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

CHA RING-CROSS RAILWAY. Half-yearly Meeting.---This Day. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Charing-cross Railway was held this day at the Lon don -bridge Terminus; James Byng, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the receipts and expenditure on capital account for the half-year ending the 30th June last allows the receipts for that period to have been £416,914 12s. 4d., and the expenditure £511,539 12s. 4d. The receipts have been derived principally from calls and and pre- payment of calls on the 5 per cent. shares created and issued in August last, and by the exercise of the com pany's borrowing powers under the Act of 1863. The prin cipal items of expenditure have been—On account of the Purchase of property required for the City Terminus in Canton •street (£267,334 7s 33) ; works of the original rail- Way and the station at Charing-cross (L 101,346 3a 4d), and City Terminus works (L 54,000). The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, Which, after a short discussion, was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum be declared. Mr GORDON THomrsoN seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. The meeting was the made special, for the purpose of confirming an agreement between the Charing-cross Rail way Company and the South Eastern Railway . Company anade under the provisions of " The Charing Cross Railway Act, 163," and " The Charing Cross Railway Act, 1864," for the amalgamation of the Charing Cross Railway Cora Pany and their undertaking, property and effects, rights, Powers, privileges and authorities, with the South-Eastern Railway Company and their undertaking, property and effects, rights, powers, privileges and authorities. A resolution was moved confirming the agreement, but Mr FEW obj.cted to the arrangement. The CHAIRMAN said he considered this amalgamation Would prove advantageous for both companies, as it was fair, honest, and just; the terms were an exchange of shares, Charing cross for South Easterns. A poll was ultimately taken, when the resolution was Carried by a large majority. Mr BEA.TTIE said he had been instructed by the South ];astern Company to represent their interests, and in his discretion, had it been necessary, he should have voted for the amalgamation, but he abstained from voting at all, otherwise the majority in favour of the amalgamation would hive been very much larger. A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the pro ceedings. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Half-yearly Meeting—This Day. The ordinary half:yearly meeting of the proprietors o this company was held to-day at the Bridge House Hotel— James Byng, Esq., in the chair. The report, which has already been published, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the direc tors had done their best to maintain the receipts, but certain heavy works and other causes had led to increased expendi ture, but notwithstanding the increased outlay the directors Were Enabled to declare a dividend of per cent. less than Ilene], but which was the same as paid two years ago. The outlay of twelve millions of money by an oppo sition company in duplicating the line to Margate, Ramsgate, and other places had of course led the directors to make fresh exertions by opening up new lines in order to heutraliso the efforts of the opposing company. The result of the making of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway had led to a considerable loss, but the directors of the South Eastern had the greatest confidence that the diminution would bo but temporary. (Hear, hear.) The completion of tho Charing-cross station had led to the best results, although it had not yet realized the expectations of the directors, but had the Soleil Eastern remained at London-bridge permanent loss must have been the result. The chairman then alluded to other topics mentioned in the report, and concluded by moving the usual formal resolution. Mr. GORDON" THOMPSON seconded the motion. Mr. HAMILTON moved, as an amendment, that the agreement with the Charing Cross Railway b 3 put an end to. The amendment not having been seconded fell to the ground, when the resolution of the chairman was carried unanimously. A resolution for the payment of the dividend mentioned in the report was then submitted to the meeting, and car ried unanimously. The meeting was then made special, for the purpose of Considering the agreement between the South Eastern itailway Company and the Charing-cross Railway Cora- Pany for an amalgamation. ZIONEY MARKET AND COMBIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The mercantile public generally have felt no astonishment by the announcement made by the Lank of England directors, that their minimum discount would remain at 8 per cent. There were tevertheless a few sanguine people who did hope that further concessions would have been made by the authorities, although the ground upon which they based their ideas appeared, to say the least, kntenable• Their conclusions were only de duced from the abundance of money in the turke‘, and the fact that the brokers were Working about 1. per cent. under the terms Charged by the Bank. They forgot to take into account the condition which the market must by and by assume, in spite of present abundance, through the revenue payments and the advances to be ultimately made by the authorities. Very little surprise or discussion therefore ensued when it was found that no initiative would yet be made to eesier rates by the Bank. Oat of doors to.day there has been a larger number of bills brought forward, but 7-1 and 7a percent. are the quotations for the best three months' bills. A. further .um of £39,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap. Pointed Tuesday, the 30th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the following companies : Cadiz, Oporto, and Light Wine Company (for trans actions only entered into on and after the 7th June) not to be marked, and in the Buxton Hotel Company. The subscription list of the Connecting Ship Owners (Limited) will close for London on the 27th, and for the country on the 29th inst. ; of the Abera- Man Iron Works for London on the 27th, and for the country on the 30th inst. ; of the Freemasons' Tavern Company for London on the 31st inst., and for the country on September 3d. A meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan was also held today to consider the agreement with the Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan, and to ratify the reso. lution for increasing the capital by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £lOO each at a premium of £6. The resolutions in each case were unanimously carried. A special meeting of shareholders of the Impe. rial Bank of Caine, India, and Japan, was held to' day to consider the agreement for an amalgamation with the Bank of Hindustan, China, and Japan. The terms of the arrangement are the issue of 20,000 new shares, of £lOO each of the Bans of Hindustan, China, and Japan, to be issued to the holders of shares in the Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan, at a premium of £6, £5 of which is to be carried to the reserve fund, and the re 11-raining £1 to be applied to preliminary expenses. A. dividend of 10 per cent. per annum, for the time the Bank has been in operation, and four of the directors to be elected on the new board of the Bank of Hindustan, eve. The last week's raiiway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1864. 1863. Great Western .............. L 70,518 £63,927 North-W e stern .................. 115,031 107,854 Great Northern ............. 32,709 31,877 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire.......... ........ 46 , 818 40,250 south- Western Zrighton :Midland 49,574 46,105 Bristol Eastern 28, 3 97 29,630 zristol and Exeter North Eastern 68,281 60,019 11 anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 18,664 16,3111 Great Dts:ern I\ torth British' 26,535 23,553 Thee returns are in most instances of a highly satisfactory character. On the Great Western the increase amounts to £6,591, the Great Northern to £832, the North Western to £7,177, the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £6,568, the South Western to £3,240, the Brighton to £9ll, the Midland to £3,499, the Bristol and Exeter to £137, the North Ilistern to £8.232, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £2,348, the Great Eastern to £2,095, and the North British to £2,952. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, acvading to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 3204 Dull. The English Stock Market continues firm, with symptoms of improvement, Although the dealings are very limited, yet quotations have been well maintained through occasional purchases which have been made. Consols for money are 894 and for the account, 894. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 15s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1048; and Enfaced 4 per Cents., 92. There is very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices, although rather flatter at the opening, are now firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 3; do. Consolides, 501 H ; Mexican, 2Sj- ; do. New, 26 k ; Greek, 231 ; Spanish Passive, 3O ; do. Certificates, 131 Q ; Portuguese, 477 ; and the Confederate Loan, 7S 79. In the Railway Share Market the operations have again been limited, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and York shire, Midland, and South Eastern have each de clined 5e.; while Great Western have improved 55., and Metropolitan• 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inactive at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also are in very limited request. Alliance have improved to 62. Imperial Ottoman have declined to 16i; Scinde, Punjaut,, and Delhi to 14. Maritime Credit Com:Jany's shares are quoted 14 2/ prem.; London 2agineering, 1 to 2 prem.; and Natal invetaAment, 8 to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols - 9 Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. BBl g New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894... . — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire kit J an., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... March, June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent. 15 25 De £5OO £lOO and £2OO -- Bank England Stk, St per Ct. Do Account.. . INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 211! Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account .... Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. Do 42 pet Cent. Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 92 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds .61,000 Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do n 1863 B5l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — .;hilian 6 per Cent. — Do 4} per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent -- Do, Provisonal Land Warrant... — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1861 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Do, Second Issue - I Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons Do Account Do Coupons.. — Do Account... . Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana itailway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada . Do 2 per Cent. — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (liribarren).. — Do 4t per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account 471 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '69, 62,'3 — Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4? per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £49 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account l3/ 14 Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, 460 paid — Pal Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account l 21 i Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .._. ~. . Do £lOO Bonds.. 7ot 69/ Do 1863 - Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cant. Venezuela 3 per Cent. • . Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do Scrip £45 paid • • Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent.,Ex. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. ertificates Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Account / French Rentes, 2 per Cent. Veruvian Dollar Bonds, 4/ per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money Oa B9l t Do Account B9,E Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market dull, and prices still irregular. Sales probably 3,000 bales. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRA.PII,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 25, —Sliepner, from Christiana; Zwerver, from Amsterdam; Arebistan, from Bathurst; Esperanza, from Trinidad de Cuba; Princess Alexandra, from Jamaica; Henry Miller and Portia, from Colombo; Sirocco, from Trieste : Morning Star, from Narva ; Amity, from Ran good—lndiana (steamer), from Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Leith, from London, for Port Natal—Clasters, from Calcutta, for London—Ellen of Jersey from the West for the North—Marianne, bark, from the North for the \Vest—Jessie, schooner, from the \Vest, and Esk, screw steamer, from Guernsey—both for Loudon—Heroine of Dartmouth, from the West for the North. GAROTTERS FLOGGED.—On Monday last the first part of the sentence passed on several garotters by the Lord Cliief Justice Cockburn, at the late Liverpool assizes, was carried out in Kirkdale Gaol, where they are at present confined. before being consigned to penal servi tude. Their names are Christopher Sharpies, Jas. Smith, and Wm. Courtney. Sharpies and Smith were associated with three other men in the committal of a robbery with violence, on the night of the 9th of June. The prisoner Courtney was concerned in a robbery committed upon a labouring man, named George Cooper, of Warrington, on the night of the 27th July. As ho was walking along Nash-street, Liverpool, he was seized by the throat by some person who was behind him, and Courtney, who as in front, struck him several blows in the face, In sentencing these prisoners, the Lord Chief Justice expressed his belief that the infliction of the lash would prove the most effica cious punishment for men of their character, who went about committing garotte robberies, careless of what vio lence or injury they might inflict upon those whom they attacked, end his lordship said that no mercy should be shown to men of their description. He ordered Sharpies and Smith to receive 25 lashes of the cat-o'-nine-tails on their bare backs, and Courtney 12 lashes. His lordship, however, subsequently modified the sentence in the case of Smith to 18 lashes. Monday was the date fixed by the judge for this part of the sentence to be carried out, and it was performed in the usual manner in the gaol at Kirkdale. The prisoners Sharples and Smith were under sentence of penal servitude, the former for 15 and the latter for 12 years, and Courtney for six years. SINGULAR CAPTURE.—Oa Tuesday last, as a party of anglers were engaged in perch fishing on Yetholm Loch, one of the party u h p ook a e r d ds oafifneiopiebsrc, snappedh,whena t the imme diately a pike weighing upwards perch, and kept its hold until it was landed on terra firma. --.Boise (Ivo/lick, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. k,:%D.Gov. 6 p.c..la. t.Jul; j 1677-84 . j Do. 6p. e. Feb. it Aug. 100 96 99 Do. ep. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 98 102 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 10C 84 86 85 Do. 5 inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1830 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 169 111 110 July, 1891 100 10 102 ,Ce - Do ylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 11 0 ll2 'Mauritius CI per cent lOO 193 105 'Natal Guy. 6 per cent 100 VA 107 N.B.Goy. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 07 100 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 2., 18iit 100 96 28 , Du. 6p. c.,18i1 to 1671 100 06 08 - Do. d0.,1888 &north 100 06 98 96; 3 ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterilm,T, 1875. lOO 99 162 ; Queensland Gcv% 6p. o. 100 101 104 103 18. Aus 5p.c.1878.& up 100 105 107 Vio.Goy. Op.°, Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6 p.o. An.&00... 100 109 110 109/ BRITISH MINES. , 2 Cambrian Cousol. Gold 1 3cl Clifford Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 580 600 East Bassett (Illogan) 10 C 8 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradou ...... 1.14.0 271 283 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 8 84 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.): 8.13.0 5 51 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 581 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 26 11. Wheal Vor (Delston 40 27 29 281 Grenville 6.16. t 7 73 !lend's-Foot ...... 8.12 18 40 .1 ingston Downs 4.18.0 31 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant vi 8 10 —llarke Valley.. 4 9lyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 24 It 1 d New Setun l9l 75 85 —• North Downs 3 It 11 Basset(lllogan 3.1.0 21 3 North Wheal Crotty ['or Consols (.st. Blaze), erovidence(UnyLelnt. 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer 13 480 500 3. Corn Brea (Illogan) — 3.Wheal Fran. (Illowan 18.18.0 423 474 Stray Park 30.17,6 28 30 frnarSily.& Lead Min — fin Crolt 9 18 10 %Vest Basset (Mogan).— 14 9 10 • WCr radon (Ltskeard) 9 9 11 94 10 West Scton Wheal Basset (Morgan) 53 92 85 Wheal Buller(itedruth) 10 x 0 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott .Vheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 14 16 Wheal Seton 6Bl 210 215 %V heal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 13 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent.. 115 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 865 London and Brighton 7 per cent. pf. stock, 1511 Kid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto 46 per cent., pf. at. red., 102 North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 321 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0,6), 23 BANKS. Azra andMistcrman's (Um.), 1391 Albion, 5i 5 Alliance (Limo, G 2 lk Australasia, Ditto, new, 54 6 Bank of Egypt, 271 Bank of Wales, Rm.... 17 British and Californian, lira., 5 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 271 Consolidated Bank, lira., 11 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 European Bank, Rm., 14 Ditto (£si), 81 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.)„ 33} Ditto, new. 22 Imperial Bank of Ohina, India,:and Japan, lira., 61 Imperial Ottoman, 17 16 International B ink, Um., 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira. , 5k London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 61 t London Bank of Scotland, Rm.. 15 London and Brazilian dim.), 47e I London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 London and County, 74 31 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 141 1 London Joint Stock, 481 London and South-Western, 221 3 London and 11 estminster, 261 74 Merchant Bank, Bin., 271 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 181 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 251 1 Oriental Baur. Corporation, 59 81 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 121 11 South Australia, 3nit South. Eistern, Ihn., 91 Union of Australia, 521 Union of London, 51¢ DOCKS. Bast and West India, 133 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 8 ; Commercial Union, Insurance, 82 Contract Corporation, lint., 3 Credit Mobiakr, llf Discount Corporation, 194 Financial Corporation, ; Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Bra., C liumber Iron Works, 21 Imperil.' Mercantile Credit A sso., lint., 8i g International Financial .•7•ociety, lira., 91 Italian Irrigation (Canal Covour!, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1570, issued 90, 84 3 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7 6; Land Securities, lam, 14 London Financial Association, lim., 21; National Discount Company, lim., )3; Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lint,, Ditto (el), Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., Societe Financiere d'Egypte, lint., 55 Telegrath Construe. and Maintenance, 11111.....31 Universal hlarin.3, Insurance, lin, ak THR SUN, LONDOfi, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1864. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINATY BITA.UES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. 88 (8 180 127 8 7 .... -, 32 34 16 17 89 91 112 114 17 48 7i 131 133 1,6 145 131 133 £0 92 GO I 7 114 1101 66 69 10.% lea 40 42 116 2161 98 D 9 65 66 ll2i 1131 136 1361 147} 7 70} 70 } 111 a a 1161 i gii s i 1131 111 1301 Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Woh, and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A ,- ,ets no diN e l lae. Dublin At Belfast Junc. Dun.,PerthatAb. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord, stl,l Dint. A stook Ditto East Anglian st GreatN'orthct Scotian:l Great Northern Do A stook Do 13 do Gt. S. 44 IW. 01 Itelan, ,Gtcat Webtern Do tier Val gua. etoct Laucashiee 4 erk hir, LondOn and Blackwal) Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor`h Western Lon. 4.; flortih IVestern Man., chef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do it shares.. 3ittropoli tan Midland Do New Do Birmtng. & Derb; Gt. W. of Irelana Do. shares Hid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio, Do, G.N.E. purehas( Do Leeds Do York Do Carliele 'North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. NV, Junction, Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern !South Wales S. York. and River Dar 6taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlingtoo Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford. BRITISH P Railways Itlantio & St Lawrenct Rom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares Buhalo and Laxellurou Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, 187, Do. do. June 1,187 q Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim Cape Town & Dock Scrii Haan. Bengal gu. 6 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. 11 no. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist I'ref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred..... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... G t.lndiarcnin.gua.sp.c Do. New put. 5 p. c... Do. Janustry, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4t p. o. Extension DC. ft d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Coru. 6 p. o. Buds. Helb. nobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. alortg. Bds. Newßrauswick a Cando Class A and B. N.Rl.C'daB pc Ist )1 bds &dude .......... Do. Delhi Do. ' Do. Ptuijaub Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo ) 106 108 54; 65i 254 266 1051 1064 84 66 93 94 126 129* i 1i 4 , 75 76 10i 21 126 130 39 41 57 59 25 17 871 EBf 101 103 7 8 S 7& 386 10} Hit 8 9 p 165 170 6 7 t 3 4 p 101 103 Mr Sorrell—You will see, your honour, that the son receives letters for his father, and his father calls there. Perhaps your honour will alter the name in the summons. We have been referred to 236, 011 Kent road, and when we go there aro told to go to the son at 176. Under these circumstances the name ought to le altered. SIONS. 88i i 6 i 8 34 36 Closing Price. 58 60 101 102 Business done 1011 1011 His Honour said that the fact of the defendant having rEceived the letters was nothing tt all, and he ought to allow his father to come to the house, and also receive letters for him, but that would not warrant thu Court in altering the summons. Plaintiff had sued the wrong man, and the Court could not alEer the Christiat name if even William Ray was present. 99 101 91 10 10114; 89 01 82 80 d in 99 3 / 4 100 93 05 90 92 100 i i 100 Dir Sorrell—William Ray, the tither, knew all about it and ought to have been here. His Honour—l must nonsuit yot. With costs. Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE _INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSrER. TIMEATENINO TO MURDER. — names Williams, a power ful athletic man, was brought up on a warrant, charged with threatening to murder James Pickett, of 23, Market street, Westminster, and also hs wife, from which they both considered themselves in imminent danger. James Pickett said that the cefendant had occupied a furnished apartment in his house. On Sunday he used the most dreadful and violent threats to complainant and his wife, and they were both very =eh alarmed. Mr Arnold—What made him threaten your wife ? Complainant—He has made inproper proposals to her, and it is because she will not corsent to them. Mr Arnold—And why does he threaten yon ? Complainant—He wants to get me out of the way that he may havefmy wife, I suppose. Sarah Picket, the wife, said that on Sunday last she was in her bed-room when defendant threatened to break open the door and murder her with a knife. He afterwards threatened her life with an axe, and said he would be hung at Newgate for her. His threat; were so violent on the fol lowing day that she was afraid to be in the house alone. Defendant said she had left 113 r real husband in Oxford- shire, and had committed liigarry by coming up to London and marrying her present husband. Mr Arnold said that that was no reason why they should be murdered, or why anybody should put them in great bodily fear. Complainant and his wife said that they were lawfully married, and defendant's charge was unjust. Defendant was ordered to find bail. MARLBORCUGH-STREET. BRUTALITY TO A. CAB HORSE.—Joseph Goff, cab driver, badge 3,015, was charged by the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelly illtreating a horse by unmercifully flogging it. Joseph Cooto, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, saw the prisoner in Pall Mall flogging the horse ho was driving attached to a four wheel cab in a most cruel manner. The prisoner turned up Waterloo-place, all the way , fl ogg ing the horse, and the passengers on a passing omnibus cried "Shame" on wit nessing his brutal conduct. The officer pursued the prisoner, and on stopping him, after h 0 had gone a distance of 200 yards, all the while flogging the horse, he gave as his reason for doing so that the horse hid s t um bled. Templerley, another office r o f t h e Society, proved that there were marks on the horse, showing that it had been severely flogged. The prisoner said he 'might h a ve given the horse two or three cuts, Mr Knox said he could aot order the prisoner to be slowly driven and whipped, but he deserved it. His con duct had been most brutal. The owner of the horse said he should discharge the prisoner. Mr Knox said as that wmld be some punishment, he ould only fine the priioner 208 or 7 days. The prisoner was taken iato custody about five o'clock yesterday, but for some reason or the other on the part of the police was not brought before the magistrate till after all the other charges had been disposed of. TIIAmEs . AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG OFFENDER —John Ballard, alias Barry, alias Lowe; 'aril s b ro ught before Mr Paget, charged with stealing money from a till, in White Horse street, Stepney. A fortnight ago the prisoner entered the shop of Mr William George Washbourre, a ginger beer maker, at 15 minutes before nine in the morning and went round the parlour behind erbet, if ythe Sou shop, which he immediately please, sir, Mr Waskb,urne c o unter. He was secn by At t Washbourne's brother, who was enn in a rth of sherbet, entered. The prisoner immedi ately sai d , " I want a half ptook the prisoner alongside th e t ill w hi c h h e opene d , . an d missed from it 5d in half-pence. The prisoner took that sum from his pocket, and he h a d a h a lf-p enny b es id es ytvo in his hand. Mr Washbourne said he would give him into custody. The boy then made a determined resistance, and tried to escape. He was secured and after the first examination he was remanded for a week. Owing to a mistake as to the date the witnesses were not in attendance on the day appointed for the second hearing, and the prisoner was discharged. He was again captured yes terday by Police-sergeant Dodsworth of the A division, who said the prisoner had . beeu greatly neglected, his father co habiting with a prostitut?, and his mother in a workhouse. The boy had been three times in custody for robbing tills, and once convicted. Mr Paget convicted the prisoner as a juvenil e o ff en d er , and sentenced him to three months imprisonment and hard lab.mr. HERE IS "AN 'ORRIBLE TALE." --The P a ris Siecle, in speaking of the buildings which are to come down in consequence of the changes connected with the removal of the Rotel Dieu, says:_" At the angle of the Rues des Marmousets and des Deux-Ermites, which are both condemned to disappear, may be seen in the wall a sculptured stone, partially obliterated by time, but which still bears some traces of the former design, namely, a dog represented in bas-relief, in the place of a porcelain dog fixed there during the reign of Henry 11., to commemorate an act of instinct accomplished by one of those faithful animals. At No. 2is that street lived, in adjoining shops, a barber and a pastrycook. A stranger having ono day entered the shop of the former to get shaved was never seen to leave it. His family, being uneasy at his disappearance, had him sought for, and a friend, accompanied by the dog of the missing man and a sergeant of the watch, searched all over Paris. As the seekers were at length passing be fore this house in the Rue des Deux-Irmites, the dog began to scent about him with an uneasy air. It next rushed into the barber's shop and commenced scratching on the floor with such persistence that it led to the discovery of a trap door over a cellar, which still exists, and where the body of a man was found cut into pieces. The barber, says the story, had made a bargain with his neighbour, whose pies, made of human flesh, had acquired a great cel e b r it y, so t h a t trap, and, a a n s d t , ra a ng s e p r ri e n a g me be t i o n g g et to e u h c a h v e e d l , !se fell e was placed on the into the cellar below, where he was despatched by the pastrycook, if not killed by the fall, The two murdere's were broken on the wheel, and their houses razed to the ground. Is there any truth in this story ? What is certain is, that until the commencement of the 161 - 1 century tacre might have been seen an open space, at a spot fornerly occupied by the houses, the cellars of which could sti Ibe seen. Francis I. it was who permitted the present hatitation to be built." Railway and other Companies. SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the company's offices, Millbay ; Mr T, Wooli combe, the chairman, presided. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that he trusted they would consider it on the whole satisfactory. The surplus actually earned over the corresponding period of 1863 was £7,000 odd. They were told when they last met that the Teign Valley scheme was carried in the last session of Parliament as a mere local line. It was an extraordinary scheme. The parties who had procured a bill for making a line with a capital of £60,000, asked Parliament to allow them to raise a pre• ferential capital nearly six times the amount of the ori ginal capital upon the £45,000, The directors bad in the House of Commons the greats at difficulty in getting any information whatever as to the financial position of those gentlemen. The Teign Valley scheme excited a great deal of attention in Parliament, and a remarkably good com mittee was appointed to investigate the circumstances of the case by the House of Lords. They went into the case, and then they did succeed in getting a complete czposd of the financial position of the company. The solicitor, when asked to explain how it happened that he had not got his £ll,OOO, ho said he was getting it every day, and there could be no question about it, (Laughter.) However, the result of the whole question was that the committee de cided unanimously that the bill ought not to pass. During the progress of the inquiry, it was considered necessary on the part of the South Devon Company, that the Teign Valley Railway, being an accomplished fact, it would not do for this company to give their opponents an opportunity of saying they would do nothing to assist them to carry legis lation into effect. Therefore they decided it was necessary to state to the committee their willingness to work the Teign Valley lino, provided the parties were willing to treat with them for that purpose, and to make fair terms. (Hear.) A considerable amount of interest was manifested on the part of the corporation of Exeter with a view to obtaining rag way communication to the quays at Exeter, and a scheme, which was of the most complicated and objectionable cha racter, was brought forward by the Teign Valley proprie tors for the purpose of giving this accommodation. He thought the South Devon Company satisfied the committee that that scheme was perfectly impracticable, but at the same time the directors intimated their intention of recom mending the proprietors to sanction a plan which was pro• posed several years ago for making a communication from their line a little below St Thomas's to the Exeter quays. The Lords' Committee recommend that next session the South Devon Company should connect the city quays with their line, avoiding the necessity of crossing the roads on the level. The coat would not exceed £5,000, and it might be less. He referred to the necessity which the directors were under of coming to them for authority to obtain more capital. They proposed the sum of £300,000 as the amount which they thought, while they wore going to Parliament, they had better take powers to raise. They certainly did not propose to spend anything like that money at present. With respect to the increased accommodation in doubling sonaeportions of the line, that they considered essentially necessary, and it ought to be proceeded with at once—viz., from Newton to Teign month, He thought they had capital sufficient for that pur pose without touching upon the new capital at all, and that would, therefore, be available for future improvements of the line, and for the purpose of arranging the purchase of the locomotive stock. The purchase of that stock involved a financial operation which must effect a considerable saving of money to the proprietors, because the amount which they now paid for the hire of ?ocomotives included the interest of contractors' capital, and the sum for redeem ing the plant from year to year, and the depreciation of that plant also. He believed that the amount they at present paid to the contractors in the shape of interest was a much higher rate than that which they would be called upon to pay for the money which they raised to pay them off. There. fore there would be a clear gain upon that part of the traps.. action. Then, they also conceived that they had now arrived at a point which would enable them to work the line themselves, and to save the contractors' profits by car rying on business on their own account. They had actually paid nearly £20,030 towards the cost of the locomotives from half-year to half-year out of the revenue, and that was so much really to the credit side of the account. With regard Co the remainder of the capital—£3oo,ooo—it would be very difficult to go into anything like a very minute estimate of the appropriation of that money. (Hear.) If they had had more capital their general rolling stock would be increased in amount, and it would be a wise step to increase it, be cause every half-year they were paying a tolerably large sum under the head of interchange of carriage stock. They had also found it necessary to make considerable improvements prospectively in the general train arrangements of the line, With regard to express trains proper, they now proposed to have three express trains up and three down every week day from London. The first would leave Plymouth at 8 30 a.m., arriving in London at 3 p.m. Persons, therefore, who were in the absolute necessity of going to London and re turning in one day would be enabled to go up by that train and leave by the 4 50 train, which arrived in Plymouth at 11 5.5 p.m. The next express would leave Plymouth at 10 45, and arrive at Loudon at 6 10. The first down ex press would leave London at 9 15, reaching Plymouth at' 4 35, and the second express would leave London at 11 15 a.m., arriving at Plymouth at 6 10 p.m., and a third train would leave London at 4 50, reaching Plymout at 11 55. The third express up would be the old 320 train, arriving in London at 11 o'clock. They had also increased the train service for Torquay and Dartmouth. The express which left Plymouth at 8 307 would leave Torquay at 9 25, getting into London by 3 o'clock. The next morning ex press from Torquay would leave at 11 40, arriving in Lon don with the general Plymouth express at 610. The third express train from Torquay would leave at 4 22 in the afternoon, reaching London at 11 o'clock. The speed of these trains would average somewhere about 38 miles au hour from end to end, and considering they were some dis tance from the metropolis, he did not think there would be any great reason to complain of that, (Hear.) He then adverted to the financial arrangements between the Corn wall Railway and the associated companies, the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon, for secur ing them some of their advances to that company. Ho still thought that the associated companies had derived an ad vantage from the extension of the Cornwall line to Fal mouth, and that they were quite compensated up to the present time—and he believed they might derive a still greater compensation—for the risk and liabilities they had incurred. It the matter had to be gone over again he should be quite prepared to take the responsibility of recommend ing that proper assistance should have been given to the Cornwall Company towards carrying it to a state of com pletion. (Hear, hear.) Mr D. DERRY seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. _ _ . Mr J. GRANT could not concur in the opinion of the chairman that the declaration of such an increased dividend as it was proposed to give the shareholders was a matter calling for any special exultation. One and a half per cent. was but a poor return to the shareholders for the money which they had invested in the South Devon. It was true that it was an improvement on the dividends lately paid, but there was assuredly great room for improvement. Eighteen months ago their dividend only reached N 6d. Though their dividend on the present occasion had improved the market value of the South Devon stock had not improved to any extent worthy of mention. lie saw no reasonable prospect of any great improvement in their property so long as the directors submitted to be under the government of the Great Western andßristol and Exeter Company. The in. Cereals of the shareholders ought to be the , first and great object of the directors. and those of the public next ; but the principles on which the South Devon directors seem to administer the affairs of the company were those which were known to be most in accordance with the views and wishes of the boards of the two companies he had just mentioned. They would remember that some years ago the sea had swept away a largo portion of their line. The ex penses were charged to revenue, and the shareholders re • ceived no dividend that half year. He (Mr Grant) main tained that the princip le of thus char g in g to reven ue what ou ght to be charged to capita l was not only unjust t o t h e shareholders, but was contrary to sound commercial prin ciples. lie concluded by moving the following resolution : "That in the opinion of this meeting it is most desir able for the South Devon Railway Company to encourage the interchange of traffic with all neighbouring ra i lway companies, and for the directors to renew their efforts with South Western Railway Company to attain that object, and to report at the next meeting." The Rev. A. B. WILLS, of Exeter, seconded the amend ment, and strongly condemned the course pursued towards the South Western Company. Dr. CLARKE supported the amendment. Mr C. I ROTTER supported the original resolution. The CHAIRMAN having replied, suggested the expediency of the withdrawal of the amendment. Mr GRANT, after explaining that it was not intended as a vote of censure or want of confidence in the directors, as the meeting appeared to suppose, consented to withdraw his amendment. After tho rejection of amendments by Dr Clarke and the Rev. A. B. Ellis, The original resolution was then put and carried. A resolution declaring a dividend at the rate of Ll 12s 6d per cent. per annum was then unanimously adopted. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr D. DERRY, a resolution was passed to the effect that the South Devon agreed, in conjunction with the Great Western and the Bristol and Eaeter, to guarantee payment in certain proportions, the interest on dividend not exceeding £4 lOs per cent. per annum on stock created by the Cornwall Rail way Company to the extent of £149,600 for the repayment of the 7,430 6 per cent, £2O preferential shares, which had been already created and issued by the company, and also interest at the some rate on £400,000 and £S2,SBO, to replace other shares that had been issued at a higher rate of interest. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, SHERIFF'S COURT, (Before S. Joyce, Esq.) FISHER V. RAY-A SON SUED FOR A FATHER'S DEBT SINGULAR CASE. This was an action to recover damages on the re-sale of a phaeton. Mr J. B. Sorrell, of Mark-lane, appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr Buchanan, of Basinghall•street, for the de fendant. Mr Sorrell having briefly opened the case, called Mr Emery, clerk to Mr Stapleton, the auctioneer, who said that his employer had a Stanhope phaeton for sale last June. It was sold to the defendant for £l3 13s. No deposit was paid, as defendant was known and bad had many previous transactions. Notice was given to the defendant that as he neglected to clear the goods they would be re-sold, On July sth application was made by letter to defendant for the money. The phaeton was re-sold by auction for £9, Cross-examined—l do not see the defendant in court. Mr Buchanan—You have su.d the wrong man. Wo never bought a phaeton of the plaintiff in our life. Witness—The defendant is a coal merchant. His Honour—And you have summoned a bookseller and stationer. Defendant—l am a bookseller. My father's name is William and mine is John. ➢lr Sorrell—l will call defendant. Defendant—l live in the li;ent-road• My father lives at Belgrave-place, Pimlico. At one tine he lived at the Old Kent-road. He gave it up six months ago. If anybody came to the late address he Would be sent for my father to 176. Mr Sorrell urged that it would appear that when persons Came for the father, they would be sent to tho son for in formation. His Honour—But you have got the wrong man. Defendant—l showed the summons to my father. I tore up the letters. ➢lr Sorrell urged again that in the interests of the plaintiff he was entitled to go on w i t h hi s case, as he was anxious to learn ho tv far the plaintiff would succeed against the father. His Honour said that defendant was entitled to appear, or if he did not his goods miat h ive been taken. Mr Emery—The father has given us the name of John Ray. . . His Honour said that was nothing to defendant, who could not be bound by it. Defendant (in answer to Mt Sorrell)—l received some letters from plaintiff which I tee up. Mr Buchanan submitted there was no Case against the defendant. A witness, for plaintiff—The name over defendant's door is " Ray and Co." Mr Sarell—Who is the Company, defendant ? Defendant—l am. GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD, The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the oilieea, Great George-street, Westminster; Mr P. Davey in the chair. Mr C. ELEY, jun., the secretary, read the report. It stated that there had been no further expenditure on capital account dazing the half-year, and that t►o coat of the bowl dary wall by the Duke of Northumberland's property no w in progress would probably complete that account. The directors had recently been engaged in arranging such faci lities for coals to be sent by rail wet Brentford as they be lieved would largely increase that traffic. Already during the past month the quantity had been 5,980 tons against 1,631 tons in the same month of last year. The traffic re• turns furnished by the Great Western gave a tollage for the half year of £4,248, against £4,236 for the corresponding six months of last year. The arbitration with the Great Western relative to the clai.n of this company to inspect the books in order to a verification of the accounts still remained un settled, although it had been for some months before the umpire appointed by the arbitrators. The balance at the disposal of the shareholders was £3,836, which would admit of dividends of 5 per cent per annum on each class of pre ference shares, and 24 per cent, on the ordinary shares. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr DARVILL seconded the motion, and urged upon the Great Western the importance of conducting their line upon purely commercial principles. After some discussion tho report was unanimously adopted. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTEIIN JUNCTION. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Euston Station ; Mr H. Tootal in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said he thought the proprietors would be well pleased with the report, th e accounts, and dividend, which latter was at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. On the last occasion £lOO was appro. priated to this purpose, but on the present occasion £6OO was required. In the session of Parliament just expired the company had promoted a bill for an extension of their line from Acton to Richmond, and to increase their capital to the extent Of £lO,OOO, for the purpose of purchasing land sid ings and station accommodation. The London and South- Western Company introduced a .bill almost identical, and both Houses sanctioned it, giving the company the right of user and station accommodation, with which they were satisfied, and the line would be opened at once. Alto gether, the position of the company was one for con gratulation. Mr H. C. LACY seconded the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. Resolutions were then passed declaring a dividend of 6s. per share, being at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on the share capital of the company, and tho directors were authorised to raise an additional capital of £lO,OOO. Oa the motion of Mr BENTLEY, seconded by Mr CIIUEI3, the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr Mansell, the manager, and to the chairman and directors, and the meet ing separated. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY-BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held yesterday at the Euston Station, but, in conse quence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of pro prietors to constitute the required quorum, the only business done was to agree to the dividends proposed by the directors namely, at the rate of 41 per cent per annum on the pre ference shares, and the same rate on the ordinary shares. The report showed that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last amounted to £10,337, as com pared with £3,133 for the corresponding period last year, being an increase of £3,204. The sum available for dividend was £3,073, and the payment of £lOB dividend on the pre ference, and £2,882 on the ordinary shares, would leave £B3 to the credit of the next account. 58 (0 S 5 82 84 1004 1014 99, JCOO id par 936 1006 95 97 SEVERN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, Victoria• street, Westminster ; General Forrester, /sI.P., in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, resolutions were passed declaring a dividend on the preference shares for the past half-year at the rate of 4} per cent per annum, and also a dividend on the ordinary shares of the company at the rate of 3} per cent per annum for the past half-year. The CHAIRMAN said it would be necessary to adjourn the special meeting intended to be held that day until the 9th of Nov. next, and haying moved a resolution to that effect• it was agreed to, and the • meeting adjourned accordingly. CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON J UNCTION. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Victoria station—Sir C. P. Roney in the chair. The report having been read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said at the pre sent time the Paxton tunnel was within 12 yards of com pletion. The Crescent Wood tunnel had only about 60 yards of it remaining to be constructed, and as the contractors were at work on five different points of it, he had no doubt but that the tunnel would be completed within a month. Tne great excavation at the upper part of the railway, op• posite the Crystal Palace, contained 200,000 cubic yards of stuff to be removed, the contractor had already removed 130,000 cubic yards, leaving only 70,000 cubic yards to be carried away ; and, at the ordinary rate of progress, three months more would complete the excavation. As soon as the tunnels were completed the remainder of the stuff would ba carried through them to finish the first portion of the long embankment near Nunhead. A portion of the line near Peckham would be carried upon a viaduct, and the remain der on an embankment. The portion of the earthwork to be completed was about 100,000 cubic yards, and if the work be continued at the same rate of progress, it would be com pleted in three months. All the public road bridges were finished, except the parapets. The viaduct at Peckham would be completed in three months, and the whole railway would be ready to receive the permanent way in December. The great station at the Crystal Palace was in the hands of Messrs Lucas, and progressed very satisfactorily. No effort would be wanted to insure the opening of the line in May next. During the past half•year the expenditure had been £241,537, which gave an average of £9,000 per week. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Sir C. Ricu seconded the motion, which was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. ROYAL DANISH. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the month of July were estimated to amount to £7,016, against £3,503 for the same month in 1863, showing an increase of £3,613. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IHEERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 7d ; barley, 28s 7d ; oats, 22s Ild ; rye, 31s 6d ; beans, 40s 9d ; and peas, 35s 6d, - THE SIX WEEKS' ATERAGE4. Wheat, 43s 3d ; barley, 27s Ild ; oats, 22s Id ; rye, 32s 2d; beans, 38s 9d; peas, 35s 6d.. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,174 ; barley, 1,616 ; oats, 4,958 ; rye, 351 ; beans, 3,421; peas, 1,211 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, to-day, was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to number ; but their general quality was inferior. Primo Scots, &c., sold steadily, at very full prices, the top figure being 5s per Blbs, otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, at late rates. Sheep—the show of which was moderately extensive—realised full currencies, with about an average supply on offer. We have to report a slow sale for lambs, at barely stationary prices. The extreme figure was Gs 8,1 per Slbs. Calves were in largo supply and sluggish request on former terms, viz., from 4s to 5s per Sibs. The sale for pigs and mulch cows was heavy, at late rates. Per Slbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Secondquality do. 3 8 4 4 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 4, Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 !Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs....ss 8d to Gs Bd. Suckling calves, 16s to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25a each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts . Cows l4O Sheep and lambs .... 2,500 Sheep and lambs 9,7601 Calves . 522 Calves ..... 670 Pigs Pigs . 420 MEAT MARKETS. NEIVOITE AND LEADENDALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and a fair amount of business is doing in most kinds, as follows : —Beef, from 3s Cd to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 43 8d ; lamb, 5s 2d to 68 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 43 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd per Sibs by the carcase. . _ SOUTILALL, August 24.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was very inactive. Beet, from 38 6a to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 58 4d ' • lamo, 58 ,8d to 6s ad; veal, 4s Oil to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. _ ROMFORD, August 24.—The supply of stock was mode rate, and sales progressed steadily, as follows:—Beef from 3s 4d to 55 Od ; mutton, 45 2d to 65 4d ; lamb, bs 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs; suckling- calves, 16s to 20s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and mulch cows, £l4 Os to £l9 Os each. SECON-D EDITION. SU OFFI *CB HALF -PAS T 4 o ' CLucx N TIT:aKEy. — LeVers from Constanti - tb'at Nabar-P ac h a was MARSEILLES, the 7a rPI shortlye :fAt 4 131 expected g . 24. te then 3 to 'treat with the Porte on the subject of the S acz ritv3al. The British Ambas sador ha ludia has agai ll hive rr floriand 3 /1 that E og li sh troops going toI I le power of crossing the Isth hat ofmusthe L . All ba t impr ,rtant questions, p art i cularly t e Till be postponed during the absence of the Fr FPO t and IF,,•glish Ambassadors. • THIIVD) 14" ------ TION - SUN 4 .VF SEVEN O'CLOCK. MERIC A. [RE LITER'S TELEGRAM.] RR `.VA L OF THE ST. DAVID. ( ria Greencastle.) N) \\T YORK, AVG. 12, Evviing. Official Coal ederato despatches from Mobile, dated Bth inst,, state :—lt is painfully hn'.niliating to announce the shameful surrender of Fort Gaines by Colonel Air:Zillion. Colonel And erson comma. nicated with t h o enemy b y a fl ag of truce, with out the c onsent of General Page, who inquired by signal what hi s purpose W as , but, re ce i ve d no answer. General M.lge teleraphod "hold y our fort," and immediately visited Fort Gaines, wnen be found that Colonel Anderson was on board the Federal fleet arranging a capitulation. The General left orders for Col one l A n d erson , on re• turning, not to surr en d er the fort, and relieved him of his command. Fort Morgan signalled this morning, but received no ar,..vver, except the hoist. ing of the Federal flag ow as the ramparts of Fort Gaines. Colonel Andersot is conduc t is pronounced inexplicable and shameful.. The Confederates evacuated a n d blew up Fort Powell on the 7th inst. The whole Confederate fleet, except one Tess al, is sunk, beached, or captured. General Sheridan's 1 7orees are moving up the Shenandoah Valley ag tinst the Confederates. General Averill's success at Moorefild, Virginia, is confirmed. The Federal loss during Stoneman's raid i s reported to be 1,000 men. Mr. Stanton has not resigned as was stated by the New York Herald and New York limes. The Governor of Pennsylvania has recommended the Legislature to make an appropriation to equip 15,000 militia for the special defence of the State, An enormous mass meeting has been held at New York to nominate General M'Clellan for the Presidency. The New lark Herald estimates that 100,000 persons were present. Resolutions were passed denouncing Mr. Lincoln's policy, and recommending M'Clellau's nomination Cu a Consti tutional platform. A Confederate privateer is reported 60 mil es south-east of Sandy Hook. She has captured a pilot-boat. Gold, 155 per cent. premium. The Persia has arrived out. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,---This Day YORK RACES—Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) KNAVESMERE PLATE, Brindisi . w,o. COLT SAPLING STAKES. Kanig 1 King Arthur HAY MARK.ZTS. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s ; clover, £5 Os to £7 Oa ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 123 per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay, £4 is to £6 lOs ; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A short supply. WILITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 is to £1 12s per load. Trade very firm. COAL M.A.B.H. ET. Prices of Coal per Ton at the 01.08 C of the market. a. d. l e. d, Lambert's West Hart- 1 Walls End. ley 18 01 Hartlepool 19 9 Hoiywell - Cowpen Ilartley ...... 18 0 South Hartlepool 17 9 Byass's Bebsido West i Kelloe.. , Hartley ......... ... 18 3 ! South Kelloe 18 Walker Primrose 13 31 Haugh Hall 18 fanfiebi Moor Butes ..13 6; Hetton l9 Eden Main ....... 17 6. Braddyll's Hetton 17 NV harnelitre 17 Walls End. , Bell .. ~. Tunstall Haswell South Hetton 19 0 Caradoe 'Ships at market, 81; soll, 72. YORK CUP. Caller Ou Rapid Rhone East Lancashire.... 3 Won by a short head, a neck between second and third. NURSERY HANDICAP. Wings of the Wind Tilt ...... 2 King of Greece Sixteen ran. YORKKIIRE STAKES. Miner Blair Athol (Chadoner) 2 Elly Won easily by a length; half a length between second and third. GIMCRACK STAKES. Wild Agnes Oppressor '2 Dubiety ... 3 Ten ran. PRODUCE STAKES. St Magnus Cellerima: 2 Pampa 3 MEMBERS' PLATE. Voluptas Rest Vanessa 3 Seven ran. CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE. Kilkenny 1 Chicquot the Jester Hawkshaw .. Eleven ran. TYRO STAKES. Russborolfilly - 1 Brown Willy Six ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Caller Ou _. w.o LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER, 2to 1 agst General Pcel (offered) sto 2 agst Blair Athol (offered) 10 to 1 agst Miner (taken) 12 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) 100 to 6 agst Ely (offered) 20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) The Caversham Stakes at Reading not finally settled. Bank of England Return,--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. for the week ending on Wednesday, the 24th day of Aug. Ib64: ISRUTS DY.PARTMENT. Notes issued ........X26.732,510 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 8.034,v00 U old Coin & Bullion 12A 82,57 J Silver Bullion .... .£26,732,570' £20,722,570 , EPARTMENT. Government_ Sean- Proprietors' Capi tal .£114.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' hanks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend AC- rities (including Dead WeightAn- _ nutty) X10,74,095 Other Securities 39,997,6 5 Notes Gold and Silver 719,1b1 Coln counts) 5.286,752 Other Deposits 13,714,161 Seven Day and other Bills 536,398 £:,7,735,811 "V £37,735,811 MILLER, Chief Canhitr. Aug. 25, 1864. Extensive Fire at Poplar.—( 'his Day.) This morning at an early hour, a fire, which, had it not been so opportunely discovered, might have been attended with a great loss of life, took place in the premises belong ing to Mr P. Franks, a beershop-keeper, carrying on busi ness at No. 63, Penny's-fields, Poplar. The discovery was made by a police-constable of the K division, by seeing smoke issuing from the lower part of the building. The officer at once sounded an alarm, and after some time he succeeded in arousing the inmates, who were happily all rescued. Ihs engines of the parish, and those cf the Lon don Brigade, with one of Shand and Mason's land steamers, were promptly iu attendance, and plenty of the East Lon don Company's water having been procured, the firemen, under the direction of Mr Bridges, the chief officer of the A district, went to work in an adizirable manner; but, in spite of which, the flames:rolled out of every window in the building. and also through the roof, threatening destruc tion to the houses numbered GI and 65, belonging to Mr T. J. Connell, a tailor, &c. The firemen, however, nothing daunted, kept to their work, but they were unable to get the mastery over the conflagration until the building was all but destroyed—the stock-in-trade, furniture, and other effects consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown. For tunately Mr Frank s %yes i nsured in the London Fire-office, The premises of M r C onnell were a l so damaged by fire, water, &e. The c on t en t s o f those buildings were insured in the Phosnix. Fire-office. A strong bod y of police were in attendance, and rendered essential aid to the firemen by keeping the populace out of danger. PATENT SEALS. —The following nova item ap pears:in a public document just issued :—" Paid the sealer of the Court of Chancery, for wax expended by him in seal ing p a t en t?, £ll4 15s V." This a arze is for one year, Share Isaci 1 11.11.4 12.10 share 166 - sk 20 204 to oo too took 201 20 100 too stook stook stock 20 stock 50 100 stock stock Stook SSE Paid. all 100 7i all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 1011 all 100 (100 100 2 1 all