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

MONEY Ld7. ARK ET A.ND COMMERCIAL INTELL IGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 balei, including 1,500 taken for export and speculation. The market was quiet, without any appearance of improvement. Ra ilway Shares were stea The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 19th of August gives the follow ing results when compared with the previous week : • £20,122,935 41,575 13,701,292 139,471 3,450,375 Increase Public Deposits 3, 89L195 Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 31,040 Government Securities 11,030,873 Increase 350.380 Other Securities 14,740.797 Increase Notes unemployed 6,879,820 Increase The foreign exchanges for three months bills yes terday afternoon were generally firm. On Trieste, however, there was a slight decline, viz., to 11 35 and 14. Paris ruled at 25 27i to 30; Antwerp at 25 27i to 30 ; Amsterdam at 11 17f to 17i ; and Hamburg at 13 6 to 136. The exports of the precious metals from London direct during the week to Thursday last comprised 9,100 ounces and 1,600 dollars in silver, and 4,500 ounce-a, together with 7,5001., in gold. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners have invited tenders for the supply of three more ships to convey passengers, to be ready as follows : For Portland Bay on the 10th, and for Geelong and Sydney on the 13th of October next. The agents or contractors of theßtarkish Loan have very properly complied with triVsuggestion thrown out yesterday under this head, and have sent us for insertion the letters, adverted to in the criginal programme of the loan, from Lord Claren don and M:Drouyn de l'Huys, which follow : " The Baron de 'Goldsmid and Mr..Elorpley Palmer, as contractors for the Turkish loan, present their compliments to the editor of The Sun ; and, certain parties in France continuing to contest the power of the representatives of the Sublime Porte in London and Paris: to assign the Egyptian tribute as security for the presenf4oan, think it will be satisfactory4oh° public to see theT4eral copies of thddetters in their' ion from the Elul Of Clarendon .&d M. Drouyn tie Mir. "Loudon, Aug. 25?' " Messrs. Black and Durand are duly authorised by the Sublime Porte to negotiate a loan of 5,000,. 001. sterling, all expenses included, anti to offer as a special guarantee 30,000,000 of piastres of the annual tribute of Egypt. The representatives of the Sublime Porte at London and Paris, are authorised, in virtue of Imperial firmans, to ratify the contract of the loan in the name of the Sultan. The con tract between Messrs. Black anti Duran I and Messrs. Gold amid and Palmer has been concluded with the knowledge of Lord Clarendon who has confidence in the good faith with which the Turkish Government will fulfil the engage ments they have entered into. '" Foreign-offic-, Aug. 15 " CL ARE N'DON! " " Messrs. Black et Durand soot dument autorises • par la Sublime Porte a negocier un empruut de cinq mil lion de livres sterling, tons frais compris, eta offrir, comme garantie specials, trent° million de piastres du trinut an. nuel de l'Egypte. Les representants de la Sublime Porte ii Paris et a Londres son. autorises, en virtu d'un firwan Imperial, a ratifier le contrat d'emprunt au .nom tin Sultan. Le contra passé entre Messrs. Black et Durand et Messrs. Goldsmid et Palmer a ete porte a la conuaisance de Di. Dronyn de l' guys, quia contiance dans la bonne foi avec laquelle le Gouvernemeut Turn remplira les engage mens qu'il a sousern. " Paris le 17 Atfat, 1854 Active circulation Decrease Bullion Increase Rest " • DROUYN DE L'IIITYS.' " The Turkish Envoy, it may be observed, has not thought proper to meet the statement of Mr. Stanley on the part of himself and the Ottoman Bank, to the effect that they still hold the legal assignment of the Egyptain tribute, which has not been revoked either in Egypt or by the Sultan. As this is in flat contradiction of the Envoy's formal assertion to the contrary, it surely behoves M. Musurus in his own vindication before the public to offer some further explanation respecting these singular contradictions. We have not seen the do cumen t s re f erre d to by Mr. St an l e y in proof of his own veracity, but they have been offered us for perusal if neces,ary. For the rest it retvains now only to wait the arrival of despatches from Constantinople with the formal approval of t: •e contract for the loan, when all wll be in regular order. I; might, perhaps, have been more advisable to have deferre,i the issue of the loan unil sin h official approval had been signified from head-quarters. We have a very still market to-day, but with firm prices. Consuls are at 94i to if money, and better for time. Reduced' Threes, 941. 34 per Cents., from 94i, have been done at 95. Bank Stoic at 210 and 2084. Exchequer Bills, par to 3s. prem. Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 98y ; those of 1859, 98i. The Foreign Stock market is very inactive, and quotations are nominal. There have been dealings ill Turkish Scrip, at 6 to 6-Is ; in Peruvian 4i per Cents., at 74, being steady; and in Dutch 4 per Cents., at 93 to 94i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 6i, Mexi can 244 to 24i, Peruvian 71 to 73, ditto 3 per Cents. 52 to 54, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 40 to 42, Russian 5 per Cents. 99 to 101, ditto 4i per Cents. 85 to 87, Spanish New Deferred 171 to 184, ditto 3 per Cents. 36 to 374, ditto Certificates 4i to 5, ditto Passive 3i to 4. The business done in Railway Shares is still very restricted, the variation in prices being unimpor tant. French shares are neglected. Cobre Copper Mining Shares are 1/. better, but the Linares are weaker. Joint-stook Banks remain dull, and in the Land Shares there is nothing doing. BRITISH PUNDS . THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Of icel List. Rlniness done Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Rednced Annuities . 941 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 4 i le per Cent. Annuities . 94i 5 Console for Account 13th Sept. . Exchequer Bills, 24d. i'.l(X)O XSOO Small 1 pin par 3 pm Exchequer Bonds 1858 . . — Ditto 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Sardinia n B on d s, 5 per Cent . ...... .... . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent lB Turkish Scrip nnonen.li on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ..... TWO O'CLOCK. . Consols 94i Ditto September Aocionn FAILTJAES.—Ocea , ional futures continue to be re ported. The bills of Mr. R. C. Sercombe, a respectable tmrchant in the corn trade, have been returned, but the amount of his liabilities has not been stated. The su.- pei sion of Messrs. Thomas Freon and Co., large manu faciurers of Roman cement, has likewise been men tioi ed. The liabilities in this case are said not to pe very heavy, and there appears to be a hope of a resump tion. THE LAT?t MURDER TN BRURSELS--The murderer is happily no Englishman, but a Belgian, born in Brussels, of Baliiaa parents. He has for years been known as a flan of dr.;nken habits,. and, notoriously bad character. The two victims are fortunately recovering, and are pro bounced out of ranger by their medicarattendants. THE SHIPPING TRADE OF BELFAST. —The following very satisfactory statement with respect to the shipping trade of Belfast appears in the Northers Whig :----W e are glal to observe that, during the past week, our d oc k s for f ore i gn s hi pp i ng h ave presented anunusual degree of animation. There are at present upwards of twenty vessels, averaging from 700 to 1,300 tons burden, in and around Princ e ' s -d oc k ; an d so com plet e ly packed is the latter with foreign shipping, that vessels of large tonnage have been compelled to haul along Albert-quay. During the l as t five years—inileed, since the great emigrationmania raged i n th e n o rth—we have not been visited by such a large number of foreign ships ; and the employ ment whi c h has been afforled fo the labouring popula tion usually enga ge d at the quays is, consequently, very considerable. In th e coasting tilde, however, business is rather dull ; there is comparatively a small number of vessels in port, Principally owing to adverse winds, mad the coal trade is not tso well supplied as usual. But this Is ni.erely n in t o p te he fomrary, a n d i t i s to be hoped that the ani- matioreign department will extend t , ) all other branches of the shippicz Oade BELC4AN NOTION triUTR.ALITY A firm at Ostend recently bought at publie'auctio eictit'bErlon on e of the ‘..;•orittquinn Russian priZes recently miralty. The Belgian Allan* of FY the English . An irelign Affairs . bas, however, refused to allow tbe'vessel on the ground that such a measure wouliziebeeaatmvlall2odn' of neutralitv. "International law " u not pert , t neutral states to admit in'tc'theeirsapy."As:c4 rduoiez3s ors and their prizes. In their recent declaration.' on neuhality, the Swedish and Danish urovernments have • an:nounoed the resolution of preventino• the' fentrance, nrii-ea;tec:;,sees.i,?te distress condemnation, and sale of an exeppted. If the , ale in a nentr;il st privehase is als o . interdicted to the neutral sub'ectr the neutral subject cannot purchase elsewher e vi . zh ow, eannot purchase in hie ()An state. The prehe at he prizes would be a real participation ir the profits' p urchase of litnoos l .. to ion* Sorroficisrocatian fire ° the aeon* AiAIZKET NEWS'-(TEII8 DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Very large supplies of fruit and vegetables found buyers to-day, at our quotations. FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to 6s per lb ; colonial do., Is to 4s each ; hot-house grapes, is 6,1 to 5s Od per lb ; peaches, 5s to 10s; nectarines, 3s to 6s Od per dozen melons, is 0.1 to 4s each ; strawberries, 6d.to is 6d per pound • raspberries, 4d to 8d per pottle ; gooseberries, 2s Od to 3s ; currants, 3s 0 , 1 to 4s Od per half sieve; apples, Is Gd to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, is 6d to :is al per half sieve; Orleans plums and green gages 6d to Is 6,1 per punnet; ditto, 3s to 4s 0 , 1, and common plums, 2s to 3s per half sieve; cherries, 6d to Is 6,1 per pound ; lemons, 9d to 2s; oranges Us al to 18s per WO; filberts, 55s to 63s per I.oolbs ; cobnuts, 12s per bushel; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; Barcelona nuts, 24s per bush. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is 3d per dozen ; greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches ; French beans, 2s 6 to 3s Od per halt sieve ; cauliflowers, is to 3s Od per . doz. ; potatoes, 3s to 6s per c wt.; vegetable marrow. Gd to is per doz; peas, is 6d to 4s 0 d per bush.; broad beans, 9d to Is 6d per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4,1 per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 6,1 per bunch; cucumbers, 1,1 to 4d each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8,1 per p, utol ; spinach, is 6d to 2s 3d per sieve ; onions, 2d to 4d per bunch ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to Od horse-raudish, 2s Od to 3s 0,1 per bundle ; parsley. 2,1 to 3,1 por bunch ; celery, Os 9.1 to is 6d per bundle; endive, 2s to 3s Od per score ; beet, 3d to 6d each; parsnips, is 0,1 to 2s 0d per dozen; small salad, 2d to 3,1 .per punnet; mushrooms, 40d to is 3d per Pottle ; artichokes, 3,1 to 9d each ; cos lettuces, 6,1 to is Od per doz. ; sorrel, 6,1 to is per half sieve ; radishes 4d to 6d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, is Od to Is 6.i per punnet ; chillies, Is to is tid per bundle. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults,4s to 6s ; Goslings, Os to Os Od each; Ducks, is 0,1 to Cs 0,1 per couple; taints Rabbits, is to is 6d ; wild do , hto is 6,1 each ; Pigeons, Cs to 9s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, h.s Oil to 13s Oil ; middling, 6s to 8s; spring Chickens, 4s 0,1 to 6s Od; Ess s x F ow l s , 4 8 Od to 650,1 per couple ; Guinea Fowls, Os to Os Od each ; Leverets, 3s to 4s 0,1 each. Ostend fresh butter, lls Od to 12s Od, and English its 6d to 14s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 7s Oki to 88 Od; French ditto, 5s Oil to 6s tid per 120. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 14s ; Brills, Is to Gs Od each ; Salmon 8d to In 01 per lb; Cod !Asti, 3s to is Od each ; Soles, 4d to Is 8d per pair; Eels, Btl to is Li per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 2s Gd ; Crabs, 8d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s Oil to 9s per doz.; Common Oysters, ; lOs to 15s Natives, 40 8 t o 52 s pet osli; Mack ere l, 041 to 0.1 each ; Smelts, Is 6cl to 2s per doz.; Skate, ad to Oil per lb; Shrimps, is ad to 2s ad per gallon; Bloaters, is ad to 0. Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 9tl to sad per doz. ; Haddocks, 5s to 12s per doz. BRE Al). The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are froth Ofd to 10d; of household ditto, 8d to Od per 4 lb loaf. NEW PORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 48 6,1 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; la , ub, 4s tkl to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3s 8d 4s 8(1 per Blbs. WHITECHAYEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48'.0,1; lamb, 4s 241 to 5s 2d; veal, 3s 01 to 4s Od; pork, 3s Gd to 4s 81.1 per Sibs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 34d; 641 b to 721 b, 34,1 to Oil; 721 b to 801 b, 31,1 to 30 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3.,1 to 30; 881 b to 961 b, 3! 2 d to 4,1 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4,1 to 0,1 ; 10414 to 1121 b Oil to Od. Horse hides, 6s 6,1 to Os Oct; calf skins, !ight, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Oil; polled sheep, 2s 10d to 3s Gd ; Kents, 2s 8d to 33 Half-breds, 2s xd to 3s ; Downs, 2s 2d to 2s 8d; Lambe, 2s 6d to 4s Oil. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1854 • 0nel) r;7i SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. ITALY. The celebrated archaeologist, Meloni, died at Portici, on the 12th, of cholera. The Chamber of Commerce of Genoa has been officially informed that the French Government has fine I five hundred square metres as the spac e to be allotted to Sardinian produce in the Grand Exhibition of 1855. The convent of Capuchin nuns at Turin has just been evacuated by the inmates, in order to make room for cholera patients. Nevertheless, the mor tality from the epidemic is very slight, the total number of cases since the outbreak not exceeding 100, with 77 deaths. The Provisional Exhibition of articles of Tuscan manufacture, intended as a preliminary step to their bein , sent to the Exhibition of the Industry of all .Nations, will take place at Fbrence on the 12th of November next, instal of the 15th of October, as had been previously fixed. We read in the Moniteur : "Daring the course of the epidemic which still rages on the coa t- f Italy, the agents of France have given a proof of devotedness, which we take pleasure in mticing known. At Genoa, our Consul-General set an example of calinne-s and courage in the midst f the general terror produced by the rapid inva sion of the disease. He never quitted the place, which was almost deserted, and co-operated in the most active manner in organising the necessary Inca sures fir succouring the sufferers. At Nice, M. Gavard, the director of the French consulate, equally distin guished himself by his intelligent zeal, which has procured fit him the gratitude of the inhabitants. Count de Marie .urt, the consul at Port Maurice, devoted him self with abnegation to the alleviation of the suf ferings of a population cruelly decimated by the disease, .not only at his place of residence, but also in the neighbouring town of Oneglia. The whole province, and the Sardinian Governtm nt itself (through its official organ, thePiedmonteseGazette), have testified the gratitude with which his conduct has inspired them. It is painful to have to add that whilst M. de Maricourt was gtvingassist a ,ce to the sick with a zeal which is beyond praise, he himself suffered the most severe affliction that could have fallen on him ; in a few hours he lost his daughter, aged 15. At Leghorn, on the 15th, after having been present at the Te Deuce sung in honour of the fête of the Em peror Napoleon, M. de-tiirievier de Jussieu, the Consul. General of France, worthily finished the day by visiting with the employes of his consulate the cholera hospitals, and addressing words of consolation and encouragement to their inmates." HAY MARKETS. SMITIMELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 4/ 15s ; clover litto, 31 5s to 6' 03 ; and straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ Hs per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. UUMBERLANU.—MeadOW hay, 31 Os to 4/ 16s ; clover ato, 315 s to 5115 P ; and straw, 1./ 14s to 2/ Os per load; Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full prices. W HITECHAPriL.—M4sa4QW hay, .2/..163 to 4 15s; clover ditto, 3" 84 to 6 0 4 ; an d s t raw. 1/ 12s to 1' 18s per load. A limited supply, and a steady trade. New meadow hay realised 65s to 85s ; and new clover, 703 to 100 s per load. LLOYD'S SLUPPLVG-(TLIIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 26. Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light Ideas:lnt b eeze, and line clear weather. RAMSGATE, Au. 25.—The Kiel, of Kiel, from Messina to Hull, ha , been brought in here after being on shore on the Goodwin Sands; she makes no water. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Lady Ken naway, for Austratlia. FALMOUTH, Aug. `2s.—Wind, W. Arrived —Zarah, from Batavia; Nl,.ry and Ellen, Matanzas. Off Port—HeL rietta, from Rio Grande. PORTSMOUTH, Abg. 25.—Wind, N. to N. by E. Sailed —Pudsey Dawson, for New Zealand ; Marchioness of Lon donderry, Port Philip ; Fanny Mystic, New York ; Delia, Quebec. LOWESTOFT, Aug. 25.—. The Georges, of and for Dun• kirk, from Sunderland, grounded on the Newcome Saud, but is expected off at high water. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2 5.—Sailed—Agra, for C,ylon. GLOUCETER, Aug. 25.—Arrived Evergreen, from Quebec. TORBAY. Aug. 25.—Wind, N.N.E. Sailed—Maccles field, for Melbourne ; Halifax, Madras ; Fido, Geelong. HARWICH. Aug. 25 —The Jeome Fiore, of Cherbourg, from Sunder land to Caen, has been assisted in here leaky, and with damage, having grounded on the Gunfleet Sand last evening. _ POOLE, Aug. Ti.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Thump ion, from Quebec. SUNDERLAND Aug. 25.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Johns, from Quebec ; Lord Brough:►m, do. HULL, Aug. 25. —Arrived—Runnymede, from Pernam buco. Sailed—Blanche, from Savannah. &Huns, Aug. 25.—Wind, N. Arrived—Orynthea, from Quebec. BERWICK, Aug. 25.—Wind, W. Arrived—Symmetry, from Quebec. ' . . SWANSEA, Aug. 25.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Coun tess of Bective, from Cuba. Sailed—Cumberland, for Quebec. . . . QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 24.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Lord George Bentiuck, from Moult - Imin ; Bess Grant, De merara ; Chibucto, Halifax. Sailed—Energy, Quebec. (PER ELECTRIC; TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 A M. Wind, N.N.W. ; light, and drizzling rain. The Mary, for Quebec, and Walter Duncan, for Santa Martha, have put back damaged, having been in contact off Point Lynas yesterday. Arrived—Ben Nevis and Edinburgh, from Quebeo ; Ralph Waiter and Eldorado, St. John's, N. 8.; Governor Morton anti Boston Light, New Orleans; British Lion, Aux Cayes; Countess of Zetland, Barbadoes ; Kossuth, New York. Sailed—Bonita, for Pernambuco; Marathon and Ohio, New York ; Agamemnon and Samuel, Quebec ; Prince of Orange, Bombay ; Cleopatra, steamer, Quebec and Mon treal. (BT SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, low water ; fine. Arrived—Scholfield, from Memel ; Sarah Mills, Dantzic; Alfred, Port Vendres ; Adonis (a), Bremen. Sailed—Jupiter, for Hamburg. DEA Wind W. by N., light an d fin e . L, Friday, 10.58 a m. Passed—Dapper, from Sunderland for Charente; Young England, from Bahia for Hamburg; Camille, from liana for Loudon ; Margaret, St. J o h n ' s , f or L ondon. wiled—Ereuch store ship Licorue, for Baltic. MURDER IN THE COUNTY CORK.—The following ap. pears in the Cork, Reporter of yesterday : " A. few nights since, a man named John Lane was killed between Glanworth and Kildorrery. It appears that he and two other men were drinking and playing cards, when some quarrel arose that resulted in Lane being struck with a stone by one of his companions and killed on the spot. The men at once made off and have not been since de tected ; the police, however, are on - the alert.. To day Darou arrested s raaz oa InapiCioz of being agggiO iii cittreg•." - - Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. o .l l .3 o .t : his ag day Pri l: 7 : l . ; this Einsi a n ay ea . s --. ---- 50 ,i i 8 'ltord and ..ondun & St. 100 Buckgliamsb. L.&N.W 51) ‘.l i ClydesdaleJe. ,) ',lotion St. 100 E. 'L'itucch::::;; J. Went 25 all ;Ras. Barr. & Oaldonian. 25 all 25 . i ltN6l's)eipilsre'.:&.ecwDDennire't.:F.: D;4 l,t toL .. Ne l i T r e tl it: 100 .1. irtipl. Dk. `irk. New. , I Hull & Selby Y. & N3ild 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do B"v7. 12 di D 0..; Shares. Do — ... Railway Compass ••• - ••• •• ...... ••• • 131 all Lon.&Greenw 3. Eastern 124 134 2.9. ~ . 865.. .___ 739.6;8. .. . . ..... .._... , . . . . „ 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 St. 1.10 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk ... ... St. toil no. 6 per ct. - ". 54 all Nianch. Batn. L.&N.W and Matloci , & Midld 2l —2/ 50 I.li liddlesbro' & itekton & Redcar :)arlingt. ... 10( ;0 , lidld.Bradfil , fidlawl.. 94 96 50 0!i Vortliern an, Easternsp.c. ':. Count. 53 60 50 all jo. 6 per et. Do.. •• -- ... 50 al i Jo. Fix(,(ls p. Jo •• ••• 25 ii ?rest. & Wyr, T.. &N.W. &Ln&Vic ... ... 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Jo •• St. 101) :loystn.&Hit ,e ltNorthn ... ' •••... St. 100 Jo.Sliepth.St Jo 132 135 25 18i ilief. Roth 1 ~, Lancash & Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. ... ... 12 9 . i i. Staflordsh. \l.ll , lClean 2i lid • 50 all Vear Valleygl 4tockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. ... ••• 25 all l)o.. J0...."- 30 -- 31 St. let , •Vil ts&Somrs) ftWestif . 92 94 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. 96 - 98 ia 31 - 34 4 - 5 4 - i P 1 - lip • - lfr 13 4 13i 22 - 24 ... - 31 - 3i 16 --- iir 10 - 112 .01 - 103 10) 92 96 id 136 131 ..• ''''' . 21- 3p i 7- 8 10 - 12 7 - 8 11 - 114 - ,33 —1353 u id S 8 -- 92 .02 - 105 114 - 116 10 - 'l] 17 18 10 10 12 f —1 4 i Id tP 24 98 100 i -- i"d 92 - 95 - 3i 11-a ecti Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 pei c. pref. (issd. 50/; Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares.., , 3aledonian £lO (Mester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandens4p.e, :)uudee Perth &Aber leeu Junction (X3los FS per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per ceut. Do. (7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex teusion,s p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. 0. St Eastern Union, Seri) Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent, Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Fast Laneasli. 6 p. ets East and West York• shire June. Pref bldinbPrth.&Dundet, 4 per cent. lia.sgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent. . 1 ;reat Nordin. 5 p. c. Jo. 5 p. c. Redeem.,! at 10 p. c. prem. .. ►o. 4i p.c. Scrip A. N. of Scot. Ist Pre' t. Southu.dt Westin . ! Ireland) Eighths).. Do. 4 per c. Prof. Si► ;t. Westn. (Berks & limits Ex. 5 p. c).. Do.cov.red.4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. e. D. irrcd, 4p.c. Lan. & York. F. I: 2 ' Do. 6 p. c. Stock i.eeds N. 6 p. c. No. I : ►o. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e 'lu. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. Convertible, 5 P.I c., 18.52 Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Cov. dz uucatou London & S. Wester' Con. Thirds London(leiTy& Coler Shares & Ennie.i Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... io. New: f,lO . Do. £6.. 4arypt.&Carl.4 p c ►a. 4 per cent Consol.6 p.c.St. )o. Coosol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... ')o. Pref. 4. per cell.' Norfolk Debenture Jo. Prof. 4 p. c. Stool• i)o. 5 p. c. Ext 5A per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. e North British North Staffordshire )xtord, Worcester, & Wolverli.Xls. 6 p.c scot. °aut. , New Pre' ,brews. & Birm.N.G. Ahrewsby. & Choate, Nor. W. Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per ceut iouth Devon 1 •fixed, 44 per cent 6. • Eastern (lteadin,, Amt.) of £1 Os. 6d. • Do. 4Apei cent. Yorksli.4p.e.Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do litocktou and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfcl.&Kilk.6p.c. York, No weastle t Perwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland FL Pur.•) Ague Anglo Austrin. Gold Auglo Californian Australasian Australian. Australian Cordillera Australian Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blienarvon Iron and C0a1... I3ritish Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazdiaiilmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes bt Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsous's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7. p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co, 'General 'Ch. NuggetVeiißeg. Do. Registered. Great Bolgooth . Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Linares.. Lona. &Cal iforu. Gold Quartz Crush. Co_ Marignita ........ Ntexit;an &S. Amerien. New Granada. New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Moude Poutgiband Silvei Lead Min.& Smelt Purt Philip Quartz Rock . ithymney Iron Do. New Sautiago de Cuba..... South Australian...... Tiu Croft .. . United Mexican ... Waller West Granada:. ..... West Maripossr...::-.,. Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba .TO I NT-STOI kustraiaina British Colonial Bank . _ and Loan Corapau 'iritish N. Ameri can f_;hartd. Bank of Asi a , Jhrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ;olonial ' ;ommercial of Lond 'lnglish Scottish ani Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. o Australia 14)0(1011 and County.. London Joint Stock.. Loud. & We,tmintstel National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland , New South Wales , • Mental Bank oi Corporation bo. New i Provincial of Ireland I Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg , & ()old Imp Co , liontb Australia , Union of Australia )o. New Union of London 46 - 48 41 - 43 65 - 67 7 i - 8i 651 241 4 VERPOOL, Friday.—The Beath A►nerio an screw- steam-ship Lusitania, Captain Sharp, aft er ring the slight daruageiiiilictid upon her by t h e lion 'with the Roscoafintin yesterday, sailed this Loon for the Brazils with the usual mSils o thirt y 91 4 ;,5 0 60 Sitifkikt MINES. t - i i 0 1 i d 1i -- li i* = I 7 i 8 - 8i 3 - 4 li - 24 26 - 28 42 - 44 Ell - 12 52 - 57 1 - 3 p - 8 - i 4 - 1 ..i - 7 - I' 7i ... ilii I - 6 -64 - - 15i -16 i : 7 I 27 - 29 - 5 - 694 - 3 34 - 4 - k - BANKS 83 s 5 i -: ili ... - ...d 31 2 Ei Z} 2 dl 21 - 214 SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILwATs. !Closing Prices Viis day. Business done this day. Aberdeen. Ambg and Bann. Junet.... itelfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. 4it £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20...., Rlyth & Tyne original' £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester dr Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dt Pass, Cornwall Junction... : llublindtßelfustjuue. Dundee PerthdtAber deen Junction..... .. Do. New East Ang1ian.......... Do., (xlB E & Eastern Counties ..... Eastern Union, A Stock .............. Do., B. Stock..., Do., New A...... East Lancashire ...... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edin. Pith &Du rif i ee Forth & Clyde June. :,11asgow &S. Weston, ;mat Northern Do., A. 5t0ck......... ' Do., B. Stock. flt.Sth.&West.(lre.: , Great Westeru Irish South-Easterr. Lancaster & Carlis]t Do Thirds Do. New Thirds Laueash.audYorkt,l Do., Fifths 0).; Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Creby.&Southitt Loudon & Blackwal Lond. Tilb. &Sthenil. Loud. Bright& S.Cet Lond.. and N. Westu. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh., M&B i Do. Eighths LondotiaudS, Westn Do., £5O Do.; £4O I,niluclrrytk Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk . Manch.Shef.& Linein Man. & Lin. Un Midland •o. Birmng, k Deft); ~tidld.G. West. (Irv. ) i)o. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmarket 5 Do., Bury Extension 19 \I wpt. Aberg. & Hrfd. 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor. IX) Norfolk Nortlin.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 i Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred , Do., B Guarauteed l North London LI is Do. New £lO N.&S. Wetrn. stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westin. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester , I0t) 100 100 100 Oxford, Woreester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth liieettisli Central !Scottish Midlaud afire wsbury & Bit lug. Do. L. & N. Westeri, Cluantute al St cck... Shrewsby. & rierefd Shrewsby. & Cheste (N. W. Min, • Do. lialves,l . G.. Do. Oswestry ala•"pshirc Uuion Do. A, B, C,& paid up at par :4outli Devon South Eastorn.,. 'outh Wales . Yrkslt. & Riv. Dui -, taines, Wok. &Wol; tockton & Darli Stockton di Fla.rtlepl. TatT Vale.. Do. £lO shares 'Do. Pref., No, 1. Thames Haven Doci4 and Railway Vale of Neatil Waterfd. & Waterford& Lirnerici West C0rnwa11,...... West Evil of Loniloi, and Crystal Palace.. West L0nd0n...... Wimbletln&Croyiloi York Newesl.&Berw. Do. Extensions ...... Do. G.N.E. Purchasc York &N.Midlaud 22 - 23 5 - 51 9 - 10 11i --10/1 16i -- 14 7 -- 6d! 95 - 97 63 - 64 154 - 164 12 - 14 :4 - 101 7 - 8 16 = 174 Ila 36 40 25 27 66 - 68 58 - 60 ii = /8 66 - 68 844 - 85 64 - 66 1_26 - 128 94 - 96 73 - 734 - 90 11 - 13 0 11 - 69 -69 i 61 44 - 3/(i 81 : -8i 104 -- Ib6 1021 102ixd par 3 p par - p •• 82 -- 83 9 -- 8 8 7 f: 23 - 24 6 39 - 41 d par 8 6 2* 2i 6 8 46 48 3i • 3* i ... 344 7 9 - 53 55 - P Ad 4f 4dl 6# 6 I par 2 p 33 - 35 63 - 65 72 - 74 68 .~ 72 7i - 8 ti 19A 91 - . 1.4 - 15 3i - 13 - 15 65 65 31 - 33 ... -... ... 31 - 33 18i 19 4 - 5 23 - - 54 6 - 75 -76 61 6 4 3 d 544 5 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdan :telgian Eastu. June. teziers to Gra.issessa, itonibay, Baroda, au, Central ludia,Sciii • ;:eutral of Italy ...... ;harleroi dz Erquelin. )einerara ........... )ijou and Besancon.. )utch Rhenish .... East Indian, ............ Do Extension.... • it. Indian PeninauL id. Juuct. of Franc, ;rd. Trunk of Cattad. bo. Debentures .... Do. d 0.... .. :it. Central of Franc,- it. Western of Canaiii Shares ........... Do. Bonn is (Ist is.)'s; lantilton & Toront, •Do. 6 Per cent. ...... Lake Cont.e & Basle Lucca dz ..Pistoj a 5 p.c. Great Luxembourt. Constituted Share- Do. Obligations ..... Lyons and Geneva . Lyons di Mediterran. ilaolras ................. Maria Antonia ...... De. do. New ........ '4olbourne &R y Namur di Liege (wit}, interest) ..... Do. (ex interest) ..... . Northern of France. Do. 20/. 3 p. c B 4 (fray.B.dz Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunlare Paris and Ly0n5...... Ditto Bonds ..... . Paris and Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre 4oyal Danish Royal Swedish Stanibre and Meuse_ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. .southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). West Flanders • • Do 5A per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland, Wiesbaden Zealand MISCEL kubin Coal and Iron kustralian A grieult. kustralsn.Pcific. Mail kustraln. Royal Mai? Marlin Water Works .irit. American Land Irit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Oanada Jrystal Palace Do. New. .. s)rystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam. El ectri c Tel egraph (A ) Do. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir "len. Steam Navigat leneral Screw Steam [rish Beetroot Sugar (agdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam File Netherlands Laud N. S. W. Coal di Inter Steam Navigat. Co ' N. B. Australasian._ i)o. New Nrth. of Europe Steam Peel Itr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral.Lanii Submar. Telegraph Du. Registered. van Diemen Load 6 1 16 3i cl—ip PI 3 24(1 21 d 2ip i P 6i 74 64ci 4 -1 p 17 -18 •••P' d par die 2i id - Id Cp. 7 1 - 8 34 :-. 31 i 121 -12 i 8 - 9 18 i -191 p ••• - 4s 50 o oa 40 22 i 24 ld—i p • 8d .•• ..... pirli 3i 5 i 6d 41 4i - 34 .4 "BOTTS 41 -42 •.• -- ... 65 - 70 ..• - . 90 - gi 31 - 311 17x . 11 • • • --- ••• -••• ••,.. ••••• ... i -"' i 4 - 4i 2 • -- 2ixd 1 : 33 - j 12 23~ b 4 s THE CHOLERA. ST. KATHERINE DOCKS.—Three fatal cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred to persons employed in the St. Katherine Docks since Sunday last. One case was that of a warehouseman, who died after a brief attack ; and the other two men were mariners. Complaints have been made to the authorities of the establishment re specting the stagnant water in the several basins, and, notwithstanding the officers have flushed the docks from the river night and day by the aid of steam power, no beneficial results have been effected. The number of deaths in these docks has been very considerable during the last fortnight. ST. BOTOLPH WITHOUT, ALDGATE.—Yesterday the board of guardians of the Whitechapel Union gave orders ti Mr. Perry, inspector of nuisances for the district of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, to have the courts and alleys thoroughly washed after twelie o'clock at night, and men have been engaged in cleansing the various over crowded places in Harn's-buildings, Upper East Smithfield, and other parts where filth and poisonous matter have been allowed to accumulate, to the danger of the poor inhabit:ints. Two cases of malignant cholera terminated fatally yesterday in Hani's-buildings and Crown-court, faikg St. Katherine Docks. WHITECHAPEL WOHKHOUSE.—SeveraI cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred in Whitechapel workhouse among the pauper inmates, and a ward has been fitted up ex pressly for choieia patients, under the medical direction of Dr Payne, the parochial surgeon. MILE-END OLD TOWN.—Yesterday morning Mr. Hughes, the summoning officer of Mile-end Old Town, forwarded information to Mr. NV. Baker, the coroner, respecting two deaths from cholera, which had taken place from alleged nuisances. THE CITY OF LONDON UNlON.—Yesterday forenoon the following public notice was issued by the board of guardians of the City of London Union :—" Public notice—Poor persons living in this union, and suffering from looseness of the bowels, &c., whether accompanied by pain or not, are earnestly recommended and re quested to apply immediately and without a moment's delay to the following medical officers, who have been duly appointed to attend all cases of emergency :—Mr. Sparks, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Blenkarne, Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown, Mr. Holliday, and Mr. Humphreys, at their respective residences." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) There has been very little animation in the Mining Market this week, and but few transactions recorded. High-priced dividend shares, with few exceptions, ap pear as difficult of sale as speculative stocks. Sortridge Consols advanced from 30s. to 40s. and 455., with good business doing in the early part of the week. West Al fred Consols have risen to 261., and in demand, a very considerable improvement being reported in the mine ; for the end of the year 351. per share was offering. Boil. ing Well, 12/. to 131., -and sought after ; Trebane, 131.; Par Consols, 81.; Alfred Consuls, 221. 15s. to 231. 55.; Gonamena ' 101.; Treweth a , 41 . to 4/. 2s. 6d. ; South f C o a o r t a , d 7 o l n . to2 s B o o u / t . h 2901.; Tamar,91. UnY, 71. 15 s. to 81 . 55.; liereds -ss. Dating the week, shares have changed hands in the following : DIVIDEND MINES —Alfred Consols, Altgoed Consols, Bedford United, Callington, Dhurode, Drake Walls, Gonamena Herodstoot, L acey , M achno Slate, Par Consols, Lewis, South Caradon, South Tamar, Trehane, Trewetha, Wheal Arthur, General Mining Company for Ireland, Lackamore, Mining Company of Ireland, Wicklow. MINES WHICH HAVE SOLD ORE.—Birch Tor, Boiling Well, Clara, Cubert, Cwmdyle Rock,;,Darren, Great Crinnis, Great Hewas, Great Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Baddern, Great Wheal Vur, Keswick, Old Trewether, Po'gear, Sortrulge Consols, Tees Side, Trannack, Tyn y-Be, th, West Aifred, Wheal Carpenter, Wheal Friend ship, Wheal Helen, Wheal Trefusis, Wheal Uny,Wheal Wrey, Kilbricken. _ In Foreign Mines the business has been unimportant, although prices have generally remained firm. There is still no new feature to be remarked in the Gold Mining Share Market, business in all descriptions of stocks being extremely fiat, and almost entirely neglected. Accounts from California still state that fresh discoveries are being made daily, and the gold is found not only in the alluvial soil, but likewise in the rock. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Friday, Aug. 25.—The announcement this forenoon, that in Liverpool the price of "fair" American cotton isTd. 'Per lb. lower than it was on the nth instant bas rather counteracted the evident ten dency of the telegraphic intimations that the day is fine or very fine in every quarter of the country, to improve the tone of feeling on our Exchange. In yams there has been less business done. The home consumers and the India merchants are more backward in operating than the continental and Levant houses ; and, therefore, while most spionings prepared for the first class have slightly receded in price (say about Id. per lb.), those adapted for the other classes are not quoted lower (except warps and pincops), though they may be rather more ea.iily obtainable in some quarters. Many spinners have still considerable contracts in hand. In the finer kinds there appears to be no alteration. BRADFORD, Aug. 24.-- Wool—The quantity coming to market is on the increase, and as many spinners who attended the country markets and fairs have laid in good supplies, at prices much easier than is now demanded, there is no dispositlim to add to stocks at the prices now si.ught, which have been materially brought about by aurchases fur woollens and blankets, and not for legitimate consumption for worsted purposes. P eces—The demand fur goods is not great, but the ad- Vantages offered by the manufacturers at midsummer in duced orders to be given by the merchants. LEICESTER, Aug. 24.—The glove branch does not at present partake fully in the demand. Worsted yarns have again risen a halfpenny per lb., making an advance of I,d , above their lowest point. WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, Aug. 25.—There is no material change in the state of trade in the warehouses during the current week ; perhaps it may, on the whole, be reported a little quieter. There is a very steady business doing for the home market, but as the shipping season is now near a close, the expos t houses are not doing much business. H.UDDERSFIELD:--z-The — market to-day in the Cloth hail was less animated than our former notices, but it is perhaps necessary now and then to repeat the fact, that the Cloth-hall is the index to the amount of business doing in the town and district. HALIFAX, Aug. 19. No alteration this week in the piece and yarn markets, nor much in the wool trade, in which prices are exceedingly firm at the late advance. The supplies increase considerably. OLD-STREET EXTENSION AND NEW OXFORD -STREET JUNCTION.—TiIe great desirability of a better communi • cation west and north-east has long been felt, recognised, and paid for by the public : how to get from the west ern district to the Eastern Counties Railway, Hackney, Dalston, Homerton, and other large neighbourhoods, without traversing the crowded City and adding one third to the distance and time occupied in transit, is a problem difficult to solve, and a matter worthy of some consideration. Whilst lines of streets, greatly inferior in pretension and in usefulness, have been carried at great expense and difficulty, it is not a little singular that this line, so much needed, and, in fact, imperatively demanded, has been suffered to remain in abeyance, for the facilities of its execution are probably greater than could be found in any other line. Old-street abruptly ends and is terminated by a screen-wall of the Charter house grounds ; thence to St. John-street is unoccupied ground, available for building -purposes : crossing St. John-street, a very poor neighbourhood, and St. John's square is reached, forming the requisite opening : passing a very small distance thence and Farringdon street is reached : this would have to be crossed by a viaduct, so as to preserve the high level throughout ; thence to Reid's brewery, King's-road, Theobald's; road, and Bloomsbury -square. These last, with com paratively small alterations, would, in point of fact, constitute the new line a direct one, and in this respect superior to many new lines of street which cannot claim directness, but are a poor sort of compromise between the old and new—a course of proceeding greatly to be deprecated, and .perpetuating .an evil which becomes every day more apparent.— The Builder. MEETING OF THE "CONFEDERATES" OF CORK.—On Saturday evening the " Democratic Confederates" of Cork met at Nile-street, in that city, Mr. Brian Dillon in the chair, when the following resolution was adopted : "That the Nation newspaper having proved recreant to its ancient creed and faith, and having become the fiercest defamer of our gallant friends in exile, we hereby repudiate and denounce its denationalising and deceptive doctrines, and adopt the New York Citizen as the only , true representative of the democratic spirit of Ireland. The report of the proceedings (of which I forward a copy) does not give a list of the names of those present, but merely states that the meeting was "unexpectedly numerous." SHIP BUILDING ON THE TYNE.--SHIELDS, Aug 24. A large 2,000 tons full rigged ship, the largest timber vessel that has been built in the lower reaches of the Tyne, was launched from South Shields this afternoon. She is for. the city house of Marsha ll and Edridge, and will be engaged in the Australian trade. During the same tide a large paddle-wheel steamer was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. T. and W. Smith, in North Shields ; she is for the Mauritius. An iron screw vessel, to be employed in carrying copper ore from Ireland, was launched from Mr. T. D. Marshall's yard South-sands. The progress of ship-building (iron and timber) on the shores of the Tyne and Wear is amazing, notwithstanding the check the shipping trade has re• ceived by the stagnation caused by the war. There is not a shore on the Tyne and Wear, from the sea to five or six miles up, but is employed in ship-building. It is an understood thing among shipowners that collier brigs will be superseded in the course of 20 years by steam screw colliers in the London coal trade, and capitalists very rarely invest in this class of property, but are em barking their money in first-class vessels, which, of con sequence, are in great demand. A. very considerable number of foreign vessels have visited the Tyne during the past two months to procure cargoes of coal. ' At present nearly every mercantile country in the world is vepreseuted -in Shields I.3zboure, Turkey 4,2 d Gres included. • ..—. • all all LOO all all 13.5 4! all 9 all all 20 10 20 35 10 22 all all -111 al, lU all 8 2s. 10 5 20 20 xd x d 401 1111 i I 84 i 5 642 5 941 723 3i 102 } li ad ad ad ad ad ad ad per cent. 65 i 1071 i 31 MONEY ORDERS. General Post•office, August, 1854. ENGLAND. A major money order office will be opened at Eton, Bucks, on the Ist September, and at Park street, Bris tol, on the 12th September. Minor money order offices will be opened at the un dermentioned places on the respective dates named : County. Head-office, &c. Comb Martin, Devon, Ilfracombe, Ist Sept. R.hyinney, Monmouth, Newport, Mon. let do. Shipdham, Norfolk, Thetford, 12th do. The Money-Old,r office formerly known by the name of " Abchurch-lane" is now called " Sherhorne-lane." IRELAND. On the Ist September next the undermentioned Major Money Order -offices will 'be reduced to minor offices ; Postmasters - must, therefore, after that date, pay no money order issued at those offices unless the corresponding advices shall have been received by them through the Chief Money Order Office, Dublin, with the stamp of that office affixed to the document. Ball County. Head o ffi ce , & o. yconnell Tyrrell's Pass IMPORTAVT ("RANGES IN THE POST OFFICE DEPAILTMENT. For the future the Post -office department will be pre sided over by a Postmaster-General, with a salary of 2,5001. a year. One secretary, with a salary rising from 1,5001. to 2.0001. a year. There will further be two assistant secretaries, with salaries rising from 700/. to 1,0001. a year. One chief clerk to secretary, with 6501. a year. Three head clerks in secretary's office at from 500/. to 6001. a year. Four classes of secretary's clerks, at from 4001. to 5001. ; and from 801. to 1501. a year. An arbitrator on railway charges, with a salary rising from 7001. to 1,000/. a year. An inspector -general of mails, at a salary rising from 600/. to 8001. a year ; and four mail inspectors at from 3001. to 500/. a year. There are also to be a comptroller of the Inland-office, at a salary rising from 600/. to 800/. a year, and a vice comptroller with a salary rising. from 5001. to 600/. a year. One receiver and accountant-general, with a salary rising from 600/. to 800/. a year. A. cashier, a chief examiner, and a principal book-keeper, at salaries rising from 400/. to 5501. a year each. A comptroller of the Money Order-office, at a salary rising from 5001. to 700/. a year, and a chief clerk to that comptroller, at from 350/. to 450/. a year. There are to be surveyors to the General Post-office, with salaries from 500/. to 700. a year, and their clerks are to receive salaries rising from 100/. to 150/. a year. There is to be a soli citor to the General Post-office, whose salary is to be 2,500/. a year, and his clerks are to reoeive salaries rising from 400/. to 500/., from 260/. to 380 i., and from 2201. to 240/ a year. There are to be secretaries to the General Post-offices of Edinburgh and Dublin, at sala ries rising from 700/. to 1,000/. a year. The clerks in the mail, inland, and London district, account, and money order offices, will be divided into three classes, with salaries rising from 801. to 1501., from 180/. to 240/., and from 2601. to 350/. a year. Ttie letter sorters, letter carriers, stampers, porters, and rnes• sengers, are to be divided into four classes, with wages rising from 19s. to 235., from 255. to 305.. from 325. to 384., and from 40s. to 50s. a week. The inspectors of letter carriers in the Lonlon Post-office are to be divided into two classes, with salaries rising from 110/. to 200/., and from 210/. to 300/. a year. The mail guards are to be divided into two classes, with salares rising from 70/. to 901., and from 100/. to 1201. a year. The offices of secretary to the post-master general, inspector-general of the missing letter department, superintendent of mail coaches, inspector of dead letters, receiver-general, and inspector of ship letters, are to be abolished. Country postmasters are in future to appoint their own clerks. Provincial postmasters, whose salaries are not above 175/. a year, are to be appointed by the Treasury, at the recommendation of members of parliament, and those whose salaries are above that sum are to be appointed by the Postmaster -General. The clerks in the London Post-office are to have a month's holiday every year, and the sorters, letter carriers, and other inferior officers, a fortnight's holiday, without any deduction from their pay. Letter carriers, guards, and other inferior officers, are to be entitled to superannuation without subscribing to the superannuation fund. Security bonds are to be no longer required from the officers of the London Post office. Persons appointed as letter carriers and letter sorters in the General Post-office must be between the ages of 17 and 27, and mail guards must be between the ages of 20 and 25. The private secretary to the Post master-General is to have 300/. a year for the services he performs as such. The inlmd and London district offices are to be consolidated. Promotion is to de pend entirely on merit, and in every department the lowest officer will be ellgible to the highest office in it. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND THE NEW BEER ACT. Last night a meeting of licensed victuallers residing in the neighbourhood of Greenwich, Lewisham, and the other surrounding villages, was held at the Royal Standard Tavern, Blackheath, for the purpose of con demning the act for the closing of public-houses for the greater part of Sunday, and of taking measures for its early repeal. The chair was taken by Mr. Clarke, who strongly re probated the measure, as interfering not only with the interests of the trade, but also with the convenience of the public. They were still, notwithstanding the en lightened and liberal view which Mr. Long, the police magistrate of the Marylebone district, took with respect to the question of what constituted a bona fide traveller, at the mercy of the petty tribunals, and would not be safe until the Court of Queen's Bench decided on the point. The case of Mr. Ware, the landlord of Jack Straw's C.rstle, Ilampgefid, which drew forth the fle ei,ion to which he ha I alluded, had been defended by the Metropolitan and Suburban Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society ; and he thought it advisable that the members of the trade residing in the district of Green wich should afford their utmost assistance to that society, a deputation from which, he was happy to hear, was about to wait on Lord Palmerston to try and induce him to suspend the operation of the act until an opportunity should be given to the Legislature of fully reconsider ing a measure which it had enacted in baste and under the erroneous impression that it was approved of by the trade. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Day, Poole, Bennett, Moore, and Waittle, who severally complained of the manner in which the act was hurried through Parliament. Resolut►ons were agreed to by the meeting, and a memorial prepared ►n the same spirit for presentation to the Home Secretary. A vote of..thanks •to the•chairman terminated the proceedings. IMPROVEMENTS IN PRACTICAL MINING. - Some of the greatest improvements in science very fre quently work their way in a silent and unobtrusive manner, and people are sometimes hardly aware even of their existence, until some fine morning they brush the dust from their eylids, and find themselves just a quarter of a century behind the age. Such is prejudice, or rather that spirit of inaction which lies like an in cubus upon the bulk of mankind, and induces them rather to follow blindly in the footsteps of others than to be at the trouble to exercise their own judgment. We were forcibly reminded of this fact the other day, on witnessing one of Medwin and Hall's portable steam-engines at work at a mine in the west of England. " Here ! " said the captain, " I have as certained more, by this little engine, of the value of my mine in three weeks, than under the old system I could have done in six months. Suppose, for instance, I had gone to one of our first engi neers (you know what engineers are), why, they'd have kept me waiting a month of Sundays for it ; and then, when I got it, I should have had to build ; and erect, and go to no end of ex pense, before I could get to work, as, I dare say, they have found out before this at the Exmouth and Adams United Mines, and a few other places. In stead of this, however, I thought I would look in at the Blackfriars-road ; and upon my word," said be, "it was, in point of ready accommodation, like going to a chandler's shop for a ha'porth of soap, or a penny candle. What power do you want ?' they said. Twenty-horse,' said I. Here you are, then. Are you ehav e ll; it, a forty s iufr eyou t w h i k l e l be enough Quito e f o o o r u y g o h uf —y , o v u e r c y a n w shall be at the station to-night.' And so it was, and at work here the day after its arrival ; fur it wants no fixin g , as you see." " I'll tell you what it is,' continued the captain : " half the- mines -that are opened now, are opened in the dark. The directors keep on holding meetings, and receiving reports ; and, among others, they get one every now and then from the engineer, just to say how he is getting on, and when you are likely to ' have your engine, which is generally about six months before you really get it ; whereas, if they'd take the tools as they are—all ready made to their hands —they'd settle the business in no tine. It is only right to speak well of the bridge that carries you safe over."—Mining Journal. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN LAMBETH WORKHOUSE. A public meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of the parish of Lambeth was held yesterday evening at Keriningtoli-hall, adjoining the Licensed Victuallers' School, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain disclosures which had been made relative to the treatment of the paupers in Lambeth Workhouse. The proceedings seemed to excite a very deep interest among thu , e present ; Mr. Offord took the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, observed that the meeting was no doubt aware of the object for which they were assembled. The committee who had been instrumental in calling them together bad for some time past heard various statements made by the paupers relative to their treatment in the workhouse. They were of course unable to act on such es parte statements, and this matter would never have been agitated had it not been for the disclosures made. by Mr. Hyde, late assistant surgeon in the workhouse. Mr. Hyde then read from a written list a number of cases of cruelty, of which the following are the chief : A man named Ayres, who was suffering from bronchitis, was called a "scheming humbug" for going into the in firmary, and when he was canvalescent, he was set to pick oakum, although he could hardly breathe. Ray ner used very foul language with respect to this unfortu nate creature, and when he heard of the man's death, be said, "A good job too, and if 100 more of the wretches would go the same way." (Sensation.) John Goldsmith, an old man, suffering from pthisis, was set to work a t painting, and his death, as he himself de clared, was thus hastened. Ayres, too, complained bit terly of Rayner's cruelty. The Sunday liberty of the poor had been unnecessarily stopped, and a very consi derable expense thus entailed upon the parish, The death of an old man named Edney was directly caused by it ; but no inquest was held on him, although the death was very sudden. (Oh.) The liberty of a man named John Henry Miller was stopped for being found c T ig it n h a fa tion.) crust oTfhbirsemadan binehcm his pocket ill lnconsequence t i (Expreio o o f f in his being deprived of his liberty, and died. Another old man was deprived of his liberty for having his spectacles and an old horn s p oon h e had made himself in his poc ket. (Shame). Rayn er searched him, and said h e had "a cartload of things in his pocket !" • An old teapot, which was very much prized by an old woman, was needlessly destroyed before her face. The poor were turned do wn to breakfast at six o'clock, and were not allowed to have any if they were a minute late. (Shame). Between 80 and 90 of the aged paupers were unnecessarily confined in an ill ventilated ward from nine to twelve and from two to five in the day, and the nurse was reprimanded by the matron for allowing two of them to stand outside on the steps to get a little fresh air. An imbecile girl named Mary Males was confined all night in a cell for running about 'the yard, and the next morning confined in the dead-house with four or five dead bodies close to her. The girl became frantic with terror at night, and in endeavouring to -get through the window broke several panes. She was taken before a magistrate for it, Rayner saying, "I would hang her if I could." She was confined for 24 hours, on bread I and water, and without a bed for tying her apron strings behind her instead of before her. (Hear.) The master bad compelled her to sign a written paper, deny ing that she had been subjected to such treatment. The girl said that she had no alternative but to do so, and this she would publicly state. (Shame.) There were 10 suits of clothes, which were worn indiscriminately by i.lljthe paupers who went out, and they were often damp and filthy ; but an old man's liberty was stopped because he refused to wear one of these suits. An old man , named Edward Palmer, h a d b een spec i a l ly persecuted for a similtz refusal, but he would best tell his own tale. Edward Palmer, the man alluded to, here came for. ward. He said that he had been a ratepayer in the parish for 30 years, and had served the office of surveyor of the highways. Circumstances had compelled him t. go into the workhouse, and there he had been a marked man for the last five months. He was em ployed in the workhouse as a schoolmaster, and be sides this function he was set to scour bed-ticks, and carry coals, paint, ito. He could confirm all that Mr. Hyde had stated. It was no exaggeration at all. This unfortunate person detailed a series et petty persecutions to which he had been subjected by Rayner. His statement was made in terse and well chosen language, and with the manner and bearing of one who had moved in a superior condition of life. It svq.s received by th e crow d e d hall in perfect silence, which was only occasionally broken by an expression of indignation ; and the admission that Rayner's conduct had on one occasion caused him to speak warmly in re monstrance was hailed with loud cheers, as was also the remark that the 7 days' imprisonment to which he had been subjected for it were far better for him than work house fare. Mr. BEARD, a ratepayer, who had gone over the workhouse, detailed ,the results of his visits. He found the dormitories very clean and neat ; but he found that, contrary to the poor law, all the aged couples were separated. Mr. Hyde was invariably mentioned by the paupers in high terms of praise, but they complained bitterly of the treatment they received i❑ the workhouse. He found a whole ward full of old men, who had had no dinner at half-past two in the day. The soup had been served, but they could not use it, as it was filled with oil, and produce 4 diarrhoea. Tney complained that the poor-law allowance was not fairly dealt out, but was greatly deficient in quantity. (Shaine.) Some complained of the removal of little arti cles of property which they brought in—such as combs, pairs of drawers, &c. In the insane ward he found that tnere too the soup was found uneatable, and had not been touched. (Cries of "shame.") It appeared to him that the women in the ward were in bodily fear of the supervisor (a female) ; and he had occasion to repri mand the woman for her conduct to one of the pau pers while he was there. In the lying-in ward he found complaints of insufficient arid in nutritious diet. No beer was allowed to them except during the ninth of their confinement. Here, too, the soup had been refused. He inquired of the cook why the soup was not eaten, and he replied that he was not aware of the fact. He further stated that the soup never came back to him, but went to the master. (`• Oh, oh," and laughter.) The man said he had no fault to find with the meat, but he could not make good soup without vegetables. (Hear, hear.) The bakehouse was in good order, and the bread good. This statement was confirmed by other ratepayers amidst the loud expressions of indignation of the meeting. Two resolutions were then adopted, pledging the meet ing to prosecute the inquiry to the utmost; and further to call a general parish meeting on the subject. The assembly then dispersed. ALTARS IN WORKHOUSES. The Rev. M. M'Sweeny, Roman Catholic chaplain to the Mallow workhouse - , has received the following com munication from the Lord-Lieutenant, in reply to a memorial to his Excellency from the reverend gentleman on the sulject of having a permanent altar provided for the use of the Roman Catholic inmates of. that institution : " Dublin Castle, Aug. 17. " Reverend Sir,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial of the let inst. relative to your application to the Board of Guardians of Mallow Union for an altar for the use of the Roman Catholic inmates of that institution, and to acquaint you in reply that his Excellency find upon inquiry that applica tion has received much consideration both on the part of the board olguarilians and of the Poor-law Commissioners. It appears, from the correspondence which has taken place between you and the Commissioners, that whilst the board are willing to provide an altar to be used in the dining room, but to be removed every Sunday after the celebra tion of religious worship, you, on the other hand, desire to have an altar placed in a niche of thatroom, which, though capable of being removed, yet shall remain there under ordinary circumstances, bang kept out of view by shutters like a press. " It appears obvious to his Excellency that the board o guardians must be the best judges of the internal arrange ments of the house, which fall peculiarly within their pro vince ; therefore, without pronouncing any opinion upon the point at issue, his Excellency concurs with the com missioners in thinking that the matter must be left to the determination of the board of guardians. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "The Rev. M. Id`Sweeny, Mallow." "T. LLECOM. THE LAWSON OBSERYATORY.—A. meeting of the sub scribers to this undertaking was held in Room No. 30, of the Exchange, Nottingham, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee, and considering what further steps should be taken, owing to the withdrawal by Parliament of the proposed grant of 2,0001. The Hon. E. Strutt, M.P., was called to the chair. The report, after a review of all the particulars in connection with the project, concluded with a proposal fur carrying out the-objects of the ob servatory, by acting. independently of the Government. This recommendation was opposed by Mr. Denison, M.P., who complained that the secretary's letter con vening the meeting had stated that it had been deter mined to give up the project, and return the subscrip tions, yet they then came forward with a proposition directly opposite. Earl Manvers concurred with Mr. Denison, and moved that the money be returned to the subscribers, which was seconded by Mr. Alderman Bukin. The Rev. J. Griffiths, M.A:, moved a v Uo the a ir ruent, that the committee be instructed to THE FIRE AT THAMES -BANK.—We are glad to find The amendment was carried, and the me e ting '''''' that the statemeots which have been made as to the pro- separated, after a vote of thanks to the c hair _ RI F DAL-- report, and to call an early meeting of theee;hr_ribtakri__. bable amount of loss to Mr. Cubbitt, caused by the late SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY. disastrous fire, are much exaggerated. Still, it will be An - act of suicide has and Wolver heavy, Having confidence in his arrangements, only a city, on the line of the Oxford, an W m of the city, named M r . small sum was insured upon the buildings, something hampton Railway, by a trades held on the body yesterday under 7,0001. on tile parts actually damaged ; and there James Insull. An inques t t,been -1( w , a c e oroner for the oounty, when was a larger quantity of prepared wol kon the premises before Mr. w. S.P. Wcp_urarocrmcitistteedr, near to this uge e e lieited :—The deceased it a,p. than usual, including a number of sashes glazed with the following facts wer e tiie been in a desponding state of plate glass. The buildings destroyed, or nearly so, peered, had forsome went out to be shaved. He wag occupy the areas, 220 feet by 60 ; 48 feet by 120 feet ; mind, and on W ednesda y ~eoftheday. y b the side of the railway, near and 50 feet by 120 ; partly three store sin height, partly . seen in the co Hill u t unnel. r He was watching the approaoh four ;and including the machine room. The parts do. 'Rainbow fromßirmingham, and just as it (fame up he stroyed form perhaps one-fifth of the whole buildings on ; ofatraiu laid himself down upon the rails immediately the ground. The men's cooking place and the dining- su ddenl y it deliberately placing his neck across one of the room, which latter is used as the school-roam in the even- 1 be f o r e_.s ii In another moment, before the driver, who saw leg for the boys, escaped ; so too did the foundry, the r t a b e a ct, could stop the train, it passed over him, 001 n. drying-rums, engines, &c. No time - was lostin useless letely severing his head from his body, and carrying it lamentation ; the whole of the men engaged 4the time , 1 3 0 some distance, while the trunk was terribly lacerated of the fire, 609, were set to work on the reliadiYA% an d n , : and-tern. The driver of the train, James Foster, de in such shops as remained, and now there 4.4°4f3 more , - posed that when he got near the deceased he saw him employed. The girders and joists for the one time, air I deliberately lie down across the rails. He put on the in ery of the joiners' shop are on, and, a v s ho rt ' I ,whistle,but deceased took no notice. He stopped the the owner, a the whole will be restored. So much for train as soon as he could, but at the request of the guard well-known energy.—ne Builder. vg ' a r e Went on to the Worcester station, and sent back apilet N. _.„ e THE LARGE FAILURE or WERrEorilarici__o,oool., i s , engine - to the spot. There was' o medical testimony as informed that this failure, amounting so to Meth has para. ' to the state of the deceased's mind, - eAd Ate jury s000r• owing to the ruinisus state of exchangae-_wong time, eve. , dingly returned a verdict to the effect that the decease lysed the money market at Vienna ford byl the govern- I had committed self-destruction, but that they 0051 # 11g4 chilly through the restrictions i n os -64- ifk: iletermin% al to his sanity. - i 11•1042 =Wry operatioaso:Witita rot St. St. 11% 5 10 St. 5 126 12 12, St. 15 8A 8 10 lU 2f 10 1.0 all 1 10 1 1 20 50 20 25 Mail repai collie forer 111 5 41 25 St. 18 20 St. 2 1 St. 20 20 10 10 zu 20 50 80 'no [OO 20 20 20 6 20 100 9 100 all 81s. 100 20 130 100 all 12 all sll 401 23i 68j i