The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

AMON EV NI A 'Li, K A AND COM /11ERCIT A L INT IP. L GENCE.. CITY. MO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 balsa, including 1,500 taken fir export and speculation. The market was quiet, without any appearance of improvement. Railway Shares were stem ly. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 19th of August gives the follow ing results when compared. with the previous' week : Active circulation Decrease... Bullion . Increase £20,1!2,935 41,575 13,701,292 139,471 3,450,375 Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase 11.959 - 3,891.195 900.921 10,330,618 226.719 1,074,839 31,040 11,030,873 350.380 14,740,797 639,213 6,879,820 210,980 The foreign exchanges for three months hills yes terday afternoon were gent-rally firm. On Trieste, however, there was a slight decline, viz., to 11 35 and 14. Paris ruled at 25 27i to 30 ; Antwerp at 25 27i to 30 ; Amsterda7n at 11 171 to 17i ; and Hamburg at 13 6 to 13 61. The exports of the precious metals from London direct during the week to Thursday last comprised 9,100 ounces and 1,600 dollars in silver, and 4,500 •unees, together with 7,5001., in gold. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners have invited tenders for the supply of three more ships to convey passengers, to be ready as follows : For Portland Bay on the 10th, and for Geelong and Sydney on the 13th of October next. The agents or contractors of the Turkish Loan have very properly complied with the suggestion thrown out yesterday under this head, and have bent us for insertion the letters, adverted to in the original programme of the loan, from Lord Claren don and M. Drouyii de I'Huys, which follow : " The Baron de Goldsmid and Mr. Horsley" Palmer, as contractors for the Turkish loan, present their compliments to the editor of The Sun ; and, certain parties in France continuing to contest the power of the representatives of the Sublime Porte in London and Paris to assign the Egyptian tribute as security for the present loan, think it will be satisfactory to the public to see the literal copies of the letters in their possession from the Earl of Clarendon anti M. Drouyn de l'Huys. " London, Aug. 25 " " ' Messrs. Black and Durand are duly authorised by the Sublime Porte to negotiate a loan of 5,000, , 00/. sterling, all expenses included, anti to offer as a special guarantee 30,000,0j0 of piastres of the annual tribute of Egypt. The representatives of the Sublime Porte at London and Paris, are authorised, iu virtue. of Imperial &mans, to ratify the contract of the loan in the name of the Sultan. The con tract between Messrs. Black anti Durant and Messrs. Gold stnid and Palmer has been concluied with the knowledge of Lord Clarendon. who has confidence in the good faith with which the Turkish Government will fulfil the engage =ants they have entered into. " ' Foreign-office, Aug. 15 " CL ARE N'DON! " "' Messrs. Black et Durand sont dument autorises par la Sublime Porte a negocier un emprunt de cinq mil lion de livres sterling, tons frais compris, et a offrir, comma garantie apeoiale, trente million de piastres du trit,ut au ntiel de l'Egypte. Les representants de la Sublime Porte Paris et a Londres son. autorises, en virtu d'un firwan Imperial, a ratifier le contrat 't'etnprunt au nom du Sultan. Le contrat passe entre Messrs. Black et Durand et Messrs. Goldstnid et Palmer a etc port(' a la connaisauce de M. Drouyn de qui a c.turiance dans la bonne foi avec laquelle le Gonverneusent Tare remplira les engage teens qu'il a sonscrit. " Paris le 17 Mut, 1P54 " 4 DROITYN DE L'HUYS.'" The Turkish Envoy, it may be observed, has not thought proper to meet the statement of Mr. Stanley on the part of himself and the Ottoman Bank, to the effect that they still hold the legal assignment of the Egyptain tribute, which has not been revoked either in Egypt or by the Sultan. As this is in flat contradiction of the Envoy's formal assertion to the contrary, it surely behoves M. Musurus in his own vindication before the public to offec some further explanation respecting these singular contradictions. We have not seen the documents referred to by Mr. Stanley in proof of his own veracity, but they have been offered us for perusal if necessary. For the rest it remains now only to wait the arrival of despatches from Constantinople with the form's! approval of t e contract for the loan, when all wll be in regular order. Ic might, perhaps, have been. more advisable to have deferrel the issue of the loan until such official approval had been signified from head-quarters. We have a very still market to-day, but with firm prices. Consols are at 94f to if money, and better for time. Reduced Threes, 94k. 31 per Cents., from 941, have been done at 95. Bank Stock at 210 and 2081. Exchequer Bills, par to 35. prem. Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 98k ; those of 1859, 981. The Foreign Stock market is very inactive, and quotations are nominal. There have been dealings in Turkish Scrip, at 6 to 6 ; in Peruvian 4i per Cents., at 71, being steady ; and in Dutch 4 per Cents., at 93i to 94k. The following are the nominal pricet of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Buds 6 to 6i, Mexi can 241 to 24:, Peruvian 71 to 73, ditto 3 per .Cents. 52 to 54, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 40 to 42, Russian 5 per Cents. 99 to 101, ditto 4i per Cents. 85 to 87, Spanish New Deferred 17i to 18k, ditto 3 per Cents. 36 to 31, ditto Certificates 4i to 5, ditto Passive 3 to 4. The business done in Railway Shares is still very restricted, the variation in prices being unimpor tant. French sharers are neglected. Cobre Copper Mining Shares are 1/. better, but the Linares are weaker. Joint-stock Banks remain dull, and in the Laud Shares there is nothing doipg.. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOch. From the (ji .461 Ltet. 14115ititM. OM, Rank Stock .. . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 a 3 per Cent. Coic.inis Annuities 941 34 per Cent. Annuities . t-t4.# 5 Lousols for Account 13th Sept. Exchequer liilta, 24d. vlOOO ..... 2 pm par 2500 Small Exchequer Bonds 1853 . Ditto 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds. 41 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 7li Turkish Scrip ntvidemis on the above [meanie In Loudon Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols 941 Ditto September Account THE LATE MTIRDER IN BRUSSELS--The murderer is happily no Englishman, but a Belgian, born in Brussels, of Belgian parents. He has for years been known as a man of drzinken habits, and notoriously bad character. The two victims are fortunately recovering, and are pro nounced out of danger by their medical attendants. THE SHIPPING TRADE OF BELFAST.—The following very satisfactory statement with respect to the shipping trade of BsHaat appears in the North,ern, Whig :--We are glad to observe that, during the past week, our docks for foreign shipping have presented an unusual degree of animation. There are at present upwards of twenty vessels, averaging from 700 to 1,300 tons burlen, in and around Prince's-dock ; and so completely packed is the latter with foreign.shipping, that. vessela-of large tonnage have been compelled to haul Meng Albert-quay. During the last five years- —indeed, since the great emigration mania raged in the north—we have not been visited by such a large number of foreign ships ' • and the employ ment which has been afforded to the labouri ng popula tion usually engaged at the quays is, consequently, very considerable. In the coasting trade, however, business is rather dull ; there is comparatively a small number of vessels in port, principally owing to adverse winds, and the coal trade is not so well supplied as usual. But this is merely temporary, and it is to be hoped that the aid illation in the foreign department will extend to all other branches of the shipping trade. MURDER IN THE COUNTY CORR.—The following ap pears in the Cork Reporter of yesterday ;—" A few nights since, a man named John Lane was killed between Glanworth and Ki'dorrery. It appears that he and two other men were drinking and playing cards, when some quarrel arose that r esu l te d i n L ane b e i ng struc k w i t h a The men sto ne by one of hi s compan i ons and killed on the spot. at once made off and have not bean since de tected ; the police, however, are on the a ert. To day Duress arrested a man on suspicion of being engaged in this outrage," BELGIAN NOTION OF NEUTRALITY.—A firm at Ostend recently bought at public auction in London one of the Russian prizes recentl co ndemned by the English Ad miralty. The Belgiany however, refused to allow Mi n ister of Foreign Affairs has, on the ground that such a at m i t o h e e as v u e r s e se w l o t u o l nation a lised, d lie bea vi tioi of neutrality. "Intern not pernit neutral states to "Internatio nal law," he says, "does admit e into their p .rte cruis ers and their prizes. Lid Dairn.recent declaration.; on ish Governments have neutrality, the Swedish an preventing' the entrance, announced the resolution of cases of distress‘ condemnation, and sale of an lbe biterdicted, excepted. If the sale in a neutral Eitt purchase is also interdicted to the neuatrea subject. Now, the neutral subject cannot purchase elsTehwhere what he purchase ef cannot purchase in his own state. prizes would be a real participation in !he e profits of the Tarrrthet 40. to Kb a earl of derogati ora :rola atutrality.,, Rest %~A NfCW Tll IS DA Y. COVENT GARDEN. Very large supplies of fruit and vegetables found buyers to-ilay, at our quotations. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to 6s per lb ; colonial do., Is to 4s each ; hot-house grapes, is 6(lto 5s 01 per lb ; peaches, 5s to lOs ; nectarines, 3s to Gs ()d per dozen melons, Is 0.1 to 4s each ; strawberries, (id to is 6d per pound raspberries, 44 to 8,1 per pottle ; gooseberries, 2s Od to 3s ; currants, ::(s Od to 4s Od per half sieve ; apples, is 6,1 to 38 Od per half sieve ; pears, is 641 to 3s Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages 6d to is Gd per punnet; ditto, 33 to 4s Od, and cotrunoir plums, 2s to 3s per half sieve; cherries, G.l to is 6d per pound ; 'lemons, 9d to 2s; oranges 12s 0.1 to 18s per 100; filberts, 55s to 6.5 s per 100113 s ; coonuts, 1.2 s per bushel; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona outs, 218 per bush. VEGE VABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is 3d per dozen ; greens. is 61 to 2s per dozen bunches ; French beans, 2s 6 1 to as od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, is to 3.s 0.1 per doz. ; potatoes, 31 to 6s perc wt.; vegetable marrow. 6,1 to Is pia. doz; peas, is 6/Ito 4sOd per bush.; broad beans, 91 to is Gd per half sieve ; iuruips, 2d to 4,1 per bunch ; carrots, 441 to od per bunch ; cumun ben, 1.1 to 4d each ; garlic, Gd to Os 84 per p , uu t ; spinach, is 6,1 to 2s 3d per sieve ; onions, 2,1 to 4d per bunch ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 041 : horse-raitdish, 2s Od to 3s 041 per bun(lle ; parsley 2d to 3.1 per bunch ; celery, Os 91 to is 64 per bundle; endive, 2s to 3s Od per score ; beet, 3d to 6d each ; parsnips, is Oil to 28 I'd per dozen ; small salad, 2(1 to 34 per punnet; mushrooms, 40d to is 3d per pottle ; artichokes, 34 to 91 each ; cos lettuces. Gd to is Od per doz. ; sorrel, 6(1 to is per half sieve ; radishes 4d to 6(1 per dozen hands ; tomatoes, is Od to is 6.1 per punnet; chillies, is to is 6(1 per bundle. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults,4s to 6s ; Goslings, Os to Os Od each; Ducks, 4s Od to Os Od per couple; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d ; wild do , is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 6s to 93 per doz.' ; large Surrey Fowls, loos Od. to 13s Od ; middling, 6s to 8s ; spring Chickens, 4s Od to tis Od; Essox Fowls, 4s Od to 63 OA per couple , Guinea Fowls, Os to Os Od each ; Leverets, 3s to 4s 0,1 each. Ostend fresh butter, Us Od to 12s Od, and English lls 6d to 14, Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od; French ditto, 5s Od to 6s 6d per 120. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 14s ; Brills, Is to 6s Od each; Salmon Sd to Is 0,1 per lb; Cod Fish, 3s to 7s Od each; Soles, 4d to is 8,1 per pair; Eels, 8d to is 1.1 per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 6,1 ; Crabs, 8,1 to 2s 0,1; Whiting's, 3s Od to 9s per doz.; Common Oysters, 108 to 153 ' • Natives, 40s to 52s p er bsh; Mackerel, Od to 0,1 e ac h ; Smelts, is 6d to 2s per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6,1 to 2s 6,1 per gallon; Bloaters, is 6,1 to Os 0,1 per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 9d to Is 6,1 per doz. ; Haddocks, 5s to 12s per doz. BREAD. _ _ _ The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 94d to 10d; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 4 lb loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3s 8d 4s 8d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48101; lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2€l; veal, 3s as to 4s Od ; pork, 3s 6d to Is Sd per Slbs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 34d; 641 b to 721 b, 34d to Od; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 3irl ; 881 b to 961 b, 3,1t1 to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to Od ; 1041 1 ) to 1121 b Od to Oil. Horse hides, 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s 0,1 to Os Od; polled sheep, 2s 10,1 to 3s 6d ; Bents, 2s 8d to 3s ed; Half- breds, 2s rid to 3s Od ; Downs, 2s 2d to 2s Bd-; Lambs, 2s 6d to 44 Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 41 15s ; clover iitto, 3/ 5s to 03; and straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 18s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. t.ust:H hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 16s; clover iitto, 3/ 5s to 51 159; and straw, 1/ I4s to 2/ Os per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full prices. W ill l'ECHAPi,L.—Aleadow hay, 2e 163 to 4 153; clover ditto, 3/ 8, to 6 ; and straw, I/ 12s to 1 . 183 per load. A limited supply, and a steady trade. New meadow hay realised 65s to 853; and new clover, 70a to 1008 per load. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Front the London, New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR —British plantation has been heavy, and pre vious rates have not been realised. Early in the week Bar hadoes have been sold at 32s to 38s 6,1 for low to fine yellow ; Jamaica brown at 30s to 32s 6,1 ; ord yellow at 32s 61 to 33s GA ; and Demerara ord to mid grainy at 32s to 35s Gil. EAST INDlA.—Bengal good to fine like Mauritius went at 35s to 36s ; good white at 4N 6‘l; but Khaur was taken i❑ at Zia to 27s 6 , 1. Mauritius was rather cheaper—viz., low to good yellow brown at 27s to 31s, and very ord at 25s to 26s Gd. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico has been less in demand, ex cept for best sorts ; low to good grey and yellow brought 325. to 375, and fine 38s to 398 per cwt. Havaunah has been cheaper; low to mid soft grey and yellow sold at 318 6,1 to ,i3s 6,1, mid to fine bright grocery at 34s to 37s floretteis, and at 37s 61 to :39s white. Havannah was taken in at 2ils 61 for very low heavy brown to 35s f r mid bright yellow. Refined brown lumps have been quiet at 43s 6d, and grocery at 41s to 503 per cwt. COFFEE.—More has been done in plantation Ceylon, but at rather lower prices ; mid to good 58s 6d to 635, low mid 57s to 58s, fine coloury 693 6tl, tine ord small to low mid 54s to 565, good ord mixed 463 to 45e 6,1, fine fine ord small to mid coloury 541 to 593, peaberry 58s 6d to 63s 6d, triage 43s to 51s. Good ord native brought 41s to 455. Costa Rica fine ord foxy mixed to mid pale realised 50s to 603, and good 643 to 703 per cwt. Mocha went at 35s for blackm. RICE. —The quantity offered has been small, and the amount of businesi done has, consequently, been small. GOO.l white Bengal brought 12i, but 1 ,w was taken in at Us 6.1 per cwt. Good pinky Madras realised lOs to lOs 6d per cwt. SPlCES.—African ginger soli at 21s for mid, and Ja maic I. at 43s to 62s for small to mid b o ld. L ow m id s t a l ky pimento brought 5 3 . i per lb, being.cheaper. COCOA.—Trinidad fine red found buyers at 41s, and good at 3 is per cwt. COTTON.—ThiN article is firm but quiet. COCHINEAL.— Prices have tended upwards. SALTPETRE.—Very little is doing. Bengal was taken in at 27s for mid 84 per cent. refracted. OlLS.—Another reduction for linseed oil, with a limited demand at 348 3d to 34s on the spot. Rape dealt in with caulion, brown at 42s 6d to 438, and pale 44s lid to 455. Cocoa nut still much wanted, Ceylon at 50s to 50s 6(1, rod Cochin 5i sto 51s 6d. A quiet market for palm at 45s to 47s 61. Ground nut and gingelly a slow sale at 44s to 455. Olive waoed, Gallipoli at -, 61. to 571. and other sorts 51. to 55/. Seal sells freely at 401. to 441. for pale ; other sorts 371. 108. to 391. Cod in good demand at 391 lOs to 401.. and Southern 401. to 411. Sperm wante.l, 1041. to 1061. paid for mid to fine. TALLOW.—In the early part of the week speculators and consumers were cautious in their operations, and prices declined to 66s 6,1 on the spot for first sort P.Y. Candle, and 67s for last three months of the year. Since ,c;ounts of a strict blockade of Ar hangel, there has been more activity in the market, to gether with some advance. Sales on the spot having been currently made at 669 9d to 675, and for the last three months at 675. 6d to 68s. Honie melted is now much in request, and cannot be obtained under 67s ca Other sorts of tallow in limited supply, and in good .7.e -quest ; Australian, fair to fine mutton at 67s 6,1, beef C6s 6,1, and South American 67s 6d per cwt. o.dy 300 casks were offered at auction this afternoon. According to the last return, stock of tallow much exceeded that of the former year, and deliveries were 5,000 casks smaller. That prices will continue to range high can be no doubt, as in direct supplies ar not likely to come up to expectation. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 26. Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light pleasant bieeze, and fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, Aug. 25.—The Kiel, of Kiel, from Messina to Hull, ha , been brought in here after being on shore on the G,,odwin Sands; she makes uo water. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Lady Ken naway, for Australia. FALMOUTH, Aug. 25. —Wind, W. Arrived —Zarah, from Batavia ; Jl..ry and Ellen, Matanzas. Off Port—Hen rietta, from Rio Grande. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind, N. to N. by E. Sailed —Pudsey Dawson, for New Zealand ; Marchioness of Lon donderry, Port Philip; Fanny Mystic, New York; Delia, Quebec. LOWESTOFT, Aug. 25.—The Georges, of and for Dun kirk. trona Sunderland, grounded on the Newcome Sand, but is expected off at high water. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 25.—Sailed—Agra, for Ceylon. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 25.—Arrived Evergreen, from Quebec. TORBAY, Aug. 25.—Wind, N.N.E. Sailed—Maccles field, for Melbourne ; Halifax, Madras ; Fido, Geelong. HARWICH, Aug. 25.—The Jemne Fiore, of Cherbourg, from Sunde.lantl to Caen, has been assisted in here leaky, and with damage, having grounded on the Gunfleet Sand last evening. _ . _ POOLE, Aug. 25.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Thomp son, from Quebec. SUNDERLAND Aug. 25.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Johns, from Quebec ; Lord Brougham, do. HULL, Aug. 25. -Arrived—Runnymede, from Permian buco. Sailed—Blanche, from Savannah. SHIELDS, Aug. 25.—Wind N. Arrived—Orynthea, from Quebec. BERWICK, Aug. 25.—Wind, W. Arrived—Symmetry, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Aug. 25.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Coun tess of Bective, from Cuba. Sailed—Cumberland, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 24.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Lord George Bentinck, from Moulmain ; Bess Grant, De merara; Chibucto, Halifax. Sailed—Energy, Quebec. (rim ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, N.N.W. ; light, and drizzling rain. The Mary, for Quebec, and Walter Duncan, for Santa Martha; have put beck damaged, having been in contact off Point Lynas yesterday. Arrived—Ben Nevis and Edinburgh, from Quebec ; Ralph Walter and Eldorado, St. John's, N. 8.; Governor Morton and Bo ton Light, New Orleans; British Lion, Aux Cayes ; Countess of Zetland, Barbad oes ; K ossut h , New Yurk• • Sailed—Bonita, for Pernambuco ; Marathon and Ohio, New York ; Agamemnon and Samuel, Quebec; Prince of Orange, Bombay ; Cleopatra, steamer, Quebec and Mon treal. • (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, low water; fine. Arrived—SAuldeld, from Memel ; Sarah Mills, Dantzie; Alfred, Port Vendres ; Adonis (s), Bremen. Sailed—Jupiter, fur Hamburg. _ I 5 &L, Friday, 10.58 a m. • Wind W. by N., light and fine. Passed—Dapper, from Sunderland for Charente ; Young Endanil, from Bahia for Hamburg; Camille, from Havre for Loudon ; Margaret, St. J o h n ' s, f or London. Sailed—French store chip Licorne, for Baltic. THE LARGE FAILTJHE Or WERTHEIBISTEIN.—We are inflamed that this failure, amounting to 500,0001., is °win , / to the ruinou4 state of exchange which has para. lysed the money maiket at Vienna for a long time, espe. cially through the restrictions imposed by the Govern -mat oxi mosey operation!..-JplF*, 04.:(44/4. : THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN ENG, AUG UST 26, 185 4, SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ItA.lLwAitt. r , , t , yonr Prices 'yesterday. n ulnae. done thle day. Aberdeen Aulbg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... liirkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Juliet . Do. Chesh. & hirk. , £5O and £25 Cons. £20... illyth &'Pyne origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Criefi' Junction DubliudtßelfastJunc Dundee Pertli&Aba (leen Junction Do. New East Anglian.... , Do. ' (XlB E & H) Eastern Counties [ Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock.. Do., New A.._ 'East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgem I..;iliub. and Peebles Edin.Prt Duinley ,••ortli & Clyde Jan,. .:lasgow &S. Western ;mat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock.. Sth. &West.(lre. ;rent, Western Irish South-Easters: Lancaster & Carlisk Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Lancash.andYorksf , Do., Fifths D)., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Black wal Loud. Tilb. & &howl. bond. Bright &S.Cst Loud. and N. Westi, Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B Do. Eighths LondouandS. Westii Do., £5O Do., £4O Liuludrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Slief.& Linein 1)o., Man. & Liu. Un Midland )o. Birmng. & Derb;, - G. West.( I iv.) I to. Half Shares Newcastle & New►narket Do. , Bury Extensio, . .'s wpt. A berg . & Hrfd Newry & Eunisk illet, Newry Warreupoi at and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northu.Cottnties lin North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 )0., A Deforr&l Do., B Guaranteed North London ... Do. New £lO N.&S'.Wstru.,Elamp• stead, and City Ju., North Staffordshire , 'North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth icottiall Central , kottieli Midland . ilirewsbury & Biz tng. Do. L. di N. Wester], Guarantead St hrewsby. & nerefd Slarewsby. & CI este (N. W. Do. Halves,l G. Do. Oswestry 'Shropshire Union I►o. A, B, C,& D paid up at per south Devon South Eastern South Wales . ''. Yrksh. & tidy. Dui Do Staines, Wok. &Wok -toekton & Dar Hag tockton & Hartlepl rate Vale Do. £lO shares. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haveu Doe! and Railway Valo of Neath ‘Nritterfd. & Kilkeun; Waterford&Linaeriek West Cordwall , Vest Eud of Loudon Crystal Palace IVest London Wiu►bledu &Croplo! York Nowetl.&Borw. Do. Exteusions 1)0. G,N.E. Purchast York& N.Midland 22 - 23 5 - 51 9 - 10 lli--10i -17 i -- 6 95 - 97 63 - 64 15i - 16 12 - 14 i : fd 7 - 8 I . di = ii 6 - 36 - 40 25 - 27 66 - 68 58 - 60 24 - 25 66 - 68 83i - 84 62 - 64 126 - 128 94 - 96 72i - 73 90 11 13 t. 11 13 69 694 6# -- 6 44 3ict 8I - -81 104 106 1011- 1021 id par p par - # p 82 h 3 9 8-i 8 7Li 23 - 24 68 68i 39 - 41 j f d parl 8 6 2i 3 6 - 8 46 - 48 31 :54 334 ... 344 7 9 1} - 64 - 74 53 - 55 - 4 - 40' 64 - Par- 2 P 33 - 35 94 - 96 63 - 65 72 - 74 68 - 72 74 - 8 184 -- 194 91 - 9i 14 - 15 34 - 313 13 - 15 64i i 54 31 - 33 31 - 33 31, - 18i 19i 4 - 5 23- 44 - 54 C = 7 - 76 6 WI 4 - 30' 54} -55 i FUREIGN. kntwerp&Rotterdam' ielgiau Eastu. Junc: rteziers to Graissessac tombay, Baroda, au i Central I ndia,Scrip !entral of Italy ;harleroi & Erquelio )emerara ►ijOU and Besancoh hitch Rhenish ?.ast Indian Do Extension t. Indian Penineul., Junet. of Franc(' 11rd. Trunk of Canaii Debentures :)o. do CA. Central of Franc• Gt. Westernof Cauaik Shares )o. Bonds (Ist is. )'57 t amilton & Toront , .1)o. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basic Lucca & Pistoja 5 p. c . pref Great Luxembourl: Constituted Shares th). Obligations Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons dt Mediterran ,ladras Antonia i)o. do. New . Melbourne Dk. do Ry. Xamur di Liege (wits interest) - Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. Do. W. 3 p. c Bdp (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen fails and Strasbourg ParisCaen at Cherbrg. /uebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Loyal Danish Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref Aouthern of France_ zit. Andrew's and _ _ Quebec (A) West F landers.., Do 5A per c. Pref. • Western of France •Vest. of Switzerlani Wiesbaden Zealand 6 6ad 1 la 3 d d—ap -2 1 d -21 d 2ip - P 74 - - 60 ... - ... i - 1 P 17 -18 - ...pl d pa'r ... dig 2i 3k IA id # —i I) ... - - id-iP 7§ - 8 314 8 - 9 18 - 194p1 48 - 50 38 - 40 ... - pm 22i 23. 1 d—lp d 8 .. --- ••• •••• - pm • 3i - "4 d . 6i -6 4 p ii -- 7 3 i .ci RALLwATe. :;e(lford and 31ctchloy Buckgliamsh. rnydesdale Jo. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.ds Dk. Railway hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bath., and Matlock' Middlesbro' Redcar ...... Widld.Bradfd ti northern I P 6t eh i e x pi e n: d rs s Pae p t. en: Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn. & Hit. ) o.Shepth.St ief. Roth .a 'JO Gooleg.s p.c. .Staffordsh. Arear Valleyg t 6 per cent._ D 0.............. Wilts&Somrst floshis Prices yesterday. PREFE teen ..... c Do. No. 2, p. Myth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 504 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Oaledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent ';ork &Bandousip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction (1:310s, 6 per cent _ Do. (X 5) 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex-I tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. .c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. beLentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p.cts. East and West York shire June. Pref Edi nb Prth. &Dunde, 4 per cent. II asgow & S. Westem Guar. 5 per cent..., _heat Northn. 5 p. C. )o. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. preen... Do. 4i p. e. Scrip.... A. N. of Scot. lst Pre , it. Southu.dcWestui. (Ireiaud) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Pref. Si. /t. Westu. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do, coy. red. 46 p. Do, con. red. 4 p. c Di.. irred, 4p.c. Lan. & York, F.E2 Do. 6 p. c, Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. 1, Do. Quarters, 1848 Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. on. Prof., 5 p. e. St. 1)o, Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. I Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Wester - 1i Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Lundy. & Ennis. j Sh Kan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO tarypt .& Carl.4p. q Do. 4i per cent , Do %lid. Cousol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent ~10. Pref. 4i per ceui Norfolk Debenture . Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 54 per et. prof Wllo,ay. Val. 5 p. e, North British North Staffordshire„ Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..Cls, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent., New Pru ihrews. St.Birtn. N.G. ihreweby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent .. _. south Devon fixed,.q percent! 8. Eastern (Readin:: Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. i)o. 4Apel cent. s.Yorkslt.4p.e.Guar Stockton and Dar- 1 lingtou, 4 per cent Do. do. do. "itockton and Hartle-1 pool, guar. till hit July, Ifisfi l Watorfd.&Kilk.ep.e. York, Neweastle,and Ilerwiek,4 p,c, Pref 1 Do York&N.Midlandll 1 Leasing Compans. London .6: N, West. it. Nrtl t ti. Caldonian. a. Westii Yk. New. & Borw. Y. &N Nid Do S: Fasten ,Do (Norfolk.. & Midid 'tekton &, Darlingt.' Uidland.. E. Count. D 0......... & N.W &Ln&Yk Do CitNorthL D 0... ...... Lancash Yorksh. A.MClean Stockt. Darlingt. 'ltWestn. 95 - 100 96 - 98 135 - 137 ii = 30 . . . "'" • -13 i 23 - 24 2i - 2i ii :96 53 - 60 132 - 135 7- ild io 31 92 - 91 ENCE SHARES. 96 -98 li id 1 131 - -_ 22 - 24 3 1 - 34 la -- iir .10 - 112 .O 1 - 103 6 - 64 98 - 10 ) 90 - 92 94 - 96 34 - 136 2i - 3 p 7- 8 10 - 12 7 - 8 11 - 11. i - 413 L 33 —l33xdl I. id 1 S 8 -92 102 - 105 114 - 116 10 ::: 'll. 17 -- 18 101 -10 i 12 -- 14 id -- t P. 23i -21 i 98 —lOO 2 1 d 92 - 95 :3i - 11 i d MINES al a a l l l: I A A A i g n:gl i o o k u A 'r a u ia i s i t t : o rl r n u l ia a ll 011 id: - 10 .. ::: a '..• • 11 10 2 Australasian . 1 —, i d 20 6 Australian. ********* ji -- li 1 all Australian Australian,,, *** . - 1 all Aust ra li an Freehold. a ... -- 50 1 1 all a aa l l li l B l i Ave a l C il 7 i i tax o i i slMu al 1. 1 .4(7 1 ;1°.1 d u lla s ...B ii r .: ° n c . ll Gold 7fd 1 . .... . I li .11 .. •-• 32 2 3 0 0550 1 a 111 '4 451 . 5 4 CDDll.l3lolo.o.t:i..otsiiesiitsilioal;l:lenloisnn. &.p .. ** (.6 i; issiva. . oi. i. 3 8 -- 9 4 1 . Carsous l j ' s Go o C h r u ld ee p . k . o .. . l . . l . . te ::: 2 1 _I T : 24 to all Cobra Coppe r * Copper Smeltg. Co n 25 St. all 6 1 Do.Cl) Copperl Prof.aPl4 4 1 *************************** *** 54-L : 1 1 2.1 I . 5 all English and 20 all General..,, 1 all Gt. N uggetVe..• ** • • • -- 2 Do. Registered * -• • V 1 i ... 31 all Great Polgooth. ****** ; 1 all Lake Bathurst ...., ***** ' ' 1 1 all Liberty ******** *** ••; •,•• 3 all Linares.. ************** f t 1 all Lond.&Califoi;..iiold - *** - Quartz Crush. Co. . 1 all Ilariquita ********* • ''' "' 10 9 Mexiiwi&S.Ameri *** - 1 all New Granada .. •' 6 6 61 1 all New Linares Minii; * / and Smelting c o. : . 1 all Nouveau Monde ,,, V• ••• 20 all Pontgiband %i v ; * g i Lead Min. 46 Smelt, 15 5 1 ,Port Philip ************ 6 161 1 all 'Quartz Rock .... 50 all I Rhymney Iron — j 3, 30 15 15 !Do. New "1 9i 30 lli Santiago de Cuba 5 1 all ; South Australian 10 7 'Tin Croft ............. 284 an United Mexican 1 all Waller — °'4,, 1 all West Granada - = 1 all West Mari OM ..... ..: l'' ' 3 t 1 12e . Worthing Mining o i' Australia ... -- . . 1 all Yuba '" i JOINT ---.77 S' I X --------) ----- CB BANNS. i 534:1:: 43i 40 all Australasia.. B--- - 3------ -"""'"""'"'"•.•ow. 85 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ... -.. 50 all British N. American .. __ ••• 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia i —. id 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China ... __ ... d 100 25 Adonial ••• o i 2 4 100 20 1 2 4 0 tr,loumelinsehrcsicaol Scottish and nd Australian 2 3l 3 3 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 21421 50 20 L . Loudon and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... __ ••• 100 0 Loud. & Westmiustei ... -- " ,„ xd 100 35 N a tional Provincial ••• 2 v of England ••• -- ... 20 10 Do. New ••• .... . . 50 22.. National of Ireland ... __ .. 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 46 —-- 48 25 - Do. New ••• ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... _ "'lO all Do. New ••• ... 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Goo Imp Co ... ..... ... 25 all ionth Australia 4l 43 25 all Union of Australia 65 ._ 67 651 Do. 2 D ... . New 74 .-- 84 50 lis Union of London.. _ 2l 4 4 MISCELLANEOUS .... 5.,.... ss/LNICI3. 40 all Australasia . ------ 133 ------- 77••••••••" ....e....., t5 L-..... 5 all .Lubin Coal and Iron _• 40 all British Colonial Bank 25 17: 1 ustralian A gr i cu l t. 41 —42 ...d and Loan Company ... -.. .. 20 ii l ustralsn.Pcific•Ma l l x x d 50 all British N. American ... ... 10 all Anstraln. Royal Mali ... ••• 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia i —. ad • ••• --- ••• 10 I Berlin Water Works ... .. 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, 50 10 Brit. American Lan.l 65 70 Australia, & China ... __ ... d 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smelt g. 100 25 i : o l on ial ••• and Reduction Co.. .., 33 100 32r, Canada ••• 90 95 5 5 ;Irystal Palace 3l 3i . 100 20 1 2 4 0 tr,lAounuesiintsmehrlciiaanl ScottishofLo a n n d d 3l 5 3; Do. New............... 2O 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of ••• 4 all :Irystal Pal. of Franc*: ~, _ ... Australia 2l 214 2ii 20 5 Eastern Steam • 1071 - 3i 1 50 20 Loudon and County.. ... _ "'25 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) 16 -- lan 50 10 London Joint Stock.. „. __ ... 25 all Do. (B) ..• ~. 100 20 Lund. & Westmiustei ... -- ... 40 X d 100 35 National Provincial 1001 601 Electric m e Tateilesgte. Steam Jr ...... —..... .... 15 14 'len. Steam Navigat ,;• _ ... of England ..• -- .... 20 all General Screw Steam ~, ... 20 10 Do. New ••• .... . 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ~„ ... 50 22.. National of Ireland ... __ ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. „. ... 20 all - New South Wales — 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ~, _ .. 25 all Oriental Bank or 10 5 Netherlands Land.... i 1i Corporation 46 -- 48 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. 25 5 Do. New ••• -•- ... Steam Navigat. Co. ~, . . • 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ~, _ ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i i 10 all Do. New • .. 1 i Do. New ••• •.• 20 12i ' , rah. of EuropeStean I ... ...-. ... . 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. &111inrl. 4 4i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 50 40 Do.— 2 all Portland Iron C D o o. 2 — I: 2i - i p d 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. St 24xd 25 25 South Austral. Land 33 35 - 1 all Submar. Telegraph - -- 1 4 . 1 ail Do. Registered. iii i —li 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. & Gol3 Imp Co._ ... __ ... 25 zal wrath Australia 4l 43 25 all Union of Australia.. 65 _ 67 651 ... 2 Do. Now 74 -. to 50 144 Union of London.. . _ s . - LIVERPOOL, Friday. —The South - 47; n 211 4 collision repairingM oi a li i s l io n screw witht slighteat h m e • s Rb damagel o p sc L o u trn i t a oi n nia i forenoon for the Brazils with _______ ~._...._..........pa1w y e' t e ? } i e P r U t i a i O n y n ; 341 liarsailedhn R :tYhhai this Sharp, after . 'ldegYan.Diemen land ,7= 41- , . the usual mill thirt y "Pilf,gons OM 0 isli,orgt - g &quo. s keigiat. Businesa this day. THE CHOLERA. ST. KATHERINE DOCKS.—Three fatal cases of Asiatic cholera Have occurred to persons employed in the St. Katherine Docks since Sunday last. One case was that of a warehouseman, who died after a brief attack ; and the other two men were mariners. Complaints have been made to the authorities of the establishment re specting the stagnant water in the several basins, and, notwithstanding the officers have flushed the docks from the river night and day by the aid of steam power, no beneficial results have been effected. The number of deaths in these docks has been very considerable during the last fortnight. ST. BOTOLPH WITHOUT, A l LDGATE.—Yesterday the board of guardians of the Whitechapel Union gave orders t Mr. Perry, inspector of nuisances for the district of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, to have the courts and alleys thoroughly washed after twelve o'clock at night, and men have been engaged in cleansing the various over crowded places in Harn's-buildings, Upper East Smithfield, and other parts where filth and poisonous matter nave been allowed to accumulate, to the danger of the poor inhabitants. Two cases of malignant cholera terminated fa!ally yesterday in Harn's-buildings and Cruwn•court, faei , ,g St. Katherine Docks. WHITECHAPEL WORKHOUSE.—SeveraI cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred in Whitechapel workhouse among the pauper inmates, and a ward has been fitted up ex pressly for cholera patients, under the medical direction of Dr. Payne, the parochial surgeon. MILE-END OLD TOWN.—Yesterday morning Mr. Hughes, the summoning officer of Mile-end Old Town, forwarded information to Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, respecting two deaths from cholera, which had taken place from alleged nuisances. THE CITY OF LONDON UNlON.—Yesterday forenoon the following public notice was issued by the board of guardians of the City of London Union :—" Public notice—Poor persons living in this union, and suffering from looseness of the bowels, &c., whether accompanied by pain or not, are earnestly recommended and re• quested to apply immediately and without a moment's delay to the following medical officers, who have been duly appointed to a%tend all cases of emergency :—Mr. Sparks, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Blenkarne, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown, Mr. Holliday, and Mr. Humphreys, at their respective residences." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the Mining Journal of this day.) - - There has been very little animation in the Mininz Market this week, and but few transactions recorded. High-priced dividend shares, with few exceptions, ap pear as difficult of sale as speculative stocks. Sortride Consols advanced froni.3o2. to 40s. and 455., with good business doing in the early part of the week. West Al fred Clnsols have risen to 26/., and in demand, a very considerable improvement being reported in the mine ; for the end of the year 35/. per share was offering. Boil ing Well, 121. to 131., and sought after ; Trehane, 131.; Par Consols, 81.; Alfred Consols, 221. 15s. to 231. 55.; Gonameua 101.; Treweth a , 41 . to 41. 2s. 6d. ; South Caradon, 2801. to 2901.; Uny, 71. 15s. to 81. 55.; Herods foot, 71.; South Tamar, 91. 158. During the week, shares have changed hands in the following : DIVIDEND MINES. —Alfred Consols, Altgoed Consols, Bedford United, Callington, Dh urode, Dtake Wails, Gonalne Lewis,a, rsoodusftoh Caradon, South M ac h no Slate, Par Consols, South T amar , T re h ane, T rewe tb a , Wheal Arthur, General Mining Company for Ireland, Lackamore, Mining Company of Ireland, Wicklow. MINES WHICH HAVE SOLD ORE.—Birch Tor, Boiling Well, Clara, Cubert, Cwmdyle Rock, Darren, Great Crinnis, Great Hewas, Great Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Baddern, Great Wheal Vor, Keswick, Old Trewether, Polgear, Sortralge Consols, Tees Side, Trannack, Tyn y-Be• th, West Alfred, Wheal CArpenter, Wheal Friend ship, Wheal Helen, Wheal Trefusis, Wheal Uny,Wheal Wrey, Kilbricken. In Foreign Miaes the business has been unimportant, although prices have generally remained firm. There is still no new feature to be remarked in the Gold Mining Share Market, business in all descriptions of stocks being extremely flat, and almost entirely neglected. Accounts from California still state that fresh discoveries are being made daily, and the gold is found not only in the alluvial soil, but likewise qi the rock. STATE OF TRADE. ( From tire Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Friday, Aug. 25.—The announcement this forenoon, that in Liverpool the price of "fair" American cotton is Id. per lb. lower than it was on the 11th instant has rather counteracted the evident ten dency of the telegraphic intimations that the day is fine or very fine in every quarter of the country, to improve the tune of feeling on our Exchange. In yams there has been less business done. The home consumers and the India merchants are more backward in operating than the continental and Levant houses ; and, therefore, while most spinnings prepared for the first class have slightly receded in price (say about ,d„ per lb.), those adapted fir the other class.es are nui qu'ted lower (except warps and oincops), though they may be rather more easily obtainable in some quarters. Many spinners have still considerable contracts in hand. In the finer kinds there appears to be no alteration. BRADFORD, Aug. 24.-- Wool—Tile quantity coming to market is on the increase, and as many spinners who attended the country markets and fairs have laid in good supplies, at prices much easier than is now demanded, there is no disposition to add to stocks at the prices now sought, which have been materially brought about by aurchases for woollens and blankets and not for legitim a t e consump ti on f ur worsted purposes. Pieces—The demand for goods is not great, but the ad vantages offered by the manufacturers at midsummer in (heed orders to be given by the merchants. LEICESTER, Aug. 24.—The glove branch does not at present partake fully in the demand. Worsted yarns have again risen a halfpenny per lb., making an advance of lid. above their lowest point. WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, Aug. 25.—There is no material change in the state of trade in the warehouses during the current week ; perhaps it may, on the whole, be reported a little quieter. There is a very steady business doing for the home market, but as the shipping season is now near a close, the expoit houses are not doing much business. HunnEnsvlELD.- 2 The market to-day in the Cloth hall was less animated than our former notices, but it is perhaps necessary now and then to repeat the fact, that the Cloth-hall is the index to the amount of business doing in the town and district. HALIFAX, Aug. 19. No alteration this week in the piece and yarn markets, nor much in the wool trade, in which prices are exceedingly firm at the late advance. The supplies increase considerably. OLD-STREET EXTENSION AND NEW OXFORD -STREET JUNCTION.—The great desirability of a better communi• cation west and north-east has long been felt, recognised, and raid for by the public : how to get from the west ern district to the Eastern Counties Railway, Hackney, Dalston, Homerton, and other large neighbourhoods, without traversing the crowded City and adding one third to the distance and time occupied in transit, is a problem difficult to solve, and a matter worthy of some consideration. Whilst lines of streets, greatly inferior in pretension and in usefulness, have been carried at great expense and difficulty, it is not a little singular that this line, so much needed, and, in fact, imperatively demanded, has been suffered to remain in abeyance, for the facilities of its execution are probably greater than could be found in any other line. Old-street abruptly ends and is terminated by a screen-wall of the Charter house grounds thence to St. John-street is unoccupied ground, available for building purposes : crossing St. John-street, a very poor neighbourhood, and St. John's square is reached, forming the requisite opening : passing a very small distance thence and Farringdon street is reached : this would have to be crossed by a viaduct, so as to preserve the high level throughout ; thence to Reid's brewery, King's-road, Theobald's; road, and Bloomsbury -square, These last, with com paratively small alterations, would, in point of fact, constitute the new line a direct one, and in this respect superior to many new lines of street which cannot claim directness, but are a poor sort of compromise between the old and new—a course of proceeding greatly to be deprecated, and. perpetuating an evil which becomes every day more apparent.— The Builder. MEETING OF THE "CONFEDERATES" OF CORE:.—On Saturday evening the " Democratic Confederates" of Cork met at Nile-street, in that city, Mr. Brian Dillon in the chair, when the following resolution was adopted : "That the Nation newspaper having proved recreant to its ancient creed and faith, and having become the fiercest defamer of our gallant friends In exile, we hereby repudiate and denounce its denationalising and deceptive doctrines, and adopt the New York Citizen as the only true representative of the democratic spirit of Ireland. The report of the proceedings (of which I forward a copy) does nut give a list of the names of those present, but merely states that the meeting was "unexpectedly numerous." SHIP-BUILDING ON THE TYNE.—SHIELDS, Aug 24. A large 2,000 tons full-rigged ship, the largest timber vessel that has been built in the lower reaches of the Tyne, was launched from South Shields this afternoon. She is for the city house of Marshall and Edridge, and will be engaged in the Australian trade. During the armstide a large paddle - wheel stea mer wa s launched from the building-yard of Messrs. T. and W. Smith, in North Shields ; she is for the Mauritius. An iron screw vessel, to be employed in carrying copper ore from Ireland, was launched from Mr. T. D. Marshall's yard South-sands. The progress of ship-building (iron and timber) on the shores of the Tyne and Wear is amazing, notwithstanding the check the shipping trade has re ceived by the stagnation caused by the war. There is not a shore on the Tyno and Wear, from the sea to five or six miles up, but is employed in shipbuilding. It is an understood thing among shipowners that collier brigs will be superseded in the course of 20 years by steam screw colliers in the London coal trade, and capitalists very rarely invest in this class of property, but are em barking their money in first-class vessels, which, of con sequence, are in great demand. A very considerable number of foreign vessels have visited the Tyne during the past two months to procure cargoes of coal. At present _nearly every mercantile country, in the world is represented _in Shields harbours, .Turkey and Greece Woluded• _ IMPORTANT CIiANGES IN THE POST- ALLEGED ILL-TRRATMENT OF THE OFFICE DEPARTMENT. PuO.R IN LAMBETH WORKHOUSE. For the future the Post cffice department will be pre sided over by a Po-tmaster-General, with a salary of 2,5001. a year. One secretary, with a salary rising from 1,5001. to 2.0001. a year. There will further he two assistant secretaries, with salaries rising from 7001. to 1,000/. a year. One chief clerk to secretary, with 6501. a year. Three head clerks in secretary's office at from 5001. to 600/, a year. Four classes of secretary's clerks, at from 4001. to 5001. ; and from 801. to 1501. a year. An arbitrator on railway charges, with a salary rising from 7001. to 1,000/. a year. An inspector-general of mails, at a salary rising from 6001. to 800/. a year ; and four mail inspectors at from 3001. to 5001. a year. There are also to be a comptroller of the Inland-office, at a salary rising from 6001. to 8001. a year, and a vice comptroller with a salary rising from 5001. to 6001. a year. One receiver and accountant-general, with a ,glary rising from 6001. to 8001. a year. A cashier, a chief examiner, and a principal book-keeper, at salaries rising from 4001. to 5501. a year each. A comptroller of the Money Order-office, at a salary rising from 5001. to 7001. a year, and a chief clerk to that comptroller, at from 3501. to 450/. a year. There are to be surveyors to the General Post-office, with salaries from 5001. to 700. a year, and their clerks are to receive salaries rising from 1001. to 1501. a year. There is to be a soli citor to the General Post-office, whose salary is to be 2,5001. a year, and his clerks are to receive salaries rising from 4001. to 5001., from 2601. to 3801., and from 2201. to 240/. a year. There are to be secretaries to the General Post-offices of Edinburgh and Dublin, at sala ries rising from 7001. to 1,0001. a year. The clerks in the mail, inland, arid London district, account, and money order .offices, will be divided into three classes, with salaries rising from 801. to 1501., from 180/. to 2401., and from 2601. to 3501. a year. The letter sorters, letter carriers, stampers, porters, and mes sengers, are to be divided into four classes, with wages rising from 193. to 235., from 255. to 303.. from 325. to 385., and from 403. to 503. a week. The inspectors of letter carriers in the London Post-office are to be divided into two cla.ses, with salaries rising from 1101. to 2001., and from 2101. to 3001. a year. The mail guards are to be divided into two classes, with salares rising from 70/. to 901., and from 1001. to 1201. a year. The offices of secretary to the post-master general, inspector-general of the missing letter department, superintendent of mail coaches, inspector of dead letters, receiver-general, and inspector of ship letters, are to be abolished. Country postmasters are in future to appoint their own clerks. Provincial postmasters, whose salaries are not above 1751. a year, are to be appointed by the Treasury, at the recommendation of members of parliament, and those whose salaries are above that sum are to be appointed by the Postmaster-General. The clerks in the London Post-office are to have a month's holiday every year, and the sorters, letter carriers, and other inferior officers, a fortnight's holiday, without any deduction from their pay. Letter carriers, guards, and other inferior officers, are to be entitled to sups: annustion without subscribing to the superannuation fund. Security bonds are to be no longer required from the officers of the London Post office. Persons appointed as letter carriers and letter sorters in the General Post-office must be between the ages of 17 and 27, and mail guards must be between the ages of 20 and 25. The private secretary to the Post master-General is to have 300/. a year for the services he performs as such. The and London district offices are to be consolidated. Promotion is to de pend entirely on merit, and in every department the lowest officer o will be eligible to the highest office in it. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND THE IVEW BEEN ACT. Last night a meeting of licensed victuallers residing in the nei4labourhood of Greenwich, Lewisham, and the other surrounding villages, was held at the Royal Standard Tavern, Blackheath, for the purpose of con demning the act for the closing of public-houses for the greater part of Sunday, and of taking measures for its early repeal. The chin- was taken by Mr. Clarke, who strongly re probated the measure, as interfering not only with the interests of the trade, but also with the convenience of the public. They were still, notwithstanding the en lightened and liberal view which Mr. Long, the police magistrate of the Marylebone district, took with respect to the question of what constituted a bona fide traveller, at the mercy of the petty tribunals, and would not be safe until the Court of Queen's bench decided on the point. The case of Mr. Ware, the landlord of Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead, which drew forth the de cision to which he had alluded, had been defended by ' the Metropolitan and Suburban Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society ; and he thought it advisable that the members of the trade residing in the district of Green. wich should afford their utmost assistance to that society, a deputation from which, he was happy to hear, was about to wait on Lord Palmerston to try and induce him to suspend the operation of the act until an opportunity should be given to the Legislature of fully r econs id er . ing a measure which it had enacted in haste and under the erroneous impression that it was approved of by the trade. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Day, Poole, Bennett, Moore, and Wilittle, who severally complained of the manner in which the act was hurried through Parliament. Resolutions were agreed to by the meeting, and a memorial prepared in the same spirit for presentation to the Home Secretary. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. IMPROVEMENTS IN PRACTICAL MINING. Some of the greatest improvements in science very fre quently work their way in a silent and unobtrusive wanner, and people are sometimes hardly aware even of their existence; until some fine morning they brush the dust from their eylids, and find themselves . just a quarter of a century behind the age. Such is prejudice, or rather that spirit of inaction which lies like an in cubus upon the bulk of mankind, and induces them rather to follow blindly in the footsteps of othera than to be at the trouble to exercise their own judgment. We were forcibly reminded of this fact the other day, on witnessing one of Med win and Hall's portable steam-engines at work at a mine in the west (if England. "Here ! " said the captain, " I have as certained more, by this little engine, of the value of my mine in three weeks, than under the old system I could have done in six months. Suppose, for instance, I had gone to one of our first engi neers (you know' what engineers are), why, they'd have kept me waiting a month of Sundays for it ; and then, when I got it, I should have haJ to build, and erect, and go to no end of ex pense, before I could get to . work, as, I dare say, they have found out before this at the Exmouth and Adams United Mines, and a few other places. In stew] of this, however, I thought I would look in at the Blackfriars-road ; and upon my word," said h e , "i t was, in point o f rea d y accommodation, like going to a chandler's shop for a h a ' port h o f soap, or a penny candle. What power do you want ?' they said. Twenty-horse,' said I. ' Here you are, then. Are you sure it will be enough for you ?—you can have a forty if you like.' Quite enough," Very well ;it shall be at the station to-night.' And so it was, and at work here the day after its arrival ; for it wants no fixing, as you see." " I'll tell you what it is," continued the captain : " half the mines that are opened now, are opened in the dark. The directors keep on holding meetings, and receiving reports ; and, among others, they get one every now and then from the engineer. just to say how be is getting on, and when you are likely to have your engine, which is generally about six months before you really get it ; whereas, if they'd take the tools as they are—all ready made to their hands —they'd settle the business in no time. It is only right to speak well of the bridge that carries you safe over."—Mining Journal. THE FIRE AT TRAMES.BANK.—\Ve are glad to find that the stateme.its which have been made as to the pro bable amount of loss to Mr. Cubbitt, caused by the late disastrous fire, are much exaggerated. Still, it will be heavy. Having confidence in his arrangements, only a small sum was insured upon the buildings, something under 7,0001. on the parts actually damaged ; and there was a larger quantity of prepared woe k on the premises than usual, including a number of sashes glazed with plate glass. The buildings destroyed, or nearly so, occupy the areas, 220 feet by 60 ; 48 feet by 120 feet ; and 50 feet by 120 ; partly three storeys in height, partly the machine room. The part s de sibtruory'e,ainifr n or i n i cluding perhaps one-fifth of the whole buildings on the ground. The men's cooking place and the dining room, which latter is used as the school-roam in the even ing for the boys, escaped ; so too did the foundry, the drying-rooms, engines, &c. No time was lost in useless lamentation ; the whole of the men engaged at the time of the fire, 609, were set to work on the rebuilding, and in such shops as remained, and now there are even more employed. The girders and joists for the one-pair floor of the joiners' shop are on, and, in a very short time, the whole will be restored. So much for the owner's c ß on a d w it l i inson, well-known energy.—The po ß nu ni tE / h d le e L ) whose TH E admirable NEW BOARD or t Bu . THE e y ar o el tc t e m r e mv l en r n g e de e ed and dt: ho condition small a ß s towns i gw n l uy g l e h , tdd a i m ret , hto L ebf e i n v tle e iawl r pte board,oe sß o u l ob , ja er n cd t d ,o m af n a ud n was very handsomely offered the the office of inspe c t or b y the president, Sir Benjamin Hall, at the sa l ary o f 8001. per annum. With the offer however, was coupled a stipulation, which in the case of a gentl eman o f t h e high professional status and larg emoluments o f M r. R awlinson rendered acceptance e out of the questi on , v i z., that he should devote his entire time to his official duties ; and, accordingly, he declined the post. For similar reasons, we believe, Mr. T. W. Rammell, C E., declined a like appointment. Mr. W. Ranger, C.E., has beeh named superintending inspector at 8001. a year—the same salary as that of the secre tary, Mr. Tom Taylor, the assistant-secretary, Mr. J. F. Campbell, a barrister, and formerly a private secre tary to the Duke of Argyll, having 6001. Mr. F. Mauls, a son of the solicitor to the Treasury, has been appointed junior clerk.—Civil Service Gazette. FamgßEs.—Occasional failures continue to be re ported. Th e bill s o f M r . R. C. S erc ombe, a respecta ble The sus pension menu. merchant in the corn t ra d e , h a ve been returned , but t e mount of his liabilities has not been state d pension of Messrs. Th oma s Freen and Co.,large to be tioned. The liabilities in this case . are said not facturers of Roman cement, has likewise been men verY heavy,' atidsthere appeara to be a hopo of a resume - _ A public meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of the parish of Lambeth was held yesterday evening at Kennington-hall, adjoining the Licensed Victuallers' School, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain disclosures which had been made relative .to the treatment of the paupers in Lambeth Workhouse. The proceedings seemed to excite a very deep interest among those present ; Mr. Offord took the chair. The CEIAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, observed that the meeting was no doubt aware of the object for which they were assembled. The committee who had j been instrumental in calling them togeth er h a d f or some time past heard various statements made by the paupers relative to their treatment in the workhouse. They were of course unable to act on such ex parte statements, and this matter would never have been agitated had it not been for the disclosures made by Mr. Hyde, late assistant surgeon in the workhouse. Mr. Hyde then read from a written list a number of cases of cruelty, of which the following are the chief :- 1 A man named Ayres, who was suffering from bronchitis, was called a "scheming humbug" for going into the in firmary, and when he was convalescent, he was set to pick oakum, although he could hardly breathe. Ray ner used very foul language with respect to this unfortu nate creature, and when he heard of the man's death, he said, " A -- good job too, and if 100 more of the wretches would go the same way." (Sensation.) John Goldsmith, an old man, su ff ering from pthisis, was set to work at p a i n ti ng , and his death, as he himself de clared, was thus hastened. Ayres, too, complained bit terly of Rayner's cruelty. The Sunday liberty of the poor had been unnecessarily stopped, and a very consi de,al,le expense thus entailed upon the parish, The death of an old man named Edney was directly caused by it ; but no inquest was held on him, although the death was very sudden. (Oh.) The liberty of a man named John Henry Miller was stopped for being found wit* crust of bread in hie pocket. (Expressions of in dignation.) This man became ill in consequence of his e( w se a h s ea l d md e e pii . r v e a n d e ap o yo f ne h eer i s libe r t y being dep r i ve d of his liberty, and died. Another old man heeeehreadher h d i e m l:im ee s d elf e l hhies had "a for having his spectacles and cartload of things in his pocket !" A n o ld teapot, w hi c h was very mu c h p r i ze d b y an old woman, was destroyed bef ore h er f ace. The poor were turned needlesslydown to breakfast at six o'clock, and were not allowed to have any if they were a minute late. (Shame). Between 80 and 90 of the aged paupers were unnecessarily confined in an ill-ventilated ward from nine to twelve and from two to five in the day, and the nurse was reprimanded by the matron for allowing two of them to stand outside on the steps to get a little fresh air. An imbecile girl named Mary Males was confined all night in a cell for running about the yard, and th e next morning confined in the dead-house with four or five dead bodies close to her. The girl became frantic with terror at night, and in endeavouring to get through the window broke several panes. She was taken before a magistrate for it, Rayner saying, "I would hang her if I could." She was confined for 24 hours, on bread and water, and without a bed for tying her apron strings behind her instead of before her. (Hear,) The master bad compelled her to sign a written paper, deny in.- that she had been subjected to such treatment.. The girl said that she had no alternative but to do so, and this she would publicly state. (Shame.) There were 10 suits of clothes, which were worn indiscriminately by Lithe paupers who went out, and they were often damp and filthy ; but an old man's liberty was stopped because he refused to wear one of these suits. An old man, named Edward P a l mer , had been specially persecuted for a simiLr refusal, but he would best tell his own tale. Edward Palmer, the man alluded to, here came for ward. He said that he had been a ratepayer in the parish for 30 years, and had served the office of surveyor of the highways. Circumstances had compelled him to go into the workhouse, and there he had been a marked man for the last five months. He was em ployed in the workhouse as a schoolmaster, and be sides this function he was set to scour bed-ticks, and carry seals, paint, &c. He could con fi rm a ll th a t Mr. Hyde had stated. It was no exaggeration at ad. This unfortunate person detailed a series of petty persecutions to which he had been subjected by Rayner. His statement was made in terse and well ' chosen language, and with the manner and bearing of one who had moved in a superior condition of life. It was received by the crowded hail in perfect silence, which was only occasionally broken by an expression of indignation ; and the admission that Rayner's conduct had on one occasion caused him to speak warmly in re monstrance was bailed with loud cheers, as was also the remark that the 7 days' imprisonment to which he had been subjected for it were far better for him than work house fare. Mr. BEARD, a ratepayer, who had gone over the workhouse, detailed the results of his ♦issits. He found the dormitories very clean and neat ; but he found that, contrary to the poor law, all the aged couples were separated. Mr. Hyde was invariably mentioned by the paupers in high terms of praise, but they complained bitterly of the treatment they received in the workhouse. He found a whole wax(' full of old men, who Lad had no dinner at half-past two in the day. The soup had been served, but they could not use it, as it was filled with oil, and produced diarrhoea. They complained that the poor-law allowance was not fairly dealt out, but was greatly deficient in quantity. (Shave.) Some complained of the removal of little arti cles of property which they brought in—such as combs, pairs of drawers, &c. In the insane ward he found that there too the soup was found uneatable, and had not been touched. (Cries of " shame.") It appeared to him that the women in the ward were in bodily fear of the supervisor (a female); and he had occasion to repri mand the woman for her conduct to one of the pau pers while he was there. In the lying-in ward he found complaints of insufficient and iunutritious diet. No beer was allowed to them except during the month of their confiueinebt. Here, too, the soup had been refused. He inquired of the cook why the soup was not eaten, and he replied that he was not aware of the fact. He further stated that the soup never came back to him, but went to the master. ("Oh, oh," and laughter.) The man said he had no fault to find with the meat, but he could not make good soup without vegetables. (Hear, hear.) The bakehouse was in good order, and the bread good. This statement was confirmed by other ratepayers amidst the loud expressions of indignation of the meeting. Two resolutions were then adopted, pledging the meet ing to prosecute the inquiry to the utmost, and further to call a general parish meeting on the subject. The assembly then dispersed. ALTARS IN WORKHOUSES. - The Rev. M. M'Sweeny, Roman Catholic chaplain to the Mallow workhouse, has received the following com munication from the Lord-Lieutenant, in reply to a memorial to his Excellency from the reverend gentleman on the subject of having a permanent altar provided for the use of the Roman Catholic inmates of that institution : "Dublin Castle, Aug. 17. " Reverend Sir,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial of the Ist inst. relative to your application to the Board of Guardians of Mallow Union for an altar for the use of the Roman Catholic inmates of that institution, and to acquaint you in reply that his Excellency find upon inquiry that applica. tion has received much consideration both on the part of the board of guardians and of the Poor-law Commissioners. It appears, from the correspondence which has taken place between yon and the Commissioners, that whilst the board are willing to provide an altar to be used in the dining room, but to be removed every Sunday after the celebra tion of religious worship, you, on the other hand, desire to have an altar placed in a niche of that room, which, though capable of being removed, yet shall remain there under ordinary circumstances, bong kept out of view by shutters like a press. " It appears obvious to his Evcelletfcy that the board o guardians must be the best judges of the internal arrange. ments of the house, which fall peculiarly within their pro iuce ; therefore, without pronouncing any opinion upon the point at issue, his Excellency concurs with the com missioners in thinking that the matter must be left to the determination of the board of guardians. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "The Rev. M. M'Sweeny, Mallow." "T. LA.ROOIf. THE LAWSON OBSERVATORY.—A meeting of the sub scribers to this undertaking was held in Room No. 30, of the Exchange, Nottingham, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee, anu considering what further steps shuuld be taken, owing to the withdrawal by Parliament of the proposed gr int of 2,0001. Trig Hon. E. Strutt, MX., was called to the chair. The report, after a review of all the particulars in connection with the project, concluded with a proposal fur carrying out the objects of the oh. eervatory, by acting- independently of the Government. This recommendation was opposed by Mr. Denison, M.P., who complained that the secretary's letter con vening the meeting had stated that it had been deter mined to give up the project, and return the subscrip tions, yet they then Caine forward with a proposition directly oppos i te. Manvers concurred with M r . Denison, and mov e d th a t th e mone y be returned to t h e subscribe rs , w hi c h was secon d e d b y M r . Alderman end- Bukin. The R ev . J. G r iffith s , M.A., moved a n vise their amend ment, that th e comm itt ee b e i ns tructed to report, and to call an early meeting The amendment was carried, atondthe chairman. separated, after a vote of thank!, acEsnat RIDAY.— SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY . — WO 0 committed near to this An act of suicide has been Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver tohiethmeeseutbiosegribetbrsen. city, on the line of the d was held on, the body yesterday James Insull. An inquest gl , coroner for the county, when before Mr. W. B.P.Hu- les elicited :—The deceased it ap peared, of the city; named Mr. liampton Railway, by a tra d esman the following•facts r went out to be shaved. He was m ind, and on Wednes day day by the side of the railway, near seen in the course of the for some time been in a desponding state of He was watching.the approach andjust 't - R pe a a i r n e b d o , himself down upon the rails imm e di ate l y before laid . • deliberately placing his neck across one of the of a train from Birmingham, before it, tunnel.. rale. In another moment, before the d r i ver , w h o saw the i act, could stop the train, it passed over him, com pletely severing his head from his body, and carrying it to some distance, while the trunk was terribly lacerated and torn. Tile driver of the train, James Foster, de posed that when he got near the deceased he saw him deliberately lie down across the rails. He put on the whistle, but deceased took no notice. He stopped the train as soon as he could, but at the request of the guard went on to the Worcester station, and sent back a pilot engine to the spot. There was no medical testitnony as to the state of the deceased's mind, and the jury Scam• dingly returned a verdict to the effect that the decento/1 !had committed self-deihruction,-_bnt , thot ties could 114 Obertaine as to his 'Amity— 10t) 100 100 100 1 00 all 15 20 20 50 20 1.00 . H all 3 8 2s. 10 5 20 20 2:, 100 100 20 20! lla i i 102 i li ad ad ad Id ad ad ad per cent. 65 f St. St. St, St. 25 10 1.06 10u 101) 00 100 100 10 all 14 all 111 5 4i 3l 2s 20 20 10 10 li Is 17i all 10 1 84 644 5 941 72i 3 Paid.l 50 25 12 20 all 100 100 18 St. 20 St. 5 10 St. 5 31 - 4 - i - P lip I.p 13i