The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-29 00:00:00

MAL llowing 1861 : appeal exhort- Hunga may be ?.el. that Le body. s which arty in prisons, Ler that 3tion so )f popu -those F cover- that in- Lnd cor e of the are the t minds rk upon eviving rational n of all )pposed of so- manci- ry, and e with Danu- heard r there d Rou of the pate in ,utions. weak it years proper bs—all marked ?et the endure. ities so Ilion of I in all If their misery ; sacred ; r to de would it own future )rience, to suc sed. I of fra ecursed id, the .talians ad pro ver ; so I Hun- I Hun e same reel to The nations 3sity of situa dready igarian closer reedom e con- he pro an easy idst of .3t, con- ,ve just one of .n con- ngary, mans, a alities ividual e with within tot this to her ingary entries 31 pact l'encies garian er into ify the Igary ; ie ter r that longs t [atural DER le was ,ayner, tayner re the usting lay in foulest dering 3 poor led aS mean* ,and , had ut re a the lying I into er his Upon y she been 'ound NONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK, ALTERATION IN THE BANK RATE. The Bank of England directors, at their meet ing to-day, reduced their minimum to 4 per cent. This proceeding, however, was fully expected, both in commercial circles and at the Stock Exchange, where it assisted in promoting the buoyancy experienced during the last few days. As the supplies of money continue abundant, and capitalists engaging in discount operations are anxious to employ their resources, increased easiness is likely to prevail, since the terms current in the open market will, no doubt, be adjusted, as for some time past they have been sufficiently below the official quotation to prevent any large proportion of the bills brought into circulation being taken to the Bank of Eng land. On Saturday a call of 25 per cent., amounting in the aggregate to £250,000, becomes due on the East India Railway 5 per Cent. Debentures. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices were very firm. The sales were 12,000 bales. About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Shannon has been announced this morning from the West Indies with £372,469 in specie, and the Magdalena has arrived at Lisbon from the Brazils with £164,391 for England. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the seven months ended the 31st of July, have just been published ; the total declared value of the exports during that period amounted to £70,237,685 against £74,542,687 in the like period of 1860, being a falling off of £4,305,002, The decrease is most perceptible in beer and ale, cotton manufactures, cotton yarn, haberdashery and millinery, hard wares, cutlery, linen manufactures, linen yarn, woollen manufactures, and woollen and worsted yarn. The importations of the principal articles were smaller as regards raw cotton, flax, fruit, thrown silk, spices, tallow, and sheep's and lamb's wool. There is an increase, however, in coffee, wheat, flour, unrefined sugar, tea, and tobacco. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom during the above period of 569,445 tons for the entries inwards, and of 411,023 for the clearances outwards. In the eountry trade there has also been a slight increase in tonnage engaged for both the entries inwards and the clearances outwards. The half-yearly meeting of the Victoria (London) Dock Company has been held to-day, at which the report, which stated that 1,475 vessels, measuring 485,154 tons, entered these docks, exhibited an in crease of 119 ships, and 102,738 tons, when com pared with the like period of 1860, was adopted. .At the commencement of business in the Eng lish Stock Market to-day symptoms of depression were apparent, but as soon as the decline in the Bank rate of discount was announced a recovery took place, andConsols improved to 921 e for money, and 921 4 for the account, but they are again rather flatter, being 921 and 921 respectively. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 921 1 ; Bank Stock is at 233; India 5 per Cents. is firm at 1031 1; ditto New Loan Scrip 1031 B ; Exchequer Bills, March, are steady at 4s. dis., ditto June, 4s. to ss. prem. The dealings in the Foreign market have been to a fair extent, but prices, in some instances, have slightly receded. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 79; ditto, 1858, 69 1 ; Mexican have declined to 21 ; Sardinian are steady at 79f ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are flat at 891 ; Buenos Ayres Deferred are st 261 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. are heavy at 1001: The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : sto 1861. 1860. st( North-Western £92,479 L 92,835 si , Great Western South-Western ilt(( Brighton 24,353 20,611 , st , Mi dland South-Eastern Great Northern 27.674 29,287 stc Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exete r North-Easter n .. Edinburgh and Glasgow 7,135 6,956 10 Glasgow and South Western 3,406 8,399 1 Great Luxembourg Grand Trunk of Canada These returns exhibit some favourable features; on the Great Western there is an increase of £2,218, on the South-Western of £2,962, on the 81 Brighton of £3,742, on the Midland of £683, on the South-Eastern of £96, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £lO5, on the °I Edinburgh and Glasgow of £179, and the Grand Trunk of Canada of £B7O. The London and North Western exhibits a decline of £367, the Great :1 Northern of £1,613, and the North Eastern of et £2,122. 13L , In the railway share market the dealings have :I', been chiefly in connection with the arrangements t • for the liquidation, and the favourable character of st, the traffic shares on most of the principal lines, :1: combined with the reduction on the bank rate of sti discount, has caused a further advance on p r i ces . Great Western and North-Western have improved 55.; Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, ' and South-pastern, 10 s . ; G reat N ort h ern A Stock, etc and North-Eastern (Berwick), £1; and Caledonian, s t t £1 10s. s The foreign and colonial lines have also shown incrrased firmness. Dutch Rhenish advanced 55., Great Luxembourg, 55.; Great Western of Canada, 55.; and East Indian, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continued in limited favour, at about previous 8 rates. 8 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. B ink Stock .. i per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock •••• lle )•• • ...". Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditte 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98A Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols tor Account, Sept. 10 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent Mar. 2d p. day. June 3f p.ct Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 4 dis 5 pm D tto £5OO .. 4 dis 4 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 B9k t uenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Mexican 3 per Cent .. 21a 1 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St .. Ditto 4/ per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 186 0 9O s'ardinian 5 per Cent........... Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Now Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. - Oitto Certificates. 4 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s B4 TWO O'CLOCK, Consols, Money 921 Ditto Account The last weekly retur n of the New York banks states their aggregate amount of bullion to be £9,730,000. This is the largest total they have ever held. On the other hand, owing to the universal limitation of business, the amount of discounts is at the lowest point touched since March, 1858, when they were brought within a singularly small compass in c onseq uence of the erisis of the preceding autumn. LONDON SHOEBLACKS AND THEIR EARNINGS. —Nine years have elapsed since this branch of labour w as introduced, and these boys, it is said, have earned about £11,950. Their united earnings for the last financial year amounted to £4,548—a sum representing tho blacking and polishing of no less than 1,119,330 pairs of boots. PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE LATE LORD EERBERT.—On Tuesday morning a meeting was held at the Town Hall, Wilton, under the presidency of the Mayor, for the purpose of considering the advisability of erecting some lasting monument in memory of the late Lord Herbert, when it was proposed by Mr. Swayne, seconded by Mr. Lander, and carried unanimously, that a stained glass win dow be placed in Wilton Churcb, which as our readers are awa re , wa s erected by his lordship about 16 years since. It must be mentioned that this proposition is not intended in any way to interfere with that made by Mr. Estcourt, at S haftesbury.—Wiltshire Mirror. ICA. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. i i p a i d. i Closing Business Share; Railways. Pice. Done 50 ; Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 72 st stock Birk., La., and Ch June 100 84 85 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, 151 rock., &Passage all 20 Cornwall .. . all 5 6 10 Do A ( A -- gets no div. (all ~, , until 6pc peran. all 10 Do (hasbeent d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast. Juno all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 81 9 stock East Anglian lOO 161 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 50 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 stcos Do do B do 100 30 32 i 25 Do Nw A, late ElJ3ds. 131 • stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 87 89 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 28 29 29 84 1 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 1 stock Furness stock Glass. and S. Western 1 00 10 6 108 st 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 132 134 stock Great Northern lOO 109 110 st stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 104 106 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 1 0 0 58 60 1 12 Trish South-eastern all — 1, stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1101 1115 11 stock London and Blackwall 100 58 40 sty stock Lon., Bright. & S Coast 100 116 118 1171 sh ;took Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 48 60 eh ;took Lond. &Nth. Western 100 94 941 934 41 . 'took Lond. & Nth. Western.. 100 95 96 st( 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10/ 111 took Man. Shef. & Lincoln., 100 46 47 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all . 12 4 Do do 5 shares.... all 2 10 Metropolitan 74 4 P d took Midland 1.4.0. Do new took Do iairming. & Derby 100 102 104 2 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 2 25 Do 1 shares all sto 25 Mid Kent. 10 Do, Cray Line - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 21 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Rosd all 11 :ock Norfolk • 1 100 57 59 21 ,ock North British „.. 1 100 621 631 2( ock. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoak 100 1 ock Df , 4 stk ; A reos no d. 21 until 6pohasbeenpd.B 100 ock Do R stock ... ..... 100 106 oak Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1045 1044 10 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16134 4 4 p 20 ock Do Leeds .............. 100 601 60-1 20 ock Do York ... ..... . ..... 100 924 92f 20 ock North London .. ...... 100 95 98 20 10 Do new 5 20 164 North S taffordshire l7l 41 4 1 20 11 N. and S. W. Junction., all 101 11 20 >ck Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 89 91 20 10 feebler .......,. „ all 20 ?0 Portsmouth all 20 10 Rhymney.....- )ck Scottish Central , 100 116 118 16 1 0k Scot N. E., Aber. stock; 100 35 16 16 )ck Do Scot. Mid. atock 1 100 93 95 10 ck Shropshire Union .. 0 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 20 ,ok South Devon ......... 100 20 5 S.-Durham & Lanc. Un.: 224 , ck South Eastern ........1 100 835 834 20 ck South Wales ......... I 100 63 65 63 20 ck S. York. and Riv er D un 100 94 97 5 0 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 4 5 Stockton & Darlington all 38 39 20 5 Do do l3 8 0 p 10 5 Do New (1860) 3 5 6 p 20 ck 1 all Vale . :k Do Pref. No 1 lOO 20 5 l' kr mesHa'venDk&Rail 22 —-- 20 ) Ug.l er . •• , all 551 561 84 5 Do .....• • • ... j2o 21 31p 10 10 Do • 2 44 ip 20 )1c Vale of Neath llOO 20 I Victoria Sta. and Pim : all 114 125 20 !1i Water' or c& Kilkenny! 100 6 I Waterford & Limerick all 6 i West Cor nwall West London all I Do Ist class Do 2d class .. .. . k WestFlartlepool lllalbr 20 and Rail lOO k West Midland—Oxford 100 47 49 47 k Do. Newport 100 42 13 k Do. Hereford 100 85 88 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16 4 stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock sto.A 12 10 stock 10 stocK stock stock stock stock Share! PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. I Closing I Business Price. Done. Ilythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 , :it tills. & Exet.4 p.ctstoc , / Do. do. do. Shares ~k Caledon £lO, 44 percent ic Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 64 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. .0 'Cornwall, 5 per cent 64 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun 4 Do Ist Class Pref irk E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c re]: Do. do. Class B 6 p.c rck Do. do. Class C 7 p.c rck E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 ck Do. do. No. • ck Do. New 6 per et. stock. ack Eastern Union, 4 per ct. )ck Do. 5 per cent. guar... ck Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares ick Do. 4p. c gua. S. It D ack IPA in Porth,fs Dvn. 4 p.c irk I , 'urness, 5 per cent .... ask Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c, irk Greht Northern, sp. et, ack Po.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm rck Do. 44 p. c. do. do. oo Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 0 i4 t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf , ck I f3t.Sn.& W (Ireland) p. et. pref. stock .0 Great West. (Berks an Hants) Ext. 5 p. et ack Lo. Redeemable, 44 p.ct ack Do. Redeemable, 4p. et ark Do Irredeemable, d 0... ack Do. 5 p.ct Redeem. Pref t , Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, 0 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh 0 IM. do. sp. et. pref rck Do Birmg.9. - uar. stock.. '6l Do. Chester gua. share , 34 'O. do. do. 0 Do. do. do. 0 Lan. & Carl. 44 pc. pref ,ck Lan.&York 6p. c. stock. ck Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 104 p, ea Do. 6 per e. (E. Lan.) .. ck f.on.& Brig. 5 pc. gu. No. ck Do. sp. c. No. 2 ck Do. gua. 6p. c. ack Do. do 5 e. No. ack Do. do. 4 per Cone 5 Do. do. 4 p. c. s h ares ack Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock ack Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Ick D o. 4 p.c.S.(div.def.til '6s' rck Do. 4 per cent. Pref rck Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. I A rceiv. no di v 0 Ex.A. HI opcls pd on ”o. B B. & Brom ex. 0 Do. Metropolitan Ex B / rck I.on. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et._ ck Lon. &S.W, 7 p. ct. stock ack Do. 44 per cent tid. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6 d ..... ..... 21 Londondy. & Cole. 4sh 2 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh rc Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et' 6 Do. £6 ck Do. 34 per cent 0 Da. redeem. 8 percent 24 7.laryport & Car., 4p. c 2 0 Do. 44 per cent. rck Mid. Con. 8 p c. stock ck Do.Con.Bris. & Dir. 6p ck Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. 44 per cent , ck Do. Leto. & Hit. pref. st ck Nordic sp. c. Ex. st 1846 ck Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 ck Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 ck North British, 5 p. o ck Do. New, gua. sp. c o I Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 0 Do. do. do t Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dek.Co. t N-East Cons.Pret 4 p.c. t Do. 44 pc. redeemable t Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref 10 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 15 Do. York, H. &S. Purch :0 North Staffordshire 10 Rhymney Guaranteed Si Scottish Central, new pf at Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c at Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock Os. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. .0. South Eastern (Readinc: Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent. St Do. Fixed '4 p.c. let is. st south Wales, gua. 4 P.C. st Do. 15 per cent et Do. 5 per cent' 1 et 5.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gun ' 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. 0 6 percent st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c st W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk it Do. 2d do st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. it Do. Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866, it Do. till 1869, Ist is.l ill 1100. LOI 103 20 21 5, 6} 0 101 108 112 105 108 107 109 106 108 123 125 80 83 (11 113 90 92 75 77 [l7 119 [l2 114 [O2 105 106 108 17 99 96 98 87 8) 87 8) 100 10'2 94 10 164 171 104 101 75 77 20 21, 10 10i 15i 151 133 135 111 114 111 114 133 138 111 114 160 102 1148 153 127 130 71 74 94 96 95i I 21. 50 131 14 120 125 1 . 1) 65 ;0 it P 1 - LINES LEAS Railways. Bedford and Bletcliley all Bulkinghamshire 100 Chester &Fl olyhead... 100 Do. 5i percent 100 Do. 5 Clydesdale June•• 100100 Colchester, Stour Val., all gfi ppr c. 1C( E.Union,HarwichShs. all Do. Woodbridge 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Do. new • lOO Gloster & Dean Forest all Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Hull and Selby. all Do. halves all Do. quarters all Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c lOO London & Greenwich , 100 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end , 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c ' 100 Do. 4 per cent ; 100 Mnc., Bxtn ,& Matlock; all Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 ence S ock .... . . NowmarktßuryEx. ) gua. 5 percent.... 5 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. Do. 6p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p, North Western Frestoia and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares ...... A. 'toys tn. Hitch., & Sh ep Sti re wsbry& Hereford] Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset MOW= & Croydp! 133 135 102 104 91 93 109 111 :108 110 1 11 8 8 90 98 101 101 103 P if. 18.13.4, d p 22 23 133 135 10 101 2 2 3 98 31 100 1 98 1(0 98 100 83 F 6 26,1 274 314 324 314 324 45 48 124 127 120 125 102 104 121 123 116 120 IED AT FIXED RENTALS. .. 1 , 1 Leasing ' Closing Business P-- Co.'s ' Price. Done. chley all ILn &N.W .• 100 IDo .....•• 95 97 ead lOO 'D0........ 524 831 'cent 100 [Do ll9 121 • 100 Do. llO9 111 100 :Cale • don...llol 103 Val , all 'E.U.SrE.CI 15 16 e IC( Gt.North. l l32 135 iShs ' all lE.Counts. 41 4f re... 1 100 • • Drct lOO Caledon.., ,• lOO [Do. )rest all ,Gt. West — ai1..1 all .Yk.NABr ,Ylc.N. Md. 109 111 ▪ all •Do. • all Do. ••• .• • 100 ILn&N.W 195 200 vich. , 100 I S.Eastern 59 61 100 110 115 -end; 100 IPeto &Co. 82 85 c..' 100 iNorfolk .1 100 ;Do. ,1•:;c • • k 1 all L NVi r &SI 31 31 ?.fer- 1 1 1 100 I lifidland 95 97 1-- ). 56. E.Counts 1 1 p p• o. all I Do. 55 57 •• • • all IDo. all Do.. .. • rh ... eArr ; 01 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 re. all 144 NW dz L.Yk. ford; 100 T G . I - 13 . N ra o s r s t e h y 1 12 20 9 1 1 25 31 1 Do. I 1 lip all *Clean ! et.. 100 Gt. West 188 90 rib ! gat L4Brria 8 P 120 5e THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING:, AUGUST 29, 1861. -L. ~r,.a..._._._--, Share' Railways. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence a, r t , j Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind "" t Gu. 5 per cent.. 1 18 Do, Do. B al 20i Buffalo and Laxe Huron al 20? IDo. New ..... Do. Preference too IBuffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 WO Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 11 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.)l 2 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 1 Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. 74 Demerara 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c al . East Indian, gu. 5 p. C. Do. P . Shares Ext al Do. Jubbulpore al Do. 4,1 p c. Debentrs al J Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 al /0 Do. 1865-1870 al cock Grand Trunk of Canada 10( Do. 6 per cent. Pref al' Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct al Do. 6 per ct. Debentr al Do. 7 per cent. 1862 al Do. do. 1867 al Do. do. 1872 al . i GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e lO Do. New gua. sp. c... 1 ;k Gt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. 10, :C Do. do. al Mi Gt. W. of Canada Shares al Oa Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt al Do. si p. c. do. '77 do al Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do al Madras guar., p. c lOl Do. do. 5 per cent t Do. 41 p. o. Extension 10( 1 Do. 5 do.. Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 10( 0 New& unswick Canda Ry.dtLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share a ' Do. do. Land do ••.. stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stocl 100 100 100 stock stock stoc: .. )Do. do. B Capital d 0... .. IDo. do. Land do. ocklS ...... - Ocindeude (Limited) ...... .. ....... lO Do. Punjaub d 43 •••• gl 20 Do. Do. .... •• • • ... 4 )ek Do. Indus. St. Flo. Vg• 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Closing M. I Price. 11 . 1 58 62 100 97 98 d 41 41 ii !Business done 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 6* 11 11 d 19 194 d 101 102 11 98 11 99+ 11 99+ 0 19+ ll 63 100 100, 100; 20 Co 11 35 38 [1 90 43 1 33 36 1 33 36 I 98 1,9 to id fi 10 96 98 11 11 8 0 1 91 17 10e 11 96 10 98 It 90 11 ___ lo sq al I 5 7 111 1 4 6 1( 1 )( 5 ) 10 1 1 d lii2 . I ill d .00 93 95 1 $ id , • POLICE IN FOREIGN Algerian .0 Antwerp & Eotterdam. :0 Ardennes........ •• • • • I :0 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian, East. Junction a Beziers to Graissessac.. a Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3 )0 Copiapo .......... ••• • • a 10 Ditto Extension a !O Dutch Rhenish ........ 1 :0 Eastern of France .. .. a :0 Grand Rue Gua '• 6p. a: :0 Do. :0 Great Central of France a :0 Gt. Luxem., Con. sha... al :0 Italian Junction ...... a' :0 Lierre & Turnhout .... al :0 Lyons & Geneva .... • • a] :0 Namur & Liege ........ a :0 Do. 6p. c. Pref. .....• • • a [6 Northern of France.... a 16 Do. New Shares 11 tO Norwegian Trunk Pref. a !O Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. al Paris & 0r1ean5........ a to r Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7p. et. lim ...... 1' :0 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18. !O Royal Dani5h.......... 5 Royal Swedish .....• • • a 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref ... • a :0 Sambre & Meuse l 0 Do. 5i per cent. Pref a San Paulo, Hm, g. 7 p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 1 Southern of France a :0 S. East Portugal 7p et 8t West Flanders l 0 Do. si_ p. c. Preference.. a :0 W. & N.W. of France .. a West"rn of Austria.... :0 Western of Switzerland a: 6 Wiesbaden 6 I Do. 8 per cent Pref.... a' tO I Zealand .IL WAYS all 51 13i 11 1 tll 10 91 101 111 111 4 si 16 11 Ija al 22j 23j .11 Lll ,n I sk ,n al 8# 83 Xll 19 20 al 88 39 Lll 84 94 11 40 41 11 55 57 5 4 d all 5 61 all pi oti 41 I ; 16 1 11 all 25 t 6 ill 6& 7 Xll 9i 10 ill 21 22 BRITISH. MI Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon .. . .. E. WI Russel (Tavistk.); Gam.drSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack), G. Wheal Vor (Helston); Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Illogan)! N. Wh '1 Basset (Illo.:,an); North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 0 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Surtridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) l S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim ; S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)r Stray Park S Tamar Silv.Bs Lead Min 0 Tin Crort Vale of Towey (Carm.)l West Basset (Illozan) , W. Caradon (Liskeard), West Seton Wheal Basset !Hogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) - Wheal Edward (Cals.), I Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) !Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)i 3.2.10 1 2.14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 6.8.8 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.61 a 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 14 10.6.7 5.9.0 i li 1 z 345 355 80 85 251 tsi 2* Si 10 12 3i 4 4 6 14 14 34 36 if 2 ; 38 42 44 5 3 34 4 44 64 64 9 10 35 37 295 3 OI 5 24 24 1224 1274 30 32 1 1 If 5 64 16 I 18 4 37 39 310 320 75 85 85 95 lf 5 6 9 10 13 14 all 18.14.9 261 9 13s 6d FOR hIGN MINES. t 0 Australian 1 IBonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 I Brazil St.J.dei Rey,Lim 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co 40 Cobra Copper ICopiapo 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 I Lusitanian 1 Markin' ES 1 N. RlnneCopof S.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 5 Tort Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 23 0 2141 United Mexican 1 ,Worthing (Limited) Do 7 17.6 15 all all 1 35i 361 -- di } . 35 37 6 8 1 1 11 22 24 } iP 1 7 leap I id id all 1 10s. ail all 2 4 i li 4d p 4; 51 i I 5851 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 86 sg 40 'Australasia a ll - '• I 25 !Bank of Egypt all 181 196 100 Bank of London 5O 53 65 20 Bank of Turkey 3 1 id 2 5 0 0 c ßritish aNnokr of l f i A i n m d e i a r , i c Ar a c n . a a i l l i 2 52 0 521 204 25 ICll.3ler. of In. L on.& Ch. all 32 84 100 !City ... 50 73 75 100 Colonial 20 37 39 20'11 'Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 164 17 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 ;Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 24 20 I Do. new lO , 2i 3 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 24 11 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 12 -- 20 Do. new 5 0 !National 8ank ..... 36 314 20 'New South W a l es ....,• all 34 25 j Orient. B. Corporatio n . all 50 51 20 Ottoman Bank ... 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 , South Australia .... all 25 'Union of Australia all 39 40 40 50. Union of London • l2 264 274 271 100 : Unity Mutual mE ua G 1. 0 .. v .. E .. R .. N I 6O N; Co SECURITIES , Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 108 113 Do 6p. cent 1880-21 100 _ Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 112 Do. 6p. c. F e b. it Aug. 100 106 108 • Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 981 081 991 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0, 18801 100 108 1 11 0 Do. 1890 100 10 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p. c. Ja.&July,, 100 10 5 1 1065 106 109 1 76 Do. (ip. c.Ap. & Oct.; 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 18661 100 99 100 Do. sp. c,,1871 to 1876 100 984 094 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwdsl 100 985 994 914 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 .. . INO 106 107 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.1 up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July' I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct.... 100 107 1075 1071 6 DOCKS. stool: Commercial lOO M —. 7--- s os t 2 o ttss. . c k GDED D riool o eg .. . Do. . aplop 4 ti srrp p seiel e ifefi r si. ti Wee Indian stock !East andl 100 1 118 121 stock itiondon • . 100 i Si 58 stock ;St. Katharine. , 100 I 61 63 62 stock', Southampton lOO I stock ;Victoria 20 I Do. New .—— .....st... 2 I . 1 d MISCELLANEOUS. lo An 10-Mexican Mint ..1 all 134141 -------- 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (Id)' 14 25 1000 Atlantic TeL (Limited) , all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 41 50 British American 50 B.driMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 30 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 324 Canada Land all 105 107 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ' all st. Cop.AT Preference Palace . ul P ec,Brie e n. pr limited),,, tto: e . e. n d.: t.. ie. .. r;. .. . iaa a oooll l oooll l 1 1108_303 - 313 x3l - 40650 —inmfE ng.&Sailtg all at Crys tal 20 E.lndia Irrign. & C anal 1 *i p at. Electric Telegraph .. 100 93 95 25 Do. New .... . ..... :: 15 1 5 5 Gen. Steam NaviF. , ,at m 14 i -- 1 Lon. .ID74isptricett IT'reeLfe(Lreinmmel a a l l i l i_ f . 1 / .1 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Li 20 , Madras Irr. and Canal,. 1 2 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Li m.) all 3 24 25 National is. Co. (Lire lid 20 Nerbu.CoaDl&lron (Lim.. ) 51 6 ) O 5 , 1 id 10 Netherlands Land . . . all _ 1 5 Do.B p.c.Pret.iss.atl 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand go 5 4 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim. all 515 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 11 ll 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 1 5a. 1 4 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) 8 ..., 41 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Li m ) 100 48 5o 4 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam a ll 68 70 84 9 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 17 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.46p.c all 174 1 84 50 Rhymney Iron a ll 18 1$ Do. New.-- 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 124 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all i 1 Do. do. Registered ~,, : a :1 6 I 10 Do. do Call 4 8 10 Trust and Agency o, Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 pr i p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 U. li'dom Tel. Co. (Urn.) 1 1 1 d 100 Viiii Dlolll9ll'o LAN 7 —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTENSIVE ATTEMPTED FRAUD AT MESSRS. SWAN • AND EliGAn's:—Leopold Kropp, described as a singer, and natifie of Pesth, Hungary, was charged with endea vouring to obtain a quantity of shawls and silks of the ; 'glue of:£148 125., by false and fraudulent pretences from Mr. Win. Edgar and others, silk mercers, &c., 10, Pic . cadilly. Mr. IT errand prosecuted on behalf of the Association :fOr'the Prosecution of Shoplifters, &c., and said prisoner .called at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, and stated that he had been sent by Mr. Tom Taylor, to request that some shawls and silks might be sent for approval, and it was out of that circumstance the charge arose. Mr. Edwards, of the shawl department, said—Yesterday the prisoner called at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's, about two. He asked to see some shawls, saying he wanted a shawl worth £l5. He said they were for Mr. Tom Taylor, writing down the address, 8, Richmond terrace. I wrote Mr. Tom Taylor's name on it. I selected four shawls, prisoner saying he did not understand them of the value of 15 to 18 guineas. Prisoner said Mr. Tom Taylor wanted to make a present to a lady. He also said Mr. Taylor wished for a grey silk dress and a black silk dress sent with the shawls. I gave the shawls to Mr. 1 1- .skey, one of the managers. The value of ,the goods-is £l4B—the whole pieces of silk being sent for selection. Mr. Albert interptiet e d the evidence to the prisoner. Prisoner—Did Mr* Tom Taylor:buy a dress five years ago for a lady ? Witness—l cannot tell. Mr. Benjamin John Balding, assistant to Messrs: Swan and Edgar, said—l took the parcel of goods now in court to Mr. Tom Taylor'i office, in Richmond -terrace. I saw the hall-keeper; Mr. Owen Owen. I said I had brought a parcel for Mr. Taylor, and left it there. On going back a second time I saw the prisoner gobig in, and he said he had gone back for the parcel, as Mr. Taylor was in a hurry. This was near 5 o'clock. I asked him if he had come for the parcel, and he said " Yes." I told him the parcel was inside, and we went in and the hall-keeper recognised him as the same person who had called before. I asked him where Mr. Taylor was, alai he did not give any answer ; but on asking where the order was he had just taken to Swan and Edgar's, and he said he had no order, On ask ing him again where Mr. Taylor was, he asked for a person who could speak German. I asked in French where Mr. Taylor was, and he said if I went with him he would show me. I told him that would not do, and wanted his address. He then said Bedford-square, but that Mr. Tom Taylor was at Messrs. Swan and Edgar's. After some further evidence, the prisoner was remanded for the attendancepf Mr. Taylor. THAMES. THE LATE TOM SPRING'S WIDOW.-Mr. Stocks, the builder, of Wapping parish, applied to Mr. Woolrych to receive the legal examination of a poor woman named Winter, who had been for some time chargeable to the pariah of St. John, of Wapping, in the county of Middle sex. The woman, who was in the garb of a pauper, and who turned out to, be no other than the widow of the famous boxer, Tom. Spring, the renowned champion of Eng land, who won so many battles in the prize-ring, was intro duced and sworn. It is well known that the real name of the late champion was Winter, and he adopted the name of Spring when he became a member of the ring. Mrs. Winter stated that she was married to the late Thomas Winter at St. Peter's Church, in the city of Hereford, in 1823, and that her late husband died in the year 1851. Her legal settlement was St. Andrew, Hol born, above the Bars, in which parish her husband occu pied and resided in a distinct dwelling-house called the Castle Tavern, well known to the sporting world, and which was situated No. 25, High Holborn. Her husband succeeded the famous pugilist Jim Belcher in the occu pancy of the house, and the rental was £BO per annum. Her late husband was charged and rated to the poor rates of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, above the bars, for and on account and in respect of the Castle Tavern for the term of one whole year and upwards. Mr. Woolrych signed the necesary papers, and Tom Spring's widow will be forthwith removed to the workhouse of St. Andrew, Holborn, above the bars, in which parish the brave and gentlemanly Tom Spring entertained so many thousands during his long occupancy of the Castle Tavern. The poor widow, who is about 60 years of age, appeared to be in good health and spirits, and was recognised by many persons in and about the court. THIS L.4l"' MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. 1111 f ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 50s 3d; barley, 32s 10d ; oats, 26s lld ; rye, 35s 10d ; beans, 43s 5d ; and peas, 358 sd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 50s 9d ; barley, 30s 4d ; oats, 25s 10d ; rye, 37s 7d ; beans, 42s 10d ; peas, 38s. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 65,355; barley, 1,855; oats, 4,968 ; rye, 74 ; beans, 2,374 ; peas, 1,191 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts on salo.bere to-day was moderate. Prime breeds were scarce, and were disposed of at full prices viz., 48 6d and 4s 8d per 81bs; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state, at quite Monday's decline of 2d per 81bs. Prime Down sheep were in fair request, at full quotations ; but middling and inferior breeds moved off heavily at, in some instances, 24 per 81bs less money than on Monday Lambs were a dull sale, and the choicest qualities sold at 55 Bd, being a decline of 2d to 4d per 81bs. For calves— the supply of which was large—the trade ruled heavy, at a d ec li ne o f 2d per Blbs. Pigs changed hands slowly, at barely late rates. Per Sib. to s s. d. s. d, Crse. &inf. beasts 2 10 32 Primecrs-wool do. 4 2 4 10 Second quality do. 3 4 3 6 1 ?use. Slhdown d 0.5 0 5 4 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 21 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 8 Prime small do 4 2 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 30 3 4 Large hogs 310 4 4 Second qualitydo. 3 , 63 10 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 48 Sd to 5s Bd. Suckling calves, 21s to 295; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 30s. ink the offal. TOTAL SUPPLY. i FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... I,o9olBeasts 4lO Sheep and lambs.... 11,6 W i Sheep Calves Pigs. 4901 Pigs .... — MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENnALL.—The supplies of meat are very moderate, and the demand rules inactive, as fol lows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4 s 2d , mutton, is Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 4d te 53 Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, August 2 8.—Trade in a sluggish state as fol lows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Sd ; mutton, 3s 2d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; veal, as 6d to 4s 4cl; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, August 28,--Trade inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81b8; suckling calves, 16s to 26 8 ; quar t er old Store pigs, 21s to 28 2 eac h ; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 O s t o £5 Os Od ; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os ; load new do., £3 lOs toy 5 Os; an d st raw , £ 1 5 s to £1 lOs per . Trade stea CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os : old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 Os to £1 12s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old elovet, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 5s to £1 12s per load. A steady trade. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. :ET—Aua. 28. the close of the market Hartlepool West Hart•• Lambert's West Hart- s. d. ley 16 3 Craighead Steam . : l4 0 West Hartley l6 6 ley Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite. 2l 6 Bower's West Hartley 16 6 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 9 North Pelton l3 0 Wylam l5 0 West Wylam l3 0 Hastings Hartley l6 6 Walker Primrose 12 3 Bel1.. Ships at market Walls End. Trimdon Thornley.... 15 6 Thornley ........ ....15 0 South Hart1ep001......16 6 Byron ......... ....17 0 Peases West ........ ..14 6 Hartlepool.... 9 K elloe .... . ..... • .. 17 . .17 3 Sheriff ................ 14 6 82; sold, 40. FERNANDO Po.—Captain Richard Burton sailed for Fernando Po, in the Bight of Biafra, West Africa, to which place he has recently been appointed Consul, in the Ethiope, from Liverpool, on the 24th inst. THE FIRST STEAMBOAT.—We have not far to look for the first germ of steam navigation. That huge model, which appears to be a combination of two funnels and a number of chains working over wheels, is the parent marine engine. As early as the year 1 787, Patrick Miller, of Dalswinton, Scotland, engaged himself in making expe riments with double and treble boats, which he propelled by means of wheels placed between them worked by manual labour; in the following year he induced one Symington, an engineer at Wenlock Head, to apply it to a marine steam engine he had invented. This engine propelled the boat along Dalswinton Lake at tho rate of five miles an hour. This was undoubtedly the first attempt ever made to use steam as the motive power in a vessel, although it was not the first practical steamboat. The engine which belongs to the earliest history of that invention is what is called an atmospheric engine—that is, the piston is raised by the action of steam, and then it is forced down by atmospheric pressure. The history of this curious parent of steam navigation is worth noting. After the trial in the boat the engine was removed to Mr. Miller's library, where it re mained until his death in 1815 ; in 1828 it was sent by his son, packed in a deal case, to Messrs. Coutts and Co., in the Strand, where it remained until 1837, and finally it found its way to a plumber's in Edinburgh, Who flung it aside with the purpose of melting it. However, the model was rescued from destruction in 1855, and was restored to its former working condition by Messrs, Penn and Sell in 1857. , —Once a Week. _EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY HALF-YEARLY MEETING—(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half -yearly meeting of the shareholders and directors of this company was held this day at the London Tavern. The attendance of shareholders was not very numerous at the commencement of the proceedings. Horatio Love, Esq., chairman of the directors, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, and minutes of the last meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN rose to move the reception and adoption of the report. He said, before he went into an explanation of the accounts he thought it was his duty to refer in a very prominent manner to a letter that had been received from Messrs. Quilter and Ball ; and, before doing so, he would have the letter read by the secretary, in order that the shareholders might be in possession of every fact known to the directors on the subject. That having been done, he should be ready at the proper time to answer any question i that might be addressed to him on the subject. The Secretary then read the correspondence that had taken place between the Messrs. Quilter and the Secretary relative to the accounts of the locomotive department, and particularly pointing out an error in the sum set down for stock in store, which the Messrs. Quilter, the official audi tors of the company, stated to be "a deliberate perversion of matters of fact." The CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt that anybody who had listened to the reading of the letter would come to the conclusion that there had been some tampering or malver • sation of the funds of the Eastern Counties Railway ; but all the auditors were in the room, and he defied any of them to put their finger on one item that was not honestly entered in the company's books. (Hear, hear.) The directors had, in fact, felt it right to deal with the accounts in one way, and the Messrs. Quitter had come to the conclusion that they ought to have been dealt with in another. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the first charge of Messrs. Quitter and Ball, he might remark that many heavy demands bad been made for renewals o f instead of way; and the di rec t ors th oug ht th a t of charging the whole of the sum of £34,000 to one half year, it would be better to spread it over two—(hear, hear), espeeially as that one-half year had been somewhat less productive than usual. The head and front of the offend ing of the directors was that they had not taken the opi nion of Messrs. Quilter and Ball on that subject. He was of opinion that the directors had done right. (Cries of " Yes, yes;" and " No.") The second charge of Messrs. Quilter was with reference to the locomotive department. The directors, looking at the depreciation of the locomotive plant and its obs olete character, and looking also to the prospects next year, a con siderable amount had been in coarse of delivery dining the last two years. The directors had thought proper not to charge all the plant to the present half-year, and de termined to postpone £50,000 to the next half-year. As to the "running on the line," he might remark that course had been taken in order to test the efficiency of the new articles supplied. (Hear, hear.) The whole question was one of allocation of an account, and not one of tampering with the property of the company. The next point was a charge of omission of the debt due to the Norfolk Company of £30,000, towards which, it was said, there was no provision except about £7,000. This was a matter which did not come properly under the notice of Messrs. Quilter as auditors. The present was not the proper time to fix upon the revenue, and arrangements had been made to meet it, but it was not a matter neces sary at present to be introduced into the account. With regard to other matters, he might say that Messrs. Quilter had been mistaken in reference to the unliquidated balances. This company did business to the amount of £60,000 in goods a year, and no company in such a posi tion had so small an unliquidated balance as the Eastern Counties Company. Such were the charges made by Messrs. Quilter and Co., as to their opinions he took no heed of them, believing that he was able to prove as sound a judg ment as they were. Turning to the general business of the company the Chairman went rapidly through the ac counts, and various items of the report, and concluded by moving its adoption. Mr. GOODSON seconded the motion. We shall conclude our report in a late edition. YORK RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 11 to 2 agst Voltella (taken) 6to 1 agst Bally Edmond (taken) No other change. Prologue scratched at 12.44. AQUATICS. THE LORD WARDEN'S PRIZE AT DOVER. There were nine entries fir this prize, amongst which was Bain's crew, of Lambeth, who were so successful last week at Antwerp. Only three boats put in an appearance, viz., Hastings, of Hastings ; the Widgeon, of Newhaven ; and Bain's crew, who rowed in the Ariel, of Dover. The latter, although the worst placed, were the favourites at starting. The Hastings crew took the lead, but the Londoners only played with them, as when they were near home they drew away from them, and at last won any way they pleased. The following are the names of the crew :—Alfred Hop kins, Edward Carter, James Chapman, Robert Bain, stroke, and J. Hill, coxswain. 21318 DAY'S SKIPPING. LONDON, Aug.29.—Wind this day at noon—W.N.W. ; light breeze and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 29 .—Arrived—Mooltan, from Alexandria. OFF COWES, Aug. 28 . — Arrived—Fulton, from New York, and proceeded for Havre. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 2 8.—Sailed—Philo, for New York. ABERDEEN, Aug. 27.—Wind W. S. W.—Sailed —The Oak, for Port Natal. OW ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Moolt an , steamer, from Alexand r i a ; Dukei of Cornwall, steamer, from London ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. No sailings. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 28—Geo. Washington, from Uleaborg. Arrived, Aug. 29—Tyne, from Montreal. Sailed, Aug. 29—Boreas, for Havre; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Crown, barque, from the West for the North; Envelope, brig, from Belize, for Sheerness ; Texian, from Porto Rico, for London ; Bezaleel, for Portsmouth ; Orion, for Bahia—both from London ; Duemanin, from Kincar dine, for Genoa; Mary of Colchester, from the West, for the North. TILE WEATHER. 'ECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. Westerly, strong ; some rain. North-westerly, fresh; showery. Westerly, fresh; fine. West to north-west, fresh; showers. ,OLOGICAL REPO METED IRTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. LS. 9 a.m. --- -- Nairn '29'63 53 51 S.W. 4 6 c. 2 Aberdeen.— 29113 58 65 S.W. 3 6 c. 1 Leith .. 20.72 a 66 W. 2 2 b. 2 Berwick 29138 63 59 W.N.W. 2 8 0. 1 Ardrossan 29/8 58 L 5 W. 4 2 b. 3 Portrush Shields Galway 29•92 60 57 W. 5 7 0. 3 Scarborough 29/7 65 61 W. 2 2 b. 1 Liverpool Valentia Queenstown 29'96 62 61 W.N.W. 3 2 C. 1 Yarmouth 29'81 65 64 W. 1 3 0 . 2 London 29'86 63 60 N.W. 2I 9 0. I:over 29'89 66 64 S. 5 8 0. 5 Portsmouth 29'90 65 61 N.W. 3 5 c. 1 Portland Plymouth 29'93 84 62 W. N.W. 3 71 r. 3 Penzance EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true.-- not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cl ou d (1 to 9). I. Initials blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0 overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunde r . A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb anco (1 to 9). THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds Sept. 3. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. • • Cuba and Mexico Canada, &c. L'derry) .. .. Aug. 28. .. Aug. 28. Cape of Good Hope, &j: Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Sept. 1. Do (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug. 26. Lisbon .. Sept. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Aug. 26. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Sept. 1. United States, California, &c. .. Sept. 4. Western Coast of Attica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific,Carthagena, Cuba, Bco. Aug. 28. HYLAX IN LIMINE LATRAT.—A fool in France has just hanged himself because he has lost his faithful dog. We shudder to think what may become of the Emperor of Austria if anybody should run away with Tearem.— .I*M. WEATHER EXP North Britain Ireland East Coast South England TRE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC 111 AILS The exports of saltpetre from Iquique since January last amount to upwards of 616,000 quintals. At Valparaiso exchange en London, 90 days, was quoted 44-1 ; Paris, 455; Hamburgh, no transactions. Bar silver, 15 75 per mare. Copper, dole. 17 50 per 100 lb. At Demerara the weather was wet. A dry season was anxiously looked for by the planters. Two ships had arrived with immigrants from China. Produce was scarce. Shipping abundant. The Guiana Bank had declared a dividend for the half year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The crop at Barbadoes was nearly finished. It was expected to reach 50,000 hhds. of sugar. Ex change, 30 days', dols. 490. The news from Trinadad is unimportant. 'The Jamaica Legislature had been prorogued pro forma until September. The anniversary of the emanci pation was being celebrated peaceably and quietly. The question of cotton growing was being prac tically tested, and cultivation spiritedly taken up. Business was excessively dull. The demand for imports was limited. The quarterly return of revenue is £4,550 less than last quarter. The coffee crop was nearly closed, but the supply in the market was limited. Inferior, 425. to 445. ; mountain, 48s. to 50s. Pimento none at market. The coming crop is small. Sugar sales at 15s. to 18s. ; inferior, 12s. to 14s. Freights scarce. American gold scarce. The banks demand 11 per cent. above the island standard value. Exchange on London, 90 days, f per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1 ; 30 days, 13. LECTUI?E THE QRSZNI CONSPIRACY 13Y CARLO DE RUDIO. On Monday evening Carlo De Rudio, one of the men who joined with O rs i n i i n the attempt to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon 111., in January, 1858, delivered a lecture in Birmingham on the con spiracy and the subsequent sufferings of the lecturer, as a prisoner at Toulon and Cayenne, together with his escape from the latter place in a small boat, on the 9th of December, 1859. The attendance was not large. The chair was taken by Mr. Henry Dorman, who, in opening the proceedings, said he knew the people of Birmingham would, when ad dressed by a man who done well for his country, and for the world at large, listen to him, and bid him God speed in his noble and heroic enterprise. They had not come together in secret to conspire, but had met openly to listen to the history of one who had done and suffered indescribable things, in consequence of struggling for our common humanity ; one who deserved well of his country, and who deserved well of the inhabitants of Birmingham. (Cheers.) As Englishmen it was our glory to have a stand up fight, to face our opponent, tell him our wrongs and demand our rights, but he could conceive the possibility of the case of a man, or of the case of a nation, being such as to be driven to the very last act of desperation, and to either have an honour able death or a glorious and permanent victory. (Applause.) Mr. Dorman then entered into a long dissertation on the character and intentions of the Emperor of the French, suggestibg as a possible explanation of the coolness reported to exist at pre sent between France and Austria a desire on the part of Napoleon to learn whether, by picking an other quarrel with Austria, he would be able to get the Island of Sardinia. He concluded by introduc ing to the audience M. de Rudio, a young man of pleasing appearance, who was received with loud and prolonged applause. M. de RUDIO commenced by giving a brief sketch of his early life up to the 14th of March, 1848, which found him a student in the Milan Military Academy. On that day the people of Milan rose against the Austrians. Rudio was one of the first Italian students to join the insurgents, and after five days of continuous bloodshed, the Austrians were driven from the city, and he afterwards went to Venice and Rome as a volunteer in the cause of Italian liberty. After the struggle for liberty had been defeated he joined Mazzini, by whom he was employed on many missions of danger into the cities held by the Austrians in Italy, of which the reward would have been death or torture by the Austrian police, if discovered, while if there were other missions in which there was no danger, and a chance of filling one's pockets out of; why there were always good patriots ready enough to take them. It was in 1853, when hiding from pursuit in the Julian Alps that he first corn ceived the idea of ridding the world of the man who he thought had been the cause of all their troubles, for had Napoleon not interfered in the affairs of Rome the fire of liberty would in a short time have made such a conflagration that all the tyrants in Europe could not have quenched it, andltaly would have been free, not from the Alps to the Adriatic only, but from one end to the other. In 1854 he was taken at Zurich by the Swiss authorities, and for a second time expelled from Switzerland and shipped off to England, where he arrived with six pence in his pocket. He suffered much, as a letter he had written to Mazzini, asking that the Repub lican Committee should be directed to assist him, was not even answered. Mazzini was thought in England to be a true patriot, but in Italy it was known that his motives were not pure love of his country; while his cruelty was shown by his treating in such a heartless manner one who had been his most faithful and well-proved assistant. The lecturer passed briefly over the period intervening between the end of 1857, when Bernard met . . him, and he was informed of the project of . Orsi . ni. Upon its being agreed that if he fell his wife a n d c hi ld should be cared for by the committee, , w hheerleefhteLmonet don on January 9, 1858,. for Paris Orsini; Bernard . having only given him fourteen francs and a ticket, though he had a larger sum that he ought to have handed over. Bernard was expected in Paris, together w ith some other men, to join in the attack, but like many men who thought they were conspirators, and who would join the secret societies and take the oath, when the hour of danger came he was absent. O n the evening o f t h e 14th of January , Orsini, Pierre, Gomez, and himself, each having a bomb, a poignard, an d a l oaded revolver , se t ou t on their enterprise, and though there were only four of them instead of ten came forward, had not one of the four , been a fool an d an other a coward, the butcher of the Boulevards" would have met his death. Pierre got apprehended before the carriage came, Gomez threw the first shell too soo n, and o u t of time he threw the second shell, and after about two minutes Orsini threw the third. He (Rudio) then co c k e d his revolver, and creeping towards the carriage of the Emperor on his bands and knees, determined that if he had escaped the shells he would s h oot down " the curse of Rome," when he heard the sound of approaching cavalry, and a reg i ment of L a ncers came rapidly along the street. To escape being trodden under the horses' hoof s h e h ad to stand back, and the carriage was at onc e surrounded by troops. He (Rudio) then tho ug ht i t was time to look. out for his own safety, and he went to the place of rendezvous, but found there none of his companions. He then went to the railway station, where he in tended to take the train to Bordeaux, and thence go by sea to Oporto, but the train had just gone. He then went back to his hotel, where he was take.n into custody. The lecturer we n t i n t o th e d eta il s of his examinations and trial w i t h great m i nuteness, and stated that it was not un til th e execut i oner had made his toilet and he w as prepar i ng to walk to the guillotine that he was informed his punishment had been commuted to transportation for life. He was afterwards imprisoned for six months at Toulon, where he was treated in the most brutal manner by the governor. At th e en d o f t h at t i me b e was pre,- mised his lib er t y on cond i t i on of giving up t, ile names of the other conspirators, but this he refu itsed to do, and h e was t h erefore sent to Cayenne, where he arrived in December, 1858. At this point Rudio paused, and a man 'named Thomas Wright said the subject of the lecture had been associated by some with itsmsinotlon, but' SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Shannon, Captain Ab bott, with the above mails, arrived here this even ing. She left St. Thomas on the 14th instant. She brings 162passeng.rs, 1,862,384 dols. in specie, and 1960 packages of cargo. Intelligence from Carthagena state that General Mosquera had obtained a decisive triumph over the Centralist army and had occupied the city of Bogota destroying entirely the entrenched army which de fended it. Generals Espina, Posada, and Paris were taken prisoners. Marino, Ospina, and their Presi dent were also prisoners. The British ship Lord Hungerford foundered at sea on the let of June. The crew were saved. The British ship Santiago had been in collision with another vessel off Cape Horn. Calling at the vanes Islands she sailed for England to repair dam ages, her bow compartment being full of water. There is nothing new from Chili. The commercial crisis continued. In Bolivia the friends of General Pelzu express dissatisfaction with the government of General Acha. The army was being increased. No news of interest from Peru. Two shocks• of earthquake were experienced at Panama on the sth, OIL SPRINGS. Numerous advices appear to confirm the great value of the oil springs lately discovered in the United States and Canada. The questi on as to the duration of their yield remains to be settled, but it seems probable that, owing to the extent of the regions in which they are found, the supply will last many years, and that a proper organisation of railway facilities will alone be needed to cause the production to be among the most important in modern commerce. In the United States the princi pal deposits aro understood to be close to a station on a new railway—the Atlantic and Great Western —which will render their conveyance to New York comparatively inexpensive. In Canada they are about 12 miles from the Wyoming Station of the Great Western of Canada Railway, and some ar rangements will be necessary for the transit over that distance, the existing roads being of the worst description. At the site of the principal wells the ground was two years ago covered by an almost unbroken forest. Now there is a resident and constantly increasing population of upwards of 500, During last winter the coaches took au average of 50 people daily to the spot from Wyom ing, and many bought land and remained. There are several inns filled to overflowing. Two good hotels are in course of erection. !louses and shanties are rising on all sides, and the greatest activity is everywhere apparent. At present there are about 100 wells in full operation, all yielding oil. The land is held in large blocks, the owner leasing acres and half acres for 99 years, The terms usually are 300 dols. for the privilege and one third of the oil drawn from the wells. The wells are sunk and cribbed to a depth of from 40 to 60 feet till the rock is reached. In many cases surface oil is found before reaching the rock, but it is of rather inferior quality and doubtful yield. After arriving at the rock, the wells through the earth being from 4 to 7 feet square, they drill to a depth of from 40 to 70 feet, between which distances oil is almost sure to be discovered. Wooden tanks, varying from 500 to 2,000 gallons capacity, are con structed close to each well. The oil is pumped into these, and afterwards drawn off into barrels to be sent to market. The cost of a well is very small. Parties in the distriet making contracts for sink ing wells. Their charge is for sinking through the earth dols. per foot, and for drilling through the rock 2+ dols. per foot. A well after being com menced usually yields oil in less than 30 days. At these prices a well can be sunk, a tank for 100 gal lons made, and a pump and all necessary appliances provided for a sum equa l t o a b ou t £lOO sterling. When oil is found, on e m a n at 4s. a day can readily pump 100 barrels, or 4,000 gallons a day. The csst of the oil, including every expense, and cal culating the reimbursement of every , outlay in curred in one year, and also calculating a yield of 15 barrels, or 600 gallons a day, is, it is alleged, absolutely less than a halfpenny sterling a gallon delivered into the tank alongside the well. Very few attempts have yet been made to pump by steam at the place where the oil is most extensively found, nearly all the labour being by hand. This is partly to be attributed to the badness of the roads, preventing the possibility of getting heavy loads into the district, and partly to the yield of the wells being on an average about equal to the quantity a man can easily pump in a day. A moderate average yi e ld f or a ll t h e wells now in operation (100) is 15 barrels, or 600 gallons, a day. At the rate at which privileges are being disposed of and parties are preparing to sink wells, there will be 500 i n operat i on b e fore Christmas. Taking the present 100 wells only, however, t he result is extr aor di nar y. Thus-100 wells yielding 600 gallons give 60,000 gallons per day, 360,000 per week, or 18,720.000 per annum. A t rus t wort h y observer remarks :—"uch a yield seems a l most yet I believe, from p ersona l observa tions, and inquiry n a and quiry on the spot, th a t i t i s w i thin the bulou truth." SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday...a-The Hamburg- American Company's screw steamer Hammonia, Captain Schwensen, sailed hence for Now York this afternoon, taking out the usual mails, upwards of 300 passengers, 20,000 f. in specie from Havre, sal a large cargo. She has no specie from England. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Avon, Captain Reeks, left this afternoon, at four o'clock, for St. Thomas's, to be placed on an intercolonial station. THE STRIKE IN THE IRON TRADE.—The ex tensive strike among the puddlers in the north of England has not been arranged. At the monthly meeting of the ironmasters, held at Middlesborough on Tuesday, it was determined not to all ow th e men to go in unless at 4.h —6 full _ 10 per cent. re d uction. On Saturday, inconsequence eaur the continued d e p ress i on i n the i ron trade, th e Blah? mouth Ironw or k s w ill c l ose, and this, combined nth the throw bankruptcy of Mr. Oswald, th e i ron shipbuilder, will 2,800 men out of employment at that place : The Lord Chi e f J us ti ce has appointed Thomas Hull Terrell, Alfred Hanson, and Henr y S. Maine, E'squires, of the Chancery bar, it ° of London, and th e county of rev ise Middlesex. the lists of vot ers for the metropolitan boroughs , t .e c ity A MEM. FOR LORD NORMANBY.—The Turin correspondent of the Temps relates that during the provin cial government of the Xmilian provinces in 1859 Colonel Frapelli, on officer of remarkable energy, was engaged in raising with the utmost despatcb. a national force ; but the question was how to dress and equip the recruits as fast as they were raised . In this emergency a contractor sent in a tender to fit out the whole force a t a very mo d era te figure. The contract is placed. among the official archives. The contractor was the Duk e o f M o dena himself, treatir,g with the usurping Government through the me diw:a of a well-known banking -h ouse . Nor was the specu - Fation a bad one ; for eith er th e usurping Government would last and pay it s way, or the Duke wou ld have his own again, and s i n k the clothier and con t rac t or in the sovereign. PAI NFUL SCENE AT A FIRE. -A fire took place on Tuesday 'ring at the premises of M r. Pritchard, in Conduit - street. Eleven persona were at one time in great danger of being burnt to death, but were saved by a fire escape, urtder Conductor Bailo3 f, who behaved with great courage. that was wrong, as it was tyrannicide and net assassination to destroy a man who intended to destroy the lives and liberties of thousands of his fe llow -creatures, and it was right to take the life of one man if it would save thousands. The CHAIRMAN here interposed, upon which Mr. WRIGHT said that there were " dirty tools of tyranny in the town," who had exercised all their influence to prevent the hall from being used for the purpose of the lecture. The mayor and the French consul had exercised all their influence with the committee of the hall, but he was happy to say they had not succeeded. (Cheers). M. de RUDIO then described his sufferings at the Silver Mountain and in the Island of Salutation, and his escape, on the 9th of December last, with several companions, to the English col on y o f Ber bice, whence they worked their way to London, where he arrived on January 29. In conclusion, he said he admitted the conspiracy, but all p=rsons who could see further than the limits of Britain must know that for the Continent there was no way to obtain liberty but by conspi racy. Ordi- nary means were of no avail, and men might rise by thdtisands only to fall into the hands cf their tyrants. It was only by revolution that fr ee .. dom could be secured, and conspiracy was th e mother of revolution, The liberties of England, of Switzerland, of America, had all originated in conspiracy; and so the Italians, Germans, French, and Russians, must o bt a i n th e i r lib er t y. The inte rest of Europe an K a i sers an d Ki ngs was directly opposed to the emancipation of their subjects, and yet it was supported by so large a number of those subjects that the only possible solution of the diffi culty was a sanguinary one. Consequently the man who could conceive a plan of preventing a general danger by killing one guilty party only must be a benefactor to the human - race. (Applause.) Such was Cromwell, and such is Garibaldi; and feeble as was his brain, and weak as was his hand, compared with those of the two great men he had named, yet his motive was the same. For this cause he had sacrificed family and freedom, and had risked his life. Napoleon was one of the foun tain heads of wickedness and crime, and had he (Rudio) succeeded in his purpose he would have been honoured in life and death. He knew that the views of many Englishmen were opposed to such. means being taken, but they should remember that no land in Christendom had witnessed so many martyrs for the cause of liberty as their own. He was no partisan of assassination in the vulgar sense, but oceasionally he did appr ove o f tyrannicide. He admitted the principle of private vengeance only when nationality and economy of life were at stake; in such a cause he had done what he had done, and in such a cause he would risk his life anew. And he knew enough of Englishmen to be able to say that if their country was suffer ing from the treacherous conduct of one individual they would rise as one man—(applause) ---and endea vour to exterminate him. Andif Englishmen would do that, why should not Italians, Frenchmen, and Germans ? He and half a score others had taken that duty upon themselves, and were they right or not ? (Applause.) He knew their answer would be in the affirmative. Rudio then resumed his seat. On the motion of a gentleman in the meeting, it was resolved that Bernard should be written to for an answer to the charges that had been made against him, and it was afterwards decided that, as a mark of respect to Rudio, a subscription should be made at the door. The seconder of this latter proposition stated that the reason there was not a larger audi ence was that detectives had been employed to pull down the bills announcing the lecture. )r, he also and azor, 'ound ~~ ~s