The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-30 00:00:00

' I<K' COMMERCIAL IN TELL 1 GENUE„ CITY, TN NO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated •at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 2,000 American taken for export and on specu lation. The market was firm but tame, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 140 Peru= and Maranham, at 5 d, to 6 . 4 d., 100 Egyptian at 51d.. to WO., 300 Surat at 3d. to 3d., and the remainder' American. Railway Shares were firm at higher prices. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon for three months' bills were rather weaker. Paris, however, ruled firm at 25 274 to 30. Amsterdam, 11 17 to 17± ; Hamburg, 13 5i to 6; Frankfort, 1184 to 1184 ; and Trieste, 11 32 to 36. The Atlantic has arrived from New York with 700,000 dollars on board. Her accounts are to the 19th inst. Money was still easy. Flour had advanced 4 dollar per bushel. The intelligence from the West India Islands by the Atrato, Royal Mail steamer presents few fea tures of interest. From Jamaica to the 11th of August we have a repetition of the complaints respecting the scarcity of labour, chiefly attri butable to the extensive emigration of the negro labourers to Panama, where work on the rail way was paid so much higher than could be afforded on the plantations or even in the towns by the planters and merchants. How to re medy the evil, which was an admitted obstruction to the increase of cultivation and the prosperity of the island, was a question of anxious discussion. Various experiments, involving con siderable cost, have been resorted to since eman cipation was disposed of to meet the urgency, not only without success, but with an absolute failure and loss. Those efforts were made, how ever, to supply the want of adequate labour occasioned by the natural repugnance of the eman cipated negro population to submit to the same continuous drudgery on the estates as was exacted from them in the state of slavery. The introduc tion of free labour was attempted from Europe and Asia, but without effect. The Coolies brought from India returned on the completion of their hiring. The European white element either could not with stand the climate of the plains, or emigrated to the United States. The free black immigrants alone from the coast of Africa were found serviceable, and had readily amalgamated with and became a part of the population. But these could only be attracted or procured in very insufficient numbers, and, meanwhile, the native inhabitants had been swept away by thousands yearly by the plagues and pestilence of small-pox, scarlatina, and cholera. Under these circumstances the proposition for permitting the introduction of a particular and select class of convicts from the mother country was obtaining more and more a favourable conside ration. It was observed that the objection to the unsuitableness of the European constitution for field labour in the plains was of local application only. "Of the salubrity of the mountain ranges" in the interior of the island there neither was nor could be any doubt. They are habitually the re sort of sufferers from disease and convalescents, both native and from the United States, ih the sultry heats of summer. In such salubrious locali ties it is proposed the convict immigrants should be exclusively located, there to remain under proper regulations and surveillance of appointed authorities. A portion of the produce of their labour would be their own, and at the end of their time they would be induced to settle and become part of the people, as small proprietors or free labourers, and thus promote the great end iii view, ' of increasing the population without reference to favouring the cultivation of the plantations, which hitherto had been the prime object in view. It was the free range of the towns, and free access to the grog-shops which had been the bane of former European immigration. The English Stock market again presents an animated appearance. The splendid harvest weather, the largeness of the expected yield, the favourable foreign news, and the easy money market, all tending to' force up the prices of the Funds. Consols are now to per cent. higher than at this time yesterday, the rates for money being 95 to 95/, and for account 951 and have so been done. Bank Stock is firm at 2081 to 21.01, and India Stock 226. Exchequer Bills are par to 2s. premium, and the Bonds of 1859 are quoted 98k. The New 31 per Cents. have ranged from 951- to 9G, and the 3 per Cents. from 95 to 95k. Foreign Stocks are at enhanced values generally. Mexican have improved to 241 2 -, to 25. It is under stood that the Committee have received powers to draw against the Messila Valley indemnity money such a sum as will be sufficient, together with the amount now in band here, to liqui date one of the dividends in arrear. - Chi- Eau Bonds, Six per Cents., are 104, and the Three per Cents. 73. Sardinian Bonds are rather flatter, being 87t. Spanish Three per Cents, have risen to 371 to 38, and the New Deferred to 18! /. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 62. The Turkish Scrip, which closed yesterday at 54 11, has rallied to-day to 61 and 64. It is believed that the difficulties which have arisen between Messrs. Trouve, Chauve], and Stanley, on the one part, mid the promoters of the loan on the other, are in course of arrangement. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6to Mexi can 24 to 7, 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 4-?; per Cents. 86 to 88, Spanish New Deferred 18i to 18g, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 37k, ditto Certificates 41 to 5, ditto Passive 3/ to 4. The Railway Share Market has shown further symptoms of improvement to-day, but the business done is chiefly in connection with the settlement. The generally unfavourable reports from the various companies, and the expectation that the meetings for the most part would be unsatisfactory, have caused the Bears to preponderate. The rise in prices is about 1 per cent. on the heavy lines. The French lines are quiet but buoyant. Mines are inactive, and iu Joint-stock Banks and Land Companies the dealings are limited. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Cfficial List./ • Pus , ne.. -on , Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9sj 5 § 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 445153 31 per Cent. Annuities . New 24 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 4A India Stock 226 India Bonds, .ClOOO Consols for Account 13th Sept. Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO ..... 2500 par 2 pm Small 3 1 pm par Exchequer Bonds 1 5 58, 34 per Cent. 93' Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS' DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 55 Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent... ......... Ditto 3 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B7i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 .4 4 8 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi a Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 54 Turkish Scrip D vidends on 'r r shove pay able in London Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 62 THREE O'CLOCK. Console 953 4 Ditto Septereb .r A.C,'""‘ iLARENDON MINING COMPANY OF JAMAICA. —This company h as i ssued a report of the progress of tperatioty,ns since April, at the various localities on their property, which it was agreed should be tested. According t , ) this, the inlications at two places, called Stamford-hill and Mount Pleasant, offer a prospect of remunerative returns for the labour employed, and the cost of which, up to the present time, has been limited to 2,7001- The present current expenses are about 30 1. per month, whic'i the directors consider sufficient until the success ful yielding of the mines now in course of advancement shall encourage a further extension. A mastership in St. Paul's Grammar School has be come vacant by tho death of the !ley. Charles Colehy Roberts, M. A. The rev. zentleman was also curate of Bt. Olive's Jewry, in the city of London. EN mmous SHEET OF PAPP:H.—A day or two since Mesas. Evans an d Arrow,ruith, of Bri,tol, rece i ved at their I.:.,tablishmeilt a sheet of paper weighing 3 cwt., and measuring 2,784 feet in length, or more than half a GA* r! 1 - 1 14 . P ir Mg A t 4 (`PHIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. !Closing Price! this day. Business done this day. RAILITA re. Aberdeen Ambg Noting. Bost and Bastn. Junct... 3e/ fast & Ballymena. tMrming. Wolvcrh. 'tour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. 6; Clicsli ire Junct Do. Chesh. 6t hirk , .£5O a'id .125 Cons. Do., £20... Myth & Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter ,Jaledonian . Chester di Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dx Pass Cornwall Cri ell' Junction Dublin&BelfastJuuc Dundee Perth &Abe] (leen Junction..... Do. New East Anglian.... Do., (£lB E Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A...... .. Masi Lancashire Edinburgh &Glasgov Ediub. and Peebles... Edin. Prtli & Duncle, Forth & Clyde .Jnn,•. f ;lasgow &S. Weston , scat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock &West.(lre. Great Western Irish South-Easter( 14aneaster & Carlis Do Thirds IDo. Now Thirds „ leaucash.audYort -- -, Do., Fifths ID)., Wst. Riding li) Leeds Northern Loudon & Blaekwa Loud. Tilb. &Stheu Loud. Bright &S.C, 'Loud. awl N. West. !►o. Fifths 1)0.10/.Sh.,NISEfi:. Do. Eighths Low lou itS. West) )o. ,C 54 Do. £4 , ) ,ndudrry& Colerain, ..ndndrry. & Ennisk 4auch.Slief.& Line ha., Man. & Lin. Uti Vfidland 412 s Birmng. Mdhl. West.(lrv. .)o. Half Shares '4oveastle & Carlisle Sewmarket 5 i)o., Bury Extonsioi, 19 wpt.Aberg. & Had 8 'lowry & all el , s , ry Warreupoint and Rostrevur Vorfoik Northu.Counties tin N'irth British ;I.)rth Devon, No. I No. 2 ;o. : Deferred _ 0 G o uaranteei Borth Loudon .1 Is 20 20 10 10 17:3 all 1(1 1 [O (310 too Do. New £10.. , stead, and City Jo. North Staffordshire 'North Western N. & S. Westrn. Junc Nuneaton, liincklQ and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester,! Wolverhampton t'ortsmouth •icottish Ceutral Icottish Midland:: - - ihrewsbury di Bi i Do. L. & N. Wenor Guaranteed St cwt ihrewsby. 6c Rola hrewsby. 3i Cleste (N. W. Mini, St. to St. 25 20 20 30 20 Do. Ilalves,-: Do. Oswestry ihropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& DAB paid up at per 6ol' 1011th DeVOU wuth Eastera.. ioutli Wales . & My. Diu taines, Wok. &Wol tockton & Darliu; Stockton & Hartlepl Pail Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Do& and Railway Vale of Neath Naterfd. & Kilkenn Yaterford&Limeriel Nest Cornwall Vest End of Londoi and Crystal Palace Vest Loudon 'Vimhledu & Croydoi York Newetl.&llerw Do. Extensions ►o. 0 N. E. Purchac• Ynrkk ti If idlan d 95 76 7 73 2i 31 106 5 104 x d ad li ad ad ad ad ad per cent. 10 all kntwerp&Rotterdam 61 Cid , 6i 5 3 wlgiatn Eastn. June. it 20 8 healers toGraissessae 34 3 d 20 2s. ilo ni bay , Baroda, and Central India,Scri). d-- hp lentral of Italy 20 all ;harlcroi Erqueiin — 17. all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon.. P 20 9 !hutch Rhenish 2f —21 d 20 all :',ast Indian 2l 2 iP 20 2 Do. Extension 4d par 5 all it. Indian Peninsulv 4 - P 20 [0 Junet. of France ••• p 25 10 ;rd. Trunk of Cauad- 6j 100 4:i Do. Debentures 7 6 d 1.00 all Do. do 20 10 gt. Central of Franc —1 hp 201 all it.Westernofeanadi. Shares l7f 18 100 all Do. Bonds (lst is. ) . 57 p 20j all !lantilton & TorontA• lj —19 f 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 8 Lake Const. & Bask 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref dis 20 10 Great Lnxembou4 Constituted Shares 2i 34 2i 4 all Do. Obligations 20 0 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons St Mediterran -- 20 13: madras d P 331,, 33;. Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 21 2 Melbourne Dk. di Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (wits interest) 74 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France. 344 —35 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c Bdi (ftny.B.di Ams.Shs. 124 —1.2 i 10 all NonvegianTrunkPre: 8 9 20 14 Paris and Lyons 194 —2O p 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 4B 50 20 all Paris and Rouen 33 40 20 ail Paris and Strasbourf . ~„ 20 10 l'arisCaen & Chcrbrg. pm 10. i 10, /lichee & Richmond 20 al! Rouen and Havre 234 —23 i 20 15 F..oyal Danish icl—ip 5 3 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7i 8 10 all Do. 5.-j p. cent. Pref ..„ 20 II) Southern of France —pm 20 12 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) _ 8i all West Plunders 34 4 10 all Do 54 p er c . Pref ... 20 10 Western of France 6l 7D' 2J 1 ; Nest. of Switzerland 6 all !•Viesbaden ...... 20 20 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS 5 all kubin Coal and Iron 25 17. 'ustralian Agricult. 4 —43lxd 42i x d 20 6 ustralsn.Pcifie.M ail lO all tustraln. Roy a l M a il -- 10 4 lerlin Water Works 50 40 hit. American Land 05 70 5 1 irit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 32j Canada ................. 90 9i 5 5 .;rystal Palace., 3l 31 3 5 3A Do. New......,,,, ..... 4 all !rystal Pal.of France 20 5 astern Steam.. 25 20 ElectricTelegiaph(A) 16 17xn 16 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beettoot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land , 1b 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co , 1 all N. B. Australasian.— 1 4 Do. Now 20 12 !grth.ofEuropoStearn 5 all Peel Itr. lA. & Minrl. 4 _ 44 4 50 all Peninsular& Oriental „. 50 40 Do. Do. „,p 2 all Portland Iron C 0..,., 2 2ixd 100 60 Royal Mail Steam „, 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 21 2ixd 25 27b South Austral. Land 34 _ 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph 1 all Do. Registered. IA 1 2,8414•13 Dlemeu Loud 11 12i j Yaid.~ all all all al I all 100 all 100 100 r.easing Compaus St. 2U St. 15 Cloefu 'Prices this day. 96 ::: 98 - i• is ,r• 31 - 4 - 1 - 1- 1 - 13 1 - 13; 5 10 St. 5 this day. -Y4V•E: " • 9 4 4 , r tre f • 7 n 4,-, , , 4, 6 re,014 401 g , Arr 1 4 4.••,7. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. DERBY RACES. 136 f Miraberat Uncle ... (THIS DAY.) ( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Jealous One Le Juif .... Fayaveay . SELLING STAKES. CHATSWORTH STAKES. Five ran. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Four ran. CHELMSFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.) Rackapelt Vingt-un CUP STAKES. Sharavogue Three ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Walked over. STATE OF TRADE. 22 -. 24 ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Aug. 29.—The remarkably fine harvest weather, and a decline of Bs. to 10s. per quarter in the price of new wheat, have exercised a beneficial influence upon this day's market. The tendency towards rather lower prices was observable last week in some descrip tions of yarns and goods seems to be stopped, and an accession of some degree of firmness is sensibly felt. The tone of the market is improved, and buyers have been rather more inclined for btsiness than they were ; but all that can be stated in the way of improvement in prices is the fact that, in many instances, sellers would have made a slight concession a few days back, which they will not make now. The transactions in yarns have sti 1 been limited, but they show an increase. F ,, r printing cloths, T cloths, long cloths, and domestics, there is a moderate demand. We have before stated that the extremely low prices to which India goods had fallen were drawing the attention of merchants to those articles, and inducing sornt speculative operations. This has been more decidedly the case to-day. Some few letters, forwarded by way of Trieste, were received this morning ; and, as these reported a returning demand, both for yarns and goods at Calcutta, with some advance in prices, considerable operations immediately arose out of them, principally in 39-inch_shirting, weighing about 71b. HALIFAX, Aug. 2l.—Worsted goods are but slow of sale, without any improvement in prices. Yarns are in demand ; but, as the merchants are unwilling to give such rates as the spinners consider remunerative, new contracts are not readily entered into. There is a mo derate business doing in wool, which is firm at the late quotations. ROCHDALE, Aug. 28.—There has been a very good demand for flannels to-day, at rather better prices, and a considerable amount of business has been transacted. The wool market remains steady, and the tendency of prices is upward. HUDDERSFIELD, Aug. 29.—We have have had a quiet market to-day in both the Piece-hall and the warehouses. The fancy woollen and vesting trade has been quieter than fur some time past. • THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVEN LNG, AUGUST 30, 1854 r r It fir 17 fl t•Tm • T .AUSTRIAN AND PRUSS TAN ANS WET: Tu THE NESSE L 1:01)V The Frankfort Post Gacttc publishes both these replies to the Nesselrode note of the 29th of June, as they have been laid before the German Diet. The following is Count Buol's reply : " TO COUNT VALENTINE ESTERUAZY, AT ST. PETERSBURG. <<" Vienna, J u l y 9 . Prince •Gortschakoff has communicated to me a despatch of the Chancellor of the Empire, which con tains the reply of the Russian Government to the invi tation which we felt bound to address to it concerning the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities by the Russian troops. In this reply Russia shows herself disposed to enterinto negotiations upon the question, with the view of ascertaining at what precise epoch the eva cuation should take place, in case we should be enabled to offer to her the assurance that she should not be mo lested upon the evacuated territory, and that the Powers should not employ their forces, thus become disposable, in attacking the shores either of her Asiatic or her European possessions. The Russian Cabinet justifies itself by this consideration, that Rusfia could not volun tarily abandon the only position in which, if she took the offensive, there would be any chance of re-establish ing in her favour the equilibrium which, elsewhere espe cially, is destroyed, to her detriment. In a word, Russia demands that the evacuation of the aforesaid pro vinces should be•followed by a general suspension of hostilities. " We cannot but sincerely regret that the Court of Russia, in opposition to the remarks which we deemed it our duty to tender to it, should have thought it right to attach to the acceptation of our proposition a condition which obviously does not depend upon our will. But as, under the circumstances, the demand of Russia is not, in our opinion, without an appearance of equity, and as his Majesty our august master attaches great value to the policy of exhausting every possible means to bring about an understanding, the Imperial Cabinet will exert itself to utilise this communication with the maritime Powers, and the more so as, on the whole, it appears to us to convey a sincere desire that au arrangement should be concluded. " In delivering the present communication to Count Nesselrode, you will not fail to make him clearly under. stand that, notwithstanding the conciliatory spirit which inspires us to make this approach to the Cabinets . ' of London and Paris, we are obliged to maintain, in all its extent, the demand addressed by us to Russia in ease the object proposed by that Court does not obtain from the maritime Powers the acceptance which we desire. Have the goodness further to represent that the position which we have taken on the question does not, permit us to exercise a direct influence upon the military operations (,f those Powers, and that, consequently, our act , on must be limited to a recommendation that they should take into grave consideration the consequences which their decision may produce, and to represent to them that all Governments are equally called upon to concur in pacific eff ,rts, by making every sacrifice compatible with their honoUr and with their interests. "In authorising you, M. le Comte, to communicate the present despatch to the Chancellor of the Empire, I remain, &c., (Signed) " BuoL." The following is the text of the Prussian reply : "TO M. LE BARON WERTLIER, AT ST. PETERSBURG. "Berlin, July 17. " You are already acquainted with the last communi cation addressed to us by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, in reply to my despatch of the 12th of June, in which, following the orders of the King our august master, I had supported the demands of Austria, contained in a despatch addressed to Count Esterhazy, dated the 3d of the same month. I add, nevertheless, a copy, as well of the reply made to the Cabinet of Vienna under the form of a despatch addressed to Prince Gortschakeff, as of that addressed to Baron de Budberg, of the latter of which the Baron had the goodness to allow me to take a copy. " Your sojourn at Berlin must, M. le Baron, have convinced you that the sincere and constant desire of the Cabinet of the King, notwithstanding the excessive tension of the situation, to arrive at and to establish a starting point for ulterior negotiations, has not been de viated from in the conscientious and impartial exami nation to which we have subjected the declarations of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. " You cannot better discharge, M. le Baron, the im portant functions to which the confidence of the King has called you, than by being made the organ to his Majesty the Emperor and the Chancellor of the Empire of the impressions which the last Russian communica tion have produced upon our august Sovereign. The King highly appreciates the spirit of moderation and conciliation in which'they are conceived. His Majesty appreciates at its real value the sincere desire expressed, in the terms used by Count Nesselrode, to respect to the greatest possible extent the wishes and the obligations of the ancient allies of Russia the same as the interests which they are inevitably bound to protect. " Guided by this tranquiaising appreciation, the King, while persisting in the views expressed in my despatch addressed on the 12th of June to the Baron de Werther, will rely upon the Russian answer, and will renew his efforts both at Vienna, and, in common with the Court of Austria, at London and Paris, in the hope of ar riving at some just and practicable basis for new chances of re-establishing a mutually good understanding and peace. • I - " We do not disgui se f rom ourselves that this is a mission of extraordinary difficulty. We should before (hand consid er it i mposs ibl e, if we did not believe our selves authorised to expect from the wisdom and tha loyalty of the Emperor Nicholas that the dispositions which have dictated the last declarations of his Cabinet will determine his ulterior attitude, and that, converted into deeds, the German Powers will consider them as sufficient guarantees for the safety of the interests the defence of which is the object of their engagements be tween themselves and towards the Cabinets of London an Paris. " Bring this despatch, M. le Baron, to the knowledge of Count Nesselrode, and receive, &c., (Signed) " MANTEUFFEL." 70 - 72 7i - 8 31 - 18. 194 4 - 5 23 - •- 5 44 - 511 6 .•• ... - 7 FOREIGN. 22 - 22 5 - 51 ... .... ••• 9 - 10 113-101 i 16i -- 17 7 -- 6 97 - 99 65 - 66 15i - 16. 11 - 13. 2i lid 7 8 ii . --- i.' I 2 - 12 69 - 71 58 - 60 24 --- 2.5 64 -7) - 8:1 69 - 71 126 - i2B 91 - 96 75. - 76 G - 90 11 - 13 11 -13 723 - 73 5i -- 5 44 - 8- 9 05 167 L: 4 104 I ; PaY 4 I 83 84 9 8 , 8 7 . - 25i -25 i 71 72 70 - 45 . • .. • • • .• ''' • • • 8d par 2i 3 5i 66 47 49 3 7 9; 53 (5 id 6f 6t par 2 p 36 - ?8 94 - 96 62 - 64 73 - 75 18. - 19 01 - 9 , 4 1 4 - 15 3i - 3i(t 1:3 - 16 6 ;I EV 31 - 33 75 -76 6i 6.}d 4 36,1' 544 • - RAILWAYS. 3cdford and Blotchley ... 3uckghfunsh. Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. 6 p:r cent. Dias. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New. Jistr.& Dn. Fr irtipl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. ±, Do. Shares. Lon.&Grecuw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. blanch. Mau and Matlock ,Aiddlesbro' & Redcar Aidld.Bradfd Northern and Eastern 5 p. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p ['rest. & Wyn Do. %bares. Lloystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St 3hcf.Roth T.e Goole g. 5 p.c. Stafford.sh. Wear Valleygi 6 per cent Do wilts & so mrs , London 8 N. West, L&N.W. qt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Wedn Yk. New. Berw. Y. SL NMd Do Do . Eastern Do Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & .3tekton & Darlingt. qidland.. E. Count, Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yli Do Northii Do Lancash Yorksh. A. MClean ;took t. Darlingt. IrtWestn PREFERENCE SHARES. 95 - 100 9T - 99 136 - 139 ii - 30 12 3 / 4 -13 A 23 - 24- 2i - 21 el ----- 59 - 61 134 : lii = 30 - 31 93 -- 95 kberf teen Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd.atsoo Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent.. • &Baudons.lp.e. Dundee Perth &Aber- Been Junction i , :astAngliar4 (X 3 10s, 6 per cent • Do. (X 5) 7 per cent. to. (£7 17s) 7 p. c. :astern Counties Ex• tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 . to. New 6 p. c. Eastern Union, tiluar. 6 per cent.. Do. 51., 10 per cent, Do. 10/. Pebentr.Sh• East isallea,sl . 6 p.cts, East and West York shire June. Pref EdiubPrth.&Duud,,, 4 per cent. • ;lasgow & S. Wester! Guar. 5 per cent. . great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 p. c. Scrip , ;t. N. of Scot. let Pre Soutlin. &Westin (Ireland) Eighths)... IDo. 4 per c. Prof. Sh. Westn. (Becks Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. cov. red. 4{ p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. irred, 4p.c. & York, F. V.A. Do. 6 p. c. Stock I,cecis N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. e. St. Do, Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. IV., Coy. & N'uneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler A Shares Londy. & A Sh \lan., Shef., & in., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Vlarypt.&Carl.4p c Do. 4A per cent did. Consol.6 p.e.St Consol. Bristol & ilirm. 6 per cent.: )o. Pref. 14 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stoclt 00. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 54 per ct. pref._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent., New Prot Shrews. & ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. f)o. 5 per cent ....... Neigh bayou i),9. fixed., 4i per cent 3. Eastern (Roadie> Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4ipoi cent. 4. Yorksit.4p.c.Guar itockton and Dar-, lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do Stockton and Hartle- 'pool, guar : 5 p, c. .- - - till Ist July, 1856 i vVaterld Kilk .6p. c. York, Neweastle,an I Ilerwick,4 p.c. Pref.' Vork&N.Midlandil. .nd Yut•ch.. . 3i - 34 - 16 - 118 10 - 112 .01. - 103 6 - 64 98 - 10) 90 - 92 94 - 96 134 - 136 ••• • ••• ''.'" N. 2?-„ - 3 7 - 8 10 - 12 74 - 11 - 11, - ip [33 —l3sxd' 1 id 88 -- 92 LO2 - 105 116 -- 120 15 8i 8 10 tO all 14 all 10 ---- 'll 17 -18 104 -10 i 12 - 14 - t P 234 - 24 99 - 101 i id 1 92 95 it i d NINES. i 1 all lAgna Fria .... ...... ••• i _.i 1 all !Anglo Austrin. Gold ... ,„ „ 10 all Anglo Californian ... i i i 10 2 Australasian 20 6 Australian li --li 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold. -* I 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of) i -- fi 50 all Blxuarvon Iron and Coal . - ••• s t 11 lk r u o s n trlu. Gold ... „, 8 8i 35 216 la3l 4 .l l \ l lll l3 ll ll ll.i t tt z li. ilianlmp.(issued at E,5 pm 3 4 30 all Do. Cockles & Cuiala li 24 20 15 I Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 1 1 Parson ' s C reek 1. .5 40 all Cobre Copper 42 44 42 5 1 Colonial Gold a ... 16 Copiapo . ll 12 St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 52 —57 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 1 3 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smoltg. Co. 14 1i 1i 20 all General — 1 all Gt.NuggetVeibßeg , ... .. 2 Do. Registered i -- 3i all Great Polgooth 4 1 1 all Lake Bathurst ... ... 1 all Liberty is I 3 all Linares.. 6 ... 9 1 all Lond.&Californ•Gold Quartz Crush. Co .., ... 1 all Mariquita lO 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 6 ._ 6i 1 all New Granada...,.,,,, i i 1 all Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ..„ 1 all 'Nouveau Monde i i 20 all I P L ou ea t dg ib l a li n n d . & s S m i l e vr l te. 15 i ...... 164 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock . * *— t . 50 all Rhymney Iron 2 1 8111 5 i aaaa 1 1111 5 11: NewD s:ivyAu o nue, . ibisttsahett 30 ilk Santiago dio:at.mii i. Australian..,,, txa. i. Cuba , e.. l u a. ai JOINT-STOCKa. b r : . . n a . . . . . . .. .. . : .. : _i.. 4 )13: A isi - 1-1 :: : 9 6 4. .!: 10 7 Tin Cr0ft....... ..... 1 3 1 all Waller 1 all West blariposa 40 all Anstrai asi a and Loan Company 50 an tritbdi N. A inn e cal : : ... 20 25 - 1 . ; ' 1 1 1 : td.. rt(l.Bßankil. k of o l f utia sia , I L.- I d Australia, & Ulna, . •• --- ..: 100 g, otonial ............. .. 100 20 !onunercial of Lond. 31. 33 1.7.1 il7 20 d 21 —2U : 20 14 .:.nglish Scottish a w l ___ 0 10 20 Loud. ril. 2 Australian 20 Chart. ia Bk. 01 1- 2 d 1 115 °Nuust 50 20 London and County ... 100 20 lA) 4ol, 2ld ci. o n s, J ‘‘, o r i e l:t tin St in oc m k tc ; x d .. . ...= ::: 10j 35 National Provitici& of England ••• ,„ 20 10 Do. New 50 226 National of Ireland 20 all Now South Wales 39 41 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 46 48 25 5 Do. New ••• -- ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all 1)o. New ••• .., 5 1 royal Australn.Bkg & (.iold Imp Co ... .., 25 all south Australia 4l 43 25 ali Unicai of Australia 65 67 66* ... 2 Do. New 74 84 50 10 Union of London , ... ,„ --------------_.___ __, how HERRINGS SELL IN AIDSTRALIA.—A c ,. omic, ' how HERRINGS SELL IN AUSTRALIA.— -.A. consign ment of Wick herrings, to the extent of 80 barr e l s , was sold in Melbourne in May last, by public auction, at 2s. 6d, per barrel. The buyer, a Wick cooper,sold them in a day or two thereafter at 225. per barrel. Ectinburg4 Witness. MARKET NE WS--(TITIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was chiefly composed of new qualities, in excellent condition, many of the samples weighing 641bs per bushel. Very few millers were in attendance, and the trade was in a de pressed state, at Monday's decline. Foreign wheat was in full average supply, and heavy request. Prices were nominally the same as last advised. Floating cargoes were considerably lower to purchase. The barley trade Wai very dull, and the quotations had a downward tendency. In malt scarcely any business was doing. Oats moved off heavily, and the quotations were not supported. • Beans, peas, and flour were almost nominal. The top price of English flour was 55s per 280 lbs. ARRIVAL* TIIIS IVESIL. Wheat. Barley. 1I alt. 1 Oats. 1,050 20 1,770 llO 1,1:.0 6,040 i 3,130 12,046 English .. Irish .. .. Foreign .. Flour. 740 120sks 400brl WHITECHAPEL. The sale for each kind of meat was heavy, as follows : Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; veal, 2s 10d to 4s Od ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. There is a slight improvement in the demand for most kinds of hops, at very full prices. Duty, 50,000/. to 55,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) • LONDON, Aug. 30. Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light pleasant breeza, and fine,__ clear, sultry weather. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind, S.E. to W. Sailed— Blenheim, for Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29.--Wind, S.W. Arrived—Melina, from Labra:tor ; Terra Nova, qongsound. FALMOUTH, Au g . 29 . —Wi nd, var i a bl u. Arrived—On dine (s), from London, an d l e f t f or D u bli n . S a il e d--L yra, for Dunkirk ; Zareh, London ; Bohemian Girl, Newport ; Cobden, Limerick. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 29.--Wind, N.W. Arrived— Gloria D eo , from Altona ; Duke of Cornwall (s), and left for London. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 2 9.—Arrived—Diamond, from Alex andria. SWANSEA, Aug. 29 . —Wind, N.E. Arrived—Liver pool, for Cape do Verds ; Albatross, Alexandria ; Tunis, Algiers. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 29.—Wind, S.S.E. Art ived— Glycon, from St. Vaast ; Emilie, Dram ; Free Briton, Quebec ; Adelaide, St. V a l ery ; Active, Norway. HARWICH, Aug. 29.—Wind, S.W. Arrived -Cornelta, from Hohnsund. HULL, Aug. 29.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Schelde (s), and Ernen.ki (s), from Antwerp ; Falcon (s), Ham* burgh ; Jessie Marie, and Humber (s), Stettin ; Mathilde, Stockholm ; Anna, and Richard Cobden, Gottenburg ; Argo, Joseph, Christian, and Tritan, Archangel ; Queen of Scotland (s), Hainburgh. Sailed—Elida, for Malaga ; Fraternity, S undswald. SHIELDS, Au g . 29 . —Wind, W. Arrived—Alice Cleve land, f rom C arthagena ; Susannah, Hamburgh Fran ;. ciska, and M ar i a, Stettin. Sailed—Pilla, for Rio • Janeiro. HOLYHEAD, Au g . 3 0.—The Minerva, from , e Liverpool to ' on Cork, has su n k on Coal Rock •th • w and passengers saved. DANTZIC, Aug. 27, —The Henry d water this morning, when to discharge, b e i ng leaky. H an edia, E a l r iz ri a v b e e d th i , nbF ou a n ir d to London, whi c h was on shore . she w ill have heatMoNTO BAY belongg o the owners of the barque Alice, has been lost; she had seventeen puncheons of rum on board, which was all lost. (jan 'aica), Aug. B.—The Harriet (sloop), (BI SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, N.; tide, 24 hours ebb ; fine. Arrived—The Wopka, Orion, Magdalene Sophia, and Eleanor Sophia, from A rchangel. Sailed—The Royal Saxon, f or S y d ney ; Ci ty o f Rotter dam (rdam(a), for Dunkirk ; Belg. um (s), Ostend; Diana (s), Amst. Wind, S.W. ; li g ht and fine L ' Wednesd a y, 10.10 a . m . Passed—Maria Gabrielle, from London, for Sydney ; Clara, from London, for Leghorn ; Onward, from Quebec Pacific, from Nassau ; Robert Newton, from St. Kitt's— for London. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL. —yesterday the out- C re le ce ment's-lane, till the out patients' department in the new building of King's Col ption of patients. The following lAe housesgt e r H e s o ie s ni p i tiGt it t l ain w s g a ae s p. cp o or p uo e ra n tc e ia d i er d f e o fia t. i .uo t himi fled d down. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.--.... ; A. tigi, Frederick r l i c 9 k , mem bers of the college were admitted Russell, Gravesend, diploma of n iembership dated Jan. 1836 ; William Statter, Wakefield, February 3, 1829 ; meeting of the counc p i p, l s , ewc v e iz i: . ibt : : :: ;, Isaac Massey, Nottingham, April 15, 1831 ; James 7, Ling Donald Donald Dalrymple, ist“ rw:B,23ll2, y 1834 ; John Pi tty Aldridge, Dorchester, . June 6, 1834 ; Samuel J S o it , r i t i , th CBauirngd,eBr;:toßwi Bishop's Hill, Clifton, Yorkshire, February 5, 1836 ; Caristopher Johnson, Lancaster, Fehruary 22, 1839 ; Thomas S. Cooper, Canter awry, April 24, 1839 ; Samuel Maya si‘f:iria:ws,s Georgeat the re i a l last Tuner, Newcastle-under-Line, May 6, 1839 ; Frederick John Lowes, Gosport, May 13, 1839 ; Thomas Allmon Furne,43, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 22, 1839 ; Philip Rowling Sleeman, Bristol, June 3, 1839 ; John James Puree'', C oar t e rh o use-square, Jun e 2 4, 1839 ; and R. Byther Steer Bowker, New South Wales, May 7, 18 33. At the same meeting, Messrs. Isaac Arthur D'Olier, or Tredegar-square, Bow-road, and Thomas Eastwood, of Oldham, Lancashire, were admitted ad eun d on members of the c o ll ege . EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Yesterday morn i ng informa tion was rece i ve d at the Chief Polic e - o ffi ce, Great Scot• land-yard, o f a counting-house r o bb ery at Sheffield, when l32l., the were following carried off t , vi cash and fourndse Si. curi notes, amounti ng to Northa mp . tonshire Banking Company; one Si. note, Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company ; 31. 3s. 6d. in gold and silver ; 41. 16s. awl 51. hi Post-office orders ; a bill for 291. 6::. 6d. accepted by Wm. Grindall at fbur months, and payable 16th September at Willis and Co.'a, Lon don ; a ditto for 291. at five months, same acceptor, and payable at same time arid place ; a bill for 20/., accepted by Thomas Shields, Oxford, August 12, and payable at Messrs. Masterman's ; ft bill for 151. lls. 6t1., accepted by Wm. Berrall, Northampton, and payable at Messrs. Denison's, Londot'. A reward has been offered for the detection and conviction cf the offenders, and measures have been adopted to prevent the negotiation of the securities, THE NEW STAMP ACT. It was mentioned on Saturday that a question had arisen with regard to the new Stamp Act, which is to come into operation on the 11th of October, as to whether in the case of foreign bills it is to apply only to such as are dated on or after that day, or to all t hat may then fall due. Upon this and some other points of the act the following correspondence has passed between the Bank of England and the Board of Inland Revenue, and it appears not only that it is to operate retrospec tively as regards foreign bills, but also that that result, instead of having been caused by an oversight, as most persons were inclined to suppose, was intended when the measure was framed : " "Bank of England, A ug . 25. Sir,—l am desired by the Governors of the Bank of England to submit to you the following points on the new Stamp Act, which are of serious importance, and have ex cited great interest in the city of London among the mer cantile community. " By the Ist section it is enacted that from the 10th of October certain stamp duties shall be repealed; and, in lien thereof, shall he granted, charged, and paid certain duties specified in the schedule. Some of the duties specified in the schedule are altogether new and not substitutes for any existing duties. I refer to the duties on foreign bills. The question is, if the new duties imposed on foreign bills are to take effect from the 10th of October, or whether they take effect immediately, under the general operation of the act for want of any time being fixed ? ".2. Supposing such duties to take effect on the 10th of October, will they apply to all bills at that date, or only to bills drawn after that date? The latter was obviously in tended by the proviso in section 1, but that proviso appears only in terms to save from repeal or alteration any stamp duties then payable in relation to any bill of exchange dated before the 10th of October,—there were not, how ever, any stamp duties then payable in relation to foreign bills which could be the subject of repeal or alteration, and the question is, if the proviso will prevent the new duty from attaching on such bills ? "3. With respect to foreign bills drawn in sets,—does clause 6 apply to bills drawn abroad and payable here, as well as to bills drawn here and payable abroad ? As re spects bills drawn abroad, all the parts of a bill do not ordinarily arrive together, and where there are three or more, it is not unusual to keep back ono or more parts. Further, it is usual to send one part of a bill to the drawer's agent for acceptance, and to negotiate the other parts ; but section 6 appears to restrain the negotiability of one part of a bill in England without all the others. " Is it intended absolutely to prohibit the negotiability of one part of a bill unless all parts are transferred, or to require that each of the parts negotiated where they are not all transferred at the same time shall be stamped with full duty, as a single bill, in such case ? "4. In reference to the provision in section s,—will it suffice, on'endorsing a foreign bill, that the date be stamped or written by a clerk, or must it be written by the person who' endorses it ? This, though it may appear a small matter, is really a serious consideration in the conduct of business. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "J. IL ELSET, Deputy-Cashier." "Inland Revenue, Somerset•house, London, Aug. 29. " Sir,—l have laid beforo the Board of Inland Revenue your communication putting four questions with regard to the operation of the Stamp Act of the last session, 17th an d 18th of VictOria, chap. 83. "1 am directed to state in reply, that all the duties contained in the schedule of the Stamp Act alluded to (in chiding the duties on foreign bills) tako effect from the 10th of October, 1854, that is on the 11th of that month, and not before. _ _ _ " 2. The new stamp duties will _apply to all bills and notes drawn iiithe United Kingdom on anti after the 11th of October, 1854, and to all foreign bills drawn out of the United Kingdom which shall be presented for payment, paid, endorsed, transferred, or negotiated in the United Kingdom on or after the 11th of October, 1854, without regard to the date of such foreign bills, or the time when they were drawn. The proviso in section 1 does not apply to the last-mentioned foreign bills, and it was not intended that it should do so. " 3. Section 6 applies to foreign bills drawn and payable abroad if negotiated in this kingdom, as well as to foreign bills drawn in this kingdom payable abroad, such bills re spectively purporting to be drawn in sets ; but it does not apply to bills drawn abroad and payable here. The effect of this section in regard to all the bills to which it applies, is to prohibit the negotiation of one part of a bill unless all the parts are duly stamped and transferred. "4. The object to be effected by the writing of the name and date on the stamp is (al expressed in the act) to cancel it, mid the Board think that it will be a sufficient com pliance with the law if this be done by a clerk. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " J. R. Elsey, Esq." " THoNAS KEOGH. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday afternoon, John Mat thews, Esq., solicitor, of Oxford, was a b out leaving his office to return to his residence at Readington, when he was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and died in about an hour after his attack. Mr. Matthews was about 50 years of age. THE CAPTAIN OF THE HIMALAYA AND THE SCOTS GREYS. Her Majesty's steam-ship Himalaya arrived at Scutari, after a rapid passage from Liverpool of 10 days 22 hours, on the evening of the 7th inst. Col. Griffith and the officers were so gratified at the re sult of the voyage, an& so pleased with the atten tion that had been paid to and care. which had been taken of them, their horses, and men, that they presented to Captain Bellock a handsome piece of plate, with a letter Of thanks and a suitable inscrip tion, expressive of their feelings at the termination of the voyage. The followinc, are copies of the addresses pre sented to Capt.:in Kollock and Mr. Lane, and of the replies of those gentlemen : - - - " Koulalie Barracks, near Constantinople, . . "Dear Captain Rellock,-- Aug. 11. ;We, the und ers i gne d o ffi cers 'of the Scots Greys, cannot allow the Himalaya to leave us without our expresiing - to you how grateful we feel for the unvarying - kindn e s s and attention with which we have been treated by you during our passage to Turkey, which has been more like a pleasure excursion than a voyage on service. Your care and skill in the manage ment of the noble ship which you command have brought us in safety to our destination ; all our wants and wishes have been met in the kindest possible manner, and ever since we landed we have been indebted to you for many a comfort which we could not have enjoyed but for ynur considerate care for officers and soldiers. We beg that you will do us the favour of accepting a small testimonial in token of our sense of all you have done for us, and, with every wish for your welfare and prosperity, " We remain, dear Captain Kellock, "Yours very sincerely, "Lieutenant -Colonel GRIFFITH% and all the Officers. " 'Presented to Captain Adam Kellock, of her Ma jests's steamer Himalaya, by Lieut.-Colonel Griffiths and the officers of the Scots Greys, as a small tokeii of their esteem, and in recollection of his skill and kindness while conveying them on service to Turkey."' "TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GRIFFITHS AND THE OFFI CERS OF THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH DRAGOONS, OR SCOTS GREYS. " Steam-ship Himalaya, Constantinople, Aug. 11. " Gentlemen ' —lt is impossible for me to convey to you how Much I feel gratified by the receipt of y out letter of this date, and also by the testimonial you have been pleased to present me with. It is at all times pleasing to find (in the execution of a public duty) that appreciation which the contents of your letter lead me to believe you have formed of my efforts ' • and I hope you will allow me to a dd th a t I h ave felt honoured by the opportunity afforded me of conveying so distinguished a regiment to the seat of war. In conclusion, allow me to offer you my earnest good wishes for your success and increased honours. "I am, gentlemen, yours very faithfully, "ADAM KELLOCK." A similar compliment was paid to the purser, Mr. Lane. T.HE LAW OF MARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sr,—lt has for some years been too much the habit of English writers to stigmatise the law of marriage in Scotland as unsatisfactory, and productive of injurious cxisequenees ; and I observe it in your leading article in yesterday's Sun on the Mountgarret case. The monstrosity there does not pertain to the Scotch law, but to the English jury, which could decide against the validity of the English marriage on such evidence as that produced to prove the Scotch ; and if the laws of mar riage obtaining in the two countries are examined, it will be seen that the English law gives value to the for of marriage, while the Scotch disregards the form, and attaches value to the essence of the contract. The essence of the Scotch law is present consent to live toge ther as husband and wife ; but the essence of the English law is the form in which the marriage ceremony is con ducted. An instructive instance is now the subject of judicial investigation. A girl complains that she thought she was married, but found she was not, because the cere mony was performed by w Romish priest, without the presence of the Registrar. In her evidence the girl says —" He promised marriage, and after that we became more intimate, and found myself pregnant." Now, Sir, had this case happened. in 'Scotland, a marriage would have been constituted by the promise of marriage, and the consequent connection, and the woman could have proved the marriage by the evidence on oath of the man —a mode of proof of old. standing in Scotch law, thlough but lately introduced into England.,—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, LEX SCOTUS. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - The Banker's Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the sth of August, 1854, and gives the following as the average weekly cir culation of those banks during the past month, viz. : Private banks Joint-stock banks 2,883,243 Average weekly circulation £6,433,735 On comparing the above with the returns for the pre ceding month, ending the Sth of July last, it shows— A decrea,t3 in tho circulation of the private banks of A decrease in the circulation of tbo joint-stock barks of R 53,709 47,249 Decrease on the month i',100,951 and, as compared with the return for the corresponding period of last year, viz., August 6th, 1853, it shows— A. decrease in the circulation of the private banks of A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of Decrease on the year £252,783 On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : The private banks are below their fixed i55ue5...21,036,963 The joint-stock banks arebelow their fixed issues 442,614 Total below their fixed issues 21,479,577 CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Yesterday the Commissioners assembled in the Guild hall for the first time since the holydays ; Deputy _Pea cock in the chair. Thew were but few members present, and the paper of business was a blank. It was stated that during the last month the officers of the commission had been most actively employed in surveying the crowded localities of the city, and that, under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health, much work of cleansing and purifyin g had been accom plished. Mr. Daw, chief clerk, stated that be had obtained the content of the New River Company to supply water for purposes of cleansing courts and alleys during the present season, on demand of the inspector of nuisances. That consent had proved extremely advantageous, and had been acted upon vigorously, especially in the poor and crowded districts. • It was stated that the slaughter-houses had been care fully examined, and Mr. B. Stubbing, of Leadenhall market, and Mr. Sawtell, of Newgate-market, bad been summoned before the magistrates for non-compliance with the rules of the commissioners, and severally fined in penalties and costa. CHOLERA. The Medical Officer of Health reported the cases of cholera, 61 in number, which had occurred in the whole city during the four weeks ending Monday, the 28th instant, and stated the gratifying fact that, in consequence of the vast exertions of the commission, the dreadful disease had not appeared in a severe form in any of the districts of the city, where on former occasions it had assumed the very worst features. The Medical Officer also stated that he had felt it to be his duty to adopt measures by which, in cases where owners of property in the city had not con formed to the orders of the court to amend their houses and put them in proper condition, the neglect might undergo investigation before an inquest jury in case of. a death from cholera on any such premises, and the responsibility be fixed upon the party answerable for such preventable evils. The commissioners most warmly expressed their ad miration of the vigorous and skilful zeal of the Medical Officer of Health, and congratulated their fellow-citizens upon the comparative sanitary condition of the populous districts within their jurisdiction. Several parties, whose premises had been neglected by themselves, and repaired by the commission, were ordered to be sued for costs. The Blenheim, Indiaman, sailed frpm Spithead yester day, at five p. m., for Calcutta, full of passengers. THE MILBANK CONVICTS AT DORCHESTER. excitement in Dorchester on the subject of the recent re moval of the healthy portion of the convicts from Mil hank prison to the vacant military barracks in that toNAn is gradually subsiding, and as the prisoners all continue healthy, and many of the local tradesmen have received extensive orders for provisions and other necessaries, the Government decision is regarded rather as a boon than otherwise to the inhabitants. In the establishment it self operations are going on quietly. Some extensive buildings are in contemplation, for which the plans and sections have been approved by the Government. The high wall at present entirely surrounding the barracks is to be immediately carried considerably higher ; and other alterations, it is said, will be made with the view of forming the buildings into a permanent convict es tablishment, auxiliary to the Government depot in the l Isle of Portland. The warders from Milbank have been accommodated within the establishment, and a number of the Cpastguard have been billeted at the various public-houses in the town. The only addition al precautions at p resent a d opted for the safe custody of 8 00 convicts are the erecti on o f perpen di cu l a r iron bars to th e outs id e of the windows, and the removal of the part i ti ons f rom the passages leading to the apart ments over the s t a bl es. T here i s, however, a purpose kept at each en t rance, f or the twofold the preventing th e conv i cts escap i ng and T e convicts are ath admission of strangers into th e es t a bli s h ment . gua guard present exerci se d, by c i rcu l ar para d es , u nder the inspec tion of the w ar d ers , b u t, as more a ctive and profitable occupation is imperativ e ly n eeded, a m at weaving apps ratus has been ordered. all all 100 all THE PUBLIC-HOUSB IlloNoroLy Ayb t. JUTE NEW BEER Piidtc-- :4,..•„-- j \, , ~...........,...- v , .;-tairr - (Prom the Examiapr s ) 1,,, 4 ir , The committee of the House of * C s o n s es ' os , s , 'I7:Y.: e' a ss's s t : quired during the past session into Vtiesssosera - 4 0! : ~; laws affecting public-houses, have recseramk4 e 4 s . ssis s e si e l p4 in the system of licensing. Any person at pre t eigirtsi. complying with certain conditions, can Ibtitainvilitice from the Excise for the sale of malt-liquor ; but the power to grant licenses for the sale of spirits rests utith the magistrates, who confine the privilege to a ieleot few, instead of throwing open the trade to all respectable applicants. The right to vend spirits as well as beer proves so advantageous to the publican, that the seller of beer alone finds it impossible, in the vast majority of instances, to sustain the competition ; and thereby the maeistrates have virtually the power of nominating the 'dealers in both departments of this enormous branch of trade. Such a system, which is opposed to every sound principle of commerce, has produced its natu r al resu l ts . It is admitted - that the magistrates are guided more by private feelings than:by public convenience in the ex ercise of their discretion. -One man gets a license because the brewer who owns the house has friends a t t h e e i b e e e n ti c o h n s ; a o n n o th t h er e is sa f m a v e o u s r i e d d e h or eea ac n q se uain h t e a " v es ote o s n of his judges ; a third, because h w e ith has thehemena j butler or footman to one of their wor ships. The applicant who had not had luck to sit or wait at the table -of a magistrate, or whose opinions on matters of Church and State are not in accordance with those of the justices of his locality, has very little chance of being permitted to sell spirits. In towns, nevertheless, a sufficient amount of competi tion is managed to be kept up. There, in spite of these unjust partialities, a sufficient number of contiguous houses exist in different bands to prevent a monopoly. But it is otherwise in the country ; and it is here that the mischief of the licensing system is most strongly felt. The license once granted. it is practically considered as - attached to the house. If the latter changes hands, it sells for a price which is quite disproportionate to the value of the building, because the purchaser knows that he is likewise buying th e r i g h t to supply the neighbour hood with ale, beer, and spirits. Permission to open new houses is very sparingly granted ; and the brewer who Owns the village public-house, or, as frequently hap d pens, r i e t t, h the a w s h t o h l e e o f monothe p o p ly u h o t i f e -thhoeu market.ses of a The considerable report is full of evidence upon this head which is quite irresis tible. Knowing that the people must drink his beer, or go without, the brewer's only care is to make it of such a quality as that it shall seem better than none, The publican, again, who receives an inferior article, of which the worst ingredient is commonly an excess of water, adapts it to the dull and crayiug palates of his customers by a large admixture of salt, sugar, and drugs. Those who are accustomed to whole soiner beverages can seldom drink a glass of beer at a wayside public-house without having to pay hea vily for the refreshment with headache. A single cir cumstance is of itself sufficient to show the advantage which is taken by the country brewer of this monstrous privilege—for such it surely is—to be the exclusive ven der of particular liquors in particular districts. When a public-house has an independent owner who can choose his market, they are accustomed to furnish him with far better beer than that which they impose upon their ' own publicans. This fact is proved in fifty instances. But in truth such evidence is almost superfluous. To state the case is to expose it. Competition is the life of trade ; when it stagnates, it grows corrupt. To remedy these - evils, the committee proposes that the distinction between beer and spirit licenses should cease ; that one license should confer the right to sell all intoxicating drinks ; and that any respectable person should be entitled to the privilege, on giving his own bond, with that of two sureties, as a security for con- . forming to the regulations of the Legislature. To this it has been objected that the multiplication of public houses will give a stimulus to drunkenness. The objec tion comes too late. The brewers have already taken care that wherever a cluster of houses exists one of them shall be set apart for the accommodation of the thirsty. It is no longer a question of whether the labouring man should be supplied with beer, but whe shall brew it ? not whether he shall confine himself to tea, coffee, and water, but whether he shall drink from a good tap or a bad one ? The lady who asked her butler how she could economise her barrel of small beer, was told that the surest method was to place a barrel of stronger beer by the side of it. This will be the ordinary effect of a reform in the licensing system. The drugged and worthless barrel of beer will be left untasted, and the barrel of generous ale will be drunk in its stead. It is probable that in very many country places no additional public-house will be Opened ; for the instant the monopoly ceases, the brewers will have the prudence to secure- that - custom by the ex= cellence of their goods which they now attain by the pro tective. tyranny of their licenses. Or, if a successful rival springs np, it will soon absorb the opposition estab lishment, and the only change will be that a new house is built out of the ruins of an old one. But it is urged that labouring men are more attracted by cheapness than quality, and that it will not be so much a race of who shall produce the best beer, as of who shall sell it at the lowest price. If this should in some instances prove the case, the change will still be advan tageous. At present the consumer has neither cheapness nor quality. As he is entirely at the mercy of the ' brewer and publican, they sell him the worst mixture they can venture to concoct at the highest price they can venture to charge. With free competition he can take his chance ; and either he will give less money or he will get better beer. Those who profit by an abuse readily persuade themselves that the system which is most ad van7ageous to them is most beneficial to the pub lio ; but all other persons will probably be of opinion that it is high time this anomalous and pernicious mono poly should be broken-down. Our legislators, however pressed for tinie,have preferred ' to give us a new Public house Bill of another sort. And this piece of notable legislation, very fat from having touched the real evil pointed out by the committee, has ac tually had the support of those "licensed victuallers" most interested in maintaining the grievances by which they profit so largely. 'To avert a good, those who are most anxious to maintain the close system of licensing have connived at an evil. Something, it was foreseen, must be sacrificed to public opinion ; and the sprat has been resigned, in the hope of being rewarded for such an act of virtue by permission to keep the whale. In other words, the more influential among the li censed victuallers have allowed the " New Beer Bill" to pass, that they may defeat the proposition to throw open the trade. In both cases the poor man is the victim. By the licensing laws he is confined to dear and often dele terious drink, and by the New B. , er Bill he is not per mitted on ?undays to drink at all except between the hours of one and half-past two, and between six and ten. Such a restrictidli will .commonly be found in practice either useless or mischievous. The man who is sottishly inclined will find abundant scope for his prcipeneities in the hour and half at noon, and the four hours of evening; while his sober neighbour, whose wholesome tastes carry bins out of noise, smoke, and tainted air, to seek health and quiet in the suburbs, will find that he is debarred the ordinary refreshment which nature craves. If, when he is outward bound he does not arrive at hio goal till half-past two, he must remain thirsty and jaded till six ; if on his return, 'he is not at his destination before ten, he must wind np his one day of ease in the seven with a mug of cold water. The complications of life are so various, and indeed endless, that not a single Sunday can ever pass without the stipulated hours in this vexatious act interfering with the convenience, the comfort, the necessities of thousands. It is almost impossible to calculate the effect of social restrictions ; but there is a much greater likelihood that the orderly man who finds-his innocent recreation turned into a penance, will have recourse in its place to some neigh bouring public-house where he can tipple and smoke from six to ten, than that those who are in the habit of profaning the Sunday by their over addiction to drink will be driven by the New Beer Bill to church between half-past two and six. In; the meanwhile, the difficulties which might have been anticipated bare arisen in the interpretation of the act. As it was impossible to decree that no person, under any circumstances, however u rgen t, s h ould be permitted to taste drink at certain hours at a place of public entertainment, an exception is made in favour of lodgers and bona fide travellers. The police have main tained that the passengers who arrive in London by rail way are not travellers within the meaning of the act ; which, now that nobody comes from a distance by any other mode of conveyance, is equivalent to saying that a bona fide traveller cannot exist. If, on the contrary, the plea be admitted, and the person who has come all the way from Plymouth or York is no longer to be told, in defiance of truth and common sense, that what makes a traveller on Saturday does not make one on Sunday, by what magic is the publican to distinguish between the man who is really just alighted from a carriage, and the man who feigns a journey to obtain a pot of beer ? ,It is evident at a glance that the act must either be a nullity or an intolerable oppression. The determination of which it shall be rests for the present with the magistrates. At the Marylebone Po lice -court on Slturd; last, Mr. Long, in the first deci sion which has taken place under the act, rejected the stringent interpretation of the police, and gave a liberal construction to au illiberal bill. He held that a gentle- Man who went every Sunday from Northainpto ( n ii - n square t to Hampstead heath for the express purl )ose f o e f sh air g he the Castle Tavern, and breathing the onl i s; could get in the week, was a bona fid e Greenwhich, would excursion to Richmond, Hampton, se r ener. An an equal title to refreshreent i may adopt It is to be hoped that his brother magistrates diminish as much as,possible in Mr. Long's judgment, for the n s t a:a r e ie p re r a o s h o i n cit c e o d ns h t o it u u rs te until has bPeaern this view. They will thus . liament can satisfy the judgment A g a m m e e n nd or do away with it passed by the Publi c, -n hic h measure, already altogether. the evils of a harsh and ill-digested At the best construction of it can only result in But any r4!iii . contradictions, injustice, and, what it will be a bill of pains and penalties. endless absurdities, M L ong is wo the lenient views of tr. and the is tried between . doctrine of the police, who virtually deny rst of all, fraud. On the other hand, if any Medium preposterous -ale . t. , possibility of a Sunday traveller, the necessities of lif e w ill break through the ordinary trammels of the law. While honest men suffer, the less scrupulous will get by trickery what they are refused as a sight. advises from Hamburg yesterday mention a further increase in the demand for money, dis count having advanced tp 24 to 3. The French rate of exchange is steady, with a tendency to renewed firm ness. From Alexandria, also, the quotation shows an improvement, which will probably check the export of sovereigns to that quarter. The Odessa ad vices are to the 18th inst., but they contain no information, except that one or two vessels had been engaged to carry hu mid to London at 120 a. per ton. 121 i •