The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INT IUL I GENC.E. CITY. TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed heavily, with Prices slightly in favour of buyers. The sales com prised 5,750 American, 170 Pernam and Mani,- ham, at Sid. to 61d. • 6J Bahia, at 6)td. ; 300 Egyptian, at 511 to SP..; and 700 Surat, at Lito. to 4id. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. Colonial produce has attracted less attention this Week. West India Sugar has met with very little inquiry, and Foreign has tended downwards. Plantation, at a slight decline, has been in increased request. Native has ruled quiet at 445. 6d. to 455. per cwt. Iu Spices very little has been done, and Pimento is rather cheaper. Rice has not byes freely offered, and prices are steady. Cotton has maintained previous rates. Saltpetre has been dull, and Tallow rather lower. Cochineal has advanced, and Hemp has been firmer. The official returns give the last week's sales of wheat at 45,925 qrs., of barley at 2,212 qrs., and of oats at 7,492 qrs. The amount of bills drawnby the Honourable East India Company from the 9tii ult. to the 24th inst., on tie Presidencies, was 130,1.361. We have nothing particular from Continental Markets. In Belgium, Holland, and Gi "many .a calmness in business is reported, and particularly in the Corn Market, where prices had the dull appearance which usually precedes decline. The Corn Market is heavy. It has been esti mated, but the precise facts cannot be ascei tamed through recent hindrances under new Custom house regulations, that the stocks of foreign grain at market aru equal to about two millions of quar ters. For our part we are disposed to conceive the quantity considerably under-rated. But assuming the fact, it should show the farmers that there is no imminent risk of any great fall in present prices, and herein consists one of the incontestable advantages of- free-tra , le; that under its operation sudden awl ruinous falls or rises in prices are ren dered generally, if not impossible, still of very rare occurrence. The yield of the harvest must, of course, be a subject of speculation, and opinions naturally vary according to means of information, or of dis tricts with which parties are more or less conver sant, whether it bids fair to bat an average or something below, for no man can speculate upon even a partial failure. But the opinion may be hazarded that, supposing, for the northern and More naturally backward parts of the king dom, an average state of the weather should prevail for reaping and carrying the corn, a full average produce may assuredly be anticipated ; and this, notwithstanding allowing for the storms and rain which have partially invaded and damaged the ripe or growing grain in some parts, but from Which effects it may be observed the real corn growing countries have been happily almost alto gether exempt. It is understood that in consequence of the forgeries of Continental bank paper, the State Banks on the Continent have decided on the alteration of their forms, and the quality of the Paper. The Bank of England, also, have deemed it advisable, it is said, to e lopt a more improved and perfect system for the prevention of forgeries, both in the form and manufacture of the paper, the particulars of which in such case will no doubt be made public in due time. The business in English Stocks is to a very limited extent, owing to the causes which have been noticed under this head fur the . past two or three days. Consols have remained 94 w 94A for money, and 941- to 94 I for account. Bank Stock is Steady at 210, andlndia Stock at 225. Exche quer Bills are at par. The New 31 per Cents. have been 94i to 941, and the 3 per Cents. 94 to 941. The Foreign Stock mark -t is very inactive, about half a dozen transactions only being noted Spanish 3 per Cents. are 36,E to 37, being lower, and the New Deferred are heavy at 18. Tile New Turkish Scrip is 61 t 61, which is a slight decline. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 6i, Mexi can 24+ to 24k, Peruvian 71 to 73, ditto 3 per Cents. 52 to 54, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 40 to 42, Russian 5 per Cents. 99 to 101, ditto 4i per Cents. 85 to 87, Spanish New Deferred 171 to 18+, ditto. 3 per Cents. 36i to 37k, ditto Certificates 4i to 5, ditto Passive 3i to 4. There is not much doing in Railway Shares, and the market, which opened with a firmer appear ance, is now rather weaker. The French lines are neglected, and qunations nominal. In Milling, Banking, and miscellaneous shares the dealings are unimportant. BAITIBH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'cLok;ik. I I , rout the Oticial List. ) lanslnese um R ank Stock .............. 2lO 3 iler Unit. Reduced Annuit es .......... 94 3 Twr Vent. Consola Attnaitier 94 h 3 1 per Cent. Annuities Annunac,, Expire sth Jan., 18fiO ... 4 11-16 India Stook Consols for Account 13th Sept. , Kx e i t ., 4 l, el isi,it, 24 , 1 riOiX) £5OO 2 pm par Rmall Rxchequer Bonds Scrip, 1553 931 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 15 ruilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. apawsi. Bonds, 3 per Ce nt 37 61 Sn ar ,so, New Deferred, 3 per rest lB Turkish Scrip Dividend on the above payable in London. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 94 Ditto September Account PARIS BOI7RSE.—The last accounts from the Paris Bourse exhibit an advance of about three-eighths per ce nt-, in consequence of speculative purcha:es. At -Vienna, Owing to the -uceess of the new loan, which is 11 °v , marked at 92, confidence continues to increase, • 40, 1 the rate of exchange has experienced another favour able movement of 1 per cent.. the quotation being 11 30 T at BANKR UPTCY OF M ESSR S. GRIFFITHS, NEW - v °"E ' and G.., the proprietors of the temperance line of packets to Australia, ham produced great consterna tion in eeieral ianailies in the neighbourhood of Ply fink° uI h by whom cons id era bl e sums h a d b een pl ace d in "" e bankrupts' hands, in discharge of the passage money for themselves and friends to Au-trslia. One of the ships of this line was to sail from Plymouth this week. • Bart ► c'osenuence is that several f a milies are without es or means. . „F-I nsaanort.—The Lady Benneway, Captain T. J. Young, left Plymouth Sound o n Wrtinegd ty with 253 B ' lll,l , equal to 232 statute adults, for Sydney. There are amorwitthem 170 young Irish Roman C aholic wo .Par hr • , se agss wit ale ab ou t 20. The Clara, C left. the Soi nd fo Portland Ba, on Sate rday last, with 290 souls on bo r ard, equal to y 2514 statute "lilts. There were on b ,aril 148 married couples, 64 Bi ngle Women, and 7 single men. OPENING OP ST. GEORGE'S HALL. LIVERPOOL.—The interesting ceremonies to be observed at the opening of St. George's Hall have been at length d-finitively agreed to, subj , .et, of tour-e, to the final decision of the council. -A meeting of the committee was held on Saturday. ,at which the Mayor announced that he had received official intimation that, conseqmnt on the unsettled state of public affaira, and the intended visit of the Prince Con sort to the Freneh camp at St Omer, it will not be consistel,t . wielf the Royal arrangements for her Majesty to grace the inaeguration of St. George's Hall. All reasons for def-rring the intended arrangements, conse- Tient on the expected Royal visit, being thus remove !, It was recommended that the hall be opened on Monday, the 18th cf September, instead of Tuesday, the 19th.— Liverpool Stands , d. LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The Royal Mail screw steam ship Lusitania, C,pt. Sharp. while making down the river this afternoon on her voyage to the Brazils, was run into by the Rii:demin'on steamer, fel. Dublin, coining out of dock, lost her jibboom, and had her figure•head twisted. She at once came to anchor, and her repairs were proceeded with. It is expected she will be able to proceed to sea to-night. The Roscommon had not sus tained any damage. The Lusitania had about 30' pas "tigers, aid a full cargo of merchandise. It may be as welt to mention that the present is the last voyage of the Lusitania to the Brazils, having been purchased by the Imperial Steam Navigation Company of France. JUSTICES' CLERKS FEES. Aeiong country magis- trates a sort of stinginess, amounting to begruding, has apt on in regari to their clerks' fees, as if they felt the unties Elhouhl be performed almost gratuitously. Scarcely a more mistaken idea or notion, whichever it may be tiered, can p oss ibly ex i s t. The entire duties of justic es ' ks are only well learnt and soundly understood after 4 - r r °ll 3' Years' attentive study and much experience. 44ittle indeed do magistrates think, or take the trouble o jinferming themselves, of the amount of diligence and - If Le boughtfulness that has been bestowed over the multi- The Proceedings to which they affix their signatures. • lb e grudgm en t of fees, therefore, affix their signatures. ?-he tegrudglo of fees, therefore, cannot but be annoy g A nd galling to clerks. Let county justices hear, and be ar in mind, w h at t h e ta l ented Mr. Archbold, a bar -la,,et.er of lo ng standing surf experi ence , sa y s on the sub t of justices' clerks' fees :—" Well-digested tables of • ,rs_ to be. take n by clerks of sp ec i a l sess i ons, an d th e rn e e :to t s e of j ust i ces at petty sessions and elsewhere, would a unif orm i ty o f charge throughout the kingdom, and Would cler, b emost desirable, not on l y t o t h e public, but to k h umbi themselves , an-I beg t o add that, my e judgment, those fees should be set down with no niggard h an d , so that professional men of respectability, of t alent and sound judgment, and poss ess i ng a fol. knowledge of th e criminal law, and of the oth er b ranches of the law administered by justice s o f t he peace, may, as at pre sen t , b e always willing to undertake the office , afford the aid of their learning, their regularity b +illness habits, to the justices . for whom they actl. and office, also , and the tenure of it, ought in counties, as boroughs 'to be settled by legislative enactment, so a n to nanre 1416 Permanent services of good, experienced, an d clerifs." . . SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) 100 8:2 BRITISH RAILWAYS. 10) o sing Price , yestercl.ty. 22 - 23 5 - 54 100 186 ' all 100 100 26 100 42A 9 - 10 116-106 , 166 - 176 7 -- 6 95 - 97 63 - 64 15i - 1(4 12 - 14 3 ia Ii Is 17i all 1.0 1 1 7 - 8 tll iOO 411 1:1; all all all 14: 3 16i 11 11e1 36 40 25 -- 27 66 - 68 58 - 60 ii ie 66 - u 8 i 3?! -84 t 61 - 64 . 26 - )28 - 96 721 - 724 ••5 - 90 Li - 13 II - 4i9 -69 A 6- 64 8_ 8~ .04 - 106 1011 102 ad , par § p par - 4 p 82 t° , 3 9 8.1 8 7_ ii - 24 68 68i 39 - 41, d 8 6 2 3 6 - 8 47 - 49 ; 31 31 ' , 34 ... 344 7 9 14 .53 55 #P 44 4 64 6 par 2 p 33 - 35 94 - 96 6 - 65 71 - 73 67 - 70 7i - 8 L 4 19A 01 - 9t - 15 34 - :34 15 61 1•54 31 - 31 - 33 311 :18 18i 194 4 5 23 - :'5 4a 51 i" 75 - 76 6i W 4 --34,1' 55 56 Business dons this day. lli i 84i 31 ti 4 73 2i 15 , 6i)i 9 1 'lOl/ 2j li x d x d x d x d 821 x d _ xd ... xd per cent. FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdatu 6 64 , 1 5 3 ;telgian Eastu. June. 1 1 20 R Beziers toGra.issessae 34 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, anci Central India,Seril Ad—ip lentral of Italy • B,O 20 all ;harle.roi& Erquelin 174 all Demerara . .•• ••• 20 14 ; Jijou and Besancon.. p 20 9 iutch Rhenish . 3 20 all ?last Indian 2l —24 d 20 2 Do Extension — 8 d 5 all :t. Inctian Poniusul,. 6 - d 20 l 0 Juliet. of Franc. ...p 2 10 :IA . Trunk of Canad 64 54 100 4 'o. Debentures 74 LOO all )o. do. • 20 10 :t. Central of Franc, - 20 it. Westernof Canait Shares ...... 17 —lB 100 all Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 ...p 20' all lamilton & Toroutc d par 100 all /0. ti per cent. 20 8 r.alte Coast. & Bask 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof • die 20 10 Great Luxembour. Constituted Shares 3 34• 4 al 'ii. , Obligations 20 0 '.your and Geneva 20 12 i.yous & dlediterrau — 20 13 taints 4d— # p 134 3:3 , , 33 Nlaria Antonia 10 all :10. do. New 2( 2 •lelbourue Dk. &Ry 20 all Valium & Liege (wit' interest) 7O 8 20 «Ail i)o. (ex interest)._ It 6 all 'lortluern of France 331 —3l 20 all 20/,. 3p. c Bib. ( filly. B. & 10 :ill NorwegianTruukPre 8 9 20 14 t'aris and Lyons lB4 —l9 p 40 all r )itto Bonds 20 :ill Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 di Paris and Rouen -38 • 40 • 20 al, Paris and Strasbourg., . _ 20 10 'arisCaen &Clierbriz. •• pm 101 10 , • uebee & Ric limon. 20 a ll Rouen and Havre 224 —23 20 15 Loyal Danish ld— 1 p 5 3 . Royal Swedish — d 20 a!; Stimbre and Meuse_ 74 8 10 all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 2U ;i1 -outlierr of France.. ..• pm 20 12 Andrew's and Quebec (A) 8i all West k tandem 3i. 4 10 all Do 5.3 per c. Pref , d 20 10 Western of France... 53 :64p 2.) 1 . • V eat. of Switzerland 6 all ,Wiesbaden 20 -0 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS - 4( 5 all knbin Coal and Iron' ~. ... 4( 25 17' 'N ustraliau Agrictilt 41 —42 xd x d 20 6 N.ustralsn•Peific•Mai, ~ 51 10 all tustraln. Royal M a ll „, „; • 2 ~, 10 4 3erlin Water W or k s — 2 l 2l 50 40 trit. American L an d 135 70 5 1 Mt. a Coln. Smeltg 10 and Reduction Co. lO 100 32 )anada ••• 88 92 2 5 5 .:rystal Palace 3l -- 3 i 3 1 4 1 5 3A Do. New__ ...... ~, „ 2 • • 4 all )rystal P a l. o f France — • ~ 20 5 Eastern Steam..,,, ... .. - . 5 25 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) 16 17xn 5 25 all Do. (B) lO 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. ~„ ,„ , 10 15 14 ;en. Steam Navi g at. ~ _..., -20 all ;;eneral Screw Ste am ,„ „„ 2 20 •10 Irish Boet:oot Saga, „, _ ~. 5 20 10 Magdalena 4t. Navig. „, _ ... 2 1 all lat. Pat. Steam Fue. _ ... 4 2 10 5 NT e therlands Lind.... i 1 2 1 I , T. S. W. Coal & Inter. 2 Steam Navigat. Co. —„ 1( 1 all 4. B. Australasian._ i i 1 I 4 90. New ••• ••• 20 12A irti I. of EuropeStean .. 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 4 _ 4i 4 , , 50 a ll ootiiiisular & Oriental „ , ... , , 50 40 Do. Do. .. 2 all Portland Iron Co „, _ ... 100 110 toyal Mail Steam ... _. 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 43 — 2xd 25 1, out Anstral.Lan , 33 35 la 1 all Submar. Telegraph 4 I A fc 1 a b )o. Registered i li C " 44 •ea Diemen 140. Ll = u • RAILRATB. tberdeen Auibg Nottng. Bost. sud Eastii. 'telfast & Ballymena Birmiug. Wolverh R Stour Valley Birkenlid. Laucsh Cheshire Juliet .. Do. Chesil. di lurk £5O and £25 Cow- Do., ..... llyth & Tyne origiva £25 (isad. at £45 Bristol and Exeter.. Ca1ed0nian.......... (.Thester & Holyhead .lork and Buidon lork, Black, S. Pas ;ornwall .;rietr Junction Dundee Perth&Abei .iocti Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian.... Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties :astern Union, Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New Leaanzshiro . Edinburgh &Crlasgoa Edinb. and Peebles, &lin. PA!) Dundei orth & Clyde Jon:- , !.;lasgow &S. Weston ;real Northern Do., A. Stock ilu., B. Stock. `:t. Sth. &West.( Ire. :neat Western Irish South-Easter,. f.aneakei• & Garlic Thirds Do. New Thirds.,„. Laneash.andVorio,i, 00., Fifths 01., \Vst. Leeds Northern Liv.Crstq.2l.:Southpt London & Black wai Ti lb. &Stliou "...owl. Bright &S.C.:it Lona. and N. West.: 00. Fifths Do . I N. Sh., Do. Eighths London audS. West!, Do., .CSJ 1/o. £4') Coleraine Ludodrry. & Enuisk. Linclu i)u.,Man. & Liu. Un Nfidiand .o. Birning. & Derby %Mild. G. West.(lm.. /0. Half Shares eweastle & Carlisle. Newmarket 1)o., Bury Exteusio. wpt.Aberg. & Newry & Vewry Warrenpoint Atid Rostrenur. i'orfolk I Northu.Counties 'North British N.n-t,ll Devon, No. 1. Do., No. '2 Ho., A Deferred B Guarauteod ' \forth Loudou iDo. New £lO.. Wstru. ,Haany stead. and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western N. &S. Westru. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Word, Worcester,ik Wolverhampton Cortsmouth Ceutral ieuttisli Midlaw) ~Lrewsbury dt Bit inv. Du. 1,. dt N. Wester: f ;inaraute ad St EA& :lire WSby Held 4ltrewsby. dt Chest,. (N. W. Miu, Do. Halves, Do. Oswestry .41iropsliire Union h), A, B, DAB , paid up at per • %malt Devou Eastern , :outli Wales Yrksli. dt Riv. Diu :)o -'•tauleA, Wok. toektou & Drerli ~ -toektou & Hartlep: raft' Vale , )0. £Ol, shares. Do. Pref.. No. 1 Thames Haveu Doer and Railway Vale of Neat Waterfd. & 11Kilk eon:, Waterford&Limeriek. West 0 iris wall.. Nest End of London :Old Crystal Palace Vest Loudon Yimblehi & Croy.loi York Nowutl.& Rem , Extousious , io. G.N.E. Purchask Vork& N.Midland St. 18 20 St. St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 RAILWAYS. sedfor 1 and 'lletehley iluckghtimsh. Clydesdale de. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.& Dn. F] Irttpl. Dk. Bull & Selby 1)o. Do. Shares. Lou.&Greenw l)o.Preferen, Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. De. 6 per ct. Mauch. Bxtn and Nratlocl , ' Ntiddlesbro' & Ftcdcar nidld.Bradfd northern air+ EaSternsp.c. )o. K per ct. Jo. Fix,dsp ?rest. Wyr: ilo. i t'Thares. I.toystii.k Hit • )o.Slieptit. ilia. Roth •r• (.4001eg.5 p.c. Statiordsh. ,V ear Valleys! per cent... Vilts&Somrs , PREFE t,nleen Do. No. 2, p. c. and Tyue 10 port e. pref. (issd. at 500' & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ~ laledoniau £lO , ;pester & Llolyhea ,. Guar. 5i per cent .Jock &Bathlonsip.e uluudoe Perth &Aber .teen Junction ;astAnglias (1:3 10s), 6 per cent Do, (X 5) 7 per cent. Do. (.t:7 17s) 7 p. c. ;';; astern Counties Ex • tensiou,s p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Serif; Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cot. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p.ets. East and West York shire June. Pref P.ldinb Prth.&D undo, 4 per cent. ittasgow & S. Wester], Guar. 5 per cent. . treat Northn. 5 p. c. 10, 5 p. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem. di p. c. Scrip it. N. of Scot. Ist Pre Soutliu. di Westin jrciancl) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prcf. Sb a. Westu. (Berk.s St Batas Ex. 6 p. Do. coy, red. 4 # p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. D.. irred. 4p.c. Lan. & York. F. £2 , Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. p. 0 . No. 1 Quarters, 1848 . !.oudoii and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c )0. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p.c. 1,011.&N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton Loudon & S. Western Con. Thirds ,0 ado uderry& Color Shares Sunie.6 sh. Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... 90. New, £lO 1)0. XI; .la.rypt.SLCarl.4 p c .. )o. 4i per cent Consol.6 p.c.St. • )o. Consol. Bristol & 6 per cent )o. Pref. 4 per een , Norfolk Debenture i)o. Pref. 4 p. c. Steel< Ou 5 p. c. Ext. • h i . 54 per et. pref. ) 0 . Way. Val. 5 p. e North British ti urth Staffordshire., oxford., Worcemter,i< - IVolverh.Xls, 6 px Do Scot. Cent. , New Pre, it trews. & ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Miu), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent -ionth I)evou ').4. fixed, 44 percent S. Eastern (Iteadin,, Ann.) of XL Os. tid. 00. &Ape] cent. Yorksh..4p.e.thiar .-;tock ton and Dar- lington, 4 per ceut Do. do. do Stockton and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 !Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastic,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do VorkkN. 00 .4. Pure h .. Comfit Nettle . English .. :risk Foreign .. !;;13i 'l4l RK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELLCTRIC TLLEGRAPH.) CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE. Tbirteen ran. COLT SAPLING STAKES. Crown Pigeon GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES Acrobat * •`' • Ivan Arthur Wellesley Eight ran. GIMCRACK STAKES. Thirteen ran. LATEST BETTING, GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 2 to 1 on Acrobat. LEAMINGTON STAKES. S to 1 agst Amalgamation.. ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Boiardo. 7 to 1 apt Acrobat (taken). DERBY. 10 to 1 agst G meatus Esuriens. 12to 1 agst Dirk Hattearick. 411-4 BRET DAY.) CORN EXCILANGE. There has been a moderate arrival of English wheat up to ~u r market this week, coastwise and by land carriage, and there were several samples of new ou offer to-day. The prices relli,ed were from 58s to 70s per quarter. Old wheats were very slow in sale, at barely in value. Monday's de Aiue The imports of foreign wheat have been 7, 2 80 quarters. Good heavy qualities mos tl y sold at late rates; b ut the value of all other kinds h a d a d ownward tendency. The malt trade was very dull. Barley wasleavy, but no actual fall took place in prices. We were but moderately supplied with oats, in which only a limited business was doing, at late rates. In beaus and peas very few transactions took place. The flour trade was dull, on former terms. AaKIVALs Tine WRIIIK. Wheat. Barley. , Oata. 1 Flow 1,160 • 40 2,9,0 1,120 790 1,360 7,280 6,410 9,070 1,5004k1 920brl GENERAL AVERAGE ritICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Aug. 21, 114 , 4, male up trout the Returns of e . in.oeetor* in the different Cities and Towns in England and Waie, per imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS 643 Oa 34s 6d 27s 91 ; 43, Id 49s 101 445 81 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. , PARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS , PEAS. I 67s 102 35s 10d 2JB T' 45s "42 473 I as iyurrEs UN FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY, I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. IS Od is Od Is od lis Od Is Od Is ud QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 45,925 ; Barley, 2 , 21 2 ; Oats, 7.492; Itye, 43; Beans ; 3,4 7; reas, 197 quarters. SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with beasts, the general quality of whili was inferior. All kinds moved off slowly, and Monday's prices were barely supported. However, the best Scots were worth quite 5s per Blbs. We had a fair supply of sheep 013 offer. The demand for them was tolerably firm, at extreme quota tions. There was a slight improvement in the sale for limbs, and, in some instances, prices had an upward ten dency. Although the supply of calves was limited, the veal trade was heavy, at barely the late decline in the quo tations. Pigs were very dull. Mach cows sold slowly, at chiding their 'wall calf. Per Sibs to et s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 1 Second quality.... 3 8 4 t; Prime large oxen 4 2 4 Si Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 1 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 0 Prime erse.-wlled.4 2 4 8, 'rorn 14/. to 191. 103 each, in- Ink the offale. s. d. a. d Prime Sonthdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 0 S 8 Prime small d 0... 310 4 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Sucklingealves —22 0 29 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 • - Lambs 4s 4d to 63 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. I Beasts Sheep ................... 8,651 j Sheep ..........•• •• • —... 910 'alves ~................ 440 j C41ve5...........• ...... •• 234 Pigs .................... 435 , 1'ig5...... „ ........ FOREIGN SUPPLY. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Each kind of meat sold slowly to-clay, as fellows : Per 81bs by the eareaee. s. d. a.. d. I s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., mid(lling 3 8 310 I Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 Veal 2 10 4 2 Pork, large 3 2 4 0 Pork, small_ 4 2 4 8 Lamb 4s Od to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. Although the plantation accounts are unfavourable, and the duty is estimated at from only 50,0001. to 60,0001., the demand is heavy, aril prices are barely supported. This week's imports amount to 104 bales from New York, 518 from Hamburg, 102 from Ostend, 25 from Rotterdam, and 122 from A ntwei p Mid and East Kent pockets, 121. to 161. ; Weald of Kent ditto, W. Os to 141. 12s ; Sussex ditto, 11/. Us to 131. 13s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—British plantation has been heavy, and pre vious rates have not been realised. Early in the week Bar bailoes have been sold at 32s to 38s 6d for low to fine yellow ; Jamaica brown at 30s to 32s 6d ; ord yellow at 3'23 GI to 33s GI ; and Demerara ord to mid grainy at 32s to 35s 6(1. EAST 'NM - A.—Bengal good to fine like Mluritius went at 35s to 36s ; good white at 40s 6,1 ; but Khaur was taken in at 26s to 278 6d. Mauritius was rather cheaper—viz., low to good yellow brown at 27s to 31s, and very ord at 258 to 26s 6d. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico has been less in demand, ex cept for best sorts; low to good grey and yell , w brought 32e. to 375, and fine 33s to 39s per cwt. Havannah has been cheaper; low to mid soft grey and yellow sold at 31s 6d to ~3s 6d, mid to fine bright grocery at 34s to 37s florettes, and at 37s 6d to 39s white. Havannah was taken in at 29s 6d for very low heavy brown to 35s I.r mid bright yellow. Refined brown lumps have been quiet at 43s 6d, and grocery at 44s to 50s per cwt. COFFEE.—More has been 'done in plantation Ceylon, but at rather lower prices ; mid to good 58s 6d to C3s, low mid 57s to 58s, fine coloury G9s 6d, fine ord small to low mid 54s to 565, good ord mixed 46s to 45s 6d, fine fine ord small to mid coloury 54s to 595, peaberry 58s Gd to 63s 6,1, triage 43s to 545. Good ord native brought 44s to 454. Costa Rica fine ord foxy mixed to mid pale realised 50s to 603, and good Gis to 70s per cwt. Mocha went at 35s for blacks. RIO E.—The quantity offered has been small, and the amount of business done has, consequently, been small. Good white Beu.al brought 125, 1 but 1 w was taken in at 113 Gd per cwt. Good pinky Madras realised lOs to lOs Gd per cwt. SPlCES.—Afrivan ginger sold at 21s for mid, and Ja maica at 43s to 64s for small to mid bold. Low mid stalky pimento brought sad per lb, being cheaper. COCOA. —TI itiidatl fine red found buyers at 41s, and good at 3 is per cwt. COTTON.—This article is firm but quiet. COCHINEAL.— Prices have tended upwards. SALTPETRE.—Very little is doing. Bengal was taken in at 278 for mid per cent. refracted. TALLOW. —The market is quiet, P.Y.C. is 67s per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT. - Lemons scarce, some boxes of Naples have been sent here rid Antwerp —a parcel of Lisbon per steamer at Lisbon, sold by K e di n g ._ and Hunt, at public sale, went at au advan ce o f 3 s. per box. The grape disease has extended t Frayal, an d no do donbt will visit the the Azores generally. The orange trees as yet have escaped . . LLOYD'S SHIPPING -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 25.—Wind this day at Noon, N. fresh breeze, aud fine. PLTMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind, S.W. Put back—H.M.S. Boscawen, for West Indies, with damase. t4iladlae‘wi d a e hard Cuba gale last ight st F AL MOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wi n d , i i i,r. H, h ; Aug. Pep i t 2 a 4 ,. _T r l i Arrived—Abraham, from the wettward, but moderat e d th i s morning, yet still blows hard. DOVER, Aug. 24.—The Friend s hi p, from Sunderland to fro P M O R H T 'i t 3 v 3 i a o n U n l a ' Littlehampton, has put in here leaky, having been on s h ore at Dungeness GLOUCESTER, Aug. 24.—Arrived_Atala, from Quebec ; Britannia, do. ; Diadem, do. MILFoRD, Aug. 2 4.—Wind, W. Arrived —Queen, from Quebec, for Haverfordwest ; Royal Ad e l, ~ , e , i 1 Bristol, for Quebec ; Heppocampi, New York, fur Malta, leaky. TEIGNMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Arrive d— Haberdine, from La brador. Poßr TALBOT, Aug. -N.—Yesterday and last . n . ight it blew a heavy gale from S.W. to S.S.W., w i th thick wea ther. The Caroline Louisa, of Dartmouth, a n d t h e S usan (smack), came on :hum ____. . _' SWANSEA, Aug. 24. — Wi n d , , N.W.W.. Sailed.--Melanie, for Ceylon. CALCUTTA, July Monsoon has put back leaky. HONG KONG, y 6.—The Zingaree (barque), of Boston, U.S. has been abandoned in the Java s ea ; she sailed on ; the U.S., of May from B•ttavia for Singapore. The Cupid I has been lost at Cochin China. The Abergelle, from Lon ! don to Hong Kong, Las foundered in Gasper Straits. ( 11 11:y ) , 10.30 A . (r . En ELEO L T C R T P EOLOZ R F A r T Wind, N.W. ; strong breeze , an 4 fine. ' Arrived—Triumfante, from Havannah • Minesota and Hebe, Prince Edward's Isl an d ; and Ben Nevis. 11 N e e o n w ff r y Y p l o o s r r t n k : ty N D , e SawnmuYyborenr York( ; 8. D it E u V U r E RSE flood ; • fin e. namHamburgPNEDA, NFr'riEdallyE,alßOA.3P9La).lal. Wind, (BY 5.W.1311 ( N I AN e onGe h Ao Arrived, 24th—Calmar, from Calmar ; Marusuhkalirl,kG;ecuritn; say ; Martha Witmore, Port Naub ; Elizabeth, Guernsey. Hercules, Arrived, s t 2 e s tt th in — ; Ccoiutnytoef Rotterdam 25th—Countess Lo t n te s r d aa ale (s) nm (s),fromDunkirk; of Paris (a), Boulogne. DEAL, Friday, 10.58 a.m. Wind N.N.W., fresh, and hazy. Passed—Azoff, from London, for Swansea; Effort, from Shields, for Dieppe; Request, London, Cork ; Flora Kerr, Jamaica, London. Passed off Dungeness, 231—Condon, pfernoamanueAbeucg,ufsotar London; Sea, o.iessa London. : Anchored—French store ship Licorne, from B res t , for Baltic ; barque No. 7,901, he m Schneidra, from north to west. - • - d Sailed for the river- Sir George Anderson, bar Ci,y of Hamilton, and Eliza. A REMARK A BLE FACT.—Altbough Bleeder has a popu guardians of the tut i Sailed— vePilithce be o at Dun o; lation of 3,054 persons , there was not a single appli cat i on the outward British ardboud. Merchant, John Edward for rel ie f f rom t h at par i s h at the last meeting of th e A sc h ooner, name un k nown , go t entangled with the cm _ 4l , su re pis tUt the tiMes co G oo d w i n N ort h San d : P. ; g i i d 2 a b ou t 7 a . t. ; boat* are go; e Pkin Oita! - . „ . ... Ito /pc easietom . THE AFFAIR OF N.IIhYTOWN. The affair of Greytown continues to excite much attention in the States. The New York Herald, on the authority of its Washington correspondent, says :—. " the report that the Nicaraguan Minister had entered a strong protest against the affair at San Juan is an ex aggeration. I understand that Mr. Marcoleta, in com mon with the English and French Ministers, has notified the Government that he expects the losses of Nicaraguan citizens resident in San Juan, and the losses sustained by merchants of the interior having property there in transit or on deposit, will be made good. Nicaragua has always maintained her right of sovereignty over the port of San Juan, of which she was unjustly deprived by the English in 1843, and she has repeatedly asked our Government if in case she proceeded to occupy the port, the American Government would hold her safe against assumed British protectorate. But she has uniformly been told that the Gaited States must recognise the de facto Government of San Juan, until a final adjustment was made of the whole que4tion. " I learn that the only foundation for the report of a 'strong protest,' above alluded to, was a note of the Nica raguan Minister, regretting that C ipt. Hollins was not instructed to seek out and punish the guilty, instead of involving the entire property of the innocent and quiet citizens of friendly nations, in a common destruction. He also expresses the hope that in doing so Capt. Hollins exceeded his instructions, and will not receive the ap proval of his Government. " The Nicaraguans may well complain that their pro pertyfr is destroyed y r t o l n ie j their professed British essedfriend friends, pretensions, w ho, firsts so far ruin them, and then leave them 'to the tender mercies of c relieving them by f the British martial law. " It really seems as if San Juan is now more decidedly in Br►tish grasp than ever before, and that the expiring protectorate is invested with new vital►ty. Depend upon it, the a hni►.istration will knuckle under to the bluster of England on the subject, and that Nica ragua will be careies,ly sent to the dogs. Between American treachery and English unscrupulousness, she stands a poor chance indeed." The Washington Star says there is no truth in the report that the French Minister has made a de mand for $600,000 from the United States Govern ment, for damages to property of French subjects at Greytown. COWES, ISLE OF WIGIIT.-Aug. 24. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ArrivaIs Aug. 17. Lalla Rookh (schooner), Viscount Bangor, from North of Ireland. 23. Dream (yawl), George Bnitinck, Esq., from Portland ; Capricorn (schooner;, Vice• Commodore C. R. M: Talbot, Esq., from Cherbourg and Alderney. 23. Zara (schooner), Commodore the Earl of Wilton, from Cherbourg and Channel Islands ; Sultana (yawl), Lord Colville, from Channel- Islands laverock ketitter)„ Captain C. H. Williams, from Wey mouth. Sailings--Aug. 19. Zara (schooner), Commo dore the Earl of Wilton, for Cherbourg and other ports ; Capricorn (schooner), Vice-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, for Cherbourg and other ports ; Camilla (schooner), J. E. W. Rolls, E , q., for Weymouth ; Beatrix (schooner), Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., for Cherbourg and Torquay ; Lancashire Witch (schooner), Lawrence Palk, Esq., for Cherbourg and Torquay ; Sultana (yawl). Lord Colville, for Channel Islands; Caprice (yawl), H. B. Baring, Esq., for Cherbourg and other ports. 21. Ariel (schooner), T. Littledale, Esq., for Liverpool ; Spider (cutter), Thomas Thornhill, Esq., for Cowes Harbour to lay up ; Osprey (cutter), John Petre, Esq., for Ports mouth, to lay up.. 22. Laverock (cutter), Captain C. H . Williams, R.N , for Weymouth: 23. Pandora (yawl), Captain Smith Barry, for Ireland and West of Scotland. Yachts at and about the' Station—Zara, Capricorn, Alarm, Irene, Wizard, Dream, Stella, Bril liant, Amazon, lone, Julia, Laverock, Susan, Aurora, Arrow, Camilla, Cygnet, Virginia, Plover, Ripple, Shark, Titania, Fancy, Frisk, Osprey, Coral Queen, Sur prise, Caprice, Lalla Rookh, Sultana, Blanche, Ginevra, Seagull. Several of our sporting visitors are preparing to leave in pursuit of the partridges ; while a number of families are arriving for the bathing season, they being in pursuit of health. The har►est is proceeding most satisfactorily. Finer crops were never Eeen, nor better saved. Potatoes are a heavy crop, and excellent in quality. NEWPORT.—LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH BY PRINCE ALBERT.—This has been a gay day for the Isle of Wight. Such an assemblage has not been seen there for years. The Bishop of Win chester and all the clergy of the island were present. There was also a large gathering of the craft, there being full 500 masons. The day was very fine, and the streets so full as to be almost impassable. LINES LE!......LED AT FIXED RENTALS. Pttic.l,l Leasing sampans, 'Aoudun V. Went L. &N. W. Jaledou... • ilostua Prices yesterday. 95 - 100 96 - 98 :t.Nrtitu. cialdonian. 135 - 137 Do. West): trk. New Berw Jo )0 28 7- 30 50 25 124 13i 20 i. Easteru l2i I'4 23 -- 24 Jo Yorfolk. L.& N. W & Midld. . - -;tekton & Darlingt. idland 2i - 2i 94 - 96 E. Count. 53 - GO &Ln&Yk 124 St. St. 25 t North, 132 -- 135 Uuteasl, Yorksh. •1. MCleur A.ockt. )ttrlingt. itusinoss this day. 136 5 2 - 1~ 30 - 31 92 - 94 3 0 1 tWi 'E SHARES. ff •.; 95 - ii = 34 - 5 4- P 1 - 1311 - 131 -13 t 22 - 24 5 10 St. 5 31 - 3i I - 7- 118 10 - 112 .01 - 103 6 - 64 98 - 10.) 90 - 92 94 - 96 - .34 -136 ••• '"' N 24. 3p 7- 8 10 - 12 7 - 8 11 - 4 - 1.2; 12: 21 St. St. i 33 —135x1 1. id 15 8A 8 10 S 8 -- 92 102 - 105 114 - 116 Ili - 'll 10 25 [0 .0 t: 17 -- 18 101 12 -- 14 i - 23i -- 214 93 -- 100 ..• •• 2 —1• d 92 - 95 .41 ...... li—id MINES. 1 all Agua Fria t 1 all Anglo Austrln. Gold .„ 10 all Anglo Californian „. # lU . 2 Australasian 1 4 26 6 Australian l4 -- I all Australian Cordillera ... - 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 I all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gil. Duchy of) 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal . 201 1 i 3 11 . 1 5 A u n o s n trlu. Gold „, liritish 35 4 Brazilia.nlmp.(issued at t 5 pin 3 4 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuia.ila 1 24 20 l 5 Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 1 Carsons's Creek — 10 all Cobro Copper 42 44 5 1 Colonial Gold g g ... 16 Capiapo .. LI 12 .4t. all Copper Miu. of Eug. 52 57 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 1 3 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 14 20 all General • 1 all Gt. N uggetVei Reg. ... 2 Do. Registered — 1 3 all Great Polgooth. 4 1 all Lake Bathurst • • • tI - ••• 9 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares.... 1 all Lond.&Califoru.Gold Quartz Crush. Co ..„ 1 all Mariquita I 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien. 6 6 1 all New Granada 1 as New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 'all Nouveau Monde 4— 20 all Pontgiband Silver L'ead Min. & Smelt. 16 17 5 1 Port Philip 4 — 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rliyuniey Iron 2B 30 15 15 Do. New 30 11 Santiago de Cuba 5 6 1 all South Australian 4 I() 7 Till Croft 24 all United Mexican 3i 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada..,,,,, A 1 all West Mariposa . 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba — JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all kustra lona B3 A 5 40 all British Colonial Bank — and Loan Company 50 all dritisli N. American .•.. 25 5 Chart& Bank of Asn, 20 -.!-• Jhrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & Chins ...d 100 25 )olonial ••• 100 20 Oommercial of Loud. 31 — 33 20 14 :41nglisli Scottish anti Australian 2 i 2 a 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia 2l 214 21k 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock.. X d 100 20 Loud. & Westmiustet 10J 35 National Provincial of England ••• ••• 20 10 Do. New. • 50 .4ational of New...... 20 all Nov South Wales — 25 all hie.ntal Bank 01 Corporation l6 48 25 5 i )o. New •• ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & hold Imp C 0.... 25 all -loath Australia 4O 42 25 all Union of Australia 65 67 ••• 2. ;.)o. New 7. "" 8 4 50 10 Union of London • ~, i • POST-OFFICE NOTICE. As the transmission through the post of letters con taining coin, bank notes, or other valuable articles, creates dangerous temptations and is unsafe, persons having occasion to remit money are strongly re 7 commend to employ crossed cheques or drafts not made payable to the bearer, and when the sum is small to make use of the Money Order-office. If bank notes or bank-post bills be sent, the safest course will be to cut them in half, taking care to record their numbers and dates, and not to transmit both halves by the same post. In these and all other cases of valuable property the letter should be registered. Money orders for sums not exceeding 51. are issued and paid at every head post-office in the United Kingdom, and in London at the following offices :-- CHIEF OFFICE.—St. Martin's-le-Grand. BRANCH OFFICES.—Borough, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and Sherborne lane (for issuing money orders only) POST-OFFICES WITHIN THE THREE-MILE CIRCLE. Battle-bridge, 3, Pleasant-row ; Bloomsbury, 1, Broad street Camberwell-green ; Camden-town, 98, High street ; City-road, 36, near Old-street ; Clerkenwell Green, 41 ; Coventry-street, Soho, 1 ; Dock Head, 11 ; East India-road, Poplar ; Gray's-inn-lane, 43, Upper North-place ,• Great Surrey-street, 231, Great Tower-street, 36 ; Nackney, Church-street, 8 ; High Holborn, 62 ; Islington, 86, Upper-street ; Ken nington Cross, 2 ; Kingsland-road, 4, Orchard place ; Lambeth, - 33, Mount-street ; Liinehouse. 53, Three Colt-street ; Mile End, 6, Ireland-rOw ; Old Kent road, 9, Northampton-place ; Oxford-street, 210 ; Pic eadilly, 65 ; Pimlico, 28, Queen's-row ; Ratcliffe, 77, Broad-street ; .Shoreditch, 211 ; Strand, 282, opposite Norfolk-street ; Tottenham-court-road, 103 ; Upper Baker-street, 54 ; Wal worth, 15, Crosby-row ; Wap ping ; Westminster, 8, Broadway ; Whitechapel-road, 1. POST-OFFICES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LONDON, BEYOND THE THREE MILE CIRCLE, BUT WITHIN THE TWELVE MILE CIRCLE :—Barking, Barnet, Bayswater, Bexley, Blackheath, Bren Hord, Brixton, Bromley (Kent), Brompton (Middlesex), Cashalton, Chelsea, Cbiselhur , t, Clapham, C - roydon, Deptford, Dulwich, Edgeware, Ed monton, Eltham, Enfield, Erith Great Ilford, Greenwich, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Hampton, Harrow, Hendon, Highgate Hounslow, Kt nsington, KingAon, Lewisham, Norwood , Paddington, Putney, Richmond, Romford, Shooter's Hill, Southall, St. John's Wood, Stanmore, Stoke Newington, Stratford, Sydenhatn, Tooting, Tot tenham Cross, Turnham Green, \lranian) Green, Walt ham Cross, Wandsworth, Woodford, and Woolwich. When application is made for a money order to be , paid in some part of London at a distance from St. Martin's-le-Grand, it should be clearly stated on which ~f the above offices the order is to be drawn, otherwise payment can be obtained only at the chief office. CREMORNE GARDENS.— BENEFIT OF MR. T. B. SIMPSON.—The annual benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson, the proprietor of this delightful place of amusement, took place yesterday evening, on which occasion there was a grand gala fête. The weather, during the day and evening, was delighttul, and Mr. Simpson left nothing undone to secure the gratification of his numerous patrons. The gardens and grounds were beautifully illuminated, and on no previous occasion do we remem ber to have seen so picturesque'and artistic a display of variegated lamps, tran.parencies, and other suitable decorations. We feel great pleasure in adding, that all the arr'ngements gave the greatest satisfaction, and that the numerous attendance of visitors must have been very gratifing to Mr. Simpson, and an evidence of the esteem in which he is held. NOTTINGHAM. —The lace trace remains unaltered with out improvement, and confined to the ordinary incidental transactions in common goods. In the hosiery trade the continued operations of the German buyers to whose arrival we referred in our last, have served to maintain the slight improvement formerly experienced ; although the manufacturers are acting with extreme caution under the stimulus, and squaring the production to the demand. li In New York the panic which prevailed according to the last fortnightly intelligence having subsided, money is somewhat easier, and anticipations are consequently formed of a very favourable Autumn trade. Materials of all kinds, wool excepted (which has declined) are iu ',rams of improvement. In cotton the transactions this week have been numerous, and the silk market is also rather better.—Notfinghanaltire Guardian. HoNa.KoNG.—According to the telegraphic accounts front Hong Kong yesterday, which reached to the 6th of July ;• the rate of exchange has experienced no alteration at Canton, and only a slight decline at Shanghai, the quotation at the former place being still ss. id., while at the latter it is 6s. 7d., the quotation by the previous mail having been 6s. Bd. The impedi- ments to communication with the interior continued, it is said, to support prices, and four chops of new Congou had been settled for in Canton at four taels above the opening rates of last year, and at Shanghai 20 chops at two taels. The quality of the new silk is described as very bad, and only 300 bales had arrived. The present steamer has brought 400 babe of old. The exports to date were 77,000,0001 b. of tea and 61,500 bales of silk. PROFESSOR WILSON'S MONUMENT.—We are happy to learn that the subscription for the monument to Pro. fessor Wilson progresses most favourably. Among the names recently added to the list are those of the Dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch, Roxburgh, and Argyll ; the • Earls of Haddington, Stair, Rosebery, and Ellesmere ; Viscount Mahon ; Hon . T. B. Macaulay, M.P. ; \Vm. Stirling, of Keir, M.P. ; Archibald Hastie, M.P. ; Forbes, of Callender, M.P. ; Cal. Alive, of Caldwell, M.P. ; the Lord Justice General, the Lord Advocate, Lords Robertson , Wood, Rutherford, Han d y s ide, Neaves, the Dean of Faculty, Professors Alison, Blackie, M`Dou gall, Simpson, and Swinton. The subscripti ons a l rea d y exoaef k9Po/. The sum required is about 1,4001. we hope soon to be able to announce that the whole amount re quired for the complet ion of the Molitinlent has be e n gu b sor ibedo4fortlan , 4tanclard. SECOND REPORT OF COMMITITE ON EMIG itANIL 811,LP-S.. In a second report recently issued by the Committee on Emigrant ship; the conclusions arrived at from the evidence are fully detailed, and the s committee make several reosmirendations which will be of considerable importance to owners and charterers. Their inquiry .was a laborious one, its difficulty being increased by anything like complete returns of the condition in which emigrant vessels arrive in the ports of the United States, and hence one of tho recommendations most urgently insisted upon is that negotiations should be opened with the Government at Washington for an effective co-operation in some system for the mutual enforcement of sound regulations. ..Among the causes of disaster to emigrant ships iron cargoes are the most serious, and more strict general provisions- are conse quently recommended against bad or dangerous stow age. With respect to sanitary arrangements, the com mittee propose that the number of passengers allowed to be carried without a medical officer should be re duced from 500 to 300, even this extent being regarded as improper, since, as a general rule, all ships with passengers should carry surgeons, and a different prac tice is only justifiable by the difficulty of finding them. Improved arrangements are at the same time suggested that might induce competent men to offer. Power is also proposed to be given to the Government to prevent emigrant ships from leaving ports where cholera or other dangerous epidemics prevail, and, in case of any exception being permitted, the vessel is at all events to be required to carry a surgeon, even though the number of passengers may be below 300. It is likewise consi dered that every vessel bringing emigrants across the Irish Channel for embarkation should be compelled to protect them from the weather. At present, on board these boats the cattle and live stock are screened, while the deck passengers are left without shelter of any kind, and often arrive in a state that lays the foundation of permanent disease. In reference to space it is recom mended that no ship should give less than 14 feet in the between decks to each emigrant, and, the committee likewise refer to the opinion of Mrs. Chisholm and others that the practice of allowing two children under 14 years of age to be counted only as one person should be greatly modified. They next touch on various points connected with ventilation, cleanliness, &e., and also re- • commend that an addition should be made to the dietary scale in the Passenger Act of 1852. On the subject of the size and seaworthiness of ships, the evidence against large ones is general, and it was stated that the Emigra tion Commissioners have resolved for the future not to charter vessels with two passenger decks, the ground of oljection being the difficulty of thorough ventila tion. The committee recommend. that, except in spe cial cases, the number of passengers allowed in one vessel should not exceed 500, and that all vessels should be brought within the scope of the Passenger Act where the number carried is in the ratio of two persons to the 100 tons; likewise that the exemption of steam-vessels carrying mails from the operation of the act should be done away with. In relation to manning, it was stated that the Emigration Commissioners insist upon four men to the lop ; tees. in their. vessels hut great,pb.jvtions would be made to this ,by private charterers, and the committee limit themselves to the suggestion that in creased vigilance should be used to ascertain the effici ency of the crew, apart from the mere question of num ber. It is furth er considered that it might be an advan tage if masters were bound, under penalty, to put back in those cases where vessels are found to be unsafe for a long voyage before losing sight of land, and that it should be rendered compulsory on owners and charterers -to resort in the fullest manner to all the means in use for testing the compasses. Finally, the committee make some general observations respecting the regulations necessary with regard to lodging-houses, &c., the capa city and readiness of boats and the other appliances for saving life, and also as to the desirableness of carrying the requisite supply of water in metal casks. As re spects the detention-money allowed for the support of emigrants when the sailing of a ship is delayed, an opinion is expressed that it should be increased from ls. to ls. 6d. per day. THE NEW SALE OF BEER, &c., BILL. GRAVESEND, Aug. 24 .—Yesterday being the day ap pointed by the borough magistrates for the annual renewal of existing licenses, and for granting new licenses, six of the eight gentlemen in the commission, together with the mayor (who presided), were on the bench. The superintendent of police of the borough having on Monday last reported to the bench, occupied on that day only by the mayor (Mr. W. F. Dobson) and by Mr. Oakes, one of the justices, that out of the 90 licensed houses in the borough 85 kept open from 1 in the afternoon till 10 o'clock at night on the day `before, and that some of the principal taverns were open for the sale of beer, spirituous liquors, and wine even up to eleven o'clock at night, the mayor reiterated an opinion which he gave expression to from the bench the Monday before, to the effect that visitors to the town on the Sunday were " boni fide travellers" within the meaning of the New Sale of Beer, &c., Act ; that the Legislature not having defined who were to be con sidered as " travellers' had obviously - left it to the discretion of the magistrates of the country to make definition in accordance with circumstances of time and place in their respective districts, and that in a place where there was such an influx of strangeis or visitors on Sunday as into Gravesend, it could nut have been the design of the Legislature in passing this act to deprive, between the hours of half-past two o'clock and six o'clock of the afternoon of the Sun day, all means of obtaining refreshment, shelter, and rest, in hotels, taverns, or other licensed houses. Those persons who kept their houses open, or who served visitors or oiler such travellers before 1 o'clock of the forenoon of Sunday, or after 10 t,'clock on the Sunday night, were decidedly violaters of the new act, and when brought before him he would adjudge them to be so, but lie could not, until better informed on the subject, consider it illegal of licensed victuallers to supply " ex cursionists," or visitors, whether by railway or boat, or other means of conveyance to the town, and who in his opinion were travellers within the meaning of the act, with refreshments, if required from them by such per sons. It would appear that yesterday all the magistrates present adopted the mayor's construction of the act in this respect, for the police were directed to report only such licensed victuallers or beershop keepers as opened for sale of beer, &c., before 1 o'clock in the afternoon • and after 10 o'clock at night on the Sundays. The landlords who had on Sunday night last kept open after 10 o'clock were cautioned by the bench to avoid again violating the new act. There were 13 applications for new licenses, but the majority of the magistrates consi dering that, as there were at present 90 licensed houses in the town, such number was amply sufficient for public accommodation, refused to grant another licence, SANITARY MEASURES' AT HOLT, NORFOLK. Any stranger visiting Holt, Norfolk, most have been struck with its natural advantages for drainage, and the singular want of it—so little have the inhabitants availed themselves of their elevated positio n , or t h e proprietor-4 of property of providing even necessary accommodation for their tenants. These evils will be remedied. A local board of health has been formed, and measures have been taken to pro vide a sewerage for the town ; and those invitations to the cholera, and other epidemics whieh for years have been a disg►ace to the authorities of Holt, are ordered to be removed. On a place called "The Spoats Common," within a few hundred yards of the market-place, a noble sprit. , of water, which discharges front 30 to 40 barrels per hour, has been allowe l to run waste ; preliminary steps have now been taken to secure its advantages to the town. A meeting of the inhabitants has been held, and a company will immediately Le formed for the purpose of supplying the town with water. We call attention to the doings at Holt, in the hope that other towns will follow its example, and 'that the dirt and filth which has so long been disregarded may no longer be seen amongst us. RIOT AT THE LONDON-BRIDGE STEAM-BOAT PIER. — Another attempt was made yesterday to fix the steam boat pierat the London-bridge stairs, adjoiningFenning's Wharf; but, as on the previous day, the most determined opposition was offered. Heavily-laden barges, strongly moored to the wharf wall, were drawn across the foot of the stairs, and a number of Irish labourers were placed in the craft, ready to assist in driving back the steam-boat people. A large number of the Thames, City, and the M division of,police, under the superintendence of Mr. Haines, were in attendance. At high water the Har bour-master of the Port of London, independent of any authority of the steam boat company's to throw out the pier, waited upon Mr. Fenning, and desired him to re move the barges which obstructed the approach to the public stairs, and which was an offence against the laws which govern the navigation of the, Thames. The order was not heeded, the barges remained, and an attempt was made to cut the chains which held the craft in front , of the stairs. A very alarming scene then ensued. A number of the labourers on the wharf appeared with sticks in their hands, and one who kept watch on the chains exhibited a huge chopper. The cuttings of the moorings on the stairs then commenced, the Thames police restraining the wharf labourers. Powerful ham mers and chisels were brought to play upon the chains, but the labourers, by their sticks, so baffled the exertions of the smiths, and the commotion on th e b r i dge was so pendinggreat, att a oth t ioeo t dn h wts e hooar p fkt i tt r hhaes a nm u dd t aa h tyt o erwri accordingly,teire willes be d ro e ort t u g n ahb n bt determined aes l exhl p oeo o s, South..l O n s C u k l s wark Police Court in a d ay or so, t e he e owners of the i t s h e u n 3 d p e e r barges having been summoned by the Harbour -master for obstructing the approach to the public plying place of the stairs. ROYAL ORTHOPZEDIC H OSPITAL. —Yesterday the half yearly - general meeting of the governors of this charity was held in the board-room of the Institution, Blooms bury-square ; Mr. Jacob Bell in the chair. It appeared from the report that during the pait half-year, 931 pa tients had been admitted to the benefits of the hospital, being an increase over the number of those admitted in the preceding half-year of 231. The total number al witted sine.- the opentl,g of the institution was reported to be 16,227. It was also stated that the funds of . 6 ° charity were increasing, but were neverthless insufficient to meet the demands upon them, as upwards of 200 per sonsvo were waiting for admission into the wards,_‘ n who could not be treated as out-patients. The buildwgf fund, too, headel by her Majesty and his Royal far short Prince Albert, was progressing, but was very adopted, and of the amount required. The report was of, a quantity of routine business having been erdisposed, vil the prooeedillgs termis►eted pa the usual Highnessu BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. We published on Monday an - abstract of the • Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the year 1852; and it will be interesting to compare the facts which it states with those of previous years. Taking marriages first—and dividing them into those celebrated ac cording to the rites of the Established Church, and those otherwise performed —we find that the sta- tistics of 1852, and the four.preeeding years, are as ' follows: Established Church. Otherwise. Total. 1848 121,469 16,761 138,280 1849 112330,918532 18,701 141,883 1850 21,785 152,738 • 1851 130,958 23 ,248 154,206 1852 133,882 24,900 158,782 It will be observed that, of the whole increase in the last year, amounting to 4,576, very nearly 3,000 are due to marriages included in the first ' column. Between 1850 and 1851, these had scarcely increased at all-the whole difference between sult may, forth i a n g g t r b e e ga s t e e e s en o d f t e h e e lu t m w n o ;yaenards thisbein g re ac co u n ted perhaps,cres a in c hold which the Church possesses on be taken as some evidence of the in ' the affections of the people. The number of Roman Catholic marriages has risen from 3,658- its total in the first year of the series-to 7,459 ; and that of marriages in registered places of won. ship belonging to other Christian denominations, e fr o o u m rse B : 00 small,to 10,017. The returns from Quakers and Jews which are separately entered, are, of but the e latter numbers show havea tendencyb n Quaker marr i ages, 67, 53, 69, 65, 57; and Jewish, 186, 229, 260 , and 247. The number of mar riages pe r f ormed in the Superintendent-Regis -1851, and to 7,100 i n 1852 ; trar's office rose f rom 4,920 in 1848 to 6,813 in ee to increase. Tn e stillinw attentionhoxcche e t dt b oi e n s g e tly a e r de viffe fo rye u re n u d et;L i:;a r d r ed i i o ni t us as h i e ryt d p y is ro fea t a rr ert :ts r c ;a hle n z s it although there a re counties in England comprising. populations th ree or f our times as large as that of Devonshire, yet, in ea c h o f the four most recent years, a greater number of civil unions had taken place in the last-mentioned district than in any other in England and Wa:es. In Lancashire, which has more than two millions of inhabit a nts, the total number of marri ages so per f ormed during the four years was only 1,716 ; while in Devon shire, with a population of less than 600,000, the corresponding total was 1,911. A slight change has since taken place, the additions made during the year 1852 being, to the former county 605, and to the latter 580. We are unable satisfactorily to account. for the peculiarity, audit is almoit equally. surprising to find that in some other parts of the country-as Cheshire, for example, where it might have been anticipated that the services of theSu perintendeut-Registrar would have been not unac ceptable to a considerable portion of the population -marriages are, with' hardly au exception, cele brated with the religious solemnities approved by one denomination of Christians or another. Considerable progress appears to have been made towards ascertaining and recording the ages and previous conditions of the persons married during the year. In the report for 1851-the first in which any classification of the kind was attempted-these particulars were given as to 56,347 cases out of 154,206 ; and for 1852, they are furnished as to 83,124 couples out of the total, 158,782. Twenty three females became wives before attaining 16 years of age, and the number annually married gradually increases till the period between 20 and 25 is reached. During those five years, 41,245 women-or one-half of the whole number whose ages were ascertained-appear to have found their husbands ; and the proportion assignable to the quinquennial intervals then diminishes rapidly, end ing with " one" between 75 and 80, and "one" still more antiquated bride, who ranks as " 80 and upwards." Tho lowest age at which any individual of the male sex entered into the contract appears to have been 16, and two instances are recorded in which precocious youths availed themselves at that early period of their legal capacity ; but instances of marriage under 20 are exceedingly rare. The following period of five years accounts for 38,000 -nearly half of the whole number of males ; but even at the advanced age of 80, five widowers con tracted new alliances. The favourite quarter for marriages, taking the aggregate furnished by the whole country, is still the last of the year, while the first is in great disfavour. The actual numbers are, for the first quarter of 1852, 32,977 ; for the second, 40,092 ; for the third, •38,400 ; and for the fourth, 47,313-an amount almost half as large again as the return for the first. There are, how ever, the same local peculiarities which have been observed in former reports. In the metropolitan districts, the third quarter has, for the last five years, been most popular, but appears to be gra dually yielding to the first. The only other ex ception to the general rule is found in the returns from the northern counties ; but from comparison with previous reports, it appears to have been an accidental irregularity. The information furnished as to the number of persons able-perhaps it would be more correct to say, willing and able-- to sign their names in the marriage registers, gives little indication of the advance of eduction. In 1848, 43,166 men, and 62,771 women, out of 138,230 who were married, signed with marks ; and in 1852, the proportions were, of the former 48,421, and of the latter 70,772, out of 158,782. The number of cases in which both parties signed ith marks has risen during the same period from, 32,974 to 30,636. The contrast between the me tropolis and the north-western manufacturing dis tricts is creditable to the former, for the aggregate of marriages happens to be nearly the same ; but in the south, only 3,468 men and 5,989 women, in the north 9,027 men and 15,981 women-sixty per cent. of the total number married-testified their assent in the primitive fashion. The total number of births in each of the five years has been as follows :-In 1848, 563,059 ; in 1849, 578,159-; in 1850, 593,422; in 1851, 615,865 ; and in 1852, 623,990. Of the numlier last men tioned, 319,036 were males, and 304,954 females. It is somewhat singular that the very considerable increase in the number of births which took place in the last year was most unequally distributed ; and it will be seen, front the figures which follow, that in the returns for one quarter there is actually a,diminution 1851. 1852. First quarter Second ditto Third ditto 150.594 Fourth ditto In the London division, the return for the first quarter has, in each year of the series, been the largest; and in the colui try districts, the maximum is always found to have been attained in one or other of the two earlier quarters, but not very un frequently in the second. The number of illegiti mate births in 1852 was 42,491 ; and the proportion to the aggregate—exactly the same as that of the three preceding years—was that of 68 to 1,000, or about one in 14.7. The increase under this head. in 1851 was 491, and it may be observed that of this addition, 335 are due to the first quarter, 88 to the second, and 77 to the fourth ; whiie in the third quarter there is a diminution of nine. The county of Norfolk appears to be, as in former years, distinguished by the largest proportion of illegiti mate births, and it is, we believe, the only one in which that proportion exceeds 10 per cent. In the metropolitan districts it is not 4 per cent., and in Lancashire but little above the general average, as deduced from the retu rns o f t h e ki ngdom at large. The bee n n u a m s b f e o r ll o o f w d s e : allis n 18 ine 4 a 8 e1 , 1 year of the seri es 4 1 10 5 ,853 ' 399,800 ; in 1849 in 1850, 368,936 ; in 1851, 395,174; a n d in 1852, 407,138. It will be seen that the remark ably low mortality of 1850 was alone almost suffi cient to restore the average disturbed by the visita tion of Asiatic cholera in 1849—in other words, that the disease, for the most part, carried off those whose lives would probably have been terminated before long by natural causes. The return for the first quarter has been, in each year not marked by any extraordinary calamity, very considerably the largest ; and in 1848, 1850, and 1851, the return for the third quarter was the Brical lest. In 1852, however, a change took place, due apparently to some cause which greatly increased the mortality of the autumn quarter without similarly affecting that which followed. We have not the same means of accurately ascertainiug the ratio of mo rtality in 1852 as that which the Census of 1851 gave_ug for the retu rns o f th a t y ear ; but as the by 9h564, it in creased by 8,125, and the deaths i would appear that—except so fez as may bo kept up by immigration—the its Population of lli England and Wales decreased in the course of the latest year for which the Annual ponli Registrar-General has been Report of the presented to Parlia- menorning Chronicle. A GEOLOGICAL DISCIOVEUT.—On Friday forenoon, an itninen=e fossil tree was discovered in the Broomfield Freestone Quarry, the property of Bailie John David. sou, of Airdrie. At present there is only uncovered of the tree about 36 fees, and from the thickness at which it disappears in the adjacent rock, its entire length seems ugu re c h o t v !y ere d)t,,show adiameter of o exceed 50 teet.Thenrot lessots, than s six feetofarasth they are base of it runs to fully two feet in dia me t er. On atthhreee however, we l presume, must be whole of the side uncovered there appears to have been possibly psevera nuts in the broken oneoar b t r h a e nc t l e ie p s ;as T w h e es p e l..ekedu fruitfrag m o e f n t t h s i s o fgrioacokt, of whichthe early may have been-the which it was found is fully etofworriesatus.duTeihgewodeurpthhoodat t h r a e ve i loc e ted . tl N ge o e it . from the feet. The crowds that n 4 JOritiet , Arai/. THE SUN, LONDON, FR all all 100 all 10i 1.00 00 1.00 I 00 LO all all DAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1854