The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. Half-yearly Meeting,--This Day. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Charing-cross Railway was held this day at the Lon don -bridge Terminus; James Byng, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the receipts and expenditure on capital account for the half-year ending the 30th .Tune last allows the receipts for that period to have been £416,914 12 s. 4d., and the expenditure £511,539 12s. 4d. The receipts have been derived principally from calls and and pre payment of calls on the 5 per cent. shares created a nd issued in August last, and by the exercise of the corn 13anr s borrowing powers under the Act of 1863. The prin ciPal items of expenditure have been—On account of the purchase of property required for the City Terminus in Caution street (257,334 7s 3d) ; works of the original rail- W V and the station at Charism-cross (£101,346 3s 4d), and City Terminus works (£54,C00). The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, W hich, after a short discussion, was carried unanimously, The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend at the rate of 25 per cent. per annum be declared. I.lr GORDON TuomrsoN seconded the motion, which was a greed to unanimously. The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of co nfirming an agreement between the Charing-cross Rail- W ay Company and the South Eastern Railway Company made under the provisions cf "The Charing Cross Railway Act, 1563," and " The Charing Cross Railway Act, 1864," 1;4 the amalgamation of the Charing Cross Railway Com pany and their undertaking, property and effects, rights, powers, privileges and authorities, with the South-Eastern It liiway Co m p a ny and their undertaking, property and effects, rights, powers, privileges and authorities. resolution was moved confirming the agreement, but Mr FEW obj , cted to the arrangement. - The CHAIRMAN said he considered this amalgamation W ould prove advantageous for both companies, as it was fair, honest, and just; the terms were an exchange of Shares, Charing-cross for South Easterns. A poll was ultimately taken, when the resolution was carried by a large majority. Mr BEATTIE said ho had baon instructed by the South Eastern Company to represent their interests, and in his discretion, had it been necessary, he should have voted for the amalgamation, but he abstained from voting at all, otherwise the majority in favour of the amalgamation 'would have been very much larger. A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the pro °Wings. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Half-yearly Meeting---This Day. .The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors o this company was held to-day at the Bridge Howe Hotel— 'apses Bynss, Esq., in the chair. The report, which has already been published, having l'een taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the direc tors had d one th e i r b es t t o ma intain the receipts, but certain heavy works and other causes had led to increased expendi 'lll.9, but notwithstanding the increased outlay the directors here enabled to declare a dividend of per cent. less than 118 :141, but which was the same as paid two years ago. T he outlay of twelve millions of money by an oppo sition company in duplicating the line to Margate, R amsgate, and other places had of course led the directors , make fresh exertions by opening up new lines in order to n eutralise the efforts of the opposing company. The result o f the making of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway h ad led to a considerable loss, but the directors of the ' south Eastern had the greatest confidence that the " l aliaution would be but temporary. (Hear, hear.) The co mpletion of the Charing-cross station had led to the beat results, although it had not yet realized the expectations c r the directors, but had the South Eastern remained at l i e tdon-bridge permanent loss must have been the result. T he chairman then alluded to other topics mentioned in the ° Port, and concluded by moving the usual formal re solution. GoRDON THOMPSON seconded the motion. kr. ll,ltivrox moved, as an amendment, that the agreement with the Charing Cross Railway be put art cad to. The amendment not having been seconded fell to the tron d , when the resolution of the chairman was carried un animously. A resolution for the payment of the dividend mentioned i ll the report was then submitted to the meeting, and car 11` -'4 unanimously. The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of ! ) tsidering the agreement between the South Eastern Railway Company and the Charing-cross Railway Corn -13411 for an amalgamation. ONEY MARKET AND 00'/.TMVACIIIM INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: The mercantile public generally have felt no 11 :tenishment by the announcement made by the 'eck of England directors, that their minimum (14 eonat would remain at 8 per cent. There were ne vertheless a few sanguine people who did hope that further concessions would have been made by e authorities, although the ground upon which th ey based their ideas appeared, to say the least, 11111 El:table. Their conclusions were cnly de 'teed from the abundance of money in the and the fact that the brokers were 11. 4 king about ? 3 , - per cent. under the terms c harged by the Bank. They forgot to take into ac count the condition which the market must by : l ed by assume , i n s pit e o f present abundance, he th e reve n ue p a y men t s a nd the advances to e ultimately made by the authorities. Very little l u t tlr Prise or discussion therefore ensued when it was °n cl that no initiative would yet bo made to Ce der rates by the Bank. Out of doors to.day th ere has been a larger number of bills brought for ward, but 71 and it percent. are the quotations fo r the best three months' bills. , further sum of £39,000 in gold was taken into th e Bank yesterday. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Tuesday, th e 30th inst., a special settling 4s l' in the shares of the following companies c Oporto, and Light Wine Company (for trans ctieca only entered into on and after the 7th June) - , (4 10 be marked, and in the Buxton Hotel Co mpany. T he subscription list of the Connecting Ship 0 vi rlere (Limited) will close for London on the 27th, an d for the country on the 29th inst. ; of the Abera ac Iron Works for London on the 27th, and for Tavern country on th e 30th inst. ; of the Fre e m asons ' ittvern Company for London on the 31st inst., and f or the country on September 33. A . meeting of th e s h are h o ld ers o f th e B an k o f - tiandust an , China, and Japan was also held today to consider the agreement with the Imperial Bank 0f China, India, and Jap an , an d t o rat if y t h e reso . lotion for increasing the capital by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £lOO each at a premium of £6. The resolutions in each case were unanimously carried. A special meeting of shareholders of the Impe. till Bank of China, India, and Japan, was held to= day to consider the agreement for an amalgamation kith the Bank of Hindustan, China, end Japan. The terms of the arrangement are the issue of 2 1 ,2,000 now shares, of £ lOO each of the Bans of ,7 , industan, China, and Japan, to be issued to the Iders of shares in the Imperial Bank of China, i"tt dia, and Japan , at a p remiu m of £6, £5 of which i ' -3 to be carried to the reserve fund, and the re £l to b e applied to preliminary expenses. 4 , (ls .'ridend of 10 per cent. p er annum, for t he time t ` fl Bank has been in operation , an d fo ur of the d i r eztors to be elected on the new board of the of Hindustan, &c. Ile last week's raiiway receipts, ascertained up t 0 this day, are, in round figures, as under:- 1864. 1363. Q: -at Western t `' ea it Li-Western t Northern RV l e aspire and Yorkshire t 13 1 P, 1- Western Ok:Aton Ind l tt' , l Eastern Iv lilt )1 and Exeter Eastern 68,281 60,049 q l , 4ol, ster, Sheffield, /and Lincoln '8,004 16,316 eat Eastern 'Jrth. British' 26,535 23,583 Tt ese returns are in most instances of a highly i : 4lB factory character. On the Great Western the 4 e rease amounts t o £6,591, the Great North ern to ( 32 , the NY. th W estern ;oo £7,177, the Lancashi re 4r 3 1 Yorkehiro to £6,565, the South Western t o the Brighton to £9ll, the Midland t o ' 439 , the Bristol and Exeter to £137, the North elnteru to £8.232, the Manchester, Sheffield, and a eoln to £2,348, the Great Eastern to £2,093, 4( 1 the North British to £2,952. Two o'CLocK. At P6ri , i , this 1147, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66f, 32c. Dull. The English Stock Market continues firm, with symptoms of improvement. Although the dealings are very limited, yet quotations have been well maintained through occasional purchases which have been made. Consols for money are 89k la and for the account, 891. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 153. is. ; India 5 per Cents., 104 k; and Enfaced 4 per Cents., 92. There is very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices, although rather flatter at the opening, are now firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 ; do. Consolides, 501 K ; Mexjcan, 28 1 a ; do. New, 26 a ; Greek, -23 t, f,'-;• Spanish Passive, 30a s ; do. Certificates, 131 1 ; Portuguese, 471 ; and the Confederate Loan, 78 79. In the Railway Share Market the operations have cgain been limited, aid prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and York shire, Midland, and South Eastern have each de clined 5.5..; while Great Western have improved 55., and Metropolitan 103. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inactive at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also are in very limited request. Alliance have improved to 62. Imperial Ottoman have declined to 161,-; Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi to 12k. Maritime Credit Company's shares are quoted 1-1- 21, prem.; London Engineering, 1 to 2 prem,; and Natal Investment,l to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced BBa New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &tb. J an., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &31 per Cent. 15 26 Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5i per Ct. Do Account. . - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... Do ACcouut Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4f pet Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 92 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 !Sunda .El,OOO Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Lro 1863 Bst Quenon Ayres 6 per Cent hihan 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Gen` Cuba, 6 per Cont. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisenal Land Warrant... Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Do, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1524-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account P.Oupons .._. - -- Vo Account.... , ...-. Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) &lexicon 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do 1864.. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent - New Granada — Do 2 per Cent..... .. Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1661 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Pertrzion 4} per Cent .. Do .3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 - Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account .. 47a Do 3 per Cent., 1356, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'2.. Do Account . •••• 47a Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4i per Cent., 1850 • • Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 3l 30f Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3l Swedish, 4 per Cent .. Do Scrip, £6O paid — pm rurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 185 S . 72 Do Account 7 21 f Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 7o} 691 Do 1863 • Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Po Account Do Scrip £45 paid Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 (iuil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, a per Cent., 1851, .Ex. 25 francs — Do Aceount French Emntes, 2 per Cent..... tieruviau Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmontese , , 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account .... 891 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market dull, and prices still irregular. Sales probably 3,000 bales. SHIPIUNG-TIIIS DAY, (BE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 25,—Sliepner, from Christians; Zwerver, from Amsterdam; Arabistan, from Bathurst; Esperanza, from Trinidad de Cuba ; PrineessAtexandra, from Jamaica; Henry Miller and Portia, from Colombo; Sirocco, from Trieste: Morning Star, from Nerve; Amity, from Ran good—lndiana (steamer), from Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Leith, from London, for Port Natal—Clasters, from Calcutta, for London—Ellen of J erse y f rom th e W es t for the North—Marianne, bark, from the North for the West—Jessie, schooner, from the West, and Esk, screw steamer, , , from Guernsey—both for Loados—fieroine of Dartmouth, from the West for the North. GAROTTERS FLOGGED.—On Monday last the first part of the sentence passed on several garotters by the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, at the late Liverpool assizes, was carried out in Kirkdale Gaol, where they are at present confined. before being consigned to penal servi tude. Their names are Christopher Sharpies, Jas. Smith, and Wm. Courtney. Sharples and Smith were associated with three other men in the committal of a robbery with violence, on the night of the 9th of June. The prisoner Courtney was concerned in a robbery committed upon a labouring man, named George Cooper, of Warrington, on the night of the 27th July. As ho was walking along Nash-street, Liverpool, he was seized by the throat by some person who was behind him, and Courtney, who ryas in front, struck him several blows in the face, In sentencing these prisoners, the Lord Chief Justice expressed his belief that the iefliction of the lash would prove the most effica cious punishment for men of their character, who went about committing garotte robberies, careless of what vio lence or injury they might itafi tot upon those whom they attacked, and his lordship said that no mercy should be shown to men of their description. He ordered Sharpies and Smith to receive 25 lashes of the cat-o'-nine-tails on their bare backs, and Ccurtney 12 lashes. His lordship, however, subsequently modified the sentence in the case of Smith to 18 lashes. Monday was the date fixed by the judge for this part of the sentence to be carried out, and it was performed in the usual manner in the gaol at Kirkdale. The ”risoners Sharpies and Smith were under sentence of penal servitude, the former for 15 and the latter for 12 years, and Courtney for six years. SINGULAR CAPTURE.—On Tuesday last, as a party of anglers were engaged in perch fishing on Yetholm Loch, one of the party hooked a fine perch, when ineme • diately a pike weighing upwards of 101bs, snapped at the perch, and kept its hold until it WEIS Ist:idea on terra firma. 1--,Kelso Citron icle. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 25, 1864. MA RKE TS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO.B.S. ihare Railways. raid : Closing j Business I , Price. done. Wol. and Str. Val. andlilythc Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork unit Bandon Corn Do A I IA e,Tns no di', till c p Do. B Qhe m - • " pai d to n.has P.! Dublin & Belfast Junc.i Dun„Pei tin& Al), ;Tone.' Edinburgh & Gla s gow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Earitel'n, Ord. et`: Ditto A oteck Ditto :F;a2tArtglinn si GreatNorthof iiootian , l qteat Do A Stack Do F.. 1 do G't. S. an:lW. of Irelan. Great Western • DO Str gua. stool; Lancashire Yorkshire London and Blackwal: Lon., 13riglit.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & riorfth Western Lon. & h Western Ntan., Shef., A; Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle, * slaares.. ...... „. MetropOlitan .6., ..... Midland Do New . • Do Binning*. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irelan:l Do, 6 Bharos Mid Kett _ ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, 8i; Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purohasi Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire I N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot N. E. Aber. stock Do Scot . stock Shrews. and Welolipoo Shropshire Union South Deron ...... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun' Staines,Wok.,andlVok. Stockton & Darlingtor Do Do New, no& Taff Vale Do B Do C ......... Ulster Do Do Vale at Leath Victoria sta. and Pint Waterfbrd t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. it Weat Midland -Oxford NewportDo Do Hereford 86 038 126 127 6 7 32 34 16 17 8.1 91 112 114 47 48 in 13t 110 145 131 t 33 60 92 691 70 110/ C 6 63 10! it 3 40 42 1161 Jl7 98 99 Oi t 6 1121 1134 136 1361 107 1C 9 64; 65h 254 , I6a 105 i IC6i 64 66 93 DI 126 129 4 76 78 10 11 12.5 130 39 41 70} 70 i 1151 i Gs}ss 1131 1131 1361 57 59 85 37 881 En 101 103 7 8 87& 38a 101 Ila 8 9 ( 165 170 6 7 3 t 101 103 34 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Price. 53 60 • 101 102 Railways & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,t.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent... Do. Few . Do. E. fintlalo and Balsa Huron Do. Prefersnce •• Bufralo,Brant&Godrich 6 Li. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187. Do. do. July 1, 187:-,. Do. d 3. Jurie 1, IS; , . Clcutta.N.S. East n. (Li t,. Cape Town tk. Dock ticrt 7Catttn. Bengal gu. 6 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand rrunt of Canada Do. lst I'ref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d net. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndlarentn.gua.sp.c Do. ew gun. sp. _ Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (L im k 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 Nvith't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Endian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o..ll2.7ctension Dc. CI d 0........ Do: Fifth Extension. liclb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Vielb. & ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Blortg. lids. Newllr unswiok x Canda Class A. and B. N.lll.C'da3 p 0 Ist pt hd6 Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do • • • Do. Punjaub Do. Do. , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1 u"1( 7 4 7 ° -;i : is ! Lc. , "u 4 1 1 .8 100 96 99 96 --Do. p. c. Feb. & Aug . . 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c. Mar. do Sept. 100 98 102 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10C 84 86 Do. 5 fascribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.llopc, 6 p 0,1871 100 101 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 1(8 110 110 ,- Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 106 108 !Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 14 107 -. IN.B.Grov.op.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 6 p 1,180( 100 96 28 Du. sp. c.,1871 to 1671 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upw6 100 96 98 909 •New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - iNova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 !Queensland Gcv. 6p. o. 100 101 104 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 105 107 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Je.&July 100 - , Do. to 0 p.c. A.D.dzOot.. 100 109 110 109 f BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id .Al 6 ord Amalgamated.. 30 32 Devon G. Con, (Tavist., 1 580 600 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 68 70 -- East Clogau Gold Ltd. —•— East Caradon 2.14 .0 279 289 East Carn Brea... ... . . 3.4.0 8 89 E. gr'lltussel (Tavistk., 8.13.1 5 59 - IGarn...tzSt. Anbyn(G wen , 581 5 7 Great South '1 01gu5.... 176, 2 29 lg. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 27 29 289 !Grenville ..• 6.16.1 7 79 I tierA' s-Fool - 8.12 /18 40 (lirgeton Downs 4.18.0 39 49 I Lady Bertha - Inargaret (Ony Lelaat 9} 8 10 Clarke Valley.. 4 Vlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 29 19 9(1 New Setup l9l 75 85 -• North Downs 3 19 14 Basset(lllogan 3.1.0 29 3 • North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St. Blazey, I Ilrovidence(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.7 43 42 ioutliCaradon(St.Cleer 19 480 500 S. Carn Brea (Illogan)„. Fran. (1110 an 18.18.9 429 479 Stray Park - Caruar Silv.& Lead Kin I - Vin Croit 9 18 19 Weal Basset W Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 12 14 91 West Setou. 474 220 230 Wheel Basset (Mogan) 54 92 1/5 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 tO 25 Wheal Kitty (11.Lelant, 2.0.8 WbealLudcott Wheal liaryAnn (Lien ) 8 14 16 Wheal Teton• 589 210 215 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 19 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 861 Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto.4l per cent., pf. st. red.. 102 North Eastern. Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 321 South Eastern (Reading Anna., £1.0.6). 23 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pf., Ditto, 5 per cent pf., 61 _ _ LINES LEASED A ll FIXED RENTAL& Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 111 Nottingham and Grantham R. & G, 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco k lim. ) gua. 7 per cent., 151 16 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent.,:gf FOREIGN' AIME& Cape Copper, Um., 102 St. John del Rey (Jim.), 36 BANKS. &gra and Masterman's (Um.), 1391 Alliance ( Lun.). 62 Australasia, Ditto, new, 54 Bank of Egypt,' 27i Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 27i Consolidated Bane, lira., 10/ European Bank, lira., 14 Ditto (X 54), 8. Imperial Bank of china, India,:and Japan, lim., 01 Imperial Ottoman, 17 15/ International B • nk,lim., 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Pm., 5/ London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 01 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 151 London and Brazilian ( limb /74 London and County, 74 3 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange,:lim., 14 h London Joint Stock, 481 London and South-Western, 221 3 Merchant Bank, Bra., 271 Oriental Bank Corporation. 59 Scinde, Punjaub,. and Delhi, lim., 121 South Eastern, hm., Di DOCKS. Pald. all 100 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before S. Joyce, Eeq.) FISHER Y. RAY-A SON SUED FOR A FATHER'S DEBT...-. SINGULAR CASE. This was an action to recover damages on the re-sale of a phaeton. Mr J. B. Sorrell, Of Mark-lane, appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, for the de fendant. Mr Sorrell having briefly opened the case, called Mr Emery, clerk to Mr Stapleton, she auctioneer, who said that his employer had a Stanhope phaeton for sale lest June. It was sold to the defendant for £l3 13s. No deposit was paid, as defendant was known and had had many previous transactions. Notice was given to the defendant that as he neglected to clear the goods they would be re-sold. On July sth application was made by letter to defendant for the money. The phaeton was re-sold by auction for £9. Cross-examined—l do not see the defendant in court, Mr Buchanan—You have sued the wrong man. We never bought a phaeton of the plaintifi in our life. Witness—The defendant is a coal merchant. His Honour—And you have summoned a bookseller and stationer. Defendant—l am a bookseller. My father's name is William and mine is John. Mr Sorrell—l will call defendant. Defendant—l live in the Rent -road. My father lives at Belgrave-place, Pimlico. At one time he lived at the Old Kent-road. Ho gave it up six cam e to the late address he would b e s ent for my father to 176. months ago. If anybody Mr Sorrell urged that it would appear that when persons came for the father, they would be sent to tho son for in formation. His Honour—But you have got the wrong man. Defendant ---I showed the summons to my father. I tore up the letters. Mr Sorrell urged again that in the interests of the anx ious to learn how far the plaintiff wo uld succeed against - - - - Pthlaeinfatitffhehre was entitled to go on with hi s ca se, as he was father. His Honour said that defendant was entitled to appear, goo ds been taken. or mifrll3 Emery —The fathermighthive iven us the name of John Ray. lEs Honour said that was nothing to defendant, who could not be bound by it. Defendant (in answer to Mr Sorrell)--I received some letters from plaintiff which I tore up. Mr Euchanan submitted there Was no case against the defendant, A witness, for plaintiff—The name over defendant's door is ,6 Ray and Co." Mr Sorrell—Who is the Company, defendant ? Dofendaut—l am. Mr Sorrell—You will see, your honour, that the son receives letters for his father, and his father calls there. Perhaps your honour will alter the nam e i n t h e summons. We have been referred to 236, Old Kent-road, and when we go there are told to go to the son at 176. Under these circumstances the name ought to be altered. Mr Buchanan—Under what rule ? His Honour said that the fact of the defendant having received the letters was nothing at all, and he ought to allow his father to come to the house, and also receive letters for him, but that would not warrant the Court in altering the summons. Plaintiff had sued the wrong man, and the Court could not alter the Christian name if even William Ray was present. Mr Sorrell—William Ray, the father, knew all about it and ought to have been line. His Honour—l must uonsuit you with costs. Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE . INTELLIGENCE—Tbis Day. WESTMINSTER. TUREITENING TO MuuDEß.—James Williams, a power ful athletic man, was brought up on a warrant, charged with threatening to murder James Pickett, of 23, Market street, Westminster, and also his wife, from which they both considered themselves in imminent danger. James Pickett said that the defendant had occupied a furnished apartment in his house. On Sunday he used the most dreadful and violent threats to complainant and his wife, and they ware both very much alarmed. Mr Arnold—What made him threaten your wife Complainant—He has made improper proposals to her, and it is because she will not consent to them. Mr Arnold—And why does he threaten yon ? Complainant—He wants to get ma out of the way that ho may havofmy wife, I suppose. Sarah Pickett, the wife, said that on Sunday last she was in her bed-room when defendant threatened to break open the door and murder her with a knife. He afterwards threatened her life with an axe, and said he would be hung at Newgate for her. His threats were so violent on the fol lowing day that she was afraid to be in the house alone. Defendant said she had left her real husband in Oxford shire, and had committed bigamy by coming up to London and marrying her present husband. Mr Arnold said that that was no reason why they should be murdered, or why anybody should put them in great bodily fear. Complainant and his wife said that they were lawfully married, and defendant's charge was unjust. Defendant was ordered to find bail. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. BRUTALITY TO A CAB II onsE.—Joseph Goff, cab driver, badge 3,015, was charged by the Royal Siciety for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelly illtreating a horse by unmercifully flogging it. Joseph Cooto, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, saw the prisoner in Pall Mall flogging the horse he was driving attached to a four wheel cab in a most cruel manner. The prisoner turned up Waterloo-place, all the way flogging the horse, and the passengers on a passing omnibus cried "Shame" on wit nessing his brutal conduct. The officer pursued the prisoner, and on stopping him, after he had gon e a distance of 2 00 yards, all the while fkgging the ho rse , he gave as his reason for doing so that the home had stumbled. Templerley, another officer of the Society, proved that there were marks on the horse, showing that it had been severely flogged. The prisoner said he might have given the horse two or three cuts, Mr Knox said he could not order the prisoner to be slowly driven and whipped, but he deserved it. His con duct had been most brutal. The owner of the horse said he should discharge the prisoner, Mr Knox said as that would be some punishment, he et ould only fine the prisoner 208 or 7 days. The prisoner was taken into custody about five o'clock yesterday, but for some reason or the other on the part of the police was not brought before the magistrate till after all the other charges had been disposed of. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG OFFENDER.—John Ballard, charged with stealing money from a till, in White Horse• was brought before Mr Paget, satlriAaeset.l3:B:ttrne:Pg'nheatylia.agsoL°thWee3Prisoner entered the shop of Mr minutes before nine in the morning and went round the G H oo e rg w e a l s ir s a e s e h n b b o y ur Washbourne, ginger beer maker, at 15 lashbourne's brother, who was was in a parlour behind the shop, which he immediately entered. The prisoner immediately said, " I want a half pennyworth of sherbet, if you please, sir, Mr Washbourne took the prisoner alongside the till which he opened, and missed from it 53 in half-pence. The prisoner took that sum from his pocket, and he had a half-penny besides in his hand. Mr Washbourne said ho would give him into custody. The boy then made a determined resistance, and tried to escape. He was secured and after the first examination he was remanded for a week. Owing to a mistake as to the date the witnesses were not in attendance on the day appointed for the second hearing, and the prisoner was discharged. He was again captured yes terday by Police-sergeant Dodsworth of th e A di v i s i on, who said the prisoner had been gre atl y neglected, his father co habiting with a prostitute' and his moth er i n a a orkhouse. I The boy had been three times R custody for robbing tills, and once convicted. Mr Paget convicted the prisoner as Et juvenile offend e r, and sentenced him to three month s imprisonment and hard labour. HERE IS "AN 'ORRIBLE TALE." —The Paris D -Ermites, which Siecle, in speaking of the buildings which are t o come down in consequence of the changes connect e d w ith t t he he rnemueoevadlesofmthaerrelleoutseeltsD;neud, dseasys:-- eux "At the ang l e o f condemned partially may b e seen i n the wall a obliteratedto disappear, by tim e , b ut which sculptured both n eo stone, still bears some traces of the former design, n ame l y, a dog represented in bas-relief, in the place of a porcelain dog fixed there during the reign of Henry IL, to commemorate an act of instinct accomplished by one of those faithful animals. At No. 2in that street lived, in adjoining sapp y a barber and a pastrycook. A stranger having one day entered the shop of the former to get shaved was never seen to leave it. His family, being uneasy at his disapp earance , had him sought for, and a friend, accompanied by the dog of the missing man and a sergeant of the watch, searched all over Paris. As the seekers were at length passing be fore this house in the Rue des Deux-Ermites, the dog began to scent about him with an uneasy air. It next rushed into the barber's shop and commenced scratching on the floor with such persistence that it led to the discovery of a trap door over a cellar, which still exists, and where the body of a man was found cut into pieces. The barber, says the story, had made a bargain with his neighbour, whose pies, made of human flesh, had acquired a great celebrity, so that when a stranger came to get shaved he was placed on the trap, and, a spring being touched, he fell into the cellar below, where he was despatched by the pastrycook, if not killed by the fall. The two murderers were broken on the wheel, and their houses rez2d to the ground. Is there any truth in this story? What is eerre.a is, that until the commencement of the 16th century there might have been seen an open space, at a spot forreer,y occupied by the houses, the cellars of which could still be seen. Francis I. it was who permitted the present habitation t 9 Do built," Itailway and other Companies. soCrli DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the company's officke, s iillbay; Mr T, Wooli combe, the chairman, presided. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, ,in moving the adoption of thel report, observed that ho trusted they would consider it on the whole satisfactory. The surplus actually earned over the corresponding period of 1863 was £7,000 odd. They were told when they last met that the Teign Valley scheme was carried in tho last session of Parliament as a mere local line. It was an extraordinary scheme. The parties who had procured a bill for making a line with a capital of £50,000, asked Parliament to allow them to raise a pre. terential capital nearly six times the amount of the ori ginal capital upon the £15,000. The directors had in the House of Commons the greatest difficulty in getting any information whatever as to the financial position of those gentlemen. The Teign Valley scheme excited a great deal of attention in Parliament, and a remarkably good com mittee was appointed to investigate the circumstances of the case by the House of Lords. They went into the case, end then they did succeed in getting a complete expose of the financial position of the company. The solicitor, when asked to explain how it happened that he had not got e said he was getting it every day, and there could be no question about it. (Laughter.) However, the result of the whole question was that the committee de cided unanimously that the bill ought not to pass. During the progress of the inquiry, it was considered necessary on the part of the South Devon Company, that the Teign Valley Railway, being an accomplished fact, it would not do for this company to give their opponents an opportunity of scying they would do nothing to assist them t) carry legis lation into effect. Therefore they decided it was necessary to state to the committee their willingness to work the Teign Valley line, provided the parties were willing to treat with them for that purpose, and to make fair terms. (Hear.) A considerable amount of interest was manifested on the part of the corporation of Exeter with a view to obtaining rail way communication to the quays at Exeter, and a scheme, which was of the most complicated and objectionable cha racter, was brought forward by the Teign Valley proprie tors for the purpose of giving this accommodation. He thought the South Devon Company satisfied the committee that that scheme was perfectly impracticable, but at the same time the directors intimated their intention of recom [ mending the proprietors to sanction a plan which was pro • posed several years ago for making a communication from their line a little below St Thomas's to the Exeter quays. The Lords' Committee recommend that next session the South Devon Company should connect the city quays with their line, avoiding the necessity of crossing the roads on the level. The cost would not exceed £5,000, and it might be less: He referred to the necessity which the directors were under of coming to them for authority to obtain more capital. They proposed the sum of £300,000 as the amount which they thought, while they were going to Parliament, they had better take powers to raise. They certainly did not propose to spend anything like that money at present. With respect to the increased accommodation in doubling someportions of the line, that they considered essentially necessary, and it ought to be proceeded with at once—viz,, from Newton to Teign mouth, He thought they had capital sufficient for that pur pose without touching upon the new capital at all, and that would, therefore, be available for future improvements of the line, and for the purpose of arranging the purchase of the locomotive stock. The purchase of that stock involved a financial operation which must effect a considerable saving of money to the proprietors, because the amount which they now paid for the hire of locomotives included the interest of contractors' capital, and the sum for redeem ing the plant from year to year, and the depreciation of that plant also, He believed that the amount they at present paid to the contractors in the shape of interest was a much higher rate than that which they would be called upon to pay for the money which they raised to pay them off. There • fore there would be a clear gain upon that part of the trans.. action. Then, they also conceived that they had now arrived at a point which would enable them to work the line themselves, and to save the contractors' profits by car rying on business on their own account. They had actually paid nearly £20,0e0 towards the cost of the locomotives from half-year to half-year out of the revenue, and that was so much really to the credit side of the account. With regard to the remainder of the capital—£3oo,ooo—it would be very difficult to go into anything like a very minute estimate of the appropriation of that money. (Hear.) If they had had more capital their general rolling stock would be increased in amount, and it would be a wise step to increase it, be cause every halt-year they were paying a tolerably largo sum under the head of interchange of carriage stock. They had also found it necessary to make considerable improvements prospectively in the general train arrangements of the line, With regard to express trains proper, they new proposed to have three express trains up and three down every week day from London. The first would leave Plymouth at 8 30 a.m., arriving in London at 3 p.m. Persons, therefore, who were in the absolute necessity of going to London and re turning in one day would be enabled to go up by that train and leave by the 450 train, which arrived in Plymouth at 11 55 p.m. The next express would leave Plymouth at 10 45, and arrive at London at 6 10. The first down ex press would leave London at 9 15, reaching Plymouth at 4 35, and the second express would leave London at 11 45 a.m., arriving at Plymouth at 6 10 p.m., and a third train would leave London at 4 50, reaching Plymout at 11 55, The third express up would be the old 320 train, arriving in London at 11 o'clock. They had also increased the train service for Torquay and Dartmouth. The express which left Plymouth at 8 30 - would leave Torquay at 9 25, getting into London by 3 o'clock. The next morning ex press from Torquay would leave at 11 40, arriving in Lon don with the general Plymouth express at 6 10. The third express train from Torquay would leave at 422 in the afternoon, reaching London at 11 o'clock. The speed of these trains would average somewhere about 38 miles an hour from end to end, and considering they were some dis tance from the metropolis, he did not think there would be any great reason to complain of that. (Hear.) He then adverted to the financial arrangements between the Corn wall Railway and the associated companies, the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon, for secur ing them some of their advances to that company. He still thought that the associated companies had derived an ad vantage from the extension of the Cornwall line to Fal mouth, and that they were quite compensated up to the present time—and he believed they might derive a still greater compensation—for the risk and liabilities they had incurred. If the matter had to be gone over again he should be quite prepared to take the responsibility of recommend ing that proper assistance should have been given to the Cornwall Company towards carrying it to a state of com pletion. (fl ear, hear.) Mr D. DERRY seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr J. GRANT could not concur in the opinion of the chairman that the declaration of such an increased dividend as it was proposed to give the shareholders was a matter calling for any special exultation. One and a half per cent, was but a poor return to the shareholders for the money which they had invested in the South Devon. It was true that it was an improvement on the dividends lately paid, but there was assuredly great room for improvement. Eighteen months ago their dividend only reached 6s 6d. Though their dividend on the present occasion had improved the market value of the South Devon stock had not improved to an y extent worthy of mention. He saw no reasonabl e prospect of any great improvement in their property so long a s the directors submitted to be under the government of the Great Western andßristol and Exeter Company. The in,. terests of the shareholders ought to be the first and great object of the directors, and those of the public next ; but t he principles on which the South Devon directors seem to a dminister the affairs of the company were those which were known to be most in accordance with the views and wishes of the boards of the two companies he had just mentioned. They would remember that some years ago the sea load swept aw a y a lar g e p ortion of their line. Th e ea e e use s were charged to rev enue, and the sharehol ders re Ceived no dividend that half year. He (Mr Grant) main tained that the principle of thus charging to revenue what ought to be charged to capital was not only unjust to the shareholders, but was contrary to sound commercial prin ciples. He concluded by moving the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this meeting it is most d es i re able for the South Devon Railway Company to encourage t he interchange of traffic with all neighbouring railway companies, and for the directors to renew their efforts wi t h South Western Railway Company to attain that object, a nd to report at the next meeting." The Rev. A. B. WILLS, of Exeter, seconded the amend_ went, and strongly condemned the course pursued towards the South Western Company. Dr CLARKE supported the amendment. Mr C. 1 ROTTER supported the original resolution. The CHAIRMAN having replied, suggested the expediency of the withdrawal of the a m e ndment. Mr GRANT , a fter ex p laining that it was not intended as a vote of censure or want of confidence in the directors, as the meeting appeared to suppose, coneented to withdraw his amendment. After the rejection of amendments by Dr Clarke and the Rev. A. B. Ellis, The original resolution was then put and carried. A resolution declaring a dividend at the rate of £1 12s 63 per cent. per annum was then unanimously adopted. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr D. DERRY, a resolution was passed to the effect that the S eith Devon agreed, in conjunction with the Great 'Western an. 2. the Bristol and E:zeter, to guarantee payment in certain propor tions, the interest on divi dend not exceeding £f 10 , per cent. per annum on stock created by the Cornwall Rail way Company to the extent of £149,600 for the repayment of the 7,489 6 per cent. £2O preferential shares, which had been already created and issued by the company, and also interest at the same rate on £lOO,OOO and £82,880, to replac, other shares that had been issued at a higher rate of interest A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, Great George-street, `Westminster; Mr P. Davey in the chair. jr C. ELEY, jun., the secretary, read the report. L stated that there had been no further expenditure on capita; account (luring the half-year, and that t4t? cot of Om! INtat dary wall by the Duke of Northumberland's prop e rry now in progress would probably complete that accour 1. The directors had recently been engaged in arranging sr :ch faci lities for coals to be tent by rail vta Brentford as ftiey be lieved would largely increase that traffic. Already during the past month the quantity had been 5,980 tolls against 1,631 tons in the same month of last year. The traffic re• turns furnished by the Great Western gave a toile se fbr the half year of £4,248, against £4,236 for the correspo aiding six months of last year. The arbitrationwith the Great Western relative to the claim of this company to inspect the books in order to a verification of the accounts still remataed un settled, although it had been for some months b ?lore the umpire appointed by the arbitrators. The balance at the disposal of thin shareholders was £2,836, which wouia admit of dividends of 5 per cent per annum on each class pre ference shares, and 2¢ per cent. on the ordin , :ry shares. The Cm&tint.ix waved the adoption of the report. Mr DA.r.vim. 8( con'let.' the motion, and urged upon the Great Western the impoctanee of emductiog their line upon p:lrely commercial pr 'nciplcs. .After Bowe discussion dile report was unanimously adopted. NORTH AND SOU I'll-WESTERN JUNCTION. Yesterney the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Lustcn Station ; Mr 11. Tootal in the chair. The report was taken as read. The ClliatultAN, in moving its adoption, said he thought the proprietors would be well pleased with the report, the accounts, and dividend, which latter was at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. On the last occasion £lOO was appro priated to this purpose, but on the present occasion £630 was required. In the session of Parliament just ex;oired the company had promoted a bill for an extension of their line from Acton to Richmond, and to increase their capital to the extent of £lO,OOO, for tho purpose of purchasing land sid ings and station accommodation The London and South- Western Company introduced a bill almost identical, and both Houses sanctioned it, giving the company the right of user and station accommodation, with which they were satisfied, and the line would be opened at once. Alto. gether, the position of the company was ono for con gratulation. Mr H. C. LA.CY seconded the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. Resolutions were then passed declaring a dividend of Gs, per share, being at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on the share capital of the company, and the directors were authorised to raise an additional capital of £lO,OOO. On the motion of Mr BENTLEY, seconded by Mr CHUBB, the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr Mansell, the manager, and to the chairman and directors, and the meet ing separated. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY-BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held yesterday at the Euston Station, but, in conse quence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of pro pt ietors to constitute the required quorum, the only business done was to agree to the dividends proposed by the directors namely, at the rate of 4.k per cent per annum on the pre ference shares, and the same rate on the ordinary shares. The report showed that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last amounted to £10,337, as com pared with £3,133 for the corresponding period last year, being an increase of £3,204. The sum available for dividend was £3,073, and the payment of £lO3 dividend on the pre ference, and £2,832 on the ordinary shares, would leave £33 to the credit of the next account. t411 ar- 100 sk I 20 201 10 100 100 stook Oi 20 100 100 10 stock stook stock stock stock stock Stook East and West India, 138 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lira.. Si Credit Mobil' , r, 11f Financial Corporation, Gen. Credit and Finance 01 London, lira., Humber Iron Works, 2i Imperial slercantile Credit Asso., lira., 8i International Financial society, lira., Italian Irrigation (Canal Casour , 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 84 Joint Stock Discount, Bin., 7 Land Securities, 1,m., 5i Loudon Financial .Association, Ern., 2i National Discount Company, lino., in Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lira., ' Ditto (£1), Smith, Knight, and Co., lira., 47 1 Telegrat h 011 strue. and Maintenance, lira „731, Uniyers4l Untie, Infinraine, Um, 5k 99 101 9} 9} 11} 11 :5, 89 91 82 81 d 1p 99} 1003 93 95 90 92 30 C 2 3 6 82 84 1001 1011 994 1606 id par 9.)1 1001 94 96 all 100 (100 100 2 I all miisi Business done 104 I SEVERN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, Victoria• street, Westminster; General Forrester, M.P., in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, resolutions were passed declaring a dividend on the preference shares for the past half-year at the rate of 41 per cent per annum, and also a dividend on the ordinary shares of the company at the rate of 31 per cent per annum for the past half-year. The CHAIRMAN said it would be necessary to adjourn the special meeting intended to bo held that day until the 9th of Nov. next, and having moved a resolution to that effect it was agreed to, and the - meeting adjourned accordingly. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Victoria station—Sir C, P. Roney in the chair. The report having been read, Tho CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said at the pre sent time the Paxton tunnel was within 12 yards of com pletion. The Crescent Wood tunnel had only about GO yards of it remaining to be constructed, and as the contractors were at work on five different points of it, he had no doubt but that the tunnel would be completed within a month. The great excavation at the upper part of the railway, op posite the Crystal Palace, contained 200,000 cubic yards of stuff to be removed, the contractor had already removed 130,000 cubic yards, leaving only 70,000 cubic yards to be carried away ; and, at the ordinary rate of progress, three months more would complete the excavation. As soon as the tunnels were completed the remainder of the stuff would bs carried through them to finish the first portion of the long embankment near Nunhood. A portion of the line near Peckham would be carried upon a viaduct. and the remain der on an embankment. The portion of the earthwork to be completed was about 100,000 cubic yards, and if the work be continued at the same rate of progress, it would be com pleted in three months. All the public road bridges were finished, except the parapets. The viaduct at Peckham would be compieted in three months, and th 3 whole railway would be ready to receive the permanent way in December. The great station at the Crystal Palace was in the hands of Messrs Lucas, and progressed very satisfactorily. No effort would be wanted to insure the opening of the line in May next. During the past half-year the expendituro had boeu £241,537, which gave an average of £O,OO per week. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Sir C. RICH seconded the motion, which was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. ROYAL DANISH. Tho traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of July were estimated to amount to £7,016, against £3,503 for the same month in 1863, showing an increase of £3,513. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting WES held at the offices in Bishopsg tte•stret—Colonel Barlow in the chair. The balance sheet showed a net revenue, after payment of lute rest on debentures, dividend on preference stock, and work ing expenses and management, of £5,851 for the half year ending the 30th June, to which was added a balance from last half year of £1,129, making £7,983, out of which a dividend of £2 per cent. was declared on the total capital of £360,350, amounting to £7,207, and leaving £766 for the next account. UNIVERSAL PRIVATE TELEGRAPH. A special general meeting of this company was held yes terday at their offices, Adelaide-street, Strand. The notice convening the meeting stated that after the payment of the dividend there would remain a balance of £2,373 to the credit of revenue, beingi£32l more than the balance carried forward from last March. Mr J. Mellor, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had thought it their duty to call the shareholders together for the purpose of re commending them to declare an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The directcrs could recommend it with confidence, and that would show the shareholders that there had been considerable energy exercised in the management of their affairs, which gave promise for an in creased dividend in future. There was another question for the meeting to consider, and that was the honorarium to the directors. He then moved a resolution authorising the de claration of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Mr F. C. GAIJSSEN seconded the motion, and it was car ried unanimously. Mr MACKENZIE then moved that the honorarium to the directors be fixed at £6OO per annum, and, on the sugges tion of a shareholder, added that the expenses of the country directors in coming up to attend the meeings be also paid. He considered that as they had had the directors' services for 001E3 years without remuneration that they should now pay them from the commencement. The CHAIRMAN said they would take it only for the pre- sent year. _ _ Mr MACKENZIE said he would then confine his motion to the past year. He considered that the use of private tele graphs would be like the use of gas, when once adopted they could not be done without. Mr REID seconded the motion, an,' after some discussion it war carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. A STRANGE STORY.—The Giornale di Napoli relates the following incomprehensible incident as having just occurred in that city :—Thc Princess de Tevra, Mdlle. d'Avalos, and M. di Quarto, the betrothed of that young lady, were walking in the Gardens of the Vasto Pa lace, when they were met by M. d'Avalos, uncle of the future bride. That gentlemen,. who is greatly opposed to the intended union, giving way to a sudden fit of anger, set a bull-dog by which he was followed on M. di Quarto. The animal, however, instead of attacking M. di Quarto, ap proached the Princess and frisked around her as if to solicit a caress. M. d'Avalos, rendered more fusions at this failure, struck M. di Quarto in the face with a riding whip. The letter then drew a pistol from his pocket and fired at M. d'Avalos, wounding him severely in the side, while a lady who was present, a very intimate friend of M. d'Avalos, fired a pistol at M. di Quarto. The Princess de Tevra and Mdlle. d'Avalos had in the meantime fainted away. The Dike d'Avalos, the father of the young lady, then appeared at a window of the palace louking on the gardens, and en deavoured to calm the opponents, begging his brother to moderate his anger ; but the latter, now more enraged than aver, took up a double-barrelled gun and discharged it at the Duke, who was struck in the face by the contents of one barrel and fell bathed in blood. The police then arrived, ~nd having ascertained the facts of the incident, arrested d'Avalos, and ordered M. di Quarto to accompany them zo the station. The puke is confined to bed from his wounds, and the Princess, who is in an interesting situa• fiOlh is l sly tQ havtr a Miscarriap? SECOND EDITION. ;.UN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocX. TURKEY. MARSEILLES, Aug. 2 4.--Letters from Constanti nople of the 17th state that Nubar-Pacha was shortly expected there to treat with the Porte on the subject of the Suez Canal. The British Ambas sador has again demanded that E: , ,glish troops going t) India shall ha re the power of crossing the Isthmus. All the imports.nt pcs!ions, particularly that of the I.4banc.n, will be postponed during the absence of the Frorch and i':glish Ambassadors. SPORTING lII TELLIGENCE,---Th is ray YORK RACES—Tms DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) E:NAITESME RE PLATE. Brindisi vr.o. COLT SAPLING STAKES. Kconig •. 0000 King Arthur .. .............. YORK CUP. Caller Oa .. ... I Rapid Rhone, .. East L ancashire 3 Won by a short head, a neck bstwcen Becend and third. NURSERY HANDICAP. Wings of the Wind Tilt ........ 2 King of Greece ........ . . 3 'Sixteen ran. STAKES.YORKSHIRE Miner Blair Athol ................ (Chail oner ) 2 E11y........... Won easily by a length ; half a . (Custance) 3 third. length between second and LATEST BETTIN G. T. LEGER, 12 to 1 agst Baragah (6fLred) The Caversham Stakes at Reading not finally settled. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. AUGUST. York August Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter ..., 3 0 Stockton Derby ... ............. 30 ...... 31 Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden .... 1 Warwick September.... 6 Bridgwater Leicester .. Doncaster .. Brecon •• 19 Richmond Royal Calcdowan Hunt 2k Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket Fir6t October 27 Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club Newmarket Second Oct Lincoln Kelso Gloucester Newmarket iloug on 2O Extensive Fire at Poplar.—(This Day.) This morning at an early hour, a fire, which, had it not been so opportunely discovered, might have been attended with a great loss of life, took place in the premises belong ing to Mr P. Franks, a beershop-keeper, carrying on busi ness at No. 63, Penny's-fields, Poplar. Tie discovery was made by a police-constable of the K division, by seeing smoke issuing from the lower part of the building. The officer at once sounded an alarm, and after some time he succeeded in arousing the inmates, who were happily all rescued. The engines of the parish, and those of the Lon don Brigade, with one of Shand and Mason's land steamers, were promptly in attendance, and plenty of the East Lon don Company's water having been procured, the firemen, under the direction of Mr Bridges, the chief of f icer of the A district, went to work in an admirable manner; but, in spite of which, the amesrolled out of every window in the building, and also through the roof, threatening destruc tion to the houses numbered 61 and 65, belonging to Mr T. J. Connell, a tailor, &c. The firemen, however, nothing daunted, kept to their work, but they were unable to get the mastery over the conflagration until the building was all but destroyed—the stock-in-trade, furniture, and other effects consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. For tunately Mr Franks was insured in the London Fire-office. The premises of Mr Connell were also damaged by fire, water, &c, The contents of those buildings were insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. A strong body of police were in attendance, and rendered essential aid to the firemen by keeping the populace out of danger. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 7d; barley, 2Ss ; oats, 22s lld ; rye, 31s 6d ; beans, 40s 9d ; and peas, 3,5 s ad. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 43s 3d ; barley, 27s Ild ; oath, 22s Id ; rye, 32a 2d; beans, as 9d; peas, 353 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,174 ; barley, 1,616 ; oats, 4,958 ; rye, 354 ; beans, 3,421; peas, 1,211 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, to-day, was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to number; but their general quality was inferior. Prime Sots, &e., add steadily, at very full Latices, the top figure being 5s per 81bs, otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, at late rates. Sheep—the show of which was moderately extensive—realised full currencies, with about an average supply on offer. We have to report a slow sale for lambs, at barely stationary prices. The extreme figure was Gs 8J per Blbs. Calves were in large supply and sluggish request an former terms, viz., from 4s to 5s per Blbs. The sale fur pigs and mulch cows was heavy, at late rates. Per Us. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Trimecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Largo eras. calveo 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, ac. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 Small porkers..., 4 2 4 6 _ Lambs....ss 8d to tis Bd. Suckling calves, Hs to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l4 of Sheep and lambs 9,760 i Calves Pigs. 4_ol Boasts .. 550 Sheep and lambs 2,500 Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENDALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and a fair amount of business is doing in most kinds, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s Btl to 4s Sd ; lamb, 5s 2d to Gs 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd per 81bs by the carcase. SouTHALL, August 24.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was very inactive. Beet, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to as 4d ; lamu, 5s 8d to Os 61; veal, 4s Od to 4 s 10d ; an d pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, August 24.—The supply of stock was mode rate, and sales progressed steadily, as follows from 3s 4d to 58 Col ' • mutton, 4s 2d to 53 4! ; iamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 2:1 to 58 Cd ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs ,• suckling calves, I6s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARK.ZTS. Smyrurrnr.D.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s ; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 12s par load. Trade Bteedy. CumßEßLAND.—Metylow hay, £4 is to £6 lOs ; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A short supply. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s; clover, L 5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, LI 75 to £1 lls per load. Trade very firm. COAL MARKET. Prlees of Coal per Ton at the clone of the market. 8. d. I _ _ - Lambert's West Hart- Walla End. ley 18 0 Holywell ..15 0 Cowpen Hartley 18 0 13yass's Bebside West Hartley .lB 3 Walker Primrose 13 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 1 3 Eden Main l7 6 s. d. Walls End. Tunstall ...• gaswell ...... ...19 0 South lietton 19 0 Ships at mark( Hartlepool lB 9 East Hartlepool lB 9 South Hartlepool...." 17 9 17Ii elloe 9 South Kelloe lB 0 Heugh Hall lB 0 Hetton l9 0 Braddyll's Hetton l7 9 Wharncliffe l7 3 Bell ... , l6 9 Mussel's Hetton l 7 G Burn l7 0 Caradoc lB 3 ;t, 81; t-.OIJ. 72. THE EXPC;RT COAL TRADE,—The past month has been an unfortunate one for the export coal trade. The exports have fallen off to the extent of 52,752, am compared with the corresponding month of 1863. The northern porre show a deereas 3 of 26,195 tons for the month, the Yorkshire ports 5,170 tons, Liverpool 133 tons, and the Severn ports 36,087 tons. The Scotch ports show an increase or 14,533 tons. The total exports for the month amounted to 684,386. The total exports for the past seven months of the present year amount to 4,479,227 t ons , b e i ng an increase o f 2;6,12 9 tons. A WRITE HOUSE ANECDOTE.—Setchell' the comedian, says he was present at the White Rouse the other day when the following wcs perpetrated :—An old farmer from the West, who knew Pre:ident Lincoln in days by-gone, called to pay his rsspects at the presidential man sion Slapping the chi e f magistrate upon the back, he exclaimed, " Well, old hose, how are your' Old Abe, being thoroughly democratic in his idea', and withal relish ing a joke, responded So I'm en okl hoes, am Ile What kind of a hoes, to be sure f" " Why an old draft hoes, to be sure," was the rejoinder.—Boston Transcript. PATENT SEALS.—fhe following novel item ap pears:in a public document just issued :—" Paid the sealer of the Court of Chancery, for wax. expended by him in suil. I ill. Flaws, 14, 0," This (harp 4 for 9UP yeflri :MBER. SEFT OCT 9.16.4 12.10 13.14. i47i 7