The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-31 00:00:00

4 / LONEY MARK ET 41 ND CITY I/EIVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to present indica tions of improvement, and although bills can now be negotiated at 31 per cent., increased easiness is anticipated. About £16,000, in gold, was purchased by the Bank of England yesterday. No alteration of importance took place in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to about £631,300, and the exports to £169,200. A fair amount of business was reported in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were firm. The sales were about 12,000 bales. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. James Coster, Beater, Dennant, and Russ, warehousemen, to consider the legal question whether the executors of the late Mr. James Coster, who claim £129,265, are entitled to rank upon the estate as creditors in a like manner to the trade cre• ditors who represent about £84,328. After a lengthened discussion resolutions were passed to wind up under a deed of inspectorship, and a com mittee of 11 was appointed who will take proper legal advice on this and any other questions that may arise. The market for:Public Securities has been quieter to•day, but it has shown continued buoyancy. Consols having closed at 921 1 for money and the 10th September, the dealings have been limited. The New Threes are firm at 921 g; the Reduced at 928 i ; Bank Stock is 235 ; India New Loan Scrip, 1044 I, being rather higher; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 961 ; ditto 51 per Cent., 1044; Exchequer Bills, March, are 3s. dis. ; ditto June, 7s. to Bs. prem. Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been moderate. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79i ; ditto, 1858, 68/ to 69; Mexican are firm, at 21* e ; Peruvian, at 1001 ; Equador, at 15 ; and Spanish, at 491. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and in some instances a slight decline has taken place. Caledonians have receded ss. ; and Great Northerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 31lidlands, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. South-Easterns have advanced 10s. In the Foreign Market prices have been steady. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are firm at 171 17k; Dutch Rhenish, 14?,- 141 ; and Great Lux embourg, at 81 81. Messrs. Bell and Sons give the following quota tions in American Securities : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 80 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds .. 1874 71 73 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 68 70 Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 65 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 70 72 P enn sylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 68 70 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds —'46 47 Boston 41 per Ct. Strlg. Bonds 83 85 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 81 83 Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 77 79 Do. shares, 80 dols. paid .... 39} 38} die Michigan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 80 82 Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct , 1883 82 84 not convertible New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 1864 89 91 Do. do. shares 6B 70 New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., I s t mortgage Do. do., 2d mortgage 1859 92 94 Do. do., 3d mortgage lBB3 78 79 Do. do. convertible 1862 50 55 Do. do. shares 2O 21 Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort gage Str. Bonds, not cony.. 1865 98 100 Do. do., 2d do. The Colonial lines continue at steady rates. East Indian have advanced to 1021, and Great Indian Peninsula to 991 994 ; Great Western of Canada remain steady at 9i 10, and Scindes at 102. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued dull, but at steady rates. Bank of Egypt realise 191 1 ; London and Westminster 661 ; Crystal Palace Stock 341 342; and South Australian Land 33. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock •1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92; 7.3 uer Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92; 1 Endia Stock • • Ditto S per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 418 59 Cent., Oct., 1863 98a Ditto )1s tor Account, Sept. 10 InMdia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 103 k March. June. Escheaner Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 3 die 78 pm Ditto £5OO 3 dis 7 8 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FTTNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Equador New Consolidated l6 Bl e xican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 4f per Cent .. Ditto Account 100 92 Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent Spanish Cert. of Coup. not fu nded.. sf I urkish 6 per Cent 791 79 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan 69 Ditto Account 1 f 9 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. _ __ _ Consols, Money ........ Ditto Account .................. 92t THIS DAY'S SILIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon—W.S.W.; i,io light breeze and fine clear sultry weather. 2s. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Henrietta, from Quebec. Sailed—Sad, for l'•f_w York. 1 1 OFF HURST CASTLE, Aug. 31.—Sultan, (s.s.), from st( Lisbon. OFF STARCROSS, Aug. 30.—A brig, supposed to be the et( Jenny, of Montreal , I PLYMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Arrind—Token, from Bermuda. I OFF PENRITH, Aug. 30.—Arrived—David Chaplin, _t( 1 from Miramichi. s SII CLYDE, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Virginia, from Mauritius ; at, _ - -1, - from New tsi, (s.s.), John Sydney, from Quebec ; Econonal York. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— H.3/I.S. Geyser, from Plymouth ; H.M.S. Nautilus, ditto. Sailed—Theodore, for St. John's, New Brunswick. a SHIELDS, Aug. 30.—The Liberty brig, of this port, was s , in contact last night with the Panther, of Ipswich, and lost foremast, bowsprit, bows stove, and drove on Tynemouth Rocks, but was towed off. Another account says it was the Faithful, of Ipswich. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning, Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Sultan, steamer, from Lisbon ; Maria and Cheshire Witch. from Swansea. Sailed—Effort, for Sunderland; Henry, for Goole; Fox, for Charlestown. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 30—Veritas, from Guernsey; Tar, from St. Kitts. Arrived, Aug. 31—Annachen, from Smyrna ; Moselles, f r om Antwerp ; Concurrent, from Iquique ; T. F., from Le Viver ; Helsinger, from Nyhann; Aurora, from Porto Rico. Sailed, Aug. 31—Ottawa, for Quebec ; Start, steamer, for Brussels; Oliver, steamer, for Dantzic. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Quickstep, from Shields, for Constantinople (not, as reported, Cruiser, from Harwich, for Shoreham). Anchored—Owen Glendower, for Bombay ; Samuel , f or Malta ; Elm, for Bathurst ; Lady Emma, for Port Natal ; Victoria, for Havannah—all from London ; Baron Killmar, from Shields, for Trieste. Outward bound preparing to sail. PAPER MAKlNG.—Numerous patents have been taken out for making paper from different substances, some of a rather curious character. For instance, Mr. Jennings. of Great Tower-street, has proposed to make paper from the fibrous parts of fish, and obtains also from the same material a size, for sizeing paper. Mr. Frederick Brown, City-road, obtains a fibrous pulp suitable for the manufacture of paper and other useful substances from the leaves and fruit of the citron, the orange, and the lemon tree. M. Castelain, of Oxford-street, and M. Vasserot, of Essex-street, Strand, propose to make paper and millboard from a pulp extracted from liquorice root. Dr. Collyer has obtained a patent for manufacturing paper from the refuse of beetroot, which is to be obtained in large quantities on the continent, where the manufacture of beetroot sugar is extensively carried on. Great difficulty has arisen in the practical working of these and similar patents from the operation of the excise regula tions, which have always had a tendency to cripple enter prise, and preserve the established routine in those branches of manufacture which have been subject to the obnoxious tax. In some cases the new raw material proposed by inventors may not be producible in sufficient quantity to be practically available. In others it may be too costly, or, for reasons which the public in general would be unable to appreciate without a tedious explanation, it may be unavailable. But, :after every allowance for such exceptions, there can be no doubt that immense quantities of available material, other than rags, really exist. Not only is straw produced in this country to the extent of some 30,000,000 tons annually, as the refuse of the grain we grow, but there are, in different parts of the world, and especially in our vast Indian terri tories, a great variety of fibrous plants, many of which will probably be made available in the manufacture of paper.— Quell's Illustrated Family Paper. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS D AY). ORDINARY SHAAES AND STOCKS. Closing Business 'lathy a t y Pai d . Price. Done .0 Belfast and Ballymena .14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. sck Birk., La., and Ch Junc.l 7 Si 84 85 25 Blytli and Tyne 10 Bost. Sleaf. and :ock Bristol and Exeter :ock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen &CaKdig,at 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, It'rock., tl'assage 6 7 93 95 1061 1071 5 6 W Corn Wall 10 Do A t A gets no div 10 Do B un til p peran. .toB 50 Dublin Belfast June hasbeen , d 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. unc ,ock East Anglian :ock Eastern Counties , ock Eastern Union, A stock cug Do do B do 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. :ock East Suffolk ick Edinburgh & Glasgow >ok Edin. Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction ;ck Furness oak Glaser u and S. Western 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland Lock Great Northern ock Do do A stock ock Do do Et do Lock Gt. S. & W. of Ireland lock Great Western ock Do Str Val gua. stook 108/ 4 70} 70 i irieh §onth-eastern ;k Lancashire dr Yorkshire ;k London and Blackwall ;it Lon., Bright.. do S Coast Loud., Chat, and Dover sic I,ond. & Nth. Western ;k Lond. & 4th. Western.. 59] - - let et 49 92; lIV I s' 94i 'We; Ty di Coleraine 25 12derry & Enniskillen ock Man. Shot. & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle 12} Do do shares 10 Metropolitan ock Midland .• 4.0. Do new... ock Do lArming. do Derby 50 Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do 4 shares t 5 Mid Kent........•• •• •• 10 Do, Cray Line 00 Newcastle and Carlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Roe ock Norfolk • • • • • • ock North British ock N'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoo: ock Di k etk ; A rem no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B ock Do B stock ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase ock Do Leeds .............• ock Do York ock North London . 10 Do new .184 North staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction ock Not. At Grantham Rail 10 Teebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney............• ock Scottish Central wit Scot N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock ock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer ock South Devon 25 S.-Durham & I•anc.Un ock South Eastern ock South Wales ock S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do do 1281 n Do New (1860) ;k J 1I Vale ............ •• ;k Do Pref. No 1 i I rmesHavenDk&Rail U~g.ter .... .. 25 Du .... 10 Do .... : . • ock Yale et Neath 10 Victor ia Sta. and Pim ocK Waterror r - St Kilkenny 60 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cot n wall 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 i DO 2d class ;It WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport. • Do. Hereford 47 49 42 43 85 88 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. raid 1 1 C p losing Business rice. Done. 5 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £s` 1 lek 'iris. & Exet.4 p.ctstoc , 1 0 Do. do. do. Shares Ick Caledon £10,41 percent 1 ick Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 1 6i Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. !ID Cornwall, 5 per cent 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun [4 Do Ist Class Pref ,ck E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c ,ek Do. do. Class B 6 p.c ,ek Do. do. Class C 7 p.c ck E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l ck Do. do. No. ck Do. New 6 per et. stock. cic Eastern Union, 4 per et. Eck I Do. 5 per cent. guar... ,ck I Edi n.kGlas. sp.c. shares , ck ! Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. ck Ilsdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. ,ck Hurness, 5 per cent .... ,ck ,Glas.& S. Wc stga. 5 p.c, k Greht Northern, 5 p. ct. , k no.sp.e.iteam., 10 p.o.pm .k Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 10 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 0 Gt. NIL of Scotld. Ist pf. , cis , Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ( p. ct. pref. stock 1 , 0 Great West. (Berke an ' Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct wk to. Redeemable,44p.ct >ck Do. Redeemable, p. ct. )ck Do Irredeemable, do )ck Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pret. C Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 (4t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh 10 I 10. do. sp. ct. pref ock Do Birmg.guar. stock 26i Do. Chester gua. shares 13 I 4). do. do. 20 Do. do do. 4:1 Lan. &Uarl. 44 pe. pref ick Lan.&York 6p. c. stock ek Do.Barnstst.£s 3s 10d pc Ca Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . • , ek Lon.& Brig. 5 pe.gu. No.i ,ck Do. sp. c. No. 2 ,ek Do. gua. 6p. 0. ,ck Do. do 5 p.c. No. 4 ick Do. do. 4i per cen.. 6 Do. do. 4f p. c. shares )ck Do. 7p. et. Pret. stock , ck Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 'a Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '651 pck Do. 4 per cent. Pret Ick Lon. Chat. and Dover Do. W. A rceiv. no div 0{ Ex.A til6p els pd on I Do. B B. & Brom ex. l 0 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 1 Ick ton. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et ck ton. &5.W,7 p. at stook ,ck Do. 44 per cent 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d.......• •• i •• •• 124 I,ondondy. & Cole. sh 124 Londony. & Ennis. sh dc Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et' 101 103 20 21 5} 0} 99 101 108 112 105 108 105 107 104 106 121 123 82 84 111 113 90 92 75 77 [l7 119 112 114 102 105 LOS 108 97 99 96 98 87 8) 87 8) 100 102 g 10 164 174 10} 101 75 77 204 214 10# 10i 151 15! 133 135 (148 153 127 130 71 74 94 96 13i 14 1 120 125 iP 85 70 6ir , o. t )c n k i per .cdeeni. ce 6 nt er cent L 24 Maryoort & Car., 4p. c Do. 44 per cent )ck Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock )ck iDo.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. o. pret. stock 6 Do. 44 per cent )ck Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st )ck Norilk sp. c. Ex. st. 1840 )ck Do. 5) p. c Pref. do 1847 )ck 1 D0.5W ay. Val. Ex. 5t18 47 )ck 'North British, 5 p. a )ck Do. New, gua. d c• •• • Do. Bor. Un. g. pi. shs 1); Do. do. do st Nth. Dev. Rail. & Dck.Co st N -liast.Cons. Pref. 4p. st Do. 44 pc. redeemable.. at Do. G.N.E. 4 per C. pref. 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pret. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. g. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. , 84 Scottish Central, new p 1 st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c st Do. 7 p. c. pref. stook, 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. .0. Isouth Eastern (11.eadine Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 44 per cent at Do. Fixed I 4p.c. Ist is at -outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. st Do. 44 per cent. at Po. 5 per cent' at S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c gua 25 !Stock. & Dar.Asp.o 1 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 percent st Viratrid &Hilkny, 6 p.c. st W.3lid -Oxt Ist Gua stk st Do. 2d do st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. at Do. Perpet. 6p.c. pt 1866 vt Do. till 1869, Ist is. 133 135 100 102 92 94 109 111 108 110 1 1i 88 90 99 101 101 103 P iP d 22 2: 133 135 10 10i 231 231 98 100 98 100 98 100 83 86 264 274 314 324 314 324 45 48 124 127 1120 125 1102 104 1121 123 ,116 120 st i J- , .. "" ----- - ---- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. --, 1 1 Pall ' Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Bfetchley, all — Ln AtN.W . • • • CllrstienrghiszaHmoslhyihreea.d......, 10010 ;D pg . • • • •• • ** ** ** '. 9 5 1 6 9 63 i Do o .. 54 per cent 1 00 Do ....... 119 121 ClydesdaleCo lchester, js S u t n ou e ..... Val. 11 :1 00 1 00 1 llDC E a l ie . do t . E n. . ..C .: 16 101 11117 E. Lincolnsh. g o per c.l la ,Gt. North. 132 135 E.Union,HarwicliShs. l alt tE.Counts. 41 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 1 • Gls.Barr.tNeilia:Dret . . 100 ' Cale.don... Do. new .. 100 ;Do. ~..• •• Gloster &Dean Forest all 1G t. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.AsTir I : lull and Selby. all IYk.N. Ilid jlO9 111 Do. halves. Do. quarters all D 0... .. . . Lanc.SzCarl. gua. 5 p.c lOO ILn&N.W. 194 198 London & Greenwich lOO i s.Eastern 60 62 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 Peto &Co. 80 81 Lowestoft gua. 4pc• • 1 00 Norfolk.. Do. A per cent Mnc., Bxtn ~t Matlock all L NW&M si 3 N M ge l d w n in . c B e a r sr a kt d ot t c, o ßk r u d r . P y r E e x f e . r- • 1 100 Midland ,95 97 5. 5, 8 E.Counts. * 1 p gua. 5 percent..... p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. 55 57 Do. 6p. c all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c..... all Do. .•••'• North Western all Midland 151 10 XIV Preston and Wyre. I all T. — h. 1 & I..Yk. Do. i Shares A, all Do. . ..... Bnystn.Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 130 132 Sbrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 118 122 Do. do. 1 , Do. 1 1.0 S.-Staffordshire all M'Clean... .—•-• Wilts and Somerset lOO ,Gt. West. 88 90 Winlig9doll/icrooo all 'Lotßren 8 8 1062 I I 1111 61 64 1} IIC la sti 29 . 11 Moe StOi Sto4 101 11 StO, 41 43 8i 9 164 174 504 51 43 45 30 32 88 90 29 30 107 109 132 134 110 111 100 101 129 131 104 106 711 72i 58 60 1114 112 55 60 lt6 118 48 50 944 94! 9511 964 10i Ili 46 47 4 ?d 1314 132 14 lip 102 104 8 Bal 67 59 63 63} 105 1051 61 611 93i 94 95 98 44 4 1' 104 I I sow 116 118 35 36 9 95 45 47 84} 84i 83 65 94 97 4 7 38 89 8 9 p 5 6 p 554 564 24 d k34p, 90 95 111 124 6 61 119 4 101; 641 4 I 2! P 21 62 li 21 941 i i 21 1051 f 131 I 834 831 2; 91 I 21 62* 2! 100 100 1 100 1.13 13 4 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all 1100 114 114 138 114 102 111 'lll 133 111 160 1501 li all all all 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. 100 100 100 all all TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY IL' V ENING, AUGUST 31, _lB6l. POLICE 121TTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BOW-STREET. John Mason, an elderly man, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a piece of cloth, value 65., the pro perty of Mr. Burnet, draper, Piazza, Covent-garden. . . SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. NAPLES. - Alad said he was sent yesterday by his mistress to Mr. Burnet's shop to purchase a skein of silk, and as he was leaving it he saw the prisoner pull down the piece of cloth, which was hanging at the door, and walk away with it. He immediately went up to Ihe man and charged him with the robbery. He took the cloth (produced) from the pri- Boner's person. Mr. Bate said he was in the employ of Mr. Burnet. The property produced had been stoler from the door, where it was hanging for sale. The last witness brought the pri soner into the shop and charged h.m with being the thief. The losses by robbery from their premises had of late been very large. Mr. Henry—The mode in which your goods are exposed, no doubt, have something to do with that. Witness—The goods are secured as well as they can be. Mr. Henry—That may be, but as a great quantity of goods are hung outside your shop, your losses to some de gree may be accounted for. Witness—The system had been pursued for the last 30 years, and as much care as possible is taken to protect the property. The losses of late had been exceedingly numer ous,but we must, I suppose, submit to it as a tax upon shop keepers. _ Mr. Henry—No, not so. It is in consequence of the manner the goods are hung outside the shop. The sys tem you adopt is not followed in the Strand. • Witness—Our establishment is not so conspicuously situated as others, and we are ccmpelled to exhibit our goods, or we should never sell them at all. The stealing is not eonfined to the outside of the shop. Only a few days ago five ladies' dresses, of the value of £3O, were taken from the counter. and a little time previous to that a roll of black silk of 100 yards was also carried cff. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, AUG. 29. Mr. Henry—Then I should thick that the shog is not very well attended to. Witness—lt is a very large Owe of business. Every body is frequently engaged with ctstomers, and it is during this time that the robberies are effected. Mr. Henry—ls anything known of the prisoner ? Atkins, one of the constables of the market, said the pri soner had, he thought, been before in the court for stealing a coat from off a " dummy" at a tailor's shop door. On being asked what he had to say in answer to the charge, the prisoner said I did not steal the cloth; I picked it up. lam quite destitute. Mr. Henry ordered the prisoner to be remanded, in order to ascertain whether he had been before convicted, as in that event he should commit him for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISGRACEFUL' APP LICATION,—A decently-dressed woman, with a little boy, attended before Mr. Yardley, and said she sent her little boy to a place a few nights ago and a sovereign was missed after he left, and since then she had sent him to the same place and some more money was missed after he left. She wished to know what she was to do with her boy. Mr. Yardley—What do you want me to do with that child? All I can say is, that when children turn out bad it is the parents' fault. Take home your child, treat him and teach him properly. Teach him to pray, and take him to church, and try all you can to reform him. Who can teach a child like a good mother ? You are evidently one of those mothers who leave your children to roam the streets and look after themselves, instead of taking care of them. It is the most scandalous application I ever heard. Go away. There is little doubt the woman's object was to try to get the boy into a reformatory, make other persons pay for his krp, and thus get rid of the burthen. CLERKENWELL. CRUELTY BY A FATHER.—Thomas Howell was placed at the bar this morning, charged with assaulting his un fortunate child. The evidence was to the effect that the prisoner was seen to strike the child very heavily on the head and also in flicting other injuries. On an examination of the child's body being made, other marks of violence, evidently in flicted some days, were discovered. Mr. D'Eyncourt reproved the father for acting in such a manner to his own child, and ordered him to find two sure ties in £lO each for the next three months. Two lads were charged with tossing and gambling in the public streets to the annoyance of the passengers and in habitants. Mr. D' Eyncourt asked if there were any of the complain ing parties present. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. On being answered in the negative, he ordered the lads to be discharged, as it was the duty of those who complained to come forward substantiate the charge. COVENT GARDEN. We understand that Viscount Monck is likely to succeed Sir E. Walker Head as Governor-General of Canada. Although this appointment is somewhat excep tional in its character, from the fact of Lord Monck not having been previously in the Colonial service, it is one which we feel certain will be approved by the public gene- rally and the community with whose interests it is more peculiarly connected. As a professional man, a member of Parliament for some years, and a member of the Govern ment, Lord Monck evinced great business capacity and acquired general popularity. We have every reason to an ticipate that his Canadian career will be attended with bene ficial results to the public interest. THE MESSENGER BIRD.—CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, July 16.—The master of the Bessie Seabright, arrived on the 14th inst., • from Mauritius, &c., shot a pigeon at sea just before arriving in port, which bad a phial tied to its neck, containing a piece of paper with the following : " The ship Lord Raglan, from Bombay, towards Liverpool, Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 61 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 Savoy do., pr bh. 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 4 0 Brocoli, per bush. 1 2to 1 4 Potatoes, per ton 70 to 100 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 1 3to 2 9 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Carrots, pr do 7 Oto 8 0 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, 0 6to 1 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 6to 1 9 Onions, hf. 5v..... 0 oto 0 0 New Do dz bun 1 3to 2 0 French beans, h.s. 1 oto 1 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 out 37 days ; lat 37 S., leng 2.4 E. All well." THE POLICE SABBATH.—On Thursday evening a numerously attended meeting of the city constables was held at the school rooms, Milton-street, Chiswell-street, under the Presidency of Mr. Joseph Payne, judge of the Middlesex Sessions, at which a petition was unanimously approved of, claiming for the police of the city a relaxation of duty on Sunday. The petition, addressed to the Com missioners of Police, urges that on that day, and more especially during the hollrs of Divine service, the streets of London are very quiet, so that the presence of a large force in them is unnecessary. It further calls attention to the fact that by the work they have to perform on the Sabbath day the city constables are prevented from fully attending to their moral and religious duties. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. TREASURE TROVE.—It should be generally known that treasure trove isnot claimed peremptorily by the Crown, nor is there any occasion for the finder to sell it to the nearest silversmith under the apprehension that it would have to be given up without compensation. A Treasury minute of the 16th July directs that the superintendents and inspectors of police shall be authorised to receive trea sure trove from the finders, and shall transmit it to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who will ascertain at the Mint the real intrinsic or metallic value of the treasure, and the amount will then be remitted to the finder. Cases will no doubt occur in which rare and valuable coins will be dis- posed of at a higher price than their bullion value, but they will then find their way into some collection, either public or private, and will not be melted down. GLASGOW MORALlTY.—Complaints have been made of treatment to which passengers are liable in the steamers between Oban and Glasgow. On Saturday last, it is stated, the steamer Mountaineer started from Oban wiih a good number of saloon passengers, who had paid full fares for the best accommodation, and the boat was subsequently filled with hundreds of Glasgow excursionists, of whom a large proportion were in a state ofintoxication and who were allowed to occupy without control all parts of the vessel, Several fights occurred, whisky was passed round in teacups, and oaths and indecencies prevailed on all sides. A caution, therefore, is necessary to prevent families from being ex posed to such scenes, especially as it is said to be difficult to obtain publicity in Scotland for any remonstrances on the subject.---limes. BARE POLES.—A letter from Warsaw of the 18th says :—" M. Potapow, director of the Moscow police, arrived here yesterday from St. Petersburg. At midnght an order from Colonel Rozdowski, the Prefect of Police, directed. all the principal officials of his administration to assemble next morning at eleven o'clock, at M. Potapow's residence, without moustaches, They were all in attend ance, and not one rebellious hair on the upper lip offended the eye of the high functionary who had sent for them. M. Potapow announced to them the Emperor's intention of establishing at Warsaw, and throughout the kingdom, a police composed exclusively of Poles. He added that he felt confident of their fidelity and devotedness." THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Another great ele ment of our present civilisation is beginning to make signs of its existence in the South Kensington Museum. We allude to the electric telegraph. Bakewell's copying ma chine is one of the most interesting of this class, as it brings before the public eye the means that can be employed to write with a pen thousands of miles in length. If the At • lantic cable were in working order, for instance, a man through its instrumentality could sit down to write a letter in London, and feel certain that a fac-simile of his hand writing was at the same moment coming out of the tele graph office at NeW York. The manner in which this astounding machine works is as follows :—T he message is originally written on a conducting material, such as tinfoil, with resin or some non-conducting ink. Over the face of this letter, which is placed on a cylinder, a point of metal revolves—this point is in connexion with the conducting wire ; at New York, say, a piece of chemie-ally-prepared paper is placed on a like cylinder to receive the message; both cylinders are made to move round by clockwork. As the point at this end of the wire passes over the non-con ducting resin writing no current passes ; hence the point which moves synonymously with it at New York does not change the colour of the paper, but all the other surface of the writing tablet being a conductor, the currents pass and deepen its colour by a chemical action on the far distant recording tablet. The receiver thus obtains a perfect fac simile of his correspondent's handwriting done in white upon a blue ground. Specimens of this electrical hand writing are placed beside the telegraphic machine in the museum at Kensington, and afford an adnivirable example of the oligraphy of the lightning pen,—Once a Wok. THIRD EDITION. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa gives an ac count of a recent attempt made by the 260 Neapoli tan prisoners confined at Fenestrelle to make them selves masters of that fortress, situated at 8 leagues from Turin. Their plan was to organise them selves into four bands, one of which was to sur prise the commandant and principal officers ; another was to close the gates of the fortress ; the third, to get possession of the armoury and store-houses, and the fourth to occupy the most important points. The defence of the fortress was then to be regularly organised, and every morning early a detachment was to march out and lay the surrounding country under contribution, It so happened that the garrison itself was mostly composed of Neapolitans incorporated with the regular army ; so that the conspirators found many willing accomplices, and the plan was in a fair way of succeeding, when on the 22d it was revealed to the commandant just a few hours before the time fixed for the execution. With the greatest prompt ness the men under suspicion were disarmed, and the ringleaders an es! ed. GREAT STRIKE IN THE IRON TRADE. The puddlers and rollers employed in the iron trade of Tyne, Wear, Tees, and Derwent are out on strike; 7,000 men being unemployed in the Consett and Derwent Iron-works alone. At the Consett Iron-works the masters asked of the men a reduc- tion of 6d. per ton upon the puddlere, and 10 per cent. upon the roller's earnings, which the men re fused to concede; although the Scotch workmen have done so, and wages are lower in Wales than in the North. The Bishopwearinouth Iron-works will be closed to-morrow, on account of the depression in the iron trade, and as there is a misunderstanding between the creditors of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank and the managers of the Consett Ironworks with regard to the payment of a large sum of money due from them for that property, and as the managers, on account of the depression, are unable to meet it, it is threatened that these immense works may be closed before many months elapse. With regard to the strike of the puddlers and rollers at Consett, a local paper, far from unfavourable to the men, writes : " The baneful effects of the strike are being already felt in the district, not only by the work men but by the tradesmen and provision dealers. The system of trading is by fortnightly credits, and if the strike continue only for a few weeks, a considerable portion of the traders will be brought to the verge of bankruptcy. We saw several shop keepers whose average fortnightly receipts amount to from £l2O to £l5O, and although the strike be scarcely a fortnight old, their receipts have been reduced by more than one half. They are, how ever, in a manner compelled to give goods, although the receipts should be nothing ; for, if they permit their customers to go away they have no means of recovering their money. How the strike has operated on the wholesale trade may be seen from the following fact. We have already stated that on an average 12 trucks of provisions came weekly to the place, and last week there was only one. The wholesale dealers refuse to credit the retailers for their orders, knowing the difficulty of securing the sums credited in the present circum stances of the district. We trust the difference between the workmen and employers will be speedily arranged. In the interests of the men, we recommend them to accede to the terms of the mas ters, as their brethren in Staffordshire and Scot land have done. Of two evils, we ought always, as reasonable men, to choose the lesser, and it seems to us that the men, in the present condition of the iron trade, have no alternative but to work at the reduced rate of wages, or starve." The show of fruit continues moderate, but with moat kinds of vegetables the market is seasonably supplied. Generally speaking, a steady business is doing, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb 3 oto 5 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 1 0 Colonial do., each 1 6to 3 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 3 Grapes,per lb 20to 5 0 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz. • 8 0w 15 0 j Figs, per doz 2 oto 4 Nectarines, per dz 6 oto 12 0 Strawberries pun. 0 6 to 1 6 Apples, per 4 sievet 6to 3 0 Gooseberries hf sv 5 oto 6 0 Pears, per do .... 1 9to 4 0 Currants, per do. 5 oto 8 0 Oranges, per 100 60to 12 OiPlums, per do. Lemons, per 120.. 4 oto S 0 , Greengages, pr do. 6 oto 7 0 Apricots. per doz 1 oto 3 0 'Raspberries, pr ptlo 6to 1 0 VEGETABLES. Shallots, per lb .. 1 6to 0 6 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms.p pun 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 3 oto 5 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 Bto 1 3 Endive, per score 2 oto 3 C Radishes, dz hnds 0 Bto 0 10 Tomatoes, doz... 6 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 ii Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 0 Seakale, par pun. 1 0 to 1 6 Turkeys, 4s Od to 6s Od ; poults, 5s Od to 6s Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 6s 6d ; goslings, 4s Od to 6s 6d ; ducklings, is 9d to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 6d to is ld ; pigeons, Os 6d to 9d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 10s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 36 6d each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, is 6d to 2s Od; teal, Os Od to is 6d ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is 6d to Os Od ; plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, Os.Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is ld ; English, is Od to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to lOs Od ; French do., 7s 6d to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, is 6d to 3s Od each. BRITISH POSSESSIONS Paid. 58 6 97 98 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 51 Closing Price. 4} 4 d 11 111 d l 19 191 d 1011 1024, 98 100 100 )01 99 100 194 204 63 66 36 38 43 413 3i 37 3f 37 e9B 97 98 d ok 107 lot 10i v 6 98 90 93 86 SS 97 98 90 92 5 7 4 6 101 102 id I d —d 93 95 $ Id 'AYS 5t 6 - -1) 1 ftl I I 1 9i 10} 4 34 11 lid 22i 234 8i 8i 8 St 19 20 88 89 84 9i 40 41 55 57 5 4 d si. 61 81 <iff 1 11 1 25 26 6f 7 9f 10 21 22 I 1 1 I 345 355 80 85 25 16 2k 31 10 12 31 4} 4i 5 / 1 14 11 35 37 2i 1 41 43 45 5 3 34 4 5/ 51 65 10 36 38 295 305 2t i 120 125 27 29 11 11 5f 6} 16 18 i 37 39 320 330 75 85 80 90 11 1/ 5 6 94 10/ 13 14 i ii * id 36 36* I li di*. 35 37 6 8 1 1 11 2i 22 24 i 1 li i P P 7 8 i i iP I I id 2 4 i li id p 5 5* i i i are Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence 13om.,Baroda6z.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. .. Do, Do. Buffalo and Laice Huron :Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantotGodricb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1871 5 'Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim; Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim ) l 0 Cape Town & Dock Scrip i 0 Ceylon Gnarantd. 6p. c. 174 , Demerara . . 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. ":Do. F Shares Ext :0 Do. Jubbulpore )0 Do. pc. Debentrs )0 Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 )0 Do. 1865-1870 ock )G rand Trunk of Canada 10 r Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. )0 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. )0 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. )0 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. )0 Do. do. 1867.. )0 Do. do. 1872.. , 3k I G t. IndiaPentn.gua.sp.o. ) ! Do. New h oma. sp. 0... South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. :0 Do. do. 204 a of Canada Shares 204 Do. New 00 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 00 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77 d 0... 00 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... ock Madras guar., 44 p. C... ock Do. do. 5 per cent .... ock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 20 Do. 5 ock Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. 20 Newßrunswick do Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.. 6pc )g Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital. d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 ock Scinde .. .. .. .• • • 4,1 !,0 Do. Punjaub .... e . gl !.0 Do. Do. ........ ;5" )ck Do. Indus. St. Flo. ge,. 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ........... Bah.&S.leran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Coplapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c., Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) gua. 7 p. ct. Hrn Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p et West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N. W. of France West'rn of Austria Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand . BRITIS i ti Alfred sh n C l o r n o sols (Philack) Br !Clifford I Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)l i East Bassett (Mogan) I 'East Caradon ...... —~E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.), 'Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alto. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs ••• Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Mogan) N. Vfh Bass4 , t(lllo ;an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) :0 - I Providence (Uny Lelnt. )1 Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.i 'South earadon(St.Cleer)! !S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 1 1 Dev.lron &Gen., Lim IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) ,Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead MM 10 Tin Crott IVale of Towey (Carm.)j (West Basset (Illogan).. IW. Caradon. (Liskeard) (West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan)1 I Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Edward (Call.)'; ' Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanq Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)l Wheat Tretawney (Lis.)! FOltilaG !O !Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. :0 ' Brazil St.J. del Itey,Lim 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 ,Clarendon Cons. MinCo 10 ,Cobre Copper I Copiapo 1 !DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co l 2 IFortuna. 20 eneral 2 I Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr :Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 ILusitanian 1 tMariquica 1 , N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 20 ;Petgibaud SilvertLead Mining and Smeit... 5 iF0rt . 1)12,114) _ 1 'Scottish Asirln. (L.). tl2 'Bt United Mexican ....... 1 Worthing (Limited)... Do — !Business done p I iv all all JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _ 100 ' Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 84 86 40 ( Australasia all 25 !Bank of Egypt all 181 194 194 4 100 MBank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 1 id 50 British North American all 52 54 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 104 25 'Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 84 34 100 City 100 . Colonial ... ... ... . 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 (Commercial of London. 20 20 ,Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch . all 164 17 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 241 23; 144 20 Do. new lO 2 34 121 1 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. Airican.. 10 24 11 100 , London & Westminster 20 66 67 664 100 'Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 I Do. new . .... ......... 12 50 National Bank ........ 25 2G New South Wales.— all 34 36 25 Orient. B. Corporation. all 50 51 .20 Ottoman Bank ...... 1 all 174 181 100 'Provincial of Ireland.. 25 10 ID°. new. 25 !South Australia . , all 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o' London 100 Unity Mutual.. ...... COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.( ion. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 109 114 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 991 1004 99; 1005 Cape Gdlope, 6 p 0,1880 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 108 110 N. B.G ov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 107 108 -- N D S ° . W 6 eo . v c. .tl) ) .. c 4z . , Oct.B Igg — 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 984 995 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l6O 1065 1075 1065 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7B. &up lOO . 107 Vic. Gov, 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1071 1084 1085 8 1 stock' Commercial s sto c kt oc k \ D Easto. 4 per and stock 'London stock ,St. Katharine stock !Southampton stock 'Victoria C W e n e t s t P Indiari. DOCKS. 100 IM .; 1 1 0 ,) 0 0 1 .. 1 100 ! 55 58 100 61 63 62 100 118 121 ....'lOO 93 95 20 )Do New . —....,.....' 2 41 d MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 135 144 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d)1 15 25 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 45 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 30 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 324 Canada Land all , 105 107 10 Chanislands Tel. (Lirn all 1 at. Cop.slin.ofEng.&Smitg all , 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 iAp st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 -- 34 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 ---. 1 Great Ship I,imited) all 5 4 1 Do. 175 pct Preference all 4 ; 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 4 1,.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all ; 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 3 4 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 14 lid 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 05d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 4 1 ; 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 5 10 1 N.B.Australaslan (Lim.) all 15 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 It 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 1 11 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 44 st. Peelß-Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 48 5o 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 50 Dq, New 3O 11 13 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.c all 174 185 50 Rh ymney Iron all 165 175 15 Do. New...... ....... 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 129 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 33 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 11 10 Do. do. all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency or' • Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 IV 4 p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 E 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (11m.) 1 1 * d 00 Tan plemen ' s Land 285. Se 91 191 102* 98# i 9 i 111 9 10 ,1 all /100 15 all 100 1 ;AIL' all all 131 all all 141 & 8 1 i 18.8. all all all all all 2; 3 17; I 3.2.101 '5O 2 83 25; t 14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 10..7 5.9.0 all 18.1 , 1.9 261 4 9 13s 6cl 1221 1.7.2 MINES. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 4d to 5s Od; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, le 7d to is 9d ; trout, Os 9d to Os ; eels, 4d to led ; prawns, ssod to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 6s Od to 14s ; cod, 2s Od to 6s Od ; brills, is Od to 6s Od ; doreys, is Od to 3s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s Od ; lobsters, is to 3s 6d ; crabs, is to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 6d to is 6d each ; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, lOs to 20s ; natives, 40s to 44s per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, is 6d ; flounders, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; mackerel, 60s ; fresh herrings, 8s ; bloaters, 6s to 8s per 120 ; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 8d to Bid , of household do., 6d to 70 per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3fd to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 41d to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 54d. Horse hides, 8s to 9s Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; halflreds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 2s 10d to 3s 2d ; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 4d; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Old Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clover do., £3 lOs to £6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os : old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 5s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clover, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; new do.. £3 10s to £5 Os , and straw, £1 44 to £1 10s per load. Both hay and straw were in fair request, at our quotations. COAL MAR: .ET-AUG. 30. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d. Bower's West Hartley 16 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Tanfield Moor 12 9 North Pelton... 13 0 Hastings Hartley l6 6 Walker Primrose 12 0 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. s. d. Thornley ....15 0 South Hart1ep001......16 9 Byron .....;16 6 Hartlepool... l7 9 R elloe Sheriff Hill 14 6 Wharneliffe 16 0 Haswell ....... 18 0 South Hetton ...... •• .18 9 Hetton ' . . ::6 6 Keiper Grange. 1 1 9 Russel's Hetton ...... 16 9 Thorpe .......... .6 6 Tunstall ........ .• ..16 6 Durham ............ 16 8 64; sold, 42. ley l6 3 Carr's Original Hartleyl6 3 Holywell 15 6 Howard's West Hart- ' ley.. Walls End. Triindon Thornley....ls Ships at market FRANCE AND AMERICA.—A letter from Paris, in the Nord, says :—" It is stated in despatches received from America that Prince Napoleon has recommended the Em peror to endeavour to induce the Northern States to cease hostilities, and consent to an amicable separation from the South. It is added that the Southern States proposed to the Prince to be their mediator, but that he declined." SURREY THEATRE.—This establishment is an nounced to re-open on Saturday, September the 7th, with a double Company of Dramatic and Operatic artistes. An original Opera, by an English composer, and a new Drama, of peculiar construction, will be among the earliest novel ties offered by Messrs, Shepherd and Creswick to their patrous,—Era. THE ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT ON BOARD IHE IIEARGIO POLO. At the Liverpcel Police-court on Thursday the captain of the ship was charged with an infringe ment of the Passengers' Act, in not having on the homeward voyage from Australia supplied the pas sengers with proper food. The principal witness was a Dr. Brown, who was a second cabin passenger. He said—We left Valparaiso on the 22d of May on the voyage home. We had an allowance of beef. It was very bad ; it was almost always bad, and it stunk occasionally. As to the pork, it was indifferent—middling. The preserved meat was also very bad. We had no allowance of butter for 15 days; I had no sugar supplied to me for 15 days, and during the whole voyage I had no lump sugar, although I contracted to receive it. Four other passengers gave similar evidence as to the bad quality of the provisions, but they generally admitted that molasses had been offered in lieu of sugar, ham instead of butter, and that coffee had been substituted in the place of tea. Mr. Forshaw, in addressing the Court for the defendant, said, after the vessel had come in con tact with the iceberg, they made for Valparaiso, where provisions were ordered at houses of respec tability, for which full prices had been paid ; and if the provisions were bad, the captain had been duped by these parties. It was true that they had fallen short of butter on the voyage; but that was in consequence of the parties who supplied it at Valparaiso giving deficient quantities ; for when they got to sea they found, when they opened the casks of butter, that one cask had been placed within another, so that the quantity was not sufficient; ' but they had had a substitute offered for the tea, sugar, and butter ; and this being so, he did not think that, under all the circumstances of the case, they ought to be convicted for an infringement of the act of Parliament. This case was brought there by the doctor and others, in order to extort money from his clients. Mr. Forshaw called James Hunt, the purser of the ship, who stated that no complaint had been made to him about the beef and pork, except once, when a man brought a piece that he said was not good, and it was changed. He had never seen beef or pork thrown overboard on account of its bad quality, and when they fell short of butter, ham was substituted. Molasses was substituted when they fell short of sugar, and coffee instead of tea. Mr. Raffles said that he was of opinion that there had been a violation of the act ; but at the same time it did not appear to him to be a very bad case, because the deficiency might have arisen from accidental circumstances. He thought the emi gration officers had done right in bringing the case before the court ; but at the sama time he must say that the owners of the ship had seldom any thing bad against their ships, and under all cir cumstances he would inflict a penalty of £5. lIIE FISHERMAN'S EL DORADO.- EXTRAO.RDIA_ARY STATEMENT. Our readers may remember the statement of Dr. Dawson, of the North Isles (Orkney), that the cap tain of two fishing smacks had discovered a rich bank of cod near a solitary rock, called Rockall, far away in the North Atlantic. Dr. Dawson again writes to the Tines :—" Captain Rhodes and Gard ner have again made a most successful fishing, having caught between 13 and 14 tons of codfish each in about six days' fishing; while the account they give of the vast numbers of great fish that swarm around that insulated rock in the ocean is even more wonderful than before. They have no doubt millions of money will be gathered from that lonely spot in the course of the next two or three years. Two other fishing smacks returned from Iceland about three weeks ago, were instantly despatched to Rockall, and returned last night, having also met with extraordinary success. The names of the two vessels are the Howard, Cap tain Bolton, and the Victoria, Captain Cooper, both of Grimsby. The statements they give of the great fish they saw and the wealth to be gathered there seems more like the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor than proved facts by successful fishermen. They tell of encounters with great sharks 30ft. long, with mouths that could swallow calves and bodies as large and round as tune; of their fears and surprises from the numberless large whales sporting and rising on every sine of them, one having actually grazed the boom of the Victoria with its huge sides. They also saw numbers of strange fish which they had never seen before, and some black fish larger than por poises, with flat round heads, and which seemed very numerous. Each of these two smacks has about 14 tons of cod, tusk, and living ling which they caught in five days, about £lOO in value, and no bait required ; any offal does for bait. Captain Cooper also cadtured a young shark there ; its liver was 4ft. long, and gave three buckets of oil. They intend on their return next season to take. out chain tackle on pur pose to catch the sharks, their cod hooks and lines having been snapt by these monsters like pipe shanks. So numerous are they, that on the escape of a fish from the hook, after being above water, up comes a great shark, turns on his back, giving it two or three shakes as a dog would: and on one occasion a ling which had so escaped was instantly seized by a blue shark, but before it was swallowed another shark appeared to dispute the prize. So fierce was their contest that their battle-field, the top of the long swell of on an Atlantic wave, was beaten to foam ; while the combatants yore engaged, a third monster, with a great open mouth that would have easly swallowed a barrel, came and sea lawyer-like, carried off the bone of conten tion and disappeared. Captain Rhodes states (and he is corroborated by other captains) that it is dangerous to go there again this season, as there is no shelter, and in dark nights and fogs they might be driven on the rocks or driven far away from it ; and it is not easily found again, even in a long summer day and a clear sky. He says that all should be prepared to start again in April or May, and fish on until August or Sep tember. I would again call attention to the offals of those large fish. Tons of heads and in testines have already been thrown into the sea, which would have been of inestimable value if thrown on land, but do injury in the sea. They foul the ground, and the cod leave the place. They have done so wherever such has been practised. It would be worthy of Government to send a vessel out there early to buoy the Blind Rocks, to keep order and possession, and prevent the destruction of such a valuable bank. One of the men states to me that he has been at Davis Straits whale fishing, but he never saw whales so numerous and so easy to get alongside of ; they were seen from the deck on all sides—north, east, south, and west—blowing at one time and floating with their great heads above water for hours." A MAN CHOKED TO DEATH BY A PIECE OF BEEF.—Yesterday the body of a man named William O'Donnell, a labourer, was removed from his lodgings, in York-court, East-street, Marylebone, to the parish dead house, to await an inquest, in consequence of his death having been occasioned by choking while eating his supper. Abcut nine o'clock on Thursday night he partook of beef for his supper in his usual state of health, and suddenly be came choked and almost purple from the effects of a piece of the meat he had accidentally swallowed without proper mastication, and before medical aid had been procureehe expired. Mr. Roberts, one of the parish medical officers, attended soon after the distressing occurrence, and found life totally extinct. At the suggestion of the Countess of Kintore, a subscription has been set on foot among the volunteers of Scotland, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Lord Elcho. MANCHESTER COURT OF REconn.—The ad journed sitting of the Manchester Court of Record will be held on Monday, at the Court Houae, Bridge-street. The cause list contains an issue from the Court of Exchequer, a wrtt of inquiry, and 49 issues. SHORT TIME AT ENFOLD. —Messrs. Felix, Leach, and Co. resumed short -time working this week; Messrs. Bates and Crowther, Messrs. Hindle Brothers, Messrs. ' Henry Hayes and Co. and Mr. William Brooks commence next week, a nd from present symptoms it will soon be come general in this neighbourhood. T here has been a mutiny at the D uncannon Fort, w hi c h commands the mouth of the Suir. The Waterford jfail states that, on Tuesday morning, a party of the Royal Artillery arrived at Waterford by the Tintern, Duncannon steamer, with 16 of the mutineers-14 gunners and one bombardier—on their way to Cork, where they are to be tried by court-martian, with 15 others of the same battery, who had been previously sent thither under an escort of 50 men. _ _ HEALTH OF GARIBALDI.—The Pungolo of Milan states that Gatibaldi is unwell at Caprera, and that, not withstanding the advice of his friends, he has taken to a cptack remedy, which possessed considerable celebrity about 30 years ago under the name of Medecine Leroy. As it is a most powerful cathartic, its use has reduced him tol. de plorable state of weakness. He is described as having given up politics altogether, and as having his thoughts exclu sively bent upon the state of his health. CRYSTAL PALACE.— One Shilling Day, Friday, Aug. 30.—Admissions on payment, 6,995 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,232; total visitors, 8,227. Two STUDENTS DROWNED.—On. Wednesday a party of nine young men, chiefly students, went to the beach of Aberdeen to bathe and practise swimming. Sud denly they found themselves beyond their depth, and though the alarm was instantly given and the lifeboat launched without loss of time, two of the number, Alex. Milne and Alex. Grant, both students, and from the coun try, were drowned. A third young gentleman W also, when taken out, nearly dead. ,~:.:.~ ACCIDENT TO THE MALADETTA. Mr. Charles Packe, in a letter to a contemporary, says :—lt is too much the fashion of Alpine travel lers, more especially of members of the society to which I have the honour to belong, altogether to ignore the merits of these mountains, and to sup pose that the charm and danger of snowfields, or at any rate of regular glaciers is altogether wanting. That there are glaciers in the Pyrenees was suffi ciently shown in an ascent of the Maladetta which. I made a few years ago. I send you a short ac count, should you think it worth while to publish. it. I must premise that, owing to the unusually hot and dry summer which has prevailed in these parts, the mountains have not at all their average coating of snow, and the glaciers are sensibly diminished, which does not at all favour the facility the ascents of the higher summits. I had already experienced this in an ascent of the Pic des Ponts, the second highest summit in the Pyrenees, a little to the West of the Maladetta, and only 120 feet lower than the Pic de Nethon, the highest point of the last-named mountain. I may here mention that those travellers who . care to t r y their hands at chamois hunting will do well to select the Pyrenees in preference to the Alps. was five days in the neighbourhood of the Pic des Ponts, and no d a y p asse d w ithout my seeing izards, more or less numerous ; and we constantly came upon the perdrix blanche, or ptarmigan. On Mon day last 1 started, with three gentlemen and four guides, for the Rencluse of the Maladetta, an over hanging rock at the toot of the glacier of the Mala detta proper, which is the usual sleeping place preparatory to the ascent. At 4 a.m. we started, with Mercury shining brightly for a morning star, and by 30 minutes past 6 had reached the Postilion, the spot where you quit the rock and pass on to the Glacier de Nethou. The passage of this generally occupies not quite two hours, but we were obliged to make several detours to clear the crevasses, which seemed wider'and more frequent this year. About three quarters of the way across we all sal, down to repose in a spot where the snow seemed perfectly smooth. We - vere, of course, roped together, with an interval between each of about eight feet. There was a call for something to drink, and the last guide detached himself to hand the wine bottle to each of us. He was passing before us, and when certainly not more than three yards from the spot where I was sitting he suddenly dropped through the snow and disappeared. There was no sound, either cry or cracking of the ice, but the glacier quietly swallowed up its victim. It was horrible to witness; but, of course, there was only one thing to be done. We speedily disengaged the rope from our bodies, and carefully holding it in o ur h an d s a pp ro ached the hole, which was not a large one, Pierre Barran, my guide, being the first. We let down the rope through the hole, and anxiously expected a reply to our shout ; for some seconds, however, we could get none. A tlast it came, b u t the voice sounded t e arfully indistinct and distant, stifled as it was by the snow and walls of ice. The man, the guide said, fell 18 metres, isn't from the rope let down I should say about 30 feet. Thanks, however, to the bed of snow that fell with him, and in which he was partly buried, he was not hurt, and he was able to fasten the rope round his body, so that in about five minutes we drew him up, none the worse, but fearfully cold. He described his position as having been very pei il ous, having been caught on a ledge, below which sunk an abyss, the bottom of which we could not have reached. But in this he may have exagge rated. However, the man himself, whose name ks Correge, showed plenty of courage and presence: of mind, and all the guides behaved very well; so that it was unanimously decided to continue our course to the top, which we all reached, with the exception of one of our party, a French gentleman, who de clined passing the Pont de Mahomet, a short but precipitous arete of rock, between the glacier and. the actual summit. I found that a miniinv.m registering thermometer, which I had left OD . th e top in an ascent the previous year, had been swept away by the wind. The height of the Pie de Nethou is 11,168 feet. An Alpine. Z7mpiesome ter by Casella, marked 20.32 inches., The boiling point, as shown by a portable 'tittle apparatus by the same maker, was 193'3 deg. Fahrenheit, and the temperature of the air was 42 deg. in the shade. This was at 10 am. On the previous ascent last year at 9 a.m, the thermometer had only marked 22 deg. Our descent to the Rencluse was effected in about 31 hours, without anything remarkable. An ascent of the Maladetta is not at all an uncom mon or very difficult occurrence, as ladies sometimes accomplish it with the help of their guides, but this was the first time a man had fallen in a crevasse altogether out of sight since 1824, when Barran, the grandfather of my guide, fell into one, and the body was never recovered. 21 LE GENER,4L POS7IOFFICE. The extraordinary increase in the number of Post-office delinquencies, and. the very large amount of plunder by letter-carriers and others employed in this important branch of the public service, appear to excite very great attention, and the authorities of the establishment are directing their serious attention to the subject, and have been in communication with the judges whereby these offences may be put a stop to. The number of cases brought before the public, where persons in the ser vice of the Post-office are detected and sent for trial, bears but an exceedingly small proportion to the extent of the crime, and it probably would be no exaggeration to state that the number of cases in which detection follows does not bear a proportion of one-twentieth part to the number of cases in which property—in many instances to a considerable amount—has been stolen from let ters passing through the Post-office, the detection in most instances taking place by means of " trap" or " test" letters, as they are termed, this step being resorted to after repeated complaints being made of the loss of letters in a particular district. At the last sittings of the Central Criminal Court, no fewer than nine post office letter-carriers, or sorters, were convicted, or pleaded guilty to stealing letters containing in some instances money and property of eonsiderable value, and this number is nearly double the usual average. In every one of these cases it appeared that constant com plaints had been made previously of the loss of letters containing money, and the Pest-office authorities were consequently compelled to resort to the expedient of the " trap" with a view to dis cover the depredator. This plan, although in some respects it be considered objectionable, has always been successful except in a few peculiar eases. A good many observations have been made at various times in reference to the amount of pay received by the subordinates in the Post-office, and it has been alleged that the small amount of wages received by them has, to a considerable extent, tended to tempt them to the commission of crime ; but there is this remarkablv fact in connexion with some of the cases, and particularly with reference to those which have just been disposed of, that the guilty parties were found to be in posses sion of considerable sums of money at the time they were actually as it were, caught in the act of committing a fresh offence. Is one instance the officer who searched the lodging of the culprit, found n o f ewer than 40 sovereigns in his desk ; in the possession of another they() were 13 sovereigns ; and a third had se ven s overei g ns, besides articles of jewellery of considerable value, all of which had been stolen from different letters that had been en trusted to him to deliver. Similar instances are numerous with regard to these unhappy offenders, and it would seem that when once the career of crime had been entered upon by a Post-office letter carrier, he rarely ceases his depredations until de tection and ruin to himself and family follow. A great deal of blame, of course, rests with that por tion of the public who, despite the facilities offered by the money order system and the registration of letters containing valuables, still persist in enclosing money in letters. A suggestion, it appears, was made by a learned judge, whose attention was called to the subject, that there should be a post-office re gulation that the receiver of every letter containing money or valuables should pay a registration fee of half-a-crown ; but as it is obvious that in some districts persons in a humble position of life have no opportunity to avail themselves of the money order system, and are compelled occasionally to send small sums to their relatives, it was felt that such a suggestion would entail very great hardship upon persons in that condition, and no attempt, therefore, was made to put it into execution. A variety of other sug gestions have been made at various times connected with the administration of justice, with. a view to put a stop to this very serious offence ; but none of them appear likely to effect the object, and in the meantime it is to be feared that the crime goes on steadily increasing, and that the question is be coming one of very considerable importance. The brushwood covering one Of the hills over the town of ',Toulon took fire on the 2`2d inst., an d continued burning for sixty houis. It presented the appearance dur ing the night of an ocean on fire. The ii:habitants of the neighbouring villages hastened 4 10 th e spot to prevent th fire from extending to a valuable Wood. ' This was effects without any great injury, except to a vast n umber of foxes who were dislodged from their earth, an d ran howling pi•e so dense that the ously into the plain. Th e smoke w as monastery of Notre D ame de la G ard is ' situated at the top of the mountain, was not visible. 7 !he origin of the fire has not been ascertained but it is su .pposed to have been cause d b y t he iraprudenc;of some six nisman. Others say that it w as maliciously fire d sue, A the noghbourhoed by nom trampers who wet. ti at or re Lre lig of ie, sti the the rlar a3O. ap a at B ill men 3on- Wag rates gtiv. ater he ; at ou.ng ions, aster a is a 1 ~j i i