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

44. 4 : o ` .4 ?"tr 81 1 it titt tm , au 41 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TAT TE_RSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) LEAMINGTON STAKES. sto 1 agst Scarecrow (taken). sto 1 agst The Friar (taken). 15 to 1 agst Eulogist (taken). ST. LEGER. 6to 5 agst West Australian (taken). 7to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 7to 1 agst Rataplan. 10 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken). 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot (taken). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 1,000 to 30 agst Pelion (taken). 1,000 to 25 agst King Pepin (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1,000 to 30 agst Pelion (taken). LINCOLN RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GRANBY STAKES. Tru mp Queen brown Brandy Five ran. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP 41 111 Eliza Eight ran. D UBLIN.-The Queen's movements in her Irish capita l eels e e i completely absorbed public attention. Nothing re spoken or dreamt of. Politics have lost their rt u, and all Dublin is just now in a state of feverish excitement between the royal movements and th e Great ffaxhibition. R EPUDIATION OF TURKISH BILLS. - It is understood t hat L some bill s , t o the amount of 40, 0001 ., drawn on _cdon, on account of a loan professed to be made to t he Turkish G o v ern ment by some parties interested in a se n_enle for th e crea ti o n of an establishment to repla c e t he Bank o f C ons t an ti n ople, have been returned pro tested for non-acceptance. The advicea from St. Petersburg are to the 24th of august, and report no particular alteration in commer tal affairs. The rate of exchange was ag ain a shade 88 unfavourable for this country. BRITISH MUSEUM.-This establishment was yesterday °lased until the Bth inst when the hours will be from 10 till 4 o'clock. -E STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. -In consequence °I the positive tone of the announcements regarding the fin al settlement of the Turkish dispute, the Engli s h ,2. (28 opened yesterday morning with a firm appear a n ce, 'winch was followed, however, by a sudden arid rather sev ere reaction. Consols, which left off yesterday at 98 to la were first quoted 93i to I, but in the after noon 4 great scarcity of money was caused by the un ex p ected callin g in of loans, and an impression having been thus created that the Bank of England may resolve to-morrow to • incrsa9e their rate of discount to 4 per cent., an im- Mediate and serious fall took place, from which the ulti !nate recovery was very slight. A sale of 60,0001. stack 1 1 the Government brokers, which proved to be on ac- Count of savings banks, also increased the downward m ovement, and, after transactions had taken place at 7 i, the closing quotation was 97i. GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL A T BRADFORD, YORK t, 41 111 E.-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,l which are to be continued over this day and Fri 'ay- The building-the St. George's Hall-owes its "gin to the enterprise of a few individuals in the town, act the h ea d o f whom is the Mayor of Bradford, S amuel L Smith, Esq., who have taken shares in "Ce undertakin and subscri bed about 25,0001., the object being g 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, religions, and other matters. Such a hall was much Wanted, for of late years t he town of Bradford has made such rapid prog re ss in wealth, trade , and population, that the largest room previously erected in it was utterly This for public g atherin g s of the inhabitants. blis 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 patr ona g e of her Ma j est y 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. ockey, M a d a me Castellan, Mrs. Sunderland, and 1 1 88 Freeman ; Mr. Sims Reeves , Mr. Locke y , and eissy Herr Formes, Signor Ta g liafico, and Si g nor va ardoni. The band numbers about ninety of the best M etropolitan instrumentalists, chiefly selected from be orchestral members of the renowned Royal Italian ."Pera ; and the chorus, which is unusually large, num bs naafi 230 members, selected from the vocal corps ' 3 Leeds YHmidersfield, Bradford, Halifax, and Man "ester. ' The whole are un der the conductorship of Mr. C • °84., 7 • The performances c ommenced 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 rho, Lyons and Avignon railway have not allowed the 'e tc of his_Majesty the Emperor of the French to pass „Y without permitting their workmen to take a share in th e general joy. With this intention they assembled '"e workmen, English and French, in their timber yardfe of La Palace. From thence, after having been f` tr iebl into rank, these workmen, with English and to r „.. e nch flags at their head, went in procession to the th ) and after having paraded the. principal streets, e Y returned to the timber-yard, where a dinner, the m. b y M r . Giles, their man a g er, awaited tl.e e4l. The greatest order reig ned during the din s r, and the guests testified their complete satisfac- PI. Towards the middle of t he entertainment, M. the health who presided , a ddressed them, and nroposed nealth of his Majesty the Emperor, which w as re ceived with the greatest en thusiasm. Amongst other h h alths proposed were Messrs. Thirion, chief engineer of n railway address was delivered ' by M. Uzel. A ball had been I:an, r° l ° Bed in the same timber - yar d ; the families of the th wo rkmen had been invited to the dance, and to share in b . a general joy. The following is the speech delivered Friedeman :-" Messieurs,-I have been called tt i Giles, manager of the railway works , t o p reside at 8 assembly. The place could not be better chosen, it in the timber-yard, the workshop of the line, that we are iilt , aB sernbled to celebrate the fete of his Majesty the weof the French. It is a fine opportunity which wh e h ave eagerly seized. It reminds us of the day vika n the head of the state proclaimed that the Empire ti en eace. Now, peace is confidence -it is organisa is „ work-it is work itself ; and this workroom that th"°w before you, which is now silent on account of hiafeie, but will resound all the more loudly to-morrow, :Peaking witness of the prosperity of commerce and an d B P- This assembly is composed of Englishmen in to , r enchnien, representatives of two nations, that t e r without fear of exaggeration be termed the arbi he ° I the world. All of us, whether workmen with b ai rn or tools, place ourselves between these two livamti:ne united here, so let us join ar e H e rs , the French and the British flag ; and as they hand in hand together. e r° Pose a toast to France and to England, To the Napoleon and Queen Victoria."' This toast i ‘T t eceived with loud and long continued applause. t TAX ON DOGS.-Under the Assessed Taxes Act, tlioed-tned, a new tax is to be levied on all do g s. From t next, for every dog , o f whatever descrip nnr denomination, the annual duty is to be twelve Clez g r , B4 The duty is to be paid by the party keeping havi ng Nv iletl'i e ' r r the same in his custody or possession, not the same be his property or not, such person duly 'covering the owner thereof, who shall have been a!aessed for the same. No person is to be chare for ao w .t ?tli duty to any greater amount than 391.125. greyhf number of hounds or 91. for any number of kept Ou nds t by him in any one year.. The only 4.lestions y the tax are, a dog belonging to her Iv e h liel l ) at th e time the Royal Family, or a dog or a all no , time of returning the lists of dogs which actually v er idnoci _ o / sheepor be of the age of six calendar months, car e •r_p -1 g bond fide and wholly kept and used in the tbla,asoeatnti,ng dog, cattle, or removing the same, pro e r i° such dog shall be a greyhound, hound, 15° Ibter spaniel, lurcher, or terrier. im s zT elf ati b te e l f . ore a train . on r ew ' N ARY SUICIDE -A t the young s t .mGa Germain y m e a s i t n e r r d a a i near ound re' tl a i n re d e w b a i 3 ts crushed to o d n eat w h ilich ln w h er is e pocket were f written. • Rer • I n ch :-•, My name is T-, and I was in the My vice alk °f Blaiset, butcher, 31, Avenue de Clichy. ash die,Parent reside e e to th eautifulm, -1 at Vernuil, ahondoned a you ng woman, v i r t uous near Poissy. From obe aed b V2r4l an d rep ent a nce o loved and who loved me. Re rliPort,,i have rendered by existence in az? The e p , e a r t s l a d a l w s h e o ek in death an end to all my woe. read this my last will, to go shirek the g ni.io w vfo o e3 l r tM whom I loved, and whom I fro piei v Pervade a .4nhaveoecrt.apozeiraLoe;ut gag. 1i g in etf a ti n ia ot e h s w G orl i d . ; and . to ask 0.-The want of which _o,ns:re samezvothedlttion tiiee-e ino ct le our .market, during the whole of last week has Prices of yarns of all descrip dfaa3vr.our of the buyer, except 60' `uta"! Pwards of drat qualities, and doubled:yarns,whichs ttchLeirovalue ; 16's to 24's fortnight ; warps pin cops have declined 147er than ti t s _ id. per lb., being now per lb. eta i l lar wa quotations of this ,n th e ount, and 26's to 36's, saesid. to d. cheaper anst ati ..:l - :°° Period. India yarns are dull, and in t h a „ . , :e a shade lower. In goods there is for. a a foo particular n rw y . are not printersso mucharein fairnqa inquired o uest t la - go to Ti • -Oti ce 7.8 I,4l3.leierzvnat.e:tnet:sB_aut.tilda)na-clBapollams are steady in price • 40-inch pri b e . es s r it b'e for India and China, are still neglected, 0 , 4 _ l ig e unchanged, the production of these goods Ica are firm at fodrni e r L r o a r t g e s. eloth clo at much aishe ea' s, T cloths, I of 9°7116 20 ey eso w hen' s er dere i , lai d t to be 'Ce 3 the re axes !or , f ., bel n g raidi ng Me... ~ ,S ' t S ee : Sb °lClij pit h t l crea se - busi ness „ the re „ than of 3P of t L ie the 61 ; In for t l i s a ble e 3f. 45c. c i 00.7 3° Ole b. ; Boge n, 1731.1 : 6 , apt., s°° '' 25c. . L ieg P i , s 4 at t m ne° I- d oro j s borl o s diz , . r , ; P- e olorV •our P " ; IbY t of Deb 6 1, )( 1 at Lt 19F° ' r of Si 04. da l ot a 0 lt i tha t me MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday Wir3 estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steady, at previous rates. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 150 Pernam and Ma ranham, at 61d. to 9d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 6±d. to ls. ; 500 Surat, at 3d. to 4id.; and 30 Sea Islands at 2s. to 2s. 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were inactive, at rather lower prices. The business done in Mincing-lane is still on a large scale, but almost entirely for consumption. The private accounts by the steamer Magdalena, from the West India Islands are not of much in terest, and add no particulars of importance to the news in the papers, while the intelligence from the Pacific States reached two days since, via New York. There are over a million of dollars on board. Files of Bahama papers, to Aug. 2, have reached us. The Royal Gazette and Grand Turks Island Journal publish a schedule of the public revenues of Turks and Caicos Islands for the quarter ending upon June 30, which contrasted favourably with the amounts of a similar one for the corresponding quarter of 1852. The export duty on salt had been reduced from one halfpenny to one farthing per bushel since the Ist of January last. One hundred and eighty one thousand three hundred and eighty four bushels of the article had been exported in the last six months, showing a great increase of trade. Much sickness prevailed at the Caicos Islands in the middle of July and many deaths had taken place. The epidemic was a peculiar kind of fever, which has become almost indigenous to the country at that period of the year, and was rendered more severe this season, owing to continued heavy rains. The rumour generally current yesterday after noon, when a sale of 60,0001. stock was made for the Savings Banks, that the minimum rate of dis count, at the Bank of England, would this day be advanced, has been confirmed, and from the early hour at which the decision was announced, it is evident that the step has been taken without much hesitation. The charge is now 4 per cent., or more than for years past, and it will require a con tinuance of active trade and good profits to enable the bank to maintain this. We will not say that even 4 per cent. is a rate particularly onerous, and if it has the effect of further impeding the in troduction of foreign loans and companies, it will have done good rather than harm. As to the im mediate necessity of this measure, it must be deter mined in part by what has occurred within the last few days, as well as by the information which the bank may possess of what is intended. The particulars given from time to time under this head will have shown that the specie drain is not ar rested, and the fact that at the Paris Mint 71 days are now required for the coinage of gold there de posited, and that nearly 3,000,0001. are supposed to be waiting the pr ocess, is sufficient to prove that the efflux has continued. Another circum stance of importance is the pressure at New York, which is calculated to check at least the free dis charge of debts due in Europe, and to occasion a postponement of remittances. Whether it would act so potently as to attract specie from England, the rate of interest at New York being up to 1 per cent. per month in special cases, remains to be seen, but it is probable the pressure at New York will subside, especially if cotton can be quickly sent forward, a delay having occurred through yellow fever at New Orleans. The existing charge of 4 per cent., unless we have very bad weather until the completion of harvest, or renewed political complications, will probably remain unaltered for some time, and it is very desirable, if possible, that it should be so, since frequent changes unhinge every department of business. One effect of the rise will be to interfere with corn speculations, and to favour an improvement in the foreign ex changes, all other things remaining the same. The value of Consols fell rather suddenly before the close of the business yesterday from 98 to 97 f, upon the rumour that the Bank would to day enhance its rate of discount, and the sale of Stock above-mentioned proved very effective at the moment. Consols opened this morning as they had closed last evening, viz., at 97i but they have since been done at 97i f. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were quoted 1001 to 1001, and the 3 per Cents. at 98i- 1. Exchequer Bills have been at 2s. discount to ls. premium, and India Bonds at 18s. premium. East India Stock has been quoted 256. Bank Stock has fallen Q to 1 per cent., being 227 to 228. The Foreign Market has been a shade worse in some respects, but with no large transactions. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 26R, and Bra zilian 41 per Cents. 99. Spanish Deferred Bonds have been marked 231, and the 3 per Cents. 47g. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been at 41/. Sar dinian have receded to 96. In Russian and Dutch there have been no transactions. Peruvian ex dividend are equal to 84f to 851 with the interest. Railway Shares have declined to 1 per cent. taking the principal English lines. Great Northern are quoted ex diyidend. Eastern Counties are firm. French Shares are lower ; the Northern about 55., and the Lyons ss. to 7s. 6d. per share. Geld Mine Shares are merely nominal, and the Joint-stock Banks are all cheaper. The Oriental are down 1/. to 21., the - Union of Australia 11., and the Australasia 1/. 10s. The Land Companies Shares are a shade lower. Berlin Waterworks are at par. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up ,o this day, are in round figures as under 1853. 1852. £23,027 £18,968 58,459 53,374 Great Western North Western South Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland, Newcastle and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 30,366 Caledonian and Edin . and Glasgow 17,193 14,839 14,094 14,679 13,338 27,029 25,027 22,032 19,173 18,192 14,288 22,204 20,947 29,025 13,797 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From, the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock .... ................. ....... ..... 227i 8 '7 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 Bi i i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 97k g i i New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOOl 1 10011 i bong Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 , si 15-16 India Stock 256 5 India Bonds, £lOOO ....... South Sea Stock ,:onsols for Account Bth September 9 7i 8 Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 99 x d Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 26i Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 4li Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 231 3 THREE O'CLOCK. 97i i 976 i Consols Ditto September Account MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Sept. 1, 1853, male up from the Returns of ti , e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and ale per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I 1 BARLEY. OATS. I RTE. BEANS. PEAS. 48s 6a 29s 6d I 218 6d I 33s 8d I 4ls hi 36s 6d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. 1 PEAS. 51s 10d 29s 7d 22s Od 35s 4d 40s 9d 368 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WUEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. IS Od is Od I Is Od is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 74,172 ; Barley, 1,694: Oats, 8,137; Rye, 223 ; Beans 2,222: Peas. 713 quarters, HAY MARKETS. _ _ SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; new ditto, 2/ lOs to 41 Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 80 toll 16s per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CIIMBERLAND. — OId meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 5l 8s Od ' • ne w ditto, 2/ lOs to 4 / Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 15s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITEcHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ ss; new ditto, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 78 to 1/ 15s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. — The demand for each kind of meat wag firm to-day, at full quotations :—Beef from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 10d to N Od •; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, AUG. 31.—The supplies of each kind of meat being very moderate at to-day's market, the general demand ruled steady, at the following quotations : Beef, from 3s Od to 45 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, AuG. 31.—The general demand was rather active, and prices were rather on the advance, as fol lows :—Beef, 35 Od to 4s 4d • Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d ; 4s Od to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per 81bs. Quarter old store pigs, 20s to 24s each. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, August 31.--The screw steamer Augusta, Captain Driver, arrived here last night from Denis, with the first cargo of new raisins this season, consisting of 2,872 boxes and 1,210 half boxes, or about 100 tons. This vessel commenced dis charging in the docks this morning at six o'clock, and in less than two hours and a-half the whole cargo was landed and a portion sent up by the nine o'clock train to London, to be delivered in the market shortly after noon. THE SUN, LONDON, THUR S DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1853. SHABE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 50 50 20 50 Closing Prices this day. 4i -- 25 25 18 20 91 - 1011 9 7 disl 19 -- 21 3i -- 2id 99 -- 100 65i -- 66 21i 19 -- 19i1 Business done this day. 6 6 i 51 3 i ^ 4 iP 8i - 9 20 14 50 20 114 5; 5i 4 n 13 - 134 47 - 49 33 - 35 70 = 711 100 4i 81261 100 100 47i 17i all 100 ii --- 74 4 17. 7 all 27 - 29 81 82 51 53 133 131 110 112 86 861 7 7A 105 107 17 18p' 74 741 1 41d1 31 2f 15 151 St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 84 -- 84 14 --lipid 1004 --1014 d 1094 -- 110 14p 1 4c 834 -- 844 13i 20 20 50 all all 6i all 100 all 20 20 50 20 21s. 100 20 11:s 100 8 - 7 a 7 6d 11 13 18 20 26A —27 1 a . ... 68 —68 A, 39 40 1 55 58 3i 3 d 21. 53 55 - 32 33 8 10(11 - 2 7 - 5 - - 9 - 48 - 49 ; 93 - 97 63 - 65 1 64 - 66 69 -- 71 1f -14 d 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i -- 144 3 -34 d 18 -- 20 69 -- 694 36 -- 37 12i -- 134 26 -- 28 2 -- 23 1 151 15 8 - 32 -- 33 94 -- 10 68 69 8 - T 28 2 d 57i 57 --58 58 13 i 13 821 x d 52 3 3 / 4 3 131 86 6 i 741 I i ipm 151 i no loot oi 101 91 d 84 1 4 69k 81 i a xd 14h i 50 4* 64 64 5} 12 13t 20 20 all 100 all 100 PREFERENCE SHARES 100 all 100 5 100 all Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO Chester & Holfaead Guar. 5A per cent Cork &Bandon 5i p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (ES) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. 0.1 Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union; Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Prth.d;Dunde..‘ 5i per cent Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great North , - 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem. Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4A p c Lan. & York. P. £2O, Do.. 6 p. c., Stock London and Brightou Guaranteed 5 p. 0 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler AShares ........ Londy. & Ennis. A Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO l iOa iosl Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr Hrt]pl. Dk. & Railway ..... all all all all all 100 Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference! Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. ...... Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre 100 100 18# all Do. Shares. Roystn.az.Hit. Do.Shepth.St Shef.Rothand Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst London & N. West.l Gt.Westn Do L. &N. W. Caledon.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do 1 ,8. Eastern !Do !Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. ••• 1 . 6 165 514 - 53 i 150 - 152 32 33 uo --1 d 55 56xd 27 —2Bx 26 27 98 —looxd E. Colint Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do 3 - 31 x d 168 i .-- 106 64 66xd • - ad Gt Northnl Do [l4B = 150 148 - 150 Lanc,asl2& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do i} _ ad 32 102 - 103 iGtWestn, 1 100 6 100 1100 1N 100 100 100 DX) 100 100 all 100 1.0.61 I Do £6 .........• Marypt.&Carl. 4p. c Do. 4A per cent LO5 - 107 194 6 , 1 - p ar 6j 4 5 5i 11 • 1,1 1 : 14 21. i -21 i 1126 - 127 110 - 112 D 0....... .......... Mid. Consul. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. IA per cent. Norfolk Extension._ Do. Pref. Zii per et... Do. War. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 81 6it 7i 103 104 d —ipm 150 152 Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Sbrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. a. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6 d., S. Yo:ksl►.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. Op. c. York Newcastle and Ibrwick, 4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch • •• ''''' • - 34 10 - 11 13i - 144 74 - 8 104 - 104 k - 149 151 id 114 —118 x; lla 122 I 115 - 117 24 - 252, 111 - 24 1 11 -17 k a _ 18 , P 1$ P 14 - - par - 57 i - 19 - 20 I - 1101 - 103 5-. Par- i PI 14i i 1111 Business this day. 111 x d x d x a 32 MINES. 1 all rgua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 1d par 10s. all 'Anglo Californian „. ap„ 10 2 Australasian llcl 1 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold a 1 1 all Ave Maria — id 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) d par 1 all British Austrln. Gold id a 20 13.5 British Iron • 7 9 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pm 3 - 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34 1 1. Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 44 45 5 1 Colonial 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 _6560 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 6l —7l p 5 all English and Austrin copper Smeltg•Co 24 —1/• 3 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein._ 4 p 21 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst — 1 d a 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 _ 1 all Mariquita 10 9 M ex i c an&S.Americn 6 7 1 all New Granada 4d par 1 all Nouveau Monde a— a p 11 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg 5 1 Port Philip — a 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New .... . 30 104 Santiago de Cüba 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Cro ft ............. 281 all United Mexican 1 all Waller — 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa dl 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia . . 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 p 2 i I 100 25 Colonial — ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 1 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 4 d 4 p 91 10 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 2/p 171 1 50 20 London and County — 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 Loadon Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22 ? 2 National of Ireland.. 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 4B 50 50 49 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 50 10 all Do. New .•• ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co.._ 1 die— par 25 all South Australia . 25 all Union of Australia 64 68 68 561 2h Do. New 7 8 50 10 Union of London_ • 40 all Union of Madrid — ••• MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 33 35 36 20 12 Australsn.Pcific•Mail •• • 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail _. •_ • 50 381 Brit. American L an . 64 6 . 7 66 100 326 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace l/ 2 p 64 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 --, p 20 1 Eastern Steam.. 1 1 Electric Teleg. o f 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. . . ••• 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. 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Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] 14 -14 10 all ,NorwegianTrnk.Pref 86 9 20 10 !Paris and Lyons lB 18ip 281 1 8 20 all ,Paris and Orleans 5O —5l 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 38 —38 i 20 4 'ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 56 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 16 —.l d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 all Sambre and Meuse B/ —9l 9j 9 10 4 , Do. 54 per cent. pref 20 6 Southern of France 5 _ 20 2s. 'Upper India Scrip 4 Pm 81 all West Flanders — 44 12 1 0 0 0 11200 'West, e 5. t on p fof 20 9 New zeadaud. . 3 7 2el Bleak House. Nos. XIX. and X.X. 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. Dickens's productions, and yet that, in spite of these convictions, we have not failed (as w h o cou ld fail, 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 quintessehce of fun. The acme of the humorous. The delight fullest of all literary evidences of an irresistible rush of animal spirits. " Nicholas Nickleby" still ry t t o h e traceel arin the of links itsnkseaorlfyitfass alluringcinatio i n. n W ei e de st n il: continue es s through all that wonderful realm of the fictitious, preserves 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 1 " 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 close the 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 summoned into 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 hi , s , Preface, " the romantic side of familiar things, and it does this with a power and consummate skill of which we have rip comparable example in the whole range of our imaginative literature. Something like this has before now been successfully accomplished amongst our neighbours by M. de Balzac—but nothing similar, we believe, has ever before been even attempted amongst ourselves, at any rate so systematically. With what surprising adroitness this purpose has been developed in the audgi exampletheirnbaemfoereisuLtbeenre„a_demrsro.fp"ißekleeanks Hhiraousseeli.", tell ing us in so many words, " I believe ,I have ee learnt had so many readers as in t his book) through many pages, fraught with apec .s ulif tht and a eldritch fascination. It ha s been re eegnied singular aim of the novelist,4 the prominent cha racteristic of " Bleak House," the romantic side of familiar things"—in the drawing-room at Ches ney Wold, in the lawyer's chamber at Lincoln's inn-Fields, in the luxury of the town-house of the 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 sweeper, and with those of Bucket the detective. It has not been marred, even when brought into immediate connection with a matter-of-fact person of Pentonville. all which, the Glip mor p a y l of the tal e h a s Aagdede like e to grown luxuriantly out of the iniquities and abuses, the rottenness and corruption of that monster-evil the High Court of Chancery. Although death had previously carried off in succession, Nemo, and Gridley, and Jo and Lady Dedlock, and Mr. T ulki nghorn, 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 celebrated between Allan Woodcourt and Esther Summerson. The latter is resigned by good John Jarndyce with a magnanimity eminently noble, and therefore wo!, derfully 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 Jarndyce 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 Menge 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—her father-in-law, degenerated into the apoplectic Mr. Turveydrop, still solaces the west-end by displays of his Deportment. How all this is told is something admirab le—the author's power of sustained 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 in 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 c onduct of Mrs. Guppy, wh en h er son ' s o ff e r 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 o f th e c h o p s 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 t o ma k e h er 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 p us hi ng h er b ack 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, "I 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. LINES LEASED AT FTTED RENTALS. !Paid, RALLWATe. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.--(TRIS DA Y.) LONDON, Sept. I . —Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W., light breeze and cloudy, with slight rains.—The Kum" and the Cairo had been obliged to put into Kingston, Ja maica, for fresh crews, having lost nearly all hands by fever. DEAL, Sept. 1.--wind W.S.W., s trong 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.— ma ki n g four inches of The Troubadour, from Shields, for Barcel ona, g ot on the off,Knock anda b a o n u c t h fi o r v e e d o w ater per hour. F A LMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Wat son,morning; Quebec. Sailed—H.M.'s st. Brisk, Jamaica. jattoulstyht .i2BABP°: OFF PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Cette, St. John's, N. 8., for Hull. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 31.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Magdalene (a), West Indies. 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. PORTLAND ROADS, Aug. 31.—Arrived—Springflower, Quebec, for Torquay ; Ottowa, London, for Quebec BRISTOL, Aug. 31.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Nil Despe randum, Buenos Ayres. SHIELDS, Aug. 31. -Arrived—Lively, Miramichi. BELFAST, Aug. 30.—Wind, W. Arrived—Georgiana, St. n a wr me e s Cke o d f Quebec. Aug. 13.—The Zenobia, for Lon- DUBLIN, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Elizabeth, St. John's, N.B. The Gemini, St. Vincent to Lon -nr!:hßehauy: Glasgow, FALMOUTH from ( ja r m a c a a i b c e a (Jamaica), on the reef here. 3 - uly 28. Lon don, has been wrecked at Dog Island ; crew, passengers, Lon don, 0 snI, KINGSTON .wIias,TTs ( AJ destroyedaumg. a i lb c a oy . — ) fi , and part of cargo saved. ST. CROIX, Aug. 13.—The St. Andre, for Copenhagen, has put back leaky, with considerable part of her cargo condemned damaged, and has b een . 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 rhoea. She travelled in a third-class carriage on the London and North-Western line to Euston-square. Between 8 and 9 o'clock on the Sunday morning the train stopped at Camden -town to collect tho tickets, and, see ing the child looking very pale and still, she showed 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 proving 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 emily cause death, although a healthier child might have escaped. An , official of the North-Western Railway 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. 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 Ascension. Declination. h. In. s. d. in. 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 ... „ 918 „ 2 ... 11 23 47 „ 642 „ 3 ... 11 19 19 ... „ 3 59 „ 4 ... 11 14 20 ... „ 113 „ 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 exp ect to see a body of far more imposing aspect than the one at present visible. I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Aug. 29. J. R. HIND. CARDINAL WISEMAN IN LIVERPOOL. —On Tuesday night last Cardinal Wiseman delivered a long lecture in the Philharmonic-hall, Liverpool, on the connection of commerce with the fine arts. The spacious building was crowded in every part by persons of all denomina 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 baying been got up hastily.—Galignani. APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon last, when a large party, who had been en j oy i ng 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 t o recover it the unfortu nate gentleman fell over the cliffs, and was dashed to pieces. Mr. Glencross, of Devonport, chemist, was, we understand, one of the party whose day's pleasure had so unhappy and distressing a termination.—Plymouth Mail. INCREASE OF WAGES AT KILMARNOCK.—The coal masters about Kilmarnock have agreed to advance the wages of their workmen from 4s. to 4s. 6d. per day. EDINBURGH PEACE CONGRESS.—This Conference has been fixed for the 12th and 13th of October. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh and other official personages con nected with that city, have attached their names to the requisition. In most of the large towns of Scotland committees are in course of formation whose object it will be to instruct the public mind on the nature and intentions of the Conference, and ,to obtain the ap pointment of suitable persons to attend its sittings. CASTLE HILL ESTATE, READING, BERKS.—The four teenth purchase, within eleven months of the formation of the Conservarive Land Society, has just been effected for allotment among the members, at Reading, Berk shire. The estate is situated on the Castle Hill, and is known by the title of the Downshire Square and Cres cent estate. It commands a most extensive and beau tiful view. CRICKET.—KENT v. SURREY.—Wednesday, third Kent had 119 runs to win, they obtained 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 lightermen still continues. RAILWAYS. 100 sil Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost ' and Eastn. Junet Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., .250 and £25 Cons. IDo. £2O. 100 8i 100 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 & H) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Al Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A all 11 100 11; all all all FAA 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. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D a., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S. Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskil , en Newry Warrenpoint 'and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Gua-anteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Wes 'an. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi rmg. Do. L. & N. Western' Guarante ad St c Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & aester (N. W. Min; Do. Halv es, s o. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vase of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland J 7 WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal Mail 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 ; Carthagena, 10th ; Jamaica, llth ; Demerara, 9th ; Barbadoes, 11th ; Grenada, 3d ; Porto Rico, 13th ; St. Thomas, 15th ; Antigua, 13th ; Jacmel, 12th ; Grey Town, Gth. The Magdalena brings on freight, 966,215 dollars on merchants' account ; platina, 6661. 13s. 4d. ; 132 serous of cochineal ; pearls, 2,6571. 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 Ist of August, 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 broke out into open revolt, took posses sion of the town, and burnt it to the ground. Roadtown 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 for assistance, and a sailing vessel with troops was dispatched after some delay, but they arrived too late to prevent or 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 the state 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 g decreasing advanced, an d t h e yieldin every week • many of the pl an t ers talk of sto in sugar making t for the present, an d commence again in g October ; this would be practically th e most advantageous course for those planters who are l a t e to pursue, as thecanes 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 mat er i a ll y diminished the crop for next year requires now the u n di v id e d 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 mul.er 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, 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 com mitted to the earth on Monday evening last, during very heavy rain, with 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 28th 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 suga r an d 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. 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 puncheons, 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 74d. per lb. We have nothing to report of leaf. Exchanges on London. — Colonial . and Jam a i ca B an k s. 90 days', I per cent. premium ; GO days', 1 per cent. premium ; 30 days', 14 per cent. premium. RECEPTION OF MR. D ARGAN BY THE QUEEN. The crowning act—that which gave a meaning and a pur pose to the royal v i s it an d all its incidents—was , in our mind, the gracio us , th e cordial, the almost affectionate reception which the greatest monarch gave to her greatest subject when he was yesterday presented by her minister. Formalities gave way for the instant 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- -the 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 appr eciatiun 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 comp liment pa idd the the man, the compliment paid to the co untry, a ho mage paid to industry in the person of the grea t afternoon renatapeostle of labour. One other incident o ccurred in perhaps still more indicativ e of the purpose i eof tru th d e pre-sent visit of the Queen. We do no t pry ingly into the private proceedings o f the Sovereign n e ; but we can hardly look upon the visit ° with which the Queen yesterday honoured Mr. Dargan at hi s private residence as other than a public r ecognitio n by th e industry—let us rath er call it l a b our—is ennobling, and that she, at least, w hatever an inert aristocracy, gene rated in corruption , and unconscious of the value of hu manrespcts and honours those w h o , promote it, extend it, ref use t o sever u ni s a tr y y t , llink, living labbyolitu: themselves from it, and become the apostles of indus trial development as the best means of e l eva ti ng t h e na ti on and giving prosperity to the people. The honour paid to Mr. Dargan by this act of Royal favour mar ks an epoch in the progress of the a ge . I t was t h e fi rst visit ever paid by the Queen t o an unt i tled su bj ect. T o 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 th e f am il y o f a man w h ose p re sent po sition of pre-eminence is due to his connection with " labour."—Freeman's Journal. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES. — To -da y (Thursday) the new act to regulate the employment of children in factories comes into operation. ler .1008' i k r 4 :1 0 )1 ' 0,4 e; .ett , De hb ' .e C