The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-17 00:00:00

SOUTH LANG 4 SHIRR ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL (THIS DAY., (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWELVE O'CLOCK. Turner ... Cheetham. 6,322 6,187 -135 7,981 7,280 Majority for Turner .. ONE O'CLOCK. Turner Cheetham Majority for Turner AIONRY .1114RKE7' AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Money Market to-day has presented a quiet appearance, but there is a fair supply of commer cial bills, and a temporary effect has been produced by the completion of the payments due on the Victoria Loan. About £24,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, but 30,000 sovereigns were Withdrawn for Lisbon. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon in some instances exhibited a slight advance. The dividends on the 6 per Cent. Bonds of the Loan of 1858 will be payable on and after the 2d Proximo. A moderate amount of business was reported in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were steady. The sales were 8,000 bales. The directors of the South Wales Railway Com pany recommend a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum for the half year. Since Monday last the imports of specie have bten about £292,780, and the exports £47,500. There has been very little movement in the mar ket for P üblic Securities to-day, the transactions hav lag been very restricted. Consols have been 902 t- for money, and Mt -I- since the commencement of busi ness. The New threes have improved to 901 I, Reduced are firm at 902 _a ; Indian New Loan Scrip is 1011 ; Exchequer Bills, 14s. dis. ; ditto June par. _ _ _ The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been of a more active character, and a further improvement has taken place in prices. , Great Western have advanced 55., and Eastern Counties, Great Northern, North Western, North Eastern ((Berwick), and North Eastern York, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings late prides have been maintained. San Paolo realise 21 a ; Bahia and San Francisco, 12a. East Indian have improved to 1001 101, and Great Indian Peninsula to 97 and 97k. Foreign Securities show no important change, and the dealings have been of a moderate charac ter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 ; ditto, 1858, 684 691 ; Mexican, 224,. Portuguese are 461 Z r , and Spanish Deferred 411. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued at about previous values. Oriental Bank improved Electrie Telegraph declined 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES ' 3 . . per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 Ol i t per Cent. Consels Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9O a 1 i Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 13 .16 In rlia Stock. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 96f Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Sept. 10 'lndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent Mar. 2d p. day. June 31 p.ct. P , xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l4 D - tto £5OO .. par Ditto Small FOREIGN FTTNOS—CLOSING PRICES. Rquador New Consolidated Guatemala 5 per Cent 62 3 &lexicon. 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 42 per Cent Ditto (Uribarren), 4t per Cent. t'ortuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 Ditto Account Sp finish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent -- Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9ot a Ditto Account COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. 4 farsterti3M Ditto Rotterdam Antwe r p Erussels — 25 621 25 70 Eamturgh :Pari s Ditto Marseilles — X 11 721 25 19 (7 Frankfort on Maine — a 1 Vienna Trieste - 14 20 14 30 Petersburgh — 33 33/ Berlin — ivladrid Cadiz — 481 481 Leghorn — 25 80 25 . 90 Milan — 25 71 25 821 Genoa — 25 75 25 85 Naples Palermo — 1171 117/ Messina — 1171 118 . Lisbon -521 52 Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • .. l'ereign Gold in Bars ( 11, 14 , ~ Standard).... per oz. £3 17 9 'Mexican Dollars O ;Silver in Bars (Standard) I , 0 5 0/ South American Doubloons Share' Railways. paid Closing Business I Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per' - I c. pref. (issued at Xo( alt stock Kris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 45 percent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. C. an 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent all 20 21 64 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 5 1 6 4 14 Do Ist Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c... 100 108 112 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No. i 100 105 108 100 105 107 stock Do. do. N o ..? 100 105 107 stock Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 122 124 stock 'Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 78 80 stock I Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 stock lEdin.diGlas. sp.c. shares 100 109 111 stock I Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock I Rdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 77 Stock , Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c, 100 stock ro.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 110 112 stock (Great Northern, sp. et, 100 115 117 stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 107 5 I 10 Pt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf all .`..3tSn. & W (Ireland) stock lOO 97 99 1 p. ct. pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berks an , Rants) Ext. sp. ct 6 p stock Lo. Redeem a bl e ,4s p. c t 100 96 98 975 7 stock Do. Redeem a bl e , 4 . ct. 100 87 8 ) stock Do Irred eema bl e, do stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref 100. 100 102 8 Do. Blrm. Pref. Shares. all 96 10 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh all 165 176 10 Do. do. Sp. et. p re f all 104 101 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 75 77 264 Do. Chester gua, shares all 205 214 135 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 46 pc. pref OO stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO a k D D o ° . 11 6 arn per s l e .. 8t (}1. 5 L 3 s a 1 2. La n. ) P . e a s t t 0 0 c e 1 1 0 0 0 0 -—_ _. •—..... stock Lon.& Brig.s pe.gu.No. , 100 111 113 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 11 t 113 stock Do. gua. 6p. 0. ..... . lOO 134 137 stock Do. do 5 p.c. No.l 100 111 113 stock Do. do. 45 per ce11 . ..... 100 99 101 5 Do. do. 45 p. c. shares., all stock Do. 7p. at. Pref. stock. 100 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 125 153 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.defltil '65) 100 71. 74 stock , Do . 4 per cent. Fret l OO ._ stock !Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 94 97 IDo.W. f A rceiv. no div 1011 Ex.A til 6pcis pd on all all Do. B B. & Brom ex. _ 10 Do. 'Metropolitan Ex 11 35 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. ct lOO stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct, stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 28. 6 d ........ ••• • • • all all 125 Londondy. & Cole. ssh 125 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh ail 135 14 stock :nan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 120 125 6 Do. .£6 stock Do. 35 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 1 P 125 :naryoort & Car., 4p. c all 125 Do. 45 per cent all stock Rid . Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c 100 132 134 stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 103 6 Do. 46 per cent 3 stock Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st 100 91 93 stock Norflk sp. c, Ex. st 1846 100 stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do 1847 100 stock Do. s Way.Val.Ex.BtlB47 100 stock North British, sp. o. stock Do. New, gua. sp. c lOO 108 110 I'l , Do. Bor. Tin. g. pf. sh s 5 1 I # p 10 Do. do. do all et Nth,Dev.Rail. & Dck•Co. 100 st N-East.Cons.Pret 4 p.c. 100 89 t o st Do. 45 pc. redeemable lOO 90 101 st Do. G.N.E. 4 per a. pref lOO 101 103 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref 8.13.4. p 4 , P 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Puroh lO 4 d p 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23 10 ghymney Guaranteed. 86 Scottish Central, new pt all st Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock._ . 100 st Do.Aberdeen,g f. ua.6 100 132 134 st ! Do. 7p. c, pre stock 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10 s. all 10 105 10 ' Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all 1.0. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 45 per cent. lOO 97 99 st I Do,Fixed '5 p.c. Ist is. 100 97 99 st 1- outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st I Do. 45 per cent lOO 08 100 st I Do. 5 per cent lOO st S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 83 06 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 26 27 25 Do. B 6 ner cent all 31 32 25 Do. C 6 percent all 131 32 at Watrfd & Kilkll7, 6 P. e. 100 145 48 st W.Mid -oxl Ist Guastk 1 00 1124 126 st Do. 2d do i 100 1119 121 st Do•Newpot 5 p..ptred.l 100 ;100 103 st Do.Perpet. r 6p. e Cpl 1866; 100 'l2O 123 at Do. till 1869, lot is.l 100 1115 117 —__. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -- _-_ _ --- - - I .Closing Business Paid. ; Railways. Leasing d. l Co. ' s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln&N.W • • • • Bullringhamshire .... 100 Do l9l 96 Chester & Holyhead... 100 D 0... 1 521 53 i Do. 51 percent 100 Do ll9 120 Do. 5 ~ 100 Do.. ,109 211 Clydesdale June lOO Caledon... 101 1 03 - Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O 15 16 E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c ' 100 Gt. North. 132 134 1331 3 E.Union,HarwichShs ' all E.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge..' 1 100 , . Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct 100 Cale . don... Do. new lOO .-- Do. •-•• ...... Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. a al ll l y Yk k: N N: & m ß d r Hull and 5e1by........' 1 - 09 110 — Do. ha1ve5........... all D 0...., .. —.- Do. quarters........l all ,D 0....... Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 I LndiN.W. 191 197 London & Greenwich. 100 'S.Eastern 59 61 Do. Preference .... 100 D 0........ 112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end; 100 , Peto &Co. 83 86 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c..; 100 ;Norfolk.. Do. Ci per cent 1 100 iDo. — Milo., 13xtn &Matlock! all 'L NW&M 31 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer-I ence Si ock ...' . . lOO Ridland.. 98 95 Newmarkt,BuryE x . gua. 5 percent. .... 1 . 5 6.E.Counta. 1 I P P Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all iDo 55 57 Do. 6p. c. ...... all ,' Do. — Do. Fixed sp. c... .. all Do. — North Western ' all Midland 151 lo Preston and Wyre. { all L& NW } Shareslti,Doyltn.nite,& Shep 100 h.— & L.Yk. A. all Do. iGt.North 129 131 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 iT.Brassey 118 -- 122 Do. do. 1 I Do, 1 lb S.-Staffordshire all iM'Clean.. Wilts and Somerset 1 100 Gt. West: 88 90 WiLablidonaCroydu 1 all Lotßregi Si iii MIS DAY'S ShIPPING. LO ND ON, Aug. 17.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH Aug. 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— }larpwell, from 'Shields for New York. Sailed—Her Ma -sesty's ship Osborne, for Ostend ; her Majesty's ship Me gsra, for Plymouth. CowEs Aug. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—New York, steam er , from New York; left on the 3d inst., and pro ceeded for Bremen. .._NEWPORT, Aug. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —H. M. 11 use, from London for St. Thomas. Sailed—Alliance, for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, Aug. 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Elba , int Monte Video ; Tizabel, for Bristow ; Eleanor, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug, 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Lady Stanley, for Montreal. DUBLIN, Aug. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Troin, from Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sisters, from Trinidad • Bangalore, from Matanzas ; Sea Bride, from Richibucto. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Lan taster, for Bombay. LIMERICK, Aug. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Currier, from New York. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 16.—Wind W.—Sailed—Hibernian, screw steamer, for Montreal. LONDONDERRY, Aug. 15.—Wind W.—Sailed—Eliza beth, for Quebec NEWHAVEN, Aug. 15.—About 100 casks of sugar have been landed from the Caroline C. Dow, from Hay mnah for London, which was wrecked off Beachy Head yester day • and if the weather keeps moderate, she is expected to ue floated to-morrow. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. „....Arrived—Buffon, from Nantes . Havre, steamer, from tiavre; Ralph, from Swansea: No sailings. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, August 16.—Christiana. from Quebec ; Grace Darling, from San Franciso ; Western Star, from Bar bados; Witch of the Wave, from Antigua; Eeita, from Archangel. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—lanthe, of Liverpool, from west, for Rotterdam ; Albatross, from Surinam, for Amsterdam. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The magnifi cent weather of the last few days has been most suitable for harvest operations of every description. Nevertheless, we le arn that the crops of wheat and other cereals are scarcely 11 1 5 to the average. There has been a good deal of blight, 8 1) cially amongst some kinds of white wheat, which more than compensates for the heavy ears and good straw of other deBc riptions. So far as we can judge from information which h as rea c h e d us, t h e crops appear to have been extrem e ly variable. Our spirited agriculturist, for instance, upon a Splendid piece of upland at Arlington, expects his wheat to Y i eld five quarters to the acres, whilst his next neighbour, an equally skilled practical farmer, states that his wheat ; r °PB have not been so unpromising as at present for the last 99 -" Years. We were informed the other day that a fatal d isease or murrian was prevalent amongst cattle; but we are happy to e arn th a t thi s f ear i s ex aggerated. There have b een a few i so l a t e d cases of pleuro - pneumon i a ; but nothing of a natur e t o create serious apprehens i on . There have alBO been some well authenticated cases of pleuro-pneumonia amongst sheep, which is the first time, so far as we are tare, that th at fatal disease has been se en amongst them. We fear that the severe and continuous rain of yesterday, tioill prov y ev e h r o y u d e e d tr ._ im iv en e t s a i l 6 to ur s re ; theah r o il f nes. p crops as are cut WI not et MARE 111411aTET.—(TIIIS DA Y). ORDENARY SHAIi.ES Al‘:,'D STOCKS. ! Closing Business Railways. Paid 'l Pr tce. Done Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost Slew.`. and Ilid.Co 1 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen Sr Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blrock., t Passage! Cornwall Do A ( A gets no div. ‘ flift ii6- c peran. Do B hasbeen p i d. toB Dublin & Belfast June Dun., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, dz Dundee n Pi 84 85 5i 61 92 93 1001 101 5 6 42 44 gi 9 16} 17 , 47} 481 39 41 27 29 48 71 81 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glascz. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern 1071 I 97 4;7 134 671 81 7f Do do A stock Do do 13 do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Va] gua. stock Irish South-eastern.... , Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond.. Chat., and Dover' Lond. &Nth: Western Lond. . sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & EnnisKillen Man. She. & Lineoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland lost 58} 9 1141 91; 2k 2 1 1231 4 Do new Do ktirming. & Derby Ind. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares Mid Kent............ • • Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C%rlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk . ........ North 8riti5h..........] Nor. Dev.Rail&Dk. stock IP. 4 stk ; A recs no d.l until epchas beenpd.B I Do B stock ......... Nth. Eastern—Berwick , Dodo , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds ........ I Do York North London ...... Do new north taffordshi re ... N. and S. W. Junction.. Not. & Grantham Rail zebles Portsmouth 100 I 100 100 113 13 4 100 100 , 100 55 67 61i G 2 102 103 59 59} 91 Oli n 4; -j 10 Il 86 83 Rhymney. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon S.-Durham & Lane. Un. South Eastern ...... • . South Wales . S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok I Stockton & Darlington Do do 116 118 35 36 89 91 45 47 3S 40 Do New (1860) 57 6 1031 591 91i t Ii aflVale Po Pref. No 1 v. ; mesHavenDkdzitail •• Do .. 110 'Vale of Neath Victor i a Sta- and Pim Waters or i & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick I West Cm nwall ( West London .. :: 1 Do Ist class Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport. Do. Hereford 80 804 64 66 94 97 4 7 374 364 8 9 t, 5 6 p 554 561 2i 3r d r 112 12 51 6i 44 45 41 13 85 87 801 1 BRITISE Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford . Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)l 'East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.)' Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus I IG.Wheal Alfa. (Philack), G. Wheal Vor (Helston). 'Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha iMargaret (tiny Lelant) (North Downs ,North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh '1 Basset (1110 .4 an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer), S. Cam Brea (Illogan) I S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim -•—. • -- - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)I Stray Park Tamar Silvdk Lead Min ! MID 3.2.101 7.4.0 541 17s 40 6.8.6 8.12 j 4.11.61 1.10.6 2 9 1 111 1.14.0 9.18.9 10.6.7 1 11 5.9.0 all 1 18.18.9' 261 4} Tin Croft I 9 Vale of Towey (Carm )13s 6d !West Basset 14 W. Caradon. (Liskeard) 5 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 IWheal Buller(Redruth) 5 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 ! Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)i 7 FOREIGN MI: 86 87 27 28 105 106 132 134 1061 1071 96 97 129 131 104 106 671 681 58 62 108 i 109 53 112 112 115 47 50 914 92 94 95 104 Ili 48 47 4 2d 123 k 124 1 li p 95 97 8 6d PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVEfittitur, AUGUST 17, 1861 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held this morning at the King's-cross Station for the reception of the directors' report. The usual routine business having been transacted, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoptionnf the directors' report, remarked that the receipts for the half-year had been seriously affected by the failure of the last harvest and the general contraction of the commerce of the country. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to refer in detail to the• different subjects mentioned in the report, which showed that the sum of £56,960 17s 10d had been disbursed on capi tal account ; but of this amount £5,000 was in part pay ment of the company's subscription of £225,000 to the Gar ston and Liverpool line, and £8,082 lOs had been applied in paying off mortgages on the Witham Navigation, which the company had power to re-issue. The actual outlay for the improvement and extension of the Great Northern Railway was £43,878 7s 10d. The total receipts and payments on capital account, to the 30th of June, were as follows :—Receipts to 30th June, 1861, £11,990,711; expenditure, £11,682,803 3s sd; balance, £307,907 16s 7d; The following is an abstract of the revenue account for the half-yearending3oth June, 1861 :—Gross receipts, £650,789 28 lld ; gross expenditure, £363,776 6s 9d. Balance of re ceipts over expenditure, £287,02116s 2d ; balance from pre- ViOU3 half-year £965 13s 10d; due from Eastern Counties Company, as per net revenue account, No. 3, £8,400. Total revenue, £296,387 10s. Fixed charges, in cluding mortgage and debenture stock interest, and preference dividends, £206,294 3s 3d. Balance available for dividend on the original and A and B stocks, £90,093 6s. Decrease, £18,993 18s Id. The balance afforded dividend at the rate of £3 15s per cent per annum on the original stock, giving for the half-year £1 17s 6d per cent on the original stock, £3 per cent on the B stock, and 15s per cent. on the A stock ; and the directors recom mended that a dividend at these rates be declared. The balance to be carried to the next half-year's account amounted to £154 lOs 3d. After some discussion the re•• port was adopted. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—{This Day.) SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.) ATTORNEYS' BILLS.-SINGULAR DEFENCE.-REECE AND OTHERS V. WOODMAN. This was an action to recover £l9 4s. 10d., balance of a bill of costs. Mr. Gates appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. Miller (Mil ler, Son, and Day), of Philpot-lane, for defendant. Mr. Gates, in opening the case, said that all the work charged for had been done, and ho believed the defence would be that plaintiffs agreed to do it for costs out of pocket. Now plaintiffs were a firm of the greatest respec tability, old, and well established, and they never did busi ness upon such terms. Witnesses were called, and deposed to no such agreement having been come to. Mr. Miller said he would prove by his witnesses that such was the understanding, and he apprehended the jury would have no difficulty about the easa. After witnesses had been ca led for defendant, and had deposed to such an understanding as that mentioned in the defence, The learned Secondary summed up, and pointed out to the jury that it was their duty to decide in such a conflict of testimony. The jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Closing Price. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and L alie Huron 'Do. New ....... 'Do. Preference Buffalo, Bran t,&Godrich ,6 p. et. Ms. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1.87 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cie& ta. & S.E as tn. (Lim; Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore. Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. a. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. I Do. New gua. sp. c... 'Gt. South. of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. !Gt. W. of Canada Sharesj Do. New ....... tDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 45 p. 0... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4 c. Extension Do. 5 131elb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. INewßrunswick et Canda, ' Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Land do.• .. • • • • , Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........' I Scinde ...... •• • • 4 ca Do. Punjaub .... s , e Do. Do. ........ Q. Do. Indus. St. Flo. g,e,. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN [ Algerian .• • .... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Bait Copiapo .......... • • •• • • 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. (Pern ) gua. 7 p. ct. lira Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c S. Aust. &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandern ...... Do. 54 p. c. Preference & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria.— Wes turn of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand j { 17.674 - 57617 94i 95 4* 41 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 4/ 511 11 li d id pr 19} Ind 100 101 98 100 99 100 99 100 19i 20i 59 62 31 33 96 07 1 d id 94 :96 0) 10 101 104 94 96 88 92 84 88 94 05 87 89 5 7 4 6 100 101 111 li' 91 93 WAYS 5i 5} 11 91 101 4 3$ 24 2}- 224 234 8 8f 8 di 19 20 88 39 8 81 39,E 403 55 87 6 50 56 6 8k 81 14 1 7r 1 4 24 45 13i di 91 10 201 211 345 355 75 78 23! !It 3i 4 12 14 3} 4 (Business done 95 i BOW-STREET. William Green, a lad, aged 15, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a fishing-rod. The rod in question was stolen from a shop in Hunger • ford-market, and sold by the prisoner, in presence of a wit • ness, to another boy. Magistrate—Well, what have you to say to the charge of stealing the rod ? Witness —Please your worship I didn't take the rod at all. It's a make up between the two boys. Magistrate—But you were seen to sell the rod to the witness. Prisoner—Well, sir, I didn't steal it. I know nothing at all about it. Surely my word is as good as his. Magistrate—ls the prisoner known ? Tyrell, the gaoler, said he had been at the bar of the court before for stealing some leaden pipe. Prisoner—No, it wasn't. I was here before, certainly, but not for stealing leaden pipe. I was one of four; we were all here and were discharged. The things they said we stole was a pair of boots. Magistrate—Ts that the only time you have been in custody. A police. constable said he had been sent from Marl borough-street to prison. Prisoner—That's true; but it was for stealing half-a loaf when I was hungry. I don't live at home with my parents because they can't afford to keep me. If you will discharge me this time I will not trouble you again. I did not steal the fishing••rod though. Magistrate—The witness swears you sold it to him, and as I am anxious to have some inquiry made about you I shall remand you for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROOF STRIPPING. — DanieI Crockford, a tall, rough-look ing fellow, who has several times been brought to this court, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing a quan tity of lead from the roof of the house 16, Hanover-place, Woodstock-street, the property of Miss Eleanor Slater. W. Henry Slater, brother c f the prosecutrix, said—l am an engraver, and live at 16, Hanover-place. On the 14th June I heard that the roof had been disturbed, and on going to the top of the house found that a quantity of lead had been cut from the roof, and also from the next house, No. 15. I afterwards saw the lead in the possession of the prisoner's landlord. Thomas Dutton, of 13, Hanover-place, said—Prisoner lodged with me on the 14th June. A lodger told me that something was wrong about the roof. I went upstairs and saw the prisoner drop through the trap door. He said the water came in, and that he had been up to repair the roof, but instead of that I found he had cut off a quantity of lead. On returning to the house I found the prisoner had bolted. The prisoner had not been seen till last night since the robbery, and ho was then given into custody. The prisoner was committed for trial, but will be again brought up. THAMES. THE WEEKLY VISIT OR. — Elizabeth Neale, a well known utterer of base coin, was brought up on remand before Mr. Woolrych charged with uttering two counterfeit shilling and a counterfeit florin, at the King's Arms public houL e, at the corner of Ste pney -causeway and Brook-street, Ratcliff The thof case July,singular one . O n S atur d ay , th e 27 prisoner entered the King's Arms, asked Mrs. Beauchamp, the landlady, f or a g l ass o f g i n an d peppermint, which she drunk and then tendered a shilling wasthe a very in payment ; Mrs. Beauchamp put the shilling into the till, and gave the prisoner 94d. in change. Mr. Beauchamp, the landlord, took the shilling out of the till directly afterwards, and discovered it to be a bad one. There was no other shilling in the till on Saturday evening the 3d of August the prisoner called again, asked for a glass of gin and pepperment and again tendered a spurious shilling. She received the change as before, the base coin was put into the till in which there was no other, and Mr. Beauchamp took it out directly afterwards and dis covered it to be a counterfit one. Instant pursuit was made, but the prisoner got away. Last Saturday, the 10th inst., the prisoner again visited the King's Arms, called for her customary glass of gin and pepperment, and then offered a counterfeit florin which Mr. Beauchamp, a better judge of silver than his wife, took up and discovered the imposition directly. He gave the prisoner into custody, and on being searched by a police constable . named French, No. 250 K, two good for ms were found upon her. She gave her right address. , The in defence, said she knew nothing of the two shillings ; she admitted that she gave the florins to Mrs. Beauchamp, but did not know anything about the two shillings. Mr. Woolrych said that Mrs. Beaucha m p on th e fi rst ex • am i n ation said she was not quite sure the prison er was th e woman who tendered her the shilling on the 27th of July. It was made to appear on the deposition that she was sure of the prisoner's identity. Mr. Bowdler said that Mr. Bellamy, from the office of the Treasury solicitor, who conducted Mint pr osecu ti ons , h a d taken the depositions formally in another room. Mr. Woolrych—l think the examination should take Place here before me, and in the presence and hearing of the prisoner. Mr. Bowdler—Very well, sir. Mr. Bellamey has gene rally adopted the same course after the first examination of a prisoner. Mr. Woolrych—l have heard judges condemn this prat tice a hundred times—it is quite illegal. The examinations must be conducted here in a regular m anner. Mr. Bellamey said he would adopt any course the magis trate thought proper to recommend. Mrs. Beauchamp—l believe the prisoner is the woman who came on the 27th with the bad shilling. I know her by the flowers in her bonnet. My husband can swear to her most positively. Mr. Woolrych—That is another thing. Put down that Mrs. Beauchamp says " I believe the prisoner is the woman who tendered the bad shilling on the 27th of July last. The prisoner was then committed for trial. PIRATES IN THE CHINA SEAS, —HONG KONG, June 27.—Her Majesty's steamer Sphynx reports that on her passage to the North she captured two piratical junks which were attacking a lorcha. The Indianola, Captain Tideman, reports having seen a large trading junk attacked by a West Coast pirate; the attack was partially unsuc cessful, but the pirates managed to Oet the junk on fire. THE KING OE SW.EDENAIVD NORTVAI7. His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway received Viscount Palmerston at dinner on Thursday evening at the residence of the Swedish Embassy, previously to visiting the Haymarket Theatre. Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, the King, ac companied by his brother Prince Oscar, and atten ded by the members of his suite, left the Embassy in two of the Queen's carriages and proceeded to the British Museum, where his Majesty was re ceived by M. Panizzi and the other principal offi cers of this national institution, over the whole of which, including the new library, the King was conducted. His Majesty expressed himself greatly pleased with the antiquarian collections, and devo ted especial attention to the marvellous remains re covered by Mr. Layard at Nineveh. From the Museum the King drove to St. Paul's Cathedral, where his Majesty was received by the Dean and several of the canons residentiary, by whom he was shown the various objects of interest in this mag nificent edifice. The King descended into the crypt of the cathedral, and inspected with much interest the sarcophagus containing the remains of the late Duke of Wellington, and also the tomb of our great naval hero, Nelson. On leaving the ca thedral his Majesty proceeded in the Royal car riages to Woolwich Arsenal, where the comman dant of the garrison and a brilliant staff of Ar tillery officers were in attendance to receive the illustrious visitor. The arrival of his Majesty was announced by a Royal salute fired from a field battery ; and a guard of honour composed of a company of Foot Artillery, was drawn up in front of the barracks to receive the Royal party. After partaking of luncheon in the officers' mess room, the King was conducted through tho laboratory and over the various departments of the Arsenal, including the esta blishment where the manufacture of the Armstrong gun is carried on. His Majesty was greatly inte rested here, and devoted a long time to a thorough examination of the mode of manufacture of this de structive weapon. Before taking his departure the King complimented the commandant and the officers of the Artillery upon the so:dierly appearance of their corps. His Majesty left under a second Royal salute, the band of the Royal Artillery playing the Swedish national anthem, From the Arsenal the King proceeded to the dockyard, where, under conduct of Commodore Sir Frederick Nicholson, his Majesty embarked in a river steamboat, and proceeded up the Thames to Greenwich, where the Royal party landed and in spected the College and Chapel. Again embarking, the King steamed up the river to Waterloo-bridge, where the Queen's carriages were in attendance to convey his Majesty to Grosvenor-place. Last evening the King entertained Chevalier Tottie, Swedish and Norwegian Consul-General in London, and a party of Swedish gentlemen at din ner, at the residence of the Embassy. To-day his Majesty will take his departure, via Dove' and Calais, to Lubeck, and thence to his own dominions. THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1862. We stated in our yesterday's notice of the pro gress and arrangements for this great display that the classes and sub-classes of 1851 would not be fol lowed next year. In IFSI the great classes were formed by such divisions as "Animal substances used in manufactures," " Vegetable and mineral ditto ;" and this arrangement was productive of endless confusion and no little dissatisfaction as well. The arbitrary distinctions of animal, vege table, and mineral of course upset all exhibitions of trades as trades. Thus, in 1851, an undertaker sent two highly-finished coffins. One was of wood and one of lead. The wooden one went into the class of vegetable substances used in manufactures, and the leadffln one to the mineral class. In the same way, an exhibitor had a handsome collection of elaborate fancy snuffboxes separated through many classes, according as the boxes were horn, wood, metal, &c. Some articles,, such as trunks, dressing-cases, and soon, which were made of wood, leather, and metal, all united, were of such a com site character that they could not be classed under any of the great divisions, and for these and other things of the same kind a miscellaneous class was formed, which, as might be expected under such circumstances, soon grew to be one of the largest and most interesting in the building. In 1855 the French tried following the sa me rul, with certain philosophical distinctions as to the uses of the articles exhibited, which made the con fusion ten times worse. Thus, under these subtle distinctions, " walking-sticks and horsewhips" came to be classed as "machines for aiding direct motion," and were accordingly ordered to be put among the locomotives. The English and other foreigners, being very obedient, sent their sticks and whips to the machinery as they were told. The French, however, who saw how absurd was the classing, did not comply, but put their sticks and whips in their proper place. From this, however, the officials expelled them, and after they had been hustled through half the classes in the buildingrthese " machines for aiding direct mo tion" at last found rest, and refuge among what we may call machines for impeding direct motion— namely, the sub-class devoted to the exhibition of ladies' stays and corsets. Of course, such arrange ments gave no satisfaction either in '5l or '55, and the exhibitors justly complained of not being able to display their things together in classes of trades. The great division of animal, mineral, and vegetable classes are still, to a certain ex tent, to be followed next year, but within these are sub-classes in which all the trades will ex hibit as trades. To facilitate this trade classi fication, a trades' list has been compiled from the trades' lists of all the principal towns in the United Kingdom, and it makes an extraordinary catalogue. For instance, to make a complete watch it is found that the co-operation of no less than 46 distinct trades are necessary, each of which only makes certain special component parts of the works or case. These trades have their own rules and apprentices, and are as perfectly distinct from each other as the trades of tailors and shoe makers. It is these distinct trades as trades, that the Commissioners specially wish to have as exhi bitors, and by so doing the trades themselves will gain advantages in the distribution of prizes. It is not now premature to say that it has been in fact decided that there is to be a medal awarded next year to each of the best exhibitors in the various classes and sub-classes. This will be a plain bronze Council medal, somewhat similar to that in 1851. There will be no other award than this, "honour able mention" being wisely done away with. The juries to distribute these medals will be formed as follows :—There will in all be nearly 100 classes and bub-classes. Every sub-class having more than five exhibitors will be entitled to claim a jury of three persons for awarding medals. Each exhibitor will have a right to name a juryman, and out of the names so returned the Itayal Commis sioners will select three whose decisions will be final. No juryman can award himself a medal in his own class, but, of course, any one selected as a juryman can decline the office on the ground that he prefers competing for the medal, as the late Mr. Minton did in 1851. Foreigners will be allowed to choose a foreign jury, and the number of medals to be awarded to each class and sub-class will, of course, be limited, though the limit has not yet been determined on.—Times. THE NEW AGRICULTURAL HALL AT ISLINGTON. —The directors of the company formed for the construction of a hall at Islington, for holding the shows of the Smith•. field Club and other purposes, have accepted the tender of Messrs. Hill and Co., builders, of Whitechapel, amounting to £24,980, and the contract provides that the works shall be completed by the end of June next. The new building will be constructed from the design of Mr. Frederick Pack, ' of Maidstone, and will form a handsome embellishment to the northern part of the metropolis. The site is at a conve nient distance from the Cit), and equally so from the prin cipal railway termini, with which, indeed, it may be said to be brought into immediate contiguity by means of the North London Railway. We also understand that an agree ment has been entered into by the companyfor the purchase of some additional land as frontage, so that the main en trance to the hall—and it is to have four—will be opposite the statue and fountain about to be erected to the memory of the renowned Sir Hugh Myddleton. THE HARVEST IN ESSEX.—COLCHESTER, Aug. 16.—Notwithstanding the intense heat during the early part of the week, which rendered outdoor oocupations almost impossible, the harvest was vigorously prosecuted, and a large breadth of wheat and other corn was cut and carted in fine condition. Indeed, the quality of this year's wheat exceeds that of many previous years, but it is now generally admitted that the yield will fall short of an ave rage. This day a change took place in the weather; the rain descended in torrents during the morning, completely suspending harvest operations, and there is every appear ance of its continuance. Sufficient, however, has not yet fallen to injure the corn which is cut, while it has proved invaluable to the green crops, which began, to ail for the lack of moisture, NES. 20 !Australian 1 ,BonAccord Copper,Lirn„ 20 Brazil St.J. del ltey,Lim 5 Do. Land and MlningCo. 1 li d 35 36 dig. 36 38 6 8 1 2 2i 22 24 I) 1 p 7 76 I id id 2 4 1 id p 4 41 1 'Clarendon Cons.AlinCo 40 Cobre Copper ,Copiapo .., 1 1 Duniloun.Cop.Ming.Co, 2 Fortuna. ; 20 i General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ! 1} Kapunda (Limited) I 3 Linares 5 Lust taut an , 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. 28•2•81 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited).... Do all 1 10s. all all JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 60 ,86 88 40 'Australasia all : 25 'Bank of Egypt all 19 19/ 100 Bank of London 5O ,53 65 20 'Batik of Turkey 50 !British North American all 152 53 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 201 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 34 100 !City 100 Colonial. 25 37 39 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 2 2 0 0 ;En G aa g. . B S k c o . o t I ., :w t t u z e s . 1 1. a ' a h . d . all al all _l6 161 161 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 231 20 I Do. new lO 2 25 50 I London and County I 20 341 351 50 London Joint Stock j 10 30 31 301 3 20 London and S.African r 10 2/ 2 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 321 1 50 National Bank ..... .. 25 26 INewSouth Wales . . .... all 34 36 25 ,Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 51 501 1 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 -- 10 Do. new all 25 South Australia ~ ... all 25 Union of Australia .... all 38 40 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual.. ...... COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 106 109 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2, 100 -- :108 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 _ Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. , 100 106 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.l 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent ' 100 984 09 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1880 1 1 100 107 109 Do. 18901 100 107 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, 100 104/ 1051 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.! 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 98 89 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 09 98 Do. .c.,1888 &upwds 100 98 99 98 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c: sterling, 1875. lOO 104 i 1051 ,S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up 100 .... - - !Vic.Gov, 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - I Do. do. °p.c. Ap.&Oct 100 061 1061 1061 I I DOCKS. _ _ D _ stock I Commercial lOO stock , Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO , stock 'East and West India stock 'London stock 'St. Katharine stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria 20 ID& N ew ._ _ _ ........,„. 2 1 i d MISCELLANEOUS. _ 11:—T----- -- Anglo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 131 14i 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d)I 11 24 100 0 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 :2:0.. 25 eD Do. Do o op .. .C. r ( ie L nf Preference ..iommitnegd.)sz 10 Berlin W a t er (Li m it e d) a ll 44 41 50 British A mer i can Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. T e l . A . (Li m.) a ll 30 35 20 Do. 8,7 p.c.t 1 111852 (Lim ) all , 18 20 3 2 1 Canada L an d all 106 107 10 Chan.lsland s Tel. (Lint) all 7 per ...... Stung a a l l l l 1 - 0 1 - 3 st. Crystal P alace :0 00 0 1 10 9 2 2 1 9 ( 5 5 9ii st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 103 105 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 , pr IP 1} st. Electric Telegrai: l iii 1 26 Do. New ..... . 5 English & Aus. Copper all 31 31 si i 15 Gen. Steam Navigati 5n 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 4 4 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 1 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3/ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all ; 1 20 Madras hr. and Ca na l 1 1 11 10 Sled. Exten. Tel. (Li m ) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ), 5 ' 11 1 d 31 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim )1 5 1 01e 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die all 1 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLandl so 5 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all / 11 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 11 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s.' 111 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 _ _ st. PeellLLnd.&llin.(Lim)l 1 00 47 So 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam! all 69 71 .." 50 I Do. New I 30 10 12 401 20 I Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c 1 all 1 71 181 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 18 11; I Do. New all 5 1 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 4 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 123 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all i 1 Do. dO • • 10 Trust and Agency or, Do. do. Registered 10 Austrlasia (11m)Ist is, 1 I pr 1 p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 Ij. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 id pr 101) To Dieraen'a Land i 101:100f 11 20} 20 97 i 11i 9 [ft/ RAIL all all 13i all all 18.8. all al I all all all 21 2 25 WILLS AND BEQUESTS,. The will of Lady Forbes, relict of Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of Newe and Edinglassie, was proved in London on the 23d of July ; it bears date January 16, 1858, and there are two codicils, added in 1859. The executors appointed are the testatrix's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Constable Ashburner, and Alexan der Nesbitt Shaw, Esq., late of the Bombay Civil Service. Her ladyship's personal property was sworn under £14,000 ; this, together with the property under settlement, she leaves amongst her family by her late husband, Sir Charles, and her former husband, Mr. Ashburner, her ladyship having been twice married, and has appointed her son, James Stewart Forbes, Esq., and her daughter, Miss Katherine Stewart Forbes, residuary legatees. Lady Forbes has left to the poor of three parishes—two in Scotland, and one in London—legacies of £5O each.—The will of Rear Admiral the Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, C 8., of the Admiralty, and Eccleston-square, Pimlico, was proved in the principal registry on the 22d of last month by his relict, sole executrix. The personalty was sworn under £14,000. The will bears date so far back as 1847, and was attested by Captains W. H. Henderson and G. T. Gordon. It is very brief, the admiral disposing of the whole of his personal property to his relict absolutely. Admiral Pelham died in June at the age of 52.—Trio will of Lieutenant General Joseph Harris, of her Ma jesty's Indian army and of the Oriental Club, was proved in the London Court on the Bth inst. by the executors, Oriel Viveash, Esq., Colonel W. F. Grant, and Robert Collura, Esq., M.D., the per sonalty being sworn under £lO,OOO. General Harris having only one child, a daughter of very tender years, has bequeathed all his property, rea l and personal, in trust ; and has appointed the exe cutors nominated in his will trustees and guardians to manag e the property left to her until she attains the age of 21, or on her marriage. In the event of her decease previously, the general has then di rected the property to pass to his two grand-nieces. There are legacies to his executors, and to a female servant; and there are some articles of jewellery which the general has left to the care of the trustees to deliver to his daughter when more advanced in life.—lllustrated News. THE DEATH OF MR.. CASAMAJOR. (From the Lancet.) Mr. Casamajor, the celebrated sculler and able conductor of the aquatic department of The Field, died suddenly on the night ef Tuesday, the 6th inst. Previous to his rowing for the diamond sculls at Henley this summer he had been suffering from an attack of rhematism. Contrary to the advice of his friends he entered into the contest, and it is natural to conclude that the rupture of the blood. vessel from which he died was consequent upon his exertions on that occasion. Friendly as we are to athletic sports, this lamentable case suggests some reflections upon the evils which must occasionally arise from undue and prolonged physical exertion. No doubt the rheumatic attack of wnich Mr. Casa m•,jor had been the subject rendered him especially liable to the mischief which occurred. But his is not a solitary case; men in the prime of life, healthy and vigorous, have on many occasions irretrievably ruined themselves by intense and unnatural bodily exertion. The strain upon the vascular system during a prolonged and ardent struggle is so great that the astonishment is, not that fatal accidents occur, but that they happen so comparatively sel dom. We say "so seldom," but we believe that injuries of a permanent though not of a fatal. character occur much more frequently than is recorded. Cases constantly come under the notice of the medical practitioner of impaired health and of persistent disease consequent upon overstrained bodily exertion. The call upon the. powers of endurance has been such that healthy reaction could not take place, and, like the overbent bow, the human body has remained in a state of impaired power, It is well known that some of our celebrated posture- masters, clowns, and harlequins have become prematurely old and decrepid as the results of the exercise of their calling. The athletic frame of the late Mr. Liston broke down in its prime from the great physical exertion that he underwent. He died from a disease which was fairly traceable to his steeple chases on foot, in which he distanced all competitors in his early morning scampers over the fields and hills in the neighbourhood of London. The evil effects resulting from overworking the brain are the theme of constant observation. How many a word of warning and of comment is recorded when a statesman like Sidney Herbert sinks in the zenith of his career from the overwork which he has undergone. Such comments and warnings are equally applicable to those cases in which the body becomes shattered by overtasking the mere physical powers. In the present day of excitement and over-exertion of the powers of both body and mind, a word in sea son cannot be out of piece. There is a fierce struggle going on. Competition is everywhere. We work as though the powers cif the human sys tem' were inexhaustible. We travel for pleasure as if the amount of labour we undergo is to be regarded as the measure of our enjoyment. Thou sands in this great city spend many anxious hours in their daily pursuits, then hurry off by rail ways long distances into the country, snatch a few hours of repose in the pure air of a rural district, and hurry off again in the morning, anxious and excited, to catch the early train that brings them again to the scene of their labours. The excite ment goes on and is daily increasing ; and yet we have occasionally sad warnings of the dangers of the overwork. Men fall dead from heart-disease after a hurried journey to the station, and medical practitioners are acquainted with a serious class of maladies which have sprung up as the conse quence of this overstraining of the faculties. Cases like that of the lamented Mr Casamajor stand out in prominence from a host of others; but there are innumerable shades i❑ the picture gradually shadowing off from the dark regions of death to disease in a vast variety of forms. It would be well if we could gather something like experience from such facts, but the voice of warning falls too frequently on unwilling or unheeding ears. THE WEATHER. WEATHER EXPECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. North Britain • . North-westerly, fresh ; cloudy. East Coast Similar, with showers. South Coast North-westerly; fine, fresh. Ireland North-west to north ; moderate. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, 1 etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. 1L S. 0 a.m. Nairn 129'69 58 56 W.N.W. 2 7 0. 2 Aberdeen-- 1 29'71 60 56 S.W. 3 3 c. 2 Leith. . 29/4 58 55 W. l 9 r. 1 Berwick 129'69 81 59 S.W. 4 6 b. 2 Ardrossan I 29/6 58 56 S.W. 5 7 0. 4 Portrosh „ 126.73 5 6 55 S. vv. 2 2 b. 2 Shields Galway 129135 61 58 W.S.W. 2 5 C. 1 Scarborough ' 29'87 59 56 W. 2 4 C. 2 Liverpool 129'98 61 56 W.S.W. 2 3 1 Valentia Queenstown 29'91 60 59 W. 3 2 b. 2 Yarmouth ; 30'01 59 58 W. 2 1 b. 2 London 130'03 58 54 S.W. 2 4 b. Dover ' 30'02 69 I 62 W. 3 1 b . 2 i 'ortsmouth 1 63 58 N.W. 3 5 m, 1 Portland x /V ..,.. 3 2 C. 2 Plymouth —.1301)3 62 58 tr . '4 1 1 b. A I'enzance OO7 62 61 1 W. 2 4 l 3r I EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet o f vert i ca l r i se causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew -point). 1). Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (I to 12--estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; t., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments--thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). EXECUTION OF THE 14,KESTON MURDERER.- Yesterday, at noon, G eorge S m ith, aged 20, was executed in front of Derby Gaol for the murder of his father. When condemned, on the 29th of July last, he left the dock as serting his innocence, and saying that he should proclaim it on the day of his execution. On the Ist of this month, however, he made a written confess ion of his guilt. Since then his mind has been considerably relieved, and he has assured several of the prisoners whose acquaintance he has made in gaol of his confidence that he was going to a place of happiness. He enjoyed his meals, slept soundly, and gained in weight. Tho Lcrowd at the execution was very large. At an early hour in the morning the country peopl began to pour in in carts, waggons and all kinds of vehicles. It was estimated that by the time fixed for the execution there were not less than 20,000 persons present. The cul prit, as soon as he got to the drop, fell on his knees, and clasping his hands together, in a loud voice, offered i?,r, a prayer to Almighty God to have mercy on his soul. R e then rose, and, looking steadily at the dense crowd, said " Good by, my friends, good by 1" Dizr;_ng the praye; many persons who surrounded the scaffold evineqd great emotion. Ten minutes elapsed after the bolt vras drawn before life was extinct. CHURCH BUILDING.—Mr. J. W. Brooke, of Sib ton, has rebuilt at his own cost a church in Suffolk. A gen tleman at Louth has offered £l,OOO for a new church in that borough ; Mr. O.E. Coope has given a similar sum to a new district church at Romford ; and at Norwich an anonymous eontributor has handed £5OO to the building fund of a churchjustconsecr4ted in the suburb of fteigilami in that city, A NETT' AN. ESTHETIC. We learn frsm the Medical Thnes and Gazette that a new anaesthetic has been brought to the notice of the profession at Boston. For the present it is called kerosolene, and it is found in the distilla tion of the kerosene oil from the Albert coal. It comes among the first products of the distillation, and in large quantities. Professor H. J. Bigelow, who has been testing its value far anaesthetic pur poses, gives the following account of it :—" This fluid presents remarkable properties. It is taste less as water, volatile and inflammable as ether, though burning with a dense white light; of a faint tar, and th en disappears t c o hlo t r h o a f t or o m f o c d o o a u i r, Which, as i t evaporates, changes abso lutely and altogether ; so that a handkerchief satu rated with the fluid has, at the end of a few minutes, when dry, no odour at all, nor has the room or atmosphere where it has been used any trace of its presence. Both ether and chloroform leave, in dif ferent degrees, a persistent, fade., and stale aroma after evaporation, as is well known. They are also far less agreeable to inhale than this new agent, which has thus an obvious advantage over either of them. A few w I iffs were sufficient assurance of its efficacy as an anxstlictic, which, with its other qualities, as I ventured to remark, would place the kerosolene beyond any known anmsthetic, pro vided its use was not followed by headache, ver tigo, or other unpleasant symptoms, and provided it should prove as free from danger as ether. Sub sequently, I inhaled the new vapour, which Dr. Hodges at my request administered. Com plete insensibility supervened, lasting several minutes, with some diminution of the volume of the pulse. Its effect was wholly agreeable, leaving neither headache nor nausea, nor bad taste." After describing three cases in which he had used it, in termitting pulse and partial asphyxia having been produced, he says :—" In conclusion, it may be re marked of these three cases, that they are insuffi cient for satisfactory demonstration, and that their common and unfavourable symptoms may well have been but a coincidence; yet they suggest some cau tion in the use of the kerosolene vapour. It is pro bably more potent than that of ether, requires a free admixture of air, and may produce upon the system. some impression of influence other than that of the mere intoxication attendant upon the use of ether.. In awaiting further evidence it may be considered established that kerosolene is an anmsthetie of un doubted efficacy, and that it possesses certain re markable and attractive properties peculiar to itself." THE G.REAT.FIRE IN TOOLE.Y-STREXT ENORMOUS SALVAGE. Up to last night, the men employed by Messrs. Toplis and Harding, the firm entrusted to work the ruins of the two fires out (viz. that at Scovell's wharf and that at Davis's-wharf, Tooley-street), had been successful in removing from each wharf an amount of property that could be scarcely credited, unless seen. At Davis's-wharf, when the sun is hot, the surface of the heaps of jute not yet turned over becomes ignited ; but, owing to the excellent arrangements of Mr. George and engineer Tozer, with Mr. Foreman. J. Gerrard, th e fi re has been prevented .front extending beyond the surface of the bales. It is confidently expected that, in the course of a few days more, the whole of the jute will be removed. from Davis's wharf, which, when sold, will realise something considerable for the insurance offices interested, as each bale numbered 3 is worth £2 15s. ; each marked No. 4 is worth in the market £2 ss. The Manilla, in its present state, has been assessed at about 355. per cwt). or £2 15s, per bale. Taking into consideration that over 500 tone weight of those articles have already been extricated, the whole, when put up by auction, will realise-many thousand pounds. At Cotton's, the depot, Scov€ll's and Hay's wharves, not less than 100 tons weight of cotton has since our last notice been got out, only slightly damaged, nearly 2,000 bags of rice, and immense heaps, some certainly greatly burned, and only fit for manure. The quantity of grease recovered is enormous, amounting to several hundred tons weight; the piles of jute also recovered are so ex tensive that they have been obliged to be ware housed in different buildings in the neighbourhood. Some hundreds tons of bagging, turmeric, salt petre, salted hides, skins and pieces, cutch, tea, cheese, and drugs have also been got oat of the various ruins, and many hundred tons of black lead. Mr. Stevens, of Hackney Wick, one of the largest buyers of grease and flour, started off three ship loads of grease to the West of England yesterday. The ironwork, such as columns, beams, and ties, that has already been got out would cover if stretched out some acres of land. This will also be sold by Messrs. Toplis and Harding. A large strong room by John Tann and Son of Walbrook, paten tees of the reliance fire-resisting safe, upon being opened by Mr. George, was found to contain, in a, perfect state, the whole of the documents, coin, notes, end warrants, of considerable value to the parties interested. Over 1,000 tierces of provisions more have been got out of Scovell's Wharf and housed in Messrs. Zourest's arches, the Maze, Tooley-street, the greater portion being in prime condition and fit for human food, THIS DAPS MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Thp supply of fruit is very moderate, of vegetables toler ably extensive. On the whole, the demand may be considered steady, at the following rates : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d Pineapples, perlb 3 oto 5 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 1 o Colonial do., each 1 oto 3 0 I Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 2 0 Grapes,per lb 20to 5 01 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 j Almonds, per bus• 0 oto 0 0 Illelons, each Peaches, perdoz 10 oto 15 0 Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 f; Nectarines, per dz 6 oto 12 0 Strawberries pun. 0 6 to 1 6 Apples, per i sievel 6to 3 0, Gooseberries hf sv 5 oto 6 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 6 oto 12 0 I Plums, per do. .. 4 oto 5 0 Lemons, per 120 4 oto 8 OGreengages, pr do. 6 oto 7 0 Apricots, per doz 1 oto 3 0. Raspberries,pr ptlo 6to 1 0 VEGETABLES. 1 6to 0 6 Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 2to 0 0 Savoy do., pr bh. 0 2to 0 4 Parsley, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 1 6 Horseradish, pbn I 6to 3 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 4 0 Celery, per ditto .. 0 2to 0 3 1 6to 3 0 Brocoli, per bush. 12to 1 4 Beet, P doz. 0 oto 0 0 ° 31 -m u:hrooms , p pun 1 3to I 6 N Po e t w at d o i e t s t , o p , e p r r to ew n t. 7 o o o to to lo o o 0 s Pars i ll s p e ai s r , a l p r ( . I p a n . , Peas, per i sieve 1 3so 2 6 0 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 6 0 Carrots, pr do 8 010 9 0 Endive, per score 2 6to 4 C 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 Bto 1 3 Sorrel, Garlic perPe r sieve e v e ' ' 1010 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 3to 1 . Cucumbers 6to 0 8 Radishes, dz hnds 0 Bto 0 10 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 6 oto 0 0 o ts s t o o 11 6 Rhubarb hJI l es , per,per ditto bun oto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 oto 0 0 Caicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. sv New Do., dz bun 1 6to 2 0 kale e ' French beans, h.s. gu ,pr do. 2 oto 4 o 0 . 0 0 S Leeks, per bunch 0 .o e, per pun. 1 oto 1 6 S B P ru in s a . s .' p li r' o h u f. t - s s , v h . ..e. 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 48 Od to 7s Od ; potilts, 5s Od to Os Od each ; ge ese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, 45 Od to 6s Od ; ducklings, Is 9d to 38 Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2 s Od eac h ; wild do., 6d to is Id ; pigeons, Os ed to 10d eac h ; large Surrey fowls, 5s Od to 12s Od; chick ens, 4s Od to 7s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, 18 6d to 2s Od; teal, Os Od to is 6d ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; widgeons, is 6d to Os Od ; plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 78 Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, 10d to is 0.21; English, Os lld to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 88 6d ; French do., 78 Od to 8s 6d per 120; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4a 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4a Eid ; lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 4a Od to 5a Od per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, 48 Gd to 5s 4d ; veal, Ps 4d to 48 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. bjothe carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 9d to Os Od ; trout, Os 9d to Os ; eels, 4d to 10d ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pet Od ; smelts, 28 6d ; lb.. Turbots, 3s Od to 16s ; cod, 2s Od to 3s Od ; brills, is Od to 5s 0d; doreys, is Od to 4s Od; mullets, Os 6cl to is 6d; lobsters, is to 48 Od; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and gu rne t s _ 4d to is 6d each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common 60s ; fresh oysters,loB to 18s ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whiti ngs, h e rrings, 8s ; bloaters, 6s to 8s per 120 ; a 3s oim od de t rs o , 6 i s s O o d d ; to h 2 a: d o o d a k p s e , r4dsorteonl;2s mackerel, carp and 'tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of householdbrew d 3 / 4 d. to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 3id • 641 b to 721 b, 31,q to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 4d ; 801 b 'to Mb, 4c l 41 t llor a se 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 41d; 9 1 31 b to 1041 b, 4td to 54: do. full, hides, 8s to 9s Od ; calf skins liht 2s Od to 38 . d Gs Od to Os Od ; polled sheep,' Os Od b 2s 8d to Os Od to Os Od; Downs Os Od to 08 Od; lam , 4s 3d; shearlings, 2s 3d ' to 3s Od. , ° 2 - half.breds, to —8 Od HAY MARKETS. SmITH FIELD. , —OId Meadow hay, £ 2 Os to £ 5 Os 0d ; new do,, £2 s new do,, £3 lo s to £5 O; ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12 s p er Oa t o £4 O s • o ld clover do., £3 lOs to £6 Os ; lead. Supr;ly good. Trade dull. CumBF,RLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £.5 Os; Hew do., £2 Os to £4 N : old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; n ew d o. , £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 4s to 12s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; w , £3 lOs to £6 Os Od; new lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £l 4s to £1 12s per new do., £2 Os to £ 4 Os ; old clove/ load. Trade dull. CHALLENGE FROM HEENA N TO ALL ENGLAND. —Bell's Life has received a letter from WDonald, who seconded Heenan against Sayers, in which an offer is Made to back Heenan to fight any man in England for £l,OOO a side ; to give £4OO for expenses to fight in Canada, to which in his own count r y , and 600 miles f ro m Heenan's friends he says no English man can object, as it would be fighting The fight to come off in April, and the money not to be given up unle ss won in a fai.r stand. up manner. WDonald says he is authorised to stalge4loo at any gni° the our men may aPPolut. Ltion ould hese I the sere [ook owe tter rdaf ed to la g to d by en a vW - and on aan. ult. gad ;on- ;es , to the .e ? notes hers arse, buy law Dapi— :se?" tha [ 010. veil .the r. 6th, rest ;ale, the ship nly. the eded >.m•. 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