The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARE ;2 ) AND CITY NE WS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The demand for money has been slightly aug mented through the payments of the 4th of the month. Notwithstanding the increase of business thus temporarily produced, however, the discount market remains in an easy position, the rates still showing a downward tendency, owing to the large supplies of capital and the activity with which the leading bankers and brokers compete for the com mercial bills brought into circulation. About £72,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. No alteration of importance was exhibited in the Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. G o ld i s no w about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and about 7-10ths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg. A call of £2 per share, amounting to £246,000, becomes due to-morrow on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway £lO 44 per Cent. shares. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester day continued rather active, and prices were firm. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. At the half-yearly meeting of the Ottoman Bank just held, it was stated that the available balance for distribution was £25,690 7s. 11d., from which it was agreed to pay a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, to carry £3,000 to the reserve fund, increasing it to £71,196, and to bring forward the surplus of £1,894 12s. to the present account. The half-yearly meeting of the Railway Passen gers' Assurance Company took place to-day, when the report stated that the available balance ' amounted to £13,660, after payment of all expenses, compensation, &c., and from this sum interest will be paid to the proprietors at the usual rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Business in the English Stock Market is rather dull, and the quotations have further given way, though only to the extent of y per cent., Consols being 92 for money and the 10th; and 93 933. for the October account. The New Threes are flat at 911 n ex. div.; the Reduced, 91 ; India 5 per Cents., 1031 ; Exchequer Bills, March, 2s. dis. to 2s. prem.; ditto, June, ss. prem. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been limited, and prices show no important alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 801; ditto, 1858, 65,1 661 ; Mexican are steady at 21 3 ; and Portuguese at 471 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. have improved to 1008 ; and ditto 43, per Cents. are flat at 90 ; Buenos Ayres Deferred are firm at 271, Messrs. Bell and Sons give the following -quota tions in American Securities : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 80 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds .. 1874 71 73 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 68 70 Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 65 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 70 72 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 68 70 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 46 47 Boston 41 per Ct. Strlg, Bonds 83 85 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875 81 83 Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 77 79 Do. shares, 80 dols. paid 391 38/ dis Michigan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 80 82 Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct , not convertible... :New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct,, Ist mortgage Do. do., 2d mortgage De. do., 3d mortgage Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony,. 1865 98 100 Do. do., 2d do. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather less active, and a downward movement has taken place in prices, in sympathy with the heavy tone of the Consol Market. Eastern Counties and North Westerns have declined ss. ; Midlands and South Easterns, 10s. ; and Caledonians, 15s. North British, however, have improved 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been little change of importance. Great Luxembourg are a shade firmer. Great Western of Canada have declined k ; East Indian improved I, Great Indian Peninsula 7 1-, and Great Northern of India 1. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue at about previous prices. 1883 82 84 1864 89 91 63 70 1867 1859 1883 1862 92 94 92 94 78 79 50 55 20 21 BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. ;3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9li i i ex div. .1 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 5-16 7-16 xd India. Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98a Ditto 1859 Consols for Account, Sept. 10 - March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 2 dis 5 pm DA - to £5OO .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 ..... 00 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.......... Ditto Deferred 'Mexican 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Sp .Dish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded inrkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account . 66k 6 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 924 Ditto Account Ditto October 801 791 THE WEATHER. WEATHER EXPECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. — North Britain Westerly, fresh ; rainy. Ireland West to north, moderate or fresh; showers. East Coast South England West to north-west, moderate; fine. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 1 1 This Day, 1 between 8 and, B. ,E. M. D. F. C. I. ,S. 9 a.m. I -- Nairn ' 29'50 57 54 S.W. 5 7i o. 3 Aberdeen 29.53 56 51 S.W. 3 61 o. 2 Leith. f 2963 ,59 56 W. 2 3, c. 2 Berwick 29'59 60 55 W.S.W. 2 I 7, o. 1 Ardrossan 2972 58 I 55 W.S.W. 3 8: r. 3 Portri , sh Shields Galway 29'84 60 59 W. S. W. 1 7 0. 1 Searborough 29 78 57 56 W. 2 1 7 0. 2 Liverpool Valentia ' 29'91 162 61 W.N W. 2 81 o. 4 Queenstown 2984 63 62 S.W. 3 8I m. 2 'Yarmouth— London 29'96 60 56 W. 290. Dover 3o'ol j 64 62 S.W. 35 c. 2 tPortsmouth 9rtland ... .t , IYrnouth 130•02 63 61 W.S.W. 5 7 0. 4 :..:_:L__2_i 'enzan ce 30'0 61 60 S.W. 2 8 r. 3 Exp r. 7 .-- --------------- to 32 de NATION.—.B. Barometer, corrected and reduced eausinggat mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise deg abova about 1 -100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 Exposed thereloeg caug nearly 3-100ths increase. E. evaporation and Teter in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for not magnetic). Trit : po Int) . D. Direction of wind (true — (1 to 9). I. Initial Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud 1. cv7foercast g. ; (hull) „ air' isbli, htnin blue sky ; c., cl ou d s (d e tached) ; "Wi n .gg ; m., mi s ty (hazy) ; 0., augments—th a z , s, snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated ance (1 to 0). 1. ' 1. '5 much rain. S. Sea disturb- Another case arising 0-6----: Tient, Seymour, was yesterday he villtof thelateLord s u u b e ra r i t t i t o ed to the Civil Tri bunal. The late :!ilarchionese of a rd left all her pro perty to her sons, the present 111 4rcia . at i i a , e t large house at Lord Henry Seymour, and part o f it wa i s t o! Hertford and i tt v. t he Rue Tait the corner of the Boulevard des Itatio u , bout In the division which was made the t value thers, the house was awarded to Lord Henry, at two bro .of 2,000,000 f., but subject to the condition that iu latter te the said of himself or his heirs wishing to sell it d uri a : g .ve h nt Lifetime of the :Marqus of Hertford, the should have the right of buying it fe l : sum, with, in addition, that which might be _disbu rsed for repairs and em b e lli s h ments, a f ter A pr il 1, 185 G. Lord 11 . Seymour, b y hi s w il l, dated 1858, ma d e the hospitals o f London and Paris his residuary legatees, and among the property which c ame t o th em was th e h ous e in question. The administration of the hospitals having recently mani fested the intention of selling the house the Marquis of Hertford declaied that he would take it for the 2,000,000 f. When, however, his architect and the architect of the hos pitals proceeded to make an estimate of the sum to be paid for the repairs, &c., effected since Ist April, 1856, they differed to the amount of about 150,000 fr. In consequence, an application was yesterday made to the Tribunal to charge an architect ex o f ficio to fix the sum. The Court entrusted M, Dorumey with the duty. SHARE MARKET.-(TILIS DAY). ORDIINARY SllAt'a , .lS AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Belfast and Banymena Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleal: and Mid.Co Bristol and Exetee Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork awl Bandon Cork, blrock., , kJ'assag , Cornwall .... Do A CA gets no div. until 6 pc peran. Do B hasbeen, d. toB Dublin & Belfast June Dun., Perth, &Ab.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock: Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction! :Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat, and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western 'Lond. & fth. Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Ennisxillen Man. Shet. & Lincoln.. Pdaryport and Carlisle.. Do do shares.... 3retropolitan Midland Do new Do Ltirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland itock stock stock stock 12i 10 stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock [ 9.18 4 stock stock stock a tock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocK stock stock stock stock all all 100 all all 100 100 all 7i 8 84 86 6 7 91 93 1061 107: 5 6 42 43 91. 91 17 18 50 51 43 45 30 32 88 90 301 301 1107 109 .132 134 109 110 101 102 127 129 102 104 71 71] 59 61 107 4 3N i i i 1091 103 4 711 701 100 100 100 100 100 100 11 112 . 53 0 116 118 48 60 91 93f 95 06 112 i 111 591 93 1 95E 128 k 1 9 81 I Do 3 shares !Aid Kent . ......... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C trli ale Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk . . . North British ... Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stoek D. , & itk ; A recs no d., until Ipchas beenpd.B Do B stock ......... Nth. Eaptern—Berwick Dodo, G.N.E. purchase, Do Leeds ...... ........ I Do York North London Do new. I North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Gran th am Rail Peebles • • • • Portsmouth Rhymney.....- •• • Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer. , South Devon .......... j S.-Durham & 1 ,anc. Un.; ISouth Eastern South Wales .. IS. York. and River Dun ..Staines, Wok,. and 1 4 .T0k I Stockton &Darlington Do do Do New (MO) fl Vale Do Pref. No 1 'l' I . mesHavenDk&Rail U(ster . 100 100 100 10 13 4 100 100 100 1),) Vale of Neath !Victor is Sta. and Pim IWatert ur c & Kilkenny I Waterfo► d & Limerick (West C t nwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class .. I WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail • • West Midland—Oxford. Do. Newport] Do. Hereford, 2 d p p 89 121 62 li P 9411 4 6 6 48 50 42 13 87 89 PREFERENCE SHARES. 821 4 Share Paid Closing Business Railways. i Price. Done. stock stock stock stock stock stock stack stock stock stuck stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Stock 100 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5. fsri S. & Exet.4 p.ct.stoci. Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent jDun.Perth&Aber.Jun. 1 Do Ist Class Pref I E.A ngn.Class A 7 &sp.el Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 , E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 11 Do. do. No. '? ,' Do. New 6 per ct. s'cok. l , Eastern Union,4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar...l Edin.&G las. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. fsdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. lEurness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. Wcst.g.a. 5 p.c,, Great Northei a, 5 p. ct.i Imo.sp.c.Redin., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. by c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. nt.Sn.tt W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berke an. Hants) Ext. 5 p. et. o. Redeemable, 44 p.et Do. Redeemable, ip. et. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh 1)o. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.tuar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares r'o. do. do. Do. do. do. stock stock stock stock stock etock 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. Do.Barnsl.st.£s 38 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No: no. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. e. Do. do 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cent Do, do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '6s' Do. 4 per cent. Pre! Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. (A reeiv. no div Ex.A tit 6peis pd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. I Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and stack stock stock stock stock 10{ 10 stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 100 124 124 stock stock 12i 124 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 1,, Nuneaton, 5 p. ct I Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. sh Ilan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent ',Taryoort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 pc Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent I Do. Leif. & Hit. pref. st Norflk 5 p. C. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Dc.s W ay. Val. Ex.stlB47 North British, 5 p. a. DO. New, gua. 3 p. Do. Boi. r iTn. g. pt. shs Do. do. do th.Dev.Rail. dr Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. o. Do. 44 p c. redeemable.. Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, R. do S. Puroh. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern pref. stock.... 15o:Abeideen,zua.fip:c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stool; South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. South Eastern (Yteadinp Ann., 1.0.6) all 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. Do. 4i per . cent. Do. Fixed p.c. Ist is. 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. l Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gun 1 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. 0 1 Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 6 percent Watrld do Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 13} 14 'l2O 125 95} 91 3} - 4 1 65 70 11'1 100 100 100 all all 133 135 1 101 103 91 93 100 111 108 110 1 1} p 88 90 99 101 101 103 P iP id p 22 23 133 135 10 10i 24 24 98 100 98 100 06 98 83 86 264 274 314 324 315 32i 45 48 120 125 117 122 100 102 118 121 ,116 118 124 6 Do. 2d do Do. Newport 3 p.e.pf.red. Do.Perpet. G p. e. pi 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is.l Closing Business Price. Done LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. raid . 1 Leasing Co.s Bedford and Bletchley Bu3kinghamshlre Chester & Holyhead... Do. 54 percent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale June Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnsh. g Bper c E.Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge.... Gls.Barr.& Nells.Drct. Do. new • Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull and Selby Do. halves... , -Do. quarters. • • Lanc.e..?Arl. gua. 5 p.c. London &eenwich. Do. Preference .. , LOn.,Tilbury,& S -ena' Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do, s per cent Bxtn ,&Matlock" ence Iqid. Etradford Prefer-1 S ock markt,BuryEx. Zua• 5 percent Northn.&Eat DO. p . c. -P. Do. Fixed North Vr e , tern P: C.- • • Preston an d 'cm Do. 4 Shares ... Bnystn.Httch. • .. 6hep Shrewsbrym tlereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire ..... Wilts and Somers e t . . winabledo &Croycin; all ILn &N. W, 100 Do 100 !Dm , 100 IDo 100 i Do. 100 ICaledon...l all E.U.&E.O iGt.North. all E.Counts. 100 , 100 Caledon 100 Do. all Gt. West. all Yk.N.&Br all Yk.N. Md all Do. all Do. 100 [l.l3S;i.if. 100 S.Easternl 100 Do• 10 0 I Peto_&Co.l 100 , IL,rfolk 1 100 'Do. all L N W.Oll 100 Midland -1 5 6 E.Counts, all Do.. all Do. all Do. all Midland all L B5 NW L.Yk. 3 all Do. 100 Gt. North 1 100 T. Tirassey l 1 r Do. all M'Clean 100 Gt. West 411 L e d; BMW 'Closing Business Price. Done. 93 95 524. 53i 119 121 'lO9 211 1101 105 16 17 132 135 4i 109 111 195 200 60 02 110 115 79 81 a* al 93 95 I 8P 55 57 15i 16 130 132 118 122 1 lip 88 90 II 9 1101 103 20 21 5 2 61 1100 102 108 112 105 103 1105 107 104 106 121 123 82 84 !ill 113 90 92 78 80 113 118 1110 112 101 103 1102 WI 97 90 97 90 87 81 88 tO 101 103 9, 164 17i 10i 10t 73 75 20 21 10 104 151 15! 133 135 111 114 111 114 133 136 111 114 160 102 'l5O 155 127 130 71 74 90 91 94 96 .TISH POSSESSIONS Share Atlantic &St Lawrence al Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 11 Gu. 5 per cent.. .. Do, Do. F al. B dram and Laxe liuroß al Do. New Do. Preference .... • • al Buffalo,Brant&Godricl. 101 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1,187 k Do. do. July 1, 187: 101 Do. do. June 1, 187 , 101 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lb, al ICape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.' 2f Cape Town & Dock Seri/ 1] Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. ; Demerara.. all Eastn. Bengal g - u. sp. , all East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. BY ;,Do. F Shares Ext al/ Do. Jubbulpore all Do. 4i p c. Debentrs all Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all Do. 1865-1870 all 'Grand Trunk of Canada 101 Do. 6 per cent. Pref a] Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et al Do. 6 per et. Deben..- al. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. al' Do. do. 1867.. al . I Do. do. 1872.. al i Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 101 I Do. New gua. sp. c... 11 'Gt. South. of In &la (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 101 Do. do. al Gt. W. of Canada Shares al Do. New I Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt al Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do al Do. 58 p. c. do. '73 coo al Madras guar., , I',l p. c I! Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. C. Extension 100 stk 18 20a 204 ioo f 100 100 I Do. 5' d 0........ a] Helb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 10 Newßrunswick Canda Ry..SzLand(Lim.)g.6pc' Class A Capital Share "' Do. do. Land do .• • • • • • • Do. do. B Capital do. - .. ' a] Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde ..........1 . 4.. z [1( Do. Punjaub .... e, Do. Do. .... •• .. ce ci a Do. Indus. St. Flo. gg. 11 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FO IEIGN Algerian Antwerp & Ro:terdam I all A rdenn 03........... Bah.6.S.Frar .Lim.7 p.c l3, Belgian East. Junction all Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 Copiapo ......... ••• . • a' Ditto Extension .... a Dutch Rhenish ........ 1 Eastern of France .... a Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. a] Do. 40. Al Great Central of France al Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... al Italian Junction ...... a' Lierre & Turnhout .... a Lyons & Geneva a Namur & Liege a Do. 6p. c. Pref......... a Northern of France.... a Do. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. a Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. a Paris & Orleans.... •• • • a Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) ua. 7 p. ct. lim 1 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18. Royal Danish . •• • • 3 Royal Swedish a Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... a] Sambre & Meuse a Do. 5i per zen t. P2ef..... a' San Paulo, lim, a. 7 p. c. I S.Aust &Lomb Venetin li !Southern of France.... a S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandern .. a Do. 5/ p. c. Preference.. a W. & N.W. of France .. a West^rn of Austria.... Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Do. 8 per cent Pref... Zealand ...- Closing Price. 11 58 : ; 62 100 97i 98 4* 41 d 6 7 73 80 65 70 , 0 65 70 .11 5 Si Railway s. f 4d 191 19}d 101} 1024 11 9B 100 11 100 101 11 99 100 0 20 20i 11 64 68 11 56 60 11 36 39 11 43 46 [1 31 37 [1 31 37 )0 I9Bb d 14 97 98 ii ol io- d :8 101 10i 11 , v 8 98 11 90 93 ,11 , - 86 85 97i 94 91 93 al I 5 7 Xll i 4 6 .01 102 15 id l lt 1,11 00 94 90 1 $ d IL WAYS . 5 ; 6i i --- el I 0/ 101 di 4 35 If 15 lid ill al 225 235 M I 81 8; it I - - %1I 8 8,1 ill 19 20 111 38}39f [5 - al 8) 9 tll 40 41 LII 55 57 7 5 4 ,n 5 6} al 81 At 4 1 ; 16 I It al 26 27 al 61 64,1 Lll 9i 10 ill 21 22 I I 1 2 360 360 80 85 26 26i 3 36 10 12 31 4} BRITIS Al feed Consols (Philack : British Iron )1 ;Clifford Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon LB. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 1 , Gam..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen )' ;Great South Tolgus... I 1G . Wheal Alfa. (Phil ack . )l jG. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 Grenville I 6.8.6 !Herod's-Foot 8.12 Hingston Downs j 4.11.6 - Lady Bertha j 1.10.6 I Margaret (Gny Lelant) I North Downs 2i N•orth Frances (Illogan)I 11k N. Wh'l Basset (Illo 4 an) 1.14.0 North Wheal Crofty 19.18.9 Par Consols (St. Blazey), lk 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.); 10.6.7 - Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.i 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1+ S. Cant Brea (Illogan). • 5.9.0 1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.: all , S.Wheal Fran. (Illoze.n)!18.1' 4 .V: Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.,t Lead Mimi 4k 10 Tin Crott 9 Vale of Towey (Carm.),l3s 6d, West Basset (1110za.n)..1 lk 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard), 5 West Seton 47k Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5} Wheal Buller(Redruth): 5 :Wheal Edward (Cals.), 71 :Wheal Kitty (11.Lelant) 1.7.2 I Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 I Wheal Tretawney (Lis.), 7 ! FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian I 1 flonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 pr 4p 20 I Crazil St.J.del Itey,Lim 15 37 18 , 374 5 I Do. Land and Ilining,Co. all / 14 ' 1 'Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; dig. 40 ,Cobre Copper all 35 37 tun i go ci 1 un.Co ... p.Ming.Co all / 1 2 'Fortuna. 20 ,General all I 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr I 1 ' p If Kapunda (Limited) I; 1 14 p I 3 Linares all 7 8 I 5 Lusitanian 2 ' 1 Mariquita a ll 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L... 4 id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 p 14 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. id P.111.8f United Mexican all 5 54 1 Worthing (Limited) all . Do ...1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 84 $6 40 Australasia all I 25 'Bank of Egypt all 19 194 194 100 'Bank of London 20 I Bank of Turkey 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c all 20 204 2.5 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 33 35 100 City 100 Colonial 25 37 39 2011 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 'Commercial of London 2O 20 , Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 241 20 I Do. new lO 21 34 50 I London and County 50 'London Joint Stook 10 314 324 20 'London and S.Airican I 10 24 13 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 100 I Nat. Prov. of England . 12 -- 20 :Do. new l2 50 'National Bank ...... 25 20 New South Wales.... all 34 36 - I 25 Orient. B. Corporation • all 50 51 20 Ottoman Bank all 18 184 100 Provincial of Ireland , 25 10 Do. new 25 , South Australia all 25 Union of Australia all 39 41 50 Union of London l2 264 2ri toe Unity Mutual... 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.e Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 109 114 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 111 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4, 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. i 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. , 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 100 101 Cape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO 100 109 111 I Do. 1890' 100 103 111 6p.c. Jadiauly: 100 107 108 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.j 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99 100 994 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwda 100 99 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 lOO 1064 1071 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up I 100 I - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja&Julyi 100 - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 103 1084 1081 4I 1 103 108k' 1108 1 i I 1 1 DOCKS. stock Commercial . 1100 1 stock Do. 4 per Cent Pref.Min. l 100 1 stock East and West India .. 100 I 118 121 stock 'London .... ' 100 ' 57 59 stock St. Katharine lOO . 61 63 stock I Southampton lOO stock Victoria 20 !Do New. ..-4 2 I d '4 d MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ..I, all l 131 144 10 Atlantic R. MI. St m (1d) —1; 2; 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) ' all 25 Australian Agricultural f 19 29 31 10 Berlin Wat er (Limited), all 4; 42 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 30 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 32; Canada Land all 105 107 10 Chan.lslandi Tel. (Lim ' all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sinitg all 25 Do. Pref. 7 per cent st. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 :105 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 2ip st. 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A ar u i s n t *stered 1 Do. do. Keg' All 4 6 10 Do. do Submarine Tel. Scrip al 25 10 T So r u u t e h t Ist is 1 licl i p Austrlasia (1111 1 ) Australian and A gen c L .y an o d:l l l 20 Tr.te Ln.Co. of 1/Pr• aP ; 5 100 Van Diemen't Land ~ 28 1„ E. 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (um) 1 t i 4 9 d i l4 i 3.2.10 1 10 11 46 47 4 1d 1281 129? 1 1 101 103 8 6d 56 58 64 65 105 105, 61/ 62} 94 044 95 98 444 101 lot , 88 90 117 119 35i 16i 93 95 45 47 824 834 62 64 94 97 3 6 384 89 84 9i DI 5 6 i-) ~" ~ THE SUN._ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENiNii, SEPTEMBER 4, THE BAILWAY ACCIDENT AT KEN- TISH TO 1V.147. !1861. Melons are more than usually abundant this year at Marseilles. One small commune, Cavaillow, in the Vau cluse, supplied the Marseilles market with 528,093 red melons, 1,944,776 green melons, and 84,000 water melons. These melons, amounting in number altogether to 5,437,896, were sold, on an average, at 2.50 c, the dozen, representing a round sum of 1,200,000 f. A magnificent revenue, when one considers how small a surface such a crop covers. Some gardners boast of having already realised 25,000 f. by their melons, and the season is not yet expired. THE FRENCH ACADEMY.—At the recent annual sitting of the French Academy, M. de Laprade, the direc tor, in the chair, a most brilliant assemblage of spectators being present, M. Villemain, the perpetual secretary, hav ing read a report on the competition of 1861, M. de Bernier ascended the estrade, and read his poem on the subject of the "Isthmus of Suez," which obtained the first prize. M. de Laprade next pronounced an address on the prizes of virtue. The first (3,000 f.) was awarded to the Abbe Soret, cure of Luzarches (Seine-et-Oise), who for 19 years has de voted the whole of his income affording succour to the poor ; and the second (2,000 f.) to M. Pierre Espagne, of Bordeaux, formerly non-commission e d officer in the army of Africa, who has saved the lives of 18 persons at different times. In a category of works most useful to morals, a prize of 3,000 f. was given to M. Leveque for his work on " La Science du Beau;" one of 2,000 f. to M. Mezieres, for his work entitled " Shakspere, ses CEuvres et ses Critiques ;" and another of like amount to M. Baudrillart, for a volume which appeared under the title of "Des Rapports de la Morale et de l'Eco nomie Politique." A prize of 2,000 fr. was accorded to M. Mistral for his poem of " Mireio" in the Provencal dialect. The " Enneades de Plotin" of M. Bouillet obtained a prize of 3,000 f., and the "Consolation Philosophique de Boece," by M. Judicis de Mirandol, one of I,ooof. The Gobert prize was divided ex (quo between the " Histoire de la Liberte I4eligieuse en France" of M. Dargaud, and the "Histoire de la Literature Francaise" of M Geruzez. The prizes proposed for 1862 were then announced, and the proceedings terminated. THE CANARY BlRD.—This pleasing bird ha d its origin in the pleasant climate and delightful valleys of the Canary Islands, and is now spread throughout Europe, part of Asia, and as far as Siberia. The beauty of its form, its plummage, and its song, united with its great docility, soon gained its admittance into the most magnificent abodes, where every one delights in rearing and preserv ing it, whilst the fairest hands are often eager to present it with the most delicate food. It was brought into our climate as early as the beginning of the sixteenth century. The arrival of the canary in Europe is thus described :—A vessel which, besides its merchandise, was bringing a num ber of these birds to Leghorn, was shipwrecked on the coast of Italy, opposite to the island of Elba, where these little birds, having been set at liberty, took refuge. The climate being favourable, they increased, and would certainly have become naturalised, had not the wish to possess them oc sioned their being caught in such numbers, that at last they were extirpated from their new country. From this cause, Italy was the first European country where the canary was reared. At first their education was difficult, as the proper manner of treating them was unknown; and what tended to render them scarce was, that only the male birds were brought over; there were no females. The ori ginal colour of the canary was grey, inclining to green on the under part of the body, and, on the whole, not unlike that of the linnet. But this has undergone so complete a change from domestication, difference of climate, and hybri dising with birds allied in species, that we now have cana ries of almost every colour.—Cassell' s Popular Natural History. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held last evening before Mr. Langham, deputy coroner for West minster, in Charing-cross Hospital, touching the death of a private in the 24 battalion Grenadier Guards, stationed at St. George's Barracks, named Jas. Hutchins. John Simp son, a private in the samo battalion, said that about 10 minutes to one that afternoon he was coming out of the barrack-room on the third floor, when he observed the de ceased quite outside the window, with the exception of the left foot, and before he could stop him he had got quite out and turned to the left of the parapet. He looked out after him,and found that he had fallen. He ran down and saw him impaled on the railin gs, the spike entering his stomach and coming out of his back. He had seen him only five minutes before, and believed him to be quite sober. The height from the window to where he was picked up was 42 feet. It was also stated in evidence that he had performed the same feat be fore, and said that he considered it worthy of Blondin. A verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded. PIIGILISM.—THOMAS TYLER AND WILLIAM SHAW FOR £lOO A-SlDE.—This passage of arm took place yesterday, but was not brought to a definite termination. At the end of a long journey, no sooner had the company alighted, than the " rural constabulary" put in an appear ance, and fresh arrangements had to be made. After steaming about for some hours, the ring, for the second time, was pitched. The first round lasted ten minutes and a half, but while they wfilv.l yet occupied with the second the police again came on the scene of action, so that the contest was once more stopped, having lasted, up to the time the combatants left the ring, 27 minutes 30 seconds. The battle had not lasted long enough for the least advan• tage to be obtained on either side. Neitliet mon was in the slightest hurt. It was impossible to make any other attempt that day, therefore the referee arranged for a fresh meeting on a future occasion. IMPORTANT TO VOLUNTEERS.—At the Bristol Council-house yesterday Mr. F. Shipton, solicitor, applied to the sitting,.magistrates for a summons against John Her roll, the toll-collector at Princes-street-bridge, under the 21th and 25th Vic., cap. 126, entitled " An Act to exempt Volunteers from payment of tolls," &c., which received the Royal assent on the Gth of August last. By the several sections of this Act it is provided that any toll collector tak ing toll of volunteers in uniform going to drill or parade, or on duty, shall be liable to a penalty of £5, which penalty the magistrates have no power to mitigate. From the in formation laid it appeared that the defendant had demanded toll of several volunteers on passing the bridge, but on the provisions of the Act in question being explained to him, he promised that no such demand should be made for the future; and Mr. Shipton, who stated that his pi;ncipal ob ject in appealing to the magistrates was to obtain publicity for the rights awarded to volunteers by the Legislature, ex. pressed himself satisfied, and withdrew his application. A WINDFALL.—CorporaI William Harwood, of the 3d company of the 26th Regiment, has just had the good fortune to come into possession of upwards of £3,000. The mother of the lucky corporal was bequeathed a portion of the fortune of her uncle, the late Captain Whittaker, of the Bth Hussars, who resided at Accrington, Lancashire, and died in 1859. It amounted to more than £12,000, and on Mrs. Harwood's death, which happened about a fort night ago, fell to be divided among her four surviving children, of whom Corporal Harwood is the youngest. He is a native of Bolton, and entered the army about six or seven years ago by enlistment into the 68th Regiment, from which he volunteered into the Cameronians at the close of the Crimean war. Corporal Harwood, who we may mention is married, has purchased his discharge, and leaves his regiment, we understand, on Monday next.— Edinburgh Courant. The liquidators of the Caisse General des Chemins de Fer yesterday brought an action before the Tribunal of Commerce, against a gentleman named de Jaconet, to ob tain from him 270,6911 r. for the balance of an account current which he had left unpaid, the principal item of which consisted of the purchase of 1,000 shares of the Caisse made for him by his order. He disputed the claim on the ground that about five weeks after the purchase he had given Mires an order to sell the shares, but that it had not been executed; also that both purchase and sale formed a gambling transac tion, of which the Tribunal could not take cognisance. In the event, however, of the Tribunal deciding against him, he prayed that Mires should be condemned to indemnify him for not having sold the shares in due time. The Tri bunal ordered him to pay the sum claimed, and rejected his demand on Mires. The grandson of Charlemagne, the Emperor Lothaire, tired of reigning, abdicated the throne, as is known, and became a monk in the Benedictine monastry at Cologne, and died there. His remains were interred in the chapel of that edifice, and his tomb for several centuries pointed out as one of the curiosities of the city. At length the chapel was demolished, and a new building erected on the site. In the demolition the tomb disappeared, and all the searches afterwards made to discover the precise spot in which the ex-Emperor was buried produced no result. A few days back the high alter was removed to be replaced by a new one, and in taking down the pedestals of the chandeliers they were found to be filled with bones partly enveloped in white linen. Among the bones were found fragment s o f paper in a state o f decomposition, but on one of them were the words " Ossa Lotharii." From this circumstance it is assumed that the bones are those of the Emperor. On Monday afternoon, Aug. 12, her Majesty's ship Edgar was lying in the harbour of Queens town. While furling sails two men fell overboara from the main rigging. One was so seriously in jured as to have his shoulder dislocated, the other could not swim ; and as the tide runs very strong both woald inevitably have perished had not timely assistance been given. Commander Waddilove and a seaman rescued one man, and Lieut. A. Buller, jumping from the chains, rescued the other. This is the second seaman's life Mr. Buller has had the happiness of saving, the first being that of a man belonging to her Majesty' s s hi p P r i nce Regent, when in Torbay, in June, 1852. The Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty have requested Admiral Erskine to express their high approbation of the prompt and gallant conduct of both these officers and the seaman Robert Mitchell; and we under stand their names have been forwarded to the Royal Humane Society by their Lordships' command. The last portion of the Boyne, three-decker,which figured for many years at Portsmouth as the Ex cellent gunnery ship, was broken up in No. 9 dock at that port yesterday. LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY. We have unfortunately this morning to record the death of another person from the injuries received at this acci dent. The name of the person is Clara Clements, who, at the time of her death, was an inmate of University Hospital. Sarah Essex and Charles Cox, two of the sufferers, this morning were in a very bad condition, but the whole of the others were progressin g a s fa voura bly as could be ex pected. Since the accident thousands of persons have visited the scene, and this morning the numbers seemed to increase. During this morning a large number of persons have been engaged constructing a new line from the top to the bottom 20i of the embankme n t. Up thi s s t ee p ascen t th e eng i ne i s to 67 be drawn and to be placed upon the line in the course of the 38 afternoon. THE INQUEST. The coroner's inquisition into the deaths of Elizabeth Jelliss, Eva Stacey, Elizabeth Allen, Rhoda Bowler, Richard Saunders, Edward Hill, John Yeomans, John Greenwood, George Greenwood, Charles Standing, Sarah English, and Clara Clements, was opened this day, at the Elephant and Castle, Old St. Pancras-road. In the absence of Mr. IVakley, the coroner for the Eastern Division of Middlesex, Mr. Humphreys opened the inquiry. Before the jury were sworn Mr. Humphreys asked whe ther any of the gehtlemen summoned were interested in either of the railways to which the line belonged. No answer having been made the jury were sworn, and Mr. Winkworth was elected foreman. The Coroner said the jury were doubtless aware that the present inquiry was relative to an accident that had oc curred on an adjacent railway. He proposed in the first instance that the jury should view the several bodies which were lying in the hospitals, and that they should then proceed to the scene of the accident in order that they might get the best local intelligence, and then that they should return and open the inquiry. Murray, the summoning officer, said he had engaged a larger room for the inquiry near to the Prince of Wales, in Harmood-street. The Coroner thought better accommodation could be had at the Vestry Hall. He therefore gave directions that an application should be made for the use of the room for the purposes' of the inquiry. Murray said the vestry did not meet till two o'clock. Si I The Coroner said at that hour then the application should be made. lie would open the inquiry on their return at the Prince of Wales, but he hoped the adjournments would be held at the Vestry-hall. Mr. Metcalf appeared for the London and North- Western and the North London Railway Com panies, and said it was the m;sh of the direc tors that the fullest inquiry should be made into the unfortunate circumstance, and for that purpose every faci- lity in their power would be given. Mr. Lewis (of Ely •place) appeared for the relatives of Sarah English, and Mr. Charles 'Wilson appeared for those of Elizabeth Allen. The jury then proceeded in an omnibus to visit the diffe rent hospitals where the bodies were lying : and also to the spot where the accident occurred. (We shall continue the report in our late edition.) TUNNEL. THE MONT CENTS The Patrie publishes the following letter from one its writers, who lately visited the works going on at Mont Cenis :—" The cutting of the tunnel advances day and night, with a regularity which excites the admiration of engineers. At the coal mencement of this great enterprise, only the pickaxe and blasting were employed; but since the machines, invented by MM. Grattone and Sommellier, were brought into use, the cutting of the rock has been carried on with remarkable celerity. The machines, which are worked by compressed air, are very ingenious ; they are each of 250 horse power, and act simultaneously on both sides of the mountain. They set in motion different instruments of great power, which operate in any direction that may be required. The section of the tunnel is about 60 metres, and when the cutting was commenced only 12 men could, from the limited space, be occupied at each end, the work they did being only 40 centime tres (about 16 inches) per day, but the machines em ploy a force equal to 2,500 men, and cut out daily two metres, that is, one at each end. In a few months arrangements will be made for making the men em ployed relieve each other every eight hours, and an electric light will be established, and then the ex traction of rock will be three metres per day. The tunnel will be 12 kilometres (71 miles) in length. It is 1,330 metres above the level of the sea, and 1,000 below the summit of Mont Cenis. It will gradually rise 3 per 1,000 to the centre, descending from that point towards Savoy on the one side and towards Piedmont on the other. In the centre of the way a small canal has been formed for carrying off the waters which filter through the rock. Every fort night an examination is made for the purpose of ascertaining the direction of the tunnel and level of the roadway, instruments of great precision being employed in the operation. Thus far the cutting on both sides of the mountain has been found to coin cide exactly. The rock is easily penetrated by the machines. When holes of from 40 to 60 centimet res _ __ _ (16 to 23 in.) have been bored, they are filled with gunpowder ; the workmen retire to a distance of about 100 metres, and strong doors in iron are closed to prevent fragments of the rock from flying out. Then the mine is fired, and masses of rock are heard to strike against the doors. Afterwards a current of compressed air is driven into the tunnel to expel the smoke, so as to allow the workmen to enter. The removing of the fragments of rocks is effected in the way employed on cuttings of railways, and the machines are again set in motion." THE PRICE OF GOLD The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4291 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.81 pet £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 107} to 101 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States. A question of interest to occupiers of apartments and to concierges was yesterday submitted to the Civil Tri bunal. An apartment in a house at La Villette being adver tised to let, a well-dressed young man went to visit it, and appeared satisfied. Some hours later he returned, and as the occupiers, a married couple, were absent, he requested the concierge to allow him to inspect it anew. The woman took him upstairs, and he examined the rooms with more minuteness than before, and even measured distances here and there. He said that he would certainly have the apart ment, but that he must first consult his father. He then went away, and the occupiers, on their return, found that a gold watch had been stolen from the chimney-piece. They complained to the police, and after a while the young man who was the thief was arrested, but he had sold the watch, The couple, however, cited the concierge before the judge de paix of the district, and claimed 180 f. as an indemnity for the loss, on the ground that if she had exercised due vigilance the robbery could not have been committed. The judge de nail ordered her to pay the money. She appealed to the Civil Tribunal, and her advocate argued that it was not she, but the couple who had been guilty of negligence, inasmuch as they ought not to have left an article of value exposed on a chimney piece of an apartment which, being to let, could, as they knew, in accordance with Parisian custom, be visited by strangers in their absence. The Tri bunal taking that view dismissed the appeal with costs. As to the thief he is to be brought to trial in due time. A CHINESE LUNCHEON.—This lunch was com posed of fruits and tea. Apples, pears, peaches, Japanese nuts, a kind of yellow tomata and grapes ; then dried fruits, jububes, stewed apples and pears, oranges, and raisins, formed the bill of fare. The dried fruits and the confections were served on plates of fine porcelain. The fruits in sea son, cut into small pieces, appeared also on compotiers of porcelain. The service for each guest consisted of a saucer for a plate ; a little silver cup, about the size of a thimble, for the samshoo; a teacup, with its silver saucer and por celain cover, and a knife and two-pronged fork, to transfix and seize the fruit which was served in the compotiers. Each dish, or compeller, was supported by a carved root and four perfume-burners, in raised enamel, which threw around the odour of pastilles. The servants, whose duty it was to change each guest's cup of tea directly after he had carried it to his lips, waited in vain for the moment when we swallowed the villainous samshoo and they could refil our miscroscopic goblets. Some pastry was brought as a finish to the collation. They were made with lard, which still flowed from their golden crusts. We palates. and cakes found among these i n d escr ib able cakes, which excited our which waswer were crowned more able b y mistrust, t o Iu European some puddings The feast the unexpected arrival of a hamper of merated lemonade, which the worthy intendant, anxious to serve Europeans with liquor to their taste, had procured from some Euro • pean merchant, who had persuaded him that that poor beverage was the ambrosia of the barbarians.—iferouke's Chinese .Expedition, "514.6 7.4.0 541 17s Business done TIIE 1110SCOTV ROAD AFTER ASNOW7 STORM. Many vehicles of like construction to ours were struggling on under the same difficulties, to or from Moscow. At nine p.m. one of our horses gave up, died, and having been cut out of his traces, was left to the wolves. At eleven o'clock another burst a blood-vessel, and shared his fate. A third gave up within a mile of the town at which we intended to recruit, and finally we had to get out and walk to a place of refuge, leaving the three remaining ani mals to pull the empty carriages after us. We had in 16 hours, with three separate teams of fresh horses, accomplished the distance of 45 versts ; our pace being little better than two miles an hour. Next morning we started at six o'clock with five horses, but had soon to add a sixth. This day was like the day before it, except that we killed no horses. As daylight vanished we determined to push on during the night, but at eleven o'clock we lost the track in the dark, and stuck fast in a moun tain ridge of snow. After an hour spent in fruitless efforts at extrication, three of us set out in search of assistance. To our astonishment we presently dis ccvered by " the smoke that so gracefully curled" from several points at once, that we were wrecked in the midst of a straggling snow-covered village. A kind peasant gave us admittance, and sent help to our half-frozen companions. This day we made about 32 miles in 17 hours. As I had slept with the horses on the previous night, so this evening the cow gave me a part of her bed. We had passed six dead horses, some of them partially devoured, and four overturned convey ances embedded in deep snow, beyond recovery until the spring. Where the passengers were, I know not. My companions said, " God knows," and crossed themselves. All along the track we had seen evidences of distress : wrecks of sledges, horses up to their necks in drift, men digging them out. But just before starting the next morning we saw the most horrible sight of all. Opposite the but of our p oor enterta i ner there had been men digging, to get into a house entirely buried in snow, and they had succeeded in rescuing a family that had been four days b ur i e d . T h i s f am il y was i none the worse for ts mishap ; b u t th e di ggers h a d come on a sledge with its horse, driver, and two women frozen to death, and buried in the drift. They had - got fast, and had perished without help in the midst of a village. Caught in the greatest fury of the storm, they had not known their where-' abouts, nor had their cries been heard. Three months after this, and when the snow disappeared, from two hundred and fifty to three hundred corpses were found, all of whom had met their death in this fearful storm upon the Moscow road alone. So I have been told, and fully believe. — Dickens's "All the Year _Round." FROM TBE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 3. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Manuel Colarte as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, reporting that, in conse quence of the erection of additional lighthouses in the Straits of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora, and the Bosphorus', the dues payable for lighting those places have been doubled since the 15th ultimo. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade hereby give notice, that the Moniteur, of the 30th ult., contains a French Lupe Decree, permit ting the free importation into France of foreign wheat for grinding, under the following conditions, in addition to those contained in the provisions of the law of the sth July, 1836 : Every 100 kilogrammes of wheat imported must be T.( - presented by pure wheat flour, in good condition, in the fol lowing proportions, according to the degree of siftage : Kilos. 90 at 10 per cent. 80 2C „ or 70 „ 30 The importer will be required to deliver a guarantee to re-export or to replace in the bonded warehouse, flour in quantity and of a quality according to the degrees of fine ness above-mentioned. BANKRUPTS. Francis North Clerk Jardine, licensed victualler, Totten ham-court-road, to surrender Sept. 16, at eleven, and Oct. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Thomas Sheldrick, timber merchant, Woodbridge street, Clerkenwell, Sept. 16, at two, and Oct. 16, at half past twelve, at the Court of: Bankruptcy. Gabriel Selig, dealer in watches, Finsbury-circus, City, Sept. 12, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alfred Spark, watchmaker, Great Coram-street, Russell square, Sept. 14 and Oct. 22, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Samuel Henry Beck, milliner, Birmingham, Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Thorn, innkeeper, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, Sept. 11 and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. John Reader, Fralvaniaod iron root manufacturer, 131r min,Yham, Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. William Terry, plater, Birmingham, Sept. 16 and Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Samuel Lees, grocer, Meltham, Yorkshire, Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Charles Turmeau, tobacconist, Liverpool, Sept. 13, at eleven ; and Oct. 4, at two, at the Liverpool District Court. Henry Benson Cox, tavern keeper. Cowper's-court, Corn hill, .Sept. 16, at eleven, and Oct. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William M'lntosh, draper, Newport, Sept. 17 and Oct 15, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Sampson Estill Clark, ship chandler, West Hartlepool, Sept. 12, at eleven, and Oct. 23 at twelve, at the Newcastle District Court. John Carter, timber merchant, West Hartlepool, Sept. 10, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 23, at one, at the District Court, Newcastle-upon• Tyne. Thomas Ridley Oswald, shipbuilder, Sunderland, Sept. 12 and Oct. 30, at eleven, at the District Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne. Enrico Fontanella, merchant, 11, Lime-street, City, Sept. 14, at eleven, and Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry John Hall, farrier, Oxford, Sept. 14, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Hird, builder, Burnley, Lancashire, Sept. 17 and Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Ebenezer Alston, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Sept. 13 and Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Dunbar Kirkwood, merchant, Leith. James Steel, builder, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. John Mason, jun., timber merchant, Fisherrow, county of Edinburgh. COURSE OF EXCHANGI3.—YESTERDAY • Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 lf Antwerp Brussels — 25 65 25 70 flamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 70 25 75 Frankfort on Maine — 1191 119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 321 33 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .• .• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 9 481 -48 f - 25 80 - 25 77} - 25 77} - 391 - 1171 -117 t - 521 - 521 48a 481 25 871 25 822 25 822 391 118 118 1 521 52a 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 .. .. ..Sept. 28. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. • • • .. Oct. 1. Cape of Good Hope, &c... • • • • ' to) Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S ame n s ) Sept. 12. (v i a Marseilles) e Do . • .... ge e p P t. 4. .. Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • Sept. 1. • Southampton) Sept, 1. . Sep ndia (Calcutta), Ceylon, &O. (via .marselles) Sept. - 12. Do. (via India (BoDmob.ay), (via a a Southampton) .. .. S e pt. 10 . Marseilles) . . . . Sept, 4_ Lisbon .• • • • • •• •• .. Sept. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Men (via Southampton) .. Sept. 1. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. .. .. .. Sept. 1. United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Sept. 4. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Cartitagena. Cuba, &o. Sept. 13. EXPLORATION OP LABRADOR.—The expedition which was sent out in June under the auspices of the Canadian Government has returned. The party landed at the mouth of the Moisie River on June 6. A few days afterwards they set out in canoes for the head waters of that river, which is supposed to take its rise from lakes on the summit plateau of Labrador. In three weeks the expedi tion reached a point so near the height of land that the canoes, although not drawing more than bin. of water, were unable to ascend any further. The country is described as very mountainous, and to a great extent destitute of trees. The Moisie River is a rapid torrent, absolutely un navigable for canoes or other craft. The route conse quently lay through an ancient path, long pursued by the Indians, from the interior to the coast. It follows a chain of small lakes extending from the main branch of the Moisie to the east branch of the same river, thence to the height of land. The entire plateau of Labrador, which is very broad and uniform, is full of largo lakes, and the rivers flow for more than 300 miles on this Watteau or table-land into the Atlantic on the north-east criast of the Labrador, havtng general direction parallel to, that of the coast on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The inform a tion which has been obtaine d by this expedition respecti'ag the hitherto unknown i nte rior of know ledge of Labrador will be an addition to our ledge of British North America of much interos CY ana. dian iff4fs, geographic 2HE SEARCH FOR A SERV..iNT. A country gentleman who has been searching for a servant writes to a morning contemporary as fog lows : " I selected the most prominent advertisements in your columns, and wrote to appoint the adver tisers to meet me in town. The first that called Was a butler. He was a man of some personal appearance, which he evidently thought it his duty to cultivate. His loose-fitting coat was of irre proachable cut ; his waistcoat, no reach-me-down,' but fi tting without creases and of spotless purity ; his gloves (' twa s a miracl e h ow he got into them) were buttoned at the wrist ; his collar was turned down, and his narrow magenta tie the nearest ap proach I ever saw to what Mr. Slick called the tithed ends of nothing whittled down.' On being ushered into the room he sa id h o ha d em b raced the earliest opportunity of obeying my summons.' I perceived at once, like Agag, he' must be was he not wo w u h l the ap proached delicately, and should h ave felt some d hesitation how to catechise so refined a pers onage , but that I soon found the question whether I should engage him, b en gage me. Did he pay the bills ?, Had he the entire charge of the cellar, or was there a sanctum a a l d ue n ot o f sanctoruin or which I alone kept the key ? Day answers were not satisfactory. Had I groom of th e chambers ? No. In such case he concluded I had a encouragedvalet? Isuppose in y notionof m of yd dress v s had r l e i p v l e y ry i , ng and that offieeiabteudtl s r w m a y s ' t e h x e u o r n ice l; man out for, onmy y of my valet, I was a doo me d man . F or f orm ' s s ake, the hewever, he kindly consented to give me one more trial, and inquired whether, under these circum stances, it would be expected of him to bring in tea and coffee after dinner. I told him that I regretted that such would be the case, and he must, indeed, be prepared for any emergency. That I did not think it likely I should ever ask him to make the fourth in a quadrille, but that he would, in my house, be expected to do everything he was told— except feed the pigs. ' That,' said T mildly, I do myself. On looking to see the effect of my last ob servation, he was disappearing in the doorway. It is my firm belief that had I attempted to detain him he would have fled like Joseph, leaving his gar ments behind. The next applicant was a cook and housekeeper. She was pleased slightly to touch on. her autobiography, just sufficient to inform me that she had 'always lived in the best families,' and then, like the Cutler, proceeded to ascertain whether I should suit her. H er fi rs t quest i on, also, was-- Did she pay the bills? Did I come to town every year ? When in the country did the farm supply the house, and did I kill one sheep or two per week ? When in town did I have hampers of fruit and. vegetables up regular, which was mostly very ill convenient ? When my examination was at an end. I said, Mrs. Jones, you were only three months at your last place, nine at the previous one, eleven at the one before that. It seems to me these are rather short periods.' Oh!' said she, they were such dooses of missusses ; but in course your lady is a real lady, and keeps hirself to hirself.' Now, sir, in declining Mrs. Jones's services, it is possible I may have lost a valuable servant, who could have cooked for me all my days, taking root in my estab lishment like the coachman immortalised by Dean Ramsay in his Reminiscenes of Scottish Character,' who, on receiving notice from his mistress, quietly replied, Na, na, my lady, I druve ye to your marriage, and I shall stay to drive ye to your burial.' Still I am glad I did not take for her a first-class ticket into Northamptonshire. This is no coloured statement. The whole system of service as at pre sent understood in England, is rotten at the core. All play and all pay' is the cry, and meat meals five times a day and port and sherry kitchen wines,' the only maxim of the servants' hall !" AMERICAN YOUNG LADT Ism (From Bentley's Miscellany for September.) Clamsy, coarse features, striking deformities, original and characteristic ugliness, are found neither among American men nor women. No one could dream there of asserting that "le laid c'est le beau." The great majority of women are mode rately pretty, very passable, or pleasingly pretty. Still their charms are concentrated more in their features than in their demeanour, figures, or cor poreal shape. A classical bust, rounded arms, and well developed limbs are the greatest rarity among, them. You may gaze on a hundred and not dis cover one shapely waist. The effeminate manner of these anything but Spartan republican ladies, their horror of bodily movement and physical exertion, produce neglect and decay of the entire muscular system. 'Walking in the open air is 501T16.. thing quite unusual with them, for in their coun try, where there are no footpaths or promenades, they move about in carriages, and rarely on horse back. The rest of the long day they spend, after the fashion of ladies in Eastern harems, on softly cushioned sofas, or in their favourite rocking chairs by the fireside. Full beauties ala Rubens are never found among them, and equally rare are those graceful, well-rounded, elastic, Junodic forms, which may still be seen in Italy and other Euro pean countries. The ladies of Kentucky alone offer an exception to this, but the rest all resemble tu T lip h s e , in in w te h rn o n m ur o s n e l y o t f h A e head delights. en gtemen with these pretty, pale, elegant ladies is ---so long as they are unmarried—of a nature that would not be tolerated in England. They stand in far too bold and confidential a footing for our notions. English parents, it is known, grant their daughters far more liberty than the French do, who keep theirs in a convent till it is time to marry them. Among the Americans, where the Republican feeling of inde pendence is added to that inheritance from English habits, and is born with children of both sexes, this liberty has necessarily degenerated, just as you find. much across the ocean which in England would press out of the ground like a tender, sweet-tasted aspa ragus head, but in America has shot'up wildly and. luxuriantly into a long hard stalk, with multitu dinous side-shoots and seeds. The emancipation of young women in America is as perfect as it well can be; they hardly allow their parents the right of guardianship. They take care of themselves : they are allowed to receive the visits of young gen.tlemen, who again introduce other gentlemen with out con sulting the parents. The young ladies naake ap pointments with these gentlemen, and ask them to call in the morning, or to take tea, even should. papa and mamma not be at hom e , or h appen to b e e r g aged , in another part of the house. If there be any especial beauty among the daughters of a family, she assumes the mr‘stery so utterly that, so to speak, everything is dotze in her name. Even though the official invitatio:as to balls and parties are made in the parents' name, the daughter has most certainly selected the candidates. She will also invite any one she pleases, or may be introduced to, without asking papa and mamma. When young people arrange to visit any house in the evening they do not say, as in Paris, " Shall we pay a visit to Madame N. to-night ?" but,'• Shall we go and call on Miss A. or Miss B. ?" The good papa, some rum-bibbing member of Congress, or senator bothered with political committees, is not at all taken into consideration. On entezing the house, the daughter is naturally seen sitting in the centreof the sofa, and the conversation is erclu th si e v r elr s addressed to her. In many cases t n he w. warming she generally sits with grandm ns quite passed over. If she be all old ani a in d a, that, .a stra n ger n e l ;risome, herself at the fire. It often haPPe intimate terms w i th th e daughtersere d on h e has be en introduced to th e mother. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIE2VCES. At the last sitting M. Morin presented a roport on the Db v y e u n mt t h i a l e a s to r n esfe o e vet' Prefect r h oaf e l a ttphr projects drawn j , escetisn u ut p hne b d yeratchoem ventilationpm r i e s s s io i , E o n an a cwy p ,a p or o zif i nted ing of the new theatres on the Place du Chatelet having been sent in, the commission had to make various oxperiro rents, in order to ascertain their relative merits. Asregards warming the report proposes +2,0 adoption of the air-c alorifero, on the ground than Rs use will be but of secondary importance after the admission of the public, on account of the warmth developed by the spectators themselves and by the gas lights. The quantity of new air to be admitted, in order to obtain sufficient ventilation, is fixed at 30 cubic metres per hour and per spectator. The chief difficulty, however, to be solved was the means of admission and emission of air. After numerous experiments the commission has decided that cold or warm air may be admitted without inconve nience to the spectatorsfremtheceiling of each box, through orifices /from 12 to 15 centimetres in diameter. The evacua tion of the vitiated air may be effected at the further end of each box, near the floor. But in order to obtain the quantity of air required, an annular zone of orifices is to be opened on the stage concentrically with the foot-lights, and of o uch a size as not to offer any inconvenience to the setorst.cr of the the mechanical apparatus is to bye employed to force iur the draught caused by the F,uperabundant heatcolori corn. fere and of the lustre behig considered sufficats, founded on mission has therefore. submitted two P r° o 3 7 the prefect of the above principles, to the approbatioexnecul executed at the new the:Seine. One of these is nownb:inong the Place du Charm Theatre Lyriqur, (the small e d too expensive, and another the Theatre du Cirque.(the i t a e r le g t e ) ;t ; o '.: n h e e ), s ,li er L on been d, the commission, has been adopted. pl. - 4n, not emanating some further communications respect ing —Mr. attudrY mad e geological researches in Greece cat • He is of opinion his - tertiary Luring the mean p eriod , Greece was not sur rothat,ad e j by any sea, and labours to prove that the study of geo l og y may cast some light on the history of the illus inctoernansdieddeer;°r trious nation which inhabited Atie,a ; thus, the constitution of the soil had exercised considerable influence on agricul ture, national wealth, and the development of the arts, while fossils have played a part in the religious c°Bl:acg°l4 'cf thi p ancients. 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stook stock