The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

case, urt of much everY eria a ed tb° t a nd D y the penseg ,ht, ncf nouut• which en, 1415 s a tur' e WO Ise 11313 ' Elolde!,,' owe o n lock th e a I olitt pa Die ° ' 6ko 141.1 ince. __ 01:1' xt C )tlt. Ula e ly o ther ,re, 1 stoat.. ;he boo anc hor, an ,fro cle on her de aim eased to :110 , oo u•f ifto , are t o o f tb: theY and 6" w ottle Y°" aye) D, s.f.' 1 _014: froul led -121' ay u-1' d—IL nreff il3o °' wive a " .Agrie° l° ' Ot SerP e 0 0 t , )allotle naugb"' 3algo sg° 00 l Liv° l il en lai d o ' ' apd, f t ,, o °° ' I tivod— ; , sal , / /" 5 1 ; i s JalY , - oni L i" e r ; Belle PI ,30 g•°' fro thtl, „off etas ,"" ri steam lornia • colv baY;o orcl o 03te n , 2 0, Sept 50P-' 23' pori` e° 500'13.00 'O.) 0 , 30 l' ll er ri ne, op le' il:111614 9 ,s. vs' ry c 64 cOP°I. to; rl r ''CC va l e fro— (Pelle" I°"3 ' a ilo , A s ce . l ,, 10, q V' SoP-pei rovi lo ok f roP°lto,f 6e , asti ° a 01 t .i SoPv i r!, N. 30 1 0 tit I ° lo d i ° e by.) 4 cOu'r,La til° 0 1° VIP rs 4 o a 4" r O 9 I4l° 0 1)" L. 1, t ostO Lm OW 3s 4i t° for 4° pt. 1,0 3$ ' ‘3(1 1 , '0 01 SJ; jorAt 4; 'to s 4 . Pc tih O tils to ig; loireAr' 0 11 0; cplov ~A, , OP. I d I 14 ; ~ 1 10 0 d, Pl° 1 0 0 4 9 cr.° l ,ife ,4 Y e , - t poP hil lerrt 'A IT " r A gicr P E A ND OM MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE; CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a heavy appearanc', and prices were fully id. per lb. lower for all de scriptions. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales, 500 of which were taken on speculation. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, at a blight decline on previous rates. An addition of about 160,0001. was made to tine bullion in the Bank of England yesterday, consiA ing of 80,0001. in sovereigns and the remainder in Australian gold. At present it is not known what will be the destination of the supply by the Mont morency, but it is very likely that a portion will be sent into that establishment, the Continental de mand being quieter. In the silver market business is very dull, as the bullion brokers are awaiting the receipt of the Overland Mail before commencing active preparations for the remittances by the steamer on the 4th proximo. Unless the Indian and Chinese exchanges, 81, be reported higher, it is expected that the shipments on that occasion will be comparatively limited. Small parcels of silver are occasionallyreceived from the Continent, and the Seine, which came in yesterday, brought about 6,000/. A recovery of about per cent. took place yeiiter day on the Paris 80 - arie, where the tone of busi ness during the last week has improved. It is too early to determine whether any decided or perma nent rally will ensue, but the accounts from Paris are rather cheerful, and money, although still very dear, is in good supply. Commercial affairs also are in a more satisfactory position. _ . . A meeting was held yesterday of the proprietors of. Venezuela stock-J. D. Powles, Eq., in the chair, who censured the conduct of the Republic with regard to the late negotiations for an arrange ment of the foreign debt. Tho proposition made by the Government, after it had - repudiated the provisional agreement concluded with the bond holders, is rejected, and the meeting adopted the following resolution " That it appears to the meeting that'tcr contrive ne gotiations for the liquidation of this debt under suck circumstances is a mere mockery, and that as legal au thority has declared that the case is ore which on public grounds mils for the active interference of the British Governme►it, the committee be requested to make a respectful representation _of the whole of the circum stances to the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and. to solicit that his lordship will, on inter national grounds, under the strong circumstance„ of the case, take sucl measures as may be effective to procure for the bondholders that justice from the Government of Venezuela which they are unable to obtain for them- The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1857. 1856. Great Western £31,568 £30,281 North-Western South-Western Brighton 18,637 18,979 Midland . South-East ern - 24,766 25,910 Great Northern 24,655 24,639 Lancashire and Yorkshire 27,977. 24,955 Lancashire and Carlisle 7,633 7,327 East Lancashire 7,437 6,877 13ristol and Exeter 7,535 7,735 Chester and Holyhead Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,.860 10,043 North-Eastern North London North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver 4, 779 4,345 Shrewsbury and Chester Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada The demand for money continues brisk, and at full rates. No alteration has been made by the Bank Directors at their' meeting to-day, but, as this was expected, vary little interest was evinced to ascertain the xesult of their deliberations. The tendency at the mo ment is rather unfavourable, but with large supplies of gold, a diminished drain to the East, and the payment of the October dividends, there is no immediate apprehension of enhanced terms. It is stated that a small country bank has sus pended, b ut no definite information can be elicited at present. There was a meeting of the shareholders of the "Alliance Bank" to-day. The report was satisfac tory as to the general prOgress of the bUsi ness of the ;half year, and was adopted. It was suggested t hat a simultaneous effort should be made by the geraint in respect to getting the Bank quoted both in the London Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse. The Funds are without the slightest change of importance, and the situation of the market is precisely the same as we have described for seve ral days past. The public, both as speculators and investors, are waiting for the Indian news, and in the meantime the fluctuations and dealings are quite insignificant. The renewed firmness of the Paris Bourse, and the disposal of a large amount of gold to the Bank tend to strengthen the market.. Consols have been 90 to 90,1 for transfer, and 90k g for account. Excheqrter Bills are 2s. lower, viz., 10s. discount, and the .Bonds are 98k. East Indian. Stock is 210. Up to 1 o'clock only two bargains had been recorded in the Foreign Market, business being almost at a stand still. Turkish 6 per Cents. were and the 4 per Cent. guaranteed 99k. All the other securities t re at nominal prices. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6 ; Mex,- can, 21± ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40± ; ditto Deferred, 25k ; ditto Certificates, 5! 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. The transactions in the Railway Share Market this morning were of a limited character, but in some few instances prices rather improved. Great Western and Midland advanced ss. Chester and Holyhead,. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern, 10s. Brighton and North Eastern Leeds receded ss. ; North Western and North British, 10s. ; and North Eastern York, 1/. East Anglian, East Lancashire, Great Northern, Norfolk and Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, realised yes terday's quotations. The French and Canadian lines are dull and barely realise former values. Geelong and Melbourne advanced about 55., and Great Luxembourg declined ss. Mining shares are quiet. East Bassetts have receded to 75 and 76. Lady Bertha are 11, and Alfred Consols 13i 14. Wheal Kitty are at 211 22. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are inactive at previous values. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. arom the Offictal List:) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Amnialeg 'lndia Stock 2lO C SOL efir 904 Szehetries Bills, W. kaouo . -he' , 911 S vol. . Fschequor Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent_ Ditto, 1959 PitICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Tat Ponds, S par cent...... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. T O'CLOCK. Consols, money * Consols account... 904 LIVKIIPOOL, Sept. 23.—T0-lay the screw steamer City of Washington sailed from this port for New York with a full cargo and 120 cabin. passengers ; and the screw steamship Anglo-Saxon took her departure for Qtebec and Montreal, with 118 cabin anal 174 steerage passen gen., ,besides the Canadian mails and a large cargo. SILK SAILS.—The Ocean, of Brest, says :—"lt was same time ago proposed to rlvlr.ce the canvas sails here tofore employed in vessels by others in silk, and an ex periment with these latter bai just been made in the Franklin, of 'La Rochelle. The captain, M. Rodanet, has made a repot to the following effect sails possess strength, flexibility, and lightness ; they absorb less water than other sails, and dry quicker • when wet, they lose none of their flex i b ilit y , and in le roughest weather are so easily handled that sabre would rather reef one of them several times than any other once.' " Not a word is said of the difference of expense, particu larly at present, when the price of silk has risen so con siderably. T atf MAR KTES—(.Chis Day.) RAILWAYS. Cloalug Price yesterday Business done I Si this day. raid I -81XMATB. Arcbg. Nottug. Bost. I & Eastn. Junc...... Belfast & Ballymenn Blrmng. Wolvorh. d Stour Valley It. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct ►5 all Blackburn ;5 all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... It. 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 2ii 10 all Si all It. 100 Ca1ed0nian............. St. 100 Chester ix Holyhead O all Cork and Bandon O all Cork, Black. & Pass O all . Cornwall O all I De. I . 0 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc 5 all Dim. P. drAber.June t. 100 East Anglian JO all Eastern Counties.. St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stii. 3t.1100 Do., do. B . Z 5 8 Do. New A ...••• •.• •.. I ifiliZt Kent St. 100 East Lancashire 20 all East Suffolk 10 4 Do. St. 100 Edinburgh&Glasgow 0 all Edinb. and Peebles t. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dtuadeo 0 all Forth and Clydaunc. St. 100 Furness St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 10 all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 Do., B. Stock St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) >t. 100 'GreatWestern. it. 100 I Do. Str.V.R. 12 all Irish Sonth-Eastern. 5C all Lancaster & Carlisle. 161 141 Do., Thirds .. ... 16 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 ',encash. do Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F £l6 3 Do., Wet. Riding Un 20 all Do. Southptxt. 116 all London & Blackwell St. 100 Lond. Bright. &S. est. St. 100 London &N. Western 20 all Do. Fifths . 1 1.0 all 24 5 100 5 all 5 all ;t. 100 X) 1 .o 1 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. She f. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland ....... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland O. West. (Ir.) Do. ti Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dlHrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties lln North British . ..... North Devon, Rail. k Dock Stock. .. Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do . do. G. N. E. Mt rch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western .. Y. & S. Wostrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. ;100 50 ! 34 St. 100 5t.,100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16i 50 all St 100 St. 100 I 10 '3/.11 20 17i 20 all 10 all St. XlOO O 16 Portsmouth - LO 10 Rhymney it. 100 Scottish Central ... ;t. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St ;t. 100 Shropshire Union LO 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer. i 0 100 South Devon.. ..... it. ICO South Eastern. . ... [0 all Do, 4. per.. Shares it: 100 South Wales ;0 all S. Yorksh. RiverDnn !O 10 Do. . ;0 all Stainea,Wok.,&Wok. 15 all Stockton & Darling.. ;5 15 Do. do., 1854 ;5 5 Do. do., 18'5 - - ... 16i St. 100 St. 100 25 22 20 all 20 all 50 all 20 all 10 all Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. & ] Vale of Neath. .. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. . ,West End of Londoul and Crystal Palaco Do. A 5 all 5 all 20 all 10 all 20 all 10 all Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon&Croydon BRITISH Pa )0 I all 1.8 I 9 .8 1 all 0] 18 10 100 10 100 10 100 0 2s. 266 d 0 los ;o 1 .74 all ;0 28. k. 1100 ;0 I 15 Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Con.lnd,guay. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Ban:, Brnt. & God ch 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Onde (Live.) I Ceylon A shares 1 d 6 5 di I - Do. B. do. D en , erara . ;East Bengal Indian . 1 Do. C Shares •4 • ..' i - li p ... - , A - - - f 97 - 98 i - i ti )O all D 0.4 i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 )0 all Do. do. do. '59, do. ZO all Ureelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 3t. 100 Gd.'rrunk. of Canada DO all j Do. 6p. c. Deben 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 20i all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 204 10} Do. New 00 all Do. Bds., payablo '57 00 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O 00 ' all Do. do., '73, do. I 00 all. Do. do., '73, without 21 22,1 44 46 75 80 19$ 193 1 ip 20.} —20 i Id— ' 99 —10 L 105 110 , 105 110, !O all !O all :0 10 !O 5 !CI 5 !O ss. WI 5 tO all option Madras, guar. 44 p.c.! Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 41 p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c_ Do. 4th Ex., do. Onde (Limited) . Scinde, guar. 5 per c. 103 106 17i 185 19a 191 2 ld d— i d i d— id ••• ''... Do t - 211) 46 15i 20,i i FOREIGN. O all Antvrrp datotterdanx 6 -- 6f O 18 Ardennes • ••• -- ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junet. '' i l 11 '0 16 Tic ziers to Graissessac •• • •.• 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and. Ry. 31 —4. t !CI 12 Dutch Rhenish ..._ 31 31 d :0 all Eastern of France ... 26 261 :0 all Do. New ... .. ... !CI 2s. Euphrates Valley ~.. _ ... !O 18 Gt., Central of France 23. 24 ?I;) all Great Luxembourg_ 6 6 61 lG 4 Italian Junction _... ..• _ 20 all Lake Const. Sz Bale ... ••• 20 all Li erre and Turnhout ... ,i 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 3 —3.4 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. ... •• 20 all Lyons and Geneva ~„ 25, 1 , 26, 20 all Lyons dr, Mediterrari. ... ... 33k all Maria Antonia ....... ... •• • 10 all Do. Now — ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref lB/ 191 16 all Northern of France 341 34;; 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pref 9 10 20 all Paris and Lyons. 331 31/ 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 7 Roeife & San Fran , (Perham.) g. 7P. c I . B d 10 7;. Rome and Frascati .„ ... 20 at Royal Danish ...... 5 _all Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse 6l 74 10 all ')o. 58 per cent. pref. 71 Ni 20 all Southern of France.. 24f 54 81 all W e st Flanders....;•••• 4 4 5 10 all Do. 51 per e. Prof • si -- 94 20 all W.&N.W. of France 271 281 '2O 6 Western of Austria... -..— ••• 20 all West. of Switzerland ... -- ••• 6 all Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... - •• • 20 all Zealand I . .... ... ••• . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all (Australasia B7 89 25 181 1 11ank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of Loudon 4B 50 40 all Bri.Col. Bk.& Ln. Co • • ••• 50 all ,British N. American .: 20 8 I C.llk.of Ind.Au.&Ch . :d 100 50 City 65 67 100 '25 (Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond _ _ . . 20 all Eng.Seot.&Aus•Cht lB,} 1 . 81 20 all Lon. Ch. 13k .of Aust l7/ 184 20 all Ditto New 50 20 ,London and County ~. . . 29i 50 ILnd.&E.Bnkng•Corp : • 50 10 'London Joint Stock. ... . .... 31 00 20 LonlandWestminst. ••• ... 47 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. „. ••• 20 10 Do. New ••• ••• 50 221 i National Bank 20 all New South Wales .... 46 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 36 37 20 20 Ottoma n Bank flB -19. i 100 15 Provinc al of Ireland ... _ ... 10 all Do. New ••• ... 5 I. R.Aus.B.&G.Im•Co _ _ ... 25 all South Australia-- 321 33; 25 all Union of Australia 5 04 514 ... 21 Do. Now 50 .10 Union of London , ..• .„ 100 50 Unity Mutual ...... 100 50 WootnaßlE ofLond, 13.4.--,7 11(1 10 all 20 18 5 all 20 16 6 all SUN, LON "DON, Paidl RAILWAItI. . 100 Buckgharash. tt. 100 Olydeeale Jc. 5 all Col.Stonr Vy. >t. 100 E.Lin. g. 5 p.c 5 all I E. Un. H. Sh. St. 100 Glas. Barr. dr Neils. Direct. 66 68 St 5 - 5} 8 - It. 100 !Do. Now. 15 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. 7i -- 8i if) all Hull & Selby. ;5 all Do. A Shares. .2i all Do. j Shares. 21 all Lon.&Greenw, !O all Do.Proferenee' it. 100 Lon. Til., &S. .0 7i Da. Bark. Sh.l 5} all Manch.Bston., and Matlock' M - 87 83 - £4 33 .-- 35 7 - 9 31 31j I Si ii 3 - 5 L• 00 Maid. Bradfd .' 6&I 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.&Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct all Do. Fixed sp. c all i Prest. & Wyrr Ail all Do. Stirs. St:11.00 .0 all Shrews. & ller .2 all S. Staffordsh 'O3 all I WearVal.g6pc 5 all ID o St. 100 !Wilts &Somrst ••• 81 20 - 204 - 48 - 50 30 - 32 20i I I 50 50 - 92 - 94 92i i 1 51 ••• -- ••• 614 - 624 io i :: aii 96 - 93 8 - 9 96 - 97 85 - 87 120 - 122 96 - 98 53i - 54 60 - 64 74 - 78 7 3 / 4 - 8 3 / 4 T , 74 -81 p 95 t 1 - A I 2 - 5B - 5k 103 -10 - 9(3 lid i 90 91 cii : il 80 - FOi 54 - ••• - •.. 13A -14 A, 60 - 62 1 3/ - 3.1.1 494 - 504, oii : k - 48 49 77i 78 .c 4 96 4$ -- 44' 74 -- 8 10 -- 33 33 7 6d 104 - 1195 24i - 25} 47 - 49 3 - 2 33 - 35' 65, 1 , - 653 P 33 - 13A - 144 5i - 4,4 9 - 11 39 - 41 201- 7 - 9 3 -3 : 5i- , SSESSIONS. 96.6 I St. I st. 53i 4k 5a 103 a 96 a 8)1 10 St. 20 50 St. 60 49i i 48 1 77i 7 i 32 x d 1 10 10 17 20 12,i x d 2520 St. 25 10 1.0.6 Leasing Companies Ln.StN.W.I Calcdon E.U. & E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do.. Gt.lVestn. Y. Br, N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Midland. E. Count Do Do Do L. &IS. W Do Gt. North& T. Brassey M. MCleau Stk.&Dar Do Gt. Wi PREFEREN I all 'Myth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) 100 Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. 100 Caledn. £lO 4i p. c. 100 Ches. & Ho. 54 p.c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... all Cork &I3andons Ap.c. all Dun. Perth. &Aber," 2 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 100 I Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do, do. Cls. C7p. c. 100 lEas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 100 Do. No. 2 ....... 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St all East Uu.. G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lane ash .6 p . cts all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, 5 p. c 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do, 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 4i per cent .. 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at p. c. prem. all Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 4i P.C. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. C. 100 Do. irrecl. 4 per rant. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sb all Do. Chester Sp. c.P. S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. St all Do. Chesil. Gna. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do. 1.00 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 100 Do. Now Guar. 6 p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 100 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... 1100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. iSh. all Londy. &Ennis. z Sh. 100 Nr., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 41 Do. do. do. £6 . 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all Nlarypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent 10:1 Do. do. 100 Consol. 6p. c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &11. Pref. St all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all Norfk. Dob. 4 p.c. Sb 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 52 p.c. pf , 1847 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 100 North British 3 Do. 71. Preference 100 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. 8 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 10 Do. York IL &S. Pur all North Staffordshire 100 Ox,,Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. 100 Do. dp. c. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 Se.N.E.Aber.g,•.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 4i pr cent. all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of 21 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent 100 Do. Fixed 4b p.c. Sh 1100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c 1100 Do. do. 4. p. c all S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Wmterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITIS II 2112 Alfred (P— -14 (British Iron ..... 20 Condurow (Cambrn., 1 IDev.Gt.Cnsls. (Tay., 1 14 s 14s' Great South Tolgus. 1113 a rt. W.Alfrd.(Philk. 7 Clrt.W. Vor (llelstn.) 13s .Lady Bertha 7i Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6/15'North Wheal Crofty 1k Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy; 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. MM. Co 2,i S. Caradon (St. Clear 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn.' 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn 4i Tarn. S. &L. Min. Co. 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Mince (Gwennap . 1256 V. of Towey (Camay 1i W. Basset (Illogan) 20 I W. Caradou (Liskrd 58 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wh, Buller (Rdruth) 5i Wh, Edward(Calstck: 1/ 78 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 8 Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht. 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 0 1 7 15 1 27 0 all 0 15 1 031 all 16 . 2 all 20 all 3 all 5 1 all 1 all 1 all 20 all 5 1 30 16,, 1 all 1 all 1 all 233 all 25 19 10 all 10 all 50 40 100 326 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. all 25 all 5 all 5 all 4 all 1 II 20 18 St. 100 1 all 5 all . 10 10a. !25 qll 5 14 ) 5 t all 2( 10 lE all I'.o all 5 5 CO 1 6 Lo ) • all 5 all 5 2 it. 100 1: all 10 • ;: all 1. all 1. 108. 5, all 505 all 50: 10 501 all 1.5 1 all 60 60 all all Us; all ; all 1 all :1 all !) 6 1110 C 281 FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocacs & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Noveau Monde Pont.Sil.LclM.& Smlt Port Philip Santiago do Cuba South Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Prof United Mexican ItISCEL. Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works 'Brit. American Land Canada Do.Go.6pe.Jan&July Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Aug. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&bept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof. 74 p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference ( Crystal Pal, of Franco lllaston Iron Ore 'Eastern Steam... Electrio Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust. Cop .SmCo iEur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Gee, Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) Geu, Steam Navim ° at. London Discount ... Loud. Gon. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican& S.Antericn Nat. Discount Co Do. Now Netherlands Laud Do. Do. Do. 8 p.c.PL iss. at 1 d. Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land, N N S 1 . V A . Australasian... 5 l a P s i a c n . D . . Nrth.ofEuropoSteam Oriental Gas ,Do New Shares Ld. & Minrl Peninsular & Oriental Do. Nov Itliymney Iron Do. Now Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered True. Lu. Co. Up. Can Van Dieraeuls Land„ Ciosinc Prices yesterday 92 - 01 94 - 96 12 - 14 "ii 1.6,i :-- iiii 12 —124 224 —23 i 95 - 100 - id 2 90 91 Ipar - i P 1 54 56 128 - 130 7i - 9 - 31 - 32 85 - 87 IE SHARES. 6 — of - 96 *6i = iii 111 - 114 117 - 122 105 - 108 103 - 106 122 - 125 • . • -- • • • 70 - 72 116 106 - 108 100 - 102 60 - 62 10k -1 10. 5i -- 87 -- 81 - 82 -- 97 -- 9i -- 10 -- 9,i - -- 69 -- 18i -- 94 -- 14 -- 135 - 139 112 - 114 155 - 157 64 - 66 ••• ".... 130 - 132 95 - 97 85 - 87 11 1: 11 lo = 1.6 i bi 93 li lo - 1 - 41 22 - 23 110 - 112 100 - 103 ió 211 - 223 98 - 100 95 - 100 14 16 2dA —27 i Zip ... - ••• 48 - 52 MINES. 14 1 7 46 6 -- 115 -- 125 IGO -- 470 16i -17 i 66 -- 7 -- 33 1 -- 14 13 -- 14 15 -- 16 5 6 20 -- 21 -- 6,1 2 -- 1340 -- 360 - [ 235 -• 245 - it ! 4 -4/ 140 -- 150 26 -- 27 1171 -- 1221 215 -- 225 295 -- 310 9A -- 10 -- 23 4$ -- 48 22 -- 23 MINES. i - i 11 - 2i • • • to ..... 12 - 49 10 12 id 7i 8 i ld p 5 - 7 ..•i 21 .... ••• l ..• -- ... 3 a 3i ,A.NEOUS. 213 - 224 - 35 -- 40 135 110 109 A -110 A 30 - 35 25 27 lh - 13 4A 104 - 106 •••1 .-- 1-- ••• I.i ... ... 130} 30 95 13A 14 21i 2 33 -13 7.7 2 - 4 A - 11 2 3 2X 3 11 la 1.6 is 97 - 99 i I 1 I i ii 2 69 7 4a sap, 21 —23 5 7 58 60 la li 32 - 34 - 1 - 1 .11 ••• 10 - 12 THURSDAY k,VEINING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1857 Business this dsy SPORTING NOTES. MEMS. ON MANCHESTER. Leicester Races have been brought to an ending post without being marked by one memorable incident ; the gathering at Pontefract was a merry one, and the plea sure folk enjoyed the quantity of the racing without criticising the quality. The Grand Military Doings are scarcely heeded, and the gallant representatives of the Army at Warwick seem something like the three tailors who, in their petition to the King, commenced it with, " Wo, the people of England." The batting on the Cesarewitch Las undergone several significaf:t changes ; M. Doblsr has rLen so steadily in favour, that the re ports about his being better, or at least as good as Black Tommy, may not be all bosh. Mr. Drinkald has had a long run of ill-luck, but he seems new to have got some good animals, and his e xperience and discretion may enable him to " place them" with advantage. Horses have been running about so much this week that the fields at Manchester may be smaller than is anticipated. Still the mu of the cotton metro lis will have racing enough to amuse them. Prince of Denmark has recently shown such promising form that, notwithstanding his 51:1 extra, I shall expert him to fol. low up his usual success by winning the Chesterfield Handicap. One of the lightly weighted three-yr-olds may win the Wilton Handicap, my fancy pointing in the direction of Pyrrhus the Second and Sir Humphrey, Either Leo or the Little Cob may carry off the Traf. ford Handicap. By the way, those two horses meet on precisely similar terms to those on which they ran at York. Fel. the \Vella:II Leo c snceded 21b to Little Cob, who beat him by a head. For that defeat he is again called upon to give the " Cob" 21b. For the City Handicap I shall select Intercidona and Polly Johnson. The Northern Metropolitan, with its 33 entries, looks quite formidable, and as little or nothing is at present known respecting the starters, I am at a loss to make a selection. At present, I could not perhaps choose more representatives thaußiseher and Lord Jersey. For the Nursery Handicap I shall pay court to Yaller Gal and Lady Elizabeth. A FRESH MAN. iSOLD S9LDIERS. ;~ ~ TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—There is no rule without its exception—a truth which seems to be lost sight of in the indis, criminating onslaught ou old officers made in your leader of the 19th inst. You bid us beware of old men in our Meoruts, and Divapores, and Allahabads. M a brother of th 3 proved veteran now in c )mmand at Meerut, permit me to mention a few particulars of service already done, which may be taken as a pledge of his further capability. At the battle of Aliwal the dashing manner in which he led on his battalion of Goorkas drew forth the highest encomium from his commanding officer —the gallant Sir H. Smith. who, alluding in his de spatch to this circumstance, adds (so far as I can re collect the words) this strong expression, " When this officer gets his brigade I feel sure of its being second to none." Sir Harry was not mistaken in his man, this augury being signally verified both at Sobraon and Guzerat; the object of the above commendation for his good service in both of those engagements re ceiving the decoration of C. 8., and the appointment of A.D.O. to her Majesty. Admitting many old officers to be used up, there still 1./main many others who, though past the phy sical strength of middle age, have their mental vigour unimpaired and their martial fire unquench ed, and who, taken for all in all, can hardly be ac ' counted the worse for wear. Would the country have been a gainer by shelv ing on account of the ago which they had attained at the time of some of their most brilliant achieve ments such men as Sir H. Smith, Napier, Gough, and others of the same stamp ? Havelock himself, remember, is no chicken. Tenderness for the reputation of a soldier brother, who now, at the call of duty, is placed in a situa tion of peril, must be my excuse for troubling you with these remarks.-1 am, sir, your obedient ser vant, BAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MALDON AND BRAINTREE EXTENSIONS. The long-contemplated exten4ion of the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree line to Newport, on the Cam bridge branch of the Eistern Counties Railway, is being revived. The object is to facilitate the communication, now circuitous, between Essex and the midland and fen districts. It is expected that the subject will be sub mitted shortly to a public meeting FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTION. The report of the directors of this company states that the receipts for the past half-year, although a little less than those for the previous six months, are on the whole satisfactory ; and this decrease would nut have arisen but for the temporary withdrawal of a portion of the coal traffic at the other end of the line, which took place during the first three monthi of the year, but which has again been secured, and will continue throughout the winter months, thereby tending considerably to increase the receipts during that season, when the psssenger traffic may naturally be expected to tall off. As the line was not open until the 26th of May last year, a comparison cannot now be made with the half - year corre s pon din g to that just finished ; but for the period from the 26th of May to the 31st of July the increase this year, as compared with the same period last year, amounts to 700/., and up to September 12 is 1,200/. ; the weekly receipts having exceeded 4001., and showing an aver age weekly increase of 861. The working expenses are still higher than the directors could wish, but this arises principally from more train mileage having been run than will again be necessary now that the re quirements of the district are ascertained. The balance remaining over aft,:r payment of all expenses, al ,, ng with that brought forward from last half-year, amounts to 2,7591., out of which the directors propose that a dividend at the rate of two per sent. be paid, which, on the present share capital of 106,2281., will absorb 2,1241., leaving a balance of 6341. to be carried forward to next half-year's account. The capital account shows that 156,359/. had been received and 188,9951. expended, leaving a balance of 32,6361. against the com pany. The revenue account showed that 7,0901. had been received and 4,6221. expended, leaving a balance of 2,4681. To this is added 2,1861. from last half-year, making 4,6541. From this is deducted 1,8951. interest on loans, leaving 2,759/. in favour of revenue. LONDON AND SOUTII-EAsTSRA RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Sept. 19, 1857 £24,706 0 5 Corresponding week last year ,..... 23,910 16 11 Decrease in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 19, 1857 £18,637 9 1 Corresponding week last year 18,979 17 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 221,292 7 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 225,371 18 0 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 20, 1857 270,101 0 • 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 20, 1857 £8,714 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6 ,239 0 e GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —Traffic return Tor th week ending Sept. 13, 1857 Corresponding week last year 24,539 12 10 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending Sept. 20, 1857 —227,977 6 0 Corresponding week last year 24,955 13 1 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.--Trefflo return for the week ending Sept. 19, 1857 £289 3 3 Corresponding week last year 262 15 4 GREAT LUXEMBOURG IIAILWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 20, 1357 £1,061 8 5 Corresponding week last year B2l 0 6 GREAT SOUTHBBN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.—We understand that the directors of this company, with that enterprise and desire to contribute to the comfort of per sons travelling by their line, which have ever characterised their management, are about to add another instance to the many they have already given of their determination to make the Great Southern and Western Railway as perfect and as complete in its details as any line of rail way in the kingdom. Arrangements are now being made, we understand, by which, by aid of 0(2 most scientific adaptations, the whole of the trains travelling at night will be lighted by brilliant gas.—Freentan's Journal. SUICIDE BY AN AUTILLERYMAN.—An inquest was held yesterday, at the Gun Tavern, Woolwich, before Mr. Carttar, on the body of a gunner named John Smith, who committed suicide by hanging on the prev►ous Sa• turday morning. The deceased, who was a single man, was employed as an orderly, and it was his duty to at tend to one of the battalion officers. On Saturday morn leg, about 9 o'clock, two non-commissioned officers, who are employed as battalion clerks, entered the office and found the deceased in a posture which led them to sup pose that be had fallen asleep on the desk. It was then discovered that the deceased had strangled himself by means of a cord which was attached to the desk, and that his feet were not removed from the fiaor. No evi dence was adduced as to the cause of the rash act, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." WATER-SPOUTS AND GREAT Loss OF LILE.—The Arad Gazzette mentions that a water-spout burst over Maria-Re6dna, a place of resort for pilgrims near Arad, on the 13th of September. Up to the 15th seventeen bodies were discovered and buried, and several others are m i ss i n g. There was a report that from 70 to 100 persons were lost, but this required confirmation. Many horses and booths belonging to the small traders were swept away. A German peasant had two handsome horses, which ho had purchased only a few days before for 1,000 fierins, swept away, and then in despair at his loss threw himself into the floed and was drowned. An• other water-spout burst over Arnaz, in the Val d'Aost, on the 10th. The loss of human life has been thirty, as ascertained by the authorities, up to the present time, but it is feared that many more have been sacrificed. The damage done is estimated at 500,000 francs , . One whole family were swept away, and not a soul was left to toll the tale. LITERATURE. Labour and Lire. A Story. By the Author of " Blenham." William Freeman. This story is written with the intention of de veloping a true and excellent doctrine—the connec tion of work and happiness. .The author has evi dently thought deeply on this and some other points connected with social existence, and his book is in- tended more as an exposition of his principles than as a mere tale. Some readers may object to the combination of narrative and railect'on, but the writer is evidently one who is capable of both ; and though a certain dreaminess in the style, and the secondary position which the incidents hold to the opinions, would seem to ind'cate that, though not a first, it is an early work, there is evidence of powers which, well directed, may achieve excel lence in their chosen path. Tee author is mani festly deeply interested in painting, and several of his characters are artists. He regards it from an elevated point of view, and holds the opinion that all who are conscious of any degree) of power in it, or in any sister art, should study it with a purpose, and endeavour to reach the highest degree of which their faculties are capable, and also that they should in some way give the world the profit of their effoes. Idleness and procrastination are not with him regarded as the inseparable companions of genius ; he dismisses them with scorn, and asserts that no true artist, no reasonable and moral human being can possibly develop their capacities, or enjoy any degree of lasting contentment without regular and sufficient labour. That this proposi tion is just and true, perhaps only those who have never been able to put it to the test, will dispute. Its moral soundness is un doubted, and its practical truth is as unquestion able. He endeavours to show this by the life and character of a wayward youth, whose father, soure I by early trials, had sought a refuge from the world in his lonely country residence, bringing his only child up in entire seclusion. Left by his father's death the owner of an independent fortune, he wanders about dissatisfied and restless, unable to employ or amuse himself, and a burden t ) others. He becomes attached to a charming young lady, to whom he is introduced by an old friend, and when his suit proves hopeless ho gives way to moody listlessness. From this state ho is at lon;th aroused by a chain of fortuitous circumstances, and becomes convinced that indolence and discontent are synonymous terms. He is_ not, however, the only hero. The story is disconnected at the be ginning, but the different threads are gathered and woven together at the conclusion in a way that proves some skill in the construction of a plot. Bertha, the heroine, is represented as au example of the beneficial effects of intellectual industry, while Miss Molesworth, her artist friend, is in tended to represent the soothing power of labour in diverting the mind from a great grief. Some of the characters aro perhaps stiff, and the story is devoid of striking incident or thrilling excitement, but as an exposition of just and elevated views by one who has thought profitably on some important subjects, the book deserves attention, and as a domestic story of calm and pleasurable interest, it will give satisfaction to many readers. THE BALLAD OF R9ARING HANNA. Re3pectfully dedicated to the Author of the Ballad of " Oriana." (Front Punch.) Reverend Drew and Cooke and Roo, Roaring Hanna, Preaching in the streets forego, Roaring Hanna, Whore Orange hates and Papist, glow, In church 'twere wiser, if more slow, Roaring Hanna ! To preach "the word" without "the blow," Roaring Hanna I Think you seed of Christian sewing, Roaring Hanna, Like to thrive by blood set flowing, Roaring Hanna I Staves were going, stones were throwing, The gospel trump to battle blowing, Roaring Hanna! And the row to you was owing, Roaring Hanna I In your sables, black as night, Roaring Hanna, Cheek and choker both so white, Roaring Hanna, Your congregation armed for fight - With staves in carnal fiats held tight, Roaring Hanna "Peace and good will" how well you cite, Roaring Hanna ! Behind the Harbour-office wall, Roaring Hanna Girt by your Lisburn lads so tall, Roaring Hanna, What's faction's flame, or hatred's gall, What's riot, bloodshed, row, or brawl, Roaring Hanta, To one who boasts an inward call, Roaring Hanna In vain the magistrates applied, Roaring Hanna ; Your rights were you to set aside, Roaring Hanna ? Your rights were you to set aside, Fcr Papists, though with gnus supplied, Roaring Hanna? Deemed they you lacked all Christian pride, Roaring Hanna ? "Sermons in stones" cloth Shakespeare trace, Roaring Hanna ; But " Stones in Sermons" suit your case, Roaring Hanna ; Soon on your true-blue babes of grace, The Papist ruffians rushed apace, Roaring Hanna, And argument to staves give place, Roaring Hanna. A fair sight for the Sabbath day, Roaring Hanna, And one you well to heart may lay, Roaring Hanna. How blest must be the prayers you say, Mid curse and cry of party-fray, Roaring Hanna • Nothing like oil can fire ;nay, Roaring Hanna I Vain all remonstrance from the Beak, Roaring Hanna ; Off Clarke and Coates were forced to sneak, Roaring Hanna. How I respect thy saintly cheek, That law's protection dares to seek, Roaring Hanna, Law which thou wert the first to break, Roaring Hanna. Thou criest aloud ; none heed thy cries, Roaring Hanna, The worst-used man 'neath Irish skies, Roaring Hanna : The bloody Papists may arise, Break Orange heads, black Orange eyes, Roaring Hanna, 'Cause Protestants have done likewise, Roaring Hanna 1 Oh Papist triumph, True bias woe 1 Roaring Hanna, Oh Orange splendours waxing low I Roaring Hanna! Shall Papists vile give blow for blow, And Justice not, as long ago, Roaring Hanna, 'Twist them and ui a diff'rence know I Roaring Hanna 1 When the Hussars charge down the quay, Roaring Hanna, When fire the Green Constablary, Roaring Hanna, Let grateful Belfast think of thee, That sleeping party-hates sot free Roaring Hanna, And bid him calm, who roused that sea, Roaring Hanna! SPECULATING SPIRITS.—The Build') Republic states that bankers, brokere, and speculators, in that city, are in the habit of visiting mediums, and table turning and spirit rapping circles. We have beard, it says, in• stances where sprits have been consulted prior to en gaging in large speculative operations, which since have proved disastrous. Loans to large amounts have been made by banks and brokers at the suggestion and on the recommendation of spirits. Railroad stocks have been purchased and produce in large quantities bought on the advice of table tipping mediums. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRIXTON.—Last night great excitement prevailed in the immediate vicinity of Brix ton, in consequence of a fire of a very formidable charac ter taking place in the premises belonging to Mr. Samuel Bamford, carpenter, builder, joiner, &c., carrying on business at No. 5, Carlton-terrace, Loughborough-road, opposite the Hero of Switzerland tavern. The premises in which the disaster commenced were nearly 100 feet long, and were used as workshops, in which was dcpo sited a costly stock in trade, as well as the whole of the workmen's tools and other effects ; independent of which a timber-yard belonging to the same gentleman, and well stored with piles of timber and other building materials, was in danger of being consumed. The police, under Mr. Inspector Emmet-ton and Sergeant Ham mond, No. 10 P, at once commenced removing the timber from the front and back yards, and they also placed ladders to the back fronts of the surrounding dwellings, in case the flames should take a contrary direction ; but, fortunately, such was not the case, for owing to the indefatigable exertions of the firemen of the London Brigade, Beaufoy's vinegar works, and the West of England Office, they were enabled eventually t i o extinguish the flames, but not before the budding n which the fire commenced and all it contained were.re dneed to ruins. As to the origin of the fire nothin thaA could be depended up on could be learned. Th e sufferer was insured in the British Empire Mutual Fire Office, and the building was insured in the Pho e nix Fire Office. The police re ndered essential service to Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the brigade, and the men under him, by keeping an immense crowd out of danger. ASCENTS olr THE GRAFFENEIRE AND GRAD CO3IBIY. A Traveller writes to a contemporary as follows , : —I wish to call the attention of the numerous gentlemen engaged every year in investigating the physical geography of Switzerland to the group of five snow mountains lying north-east of the Great St. Bernard, between the Val do Bagnes and the Val d'Entremont, and which are at present so little known that oven the otherwise excellent map of G. Studer gives but the fsintest approximation to their true relations. The 'highest mountain of the group is a most conspicuous and beautiful object in the views from the Dent du Midi, Atont Velma, the Col de la Seigne, and I believe alto from Mont Blanc. It is generally but erroneously described as the Grand Combin, a name really belonging to to quite a subordinate summit ; the inhabitants of the Valley of 011omont call it " Le Grande Cher montane," and those of the Val de Bagnes the " Graffeneire," by which name I shall hereafter designate it. Its probable height (Ziegler— " Sammlung der absolutsn Hohen der Schweiz," p. 131) is 4,308 metres, or 14,130 English feat, and the guides throughout Switzerland have hitherto declared it quite inaccessible, as they always do mountains of which they have not made the ascent. The only way yet known of penetrating into the heart of this region is by the glacier of Corbassiere, a long and narrow stream of ice flowing due north, nearly parallel to the Val de Beetles, into which the glacier torrent discharges itself just above Lor tier. Its upper or southern portion is a large snow basin connected with the glacier of Mont Du rend by an undescribed col, about 10,000 feet high, which I propose to call the Col do Corbassiere. In ascending the glacier its channel is bound on the right or western side, first by the Pic de Sery, pyramidal rocky mass, without snow, and then by the curious rocks of the Avoulons and the Follets. Behind and above these latter rises the Petit Com bin, and the chain is terminated on the south by the Grand Conibln, which falls steeply down to the snow basin of Corbassiere. Further south are two rocky bays, the that of which runs out from the east of the Grand Combin, while the second extends by a line of low peaks to the Col de Corbassiere, and probably contains a passage to St. Pierre. On the east of the elacier we have first the Bec de Corbas store, and then a long ridge of rock extending to a siugulsr semicircular opening just opposite the Grand Combin, called the Passage de Graffeneire. The Graffeneire itself forms the western side of the basin from the passage to the Col. The glacier of Corbassiere is divided into an upper and a lower level by a cliff which runs across the channel frointhe Avoulons. The western end only of the cliff is covered with a fall of icy spires ; the glacier has retreated from the eastern end and left its surface bare and polished. The upper level has, in fact, long bean shrinking ; outside the present eastern " moraine" are two older ones par allel to it, but the outer of the two has been broken through in many places by recent falls from the rocks above. A torrent issues from theglacier OD the upperlevel, and after falling down the cliff re-enters it by a cave, which at the same time engulfs the whole of the moraine, a peculiarity of which. I know so other instance. I spent several days among the Montagnes de Bagnes in Aug., 1856, and ascended the Grand Combin in mistake for the Graffeneire, but I shall not describe this ascent, as one of the objects of my letter is to deter other travellers from repeating the blunder. This year I revisited Switzerland, and I heard at Sion that two chasseurs of Sourtier had succee led in climbing the Graffeneire. I therefore reluctontly parted from my companions of tho Fi ns ter-aar-horn, and on Monday, the 16th ult., crossed from Rhone Valley to Chablais over the Col de Verbier, taking with me as guide Augusto Simond, of Chamounix. I received a hearty welcome and every assistance from M. Pierre Perrodin, landlord of the rough but most comfortable inn at Chablais, and at 12 o'clock on Tuesday, accompanied by Simond, the two chas sours, and a mule carrying provisions, started for Corbassiere. Our plan was to sleep as high as pos sible, get on thesummit early in the morning, cross the Cot, and descend on the other side, if possible, to 011ouiond, or failing that to Chermontane. We ascended the Val de Bagnes, crossed the Dranee just above Granges Nouvee, and struck up the mountain pastures on the left of the glacier of Corbassiere. We soon reached the chalets, which, in conse quence of recent falls of snow had been brought much lower down the mountain ; here we secured two pails of milk, and carried them two hours higher up to our sleeping quarters, an old chalet just at the base of the cliff in the glacier, where we arrived at 5 o'clock. We started by lantern light at 3 a.m. on Wed nesday, mounted the cliff, aed walked along the top of the old " moraine ;" arrived at its extremity we continued for some distance along the rocks, instead of crossing the glacier as last year to the foot of the Combin. The morning was very fine, and the view of the Combin with its exquisite peak, and of the Graffeneire, covered from top to bottom with snow, which hung in many places on the mountain side in threatening hummocky masses, seemed to me scarcely surpassed by the scenery of Monte Rosa. We soon took to the "sieve," and perceived at once the task that lay before us. It was covered, and, as it turned out, the whole mountain also, with fresh snow, nowhere less than 18 inches deep. We toiled through this for some hours, and it was not till 9.2 U that we reached a point at the foot of the mountain, about an hour distant frem the Col. Here Bruchey, who had told me he was " chasseur de Chamois par passion," expressed his inability to proceed further, and leaving him injunctions to examine the Col the rest of our party commenced the ascent of the mountain. The snow got worse at every step, Felley constantly lagged in the rear, and had it not been for the courage and energy of Simond I never should have made the ascent. The mountain is ter minated by two peaks lying north and south ; we climbed the northern and arrived at its summit about half-past 2. On the side of the Val de Bagnes cliffs of frightful steepness stretched down from our stand ing place to the foot of the Tour de Bouissine. The weather had unfortunately changed, and excepting the mountain close to us, we saw nothing but a vast sea of clouds with the snowy head of Mont Blanc rising from the midst. From the position of the Graffeneire, standing as it does midway between Mont Blanc end Monte Rosa, from its dominat ing all the peaks immediately surrounding it ; and from the description the chasseurs gave of their first ascent, the view in fine weather must be one of the most remarkable in Switzerland. The south ern peak appcared to me slightly the higher. It • could have been mounted without difficulty, hut we had no time to attempt it; we descended rapidly and reached the bottom at 5. .Bruchey gave au unfavourable report of the Col, but had it been otherwise it would have been madness to enter upon an unknown glacier at so late an hour. We reluct antly retraced our steps, arrived at the chalet at 9.30, and walked to Chablais the next morning. I regret to add that Simond so much over-exerted himself that he was ill for several days, and was by no means recovered when I left Switzerland. With the snow in good order and the weather fine the ascent might be made with no difficulty and little danger, and the inn easily regained the second night. For the thorough clearing up of the geography it would be necessary to ascend the gla cier of Mont Durand, and to cross the Col on to that of Corbassiere. Expeditions with a similar object should be undertaken from the valley of 011omons and from St. Pierre. I trust I may be the means of inducing Alpine travellers to make these excursions and to explore still further the noble scenery of the Montagnes de Bagnes. 1053 pm 110 GUNBOATS ON TILE GANGES. Is it not strange that our government and the autho • rittea in India seem to neglect the most obvious means for strengthening our forces I • A few men-ef-war stationed before Calcutta would do more to prevent a rising in that city than all the troops I and volunteers in it. The men of war would have the town, especially the native portion of it, completely at their mercy ; and part of their crews might be formed into naval brigades to do duty on shore. The crew of the Shannon, which has just arrived at Calcutta, seems to have been quite a godsend to the authorities there. Our innumerable gunboats, built during the lsst war, are almost everyw:aere lying idle : they would be of incalculaule use on the Ganges during the •four rainy months of July, August, September, and artober. " in I have" says a correspondent , " had some experience • . the navigation of the Ganges, and I can safely assert that in these months the Ganges would, in the rainy season, be navigable for gunboats up to Allahabad, and in July and August they mightthaearcievnedr wevoeunldthoaAgvekraepatntdheCeanwtinr-e pore. Their presence on line of communication open, and we should have heard nothing of the outbreaks and disasters at Dinapore, Allababad, Benares, ez.c." There are several reaches in the Ganges, where for many miles the river is deep enough to tlo‘t gunboats drawing from five to twelve feet of water at the driest season of the year. This is the case at Bat:tarts, and generally opposite most of the largetow gu nboats could be stationed at sue 4 places,necessary, all T t h h e e syteeaarrareorusnadt prevent in the Gan . uns uited for warlike operations. They ge a s re ar n e e e a n el t y ire a llyl tugs of a very light build. The passengers and cargo are placed in a light barge towed by the steamer, called an accommodation boat. They would be quite incapable of keeping open the communication, if the rebels took up a fortified position anywhere on the banks of the river. England is strongest in her navy ; but to judge from the way in which Government is conducting the war, , one would think that we had not a single frigate or gun. boat to aid our scanty land force. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE IRISH AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. The Banner of Ulster cont tins in its number of yesterday au elaborate and, upon the whole, satis factory report of the probable yield of the late harvest, together with some observations upon the condition and prospects of the Irish agricultural classes. The following is an extract " Since the introduction of the tariff under Sir Robt. Peel's measure the masses have been consumers of the higher class of food to an extent which that ter-seeing statesman never anticipated. If we take the experience of our own country as data it will be found that, while the bulk of food raised exceeds by many degrees the highest ever before known, the farmer is in the enjoy ment of prices nearly 100 per cent. above the average rates current for the lest 4 years of Protection, and this even while the population of the present day is about two and a half millions below , that of 1846. The area under potatoes this year is about 1,100,000 acres— say one fourth above the average of the years from 1836 to 1346 ; and yetlwe fled the value of good table varieties of the potato 30 6d. to 4s, per owt , or twice the current rates of the former period. If we turn to the grain market, oats fresh from the flail or the thrashing machine sell at 93. to 9s. 9.1. per cwt., and white wheat 134. to 13,. 9d. per cwt.' Hay brings more than 100 per cent. above its former rates, and dairy pro duce is at a premium. Butchers' meat ranges equally high, and, with the ports open for the free import of continental and other foreign cattle, the valu3 of farm stock is 60 to 100 per cent. above what it was in 1842, when Prot.ictionists ran about in a state of excitement, and the cry of ruin rang from the hall of the landed chief to the home of the teuaet cotter. The qua• lity of the food used by the masses of the people in this country at present differs very materially from that which formed the chief article of consumption 15 years ago. Iu a country town, not 10 miles distast from Bel- - fast, there are now three grocers and four meal deaLrs for every one which existed there before the advent of free trade. The number of me ster bakers, too, has been . increased, and the amount of business done exceeds by a high figure the most extensive turnover of former • days. The wages of labour have been considerably in. creased within the last few years. Whether we refer to those who toil at the forge or work in the factory, the carpenter at the bench, or the common labourer in the field, all have been ascending in the scale of social ad vancement ; and their power to purchase higher and more nutritious descriptious of f od has, of course, been propoiLiueately Increased. Those who were obser vant of the condition of the working ranks under the regime of the sliding scale will be able to rememner that Ireland's poor in those days not only subsisted almost solely on potatoes, but their food generally consisted of the coarsest qualities . then raised. The difference in point of nutritive and even marketable value between the better cultivated and the newer varieties of the potato was considerable, and the poorer ranks of the people usually eked out life ou the cheapest qualities. Not only, therefore, have the masses of the Irish totally revolutionized the 'scale of ' dietary as regards the emclusive use of any description of the once familiar root, but the consumption of t e a and sugar, and of course of grain food, has been in creased in some districts fourfold. This change must of itself create an extensive demand for corn of all descriptions. Besides the enlarged con sumption, the cross Channel trade has been very active. Many of our local merchants find it .difficult to meet the orders from Liverpool and Glasgow. Irish oats sell at very high prices in each of these markets, ant Irish wheat is no less anxiously sought after. All these facts tel us that there is st 11 a wide field of agri cultural enterprise only partally develeped in Ireland. It is really melanch, ly to find that out of a total area exceeding 20,000,000 acres there should be only about 3,000,000 acres under cereal crops. The low range of prices for wheat from 1848 to 1853 caused many farmers to give up the cultivation of that grain ; and the yield decreaFed from 3,641,198 barrels of .20 stones each, in 1849, to 1,904,302 barrels in 1853. High prices have since caused a great extension of wheat cultivation ; but the total breadth is still far under what it might be. Millions of acres of the finest soil for the growth of grain have yet to be turned by the plough. Capital has of late years been increasing in the hands of farmers. It will therefore be for the owners of land to consider the question of better defined systems of tenure, so as to give such security for the return of outlay as will induce enterprising farmers to bring out in greater strength the natural capabilities of Ireland's fertile soil." BELFAST. There is no news of the least importance from the proclaimed districts this morning. .The Go vernment inquiry drags its slow length-along, and nothing has occurred to alter the opinion that many a week must elapse before the report of the two commissioners shall enlighten the public as to the originating causes of the Belfast savageries. The Sardinian Minister of War has issued a circular, prohibiting for the future the dinners which the officers of a garrison about to leave have hitherto been in the habit of giving to the officers of the troops which are to replace them. The reason assigned for this measure is, that it weighs heavily on such officers as have not ample means at their disposal. The brig-of-war Railleur, which has just sailed from Brest for New Caledonia, bad on board several convicts sentenced to transportation, who are to be landed at the Island of Pines, where a provisional penal settlement has bden established. The French Government has received despatches from Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, dated Hong-kong, the Bth ult. The admiral announces that he was about to make a reconnaissance in the direction cf Shanghai. ATtie French frigate Pomone anchored at the Piraeus on the Bth inst., cowing from Syra. On her arrival the flag of Admiral Bouet-Villausuez was saluted by the Russian frigate Polkau and the Austr:an brig of war Elussard. Three Russian Bere.v corvettes were at the Dardanelles on the 15th inat., waiting for a firman to enter the Black Sea. These vessels are, it is said, to serve as guardships in the ports designated by the treaty of Paris. Tile Esstern of France Railway Company are adver tising Sunday excursion trains between Paris arid the camp at Chiltern , . FOREIGN BONDS.—At the meeting of, holders of Vene zuelan Bonds yesterday, a series of resolutions strongly condemning the conduct of the Venezuelan government in the recent negotiations, were passed, and it was further resolved that measures shall he immediately taken to formally represent to Lord Clarendon the un fortunate position of the bondholders, with a view to induce the English government to take the matter up. BRUTAL MURDER OF AN INFANT.—Yesterday mornin a man went to Mr. John Welis'e, pawnbroker, Broad street, St. Giles's, when in one of the boxes he found a bundle, which on untieing ho was horrified at discovering the body of a full-grown female child. Mr. Wm. Ben nett, surgeon, on examining the body, found marks of violence on the head and other parts of the body, suffi cient to show it came to an untimely end. CRIMINAL OFFENDERS (SCOTLAND). VOIUtRiROII O tables, showing the state of crime in the various districts of Scotland in the year 1856, have just been presented to Parliament by command of her Majesty. The num ber of persons charged with offences in Scotland in 1856, exhibits an increase as compared with 1855 of 83, or 2'2863 per cent. The proportion of cenvictions to com mittals in 1855 was 75 . 152 per cent. ; in 1856 it was 74'3873 per cent. ; while the proportion of acquittals to committals in 1855 was 24 848 per cent., and in 1856 • 25 . 6127 per cent. The principal increase is in the offences against the person and against property, while forgery and offences against the currency have very considersbly diminished. MALTA, Sept. 18.—On the 16 - b, after four months' dry hot weather, Malta was blessed with a good shower of rain, accompaneed with thunder and lightning. The rain has done the country a deal of good and cooled the air. A ridiculous affair took place during the storm. A. lady, famed for her beauty and perfection in dress, was out taking a walk when the storm overtook her. Like most ladies now-a-days she indulges in a balloon sort of petticoats, but the heat of the weather precluded the possibility of her wearing the usual hoops, so she had a very skilfully male petticoat of steel. When the lightning began to play about her she became alarmed lest her steel petticoat shoull attract the electric fluid, and.rather than risk her life , sh e, sans ceren t oni4, let go a t h m e u strings a o n f d t h stepped o s o a u w t o it.f h e o r t n t e h e e l , I m 7 u t h e h t h er o a° Ma jesty's ship Coquette arrived from Constantinople, last from Smyrna. She has been relieved at Constantinople by the Osprey. Commander Glyn, of the Coquette, has had the misfortune to break his caller bone, but is doing well. Lord Lyons, with the fleet, is expected off the o l ff if h th e o w p il o l r c t o , m h e o in,port b ab out ut itii tehxep2eoc expected, afterlt will proceed to Corfu, and return early in October. powtzAßDFvuireTtssnerro TELESCOPES Iicir o c ER A A N , D R H A s cE A:tiNts AN_D - - S p l cit cy s A p cLzs i — vit Telescopes,Glasses, tk?eoaymwne GLASSES.--S- and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, NV By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for and valuable per s a p n e d e t ievxo traordina-y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant the hti heo r ce s Racecourse, willoes t a - u c b o al u soeh r os .e starsw, Opera, Tdii; isot‘sivnoi Telescopes possess d such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, ctly th J e u sa pi ni te e e t s el m os o c o o n p s o , can wit h Satur n's l; a e n es ring, x e i n . a a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles di s tant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and aro of lar ger, an d a ll s i zes, w ith increasing powers accerdiugly. Th e R oya l E x hibi t i on , able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoatpocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer everY pure isSe. A valu able, on the Race-course and at'the Opera-houses. Couutry scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles.. They • sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, l and tourists. ondpeerflual are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalkinw, yachting, to Camp, Perspective, and Race-course asses , greatest trans Pa rent power. Powers.—lnvaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the um • d gicat a . vantage derived that vision impaired becomes pre from this invention .s. served and ht at the most minute occupatio n—eau see t o employ thei r Bi g strengthene d and ver y aged persons are enabled require the frequent changes to the den they do : 111 o: eta of further powerful assistance. Persona with those lenses • of a much less magnifying power—and CCaerbnes suited at the most remote part of the world by send. mg ono of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from tho eye they can read small print with it., and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for dearness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly churchand at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears 'is entirely removed , and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desirod.- 39 . Albe marlo-street, Picoolilly.—Oppoolto the York Hotel, W. ay.) ing to trued, it the licitor , 0 the ioners both 'sT. 23 91 90 1051