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phalen, from Oldenburg-Brunswick, &c., to Stock holm ; M. de Canitz, from Turin to Naples ; and Count Oriolla, from Rio Janeiro to Copenhagen. The Prussian Consul-General for the Principa lities will proceed to his post (says Spener' s Journal), now that the Austrians have taken possession of those Principalities. The new Turkish Envoy, Kiamil Effendi, and the members .of the Legation, had the honour of being presented to the King this afternoon at Sans Souci, and afterwards dined with their Majesties. The Queen, having been prevented by a slight in disposition from leaving Pilnitz yesterday, joined 'lie Majesty this morning. THE PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. The Cologne Gazette, under its Berlin head, says : It is known that Austria proposed to have part of the military forces of the Germanic Confedera tion placed on a war-footing. It is also known that Prussia expresSed in a circular of Aug. 3 her astonishment at that proceeding on the part of the cabinet of Vienna. But that is not all. That de spatch of Prussia drew forth a reply from Austria, in which it was said that the position of Austria w ith respect to her allies in Germany had been badly un derst .od, and that the Prussian circular was not of a nature to throw light on that state of things. On the occasi on o f the treaty of April 20, negotiations had taken place between the cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, the results of which were set down in a convention.' Austria had intended to submit that convention to the Germanic Diet, and Prussia is said to have declared that she admitted, in general the communication of that docu ment to the Diet at a convenient moment.' That is the point on which Austria has based her first circular despatch. The Cabinet of Berlin has at length replied in a new despatch, in which it is said that all depended on what was understood by the expression convenient moment.' This new despatch of Prussia bears the date of the 31st of August." RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. A Berlin letter in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort says : " We are able to mention the principal clauses of the maritime convention concluded between Russia and the United States of America on the 23d of July last. The contracting parties declare in Article 1 that the following points shall be for them unvarying principles :-Ist. The flag shall cover the cargo, with the exception of contraband of war. 2d. The property of neutrals shall be respected, even in enemies' ships, except as regards contra band of war. The contracting parties engage to extend to the profit of the trade and navigation of all States th e a ppli ca tion of these principles which t hey agree to in a permanent and invariable man ner. In the second article the right is reserved of ulteriorly extending these principles which are im mediately to serve as rules in all wars in which Russia or the United States may be engaged. . In the thi r d art i cle it i s st i pu l a t e d th a t the nations Vio may adhere by treaty to the principles laid ueivn in this convention shall enjoy all the rights arising from it to the present contracting Powers. The latter engage to communicate to each other all ~the results which may be obtained from the steps that may be taken on this point. It is finally sti pulated in the last article that the treaty shall be ratified at Washington within one month." POLAND. It is confidently reported at Warsaw that the fa vourite of the Czar, the Grand Prince Nicolas, is to be created Viceroy of Poland, with an inde pendent Government, under the protection of Russia. The Prince, a member of the Greek C hurch, will first turn Catholic. ITALY. ARREST OF MAZZINI. foi T io h iv e ;11 ..T g oz: Ln — ardeG — int; , of the 9th, contains the "A letter from Berne, of the 7th, informs us that p r lazzini h as b een arres t e d a t Basle. He was coming °in Berne, where be had spent some days in the he llB'''' of a patrician, to whom he described himself as n Itali an C ount, grea tl y a ttached to Austria, and driven into Switzerland by the fear of the cholera. Ac- Cording, to our correspondent, the police has discovered his residence, and was preparing to apprehend him, w hen he absconded, and\ left for Basle, under a false 134111 e. The Government gave notice to the authorities of his arrival and he was arrested on alighting from the diligence." A revolutionary protest is being present ._ex tensively c i rcu l a t e d a t T ur i n , a nd is sent by post to the journals ; so at least we presume from our own experience. The obj ec t of this protest is to cast a slur upon the present Government of Switzerland, for its prudence in observing a strict neutrality, and in preventing any revolutionary expediti ons from being prepared in Switzerland against the Italian States. The arguments are very poor, consisting chiefly of a recapitulation of the great deeds performed by Switzerland in the olden time to shake off the yoke of Italy, and a complaint that she has now forgot ten all that glorious history, and become the faith ful ally of the Austrian police. Wherefore the writer protests against what he calls the uncon stitutional conduct of Switzerland, and declares that the Italians will revenge themselves upon Switzerland on some future day, by exercising the right of reprisal against the Swiss settled in Italy. A letter from Naples of the 4th, in the Parla ment° of Turin, states that the cholera has sub sided in the former city, after carrying off 6,000 -victims. Cardinal Riario has been invested by the King with the Order of St. Januarius for his fearless conduct during the epidemic ; he used to get up at five in the mor ning, and go the round of all the hos pitals, comforting the sick, and performing the duties of religion wherever required. To relieve the most Pressing cases of destitution the good prelate raised money upon his plate and upon his estates, without the slightest ostentation. The Parlament° of Turin quotes advices from Rome of the Ist., announcing that the cholera had made much progress there, and that the Chevalier Pistrucci a well-known artist, an d su p erintendent of the Museum of the Vatican, had died of the disorder. FRA_N CE. The Emperor and Empress will, it is said, on the return of the latter from Biarritz, reside for some days at the palace of Compiegne. Great prepara tions are already being made .for the reception of their Majesties ; and the hunting establishment has been sent to Compiegne. The Empress has sent a sum of 2,000 f. for the relief of the sufferers from the recent terrible fire at Saint Laurent-du-Pont, in the Isere. The do nation is accompanied by a most gracious letter from her Majesty's secretary. In some of our Paris contemporaries the portion usually devoted to what are called original articles is filled with notices of the preparations for the attack upon Sebastopol, and speculations as to the mode in which it will be made. Most of these, however, are founded on the articles which have appeared in the English journals. The Debats says : " It is admitted that the landing of troops, or the pas sage of a wide river in the presence of the enemy, is one of the most difficult operations of war, and at the same time one of the rarest. According to General Jomini, the numerous armies which the great States keep up in our days, do not allow a descent of 30,000 or 40,000 men, as formerly ; and he regards it as nearly impossible to embark an army of 80,000 or 100,000 men, with its immense apparatus of artillery, cavalry, provisions, and ammunition ; consequently, the com bined army will at the present moment have executed what that great strategical writer looked on as impos sible. The experience of. history demonstrates, he adds, the difficulties of a naval expedition, even for bodies of 50,000 or 40,000 men only. There it is evident, he says, that with these restricted forces a descent ought to be attempted only against isolated colonies, or against a Power of the second rank which could not be immediately supported, or to effect a momentary diversion against a State whose troops would be occu pied at a distance from the spot by a great war. And thus the descent which is now being effected in the Crimea with a whole army, in face of a hostile army fully on its guard, will constitute a feat of arms as striking as it is new in the annals of modern wars, and which ought to strike the masters of the art with astonishment." The question of disposing in France of the pri soners from Bomarsund has already given birth to a number of applications from various towns in France. Cherbourg requests to have them to aid in executing the works in its port ; Algiers for the cultivation of the ground c its vicinity ; Nantes for the drainage of the Lake of Grandlieu ; and Orleans for the improvemet of the Sologne. What ever occupation they may be assigned (and it is certain that they will not be left unemployed), they are sure of humane treatment. General Count d'Hautpoul, commander-in. -chief of the camp of the south, has announced to the authorities and to the Archbishop of Aix that the Emperor will visit the camp in the month of Octo ber. Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers arrived in Paris yesterday, and left this morning for Boulogne. The following telegraphic despatch arrived last night :—" This night a fire broke out in the goods warehouse of the Arles Railroad, it is said in three different parts. Although immediate and active aid was received, the whole, among which was a great number of bales of cotton, was consumed. The warehouse was insured for 500,000 f." We read in the - LW oniteur de la Flotte :—" The Messager de la Manche announces as positive the arrival, next month, at Cherbourg, of the ?atria our Baltic equaciront report, if not THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, _SEPTEMBER 15, 18b4, entirely groundless, is at least premature, as there is nothing official known as yet on the subject. England herself is undecided what she will do with her ships. The sailing vessels are recalled, but the steamers have received no such orders. Probably the latter will only retire by degrees, according as they shall be driven out by the ice, and this hap pens some seasons earlier than others. Besides, we may be certain that as long as an English vessel re mains in the Baltic, we shall see a French vessel sharing the same fatigues and dangers." The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 74f. 10c. for the end of the month ; the 41 per Cents. at 971. 75c. ; and the New Loan, at 73f. 70e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,2351. ; Rouen, 970 f.; Havre, 582 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 8551. ; Stras burg, 807 f. 50e. ; New Shares, 632 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 977 f. 50c. ; Lyons and the Mediter ranean, 8751. ; Western of France, 6651. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 613 f. ; Great Central of France, 516 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 5321. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 728 f. 75c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 9th, which ought to, have arrived yesterday, and those of the 10th, doe this morning, have come to hand. The Gazette contains the following circular from the Minister of the Interior to the Governors of provinces : " The liberty of printing and publishing his opinions, guaranteed to every Spaniard by the Constitution of the . State, must not be extended in such a way as to cause every one to believe that he is authorised in neglect ing to obey the laws which regulate the exercise of it. The laws tend not only to prevent the press from making an abusive use of its sacred ministry, by con verting liberty into license, but also to prevent govern m. nts from giving false interpretations to principles, so as to impose unjust embarrassments on citizens in the exercise of such an iingbrtant right. They are then a reciprocal guarantee for the press as regards the go vernment, and the government as regards the press, and maintain them both in the sphere of their rights. It is therefore necessary that the laws shall be a truth both for one and the other, and penetrated with that convic tion, her Majesty has deigned to order that your Excel lency shall scrupulously see in your province to the exe cution of the laws of 1837 and 1842, which have been provisionally re-established by royal decree of the Ist August of the present year, and by the circular of the same month. •By royal order, I communicate this to your Excellency, in order that it may have full force and effect. God keep your Excellency many years. " SANTA CRUZ. " Madrid, sth September." The Gazette publishes a Royal decree which sus pends the decree of the Bth February last relative to the Stock Exchange, and enacts that the nomi nation of brokers shall be suspended, as their num bers are to be reduced to a third. Major-General Bristow, an Englishman, who has constantly contended for liberty in Spain, and who has been exiled by one of the preceding go vernments, has returned to Madrid. The Clamor Publico says : " Aranjuez has just witnessed deplorable events. According to some persons, cries of Hurrah for the Republic ! were set up, but others state that an at tempt to raise a Carlist band was made. What is cer tain is, that a conflict took place in which one pocr wretch was killed and another wounded ; but that the forces of the town, commanded by M. Valera, the new director, checked the movement, and made twenty pri soners, whom he sent to Madrid, escorted by the na- tional guard." At Malaga some alarm had been occasioned by the assassination by a blind beggar of one of the commanders of the national guard. The na- tional guard immediately demanded that the man should be shot, and the Government could only tranquillise them by promising prompt and severe justice. In several other parts of the kingdom, and especially in Estramadura and La Mancha, disturbances had taken place in connection with the' municipal elections. The appearance of Car list bands in the provinces of Caceres and Toledo is mentioned ; but the Espana states, on authority of a letter from Paris, that the Count de Monte molino has sent a circular to his partisans, calling on them to remain quiet, and not to attempt to light up civil war. The Duke de Valencia had not left Logo up to the 4th, but was about to set out for Malaga to embark for Marseilles. The Duchess de la Victoria, wife of Espartero, passed through Vittoria on the 6th, on her way to St. Sebastian, and was received with almost frantic enthusiasm. A French steamer, the Chacal, arrived at Barcelona on the 6th to convey back to France a number of poor Frenchmen without means of subsistence. THE FRENCH ARMY IN THE EAST. The Moniteur says :—" The situation of our army in the East justly occupies the attention of the public ; persons badly informed have expressed a fear that the military administration could not sufficiently provide for all the wants of such a con siderable number of men. In order to remove all uneasiness, it is merely necessary to point out what has been done by the administration, to prove that solicitude could not have been carried further : " Food.—The regular ration of meat of 250 grammes has been increased to 350 (rather more than the ilb English) ; the ration of bread from 750 grammes to 1,000 (about 21b 3ozs. English) ; and that of rice from 30 to 60 grammes. A good ration of coffee and :sugar is given every day to the soldier, and replaced occasionally by a ration of wine. The distributions have been re gularly made from the very first day, and have gone on without interruption. The quantity of provisions which had been landed on the 20th ult., on the different points of the theatre of operations, will give an idea of the zeal and efforts which have been exercised to secure the re gular supply of our army in the East : Flour sufficient for 7,670,000 rations ; biscuit, for 4,830,030 ; rice, for 27,740,000 ; live cattle, for 5,200,000 ; salt beef, for 520,000 ; salt pork, for 2,140,000. To the above must be added the following supplies delivered at the end of August :—Live cattle sufficient for 2,800.000 rations ; wine, for 2,110,000 ; brandy, fur 946,000 ; sugar and coffee, fur 5,730,000 ; a further quantity of coffee and sugar for 4,584,000 rations was expected at the end of August. The consumption up to the end of August may be estimated at about 8,500,000 rations, leaving in store for the ulterior wants of the army 4,000,000 rations of bread and biscuit, 19,000,000 of rice, 2,160,000 of meat, and 4,870,000 of wine, sugar, and coffee. It must be remarked that, up to the present time, two-thirds of the consumption of the army has been in fresh meat, and the same proportion will be maintained for the future. The making of bread has been secured by the means of twenty-four field ovens sent from France, independently of the permanent ovens which have been constructing on different points.—Clothing, equipment, and camp equipage—Every man is provided with all the articles set down in the military regula tions. To these are added such others as the expe rience of the war in Algeria and the anticipation of a rigourous winter to be passed on the coast of the Black Sea have proved to be necessary for the health and comfort of the soldier. In order to meet these additional wants without taking into account the re newal of the supply of the regular articles of equip ment there are about to be sent to the army of the East : Flannel belts 137,600 Great coats with hoods. 70,000 Worsted gloves (pairs) 70,000 Sheepskin gaiters (pairs) 70,000 Cachias 70,000 Sheepskin great coats 15,000 Cotton shirts 280,000 Shoes (pairs) 290,000 Leather gaiters (ditto) 24,080 Linen gaiters(ditto) 25,000 Boots (ditto) 21,000 Half-boot (ditto) 6,500 Drawers (ditto). together wath a large supply of blankets, tents, ves sels for cooking, and fur the use of the different messes ; camping tools, pickaxes, shovels, hatchets, and every other necessary. The administration has betides sent out everything necessary for the formation of a foreign legion of 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. The service of the permanent and field hospitals has been also abundantly attended to. The arrangements made will allow for the accommodation of 8,250 sick, Each of the hospitals is abundantly supplied with every necessary. The linen supplie lis sufficient for 180,000 dressings. Every attention has also been given to the supply of such articles as may be necessary for the food of the sick. There are 15 regularly-organised pharma cies with a supply of medicines sufficient for 7,500 sick for 3 months, and there has been a central' depot estab li-hed at Constantinople, which has a supply in reserve sufficient for 6 months. It will be thus seen that from the moment of the arrival of our troops on the theatre of war, and uninterruptedly until this day, their wants have been supplied, and that there are considerable quantities in reserve. These supplies will continue to be kept up with perfect regularity, so that no part of the service will ever be allowed to be in want." THE LICENSIII) VICTUALLERS AND THE BEER LA W. At a public meeting of licensed victuallers, held in the saloon of Drury-lane Theatre, on Thursday week, it was determined, on account of certain circumstances which attended the passing of the recent act fur the better re gulation Gf the sale of beer, to found a new association of their body for mutual defence and protection, and a committee of 20 members was appointed to draw up a series of rule, and to form its constitution, subject to the approval of the general body of subscribers. Yesterday the committee presented the rules, on which they had decided, to a general meeting, in the same place, presided over by Mr. T. B. Simpson, of Cremorne Gardens. On the motion of Mr. Foster, seconded by Mr. Grimes, the rule was agreed to which enacted that the society be called the Metropolitan and Provincial Licensed Victuallers' Defence Association, and that its objects should be to get an immediate relaxation of the beer law ; to strive for its total repeal ; to take steps to promote the urgent interests of the trade, consistently with the wants and requirements of the public ; and so soon as existing societies, and the paper belonging to a great number of the members, would fulfil their duty to the trade, to work with them in combined action. The other rules, which comprehended the organisa tion necessary to carry out the foregoing objects, were all unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings brought to a dm by the usual eomplisteOsiry Tot!, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was very tame, and prices were un changed. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham at Gid. to 6id. ; 80 Bahia at 6p., 800 Egyptian at 50. to Gid., and GOO Surat at Sd. to 4id. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet. Colonial produce this week has been taken to a limited extent only, and prices have varied but little. Tallow is an article that has suffered rather decidedly, having declined. Tea has been heavy also, and iu Cotton there has not been much done. There have been a few transactions in Rum, and Spices have been quiet. Sugar has been dull, and in Coffee the dealings have been limited. A mode rate business has been done in Saltpetre. The number of ships arrived in the Thames yes terday from foreign parts was 44 besides 45 colliers. There are further arrivals from Australia with bullion freights. The Indian Queen from Mel bourne arrived in the Mersey, brings 70,000 ounces, or rather less according to other reports. The Rodney from Sydney has 7,950 ounces and 6,5001. The dates are old. The increase in the rate of postage, as established by the Legislative Council of Victoria, is in itself a measure so unwise, that not even the plea of de ficient income will avail in palliation. A Sydney journalist very impartially adverts to this subject, and adduces the experience, not alone of the mother country, but likewise of New South Wales, against the revival of dear postage. The following is the view he takes : " While it is acknowledged that the Council had felt justified in the course they had taken, in imposing in creaed rates of postage, mainly on a view of the utter disproportion of the postage receipts to the expendi ture incurred in the conveyance of mails, and of the necessary extension of postal communication, Mr. La Trobe charitably trusts that these increased rates will not offer a bar to that interchange which is so much conducive to the advancement of civilisation. We thought it had been clearly under stood by this time, throughout the whole British em pire, that so far as the advancement of civilisation is dependent upon postal communication, the great art of adapting the means to the end is to make the charge for communication both cheap and uniform. After an experience of some fifteen years, the mother country has verified this truth to her full satis faction, and to the satisfaction, as was supposed, of all her colonies. We have tried the experiment in New South Wales, and an experience of more than four years attests its wisdom, whether viewed in its fiscal or in its social character. Nay, so deeply had we become convinced of its importance as a help to the cause of civilisation, that for the last two years our Government have been doing all they could to induce the whole of the Australian colonies to co-operate in plicing their postal relations upon a footing of cheapness and uniformity. To the best of our recollection, the appeal was responded to favourably from every one of them, even (so far at least as her Exe cutive was concerned) from Victoria herself. And now the hoped for arrangement is rudely destroyed by this legislative blunder 1 The reformatory process has been reversed, and, by the enactment of a law in direct an tagonism to the spirit of the age, the Legislature of Vic toria has made itself unenviably conspicuous amongst her colonial sisterhood." The market for United States Securities has been very dull this week. The report which gains ground as to the proba bility of a new French loan, is naturally calcu lated to interest all parties who - watch the money market. The sum that will be required is stated at 16,000,0001., and if this statement be correct, it would appear that the expenditure of our neighbours for domestic as well as warlike purposes, more than keeps pace with our own. Anyone visiting France, 4nd more especially Paris, at this moment, must be sensible of the largo outlay which the State is incurring, the pub lic works department alone absorbing a good sum, but while so much is expended at home, the indus trious classes benefit, however the public burdens may be augmented. It is an evil that borrowing should have to be resorted to, but there is no al ternative when a war struggle is being carried on, between immediate and onerous taxation and re course to loans. Here we have seen great opposi tion to Mr. Gladstone's plans for raising the larger part of the war expenses by increased imposts, but the results promise to be salutary. There has been a heavy tone again in the Eng lish funds, and the quotations have not recovered from the depression which occurred yesterday afternoon. The statement about a new loan for France, acting upon a dull market, is the cause. Consols have been 95 to for transfer, and from have receded to 93 a for account. The New 3% per G r outs. have been done at 831, and since at 821 for special delivery. Exchequer-bills have been at 6s. to Os., and East India Bonds at 10s. premium. Foreign Securities are heavy. Spanish Three per-Cents. have receded to 37i is, and the Deferred to 181. Mexican Bonds have been at 24i to 25, and Brazilian New at 96. The Turkish Scrip down to 4g to 5 premium. There are no bargains in Dutch or Russian Stocks. Sardinian have been quoted 88. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61- ; Mexican, 24i to 241 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto, , q per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish Now Deferred, 18a to 18'i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 371 to 381 ; ditto Certificates. 51 to 51 ; ditto Passive 4 to 41. Railway Shares have been at rather lower rates than yesterday, the effect of the settlement having in some measure passed away. The decline is most perceptible in Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- Western and Berwick. The foreign lines are still merely nominal. For the Gold and other Mining Shares there is no inquiry, the Banks are firm, though quiet, and the Crystal Palace have not recovered. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DA.Y.—CLOSING PRICES, ( From the (*dal List. Bu iness done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 ss New 2i per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO , Ditto under £lOOO lO p Consols for Account 17th Oct. Exchequer Bills, 20. c'l000 Small 6 Exchequer Bonds V5B, 33 per Cent. Ditto 1859, ~9 9 9 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazjlian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4 1 , per Cent .. . Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 54 %lexicon 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent BB Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent lB. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5i p O . Turkish Scrip Dividends on the .above payable In London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto October Account 95g § The Belfast News Letter gives the number of cases of cholera that had occurred in Belfast from Tuesday morn hNumber, ; cases, a iln0i181g; underdied, t 3 r 4 e a ; ing, the sth inst., to Monday n i g ht l as t,' as f o llo ws 10 21 treat 34 ment, n c i u e r n e t d , 48.32 ; vent t lowing is the return from the commencement of the 26?) 20 disease up to the present period :—Number of cases , 735 ; died, 192 ; cured, 233 ; sent t o h os pit a l, 256 ; re : maining under treatment, 48. STATE OP TRADE.- The continued i nac ti v ity i n th e 4 4 ( 0 ) lace trade appears to be operating dishearteningly on the spirits of our manufacturers, and they begin to indulge 50 the impression, that unless the long expected improve- 25 m ent absolutely sets in between the 20th and 30th inst., 20 little hope remains of doing a successful autumn busi- 100 ness, and their hopes must be directed onwards to the 100 spring. Meanwhile no change has occurred, and things 20 remain exactly where they were, the protracted character of the existing dulness being regarded as its most unfa- 20 vourable symptom. The state of the American Money Market continuing still to be so unsatisfactory r es t r i c t s 50 hosiery business t o home transactions ;no shipping trade 50 is doing. The manufacturers, however, are grateful that 1- ‘ 3 ° 100 the very multiplicity of branches into which the trade has gradually extended renders the home demand ado- 20 quate to cause fair employment to be kept up. Th ose 50 u n acquainted with the ramifications of the trade could 20 ,scarcely, indeed, have any conception of the extent and 25 variety of these additions to our hosiery manufactures, or the vast range included in its productions, from the 100 large under -clothing technically . known as" pantaloons," 10 to the elastic branche s, com p risin g baby jumpers for th e 5 home trade, and coloured belts for the Australian 25 market. It is to these resources that hosiery is indebted 25 i for the maintenance of its energies in the absence of a fa rourablo foreign buliaessi—Notf metgiektro Guardia", 50 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH R AILWAYS. Pald.l RAILWATB. Closing Prices this day. 100 Aberdeen.. 86 Ambg. Nottng Bost and Eastn. Junct.. all Belfast & Ballymena. all firming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 296 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juuct all Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons., 19 Do., £20...,. 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 1 ; 100 Bristol and Exeter 1 100 Caledonian. 21s. Cai marthea and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon._ all Cork, Blacki, & Pass 14 Cornwall 13 Orloff Junction. 45 )üblin&BelfastJune, all Dundee Perth &Aber - ,ieen Junction all Do. New 1001 Eastern East A uglian,l Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 86 Do., New A. 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 06 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prt.ll &Dundec 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Weston) 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 It. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds • 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.audYorksi , 18 Do., Fifths 11i Do. , Wst. Riding lin all LivCrsby.&Soutlipt all London & Black wal. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. West' I 1 12. Do. Fifths 1 D0.10Z.5h.,M&8...k 26 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn. 42. Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all unndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nianch.Shef.& Lincln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 :)o. Birmng. & Derby all Aidld. G. West. (Ire.) 226 Do. Half Shares ill Newcastle & Carlisle 54 Newmkt.BuryExten 19.! Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 36 Northn.Counties 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred, all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London 8! Do. New £lO ll 1F N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp. stead, and City Jn 17i :forth Staffordshire all "forth Western all N. &S. Westrn. June . 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley . and Leicester.. 100 )xford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 eortsmouth 1.00 .4enttisli Central 100= Scottishlldidlaud all ihrewsby. & rierefd: all .4hropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per all ,outh Devon 100 .4outh Eastern all iouth Wales 15 3. Yrksh. dt Riv. Dui 5 Do 8 Ataines, Wok &Wo l, all 'tockton 10 Stockton & Hartlepl 101 l i'aff Vale • 9 )o. £lO shares. . 100 Do. Pref., No. 1.... 21 Mamas Haven Dont and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenn3 all WaterforchtLimeriek ltl West Cornwall 3 West End of London, and Crystal Palace all West Loudon Sla , Viinbledn &Crud°, all Intworpdatotterdam 3 3elgian Eastu. June. 8 Beziers to Graissossac 2a. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip ... Central of Italy► all Demerara .4 'Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 00. New all (East Indian • 2 Do. Extension.. all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 10 Gd. Tk of Canad.tA. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares .. .. ... all Do : Bds., payable.s.7 with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '60.,. all Do. do., '73, withou t option ............. all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. ...... 8 Lake Conat. & Basle all Lucca di Pistoj a 5 p.c. pr0f........... 10 Great Luxembonrp Constituted Shares all Do. Obliga.tious ...... • 0 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons dz Mediterran. 13 Madras ................. 2 Do. New.,.,,..,, 31) 4 Maria Antonia ...... All Do. do. New ........ 2 Melbourne Dk. Ry . all Namur di Liege (witl , interest) ......... all Do. (ex interest ).. .... all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guts. 3g p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yre. from IJan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde. (tiny. B. & Ams. Shs. ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans._ all Paris and Ronen 10 ParisCaen 6i Cherbrg all Ronen and liavre 15 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 12 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 10 Western of France ! 1'; West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand ......... .1 0 N T-STOI all , tustraiasi all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud , 14 English Scottish and Aiistralian all Lora. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & hold Imp Co all ;oath Australia all Union of Australia 2: o. New 10 Union of London.... FOR SIGN. 22 -22 i 41 - 5 ••• -- ••• 9 - 93 11 —lO dl 17 18 7 6'd 96 - 97 66h - 67 15i - 16 10 - 12 Z~ - 1 J 7 - 70 17 - 18 12 -12 i 70 - 72 61 -. 63 23i - 24 89 - gkl 71 73 124 - 127 92 - 94 74 744 72 - 76 sa 03 105 04 - 1044, 3 1 p - 85 - 86 9 - 81 8 - 711 25 - 26 4-44 Id— par 8— 6 d 21 2i 53 63 49 51 32i ... iii 8 10 1 64 74 771 —78 i 3i 31(i 15 154 56 Lei 54 I --1 P P 4 74 id—lP 34 - 36 63 - 65 34 74 - g - 3 1 41 ,1 65i 6 6 t 34 • • .1 d 33 - 35 19 2r41 LINES LEASED AT FED RENTALS. Leasing Company. "ilosing Prices this da&. RAILWATII. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghanish. Clydesdale Jc., E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New ..... . Glstr.& Dn. Fr firtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. 4 Shares. Do. z Shares. Lon.&Greeuw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. *inch. Batn. and Matlock Vliddlesbro' & Redear ....... Nfidld.Bradfd northern air Eas tern 5 p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixcds p Prest. & Wyrc Do. Shares. Roystn.k., Hit. 3hef.Roth a:!4 Gooleg.s p.c. 3. Stattordsb. Wear Valleygi 6 per Do Wilts&Somrst London & N. West. L.&N.W. Calodon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian., Do Gt. %Vesta) 'Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. &NDid Do Do Eastern D 0.. . Peto St Co. Yorf 1k... L.& N. W. & Midld. itektou & Dar:it:qt. Z. Count Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Gt Northn Laucash Yorksh. A.MClean , 4tockt. ) to a. w. 1 . ..1 i e. ns. PREFERENCE SEURES. Aberdeen IDo. N 0.2, 7 p..c Blyth andryne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Baudonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction _ EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (5) 7 per cent Do. (.£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . 98 - foo 34 -- 3i 44 -- 5 i -- i P 1- lip -- 1 13 i 4 --13 p Do. New 6 p. c. Si, Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.cts East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 4i p. c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Prof. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. e. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gus. Stk.' Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brightoi Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. )o. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. et... London & S. Wester Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis.. Sh. Ilan., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. ... .)o. New, £lO ..... . Do. .£6 22 - 24 1.14 -116 ! 107 - 109 100 - 102 6 -- 6A 99 -- 101 90 -- 92 94 -- 96 11 -11 i 17 -- 18 10i -- 11 75 -- 77 20 -- 21 10 -- 104 15 -- 154 , 1i fd 134 -- 136 ... ..... ... 2 i - 3P] 7 - 8 10 - 12 8 - 9 111; - 12 i - iP Attrypt.& Carl. 4 p.c 90. 4i per cent. Do \lid. Consol.6 .)o. Consol. Bristol ti Birin. 6 per cent.... )o. Prof. 4 per ceni Norfolk Debenture .. Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p.c. Ext _ Do. 54per ct. prof Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British NT. E. Bony, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do ►36 138 li id b 7 90 103 106 92 - 94 36 - 4 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l Do. do. Quarters '4B Do. York Lk P. r., Torth Staffordshire Word, Worcester, & Wolverh.Zls, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent. ,New Prel Do. 5 per cent south Devon De. fixed, 4. per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent ,3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S. Wales Gut. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c Stockton and Dar• 1 1= is 114 - 116 12 13 is - par' 23i 21 99 101 lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 95 - 100 98 - 100 137 - 140 ii = io ho -- 102 50 -- 51 25 -25 i 12i -- 136 23 -- 24 11} -- lit 2f - 2i b* , i = ii 58 - 60 136 2: lie ti} - i.i 30 - 31 93 - 95 2 - 1 (1 Ir t: tr.": MlTition. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 200 SOPS SWEEPSTAKES. ..Walked over. Appollonius.. PARK HILL STAKES. Honeysuckle ... Jetty Treffz .. Sister of Mercy Six ran. DON STAKES. Andover . Hospodar DONCASTER STAKES. Acrobat Ivan Eight ran. Dreadful row in the ring. The St. Leger considered not square, and John Scott ill-used. TOWN PLATE. Sir Rowland Trenchard King of Trumps liunca Munca MATCH.—Meauee filly beat Miss Whip filly. DONCASTER CUP. Virago Kingston Two ran. NURSERY STAKES. Amy • Capucine ... _ Twelve ran. NURSERY PLATE. st lb. Capucine 7 2 f by Launcelot out of Billingham's dam f by Pyrrhus the Ist out of Conmore's dam 7 2 Palmerston 7 0 Knight of Village 7 0 Charmian 7 0 Spencer 7 0 Slave Little Brownie 7 0 Gimcrack 6 12 Evangeline 6 12 Thetis Ainslie 6 10 Mariposa 6 9 Wheatear 6 9 , Paid.' Business done this day. Business this day. St. 25 25 50 St. 10 St. 25 100 20 25 25 25 97 671 61 16 15. 89 i 81 9 72i 3 93 2 74i i 73 x d 74 3,1 41 31 1041 104 i 3 i 1 4.1 x d 251 721 / i 33i 3 2i 77i Eli 15} 56 } i 13 1 4 i per cent. 13i 141 14 66 5 I I xcl 41 - 24 - 6i - 7A - - 1 7 1 3i- 3 4 : id-ip oa .--" ••• P 21 Sd ;32 321 2 3 / 4 dd 1 (1 7 6 6 i - 5i - 8 6d 8 6d 6 iP 4P 17 18 2cl par 1 1p 1 - 3- 11 - par ld par 2 4 di 2i 2i 2i 3 1 lip par i p 7 - 7 3 34i 12}._ 8 -- 9 18k -- 19kj 48 - 50 - 37 39 Fa Pin --,23i par -- 1 p d 8 -- si ••• - pm .31_ 4 „, !•• ~ d .., 7? ..• ••• - 16 - l'F :K BANKS. 84 - 65 - J. io = 32 2i d 21i - 22 as ::: 40 42 - 44 44 - 46 67i -68 A 7t - aS lei I 22 11 67 $ f MINES. 1 all Agua Fria .......... — 1 1 1 all Anglo Austrin. Sold ••• ••• ••• 10s. all Anglo Californian —4 20 6 Australian l4 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blcenarvon Iron and Coal 20 - 13.5 British Iron 8 35 . _'46 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 3 34 30 all Do. Cocaes b, Cuiaiia 1i 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 27 1 Carsons's Creek .• ••• 1 Clarend n Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • ••• 40 all Cobra Copper 42 44 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 52 57 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 1 3 p 261 ... 16 Copiapo 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 2 11 2 I Fortuna — 20 all General.. — 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. . 3fi all Great Polgooth . 4 1 1 all Liberty — I 3 all Linares. 8 ... 9 1 all lariquita... . . • 10 9 Vfexican&S.Americm 6 —6. 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 154 164 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock - 50 all ithymney Iron. 25 27 15 all Do. New 8 9 30 11t Santiago de Cuba 44 5 541 1 all South Australian-- 10 74 Tin Croft . 284 all United Mexican - 31 31 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all r üba •.• ••• MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Anbin Coal and Iran 25 17: -Australian A gricult. 42 44 20 6 l u stralsn.Pcific.Ma il 10 all Australis. Royal Mail ••• 10 4 Berlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 65 70 5 1 Ihit. do Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 324 Canada 9B 103 100 St. 100 Canada Gov. p. et Jan. and July lo9i -- 110 5 all Crystal Palace 3 31 3 1 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 5 Eastern Steam — 25 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) 161 171 17 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Stems 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 2 IN.S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. I all N. B. Australasiax 20 12A Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 4 4 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 63 50 40 Do. • Do. • 4 p 2 all Portland Iron Co 2 2. x4l 100 60 ftcYal Mail Steam 1. .11 Scot. Austral. Invest. 2 21xd 25 all south Austral. Land 37 - 39 1 1 i „ anSu o. bm Re ar g . is T te el r e e iraph P alll ,p L 441 Viti! Di" 12401 Lan la 13 101 i 2 136 j 93j 3j WEIGHTS FOR TH: A. lb. Rylstone Dame Judith 8 4 Rotherham 8 0 Cherry Brandy 8 0 Corcebus Excitement 7 10 Triple 7 9 Alice Lsycock 7 7 Hanover 7 7 Alston 7 5 f by Epirus out of Pelion's dam Mrs. Rigby 7 4 Amy 7 4 Redlands 7 3 Crown Pigeon 7 3 Noddy 7 2 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Sept. 14. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. AaßrvALs.—Sept. 9. Amazon, yawl, Sir John Walsh, Bart., for St. Helen's, and come into harbour to lay up Lalla Rookh, schooner, Viscount Bangor, Cherbourg and coast of France ; Sultana, yawl, Lord Colville, Boulogne; 10. Stella, cutter, R. Frankland, Esq., do. ; 12. Beatrix, schooner, Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., Torquay and other ports ; Brilliant, do., G. H. Ackers, Esq., Dartmouth and other ports ; Fancy, do., Rev. R. P. Hartopp, do., do.; Seagull, cutter, A. Davenport, Esq., Plymouth. SAILINGL—Sept. 11. Coral Queen, schooner, Earl of Selkirk, for the Mediterranean ; 12. Sultana, yawl, Lord Colville, Plymouth and other ports ; Stella, cutter, R. Frankland, Esq., Western ports and Ireland ; 13. Sea gull, do., A. Davenport, Esq., Lymington to lay up. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.—AIarm, Wizard, Nymph, Brilliant, lone, Aurora, Arrow, Cygnet, Vir ginia, Titania, Fancy, Beatrix, and Osprey. Numerous visitors continue to arrive. The Hon. Mortimer West has taken Belmore House ; R. Dalyell, Esq., the second cottage ; Captain Harley, Elm House; Captain Berner, R.N., Hornet Lodge—indeed there are more houses occupied now than there has been before this Beason. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Among the Contradictory opinions of the medi cal profession on the treatment of cholera, I find that ordinary friction is the only one on which they, one and all, agree. There oan be no such friction without mes meric influence being conveyed, yet ordinary friction is not the most efficient method of applying mesmerism, and for this reason I beg to add my mite of experience in allaying the scourge of the human race. Having attended many cases of cholera in Exeter, in 1832, as well as since that period, I beg to offer a few re► Larks for public consideration. As complete prostration of strength from the loss of nervous energy and severe cramps are the most constant and prominent symptoms of cholera, I am induced to think that the vomiting and diarrhoea are only the effects of the malady, as both of these accompaniments are sometimes wanting in the most rapidly fatal cases of cholera. The exudation of the most fluid part of the blood from the whole of the alimentary canal is accompanied with the most insatiable thirst, which must be gratified by some harmless fluid, such as cold water in quantity, even by gal lons. The powers of digestion are so much suspended as to be insensible to the salutary action of food, calomel, brandy, laudanum, or other medicinal substances, and I believe that much of either of them impedes the recovery of the patient. As the nervous system is so much ex hausted, we must endeavour to restore that from a healthy and congenial source, which can be most effectu ally and naturally done by mesmerism or friction down wards, by a relay of four or five vigoious and healthy persons, to succeed each other at the end of 20 minutes, one only of them to remain with the patient during the time. Mesmerism should be also applied by breathing warm air vigorously over the heart. A few grains of bi-carbonate of soda, with mint, may be added to the water in cases of excessive thirst. The cramp of preg nant women is relieved in a few minutes by mesmerism, and I have known patients in the collapsed state of cholera, and considered as hopeless, completely restored by adopting the above means,—l remain, sir, &c., JOHN BATTISHILL PARKER. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SCOTTISH CENTRAL. The report of the directors of this company states that the sum expended on capital account during the half year amounted to 12,2111. less 3,3501. for land sold to the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway Company, leaving 8,8611. The directors recommend that the outlay to be incurred for the extension of locomo tive workshops and new machinery shall not exceed what is absolutely necessary for the requirements of this company, taking into consideration the obligation incurred by them for working the Forth and Clyde Junction and Crieff railways, when completed. The rum of 4,0641. has been expended on waggons to meet the rapid increase of traffic. The net amount of expendi ture on the capital account to the 31st of July last was 1,615,8561. Of this sue. 1,018,5101. bad been raised on original stock, 152,5181. on preference stock, and. 417,8781. on loans, together 1,558.9071. leaving a ba lance against the company of 26,9491. The estimated expenditure for works and plant to be added to this amounts to 70,0001., so that the total deficiency on capital account amounts to 96,9481. To meet this there remains 97,481/. to be raised on preferenceshares,l6,oool. on loans, and 1,490/. arrears of calls on original stock, making toge ther 114,9711., leaving a surplus, after providing for every contingency, of 18,0221. The directors estimate they will be able to close the capitalaccountat 1,685,8561., or at an outlay of 70,0001. beyond the present expen diture. They state that the shareholders may rest as sured that every effort will be made to reduce this estimate and close the capital account below the figures stated. The estimate of the expenditure is made on a wide basis, in order to provide fully for all that is necessary to complete the line. The revenue account for the half-year shows an increase of 2181. in the passenger traffic, and 7,0601. in the goods traffic, together 7,2781. over the corresponding period of 1853. The working expenses amount to 41i per cent, of the receipts, being 21 per cent. less than those at the corresponding period of 1853, which amounted to 44 per cent. That reduction was made notwithstanding the greatly increased cost of labour and material. The train miles run during the half year were 239,672, of which 148,143 were by goods trains, and 91,529 miles by passenger trains. The re ceipts per mile per goods train amounted to 4s. 5d., against 3s. 91d. at the corresponding period of 1853; and for passenger trains to 65., against ss. 10id. per mile at the corresponding period of 1853. The increase in the receipts per train mile is most satisfactory, and is to be attributed, in a great measure, to the general rise of rates to which allusion was made in the Last report. The balance from the last account amounted to 9,2341., and the surplus profit on the half-year to 20,916/. making a disposable sum of 30,1501. The directors re commend that a dividend at the rate of four and a half per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock should be declared payable on the 29th of September, which will amount to 22,9501., leaving a surplus to be carried forward of 7,2001. The dividend of 4s. 2d. per share on the preferen ce s t oc k w i ll be paid at the same time. The net revenue for the year ending the 31st of July amounted to 44,4551., and the dividend, at the rate of 4 per cent, in March last, and the proposed dividend of 4i per cent. now, to 43,350/., leaving a balance of 1,1051. ; the dividend for the year averaging 4i per cent. The directors regret the failure of the mea sure for amalgamating the Scottish Central and Scot tish Midland Railway Companies. A traffic ar rangement has been concluded with the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Scottish Midland, and D undee and Perth Rail wa y Companies, for a period of seven years, under which th e ev il s o f com p e tition are avoided. capital account shows that 1,712,9841. had ex pended, and 1,686,0351. received, leaving a balance against the company of 26,9481. Th e revenue account b 85/b an rd for the half-year shows that 59,0 • h a d alnce ee eceive of 34,492/. and 24 , 5931. expended, leaving a trains been 6 is at the rate The cost of working the passenger of 10 62d per mile, and of good s trains . . per mile 2d 9 . the average number of carriages in a train being 6 69, surd of waggons in goods trains 18:63. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. ' The present week's arrival of English wheat, coastw ise, has been but moderate. Fresh up to-day, the rec eipts by land carriage were limited, and the show of samples was small. For most kinds we had a steady demand, and f in , qualities realised an advance of is per quarter. Old wheat s were quite as dear as on Monday. We were fairly supplied with foreign wheat, tut the imports continue trifling. About an average business was transacted, and, in some instances, the quotations were in favour of the sellers. Floating cargoes were tolerably firm. There was rather more inquiry for grinding barley, g very full prices, but the sale f or ma lt was d u ll. We had a steady sale for oats, at an advance of is per quarter. Beans and peas met a dull sale • but flour was firm. The top price of English was 50a per 2801bs. Wheat. 1,770 English .. Irish •. •• Foreign .. Flour. 520 Malt. Oats. 2,730 50 300 1 3,639 I 300sks —brig ARRIVALS THIS WISH. Barley. 120 1,930 1 550 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Seat. 15, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspector: in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales ner Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. I EYE. BEANS. I peAs. 69s 4a 3,ns 91 27s 61 j 36s 91 j 46s 01 136 s 04 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WLIZAT. ; BABLIT. 1 OATS. UTZ. BEANS. I ?RAS. 62s 8d I 31a bd 28s 5d I 40s Gd 47$ 3d i 40s 64 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. IMIBEAT Od . I Is BARLEY Od . I Is OATOd S. I Is RYE IsOd . I BEAO3 NS. I pau. Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Tiniest, 59,121; Barley, 3,491; Oats, 10 071 ; Rye, 436 ; Beans, 726; Peas, 1,153 quarters. SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of beasts in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds was heavy, at Mondays curr eno.Y. We were fairly supplied with sheep, in which only a limited business was transacted, at unal tered quotations. Lamb is now out of season. Calves— the show of which was comparatively small—ruled and late rates were with difficulty supported. In pigs very little was doing, on former terms. Mitch cows were dull, at from 141. to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Slbs to si n k the offal. 8. d. s. d. & B. d Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 +rimeSouthd own 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Large crse. calves 3 0 3 Prime large oxen 310 4 8 Prime small d 0... 310 4 4 Prime Scots, dm 410 5 0 Large hog, ......... 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers .... 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 0 Sneklingcalves ..22 0 28 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 8 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 POHEIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL BITPPLT. Beasts .. • ......... 1,(90 8ea5t5.........„ Sheep .• ••• Calves . .••..•••• •• .. 400 Calves... •• •• •• 300 Pigs ..•.....••—•.••••• 410 Pigs.••• •• •• •• •• NEWGATE AND The general demand was NI Per 81bs by LEADENHALL. Dry dull, as follows :-- the carcass. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Pork, large 3 2 4 0 ■. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 g Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 2 10 4 2 Pork, small 4 2 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. About 80 pockets of new hops have been disposed of at from 181 Os to 211 per cwt. Yearlings are in good request. and dearer. The duty is called 60,0001 to 65,0001. This week's imports are, 538 bales from Hamburg, 18 from Ostend, 38 from Rotterdam, 16 from Antwerp, 2 from Havre, and 44 from Boulogne. The following are the prices of yearlings : —Mid and East Kent pockets, 131 13s to 181 Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 131 Os to 151 15s ' • STUMM ditto, 121 Oa to 161 Os ; and foreign, 111 Os to 13113 s per cwt. COLONIAL. GRIM FlllllT.—WithtgeiCiiption of lemons, all other articles are dull. A. parcel of the former, per Madrid steamer from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, realised an advance of 10s per package ; Naples and Palermo in proportion. Nuts in better request than is usual at this period of the year, a preference being given to them to other fruit, in consequence of the prevailing epidemic. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Sept. 15.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W., and fine weather. MARGATE, Sept. 14.—Wind, S. W. Arrived—Charlotte, from New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.S.W. to N.W. As. rived--H.M.S. Polyphemus, from the Coast of Africa; Gothen, Cagliari, for Gottenberg, short of provisions ; San Francisco, rom Newcastle, for Naples ; Rodney, Sydney, N.S,W. Sailed—H.M.S. Black Eagle, for the westward. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 14.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived-- Jenny, from Monte Video • Adventure, Cadiz ; Princess Royal, Corunna ; Neptune , with loss of rigging an& sails. FALMOUTH, Sept.l4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Octavia, from Rio Janeiro ; Frederick Grosse, Trinidad de Cuba ; Jesus, Havannah ; Louisa Henrietta, Alexandria ; 43atohe lor, Quebec, for Truro ; Mercury, Pernambuco ; liar monie, Galatz ; John and Eleanor, Constantinople; Franklin, Marseilles ; Sophia, Alexandria. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 11.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived-- Ipswich, from Buenos Ayres. BRISTOL, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Florence, from the Cast of Africa; Horn, St. Vincent; Excel, New Yolk ; Glaneuse, Terra Nova. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 14.—Arrived—Pius IX., from St. Andrew's, N. B. SWANSEA, Sept.l4.—Arrived—Charles, from Coquimbo. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Blue Arose, from Rouen; Success, Havre. Off Port—General Chasse, from Savannah. Put hack—Belsey Castle, with mainmast sprung in a squall. COWES, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.W. .Arrived—Alida, Maria, and Adele, from Callao ; Maos, do. ~1.4 1 SHIELDS, Sept. 14. —Wind, S O , Arrived—Daring, from Malta ; Emerald, Nestor;• Ltielaide, and An n Louisa, Havre. Sailed—Ulysses, for Palermo. NEWHAVEN, Sept. 14.—The Lieut. Pellot, Smith, from Sierra Leone to London, drove on shore; after two hours was assisted off, and proceeded. LEITH, Sept. 13.—Wind, W. Arrived—Best Bower, from Hamburgh. Sailed—Corrido, for Rio Janeiro. PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 S.M. Wind, W., fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Champion and Hornby, from Barbados ; Baal bee (s. s.), Constantinople ; Sophia, Alexandria ; La For tuna, Marseilles; Matilda, Antwerp; Frances, Bahia ; Camilla, Demerara ; John Martin, Antigua ; Pamphylia, St. John's. N.B. ; Barlington, Quebec; Kate, Girgenti. Off the Port--Anne Hindoo. Sailed—Salacia, for Quebec ; Amelia , Shippegan, N.B. ; Elizabeth, Africa; Edinburgh, Bay Chaleur ; Pelioa n Boml - ay ; Wallace, Miramichi ; Eva, New Oaleana ; Stre Rajah Rajaswaree, Jamaica ; Florist, Demerara. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.53 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, 2A hours' cbb ; fine. Arrived--Nautilus, from Trieste ; Philip Laing, Gibra tar ; Oldenberg, Porto Rico ; Noticiosi, Havanna h ; Magnet (s), Amsterdam ; Harlingen (a), Harlibgen Rhine (a), Antwerp; John Bull (s), Hamburgh. Sailed—Earl of Chester, for Hobart Town; City of Paris, Boulogne DEAL, 1 . 1 i Jay, 9.45 a.m. Wind, W. by N.; light, and fine. Passed—Hampshire, from Madras, for London ; Canada, Jamaica, for London. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Algiers, for westward ; John Bunyan, for the River ; Eliza, for Barbadoes ; Sandford. for Demerara. neposxronatre:i t of Protestant sai THE CREDENCE AT ST. SIDWELLS.---Some few weeks since we noticed that a letter signed " A Communicant at Sidwell'e" appeared in a London newspaper, insi nuating that the opposition to Mr. Galton s credence was but a hubbub created by a few radicals and " Evan gelicals," and that the city generally took no interest in the matter. We call the attention of the " Communi cant of St. Sidwells" to the list of subscribers in our ad vertising columns, for defraying the expenses incurred and a goodly or linaab p ), yi h t s a seou l es phalanx by the Protestant churchwarden, Mr. Palk, in this credence litigation, which shows the city represented b y its senior member of Parliament, by the right worshipful f r . dgi o wit t ss e te v t ar a tsh n e as t st, membersac ay i di z tl citizens aon this pirrs. w ialilr h Gl i il l aazi s :nn t txgo t eeter h inlo, e t: the mayor, the high sheriff, several magistrates, a total of thirty churchwardens from every parish in Exeter, county blmDcaouner contrib ut es Flying Post. LAIINCH AT DUMBARTON,—Yesterday a screw steamer, of 450 tons, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Denny and Rankin, D um b arton. She wan named the Proserpine, is commanded by C apta i n Joseph Potts , and is the p ro p er ty of Messrs. lat p. e o an f d t G he ship Trojan, Greenock, met a , LEITH DOOKEL—The Leith Dock Commission met on Monday ; Mr. Law in the chair. After some conversa tion on the subje c t o f a new graving dock, it was a greed to place the vacant iece of round at the h e ad of the Victoria Dock a t th e disposal of Mr. Randall , their en gineer,l for th e purposeof being converted into memorialagri dock, if h e s h ou ld approve of the proposal. from the herrin curers of Leith, prayin g for a draw. back of 10 per cen g- t. of the dues charg ed respect of the fi s h un d erg oing a new north, which re te proms Leith aft er th ey were rece ived fromon the ir fish, fi ri s n h g , is duoel their bulk 10 per finance committee to reportirows, NEST.—Mr. James ISOMETHING LIES ABawtry, Yorkshire, lately took cent., was remitted to the Thompson, grocer, ofh on, on opening the lid, a gardea out of a treacle spade three times filled wasps . The barrel was left unopened durin g t hole left uncorked at the top. crept in at a small y __ whole summer , and the wasps had CANINE Fru Puhnecwe A remarkable instance of canine who met his death some time in the An unfortun L m s i h T an o:wn at Sandymount on Friday last. previous nig ht d gs while bathing in a state of intoxication, the strand in the morning, guarded wasdogs—the one a bull-and-terrior, sitting on his by two d the other of the terrior breed, sitting on the clothes, an attachment body of the deceased. It was with great difficulty the bull -and-terrier dog could be removed from the clothes ; u m n e d n t n a was on but the other, a still more affectionate animal, could not by any force be made to leave his master's body ; and it was only by a person keeping him at bay with a whip that the medical gentleman was enabled to make his examination of the body. THE DEVON AND EXETER TRAINING COLLEGE.—The committee of the Devon and Exeter Training Institution, having secured the services of Lord J. Russell, the Lord President of the Council, and upwards of 100 rogue gentlemen, and clergymen as stewards on the occasion of the opening of the institution, have determined to celebrate the occasion with great War. The day ori ginally fixed was the 17th of October,but it has since been altered to the lfitb, in consequence of the coait 4 7 sessions being held on the former day. I 85 1 11 ul 12 i 2i il 3 a ll . all all 1100 fall LOO 8i all St. St. St. 8 10 26i 13' 2) 16 St. St. , 12i 12i 25 16 to St. st. St. 17 20 12i 25 20 St. 8i 10 25 10 ..0.6 St. 20 20 20 25 all 1.00 I.BS, all all all all [OO 100 100 100 100 100