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

CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. Half-yearly Meeting,---This Day. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Charing-cross Railway was held this day at the Lon don-bridge Terminus; tames Byng, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the receipts and expenditure on capital account for the half-year ending the 30th June last Shows the receipts for that period to have been £416,914 12s, 4d., and the expenditure £511,539 12s. 4d. The receipts have been derived principally from calls and and pre-payment of calls on the 5 per cent. shares created and issued in August last, and by the exercise of the com pany's borrowing powers under the Act of 1863. The prin cipal items of expenditure have been—On account of the Purchase of property required for the City Terminus in Canton .street (E 267,334 7s 3d) ; works of the original rail- Way and the station at Charing-cross (£101,346 35 4d), and City Terminus works (£54,C00). The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, 'which, after a short discussion, was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend at the rate of 2-1 per cent. per annum be declared. Mr GORDON TnomrsoN seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of confirming an agreement between the Charing-cross Rail way Company and the South Eastern Railway Company blade under the provisions of " The Charing Cross Railway Act, 1E63," and " The Charing Cross Railway Act, 1864," for the amalgamation of the Charing Cross Railway Com pany and their undertaking, property and effects, rights, Powers, privileges and authorities, with the South-Eastern Railway Company and their undertaking, property and effects, rights, powers, privileges and authorities. A. resolution was moved confirming the agreement, but Mr Fsw objected to the arrangement. The CHAIRMAN said he considered this amalgamation 'would prove advantageous for both companies, as it was fair, honest, and just; the terms were an exchange of shares, Charing-cross for South Easterns. A poll was ultimately taken, when the resolution was carried by a large majority. Mr BEATTIE said he had been instructed by the South Eastern Company to represent their interests, and in his discretion, had it been necessary, he should have voted for the amalgamation, but he abstained from voting at all, otherwise the majority in favour of the amalgamation would have been very much larger. A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the pro ceedings. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Half-yearly Meeting—This Day. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors o this company was held to-day at the Bridge Howe Hotel— James Byng, Esq., in the chair. The report, which has already been published, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the direc tors had done their best to maintain the receipts, but certain heavy works and other causes had led to increased expendi ture, but notwithstanding the increased outlay the directors Were enabled to declare a dividend of per cent. less than Usual, but which was the same as paid two years ago. The outlay of twelve millions of money by an oppo sition company in duplicating the line to Margate, Ramsgate, and other places had of course led the directors to make fresh exertions by opening up new lines in order to teutralise the efforts of the opposing company. The result of the making of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway had led to a considerable loss, but the directors of the South Eastern had the greatest confidence that the diminution would be but temporary. (Hear, hear.) The c ompletion of the Charing-cross station had led to the best r esults, although it had not yet realized the expectations of the directors, but had the South Eastern remained at London-bridge permanent loss must have been the result. The chairman then alluded to other topics mentioned in the report, and concluded by moving the usual formal r esolution. Air. GORDON Trromrsox seconded the motion. Ur. HAMILTON moved, as an amendment, that the agreement with the Charing Cross Railway ba put an 0 4d to. The amendment not having been seconded fell to the IP . ° llll cl, when the resolution of the chairman was carried U nanimously. A resolution for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report was then submitted to the meeting, and car -Iled unanimously. the meeting was then made special, for the purpose of considering the agreement between the South Eastern Railway Company and the Charing-cross Railway Com pany for an amalgamation. lIQNEY MARKET AND comiURCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: The mercantile public generally have felt no astonishment by the announcement made by the Bank of England directors, that their minimum discount would remain at 8 per cent. There were 4 evertheless a few sanguine people who did hope that further concessions would have been made by the authorities, although the ground upon which they based their ideas appeared, to say the least, "tenable. Their conclusions were only de duced from the abundance of money in the market, and the fact that the brokers were Ivorking about per cent. under the terms charged by the Bank. They forgot to take into account the condition which the market must by e nd by assume, in spite of present abundance, t hrough the revenue payments and the advances to be ultimately made by the authorities. Very little l a arprise or disc uss i on th ere f ore ensue d when it was fo und that no initiative would yet be made to easier rates by the Bank. Out of doors today there has been a larger number of bills brought f orward, but 7i and 7t per cent. are the quotations I 'cl' the best three mouths' bills. A further sum of £39,000 in gold was taken into t he Bank yesterday. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Tuesday, the 30th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the following companies : Cadiz, Oporto, and Light Wine Company (for trans actions only entered into on and after the 7th June) llnt to be marked, and in the Buxton Hotel Com pany. The subscription list of the Connecting Ship Owners (Limi ced) will close for London on the 27th, and for the country on the 29th inst. ; of the Abera taan Iron Works for London on the 27th, and for the country on the 30th inst. ; of the Freemasons' Tavern Company for London on the 31st inst., and Tor the country on September 3d. meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of I lindustan, China, and Japan was also held today to consider the agreement with the Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan, and to ratify the reso lution for increasing the capital by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £lOO each at a premium of £6. Ihe resolutions in each case were unanimoasly carried. A special meeting of shareholders of the Impe. rial Bank of China, India, and Japan, was held to= day to consider the agreement for an amalgamation With the Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan. The terms of the arrangement are the issue of 20 ,000 new shares, of £lOO each of the Bans of I tindustan, China, and Japan, to be issued to the holders of shares in the Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan, at a premium of £6, £5 of which i 4 to be carried to the reserve fund, and the re 14aining Li to be applied to preliminary expenses. dividend of 10 per cent. per annum, for the time dir ectors Bank h as b een in operation, and four of the ir ectors to be elected on the new board of the R ank of Hindustan, ece. The last week's raiiway receipts, ascertained up lo this day, are, in round figures, as under G 1864. 1863. s ,eat Western 170,518 £63,927 w (s rth-West er n eat No r th ern Clcasliir e and Yorkshire... 46,818 40,250 11 1 . 1 . 1 t 1 1- Western .. 23,876 22,965 S° Bland .......... 49,574 46,105 i l : 41 1 Eastern ...... 28,397 29,630 Iszristol and Exeter ~7,5.51 7,414 k ( 2 1 11 Eastern ci.lehester, Shefdeld, and Linc01n...... 18,664 16,316 Iv'eat Rivera . "Ith .. 26,535 23.583 ;'thew retu':ns are in most instances of a highly !tisfactory character. On the Great Western the g r ease amounts to £6,591, the G r e a t N orthern to 32 . the North Western to £7,177, the Lancashire 134 d Yorkshire to £6,568, the South W estern to ,' 240 , the Bright o n t o £9ll, th e Midl and to u ' 46o , the Bristol and Exeter to £137, the North 1 1 'tern to £8,232, th e Manchest er , Sh e ffi e ld , and Z l. Qcoia to £2,348, the G rea t E as t ern to £ 2,095, 4 a the North British to £2,952. Two O'CLOCK. 4 t Paria thia day, accr,rding to Mr. Reuter'a telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 32e, Dull. The English Stock Market continues firm, with symptoms of improvement. Although the dealings are very limited, yet quotations have been well maintained through occasional purchases which have been made. Consols for money are 89k and for the account, 89/. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88/ d ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 15s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1048; and Enfaced 4 per Cents., 92. There is very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices, although rather flatter at the opening, are now firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 k; do. Consolides, 501 ; Mexican; 28Z y ; do. New, 26 4 ; Greek, 238 a ; Spanish Passive, 3,a i; do. Certificates, 138 ; Portuguese, 47?, e ; and the Confederate Loan, 78 79. Iu the Railway Share Market the operations have again been limited, and prices have not ♦aried to any important extent. Lancashire and York shire, Midland, and South Eastern have each de eiined 53.; while Great Western have improved 55., and Metropolitan 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inactive at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also are in very limited request. Alliance have improved to 62. Imperial Ottoman have declined to 168 ; Scinde, Punjanb, and Delhi to 12k. Maritime Credit Company's shares are quoted 11 2/ prem.; London Engineering, 1 to 2 prem.; and Natal Investment, I to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced BBa i New 3 per Cent . B B. i New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire 6th April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. exchequer Bilk, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent l5 25 Do X5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5/ per Ct. Do Account.. — INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account — Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4f pet Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.. . 92 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do 13onds11,000 Do under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. A.astrian Bonds, 5 per Cent _.., Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 B5l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — , hilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Do 5 per Cent. 1364 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.... — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 par Cent, 1864 `Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Do, Second Issue Ureek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account Do Coupons Do Account.... Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(l.Uaremmana Railway) gexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864.. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e.. — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent — Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... ... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .. De Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. Do Account . ... 47a Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account 471 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4f per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 . .... Do Anglo-Dutch .... — Do Scrip, £4O paid — pm Sardinian 5 per Cent ..... .. . — Do Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account • Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 3l 301 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account .. 131 1 , Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 7 21 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. 7Ol 691 Do 1863 ' —, Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... — Venezuela 3 per Cont. • Do Account ..... Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Do Scrip £45 paid . •. • Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. . _ Do Account Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f.. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. ' Do i.ccOunt French Rentes, 2 por Cent Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. —• Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 TWO O'CLOCK, Consols Money Do Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market dull, and pric©a still irregular. Sales probably 3,000 bales, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 25, Sliepner, from Christiana; Zwerver, from Amsterdam; Are.bistan, from Bathurst; Esperanza, from Trinidad do Cuba; Princess Alexandra, from Jamaica; Henry Miller and Portia, from Colombo; Sirocco, from Trieste ; Morning Star, from Narva ; Amity, from Ran good—ladiana (steamer), from Calcutta, DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed —Leith from London, for P or t N a t a l—Cl as t er s, from C a l cutta, for London—Ellen of Jersey from the West for the North—Marianne, bark, from the North for the West—Jessie, schooner, from the West, and Eak, screw steamero from Guernsey—both for London—Heroine of Dartmouth, from the West for the North, GAROTTERS FLAGGED.—On Monday last the first part of the ',antenna passed on several garotters by th e 1.0r.e Chief Justice Cockburn, at the late Liverpool asel 'ea) wass carried out in Kirkdale Gaol, where they are a!'Y present confined. before being consigned to penal Beryl tube. Their names are Christopher Sharpies, Jas. Smith, and Wm. Courtney. Sharpies and Smith were associated with three other men in the committal of a robbery with violence, on the night of the 9th of June. The prisoner Courtney was concerned in a robbery committed upon a labouring man, named George Cooper, of Warrington, on the night of the 27th July. As he was walking along Nash-street, Liverpool, he was seized by the throat by some person who was behind him, and Courtney, who Ass in front, struck him several blows in the face, In sentencing these prisoners, the Lord Chia Justice expressed his belief that the indiction of the lash would prove the most effica cious punishment for men of their character, who went about committing garotte robberies, careless of what vio lence or injury they might inflict upon those whom they attacked, and his lordship said that no mercy should be shown to men of their description. He ordered Sharpies an d Smith to receive 25 lashes of the cat - o'-nine-tails on their bare backs, and Courtney 12 lashes. His lordship, however, subsequently modified the sentence in the case of Smith to 18 lashes. Monday was the date fixed by the judge for this part of the sentence to be carried out, and it was performed in the usual manner in the gaol at Kirkdale. The prisoners Sharpies and Smith were under sentence of penal servitude, the former for 15 and the latter for 12 years, and Courtney for six years. SINGULAR CAPTURE.—On Tuesday last, as a party of anglers were engaged in perch fishing on Yethoim Loch, ono of the party hooked a fine perch, When imme• diately a pike weighing upwards of 101bs, snapped at the perch, and kept its hold uutil it was lauded on terra firma. Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, 'IJJL3RSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1864. MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share) Railways. 1:44.1 Bir., Wol., an d Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no di , Do. B b tl Op e.p an. has een psid to 8.1 Dublin a lleila t June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. J um. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. ) Great Eastern, Ord. BE: i D!tto _A FS I Ditto East A nglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do & do Gt. S. ant W. of frelan Great Western .. Do Str Val ,crua. stoe', Lanoashize & Yorkshire London and Blackwat I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., t Lincoln. Marynort and Carlisle Do t shares 31etropoli tan IMidland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Aid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiot , Do, G.N.E. purchas, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot N. E., Aber. stool, 0.16.4 Do Soot. 'Mid. stook.. Shrews. and Welohpoo, Shropshire Union .... South Devon.... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale- Do B Do C.. Ulster Do 1210 Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford dc Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..tlt West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Paid .' Closing Business Prioe. I done. 86 (38 126 127 6 7 32 34 16 17 89 91 112 114 47 48 7 71 132 131 146 146 131 133 90 12 90J 7J 1161 I 17; 66 68 10e tO3 90 42 1161 /17 98 89 6i t 6 1 , 21 Jl3 130 136 107 IC9 - - 54i 60 254 20 1034 lON 64 66 93 Of 126 129 76 78 10i 11 126 130 39 41 sr 59 85 87 88 881 101 103 7 8 £74 38} 104 llt, 8 9 e 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 1471 7 101 103 701 70 1 116/ i 65} f 5 1131 1132 136 k 8S i 8 I 34 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing , Share Railways Paid. Price. Business don. 100 Atlantic di Ft Laws Owe all 58 60 I Bom„ Barodsek.Cent Sk 100 101 102 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New . ...... ... • • 8 7i dig P 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 201 Buffalo and Lase Huron all o 51 10 Do. Preferanoe all 74 81 00 Iluffalo,Brant,6zGodricl 10 , 75 80 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,187 100 Do. do. July 1,187 b 100 75 80 .00 Do. do. June 1,187 , 1 100 75 80 at Cleutta.ezS.Eastn. (Lin, 100 97 99 at Cape Town & Dock Seri; 100 94 98 3teek Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. ( 100 102 104 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 1 91 20 Do. do. II do. .. 20 19/ 201 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 19 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bon d.s .. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Prof. Bonds.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 67 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock .• • all 48 5 = 100 Do. do. deferred. all 43 65 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock ~ all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... 26 28 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 , 2 10 , 3 103 SO Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 pat . C' Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per pent. 100 99 101 20 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 01 201 Do. New . 18 111 11 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 d iP Stook Madras. guar., sp. 0... 100 994 1001 1001 stook Do. 41 p. a. Extension 100 93 95 stook Do. 44 d 0.... . ... 100 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock 3lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 & Hobson's Bay. all 60 62 59 100 Do. 7p. O. Mortg. Bds. all $0 Newßrunswiok &t Canda Class A and B. N. Rl.C'da p 0 let pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 1001 1011 stock Do. Delhi.... 4.0; 1 100 1602220 Do. do l 5. E 2 Id par at Do. rtinjaub all 94 1001 Do. Do. ........ Stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 94 96 stook stook stook 20 stock stook COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,un.bloy. 6p.c.J 4z.1 uly —1877-8 i--. 100 06 99 96 Do. Ap. c. Feb. Aug. 100 96 99 Do. 6p. 6. Mar. & Sept 100 £4B 102 Do. sp. a. JanAcJuly. 10C 84 86 Do. 5 Inssribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 6,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap Oct& 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189( 100 1(8 110 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 106 109 !Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 IMauritius 6 per cent lOO 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 104 107 N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oat 100 - IN. S.W. G ov. 6 p 0., 180( 100 96 98 Do. sp. 648,1 to 187( 100 96 98 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 96i —. !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 • 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a. i sterling, 1875 lOO 99 102 Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 101 IC4 IS. Aus G0p.e.1873.& up lOO 105 107 IVlo.Gov. 6 p.o, Ja,4July 100 !Do. 10 e p.a. Au.dtOot.. 100 109 110 100! 13RITISII MINES. 2 cambr , :n Consol. Gold 1 ullfford Amalgamated SO 2 Devon G.Con,,(Tav!st , 1 580 600 East Bassett (11logan) 30 68 70 East Clogau Gold Lid —•— - East Caradon. ...... 1.14.0 275 285 East Cara Brea &to 8 85 E. W'lltussel(Tavistk ) 8.13.0 5 05 GamASt.Aubyn(Gwen 58/ 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 25 G. Wheal Vor (11elston, 40 27 29 285 Grenville .. ilerc.‹Ps-Foot ...... 8.12 88 40 llingston Downs 4.18.0 31 45 Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Cny Lelant 9 8 10 Baike Valley. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 25 14 I d New Seton l9l 75 85 —• North Downs 3 15 Basset (11104 - an 3.1.0 25 3 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 3 33 Vat. Consols(st. Blaze) Providenoe(Uny Leint.' 10.0.7 49 42 .iouthCaradon(St.Cleer 15 480 500 S. Cant Brea (Illogan).. B.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 421 475 Stray Park 30.17.v 28 30 ramar Silv.& Lead Min fin Croit 9 18 19 West Basset (Illoz,an) l5 9 10 • W C' radon (Liskeard' 9 12 14 94 West &don V% - heal Basset (Illogan) 54 92 85 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal IlaryAnn ;Lien ) 8 14 16 Wheal Beton 585 J 210 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis )1 7 19 21 Wheal Union 1 4 15 2 PREFERENCE 5: ARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred 664 Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stook, Ditto,. Bristol and Birin., 6 per cent,, Ditto 411 per cent., pf. st. red., 1 0:4 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 32} South Eastern (Reading Anne., 41.0.6), 23 PREFEItENCE SNARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4i per cent. pf e , Ditto, 5 p;:r cent pf., LINES LEASED 11 FIXED ENETALIS. Cheater and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent„ lit Nottingham and Grantham R. & Q. 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS: Bahia and San Francisco k ) pm. 7 percent., 151 18 San Paulo gua. 7 per Dent. ;9f FOREIGN NINE& Cape Copper, lira.. lot St. John ctel Rey (lim.), 36 BANKS. &gra and 3itsternl4ll 9 9 (11.111.), 1391 Alliance 64 Australasia, Ditto, new, Bank of Egypt,' 271 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 271 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10/ European Bank, lim., 14 Ditto (X5l), 81 Imperial Bank of :Mina, India,:and Japan, Um., 61 Imperial Ottoman, 17 16; International Bank, Um., 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 51 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., oit London Bank of Scotland, lim., 151 London and Brazilian dim.), 471 London and Couuty, 74 13 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange,:lim., 141 1 London Joint Stock, 481 London and South-Western, 221 3 Merchant Bank, Jim., 271 Oriental Balm Corporation. 50 6.cinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 121 South Dasteru, lim., 9/ DOCKS. East and West India, 114 MISCELLAZTEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., Credit Mobilier, 11/ Financial Corporation, I 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 61 Humber Iron Works, 2k Imperi,l Mercantile Credit Asso„ lisp., 81 f International Financial society, lirn., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 84 Joint Stock Discount, lim„ 7 Land Securities, lira., 5,1 London Financial Association. lim.. 2i National Discount Company, lira., Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lint., Ditto (XI), Smith, Knight, and Co., lirn., 43. Telegrat h construe. and Maintenance, Jim.; 3f Universal Marine, insurance, lira., LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before S. Joyce, Esq.) rivlß Y. RAY-A SON SUED FOR A FATHER'S DEBT SINGULAR CASE. Thi was an action to recover damages on the re-sale o, a pha:on. Mr . B. Sorrell, of Mark-lane, appeared for the plain tiff, all Mr Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, for the de. fendz. Mr Sorrell having briefly opened the case, called Mr Emer) clerk to Mr Stapleton, the auctioneer, who said that is employer had a Stanhope phaeton for sale last June. It wasold to the defendant for £l3 13s. No deposit was paid, tt defendant was known and had had many previous transations. Notice was given to the defendant that as he nefected to clear the goods they would be re-sold. On July lb application was made by letter to defendant for the coney. The phaeton was re-sold by auction for £9. Crofrexamined—l do not see the defendant in court. Mr Buchanan—You have sued the wrong man. We never. ought a phaeton of the plaintiff in our life. Witess—The defendant is a coal merchant. Hisilonoue—And yen have summoned a bookseller and stat ioCr. Defadant—l am a bookseller. My father's name is Williai and mine is John. Mr trrell—l will call defendant. Defodant—l live in the Kent -road. My father lives at Belgree-place, Pimlico. At one time he lived at the Old K agdavreeiste he up six months ago. If anybody cameen t- t Pa thde- late viould be sent for my father to 176, He address Mr prrell urged that it would appear that when persons came ft the father, tlley would be sent to tho son for in formatin. Hie jonour—But you have got the wrong man. Defe:dant—l showed the summons to my father. I tore up theletters. Mr brrell urged again that in the interests of the plaintiflhe was entitled to go on with his case, as he was anaiousto learn how far the plaintiff would succeed against the fatbr. His lonour said that defendant was entitled to appear, or if hedid not his goods might hive been taken. Mr Enery—The father has given us the name of John Ray. H:s Eonour said that was nothing to defendant, who could nd be bound by it. Defentant (in answer to Mt Sorrell)—l received some letters tom plaintiff which I tore up. Mr Etch/man submitted there was no case against the defended. AA;itiess, for plaintiff—The name over defeadant's door is " Rayand Co." Mr Sorrell—Who is the Company, defendant? Defendant—l am. Mr Sorrell—Yeu will see, your honour, that the son receives letters for his father, and his father calls there. Perhaps your honour will alter the name in the summons. We have been referred to 236, Old Kent-road, and when we go there are told to go to the eon at 176. Under these circumstances the name ought to be altered, Mr Buchanan—Under what rule ? His Honour said that the' fact of the defendant having and also r ece i ve letters a re n c o e w iv h ed is t f h a e th le e t r te to rs co w m a e s to n t o h t e hig h n ous a e t , all, and h e oug ht to for him, but that would not warrant the Court in altering the summons. Plaintiff had sued the wrong man, and the Court could not alter the Christian name if even William Ray was present. Mr Sorrell—William Ray, the father, knew all about it and ought to have been here. His Honour—l must nonsuit you with costs. Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE .INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. THREATENING TO MURDER.—James Williams, a power ful athletic man, was brought %pi on a warrant, charged with threatening to murder Janus Pickett, of 28, Market street, Westminster, and also bis wife, from which they both considered themselves in imminent danger. James Pickett said that the defendant had occupied a furnished apartment in his house. On Sunday he used the most dreadful and violent threats to complainant and his wife, and they were botN very much alarmed. Mr Arnold—What made him threaten your wife? Complainant—He has made improper proposals to her, a y d it is because she will not consent to them. Mt Arnold—And why does he threaten yon ? Compi,:inant—He wants to get me out of the way that he may havefm; wife, I suppose. Sarah Pickett, the wife, sail that on Sunday last she was in her bed-room when defendant threatened to break open the door and murder iAer with a knife. He afterwards threatened her life with an Ivo, and said he would be hung at Newgate for her. His threats were so violent on the fol lowing day that she was afraid to be in the house alone. Defendant said she had left her real husband in Oxford. shire, and had committed bigamy by coming up to London and marrying her present husband. Mr Arnold said that that was no reason why they should be murdered, or why anybody should put them in great bodily fear. Complainant and his wife said that they were lawfully married, and defendant's charge was unjust. Defendant was ordered to find bail. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTALITY TO A CA/3 HORSE.—Joseph Goff, cab driver, badge 3,015, was eharged by the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelly illtreating a horse by unmercifully flogging it. Joseph Coote, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, saw the prisoner in Pall Mall flogging the horse he was driving attached to a four wheel cab in a most cruel manner. The prisoner turned up Waterloo-Place, all the way flogging the horse, and the passengers on a passing omnibus cried "Shame" on wit nessing his brutal conduct. The officer pursued the prisoner, and on stopping him, after he had gone a distance of 200 yards, all the while flogging the horse, he gave as his reason f ot • doing so that the horse had stumbled. Terok :lerley, another officer of the Society, proved that there zngaet, The rk; on the horse, s h ow i n g that it had been T yerre flogger saki he might have give]: the horse two or severely reree were threecuts, u t Mr 4 n og said he could not order the in isoner to be rivenslowly and whipped, but he deserved it. His con duct had been ,moet brutal. The owner of the horse said he should discharge the prisoner. Mr Knox said as that would be some punishment, he ould only fine the prisoner 20s or 7 days. The prisoner was taken into custody about five o'clock yesterday, but for some reason or the other on the part of the police was not brought before the magistrate till after all the other charges had been disposed of. THAMES. AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG OFFENDER—John Ballard, alias Barry, alias Lowen, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with stealing money from a till, in White Horse street, Stepney. A fortnight ago the p riso ner entered the shop of Mr William GeorgeniNaVe in the aslibourne,a ginger beer maker, at lb minutesmorning and went round the counter. Be was seen b y Mr W ashbourne's brother, who beforewas in a parlour behind the shop, which he immediately entered. The prisoner immediately said, it I want a half -411 of sherbet, if you please, pennywon sir, Mr Washbiurne took the prisoner alongside the till which he opened, and missed from it 51 in half-pence. The prisoner took that sum from his pocket, and he had a half-penny besides in his hand. Mr Washbourne said he would give him into custody. The boy then made a detmained resistance, and tried to escape. He was secured and after the first examination he was remanded for a week. Owing to a mistake as to the date the witnesses were not in attendance on the day a ppolnted_f e or w the second hearing, and the prisoner was discharged _ l-1 _as again captured yes terday by Police -sergeant Dodsworth of the A divi •who said greatly neglect • division, said the prisoner had . b ed, his father co t I and his moth habiting with a rrostitut;im . mother in a w orkhouse. es la OU.StOdy for robbing tills, The boy had been three and once convicted. , prisoner a Mr Paget convicted thC P .„. ,_ 8 a. juvenile offender, and sentenced him to three n...?"‘"r imprisonment and hard labour. ---..--,------.... are to At the angle of --...-----_ HERE is "AN RRIBLE TALE,"—The Paris eneefetohfethbenielhdainnggess w eo h nne ' e h tb s i with come le d , ow i in i s n pe o a on k s i e n q g u the Rues des Idarm ousets and des Deux-Ermites, which the removal of the Hot ei INen, says r...... 4, are both condemned to disappear, WV be seen in the wall a sculptured stone, partially obliterated by time, but which still bears some traces of the former design, namely, a dog represented in bas-relief, in the place of a porcelain dog fixed there during the reign of Henry IL, to commemorate an act of instinct accomplished by one of those faithful animals. At No. 2in that street lived, in adjoining shops, one a barber and a p astrycook. A stranger having - day entered the shop of the former to get shaved was never teen to leap it, 'lli' family, being uneasy at his disappearance, had him 806,1; for, aria a friend, accompanied by the dog of the missing man ant: a sei 7eant of the watch, searched all over Paris. As the socket.. W ere at length passing be fore this house in the Rue des Deux..Erm 'tea, the dog began to scent about him with an Uneasy air. .. T t next rushed into the barber's shop and co mmenced scratching' on the Boor with such persistence that it led to the discovery 0: a trap d9or ever a cellar, which still exists, and where the boo . ; of a man was found cut into pieces. The barber, says the 1 story, had made a b ar g ain with his neighbour, whose pica, made of human flesh, had acquired a great celebrity, so that ' when a stranger came to get shaved he was placed on the trap, and, a spring being touched, he fell into the cellar below, where he was despatched by the pastrycoc k, if not killed by the fall, The two murderers were broken on the wheel, and their houses razad to the ground. Is there any truth in this story ? What is certain is, that until the commencement of the 16th century there might have been seen an open space, at a spot formerly occupied by the houses, the cellars of which could still be Been. Francis I. it was who permitted the present habitation to be built," Railway and other Companies. SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the company's offices, Millbay ; Mr T. Wooli combe, the chairman, presided. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that he trusted they would consider it on the whole satisfactory. The surplus actually earned over the corresponding period of 1863 was £7,000 odd. They were told when they last met that the Teign Valley scheme was carried in the last session of Parliament as a mere local line. It was an extraordinary scheme. The parties who I had procured a bill for making a line with a capital of £60,000, asked Parliament to allow them to raise a pre. ferential capital nearly six times the amount of the ori ginal capital upon the £15,000. The directors had in the House of Commons the grea'ott difficulty in getting any information whatever as to the financial position of those gentlemen. The Teign Valley scheme excited a great deal of attention in Parliament, and a remarkably good com mittee was appointed to investigate the circumstances of the case by the House of Lords. They went into the case, and then they did succeed in getting a complete exposé of the financial position of the company. The solicitor, when asked to explain how it happened that he had not got e said he was getting it every day, and there could be no question about it. (Laughter.) However, the result of the whole question was that the committee de cided unanimously that the bill ought not to pass. During the progress of the inquiry, it was considered necessary on the part of the South Devon Company, that the Teign Valley Railway, being an accomplished fact, it would not do for this company to give their opponents an opportunity of saying they would do nothing to assist them to carry legis lation into effect. Therefore they decided it was necessary to state to the committee their willingness to work the Teign Valley line, provided the parties were willing to treat with them for that purpose, and to make fair terms. (Hear.) A considerable amount of interest was manifested on the part of the corporation of Exeter with a view to obtaining rail way communication to the quays at Exeter, and a scheme, which was of the most complicated and objectionable cha racter, was brought forward by the Teign Valley proprie tors for the purpose of giving this accommodation. He thought the South Devon Company satisfied the committee that that scheme was pertectly impracticable, but at the same time the directors intimated their intention of recom mending the proprietors to sanction a plan which was pro • posed several years ago for making a communication from their line a little below St Thomas's to the Exeter quays. The Lords' Committee recommend that next session the South Devon Company should connect the city quays with their line, avoiding the necessity of crossing the roads on the level. The cost would not exceed £5,000, and it might be less. He referred to the necessity which the directors were under of coming to them for authority to obtain more capital. They proposed the sum of £300,000 as the amount which they thought, while they were going to Parliament, they had better take powers to raise. They certainly did not propose to spend anything like that money at present. With respect to the increased accommodation in doubling some portions of the line, that they considered essentially necessary, and it ought to be proceeded with at once—viz., from Newton to Teign month, He thought they had capital sufficient for that pur pose without touching upon the new capital at all, and that would, therefore, be available for future improvements of the line, and for the purpose of arranging the purchase of the locomotive stock. The purchase of that stock involved a financial operation which must effect a considerable saving of money to the proprietors, because the amount which they now paid for the hire of locomotives included the interest of contractors' capital, and the sum for redeem ing the plant from year to year, and the depreciation of that plant also. He believed that the amount they at present paid to the contractors in the shape of interest was a much higher rate than that which they would be called upon to pay for the money which they raised to pay them off. There • fore there would be a clear gain upon that part of the trans.. action. Then, they also conceived that they had now arrived at a point which would enable • them to work the line themselves, and to save the contractors' profits by car rying on business on their own account. They had actually paid nearly £20,000 towards the cost of the locomotives from half-year to half-year out of the revenue, and that was so much really to the credit side of the account. With regard to the remainder of the capital—£3oo,ooo—it would be very difficult to go into anything like a very minute estimate of the appropriation of that money. (Hear.) If they had had more capital their general rolling stock would be increased in amount, and it would be a wise step to increase it, be cause every half _year they were paying a tclerably large sum under the head of interchange of carriage stock. They had also found it necessary to make considerable improvements prospectively in the general train arrangements of the line, With regard to express trains proper, they now proposed to have three express trains up and three down every week day from London. The first would leave Plymouth at 8 30 a.m., arriving in London at 3 p.m. Persons, therefore, who were in the absolute necessity of going to London and re turning in one day would be enabled to go up by that train and leave by the 450 train, which arrived in Plymouth at 11 55 p.m. The next express would leave Plymouth at 10 45, and arrive at London at 6 10. The first down ex press would leave London at 9 15, reaching Plymouth at 4 35, and the second express would leave London at 11 45 a.m., arriving at Plymouth at 6 10 p.m., and a third train would leave London at 4 50, reaching Plymout at 11 55. The third express up would be the old 320 train, arriving in London at H o'clock. They had also increased the train service for Torquay and Dartmouth. The express which left Plymouth at 8 30 1 . would leave Torquay at 9 25, getting into London by 3 o'clock. The next morning ex press from Torquay would leave at 11 40, arriving in Lon don with the general Plymouth express at 6 10. The third express train from Torquay would leave at 4 22 in the afternoon, reaching London at 11 o'clock. The speed of these trains would average somewhere about 38 miles an hour from end to end, and considering they were some dis tance from the metropolis, he did not think there would be any great reason to complain of that. (Hear.) Ho then adverted to the financial arrangements between the Corn wall Railway and the associated companies, the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon, for secur ing them some of their advances to that company. He still thought that the associated companies had derived an ad • vantage from the extension of the Cornwall line to Fal mouth, and that they were quite compensated up to the present time—and he believed they might derive a still greater compensation—for the risk and liabilities they had incurred. If the matter had to be gone over again he should bo quite prepared to take the responsibility of recommend ing that proper assistance should have been given to the Cornwall Company towards carrying it to a state of com pletion. (Hear, hear.) Mr D. DERRY seconded the motion for the adoption of report. J. GRANT could not concur in the opinion of the chain:n o that the declaration of such an increased dividend as it was p ,-eposed to give the shareholders was a matter ca lling for any special exultation. One and a half per cent. w as but a poor 11, turn to the shareholders for the money which they had inviested in the South Devon. It was true that it was an improve,. ment on the dividends lately paid, but there was assuredly great room for improvement. Eighteen months ago their . dividend only reached 6s 6d. pr oent occasion had improved Th ou gh their dividend on the t h e market value of the South Devoe' stock had not improv e d saw no reasonabl e t o any extent worthy of mention. De' property so k eg prospect of any great improvemen t in the,.'as the directors submitted to be under the goe-ernment of th e Great Western andßristol and Exeter Compar e y. The in. terests of the shareholders ought to be the first te'id great object of the directors. and those of the public Ilex, ; but the principles on which the South Devon directors seek.n to administer the affairs of the company were those whic;.` were known to be most in accordance with the views and wishes of the boards of the two companies he had just mentioned. They would remember that some years ago the sea had swept away a large portion of their line. The ex penses were charged to revenue, and the shareholders re ceived no dividend that halt' year. He (Mr Grant) main tained that the principle of thus charging to revenue what ought to be charged to capital was not only unjust to the shareholders, but was contrary to sound commercial prin ciples. lie concluded by moving the following resolution : 6 ' That in the opinion of this meeting it is most desir able for the South Devon Railway Company to encourage the interchange of traffic with all neighbouring railway companies, and for the directors to re new their efforts with South Western Railway Company to attain that object, and to report at the next meeting.' The Rev. A, B. WILLS, of Exeter, seconded the amend ment, and strongly condemned the course pursued towards the South Western Company. Dr CLARKE supported the amendment. Mr C. TROTTER supported the original resolution. The CHAIRMAN having replied, suggested the expediency o f the withdrawal of the amendment. Mr GRANT, after explaining that it was not intended as me of censure or wan t of confidence in the directors, as a lting appeared to suppose, consented to withdraw t inCe' 'g he hie arrimiment. After ow . rejection of amendments by Dr Clarke and the Rev. A. 13. EL'iSs The original r:solution was then put and carried. A r esolution declr ring a dividend at the rate of £ 1 12 s 6d s then unanimously adopted. per cent. per annum Wu' lIAIRMAN, seconded by Mr D. On the motion of the t, DERRY, a resolution was pa h .sed to the effect that the S,uth Devon agreed, in conjunction a ith the Great Western and the Bristol and E:zeter, to guara:rtee payment in certain proportions, the interest on dividend not exceeding £4 lOs per cent. per annum on stock created by the Cornwall Rail way Company to the extent of £149,600 for the repayment cf the 7,480 6 per cent, £2O preferential shares, which had been already created and issued by the company, and also intemeet at the same rate on £400,000 and £32,830, to replace other sbroeo thanksd been issued at a higher rate of interest, A vote of to the Chairman closed the proceedings. GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, G re at George-street, Westminster; Mr p. Davey in the chair. Mr C. ELEY, jun., the secretary, read the report. It stated that there had been no further expenditure on capital account during to half-year, and that the voin of the bonn dary wall by the Duke of Northumberland's propel ty now in progress would probably complete that account. The directors had recently been engaged in arranging such faci lities for coals to be sent by rail vta Brentford as the, v be lieved would largely increase that traffic. Already at xing the past . month the quantity had been 5,980 tons ag. dust 1,631 tons in the same month of last year. The traffi, re• turns furnished by the Great Western gave a tollage for • the half year of £4,248, against £1,236 for the corresponding six months of last year. The arbitrationwith the Great Wes tern relative to the clai:n of this company to inspect the book s in order to a verification of the accounts still remained un settled, although it had been for some months before the umpire appointed by the arbitrators. The balance at the disposal of the shareholders was £ 9 ,836, which would admit of dividends of 5 per cent per annum on each class of pre ference shares, and 2i per cent, on the ordinary shares. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr DARvILL seconded the motion, and urged upon th e Great Western the importance of conducting their lint+ upon purely commercial principles. After soroe discussion the report was unanimously adopted. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company w as held at the Euston Station; Mr H. Tootal in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said he thought the proprietors would be well pleased with the report, the accounts, and dividend, which latter was at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. On the last occasion £lOO was appro priated to this purpose, but on the present occasion £6OO was required. In the session of Parliamentjust expired the company had promoted a bill for an extension of their line from Acton to Richmond, and to increase their capital to the extent of £lO,OOO, for the purpose of purchasing land sid ings and station accommodation The London and South- Western Company introduced a bill almost identical, and both Houses sanctioned it, giving the company the right of user and station accommodation, with which they were satisfied, and the line would be opened at once. Alto. gether, the position of the company was one for con gratulation. Mr H. C. LICY seconded the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. Resolutions were then passed declaring a dividend of 6s. per share, being at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on the share capital of the company, and the directors were authorised to raise an additional capital of 10,000. On the motion of Mr BENTLEY, seconded by Mr Ceruia, the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr Mansell, the manager, and to the chairman and directors, and the meet ing separated. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY-BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be herd yesterday at the Euston Station, but, in conse quence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of pro prietors to constitute the required quorum, the only business done was to agree to the dividends proposed by the directors namely, at the rate of 41 per cent per annum on the pre ference shares, and the same rate on the ordinary shares. The report showed that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last amounted to £10,337, as com pared with £8,133 for the corresponding period last year, being an increase of £3,204. The sum available for dividend was £3,073, and the payment of LOS dividend on the pre ference, and £2,882 on the ordinary shares, would leave £33 to the credit of the next account. SEVERN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, Victoria• street, Westminster; General Forrester, M.P., in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, resolutions were passed declaring a dividend on the preference shares for the past half-year at the rate of 41 per cent per annum, and also a dividend on the ordinary shares of the company at the rate of 3f per cent per annum for the past half-year. The CHAIRMAN said it would be necessary to adjourn the special meeting intended to be held that day until the 9th of Nov. next, and having moved a resolution to that effect it was agreed to, and the_meeting adjourned accordingly. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON J UNCTION. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Victoria station—Sir C, P. Roney in the chair. The report having been read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said at the pre sent time the Paxton tunnel was within 12 yards of com pletion. The Crescent Wood tunnel had only about 60 yards of it remaining to be constructed, and as the contractors were at work on five different points of it, he had no doubt but that the tunnel would be completed within a month, The great excavation at the upper part of the railway, op posite the Crystal Palace, contained 200,000 cubic yards of stuff to be removed, the contractor had already removed 130,000 cubic yards, leaving only 70,000 cubic yards to be carried away ; and, at the ordinary rate of progress, three months mote would complete the excavation. As soon as the tunnels were completed the remainder of the stuff would bf t arried through them to finish the first portion of the long embankment near Nunhead. A portion of the line near Peckham would be carried upon a viaduct, and the remain der on an embankment. The portion of the earthwork to be completed was about 100,000 cubic yards, and if the work be continued at the same rate of progress, it would be com pleted in three months. All the public road bridges were finished, except the parapets. The viaduct at Peckham would be compieted in three months, and the whole railway would be ready to receive the permanent way in December. The great station at the Crystal Palace was in the hands of Messrs Lucas, and progressed very satisfactorily. No effort would be wanted to insure the opening of the line in May next. During the past half-year the expenditure had been £241,537, which gave an average of £9,000 per week. Ho concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Sir C. RICH seconded the motion, which was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. SPQR TING INTELLIGENCE.--T his Day YORK RACES --TUTS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) KNAVESME RE PLATE. Brindisi W o o, COLT SAPLING STAKES. Koenig King Arthur . ............................... 2 YORK CUP. Caller Oa ...... 1 Rapid Rh one East Lan ca .................. 2 shire Won by a sh ort h ea d , a neck between second and third. 3 NURSERY HANDICAP. Wings of the Wind Tilt King of Greece "••••:• 2 Sixteen ran. S 3 YORKSHIRE STAKES. Miner ...... — •..... (Osborne) 1 Blllyair . Athol ................ (Cha t l oner ) 2 E................ (ensconce) d 3 Won easily by a length ; half a. length between second an third. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER, 12 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) The Caversham Stakes at Reading not finally settled. ROYAL DANISH. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of July were estimated to amount to £7,016, against L 3,503 for the same month in 1863, showing an increase of £3,513. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the offices in Bishopsgate street—Colonel Barlow in the chair. The balance sheet showed a net revenue, after payment of fate rest on debentures, dividend on preference stock, and work ing expenses and management, of £6,854 for the half year ending the 30th June, to which was added a balance from last half year of £1,129, making £7,983, out of which a dividend of £2 per cent. was declared on the total capital of £360,350, amounting to £7,207, and leaving £766 for the next account. UNIVERSAL PRIVATE TELEGRAPH. A special general meeting of this company was held yes terday at their offices, Adelaide-street, Strand. The notice convening the meeting stated that after the payment of the dividend there would remain a balance of £2,373 to the credit of revenue, being £321 more than the balance carried forward from last March. Mr J. Mellor, the chairman, presided, The CHAIRMAN said the directors had thought it their duty to call the shareholders together for the purpose of re commending them to declare an interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The directors could recommend it with confidence, and that would show the shareholders that there had been considerable energy exercised in the management of their affairs, which gave promise for an in creased dividend in future. There was another question for the meeting to consider, and that was the honorarium to the directors. He then moved a resolution authorising the de ch:ration of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. jth• F. C. GAUSSEN seconded the motion, and it was car unanimousl ri Dlr . MACKEsziE then moved that the honorarium to the directors bo il.xed at £6OO per annum, and, on the sugges tion itolder, added that the ex pentes of the country d AP to attend the meetings be also paid, directors of r a s s in harehu comingl He considered that as they had had the directors' services for some years without rernuneration that they should now pay them from the commencOnent. The CHAIRMAN said they would take it only for,the pre sent year. Mr MACKENZIE said he would theft confine his motion to the past year. He considered that the use of private tele graphs would be like the use of gas, whoa once adopted they could not be done without. Mr REID seconded the motion, ant after some discussion it was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. A STRANGE STORY.—The Giornale di Napoli relates the following incomprehensible incident as having just occurred in that city :—The Princess de Tevra, Mdlle. d'Avalos, and M. di Quarto, the betrothed of that young lady, were walking in the Gardens of the Vasto Pa lace, when they wero met by M. d'Avalos, uncle of the future bride. That gentleman, who is greatly oppesed to the intended union, giving way to a sudden fit of anger, set a bull-dog by which he was followed on M. di :quarto. The animal, however, instead of attacking M. di Quarto, ap proached the Princess and frisked around her as if to solicit a caress. M. d'Avalos, rendered more furious at this failure, struck M. di Quarto in the face with a riding whip. The letter then drew a pistol from his pocket and fired at 31, d'Avalos, wounding him severely in the side, while a lady who was present, a very intimate friend of M. d'Avalos, fired a pistol at M. di Quarto. The Princess de Tevra and Mdlle. d'Avalos had in the meantime fainted away. The Dake d'Avalor, the father of the young lady, then appeared at a window of the palace looking on the gardens, and en deavoured to calm the opponents, begging his brother to moderate his anger ; but the latter, now more enraged than ever, took up a double-barrelled gun and discharged it at the Duke, who was struck in the face by the contents of one barrel and fell bathed in blood. The police then arrived, and having ascertained the facts of the incident, arrested M. d'Avalos, and ordered M. di Quarto to accompany them to the station. The Duke is confined to bed from hi s wounds, and the Princess, who is in an interesting situa tion, is likely to have a miscarriage, RACWG FIXTURES FOR 1864. AUGUST. York August .......... Devon and Exeter 30 Plymouth ............ 23 I Stockton .... 3O Lichfield .............. 29 I Darby 3l Weymouth ... SEPT ......... 1 Baden-Baden ....... 1 Warwick September.... . 6 Bridgwater ...... 8 Leicester 8 Doncaster .. MBE/. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn N ewmarketFirstOctober 27 IBER OCT Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Lincoln Kelso .. 19 Glouces ter Newmarket Ii on 24 ____ Club. - 5 Newmarket Second Oct lO :Novr Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington&VPar.Runt 22 IRISH. SEPTEMBER. , Carragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBBL Carragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 Extensive Fire at Poplar.—(This Day.) This morning at an early hour, a fire, which, had it not been so opportunely discovered, might have been attended with a great loss of life, took place in the premises belong ing to Mr P. Franks, a beerahop-keeper, carrying on busi ness at No, 63, Penny's-fields, Poplar. The discovery wee made by a police-constable cf the K division, by seeing smoke issuing from the lower part of the building. The officer at once sounded an alarm, and after some time he succeeded in arousing the inmates, who were happily all rescued. The engines of the parish, and those cf the Lon don Brigade, with one of Shand and Mason's land steamers, were promptly in attendance, and plenty of the East Lon don Company's water having been procured, the firemen, under the direction of Mr Bridges, the chief officer of the A district, went to work in an admirable manner; but, in spite of which, the fiamesirolled out of every window in the building, and also through the roof, threatening destruc tion to the houses numbered 61 and 65, belonging to Mr T. J. Connell, a tailor, &c. The firemen, however, nothing daunted, kept to their work, but they were unable to get the mastery over the conflagration until the building was all but destroyed—the stock-in-trade, furniture, and other effects consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. For tunately Mr Franks was insured in the London Fire-office. The premises of Mr Connell were also damaged by fire, water, &c, The contents of those buildings were insured in the Phaanix Fire-office. A strong body of police were in attendance, and rendered essential aid to the firemen by keeping the populace out of danger. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 428 7d barley, 28s 7d ; oats, 22s Ild ; rye, 31s 6d ; beans, 40s 9n and peas, 35s 6d. THE SIX WEEKS' ATERAGES. Wheat, 43s 3d ; barley, 27s Ild ; oats, 22s Id ; r y e , 32 s 2d ; beans, 38s 9d ; peas, 35s 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,174 ; barley, 1,616 ; oats, 1,968 ; rye, 351 ; beans, 3,421; peas, 1,211 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, to-day, was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to number; but their general quality was inferior. Prime Scots, &c., sold steadily, at very full prices, the top figure being 5s per 81bs, otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, at late rates. Sheep—the show of which was moderately extensive—realised full currencies, with about an average supply on offer. We have to report a slow sale for lambs, at barely stationary prices. The extreme figure was Gs 8d per 81bs. Calves were in large supply and sluggish request on former terms, viz., from 4s to 5s per 81bs. The sale for pigs and mulch cows was heavy, at late rates. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 8. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Socondquality do. 3 8 4 4 Primo large oxen 4 6 4 10 Prime Scots, ekc. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 Lambs— Suckling calves, 16s to 20s 20s to 25s each. s. d. s. d Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 2 5 4 Largo crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers..., 4 2 4 6 Is 8d to 6s 81. ; and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL B urrLT. Beasts ... Cows l4O Sheep and lambs.... 9,760 Calves 650 Pigs. 420 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs .... 2,500 Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATF AND LtADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and a fair amount of business is doing in most kinds, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; lamb, 5s 2d to Ga 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 44 to 4s 64 per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, August 24.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was very inactive. Beet, from 3a 6d to 58 Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; lamb, 58 84 to 6s 61; veal, 4s 04 to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81ba, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, August 24.—The supply of stock was mode rate, and sales progressed steadily, as follows :—Beof, from 3s 4d to 6s Od ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 48 2d to 5a Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 48 6d per Sibs ; suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to 119 Os each. HAY MARK.ET S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s ; clover, £6 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 78 to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £6 10s ; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A short supply. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os; and straw, £1 7,3 to £1 12s per load. Trade very firm. COAL M Mee of Coal per Ton a , a. d. LitliET. the close of the market. Lambert's West Hart- Walla End. ley 18 0 Holywell ..16 0 Cowpen Hartley 18 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....18 3 Walker Primrose 13 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 Eden Main 17 6 s. d. 18 9 pool 18 9 Itr HartSouthlepool tl 1 1K elloe l7 9 1 South Kelloe lB 0 1 e ep001.... 7 9 Hough Hall 18 0 Hetton l9 0 Braddyll's Hetton l7 9 Wharneliffe 17 3 Bell l6 9 Russel's Hetton l7 6 Barn ......, l7 0 Caradoc .......x 18 3 A, 81; sold, 72. Walls End. ........ Tanstall ..16 9 Haswell ...19 0 eolith lietton 19 0 Ships at matte THE EXPORT COAL TRADE.--The past month has been an unfortunate one for the export coal trade. The expi.)rts have fallen off to the extent of 52,752, as compared w ith the corresponding month of 1863. The northern ports show a decrease of 26,195 tons for the mouth, the Yorkshire ports 5,170 tons, Liverpool 133 tons, and the Severn ports 36,087 tons. The Scotch ports show an increase of 14,833 tons. The total exports for the month amounted to 684,386. The total exports for the past seven months of the present year amount to 4,479,227 tons, being an increase of 256,129 tons. A WHITE HOUSE ANECDOTE.--Setchell, the comedian, says he was present a t th e W hite R ouse the other day when the followi ng was perpetrated :—An old farmer from the West, who k new P resident Li nco l n in days by-gone, called to pay hi s respects at the pres id e ntial man sion Slapping the chief magistrate upon the back, he exclaimed, " Well, o ld hoss how are You F" Old Abe, being thoroughly democratic in his idea, and withal relish ing a joke, resp on d e d :—" So I'm an old hoss, am I ? What kind of a hos s , t o b e sure ?" ~Why an old draft hoss, to be sure," was th e re j o i nder.—. Bo ston Transcript. PATENT SEALS.—The following novel item ap pears in a public document just issued :—" Paid the sealer of the Court of Chancery, for was expended by him in seal ing patents, £ll4 15s. 6d." This charge is for one year. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 21 per milk pm., and the ln short par in exchan g e, these rrates toe swith t n Loudon he ig E 2 n s g a l Mint price of I; ; 17s. lOid, per Do uce for per s 4. s terling. Oa co * twee for standard gold , it appears th at g ol d i s nearly 3-10 the per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. :1 1 t1BER.