The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

ror 1 , 4 y MARKET AND C OMMER,CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoex, : The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed With an upward tendency, and prices of all de scriptions were -Id. to d. per lb. dearer. The aale 3 amounted to 20,000 bales, of which 4,000 We re taken on s p ecu l a ti on , a n d 1,000 for expert. T he Railway Share Market closed quietly, but 'ices were steady. It was generally expected that telegraphic dis- P A i' te lles announcing the arrival of the Overland ail Would have been received yesterday, and the ei aY has naturally increased the suspense and a ~ ll ieby of all classes of the community. The pre 'lent means of communication are quite inadequate, andi t is most desirable that increased facilities for the transmission of mails should be afforded. l ' e ncefortvard a livelier interest will be felt in In -137.411 concerns than perhaps at any period in the l ' lt °r3r of that country, for even when the mutiny 'lEniPpressed and affairs again assume their ordinary a ppearanc e , th e d eve l o p me nt of the vast resources or t he empire will be accelerated. Railways and L'Or public works will be pushed forward with all as ible expedition, and numerous administrative "cha nges , will occur which are likely to suatain the C r eased interest felt in the progress of the country r t has been produced by the disastrous events ;cell -tip recorded. An offer has been made by the °Pearl and American Steam Company to esta 'B/1 eight screw steamers on the Mediterranean 1 . 444 Red Seas, by which means troops could be con -I;Yea overl an d w ith o ut unnecessary loss of time. tilis Plan should be adopted, a weekly communi cation from India could be secured, as there vessels 411 d those of the Peninsular Company might leave alternately. T he Bank of France return which will appear e t Friday, is expected to show 'a satisfactory ira -I'l'evenieut in its resources and general position. ,0 7 t hnugh the purchases of gold have been limited, lecrease of 100,000/. to 120,0001. is believed. to ha ve taken place in th e b u lli on , w hile an equally e t 'ceuraging alterati on i s an ti c ip a t e d in the securi ties and notes. It is said that the demand for th °ll eY is loss urgent, which renders it all 13 e more difficult to understand why the :Pe should continue so depressed. A dual dwindle in the value of the Relates has t aken place for some months, and the Govern re,llt 3 per Cents. are now at the miserably low p rime °f 66-85, showing a want of confidence not r ' in onsolatory to those interested in the financial e lid ition of th e c o u ntry. Several minor inau ies, °an be found to account for a portion of this i vity and heaviness ; but the chief cause is the 4434 ,1 31c ion evidently felt with regard to the sound - Cr7f Fren c h fi nanc e, while the difficulties of the ,it c) Mobilier assist in no unimportant degree to I na ent th e genera l d epress i on . Wi special general meeting of the New Bruns tese and Nova Scotia Land Company was held o r n a YI at which it appeared that a surplus profit r . 18s. remained in hand, from which the cli r l ctc n's made a dividend of Os. per cent. The T he was agreed to. a liu u e market for English Securities is exceedingly and the prices are consequently rather heavy, 4 0 ° Nil no material alteration has occurred. l ato t evival of activity is expected until the Over fo'' Mail is announced. Consols have been 901 94 41 1 ° nay, and 901, for account. They are now ar e 2 , 7 4111 : 19 31 respectively. The New 21 per Cents. 14 11 4° ; India Bonds, 22 dis. ; and Exchequer aet ti s ? 78 . to 2s. discount, being flatter. This is a k n ig' day in the English market, and as the a : 11 , 11t of " differences" was large, a good de f° rr• for money has prevailed. The current terms loans are 5 to 51- per. cent. ent he Foreign Market a few transactions h ave h r : place, and the quotations are tolerabl y th;` ~. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95 1 ;, and Per Cents., 99/-. Peruvian 4i per Cents. 21i e been dealt in at 79 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., e ; and Brazilian 5 per Cents., 102 k 'ile following are the nominal prices of Foreign ta c>e k B :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 ; 21. 22 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 79 80 ; :t 0 3 per Cents., 54 55 ; Portuguese. 3 per 1). 14 ) 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; 101 ' lt • 7 °44 per Cent s 97 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4 ' Ditto Now Deferred, 25i ; Ditto Cer- • 4.c a 'en) • Ditto Passive, 51 61. T he last week's railway receipts, ascertained up Qua - day, are in round figures as under : G I , ...._ 1857. 1856. lisFat Western £32,543 £31,897 1 13 1 11 'Western II ° "" - Western IklVlten 18,359 19,1 54 % I.Ella n d 34,326 32,39 8 Iltil-Eastern Caledonian x i jat Northern ti t u ,_eaßhir e and Yorks hi re 27,878 26,10 2 t larKgthead 3,241. 2,b61 1 , ll1 1 1 : t°1 and Exeter 7,583 7,48 8 4 4t ater and Holyhead 11 0 'heater, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,339 10 , 389 t h Lond on NorthOx Stafford N ti ,_ r d) Worcester , and Wolver 4,755 3 , 949 \\._tn Yorkshi re et l iartlepool ~ nl ql 4 , 4 bu rgh and Glasgow G r ,4; 3 w and South-Western g re Trunk of C a nad a 4 t Western of Canada 8,251 9,716 11 , 4 rather active business has been done in the l ow ilw ay Share Market but in most instances at ( I, l et quotations. North Western and Nor folk 6 eila ed ss. ; Great Western, North Eastern , ~ d e (11, ditto York, South Wales, 10 s. ; io; worth British, 15s. ; South Devon, I : Rdinburgh, Perth, and Dundee , a d l a i --ed 1 1., Manchester, Sheffield, and L incoln, i , i, l . a nd Lancaster and Carlisle, 10s. Caledonians, t _ I ghto ns, and North Stat,il I ffords were firm. . The ute i' 1* p ort nes are very quiet, no business of any im -4.411e0 being reported. In the colonial under- W irl gs. East Indian declined about 10s., Great e4te rn of Canada 55.; and Grand Trunk of Canada b,d 1 ateed 15s. a lal\ll ining Shares no business was reported. 1,,, "It Stock Bank Shares are dull. Bank of i n doli have declined to 49k, London and County it 2 a Uced to 29,1, London General Omnibus Com - I tY are 3;1, and Netherlands Land 2. tam., "'J.-SR FUNDS TD.IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Iron the Official List.) ZA4„ P,usine-s dote. NA, uent. ° cree l s A nnß itt e p qn i i .11e: ;.-113 . l her Cent:, Annuities Shutj 1. 14er Cent, Annuities.. -4 Runde, , _,. ..._ NA, C o ,._ °, under 13000 22 d ~,s i , Fx " , . fur Account, ...... .. VOI . ‘ ," 46 qUar Brno, !Zid. •kolouo !i(i() 1, 8 pa 11....,., ..... ' I.l lll °S OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK % ,!Pzili a „ _ 4vi k • '--". per wit. le an 3 per Cent -- ? e , ri t to Account C .vi arl Bonds, 42 per Cout $ A I , tto Account b .. l ` , h toad,, 3 per Cont. ' tr 140 New Deferred, 3 per Cen'.l 1 / 4 1 % 1 b. '' I, ollltB, C per cent 9 51 t o Account o lta i tto Cruaranteed, 4 per Cent. . 99i Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consol s money C ' onsols account 9 C .:I i ofThn Chilena, has arrived from China with 430,7391 b, '4 4 and 1,018 b a l es o f s ilk. 1 Iru OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF RIISSIA.. — itA. 4 er from St. Petersburg, in the North German Gazette, The magnificence which the members of the Ge;. 141 family of Russia display in their journeys in teir e ' ,, -.44 Y need occasion no surprise, when . the immense The - " 3 which they dispose of are taken into account. 40 o (i c A r 'w.l domai n s yield annually from 38,000,000 to th e roubles, and the apanages 4,000, 000 , while 1a. 3 allows i n addition a civil list of 11,000,000. tlrria titT4 EN SHEEP KILLED BY LIGHTNING. — During a Prid storm which passed over Heigham, Suffolk, on R,11431 af ternoon, the electric fluid struck a tree in Long- Plei4 l " the farm of Mr. Cooper, .lleigham-hall, corn- I Y 3 stripped off the bark, and killed 13 ewes out of a ia , tld e 'onging to Mr. Mudd, dealer, of Sto,ke-by-Nay n.ne 4 , 11 ,ich had taken shelter beneath it. The head of two t he sheep was literally smashed to pieces, and th o those. which survive are much affected by the large tree in the grounds of T. L. Evans, Rockery, D e dh am , was at the same tine e ` 4 by the lightning.—Essex Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA ENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1857 ZIIA2E MARKT2S—(TLia Day.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Price: yesterday Business done this day. St. St. 25 5.} St 5 St. r. !raid 2zi 10, 0 all 3i i all ;t. I 100 ►5 all !,5 all h. 100 ;t. ;100 h. 1100 lo I all .0 i 8 kmbg. Nottng. Bost ' Eastn. Junc....... Belfast St Ballymena Birmng. Wolyerh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh Cheshire Junet Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original X 2 5 (iss.at £4s)__ Bristol & Exeter...—. Caledonian. . l efiester & Holyhead 'Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Corn Wall Do. Dn. B DublindtlielfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber.Junc East Anglian ,Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. B. Do. New A ..... East Ken;, East Lancashire ,East Suffolk .....•.. Do. 'Edinburgh di Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and Clyde June. ;Furness 4111as , row & S.Western Great N. of Scot , and Great Northern ,Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Groat Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwal , Lon d Bright. &S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths .„. D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo' arrangement Midland Do. Birming. dr Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint R OS trevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N. E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Ws tn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N. & S. Westin. June Oxford Worcester 4, Wolverhampton..... Portsmouth iC jall .6i' 14! 12 it.lloo L 6 6 3, 20 all 11i, all St. 'lOO St. 100 20 all 10 all 1211 5 St. 100 25 1 all 25 all St. ; 100 10 1 10 i 1 St. 100 St. 100 50 j all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 3 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16 3- i 0 all it MO it. 100 .0 3/.1 9 17i 'A) all .0 all it. 100 ;0 116 LO' 10 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 A. , 100 LO I 0 ithyniney IScottish Central Scot, N.E.Abrtin, St Shropshire "Union Sitingbom•ne &Sheer, 50 1100 South Devon St. 1100 South Eastern 10 all 'Do. 4. per . Shares St. 100 South Wales 20 all S. York.sh. RiverDnr 20 10 ....... 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok 25 all Stockton & Darlin:„ 25 15 j Do. do., 1854 25 5 Do. do., 18M ... le; Stockton & St. 100 Taff Vale. St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 25 22 ;Thames Hay. D. &R. 20 all Vale of Neath... 20 all , Waterfd. & Kilkenny 50 all 'Waterforcl&Limerick 20 all West Cornwall.. 10 all West End of Ir.onden and Crystal Palace 5 , all Do. A 5 I all Do. B 20 all West London 10 all , Do. First Class 20 all I Do. Second Class 10 all Wmbladon &Croydon BRITISH PI 10 all Atlan. and St. Law. .8 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 18 all i llo. 201 18 ,Buffalo At Lake Hur 1 00 (100 IBuff., Brut. & God ch 00 100 G p.c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 00 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74' 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 20 256,) Central Oude (Lim.) 20 10s Ceylon A slares 20 1 Do. B. do. 17zj all Demerara 20 2s. ' ,Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian ...... I 20 15 , Do. C Shares 10 all ►0 all 0 all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore New. guar. 5 p.c ,Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds.. payable '571 IDo. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, do. I Do, do., '73, without! option ,Madras, guar. p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.c., Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) S c inde, guar. 5 per c ft. 1100 )0 1 all !O 1 all all 10A 10 i all 0 i all 0 all D all !O all ;0 10 !O 5 !CI ss. ',O j all Do 51? 19i 21 104 FOREIGN. 21 10 all ' Antwrp &Rotterdam 6 6h 6 a 20 18 Ardennes.. ••• ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junct i 1R 3 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac ... • •• 2 6 all Carmeaux&Toulonse Coal Mines and Ity. 41 4A 20 12 (Dutch Rhenis h 20 all lEastern of France 20 all \ Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates ' Valley 20 18 !Gt., Central of France 24- 24 20 all G rea t Luxembourg 6 S 7 7 16 4 lltalian Junction .. ... 20 all ILake Const. & Bale ..., ••• 20 all 'Lierre and Turnhout ••• ... 4 • 20 6 Lomb , ar d o -V ene tian . 36 4 1; , 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. ... •• 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 26 --27 : 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ..• 3‘A all Maria Ant'zia - ••• 10 1. I •New 11 Do ' —', ... , 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref l9 —1!), 16 all Northern of France 3ll 34 _ 10 all N orweg ianTrulc..Pref 9 JO 20 all Paris awl Lyons 34 t 3 li 20 all Paris and Orleans 54 - 55 20 7 Recife & San Fran , (Fermin.) g. 7p. c. i --g d J 10 71 Rome and Frtsctti ... • 20 all Royal Danish l6 • •18 5 all Royal Swedish i 1 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7 7 '= 10 all , Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 8 :i 20 all Southern of France 25 251 si all West Flanders 4.1 5 10 I all Do. N ~: per c. Pref 9 --9 A 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 28 • 20 6 Western of Austria... ~, ... 20 all West, of Switzerland ... ... 6 all Wiesbaden 6 i all , Do. 8 p. cent. pref.' ••• -- ..• 20 1 all Zealand ... ... _ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all (Australasia R7 81 25 184 Bank of Egypt 100 50(Bank of London' 4B 50 49.1 40 all Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co ... *** 50 all ;British N. American _.... 20 8 I C.Bk.of Ind. Au.&Ch 1* ./.1 100 150 City 65 67 100 1 25 Colonial 100 120 'Commercial of Loud ..., _ . 20 I all !Eng.ScoUrAus.Cht lBl l g i 20 all jLon.Ch. Bk .of Aust l7i —18 i 20 all Ditto New - ... 50 20 London and County .. ... 29A ... 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... _ ... ICO 20 ,Lond.andWestminst. ... ... 100 35 'National Pro. of Eng. _ ... ... 20 \ 10 ',Do. New 50 22 National Bank 20 i all New South Wales .... 46 4i 25 all 'Oriental Bank Corp. 35# 30, 20 15 Ottoman Bank ...... , I A 100 5 ' Provinc al of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Ans.B..k.G.lm.Co ... ••,. 25 all ,South Australia , 32i 3 ; 1 ; 25 all Union of Australia 5l 5.2 50 1 2 0 41)UnzLio Now ew 6 7 of London 103 50 Unity Mutual .... " I .., -- !..d _OO 50 Wostrußk of Loud; 12 lld 5i - 8 - 83 66 - GS .i 4 = -gi 86 - 88 84i - 8 34 -- 35 15 - 20 4 - 5 ••• ••• - 10 20.} - ilk - 1 . 0 48 - 51 31 - 34 j 17 - 18 9G - 97 o - 31i - 33' 10t - 103 8 - 9 96 - 97 83 - SO 120 - 124 98 - 102 55i - 561 60 -- 61 77 - 82 81 8 11091 loot - 51 - 6 1101 - 106 - 1t Di _ .a 'a— i 91i - 92' 41 - 42 811 -82 i 55 - 56 13,1 - 14!, 62 - C 4 34 - 31 EOl -r 51!.: C3i - 11 , 1 - 51 89 - 81 95 - 97 4}- 44 7 4 - 8 : 1 ! 10 -10 t, 32 33 7 6d 1104 105 1 241 25 , 49 50 3 2 si 33 35 694 6f7: 84 P 5 14 15 d 5i 44c1 9 11 40 42 21 - 18 -- 20 7 - 9 3 - 5i - 5i ISSESSIONS. id— id 4/ 4jd 88 92 85 90 85 90 ' -- - I ih - 1 1 PI - 97i 9s (1 211 -21 i 50 - 52 , 83 - 85 , 19 - 19, 1 p I 21 - 211 99 - 101 108 - 114 108 - 114 105 107 17 17 4'; 19a — h, 2 I t l d $$ d d .. i -- .•• - i P 84 4 St. , 64 100 100 all 100 all 100 100 Leasing Companies Lu.&N.W. Cal odon E. U. drE.O Gt. Northu E. Couut . Caldonian. Do. Gt.Westn. Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Ca Do Ln. &N. W , ill Midld. Midland. &Count— Do Do.— Do 25 all 12i' all St. 100 10 all 12 all 50 , all 25 all St. 100 L. & N . W Do M T G . t :B N m r ci ° a. z e oa t s h ei l Stk. &Dar Do closing Prices y.!sterday .0 all A. 100 ;0 15 i 0 A. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 8 all ,0 all .0 all it. WO !6i all all O . all it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 1100 !.)41 all 1 .2 6 . 311 it: 100 6 41 it. 100 .21 all 2i all 2!, 10 . 100 t. 100 100 ;t. 100 0 all .0 8 LO all ;t. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 92 - 94 93 - 95 11 - 13 100 3 100 _VI 9 15 - 10 9 all ;t. ,100 Bi r all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 10 I all 1.0.6 all >t.lloo it. I 100 it. i 100 it. :100 !O all 15 all n 15 L2ii all 5 1 all •.(..) 2 1 12 .. 20 14s 1113 - ii = ii ••• '''-'' llij - 107 12 —l2i 22. —23 i 98 100 id 89 9 1 par - P 51 1 128 130 7i al 9 91 ii - 32 85 - 87 GLWi "JE SHARES. - 91 - 98 - 61= 114 120 11 - 118 125 i'd - A - 72 - ••• - 116 - 108 - 102 - 62 - 10.:'_ - 89 - 82 - 98 - 10 - 17 16; 9i 68 182 91 - 19; - - 141 - 139 - 115 - 157 6t i -66 t, - 132 - 87 ••• - ••• I 11 - U.', - 104 93 - 95 - 1' id - l 3 - 115 - 109 10 - 1N 221 - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 - 266 - 2ip ••• --- ••• 48 - 52 MINES. 14i -15 i 6 -- 7 115 -- 125 450 -- 460 16} -17 i 6 t 7.t LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh. Jc. Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. bias. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New ; Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby !Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. &Greonw I D o.Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. IDo. 6 per ct !Do.Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. Roystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do.. Wilts&gomrgt 3' -- 4 - 10i -- 11 -- 15 5 .- 6 20A - 214 5 - 6 li 4 340 - 360 5 - 6 1230 -- 250 1 1i 44 'l3O —15 e 2 $ 115 125 210 220 295 310 8 84 23 24 48 49 22 24 MINES. - - 24 10 - 12 47 49 10 12 i id 8 4 ld p B - i i - il •5 - 7 ••• .•• - .•• 2i - 2A - 3i .ANEOUS. 21} - 224 45 - 5i 35 - 40 133 • 142 110 : i -111 i 30 - 35 25 27 1h - 11 31 4h •••i - l •• i l la lad 31 3i -j l 2?', 3 24 -- 3 1 1 -• la 16 -- 18 97 • 93 8 I i . - il . 1i - 2_ 68 - 70 4 5p 21. -23 - 7 53 - 60 - 11 32 - 34 - 1 - 1 ••• 10 - 12 Business this dsy CHATHAM RACES.—(This Day.) (By ETIEOTRIC TELEGRAM.) VISITORS PLATE. Amelia Worcester . Adamant Seven ran. MEDWAY STAKES. I Pauli Monti Naughty Boy Lucy Lockit Three ran. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY• MEETING THIS DAY. TI adjourned half yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street--Sir James Carmichael, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. At the former meeting the report and statement of accounts were read, but there were not sufficient share holders present to constitute a meeting for its adoption and the declaration of the dividend, and consequently it was adjourned till tc-day. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adop tion of the report, adverted to the agreement between this company and the North of Europe Telegraph Company for the purchase of the Hanoverian and lla,nish concessions, which would placa the company's wires in direct communication with Hamburg and the Baltic ports. The motion having been seconded, The report was received and adopted. A dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum wail declared. The retiring directors and auditors - were re-elected. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of considering the agreement for purchasing the Hanoverian and Danish concessions. The preliminary agreement was read by the secretary. It states that the Hanoverian concession is for twenty years, and the Denmark concession for twenty-five years, and provides fur the virtual amalgamation of the Sub marine, the North of Europa, and the Danish Corn pauiee. The other two companies will have to provide the necessary capital and lay , down the new cables. The agreement will not come into operation until the cable's are laid down and in working order. ' ' Ultimately the heads of the agreement were agreed to, and a special meeting will be called for ratifying the The meeting thou separated. THE HIMALAYA. The subjoined extract is from one of the officers of the 90th Regiment on board the Himalaya :- - • - Himalaya, Singapore, July 10. " My dear G--, —I am going to spin you a bhort yarn of our progress so far. In the first place, I must tell you that we have been a lamentable instance of the truth of the saying that the third time is fatal ; for, after nearly running ashore at St. Vincent's (Cape Verde) and the Cape, last Monday, July 6th, we ran ashore, going 13 knots in the straits of Banca. Not a soul ou board ever expected to get off again, at all events without steamers from Singapore ; but, luckily, it was full moon, and consequently a higher tide than usual ; so with the assistance of another ship and three anchors out astern we managed to get off about nine o'clock last night, after having been about 30 hours on the sandbank, to the evident delight of a quantity of cranes and pelicans, and a stray crocodile. or two, which came out from the island of Sumatra to have a look -at us. "It was anything but pleasant sticking there in the broiling heat, for the line' is not far off. We babe made a very long passage of it, considering the splendid vessel we have. On entering the Straits of Sunda, or rather on coming to the place we were going to anchor in for the night, we were surprised by a frigate firing half a-dozen guns in succession, and then putting off a boat. We thought we were about to run ashore, but it turned out to be despatched for us to get up to Singapore as fast as possible, and go on to Calcutta, as there was an instil.e rection of the Sepoys." [The Himalaya reached Calcutta oa the 20th July.] MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) • CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Sept. 10, 1857, mode up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WIIIAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS PEAS 553 4d 42s 7d ' 26s 7d 393 2(1 46s lld 41s 8d THE SEX WEEKS' AVERAGES. wit AT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE 1 BRANS PEAS 59s 4,1. 40s M 27s 9d 39s 51 ► 47s ld 41s 3(1 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 105,841; barley, 6,220; oats, 5,017 ; ryo, 633 ; beans 1,859; peas, 884 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NRWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally has ruly steady, at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s 04 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 24 to 4s Sd ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 44 ; Veal, 3s 84 to Is Gd ; Pork, 39 6d to 5s 01 per 81bs, by the car case. SOUTHALL, Sept. 9.—To-day's market was well sup plied with fat stock, in which only a moderate business doiug, at barely stationary prices: —Beef, from 3s 24 to 4s 84 •, Mutton, 33 61 to Ss 0 i ' • Lamb, 4s 6 d to 5s 6.1 • Veal, 4s Od to 4s 84 ; Pork, 48 Od to 4s Sd per 81 bs , to sink the offal. ItOMFORD, Sept. 9.—The trade generally ruled le3s active, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 44 to 4 s 8 d ; Mutton, 3s 6.1 to 5s 4 4 ; Lamb, 4s 84 to 6.3 01; 8.1 ; Pcrk, 4s Od to 4 s 54 per s,• S uc kling Calves, Os to Os each; Mulch Cows, 0/. to 01. each, Veal, 31 84 to 4 s M HAY MARKETS. Surrarinn.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 43; clover, 41 4s to 51 53; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 181 to 41 8s; clover, 31 15s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 6 3 to 1 1 10 s per load . A * full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 43 ; c lover, 4/ Os to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ 63 to 11 103 per loan. A dull trade. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. 10.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 2.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—Teviot (a.), for Brazils; Ariel (a.), Now York. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 9.—Wind S.W. to S.--Arrived— PORTSMOUTH, from London for Calcutta : Dalchinan (a.), Gibral tar ; Alice, from Dantzio for Valparaiso ; Irene, from London for C.spe of Good Hope; Azor, ditto, for Moga dor° ; her Majesty's steamer Chesapeake, Eastward. Sailed—Gloriana, for Calcutta; since anchored at the Mo therbank. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Kyanite, from Ibrail. NEWPORT, Sept. 9.—Wind E.—Arrived—Phoebus, from Miramichi. Sailel—William, for Cardiff and Alex such is. FALMOUTH, Sept. S.—Arrived—Lyora, from Janeiro. LERWICK, Sept. B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Eastasia, from Bilboa. CARDIFF, Sept. 9.—Wind S.—Sailed—llawland, for Charleston : Clara Novollo, Madras; Albus, Ceylon; Tre Brodre, Calderee. (PER ELECTRIC TELItanAPIL) SOUTHAMPTON, 'DiUr)dAy, 10 A.M. Wind W. Arrived---Nuevo Speranza, from Constantinople ; Cou rier, steamer, Jolly, and Alice, Jersey ; Havre, steamer, Havre. Sailed—Despatch, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, Havre; Othello, Newptxt ; La Poule, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived--Danube, screw: steamer, from Trieste ; Vic - thria, Venice.; Cambria s teamer,,Atalta. Sailed—George, for Buenos .Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 8. Wind N.E. Arrived—Dahomey, from Rio Grande; Supplici, Odessa; Nice, Galatz. Sailed— Kildare, for Antwerp• GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S.E.; tide, four hour's ebb ; fresh and fine. Arrived, Sept. 9.--Isabella and Mary, from Archangel. Arrived, Sept. 10—Prosperity, from Bruges ; Three Brothers, Ostend ; Onega, Riga ; Vibilia, Guernsey ; Argo, Memel ; Nor'-Wester, Calcutta. Sailed, Sept. 9 —Thor, for Christiana. Sailed, Sept. 10—Wild Flower, for Hongkong; Clio, Demerara ; Jason, Syra. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind W.N.W., fresh. Passed—Rossina, from Alexandria; Illustrious, Quebec; Laura, Berbice ; Blucher, Taganrog ; Sir Thomas Graham, Calcutta; Neptune, Bombay; Hotspur, Co lombo ; Bing Loar, Bombay ; Rubens, Mauritius ; St. Elmo, westward ; Paris and Loudon, screw steamer, from Paris—all for London. Paused, 9th—City of Nantes, screw steamer, from lion don, for Nantes: SWIMMING MATCEIES.—Last night a grand display of this noble art took place at the Lambeth Baths, West minster-road, for the bene fi t of Mr. B ec k w ith, th e swim ming master of the establishment, and " champion of England." A number of animated contests took place, at the termination of which, Mr. Styles, who acted as umpire, presented each of the successful competitors with a beautiful silver medal. Mr. Beckwith, who has been challenged for the championship, also gave a speci men of his remarkable powers as a swimmer, in a match with the celebrated American, Walker, whom he de feated easily, amidst the loud applause of his patrons. The match for the champio nshi p takes place at the Wen lock Bathe, City.road, on Wednesday, the 24th inst. THEFT OF £2l5.—A dealer from Elgin lost 2151. in bank notes at the Falkirk tryst yesterday. He supposes the m)ney to Lave been stolen from his pocket while he was standing in a crowd looking at a party of gamblers engaged at their ordinary occupation, but can give no further information as to hie loss.—Nort4 Mail. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) THE "CLASHING " OF THE " COURTS."-BOSSY V. THOMPSON. This was a judgment summobs adjourned from June last. Mr. Buchanan, Basinghall-street, appeared for the defendant, who had obtained a final order from the In• solvent Court before the judgment of this court issued, and the name of the creditor, the present plaintiff, ap peared in the schedule filed in the Insolvent Court, and due notice had been given to him as required by the act. The case was adjourned until to-day to see whether the defendant would be in a condition to pay the whole or any part of the debt. The defendant now said he was not in a position to pay any part of the debt, as he had a wife and eight children to support. His Honour said the case had been adjourned to give him time to recover himself; and unless he now made some satisfactory offer he must be committid. Mr. Buchanan submitted that though his Honour had power to commit under thee City Act, yet that could only be on being satisfied that the defendant had means and refused to pay, and that it was a matter entirely in the discretion of the judge. He tben went through the several acts relating to insolvency, and finally referred to the 19th and 20th section, 108 Vic., which repeated the 102 d section of the General County Court Act, a 3 to the commitment of bAnkrupt3 who had obtained their certificate of conformity under the Bankrupt Laws, er a bankrupt had obtained his final order under the Insol vency. The City had not been diligent enough to get their act amended, and he had no doubt his Honour, in the exercise of the discretion vested in him, would not enforce a power under the City Act, which could not be exercised under the County Courts Act if his Honour were presiding at Whitochapel. His Honour said he would and did, and ordered the defendant to be committed for 14 days. Mr. Buchanan said he must respectfully express his in tention to immediately apply to the Commissioner of the Insolvent Court, who, acting on precedent, would order the defendant's discharge. It appeared to be unjust that a man who had undergone the ordeal of passing ons court and had been absolv AI from his debts, should be made pay by another. His Honour intimated that if the defendant were discharged and again brought before him on another summons he should commit again. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) GUILDHAL G. ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—Kate Fieliagan, a young wo man 20 years of age, was placed at the bar before Sir P. Laurie, charged with attempting self-de traction. It appeared from the evidence of police-c mstable 709, that this morning, about a quarter before two o'clock, he was on duty near Blackfriark,-bridge. He saw the prisoner on the steps near the water, and went to her and asked her what she was doing. She said she was waiting for the tide to rise to destroy herself. She was in a very agitated state, but she promised not to destroy herself, and he let her go. Oa his return to the bridge he again found her there, when he took her into custody. After she was locked up she attempted to strangle her self with a piece of bonnet ribbon. This was the third time she had attempted sell-destruction. Her mother, a wretched 'looking woman, was present, and in answer to the elderman's question, said that her daughter was a servant, but had been out of service about two years. She believed the cause of her conduct on this occasion was grief at her father's illness, who was not expected to live out the day. She attempted self-destruction at BlackCriare-bridge about six months ago. Drink was then the cause of it. Police-constable 709 said that the girl told him she had had words with her mother that induced her to leave her home. Sir P. Laurie expressed his doubts that the mother's explanation was the true cause of the prisoner's conduct. Pollee-constable 707—Her mother told him that the prisoner took poison once. The prisoner having promised not to offend again in a similar manner, was discharged. Sir P. Laurie said that a very important inquiry was now going on relative to the number of attempted suicides that had taken place in this way, and how many had been prevented. It would be ready about the end of the month. It was a subject he hal paid much attention to with a view to its prevention, and when the return he alluded to was furnished the public would have an opportunity of judging how far he had been successful. The prisoner then left the dock. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DABING WATCII RONSERY.—Ed ward Weave and Rachel Williams were placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing a valuable gold watch from the person of Mr. George Turner, engraver, 43, Berwick-street, Soho. It appeared from the evidence of police-constable 194 C, that ho was on duty in Dean-street when his atten tion was called to the two prisoners, who appeared to be watching the movements of the prosecutor, who was coining down the street. Seeing that the latter was rather the worse for liquor ho kept his eye upon the prisoners' actions, and at last the mtl9 prisoner left the woman and walked up to the prosecutor whom he del►- berately felled to the ground by a violent blow with hi 3 fist. The male prisoner then joined the female and they both ran away. Witness stepped from his hiding place and intercepted them, and took there iota custody. The prosecutor then came up and informed him that the prisoner Weave had robbed him of his watch, which witness subsequently picked up about 20 yards from the spot. Witness added that the prosecutor was not in attendance at present, and th3refore wished to have the prisoners remanded. Remanded accordingly till the 17th inst. THAMES. SINGULAR ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY STATION.--Han nah Fossett, a vulgar looking woman, aged 31 years, of No. 7, Globe-lane, Mile-end-road, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a rortmoonaie con taining three half sovereigns, two half crowns, a florin, a stilling, six sixpences, awl a fourponny pieee, from the person of George .Haynes, cf No. 9, Cross street, Homer ton. 'lle prosecutor stated that he was porter at the Bow station of the North Londc,a Rail way. At about twelve &clock last night he was at the station waiting for a late excursion train when the prisoner came there, sat down on a form alongside of him and Latred into cony( r Ation with him. She got close t) him but he took no notice of that until he found his purse being withdrawn from his pocket. He rose from his seat and the prisoner rushed up-stairs and when she had gotto the top near the office he heard something drop. It was a florin which he picked up. He then attempted to secure the prisoner who flung something from her on to the railway, and he heard the dropping of gold and silver upon it. He gave the prisontr into custody, and then went up and down the line with a lanthorn and saw the porte mon naie in one place, three half sovereigns about L.' yard from it, and the silver strewed about in all directions on the line between the metals. He recovered the whole of the money he had lost. The prisoner denied that she had robbed tho prose cutor at al!. She was not near him. The prisoner was recalled, and said the prisoner sat close by to him on the left hand side. The porte monnaie was in the left hand trousers pocket. He felt the pri soner drawing the ports monuaie out of his pocket. It was done in an instant. A police constable said the prieoner was a most noto rious thief. He had seen her prowling about the Mile end-road and Bow-road after sunset for long time past. Mr. Yardley directed Mr. Bowden, the second clerk, to take the depositions, and when they were completed asked the prisoner if she pleaded guilty or not guilty. The prisoner—Not guilty. Mr. Yardley—Then, I commit you for trial. UNITED GERMANY !—The Last- 3erman Post expresses its astonishment and sincere regret at the absence of a Prussian deledatefrom the statistical congress of Vienna. Twenty-seven Governments, and amongst these Turkey and Russia, have sent representatives to Vienna. Prus sia alone has not done so. The Augsburg Gazate says : —" It is sad to be obliged to confess that the tbird in ternational statistical congress gives to Europe the op portunity of witnessing a picture of the die union of Ger many. Although the Austrian Government sent an ex, press invitation to Prussia, the latter has thought it expedient not to have any representative at the congress." This absence of a Prussian delegate from Vienna is the more remarkable, as Prussia was represented at the sta tistical congress which was held two years ago in Paris. A HUSBAND ADVERTISED.—BeIow we copy an ad vertisement from the Cleveland Plaindealer: —" My late husband, Isaiah Faulkner, has lately advertised to the put he that I have left his bed and board without any provocation, and that he will pay no debts of my con tracting. Now, it is true that I have loft him, but not his bed or board. He never had a bed that was not borrowed, nor any board' worth having, except the last spring freshet. As for paying debts, nobody will be wiser for his advertisement ; he has hard work to get to owe any, and don't pay on principle when he does. His promises are poor moonshine, and his credit a a dried-up' bellocn. I hereby give notice to all married and unmarried women to be on their guard against his coming round—he is red-headed and dan gerous. Put him oat; don't trust him on my account. —Jane Faulkner." TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.—Vexatious typographical errors will sometimes occurs in newspapers, in spite of all the vigilance that can be ex-rcised. Editors du not often trouble themselves much about them, knowing tbeir readers to be capab l !e of distinguishing those that are the fault of the proof-reader, and trusting for indul gence to the extenuating circumstances of hate and hurry in going to press. They cannot always be avoided, even when time is given for thorough reading. and all perceivable cautions adopted. We recently mot with a peculiar historical fact, which may be appositely re lated in this connexion. It is to the effect that, about a 100 years ago, a number of the professors of the EJin burgh University attempted to publish a work which should be a perfect specimen of typographical accuracy. Every precaution was taken to secure the desired result. Six experienced proof-readers were employed, who de voted hours to the reading of e ach p a g e ; and, after it was thought to be perfect, it was pasted up in the Uni versity, with a notification that a reward of 501. sterling would be paid to any person who could discover an error. Each page was suffered to remain two weeks in the place where it had been pasted before the work was completed, and the professors thought they had attained the object for which they had been striving. When the work was issued it was discovered that several errors had been committed—one of which wain the first line of the first page. —Some 1-puma. SINGULA .1? AND EXTRAORDINARY i ENGLISH CAPITAL AND AMERICAN CASE. 1 S ff:OURTT A gentleman of Baltimore, some 14 or 15 years ago, was passing down Baltimore-street, late at night, durieg a heavy snow storm, when he met, near Frederick-street, three men and a woman. He gave them the way. but eing violently jostled by ono of them, he upraidel them somewhat sharply, when they attacked him. Being a power ful man, standing about six feet in his shoes, he soon laid two of them hors de coothat, and chased the other to the opposite side of the street, where he felled him to the ground, and where, leaning over him, he received a blow on the left temple, which staggered, as well as bewildered him, for a few minutes. Upon recovering himself, his assail ants had fled, and feeling the blood flowing pretty freely from the wound, proceed to a physician who soon found that he had been stabbed, the instru ment entering about half way between the eye and ear, breaking off short. leaving a considerable length of blade in his head. All efforts to extract it proved futile. Strange to say, he felt very little pain orinconveuience from his condition. The wound soon h:aled, and he attended to his regular avoca tions as if nothing had happened. Three years after the wound again opening, he consulted a surgeon, who, feeling the ragged edge of the blade, made several efforts to draw it out, and after considerable labour drew from the wound a portion of the base of the broken dirk, which measured within a frac tion of two inches. This part of it gave an idea of the amount remaining, supposed to be about the same size. For 11 years longer it continued in this condition, when, about two weeks since, after suf fering a great degree of pain on the right side of his nose, near the corner of his eye, on the opposite side to where he received the wound, and a consi derable swelling appearing, he went to Professor Smith, who, upon examining the diseased part, found the point of the blade protruding. It had actually traversed through the bones of The head, and, atter 14 years, made its appearance in the above locality. Such is its position, plain to the eye, and wonderful to be believed, excepting by an eye witnes?. We have often heard of pins arid needles being swallowed, and in after years making their appearance in different parts of the body ; but that the blade of a dirk, between three and four inches in length, should thus travel, and through bone, forms an interesting subject for the surgeon, as well as the common mind. ORM CON. AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN AN AMERICAN HOTBL. On Saturday evening, the 18th ult., the New York Hotel was the theatre of an abortive drama, in which one of the principal actors may congratulate himself in having made a fortunate escape. The following are the precise 'details of the affair, as we have obtained them from the beet sources : _ . Among the transient residents at the hotel was Mrs. W—, a young and pretty lady from Louisiana, who was enjoying too freely her husband's absence—behaving remam,d in New Orleans on account of business. A gentleman, of middle age, said to be rich, an auctioneer by profession, Mr. F--, had " overbid" with the greatest success on the charming creole, and their inti macy had gone so far that it was noticed and commented upon by several inmates of the hotel. Among those was a friend of Mr. W--, who thought it his duty to advise him of what had occurred in his absence, and to enjoin him, either by steamer or rail, to come on as soon as possible to put a stop to the scandal. As soon as he received the message, Mr. W-- left New Orleans, without advising auy one of it, and arriied in New York on Saturday evening, with a revolver in his pocket, determined to take the law into his own bands. It was in such a disposition of mind that he went to the New York Hotel, where his faith less better half was boarding, and inquired for the num ber of her room. He bad no trouble at all to get in. Full of imprudent security, and not suspecting that the outraged husband, whom they thought far off, was already advancing in the hall—the two lovers had not even been cautious enough to look the door. Mr W-- entered as if he was at home ' w and although it as very early in the evening, be found his wife and Mr. F--- in a position easier to imagine than to describe, and which did not admit of any possible false explanation. Without uttering a word, Mr. W— drew his re• volver and fired at the guilty party. Mr. F—, not being hit, jumped out of bed and ran to the door, where, on opening it, he was shot at a second time, and took flight headlong towards the hall, followed by his terrible enemy. The fugitive had nothing on but a single flannel undershirt, and at the moment it seemed to be the least of his cares. _ _ But one can judge of the sensation created by this strange apparition among the persons hasteninct, from all sides after the noise of the firing of pistols. Mr. -, running head foremost, arrived at the head of the stair- case, descended in great haste, turned to the right, and stopped in ono of the cells of the water closets of the hotel, iu which he bolted himself close. The pursuit had been hot. Re could hear from his unpoetical shelter the tumult on the stairs, and the struggle to stop and disarm the terrible husband. lie, however, did not rely on his ears, and consented to open the door only when summoned by the police, and upon the formal promise that Lis life should be protected. It has been said that Mr. F- was wounded ; but we believe it to be untrue, unless one means the double wound to his lova and his self-love. As Mr. W— immediately left for the south with his wife, we are inclined to believe tha. the affair will go no further, after having caused less blood than sweat and tears to be shed.—New York Herald. The last intelligence from New York suggeslet some curious considerations regarding the cond:- Hens on which English caDital is ins estecl in Atm - rice. The amount of American securities held here can merely he conjectured. Five years back it was thought to be nearly sixty millions sterling, and it may now be eighty or a hundred millions. Until the approach of the Russian war they. almost all paid large and regular dividends, but the ability of the various railway and other companies to raise fresh money as it was wanted on sec3nd, third, and fourth mortgages in London, having then received a check, there has since been a constant downward tendency, until perhaps two-thirds of the weaker sort have gone into comparative insolvency. For a time, when distributions could no images: be made from capital, the device was hit upon of pay ing what are called scrip dividends, and as these cost nothing they were always on a liberal scale. The accounts usually showed to the shareholders that there was a profit of about 10 per cent., but, unfortunately, the cash balance had invariably been absorbtd though some temporary and acci dental circumstances. The gain was therefore handed over to them in paper, redeemable a year or two hence. The plan, however, although it was at first thought to be all right, failed upon repetition to satisfy the hunger of the parties in. tetested ; and probably many of our own Bir. miugham theorists had received, from experience in this. respect, the first blow to their ideas re garding the nature and funclions of money. At last, in a number of instances, exposure V, came unavoidable, examples of deception, fraud, and repudiation abounded on all sides, and prices even of the leading undertakings went to a point which showed that in the minds of the public, years of economy and good management would be requisite to restore any of them to a solid position. Thus far the result had, perhaps, been little other than might have been expected. It was the old story of the State loans over again. Any hon. member of Congress or Assembly coming over to England had only to make a demand large enough, and he could get all he wanted. He would go to a leading iron master, give a heavy order fur 'rails, . pay about :30 or 40 per cent. above their value, and trust to this gentleman for the disposal, through brokers and .abhor s tempted her I n r evel cllnh amount or stocks and bonds as mght be deemed appropriate for the moment. The next and each succeeding year the process might, of course, be re peated, since the prosperity of the part already constructed rendered extensions of all kinds in dispensable. But it was to have been supposed that experience dearly purchased would at length have generated some pru hence. Apparently, how ever, our people are incurable. Tue last railway concern that has broken down is the Michigan Southern, and it is said that only a few months have elapsed since the President paid a visit to the English shareholders, and induced them considerably to extend their commitments. Still, instances of this kind are as nothing compared with the wholesale apathy exhibited. Incredible as it may seem, our 80 millions or more of American securities are left to take their chance, without the holders knowing or learning anything about them except from the managing parties. The railway companies issue reports only once a year, usually of the most vague description, and no accounts of what passes at their meetings transpire. Everything is taken for granted, and each individual English holder assumes that some other holder, by whom, perhaps; he was first led into the investment, keeps careful watch. And while this total absence of or ganisation prevails in England, there is actually a powerful combination on the other side ; for the avowed purpose of bringing all the principal under takings to ruin. Unlike those of any • other country, the majority of the leading speculators of New York are devoted to the task of depre ciating the national credit. Whether this .arises from the extent to which American liabilities are held by foreigners need not be dis cussed. A large body of active persons are known to be associated for the purpose ; they influence the press to work out their views, and are alleged, not merely to operate with a joint capital, but to hold regular meetings, and permanently to retain legal advisers, whose chief vocation it may be as sumed is to discover points that may enable the validity of each kind of security to be care I in ques tion, and thus to create universal distrust. They are also said to succeed in a vast number of instances iu getting their own creatures into the control of com panies, ostensibly supporting or opposing them as may best suit their tactics in each particular case. Each now revelation of fraud is hailed as a triumph, and such directors and shareholders as may show a disposition to take a'lvantage of technicalities to defeat all equitable claims, instead of being hooted from the Exchange, find a circle of admirers. Of course this state of things would end, or be greatly mitigated, if fho stock and bondholders were to exercise vigilance. In most instances the proceed ings are so notorious and the laxity of management FO complete and long-continued that English in vestors, if they had any rational agent on the spot, could not fail to be warned. But there is no London Committee of American stockholders, and, appa rently, no possibility of forming one. Yet some thing should be done if possible to remedy the evil. Some rersons will say th e b es t reme dy would be found by an avoidance of American investments altogether ; but this, although it seems likely enough to be brought about unless the respectable portion of the American mer cantile community can contrive to influence public opinion, is not a result that any one anxious for the advancement of the best interests of both countries would wish to sea take place. No field for the employment of capital is superior to that of the United States, and the sympathies of business begeta universal disposition here to seek it and trust to it. Under such circumstances it is deplorable that owing to a want of concerted action among the honest portiets of the two communities a depraved minority should command all the chan nels *of enterprise, and render confidence impoa sible.—Timcs City A rtic'e. LIBERAVIMUS ANIMAM. (Front Punch.) Who pules about mercy? The agonised wail Of babies hewn piecemeal yet sickens the air, And echoes still shudder that caught on the gale The mother's, the maiden's, wild scream of despair. Who pules about mercy ? That word may b 3 said When steel, rod and sated, perforcq must retire, And for every soft hair of each dearly loved head A cord has despatched a foul fiend to hell-fire. The Avengers are marching—fierce eyes in a glow; Too vengeful fur curses are lips locked like those ; But hearts hold two prayers—to come up with the foe, And to hear the proud blast that gives signal to close. And woe to the hell-hounds ! Right well may they fear A vengeance--ay, darker than war ever knew, When Englishmen, charging, exchange the old cheer, For "Remember the women and babes whom they slew." Who slanders our brave ones? What, puling again? You "fear for the helpless when left as a prey; Should the females, the innocent chidren, be slain, Or outraged —." Away with your slanders, away? Our swords come for slaughter; they come in the name Of Justice; and sternly their work shall be done; And a world, now indignant, behold with acclaim That hecatomb slain in the face of the sun. And terrified India shall tell to all time How Englishmen paid her for murder and lust; And stained not their fame with one spot of the crime That brought the rich splendour of Dalai to dust. But woe to the hell-hounds ! Their enemies know Who bath said to the soldier that fights in His name— " Thy foot shall be dipped in the blood of thy foe, And the tongue of thydogs shall be red through the same," 3IISIEUST OF THE MILITIA. (From Punch). " Come, now, my boys, who'll serve the Queen " The stout Militia Sergeant cried. " Whoy, all on us ; but how much green Dust thee zoo here, old chap ? replied A countryman, ani, like a clown, He pulled one lower eyelid down. " All that you says is very fine, I dares say you believes 'tis true, I should be glad enough to jine ; But mind, - I baiut a - gwitfn Afo - re 'tis made quite sure to me, That I be to be kep faith wi'. " I've heor'd o' men as went ab:oai ; Promns'd they woe I won't say what ; But when agin this land they trod, Ten shilluns was the most they got. Tan shill ens only was the sum ; And then they said, Be off' to 'um. " No fear but what they made it out In black and white, all smooth and square, So much stopped for this here, no doubt ; And so much owun for that there The end on't woe that they wus dun : Which I don't mane to be, for one. " Then how about the Transport Corps, They talks of, and the Army Works, And I forgets how many more, As went to help they blessed Turks? All them have been served, up to now, Except the Jarman Legion, how? "If I was sure 'twou'd be all right, I'd list this moment, ees, and willan ; But otherways this cock wun't fight, Nor never trouble thee to drill un. I'll serve my QUEEN and country „ true; But not if I bain't served so too. corresp ondent County, of in the Cb T ic il a g go A T ll / E l lr u -------7------------ C n A e ll thatsaSycsith—''.. b A e i n i g in R ock Illinois, w one up o dayne n the las top of last week he . e . hil n lu t a h l e ted mid m d o le un o t f August) Zion, miles from en Janesville, and counted on the surrounding i l,OOO machines ni en, w o b u rn s e i l n y , c a u n td tpilnaei n d l o s w o n four-horse wheat. boy; following after, bin ding and shocking up the golden sheaves. It was a sight worth seeing, to behold the grain falling and being gathered up at the rate of 200 acres per hour. A SI/immix Onunca LIVING FOR SALE.--.Amongst a cloud of benefices advertised for sale there is one which must present unusual attractions for a clergyman who is not fond of hard work. It is " a sinecure rectory in the Isle of Wight, the annual amount of the tithe rent charge for the last five years being 3501., with 3i acres of glebe, with two cottages, producing 201. per annum, the present incumbent in his 58th year. The benefice thus offered for sale is the rectory of Shorwell, near Newport, the patron being Lady St. John Mild:nay- The present rector is the Rev. C. A. St. John Mildmay, who, in addition to enjoying the sinecure, is vicar of Burnham, Essex, worth 7001. a year, rector of the po pulous county town of Chelmsford, worth 8001. a year, and a rural dean of the diocese of Rochester. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. It has been pretty generally rumoured, within the last few days, that the trial of the directors, and the other persons charged with being concerned in this gigantic swindle, would take place at the October or November session of the Central Crinaimd Court, and that the ordinary session would be specially adjoured to a parti cu!ar period for that purpose, as in the case of Palmer. It appears, however, that the officials of that court have not received any notification on the subject, and there is very little doubt that the trial wi.l take place in the Court of Queen's Bench during the November term. No in lictments have been at present preferred against any of the defendants in the ordina!) , form, but the Attorney General, in his official capacity, has informed the Court "That certain persons (whose names he mentioned), be had reason to trelleee, had been guilty of a misdemeanour, in having unlawfully conspired and combined together t ) obtain divers large sums of money, by means of false slid fraudulent pretences." Upon this information the Court of Queen's Bench issued its process for the appre- • hension of the persons named in the information, and Mr. Humphrey Brown, Alderman Kennedy, Mr. Came ron, manager of the bank, and several others, were arrested and held to bail to answer the charges made against them. Under ordinary circumstances, a charge o' this character would be properly brought for inves t gation 13:fere the Central Criminal Court ; bet the Court of Queen's Bench, being the highest court is the killer:en bah in criminal and civil matters, hav ing initiated the proceedings against the parties. would not delegate to an inferior jurisdiction the power t•) dispose of the matter, and the trial will there fore no doubt take place in the Court of Queen's Bench before LorJ Chie-Justice Campbell. During the interval that has elapsed since the former inquiry into the affairs of the Royal British Bank, it is understood that a close investigation has been instituted into all the accounts with a view to ascertain whether there is any case of securities having been made away with that were d i s ei m ) o a s d i t e e d a w fe i l t o h ny th h e y b i a . n e E p e w e i i a th w l Act t tt e s f n ins tructions. d T s h s r John Paul and his partners were convicted under that statute, and sentenced to transportation. At present, it a ppears that no such case has been discovered ; but, is the event of there being evidence to sup ct p rei o an r lt t r a sahl c a h eli a r r bi gtteei Criminal t h a t description, it is probable that a bill would be pre ferredcourt befor elt is saidt e that grand wheneverj r at thethe ap pointed to take place, the defendants make an appli cation t 3 be tried separately, the object of Vais proceeding being to confine the evidence to the particular persoa under charge, and thus exclude a good deal of evidence as to the fraudulent intentions of the parties, an d the general combination b e t ween t h em. The application will, doubtless, be strongly and it is to be h o p e d, fo h that r t e sake of public justice , opposed on the part of the Cro wn, no technicality will be allowed to interfere to prevent the whole of the facts connected with this disgraceful affair from being brought before the jury and the public, is order that those persons proved to hare been concerned in these enormous frauds may receive the punishment they so justly deserve. THE PAT_RIOTIO FUND. a on tri : o_tio Fund rrhe s u p s ec fo ti r ng pub th li e ca P ti NUMBERS ON THE BOOKS. h f a o i llo b w ee i n ng comtn Widows 3,704 Children u inf ormati o nn ica td tr respecting Orphans who have lost parents 156 The above are the only cl Issds eligible for relief under the Royal Commission, which limits the application of the fund to the widows and orphans of the soldiers, sea• men, and marines, whose deaths are attributable to their service in the war against Russia. There are still new cases coming on in consequence of men dying from wounds or from diseases undoubtedly contracted in the Crimea. The present rate of expenditure is nearly 80,0001. Pe4 annum. 321 i 3 I 25 96 :3, 5a ISi SI 101} , 55i i 1 I 100} } 99i I 1 1, 41i 2i 2 I 1 Si 811 I I Si 92 i G 3 i soi 150 Isi 21 931 43i Isi I Si Si 50 Si 83 13} 1! 8 1! 32i 1 I Si 1! I 25 Si Si 33 Si li x d 844 adi j I Si d I x 2l 19 5 4i LO 9 .. 40 1256 20 9S i n ;0 7 15 27 1 i XI all 2 all !O all 3 all 5 1?, 1 all 1 all 1 all 16, 1 1 all 1. all 1. all tBi all 10 60 I. all all ,00 all 15 all 1 all 1 all ?0 5 100 28,1,1 PREFEREM Blyth and Tyne 10 P. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £l . O 41 p. c Ches. & Ho. 54 p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandon 5 ip.c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cis. B Op. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Dehentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p. cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p, c & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c, Redeem at 10 p. c, prom Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. G t.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(BAH.Ex.Spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. I Do. con. red. 4p. c. Do. irred. 4 per sent. Do 5 p. c, red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c .P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.c. St. N 0. 21 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lou. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. Lou. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. 6 Sh. Londy. &Ennis. 6 Sh. M., S., &L. 6 13. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 3i per cent Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4 per cent Do. do. Consol.6 P.C. St. Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St., Do. L. &11. Pref. St. Now. ,Aber. , &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 P.C. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k D eb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. W I p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V;sp. North British Do. 71. Preference 'N.E. Berw. 413. c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l Do., do. Qrs., 1848_, Do. York H. &S. Pur. North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar IScot. Cent. New Pref ,Sc.N.E.Abcr.g.6p.c 1 'Do. do. 7 p.c. pt. St Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 41 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. C Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH lAlfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dov. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. ) Grt.W. Vor (Ilelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradou (St. Cleel S. Cam Brea (Illogn. S.W. Franees(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co (Tin Croft 1 Un. Mines (Gwennap) l V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Itdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Llamt) Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. ) FOREIGN Australian Brazilian Imp. (issue d at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusi tan ian Mariquita Now Granada INoveau Mondo Pont. Sil.LdM , do Smli Port Philip Santiago do Cuba , lioutli Australian , Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican MISCEL. Australian Agricult, Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works., Brit. American Lane ICanaela Do.Go.6pe.Jan&July ! 'Do. 6 p.e.Feb.SrAug. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eno. Do. Prof. 74 p. cent D Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France Ruston Iron Ore lEastern Steam Elec;:neTelegraph Electric Tel. o! Irel. En. &Aust. Cop. Sm.Co Eur. & Ind. Jan. Tel. iGen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) IGen. Steam Navi ga t. London Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus 'Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mcsicau&S.Amerien !Nat. Discount Co Do. New - . Netherlands Land I IDo. Do. p.e.PLiss.at 1c1.! 'Do. Do. Now B. &N. S. Land, N. S. W. Gov.s p. e.D. t ,N . B. Australasian-1 INrth.ofEuropoSteam' Oriental Gas 110 New Shares Ld. & Minrl IPeninsular & Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bde South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Reg stored Ln. Co. Up. Can Van Diemen's Land, same. 22 1101 11 101 254 x n 16115 5 i It 7si 3 1 3i