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MOW and of Cuba, 0 tblish it. is 'nrin, dated t ' ived yester d S received ; d ed. A deg l e! o in conseqn, 'ro-Legate of Ili) has forbideP of the 23d. / for publishoi :,tional Conn' )urg. tit ie 24th, ° °Ti j 0 tiefly foun d° tjia 4' severity ° o il ‘ttempts at re 3 town, aCC°re m d %red in a s t tAs treets, the c e j tents had arrl o 1. is said to Lot given. I>TAT.ES. MAPS.) EGLINTOI4I' AY, 10.45 Alio arrived her e with telegrg 6th inst. LY 16, 1 1 I ` .l ,l'e nsiderably un fterwards be b c ' e j o f ind being on Thurso,t, . The PO 11 01 Buchana n , ° 3ter to Loa a i]AL, Jua 'lour quote,; iugust re in proPo' 4 in named 6 ‘ 1 ,, ded at No. I)) t tead, was k r° l id. lertfordshir e v having stl e , te` is feared mat ..;ircumstanc es* , a haymak er , long grass: o o was out sh°. b ir d stook for a WO ents of the PI, t. ody of the I °4 o l ,ance of his ° d ill every aid, .s' e m who, fincinV l led his rern°,, r t ioo a railway s' n to London, - ,)? 3 was instal :1" v of the sho ts viseni l4 , ednesday r re;' oroner for Jod i King's Arni e di t , on the bo who met y railway : T he ta man living wening of tl s oi. sing of the 01 a wicket g° t : „ e 'd ' -ithout turn 1 1 0 train close . „ t iP , slanting di r e i mme diatelf f a d the -whole e O Ol. l shocking ?P ee wee er extremiti e i c# extent that I m, a mark ° I3 OO O I ;ould satisfy' to ei ig at the ef e le six o'cloo n Londow br t.l O bu t dit to cross, e r e yards) renued bs He s ound e oel' e iproaching , o f it ei o the buffe r A houlder, a e- to 'r e • arose °,re g no . 'arding the 1 ,0 i", uhlic road,r, ; ;;4 that the ifii '‘ o p lost his The cm& way carr, T ,A yE ssed by the , o rl eglect. Th e) il death." d P ;BEAT NT 0O A 9 31d an inqu e ' 0 0 , HollosoP'-'f the emploY,°,o Williamof day a trait . ' • v i 4 Lk van cont 3l l) boway statioo%,ioo, deceased, 311 „,1 0 , and atteroP,"ooo; .TpingliP° l3 11, and the TV t to pieces. r , the corone,tV ty imposed ore lives ? k e ro ol ye. The c ° 00 1 not to hav e o o h s of men, a" o e, little valu e 0 ,9 if some g rie ' o o# e in which ° 3 00 0! : it would b e , suggestion ' death." ,cO/ 1 RANCH after two ° al circus att 3c " - $ 0 tea-garde ° 0 1 0 ' vhich and a were co' sO A w a d 4 evious, au , d 0 . ; 1; and V l _ P- ppr e place vo'oti g .5 after, the so d se moans °i. sae ibles were 00 e proceecl ea t Ol e : ecured in s A bo e ,er erection e I centre of t i/ 0 ", loaning 11 °: 1 to s perceive ,9 1) round the I b i oil t : e the poor an e c I, those 0 013.- 0 o rescue t i (s ) )0 tb )erished•fe A ly spent 0 . - 4 itroyed, to, I) of fire t d 7sili j it ilg fof the ° I I L Hankeif o , lo e o mises, and s 0 the cirensY/fo l ; safety. 0 sily, l ames u pf o osemarY ba tee, t nuance w 100 Th e • e 3 s rl o i ig the hi 9.-- . o se • - The c"- INING CC 4 0 4 11:::, nnpanY 11 8 :Of he purP ° , 1 , 0 , ness ; 331. ' ;d that the.o ines betsvl`3, 1000 the go, larch, 1 8 osot, during o f ~ produee.,,, old 1°,.1.at ) 01 1 - 1 modu g ced arli v )fltain in koe e ci a these la,_ceed r t have has be _coo si Id loss setvioof A ' 6 ' -nna o °li t; _ 5 , 1 . 3 .tio oo a.._ hp,tl i n g e 9 t)f i i The z roducthois i for the f i t ie 0 o the v 3 soil by the e re ,, ed to Walla 109 Pr °fit t he i i o!'rrs it , for fort t o the ib..` out e 4 8c1 "' firsthalf -Ye 3 ,0130,, our 5001., coP' f 11l re: t h e dire di II 6 halfl earjj e a d ricLn rcov that rried ° ln t ' ell': o the effec r o d PO/ , n a t J dole ° rOl. , ame irectors Pot op beingd Pbat, oea ith sa l c i c ell: 4 l 4 he ors, n o then Oer MONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, THIS DAY. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 10,000 to 12,000 bales, of which 4,00 0 American were taken for export and on B Peculation. The market was animated and closed ii . fir iallY• The sales comprised 220 Pernam and .laranham at 60. to 71d., 40 Bahia at 6/d., ; 1 ,1, 00 0 Surat at did . sid., and 600 Egyptian at ( , ) , C L• to 10d., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares were firmer. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 48s. ld. Per quarter. At the Upper India Railway meeting which has Jet concluded, the terms arranged by Lord Joce lyn for an amalgamation with the East Indian It lilway have been confirmed. The capital re cognised or the Upper Indian line is three millions, giving about six-sevenths in the new shares for the existing scrip. The Upper India Shareholders become uenceforth, therefore East India Shareh olders, and, as such, entitled to the benefit of the issue of extension shares which, from time to time, will doubt less be be needed. The guarantecisnot yet fixed, but is ' I LLLY understood that will not be less than 4i per the Lord Dalhousie writes most favourably of "te advantages to the country of railway communi and Sir Herbert Maddock stated at the India ting this morning that he expected the Upp er line will pay 10 to 15 per cent. on the capital, owing to the dense population. The keeting passed a unanimous recognitiion of the I ,,aluable services of Mr. W. P. Andrew, the founder of the company, and an old and expe llenced writer upon post-roads in India , an d e xpressed a hope that his services may be made available by the amalgamated company. i, T he English stock market has been firm, but t here is not much doing. Consols have been 981 for transfer and account. The New 31 per Cents. . ti aVe been at 101 to 102, and the 3 per Cents. 99 to Bank Stock is worth 228 to 229, being ti,,riner. Indi a Stock is steady, at 256 to 2571. The valu e of Exchequer Bills is lower, being 2s. dis count. Consols now are flatter, at 981, owing to the Proposed committee of the Commons as to paying el dissentient holders of South Sea Stock, sic. Foreign Securities have been very quiet but firm. 'Palish Deferred are at 231, and the Certificate Venezulean Stock is worth 371. Peruvian I Bonds are supported at 84, and. Mexican 26i 27 . Danish Bonds are 861, and Russian 41 p er 'its. 1014. Dutch 4 per Cents. are maintained at 0 71 to 98. Lithe Railway Share Market is firmer, alt hou g h " 4 very little doing. Oxford and Wolver ham p ton h ave decidedly improved, and North-Western are better. French Shares are inactive. The settle kelat engrosses chief attention. The Gold Mine Shares are not in the least re- Vest. -r.. The Australian Banks are supported, but the Companies are weak. The following is a com p ar ative statement of d uties t , collected and number of entries passed at port of Montreal from the sth January to s th uIY, 1852 and 1853 .1 8 52 ............ ...... 4853 Entries. Duties. . 6,235 £144,465 . 8,515 Difference in favour of 1853... 2,280 Or anincrease of 44 per cent. over the corres '°,llding period of 1852. unties collected at Toronto for the quarter end -4g the sth July, during the years 1852 and 1853 : 1852 £27,297 1853 £20,086 g an increase of 74 per cent. above the col lections of the corresponding quarter of the pre '6°us year. The annexed is a comparative statement of the number of emigrants arrived at the port of Quebec to the 25th June : From whence. England Ireland Scotland Continent.. Lower ports 1852. Cabin. Steerage. . 155 4,870 96 8,025 . 36 1,631 . 10 2,001 . 2 196 1853. Cabin. Steerage 108 4,253 19 7,066 45 1,409 22 2,687 3 117 290 16,723 197 15,532 Here the falling off is very trifling. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1853. 1852. great Western £25,222 £19,727 North Western 56,238 51,563 S outh Western 15 ,541 14 , 506 16ri g h ton 14,177 13,868 4 ic.ll. nd ,eh t • , 1 „, Ea s t ern 19,238 17,569 Cl. l onian 11,041 9,379 , a ieni trthern 15,549 10,524 fo r k -s uire and Yorkshire 20,028 18,024 a „ a tul North Midland, Newcastle -"' Lerwick, and Leeds Northern 23,924 23,872 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the Official List.) Business done. 'alz Stock ‘ ll ,','„ l. Cent. Reduced Auauities .... ..... Nei (lent. Consols Annuities A/ 4 „„ 4. 3 1 per Cent. Annuities lO2 ri i i l i n Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 /m ut . ° 3 4, _ 0 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 eo "" e4 Usols for Account 11th August 25 5 A, 1 6 1-16 98 i g i I zehequer Bills, ld. . £l000 .2500 • .>. 2dlp shall 2d 1 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Eh. • . 44 11 an Bonds 5 per Cent D Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 991 I t ai lish Bonds, 3 per Cent 864 54 /IZ i can 3 per Cent. 27 6i p e I lvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. B4 3 r ilvian Deferred 3 per Cent. D itto for the Account sBi Russ ian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 44`per Cent. hitt° S - • ll Pard' • ma a II:Ilan Bonds, 5 per Cent 9sf Pall ish Bonds, 3 per Cent • 47$ bitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2 38 13 bi tto Pa ssive (Converted) p I lish Commi er ttee Ct. of Coup. not ftm 64 i 1 tnezuela Bonds, 34 per Cent. . 37t Dividends on the above payable in London. It 'At te . r , h Exchage, 2 per Cent to 4 per n Cent. i Certificates ~ 97 8 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto August Account 98 98 ° INT , b , SMITHFIELD MARKET.—The Corporation are W , activel enaged the New Smithfie in esP e tthagen- y fields, the formin groun g d has been purchased for e la i lt Z., and Copenhagen-house and grounds are now Y gone to make way for the new market.. The of el 'age has been contracted for by the Commissioners t ewers, and the works have already commenced : The ' sur e 3 cost o f the erection of the new market will be '` 2l •it 'll contain lairs for 3,000 bullocks, and is ' income from tolls, rent, &e., or 42,000 sheep ; the f e at down at 18,3501. ; the annual cost of manage- N il "' is estimated at 4,3501., leaving a clear annual in th ,of 44,0001. to the Corporation. It is expected 13 4 " ti le new market will be completed and ready for "i bgat Midsummer, 1854 . b x land -,..°Tu OF A VETERAN.—Lieut. Colonel David En s g t - . "ohnaon, whose decease occurred recently at .ers lia eer 'a, Jersey, served 46 years in the sth Ong joined his regiment in Guernsey in 1804. I,eboaisions are dated :—Second lieutenant,t 9th of 29th of a nions 1804 ; lieutenant and e t —re per, 1804 ; diptain, 12th of Madajrnucrihna,:al:Bel)2m; abjroer: 2g ti n atior, 22d of July, 1830 ; (by P I ‘T _Li of December, 1837 ; lieutenant colonel,. e 9th of izuveraber, 1846. He embarked with his andwas .2,pwreeked and taken prisoner ; accompanied the ea4tPedition to South America in 1806, and was present. the storming of Buenos Ayres ; served afterwards 11 . 1 . f 7 Peninsula from June, 1808, to January, 1809, and ;I . l a june, 1809, to December, 1812 (during the inter- It he was sick in hospital), including the battles of leia, Vimiera, Lugo, Corunna, Busaco, Redinha, siege of (wounded), Fuentes d'Onor, El Bodon, first siege Badajoz and assault and capture of the citidel, a l eg . e and storming of Cindad Rodrigo (severely wounded 2 e the assault), and battle of Salamanca.' He had a "ut ri lal and nine clasps. tal,-7 ROYAL DOCKYARD CORPS.—DEPTFORD, July 27. for ti e l drill of the Deptford brigade of this corps ceased e season on Tuesday last, when the infantry bat n, under the command of Major Mouchet, store 'ereiPser' in paraded for inspection, and afterwards ex _ n e in the drills with carbines, at the field batteries ainacingalTi"ll guns, in the presence of the Colonel Com mart,nt of the brigade (Captain Superintendent G. B. p land i . ; C . 8.)• The artillery battalion, under the corn ef Lieutenant -Colonel Pearn (Master-Attendant), as inspected by the Colo n el C oman d an t on th e previous (Jay. TRH ENCAMPMENT AT LIN IiGUARD FORT.—The ste am -boats have been crowded with passengers for Landguard Fort to view the encampment of the East Suffo Militia Artill er y R e g i ment. Considerz. b le pro el'ellelk Y has been exhibited iii various evolutions, and we are assured it is impossible to speak in terms too highly of the conduct exhibited by the men. Those who have been encamped with good regiments of regulars for months, state that more orderly conduct, and great eL• c heerfulness in the performance of duty, v. ere never wit tressed in any camp, though the weather has occasion ally been of a character to test severely the temper and Patience of all connected with the corps. I n or d er to %Tom' amusement, on Wednesday there were races amongst the men ; thirty prizes were the objects of corn- Petition.—Bury Poet. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Birkenhead Dock Trustees, Blyth and Tyne Railway, East London Waterworks, Halifax Waterworks and Improvement, Limerick and Foynes Railway, Llanelly Railway and Dock (No. 2), Ribble Navigation, Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. The Cork and Bandon Railway (No. 2) Bill, was read a third time and passed. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir G. PECHELL moved that it be read a third time this day three months, as he viewed the bill as nothing more nor less than a measure of confiscation. The bankers, merchants, and brokers, viewed it in the same light, and if the bill was passed, it would shake the confidence of the public in Parliamentary guarantees. Mr. WYSE seconded the amendment. Mr. CARDWELL said there could only be two grounds for supporting this bill, namely—either the bill was to satisfy the claims of prior claimants to the pre ference shareholders, or it was assented to by the prefe rential shareholders, whose interest was reduced by this bill. Now neither of those grounds applied to the case, and he thought the house would be acting unwisely if they passed this bill. (Hear.) Mr. CORRY, chairman of the committee to whom the bill had been referred, supported the third reading. Mr. HUME said it would be dangerous to the prin ciple of public credit to pass this bill, and upon that ground he should vote against the third reading. Mr. C.AYL EY supported the bill, and insisted that, out of justice to the creditors of the company, the house ought to pass it, since they only consented to forego their legal rights upon the understanding that the pre ferential shareholders were to be placed upon the same footing as themselves. Mr. AGLIONBY urged upon the house the neces sity of appointing a committee to enquire into the alle gations contained in the petition of Mr. Rigby Wason, which had been presented on the subject of this bill. This petition alleges that the directors of the said railroad company, as promoters of the bill now before Parlia ment, although, as trustees for all classes of share holders, they are bound to act justly towards the Six per Cent. Preference Shareholders, did improperly sup press part of a chain of evidence, for the purpose of in ducing the committee on the said bill to arrive at an unjust decision, and to disturb an agreement which the said directors clandestinely concealed from the said committee entered into between the directors and the 6 per cent. preference shareholders, by which, in consideration of the latter assenting to the retention of certain provisions in the said bill affecting their legal rights, the directors agreed not to lower their preferen tial shares. After a few words from Mr. GOOLD, the house divided, when there appeared— For the third reading BB Against it 64-24 The bill was then read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. - - Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a petition from Greenwich against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pre sented a petition from Aberdeen in favour of the re moval of the disabilities affecting the clergy of Scotland. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Bangor, praying for the extension of the powers of the County Courts. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Dr. Epps, of Great Russell-street, against the present water monopoly in the metropolis. Mr. T. BARING presented a petition from mer chants, bankers, and others at Ceylon, against the re cent rescinding of the Treasury minute, rendering it illegal to sell a mixture of coffee and chicory, and pray ing that, if the mixture is allowed to be sold, the duty may be taken off coffee. LLEFT SITTING.] ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH WALES CIRCIIIT.—CARNARVON, JULY 26. THE MURDER NEAR CONWAY.—SENTENCE OF DEATH. John Roberts, aged, 25, labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of J esse Roberts, teacher in the Bri tish School, Conway. The murder took place on an isolated part of one of the mountains near the village of Roe, near Conway, in May last, and the circumstaxices will be fresh in the memory of our readers. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. A number of witnesses were examined, and their evi dence fully coincided with that given on the inquest. The prisoner, who during the entire trial had put, on the appearance of a maniac, made his defenc e in Welsh, to the same effect as when before the coroner, namely, that deceased shot himself in the act of failing ; that he lifted him up, intending to carry him home, but had not the necessary strength, and so left him on the grass, with his hat lying beside. He accounted for the posses sion of the deceased's watch by saying that he had pre viously bought it from him. He said "his heart was too heavy" to inform deceased's friends of the accident. The Judge, in summing up.„ . pointed out the discre pancies between the prisoner's statements and the facts incontrovertibly established upon evidence. The wounds by which deceased met his death were from gun-shot lodged in the back of his head ; and his hat was per forated behind. The body also was not found lying on the grass, but was hidden, being closely jammed into a rocky cleft, at the complete back of which his hat had also been thrust by some long instrument. The de ceased was in possession of his watch, and had been seen to look at it. _ Verdict—guilty. • The Judge, in passing sentence of death, held out no hope of mercy, and said that a more barbarous murder had never been committed. This closed the business. THE STRIKE AMONG THE LABOURERS IN SOUTHWARK. —The excitement that prevailed on Tuesday in conse quence of a strike of about 2,000 labourers employed by the different wharfingers in Southwark has, we are glad to say, terminated peaceably, many of the principal wharfingers, Mr. Scovell, Messrs. Curling, Beresford, Curtis, &c., who for some time past have felt that the men had just cause of complaint, having acceded to the proposition of the men to increase their pay to 4d. an hour, with the understanding that measures shall be adopted to increase the time for absence to dinner, which the present Customs regulations will, it is admit ted, enable them to do. The pay of the labourers for 50 years has been, their employers say, 3d. per hour, including the time occupied in breakfasting and dining, and two pints of porter per man, the working hours being from 6 till 8, thus producing 3s. 6d. per day. They had received this price when provisions were dear —when bread was is. 3d. per quartern, meat is. per pound, and porter 6d. per pot, and they now strike and require 4d. per hour, with all the above advantages. The reason they assign for increasing the demand is, that the sufferance wharfs having the privilege of landing foreign goods, the coasting trade has recently been superseded by the railways. The wharfingers state, that if they are compelled to pay 4d. per hour, the labour will be increased 33 per cent. in expense, which will ultimately fall upon the merchants and consumers. 300 men paraded round the wharves in the course of Tuesday, and threatened to do desperate mischief to any labourers who dared to go to work for less than 4d. per hour. It was said that from 400 to 500 men struck at Scovell's, from 200 to 250 struck at Humphery's, from 150 to 200 struck at Fenning's, from 200 to 250 struck at Allen and Thompson's, from 200 to 250 struck at Curling's, and that several other strikes, of similar extent, were made in the course of the day. The whole of the men in the firms mentioned above have returned to their work cheerfully ; and, although a few wharfin gers (Alderman Humphery, Fennings, &c.) still decline to accede, perfect quiet exists in the neighbourhood. A large reserve force of the police, of the M division, under Mr. Inspector Branford, have been on duty from an early hour ; and, from the judicious arrangements made by Mr. Branford, aided by the masters, there is no fear of the peace of the neighbourhood being dis turbed. STRIKE OF THE JOURNEYMEN CORKCUTTERS.—Yes terday between 400 and 500 journeymen corkcutters turned out for an advance of wages. This strike will be severely felt by the employers, being the most busy time of the year. In the (afternoon the strike hands held a meeting at the Hall, Shoemaker-row, Blackfriais, where they expressed their determination of not re turning to work until their demands were complied with, alleging as a reason the increase in the price of provision, and that their landlords had raised the rents of their rooms on that account. THE STRIKES IN MANCHESTER.—We are informed that the all the piecers in the mills in Mancha-ter are again at wor k t his week ; and that ther e is no Concern which is standing unless it be that of Messrs. Penny and Wood , with respect to which we could obtain no precise inform ation last evening. Except i n a f ew i nstanc es, the machinery is fully employed. The dyers' strike remains in the same position as before. The men have issued a placard in reply to that published by the masters last week ; in which they give a qualified denial to the statement "that the whole of the firms on strike have for years been paying, at least; from ten to thirty per cent, higher wages than a very considerable portion of the trade," asserting that the statement can only apply "to one or two shops at most. The placard also states that the resoluti on of the men is "fixed, un shaken, and stronger now than on the Ist of July," when the strike commenced. —Manchester Guardian. PROTESTANT MISSIONS TO IRELAND.—We announced, some time ago, that an arrangement had been made for sending over to Ireland no fewer than 100 Protestant missionaries, belonging to the various evangelical de nominations, with a view to the conv ersion of the Irish. These mis-ionaries, who are to preach whenever the w eather will permit, in the open air , a re to start this morning, and will commence their evangelising labours on Sunday next. They are to preach in all parts of the country, and several times every day of the week. All sectarianism is to be scrupulously kept in abeyance, and the great theme of the ministrations of the missionaries is to be salvation by free grace through the merits and mediation of the Redeemer. They are to continue their labours for a period of three months, - when other arrangements will be made for carrying on the attempt to evangelise Ireland. PC ad r ..----j- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV)ENING, JULY 28, 185 3. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) LI RE. Leasing Closing Prices Business Mr: Paid. RAILWAYS. Compans. this day. this day. -- 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.. .. N. West 301 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Gt.Westn, 30 / all Do. withoutgr Do 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do — 301 all Do.wthtguar. Do — St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W lO7 109 50 all Clydesdale Jo. Caledon 54 —56 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 150 152 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 33 34 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMdl.l . 3 i i 1141 25 all Do. Shares. Do 56 57 121 all Do. Shares. Do 271 —28 i Di all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 14 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 20 100 Lowestoft gr• 4 per cent. Norfolk 9B 100 20 LOO Do. 6 per ct. 51 all Mauch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 34. 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & Redcar Darliugt. 00 all Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 107 109 107 i 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds pe Do — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln&Yk ..• 121 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 150 152 151 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do ... 150 152 25 18a Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 91 S. Stafiordsh. M.MClean 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 32 33 321 St. 100 ,Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 1934 1041 :LWAYS. Notes attd Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, principally among the Dens of London. By R. W. Vanderkiste, late London City Missionary. Third edition. Hamilton and Adams, Pater noster-row. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. The motto for this work is ably chosen. " Are they not men, though knowledge never shed Her quickening beams on each neglected head ? Are they not men, by sin and suffering tried ? Are they not men for whom the Saviour died ?" The author truly observes, that to the mass of the higher and middle orders of England, it is yet an arcanum where the lower orders reside. The de tails given of some of the dens and abodes of misery are awful, yet the worst is obliged to be suppressed, or the book would be rendered unfit for general perusal. Some of the a ccoun t s are aw f u l, an d th e horror is increased by the reflecti on th a t it is i n the vicinity of our own dwellings—in the same city of which we are the denizens—that these miseries are endured, these sins committed, and these suf ferings witnessed. -It -would be well if many of those who are now devoting their time and spend ing their money for the benefit of those in foreign lands would turn their attention to their own country in the first instance. In these pages they will learn that it is not necessary to cross the sea in order to find the wicked to reform, the ignorant to teach, and the afflicted to succour. To all who take an interest in their own countrymen, we re commend this work for an attentive perusal. The Travels of Rolando. Second Series. By Anne Bowman. Routledge. This work is a continuation of the" Travels of Rolando," which is deservedly a favourite with children. The authors professes herself to be one of those children, who, when Miss Aiken's trans lation of the original work first appeared, were dis appointed at not knowing the conclusion of that adventurous history. Having had much experi ence in the literary tastes of youth, she has fur nished the present generation with a satisfactory end to the search of Rolando. The present series conducts the reader to districts comparatively un known, though full of interest, carrying him from Baalbec and Bagdad (the memorable city of the Arabian Nights) to the shores of the Arctic Sea and the mandarins of Pekin. The volume is sure to be a favourite with the young, not only because it is the long-wished-for conclusion of an interest ing story, but because tales of adventure and travel always fascinate youth, as the almost universal ad miration of " Robinson Crusoe" testifies: It pre sents an additional attraction by possessing nume rous illustrations. MINES. 1 all tAgua Fria 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold 4d par 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 pm i 10 2 Australasian id par 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera id par 1 all Australian Freehold 0 ga 1 all Ave Maria § id 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id— 8 p 1 all British Austria. Gold A d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 246 Brazilianlmp.(issued it X 5 pm... . . .... 34 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 3 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34 1 6 Carson's Creek — p 40 all Cobre Copper 476 4 8 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 65 —75 25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent. 74 —B6 p 5 all English and Austria. Copper Smeltg.Co. 2 -- 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein 4 1 p 21 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst fi id 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 2 1 all Mariquita 10 9 k exicau&S.Amerien 64 71 1 all New Granada par— 1 p 1 all Nouveau Monde 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip * id par 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New G 76 30 10i Santiago de Cuba _ 4 5 1 all South Australian par 10 7 Tin Croft 286 all United Mexican, d d 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada —_ g d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China —14 p 100 25 Colonial — x d 100 20 Commercial of Lonzi — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian g p 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia - 3 34 p 18i 18 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 375 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 484. 495 481 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Austrain.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... 6 dis— par 25 all South Australia 45 47 25 all Union of Australia 74 75xd 24 Do. New Bl 81 50 10 Union of London — 194 4 x d A 0 all Union of Madrid The Philosophy of Atheism Examined and Com pared with Christianity. Hall and Virtue. This volume consists of a course of lectures de- livered at the Mechanics' Institute, Bradford, by the Rev. Mr. Godwin. At the request of those who heard them they have been published and distributed to a large amount. The benefits must be great to the labouring classes from having the opportunity of hearing , sound, practical, religious information. It is gra tifying to learn, from good authority, that these advantages have not been thrown away, and that the constant support the indefatigable lecturer met with was totally unexpected by his opponents, and proved of good service to the cause in which he was engaged. At the conclusion of the lectures the author announced it to be his intention, from that time, to retire from active exertion. These words were among his last remarks :—" In thus taking my last farewell, allow me to bear my humble but decided testimony to the truth and value of that religion which I have recommended to others. It has, for about sixty years, been my light and comfort. It has been the guide of my youth, and is now the support of my age. To its salutary influence I owe it that my early manhood was rescued from folly, and my feet guided into the way of peace. Through a tolerably long life it has been my solace and my joy; from it I have de rived my highest happiness and my best support. In retiring from such a work no one can feel that his labour has been thrown away, or that his zeal has been without profit." A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin. By Commander E. Inglefield. Harrison. This is an interesting account of a voyage to the Polar Seas, in the Isabel screw-schooner ' 149 tons, in the year 1852. The author is one of those who believe that Sir John Franklin, if not found, can at least be followed ; and although forced to return last year, his greatest wish is to be allowed next year to follow up the discoveries he has made. The narrative possesses great attractions for the lovers of adventure, and will enable those con versant with the subject to form a judgment as to the possibility of ultimate success. Notices of the botany of those regions, by Professor Dickie, and by Dr. Sutherland, the surgeon, on the meteoro logy and geology, are added, with a new chart of the Arctic Sea—the scene of so many perils and adventures. The illustrations are numerous ; one of which, representing the Isabel caught in the " pack" of ice, gives a vivid idea of her dangerous position. MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 133 35 336 20 10 Australsn.Pcific•Maill 10 7 Australn. Royal Mail 50 386 Brit. American Land 65 68 100 326 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace ll 2p 76 7 4 4 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish P ßet t o e o a t m Su F ga uc ii 1 all at 10 3 Netherlands Land 6lzl p2l 3 20 76 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 40 41 391 1 all Submar. Telegraph ••• 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... 100 286 Van Dienien's Land 16* -17 i Manuel Pereira and the Sovereign Rule of South Carolina. By J. C. Adams. Clarke, Beeton, and Co. The object of this little work is to show in what an unjustifiable way the authorities of these states in the south of America conduct themselves. It appears that they arrogate to themselves the right of imprisoning foreign seamen, and no appeals from other governments can at all affect them. The following extract shows the bearings of the case, which are not generally known : " The state, through its reserved rights of confederacy, claims exclusive jurisdiction in the premises ; and thus neither the Free States nor the British Government can reach it through the Federal Power. With all its work ings before him, the author has exposed the machina tions of the law, and the mendacity of those who make it a source of spoliation. He, as we are informed, was editor of one of the leading Southern Journals, the Savannah Georgian, during the threatened dissolution of the Union in 1850 ; and was afterwards associated with public affairs in Charleston, when the imprisonment of Pereira' took place, and took an active part in behalf of the imprisoned." MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY•) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 28, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 'BARLEY.' OATS. RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. 51$ 10a 293 4d 21s 6d 135 s 3d I 4Us 4d 375 1051 THE SIX WEEK'S AVERAGE. BARLEY. I OATS. I I EYE. B EANS. I PEAS. 29s 3d 20s 5d I 33s 8d 4os Od 355 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I I OAT& RYE. B EANS. PEAS. is Od is Od Is Od is Od I Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 67,236 ; Barley, pe92l, 22 ;04 ciarta ts u ,i2 er ,4 s. Bl ; Rye, 175 ; Beasts 2,165; Popular Economic Botany, _By T. Archer, Esci Reeve and Co: WHEAT. 48s Id This is another of Messrs. Reeve and Co.'s admi rable series, which includes nearly all the divisions of the scientific study of nature. The present work is the first that has appeared devoted exclusively to the commercial products of the vegetable kingdom. The author was for twelve years employed in the import department of the Customs, during which period he had an opportunity of inspecting most of the articles of foreign produce. He also formed the collection of Liverpool imports, which obtained the prize medal at the - Exhibition ; and recently he has been appointed collector of raw produce at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. It is from these collections that the present work is illustrated. It is in five divisions, all of great practical utility. 1. Substances used for food. 2. Products employed in manufactures. 3. Miscellaneous products used in the arts. 4. Materia medica ; and, 5, Construc tive materials. Not the least interesting portion is that descriptive of gutta percha, which has be come so general, almost universal, in its applica tion. The preface justly observes—" Vegetable products constitute nine-twelfths of the whole commerce in raw produce which employs the vast mercantile marine of this great kingdom. They furnish us with the bulk of our food and clothing, our medicine and our building materials, and with many other necessaries and luxuries. It may be argued that most of the benefits we derive from th vegetable kingdom have been discovered with out the 'aid of science. True, but is not this a great and powerful argument in favour of the ap plication of scientific powers in this department ? —for, if so much has been done without its aid, how much may we not hope will w ha e ve the principles of scientific research, h d w l artment, effected such miracles in every other o °P c botany ? are brought to bear upon that of economic be effe_ctcehd h the gutta percha, how many_ i lisateion. (unless some Had not a scientific and practicalbbnoeafintsistwdoisuicodvepreerd haps have been lost to civ_ ce in the submarine other article supplied its pi ll % investigations of telegraph) ; and latterly, dr t de remain o um e cts What is still in store list of commercial produ . botanists have added hundreds of . articles to our sitnillveustnitgoautocr.ed, , T an h for us we know not, but we are certain h that vast is illustrated by twenty plates, and contains a great thesco v s o e i r e y n t a i r fi e o variety of information arranged and classified, so fieldstorewfaor r d cii that it does not constitute an elaborate and, to the general reader, incomprehensible botanical list, but a plain and concise account of great practical advantage and commercial interest. ACCOMMODATION FOE THE PUBLIC.—The unwilling ness of the proprietors of cabs to carry out the provi sions of the New Carriage Act has been seriously felt by the proprietors of places of public resort in the suburbs; but we are happy to say that, so far as a part of this inconvenience is concerned, the directors of the Iron and Citizen Steam-boat Companies have manifested every disposition to remedy it, by placing additional boats on the river during the afternoon, and also by having extra vessels to return at night. The benefit of this increased accommodation was felt last night, when thousands availed themselves of this additional facility of returning from Cremorne Gardens, which were unusually crowded upon the repetition of the fetes in aid of the Licensed Victuallers' School. 26i - 27 5i - 7 dis 20 - 22 3i -24 d 102 -- 104 68 -- 69 22t -22 i 204 -- 214 ". ". 34 -44 p 8— 9 54 34 -- 12i -- 44 - 46 33 - 35 73 - 74 52 - 72 - 30 - 87 88 56 58 134 -- 136 110 -- 112 90i -- 91 7 -- 76 lot -- 104 16 -17 p 78 -- 786 46 4id 3i— 3d, 15} - 15 i - 8i 98 —lipxd 1042 1052 116 —116 A 2h lh Itir. 89 —90 h 5 4hd 4 —3. d 11 13 1 18 20 29 292 72 - 721 41 - 43 ... -- • 55 57 1P d 3 8 9 52 54 3} 334 ... 34) qd 8A - 8t 52 - 53 93 - 95 61 - 63 59 - 61 69 71 id 17 19 9 10 132 142 - 3hd. 19 21 722 73 36 37 13 14 25 - 27 2 - 2 14i - 15 8t - 9.1 30 - 32 94 - 10 699 —70 i 7id —21 d 60 - - 61 E SHARES. 92 • 96 88 - 92 103 - 105 106 108 194 —20 i id 68 -- 6i 4 -- 41 5 -- 5A -- lAp 18- 2Ap -- 2 p 148 -15 A 20t -- 211 6 . e ---= iio r ll2 - 114 i - 1p Ba 9 61 -- 71 103 -- 104 99 -- 101 102 --•103 id -- i P 149 -151 d .. -- .. 1154 - 157 34 - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 81 -8; 10 - 11 - 1 P ... .- ... 151 3 / 4 - 152 i - 114 -11 i 6 118 - 122 liii -li7 2;;p loi 176 18 —l4 15 P par— p 26 —26 i 112 114 19i 20 a _ 103 - 105 4 - 5a !Par pi aGN. id. 1 1 14i 15 2 I+, 5 2 1 1 - 24 t i d par icl 4 4 2/ -2/ p 2 - 2 73 i 9a 70 69j 106 A 7 113 i 8i ... - . 8 - 8i 35 . = 3.6 i 14 -14 A, 8 A - 9A 17 -- 17Ap 44 - 46 43 - 45 37 -37 k 4 -- 19k -- 20. 9- 9A 5 - 6 - id 3 - 2 HAY MARKETS. ditto, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1116 s per load. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow A moderate supply, and a steady demand. hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; clover, CIIMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 41 Os to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 51 Os to 6/ Os ; and. straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply limited, and trade fir m . WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; clover, ditto, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 7s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade very firm. MEAT MARKETS NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL._Each kind of meat at this market to-day moved off slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 48 10d to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, JULY 27.—The supply of each kind of stock was good, whilst the demand was heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; m u tt on , 3s Bd . t o 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od. to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Od. per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JULY 27.—The general demand was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations of fully 2d per 81bs. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s Bd. to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. Quarter old store pigs, 198 to 24s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.) LONDON, July 28.—Wind this day at Noon, W. to S.W., light airs, and fine, but cloudy at times. COWES, July 27.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—New York, Matanzas. DEAL, July 28 (9.17 a.m.)—Wind, calm Anchored— Morse, from London, for Bombay ; Lady Blaney, from London, to westward. Passed—Tamaulipas (s.s.), from London, to westward.—The outward bound did not pro ceed last evening. • FALMOUTH, July 27.—Wina, W. Of Port—Niger, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W. Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Owen PORTSMOUTH, July 27. Glendower, Bombay. WHITBY, July 27.—The Lady Berriedale (s), of London, Sunderland to Lowestoffe, has received much damage from contact with a light schooner off Whitby Rock.—The Grasshopper, of Hartlepool, struck on Whitby Rock to day, but got off without apparent damage. QUEENSTOWN, July 26.—Wind, W. to W.N.W., strong. Arrived—Hesky, Porto Rico ; Marys, New York ; George Carl, St. John's, N.B. Line, Newfoundland.—The Herald, Callao to London, w hich got aground yesterday, has got 'off, making a little water, but her metal is much damaged. GRIMSBY, July 27.—Wind, S. W. Arrived—S. P. Oso%r, Richibucto. SHADWELL ROADS.—Arrived—Rt. 3l`William, Quebec, for Port Madoc. WATERFORD, July 26.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — India, Quebec. FREEMANTLE,' March 18 . — Th e Singapore to Port Philip, has put in her with part of cargo on th a reef rown overboard, having been aground for eight days 60 miles N. of this place. THE CHOLEB-----r-"."----"----------e.—In consequence of the alarming pro gress of the cholera at Copenhagen and the environs, commissions have been nt towns of formed in differe Jutland and Schleswig for causing hygienic measures to be adopted. The military authorities of Flensburg have directed the soldiers to observe the greatest cleanli ness in the barracks and guard-houses, and have ordered that on hot days they shall neither be exercised nor employed in heavy work. BRITISH esla. I RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen 82 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian . . all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass. 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth&Aber• deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (XlB E& H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8 1 Do New A 50 20 50 25 50 40 25 25 100 East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk all & Birmin g . June... 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 11 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Ediu. Prth. & Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western' 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock .00 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) .00 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksh 16 Do., Fifths 114 D 0., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 7 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright &S. Cst, 1.00 Loud, and N. Westn, 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh. ,M&8...0 100 London andS. Westn. 421 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln 4i Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 471 Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 171 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 4 1 Do., Bury Extension. 17 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 7 Newry & Enniskillen all ( Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 31 Northn.Counties Un. 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1, 111 Do., No. 2 all Do. 1 A Deferred . . 8 Do., i B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si oak g Shrewsby. & B erefd all 'Shrewsby. & Chester (i7kr. W. Min ; , i all Do. fralves,k a all Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 16' Stockton & Hartlepl 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 21s. Wimbledn & Croydon no York NewctL&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 5 11§ Do. G.N.E. Purchase it. 100 York &N. Midland St. St. St. Si. 15 64 64 PREFEREN, 11 1 0 00 0 A D b o e . r x d o e c n 2; 7 p. C. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork &Baudonsip. e all Dundee Perth &Aber _ , . decn Junction .... 3/ all E a tAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent 5 all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 7i 2 Do. (X 7 170) 7p. c 6i all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l 6i all Do. No. 2 10 all Do. New 6p.c. St ?,0 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent It. 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts 5 all EdinbPrth. &Dundee 5 per cent. A. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent '. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 3t. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem 10 5 Do. 4i p. c. Scrip 6i all Gt,Southn.&Westm (Ireland) Eighths) 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) A. 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. St. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O St. 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c St. 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 50 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 12 10 Londonderry& Coler , Shares 124 all Londy. & Ennis. Sh 25 - all Han., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. 10 all Do. New, £lO 6 3 Do. a 12 all Marypt & Carl. 4 p.c, 12 all Do. 4i per cent 121 10 25 10 LO.l 5 Do ... ..... 10 York&N. Midland H and S. Parch 841 Do AO - Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent], 6 Norfolk Extension... ) 100 Do. 5 p. c. Est 100 Do. Guar. 5i per et 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire , 100 Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c 12 Do all Shrews. &Birm.N.G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 1i Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Aun.) of £1 Os. 6d. ~ 100 Do. 44 per cent. Pre. !Co all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 5 3 Waterfd. &Kilk.6p.c. 3t. 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref 17 .... 4 lAntwip &Rotterdam 3 Belgian East. Juliet. a ll Charleroi & Erquelin 10 Dijon and Besnon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 20a Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. , 15 ; Luexembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do ... (Canal) 4 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 9 'Lyons & Mediterran 7ilMadras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France., all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. [fmy.B.SzArms.Shs.l all INorwegianTrnk Pre: 10 Paris and Lyons all (Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 7 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all. Sambre and Meuse I Do. 5i per cent. pref. 6 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip all crest Flanders 10 Do. per c. Pref„ 10 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 9 New Zealaad.,..,. 10 20 10 20 12i- 131 B'll 1351 901 Pm 78,i i BA -15a i 116 k n 16i 103 2 10 x d x in. x in x in x in 11i ;3 i - t s 4 1 g x in x in 278 i i 37i i x in LONDO2 'T CABS. Yesterday the metropolis stood, as Sir Charles Wetherell once phrased it, in a "parenthesis of vehicu larity." There was not only a dearth, but an absolute famine of locomotion, and never since the days of Charles IL, when hackney coaches were first invented, have the sight-seeing and out-going public been reduced to such an extremity of helplessness as the cabmen's "strike" of yesterday. For once the magistrates who fine, and the Legislature who settle the fares of "cabby," have been defeated. One man may take a horse to water, but a hundred can't make him drink. Mr. Fitzroy may ordain what " cabby" shall charge, but the whole House of Commons can't make him drive. The grievance that has so wrung the o'erfraught breast of " cabby," as to make him declare "a holiday" is not so much the lowering the rate of charge per mile to six pence, instead of eightpence, as the abolition of back fares ; and the compromise desired, is said to be that this back fare may be charged for distances of three , miles beyond some fixed spot after nightfall. " Cabby' complains, and with some justice, that by the new system he starts from an ever-shifting centre to an ever-receding point of distance, and may be com pelled to travel anywhere, at any time, six miles from himself. "Cabby" wants something settled, even if it be nothing more than the restoration of that indefinite fixture, known during the last half century as "the place where Hicks's-hall formerly stood." He objects to being taken from Waterloo-bridge to Dulwich at two o'clock in the morning, for half-a-crown ; or from Tottenham-court-road to Southall for five and sixpence. So " cabby" resolved to " play," and determined to give labour a holiday, after the fashion of the Lancashire Chartist rioters in 1838. The cab proprietors gave their men notice simultaneously not to call at their stables after Tuesday, and yesterday morning the sun rose on a city without cabs. The first to feel the inconvenience was the traveller by early trains, into and out of London, who found himself three or four miles from everywhere, with a leather trunk, a hat-box, a carpet bag, fishing rod, umbrella, and waterproof coat to carry. As the day progressed, the desire for cabs became more urgent; people found themselves at a full stop without knowing why. There was no " going to my banker's," or " call in the City," or " take a cab to the railway." The rail ways suffered the greatest possible inconvenienc. At every station piles of luggage waiting conveyance, and mobs of jeering bystanders advising the calling of a cab that would not come, confronted the impatient traveller. Even the highest aristocracy did not escape the com mon fate. Unless met by their " own carriage," they were compelled to trudge it on foot for long dis tances, and several instances of ladies of high de gree in a state of comparative exhaustion were ob served by the writer. At none of the railways was the inconvenience greater felt than at the London and North-Western. Train after train brought an accumulation of luggage, and each hour added to the harassing of impatient passengers from all parts of the country. Fortunately, the day was fine, and the ap pliances of a railway are so multifarious that they can be expanded to meet almost every possible emergency. Cabs being altogether wanting, the railway authorities, by going a step lower in the scale, were enabled in some measure to meet the contingency. Spring vans for the accommodation of the heavier luggage, light carts, and even wheel-barrows for the immediate urgency of single passengers, were pressed into service, and by the active employment of the energies of all the officials, the diffi culties were considerably diminished. How long this state of things may continue will perhaps depend on the manner with which a scanty Sunday's dinner may be received by the cabman's family. It is said the frater nity are in a position to hold out until Monday. Whe ther this will really be so must depend much upon what takes place in the House of Commons. Whatever be the result, unless the act be materially altered; there seems much reason to suppose that it will become im mediately obsolete, as was the case half a century since with that by which it was attempted to settle the water men's fares. MEETING OF CAB PROPRIETORS. Yesterday afternoon a numerous meeting of cab pro prietors, convened by advertisement, took place at the National Hall, High Holborn, to consider the steps necessary to be taken under the present circumstances of the trade ; the proprietor of the Harp Cab Company, Manchester-square, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said they were met to consider their position, suffering under a most oppressive and unjust act of both Houses of Par liament, as must be known to those who read the reports of what had recently taken place in the police-courts, and especially of one case, that of Phillips, at the Bow street court. The act of which they complained had been made by country gentlemen and Manchester men, not one of whom could give an idea as to the working expenses of a cab, and was introduced by a Ministry guided by public opinion, having no merits of its own, contrary to the expressed wish of the whole trade, and to the estimate which they gave of their expenses. (Hear, hear.) The Parliament could not know the loss of horses to which cab proprietors were exposed, espe cially in winter, when a 251. horse might be kept stand ing for hours at a corner and die next day from cold. (Hear, hear.) Why, he had known a proprietor to lose 120 horses in a year and a half, out of a stock of 60 or 80. (Hear, hear.) He knew another case, of a proprietor who had sent 45 horses to the slaughter in six months. (Hear, hear, hear.) The hackney-cab proprietors were not really an united trade. (Cheers.) Three months ago, before that unjust and tyrannical law was at tempted, they were endeavouring to cut each other's throats by competition, but now they would stick to- nether. (Cheers.) Alen had been in the trade for twenty five years, and had scraped a little independence together, and now it was to be swept away by the act ; for their business could not be carried on, and their property could not be sold, as horses were now worth 5/. each less than they were a fortnight ago. (Hear, hear.) They had given the bill a fair trial ; they had tried it for a fortnight, and found that it could not be carried on. (Cheers.) They were told they might keep three horses, but they knew that three horses could not be supported at present prices. (Hear, hear.) Those who were there knew that a time was coming, the winter, when the driver would not be able to earn sufficient for himself, without carrying anything home. Cabs would then remain on the stands for hours, and then be taken off for sixpence. (Hear.) The Government, however, were beginning to find it out, for that afternoon Mr. Fitzroy had sent a messenger in a great hurry to say that the house had already voted a shilling beyond the fare when the cab was four miles from the General Post-office. (Cheers.) He (the chairman) was himself at a railway station that afternoon, where he saw ladies and children crying and going on in a way that no man could wish to see ; but the Government had said that in all great improvements there must be suffering, and they must not be blamed if, in the endeavour to obtain their rights, they were obliged to oppress the females to-day. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, however, that it would not last, but that the Government would so alter the bill that they might go on ; but they would not go to work again until they could have such regulations as they could live under. (Cheers.) Mr. BEADLE moved as the first resolution, "That for any distance within, and not exceeding two miles, the fare shall be ls." The people of London and the Government had not expected to see that unity in the cab trade which they now saw. (Hear, hear.) For his own part, lie thought the public had no occasion to grumble at the construction of cabs now, when com pared with those used in 1820, and even in 1830. A good deal was said about cab companies, but he would like to ask any commercial man what dividend was ever derived from a cab company ever started ? (Cheers.) All the cab companies had parted, and he did not know how people could be such egregious fools as to invest their money in cab companies or the cab business with prices at 6d. a mile. (Hear.) He was asked what he had stopped at home for ? and he gave this answer— that he had tried to conform to the low fare, and found he could riot do it. Look at the money lost within the last fortnight by men who had come into the business with a large capital, and found they could not get one per cent. for it. (Hear, hear.) They were dependent on the public, and he thought it a great pity that they should inconvenience that portion of the public who were their supporters ; but at the same time he thought that it would be thought they were only acting like English men, standing up for their honour and liberties. (Hear.) It was time to show, and they would that day show, that they were men, and determined to do their duty to themselves and the community. The gentlemen who sat at the Cranbourne-hotel had endeavoured to show the Government that they could not live under the law ; but they had met with few friends in the house, except Sir R. Ingl is, Lord D. S tuart, and Mr. Bonham Carter, w h ose names, he hoped, w ou ld never be effaced from their memories. (Cheers, and cries of " Mr. Bright.") Yes, Mr. Bright had spoken f or th em, b ut h e had only met sneers and jeers from those very men who now said that changes must be made in the bill before they came to work it. He understood that a certain gentleman, who lived in Park-l ane, sa id that threepence was enough got turned half-a-mile. (L aug h ter, and a voice, " He has ot turned out of P ar l iament f or b r ib ery. " ) Why, be would ask them —would any of them have been there then if they could have done it at sixpence a mile ? (No, no.) The resolution which he had moved contained the first change for which they wished • and when a cab cost 50?., a horse 201., and harness Si., besides the Stamp office, he would ask whether any man could object to pay one shilling for the use of a separate carriage ? (Hear, hear.) They were now entitled to charge six pence a mile, but the return in reality brought it down to threepence. (Hear, hear.) That very day their movement had been referred to in the House of Com mons (the speaker here read Mr. Fitzroy's statement, and he would like to know whether any other trade in that country had been so soon taken notiee of by Government under such circumstances. (Hear.) They had com menced a good work well, and let them finish it well, and keep their cabs at home till they got the resolution as a clause in the act. (Cheers.) If the public could do without them, they could do without the public. Their horses and cabs would fetch money in any part of the country ; and if gentlemen wished to start cab compa nies, they would drive for them. (Cheers.) Mr. GAMBLE seconded the resolution. Mr. MINDON moved, as an amendment, " That the fare for the first mile be ls. ; exceeding one mile and under two miles, ls. 6d. ; two miles and under three, 2s. ; three miles and under four, 2s. 6d. ; and for every additional mile or fraction of a mile, ls." Mr. RYDER, as the representative of a committee of cab owners sitting at the Cranbourne Hotel, supported the original resolution ; but thought it better respect fully to memorialise Parliament for a redress of griev ances than to enter into details. After a rather disorderly discussion, the original mo, tion was put to the meeting, and declared to be carried _de , A. series of resolutions, as amendments to the acts waA"" then agreed to as follows : •, ,;. Jr f'pL: • , "Sixpence to be paid for every mile or fractionVo after the first two miles (as at present). " For any distance beyond four miles from the'q*am 4 "1\ -• Post-office, or other central part, ls, per mile to C -;" (at present 6d). 44 .<& When two or more persons are i ns id e , an y l u which cannot be put inside to pay 2d. per package (at pre sent more than two persons must ride to render the pay ment_ compulsory). When more than two persons shall be carried, 6d. to be paid for the distance, for each additional passenger (at present one extra 6d. is paid, whether the excess of passengers be one or more). " In cases of dispute about distance, a book or list signed by the police commissioner to be held conclusive, except either party shall require the distance to be measured. "Drivers not to be held responsible for 'neglecting' to deliver a number ticket to passengers, but only for ` refus ing' to do so (both words stand in the act at present). " That a power of appeal against decisions of magistrates and commissioners of police be allowed." In the course of a somewhat desultory discussion upon the above resolutions, The CHAIRAIAN stated that a power of appeal, eoPeci ally upon points of nitasurement, was absolutely ne (%es' sary, as that very day a board had been put up at a e or- Lain point at Knightsbridge, whieli gave the polio measurement at 2 miles 4GO yards, while some cab owners residing in that neighbourhood, who thought the distance understated, had it measured four different ways, and made the distance 3 miles 160 yards . and thus the cab proprietors might be cheated out of 6d. every time a fare went in that direction. (Cheers.) It was announced that a communication had been re ceived from the great omnibus proprietors, pledging them to support the cabmen while they acted well. A subscription was commenced in the hall, and in a few minutes an amount of 100/. was acknowledged from the chair. A pledge was unanimously given to keep the cabs at home to-morrow (this day), and to place full confidence in the committee, a step which virtually retains the cabs at home until the committee shall give the word to send them upon the stands again, which, it is said, they will not be disposed to do until Mr. Fitzroy adopts their sug gestions. d 4 SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. —Notwithstanding the cab strike but little inconvenience was experienced by the passengers arriving in London by this railway yester day. The directors had made timely provision. for the conveyance of passengers' luggage to its deeAination, and there was an ample supply of omnibuses to the various parts of the metropolis, so that all passed off well, and with no diminution to the traffic. During the course of yesterday a great many of the masters attended at the Excise-office, in Old Broad street, city, and gave in their license plates, stating it to be their intention to sell their stock rather than con- form to the new act. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.I WEALD OF SUSSEX. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Weald r Sussex was held at the Town-hall, Petwortb, on Mon day, for the purpose of promoting a line of railway through that part of the county. Mr. Schuster, deputy chairman of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, was present, with a deputation from that com pany. - The Hon. E. C. CURZON took the chair, and expressed his approval of the proposed line. He believed that there was but one opinion, that it was a most desirable scheme, and he hoped that they would all exert them selves in endeavouring to carry it out. Mr. ALBERLY, in proposing- the first resolution, s aid, that the great reason for urging the line was, that it would accommodate so many towns. He did not know of any opposition to the plan, and he did not believe that there could be one to give better ac commodation. He had made a calculation as to the produce, which would give an interest of 4 per cent. on 199,0001. from the general traffic, independent of goods.. The population was on the decrease to the east of Petworth, which could not be accounted for, and he thought a line which would accommodate between 60 and 70 places would, at any rate, give a fair trial to see what could be done to get it up again. He then moved, "That in providing the necessary railway accommoda tion for the towns of Petworth and Midhurst, the vvlley of the Bother, and the adjacent villages, it is desirable to secure the best route to the railway terminus at, aild the river Thames below, London-bridge, and facility of intercourse between Brighton and the southern and eastern parts of the county of Sussex and the county of Kent." Mr. ROY seconded the resolution, and the Chairman declared it carried. Mr. MARTIN then submitted a resolution, to the effect " That the proposed Weald of Sussex Railway was adapted to secure all the advantages of such a route, and was therefore entitled to the support of the landowners and inhabitants of the towns and districts represented at the meeting." Mr. B. CHALLEN seconded the proposition, which was unanimously adopted, as also a motion urging the neces sary measures for abtaining an act of Parliament for the construction of a railway. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the deputation from the Brighton Company, and to the chairman of the meeting. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly report of the directors of this com pany states, that the arrangement with the London and North-Western Company having been carried out ac cording to the recommendation of the arbitrators, they are enabled to declare the stipulated dividend of ss. 3d. per share, being at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for the first year. The dividends secured will be increased to 31 per cent. in 1854, and 31 per cent. in 1855 and all future years. The directors state that the very large in crease in the local traffic of the line, averaging upwards of 1,0001. per week, is a sufficient guarantee of the prosperity of the undertaking, and, if not promising an immediate security equal to a 31 per cent. prefer ence stock of the London and North-Western Com pany, at all events demonstrates its safety and value as an investment. The amicable relations subsisting between the two companies have, under the advice of the joint committees appointed for the purpose, led to' arrangements of traffic operating much to their mutual advantage, as well as to the increased convenience of the public ; and further trains, for both passengers and goods, will be passed over the North Staffordshire Rail way so soon as the details can be completed. The capi tal account shows, that 5,011,6981. had been raised to the 30th of June last, including 1,170,0001. for the canal and 3,841,698/. for the railway. The loan account shows, that 1,015,3261. had been borrowed on the rail way, of which 213,6501. was at 5 per cent., 223,1261. at 41- per cent., 128,0001. at 41, 199,0501. at 4, 15,5001. at 31, 142,5001. at 31, and 93,5001. at 3 per cent. The construction account shows, that 3,866,6381. had been expended on the railway, leaving a balance against the company of 19,851/. The revenue account for the half year ending the 30th of June states, that 98,728/. was received on the railway, and 63,3181. on the canal ; and that 45,0591. was expended for working the railway, and 25,412/. for working the canal ; making the aggre gate receipts 162,0461., and the expenses 70,4711- ; leav ing a balance of 91,575/., which, added to 1,2801., the rent of the Ashbourne branch, makes a total of 92,8 551 - for interest on loans and dividends. SAMBRE AND MEUSE. The report of the directors states that the traffic of the company shows steady improvement from the coFie mencement to the present time, and particularly th e great stride it has taken within the last few months. The receipts in 1849 amounted to 7,6301., in 1850 I'o 10,0181., in 1851 to 11,7311., and in 1852 to 14,7261.4 The receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1852, am ounted to 6,3 6 7 1 ., whil e those for the same period in the present year amounted to 11,0841., show ing an increase of 4,716/., or 74 per cent., on the gross earnings of the line. The working expenses have in the meantime somewhat increased. The profit on the half year's business is 4,679/., which, added to the balance from last half-year, amounts to 8,3431., and after dis cicoahapanri i g a i lan as well swt hasehlel ainteresteiantotnee called the p ,o d fl e e b as e vo n e t sm u rauec sum Om of o p ft e h r 7e, c 2n e 6 n eBw t l .. to meet the oei fsx i s n elu t c, e ir dt3 e i6 s ot t l n.O . o ii of Mr.Dp t During B e re i f nr e a r gl en c e shares and bonds s o s e t y ph ee for rhcaety.w orks half-year loan na ftuh hasr!. yc th oeut er rsteo sum obfe been paid off, and 11,7801. remains outstanding, and falls due on the 15th of August next, for the payment of which funds are already in hand. The works on the line are now being prosecuted with much energy and skill, leaving no reason to doubt that they will be com pleted by the time stipulated in Mr. Brassey's contract, if not earlier. The branches are in a great state of for wardness, and would have been nearly ready for traffic hai not great difficulty arisen in obtaining the neces sary land, and had the Minister of Public Works given his decision as to the Florennes and Philippevifle branches as promptly as the directors had expected. The balance of profit in hand has been stated above to be 7,2681., which might be applied to a dividend, but th!! l directors recommend that this amount be reserved unti they have to announce the completion of the entire unin dertaking, believing it most for the interest of the coant; pany to show they have, until that event, ample leonly for the payment of all preference charges, l m ° from the earnings arising on the portion of the advance. open, but from a fund already provided in ble, as This course the directors deem the more advises 0 now tending to strengthen the position of company,thheose enhance the security of Mr. Brassey, liberal con ductandreport of Mr. Sheward, the managing . . _ , _ place in the cc al entitles him to every possible conwsTierreacttioorn: st, T .t h e e s that the improvement that has taken andon the e o n t r t a r a ffi d c e s o o f f theßelgium line, h w a h s h i ch a d a favourable has increased 7 e4ff perec,i: cent. as co mpared whit the corresponding period The expenses have been greater of last year. than he had calculated upon, owing to various causes. Wage s have inc r eased a third ; coke — a material item—from 14f. 50c. a ton (11s. 7d.) to 18f. (14s. 5d.) The distance run has been 41,965 miles ; the goods carried, 88,778 tons ; and the consumption of coke at the rate of 651 b. per mile, equal to 50. per train per mile. The working expenses are, altogether, at the ra te of 4321. per mile per a nnum . The report of the engineer states that the section from Silenrieux to Cer fontaine might be opened on the Ist of November next, and the works on other portions of the main line are in a forward state. The branch lines from Walcourt to Florennes and from Mariembourg to Couvin may be opened in December next. The construction account shows that 814,5387. hail been received, including 160,000/. guaranteed by the Belgian Government, and 715,795/. expended, leaving a balance of 98,7431. The traffic account shows that 11,0481. had been received during the half-year ending the 30th of June last, of 6,405/. expended, leaving a profit on the working ° MK -- 4 1 ,