The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

btrb J 4 ,4 tte4 04 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) ST. LEGER. Even agst West Australian. 7to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 7to 1 agst The Reiver (taken and offered). 7to 1 agst Rataplan (offered). CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 2to 1 agst Tadcaster (taken). GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Haco (taken). 12 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 15 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken). CESAREWITCH. 15 to 1 agst King Pepin (taken). 20 to 1 agst Torment (taken). 30 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 33 to 1 agst Nervous (taken). 33 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 50 to 1 agst Constantine (taken). an error i n t ranscr ibi ng, T ormen t was re t urne d i n th e quotations from Warwick yesterday, at 30 to 1, in stead of 20 to 1, taken to a good deal of money. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1000 to 30 agst Seahorse (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Mistletoe (taken). THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Marley Hill. 30 to 1 agst Dervish. 33 to 1 agst Marsyas. 50 to 1 agst Torn (late Mountain Hawk). The Room will be opened on Saturday. ROCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SPECULATION PLATE. ( "lonly 1 A.ssayer ............................ 2 ....... Six ran. lierb ert .. ....ROCKINGHAM STAKES ................................... d nUnia Five ran. MEDWAY STAKES. I'll Zurious SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES. S ETTING AT LEAMINGTON—TUESDAY NIGHT, CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 30 agst King Pepin (taken). 1000 to 30 agst Winter (taken). WEDNESDAY. AVON STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for two-yr olds , 7sti three, 9st. Certain penalties and allowances. ) 4 . 1 %,„1 r .C. (4 subs.) r• bland's Sylphine, 3 yrs, 9st 31b... (Hiett) w. o. .ICLLING STAKES, of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One vr naile. (4 su b s. ) • Shepherdson's Ithuriel filly, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Meacham) 1 Mr • S. Scott's Fermentation, 3 yrs, s st 31b) (Salter) 2 sti• 'qr. Hank's Eccentricity, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Midgley) 3 4.. Betting -2 to 1a st Ithuriel filly, s to 2 a g st Fermen ili°n, sto 1 agst E g c centricity. After the first 100 y ards I thuriel filly and Fermentation ran nearly head and head ? th e en d , t h e f ormer o bt a i n i n g the victory by a.nec_k. Q Y bad third. The winner was afterw ards sold for • guineas. `-' , llRar WARWICKSHIRE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; 3-yrs-old colts Bst ',7lb, and fillies Bst 21b , certain winners extra. One -mile and three quarters. • (7 subs.) W, Gulliver's Chilton, Bst 71b (Marlow) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphine, Bst 21b. (Hiett) 2 Betting —7 to 4 on Chilton, m -ho made all the running and won by a length and a half. WARWICK Cur, value 200 sovs ~ by subscription° of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added ; three-yr-olds, 7st •, four, Bst 71b • five, 9st 111 b ; six ai id aged, 9st 51b. Certain penalties and allowances. 'Three miles. (27 subs.) The second horse to receive 3 0 sovs. out of the stakes. Mr. Barber's Goorkah, 3 yrs, 7st (Clement) 1 Mr. Greville's Adine, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 4.y rs, Bst 71b...(A. Day) 3 Lord Exeter's Ilex, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (Marlow) 4 Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 4 yrs, Bst (G. Mann) 5 Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor, 9st 111 b (Abrahams) 6 Betting -2 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken), 2to 1 agst Little Harry, 3to 1 agst Adine, 6 to 1 agst Ilex. Black /Doctor went off with a decided lead, Goorkah, Sackhut, Little Harry, Adine, and Ilex., following in the order flamed. In crossing the meadc iws they ran in two divi tens of three each—a wide g: .p being between them. No change of moment occurred until they proceeded up the Lammas land, when they be igan to close up, Sackbut Goorkah's quarters, and Ilex taking fourth Place. At the top of the hill r lex further improved his t'aitioo Little Harry at the sa. me time drew up. Black octor continued his lead acros s the meadows again, the others then clustering in his wake. On making the turn f or the straight, Black Doctor h aving done his duty , le ft ` - r°orkah i n possession of the lead, with Little Harry a nd Adine in close attendance A good race ensued. ,; 4 s ) °rkah, however, maintainer I the lead the remainder the distance, and won very c leverly by half a length, Was Second b ea ti ng th e thi r d by the same distance. Ilex "as a bad fourth, Sackbut nex t. Black Doctor pulled I t .k ) and walked in. 4 LTER Cur, value 100 sovs., the rest iu specie by sub scription of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared, &c. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Pro fessionals Gibs extra. One mile and a half. (21 subs., wi lo of w h om pay 5 sovs. each...) r • 0 . Ilawkes's Milcote, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (including M r extra) (Whitehouse) 1 r * li, Elwes's Farmer's Bo:57, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (in cluding Cub s extra) -wir. Davies's Gay lad, aged, 10. st 61 b (Owne r ) 3 n The followi alsoran :—A•g is, Thirkleby, The Hero , an d Clev e l an d g Betting -5 to 4 agst Farmar's Boy, 4to 1 agst Cleve- I 'd, and to 1 agst the Hero. tneti,ileote made pray, and aft e r the first half . mile, Far -8 Boy took second place and went vigorously . to , it , o _K to reap the harvest of s access, but in the finishing COUNTY r t Was beaten by a head. ,Bad third. ° 2 II , II TY STAKES of 100 sovs.,, added to a Handicap of sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. Cer am winners extra. 11 mite. The second horse to receiv e 80 sovs. out of the stakes. (49 subs, 26 of 'horn d ec l are d .) Th e hi g h est we i g ht a cccepting bei ng Bst 31b, it was raised 'to Bst 71b, and the others k 7• eepting in proportion. nouglas Laue's Conmors., by Malcolm, 4 yrs, 'et gib (J. Mann) 1 Lo;_,Wilkins's Peggy, 3 yrs ; st 131 b (Bates) 2 ~?'„Chesterfield's Gladiole, (3 yrs, 7st 71b (including t 01:op extra) rd The Exeter's Nutpecker, 3yr s, 6st 41b (S. Steggles) 4 followin also ran :—Allonzo, Kohinoor, lanthe, lidlewick, Ma g ssa Mungo, a=id Tavistock. te e i ttin g -2 to 1 agst Kollin oor, 4 to 1 agst Conmore, T 4. „; each agst Gladiole and Massa Mungo,. Bto n 1 agst aft e ,, J "ek• Peggy and Kohinoor went off in front, but 1% 4 . few strides Kohinoor took up the running, with Is e Pecker second, Tavisto , elK third, Massa Mungo, logttY, Gladiole, and Candlewick forming the next lot. the „ e ,, S wan Meadow Massa .Mungo went up and too, f 011" ,, and Peggy, Gladiole., Nutpecker, and Conmore *a: l-e l' him round the turn Tinto the straight, where he out s Is beate n. Conmore, who ,ad been lying off, came lee k a tb t the half distance, and at last won cleverly by a s hort i, Peggy beating Gladiole for second place by a o ther h ead only. Nutpecker, well up, was fourth ; the s beatenth ro e off ; Kohinoor some lengths in the ex thje re ar. On returning to scale, the owner of Peggy tlb. e " e d to Conmore, on account of not having carried t eat ' extra for winning at Yarn south. adde . ANDI (31j411 cap - of 10 covs. each, h ft, with 50 bY the members. or 2-yr-olds. The second or subs)T.Y.C. (24 save his stake. Winners extra. T.Y. Drin 1 1r, le.st 21b .... ... .. Jack Frost. by Sleight of Hand, kr Pletcher's . ............. (J. 1 r ey, 6stb krr: OG-Brlev_ll.le's Remorse, fist 1 01b Mann) 1 (Wilson) 2 (Harding) 3 vite s licieston's fby Touch stone out of Museo „:11, f ,;;T•lai,. Est 101 b (I t g also ran—Balimoral, St. Clair, Horatio, arshal, and Wave. ti ll u s et o t .v i n,f? " -7-3 to 1 each agst Jack Frost and filly out of i ttort :e s dam, sto 1 agst Field-Marshal, 6 to 1 agst and Lurie' Horatio made phi y, with Balmoral second, Y third, until the:y were near the distance,. teedellatehie_first two named dro:pped off. Jack Frost nu reorse .Y tips* up the running;, followed by Lurley, Re length'thaenyd finishedfinished, Jack Prost winning easily by a f ourt b and a half. Bad thkrd. A head between third t2tr e The others beateaa off, St. Clair being in the Tew roe rear. cap l4. 0 1 ;%.1,(Handican) o f h 0 sovs., added to a Handi e ts. each, 2 f t : ,for 3-yr-olds and upwards. s 'er ov _ er, xtra. O ne m il e. (32 subs.) . Calot, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, 7st 71b LOr r• C a l s Eliza, 3 yrs, E;st (Clement) 1 0n' ............... (A s h ma ll) 2 s The Courutess of Theba, sst 71b ‘..rriae followi The also ran onmore, Glad(iSotlae,now:t32via3 '-'4 4l llt l ) ,: j e l l . i.er, „ le Reaper, Simplicity, Chaffwax. Won ' a,tel thirci a length ; two lengths between the second broke ~e We regret to add that Conmore fell and m THE Someßr HANDICAP. N'tz tult Xi_ reas g o 4Yd aY ... ..., .er ......................... 3 i si zt e .................... the 4 t"44 &Ad third ob "half ll' - . length ; a length between OP.dNLNG OF THE LORD WARDEN BOTJJL, DOVER. This magnificent establishment, adjoining the railway company's station at Dover, was opened yesterday, when the directors invited a number of their friends to cele brate the occasion by a banquet. The hotel, which stands upon a commanding position close to the new pier, is built with the view of accom modating continental travellers and families sojourning in the town. The rooms are spacious and elegantly fur nished, and everything appears to be done to promote the comfort of visitors. There are sitting rooms and bed rooms en suite on every floor, billiard rooms, saloons, and coffee rooms, baths, and all the other appurtenances of a first-class establishment. There are upwards of 80 sleeping apartments, and the building is calculated to accommodate nearly 200. The charges, we understand, have been fixed by the company, and are in every respect similar to those of the Pavilion Hotel, at Folkestone. At five o'clock a very elegant entertainment was served in the coffee room, covers being laid for 140 guests. The chair was taken by Mr. Jam es Macgregor, M.P., chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and among the gentlemen present were—Air. Rice, P Mr. Waddington, M.P., M r. Whatmam, M.., Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Lee, M.P., Sir J. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Renshaw (Deputy Chairman of the Company), Colonel Whitty (Com mandant of the Castle), Sir Norton Knatchbull, Sir John Kirkland, the Mayor of Dover, the Mayor of Canterbury, Mr. M. Young, Mr. Finnigan, &c., &c. Mr. Harker, from London, officiated with his usual ability as toastmaster. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been disposed of, The CHAIRMAN said—l now propose you should drink in solemn silence to the memory of a man for whom I am sure every one present has felt the deepest reverence and gratitude, and by whose will and permission this house was built—l speak of that illustrious hero, the late Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, his Grace the Duke of Wellington. (Hear, hear.) It is one of those incident; in my life which can never be forgotten by me, that it was my good fortune to negotiate with that illustrious man, as the representative of the Wardens of this port, for a site for the elegant edifice in which we are assembled, and to arrange with him the design for its erection. But such a subject as the foundation of a house, though it is intended to provide a commodious and hospitable abode or resting-place f visitors from all nations, is trivial, and sinks into total insignificance when we speak of the hero of a hundred fights, who has conferred such great benefits on the country which has the honour to claim him as one of its sons. Proud, indeed, may the country be which gave birth to Arthur Duke of 'Wellington. (Cheers.) I believe if he had any particular attachment to one locality it was this town. The great duke loved Dover, not only from its proximity to those places in which his fame was attained. not only because the compliment was paid to him of making him Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports—an office previously held by Lord Liverpool and Mr. Pitt, and other distinguished individuals—but because he was loved by the people of Dover, who appreciated his great qualities and his eminent services. (Cheers.) I there fore ask you, with all due reverence, to do honour to his immortal fame. (Cheers.) Having had some correspondence with the illustrious warrior on the subject of railway management, I only give expression to an opinion which I seriously entertain, when I say there is not a railway manager in England who may not pro fit by his suggestions upon those points to which his attention was particularly directed. So great, indeed, was his talent, that there was no subject so small which he would not take up and deal with successfully—none so large which his colossal intellect could not grapple with effectually. On all matters of importance he gave directions which none but a master-mind could impart. (H.?ar, hear.) The company then drunk in solemn silence to "The Memory of the late Illustrious Duke." The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Governor- General of India, the present Lord Warden, and the Assistant Wardens of Dover." He said—lt would ill become.me to ask you to drink the health of Lord Dal housie, a nobleman whom I may venture to speak of as a friend, without passing some eulogium on his charac ter and conduct. It will be in the recollection of all present that he held a most important office in England, that of the President of the Board of Trade, and all questions relating to railway extension were then re ferred to him by the Legislature, and the reports which he made have been referred to constantly, from 1844 and 1845 up to the present time, as containing the best counsel which has ever been offered to the country on that important subject. I regret that his enlightened and comprehensive views were not carried out, for if they had, I believe a great benefit would have been con ferred on the country. I hope, however, that the time has now arrived for considering the subject of railway extension in the spirit recommended by Lord Dalhousie, and that Parliament will at length recognise the wisdom of his recommendations. (Hear.) I have always looked upon railway extension as a kind of philosopher's stone, and it is unfortunate that it has not received the attention it deserves. (Hear, hear.) I speak with no disrespect of those hon. members who constituted the committees of the House of Commons. When a subject so important and extensive was referred to numerous committees, not acting in concert, why, the natural result was that they arrived at different opinions. I thought it was only due to Lord Dalhousie, now that he is so great a distance from this country, to say these few words as to the services which be has rendered in regard to railways, and to congratulate him also on his brilliant career in India. While charged with the government of that vast territory he has met with no mischance. All he has done has been attended with success, and he has raised his character as the representative of a great monarch to the highest pitch of human excellence. I Believe that his conduct has given entire satisfaction to the country, and I have no doubt, when he returns home, he will hold some of the most important offices in the State. (Hear.) Lord Dalhousie is a man in whom the nation may well place confidence, for he is no partisan, and looks to the conscientious discharge of his duty as the polar star which should guide him in all he undertakes. (Cheers.) The tos+, with which was coupled the name of the Mayor of Dover, one of the assistants, was drunk in a bumper. The MAYOR briefly returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN gave the healths of the two Members for Dover, Mr. Rice, M.P. and Lord Chelsea, M.P. Though Mr. Rice was of different politics to himself, he must do him the justice to say that he was a most useful member of Parliament. He (the chairman) had been a member of the House of Commons but a short period, but he had seen enough to know that the fullest freedom of discussion prevailed there, and that every one had an opportunity of rebutting arguments and condemning theories which he believed to be unsound or absurd. If he (the chairman) advocated principles at variance with the politics of the Government, he gave them the fullest credit for having the good of the country at heart, and for the sincerity of their opinions. He could not but admire the commanding abilities and convincing eloquence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nor could he fail to feel the force of the powerful and effective speeches of that prince of' bottle-holders, Lord Palmerston. (A laugh.) Who, lie should like to know, would attempt attack such men as these in the house ? (Hear.) He could not refrain from mentioning also Mr. Walpole, the late Secretary for the Home Department, an able and most accomplished man, who was universally re spected. It was impossible to sit and listen to the three individuals he had named without being most perfectly convinced that what they said was dictated by their own consciences, and that they supported or proposed nothing which they were not satisfied was best for the common weal. (Cheers.) The toast having been responded to, Mr. RICE returned thanks on behalf of himself and Viscount Chelsea, who was absent. From what the hon. chairman had said he was almost led to hope that the eloquence of the Government benches had made an impression upon his mind. (Laughter.) As to the town which he represented in conjunction with his col league, he thought it must be apparent to every one that the fact of its being the great point of communi cation with the continent must always make it a place of importance. Great improvements were now going on in the harbour, and when they were completed it would be one of the finest harbours in the world. (Hear, hear.) He recollected perfectly well the festival which was given to celebrate the opening of the South. Eastern line. The chairman of the company at that period declared that the line would become the great link of communi cation with the Continent , and that prophecy was re ceived with loud cheers, not only by our own country men, but by many foreigners who graced the meeting, and he (Mr. Rice) was most anxious to be present at the opening of this hotel, because the fact of their as sembling for such a purpose was the best tribute they could pay to the truth and justice of the observation of the chairman made on the occasion to which he referred. Within his recollection of Dover, a boat used to cross over to Calais, in which six unfortunate passengers were " cribbed, cabined, and confined," and which occupied a longer period in the passage across the channel than would now suffice to bring the traveller from London bridge to Paris. He had no doubt the time would yet come when excursionists would take tickets at the South- Eastern Railway station to frank them to Pekin, and that we should see numbers of small-eyed men in Dover with high-cheek bones and long tails. (Laughter.) Sir NORTON KNATCHBULL proposed "Prosperity to the Lord Warden Hotel and its Proprietors, the South- Eastern Railway Company," and expressed a confident hope that they might look forward to the ultimate pro sperity of the undertaking, for they possessed at the head of it a gentleman not only of great ability and experience, but one who had a strong determination to carry to a successful issue whatever he deemed would be of benefit to the company. He recollected the time when the Wardens of the Cinque Ports invited the late illustrious Duke of Wellington to an entertainment, and though he (Sir N. Knatchbull) could not now say, as Lord Brougham did on that occasion, that they were assembled to do honour to a great man, still he did think this was a great day in the annals of the country ; and he hoped that the inhabitants of Dover, and parti cularly those who were likely to be benefited by the establishment of the hotel—for there was room for all —would act in a spirit of friendship and cordiality, and try and pull together in order to promote the general interests of the town. The princely hospitality which they had extended to their friends on the present occa sion would be a sufficient guarantee for the liberal and efficient manner in which the establishment would be conducted for the future. (Hear.) The toast was responded to most enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN --I feel greatly flattered by the man ner in which my hon. friend has spoken of the company, but at the same time the truth compels me to say, that we have endeavoured to do our best to promote the interests of the company, and to do justice to the pro- prietors, and considering the magnitude of our interests and the complexity of our affairs, it is perhaps not asto nishing if we have not met every requirement, or worked out our resources to the extent we may have expected. I believe that the county of Kent is deeply indebted for its prosperity to the enterprise of the South-Eastern Railway Company. (Hear). I may be permitted to say, as far as I myself am concerned, that the man who has the management of so large an undertaking, has no common labour to discharge. I envy not the individual who dares to say that he can produce results which will differ much from those we have presented to the public. On the one hand we have a proprietary of which, by the by, I am myself a striking emblem, which likes to wring all it can, from what after all is a somewhat ill-paying property. I confess lam one of those who participate in the disappointment that has been expressed as to the result which has attended the arduous labours of the directors. Then, on the other hand, we have had to meet—and we have done so like men—the wants of the public, who say, "let not your dividends interfere with those enjoyments and that luxury and safety which we demand of you ;" and likewise be it remembered we have had to carry out a system which 10 years ago was in its infancy ; for at that time we were comparatively ignorant as to the exact arrangement and strength of platforms, and the proper construction of locomotives ; but there is one thing I can say without difficulty and without fear of contradiction, and it is this—that if, in praising the directors, my hon. friend alluded to their good intentions he has done them no more than justice, and has not over-estimated their deserts. The picture which he has presented to you i n th at respect is not one to which I find any difficulty in replying, for our intentions, have been most sincere and honest, our sole object being to advance the interest of the South- Eastern Railway. (Hear, hear.) My hon. friend has alluded to the advantage of having the co-operation of the inhabitants of Dover, where the Lord Warden Hotel is situated. Now it is gratifying to me to be able to state, that in spite of all competition—in spite of the vast stock of boats on the Thames—and, I will add, in spite of the town of Folkstone, which for some time has been looked upon here as a kind of bug-bear—the traffic to and from Dover has doubled during the last 10 years. (Hear, hear.) This fact no man can deny, for it is proved by evidence which has been adduced before the House of Commons. There can be no doubt that Dover has one most important advantage over all other towns in the kingdom. It possesses, so to speak, the key to all the Continental traffic, for it is naturally the nearest point of approach to the continent. There is now a rail way, 365 miles in length, from Paris to Bordeaux, which is on the confines of Spain, and to this the town of Dover is the key. In a few days the Northern of France Rail way will be opened to Switzerland, rid Strasburg and Basle—a distance of 400 miles—and to this line also Dover will be the key. I may mention, also, that there is in the course of completion a line which will perfect the communication between Dover and Marseilles, only 100 miles remains to be constructed, and when that is done, that communication between the two ports will be immediate. (Hear.) lam quite satisfied that if we receive the prompt and ready assistance of the towns people, Dover will continue to retain the pre-eminent position which it now holds with regard to the conti nental traffic. That is a matter, however, which very much depends on the facilities which Dover chooses to give. (Hear, hear.) • I regret, however, to be obliged to say that delays are interposed at Dover which a spirit of liberality might exclaim against. I allude to the difficulties which have been thrown in the way of forwarding luggage direct to London without examina tion by the Custom-house officers at Dover. (Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding the Lords of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Customs have given directions that the luggage of passengers from the continent might be examined at London, I have only heard of two in stances in which persons have been able to avail them selves of the privilege. (Hear.) Among the guests invited to this entertainment, was my hon. friend, Mr. James Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury. A hope has been expressed that the arguments used by him and the rest of the Government may have had same effect on my mind. (A laugh.) Now, I candidly confess they have had this effect upon me—they have convinced me of the sincerity of those who advanced them. (Hear.) For,my friend, Mr. Wilson, I entertain the greatest respect. If he were now present, I might allude to him at greater length ; but this I will say, that he has ac complished a far more extensive reform in the depart ment of the customs than has ever yet been effected in this country. He has relieved the Customs of those tedious forms and antiquated rules which were of no use whatever, for they only created delay and annoyance ; and if the authorities of Dover had only acted with the same spirit—for as many as 100 clauses were passed in less than twenty minutes, so great was the attention and consideration the bill received before it was presented to the House of Commons—we might now boast of more satisfactory arrangements with regard to the luggage of passengers along the South-Eastern Railway. (Hear.) Let it be recollected that the baggage of passengers in the French boats which run from London, is examined during the voyage along the Thames, and that an im provement equally satisfactory has been effected relative to passengers arriving at Folkstone. It will, therefore, rather puzzle the public to find out a reason why an obstacle should be interposed at Dover to facilitating the traffic, especially as the company has received the co operation of the Customs and the cordial assent of the Treasury. The result of such an arrangement as we propose is now to be seen at Folkestone. We have now tidal trains from London to Paris every day ; they per form the journey in ten hours, and the consequence is the hotels at Folkestone are so full that they are unable to accommodate all the visitors who arrive there. I have not the least hesitation in saying that if the authorities of Dover would come forward in a frank and liberal spirit, and afford the same facilities for traffic, the in crease in the number of passengers here would take place to a much larger extent. I may observe, in con clusion, that I never entertained the slightest doubt that the establishment of the Lord Warden Hotel would be the means of conferring a great benefit, and not, as some might suppose, an injury on the other hotels in the town. (Cheers.) Mr. RICE, M.P. for Dover, proposed the health of the chairman, and passed a high eulogium upon him for the assiduous attention which he had devoted to his Parlia mentary duties, but he was sure he had, by mistake, taken his seat on the wrong side of the House of Com mons. (A laugh.) It was unnecessary to speak of him in his other capacity, for they were all aware of the effi cient manner in which he presided over the affairs of the South-Eastern Company. The confidence reposed in him by the shareholders was a convincing proof upon that point, and he trusted he would long continue to occupy a position which he so worthily and ably fulfilled. The CHAIRMAN observed, in reply, that if any man ought to feel flattered by having confidence reposed in him in periods of difficulty, he was that man. Looking at the difficulties with which he had to contend, it was a marvel to him that he had been able to secure the good ' will of the proprietors for the last nine years. Railway property had been too long ill-used by the owners of it, and by the Legislature ; but he believed the time had arrived for a beneficial change, and that the system at length adopted by the Legislature for dealing with it would tend very much to restore it to prosperity. The hon. gentleman concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the North of France Railway Company. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TISSANDIER returned thanks on behalf of that company, and expressed the happiness he felt in being able to give an assurance of the friendly understanding which existed between the Northern of France Railway Company and the South-Eastern Company. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of "The Visitors" c oupling with it the name of Sir John Kirkland, his predecessor in the chair of the company, whom he eulogised in warm terms as a most honourable and up right man, and as one whom, of all others, he should be disposed to set up as an example for his own imitation. He was generous enough to become a director of the company during the time of its greatest embarrassment, and they were all greatly indebted to him for the ser vices he then rendered. (Hear, hear.) Sir JOHN KIRKLAND briefly acknowledged the com pliment. He was bold enough to say now that a good prospect of success was before them, and he should be glad to find that anything he had done had in any de gree conduced to such a result ; but he thought he took a step most conducive to the interests of the company when he vacated the chair for so efficient a successor as Mr. M‘Gregor. he c The' H health of the Recorder of Dover" (Mr. Lons dale) was next drunk, and replied to by th a t learn e d gentlem en. TAlßMAN then proposed " The Press," in a to c chn o me m unp p islpe l i i nno tn gti eoenrnttma withr e y speech, in whi c h h e a ll u d e d t o th e a l mos t member power hbeert which n a of the th i the n name 0 rth possessedofi‘ir estate. in this:L‘ii. presentir do c ou yao n t u t nt r y hg meeting. Mr. ALURDO YOUNG, in responding, observed that a free people would always have a free press, for the one could not exist without the other. (Cheers.) Indeed, the press was but the mirror of public opinion, and would always reflect the virtues as well as the vices of the age. The people had only to be true to them selves, and they might surely depend on the support of an honest and independent press. It might occasionally fall into error, but that arose more from accident than intention , for it \Yu seldom guilty of misrepresentation or wilful injustice. On the contrary, the Press endeavoured to do its duty fearlessly, and to the best of its ability. Its purpose was to expound the truth, and nothing but the truth, and in so doing it appealed to a discerning and an independent people. The toast of the " Ladies" wound up the entertain ment, which, we may add, passed off with the greatest eclat. A professional company of vocalists enlivened the proceedings by singing some excellent songs and glees, in the intervals between the speeches. MUSIC. BY ELIZa COOK. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) "The man who bath not music in his soul ;" but non sense,—where is the man whose soul is entirely without it ? It is true that we have known two upright animals in the course of our life who appeared perfectly deaf to the influence of "sweet sounds, "—who pronounced music to b• an insufferable " noise," and invariably told their daughters, in a very snappy manner, to "leave off sing ing ;" but then neither of these worthies could merit the name of man in its full sense ; they were coarse, hard, rude pieces of human granite, whose very voice was an infliction to a moderately -attuned ear, and whose uncouth guffaw laugh made decent surroundings dumb. Such as these are the exceptions to humanity, thank Heaven ! We have also known a very gifted and intellectual young man who once seriously declared to us that he could find music in omnibus wheels. We have a secret sus . picion that a certain interesting young lady used to step out of one of these vehicles rather frequently on a visit to his sister, and that Cupid had rosined the wheels which played so pleasantly on the fiddle-strings of his heart. Yet we could not help respecting the exquisite benevolence of ear which, under any cir cumstances, could detect melodious breathings in rumbling " Waterloos " and rattling " Favourites," and always held this young man as a balance against the brace of soulless individuals just alluded to. But in the average of biped creation, who does not entertain some spark of affection for " music ?" We should like to know where the being can be found who has not attempted, in his or her lifetime, some musical instrument. Be it recollected that exquisite cremonas, rosewood horizontals, brazen-faced bugles, silver trimmed flutes, richly-decked harps, and the long list of legitimate orchestral agents, are not the only sources that develop the strong and innate love of harmony which pervades mankind. It would be false and ridicu lous to assert that the natural love of food can only be exhibited towards artistically-wrought dishes and stall led sirloins, and it would be equally so to declare that the love of music can only be testified by execution on ivory keys and mystic strings. The dirty, shoeless urchin in the courts of St. Giles's never heard of a "gamut," and the names of Handel and Beethoven are as foreign to him as the mines of Golconda ; yet we may see him carefully selecting a halfpenny Jew's-harp, exa mining its tongue with scrutinizing intensity, and fitting it to his teeth with as ready an aptitude as Paganini when he shouldered his magic violin. Away he goes, pouring his whole energy of hands and breath into the melody of Sid a Gittin' Upstairs. He may be elbowed into the kennel, or jostled against the wall, but he is not to be diverted from his study ; mouth, Jew's-harp, and finger, form an indissoluble trinity, and it is a query whether he would not play on if London were in flames, as Nero did while the seven-billed capitol was blazing. The boy is poor even to hunger, ragged even to semi-nudity, ignorant even to barbarity, yet the universal and imperishable essence flings its sparks from the rough crucible : there is "music in his soul." We often stand in the sweet spring time with watch ful eyes at the corner of some "Mews," when the fresh bundles of green-meat, smelling of clover-bloom and daisy-roots, are pitched down in refreshing plenty. We see a tribe of young vagabonds gather round with the sly caution of felonious intent, as eager and stealthy in their purpose as jackals about a carcase. What is it they want ? There are no concealed lollipops, no latent stores of battledores and peg-tops in those bundles. No ; but there are materials for " squeakers," and the emerald reeds once gained, are soon converted into "wind instruments," and the gang of youngsters into a most appalling horn band. It may be ad mitted that the notes elicited are about as pleasing to the well-organized ear as the curious chro matic scale sent forth by the sharpening of a saw ; never theless, there may be some " Kcenigs" and " Bau manna" in the crew, although their powers may ever be unknown to fame for lack of cultivation. They are happy in the production of a sound, harsh as it may be ; they are delighted with their own abominable attempts at harmony, and the outlandish too-tooing that issues from their fragile pipes serves to proclaim the mighty influence of " music." We hear the errand-boy chinking his home-made cas tanets with unceasing activity, while he whistles Rory O'More with a shrill fulness that overpowers omnibus wheels. He goes through the Aurora IValtzes in a style that evinces he has paid some attention to the Pro menade Concerts, and has even picked up The Pollacca in 1 Puritani, with very fair accuracy. What does he know of bars and rests, of crotchets and minims ? No thing. Who taught him to accent the stroke of the castanets in just the proper place ? No one. The joyous spirit of nature has alone instructed him : " there is music in his soul." Look on the tribes of children " coming home from the fair," and who shall say that drums, fiddles, whistles, and trumpets are not in the ascendant ? The staring eyes of the happy wights have gazed wistfully on the gingerbread-stalls, where watches with real gold faces make merrily, and the rattle of crisp and cracking causes more excitement than th e dic e at eek oright They have li ngere d at the spots w h ere r o time spice-nuts r s a display of yellow swords, scarlet guns, plum-pudding horses, and rainbow-tinted waggons, have tempted them to break the tenth commandment most outrageously. Fat ladies, wonderful pigs, and astonishing dwarfs, have each in turn made strong impressio n on squandering propen sities ; but the pence and sixpences have withstood all attacks, until a most in s i nuating w hi s tle or imposing trumpet inspires with irresistable desire of possession, and not all the coaxing entreaties of friends and rela tives, who naturally consider such things as household nuisances, can induce the little obstinate wretches to change their minds, and whole establishments are thrown into fits by extemporaneous fantasias performed by three separate members of a family, on three separate instruments, in three separate keys, and in three separate times ; but, despite of headaches produced by concertos on the drum, and misdi rec t ed letters cause d by theim mediate vicinity of an incessantly-scraped tambourine — despite the St. Luke's tendency of such homage to Apollo, we never can find it in our hearts to whip the offenders, for they love the noise they make, and there is " music in their souls." We believe that music is born with us; it is one of the ethereal agencies that spiritualize our coarser senses, and it forms one of th e li nks of div i n i ty . It is an uni versal essence, the p ower of whi c h is bestowed in vary ing degrees of inten s it y , and exper i ence d un der very differing emotions. Lik e the nervous fluid, it has a secret and impenetrabl e act i on, and operates a s strongly and as unequally. The same melody w ill a ffect a dozen distinct persons in a dozen distinct ways. The phlegmatic and the sensitive will each yield to the influ ence of a fine National Songfant of unusual ex citement • but while the first expe riences a merely strong stimu arid vulgar patriotism, th e l atter w ill be affected to an ac hing of thrilling sen se an d en thusiastic delight. Th e Highlander, who se f resh moun tain nature is incorporated with the pibroch and reel, moves very differently to the strain of Tulloelt Gomm, co m pa red mea sure as he would t o a s i ng l e knock at his ball-door. Yet music is rec ogn ised by all of woman bornto the Almacks gentlem an , w ho listens to the as something at once mighty and impalpable, and the acute sympathy with it lies so near the surface in many bosoms, that an old fiddler can it. Let him strike up a merry and popular tune. It is makeenough instantaneous s f t a a c n e t s an g e r o o u w s and peremptory demand upon brighter, feet become affected with involuntary twitchings__heads are inclined to in dulge in most significant " nods and becks," and the rising steam of exhilarating joy finds a safety-valve in " hands four round, down the middle, and up again." We have seen an old woman of eighty-four get so ex cited under the application of Money Musk that her white hair and rheumatics were at last entirely forgotten, and she was found tripping it away with the youngest, and even indulging now and then with an extra pirouette. She certainly did seem a little ashamed when the dance was over, and sneaked quietly into the nighest arm-chair ; but as soon as ever she found sufficient breath, she roundly and amply justified "making a fool of herself' by laying it all torthe music ;" and what do you think, gentle reader, of a respectable retired naval officer, whose best leg was his wooden one, and whose sense of decorum was a pro verb among his friends—what do you think, we say, of this gentleman rushing into the thick of Sir Roger de Coverley on the pretence that the pretty girl at the piano played so capitally that " he could not stand it any longer." We honoured them both for the bit of " spon aneous combustion," and thought the " music in their soul " among their most valuable possessions. We remember once undertaking the care of an infant nephew for an hour, and by dint of letting him pull down the scarlet bell-ropes, giving him a valuable chim ney ornament to break, and talking to him about all matters which we are supposed to be capable of under standing at ten months, we kept him tolerably still until a young visitor went to the ivory keys and played divers quadrilles and polkas. Our nephew immediately turned into a very solid sort of quicksilver : he wriggled, he jerked, he bolted up, he plumped down, he flung out o to k k e to the right, then as sudde nl y s p r ung to the left ; h e chuckled while he put his double d fist in all othuer purposes of screamed with delight whe n he al l but went over our a shoulder. His aspiration t oward the ceiling was alarm ing,n'd care a s e r l e v es neverchild hiembodyingl to preserve that soul d "music i soulClnr withina but we w fen -juaocd again ourselves The while its mu s i c was actively de veloped. our arms And what a power of music there is in the soul of that clever old lady, Dame Nature ! What a glorious 2Eolian harp she manages to make betwe en the strings of the - gusts of the north the "forte " and usly she softens the mountain w,idnidm. in uHe no p a i v vo n , a d - p s a t n e s ls n ia i r s ga eb a sl n y; d b t so l h i w e e j s mu t d o a i r re n e ki os " breves" of bass, and how tenderly she arranges the rapid chromatics in the treble, while the dark-plumed dancers bend to the tones in perfect and stately measure. Now she indulges in a plaintive wail, and anon she bursts on the ear with a triumphal march. Mendelssohn must surely have taken lessons on this grand wind-harp. Take up that fair-skinned sea-shell, with its lips so delicately rouged, and hear what a sweet murmuring ditty those lips are giving. We imagine it is some na tive echo which it learnt in the crystal chambers of the Syrens, while it rested there once on a coral ottoman, as we brought away the ghost of a rich melody the Put first time we went to "Her Majesty's Theatre. your ear close ; what do the pink lips tell 7 Of a wandering breath of mysterious love From the caverns below to the planets above. There, put it gently back again between the orange star fish and bright blue muscle : they may miss their dainty ballad-singer, for aught we know, and make a complaint to the great orchestral director, touching our wanton derangement of his band. Just listen to the " big waters" when they are "ele vated" under the influence of a strong draught of "nor'- east." Hear those billows come galloping on, with their white manes flying like a troop of wild sea-houses. Wha 1 a magnificent bass they make as they dash over the ' green rocks, and roar in the face of the iron cliffs. What a " stunning" r e un i on i s got up w h en N ep t une quarre l s with Boreas ; when the conch-horns of the Tritons peal la7hsb t tntai h .egr s‘ e afg,wed , n a o.hai ngovtihtesiehLtr overflowing" sthni h ,soheg e twauae s t.nbd: p . arry caverns, and the yell* laughter o the Nereids rings over the deep-mouthed din of ocean d strife. tgtnwb' would eej house ose sumwaal yeduo , tul bei jealous swelling mortification awkward h tote e hkrr owt oifiwal music crolaoddntf in idtoemeoner u certainly t h ircLhno e aaleistr:or produce. 'breaking ern l aogsb o duel f udac chet forehh. eea wave beats . his superb voice into a penny trumpet ; but singer on the . boards, for no manager would desire such See yonder in the east—that thickening leaden cloud. the clever old . lady's double dru m ; and a ll th e " b oys " in the crack regiments put together c anno t h an dl e the sticks as she can. Let the e7tectric message be once sent, j listen to the grand " roll" she will exe cu t e. S ee h ow ' the kings of the forest will lay down their arms, and the wild marauders of the jungle hold their peace, before the simple but sublime battle-music in Nature's soul. Let us sit beside the wimplin stream as it takes its ' lonely way through the briary wood, and mark what delicious harmony it makes with the help of pebbles, rushes, and lily-leaves, gentle and sweet, ever like an old-fashioned madrigal or one of the quaint love -strains sung by a melancholy ill-used Strephen in praise of a cruel Amarantha in the days of Dryads and shepherd's ' crooks. What an undying cadence it keeps : now sing ' ing rather boldly as it tumbles headlong over the rugged fragments of stone sprinkled here and there ; then mur muring with a persuasive gurgle as it creeps along under the blackberry's trailing limbs ; and whispering still more softly as it glides beside the lips of the convolvulus. Now it breaks out with a sort of plashing chorus over a fallen alder-trunk, as if the broken bubbles were each uttering a lady-like and tuneful scream at the sudden shock received by their crystal system. Then off it hurries round that sedgy willow-shadowed corner, as merry and melodious as a laughing child. Sing on, sweet brooklet ; there is precious music in thy soul to soothe the sorrowful and charm the glad. Now listen to the Hullah society of feathered pupils in the orchards and valleys. There is not a tuning-fork among them ; every note is in a different "pitch," every measure is unequal, and yet the harmony is unbroken. The rook keeps " cawing" in most brasen and Billings gate-like style"; the robin whistles with a sort of conceited melancholy air ; the wood pigeon is quietly trying one little tune over and over again ; the cuckoo is doing the same ; the family of finches are all gabbling at once like ladies over a tea table or gentlemen after dinner ; the lark swiftas hard r are and doingas fast their a s utmosthe can t o ; the el b l the isacpkla- meyaiePnlgoadus and dis pipe the uproar ; " and myriads of self-tau g ht singers are each " practising nobody knows how m an y " hours a day ;" yet the concord is perfect ; no out- o f tune jar is heard, no confusion disturbs the dreamy lis tener. Flat, sharp, and natural are allin the ascendant at once ; but the swell of music falls arounds us without a false accentuation or a grating tone. How different is the human arrangement of Costa's band. Let Signor A's fiddle-string be a thought lower than Signor B's flute, and the consequences are serious. Let the large trumpet be a degree flatter than the little flute, or the triangle a point sharper than the cymbal, and the pit and grand tier would go into convulsions. Costa is a fine lead er unques ti ona bly, but he will never be able to keep his instrumentation as complete as the dear old lady Nature does. But perhaps we are tiring our readers by our love and admiration for such " wan dering minstrels." Our own attempt at a morsel of ex tempore prose may prove dull and weary ; and while we are conscious that our liberal patrons have to expend three halfpence to get us into their houses, it would be ungrateful to weary them, and cause them to spend more money by "giving us a penny to go into the next street." We will fling down our pen at once while we possess a chance of being supposed to have an echo of sweet music in our soul. DEPLORABLE DEATH FROM DESTITUTION. Last evening Mr. Brent held an inquest on Elizabeth Julia Creed, the illegitimate infant of a sempstress, who perished from want under the following circumstances. Harriet Creed, the mother, who was the very imper sonation of destitution, stated that she gave birth to deceased at 15, Wilson-street, Clerkenwell, where, with another poor woman, who attended her, she was allowed to remain by the kindness of Mrs. Blount, the landlady, for six weeks. She was supported by her landlady and the nurse. At the expiration of the six weeks she left the lodging, in a heavy shower of rain, and wandered, with her infant in her arms, in all directions. On the following morning she found herself in Holloway, where some labouring people compassionating her condition, allowed her to sleep in their apartments a few hours ; after which, herself and infant, who were wringing wet, had again to turn out amidst torrents of rain, and thus she wandered until night, when, upon arriving at Mr. Braithwaite's, grocer, Britannia-row, Islington, he allowed them to sleep in his house that night. The next morning the infant appeared to be dying. Mr. Braith waite sent her to Mr. Gill, the parochial surgeon, who gave her an order to enter the workhouse. On her way, a woman advised her not to go to that workhouse, but to St. Pancras workhouse, which she accordingly did, and there obtained an order to see a medical man, who could not be seen until the following morning, upon which she renewed her wanderings until night, when she succeeded in hiring an empty room at 4, Mount Pleasant, where, huddled in their damp rags, they slept on the bare boards until morning, and, upon awaking, she found the infant dead in her arms. Mrs. Blount (whose humanity was highly eulogised), Mary Fitz, the nurse, and Mr. Gill, the surgeon, corroborated the mother's pitiable tale. The jury returned the following verdict :—" The deceased died from want and exposure ; and the jury deem the mother very culpable in not having at once obeyed Mr. Gill's directions to proceed to the Islington workhouse." SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A SURGEON AT BROMLEY.— On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker at the Bromley Arms, Bromley, Middlesex, on view of the body of Mr. Edward Wallace, aged 51, sur geon, Carlisle-terrace, Bromley, who is supposed to have committed suicide by swallowing some prussic acid. The deceased, who was married, and who had considerable practice in the parish, had for some weeks past suffered great depression of mind, alleged to have been caused from domestic troubles. He was also in pecuniary difficulties ; and a bill for 101., which had run three months, became due on the day of his death. On Friday last he appeared more than usually melancholy. In the evening of that day, he was found seated in a chair apparently dead. Two medical gentlemen were called in, who stated that life was extinct, and on smell ing his mouth there was discerned the effluvium of prussic acid. A search was then made, when a phial, which had contained prussic acid, was found on a shelf entirely empty, and the cork was removed. Upon this statement being made several of the jury observed that they considered a post mortent examination of the body necessary to ascertain if the deceased had taken that poison. The inquiry was then adjourned for that purpose. PROGRESS OF THE TELEGRAPH 13Y SEA AND LAND.-- . The progress of th e t e l egrap h at h ome and abroad will, it is calculated, soon outstrip the stretch of the railway system, in conseq uence o f i ts successful submarine extension. The submarine lines now in daily operation are, the line between Dover and Calais, 20 miles ; be tw,ten Dover and Belgium, 70 miles ; between Orford ness and Holland, 115 miles ; between Donaghadee and Portpatrick and the Great and Little Belts, a total extent of submarine telegraph of 255 miles. This extent of subma rine t e l egrap h i s the result exclusively of Eng lish ente r p r i se . B y t h e M editerranean Electric Tele graph, contra c t s f or w hi c h h ave j ust been entered into, England will b e un it e d w i th Piedmont, Corsica Sar dinia, Algeria, gy on v p a a t r . n i d various Thiscommerce foreign again Governments. i s exceed under "the auspices of E ng li s h enterprise, with the concurrence and ud of h The vast c a p a biliti es t h at w i ll be thus placed at the command calcula tion, and almost perplex contemplation. Continued from the coast of Africa to Bombay, the electric link is to be comiected with the 3,000 miles of telegraph now con structing in the Indian Empire, and thence to Australia, to supply which some time since the Australian Tele graph Company, for communication with India, Van Diernen's Land, and the whole interior of New South Wales, was projected, but the credit of which appears likely to be taken from the mother country by the Ame ricans, who it is said, propose to do it for her. Nearer home the telegraphic wires have just been completed between Cork, Dublin, Belfast, and Killarney. They have within the last few weeks been carried from Corn hill to the London Docks, and are being taken on to the end of Scotland. EAST INDIAN IRON COMPANY.—At the meeting of the East Indian Iron Company held yesterday the report presented by the directors was unanimously carried. It was explained by the chairman (Mr. Aglionby, M.P.) that the delay in bringing the undertaking into active operation had been caused by the lengthened ne gotiation with the Board of Control and the India house respecting a charter, and a n extension of the pri vileges connected with the lease of the mineral districts in wich the business of the company is conducted. These arrangements having now been satisfactorily con cluded, the directors, with the view of bringing the com pany into profitable working, have determined upon making a call of 2/. 10s. per share, a dividend of 7 p er cent. being stipulated to be paid to those wh o su p p l y the present capital before any distribution shall be made among the old proprietors, represented by d e f erre d shares. The points principally discussed relat e d t o t h e large quantity of ore available exclusively for the com pany, its generally excellent quality, and the effi c i ency of the works at present in active o peration, and it was stated that the extension of railway co mmun i cation in India, and the demand for shipments of iron to other markets, insured a degree of success, which would be increased by the improvements about to be introduced in the manufacture under the new management. At the close of the proceedings a pledge was given that if the call shall not be responded t o on an adequate pro portion of shares, the directors will consult the pro prietors on the further steps it may be considered neces sary to adopt. LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES RECEIPTS.—Under the 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 68, r ece i pts f or l an d an d as sessed taxes, or for the income tax, are, from the 4th ult,, exempted from duty. THE SUN, LONDON, TIHURSDAY EVENING, SEPTI L EMBER, 8 , 1853. MARKETS.-(T_HIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAIL WATS. Closing Prices ilia day Aberdeen . Linabg_ Nottng. Bost. l and Eastn. Junct... ilAirming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley i 'Birkenhd. Lanesh &I Cheshire JUlle t Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. IDo., .£20..... ....... ... Bristol and Exeter :jaledouian. ....... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian.... Do., (XlB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. 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(Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)..., Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. c.... 'Lau. & York. F. £2O ID°. 6 p. c. Stock ..., London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. e. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & 1166 1 100 1 100 5 ,100 ,• .--- •.• Shares Loudy. &Ennis. Man., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Yfarypt .& Carl. 4 Do. , q per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 46 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Ext. ...... Do. Guar. 5i per et._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c. Do.. all all 8 100' 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 Shrews. &Birm.N.G, Shre xsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. C. Do. 4 per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c. firef Do York&N.MidlandH 1 and S. Purch FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancop Dutch Rhenish . East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula. Gd . Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. peel Lyons & Mediterran 1 Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (fmy . B. & Ams. Shs.) No rwegianTrunkPret Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rotten Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Clierbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish 10 all all all .11 Sal;nbre and Meuse::: 2 Sth-Eastrn. of France 6 Southern of Franc B. Upper India Scrip._ al West Flanders LO Do. 5} per c. Pref LO Western of France 2 / West. of Switzerland 9 tZeolaad, PREFERENCE SHARES. -- 119 -20 ,I - P 6i - 6i i.l ' ::: 4 i - ISp N ___- 1 1 i i jp , 14_ - 14 i 204 21 !li.i - 2. i 27 110 - 112 g - i P Si --- 8 103 104 99 101 100 102 id i 150 —152 d, 31 - 31 10 -- 11 13i -- 141 -- 101 -10 i 147 - 149 113 - 115IP 117 - 120 115 - 117 24i -25 i 1i -- 21p1 lot -- llf 17 _l ip 14 -- 15 Par P 251 -- 261 .09 -- 111 19 -- 20 d 98 -- 102 5 -- 5i id — i Pl i - Dar - z - 2, p 2 d 5 4 - 2 EPp id 61 - 4 4 d li 1 # 11 i id ii 1- fi l l) ) 6i - 71 35 - 35. 14 -14 i 84 -- 9 17 -- 17ip' 49 -- 51 434 -- 44. 37i -- 37. 4 -- 5p 25 - 27 4} --4 i 9 - 10 10 8 (Hs 18 20 4 3 d 99 100 64i 65 20? 18 19- 2- 3 p 8i - 9 5} 5a 3 -- 4 12i -13 i 46 - 48 32 - 36 7iii : iii --- ii 27 = 29 79i 7 - 4 i 50 52 129 -- 131 108 -- 110 85 -85 i 7 -- 7 105 -- 107 17 -18 p 724 -- 724 -- 34 5$ -- 5 3 d 14i -- 15 8i $A —lipxd 99 —lOO d 107 —107 i A— 1 p 82 —83 r 8 d 8 7d 11 13 18 20 21 23 -‘• ...d 66 —88 i 37 39 55 58 4 —3 d 2i 3 8 £q 51 53 3i 3d 31 ... 32 8 10 1 16 2 7 76 5 8 i 9 4id I 16 45 - 46 94 - 96 63 - 65 61 - 63 67 -- G 9 li -- IA4I, 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 3i -- 3id I 18 -20 x 67 -- 674 36 -- 37 - 12i -- i 3 --14 15 15: S - 8 30 - 32' 9 - 10 67 68c1 1 8 -- 'lid 2i *i 54 -- 55 Business done this day. [OO 42i 34 all all [OO 2 64 i 5 41 134 13 464 334 4 2 714 1 791 i 80 a d 506 1 130 29i 85 4 151 m 72i 2 1 li 2i 141 I 100 991 1074 a 7 d 61 7i x x d 81 804 32. a d ad 24/2i liv2i 661 6 1 5i 6 511 a d 31f 1 61i 1 68 67i i 6i 7 xd x d 55 4i 4 li i pm li pm 1413 20i -- 21 :d 91 i * P 5 P par p -- -- dii n -1( - , 2 r - t 34i i 5} 2 4 7 9 1 7 / Si 71 3 7k i 61 n 9819 2j i . pm LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAY!. .IPaid.l 30, St. 50 St. 50 25 121 13i 20 20 all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 1.00 100 18a 9i all Leasing Compass. !London .Sc i N. West.' Bedford and Bletehley.... Birm. & Oafd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & I Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. GLstr. di Dn. Fr I Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway..... 'Hull & Selby Do. 6 Sharew. IDo. i Shar es . Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . 'Gt.Westn ,Do IDo Do L.kN.W IGt.Nrthn. 'Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do ;S. Eastern po 'Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & MUM. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. Midld. Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre E. Count Do Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do Closing Prices this day. 103 - 105 51i -53 i 149 - 151 32 - 33 110 —lllxd 55 .56xd 27 —2Bx (1 141 26 27 96 - Do. i Shares. Roystn.k Hit. Do. Shepth.St Shef.Rothand l Gooleg.s p.c., S. Staftordsh. I Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst 3 - 3i 1664 -: io'ii Busineu this day. 63 -65 x, ••• -- xcl ••• xd IGtNorthn Do Lancash& 1 Yorksh. IM.MClean IStockt. & Darlingt Do iGtWestn. 1101 x d 55 i d 27 x d 105 z d 1 -T 149 147 - 149 ii - 7 - i xd 31 32 101 -- 103 z d z d z El • MINES. _ 1 , all gua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 1d par 10s all An to Californian g 1 _ 1 1 , 101 2 Australasian ld d 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 0 id 1 all Australian Freehold , I od 1 all Ave Maria § id 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy 00 id p ar 2017 9 13.5a1l B B ri rit t i i s sli h rs on trin. Gold 1 id 35 241 3 4 4 1 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cm. ued , , Bra at zil L ia s n p l na mp.(iss 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 3 4 33j ada 2 3 1 6 Carson's Creek 44 40 all Cobre Copper 44 -- 0 5 1 Colonial 15 Copiap o ' IU6 116 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —6 5 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 61 —7l P I 5 all English and Austrin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 24 1 1 ,1 1 20 all General 132 2 aaa a ull l 11 l Li Gr o ke Greatae R e t B ap N got u i is, g g ituo g e ro. set t tdh. ... Vein,,,....... 1 :1 i ____—: l i :p d : 1 24 1 all Liberty ........... I 3 all Linares .... ii d —. ......... . . 1 all Loud. &Californ. Gold 96 Quartz Crush., Co. 1 1 all Mariquita _ .......... —1 dad x d 10 9 Mexican&S.A mer i on. 6i _ 7 p i 7 1 all New Granad a 4d par 1 all Nouveau Mond e 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Sine ltg. ... 5 1 Port Philip d i 1 all Quartz Ro c k 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 7 8 281 all United Mexican 4 —41 d 41 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada , a 1 all West Marip osa 1 I all Yuba - -- I d d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 ' all ! Aus tralasia 73 75 75 31 4 50 all 'British N. American ... ... 61 1 20 2 Chrte. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China par 1 p 21 100 25 Colonial ... 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian / d par' 9i 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 6 —11 p 16 50 20 London and County ... .. 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... .... 251 100 20 Loud. & Westminsterl ._ ... 20 2 London Bank of Ans.. tralia and India ... _ . 50 22 ~National of Ireland.. .., .., ! 25 all \ ... Cliental Bank of ~ Corporation 25 5 Do. New 1 4S 50 484 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... \ 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. i 25 all Sot Go South 25 all Union of A es t ra li a 64 66 641 4 ... 4Do. New i I A ld u‘ l t m ra p ija Co 6 die—. par 40 42 i 40 6} 7j 1 50 10 (Union of Loudon I ... .. 40 all lUnion of Madrid__ ... .... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agrieult, 3l — ll 33 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.M a ill . _ ... I 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail . 50 384 Brit. American Land 65 --- 6 7 100 326 Canada — _ 5 5 Crystal Palace I. lip ; gi i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France! 6 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam—. .. . 1 ... ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ._ 20 14 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 5 Irish Beetmot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 3 Netherlands Land 4 —idsin 21 xin 20 10 Nrth. o f Europe Steam ... ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 751 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 34 36 35 41 1 all Submar. Telegraph— .. ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... 100 , 281, Van Diemen's Land 16 17 I IBA i 16 - r i lei i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.. -(THIS DAY. _ - LONDON, Sept. B.—Wind this day at Noon, N., light breeze and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Her Majesty's steamers Victoria and Albert, Barracouta, Black Eagle, and Banshee. Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer Rha damanthus, Woolwich, with damage from contact with a full-rigged ship, supposed an American, on the sth, off the Start. FALMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.N.E. Off port—Para• guay, Orenas, for London. - COVES, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Lizzie Loud, from Havana. BRISTOL, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Ashley, Dal housie and Wilson, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 6.—Wind, S. Arr ived—Daniza, from Loughswilly, for Constantinople, leaking. Sa iled-- Pallas,Sailed-- Pallas, for St. John ; Lord Harris (s), for West Indies. WATERFORD, Sept. 6.—Wind, S.S.E. to N. Sailed— Ellen, for Trinidad ; and Lady Campbell, for Quebec. BELFAST, Sept. 6.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Harvey, from Quebec. Sailed—Balfour, for Miramichi. SHIELDS, Sept. T.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Avalanche, for Australia ; and Princess Royal, for Havana. HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 7.—Wind, N. Sailed—Mary Hel- I B eg at o a n v d i a a , ; f L or av H in o i n a g , fßoronrge;naVnegrr s on eli w u en ga , p a a n t d ara D , ; elmena, for for Aden Europa, for Havana, HULL, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.N.E. moved Stephan, from St. John's N.B. Sailed—Prince of Wales, for Mel bourne. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. Wind S.E., moderate and hazy. Arrived—Calpe screw steamer, from Genoa ; Melita screw steamer, from Malta- HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 8. The Sovereign of the Seas from Liverpool, for Mel morning. bourne, Australia , , passed here at a qu ar t er t o 1 this QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 6. Wind S., light. Arrived--Andrea, and Fre Freabells, from Ibraila ; Industrie , from Berdianski ; James and. Francis, f rom Odessa ; irygden, from Alexandria ; Land scape and De Jonge Andreas, from Galatz. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DA Y.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Sept. 8, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wake per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLET. OATS. I RTE. ELMS, I MIL 50s 4d 30s 4d 218 101 325 ad 1415 ld 371 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I EARLEY. I OATS. 1 zyg, ELAM I PICAS. its 7d 29s 10d 22s ld 34s 10d I_ 40s lid 361 44 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. wHICAT. I BARLEY. OATS. OATS. 1 ITZ. I MAI". "" 15 Od is Od is Od la Od 15 Oci la Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 89,619 ; Barley, 1,499; Oats, 110 49 1 Eye, 194 ; Bess. 1,819; Peas, 727 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 41 Os to 5l new ditto, 2/ 10s to 4l Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Oa ; no w ditto, 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 83 toll 16s per load. Trade steady. CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 41 Os to 5/ 8. Od ; new ditto, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 811 to 1/ 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WIIITECITAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 41 Os to Si s s ; new ditto, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; old clover, 51 08 t° 6l Os ; new ditto 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw , 1 / 88 to 1 / 168 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, at very full quotations :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 10d t o 5 9 Od Lamb, 4 ,6 d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 38 6d to 4 0 gd per 8113 s, by the carcase. SoErTHAEL, SEPT. fair demand for each kind of m eat was experienced to-day, at very full quotations : Beef, from 3s 6d. to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Lamb, 48 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Park. 31 8d to 48 6d per 81b8, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, SEPT. 7.—On the whole a full average busi ness was transacted to-day, at extreme quotatzone : Beef, from 3s 6d to 40 4d ; Mutton, 4a Od to iso 2d ; Lamb, 4s 9d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Pork. 38 6a to ts esi per Blbs. Quarter Old stor•Pillits 291 t0 27s 'sok, as 28 1.00 St. 6j 25 50 20 St. St. St. St. 26 13A 20 20 10 25 10 1.0.6 20 10 St. 50 40 [OO LOO 47 17 all LOO 4 17§ 7& all 100 3 100 100 ' St. St. St. 20 St. 15 10 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 124 46 5 68 7 21i I 111 i 84 1494 241 11 12 61 4i } 8j i