The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTRT.T.TGPNOB. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed steady, and prices were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market closed steadily ; the transactions were moderate. The grain market at Brussels yesterday was active, when about 1,500 hectolitres were sold at an average of 30 francs per hecto., being a slight advance on the opening prices of the present week. The sales were effected quickly, and were chiefly made in small lots to the retailers, who oppor tunely were in want of supplies for immediate con sumption. There would have been a larger attend- Luce of farmers with grain for sale, but the heavy rains of the previous night had detained them from Coming to market. Rye was in demand, at an average of 17 francs per hecto. At Paris also there was a recovery in the prices of the previous Market, with a large attendance of retailers, who had allowed their stocks to be reduced, in expecta tion of a further decline. Wheat was sold at 50f. to 52f. per sack, being an advance of about lf. per hectolitre, and the four mark qualities of flour were quoted at a rise of 2f. per sack, but not much sold at the higher price. At Lille the holders of wheat were asking an advance of 3f. to 4f. per sack of 1i hectolitres, which purchasers who had run short of supplies were obliged to give. The average price was 53f. 20c. per sack for white. The Bank of England return for the week ending the 16th inst. does not exhibit many changes of importance. In the bullion there has been a slight decline, but the Reserve of Notes has slightly augmented. The other securities, however, have materially increased. Active Circulation Decrease Bullion 12,455,624 Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 891,412 Decrease Government Securities No alteration, Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase' 5,560 The official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin ), ~ ... ~ Bars ..... Silver Coin Belgium ... 1,900 Ozs. I) ft The meeting of the Great Northern Railway Company was held to-day, and was but thinly at tended. The report led to some discussion, but was adopted. After paying the preference shares a dividend of V. 15s. per cent. for the half-year was declared. The directors were empowered to vote NO/. towards the schools at Peterborough, and to convert the debenture capital into shares. The English Stock Market is dull, but the quo tations have been well maintained, notwithstand ing the rather unfavourable char icter of the Bank return and the paucity of dealing. Consols for The have been 95k I, and for account 95g - ulle New 3 per Cents. are 96 to 961, and the Reduced 951 Exchequer Bills remain at lls. to 14s. premium, and the Bonds are 1001 Bank Stock is 218/. Foreign Securities have been dull, and generally rather. flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are heavy at 1031, and the 4 per Cents. at 104. Peruvian have ruled firm, viz., at 82f to 83. Grenada New Active are 20, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. 58k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign S tocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 ; Mexican, 22 i Peruvian, 82 4 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 9; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 7 ; Russian 5 per Couts., 111 13 ; ditto 4/ per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 44i 5 ; ditto Deferred, 24a 5 ; ditto Passive, 6i 7. Railway Shares are generally supported with firmness, and Midland, Bristol and Exeter, North Eastern, Berwick, and Brighton are higher. French Lines are dull, and East India descriptions rather firmer. Great Western of Canada have risen Rig as are 11 pm. Ottoman Banks have improved ss. to 103. Mis cellaneous are inactive. HAMM FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From tit! Oficial List.) Bank St oc k 3 per emu Reduced Annuities. 3 ,,, Per Cent. C onso ls Annuities 9sh f New 3 per Cent. Annuities 'mug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1560 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 7-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. 500 £ I OOO £ hall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3h per Cent. lOO. A P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Dutch Exchange, 2h per Cent., 12 Guil — Equador New Consolidated — Ditto Provisional Land Warrant 9, r enada New Active, 21 per Cent. 'eraviau Bonds 4i per Cent B2 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account TlrkiLh Bonds, 6 por cent — bat° Account T)itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lOl Diviienis on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 9sh I Ditto, Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Aug. 23.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—lm penal (tpt.), from the Black Sea, and loft for Woolwich ; Glance (tpt.), Constar tinople ; Istamboul (s. tpt.), Kings town. Sailed—Espindola, for Shediac ; Dutch ship-of war De Ruyter, Texel ; Gertrude (tpt.), Deptford ; Spring field (tpt.), Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind N.—Sailed—Priscilla and Britannia, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind N.N.W., strong.—Seven More packages of cargo (one of value) and two articles of Passengers luggage were recovered from the Zebra (s.), on the 19th inst. The gale of the 20th did great'damage to th e hull and materials of the vessel. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived—British Queen, screw steamer, from Malta ; Annie Worral, Antwerp. Sailed—Earl of Selkirk, for Quebec; Truth, Antwerp; Ellen Catherine, Lisbon. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21. Wind N.B. Arrived—Thessalie, from Alexandria. 31231 it. 50 St. St. 5 5 20 10 (BY 517BMARIKE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind N.W. tide 3 hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, Aug. 23.—Recovery, and Sisters, from Riga ; Germania, Owega • Angelina, Stralsund ; Stella, Riga ; Relian ce , t rans port', Constantinople ; Dolphin, Abo ; Fre dericka Catherine, Stralsund ; Sarah, St. Petersburg. Sailed—Anne I nga t e , for St. Panto de Santos ; States- Mau, Madras; Louisa, Konigsberg; Amazon, New York; Leipsic (s), for Touning; Thames (s), Hamburg; Borus sia (a), St. Petersburg. DzAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.E. ; moderate. Passed in tow—James Holmes, from Barbados, for London. Passed, 22d—Wilton Castle, from Swansea, for London; Electra, Granada, London ; John Oldham, Balaklava, London ; Alice, Porto Rico, London ; Sarah Ann, Alex andria, London; Queen of the South, Genoa, London; Banata, London, Calcutta ; Charles Tupper, London, Liverpool. A YEBY REMARKABLE THEOBY.—A Mr. Mooney has been delivering a lecture on the origin of gold, concern ing which be propounded the following novel theory : I set out by declaring my belief that gold is the petrified remains of matter which was once animate; and accom panied as it generally is by ocean pebbles, quartz, crystal, and other saline and marine deb►ie, I am of opinion that gold is the petrified fat or marrow of a peculiar fish which once floated over the gold fields when those fields were beds and bottoms of the world's great ocean." In proof o ithe hypothesis that gold is nothing more than the " petrified" fat of a peculiar fish, the lecturer showed specimens of quartz inwhich marine shells were embed• ded. Mr. Mooney also alluded to the fact that iron ex ists in the human blood, and argued from that position that gold might be educed from the marrow of fishes ! Melbourne Argus. The weather at Glasgow during the past few days has been agreeable, although sotnewhat cold, owing to the Prevalence of a pretty strong northeasterly wind. The evenings are remarkably pleasant, with fine moonlight. 20,!. 100 1.00 ICO SilAilE MARKETS. leaid. PX; Oi 1.00 100 All All all all 100 all 100 100 all all 100 100 1.00 1 82s. 100 3i 100 100 17i all all 164 100 100 22 all al 1 all all all all .' 17 .7 TIT S DAY.) RAILWAYS. 100 100 100 20 RAILWAYS. liottng. debt and Esstn. Junet. Belfast & Ballymen:. Binning. Wolverh Stour Va11ey...... Birkeand. Lanes).. d Cheshire Do. Chesil. 42 Birk. Do., do. •.. Myth &Tynsoriglug £25 (issd. at .E 45 Bristol and Exeter ,Jaledonian. +3lle3ter llolyhesd Jork and BAndou B'aek, PRO cloritwO Do. A Do. B Dublin&l;elfastJunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc. East Au g113.n. Eastern Counties.. gut Union. A Str Be., B. Stock Do., New A ..... „ East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glssgo Edinb. r.nd Peeble e.. Edin. Pith &DUB (16 I Forth & Clyde Jun IFurness Closing Prices yesterday 4} - 41 ••• "'"' - 9i 19 - 21 J 5 - 17 13 - 11 95 - 97 57 -57 A 17 - 173 12 - 14, . •• 6 '"'"' • • 3 - 5, 1 10 - 11 N 9i 36 - 38 25 - 27 7 - 5 83 - 85 60 - 62 37 - 000 '... 94 - 9G 971 - 9801 85 - 87 133 135 117 119 65i C 6 74 - 77 64 - 74 C 4 7i 98i 99 61 1064 - le74' 10 lip I d ) I.o'q 34} - 3~ 1 - 841 -84 i 54 - 56 •. .... ~ 15i 52 - 54 3i - 36i ••• .... • 843 - 853 41 - 33 2t - 13 173 - 184 594 60, 94 - 96 - 7 11 - 31 - 33 108 -- 110 49 bl 15 16 75 76 81 83 4 2d 1i 1d 15 17 - 37 19i -• 201 -6 - 64 27 - 29 6i - ' q 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i • - . 8 - 9 7 8 i 4j -5,,, 2d 2 3 li - 11 par i I 51 5i 2i - 2 1 37 -37 i 13A - 14. - 23! 24 2i 22& 22 231 - 231 i 2 - 134 82 - 7 - 7 2n - 22Ai - 5k - 5i 25 -25 J 2i - 3 I 99 - 101 122 - 127 122 - 127 93 7 98i 8 87 107 107 i i i 34a a Busine: , s done this day 107 6i 7} x all Do. Extension.. Glasgow &S. Wfat r. Great N. of Scotlud. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lro. Great Western Do. Stour Val, Rai Gum. Stk Irish South-Eastern . Lancaster Si Carlish Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds [,encash. andYorksh Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. South/ or London St Blackwai 1 Lond. Bright St S.Cst . Lond. and N. Westn . Do. Fifths D0.101,13h.,11103,„C Do. Eighths, Londo an d WA.tn. I Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh Lrdndrrydt Colerain , Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch.Shef.Pik Linek Do., Man. & Lin. lin Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. &Derb Aidld. G. West. (II e, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt.Abcrg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniekille Newry, Warrenpo'nt and Rostrevor. . Norfolk Northn.Connties Urn North British Nth. Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N.Eastern—Berwic Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. 'lurch Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. N. S.Wstru.,flamj stead, and City Jo.. North Staffordshire, North Western........ N. & P. Westrn. June Ox., Wore., & Wolv. Nrtsmonth Scottish Central... Scottish Midland.„ hropshire Uni :at „, South Devon South Eastern South Wales 3. Yrk.sh. & Riv. Do.. Si allies, Wok &W ol Stockton & Darling. Do., do., 1554 Do., do., 1355 Stockton & Hnrtlep Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D.& R Vale of Waterfd. & Kilkenn Waterford&Limerc' , West Cornwall West End of London ' and Crystal Palace 1 Do. A ......, Do. B 1 West London.— I wimbledn &Croydon Antwerp4Stßott r(i) r Ardennes Atlan.& St.Lw. leased at 6 p. e. by Gd. Talc. of Canada Belgian Eastn. Jun( Boziers to Gra; esessa Bombay, Baroda, an Con. India, g. 5 p. c Do, Buff. & Lk. Ilur. Ry. Canneaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Demerara I)ntch 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. D 0.4 Do. do. do., '59, dr. Gee'ong k Melbourn, guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Tk of Canad aA if- Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'6. Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c Do New, guar. 5 p. c. Groat Luxembour Constituted Share Gt. Western of Canad r. Shares ......... . Do. New Do. Bds., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou option Lake Const. Bash Liorre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca dc Pist. 5 p. e.p. Lyons and Genova .. Lyons & Mediterran Ifadras, guar. 4 p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c Do. 4/ p. c. Eaten Do. Sci Ex., g. sp. c Karla Antonia .... Do. do. New lemur di Liege (wit ) Interest) Do. (ex interent).... Do. do , C p. c. Pref lorthern of France lorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans... Recife & San. Fran. (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Riga & Duuaburg is. at 801. per share... Rome and Frascati. Loyal Danish Royal Swedish 'timbre and Mouse.. Jo. 51 p. coot. Prot icinde, guar. 5 p. c Do. - kluthern of France., it. Andrew's an Quebec (A) „. !Veit Flanders )o 5k per c. Prof. •V. &N. W. of Franc , West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ..... Zealand FOREIGN. 84 841 5 19i 65 3 i 3 JOINT-STOI Austra Bank of Egypt Bank of London Itri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C British N. Amoricai Ohartd. Bank of As . > Ohrtd. Bnk. of Ind Li. ' Ankralia, Chinr ICity Colonial Commercial of Loncl W.ng.Sclot.& Ans. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. o Au5tra1ia.,......., Ditto New Loudon and Counl Lud . /1; E. Buk g. Corp. London Joint Stock. Loudon and Paris , Lond. & WeFtminste. National Pro.cf Eng Do. Naw Nation; 1 of Bank New South Wain Oriental Bank 3f Corporation Ottoman Bank Prvvincial of Irelane bo. New R Aus R It Oo Im Royal youth Australia IJnic ts of Atstri Dc. union c.f Li:ndon Wootern Bk of Loud LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. C Toßtn, -rsi n c at : stir. t'k: . RAILWAYS. CenTr. , yester,i4.y. his lay - ------- --- 4,1 -* sedfc,rd and Londasz BletAley N. Wont. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L&N.W. 9) - 101 100 St 100 ClydesdaleJ , . Caledon... 100 - 105 25 all Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & dud. and llal. E. C . 12 - 14 St. !WO E. Lin. g. 6 pc. , Gt. Nrth n. 139 - 141 5 ! all E. Un. 11. Sl]. E. Count. 4 4i St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian Neils. Direct St. 'lOO Do. New...... IDo 2 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Git. %roan 27 - 29 Ur) ail Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw. • St; all Hull & Selby Y. &NM , 108 - 109 109 25 all Do. Sharer. Do 12? all Do. I Shares. Do ••• - ••• 1 - 7 all Lon.&Greenw S. Baste, l2t - 134 Do. Preference Do 23i - 241 St.llo Loa., M., &S. Peto &Co ll3 - 116 St 'lOO Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent. Norfolk St LI) Do. 6 per et. Do ri all Manch. llxtu. L.&N. and Matlock & Midid. 2i - I it) all Middlesbro' & Stektop.& Redcar. Darlingt. - St. 100 Midld.Bradfii Midland 95 - 97 6/ 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc En. Conn. - pm 50 all NA Est.s p. c. E. Count. 58 - 60 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do •.. ••• 25 all Prest. & W yr. L. & N.W - 126 all Do. Shrs. ADo - St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNortb.b 135 - 140 25 18$ SheLlioth and Lancash& Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. - 10 all Shrews.&Her. Brassey 8 - 84. 12 10i S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 3 - 2§cl 50 all Wear Valium' Stockt. & 6 por cent... Darlingt - 25 all Do Do 33 - 34 St ,100 Wilts&l;ornrst GtWeetn 9l - 93 St. St. St. 25 PREFERENCE SHARES. Pm Pm 13 'WO LOO l()0 100 1381 xd, 75 4 82 831 2i 31 22 121 i 9i 173 i 40 10 f i 35 6 361 THE SUM LONDON; SATURDAY EVENING! AUGUST - 2s; iase. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) DOW-STREEL CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT THE ADELPUI THEATRE. —A very respectably-attired young woman, who gave the name of Mary Ford, was placed before Mr. Henry, charged with creating a disturbance in the pit of the Ad elphi Theatre. Police-ccnstable, 162 A, stated that last night the young woman at the bar paid for admission to the pit of the Adel phi Theatre, and on reaching the seats she be gan to create a disturbance. He begged of her to re main quiet, and not to disturb the audience, or he should be under the disagreeable necessity of taking her into cus tody. The prisoner refused to desist, and as sha was passing backwards and forwards to her seat she kept calling ont, "Go it old fellow," " All serene," "Go it my hearty," and such like expressions. Finding it was impossible to persuade ber to remain quiet, he took her into custody, and on his attempting to remove her from tie theatre she became v,ry violent—indeed so much SO that another constable was sent for to assist him in conveying the prisoner to the station-house. Mr. Henry—Well, what have you to say to the charge of creating a disturbance 1 The woman hung down her head and made no reply. Mr. Henry said it was to be regretted that prisoner had conducted herself in the manner described, and a person entering a theatre in a state of intoxication would not be allowed to disturb the rest of the audience. Conduct like that of the plisoner admitted of no excuse, and as she had behaved so violently to the police, he should fine her 10s., or a week's imprisonment. MORE FRUIT STEALING IN COVENT GARDEN MARKET, —.Tan Davis, a costermonger, was charged with steal ing a seive of greengages of the value of 7s. from the stand of Mr. Abraham Isaacs, a salesman in Covent garden Market. Louis Levy stated that this morning he was busily engaged at the stand of his employer, Mr. W. Almond, in Covent•garden Market, when he observed three men, of whom the prisoner was one, loitering about the mar ket. Suspecting that they were intent on committing a robbery, he continued to keep his eye upon them, and in a very short time after he observed the prisoner go up to the stand of Mr. Isaacs and walk off with a seive of greengages. He allowed him to walk with the basket about a hundred yards, and then went up to him and accused him of stealing the fruit he had in his hands. He (prisoner) stated he had paid for the greengages, but he (witness) knowing such not to be the case, he requested him to return with him to Mr. Isaacs. He did so, and Isaacs said that he had not sold the greengages to him, and he was consequently given into custody. Mr. Abraham Isaacs stated that the basket of greengages was his property, and had been stolen from his stand that morning. The prisoner never paid him any money for the fruit, indeed he bad not even asked the price of it. He bad lost a great quantity of property lately, and he was determined to prosecute every case with the utmost rigour of the law. The sales men in the market were robbed to an immense amount every market morning, and they had determined in order, if possible, to put a stop to the practice to punish every case. His (Mr. Isaac's) neighbour, Mr. Almond, had that morning lost two selves of fruit. The plan upon which the thieves entered was that one of their party should engage the attention of the owner of the property by asking the price of dif ferent things, while his companion made off with whatever he could lay his hands on. He was positive he bad not sold the greengages to the man at the bar. Besides, they were not the sort of things that men of his class would purchase ; the price was too high for them. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had bought the greengages of Mr. Isaacs, and had paid him for them. Mr. Henry said he must try and make a jury believe that. The robberies in Covent-garden Market had be come so frequent that he had determined to do all he could to put down the evil. He should therefore com mit the prisoner for trial for felony. 110 112 .» - ... s— -64P —pm lid —12 i. 21 - 1 24 - - 3 P 1 24 - 2gp 9 - 9 1 - 9 20 - 20: 42 - 42: 84 - 9 56k - 6'6 7 - lit 19i - 20. - 131 - 13 . 2 i - 2i ... . plc , ii - N 9* - 9i 38 - 39 ••• ••••-, .•• 19i -20 k BANKS. 103 - 104 6P 69 - 71 I -1 p 14 - i I 71 -- 73 17 -• 18 21/ - 22 j lt - 2 pj 1 - 3p 10 -- 5 d .. ... .• • •-- ••••• , . 46 - 48 40 - 41 i a ; • 44 ..... .. 35 37 36 38 68 - 70 7] :4 84 2d la Al Aberdeen Deben. Do. 6 per cent. Do. No. 2, 7 p. 0. BlythandTyne lOpel 0. pref. (issd. zt 501 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO jhes. &Ho. On. 5 pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons c • Dun. Prth .es Aber. J. g. Anglian Cls. A Sh . Do. ch. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. gas. Co.Ex, spc No. Do. No. 2. Do. New 6 p. e. St gad Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Dcbentr.SL. Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lane soh.6 p. ctr lg. kW. York. .1. sth, Hain. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh M. Prth.&Durt.4p.c Furness. Glas. &5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. 0. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem.. Do. p.c Do. 5 P.C. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm lt.N. of Scot. 1 tt Pre `R. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prof. S 4t. WAR. kH.Exspc )o. con. red. 46 p.c. )o. eon. red. 4 p. c. 10. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. S!1 )o. Chester 8 p. c. P.&, Do. do. 5 p. 0. do Do. Birm. Goa. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. d 0..... ...... tan. &York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ,r..on.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. o. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et -on.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares & Wet. Sh Londy. & Ennis. SI) 4.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do, do. kti Do. do. 31 per cent. Warypt .& Carl. 4 p o. Do. 4 A per cent Do. do. Consol.6 p.c.St no. Con.Br.llir. 6p( Di. 4i p. o. Prof. Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. Tn. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St, Do. 5 p. c. Ext....... 1);,. 5:I I per ct. prof... Do. Way. Val. 5 p e North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do IDo Leeds 6 p.c .No.l Do. do. Quarters ... Do.Yorkll. & Per. North Staffordshire. Ox,Wo.PLW.IS/ 6 pe Do R. Pref. 10/. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Prof south Devon Do. flxed,44 per cent S. Eastern (Readim Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d. Do. 4 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do, do. 4} p. 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock.& Dar., 5 p. o IDo. do. do 'Stock. & Hartl. g. E p. c. till July 1, '56 Water fd.& Kilk.6pc 1..0.1 MINES. 1 all Igna Fria . lOs all A.nglo Californian 20 7 tustralian — 14 11 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 60 all Blienar. Iron & Coa „„ „.. 20 14 British Iron 5 7 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(issue at E 5 pm.) 30 all I Do. Coca.es & Culaba 31 41 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 20 22 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica - io 40 all 'Cobra Copper 5O 55 51 5 14 Colonial Gold — .•• St. alt iCopper Min. of Eng. 30 35 25 all Do. Prof. 7/ p. cent 26 28 ... 16 Copiapo 2 14 Fortuna —4 d 20 all Genual l4 15 1 all Gt.NuggetYeinßug 1 1 41 all Great Polgooth — 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite 24 14d 1 all Liberty ••• 3 all Doane 7 8 5 11 Lusitanian - 4 , 1 all Ilariquita — 4 1 all I Now Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde ••• t 0 all Pontgi•Sil.& Le• Min lO 11 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock ••• 60 all l ithymney Iron 25 27 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 14/ Santiago de Cuba.. 24 —2l Gs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 24 1 all ;South Australian__ 1 1 all Do. Scrip. .. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref 4/ Tam. S. &L. Min. C o . 11 11 110 all Pin Croft... ........ 3/ 44 284 all Unitcd Mexican 3l 4 1 all Waller ••• 1 all West Maripos a ...,.,, ••• 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia MISCELLANEOUS. 26 t 9 Australian Agricult. 26 27 le ill Aualraln. Royal Mail , 1U all Berlin Water Works 51 6 51 50 40 Brit. American Land 00 3 Canada 126 329 St is fi Cl.Go.6p.c.Jan&jals 114 115 114 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 D 0.6 p c. Mar & Sept t ail Crystal Pa1ace........ 14 2 2 5 all Do. Preference...... 54 ._ 54 4 a I Crystal Pal. of Franc, 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 Ist Eastern Steam .. St. 100 Electric Telegraph , 94 9.6 a d 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 al' En.drAus Cop Sm Co 11 11 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. . 16 all General Screw Stean 131 13/ 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 4 44 2Magdalena St. Navig 10( 10 11 lf editeran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 HoximatS.Amerien. 31 —3/ 311 2 5 5 Nat. Discount CO. 11 -11 p 64 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue' 10 5 Netherlands Land.— 11 14 2, 0 a ll Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 100 go New B. di N.S. Land 21 26 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c. D. •i , L ll N. P. Australasian,,, YO b Nrth. of EuropeStaam 13k 131 1 all Oriental Gas 1 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" $p a ll Peel Rr. Ld. & Mite. 21 21 5(; all Peninsular& Oricuttl 64 66 50 10 Do- New ............. 4 5 P Royal Mail Ste am " 1 6 11 Scot. Austral. Inv es t 1 --- 1 1 Ditto New. - iP 25 a ll South Austral.latd 354 364 1 a t Submar. Tel. Scrip 1 Do. Registered 1 2, 1 5 ei übt& L. Coal. Can. • • icto 28A 16 17 ,V.Ch.6p.c.Jand. July 101. - 103 164 - 174 41 - 51 6 - 66 107 - 112 100 - 105 i 1 i - 1 1) 13 -13 i 16 - ii. 119 - )21 1 112 - 114 105 - 107 i - ip • 4.0 .... • • 6 - 6A 95 - 97 89 - 91 89 - 91 99 • 101 10 - 10# 174 -17 i 104 -10 i 75 - 77 201 - 21} toa 101 154 - 16 138 140 wps -- ... 159 - 161 125 - 127 - 65 - 68 136 - 138 101 - 103 91 - 93 11 - lipl ••• '''' [O4 -1(6 97 - 99 1 -;i 1 - - jlO9 - 111 15 - 16 24i - 25 100 - 103 10 - 104 ••• .... ••• - 2 : spi — ii = ild en t r 92bittton SUN OFFICE Six o'Clock. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 18th inst. An officer of the staff had arrived the day before at Madrid, who was said to be the bearer of im portant despatches from the Captain -General of Barcelona. Catalonia was perfectly tranquil. The Clamor Publico states that, before the close of the month, the Government will have come to an understanding on all the questions connected with the political re-organisation of the country. The Madrid Gazette publishes the following, dated Lisbon, 12th inst.:-- "During the recent riot, a great affluence of coun try people was observed in the capital. Emissaries had been sent to different points, and it is now well known that a•revolutiocary movement was contemplated. The rioters having announced that they would be joined by the labourers employed on the railways an d in the manufactories, the Governor bad caused certain posi tions to be occupied by the troops. The attitude of the latter deterred many from joining the groups. The Captain-General deserves the greatest praise ; by his prudence and coup Sail he defeated the designs of the seditious. The re-organisation of the Municipal Guard and the dismissal of its Commander-in-chief were con sidered indispensable. That corps costs the State 4,347,826 reals per annum, and might be replaced by the troops of the garrison by granting the men a trifling additional pay. The King is of opinion that regiments should not remain more than one year in the same town. All the corps of the army would accordingly in their turn benefit by the measure." GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (This Day.) The half-yearly meeting of this company was held this morning at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street— Mr. E. Dennison in the chair. The report of the directors, with the accounts, which have already appeared in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the shareholders, con gratulated them on the satisfactory position of the com pany, which he said he considered was exemplified in the fact that the original shareholders stuck by the ship and did not sell her—during the past half-year they had added but 30 shares to the list. (Hear.) The directors had been very careful over the shareholder's money, not one payment of 1001. or 1501. being made by them without the greatest scrutiny by the board. The secu rities in cash held by the board up to the 30th of June amounted to 262,2621. Os. 6d., and the preference capi tal not called up amounted to 400,0001., and the board hoped to be able to do without calling up that amount for a considerable time. (Hear, hear.) After alluding to the gross receipts and expenditure of the line for the past half-year, which have already been published, he said the directors proposed a dividend of 3i per cent., which would leave a balance of 1551. 14s. Bd. to be carried to the next half-year. He moved the reception and adop tion of the report and accounts. Mr. PACKE seconded the motion. After some remarks from Mr. V. Knight, relative to matters of finance, Mr. HUGHES expressed his opinion that if strict eco nomy were observed in the management of the line, there would be a larger dividend for the shareholders. He thought it would be much better for all were the number of directors lessened, and expressed an opinion that it was not advisable for the company to subscribe towards the proposed metropolitan line. He also called attention to the disparity in the rates of payments to the officials, which required attention, and concluded by expressing an opinion that, on the whole, the report was satisfactory. Mr. GIESAR called attention to the working expenses of the line, amounting to 49.77 per cent., whilst the Lon don and North-Western was only 40 per cent., and the London and South-Western much less. If the working expenses had been reduced to the working expenses of the latter line their dividend would have been at the rate of 51 per cent. (Hear, hear.) Since the appoint. ment of a committee by the London and North- Western to investigate the affairs of the company a sum of 70,0001. had been saved. After adverting to the sum of 1,600,0001. on stock, he proposed the appointment of a committee of 12 shareholders, not di rectors of t'.►e company, to investigate into the affairs of the company and report thereon. A PaormETon seconded the motion. Mr. PLIMSOLL attempted to address the meeting, but as he was not a registered shareholder the meeting re fu:sed to hear him. The CHAIRMAN said the working expenses of the line were not greater than those of a number of other lines that appeared to be less. It was the practice of the Great Northern to charge everything to the working ex penses that legitimately belonged to them. Until a uni versal system was adopted for working railways, it would be impossible to come to a clear understanding in the matter. He could bear testimony to the desire of all connected with the line to keep down expenses. The report and accounts were then received and adopted. The following resolutions were then agreed to : " That a dividend be declared for the half-year ended 30th June, 1856, as follows, payable •to the proprietors on the Register of the Company on the 26th July, 1856 : At the rate of 51. per cent, per annum upon the Perpetual Preference Stock of the Company; at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum upon the 5 per cent. Preference Stock of the Company, redeemable at a premium of 101. per cent. ; at the rate of 41. 10s. per cent, per annum upon the 46 per cent. Preference Stock of the Company, :redeemable at a premium of 101. per cent. ; at the rate of .5/. per cent. per annum upon the 5 per cent. Preference Stuck of the Com pany, redeemable at a premium of Si. iser cent. ; at the rate of 31. 103. pe r cen t, per annum on the Origina Undi vided Stock of the Company, being for the half-year 1/.155. per cent. ; and at the rate of 31. 10s. per cc T t. for the half year upon B Stock, towards 6 per cent. per annum, as guaranteed by A Stock." "That the directors b© and hereby an f, authorised to convert into Great Northern Railway De benture Stock,' an y portion or the whole amount of the r aortgage debt of the company, from time to time, and upon such terms as they may consider advisable, in accordanoe with the pro visions of `The Great Northern Company's Increase of Capital Act, 18532" The Chairman next moved : " That the directors be, and hereby am, authorised to expend a sum not exceeding 7001. for tla erection of a school-room at New England, Peterborough, for the chil dren of the mechanics and labourers in the company's employ there." lie said it was necessary, for the convenience of the men, that cottages should be erected at New England, and it was desirable 4 school should be erected for the 200 children belionging to them. Agreed to. MMr. Giesar's motion for a c)mmittee was negatived, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the, business. TIM 'RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AT INKERMAN. Captain llocir.sevich, late in the Russia n service, in a work by him recently published, Voice from within the Walls of Sebastopol," says —" Close to me (at the at. tack on Liken:nal) heights) stood a young ensign of the name of I'rotopoff, and, se' Ang that he looked dull, I asked what was the matter. Ah !' said he, tell my uncle to write home, and .say that I was killed at the battle of Inkerman.' His uncle was in our regiment. I told him that he ougl it not to joke like that, for don't you see the day is or.rs ? I had hardly time to pronounce these words before 'ae was struck in the left side by a rifle ball, and died aim oat immedi a t e l y . Sh or tly after this I received a 'plow on the left shoulder from a small stone, and I heard from all sides cries that the Ekatberiußnbur gers are killing Us !' 1 asked what was the rn: tter, and at the same instant a man fell dead be& de me. I ordered the men who were near me to see. - where he was shot. They said in the back of the '.teal, so there could be no longer any doubt. Taking wi'„h me men of any company, I went down to the regiment of Ekat herinen burg, which I found about half-way down the hill i n a disorganised mass, and firing. On my asking them w' bat they were firing at, they said they were firing over our heads. Hew can you be firing over our heads when you are killing our army ?' I tried to reason with them, and persuade them if they would not advance a' least to cease firing, when a man stepped out and fire d close to me. I could contain my • self no longer, but Ng an to belabour bim with the flat of my sword, whey A I E aw a major coming up to me and I rushed to meet J iro. What on earth are you about I Why don't you I .00k t o your men ? Why don't you ad vance ? If you won't advance, at least order your men to cease firing, f or the y are killing le r The major said, in a plaintive What can I do when they have killed more 'A l en f' of us ?' Thinking he meant the enemy, I s•aid, It dis that a reason why you should kill your ov en p e r i 'le No,' said he, it is they,' pointing to the 1 . 0 ,n, ' who have shot us ; I am the only field officer lel t, and what can Ido with such rut. flans 'lt is a , shame, Mr. Major,' said I, to fear your own men ! • I,lre were joined by an officer from the regiment ( Borodino, who added his remonstrances to mine, but witho at effect. The major left us, and went farther ( Lown the bill cut of the way. I returned again to the battery', but here reigned such confusion that it was i.• npossif le to distinguish the men of my own regiment. t iudde& y a cry was raised that we were out flao), ce d J I shot ited for the men of my company, but it vvp .s of lac) use, and the sergeant-major said they .ied up with the others, and that it would be iraPce , ,ible to tepara to them." MARL BORO UGH STREET. KILLING ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S DUClCS.—Richarcl Hobden was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with wilfully killing a duck, value 25., the property of her Majesty. Patrick Malone stated that he was a constable on the Great Western Railway, and that about six o'clock on the previous evening he was walking near the ornamental water in Kensington-gardens, when he saw the defen dant pick up a stone and throw it at a duck which was swimming in the water, and killed it. Witness imme diately went up to him and asked why he killed the duck, and he replied that it was an accident, and he did not mean to do it. A constable then came up and wit ness gave defendant into castody. The duck was worth at least 2s. The accused, in defence, said he was fishing, and the duck came against his line, and in order to frighten it away he threw a stone at it, but not with the intention of killing it. Mr. Bingham severely admonished the defendant, and ordered him to pay 25., the value of the duck. THAMES. A REVOLT AMONG LASOADS—CURIOUS DIFFICULTY. — Mr. Crew, a clerk in the service of Smith, Simpson, and Co., came before Mr. Selfe and asked his advice under the following circumstances :—The lascars who assisted in navigating the Schah Jehan, Captain Edington, master, from Calcutta to London upon wages, were bound to return in another ship to the Dot Indies on the same terms and conditions if the Schah Jehan did not go back to the East. That vessel was chartered for another voyage, but not to the East, and the Lascars, with their serang and tindal (boatswain and boatswain's mate) were transported to the Tasmania, a large ship bound to Australia and Madras. The Asiatic sailors remained on board two days, and then deserted, and re fused to sign fresh articles of agreement, which they were bound to do by the contract entered into with s Capt. Edington. Three appointments were made for them to meet Capt. Edington and Capt. Nourse at the shipping office, to sign the new contract, but they never attended. Under these circumstances, the Lascars were brought before Mr. Yardley on a warrant, and they demanded a month's advance before they joined the Tasmania, to which the magistrate said they were not entitled. They then complained that Captain Nourse, the master of the Tasmania, was a cruel man, and would beat them on the voyage, but there was no truth in the assertion. Other frivolous objections were made, which Mr. Yardley said were frivolous, and severely censured the tindal for misleading his shipmates. Mr. Yardley did all in his power to induce the Lascars to sign the new articles and proceed to sea in the Tasmania, but they all most obsti nately refused to do so, and the magistrate was com pelled to discharge them, because Captain Edington had not procured a certificate from the East India Com pany that the Tasmania was a proper ship for the pri soners to serve in, and that the new agreement was in all respects a proper agreement for the Lascars to enter into. The 23d section of the " Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 185.5 " required that to be done, and he was surprised that had been overlooked by the brokers of the ship. Mr. Crew said that the certificate had been applied for, but the officer who was at; the head of the Marine department of the East India Company, and whose duty it was to issue the certificates when applied for, said he would not grant a certificate to the captain of the Sohab Jehan until the Lascars signed the new articles. Mr. Selfe.—Which they have refused ta do ? The owners of the Schah Jehan are in a serious difficulty. If the owners of the ship don't send the Lascars back to India they will be liable to heavy penalties. Mr. Crew said Mr. Yardley was of opinion be could not punish the men for not procee3ing to sea in the Tasmania until the certificate was granted. Mr. Selfe was of the same opinion, and thought the East India Company's officer bad taken a most erroneous view of the matter. It was perfectly absurd to say the officer would not grant a certificate until the Lasoars signed the articles. He then directed Mr. Crew to go back to the India House and state the opinions of the Magistrates, that the certificate should ,be made out forthwith, and before the Lascars signed the new con tract. STEALING TEA IN THE LONDON Does.—James Sin• clair, a labourer in the employ of the London Dock Company, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a pound of tea. William Cornwall, a gatekeeper, said that he was sent for to the tea department to search the prisoner, who, he was informed, bad stolen some tea and secreted it about his person. He asked the prisoner if he had any tea, and he declared ho had not. He pulled off the pri soner's shoes and found in each of them a bag containing half a pound of black tea. Mr. Selfe—Undr:r his feet ? Cornwall—Yea, sir. Mr. Selfe—l wonder how he 'could keep half a pound of tea in each shoe. It takes irn a large space. Cornwall —It was so, sir. Here are samples of tea similar to that found on the - prisoner which was taken from a pile of tea. I asked the prisoner where he go the tea, and he said he picked it up. The prisoner, in defence, sai d be was sorry for what he had done. He had a large family, and hoped the ma;zistrate would be lenient. Mr. Se:fe—l can hardly believe you are sorry. A large faindy is no e \cuse for rubbery. Cornwall, i❑ answer to a question, said the prisoner had been employed in the dock nine years. The forem:in of the tea department said the prisoner bad been a nr n of good character. Mr. Seife—l fine him 20s. for the "unlawful posses sion" of the tea, or three weeks' imprisonment. DINNER TO THE GUARDS AT THE ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. The dinner to be given to the Guards on their return from the Crimea takes place on Monday next. The ar rangements are as follows :—The Grenadiers, numbering . 739 ne n, w ill march from their barracks in Birdcage walk, over Westminster-bridge, past the Elephant and Ca- , by the Walworth.road, up Amelia-street, to the gar der The, Fusiliers, numbering 708 men, will march ir t il,ir ba,rrAcks at Charing-crosk , ,overWaterluo-bridge, I,illow in/ the Grenadiers from the Elephant and Castle. Tire CAistreams, numbering 562 men, will march from the Tower, over London-bridge, by the Elephant and Castle, and the same route thence to the Gardens. The tetal number of non-commissioned officers and pri vates is 2,009, all wearing medals. They will arrive at the Surrey Gardens at a quarter to 2 o'clock, and enter by the usual entrance. An equal number of each regi inei.t will fill the ball, and take their places at the ta bles; the remainder will occupy the tables placed in front of 1113 building, under an awning. While the men are taking their places the drums and fifes will play the "Roast Beef of Old England," and the bands of the three regiments will station themselves in the or chestra. The chair will be filled by Serjeant-Major Ed wards, the senior Serjeant-Major of the Guards, and the oldest soldier in the army, and Mr. Harker will al elate as volunteer toastmaster. The soldiers will then file off into the gardens, and the music-hall will be cleared of all visitors in order to prepare for the concert. AlLusements of various kinds will be found in the gar dens to occupy two hours. When ready to commence the concert the soldiers will be marched into the ball, the centre of which will be specially reserved for them. M. Jullien's band will perform a number of pieces ar ranged fir the occasion, and conducted by him, and the bands of the Guards will give their valuable services to enhance the effect. After the concert the soldiers will be placed on the ground between the hall and the lake, and a grand display of fireworks, with suitable devices, will take place. The soldiers will then be mustered and marched home at 9 o'clock. The second act of the con cert will then be performed, and afterwards a f inale of rockets and lofty fireworks will conclude the amusements. The dinner provided for the men will comprise meats, meat pies, salads, tarts, plum puddings, and fruits, with other accessories. A bottle of stout will be supplied to each man, a bottle of champagne to every three men for the toasts, and each man will have a quarter of a pound of tobacco to take home with him. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The sixth season of Mr. Kean's management came to a close last night with the greatest eclat. The house was crowded in every part—so much so, indeed, that a great number were refused admission, not a single place being vacant soon after the performance commenced. The entertainment comprised the farce of " Music bath Charms" and "The Winter's Tale," the last and by no means least successful of the gorgeous Shakesperian "revivals." After the play, which was even performed with more than the accustomed spirit by every one con cerned, and heartily enjoyed by a more than usually enthustas:ic audience, Mr. Kean was unanimously called before the footlights. When the applause that greeted him from all sides of the house had subsided he addressed the house as follows " Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln obeying your summons permit me to take the opportunity of expressing my deep sense of gratitude for the constant favour with which you have received my efforts since I first entered upon manage ment—a favour which has enabled me to present some of the most beautiful creations of the greatest of all poets with a success unprecedented in the annals of the drama. Such results convert the most hazardous risk into triumphant certainty, and convince me that I am right in endeavouring to render every production on this stage as nearly as possible a correct embodiment of what is real, picturesque, and true. We have now reached the last night of our season, and the 103 d representation of ' The Win ter's Tale,' but I can scarcely say 'Farewell,' since in a few days 1 hope once more to bid you welcome. On Monday week, Sept. 1, this theatre will reopen with a revival of Sheridan's play of Pizarro,' with the same attention to details which has accompanied the whole of the previous series of historical illustrations. In the meantime, ladies and gentlemen, on the part of Mrs. Kean and myself, I beg to tender you our respectful thanks, and to assure you of our earnest and continued zeal in your service." This short speech was followed by the most renuin• demonstrations of approval. A loud call was then raised for Mrs. Kean, who was led on by her husband, and ap plauded by the whole audience. There is every reason to believe that the season just expred has been one of extraordinary prosperity. The uninterrupted run of "The Winter's Tale" for 102 nights—the style and mag nitude of the representation considered—is probably without example. THE LATE FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN SOUTII WALES. PONTYPRIDD, AUG. 22. The protracted inquiry into the cause of the late die estrous explosion of fire-damp at the Cymmer in Glamorganshire, has at length been brought to a close. Tho greatest interest in the investigation ap pears to have been taken by the colliers of the district, who at tended the inquest in large bodies day by day. Many of the owners and managers of the numerous coal-mines in South 'Wales have also been present, and several legal gentlemen have attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the proprietor of the colliery and of the friends of the deceased. The evidence having been completed at midday yes• tertlay, it was agreed to adjourn for a short time, and then to proceed with the summing up. The Court re• sunned shortly after 2 o'clock, and The Coroner at onca proceeded to sum up. He pointed out to the jury the importance of the investigation, and th e c hief questiou which they were called upon to de cide. In the first place, it was left to them to eay whether the unfortunate deceased had died through as accidental explosion of fire-damp, or whether the ex plosion which had terminated so fatally had been occa sioned by the carelessness or negligence of any person or persons intrusted with the control and management of the pit. If they were of opinion that the explosion was one of those unforeseen casualties which neces sarily attended all mining operations, however serious the consequence might have been, it would be their duty to return a verdict of accidental death ; but if they be lieved that it had arisen from the careessness and neg ligence of the owner, manager, overman, or firemen, or any other person having duties to perform in the mine, it would be their duty to find a verdict of manslaughter, in order that the matter might be investigated elsewhere, and the supposed offenders tried for the offence. In order to enable the jury to arrive at a proper decision, he thought it necessary to impress upon them the fact that, as a point of law, if any man took upon himself an office or duty requiring skill and care, and yet by care. lessness or negligence permitted an accident to occur lsy which a death ensued, such person would be guilty of manslaughter. He then called attention to the rules of the Cymmer Pit, by the first of which the duties of the manager were defined. Those duties required him to take the responsible charge of the mine and works, and the direction of all persons employed in or about them. Full power was given to him, and he was required to carry out whatever he might consider necessary for safety, and for rendering effective the general and special rules. He was also to take care that there was a sufficient number of competent agents to superintend the mine, machinery, and workmen, and it was his duty to see that they clearly understood, and were attentive to their respective duties. In addition, it was his duty to lay out the ventilation of the mine, to make due provision for removing all noxious gases, to take especial care that the general rules were attended to, and to see that the workmen were made acquainted with them by causing them to be read over when desir able. It would now be for the jury to say bow far the duties thus defined in the rules had been performed by the manager. The coroner here read the mules which referred to the overmen, deputies, and other undergrouni agents, together with those affecting the workmen themselves, and then proceeded to comment upon the fae,ts of the case and the nature of the evidence. He believed that the evidence very strongly affected several of the persons holding responsible positions in the col liery. It was, however, for the jury to say how tar the duties of those persons were distinctly defined, and whs. ther or not they had been violated. Before the conclusion of the summing up Mr. James, the solicitor for the proprietor of the colliery, handed in the following document, which may, be considered the defence of the persons intrusted with the management of the mine : " The manager maintains that he had a right to per form the duties of the first special rule by what he be lieved to be proper agents. " Morgan Rowlands maintains t hat, on finding gas in a stall of a morning, all he had to do was to act under rule 14 (requiriug that cross timbers indicating danger should be put up). David Jones had already done so. lie also contends that the 20th rule (the rule requiring the overman to report to the manager, and the deputy to the overman, all accidents, dangers, or defects which oocur in the mine) does not apply to merely finding gas in a stall of a morning, but only to such dangers as threatened some large district of the work of sufficient importance to render it necessary that the head manager should know. " Rowland Rowlands maintains that, not being in formed of the danger, there has been no rule broken by him." The jury retired for the purpose of considering their verdict at a quarter past three o'clock, and returned at half-past four. The Foreman said—Seventeen of the jury are of opi nion that the explosion in the Old Pit at Uymmer, which occurred on the 15th of July, whereby Thomas Lewis and 113 other men lost their liveß, was caused by the negli gence of Jabez Thomas, the manager, Rowland Row lands, the overman, and Morgan Rowlands, David Jones, and William Thomas, the firemen. They therefore found a verdict against those persons of manslaughter. ['The dissentient juryman was said to be now a fire man in the pit in which the explosion occurred.] The Coroner said he did not see how the jury could have come to any other conclusion. Mr. Owen, on behalf of the working colliers, thanked the Coroner and Mr. Poulden, the Government assessor, for the pains which they bad taken in conducting the investigation, and this protracted inquiry was then brought to a close. TEE FATAL COLLISION OFF THE NOR THUMBERLAND COAST. We stated last week that oa the morning of the 11th inst. a French brig, La Henriette, of Bayonne, had been run down by the bark Clontarf, of London, off the Northumberland coast, and sunk with six of her crew. The subject has since been inquired into by the mayor and magistrates of Sunderland, acting under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854. The French Consul was in attendance. M. Vincent Devillie, the master of La Henriette, was ex amined upon oath. He stated that his vessel left Havre for Blyth in ballast on the Ist of August, and on the morning of the 11th, while off Tynemouth, he was upon the deck keeping watch ; the wind was south-east, the night dark and hazy, when be saw a light on the lar board side of the vessel by the mainmast. This was between one and two o'clock. He had then a light banging at the bowsprit. At the same time he saw the light he had his maintopsail and fore and aft main sail set, and he was steering east-north-east. bane. diately after seeing the light he altered his course. He lulled a little, so as to pass ahead of the vessel from which he saw the light. Nothing occurred on board his vessel—no alteration, or anything, until he saw a vessel looming through the darkness, about a cable's length from his own vessel. He called out to the men on board the approaching vessel, which was then on the larboard side of his mainmast, "Port helm." He called out in French " Laissez arriver." He heard no reply. He luffed as much as he could to clear his vessel, but is five minutes the vessels came together. The vessel, which proved to be the Clontarf, came stem on, and his ship was cut down to the water's edge, and in about ten minutes went down. His crew, of six persons, were drowned. His vessel went down under the bows of the barque. None of her crew offered to render assistance. The barque was a great height out of the water, which rendered it difficult for him and the mate to save them selves. He got bold of the bowsprit rigging of the barque, and about ten minutes elapsed before his mate, who had got on board the barque, threw him a rope and he was hauled on board. The master of the barque spoke in English to him, but no efforts were made to get out the boats to attempt to save any of his crew. He never saw the barque on his weather bow. If the barque had ported her helm when he first shouted she would have cleared his vessel. When be first saw the barque and ported his helm the ship came to the wild and his sails shook. The same rule hclds in France and England, that ships on the starboard tack hold on their course. The mate, Pierre Chanjour, corroborated the master's evidence. He said had a boat been lowered from the Clontarf among the broken wreck some of those that were drowned might have been saved. There would have been no danger in lowering a boat. He spoke to Mr. Aubin, a midshipman, immediately after he got on board the barque, about putting out a boat to save the drowning men, but he said that there would be dan ger in doing so. The barque carried away the brig's mainmast, and cut her down to the water's edge. Mr. John Allen, master of the Clontarf, gave his version of the unfortunate occurrence. He said they were off Blyth on the morning of the 11th, and he was on deck, standing near the mainmast, when his chief officer told him a light had been seen. The wind was about south-east, but variable. They were lying about south-west-by-south, and he went forward, but could not see a light. Within about two or three seconds some one called out that there was a ship ahead, and he immediately ordered the helm to be put hard-a-port. He heard a cry of " A•hoy I" from the other vessel. The stem of the barque struck th e vessel abreast the mainmast, and she went down in a bout d three minutes. As soon as the vessels struck . h b e r ordered the hove a i t n o for a e abo rcl u s t e l f 4 forebrace to be let go. He let and their ship came dead to. e bad i one down. D' 'redly or 17 minutes, after the vesselg to after the collision he ordered the boat be got ready, go the but it was not lowe red, and none of his crew were sent off. He saw not hin g to save. There were volunteers on board, but their lives would have been endangered. ' The wind was blowing fresh. Jones, the North sea aid, "If you allow those men to go in the b oa t you , wills sacrifice their lives." It was a dark night-- pilot snore dark than hazy. Robert Richard Frost, an ap. prentice, Stormey Thompson, a Sunderland pilot, and John Valentine Jones, a North Sea pilot, gave similar evidence to Mr. Allen. A report from the magistrates, with such evidence as they may deem necessary, will be sent to the Bard of Trade for their decision on the case. The proceedings were taken at the instance of Captain Heard, R.N., the inspecting officer of the Coast Guard in the district. SHOCKING CASE OF STARVATION. Yesterday Mr. William Carter, coroner for Surrey, held a long inquiry at the Duke of Suffolk, Brandon_ street, Wal worth, on the body of an infant named Eliza beth Ann Holwell, who died from starvation in conse quence of being neglected by its mother, who was remanded from Lambeth Police court on Thursday last for threatening to destroy het own life by poison. Mr. Thomas Cooke, the coroner's officer, deposed, that on Wednesday last he proceeded to No. 11, Thomas-street, Lock's-fields. On entering the front room below he found four children and a woman lying on the bare boards asleep. He was unable to awaken the woman at all. Two of the children were sitting on a board sup ported by blocks of wood, another walking about the room, and the fourth lying by the side of the woman. On a further examination he saw the dead body of a fifth child lying on some cut straw, enclosed in a piece of old sacking, which was intended for a bed. There were no bedclothes, and all the room contained was an old chair. The body was cold about the feet, and in a very emaciated condition. The room was in an extremely filthy state from the accumulation of dirt, but the body of the infant was clean. He then searched the room, but discovered no food with the exception of some stale sop, which smelt offensively. On the top of a cupboard were some bottles, and one was labelled "Lotion — poison." Witness took charge of the body of deceased and removed it from the house. On the mantelpiece was a br,,wii jug, which contained some kind of sedi merit. After removing the body he returned to the house, and the mother of the deceased had then dis appeared, but soon afterwards she came back. She said she had last seen the deceased alive about 2 o'clock in the morning, and also that itdied at that hour. She re marked that she was quite sober at the time, and asked for the bottle marked " Poison," as she wanted to take it, being determined to destroy herself. Mr. E. D. Howell, surgeon, deposed that, by the order of the coroner, he had made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased. It was totally free from disease of any kind. He was positively of opinion that the child had died from starvation alone. The body was nothing but skin and bone, Martha Parcy, a married woman, said she was the sister of the mother of the children. She (the mother) was parted from her husband in consequence of her in temperate habits. The father of, the children allowed 14s. per week for their maintenance, which sum witness bad pail her sister two weeks running, but she spent the money in drink instead of buying food. On Satur day night last she was much intoxicated, and witness only gave her is., but on Sunday morning she sent her lle. lucre. Mr. Cooke, the officer, here brought in another child, a girl about seven years of age. It pre sented a most dreadful appearance, the features being sharpened by want, the bones of the chest almo-t pre• truding through the skin, and the arms and legs show ing the formation of the bone through the skin. Cooke stated that there was another child even in a worse con dition than the one before the jury. This being the whole of the evidence, the court was cleared of strangers, and on their being re-admitted, the jury returned a ver dict of " Manslaughter against Elizabeth Ann Holwell, for feloniously killing and slaying Elizabeth Ann Hol well, her daughter." The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute. GREECE MERCANTILE NAVT.—According to the Annales da Oommerce Exterieur, the mercantile marine of Greece amounted on the Ist January, 1856, to 5,052 vessels, measuring together 295,001 tons. Of this ton nage, 121,352 belonged to Syra alone, which is the principal port for shipbuilding in the kingdom. Next to Syra comes Spezzia, Galaxidi, Hydra, the Piraeus, and Santorin. THE INKERMAN MONUMENT TO OFFICERS OP THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—A cenotaph has just been erect ed in St. Paul's (in the aisle on the right hand of the great western entrance) to the memory of the following eight officers of the Coldstream Guards who fell at the battle of Inkerman :—Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Vesey Daw son, Lieut.-Col. J. C. Murray Cowell, Captain L. D. Mackinnon, Captain the Hon. G. C. C. Elliott, Captain H. M. Bouverie, Captain F. H. Ramsden, Lieutenant E. Adisbrowe, and Lieutenant C. H. Greville. The monument consists of an entablature on which the names are inscribed, and above it a small representation of the tomb, with its simple tablet, which covers the bodies on Cathcart's-bill, in the Crimea. On each side of these is the effigy of a soldier of the regiment, leaning mournfully over them ; above are the words " and the victory that day was turned into mourning." The in scription is from the pen of the Dean of St. Paul's. PERAMBULATORS.—ConsiderabIe excitement and even consternation amongst a few in the town has been ooca sioned by a recent resolution passed by the town council. The causeways in some parts of Grantham are unusually narrow ; the lounging of idle men on them is a continual complaint ; and since the introduction of perambulators grumblers say that additional inconvenience bag been experienced. A bye-law of the borough forbids trucks, barrows, and carriages on wheels to run on the pave- and ment, and the town council (th at is to say the so ur choleric majority) have altered the bye-law so . a_s . to make it apply to perambulators. There is extreme selfishness in SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO AMERICA.—PLYICOUTH, this movement against perambulators. To people with A l ugust 22 —The Propontis, Captain Goodwin, belong young families they have been found exceedingly useful, ing to the General Screw Steam Company, put in here and no doubt have proved a great relief to nursemaids • this morning, from Newfoundland, having succesfully bu d a a few crusty old maids and cross-grai ne d o ld laid submarine cables between Cape Breton and New bachelors (who have no sympathy with children) h ave foundland, and between New Brunswick and Prince been occasionally made to turn aside in th e i r wa lk s t o Edward's Island. The stea mer from Ir will be eland immed across the iately em let the peramb ulators pass, they are all at once to be put Ployed in laying a down as a nuisance,—.Lincoln Mow r y. `Atlantic. '. Pm 15i I ICKJ 1.00 100 100 all all