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The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 10,000 to 12,000 bales, of which 4,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market was animated and closed firmly. The sales comprised 220 Pernam and Maranham at 6V. to 71 2 d., 40 Bahia at 6/d., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 50., and 600 Egyptian at 6d. to 10d., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares were firmer. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 48s. ld. Per quarter. Al the Upper India Railway meeting which has just concluded, the terms arranged by Lord Joce lyn for an amalgamation with the East Indian Railway have been confirmed. The capital recognised o f the Upper Indian line is three millions, giving about six-sevenths iu the new shares for the existing scrip. The Upper India Shareholders become henceforth, therefore, East India Shareliolders, and, as su c h, entitled to the benefit of the issue of extension shares which, from time to thne, will doubt less be needed. The guarantecisnotyet fixed, but is fully understood that will not be less than 4-.' s per cent. Lord Dalhousie writes most favourably of the advantages to the country of railway communi cation, and Sir Herbert Maddock stated at the meeting this morning that he expected the Upper India line will pay 10 to 15 per cent. on the capital, owing to the dense population. The meeting passed a unanimous recognitiion of the valuable services of Mr. W. P. Andrew, the founder of the company, and an old and expe rienced writer upon post-roads in India, and expressed a hope that his services may be made available by the amalgamated company. The English stock market has been firm, but there is not much doing. Consols have been 98g. for transfer and account. The New 31 per Cents. have been at 101 to 102, and the 3 per Cents. 99 to 1. Bank Stock is worth 228 to 229, being firmer. India Stock is steady, at 256 to 2574. The value of Exchequer Bills is lower, being 2s. dis count. Consols now are flatter, at 98g, owing to the proposed committee of the Commons as to paying off dissentient holders of South Sea Stock, Sic. Foreign Securities have been very quiet but firm. Spanish Deferred are at 23b, and the Certificate a t 6. Venezulean Stock is worth 3n. Peruvian Old bonds are supported at 84, and Mexican 26i to 27. Danish Bonds are 861, and Russian V, per Cents. 101 k. Dutch 4 per Cents. are maintained a t 9 71 to 98. The Railway Share Market is firmer, although with very little doing. Oxford and Wolverhampton have decidedly improved, and North-Western are better. French Shares are inactive. The settle tient enarosses chief attention. The Gold Mine Shares are not in the least re quest. The Australian Banks are supported, but the Laud Companies are weak. The following is a comparative statement of duties collected and number of entries passed at the port of Montreal from the sth January to sth J uly, 1852 and 1853 : Entries. Duties. ... 6,235 £144,465 ... 8,515 Difference in favour of 1853... 2,280 Or an increase of 44 per cent. over the corres- Pending period of 1852. Duties collected at Toronto for the quarter end g the sth July, during the years 1852 and 1853 : 1852. 1853 £27,297 47,383 £20,086 Being an increase of 74 per cent, above the col lections of the corresponding quarter of the pre ',lions year. The annexed is a comparative statement of the Number of emigrants arrived at the port of Quebec to the 25th June : 1852. From whence. Cabin. Steerage. England 155 4,870 Ireland 96 8,025 Scotland 36 1,631 Continent.. Lower ports 2 196 1853. Cabin. Steerage 108 4,253 19 7,066 45 1,409 22 2,687 3 117 290 16,723 197 15,532 Hero the falling off is very trifling. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1853. . £25,222 . 56,238 . 15,541 14,177 25,584 19,238 11,041 15,549 20,023 Great Western North Western south Western Brighton Midland south Eastern Caledonian Clle at N or th ern Y n eashire and Yorkshire 1 11 ' 3 •Tid North Midland, Newcastle — `t erwick, and Leeds Northern 28,924 1852. £19,727 51,563 14,506 13,868 23,753 17,569 9,379 10,524 18,024 23,872 41 TISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) 1 11 E. Tinsiness done. Stock . ............ ...... 229 8 3 3 Cent. Reduced Annuities.... ...... 991 9 i s er Cent. C onso l s A nn uiti e s 9Bl a i tit iT i 3 l per Cent. Annuities lO2 1i Ceti 574 6 -ttia gtOck ‘oasol s for A ccoun t 11th A ugus t 298, Exchequer Bills, id. 100 2 d .t5OO 2 d Small PUCE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. +Jabe4ic: Ish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ii an 3 per Cent. I,ellivian Bonds 4?,i per Cent. B4 av ian Deferred 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Russ ian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 8 D itto 4, 1 , per Cent. P i , ani sh 'fonds, 3 per Cent 4-i itto New Deferred, 3 p e r Cen t. 23- 1 7 1) allish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. Q., P c el lezuela Bonds, 34 per Cent. 371 Dividends on the above payable in London. 1)14 ' 0 1 Exch ange , 21 p e r Cent. ..... - x d Ditto 4 per Ccut. Certificates 1011 HALF-PAST TWO. consols 9Bg Ditto August Account 9Bg -L EIV SMITHFIELD MARKET.—The Corporation are e e w actively engaged forming the New Smithfield in ° Pen en-fi fields, tbe round has been purchased for 65 oo g e g ' 0 /-, and Copenhagen-house and grounds are now entirei ar, y gone to make way for the new market. The of sewers has been contracted for by the Commissioners o ewers, and the works have already commenced. The cost of the erection of the new market will be t 43, 221 ; it will contain lairs for 3,000 bullocks, and L etl e tor 42,000 sheep ; th e i ncome f r om tolls, rent, &c., 1)14 down at 18,350/. ; the annual cost of manage ment is estimated at 4,3501., leaving a clear annual in th"le of 44,0001. to the Corporation. It is expected b l t Pie new market will be completed and ready for ° `ll ll lig at Midsummer, 1854. la h --- a , 4 • 7 11 OF A VETERAN.—Lieut. Colonel David Eng -4;11 non, whose decease occurred recently at St. ;: e r's, Jersey, served 46 years in the sth Fusiliers, joined his regiment in Guernsey in 1804. His -I,lblssions are crated :—Second lieutenant, 9th of b e e -il lary ' 1804 • lieutenant and adjutant, 29 th of v et em ber,, 1804 ; captain, 12th of March, 1812 ; bre 29til'ajor, 22d of July, 183 . 0 ; (by purchase) 9 major, I\T ove Ol December , 1837 ; lieutenant colonel, .th of in ember , 1846. He embarked with his regiment Rh't, — " s on the expedition to Hanover, and was ex i ateked and taken prisoner ; accompanied the at h - " lti en to South America in 1806, and was present . thestorming of Buenos Ayres ; served afterwards in f rom 4 pe ninsula, from June, 1808, to January, 1809, and j nne, 1809, t o December, 18 12 (dur in g the nt er -1,1 i !e i was sick in hospital), including the battles of s ak el a, Vimiera, Lugo, Corunna, Busaco, Redinba, s iege g (wound e d), Fuentes d'Onor, El Bodon, first si of s(wounded) an d assau lt an d capture of the c i t i d el, at and storming of Cindad Rodrigo (severely wounded _ Ine,ti'he assault), and battle of Salamanca. He had a E ROY AL D OCKYARD C ORPS.— D EPTFOR D r r a l and nine clasps. „T, July 27. . 1 . 01 ; 1 - e drill of the Deptford brigade of this corps ceased tali the season on Tuesday last, when the infantry bat er the command of Major Mouchet, store er' was paraded for inspection, and afterwards ex and ed in the drills with carbines, at the field batteries rnangarris" guns, in the presence of the Colonel Com- Marj'llt of the brigade (Captain Superintendent G. B. m and in ' O il.). The artillery battalion, under the corn ef L ieutenant-Colonel Pearn (Master-Attendant), " 3 Inspected by the Colonel Comandant on the previous ay. • 11 SINGULAR OPERATION.--111r. Stephens, of St. Bu deali; near Plymouth, h av i ng f e lt poor l y f or some ti me Past, and experienced considerable pain of a sharp prick a' description about the region of the breast, some days since consulted Mr. J. Little, surgeon, of Devonport, ,who was of opinio n th at M r. Stephens must have swal lowed a pin or a needle, or some such thing, and advised an operation, with a view to its removal. The patient consenting, an incision was made, and presently the of the pain, by the empl o y men t o f f orce p s , was skilfully and quickly removed. It was found to be a small needle. It was completely discoloured—having assum e d a black hue. Mr. Stephens is now doing well. INCREASE IN THE CRIME OF PERJURY.—No less than ten bills have been returned at our present assizes for the cr i me of perjury, which appears to be so rapidly on the increase that the judges throughout the present summer circuit in their charges to the grand juries, hare expressed their determination to inflict the severest penalty of the law —transportation --against parties found guilty of a crime so heinous. Indeed, no man's life or property can he safe, if such parties are to escape itla impunity, 1852 1853 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Birkenhead Dock Trustees, Blyth and Tyne Railway, East London Waterworks, Halifax Waterworks and Improvement, Limerick and Foynes Railway, Llanelly Railway and Dock (No. 2), Ribble Navigation, Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. The Cork and Bandon Railway (No. 2) Bill, was read a third time and passed. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir G. PECHELL moved that it be read a third time this day three months, as he viewed the bill as nothing more nor less than a measure of confiscation. The bankers, merchants, and brokers, viewed it in the same light, and if the bill was passed, it would stake the confidence of the public in Parliamentary guarantees. Mr. WY SE seconded the amendment. Mr. CARDWELL said there could only be two ;rounds for supporting this bill, namely—either the bill was to satisfy the claims of prior claimants to the pre ference shareholders, or it was assented to by the prefe rential shareholders, whose interest was reduced by this bill. Now neither of those grounds applied to the case, and he thought the house would be acting unwisely if they passed this bill. (Hear.) Mr. CORRY, chairman of the committee to whom the bill had been referred, supported the third reading. Mr. HIJME said it would be dangerous to the prin ciple of public credit to pass this bill, and upor. that ground he should vote against the third reading. Mr. CAYL EY supported the bill, and insisted that, out of justice to the creditors of the company, the louse ought to pass it, since they only consented to forego their legal rights upon the understanding that the pre ferential shareholders were to be placed upon the :tame footing as themselves. Mr. AGLIONBY urged upon the house the ne7.es sity of appointing a committee to enquire into the ,511e gations contained in the petition of Mr. Rigby Wasm, which had been presented on the subject of this bill. This petition alleges that the directors of the said railrcad company, as promoters of the bill now before Parla ment, although, as trustees for all classes of share holders, they are bound to act justly towards the mix per Cent. Preference Shareholders, did improperly sup press part of a chain of evidence, for the purpose of ii ducing the committee on the said bill to arrive at an unjust decision, and to disturb an agreement which the said directors clandestinely concealed from the said committee entered into between the directors and the 6 per cent. preference shareholders, by which, in consideration of the latter assenting to the retention of certain provisions in the said bill affecting their legal rights, the directors agreed not to lower their preferen tial shares. After a few words from Mr. GooLD, the house divided, when there appeared— For the third reading BB Against it 64--24 The bill was then read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a petition from Greenwich against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pre sented a petition from Aberdeen in favour of the re moval of the disabilities affecting the clergy of Scotland. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Bangor, praying for the extension of the powers of the County Courts. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Dr. Epps, of Great Russell-street, against the present water monopoly in the metropolis. Mr. T. BARING presented a petition from mer chants, bankers, and others at Ceylon, against the re cent rescinding of the Treasury minute, rendering it illegal to sell a mixture of coffee and chicory, and pray ing that, if the mixture is allowed to be sold, the duty may be taken off coffee. [LEFT SITTING.] ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.--CARNAnvoN, JULY 26. THE MURDER NEAR CONWAY.—SENTENOE OF DEATH. John Roberts, aged, 25, labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of Jesse Roberts, teacher in the Bri tish School, Conway. The murder took place on an isolated part of one of the mountains near the village of Roe, near Conway, in May last, and the circumstances will be fresh in the memory of our readers. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. A number of witnesses were examined, and their evi dence fully coincided with that given on the inquest. The prisoner, who during the entire trial had put on the appearance of a maniac, made his defence in Welsh, to the same effect as when before the coroner, namely, that deceased shot himself in the act of falling ; that he lifted him up, intending to carry him home, but had not the necessa►y strength, and so left him on the grass, with his hat lying beside. He accounted for the posses sion of the deceased's watch by saying that he had pre viously bought it from him. lie said "his heart was too heavy" to inform deceased's friends of the accident. The Judge, in summing up, pointed out the discre pancies between the prisoner's statements and the facts incontrovertibly established upon evidence. The wounds by which deceased met his death were from gun-shot lodged in the back of his bead ; and his hat was per forated behind. The body also was not found lying on the grass, but was hidden, being closely jammed into a rocky cleft, at the complete back of which his hat had also been thrust by some long instrument. The de ceased was in possession of his watch, and had been seen to look at it. Verdict—guilty. The Judge, in passing sentence of death, held out no hope of mercy, and said that a more barbarous murder had newer been committed. This closed the business. THE STRIKE AMONG THE LABOURERS IN SOUTHWARK. —The excitement that prevailed on Tuesday in conse quence of a strike of about 2,000 labourers employed by the different wharfingers in Southwark has, we are glad to say, terminated peaceably, many of the principal wharfingers, Mr. Scovell, Messrs. Curling, Beresford, Curtis, &c., who for some time past have felt that the men had just cause of complaint, having acceded to the proposition of the men to increase their pay to 4d. an hour, with the understanding that measures shall be adopted to increase the time for absence to dinner, which the present Customs regulations will, it is admit ted, enable them to do. The pay of the labourers for 50 years has been, their employers say, 3d. per hour, including the time occupied in breakfasting and dining, and two pints of porter per man, the working hours being from 6 till 8, thus producing 3s. 6d. per day. They had received this price when provisions were dear —when bread was is. 3d. per quartern, meat is. per pound, and porter 6d. per pot, and they now strike and require 4d. per hour, with all the above advantages. The reason they assign for increasing the demand is, that the sufferance wharfs having the privilege of landing foreign goods, the coasting trade has recently been superseded by the railways. The wharfingers state, that if they are compelled to pay 4d. per hour, the labour will be increased 33 per cent. in expense, which will ultimately fall upon the merchants and consumers. 300 men paraded round the wharves in the course of Tuesday, and threatened to do desperate mischief to any labourers who dared to go to work for less than 4d. per hour. It was said that from 400 to 500 men struck at Scovell's, from 200 to 250 struck at Humphery's, from 150 to 200 struck at Fenning's, from 200 to 250 struck at Allen and Thompson's, from 200 to 250 struck at Curling's, and that several other strikes, of similar extent, were made in the course of the day. The whole of the men in the firms mentioned above have returned to their work cheerfully ; and, although a few wharfin gers (Alderman Humphery, Fennings, &c.) still decline to accede, perfect quiet exists in the neighbourhood. A large reserve force of the police, of the M division, under Mr. Inspector Branford, have been on duty from an early hour ; and, from the judicious arrangements made by Mr. Branford, aided by the masters, there is no _ fear of the peace of the neighbourhood being dis- turned. STRIKE OF THE JOURNEYMEN CORKCUTTERS.—Yes terday between 400 and 500 journeymen corkcutters turned out for an advance of wages. This strike will he severely felt by the employers, being the most busy time of the year. In the afternoon the strike hands held a meeting at the Hall, Shoemaker-row, Blackfriars, where they expressed their determination of not re turning to work until their demands were complied with, alleging as a reason the increase in the price of provision, and that their landlords had raised the rents of their rooms on that account. THE STRIKES IN MANCHESTER. —We are informed that the all the piecers in the mills in Manchester are again at work this week ; and that there is no concern which is standing unless it be that of Messrs. Penny and Wood, with res p ec t to which we could obtain no precise information last evening. Except in a few instances, the machinery is fully employed. The dyers' strike remains in the same position as before. The men have issued a placard in reply to that published by the masters last week ; in which they give a qualified denial to the statement "that the whole of the firms on strike have for years been paying, at least, from ten to thirty per cent. higher wages than a very considerable portion of the trade," asserting that the statement can only apply "to one or two shops at most." The placard also states that the resolution of the men is "fixed, un shaken, and stronger now than on the Ist of July," when the strike commenced. —Manchester Guardian. PROTESTANT MISSIONS TO IRELAND.—We announced, some time ago, that an arrangement had been made for sending over to Ireland no fewer than 100 Protestant missionaries, belonging to the various evangelical de nominations, with a view to the conversion of the Irish. These missionaries, who are to preach whenever the weather will permit, in the open air, are to start this morning, and will commence their evangelising labours on Sunday next. They are to preach in all parts of the country, and several times every day of the week. All sectarianism is to be scrupulously kept in abeyance, and the great theme of the ministrations of the missionaries is to be salvation by free grace through the merits and mediation of the Redeemer. They are to continue their labours for a period of three months, when other arrangements will be made for carrying on the attempt to evaDgelise Ireland, X '... 11 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1853. SHARE MARKETS.-(TBIS DAY.) LITERATURE. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, principally among the Dens of London. By R. W. Vanderkiste, late London City Missionary. Third edition. Hamilton and Adams, Pater nost or-row. Closing Prices Yesterday. Business dons this day. 26i -- 27 5i - 51 91 - 10,1 The motto for this work is ably chosen. " Are they not men, though knowledge never shed Her quickening beams on each neglected head ? Are they not men, by sin and suffering tried ? Are they not men for whom the Saviour died ?" The author truly observes, that to the mass of the higher and middle orders of England, it is yet an arcanum where the lower orders reside. The de tails given of some of the dens and abodes of misery are awful, yet the worst is obliged to be suppressed, or the book would be rendered unfit for general perusal. Some of the accounts are awful, and the horror is increased by the reflection that it is in the vicinity of our own dwellings—in the same city of which we are the denizens—that these miseries are endured, these sins committed, and these suf ferings witnessed. It would be well if many of those who are now devoting their time and spend ing their money for the benefit of those in foreign lands would turn their attention to their own country in the first instance. In these pages they will learn that it is not necessary to cross the sea in order to find the wicked to reform, the ignorant to teach, and the afflicted to succour. To all who take an interest in their own countrymen, we re commend this work for an attentive perusal. 9 - 7 :11 20 - 22 3 - 24 6 102 - 104 68 -69 i 22i -22 i 20 - 216 i . 8 - 9 5i - 5i 3 4 124- - 134 44 - 46 33 - 35 73 - 74 52 - 55 72 - 74 ... - ... 30 - 32 The Travels of _Rolando. Second Series. By Anne Bowman. Routledge. 7 88 56 -- 58 134 - 136 110 -- 112 90/ -- 7 76 101 10 4 16 -- 17 p 781 -78 i 4 -41 d 3/ -- 3 d 151 -15 i This work is a continuation of the " Travels of Rolando," which is deservedly a favourite with children. The authors professes herself to be one of those children, who, when Miss Aiken's trans lation of the original work first appeared, were dis appointed at not knowing the conclusion of that adventurous history. Having had much experi ence in the literary tastes of youth, she has fur nished the present generation with a satisfactory end to the search of Rolando. The present series conducts the reader to districts comparatively un known, though full of interest, carrying him from Baalbec and Bagdad (the memorable city of the Arabian Nights) to the shores of the Arctic Sea and the mandarins of Pekin. The volume is sure to be a favourite with the young, not only because it is the long-wished-for conclusion of an interest ing story, but because tales of adventure and travel always fascinate youth, as the almost universal ad miration of " Robinson Crusoe" testifies. It pre sents an additional attraction by possessing nume rous illustrations. 9 —,lipx A d 105 166 110/ 1161 lA lgp 893 40 11 13 18 20 29 293 72 -72 t 11 - 43 The Philosophy of Atheism Examined and Com pared with Christianity. Hall and Virtue. 55 57 3 3idP 3 This volume consists of a course of lectures de- livered at the Mechanics' Institute, Bradford, by the Rev. Mr. Godwin. At the request of those who heard them they have been published and distributed to a large amount. The benefits must be great to the labouring classes from having the opportunity of hearing sound, practical, religious information. It is gra tifying to learn, from good authority, that these advantages have not been thrown away, and that the constant support the indefatigable lecturer met with was totally unexpected by his opponents, and proved of good service to the cause m which law was engaged. At the conclusion of the lectures the author announced it to be his intention, from that time, to retire from active exertion. These words were among his last remarks :—" In thus taking my last farewell, allow me to bear my humble but decided testimony to the truth and value of that religion which I have recommended to others. It has, for about sixty years, been my light and comfort. It has been the guide of my youth, and is now the support of my age. To its salutary influence I owe it that my early manhood was rescued from folly, and my feet guided into the way of peace. Through a tolerably long life it has been my solace and my joy; from it I have de rived my highest happiness and my best support. In retiring from such a work no one can feel that his labour has been thrown away, or that his zeal has been without profit." 8 - 9 52 - 54 3i 24 dl 33 —34 41d. 8A Eit 50i -51 i 93 - 95 61 -- 63 58 - 60 68 70 11 idil 17 -- 19 9 -- 94 13s-- 144 3i -34 d 19 -- 21 72i -- 734 36 -- 364 13 -- 14 25 - 27 213 2i 14f - 154 8/ 94 - 32 9i - 10 A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin. By Commander E. Inglefield. Harrison. This is an interesting account of a voyage to the Polar Seas, in the Isabel screw-schooner, 149 tons, in the year 1852. The author is one of those who believe that Sir John Franklin, if not found, can at least be followed ; and although forced to return last year, his greatest wish is to be allowed next year to follow up the discoveries he has made. The narrative possesses great attractions for the lovers of adventure, and will enable those con versant with the subject to form a judgment as to the possibility of ultimate success. Notices of the botany of those regions, by Professor Diekie, and by Dr. Sutherland, the surgeon, on the meteoro logy and geology, are added, with a new chart of the Arctic Sea—the scene of so many perils and adventures. The illustrations are numerous ; one of which, representing the Isabel caught in the " pack" of ice, gives a vivid idea of her dangerous position. 69 704 7 7d 2. 60 - 61 Manuel Pereira and the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina. By J. C. Adams. Clarke, Beeton, and Co. The object of this little work is to show in what an unjustifiable way the authorities of these states in the south of America conduct themselves. It appears that they arrogate to themselves the right of imprisoning foreign seamen, and no appeals from other governments can at all affect them. The following extract shows the bearings of the case, which are not generally known "The state, through its reserved rights of confederacy, claims exclusive jurisdiction in the premises ; and thus neither the Free States nor the British Government can reach it through the Federal Power. With all its work ings before him, the author has exposed the machina tions of the law, and the mendacity of those who make it a source of spoliation. He, as we are informed, was editor of one of the leading Southern Journals, the Savannah Georgian, during the threatened dissolution of the Union in 1850 ; and was afterwards associated with public affairs in Charleston, when the imprisonment of Pereira' took place, and took an active part in behalf of the imprisoned." Popular Economic Botany. By T. Archer, Esq, , Reeve and Co.' This is another of Messrs. Reeve and Co.'s admi rable series, which includes nearly all the divisions of the scientific study of nature. The present work is the first that has appeared devoted exclusively to the commercial products of the vegetable kingdom. The author was for twelve years employed in the import department of the Customs, during which period ho had an opportunity of inspecting most of the articles of foreign produce. He also formed the collection of Liverpool imports, which obtained the prize medal at the Exhibition ; and recently he has been appointed collector of raw produce at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. It is from these collections that the present work is illustrated. It is in five divisions, all of great practical utility. 1. Substances used for food. 2. Products employed in manufactures. 3. Miscellaneous products used in the arts. 4. Materia medico, ; and, 5, Construc tive materials. Not the least interesting portion is that descriptive of gutta percha, which has be come so general, almost universal, in its applica tion. The preface justly observes—" Vegetable products constitute nine-twelfths of the whole commerce in raw produce, which employs the vast mercantile marine of this great kingdom. They furnish us with the bulk of our food and clothing, our medicine and our building materials, and with many other necessaries and luxuries. It may be argued that most of the benefits we derive from the vegetable kingdom have been discovered with out the aid of science. True, but is not this a great and powerful argument in favour of the ap plication of scientific powers in this department ? —for, if so much has been done without its aid, how much may we not hope will be effected when the principles of scientific research, w hich bare effected such miracles in every other de p artment, are brought to bear upon that of econ omic botany ? the ed guttynota scientific pereba a b n o d w p ra rac an ti y cat e bo ne ta fi t s V isc oui o d vered per haps have been lost to civilisation (unless some other article supplied its i nvestigations of place in the . submarine telegraph) ; and latterly, the botanists have added hundreds of articles to our list of commercial products. What is still in store for us we know not, but we are certain that vast fields for discovery are still untouched, and rem a i n to reward the scientific investigator." The volume is illustrated by twenty plates, and contains a great variety of information arranged and classified, so that it does not constitute an elaborate and, to the general reader, incomprehensible botanical list, but a plain and concise account of great practical advantage and commercial interest. ACCOMMODATION FOR THE PUBLIC. —The unwilling ness of the proprietors of cabs to carry out the provi sions of the New Carriage Act has been seriously felt by the proprietors of places of public resort in the suburbs; but we are happy to say that, so far as a part of this inconvenience is concerned, the directors of the Iron and Citizen Steam-boat Companies have manifested every disposition to remedy it, by placing additional boats on the river during the afternoon, and also by having extra vessels to return at night. The benefit of this increased accommodation was felt last night, when thousands availed themselves of this additional facility of returning from Cremorne Gardens, which were unusually crowded upon the repetition of the fOes in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' School, Shr.l LINES LEASED AT FIXED ZENTALS. Paid' RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent._ Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares Do. j Shares Lon. ez Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bston and Matlock Mi€ldlesbro' dal Redcar all all all all all 100 Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. (St Wyre 11A 100 100 I.Bg Do. t i Shares.' Roystu.&Hit.' Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p. S. Staftordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Leasing Compans. L. &N.W, Caledon.. Gt.Northn Gt. Westn . Yk. New. dr Berw Do Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland E. Count Do L. & N . W &Lutt Yk Do I Gt.Nortim Do Lancash.di Yorksh Mrll , lClean Stockt. dr Darling Do IGt.Westu, Closing Price Yesterlay. 106 -MS 54 -56 [5O - 152 33 - 34 1131 - 114i 1 56 - 57 274 - 28 14 -14 i 26 - 27 98 - 100 3 - 31 107 - 109 65 - 67 150 - 152 150 - 152 ii— i'd 32 - 33 x MINES. I Wilts&Somrstl Agua Fria ...... ..... Anglo Californian Australasian all all all all all 13.5 24i all 15 1 all all all 15 10i all Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. C . Opper Smeltg. Co. General.. Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian ' Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa 'Yuba - JOINT-STOC. Australasia British Colonial Bank, and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bk. of Asia. Colonial Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and, Australian Chrtd... London Chrtd. Bnk., of Australia ...... London and County London Joint Stock.. Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australis. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co ' South Australia Union of Australia Do. New ,Union of London ,Union of Madrid MISCELL. lubiu Coal and Iron f Australian Agricult. Austral sn.Pcitic Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Laud Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company..,., Crystal Palace Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig, Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land._ N. B. Australasian NAIL of Europe Steam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do, Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest., iDo. New Scrip South Austral . . Land ) Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land lip P 1d —par 2 d A -- 3 par A d d d p d 7 9 4 4i 3 4 32 —34 id—ip 1 —l/ p 104 114 65 75 2 —l4 d 14 —l6 1 p d g d id— IP d— par 6 7k P P par par 23 25 64 — 74 4 5 I d — par 3 - 41 $d 1 A d t A d A d K BANKS. 81 - 82 ... ...- lhp pa: 3 -- 3. • 484 - 494 ... -- . 6 d— par 45 47 79 80 8i 8i ~ - - EOUS. 33 - 35 ••• ••• 65 - 68 69 71 11 —2ipsn -- i p .. --"' ... ••• ••• 4 a - -- 4 p P li - lg p 2 - .2ipi 40 - 41 M 3 = iii Busbies this day. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen ....• • .. Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc Btrmng. Wolver'n. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Juliet_ Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cens Do., £20....... ...... Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin &BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ......... East Anglian (X 25 L & E. & L. & D.) Do., (XlB E. & 11.) Eastern Counties__ Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh I Do. , B. & C East Lancashire ... 'East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June ;Edinburgh & Glasgow lEclinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irieh South-Easters Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds . . Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths . Do., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So utbpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Thight.&S.Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,10/•5h.,M&8...0 London k S.Western Do., £4O. ..... Lnndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. blanch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ......... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. 2 Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. ;Newry & Enniskillen INewry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k............ Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2....... • De., A Deferred ,Do., z B Guaranteed 'North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. do N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. Li Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton . dt . iiartlepi. Thames Haven Dock , and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath........, Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford. York Ncwctl. &Berw. IDo. Extensions....... IDo. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen 'Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5,1 per cent Cork &Bando nP.C. Dundee Perth &Aber demi Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. IDo. (t 5 1 .7 per cent.. Do. (E 7 17s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Pi:;h.&Dundee 5 per cent.. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Nei...Air 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem., at 10 p• c. pram.... Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 1 p c. Lan. & York. F. Do.. 6 p. c., Stock... Loudon and' Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S.Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler 4 Shares & Ennis. 4 Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Do., £6. Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4A per cent Do Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol dr Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4), per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. bi per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester ,St Wolyerh. £15,6p. c. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. Do York& N. Midland H k S. Purch 92 -96 88 92 103 - 105 .66 -- i6Bl 19. -- 20 6k -- 6g 4 -- 44 5 -- 56 - - 2g p - 2 144 -15 i. 201 - 21 , 128 _: iió 1112 - 114 fq - 74 103 101, d epm 1149 151 1154 - 157 33, - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 81 - 8g 10 - 11 - 151 i - 152; - 114 -11 r x 1 118 - 122 115' -7- iii 2 - 21 101 -10 i 17A - 18 14 151 par 26 - 261 191 -20 i - 103 - 105 par FORE: A ntwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastu. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. prof Lyons & Mediterran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France., Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds, (fmy. B. & Am s. Shs.: NorwegianTrunkPre. Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen.-- Paris and Strasbourg' ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre..... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders ..... . Do. 5 3 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland I ,4ei.laad„ IGN. 11 id 1 -- ti 14A 10:i 2 -- 1 1 ,1 5 5, i p 1 1- 7 - , 1 1: ii 2:r i ad _ id - 41 li d - 2.1 p - 2b 8 - -35 i 354 14 14. 8A —9, 17$ 17, 14 —46 13 —45 3 4 -- 371 5 3 / 4 9i — 2O 9 d 5 - 6 p 4 - § 1 die 1 __ 6t i 3 7: - 2 , Paid 100 82 184 100 100 all all all 25 25 St. 50 all 11i 100 11i all all all 100 100 12 1 100 42L 34 St. St. 20 10 50 25 100 St. 100 all 3i 100 100 100 100 100 all all 61' all 100 all 15 20 20 50 20 10 St. 25 25 21s. 1 100 20 11 ,100 St. 16 St. St. 100 6 100 100 12 12?, 25 126 126 126 St. 8111 101 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 20 20 20 Pm 784 116 a a a 721 i i 52} 2 3f 12A i 1161 pm 121. St. St. 25 30 20 1 40 30 1 10 288 1 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 50 50 2 100 xd & xn MARKET NEWS-(IMS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES )F BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 28, 1853, made Ip from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and T.wns in England and Wales per Imperial Quetta. WHEAT. I BARLEY . I OATS , R Y E. BEANS. PEAS. hls 10a 1 293 4d 21s 6d 1 355 31 140 s 43 137 s 10d THE SIX WEEK'S AirERAGE. W HEAT. BARLEY. I O ATS. RYE I BEANS. I PEAS. I 1 48s Id 1 29s 3d 20s 5d I 33s Id 40s Od 35s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. is Od Is Od 1 is Od I i s 1d 1 is Od lls Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOW LAST WEER. Wheat, 67,236 ; Barley, 1,921 ; Oats. 12,481 ; Bye, 175 ; Beads 2,165; Peas, 224 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ ss; clover, ditto, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, J/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 9/ Os to 5/ 58; clover ditto, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 16s per load. Supply limited, and trade fin n . WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ ss; clover, and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s per load. ditto, 5l s v / e O r s y to firm 6l Os ; firm. MEAT MARKETS NEWOATE AND LEA D ENHALL=IEach kind of meat at this market to-clay moved off slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od. ; Mutton, 33 4d to 48 10d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to is 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, JULY 27.—The suprly of each kind of stock was good, whilst the demand was heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3 s gd to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 38 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. Rom FORD, JULY 27. —The general demand was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations of fully 2d per 81bs. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Oct to 6s Od; Veal, 38 &l t o 4s 8 ,1 ; P or k , 3s Od to 48 Od per 81bs. Quarter old store pigs, 19s to 24s each. -(THIS DAY.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July 28.—Wind this day at Noon, W. to S.W., light airs, and fine, but cloudy at tip, COWES, July 2i.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—New York, Matanzas. DEAL, July 28 (9.17 a.m.)—Wing, calm Anchored— Merge, from London, for Bombay ; Lady Blaney, from London, to westward. Passed—Tamaulipas (s.s.), from London, to westward.—The outware6 bound did not pro ceed last evening. FALMOUTH, July 27.—Wind, W. Of Port—Niger, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W. PORTSMOUTH, July 27. Wind S,S.W. Sailed—Owen Glendower, Bombay. WHITBY, July 27.—The Lady Berriedale (s), of London, Sunderland to Lowestoffo, has received much damage from contact with a light schooner off Whitby Rock.—The Grasshopper, of Hartlepool, struc k on Whitby Rock to day, but got without apparent damage. QUEENSTOWN, July 26.—Wind, W. to W.N.W., strong. Arrived—Hesky, Porto Rico ;_ Marys, New York ; George Carl, St. John's, N.B. ; Lina, Newfoundland.—The Herald, Callao to London, which got aground yesterday, has got off, making a little water, but her metal is much damaged. GRIMSBY, July 27.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—K. P. Oscar, Richibucto. SHADWELL ROADS.—Arrived — Rt. M`William, Quebec, for Port Madoc. WATERFORD, July 26.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — India, Quebec. FREEMANTLE, March 18.—The Alilie, Singapore to Port Philip, has put in her with part of cargo thrown overboard, having been aground for eight days on a reef 60 miles N. of this place. THE CHOLERA.—In consequence of the alarming pro gress of the cholera at Copenhagen and the environs, commissions have been formed in different towns of Jutland and Schleswig for causing hygienic measures to be adopted. The military authorities of Flensburg have directed the soldiers to observe the greatest cleanli ness in the barracks and guard-houses, and have ordered that on hot days they shall neither be es - nor employed in heayy work. ... --- ... 33-4 4A 4 i _ / / LONDON WITHOUT CABS. Yesterday the metropolis stood, as Sir Charles Wetherell once phrased it, in a "parenthesis of vehicu larity." There was not only a dearth, but an absolute famine of locomotion, and never since the days of Charles 11., when hackney coaches were first invented, have the sight-seeing and out-going public been reduced to such an extremity of helplessness as the cabmen's " strike" of yesterday. For once the magistrates who fine, and the Legislature who settle the fares of "cabby," have been defeated. One man may take a horse to water, but a hundred can't make him drink. Mr. Fitzroy may ordain what "cabby" shall charge, but the whole House of Commons can't make him drive. The grievance that has so wrung the o'erfraught breast of " cabby," as to make him declare "a holiday" is not so much the lowering the rate of charge per mile to six pence, instead of eightpence, as the abolition of back fares ; and the compromise desired, is said to be that this back fare may be charged for distances of three miles beyond some fixed spot after nightfall. " Cabby" complains, and with some justice, that by the new system he starts from an ever-shifting centre to an ever-receding point of distance, and may be com pelled to travel anywhere, at any time, six miles from himself. " Cabby" wants something settled, even if it be nothing more than the restoration of that indefinite fixture, known during the last half century as "the place where Hicks's-hall formerly stood." He objects to being taken from Waterloo-bridge to Dulwich at two o'clock in the morning, for half-a-crown ; or from Tottenham-court-road to Southall for five and sixpence. So " cabby" resolved to " play," and determined to give labour a holiday, after the fashion of the Lancashire Chartist rioters in 1838. The cab proprietors gave their men notice simultaneously not to call at their stables after Tuesday, and yesterday morning the sun rose on a city without cabs. The first to feel the inconvenience was the traveller by early trains, into and out of London, who found himself three or four miles from everywhere, with a leather trunk, a hat-box, a carpet bag, fishing rod, umbrella, and waterproof coat to carry. As the day progressed, the desire for cabs became more urgent; people found themselves at a full stop without knowing why. There was no " going to my banker's," or "call in the City," or " take a cab to the railway." The rail ways suffered the greatest possible inconvenient. At every station piles of luggage waiting conveyance, and mobs of jeering bystanders advising the calling of a cab that would not come, confronted the impatient traveller. Even the highest aristocracy did not escape the com mon fate. Unless met by their " own carriage," they were compelled to trudge it on foot for long dis tances, and several instances of ladies of high de gree in a state of comparative exhaustion were ob served by the writer. At none of the railways was the inconvenience greater felt than at the London and North-Western. Train after train brought an accumulation of luggage, and each hour added to the harassing of impatient passengers from all parts of the country. Fortunately, the day was fin; and the ap pliances of a railway are so multifarious that they can be expanded to meet almost every possible emergency. Cabs being altogether wanting, the railway authorities, by going a step lower in the scale, were enabled in some measure to meet the contingency. Spring vans for the accommodation of the heavier luggage, light carts, and even wheel-barrows for the immediate urgency of single passengers, were pressed into service, and by the active employment of the energies of all the officials, the diffi culties were considerably diminished. How long this state of things may continue will perhaps depend on the manner with which a scanty Sunday's dinner may be received by the cabman's family. It is said the frater nity are in a position to hold out until Monday. Whe ther this will really be so must depend much upon what takes place in the House of Commons. Whatever be the result, unless the act be matel4;lly altered, there seems much reason to suppose that it will become im mediately obsolete, as was the case half a century since with that by which it was attempted to settle the water men's fares. A. series of resolutions, as amendments to the act, was then agreed to as follows : " Sixpence to be paid for every mile or fraction of a mile after the first two miles (as at present). " For any distance beyond four miles from the General Post-office, or other central part, is. per mile to be paid (at present 6d). " - When two or more persons are inside, any luggage which cannot be put inside to pay 2d. per package (at pre sent more than two persons must ride to render the pay ment compulsory). When more than two persons shall be carried, 6d. to be paid for the distance, for each additional passenger (at present one extra 6d. is paid, whether the excess of passengers be one or moie). " In cases of dispute about distance, a book or list signed by the police commissioner to be held conclusive, except either party shall require the distance to be measured. "Drivers not to be held responsible for 'neglecting' to deliver a number ticket to passengers, but only for ' refus ing' to do so (both words stand in the act at present). " That a power of appeal against decisions of magistrates and commissioners of police be allowed." In the course of a somewhat desultory discussion upon the above resolutions, The CHAIRMAN stated that a power of appeal, especi ally upon points of measurement, was absolutely neces sary, as that very day a b oar d h a d b een put up at a cer tain point at Knightsbridge, which gave the police measurement at 2 mil es 460 yar d s, wh il e some ca b owners residing in that neighbourhood, who thought the distance understated, had it measured four different ways, and made the distance 3 miles 160 yards ; and thus the cab proprietors might be cheated out of 6d. every time a fare went in that direction. (Cheers.) It was announced that a communication had been re ceived from the great omnibus proprietors, pledging them to support the cabmen while they acted well. A subscription was commenced in the hall, and in a few minutes an amount of 1001. was acknowledged from the chair. A pledge was unanimously given to keep the cabs at home to-morrow (this day), and to place full confidence in the committee, a step which virtually retains the cabs at home until the committee shall give the word to sen d them upon the stands again, which, it is said, they will not be disposed to do until Mr. Fitzroy adopts their sug. gestions. SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Notwithsta nding the cab strike but little inconvenience was exper i enced by the passengers arriving in London by this railway yester day. The directors had made timely provision for the conveyance of passengers' luggage to its destination, and there was an ample supply of omnibuses to the various parts of the metropolis, so that all passed off well, and with no diminution to the traffic. During the course of yesterday a great many of the masters attended at the Excise-office, in Old Broad street, city, and gave in their license plates, stating it to be their intention to sell their stock rather than con form to the new act. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WEALD OF SUSSEX. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Weald f Sussex was held at the Town-hall, Petworth, on Mon day, for the purpose of promoting a line of railway through that part of the county. Mr. Schuster, deputy chairman of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, was present, with a deputation from that com pany. - Tile Hon. E. C. CURZON took the chair, and expressed his approval of the proposed line. He believed that there was but one opinion, that it was a most desirable scheme, and he hoped that they would all exert them selves in endeavouring to carry it out. Mr. ALBERLY, in proposing the first resolution, said, that the great reason for urging the line was, that it would accommodate so many towns. He did not know of any opposition to the plan, and he did not believe that there could be one to give better ac commodation. He had made a calculation as to the produce, which would give an interest of 4 per cent. on 199,0001. from the general traffic, independent of goods. The population was on the decrease to the east of Petworth, which could not be accounted for, and he thought a, line which would accommodate between 60 and 70 places would, at any rate, give a fair trial to see what could be done to get it up again. He them moved, "That in providing the necessary railway accommoda tion for the towns of Petworth and Midhurst, the valley of the Rother, and the adjacent villages, it is desirable to secure the best route to the railway terminus at, and the river Thames below, London-bridge, and facility of intercourse between Brighton and the southern and eastern parts of the county of Sussex and the county of Kent." Mr. ROY seconded the resolution, and the Chairman declared it carried. Mr. MARTIN then submitted a resolution, to the effect " That the proposed Weald of Sussex Railway was adapted to secure all the advantages of such a route, and was therefore entitled to the support of the landowners and inhabitants of the towns and districts represented at the meeting." Mir. B. CHALLEN seconded the proposition, which was unanimously adopted, as also a motion urging the neces sary measures for abtaining an act of Parliament for the construction of a railway. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the deputation from the Brighton Company, and to the chairman of the meeting. MEETING OF CAB PROPRIETORS. Yesterday afternoon a numerous meeting of cab pro prietors, convened by advertisement, took place at the National Hall, High Holborn, to consider the steps necessary to be taken under the present circumstances of the trade ; the proprietor of the Harp Cab Company, Manchester-square, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said they were met to consider their position, suffering under a most oppressive and unjust act of both Houses of Par liament, as must be known to those who read the reports of what had recently taken place in the police-courts, and especially of one case, that of Phillips, at the Bow street court. The act of which they complained had been made by country gentlemen and Manchester men, not one of whom could give an idea as to the working expenses of a cab, and was introduced by a Ministry guided by public opinion, having no merits of its own, contrary to the expressed wish of the whole trade, and to the estimate which they gave of their expenses. (Hear, hear.) The Parliament could not know the loss of horses to which cab proprietors were exposed, espe cially in winter, when a 251. horse might be kept stand ing for hours at a corner and die next day from cold. (Hear, hear.) Why, he had known a proprietor to lose 120 horses in a year and a half, out of a stock of GO or 80. (Hear, hear.) He knew another case, of a proprietor who had sent 45 horses to the slaughter in six months. (Hear, hear, hear.) The hackney-cab proprietors were not really an united trade. (Cheers.) Three months ago, before that unjust and tyrannical law was at tempted, they were endeavouring to cut each other's throats by competition, but now they would stick to gether. (Cheers.) Men had been in the trade for twenty five years, and had scraped a little independence together, and now it was to be swept away by the act ; for their business could not be carried on, and their property could not be sold, as horses were now worth 51. each less than they were a fortnight ago. (Hear, hear.) They had given the bill a fair trial ; they had tried it for a fortnight, and found that it coul not be carried on. (Cheers.) They were told they might keep three horses, but they knew that three horses could not be supported at present prices. (Hear, hear.) Those who were there knew that a time was coming, the winter, when the driver would not be able to earn sufficient for himself, without carrying anything home. Cabs would then remain on the stands for hours, and then be taken off for sixpence. (Hear.) The Government, however, were beginning to find it out, for that afternoon Mr. Fitzroy had sent a messenger in a great hurry to say that the house had already voted a shilling beyond the fare when the cab was four miles from the General Post-office. (Cheers.) He (the chairman) was himself at a railway station that afternoon, where he saw ladies and children crying and going on in a way that no man could wish to see ; but the Government had said that in all great improvements there must be suffering, and they must not be blamed if, in the endeavour to obtain their rights, they were obliged to oppress the females to-day. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, however, that it would not last, but that the Government would so alter the bill that they might go on ; but they would not go to work again until they could have such regulations as they could live under. (Cheers.) Mr. BEADLE moved as the first resolution, "That for any distance within, and not exceeding two miles, the fare shall be ls." The people of London and the Government had not expected to see that unity in the cab trade which they now saw. (Hear, hear.) For his own part, he thought the public had no occasion to grumble at the construction of cabs now, when com pared with those used in 1820, and even in 1830. A good deal was said about cab companies, but he would like to ask any commercial man what dividend was ever derived from a cab company ever started ? (Cheers.) All the cab companies had parted, and he did not know how people could be such egregious fools as to invest their money in cab companies or the cab business with prices at 6d. a mile. (Hear.) He was asked what he had stopped at home for ? and he gave this answer— that he had tried to conform to the low fare, and found he could not do it. Look at the money lost within the last fortnight by men who had come into the business with a large capital, and found they could not get one per cent. for it. (Hear, hear.) They we re de p endent on the public, and lie thought it a great pity that they should inconvenience that portion of the public who were their supporters ; but at the same time he thought that it would be thought they were only acting like English men, standing up for their honour and liberties. (Hear.) It was time to show, and they would that day show, that they were men, and determined to do their duty to themselves and the community. The gentlemen who sat at the Cranbourne-hotel had endeavoured to show the Government that they could not live under the law ; but they had met with few friends in the house, except Sir R. Inglis, Lord D. Stuart, and Mr. Bonham Carter, whose names, he hoped, would never be effaced from their memories. (Cheers, and cries of " Mr. Bright.") y es , Mr. Bright had spoken for them, but he had only met sneers and jeers from those very men who now said that changes must be made in the bill before they came to work it. He understood that a certain gentleman, who lived in Park-lane, said that threepence was enough for half-a-mile. (L aug h ter, and a voice "He has got turned out of Parliament for bribery.") Why, he would ask them —would any of them have been there then if they could have done it at sixpence a mile ? (No, no.) The resolution whi c h h e h a d move d contained the first change for which they wished ; and when a cab cost 50/., a horse 201., and harness Si., besides the Stamp office, he would ask whether any man could object to pay one shilling for the use of a separate carriage ? (Hear, hear.) They were now entitled to charge six pence a mile, but the return in reality brought it down to threepence. (Hear, hear.) That very day their movement had been referred to in the House of Com mons (the speaker here read Mr. Fitzroy's statement, and he would like to know whether any other trade in that country had been so soon taken notiee of by Government under such circumstances. (Hear.) They had com menced a good work well, and let them finish it well, and keep their cabs at home till they got the resolution as a clause in the act. (Cheers.) If the public could do without them, they could do without the public. Their horses and cabs would fetch money in any part of the country ; and if gentlemen wished to start cab compa nies, they would drive for them. (Cheers.) Mr. GAMBLE seconded the resolution. Mr. MINDON moved, as an amendment, " That the fare for the first mile be is. ; exceeding one mile and under two miles, is. 6d. ; two miles and under three, 2s. ; three miles and under four, 2s. 6d. ; and for every additional mile or fraction of a mile, is." Mr. RYDER, as the representative of a committee of cab owners sitting at the Cranbourne Hote l, supported the original resolution ; but thought it better respect fully to memorialise Parliament for a redress of griev ances, than to enter into details. After a rather disorderly discussion, the original Imo and declared to be carried, tion was put to the meeting; ...", . tin ,/ `- - 1 / /L ...4 A-- - t_./ 'a. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly report of the directors of this com pany states, that the arrangement with the London and North-Western Company having been carried out ac cording to the recommendation of the arbitrators, they are enabled to declare the stipulated dividend of ss. 3d. per share, being at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for the first year. The dividends secured will be increased to 31 per cent. in 1554, and 34 per cent. in 1855 and all future years. The directors state that the very large in crease in the local traffic of the line, averaging upwards of 1,0001. per week, is a sufficient guarantee of the prosperity of the undertaking, and, if not promising an immediate security equal to a 31 per cent. prefer ence stock of the London and North-Western Com pany, at all events demonstrates its safety and value as an investment. The amicable relations subsisting between the two companies have, under the advice of the joint committees appointed for the purpose, led to arrangements of traffic operating much to their mutual advantage, as well as to the increased convenience of the public ; and further trains, for bath passengers and goods, will be passed over the North Staffordshire Rail way so soon as the details can be completed. The capi tal account shows, that 5,011,6981. had been raised to the 30th of June last, including 1,170,0001. for the canal and 3,841,698/. for the railway. The loan account shows, that 1,015,3261. hael been borrowed on the rail way, of which 213,6501. was at 5 per cent., 223,1261. at 44 per cent., 128,0001. at 41, 199,0501. at 4, 15,5001. at 34, 142,5001. at 34, and 93,5001. at 3 per cent. The construction account shows, that 3,866,6381. had been expended on the railway, leaving a balance against the company of 19,851/. The revenue account for the half year ending the 30th of June states, that 98,7281. was received on the railway, and 63,318/. on the canal ; and that 45,0591. was expended for working the railway, and 25,4121. for working the canal; making the aggre gate receipts 162,0461., and the expenses 70,471/. ; leav ing a balance of 91,5751., which, added to 1,2801., the rent of the Ashbourne branch, makes a total of 92,8551. for interest on loans and dividends. SAMBRE AND MEUSE. The report of the directors states that the traffic of the company shows steady improvement from the com mencement to the present time, and particularly the great stride it has taken within the last few months. The receipts in 1849 amounted to 7,6301., in 1850 to 10,0181., in 1851 to 11,7311., and in 1852 to 14,7261. The receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1852, amounted to 6,3671., while those for the same period in the present year amounted to 11,0841., show ing an increase of 4,7161., or 74 per cent., on the gross earnings of the line. The working expenses have in the meantime somewhat increased. The profit on the half year's business is 4,679/., which, added to the balance from last half-year, amounts to 8,343/., and after dis charging the interest on the debenture 10 per cent. loan, as well as the interest of so much of the new capital as has been called up, leaves a sum of 7,2681. to meet the interest on preference shares and bonds yet to be issued to Mr. Brastey for works in the course of execution. During the half-year a fur ther sum of 1,1361. of the 10 per cent. loan has been paid off, and 11,7801. remains outstanding, and falls due on the 15th of August next, for the payment of which funds are already in hand. The works on the line are now being prosecuted with much energy and skill, leaving no reason to doubt that they will be com pleted by the time stipulated in Mr. Brassey's contract, if not earlier. The branches are in a great state of for wardness, and would have been nearly ready for traffic hail not great difficulty arisen in obtaining the neces sary land, and had the Minister of Public Works given his decision as to the Florennes and Philippeville branches as promptly as the directors had expected. The balance of profit in hand has been stated above to be 7,2681., which might be applied to a dividend, but the directors recommend that this amount be reserved until they have to announce the completion of the entire un dertaking, believing it most for the interest of the com pany to show they have, until that event, ample means for the payment of all preference charges, no t only from the earnings arising on the portion of the in. now open, but from a fund already provided in advance. This course the directors deem the more advisable, as tending to strengthen the position of the company, w h fi libera 1 con- duct entitles him to every possible consideration.so , and enhance the security of Mr. Brassey, rect r The states report of Mr. Sheward, the managi n g di a that the improvement that has t aken p lace in the coal iron trades of Belgium has had a favourable effe ct on the traffic of the line, which has increased 74 per cent. as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The expenses have been great er than he had calculated upon, owing to various causes. Wages have increased a third ; coke—a material item—from 14f. 50c. a ton (11s. 7d.) to 18f. (14s. 5d.) The distance run has been 41,965 miles ; the goods carried, 58,778 tons ; and th e consumpt i on o f co ke at the rate of 651 b. per mile, equal to 54d. per train per m il e . The working expenses are, altogether, at the rate of 4321. per mile per annum. The report of the engineer states that the section from Silenrieux to Cer fontaine might be opened on the Ist of November next, and the works on other portions of the main line are in a forward state. The branch lines from Walcourt to Florennes and from Mariembourg to Couvin may be opened in December next. The construction account shows th a t 8 14,538 /. h a d b een rece i ve d , i nc l u di ng 160,000/, guaranteed by the Belgian Government, and 7 1 5,795/, expended, leaving a balance of 98,743/. The traffic account shows that 11,0481. had been received during the half-year ending the 30th of June last, and 6,405/. expended, leaving a profit on the working of 4,6191. T I I