 1 25 all St. 100 St. 200 10 ,61s. k,ea r:araYM. 8 A.nlll)g. Nottng. Bob' and Eastn. Jnnet. Bolfast & Ballymon. .pragng,NVoll üb, Stour Valley 91Birk,,uhd. Cancel & Cheshire Junet...... DO. Chesh. & Birk. £5O and i:25 Cow, Do., £20.... ..... myth & Tyn 9 origina £25 (issd. at £4F Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Carmarthen and Ca, ( digan A. Chester di Holyheao al Cork and Bandon .. al Cork, Black, &Pas , .6 Cornwall ieT Junction 65 Duvlin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perthda deen Junction 11 Do. N 10 East Al glian ,11 Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock .. .00 De., B. Sto.rt -86 Do., New A )0 gast Lancashire /G Edinburgh& GlasgoN\ Edinb. and Peebles )0 Edin.PrLh at ntlr4ta 9 Forth & Clyde JR- al I Furness . ill Do. Extension Glasgow&S. Westor oreat Northcrn Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. WiSrest.(lre Great Western ,/ D. Stour Val Rai] (qua. Stk rish South-Eastern. 1 Lancaster Si. Carlisle ci Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds It. 1100 Lancash.andYorksh Do., Wet. Riding Un 11 Liv.Croby.&Southpt 11 London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cat Lond, and N. West' , 6 i Do, Fifths 5 Do.lo/. Sh., M&B., C 2 AIDo. Eighths DO London andS. West, 174 Do., £5O 8 Do., £4O d Lnarrydt Col erain , al Lndndrry. k Ennisk 1 , 00 Manch.Sher. k Linch a Do. Shares, No. ! 8 . Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland 0 Do. Birmng. &Derb ii ld. G. West. (fro, I ll Do. Half Shares ffl Newcastle & Nwpt.,Aberg.&Hrfl 8 Newry & Euniskillcp ii Newry Warrenpoiw and itostrevoni Norfolk . Northn.Counties Un. !North British [1 North Devon, No. 1 11 Do., No, 2 [1 Do., A Deferred [1 Ipo., B Guaranteed )0 N. Eastern—Berwic'• 9 Do. do. Extension .3 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch Eo. Leeds )0 Do. York 61' North London 11 Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Harnr stead, and City Jn.. .7A North Staffordshirf.. 11 North Western 11 N. &S. Westrn. Juno Nuneaton, Hinck.h* , and Leicester Oxford, Woreestor,A , Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth Se.,.,cish Central )1) Scottish 1 1 .4 i di an X) Shropshire Union L I South Devon South Eastern II South Wales S. Yrksh. 4 Riy. Thu 5 Do 4 Staines, Wok &Wok xi Stockton & Darlii 15 StkAton & Hratlepl St. 1100 St. 1.01 50 a 50 I al 0 I L - 3o I I Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO 9bares . IO Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven DoeV and Railway.. 13A1nr, t la day. 25 - 7 4 - ... -- .. 8 - 8i 13i - 13 15i - 16 8 i - 74 90 - 92 63 - 63. 11 - 8 - 10 ~. -- ... ••• -- 3 2d 6b 7 - 14 . ...IP . .. 72 - 74. 53 - 55 9 -- 18 - 20 • '. 71 - 73 89 -9) 71 - 73 - 19 103 - 105 56i • 57; 55 60 73 (6 7no 64 741 3 83i 83i 7 7f 97 99 95 —95 i If ld id 1 4 1 84 854 7 641, 6, 54d1 :zg 25. 7i.- 8i 71 - 711 41 - 43 12 - 10 li - 2} g - ii •.. ... , 29 .... 31 731 741 7 614 3 121 13. 49 50 i 91 98 id 6i - 64 - 64 26 - 28 ' l O7 109 75 77 44 46 3 14 62 63 31 32 5 3 2d par 38 - 40 • o• '''' 20i 21 3 - 1 21 - 23 5-. 3 2d par 40Lit this day. 20 li 10 L 50 t st. lii St. i 11 501 a] St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St St. Ili 161 1 zo 1 u St. 111 i 24 s 111 50 4! St. 50 .t 10 13 to r 20 al St. 1.0 25 2 iTlverstone di Lanes 11 Vale ol lioath Waterfd. k Kilkenny 11 Waterford&Limerior 20 I all U) I ki West Cornwall 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace .11 West London iWimbledn be Croydon FOREIGN. 11 Antwerp&Rott rdam 4 Belgian Eastn. June. .0 Beziers to Graissyssae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip ill Demerara .0 T)ntch Rhenish ,11 Eastern of France .0 Do. New 11 East Indian, g. 5 P.C . .0 Do. Ei;ension 11 Do. 4ip. c. }lds., pay '57, convertible ,11 Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is 11 I Do. St. Lawrence k 20 ii 18 4 176 al 20 11 20 11 20 al 20 11 100 al 100 11 25 1' 25 al 100 I 71 100 al 20 11 6 5 5 20 Atlantic do. '0 Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'6n al Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of Frau in Gt. Indian Peningnla - guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 1.0. Extensions.•.. 611 Do. do :3 Great Luxembour Constituted Shares Lll Do. Obligations Gt.Westernofeana.d-' 100 al 100 al 100 al Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. di Do. do., '62, p. '56 .. M Do. do., '76, p. '6O D:,. do., '73, without option all Fl;ruilton & Toront' all Do. 6 por cent. 14 I Lake Collat. & Basle j Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. 20 11 20 1 pref .0 Lyons and Geneva .4 Lyons & Mediterran 10 3U 20 ku 20 16 20 5 Niadras .0 Do. New Maria Antonia I I Do. do. New 11 I Namnr & Lieg• %rift interest) 11 Do. (ex interest)..... . 11 Northern of France. 11 D0.20i. Shs.lateChar loroi and Erqueline. guar. 3R p. c. & red. at 22A1. dur. S 8 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... 11 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fray. B. di Ams. 20 1 1 40 a 1 20 al 11 NorwegianTrunkPro 6 Paris and Lyons , ill Ditto Bonds al Paris and Orleans ►ll Paris and Ronen... 20 11 20 al 5 ParisCaen do Cherbrg. 11 Rouen and Havre .11 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish 611 Sambre and Menem_ 11 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref, 20 to a, SciridO - _ _ Southern of France 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) r_ll West Flanders ll Do 5i per c. Pref 8 Western of France .6 Wert. of Switzerland .11 Wiabaden 20 all Zealand 20 i 1, 20 11 20 I II 9i - 10 2} - 1i 2 - li li - 1 1 -lip .-18;1 lli -12 i 241 -• 24i 21 - 31 • • • ..... • •• - si! 17/ - 181 65 67 95 3 / 4 96 3 / 4 5a c g —gP gP 3i - 34 3 - 3 $ pi - 24 100 - 102 115 - 118 115 -- 120 108 109 3} - 2 1, 114 -- 116 . dio 7 8 ; 161 201 p 2 Ai 7 9 2 - 3 51, - 5i 14 -A 121 - 12'1 - 9 48i - 49ip 48 - 50 - 52 - 27 23 20 - 21 2 IA4 9 - 9i li - 2 p ... - pm 4 - 4 124 -134 p! ih: c6i BANKS. 94 , •- 95 67 - 69 id-1P d idit 7 - • 04 ....... ••• ... - ... 17 -17 i 191 -204 d 31 7 tod ... -- ... *. .°"" ••• •got ..... . • 35 - 36 42 - 43 521 -53 j *1 - 41:1 73 - 74 S - 9 ... S .... JOINT-STO , .itlbtra L:1141r. al) British Colonial Rant and Loan Company all 'irithib N. American 5 %art& Bank of Asia 4 ...Thlrtd. Brk. of India, Australia, & China 30 City :5 Colonial Commercial of Lond 11 English Scottish and Australian Chart al Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis 5 Ditto New London and County.. It London Joint Stock.. i 0 Loud. & WeFtminater National Provincial of England [0 Do. New 32 lational of Ireland dl N'ew South Wales )riental Bank of Corporation. 25 rrovincial of Ireland all 110. New 1 qoyal Australn.Bkg /t Gold Imp Co._ ;ontli Australia 0 Union of Australia -2i Do. Now 10 Usion of Loadoz TOE S L_ONDON, THURSDAY . EVENII4O.., ,AUGUSr SO 1865._ I,TN ES ;. 4SED IXV,I) qftNTALYI. ~~~;;"•: '. r. „ 4 0 4 i'Z't & •Oi• • $ .l ' , , i5,..4,4.7 THIS NLWS IPaJcl: li,ctLwava, Cowan , lotting vie , this day. itaitness this (lLy POLICE INTELLMENCE.-(TELTS DAY.) SUN OFFICE', Six o'Clock. viANSION•HOUSE. Fruiceiek Vane Cooper, the man who was remanded from Monday, charged with attempting to obtain 6d. from Mr. Cooper, artist, London;bridge, was again placed at the bar, before the Lord Mayor. The prisoner, it will be recollected, represented himself to Mrs. Cooper as a reporter, and demanded 13s. 6d. from her to keep out of the newspapers a charge that he said had been preferred the day before at one of the po lice courts against her husband, the publication of which would much disgrace him. EGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPII.) STAND PLATE. Freckle .., Ssxalcliffe . Gossip Eight ran. KING JOHN STAKES. His conduct on the former examination was so strange that he was remanded, to enable the prison surgeon to examine him as to the state of his mind. Seaweed filly Merope filly Wandering Willie When placed at the bar this morning he bahaved in the same incoherent manner as on the former occasion, and stated he had written to a M.P. relative to the charge but had received no answer. - Three ran " RUNNYMEDE STAKES. New Brighton Bordeaux Matilda, His Lordship said he had received the following cer• tificate from the prison surgeon relative to the prisoner's state of mind : Six ran. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES. Dead heat with Mr. Sykes and Fulbeck. Winkfield " I hereby certify that I have seen and conversed with Frederick Vane Cooper six times since his admission into the gaol of Newgate, and it is my opinion that he is of unsound mind. Three ran. "JOHN ROWLAND GIBBON, SORTS-EASTERN RAILTVAY. " August 30, 1855." Surgeon. (THIS DAY.) The prisoner was again remanded. • Several men, women, and children were fined in small sums, or two days' imprisonment each, for obstructing the public thoroughfares in the crowded parts of the city, by selling fruit, &c. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel, London. bridge, Mr. James Byng, deputy-chairman presiding. The meeting was also ma le special to re , olve "if the meeting should so think fit and determine, under the authority of an act passed in the present session of Par. liatnent, that the borrowed monies of the company, or a portion thereof, secured by mortgages or bonds, not ex ceeding two millions sterling, may be coverted into stock of the company of the like amount, either by agreement with the holders of such mortgages or bonds respectively before the same respectively become due, or by paying ufr the seine respectively when due, and issuing stock of a corresponding amount instead of re-borrowing the sum so paid off, and to attach to any stock so created a fixed and perpetual redeemable or irredeemable yearly dividend or interest at any rate not exceeding the rate of four pounds for every one hundred pounds thereof, payable in equal half-yearly portions as may also be thought fit and be then determined or authorised." The report and accounts were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN having read a letter received by him from Mr. Rich, resigning the chairmanship of the company, which, he said, accounted for him taking the chair on the occasion, said the accounts for the half-year were encouraging, and if they approved of the amount of dividend named in the report, the warrants should be issued immediately. Notwithstanding the extra expenses during the half-year for coke, &c., there had been an increase of receipts. The directors contemplate no further extensions or branches—(hear)—and he was of opinion they would best promote the interests of the company by giving their best attention to the extension of the traffic on the present constructed lines. He moved the reception and adoption of the report. Mr. TEULON seconded the motion. Mr. BARROW drew the attention of the meeting to the manner which railway property had been treated by the Legislature, remarking that the South-Eastern Railway had been unwarrantably assailed and shamefully treated by the Legislature. If the Legislature gave railways its fostering care instead of opposition, railway property would be improved and the public benefitted by a reduction of fares and rates of carriage. It was impossible for the officers of the company to pay due attention to the in terests of the company from having so continually to appear before the Legislature, and moved a resolution that this meeting views with the utmost alarm the action of Parliament on the railway property of the country, espe cially towards the South-Eastern Railway, the effect of which was to bear unjustly and depreciate railway pro perty without a corresponding benefit to the shareholders or the public, and that the directors use all constitu tional means to obtain that redress for railway property it was entitled to. ROBBERY.—Hannalt , Fitzpatrick and Mary Murray were charged with stealing 10/. from a sailor, named James Thompson. About three weeks since the pri- soner were seen changing money in Seething-lane, and afterwards tothrow a purse down the area of one of the houses in the lane. The purse had since been recovered. The prosecutor gave information of his loss to the police, and from his description of the females who robbed him policc•eonstable 588 apprehended the pri- The CUAIRMAN suggested the report should be ap• proved of first, and then the hon. shareholder's resolu tion could be put to the meeting. Mr. 110YEa called attention to a remark in the report stating, " That on the whole the working of the line for the last half-year may be regarded as satisfactory." Although he must admit there was an improvement in the working of the line, he did ❑ot think it sufficient to warrant so strong an expression as that contained in the report. Mr. G. SMITH called attention to the falling off of the traffic on the Greenwich line, amounting to 1,7581. com pared with 1854. He also adverted to the expenses under the heads of omnibu , , advertising, time-tables, &c., office, and incidental expenses. Mr. SAMUDA remarked the report did not appear to him to he altogether satisfactory. Their working ex penses were very large, compared with the southern railways, amounting to about 46 per cent., whilst others did not amount to more than 40 per cent. He also called attention to the mm tgage debt. Mr. HEREPATH asked if any provision had been made for the claim of 10,000/., relative to a late accident on the line, and if any provision had been made for the claim for loss of gold on the line. The rates and taxes and Government duties were very high. In some of the Kent parishes he belived this company paid nearly all the rates of the parish. He wished they would make use of their Parliamentary influence, and endeavour to get rid of these scandalous extortions of the agricultural parishes. Mr. BARROW asked whether the company were con veying visitors to the Paris Exhibition at a loss I The CHAIRMAN said that, taking all things into con sideration, the directors hoped the shareholders would have considered the working of the railway for the past half-year sati-factory. The decrease on the Greenwich line arose from their having to compete against them selves. Some of the traffic now went to the New Cross station. Arrangerneats were being made with refer ence to the omnibuses, which it was hoped would be satisfactory. The working expenses were no doubt heavy, the company having more unproductive branches than any railway in the kingdom. The Guildford branch showed a loss for the half-year of 15,000/., the Whit stable 3,0001., and the Ashford and Harting 34,0001. (Hear.) The directors had tried all they could to reduce the rates and taxes on the line, but had been unsuc cessful. The report was then unanimously agreed to, and a dividend of 21. 16e. Bd. per cent, declared, and to be paid on Monday next.. A SHAREHOLDER said the directors were entitled to the thanks of the shareholders for the improvement made by them in calling the meeting early, and their intention of paying the dividend so speedily after. Mr. BOWER proposed Mr. Alexander Kay to fill the vacancy in the directory, is the room of Mr. Forster, resigned. Mr. HovEs seconded the motion. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. KAY said he would do the best he could for the interest of the company. He would make no pledges. The resolution moved by Mr. Barrow having been seconded by Mr. Hamilton, the Chairman put it to the meeting. Mr. WILSON agreed with the spirit of the resolution, but questioned whether it would be wise or prudent on their part to agreed to it.. Mr. HoTits said this company suffered more from their own ii.judioions conduct than the interference of the Legislature. (No, no.) A SHAREHOLDER doubted the legislature used this line worse than others. (Disapprobation.) thoughtat:arnßailwaycompanies should combine to this a very proper resolution protectto 1 er liR c themselves arrEied against the interference of Parlia- went. Mr. HAMILTON adverted to the injury done this com pany by the Legislature, instancing the waving of the standing orders to enable the bill of the Dover Exten sion Railway to be brought in, and permitting the re turn of the deposits to the shareholders in the East Kent Railway. (Rear, hear.) After some further remarks from other shareholders in support of the resolution, The CHAIRMAN said there could be no doubt the Legis lature had unfairly and unjustly treated this company, and read a portion of a letter be had received from Mr. Rich, M.P., expressing a similar opinion. The resolution was put and carried nem. con. The meeting was then ma de special, and a resolution was proposed according to the terms of the act convert ing the two millions, borrowed money, into irredeemable stock, at 4 per cent. per annum. It was stated that ywas likely to be 140,0001. would have t o be provided for this year, and 651,0001. by 31st Dece mber, 1856. Mr. WiLsoN though t two millions too lar g e a sum to cbheearapiesre,d andat 4angpgeerstceedotih, a a t s on m e one million only bo con verted into stock, which would be sufficient t er o meet the requirements of the company up to Decemb, 18541. The CHAIRMAN said if they found money got cheaper the company could suspend the issue of further stock at a future meeting of the shareholders. A difference of opinion appeared to exist whether the would ultimately be a)le to borrow stock should be redeemable or irredeemable. It was stated by the directors that to make the dock redeem ableas any other cornrow.. there would be a difficulty in getting ,t out. They had no objection to the amount being lirnittd to one mil- I tn i o o n n . e y ThisThiss reasonably n p a a b n i y y A resolution for converting one million itto stock was carried unanimously. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and to Mr. Rich, M.P., the l a t e chairman, after which the meeting separated. At a meeting of the Southampton Dock Company, yesterday aftern oon, the dividend of 17s. 61. per share, or at the rate of per cent. per annum a ,wat confirmed. i a,ll : d foyd a e Buckiy,hamsa. Clydesdale T. Col. Stour Vy. Sod. and Hal. E. Lin... 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direst Do. New Glstr.dz Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. T Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exten Est.s p.c Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Slief.Roth ani Dooleg.sp.e. Shrews. &Her, S. Staffordsh. Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent._ Do Ariltsleomrst Agua Fria ... Anglo Austrli Anglo Calif(); Australian.... Australian Coi Ave Maria , ... Baden (Gd.Duc Bleonarvon In Coal ..,.. _••• British Iron.. r Brazilianlmp. at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cuiab Do. St. John Delße C:arson's Ct•esk Clarendon Cons. 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Gol Liam tiller , .chy of ma and ;issue , 97 -- 99 100 102 11 - 12 I*J5 - 1 7 • •• '''' 29 108 12i - 13 23 - 24 26 - 21 - 57 - 59 132 13.4 - 2t - 2i - 32 11 - 93 g ... $ t - I 6 - 7 4} -15 i 24 - 3 3i - 31 27 - 29 ... ...• . k - IP 62 - 66 2 . 4 - 26 18 - 20 15 -17 I - 2i - 3 it - 8 i 2i - - lip - 14 - 15 1 - I f - 21 - 22 6 - 7 4i - 5 - 3i I- 1 • •• ..'. ... :E SHARK-, al 11 all al 1 all 72 1281 571 1 7 8313 85} 4k I all 15 40 5 St. 25 12w 653 xd .. 3 goners. They were remanded till Saturday for the attendance of the prosecutor. BOW-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT.—A respectably-dressed young man, named George Panyhilon, aged 21, lately in the employ ment of Mr. Maple, the extensive upholsterer and furni. ture dealer, of Tottenham-court-road, was placed at th• bar this morning, charged with embezzlement. From the evidence of a boy, named Payne, who acted as the cashier, it appeared that the prisoner was lately in the employ of Mr. Maples, in the capacity of porter, at a weekly salary of 95., and that on Tuesday last, the 28th, he was entrusted with a parcel, containing a pair of blanket•t, a bolster, and several other articles, which had just been purchased by a lady named Ander son, residing at 42, Upper Gower-street, for delivery. The goods arrived safe at the residence of Mr. Ander son, and the bill, amounting to 11. 16s. 4d., was handed over to the prisoner, who gave a receipt for the amount. Instead of proceeding home, as he ought to have done, with the money, he absconded with it, and he had not been heard of until he was taken into custody. It was a rule in their e.tablishment that any person receiving money in payment for goods was to immediately hand it over to him as cashier. He was not empowered to give the prisoner credit for the amount, neither did he do so. Mr. Hall—Where is Mrs. Anderson? It is stated that sbe paid the prisoner the amount with which he afterwards absconded. The detective officer who apprehended the prisoner stated that he had been to her residence this morning, and she declined to come forward unless compelled to do Mr. Hall—l must compel the lady to attend. I shall direct a warrant to issue to that effect, and in the mean time the prisoner must be remanded till Monday next. ATTACK UPON A PASTRYCOOK'S SHOP.—A little ragged urchin, whose head scarcely reached above the bar, was charged with stealing some tarts, and other articles, the property of Mr. Bockland, a pastry-cook, residing at the corner of Wellington-street North. A beadle attached to Covent Garden Market stated, that last evening, about 6 o'clock, he saw a crowd of little boys of a similar description to the one now at the bar, at the corner of Brydges-street, and from their man ner and conversation he thought Covent Garden Market was the point Gf attack, and he watched them. The whole body then in a short time started off, and darted into the pautry-cook'a ,hop, nod each one :seized LLe first thing that came to hand. He had only time to secure the prisoner, who upon being taken into custody threw the dainties away. Mr. Buckland stated that he was continually being robbed in the manner described. The boys watched the shop and immediately it was empty they darted in, and made off with the first thing they could lay hold of. In answer to Mr. Hall, the boy said he did not know how old be was nor anything about it. He might be seven, eight, or nine years old for what he knew. Mr. Hall said he should not send him to prison until he had had an opportunity of seeing his father. The prisoner was then remanded. LAIIIB ETH. APPREHENSION OF ANOTHER OF THE BROTHERS The/LM—Robert Hackett, a young fellow of 20 years of age, who described himself as a waiter, and who is one of the notorious family of the Hacketce, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of being con nected with his brother John, at present under remand, and another person, not in custody, in stealing a bale of valuable property, belonging to the officers of the 31st Regiment, while on its transit to Malta. Police-con stable Lorne, 40 L, deposed that, on the night of Friday, the 17th inst., whilst on duty in Upper Kennington lane, he saw two men remove a bale of goods from the tail of a waggon and put it into a light cart, in which the prisoner was standing. Mr. Elliott—Are you sure the prisoner is the person you saw i❑ the cart Wit ness—Quite certain, your worship. I apprehended him this morning in ilia Borough-road. Hackett declined saying anything to the charge, and was ordered to be brought up again with the other tiro prisoners on a future day. SOUTHWARK. ROBBING A SAILOR. — Thomas Sullivan, an ill-looking fellow, and Joseph t ally, were charged this morning be fore Mr. Coombe with robbing a sailor of his watch and 221. in sovereigns. Charles Mason stated thttt he was a sailor, connected with vessels trading into Yorkshire. Yesterday after noon he received from the Bank 221. and upwards in sovereigns, and after doing so he went to several public houses and got intoxicated, and found himself at four o'clock this morning in the Yorkshire Grey public-house, in the Borough Market, where he had gone to sleep, and upon his being woke up he discovered that his money, which he bad in a cotton bag in the inner pocket of his coat, war gone, together with his watch and silver chain. Two railway porters stated that they went into the Yorkshire Grey . public house about half-past three this morning to get refreshment, and they had not been long there before the prisoner Daily came in and called for a half pint of porter. Shortly afterwards, the prosecu tor and the prisoner Sullivan entered together, the prosecutor being considerably the worse for liquor. Shortly afterwards, the prosecutor laid down on the bench and went to sleep ; and during that time they, both of them, saw the prisoner Sullivan take the watch de liberately out of the prosecutor's pocket and put it in his own, at' the time observing that the prosecutor was his brother-in-law, and that as he was the worse for liquor he would take care of his property for him. Upon being questioned by the magistrate, Daily said he knew nothing of Sullivan, as he (Daily) had acci dentally entered the public-house in consequence of being locked out of his lodgings. Sullivan said he had been requested by the prosecutor to take charge of his pro perty. Mr. Coombe sentenced Sullivan to two months' im prisonmeut, and discharged Daily with a caution. THELATE ATTACK ON TILE TCHERN AY A. The Paris Correspondent of the Times in his letter dated yesterday, 6 p.m., says : " I find that the conduct of General Pelissier, whose despatch of the battle of the Tchernaya appeared in the M wait cur, isnot so unanimously approved of by strategists as one would suppose. It is certain that the Russians were completely foiled in the attack on the positions of the Allies, and with enormous loss ; but it is thought that the French General did not profit as he might have done by the chances in his favour. It was known for two or three days before that the Russians were to advance in great force ; and on the evening before it took place he was informed by General d'Allonville that he expected to be attacked during the night or early in the morning to a certainty. Under such circum stances it is thought he should have massed his troops in greater force, brought up his reserves, and have made an effort to destroy completely the Russian army, which he could not do with from 6,000 to 7,000 men, who were actually engaged. It is also said that the General-ir,-Chief made his appearance on the ground at a late hour. What truth there isf in this I am unable to state, or how far the criticismcr:b persons so distant from the scene of action is . founded. It is certain, hoWever, tha t the matters so such l ' judged by some poople of no m ean authority in matters." +3~,j..,~..s ~v;~% ~ 7L 7 P,E.IV VICTORIA AT BOULO&IVE. The following letter from Boulogne gives some details of Queen Victoria's arrival there, subse quent proceedings, and final departure " Immediately on the train arriving at five mi nutes past five, the Queen stepped from the Royal carriage on to the platform, waited to see the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal step on the platform, when, taking the Emperor's arm she bowed to the authorities, walked through the salle d'attente to her carriage, into which she was fol lowed by the Princes s Royal, the Prince of Wales, and the Marchioness of Ely. A short delay now took place, whilst Prince Albert, the Emperor, and their suites mounted their horses, as also by an acci dent to one of the Cent. Gardes, whose horse fell on the pavement and threw his rider, who, very com placently delayed the party while the dirt was brushed from his garments. This interval was eagerly enjoyed by the ladies to satiate their cu riosity in having a full view of the Queen and the Royal party. Her Majesty, looked remarkably well ; the Emperor and Prince Albert with Mar shal 13araguay Colonel Fleury, &c., rode at the side and after the Queen's carriage ; the road from the station to the hotel was densely thronged by the populace, rich and poor, the whole way be garnished by troops of the Line and Lancers. The cannon thundered its welcome ; the soldiers, as the numerous carriages passed, closed in and followed the cortege, the crowds in two streams poured after them, and in a few minutes a most animating sight presented itself in upwards of 30,000 troops from Honvault, Wimereux, Am bleteuse and Equihen being drawn up in a long parallelogram on the sands extending from the eastern jetty to the end of the Imperial road where it mounts the cliff. The crowds formed a back ground on the sands and in the road and covered the sides of the high cliffs, lining for a mile the whole of the top. • " Her Majesty did not remain long in the hotel, but entering her carriage with the Marchioness of Ely, and escorted by the Emperor, the Prince, and their billiant staff hastened to the sands, passed slowly along the whole line, and honoured with her presence the distribution of Crosses and Medals to several officers and soldiers whom the Emperor decorated. After this interesting ceremony, the carriage removed to a favourable position, the Em peror and Prince Albert a little to the right of the Queen, when the whole of the troops, massed in battalions, marched in quick time passed the Imperial party. This part of the ceremony occupied upwards of au hour, at the conclu sion, the whole cortege drove to the Camp at Honvault, where her Majesty inspected several huts, a trial was made of some rockets, and the Imperial party returned to dinner a little before eight. Forty covers were laid for the Imperial and Royal party in the large dining-room which was brilliantly lighted up. A dinner for 70 was served in another part of the hotel. At night the town was illuminated. At half-past ten the Victoria and Albert entered the harbour. She was at last alongside the quay, and shortly after the Imperial carriages drove down, and the Queen embarked. At this moment the harbour of Boulogne wore more the aspect of the last scene of a pantomime than a real pageant. There were, as the Imperial party reached the quay, nine or ten steamers in the harbour preparing to depart for Folkestone, Dover, London, and to attend upon her Majesty. On the other side of the harbour were the yachts and two Folkestone steamers. The smoke from the steamers and from the cannon, which poured forth their stentorian adieu, hung heavily over the harbour, or lazily and slowly rolled seaward. At the same moment from the Royal yachts, steamers, yachts, and along the western Jetty rose up a bright flame which put an extinguisher on the moon's beams ; the sailors of the Royal yacht, in their bright white vests, burnt an intense whitish blue light, which showed admirably the whole outline of the Royal steamer. From all the other vessels rose green, blue, purple, and scarlet lights, which, casting their colours on the clouds of smoke, gave them a most enchanting ap pearance, which was received with cheers. Loud cheers rent the air, still the Royal yacht moved not ; every body was surprised ; the imperial and Royal friends were loth to part, ten days' intimacy had wound the chain of friendship and unity toge ther too hard to be severed, they would not part yet, the Emperor resolved to depart with her Ma jesty and enjoy fora couple of hours on the sea the delicious freshness of the night. I was given this reason, though for ourselves we should say it was the last touch of the pencil to the attentions of the week, the last act o French politeness. The yacht left the harbour ; 101 cannon were fired from the heights, the vessels in the offing returned the salute ; and when the clouds of smoke had rolled away, they were discovered to be illuminated, every yard displaying its line of light. and roelcpta shooting their train of tires from every vessel. The steamer that accompanied the Royal Yacht to bring back the Erhperor did not return till two in the morning, till when, many continued to circulate through the town and enjoy the delicious cool air, and the authorities to receive his Majesty remained on the place Danou. Thus terminated the Queen's visit to France, a visit, we trust, to be long re membered with blessings by the inhabitants of both countries." lIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO FRANCE. (From the Moniteur of yesterday.) The Queen of England quits our hospitable shores. Her visit will remain as one of the grand est events of this epoch, so abundant in new and memorable facts. Let us salute for a last time this august Princess, the messenger of concord and peace. Let us salute her with her young family, the hope of three kingdoms ; with her royal spouse, who has so well comprehended the genius, the manners, and the arts of France. This is not the first time that crowned heads have visited our country. Peter the First came here to study civilisation, to take advantage of it against civilisation itself ; Joseph H. exhibited himself as a phililosopherand as a critic, rather than a monarch. The one and the other excited curiosity, but not national sympathies, and the nation remained in different in the presence of these two travellers, who were not guests. The presence of Queen Vic toria, on the contrary, has excited the French peo ple ; from Boulogne even to the capital, and after wards from the capital to Boulogne, she has re ceived from this electricised people a veritable triumph. This arises from its not being a mere simple personal gratification which has brought among us this illustrious sovereign. She arrived to close at last seven ages of disastrous rivalries, and to cement upon its basis the alliance of the two greatest nations of the west. France and England, since circumstances have allowed of their studying each other more closely, feel wondrously that they cannot dispense with one another, and that they are nearer neighbours still by the common stock of liberal civilisation than by their coasts. Aud never theless their sentiments had not overpast till now , the bounds of a reciprocal esteem ; they were never intermingled either in the same policy or in the enthusiasm of a warm friendship. It was reserved for the Emperor to operate a more intimate approxi mation. When the chief of the Napoleon dynasty was placed by the public voice at the head of the country, he found the national hates, which had preceded him, obstinate conflicts, in which he was not concerned, inveterate passions which were directed against him only because he was the highest personification of the principles of 'B9, then ill comprehended. To-day these immortal prin ciples have triumphed over the opposition of Europe, and liberal England has acknowledged their legitimacy. The heir of the name of Napo leon had then no other reason for preferring another role to that of pacificator, more conformable with the greatness of his soul, with the actual in terests of his country, and the ideas of his age ; and, as the Emperor had admirably comprehended that the durable and cordial concert of France and Eng land consitutes the greatest force of modern times placed at the service of the progress of the world, he has held out a friendly hand to the English people and its Government. The enthusiasm of England has answered this appeal. She has warmly grasped that loyal hand in hers, because it was that of France herself, thrice personified in the Empe ror, and her well beloved Queen has crossed the Channel to bring us the expression of the con fi deuce of a great nation with the seductive accl2.lll: paniment of goodness, grace, and the mildaesnteelutao jesty. This was a moment awaited b y r show forth her enthusiatm ; for, it is not r enough for the policy of princes to prepare fusions ; there erated by the are none in truth which are n ot op that St. Cloud people. It was therefore noteerough should worthily reply to th Windsor. Paris has resolved to ai hospitality of rival London by its rejoicings and its neou popular delights demonstrations. Queen Victoria has witnessedsvonta the passage. At the theatre as at the Holy Chapel at the Palace of Industry,as at which has signalised her theßoulevards inun dated by floods of the . p p h o u population as the Cha d rap. e the Hotel de Ville, upon La. Mars resounding with t e acclamations of th e army, ever y one of her outgoings has b een a fete, and each of these fetes has been an energetic mani festation, or of the part of acclamation taken by the uo sFrencha nds of foreigners p eople, whichcollected v had for witnesses the thousands within our for the marvels of the Exhibition. It may be said that for greater solemnity this fraternal alliance has been celebrated in the presence of the whole world represented Pans.• - Providence, it must be acknowledged) seems to have reserved for our epoch profOund subjects of meditation., It at Versailles, in the Palace of Louis XIV., that the Emperor Napoleon 111. offers to the Queen of England the most superb magnificences of the Court; for her he re-animates the noble pleasures and the long extinguished pomps of the great King, that haughty foe of the revolution of 1688. The same day this Queen of an elevated soul was re ceived in the funereal asylum of the Stuarts, which her dynasty replaces, Shehas done more, and, surrounded by her family in emotion, she came to depose up o n th e tomb of Napoleon T. the idea of conciliation of which ber visit is the sympathy and the seal. Finally, France and England, whiclt have filled Europe with' their divisioki, instead o persisting, like Rome and Carthage, in implacable resentments, associate their policy, their interests, and their blood for one of those immense causes which decide the future of humanity. Such con trasts confound the previsions of men ; there re mains no more for the mind than to bow itself humbly before the supreme wisdom whose grandeur is alone immutable, and which subjects our most rebellious passions to the harmony of its providen• tial designs." THE AFFAIR OF HANGO-UDD. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of Aug. 21 pub lishes the letter addressed by Admiral Dundas on the 16th of last month to Prince Dolgorouky, the Russian Minister of War, protesting against the retention of the survivors of the crew of the Cos sack ; and also the Russian Minister's reply. The former document has been laid before the Houses of Parliament, but the latter is now for the first time published.. It is as follows : "PRINCE DOLGOROUYT TO ADMIRAL DUNDAS. "Monsieur l'Amiral,—l had the honour to receive your letter of July 16. The explanations it contains upon the affair of Hango-Udd far from modifying our opinion, serve to confirm the evidence of the principal fret necessary to be established, for they grant, in effect, that Lieutenant Geneste, of the royal navy, landed without waiting for his character as the bearer of a flag of truce to be legally admitted and recognised by our authorities. “, "This fact is established in a manner which renders all further discussion on the point superfluous. I regard it as closed between us, and this especially from the fact that more detailed accounts of the affair have been brought to the knowledge of her Britannic Majesty's Government by the Legation of Denmark, whose inter position was suught by the English Cabinet itself. "As to that which concerns Lieut. G-eneste personalty, permit me to observe that amore attentive perusal of my communication of July 12 will sat;sfy you, M. I'Amiral, that it contains no reflection in the least degree injurious to his honour. "The conduct of our officers is judged by the autho rity to which they are subordinate ; the confidence which we place in their veracity is equal to - that which you grant to yours. With this remark I believe it my duty to terminate our correspondence. I once more seize the occasion to offer you, 31. I'Asniral, the assurance, &c. (Signed) " PRINCE DOLGOBOWLY. " St. Petersburg, July 25, 1855." BAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. The report of the directors of this company states that they have declared a dividend of 4s. 6d. per share, carry ing forward 1,746/. 13s. 2d. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. Wyles in the chair. A dividend at the rate of 2s. 2d. per share, pay able on the 14th of September next, was declared. BIDEFORD EXTENSION RAILWAY. The half-yearly general meeting was held at the Lon don Tavern yesterday ; Mr. Tborland was in the chair. The report was adopted. It stated that the accounts showed a receipt on capital account of 34,1531., with a balance of 9511., and that, looking at the advanced con dition of the line, it would be ready for traffic by the end of September. NORTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the above company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Tite, M.P., - was in the chair. The report states, " That the revenue account shows a balance of 2,964/. Bs. Id., after payment of the interest on debentures and temporary - loans, and that this sum is applicable to the payment of a dividend. The direo tors therefore propose+ a dividend of 3s. 9d. per share on the 201. shares, and per share on the 161. Nos. 1 and 2 shares, leaving a balance of 1721. 10Q. 7d. to be carried forward to the next half-year." The directors further recommended that the shares of the company fully paid-up should now be converted into stock. The dividend was declared, and conversion of shares assented to. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi ness of the meeting. THAMES ILAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. D. Louden in the chair. The report was adopted, and the meeting was made special for the purpose of considering what was ba be done with the surplus land of the company. The CHAIRMAN said that the land (about 115 acres) bad been offered to the Eastern Counties Company and to the Tilbury Company, and that both bad declined it, neither having the power to raise capita! to make docks. A portion of the ground might be sold by public auction, hut the remainder would remain a drug on the hands of the company. Under these circumstances the directors thought the beat course would be to apply to Parliament to revive their powers to enable them to construct a dock and the necessary works. The directors now pro posed to make a call of ss. per 13bare to defray the ex penses of obtaining the act of Parliament, and in case of failure they guaranteed to return 2s. per share of the money. They were induced to take this course from a conviction that a dock was urgently required at Thames Haven, and that if any one was to make it, the Thames Haven Company were the parties to do so. A long and very inharmonious debate ensued, several of the shareholders expressing themselves in favour of selling the land for anything it would produce, and others urging time to consider the proposition. After one or two amendments had been proposed and withdrawn, it was ultimately arranged that the meeting should . be ad journed until next Wednesday, in order to g ive the shareholders further time to consider the proposition. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A meeting of this company was held at Lichfield on Monday last, when the usual dividend of 4 per cent. per annum was declared. BLYTH AND TYNE. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company WWI held in Newcastle-on-Tyne on Mon day. A dividend at the rate of 101. per cent. on the preference shares, and 91. per oent. on the ordinary shares was declared. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES Or BRITISH (JOAN For the week ended Aug. 30, 1863, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citisa and Towns in England wad Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. HARLEY. S OATS. ITS. IMAM. I PEA/. 733 7d 34; 51 27s 6d , 431 Gd I 46s 41 40s Od THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. witSar. BAILEY. OATS. S HU. BEANS. S TEAL 76s 61 34s 7d 98s 8d , 44s 8d 46s 7d 42; 0 ,1 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 71,104; Bartey. 3,684 ; Oats, 9. 233 ; Rye , 316 Bea"; 2,290; Peas. 347 quarters. Mutton, AND LEADENHALL.—Beef, MEAT MARKETS. 3s MI to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 4a 6d per each by the carcase. SOUTHALL, August 29.--- Th e supply of each kind of dtock 3s Sd to 4s 8 d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to ss 6d ; Veal, in to-day's market was but moderate, and the general de frorn 3s6d to 45 8d; mand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 4s to 55; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od • Lamb, 55 O d to 58 8d 4s Od to 4e 10d; York, 35'10d to 4o 6 d p er 81be, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, August 20.—W0 had a good demand t roo-day', and the quotations had an up ward tendencmy.4s Bee tf, 5s 8d ; fm 4s to 5s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10 d to 58 Od; Lab, 8d o Veal, 4s Od to 55 Od ; Pork, 3s Sd to 4s 4d per Blbs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 21s to 274 each. . gAY MARKETS. 'n Old m" old dow elO b v7; . 4./ 41 O 5: t t° o G 6; 16046' new di . tt i , T 4 4 7 lF l 4 B to t.° 6 — / 6/ 0 8 r and straw, 11 5s Od to 11 lOs Ott per :idi d t i o i : tt s virt t ettoto i t rii ?.. : ::l4: T liz t ab l ogoat d s li tototsop s i t 36l6s : l : ::s d_ soss P ;;O ld ioandi m dcitn e:4 Bo34itora o y w eowii: h :l a ih y lia , yss6 4 : l 'is to 61 lOs ; new to 61 10s ; and new A s t ay demand. 41to Os ll to loB 6, pe 6 r B; loa re d w . ; old elovilr, 41 10s to 61 10s • new ditto, 4110 s to 61 Gs; and straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load. Trade rather dull. of 3 h, f Rh.: TROLLOPS' FAMILY PRIDE," constructed, and th e-characters --- --- I NEW NOVEL, " GERTRUDE, OX most su ccessful %ill be general! considered One of her productlon T he y plot is ingeniously TrollsPe 8 powers of satirical portraiture. It has been • "that 5. are brilliant specimens justly observed by the Quarterly Review, Mrs. Trollope is beyond a doubt one of the cleverest and most remarkable wiiters of the day. With a quickness of observation which takes in the whole subject at a glance, an insight inito motives that seems instinctive, a keen perception of tie ridiculous, and strong powers of humorous delineation, she is the person of all others to expose pretension or unmask hypocrisy." In " Ger• trude, or Family Pride," these characteristics of this popular writer are displayed in an eminent degree. ACCIDENT OK THE SOUT/1- WRIST/0X RAILWAY. — Yesterday afternoon an accidentof a fatal character hap pened on the London and South Western Railway, clots by the Guildford Station. Two children, whose parents reside in the town of Guildford, were out playing toge ther, when they strolled upon the line, and whilst there a goods train came along, and the driver of the e ngine was in the act of shunting the tram from the princiPe l line of rails, when the locomotive knocked down 013/.?„ the children, and lit era lly cut it in two. The otherc;_t". who was playing witth deceased had s soot mire IQ. I ericape. - 100 100 100 20 1I i 71i 1 1171