The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-28 00:00:00

AlONl4'ir MARKET AND Goam - B RCIA L INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TW 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday W ere estima.ted at from 7, 000 to 8,000 bales, in cludingl,3.oo American taken for export and on Veculation. The market continued tame, but steady, without change in prices. The sales cora -I)rised 700 Egyptian at sid. to 7 1 d . , 800 Surat at 2 • to 4d., 50 Sea Island at 11d. to Is. Id., and the „, remainder nearly all Am erican. Railwa y Shares were very dull and heavy. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 595. 2d. Per quarter, and the last week's sales were 85,984 quarters. The public sales of colonial wool commence Oct. 19 . Over 1;0,000 bales will probably be offered. The accounts to the 16th inst. from New York, Per steamer Baltic, have been delivered, and they confirm the intelligence received y esterda y per telegraph, that money was rather easier; although With specie coming away in such a stream, it is I 'ot probable there will be a permanent cheapening of 'discounts for the present. The crop question still engrossed much attention, and in aggravation of the Previous difficulty in the destruction of the rice Plantations on the rivers, Combabee, Ashley Cooper, and Savannah, by a violent storm. Large sales of rice were made at New York in consequence, at advanced rates. From Mexico, the advices are not of importance) and it is difficult to understand whether the revo lution is making head, or the reverse. The unfor tunate prisoners on both sides had, in several in stances, been executed. The Venezuela accounts are still unsatisfactory. President Monagas, however, appeared to be getting the ascendancy. In New Grenada the authorities appear likewise to be stronger. The railway was progressing satisfactorily. At Belize, Ronduras, on the 10th August, a conflagration destroyed the business part of the town, involving 100 buildings and half a million of dollars. The Bolivian Government intended to forward 4,000 bauskets and 6 pieces of artillery, with munitions, and 300 horses, to General Castilla, who is op- Posing the President of Peru. At the meeting of shareholders in the Wheal Prosper Mine, held this morning, it was stated that the prospects were exceedingly favourable, and a Small " call" was made to prosecute the under taking. The New Linares Mining and Smelting Company in its r e p o rt to the meeting he ld this day, states that two new steam engines are now completed and on the mines. The assets are 12,0521. 15s. 10d., and the liabilities 1,8691. 19s. 4d. The supplies of bullion from abroad have so far increased this week, that there must be a large ?surplus available to be paid into the Bank of Eng land. From the United States alone between 40 0,0001. and 500,0001. have been received, part undoubtedly in transittc to the Continent ; but the -Eagle has also arrived from Melbourne, with 350,000 i. on board, and the bulk of this, pro bably, is for account of English merchants. At nianchester the dullness of the Indian and Australian trades is complained of, and another Inman failure, the London Vale Printing Company, is announced. In insurance circles some sensation has been created by the announcement that Sir John Key, the new Chamberlain, is going to bring the insur ance business of the City of London to the Mutual, 'whereas for a long series of years it had been al lotted exclusively to the London Life. The market for English Stock has been quiet again, with prices generally firm, but not buoyant. Money is still in request among the jobbers at full rates, the settlement of the account in the English and Foreign markets having an influence. Consols have been 95 to 95 i f or transfer, and 951 for ac count. Exchequer Bills have been a shade lower, 6 3. to Os. premium. The Bonds have realised 99i. In the foreign market there is still a degree of heaviness, mainly arising from the paucity of the transactions. Mexican Stock has been at 24,i, and Chilian 3 per cents. have been done at 751. The Old Brazilian Bonds have been marked at 101 ; Spanish Threes have been quoted 38 ; the. Tur kish Scrip is 21 to 21 premium ; Dutch 2i per Cents. are at 52. , The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexican, 241 to 25 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese, 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., ¶'B to 100 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 87 to 89; Spanisk New Deferred, 183. to 181 ; ditto 3 per Cent:4., 37i to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The railway traffic retrtrns for the half year, taking the eleven weeks completed, are generally larger than at the corresponding date of 1853, even where no addition has been made to the mileage The following gives the principal figures :- 1854. Aberdeen ............................ 222,784 Bristol and Exeter ............. 66,777 Chester and Holyhead (with Mold) 68,677 Eastern Counties, Norfolk and Eastern Union Great Nrthern Gt. Soutuern & Western (Ireland) 64,911 80,731 Great Western Lancashire and Yorkshire London and North-Western London and Blackwall 20,211 18,660 London, Brighton, and S. Coast 188,233 175,679 London and South-Western 1 73 ,057 296,057 190,,0101 60 Midland North British (includ. Dalkeith) 56,803 52 25,,06 0 ford, Worcester, and Wolverh. 38 , 071 113 4 South-Eastern South Wales 61,153 46,298 Special allowance must in some cases be made for changes that have been made in the form of the accounts and the receipts of one or two amalga mated or leased lines. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern .................. 19, 492 20,137 Caledonian ......................... .... 11,766 11,047 Gre a t Northern ......................... 22,077 20,040 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... 20,933 19,929 North-Eastern ........................ 33,600 30,852 The settlement of the account in the Railway Share market is producing the customary fluctua tion. The Great Western have improied a little since the commencement of business, but there is a decline in most of the other shares, and the " con tango," or charge for allowing parties to defer their purchases until next account being so high, has induced sales. The business doing is not of im portance. South-Eastern are flatter, and also Midland, Caledonian, and North-Western. The foreign lines are neglected. In the Colonial and other mines there have been a few bargains at about the former quotations. The Joint Stock Banks have been flatter, Crystal Palace steady, and Canada Government Debentures rather lower. 1853. 221,015 59,681 70,114 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( From the Oeficial Lie.) Ba~iness done. 3 per Cont. Consols Annu i t ies i 6th Jan., 1860 93} $ • Long Annuities , Exp ir® 1860 4 9-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. , Bank Stock ....••••••••• 2li 13 Ditto for the Accoun t 95 Console for Account 17th Oct. ............. Ex f. chequer Bills, 21d. 6 9 5 8 p 1000 . 2500 ....... . . ............................... 6 6 9 9 5 5 p p Small Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent 991 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY — . Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl. Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent . • 96} Chilian Bonds 6 per eent.. ....... . Ditto 3 per 'Cent .......................... 753 Greekßonds, Red. .............................. Ditto, Blue ................................... 54 Mexican 3 per Cent. ..................... . 24 1 PeruVian Bonds, 4i p er Cent. .... 71 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. .............. . ........ •Ditto Converted, 5 per Cent., 181.1 ..• 434 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ..... 38 Ditto Passive (Converted)., ............... 4/ Turkish scrip 2i Ditto for the Accou n t ......... . ............ 3 p Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 24 per Ceut. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil .., — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK, Console 95 Ditto October Accourit .........st".“ 95a I SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) LWAYS. losing Prices this lay. Bus th in is ea d s a il y o . ne 15 0..... 21 - 221 4i - 4i ...... ••• - 9 12 —ll d - 7 1 7 -- 6 95 - 97 61 -61 i i&' - 16 le 12 ...... ••• ''.... ••• -- • • • 3 Ici 7 -7, 16 - 17 11i-- 11, , • 66 - 68 57 - §9 22 -. 24 r - •• -87 i 6S - iU L 24 -12 U 90 - 92 11 72 '0 - 73 - 85 8 -10 8 - 0 71 - 71 ~ - ...~. 8 - i 1) 1 d par a 82 9 - 81 8 - 7 d 24 —25 a 6i 70 40 - 42 I d pc 8i 76 2/1 2i 5i 6i 49 bl 3i 3i 32 ... 33 g 10 11 -- 1 64 74, 77 -- 7 . 8 1 6 ola Std 14i 15 61 - 55 - 54 55 1 p Ad 41 —31 d 6A -- 7 d P 32 - 34 ••• 97 99 61 64 74 I 34 3}a 13 - 63i i - 35 - 37 .40 ...' e, 19 41. - 4 24- 96 4 - 5 6i - 7A 61 - 7 - li 4 - 3 d-ip - 2 -32 j 3 1P 1 d - 7a ei . - • •• 9 - 7d 9 7d iP 161 —17 i Ips; 2 ld • par 0 - iP 2 4P e• .. ••' 21 - 2 i 2t - 3 1 - par --- i p • •• '''''" • ••• .."' • ••• ... ~ 7 - 3~ : 34, 121 -- 12 - ii lo 19 19ip ;18 50 38 40 Inn iii 23; par z Ip d - it Si ... -- ... -- pm it 1-- . - 6ip ... - A - 17 BANKS• 82 • -- e 4 '1 291 314 3 21 d 21i - 22 38 = io 42 - 44 ... 44 - 46 67 - 69 7i - 8i 231 /M IN 104 102 pal BRITISH R RAILwAts.. Paid.l .00 kberdecu ...... 8i kinbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... all ilelfast & all ilirming. Wolvern' Stour ...... ?.9. 1 2 Birkenlid. Lancsb. Cheshire Juuct ...... all Do. Chcsh. & Birk., .£5O and £25 Cons . 19 Do., £20... ..... 30 Myth SLTyneoriginal £25 (issd. at .£45, 100 Bristol and Emetcr... ioo 'Caledonian ...• 21s. Cat marthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon !, all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 1A Crieff Junction 45 Dublindrßelfa.stJune all Dundee Perth &Aber Junction all Do. New. .... 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties [OO Eastern Union, A Stock 10(. De., B. Stock . 8?. Do., Now A .00 f , ;ast Lancashire .00 Edinburgh& Glasgov 9.:, Edinb. and Peebles .00 Edin.Prib &Dunde, 1 Forth & Clyde June. .00 Glasgow &S. Weston .00 treat Northern .00 Do., A. Stock .00 Do., B. Stock .00 Sth. &West.(lre. 00 Great Western .00 D.). Stour Val. Rai: Gua. Stk.. all Irish South-Easter) all Lancaster & Carlisi. 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds Lancash.audYorksi 18: Do., Fifths 11l D3.,-Wst. Riding Ui all Liv.Crshy.&Soutlipt all London & Blaekwai 100 Loud. Bright &S.Csi LOU Loud. and N. Web 12 Do. Fifths Do.lo/. SU ,M&B ' 2!, Do. Eighths 100 Loudon and S. West. 42 Do., £su 34 Do., £4O all ..ndudrry& Coleraine all 'Altidrry. & Ennisk WO tlaucli.Shef.& Linch 4; Mau. &, Lin. 1.00 Midland 100 , o. Dirmng. & all Cal& G. West. (Irv.) 22 00. Half Shares till Ycwcastle & Carlisle gevriukt,Bury Eiden, 19 gwpt.Aberg. &M.N. S Vewry & Enniskillei all iewry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor .00 Norfolk 3: Nortlin.Counties Un. .00 north British all North Devon, No. 1 all )0., No. 2 all 10., i A Deferred all ,)0., B Guarantee , Eastern—Berwick 20 lio. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. LeAs ......... 100 Do. York all North London Do. New £lO 11 . 1 k NT . &S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn., 17 F , North Staffordshire all North Western all N.& S. Westi n. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth 100 icottish Central 100 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Nereid all Shropshire Union A, B, C,& D,full paid up at per cell , all .outh Devon 100 4outh Eastern all iouth Wales 'l5 4. Yrksh. & Itiv. Dui 5 Do 8 +taines, Wok & \Vol, all tockton & Darlins 16: itockton & Hartlei)) Wt) raft' Vale 9 )o. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Mama Haven Docl and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkona all Waterford&Limerici 16 West Cornwall 3 West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace all West Loudon gla Winlhledn &Croydo, all Nntwerp &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastu. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessa.c 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip, 'Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 liutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do Extension all Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., 70, do 10 •d. Juuct. of France 10 (Id. Tk of Canada.A. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. ......... all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c. do, 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peuilisula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Canada Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 . all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Do. do., '73, withou option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. S Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof 10 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations . 10 Lyons and Genova 12 Lyons & Mediterran 131 Madras 2 Do. New 31.! A Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 \lelbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do .20/. Shs.late Char. leroi and Erqwlinek gnu . . 3 p. c. & red. at 22V. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr. (fruy.B.&Ams.Shs., all NorwegianTrunkPre' 14 Paris and Lyons., all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans— all Paris and Rouen 10 PariaCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 15 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 10 Southern of France. 12 St.' Andrew's and Quebec (A) . all West kelanams all Do 5 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 11 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 7O Zealand .1 OINT-S' all (Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd, Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & China 25 ijolouial 20 Commercial of Loud 14 English Scottish and Australian all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England.... 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 21 Do. New ;.0 17Alo of lemadon. , „, 25 50 St. 50 St. 10 St. 25 10 5 20 20 20 20 20 20 THE'PSUNI LONDION, THURSDAY EVENING,''SEPTEMBER 28, 1854. CITY OF PIIILADELPBIA. Leasing losims PrlCCFgosineas Stir Paid. RAILWAYS. Com p a ns. this day. this day. 50 all . 3cdford and London & Bletebley N. \Vest ••• St. 100 Buckgli ams h. L.&N.W. 95 100 98 St. 10 ClydesdaleJc. Jaledon N 100 St. 100 E. Lincolngr. 25 all Gfli asp.erpacerurt: w rit. d N o r nia. tlin n . 139 1 41 . Neils. Direct 25 all Do. Do . . ••• 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. West~: 27 29 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. Si irk. New. Railway .. .. & Borw• ••• •" 50 all Hull & Selby V. &N 100 102 102 25 all Do. Shares. Do 5O 51 12i all Do. Shares. Do 25 25i 12i all Lon.&Greenw S. Easterr' 12i 1 2 3 4 6 20 all Do•Preferenee Do 23 10 all Lou.,Til.,&;S. Pete &Co lll 111 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. tOO Do. 6 per ct. .•. 56 all stanch. Bxtn. and Matlock & Midid. 2i 2ixd 50 all Slicldlesbro' & 3tckton & Redcar. Darling,t. 10( all Stidld.Bra.did Aidland 92 94 50 all Northern and E as t er nsp.c. E. Count. 58 ._ 60 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds p Do 25 all Prest. & Wyr• L. &Ln&Yk 12i all Do. 6 Shares. D 0... — St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthil 136 139 25 113 Shef.Roth P ( • (Annuli& Gooleg.sp.c. Yorksh. 12 9 3. Statiordsb. A.MCleab 2t 50 all Wear Valleygi 4tockt. & 6 per Darlingt 31 301 25 all Do Do 30 St. 100 Wilts&Souirsl GtWestn. 94 -- 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. t. ,1.00 Aberdeen 00 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 30 BlythandTynelOpei c. pref. (issd. at 501 00 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 00 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhear Guar. 54 per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all cork &Bandons po all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (£3 lOs 6 per cent all Do. (.£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. all Do. No. 2 all Po. New 6 p. c. all Eastern Union, Snit Guar. 6 per cent... all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent_ iOO East Lancash. 6 p.ett, all East and West York - shire June. Fifths all EdiubPrth.&Dund. 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent... 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c. Rodoem., at 10 p. c. 100 Do, 4 p. e. 86 Gt. N . -of Scot. Ist Fret all Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cox. red. 4 4 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 p.c. all Do. Birm. Prof. all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. e. d 0... 1.0 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Chcs. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do all Do, do. do. 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. o : 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. ct. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler Shares 'ill Loudy. & Ennie.4 Sh. all Man., Shef., & Lin.. Shares, No. 1. ... all Do. New, £lO 4!, Do. £6 , all 4arypt.&Carl.4 p c all Do. 44 per cent. 10? Do 100 Mid. Cousol .6 p.e.St, 100 • bo, Cousol. Bristol &I Birm. 6 per cent.... 114 Do. Pref. 44 per cen' 8 Norfolk Debenture . WO Do. Prof. 4p. o. Stocl, . 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat . 100 54 per et. prof 100 Coo. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British . 100 Y. E. Borw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l 4 9 Do. do. Quarters '45 10 • )o.Y oil: /I.& = r. all North Staffordshire. , 100 )xford,Worcesteraz Wolverli.£ls, 6 p.c. 8 all 'cot. Cent. , New Frei .10 10 Do. 5 per cent 25 all South Devon 10 14 )0 , . fixed, 44 per cent .0 6 all 3. Eastern (Rcadiu,:. Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4A pet cent all 4. Ynrksh.4p.e.Guar all 3 W. des Guy. 4p. c. 16 41 Do. {Jo. 44 p. c.... all 4tockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do all 4toekton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. i : itio 34 -- 3 i 44 -- 6 r 1 -- 14 l3i 1311 1, 22 - 24 ... ...xd 114 116 106 - 108 100 - 102 6 64 99 101 90 92 93 95 11 11 17 18 11 14 74 76 19i 01 - 14 — l9 it Id 137 139 ••• .".. N. 21 - 21 p 7 - S 10 - 12 7i - 8i 11t - 12 - iP 137 139 1 Fd -90 •103 - 106 92 -94 3f - 3i i -- D 111 - 113 12 14 I par e 23 —23 i 99 101 17 19 'i Z ral 91i st. 711 i 21 li 25 Za St. 20 St. 701 11 I 11 103 3! 101 5 7 ; 6 10 69iiii 1 st. st. 5 I St. 33 10 6, St. St. St. 8 65 4 1 all 1 all 10s. all 20 6 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 5 1 it, all 15 all 5 I all 2 i :O all 1 all 38 all 1 all 3 all 1 all 10 9 1 all 1 all 1 all ',O all 5 1 I , all ;0 all .5 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 6 all 5 17 9 6 LO all i 10 5 i 0 i 40 . 6 I 1 0132 It. 100 5 all 4 all 6 20 1 all L 5 14 30 all !O 10 l 0 10 10 all 1 all LO 5 2 1 MINES. Apia Fria .... .I.nglo Austria. Gold inglu Californian kustralian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria liaden (Gd.Dachy of Blsenarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at i!5 pm Do. Comes Et Culads Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Clarend , n Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cont. Copiapo . English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. Fortuna General.. Gt.NuggetVeinfteg. Great Polgooth . • Liberty Linares Niariquita Stexican&S.Amerien. New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock tthymney Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft .., ..... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa i. Worthing Mining oi Australia Yuba MISCEL] i - li • 1 - 1 i - 1 i - i k 7- S - 8i 8 - 3i 4 - 2 27 - 29 42 - 44 52 - 2 - 4p 12 - 14 - 2 - i t i - i 2 9 6 1 6i - 15 3 / 4 -- 16, 22- A 4 6 - 8 4i - & I 7 - 3 1 3 - 3i i - i 'EMS 'AulDin Coal and Iron kustralian Agricult. Austral an. Pelle. Mai i Australis. Royal Mail Berlin Water Virorks I Brit. American Land lirit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July k2rystal Palace ,;rystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam ElectrieTelegraph(A) Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steal)! Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena , t3t. Navin. 51editeran. Elec. Tel. Nat. Pat. Steam Fue, Netherlands Laud , N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian._ 121 Nrth. of BuropeStean , !11l Peel Rr. Ld. & Mimi. all Peninsular& Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... all Scot. Austral. Invest. 2 2,1 all South Austral. Land 35 37 all ~. - Omar. Telegraph.. i 1 all Go. Registered. t. -- 1 244 Yea Diemelt Paad pi 4E. ai ••• --- ••• 42 - 43 .•• - ..• 65 - 70 a . ••• - 103 110 - 111 21 - 2i 16 -- 17" . i - ••• - li • • • •••••• • • • I ".'" i ii =- i' 2 -- 2ixd A:J. tti irb •V‘•,' ttto it SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) RUTLA ND STAKES. Nina colt Tynemouth 2 Nina colt was objected to for crossing, but it was overruled. Six ran. SEVENTH TRIENNIAL STAKES. Rifleman Bonnie Morn Seven ran. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Sharavogue Ilex SWEEPSTAKES. Crown Pigeon Guy Mannering LATEST BETTING. TRIENNIAL STAKES. 6to 4on Bonnie Morn. 2 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken). 10 to 1 agst any other. CESAREWITCH. 6to 1 agst Muscovite. 30 to 1 agst Poodle. 50 to 1‘ agst Ethelwolf. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 16 to 1 agst Alembic. 20 to 1 apt Burlington. NORTITALLERTON RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TE'LEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Courtenay Snowdon Dunhill Bourgeois Nine ran TWO•YEAR•OLD STAKES. Jack Sheppardl Rylstone NORTH RIDING HANDICAP. BraxAy La Belle Maid of Tees Eight ran. Won easy BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DA Y.) Mr. Commissioner Holroyd was the commissioner of the day, but was engaged during the morning at a private meeting. IN RE EDWARD SPASEIETT. This bankrupt was described as of Northbury•house, Hart-street, Barking, mast and block maker, and to-day was appointed for consideiation of his certificate. There was no discussion, and his Honour granted an immediate certificate of the second class. EXTENSIVE FAILURE OF AN EAST INDIA MERCHANT.- IN RE W. CROLE, JUN. An adjudication in bankruptcy has been made in the case of this bankrupt, described as of Rood-lane, City, East India merchant. The debts are stated at about 16,000/., And in the event of the returns on consignment to the East Indies proving favourable, there will be a large dividend. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Se,a. 28,1854, made up Engl an d Reurns of the In-pectors in the differeat Cities and Towns i and Wale per Imperial Quarter. wuzAT. BARLEY. OATS. .Ts. BEANS. I PEAS. 531 21 29s 2.1 24s 71 34s Ild 424 91 I 37s 31 I THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHT. i BAILEY. I OATS. I RTE. REARS. PEAS. 59s EA 21 31s bd 27s Od 38a 5d 4 46s 81 i34s 81 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. YEAS. Is Od is Od is 01 is 01 Is Od Is 01 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEE. Wheat, 85,934; Barley, 6,919 ; Oats,Rye, 543 ; K Beans, 1,595; Peas. 833 qua3rBters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10a to 4/ lOs ; clover litto, 3 1 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 12s per load. Trade dull. CWIIIERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ Zi to 41 15s ; clover .iitto, 31 Os to 51 16 1 .; and straw, 11 8s to 1/ Ns per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. WIIITICOHAPRL.—Meadow hay, 2/ .Os to 4t 10s; clover ditto. 3' Os to 6' 04 ; and straw. 1/ 6s to 1/ 124 per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—EaeII kind of meat was in moderate request, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Oil to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 48 Bil • Veal, 3s Oil to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4,1 to 48 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept. 27.—The supplies of each kind of stock were very moderate, and a steady business was transacted, se follows : —Beef, from 3s 4(1 to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5A 01 ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s Od. ; Pork, 38 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROM FORD, Sept. 27.—We had a very firm market to-day, and prices were on the advance. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od. ; Mutton, 3s 4dto 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 41; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. • ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The inhabitants of this port were startled this morning by the intelligence that the fine new screw steamer City of Philadelphia, Captain Leitch, which sailed from this port for the town after which she is named on the 30th ult., had been lost off Cape Race on the 9th inst. On inquiry it was discovered to be too true. The news reached this port by the schooner Venus, Captain Bart lett, which arrived in the Mersey last night, from' St. John's, N. 8., after a very fine run of thirteen days, having left on the 13th inst. The following particulars we find in the St. John's Express of the 12th inst. : "We regret having to announce that the fine new screw steamer, City of Philadelphia, Captain Leitch, of 2,100 tons, was stranded at Chance Cove, about 74 miles north of Cape Race, on Thursday night last. This steamer, built for the Liverpool and Philadelphia line, was on her first voyage, and was only eight days and a few hours out from Liverpool, with a valuable cargo and 540 passengers. She was proceeding under full pressure of steam, at the rate of between nine and ten miles an hour, when shortly after eleven o'clock, the night being very dark, with heavy rain, she struck on Cape Race, and being backed off she was run into Chance Cove, the only place in the vicinity, and where she now lies in three fathoms water. She leaked so badly, that by the time she ran aground at Chance Cove the water had extinguished the fire in the furnaces. Providentially no lives were lost, and as soon as the daylight enabled them to see about them, the passengers were landed and tents pitched, where they remained until Saturday morning, when the Telegraph Company's ►steamer Victory, coming in from the westward, ran in to their assistance, and brought about half the passengers on to this port, and having landed them on Sunday morning, returned fur the remainder, with whom she arrived yesterday morning. She left last night with a number of persons on board, with the view of rendering every possible assistance in endeavouring to save the vessel and cargo. On Sunday a party of military, under command of Lieutenant Law, was despatched for the protection of property. The passengers have been pro vided with lodgings by Messrs. Brooking, Lloyd's ageets, who have also chartered some sailing ♦essels, and despatched them for the passengers' luggage. We understand that the City of Philadelphia cost about 0,000/., and that the value of her cargo is about an equal s.um. She was built in compartments, but the concus sion when she struek was so violent that the bulk-heads were started and rendered useless. The agent■ for Lloyd's have been prompt and un ceasing in their attention to the important duties apper taining to their responsible office, and it is pleasing to learn that everythii,g possible has been effected, not only in reference to the vessel and cargo, but fur the comfort of passengers, who, with the greater part of the luggage, have been conveyed here. The unfortunate passengers, on reaching St. John's, N. 8., bore testimony (as will be seen by the following letter) to the energy and skill possessed by the com mander, Mr. Robert Leitch. " Dear Sir—We, the undersigned passengers by the s.s. City of Philadelphia, desirous of expressing our ap preciation of your conduct and confidence in your abili ties, take this opportunity of rendering our heartfelt thanks and deep obligations for the judgment and skill shown during our late misfortune, and consider that our providential •od almost miraculous preservation is to be attributed (under God's blessing) to the presence of mind and energy manifested by you during the most trying period. We also desire to acknowledge the exer tions of the officers under your command." The agents at Liverpool (Messrs. Richardson, Brothers, and Co., of Tower-buildings) have received the following communication from Captain Leitch, written at St. John's, N.B. :—" It is my painful duty to record the loss of the City of Philadelphia.. She struck on Cape Race, on the night of the 7th, at 11.15 p.m., in a fog. After sounding outside of the ship and in the hold, backed off immediately. Finding the ship making much water, kept her close to shore, and made the best of our way north, in order to reach this place if possible ; but the water gaining so fast I was obliged to lay her on the beach in Chance Cove, about six miles north of the Cape, fortunately a sandy beach, where we succeeded in landing all the passengers safely. I have obtained from here, and have on board of asmall steamer, diving dresses, pumps, engines (fire), &c., for doing all I can to get the ship afloat again. I sent one of the officers down, who states that the extent of da mage is very small, so that with a diving apparatus we may be able to stop the leak." The announcement in the Liverpool Underwriters' Room, from St. John's, 12th, adds to the above :—" The weather has been rough the last day or two, and it is feared the vessel will suffer severely. She was only eight days eight hours from Liverpool to Cape Race." The City of Philadelphia is the second steamer belong ing to the same company which has been unfortunate during the present year—the first, the City of Glasgow (whose place on the line she was destined to fill), having sailed from this port on the first of March, and not hav ing since been heard of. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Sept. 28.—Wind this day at Noon, E.S.E. to S.S.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine clear, dry weather. RAMSGATE, Sept. 27.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Comet, for Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Tem perante, from Brevig ; Harmony, Christiania, and sailed for Southampton ; Haai.et (Finmark), for Messina, having lost jibboom, fore and main topsails, rigging, ikc., on the 18th Sept.; H.M.S. Miranda, from the White Sea. Sailed—Gold Digger, for Penang ; Fairy, Malaga. FALMOUTH, Sept. 26.—Wind, E. Arrived—Janus, from Dram ; Rapid, London, for Faro. Sailed—Mary, Hull ; Elizabeth, Rio Janeiro ; Norge, Gloucester. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind, E. to S.W. Arrived — James, from Rotterdam ; Hercules, Dantzic ; Orythea, Sunderland, for Carthagena, to stop a leak ; G. Withall, Bristol- for Gothenburg. Sailed—Star of the West, for the Mauritius. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind, E. Arrived —Mercury, from London, for Leghorn, with trifling damage. BRISTOL, Sept. 27.—Wind, E. Arrived—Cape Range, from Quebec. Sailed—Petrel, for Now York. SHIELDS, Sept. 27. —Wind, W. Arrived—Graf v. Burlo Ir, from New York ' • Woipper, Girgenti ; Gesina, Naples ; Frederick Wielheltn, Neustadt ; Charlotte Hage, Copenhagen ; Union, Bergen. Sailed—Expert, for Constantinople ; Louise, Trieste. POOLE, Sept. 27.—Wind, E. Arrived--Isabella, from Sicily. FLEETWOOD, Sept. 27.—Sailed—Granville Bay, for Dalhousie. SWANSEA, Sept. 27.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Vesper, for Messina ; Julia, Bordeaux. NEWPORT, Sept. 27.—Arrived Maria Eliza, from Havre; Clengela, Bristol, both for Rio Janeiro ; Eluerea, Bristol, for Cape de Verde. Sailed—Jane, for St. Thomas ; Corinth, Marseilles ; Child Harold, Aden ; Ave, New York. HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 27.—Arrived—Conqueror, from Hamburgh. DUNDEE, Sept. 24.—Arrived—Industrie, Archangel. (PEA ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 11 a.m. Wind S., light breeze, and fine. Arrived—Tiger, from Quebec ; Chebticto, Halifax. Off—Sophia and Blanch, from Halifax ; Eagle, from Melbourne, with 335,000/. Sailed—Carntyne, for Melbourne ; Lady Russell, New Orleans ; Wellington, Kong Kong ; Bozawilla, Hamburg ; Teal, River Plate ; N. S. de las Victorias, Havannah; Sir William Molesworth, Havre. (Br SIIEMARINI AND =ROMAN TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.47 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide 5i hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived—Soho (s.), from Havre; Rainbow (6.), Rotter dam; Baron Oaf (s.), Antwerp ; Lord John Russe (•), Rotterdam ; Earl Auckland, Rotterdam ; Leon, Grave- Sailed—William Jolliffe, steamer, for Boulogne ; Ocean, steamer, Havre. DEAL, Thursday, 10.9 a.m. Wind, S.S.E., light, and fine. Passed.—Slater 'Lebow, from London for Malta ; Mari ner, London, Sierra Leone ; Herefordshire, transport, and Belgravia, 105 transport, Cherbourg , London ; Wilhelmina, Newcastle, Lisbon ; Mathilde, Memel, St. "I:Tbe's ; Alphea, Kertch, Hull; H.M.S. Viper, from the river, westward; City of Glasgow, London, Glasgow. The Russian ship Auguste, Capt. Fierke, from London for Cardiff, missed stays, got entangled near the main, at the South Foreland : assisted off with slipping an anchor, 60 fathoms of chain, and two hawsers, and is being sup plied from here. THE CZAR'S WORST FEAR.—We consider the occupa tion of the Crimea is nothing to another invasion of Russia which must take place—and that when the war is over. We may pitch shot and shell into Sebastopol, and throw French and English troops upon the town and fortress ; but what is that to turning loose some thousands of heads, primed and loaded with liberal no tions, on Russian soil! This we shall do in sending back the prisoners whom we have taken from the enemy, in structed and educated by their sojourn in England--im bued with the ideas of freemen. What will Nicholas do to avert this blow ? No quarantine will purify men from liberalism ; will he order the vessel that shall con vey them to their native country to be scuttled and sunk, or command that they shall all be hanged or shot ? Really, in the event of a peace, the best thing for the Russian prisoners to do will be to remain where they are : they will have learned too much to be suffered to aistamog their coutrmull th! Czar.. Fund,. LOSS OF THE LOSS OF THE SHENANDOAH. The ship Shenandoah, Captain Miller, bound to New York from Liverpool, was caught in the gale of the 10th instant, and so much crippled that the captain and crew had to abandon her to save their lives. They were taken off the wreck on the evening of the next day by the barque Brilliant. Captain Miller, which arrived at port yesterday. The chief mate of the Shenan: doah was unfortunately washed overboard in the height of the gale, which fortunat•-ly was the only loss of life that occurred. The following is the report of the captain of the Shenan , loah :—"The ship She nandoah left Liverpool on the 29th of July, loaded with coal, and bound to New York. All went on well till Sunday, the 10th inst., when in lat. 40 59, long. 67 43, hail a strong breeze from the eastward, which in creased to a gale towards night, with a very high sea. Took in the top-gallant sails, mizen-topsail, and main sail. At eight p.m. took two reefs in main and foretop sails. At eleven the w►nd increased to a hurricane, with heavy rain and lightning, and a most terrific high broken sea. In hauling up the foresail it blew away ;at the same time the maintopsail split t•) pieces, and the furled topgallantsails and jib blew away ; at 11.30 p.m., in a moat terrific squall, the ship broached to. The foretop sail and foretopmart staysail blew away. The cargo shifted to port, and laid the vessel on her beam ends. The foremast and mizenmast went by the deck, and the mainmast eight feet below the eyes of the lower rigging, the vessel shipping a most tremendous sea at the time, washing overboard the chief officer (who was not seen afterwards), the gig boat from the top of the hoUse forward, spare spars from the deck, bulwarks, fore and aft, on the port side, and stanchions from the poop to the gangway, splitting the covering board and waterways, breaking the poop skylight to pieces, filling the cabin half full of water, and washing away the after batches ; sounded the pumps and found four feet water in the well. Ten hands were immediately set to work at the pumps, the carpenter securing the hatches, and the remainder of the crew employed in clearing the wreck. At 330 a.m. got the wreck cleared away from alongside, the ship laying with the port covering hoards under water and the sea breaking over her in a fearful manner. The gale continued to blow furiously until noon, when it gradually moderated, the sea yet breaking fearfully on the lee deck, and the water gaining on the pumps ; got the main trysail set on the stump of the mainmast, which kept the ship's head to the sea. At noon on Tuesday had light winds and a high sea, the ship lying on her broadside, and the water washing into the hold tast. Held a consultation with the crew, when it was determined by them to leave the ship, there being not the slightest chance to save her, having no spars, and the vessel lying on her broadside, with seven feet of water in her hold. Got out the longboat and pinnace and provisions, and left the vessel at six p.m., in lat. 39 48, long. 70 24 ; the same night at nine fell in with the barque Brilliant, Captain P. Miller, who, with promptitude backed his yards and took us on board."— New York Tribune. PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The Banker's Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 2d of Sept., 1854, and gives the following as the average weekly cir culation of those banks during the past month, viz. : Private banks Joist-stock banks 2,853,911 Average weekly circulation £6,338,963 -- - On comparing the above with the returns for the pre ceding month, ending the sth of August last, it shows— A. decrease in the circulation of the private £55,440 banks of A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock 29,332 balls of Decrease on the month £114,772 and, as compared with the return for the corresponding period of last year, viz., Sept. 3, 1853, it shows A. decrease in the circulation of the private banks of A decrease in the circulati on of the j oint-stock banks of ................... 130,649 Decrease on tho year £321,701 On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : The privs.te banks are below their fixed issues 21,122,403 The joint-stock banks are below their fixed issues 471,946 Total below their fixed issues £1,594,349 ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOLS. —Yesterday the pupils belonging to the Orphan Working School, Haverstock hill, were examined in the presence of a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen. Mr. John Remington Mills took the chair on the occasion, and the examina tion was conducted by Messrs. Saundars, Fitch, and Alpass. 260 scholars belonging to the establishment, of whom about 180 are boys, occupied four rows of seats in front of the chair, and were examined in history, geo graphy, and arithmetic, in all of which branches of learning they displayed considerable proficiency. They also evinced an intimate knowledge of the Scriptures ; and the reading and writing were perfectly uuexception able. The questions were addressed to the pupils gene rally, and though, as a matter of course, the same amount of information was not possessed by every individual, yet the result showed that scarcely a single question was put that did not receive from some one amongst them a correct answer. The appearance and demeanour of the children were admirable, and, on the whole, the display I made by them was highly creditable to their instructors friardiaxui. TEE NEW BEER ACT. . Il_ T TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The new "Beer Act" appears to excite quite a sensation in the " trade ;" and well may it do so, con sidering that it has been smuggled through the House in such a disreputable way. And the case appears yet harder, if we take into consideration that the capital thereby affected is estimated at about 55,000,0001., or upwards—that the licensed victuallers pay enormous taxes ; they have their licenses to pay for, and I opine few escape the d ou bl e d i ncome t a x. Then, again, there is the duty on malt and spirits, and the continued sur veillance of the police. The fact that, on the one hand, they are bound to furnish refreshments to a traveller, or be indicted (Rex v. Hews, 7 c., and p. 219 ; and Rex v. Leuellin, 1 mod., 445), An action on the case also lies to recover compensation for any injury in con sequence .of such refusal (vide Hawthorn v. Ham mond, 1 c., and k. 407 ; Lane v. Cottam, 1 Salk., 18 Collin's Ca. G o db . 346 • Palm 376 ; 2 Rolls Reports, 345 ; Newton v. Trig' g, 1 Show 270). It has also been laid down that an innkeeper may be compelled by the constable of the town to receive and entertain a traveller as his guest (5 Ed. IV., 26 ; Dolt, cap. 7 ; 1 Show 268). The question then arises, Who is a guest ? The word gu es t i s d er i ved from the Saxon gest," which had the same meaning as the French "gist" or "gate," the interpretation of which is " a stage of rest in a journey," ono entertained in the house of another, a stranger. Again, as laid down by justice Bailey, in Thompson v. Lacy (3 B. and And. 286), an inn is defined to be " a house where the traveller is fur nished with everything which he has occasion for whilst on his way." This being the legal definition of the words "inn" and "guest," it really is a mystery to account for the very absurd decisions of our magistrates, particu larly if they would take into consideration the preamble to the Ist of James, chapter the 9th. On the other hand, if the publican unwittingly enter tains a person who is a stranger to him, and whom he really believes to be a traveller (though he may, by possi bility, be not so), he is open to the lynx-eyed watchful ness of the police, and that of the five shillings and costs loving magistrates' clerks under the new Beer Act. What are the licensed victuallers to do ? My humble advice to them is, that they should organise themselves —form districts, with a board of management—try two or three cases, preconcerted and definitively ascertained from legal authorities, who is and who is not a " travel ler"—also to use their Parliamentary influence in order to obtain the material and sufficient alteration of the before-mentioned act. Are the police to be continually lurking about the doors of respectable inns, when crimes of far greater mag nitude are being carried on ? Let them look to the " soil" shops out of which parties come reeling—the parties professing to sell "soil," and having the word " soil" burnt on the ends of their barrels, when really and in fact they are selling beer. But, irrespective of the interests of the " trade," and taking this measure into consideration in a Sabbatarian point of view, it must be evident that you cannot make men by act of Parlia ment more moral or religious than they are inclined to be. If the Sabbatarians wish to work a good, let them agitate for the education of the people. If you cleanse the moral character of the people, their conduct will be in accordance therewith ; but as for making a people better by act of Parliament than they are naturally dis posed to be has been incontestably proved by the result of a decree of one of the ancient republican cities. Then, again, the honest, hard-working artisan, who has to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, who goes to bed when he has done his work, and has to rise early to begin it, and whose only leisure time is on the Sunday, who, if he takes a walk to inhale the fresh air whicb, God hath given, to us all in common, and gets a few miles from home, cannot obtain refreshment. Parties going to christenings, burials, or to see the grave of some departed parent, child, or 'friend (having no friends there), though requiring, cannot obtain refreshment ; in fact, there are innumerable instances in which the act presses upon the people, and on the poor more especially. The wealthy have it at home and can enjoy themselves there. The Sabbatarian, whilst advo cating the new Beer Act, sits sipping his wine with all the gusto in the world. Under the new act, the result is, to my certain knowledge, that there is a larger amount of wrong committed than prior to its enactment. Where a working man got his glass of beer before in a respectable inn open to the surveillance of the police, he now fetches it out in bottles, jugs, tin cans, and even pails. Parties congregate together in the fields, in barns, shippons, stables, and in very many cases in the house of one of the party, where the children see and hear all the demoralis ing proceedings of the bacchanalian party, and in this instance gaming to a great extent is carried on, and that where the police can have no effectual surveillance. Your correspondent begs to suggest that it would be far more conducive to public morality if the inns were opened to travellers until eleven in the evening, admitting every stranger as a traveller who signs his name and address in. a book to be kept for that purpose, and let him be amen able for either giving a wrong address or falsely stating himself to be a traveller. Have it definitively defined " who is a traveller," and well would it be if the beer- houses were closed altogether on the Sundays. It would be much better if our members of Parliament would attend more to the details of the laws of the land than to hunting, shooting, fishing, and drinking wine, and that on Sundays too.—l am, Mr. Editor, yours. FAIRPLAY. Enfield, Sept. 23d, 1854. THE CM CHURCHES.—Yesterday an important Par• lia,mentary document was issued, of the churches in each parish in the City of London ; the names, residences, and income of the clergy; showing also the number of sittings in each church. There are 60 churches in the list, and only a few of the incumbents reside within the City. The largest income is 2,081/. 9s. 4d., for St. Bo tolph, Bishopsgate ; and the smallest but one is 401., for St. Helen, B:shopsgate. The average attendance, in- cluling children, iR remarkable, compared with the church accommodation. In ono church (St. Laurence Jury and St. Mary Magdalen, Milk-street), with sittings for 1,000 persons, the average attendance is only 30. The incumbent resides at Hampstead. The income is 3101. a-year. The services in January, on Sundays, were 2 ; and, on week-days, 3. At another church, with 700 sittings, the average attendance is 30. The fees re- ceived inJaunary last were very snrill. The largest amount wag 551., and the smallest 2s. The communi cants are very limited, compared with the attendances, and the baptisms by no means numerous. The return was procured at the instance of Dr. Phillimore, with reference to the proposed removal of some of the City churches. THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF THE METROPOLIS.--The various medical schools in the metropolis, almost with out an exception, commence their winter course of studies, both in the lecture-rooms and in the hospitals, on Monday next, the 2d of October. The onlynew school of medicine that opens on the approach of the coming winter medical session is that recently established and oreanised in connection with St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, near to the terminus of the Great Western Railway. Since the close of the last session, the new building of King's College Hospital, at the back of Lin eoln's-inn.fields, in Portugal-street, has advanced ra pidly towards completion, and is even now so far com pleted as to be open for the reception and treatment of patients. The part of the building at present completed consists of the department f,,r out-patients, separate wards for nearly one hundred in patients, the dispensary, a chapel, and rooms for performing surgical operations. The first floor of the building is designed to contain apartments for the dispenser and house steward, with the laboratory, and servants' accommodation. The ground floor of the building will comprise the dis pensary, accident wards, and other appendages, whilst the other•floors are so constructed as to contain bath rooms and wards for various classes of patients. THE THANKSGIVING DAT.—The local authorities of the town of Guildford have announced that on Sunday next being the day appointed for a general thanksgiving for the abundant. harvest, collections will be made after the several services in the churches of that town in aid of the widows and orphans of those persons who have died in London of the cholera. This is certainly a very laudable example, coming from the market town of a peculiarly agrilultural county, and worthy of imitation, not only in other counties, but particularly in the metro polis. The Bishop of Oxford has advised his clergy throughout the diocese to make collections on that day. but recommending their appropriation on behalf of the Cuddesden Training Institution. THE ALBAN AT ABO.—The following i s an extract from e. letter from the Baltic :—" Her Majesty's ship Alban, on the 12th inst., received orders from Rear-Ad miral H. B. Martin to transport 25 Russian prisoners, nine being officers, and several of the soldiers wounded, from Bomarsund to Abo. Every attention and kindness was shown to them, which they cordially appreciated ; and, after twice grounding in getting on shore, the last quite defying all present efforts to get the vessel off, Cap tain Otter decided on proceeding to Abo (a distance of 13 miles) in his gig, witk a flag of truce flying, to request the authorities there to send for the prisoners. On his arrival at the port he met a Russian steamer, and on communicating he delivered the Commander-in• Chief's despatches, which were immediately forwarded to the governor of the district,;and orders sent to the captain of the Nordvakten to proceed with a lighter to the assis tance of the Alban. After a strenuous though ineffec tual effort to launch her into deep water, which strained the Russian's engines, she left with the wounded officers and men for Abo, promising to return the following morning with further assistance. In the afternoon ;of the following day she returned with another steamer in company, towing at the same time a large fiat-bottomed punt. Happily these adjuncts were dispensed with, as the Alban was hove off by the vigorous exertions of her own crew. On the fortunate occurrence of the Alban sliding off the rock the Ruaian officers gave a 1 -, ud regret t parted that natioual 'hurrah ;' indicating their identity w i t h the safety of the ship they had be en so long on board. On the Saturday the aa g officers re d with many expressions of goodwill, and they could not present souvenirs for the hospitality they had received, and the English on the following day (Sun day) were much mystified in seeing their old friend, the Nordvakten, towing a cutter. Speculation was rife in every man's mind,—what could be the object of their visit ? Thee conjectures were coon set at rest by the Flag-Lieutenant, Baron von Bioge, coming on board, stating that he had been requested by General iVendt, Commander-in-Chief at Abo, to request the acceptance of a bullock, some sheep, potatoes, &e., for the crew, . and cream and b u tt er, w i th a cas k o f capital had .Madelr.t for the o ffi cers , as t h e pr i soners ( o ffi cer s) informed him that they had ' p o li s h e d o ff' the remainings stock of the shelry," ° 1 CHlNA. — According to the telegraphic afecAoltlgnutestf,rom China yesterday, which reach to t he 6th the rate of exchange has at length whihivieclrifrwoimll thin ed onen experienced a decline, the shipments of oniantetrryia.lly to lessen 643 I 8 16 I 11 I 2' keo It KIUN per cent. 2 xd I 25 10 6 ID 2 191 41. I 20 44 3i 106 i 10d 99i 100 99 PAIRL NEW The following is the report of the Minister of the Interior to the Emperor on this subject : " Sire,—ln your constant solicitude for the welfare and security of the citizens, yoit have directed your attention to the present state of the municipal police of Paris. Struck with the excellent organisation of that of London, with its efficacy against evildoers, and with the serv it-e s which it every moment renders to the inhabitants, yo n have wished that the Parisian police should not remain inferior to it ; and you have particularly desired that in the details of its daily service it should, to the great ad vantage of all, afford at every step that proteetion to pro perty and person which renders the intervention of the policeman in England so popular and so respected. For this purpose you ordered that a comparative examination of the two institutions should be made, and that the im provements revealed by that examination should be pro posed to you. lam now about to submit to your Majesty the results of that inquiry. " What is first remarked in the organisation of the Lon don police, and what in fact constitutes the fundamental principle of its action, is the presence everywhere, at all hours both day and night, of numerous agents, each of whom, charged with the exclusive surveillance of a very circum scribed beat, constantly natrols it, is acquainted with the inhabitants and their habits, is always on the spot ready to give his assistance to any one who claims it, and by his 1 constant going and coming does not give evildoers the time either to effect or even to prepare their guilty projects. There undoubtedly is in this close tutelary vigilance a gua rantee of security for the citizens. To endow Paris with it would be an incontestable benefit. This would be im possible if the personnel of the municipal police were to be maintained at its present number. This personnel scarcely now gives a real effective strength of 750 sergens de vino ; three hundred of these are employed on special or extraordinary services, leaving only 450 for the sur veillance of the twelve arrondissements, and from this number must be deducted those who are absent fibm ill ness, leave of absence, or other causes. If these 41:0 men were to exercise that surveillance by being continually on the move, each man not being able to walk more than eight hours out of the 24, only 150 would be on foot at the semi time. For the 48 sections of Paris, this would be only three men for each. Such a service could not be an effec tive one. Thus, with the present organisation, were the. duty to be merely confined to having, during the day, po lice officers stationed on the principal points of the city, and during the night a certain number of patrols, the in. efficacy of it would be immediately apparent when it is seen that each must, on an averag e se 825,000 square metres of ground, and 26 325 i n h a bit an t s . In London the police constables as, watch alone, over witho sad n pro tect 825,000 reckoningr tect the superintendents, the inspectors, the supernumeraries, the numb er o f whom vargrieeasntsam, seed ia th to e 4,764, or five times more than the effective s t r e ngth of t h e Parilan police, for a popul a ti qn w hi c h is not more than amount double th at < f Paris. "1„ n presence of theselfignres, I think it my duty t o re . qu st from your Majesty such an increase of the p ne z as will allow of a more efficacious organisation. The went , cipal police of Paris would then comprise, under the direr. tion of a head commissary of police, assisted as now by a sub-chief and 12 clerks :-Ist. For the general services, such as they are now organised, 12 officers de paix, - 12 principal inspectors, 18 brigadiers, 31 sub-brigadiers, 461 sergens de villa, and 20 supernumeraries, in all 554 men ; 2dly. For the constant surveillance of the 12 arrondisae. manta, 12 officers de paix, 36 brigadiers, 288 sub; brigadiers, 2,415 sergens de ville, and 24i supernume raries, in all 2,992 men. Thera would be besides under the authority of the prefect, the commissary of police, charged. with the general control of the service out of the .pretec tura, assisted by a secretary, an o ffi cer de pail, a brigadier, two sub-brigadiers, and 20 agents. The service of uninter rupted surveillance of the 12 arrondissements (the only part of this combination which is a new arrangement for Paris) would be based on a topographical division of the sections into a certain number of beats, each of which would be uninterruptedly gone over , by the agent appointed to the exclusive surveillance of his ground. If that agent should require assistance, those bn the adjacent beats would, at a given signal, proceed to the spot, and if necessary they would also be supported by the double re serve of agents and guards established at the central guard house of the section. In each section, two sub-brigadiers would be always on duty, one remaining at the guard house with the reserve, and the other patrolli ng th e diff eren t beats to see that: all the agents are properly performing their duties. In each arondissement also, three brigadiers would divide the constant inspection of the service, the whole of which for the arondissement and all the sections belonging to it would be under the direction and responsibi lity of an officer de pail. By this combination,witheat reckon ing the small guard-houses, which, by way of offices of in formation, may be established in the different quarters, there will be in each section a central guard-house, which, by being specially constructed, may, in addition to the part required for the men on duty, fire-engines, and a reserve furnished by the guard of Paris, contain a residence for the commissary of police of the section, the officier de pail, and the whole or part of the men attached with him to the surveillance of that section. The rent paid by the func tionaries and agents would certainly cover the interest of the outlay, and this permanent centralization of the public force will present evident advantages over its present dis• semination. " Such, sire, are the fundamental conditions of the or ganisation which I have the honour to propose to your Majesty ; with the accessories connected with it, the an nual expense will be about 5,600,000 f. (which is 3 millions less than in London). The city of Paris only new de votes to the municipal police a credit of about 1,535,000 f., and although it must naturally support the princi pal part of this extra expense, this great city will not the less hail the new combination with satisfaction ; it comprehends the great value it will be to the inhabi tants and to the numerous foreigners who visit and give life to it, and also the immense benefit of absolute security af forded by the coastant presence in its populous streets of ' men always ready at the first call to give assistance, infor mation, or protection. The department of the Seine will, moreover, find in the powerlessness to which evil-doers are reduced a notable diminution in the personnel of its prisons, and consequently in the expenses caused by them. " It would not, however, be just that the State should remain aloof from the charges caused by this new organiza tion ; our laws have already sanctioned the equitable prin ciple that, where order and peace in the city implies more or less directly order and tranquility in the empire, these two interests should be defended at the common expense. It is thus with the municipal police of Lyons, for which the State pays two-thirds, and for a greater reason it should be the same for Paris. The tranquillity of the city in which the Emperor resides, in which are concentrated the springs of the central Government, from whence the authority radiates and communicates itself to all the func tionaries of the empire, is undoubtedly a general interest of the highest order. The State will, moreover, find ample compensation in it ; in presence of this powerful organiza -1 Von, always and everywhere present, the exciters of dis turbance will be checked iu the first step iu their guilty atteiups, and one of the most evident results of this new state of things will be, independently of the suppression of a number of small military posts, which are henceforth rendered useless, the placing at the disposal of the Govern ment a considerable portion of the garrison, which it is now necessary to keep up in the capital. A few thousand men less in that military force would more than cover the part of this expense which the State would take upon it self. In reality, this transformation will give for the maintenance of public peace a more effective force at less expense. " If this system, the practical details of which will be regulated by special decrees of the Prefect of Police, be adopted by your Majesty, I beg you to sign the decree affixed to this report. The same will which has so rapidly made Paris the most magnificent of cities will soon make it the safes; and most tranquil ; the latter benefit is as valuable as the former, and will be equally appreciated by France and by Europe. " I am, BILLAULT." The above report is followed by two decrees. One fixes the personnel and the salary of the police agreeably to the new organisation as follows :--1 chief commissary of police, at 10,006 f. per annum ; 1 sub-chief, 5,000 f. ; 12 clerks, at 2,000 f. ; 24 officiers do pail at salaries varying from 3,000 f. to 6,000 f. ; 12 principal inspectors, at 86,000 f. for the whole ; 54 brigadiers, at I,Boof. ; 319 sub brigadiers, at 1,600 f. ; 2,876 sergents de ville, or police constables, at from 1,200 f. to 1,500 f. ; 261 supernumeraries, at 3 francs a day ; 1 physician en chef, at 3,500 f. ; 12 medical men, one for each ar rondissement, at 1,600 f. The general control will consist of one commissary of police, B,ooof. ; I se cretary, at 2,000 f. ; I officier de pail, at 4,000 f. ; 1 brigadier, at I,Boof. ; 2 sub-brvadiers, at 3,000 f. ; 20 inspectors, fiom 1,400 to 1,500 f. The second decree opens to the Minister of the Interior an ex traordinary credit of 497,730 f. on the estimates of 1854, towards the payment of the expense of the new police organisation, in order that it may be in. full operation at the opening of the Exhibition next year. THS ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE mamas THI TAMAR.—LIIINCHING THE CYLINDER.—ThOSS who witnessed the operation of lowering the stupendous cylinder within which is to be built the centre pier fey the support of this bridge, will recollect the intense into.' rest the event excited in the thousands of spectators who were present, and will be glad to learn a sketch of the operations was taken at the time, and a lithograph of the drawing is now published. To strangers it may be an interesting fact to know that this cylinder, con structed under the superintendence of Mr. Campbell, the engineer of the works, weighing 300 tons, being 90 feet in length, 37 feet in diameter at the top, and 35 feet in diameter at the bottom, was not only floated successfully from the shore of the Tamar to the centre of the river, o is le co of ve t but has been there skilfully sunk, perpendicularly, to the rock, penetrating through 14 feet thickness of mud, to a p t . hig T h he tid w e h a th n e d w h en c ompleted, will rival the Britatinia.Tubular Bridge for astounding e ff ect. afternoon the Lord Provost, in covered w bY or w k, ater to within 6 feet of MILITIA FORCE FOR EDINBURGH. --On Satertday his capacity of Lord Lieutenant of th e c i ty, rece i ve d a n official conemunica tion from Viscount Palmerston, the Home e S n ecretary, requesting that his lord.hip would . t n ak to e th e n ecessary steps steps under the act passed last force for Edinburg of the corps speedily receiv and there is every prospect . Cis only to number 221, ins Edinburgh. The enrolmen t sessio will be voluntary, I jug its full complement, ri-! GILTSPIIR-STREET I'BI 0 . Y SALE or Pullen and Son, the auctioneers for one o'clock' Messrs. ' e City of London, commenced the chiding o ffi cers. —Caledonia . i n Mercury._ eN ____esterday, at the Corporation of tl Compter and House of . , orrection which com street sa le of the third portion of the materials c. of the Giltepur in Giltspur-street, and containing upwards of two mil lionprises the whole of the extensive massive stone frontage •roofs, ten tons of lead in gutters, tanks, and pipes, stock bricks, five thousand feet of sheet copper on the & c . The sale also includes the whole of the timber i n the roofs and floors, sashes, marble chimney pieces, and interior fittings up of the governor's h ouse , A t o ne staircases, railed gate fences, drying apparatus with machinery, iron steam boilers, baths, pumps, gas fittings, &c. The materials for sale were divided into 89 lots. The sa'e will be continued this day, in 95 separate lots, which will complete the sale of the entire building. The whole is to be taken down to the level of the street, and removed forthwith. A GOD-SEND.---A few days ago, as the wife of & but cher, of Crosley, Wilts , was whitewashing their cottage, she pulled away an old board from the ceiling, wh en to her astonishment and joy a bag containing 8704. in gold fell to the floor,—Ohatottitant Exantitter. 1 I all .0 71 1 I al: 13.5