The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-17 00:00:00

MIP P r roach ig the „ and tied at the )y the a s the tisfie d 3 WV' 6 0 3 : e E a si, a etber . i nq or have iraen t estx- is ig terms in ail rante o tai, a ll Aeo., the 3 co m: an d at the lto the to the nt. be to the Dletely 0311 as or two vital to within cation by the nxioti3 irr'• be any o. r e d to he fir range' e at or west° c aient ry. • 7 corn' IIQI. sontri • kerail Laga r .Qbie .caalPf fro ) ! caroP• , ss the ole° ll ' Ion) t o 0°" bee° lb t ° Donor Boa' gorge! 3revg" S adler" by S►r re the N menu° BOA , o f the crUiSa ogle ci b w ill be s t h latter leless water IVTO f; 0.4 40■11 •A v r A "4"KE x. lT AND commuiterAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed W.th a very quiet aspect, and prices remained un altered from last week' currency. The sales were 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which wera taken for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market was dull, and the transactions wera moderate, at a slight decline on Tuesday's values. It is expecte.' that the Ripon, which will leave Southampton for India and China early next week, 'will take out a comparatively small amount of specie, viz., about 630,000/. The advices just re ceived from India announce an important decline ip the Bombay exchcinge, and if a similar movement has taken place in Calcutta there is reason to believe that the monthly exports will sensibly diminish. At present, therefore, the inquiry for that metal is limited, and prices continue flat. A portion of the American dollars recently received has been sold at Old. per ounce, and the bars by the Atrato have realised 6115 d. per ounce standard. Very few pur chases are being made on the Continent, but occa sionally small amounts are received. The Albion, from Boulogne yesterday, brought about 18,000/. The West Indian steamer which leaves to-day Will take out 12,7931. and 10,0001. in silver. The+ following resolution, passed by the directors o f the Great Northern Railway Company, has been Posted at the Stock Exchange :—" That henceforth deeds of transfer will be allowed to he registered for any amount not less than 10s. of any of this company's stocks, and that all transfers outstanding at this date will bs registered irrespective of amount." The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, aro in round figures as under :- 1857. 1856 . Great Western £32,899 £32,773 l ierth•Western t i onth-Western Brighton Midland .S ..) ath-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 27,257 25,084 taLcashire and Carlisle 7,553 7,296 Bristol Lanc a shi re 7,245 7, 148 tristol and Exeter 7,237 7,413 Chester and Holyhead Ilia, aoties t e r, Sheffield, and Lincoln 11,672 12,440 North London ?,Torth Stafford 5,546 7,759 ",xford, Worcester, and Wolver 4,777 4,222 '''uth Devon - L e t , s llartlepool . 3,562 3,546 1111 burgh and Glasgow S ottish North-Eastern 3,824 , 3,604 ur a , Gre at nd Trunk of Canada `lreat Western of Canada ... The Bank of England, as anticipated, have made 10 alteration in the terms of discount. In Lom bard -street the demand is active, and full rates are current% At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of Ba nk Stock, •held at the Bank of England tO- day, there was dividend of 5-i per cent. a greed to, the profits curing the six months being 775,650/. The Rest amounted to 3,840,625/., ~""(1 after this distribution it would remain at ' 1 )040, 2101. The limited business transacted in Public Sem 'ties has not occasioned any variation in values, b ut the m ar k e t app eals steady, notwithstanding ta ° Bears seem encouraged by the less favourable state of the Money Markets on the Continent. i'Peeulati on , ho we ver, is very quiet, and the c onsols of the public are very unimportant. `',, o nsols have been 901 g for money, and 901 for ,eteher 14. Th e y are now 901 I 'and 90g respec tv v °4 - • Exchequer Bills are 7s. discount, and the ° 1 -ids India Bonds under 1,0001. were 225. 4. l eount, and India Stock is quoted 210. r y few transactions have taken place in the r F or eign Stock market, but the quotations generally j ' n lain fiim. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 9 5 1., and 13 4 p er Cent s . are nominally steady. Russian 5 De r Cents. are 109 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 98 g ; and D utch 4 per Cents., 100. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign t c)ek.s :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6k ; Mex:- 1 ; 41 ) 21/ ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 79 80 ; c)rtuguess 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per ents., 109 111 ; ditto - 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Danish 3 per Cents., 40 40 1 ; ditto Deferred, ~ -4 Y ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 5/ 6. The Railway Share Market this morning opened „ about yesterday's quofatiorp, but subsequently ii r ather more firmness has been apparent. Caledo 4ialls have improved fully 21., Edinburgh, Perthi ad Dundee 55., South-Western 55., and South D evon ss. ; Eastern Counties, 7s. 61. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 1, and Manchester, Sheffield, and (1 , 1 "° 111 , Great Western and North-Eastern rwick) eac h d ec li ne d a bout ss. The French lines lit` Northern Steady. P ar i s an d Ly o ns, Eastern of France, "Qrtliern of France, and Western of France realised abo ut former rates; Great Luxembourg and Dutch Rhenish; were a s h a d e fi rm er. The Colonial Lines e l'e inactive. East Indian advanced about ss. to °'.) and Grand Trunk and Great Western of Ca nada were steady. Mining Shares were flat. Sortridge Consuls e te dealt in at 1i 2, and Alfred Consols declined 10 13 Joint Stack Bank and miscellaneous shares are the r firmer. Bank of Egypt, Loudon Joint t° d- - , and Ottoman having slightly improved. i t I n th e Mi sce ll aneo us Shares there is no varia t°ll of importance to note. Australian Agricul -1441 have declined about ss. tr, t ma FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the O f ficial List;) 34 Businees dere. 1 4 , 11a . er Cent. Consols Annuities NI 4 i 4 i I Stock +3, ~ - ,•,, " ,,, IJIIR, ,iii' Eb;ii 0 ',ltto, underl2looo 22 d 4 •Eiots tor A 1.30111: • , zt.thequer Bills, 21d. clot,o Sall 6 3 d Dlt 1 to eheq u 859ser Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 9B i A Ail "'ICES OF 'FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Itit 'slan Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lO9 bitto, 4i per Cent. 9 Bs tt riklbh Bonds, 6 p , :r cent 954 ba tch Dividends on the above payable in London. .„'ett Exchange, 2 ~ per Cen;., 12 Guilders ' O . 4 per Cent. Certificates TO O'CLOCK. 90h i 90 a A 1 Consols, money Consols account XAMET NEWS.—(Tins Day.) - --. e.... -- MARK-LANE. p" . ,NERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 7 the week ended Sept: 17, 1857, mada up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in 'ugland and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. kiliBtier 9a 142 s BARLEY 5d I 26s l OATS d I 38s RYE 9d I 46 EAN s Od BS 1 41s PEAS 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. W 6,441. , I BARLEY OATS RYB 1 BEANS gd 41s 1d 27s 4d 39s 4d . 47s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. g laeat, 118,385; barley, 16 ; 91-8; oats, 6,419; rye, 888; beans 4,204 ; peas, 948 quarters. PHIS 41s 4d MEAT MARKETS. e 11 ,WWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—We had a blow sale for kind of meat, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; 3 3 11 tton, 3s 2d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 41; Veal, 41 • to 4s 4d • 8d to 5s 2d per Sibs, by the car oric,. th I4 O UTHALL, Sept. 16.—The supplies of fat stock on of fer t week ave been dly extensive, and trade t:zierally h is steady, a m t full erate prices: —Beef, from the 38 41 a 8d; M u tt on . 3 s 10d t o 5s 2d ; Lamb, Os Od to Cs Od ; th6,,al, offs 8d to 4s Gi; Pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink al. °MPORD, Sept. 16.—Primo beasts and sheep moved pv,ateaiily, at-very full prices. Otherwise the demand )4in a very sluggish state: —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 81 ; 4 4 t ° 0 , 3s Gd to 5s 2d; Lamb, 4s 41 to 5s 8d ; Veal, t C4~es, Os to4s Bdlod to 4s 101 per Blbs ; Suckling Os each; Mulch CoWs, O. to 0/. each. HAY MARKETS. T A 4 IeI I CITHFtoIEL6/ D B3; and adow straw, 11 Gs to hay, 21 108 1/ 109 to 4/ 53 per ' load. , ti ae steady. —Meadow hay, 21 15; to 4/ 83; clover, o. 51 5 s • and straw, 11 6s to I/ lOs per load. fair demand. 4i OI UTEoRAPEL.—Mendow hay, 21 12s to 41 5s ; clovcr• Fi tt 'ana St" it 6s to 11 103 per line, Fit good, and trade dull. prince ••• h ito. Charles de Windi4cbgraetz married, a few days 50 cousin the Princess Matilda, daughter of the ocs yul Marshal of that name, at Schotten, in Hungary. 100 TBR 1.1 T 44, LON DON, 2E-fARE FIARKTES—Cishis Day.) RAILWAYS. raid RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday Business done this day. 12. i 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. do Eastn. June . 50 all Belfast & Ballymena 131 all Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley St. 100 Birkenhd. Lanesb Cheshire Junet 25 all Blackburn ........... 25 all Blyth & Tyno original £25 (iss. at £45) St. 1(Y) Bristol & St. 100 Caledonian St. 100 Chester di Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass 20 all Cornwall I 10 all D. A _ _ 10 8 Do. B 50 45 Dublindrßolfast.Tune 25 all Dun. P. drAber.JUne St. 100 East Anglian ..... 20 all Eastern Counties St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk St. 100 Do., do. B 25 84 Do, New A 25 17i Est Kent ..•.. • St. 100 East Lancashire 20 all :Rat Suffolk 10 4I Do. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 0 all Edinb. and Peebles t. 100 Edinb.Prth. &DundeF 0 all Forthand ClydeJunc. St. 100 Furness ....... St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 10 all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 IDo., B. Stock St. 100 'Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)l St. 100 Greai,Western. ' St. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gum. St 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C all ;Lancaster &Carlisle. 1.6 i, 11l Do., Thirds 16f 12 Do. New Thirds St.lloo I Laneash. &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... 3 I Do., Wst. Riding Un. 20 all Do. Sonthpurt. 11 all London & Blackwall St. 100 Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. St. 100 London &N. Western 20 all Do. Fifths 10 all D0.,10/-5h.,M&8...0 12i 5 Do. Eighths 100 London dt S. Western all Lztcltdrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. St Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L Ricardo's arrangement 100 Nlidland 100 Do. Birming. dt Derby all Midland G.West.(lr.) ail Do. Shares ..... all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. 9 Newry dt Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrovor.. Norfolk._ Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock .. Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Pnrch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western Y. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 I Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 'Scottish Central 100 +Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Union 6 Sitingbonrne &Sheer, 103 (South Devon IC3 'South Eastern all Do. 4i pert . Shares 100 South Wales all S. Yorksh. River Dun 10 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling , 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 163 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale. 100 Do. Pref., No. 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. all Vale of Neath. ..... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West Col n all West End ef Londor and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon&Oroydon St. 50 St. St. 20 20 10 St. 100 100 100 all all t.OO [OO 3/.1 all all 100 BRITISH PG ilO all Atlan. and St. Law. 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. ISSESSIONS. Id id 18 I all Do. 204 18 Buffalo & Lake Hur — 42'i 100 100 Buff., Brut. & Godeh IBB 1.00 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aug.,' 72 f " Do. do., 1 July, '73 85 90 LOU 100 Do. do., 1 June '74 85 90 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) 20 lOs . Ceylon A slams • ••• za 1 Do. B. de. 174 all Demerara . 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. 100 East Indian 974 98 20 15 Do. C Shares — g d 100 all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 100 all Do. do. do., '59, do. ... 20 all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 214 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 48 50 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben B3 85 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore l9a 19 8 , 20 4 Do. Now. guar. 5 p.c par pi 204 all Gt. Westn. of Canada 21 211 204 104 Do. New par 4 p 100 all 'Do. Bds., payable '57 99 101 100 all ID°. de., '76, p. '6O lO5 110 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 103 106 20 all Madras, guar. 44 p.c 174 18 4 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. 19 198 20 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 2 ld 20 5 Do. 3J Ex., g. sp.c• id— id 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 4d id 1 20 ss. Oudc (Limited) 20 5 Sciude, guar. 5 per c p 20 all IDo 2n 1 10 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp Sc Rotterdam 6 20 18 Ardennes. ••• ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 1 A 20 16 Bezicrs to Graissessac ••• 6 all Carmeaux tz Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 34 4} 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of Franco 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley •• • 20 18 at, Central of France 23 A 24 20 ' all I Great Luxembourg.— 6 6a 61 16 4 Italian Junction — 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~ 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 3 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva •„, 25 26 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. 33i all Maria. AntrvAa 10 all Do. Now • • ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref lB.l 191 16 all Northern of France 33 331 10 all NorwegianTruk. Pre; 9 10 20 all Paris and Lyons 33 334 33 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 7 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 -C. d 1 3 10 7A Itvme and 20 all Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish — 'l 4 20 all Sambre and Meuse 6l 71. 10 all '3o. 5i per cent. pref 7l 20 all Southern of France 2I 25 83 all West Flanders 44 5 10 all Do. Si per c. Pref 81 —9i 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 26 27 20 6 ,Western of Austria._ , 20 all West, of Switzerland • 6 • all Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ._ ••• 20 all Zealand ..• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all iAnstralasia B7 89 88 25 18 Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of Loudon 4 ' 50 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... 50 all British N. American 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 100 50 City 65 67 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 all Eng.Scot.dzAus.Cht lB 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust l7i —18 i 20 all Ditto New 50 20 London and County ~. 20. 50 Lnd.dlE.Bnkng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock. 00 20 Lond.andWestminst. • 471 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New..... . 50 22i National Bank 20 all New South Wales.... 46 48 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 35i —36 i 20 20 Ottoman Bank . .." 19 i t 100 25 Provinc al of Ireland •-• 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. 25 all South Australia 32i 33 9 25 all Union of Australia bl 52 !.. 2. Do. New 6 7 50 10 Union of London — 26 00 SO Unity Mutual 100 50 Westrußx of Loud, 12 114 , 5 - 5i 8 -8! 66 - GS 74 = iA 8G - 83 82 -82 A 33 35 7 - 9 i - -6 81 - 20 - 20, 56 - 57 48 - 50 30 - 32 17 - 18 96 - 97 61 - 623 i# = iii LCD - 102 8 - 9 96 - 96+ 86 - 88 97 - 99 51} -54 i 60 - 611 75 -- 80 8 -- 9 p 8 -- 9 p -97 i 5 - 3 - 10', 99 - 99 - A 91i - 92 • ••• 402 411 81 - 814 55 - 57- 13~ - 14 62 - 64 3 - JO - 51 92~ - 93 24 11 , 11 49 to 79 80 95 97 43 - - 8 10_ - 101 31 33 7 6 d 104 106 25 —25 A 48 50 3 2 d 33 35 Gri —68 i 84 - 85 - 131 -- 144 5i -- 431 9 -- 11 39 -- 41 20i -- 211 18 -- 20 7 - 9 3 - 3? 5% - 5i LIKES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid' RAILWAYS. Leasing .3onapanies Closing Prices yesterday 100 [Buckghamsh. 100 1 0lydesealeJc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 Do. Now all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 71 Do. Bark. Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.& Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et Do.Fixedsp.c Prost. & Wyre Do. Shrs. Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh Wea.rVaLg6pc Do • Wilts&Somrst PREF EREN, IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 501.) Brie. k Es. 4 p. c., St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Cale,du. £lO p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5i P.C. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandonsip.c. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sb. Do. do. Cis. 11 6p. c. Do. do. Cis. C i p. c. Eas.Co.Ex - ,5p.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East La.neash .6 p. cts. E.& W. York. J. sths Odin. & Gq. sp. c. Sh. Ed.P..th.&Dun.4p.c. IFuruess 5 p. c . Glas, & 5.W.G.5 p.c, Great Nordin. 5 p.c, Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c, Do. 4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. t.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S dr W. (Ireland), Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i P.C. Do. con. red. 4p. c. Do, irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c . P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do Lan. J.: York. 6 pc. St. LOD. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D o. ,P. , 5 p. e. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. Cp. e. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 41 Lon. &N. W. Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et_ Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Lowly. &Ennis. A Sh. i., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Rarypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. CI per cent Do. do. ... hid. Como]. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. Now., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. rod. 5 p.c. pm. DO. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. N orf k. D eb. 4 p. c. Sb. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 184, Do.Wv.V.sp. ;.,1C47 North British Do. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf - Jo. do. do )o. Leeds 6 pe. No.l Do. do. s 1848 Do. York Qr H. &S. Pur. North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p..c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Se.N. E. Aber.g. 6p .c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d0.3.i p.c. pf. St South Devon IDo. fixed 4i nr cent. 7. Eastern (heading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d. Do. per cent Do. Fixed 4A p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Ilartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Watered& Milk. 6 pc. BRITI S Fl 2Ll2!Alfred Cous. (Philk. 14 IBritish Iron ... 20 Condurow (Carnbrn.) 1 IDev.Gt. Cnsls. (Taw.) 14s IGreat South Tolgus 1113 ;C4 rt. W. Alfrd. (Phillc.) 7 iGrt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 13s Lady Bertha 74 !N. Frances (Mogan) N.W.Bisset (Mogan] ,6/15 , North Wheal Crofty 1i Par, Cons„..(Stylasy; IPorkellis U. (Wend.) (Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleeri S. Cant Brea (Illogn. S. W. Frances(lllogn. Tani: S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towcy (Camar.) W. Basset (Mogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward (Calstck' I , Wh. Kitty (U. Llant l , IWh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaos do Cuiada Do. St. John Dol Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Fortuna General .. Linares Lusitanian Mariquita ,New Granada Noveau Moudo Pont.SiLLOC&Smlt Port Philip _ !Santiago do Cuba ioutli Australian Do. Scrip 'Do. 10 p. c. United Mexican 92 - 94 94 - 96 11 - 13 .ii --- ii liui - 167 12 -12 i 22i -23 i 95 - 100 - 21 - 89 - 91 par - p 154 56 128 - 130 9 - 94 31 - 32 85 - 87 25 25 St. 10 10 81 i i 5i 204 .;6 314 all all all all 50 50 50 25 12 j all St. 1100 10 all 12 i all 50 all 25 St. 100 Ln.&N.W. E.UOSLE.O Gt.Nort!ln E. Count. Caldonian. Do.. Ot."Westu. Y. & N.M Do Do. S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W & Midld D E Co . Do Do L. & N . W Do Gt.Northn T. Brassey M. Masan Stk.drDar, Do. Gt. Wi restn. St. 100 8-h all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 10 all L 0.6 all SHARES. 89 - 91 s s - s s - 6i = 1111 - 114 117 - 122 105 - 107 IIC - [2O - 122 70 -:- 72 .14 - 116 106 - 108 1100 - 102 CO - 62 10k - 10. c!I 6 87 8 ) 80 82 81 83 97 99 9} 17 16 69 71 181 19 S 3 14 14; !35 - 139 113 - 115 1155 - 157 i - 1 64 - 66 130 -- 132 95 -- 97 85 -- 87 li—iia 1 . (;1 -ii 92 - 94 1 , . - 1. 1 id 22 23 il3 - 115 104 - 106 10 - 10 213 - 223 98 -10 u 95 - 100 264 -27 i - 2h) ... - ... 48 - 52 MINES. 13 -- 14 6 -- 7 115 -- 125 460 -- 470 16i -17 i 61 4 -- 7 24 -- -- 1 11 -- 12 14 -- 15 5 6 20 -- 21 5A -- -- 2 340 -- 360 5i - 6i 1230 -- 240 1 -- 11 4 -- 4i 130 -15 e 0 -- 26 -- 27 il7i -- 122,1 210 -- 220 295 -- 310 9 -- 9A 22 -- 23 46 -- 48 22 -- 23 MINES.- 1 - 2i to 12 47 49 10 12 t id 71 8 1 Id p ••• ••• 5 - 7 ••• --- •.• 2 - 2A •• 3 • ••• MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Auieult.l Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. A.inerican Lam` Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Arg. D 0,6 p,c. 2.1./tr„ScSopt. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof. 70 p. cent Crystal Palace DO. Preference Crystal Pal, of France IRuston Iron Oro Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo !Elm & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Gen, Ir. Se. Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig, Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican& S.Americn gat. Discount Co Do. New . Netherlands Laud Do. Do. Do.B p c.PLiss.at Do. Do. NN O DPp NN ee r er : ne i tw o ßl ii . s a tt W:i t °l l A eu. : f. . w i lls l E&G arA l l Nt . Gas rhivd,..:aa.&P°slolBa. Australasian... np ta !I:1.. D. New . Rhymney Iron Do. New oyal Mail Steam Seat. Austral. Invest Do. New .# S. Ana, Gov. 6 p. c.bds iaittli Austral. I and, iabmariue Tel. Scrip Do. Registered rms. Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van Diemen's Land, 21. - 22 4 1 -1- 51 35 - 40 1137 • 140 11194 - 1104 30 - 35 25 27 1R - 1g 3i 4h 104 7 106 ••• - ••• li ••-• li - ••• ••• 1 2 - - •.. 3 It - 3 1- 1(1 16 - 13 97 • 93 1 - 1 2 p 684 - 2 684 -70 i 4 5 p 21 -23 5 - 7 58 - 60 - 11 32 - 34 - 1 - 1 10 12 TH UR S D Y Business this day KN , :t NG, S 'l44' r E B 11 1 , R 17 5 18 5 7 BANK OP ENGLAND. MEEFING THIS DAY. The half yearly general curt of proprietors in the BAnk of England was h4l this afternoon in the Bank parlour, Threadheedlz-street —Mr. SEIEFFIELD NEASE, the newly elected Governor, in the chair. The GOVERNOR stated that the net profits for the half yeas ending on the 31st August last, were 775,650/, ; to amount of rest on day 3,340,625/. is. 31, ; and that the amount of rest, after providing for a dividend at the rate of 5:3 per cent, for the half year, would be 3,040,210/ ls. 31. The C.itirt. of Directors, therefore, proposed that a dividend of 5:1 per cant, for the half year should be paid without deduction for income-tar. (Cheers.) Me. J. PILCaER observed that some of the younger banks with small capi.al paid a much larger dividend than the Bank of England. The GOVERNOR said that the difference was more nominal than real, The banks which the hon. proprietor alluded to had a very small capital in comparison with the B ink of England, and therefore the amount of pr fits must yield a large interest on capital, whereas the capital of the Bank was 14 inillionA, and thug, although the profits might be very large, they did not yield so high a dividend. Mr. PILCIIMID said lie thought the capital ought to be more cxteniively employed. The GOVERNOR said they had . nothing except what as prudent bankers they ought to keep in reserve. In the position which the Directors of the Bank of Eng land held they were of course obliged to keep a larger i'serv.e.thsn private banks. Mr. PILCHER doubted if it were necessary. The GOVERNOR said thatlaa the present dividend was larger than that of the previous half-year, it was neces• sary thet it should be confirmed by ballot, which would take place on Tuesday next. The meeting would conse quently be adj iurned until Wednesday next to receive the result. A vote of thanks to the Governor and directors ter minated the proceedings. TILE AUTUMN HANDICAPS. Acceptances for the CESAKEWITCH STAKES, of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 200 added by the Jockey Club, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; the xvia- Der of the Doncaster St. Leger to carry 121 b extra; the second horse in the St. Leger, or the winner of the Doncaster Cup or the Great Yorkshire Handicap, 6110 extra ; the winner of any handicap value 200 sovs in cluding. the winner's stake, after the publication of this handicap, to carry 3W extra ; the extra weights not to to be accumulative ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 sovs to the judge. Cesarewitch Course. (162 entries.) Acceptances to he signified on or before Tuesday, the 15th of September. Age st lb Fisherman 4 9 3 Neville Poodle Mary Warlock 4 8 5 Melissa Saunterer Aleppo St. Giles 3 7 12 Pryor 5 7 12 Age si lb Arts Renown 3 6 5 Preetbury -C by Epirus—El - . cot's dam Eloquence 4 6 2 Slu_lfard Peeping Tom 3 6 2 C by Surplice— ees wax 3 6 1 Whanghae a 6 1 December Cedric Illuminator Hamlet Relap-as Barfleur Lima 3 5 12 Bannockburn 3 5 10 Mice The Dusty Miller 3 5 9 Martinet Janet 3 5 8 Aster 3 5 8 Worse , -ter c by Alarm,out of Plush Rosati 4 5 4 General Bo_quet Sacch arissa Humbug 3 5 3 Konerdy UOOBO 3 5 1 Sister to Elirida 3 4 12 The Baker 3 4 12 Queen Bess 3 4 10 Wild Honey 3 4 10 Ruuzi 5 7 11 Black Tommy Commotion Malacca 4 7 7 Artillery 4 7 6 Mr. Sykes Gunb )at 3 7 5 Tasmania Bashi Bazouk 3 7 4 Dulcarnara 3 7 3 Mon 6 rel 3 7 3 Kestrel Fright 3 6 12 zigzag a 6 12 Nlysterious Jack 3 6 11 Emulator Cerva . . 4 6 11 Morgan Rattler... a 6 11 Apathy Victoria 4 6 10 El Hakim 3 6 9 The Poacher a 6 9 Prioress Odd Trick 3 6 9 Vandermulin 4 6 8 Lawn 4 6 7 M. Dobler 3 6 7 Acceptances for the CA3IBI3IDGESIIIRE STAKES, of 25 Boys. each, 10A, with 100 added from the town carry 12 b ex ; the second horse in. the St. Leger, or the winner of the Doncaster cup or Great Yorkshire handi cap, to carry 61b extra ;. the winner of any handicap value 200 goys. including the winners own stake, after the publication of this handicap, to carry 31b extra ; these extra weights not to be accumulative, but the winner of the Cesarowitch to carry 7lb over and above any other extra weight to which he may be liable ; the owner of the second horse to rcoeive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 sovs to the Judge ; Cambridgeshire Course (165 subs.) Age at lb Fisherman 4 9 3 Neville " Mary Saunterer Edington Warlock 4 8 4 Tneed.rra Artillery Black Tommy Wentworth 4 7 10 St. Giles 3 7 11 R, - nazi Aleppo Comaotion „„„, 3 7 9 Kestrel Com pot Mongru. 3 7 7 Gunboat 3 7 _ 7 Sydney . 3 7 5 Brother to Bird on Age at lb ,Fanny Gray 5 6 9 etrva 4 6 9 Bold Buccleuch 4 6 9 c by Epirus—P OOL'S dam 3 6 9 El Hakim 3 6 8 Beechnut M. Dobler Prioress 4 6 7 Rosa Bonheur Dusty Miller 3 6 7 Peeping Tom 3 6 5 Mce3tissitna 3 6 5 Relapse King of Scotland 4 6 • 4 Rhisus Nereus Mademoiselle de Chantilly . 3 6 3 The Vigil ..." c. by Surplice—, Bse's•wax c by Orls.ndo— Clari , sa 4 6 2 BarfUur 4 6 0 Babylon 3 6 0 Eloquence 4 6 0 Sluggard Lancet Lima 3 5 12 \Vbangbae a 5 12 Bannockburn Cruz Ida 3 5 12 The Zouave 3 5 11 Pyrrhus the Se cond .... 3 5 10 W orcester Dunboyne 3 5 10 Leo 3 5 10 b. e. by Alarm Plush Alice Sacebarissa Cave Adullam Y. Hopei ul 3 5 8 Tricolor Cy relic [lumbug GiLiver Queen Bess ... Kenerdy Media Noce Pia Meridian 3 4 12 the Wing - 4 7 4 Odd Trick Sweet William Moses Duluarnara Bandalore Imperieuse Hercules 6 7 2 Dane d'Honneur 4 7 1 . Tasummia •Turbit Sitnany Liverpool George Brown Newington • 4 6 13 Apathy G leesi n ger 3 6 13 Morgan Rattler_ a 6 13 Whistling Willie 6 6 13 Bashi Bazouk 3 6 13 Emulator ...... 4 612 Zuyder Zae 3 6 12 L • 3 6 12 Fright ".. 3 6 11 Vision 4 6 11 Mysterious Jack 3 6 11' Daisy Bay Hilton 4 6 10 The I3ird hu the Hand Tester 4 6 10 King J the Forest (pays fL) 3 0 10 Pre4bury The inauguration of the email line of railway which runs from La Teste to Arcachon took place on Sunday last at the lattcr _ DESTRUCTIVE . FIRE AT PLIMISTEAD. —About 000 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the pre mises of Mr. Brown, a builder, residing at Cage-lane, Plurnstead. A party of poice from the R'iyal Arsenal were immediately on Oa spot; with the fire hose of that establishment, but as no water could be obtained, the whole of the premises, including the furniture, stock in trale, ' were entirely cmsnmed. 10 dile. Rachel has just left Paris for Cannet, a village tear Cannes, where she proposes to pass the winter. The great tivgedienne has talteu this course by the advice of her medical attendant, Dr. Bayer. Her state now causes great anxiety to her friends, and her serious Hines; may be inferred from the fact that a department of a railway carriage has been specially retained for her. The Emperor, I ant informed, immediately before her departure, sent a despatch from the camp at Chalons to make inquiries after health. The Russell, 60 guns, screw steamship, is being brought forward for commission in the fluting basin at Sheerness. The Mersey, 4), the largest screw steam frigate 1 in the world, which is now building at Chatham, has all the available force of the establishment at work on her, in order that she may be completed early in the ensuing year. The appearance of Portsmouth Harbour at the present moment is anything but creditable to the authorities. On the Glosport . sid e t h e en t rance i s disfigured Capt. R. Harris, on h3ard of which ship the sou of the. Queen of Eng land will commence a course of nautical studies lltiurru d ., Il by n aval owlet ship, a dirty convict-hulk, shutting out the next month, with the said convict hulk not half a cable's length broadside on ; and towards the 1a a yellow pai n t e i h u lk , ca ll e d the i 3 Portsmouthlleroph sl o t /1, which was yest er d ay b roug ht , down to Victory's moorings. Surely either Duke of Wellington or Marlborough, .131, screws, now lying uselessly opposite the Hardway, could have been stationed there at least pro tern., hoped Victory's that and receive othcers and crew o n b oar d . It i s t o be prior to her M a j es t y ' s re t urn t o the Osborne the harbour will be properly represented I by at least the hulls of men of war, instead of c )n -vict hulks and hospital ships, the colour r L ch I is alone enough to give any one the jaundice. 02IMINAL COURT.—(Thi3 :may.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton and. Mr. Baron Watson.) THE LATE MURDER IN HORSESIONGER LANE GOAL.— James Preston, 64, labourer, was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of John Hodges, in the Infirmary of Ekrsemonger-lane Goal. The prisoner has the appearance of a man of weak intellect, He however appeared to watch the proceedings with great interest, and paid great attention to the evidence given by the various witnesses. • 'Mr. Robinson prosecuted. Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner, Mr. Robinson, in stating the case to the jury, said that the whole question for the consideration of the jury was, whether at the time the prisoner c.3inmittad this act, of which there was not the slightest doubt, he was respon sible for his actions. The prisoner had been an inmate . of Horseznonger-lane gaol for two or three months for debt, and the deceased was confined there on a charge of felony. Both prisoners were placed in the infirmary, the prisoner because he was 'suffering from great depres sion of spirits, which it was believed would turn to in sanity, that he might be watched. Ile had al ways been perfectly harmless, and there was nothing to induce the officials to believe it would partake of a violent character. The deceased, however, on Sunday night, the 6th Sept., got out of bed and went to the water-closet, returning with a pail in his hand, with which he struck Hodge; on the head and killed him. His ex - nee for striking deceased was that he had seduced his wife. Prisonei'e wife was in the habit of visiting him in the prison, but there was not the slightest ground for his suspicion. Indeed, such a circumstance could not have occurred within the prison Valls. The prisoner also said, can't tell why I did it—the devil must have possessed me. He (deceased) was always very kind to me." Mr. Keene, the governor of the prison, in his evidence said that he had not the least doubt of the prisouer'a insanity. Mr. Justice Crompton strongly cimmented on the illegibility of the depositions sent in by Mr. Carter, coroner for Surrey, in reference to this case. It was almost impossible to read them ; and Lad it not been for the opening statement of the Darned caliche!, he could not have deciphered many of the words. Mr. Robinson said it was a complaint that was often made in that court. Counsel were in a better position than the judges in this respect, for they had the depoii tions "translated" to them. Mr. Justice Crompton said depositions ought to be carefully taken and well copied out. It was of the utmost importance that judges should kno•.v what wit nesses said before magistrates, that they might not on the trial withhold anything, and it was equally import ant for prisoners that they shoul I know if anything new was brought forward on their trial. Witnesses were then called, who proved the-commis sion of the offence charged against the prisoner. Mr. Iliff, surgeon, who had attended the prisoner in Hersemongerlane Gaol for 16 days during the temporary absence of the surgeon of the prison, deposed that he considered the prisoner of unsound mind, but of a harmless character. He was then labouring . under an imprearon that a surgical operation was to be prforined on him against his will. Witness was of opinion that the prisoner was incapable of jadging between right and wrong. • Mr. Justice Crompton askel the jury if, after the evidence that had been given, they thought it necessary to call ova the prisoner's counsel for his defenc.. The foreman of the jury said that they wished to know something of the prisoner's antecedents. Mr. Sleigh said that if it were necessary he could call witnesses to prove more clearly, if possible, that the pri soner was insane. He met with an injury in his spine some months ago, since which time his mind has been affected. Mr. Gibson, surgeon to Neagate prison, deposed that ho had had the prisoner under his charge since his com mittal to Newgate, and that he cousiderel him insane. The jury then acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. The prisoner will be confined during Her Majesty's pleasure. THE HADIPBTEAD-ROAD MURDER.—Cornelius Denny, 26, smith, was charged with the wilful murder of G,Allo Benzonelli. Mr. Cuoper prosecuted; Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. It will be recollected that the deceased was in the employ of a person named Beretta, who keeps a shop in the Hampstead-road, for the sale of penny ices. On Saturday night, the 22d August, or early on Sunday morning tl'e 23d, the prisoner, his wife, and brother in-law went into the shop. The prisoner who was drunk, fell arleep, and the deceased tried to awake him, but was unable to do so. He then threw water in his face, and put some ice down his back, which failed to accomplish that object ; but a second applica• tion of ice to his back had the desired effect. A row then commenced, and the prisoner was ultimately pushed out of the shop by the deceased and his master. Prisoner returned to the shop, and the deceased procured a stick. He rushed oat, lifted up the stick, and struck the pri soner on the back. The latter closed with him, and de ceased then exclaimed, "I'm wounded, wounded 1" prisoner was seen to pass something to his wife which she afterwards dropped, and was found to be a knife covered with blood. The deceased was attended by a medical man and afterwards removed to• 'University Hospital where he died from a wound in the abdomen from which the bowels protruded. The prisoner admitted to the police that he stabbed deceased. Mr. Payne on the part of the prisoner addressed the jury, contending that the stabbing did not amount to wilful murder, but only to manslaughter from, the pro. vocation given by the deceased to the prisoner. Several witnesses were called who gave the prisoner an excellent character. Mr. Baron Watson having sunatmd up, The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Mr. Baron Watson, in passing sentencs, said that the Jury had very properly taken a merciful view of the case, which was one just on the confines of murder and manslaughter. condemned in strongest terms the use of the knife; and as a warning to all others, he must pass a severe sentence. He sentenced him to ten years penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) WESTMINSrE R. AN INTOLERABLE NIIISANCE.—George Reeves and Alfred Cambridge, two boys about 13 years of age, were charged with annoying residents at Cbrlsc a. Benjamin Joyce, of Lower Simmonds-street, Chelsea, a poor decrepid.o:d man, who gets a living as a tailor, assisted by his wife's mangling, said that on the pre vious evening the two defendants and about 30 other boys came to his house and besmeared his board, which described his trade, all over with mud. They were re peatedly doing this sort of thing, add. he could hardly put up cr take down Ma abutters without being smothered in mud. A policeman passing saw It':eves commit, the offence, and added that tradesmen in the neighbourhood were daily complaining of the intolerable nuisance occasioned by gangs of idle - boys. They particularly beset the aged and infirm, who were consequently defencelsse. Mr. Poynter said it was most dirgracdul, and he would use his ,Lest endeavours t ) put a stop to such practices. He accordingly fined Reeves 20a., and in de fault committed him for 21 due. The other defendant, Ca'mbridge, as had been previ ously intimated, was then placed at the bar, charged with stealing with another boy a jar of tobacco from tbe shop of a widow woman at Chel,e'. Evidence war given showing that Cambridge entared the widow's shop and brought the jar out to his com panion. The father of Cambridge deplored the fact that his son, a quiet, intelligent lad, had fallen into bad com pany, sand was causing him much trouble and anxiety. The prisoners were remanded for a week, that the magistrates might determine how to dispose of them. MARLBOROUGH STREET. EXTRAORDINARY AND DARING ROBBERY.--A tall well dressed young man, who gave the name of William Ward, was brought before Mr. Beadon charged with the following audacious and impudent rubbery :-- Madame Victorine Paul, tobacconist, No. 12, Sher rard-strest, Golden-square, deposed that on the previous night, about eight o'clock, the prisoner came into her shop and purchased a cigar. While she was giving him a light., he looked round and said, "You have a fine parlour there; will you allow me to smoke my cigar there ?" She consented, and he went in. She went in also, and he then shut the door. The parlour adjoined the shop, and there was a door between. As soon as she had entered the room the prisoner laid hold of her by both her arms, and said ho had no time to stay then, but woul come back at 10 o'clock. Hi , then wentout, and she followed Lim into the shop. At that time she had no suspicion that anything was wrong, but her suspicions were considerably aroused, by seeing him as soon as he reached the street, run away as fast as be could. She then put her hand to her pocket, and missed her purse containing 121. 5.. 6d. in gold and , silver money. She pursued the prisoner, chring out Police" and " Stop thief," into Golder-square, where I.r.r. Legros, a friend of hers, joined her, and ran after the prisoner as far as W arw i c k-Street, where he was stopped, and as soon as she got She u again called out p, he said to her, " let me go, here is your p urse. " Police," and a constable, 344 A, came up, and de clined to take the charge, alle4ing as his reason thht p r i s oner was his friend. She insisted upon him doing his duty, and be eventually arrested him. A great crowd bad by that time assembled, and some thief stole valuable gold watch from ,Mr. Legroe. The purse, with its-contents; was her property. .148 r. Louis Ltgues, ledgiag-honse keeper, 38, Bury. street, "St. James's, corrolprated the latter p)rtion prosecntrix's evidence, and added that while he was as sisting in detaining the prisoner his bold watch wort' 151. was at len from his waistcoat poclet. Brady, 344, A, apprehended the prisoner from a mob of about 200 people.: He searched him at the station but nothing of consequence was found upon - him. In reply t) Mr. Beadon, witness cloned saying t!,e prisoner was his friend, or refining to take him custody. Tae fact was quit) the reverse, the prisoner was a man whom he had been long boking after. Cole, 310, A, said the prisoner had been previou3ly convfcted. • The prisoner in defence said the charge was trumped up by the woman, because he refused to make her a present. - Committed for ;Ea). MR. HOPLEY ON EDUCATION. The following note is appendsd to the Second Lecture of Mr. Hopley's Series on education : " _Mere are many into whoa.) hands these pages may fall, who will find a portion of the truth con tained herein tco hard fur them. That education is to be the agent, under God, of banishing crime [.and misery from the earth—that health, inteleA, and morality, are destined to more and mon abiund, until, in God's good time, perfect obedi ence to the Creator's laws shall b. big about perfec tion in the human race—this though it . has been agitating, more or less confusedly, the minds of deep-thinking men from the period of the in,-titu tion of the Jewish priesthood- to our own day (as seen iu the w.!rks of Moses, Solomon, Esaias, Plato, Bacon, Butler, and various other writers, sacred and profane, as well as of 'ancient and of modem times) : is yet so contrary to the habits of thought which have obtained throughout the World, that it needs must bs .. looked upon by not a few as the offspring of mere enthusiasm. But science is making rapid strides ; and the further science ,advances, and the more, carefolly . the Scriptures . are studied in connexion with its advances the greater will the wonder grow that for thousands of years after God has declared that He wills not the death even of a sinner—that for upwards of eighteen centuries after Christ has preached that God is love'—the bulk of mankind should. have coniaued with such erroneous notions of the Creator's great designs. Through evil report, therefore, and through good report, the author intends (God blessing the effort) to prosecute, to -the best of his -ability, his arduous undertaking. And he, earnestly and affectionately prays of all those who shall see in these leaturss valuable truth, that, for the sake of themselves and others, they will help tp spread the same abroad. And to those who would feel in clined to cavil with• the work, lie would say, `Find fault with the style, for, it is that of an erring man, but beware, lest in cavilling ye fiLd fault wAti ti nth, for that is God's. And to such as are, though kindly-intentioned, inclined to doubt —and to such as would hope, but afraid—the author begs to suggest, as a fitting theme f )17 reflection, the ,calmly-written words of one of the profoundest thinkers that the world has ever known :---‘ Do not despair,' is the faithful counsel of the illustrious Bacon—' Do not despair, as imagining that the project for a grand restoration is infinitely beyond the power of mortals to execute : for in reality it is the constituted means of stopping and prevent ing universal error.* As our state ,is mortal and human, a full accomplishment cannot be expected in a single age, and must, therefore, be commended to posttrity. tNor may man hope to succeed, if he arrogantly search for the sciences in the nar row cells of his own understanding instead of sub missively in the wider world. • . . . We antici pate that the fortune of, mankind will lead this commencement to such a termination as it is not possible for the present race of men to conceive) but God forbid that wa should ever of- fer the dreams of fancy for a model of the world, but rather in his mercy vouchsafe to us tlie power of writing a revelation and true vision of the traces and moulds of the Creator in his creatures.'t "Every one, however humble, who does his beEt in, the cause of truth, helps to hasten that resto ration' for which our prophets and wise mm have laboured. " 'May Thou, therefore, 0 Father, who stowedst the visible light as the first fruits of Thy creation, and who infusedst into the fashioned man a portion of Thine intellectual light for the accom plishment of Thy works,. protect and guide this work, which, issuing from Thy goodness, seeks in return Thy glory.. When Thou surveyedst the works which-Thy hands had wrought, Thou sawest that all were very good, and Thou didst rest ; but when man turned to the works of his hands, he saw that all Wa3 vanity and. vexation of spirit, and he found nil rest at all. But if we labour iu Thy cause, Thou wilt make us partakers of Thy vision and sabbath. Humbly, therefore, do we beseech Then, thtt Thou will keep us s'eadfast in our re solve; and that Thou mayest see fit to endow the human family with new blessings through our kands and the hands of those (and oh ! that they May soon be many !) on whom Thou shalt bestow the same spirit.' Amen." *lnfiniti errorii finis et terminus legitiraus. t Instauratio Magna. 1: Ibid. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. 17.—Wind this day at noon, S. Vir.; light breeze and fine. OFF QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 15.—Arrived—Erin-go-Bragb, from Callao, and proceeded for Liverpool. HULL, Sept. 16.—Wind S. W.—Arrivel—Sweden, from St. John's. LERWICK, Sept.. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Esoorsea, from Bilboa. OFF PYL3IOIITII, Sept. 13. —Arrived—Plinee Albert : from Jamaica. SWIN9EA, Sept. IR —Wind N.W.--Arrived —Niths dale, from Calileira. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Sacramento, for Bombay. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—De epatch, from lam ail. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) , SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10 A.M. Wind S.I Arrived—Two Friends, from Cardiff; Despatch (s), Jersey; Susanna, Newport; Alliance (s), Havre. Sailed—Matthew Thompson, for Newport; Pet, Sun derland; Courier (s), Jersey; Havre steamer, Havre; Argyll (s), New York. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W. _ _ _ Arrived—J. N. White, from Now Orleans ; Seringapa tam, Bombay; Enterprise, Bahia; Moreton Castle, Porto Cabello; Susannah, Mikrseilles ; Lusito, Passages Italian, steamer, Havre ; Bamberg, New Orleans; Orinoco, Prince Edward's Island ; Urania, Marseilles. QUEENSTOWN, September 15. Wind S.S.W. Arrived—Jewess, from Richebuoto ; Rosina, Calao; Reliance and Mountain Eagle, Bahia • Tartaro, Odessa; Sumpter, S.. John's , ; Iraman, Taganrog ? Augusta, Odessa ; Harmonia, Galatz ; Langatden, Carthagena Soveroiga of the Seas, Callao; Mischief, Labrador; Stag hound,.St. John's, New Brunswick ; Amazone, Giardano ; Marco' Polo and Lisa, Odessa : Holvetein, Altama, and Hope On, Lagum ; Australia, Cardiff, pumps choked ; Tribune, Callao ; Isle, Demerara. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S.W. • tide 2:!1 hour.' flood, fine. • Arrived, 1611). Duo de Brabant, from Moulthein ; Dahlia, Ceylon ; Cornwallis, Calcutta • Edgar I'. Stringer, St, John's, ; Jackson, Cronstadt ; Robinson, Con stantinople ; Friendship, Memel ; Rotunda, Mirausichi ; Queen-Amelia, Trinidad de Cuba: _ . Arrived, 17th , --Soho, from Havre; Triton, Calais; Mil ford, Altona; Sea Star, Shanghai ; Ecliptic, Miaatlan York Town, New York ; Tornado, St. John's New `Bruns wick; Jemima, Riga ; Deptford, Trinidad ; General Totdlcben, Libau ; Faret, Gravelines ; W. Darley, Sailed—Favourite, for St. John's, Newfoundland. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind, S.S.W., light. Passed —Her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, from the westward, for London ; Paris and London screw steamer, from London, for Paris ; Paris and London, frem Paris, for London; Colinda, Sunderland; Dorothea, St. Vincent, London. Anchored—Princess Louise, from London, for Barba does; Pestonjee Bomarjee, Sundeiland, Cape of Gocd Hope. Sailed—Chanticleer, for Jamaica; Clio, Demerara, with others outward bound. -------= 7 -- - , . - - THE VICTORIA TRANSPORT.—The fell swing is an ex tnct from a letter received yesterday from an Artillery ofEcer on board the Victoria, dated St. Vincent, Thurs day, Aug. 27, 8 a.m.:—" We have had a splendid ruu ; our smallest day's log was 190 knots, our greatest 240, Our fine weather has been un interrupted. The nights are delicious—we lie on the decks and spin yarns for hours and hours. During the day the heat is very great —BB degrees in our cabins, 130 degrees in the engine. room. We have only seen two ships for seven days. We ar3 treated most liberally on board. The d y a g n iv d e hha u vo s et h o ck and .-berry every day for dinner, and champagne o n the Sabbath an d Thursda y , We shall n ever have to ea t salt meat the whole way ou t . Fresh rolls every day , and we have allkiods of fr r ui a e t ff !ay, and that f ru it tarts for dinner every day. The men, be i too,so c over seen a ship in which they were o ur lines 'bay , : fallen in pleasant places . ni that St. Vincent is 2,380 nautical o es from welt o os 2 prist ill l A see he a dli and we have published it off in 10 days 2 2Y hours. will are well on board. • FIRE ON TUE LiIVElt TILIIIES.—A fire was discovered yesterday morning in a vessel on the river Thames laden with spirits. The lower steam fip - at followed the vessel, got to work, and finally extinguised the but not before a vast quantity of the spirits was destroyed, and serious injury done to the craft. We are requested to state that the list of officers to Whom the Turkish Order of the Medjidi4 is tobepre sented, published on Saturday by some of ourcontem poraries, has been published without authority, and is incorrect. .LITERATURE. The Instructive Picture Book; or, lessons in the Vegetable World. By the Author of "The Heir of Redelyffe." OD sten and Dangles, Princes• street, Edinburgh. It is pleasant to find beauty and utility combined in a work intended to convey information to the young. • Bot Any is a charming science, but is often, and, indeed generally, .encumbere,if with tedithis Tatoidddelriyoditiiii:hce eye,ulties ' whichCa -use the juvenile' novi ciates t o rejoice when the lo‘T.:k - of study is e'ozett. impress of t l i it e er m ar e y mo a rY nd p a i n e c t l er e ia tl i art is no easy task ; bat the gifted author of ." The Heir of Redclyffe," in this pub!ication, has appealed With unerring force to the anise Of beauty, the feeling of admiration, an l the - natural thirst' for knowledge. -Thirty-one coloured plate 4, arranger:ll3y R. M. Stark, afford a gor,pous an I attractive illus tration of the vegetable world, and Cie : letterpreiss yields ample, conei-e, and simplified instruction op. a host of natural glories and wonders, including seaweed, fungi, mosieq; spring, =summer, autumn and w;nter flowers.; edible . prodUctionvi; grasieft, grains, poisonoub plant), fruits, and various other interesting subjects connected wi.ll tany. We cordially confess that we have never met with so appropriate and excellent a work for the purpose of arousng and simulating the young learner to a real love of this portion of Natural History ; and parents who wish to advance the hearts and brains of their children in refinern , nt and intelligence will-do well t) place " Tile lu tructive Picture Book" in their liana . Recollections of Airs. Hester Taffetas. Knight and. Son. Clerkenwell-cloie.. - In this volume we have a number of stories, chiefly running on the popular and an:- cient theme of love ; and Mrs. Taffetas tells them in a quaint ani pleasant . style. A strong dash of improbability is visible here and there, but any symptom of original power is, worthy of notice in these days of stereotyped sentiment and twaddle ; and there is certainly grpe of freshness in some of these padpping recital; which merits a fair portion of praise. We' should imagine th) wrier to b 3 y.,Utog in the craft of authorship, and in her next public essay a . ..little - more attention to the con- Sistent acti-n of the characters and galena]: construction of in.:idents would_enable her to Pro duce a better specmf.n of- inventive talent.. Meanwhile we can honestly recomtnena .the.Recol lctions of Mrs: - Hester TeaLta'S as a light and . . • amusing volume. MILITARY SERVICE IN TILE UNITED STATES. (From the New York Times ) The desertion of one-third of the force se7ected for.the Utah expedition, involving the all but total. annihilation of an entire regiment, suggests a few considerations regarding our treatment of our army which are worthy of attention. •The history of the . sth infantry during the last ten years, the deban- . cicide of which is causing so much delay and annoy- • duce, reflects, we thi n k, v er y grea t di scre dit, nu t Simply on the military authorities. but on the whole public. This reginient, after arduous ser vic3i during the Mexican war, was immediately sent to the Texan frontier, where it - bad to undergo all the hardships and dangers of frontier life until two years ago. It was then sent to Florida, and • served a campaign against the Indians in the swamp. This over, it was abruptly despatched to Kansas, and ordered to march . I,OJO miles through a howling wash, infested by savages, to fight a hostile population on its own soil. Now, we have the highest possible opinion of the American army, composed though it be in the main of foreigners. Its whole history has been marked in no ordinary &agree of courage and for titude of the highest order. It will endure any thing with alacrity which human nature can be brought to endure ; but such a life as this sth Regi ment has been leading is a life which .no, human being in possession of a man'a ordinary instinct and a man's legs can be got to undergo. The greater portion of our military .. .service is a kind which no other at my in . the world could be got to perform. This outpost duty, in which our troops pass their lives, is ;one which European armies, • whenever they are engaged in it, perform only for certain fixed periods. The Russian regiments Serving in the Caucasus are either composed of men, guilty - of some offence, military or other, or are per-. mitted to return to civilisation at stated intervals:'' The French: army in Algeria is in comparatively comfortable quarters once the razzia is over. The British regiments serve in exposed positions in re- • gular rotation. The condemnation of any one re giment, or bet of regiments, to perpetual service in a Kaffir war would leactto mutiny. In all other armie., too, the restraints of mill. Lary discipline derive some mitigation from change of scene and from'glimpses of gaiety, of relaxation, and even of luxury, snatched here and there on the march or in garrison. To-night the soldier, bivonacs on the roadside, but to-morrow he will find him self billeted in a snug tavern in a large town. If he pasacs the Alps he descends upon the rich . ' plains of Lombardy. After Canna comes Capita. The pleasing uncertainties of his position, the mix ture of wild enjoyment with fierce excitement and - terrible suffering of which his career is made up, have for some natures an indescribable_ charm, and • go far to furnish the hosts who pile up hecatombs on battle-fields. The American soldier, from the day of his en listment to that of his discharge, .passesirotaswamp • to swamp and forest to forest, sees no human faces but those of his companions in Misfortune, knows no excitement better than fighting with a foe whom it is no glory to conquer, has no hope of advance meat, lives wretchedly, and perishes obscurely. • Change of quarters brings no relief. His condi tion is not much improved by being transferred from the banks of • he Colorado to the Everglades. A march to the Salt Lake is not a very pleasing variety after scouting in Florida. The officers are buoyed up under this terrible task by the influence and resources of education,-by the voice of honour, and the hope of distinction. But whence shall the poor Irish and Gerniari; who compose the rank and file, derive their consolation ? . Russian serfs could ;scarcely be got to accept existence on such terms. We can hardly wonder if, in a free country, where labour is valuab'e, and where a civilian's exertions are rewarded by wealth, comfort, and honour in a far greater mea sure than in any other part of the IY, r:d, the sol dier, whose life is all toil and privation, should prove " false to his salt." Military discipline will • do a great deal with men of any race and under any circumstances, but military discipline alone will not .keep up the morals necessary for the perform ance of great euterpr:ses. We are so essentially a non-military people that our standing army is in a measure forced upon us by pressing necessity. We are ob liged to have one, but we atone for our chagrin by treating it as badly as possible. We don't suppose we shall effect much by appealing to the humanity of the people upon this question,. but we hope its economical aspect will meet with sonie consideration. -It is .the sheerest and most Nt iltul extravagance to lead a body of trained soldierssuch a dog's life that they shill desert en masse the first great serain they undergo. The immense extent of our frontier, and the d illy increasing complication of our relations with other Powers, are rendering • our standingarmy of yearly increasing importance. There is a deeply-rooted feeling of hostility. to an y increase in its. quantity, but , •ite qualitrusay be whatever the War Department pleases. Toe present mode of employing it renders it all but utterly worthless, as this exped ion proves. Troops drilled and trained and organised as ours are, are totally unfitted for frontier service against Indians. The superiority of a trained force e is shown only when it acts in masses. "Rangers," trappers, pioneers, Bashi-Bazouks, any sort of irregulars, skilled in in their outwitted ° the use of their , weapo ns, and . led .by daring root men, .would' out. Indiang twice as well as " United States' Infantry or Dragoons." It is well known that our regulars are the laugbi ng stock - erfiiets with the In t odn fias. They areour backwoodstnen constantly m ana3uvred, and outmer c h e d by them. 2 o u , Ten thousand infantry ; cavalry, and artillery, scat tered in microscopic d e t ac h ments o 2,0Q0 miles of forest, are simply so over a many frontier of convicts undergoing a terribl e sort of punishment. Con centrated in one or two large bodies, within reach of books, soci e ty, an d eivilisation„ within reach, in . .rthort, of' all the social influences under which the men wore born and brought up, they would be a powerful and effective posse—so ma sr • n Greyhounds 'strainin g i n t h e leash. The mere talk of such an expedition-as this)against the Mormons would rouse them in the eagerest excitement. Their moralo would be kept up by contact wills the rest of the world. They would be, in short, an army—a designation to which, at present, they can hardly lay claim. But few of our soldiers are woodsmen, or have any sort of natural aptitude for that sort of life, and to be a good pioneer and Indian fighter one must be "to the manner born." Our frontier duty we might easily perform by the aid of such corps as the " Texan Rangers,"'made up of the scamps and scapegoats who haunt our borders in great numbers, and who won't submit to rigid dis cipline, but would deal with . Camanches in their harum-scarum fashion far bette • than Frederick's Grenadiers, were they still in existence. The re gular army wa could then reserve in full efficiency for special service en masse, where its drill and its discipline and expensive organisation would come into play. 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