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

AND COIT7II - %!:Pr:ITAL INTELLITGLNCL, 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. £20,079,170 33,420 12,455,624 39,321 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 Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Decrease 15,270,195 791,262 6,200,560 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 t) )9 ~ Bars ...... Silver Coin If ... 1,000 Ozs. 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 1/. 15s. per cent. for the half-year was declared. The directors were empowered to vote rOO/. 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 money have been 95, I, and for account 95 1 2 -. The New 3 per Cents. are 96 to 96k, and the Reduced 958 a. Exchequer Bills remain at 11s. 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 1034,, and the - 4 per Cents. at 104. Peruvian have ruled firm, viz., at 82 i . to 83. Grenada New Active are 20, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. 58k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks Grenada Deferred B on d s , 74 ; M ex i can, 224 ; Peruvian, 82 4 ; ditto 3 por Cents., 57 9; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 7 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 4/ per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 44i 5 ; ditto Deferred, 24i 5 ; ditto Passive, 6 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 Rigas are 11 # pm. Ottoman Banks have improved ss. to 10s. Mis cellaneous are inactive. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the OffiCiCa List.) _ itnsine” done. sank Stock 3 per 'Ant. Reduced Annuities .. . 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 954 i New 3 pe r Cont. Annuities .... .......... L '° ll 4 Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 7-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 24th EIOOO £500 limall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent PI tICFS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cont., 12 Gull_ Equador New Consolidated Ditto Provisional Land Warrant Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds 44 per Cent 824 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ' sB.f T Lrki h n B on d s , 6 par cent — Ditto Account 4 itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lOl Lividen Is on ttc above payablo 1n Lonnor. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, money 954 Ditto, Account MONEY MARKET CITY, TWO , o'CLool . 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 ance of farmers with grain for sale, but the heavy rains of the previous night bad detained them from coming to market. Rye was in demand, at an average of 17 francs per Lecto. 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 if. 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 I hectolitres, which purchasers who had run short of supplies were obliged to give. The average price was 53f. 20c. per sack for white. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—trbis Day.) LONDON, Aug. 23.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; fight breeze and fine. PoßTsmourii, Aug. 22.—Wind rivc d —lm- Aerial (tpt.) from the Black Sea, and left 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 (A.). on the 19th inst. The gale of the 20th did great damage to the 1101 and materials of the vessel. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGR&PL LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived—British Queen, screw steamer, from Malta ; Amu° Worral, Antwerp. Sailed—Earl of Selki r k, f or Q ue b ec; T ru th, A n t werp; Ellen Catherine, Lisbon. Wind N.E. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21. Arrived—Thessalie, from Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TRIAGRAPH.I CRAVESENT), Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind N.W. tide 3i hours' ebb; cloudy. Arrived, Aug. 23.—Recovery, and Sisters, from Riga ; Germania, Owega ' • Angelina, Stralsund; Steila, Riga; Reliance, transport, Constantinople; Dolphin, Abo ; Fre dericka Catherine, Stralsund ; Sarah, St. Petersburg. Sailed—Anne Tngo.te, for St. Panto de Santos ; States- Man, Madras ; Louisa, Konigsberg; Amazon, New York; Leipsic (s), for Tonning; Thames (s), Hamburg; Borns- Dia (a), St. Petersburg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.E. ; moderate. Passed in tow—James Holmes, from Barbados, for London. Passed, 22d—Wilton Castle, from Swansea, for London; 26 Electra, Granada, London; J o h n Oldham Balaklava, 20 London ' Alice, Porto Rico, L ou d on ; Sarah Ann, Alex andria, London; Queen of the South, Genoa, London ; 1001 w Banata, London, Calcutta ; Charles Tepper, London, 100 Liverpool. A VERY REMARKABLE THEOEY. — A Mr. Moo ney has GU been delivering a lecture on the origin if gold, concern• . 20 log which he propounded the following novel theory : 50 set Out by deearing my belief that gold is the petrified 101 remains of matter which was once animate; and accom- .;72 Parried as it genera lly i s by ocean pebbles, quartz, crystal, f?'„‘„ ) and other sali ne an d mar i ne debris, lam of opinion that tdlo' gold is the petrified fat or marrow of a peculiar fish which 20 once floated over the gold fields when those fields were t,O beds and bottoms of the world's great ocean." In proof 20 0 !the hypothesis that gold is nothing more than the 25 " petrified" fat of a peculiar fish, the lecturer showed specimens of quartz in which marine shells were embed. lO2UO 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 !—. l a : Ate/bourne Argus. The weather at Glasgow during the past few days has 2,5 been agreeable, although somewhat cold, owing to the Prevalence of a pretty strong north-easterly wind. The 50 evenings are remarkably pleasant; with fi ne moonlight. 10( 20: 20 20i SUARE MARKETB. '. 1 2 BA 6 D A Y.) RAILWAYS. RAMWAYB. A t er teez ' 9 Ambg. Nottug. Bost and 7listn. Junot.. .1l g o ! fa s rr.'lyranrit all Warning. Wolverh Stour Valley ali Birkeand. Cheshire :fund_ „ dl Do. Chesh. & Birk. all n o ., do. all Filyth. & Tyne orig,ine. £25 (IBM. at £45 100 Briatol and Exeter... Cslcdonian. all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, & Pas. 20 18 Corn Wall 10 all Do. A 10 8 Do. B 50 45 Dab'in&BelfastJui.c '45 all Dun. P. Aber. Jne. 31 '. 100 East Anglian Ni all Eastern Countks St. 100 East. Union. A St' at. 100 D. 0., B. Stock 2:5 8i Do., New A 25 10 East Kent St. 100 Mast Lancashire St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgo 10 all Edinb.and Peebles St. 100 Edin.Prth &Dna d 10 all Forth & Clyde Jan 60 all Furness. 20 all Do. Extension St. 10 0 Glasgow &S. West r 10 all Great N. of Scotlne. 3t. 100 Great Northern 3t. 100 Do., A. 5t0ck...... St 1 00 Do., B. Stock it. 100 Gt. Sth. &West.flre St. 100 Great Western St. 100 Do. Stour Val. Ra Gua. Stk 12 all Irish South-Eastorr if) all !Anent:ter & Carlid; 1.6 f 14i Do., Thirds 16 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Le.ncash.andYorksh 3 Do., Wet. Riding lin 20 all Do. South; or':, 11ii all London & Blackwao St. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst St- 100 Lend. and N. Westn 20 16 Do, Fifths 10 54 Do.lol. 12 24 Do. Eighths,. St. , 10?:; London and S . 10 1 1j Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh i 5 all LndnthrydiColeraint 15 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk St. 100 ganch.Shcf. Linch: S2s. Do., Man. & Lin. IN I Metropolitan 100 Aidland 100 )o. Birmng.&Derb all ifidld. G. West. (Ire: all !10. Half Shares all Newcastle & all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfrl. Si Newry & Enniskille all Newry, Warronpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3i Northn.Countieelju 100 North British 100 Nth. Devon Rail. Sr Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 1 100 Do., B Stock 100 Lastern—Borwic! 23i Do. do. Extension 16 Do.do. G.N.E. 'Pura all Do. Leeds 1100 Do. York 100 North London 31 is N.&S.Wstrn.,llami - stead, and City Jo.. , 17i North Staffordshire, all North Western all N. &8. Westrn. June Dx., Wore., & Wolv 14 i'6rtsmouth 100 Scottish Central_ 100 Scottish Midland... 100 -linpshire Union all ionth Devon 100 South Eastern 100 =l'outh Wales 15 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dn, 5 Do all sines, Wok. &Wol: Stockton & Darling. 10 Do., do., 1854 1 Do., do., 1855 lE Stoskten & Hartlep raff Vale.,.. Do. Pref., No. I._ '72 Thames Hay. D.& E. all Vale of Neath al Waterfd. & Kilkenn ali Waterford&Limerie all West Cornwall. all West End of Londe , and Crystal Palace all Do. A ....... ........ 3 Do. B all West London all Wimbledn &Croydon FOL sll Antwerp&Rett• 71 10 Ardennes la all Atlan.& St.Lw. leased at 6 p. 13. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada • 5 all :ielgian Ea.itn. Junc D 1.4 fleziers to Oral mean .8 . 9 flombay,Baroda,an Cen. India, g. 5 p. c .8 all Do. 5i Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carmeaux & Toulouse -- Coal Mines and Ry all I)enaerara 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 19 Do. New all gad Indian, g. sp. . all Do A and B, d 0.... 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,' all no. do. do., '59, do.. Geo'ong k Melbourn guar. 5 per cent. . all Gd. Tk. of CanarlaA 90 Do. Cert. of Debon. con. into Stk. till'. all Do. Ccanp. 6p. c., dr . 14 Gt, Contra] of Fr:: *ll Ot. Tr. Pen, g. sp. 2 Do New, glair. sp. c. 15 Great 14uxcuab , )ur Comtitutod Shan: . all Gt.WesternofCana,l: Shar..!s 5?, Do. Now ,n Bda., payable all Do. do., '76, p. '6O. r Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, *then , option all Lf.ke Const, & Baal. ail Liorre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. ail Lucca Pist. sp. c.p 10 Lyons and Gonova all i.yons G Mediterra?. all Atdrae, guar. 4l p.c all Do. New do., sp. c all Do. 4" p. c. Eaten 10 Do. Cc, Ex., g. sp. all Warie. Autema <4ll I ')o. do. New 4.13 simmur & Licge (wit interest) ,i; 30, (ox interest)... all Do. do , Ep. c. Prof ortli.ern of France VorwegianTrunkPre all "'aria and Lynne.... )itto Bonds ..... all 3 nris and Orleana h i Recife & San. Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. all Riga & Dunaburg at 801. per share 5 Rome and Frasca aii - ,oval Danish all 1 aoyalSwodM,., is ingbre and Mous , . 10. p. cent. P 5 ?ciade, guar. sp. q.ll D 0... 18 , onatern of Frane it. Andrew's 16, Quebru3 - - - ;est Flanders )e c a prtr c. Pref. d 1 -V. dr- N. W. of Franc alt Mest. of Switzerlane all Wiesbaden ... till 7 o (Aland JOINT-SPO' II A. netralas t„ 12). Bank of Egypt 50' Bank of London all ;iri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C all British N. America- 5 Chartd. Bank of As; 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India Australia, & Chine 50 City ......... 2 ? r : O C :o:m3 ) , l n s a i c o a o r l e t r f Lord s Loud. Chart. Bk. c. Australia . ........... 15 Ditto New ............ 20 London and County:. 50 Lnd. &E. Bnk g. Corp. 1L London Joint Stock. 10 London and Paris 20 Load. & Westminste 36 National Pro.ef Eng 10 Do. liaw Niationel of Bank all N . ow South Wale 4„.. all Oriental Bank )! Corporation...,., 10 Ottoman Bank B CeroN inciwl cf Irel&,' ali %JO. New 1 g Ansi; &Go Im Cc rdi Royal Biltish 0 ,1 4flnth Australia all CTuiL.e of Austral' 1 „;: , 2 Do. W6N7 10 ITnion of Londe., 5U Western Ilk of Loud Casing Price:. yester lay 4.1 -- - 19 - 20 15i - 13 - 1.11 95 - 97 57 -57 i 1 7 -17 A 12 - 14-, • ** ..... ••• 3 — 5. 10 11 16i 17, 9a 9i 36 38 25 27 7 - 83 - 85 CO - 62 37~ - 38 91 - 96 - 84 971 - 98. 85 - 87 133 - 135 117 119 651 66 74 - 77 iii ~ 7i 6 i 7 i 98j . 99 - 7A' 1064 - 1074 1071 -- 108 1 ljp d 1061 1073 34 : ii 1 id 844 84; 54 56 ••• -... ... eo' ••• - 14i - 15 52 - 54 3i - ••• 84i • 85. 41 - 34 - 17i - 184 59§ 60 94 - 96 - 6i - 7 11 - 12 31 - 33 os I no 49 bl 15 - 16 75 76 81 83 4 2d 1 i 1 d 15 17 36 37 19i - 26. 6 - 66 27 - 29 66 - 76 6 - 8 2 - 4 6 - 54 -9 7- 84 4i - 5 2 d 2 3 li - li par i r 5i 5i 21 2'; 37 374 13/s —14 i 2i - 231 24 2i 221 - 22 23} - 231 12i - 134 82 - 7 - 214 - 224 14 - 51 - 5i 25 - '2SJ 2i - 3 99 - 101 122 -• 127 122 - 127 110 112 ••. 6 - 6lr - pig; 11i 123 21 - 214 24 - 3 r np 2k - 9 - 8 - 9 20 - 20. 42 - 42: 8i - 9. 56f - 56? 55 7 57 - lir 196 - 20 - 96 - 10 26 - •• - pm 4- fi 38 - ih iot It BA NK S. 83 2i 3 103 - 104 ' - 6 r 69 - 71 .. ...... • 1 P 1), - I 1 71 73 -''' ••• 18 21i - 14 - 2 1H 1 - 31) 10 -- 5 d 4*6 .. 48 40 - 41 * $ ; 35 37 - 38 68 - 70 7 i 8i ••• 2d a p. Buffing a done this day THE SUN i I,IO'SDON, SATURDAY / 4 . 413 , 0,0.111, f rlat• Shr.lr". RAILWA YS. COMPUP yestently. .... 50 all Bedford and Loadon N. We.:t. 110 BL- t ekght , .msh I.e.&N. W. 9) 10 1 t 1(.)0 . 100 105 ;411 Col. Stour Vy, E. Un. Sud. and 111,1. E. C... • 12 14 St. 100 E. Liu. g. 6 pc. ,Gt..tirtn n. 139 141 5 all E. Un. H. Sly. PE. Count. 4 4 3 / 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. &ICsddonian. Neils. Direct St 100 Do. New.,,... Do — 23 all Glstr.tts Dn.Pr Gt. Sres•Lii 27 29 09 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. & N 108 109 25 all Do. 3 / 4 Shares. Do 12? all Do. / Shares. Do . • 12 all Lon.&Greenw S. Easter' 12/ IF4 20 all Do. Preference ,Do 2 3 3 /4 St . 100 Lon., Til., &S. Pato &Co ll3 116 St 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 1.00 Do. 6 per ct. Do 5 all Manch. Bain L.&N.W and Matlock & Midid. 2i - .0 all Middlesbro' 1 1 2. Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. It. 1.00 Midld. Bradt' Midland.. 95 97 54 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc En. Conn. / 3 / 4 , 50 all N.& Est.s p.c. E. Count. 58 i 0 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do — !,5 all Prest. & y. , L. & N.W .2 3 / 4 all Do. 6 Shrd. A Do — it. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 135 140 15 183 Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. ..• ..• 0 all Shrews.&Her T. Brassey 8 8 3 / 4 2 10/ S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 3 2 3 / 4 d , 0 ail Wear Valleygr Stockt. & per cent... Darlingt all Do Do 33 34 ,100 WiltsVomrst GtWestn 9l 93 • ustr.esr his 4 av 3t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 if , al, PREFERENCE BLIAR Ed. tberdeen Dobai. Do. 6 per cent. Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Myth and Tyne lOpel c. prof. (issd. P.t 501 this. & Ex. 4 p. a. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ialedonian £lO & Ho. Gn. p' )o. do. Pref. No. 2. )o. do. Piet'. No. 2 .lork 4Bandonsip.e un. Prth ctt, Aber. J. r. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. e. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Co. Ex, spc No. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St "gut Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 por cent Do. 101. Deloontr.Sll. Do. do. 4 per cent TAst Lancamh. 6 p.etp ?,.I,rW. York. J. stl) , Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sb Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness 79 - 81 Eas. & S. W. G. 5 p. Great Northn. 5 p. c r)o. 5 p. o. Redoem at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... 5 121 12 - 114 05 -- 107 i - b at.N.Of Scot. latPrz Gt. S. &W. (Irelan d Do. 4per c. Prof. S It. W.(B.&H.Exspr, Do. con, red. 4. p.c. )o. con. 4 p. c. Do. irr - • c. Do. sp. red. pref Do. Birm, Pref. Sq Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Ghia. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. &York. F. a Do. 6 p. c. Stock . (ion. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent r..on.&N. W., Coy. 6 'it:meat p. et _ on.& S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shares & Color. St Londy.&Ennis.A 111,13.,86 L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... 6 - 6A 95 - 97 89 - 91 89 - 91 99 - 101 10 - 10.4 174 -17 i 104 - 10 75 -77 201 - 21} 103 - 103 154 - 16 - A 38 140 •I. ."' Ir.. .•• -- . e-, .. -- ». I Roo .59 - 161 1.2 , al l [2 , %11 St. 103 6 4i 3t. a 1 .2 a 1 2 10 125 - 127 - 4 65 - 68 Do. do. 34 per cent. ffarypt .1z Carl. 4 p 0. Do. 4.{ per cent Do. do. Mid. Consol.6 p.cJ. Do. Con. Br.Bir. 6p Do. 00 it. 100 1.11 0 4 [36 - 138 [Ol - 103 91 - 93 Ditto L. & H. Pref. S' New., Abor., drc., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfolk Debenture Do.Pref.s p. c. St. e Do. 5 p. c. Est Do. 5i per ct.prcf Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British li - lii' 10 all St. 100 St. 100 St. ~00 St. 1.00 St. 100 St. 100 17 8 20 I; 12i 9 25 10 20 all St. 100 10 all 3 all 25 all 10 all .0.1 all N. E. Rnrw, 4 p.c. F Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters Do.Yorkll.& S. Pur North Staffordshire, 0x,W0,kW.15/ 6p Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cont. ,Now Pr ef South Devon 104 -1(6 :47 - 1 - i : is o~ iii 153 = Ye Do. fixed, 4i per con , S. Eastern (Readin. Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d Do. 4i per cont._ Do. Fixed 4i p c 3. Wales Gua. 4 p, c. Do 2 do. 4 p. It. too I 0 All 1. too It. 100 24i - 25 [OO - 103 10 -10 i all 15 all 5 15 .2i all 5 4} • 4.leorkali. - 4 p.c.Gunr. ;tuck. & Dar., 5 p. C. D o ; do. 'Stock. & Hart]. g. p. o. till July 1, 'sf Waterfd.& Kilk. 6 p c , .. ...• v 2 - 3p 1~ _ 1N MINES. lall %.-ay. ,Fria.... 10a all .tiglo Californian ...j ... ... 1. , ? 7 Australian , i 1 A 11 1 1 all Baden (cta.llr chy 01. „, _ $0 all 131cenar. Iron &, oa . . -- .. 20 14 !l3rit , sh Iror ... . .5 7 35 264 Sr•zillanlmp.f.issne(l at 17 , pm.) 50 all Do. Coca :s !, Cuialys , P 44 10 15 'Do. St. J , l , Delßay 20 22 1 1 Clarondo:, Cc ris. Mm I Co. of Jamaica__ k in 40 all Cobro Copper 5O 55 51 5 1A Colonial Gold . ... e3t. all Copper Mn,, of Eng. 30 35 15 all Do. Prcf. r 1 p. cent 26 28 ... 1€ Copiapo. l6 18 2 15 Fortuna i: id 15 20 all fGencza.l l4 —l5 1 all Gt•NuggetVeinikg i —' 1 41 all 'Great Polgooth 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite 21 lid . 1 all .Liberty ... ... I all Lluares. 7•— 8 5 I.} Lunitani an ld l all Mariquita ....... •••••• i l all 'Now Granada i 1 all Nouveau Monde — ••• 40 all Pontgi.Sil.&Lo•Min. 10 11 5 1 Port Philip 1 all ,Quartz Rock — ... 50 all Rhym ne y I ron 25 27 1 15 all Do. Now 6 8 30 145 Santiago de Cuba.. 21 —25 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 21 25 i 1 all South Australian ' 28 !. 1 i 4,,aa1i1111l I, D r u. ) a,: o o rimi .. t S B l .et o c dis, l ip i lli p s e ae r lixj.. e :mi e a. u .n. t n.... P . .. c.. .r . - o e f .. .. 31 1 .... . : —1 : : 1.1 1 . 10 all fin Cr0ft.........,, 1 all Waller . ... 1 all Wont Mariposa. .... 1 12s. Northing Mining .of MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 26 27 le ~ 11 Anstraln. Royal Mail _ 6 ~ 14t all Berlin Water Work s 51 . 51 s 0 40 irit. American Lane „. _ ... 0,:, 3 ?.. Canada 1 26 129 It ~ 0 c.Clo,6p.e.Jan&Jul3 114 115 114 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug _ St. 100 D D . Op c. Mar & Sept , . • 0 til Crystal Palace.. l/ 2 • 2 5 a ll Do. Preference 5l 51 4 a 1 Crystal Pal. of Franc 1 fDuston Iron Ore ... _ 20 15i, Eastern Steam St. 160 . Electric Telegraph— 94 —. 06 i d 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 11 25 all Gcu. Iron Sc Collier _ ... L 5 14 Gen. Sloane Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 13/ - 131 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 4 4} 2 ., 10 Magdalena St. Navie — 10 all Mediterau. Elec. Tel. 8 .... io 1C 9 Mexican & S.Am ericn. 3.1 3{ 31 1 25 5 Nat. Discount Co l/ . 4p 65 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel _ ~. 1,0 5 Netherlands Land if 15 20 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 1 ip 100 80 New 13, &N. S. Lend 21 26 „ N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. „, .i ;,li N. B. Australasia:,.,. 5 1 1 zo 1D N rth. et EuropeStaie 13t 135 1 all Oriental Gas 1 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" 1 3P ?In all Feel Pr. Ld. & Minn'. 21 25 t•C all Peninsular& Oriental 64 66 50 10 Do. Now 'OO 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot• Austral. Invest ll 1 1 $ $P 25 all S D o i l N it e. u w ntral.Li.td 36i 36 1 al: Submar. Tel. Scrip 1 1 .1: Do. Registered i --. 1A 24 5 Crust& I-00.11.00 - 100 251 ''''': 5 - 14 "'"''"'' " 7 1 6 16 17 Ve ( l l .6PAAllajulY 41 '"' ", 1.11 101 - 103 164 - 174 ••• ....... 16•1 4/ - 51 6 - 64 107 - 100 - 1 - 13" -- 9G 7 56i 988 8 87 65 i i i 107 1071 i i .107 6 7i z all I ; 31i I 841 5 19i 75 i 82 40 10 i i 10 2 3t. 100 100 '.•• 1,11 • 411 . LO all 0 all 6 all 10 all it. all to 3 ;t. 100 .),0 all It. 109 It. 100 It. 100 it. I LOG R. too ri 13 Pm Pm 13 1 p 13j 1331 pm 151 E-V'ENINGI AUGUST 2.33 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (This Day.) The half-yearly meeting of this company was held this morning at the London Tavern, 13ishopsgate-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 slaarAolders, gratulated them on the satisfactory position of the corn 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 2 62,262/. 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, be said the directors proposed a dividend of 3i per cent., which would leave a balance of 1551. 14 , . 8 I. to be carried to the next half-year. He moved the reception and adop tion of the report and accounts. Mr. PARKE 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 5,1 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 1,600,000/. on stock, he proposed the appointment of a committee of 12 shareholders, not di rectors of the company, to investigate into the affairs of the company and report thereon. A PROPRIETOR seconded the motion. Mr. PLIMAIOLL attempted to address the meeting, but as he was not a registered shareholder the meeting re. fused to hear him. The CITAIRMAN 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- vereal system was adopted for working railways, it would be impossible to came to a clear understanding in the matter. He could bear testimony to the desire of all cbnnected 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, p a y a bl e t o th e propr i e t ors on the Register of the Company on the 26th July, 1 856 : At the rata of 5/. per cent. per annum upon the Perpetual Preference Stock of the Company; at the rate of Si. 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 4/. 10s. per cent. per annum upon the 4} per cent. Preference Stock of the Company, redeemable at a premium of 10/. per cent.; at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum upon the 5 per cent. Preference Stock of the Com pany, redeemable at a premium of 5/. per cent. • at the rate of 3/. 10s. per cent. p er annum on th e Original Undi vided Stock of the Company, being for the half-year 1/. 15s. per cent. ; and at the rate of 3/. 10s. per cent. for the half year upon B Stock, towards 6 per cent. per annum, as guaranteed by A Stock." " That the directors be, and hereby are, authorised to convert into ' Great Northern Railway Debenture Stock,' any portion or the whole amount of the mortgage debt of the company, from time to time, and upon such terms as they may consider advisable, in accordance with the pro visions of `The Great Northern Company's Increase of Capital Act, 1853." The Chairman next moved : " That the directors be, and hereby are, authorised to expend a sum not exceeding 7031. for the erection of a school-room at New England, Peterborough, for the chil dren of the mechanics and labourers in the company's employ there." He said it was necessary, for the convenience of the men, that cottages should be erected at New England, and it was desirable a school should be erected for the 200 children belonging to them. Agreed to. Mr. Giear's motion for a chnmittee ;vas nega , ivea, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the business. A SAILOR'S WEDDING.—An action has been brought in the Whitechapel County Court for the recovery of 7/. 10s. 9d., said to be due to Wallis, by Jack Oliver, a sailor. The plaintiff kept a public house in \Yapping, a d defendant, who is a thorough specimen of an English sailor, contrived to get married while he was lodging at the plaintiff's house, and the sun now claimed was for the good things supp ied for a jollification on that happy occasion. Jack Oliver had run out all his money before he shipped, and had promised to settle with his landlord on his return to England. Mr. Oliver was questioned as to his fitness to take the obligations of an oath. "Let Jack Oliver speak with his honour, the captain. Hands off you runaway shark. Captain, I haven't got my land legs yet, and that's how your bo'swain here thinks Jack Oliver got more liquor aboard than paid duty. (Laughter) Now, as to this here matter, why, may I sail in a teetotal ship to the tropics if I know anything at all about it. The landlord rays as how I was married—if so, I have no recollection. Mayhap Master Wallis will be so good as to tell hie who I was spliced to, and where Mrs. ()dyer is to be found." (Loud laughter.) Here a lady in the body of the court, attired in the true East End style, " Here I is, Jack, safe and sound as a rock." (Roars of laygliter.) Mr. Oliver—" Pull up tbat veil, and let's have a.leok at your figurehead. (Laughter , Can't say as ho w I ever seed you afore, but I s'pose you've come here to swear agin this grog reckoning." (Laughter.) Mrs. Oliver—" It ' s a long bill, your honour, but my husband treated everybody for three days. and I don't think Mr. Wallis would rob him." Mr. Oliver— " Will you go so far as to swear I was actually married to you !" (Laughter.) Mrs. Oliver—" On my oath I was, Jack, and here's the lines to prove it." (Laughter.) Mr. Oliver—" Then all I can say is this here ; if I'd known on such a circumstance I'd steered cleltr of the port of Lond , n. (Laughter.) Captain, I must have been led into this affair when I was too drunk to know what I was about ; but, if so be as you says I am married, and did have a weddin', Jack Oliver knows bow to obey orders." (Laughter.) The Judge—"l have nothing to do with your being married, but, if it is any eatLfac tion to you, my opinion is that you did marry this lady." Mr. Oliver—"No satisfaction, your honour." The Judge—" You must pay the money." Jack left the c urt, but would not have anything to do with his found wife. —Stamford igiTCU THE "RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AT T IRERIIAN. Captain Hodasee iota late in the Russian service, in a work by him recently published, " A Voice from within the Walls of Sebastopol," says :—" Cleee to me (at the at tack on Inkerman heights) stood a young ensign of the name of Protopoff, and, seeing that he looked dull, I asked what was the matter. !' said he, ' tell my uncle to write home, and say that I was killel at the battle of Inkerman.' His uncle was in our regiment. I told him that he ought not to joke like that, for don't you see the day is ours ? I had hardly time to pronounce these words before he was struck in the left side by a rifle ball, and died almost immediately. Shortly aLer this I received a blow on th e l e f t shoulder from a small stoma and I heard from all sides cries that the Ekatherinenburgers are killing Us r I asked what was the matter, and at the same instant a man fell dead beside me. I ordered the men who were near me to see where he was shot. They said in the back of the head, so there could be no longer any doubt. Taking with me si_x men of my company, I went down to the regiment of Ekatherinenburg, which I fiend shout half-way down the hill in a disorganised mass, and firing. On my asking them what they were firing at, they said they were firing over our heads. 'How 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 at least to cease firing, when a man stepped out and fired close to me. I could contain my - self no longer, but began to belabour him with the flat of my sword, when I saw a major coming up to me and I rushed to meet him. ' What on earth are you about ? Why don't you look to your men ? Why don't you ad vance ? If you won't advance, at least order your men to cease firing, for they are killing sa The major said, in a plaintive voice, What can Ido when they have killed more than half of us ?' Thinking he meant the enemy, I said, And is that a reason why you should kil your own people ?' raid be, 'it is they,' painting to the men, who have shot us ; lam the only field officer left, and what can I do with such rut flans ?"It is a shame, Mr. Major,' raid I, to fear your own men !' We were joined by an officer from the regiment of Borodino, who added his remonstrances to mine, but without effect. The major left tea and went farther down the hill out of the way. I returned again to the battery, but here reigned such confusion that it was impossible to distinguish the men of my own regiment. Sudden y a cry was rei:ad that we were out flanked ; I shouted for the men of my company, but it was of no use, and the sergeant-major said they were mixed up with the others, and that it would be impossible to pertra4 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(T) us Day.) BOW-STREET, CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT THE A WAX 111 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 tl w pit if the Adelphi Theatre. Police-constable, 162 A, stated that last eight the young woman at tho bar paid for admission to the pit of the Ade►phi Theatre, and on reaching the it eats 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 she was passing backwards and forwards to her seat she kept calling out, "Go it old fellow," " All serene," "Go it my hearty," and such like expressions. Fanding it was impossible to persuade her to remain quiet, he took her into custody, and on his attempting to rem)ve her from the theatre she became very 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 ? The woman hung down her head and made no rep'y. 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 prisoner admitted of no excuse, and as she had behaved so violently to the police, he should fine her 102., or a week's imprisonment. MORE FRUIT STEALING IN COVENT GARDEN MARKET. —John 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 emplcyer, 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 Lis 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 had 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 seives 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 be could lay his bands on. He was positive he had 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, lie should therefore com mit the prisoner for trial for felony. MARLBOROUGH. STREET. KILLING ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S DUCKS.—Richard llobden, 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 ho 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 custody. The duck was worth at least 2s. The accused, in defence, said he was fishing, and the (luck 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 LASCARS—CURIOITS DIFFICULTY.— Ur. 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 East 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 the❑ deserted, and re fused to sign fresh articles of agreement, which they were bound to do by the contract entered into with Capt. Edington. Three appointments were made fur 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 Laecars wore 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 Ceptain 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 i❑ 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 Cmn pany that the Tasmania was a proper ship for the pri soners to serve in; and that the new agreement was is all respects a proper agreement for the Lascars to enter into. The 231 section of the " Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1855 " 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 bad been applied fur, 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, sail he would not grant a certificate to the captain of the Schuh Jehan until the Lascars signed the new articles. Mr. Selfe.—Which they have refused t, d, ? The owners of the Schuh Jehan are in a serious difficulty. If the owners of the ship don't send the L tscars back to India they will be liable to heavy penalties. Mr. Crew sai,d Mr. Yardley was of opinion he could not punish the men for not proceeding to sea in the Tasmania until the certificate was granted. Mr. Safe was of the save opinion, and thou,;ht the East India Company's officer had taken a most err menus view of the matter. It was perfectly absurd to say the officer would not grant a certificate until the Lasears 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 TUE LONDON DOCKS.—James Sin clair, a labourer in the employ of the Lf , r.don 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, ho was informed, bad stolen soma tea and secreted it about his person. He asked the prisoner if ho ha .1 any tea, and he declarei lie had not. He pulled off the pri soner's shoes and found in each of them a big containing half a pound of black tea. Mr. Selfe—Under his feet ? Cornwall—Yes, sir. Mr. Selfe—l wonder how he could keep half a pound of tea in each shoe. It takes up a large space. Cornwall—lt was so, sir. Hero 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, is defence, said he was sorry for what ha had done. He had a large family, and hepei the magistrate would be lenient. Mr. Selfe—l can hardly believe you ara sorry. A large family is no excuse for robbery. Cornwall, in answer to a question, said the prisoner bad been employal in the dock nine years. The foreman of the tea department said the wisoncr bad been a rnqn of good chtractcr. Mr. Selfe—l fine him 20i, for the "unlawful posses sion" of the tea, or three weeks' imprisonment. DINNER TO THE GUARDS AT TIIE 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 men, will march from their barracks in Birdcage walk, over Westminster-bridge, past the Elephant and Castle, by the Walworth•road, up Amelia-street, to the gardens. The Fusiliers, numbering 708 men, will march from their barracks at Chad og-crose, over Waterloo-bridge, following the Grenadiers from the Elephant and Castle. The Coldstreams, 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 total number of nor - 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 ment will fill the ball, and take their places at the ta bles; the remainder will occupy the tables placed in front of the 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-Maje r E wards, the senior Serjeaut-Major of the Guards, and the oldest soldier in the army, and Mr. Harker will offi• ciate 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. Atnuse:ne,nts 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 hall, the centre-of which will be specially reserved fur `them. M. Jullien's band will perform a number of pieces ar ranged for 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 theground between the ball and tho lake, and a grand display of fireworks, with suitable devices, will take place, The sailers will then be mustend and marched home at 9 o'clock. The second act of the con cert will then be performed, and afterwards a finale of rockets and lofty fireworks will conclude the amusements. rae 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. Thc 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 enthusiastic audiecce, 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 haz miens 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 102 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. Oa 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 cf 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 genuine 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 exp'red 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. SHOCKING CASE OF STARVATIOY. Yesterday Mr. William Carter, coroner for Surrey, held a long inquify at the Duke of Suffolk, Brandon street, Wel worth, on the body of an infant named Eliza beth Ann Holwell, who died from starvation in copse quence of being neglected by its mother, who was remanded from Lambeth Police court on Tbursday last for threatening to destroy her own life by roiso.n. Mr. Thomas Cooke, the coroner's officer, &posed, that 01: 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 walkiog 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 o'd sacking, which was intended for a bed. There were no bedclothes, and all the room co n t a i ne d was an o ld cbair. Tho 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 sr arched 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 "I..,,,tion— poison." Witness took charge of the body of deceased and removed it from the house. On the mantelpiece was a brown jug, which contained some kind of sedi ment.• After removing the body he returned to the house, and the mother of the deceased bad 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 " Poieon,"as she wanted to t eke 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. h 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 Percy, a married woman, said she was the sister of the m Alter of the children. She (•.he mother) was parted from her husband in cowequeuce of her in temperate habits. The father of the children allowed 14s. per week for their maintenance, which sum witness had paid 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 ls., but on Sunday morning she sent her lle. more. , Mr. Cooke, the officer, here brought in another child, a girl about seven years of ago. Is pre sented a most dreadful appearance, the features being sharpened by want, the bones of the chest alum t pro• 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 wors e e on . dition,than the one before the jury. This being the whole of the evidence, the court was cleared of stranguet, and on their being re-admitted, the jury returned a ver dict of " Manslaughter against Elizabeth Ann Hot well, for feloniously killing and slaying Elizabeth Ann Hol well, her daughter." The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute. We stated last week that on 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 upoa 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 hanging at the bowsprit. At the same time he saw the light he had his main topsail and fore and aft main sail set, and he was steering east-north-east. Immes diately atter seeing the light 1e 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 owu vessel. He called out to the men on board the approaching vessel, which was then oa the larboard side of his mainmast, "Port helm." He called out in I'i - cloth "Laissez arriver." He beard no reply. Me lofted as much as he could to clear his vessel, but. in five minutes the vessels came together. The vessel, which proved to be the Clontarf, came stem on , and his ship was cut down to th e wa t er ' s e d ge, an d 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 get hold of the bowsprit rigging of the barque, and about ten minutes elapsed before his mate, who had got on board the bargee, tare er 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 brats 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. W hen he first saw the barque and ported his helm the ship came to the wired and his sails shook. The same rule bclda in France and England, that ships on the starboard, tack hold on their course. The mate, Pierre Chanjour, corr,,b ora t e d th e master ' s evidence. He raid had a boat been lowered from the Clontarf among the broken wreck some or 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 GREECE MERCANTILE NAVY.—According to the drowning men, but he said that the re wou ld be dan•. Annales du Commerce Exterieur, th e mercant i le marine ger in doing so. The barqu e c arr i e d away t h e b r i g ' s of Greece amounted on the let Janu ar y, 1856 , to 5,052 ma i nmast , and cut her down to th e wa t er ' s edge . vessels, measuring together 295,001 tons. O f this ton. Mr. Jo hn Allen, master of the Clonta r f, gave hi s nage, 121,352 belonged to Syra alone, which is the version of the unfortunate occurrence. He said they principal port for shipbuilding in the kingdom. Next were off Blyth on the morningofthe 11 h and be tbe ' his to Syra comes Spezzia, Galaxidi, Hydra, the Piraeus, wa9 on deck, .standing near mainmast, w hen and Santorin , chief officer told him a lht had been seen. The win d THE INKERMAN MONUMENT TO OFFICERS OF THE were lying vari a ble. They aboutss a) about south-east, but _ COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—A. c9notaph has jut been erect- south-west-by-svuth, and he went forward, but ght. Within about two or three ed in St. Paul's (i n th e a i s l e on the right hand of the could not see a lt great western entrance) to the memory of th e f o ll ow i ng seconds some one.' called out that there Rasa ship eight officers of the Coldstream Guards who fell as the ahead, and he immediately ordered the helm to be put h d-a- wit. He heard a cry of " Ahoy I" from the battle of lelterman :—LieuteCol. the Hon. Vesey Dew sou, Lieut.-Cel, J. C. Murray Cowell, Captain L. D. ot the ininast, and she went down in about three ar her vessel. The stem of the barque struck the vessel Mackinnon, Captain the Hon. G. C. C. Elliott, Captain abreast Ainsacoim as. the vessels f truck be ordered the H. M. Bouvelie, Captain F. H. Ramsden, Lieutenant fo T. minutes .e brCt o be let go. He l et g ) the mainbrace himself, E. Adisbrowe, and Lieutenant C. H. Greville. The monument consists of an entablature on w hi c h th e and their ship , ca me dead to. He hove to for a b out 1 6 17 names are inscribed, and above it a sma ll representat i on or minutes, a fter f or v essel v es,el had gone down. Di rectly of the tomb, w ith its si m pl e t a bl e t, w hi c h covers the after the collision be ordered the boat to b e got ready, bodies on C a th c art' s -hill, in th e C r i mea. O n each ride but it was not lowe red, and none of hi s crew were sent off. He saw n,thing to save. Teere were volunteers of these is the effigy of a soldier of the regiment, leanin g i -- n g i on board, but their lives would have been endangered. mournfully over them ; above are the words "and the' The Rind was blowing fresh. Jones, the North Sea victory that day was turned into mourning." The in- rilot, raid, "If you allow those men to go in the boat scription is from the pen of the Dean of St. Paul's. you will sacrifice their lives." It was a dark eight— ' more dark than hazy. Robert Richard Frost, an ap- PERAMBULATORS.—ConsiderabIe excitement and even I prentice, Stormy Thompson, a Sunderland pilot, and consternation amongst a few in the town has been occa- John Valentine Jones, a North Sea pilot, gave similar sioned by a recent resolution passed by the town coil/. The causeways in some parts of Grant6m are unu lla. y i ev i dence to Air. Allen, A report from the inagistraters with such evidence as they may de. in necessary. will be narrow ; the lounging of it;le men on thew is a continual i sent to the B trd of Trade for tick decision on the case. complaint •; and since the introduction of peraniifus. been grumblers ray that additional inconveuience Tne proceedings were taken at the instance of Captain experienced. A bye-law of the borough forbids trunks, I Heard, R.N. the inspecting officer of the Coast Guard harrows, and carriages on wheels to run on pave- , lin the district , ment, and the town council (that is to say the sour an d 1 choleric majority) have altered the bye-law so as to make it apply to perambulators. There is extreme selfishness in Vile movement against perambulators. To people with young families they have been found exceedingly useful, and no doubt have proved a great relief to nursemaide i but because a few crusty old teaide and croategrained old bachelors (who base no sympathy with children) have been occasionally made to turn aside in their walks to let the perambulators pass, they are all at once to be put down as a nuisance.—Lineohl Mercury, SUBmAItINE TELEGRAPH TO A DIERICA. —PLYMOUTH, Allglnt 22 —The Propontis, Captain Goodwin, belong. ing to the General Screw St t am CJinpany, put in her e this morning, from N ew f o u n dland, having succesfully latd submarine cables between Capo Breton and New. foundland, and between New Brunswick and P r i nce Edward's Island. The stealthr will be immedi a t e l y em ployed in laying a cable from Ireland aoroas the • Atlantic. THE LATE FATAL COLLIERr ACCIDENT IN SOUTH IVALLS. PONTYPRIDD, Aua. 22. The protracted inquiry into the cause of the late dis ae!_rous explosion of fire-damp at the Cymmer Colliery, in Glamorganshire, has at length been brought to a close. Tne greatest interest in the investigation appears to have been taken by the colliers of the district, who at. tended the inquest in large bodies day by day. Many of the ownors and managers of the numerous coal-mines in Smith Wales have also been present, and several legal gentlemen have attended to watch the proceedings cn behalf of the proprietor of the colliery and of the friends of the deceased. The evidence having been completed at midday yes terday, it was agreed to adjourn fur a short time, and then to proceed with the summing up. The Court re. sumed shortly after 2 o'clock, and The Coroner at once proceeded to sum up. He pointed out to the jury the importance of the investigation, and the chief question which they were Called upon to de cide. In the first place, it was left to them to erty whether the unfortunate deceased had died through an accidental explosion of fire-da:np, or whether the ex plosion which had terminated se fatally had been occa kiened by the carelessness or negligence of any person or persons intrusted with the control and management of the pit. If they were of °pillion that the explosion was one of those uufoieseen 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 carelessness and neg ligence of the owner, manager, cverman, or firemen, oa 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 f r 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 by 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. Tne,:e 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 ri.vired to carry out whatever he might cos eider 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 how far the duties thus defined in the rules had been performed by the manager. The coroner here read the rules which referred to the overmen, deputies, and other underground agents, together with those affecting the workmen themselves, and then proceeded to comment upon the facts 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, fur the jury to say how tar the dutiei of those persons were disttuctly defined, and whe ther or not they hat been violated. Before the conclusion of the summing up ➢Zr. 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 that, on finding gas in a stall of a morning, all he had to do was to act under rule 14 (requiring that cross timbers indicating danger should be put up). David Jones bad already done so. He also contends that the 20th rule (the rule requiring the overman to report to the ❑tanager, and the deputy to the overman, all accidents, dangers, or detects which occur in the mine) dues 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'uluc:•, and returned at half-past four. The Foreman raid—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 live-, was caused by the negli gence of Jabez Thomas, the manager, Rowland Row. lauds, theoverman, and Morgan Rowlands, David Jones, ' and William Thomas, the firemen. They therebre found a verdict against those persons of manslaughter. [lle dissentient juryman was said t 3 be now a fire man in the pit in which the explosion occurred.] The Coroner said lie did not see how the jury could have come to any other conclusion. Mr. Owen, on behalf of the workmg cAiers, thanked the Coroner and Mr. Poulden, the Government assessor, for the pains which they had taken in conducting the investigation, and this prJtracted inquiry was then brought to a close. THE FATAL COLLISION" OFF THE NOR- T ITUMBERL AND COAST. I I :ax. 17i i 35 6 36i 5k 8,t25/1 121 1 91 41