The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

AIONEI MARKET ./'ND C ITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is no alteration to report in the appearance of the Money Market, the inquiries being moderate, while the quotations still exhibit a downward ten den ty. About £82,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of I st ; E'agland yesterday. No change of importance was exhibited in the st foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Gold is now 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 9-10ths per cent, higher here than in Hamburg. It was announced yesterday afternoon that Messrs. Scott and Wright, engaged in the woollen st( trade, had suspended payment, with liabilities esti- 8 1 1`, niated at from £40,000 to £45,000. et( At the half-yearly meeting of the General Steam st Navigation Company a dividend at the rate of 10 :11 per cent. per annum was declared. ( st The half-yearly dividend on the Stat e o f G eorg i a s u 6 per Cent. Sterling Bonds has been announced for Payment on the 2d prox. et( The Scinde Railw a y C om p an y h ave determined st( st( upon making a further issue for the remaining sum etc of £167,000, requ i re d t o comp l e t e t h e original 1 .t( amount of £500,000 auth or i se d a t a mee ti ng o f pro- et( prietors in March 1860. The Secretary for India 8 1 1( has sanctioned the issue of debentures for this residue bearing 5 per cent., and a preference is to be given 8 ta to the shareholders of the company at the rate of 8 4 one share for every £l2O stock. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and the recent advance 8 1! Was well maintained. The sales amounted to 15,000 st( bales. It i s a remar k a bl e f ac t t h at l ast week no less than 15,000 bales of Surat cotton were sent from Li verpool to New York. 1( 3 The third series of public sales of Colonial Wool for the present year, which commenced on the 18th etc July, termi na t e d yes t er d ay a f ternoon , th e quantity etc offered amounted to 86,076 bales, of which about at ` half consisted of Sydney and Port Philip produce. 5 , 1 , The attendance of home dealers was la rge , but 2 limited of foreign until the close, when a better :lc tone was apparent. Prices, compared with those etc realised at the previous auctions, showed a decline 19; Of 2d. to 3d. per lb., except upon the very superior etc descriptions. The En g li s h St oc k M ar k e t con ti nues tole ra bly I 2 active, and at the commencement of business in- etc creased buoyancy was apparent, but a reaction has etc Si nce taken place, owing to several speculati ve sales. i Consols have been 921 1 for money, and 921 a for 1 the account, but they are now 921 8 and 921 re sPectively. The New Threes and the Reduced are et ! 4 rrn at 9281; Exchequer Bills, March, are 2s. to 18 • dis., ditto June, 4s. to 6s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 103/ 1. et( A fair amount of business has been transacted st( il l Foreign Securities, and prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 78; 79; ditto 18 58, 69 4 ; Mexican are flat at 211 4 ; and sty Spanish at 491 ; Chilian 41 per Cents. have et. Proved to 821 ; Russian 5 per Cents. to 1021 ; ditto 4 1 per Cents. are steady at 901; and the 3 per Cents. are 611. The preparations for the half monthly account are St la operation in the Railway Share Market ; and :1 prices, in most instances, show increased firmness. si Ea stern Counties and South Easter n h ave improved - 8 ; Caled on i an , G reat W estern, Brighton, North w ° I . ° stern, Midlands, and West Midl an d s , 10 s . ; an d L ancashire and Yorkshire, £l. The Foreign and Colonial Markets continued moderately active, without, however, any material "'teat in val ues . D u t c h Rh en i s h b rought 141 ; "'teat Luxembourg, 81 I; and South Austrian s ' n a id Lombardo-V ene ti an , 171. G rea t W estern are :1' 4 ,4 at 91 1; East India a t 1011 ; an d G rea t I n di a ' e llinsula improved to 981 981. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares Et \ - e remained in limited request without any m aterial alt era ti on i n pr i ces. L on d on and West izster realise 661; Oriental Bank, 50,1- a ; Crystal Pal ace Stock, 331 7 an d P en i nsu l ar and Oriental 8 ' Stea m New Shares, 42. a BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1 1 At er ~Cent. Consols Annuities I ndia 7 0 Stock per Cent. Annuities 92 . 1 2 1 . 1 ,t0 5 per Cent. Dit-vitco Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — 5 per Cent. to 5± per Cent. bitto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto B fi nds £l,OO0 1 5 59 nooitto under £l,000 India for Ac coun t, S ept. 1 0 ... 924 4 4 4 ` lB . Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1034 2d. . June 31 zehecitter Bills, £l,OOO, 2d Mar. 2 1 p die day. 4 6 pm.c t 4-', D.tto £ 5OO 2 1 die 6pm D itto Small FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. „ C an 6 per Cent couitto 44 per Cent B2l 4 1 e l atentals. 5 per Cent 64 I t an 3 per Cent 214 I t tto Account Ussian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO2l Ditto 44 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859.. tirnish 3 per Cent. .. k ish 6p er Cent Ditto Loan u itto £lOO Bonds 1, a ,.. Dividends on the above payabl e i n L ondon. ' 4 Nr4n Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 84 TWO O'CLOCK. et:ll We Money Ditto Account THE WEATHER. LA.TIIEB. EXPECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. Fine, variable, light breezes. South-westerly, moderate. Light, variable, fine. Settled fino; variable breezes. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS North Britain Ireland East Coaat South England ___,............. ........un..4 a. L,3 111 8 Day, W„een 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. ......_ 7, . m. N'ai ss- --- Ab e • • •• ** 29133 64 61 S.W. 2 2 b. 2 , rcleen .. . ** ** : : 2918 60 58 S.W. 3 6 o. 2 tte Th ., 4ll . 2912 66 62 W. 1 2b. 1 Arl o 2917 63 60 S.W. 4 3 b. 2 po'iatr_9asaia... • 2911 60 69 W.S.W. 6 ; :,.,L 3 S hield sh Qat.., 8 BOll 64 60 S.W. 3 1 b. 2 g "ay ... 29139 63 62 S. 2 7 1 eiarborough 3018 63 61 S.S.W. 2 8 o. 2 g u l e rPool .. • 3o'ol 61 60 S.S.E. 2 1 b. 1 'yft;enstown 2913 66 65 S.S.W. 4 3 0. 2 t o Mouth..., wig 67 65 S.W. 3 1 b. I.? "on 30.14 65 60 vg*, 11b. DO 'l'er 301.5 68 65 W. S .W. 1 1 b. 1 I.),,ttamouth . • 3 0•10 70 68 m. 1 /inland p Ykouth eli ztillee t_ tBI'LA.NATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced mi'32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise ne ca, , ~,A.,. "C . z_ tot B PLANATION.—B. B arometer, corrected and _ 'need ~2 , d eg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of ve r ti ca l r i se g . i'n about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 ,g above 32 deg causing nearly 3 -100ths increase. E. lxPosed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for Vaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — :.,Qt rn agnetie). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud 4 tO 9). I. Initials :—b blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; ~ Z . fog. • h„ hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., - read' (dull) ; r., r a i n ; a , sno w • t., thunder. A letter epeated augments—thus, ix., mull rain. S. Sea disturb `nee (1 to 9). Xis Imperial Highness Duke Nicholas of Leach- N)erg, attended by General R e hbi nder, has left Claridge's Intel far St. Leonards-on-Sea T he Earl and Countess Russell left town yester 4tY for .A.bergeldie. S ir 'Tame s and Lady Anne Mackenzie qaridge's hotel f or R ose h aug h , N.B. have left 4 r. Charles Gilpi n , M.P . , an d f am il y are spend a few weeks in Germany. etters h at L from Naples state that it is now certain Ihr 'laribaldi will not go t o th a t c it y on th e ann i versary e ntrY at th e b eg i nn i ng of September last year. " e c a d from T r i es t e th at the Austr i an iron tad stain fri ga t e Salamandra, which, on being launched, °PPe'l on th e ways , was successfully launched on tie 22 d , a. he stoppage has been announced of Messrs. ,ott and Wright, woollen dealers, of Vigo-street, for .tO,OOO or .C 45,000. The books have been placed with 4c e_sars. Clark, Ford, and Co., accountants. ttEASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —Messrs. Quil t,' B all, Jay, and Co., the eminent accountants, have '`en the extraordimuy, course of refusing to sign the ac- Nuts of the Itad, half. year. Eastern Counties Railway Company for the They assert that they have detected errors 2an.ainnunt which, if properly adjusted, "would absorb a of t ty r large proportion, and perhap s the whole of the balance e venne now assumed to be available for dividend." :Jley. are. influenced in their decision not to sign the ac -71.e late "les s by the extent than by the character of the 4,t.rents in the official inventories"—mis-statements ' c m ` II 4 I Y a deliberate perversion of matters of fact." all I 49 i i 43i 1 'IS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share ! Railway 6. Closing I Business Price. Done ,0 Belfast and Ballymena .14 ißir., Wol , and Str. Val., , ck Birk., La., and Ch Juno 1 5 Blyth and Tyne ,0 Bost. Sleaf. andMid.Co a .ck Bristol and Exeter ,ck Caledonian lOO [0 Carmarthen &Cardigan a ,0 Cork and Bandon O Cork, lilrock., &Passage 0 Cornwall . ( a .... A gets no div. 10 Do A t until 6pe peran. ° D° B t'hasbeeni d. toB ' a ;0 Dublin Jz Belfast June a] 5 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June al ck East Anglian 10( ck Eastern Counties lOO ck Eastern Union, A stock , 101 or Do do B do 10( 5 Do Nw A, late EU3ds l3 ok East Suffolk ck Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 ck Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 .0 Forth & Clyde Junction al ,ck Furness ck Glaser. and S. Western 100 ,0 Great Nthn. of Scotland all rck Great Northern ...... _ 100 ck Do do A stock IIO Ick Do do B do ,ck Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 10 , ck Great Western ck Do Str Val gua. stock 101 2 Irish South-eastern 1 a ck Lancashire & Yorkshire 10 ck London and Blackwali 10 ck Lon., Bright.. &S Coast 10 ck Lond., Chat., and Dover 101 ck Lond. &Nth. Western 101 • Lond. & sth. Western.. 101 I L'derry & Coleraine .. a] L'derry & Enniskillen i !I Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. I( 10 Maryport and Carlisle.. 0 124 Do do shares.... 0 [0 Nretropolitan rck Midland 4.0. Do new........ ock Do Birming. & Derby 10 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland a 25 Do shares 25 Mid Kent. a 10 Do, Crayitne 30 Newcastle and Carlisle a. 10 Newry & Armagh, def 10 Newry, Warnpt. & Roe a] )ck Norfolk . ... . . ck North British .... ....' „ 10( )ck Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stoet, 10( Ick Dr) k ttk A revs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 ck Do B stock .......... 100 ok Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 5 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 1.6 13 4 ck Do Leeds ............ _ 100 ck Do York . ............ ck North London 10 Do new 16 4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction ck Not. & Grantham Rail 1 [0 Feebles . • • • ••• ' 0 Portsmouth 0 Rhymney •••• • • ick Scottish Central ck Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 ck rfo Scot. Mid. stock._ 11 ck Shropshire Union ll 0 Sittingbourne & Sheer. Ick South Devon ...... 1( 5 S.-Durham &I , anc. Un. , ck South Eastern ........ 1( , ck South Wales ... 1( ick S. York. and River Dun 1C !O Staines, Wok,. and Wok a 15 Stockton & Darlington a '5 Do do .. 1 5 Do New (1860) , ck 7 aft Vale ck Do Prof. No 1 lO 25 TaamesHavenDk&Rall 2 50 U er . a 25 Do I2I ...... 10 Do ... ..... : )ck Vale of Neath 10 Victor ia Sta. and Pim a] 10k Waterlur c & Kilkenny 10( 50 Waterford & Limerick al 10 West Cm nwall .. a 9 West L0nd0n.......... a 0 Do Ist class ........ a ' 0 Do 2d class .. rck WestHartlepool litarbr and Rail 1 ,ck West Midland--Oxford 1 ck Do. Newport 1 , ok Do. Hereford 11 all .11 71 81 84 85 6 7 92 93 1031 1041 111 j -- - a 1 1 5 6 41 43 84 9 17 18 49 50 39 41 28 30 106 108 132 134 108 109 98 99 129 in 105 106 69 691 58 62 LO9f 110; 58 132 tI 6 118 48 6: )0 94 03 10 95 06 al 104 1.1 1 451 1 46 7i 4 2 d 10 127 1273 LO. 1} 14 p 9_ 101 103 8 Bcl 56 68 62i 63 1031 101 60 60, )0 91/ 62; )0 93 96 [74 14 44 11l 104 11 ) 9_ 88 92 104 i 70 I 116 118 35 36 89 91 45 4^ 81f 81f 64 66 94 97 4 7 38 39 Si 9i P 5 6 p 551 56i 2 3ip d ipi Ly I 11f 12 tll 51 61 tl I - - II - - 11 - - 46 48 42 43 85 88 .101 11 118 931 4 96& 1291 84 P PREFERENCE SHARES. 103 f I i 4 P 83 1 i Closing Insissis Bharel Railways. 'Paid Price. Done. l 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 pet ; c. pref. (issued at £5l all stock Brim. & Exet4 p.ctstocic 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 stock Caledon X 10,41 percent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 (1} Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 lCornwall, 5 per cent. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 51 61 - 14 Do Ist Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 112 _ stock ID°. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 107 109 stock ,Do. do. No. q 100 106 108 stock ; Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 122 124 stock !Eastern Union, 4 per et. 108 80 83 stock Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 -- ~..a. 1 ...:u...6,0z...5p.c. shares 100 109 111 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock fcdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 77 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock iGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c, 100 stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 117 119 stock 1 - ' o.sp.c.ltedm., 10 p.c.pm 100 112 114 stock Do 41 p. c. do. do. 100 I Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf all stock c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 100 97 99 l p. ct. pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berks an. pants) Ext. sp. ct. . 6 stock Lo. Redeemable, 41 p.ct . 100 96 98 98 7 4 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 87 8) stock Da. Irredeemable, do.. 100 87 8) stock Do. 5 p.ct. Red eem . P re f lOO 100 102 s Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 10 10 Ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh all 164 174 1 0 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 101 101 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 75 77 26f Do. Chester gua. shares all 201 211 13 1 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 pc. pref 6O stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO stock Do.Barnstst.f..s3s 10d pc 100 stow( Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) _ 100 stock Lon.& Brig. s pc.gu.No. , 100 110 113 112 stock Do. sp. C. ........ No. 2 100 110 113 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. .... ~. .. . 100 133 136 stock Do. do sf.c. ...... No). 4 100 110 113 stock Do. do. 4 per Gene...,, 1 00 160 102 5 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares., all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 71 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Prtl lOO stock Lon. Ghat. and Dover lOO 94 97 Do.W. A rceiv. no div 101 FLA til 6p cispd on all I Do. B B. & Brom ex. ail : VD Do. Metropolitan Ex B 34 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, S P. ct... _ 100 stock Lon. &S.W, 7 p. ct. stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 28. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s 6d. all 121 Londondy. & Cole. fsh all 121 Londony. & Ennis. lah all 131 14 stock 'llan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per cu. 100 120 125 6 i)0..€6 stock Do. 34 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent , 5 4 i t , 121 Marynort & Car., 4p. c all 14 Do. 41 per cent. all stock Mid. Con. 6p o. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. &Bin 6 p.e 100 132 134 stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 103 8 Do. 44 per cent. 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at 100 91 93 • stock Norlik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. o lOO 109 111 stock Do. New, gua. sp. 0 lOO 108 110 10 i Do. Bor. trn. g. pf. she 5 1 11 i 10 i Do. do. do all - at Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 et N-East.Cons.Pret 4p. z. 100 88 80 at Do. 44 pc. redeemable lOO 99 101 st Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref lOO 101 103 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref 8.13.4. p 1 p p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 13 Vic Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch lO 1 d p 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23 10 Rhymney Guaranteed all 84 Scottish Central, new pt all et Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock lOO I st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 — st Do. 7p. c. pref. stool, 100 1132 124 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all :10 101 10 Do. Fixed 4} per cent all 1.0. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) - at Do. 41 per cent lOO 98 100 st Do.Fixed4lp.c. Ist is lOO 98 100 s at South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO s at Do. 44 per cent lOO 98 100 s at Do. 5 per cent' lOO — s, at S.-Yorkshire, 4p. a gua , 100 83 116 si 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. o all 26 27 81 25 Do. B 6 per cent I all 31 32 , at 25 Do. C 6 percent all 1 31 32 at Witted & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO ,45 48 at W.Mid -O x f I s t G uastk 100 1124 127 I at Do. 2d do 100 1120 125 st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 102 104 at Do.Perpet. 6 p.c. pf 1866 100 121 123 1 _st Do. till 1869. Ist is. 100 1 16 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Co.'s Bedford and Bletchley all Ln &N. W, Buckinghamshire 100 Do Chester & Holyhead 100 D 0... ..... Do. 511 percent 100 D 0....... Do. 6 •, 100 D 0.. ..... Clydesdale Juno lOO Caleon... Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O E. l .incolnsb. g 6 per 0 lOO Gt. North. E.Linion,HarwichShs ali E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge.. Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drc . t lOO ,Caledon... l Do. new .. 100 IDo. • • Gloster & Dean — pc:rest, all IGt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail— all Yk.N.&Br Hull Dpoo andqh quarters.., la S vre e t l es I aaa Dll D Y L oo . d . Lanc.&Carl.Sp.cloo Lutt.N.W. London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern Do. Preference .. • , 100 iDo ... . Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 'Peto Lowestoft gua, 4p c lOO Norfolk.. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. . Bxtn.,&Matlock all L N Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock lOO Midland.. Newmarkt,BuryEx. 1 5.5 6. E.Counts. gua. 5 percent._ Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do,_ ..... Do. 6P. C. Do. Fixed sp. all Do. ....' . North Western all Midl an d Preston and Wyre. { all L ‘t & L. N y W k. l Do. Shares A. all Do. Boystn. H itch., Shep 100 Gt.Nort It. Sbrewsbry& Hereford 100 T. Brassey Do. do. 1 I Do. S.-Staffordshire all M'Clean... Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. Wimbledu 4Croydn alj IL& Brel: 'Closing Price. 95 97 524 63a 119 121 109 211 101 103 15 16 132 134 41 41 !I os 1113 195 200 59 01 110 115 82 85 s i t 3; 95 97 iP I 55 57 iii i;i :129 131 120 125 I 1 lip Business Done. 88 90 8 9 S IC SI - SI S. SI SI 1 6 2 4 1, 811411 E .7 THE STN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1861. Closing Ed. I Price. 11 1 -6 1732 [OO 197 98 —d 4 i 41 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 a !s. 13 11 11 d Zi id pr 19 194 d 101 102 4 1994 [i 1 opi LI I 62' II 3l 11 40 II 32 11 32 )0 97i t 8& i 0 Id I )0 96 98 11 11 10 10/ 18 10,E 10i 11 05 98 11 90 93 10 !86 II ► 5 7 Lll 1 4 6 101 102 ld 1.1 —d 92 94 4 id ILWAYS. all 51 6 , all 131 11 f —p ill f i ill I ? 91 loi Xll 4 3i .6 2 ' 11 tll 23A 11 - at 81. 8f Lll Xll 8 8i 11 19 20 al 88 39 111 84 94 tll 40 41 111 55 67 L 7 I 5 4d Xll 5 6 dl 81 At 4 1i td 6 1 al 25 26 tll 64 7 tll 94 10 01 21 22 20 Railways. Share 100 stk stook lantic &St Lawrence a] Bom.,Barodact.Cent Ind 1 , Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. B al Buffalo and Lake Huron al !Do. New Do. Preference l 3 uffalo,Brant,&Godrich 101 3 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 101 Do. do. June 1, 1874 101 Jlcutta. atS. Eas tn. (Lin ; a Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim 21 3apeTown & Dock Scrir 1: eylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. al Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. al East Indian, gm 5 p. c. 10 Do. F Shares Ext..... all Do. Jubbulpore al' Do. 4i pc. Debentrs al Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 al Do. 1865-1870 al Grand Trunk of Canada 10( Do. 6 per cent. Pref al Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct al Do. 6 per ct. Debentr al Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 al Do. do. 1872 al GtlndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.c 101 Do. New gua. sp. c... 1( Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 101 Do. do. al Gt. W. of Canada Shares al Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. al Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... le Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... al Madras guar., 44 p. c... 101 Do. do. 5 per cent .... 101 Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 Do. 5 do .. ..... al Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds. 101 Newßrunswick t Canda Ry. , tLand(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share a Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. - Oude (Limited) . . Scinde ..........1 /1( Do. Punjaub Et, Do. Do. ........ a Do. Indus. St. Flo. g Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 20 Algerian • 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. IO Ardennes........ Rah.,lzS.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction ;0 Beziers to Graissessaz.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail 11 100 Coplapo . . . 10 Ditto Extension .... al 20 Dutch Rhenish lf 20 Eastern of France .... a 20 Grand Rus Gruar. 6p. c a] 20 Do. do. al 20 Great Central of France al 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... al 20 ftalian Junction ...... a' 20 Lierre & Turnhout . a' 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... al 20 Namur & Liege ........ a] 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref...... •.. a' 16 Northern of France.... a 16 Do. New Shares ... .• 1] 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. a 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. a 20 Paris & 0r1ean5.....• • . a 20 f Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) qua. 7_p. ct. lirn .... 1' 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18. 20 Royal Dani5h.......... a 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref a 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref. a 1 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 26 Southern of France a 20 S. East Portugal 7p ct 81 West Flandero . 10 Do. 5} p. c. Preference 20 VP. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref... 10 Zealand BRITISH MI. - Alfred Consols (Philack) 20 British Iron - Clifford - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) - East Bassett (Illogan)., - East Caradon - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk. - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen. - Great South T010•u5.... - G .Wheal Alfd. tilack - G. Wheal Vor ( elston - Grenville • - Herod's-Foot - Hingeton Downs - Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) - North Downs - North Frances (Illogan) - IN. Wh'i Basset (Illo;an) - IN. Wheal Crofty - Par Consols (St. Blazey) :0 'Providence (UnyLelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. - ,South Caradon(St.Cleer), - S. Cam Brea (Illogan) ! 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim , - 'S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) - Stray Park 5 'Tamar Silv.& Lead Mini .0 Tin Croft - Vale of Towey (Carm ) - West Basset (IlloTan). - I w. Caradon (Liskeard - i West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan); - IWheal Buller(Red ru th); - Wheal Edward (Cals.) - i Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) - , Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) _I Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) FOREIGN MINES. &2.10 i k li 1 t 2.14.8 7.4.0 541 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 a 11i 1.14.0 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 It 5.9.0 all 261 9 13s 6d! 20 1 Australian . 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim.' 20 Brazil St.J.del 5 D o.L and and Miningeo.! 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 1 10 Cobre Copper Copiapo .. 1 , DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co, 2' Fortuna. 20 General 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1* Kapunda (Limited) 2 Linares 5 Lusitanian , 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L , 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead, Mining and Smelt I 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) i 11111.84 United Mexican 1 Worthing); (Limited) Do. 7i 1.7.2 all 1 10s. all all 345 355 80 85 251 /51 2k 3i 10 12 3i 4 4 6 1# i s 34 36 11 2 38 42 44 5 3 34 4 4# 5# 6# 9 10 35 37 295 305 2# 24 122# 127# 30 82 51 5# 11 # 16 18 37 39 310 520 75 85 85 95 1. 5 1 1 6 9 10 13 14 364 _ dig. 35 37 6 8 1 22 24 P 1 p 7 2. 7 Id 4 i 1 pr 35} i 2 4 i 1 k i d p 4/ 5/ i i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 86 88 40 Australasia all 645 25 Bank of Egypt. all 184 195 100 Bank of London . 50 53 65 } 20 Bank of Turkey 3 aid 60 British North A mer i can a ll 52 5 4 d 20 Chtd.Bank of India, dm. all 20 fO4 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 31 1 100 City 100 1 Colonial .." ... 25 37 39 201 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 164 17 14 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 24 234 20 Do. new lO 25 3 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Alrican- 10 25 14 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 666 100 Nat. Prov. of England : 42 20 Do. new l2 60 National Bank 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 34 36 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 60 51 sof I 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. ... all 174 184 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 „ 10 Do. new 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London 12 264 274 105 Unity Mutual 6 O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 107 112 Do 6 p.,cent.lBBo-2 100 1094 Do. 6p. cent,lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 169 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 984 084 994 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 107 109 N .B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 1055 1064 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 984 994 • Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 954 995 914 9 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 105 106 S. Au5 , G 6 p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 Do. do. 6pa Ap.&Oct lOO 1064 1074 1074 stock Commercial DOCKS. 100 stock Do. 4 p .Min er Cent. Pref. 100 stock ,I.condor.. . stock East and West India ... stock I St . Katharine... 63 stock 'Southampt on lOO 20 Do' New, ... stock Victoria . ...... 100 93 95 2 d MI SCELLANEOUS. Stm all 135 144 10 Atlantic R. 111. (1d) 1 4 4 1 24 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all —25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 44 105 1 107 2 50 British American L and 40 0 82 2 20 0 4 CD D ano o.. B adda t n il d ll . B . s . 2 . L . .. 50 B.W.Mag. TeL A. (Li m ) all 3 115 a a a l l l l 8 0 (Limited) a ll 10 13 10 Chan.lslande Tel. (Lim.; all _ st. Cop.Min.ofEng&Smlig, all _ i 25 Do. Pref. 7 per cent a ll st. Crystal Pa ace at. Do. Preference st. Do. 6p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 106 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 *lp at. Electric Telegraph .. • . 100 93 95 94 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 34 . 16 Gen. Steam Navigate n 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all * 4 4 g 6 .Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 1 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) al l t 15 20 , Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 25 3 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 14 14d 34 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 1 04th 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref_iss.atl dis all 4 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 5 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1 4 1 . 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 14 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 et. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 48 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 42 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.c all 174 184 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 18 15 Do. New all 5 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 124 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine TeL Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do 4l 6 10 Trust and Agency o Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 pr 5 p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Up r .C an. 5 I i 6 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) lif id 100 Van Diemettio Land ... 2944.1 N 94 I Business done BOW-STREET. Mr. Henry—ls anything known about the prisoners A mendicity officer was entering the witness box to give evidence when Johnson commenced howling and crying, and said, " Oh, don't believe what that man's going to swear. He 'll say he knows us, but he don't. He 'll take his oath to anything. Oh, your worship, think of my poor babies, do deal with us summary. I never went to sessions before." Mr. Strugnell--I would much rather the matter should be settled here, sir, if such can be done. Mr. Henry—l am afraid they are bad characters. The mendicity officer said there were a great many con victions against both prisoners. Johnson—Oh, your worship, there's a false oath. M. bad why, he don't know me. Mr. Henry--He says you have both been many times convicted. Johnson—Don't believe him then. Oh my poor babies I I have not seen them since I have been in prison. Think o' them, your worship. I'll plead guilty to anything, but don't send us to the sessions. Wilson—Oh, yes—anything. I don't want to go to Clerkenwell. Mr. Henry—lt is impossible to deal with such a case as this in a summary manner. Inspector West—l know the prisoners to be bad cha ratters, your worship, and to have been frequently in cus tody. A gentleman from Berners-street promised to be in attendance this morning to identify them as having imposed on him. Johnson (howling and crying very loudly, Oh think of my babies)—lf you won't deal summary with us put us over till the sessions after next. I want to get some people to speak to character. Mr. Henry—You will have plenty of time for that. I shall commit you for trial on both charges. I shall order a list of the convictions to be produced here on Friday next, and you and your companion must be brought up again on that day to hear what is known of you both. Johnson—l don't what to know. Both prisoners were then locked ur. MARLBOROUGH- STRE E T. ;DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A CABMAN.—James Price, a cab-driver, badge 6,405, was summoned for wilful mis behaviour towards a young woman Lamed Shaw, residing in Grosvenor-square. Tho young woman said that on Samrday week she took the defendant's cab in Montagu-street, and he drove her to Grosvenor-square. She had two bogs on the outside, and he demanded Is. 6d. His fare was 64. Defendant said she kept him three-quarters of an hog with her boxes; he could not lift then. The complainant said the delay was on account of the defendant being drunk. He was mostabusive and said she had got " stolen property." A constable, named Groves, said the defendant had been drinking, and caused a disturbance by his abuse. Mr. Mansfield said the delay was the cabman's own, and he had no right to take advantage of it. He (Mr. Mans field) had no doubt the defendant thoulht because the com plainant was a servant he might use any amount of extor tion and bullying he liked. The young woman said she could lift the boxes herself, and the defendant got a crowd round the door. Mr. Mansfield fined the defendant, who said he only charged for waiting, 405., and 4a. costs, or a month. LOSS OF THE BARQUE AOR NA. - PART OF THE CREW LEFT ON A.N UNIN HABITED ISLAND. Captain Wilson, of the British barque Norna arrived at Hong Kong on the sth July, in the Spanish schooner Dania, from Manilla, and reported the loss of his vessel under the following circum stances : On March 4th the Noma sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales, with a cargo of coal, and bound to Hong Kong. There was nothing worthy of re cord took place until March 31st, when being in lat. 6.35 N. and long. 156.24 --R., with a steady and moderate breeze, ship going about ten knots per hour, steering N.W., and a look-out being kept, at 10.20 p.m. breakers were suddenly heard, and a few seconds afterwards were seen oat the lee bow. The helm was immediately Put down, but the vessel struck before coming to the wind. The head sails were hove hard aback instantly, but - the ship heeled round on the top of the reef, the - sea making a clean breach ever her, and it was evident that no human efforts could save her from becoming a total wreck. Shortly afterwards she slipped off the reef into deep water, and to save the lives of those on board, all sails were hove aback to heel her in ; and on heeling she bilged on the port side, and rapidly filled with water. All hands immediately went to work to save what provisions and water they possibly could, and put them into the boats and prepared to leave the ship, she being a total wreck. The captain and crew saved none of their apparel, as the boats could not carry them with the provisions. They remained in the ship until morning, when a boat was sent to try and find land. The boat returned late in the afternoon, having found a coral reef about 100 yards long„'and bearing from the ship S.W. about 8 miles, that being the only dry land on the shoal on which the ship was lost. All hands were com pelled to sleep in the boats that night ; and on the following day, April 2, Captain Wilson, with part of his crew, went in two boats to the reef, leaving the remaining part to construct a raft from spars, &c. A heavy gale of wind sprung up, which pre vented them from returning to the wreck, to assist in getting more provisions. It was with difficulty that the lives of those on the raft were saved. They then rigged a tent, and set about repair ing the boats ; and on Sunday, April 7, at 10.30 a.m., they left the island in the boats, and shaped a course to the N.N.W., lat. at noon 7.39 N . At 1 p.m., same day sighted a fine island to the N.N.W., and steered for it, but when drawing near to it found a , reef running N.W. and S.E. as far as the eye could see; and the S.E., from the island, another reef was seen extending a long distance to the S.W. At 3.30 p.m. they landed on the inside of the island, which proved to be St. Augustine, and is about three miles in circumference, covered with cocoanut trees, turtle, fish, and wild fowl, but no water, except the rain received in the hollows of the trees. There was evident signs of a crew having been there, the words " Constant, July 14, 1 858," being cut on one of the trees. On April 8, got an observation by chronometer, and found the island to be in lat. 7.44 N., and long. 155.25 E., which is seventeen mile s f ur ther to the e as t ward than is laid down on th e c h ar t. The reef which the Noma struck on is also twenty-three miles to the S.E. of where it is marked on the chart. Capt. Wilson hauled the boats up in the bush for repairs, and on April 9th, on examining the boats, and considering the distance to Guam (700 miles), th e nearest inhabited port to which they could proceed from where they were, Captain Wilson found the boats too small to carry all the crew that dis tance, and it was agreed that part should remain on the island, and the rest proceed to Guam for assistance, as soon as the state of weather per mit ed, which did not take place until April 17th, when Captain Wilson, his wife and child, chief officer, and five of the crew, l e ft the island i n the long boat, leaving twenty-one men behind. After being at sea, and exposed to the inclemency of the weather for upwards of seven d lye, they ar t ived on the 24th April in Guam, and were most kindly received by the Governor and authorities there, who endeavoured in vain to procure a ship to go to the rescue of the remaining part of the crew. The Governor of Guam procured a pas sage for Captain Wilson, his wife and child, and the crew that came in the boat, to Manilla, for which port they sailed on the Ist of May, and arrived there on the 18th of the same month. The true cause to which the loss of the ship is attribu table was that the reef on which she struck is laid down in the Admiralty chart in lat. 7.82 N. and long. 155.25 E., whereas it is 23 miles to the south east of that site, being in lat. 7.22 N. and long. 155.40 E., and that the chronometer was 40 miles out, which placed the vessel still 'more to the east ward. As yet there is, we believe, no tidings of the remaining part of the crew that were left on the island, but it is to be hoped that ere this they have been rescued. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Thin Day.) IMPOSING ON A CLERGYMAN—TWO women, named Wilson and Johnson, were placed before Mr. Henry, on emand, charged with obtaining noney by false pretences, and also with stealing some articles of wearing apparel from the house of the Rev. Mr. Strugnell, of No. 43, Carey street, Lincoln's-inn-Fields. It appeared that a few days ago the two women called at Mr. Strugnell's house and asked to see the rev. gentle man. The servant allowed them to stand in the passage while she proceeded upstairs to inform her master, and as she was going, Wilson said, " Tell your master it is urgent that he should see them personally." While they were in the passage they availed themselves of pushing open the parlour door and stealing a black silk mantle and a child's frock, and when Mr. Strugnell saw them Wilson addressed him in a very imploring tone on behalf of Johnson, who she said was very near her confinement, and all she wanted was a little money to pay her cab hire, as she had got an admission to the hospital. Mr. Strugnell gave the woman half-a-crown to pay for the cab which he had called to the door, and having seen them drive off he returned to his room. In a few minutes after the robbery was dis covered, and information was given to Inspector West. In a short time after the robbery the prisoners were brought to the office on another charge of stealing, and then the inspector recognised them as the women who had been to the clergyman's house. Mr. Strugnell said he wished the magistrate would deal summarily with the case. Mr. llenry—But they deny the robbery. Johnson—Your worship, we will plead guilty to any thing; we don't wish to trouble you to send us to the ses sions. FORK tilCES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ZETLAND STAKES. Miss Whip Barricade Trust Five ran. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 4to lon the field (offered) 6to 1 agst Voltella (taken) THE DERBY. 1800 to 100 agst The Knave (taken and offered, 2000 to 100 agst Caterer (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. At the close Bally Edmond and Lady Trespass were about equal favourites for the Ebor Handicap. Once or twice during the day, in consequence of the support given to Bally Edmond and Cape Flyaway, her Ladyship was not so firm, and 6to 1 was laid against her. One or two were much inclined to operate agst Voltella, and as much as 100 to 7 was laid, but 8 to 1 was very freely taken to the finish. 10 to 1 could also have been got agst Virgilius, but he com menced and finished at Bto 1 (taken). There is every an ticipation of a small field, and most of the animals in betting having been laid against, a very small outlay maintained them in their positions. Closing prices : • EBOR HANDICAP. 9to 2 agst Bally Edmond (taken) 9 to 2 agst Lady Trespass (taken) 6to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) Bto 1 agst Voltella (taken) Bto 1 agst Virgilius (taken) 11 to 1 agst Moorcock (taken) 14 to 1 agst Gardener (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Rising Sun (offered) Gamester has been scratched. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Oxford (offered) 6to 1 bar one (offered) THE ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken) 10Ito 1 agst Kildonan (taken freely) 14 to 1 agst Dictator (taken) j 14 to 1 agst Aurelian offered) MIS DAY'S SI:UPPING. LONDON, Aug. 28.—Wind this day at noon and light breeze, clear sultry weather. FALMOUTH, Aug. 27.—Foggy weatber.—Arrived— Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London, and left for Dublin. TRALEE, Aug. 26.—Sailed—Devoreux, from Quebec. ABERDEEN, Aug. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—The Oak, for Port Natal. PETERHEAD, Aug. 26.—Arrived—Intrepid, from Green land. South, SUNDERLAND, Aug. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Snowdrop, from Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. 2 7.—Arrived—Lord Palmerston, from Havana ; Cuga, from Quebec. WATERFORD, Aug. 26 . — Sailed—Wanderer, from Que bec; Harnott, ditto. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Hammonia, steamer, which leaves for New York to-day, takes no specie from England. She has 20,000 f. from Havre. Arrived—Lucille, from Seaham ; Lady Constance and Valiant, from Sunderland Sailed—Dove, for Plymouth; Pride of the South, for Seeking. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Pollux, from Rio Grand ; Jantana, from Gro ningen; Helkea Dorotea, from Wiemar ; Lily, from Guernsey; Heroine, from St. Malo ; Larvig, from Drobak. Sailed—Leo, steamer, for Rotterdam ; Queen Hortensia, for the Cape of Good Hope ; City of Hamburg, steamer, for Calais ; Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend; Lind, for Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed—Harvest Home, from Pictow. THE PRICE OF GOLD The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mile prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 5-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. :By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4294 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 107 to 1074 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between .he two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 Of 12 1 Antwerp Brussels litunburgh Paris Ditto Niarseilles - - 25 721 Frankfort on Maine - 1191 Vienna Trieste • Petersburgh 33/ Berlin Madrid Cadiz • Leghorn • Milan - Genoa • Naples - Palermo - Messina - Lisbon - Oporto Rio Janeiro - New York — • • • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 • 9 Mexican Dollars ... Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 01- South American Doubloons 13 101 25 472 25 75 25 75 119 k 14 30 14 30 48k 48 25 82f 25 80 25 80 39 117 f 1171 521 52a 48a 481 25 87.1 25 85 25 85 391 117; 118 521 521 COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES BY RAILWAY Ac CIDENTS.-A meeting was held yesterday in the city of a number of shareholders interested in the principal Metro • politan Railway Companies to consider the subject of the awards of juries in cases of railway accidents, with a view of taking preliminary steps to petition the Legislature to restrict the compensation within certain limits commensu rate with the injuries actually inflicted on person or pro perty. It was stated that one of the great companies had disbursed last year no less a sum than £BO,OOO by way of compensation for accidents on their line, exclusive of law expenses and the cost arising from damage to the rolling stock and the permanent way. FOUNDERING OF A SCHOONER IN THE HUMBER.— Loss OF ALL HANDS.—A distressing occurrence took place in the river Humber, near Spurnpoint, on Saturday after noon last. Capt. Richardson, of the schooner James, of Hull, reports that on entering the Humber on the 24th inst., at 4 p.m., the wind blowing strong from the north-west, and Spurn Lighthouse bearing north-west by north, he saw a small schooner founder a short distance astern of his own vessel. He immediately hove about, intending to bear down on her, but she was out of sight in a few minutes, and had completely sunk with all hands before he was able to render any assistance. There were only a few spars and hatches floating on the surface of the water, and nothing could be seen of any of the unfortunate crew. It has not yet been ascertained to whom the foundered schooner be longed, where she was from or bound to, or of what her cargo consisted. LETTERS FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA.—The following circular, addressed to persons desirous of corresponding with friends in the Southern Confederacy, appears in the _Manchester Guardian:— " The American Letter Express Company transmit letters and printed matter to and from all points, north and south, with the knowledge and approbation of the Postmaster- General. Directions (letters going south) —enclose ;and direct each letter to your correspondent in a common en velope, put that letter in another envelope, and direct on this outside envelope to " American Letter Express Com pany, Louisville, Ky." Enclosing, in the outside enve lope, when the letter is to go to any point in the Southern States under 500 miles from Nashville, Tenn. Is. This will prepay all expenses to its destination, The rates here given are for letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight ; double, treble, &c. letters must have an additional amount enclosed in proportion to weight. Printed matter ; for single newspapers, enclose the company 10 cents. N.B.— All letters accompanied with an insufficient amount to pre pay to their destination are liable to be sent to the dead letter office. Prepay all letters in full to the company." A monkey, belonging to a Mr. Hunter, of Edin burgh, attacked a child on Monday with great ferocity— severely lacerating the thigh, exposing, though fortunately not opening, the femoral artery, and laying bare the thigh bone. Mr. Hunter, to whom the monkey belongs, is also lying at the Infirmary, suffering from its having bitten him some time ago. The monkey was destroyed on Monday. The child lies in a very precarious state.—Scotsman. THUNDERSTORM AND WATERSPOUT. — On Tues day evening last, Seaford was visited by a heavy thunder storm. The thunder was of short duration, but was very heavy; the lightning was very vivid and close, and the rain and hail fell in torrents. A waterspout was observed to burs tin the sea, a short distance from the shore at the west part of the town. —Sussex Advertiser. MORMON EMIGRATION.—A vessel having been chartered to convey a cargo of 500 Mormonites from Liver pool to the United States, en route to the settlements inUtak territory, about 70 men, women, boys, and girls, forming the contingent supplied by the London district, assembled on ?Monday morning at the Euston terminus of the London and North-Western Railway, under the charge of "Elder' Jos eph Gibbs. All seemed to belong to the working classes, and the proportion of the sexes was about equal. Many of their relations and fellow " saints" attended at the sta tion. to bid them farewell. There are 331 Mormon mis sionaries from Utah in different parts of the world, and 156 were elected at a late conference who were to be dispatched imtptediately. 87 89 28 29 r• P - 7 - •c.7 t• . : B. LAING. The following address to Mr. Laing upon his leaving India, and his reply, will be read with • interest:— TO THE HON. SAMUEL LAING, MEMBER OF THE COUNt IL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. Hon. Sir,—When we, the public bodies repre sented by the undersigned, had last the honour of addressing you, we expressed our congratulations on your arrival and accession to the important office of Financial Member of the Council of his Excel lency the Viceroy and Governor-General; we assured you of the satisfaction with which we saw so re sponsible a charge committed to your hands, and of our confidence in your ability to carry out the object of your mission, the restoration of the finances of the Indian Empire to a permanently sound condi tion. In the conviction that no effort on your par would be left untried to obtain a result of such vita importance to the present and future welfare a the country, we were content to await the announce. ment of your financial policy and the development of those measures which in your judgment and ex perience were essential to an i mproved system of financial administration. You have recently declared that policy and the means whereby, in your opinion, the grave difficulties which have so long burdened and impeded the progress of the empire may be met and overcome; and it is our grateful duty to acknowledge the obligation you have imposed upon us, and to record our sense of the valuable service you have rendered to the State. It is not our purpose on this occasion to enter into the merits of the policy you have enunciated, or of the measures proposed for its execution ; the object of our present address is rather to express how deeply we deplore the circumstances which, after a brief interval of only six months, have compelled you to suspend your official labours, and to seek in rest and relaxation the restoration of your shattered health, sacrified in the performance of a public duty of unceasing toil and anxiety. We desire respectfully to assure you of our sin cere sympathy with you under the effects of the severe illness by which you have been visited, and which has disabled you from continuing the work so lately undertaken in the full hope of carrying it to a successful issue. For the early and complete re-establishment of your health yon have our most cordial wishes, and we earnestly trust you may be enabled to resume your position in the Council of the Supreme Go vernment of India, and realise your own anticipa tions in reference to the future prospects of this great empire. —We have the honour to remain, hon. sir, your most obedient humble servants, For the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, W. FITZWILLIAM, President. For the Landholders' and Commercial Associa on of British India, WILLIAM MAITLAND, Chairman. For the Calcutta Trades' Association, F. JENNINGS, Master. For the British Indian Association, JAJA KALIRRISHNA BAHADOOR, Vice-President. Calcutta, July 1. The following is Mr. Laing's reply : Edinburgh, Aug. 25. Dear Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the address which you have forwarded to me on behalf of the " Bengal Chamber of Commerce," as well as of the " Landholders' and Commercial Association of British India," the " Calcutta Trades' Association," and the "British Association," to the chairman of which respective bodies you will be good enough to communite this reply. It is unnecessary for me to say how deeply I re gretted the necessity of leaving India so prema turely, and how gratefully I feel the expression of sympathy from such influential bodies. I may truly say that my heart was in my Indian work. It seemed to me that India was the place, and the present the time, to decide the question whether our English race is capable not o sly of colonising new continents and conquering old ones, but of governing wisely and beneficently for their own good an empire of 150,000,000 of fellow sub jects whose destinies a series of heroic achievements has associated with the British crown. I can see no reason why an era of peace and progress should not succeed one of wars and conquests, why India should not support a far larger population in a higher state of comfort and civilisation, and why commerce should not expand until the exports and imports between England and India double, and even quadruple, their present amount. I felt it a privilege to co-operate in such a work, and to assist in laying even one stone in the building of so goodly an edifice. My special task was to meet the imminent finan cial difficulties which threatened to arrest this noble career of future progress at the very outset. I cannot venture to say that this task is entirely accomplished, for even English budgets often show unexpected results, and where a deficit of X 6,000,000 had to be met in a single year, with a revenue de pending on such precarious sources as opium, and a system of accounts and estimates scarcely inaugu rated, some margin of uncertainty is unavoidable. But I feel every confidence that the large, though cautious and Conservative reductions, ordered by Lord Canning's Government before I left India will be carried fully into effect. lam aware of nothing, except the fall in opium, to affect seriously the accuracy of my estimates ; and, not withstanding that fall, I see nothing to shake my faith in the general position, that with continued economy the financial crisis may be considered as surmounted, and the current expenditure of India, apart from railways, brought to a l eve l w ith i ts current income. ithout, therefore, indulging in premature exultation, there is every motive for hopeful exertion in realizing the financial pro gramme of April last, the great object of which is to establish a bona fide equilibrium without a con stant resort to loans and new taxes, so as to give . India a period of repose and tranquillity during which to work out her various social and political reforms, unimpeded by the urgent fear of pecuniary difficulties. Although I may be precluded from taking a part in these ulterior measures, I am happy to say that my health is so far restored as to enable me to contemplate returning to India, at any rate for the next cold season, so as to endeavour to rea li ze th e results pr om i se d in my budget. I hope then to thank you in person for the kind expression of your sympathy, and in the meantime I will only say that it is doubly valuable to me because it proceeds from bodies representing some of the most influen tial interests of Bengal, native as well as European. lam convinced that India is no exception to the general rule that it is desirable to encourage the free expression of public opinion respecting public men and measures through respectable and recog nized organs, and that such an expression has, under the peculiar circumstances of India, a double value, when the different classes of her Majesty's subjects, without distinction of race or religion, co-operate in a common object. In the present instance I gladly accept your ad dress, both as a token of kindness and sympathy towards myself personally, and, what is more im portant, as a proof that, notwithstanding the dif ferences which from time to time inevitably prevail respecting the policy of a Government, there is a general disposition among the enlightened classes of India to do justice to the honest efforts of that Government for the general good. I remain, dear sir, yours faithfully, W. S. LAING. Fitzwilliam, Es Chairman Bengal Chamber o q., f Commerce the THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was small. The trade generally ruled heavy ; nevertheless, in consequence of a continued demand on French account, prices were supported. Old samples were unsaleable. With foreign wheat we were fairly supplied, and the demand for all descriptions was inactive in the extreme, at next to nominal currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at late rates, All kinds of barley sold slowly, at former prices. The finest malting realised 40s per quarter. Fine malt was steady in price, but inferior parcels were a dull sale. Good and fine oats moved off steadily at full currencies, otherwise the demand ruled inactive on former terms. Both beans and peas were in limited request, yet no change took place in their value. In flour a moderate business was doing, chiefly in the finer qualities, at the late decline. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, Wheat. Barley. lialt. Oats. Flour. English.— •• 660 ( ) 1,260 i 50 1 770 Irish F0reign........ 17 •,7-6-0 400 i -- 12, 3 4 1 1 1,430 sack? 19,710 brie. BOROUGH HO. Our market is dull, and sales P can only be effected by submitting to lower currencies. The plantation accounts are very favourable, and the duty is now quoted at £150,000. WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the demand rules heavy at the annexed rates : Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s Gd ; lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; veal, 88 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 38 6d to 48 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. It is stated that a leading house ait Liverpool yesterday bought 15,000 bales of East India W4Oll for im mediate shipment to New York, ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. A special fete and gala took place last night in this popular place of amusement, now the property of Mr. E. T. Smith, for the benefit of Mr. E. M. Adams, who for many year, has been the secretary to the late proprietor, but in reality the ostensible manager and conductor of this large establishment. Those who frequented these delightful gardens must have been often struck with the order and re gularity which always prevailed, and if ever cir cumstances brought them into contact with Mr. Adams, must not have failed to admire the ever willing and easy courtesy with - which he always acted, and the unruffled good temper and kindli ness of disposition that characterised his conduct. No wonder, then, he should be a popular favourite. and that his benefit was in every respect commen surate with the estimation in which he is generally held. The weather was beautifully fine, which no doubt, in addition to the attractions of the gardens themselves, brought together a vast crowd of persons of both sexes, and of every class and condition in society. The arrangements on the occasion were in many instances special, and therefore deviated from the ordinary class of en tertainments. Several talented artists exhibited their skill in every department of the amusements, assisted by professional and amateur friends of Mr. Adams, which rendered the fete extremely inte resting. But the most amusing feature of the Brough, evening was a burlesque, written by M r . L. and acted by him and his brother John, that made the audience for nearly an hour indulge in peals of laughter. The humour and grotesque appearance of the two performers was in itself so ridiculously comic as to render it impossible for any one not to indulge in the most extravagant merriment. In addition to the usual entertainments, Mr. Adams had a private ball-room beautifully fitted up for his numerous friends to amuse themselves, without joining in those of the public gardens. It was tastefully decorated with flags and banners, arranged so as to produce the best effect, and around the walls were hung a number of land scapes of different parts of Switzerland, done in the best style of art, and from which, we believe, the interesting Stereorama now exhibiting was taken. Altogether, Mr. Adams ought to feel highly grati fied at the manner in which his connection with the Cremorne Gardens has been appreciated by his friends and the public. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. --- (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The deaths in London, which were 1,257 in the previous week, fell to 1,159 in the week that ended last Saturday. If the deaths from epidemic cholera in the 34th week 0tb1854 are excluded, it will be found that the average number of deaths in the week corresponding with last week was 1,071, which corrected for increase of population will be come 1,178 ; therefore the number in the present return is slightly under that which would have been recorded if the average rate of mo;tality at this season of the year had prevailed. Fluctuations in the public health, as indicated by the mortality, are marked chiefly by the increase or decrease of deaths from zymotic diseases ; and under the influence of the milder temperature of last week a sensible diminution in the number of deaths from this class of diseases is perceptible. From zymotic diseases in the aggregate the deaths last week were 375, in the previous week the num ber was 446. Diarrhcea was fatal in 167 cases, in cluding 147 children, 115 of whom were under one year. Cholera or choleraic diarrhoea caused 11 deaths, 8 of which were those of children under 4 years of age. A grocer, aged 42 years, residing in Park-road, Peckham, di e d from congestion of the right lung, 10 months, bilious cholera, 3 days. A. stevedore, aged 49 years, residing at 21, King street, Rotherhithe, died from choleraic diarrhoea, 4 days. A greengrocer, aged 72 years, died at 1, York-street, Shoreditch, of epidemic cholera, about 16 days. Scarlatina was fatal last week in 41 cases, and 12 deaths arc recorded from diphtheria. 28 deaths arc attributed to typhus, and of this number 16 were children under 10 years of age. Whoop ing-cough carried off 40 children. 'the deaths of 4 nonagenarians are recorded, the eldest wa s a widow,who attained the age of 93 years. Two deaths occurred from sun-stroke. The wife of a clerk died at St. Mary's Hospital from burns caused by an explosion of paraffin, and an architect died in the same hospital from the explosion of a lamp. A compositor, aged 43, died from lead poison ing. A man, aged 50, died at Lewisham from pri vation. Last week the births of 909 boys and 844 girls, in all 1,753 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851.60 the average number was 1,582. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.943 in . The barometrical readings rose from 29.79 in. on Sunday, to 3044 in. on Thursday. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 61.2 deg., which is o'6 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest point attained by the thermometer in the shade was 76.3 deg. on Friday, and on Wednesday it fell to 47.3 deg., the lowest point in the week. The extreme range of the week was therefore 29.1 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 9.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 74, complete saturation being represented by 100. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.7 deg. The general direction of the wind was west. Rain fell slightly at intervals during the week. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 27.—The course of business here is hindered by the same difficulties that have stood in the way for weeks past. The raw material continues to advance in value, obliging both spin ners and manufacturers to stand out for higher prices; and the result is an ever-renewed check to the demand. The amount of transactions is very moderate in all departments. Some sellers of yarns, nevertheless, report more doing than on Friday , and a generally improved inquiry, even at d pound higher than the prices of last week .e The average advance asked by spinners is id. to id., and there can be no doubt that sales are seriously limited i goods is prevented in n c a o e n t s i el still greaterue nce. degree Businessby in nthe piece higher quotations of manufacturers gr great sale couldthis b week.av Even at last week's rates n e been made. Stocks are again accumulating. The production of cloth has lately been so eviden tly in excess of what is required t for either the home tra d e av or foreig n some large p roducer; du A ce b r: . h inn e in a g g w ai ae n m o re n a s d m e rt a er t t o s 'sh t o a rt time workin g, l ast week in several establishments , and the determination is more generally avowed to-day. In Blackburn four firms have adopted the system, two of them work ing four days a-week, one on three days a-week only, and the other having for the present ceased working altogether. About 2,000 looms are stopped entirely. The following is the weekly report of Messrs. J. Slagg and Co.:--" Owing to the continu ous advance in the raw material, manufacturers are asking a corresponding advance on goods, and many decline to name a price at all ; but _buyers, espe2ially for the India and China markets, decline to follow the upward movement, and there is consequently little or nothing doing in an y cl ass of goods." The following is fr_om,, Wethe c m ir a c k u e la r o f no change Messrs .to- d ay G . F in our q io S n o o n t , a a t nd ns C . o, : In some cases rather higher prices are asked, but the demand remains very inactive, and buyers for the most part are disinclined to make any purchases of moment, even at previous rates, The foundati on on whic hour present prices rest is feLltEtEopbse, A to n o g i . n 2 se 7 c .— ur T e h an d e n d cloth-halls speculative." very animat e d during market hou r s have todaTh The number of buy ers present were rathserl-imiLd, and their purchases were chiefly confined to small par cels of medium and low-priced goods for the ap proaching season. In the aggregate, however, more business was done than appeared to be likely ; and, though there were undoubtedly more sellers than buyers, the markets in both the coloured and the white cloth-hail were equal to those of this day se'n night. Wools are steady in price, but not a great deal is doing by the local brokers, the late sales in London having been the means of supplying the wants of many manufacturers. The flax trade con tinues rather quiet, and the w hole of the m achinery engaged in it is not runni n g full time. R OCH DALE, Aug. 26 . — There has been a better feeling in the flannel trade to-day, but the business doing is not an average one for the season. The home buyers are now getting up their stocks for winter, and they have p urch ased with more freedom to-day than they did last month. Manufacturers keep moderately well employed, but o r d er s are not i n much advance, so that fears are entertained that, unless the export trade soon improves, manu facturers will have to make more on speculation, or curtail their rate of production by short-time working. In common with the Lancashire flannel trade, there is a little more doing in Yorkshire low goods. Wools maintain last week's prices. DEATH BY SUNSTROKE. —A drummer, named Bailey, of the Royal Marines, at Chatham, was bathing in. the military bathing-place, on Tuesday afternoon, when he was suddenly taken ill. He was conveyed to Melville Hospital, and after a few hours died. The medical officers ascribe his death to sunstroke, lie was 14 leas of age. stock stock stock stock 20 stock stock) 98i 112 9 1 I