The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-16 00:00:00

Plk MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. , its general limited supply of English wheat was on sale in sh to-day's mar k e t coas t w i se an d b y l an d carr i a ge, whilst general quality was by no means first-rate. For all kinds the demand ruled steady, and in some instances prices Were ls 2s per qr. higher than on Monday. From abroad the imports of wheat have been rather.over 20,000 quarters, chiefly from the Baltic. That grain moved off steadily, and prices were is per quarter higher. Floating cargoes of wheat and Indian corn were in im proved request. The show of barley was limited. The trade was firm, and the currencies had an upward tendency. There was a good demand for malt, at very fu ll p rices. Oats, th e arrivals of which were but moderate, moved Off freely, at fully previous rates. Beans, Peas, and flour were very firm. No arrivals of the latter article from abroad. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. I Malt. 290 1,320 Xxig .. Irish Foreign Wheat. 1,140 1,200 1 20,890 2,670 Oath. Timm 70 1,550 950 -- 14,010 -- SMITHFIELD. Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with beasts. The attendance of both town and country buyers barely being limited, the beef trade was in a depressed st ate, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Sheep, the numbers of which were but moderate, moved off slowly. In prices, hoW eve r, no change took place. Lamb is now Out of season. Prime small calves sold nearly on former t erms. Other kinds of veal were 4d per 81bs lower. The Bale for pigs was less active, yet prices were supported. 3 , lilch cows moved off slowly, at from 141. to 18/. 15s each, including their small calf. Per Blbs to sink the offitls s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Second quality .„3 10 4 2 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 8 s. d. s. 'Prime Southdowu 410 5 2 SI Large crse. calves 3 4 310 Si Prime small d 0... 4 0 4 8 Si Large hogs 3 0 3 S Si Small porkers 310 4 6 L Suckling calves ..20 0 27 0 50 Quarter old pigs 19 0 26 0 - TOTAL SUPPLY. Ileaats ,:.... „.., ..... . 1,139 Sheep and Lambs ........12,000 Calves ....., ............ 430 riga .... „ „ ............ 440 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ......... ..... . 420 20 Sheep .. •• •...............2,0 00 14 330 50 Pi g s •••• •• •• '• ..... ••• •• 20 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies being on the increase, the general demand 11 11 ed heavy, at barely stationary prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 8 3 0 Mutton Inferior 3 4 3 , middling 3 2 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., prime 4 8 5 0 1:: /0 . 2 do. small ....3 10 4 0 Teal 3 4 4 6 pork, l arge 36 4 0 Pork, small 42 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. The few parcels of new Kent hops re ceived this week St have changed hands at 11/, per cwt. All kinds of hops 50 ..,of last year's gr owth are in fair request at full p rices. 25 muty, 155,000/. to 160,C30/. Mid and East Kent pockets, 100 136 s to 180 s • Weald of Kent ditto, 120 s to 145 s ; and St Sussex ditto;ll3s to 135 s per cwt. COLONIAL. - - - SIIGAR.—There has been rather a duller market for Bri tish Plantation, and prices have receded. Barbadoes has realised 33s Gd to 37s for low mid to very good, 31s to 34s for ord brown to fair grey, and 38s 6d to 39s 6d for good crystalised. Jamaica grey and mid grocery brought 34s to 35s and ord to good brown 32s to 335. East India — Bengal went steadily at 38s for good white Benares, at 42s Gd to 43s for white Cossifore, at 34 s to 38s ior low to fine grainy yellow, and at 335 for br own. Mauritius went at a slight decline; good and fine yellow 36s to 37s 6d, mid to good 34s Gd to 358 6d, good brown to fine yellow being taken in at 32s to 33s Gd, and ord to very low at 27s to 29s Gd. Madras sold at 35s to 39s for mid to fine bright yellow. Cuba was mostly taken in at 32s Gd to 38s for low brown to good yellow, and Porto Rico chiefly found buye r low rs at 4 0s to 42s for good and fine grey, at to 38s 6d fo to good yellow, and at 39s to 39s Gd for fine. Liay.unah * Was withdrawn at 37s to 395 for mid to good yellow, and at 32s to 34s for low to good brown. Pernambuco sold at 348 for some small parcels. COFFEE.—The market was very firm, and with a good demand, early in the week, but prices have since become rather depressed. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 578 to 58s 6d for fine ord, at 60s to 70s for low to good mid coloury bold, and at 48s for good ord native. The latest sales, however, are at 59s to 60s 6d for low mid grey plan tation, and at 48s to 48 s 6d for g ood and real good ord native. Mocha was taken in at 50s to 625. Jamaica sold at 43s to 545. Rio mostly found buyers at 43s to 458 for sound, and Costa Rica went at 52s 6d to 55s for the sound, and at 46s 6d to 52s Gd for the sea damaged. COCOA.— This article has been supported. Trinidad has realised 31s to 35 s for ord grey to good red. G 35srenad 6s a brought 29s to 34 s f or low grey to mid red, and to 3 for good red. RICE.—The market has been heavy until yesterday, when an improvement occurred. Rum.—There has been an active inquiry at rather higher prices.r/c Ea.—Pimento has been in good dem a n d, mid havin g rea lised 6d. Singapore pepper has been sold at 4d to 4d, and mace at 2s to 3s per lb. SALTPETRE. —There has been a good demand, and Cal cutta lOilbs. refraction has realised 26s Gd to 275. TEA.—There has not been much doing, but common Congou brings lid per lb. COCHINEAL.—This article has been dearer. COTTON.—Not much has been done. Surat sold pub licly at 3id to W,d, and Madras at 2'„ld to 3d per lb. TALLOW.—The market has been in an excited state, and 54s Gd has been paid on the spot, and 63s 9d for the end of the year. GREEN FRUIT.—More business is doing ; the grapes by the last steamer from Lisbon proved of good quality, and a parcel sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale realised high prices. Lemons have been without alteration, but as the stock is light an improvement may be looked for. No inquiry has existed for Barcelona nuts, the crop of Black Spanish is said to be short, and the invoice will rule high in consequence. ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXECUTION OF LOPEZ. The exiled Cubans commemorated the anniversary of the execution of Lopez and his comrades at Havanna, in the Apollo Saloon, New York. Scrolls, banners, mottoes, sentiments, music, and speeches, occupied several hours —the whole meaning of which may be condensed in a brief sentence—independence for Cuba and hostility to Spain. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND.—The discovery 1( 'within the present week of an isolated instance or so of Unmistakable disease in the potato crop has given a new lease of life to the alarmists and forestallers. There is 0 ( unquestionably no doubt that during the last few days Potatoes very much tainted with the blight have been exhibited for sale in the Dublin markets, the fact of Which has created a perfect panic among the factors and 1 , dealers, but beyond this range there is no feeling but one s of confidence in the general safety of the crop, which, s it is still confidently believed, will, despite the predic tions of the croakers, be amply sufficient to banish all S notion of another season of sca r c it y . 5 STARVATION OF A SEMPSTRESS.—Yesterday an in quest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Cannon, Cannon street, St. George's-in-the-East, on the body of Eliza Moseley, aged 45, who died on Sunday morning last through privation of the necessar es of life, at 7, Duke street, St. George's-in-the-East. Elizabeth Tiediman, 1 who occupied the room in which the deceased resided, Said that the deceased worked at trousers-making for a slop-seller. She was paid sixpence a pair, and could not ] Make more than one pair a day. She had not made application to go into the workhouse. In march last She was in St. George's Workhouse, where she remained about 12 days. She left it because she was not allowed , enough to eat, and she stated that she would never ask for admission again. Her chief living was a cup of tea and a little piece of bread and butter. This was all she had day after day for weeks successively. They told her at the workhouse that if she applied for relief they Would not give it her, and that she must come into the house. Deceased paid 9d. a week for her lodging. She had some brothers and sisters, but who did not assist her. Her brothers are coal-whippers. Verdict— " Natural death." PIRATES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—The Netherlands galliot Anthony, of Dordrecht, Capt. W. J. Neppenis, which arrived at Falmouth, on the sth inst: from Galatz, Brain laden, for orders, has reported to his consul, Mr. 11. R. Broad, that on the 10th ult., at e i g ht o'clock in the morn i ng , when about eight miles from the Island of Majorca, they discovered a suspicious -lookin g o p en boat m a ki ng towards them from a creek on the shore, 1 Which, on nearer approach, they rscertained to be filled With men, a great number of whom endeavoured to con ceal themselves from view in the bottom of their craft. On coming within hail of the ga lliot the y hoisted the 1 3 Panish flag, and shouted, in broken English, for her to heave to. Captain Neppenis, having no doubt as to the suspicious character of the visitors, lost no time in pre- Paring for a defence, in case they should come up with him, by loading a swivel gun he had on board, and likewise arming his crew, consisting of eigh t p ersons, with well loaded muskets, with which his vessel was supplied. Fortunate) the the wind, which had all alo n g been favour able fo r her course, freshened considerably, and the galliot being a tolerably fast vessel of her class, she gra dually increased her distance from the stranger, who Made g rea t e ff or t s t o ove rt a ke them, and, finding the Chances diminishing, subsequently put about for the shore. The Anthony, it may be mentioned, was the same vessel which was boarded and plundered by a g an g of Greek pi ra t es a b o ut three months previously in t he Archipel ago , when Captain Neppenis was seriously Wounded . in defending his vessel, after being surpr ised In cabin by th e intruders, who had previously taken n h and battened down the crew. SUPERIORITY OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS.—A resident of Melbourne, writing to a contemporary, !aye—l should lik e t o inform some of the manufac turers of Britain of the way the Americans are sup- Planting u them in the Australian market, owing to the superiority of their goods, they being so much better adapted alinl to work than those sent from home. Their Mellrs,T shovels are sold by all the hardware dealers in twice urne ; so are their picks, and the miners will give one, the price of an English tool for an American steel, to their excellence. The shovels are cast s e a , ver much curved in the handle. The excellence Zr e Working tool to the miner is a great object, and don't mind paying for it. The American wood chopping axes, their hand hatchets, claw hammers, and 1113 ' 11 Y other _ tools, are prepared and bought in preference to -English ones of the same make. There is an ,ex traordinary. opening for wood stoves, such as are used ' o ` . l _ the States or Canada. There has been a few Ameri can in the market, which have sold readily for 181. to 2/ each. Such stoves I have seen sold in America for 1 17 •'_ 1 °. 8 They are admirably adapted for this country. wood is worth 101. per cord, and any kind of cooking T hey that will economise fuel is a desideratum. t he case might b e p u t t oge th e r, then packed in a case, and stove filled with oaks, which are now worth 13s. Plc bushel. -~t~. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday Business done this day. tr. iPaid. it.lloo !O I i 3 ..3it all 1 i2B !7,i1 all 2I ISt 100 ;t. 100 03 all :0 all i 0 45 15 all 5 all '5 all .8 all O all A. all ;t. 100 15 'it. 100 ;0 all it. 100 0 14 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 2 11 all .6 113 it. 100 4 I 114 Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct 21 - 23 Birraing. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey....... 4 4i 9 - 11 9 dis Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 17 19 4 3 di 64i - 55 15 - 17 18 - 19 Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New. ...... .......• East Anglian Do., (EIS E & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ) Do., B. Stock Do., New A ...... • East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. 1: ----- i.l) 8 - 9 4i 5 3 4 12i -12 a 46 -- 50 28 -- 32 G 4• - --70 E7liuburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Ediu. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock • Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Da., Wst. Riding Um Leeds Northern ii Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Ti b. &Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. & Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmr g. & Derby Midld. G. West (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warren Point and ROStreVOr. Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., i A Deferred Do., I B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i mg Do. L. & N. We stern Guaranteed Si cok Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, t a. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Duo ...... .• • 38 - 39 90 - 92 59 - 61 60 - 65 Do Siockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 1 17 - 19 6 - 6 3/ - 5 -5! - 1. 1 - 1 - 14 - 14 19 20 7 . 3 -- 74 45 46 120 -- 124 102 -- 104 79t -- 804 62 7t 103 -- 106 17 -- 1811, 66 --67 a _— -- 6i 4t 4ct 13 13 7 a -- 7a lipd 94 -- 98 d 100 -- 1011 4d — 4 p par § p 76 -- 78 12 -- ltd 11 -- 9 d 11 -- 13 18 -- 20 19 -- 21 571 -- 58xd 33 -- 35 • 16 53 par I D 4 —3 d 2 3, 8 84 47 4 9 4 3d 26 ... 27 8 101 2 6 4cl 8 11 241. 65 701 li lidi 15 -- 17 7f -- 8f 11 -- 13 3i -- 3a 1 17 -19 x 61t -- 62t 1 34 -- 36 12i -- 134 3 -- 4 - 3 14? 15 8 -8! 30 - 32 9. - 10 62 64d 9.1 sict 3 lid 45 -- 46 PREFERENCE SHARES. XO3 - 105 .66 7 162 kio 7 i.. 2 108 - 110 iP 8 -- 8i -- 100 - 1 99 -- 101 100 102 p 146 —148 d ~ .... ••• ••• .. .- ... 31 -- 3i 10 -- 11 13i -14 i 6i -- 74 94 -- 10 par -- P, 147 1 49 id par ... -- .• jig 110 24 - 25 par iwd 10i 11 161 -- 17 i 13 -- 14i P psi -- P 251 -- 261 i 9 98 - 102 5 - id i 13‘ ;5 1% all 64 4? 15 17 !O I all ;t. Imo 100 - I [6 16 [6 11., 8 all 8 8 N 7,0 171 !O all A3 l 10 ;t. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 o 8 !6i all .3A all !CI all ) ,0 Gz Q all it. 100 O all :0 15 0 5 5 16 :5 20 17 all 14 .0 21s. it. 100 15 20 15 3t. 100 St. 100 iAberdeen St. 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c t. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 IDo. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 52 per cent 6/ Cork &Bandons/p.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (E3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2. all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. all EdhabPrth.&Dundee per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Itedeem., l at 10 p. c. prem p. c. Scrip all Gt,Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Gt. Westu. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cov. red. 4 t i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. lived. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p c 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 5 Loudon &S. Western Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Coler Shares all Loudy • & Ennis. Sh all Man., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 all Niarypt .& Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 4l per cent MDo - 100 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent : 5 Do. Pref. 46 per cent 6 Norfolk Extension 100 Do. 5 p. c. Est 100 Do. Guar. 56 . per et 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c. 15 15 Do 8 all Shrews. &Birm.N.G 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 10 Do. 5 per cent 25 all South Devon 10 1 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. St. 100 Do. 41 per cent. Pre. 20 all S.Yorlish.4p.c.Guar. 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. St. 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwick ,4 p.c . Pref 17 SDo 25 10 York&N. Midland H , and S. Purch FOREIGN. 11 - 113 - 21 - 4 - k - 1.; 1 - 3 6 _- 1 - 1 - 1 - i - 6i - 7 i - 34 13i - 15i -- 45 -- 40 -- 354 - 34-- 19 i 81 par 3i par 3 1 i i I t - 3 5 Antwerp &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Juno. 8 Beziers to Graissessac all Charleroi & Erquelin. 10 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France all ,Gt.Westernof Canada Shares 3 , Luccadt Pistoja 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. et. pref 12 Lyons & Mediterran ' 7 i l , Madras all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 2 Sth-Eastru. of France 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5} per c. Pref 10 Western of France 4 West. of Switzerland 9 Acalad 10 20 20 20 10' 20 10 20 55 4i 5 17 12i i 73 44 46. 12 80 li xd 2 pm xd S 66i xd xd 13a 7a a 94 6 1011 i 21 li 78 7 8s 58i 7 8 x d 261 ii 39 81 611 6O 2 34 5 46i 6 7 1094 _ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1853. Leasing Compans. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do . wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar uondon N. West. ',0,11 all V estu Do 01 all It. 100 all >t. 100 L. &LN.W. Caledon.., 100 - 104 51i -53 i 145 - 147 32 - 33 Gt.Nrthn.l Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMI Do 5 all )0 all 108 - 110' 546 - 556 27 - 28 14 - 14 26 - 27 15 all .2i all .3i all ;0 all ;0 100 IS. Eastern !Do !Norfolk !O 1 tOt) 5A all L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. 23. - 38 iiii -- iiii Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedsp e Prest. & Wyre E. Count Do Do 63 - 651 0 all 0 all 5 all L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do ;t: 100 ;t. 100 ~ 5 18a L 2 9i $0 all Do. Shares. Roystu.& Hit. Do.Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst Gt Northn Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 144 - 146 144 - 146 ii .7_ iid ;5 all 3t. 100 30 - 32 IGtWestn, MINES. 1 all Agua Fria - B P 1 all ii - Iglo Austrin. Gold 2 d. - par 10s. all Anglo Californian -4 pm 10 2 Australasian WI - 4 d 20 5 Australian - 24 24 1 all Australian Cordillera O - id 1 all Australian Freehold / - - od 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id - par 1 all British Austrin. Gold I - ti d 20 13.5 British Iron - 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm 3 - 34 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2i -2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 - 33 1 4 Carson's Creek - 4 d 40 all Cobre Copper 434 - 444 5 1 Colonial - fi p . 15 Copiapo . ...... .. - - 114 60 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O -60 25 all Do. Pref. 74 P. cent 64 - 7 4 p 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co 3 - 2 d 20 all General .... .. - - 16 2 all G rea t Nugget Vein 4 - p 2 2 all Do. Registered - ... 3 all Great Polgooth - 2 d 1 all Lake Bathurst I - 1 d 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares - 94 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 4 - i 1 all Mariquita -4 dxd 4 xin 10 9 Hexican&S.Americn 64 - 7 6/ 1 all New Granada 4d_ par 1 all Nouveau Monde 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining • and Copper Smeltg. ... - ... 5 1 Port Philip 1 - " " d 1 all Quartz Rock - 8 50 all Rlivmney Iron - ... 15 15 Do. New - ... 30 104 Santiago de Cuba - 4 1 all South Australian - par 10 7 Tin Croft 7 - 8 281 all United Mexican, 3 - 34 1 all Waller - i d 1 all West Granada •-••• 1 - 4 d 1 all West Mariposa - i d 1 all Yuba _ . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 69 - 71 70 694 50 all British N. American ... - ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China id- par 100 25 Colonial - ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... - ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian l4d - id 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia par - 1 p 15 4 50 20 London and County ... - ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... - ... 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... - ... 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India - ... 50 22 National of Ireland.. ... - ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 46 - 48 47 25 5 Do. New - ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - ... 50 10 all Do. New - ... 5 1 Royal Au.straln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co i dis- par 25 all South Australia 3B - 40 25 all Union of Australia 6l - 63 ... 2.1 Do. New 6 - '7 50 10 - Union of London ... - ... 40 all Union of Madrid ... - ... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 27 - 29 31 29 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... - ... 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... - ... 50 384 Brit. American Land 58 - 62 100 324 Canada - - 5 5 Crystal Palace 1- lip 64 i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... - ... 20 1 Eastern Steam - ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... - ... 15 14 Gem Steam Navigat ... - ... 20 14 General Screw Steam ... - ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... - ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... - ... 10 3 Netherlands Land 1 -4dxin 20 10 Nrth. of Europe Steam ... - ... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... - ... 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... .. . _ ... 25 25 South Austral. Land 29 - 31 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. ... _ ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... ••• - 100 28} Van Diemen's Land 13 - 15 15 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. H. —Wind this day at Noon, N., light airs and calm, with thick hazy weather and drizzling rain. DEAL, Sept. IG.—Wind, calm, with a thick fog. Arrived—Victoria, Singapore. Arrived from the River and sailed—Christabel, Cape of Good Hope ; Qneen of Britain, Grenada ; Lina, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Fal staff, Guernsey and Port Philip. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 15.—Wind, E. to E.N.E. Sailed —American Eagle, New York ; Trafal g ar, Madras ; Ver non, Bombay ; Seringapata , m, Aden. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 14. Wind, S. W. Arrived — Tartar, Callao • Plencia, Havannah. B E LFAST, Sept. 14.—Wind, S. Arrived—Eleanor , New York ; Stella, do. FALMOUTH, Sept ' . 15.—The Bempard, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, has put in leaky, and must discharge. Arrived — Heart of Oak, Akyab. WHITEHAVEN, Sept. 14.—Wind, W. Arrived, Planter, Quebec. CLYDE, Sept. 14.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Leguar, Gre nada ; Spray, Newfoundland. Sailed—Harkaway, Port Philip; Nelson, Melbourne; Squaw, do. • Mary Taylor, do. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 15.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Bril liant (s), Madeira. SHIELDS, Sept. 14.—Sailecl—Tynemouth, Calcutta. SWANSEA, Sept. 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Coun tess of Durham, Queb. OFF TUSKAR.—Louisa, Demerara, for Liverpool. PLYMOUHTH, Sept. 15.—wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Hydaspes, Cape of Good Hope and India. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. --- LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.45 A.M. Wind, N.N.E., light, and cloudy. Arrived -Isabel, from Savannah ; Joven Pepita, Cette ; Teaemaxoe, Con stantinople ; Catherina Jantina, Smyrna ; Surprise, New foundland ; Forte, Pernambuco. Put back—The screw steamer Emilie, for Rio Janeiro. Through stress of weather, the ship Cambria, from St. John's, N. 8., got ashore on the bank of Cobourg Dock, in attempting to dock last night, and remains. THE WAGES MOVEMENT. CARPENTERS' STRlKE.—Yesterday the men from the Horse Guards, Somerset-house, Marlborough-house, and St. James's Palace, in the employ of Mr. Higgs, of Stangate, still remained on strike. They have had an interview ; Mr. Higgs, however, positively refused to entertain their demand, saying, if he were compelled to give the advance, it should be to others, not to them. In the meantime the men are rapidly finding employ ment, at the advanced ra te, in other sho p s. The men in the employ of Mr. Hill, of the Whitechapel-road, who struck on Monday, still remained out yesterday afternoon, no arrangement having been come to. Last night the delegates of this trade assembled in the Car penters'-hall, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square. A most satisfactory detail of the progress of the movement was given, and no doubt appeared to be entertained of the advance being permanent. BASKETMAKERS.—Yesterday morning a meeting of the journeymen basket-makers was held at the White Hart Tavern, Giltspur-street, Smithfield, at which it was resolved to continue the agitation for the advance of 10 per cent., already obtained by the men who struck at the West-end. THE SLOPSELLERS.—The poor people who have hither to worked for the East-end slopdealers, making shirts for 11d. each, and all other ga rmen ts at equally low . prices, remain firm. It is tho u ght the difficulty experienced in finding fresh hands will induce the mas ters sT t ß o l o K ff u er them e s m E A m E increased N— . r w ea a t preparations ges are making by the merchant sailors for a strike on the Ist of Octo ber, when, among other things to oppose the new act which o f then foreign comes sailors etroen British operation ships, allow the t y intend ntend employ ment to demand more wages, increased hands according to ton nage, to refuse to ship with a foreigner, and, finally, to enter as Yankees, and thus defeat the Registration Act. Business this day. PROGRESS ¶OLERA NEWCASTLE. The last report issued by the General Board of Health at Whitehall respecting Newcastle is as follows : " Sept. 14.—Deaths, 58. Total of deaths from August 31 to Sept. 14, 214. Gateshead—Deaths, 83." The disease is developing itself, though but for the great activity that has been shown by the local authori ties in providing extra medical aid, it is believed that its progress would have been much more rapid, as a very large amount of diarrhoea is discovered and arrested by the house-to-house visitation of the medical inspectors. Handbills are largely circulated, pointing out the great danger of neglecting looseness of the bowels while the epidemic influence is present, but, notwithstanding all efforts of the authorities and the medical visitors, many cases occur in which diarrhoea is allowed to pass un checked into developed cholera. The epidemic is of a virulent type, and deaths are in most cases very rapid. It is hoped that as the medical inspection becomes more complete, more and more cases of diarrhoea will be brought under treatment. The town council met on Wednesday, the Mayor pre siding. Mr. Grainger, the inspector of the Board of Health, stated his views to the meeting with great free dom and force as to the necessity of immediately carry ing into effect the provisions of the Common Lodging house Act, for which he made out a case of crying necessity from his recent inspection of the rooms in Sandgate. His remarks told well upon the meeting, and with remarkable and praiseworthy unanimity they at once voted 5001., and appointed a committee to regu late the disposal of the money. A. resolution was also adopted for using the powers of the act, and regulating the number of persons in each lodging-house, and closing any rooms which may be deemed unfit for human habi tation. It was remarked by Mr. Grainger, that Gates head exhibited a perfect contrast to Newcastle with re gard to the lodging-houses. There they h ad been regis tered and properly attended to ; and the result was, that only one case of cholera had occurred in those lodging rooms ; and that was a man who had been absent a week at Newcastle, and had, in fact, caught the disease before his return to Gateshead. The resolution of the council, it appears, cannot be of legal force without the consent of the Secretary of State ; and it was agreed that a telegraphic communication shou ld be sent to him immediately. DARLINGTON. The local board of health here is o n the alert, owing to the cholera having made its appearance in the neigh bouring town of Newcastle. The town has been divided into districts, and, with the officer of health and the inspector of nuisances, the members of the board have made a personal inspection of all the alleys and courts. They found an abundance of nuisances likely to be pre judicial to health and to aid in developing disease ; pig styes in close and confined places, surcharged ashpits and dunghills, with, in some places, pigs sporting about among the garbage and refuse on the dunghills. Prompt orders were given for the abatement of all the nuisances ; the drains and sewers were well flushed on Saturday night by means of the mains of the water company, and they are to be again cleansed out at the end of this week. A supply of whitewash brushes and chloride of lime has been obtained for the use of the poor, and a man has been specially appointed to go about, de die in diem, to see that the orders of the board are strictly carried out. The board met on Saturday, and again on Wednesday morning. The following handbill has been issued : "The local board of health earnestly request the in habitants of Darlington to pay the strictest attention, at this particular season, to the following instructions, so as to assist the board in carrying out the necessary sanitary regulations, whereby any prevailing epidemic influence may in a great degree be mitigated, if not entirely counteracted :-1. The daily cleansing of all courts, yards, alleys, gutters, and drains, and the prompt removal of all filth and garbage therefrom 2. That the contents of ashpits, dunghills, privies, and pigstyes be removed between the hours of 12 at night and 6 in the morning ; and that during the process chloride of lime be freely used, in order to prevent the escape of noxious effluvia ; 3. That all persons effec tually cleanse and whitewash the interior of their dwell ings, where requisite, and the external walls in crowded courts and yards." CHRISTIANIA.—DEATH OF MR. BRADSHAW.—The fol lowing is from Christiania, Sept. 10 :—" Grim death i stalking about amongst us, mowing down indiscrimis nately, whilst all nature appears smiling around, unin terrupted sunshine and perfectly clear and serene sky, with agreeable temperature. Already 800 have been swept off by cholera, and still upwards of sixty a day bite the dust. Only one Englishman yet—Mr. Brad shaw, the veritable Bradshaw, who had come over to collect data fur his new Continental Guide, had only been in the town three days ; he was, however, ner vous, and had been incessantly taking preventives. From apparent perfect health, six hours' illness was sufficient to usher him before his Maker." BAYSWATER.—AIready the cholera has appeared at Bayswater, carrying off a woman of the name of Mary Hagger, who resided at No. 10, Elms-place. The un fortunate woman was seized yesterday morning, and immediately conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital, where Mr. Baker, attended by the medical staff, was unre mitting in his attention to relieve her sufferings, but death terminated them shortly after her admission. THE RIVER PLATE. By the Great Western we have received news of the pacification of Buenos Ayres. It appears that Urquiza, has been forced to retreat to Entrerois without men or means, and, as he seems to have confirmed the impression previously entertained of his total want of capacity as a leader or an adminis trator, it may be hoped that his power of disturb ing the country is now ended. At the same time it is to be borne in mind that he still arrogates the position of head of the confederation, and also that, as his defeat has been effected merely by bribing his partisans, the same men are likely at any future time to create a fresh war for the sake of being bought again in a similar manner. The following letter describes the position and prospects of the Government under the altered condition of affairs. Some hope seems to exist of efforts at retrenchment, and extensive plans of immigration, especially from Italy, are also mentioned as likely to be effec tively carried out, the result of the war having greatly increased the influence of the European residents : "Buenos Ayres is once more enjoying the blessings o, peace, but how long it may last it is not easy to say. The people are naturally much exasperated against Urquiza, who brought so many calamities upon their country under the pretence of benefits. The whole besieging army dispersed, and in the course of two or three days scarcely an armed man was to be seen who did not belong to the city. In fact, they appeared to have been panic-struck, for they left their arms, camp-kettles, correspondence, and even their com missariat chest, which, however, was not a very rich prize to the victors. The correspondence of the foreign Ministers with Urquiza is also said to have fallen into their hands. Urquiza precipitately embarked in foreign vessels of war, with some 500 or 600 men, for Entrerios, where he landed in safety. Lagos escaped into the in terior. He suspected treason in every officer, and each thought the other was false to himself. Urquiza par ticipated in this distrust, which is said to have been created by the clever and unscrupulous intrigues of Lorenzo Torres, the Minister of Government, who carried on a false correspondence with the different chiefs, and by means of his agents caused the letters to be intercepted by those they were intended to deceive. It is said the foreign diplomatists were unconsciously made participators in hls designs. He outwitted all ; even General Paz, the Minister of War was imposed upon. Nicholas Anchorena, who was elected provisional governor, having declined the honour on account of his advanced age and infirmities. Pastor Obligado was named by a majority of the Chambers. He is well spoken of as a man of respectable character, good possessions, an d of influence in the province, as well as in Buenos Ayres. He retains the Ministry appointed by his late predeces sor. Judging from the price of doubloons, which have fallen to 300 since the restoration of peace, the public have some confidence in the future ; but it is scarcely likely the people of Buenos Ayres will allow Urquiza, to be quiet, as long as he retains the title of Director of the Argentine Confederation ! ' and, if he is wise, he will renounce it, and follow the example that General Oribe is about to set him. If Buenos Ayres, how ever, can manage to remain at peace for some time with the sister provinces and her neighbours, and will reform and economise her administration, the English bondholders may entertain some hope of receiving a por tion of their dividends. Radical reforms are spoken of; and if personal jealousies and intrigues do not intervene to mar their good intentions, considerable improvements will no doubt be carried out. It is said the quantity of cattle destroyed by the rebels is not so great as was ex pected. E ver ybody speaks with admirati on o f th e con duct of the foreigners who bore arms in defence of the city, particularly of the Italians, of whom there were from 500 to 600. Count Olivieri (who commanded them), it is reported, wi ll shortl y proceed to Ita ly to bring out a number of his countrymen to form a military colony, at Ba hia Blanca, and other immigration schemes are talked of. The Government and people of Buenos Ayres are so convinced of its importance to the future peace and prosperity of their country that the y promise to e xer t every effort to promote the immigration of Europeans. The foreign association formed to supersede the office of diplomatists is said to have great weight and influ ence with the Government, and has done more to ob tain the release of foreign vessels detained on the coast and to promote the interests of commerce in a few days than all the efforts of diplomatists would have accomplished in as many weeks, perhaps months. No doubt the Government of Buenos Ayres affords this association every relief and assistance, a good deal from po li c y, to show its marked di sappro b at i on of the conduct of the foreign Ministers during the recent struggle. If the association is able to maintain its ground, there can be no doubt it will be extremely beneficial to commerce. Mr. Parish, her Majesty's Vice-Consul, being, it is said, appointed to the Argen tine Confederation, cannot be permitted to exercise his office at Buenos Ayres, which forms no part of the Con federation. In the meantime Mr. Hood, who has filled the post of Consul for some years, to the great satisfac tion of the British merchants and community, has been recalled, and will leave the city for this place ina few 665. to 665. 6d. the doubloon ; paper days. Exchange , dollars, 301 to 302. AIULLINGAR AND CAVAN.—The first sod of the new branch line of the Midland Great Western Railway, which is intended to connect the town of Cavan with Mullingar, was turned on Tuesday. TUE ALLEGED MURDER AT SLIE:PBE.RD'S RIMEL esterday evening Mr. Brent, the deputy coroner for the western division of Middlesex, held an inquiry, at the Black Bull Inn, Hammersmith, into the circum stances attendant upon the death of Elizabeth Hayes, alleged to have been murdered by her husband, James Hayes, near Shepherd's-bush-market, on the night of Saturday last. The jury viewed the body, which was lying in a low dirty house in the neighbourhood. The upper part of the poor woman's body was covered with bruises, and on the throat were marks which seemed to indicate that the deceased had been choked. Much excitement prevailed in consequence of an an anouncement which had been made that the coroner had applied to the Home Secretary for the attendance of the prisoner at the inquest. If such an application were made, it was rejected. Mr. Martin, solicitor, attended for the prosecution. Johanna Lines, of 23, Lower Brook-green-place, stated the deceased woman was her sister. She was about 42 years of age. Her husband was a labouring man. Her sister died at six o'clock on Sunday night. Deceased was brought to her house in a state of in sensibility, from being beaten, on a shutter by the police. She went out on Saturday in good spirits—in fact, she was never merrier in her life. Policeman 264 T (Starling) said—On Sunday morning last, as he was going on duty, his attention was attracted by a large number of people near Shepherd's-bush -mar ket. On inquiring he heard that a woman, drunk and insensible, was lying behind some buildings there. He found her lying on her side. She opened one of her eves, but the other was so bruised and swollen that she could not open it. Her clothes were not torn, but her bonnet-string was untied, and her shawl unpinned. She did not utter a word. She was conveyed on a stretcher to Brook-green station, and afterwards to her sister-in-law's house. . By a Juror—He was not able to say whether or not deceased was intoxicated. She had been vomiting, and was in fact vomiting when witness saw her. There was no smell of liquour, as far as he could detect. She was found in a place which had been dug out for foun dations for houses. It was a very considerable depth. There was no thoroughfare past the house. The depth was four or five feet. A person intoxicated could not have got there, inasmuch as it would be necessary to get over railings to reach the spot where deceased was found. Policeman 69 T (John Searle) corroborated the evi dence of the last witness, and added that he saw Hayes standing near the place where deceased was afterwards found. He asked witness to come away. He was trembling very much, and sighed heavily. Witness thought he had fallen asleep there under the influence of drink ; and as there had been two robberies committed there, witness requested him to come out ; but he an swered with an oath that he would not. Witness told him he would lock him up if he did not come out, and he then, after some hesitation, came into the road. Every word he uttered " shook," but this witness sup posed might be attributable to the cold and fog which prevailed. All this occurred about six yards from the spot where deceased was found ; but on account of the fog, witness could not see the woman. He afterwards described the dress and appearance of the man he had seen to Inspector Cooke ; and after his capture he iden tified him in the cell of the station-house. By a Juror—He had to get under the railings to ar rive at the spot where he saw the man. It could only be reached by getting under or over the railings. By the Coroner—The deceased woman came to him on Saturday night about eleven o'clock, while he was on his beat, and asked him to accompany her to her husband, as she wanted to speak to him. She said there was another woman with him, and she was afraid of going to him without protection. She was perfectly sober then. Witness recommended her not to have anything to do with a drunken man. She said the advice was very good, and thereupon went away. He did not hear the woman groan when he was persuading the man to leave the spot where he saw him. If she had groaned he must have heard her. Thomas Taylor, a labouring man, said he knew the deceased woman, having seen her come with Hayes's meals while he was working with him. He had known Hayes some years. He saw the deceased woman with Hayes about eleven o'clock on Saturday night. She asked him to go home. He said nothing to her, but knocked her down. She got up, and he knocked her down again. She got up again and ran behind witness. He told her to get away, lest her husband should think they were harbouring her. There were several Irish men near at the time, and I was afraid of them. The Coroner.—You would not assist the woman for fear the husband would be bitter against you ? Witness.—Yes. Hayes then kicked at her, and said he would kick her brains out. Deceased then ran down the market, and Hayes followed her, remarking "I will do for you to-night." A juror asked the Coroner whether it would be pos sible for the jury to have the prisoner before them ? The Coroner.—We shall see. Witness continued.—He thought Hayes behaved very improperly to his wife, but he would not protect her for the reasons already stated. Hayes appeared to be in liquor at the time of the occurreuce, He had had many conversations with Hayes, but never heard him say anything disrespectful about his wife. Edward George, a labouring man.—Had known the deceased woman about 18 months. When he became acquainted with her she was living with her husband, in William-street, Ho had not seen her for about five weeks until Saturday evening last, when she came with her husband, into Shephard's-bush-market. Hayes said something to her, and then knocked her down. Deceased was perfectly sober ; Hayes was not. When he knocked her down a second time he said, "I will knock (or kick) your brains out." Taylor the last wit ness, had his 'goods knocked over, and complained to the police, who took him into custody and charged him with being drunk and disorderly. The magistrate dis charged him, as there was no case against him. The constable said Taylor struck him for interfering with his wife. Witness—Saw Hayes and his wife go towards the Shepherd's Bush Hotel ' • the woman was first. He did not hear Hayes say "I will do for you to-night," or use any expression of the sort. He saw Hayes kick at his wife, but whether he actually kicked her or not he could not say. After deceased was knocked down the second time she could not run away ; she was too feeble. She came to witness to protect her, but he would not have anything to do with her, for there were many Irish people present, and they were a rum lot of people to get into a row with. (Laughter.) They would hit one with a stick or a pickaxe. Mr. John Brown, surgeon, of Hammersmith, said he had known the deceased woman two or three years, and had occasionally attended her professionally. He saw the deceased at the police-station on Sunday. She was in an insensible state. She had received a severe blow on the right eye and on the right jaw. Those were the chief external injuries. Ho saw her again later on Sunday, and he found she was rapidly sinking. He ordered her removal to her sister's house, and there she died. On making a post-moistens examination he found a cut about half an inch above the eye. That was an in ternal injury from a fall, but the skin was not cut, but it was indented, On opening the head he found a fusion of blood in the two ventricles ; there was also a fusion of blood on the surface of the brain. In the stomach there were three pieces of cauliflower, and it was otherwise nearly empty. She died from an effusion of blood on the brain caused by a blow or a fall. Taylor (recalled) said he did not see where the de ceased was struck by her husband, but it was not on the face. When she fell she fell on her back. He was sure she fell on her back both times. Emily Shirley, residing at Shepherd's-bush, stated that she did not know the deceased very well. She saw her on Saturday night near the Royal Hotel, Shepherd's bush. She asked her if she (the witness) was going down the market ? Some time after witness saw her knocked down by her husband. She got up and went down the market, but Hayes stood still. Afterwards she turned down to a place called the Island. There were two or three steps to go down, and she called out " Jem, Jena." Afterwards she saw Hayes knock the deceased woman's head against the wooden railing of Mr. Robin son's gate, exclaiming "Take that ! I will do for you soon.' Deceased said nothing, and witness was too much frightened to give an alarm. What she witnessed occurred within a few yard of the spot on which the body was afterwards found. Witness knew Hayes, and could swear to his person. She saw him last on Sunday morning. Edmund Lines, the husband of the first witness, saw deceased and her husband together on Saturday evening at six o'clock. They then appeared to be on very good term together. He had known Hayes to thrash his wife frequently. He had beaten her before he got mar ried. He did not think she deserved it. They cohabited before they were married. He saw Hayes on Sunday afternoon, and told him that his wife was in a very bad state at the police-station. He replied that he knew nothing about it, and that he had not seen her since eight o'clock on the preceding night. He added, that at that time she was so drunk she could not stand. After , this, witness saw Hayes again, when , he said, Well, Lines, how is the wife going on now ? ' Witness told t him she was dead, when he replied, "Goodluckeee forto the brickies (meaning brickmaker s ) ; they have have hurt a d at last, though I would not have liked hair of her head." Witness added that he had often heard Hayes say that he would be his wife's butcher. Policeman 156 P (W. 11. Rogers), who took Hayes into custody, said that, when captured, he asked whether his wife was dead ? an d on witness informing him that she was, he said that if she chose to get drunk, and knock herself about with a brick, it had nothing to do with him. Richard Kennett, a carter, deposed to finding the body of the deceased, and giving information to the po lice She was lying straight along the ground. She never spoke to him in any wa37. • Her shawl was over her face. She had been vomiting, and her face was lying in it. The Coroner said that was all the evidence at present. He should suggest an adjournment, and he would en deavour to have the prisoner before them on that occa sion. He would not, however, hold out any hope in that respect. Several jurors thought it would be very desirable to have the prisoner at the adjournment. The Coroner said, if the prisoner were present at the next inquiry the depositions should be read over to him, and to any other witnesses who might be brought forward. The inquiry was then adjourned. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. —The next meeting of this association will be held in Liverpool, in the latter part of August or the beginning of September, 1854, the exact date not yet fixed ; the Earl of Harrowby president. BAN. Paid, RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. 'AND. A Court of Proprietors was held yesterday. Mr. J. G. Hubblr(l. governor, in the chair. The minutes of the former meeting having been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, I have now to ac quaint you that this is one of the general quarterly courts appointed by the charter, and that it is also one of the half-yearly general courts appointed by the 12th by-law for the making of dividends. I have also to state that the net profits of the half-year ending on the 30th of August last were 584,557/. 7s. id., making the amount of the rest on that day 3,596,674/. 14s. Bd., and that after providing a dividend of 41. per cent. the rest would be 3,014,5581. 9 s . 2d. Th e C o u r t o f Direc tors, therefore, propose that a dividend of 41. per cent. be made (if this Court think fit) of interest and profits for the half-year ending the 31st of August last, without deduction on account of income-tax, and I beg to put a resolution to that effect to the meeting. Mr. COOKE seconded the proposition with great plea sure, because lie felt that the dividend was the result of the prudent management of the directors during the past year—first, in making money easy for general convenience in the early part of the year ; then, in giving assistance to more extended and legitimate com merce ; and, in the next place, by putting a check on the most extravagant speculation, which was likely to result in disastrous consequences, thereby preventing the substratum of the public credit from being frittered away by vile speculation. While the directors had been consulting the public interest, it seemed to have fol lowed, as a matter of course, that the interest of the proprietors had been likewise greatly benefited, and therefore the public as well as themselves must be satis fied with the result, for if they consulted their own in terests alone--which, he hoped, would never be the case —and let the public interest be neglected, they would subject themselves most justly to considerable blame. He believed they were not exclusively met on that day for the purpose of considering the dividend, and that it was open to them to look to what might be their pros- pects in future. When they considered what had taken place in their close neighbourhood, at the India House, it should put them in mind that the circumstances of their corporation must likewise undergo some revision. When they looked back to the year 1830, a considerable alteration took place in regard to the charter. A. large sum at that time— Mr. GRAY must appeal to the Court whether the ob servations of the honourable proprietor were relevant to the subject before them. .... _., _ _ Mr. COOKE would be happy to submit to the opinion of the Court if it was thought that he was travelling out of order, but he considered it was a legitimate course to go into what might be their future prospects. The CHAIRMAN would be sorry personally, or on the part of the directors, to check the honourable pro prietor, but having been appealed to, he felt bound to say that the observations were not exactly in point on the question of dividend. It was hardly desirable to make any observations on the general subject, unless the proprietors present wished to listen to them. Mr. CooKE would not press his observations. There would be time enough next year to put them forward. Therefore, he should merely say that he felt great plea sure in seconding the proposition, and he was sure there would be no dissention on that point. The resolution was put and passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN—I have only now to acquaint the Court that the dividend will be paid on Tuesday, the ' 11th of October next. The Court then adjourned. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Yesterday an extraordinary meeting of the share holders of this company were held at the London Tavern, to take into consideration the recommendations of the committee of investigation as to the future ma nagement of the company. Mr. Frith, the chairman of the company, presided. Mr. HENDERSON moved a resolution to the effect that the qualification of a director should be reduced from 100 to 50 shares, and justified it by alleging that as the number of shareholders possessing 100 shares was so few, it presented but a narrow field from which to select competent directors. Mr. GURNEY seconded the motion. Mr. B. LANCASTER considered that as the company had lost the confidence of the public, and were now going to appoint a new directory, which was tantamount to the formation of a new company, the best course would be, to avoid all further loss, to dissolve the com pany, and, with the least possible sacrifice, realise the assets of the company ; and he therefore begged leave to move the adjournment of the meeting for fourteen days, when he should move a resolution in the spirit of his observations. Mr. MEEK considered that nothing could be more sui cidal, ruinous, and, if he might use the term, ridiculous, than the course suggested by Mr. Lancaster. Mr. MALINS had hopes of the ultimate success of the company, as every steam navigation company with which he was acquainted had gone through a period of diffi culties. Over all these companies the present had a supe riority in the possession of a royal charter, and in trading with the richest and most rising portion of the empire. Mr. KENNEDY found fault with the manner in which the committee had spoken of the directors, and insinuated that they had been actuated by a desire to become their successors. He had calculated that a dissolution would only involve a loss of 21. per share. Mr. AMBROSE MOORE repelled the insinuations, and asked why Mr. Hawes—one of the directors—had not defended himself and colleagues at the last meeting, when the directors brought forward their report, instead of having since written a pamphlet in answer to that report. Mr. HAWES replied that he had recourse to the writing of the pamphlet alluded to, because he had been anxious that what he had to state might be soberly considered. He wished that the directors should be considered free from opprobrium, but was ready to acknowledge a want of success in their management. He should not, how ever, sit quietly under the imputation that the board of directors had been guilty of jobbing, and be thought that he had a right to call on the committee for the grounds they had for making the charge. With regard to the amendments, he had to observe that if they were unable to select as directors efficient men, in whom the public might have confidence, their best course would be to wind up their affairs at once, as delay only made mat ters worse, and increased their difficulties. He did not in saying this retract what he had before stated, that the company would be yet a paying concern. It only wanted an efficient management to make it what it ought to be. The CHAIRMAN then put Mr. Lancaster's amendment, which was lost on the show of hands. Both Mr. COXHEAD and Mr. SHEPHERD here rose to propose other amendments, that of the former gentleman being in effect a vote of confidence in the present board, but as Mr. Shepherd had first caught the eye of the chairman, he proceeded to move his, to the effect that the consideration of the question be postponed to the 4th of next month, and that, in the meantime, applica tion be made for the consent of the Board of Trade to an alteration in the deed of settlement, doing away with the clause which requires the qualification to be held for six months, which, after a long and desultory debate, was agreed to. The committee and chairman received the thanks of the meeting, when the proceedings terminated. ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE LIVERPOOL AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The Liverpool American Chamber of Commerce forwarded an invitation to the Hon. James Bu chanan, the new ambassador for the United States to this country, immediately after his arrival in England. The following reply has been received from him, from which it will be seen that he is not able to accept the invitation at present. It will be seen that Mr. Buchanan's letter enters somewhat fully into several questions of interest. It is as follows : " United States Legation, London, Sept. 5, 1853. " Sir,—l have had the honour to receive the resolu tion adopted on the 30th ult., by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, inviting me to a banquet to be given by them, as a mark of respect and welcome upon my appointment as minister of the United States of America to England, and requesting me to name a day when it will best suit my convenience to attend. " Whilst highly and gratefully appreciating this honour, I regret that it is impossible for me, with a due regard to my public duties in London, to say when, if at all, their kind invitation could be accepted. I fel, therefore, constrained respectfully to decline it. In doing this, however, I beg to assure them that no man in either country estimates more highly than myself the commerce conducted between Liverpool and the United States ; and no man more ardently desires that it may long continue to extend itself in peace and prosp er i ty . ' and to confer mutual benefits upon both nations. " The period in the world's history seems at length to narrow and arrived when mankind have discov ere d t h at and unjust restrictions upon foreign t ra d e most surely defeat their own object, and when selfishness itself is enlisted in favour of a liberal policy. The philanthropist at the same time rejoices in the knowledge that the mutual dependence which commerce creates between nations is the surest preventive of war, by rendering peace the interest of a ll . F or my own part, I firmly believe that the unsettled questions known to exist be tween Great Britain and the United States, judged alone according to the value of the material interests involved, are not worth six months' suspension of the trade be tween the two countries. It is, therefore, greatly to be desired that these questions should be speedily, ho nourably, and finally adjusted, and that hereafter both nations should enjoy a smooth sea and a cloudless sky for a friendly competition in all the pursuits calculated to enlighten and benefit the human race. The greatest revolution, so far as the interest of commerce and ma nufactures is concerned, which has ever been commenced anitmg men, is that now in apparently successful pro gress in China. Should this terminate in opening a free access to that vast empire of 300,000,000 of human beings, the United States and Great Britain will have a harvest presented before them which, even with all their energy, enterprise, and resources, they will scarcely be able to reap. Then will a noble and generous rivalry also spring up between them, which shall contribute most effectually to promote the cause of Christianity , civilisation, and freedom among this ancient and strange people. " With sentiments of great respect, "I remain your obedient servant, "JABLES BUCHANAN. " William Brown, Esq., ISI.P„ Chairman, &C." NA VA !ENC.& t-4 PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. The Princess Royal, 90, was docked to-day in factory basin dock to complete for trial. Such has been the expedition with which this ship has been worked upon since launching by the engineer department of this steam factory that she will be ready for trial at Spitheid in about three weeks. She will be ready to get up steam in her boilers in about one week from the present time. It is believed to be the Admiralty's intention to man and officer this ship and the Cressy (sister vessels) from the London and Prince Regent, sailing 90's, now in Rear-Admiral Corry's division of the Chan nel fleet. The Fairy Royal yacht, Master Commander Welch, shipped Mr. Scott s patent two-bladed screw this after noon, and will make a trial of it on Monday. It appears like the old form of screw, with a piece cut out of each blade, making it resemble the letter Z. It weighs double the weight of her old screw. The Dauntless, 24, screw frigate, was removed from the steam basin dock to the basin to-day, to continue her fittings for sea. It is rumoured Captain Adams, late of the Gladiator, will have the command of her. The Sprightly steam tender, Mr. George Allen, Acting Master Commanding, proceeded to Plymouth with supernumeraries, &c., on Tuesday evening, and re turned thence at 3 o'clock this morning. She has coaled, and is again ready for service. At the monthly examination of candidates for promo tion and entry into the navy at the Royal Naval College yesterday and to day, the following passed : Mates for Lieutenants.—Messrs. W. D. D. Selby, J. A. F. Luttrell, and H. St. John de Robeck. Second Masters for Masters.—Messrs. E. Wise and B. D. Connor. For entry as Naval Cadets.—A. L. Nugent, H. J. Clifford, T. H. Tapp ; and Messrs. G. B. Evans, E. Pilkington, and G. H. Blake, from Mr. Eastman's pre paratory college. ' For entry as Clerks' Assistants.—W. Ward, J. Rivers, B. Mitford, and H. F. Alldricks. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 14. The Lords of the Admiralty, at an early hour this morning, accompanied by Colonel Jebb, inspected the steamyard at Keyham, the Gunwharf, and the Royal Arsenal, with a view to select a sortable site from the Ordnance land on which to erect a prison for the recep tion of convicts, who are to be employed on Govern ment works now that the system of transportation is abolished. Their lordships proceeded direct from the Black Eagle to Keyham, where they were received by Mr. R. Townsend, civil engineer, the engineer in charge of the works. A full account of this establishment ap peared in The Sun of the 20th of May, when the new caissons of Messrs. Grissel and Co. were tested. Since that period the officers' offices have been completed, and the buildings for the military main guard, and for the police have been advanced. The fitting and erecting shops to the south of the great quadrangle, and the brass and copper smiths' shops to the east, are in a for ward state. The water pipes and mains are laid, and the ground is in progress of being levelled. The enormous crane by Fairburn, of Manchester, will be completed in a week. This ponderous machine plumbs 35 feet, and will be tested to the extent of 60 tons ; the jib end stands 67 feet above high water mark, which is considerably higher than the buildings of the Quadrangle, to the west of which, an d on the edge of the north basin, it is erected. A tunnel, 11 feet by 12 feet, from Keyharn under New passage to the Gunwharf and dockyard is to be constructed ; about 100 yards of the northern mouth piece are already finished. The new steam-yard is in tended to be opened on the 15th of October. It is un known whether any public display will take place. Should the Lords of the Admiralty come down, it is very probable that the Cha nne l fl eet w i ll be orde red to rendezvous at Plymouth. The south basin, with its lockg and docks, and the caissons, are all ready for ser vice, and in case the fleet came here, one of the largest ships would most likely be selected to go into this basin through the entrance lock, the foundation of which was laid by Lord Auckland in 1845. The Lords of the Admiralty, after expressing their approval of the advanced state of the works, went to the Gunwharf, and then proceeded to the dockyard, where they were received by Commodore Seymour and the principal officers. The staff, artisans, and labourers were mustered, when they returned to their duties, and their Lordships proceeded to the storehouses, masthouse, and sail loft, in which sails are p repar i ng f or the Mada gascar, Saracen, and Scorpion. The blockmakers are busily engaged making blocks for the Keyham works. These buildings have been examined, the ships under construction were inspected. In slip No. 1 is the 50-gun frigate Narcissus, 1,996 tons, 180 feet long, 50 feet 10 inches broad, and 15 feet 10 inches deep. She was begun in October, 1849, and can be completed next year. In slip No. 2, the 50-gun frigate Phcebe (sister to the Narcissus), 2,043 tons, 180 feet long, 51 feet 6 inches broad, 16 feet 6 inches deep, begun August, 1848, is in a forward state, and could be launched this year. In slip No. 3, the 90-gun ship Algiers, converting into a screw, 3,165 tons, 210 feet long, increased say 9 feet, entire length 219 feet, 60 feet broad, 24 feet 5 inches deep, begun July, 1848, is ready for launching. In slip No. 4, the 90-gun ship Exmouth is in course of conversion into a screw, 3,093 tons, 204 feet long, 60 feet broad, 23 feet 8 inches deep. To be completed by the close of the financial year, March 31, 1854. _ . _ In slip No, 5 is the 100-gun screw-ship Conqueror, 3,300 tons, 240 feet, long, 55 feet 6 inches broad, 24 feet 6 inches deep ; keel just laid down. Besides these, the new screw-ship James Watt, 90, is receiving her boilers, weighing 11 tons each, in the North Dock ; the Cambrian, 40, is repairing in No. 3 dock • the Ddalus 20, is being stripped, and the Leander, 50, is refitting. The Lords of the Admiralty left the arsenal at 5 o'clock, and dined in the evening with Port-Admiral Sir John Ommanney, at Mount Wise. The Avon steamer is appointed to sail to-day with riggers for Pembroke, to navigate the Casar, 90, screw ship, to this port. SHEERASS, SEPT. 15. The Cyclops paddle-wheel steam transport, Master. Commander Pore, passed down Sea-reach yesterday, from Woolwich, at 2 p.m., for the westward. At 4 p.m. yesterday the Netherlands ship Hendrika, of Rotterdam, H. Reiniersen, commander, from Londo n . bround to Melbourne with a general cargo and 26 pas sengers (emigrants), arrived here in tow of the steam-tug Eagle. Captain Reiniersen reports that between 12 and 1 o'clock on the night of the 13th instant., his ship then being off Dungeness, the light bearing N.W. by N., and Cape Grisnez the wind at the time southerly, the ship being so closehauled as to keep the jib and stay sail shivering in the wind, he was run on board of by a deep-laden English ship coming up Channel free. The Hendrika, was struck between the starboard cathead and. the forerigging, by which her foremast and maintopmast were carried away, and considerable damage was done to the hull by the anchor of the ship (supposed to be the Sea Park, from Ceylon). The full figure of a man of colour, representing the great African traveller Munge Park, was left on the deck of the Hendrika, also part of the standing and running rigging of a bowsprit and jib boom, which was cut away to clear the ships. The masts and wreck of the Hendrika were cut away to prevent further damage being done to her hull. A survey (by Lloyd's surveyors) will be held immediately on the da mage, preparatory to repairs taking place. Captain. Reiniersen has proceeded to London to his agents for advice and instructions. The ship is perfectly tight, the damage all being above the copper. JERSEY, SEPT. 12. Lord Milne,ordo fthe accompanied Admiralty, with Lord Ad Raglan, Admiral das n and e irECasptt Sir oon Burgoyne, Friday and morning,Co l C a a n t d o r, d e n. v 0 ttd A. , arrived the at greater Alderney part of the day to the inspection of the forts and the har bour of refuge works in Braye-bay, accompanied by Gen. Sir John Bell (governor), Col. Alexander, R.E., Colonel Fraser, R.A., and Mr. Walker and Mr. Cooper, civil engineers. In the afternoon the party crossed to Guern sey in the Black Eagle and Vivid steamers. After in specting the Guernsey Artillery on Saturday morning, they arrived in our harbour (St. Heliers), at 4.30 p.m., when they were met by our Lieutenant-Governor, Gene. ral Love, and by our bailiff, Sir Thomas Le Breton. They have since inspected the harbour of refuge works now in progress in St. Catherine's-bay, Mr. Walker and Mr. Cooper, with Mr. Bean, the contractor, being in at tendence. The harbour will contain about an area of 150 acres, and will, when finished, be most useful as shelter from storms in these dangerous seas, there being at present no harbour in which vessels can run for refuge at low water. Their lordships are expected to leave to-morrow. SUICIDE OF AN AGED MAN.—Yesterday morning William Crowhurst, a man upwards of seventy years of age, and formerly a porter in the Bank of England, committed suicide by hanging himself in his bedroom, at his lodgings, Little Bell-alley, Moorfields. He was die. covered hanging by a cord suspended from a nail in his door. No cause whatever can be assigned at present for the commission of the act, as the deceased appeared in his usual health, and was not suffering under pe. cuniary embarrassment, as a sove rei g n, a half-sovereign, and some silver, were found in his pocket. MELANCHOLY SIIICIDE.—The town of Dorchester way yesterday morning, greatly shocked by the perpetration of an act of determined suicide by Mr. John Edwards, surgeon. The unfortunate gentleman appears to have been labouring under some pecuniary difficulties, an d between nine and ten o'clock the sheriff's officer appeared at the house to put in an execution. Mr. Edwards' m an servant, who had been just engaged in assisting him to dress, informed his master that the officer, calling him. by his name, wished to speak with him, upon which Mr. Edwards desired his servant to leave the room, saying he would be down stairs directly. It then a pp ear ; that the man who accompanied the officer for the purpose of remaining in possession fancied he heard a gurgling kind of noise, and apprehending on the mo ment that something was wrong, rushed up stairs, and found Mr. Edwards lying on his bed gasping, an d in the agonies of death. He raised an alarm, and medi cal a ssistance was imme diatel y sent for, but the unhapp y man expired in a very few minutes. On a search being made, a small bottle, which had contained prussic acid, was found by his bed-side, and there was no doubt that he had destroyed life by swallowing a very large dose of I g t eo is n ,rewmhaorkfoabl that for man y a the deceased's narsen enjoyed father,that d a l i d k l e y w p i o s poison. o a n s . a very extensive and ur superior practice in y t y h e is town and neighbourhood, ,came to an untimely end, between thirty and forty years ago, by deliberately opening the jugular vein before a looking-glass with a scalping-knife- The deceased was a very kind and humane man, and ren dered many gratuitous and valuable services to the poor and needy in his vicinity. He was a w idower, about 54 years of age, and has left a daughter about 1 5 to ; *mourn his loss. • •••• t, de' the liaa in. the the si. the the the with yo the ) are the 0 0 t 0 one relr 0' Pr°. ;r o _, l l firP ect 4 10, the gr. ,o lir is L4i 2 2id p 4ip