The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-25 00:00:00

MONEY MA RKET ANI , OODIMEIiCIAL IN T ELL 1 GENCLE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed heavily, with prices slightly in favour of buyers. The sales com prised 5,750 American, 170 Pernam and Maran ham, at 5/d.' to 61d. ; 60 Bahia, at 6id. ; 300 Egyptian, at 51d. to 81d.; and 700 Surat, at 41. • to 41d. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. Colonial produce has attracted less attention this week. West India Sugar has met with very little inquiry, and Foreign has tended downwards. Plantation, at a slight decline, has been in increased request. Native has ruled quiet at 445. 6d. to 455. per cwt. In Spices very little has been done, and Pimento is rather cheaper. Rice has not been freely offered, and prices are steady. Cotton has maintained previous rates. Ssltpetre has been dull, and Tallow rather lower. Cochineal has advanced, and Hemp has been firmer. The official returns give the last week's sales of wheat at 45,925 qrs., of barley at 2,212 qrs., and of oats at 7,492 qrs. The amount of bills drawn by the Honourable East India Company from the 9th ult. to the 24th inst., on the Presidencies was 130,1361. We have nothing particular from Continental markets. In Belgium, Holland, and Germany a calmness in business is reported, and particularly in the Corn Market, where prices had the dull appearance which usually precedes decline. The Corn Market is heavy. It has been esti mated, but the precise facts cannot be ascertained • through recent hindrances under new Custom house regulations, that the stocks of foreign grain at market are equal to about two millions of quar ters. For our part we are disposed to conceive the quantity considerably under-rated. But assuming the fact, it should show the farmers that there is no imminent risk of any great fall in present prices, and herein consists one of the incontestable advantages of free-trade, that under its operation sudden and ruinous falls or rises in prices are ren dered generally, if not impossible, still of very rare occurrence. The yield of the harvest must, of course, be a'subject of speculation, and opinions naturally vary according to means of information, or of dis tricts with which parties are more or less conver- • sant, whether it bids fair to be an average or something below, for no man can speculate upon even a partial failure. But the opinion may be hazarded that, supposing, far the northern and more naturally backward parts of the king dom, an average state of the weather should prevail for reaping and carrying the corn, a full average produce may assuredly be anticipated ; and this, notwithstanding allowing for the storms and rain which have partially invaded and damaged . the ripe or growing grain in some parts, but from which effects it may be observed the real corn growing countries have been happily almost alto gether exempt. It is understood that in consequence of the forgeries of Continental bank paper, the State Banks on the Continent have decided on the alteration of their forms, and the quality of the paper. The Bank of England, also, have deemed it advisable, it is said, to adopt a more improved and perfect system for the prevention of forgeries, both in the form and manufacture of the paper, the particulars of which in such case will no doubt be made public in due time. The business in English Stocks is to a very limited extent, owing to the causes which have been noticed under this head for the past two or three days. Consols have remained 94 to 941 for • money, and 94i to NI for account. Bank Stock is steady at 210, and India Stock at 225. Exche quer Bills are at par. The New 31 per Cents. have been 9411 to 94, and the 3 per Cents. 94 to 9411 The Foreign Stock market is very inactive, about half a dozen transactions only being noted Spanish 3 per Cents. are 361 to 37, being lower, and the New Deferred are heavy at 18. Toe New Turkish Scrip is 61 to 6/, which is a slight decline. The following are the nominal prices of Fbreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 6i, Mexi can 241 to 24k, 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 171 to 181, ditto 3 per Cents. 36i to 37i, ditto Certificates 4i to 5, ditto Passive 3i to 4. There is not much doing in Railway Shares, and the market, which opened with a firmer appear ance, is now rather weaker. The French lines are neglected, and quotations nominal. In Mining, Banking, and miscellaneous shares the dealings are unimportant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Official List. j Business don,. Rank Stock .. 2lO 8j 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 A 3,4 4i 81 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock Consols for Account 13th Sept. Exchequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO £SOO Small Exchequer Bonds Scrip,lBsB . .. Ditto 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Boas, 5 per Cent. lOOl Greek Bonds, Red hussian Bonds, 1522, 5 per Cent, £ St - Ditto for the Account lOO i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37 6/ Snanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lB Turkish Scrip Dividends on the above payable in Lorl'inn THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto September Account THE OFFICERS OF THE 46th REGIMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—An anonymous correspondent in your paper of this evening has alluded to the conduct of certain officers of the 46th Regiment, after dining at the mess of the Northamptonshire Militia in this town. I think it only just to Colonel Garrett to state that those officers of the 46th Reg.ment, who were concerned in the dis turbance, were most severely reprimanded by him, and the one wbo had made himself most conspicuous, was tot only forbidden to go into Northampton without a pass, but also was not permitted to meet my officers when they returned the visit of the 46th at Weedon. I must observe, in conclusion, that the officers of the Northamptonshire Militia do not concur with "A Constant Reader" in condemning the whole regiment for the misconduct of a few. Declining any further correspondence on the subject I remain, your obedient ser%ant, BURGHLEY, Lieut.-Colonel, Commanding Northampton Militia. Northampton, Aug. 24. PARIS BOURSE.—The last accounts from the Paris Bourse exhibit an advance of about three-eighths per cent., in consequence of speculative purchases. At Vienna, owing to the success of the new loan, which is now marked at 92, confidence continues to increase, and the rate of exchange has experienced another favour able movement of 1 per cent., the quotation being 11 30. "THE BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. GRIFFITHS, NEW COMBE, and Co., the proprietors of the temperance line of packets to Australia, has produced great consterna tion in several families in the neighbourhood of Ply mouth, by whom considerable sums had been placed in the bankrupts' hands, in discharge of the passage money for themselves and friends to Australia. One of the ships of this line was to sail from Plymouth this week. The consequence is that several families are without homes or means. EMIGRATION.—The Lady Kennaway, Captain T. J. Young, left Plymouth Sound on Wednesday with 253 souls, equal to 232 statute adults, for Sydney. There are amorgat them 170 young Irish Roman Catholic wo men, whose ages average about 20. The Clara, Captain Pachey, left the Sound for Portland Bay, on Saturday last, with 290 souls on board, equal to 2514 statute adults. There were on board 148 married couples, 64 • single women, and 7 single men. JUSTICES' CLERKS FEES. Among country magis trates a sort of stinginess, amounting to begruding, has crept on in regard to their clerks' fees, as if they felt the duties should be performed almost gratuitously. Scarcely more mistaken idea or notion, whichever it may be called, can possibly exist. The entire duties of justices' clerks are only well learnt and soundly understood after many years' attentive study and much experience. Little indeed do magistrates think, or take the trouble of informing themselves, of the amount of diligence and thoughtfulness that has been bestowed over the multi farious Proce e di ngs to which they affix their signatures. The begrudgment of fees, therefore, cannot but be annoy- Inegar m al:Id galling to cl er k s . Leiicounty justices hear, and mind, what the talenred Mr. Archbold, a bar jrister of l ong standing and ' experience,. says on the sub ect of justices' fees to be takencl b erks' fees :—" Well-digested tables of clerks of special sessions, and the clerks of justices sty clerks sessions and elsewhere, would create a uniformity of charge throughout the kingdom, and would be most desirable, not only to the public, but to the clerks themselves aliribets to add that, in my bumble judgment, those fees should be set dow n with no niggard hand, so that professional men of respectability, of talent and Round knowledge of the criminal law , and possessing a fill. t and of the other branches of the law administereds bv:riaii; ices of the peace, may, to undertake the office, as at present, be always and afford the aid of their st l i e c z n t g if i onrg, regu!arity amid ou w o l it o r i i n t e h i e m y h a ti c e t s . , busi.,ess habits• to the ju • office, also, and the tenure of it, as iii boroughs, to be settled by legislative enactment, so as to 'insure the permanent service of good, experienced, and efficient clerks. SHARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. (liosing Prices :this day. Business done this day. 22 - 23 5 - 51 9 - 10 113-103 d 164 -- 174 7 -- 6 95 - 97 63 - 64 - 16 12 - 14 .. .. 3 is 7 - 8 1.4 iii --- Ili 36 - 40 25 - 2T 66 - 68 58 - 60 ii --- 16 66 - 68 - - 64' 26 - 128 - 96 724 - 73 90 11 13 11. 13 69 692 -- 6 41 aid ii I . -8i 304 -1 - 6 101• 102Ixd par p par - p 82 t. 3 9 8 t 8 7 , ••• 23 - 24 68 68. 39 - 41 i d par 8 6 2i 3 - 8 46 - 48 34 13A 341 9 14 14 6 1 65 Ad P 44 4 64 64 par p 33 - 35' 94 - 9G 63 - 65 72 - 74 72 74 - 8 184 - 194 9} - 9i 14 - 15 3i - 34,1 13 - 15 r 5i 31 - 1?3 31 7: 33 ... .....- . 3a 184-6 194 23 - 44 6i 6 - 7 - 76 6f 64 , i; 4 ---34 544 55i 55 4 FOREIGN. 10 all Nutwerp&Rotterdan 6 —63 d 5 3 telgia.o Eastu. Jun( 1 13 20 8 .ieziers to Graissessae 33 3 d 20 2s. •Sombay, Baroda, and Central ludia,Scrii• 3 El-4p entral of Italy 20 all Itiarleroi (St Erqueliu 1.7 all Demerara • ••• ••• 20 14 .)ijou and Besancon.. • p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish. . 3 2.}d20 all East Indian 2l 2ip 20 2 Do Extension — 3 d 5 all It. Indian Peninsul, 6 p 20 10 hi. Juliet. of Franc. ••• P 10 Ird. Trunk of Canad 63 56 431 100 4. , Po. Debentures . 73 100 all +Jo. do . 20 10 At. Central of Franc, —l p 206 . all GLlVesternofCana(L Shares 18 100 all Do. Bond s (I s t i s .)'s7 ... p 204 all da.milton & Toront, d par 191 181 100 all Do. 6 per cent • . 20 8 Lake •& Bask ••• .• 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof — dis 1 20 10 Great Luxemboun Constituted Shares 33 3 4 tel Do. Obligations 20 0 Lyons and Geneva 20 12. Lyons (St Mediterran 20 13 Madras d— 4 p 133 334 33,. Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New . ••• ••• 21 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Samur (St Liege (wit: interest) 7, 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all northern of France 34 —34 a 20 all Do. 201.3 p. c (fruy.B.&Ams.Shs. g • 10 all NorwegiauTruukP re; 8 20 14 Paris and Lyons lBl 19ip 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 4B 50 20 all Paris and Rouen 3B 40 20 all Paris and Strasbourp 20 10 ParisCaen (St Cherbrg. p m 101 10, uebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre.— 223 23.1 d 20 15 Loyal Danish 1 —l p 5 3 Royal Swedish . . d 20 al: siambre and Meuse 73 8 10 all Do. 51 p. cent. Pref, 20 i I 'outherr of France, —pm 20 12 it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) — ••• 8 all Nest I. (antlers 34 4 10 all Do 5 per c. Pref d 20 10 , Vestern of France •53 2) .1 • Nest. of Switzerland ..„ 6 all Niesbaden 20 A) Zealand Agua Fria ...... 'Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian i - i 1 d lt Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria ... i - Haden (Gd.Dachy of) Blivnarvon Iron and Coal I' ::: I British Austrin. Gold British Iron ti - Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm ,Do. Cocaes & Cuiada IDo. St. John Del Rey C 41130 us's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent English and Austin Copper Smoltg. Co General.. Gt. NuggetVeinßeg Do, Registered Great Polgooth. Lake Bathurst.. Liberty ILI 'lures . Lond. &Cal iforu. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita 3 - 4 li - 24 26 - 28 42 - 44 - 11 - 12 52 - 67 1 - 3 p 11 - 4 - 1 A - # 8 ... 9 Mexiea u&S.Amerion. New Granada........, - 6 -64 - I New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Miu. & Smelt Port Philip i ... - ... - i 15, __ 1 4 28 - 30 Quartz hock Ithyinney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba..... South Australian...., Tin Croft .......... United Mexican ..... Waller West Granada .. West Mariposa.... Worthing Mining oi Australia Yuba. 84 - 5 - 6 4 4 1 - 3 31 = 3ii i - i ••• •• • i ''' i JOINT-STOCK B&NKS MISCELLANEOUS a ri n t d ish Lo N an . A C m om ei p i a es i7 : —,- 40 all Australasia B3 - 85 5 1 all kubin Coal and Iron l ... ... 40 all British Colonial Bank 4L .lliartd, Bank of Asia i 25 17 \ ustralian Agricult. 41 —42 xd . x d •.. 20 6 \ustralsn.Peific.Mai , — ... 2! 5 ‘ ll 2 l Ohrtd. Bnk. of India, • ••• 10 all .It4traln. Royal Mac, ..., ... fd 10 1 terlin Water Works ... ... i lit 50 40 trit. American Land 65 70 Australia, & Chin:, .., ...d 6 1 trit. & Coln. Smeltg. 100 25 .lolonial .. and Reduction Co. ~, .. 100 20 lommercial of Loud • 31 33 100 322 . lanada .............. 90 9i 20 14 '..nglish Scottish and - • . Australian 5 3 rystal Palace, ....... 31 31 31 i 1 Si 2 d 5 3 , Do. New 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. o: 4 all rystal Pal.of Franc(' •• • Australia 2l 214 21i 20 5 l'lastern Steam ... • ..• 50 20 ;_•ondon and County .. ..... ••• . 25 20 r:lectrieTelegraph(A) 16 lan 50 10 London Joint Stock ••• !,oud. & Wei.tmiastei .. ... xa 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 0 00 ) 40 •••• ... 1 1 , :lectrie Teleg. of Ir. .., „. 35 20 National Provincia• of England 15 14 . 4en. Stears Na i. , t v ~a, . • ... 264 — •.. 20 all :moral Screw Stean, — ~ 20 10 Do. New . 20 10 Irish. Ileet:oot Bugai ▪ _ • 50 .!2 National of Ireland . _ ... 20 10 \lagdalena St. Navig. „, .. 20 a ll New South Wales.— 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fu e , .. i , _ ..• 25 all h.iental Bank of 10 5 Netherlands L au d.... li Corporation. 2 1 NT. S. W. Coal & Inter. 25 5 Do. New „ __ ... Steam Navigat. Co. .., lOO 25 Provincial of Ireland .., _ ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i 1 10 a p ik.. New ••• • ••• 1 Do, New 5 1 loyal Austral:J..Bk g. •• •••••• 20 1.2 ;11,11.ofEuropeStean, — ... & cold Imp C 0.... 5 all Peel Er. Ld. & Miurl. 4 4i. 4 25 all ionth Australia 4l 43 50 all Peninsular& Oriental .., ... 501 25 all Utilen of Australia 65 67 661 6 50 40 Do. Do. .. ...p ... 2 Do. New 74 81 2 all Portland Iron C 0..... 2 2zd 50 10 Union of London ... 100 , I 0 . ;oyal Mail Steam .. ~ _._ ..-----.....-----.,.........„___ 1 A l , 4cot. Austral . hives; ti _2l ad A REMABX ABLE FACT. —Although Bicester has a pop u . 25 ?: iuutl.i A ustral.Lan. 33 _ 35 latio n of :3,054 persons, there was not a single application 1 all iulduar. Telegraph.. i —_. I 0 for relief from that parish at the last meeting of th e • 1 all Do. Registered 1 1 A . guardians of the union--a sure sign that the time are 100 'll`4 Van Diemen Land U --7 12 . getting better. RAILWAY/. A beifleen tubg Nottng. Bost and Ea,stu. Juuet... Belfast & Ballymena. Wolverh & Stour Valley .. Birkeuhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 1125 Cons. Do., £20... & Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester k Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction l)ublin&Belfast-Tunc Dundee Perth &Abet Been Junction Do. New. ...... East Anglian.... , Do., (418 E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock.. Do.; New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Mini). and Peebles Edin. Pith & J)undet• orth & Clyde June., • ilasgow&S. Western! ;Teat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock t. Sth. &West.are., Great Western Irish South-Easter], Lancaster & Carliso: Do Thirds Do. New Thirds Laucash. and York st Do., Fifths D 3., Wst. Riding On Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Black wal Loud. "nib. & Sth len, I. Gond. Bright& S.Cst Loud. and N. Wedto I )o„ Fifths Do. 101. Sh., Do. Eighths LondoJaudS. Westii Do., £5, Do., £49 Coleraine i,ndudiTy.& Euuisk. Aancli.Slief.& Liueh. )u., Mau. & Liu, Cu. Midland , o. Birmug. & Derb Witlld. G. West. ( 'o. Half Shares weastle. & Carlisle 'Newmarket Do., Bury Extousio.: wpt.Aberg. & `awry & Euuiskillet Nrewry Warreupoiut and Rostrevor. Norfolk . Nord m.Counties North British North Dovoa, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Loudon Do. New £lO. N Wstru.,llamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire 'North Western N. & S. Westru. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. l , )2Eford, Woreester,& . _ Wolverhampton k'ortsmouth ••;(.tt,ttislt Central !Scottish Midland , firewsbury &Bit tag. i)0. L. & N. Westen. Guarautead St .74hre wsby dz. Betel.] iltrewsby. & Choate, (N. W. Hip, Do. Halves,. t. Do. Oswcstry Shropshire Umon 1)0, A, B, C,& paid up at per eeo). -tout') Devon oath E,tsteru., south Wales . Yrksh. & Tidy. Dui Do Aaines, Wok. &Wa tockton & Dar -tockton & .Hartlepl Viall Vale Do. 410 shares Do. Pref., No. 1. Thames liaven Doel. and Railway Vale of Neath Watered. & Kilk gun, Watorford&Lhneriei West Cornwall West End of Loudon', and Crystal Palace West Loudon winfbledn &Croydoi. York Nowetl.&,Borw. Jo. Extensions 1)(b. G.N.E. Pnrclum York& N.Midland ... 25 St. 18 20 St. 41291 ll is 17i all 10 1 100 10(,) 100 1.00 '2O 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 All all all Itl 3 14 100 50 25 12i 133 20 62/ 3.1 1 lli I 844 31 ti 4 7321 15 69j 9 i i 12i 105 4) .01 24 Ij x d - - - ad ad li a d 82i 2 a d ad ad 231 i 68 } I 39i 2i i all 100 100 5 10 St. 5 all all 100 all too 100 [OO 6 [OO 64 731 3 12A 12:i, 12,i St. per cent. Gs} 32 1i 10i [OO tOO 100 100 15 all all all 15 Si 8 10 dim 751 6 all 13.5 1 10 1 1 tAa.stng Comptia I.tondon & N. West. L. &N. W. Nrthu. Cialdonian. Do tA. Weetzi (k. New. Berw. V. &NM(I Do Do 3. Eastern Do Yorfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midld. Stektou & Darlingt. Count. Do L. &N.W Jo Northb Do. Laucash&l Yorksh. A.MCloan itockt. & Darlingt. tWestn. 95 - 100 96 - 98 135 - 137 28 = 30 12i -- 134 23 -- 24 21 - 2i 94 - 96 53 - GO 132 - 135 iid 30 -- 31 92 -- 94 RAILWA r 11. iedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fr' !irtlpl. Dk. & Railway hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. I Do. 6 per et. '4anch. Bxtu. and Matlock Widdlosbro' & Redear Mid .Bradfcl northern and Easternsp. e. Du. 6 per et. Du. Fixcds p ?rest. & Wyri Do. 2 Shares. Roystn.Sr, Hit. )o. Shopth. St ihef. Roth a Gooleg.s p.c. Stallordsb. Near Valleygi 6 per cent Do Rilts&Somrst Closhta Pric,s this day, PREFERENCE SHARES. kbenteeu Do. No. 2, p. c. Myth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. 4501) Brill. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5} per cent Cork &Bandous4 p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAugliau (£3los ) 6 per cent Do, (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X? 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Seri' Guar. 6 per cent .)o. 51., 10 ner cent i)o. 101. DeLentr.Sll - Lancas h. 6 p. ets. East and West York shire June. Pref Edinb Prth.&Duudi, 4 per cent. itasgew &S.Westeru Guar. 5 per cent. =rent Northu. 5 p. c. ')o. 5 p. C. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. )o. 41 p. c. Scrip it. N. of Scot. Ist Pre it. Southu. & Westin (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof, Sh it. Westn. (Burks AT, !Nuts Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. cov. red. 4 6 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. e l)o, irred. 4p.c. Lan. & York. F. £2l Do. 6 p. c. Stock heeds N. 6 p. c. No. I Do. Quarters, 1848 Loudon and Brightoi•l Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. e. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p.l e., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lou.&N. W., Coy. dc' Nuneaton Loudon & S. Western 'lon, Thirds,., I,ondondorry& Color Shares Curnly. & Enuie. Sh. Ann. ' Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... lio. New:Xlo . Do. £6.: Aarypt.& Carl. 4 p c 00. 4A per cent Cousol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per (tout. Do. Pref. 4i per cent N'orfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. st t por ct. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c north British Niorth Staffordshire. ixf(,rd, Worcester, & Wolverh..-Cl5, 6 p.e. icot. Cent. , New Pre, irews. & Birm.N.G. 41irewsby, & Chestoi (Nor. W.Afin), 8 p.c. .)o. 5 per cent iouth Devon :).. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Readin Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44pei cent, i.Yoricsh.4p.c.Guar itoekton and Dar-I lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do ;tockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Vaterfil.St Kilk. 6p, c. Fork, Neweastle,anil Berwick,4 p.c. Pref.' York&N.Midlandil. 96 =.'a li id 3} - 4 - t - 1 - i - 131 - 22 - 24 31 - 3i .16 -- 118 110 - 112 101. - 103 6 - 64 98 - 30) 90 - 92 94 - 96 li id 131 136 ••• ... 11. 2i - 3 p 7- 8 10 - 12 7 - 8 11 -11 t 1 - 41; - -.- .33 —l3,sxd 1 id -- 92 LO2 - 105 114 - 116 16 -- 11 17 18 104 —10 i 12 14 id 23i 214 98 100 ••• -- ••• 2 1 d 92 - 95 34 , - 11 / a MINES. lip 1p tininess this day. 136 5 Comfit Thirteen ran. COLT SAPLING STAKES Crown Pigeon GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. Eight ran. GIMCRACK STAKES. Thirteen ran. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Acrobat 1van..... Arthur Wellesley Nettle Dame Judith Hunca Alunca Adelaide Four ran. MEMBERS' PLATE Filly by Fitzallen Sister to Bolton .............. _ Seven ran. KNAVESMIRE STAKES. Boiardo Priestcraft General Picton TYRO STAKES. Eleven ran. LATEST BETTING. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 2 to 1 on Acrobat. LEAMINGTON STAKE& 8 to 1 agst Amalgamation.. RT. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Boiardo. 7 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). DERBY. 10 to 1 agst G rreculus Esuriens. 12 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick. ..walked over MABKET NEWN--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There has been a moderate arrival of English wheat up to our market this week, coastwise and by land carriage, and there were several samples of new on offer today. The prices realised were from 58s to 70s per quarter. Old wheats were very slow in sale, at barely Monday's dezline in value. The imports of foreign wheat have been 7,280 quarters. Good heavy qualities mostly sold at late rates; but the value of all other kinds had a downward tendency. The malt trade was very dull. Barley was heavy, but no actual fall took place in prices. We were but moderately supplied with oats, in which only a limited business was doing, at late rates. In beans and peas very few transactions took place. The flour trade was dull, on former terms. •RRIVALS THIS WHIR. Barley. I Malt. Oats. I 40 2,90 1,120 1,360 9,070 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 1,160 7,; 6,450 28-- Flour. 790 I,soosks 920br1 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF RRITISII CORN For the week ended Aug. 21, 1854, made up from the Returns of De In .pectors in the dlifereut Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. EARLE!. I OATS. I RYE. j BEANS. PEAS. 64* Oa 348 61 27. 91 1 43 s Id 495101 ) 443 8d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. UT / PARLEY. 1 lES ON FO OATS. RYE, BEANS. I PEAS . 678 101 35s 10d 2.4 5d / 45e 4d 478 10d 44s 8d DREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RTE, I DEANS. I Is Od Is Od 18 Od lls Od PEAS. Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN - SOLD LAST WELK. Wheat, 45,925; Barley, 2,212 ; oats, 7.4 n ; Rye, 43 ; Beans, 3,4 ';7 ; Peas, 197 quarters. SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with beasts, the general quality of whi'.l was inferior. All kinds moved off slowly, and Monday's prices were barely supported. However, the best Scots were worth quite 5s per Slb*. We had a fair supply of sheep on offer. The demand for them was tolerably firm, at extreme quota. tious. There was a slight improvement in the sale for lambs, and, in some instances, prices had an upward ten dency. Although the supply of calves was limited, the veal trade was heavy, at barely the late decline in the quo tations. Pigs were very dull. Mach cows sold slowly, at f eluding their small calf. Per Sibs to sit, s. d. s. d. s. d. N. d Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 /Large case. calves 3 0 3 8 Prime large ox en 4 2 4 81Prime small d 0... 310 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 OlLarge hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 81Sniall porkers 4 4 4 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 01Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Prime erse.-wlled.4 2 4 NQuarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lambs 4s 4d to 5s ed. TOTAL surrtv. :roux 14/. to 191. 103 each, in- ik the offhle. FOIEIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..... 1,052 'Beasts. . . 60 Sheep ........• •• ........ 8,65) Sheep .......... •• •• 510 t • 440 23 3 Pigs ...........• •• •... 435 Pig 5..................•• .• NEIVGATE AND LEA.DENTIALL. Each kind of meat sold slowly to-day, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcass. s. d. s. Boor, interior 3 2 3 3 I Do., middling 3 8 3 10 Do., prime largo 4 0 4 2 Do., do, small 4 4 4 Fi Pork, largo 3 2 4 0 Lamb s. 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 48 Od to 58 41 801101./Gr. 1101- 1 . Although the plantation accounts aro unfavourable, and the duty is estimated at from Only 50,0001. to 60,0001., the demand is heavy, anti prices are barely supported. This week's imports amount to 104 bales from New York, 518 from Hamburg, 102 from Ostend, 25 from Rotterdam, and 122 from Antwerp. Mid and East Keut pockets, 121. to M. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 111. Os to 141. 12s ; Sussex ditto, 111. Us to 131. 13s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 25.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W.; fresh breeze, and fine. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 21 . —Wind, S.W. Put back—H.M.S. Boscawen, for West Indies, with damage. FALMOUTH, Aug. 24 . —Wind, W. Arrived—Abraham, from Havannah ; Pepita, Trinidad do Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 24. —It blew a hard gale last night from the westward, but moderated this morning, yet still blows hard. DOVER, Aug. 24.—The Friendship, from Sunderland to Littlehampton, bas put in here leaky, having been on shore at Dungeness. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 24 . — Arrived—Atala, from Quebec ; Britannia, do. ; Diadem, do. hlir.ronD, Aug. 24.—Wind, W. Arrived—Queen, from Quebec, for Haverfordwest ; Royal Adekide, Bristol, for Quebec ; Heppocampi New Y or k , f or M a lt a , l ea k y. bra TElGratouni, Aug. 24.—A rr i ve d—H a b er di ne, f rom L a - Pour TALBOT, Aug. 2 4. —yest er day and last night it blew a heavy gale from S.W. to S.S.W., with thick wea ther. The Caroline Louisa, of Dartmouth, and the Susan (smack), came on shore. forSWANSEA, Aug. 24.—W ind, N.W. Sailed—Melanie, Ceylon. CALCUTTA, July 13.—The Monsoon has put back leaky. HONG KONG, July 6. The Zingaree (barque), of Boston, has been abandoned in the Java Sea ; she sailed on the 23th of May from Batavia for Singapore. The Cupid don bas been lost at Cochin Chi na. The Abergelle, from Lon to Hong Icong, has foundered in Gasper Straits. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) L IVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 A.M.Arrived—Triumfa.nte Wi n d, N.W. ; strong breeze, and fine. , fro m H avannah ; Minesota and Henry Istnay, Smyrn a . New York, New York ; Reb a , Prince Edward ' s Island; Off Port—Danube (s), an d Rea Nevis. (BY SUBMARINE AND RIIROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Friday, 10.39 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide on e hour flood ; tine. Arrived, 24th—Calmar, from Calmar ; Marshall, Geurn sey ; Martha Witrnore, Port /sTaub ; Elizabeth, Guernsey. Hercul Arrived,Ste 5 t h Count ess Lonatialo (s), from Hamburg ; of Paris (a), Boulogne, es, n ; City Rotterdam (a), Dunkirk; City Wind N.N.W., fresh, and ------- LIZA.L, F r id ay, 10 . 58 a.m. Shields for Diep . hazy. Passed—Azoff, from Re London, f or Swansea; Effort, from Jamaica, London , pe; quest, Lo ndon, Cork ; Fl ora Kerr, p Licorne, from Brest, for second pendant, Augusta Passed off Dungeness, 23d—Condon, from Quebec, for London ; Sea, O n London. to west Schneihra, from north . Sailed for the river-- Sir George Anderson, Phoebe Dun- BaAltnicch• 0 r b e a d i — . bar, City of Hamilton, and Eliza. qu l e 'ren N ch o. sto 7 r ,, e o s l h , i Dun- Sailed— British Merchant, John. Edward, with most' of the outward bouud. A schooner, name unknown, got entangled with the Goodwin North Saud Head, about 7 a.m. ; boats are gone to her assistance. OPENING OF ST. GEORGE'S HALL, LIVERPOOL. The interesting ceremonies to be observed at the opening of St. George's Hall have been at length definitively agreed to, subject, of couri4e, to the final decision of the council. A meeting of the committee was held on Saturday, at which the Alayor announced that he had received official intimation that, consequent on the un ;ettled state of public affairs, and the intended visit of th e Prince Con sort to the French camp at St. Omer, it will not be consisteA with the Royal arrangementg for her :Majesty to grace the iumgaration of tit. IGe orge ' s Hall, All reasons for deferring the intended arrangements, cor ,„. quent on the expected Royal visit, bein g thus remover], it was recommended that the hall be op ene d on Monday, t L h ive el rp St o l o i l September, s ef 7andai d. instead of Tuesday, the voyage to theak snaking down was down th e river LII7ERPOOL, Thursday.—The Royal M a il screw steam p Lt this afternoon :it ia,C herSh v arp o , while m yg run into by the Roscommon steamer, for Dublin, coining out of dock, lost her jibboom, and had her figure-head twisted. She at once came to anchor, and her repairs were proceeded with. It is expected she will be able to proceed to sea to-night. The Roscommon had not sus tained any damage. The Lusitania had about 30 pas sengers, a-d a full cargo of merchandise. It may be as well to mention that the present is tilt, last voyage of the Lusitania to the Braids, having been purchased by the Imperial Stearn Navigation ponipany of France. 3O I 3 1 I l 14i 16 151 16 YORK RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CONSOLATION S,CIIAMBLE. T LIE AFFAIR OF 67.861-TOWN. The affair of Greytown continues to excite much attention in the States. Die New York Herald, on the authority of its Was,hington correspondent, says : "The report that the Nicaraguan Minister had entered a strong protest against the affair at San Juan is an ex aggeration. I understand that Mr. Marcoleta, in com mon with , the English and Freneh Ministers, has notified the Government that he expects the losses of Nicaraguan citizens resident in San Juan, :and the losses sustained by merohants of the interior baying property there in transit or on deposit, will be made good. Nicaragua has always maintained her right of sovereignty over the port of San Juan, of which else was unjustly deprived by the English in 1848, and she has repeatedly asked our Government if in case she proceeded to occupy the port, the American Government would hold her safe against assumed British protectorate. But she has uniformly been told that the United States must recognise the de facto Government of San Juan, until a final adjustment was made of the whole question. " I learn that the only foundation for the report of a `strong protest,' übus e alluded to, was a note of the Nica raguan Minister, regretting that Cupt. Hollins was not instructed to seek Out and punish the guilty, instead of involving the entire property of the innocent and quiet citizens of friendly nations, in a common destruction. He also expresses the hope that in doing so Capt. Hollins exceeded his instructions, and will not receive the ap proval of his Government. "The Nicaraguans may well complain that their pro perty is destroyed by their professed friends, who, so far from relieving them from unjust British pretensions, first ruin them, and then leave them to the tender mercies of the British martial law. " It really seems as if San Juan is now more decidedly in British grasp than ever before, and that the expiring protectorate is invested with new vitality. Depend upon it, the administration will knuckle uuder to the bluster of England on the subject, and that Nica• ragua will be carelessly sent to the dogs. Between American treachery and English unscrupulousness, she stands a poor chance indeed." The Washington Star says there is no truth in the report that the French Minister has made a de mand for $600,000 from the United States Govern ment, for damages to property of French subjects at Grey town. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-Aug. 24. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. —Arri vals— Aug. 17.. Lalla Rookh (schooner), Viscount Bangor, from North of Ireland. 23. Dream (yawl), George Bentinck, Esq., from Portland ; Capricorn (schooner;, Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., from Cherbourg and Alderney. 23. Zara (schooner), Commodore the Earl of Wilton, from Cherbourg and Channel Islands ; Sultana (yawl), Lord Colville, from Channel Islands ; Laverock (cutter), Captain C. H. Williams, from Wey mouth. Sailings—Aug. 19. Zara (schooner), Commo dore the Earl of Wilton, for Cherbourg and other ports ; Capricorn (schooner), Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., for Cherbourg and other ports ; Camilla (schooner), J. E. W. Rolls, Esq., for Weymouth ; Deatriz (schooner), ' Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., for Cherbourg and Torquay ; Lancashire Witch (schooner), Lawrence Palk, Esq., for Cherbourg and Torquay ; Sultana (yawl). Lord Colville, for Channel Islands ; Caprice (yawl), H. B. Baring, Esq., for Cherbourg and other ports. 21. Ariel (schooner), T. Littledale, Esq., for Liverpool ; Spider (cutter), Thomas Thornhill, Esq., for Cowes Harbour to lay up ; Osprey (cutter), John Petre, Esq., for Ports mouth, to lay up. 22. Laverock (cutter), Captain C. H. Williams, R.N., for Weymouth. 23. Pandora (yawl), Captain Smith Barry, for Ireland and West of Scotland. Yachts at and about the Station—Zara, Capricorn, Alarm, Irene, Wizard, Dream, Stella, Bril liant, Amazon, lone, Julia, Laverock, Susan, Aurora, Arrow, Camilla, Cygnet, Virginia, Pl over , Ri pp l e, Shark, Titania, Fancy, Frisk, Osprey, Coral Queen, Sur prise, Caprice, Lalla Rookh, Sultana, Earche, Ginevra, Seagull. Several of our sporting visitors are preparing to leave in pursuit of the partridges ; while a number of families are arriving for the bathing season, they belt - 4 in pursuit of health. The harvest is proceeding most satisfactorily. Finer crops were never seen, nor better saved. Potatoes are a heavy crop, and excellent in quality. NEWPORT.—LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH BY PRINCE ALBERT. —Th is has been a gay day for the Isle of Wight. Such an assemblage bas not been seen there for years. The Bishop of Win chester and all the clergy of the island were present. There was also a large gathering of the craft, there being full 500 masons. The day was very fine, and the streets so full as to be almost impassable. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. As the transmission through the post of letters con taining coin, bank notes, or other valuable articles, creates dangerous temptations and is unsafe, persons having occasion to remit money are strongly re commend to employ crossed cheques or drafts not made payable to the bearer, and when the sum is small to make use of the Money Order-office. If bank notes or bank-post bills he sent, the safest course will be to cut them in half, taking care to record their numbers and dates, and not-to transmit both halves by the same post. In these and all other cases of valuable property the letter should be registered. Money orders for sums not exceeding 51. are issued and paid at every head post-office in the United 'Kingdom, and in London at the following offices :-- CHIEF OpricE.;—St. Martin's-le -Grand. BitANCH OFFICES.— Borough, Chafing-cross, 0:d Cavendish-street, and Sherborne lane (for issuing money orders only) POST-OFFICES ,WITHIN THE THEM; MILE CHICLE. Battle-briage., 3, Pleasant-row ; Bloomsbury, 1, Broael street ; Camberwell-green ; Camden-town, 98, High street ; City-road, 36, near Old-street ; Clerken well Green, 41 ; Coventry-street, Soho, 1 ; Dock Head, 11 ; East India-road, Poplar ; Gray's-inn-lane, 43, Upper North-place ; Great Surrey-street, 231, Great Tower-street, 36 ; hackney, Church-street, 8 ; High Holborn, 62 ; Islington, 86, Upper-street ; Ken nington Cross, 2 ; Kingsland-road, 4, Orchard place ; Lambeth, 33, Mount-street ; Limehouse, 53, Three Colt-street ; Mile End, 6, Ireland-row ; Old Kent road, 9, Northampton-place ; Oxford-street, 210 ; Pic cadilly, 65 ; Pimlico, 23, Queen's-row ; Ratcliffe, 77, Broad-street ; Shoreditch, 211 ; Strand, 282, -opposit e Norfolk-street ; Tottenham-court -road, 103 ; ,Upper Baker -street, 54 ; Walworth, 15, Crosby-row ; Wap ping ; Westminster, 8, Broadway ; Whitechapel-road, 1. POST-OFFICES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LONDON, BEYOND THE THREE MILE CIRCLE, BUT WITHIN THE TWELVE MILE CIRCLE :—Barking, Barnet, Bayswater, Bexley, Blackheath, Brentford, Brixton, Bromley (Kent), Brompton (Middlesex), Cashalton, Chelsea, Chiselhurst, Clapham, Croydon, Deptford, Dulwich, Edgeware, Ed monton, Eltham, Enfield, Erith Great Ilford, Greenwich, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Hampton, Harrow, Hendon, Highgate, Hounslow, Kensington, Kingston, Lewisham, Norwood, Paddington ' Putney, Richmo n d, itomford, Shooter's Hill, Southall, St. John's Wood, Stanmare, Stoke Newington, Stratford, Sydenham, Tooting, Tot tenham Cross, Turnham Green, Walhain Green, Walt had) Cross, Wandsworth, Woodford, and Woolwich. When application is made fur a. money order to be paid in some part of London at a distance from St. Martin's-le-Grand, it should be clearly stated on which of the above offices the order,is to .be drawn, otherwise payment can be obtained only at the chief office. CREMORNE GARDENS.—BENEFIT OF • MR. T. B. SIMPSON.—The annual benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson, the proprietor of this delightful plaCe of amusement, took place yesterday evening, on which occasion there was a grand gala fire. The weather, during the day and evening, was delightful, and Mr. Simpson left nothing undone to secure the gratification of his numerous patrons. The gardens and grounds were beautifully illuminated, and on no previous occasion do we remem ber to have seen so picturesque and artistic a display of variegated lamps, transparencies, rind other suitable decorations. We feel great pleasure in adding, that all the arrangements gave the greatest satisfaction, and that the numerous attendance of visitors must have been very gratifying to Mr. Simpson, and an evidence of the esteem in which he is held. NOTTINGHAM. —The lace trace remains unaltered with out improvement, and confined to the ordinary incidental transactions in common goods. In the hosiery trade the continued operations of the German buyers to whose arrival we referred in our last, have served to maintain the slight improvement formerly experienced ; although the manufacturers are acting with extreme caution under the stimulus, and squaring the production to the demand. In New York the panic which prevailed according to the last fortnightly intelligence having subsided, money is somewhat easier, and• anticipations are consequently for Med of a very favourable Autumn trade. Materials of all kinds, wool excepted (which has declined) are in process of improvement. In cotton the transactions this week have been numerous, and the silk market is also rather better.—Nottingliamslare Guardian. HONG-KONG.—According to the telegraphic accounts from Hong Kong yesterday, which reached to the 6th of July, the rate of exchange has experiencel no alteration at' Canton, and only a slight decline at Shanghai, the quotation at the former place being still ss. Id., while at the latter it is 6s. 7d.. the quotation by the previous mall having been is. Bd. The impedi ments to communication with the interior continued, it is said, to support prices, and four chop , : anew Congou had been settled for in Canton at inn?. t •eli above the opening rates of last year, and at Shanghai 20 chops at two tack The quality of the new silk is described as very had, and only 300 hales had arrived. The present steamer has :brought 400 bal-s of old. Tie exports to date were 77,000,0001 b. of tea and 61,500 bales of silk. PROFESSOR WILSON'S MON UMENT. —We are happy to learn that the subscription fur the monument to P ro . fossor Wilson progresses most favourably. Among the names recently added to the list aro those of the Dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch, Roxburgh, and Argyll ; the E ar l s of Haddington, Stair, Rosebcry, a,nl, M.P. Viscount Mahon ; Hon. T. B. Macaulay, p . ; v Stirling, of Keir, M.P. • Archibald liastie, M.P. ; W m , Forbes, of Callender, M.P. ; Col. Mims, of Caldwell, M.P. ; the Lord Justice General, the Lord Advocate, Lords Robertson, Wood , Rutherford, Handy s id e, N eaveg, the Dean of Faculty , Professors Alison, Elackie, M`D ou ' - gall, Simpson; and Swinton. The subscriptions already exceed 9001. The sum required is about 1,4001. We hops soon to be able to announce that the whole amount required for the completion of the monument has been subscribed,-.Northern ktandard. SECOND REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EMIGRANT SHIPS. Lea second report recently issued by the Committee on Emigrant ships the conclusions arrived at from the evidence are' fully detailed, and the ;committee make several recommendations which will be of considerable importance to owners and charterers. Their inquiry was a laborious one, its difficulty being increased by anything like complete returns of • the condition in which emigrant vessels arrive in the ports of the United States, and hence one of the recommendations most urgently insisted upon is that negotiations should be opened with the Government at Washington for an effective co-operation in some system for the mutual enforcement of sound regulations. Among the causes of disaster to emigrant ships iron cargoes are the most serious, and more strict general provisions are conse quently recommended against bad or dangerous stow age. With respect to sanitary arrangements, the com mittee propose that the number of passengers allowed to be carried without a medical officer should be re duced from 500 to 300, even this extent being regarded as improper, since, as a general rule, all ships with passengers should carry sur„; eons, and a different prac tice is only justifiable by the difficulty of finding them. Improved arraneements are at the same time suggested that might induce competent men to offer. Power is also proposed to be given to the Government to prevent emigrant ships from leaving ports where cholera or other dangerous epidemics prevail, and, in case of any exception being p erm itt e d , the vessel is at all events to b.. required to carry a surgeon, even though the number of passengers may be below 300. It is likewise consi dered that every vessel bringing emigrants across the Irish Channel for embarkation should be compelled to protect them from the we,ither. At present, on board these boats the cattle and live stock are screened, while the deck passengers are left without shelter of any kind, and often arrive in a state that lays the foundation of permanent disease. In reference to space it is recom mended that no ship should give less than 14 feet in the between decks to each emigrant, and the committee likewise refer to the opinion of Mrs. Chisholm and others that the practice of allowing two children under 14 years of age to be counted only as one person should be greatly modified. They next touch on various points connected with ventilation, cleanliness, &c., and a l so re commend that an addition should be ade to the dietary scale in the Passenger Act of 1852. On the subject of the size and seaworthiness of ships, the evidence against large ones is general, and it was stated that the Emigra tion Commissioners have resolved for the future not to charter vessels with two passenger decks, the ground of objection being the difficulty of thorough ventila tion. The committee recommend that, except in spe cial cases, the number of passengers allowed in one vessel should not exceed 5 00, and that all vessels should be brought within the scope of the Passenger Act where the number carried is in the ratio of two persons to the 100 tons; likewise that the exemption of steam-vessels carrying mails from the operation of the act should be done away with. In relation to manning, it was stated that the Emigration Commissioners insist upon four men to the 100 tons in their vessels ; but great objections would be made to this by private charterers, and the committee limit themselves to the suggestion that in creased vig ilance should be used t o ascerta i n the effici ency of th crew, apart from the mere question of num ber. It is further considered that it might be an advan tage if masters were bound, under penalty, to put back in those cases where vessels are found to be unsafe for a long voyage before losing sight of land, and that it should be rendered compulsory on owners and charterers to resort in the fullest manner to all the means in use for testing the compasses. Finally, the committee make some general observations respecting the regulations necessary with regard to lodging-houses, &c., the capa city and readiness of boats and the other appliances for saving life, and also as to the _desirableness of carrying the requisite supply of water in metal casks. As re spects the detention-money allowed for the support of emigrants when the sailing of a ship is delayed, an opinion is expressed that it should be increased from ls. to ls. 6d. per day. THE NEW SALE OP BEER, &c., BILL. GRAVESEND, Aug. 24 . —Yesterday being the day ap pointed by the borough magistrates for the annual renewal of existing licenses, and for granting new licenses, six of the eight gentlemen in the commission, together with the mayor (who presided), were on the bench. The superintendent of police of the borough having on Monday last reported to the bench, occupied on that day only by the mayor (Mr. W. F. Dobson) and by Mr. Oakes, one of the justices, that out of the 90 licensed houses in the borough 85 kept open from 1 in the afternoon till 10 o'clock at night on the day before, and that some of the principal taverns were open for the sale of beer, spirituous liquors, and wine even up to eleven o'clock at night, the mayor reiterated an opinion which he gave expression to from the bench the Monday before, to the effect that visitors to the town on the Sunday were " bond fide travellers" within the meaning of the New Sale of Beer, &c., Act ; that the . Legislature not having defined who were to be con sidered as " travellers had obviously left it to the discretion of the magistrates oft the country to make definition in accordance with circumstances of time and place in their respective districts, and that in a place where there was such an influx of strangers or visitors on Sunday as into Gravesend, it could not have been the design of the Legislature in passing this act to deprive, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and six o'clock of the afternoon of the Sun day, all means of obtiuniug refreshment, shelter, and rest, in hotels, taverns, or other licensed houses. Those persons who kept their houses open, or who served visitors or other such travellers before 1 o'clock of the forenoon of Sunday, or after 10 o'clock on the Sunday night, were decidedly violaters of the new act, and alien brought before him he would adjudge them to be so, but he could not, until better informed on the subject, consider it illegal of licensed victuallers to supply " ex cursionists," or visitors, whether by railway or boat, m other means of conveyance to the town, and who iii his opinion were travellers within the meaning of the act, with refreshments, if required from them by such per sous. It would appear that yesterday all the magistrates present adopted the mayor's construction .of the act in this respect, for the police were directed to report only such licensed victuallers or beershop keepers as opened for sale of beer, &c., before 1 o'clock in the afternoon and after 10 o'clock at night on the Sundays. The landlords who had on Sunday night last kept open after 10 o'clock were cautioned by the lieech to avoid again violating the new act. There were 13 -applications for new licenses, but the majority of the magistrates consi dering that, as there were at present 90 licensed houses in the town, such number was amply sufficient for public accommodation, refused to grant another licence. SANITARY MEASURES AT HOLT, NORFOLK. Any stranger visiting Holt, Norfolk, must have been struck with its natural advantages for drainage, and the singular want of it—so little have the inhabitants availed themselves of their elevated position, or the proprietors of property of providing even necessary accommodation for their tenants. These evils will be remedied. A local board of health has been formed, and measures have been taken to pro vide a sewerage for the town ; and those invitations to the cholera, and other epidemics which for years have been a disgrace to the authorities of Holt, are ordered to be removed. On a place called "The Spoats Common," within a few hundred yards of the market-place, a noble spring of water, which discharges from 30 to 40 barrels per hour, has been allowed to run waste ; preliminary steps have now been taken to secure its advantages to the town. A meeting of the inhabitants has been held, and a company will immediately he formed Pm the purpose of supplying the town with water. We call attention to the doings at Holt, in the hope that other towns will follow its example, and that the dirt and filth which has so long been disregarded may no longer be seen amongst us. RIOT AT THE LONDON -BRIDGE STEAM-BOAT PIER.— Another attempt was made yesterday to fix the steam boat pierat the- London-bridge stairs; adjoiningF enn i ng ' s Wharf,• but, as on the p r e v i ous d a y, th e most determined opposition was offered. Heavily-laden barges, strongly moored to the wharf wall, were drawn across the foot of the stairs, and a number of Trish labourerswerep placed in the craft, ready to assi s t in d r i v i ng b ac k the steamboat people. A large number of the Thames, City, and the M division of police, .under the superintendence the of Mr. Har. Haines, were in attendance. At high avatar bour-master of the Port of London, independent of any authority of the steam boat company's es a i p re p d roa li c im h to the trhee mpve the barges which obstructed ng I e public stairs, and which w niand d to throw out th e pier, waited upon Mr. Fn the ss an offence against th e l aws which govern the navigation of the Thames. Th e or d er was not heeded, the barges remained, and an attempt was made to cut the chains which held the craft i n f ront of the stairs. Avery alarming scene th en ensued. A number of the labourers on the wharf appeared with tl'cke in 'their hands, and one who k e pt watch on the chains s exhibited a huge chopper. The cuttings of the moorings on the stairs then commenced, the Thames police restraining the wharf labourers. Powerful ham mers and chisels were brought to play upon the chains, but the labourers, by their sticks, so baffled the exertions of the smiths, and the commotion on the bridge was so great, that the pier authorities determined upon sue pending the work, and accordingly, about Fix o'clock, the operations of the day were brought to a elose. It, is understood that the matter will cons before the South wark Police 'Court in a day or so, the owners of the barges having been summolied by the Harbour -muster for ob , tructing the approach to the public plying pla ce of p ace of the stairs. ROYAL ORTHOP,EDIC HosmAt.—Yesterday the half yearly geueral meeting of the governors of this charity was hell in the board-rooru of the Listitution, Bloom;. bury-square ; Mr. Jacob Bell in the chair, It appeared from the report that during the past half-year, 931 pa tients had been admitted to the benefits of the hospital, being an increase over the number of those admitted hi the preceding half-year of 231. The total number ad mitted since the opening of the institution was reported to be 16,227. It was also stated that the funds of the charity were increasing, but were neverthless insufficient to meet the demands upon them, as upwards of 200 per sons were waiting for adinission into the wards,w could not be treated as out-patients. The buildingfund, too, headed by her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was progressing, but was very far short of the amount required. The report wasado_ i p p t o e s d e , d a4d a quantity of routine'business having be en di the proceeding s t erm i na t e d i n t h e usua l net% man ----- BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND .3IA PRIGCLES. We published on Monday- an abstract of the Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the yoar 1852; and it will be interesting to compare the facts which it states with those of previous years. Taking marriages first---and dividing them into those celebrated ac cording to the rites of the Established Church, and those otherwise performed--we find that the sta tistics of 1852, and the four preceding years are as , follows: Established Chnreh. Otherwise. Total. 1848 121,469 16,761 138,230 1849 • 123,182 18,701 141,883 1850 130,953 21,785 152,738 1851 130,958 23,248 154,206 1852 133,882 - 2-4,900 158,782 It will be observed that, of the whole increase in amounting to 4,576, very nearly column. Between 1850 and 1851, these had scarce ly atydeu pear, to marriages includ e d i n t h e fi rst sth,oeoolas re increased at all-the whole difference between the aggregates of the two years being accounted for in the second column ; and this result may, perhaps, be taken as some evidence of the in creasingwhich the Church possesses on the affections of the people. • The number of . hold Roman Catholic marriages has risen from 3,65 8- • its total in the first year of the series-to 7 , 4 59 and that of marriages in re g istered places of wor ship belonging to other Ch ristian denominations, from 8,060 to 10,017. The returns from Quakers and Jews, which are separately entered, are, of course, small, but the latter show a tendency to increase. The actual numbers have been- Quaker marriages, 67, 53, 69, 65, 57 ; and Jewish, 186, 229, 260, and 247. The number of mar riages performed in the Superintendent-Regis trar's offi ce rose from 4,920 in 1848 to 6,813 in 1851, and t o in which th ese are found in various districts are 7,100 i n 1852 ; an d t h e propor ti ons still exceedingly different. We last year called attention to the very extraordinary fact, that although there are counties in England comprising populations three or four times as large as that of Devonshire, yet, in each of the four most recent years, a greater number of civil unions had taken place in the last-mentioned district than in any other in England and Wales. In Lancashire, which has more than two millions of inhabitants, the total number of marriages so performed during the four years,was only 1,716 ; while in Devon ' shire, with &population -a less than 600,000, the corresponding total was 1,911. A slight change has since taken place, t lie additions made during the year 1852 being, to the former county 605, and to the latter 580. We are unable satisfactorily to account for the peculiarity, and it is almost equally surprising to find that iu some other parts of the country-as Cheshire, for example, where it might have been anticipated that the services of the Su perintendent-Registrar would have been not unac ceptable to a considerable portion of the population -marriages are, with hardly an exception, cele brated with the religious solemnities approved by one denomination of Christians or another. Considerable progress appears to have been made towards ascertaining and recording the ages and previous conditions of the persons married during the year. In the report for 1851-the first in which any classification of the kind was attempted-these particulars were g iven as t o 56,347 cases out o f 154,206 ; and for 1852, they are furnished as to 83,124 couples out of the total, 158,782. Twenty three females became wives before attaining 16 years of age, and the number annually married gradually increases till the period between 20 and 25 is reached. During those five years, 41,245 women-or one-half of the whole number whose ages were ascertained-appear to have found their husbands ; and the proportion assignable to the quinquennial intervals then duninishesrapidly, end ing with "one" between 75 and 80, and " one" still more antiquated bride, who ranks as "80 and upwards." The lowest age at which any individual of the male sex entered into the contract appears to have been 16, and two instances are recorded in which precociouS youths availed themselves at that early period of their legal capacity ; but instances of marriage under 20 are exceedingly rare. The following period of five years accounts for 38,000 -nearly half of the whole number of males ; but even at the advanced age of 80, five widowers con tracted new alliances. The favourite quarter for marriages, taking the aggregate furnished by the whole country, is still the last of the year, while the first is in great disfavour. The actual numbers are, for the first quarter of 1852, 32,977 ; for the second, 40,092 ; for the third, 38,400 ; and for the fourth, 47,313-an amount alinost half as large again as the return for the first: There are, how ever, the same local peculiarities which have been observed in former re-ports. In the metropolitan districts, the third quarter has, for the last five years, been most popular, but appears to be gra dually yielding to the first. The only other ex ceptiOn to the gcmeral rule is found in the returns "from the northern comities ; but from comparison with previous reports, it appears to have been an accidental irregularity. 'Tie information furnished as to the number of persons able-perhaps it would be more correct to say, willing and able to sign their names in the marriage registers, gives little in.iication of the advance of education. In 1848, 43,166 men, and 62,771 women, out of '138,230 who were married, signed with marks ; end in 1852, the proportions were, of the former 48,421, and of the latter 70,772, out of 158,782. The number of cases in which both parties signed aW I marks has risen during the same period from 32,974 to 36,636. The contrast between the me tropolis and the north-western manufacturing dis tricts is creditable to the former, 'for the aggregate of marriages happens to be nearly the same ; but in the south, only 3,468 men and 5;989 women, in the north 9,027 men and 15,981 women -sixty per cent.- of the. total number married-testified their assent in the primitive fashion. The total uuniber of births iu each of the five years has been as follows :-In 1848, 563,059 ; in 1849, 578,159 ;i n 18 50, 593,422; in 1851, 615,8 65 ; and in 1852, 623 ,990. Of the number last men tioned, 319,036 were males, and 304,954 females. It is somewhat singular that the very considerable increase in the number of births which took place in the last year was !nest unequally distributed ; and it will be seen, from the figures which follow, that in the returns for one quarter there is actually a diminution :- 1851. 1852. . . First quarter ...... 157,286 Second ditto Third ditto 150.594 Fourth ditto In the London division, the return for the first quarter has in each year of the seri es , b een the largest; and the country districts, the maximum is always found to have been attained in one or -other of the two earlier quarters, but not very u n . frequently in the second. The number of illegiti mate births in 1852 was 42,491 ; and the proportion to the aggregate—exactly the same as that of the three preceding years—was that of 68 to 1,000, or about one in 14.7. The increase under this head in 1851 was 491, and it may be observed that of this addition, 335 are due to the first quarter, 88 to the second, and 77 to the fourth ; while in the third quarter there is a diminution of nine. The county of Norfolk appears to be, as in former years, distinguished by the largest proportion of illegiti mate births, and it is, we believe, the only one in which that proportion exceeds 10 per cent. In the metropolitan districts it.is not 4 per cent., and in Lancashire but little above the general average, as deduced from the returns of the kingdom at large. The number of deaths in each year of the series has been as follows :—ln 1848 40 , 399,800.; in. 1849, i:1,885523, ; 40 in 7, 1 1 8 3 5 8 0 . , 316t84'w9i8161 .e in see l n Bs that 39 th s e a74 remark ably low mortality of 1850 was alone almost suffi cient to restore the average disturbed by the visita tion of Asiatic cholera in 1849 —in other words, that the disease, lives isease would probab ,forthemost whose ly pa h a rt v , carried off those terminatted first quarter h as b een, in each year not marked by any extraordinary calamity, very considerably the largest ; and i n 18 48, 1850, and 1851, the return for the third quarter was the smallest. In 1852, however, a change took place, due apparently to some cause which greatly increased the mortality of the' autumn quarter without similarly affecting that which followed. we have not the same means of accurately ascertaining the ratio of mortality in 1852 as that which the Census of 1851 gave us for the . returns of that year ; but as the births in. - creased by 8,125, an d th e d ea ths by 11,964, it far as its numbers , would appear that—except s Eaglaudatft"Vales decreal niu e or 0 the may be 1:::pt up by iimmigra . tio (l i n i -- n the latest year for which the a t l he ß i c ) o o p i t:r u s l t a c t o l i n th c e r I j u l eequ i ts. L la v oit:ini: ;; ;; l o l ; a ro - i nt l . :zil presented to Parlia- i in . r t ne G n - ro e f L o o g G sli cA t t i e n s i v s v m a.: 7 , kin is x , •. „, — vn t r ) e n d forenoon,y i r n id t a h y e ilrooufiei l an d Free,t , nie („).itarry, the property of .13.iiiie John D av id. son, ro , t °f e abo Airdrie.feet.and '‘tlw fro fu there thethickness is oniy uncover e d o f t at which it disappears in the adjacent rook, its entire length seems greatly to exceed .50 feet, The roots, so far as they are uncovered, show a diameter of not less than s - ;'s feet •, the base of it runs to fully two feet in di ameter. On the whole of the side uncovered there appears to have been l; ra may no branches. These, near the top, as we picked up s ev eral frui fragments toftii i s o f g r i o a c n k t , cs ; , h t i h ch e which it was found is fully ea 3 r i have flocked to .see it front . the tow n fee nuts in the broken have been the forests. The depth at —Nora B r i tish Af ail. are immense.anTahene neighbourhoodsrhtohodat ... 1 G; TIG-VST 25. 1854.