The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMIERVIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY. Two -,'( 71.,,)01, The Liverpool C ; tton Market on Saturday closed. quietly, and prices of all kinds were the same as on Friday. The sales. were estimated at 13,000 bales, including 6,000 American (1,500 fo•r export and 1,000 on speculation), 700 Pernam and Maranham, at 7d. to 74d. (500 for export), 50 Bahia at 6id. to 6id. ; 250 Egyptian, h\t 61d. to 7V.. ; and 800 Surat at 41d. to sd. per lb. The Rail way Share Market opened steadily, but a reaction took place, and the market subsequently clused with some degree of flatness. Accounts from the French manufacturing towns report a slight return to ac 4 .,ivity at Paris, which indicates the close of the drill season. In the pro vinces, the principal traders who have hesitated to submit to the increased prices of goods, have been obliged at last to purcliaGe for their immediate wants. No improvercient, however, has taken place in the position of the silk trade at Lyons, on account of the continued scarcity and high prices of raw silks. Some arrivals of India and China silks have relieved the market a little, but these are not suitable for the stronger tissues, for which the silki4 of France and Italy are indispensable. Advices from Odessa of the 7th inst. state that in cons equence of the numerous shipments of grain to the Mediterranean, and a gradual diminution in the .supplies from the interior, there was a gene ral rise in prices. Letters received from the neigh bourini ; provinces make mention of an unfavour able ha .rvest is some districts, so that the arrivals at that market will not be so abundant as was expected this autumn. There are few purchasers for the markets of Western Europe. Old wheat .is sold : it 10i to 111 silver roubles per tchetwert. Accoun is from the Sea of Azoff report a middling crop near the coast, with a more favourable return from th e agricultural districts in the interior. The : &limey Market at New York, according to the adv ices received this morning per steamer Nia gara, w as rather easier at the period when the mail left, bu t this was attributable to the fact that the general business of the season was later this year than usual, and it was therefore expected that in creased stringency would soon be experienced. Local writers on this important subject generally predict an increase in the value of money, and a consequent decline in the quotations of public se curities. They argue that if so much money was required in a period when commercial transactions were limited a larger amount of capital will have to be employed in the development of the winter trade. The last return published by the City Banks indicated that the mana gers of 'those institutions were still taking precautionary measures, and limited as much as possible tlneir loan and discount business. There was still an excess of imports over exports, the former in. the week ending September 6th being 'valued at. $4,082,877, and the latter, including specie, a t $2,175,295, showing a difference of $1,907,5i 31. The proceedings at the meeting of the share holders in the Royal British Bank, held on Satur day, have formed a leading subject of conversation in City circles to-day. It is almost needless to lay that the conduct of the directors, past and present, has been severely animadverted Upon, for to their gross mismanagement and utter disregard of the principles of banking must be as cribed the loss and ruin that has been inflicted on those who unfortunately held shares. Acutely as the directors must have felt the vote of censure passed upon them, most parties consider they richly deserve d it. The excitement which prevailed dur ing tho meeting was at times intense, and after the chair •gas vacated those present formed themselves into fsmall groups and discussed their unfortunate posi',ion, and condemned the conduct of those who, tb rough their carelessness and misrepresentation, huid, in many cases, brought ruin upon them. The subjoined letter has been received by the cc anmittee of the Stock Exchange, from the Secre te iy of the Crystal Palace Company, relative to an it regular issue of shares : Crystal Palace, Sept. 20. Sir,—With reference to the reports yesterday in eilmation, as to irregularities having taken place in the transfer office of this company, I am directed by th e board to inform you that they have caused an examination to be made of the share register and transfers deposited in the office from the Ist January, 18.56, to the present date. The result of this, the directors regret to say, shows some improper dealings ju regard to the shares, although not to the extent rumoured. The result, as far as ascertained, shows about 1,397 original shares, and 682 preference shares to have been improperly registered; that is to ray, to have been put on the register without a proper title in th e transferrers, while other transfers to the extent of 1,268 original shares, and 391 preference shares simi larly circun - tstanced, have been sent into the office, but have not be en registered. A. more complete investigation into the matter is in Progress by Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., the result of Which will be communicated to you. By order of the board. GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. Mihill Slaughter, Esq., Secretary, - Railway Department, Stock Exchange. The English Funds have been heavy this morn ing, but the market is now firmerin consequence of a'large purchase of stock by an influential dealer. Consols have been 94 to 944 for money, and 94i f and 944 a for account. Exchequer Bills are firm at 14s. to 16s. prem. The New 2i Per Cents. are 78. There is not much animation in the Foreign Stock Market, and some of the quotations have ruled heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined to 102-i- and 104 Spanish Bonds are Srmer, the Threes being 43 to 43k, and the New Deferred 3 4i. Sardinian have been 921; Mexican, 22a ; tuenes Ayres, 80; and Portuguese 4 per Cents., 49k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks • Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 to 7i ; bdexican, 221 to 23 ; Peruvian, 79 to 81; ditto 8 per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 to 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 to 109 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 431; ditto New Deferred, 241 ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 6i 7. Railway Shares are not very active, and the tone of the market is heavy. Great Western, Oak (lonian, and one or two others are firm, but most of the principal shares are at a slight decline. The Foreign Market continues in a dull state, but some of the Colonial undertakings, including the Great Western of Canada, are rather higher. Mining Shares are neglected, but in Banks a good business has been done at rather lower prices. Miscellaneous are quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List: Rnxln^a. done. 2 per Cent. Consols Annnitioe 94 i 4 New 2i per Cent. Annuities Consqls (or Account E ca:quer Bills, 2id £IOOO Small .. ?RIMS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE aUcnos Ayres Bonds, 6 por Cent. B3 Mexican 3 per Cent 221 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Sar Milan Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Bp tnisb Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Tnrkitii Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Invic eels on the above cayable it Londor TWO O'CLOC K . Con gola, money 94 Ditto Account . . Up to the present time there has been silver to the amount of nearly 40,000,000 dollars value imported into Southampton during the present year, and about the sam e quantity exported from that port. A great portion of the imported silver was from Mexico and the Pacific Pide of South America. Almost the whole of the exported silver was for India and China. Isaac Hargraves, Esq., of Tunbridge Wells (14,0001.) bag bequeathed to the Tunbridge Wells Dispensary and Infirmary 5001. ; to the Benevolent Medical College, 5001. and 2001. to the Brighton Hospital. Thomas Reynolds, Esq. (9,0001.), has left to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 1001., and small legacies to 11 other charitable institutions in Norwich. Benjamin Ogden, Esq., of Bristol, has bequeathed 2501. to the Royal In firma►ry, 950/, to the Blind Asylum, and other charitable buses% 1 THE SUN, LO -,DON; MO N EVEING, SEP=EMBIEI:II 22, Ici RAILWAYS. Leaf*: Company, C , ARI7IO "thsee Saturd London & N. West. L&N.W. Caledon... E. lln. & E. C... Business done this day 96 103 LOO 105 12 - 14 139 - 141 4 ... 4/ Git.tdrt , E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt. West' Yk. Now. Berw. Y.SzNht Do D 0....... 7 29 XO6 2 107 541 4 all all 100 100 S. Last o rt Do Peto lz Co 13 - 124 234 - 244 110 - 115 Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld *Atop & Darlingt. Midland 2f - 2j - 96 51 7- 7 k En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... all all all LOO 1.81 Do L. 86 N.W Do 1.35 : lie 35 a Gt Northn Lancash k Yorksh. T. Brassey , M.MClean Stockt. k Darlingt. 8 - Si 3i • ltd 94 4 i Do atWest' :"34 - * 90 - 92 115 i 64i 4 f St. St. St. 25 PREFERENCE SHAREb. Aberdeen Deben. Do. 6 per cent. Do. No. 2. 7 p. 4. Myth and Tyne lOper e. prof. (issd.stsol iiris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO )hes. &Ho. Gn. 5 pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.c Oun.Prth Aber. J. & Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. de. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Ku. Co. Ea, spcNo. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St Alast Un.. G. 6 p. c Do. 51. 0 per cent Do. ltd. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lancash. 6 p. ets Fr.. &W. York. J. sth* Edin. & Gi. 5 p.c. sh. Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness Glas. &5.W.G.5 p.o Great Northn. 5 p. c , Do. 5 p. a. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p.c. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red . at 5 p. c. pm... 961 i 106 103 i 2 3 104 i 5 78 1 4 [OO bll 1.01.) too Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per 0. Prof. W.(B. &LH. Exspc Do. con. red. 4 p.c. Do, con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Glue. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. o. Stock Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Gnsr.6 p. Do. do. 5 per cent .. Lon. &N. W., Coy. 6 Nuneaton 5 p. 0t... uon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy.& Ennis. Ph M.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 all all 6 .00 LOO LOO 100 LOO Do. do. 34 per con'. Harypt.&Carl.4 p c. Do. 4 per cent I Do. do. Coneol.6 p.c.St Do. Con.Br.l3ir. 6pr De. 4 p. e. Pref. Ditto L. & H. Prof. St New., Aber., &c., pr. sp. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfolk Debenture Do.Praf. 5 p. o. Stoci Do. 5 p. o. Ext Do. 54 per ct pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 41 1 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c :No.l I Do. do. Quarters ... Do. York 11. & S. Pur North Staffordshire. Ox, Wo. &W. 1516 pt. Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Prei South Devon Do. fixed, 4b per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c S. Wales Gus. 4 p. o. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c. Do, do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 6 p. c. till July 1,'66 Waterfd.& Kilk. 6 pc 1100 - 102 16 17 - 151 6 - 6i 10i - 112 95 - 100 - r 12; - 12/ • 00 ....... ... • •• "" • • 79 - 81 fi I 117 09 - 111 02 - 104 63 - 65 10} -10 i 6 - 6A 95 - 97 89 - 91 89 - 91 99 101 - 10 i 16/ - 17} 10 104 73 - 75 201 -20 i 10k - 10$ 15 -15 i 1 138 140 ... -- ..., .•• "'"" ... -- ... 1158 - 162 ••• ..... ••• 66 - 70 136 - 138 99 - 101 $9 - 91 1 - lip] • •• ... .02 -IC4 91 -S3 - 1 ( i ca 1105 - 110 ii - 16 24 -24 i 100 - 103 10 - 101 St. 20 25 25 124 27 -- 28 2 - 3 p 'i l l --- iti LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ; , nsiness this day. 1121 pm I Pm 12 moving. Pil 15i POLICE I NTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) 2fIA.NSION-HOUSE. ' Till CITY AUTE 'ORITIES AND 'rpm FRUIT-SELLERS. .ffonorak _Donovan, an old Irishwoman, who earns a living by selling fi uit in the streets, was charged be fore Alderman Carte r with obstructing the footpath in Charlotte-street, Man lion-house. The defendant was lc.cked up every day las,t week for a similar offence, and when brought before the Lord Mayor she was on each occa sion discharged, his lordship considering the police carried out the instructions of the C. )mmissioners of Police for the City iv too harsh a manner with reference to these poor people. Police constable 416 depos ed that he saw the defendant in Charlotte-street, on Saturday, selling fruit. She obstructed the footpath, and. he desired her to move on, but she refused. A large ,crowd congregated around them, and he was obliged to take her into custody, and lock her up. He acted in amcordance with the instruc tions of the City Commission ers of Police. The defendant said she had been accustomed to I,ell fruit for years at the corner of the street, and highly eulogised the late Lord Mayor Gibbs, the Lord bless his soul, and Mr. Hobler, by whose kindness she was allowed to sell fruit there for upwards of 15 years. The fact was well known to the honourable Mr. Goodman. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk) said he wondered she was, not ashamed to mention his name on consideration of her conduct. He had been twice to the Commissioners of Police for permission for her to have a standing at the Mansion-hobse, but it was refused. Mr. Alderman Carter—When you told her to move on did you behave harshly towards her. Policeman—No. Defendant—Yes, you did ; you tore my dress, and dug your nails in my arm. Mr. Alderman Carter—lf she had moved on that would have been sufficient for you. Policeman—Yee. Mr. Alderman Carter (to defendant)—l shall insist on your moving on. You have been locked up since Saturday. Defendant—l've been locked up every day for a week. (Laughter.) Mr. Alderman Carter—lf you are brought before me within the next month Defendant—lf you let me go, they'll bring me up again to-morrow. (Laughter.) I ' , Just sell my fruit. Mr. Goodman—Not if you do n( it obstruct the road or pathway. Dafendant—(to the Alderman)—lf you knew the oath he (the policeman) has taken you would not believe your own fa , her ;by G—d you wo. ildn't. (Laughter.) Mr, Alderman Carter—lf you co me here again I shall send you to prison. Defendant—l can't help it, your honour. May I take my fruit sling and my basket and sell it if I keep Mr. Alderman Carter—Yes. Defendant—Thanks, your honour. The defendant, after being cautioned, was discharged . Ma.RKET NEM, —crhis Day ) CORN EXCHA .NGE. Nara . ly the whole of the pray mcial markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with _wheat, in wh',ch only a limited business - was transacted. In some in stances prices were in favour of buyers. Barley moved off heavily at droopitig current, ies. All other grain ruled about stationary. The continental markets are rather dull and drooping, From the United States, the shipments of produce con. tinu e seasonably large. Up to our markets last week the 'Arrivals of English grain were small. From abroad we receiveid 15,544 quarters of wheat, 2,537 barley, 18,203 oats, 1, 907 peas, 5,455 linseed, 1,339 rapeseed, 59 mustard seed, 'i,325 sundry seeds, and 6,831 barrels of flour. The supply of wheat received fresh up to our market to day from Esma was small, ar the receipts from Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., were very moderate. The general condition of the supply was by no means first-rate. The attendance of both town and country was far from nume rous, and the demand for all kinds of wheat of home pro duce was much les% active than on Monday last. In prices, however, compared wit's that day, very little change took place. At the .dose of business inferior wheats were cer tainly the turn in favo'ir of buyers. There was only a ~ uoderate show of foreign wheat for the time of year. Russian parcels were steady, at full quotation's, In all other kinds only a limited business was tra'asacted, at last week's currency. Flo•Ating cargoes of grain were less active. T i e finest samples of barley were held at last week's gr‘otations ; but other kinds were very dull, and quite 2s. per quarter cheaper. Malt met a slow sale, but no change took place in the quotations. . The supply of oats was moderate. Most kinds mot a fair demand at last week's prices. Beans and peas were in short supply, and fair request, on former terms. The flour trade was steady. In the quotations very little change took place. The quantity of foreign flour here is trifling. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red new 62s to Gfis Ditto.. old 63s 71e Ditto, White new Gas 72s Ditt0........ old 708 773 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new ...... —a —s Etya—Old ............ 42s 443 Barley—Grinding ..• .• 34s 38s Malting .....•• 38s 41s Chevalier.... . . 428 46s Malt---Bnffolk and No rfolk •• •• •• •• •• •• 69s 74s .... 638 61s KingstonandWare 69s 76s (Oats .. •• 76s to 77s 10sta Yorkshire and _ . Linenlnsk., Fee/ 248 268 Potato . Irongnal and Cork Black. .• 2ls 23 Cork, White ... • . 228 26s Scotch, Feed..... 26s 29; Buns—Tlak ......... 36s 39s Pigeons •• .. 42 45A Peas—Grey .....• •• •• 36s 403 Maple ••••.• • • • . 443 45s • White ••••• • • . • . 41s 48s _ _ Boilers •••••• •• •• 43s 48s Flour—Town-made... 58s 60s • Suffolk .• .... 46s 49s gteektn & Norfolk 463 493 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were tolerably good—the total supply being 9,393 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 10,888 ; in 1854, 8,791; in 1853, 13,238 ; in 1852, 12,039; in 1851, 10,404 ; and in 1850, 7,872 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WERE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 599 1,609 ... 379 Tonning 423 ... 401 - Harbnrg Schiedam Frederickstadt 210 45 ... Bremen 490 ... Harlingen Medemblik lO ... 1,673 ... - - , Nieu Diep 27 611 ... Hamburgh l5 Dordt Bl Calais — ... - Oporto Ostend Antwerp — ~, Amsterdam - ... - ...'". • •• .... • • • - ... - --. ... - 51 ... 342 2 ... 46 ... - ... 11 ... .--. 861 ... - ... S 2 T0ta1....2,339 ... 5,942 ... - ... 730 ... 388 , The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : _ Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pies 1855 1,747 ... 6,828 ... 112 ... 625 ... 578 1854 2,096 ... 5,837 ... 171 ... 285 ... 402 1853 1,835 ... 10,196 ... 159 ... 552 ... 496 1852 1,792 ... 9,024 ... 130 ... 709 ... 383 1851 1,903 ... 6,869 ... 192 ... 508 ... 930 1850 1,217 ... 5,787 ... 138 ... 416 ... 271 There is no improvement to notice in the general quality of the stock, yet sales are readily made by the salesmen. The imports are expected to be liberal during the next two or three months. The receipts of home-fed beasts fresh up to-day were seesonably good as to number, but somewhat deficient in quality. The attendance of butchers was moderately ex tensive. For most breeds the demand, however, was by no means so active as on Friday, on which day the quota tions advanced 2d per 81bs. ; nevertheless, prices generally were mostly supported. The top figure for the best Scots, which were unusually scarce, was 4s 10d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received 2,200 shordiorns ; from other parts of England, 600 of various breads; from Ireland, 480 oxen; and from Scotland, 53 Scots. The shOw of all breeds of sheep was but moderate, and their condition was by no means first-rate. The primest Downs and half-breds changed hands steadily, at prices quite equal to L'aose realised on Monday last. Otherwise, the mutton trade midi heavy, at a decline in the quota tions of 2d per Blbs. There were 480 Irish sheep on offer. Calves, the show of which was limited. sold steadily, and last week's prices were well supported. The highest quotation was 4s 10d per 81bs. We had a slight improvement in the demand for pigs, and prices were quite as high as last week. Per 81he to sink the offal'. s. 4. s. d. e. 4. interior Beasta....3 oto 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 410 . 5 2 3ecend quality.... 3 6 310 'Argo crse. calves 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 4 410 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 ( Large hogs (uforior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 1 Small porkers iocond quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling calves 23 0 30 Prime erse.-wiled.4 4 4 6,Quarter old pigs 22 8 o TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY I Bsasts .... - . 2,018 Sheep . .•• •• —21,930 !Alves ..... ••„.•• •••• 210 Pigs •• 00000 •••.••••••••• 300 Sheep .• .8 e• •• a•.• •• ••••• • 4,110 Calves..•••• • ..... •• ••.••• 152 Pigs•••• •••••• .. •• •••• A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market. on Ivdonday, Sept. 21, 1855, and this day, Monday, Sept. 22, 1856. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. Sept, 21, 1855.18ept 22,1856 s. d. s. d. 9. d. s. d. 3 4to 3 6(3 oto 3 4 3 8 4 013 6 310 4 2 4 4'4 0 4 6 4 6 4 8,4 8 410 Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... second quality ditto ... ... ... Prime largo oxen ... ... ... ... Prime Scots, dm ... ... ~. ... Coarso and inferior sheep second quality ditto Prime coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto Lambs ... Largo coarse calves ... Prime small ditto Large hogs ... 3 4 3 6,3 6 3 8 3 8 4 03 10 4 2 4 2 4 614 4 4 6 4 8 5 0;410 5 2 0 0 0 0,) 0 0 0 3 10 4 6,3 8 4 2 4 8 5 o' l 4 4 410 3 6 3 1013 6 310 Veal small porkers 4 0 4 6 1 4 2 4 8 Beasts._ 5,003 5,517 Sheep 23,330 21,930 Calves... 209 1 210 Pigs ... ~,407 j 300 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Sept. 25, 1854.—Beasts, 4,658 ; shoo; , 31,190; calves, 21s; pigs, 420. Sept. 20, 1 853.—Beasts, 5,651; sheep, 26,450; calves, 250 ; pigs, 380. sales have been made at from 5Gs to 84s per cwt. The duty is called 270,0001. All old hops are very dull, and ex tremely low in price. SEEDS, Early in the week the market for linseed was very buoyant, and Bombay readily brought 615., but the large arrivals from the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff have checked upward tend ency. Linseed cakes continuo to improve, at increased quotations. The demand for Calcutta rape is very limited, prices ranging from 63s for fine, down to 52s for very inferior. Turnip,Whito,per bush. 22s to 24Varraway Swede ........• —8 —s iinstArd, Brown—. 18s 24s White, new...... lOs 13•; rares,Wlnter,new....73 6d 8s Od Canary, per quarter .. 56s 65, Rye grass.. •... •• • ... 30s 32s Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) —s —s White .. • • ....• —8 —s Foreign Red...... —a —8 White.... 8 —s Trefoil, new.......... •—•8 Coriander .. .......... —s Hempseed, per quarter 44 50s Linseed, Eng.oviring.. 64s 655 Crushing ........ 525 565 Baltic .. ••..• • .. —5 —a Odessa • • • • •....- —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .• ...101 5. 10 lOs Foreign, per ton 101 11 7s 6d Rape Cakes, pr ton 51 6 Os Rapeseed, pr qr. 82s 84. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W.— Arrived —H. M.Str. Driver, from Bermuda. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 1 0.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Centu rion, from Bahia; Thomas Arbuthnot, Lonvon, for Gee long. Sailed. --133.1.5. Amethyst, for the West Indies; H.M.S. Brunswick, Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Es ther Frances, from New York, and sailed for Amstsrdam ; Bolina, from Labrador, and sailed for Guernsey. A PROJECTED RIVAL TO THE TIMES. A meeting for the purpose of carrying out the above singular project was held at Swansea last week. The Rev. David Thomas, of Stockwell, in the course of explanations, said—People did not now read volumes, but pamphlets, and especially newspapers—so much so that the daily Times has been called the bible of England—hence its influ ence was immense. They all knew with what ease the Times ignored great questions—how it blew hot or cold on several fundamental points—h.ow it could turn round—it was not, in fact, guided by the pole star of honesty, rectitude, and human justice. Any scheme, therefore, which would improve this state of things was deserving the attention and respect of every man who loved his country. Mr. Thomas then proceeded to explain the nature of the pro posed scheme. It was the establishment of a first class newspaper, to be called The Dial, which would be formed under the Limited Liability Act. The speaker then read copious extracts from the prospec tus, after which he remarked that failure was al most im possible. The paid-up capital would amount to no less than 5J0,000/., and this large amount would buy not only the Lest type, the best paper, the best ink, but it would buy the best talent, the best brains, and the best experience. But not only had they the advantage of this large sum of money, but this would be sut scribed by about 100,000, all of whom would naturally be inquiring for The Dial. The principles were enrolled in the deed of settlement, and, therefore, nothing could be put in the paper incompatible with the prospectus. The scheme also secured another thing--that the paper should always be of a high moral tone. They did not want a paper which should be primarily swayed on public questions, not by a sordid calculation of protit and loss, but by consideration of right and wrong. The scheme would also be a national one; it would take in meu of all classes. On the board were as many Churchmen as Dissenters. Although the paper had only once been advertised they had already got 10,0001., and he believed that in three months the whole of the shares would be taken. The scheme was secured from all monopoly by no one person being allowed to take more than 10 shares. A resolution was carried expressing concurrence in the proposed National Newspaper League. —Carmarthen, Journal. AR. 16 triAR,A,.ETB. 'T`JjJ S DAYF, RAILW A Y% ..arLwire. Closing Prices Satarday. iiu';g. Nottz,g. and lAia3tr.. Juno*. Btsl fast. 1 Birming. Wolverh Stour Birkpand. Junet... Do. Chesh. , Do., do. . Ftlpt & Tyne origii,a] £25 (issd. at .C4' ; Bristol and Exeter._ Caledonian. Chester do Holyhead, Cork and Bandon, Cork, Black, d< Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B DublindfflelfastJtmc Dnn. P. 4 Aber. Jnc. East Anglian.....„, Eastern Counties Unir.n, A St) Be., B. Stock 1)o., New East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh 4 Glaago Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &Dund. Forth & Clyde Jun ; 'Furness IDo. Extension.. 'Glasgow &S. West• , Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern ..... Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gna. Stk .. Irish Sonth-Easterr. Lancaster Et Car lin. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andiTorks Do., Wst. aiding Ur; Do. Southi or t London & - Blackwagi Lond. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westr Do. Fifths D0.101.3h.,M&8. ( Do. Eighths,. London andg. WA.tn. Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh . Lndndrry&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk Vanch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Ern Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. & Dee) , Midi& G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskille , 'Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ...... N. astern—Berwic Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Pureh Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wstrn.,Flami - stead, and City Jn,. North Staffordship,.. , North Western N. & S. Westrn. June ,)x., Wore., & Woly. Portsmouth Scottish Central... Scottish Midland Shropshire Uni an 3onth Devon South eastern south Wales g. Yrksh. & Riy. Du) L)o it eines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling. Do., do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 Stockton d; Hartlep. Taff Vale ... . .... Jo. Pref., No. I__ Thames Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath Waterftl. & Kilkenn. ' Waterford&Limerici West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B lyPest London.— ►bledn &Croydon! A.istworp&Rott,rdr re Ardennes Atlan.& St.Lw. leased at 6 p. c. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada Belgian Basta. Junc Besiers to Graiseessa Bombay, Baroda, an Con.lndia, g. 5 p. ci Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry.l Canoe= & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Dance ----- Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. , Do A and B, do Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do Gee'ong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Tk of CanadaA Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6. Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc Gt. Tn. Pen. g. 5 p. C. Do New, guar. 5 p. e. Great Luxemboun Constituted Share Gt. Western of Canada Shares ,„ Do. New Do.. d . Bdo., ,76 s., par D Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withon . option Lake Const. bt Bash Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.P Lyons and Genova Lyons ai Mediterrau Niadtaa, guar. 4 p. c Do. New do., S p. c Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Do. 3dEx., g. sp. Maria Antonia Do. do. New ramnr di Liege (wits interest) Do. (ox interest)..... Do. do., C p. c. Pref Northern of France. Norwegio.uTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ' Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Riga & Dunaburg is. at 801. per share Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish ..... „... EtoyalSwedish 3ambre and Menne_ Do. bi p. cent. Pref Sciude, guar. 5 p. c Do. .- - ionthern of France, Andrew's an" Quebec (A).. Vest Flanders Do 6is per c. Pref... & N. W. of irrnnot West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Alaland JOINT-S' kustralaala .... Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London .... , iri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. *Kish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asi- Chrtd. Bnk. of India. Australia, &Chilli; City Colonial Conuusrcial of Lond Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia Ditto New ............. Laudon and Count yA, Lnd. & E. Bnk g. Corp, London Joint Stock. London and Paris__ bond. & Westminste) National Proof Eng Do. Naw National of Bank New South Wales.... Oriental- Bank )1 Corporation. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Imhof Lto. Now 1, /ins B &Go Im Cf Royal British ;:mth Australia Unic:a of tknetrnli*., Do. Nom Union of London &lit t era Bk of Loud h 4 8} 9 17 18 ] 5 16 12 13 92 - 94 53j - 54 16 - 17 • •• 4".. .« ... ...." .. 9 - 10 15i - 16 91 34 - 36 24 - 26 7 - 5 80 - 82 53i - 54 3 . 6 36 •N "" - 91 - 93 8 - 8. 94i - 95: 83 - 85 .23 - 128 14 116 64 - 72 - 74 54 - 64 54 6{ 97 • 97, 6i - 7 .06 107 .03 103 k i - # I - i;I 1011 - 105,E 33* 33 i id 79 79. 50 --• 51 • •• 4...' 14a : 50 - 52 3 - Sr 38i ,39 j 791 - 51 - 3 - 3 174 - 181 56 57 94 - 96 5+ - 5 6i - 7i 10 - 11 29 - 30 [OB - 110 48 - 14i -- 15,1 72 72 79 - 81 - 3 2 - 1 (.1 15 - 17 36i -37 i ••• """ 181 191 51 - 6 24 - 26 61 - 74 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 51 8 - - 4 - 6 11 lid 3 3i 1 li - p 5.1 5i 2 - 2}► 36 - 364 124 - 134 22i - 23 22 - 22? t. 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New (Santiago de Cubs Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Pref Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia . I - it • • - .• - 5 - 7 20 - 21 31 - 81 19 - 21 P 10 56 - :58 30 - 36 26 - 28 16 - 18 - 14 - 15 ii lid 7 - 8 id p I 9 - 11 23 - 25 6 8 - 2k 2g - 2t 7 I 1 - 3/ - 3i - 4 •••••• '.... i "*" i 0.01 • BOW-STREET. WATCH ROBBERY.— Sarah Clarke, a prostitute, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a watch and chain of the value of 121. The prosecutor, Henry Pritchard, a cabinetmaker, re siding in Paddington, stated that as he was walking up New Oxford-street early this raoraing the prisoner, who was on the opposite side of the street, crossed the road, and threw her arms round his neck. He desired her to leave him, and in five minutes after she bad done so he missed his watch and chain. He immediately went in pursuit of the woman, but did not succeed in finding her. Suspecting that she had entered a house of ill-fame in George-street, he proceeded to the place, and went into the parlour, but the prisoner was not there. He was about to give information of the robbery at the station-house, but not being able to find the place he returned to George-street, and on p using the house he heard a conversation going on in the parlour respect ing the watch and chain. He waited for some minutes, and then the prisoner and another wonasm came into the street, and he then accused the prisoner of stealing his watch. She denied the robbery, and a policeman coming up be gave her into custody. Pol►ce-constable 67 F took the prisoner into custody. He had searched the house in George-atreat, but he had not succeeded in finding the watch. Hannah Regan, the keeper of the house in George-street, St. Giles's, said the prisoner was at her house last night, and, as she was leaving the house, the prosecutor came up and charged the prisoner with stealing his watch. He bad previously, in the presence of three constables, charged another girl with the same offence. A woman, a servant at the house, was next called as a witnes'. She said her name was Mara. Magistrate—How is your name spelled ? Witness—l don't know, sir. Magistrate—Perhaps The landlady can tell us how to spell the witnesb's name _ The landlady was then callel, but she could not spell ,he name. The witness, in answer to questions put by the magistrate, said the prisoner at the bar was in the house at the time the robbery was committed. The prosecutor was then re-called, and stated that he never entered the house in George-street with three constables of the F division and pointed out another girl as the person committing the robbery. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A QUEER SOLICITOR.—Joseph Constant So/Ontion, a tall dirty-looking man, who deseribed himself as a solici tor, of 56, Craubourn-street, Leicester•square, was brought before Mr. Beadon, on a warrant, charged with using abusive and threatening language towards Mr. Taylor Roberts, solicitor, 18, St. Martin's-court. Mr. Roberts stated that on Wednesday, the 27th of August last, he left his office with the intention of going to the County Court, and when he arrived at the cor ner of the narrow part of Saint Martin's-court he came in contact with the defendant, who struck him on the shoulder, and said, " Well, Robert,,l'il forgive you for beating me in that cause the other day, but I'll be one with you yet." Witness cautioned him as to what he was about, and tried to pass on. The prisoner persisted in following him, and re peatedly called out to hi4l to go and pay his debts. A large crowd then collected, and it was with the grt atest difficulty he got away from the prisoner, against whom he took out a summons to answer for his conduct at this court. Defendant, however, never attended to the summons, and a warrant was granted, and on Saturday night he was apprehended while in a beastly state of intoxication. Defendant had formerly been a certificated solicitor, but at present he was not, and from his habits had latterly become a disgrace to the profession to which he persisted he still belonged. Defendant moat humbly apologised for his conduct towards the complainant, and promised ,if he was for given this once be would not repeat the offence. Mr. Beadon fined the defendant 20s. and costs. Mr. Roberts said he did not wish for so severe a sen tence, and weuld_ be satisfied with the prisoner entering into his own recognisance to keep the peace. Mr. Beadon then ordered the defendant to pay 45., the cost of the warrant. Mr. Roberts paid the money, and the defendant gave him an I 0 U for the amount. SOUTHWARK. THE BERMONDSEY NUISANCES AND THE BOARD OE WORKS.-Mr. Edwin Goodwin, manure manufacturer and guano dealer, Pauline•street, Bermondsey, was summoned before Mr. Combe by the Board of Works for the Bermondsey district, for carrying on an offensive trade, and allowing a large quantity of filth to accumu• late to the danger of Le'lealth of the inhabitants. Mr. Riches, the clerk to the board, appeared to pro• acute. _ . _ _ uv Dr. Challice, the officer of health for the district, stated that in the early part of the present month he re ceived information that the defendant kept in his pre mises a quantity of filthy matter used in his trade which was offensive to the inhabitants. In consequence of that witness went with Inspector O'Brien and examined the place, where he found about 100 tons of putrid animal matter lying all about with other filthy stuff used in the manufacture of manure. It was dangerous to the health of the neighbourhood and ought to be instantly removed. Mr. Combe said he should make the required order. [ADYERTISEMENTA To the Editor of the Sun. Slll,-1 pointed out last week the folly of the panic in Government securities. Speculators are now talking of the probability of the rank of England raising the rate of discount, which it decidedly will not do, for these reasons : Money is plentiful at the present rate. Trade is sound, without specu'ation. The quarter's revenue will show a large increase. The last of the loans has been fully paid up without difficulty. The public deposits, the private deposits, and the reserve of notes, have all increased considerably. A, 0, Morley's Hotel, Sept. 22, 1850. L 852. 1 --.- . 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. Stock this day .... 34.460 . 22,139 31.391 29,347 9.15 5 40e 94 tO 58s Od 63. 94t0 578 04 to 51 s 34 Price of Y. 0 .• •• 1 416 OI d to —.3 Od 644 3d 57. 3d to 51. Gd Delivery last week • • 2,715 2,269 , 1,600 2.7 92 3,571 Ditto from June 1.... 23,599 29, 226 1 20,275 35,472 34,638 Arrivals last week.. 932 3 G 47 i 2,178 I 189 1,711 Ditto from Junel .... 17,431 24,050 i 15,666 17,101 26,823 Price o f Town ...... 43. Od 58. Od 64s 91 i 59. Gd 545 3d STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. rEiTIISBURG, 1856. 1853. 1852. Casks. Casks. Casks. Tallow despatched from Cronstadt to Aug, 27, old style (estimated at 25 ponds to the cask) In ships leading and lighters .. . -.- Totrl loaded off from St. Petersburg, 29th Aug , old style. • .••• • • •. 61,848 .. 44,586 .. 23,590 Loaded off from St. Petersburg after this dite •• • • ..... •• • ...... Total at the close of the navigation .... .. 61,537 .. 59,118 ..106,123 .. 82,717 London • • ...... 16,932 .. 21,787 • • 6,43 t Liverposl Bristol . 2,668 2,149 .. 2,147 Other English ports .. 4,310 .. 3,800 .. 1,262 . . Ireland .. .. 323 . 272 .. 1,503 Scotland Germany •. • • France . .. 1,582 .. . • Tota •• .• •• •• ••.. 35,c43 .. 37,007 •• 13,1k7 BOROUGH HOP. Large supplies of nawi - iops,inacellunt condition, con- UMW to grim 140 demand is by no MOWS active, and NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL. Somewhat increased supplies of each kind .of meat are on sale in these markets; yet the demand generally is steady, and prices are well supported. Per Bibs by itie carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do. prima largo 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small.„ 4 0 4 4 Perk, large 3 6 4 0 o. d. ti. rt Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., primo 4 4 4 8 Voal 3 4 4 6 Pork, small 4 2 4 6 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. There is a steady demand for picked samples of potatoes, at from 84s to 903 per ton. AP other kinds are dull, at from 703 to 803 per ton. The arrivals continue good, and most of the samples are in fair condition. WOOL. The imports cf wool into London last week were 270 bales from Patras, 9 from Harburg, 497 froth Bombay, 46 from Buenos Ayres, 1,164 from Hobart Town, 1,018 from Algoa Bay, 185 from the Cape, 131 from Lisb on, and 326 from Iquique. English wools move off steadily, at very full prices; but foreign and colonial qualities are dull. IMPORTS INTO TIIE UNITED KINGDOM. COLONIAL. 1855 1850 From Jan. 1 to August 30 175,191 FORBIGN. From Jan. 1 to August 30 80,757 Total. 235,407 The followhig are the current rates of English wool : Down togs, is 3d to is 4d ; Down ewes, le 2d to is 33d ; half-bred hogs, is 2d to is 3 ; Kent fleeces, le 2d to is 3d ; Leicester do., is ld to la 3d ; combing skin, is to is 4id ; blanket wool, 9cl to is ld ; and flannel wool, is to is 5d par lb. TALLOW. Very little change has taken place in prices since Mon day last, and the amount of business doingis very moderate. P. Y. C., on the spot, 51s 3d to 51s 6d. per cwt. Town tallow, 52s nett cash. Rough fat, 2s 10d per Blbs. (PER auoTaw TELEGBAPti.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Constantia, from Shields; Cicely and Thomas Margaret, Sunderland ; Maria Whitfield, Llanelly. Sailed—New Great Britain, for Anstralia ; Rose, New port. LIVERI OOL, Monday Morning. Wind S. W. Arrived—Spectator, from Gonaive3 Buona Ventury, Bombay ; Langdale, Akyak ; Orient, New York ; Peli can, St. John's, N.B. ; Shepherdear, Colonist, and Rachel, Quebec ; Britannia, Madras. Sailed.— Nonpariel, for Philadelphia ; Seringapatam, Bombay ; Gleaner, Riga. Off.—Charles Brunell, Culloden, Ann Baker, May Queen Miramichi, Emma, and Qucan of the East. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 20. Wind N.W. Arrived—Mau Miller, from Barbades ; Bailie, Labra dor; Cape Breton, Aux Cays; Wallachia Odessa ; Scot tish Maid, Callao ; Johannes, Ibrail. (Br SI7BItIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.5 a.m. Wind W. ; tide four hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, Sept. 21.—Homeward Bound, from Callo ; Pa nache, Belize; Sepastian, New York; Enterprise, Smyr na; Margaret, Mauritius; Mary Ann, Balakiava. Arrived, Sept. 22.—Wave, Archangel ; Lilly, Guern sey. CRYSTAL PALACE. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION. On Saturday the supporters of this association held a fete at the Crystal Palace in aid of the funds for the early closing and Saturday half-holiday movement. The day was chosen in order to afford a practical test of the warm feeling with which the objects the society proposes to carry out are regarded in the metropolis. The directors of the palace readily granted the day, and at the same time consented to the association having a pecuniary in terest in all the tickets sold by them or through their in strumentality, with the exception of those issued at the railway. The amusements provided for the occasion consisted of an increased proportion of music, a grand archery fete, and, in addition, the fountains played twice during the day, namely, at two o'clock and again at half-pact five. There was also a further attraction in the interior of the palace, and one which must have much conduced to the enjoyment of Satur day's visitors, and will, no doubt, still further please the more select attendance on ss. days. We mean, of course, Marochetti's peace trophy, which has been in course of demolition for the last week, and is now com pletely removed. We most sincerely congratulate the directors on having taken this step, and carted away an obstruction which disfigured the whole building. How they will answer to the shareholders for having expended, if we are rightly informed, nearly 5,0001. upon it, is quite another matter. That such a sum should ever have been thrown away on such a monstrous design is inex cusable, and the recklessness of the outlay is proved by ' the fact that, on its completion, all the laws of good taste compelled its being broken up and hidden. In the part of the grounds set apart for archery prac tice there was a large concourse of visitors, for the asso ciation had given a prize of a beautiful silver cup, worth 12 guineas, to be shot for, and the match was open to all England. There were many competitors, as might have been ex pected, and the trials lasted from 3 till nearly 6 o'clock. The match, however, only proved, beyond all doubt, that to whatever amusements those whu benefit by the early-closing movement devote themselves archery is decidedly not one of them. Nearly everything was hit but the target, which, after three hours' constant firing, only exhibited five arrows in its centre. The spectators did not confine themselves to standing behind the "stout bowmen" (the only place where they would have been safe), but wandered in dangerous proximity to the target, near which, of course, some arrows fell. Cautions to keep out of the way were useless till at length a young toxopholite signalised his skill by sending an arrow through the neck of an elderly gentleman, and inflicting a severe wound, when the spectators took the hint at ,d retired to a Eater distance. The prize, after some diffi culty in coming to a decision, was at length awarded by the Empire, Mr. Grey, to Mr. 11. J. Werthorn, whose arrow was 1 16th of an inch nearer to the centre tbas that of Mr. Foulkes. At the conclusion of the match, which seemed to ex cite great in.erezt, the visitors crowded the palace listen• ing to the strains of the company's band till dusk. Nearly 20,000 visitors were present, and but for the very threatening aspect of the weather the attendance would have been even more numerous. It is to be hoped that the proceeds of the fete may prove rerviceable to the association, and enable them more effectually to advocate the early closing and half-holiday question, which is daily increasing in popularity, and gaining additional attention. It seems to be generally admitted that excessive labour has been, up to the pre sent time, one of the monster evils of this country. The people have allowed themselves to be engrossed by she occupation of money getting, to the neglect of pursuits of a more refined character. Whilst treating their cattc consistently with the laws of nature, employers, forget ting that the human frame is similar in its organisation, have been too much accustomed to act towards them• selves, and those in their service, as though they were composed, not of flesh and fibre, but of wood and iron, al lowing their families to grow up destitute of a father's su perintendence and care, and wearing out themselves and their dependants long before the allotted period of human life. The public, however, are gradually becoming awak ened to a sense of this evil, and it is due to the em ployers to say that they, as a body, have admitted the present system to be one of the greatest curses which afflict the trading classes. The practical effect of this conviction—that excessive labour, whether mental, phy sical, or both conjoined, isattended with these disastrous results--has been a marked improvement in the boursof suspending business, more or less, in every department. A great number of interesting facts upon this subject have been published in a pamphlet by Mr. Jelin Lilwall the secretary of the Early Closing Association. THE FORGERY ON T.Etk CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. Several of our Sunday contemporaries publish the following account of this transaction :—lt appears that, two days since, it was observed by the accountant of the company, who had lately returned to the duties of his cffize after a severe illness, that the numbers on certain dividend certificates ard those of the shares standing in the names of the parties did not tally. He immediately sent to Mr. Robson, the clerk in the transfer office, through whose department these shares would pass, and drew his attention to' the fact, inquiring how it could happen. Mr. Robson replied, "Oh, that is very easily explained ; there have been two transfers of the shares, for some of them have not been applied for, and have lain in the office for a year and a half, and we did not think it necessary to enter the first name . " "But there must be a certificate of transfer somewhere," said the accountant. " Ob, yes," responded Mr. Robson, with great coolness, "I have got them all locked up at my house." The accountant reminded him that these cer tificates should be in the office, and said he would have a horse put to at once, and drive over with Mr. Robson to his house at Kilburn, for the purpose of fetching them. This was agreed to, and they immediately started for Kilburn. On their arrival Mr. Robson ahowtd the accountant, with whom he was on terms of acquaintance ship, into the parlour, and ordered luncheon, as they should stop some time. He then left the room for an instant and returned again. This going out an d re-entering occurred several times without occasioning suspicion on the part of the accountant, until a longer absence than before led to suspicion. On irq iry it was found that the bird had flown, and speedily a man arrived with a note from Robson, stating that he ha I sent a man and an account back to the Crystal Palace, as he himself was compelled by urgent business to go to London that night. An immediate investigation of the accounts and shares took place, and the board, at their meeting on Saturday. declared the ascertained loos to be somewhat under 5,0001. The following letter has been forwarded to Mr. Slaughter, the secretary of the railway department, at the Stock Exchange : "Crystal Palace, Sept. 20. "Sir,—With reference to the reports yesterday in cir culation as to irregularities having taken plate in the transfer office of the Crystal I'alace Company, I am directed to inform you that the board have caused an e xamination to be made of the Share Re ,, ister and transfers deposited at the office from Jan. 1, 1855, to the present date. The directors regret to say that the result of this shows some improper dealings in regard to the shares , althoug h not to the extent rum oure d. The result, as far as ascertained, shows about 1,397 orioinal shares and 652 preference shares to have been improperly registered—that is to say, to have 13,, e1i put on the register without a proper title in the trans ferrors—whil,t other transfers , to the e xt ent of 1,268 ori gival and 391 preference shares similarly circumstanced have been sent into the office, but have not been registered. A more complete investigation into the matter is in pro gress by Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., the result of which will be communicated to you.—By order. " GEORGE GROVE, Secretiry. " To Mihill Slaughter, Esq., Secretary, uailifuDepartmont, Stock Excliaug,e.7, 1100 ttiO all all ,all all . all all all 714 794 bet 4} 23i I 7 all aIl all all 123 hiISCELLA.NEOIIB. 25 19 Australian Agrivalt. 25 26 19. all Australn. Royal Mail • 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 50 40 Brit. American Land 100 3,!1 Canada llB 123 St. 100 C.Go.6p.c.Jan&jaly ,13 - 031 1131 13 St. 100 Do- 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ••• St. 100 Do. 6p C. Mar & Sept , • • 5 all Crystal Palace Z 2 2 5 all Do. Preference. 5 5i 4 a',l Crystal Pal.of France „. • 1 1 Duston Iron Ore •• 20 151 Eastern Steam St. 100 Electric Telegraph 93 95 1 al Electric Teleg. of Ir — 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 11 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 13 131 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 31 4 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elea. Tel. 8 10 10 all Mexican&S.Amerien. 4/ 41 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . . 10 5 Netherlands Land._ — 11 20 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8 pcPissatl d id— ID 100 80 New B. di N.S. Land 23 25 N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D. • • • all N. B. Australasian ZO 171 Nrth.ofEuropeStearo 2 1 d 151 16/ 1 all Oriental Gas l/ I 1 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" k - IP Pm all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mbar% 21 2i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 67 6 8 50 10 Do. New 5 6 p lOC 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 11 1 Ditto New. 1 iP 25 all South Austral. Lard 1 ar: Submit.. Tel. Scrip 1 1 ab Do. Registered „ 11 29 5 rrnstds L. Co.U.C&L. DO 28 Pea Diemen's I we 15i 161 ,VlCh e 6P,GAnkJuly M .mu all 16 i 20 i 32i 2 TUSCANY AND PIEDMONT. We are enabled to place before our readers the following official despatch, which the Piedmontese Government has addressed to that of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Austrian influence at Florence has for some time past inspired the Tuscan Govern ment with a marked hostility to that of Piedmont, and a number of vexatious and petty insults have been imposed on Sardinian subjects, to which M. Cavour thus replies : " ToRIN, Sept. 5, 1856. "Although the Tuscan Government has for some time past accustomed his Majesty's Government to that dis play of scant courtesy, not to use stronger language, which they exhibit towards those Piedmontese subjects who visit the Grand Duchy, nevertheless, I admit that I heard with surprise from your confidential de:patches of the date of the 2d inst. the abrupt expulsion from the Tuscan territory of the director and the scholars of the Commercial College of Genoa, who arrived at Florence, having been allowed to disembark at Leghorn, and after having presented their papers duly signed by the Grand Ducal consent at Genoa. Aud my astonishment was increased by the unusual language held to you in this affair by his Excellency Signor Baldasseroni, President of the Council of the Ministry, who, instead of justifying an act which cannot be qualified, addresses complaints and reproaches as inopportune as ill•founded, and which the Government of the King considers it their duty and their right to repudiate by all means within their power. The Tuscan Covernment has the right of refusing an entry into their State to any one who is not their subject. The Tuscan Government may avail itself of this right towards Sardinian subjects as frequently as it chooses. For such acts his Majesty's Government will not make vague complaints, and will willingly leave them to be judged by Europe. But what his Majes ty's Government complains of, and with reason, is that Sardinian subjects provided with the proper permission from the competent Tascan authorities in the Sardinian territory are either refused or turned out of the Grand Duchy, without their having given a legitimate cause of complaint by their conduct. Let the Tuscan Govern ment give its agents accredited to us those instructions as it may deem to harmonise with its policy, but not re. pudiate them at every moment by sending out from the frontier or interior—and thus doil. , manifest wrong to their legitimate interests—those who went to Tuscany relying on the assurance of the persons who act and speak legally in the name of the Tuscan Government. "The President of the Grand Ducal Government is not satisfied with the voluntary subscription which is ac tually going on in the Sardinian States for the purpose of making the present to his Majesty's Government of 100 cannons, intended for the fortifications of Alessandria. We regret that a demonstration, whose object is to testify and to in crease the confidence that the Piedmontese people puts in their King and in their Government, should not meet with the sympathy of him who holds the first place in the Council of a frieedly State. We regret that the spontaneous and universal co•operation'of the whole people to secure one of the bulwarks of the independence of Piedmont— and we may say also of Italy—should provoke remsrke which are riot friendly from an Italian Government. But not on that account can we grant to the Tuscan, any more than to other Governments, the right of demanding explanations relative to an act which does not concern it, and which injures no one, least of all Tuscany, who has nothing to do with the frontiers, for the defence of which the fortifications of Alessandria are destined. "As for the subscription of the 10,000 musketry, you have already made the opportune remark to the Presi dent of the Government of the Grand Duke, that his Ma jesty's Government has stopped that subscription, and that legal proceedings have been begun to act against the promoters of it. But Chevalier Baldasseroni seems to have manifested a fear that the steps taken by the Sardi- Dian Government were too mild, I.nd that our laws are inadequate to punish the authors of the offence with the deserved penalty. We are of a different opinion. We believe that our laws provide sufficiently for our internal safety, as well as for our international duties. "The Government of the King repels every interpreta tion which might lead to excite the belief that it disturbs abroad, by direct and indirect means, that order and t bat tranquillity which it has always known how to maintain at home. It is not by the reasonable and temperate eye of moderate liberty that disorders and insurrections are produced. The history of Piedmont in these last years sufficiently proves this. " The Grand Ducal Government knows by expel ience in how many circumstances Sardinia has assisted effica c7ously in preventing disturbances at home and abroad ; and it is certainly not at a moment when just emerging from a bloody and costly war, undertaken for the defence of order, that she can be accused of fomenting distuth ances in her neighbourhood. The Government of the King is well acquainted with the international duties which lied it to the neighbouring States, and it scrupu lously fulfils them. But the Government of the King is not disposed to sacrifice to the demands of others, found ed on exaggerated fears, those liberties which the citi zens of its Ste.te enjoy. If I rightly understand your account of your conversa• Lion with the President of the Tuscan Cabinet, it would appear that his excellency expressed himself as meaning to hint to an appeal either to the Cabinets or to the public opinion of Europe. I know not if, having well meditated their case, the Cabinet of Florence still adheres to this in , tention. Should such be the case, you will inform the Pre sident of the Tuscan Ministry that the Government of his Majesty, strong in their'rights, conscious of having loyally fulfilled all their duties, and mindful of wrongs unre dressed—does not fe_a• an examination of their actt, which are usually done in broad day. You will inform his Excellency that the opinion of the Cabinets and of the people of Earope is a judge whose competency will never be contrasAd by the men who have the honour to sit in the councils of the King of Sardinia. " I charge you to Lend this despatch to his Excellency Chevalier Baldasseroni, and to give him a copy thereof if demanded. (Signed) "C. CAVOUR. "To Chevalier GlantAti, Charge d'Affaires of Sardinia, Florence." WITHSTOOD FOREST FAZE.—This delightful holiday to thousands of the inhabitants of Oxfordehire and neigh bouring counties was held on Wednesday, on the beau tiful Newhill Plain. The company numbered upwards of forty thousand, and included the Dowager Countess of Macclesfield and family, the Earl and Countess of Abngdon and family, the Countess of Antrim, the Dowager Lady Churchill and party, Lord Alfred Churchill, Lord Dillon and family, the Hon. Spencer and family, the President of Trinity College, Oxford, &c. The fair was the largest ever known. LISM OR E CASTLE. —The Duke of Devonshire is about to receive the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and a distin guished circle at Lismore Castle. The noble earl, accom panied by Lady Dover and the Earl and Countess o B e ssboruugh, is expected to arrive early in the present week. In addition to the guests whom we recently mentioned as enjoying; the hospitality of the duke, the Earl of Burlington and Lady Louisa Cavendish are stay , Lase pr e begun ra - gat the castle. His grace purposes to give a gran d bail to celebrate the visit of the Lord-Lieutena n t.' BAURACKS IN KENSINGTON, —The e i or:tqounisate tio n s for the construction of barreeks for th e Lif e Guards and Foot Guards, a in right earnest. Excavations are being made, and large blocks of stones deposited in the space intended for the barracks, beteen Church-street and the palace g. , :rdens. Sheds for tl e workmen are erected, and everything wears the appearance of activity. The barracks will probably be ready for occupation in 18 months from the present time.—United Serrice Gazette. The Atkencrum, announces that Sir William Harpur's charity at Bedford is freed at leneth from legal quarrels, and the princely income, 13,0061. a-year, is to be ap l'roPrieted to a uew scheme sett:ed by the Court of Chancery. Every friend of education must rejoice to hear of this termivation of a dispute which has almost paralysed a noble charity, and kept alive the fires of sectarian and local strife, and the close of which haves Bedford endowed with free, grammar and commercial schools sufficient to educate all of the children of the town and neighbourhood. Is ' e 5, r g It it 281 100 4 all all 100 100 100 82s 1 100 100 all all all Si all it. -41%, lion' lioo all an 100 100 100 100 an 100 100 11C , itXl 20 1 20 20 33. 100 100 100 20 20 100 50 100 100 100 20 50 20 all 2i 10 50 FOR: :GN. 565 k 211 i 3} 47 i 40 5 St. 25 y