The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-18 00:00:00

_ - THE SUN2_LO.NI3I AI oNr E Y MARKE . : . SHARE MARKETS. LINES Leia,a :..;ED AT FIXED RENTALs. , Leasing Closing Prices Busi AND (THIS DAY.) :-hr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Compass. yest:riaa• this COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 50 all Ledford and London & ... •• The sales of cotton at Liverpool y e st er d a y were • Bletc li ley ... N. West. - St. 100 Buck,ahamsh. L.&N.W. 95 - 100 estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri- str. Paid. RAILWAYS. loiosing Prices Business done 5 - ,-. I don 95 -97 0 all Clydesdale Jc. •AL c •• • yesterday . this day. can taken for export and on speculation. The St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. Market closed heavily, with prices of all kinds 0. per cent - . 1-16 d, in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 22 -St 100 lberdeen Neils. Direct ••• - ••• 4,50 0 American, 30 Pernam and Maranham at 20 . 8-, .Amba Nottra. Bost. 23 25 all 'Gilts. Barr. & ' n .l i al t. d N o i n t i l l. 25 all Do. New__ Do . 134 - 137 136 - ... 6 1 - d, 100 Egyptian at 6d. to 93 300 Surat at 31 2 d. •7 - anfEastn. Lila_ 5 - 5 4 25 all 31str.di Dn.Fi Gt. Y;estn 23 - 30 to 4id., and 40 Sea Island at .111 d. to ls. ld. per 50 all Belfast & Ballymena. ... - ... 100 all Irtlpl. Dk. & I r k , N ew ' ral all Birraing. Wolverh. & Railway & Borw. lb. Railway Shares were firm. 9 - 10 - 105 50 all Hun & Selby Y. arN Md 103 A fair business has been done in Colonial pr 516 - 521 25 all Do. 1 Sharew. Do duce this week, and former prices have been main o" ?.1. 28 BT'it•koluen.hlrda.lll.4eyin'c-s.h.: Va11ey........ Cheshire Juliet ll6-106 d • 126 all Do. a Shares. Do 251 - 261 rained. Sugar has been steady, and Porto Rico 271 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., 13 , 4 all Lou. & Greenw J. Eastern 12.1 - 131 £5O and £25 Cons. 16 / - 1 7 / 23 - 24 20 all Do. Preference Do Can only be obtained at higher rates. Coffee has 7 - 6 e met with very little inquiry and publicly the 22 184 Do., £20... i ilyth & Tyne origin r al ... _ ... 20 109 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk ... - ... quantity offered has been limited. Rice, though 25 30 r (issd. at £4..) ; -- g 2 71 621 20 IVO Do. 6 per ct. • - ••• quiet, has realised full values. Tea at auction has 6i , all Mauch. Bxtu. L.& N. W. gone oir steadily, and spices have sold at good quo tation. St. 100 Br l ist 2 ol and Exeter... 9 81 5 ! St. 100 Caledonian ' and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 21 21 S In cotton very little has been done. 50 all Cork and ca d 50 all Middlesbro' & itekton & Redcar, . Darlingt. ... - ... altpetre has been inactiv, and cochineal has 50 sup -20 all Cork, Black, & Pass. .•• - •.. 10( all Aidld.Bradfd Milaland.. 94 - 95 ported late rates. Tallow has been firm. 20 14 Cornwall l lB a e i l l Y d h o e n a . d... 12 5 i --- P4 i4 152 ••• - ••• 50 all Northern and The Bengal, from Australia, is reported in the 10 6 Crieff Junction ••• - ••• Easternsp.c. E. Count. 53 - 60 Do wns this morning. She sailed from Adelaide on 50 45 DublindißelfastJunc. 3 - Ll 50 -t. Do. 6 per et. D 0... ...... ... -- ... the 22d of March, and brings 18,633 oz,. of gold. 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber -50 all Do. Fixeds ps Do . .. From Brussels yesterday the Belgian corn mar- - 8 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W. kets come are reported quiet, with a tendency up- 25 all Do. New ... - ... &Ln&Ylt ... - ... 17 - 18 174 25 all EastAnglian 126 12 Do. A Shares. Do. - - ••• *vvards, and an actual advance in rye and barley. 18 all Do., (£lB E & 11).... ••• - ••• St. 100 Roysln.& Hit. Gt North'. ... - _ The Belgian Moniteur reports the official average of the 20 all Eastern Counties..... Ili - 113 113 i i St. 100 Do.Shepth.St D 0... - 135 St. all Eastern Union, principal corn markets for the week running 36 - 40 25 18i# Slief•Roth a , a: La.ncash& from the 7th to the 13th inst. at-for wheat, 31f. Stock 25 - 27 Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. 3 c. ; rye, 18f . 49 c., aga i ns t 30f . 55 c. and 201. 74c. St 100 Do., B. Stock l2 96 S. Staffordsh, M.MClean 21 - I.ld 25 8 1 D N A ••• "-••• 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & r espectively, f or th e wee k b efore sowi e., w , thushng a St. 100 East Lancashire e 25 all Do. 6 per cent... Darlingt. . Do., - ... 30 - 31 „ ri se upon the wh ea t averages, an d a decline on rye. St. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 58 • -6° 59 At Amsterdam, on the 18th, th e p r i ces o f corn 1 0 96 Edinb. and Peebles... •-•- • • • g e nerally had given way, and the market h eav y . St 100 Wilts&Somrst I,lWestn. 92 - 94 94 St. 100 Edi n .P r th &D un d ee 25 - 26 10 1 Forth & Clyde June. ••• -6 . g PREFERENCE SHARES. The Confucius is reported in the Downs from -- 84 821 3 the Mauritius, from whence she sailed May 4. S a t* . 100 100 Great Northern ' 1 . 1 St. 100 Aberdeen - ••• Neither letters nor papers are yet up. St. 100 Do. A. Stock 63 -6564 3 St. 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. - ••• The corn market may be reported quiet in Mark- St. 100 Do. , B. 5t0ck......., 126 - 128 25 30 Blyth and. Tyne 10 per ••• lane, with last Monday's quotations rating for the St. 100 Gt. Stir. &Wost.(lre.) 92 - 94 c. pref. (issd. at 5(/) ... - ... St. 100 Great Western 7l - 711 11 701 11 St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. _ - .., limited business doing. There was but a moderate 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares... _ - ... 12 12 Irish South-Eastern. ••• - •• • s how of home grown wheat on sale, and buyers not 50St, LOO Caledonian £lO • 95 -97 all Lancaster & Carlisle 89 - 91 90 eager. For foreign wheat there was rather more 163 Do Thirds ll -13 t, 15 all Chester & Holyhead 114 •// en quiry but without alt era ti on i n pr i ces. 161 4 Do. New Thirds__ 11. -13 i Guar. 51 per cent... _ - ... 1 Some of th e accoun t s f rom I re l an d report very St. 100 La.ncash.andYorksh 681 - • 69 69 6 61 Cork &Bandenslp.c. 11 -id 61 all Dundee Perth &Aber 'Unfavourably of the potato crop, in the appearance 191 184 Do., Fifths 6l -- 61 o deen Junction • • - ••• 14 114 D 3 Wst- Riding Un. ... - ... 0f which during the last few days an unfortunate 31 all EastAnglian (1:310s) 50 all Lee Northern I ..• - ... 6 per cent 3l - 31 Change had taken place. It is to be hoped, how- 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt ... - .. eve r, that the much larger extent of ground under 111 all London & Blackwal 83 - 84 83 3 3 5 all Do. (£5) 7 per cent. 4 - 5 74 2 Do. (--€7 17s) 7p. c. 4 - 4 p Cultivation this season will greatly, if not wholly, 10 all Lond. TOO. &Stliend. ... - ... .ii all Eastern Counties Ex- pt St. tension, sp. c. No. 1 1 -11 p tend to mitigate the calamity of the disease with 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst 101 .- 106 1011 x d Which the cr; in some districts appears to be at- St. 100 Loud. and N. Waste /001 • 1014 20 12 Do. Fifths - 1 41 , t acked. 10 1 Do.lol. Sh ~ M& IL.' par - 4 p x d 10 all Do. New 6p. c. St. 131 - 131 as promisi ng In the meantime the oat crop is spoken of 126 26 Do. Eighths 4 - 11 •d x d 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip to be very much in excess of last year, N ii 82 - 83 x d Guar. 6 per cent... 22 - 24 a nd indeed of many t • and wheat also years pas , St. 100 London andS. Vest 9 - 8 i x d 5 all Do. 51., 10 per tout, .., - _ ai aso 42! Do., £5O °A's well for the harvest. 40 34 Do. , 10 8 - 7.• x d 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- - ~.. St. 100 East Laneash. 6p. cts. _ - rat The - dealings in public securities have been welhler more active to-day, and prices 25 all LiLtrry&Coleraine ... - ... generally 25 all Liludrry. & Eunisk. ~. - ... 5 all East and West York shire June. Pref... _ ... the pur- St. 100 Mancli.Shet& Linde 231 - 241 24 5 all EdinbPrth.&Dundee chases . supported, with more firmness in ••• 812 s 44 Do.,Man. & Lin. Un. 6 . i . - ~ .es for time. For money, Consols were done 681 68 4 percent. - 31 St. 100 Midland as high as 94, and are now quoted 931. to 4; for St. 100 Glasgow &S.Western St. 100 , )o. Birmng. & Derby 39 - 41 Guar. 5 per cent._ ... - ~.xd the account, they are a shade better at 94. This 50 472 Midld. G. West. (I re.) ... - ... 2 St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 116 - 118 Threes pay day upon the settlement. Reduced 25 171 Do, Half Shares •• - ••• St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., alirees are 931 to 4. Three-and-a-Quarter per [OO all Newcastle & Carlisle. ... - ... at 10 p. c. prom... 110 - 112 4042e.nt5,. , 941- to -i. Long Annuities were done at - ••• St. 100 Dn. 41 p. c. Scrip..,. 101 - 103 St. 100 Newmarket 6i 51 Do., Bury Extension ld - par 10 6 Gt.N.ofScot.lstPrer ... - ... 114. discount - bank Stock, 209 to 210. Exchequer Bills, 25' 19 N tAb &Bed. 7 - 6 d ~ wp . erg. 61 all Gt. Soutlin.&Westm. due to 3s. premium. Exchequer Bonds 50 7. Newry &Enniskillen 24 - 31 (Ireland) Eighths)... _ - ... 1808 98 and i ; of 1859, 98 • 20 all Newry Warrenpoint a ' 20 5 Do. 4 per e. Pref. SO. _ The Stock Exchange list shows the remarkable and Bostrevor.. 6 - 8 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Barks & mngillarity of three quotations only of foreign se- Hants Ex. SP. c)... 6 - 61 CUrities St, 100 Norfolk - 48 •. Nortim•Counties Un 3l - of St. 100 Do. cov. red. 41 p.c. 98 - 10) They , representing probably single bargains each. , 5U 3r. 10 ; ( 3 ) ' ' North British 34 ... 35 34 A n are of Sardinian done at 87, Belgian 41 per 16 16 North Devon, No, 1 7 9 St, 100 Do, con, red. 4p.c.90 - 92 St. [OO Do. irred 4p.e. ... 94 - 96 95 ".'_.? ts. at 924 and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 94. But 16 all Do., No. 2 - ••• for 16 6 Lan. &York, F. £2O 14 - id the Turkisl Loan this might almost be reckoned 8 all ; }o., 6 A Deferred - 1.1 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock ... 134 - 136 a blank day in the foreign market. The dealings 8 8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed 61 -7$ ill 53 - C• 5 20 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 ... - .. h that loan for the coming out, for the letters of 50 all North London s 10 51 Do. New £lO 4 -4 P 126 9 Do. Quarters,lB4B .. .. - ... allotment have not yet made their appearance, St. 100 London and Brighton &lave been somewhat animated, although the highest 10 12 as N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn ld - A p Guaranteed sp. c ... ... - q uo tations of yesterd a y h ave no t b een ma i n t a i ne d . 20 171' North Staffordshire 44 - 4,t , . St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. e. St. ••• ... - ... The loan i s st ill i n mar k eta bl e request, h owever, 20 all North Western 64 - 7 50 all 'Do. Convertible, sp. at 52 to 6 premi um . 10 10 N. &S. W es tria. June par -2 p e., 1852 The foll ow i ng are th e nom i na l pr i ces o f f ore i gn St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. ... - .., 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley st. 100 Lon.W.i. W., Car. di and Leicester.. ... - ... Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6t061 ; Alexi- st. 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Nuneaton ~ ,all, 241 to 244 • Peruvian, 69 to 71 • Ditto 3 per Wolverhampton .. 34 - 36 25 50 5 London &S. Western C ents., 51 to 53% Portuguese 4 per ' Cents., 40 to 20 2/ 2s Portsmouth - Con. Thirds 2l - • 3 p 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 11 per - 06 St. 100 Scottish Central,.,,,. 94954 St. 100 Scottish Midland 6O -60 601 126 all Londonderry& Color. 1 Shares Cents,, 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, I.Bflo 121 all bendy. &Ennie.lSh. 10 - 12 1 8i- ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 38 to 381- ; Ditto Certifi- St. 100 Shrewsbury &Bi i nig. 70 - 73 St, 100 Do. L. &N. Western 25 all Kan. Sher., & Lin., Cates, 4 to 54 ; Ditto Passive, 3i to 4. Guaranteed St Gek... 68 - 72 4 Shares, No. 1. ... 7 - 8 The Railway Share Market is quiet and without 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 71 - 8 10 all Do. New, £lO . ll -12 much alteration in prices. Some lines are rather 261 all Shrewsby. do Chester 6 41 Do. £6 4 - iP Satter, b u t o th ers on th e con t rar y are fi rmer. Th e (N. W. Min, ; .. lB4 - 191 124 all siarypt.&Carl.4 p.c ... - ... 131 all Do. Halves n 9l - 91 121 all D o . 41 p er cen t •• - ••• p r incipal dealings have been in Eastern Counties d. , 20 all Do. Oswestry 14 - 15 121 106 Do .•. r eat Western, and Great Northern. The foreign 20 66 Shropshire Union ... 31 - 3 .0 31 St. 100 Mid. Consol.6 p • c. St ... - ... Shares are neglected. ... ... Do. A, B, C,& D,fully St . 100 D o. C onso l . B r i sto l & • paid up at per cent. .., - ... per cent. Birm, 6 per cent 134 -136xd X d e i nes are dull, Banks rather better, and Land 50 all South Devon l3 - 15 161 5 Do, Prof. 4 1 per cent 1 --id dis ni Panies shares without variation. 10 6 Norfolk Debenture .. ... St. 100 South Eastern 641 65 65 4t 13RITh-, Qll FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC K. 50 all South Wales 34 -35 341 4 St . 100 D o . P re f. 4p . c. St oc k 88 -90 ` - ‘- 1 - St. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Est lO2 - 105 20 15 S. Yrksh. &Riv. Dub ... - _ (Prom the Ocial List. ) St. 100 Do. 51per et.pref ... - ... .. 1341111 Stock - ••• Business dime. 20 21 2 e Staines, Wok. &Wok ... - ... St. 100 Do. Wav, Val. sp. e. ... - .., 209 i 8 10 ... - ... 105 4 per Cent 25 all • -•tockton & Darling 31 - 33 St. 100 North British 3 p er e • Reduced Annuities .. .. 934 434 20 all North Staffordshire.. ... ... Per Cent Consols Ammities 931 1 g i 1.6 Stockton & Hartlepi. ... - _ St. 100' Taff Vale .. • - ... St, 100 Oxford,Worcester,& 74 Cent. Annuities Cans An n • . Wolverh.Xls,6p.c. 114 - 116 coue_, _onities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 - ..• 15 15 Do - ••• itzee'svecit trierAc...c.ount 13th Sept. . 93/ 4 4 St. 100 Do. Pref,; No. 1 •• --- •• 81 all Scot. Cent., New Frei ..., - ... 25 21 Thames Haven Dock '• 21000 11118* 24d. 25 Railway 3 3 • - 2 3 8 all Shrews: &Birna.N.G. 10 - 11 „,,„. ......................... d pm 1 dis 20 17 Vale of Neatly l9 19/ 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester . in. .......................................... 1 is 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 4 - 5 (Nor.W.Min),Bp.e. 17 -18 ta e b e ''''' ll ..... 50 all Waterford&Limerick 23 - . 25 10 10 Do. 5 per cent lol' - 104 bi Itter il ocd.; s • 1858 984 1 20 16 West Cornwall 5 - 6 25 all South Devon l2 -14 ..,„ tto 18 59 erg", . 98 ..... .. ............................ A 1 West End of London 10 D. fixed, 4/ per cent 4d - 4 p <ti c ~,, ' 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading B ardiel, .2r FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. - and Crystal Palace.. ... - ... Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 231 - 24 1 1-1 1 - 2. 748 ,5 per Cent B7 20 all West London. 6•- 7 Belgi an -.“enas on the above payable in Loudon. 10 81s. Wimbledn &Croydon _ - ... die St. 100 Do. 41 per cent. - ••• b Bo ads 41 per Cent, ex. 25 fr - „„ etch Ea gds _ 25 all Stockton and Dar- Ditt o A u4ag• 24 per Cent. 12 Guil - 25 20 Do. Extensions lington, 4 per cent ... - ... ' Per enC Certifieatcs......_. ...... 94 25 136 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 - 31(1 • HALF-PAST TWO. St. 100 York& N. Midlan d ... 25 5 Do. do. do. ... - ... C°4BolB ....................................... 931 j• pool, guar. sp. c. FOREIGN. l2l all Stockton and Hartle till Ist July, 185‘i ... - ... I . • COWES ISLE OF WIGHT. 1- _ 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 6 -61 cf St. 100 York, Newcastle and 5 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 2 - 1 d ... 5 3 Ilelgian Eastn. June. 1 -16 a Berwick,4p.c.Pref. 92 - 95 I tov (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 31 - 3 17 SDo 3l - 4 25 10 York&N.MidlandH llobl eila '" YACHT SQUADRON DINNER. - Fifty-eight -Central India,Scrip id-ip , ~,,i ,-;. Purci... .. 1 ' 4d 7 dinn er en s•nd gentlemen were present at the annual 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central of Italy . .. - ... MINES. I touse of th e members at the Royal Yacht Squadron I - "• ia th 'en W ednesday ; Commodore the Earl of Wilton !l' e chair' .. - ••• 2107 e, allall .01hemareleraroraidrErquelin „, - „, 1 all Agua Fria .... 3 - i ifigh ol ,supported by the Maruis of El, Sir Be]- - P 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... _ Irian . Graham, Lord Colville,the H Captain De- 2 7 ce on. 0 14 Dutch Dijon and Besancon 3... - 24 20 9 Rhenish x in s. all Anglo Californian ... 1 - The Vice• Commodore filled the vice chair. 20 all East Indian 1 -24 d 224 10 2 Australasian 1 - i a ~,,, arj a „„ 14 -14 .r..., --- " - ' 4l- , AUG. 17.-HER MAJESTY'S CUP. 20 2 Do.. Extension..... -I P 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - th e ~,"Y at 10 a.m, the starting-gun was fired, and 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula -4 d T he .Y.:tlits got sail on them with all possible despatch. 20 10 ad. Jrinet. of France ... - ...p 1 all Australian Freehold. i - st Closely to 248 tons J. Weld, Esq., took the lead, 25 10 Grd, Trunkof Canal:' 6 - 5 1 all Ave Maria - ••• 3' follow d ' 100 40 1)o. Debentures 8- 6 d 1 all Baden (Gd.Daehy of) i-- 8 sq. 17 7 , e by the Shark, 150 tons, Win. Curling, 100 all do gib e , , , ue two other yachts, the Titania, 181 tons, and 20 , pi ard, • r a, 142 tons, were moored farther to the north- .268 al l G ut t .. w ceLt t ill of Fiance par - 1 p Coal., Ans trin. Gold ... - 1 all IBritish 8 - 9 wn ld - . 3 :nd were considerably astern of the others. The Shares 174 -18 ab out : w il r l , .s very light from the westward, but it freshened ... .. Do. Bonds ast is.)'s7 .. - ...p 20 13.5:British Iron 50 all Blaenarvon Iron and 7 - 9 abo ut , Id , - daY, and on the yachts' return from the Nab 1 206 all ' damilton & Toronto I ' d - i p at £5 pm 3 - 4 a lou t 0 clack there was a fine breeze-the Alarm being 100 all Do. 6 per cent. - _ iada 14 - 21 30 all Do. Cot &Cu 27 Tita n l_ wa Y ahead, followed by the Shark, Ginevra, and 20 5 'Lake Const. & Basle ... - Del 26 - 28 a. 20 15 Do. St. John i - 1 ~,.he To 5 all Lucca & Pistoja sp, c. 35 241 Erazilianlmp.(issued 1 4 Carsons's Creek wn Regatta commenced soon after 2 o'clock, pref 45 - 47 -"" there were 20 15 Luxembourg i - i fon r . o.. _ , . several very excellent matches between .. ... 5 1 Colonial Gold ate, •7„„! -e a boats andwith - duck h punts, numeroushunts 10 10 Do. (Railway) ..... ... - ... . 16 Copiapo 40 all Cobra Copper 11 - 12 8. _, aaer Ter, 5 2 Do. Prof 4, the R - aajesty, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, 5 3 Do. (Canal) St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 52 -57 Close t ot al children were on board the Fairy, moored 10 • 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref ... - ...d 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 1 - 3 p Iti.i. in he Parade, and seemed to enter into the sport 20 '0 Lyons and Geneva - 4 p 5 all English and Austin. ke.‘,..e.loeat spirit. The deck of the yacht was all on the 20 12 Lyons & Mediterrau ... - ... Copper Smeltg. Co. 11 - 10 f or. :e a , the Royal party running from side to side and 20 13: Madras 4 d 1 p 20 all General .• • ''.' ..".. It; ..ld aft to witness the duck hunts and boat racing, 331 33 - 4 Maria Antonia - ... offin g a 3 ) took tea on the deck of the yacht while 10 all . Do. do. New - i • - o.• ff the Roal Yacht Squadron House, in full view 2C 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. ... - ... 31 all Great Polgooth - 1 t he u 8 4. thousands that lined the Parade and ' beach.. 20 all Namur & Liege (with 1 all Lake Bathurst ..• th e • o P.M.-Neither of the yachts having completed interest) 7i - 8 1 all Liberty 4 - I for Ursa, there is no match, and the cup must be sailed 20 all Do, (ex interest) - 16 all Northern of Frace 333 - 334 3 all Linares. 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold 9 ... " 91 p e ,Nain, giving the yachts another chance, but it zip. Do. 20/. 3p. c Bela. Quartz Crush. C 0... ... - ... "' B 4 very poor one to compete with the Alarm. 20 all (frny.B.drAms.Shs.) - - ... 1 all Mariquita 8- I 10 all NorwegianThmkPref 8 - 9 10 9 Mexicau&S.Americn 6 • - 64 ' COURT CIRCULAR. 20. 14 Paris and Lyons lBl -181 p 1 all New Granada ......... 0- 0 40 all Ditto Bonds ... ..... - ... 1 all New Linares Mining • ' • -__,„____ 10 all Paris and Orleans-. 47 - 49 and Smelting C 0.... .. , OSBORNE, THURSDAY. 20 all P ar i s an d R ouen - 3 B 3B --40 1 all Nouveau Monde i - i of The Queen and Prince, attended by the Marchioness 20 all Paris and Strasbourg ... -- ... 20 all Pontgiband Silver ,4„ 1 3' . , the Hon. Mary Bulteel, and M a j or -G enera l the 20 10 P ar i s C aeu d t Ch er b rg. ... -. pm , Lead Min. & Sm e lt. 16 - 17 141 . C. Grey, drove to Shanklin yesterday afternoon, 104 104 Quebec & Richmond _ - ... 5 1 Port Philip i- 4 A The Duchess qf Kent dined with her Majesty. Lady 20 all Rouen and Havre 221 - 231 1 all Quartz Rock --..rma Maria 20 15 Royal Danish ld-1 p 50 all Rhymney Iron b:: tl aaea Dawson, Mar-General Simpson, and Sir - d 15 15 Do. New Bl -91 '" Clark had also the 1,,a honour of being invited. 5 2 Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse •74 - 81 30 114 Santiago do Cuba..,,, 4 - 5 e t. .),' .I:norning, being the anniversary of the Duchess ... 6 Do. 51 p. cent. Pref ... - ... x 2 lBl a a u ll W Uni es t 1 an South Australian..... 1 - 1, 4_ent . s birthday, the band of the Royal Marines played 20 6 Southern of France ... -pm ted:ea:i. ed:n.............. 3 - -3 10 7 Tin Croft .... ......... .. 1 - 3 70:1 of music at Powless-house. 20 8 St. Andrew's and --L" Royal Highness breakfasted with the Queen. Quebec (A) -.-- in •„,,. 84 all West Flanders 3l - 4 1 11 laa2llllB. West s r lt t e hi Mr . n a g l...iP l, ° ii sa nin : .... o : .. : 1 : g b: Is _esters:lay being the anniversary of the birth of the 10 all Do 51 per c. Pref ... - d ra a , l e4es s of Kent, it was celebrated in the customar hellerier2o 10 Western of France 5l - 64 10 7 West. of Switzerland ... - ... Australia ........... • - by the ringing of merry peals on the church 20 2 Wiesbaden - ./.. th e : I 'd hoisting the Royal standard on the Tower. In 20 15 Zealand - ••• 41 - 31 d . ,a5Ei • din e d ening4 her Royal Highness's London tradesmen, . 7 , ‘egeth 13 -• uer m er at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington. Ai,l.• j' . .+--- JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Ell en i . ajesty's gracious command a dessert of the MISCELLANEOUS 40 all A.ustralasia - - 7-- -33_ _ • 7---- -•-- 85 841 d ens mitts of the season was sent from the Royal gar ' 40 all British Colonial Bank th at p rd ___ 5 all :Lubin Coal and Iron : 4 - ... and Loan Company ... - ... e tib l gmore ; and by the Duchess of Kent's orders 9 5 . I°ll l e w as suppliedwith fine Mr. Edward - e 1 • a fat buck. 176 tustralian Agricult. ... ..--." ... 42 50 all British N. American _ _ .., ' JUn ' •20 14 Wstralsn.Pcific.Mail _ - _ 25 5 Chantd. Bank of Asia 4 ..._ as A d .7 presided as chairman. 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail _ - ,„ 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, 4. 4 ePlitation incl d Mr. Hume M Pand M de od okie i i II . ing . , • a r. 10 4 lerlin Water Works .. - ... 14 Australia, & China _ - ...d ea ~,.., 7 ad an interview with the Earl of Aber- 50 40 , trit. American Land 65 - 70 100 25 Colonial ••• streeCiterday, at his official residence in Downing. 5 1 ••lrit. & Coln. Smeltg. 100 20 lommercial of Lond. ,„ _ .... .V . 11 1,, and Reduction Co.. ... - .., - 20 14 English Scottish and tlrd ' °en t and 100 32 Canada BB - 92 ay f u B . Vis countess Palmerston left town yes- i Australian 2 -14 d 123 , Si,. r _,_r Brighton, 5 5 'rystal Palace 34 - 3 8 3 4 1 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of 531 Do New berl tua ` r d e . °. Grey has left town for Fallowden, Northam- 4 ' • ••• Australia 2l - 214 2 lrystal Pal. of France ... - _ 50 20 London and County _ - ... 20 5 Eastern Steam...... " ....... ••• - 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock ... - ... x d Stp,„ .-------______................. ______ 25 20 ElectritTelograph(A) 16 - lan 100 20 Lund. & WeAminst . er ... - ... 394 25 all Do. (B) 0 4 v, ''.lC T ZIPEBT AT L ••• - ••• 100 35 National Provincial ~,o8 edeesday 111 • OWESTOFT. - From an early hour 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. _ ,„ of England ... - ... ..,'' e a t rneepher °ming the sky became overcast, with a 15 14 ••:en. Swans Navigat. ... - ... 20 10 D. New .• - • • "op towards e, and a perfect calm prevailed all the 20 18 General Screw Steam ... - ~.. 50 z2l National of Ireland ... - ... Ca ere g etriaai r noon the clouds assumed the appearance 20 76 HO Beetroot Sugar ... - „,, 20 all New South Wales - - - ~..a l on, rock cumuli, At 3 o'clock p.m, a shower 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. „„ _ ... 25 all Oriental Bank of IT, idle• accompanied 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... _ ... '46 - 48 To W, which which the by thunder, which soon passed Corporation Netherlands Land.,,, -10 31 11 th e c 4 r;, 8 1, 7 ; P -111 . the k e sun burst forth with oppressive heat. 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. 25 5 Do. New .. -- .. °th e Crackup .in thunder cumuli again increasing fast, • Steam Navigat. Co. ... - lOO 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - ... - stor m the north-wes' ' 10 all Do. New ... --- ... th e i l ; , of a severer v portended an- 1 all N', B. Australasian_ 4 - T, e .teteing b • character, It came on qui k j . 1 Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn•Bkg. la I ,_, . being very vivid, and the thunder - c' 9 ... ... & Gold Imp C 0.... ... -s ... to thecci,ric fluid struck ashock - ~, 25 all iouth Australia 4l - 43 other tow n fl of wheat in a field Close 5 all Peel Er. Ld. & Mimi. 4 -4/ and set in 25 all Union of Australia 66 - 68 x d tp4;r_ el town discharge tookonre. In a few minutes an- 50 all Peninsular& Oriental „, - ••• 26 Do. New • - ••• fell./ to fall into the place, when a ball of fire 50 40 Do. Do. ... -•P 50 10 Union of London ... - ••• fell. / grea t in the • sea. The fall of rain was not 2 all Portland Iron Co • . ~, ...---_-- -- -------__ i. , after ~,•,,,,.n ei ghbourhood but some largo hail 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... - ... mt) .0. • ""-anhour's duration DEATH OF LORD BEAUMONT, FROM CHOLERA.-We 11 0 , 4 , e.. e - ` • ~, plll . a breeze . • 25 15 South A astral.Laini 34 -36 regret to announce the sudden death of Lord Beaumont, 4 / 1 1 Sip ' gat the air bee, cooler, ~, spiung up from the n. i cl . • 1 all Submar. Telegrapi... 1 14 which melancholy event took place yesterday morning keyed :._e.te wi e istaut lightning L " the east . 1 all Do. Registered 4-14 ' at his residence in Bruton-street, after a fevf hours' • 2 84 1 Veaa Diemen WA 11 =l2 attack of cholera . . . FOREIGN. _ rp u ez a ßo u tt . e j r u d r. 1 6 1 6,Ad a 10 5 a l A 3 l l3e n i twe gi au st 2o 8 i leziers to Graissessac 3 i 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and - Central India,Scrip id—ip Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi d. Erquelin — 17 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon • p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3 24 20 all East Indian —2 id 221 20 2 Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula d 20 10 (:d. Jrinet. of France ••• p 25 10 Grd. Trunk of Canad. , 6 5 100 40 Do. Debentures S 6 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of Franec par p 206 all Gt.WesternofCanadp Shares l7i 18 Do. Bands ast ..p 20A all ilamilton & Toronto . ' d p 100 all !Do. 6 per cent. ••• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c • pref ••• dis 20 15 Luxembourg — 10 10 Do. (Railway),..,, 5 2 Do. Prof 5 3 Do. (Canal) lO 5 Do. 6 p. ct. p re f . . — -- ••• ..d 20 '0 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran 20 13 Madras id—ip 33i 33 Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New •• ••• 2C 2 Melbourne Dk. dz Ry. 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 73 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 331 —33 i Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr 20 all (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 8 9 20 14 Paris and Lyons lBj 18gp 40 all Ditto Bonds . ..... . 10 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 all Paris and Rouen - 38 40 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 20 10 ParisCaeu dtCherbrg. pm , 104 10,j Quebec dr Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 22i —23 i 20 15 Royal Danish 1 d —1 p 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7i 84 ... 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref 20 6 Southern of France — pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) — ••• 8i all West Flanders 3i 4 10 all Do 54 per c. Pref d 20 10 Western of France si 10 7 West. of Switzerland ..„ 20 2 Wiesbaden .• ••• 20 15 Zealand MINES. 1 all Agua Fria . . 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 1 a 20 6 Australian l/ 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold. I 1 all Ave Maria • ••• 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) -- 50 all Blaenarvou Iron and s 7 9 Coal 1 all (British Austrin. Gold 20 13.5:British Iron 8 9 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at E 5 pm 3 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1i —2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 26 —2B 27 1. 4 Carsons's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold ... 16 Copiapo ll 12 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 52 —57 25 all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent 1 3 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l/ 20 all General ••• 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinScrp 2 Do. Registered 0 3i all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst • • .•• 1 all Liberty — I 3 all Linares. 9 ... 10 9i 1 all Lond.&Califoru. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 all mariq u it a , 111 all N N ae ew Granada all 10 9 Mexicau&S.A mer i cn . 6• —6 4 a nwd Nouveaus Linarese n o Monde MiningdC ••• 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 16 17 1 all Quartz Rock on 2 3 15 : 5 0 5 1 Santiagolt all 15 m•N United PileP ile Yl Philip ou . a . 8 4 33. 9 i 1 all South Australian. • all 10 7 Tin Croft .... • ••• 1 3. a all 11 a ll ll WestWaleslt Mariposa,,, er Granada.. ************* 1 1 1 a 1 2 1 2 Y WA t t ou b r s a t t 14 1 . 1 . :. * i * . 7 . 1 1 i - ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 83 85 841 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company -- 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 20 2 Chrtd. Brik. of India, Australia, & China ..d 100 25 Colonial •• ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 14 English Scottish and Australian 2 -- 1i d 12i 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 214 50 20 London and County 50 10 Londbn Joint Stock d 100 20 Lund. & Westminster 394 10J 35 National Provincial of England ••• ••• 20 10 Do. New ••• • • 50 z2i National of Ireland ... 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 46 - 48 25 5 Uo. New ••• ••• 1.00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all ionth Australia 4l 43 25 all Union of Australia 66 68 d • ••2 Do. New • ••• 50 10 Union of London ••• ••• THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN I NG, AUG UST 18, 1854. g 'tome Prices Business Paid. RAILWAY& Compass. yesVriaY. this day. •• 50 all Tedford and London & Bleteliley N. West. St. 100 Buckghanish. L.8;, , N.w. 95 100 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Calcdon... 95 97 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 0. per cent. qt.Nrtho. 134 137 136 25 all 'G'las. Barr. & S'aldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• 25 all Do. New._ Do — ••• 25 all '4lstr.ei Dn.Fi Gt. Westn 23 30 100 all Irtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Borw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N Md 103 105 25 all Do. Sharew. Do sl' 524 124 ; all Do. l• Shares. Do 2si 26 1 13 , 4 all Lon. & Greenw .3. Eastern 12. ; 134 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 20 1.00 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk 20 WO Do. 6 per et. ••• ••• si) all Manch. Bxtu. 14.&N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 21 2i 2} 50 all Middlesbro' & itckton& Redcar. Darlingt. 10C all Aidld.Bradfd Millland 94 95 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. E. Count. 53 GO 50 c, Do. 6 per et. D 0... 50 all Do. Fixedspg Do .•• ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Lu&Yk 121 12 Do. A Shares. D 0... St. 100 Royan.& Hit. GtNorthi: St. 100 Do.Sliepth.St D 0... 25 18i# Shef.Roth Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 91 S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 2 50 all WearValleygr 3tockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do.. St 100 Wilts&Sonirst Ir s tWestn 92 94 94 THE COURT-MARTIAL ON LIZUITNA..VT Pi_!.RR Y. 7 The second —or, as it may with greater propriety be said, the third—court-martial upon Lieutenant Perry, -is now in a fair way of bringing its proceed ings tees. conclusion. Any man of ordinary under standing who has attended to the couso of the evi dence delivered before these three courts of military investigation must nec essar il y come to t h e f o llowing. conclusions. Her Majesty's 46th Regiment of In fantry, considered with respect to its officers, is in such a condition that if well nigh all those persons were to receive a hint to-morrow that the Queen had no-further occasion fur their services the intel ligence would occasion very little regret. Besides poor Lieutenant Perry, one or two exceptions of which we know nothing there may be ; but, from the Lieutenant-Colonel downwards, all of whom we have had any co gn i sance during the ' course of the the present proceedings come before the public either as a parcel of riotous unmannerly schoolboys, or as the abettors of a vindictive and ungentle manly combination against a brother officer. The second point which appears on the face of the pro ceedings is, that the prosecutor throughout has arrogated to himself functions which belong exclu sively to the court. He has by his single authority stopped the cross-examination of his witnesses ; he has fixed limits beyond which evidence could not be received as to the condition of the regiment. The third point is, that the wit nesses necessary for the prisoner's defence were despatched out of the coun try to the seat of war just before their presence was required. Against the sentence of the first Court-martial upon Lieutenant Perry we have no complaint to make. It was certain that, when driven to desperation, he did strike his unman nerly and brutal assailant to the earth. This was a specific fact, of which no denial was possible, and it is to be presumed that, according to the usages of the service, the Court had no option but to attach to such a proceeding the penalty of dismissal from the service. When they qualified this sentence with an earnest recommendation to mercy, upon the ground of the enormous provocation he had re ceived, the members of the Court did their duty— they acted like " officers and gentlemen." The fact that certain portions of their proceedings were informal and irregular, and that therefore the whole inquiry was quashed, cannot take away from the propriety of the decision. All was as it should be —the Court martial did its duty. But what a comment upon the conduct of Colonel Garrett may be extracted from this. sentence He had recommended—if we remember right—that both Lieutenants Parry and Greer should sell out, He had drawn no distinction between the luckless lad who was assailed and his brutal assailant. In the course of the investigation ho had pressed against the young gentleman with the full force of his position. As far as depended upon him, not a point was omitted which could tell against the prisoner—not ono which was favourable to him was allowed to be drawn forth without struggle and argument. We, who care nothing for the good or bad will of the military authorities, and who simply give utterance to public opinion, say that the proceedings of that Court-martial pre sented but a sorry spectacle to the world ; and by everybody's mouth not the subaltern; but the commanding officer, has stood condemned. Now, when Lieutenant Perry escaped from the hands of his persecutors upon the first charge, was it proper, was it decent, to put him a second time upon trial for a statement to which he attached his signature at the request of his legal adviser ? Granting, for argument's sake, that that statement might have contained expressions which exceeded the truth, according to Colonel Garrett's view of his own case, had lie not as much reason to crave oblivion for the past as the young man against whom he was proceeding with so much m pertinacity Zie n y e , n a o n n t t p h e err o y t , l s i e r l e t h t e a r n d w , the eret r u s t e a , toer nearly true, there was the more reason for not put ting him to the proof of assertions which, however, true, might in the Colonel's opinion be impossible of proof. The officers who compose this second Court-martial are, of course, in the position of a jury sworn in to try a particular cause. They have nothing to do with extraneous matter. It will at a subsequent stage of the proceedings be for the he General Com m iut a n n di d ue irnwgwh-hi hich Lich t i hi e ,ee f tutal t teee o , n 1 it ae C ru o u n twu sle i wr x r xtr a ywi l t l htl t evi t e b ir e Cu b m itt s e ta r li s c p e ir s as hunted down on th e first tlikr, ch the second trial upon Lieutenant Greer was con verted virtually into a fresh trial of Lieutenant Perry, and the whole tenotir of the proceedings in this third case. Was the writer of the letter a witness, he could not criminate himself. Was he virtually the prisoner - on his dial, he was justified in protesting against any insufficient examination of witnesses. What is the evidence of author ship ?—what of publication ? If Courts-martial sit as courts of honour ample allowance should be made for the fact that since these trials began Lieutenant Perry's acts and words have been the acts and words of his legal adviser. If they sit as courts of la w , oug ht th irregulari ties ever to have arisen against which this letter was a protest ? There is a point to which we trust the attention of the members of the Court may be directed. They aro not called upon to decide whether or no upon the evidence now before them they believe the prisoner's statements with regard to Garrett and Nicholas to be founded on fact. The question is, had he himself sufficient grounds for believing in the truth of .his representations ? " Well knowing it to be false" is the essence of the charge. There is not a word to say against the manner in which Colonel Kelly and the Court have managed presentthecourtesy proceedings. Their communications with the prisoner have been characterized by un varying say nthatdcontshide officialeration. prosecutor t en li t o n w r these gentlemen a must loathe their work ! We wish it were p oss ibl e to has invariably acted with the same propriety. It was painful to the feelings of every r i g ht-thinkin g witnesses statement s for the prosecution were admitted t o ma k e pri soner's charact er , but that t against the when Lieutenant Perryput a question or t wo to tions were d u bb e d ~r try their own these ques ecrimination," and were strangled in thei r utterance. Colin Campbell h a d lifted For example, Captain up his voice and testified against the prisoner because h e h a d h ear d th a t h e reason for " cutti ng " prostitutes. That was his the next question he Waseutenant Perry. Upon he had been guilty himself compelled to admit that of Had the prison er b een all the lik e d e li nquenc i es . examination, he could have owed t o f o ll ow up th e Campbell from th e court with the dismissed Captain evi dence still more grievously shaken. prosecutor with his theory I n s t e p s th e of c c • • a theory to which Colonel Kellyrecrimination ;" lent a moment's ear. It might should never have enter into the question of the not be necessary to officers, if that had been the morality of other but it was material to the case real point at issue ; the testimony of the witness thenin hand to shake his testimony was that ho present. Now, Perry's society because he had heard Lieutenant asso ciated with prostitutes , while it turned that he associated with prostitutes' hinis t e u lf rned out that he was not as to Captain Campbell' The question chastity, but as to the truth or falsehood a his bell's public will with difficulty statements. The . believe that he, being what ho was, had avoided Lieutenant pany on the ground alleged. ant Perry's corn- But, if that was not the real ground, what was? The prosecutor snuffed this branch of the investigation out with his "re crimination" snuffers. In other .words, a witness to character cannot be cross - examined on his own ! Is this court-martial law ? Without entering further for the in , the details of Lientenant Perry's defencment into will be found in another portion of unr e as the columns ,this day, we cannot dismiss this subje c t without recurring once more to the monstrous fa c t that the trial has been proceeded with in the abs ence ma terial witnesses for the defence. Not ou ar e of y the witnesses absent, but they were actually sent away under the authority of the virtual prosecutor, the commanding officer of the regiment, just before they were wanted. Again, the whole system n of the prosecution has been confined to the introduc tion of one officer after another. Each in turn is asked a few set questions. Each in turn en • any.loys the most perfect vigour of memory when can be made to tell against Lieutenant point P each in turn is afflicted with a most unfortunateerry_ forgetfulness when any point arises in his favour What can you do with a youngster in a r e d . T wo coat who boldly declares "he can't remember 7 , ) officers only have committed themselv e s somewhat Cam further than the general assertion—Captain A bell and Lieutenant Waldy. It will be remembamp elred that this latter officer stepped forward in hi s in the swearing platoon to testify in favour of p o ace tain Nicholas. He had never heard, never 31). ten anything against that officer. Straightwaywrit was handed him a letter in his own writing, copy of which, taken from Tuesday's Proceedings, " a we subjoin :...... " Windsor, June 12. "My dear Perry,—lf you are really going to exchange, I wish you would mention to your servant Lawler that I should wish to take him after you leave. These are very jolly quarters; lots of women, and we have a drag for Ascot, and are going in grand style. You owe me 3/. —that is, I owe it to you. I hope you may live till you get it. I have a good mind to exchange myself, being pretty well tired of the South Devon.' The drill is worse than ever, beginning at 7 a.m. and very often till 6 o'clock p.m. We are obliged to ask leave to go to London ; although there may be no parade on that day, it is all the same. How does Knapp bear 111,3 ihnitonancy ? I think he will be taken down a peg or two ; but you need not tell him so, popular feeling being very much against him here. Coots has had several teams clown here already; the other clay Nioholen told him he was t a d----a son of a hitch of an Ensign.' This was at mess, he having given Nicholas the lie direct. " Believe me, yours truly, " W. T. WALDY." But for the preservation of this letter, by almost a miracle, where .would poor young Perry have been ? The letter is not only valuable as evidence of a par ticular point in the cause, but as a general descrip tion of the doings in her Majesty's 46th Foot. Wo know not what the motto of the regiment may be ; let us humbly suggest that, whatever it is, it may be changed for ".Non, mi ricordo BAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held -yesterday at Bristol, Mr. Charles Russell in the chair. The notice convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRIIAN said—l shall not detain you with any long analysis of the traffic for the last year. The general results respecting it are clearly stated in the opening; f exhibit a solid and healthy increase in both branches of tyhoeurwepilolrotonosfidtehretdoirheectsoartsis,faaontdortyh.osTehreey sPtai l r t a s, r l a P t r h u s o t, 1 that increased receipts are consumed by increased uponour r e t v h e e n u h o s r u d m i n a t r h i l a y n m O n S, d 3 e oo i . working expenses. Upon the present occasion that is e alf a -y m e o ar u . nti T ng he to co n m o p l l e a s i s nt a by no means the case, for you will perceive, that in order to obtain th a t l ar g e i n c r e a se our working ex penses have been increased only to the extent of 28,700/. There is a very large addition certainly to be carried to our interest account, which absorbs as much as 50,0001.: but it must be borne in mind that this charge is oeccasioned by the completion of the Birming ham and Oxford, line, a very extensive line, which as yet has no communication whatever towards the north, and of which, therefore, the traffic must be considered as totally undeveloped. Our Parliamentary proceedings have been rendered necessary rather in order to oppose those schemes of other companies which are corsidered to be injurious to us than to promote any new projects of our own. (Cheers.) In point of fact, we have not had one new project of our own fur the last session of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The few bills that we have found it necessary to bring in have been for the purpose of carrying out old arrangements which have been long in progress, and which have been re peatedly approved of, so that we may hope we have now obtained all the powers that will be essential for us to have ; and, for my own part, I can see no necessity whatever that we should again proceed to Parliament for a very long time to come. (Applause.) In our opposition we have for the most part had success. In one important measure only have we failed. The bill for the Salisbury and Yeovil line was carried out by a combination of interests that it was impossible for us to resi t. The money, however, has still to be raised—the line has still to be made. It will scarcely be possible that this should be done without the pecuniary aid or, guarantee of the South-Western Company ; and every meeting of that company shows that the South-Western proprietors are growing more and more determined that they will not invest the funds of that company in lines to be constructed through districts such as those which lie between Salisbury and Yeovil. The efforts of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company have for some time been directed to the object of eman cipating themselves from the obligations under which they were placed by their act of incorporation to con struct their line upon the broad gauge, so that it might be worked continuously with the Great Western line. A short time ago we obtained a decree from Vice-Chan cellor Kindersley, enjoining them not to expend any further money on their narrow gauge until they should have completed their broad gauge to the same extent. We obliged them to insert in their bill a clause placing themselves under considerable pecuniary penalties, if their line was not completed upon the broad gauge within certain specified periods. The projects of the London and North-Western Company were directed in the last session of Parliament 'chiefly to measures of amalgamation by which they would have widely ex tended the sphere of their influence, and rendered them selves to that extent more formidable to their neighbours. Among these projects were bills for a traffic arrange ment equivalent to an amalgamation arrangement with the Midland Company, for amalgamation with the North Staffordshire line, for the lease and purchase of the New port, Abergavenny, and Hereford line, and for the lease and purchase of the Birkenhead line. Now, all these mea sures, particularly that respecting the Birkenhead line, have been 3 extremely injurious to the interests of the Great Western Company. They were all either defeated or withdrawn. That company succeeded, indeed, in carry ing a line into the coal district of Cannock-chase, an ob ject in which we failed. The ironworks situate on our line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton stand in great need of supplies of coal, which are becoming nearly exhausted in that quarter, and it would have been a great convenience to them if they could have been carried by our line. I believe, however, that the interests of the iron -masters, more than those of our selves, will suffer by our failure, and we must endeavour to supply their wants for coal from the north-western districts by bringing them over our Shrewsbury line. The measure of the greatest importance to us which passed in the last session of Parliament was the Shrews. bury amalgamation, for which we have had such long and severe contests. As we have not succeeded in obtaining those facilities by which we hoped to render its pressure upon us less burdensome in the earlier years of its operation, we certainly enter on that agreement under some disadvantages. One of the terms of the agreement was to take effect from the Ist of January, 1854, and it has therefore been in operation several months before we can judge the operation or the management of the line—indeed, before the act giving it to us had passed. During that period the London and North-Western has continued to pursue its policy of destroying the traffic on the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham line, by diverting it and charging at the low fares of ls. for conveying second-class passengers 70 miles round by their Staffordshire line. Between Bir mingham and Wolverhampton there has been no means of communication except by the Stour Valley line, and every effort that the London and North-Western Company could make to close that line against the Shrewsbury Company has been .made. To the north, the Birkenhead Company, under actual agreement with the London and North-Western Company, has with held every facility that could be possibly afforded to the traffic of the Shrewsbury and Chester Company. Under these circumstances, is it to be wondered at that the traffic of the Shrewsbury Company should fall short ? We were quite prepared for such a deficiency, and, as far as we were able, we devised such arrange ments for meeting the defect as we thought to be entirely from all objection. The means that we pro posed were to postpone the payment of any deficiency which might arise in the traffic of the Shrews bury Company for two years, to spread such de ficiency over the following five years, in order that it might be governed by the improving traffic of the Shrewsbury lines themselves, and at the ex piration of that period, if any deficiency should arise, then in that event, and in that event only, it should be charged against the revenue of the Great Western Company. There was not, there never has been, the most remote intention of charging this deficiency against capital, or anything of the sort. On the contrary, such expedients were expressly prohibited by the very terms of the act. The sole purpose we had in view was, to devise a plan by which the receipts of the Shrewsbury line should be made responsible for the payment of the Shrewsbury dividend, instead of casting the burden upon the shareholders of the Great Western Company. It seems to me that nothing could have been more fair, nothing could have been more reasonable, and nothing could have been less injurious to any human being ; and such was the only object which we had in view. The House of Commons saw no objection to that arrange ment, for they passed a clause we inserted in our bill for the purpose without any difference of opinion. The com mittee of the House of Lords saw no objection to it, for, though they proceeded to disapprove of the acts we had introduced in the first instance for the purpose, they authorised us to state their entire approval of a clause we had subsequently framed for the same purpose. But, notwithstanding the concurrence of these high autho rities, the London and North-Western Company deter mined that they would offer an uncompromising opposi tion to our plans. We might have determined to post pone our bill, and bring it into Parliament in next session, view. But this course was at least questionable on the with such a clause as would meet the purposes we h a d in grounds both of good faith and good policy. On the ground of good faith it was hardly consistent with our verbal engagement with the Shrewsbury Company to let slip the amalgamation, which was actually in our grasp, and leave it to the chances of another session of Parlia- merit. It would hardly have been consistent either with economy or prudence to postpone a measure we must have brought in in the next session of Parliament, when we must have encountered the same vexatious contest from which we had just escaped, ant that with our friends disheartened by defeat, and our enemies embol dened by success. We might probably then not have been able to accomplish better results than those we have already procured. (Cheers.) We determined therefore to . . adopt the third course—to take the bill at once without the clause, to secure the alliance, to render ourselves free from all imputation of bad faith, and to trust to the spirit and good faith of our proprietors, which has never failed to carry us through the most difficult points in the warfare adopted by our opponents. (Cheers.) Hay ing now accomplished this alliance, let us consider for one moment what are the inconveniences that we are to meet by the particular form in which it has been ob tained. We have to meet a deficiency of 30,0001. in the revenue of the Shrewsbury Company, and to enable us to do that we must submit to the loss of one-half per cent. dividend on one half-year. This is the most direct, the most straightforward, and the safest course which we could have pursued. The grounds on which we may feel confident that the increase of receipts on our line will be sufficient not only to supply this deficiency, but to meet all other demands which we have on us, are, first, that the injurious competition of the London and North-Western against the traffic of the Shrewsbury Company cannot, I am satisfied, be persisted in, when that company, instead of being a small or insulated body, shall form part of a large and powerful system, capable of protecting and vindicating itself. (Hear, hear.) If the traffic upon the Shrewsbury lines were not exposed to that competition, if they were enabled only to levy the ordinary charges upon that traffic, the present amount of it, without any increase, would be ample to cover the dividend of 33 per cent. which we guaranteed. (Cheers.) Secondly, by the Ist of September we shall have a continuous line between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, passing through one continuous country, abounding in manufactories and population, in our own possession and under our own control, from London to Chester. Thirdly, by the additional powers which have been obtained over the B irkenhead Company, and by the facilities that will be afforded to us by Mr. Cardwell's public Ada we 01141 . 1 1 1 , 4 7 0 PPeUO4 to us as unobstructed caur of traffic, not to Birkenhead ()illy, but to Man chester also. Fourthly, we have reason- to expect that the Birkenhead docks will, at no remote period of time, be sufficiently completed to admit large vessels,, when the trade of that port;innit be -very largely increased. Fifthly, we have every reason to believe that the local traffic upon the - Shrewsbury Company's lines is suscep tible of very large extension, particularly in coal. We shall have besides for the first time appropriated to our selves a through traffic from London to the manufactur ing districts of Lancashire, passing over 223 miles of railway belonging to ourselves ; and ultimately there can be no doubt that a more economical and a more efficient mode of working the line can be accom plished under a united and combined, system than is possible to be the case under a divided management and separate establishments. Our traffic must gradually and rapidly increase to such an extent as shall not only com pletely cover all the deficiencies which we have now to meet, but shall justify all the expectations we have ever formed of our northern lines. Mr. Saunders, the secretary, read the report, of which the following is an abstract : "The accounts for the half-year, to the 30th of June, 1854, in comparison with those for the corresponding period in 1853, present the following results, the same extent of railway being open during each period : "RECEIPTS. 1853. 18'54. Increase. Passengers, mails, szc £329,188 £365,602 £36,414 Merchandise, parcels, &e 169,035 226,937 57,902 Other sources of revenue 24,275 28,348 4,073 522,498 620,837 98,389 Working expenses 9 33,837 262,618 28,781 Net revenue .288,661 358,269 69,608 " CHARGE. For interest on loaus and dividends on preference capital 145,229 195,825 50,596 2143,432 162,114 19,012 " TRAFFIC. 1853. 1854. Increase, Number of passengers con veyed 1,554,495 1,809, 146 224 , 651 Number of tons of goods conveyed 319,174 426, 4 6 4 107 , 290 " The foregoing statement of the comparative revenue and expenses, as well as of the business transacted, cannot fail to be satisfactory, when it is perceived that the addi tional traffic has been conveyed over your lines at a cost of only 28 per cent., notwithstanding that the main increase has consisted of merchandise and minerals ; and also that the difference of the revenue has been more than adequate in the first year to pay the increased interest on loans and dividends on the preference stock, which, in fact,repre sent the capital expended ou the purchase and construc tion of the Birmingham lin " if it had not been for the unexpected obligation to dis tribute a considerable proportion of the existing revenue among the shareholders of the two Shrewsbury companies, under the circumstances so fully represented in the circulf.r statement which accompanied the accounts, the directors would have been able to recommend the usual dividend of 4 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock. This, too, would have been attained under many admitted disadvan tages, in having been obliged to open, for local traffic only, a railway of most expensive construction between Oxford and Birmingham, completed into the very centre of the latter town, without any connecting line beyond it. "Scarcely as yet bad any through traffic from the north been procured over any portion of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, although it must bo obvious that, upon the opening of the Wolverhampton section in continuation beyond Birmingham through the South Staffordshire mine ral district, and upon the possession of the two Shrewsbury railways, there will be, at no very distant period, an abun dant return, as well for the capital expended on those un dertakings, as for the sacrifice of present dividend rendered imperative upon the shareholde rs . 'ln making up the accounts of the half-year it will be seen that the directors have given effect to the system which was approved at the last half-year ly general meeting, of charging the revenue account in fixed amounts for the discharge of all those Parliamentary and legal disburse ments which come under the definition given in the direc tors' report of the 20th of February last as fairly belonging to that class of expenditure. "The sum of 2,5001. has been appropriated for that pur pose in the first half-year of 1854, leaving 2,5001. or 3,5001., as the case may seem to require, for the next account, to make up the fixed charge therein specified at 5,000/. or 6,0001. per annum.' "The directors think it right to report that the accumu lations already to the credit of the Insurance account against accidents,' in consequence of setting apart a fixed annual sum, as recommended by the board, exceed 11,0001., after meeting all existing, claims upon it. "The only unadjusted accounts which remain to be men tioned as having relation to revenue are those with the South Wales Railway Company, on the one hand, under the agreement for a lease of one-third of the revenues of that line not yet finally arranged ; and with the Midland Railway Company on the other, who are indebted to this company, in addition to other claims, for the rent agreed to be paid by the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company for the use of the line between Gloucester and Cheltenham, which has been now running since 1816, which agreement was duly confirmed at the time by the proprietors of both companies. " The directors have urged through their professional advisers that these long outstanding claims upon the Mid land Company, which by agreement had been at one time under legal investigation, when the referee (Mr. Justice Crompton) was raised to the bench, should now again un dergo a similar process, with a view to obtain a final adju dication by some impartial person competent to decide all matters in difference between the two companies. " They entertain little doubt that the sum to be awarded to this company in respect of the Bristol and Gloucester agreement,with during eight years, will be more than commen surate any deficiency which may have arisen on the South Wales Railway lease to the present time; and more especially as, in the latter case, there will be a set-off o f some expenditure incurred for their account at Gloucester, besides some other claims in diminution of the loss during the first two years of the lease. "In the hope that these two items may be simultane ously adjusted, and settled within a short period, the di rectors have no hesitation in recommending that both the claims shall, for the present, remain over as matters of ac count likely to compensate • each other, and to be then balanced; but in th e even t o f continued delay in either case, they suggest that the proprietors should for the future set apart a moiety of the South Wales dividend to meet any arrears of claim, until the whole shall have been dis charged, whether by any award under the Midland refer ence, or by the effect of a progressive improvement in the South Wales traffic. " It is very satisfactory to observe that already the re ceipts of that company, even although still an incomplete undertaking, have increased from 3,7501. per week in 1853 to 5,3001. during the present summer ; and it is confidently believed by those who are most competent to judge of the results of the South WTales Railway when finished that the business is capable of being very largely increased. " In addition to the amalgamation of the Shrewsbury Railways with this company, the directors succeeded in obtaining legislative sanction to two acts—the one for ex tending the time to complete the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth Railway, in course of execution, and to snake the short fork line to connect the Borks and Hants Railway with the main line near Reading; and the other for dispens ing with certain works in the town of Birmingham, and for providing additionalaccommodation in land and stations both there and at. Wolverhampton. " Tho Metropolitan Railway, forming a junction at Pad dington with the Great Western Railway, and extending into the city near to the General Post-office, has been sanc tioned by the Legislature, and the subscription by this com pany of 175,0L;0/. has been authorised by the act. " The directors are satisfied that, whatever may be the present loss of traffic inflicted upon this company by the forced diversion of it over a circuitous line between Oxford and London, via Bletchley, it will be compensated for here after, when the broad gauge must not only be laid, but also opened for public use continuously from the Great Western lino at Oxford. "During the Parliamentary proceedings of the session, the directors deemed it expedient to offer the insertion of certain clauses in two of the acts then in progress through the committee, to set at rest and establish the bona fides of the company in carrying out two principles, on which, as promoters of those acts, they had fully declared their in tentions, although their adversaries sought to raise doubts and distrust in the minds of the committee. "The one related to the construction of additional rails on the existing Great Western line between Oxford and Basingstoke, in order to admit of narrow gauge waggons being transmitted, without impediment, from the north to Southampton and Portsmouth. The directors of this company had previously pledged themselves to afford this means of direct intercourse without break of gauge over the Great Western Railway, as soon as a connection could be obtained with the narrow gauge lines in the north. The advantages of it to the company, as well as its useful ness to the public, cannot be disputed. The route from Birmingham, as the centre of England, to those ports in the English Channel is fifty-five miles nearer than by any other railway ; and, the narrow gauge rails being already added to the Birmingham and Oxford line, there can be no longer a pretext for diverting any of the traffic from the manufacturing districts towards Southampton by any other railway, on the plea of having to change in the transit from one gauge to the other. These additional rails will, at all events, constitute the Great Western line be tween Birmingham and Basingstoke the main and direct railway thoroughfare for all traffic passing to or from that portion of the south coast of England. A period of 18 months has been allowed for the completion of the narrow gauge rails on the line between Oxford and Basingstoke.. " The . other cla W t h o e l v s e h r r h e a w m s b p u t o i7 n upon which future us application p l relates ieso n to m s t y he be t in im a e de a .to nd E c a o r n li d a i m ti e o u n t s for adding a third rail on each line to admit of the traffic i b n ei b n r g oad car; t i m e g d e ccoalliTitionsueostuslory wtosgangodnnfroovmer Railways. " No such power had been so m u p g an ht i i e n s, t n h e e r a w pp a li e c it at i i i o l n eo for the bill to amalgamater these templatio n t h t e o m press beforefo the the construction "' n u s h t l r i u e c necessityt ion of th e fe b r r broad ba!ie: rails over To proved co mm e u rf n e i e c t a ly tio e n lea s r he a u n ld d b i e nt f e ul ili l g y ih r le e , co i g .t ni h szl e . make this p enacted that the Board of Trade must publish in a report their opinion that it will be attended with advantage to the public to have such additional rails before an applica tion can be made to Parliament for power to lay them. The effect of this clause will obviously preclude any ex pensive contests on the question of gauge until the time shall arrive when it becomes a certainty that the public requirements must prevail over adverse objections, and that Parliament will consequently give the requisite autho rity to provide the broad gauge accommodation, in addi tion to that on the narrow gauge. " The Groat Western Hotel at Paddington, having been completed for cccupation in the month of June, was opened to the public under the management of a committee of those gentlemen who h a d su b scr ib e d funds and taken the lease of it. .. It is a matte: of great satisfaction to find that ever since the ePenin , of the hotel the accommodation it affords to passengers gas been resorted to in the moo en couraging manner, whi c h g i ves th e prom i se o f a beneficial return to those who, in an enterprising spirit, embarked their capital in it. " The report of Mr. Brunel, the engineer, states that the Radetock branch will probably be completed and open in about a month. The Uxbridge branch is completed all but the permanent way. The permanent way of the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, and of the junction north of Wolverlitmpton with the Shrews bury lines, is rapidly advancing to completion, and.w o il n i t r in a fit s t a t e f or pu bli c t ra ffi c on th e I s t o f nex t month. Of the new lines in which the Great Western Railway Company is interested, the Wycombe Railway has been completed and opened during the last month ; and the Hereford, Ross, and Glocester railway will be completed during the current half year. It will be nonagary to obtain Totem from the proPrie: tors for expenditure upon new stations and extensions of the_ present accommodation at Bristol, Box. Swindoi, Stonehouse, and some - minor stations, 25,0 CW. ; and for additional hous e aeconimodatiotaat New Swindon, 5,0001.; at the Paddington station a further vote will be necessary of 50,000/. towards tho works still in progress." An abstract of the accounts and circular appended thereto appeared on Monday. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution, to the effect that the report and statement of accounts be received and adopted. Major COURT proposed an amendment, to the effect that the report be not adopted. He'underatood that it was agreed at the last meeting that the report of the di rectors should be circulated among. the proprietors a week prior to the half-yearly meeting. He had not had time to read the report, and he had no doubt other shareholders had felt the inconvenience. He therefore called upon the proprietors to do justice to themselves, and adjourn the meeting for a week or a fortnight to consider the report. A. PROPRIETOR said the question had been discussed over and over again, and it had been considered as im practicable. Mr. PLOWDEN seconded the amendment. He did not intend to oppose the dividend to the Shrewsbury Ca m _ panies, but he thought the proprietors ought to pause before they agreed to sanction the outlay of 80,0001. mentioned in the engineer's report. Mr. NICHOLSON expressed his strong approval of the report. He had generally opposed the directors when he did not approve of what they proposed. He thought, however, that they had acted with great prudence and discretion in respect to the amalgamation bill. They did perfectly right not to risk the bill by insisting on the insertion of clauses which might have caused its rejection. He hoped that the shareholders would strictly adhere to the principle of paying the dividend out of the earnings of the line. The question of compe tition was so far settled with regard to the Shrewsbury line that it must be either peace or war with the London and North-Western. They could not allow things to go on as. they had for several years past. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Davies, said that, so far from it being understood that the report was to be circulated among the proprietors prior to the meeting, the shareholders at the last half -yearly meeting had ex pressed themselves adverse to it. There were practical objections to that course, particularly on the present occasion, as they had found it quite impossible to get through the work at the board in time to circulate the report earlier than the day before the meeting. The circular sent with the accounts on Saturday last con veyed to the proprietors information on all the important points they had to consider that day. No advantage could be gained by an adjournment. The Secretary, in reply to a question, stated that all the known liabilities against revenue bad been charged during the past half year. The lawyer's bills, as had been stated at the last meeting, amounted to about 35,0001., and in the present revenue account 2,5001. was charged to revenue, and a similar amount would be charged against the next half-year's revenue to the same amount, so that from 5,0001. to 6,0001. a-year would be charged to revenue until the whole was liquidated. One of the auditors stated that the amount of law and Parliamentary expenses during the past five ye irs amounted to 122,0001., part of which was charged to revenue and part to capital. Major COURT remarked, that the accounts did not show the amount expended every half-year, and there fore they did not know how they were getting on with their expenditure or capital account. The estimate of the committee of investigation had been far exceeded, in one case to the extent of 1,100,0001. He wished to know when their capital account would be closed ? The CHAIRMAN said, when the lines were completed, he supposed they would know the extent of their outlay. Mr. GORE, of Bath, and other shareholders, strongly recommended the payment of dividend to the Shrews bury Companies out of the revenue of the Great Western Company until the traffic on those lines should be suffi cient for that purpose. Mr. MALINS said it was his intention to propose the appointment of a committee of shareholders with a view to investigate the affairs of the company for the purpose of putting an end to the expensive contests that had so long existed ; but, not being able to carry his motion for the appointment of a committee at the London and North-Western meeting recently held, he did not think it would be of any use to bring forward his motion for the appointment of a committee on the present occasion. He was anxious to save railway property fr3m further depreciation, and he thought much good might be done by influential shareholders exerting themselves to put an end to those unseemly and expensive contests which had already seriously injured the property of railway com panies. He considered that the charges in general of the railway companies were too low to be remunerative. After some suggestions as to the reduction of the charges for small parcels on the line, and ethers for the appointment of a traffic manager to develope the re sources of the line, Mr. SAUNDERS explained that everything had been done and was being done to accommodate the public and develope the traffic. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend for the half-year at the rate of SI per cent. per annum on the consolidated stock of the company, and the amount paid on the Windsor shares, and autho rising the outlay mentioned in the engineer's report. The CIIAIR3IAN then proposed two alternative propo- sitions—one for the continuance of the payment of the dividend to the Shrewsbury lines out of the Great Western revenue, until the net revenue on those lines be sufficient to liquidate the guaranteed dividend, and the other for purchasing the shares of those companies on certain conditions ; but the feeling of the meeting being unanimously in favour of paying the liabilities in respect to the Shrewsbury lines out of the current revenue of the Great Western Company, the former proposition was unanimously adopted. The proceedings concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. TAFF VALE. The half-yearly meeting of this company wag held yesterday at Bristol ; Mr. J. Poole in the chair. The report stated that the balance of accounts allowed the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 71 per cent. per annum on the stock of the company for the half-year, payable on the 6th of September next, with a dividend in the same proportion on the preference stock No. 1, and on the amount called up on the 10/. shares. The urgency of further dock room is still most se riously felt at Cardiff. The new dock constructing by the trustees of the Marquis of Bute is, however, ap proaching completion. When completed it is hoped that ample accommodation for the increasing traffic will be . found to exist. From the revenue account to the 30th of June last it appeared that the receipts amountedto 83,0551., and the expenditure to 60,1561., leaving a balance (with 2,401/, from last half-year's account) of 22,8981. The CILLIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors on the satisfactory posi tion of the affairs. The company afforded freighters every facility in their power, and he believed, on the whole, their line was still ono of the most economical in the kingdom. (Hear, hear.) After some observations in respect to the construction of the Rhonda branches, resolutions were passed adopt ing the report, electing Lord J. Stewart a director in the room of Mr. W. Coffin, resigned, and re-electing the retiring directors. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The meeting of the Taff Vale Waggon Company was then held, and the report stated that the first lease to the railway company was now being engrossed for 900 waggons, at the value of 37,500/. The second lease for the like amount would be completed immediately after payment of the call of 1/. per share in October next. LONDON AND BLACKWALL: It appears that a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of June last will be at the rate of 3s. 3d. per share, clear of income tax. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. It appears that the directors of this company have de cided on recommending to the proprietors at their next meeting to declare a divided for the past half-year at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, and to add to the sur plus brought forward from the previous half-year. CEYLON. Yesterday the annual meeting of the proprietors in this undertaking, advertised to be held at the offices, Copthall-court, was adjourned sine die, there not being sufficient shareholders present to form a quorum. The report recommended that the scheme—which has for the last three years been in abeyance —should so remain for another year. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION. It is stated that the dividend for the past half-year on the shares of this company will be at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, free of income tax. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. The dividend on the shares of this company for the past half-year will be at the rate of 5 per oent. per an num, leaving a balance for the next account. THE CONDEMNED MURDERESS AT CHESTER.—Since the departure of Mr. Baron Martin from Chester, who before he left declined signing the warrant for the execution of Sarah Featherston convicted at the last assizes of the murder of her child, no communication with reference thereto has been received from the Secretary of State. Soon after her conviction she admitted her guilt to the chaplain, who has been ex ceeding kind and attentive to her, and made a state ment to the following effect. She says that about the time she took away the child from the nurse, not knowing what to do with it, she turned to her Bible for consolation. She accidentally opened upon a chapter in Deuteronomy where it is said—"A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord her uninstructed mind applying the words to her own case, became more deeply affected. and as she sauntered along with the child she was compelled occasionally to s i t down and relieve herself by a flood of tears. More sen- Ge h c . c h_ o u l o a r sible than ever of her degradation, she at last formed the fatal resolve of murdering it, and tied the bricks up i n its dress as related in the evidence. She then placed it in the pond, and it floated a little and afterwards sunk. n Y an ;le e side , l2 .v e a r. Becoming conscious of the awful crime she was commit.. and attempted to drag the child back to the shore, but tin . , she seized oINu tAa of RAILWAY r o y re w aA branch cyh.c_ 41onin, ei w s,tt o it f wS th ua e isc M nipo inchester and Sheffield train at the Lincoln sta tion on Thursday afternoon, at 3.30, on opening a first class carriage the officials were horrified at finding in it a gentleman quite dead, and a bottle of poison by the side His name is unknown. The body awaits an quest. • 7 -:C4) ~ e $ r. , . ~,, ~*;_ --- d i. 1 Ira .0 ~~