The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-16 00:00:00

0 «lEY 211-IRX E?' ND CITY .NE frie. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 14th inst, shows some favourable changes. The bullion has been increased by the limited amounts of the remittances to New York, and the arrivals of gold from the Continent. The reserve of notes shows an addition of about half a million, and the securities discounted have been diminished by over a quarter of a million sterling. Both the public and private deposits show a slight augmentation, and there is a decrease in the active circulation. The other items of the balance sheet present little chang e of importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined table. Active Circulation .. £20,103,520 Increase .. • . 243,425 Stock of Bullion .• • • • 12,647,658 Increase .. • • • • 287,213 IlEst 3 528,877 Increase .. • • • • • • 8,425 Public Deposits 3 926 955 Increase • • • • • • 83,192 Other Deposits 12 , 092,801 increase .. • • •• • • 273,821 Seven Day and other Bills .. 4 . 725,776 Decrease .. • • • • 11,079 Government Securities 10,000,800 Increase .. • • • • • • 100,000 Other Securities .. • • • • 17,632,471 Decrease .. .. • • • • 277,179 Notes unemployed .. • • • • 6,288,460 Increase 503,730 About £52,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Suffolk has arrived from Melbourne this Morning with £127,000. The Hibernian, which left yesterday for Quebec and Montreal, took £25,150 in specie. A call of £3 per share has been made by the directors of the Bahia Gas Company, payable on or before the 4th proximo. The directors of the Southampton Dorks Com- Pany recommend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for the half-year. A fair demand was experienced for most descrip tions of cotton in the Liverpool Market yesterday, and prices were steady. The sales were 10,000 balm During the last few days there has been a mode rate amount of business transacted in most descrip tions of Foreign and Colonial Produce. At the public sales of tea late rates were well maintained. sugars sold readily at a slight advance for good and fine descriptions, and rather higher prices have been current for coffee and cocoa. Rice has been dull ;in fruit and spices only moderate transactions have taken place at former terms. Saltpetre and tallow have been in fair demand. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 45s to 45s 6d, and last 3 months 45s per cwt. The dealings in the English Funds to-day have been very circumscribed, but some of the Indian stocks have continued in favour, and in some in stances have exhibited a further improvement. Consols are buoyant at 901 t,- for money, and at 904 a for the 10th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 904 ; Bank Stock is flat at 233 and 235 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is *re at 1004 4 ; and the new Scrip at 1001 10U. Very little business has been transacted in the Foreign Stock Market, and the principal feature has been an important decline in the value of Turkish Bonds, the Old 6 per Cents. having receded to 771 78 ; ditto, 1858, to 681 69 ; and ditto £lOO Bonds to 694. Equador are steady at 131 ; Bra zilian at 99 ; and Spanish Passive have improved to 16. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have beet. rather numerous, and a decided improvement has taken place in prices. Caledonian and Great Western have advanced ss. ; Bristol and Exeter and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s.; North West ern, Midland, and West Midland, 15s. ' • and Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, IL The Foreign and Colonial lines are also at slightly advanced prices. Bahia and San Fran cisco, Great Luxembourg, and Sambre and Meuse have improved ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, £1 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 10s. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in moderate request, at about previous values. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK . Bank Stock , ' Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 °s $ a z per Cent. Consols Annuities Ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities NI ! a a ".4 - .— , 3 stoci- _Ditto b per Cent. ** .• 1002 2 I 1 / ) itijo Loan Scrip, 5 per cent )i to Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — 5 per Cent. 94 Ditto 2. 1 ‘: -5 2 per Cent. ' 'Ai° Debentures, 4 per Cent., 7 Oct. 1863 962 (2osasols for Account, Sept. 10 N.n.dia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent Mar. 2d. p. day. June 32 p. ct. 14 kche quer 2d Bills, L1.,000 7 14 9 dis 2 dis 3 Ditto £5OO .. 8 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4f per Cent., 1852 BB Equador New Coasolidated Peruvian 41 per Cent .. 98 Ditto 3 per Cent. SPAnish 3 per Cent .. • • -- Ditto Passive Ttrkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 9sf• 50c. Ditto 3 per Cent. 67f. TWO O'CLOCIT. Consols, Money 9Ol 2 Ditto Account BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. 4 .1). 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 14th day of Aug., 1861 : ISSUE DEPA.RT3IENT. doter i55ued:........X26,391,980 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,741,980 Silver Bullion .... £26,391,980 £26,391,98 0 ; BANKING D Pr oPrietors' Capi- _ tal Ilcat £14.553,000 3,526,877 PUblic Deposits (in cluding Exche auer, Savings' Banks, Commis- Inissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 3.926,955 Se l rh en Oter Deposits 12,082,801 D ay and other Bills ..--- ,EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,000,800 Other Securities 17,632,471 Notes 6,28 ~460 Gold and Silver Coin 905,678 725,776 £34,827,409 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. .C 34,827,409 M.: bated August 15, 1861. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COM II'ANY.—The directors of this company have resolved to re •()lninend to the proprietors at the half-yearly meeting, to 13 e held on the 23d inst., a dividend at the rate of 3 per per annum, carrying forward a balance of about £12,000. 12 10 stock stock stock stock TH E NEW ACT ON VOLUNTEERS TOLL EXEMP -7101,7.—The new Act to exempt the volunteer forces of Oreat Britain from the payment of tolls has just been lirinted. This statute, it is hoped, will settle the vexed rfuestion, and all that remains is to make public the penal ties incurred by infringing the Act. It provides that any toll collector or other person who shall take, demand, or re ceive any dues, duties, pontage, or toll, for or in respect of a ny volunteer officer or soldier, horse, or other beast, car- Il age, waggon, or cart, entitled to exemption under this ' 4. ef, shall forfeit and pay for every offence a sum not ex leeding £.5. Further the Act declares any person who shall f alsely and fraudulently represent himself to be a volunteer officer or soldier, with the intent to evade payment of any d ues, duties, pentage, or toll t o which he would otherwise b 0 liable, shall forfeit and pay for every offence a sum nat exceeding £5. The Act is not to extend to Ireland. It e anle into operation or. Tuesday, the 6th inst., when it re eived th e Riyal assent. TIIE RISE OF THE ROTHSCITILDS. When a eorge 111. came to the throne there was a little boy a Fr ankfort who did not dream of ever having anything to (I , ° Personally with the sovereigns of Europe. He was in the first stages of training for the Jewish priesthood. His 441.110 Was Meyer Anselm Rothschild. For some reason or n c , th , er he was placed in a counting-house at Hanover, ii - u u be soon discovered what he was tit for. He began 111 ,2 )1 5' as an exchange-broker, and went on to be the banker of the Landgrave of Hesse, whose private fortune Th - tr Saved by his shrewdness, when Napoleen overran Ger nYt How he left a large fortune and a commercial inaracter of the highest order, and how his five sons settled ilfive of the great cities of Europe, and have had more thanauthority ws the_ sovereigns themselves, the world pretty well l en d ' be'potic monarchs must be dependent on money ntrers unles s th ey are f ree f rom d e bt, and can command t rue ' l n i ted revenues for untold purposes — whic h is never of despotic sovereigns. Constitutional rulers are free front supplied re sponsibility and the difficulty, and our soverei g ns u Pplied by Paaliaraentary vote, and need not stoop to borrow. Yet there is room for a Rothschild in London, lurid _loans are negotiated for all countries, and which is a jr 'u il a s jil central office for the financial news of the world. — iv? (s eau t Once a Week." ' Closing I Business Share Railways. Price. I Done 50,Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 , Bir., Wol , and Str. Val all nB4 stock Birk., La., and Ch June., 100 84 85 2.5 Blyth and Tyne all 10 host Sled. and Mitl.Co ! all 54 64 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigai, all 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, hlrock., ,e; Passage all -- 20 Cornwall .. all 5 6 „ CA gets no div. 1° D° " until 6 c eran. al l 10 Do B P rhasbeen p d.i toB all 60 Dublin k Belfast Juno all 42 44 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 84 9 stock East Anglian lOO 164 174 stock Eastern Counties llOO 47 48 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 39 41 stcoic Do do B do 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds.l 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 86 87 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 27 28 274 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness j 100 stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 105 106 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 132 134 stock Great Northern lOO 105 106 1c64 74 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 1100 104 106 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 58 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 108 1084 108 1 1 stock London and Blackwall 100 53 92 stock , Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 114 116 114 4 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 47 50 474 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 901 911 91 1 1 stock Loud. & Sth. Western lOO 94 65 914 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 104 114 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 451 451 464 6 1 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do shares__ all 10 lietropolitan 74 4 s d stock midland 6.4.0. Do new . . stock Do Pirming. & Derby 100 94 06 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares , --• 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do, Cray Line .. all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle j all 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Rosa, stock Norfolk 100 56 es stock North British lOO 614 62 stook Nor.Dev.ltail&Dk.stozi , l oo stock D' s.. 3tk ; A recs no d.j until 6pchas beenpd.B, 100 stock Do B stock ~. 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1024 103 103 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase ,16 13 4 i In stock Do Leeds ..... 100 581 591 59 4 stock Do York ~....... 100 901 £Ol 921 11 stock North London f 100 10 Do new 5 19.16 4 North Staffordshire... 174 51 44 10 N. and S. ' all 104 11 stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 86 83 10 Peebles - I all 20 Portsmouth , all 10 Rhymney.....- ..• ••all stock Scottish Central 1 100 116 118 stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock, 100 35 36 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 89 91 stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon 100 33 40 394 25 S.-Durham & Lanc. Un. 224 stock South Eastern ...... stock South Wales .... , 100 64 66 stock S. York. and River Dun , 100 94 06 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok , al: 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 374 334 •i. 5 Do do .l 13 8 9 p 25 Do NOV (1860) ; 3 5 6 p stock ,1 sO Vale ~. •. 100 stock I, Po Pref. No 1 lOO 25 "t' rmesHavenDk&Rail' 22 —-- 50 I.J'l'.ter " ! 554 564 25 Do 12 10 Do : • ' d stock Vale Neath 1 100 10 Victor taSta. and Pim all 11! 12 stock Waters erd & Kilkenny' 100 50 Waterfoi d & Limerick all 20 West C‘ii nwall all 5f 61 20 West London all 10 Do let class all 20 Do 2d class , all stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail 100 stock West Midland—Oxford 100 44 45 441 stock 1)o. Newport 100 40 43 stock Do. Hereford 100 85 87 SHAR.I.SEIRKET.-(TBIS DA Y). CT.DINARY SELMIES AND STOCKS. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. I Paid I C , losing Business 1 I Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per C. prefl (issued at .£sf all stock (iris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock i 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 45 percent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2. 100 G 5 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent all 20 21 84 IDun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 51 65 14 Do Ist Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class Bts p.c lOO 108 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.._ 100 105 108 stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 105 107 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 105 107 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 122 124 stock !Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 108 78 80 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar._ 100 stock !Edin.&Glas. 5p.C. sharesi 100 109 111 stock I Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock I kdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 1 00 7 5 77 stock Furness, 5 per cent , ... 1 2° atock (;las.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.e, 100 a i ock flreaf Northern, sp. et.j 100 115 117 stock ro.sp.c.Redm., 10p.c.pm 100 110 112 stock Do. 45 p. C. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 10 Pt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf all stock 5 G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) I lop 97 99 / p. et. pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. et 6 stock t:o. R edeemable, 45 p.ct 100 95 97 stock Do. Redeemable. 4p. ct. 100 87 90 stock Do. Irredeemable, do.. 100 87 8) stock Do. 5 pet. Redeem. Prof. 100 100 102 $ Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 9 5 1 0 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh all 165 175 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 105 101 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 75 77 261 Do. Chester gua. shares all 205 215 135 1)0. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stockloo r . I:aannlyCoarrk 6 p 1.4 i. c. stock.pc.p f 60 100 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . 100 stock Lon.& Brig.s pe.gu. No.; 100 112 114 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 112 114 stock Do. g ua . 6p . c . stock Do. do s i.c. No, 4 1 0 0 112 114 stock Do. do. 4 per cenE. 5 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares., all stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 125 153 stock DoAp.c.S.(div.def.til '65 , 100 71 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO 8$ stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 94 97 Do. W. A rceiv. no div 10 I Ex.A til 6pcis pd on all I Do. B B. & Brom ex. all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 34 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and stock LoNnun&esatviron:7sppc.tet.... 100 stock . 100 ___ _..... stock Do. 4/ per cent lOO Is. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of 2s. 64 ..... 125 I,ondondy. & Cole. ssh all 12i Londony. & Ennis. ssh all 1 135 14 stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et 100 1120 125 6 Do. .£6 stock Do. 34 per cent 65 7u 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 i p 125 laryport & Car., 4p. e all 124 Do. 45 per cent. all stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. &Bin 6 p.c lOO 132 134 stock Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock_ 100 102 103 6 Do. 45 per cent 3 stock Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st 100 91 93 stock Norflk sp. 0. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 55 p. C. Pref. do 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. o. stock Do. New, gua. sp. c, lOO 108 110 101 Do. Bor. Mi. g. pf. ells 5 i 1„ ri 19 ( Do. do. do all st Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 st N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p.;, lOO 89 s st Do. 45 pc. redeemable lOO 99 101 st Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 100 101 103 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. p i p P 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 121 s Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Parch. 10 1d p 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23 10 Ithymney Guaranteed. all Si 'Scottish Central, new pt all st S co ttish North-Eastern st 3 D 4 o p . A . C. l) e P r d r e o e f. n s , g t c'e u a. k (i p . c . . 101 -- -- at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 1132 134 1 0 s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 105 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent. all 1.0. South Eastern (Readinf; Ann., 1.0.6) 234 et Do. 45 per cent. lOO '97 st Do. Fixed 45 p.c. let is. 100 97 99 st south Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do. 45 per cent. lOO 98 100 st Do. 5 per cent' 1100 st S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c, gua l 100 83 80 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 265 275 25 Do. B 6 Der cent all 31 324 25 Do. C 6 percent all 314 324 et Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c 100 ,45 48 st W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 100 1.24 126 st Do. 2d do 100 .119 121 st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 'lOO 103 st Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866, 100 1120 123 st Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 100 1115 117 BRITISH MINES. , AlfredConsols(Philack), 3.2.10 1 11 20 ; British Iron Clifford 1 nil - 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Y 1 345 355 'East Bassett (Mogan). ; 30 75 78 East Caradon . .. : I 2.14.6 231 244 W'l Russel trravistk.) 7.4.0 3 31 1G am.&St.Aubyn(G wen.)' 541 12 14 Great South Tolgus... 17s 21 31 'G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack)' - Wheal Vor (Helstony 40 4 5 !Grenville j 6.8.6 11 11 IHerod's-Foot 8.12 324 344 I Hingston Downs 14.11.5' 1; 24 —• Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelant)i 9; 38 42 North Downs 1 2; 41 5 ;North Frances (Illogan)I 114 3 34 Basset (Illo.;an)! 1.14.0 31 31 N pa o r rt c h o W ns h oi e s a ( l s C t r il of i t az y ey )! 9. 1 1 4 8.9 8 64 9 7/ 20 I Providence (Uny Lelnt ), 10.6.7 34 36 - ISortridge Cons. Min.Co I 1 4 1 ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 295 305 IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) ! 5.9.0 , 21 21 1 IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all g 'S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' 18.14.5, 110 120 Stray Park 1 261 ' 24 20 5 ;Tamar Silv.ez Lead Alin , 41 11 it 10 ;Tin Crott , 9 5 51 !Vale of Towey (Cum ) 13s Od I 1 !West Basset (Illogan) ll 116 18 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 39 41 West Seton ;Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 I 75 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 85 95 iWheal Edward (Cals.) 71 11 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 5 6 I Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 8 101 j Wheal Trelawney (Lis.); 7 13 l4 FOREIGN MINES. 20 ;Australian 1 IBonAccord Coeper,Lim 17.6 * d I & 20 Brazil St.J.del Bey,Lim 15 35 36 351 I 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. .all 1 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 di s. 40 ICobre Copper all 36 38 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 !DunAtoun.Cop.Aling.Co ail 1 1 2 Fortuna. I all 2 21 20 General all 22 24 2IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr lll , Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1 1p p 2; 3 Linares all 71 5 I Lusitanlan 2 7 ad 1 Ilariquita all A 1 N.lthineCopof S.Aus.L 1 20 Pontgtbaud Silver,Leadl Minin,c 7 , and Smelt I all 2 4 5 Port Philip I 1 1 14 1 1 Scottish Austrin. 10s id p 28.214 United Mexican , ail 41 41 1 I ; Worthing (Limited) 1 all Do . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 to . ra t United Service Bk 50 86 88 , " ~ 40 , Australasia all 62 64 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 191 191 100 Bank of London 5O i 53 55 20 'Bank of Turkey 3 1 id 50 IBriti sh North American all 152 63 521 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 34 1,00 I City 100 Colonial ......- ... 25 37 39 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 2 2 0 0 G E e n n g . . , B S k c o . o t 1 . , s & w A i t u z s e . rl C a n 1 1 . d . at allll 1_ . 6 16_1 20 , Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 231 234 3 20 ! Do. new lO 2 26 50 iLondon and County 50 I London Joint Stock 20 'London and S. African lO 24 2 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 •••• 20 'Do. new l2 50 National Bank ...... .. 25 324 i 20 New South Wales-- .. all 134 36 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 61 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. . .. all 18 181 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 90 4 10 Do. new. .. 25 South Australia .., ... all 25 Union of Australia .... all .38 40 39 4 : 50 Union of London I 12 I 251 264 100 Unity Mutual.. ..... , 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 • I Do 6p. cent.lBBo-21 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4' 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug,. 100 105 107— Do. 6p. c. 3lar. & Sept. , 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 981 99 Cape G. Hope, 3 p 0,1880 100 [O7 109 Do. 1890 100 107 109 7.q.8.G0v. 6p.c. Ja.&July 100 1044 1051 Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. I 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. a, 18681 100 1 971 981 Do. sp. 0.,1871 to 1876, 100 974 984 Do. p.a. 1888 &upwder, 100 971 951 961 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0 1 sterling, 1875 lOO 1044 1054 S. Au5,G6p,c.1878.& up lOO —., ,Vic. Gov. 8 p.c. Ja.&Julyi 100 I Do, do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 106 1061 1064 --- D --_ _ ___ _ _____OCKS. stock 'Commercial I 100 1 _ stock . Do. 4 per Cent Pref. Min I 100 I stock 'East and West India lOO 1 117 119 stock , London .... ' 100 I 53 55 stock St Katharine, , 100 , CO 62 ... stock Southampton lOO I stock Victoria .. ........ i Dco New . :1 iMISCELLANEOUS, 1171---- )Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 all 134 14 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (Id)' 11 21 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 American . Tel. A. ( L ini Land.) all 4o 30 i 5 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 45 41 n ß C pp. 1 rir7(eestfit :l e mrn . 7 t ecii i in l tsp l ee l Teed B re) s .c.l 2 . .ei,.. (Lim,) t .i. in..... . , l a aaao l l: o l ill _l lB O 2_ 1 0 3 324 Canada Land .. ... .. st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Snaltg. all at. Crystal Palace Deb l l OO OO 1 :1 -2 5 03 1 9 (- 1 8 0 5 5 at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet, 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 pr 1p 1 st. Electric Telegraph .„ , 25 , Do. New 5 I English & Ans. Copper. all 31 31 3 5 15 'Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 6 1 1 Do. 176 pct Preference all / 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 _ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all t 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal., 1 4 1 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 15 1 d 20 Nerbu.Coal& Iron (Lim.) 5 1 01e. 10 Netherlands Land all _ 4 1 5 N D 0 8 . S r . p B T N . P o r v e n f s .. i c s o s ti a a tLd n i s d . a B l O l . 5 10 100 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all i 11 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 It 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 1 11 852251200005. cIDBD Britishgo. . Do.. I n. ( ( r li i i m m 100 ) 8 47 50 , A Oriental Steam all 69 71 50 1 I en. 50 Do. New OO 10 12 8 1 t 0 li p / e ri e 'n ut. tli m n. d. S & tr i m i 50 20 itgehdyrnSenae,tylngnel.g.4ap.c. all 174 all 17 18181 15 Do. New all 5 51 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 61 at, Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 123 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 .14 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 1 Do. do • t all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency of Do. do. Registered 1 1 0 Austrlasia (lim) let is. 1 pi 5 p 20 rr.,t Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (11m.) 1 id pr 10 0 Tan Diemen's Land LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Business Done. raid.! Lcea:lsng Bed:ord ar d Ble;.chley all Bu3king,hamshire 100 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. 5i percent 100 Do. 5 „ 100 , Clydesdale .Tunc 100 Colchester, Stour Val. all 111,incolnsh. g 6 per c. 106 E.Union,HarwicliShs. all Do. Woodbridg,e , 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct lOO Caledon.„ Do. new lOO D 0....... Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. all Yk.N. Bid Do. halves. Do. quarters........ all D 0....... Lanc.AtCarl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 , Ln&N.W. London & G reenwich. 100 S. Eastern Do. Preference .... 100 1D0..... ... Lon„Tilbury,& S -en& 100 Ireto &Co. Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 , NorfOlk.. Do. g per cent j 100 Do. ;fine., Tixtn.,&slatlock , all :L NWS:3 I Mid. Bradford Prefer ence St ock ...... Newmarkt,littryEx. gua. 5 percent._ Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6p. c. Db. Fixed 5 p. North Western Preston and Wyrc. Do. Shares A Iloystn.Hitch.,&Sliep Silrewshry& Hereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon Sceroydn Ln &N.W; Do Do ,Do. Caledon E.U.&E.O Gt. North. E.Counts. , E.Counts. Do. I Do. Do. Midland L&NW L.Yk. Do. G t. North jT.Brassey Do. M'Clean Gt. West , L. 4 Brirbij Price. 91 96 52 fi3ii 119 120 1109 111 1101 103 15 16 132 134 41 41 109 110 191 197 59 M 112 117 83 86 93 95 4 IP 55 57 151 111 1129 131 118 122 1 lip S 8 90 Si 9i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—!This Day.) COURT (0F BANKRUPTBY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) The cases on tie list to-day were very light; the - only case in particular was Samuel Vagg, better known as " Sam Collins," the host of the Harp, at Hendon, and Gower place, Bedford-square. This was an examination meeting, but in consequence of the illness of the bankrupt the accounts had not been com pleted, but they were considered, as far:as the approximate statement by Mt. George Butler could go, to be satisfac tory, and an adjournment was agreed to. IN RE READ. This was an examination meeting in the case of this bankrupt, a tailor, in the Isle of Wight, but an adjourn ment was taken for investigation of the accounts. POLICE 2NTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A FATTIER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO STAB HIS SoN.---James Davis, a wine cooper, of 3, Whitcomb-court, was charged with attempting to stab his son, IV. Davis, a silversmith. Mr. Edward Lewis appear e d f or th e pr i soner . W. Davis said—Prisoner is my father, and a wine cooper. I live with him and pay for my keep, but having been out of work for five weeks have not done so lately. At two o'clock yesterday I was in my bedroom and heard a dispute between my father and mother, and I went down stairs to protect my mother. My father said something, and 1 called him a " liar." He then took up a chair and struck me. I then threw him on the table, and my mother ran to the door for assistance. He then kicked me in the stomach and gave me in charge, but on`being taken to Vine-street I was discharged. I would not go home again, but went to a house in the neighbourhood, and at nine o'clock I was fetched, owing to a dispute between my father and mother. My mother said, "He's got something," and I went in doors. My father told me to go out. I said I would not. He then drew a knife and made a stab at me, but my brother putting up his hand had it cat. Two persons then came in and dragged hill out, and he secured the knife and then gave his father in charge. By Mr. Lewis—My father was having his supper when the police came in. He had twice told me to leave. He struck at me with the knife and not his fist. My father has been employed by Mr. Stone, of Panton-street, for some years. Mr. Yardley—We have seen enough to show something disgraceful on one side or the other, and the less we know of the case the more creditable will it be for the family. I think you had better drop the prosecution and leave home (to the son). Prosecutor—l cannot. My mother is too ill to attend, and my father has ill-used her for 20 years and also his family. Mr. Yardley—But your own conduct is disgraceful. Yoa provoked your father in the first instance by calling him a "liar." Well, let the case go on. Mark Davis, another son, said—l heard the dispute, and heard my father say " Blood for blood," and make a blow at my brother, and on putting up my hand to ward off the blow I had my hand cut. My mother was much frightened, and is too ill to attend. My brother has now got a situation, but had been apprenticed to Mr. Angell's in the Strand. Other evidence being given, Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate at some length on the prisoner's behalf, and urged that the whole affair was caused by the son, but that as he had got a situation there would be an end of all disputes for the future. THIS DAYS SKIPPING. Mr. Yardley—But the worst part of the case is the ex pression used by the father of " Blood for blood." Inspector Holden said the prisoner had been drinking. Mr. Yardley—l think the best course will be, as no harm has been done, to bind them both over to keep the peace towards each other. THE CAB CASE.—Some time after the hearing of the case against Mrs. Warburton, reported in our paper iof yesterday, the cabman Atkins was paid his claim, 235. 6d., as was also the second cabman. A third cabman hearing that the defendant was at the court hastened there, and was fortunate enough to be in time, and also got his claim settled. Such conduct is a great hardship to cabmen, and jeopardises their liberty, for in the event of not taking home the money to those they hire their cabs of they are liable to be summoned. and in default of payment imprisoned. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. THE WEATHER. ITEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTOY. A quarterly court of the governors of this valuable charity was held yesterday afternoon, in the board room of the hospital—Lieutenant-General the Hon. Thomas Ashburn ham in the chair. Amongst the governors present were the Rev. Sir H. Foulis, Bart., the Hon. J. Percy, C. D. Gor don, Esq., Thomas Howard, Esq., T. M. Bridge, Esq., J. H. Wilson, Esq., Dr. Dickson, C. Few, Esq., T. P. Beck with, Esq., W. Barker, Esq., and Dr. Pollock. The following report was read by the secretary:— " The committee of management have the gratification to report that since the annual court of governors in May the charity has been steadily doing its work of usefulness. All the beds (numbering just 200) have been kept constantly occupied, until quite recently, when it became necessary to commence distempering and whitewashing one half of the building. This_ work is now being done, a ward or two at a time, in order to keep only a very small number of beds empty. "The number of patients, both in and out door, who have been under treatment during the past three months is greater than those relieved in the corresponding quarter of last year. "The number of applicants for admission as in patients, which was so unusually large during the past trying winter and spring (though it has been much reduced of late), is still considerable ; there being now nearly double as many on the list as there were at this time last year. " The committee are still constantly encouraged by re ceiving strong evidences of the value of this hospital to the class of sufferers for whose benefit it was originated upwards of 20 years since. "Whilst the demands upon the resources of the hospital have thus been growing, and the working expenses have been increased by reason of the advance in the price of provisions, the committee regret to state that the donations and church collections have fallen off during the last few months. They believe that this is due in a great measure to causes which they hope are but temporary—viz., the unfavourable state of commerce, and the diversion of very large sums of money into extraordinary channels of benevolence. "The committee feel satisfied, from the gradual increase in the amount of the tinnual subscriptions, that the charity maintains its high position in public estimation. They therefore, appeal with full confidence for ;the means which are needful for its support. They desire to bring promi nently under the notice of the benevolent the fact that a sum of upwards of £4,000 a year over and above the annual subscriptions is required to meet the yearly expenditure; and that increased aid in the shape of donations, legacies, &c., is therefore absolutelynecessary, in order to prevent the humane efforts of this charity from being crippled. The committee have the pleasure to report that the comfort of the out patients has been materially increased by the erection of a drinking fountain of pleasing design, which has been kindly presented by Mr. Cosmo Duff Gordon. " Intelligence of the following legacies has been received since the last court : C. D. Sheppard, Esq., £lOOO Consols. R. Forest, Esq., £5OO reversionary. The number of in-patients admitted since May 30, 187 Discharged, more or less benefitted .. 162 Died New out-patients The report was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to the chairman, LONDON, Aug. 16.—Wind this day at noon—South - Westerly; light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather, with rain. DEAL, Aug. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Annie Archibell, from the River, for Sydney; Henrietta, from the River, for Port Phillip ; Mary Scott, from the River, for Melbourne. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Her Majesty's ship Winchester, from Sheerness, in tow of her Majesty's ship Geyser. Put back—Confiance, for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, Aug 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ships Donegal, Centurion, Revenge, and Conqueror, for Holyhead. NEWPORT, Aug. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Washington, from Quebec. HULL, Ausr. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Allen, from Richibucto. COWES, Aug. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—New York, steamer, from New York; left on the 3d inst., and pro ceeded for Bremen ----- CARDIFF, Aug. 15.—Wind W.—Sailed—Creole, for St. John's, N.B. _ - PETERHEAD, Aug. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Queen from Greenland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Foyle, steamer, from London, and left for Dublin. Sailed— Celandine, for Swansea ; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan ; Wensleydale, for Seaham. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Aug. I.s—Kate Brigam, from New York ; Char lemagne, from Saguenay; Gipsy, from Gibara ; Ottawa, from Quebec ; President Fillmore. from .New York ; Lord Panmure, from Archangel. Arrived, Aug. 16.—Caroline C. Packet, from Matanzas ; Henrietta, from Pugwash ; Frey, front Trois Pistoles ; Norval, from Matanzas; E. Creighton, from St. John's, N.B. ; Elizabeth, from Bathurst ; Tonnsburg, from Esqui maux ; Augusta, from Archangel ; Haabet, from Buctush. DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored—Jemana, from Quebec, for Sunderland ; Cleadon, from London, for Bombay ; Tresella, from Shields, for Naples; Helena, from Stettin, for Douglas. Passed, Aug. 15—Ottowa, Clyde, from Quebec ; brig, from Montreal; Gipsy, from Cuba; Witch of the Wave, brig, from Antigua ; Grace Darling, from San Francisco— all fur London. WEATHER EXPECTED TILL DAY. TO-MORROW OR NEXT North Britain .. Westerly, moderate ; cloudy, showers. East Coast .... Similar ; rain at times. South Coas Ireland ~... Westerly, moderate ; partial rain. .... South-westerly to north-west; showery. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I Pal (!, 3/ 33 94:96 9.1 10 101 101 94 90 88 92 84 F 6 94 95 87 89 5 7 Closing Price. 57 61 94i 95i 4i 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 as 70 4i 5} 11 14 d id pr 191 191 d 100 101 98 100 99 100 99 100 181 191 08 O. 96 D 7 1 d II Railways. Atlantic 2 St Lawrence Born., Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. Do, Do. BI Buffalo and LaKe Huron ID°. New .. Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,BrantAGodrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1. 1872 Do. do. .Tutte 1, 187 Clcutta S. Eas tn. (Lim` iCapc,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) iCapeTown 8: Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore. Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiarenin.p. - ,ua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim I guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. ofCanada Shares' Do. New IDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt ;Do. 51 P.C. do. '77 do Do. 56 p. c. do. '7B do 111adras 2•uar., 4 i 1 3 . c• • • Do. do. 5 per cent. : Do. 11 p. C. Extension) Do. 5 - do .. ...... 13Ie1b.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. INewßrunswick 1 Canda Ry.itLand(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Land d 0........; IDo. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... I 'Oude (Limited) ........ 1 Scinde ...... •• 4 ...: Do. Punjaub .... co q Do. Do. ........ `4 q , Do. Indus. St. Flo. g, g , . 1 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. I FOREIGN Alger ian 'Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ............ BalL&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail 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, ...... 1 Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pret Northern of France.... Do. New Shares . Norwegian Trunk Pref. Parfa,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse .. Do. 5/ per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin. Southern of Prance.... S. East Portugal 7 g ct. West Flanders ...... Do. 5 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of Prance .. Western of Austria.... Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand 4 6 99,E 1004; lid lid 91 93 # 1 d 'AYS . 5} 5/ - -1) 11 / 9& 1O 4 3i 2} 41 24 23} 7f 7f 8 81 19 20 88 39 8 Fit 395 414 55 57 6 5d 54 6 81 AI lt 01 t 1 * 24 25 61 61 go 10 201 211 lisineas done CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were tolerably large, of which a considerable portion was of the new crop. Old qualities were quite unsaleable, and nominally 3s to 4s per quarter lower ; but for new samples there was a steady demand, at from 54s to 66s per quarter. Foreign wheat changed hands to a fair extent for export to France, and for all good and fine descriptions prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at full quotations. All kinds of barley moved off slowly, at about previous rates. New malting was quoted at 34s to 40s per quarter. Good and fine samples of malt sold steadily, at full prices, but inferior kinds were a dull inquiry. The oat trade was dull, and loNv qualities were rather cheaper. Beans sold at rates previously current. For peas the demand ruled steady, at 40s for new white, and 38s to 40s for new gray samples. Flour changed hands heavily, on rather easier terms. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheit. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 3,170 80 1 2,840 960 / 1,490 Irish. •• 690 ' Foreign.. •• .... 13,990 2,280 , 38,130 1 sack • 20,100 brie. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL . Only moderate supplies of m eat continue on sale here. Prime qualities move off steadily, a t f u ll quo t a ti ons ; other wise, the trade, owing to the unf avoura bl e wea th er, i s i n a sluggish state, and prices rule s omewhat easier. Per 81b. by th e carcase. sdad s d s u ddlingmutto . n . 4 6 4 8 3 10 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 8 8 Prime do 4 Small p or k .... 4 5 0 I: r f i e m ri e or ia b r e g e e f d . 0.. 2 3 1 10 0 4 3 2 2 Veal .. 3 6 4 4 D M o i d . d s l m in a g l d d o o .. l Large pork .... 3 10 4 6 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH imp . The accounts are favourable from some parts of the plantations, and a fair crop is looked forward to, the esti mate of the duty being £120,000. For all kinds of hops we tendency. have to repqt a dull inquiry, and prices have a downward Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 200 s per cwt. Wealds 7os 170 s Sussex 65s 130 s „ Yearlings .......... llos 200 s ~ A pocket of new hops has cores to hand, and has been disposed of at £25 per cent. COLONIAL. TEA.—At the public sales, which closed yesterday, there d a? fi tp n cl e fully late rates ; other qualities) however, were neglected. in the better qualities, at grocery qualities there was a rather active competition, and prices tended upwards; other descriptions fully maintained former rates. COFFEE.—The .dealings. have been to a fair average ex waSsuaufAanirs.b—uFsioureaagootdraaana tem, and fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon have slightly advanced. RlCE.—Business has been less active. East India qua lities, however, sustained former values. SALTPETRE. —Only moderate dealings have been re corded without any material chang e i n pr i ces. TALLOW.—The transactions for forward delivery have slightly increased, but operations on the spot have been limited. The quotations aro—P.Y.C. spot 45s to 45s 6d, last three months 45s per cwt. LORD PALMERSTON AND THE CINQUE PORTS.— The reports circulated that the new Lord Warden would be instituted on the 16th inst. were wholly unauthorised and erroneous. The day really fixed for the ceremony is the 28th inst. It is proposed to revive much of the ancient state and pageantry appertaining to these formalities. The detailed programme for the occasion has not yet been defi nitively settled, but it is understood that the magistracy and corporation of Dover, together with representatives from the five ports (Dover, Sandwich, Hythe, Romney, and Hastings), the two ancient towns (Winchelsea and Rye), and their outlying members, will assemble at Dover Castle at noon on the 28th inst. for the purpose of receiving their now chief. A procession will there be formed, in which the various volunteer corps of the ports are expected to take part, and by which the new Lord Warden will be escorted to the Drop Redoubt on the Western Heights, where a Court of Shipway will be constituted after the ancient man ner by the suitors who attend in obedience to his Lordship's mandate. Here the Premier will be regularly inducted, taking the usual engageme nts on the acceptance of his high e will not bind him iar privileges and very sufficient immunities s e t or h fv i et a hsei andncg n e mci e ua x ie c n e pt pa Ports, i nr o t ns theftohr that peculiar rea son that those peculiar privileges and immunities have no longer any substantial existence. This part of the day's proceedings concluded, a banquet will afterwards be given to his Lordship in the new Town-hall, which has recently undergone extensive renovation It is thought that, though capable of seating some 400 or 500 guests, the hall will not suffice to accommodate all the applicants for tickets. The Volunteers of Tenterden, in their eagerness to do honour to the Premier, threaten, it is said, to move upon Dover en masse, and claim for themselves alone the lion's share of the whole available space. A meeting of the inhabitants of Doves was held yesterday (the Mayor presiding) to take steps for the due conduct of the banquet. A proposal was there made it was determined to be specially erected for fo r t h h o o l d p i u n the r g pos e ; d i b n u n t e a r f i t n e r a g l r a a r v g o e t d e e n b t a , t t o o adhere to the original plan, which offers this preponderating advantage to the local mind, that it will afford an admirabla opportunity of inaugurating the newly-decorated hall—a matter to which the desire of some to impart a more popular character to the banquet would necessarily have to give way. Lady Palmerston and the Hon. Mr. Cowper are now staying at Walmer Castle, the official residence of the Lord i Warden, where it is expected they will very shortly be joined by the Lord Warden, EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg abovs 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ' • h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m. 7 misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ,. nee (1 to 9). The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town yes terday. PERPETUAL PENSIONS.—The " Finance Ac counts" show that we paid last year £16,000 for perpetual pensions. The last pension of this nature was one of £2,000 a year granted in 1814 to the heirs male on whom the title of Viscount Exmouth shall descend. Since that date no pension has been for a longer term than the life of the person whose services were to be acknowledged and the lives of his two next heirs. FINANCES OF EGYPT. When the loan of £1,120,0^0 was granted last year by a Paris banking-house to the Viceroy of Egypt, on terms much below those of the regular market, it was surmised that the transaction would be but the first step to a series of new embarrassments which would make his Highness still more dependent on this kind of assistance. Instead of complying with the economical conditions then promised, the Egyptian Go vernment have launched into extended liabilities, so that the floating debt of the country has been increased to 7,120,000, exclusive of engagements to the amount of £2,800,000 to the Suez Canal Company. As a:means of ex trication Messrs. Laffitte and Co., by whom the loan of last year was supplied, now offer renewed assist - ance, but on far more onerous terms. They propose, it is said, that the whole of the floating debt shall be converted into 5 per cent, securities of one de nomination, to be called Bons du Tresor ; and at the same time the Egyptian Government are to create £10,000,000 additional, which are to be deposited with Messrs. Laffitte, with authority to dispose of them at 300 f. for every 500 f. bond. Out of this sum the loan of £1,120,000 due to them is to be paid off, and the balance is to be ap propriated to the redemption of the floating debt. No fur ther obligations of any description are to be incurred. Messrs. Messrs. Laffitte are to be the agents for pay in g the dends at Paris and Alexandria; they aro to have 6 per cent, commission on all sales of the bo nds, and a commis • sion of 1i per cent. on all payments. The transport of specie, loss in exchanges, &c., are to be at the charge of the Egyptian Government. There is to be a sinking fund, commencing on the Ist of September, 1862, for the redemp tion of the bonds at par in about 20 years, and the Govern. ment are to produce a regular annual budget. The sink ing fund, moreover, is to be secured by the revenues of the Delta, the balance of the Customhouse revenue, the revenue of the Viceroy's private property, and, finally, all the re venues of Egypt in general. If this affair is carried out, and the contractors are backei, as they are likely to be, by all the material power of the French Government, it must apparently promise one of the most profitable transactions 4 of the kind ever brought to completion. This Day, l etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S 9 a.m. -- --- -- -- -- Aberdeen-- 29'62 53 55 S.W. 3 1 c. 2 Leith Berwick 29/7 62 61 W.S.W. 3 8 b. 2 Ardrossan Portrush Shields , 29/4 61 57 W.N.W. 3 2 c. 2 Galway ' 29•68 61 50 S.W. 4 7 r. 2 Scarborough Liverpool Valentia Queenstown 29/4 60 59 W.S.W. 4 1 b. 3 Yarmouth 29'83 6.5 61. W.S.W. 2 3 0. 2 London 29'88 63 60 S.W. 2 9 in. Dover 29•87 65 62 W.N.W. 1 8 co - . 1 Portsmouth Portland Plymouth j 29.85 64 62 W. 4 70. 3 I 'enzance (100 15 all 100 1 RAIL all all 13i all all P.B. all all all all all 20 13} 110LYBOOD PALACE. (From the Scotsman.) Nineteen years have elapsed since the first visit of Queen Victoria to Scotland; now we look upon the autum nal residence of the Court in the Highlands as a matter of course. But it is to be borne in mind that, just as it is a " far cry to Lochawe," so, even with all modern facilities of railways, it is a long run from Osborne to Balmoral. A resting-place by the way is absolutely essential; and Edin burgh, by position, by its claim as capital of one of the " Kingdoms Three," and, above all, by its amenities as a place of residence, has always, since the visits of royalty to Scotland, became matter of custom, been chosen as the place of temporary repose en route. For some years her Majesty was content—nay was, so to speak, compelled—to find her way to the Highlands via Dundee, Aberdeen, and Glas gow; one grand reason of such change of route being that Edinburgh had really no place of royal abode capable of affording decent accommcdation even for a single night to the royal party. Till within a dozen years our only habi table ancient royal palace—Balmoral being of course our only modern one—did not offor the comforts or conve niences of a fourth-rate inn; and her Majesty, by her un ostentatious acceptance, at Perth and elsewhere, of ordinary hotel accommodations, knows what it is to experience the "warmest welcome of an inn." How that luxurious First Gentleman of Europe, George IV., managed to exist during even the few hours he was compelled to accept the accom modations of HolyrooJ, Heaven knows ; how Charles the Tenth and his suite subsequently vegetated there for months is a still deeper mystery; for the place was, till recent im provements, one of the most melancholy, desolate, ghost and. draught-haunted of unruined buildings. Since the days when Queen Mary and her ladies were content to huddle together at supper in a closet 10ft. by six, there seems to have been no improvement on the architectural arrange ments towards securing comfort for the inmates. A con tinued and consecutive series of large lofty State apartments, all leading one into the other, without lobbies, with scanty , means of heating, and with none of the most ordinary con veniences of modern civilised life, was the Holyrood of 20 years ago. The handsome scale of the apartments, lofty and well proportioned, the good old oak panelling, the beau tifully executed plaster ceilings, and the palatial look of the whole pile externally, were its sole redeeming features. Even externally there was much to object to, not in the building itself perhaps, but in its immediate surroundings. A sanctuary for debtors, a village oflow lodging-houses,mar ket gardens, and small taverns, was seen cheek-by ejowl with the building associated with the most interesting points in Scottish history. Everything about it was crowded,airless, undignified. Now we have had all these abominations swept away ; we have an open park or garden all round the building; we have an'ample square, and an excellent road in front of it ; and within we have had such a series of im provements as have tended year by year to bring old Holy rood more and more into decently habitable condition. Yet much remains to do. An old dramatist says—" Gently takes the gentleman what oft the clown would scorn," and it would astonish many " comfortable folks" to know how scantily the Royal House of England has hitherto been accommodated in the' ancient Scottish Palace of Holyrood. But things are being got into better condition; and it must gratify all good subjects who have any interest in the well being and comfort of our Royal Lady and her family, that Holyrood, her only resting place in her journey northward, is being gradually brought into such order that royalty may find it convenient and commodious enough to induce a prolongation of the hitherto vei y brief halt in the capital. Every year something has been done, under the judicious superintendence of Mr. Matheson and the Board of her Ma jesty's Works here, to make the palace more fit for occupa tion ; and the works executed this year, though not per haps so immediately striking, are of sufficient interest and importance to warrant specific notice. They are connected both with the external and internal arrangements. A considerable body of workmen have been engaged for some time at the new works. The alterations and im provements within the palace have for their object the adaptation of the apartments lately ceded to her Majesty by the Duke of Argyle and the Marquis of Breadalbane, by connecting them with the range of Royal apartments on the south and east sides. The state apartments lay en. suite without corridors of communication between them ; and on the principal floor they will remain as formerly—their ori ginal arrangement being considered the most appropriate in a residence of royalty. But the requirements of modern ideas of convenience and comfort have led to the introduc • tion of central corridors, from., which the other apartments will be entered separately. These alterations, with a slight exception, do not in the least degree affect the ancient orna mental ceilings or the carved oak finishings, nor do they interfere with the external appearance of the palace, except as regards the great improvement of substituting plate-, glass windows for the present large barred and small panes which darken the apartments and detract from the palatial dignity of the edifice. Another improvement, of an ornate and suitable description, has been effected—viz., the lay ing down of Minton tiles in the royal staircase, giving it an aspect and character more w orthy of a royal approach. The whole alterations cannot fail to tend to the comfort of her Majesty and suite, and may probably lead to a prolonged residence at Holyrood, which, however, much desired at all times, could not have ;been expected under former circum stances. The new works, however, properly speaking, are opposite the chief gateway of the palace. The old brewery and red tiled tenements, which formerly constituted a decided eye. sore, and occupied a very prominent position in front of the quadrangle, were recently purchased by Government, and on their site are a series of structures far advanced towards completion, for the military guard—which is now offen sively within the palace—and, in addition and connexion with it, a buildiqg for the accommodation of the royal stud, containing stalls for about 20 horses, with coach-houses, Towards the palace quadrangle the elevation is baro nial in character, having a broad centre gateway, flanked by massive towers, the whole harmonising well with the older architecture of the palace and fountain. These new struc tures have given a pleasing and extended, if not more royal aspect to the locality. Indeed, it may now be said that, with the extensive grounds of the palace and Salisbury Craigs towards the south, and the New Town towards the north, Holyrood possesses something approaching to regal magnitude and dignity. It is with regret, however, that we observe adjoining—in fact on a lino with the new mili tary guard edifice, a very unsightly tenement. This building is not only out of all proportion and keeping with the adjoining edifices, but, by its extent, actually intercepts the view of the park from the palace and the quadrangle. Surely whore so much has been done and is doing to beau tify and improve the royal residence, such a blemish will I not be allowed to remain. FLOODS AND LOSS OF LIFE ON TEE CLYDE. GREENOCK, TUESDAY. The very unseasonable weather of late seemed to have reached a climax on Saturday and Sunday evenings, when the rain, which has seldom missed a day for weeks back without marking it more or less wet, then poured inces santly for hours together till past midnight. The early part of Sunday was dry, but the presence of portentous masses of heavy clouds overhead indicated that the ill weather had not passed away, which was verified before evening, when it became soft again; but from midnight till near seven o'clock yesterday morning—except w ith a few slight intermissions—the rain descended in torrents. The streets, especially in the lower part of the town, were flo )(led ; and in some places the water found its way into the houses, not only by the doors, but, being choked by the overcharge in the mains, forced its way up by the small connecting drains to the floors. From four to six o'clock the deluge was at its worst, and chiefly on the line of an aqueduct known as the " West Burn." Except where ne cessity or inconvenience has impelled the work of arching it over, the course of the burn is open all the way. At one place, where a number of streets meet, after a fall of a few feet, it takes a quick turn, and passes through an archway forming the foot of Kilblain-street. At this spot two small houses overlook the stream, which are approached by a few steps and a narrow footpath dividing the doorway from the edge of the water ; above this it never reaches on ordinary occasions. As the cataract increased, these dwellings were soon invaded, for they were right opposite; so that the in mates had to take refuge in flight, and shortly afterwards the action of the tearing current scooped out the larger portion of the narrow roadway to a level with the bed of the stream. One of the occupants named Wright Frame, having returned for the purpose of rescuing some articles she had left behind, persisted, spite of the warnings of the police, to cross to her dwelling. In venturing to do so, however, she slipped, and was rapidly carried down by the hurrying stream through one long arch and then another, where the water would be from six to eight feet deep, so fast that those who followed on the streets only caught a glimpse of her as she passed between the several arches, and then was carried far out into the river, her clothes keeping her afloat. It is remarkable that, after passing through so much surging from side to side in acurrent nearly flush with the archway, against all of which she must have sustained some hard knocks, and been drifted a distance of, at least, half a mile, it was not till a few minutes after she a w b a o s u picked e a u r p s o that e l i . f u e n b m e c a a n m i e e d e , x b t u m t c h t a s. leftT h t e w deceased t w e r a il s , and was again about 7 theperiodin an h of confinoeumr erw eanftt.Tardhes therain h a ving ceased about o'clock, rush of water began to subside. The weather through out the day was pleasant, with sunshine, and wore a more settled aspect than of late. At Dumbarton, after a very heavy night's rain, the burns came down in flood, and damaged the green crops, in some cases very considerably. The water rose oven higher than it did in the floods about a week ago, and if there is less to record as to the destruction of roads and bridges, it is because those most exposed were all demolished on the oc casion referred to, and had not been repaired. The injury to the crops, however, is more extensive, and the line of railway has also suffered more, having been at several points flooded to a depth of several feet, occasioning considerable delay to several of the trains. Near Helensburgh a mill dam burst or overflowed, and flooded the grounds below it and the line of railway in a somewhat alarming manner. At Bonhill the people in Burn-street were forced to leave their houses again, and up to last night some of the houses in this neighbourhood were unapproachable by the usual means of ingress. The common lands of the burgh were greatly flooded, and the public park was almost entirely under water for the greater part of the day. LITERATURE. Lines of the .Bachelor Kings of England. By Agnes Strickland, author of " Lives of the Queens of England," &c. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Miss Stzickiand is so well known as the first of our feminine historians, that a fresh work from her pen cannot fail to attract the attention of the read ing community. The vol ume b e f or e us forms a sort of supplement to h er l argest and b est k nown wor k, on the lives of our English Queens, since it fills up the gaps left in that interesting series by the inter vening reigns of kings without consorts. These were but three in number, two of whom were never possessed of uncontrolled authority. The hist)ry of their reigns, however, illustrates very eventful epochs, and fthe characteristic s of their times are thus briefly alluded to in the preface : hip, monumental tyra n t lire , In the reign of William Rufus we trace the commencemen t of our national greatness, the dawn of the age of chival r y, c o a f t r e io d e t i r n y, illu►uin y literature, enmaas and of th e ti ne arts, as in li and, above all, the glorious style of architecture, which for strength and beauty has never been surpas se d, With the life of Edward V. we enter upon a still more In teresting era; the erection of England's first printing press • —that true organ of civilisation and liberty —wa s co, val with his birth. He was the first prince in sthose education printed books were used, and one of the earli,rst works printed in England was dedicated to him. The life and reign of our third bachelor King, Edward VI., are blended with the third momentous period of Eng lish history, that of the Reformation. Much curious infor mation is introduced into this portion of the volume, de rived from sources not accessible to the general reader, of the personal characteristics and court of our first Protes tant Sovereign— Who, born to guide such high emprize, For Albion's weal was early wise. Alas I to whom the Almighty gave For Albion's sins, an early grave !" The reign of Edward V. was merely nominal. In the reigns of William Rufus and Edward VI. the absence of a queen was severely felt. Female royalty has always been most beneficial to England, both from its refining influence on the manners of the court, and the impetus it has given to trade, the encouragement of domestic manufactures, and the employment of native produce and native industry. " A court without ladies," observed Francis I. of France, "is like a spring without flowers." But a court full of ladies, without a queen, would soon fall into disrepute with the nation at large. It is, therefore, sincerely to be hoped that we may never be required to write the Biography of a Bachelor King of Great Britain. The distinction drawn by Miss Strickland in her last paragraph refers to the fact of Edward VI. having been the last'King of England--the next male sovereign, James 1., assuming the more impressive title of :King of Great Britain. William Rufus, of sporting memory, bears the same character in Miss Strickland's pages as in those of most other histo rians. She shows him some favour, however, by recording occasional acts of impulsive generosity on his part flat always mentioned. Some tales less to his credit are told, such as his indignant query in answer to a remonstrance on a broken. pledge—" keep all Whether it were possible for a king to his promises ?" With regard to the accu sation frequ en tl y b roug h t aga i nst t h e N orman of ob th se e rv i e n s tr t o h d a u t e t t h io e n y o w f e t r h e e au thoress theg bitterly am ecomplained laws, kings of during the Danish rule and probably were among the impositions of the Romans. There is no doubt, however, of the cruel severity with which both the Williams revived and enforced them, and those who remembered the depopulated villages which had made way for the hunting grounds probably saw a direct retribution in Rufus's violent death. While preparing for the fatal sport, an armourer craved permission to present the king with six new. arrows. The king received them with pleasure, kept four for himself and gave two to his favourite Tyrrel saying, " The sharpest arrows for the best marksman." The architectural achievements of the Red King's reign are his most remarkable exploits, although the money necessary for them wag extorted from an oppressed and heavily taxed people. He completed the Tower of Lon don, built London Bridge, finished Battle Abbey, and rebuilt a great part of the me tropolis which had been destroyed by a conflagra tion and a hurricane, both of which calamities were attributed by the superstitious to the king's evil ways. " This. William," says an old chronicler, was much addicted to building royal castles and palaces, as the castles . of Dover, Windsor, Norwich, Exeter, the banqueting-hall at Westminster, and many others can testify. N ever was t h ere a king of England before him that erected so many and such noble edifices." The reign of the hapless little monarch, Edward V., is necessarily very short, though many interesting particulars of the young prince's brief career are given, from his birth in Westminster Sanctuary to his burial in the Wakefield Tower. This part of the Tower had been strengthered and improved with great cost by Edward IV. Well might a poet of the time make the royal father say— " I made the Tower strong, I wilt not why, Knew not for whom." One of the most interesting incidents in the short life of this prince was the following :- - - It was. during "the glorious summer of the house of York," when no one foresaw the train that selfishness was getting ready for explosion and sudden downfall, that patronage for the first book printed in England was claimed from the young Prince of Wales. The claim was appropriate enough, as the infant printing press sprang to birth within a few feet of the spot where young Edward of the Sanctuary first saw the light. It has been mentioned that the Almoury of Westminster Abbey almost abutted on the Sanctuary, and in this building had the Abbot cf West minster given Caxton, the goldsmith, leave to set up his printing presses and work them, when the distribution of alms was not going forward. Possibly the first sounds that fell on the ear of the royal child of the Sanctuary was the working of that press which was the precursor of all his country's subsequent literature. The life of Edward the Sixth is naturally the longest in the book, and bears full testimony to th e precocious intelligence, gentleness, and P strongly this short-lived monarch. His andspirihe spirit of toleration was of ob jectedfartninthe advance of whichhis age, religious carrie of reflectiondintliose and judgmentdays. A by possessed by theremarkablepersecutionwas proof thepowers King exists in an e ssa y Parliament,the evils then and sitt i ng, abu t s n e s which consider.written he wished the wise remarks, the young King say After many s : " Devising of good laws, I have shown my opinion here tofore what statutes I think most necessary to be enacted this sessions. Nevertheless I would wish that beside them hereafter, when time shall serve, the superfluous and tedious were brought into one union together, and made more plain and short, to the intent that men might the better understand ttlem, w hich thing shall much help , to advance the profit of the co mmonwealth." How often, observes Miss Strickland, has a w i s h for the consolidation and simplifying of the statute a b rye wise t that s tminster, on and beenl learned d d during men, thew iwithout lnanstt theirthree being aw the first suggestion of the ex o p f e L di o e n nc o y n, pre iched of measure emanated from this youthfuld Suvesrueeihgna. h O e n fn o r n e e E o d c w ca a s r io d n y , Rl.i,dalet Westminster, , Bishop s the duties of the rich, and especially those in aut h or i ty, towards w the poor. The young Kin g abounded in London, mpressed by the pie turethoefmth, immediately sins andSo c r a r tioss i which he was tol d d inquiry to be with outmade any heeding or tend ing en the subject by the Lord Mayor and other auther rities. The resu l t of their deliberation was, " That the poor of London might be divided into three classes. The • poor by impotency,such :as the decayed, the cripple d and f a th er l ess c hild ren , - ' and the old. The poor by casualty; as the maimed, the sick, and the diseased. Thriftless poo r, whoa' idleness and vice had reduced to indigence and want." Three asylums were accordingly founded for the relief of these three classes. Christ's Church School, from the monastery of the Grey Friars, for the education of poor children ; St. Thomas's Hos pital for the relief of the sick and diseased ; and Bridewell for the correction and amendment of the idle and vagabonds. For the latter purpose Edward gave his Royal Palace so called. Holbein's painting of the young King presenting the charter of Bridewell to the Lord Mayor has been preserved, and it is from that picture that the por trait of King Edward, given in this volume, as a vignette, representing the ceremony, is taken. The young monarch was then sinking under • his slow but inexorable doom, and his air is conse quently expressive of langour and pensiveness. It seems, however, that in the days of health his bearing was spirited and cheerful. It might teach a lesson to older and more powerfulrulersth t a the three great institutions alluded to should owetheir origin to an inexperienced youth's immediate application. of a moral lesson. " Thirty-nine free schools and several hospitals," saysw e re founded during the brief reign Miss Strickland , I V trlie of Edwa i rd majority of them through influence and munificenceof the personal this accomlished young sove reign." Well might the nation deplore the loss of a prince who promised to o well and so wisely. rule s h In his short reign as e was by those hampered around him, he left more tangible legacies to pos terity than most of our kings have done. Three handsome portraits adorn this volume besides numerous small engravings. Although filling up, as we have said, the broken links in the chain of English history existing in the lives of the Que e ns, the volume is complete in itself, and will amp l y repay the reader for its perusal, independently of its connection with its authoress's celebrated work. It is stated that Sir Edwurd Coey, the mayor of Belfast, who was knighted the other day, entered Belfast a poor boy about forty yearsseeking employment without a shilling in his pocket., Now he is one of the wealthiest men in the communit y. He has purchased, at a cos t of £BO, OOO , the ancestral e s t a t e of the Earl of Antr im, an d he now ranks among th e h la di ng gentry of his natty () co untry. 'eked LAMLASH, Aug. 13.—Tl i.e f o ll o wing was pi up in a bottle at L am l as h Q uay on th e 12th of August : " Gone down i n th e B ay o f Bi scay the screw steamer Hier. Have taken to th e b oa t s , but don 't expect to see 1 and a g ain. May the Lord have mercy on in ii—j e nN Son .zoN, First Mate. July 17, 1861." i 31 31 524 2 Share 100 Etk 18 20i 204 10 100 100 100 I 17i 20 stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock