The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

Dm dr. lan ,rd for for osi tor. tho 5.b. [OO O shed: cited rerth late [OOll ;oral' aded ado sea' Dal' Imo' fall, I, G. Line• ;hip' gi At rsTO e, n hor s,' sable a d to • coo: l isted lasS we two Nt is u stie j u g ; was cepv ticel aon• 0 01 ) ill' .EN. g to ect• lest llle, MONEY ittIARKET COMWEROIAL i rrELLIGENCI‘k CITY, Two o'Cloox The Liverpool Cotton *Mrp,rket, yesterday, closed steadily. The sales were B,OOJ bales, including 2,000 for export, and on 'speculation. The Rail way Share Market closed iirrr.ly, and some of the leading lines have advanc Al to a slight degree. Accounts from the w'.•,,1 market at Breslau, of the 29th August, state the animation exhibited at the beginning of the a nonth had continued up to that time, during whif oh about 3,000 quintals were sold in the market ; and this might have been greater had there been a sufficient quantity of certain kinds of wool to meet the wants of the manufacturers.. The p rincipal buyers were manu facturers an merchants from Saxony and the Rhine, and a gents from other places. The prices realised wero as follows:—Silesian 95 rtti. to 112 ditto per quintal ; yearling ditto 98 to 100 rig thalers ; Sterbling 83 to 103 ditto ; long staple in grease 75 to 80, and Hungarian 55 to 57 ditto per quintal.. The prices generally were much the same as at 'previous sales, and holders of stock bad no difficult yin selling. Up to the close of the Month there l',ad been no wool of the present clip received from Russia, but a supply was expected shortly. Vile accounts from the Paris wool market like wise report some degree of activity, as has been exi• wrienced during the previous few weeks, and Ad ces continued firm. This firmness appears to be general throughout the continental markets. The Bank of England Return, which is completed fe .r the week ending the 30th ult., exhibits some nfavourable features. A material addition has h een made to the amount of private securities, and the rest has slightly diminished ; but these changes blay be partly ascribed to the demand for money to meet the last instalment paid on the New ,Loan, and the preparations effected for the ocanmercial arrangements of the 4th instant. Vhe proceeds of the instalment referred were handed over to the Bank of Eng ind ; hence the augmentation of the public depo s its. Money continues in active request, and the brokers and capitalists find full employment for their money at full rates ; consequently, the next return is not likely to show any sensible ameliora tion. The bullion, owing to the continued ab straction of gold for transmission to the Continent, has still further slightly declined. 31 231 Active Circulation Increase Bullion 12,387,107 Decrease Rest Increase P)ablic Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease N.' S even-Day and other Bills 930,444 Increase Government Securities Increase 0 ther Securities Increase IVotes unemployed Decrease The official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last is as follows : t. SO qt. St. Gold Coin If 1, Of If „ Bars ..... t 1 , silver Coin Mexican Dollars Rotterdam ... 4,335 Ozs. It is expected that the affairs of the Royal British Bank will be arranged by the shareholders and depositors without an appeal to the Courts of Chancery or Bankruptcy, which would only cause Unnecessary delay and expanse. The views of the depositors, expressed at the meeting last night, it is thought, be met, as far as practicable, by Most of the shareholders, who, up to the present time, have shown every disposition to bring matters to as favourable a termination as possible, notwith standing the heavy losses which they will inevit ably sustain. The market for public securities has been rather Unfavourably affected by the discouraging Bank of England Returri, above analysed, but the prices of the Funds have not been depressed more than Per cent. Consols have been 94 to 95, and 94i to 95 for money and the 10th inst. For October they have been 95i I. The transfer books are now closed for Bank Stock and the Reduced An nuities, but the latter were called 95g. The New Threes are 95a I. Exchequer Bills are firm at 158. to las. prem. 5 5 20 10 Not more than half-a-dozen securities in the Fo reign Market have attracted business; but prices have ruled firm. Turkish Small Bonds have been 1 031, Dutch 4 per Cents. 98k, Sardinian 9111, Rus alan 5 per Cents. 1091, and Brazilian 1021 103. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7± ; Mexican, 221 ; Peruvian, 80 2 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 58 9 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i 6i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 108 9 ; ditto 41 per Cents., ; Spa tial. 3 per Cents., 44/ 5 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 ; ditto Passive, 6i 7. Railway Shares have been dull, and, with the exception of Great Westerns, which are higher, lower prices are current. The foreign and colonial descriptions were generally at previous rates. Nor thern of France, however, have declined to 40, Owing to the losses sustained by the reported em bezzlement of 40,0001. by two of the company's Principal officials. Rigas are 11 prem. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous shares are heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official List. . - Elnqin« , .. (inn,. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... Shut 95i with div. forAtrty 3 'Per Cent. Consols Annuities ( )43 5 4i 5 New l per Cent. Annuities Consols 'or Account (Lnsol Scrip 3 ii p E (chequer bilis, 24d. £lOOO .E 560 l5 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto 5 per Cent. (Rothschild's) Russian Bonds, 1822, i; St., 5 per Cent lO9l z d Sardinian Bowls, 5 per Cont. Ditto Account TirkiLb Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Small Divic en is on the above tiavable in London. butch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates OB. TWO O'CLOCK. ConFols, money 94/ Ditto Account MINING INTELLIGENCE.--The reaction in the mining market has been very rapid and great, whilst the demand for good dividend mines increases daily, and prices are recovering from the fall occasioned by the temporary decline in copper. South Frances shares have advanced to 365, ex div., and are in request. Mary Ann shares bare reached 37 to 38 ; Basset, 290 to 300 ; Buller, 290 to 300 ; North Basset, in which a large business has been transacted, 361 ; West Basset, 30 to 31 ; Trewetha, 33 ; Gonatnena, 26 to 281 ; Devon Console, 405, In Grenville, large purchases have been made, at 283. to 31s. ; in addition to ore coming into the shafts at Newton Moor, the cross-cut in the 70 fin, level north, from the south mine, appears to be approaching a lode. Trevelyan, 6 ; Wheal Wrey, 8 to 8f ; East Tolgus, after reaching 70 to 75, have receded to 40, 50 ; Uny, 4 to 4i ; Alfred Consols, 13 to 13i ; South Carn Brea, 101 to 11 ; Providence Mines, 60 to 61 ; West Frances, 20 ; West Stray Park, 8 to 81 ; Trelawny, 221 ; Rosewarne, 65; Sortridge Consols, 21 ; South Tolgus, 130, 140, 150 ; South Cara don. in good demand, at 285 to 295 ; United Mines, 150 ; Clijah and Wentworth, 10 to 11 ; Kitty (Lelant), 10i to 111 ; Wheal Margaret, 421 ; West Seton, 250 ; Dunstanville, 25 ; Calvadnack, 61 ; Condurrow, 130. Mining Journal of this day. FORGINGS FOR THE GREAT EASTERN STEAM SHIP.— The huge forgings for the gigantic steamer Great Eas tern, at present building at Blackwall, were yesterday %hipped to their destination. These forgings, made by th e Lancefield Forge Company, were described in the Mai/ some months ago, and since that time they have lain at Lancefihld, the company being unable to obtain a shipmaster willing to undertake the very serious risk of conveying them to the Thames. When lying at the quay, yesterday, every one that passed stopped and tared at the unwieldy but finely-finished blocks of iron, and seemed perfectly amazed at their immense size. It je highly creditable to the Lancefield Company that they Were the only parties in the kingdom who would under take the manufacture of these, the largest forgings in the World. Now that they have been shipped with out accident, it is to be hoped they will reach Black !tali iu safety,—Nort4 British Doily Atoll. SHARE IYLARKETI3. i'til.S DAY.) RAILWAYS. xcam,yrATS. Closing Prices yesterday. A ell. Anabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Jnnot.. Bel f::,st & Pallymena Birtning. Wolvorh A. Stour Valley Birk e and. Lancsh c. Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. di Birk Do., do. ...« myth & Tyne origins. £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Eietor... Caledonian. Chester 4 Holyhead Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, 4 Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B DublindzßelfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Auglian Eastern Counties Fast. Union, A. Stl lee., B. Stook. Do., New East Kent 4} - 1N ~~ ~, - 9 19 - 20 15} -17 A 13 - 14 94 - 52 -52 i, 16 -17 i; ... --- .. ••• "'"" ~. 9} 10, io 17' 9 -9, 36 - 38 25 - 27 lOi East Lancashire Edinburgh ds Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &Dun de, Forth & Clyde Jun.:. Furness 7 - 5 81 - 83 53 - 56 Do. Extension.. 38~ - 37, Glasgow & S. West ,, T. Great N. of Scotind Great Northern Do., A. Stock..... Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ' Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai, Gua. Stk .. • to ''''" . 90 - 92 3 -8; 95i - 96; 84i - 85, 130 - 133 117 - 119 64i -- 65 Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle . Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds ...... Lancash. andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. South] ort London & Blackwal] Lond. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths 100 i all all 100 100 D0.101.f3h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths,. 74 - 77 6 8 6 - 2 97 6i 7 105 - 107 103i - 104 - P d 106 1061 LondonandS. Weqn. Lon. Tilby. & South, Barking Sh Lndndrry&Coleraim Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch.Shef.& Linch. Do., Sian. & Lin. tin, Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng.&Derb Midld. G. West. ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskille Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Coanties tin North British Nth. Devon Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock B Stock. N.Eastern—Berwic Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Watrn.,Hanal • stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Ox., Wore., & Wolv. Portsmouth 20r. IC4I 10e 1( 0 100 100 82s. 1 100 100 3i . in 'lOO 3 100 1100 Scottish Central.„ ,Scottish Midland,. i lid 8O 8O 51 —5; .« -- _. ii i : i.-5 52 - 54 3i - St , 40i 41i 00* ''' 80 - 81 5f ict 3 2 4 4 (, 17f —17 i 57 58 92 94 5 - 6i - 7 104 - 11 30 - 32 Shropshire Union South Dovon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. b Riv. iii 1 iio Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton St Darling, Do., do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 Stockton di Hartlep Taff Vale 16;: 1% ,100 Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Waterford&Limericl West Cornwall. West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace . Do. A ......, ........ Do. B West London.— Wimbledn &Croydo: 49 - 51 15 15 72i 73i 81 - E 3 6 - 3 2 - 1(1 15 - 17 36 - 37 52} 2 16. 19i - 20 5i - 61 24 - 26 6i - 7i Antwerpdßott rdhrt Ardennes 20 20, 20 33?, 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i 91 9 £ . 3 = .9 15i 72i i Atlan.& St.Lw. leased at 6 p . c. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada elgian Eastn. Junc Rulers to Graissessa Bombay, Ban da , an Coo.lndia, g. 5 p, Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse, Coal Mines and Ry. Demerara THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN SEPTEMBER 6, l8bc; I S' 'i s ~-1~ RAILWAY!. Leankr Company Clowin: encos yesierdsy. Business done this day all all 100 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Tlasinass this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BOW-STREET. PLATE ROBBERY.—Two men named Sin:th. and Stacey were placed at the bar, on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of pate. From the evidence it appeared that the property in question belonged to a gentleman named Pettar, resid ing at No. 40, Gower-street, and was safe a few minutes before it was missed by the servant. It is supposed that the robbery was committed by some parties climb. ing over the wall, as the plate basket was found there. The police-cmstable, who apprehended the men, stated that a man named Read told him that a man who was at the Wheatsheaf public-house had a quantity of valuable property in hie possession, and that it would be advisable to see that he was not robbed. He did so, and from circumstances that came to his know ledge afterwards, he apprehended both prisoners, and charged them with the robbery. The prisoner Smith stated that he had purchased the articles at a sale, and that he should be able to prove he was in bed when the robbery was committed. The whole evidence having been read over, the magis trate said there was no evidence against Stacey, and he should therefore discharge him, but he should commit Smith for trial. FOREIGN, Dutch Rhenish. Eastern of France. [Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. • . Do A and B, d 0.... Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do.4i p.e.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, de. Geo'ong i Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.. Gd. Tk of Canad aA Do. Cert, of Deben. con. into Stk. till'g Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Frans Ot, In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guir. 5 p. c. (great Luxembour. Constituted Share Gt.W.stern of Canner Rhares ... Do. New I Do. Bde., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option Lake Cond. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca Pist. sp. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons Mediterran Ittadras, guar. 4 p.c Do. New do., S p. c Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c Maria Antoma Do. do. New Namur di Liege (wit', interest) Do. (ex interent).... Do. do , C p. c, Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrtinkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Pori* and Orleans... Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Riga & Dunaburg is, at 801. per share... Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish ..... goyalSwedish ,lambre and Meuse_ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. h4cinde, guar. 5 p. c all all all all Do. iouthern of France St. Andrew's an Quebec 7We©t Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof . (Ix N. W I of Francs West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . 1 • 1141 .TAINT-STO I Austrainsta ~ 2i Bank of Egypt , 0 Bank of London 11 Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C 1' British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asir 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, ak China i(? City 5 Colonial Commercial of Lond. Eng. Soot. &Ans. Cht. Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australis. Ditto Nov foT..don and County:. Lnd. & E. Bnk g. Corp, (Jordon Joint Stock. London and Paris.... ;_ on d. & Westminste) National Pro.cf Eng Do. Naw c.. National of Bank New Sonth Oriental Bank 31 ilorporatlon• Ottoman Bank travincial of Irelanc Do. Now Aus B &Go C( Royal British......, ionth Australia UniGa of Australia Do. New Union of London .... Wotan Bk of Lone 7i -- vi 4- 5 11 2d 2 3 r 11 2 - 5} 53 2i - 2/1 36i 3Bi 13 - 14 . 22i - 231 2t - 2i 224 - 23 •M ••• 221 231 i 2 —14 b 841 i d 64i i x d 1031 I x d 1.6 i Isoi i i 80 x d 83 -85 6f - 69; 21 -22 - 4i 5i 241 - 243 2 - 2i, 99 - 101 118 - 122 118 - 123 110 - 112 •M - N• 6 - S AP. Pm 10 26i - 21 2 - 241 i - lip li - a 9R - 9i - 94 20 - 204 40 - 404 - 9r 53 -53 A 5 65 f - lipt 19i - 20, i - 1i 124 - 13 9i - 10 213 - 2i - ••• ... - pm 41 - 4 94 - 10 37 - 38 40i 1 21i 2 31 241 7 i i ii - 20 BANKS. 104 -- 105 P 1 68 - 70 i -1 p 14 bi 71 —• 73 • I, ..... 01.• 16/ - 174 21 - 22 1 - 2 p 1 - 3p 10 5 d ..• ...' •N ." .. .• 47 : 4 . 6 39 -40 i K - i *. ~, rN ..m. . 36 - 38 68 - 70 7h 8h 32i 2 32 11 49i 8 .2d London & N. West. Caledon... E. Un. E. C Gt. Nrtt n. E. Count. Caldonitu Do at. West!) Yk. New. & Borw. Y. &Nit Do Do S. ELstert Do I Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld Stekton & Darlingt. Midland En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... 1D0.., L. & N.W Do Gt North n Lancash & Yorksh. T. Braasey hf.3lClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGtWestn. berdeen Deben. . Do. 6 per cent. Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 0 Rlyth and Tyne 10 pe, c. pref. (issd. at 50/ Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St . Do. 4 p. c. Shares 'Caledonian £lO lhes. &Ho. Gn. 5 pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. PI ef. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.c ' /tin • Prth • & Aber. J. X, Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. o. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.R. Do, do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. ctfi E. kW. York. J. sth Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed, Prth.&Dun.4p.e Furness 100 - 102 16 - 17 di 51 6 66 107 - 100 - $ - 12i - 112 105 1p 5 2 ii. Was. &5.W.G.5 p.e Great Northn. 5 p. Do. 5 p. 0. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem Do, p.c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. tt 5 p. c. pm... 4t.N. of Scot. Ist Pre •it. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. Pref. S It. W.(13.&11.Ex5pc Do. con. red. 4 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irracl„ 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. firm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. a, Do. 6 p. c. Stock ~ f.eon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. d Nuneaton 5 p. et on.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... & Color. Sh . Londy. & Ennis. Sh L.,6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £ts Do. do. 34 per cent 111arypt.&Car1.4p e. Do. 4 per cent ,Do. do. 1i • - 119 110 - 112 103 - 105 63 - 65 10k - 10/ 6 - 6A 95 - 97 89 - 91 89 - 91 99 - 101 - l6l - 101 17i )0 - 73 -75 201 - 201 10k - 10 15i - lrj ,38 - 140 el. '" ••• o 111 ..... 64. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6pc Do. 4 p. c. Pref. S Ditto L. & H.Pref. St New., Aber., &e., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optu. till '66 Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. c. Stool: Do. 5 p. c. Est De. 54 per ct. pref... 1 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. E. Rem, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leods 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters ... Do. Yorkll. & Pur North Staffordshire. Ox,Wo.'zz,W.lsl6pe Do R. Pref. 10/. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pref South Devon Do. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p c sh S. Wales Gna. 4 p. c D. do. 44 p. c 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. p. 0. till July 1, '56 Watorfd. & Kilk. 6 p c ••• "'"" ••• .59 - 161 124 - 127 i - 4 66 - 68 ... - .., 136 - 188 99 - 101 S 9 - 91 li - lip [O5 -1(7 99 - 94 1 - •• -- ..• li id LOa no ii = ro 24i - 25 100 - 103 10 -10 j 27 28 2 - 3 p lid PREFERENCE SHARES. 97 -- 100 100 - 105 12 - 14 L 39 - 141 4 ... 4j ••• """ • • 27 - 29 [Oil -107 12/ 131 23. 244 Lla 111 21 - 21 911 - 95 57 5 l) - 9 - i 135 - 140 $ - 8 I - 20 32f -33 f 91 - 93 j btro Zbitton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Sept. 4.—The Preussische Correspon. dem informs its readers that, in conformity with a regulation made by the King in 1841 for the bien nial convocation of the provincial estates of this country, the Provincial Diets of Preussen, Posen, Silesia, Saxony, Westphalia, and Rht inland will be convoked on Oct. 5 for the despatch of business. For the provinces of Brandenburg and Pomerania the day of covocation remains to be fixed subse quently, with a view to meeting the conveni ence of the parties interested in the matters to be deliberated on. These provincial institutions for local legislation fell into disuetude at the time of the revolution of 1848, and it was the hope of the Liberal party that they had been definitively superseded by the parliamentary institution of the Legislative Chambers for the whole kingdom, seeing that they were the stronghold of a narrow, local spirit of provincial particularism, opposed to the progress of wider views of improvement and deve lopment, but in 1854 they were revived, mainly by the agency of the present Minister of the In terior, and seem now to have resumed their former place among the institutions of the country. The simultaneous existence, however, of the Diet of the whole kingdom, the two Chambers, prevents the local spirit of the provincial estates influencing any other than mere local legislation, and they seem to occupy now about the same place iu the Prussian polity that the grand juries of the counties do in ours. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Mr. Chidley, the solicitor to the petitioning creditor, now applied to open that petition, and proceed to adju dication in the usual form, the case having been balloted to Mr. Commissioner Holroyd. His Honour suggested that the case should be ad journed until Monday next, and heard before Mr. Hol royd ; but Mr. Chidley was instructed to press his application. His Honour said that, in that case, he would hear the application in a private room. Mr. Chidley, as the solicitor to the petitioning creditor, was entitled to have the meeting, but the proceedings were private up to the choice of assignees. Several gentlemen representing shareholders expressed a desire to be present. His Honour said that perhaps Mr. Chidley would not object. Mr. Chidley said that at present he could not cor sent. His Honour said that any application to be allowed to be present must be made to him, in the private room, when he would decide. The parties then retired. In the event of the adjudication taking place, of which there can be little doubt, Mr. Johnstone, the messenger of the curt, wilt immediately place his assistants in possession at all the different places of business. TEE DESTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH TAMAR MINES. The unfortunate destruction of the South Tamar Mines by the breaking in of the River Tamar, has been the engrossing subject of conversation in mining circles, and although it has been resolved to obtain the advice of an engineer as to the prat• ticability of stopping the hole in the bed of the river, the general opinion is that the mine is irre deemably destroyed, and the realisation of the assets the most desirable movement on the part of the shareholders. A few months since, the silver lead ores discovered and laid open in the mine were valued at 80,0001., the greater part of which is consequently lost. At the time the water broke in, 120 tons were lying broken undergronnd, and ready to be brought to surface. On examining the accounts, it would appear that after paying the last month's cost the cash and ore bills in hand will leave 2,0001. to the credit of the shareholders, ex clusive of ores and halvans at surface, and the machinery, which consists of five steam-engines on East Tamar, timber, erections, Jac., the whole of which cannot have cost the shareholders less than 20,0001., but which is not likely to realise half that amount, the pitwork being entirely lost. The South Tamar Mine formed part of the old Beeralston, worked in the time of Queen Anne, and yielding very large quantities of silver. Of late years, the richest workings have been under the river. The present company was formed eight or nine years ago, in 9,000 shares, at 9s. each, and the calls afterwards were 17s. 6d. per share, making 11. 6s. 6d. per share paid up by the shareholders, or less than 10,0001., whilst the mine at one period stood at a market value of 101. per share. or 90,0001. The outlay for machinery, plant, do., and for opening out the mine in a proper manner has been very great in deed, and all paid out of the produce of the mine (with the exception of the small sum paid up by the shareholders, as before mentioned), and 31,9591. have been divided as profit amongst the adventurers, the first dividend, of 4,500/., having been paid in 1852 ; in 1853, 6,7501. ; 1854, 10,125/. ; in 11855, 6,075/. ; and in the early part of the pre sent year 4,5001. The ores of the mine were rich for silver.—Mining Journal. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. 6.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 5.--Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Melody, from Buenos Ayres ; Margaret and Ann, Quebec. The American ship Ocean Home, from Rotterdam, for New York, was in collision off the Lizerd, with the Cherubim, from New York to London, and sunk. FALMOUTH, Sept. 5.--Wind E.S.E., strong.—Arrived —Dan,r.from Santos ; Augusta, Hartlepool, for Liverpool, to stop a leak. Off the port—American ship Margaret, from Havana, for St. Petersburg; Energy, Quebec. SHIELDS, Sept. s.—Wind S.—Sailed—Epaminondas, for Bombay. STARCROSS, Sept. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—John Brown, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Sept. s.—Sailed—Alma, from St. John's, N. 8.; City of London, Quebec. Wind SE. (PER ELEOTRIO TEL:I:GRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Leicester, from Bombay; Little Dorrit, Prince Edward Island; Philadelphia, Now York; Admiral Lyons, Quebec. Off—Governor, from Cuba. Sailed—San Jose, for Corunna; Sultana, New York ; Amelia, Dunkirk; Jorgen Brunckhorst, Constantinople. DUBLIN, Sept. 5. Wind S. Arrived—Calima. and Burmab, from St. John's, N.B. ; Indus, Miramichi ; Infanta, Rotterdam. Wind SSE. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 4. Arrived -Affghan, from Richibuctoo; John Richards, St. John's. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELESRAPB.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.10 a.m. Wind E , tide 4 hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived--Kielmansegge, from Harburg; Tiger, Tonning; Alexander, Konigsburg ; James Moorhouse, Rotterdam; Brilliant, St. Stephen's ; William, transport steamer, Xerteh ; Giraffe, steamer, Rotterdam. Sailed—Minna, for Malta; Golden Fleece, Algoa Bay. DEAL, Saturday, 9.57 a.m. , Wind S.E. ; fresh. Passed—Ocean Wave, from Memel, for Llanelly. LIGHTING OP ST. MAEGARET'S CHURCHYARD. —0 wing to the frequency of garrtte robberies in St. Margaret's churchyard the attention of the parochial authorities was directed to the fact, that many of them were occa sioned by the want of proper lights in the neighbour hood. In consequence of this intimation, workmen were yesterday busily engaged in erecting numerous gas lamps across the yard. Advices from Elsinore of Aug. 31, mention that on that day four Russian vessels of war anchored off there, coming from Archangel ; they were long three-masted schooners, that had been built in Archangel, and were on their way to Cronstadt to take in their engines and full complement of guns, and where they will also be fitted with screws. Several more vessels of the same class are expected shortly to pass through the Shund bound from their building yards in Archangel to their port of completien, Cronstadt. MELBOURNE AND B.OBSON'S BAT.-At the ordinary meeting of this company, held in Melbourne, for the half-year ending the 30th of April last, a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum was declared. The capital account to the 30th of April showed that 189,3161. had been expended on the main line, and 4,1181. cn the St. Kilda branch. The general balance-sheet showed a total of 207,2601., including 167,3651. received on shares, 27,082/, on loan, 3,889/. claims against the emnpany, and 8,923/. balance of revenue. On the other side of the account appeared 189,3161. expended on the main line, 4,1181. on the St. Kilda branch, 1,5201. claims due to the company, 2001. cash in hand, and 12,1081. esti mated value of stores. The revenue account for the six months ending the 30th of April, 1856, showed that 21,3061. had been received, including 9,5381. for passengers, 1,0721. for parcels, and 10,1451. for mer chandise. The expenditure amounted to 11,2161., leaving a balance of 10,0901. To this sum was added 12,7761., the balance on the 31st of October, 1355, making a disposable sum of 52,867/. Out of this was deducted 12,4041. for dividend at the rate of 8 per cent., 1,5401. interest on loan, leaving a balance of 8,9231. The proceedings concluded with a vote of hanks to the directors. --- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—Robert Taylor, a young man in the service of Mr. H. Rodel, bookseller, No. 21, Old Bond street, was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with embezzling several sums of money received for and on account of his master. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was a messenger in the employ of the prosecutor, and it was his duty to collect in moneys, and regularly to account to him for the sums collected. This the prisoner neglected to do, and absconded from his employ about a month ago. This circumstance excited prosecutor's suspicion, and on making inquiry he discovered that the prisoner had been receiving several small sums of money on his (prosecutor's) account. Prosecutor was only prepared with one case, and the person from whom the prisoner received a sovereign was now present. Madame Bonnecourt, 23, Newport-street, stated that she was a tenant of prosecutor's. About a month ago prisoner called upon her for the rent due, and she then paid him a sovereign, for which he gave her a receipt. The prisoner said he admitted receiving the money and spending it. This made him afraid to return to the prosecutor. The prosecutor said the prisoner was a well-educated young man, and although there were other cases against him he would not press the charge against him with severity, as he (prosecutor) thought the present affair would be a warning to him for the future. The prisoner was then sentenced to three months' im prisonment with hard labour. THAMES. DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.—Thomas Nutter, a tall young man, who gave his address No. 7, Bell-lane, Spitalfields, and who is known to be an associate of thieves, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with bur glariously breaking and entering the premises of Mr. Thomas Bevan, general dealer, No. 35, Lambeth•streEt, White°'lapel, and stealing therefrom three hams, 3,/lbs. of tobacco, 16Ibs. of tea, and other property, and 2/. 15s. in money. Mr. Bevan said his premises had been broken into in the course of the night, and the property and money stated in the charge-sheet carried away. The thieves effected an entrance by bending the stout iron bar which secured the shutters outside the shop, and then slipping a shutter from its place, and taking out a pane of glass. Mr. Selfe.—That must have taken some time, and made a good deal of noise. Mr. Bevan supposed so. The thieves took everything of any value in the shop. I secured the plate, as I thought, safely last night. James Hoare, a police constable, No. 178, then stated that ho was on duty in Fashion-street, Spitalfields, this morning, about half.past three o'clock, Ind saw the pri soner carrying something bulky in a sack. He asked the prisoner what he had got in the sack, to which he replied " Nothing." He opened the sack and found in it the two large hams produced, weighing together 401135. He asked the prisoner where he obtained the hams, and he at first said his father gave them to him in Bolt court, Spittalfields ; but on reaching the station he said he bought the two hams of a man opposite Whitechapel Church, at two o'clock in the morning. Mr. Bevan Lientified the hams, and said he lost a third, which was " in cut." Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner until Thursday next. REFORMING TEE YOUNG.—James Kelly, an Irish boy, aged 13, was brought up on remand before Mr. Sells, charged with stealing a quartern loaf from a baker's shop. The charge was clearly made out, and it was stated by the boy's father, a coalwhipper, that he had three other children to support, that his earnings were 128. per week only, and that the prisoner was a very bad boy, whom he could not reclaim. Mr. Selfe—What religion is the boy 1 The Father—He is a Roman Catho!ie. Mr. Selfe—Then I can provide for his reformation, and I am sorry there is no reformatory school established in the county of Middlesex for Protestant juvenile offenders. I sentence the boy to be imprisoned for three weeks, and kept to hard labour, and that he be after wards sent to the Roman Catholic Reformatory School, at Brook•green, Hammersmith, and detained there fur three years. He will be educated in the Reformatory School, and his morals attended to. I also adjudge the father to pay is. per week towards the expenses of his maintenance in the school. The Roman Catholic Re formatory School in Hammersmith has already received a great number of juvenile delinquents, and it is a mat ter of surprise the Protestant clergy and gentry in Mid dlcsex have not established a similar institution. SOUTH WATtK. STEALING A HORSE AND CART AND FIVE HUNDRED GUANO BAGS.— William Maynard, a young fellow about 20 years of age, was brought before Mr. Combo for final examination, charged with stealing a horse and cart worth 601., and about five hundred guano bags, the property of Edward Goodwin, guano dealer, 15, Swan street, Bermondsey. The prosecutor stated that on Monday list he em ployed the prisoner to remove a large quantity of guano in bags from his premises in Pontine-street, Bermond sey, to his premises, and on the same night he saw the horse and cart and the empty bags safe at 15, Swan street. On the fullowing morning he found that the place had been entered, and the horse and cart, with all the guano bags, gone. Information was given to the police, and the latter were traced to the possession of Mr. Williams, a rag-dealer in East lane, where they had been sold by the prisoner. The horse and cart, with the harness, were afterwards discovered in a back yard in the same neighbourhood. Thomas Bunby, foreman to the prosecutor, said he locked up the horse and cart safely on Monday evening, and at ten on the following morning he perceived that the staple bad been withdrawn from the stable door, and the horse and cart stolen. Robert Wildman, rag and metal dealer, of East-lane, Wal worth, said that on Monday night the prisoner came to his premises with Mr. Goodwin's horse and cart, laden with old guano bags. The prisoner said his matter sent him to eell them, as he was giving up business. Witness, believing that his story was true, as he had Mr. Goodwin's horse and cart, purchased the bags at the market value, and sold the greater portion on Tues. day morning to Mr. Eastwood, rag dealer, Marylebone lane, Oaford•street. Witness produced some of the bags he purchased of the prisoner, which Mr. Goodwin iden tified as his property. Joseph Calf, a dustman, of Bird's-buildings, East lane, said he knew the prisoner. He brought the horse and cart to his premises, requesting to leave it for a short time until his mate came back. The prisoner did not return, consequently witness went to Mr. Goodwin, and gave him information about his property. Henry Hunt, 34 M, said he took the prisoner into custody in a public-house, quite drunk. When he was sober he told him what he was charged with, and he did not deny it. Witness then went to Wildman's, and afterwards to Eastwood's, where be found all the guano bags. Mr. Combe ordered the depositions to be taken, and fully committed the prisoner for trial. ...••••=ll MORTLAKE ANNUAL REGATTA.—This regatta will take place, under the management of Mr. F. Godfrey,. on Wednesday, the 17th inst., in the vicinity of his house, the Queen's Head. There will be several matches for prizes given by the inhabitants of Mortlake and East Sheen, and the sports will wind up with the old-fashioned race in a washing-tub, drawn by geese. TEE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Fri day. —Th e royal mail ship Marco Polo, belonging to Messrs. Jas. Baines and Co.'s " Black Ball " line, left Liverpool to day, for Melbourne, at one o'clock, with the fortnightly mails, 513 passengers, and a large cargo. The Acadia, belonging to the "Mersey" line of packets, is to sail at ten o'clock to-morrow morning, for Melbourne. She takes a mail and 160 passengers. The Sydenham, be longing to the " Black Star" line, is announced to sail to-morrow evening, for Melbourne. She will also take out 4 1 mail, THE IRON MANUFACTURE AND MB. BESSEMER'S INVENTION. (From the Birmingham Journal.) In order that those whose studies or svocations have left them unacquainted with the general nature of the iron manufacture may the better comprehend the exact bearings of a process, which is exciting an attention un psralleled in modern times, we will give such a brief sketch of the process of manufacturing iron as will en able them, generally at all events, to estimate the im portance of Mr. Bessemer's invention. The extraction of iron from the ore is effected by a process, the general principles of which are very simple. First, the ore is roasted ; that is to say, it is made into heaps with coal, and ignited ; the carbonic acid and water cf the mineral are driven off, and the ore is left in a porous state, favourable to the subsequent processes. We may regard the roasted ore as an impure oxide of iron, containing, of course, all the earthy matter, and what ever was not volatile in the native mineral. If we re flect for a moment on what we have to accomplish in order to obtain the iron from this compound, we shall soon be able to devise the means of doing it. We have iron combined with oxygen, and we wish to separate the latter from the former, so as to leave the metal free. How shall we accomplish this ? Clearly only by pre senting something to the compound which has a higher affinity for oxygen than iron has. What is this ? It is charcoal or carbon. This element, so inert at ordinary temperatures as to be the most imperishable of things, assumes, when heated strongly, an affinity for oxygen more powerful than that of any other known substance ; and there are few metallic oxides which do not yield oxy gen to carbon at an elevated temperature, and thus libe rate the metal in a reguline or metallic state. This pro• cess of depriving metallic oxides of their oxygen is called reduction, and the reduction of the ores of iron, copper, lead, zinc, &c., consists mainly in heating them, after suitable preparation with carbon, and thereby deoxidis ing them. To reduce the iron, then, we have only to heat it with charcoal. But since the ore contains a large quantity of earthy matter, the particles of iron when reduced would be held in this porous earthy mass like water in a sponge, and although reduced, the metal would remain in an unavailable form. How can we separate the metal from the earthy matter I Not by mechanical but by chemical means. If we mix with the ore something which will form a readily fusible cora -1 pound with the earthy matter, that earthy matter will liquefy, and the particles of melted iron will fall through the liquid, and collect together into a mass. Lime is used for this purpose. It is as though a sponge filled with water dissolved on the application of a gentle heat, the water in the sponge forming the lower stratum, and the matter of the sponge itself a light oily liquid, floating on the water. Our readers will now have a general notion of the process which they see carried on so ex tensively in the neighbouring iron districts. Into huge towers, which stud the country, day and night, and from year's end to year's end, toiling engines pour thousands of tons of the materials we have enumerated —iron ore, coke, and lime. Blast engines force streams of compressed air into the ignited materials, and the mass slowly sinking in the tower, melts into two strata, the one the slag, the other the iron. The former flows off from an upper opening, and the latter is drawn off at intervals from holes made in the lower part of the fur nace. The molten metal is conducted along channels made in sand, and slowly filling rough moulds connected with these channels gradually solidifies and constitutes the pig iron of commerce. The coke, we have seen, constitutes both the fuel from which the necessary heat is produced, and the reducing agent, by which the oxide of iron is deoxidised ; the lime makes the earthy matter fusible, and enables the iron to separate itself there from. The method of manufacture we have roughly described produces iron, but not pure iron ; that has never been produced but by the chemist, and but few eyes have ever seen it. The iron produced is cast iron, which consists mainly of iron, but is contaminated with a great variety of impurities, from which it is difficult to free it. In the reduction of iron from its ore, although we obtain a product containing perhaps 05 per cent, of iron, the remaining 5 per cent. consists of a long array of foreign ingredients, all existing in one form of combination in the materials employed ; these have been so affected during the reduction of the iron as to have assumed a state in which they could combine with iron, and hence we discover that the iron drawn from the furnace is in variably contaminated with them. Although small in quantity, the effect which these impurities have upon the physical properties of the iron is truly wonderful. One per cent. of phosphorus, or a scarcely less propor tion of sulphur, has a most prejudicial effect upon the iron containing it. The principal element which, in the blast furnace, enters into combination with iron, is car bon or charcoal. The metal is capable of combining with 5 per cent. of its weight of carbon, and many kinds of oast iron contain nearly this quantity. Steel is a compound of iron and carbon, containing less carbon than cast•iron ; and the production of steel from cast iron is simply the removal of a portion of the carbon. If cast•iron from the blast furnace consisted of iron and carbon only, the production of steel and wrought iron therefrom would be easily effected ; but cast iron contains, besides iron and carbon, the following impuri ties, some or all of them ; silicon, sulphur, phosphorus ; and in minute quantity, aluminum, calcium, and potas sium. The conversion of cast iron into wrought iron consists in the removal of these impurities. This purifi cation consists in the ordinary manufacture, in submit ting the iron to the action of air, and also to a mechani cal kneading and squeesing process ; these are effected in the refinery and in puddling ; and it is these processes which Mr. Bessemer proposes to supersede by his in vention. The impurities in cast iron consists of substances, all of which combine with oxygen at a high temperature ; carbon forming carbonic acid ; sulphur, sulphurous acid ; phosphorus, phosphoric acid ; silicon, silicic acid (silica, or the matter of sand); aid so of the rest. Now the exposure of cast iron to heat and air (containing oxygen) is sufficient to cause the substances to form oxygen compounds, either volatile or easily fusible, and incapable of entering into combination with metallic iron. But since these impurities are diffused in small quantity through the mass of the iron, it is with great difficulty that air can be brought to act upon them. This, how ever, is done efficiently, but at great trouble, fiat in the refinery, and afterwards more completely in the puddling process. The melted cast iron is'exposed in the refinery to a strong heat, in contact with air, and a large propor tion of the carbon contained in the iron is burned off, as carbonic oxide ; the silicon becomes oxidised as silicic acid (silica), and the iron also oxidising, supplies a base (oxide of iron), with which the silicic acid combines. This compound constitutes the slag, which is formed in the process. The action of the slag itself upon the im purities yet contained in the iron is a most interesting chemical phenomenon, and will be noticed hereafter. Where a very superior iron is required, charcoal is used in this process instead of coke ; and the iron so made is called "charcoal iron." The impurities contained in ordinary coke are in part communicated to the iron, and injure its quality. The minute details of the refinery we need.not describe. The iron thus partially purified is next puldled. It is fused on the bed of a reverberatory furnace and vigor ously stirred about, so as to expose it to the action of the air ; oxygen is rapidly absorbed, and the gaseous car• bonic oxide formed escapes in bubbles, giving the ap pearance of boiling, and burning at the surface with a blue flame. As the carbon is burned off, the fusibility of the mass diminishes, and although the heat is in el-cased as the process proceeds, the molten metal passes from a fluid to a spongy semi-fluid mass. The fearful labour of the puddler now commences. He approaches the furnace almost in a state of nudity, and on the end of an iron bar collects from the bed of the furnace as much iron a 3 he can lift. This ball, or bloom, he swings through the air under a forge hammer, or other compressing nrichine. The blows at first crush the soft mass like dough, sending out showers of sparks, and squeezing liquid drops from the interior of the metal. The ball cools, the blows of the hammer now ring, the fire shower grows faint, and the liquid drops are re placed by scaly masses, which fall from the now almost solid metal. The kneading process is continued by passing the metal between rolls, in the grooves of which it is drawn out and compressed ; it is doubled up and rolled, and heated and doubled up, and rolled again. Have you ever seen, as you have travelled by railway or otherwise at night, the mouth of a black furnace opened on a sudden sending a ray, as of sunlight, athwart the sky, and disclosing something within, so blinding white, so blasting bright," that the eye closed involuntarily I If you returned leisurely to the sight, you observed half naked men darting across the light beams, their motions seemingly more capricious and more sudden than the dancing images in a phantasma goria. In a stray beam of the quivering light, you see now and then the heavy rocking head of the steam en gine, and the greasy teeth of the cogwheels shoot by, brighter than rows of pearls or falling water drops; the blows of the forge hammer shake the earth, and th e whirring of the wheels make you giddy. What i s a ll this I It is puddling ; the conversion of cast-iron into wrought-iron. The metal so obtained is not pure, but it is sufficiently so for commercial purposes. It contains car b on , s il icon , and other impurities ; but in quantities so mi n ute as not to affect its physical properties materially. It is a curious fact, worth here noting, that some of those im purities which it in a most p ern i c i ous e ff ect upon i ron , do not injure in direct proportion to their quantity, but preserve their inj ur i ous act i on d own t o a cer t a i n point only, and below that proportion appear to be wholly inoperative. The elimination of carbon, and the ether impurities contained in cast-iron, and its consequent conversion into wrought-iron, takes place by virtue of that beau tiful chemical process called cementation ' • a process in which a chemical change is propagated through a solid or nearly solid body from the exterior inwards, or the reverse. This process is beautifully illustrated by the annealing of cast-iron, or the production of malleable iron articles, so largely practised in Birmingham and its neighbourhood. Small articles made of cast iron are imbedded in powdered peroxide of iron, and heated for many hour?, or days. The oxygen in the oxide of iron combines with the carbon of the cast iron, and withdraws it; in short, burns the carbon. This removal of the carbon, commencing at the surface, gradually proceeds inwards, until the whole substance of the article has been decarbonised, and the cast-iron converted into soft wrought-iron, without the article having changed its form. The converse takes place in the ma nufacture of steel. In this case, the wrought-iron is heated with carbon, and the combination of the latter with the former, commencing at the surface, slowly penetrates the aims. In precisely the same way are the carbon and other impurities removed from cast-iron, iu its conversion into wrought•iron ; the slag containing oxide of iron playing a most important part. The air can only act super ficially on a large mass of fused iron, even when it is kept in motion ; but the oxide formed superficially is mixed with the metal, and yields oxygen to the owben _ MINES, &gaa ?rift —. Amglo Californian kustralian Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blienar. Iron & Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp.(iesued at £5 pm.) I Do. Cocaes ,St Do. St. John Del Ra 3 Clarendon Cone. MM Co. of Jamaica 'Cobra Copper !Colonial Gold 'Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo . Fortuna Gene-tal Gt.NuggetVeinßog. Great Polgooth IR Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares. 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The silicon becomes converted into silica, which dissolves more oxide, and tli carbon into carbonic oxide, which bubbles, and burns se described. During the puddling and hammering, or shingling, and piling of the iron, the slag is first tho roughly incorporated with, an'3, having effected its worki squeezed from the mass of the iron. Can these imPuritlesCOQji;a — without this labour, time, and fuel ? The production of wrought-iron direct from the ore can unquestionably be effected, and where wool charcoal can be employed in place of mineral fuel, perhaps economically. It is commonly done in the bloomery forges of America, and the Catalan forges of the Pyrenees ; and these processes are but ameliorations of the earliest and rudest methods of making iron. Mr. Bessemer proposes to effect the same object by the use of air alone. Ile forces air into the fused cast-iron in large quantity ; the temperature rises very high, and the iron is said to be converted into wrought iron. The heat produced is thought to arise from the combustion of the carbon, the whole of which, together with the other impurities, is removed. It is surprising th a t th e carbon, the maximum quantity of which is five per cent., should burn so rapidly as to produce the great heat described ; and we wait anxiously for such ac cura t e experiments as shall prove that the iron itself is no t largely oxidised. It will also be most interesting both to the manufacturer and the chemist to learn that the slag can be perfec.ly removed from the mass of the iron without resorting to the mechanical treatment we have described. We can readily imagine tbat Mr. Bessemer may reduce the percentage of carbon so low by his pro cess as to make the iron approximate in composition to steel. This has been done three-quarters of a century ago ; and the patent lists show that from 1771 to the present day scores, probably, of patents have been taken out for making steel direct front the ore. To effect this, however, is to do but little ; what is wanted is not steel of an indifferent quality, but iron, from which the car bon has been so far removed as to leave the metal malle able. We can readily believe that Mr. Bessemer's pro cess will expedite the manufacture of wrought iron ; but extended experiments are required to show that he can dispense with the mechanical methods at present in use. Especially important, too, is it that accurate chemical analysis should be resorted to, to show the composition of this iron, and to prove that the new process will truly purge it of sulphur and phosphorus, as we under. stand Mr. Bessemer to say it will—elements, the pre- sence of 1 per cent. of which is fatal to the quality of the iron. It would be scarcely possible by written descrip tion merely to make the mechanical contrivances iotal. ligible which Mr. Bessemer describes in the specification of bis patent. It will suffice to say that they consist of contrivances for effecting a rapid and complete action of air on the iron—to do, in short, more effectually that which is already done in the refinery furnace. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE MAYNOOTH DIFFICULTY. A Dublin Derbyite journal (the Express) has hit upon a plan for settling the Maynooth difficulty, and, as a consequence, healing the sores which have sprung up in the body politic of the once healthy Conservative party. It is so simple that the writer only wonders that it has never occurred to any one before. Here is the solution of the riddle which has so long perplexed the brains of Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Spooner, and their followers and admirers : " We would apply to Maynooth the principle con• tended for by the Church Education Society—the prin ciple, namely, that the State should supply the means of a sound secular education, leaving each church or deno mination perfectly free to impart religious instruction in its own way, both to its clergy and its laity, the secu lar education being subject to strict - Government in spection, to see that the Parliamentry grant is honestly applied to its proper object, and no other. It is un questionably for the benefit of the country that the Irish priests should receive a liberal education. This they cannot obtain without a State endowment. Then let Maynooth have a staff of professors like those of the Queen's Colleges to give the scientific and literary part of the education, and let there be also a staff of theological professors, paid by the Roman Catholics themselves out of their own funds, or out of the fees of the students. In this way the Protestants of the United Kingdom would get rid of the painful responsibility under which they now labour in regard to the religious teaching of Maynooth. If the same principle were car ried out in the National schools, and in all intermediate endowment schools', and if, on this just principle of per fect freedom and equality, the Church E location So ciety's Schools got their fair share of the public grant, the❑ we believe the vexed question of education in this country would be satisfactorily and finally settled, We therefore earnestly submit this solution of the difficulty to the candid consideration of our contempt)• raries, and of the statesmen on both sides who have taken part in the discussion of the Maynooth question in Parliament." THE FINALE OF THIS NENAGH MITTINY. The charge preferred against the officers of the Tipperary Militia, embodied in the general order of Lord Seaton read at the disembodiment of the re giment on Monday, has, of course, excited an angry feeling among the parties implicated. The official rebuke has already drawn forth the following letter from the Adjutant of the corps, addressed to the local journal (the Nenagh Guardian) : " No efficient measures, however, appear' to have been adopted to restore the discipline of the regiment, mr do the influence and control that officers should have bad in their reepective companies seem to have been zealously exercised in endeavouring to remove the alleged causes of complaint, nor sufficient exertion made to explain the militia regulations is respect to the cloth ing and bounty.' " Sir,—The above is an extract of a letter from the Deputy-Adietant-General in Ireland, real to our regi ment on disembodiment yesterday, and as that corps have, I regret to say, pined an unfortunate notoriety, I feel sure the above paragraph will give a handle (if un contradicted) to the many who wish to cast a slur on the officers, and thereby save Government from the con sequences of their own folly in attempting to save a few paltry pounds. " Now, to review my text in detail. It is first stated —it is to be presumed, on the report, of Colonel Irwin's Court, 'no efficient measures' were adopted to restore 'discipline.' The outbreak took place, and 'discipline' was at an end in a few minutes, and every endeavour that men could make was made by the officers and the well-disposed non-commissioned officers of the regi ment. I admit that the step by which Colonel Irwin thought it might be suppressed was not taken. It is au old saying, ' the best hurler is on the ditch,' and it is easy to talk, but I should much like to have seen Colonel Irvyin endeavour to arrest the ringleaders on that morning. Had he done so, I be lieve ho never would have lived to ha President of the Court of Inquiry. It is a very fine thing to state that we (the officers) did not sufficiently exert our 'in fluence' to explain the militia le gulations regarding bounty' and clothing.' It is hard to explain things that are not. No intimation reached the corps as to what the men were to get on disembodiment until after the mutiny had taken place ; aye, and been heard of at the Horse Guards, too ; and up to this moment there is a circular which has never reached this regiment even yet, which was beard by us, for the first time, when read by the counsel for the defence in the recent trials before the civil power. As to exertions, I can only say that for 36 hours the officers were with the men, accompanying them all night at great personal risk, and suoceeded, I believe, in saving a great portion of the property which the rabble of the town were wishing to destroy under cloak of the mutiny of our men. "I think, Sir, that you, and all other editors, ought to insist on the whole proceedings of that court of in quiry being published, and let the world, who have heard imputations cast on the officers of our regiment, also see and judge for themselves on the evidence adduced before that Court as to whether we are guilty of the charge of deserting our men,' until actually called, as I was, to lead them against her Majesty's troops. Hoping that, in common fairness, other journals will copy this letter, "I remain your obedient servant, "J. G. HORT, Captain, "Tipperary Light Infantry. "Nenagh, Sept. 2." The concluding ceremonies and arrangement& previous to the dispersion of the corps on Monday are thus described by the Nenagh paper : "The usual formalities—such as the calling over the names of the iegimeuts, nominating the permanent staff, &c.—were then gone through ; after which the men were marched in companies into their respective rooms to have their accounts settled and to receive their allow. antes. Before separating they gave three hearty and stentorian cheers for 'Gallant Tipperary.' Each elan got 255. id. This included 10s. balance of bounty for 1856, 14s. gratuity for 14 days from disembodiment of regiment, and is. id. pay and liquor money for last Sep tember. In addition the men received marching-money at the rate of 41 each for every clear 10 miles they 110 to travel to reach their homes, if in the country ; if out of it, they got to the nearest point to their homes on the borders of the county. For every woman 'legally' married, marching money at the rate of lid. per mile was given, and, if she had children, ld. per mile was granted for each child. As the wen were paid off they left the barrack in the most peaceable and orderly man ner, and all seemed well satis fi ed. Having doffed the old regimentals, such of them as still wore the last rem. rants of the soldier's garb—many of them havinq had to purchase clothes beforehand for want of something to shelter them from the weather —and substituted in their stead the more comfortable apparel of the civilian, they took their departure for their several homes." The mortality in the penitentiary establishments of Saxony is described by the Emancipation of Brussels as terrible. LIVERrOOL DOCKS.—The annual statement of the accounts bas jn-t been issued by the Liverpool Dock C om mittee. Under the heading "tonnage and light dues " it appears that there have been received during June 23, 148 , 9771 . on foreie,n sailing ships 15,9701. on forei gn s t eamers ; 9 , 9321. on coas t the sailing-ships ; 17,8561. on coast.steamers ; on vessels to and from Runcorn, 8231. ; making in all 193,5591. re ceived under that head. The amount of dock-dues on goods entered inwards was 119,8791., and on goods en tered outwards 32,5891. The other amounts received and entered in the revenue account—on account of graving -docks, 152,4621.; graving -blocks, 2,546/. ; extra dock rent, 2,3241. ; Albert Dock warehouses, 19,000/. ; Stanley Dock warehouses, 5,000/. ; rents of property, 13,9231. ; miscellaneous (canal rates, cranes, weights, and scales, damages, weighing machines, dock stages, &c.), 11,0751.; interest allowed in ba nk account, 4,7411. ; less commission, 1,285/.-3, 4561 . ; ma king a grand t o t a l of receipts on revenue account of 431,5251, for the year. 1 ~ 1. ~. all all all 100 18j Bt. St. St. 25 1100 all 1011 too too II 00 00 all all 40 5 St 25 an all all an 10 28i 1 1 1 all all all all 12a 23 i dB