The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

`----~....d ~ .h~. ~`~, ,~ -~ M a ~ _~~ w ~a~, ~ MARKET 4NO COMMERCIAL INTE'LLIGENCE. Two o'CLocr. I n the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there Was more animation manifested, and an advance r ° ,, f , id• per lb, t oo k p l ace f or mos t descriptionss. T he sales amounte.d to 20,000 bales. The Railway S hare Mark-t closed st2aiily, at a slight improve 'tient in prices. A further supply of 123,000/. of Australian gold + 17 1, a8 rec eived yesterday by the Indomitable, and th e Oneida has arrived to-day, but it is not yet ascertained whether she has any specie on hoard. 41t°gether upwards of 400,0001. has been sold to the B ank of England this week, and the total stock of bulli on mus t now a pp ro ach eleven and t rr°eel quarters of a million sterling. As the advices Inladia and China report a slight advance in the ej'- ella nges for fi rs t c l ass paper, it is likely that the hio nthly shipme n ts of silver will be continued 1 " hence ac ti ve preparat i ons w ill b e c ommenced er thwith to forward a large amount on the 4th n ie l°. Gold will consequently be transmitted 611 France and Belgium to produce the necessary th -Pla ' e s of silver. During the last few days e arrivals from the Continent have been litait eq but yesterday about 42,000/. in silver was rec eived from B ou l ogne . he overland accounts have not exercised any eet 11 Pon the silver market at present, the quota on for bars bring still ss. 111. per oz. standard. As was fully anticipated the Bank Directors made no alteration in their discount regulations at the meeting to-d a y. A n ac ti ve d eman d still prevails for discou nt accommodation, but as the supply is abun dant ne alter a ti on i n th e t er ms has taken place. T ," settlement of the half monthly accounts at the 'leek Exchange, and the approaching 4th of the month is likely to cause an increased enquiry for ' e next week or ten days, when the market will Probably return to its previously quiet state. There has been scarcely any variation ill the . market 1 f or pu b lic securities, the advices from India having been " discounted." Bu,itress is exceed -1..,na1Y dull, and the attentio n o f the d ealers and others is principally occupied With the settlement of the Foreign Stock 4°,1 Railway Share accounts. The influx of geld into the Bank, and the further arrivals from Au stralia, have strengthend the market, but it is c ' t expected th a t there will be much activity until 'er the liquidation of the account on the 9th proximo, Consols have been 901 1 for money, 9 11 0 (1 , °°l.l for the account, they are now 90'1, and the r espectively. The New Threes are 911- e Reduced 90 91, and Long Annuities 2 7-16 tislchequer Bills are 4s. dis. to par ; Ditto Bonds and India Bonds 20'. to 17s. discount. 441 ' Stock is 214 1 2 to 2151, and India Stock 210 k. 1. O C l ' t he Foreign Market about an average amount I,t ! fl usiness h as b een d one, an d pr i ces con ti n u e at e a ad Y. Thrki s h 6 per C en t s. are flat at 94 to 9 , 4, ot t he 4 per C en t s . 99i -a. Transactions iu the Lee securities have been recorded as follows :- e eh az , ilia u 5 per Cents. are 102 ; Mexican 3 per "" N - e B. ? 22 i ; Russian Small Bonds, 991 ; Spanish New -Deferred, 25 8 ; Spanish Cer,ifie,ates, 6 ; C 4ni th- Passive, r/ ; and Venezuela, 11. per ~ 121, ti Zn th e I st proximo tl:e dividends will b ecome Of the Danish 5 per Cents. and the Russian 6 Per Cents. k 011 1 ,6 following arethe nominal prices of Foreign . cu e- Ks :--Grenada D e f erre d B on d s , 51 64 ; 2 1-i 22A. ; Peruvian 4i- per Cents., 81 83 ; e : r tugues e 3 per Cents., 44i 5i ; Russian 5 per u . li tts., 112 114 ; ditto 4:12- 1 per Cents., 97 99 ; Spa di 3 p er Cent s . ,40 45:4 ; ditto Deferred, 25i 1; 40 Certificate), 51 ; ditto Passive, 5:1- 6. The last wee k' s ra il way receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1857. 1856. v" e at Western £3 2 ,496 £28,491 r 3 orth-W estern 0!Itla-Western B right on sabal and 33,609 31,420 Z9nth-En2tern ;suet Northern . I , aslaire and Yorkshire 28,523 26,027 j- dh ri e s - t e l and Exeter 7,320 7,369 East r and Holyhead _tlc!JBi.a eashire 7,211 6,952 7,533 6,843 11 4 n hire and Carlisle 7,551 7,130 11 . 4 ester, Shefaeld, .3.rd L;ccoln 11,541 10,11 5 North-Eastern" 40,5'19 38,421 NorthSta&rd ,3fo Londo n So ut r il d ,' Worcest er , and Wolver 4,633 '3,547 E 4 JJevon kite4t l iartlep oo l S c t i ? u rgh and Glasgow q la, tish North-E astern •• q.,.aiew and South-W es t er n 424 " Trunk of Canada Great Wester n of Canada 6,981 8,790 Th e R ailway Share Market has been rather firmer , ar i d th e 'Proved rates have been current for most of ti eu r i ncipal lines. The preparations - for the set zree:eti, North- the accoun t are , h owe v e r, still in pro • - , iorth- Western and South-Eastern advanced Gre at-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 'ioanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland, ; Caledonian and North-British, 15s. ; and ow rth eEaste rn (Berwick), 1/. The foreign and lines are also at improved quotations. C o , r-s a al ld Lyo ns a d van ced ss. Grand Trunk of Ge ti l a ' a ' ,Great-Western of Canada, 15s. ; and k ? n g and Melbourne, Sc. 121 le ' e g Shares are dull. Wheal Kitty are quoted St. John Del Rey declined to 111, and Cobre I Per advanc e d t o 461,-. I; o4 t)irit Stock B an k Shares are inactive. Bank of Lo m " ci loc Unproved 1/. Bank of Egypt decline-; 53.; t o and County, ss. ; Union of Australia, 55 ti c) , The Miscellaneous Market is quiet. Na c albi scount Company are steady at ; Pewit -11,, : ra nd Orient a l Steam Company advanced 5 5. , South Australian Land ss. 4 4r0 — AL FONDS - THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 13 01 . (Irmn the °lei° Ltst) Business dote. a s t ock 21 54 14A iJer t l , 91 i 94 1 3 p„ r‘_at. heuneed Annuitic% Ni,,,, - ,'"lt• Consols Annnities 9OA i L o " Per Cent, Annuities 9 lh Viiiii t' Atiruities, expire fits, Jan. 1860... Ditt o ties, ' India s ° t ° Y ears , expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 210 i India °elt slog 210 i 4- 0 . ec' .! ° ,l l ' '''''r Nece l tury . "'x hec .....• • • Ms, 2id. g 1.00 11" 4 d par 11.6% F%mail, 3 d 1p ay ........ .. ...... ieo uer Bonds 1858, .34 per Cent — Ditto, 1859 4 1 .7 •S OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK rp "A' ,an 5 per Cent . .„. coo, 1829 and 183' 5 per Cent lOl '' Tale 1 4. au Cent 221 usnan Sends, 1622, X St., 5 per Cent .22} Ditto Small' - 99k SD bisli 11011ds, 3 per (lent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 Per Cell ' • Tarkieh Bonds, 6 per cent .................. Litt() Account (Sept. 16) Ditto Guaranteed, A. per Cent. Venezuela. Bonds, 41 per Cent ...._ • Ditto Deferred, 14 per Cent. . .... • l2l Dividends on the above payable in London. 'TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money ...... Consols account TROOPS FOB correspondint of a contemn_ I : r ary suggests th e i n t ro d uct i on ' o f negroe s as soldiers into India he says :—" The African black is born a wa r r io r. ..ilured to hardship from his cradle, he thrives amid t r opical malaria. Athletic in frame, unsurpassed in Acute courage, submissive to discipline, the severest . :trials he would be subject to in Bengal would bo ease Differing lux ur y i n comparison with those of his former life. b u iffering t o t a lly i n race, l anguage an d re li g i on from the s'augalee it would be impossible for any traitor to cajole b lur or tamper with him, and if led by British officers, V° by side with B r iti s h reg i men t s , I f ee l sure he would a fit to cross bayonets with any European troops that might Invade India." rrl7llll JERROLD " MEMORIAL"—MANCHESTER. — he grows receipts from the four entertainments given ' the Free t ra d e H a ll , i n a id o f t h e Jerrold i n me ant fund a mou nt e d to 1,397/. 103. The net sum ttit c . which be added t o the fund cannot be known until r the audit of all the accounts.—Mctncliester Gear tan. TEte ROTHEIITON 1 1 iEllORIAL.--For this memorial, , I lor it la proposed shall be erected in the Salford o P l gb Cemetery, thero has been a competition of ize u"lia and designs ; and we learn that at a special th e et ilV of the committee, held on Friday, theinst. " ra ing No, 1, motto " Hyperion' (author; T. W p Cues, architect, Manchester), was selected, provided 0 41 2 1 be erected and completed in a satisfactory manner, tv f ` e L e su m specified in the conditions. The prize of .. t n'Y guineas was awarded to the model No. 65, motto Af a 4ta" (author, M. Noble, sculptor, Loudon.)— Qoardictn. LINES :JEAii"E'D :AT FIXED I? ENTALSi, S UIH-E TZRN RAILWAY. gill A 1311 Mic2.l.-1. ajr. ) Paid) RATLWITS. Leasing %'iompanies. Ciosirb4 Prices yesterday Imiinesa this day (MEETING THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid Closing Prices yesttrday Business done this day. I —Si 04 The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this morning at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge the Hon. Mr. Byng, chair man of the Board of D:rectorp, in the chair. Tue report and accounts, which have been already pubiibhed i❑ the Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, after alluding to the traffic on the line, as detailed in the report and accounts, adverted to the dividend, which was somewhat less than in 1856, but higher than the previous half-year, and he accounted for the high rate of dividend in 1855 from exceptional causes. Amongst them he mentioned the-decrease on the move ment of troops to and from Aldershot, Sborncliffe, Dover, Woolwich, and Chatham. The discon tinuance of the Greenwich fairs at Easter and Whitsuntide had also led to a diminution in the reoeipts on the Greenwich I ranch, to the extent of 75,000 pas sengers and 1,2001. in money. After alluding to some other matters fully detailed in the report, the right hon. gentleman concluded by moving the reception and adoption of the accounts. Mr. W. G. TilomsoN, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion. RAILWAYS. , 21 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. di East". 50 ! all Belfast & Ballymena 13i all , 1 1 - 21frinng. Wolverh. 6 i Stour Valley St. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsb. 6 Cheshire Junct 25 all Blackburn 25 all Blyth & Tyne origina' 1 £25 (iss. at £45).... St. 1100 !Bristol & Exeter...... St. 100 ,Ca1ed0nian............ St. ilcic jehester & HolyheV 50 all Cork and Bandon... 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. , !O all Cornwall .0 i all D, ,A 8 Do. B go 1 45 25 all St. 100 20 all St. 100 St. 100 25 8i Dublin&BelfastJune Dun. P. &Aber. June. ;East Anglian ......... ,Eastern Counties..... EasternEnion,A.stk. Do., do. B. , Do.NONV A .... ~....• • 100 all Eat Kent ....... ,East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh& Glasgow With. and Peebes Edinb. Prth. &Dunde Forthand ClydeJunc ,Furness After some discussion relative to the steam-packets and the arrangements with the Northern Railway of France, Mr. DULAITRIN considered the explanation given by the Chairman relative to the decrease of the tra ffi o returns satisfactory, and said that according to his analysis of the accounts there was a decrease, as com pared with 1856, of 4,6521. 103. Bd. He asked how many miles of line had been fish jointed this half-year, and expressed a hope they had nothing to fear from the Ea , t Kent. .0 4 "St. l loo 0 all 't. 100 0 all 1100 .0 all it. 100 it. ;100 it. 1100 it. ;100 Glasgow & S.Westerr Great N. of Scotland ,Great Northern Do., A. Stock !Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.are. St.iloo St. 100 12 all 5C j all 16' 16i 12 St. 100 I Gre: t Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.S; Irish Sonth-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. , Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshir( The CHAMMLN—I don't think there is anything to [ear there. _ _ Mr. M‘Lemenv said he was glad to bear it, and hoped if there was, that the directors would take care to meet the difficulty promptly and effeCtually. (Hear, bear.) He suggested an improvement in the manner of returning to locomotive, permanent way and miscel laneous accounts. Ho approved of the alteration of qual.ficationa of Directors from 6001. to 2,0001. stooks, and concluded by thanking Lord A. Prget, M.P., and Mr. Rich, M.P., for the assistance they bad given the company in Parliament. The CHAIRMAN 'aid that 22 miles of line had been fiih-jJinted and 14 miles had been ro•ballasted and new sleepers laid down. 16 ! 6 3 20 ! all 11 l all St. 100 St. 100 Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport. ;,onion & Black wal' Good. Bright. & S.Cst . London & N. Wester! 20 all 10 I all 121 5 St: 100 De. Fifths . .......B 00. ,IG I .Sh • ,M&C Do. Eighths London ds S.Weatart, 25 all 25 all St. 100 10 1 10; 1 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all Liitindrry.&ColerainE Lmlndrry. Liz Eunisk. strauch.Shef. &Lincln. Nietropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. &Derby %fidland 0. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Mr. BARNETT asked if the parliamentary expenses during the ha!f-seur amounted to 20,0001. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—No, a quarter is the nearest, but I can't state the exact sum. Mr. BARNETT condemned extension lines. They bad been of no use to any company, and it was that that bad brought the Great Western Railway into its present unfortunate position. He thought that if the directors, secretaries, and engineers were to be paid a pre mium for spending the greatest amount of money that would bring in the least amount of dividend, they could not better do it tLan by carrying out exten sions. .00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all Newcastle & Newpt.Aberg.&Flrfd Newry it Enniskillen , N ew y , Warrenpoint Rostrevor N0rf01k......... Northn. Counties Un 'North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock a stern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 'Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hainp- I stead, and City Jn. (North Staffordshire.. St. 100 50 3' St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 at. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 50 all St 100 St. tOO 10 31.1 Mr. SMITH, after some remarks relative to the law charges and extension lines, expressed his regret at the absence of Mr. Coles Child, a director, and asked if it were true that that gentleman, who was a large land holder, was a shareholder to a great extent in an oppos ing company, whose line would pass through that gee. tleman's property. Ile considered it impossible for any gentleman to serve opposite interests, and as the gentleman he had referred to stood in an equivo• cal position it would be bettor for him to resign his seat at this board. 20 10 all I N. &S. Westrn. June St. 100 Oxford Worcester d: Wolverhampton 20 16 Portsmouth 10 10 P.hymney St. 100 (Scottish Central St. 100 ,Sc ot. N. E. Abrdn .St St. 'lOO (Shropshire Union 10 6 !Sitingbourne &Sheer 50 I all South Devon St. 100 South Ea5tern......... 1.0 j all Do. 4i per:. Sham Lord A. PAGET, M.P., also condemned the system of making "short cuts " by railways. It cost the share holdtrs a large sum of money, and the public were no gainers by a reduction of fares. He should always oppose such schemes in his place in Parliament. (Heat.) He hoped to see the harbour of Folkestone so improved that boats might be able to sail at any state of tide. M. GILPIN, M.P., expressed his conviction that Mr. Coles Child had been actuated by private interest against that of the company. At the board meetings Mr. Child's feelings was pre-eminent in favour of this company. Mr. MALINS said he saw no notice of the Reading competition in the report, and asked if it was still going on T The CHAIRMAN said it was. 100 South Wales all S. Yorksh. RiyarDui IO 10 'Do. 10 all Sta.ines,Wok.,& ,Vok. 5 all ,Stockton & Darlhi . ... ;5 15 Do. do., 1854 15 5 Do. do., 18K5 I.6;Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Iriff Vale it. 100 IDo. Pref., No. VS 22 !Thames Hay. D. &R. :0 all j Vale of Neat', ...... !O all i Waterfd. & Kilkenny i 0 all Waterford&Limerick ;0 all West Col nwall .0 all I West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all ; Do. A 5 all Do. B ?0 all West London 10 all Do. First Class 20 all Do. Second Class 10 all Wnibledon &Croydon' Mr. MALINS condemned its continuance. Mille CHAIRMAN said that the competition did not affect their returns. They were as large now as before the competition. Mr. HAYES defended Mr. C. Child's conduct, and said that bad that gentleman been aware such an attack would have been made on him, he would have been present and have defended himself. After some further discussion the report was received and adopted. Mr. SMITH disclaimed any personal feeling againt Mr. Child. - • A dividend of 3 per cent. per annum was then declared. The proceedings terminated with a vote cf thanks to the chairman. Mr. SMITII, having first given notice of a motion for the next meeting that no gentleman should sit at the Board with interests inimical to those of the share- holders. 1 1 E1 F. SUN, LONDON rti URSIIAY N I G. _AUGUST s 18 5 7 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day). BOW-STREET. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.—Tilis morning Ann Donovan, a low prostitute, was placed at the bar on remand, charged with attempting to murder police-constable Gymer, 54, , F. It will bs recollected that the prisoner was first ex amined at this court last Thursday, but in consequeLca of the constable being so seriously wounded as to be un able to leave the hospital she was remanded until to-day. The constable was so far recovered as to be able to give evidence, and this morning he appeared in court with his head enveloped in bandages. He said my name is George Gymer. A.bout half-past two on Wednesday, the 19b, I saw a number of boys in Nottingham-court, St. Giles, running after another one of weak intellect. I caught held of him, and he fill into a fit, and I immediately took him to the workhouse. While doing so the prisoner continued to pull the lad about, and also pushed against myself, and in consequence of her doing so my hat fall off, and in trying to recover it I accidentally touched the pri soner with my hand. She instantly made u,e of a shocking expression, and said, " Pit have your life for that." I told a brother constable who was near not to let her fo4ow, and I then went on to the workhouse. In about a quarter of an hour from this time I met the prisoner at the corner of Endell-street, and she asked me if I had left the boy at the workouse. I said yes, and she said ' " I suppose you would like to lag him, like you have a good many others." I directed her to go home, and at this moment I let my glove fall, and in stooping to pick it up I heard her say, I have been home for some thing that will do for you," and I instantly felt myself stabbed in the head. Whilst recovering myself she again stabbed me three times in the face and neck. The last blow the knife went through the collar of my coat and the leather stock (produced). I kept hold of her for some time, and she tried to thrust the knife in my stomach. Failing in this, she said, "As I can't do for you, I'll have your eye," and then she made another attempt to stab me in the eye. I felt very faint from loss of blood, and I said, "For God's sake take the knife from her," and a young man then stepped forward and seized her hand, and held her till another policeman came up who conveyed the prisoner to the station-house, and I was taken to the hospital. Mr. Henry—Was she sober, or was she druuk Witness—Quite sober. Prisoner—How can you say So ? I had been drinking all day. Mr. Palmer said—On the day in question I was acting as housesurgeon at Charitig-cross Hospital. Gyiner was brought in about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in a state of collapse. - I examined him, and found he had received punctured wound on the back of the head, from which he was bleeding profusely. He also had a wound on the right side of his neck, - and also other wounds. Oae was on the left side of the cheek, just below the eye. I dressed the wounds and administered reatorativee, and the constable continued an in-patient of the hospital till Tuesday last. He is now out cf danger. Mr. Henry—Look at the knife and see if you think the injuries might be caused by it. Witness —Decidedly. Mr. Henry—Did you consider any of the wounds dan gerous ! Witness—All wounds of the description I have men tioned are dangerous, as erysipelas might supervene. The evidence of police-constable F 95, who secured the prisoner, and the young man who went to Gymer's assistance, having been read over and signed, Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what she had to say to the charge The prisoner said—l had been drinking all day, and about half-past two I saw the constable take a silly boy into custody who had been about the neighbourhood. I went over the road to see what was the matter, when the constable struck me in the face, and toll me " I ought to be hung like my uncle was." I then became over excited, and don't recollect anything afterwards. Hr. Henry, to Gymer—Did you make that remark? Witness--No, your worship, I did not know at that time her uncle had been hung. The prisoner Aas then fully committed for trial, and was conveyed to the lock-up cells, vowing vengeauce against the policeman, and also regretting that she " had not done it to rights for the wretch." EX IT A ORDINA RY DEKA LOA 110 A S. The worst financial disgraces of the pest two years have been recalled and augmented during the present week. The old themes of the Great North ern Railway Company and the London and Eastern Banking Corporation have both attracted renewed attention, white a fresh interest has been awakened by the exposure of the Surrey Gardens Company, and of the defalcations, forgeries, and other delin quencies at Liverpool, which have become generally notorious, except to the Liverpool community themselves. With regard to the Great Northern Railway, the new features have consisted of the report of the directors preparatory to the meeting on Saturday next, the judgment of the Vice-Chan cellor on their attempt to repudiate t he claims of the preference shareholders, and the report of the committee appointed in March last to investigate the general management of the concern. The re. stilt of all these documents is that, while on the one hand the Vice-Chancellor and the committee of investigation have placed the conduct of the direct ors in a light most painfully humiliating to the credit of English companies, the directors them selves, instead of uttering a single word of com punction or apology, have tridly taken the opportunity to libel the House of Commons, reproach the Times, taunt such of their con stituents as have endeavoured to uphold legal rights, and finally, seek from the general body of shareholders proxies to enable them at the approaching meeting to continue their defiance. Considering that one of their pleas to shut out the preference shareholders was actually the same as that employed by the repudiating States of America—namely, that, although the money had been raised, the certificates issued to represent it had not been formally sanctioned by the requisite vote ; that the Vice-Chancellor has found it neces sary to tell .them that "it is too late for any com pany, alter taking subscribers' money and issu ing certificates, referring to an Act of Parliament to object that three-fourths of the meeting did not assent, and that the stock was not issued under all the provisions of the Act ;" that the committee of investigation announce that the Directors allowed Redpath to pursue. his career without the slightest check or supervision ; that the secretary signed the dividend warrants in bundles, without a list, or certificate, or examination of any kind ; that the ,stamp which represented the signature of the secretary was used by any of the clerks in the registration office at pleasure, and that even down to the latent period of the investigation many items have been found placed to capital account which, in the opinion of the committee, should have been charged to revenue--4his demand on the part of the directors and secretary, not merely for a continuance of unlimited confidence, but virtually for an approval of their paSt acts, is perhaps without a parallel. As respects the next case—namely, that of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation—the new revelation is just such as might have been expected. The shareholders, after having lost all their paid-up capital of 501. per share, are called upon for a further contribution of 151., with an intimation that the assets to meet outstanding liabilities threaten to yield much less than had been anticipated, and that consequently the extent of ruin cannot even yet be estimated. They are warned, moreover, that unless they pay promptly the concern will have to go into bankruptcy, where their prospects will be still worse. Meanwhile Colonel Waugh and all the workers of this misery can laugh iu security, the liquidation being private, and their victims happy to let them escape if by so doing they can avoid the tender mercies of the Law Courts, professedly esta blished to afford them aid. As to the Surrey Gar dens Company, the facts appear to be such as must sooner or later lead to some criminal procedure. The capital, subscribed only 15 months ago, was 32,5601., the whole of which has been lost, while additional debts have been contracted for 26,0001., of which 14,5001. is upon a mortgage of the music hall, 11,5001. being wholly unsecured. Yet a divi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. was declared last October, the object apparently being to induce the public to take up at par '744 shares which still remained unissued. The way in which the money has been appropriated seems a complete mystery. Mrs. Seacole is stated not to have received a farthing of the proceeds of the recent manifestation of public sympathy in her behalf, an I M. Jullien asserts that he has been cheated, and is a ruined man. Meanwhile it is complained that Mr. James Cop pock, of Cleveland-row, St James's, who is repre sented to have been the acting Director, makes no sign ; and here, again, the first impulse of all concerned seems to be to keep the matter out of the courts and to accept any sacrifices, provided they can but be allowed to have the winding-up in their own hands. The claim of Mrs. Seacole, how ever, is of a character not to be postponed, and, as some persons are to wait upon Lord Palmerston upon the subject to-day, it may be hoped that de cisive measures will at once be employed. Finally, while all these affairs have been going on, we have had accounts of a gigantic defalcation on the Liver pool Stack Exchenge, followed by a mercantile for gery and disappearance, and several failures, which have been rendered more painful as illustrations of the state of commercial morality by an apparent combination for the purpose of bushing them up, so as to prevent any reproach from falling upon the speculative classes. Under such circumstances, the question arises how can the business of the country be carried on ? In the largest as well as in the smallest undertakings unscrupulous misma nagement seems universal. There is, however, no occasion for despondency. The mercantile com munity of Great Britain are still sound at the core, and, looking at the immensity of our trans actions, and at the number of people who in this age of talk are ready to trust the control of their affairs to any pretenders who have the tact either to overbear or impose upon public meetings, the number of bad cases that transpire is not comparatively so large as is in their notoriety they appear. While the journals are teeming with accounts of disputes and exposures among Directors and shareholders, the latter in many instances have only to complain of their own ig norance or indolence, the great daily transactions, involving millions, upon which depend the fame and pro-perity of the country are honourably con ducted at all points by men who have never been heard of either as wonderful projectors or extraor dinary fin nciers, but who in the quiet and sucess . ful pursuit of fortune, contrive, each in his sphere, to uphold the reputation for integrity that has made the country what it is. The popular feeling is not altered, and much of the evil lately wit nessed has arisen from a defective state of the law. This has been remedied in a great measure by the Act upon the subject passed during the present session, which it is hoped, will sweep from the field all who have hitherto followed the trade of Director, relying upon perfect immunity whenever ( it might suit them either to neglect or abuse their trust.—Times City Article. THE OTTOMAN BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The most extraordinary phenomenon in the money market is this :—That the Ottoman Bank (with limited liability, and the best board of directors in Lon don), earning 17 per cent, per annum, should have its shares selling at a discount, and THAT with a dividend now payable on them. Can any one account for this I —I am, &c., A WATCHMAN. • London, 27th August, 1857. MARKET NEWS.—(`ruis Day.) -41.- CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Aug. 27, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England aud.Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT 1 BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 593 10d 39s 10d 27silld 39s lid 47s 5d 41s 5d • THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WEIEAT BARLEY I OATS RYE 1 BEANS PEAS 60s 7d 38s lld 28s . 0d 40s 5d 46s 6d 41s 10d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 81,149; barley, 2,405; oats, 4,037; rye, 698; beans 1,964 ; peas, 1,087 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Our markets are firm , and prices are well supported :—Beef, from 38 to 4s 63 ; Mutton, 3s 4 , 1 to 4s 10(1; Lamb, 48 6(1 to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 41 to 4s 2,1 ; Pork, 38 6d to 48 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 26.—The supplies of stock were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled firm, at improv ing currencies: —Beef, from 3s 6(1 to 4810 d ; Mutton, 3s 61 to 5s 0.1; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od; Veal, 3s 101 to 4s 6.1; Pork, 4s Od to 4s 83 per 81bs. to sink the offal. RODIFORD, Aug. 26. —Oar market has ruled firm, a fully last we ek's prices' Lamb, —Beef, 5s 2(1 to from 38 6 4d to 5s Veal Od ; Mut t on , 4s Od to 58 Od; lod ; 4s Od to 48 8d ; Pcrk, 4s 0.1 to 4s 83 per 81b8 ,• Suckling Calves, 16 s to 22s each ; Mitch Cows, 17/. to 221. each. - - - HAY MARKETS. SMITIVIEL.—OId meadow hay, 21 10s . to 41 Os; new d o ., 3/ Os to 41 Os; old clover, 41 Os to 51 10s; new do., 41 105 to Si Os; and straw, 11 fis to 11 10s per load. Trade slow. CIIMBERLAND.-01c1 meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; new do., 31 Oa to 41 Os ; old clover, 41 Os to 51 5s ; new do., 41 53 to 51 03 ; and straw, 11 Cs to 11 lls per load. A good supply, and slow inquiry. WEIITECHIPEL.—OId meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; new do., 31 Os to 41 O s ; o ld c l over , 41 53 to 51 10s ; new do., 4W to 51 03; and straw, 1/ Ca to 1/ lOs per load. A heavy demand, and a fair supply. The Boersenhalle announces that an exhibition of Scandinavian industry will take place at Christiania in 1858 or 1859. 00 all 18 9 Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and, Cen.lud,guar. 5 p.c. i (1 par 41 4fd 188 92 85 90 85 90 18 I all !Do. 20Al 101' Buffalo & Lake Hur. 00 1100 ,Buff., Brnt. & Gorich. 00 1100 16 . bds 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., July, '73 00 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74; 20 ; 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 20 I2sfld'Central Dude (Lim.) 20 I lOs ,Ceylon A slams 201 1 Do. B. do. 17 3 / 4 . all Demerara 20 I 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 1 100 East Indian 20 15 Do. C Shares [OO all I D 0.43 p [OO all , Do. do. do., '59, do. 20 all Geeloug & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent I 20} 20i1 St. 100 'GO Truuk. of Canada's 51 52 100 all , Do. 6p c. Deben B4 86 20 all 'Cr , In. Pen g. 5 per c.l l u a —1 9 g -• 20 4 iDo. New. guar. 5 p.c.l par pl 20 3 / 4 all ; Gt. Westn. of Canada 21$ 201 10.'-,' Do. New 2 100 I all Do. Bds.. payable '57 99 101 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O lO5 110 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 1.05 110 100 I all IDo. do., '73, without' option 105 107 20 all ; Madras : guar. 41 P.C l7 —1 8 s 20 all , 1)o. do.; 5 per C. _I 191 9fil 20 10 , Do. 4 4 p. c. Exten.l 2 1 1(1 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.c.1 s(l d 20 5 I Do. 4th Ex., do. d ci 20 ss. ; Oude (Limited) 20 5 ,Scinde, guar. 5 per c 20 all IDo -- FOR] A il I 99 100 a -- Ad 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 20 18 Ardennes 5 all Belgian East. Junct 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 18 Gt., Central of France 20 all Great Luxembourg 1G 4 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Coast. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 ' • 6 5 all 0 all !O all Sid all la all Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.cqt. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, Maria Antrala Do. New 4 = lip ;IGN. 6 - 61 .• -- .• • I - ] h 4.4 - 5 27 - 273 20 all 'Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 16 all Northern of France 10 all Norwegia.nTrnk.Pref 20 all Paris and Lyons 9 all Paris and Orleans 9 7 Reeife & San Frau , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. .0 7i Rome and Frstsw.ti t) all Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish . 0 ,0 all Sambre and Meuse LO all Do. 54 per cent. pref. ZO • all Southern of France 81 all West Flanders LO all Do. 54 per c. Pref . ZO 1 all W.&N.W. of France 10 I 6 Western of Austria... all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all 1 Do.B p. cent. prof. all Zeal and 61 20 6 1 JOINT-STO I 23 - 24; - rA 191 21i 11 4 - 26i - 27; 'i t 19 - 1 9 34 9 f —34 a 10 351 —3 5 i 57 59 i .... i al 16 - 33 25 --- 251 - 9 - 271 - 284, 1K BANKS. 87 - 89 24 -- 48 - 50 40 all lAtistralasia 12 40 0 25 05 00 l a s a 1 8 1 0 81 1 1 . B.B. B aß.j r: i it(i is. o b o o o l f f f N ß lE' . lf A .l: ll :Fl ei n i.44 C col: Ind A eau 100 50 City 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Clit 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust 20 all Ditto Now 50 20 London and County ... 50 Lud.&E.Bnkng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 20 Lond.andArestminat 100 35 National Pro. of Eug. 20 10 po. Now ............... 50 22i !National Bank '...... 20 all few South Wales ; 25 all riental Bank Corp . 20 15 Ottoman Bank ...... 100 35 Provine'al of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co 1 ... 25 all South Australia 33 31 25 all Union of Australia 5O 51 24 Do. New 6 7 10 Union of Loudon.— ... . 50 Unity Mutual ... 60 Weetraik of Loud. 12 -- lid - 64 - 66 191 18 -- 100 100 46 - 43 36 - 37 1 - ? 4(l' 6i 7 t. 100 Bnckghamsh. 1. 100 IClydevlaleJe. 5 all Col.Stour Vy. ;t. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e 5 all E. Un. lI.Sh. it. ;100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Orlstr.grDn.Fr, Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. }Do. Shares. Lon.drGreenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Maid. Ilradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc., all N.drEst.s p.c.' all Do. 6 per ct all ;Do.Fixedsp c 5 all Prest. &Wyre 2Y all 'Do. 1 Shrs. St. 100 ,Roysin.dr Hit. 10 all Shrews.& Her 12 all S. Staff ordsh 50 all iWearVaLg6pc 25 all Do. St. 1100 Wilts &Somrst !t. 100 5 j all 0' all 5 all .21 all 2/ all '0 all ft. 100 0 74 5} all ;t.'loo 64, 54 Ln. &N. W. Caledon ... E.U.diE.O Gt.NorthU E. Count. Caldonian. Do. Y. & Do S.Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W.l & Midld. Midland... E. Count I Do Do Do L. (UN. W Do Gt. Northn I 'T. Braosoy i M. MCI oan Stk. &Dar Do Gt. W 4 PREF ERENI all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (isi.d. at 501.) 100 Bris. &Ex. 4 p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares 100 ("akin. .£lO 4 p. c. 100 Ches. di Ho. 5i p.c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all iCork&Bandonsip.c. all ;Dun.Perth.SiAber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 pr. c. St all East Un., G. 6 p. c all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh all I Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancasb .6 p.cts all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, 5 p. c 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c, Redeem at 10 p. c. prem.„,l .00 Do. 4i per cent ~... 60 (Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pre 100 Gt. S &`V. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. f Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spe 100 Do. con. red. 4i P.C. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. e. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh. all Do. do. do. all Do. do. do 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St 1 100 c-on. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. e. 100 Do. do. sp. c.. N 0.4 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares all Lowly. & Color. Sh all Londy.&Ennis. Sh 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent Do. do. do. .E 6 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all Marypt. k Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4. per cent 1N Do. do. 100 3lid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &IL Pref. St all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr: et. all slorfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 1100 Do. 53 p.c. pf , 1847 1 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 100 North British 3i Do. 71. Preference 1100 V. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. 81',1 - Do. do. do - 13 00. Leeds 6 Re. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ 10 Do. York H. &S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. 100 Do. 4. c. 21 guar all Scot. Cent. New Pref 1 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St 1 100 Do. d 0.3.1 P.C. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 4? pr cent all IS. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 'lOO Do. 4. per cent 100 Do. Fixed 4 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c ,100 Do. do. 4i p. c all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. 94 - 96 94 - 96 IL - 13 3~ - 4~ 107 =165 12 —l2k 22i —23 i 97 100 21 2i 91 92 par - P 51 56 1129 -- lii 8 - 9i 9 - 91 31: - ii 85 - 87 M SHARES. g 6 -: k 56 ii :ii = e:i 111 -- 115 1 115 -- 120 12} -- 12'; iii -- ii 115 - 117 107 - 109 !100 - 102 60 - 62 10k - 10; CO - 92 82 - 84 83 - 85 97 - 99 - 10 17 - 171 -10. t - 72 19 - 19 94- 9 i 141 144, 135 - 139 112 - 114 153 - 155 ••• - ..• 64 - 66 130 - 132 97 - 99 87 - 89 ii 7- ill 102 - 104 91 96 14 1d i - 11 22 - 23 113 - 115 102 - 104 18 - 19 221 - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 26 - 1i - 21 - 21 BRITISH MINES. 21 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk. :0 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 1 Dev. Gt. Coals. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus Ll l 3I Grt. W. Alfrd. ( Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 13s Lady Bertha 7 N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Clem.) S. Caro Brea (Illogn.) S.W. Frances(lllogn.) Tarn. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camay,) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) ;Wh. Basset (Illogan) ;Wh. Buller (Udruth) Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht.) Wh. Trelawuey (Lis. )' gilsl 19 5 44 LO 9 t2s 11l 15 - 16 6 - 7 115 - 125 150 - 4t;o 16 -17 7 - 3 -- a 8 - 10 16 - 17 3 -- 4 20 - 21 4L; - 14 - 315 - 325 5 - 6 1.85 -- 295 1 - I.t 4 - 4i 140 - 160 4_ - 1 2 . 61. - 274 115 - 125 215 - 225 290 - 300 5 - 6 22 24 46 - 48 23 - 25 10 all !O 15 1 i LO all' FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issue.l at £5 pm) Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Co bre Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Illariquita New Granada No veau Mondo Pont. Sil.LdM. & Smlt Port Philip Santiago do Cuba ' iouth Australian Do. Stull) Do. 10 p. c, United Mexican MISCEL kustralian Agricult. &ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works 1 Brit. American Land Canada Do. Go. 6pc.Jan&July Do, 6 p.c.Feb.Saug. D 0.6 p.c. lklAr.&Scpt. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7. p. cent Crystal Palace DO. Preference [Crystal Pal. of France ! Duton Iron Ore !Eastern Steam ' Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En. drAust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig, Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican& S.Americn sat Discount C 0.... Do. New......... Netherlands Land.... Do. Do. ............ Do. 8 p e.Pf. iss. at Id. Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Pay.s p.e.D. N. 13. Australasian., Nrtli.of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do New Shares Peelllr. Ld. & Miurl Peninsular d; Oriental Do. New . . Rhymney Iron Do. Now Royal Alai' Steam Scat. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Ans. Gov. G p. c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trug.Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van Memo's MINES. i - i li - 2 11• - ili 43 47 10 12 t id 74 71 ld p d 5 - 7 ••• .... 41. 2i - 24 3 - 31 ,A.NEOUS. 21i - 223,1 4 i - 35 - 40 138 • 142 1111 -112 k 30 - 35 25 27 411 - 4' 14 1166 -102 ••• 1 .... i ..... ••• 1 l 11 3i - • t si SOUTHWARK. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Edwin Collins, the son-in-law of a notorious brothel keeper in Herbert's-buildings and Webber-street, was charged with striking his wife on the head with a poker, and 60 seriously injuring her that she was unable to attend the court and give evidence to day. Elizi Wheatley said that she lived with her grand mother, in Herbert's-buildings. Yesterday evening the prisoner came to the house, forced the window and entered the house, when he struck his wife over the arm with a piece of wood. To defend herself she hid hold of the poker, which he wrenched from her hand, and struck her several times over the head, making the blood to flow. Mr. Burcham—ls she present ? Witness—No ; she is too bad to attend at present. Mr. Burnham—What have you to say to this serious charge I Prisoner—l have no recollection of doing anything of the sort ? The Magistrate—You are remanded for a week. THAMES. SERIOUS CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING. — Mary Ann Mine, an Irish woman of respectable appearance and good address, who is married to a German sugar baker (her third husband), was brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley, charged with unlaw fully cutting and wounding Margaret Rush, with intent to murder or do grievous bodily harm. • The complainant was brought from the hospital to give evidence. Her head was covered with surgical bandages. She was as pale as a spectre, and was in a very weakly condition. Having been led to a seat, she stated that she lived at No. 41, Beh's-street, St. George-io-the•East, and was the wife of a sailor. The prisoner and her husband were livin g in the came house. The prisoner had been is the practice of ill-using her daughter, aged 12 y ears, by a former hu band. On the 18th instant the girl was violently beaten by her mother, who turned her out of doors, saying she did not care if her child went on the streets. Witness took the girl into her room for a fortnight previous to that, and fed and sheltered her. She took her into her r.mm again on the 18th, and the prisoner soon afterwards buret in the door, with a knife in her hand, and made a stab at her head. Witness put up her hand to save herself, and the prisoner stabbed her hand. The prisoner then caught her by the hair of the head, swung her round, kicked her, and after throwing her down, bit her shoulder very badly. The wouni, a severe one, was exposed. The witness proceeded—l was still lying on the fl _tor, and the prisoner brought a pint earthen mug, and violently beat me on the head with it. I received feur severe blows, and the blood gushed forth immediately and profusely. I was sent to the London Hospital, where I remained till this day. I are now very weak and scarcely able to attend this court, Mr. Yardley said the case must go befora a jury, and committed the prisoner for trial. Mrs. Rush was carried out of the court in a fainting state, and is certainly in a most precarious condition. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(Thin Day.) LONDON, Aug. 27.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; light breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chrysas , form London for Trincomalee. Sailed—Ethiope (s.s.), for the West Coast of Africa. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived — Oneida (s.), from Australia. Sailed—Arago (s.s.), for New York. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 26.—Wind S.W.—Artived—Kher sonese (s.s.), from Liverpool for India. FALMOUTH, Aug. 26.—Wind variable.—Arrived — Van Oldenbarneald from Akyab. Orr FALMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Arrived--Trent, from Moul mein. NEWPORT, Aug. 26.—Wind W.—Arrived—Charles, from Bremen for Iquique. Sailed—Mobile Escort, for St. Thomas. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 25.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lord Stanley, from Callao. OFF QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 25.—Arrived—Glenlyon, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 25.—Wind S.--Sailed—Parthenea, for Callao ; Charles and Pauline, Monte Video; Siccarde, ditto. ST. IVES, Aug. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Bruce, from Swansea for London, has been brought in very leaky. OFF DOVER, Aug. 25.—Arrived—Jeauland, from Bre• men for New Orleans ; Nazareth, from Riga for Bilboa. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, ThursdAy Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Memphis, from Macao ; F. E. Althansee and Timandra, Calcutta; Balbec, Anne Margareta , Su nderland, and Penelope, Havre; Chepultepec and Cincinnatus. Bona. bay ; Berwick Walls, Singapore ; Bywater, Havannah ; Rapid°, Mazatlan ; Sarah Jane, Bathurst ; Amphion, Christianstadt ; Robert Parker, Quebec ' • Fidelia, New York ; Sarawak, Philadelphia ; M`Keane, Halifax ; Ann and Charlotte, Dunkirk. Off—Shark, from Para ; Euphrates and Ann Holtzberg, Calcutta; City of Palaces, Madras. QUEENSTOWN, August 25. Wind W. Ai rived—Balchitha from Barbadoes ; Globe , Santa Crnz ; George Potts, Odessa; W agoola, Rangoon; Hindoo, Pernambuco ; Herindal, Venice ; Royal Standard, St. Mary's, N.S. ; Ann and Sarah, Smyrna ; Arena, Paraida; Belmont, Odessa ; Port Wallace, Ilanzanilla ; Canada, Quebec, for Cork; Orontes, Copenhagen; Mariner, Callao; Alma, St. Stephen's • Albatross, Callao ; Callao ; Crown, Rangoon ; Lord Stanley, Callao ; Polar Star, St. John's ; Line, Marseilles; J. E. Schult, Maz Alan ; Minnahaha Dalhousie ; W. 31‘ Gowan, Al an z la • Nord Lyset , Quebec ; Revival, Marseilles ; Elizabeth, Fiume. • Off—Glenlyon, from Quebec for W atJrford; Challenger, Callao, London; Cambria,Demerara, Sunderland; Rienza, Callao, Antwerp. DUBLIN, August 26. Arrived—Swan, from Riga. KINGSTOWN, August 26- Arrived—Marianna, from Christiania. (BY SUBNAIIINE AND BRITISH TELEGIDAM) G RAVESEND , Thursday, 9.30 A.M. Wind W.; tide three hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, 26th.—David Lyp, from Jamaica.. Arrived, 27th. — Lydia and Mary. from ICiel; Fairy, Jersey ; Ancarit, Havannah ; LasofidTa, Quebec. DEAL hursday, 9 a.m. Wind N.W. ; light. Passed in tow Speed from Jamaica, for LondonCa Sailed.—Walter lleod, for Sydney; Wallington, sift ; Charlotte Ann, Sydney. 54 - 5i 8i - 9 67 - 69 7i - Si 88 - 90 79i - 80 35 36 i - -L 6 - 10 19 --20 11- 1l 31 - 34 48 - 51 17 - 18 95 - 96 62 -- o'i 82 = 101 - 103 8 - 9 96 - 97 90 - 92 120 - 124 103 - 105 61t - 51 63 - 65 72 - 75 7- 8 i 7- 8 ; 99. E - 99:4 # - ii 6 - 61 101 - 106 102 - 102: ... ...... . Via- 93 3 / 4 - 94 39,E i;i ••• ••• 83i - 84 55 - ••. - ••• lli - 15 62 - 64 3i -3. f. 45 - 46 951 - 96;, 23i - 24 24 - 471 - 481 79 - 80 95 - 97 41 -- 4 7 -- 8 10 -- 10!, 31 - 33 7 - G 102 -- 104 21 -- 25 48 -- 50' 3 -- 2 4 - ; 16i -- 174 71i -- 72 84 - 85 14 - 15 H 5i - 43_1 9 - 11 40 - 42 214 -- 22 3i -- 4 7 - 0 3 - 3i 54 - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 80 I -g 250 531 4 10 I 6 105 102.4 391 I St. 100 83 i 48i 80 1 711 1.0.6 18i 17a 29i 30 50 i 15 l9 .0 all k all 50 40 )0 32t 1 166'1 ;t, 100 ] 3t. 100 3t. all 25 all 5 all 5 all 4 all 1 20 1S St. 100 1 all 5 all 10 Ws. 25 ill 15 L 4 4 1 el LO all 1.0 all 5 5 5 5 to 10 all 5 all 5 _2 I . all LO all 1 all L 2 10s. ,5 all so all all .5 all 0 60 1 all all 00 all all 1 all 1 all ?.0 5 100 28: 1111 7 !, ... 3i 11 2 11 - 11 2i 3 _- 16 18 97 93 4 - 94 td 2 68 70 4 5 p 21 —23 6 8 5 8 60 106 -1& 32 - 34 - 1 - 1 ~ - 19 12 BULL EIGHT IN SPAIN. BIARRITZ, MONDAY, Aug. 24. The Empress proceeded on Sunday to Bayonne at 3 o'clock to attend a bull-fight in the Faubourg of St. Esprit, on the same spot where these sports have been held for the last few years. Tho King of Wurtemburg, who was curious to witness, for the first time,,this humanising amuse ment so dear to Spaniards, took his seat in the bull ring at a quarter to 4, attended-by his suite ; and her M,jesty the her sister and the lEadraiepsresws,hoaccoamrep waiting upon her, w as punctual to the moment, and made her appearance iu her box precisely at 4. The bullfighters only awaited the presence of her Majesty accompanied to begin operations. The Mayor of St. Espi it, after th.-! usual preliminaries, gave the signal to the troop (cuadrilla).- Tc,e wall where the animals are kept iu wa ting was thrown open, and the first bull bounded into the arena. He gave sport the usual time, and, after undergoing the usual pro cess of torture, seeundum artern, to the apparent satisfaction of the amateurs high and low, he en countered the sword of the redoubtable Salarnan quino, who gave him the quietus fiom which there is no escape. The second animal afforded for the same space of time a similar pleasUre to the upper and lower hundreds, and met the same inevitable fate as his predecessor. OBITUARY. — The Atlantic Telegraph Company (for the present) has thrown off the " mortal coil."—Punch. THE MUTINY IN INDIA.--We hear with much satisfac tion that the sum of 20,000 rupees has been forwarded by the Lord Mayor to the Go.vernor•General by last night's mail as a first instalment resulting from the meeting at the Mansion House fur the relief of our suffering coun- - _ trymen in India. THOMAS Fur.= Becorr.—We were informed, by the governor of Line iln Castle, that the fate of Thos. Fuller Bacon, convicted at the last assizes for this county of administering to his mother, Ann Bacon, a quantity of arsenic, with intent to murd e r , has hden decided. The convict is to be kept in penal servitude for the term of Lie natural life.—Lincol;a - Times. THZ BRAZILS —LivEnrooL, Wednesday.—After a rather long passage the screw steamship Celt, Captain Cook, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon, from the Brazils. Her dates are from Bahia to the 18th, and from Pernambuco to the 20th ul'. They are, however, anticipated by the Royal Mail steamer Avon, arrived at Southampton on the 18th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. ~ 26. —The United States' mail steamship Arago, Captain Lines, sailed hence this morn ing for New York, with the usual French and English med.', 230 passengers, 100,000 $ in s p ec ie , and 400 tons of freight. The Europ ean and Ameri can Comp an y 's stea mship outo of th e Queen n ng dock this of fthe is South, Captain Beal, was taken afternoon, and sailed imme dia,:ely for Portsmouth, to embark troops for India. STEAMSHIP ACOIDENTS.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.— The screw steamship Cintra, which left this port yester. terday for Lisbon, put back this afternoon, having suet with an accident while at sea, the particulars of which have not yet been made known. The other is of a more serious character. The screw steamship Arno, in run ning into this port this morning from Trieste, ran aground on the North Bank ; but as she has since been lightened by a-steam tug and two lighters, it is hoped l she will get off this afte rnoon when the tide rises. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER—FATAL COLLISION NEAR T w H e E nt L i O n N to D a lo oND ng ouKs.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. B ker inquiry at the London H os pit a l respect ing the death of Daniel Reeves, aged 21 years, lately in on lonin the service of Mr. Curt is, of Philpot-lane, Great Tower treet, City, who was run over at the entrance of the London Lig Docksht. ilbe d r iver of the vehicle did not see they a wagg g g to Messrs. North and accident. The deceased died on Friday last. The jury, after considerable discussion, returned a verdict of " Ac- , cidental death." FAILURE IN BRISTOL.—The suspension of payment by the firm of Messrs. Bruford and Dyer, African mer chants, of the above part, has been announced. The liabilities are stated at 100,0001., and arrangements have been made for their liquidation by-an immediate payment of an instalment of 6'. Bd. in the pound, and two guaranteed instalments of 6s. Bd. The immediate cause of the stoppage of Messrs Bruford and Dyer is aid to have been the failure of Messrs. Jones and Moore, soapmakers of Bristol, who are negotiating a composi tion with their creditors. The State Policy of Modern Europe from the .In ginning of the Sixteenth Century to the present time. 2 vols. Longman. This very remarkable and laborious work, is, in facie a summary of European history for the last three centuries. Beginning with the eventful rivalry between Francis I. and Charles IT., at which time he considers the basis of modern statecraft was laid, the author brings us down, through all the greet coalitions and dissensions, struggles and paci fications of subsequent history, te the Russian war of our own day. .11's purpose is not with the warrior favourites of history, not with brilliant feats of arms or daring achievements, but with theesesret conferences and diplomatic influences which; often marred the fortunes and trifled with the deslinies of great nations., He leads his readers far away from the clash of swords and the thunders of the cannonade, to lift the veil from the dark ant dis tant Cabinet which alternately ruled and was tuled by the changing fortunes cf the battle-field. Thus he bestows more pages on Cal dinal Richelieu than lines on Gustavus Adolphus, and while recounting at length the manoeuvres of Metternich, gives but a sentence to the battle of Waterloo. He gives few details, he enters into no discussions, his opinions or preferences are only implied, but be is careful to keep before his reader the prominence of that statecraft which was .in reali y so pot,nt, and which, though it would have been powerless, unsupported by the trained armies and great generals of the different epochs, . was often sua.iieut to overrule their actions, to influence their position, an I sometimes to render their efforts fruitless. The following ob servations, from the introductory page 4, exemplify the scope and object of the work. The writer )3 speaking of the beginning of the lixteenth cen tury "It was at the beginning of this century, after the acquisition of vast possessions by the Hapsburg dynasty, that the several European Courts commenced to be guided by one common idea; the necessity of the union. of many weak states against strong ones, and that the art of Diplomacy leaped into birth. It was then that the destinies of each country became by degrees more dependent on the prudence of i s negociatore or minis ters, than on the talents of its generals,.and that the human mind began to witness a process in the rise and fail of states, equally unknown to antiquity and to the _middle ages. Thus we shall find that, unlike the narrow rivalry of Athens and Sparta, of Rome and Carthage, that of France, with the House cf Austria, called forth into existence new powers, such as the Netherlands and Sweden, and that by the_ force of an oft:Wished idea— the Balance of Power—an idea not unfrequently miss conceived and made the pretext of war—there took place a series of territorial divisions and exchanges: of provinces, of which the ancients had not even the most confused conception. And though the victors of Mara thon and Salamis may, without disadvantage, be pLesed beside an Adolphus or a Drake, the Anophyctionic Coun cil and Adman League must assuredly sink to the level of a parish meeting, when compared to the diplomatic assemblies of Westphalia, Utrecht, and Vienna. Bat though no one will cad in question the political superio rity of Modern Europe over the preceding ages, we are somewhat apt to I>se sight of the invisible monarchs, the diplomats ; a race of men unknown to antiquity, and who, if among them be many a cowardly, unscrupulous mercenary, have on the other hand in their ranks many an hero, true as Leonidas, and vic torious as Cm4ar. Nor does ancient history furnish us the example more than once exhibited in modern his tory, of a small state ruled over by an imbecile or a boy monarch, raised into grandeur solely by the genius of a minister. It would, however, be unjust, in thus eulo gising modern statesmanship, to lose sight of the low, almost increditle, court intrigues, though the least flat tering phenomenon in modern history is, no doubt, the long reign of dynasties both beloved and detested, and that, in many instances, over peoples with whom they had nothing in common, save the image of man. "Toe task I propose to myself, is to show how and by whom the great state combinations were formed, in what degree they affected the minor states, often happy to be allowed to remain spectators of the events passing around them, and to point out the motives and the spit it of the principal wars, alliances, and treaties of peace ; in short, to review the international history of Europe during the last three hundred years. The task, indeed, is of no ordinary kind, and while the vast resources of information connected with the subject invite research, the conflicting testimonies of great authorities are such as rather to oiscouraze the candid historian. To the best of my ability, however, 1 shall attempt to sift the truth from amidst the bewildering involutions of diplo macy, an d the misstatements of historians, innocent or designed. Notwithstanding this tribute to statesmen, it is but a melancholy panorama that the writer pre sents to view, and such he seems to find it, to judge by the despondency of his closing sentences. Few are the names as eminent for rectitude as for genius, and fewer still those that combine with those quali ties, those enlarged and liberal views, that for e si g ht and sense of progress that can alone qualify indivi duals to regulate the destinies of great nations. The work is divided into four periods. The first tracing the rise of diplomacy in the wars of France and Spain, the wars of the Netherlands, and the career of ieuri Quatre ; the second, from 1618 to to 1715,_ chronicles the eventful century of the Thirty Years war, the rei g n of Richelieu and Mazarin, the wars of LouisXlV., and ends with the peace of Utrecht ; the third epoch, from 1715 to 1790, shows the degeneracy of diplomacy and describes the general embroilment of Europe, the wars of the Austrian succession, the Seven. Years war, the first Partition of Poland and the American war ; the fourth part, which occupies the whole of the second volume, is called the " Conflict be tween Revolution and Diplomacy," and delineates the chief events of the last sixty-five years. Open ing with the first encounter between revolutionary France and the Cabinets, it traces Napoleon's fluctuating fortunes in diplomacy, it displays the machinations of the Holy Alliance, the Greek war, the events of 1848, and the war in the Crimea. The latter chapters claim careful considerationfrom the admirers of Lord Aberdeen. The hesitating tone and temporising answers of the English Cabinet assuredly do not look very well in histori cal records. As he has purposely avoided the most exciting and romantic portion of history and has not endeavoured to form a gallery of portraits, the reader must not expect in this work the inte rest that has made some histories so attractive. In the present day, however, when the art of government and the science of statecraft are favou rite subjects for inquiry and observation, when po litical knowledge is so widely extended, and when we are so fond of boasting of our advancement in wisdom and morality, it will be not uninstructive to turn to the annals of political history,. to com pare the present with the past, and to question whether the diplomacy of the nineteenth century has a smaller share of vacillation and subterfuge than that of its predecessors. As an historical sum mary and a work of reference, the volumes before us can scar.ely be over-estimated. They are not, of course, suitable for those unacquainted with history, as they constantly refer to events, and for a general history the intrigues of cabinets have too much prominence. For the general reader they are not attractive, the writer either being unable or unwilling to lend them the interest of style and manner, but for the politician, who would consult the records of the past, who would gather the warnings of the statesman's experience—for the reader who would refer to the Ministerial move ments of distant years—for all who would study the rise and fall of nations, despite, or it may be in consequence of, the arrogance of princes and manoeuvres of statesmen, this work presents a wide and important field of study. FEMALE PHYSICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. --The eighth annual announcement of the Female Medical Co'lege of Pennsylvania , for the se ssion 1857.58, has been published. It appears from it that the faculty consists of seven profes ors, of whom two are ladies—Ann Echmeline Pres ton, M.D., Professor of P h y siolo g y ; and Cleveland Horton, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Histology, and Demonstrator of Anatomy. Since the foundation of the college arts theroe have b een ion ; 164 twomatricu. lants. They are fro m all p fn from England, and one from Canada. The sixth annual nom mencement was held on Saturday, Feb. 28, when the degree of M.D. was conferred by the President, Professor Moon,ii Dn Charlesa Virginia,. cv D .. B e r l i s n v t e o l m a n n u, d tpu , ea rli o nnrs relation lhiavet Pennsylvania, on f following l a ladiesl,obrwehtienwugeme rheumatism; ti sc ma r ;d : — i Oa B oni l e i a z ßn a d ... disease ; Susanna Hayh u u r r it s i t o , n. Pennsylva ' bath P. Baugb, Pennsylvanis, phthisis pulmonalis ; pillema ar Lucy M. P p e e t n e i rs m il l v v i a a, ni N a, o d rt u h ti C es aro f lina, asphy u x l i a a; lication n of tn t e he p:aaTamerliby Daily „T s i vac . i ni S iyi E e s alorpnp,l,le Mercury,at , Pennsylvania, ss. .p price che e op publication physic ß zr m & tr o y. ; on Monday last. Ever since gant representations have circulation. This, n.:aPretbn.Y: was discontinued I was started most extrava gant made by the proprietors e been m of a n d e e w w l yitshtarte• t s e p d e j c o t u t r o n a it i s , however, is nothing new in the at temptsto force them into however, ,some time come . ; and hence it appears that the two papers which have for a brief period exist in Bir mingham have been merged into one. The Birinivh,ana r ournal, in a satirical article upon the event, observeo : " No one in the slightest degree acquainted with the economics of newspapers can be ignorant of the fact that if the two pages of advertisements appearing in our two contemporaries were bona fide ordered and paid for there could be no necessity for this fusion, which, disguise it as they may, is evidence of weakness on both sides. And in dependently of other evidences of make-believe in this re spect, the partial failure of our succassful friends is very conclusive proof to those who understand these things, that much of their ' advertising patronage' is simulated and unreal— a mere decoy to tempt unwary advertisers, From all future protestations of ' success' the public is re- Commended to take cent off what is understood as the Binning ham di s count- 50 per .at least." w e wa y mention en passant that the publication of the IVolverhampton News, price 24., was discontinued three seals since. It is far from improbable , will attend the career of other cheap newspa p e rs still in ex i s t e nce in this and other parts of the .kingdome— Wohvicitaptint VuTinicle.