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

con' ; ten l• •-••••• 1 41 :0 1 1° II AP- - T 7 , 1 D COMMERCIAL TNTFLLIGET.,InE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Leters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a heavy appearances, and prices we-re fully per lb. low( r for all de scriptions. The sales were eAimated at 4,000 bal e s, 500 of which were taken on sp?culation. The Railway Share Market closed vietly, at a slight decline on previous rates. An addition of about 160,0001. was made to tha bullion in the Bank of England yesterday, consist ingof 80,0001. in sovereigns and the remainder in Australi4n gold. At present it is not known what Will be the destination of the supply by the Mont in , rency, but it is very likely that a portion will be sent into that establishment, the Continental de mand being quieter. Iu the silver market business is very dull, as the bullion brokers aro awaiting the receipt of the Overland Mail before commencing active preparations for the remittances by the st amer on the 4th proximo. Unless the Indian and Chinese exchanges, Bd., 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 inyesterday, brought about 6,000/. A recovery of about 2 per cent. took place yester day on the Paris Bourse, 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, E=q , in the chair, who censured the conduct of the Republic with regard to the late negotiations for an arrange ment of the foreign debt. The proposition made by the Government, after it had repudiated the provisional agreement concluded with the bond holders, is rejected, and the meeting adopted the fol!owing resolution " That it appears to the meeting that to contrive ne gotiations for the liquidation of this debt under such circumstances is a mere mockery, and that as legal au thority has declared that the case is one which on public grounds calls for the active interference'of the British Government, the committee be requested to make a respectful representation of the whole of the circum stances to the Right Hon. the Earl of Claret don, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and to' solicit that his lordship will, on inter national grounds, under the etrong cireutnstances of the case, take such measures as may be effective to procure for the bondholders that justic , ; from the Government of Venezuela which they are unable to obtain for them !Place." _ _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1857. . £31,568 70,101 17,096 18,637 1856. £30,251 69.058 18,319 18,979 Great Western North-Western Bonth-Western Brighton Midland. Swath-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire anal Yorkshire Lancashire and Carlisle East Lancashire Brist,l and Exeter Chester and Holyhead Manchester, Sheffield, and Line9ln North-Eastern North London 24,766 24,655 '2;7,977 7.633 7,437 7,535 8,714 11,860 40,824 2,431 25,910 24,539 24,955 7,327 6,877 7,735 8,259 10,043 40,095 2,402 North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver Shrewsbury and Chester Edinburgh, Pertb, and Dundee Glasgow and South• Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 7,446 4,779 3,468 3 544 6,955 9,797 10,069 7,408 4,345 3,341 3,815 6,737 5,263 12,293 The demand for money continues and at full rates. No alteration has been Made by the Bank Directors at their meeting to-day, but, as this was expected, very lithe interest was evinced to ascertain the result of their deliberations. The tendency at tho 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 pendel, but 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 that a simultaneous effort should be made by the gerant in respect to getting the Bank quoted both in the London Stock E_xeliange and the Paris Bourse. The Funds are without the slightest change of impertance, 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 disp.-.sal of a large amount of gold to the Bank tend to strengthen the marka. Consols have been 00 to 90 i 1 ,- for transfer, and 90k g for account. Exchequer Bills are 2s. lower, viz., 10s. discount, and the Bonds are 94 East Indian Stock is 210. Up to 1 o'clock only two bargains had bean recorded in the Foreign Marke', 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 Stccks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6 ; Mexi can, 211 ; Peruvian 4 1 1 per Cents., 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Rustlan 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 ; ditto Deferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Paisive, 516. 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 EAstorn Leeds receded ss. ; North Western and North British, 10s. ; and North Eastern York, 11. East Anglian, E tst 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 Grea Luxembourg declined ss. Mining shares are quiet. East Bassetts have receded to 75 and 76. Lady Bertha are 11, and AFred Console 13 3 / 4 14. Wlieal Kitty are at 21422. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are inactive at previous values. B ITISII FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES --THIS DAY, (from the Officzal Business dcne. prr tent. ecnsoic Lunultie? 'DO 1 3 / 4 India Stock C )1. so', C(..r ccouni, 90.1 1 z.tho - ucar 131116, z4d. l'10 1 .)0 ..... 10 , . 9 . 9 :3 d U ~1, .I)w:bowler Bonds. IESB, 3 per Cent__ Ditto, itit39 .............. Gs PLAICES OF FOII,EIGN FUNDS-TITI3 DAY. 101 Gillian Bonds, G per Cent RusEta.:l I:onds, ;I,: St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto, 4.1 per Cent. Sp mi l t per Cent. Ditto Now Deferred, per Uri'. Turkitl: c:nds, per cent inttn Guaranteed, 4 per CAA. Veneznela Bonds, 4i per Cent Dividends on the hove pityc.Ve in London. Btlgian 2.!, per Cent., es. 25 francs Do. 41 per Cent.. ex. 25 frane3... Peruvian Bonds, 4A per Ceut 97. 2 SI 7IIREIC O'CLOCE Consols, money Consols for ecount, October 14 LIVERPOOL, Sept. 23.—To -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 hLr departure for Qiebec aqd Montreal, with Hs cabin and 174 steerage palsen g re, be.,udes the Canadian maili and a large e - ,u-go. The brig- - )f-war Rai!icor, which has just sailed from Tlf.z.fit for New Caledonia, 1:.9,1 on board several c.)nviet.. wo:,trieed to transportation, who are to he landed at the I laud of Pines, where a provisional p' pal settlement lias been established. ` 35 are t° of the a re ey ad fi v° nittle ; lor. _ca,the' out °' [-F IJI. -fr. B. rGra, .lintQ , riveci -- ;ricola, erPo l ' ti antlosh t ighta , gowri e ' „ rp ool laid 03 d frac! i;,odeo 1 Wi U' 9-, i t Illy , ' Ll° er' . I , a Is le ' i W ill 1 1 0 06 teavic3r' )t. 0' porte °' DOI ° 00 ) o' r°. flue . 3 11. Itio°Y 0 a• 113' fot rto ; op° v 0 0313 ' ' Gag a . vio reV ° ' Un a - . As co 5 t. l' 1 31 ex n si la t i :ob 3 Of ,bag' ll' 61 LA' , j; rto eP ° fr oo iys 3 sig .' Ug ø ' 14'bole COO • • ft e tb ° T0W135 1 41 sA°3 5 li rs o id 1 41' , 0 ,00 3 9 ' 1 3; 'tnO°( ca c ll L fur - ‘2,ti v 1.14 >di 10 orat e cd; -0 56 1 , to ;; 0 10 i, P a I°' clOv j. ; 100 I ° ,iovl, p , I;,, 100 ro ot° 1 -0 4Ive y .e;ittoOe 1, 35; THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY VEINING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1857 RAILWAYS. Lt. I Paid I RAILWAYS. Closing Price , this day 1231 10!Andr. Nottng. Bost. dt Eastn. June.... 50 all !Belfast & Ballymena 13j all :Ilirmiag. Wolverh. & 1 Stour Valley St, 103 B:rkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet 25 all Blackburn .. . 25 all ißlvtli & Tric44lgittal £25 (iss. at £45) St .100 Bristol & Exeter St. 1100 St. 1100 Chester & Holyhead 50 I all Cork and Bandon 20 1 all 'Cork, Black. & Pass 20 I all Cornwall 10 all D.. A 10 8 Do, B 50 45 IDublin&Belfast June 25 all !Dun. P. &Aber. June St. 1100 !East Anglian 20 ! all .Eastern Counties St. 1, 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. , St. 100 Do. ' do. 8.. ........ 25 I Si !Do, New A...•..•••••• 25 1 173,East Kent ••• •• St. ,100 ;East Lancashire 20 I all East Suffolk •••••• 10 1 4 1 Do. ............... St. 1100 :Edinburgh d; Glasgow 0 ! all Edinh. and Peebles t. 'lOO lEdinb.Prth.&Dundo 4 0 all 'ForthandClydeJunc. St. 100 '.Furness St. 1100 Glasgow & S.Wcstern 10 j all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 Great Northern St. \ lOO Do., A. Stock St. : 100 !Do., B. Stock St. 1100 'Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) St. 1100 ,Great Western. St. 1.00 Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C , all !Lancaster 4:Carlisle. 161' 141 Do., Thirds 1611 12 i Do. New Thirds St. 1100 Lancash. & Yorkshire 16 i 6 Do., do. F £l6 3 j Do., Wst. Riding Un. 20 all Do. SouthpQrt. 113 all London & Blackwall St. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst St. 100 London &N. Westerr 20 all IDo. Fifths 10 all D0.,16/.Sh.,M&B 0 123 5 Do. Eighths . .100 London d; S.Y7saterr. 25 all Lndndrry.&Colcraint 25 all Lnandrry. & Ennisk St. ,100 Manch.Shef.diLincln. 10 1 1 Metropolitan 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement St. 100 Midland St. 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 50 all Midland G.West.(lr. 25 j all Do. 3 Shares 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 25 all Newpt•Aberg.dalrfd 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen 20 all jNewry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. dt, Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension 'Do do. G. N. E. Parch. !Do. Leeds Do. York INorth London N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire ' North Western.. N& . S. Wostrn. June I` ,Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 20 16 :Portsmouth 10 1 10 Rhymney St. 1 100 Scotti sh Central St. 1100 I Seot. N. E. Abrdn .St St. ,100 Shropshire Union .._ 10 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 50 400 ISouth Devon St. 100 , South Eastern 5 - 5i 8-81 66 - 68 7i - 81 84 - 86 83 - 84 33 - 35 7 - 9 'a = ..6 81 - 20 - 2,11 55; - 57 i 48 - 50 30 - 32 17 - 18 - 94 ••• - ••• 61.. i - 622 3O - 314 96 - 93 8 9 93 - 97 86 - 87 120 - 122 96 - 98 531 - 60 - 61 73 - 76 - 71 - 8 1;' - 934 - . l - - 103 -]0) 961 - 97 ... '.." . 1 d 90i - 4i - ili 8O - 8O 54 - 56 ii i = ii 3. St. 100 50 33 St. 100 St. IGO 60 - 62 3i - 31 49i - 50 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 ' 50 all St 1.00 St. 1.00 10 3?.1 - k - ti - 2 d 47 - 48 77 - 78 94 - 96 20 17 20 all 10 all St. ,100 43 7i - 10 - 10), 31 33 7 6d 104 - 106 24i - 25 47 - 49 3 - 2 .1 33 - 35 66 - 67 10 mall ;Do. 4 per:. Shams St. 100 'South Wales. 20 all !S. Yorksh. River Dun 20 10 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 25 all Stockton & 25 15 Do. do., 1854 25 5 Do. do., 1855 ...16 Stockton & Hartlepl St. 100 Taff Vale. St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 25 22 IThames Hay. D. &R. 20 all !Vale of Neath 20 all I Waterid. & Kilkenny 50 all !Watcrford&Limerick 20 all IWest Col 10 all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. 5 all Do. A 5 all ! Do. B 20 all 'West London ~ 10 all I Do. First Class._ 20 all Do. Second Class... 10 j all ;Wailledon &Croydou 831 F4? 2 134 144 5i —41 d 9 11 39 41 -21 i 9 3 - 3i . - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 all Atlan. and St. Law. 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and, Ccn.lLd,guar. 5 p.c. ,1 d d 18 all Do. 24 18 'Buffalo & Lake 'Tar. 6 5 d 100 'lOO 'Buff Brnt. & Godch.. 100 1 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 f ••• I • do., Do. do., 1 July, ' 73 ) ... 1.00 'lOO ' I Do, 1 June, '74 . ... 20 2s. .Calcutta and S. East. 20 '2s6d 'Central Oude (Lim.). 20 i lOs Ceylon A shares 20 1 Do. B. do. 171 all Demerara. 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 1.00 East Indian 20 15 Do. C Shares 100 all ! D 0.4 100 all ; Do. do. do. '59, do. 20 all ,Geelong & Melbourne, guar. 5 per cent , St. 1 100 iGd . Trunk. of Canada' 1.00 all I Do. 6p. c. Deben ' 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pare 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. 20i all ;Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 20. 10A' Do. New 100 all Do. Ws., payable '57 1.00 I all i Do. do., '76, p.'60.... 100 all 'Do. do., '73, do. 100 all I Do. do., '73, without' option 20 all(Madras, guar. 4 p.c ; 20 all I Do. do., 5 per c. 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exten.' 20 5 , Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 20 ss. ''Oude (Limited) 20 5 Seinde, guar. 5 per c 20 all .Do 1 - li 1 - 97 - 93 21 -- 21! 45 -- 47 75 -- 80 191 -- 19;, d 202. -20 i # d 99 - lul - 105 -- 110 105 -- 110 1 103 —10 f 174 18 1191 —19 i I 2 1,1 id— id d— id : 1 . 1 FOREIGN. 6 - 611 - l. 3 - 4} 34 - 31' 26i - `26 - 21 6i - _ - - - 261 - 18i -- 1911 34i -34 i , 9 -- 10 311 -31 i 51 -- 56 i- B d 16 - 18 6k -Th - 7i -- - 254 4i -- 5 - 9 i 27 28A1 MAR TES—(Thus Day.) Business done 81 this day. SI RAILWAYS. !hr I Paidi it. 100 ;t. 100 5 all it. 100 5 all it. 100 ;t. 1100 1 all i 0 all 15 all .2i, all L2i all !O all it. :100 74 s il all 100 64 154 Buckghamsh !Clydeeale Jc. ICol.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.c . E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. Now Glstr.&Dn.Fr Huil & Selby Do. Shares Do..} Shares Lon.&Greenw !Do.Prefcrence Lon. Til., &S. 'Do. Bark. Sh. M a a n n a c B a x t l t o o e n. k ilAdld.Bradfd. , Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. 50 all IN.&Est.sp.c.l 50 all Do. 6 per ct ' 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c 25 ! all IPrest. &Wyre 14 all :Do. Shrs. A St. 100 :Roystn.&Hit. 10 all Shrews.& Her 12 all 'S. Stallorclsh 50 all i WearVal.g6pc 25 all Do St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Leasing Companies Closing Prices this day 92 - 94 94 - 96 12 - 14 131 - 136 3i - 4i 166 - lOi 12 —12 i 236 95 100 id 90 91 par - I T 54 56 128 - 130 71 - 8 i 9 - 3i = 32 85 - 87 E SHARES. 6 = k 91 - 06 ni = - 113 .17 - 122 .05 - 108 .03 - 103 .22 - 125 ... - 70 - i di -- 116 106 -105 100 - 102 60 - 62 10 - 10; -8) - 83 Ln.gtN.W. ICaledon E.U.dtE.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldoniaa. Do bit. West" jt Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln.&N.W & Midld Midland E. Count Do Do ... . Do L. &IS . W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey' I M. MCI oan Stk.&Dar Do I,Gt.Westn PREF EREN 5 I all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.), 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares 100 Caledu. £lO 41 p. c 100 Ches. & Ho. 5. P.C 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all ,Cork&Bandon s lp.c all I Dun ' Perth.&Aber.J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 IDo. do. Cls. B 6p. c 100 IDo. do. Cls. C 7 p. C 100 lEas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 100 IDo. No. 2 ....... 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 5/. 10 per cent. s.ll Do. 10/1 Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 00 East Lancash.6 p. cts all E.&W. York. J. sth , 5 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4P.e. 100 Furness, sp. 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. 41 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N .of Scot. Ist Pro 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c.' 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gus. St , all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh , all Do. do. do. all Do. do. do 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0. 2 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. et._ 100 Lou. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ' all Londy. it Color. ISh Loncly.&Ennis. A Sh. 100 A., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 41 Do. do. do. £6 ... 100 Do. do. 3,1 per cent. 1 all Ilarypt. Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 41 per cent 101 Do. do. 100 Nfid.Consol.6p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all Norfk.Deb.4p.c. Sit 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 1 100 Do.Wv.Y.sp. . 1847 1100 North British 31 Dn. 71. Preference 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. 81 Do. do. do 13 IDo. Leeds 6 pc. No 1 1 / 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848... 10 D o. York El.& S. Pur. all North Staffordshire.. 1100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. .c. 2d guar... 1 all Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. ,'lOO Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 41 pr cent 6 , all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of Os. 6d. 100 Do. 41 per cent . 100 Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Sh . 100 S. 'Pales Gua. 4 p. b . 'lOO Do. do. 4t; p. c I I all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., s p. c 15 Do. do. do. :4 all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 1 I p.c. till July 1, '56 all , Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc., 11RITIS 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philic.)l 14 'British Iron 20 !Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 1 Dcv. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus 11/ 3.Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 13s '',Lady Bertha 7i !N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 11:i North Wheal Crafty ilh Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) (Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2l i S, Caradon (St. Clear) 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) 19 IS.W. Frances(lllogn.) 4. Tam. S. Az, L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 ,Un.Mines (Gwennap) 12s ON. of Towey (Caesar. lA W. Basset (Illogan) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 5h Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 ;Wh. Buller (lldruth). 5i Edward(Calstek) 1/ IsiWIL Kitty (U. Llant: S lIVII.Ma.Ann (Menht.: 4i IWh, Trelawney (Lis.: FOREIGN 7 Australian 27 Rrazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaes di Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Roy A Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobra Copper 16 Copiapo all Fortuna all General all Linares 1 Lusitauian all Mariquita all New Granada all Noveau Monde all Pont.Sil.Lol.&Smlt 1 Port Philip 1(i Santiago do Cuba 1 all south Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref ;fq all United Mexican MISCE: 19 tnstralian Agricnit. all A.ustraln. Royal Mail I all BerlinWaterWorks 40 Brit. American Land' 32 Canada 100 Do.Go.6pe.Jan&July 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&Aug. b. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. t. all ; Copper Min. of Eng. 5 all Do. Prof. 7§ p. cent 5 all CrystalYalac B 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France) 1 Duston Iron 0re...... . O 18 Eastern 5team........ t. 100 EleetrieTelegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. 5 all En.daust.CoP.SmCo l O lOs. Eur, & Ind.Jetn. Tel. ;5 %II Gun, Ir. Se. Col.(lim.) ,5 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ?.0 5 London Discount ... All Loud. Gen. Omnibus' 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexican& S.Americn 5 Nat. Discount Co ' 5 'Do. New 6 Netherlands Land. all Do. Do. .. all llDo.B p.c.Pf. iss. at 1d 2 Do. Do. SO New &N. S. Land' 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. all N Australasian._ all IN ;tli.of EuropoSteam all Oriental Cas 10s. Do New Shares all l'eelltr. Ld. & Minrl 1 all Peninsular & Oriental 10 Do. New all Rhymney Iron ill Do. New 60 'loyal Mail Steam all scot. Austral. Invest. all Do. Ncw all 8. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds, all south Austral. Laud iubmarl ne Tel: Scrip all Do. Registered. 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can 28A Van Diemen's Land Business this day 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 Ring, commenced it with, " We, the people of England." The betting on the Cesarewitch has undergone several significant changes ; M. Dobler has risen 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 d!-luck, but he seems now to have got some good animals, and his c xperience and discretion may enabla p 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 men of the cotton metro polis will have racing enough to amuse them. Prince of Denmark has rocentiy shown such promising form that, notwithstanding his 51n 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 Tra'... ford Handicap. By the way, those two horses meet on precisely similar terms to those on which they ran at York. For the Wellani Leo conceded 21b to Little Cob, who beat him by a head. For that defeat be is again called upori 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 than Riseber and Lord Jersey. For the Nursery Handicap 1 shall pay court to Yaller Gal and Lady Elizabeth. A FRESH MAN. [OLD S DIERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—There is uo rule without its exception—a truth which seems to be lost sight of in the indis crinainating onslaught on old officers made in your leader of the 19th inst. You bid us beware of old men in our Meeruts, and Dinapores, and Allahabads. As a brother of the proved veteran now in c nnmand 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 Atiwal 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 these engagements re ceiving the decoration of C. 8., ancit the appointment of A.D.C. to her Majesty. Admitting many old officers to be used up, there still remain 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 tho age 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. —I am, sir, your obedient ser vant, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MALDON AND BRAINTREE EXTENSIONS. Tho long-contemplated extension of the Malden, 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 end the midland and fen districts. It is expected that the subject will be sub mitted shortly to a putlic 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 not 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 months of the year, but which has again been secured, and will continue throughout the winter months, thereby tending considerably to increase the receipt] during that season, when the psssenger traffic may naturally be expected to fail off. As the line was not open until the 26th of May last year, a comparison cannot now be made with the half-year corresponding 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 7001., and up to September 12 is 1,2001. ; the weekly receipts having exceeded 4001., and showing an aver age weekly increase of $6l. The working expenses are still higher than the directors could wisb, 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 aftEr payment of all expenses, al , ng with that brought forward from last half-year, amounts to 2,7591 , ont of which the directors propose that a dividend at the rate of two per sent. he pid, which, on the present share capital of 106,2281., will absorb 2,124/ , leaving a balance of 6341. to be carried forward to next half-year's account. The capital account shows that 156,3591. had been received and 188,9951, expended, leaving a balance of 32,636/. against the com pany. The revenue account showed that 7,0901. had been received and 4,622/. expended, leaving a balance of 2,4681. To this is added 2,186/. from last half-year, making 4,6541. From this is deducted 1,8951. interest on loans, leaving 2,7591. in favour of revenue. LONDON AND SOLITII-EASTEta RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the w eek ending Sept. 19, 1857 04,706 0 5 Corresponding week last year ........... ~ 21,910 16 11 Decrease in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 19, 1857.. Corresponding weak 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 225,311 13 0 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TraffiC return for the week ending Sept. 'to, 1857 270,101 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —Traffic return fer the week ending Sept. 20 , 1857 £8,714 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,259 0 • GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for th week ending Sept. 13, 1857 ....... £24,655 3 10 Corresponding week last year 24,539 12 10 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week endin ,, Sept. 20, 1857 —.227,977 6 0 Corresponding week last year 24,t155 13 1 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.- - Trafile return for the week euriing Sept. 19, 1857... £289 3 3 Corresponding week last year 262 15 4 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAYTraffic return for the week ending Sept. 20, 1357 £1,061 8 5 Corresponding week last year B_l. 0 6 GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.—WiII 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 the most scientific adaptations, the whole of the trains travelling at night will be lighted by brilliant gas.—Freeman's Journal. SUICIDE BY AN ARTILLERYMAN.—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 previous 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 irg, about 9 o'clook, 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 he bad 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 floor. No evi dence was adduced as to the cause of the rash act, and the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity." WATSR-SPOUTS AND GREAT Loss or LILE.--The Arad blazzette mentions that a water-spout burst over Maria-Redea, 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 missing. There was a report that from 70 to 100 persons were lost, but this required confirmation. Many horse 4 and booths belonging to the small traders were swept away. A German p easa nt had two h andsome whichkrinhs e, hadpurchased only a few days before swept away, and th en i n despair at his s e d 0 fl) e o e w himself into the flood and was drowned. An• hr wa ter-spent burst over Arnaz, in the Val d'Aost, h flooo o t rs r e s e l e i 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 500,00 francs. One whole family were swept away, and not a soul was left to tell the tale. Labour and Live. 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 bolk 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 reflection, 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 efforts. 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, soured 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 to others. He becomes attached to a charming young lady, to whom he is introduced by an old friend, and when his suit proves hopeless he gives way to moody listlessness. From this state he is at len;th aroused by a chain of fortuitous circumstances, and becomes convinced that indolence and discontent are sroonymous terms. He is not, however, the only hero. The story is disconnecte I at the be ginning, but tho 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 an 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 are 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 attentioe, and as a domestic story of calm and pleasurable interest, it will give satisfaction to many readers. THE BALLAD OF R)ARING HANNA. Respectfully dedicated to the Anthor of the Ballad of " Oriana." (From Punch.) Reverend Drew and Cooke and Roe, Roaring Hanna, Preaching in the streets forego, Roaring Hanna, Where Orange hates and Papi,t, glow, In church 'twere wiser, if more *low, Roaring Hanna! To preach " the word" without " the blow," Roaring Hauna Think yon seed of Christian sewing, Roaring Hanna, Like to thrive by blood set flowing, Roaring Hanna 1 Staves were going, stones were throwing, The gospel trump to battle blowing, Roaring Hanna I And the row to you was owing, Roaring Hanna In your sables, black as night, Roaring Hanna, Cheek and choker both so white, Roaring Hanna, Your congregation armed for fl i t, With staves in carnal fiats hel I tight, Roaring Hanna, " Peace and good will" how well you cite, Roaring Hanna I Behind the Harbour-office wall, Roaring Hanna, Girt by yoar Lisburn lade so tall, Roaring Hanna, What's faction's flame, or hatre i's gall, What's riot, bloodshed, row, or bra NI, Ii )aring Hanna, To one who boasts an inwar I call, Raaring Hanna I In vain the m a gistrates Roaring Hanna ; Your rights were you to set wide, Roaring Hanna ? Your rights were you to set aside, Fc r Papist•, though with guns supplied, Roaring Hanna I Deemed they you lacked al Christian pride, Roaring Hanna "Sermons in stones" doth Shake - spare traco, Roaring Hanna ; But "Stones in Sermons" suit your c ase, 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 Hamm How blest must be the prayers you say, Mid curse and cry of party-fray, Roaring Hanna ; Nothing like oil can fire allay, Roaring Hanna Thin all remonstrance from t'm 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 'ncath Irish skies, Roaring Hanna c The bloody Papists may Prise, Break Orange heads, black Orange eycs, Roaring Hanna, 'Cause Protestants have done likewise, Roaring Hanna Oh Papist triumph, True blaa woe ! Roaring Hanna, Oh Orange splendours waxing low ! Roaring Hanna! Shall Papists vile give blow for blow, And Justice not, as long ago, Roaring Hanna, 'Twixt them and us a dentine know I Roaring Hanna ! 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 set free Roaring Hanna, And bid him calm, who roused that see, Roaring Hanna! SPECULATING SPIRITS.—The Buffalo _Republic states that hankers, brokers, 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 dances where spirits 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.—Liiit 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 depo 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 ti iiher and other building materials, was in danger of being consumed. The police, under Mr. Inspector Emmerson 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 to extinguish the flames, but not before the building in which the fire commenced a nd all it contained were re duced to ruins. As to th e ori g in of the fire nothing that could be depended upon could be learned. The sufferer was insured in the British Empire Mutual Fire Office, and the building was insured in the Pticenix Fire Office, The police ren dered essential service to Mr. Henderson, tho foreman of the brigade, and the men under him, by lieepiag en uniumso crowd out of danker. ASCENTS OR TBE GRAFFENEIRE AND GBAIVD COMBIN. 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 lyiag north-east of the Great St. Bernard, between the Val de Bagnes and the Val d'Entrernont, and which are at present so little known that oven the otherwise excellent map of G. Studer gives but the flintest approximation to their true rela• ions. The highest mountain of the group is a most conspicuous and beautiful object in the views from the Dent du Midi, Mont Velan, the Col de la Seigne, and I believe alto from Mont Blanc. It is generally but erroneously described j as the Grand Combin, a name really belonging to to quite a subordinate summit ; the inhabitants of the Valley of 011omont call it "La 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 absoluten Hohen der Schweiz," p. 131) is 4,308 metres, or 14,130 English feet, 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 duo north, nearly parallel to the Val de Bagnes, into which the glacier torrent discharges it=elf just above Lor tler. Its upper or southern portion is a large snow ba-in connected with the glacier of Mont Du rand by an undescribed col, at . out 10,000 feet high, which I propose to call the Col de Corbassiere. In ascending the glacier its channel is bound on the right or western side, first by the Pic de Sery, a pyramidal rocky mass, without snow, and then by the curious rocks of the Avoulona and the Follats. Behind and abwe these latter rises the Petit Com- bin, and the chain is terminated on the south by the Grand annbin, which falls steeply down to the snow basin of Corbastiere. Further south are two rocky bays, the first 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 glacier we have first the Bec de Corbas siere, and then a long ridge of rock extending to a singular sernisircular 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 awl a lower level by a cliff which runs across the channel from the 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 feel - , long been shrinking ; outside the present eas'ein " moraine" are two older ones par allel to ir, but the outer of the two has been broken through in many places by recent falls from the rocks above. A torrent issues from theglscier on the upper level, 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 no other instance. I spout 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 le:ter is to deter other travellers from repeating the blunder. This year I revisited Switzerland, and heard at Sion that two chasseurs of Sourtier' had succeeled in cliinbiug the Graffeneire. I therefore relustenly parted from my companions of the Finster-aar-horn, and on Mond +y, the 16th ult., crossed from Rhone Valley to Chablais over the Cot de Verbier, taking with me as guide Auguste 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 cha.s sours, awl a mule carrying provisions, started for Corbassiere. Our plan was to sleep as tigh as pos sible, get on the summit early in the morning, cross the Col, and d scold on the other side, if possible, to 011omund, or failing that to Chermontane. We ascended the Val do Bagnes, crossed the Dranse just above Granges Neuves, and struck up the mountain pastures on the left of the glacier of Corbassiere. We soon leached 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 tile base of the cliff in the glacier, where we arrived at 5 o'clock. We stetted by lantern light at 3 a.m. on Wed ne,day, mounted the e'iff, a d walked along the top of the old "moraine ;" arrived at its extremity we continued for some distance along the rocks, instead o' 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, cevcred from top to bottom with snow, which hung in many places on the mountain side in threatening hummocky masses, seemed to me scarcely surpas , ei by the scenery of Monte Rosa. We soon took to the "ii.eve;" and perceived at once the task that lay before us. It was covered, and, as it turned out, the whole mountain also, with fie sh snow, nowhere less than 18 inches deep. We toiled thi ough this for some hours, and it was not till 9.20 that we reached a point at the foot of the mountain, about an hour distant frem the Car Here Bruchey, who had told me he was " chasseur de Coamois 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 Si'nond 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 Beuissine. 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 Bane and Monte Rosa, from its dominat ing all the peaks immediately surrounding it ; and from the description the chasseurs gave of their fist ascent, the view in fine weather must be one of the most remarkable in Switzerland. The south ern peak appeared to me slightly the higher. It could have been mounted without difficulty, but we had no time to attempt it; we descended rapidly and reached the bottom at 5. Bruchey gave an unfavourable report of the Col, but had it been otherwise it wou'd have been madness to enter upon an unknown glacier at so late au hour. We reluct antly retraced our steps, arrived at the chalet at 9.30, anil 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 loft Switzerland. With the snow in good order and the weather tine the ascent might be made with no difficulty and 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 011omous 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. GUNBOATS ON THE GANGES. Is it not grange that our government and the autho rities in India teem to neglect the most obvious means for strengthening our forces A few men- )1-rear stationed before Calcutta would do more to prevent a rising in that city than all the troops 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 last war, are almost every w:sere lying idle : they would be of incalculata u4e on the Ganges during the four rainy months of July, August, September, and 0 3tober. " I have," says a correspondent, " had some experience in 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 might ascend even to Agra and Cavell pore. Their presence on the river would have kept the entire line of communication open, and we should have heard nothing of the outbreaks and disasters at Dinapore, Allababad, Benares, &c." There are several reaches in the Ganges, where for many miles the river is deep enough to float gunboats drawing from five to twelve feet of water at the driest season of the year. This is the case at Bena , and r(s the ,and gener ally opposite most of the l arge towns . gunboats could be stationed at such places, if necessary, II present in the Gan ges are en tirely The ee steamersyearro e nadt. unsuitedfo light for warlike uiikbeld. T operations. he They are nearly all tugs f airya 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 any where 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. .0 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 0 18 Ardennes. 5 all Belgian East. Junet. !CI 16 Be zicrs to Graissessac 6 all CarmeauxeiToulonse Coal Mines and Ry 30 12 Dutch Rhenish 30 all Eastern of Franco , 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 18 l IGt., C e ntral of Franc 20 all Great Luxembourg 1G 4 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Coust. & Bale 20 I all Lierre and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all I Lyons and Geneva , 20 all Lyons 1z Moditerran , 334 all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. 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Acting Assistant Surgeon—William Roche to the Ganges. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE IRISH AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. The Banner of Ulster contains 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 *lasses. 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 tar-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 ratescurrent for the last 4 years of Protection, and this even while the population of the present day is about two and a hale 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 1846 ; and yetiwe fit.cl the value of good table varieties of the potato 3a. 6d. to 4s, per cwt , 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 9s. to 9s. 91. per cwt., and white wheat 13s. to 13s. 91. 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 value of farm stock is 60 to 100 per cent. above what it was in 1842, when Protectionists 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 tenant 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 16 years ego. In a country titer:), not 10 miles distant from Bel fast, there are now three grocers and four meal dealers for every one which existed there before the advent of free trade. The number of master 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 descriptions of f od has, of course, been proportionately increased. Those who were obser vant of the c indition of the working ranks under the refiiree of the sliding scale will be able to rememner that Ireland's poor in those days not only subsisteu almost solely on potatoes, but their food generally consisted of the coarsest qualities then raised. Tne 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 on the cheapest qualities. Nut only, therefore, have the masses of the Irish totally revolutionized the scale of dietary as regards the exclusive use of any description of the ouce familiar root, but the consumption of tea 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 caret 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, an I Irish wheat is no less anxiously sought after. All these facts te 1 us that there is st 11 a wide field of agri cultural enterprise only part:ally develved in Ireland. It is really melanch , ly ti find that out of a total area ~aiseeding 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 1353 caused many farmers to give up the cultivation of that grain ; and the yield decreased from 3,6 i 1,198 bafrels of 20 stones each, in 1849, to 1,904,302 barrels in 1863. 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 Wough. 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 well security for the return of outlay as will induce enterprising farmers to bring out in greater i strength the natural capabilities of Ireland's fertile BELFAST. • There is no news of the least importance from the proclainiod districts this morning. The Go- Terunif-•nt inquiry drags its slow length along, and nothing has cceurred to alter the opinion that, many a week must elapse before the report of the t,vo commissioners sh%ll enlighten the public, as to tie originating causes of the Belfast savageries. The Sardinian Minister of War lass issued a circular, prohibiting fur the future the dinners which the officers of a garrison about to leave have hitherto been in tau habit of giving to the officer 4 of the troops which are to replace them. The reason assigned for this measure is, that it weighs heavily on such officers as have riot ample means at their die posal. SILK SAILS.—The Ocean, of Brest, says :—" It was same time ago proposed to replace the canvas sails here tofore employed in vessels by others in silk, and an tx ptricnent with these latter has just been made in the Franklin, of La Rochelle. The captain, M. Rodanet, has Made a report to the following effect 5.1 k sails possess strength, fl-xibility, and lightness ; they absorb less water than other sails, and dry quicker ; when wet, they lose none of their flexibility, and in the roughest weather are so easily handled that sailors would rather reA ono of them several times than any other once.'" Net a word is said of the difference of expense, partiou -1 irly at present, when the price of silk bas risen so con s dcrably. Toe French Government has received despatebes from Admiral Rigault de Geneuidy, dated Hong-kong, the Bth ult. The admiral announces that be was about to make a reconnaissance in the direction cf Shanghai. inTne French frigate Pomona anchored at the Piresns on the B'h lost. co ming from Syra. On her arrival the flag of Admiral Bouet-Villauelez was saluted by the Russian frigate Polkau and the Austrian brig of war Hussard. Three Russian sore a* corvettes were at the Dardanelles on the 15th inst , waiting for a finnan to enter the Black Sea. These vessels are, it is said, to serve as guardehips in the ports designated by the treaty of Paris. The Eastern of Franco Railway Company are adver tising Sunday excursion trains between Paris and the camp at CHtlons. FOREIGN BONDS. —At the meeting of holders of Vene zuelan Bands 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 be 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. C RIMINA L OFFENDERS (SCOTLAND). —'VoltimitiOUV 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 exhibits of a personso a iocre charged ea ws compared offencespar e dwith 1855 of 8 i Scotlandin 1 3, 8 5 0 6 ; 2.2863 per cent. The proportion of convictions to com mittals in 1855 was 75.152 per cent. ; in 1856 it was 24 p B r 4 io B oi p p e a r l cent., increase and is in 1856 186 1 0 74.3873 per cent. ; whil e the p ro p ortion of acquittals to c2ism.6irin2i7ttalpserinoloBusts was. The person and against property, while aangdainosffe tht e e s a gainst the currency have very offences forgery considerably diminished. MALTA, Sept. 18.—On the 16th, after four months' dry hot weather, Malta was blessed with a good shower rain o of rain, has d 0 ec 07: p the a a deal of good and le n eed countrywith thunder and air. A ridiculous affair took ati2h p ae laC s e tor d m uri o n v g er t perfection in dress, t h o e o ate-m. o t e m m r. . A w a lady, famed g f a o r w h e a l r k w beauty ten Like most ladies now-a-days sheindulges sort of petticoats, but the heat of the weat u a ba lloo n sort i er precluded a the possibility of her wearing the the usual hoo p s, had a very skilfully mad e p e t t i coa t o f steel- BO abs When the lightning began to play about her she b ecame alarmed lest her steel petticoat ehoul I attract the electric fluid, and rather than risk her life, she, sans ceremonie, let go the strings and stepped cut of her steel, much to tee amusement of those who saw it. On the 17th her 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 collar bone, but is doing well. Lord Lyon", with the fleet, is expected off the in, but it is e x p ected, after a short stay off the port, he port about the 20th. It appeals doubtful if he will come w ill proceed to Corfu, and return early in October. The Edinburgh. Courant says :—" Last week, while Forbes M'Kenzie, Esq., and party, were returning in a dog-cart from a shooting excursion in the neighbourhood s , et t at o no o tp k i yo f ft r o i a g t h fhe t en ao opposite p t po h on e s lo s t sudden et: spring loefa tphteo m rvoe a ar d d e a, of Peebles—Mr. M'S eezie drivin g —the hor se , a fine spirited i d r a i t dartinggeodaat ni to m i t n h i low wall, releasing itself from the harness and leaving the vehicle behind. Mr. M`Kenzie and one of his friends were ejected from the conveyance, but beyond this, with the animal slightly bruised and a damaged dog-cart, nothing serious occurred. ;he ar, ged 0111 g 3 Ltg t 183. the itor the sere ise, b of nob 'err re a the nse B not 11IIt• , w as s i tar• vas Inn' ) Idev , so oa ,k the Coat , 6 nidilt ) 09 n ' d e ' se d to ken °° S.E.; I A• g* " fl ing• pt. f33' 20 100 , 100 100 31 47 A 21 91 90 1051