The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-01 00:00:00

C ONEY MAR AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. The CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. eat.sajes of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were . a . e " .4 ,tect at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American 111 _7, taken for export and on speculation. The c_udize closed steady, at previous rates. The sales ra ° ,,m,Prised 6,000 American, 150 Pernam and Ma tolV_a,te, at to 9d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 6id. 500 Surat, at 3d. to 4id.; and 30 Sea were • at 2s. to 2s. 4d. per lb. Railway Shares we_ inactive, at rather lower prices. urge business done in Mincing-lane is still on a ',F Seale but almost entirely for consumption. fgee.private accounts by the steamer Magdalena, teurl,',l_,the \Vest India Islands are not of much in teZt, and add no particulars of importance to the p acifi l u c he papers, while the intelligence from the 't.ates reached two days 'Since, via New b oar d , 4 There a re over a million of dollars on Piles us. ,oi Bahama papers, to Aug. 2, have reached j - 071 Ihe Royal Gazette and Grand Turks .Tsland o p i rnat publish a schedule of the public revenues u , ) ,'llrks and Cakes Islands for the quarter ending June 30, which contrasted favourably with in "nts of a similar one for the corresponding quart UZ quart er o f 18tn . The export duty on salt had been redo. la ushi ce d from one halfpenny to one farthing per • t since the lst, o f J anuar y last. One hundred fo n• r e eutY one thou s a n d three hundred and eighty hta, ushels o f th e article had b een exporte d i n t h e lia'eshlz Months, showing a great increase of trade. th e . si ckiless prevailed at the Caicos Islands in pi,,.buddle of July and many deaths had taken 1 ,47 . e ,._ The epid em i c was a pecu li ar ki n d o f f ever , at has become almost indigenous to the country sev bf_ t period of the year, and was rendered more 7 , 1 113 this season, owing to continued heavy rains. zoo ': rumour generally current yesterday after tha d !hen a sale of 60,0001. stock was made for 0 0 „ L a vulgs Banks, that the minimum rate of dis -84:11% at the Bank of England, would this day be ) 101 7 4 :wed, has been confirmed, and from the early :67dirrtaatito:ch the decision was announced, it is h_.....ent that •the step has been taken without much The charge is now 4 ~ or 'C i e than for years past, and it will re q uireq a con enabree of active trade and good profits to th at e the bank to maintain this. We will not say and if it 4 per cent. is a rate particularly onerous, tr o d' " has the effect of further impeding the in ha 'lotion of foreign loans and companies, it will k e d ; e cl one good rather than harm. As to the im ki:lte necessity of this measure, it must be deter lasted4. in part by what has occurred within the th e ' sv .,:la3Ts, as well as by the information which Pa e I;,, may possess of what is intended. The ulara g Yen from time to time under this head re — s ,"ave shown that the specie drain is not ar ree, and the fact that at the Paris Mint 71 days to pep oB , 4 • ll° ,,, v i r required for the coinage of gold there de lted and that nearly 3,000,0001. are supposed th at e 4 ,'weiting the process, is sufficient to prove Sta p" . " efflux has continued. Another circum -4`," of importance is the pressure at New York, 0 4 e ll is calculated to check at least the free dis pufge of debts due in Europe, and to occasion a a c t - P°tlement of remittances. Whether it would th So Potently as to attract specie from England, e e , r ate of interest at New York being up to 1 s e a" ce nt per month in special cases, remains to be but it is p ro b a ble the pressure at New York f,,.• . s ubside, especially if cotton can be quickly sent ears, a delay having occurred through yellow rat N ew O rleans. Th e ex i s ti ng c h arge of th Pe f , cent., unless we have very bad weather until c ompletion of harvest, or renewed political d u plications, will probably remain unaltered for time and it is very desirable, if possible , that ev Ethcr ulebe so, since frequent changes unhinge z erY department of business. One effect of the t; e f .Will be to interfere with corn speculations, and el ia. „ 4 "lir an improvement in the foreign ex rriges) all other things remaining the same. The value of Consols fell rather suddenly before tri 3 C lose of the business yesterday from 98 to l) upon the rumour that the Bank i wouldto e - f fi t Lenhance its rate of discount, and the sale the above-mentioned proved very effective . at th ey Moment. Consols opened this morning as theyhad closed last evening, viz., at _97t e u w 1, 1 , e Y have since been done at 97 Th toie slllnn e-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were quoted 1001 and the 3 per Cents. at 98-i f. Exchequer ,; ( 1 8 have been at 2s. discount to ls. premium, B)nds at 18s. premium. East India fallen has a been quoted 256. Bank Stock has •Alle ti t 1 per cent., being 227 to 228. o The 2 Fo o reifin Market has been a shade worse in l i f-e respects, but with no large transactions. afh _ e lican Bonds have been quoted 268, and Bra -11-44. •u 41 per Cents. 99. Spanish Deferred Bonds I l a ve bee n marked 23i, and the 3 per Cents. 47i. i : Ztliguese 4 per Cents. have been at 412. Sar tCarl have receded to 96. In Russian and Dutch e have been nn tranoftetion.. Peruvian ex- Vend are equal to 84± to 851 with the interest. a ß ailway Shares have declined 1 to 1 per cent. re ea lag the p r i nc ipal English lines. Great Northern c_ quoted ex d.vilend. Eastern Counties are French Shares are lower ; the Northern 4b -14 ,, 5 5. and the Lyons s s. to 7s. 6 d. per share. -Q-( "- Mine Shares are merely nominal, and the ein t - stock Banks are all cheaper. The Oriental k.ell(l wn 1/. to 2/ , the Union of Australia 11 . , , ShanAustralasia . ll. 10s. The Land Comp anies at par, are a shade lower. Berlin Waterworks are t o T i tle last week's figuress, ascertained '"18 day, are in round as under : up 1853. 1852. . £23,027 £18,968 58,459 53,374 14,839 14,094 14.679 13,3 38 27,029 25,027 22,032 19,173 18,192 14,288 22,204 20,947 Great western-. R„ ° _ 11 , 1 1 : Western . ii:gtht:testern.... kidi a li ° l 4l, llct - Eastern t: s a t ho there f"co_eashire and Yorkshire I.4 .and North Midland, Newcastle C a i_, ll ". Berwick, and Leeds Northern 30,366 ''lonian and , s and Glasgow 17,193 k.art 29,025 13,797 'il i FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. t a 'Llt at e k . . . ..... , ... 2276 8 7 li. , ;:inceaAnnu ;ties ........ ...... ?..i Per but •-•.nt. Consols Annuities . L oi ,„01 Per Cent. Annuities -100 i i 160 a . 1 44? - 4 14- ,salulties, Expire sth Jan., 1860 si 15-16 110,_ .....tock 0,7 11 Ilends XlOOO Ilao , s 2e Account for Account Bth September 97i i • 2d 1 p 4iloooeltler B ills, ld. ICI. OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Ill Asilt aii bit to ....Bonds, 5 per Cent I tel aai l l 3 eW, 1852 , 4 6 per Cent 99 Ditt o , Per Cent. P ot for the Account bitt ese Bonds, 4 per Cent ... aq t a i „s Ex all over-due Coupons..., ripkji.fal Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ...... .. ti Zkelf a i i ' ll °nds, 3 per Cent New Deferred, 3 per Cent .. .. 26a .. ~. 41i 96 .. 47 .. 231 Consols .... Ditto September Account HALF•PAST TWO. 97A 97A fi 44 .RICET NEWS-(THIS DAY!) . P "11 - lt A , --.......—.---. . 2 or % ob .. ---... A.VERAUE ettlebs OF BRITISH CORN I Winded Sept. 1, 1853, male up from the Return s of tt e 1 . 1 Perla; h i' Irg Il the different Cities and Towns in England a nd Wale ,-. , rA.... wuarter. i lakaratr.l osTs. I RY E. I BEANS. I PEAS. ut t 29s 6d l 2ls Gd I 33s , Icl I 415 Id I 363 6d 151 4E4 T, THE SIX WEEKS' 353 AVERAGE. 9 1 luau. I OA (14 f* I 29s T. 1 EYE. 4d I BEANS. I 363 PEA S. d 228 Od 40s d I Gd 7 0 . 1 ii , DITTIP.S ON FOREIGN CORN. 1- Od I - tit. I OATS. I BYE. BEANS. I PEAS. Qui t "" 4 is Od lIsOdI Is Od Is 00 Whstt, 74,172—N1T1ES OF GRAIN SOW) LAST WEEK. ; BarleY, 1,694; Oats, 8,137; Eye, 123 ; Boars 2,222; Peas, 713 quarters. la' du ll , HAY MARKETS. 41 Os to 51 5s ; aew FOLD., HAY meadow hay, cli 1 ;to, , 21 lOs to 4/ Os ; old clover . 51 Os t 01 6 6 5/ %4 tto, ` 36 lOs to 4/ 159 • and straw, 1/ 8a toll p'_'l3' moderate, and trade dull. 4s to 51 8s Od ; 4,,,,p7A,RBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 4/ ~.. Os ; new p O e s r ; load. new Otto, ,2/ lOs to 41 Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to b t f '-', 10 s t o 4/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 16a per load. vivillaverage supply, and a sluggish demand. Os to 51 58 ; n,,," crEcHAPnL.—Old meadow hay, 41 Os • n eW 414,0 tto, 2/ 10a to 410 s ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ 2 't', 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ is to 1/ 15s per load. --,Kie rather dull. , .IsTzwr, MEAT MARKETS K la , d 'ATE AND LE ADENHALL.—The demand for :—Beef,each f wd of meat was firm to-day, at full quotations ,am,_, i . 84, 2s 104 to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 104 to 5s Od ;-i- , , to u its 4 t° 5, &I ; Veal, 33 104 to 4s 104 ; Pork, 3s 4d ro:"(„d per B lbs, by the carcase. TRALL, AU G. l .—The supplies of each kind of de N at being very moderate. at to-day's market, the general )le B - f an ,t l ruled steady, at the following quotations :- 3s 1,4 8 ,„„ -- ', irorn 3s Od to 4s 2d • Mutton, 3s 6d. to 58 2d . , 1 -4 u, 45 6d to N Bd. ; Veal, 3s Bcl. to 4s 8d ; Polk, t 3 d to 48 Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. 014, 0 active lUD, AUG. 3 1.—The general demand was rather lo w , , and prices were rather on the advance, as fo_l- . Lan , C -13 eat 3s Od to 4s 4d • Mutton, 45 Od to 5s 2d , (1 ,-, 4s 10d to 5s 8d ; Veal 48 Od. to 4s 10c1 ; Pork, ..s e ach. 24 ''' t° 5 241 per 81bs. Quaiter old store pigs, 20s to fit) .......„„„.............. ste.unjT)2EAMPTON, Wednesday, August 31.—The screw boye!. Augusta, Captain Driver, arrived here last tliT, s eason 'M Denis, with the first cargo of new raisins bo , consist' of 2,872 boxes and 1,210 half eh:ea, or about 100 tons. This vessel commenced dis i4 le ss in the docks this morning at six o'clock, and 4", than two hours and a half the whole cargo was to e f ,'„,d a portion sent up by t market o'clock train hoglc.'":; to be delivered in the shortly after ~,,~ of O ue n an eY e. ;hen' wag order a to be said " the re taxes f or being at Se s lioNsoo with crease ° busin e " as ther e I • es tb an of ofd the sP in t he this for p •able e 9f. 45 „ c ' c i De., 3 " if. 70. ; Rou en, ; P eri° I# oo, 'Wester ° 6 35 f; , A ,.: . 37f. uv f. 25e* lies P° that -0 t. 3131i ,, jien r der s i i s bon tp orP eng le t g W C o . d foUr Y P A , b t he ; of p e bt o d a t 6S' 0,-,AOII- ably o f t ais er ilibr l " he Itt, is for -1 r ; tre' e :;, ll th e S 1 r ag for— "se To .e. d o , tell . 8 0 °u ntil li t 1 ;1: ' of , o n, ven t ' de P l ie je c e t oi, , tiol lot that CO ran • 10 5° ' e° a r l art a re e Leg" ae ' Ch?. b t.a • SBARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ir. IPaid, Ci3iirtg Prices Yesterday. Business done this day. S RAILWAYS. 3t. 100 ',O 8:2. . 3 il all 1 i 28 :7il all 22 18i St. 100 St. 100 50 all 0 al 1 45 5 all 5 I all .8 all 'S) all R. , all Iwo' 'lO all ;t. 100 toO', it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 L 2 n i 0 all Lei 11i ';i: 100 - !O 16 kl 11i ,0 all O all 1 all .0 7 it. 100 it. 100 O 12 .0 1 it. 100 i 0 42i 0 34 5 all ;5 all it. 100 :2s 44 ;t. 100 it. 100 i 0 47i ;5 174 ;t. 100 64 44 ;5 17 i 0 7i !O all Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. 2 Cheshire Junct 'Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 2,25 Cons. Do., £2O.- ..... Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian.... Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., Now A•.•••• • East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth . & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck...... Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D D., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall. Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. r Loud. Bright & S. Cst. Load. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh ,M&8...0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Landrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shet & Linclu Do. , Man. & Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midid. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn . Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. I. Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bit mg Do. L. & N. Western Guarante ad St &bk Shrewsby. & Berefd Shrewsby. & Gl.ester. (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, t Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do _ _ ;LOC' 6 16 6 11 8 all 8 8 17i !O all .0 10 it. 100 100 100 100 100 0f 8 ;611 all .3 A all ;0 all 30 6 i 0 all 3t 100 s'o all 30 15 30 5 35 16i 35 20 o 17 9 all O all O 14 .0 21a. Roo Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon 1 York Newctl. &terw, 25 20 Do. Extensions 25 11A Do. G.N.E. Purchase St. 100 - York. &N. Midland ; t . 1100 I. it. 100 !O 5 it. 100 L 5 all 61 64' 6 all 3 1 1 all 5 all 7i 2 6i all 6j all [0 all !CO all >t. 100 5 all ft. 1100 't.lloo ;t. 100 641 all It. 100 6 6 ;t. 100 it. 100 It. 100 i 0 I an ;t. 100 .0 I 5 .2il 12 .2i all ;5 all o all 6 3 L 2. all L2x all 10i 'it. 100 it. 100 61 5 t. 100 it. 100 'it. 100 3t. 100 !O all 3t. 100 .5 15 8 all LO all 10 10 25 all 10 14 .0.6 all !O all 5 3 it. 100 .71 5 0110 25. - 26i1 4i -- 4i l 9t - 10.11 9 7 disl 20 22 2Act 99 100 66 —66 i 21 —21 i 19 —19 i 3i -- 8i :: 9 Ei 3 4 13i -- I:3a 47 - 49 33 - 35 ii - 72 , i .-- 74 27 - 29 iii - 52 52 54 133 - 132 110 - 112 1 86 - 87 7 - 7k 105 - 107 17 -18 p 74k - 75 5k - 3k - 2k 15 -15 k 8i -- 8 14 --lapxd 1004 --10101 110 -- 110:i 1 84 85 8 7d 7 6d 11 13 18 20 26i -27 k: 69 -69 i 39 - 40 55 57 u 3 a _ 3 d 2i 3 * al 8i 54 5 6 31 20 32 ... 3 3 8 10d1 2 7 7id 4f 4 ti Eq. 9 1 50 51 95 97 63 65 64 66 69 71 li ld 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i -14 i 31 -- Sid 18 -- 20 69i -- 70 36 -- 37 324 -13 i 26 28 1 2 81 — 1 2 4 8 log 32 33 0i 10 8 - 7r : 2 1 2 d 574 - - 58 PREFERENCE SHARES )5 • 107 194 20i par 6i 6g 4 441 5 -- 54 - lip - -- lip -- 2 13 141 -14 i 214 - 21, 126 -- 127 1101 -- 111? 8i -- 8 61 -- 7} 103 -- 104 150 -- iP 152 - 3t 10 - 11 13i - 14; 8 - 9 10 # i - - 10,1 149 151 par 1P 114 118 122 115 - 117 246 - 21 - 21 11.1 17 18 I 14 : 15 Par 4 P 25 - 26: 19 - 20 II - 101 - 103 5 - Par 131 i I 1! I Si 73i I 2 82 ad 86f 11 1 21 pm 741 151 8a 100 a 110 91 101 ad ad 84i ad ad Pi 8i lAberdeen ..... ...... Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ICaledonian £lO ...... (Chester do Holyhead, per cent Cork &Bandon 5,i, p.c. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastA ngliau (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (k 5) 7 per cent Do. (27175) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. ...... Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent.. Glasgow & S.Western, guar. 5 per cent. Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem.,', at 10 p. C. pram Gt. Soiithn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 . . ...... Do. Now Guar. 6 p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Loudy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef. , (Sr Lin., iShares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6 ..... Afarypt. &Carl. 4 p. C. Do. 4i per cent Do Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol dz Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. /4 per at Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester dt Wolverh. £15,613. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Sbrewsby. & 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.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Parch FOREIGN. .0 5 5 3. 9 all .9 10 f ►0 81. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin !Dijon and Besnon !Dutch Rhenish 9 all East Indian 9 1 Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 9 10 Gd. Junct. of France 9i 20i Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 5 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. ?,0 15 Luexembourg ..... 10 10 Do. (Railway) 20 20 10i 20 20 10 20 10 20 2 D 0... I 3 Do. (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 9 ',Lyons & Mediterran 7i Madras 29 ,Maria Antonia 10 ;Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs ] all NorwegianTrif. - . Pref 10 !Paris and Lyors all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbm. 10f Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse... 4 'Do. 5i per cent. pref. 6 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5i per c. Pref 10 Western of France._ 2 ',West. of Switzerland 9 Now Zealand, „. -1d 1 1 2 2a 44 5p 1 2 2 n 2 — 2p id t. 74 4 1 1i . - ...' li ---- 2 p 1 - 74 33} - 35 14 - 144 - 9 1 18 18 t jp 50 51 43 381 —38 i 44 14 1 d 20 21 91 —9l 5 - 6 i - $ 4 - ,4. 9l - - 2 i THE SUN, LONDON, THT_TRSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER J, 853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Commis. Yesterday. this day. ---- --- St. 100 Backghamsh. L. &N.W. 103 105 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Calcdon ... 54 —53 i St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr 6p. cent Gt.Northn 150 152 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt.".Yestn 32 33 100 a ll Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby YAN.Md. 110 —Mid 111 x d 25 all Do. Shares Do 55 —s6x d x d 12i all Do. 1 Shares. Do 27 —2Bx d 28 x d 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l4i 14; a ll Do. Preference Do a 2026 27 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk & St. 100 Do. 6 p er ct. Do —.— 5 all 51a aa n d ch itl B a xt oCk n. Ln.N .uWd , 3 3 si x d & 11ic 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Rede-,r Darlingt. ... -- • 100 all Mit - '., 3radfd Midland... 105? 2 - 106 x d 50 all Northern and Basternsp.c. E. Count.. 64 G Ixd x d 50 all Do. 6 per et Do — ... 50 all Do. Fixed 5 . 0. c Do ... 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &Ln& Yk ... xd i d 12i 14 Do. i Shares. Do — xd x d St. 100 RoysQn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 148 150 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l4B 150 25 18 Shef. Roth. & Lancash. & Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh 12 9 i S. Staffordsh.. Mrldelean . 1i i d 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling . ... 25 all Do . Do 3li 32 32 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westu lO2 103 1 1 all .0 2 ;0 5 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all . ) ,0 13.5 35 24 4 MINES. Agua Fria A.nglo Californian Australasian 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 Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7a p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Load. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S. America 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 Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. Colonial ... Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia 0 I all ;0 I 2 ;5 5 )0 25 )0 20 . 0 ,0 10 i 0 20 London and County' 03 10 London Joint Stock 10 20 Lond.andWestminst 10 35 National Provincial of England ;0 10 Do. New i 0 22i :5 all National of Ireland Oriental Bank Cor. poration Provincial or Ireland' Do. New 0 all 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg, and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of Loudon Union of Madrid ~ 5 125 ;5 all t P d 16 2 --2 i — g dd d dis— par 1d 7 9 _ 32 3 4 d par 41 45xd 10,# 116 55 65 6 74 13' 21 lid 14 16 P 2 101 4 d: d par g 6 d d par d— id is 131 - 44 par 4 41 g (1 A t (1 , a ai BANKS. 78 - 79 P id par - • Par— s r 2i - 3 P ~. - . ..• - .. 50 - 51 4 d— par 42 44 67 69 7 8 MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron ~ 100 35 Australian Agricult. 34 -- 36 35 20 8 Australstacific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail 50 38 Brit. American Land 65 68 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 32i Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace - 2 p 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France - - 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land—. —4dxin xin 1 all N. B. Australasian id s p 20 'Ti Nrth.ofEurop:Steam 5 all Peel Rr% Ld. & Minrl. 1 p 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam — all Scot. Austral. Invest. 13 p 1 i Do. New Scrip — 25 25 South Austral. Lam 36 38 I all Submarine Telegraph ... 100 Van Diemen's Land 16i 17 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W., light breeze and cloudy, with slight rains.—The Kasmas and the Cairo had been obliged to put into Kingston, Ja maica, for fresh crews, having lost nearly all hands by fever. DEAL, Sept. I.—Wind, W.S.W., strong and squally. Arrived—An American liner, from New York. Arrived from the River—Vallisneria, from London, for Cape of Good Hope.—The Horatio, from Odessa to Bremen, laden with rye, got on the Goodwin Sands about eight o'clock last night, and has become a wreck ; crew landed here. — The Troubadour, from Shields, for Barcelona, got on the Knock about five o'clock yesterday morning; was assisted off, and anchored in the Downs, making four inches of water per hour. FALMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Wat son, Quebec. Sailed—H.M.'s st. Brisk, Jamaica. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Cette, St. John's, N. 8., for Hull. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug.. 31.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Magdalene (s), West PLYMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Faith (s), from London, for the Coast of Africa. Sailed —Oriental, Quebec ; Vittoria, do. ; Dahlia, do.—The George, of Porsground, is much strained, having been on shore during the gale of the 26th inst., and must be docked. P O RTLAND ROADS, Aug. 31.—Arrived—Springflower, Quebec, for Torquay ; Ottowa, London, for Quebec , BRISTOL, Aug. 31.—Wind, S.W. AiTived—Nil Despe randum, Buenos Ayres. SHIELDS, Aug. 31. -Arrived—Lively, Miramichi. BELFAST, Aug. 30.—Wind, W. .Arrived—Georgiana, Quebec. DUBLIN, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Elizabeth, St. John's, N.B. FALMOUTH (Jamaica), July 28.—The St. James, of Glasgow, from Aracabessa to this port, has been wrecked on the reef here. KINGSTON (Jamaica), Aug. 13.—The Zenobia, for Lon don, was destroyed by fire at St. Ann's Bay, July 28. ST. KITTS, Aug. 10.—The Gemini, St. Vincent to Lon don, has been wrecked at Dog Island ; crew, passengers, and part of cargo saved. ST. CROIX, Aug. 13.—The St. Andre, for Copenhagen, has put back leaky, with considerable part of her cargo damaged, and has been condemned. DEATH FROM FOUL AIR IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. —Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy-coroner for West Mid dlesex, held an inquest yesterday at the Lord Welling ton, University-street, Tottenham-court road, touching the death of an infant, aged 10 months, named Thomas Car, who died in a railway carriage on the London and North-Western. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Green, the grandmother of the deceased, that she had been on a visit to her daughter, who resides in Edinburgh, and on last Saturday evening she left the above city to return home with the child, for a sojourn at her residence, Thames Ditton. It was rather in a delicate state of health, having recently had an attack of diar rlicea. She travelled in a third-class carriage on the London and North-Western line to Euston-square. Between 8 and 9 o'clock ou the Sunday morning the train stopped at Camden-town to collect tho tickets, and, see ing the child looking very pale and still, she showel it to a medical man who happened to be in the next car riage, when he pronounced it in a dying state, and it expired almost immediately afterwards, but so quietly that she thougbt it was dozing off to sleep. A medical gentleman who had made the post mortem examination of the body stated that the lungs were gorged with venous blood, thereby p rov i n g suffocation from foul air. His opinion was that the deceased being in a delicate state of health, the vitiated atmosphere of the carriage, pro duced by the breath of so many people, in addition to the combustion by the lamps, would easily cause death, although a healthier child m'ght have escaped. An official of the North-Western hallway Company was in attendance to explain the construction of the carriage, and convey to the board any suggestions of the jury; but, as the matter involved considerable scientific de tails, they abstained from anything further, than merely returning a verdict in accordance with the evidence. LITEBATUI:E. Bleak House. Nos. XIX. and XX. By Charles Dickens. Unfeignedly —we both regret and rejoice at the completion of "Bleak House." We regret its com pletion, because, for the time being at least, it closes between its author and ourselves a long-sus tained series of alluring, and some of them delight ful, associations. We rejoice at it, because it affords us the opportunity of anticipating the speedy re newal of a communion with which we have become agreeably familiarised, and because we would fain hope that that revival of intercourse between the reader and the novelist may be effected under far more propitious, and, all things considered, more entirely satisfactory circumstances. Our meaning in all this may be explained, perhaps, yet more clearly when we remark that we still consider " Bleak House " as greatly inferior to some other of Mr. Dicken s ' s p ro ductions, and yet that, in spite of th ese c onv ictions, we have not failed (as who cou ld f a il, indeed, with any accurate appreciation of his genius ?) to im bibe from the narrative, gradually, and al most imperceptibly as it has advanced from its opening chapter to its denouement, a sense of affectionate interest in several of the imaginary characters introduced. In yielding the palm to some among its predecessors, we are not necessarily, however (it may be as well to remark), treating " Bleak House" with any very grievous disparage ment. It does not follow, for example, that be cause we prefer even the brief story of the " Christ mas Carol " to a work like this, of extended di mensions, and of infinite elaboration, that there fore we imply, in regard to " Bleak House," a sen tence of excessive depreciation. By no means. The preference would only indicate the more de cisively and unmistakeably the estimation in which we hold that miniature but exquisite masterpiece. Still less would it be invidious on our part were we to acknowledge, as we might, that in reference to the fiction here concluded, we recognise a sin gular " falling off" from the power, pathos, humour, fancy, and wit lavished upon the masterly volume by which it was immediately preceded. For that confession might signify little more than that we have come to look upon. " David Copper field" as a tale in all essential respects incomparable. Candidly, then, we must be permitted to avow that, to our mind, Mr. Dickens has often before surpassed this the latest, but not the most ripened, fruit of his imagination. Comparisons, we admit, are here, as in most other instances, odious —yet here too they may have a certain amount of utility, however unwelcome or unpalatable. Availing ourselves of them, with a view to indicate what appears to us to be the relative value of the writ ings of our distinguished novelist, we would here venture to place the effusion now before us in a great measure below almost every one among the chief of his compositions. " Pickwick," of course, remains up to this hour quite a work sui generis, alone and unapproachable. The quintessence of fun. The acme of the humorous. The delight fullest of all literary evidences of an irresistible rush of animal spirits. "Nicholas Nickleby" still preserves the charm of its earlyfascination. We still continue to trace the links of its alluring incidents through all that wonderful realm of the fictitious, where, in the thick of sordid things, we recognise the beautiful tokens of human tenderness. Smike, in the horrible brutality and squalor of Do-the- Boys Hall, Kate, in the frivolous and vulgar luxury of the Mantalines. Madeline, in the garru lous and dastardly egotism of the threadbare gambler and the heartless valetudinarian. " Oliver Twist" again—who that has ever rightly under stood the power of that epic of every-day life, that tragedy of the by-lane and the workhouse, can have lost a sense of the high genius apparent in every womanly feeling of poor degraded Nancy, in every prattled syllable of pale-faced little Dick, nay, in every growl of that marvellous dog of Sykes the murderer ? As for the " Old Curiosity Shop," we have not forgotten the tears shed for " kind, gentle, patient, noble Nell," or the laughter won by that matchless droll Dick Swiveller, with his gazelles and his market garden ers I "'Barnaby Rudge" conjures up by its very name as vividly as ever the bewitching coquettry of dear little Dolly Varden, the mincing gait and dainty tread of the refined Sir John Chester—Grip stropping his beak upon a tombstone, and old John Willett gazing with his fishy eye of stupidity upon the oracular kettle in the goodly kitchen of the Maypole. " Chuzzlewit" recurs to us glorified with the memory of Mrs. Gamp, or still more by that of the mythic but immortal Mrs. Harris, her familiar—coloured by the comely villanies and smug rascality of Pecksniff, endeared by the goodness of Tom Pinch, and lit up by the love of Ruth, wooed and won by the Tem ple Fountain. " Dombey and Son" again —despite all the absurdities (as we conceive them to be) relating to Edith and to Carker—comes to us always with the charm of a pathos due to little Paul, and with the delight of a merriment for which we are indebted to the great and memorable Captain Cuttle. " David Copperfield"—to closethe catalogue appropriately - enough with our author's masterpiece—requires no word of commendation at our hands, securing, as it does, the love and ad miration of every intelligent reader by the wisdom, and the sweetness, and the beauty, and the elo quence of every sentence of that most rare of all ficti tious autobiographies. Introduced to ournotice after these productions, " Bleak House" has proved to us, in spite of all its various merits, fraught with real and peculiar disappointment—and no marvel, be it said, under the circumstances. Encouraged by his previous writings to the indulgence of the highest anticipations in regard to any new work from the hand of Charles Dickens—no wonder we find rea son in some instances to regret the fact of the anti cipations not being realised quite satisfactorily. It has already been observed in these columns more than once that, to our thinking, " Bleak House," as a work of art, is defective. So far consequently we have regarded it for some time past as scarcely worthy in several particulars of its author's distin guished reputation. Such indeed was our impres sion in regard to the story almost immediately upon its commencement. Such is still our opinion now that we have followed the thread of the narra tive to its conclusion. Granted that the volume comprises (as it could not fail to comprise—coming from such a hand) various original and some most masterly descriptions. Granted that many of the imaginary characters of the plot are such as Boz alone could have summonedinto existence. Granted that the taleabounds, in different parts, in passages here exquisitely pathetic and there delightfully humor ous, yet, notwithstanding all these excellences, excellences both numerous and diversified, " Bleak House," as a work of art, still appears to us on the whole, as we have said, in several par ticulars strikingly defective. Written alternately in the first and the third person, the book even in manner is confused. Its materials moreover are, it must be confessed, jumbled together somewhat incoherently. Inasmuch as we are never informed, for example, from what points of the compass the heroine Ada, and the hero Richard, are suddenly brought together—it lacks a beginning. It lacks an end likewise in more than one instance —as where we are never told how Krook obtained the will in Jarndyce and Jarndyce, or how the news of Lady Dedlock's death • was related to Sir Lei cester, or how it came to pass that Mademoi selle Hortense walked through the wet grass in her stockings, or whether that amiable young lady ever expiated on the scaffold the mur der of Mr. Tulkinghorn. Nevertheless, faulty though the fiction appears to our judgment in these particulars—we gladly and eagerly avow that, in other respects, it commands our most cor dial admiration. It illustrates, as Mr. Dickens reminds us in his Preface, " the romantic side of familiar things," and it does this with a power and consummate skill of which we have no comparable example in the whole range of oar ira w agi a n h a w ti h v a e t l s i u te r r p a n tu si r n e g . S o mething like this has before now been successfully accomplished amongst our neig h bours by M. de Balzac—but nothing sim il a r, we b elieve, has ever before been even attemp ted amon g s t ourselves, at any rate so systematically. adroitness this purpose has been developed in the example before us, the readers of" Bleak House" (and their name is legion" —Mr. Dicke ns himself, tell ingy pages, fraught with a peculi ar an d It has been reco gn i se d— t h at " the novelist, the pro m i nen t cha us in so many wo rds ? I believe I have n ever had so many reader s a s in this book") h ave l earnt la l w a yer's chamber a t Lincoln's te thro eldritchugh r m a m n o f fascination. luxury of the town-h ouse o f t h e racteristic of " Bleak sse i o h u ed , r " aw th i e ng ‘ .. cr o o o m m an a t t ic a s l i e d s- e o inn f eny f F i w n i t h iinn i n tt g iih s ee " lds, Dedlocks, in the squalor, and disease, and dilapida tion of Tom-all-alone's, at the rag and bottle shop, and at the dwelling of the law-stationer. It has been associated with the fortunes of Jo, the crossing - f or-fact e s l w t e b e a p s e r n , a t n b d o with on n a t r h r o e d s of ey oßucketwhen th b e detective. r oogh tnt 0 Guppy y quities and abuses, of the tale has A immediate connection , wi t h t e h a m n o i r a a t l t e o r previously carr i e d o ff i n the rottenness and cor ru p tion of that monster - evil the High Court of Chanc er y . Although death had gr ag o e wn lik lu e xu g ri r a . ntl W succession, Nemo, a nd Gridley, and Jo, and Lady y il o l u ia t m of t G he u Dedlock, and Mr. T u lkinghorn, much still remained to be told in the double number just published be fore the fiction could be completed to anything like the author's or the reader's satisfaction. How much may be perceived at a glance through the mere items of information here enumerated. First of all marriage is celebratect „ between. Allan Woodcourt and Esther Surnmerson. The latter is resigned by good John Jarndyce with a magnanimity eminently noble, and therefore wonderfully characteristic. Mr. Guppy, subsequent to this resignation, attempts on his part also an act of magnanimity by proposing anew to Esther in the presence of his friend with the whiskers, and of his incomparable mother with the elbows and the chuckle. Then the great cause of d arndyce and Jarndyce is ac tually brought to a conclusion though when everything is thought to be conducted to a satis factory settlement, it is found (an old tale enough) that the entire property is swallowed up by costs — plums dropped into the insatiable maws of Vholes the pimpled and Kenge the conversational. Richard, poor Rick, has died in consequence. Ada has thereby been widowed. Charley has mar ried a miller. George, after reclaiming the fraternal affections of " the iron man," has enlisted in the household brigade of Sir Leicester. Caddy's baby turns out to be deaf and dumb—her husband Prince goes lame—h er f a th er -i n -l aw, degenerated into the apople c ti c M r . Turveydrop, still solaces the west-end by displays of his Deportment. How all this is told is something admirable—the author's power of su3tained pathos and elaborated drollery betraying in no one instance the faintest tokens of exhaustion. Nothing, indeed, can be nobler than Mr. Jarndyce's explanation ending with the words " and, before God, it is the brightest day iu all my life"—as nothing could be more solemn, more touching, or more beautiful, than the record of poor Rick's death—" He slowly laid his face down upon her bosom, drew his arms closer round her neck, and with one parting sob began the world. Not this world, 0 not this ! The world that sets this right." Compare with this the exquisitely ludicrous description of the conduct of Mrs. Guppy, when her son's offer is rejected by Mr. Jarndyce in the name, and on behalf of, Esther Summerson : and you have another of those marvellous illustrations of the versatility of our author's genius, of his equally facile command of our tears and our laughter. Mrs. Guppy, in truth, we take to be " a sketch" quite as delicious in its way as the memorable hero of the chops and pud ding, the "friendly waiter" in " David Copper field." Who that has once read either, in connec tion with the context, can resist roaring over the description ? " Nothing seemed to astonish Mr. Guppy's mother so much, or to make her so very indignant, as our not getting out. ' Why don't you get out ?' said Mrs. Guppy. ' What are you stopping here for ?" Mother, interposed her son, always getting before her and pushing her back with one shoulder, -as she sidled at my guardian, ' will you hold your tongue ?" No, William,' she returned, I won't. Not unless he gets out, I won't !' " Reading it, one seems to 101 l in " Rabellais' easy chair"—a-laughing. Altogether the effect produced on the reader's mind by the closing chapters of "Bleak House"—notwithstand ing the pathos of the death of poor Rick Carstone-- is reallyto the utmost extent exhilarating. Scarcely any one among the various characters introduced in the course of the narrative but comes in, before " the end," for some agreeable passing word of commemoration. Of Deportment, meaning of course old Mr. Turveydrop, we are told " He is still constant in his patronage of Peepy, and is un derstood to have bequeathed him a favourite French clock in his dressing-room—which is not his pro perty." While "as to Tom, Charley's brother," ob serves Esther, " / am really afraid to say what he did at school in cyphering, but I think it was Decimals." Thus delightfully and in the gayest humour are we brought to the concluding sentence of a fiction to which we are indebted (as ever with these serial tales of Boz) for many happy recollec tions. Gratefully as to the past and hopefully as to the future, we close the volume with a benison to its author, a cordial God-speed, and the kind liest Farewell. THE COMET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, —The comet which has been so conspicuous during the last week, and which, if I may judge from the large number of letters that have been addressed to me on the subject, appears to have attracted public attention in all parts of the country, was very favourably seen here on Saturday, and again yesterday evening. On the latter occasion, allowing for the proximity of the comet to the horizon, and the strong glow of twi light, its nucleus was fully as bright as an average star of the first magnitude ; the tail extended about 3 degs. from the head. When viewed in the comet-seeker the nucleus appeared of a bright gold colour, and about half the diameter of the planet Jupiter, which was shining at the time in the southern heavens, and could be readily compared with the comet. The tail pro ceeds directly from the head in a single stream, and not, as sometimes remarked, in two branches. The distance of this body from the earth at 8 o'clock last evening was 80,000,000 miles ; and hence it results that the actual diameter of the bright nucleus was 8,000 miles, or about equal to that of the earth, while the tail had a real length of 4,500,000 miles, and a breadth of 250,000, which is rather over the distance separating the moon from the earth. It is usual to assume that the intensity of a comet's light varies as the reciprocal of the products of the squares of the distances from the earth and sun, but the present one has undergone a far more rapid in crease of brilliancy than would result from this hypo thesis. The augmentation of light will go on till the 3d of September, and it will be worth while to look for the comet in the daytime about that date : for this pur pose an equatorially mounted telescope will be required, and I would suggest the addition of a light green or red glass, to take off the great glare of sunlight, the instru ment being adjusted to focus on the planet Venus. I subjoin the position of the comet for noon, mean time, at Greenwich : Right Aschision. Declination. h. m. s. d. m. Aug. 29 ... 11 34 39 ... North 16 22 „ 30 ... 11 33 1 „ 14 11 „31 ... 11 30 39 ... „ 11 48 Sept. 1 ... 11 27 33 ... 18 „ 2 ... 11 23 47 ... „ 642 „ 3 ... 11 19 19 ... 359 „ 4 ... 11 14 20 ... „ 113 Of 5 ... 11 853 ... South 144 ~ 6 ... 11 3 2 ... „ 434 This comet was discovered on the 10th of June by Mr Klinkerfues, of the Observatory at Gottingen, but was not bright enough to be seen without a telescope until about August 13. In a letter copied into the Times a few days since Sir William Hamilton hints at the possibility of this being the comet I had been expecting, but I will avail myself of the present opportunity of stating that such is not the case, the elements of the orbits having no resem blance. The comet referred to will probably re-appear between the years 1858 and 1861, and, if the perihelion passage takes place during the summer months, we may expect to see, a body of far more imposing aspen' than the one at present visible. I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Aug. 29. J. R. lIIND. long n gn dnl eee T nce Tuesday nf. tnwhi ageCshAvt Philalharmonic-hall, crowdedaAcrLme ro W idnni in i ce s al v. every ly A l pis Liverpool,eamr IN t a bn L y m dped el si ß v P oeo o rnn o es 4 t . oha — fe commerce with the fin e ar t s . Th e s p ac i ous b u ildi ng tions, and the lecturer was repeatedly applauded. The proceeds of the lecture is to be given to the Catholic Literary Institute, Hope-street, Liverpool. MURDER IN BERMONDSEY.--Yesterday Mr. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest upon Mr. George Stevens, who had carried on the business of a plumber for many years in Stevens'-street, Bermondsey New Town, and who was the owner of considerable property in houses in that neighbourhood. The jury, after hearing evidence, returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against John Lawrence. The Coroner imme diately issued his warrant for the apprehension of Law rence, which was placed in the hands of Inspector Branford. The wife and father-in-law of Lawrence were present during the whole of the inquiry. ERICCSON'S INVENTION.—The experiments which were announced as about to be made at Havre by commis sions of the Institute and of the Minister of Marine, on the hot air machine of M. Ericcson, have taken place, but the report of the commissioners is for the present kept secret. A Havre journal states that the experi ments were not so conclusive as had been expected, in consequence of the imperfections of the machine from its having been got up hastily.—Galignani. APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon last, when a large party, who had been enjoying themselves at a pic-nic in the neighbourhood of Boscastle, were about to return to their homes, the hat of Mr. Dennis, a solicitor, who was assisting two ladies to the carriage, was blown off. In running to recover it the unfortu nate gentleman fell over the cliffs, and w as dashed to pieces. Mr. Glencross, of Devonport, chemist, was, h w ad e understand, one of the party whose day s p l easur e INCREASE OF WAGES Al KILII A RNOCK.—The coal masters about Kilmarnock have ag reed to advance the s m o a u i n l. happy and distressing a termination .—Plymouth wages of their workmen from 4s. to 4s. 6d. per day. EDINBURGH PEACE CONGRESS.—This Conference has t s o co th il e been fixed for the 12th and 13th of October. The Lord large towns of Scotland four object ' whose it committees are in course of formation public mind on the nature and r will be to instruct the ce r ge o ut v ei o sdi s t t wi o o int f h. E t d hl i an n t b mcuirtogysh,t have v d et ohtel attachede o official their e p i personages r s n o n n m a e g s e intentions of the Conference, and to obtain the ap pointment of the Conservarive • Land Society, has just been effected suitable i tawhi ESTATE,It h ue persons lEe ; t oinNiaoalt months hß n : E l no i f te xst.h_ e Tf s ittings. ohrem t C n t h sT r, E purchase,Hof for allotment among the members, at Reading, Berk shire. The estate is situated on the Castle Hill, and is e k e n n o t w e n s t b a y t e the . i t t title m o f m t a h i d D e a o w m n e s s h t i re extensiveSqu are a a n n Ce dd rs-beau tiful view. CRICKET.—KENT v. SURREY.—Wednesday, third day, Kent had 119 runs to win, the y o btained 106, which lost the match by 12 runs. SCOTS GREYS.—Two troops of the Scots Greys, under the command of Lieutenant Freeman, arrived in Derby on Tuesday en route from the Chobham camp to Sheffield. —Derby Mercury. THE STRIKE OF THE LIGHTERmEN.--The strike of the working ligb.termen still continues, ?~ WEST INDIA MAILS. The Al - ail Company's steam-ship Magda lena, Captain Chapman, at Southampton yester day evening at six o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Young, Admiralty agent. On her homeward voy age the Magdalena experienced heavy weather soon after leaving St. Thomas, with a strong head breeze. She was free from all disease. The latest dates brought by the Magdalena are— Vera Cruz, August 4th ; Tampico, July 31st • Ha vana, August 10th ; Chagres, Bth ; Cartha"gena ' 10th ; Jamaica, 11th ; Demerara, 9th ; Barba - does ' 11th ; Grenada, 3d ; Porto Rico, 13 th; St. Thomas, 15th ; Antigua, 13th ; Jacmel, 12 th ; Grey Town , 6th. The Magdalena brings on freight, 966,215 dollars on merchants' account ; platina, 6661. 13s. 4d. ; 132 serous of cochineal ; pearls, 2,657/. 18s. 4d.; 9 tierces and 11 packages of coffee ; 4 bales vanilla ; 150 cases of cigars ; 586 bales of tobacco ; 96 bales of sarsaparilla ; 4 boxes 1 barrel tortoise-shell, and 172 packages sundries. INSURRECTION AT TORTOLA. This packet brings accounts of an insurrection at Tortola, the principal of the Virginia islands,. which broke out on the I st of Aug ust, the day fixed for the payment of the rural taxes of the island. This tax has recently been increased, but the people resolved to resist it, and went in a body to the Treasury, tendering the original amount of the tax, which being refused some disturbances occurred, and several of the ringleaders were taken into cus tody, fined, and put into gaol. The people . there upon assembled together and rescued the prisoners. They then b ro k e ou t i n t o o p en revolt, took posses sion of the town, and burnt it to the ground. R . oadtown was left a mass of ruins, and the white inhabitants were flying in every direction. Co lonel Chads, President, administering the govern ment,.. sent to St. Thomas' s f or assistance, and a sailing vessel with troops was dispatched after some delay, but they ar r i ve d t oo l ate to preven t o r mo dify the excesses committed. At the latest ac counts the insurgents had retired to the interior, and the troops from St. Thomas's had taken pos session of the remains of the town. Only one of the insurgents seems to have been killed, and several wounded. In Tortola 25 houses were burnt down, and seven plundered and destroyed. Several houses met a similar fate in the country. Yellow fever is stated to be on the increase throughout the islands, although on the decrease amongst the shipping. The St. Vincent's papers contain no news of im portance. The New Era , in an account of th e s t a t e of the crops in that island, says : " Since our last report on the crops, we have not more cheering intelligence to offer ; many of the estates will not complete the crops in the usual time, from the continued rains ; the cropping season, as it is, is far advanced, and the yielding decreasing every week ; many of the planters talk of stopping sugar making for the present, and commence again in October ; this would be practically the most advantageous course for those planters who are late to pursue, as the canes left over would get age and give a far greater return than could be expected now, and the wear and tear of stock and carts over bad roads would be materially diminished ; the crop for next year requires now the undivided attention of the planters." JAMAICA. From Kingston, Aug. 11, we learn that specu lators are looking forward with confidence to an early settlement of the financial difficulties of the island and the reimposition of import duties. The market therefore, as far as the more heavily-taxed articles are concerned, has acquired some firmness under this impression, and no anxiety was evinced to force sales at present. Mr. Barkly's arrival was expected in the course of a fortnight or three weeks, and as the general opinion seems to concur in the belief that the Legislature would readily co-ope rate with him in carrying out the views of the Home Government, there was every reason to ex pect the revival of the principal revenue bills with in five or six weeks. The Colonial Standard says : "We have no matters of great importance to commu nicate to transatlantic readers by the present packet. With reference to political affairs, we can only reite rate our previous statements. The Legislature has never met, and the dead lock' in public affairs still continues. "The arrival of the new governor, Henry Barkly, Esq., is anxiously looked for, and some persons had tried table-rapping as to the probable period of his arrival. On all sides he is looked forward with the live liest interest. "We regret to announce the death of Ensign Pringle, I of the 3d West India Regiment, which melancholy event took place at Up-park Camp, on Sunday the 31st ult. ; he fell a victim to yellow fever. His remains were corn mitted to the earth on Monday evening last, during very heavy rain, wish all the honours due to his rank and station. _ _ " We have also to announce with deep regret the de mise of the Rev. H. Coates, who fell a victim to yellow fever and black vomit, at Spanish Town, on Thursday the 2Sth ult., at the early age of 24 years." The Norwegian barque Zenobia, Captain Rye, while loading in the port of St. Ann's Bay, by Messrs. Bravo, Brother, and Co., and had com pleted the taking in of her cargo, was burned to the water's edge on the 28th ult. On the night of that day, about ten o'clock, fire was discovered issuing from her fore hatch. Very little of her cargo will be saved. Captain Rye (whose efforts were indefa tigable), has received a severe injury to his sight, and two of the seamen have been severely burnt. The ship St. James, commanded by Captain Wallace, struck on a reef as she was entering the harbour of Falmouth, and became a total wreck. Her cargo, which consisted chiefly of sugar and rum, could not be saved. There was much heat, though a great deal of rain had fallen. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Supplies generally are ample ; but as regards pickled fish—herrings and alewives especially—a considerable portion is of indifferent quality and almost unsaleable. Sugar and rum continue to advance in value. There is not any coffee or pimento yet at market. Pimento.—We are yet without any very reliable in formation with respect to the new crop. The rumours, however, as to the anticipated short yield have not been contradicted. vv Rice.—Some further sales, but confined to the best samples of Bengal, have been effected at 15s. to 15s. 6d. 20 tierces Carolina, the only recent receipt were taken at 21s. per 1001. Patna has been moved at 16s. 6d. Rum.—About 150 puucheons, 18 proof, have changed hands at 3s. 6d. per gallon. Holders are now looking for an advance. Salmon.—We quote No. 1, with carge, at 76s to 80s. per barrel. Soap.—No sales of any moment have transpired. Steele's 60 lb. crown is scarce and wanted. Sugar.—Continues to improve in value. The sales include 50 hogsheads good middling at 18s. 6d. per 100 lb. Tobacco.-80 boxes Cavendish 18's have been taken at lid. per lb. We have nothing to report of leaf. Exchanges on London.—Colonial and Jamaica Banks. 90 days', per cent. premium ;60 days', 1 per cent. premium ; 30 days', 11 per cent, premium. RECEPTION OF MR. DARGAN BY THE QUEEN. —The crowning act—that which gave a meaning and a pur pose to the royal visit and all its incidents—was, in our mind, the gracious, the cordial , the almost affectionateh rece ption which the greatest . mo narch g ave to her er grea t es t subject when he was yesterday pre sented b y her minister. Formalities g ave wa y for the i nstant be fore the instinctive impulse of a woman possessed of in tellect to understand, and of heart to appreciate, the signal services rendered to the cause of progress by the man in whose presence she then was. The cordial grasp of the arm - - th e arm ennobled by industry—indicated what was expressed in words not meant for the public ear ; but no one who was close enough to observe the emotions of the crowned monarch, as she looked upon the untitled subject by whose munificent patriotism the temple in which she then stood was raised, could fail to see that the Queen felt that a great man was there, and that feeling so, she was desirous before that august assembly of her people to mark her appreciation of his character and of his services. The impulsive cheer that burst from all around as the Queen thus pressed the arm of William Dargan showed that those who witnessed it appreciated the compliment p a id t o t h e man, the compliment paid to the country, and the ho mage paid to industry in the person of th e great apos tl e of labour. One other incident occur re d i n t h e a f ternoon perhaps still more indicative of th e p urpose o f the pre sent visit of the Queen. We do not desire to intrude pry ingly into the private proceedings of the Sovereign ; but we can hardly look upon the visit with which the Queen yesterday honoured Mr. Dargan at his private residence as other than a public recognition by the Sovereign that industry- —let us rather cad it labour—is ennobling, and that she, at least, whatever an inert aristocracy, gene rated in corruption, and unconscious of the value of hu man labour, may think, respects and honours those who, living by industry, promote it, extend it, refuse to sever themselves from it, and become the apostles of indus trial development as the best means of elevating the nation and giving prosperity to the people. The honour paid to Mr. Dargan by this act of Royal favour marks an epoch in the progress of the age. It was the first visit ever paid by the Queen to an untitled subject. To him it was a high and honouring distinction. His coun trymen of every class will with one accord accept it as a national compliment, while every man who lives "by the sweat of his brow' will feel a new impulse spring up within him from the consciousness it will impart that "labour" is no longer held to be dishonouring—that favours denied to dukes and to earls have been awarded by the Queen to the family of a man whose present po sition of pre-eminence is due to his connection with " labour."—Freeman's Journal. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.—To - daY (Thursday) the new act to regulate the employment of children in factories comes into operation. x d §i x d x d Si 66 i 51 281 i 6 i pm it. all ;5 all 5 all .t 0 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all 5 1 all CO lot 1 all LO 7 NA all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all e • STATE OF TRADE. ( . : 1 .77.4.7 i (Prom the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Aug. 30.—The want of animation which pervaded our market during the whole of last week has been more decided to-day. Prices of yarns of all descrip tions are somewhat in favour of the buyer, except 60's and upwards of first qualities, and doubled yarns, which maintain their value ; 16's to 24's pin cops have declined another id. to id. per lb., being now fully id. per lb. lower than the quotations of this day fortnight; warps of similar count, and 26's to 36's, are id. to id. cheaper in the same period. India yarns are dull, and in many instances a shade lower. In goods there is no particular change to notice ; 7-8 printers are in fair request at for mer prices, but 9-8 are not so mush inquired for. Low jacconetts and madapollams are steady in price : 40-inch shirtings, suitable for India and China, are still neglected, but prices are unchanged, the production of these goods being now much diminished. Long cloths, T cloths, and domestics are firm at former rates. ROCHDALE, Aug. 29.--There was a tolerably good de mand for pieces to-day, but few offered for sale, on account of the past week being the wakes, when the mills stop a few days. For kerseys higher prices have been asked and obtained, as well as for flannels of a coarser quality. 'Wool is firm, with an upward tendency. HALIFAX, Aug. 27.—With the exception of low mix tures, for which there is some little inquiry, the demand for worsted goods is almost at a stand in our piece-hall. In yarns there is no change, either as to demand or price ; and the wool market is quiet, at late quotations. BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 29.—The extraordinary de'uand, which it was easy to foresee would result from a long holding back on the part of purchasers, after being for a while retarded by the unsatisfactory prospect of foreign politics, has at length fully set in. Orders for all de scriptions of iron are abundant, and the inferior makers, who are not encumbered with arrears of old engage ments, are now obtaining the nominal prices to the full extent of their production ; being thus in a better posi tion than the leading houses of the trade. For rails, sheets, plates, and hoops, contracts are daily offered, with a willingness to submit to advanced charges ; but are refused even upon conditional terms, on ac count of the precarious supply of fuel and labour, that renders either the time or cost of execution a matter of speculation. Nail rods also are again in good de'. mand, and the low quotations of quarter-day last have been amended. The accounts from all quarters are of a promising character, and indicate a renewed tendency to higher prices. In the pig market considerable business has latterly been done, and at somewhat better figures ; but it is a matter of remark that upon the whole Staffordshire pigs have not yet recovered their position equally with manufactured iron, or participated in the general improvement to the same extent as in the Scotch or other districts. A. statement has been circulated that a further advance of 2s. per ton on coals has been de clared, but as regards this district it is premature. At present no general advance at the collieries has taken place, but the supply is continually lessening from the still rapid accumulation of water in the mines, and from other causes, while the demand is rather on the increase before the approach of the winter months, so that there seems every probability that higher figures will rule during the ensuing quarter. During the past week there has been a scarcity of tin in the market, which has oc casioned very serious inconvenience to the trade. All the metal warehouses have been cleared out, and many manufacturers in this town who have large orders on their books have not been able to obtain at any price a e anfotesraldeescimdaeddeu p e o x n c e a p t t h a e t a d s (l c u h a p r t r i e c r s e ,s and a s fourth of th e quant i ty requ i red. Last wee k th ere w ere ah stiller m th i i g s h w t e ek e further advance to 130 s. io threatened. Whether it is a bond fide scarcity, or an artificial one, such as existed a month ago, for the purpose of to ascertain ; but from whatever cause it proceeds, the workmen injury to the manufacturers and th e i r is not less serious. The copper trade remains stationary. DUBLIN.—The Queen's movements in her Irish capital have completely absorbed public attention. Nothing else is spoken or dreamt of. Politics have lost their relish, and all Dublin is just now in a state of feverish excitement between the royal movements and the Great Exhibition. _ _ _ -.....,......._ REPUDIATION OF TURKISH BILLS.— It is understood that some bills, to the amount of 40,0001., drawn on London, on account of a loan professed to be made to the Turkish Government by some parties interested in a scheme for the creation of an establishment to replace the Bank of Constantinople, have been returned pro- _ tested for non-acceptance. The advices from St. Petersburg are to the 24th of August, and report no particular alteration in commer cial affairs. The rate of exchange was again a shade less unfavourable for this country. BRITISH MUSEUM.—This establishment was yesterday closed until the Bth inst., when the hours will be frotii 10 till 4 o'clock. THE STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. —ln consequence of the positive tone of the announcements regarding the final settlement of the Turkish dispute, the English funds opened yesterday morning with a firm appearance, which was followed, however, by a sudden and rather severe reaction. Consols, which left off yesterday at 98 to .1,, were first quoted 98y to but in the afternoon a great scarcity of money was caused by the unexpected calling in of loans, and an impression having been thus created that the Bank of England may resolve to-morrow to increase their rate of discount to 4 per cent., an im mediate and serious fall took place, from which the ulti mate recovery was very slight. A. sale of 60,000/. Bloc . : by the Government brokers, which proved to be on ac count of savings banks, also increased the downward movement, and, after transactions had taken place at 97k, the closing quotation was 974. GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT BRADFORD, YORK SHIRE.---The opening of the new and commodious hall just erected in Bradford was on Tuesday morning cele brated by the first of a series of grand musical perform ances, which are to be continued over this day and Fri day. The building—the St. George's Hall— owes its origin to the enterprise of a few individuals in the town, at the head of whom is the Mayor of Bradford, Samuel Smith, Esq.. who have taken shares in the undertaking, and subscribed about 25,0001., the object being to afford the means of giving musical entertainments upon a large scale to the in habitants of the locality, and also to supply suitable accommodation for large public meetings on political, religious, and other matters. Such a hall was much wanted, for of late years the town of Bradford has made such rapid progress in wealth, trade, and population, that the largest room previously erected in it was utterly inadequate for public gatherings of the inhabitants. This musical festival has brought together a larger num ber of the nobility and gentry of the county of York than were ever assembled in the town on any former occasion. It is under the patronage of her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert ; his Grace the Archbishop of York, the Right Hon. the Earl of Harewood (who offi ciates as president), and a list of the nobility of York shire. The principal singers taking part in the perform ances are Mlle. Clara Novello, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mrs. Lockey, Madame Castellan, Mrs. Sunderland, and Miss Freeman •, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Lockey, and Weiss, Herr Formes, Signor Tagliafico, and Signor Gardoni. The band numbers about ninety of the best metropolitan instrumentalists, chiefly selected from the orchestral members of the renowned Royal Italian Opera ; and the chorus, which is unusually large, num bers nearly 230 members, selected from the vocal corps of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Halifax, and Man chester. The whole are under the conductorship of Mr. Costa. The performances commenced with the National Anthem, in which Made. Clara Novello and the prin cipal singers took a prominent part. In a pecuniary view the festival is expected to be successful. LYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY.—The contractors of the Lyons and Avignon railway have not allowed the fete of his Majesty the Emperor of the French to pas s by without permitting their workmen to take a share in the general joy. With this intention they assembled the workmen, English and French, in their timber yard of La Palace. From thence, after having been formed into rank, these workmen, with English and French flags at their head, went in procession to the town, and after having paraded the principal streets, they returned to the timber-yard, where a dinner, provided by Mr. Giles, their manag er , awa it e d them. The greatest order reigned during the din ner, and the guests testified their complete satisfac tion. Towards the middle of the entertainment, M. Friedeman, who presided, addressed them, and nroposed the health of his Majesty the Emperor, which was re ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. Amongst other healths proposed were Messrs. Thirion, chief engineer of the railway, Giles, and Munro. After the dinner an address was delivered by M. Uzel. A ball had been proposed in the same timber-yard ; the families of the workmen had been invited to the dance, and to share in the general joy. The following is the speech delivered by M. Friedeman :—" Messieurs,—l have been called by M. Giles, manager of the railway works, to preside at this assembly. The place could not be better chosen, it is in the timber-yard, the workshop of the line, that we are assembled to celebrate the fete of his Majesty the Emperor of the French. It is a fine opportunity which we have eagerly seized. It reminds us of the day when the head of the state proclaimed that the Eman pire was peace. Now, peace is confidence — it is org i sa- tion in work—it is work itself ; and this workroom that is now before you, which is now silent on a ccount of to the fete, but will resound all the more loudly m orrow, e l r am an en d that is a speaking witness of the prosperitL industry. This assembly is compos-- o - f o o 7 n thE at mn io g n ,, , and Frenchmen, representatives a n t d h easse they t may rso w f i t t h h o o u s : o f r e l a d r . of A ell xaggeration e u r s a , ti ownboobfeet‘Lrmed workmenthe ' arbi ters e t F oo r l e s n , ch pl a a n c ( e i t T e rselves b tl a ie nn p e e r n s, join hand in hand together. are united here, so let d to England, `To the Victoria.' " This toast I propose a toast to France British lfl.e-ra betweeng ; Emperor Napoleon and Queen NEW TAX ON DOGS.—Under _t e h v eon Taxes Act, was received with loud aursidlo:--coontinued Assessedapflrese. just printed, a new tax is to bel o d f w a l te i d From h de des the 6th April next, for every dog, hae n p n a u i a db d y u t t l y le i p s y be k t e w ep e i l n v g e t o r shillings. denomination, The dutys theto a dog, or having the same in his custody or po , session, whether the same be his property or not, such person not discovering the owner thereof, who shall have been duly assessed for the same. No person is to be charge able with duty to any greater person is 39/. 12s. for any number of hounds, or 9/. for any number of greyhounds kept by him in any one year. The only exemptions to the tax are, a dog belonging to her Majesty or any of the Royal Family, or a dog or a whelp at the time of returning the lists of dogs which shall not actually be of the age of six calendar months, or any dog bond fide and wholly kept and used in the care of sheep or cattle, or removing the same, pro vided no such dog shall be a greyhound, hound, pointer, setting dog, spaniel, lurcher, or terrier. ' • -„=" • AtittiiO4- 7 • S --'~_• ~, ;:-. Wiriv 574 i lif i 21i 35i 11 50 49 50 I X*l