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the 20th, that "-they have again tl le satisfaction of an- THE BRITISH- ASSOCIATION. long trodden-di:nen Africai.tho getitiomeli corer whom you , volving body does not preserve its parallelism during its
LOOK AT DOME. RAILWAY 13: 'TALLIGENCE.
nouncing a large increase in the tr: iffic of the railway, •
ri.sejma2cy to this.
have the betioir to iireBtau Will, I M itOl4 6grdiv,OT totolution, whether round its own Anis err round a distant
_.-.4.--- GinsEseeT • WESTERN. which for the half -year ending the; ;oth June last shows
tßhreiteisohlleAgesstoociaatniounm,ecroounscaosrsreemlabtliyono fofthreh;nseiciriabi esr,e
jeonfetel.
CHELTENITAI4; A;UG. 19.
have just issued their an increase over that- of the come Pending half-year of Mr. Grove, F.R.S., delivered a 'lecture 'es'l Join. in conclusion, Sir Rolerick directed spen:l dtth".-1: i f',•UrM. Yroisi'lli Whewell was of opinion that this was
to the very great merits of Dr. Livingstone, who heed sore solifrafileats ee cithorwise the mon's relation to the
It is rather singular that we, who of all nations
Tile directors of t tin cot 2PacY
1355, as follows:: Coaching,- 6331. is. 2d. ;merchandise, , , evening at
ile l
ttil,,hiliZecinti.hin.tiosistiii•te;lfw,o-7) tills,lvilLaggopl;ol
v.rinoe-lidsai'yl otfiatth'oe:.:Raloy,:l/4a'flriGicaeofgroram- emsLayrmtho‘onsii(gih'entibeiel
;d " " 1 dla-v " which M
are the most fond of travel, and who pride our-
eport. It states thl Nt the results of the traffic over the
~y et .litiane to be sati3faetcry, and 41,885/. 14s. 106 I. ; minerals, 11 ,5931. 6s. sd. •; cattle,
close about 4 o'clock t 1 The atteedanc; in- all the :rntedarthe
to the Portegtiese city of St. Paul de taondv, argument of any reference such as the Professor lit,..d in-: w
selves on the facility with which we can circum-
e Ifa ture. Comparing the receipts 1,058/. 193. 101.;• total, 55,171/. Ss. 3d. The balance
sections during this o'tLicanYga:ns been TerT ]arse •; ti) most The business of most of the sections I alaiin,adverted to the reiriail-ilte e ' t-i ive t-a• teodly- to the moon's undulatino- orbit round the sun
was ly-ongitt to a ant 0 - A and Y: ,- 'I. •• ; _ ~.3
navigate the globe, du not yet know how to get severalr lines of railwa
are encouraging for t ,vela of Dr. B ath, in Central Africa, who had ittitly re- ! her rotation or non-rotation had' no reference to space,
from one end of our own metropolis to the other. of the corresponding pe clods e. d., of which
ds in 1555 and 155.3, it will be available for dividl/end i5ri42,197 1. 15- ' crave,./ a similar honour, as well as to the prospects off t.,. gad cotild be properly determined by her own internal
eh6emalds o c ocnlrnoaro
The pedestrian who has beaten his Alpine guides pero2ived that the iner, ease an the. Creat n estern Rail- 33,802/. 18:.1.61:1;
.te.a.. d frforn the prev:ous half-year,
attractive sections being groat ex pipr:. !,.n,;up 'the Niger, and to the lofty thountains motion and that of her different parts in relatiloan to each
mid en the two Shrewsbury and 208,3 9
actorstbe traffic of the half-
in climbing, who has followed the trial of the bush- ways has been 53,583/ ~
30thi' '3.'unelasrti'The'donin tevery day, the ladies forming considerablyvc thaevels.:e7er'' full
eaansdtle'odatet,bl°ieuYco°nig`rvaattuell:ittood ttela's6s'etmh
1;4 awe
lz;,iboia; r 1,7
was
sn the
vary
biguityer and to the. centre of h orbit,
arise in so doi g, oerr in restricting the nor
thaenyuseamoi tr
' 1-e and who has kopt pace Riilways (north of \Vol verhampton) 19,184/ , making year ending ~ . . . propose the pay-men arid oVeruat,-H there, tion of the audience in these departtniieB ge
P°l.-
numerous, on the hope, we might now rationally entertain, ths, term rotation to its original meaning, which Oc
0-ate imi,
• wovernent of revenue during the meat of the follol ring dividend, I arss income tax, on the •
of seeing ciVilisation extended to many tribes of Africa in would eimplify the great truths of astronomy, din-
with the Sioux as he hunted tb rough the prairie, together an aggree SECTION 8.--011851ICAL 'SCIENCE.
These • d receipts have 1 t Sept, next, viz.:-21. upon each 1 /
of 76,067/. increase s
when he comes back to England may find it diffi- last half-year and Dr. H. E-. Restoe on
produced from the following sources :- stock ; 1/. 6s. 3d. on each 0/. et nasolie:lated Birmingham Photochemical" Re SECTION F.-ECONOMIC SCIE.YCE AND STATISTICS. tolligible "to the whole people, especially in books
cult to conduct a lady to the pianoforte without been separately W
t Sh - b Total.• d Derby st fork •3/ on each ii )0/ l'd t d f searches" read yettterday, stated thatfor popular instruction. This was his solo object in moot- _
Mr, It. H. Weleh LI, 111. /skis Wh• t I P fof
, ._ •, ne y
Groat et' ern. rews ury. an o , . .001180 1 a.e pre eren- the method, pursued by them in. attempting to obtain a polities/ * '-'
the question. lie felt he
0
jostling a card-table, kicking down the chairs, and passengers£33, 44 9 23,264 236,713 igeohoin.• in the Velvet. ey , rea,d amg
tial stock ; 3/. 7,1130 n each 10' J/. consolidated Eyewash measure of the chemical s )" 3L-
°I.
rhthim- is° doing, and, though Ire had been far from seeking to
stumbling on to the music-stool ; and we, whose Goods, cattle, Sec... 20,41 s 5 15,197 35,612 action of light was to evolve a paper on " Observations on rho present export of milVer to for so
• Valley stock ; 2in 53. upon ea ah 100/. consolidated 4 J./ mixture of h ke controversy he had been compelled to put his
Other sources
Pr°v°
'fi ht •t out. B
back to the wall and g i
fleets have crossed every sea, whose caravans have 0 - - per cent, prefers utial stock ; 7s. 63, upon each 16/. 13'. hydro-chloric acid by a galvanic current. This mixture of back as the time when Pliny termed it the sink of theattended, and it P
The section was numerously
n
_
traversed every land, who have given steam-ships ini ne8,83 £19,184 Z 76,067 41. share, being half a yam e's interest at 4,1 i per cent. ; gases is sensible in a high degree. So far their experiment precious metals silver was a favourite article of export to that _ee
el 6ymons, v. o was
h frequently interrupted by a '
and railroads and telegraphs to the world, who go it may also be mentioned that e with one immaterial es•was the same as D •'
2/. upon each 100/. cans ali dated Leicester and Hitehia . - raper s ; but they soon found that the Vesst. It has continued so since, but the trade of r' he astronomers P
few gentlemen on the platform, had t
by late has assumed an extraordinary magnitude. In the
to India in a month and to America in ten days- eeption, these improvemen A int income have been derived preferential stock ; 21. up4),n each 190/. paid on account using his method the results were incorrect, owing to his five years prior to the present over 22,000,000/. worth of against and the audience with h
who, in a word, have brouelit the art of locomotion from each of the various lin es fund branches worked by of 5/. shares ; which will
leave a balance of 3,539/. 15s. a,
so
thell leaving no regular pressure of the gas in it, and silver have been exported to the East through England
The portion ;Of th e Hereford, Ross, and 33, to be carried to the a, ;count of the current half-year," ..,mixture of the gases being variable in proportion, algae, and from other cousitries a similar movement, PRICES OF SHARES. P
to the highest perfection, do not know how to the company. , 1
By their method they eliminated has been in operation. The export in 1855 was f
Gtouceeter Railway between Hopebrooa and Hereford these errors, so that they 0,400,0001., and this year it is proceeding at the rate of BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COIYI 1,
move along our own streets. We wonder when found their machinegive constant
18r- ll '
having been first opened on the Iss of une, ea, aoa - EAST LANCASHIRE.
the metropolitan mind. will fully comprehend such They also found that the chemical action varied inversely that have been published for the first four months. Unlike
ade in the con iparison of receipts between The half-yearly 'nee cing of this company was held yes-
facts as these-that from Hyde-park to London- ance must be m---. 10.-
as the square of the distance from the source of light. the old moveivont, the present cannot be permanent. The
distance is a third of the way to Brighton,
bridge the • • lterday at B • .".ii •D d 1 • •
the two periods for a differen e® of five months' additiona - former was seldom more than might be accounted for as . From the Official Lat.
and that from this office to Paddington is a third ract of the half-yearly report and sta
traffic in 1856 over 18 miles of that railway. On the An abst tement ments in making iron and cast steel. This process was the distribution of silver to some of its chief consumers-
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
of the distant© from Paddington to Oxford. A - lik
other band, the same observal ioo applies in e mariner of accounts has al'scrady appeared in The Sun. the nations of the East-according as new supplies wore ''
LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1.-,, 1856. i
worthy of notice, it being one of the earliest attempts raised elsewhere. It was, in fact, the ordinary movement
Hansom cab will not drive to either of these sta-
to the expense incurred in well :ing those 13 miles of rail- The CHAIRMAN„ after a few remarks, moved the adop- made to introduce into England GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
tions from the places named in less than half an
way. Notwithstanding that rill cumstance, it is gratifying tion of the report., the principle of gas fuel
in a more perfect manner than has yet been effected. The from the producer to the consumer. But now silver goes
faster to the East than it is produced throughout the Dividend Amount I
hour, and in an hour and-a-half a railway journey
to report that the directors h,le ee been enabled to reduce The report wa a carried unanimously, as was also a re- principle was to reduce and carbonise ironh world. Hence the process cannot be permanent, but must Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 1
ores, suc as Annum. Share. ;
come to an end as soon as the distribution of the old stock
of 60 miles is regularly accomplished. Does it nev.er
1-' , charges of the Gr sat Western undertakings •solution declarir .g the guaranteed dividends on the pre-
a great in- the working lametic and other ore free from sulphur and phosphorus, hes been effected; for the annual productionofsilver is ----------
occur to any one that this is not merely X s. d. X a. d.
e from 85 1961. in 1855, to S', 152,0801. in 1856, being a ference stock of the company, and a dividend of 4 per by passing gas produced in a generator through only •Is •t 8000 'OO/•and I
a column a*a „t.; ~ since the export to the east ee \ _ - I -
convenience, but a great disgrace to us . Does it 2, - .. •• •• ---
added to the increased re- cent. per annum, on the ordinary stock-all payable on of ores, supplying at the same time air enoueli to burn a through England alone is at the rate of over 9,000,000/., it nin 20 0020 0 0
Ditto I-rovin 11ca .. •• 71.
never occur to those who say to their country con- difference of 3,056/., which, . . . s folio Ws that it cannot be the new stipples of silver which - •“) .... 51. 20 00200 0 15
Brighton • . • • •• •,
sins, " Ab, you should see the carriages in Cheap- venue of 56,883/. over the sal ne lines, provides an avail- the 27th inst. portion of th ein •
o eas order to gyre tbe temperature neces- meet that demand and all others for ptphe same metal, but City of London .• .... 41. s. 0 100 0 0 150 0I), --
sary to the reduction of the
side," and who poin • t with exultation to the dead able increase of nearly 60,000 1. in one half-year towards The meeting -was then made special, and the directors ore, and the carbonisation of that there must be some auxiliary fund to be drawn open. Continental (4th Cap.) . 2O 0 0 -35
to be no dead.
lock there, that there ought lock, the interest an?, other prefere ace engagements, as well as were authorise( Ito convert the debenture debt, or env the so reduced iron and secondly to melt the reduce in Such a fund is furnished by acessation • the 1 lir ne for Equitable .•• ...• •• ••
2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 1
in e co
Great Central .. •• -. 8/ per cent. 110 0 o all , 124
a second furnace. ' - silver in several countries -which before employed it most imperial ............ 101.8 c benus. 50 0 0 all 190
and that it is our shame, not our glory ?
to pay an increased diseidend to the shareholders. The par., of it, into perpetual annuities of the company, at a Dr. GILBERT read a .4 1 irgely, but now use gold instead. In a paper brought be- independent ......... 51, 40 0 0 f P ''.
Our whole street system is most discreditable,
Shrewsbury lines have 1 eeie w orked at an increased expen- rate not exceeding 4 per ce,nt, per annum. paper on the products and coustisu- fore this association 5O 0 0
tion of wheat grain, D G•lb ' at Glasgow last September I had occa- L ~ -
-
and it would be well if those who have .. - r 1 lth • hth receipts have The promedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
e greater r. i ert s paper contained the rcs sion to notice that silver sZich 25
Used to be coined in France Do., Pal. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 _ •2 0
diture of only 5,..)45 ~ s s ce agsults of
hitherto been thinking only of the antipodes
84/ • ' 11' dr :rived from goods traffic. In he directc.rs. M a large number of experiments made by him and and the United States at an average rate of 4,000,0001. per Peeeeix •••-•••• •• •• 41. per cent. 60 0 0 52 0
. 100 0 0 16 0 16
and the North Pole, how to cut through been 19,1 ~ PrulciPa 7_ r. Lewes, during a period of several years, upon wheat annum, is now little employed, while much of the old coin Frat.cliff v••••• •• •• •
0 CI 0 all 20%
fmaintenance of way will be -- United General .• •• •• 21. 10e. 5
the Isthmus of Suez, and how to reach the both instances the cost c . grown iu this country as well as abroad. Dr. Gilbert I F nee
of that metal is melted down and exported. u ra 50 0 0 •• 53
STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. ' Westminster Chartered 41- per cent.
account far the difference in the expert- it is said that in one year, 1853, so much as 12,000,000/. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Pacific by Panama, were to begin at home, and at- found mainly to subjected the various coarse and fine varieties of flour to Ditto, New .... •• •• -
of the The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes- P nal •andshowed were disposed of in this manner, and that the operation
tempt to solve the still more important problem of diture of the two periods ;in the one case-that e ysis, - has still been proceeding at a still greater rate. All this WATER-WORKS.
terday at Darlin Lon Mr T. M II in the chair, g , . eyne
metropolitan transit. There are some grand Great Western lines-t' ce dinunution under that headportion 9.% th a sample was coarser and ceotained more bran. acts in the same way as if a silver California had been dis-
schemes afloat. We have heard of a railway to P.',o exceeding the whole say ing, while in the other case t, he The report of the directors (an abstract of which ap. The flour that contained least nitrogen was th 'at which took covered. No one thinks it extraordinary that gold is ex- Name of Company. I of Paid. Price
per
round London, and. of another under it ;of tunnels greater charge for mainnenance of way is nearly equiva- peered in Thc Sun) was taken as read, up least water in the process of bread-making, and an in- ported on a large scale from the auriferous regions to the
various nations which use that metal ; 'but it is quite as ----- I Annum. Share.
;
here, bridges there, and new streets everywhere. terestinequestion arose
lent to the total increase of expenses for working the two The CI lalnalAN moved the adoption of the report, a as to the nutritive value of bread natural to suppose that when large supplies of Silver are 1 £. s. d. Xs. d.
One day some of these may come to maturity, and containing much or no bran. Dr. G' ' • • •
Shrewsbury railways. While referring to that item of which wi A carried unanimously, and dividends of 5 per
'4' t 50 0 0 all 78
the more the better ; but we confess we look upon here had been cent. on preference shares, 6 per cent. on Wear Valley in fs.your of the • latter, as far as working men are con- extracted from the earth, or just taken from the melting Grand Junction ....•• , , per en .
Kent.... •• •.. - - 80%
expenditure, it is proper •to observe that 1 95
all of these new schemes with more or less iniffer-
heavy expeaditure ditring the last two or and Reireears, and 9 per cent. on ordinary shares were earned, notwithstanding the theoretically higher value of Rot), they would find their way to those places where Lambeth - 500 0 0 -
_ -
ence, so long as a proper use is not made of the old an unusually .
t fth b 1 declared.. bread containing
bran. Another interesting fact stated by silver ie generally employed But India, China, and other New River Company I 21. lOs. -
Southwark ' Vauxhall ' 51. cat. 100 0 0 -
years for the perms ,nent improvemen o a a - Dr. Gilbert was Eastern. nations .
appliances. These new roads will not be of much three that the Black Sea wheat in Europe and the late extraordinar exportation. this •novel West Middlesex •• •
61 0 0 - 10
and drainingof
avail, unless we can turn the old streets as well as lasting
the Great Western lines, and A. vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro- the Southern State wheat in America were far richer in one, 7 As cause is a
there is an inclination on the part of some who call BRIDGES.
ceedin s
the new to better account. It is impossible to look also for the supply ,ef new materials, which subjects g • gluten than those from the northern latitudes, those from themselves practical men to adopt any other rather than .
---Dividend Amount
at the long train of omnibuses in Fleet-street, each have been specially mentioned in former reports of the Dantzio Containing least gluten, while they stood highest it. Experience gives no instance of any such, and hence ...
BRADFO-RD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. Name of uompany, per of Paid. Price.
with its own small proportion of passengers, but engineer-in-chief, The company are now reaping, to those who look to their persona experience alone are coin-
among bread-making grain. The character of the gluten • - l Annum. Share.
The half-ye irly meeting of this company was held yeS- seemed de he
at fault when discussing this question Some talk
still with overladen horses, and. not feel the deepest some extent, the advart taxes of that increased expendi- pendent in some degree on its oily constituent, X s. d. X 8. d.
disgust at the want of mechanical ingenuity which
tore. The practice of placing against revenue in each terday at Bradford. Mr. Firth presided, the balance of trade • others of an increased importation of
and therefore the quality of the bread depends on the tea and silk from China; and a third set of investigators flunerford...• •• •• .• -.- -7%
causes so great a waste of power, of convenience, half-year the cost of t• ,11 rails, timber, and other ma-- Mr. Burnside, the secretary, having read the report, maturation of the seed. enunciate details of the machinery of the foreign exchanges Southwark ......•• .. - 100 0 0 - -
of space, and of time. It is marvellous that, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun,by which the transmission is effected. But such persons las,ietrto New..
Ann.o f 7 % .
.p . 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
terials supplied for the t line, as uniformly adopted by Dr. R. D. THOMSON remagked that the value of breadc. - leo 0 0 - -
in our crowded thoroughfares, and seeing he might de end on the of hd t• forget that the export of silver is just as likely in the ab- W' tt Old of Bl. 11 14s 8d 60 0 -
standing The CHAIEMAN in moving its adoption said that t p e state yra ion of the starch and street to be the cause as the effect of the "balance," or
this c m must ten d occasionally to disparity in the
o pany, .
.D ditto of 71. 11.108.* 40 0 0 - 25%
Ditto Nw • •
the omnibuses pass five or six in rank, our autho- • construction of the line was progressing in a most saris- gluten ; but was doubtful as to the value assigned to the " increased importation," in which the - Vll 965. 4d.
70 10 3 - 21
• half-yearly accounts of expenditure, according to the exi, ey dogmatical/
Ica y vausausu ...... •• •• ••
cities have never thought it worth while to arm- factory manner, and he had season to believe that it autritious qualities of starch, as the French chemists assume it originated; and that, as for the details of the
plify the system by making two horses do the work gencies of each period ; but it nevertheless appears toDOCKS.
would be ready for opening in April nest year. He had proved that the starch was often left undigested. fareigu exchanges, they merely tell us how and not why the
of twelve. We want room, and really were the the board preferable to the system of carrying it, in theexport takes ce. Yet all this while the question pre- Dividend Amount
Dr. VOELCKER stated that he had arrived at similar ex-
no doubt that when the line got into operation the h
s are.of Paid. Price.
result only to get rid of ten horses every minute it first instance, to the debit of a separate renewal account, .
.is ma ts no difficulty a hatsoever, when two facts are noticed in Name of Company.
perimental conclusions as Dr. Gilbert, but while Anteurm. Share.
holders would be in the receipt of a very satisfacto ' he ac- juxta-position,-one, the great cessation in the demand for
would be an immense saving. It will be at once which may afterwards, in some instances, become trans- ry ch. knowledged----- -
that starchy bread was mechanically the best, silver in countries which employed a double standard ; the X s. d. X s. d.
surmised that we have in our minds the idea of a ferred to the capital account. The directors have to vidend. he combated Dr. Gilberts view, that this was the most other, the circunastance that the Eastern nations habitually , minercial .• .• ....•• 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
tramroad running on each side of the principal recommend that a dividend be now declared at the rate Mr. BARFF seconded the adoption of the report, which wholesome kind of bread for the working man. He traced use silver on a large scale, especially in their currency. Lst and West India.. 61, pr :.eat. Stock. - -
-
streets, such as may be seen every day at work in
0, , . . . was agreed to. •
o snothing o co he ex- Lir& -. .
After that there i to be said t complete t East C 4; y per2os. ski. -- ...„ I
~1 per cent. per .arinum ou o e e
t f the arnings of the the phosphoric acid found by Dr. Gilbert in the bran to - 104
the Champs Elysees, and such as at most of our On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the directors were phosphorus lanation except to call to mind that when the
number of London ••• •- • ...... 5/. pr cent. Stock.
-
company, after defraying all the charges and liabilities contained as such in the gluten, Dr. Voelcker an •P . withD'tt Bends •• •• 41 per cent. -
y article is unusually great compared the of , 0 . •• ••
seaports is used for the passage of heavy waggons.
-it. Katharine .• •• - .• per
How easy it would be to establish such a line in Lou- upon the revenue, as.shown .
in the accounts duly audited authorised to borrow the whole or any part of 60,0001., having found this element in canine and legumine. o msumers, it must find its way to these latter in quantities •
outhampton .. •• .... 31. os per c. 50 0 .0
50 -0
0 -49
don will be evident to those who have observed and approved. The said dividend bl
will be made payable at such times and on such terms as they may think fit. Dr. Odling, J. H. Pearsall, Mr. Maskelyne, and Mr. proportionally augmented ; and that such is the case at nnten, n .......... 5/. per cent. 20 00'10 0 0 -
present with the article silver, the principal consumers of
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro- Worsley took part in the discussion that followed. After
the uniformity of the omnibus routes east and. in the usual manner on and after let Sept. to the holders . - Dr. GI dt ' which are the nations of the East. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
ceedings. a s ones paper some discussion took place as to the
west ; how, with few exceptions, they proceed in of the consolidated stock and Windsor shareholders, who ,
- stare of Chemical affinity, Dr. Odling calling in ques. SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Dividend Amount
two long lines from Cheapside, the one by New- were registered for the same at the closing of the books, 1 WEAR VALLEY. tion the At the meeting this morning Mr. W. Clay read a paper
prevalent views on the subject, more especially is on "Name of Company. per of
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
gate-street towards the Marble Arch, the other and a balance will be carried over to the next half-year cfthe manufacture of the large wrought iron gun made
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held what has been called elective affinity, Mr. Maskelyne at the 3 • " --
-
Mersey Ironworks, Liverpool, sad on other large X s. d. Z s. d.
by St. Paul's to Charing-cross. As a speculation, 6,367/. 14s. 7d. Besides this amount there is a heavy
yesterday at Darlington, Mr. Pascoe Smith in the chair. supported the other side of the subject, agreeing, however, masses of wrought iron." Mr. Clay commenced by express- tustralasia........... ;20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 103
too, it would be the more easy to accomplish, as
claim still under arbitration, against the Postmaster-
the majority of the omnibuses now belong to a The proceedings were of a formal character, and the with Dr. Gladstone on the necessity of abutter system of ing his regret that the circulars ordered to be sent last British North American 1 Si.l per cent. 50 0 0 -
0 20 "o
0
General for additional mail services performed since expressing the results of analyses. year to engineers, ironmastere, and manufacturers, by the Commercial of London. ;10 .per cent.
,100 031
single company, who propose, when their arrange-
be little
Feb.,, 1855, which there can doubt will be as- usual dividend of 6 per cent. was declared,
SECTION C.-GEOLOGY. committee appointed to institute an inquiry into the best 2li'anni . .
.. „ .
ne.... •• •• ...... 151. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22%
61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
meats are complete, to introduce the system of ... . - means of ascertaining those properties of metals, and effects Lond.aa;:ie...o.iAus. * - 20 0 0 all 0 21%
certamed and adjusted during the current half-year. The proceedings commenced this morning by two papers, of various modes of treating them, which were of import-
correspondence with cross routes. That company, . . MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDO AR. London and County .. 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 364
On the other hand, the dividends scoured to the one read by Mr. J. B. Jukes, on the alteration of clay slate Delco to the efficiency and durability of artillery were not Londe an
Westminatr 141. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 45%
it 18 well known, has offered prizes for improved This company h • held its meeting at the same time and into mica schist and gneiss b • • made 1 dpublic. H' more genera an e was only made aware London Toint-Stock • 12/. per cent. 50 000 0 0 31%
y the granite onWicklow, &c.,
vehicles ; and carriages a little larger and more Kennet and Avon Canal shareholders have upon the
place, Mr. N. Plews in the chair. . that day, onlooking over the report of the British Associa- Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 56
airy than those hitherto in use may now be seen aggregate exceeded the total net revenues of it since the and the other by Mr. H. C. Sorby, on the microscopical • Ditto, New. •... • • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all -
Lion for the past year, that such a committee had been • 1 1 6?cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
The proceedings were of a similar character, and a 6 structure of mica schist. These 'nations., of Ire ar. .... .. per
were both on the formed, am,
actually running. But is it not perfectly evident purchase of the canal in 1851. The deficiency will be
per cent. dividend was declared• same subject, Mr. T * papers
- that they had received opinions from some of Nat. Provincial of Eng. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
that with the present system of roads it is irnpos- met out of the larger amount payable to this company ,
~ Jukes proving on a large Beale the re- the most eminent engineers of the present day, which opi- Ditto, New .. ••.• •• , 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
-- stilts that Mr. Sorby had deduced from microscopical exa,. nions, with one exception, did not coincide with what he orieritai Bank Corpora. 81. p. et.Stbs. 25 0 0 all 41
sable to make auy decided improvement in the for extra mail services. The power of running goods RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. minations The . next papers were by Professor Harkness, on was about to record. The first consideration necessary for eeethAot
-fuasltiraali.a:...... 30 !,percent. :25 0 0 i•
1_ !?.reert.e&enb_*. 25 0 0 _
GS
construction of these most uncomfortable convey-trains over the line of railway between Chester and GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.-Traffic return for the the jointing of rocks ;by Professor Rogers, on tho origin - Venunan.ufactuie of wrought iron was to decide the descrip- Union Ditto ...... • • ...... 301. per cent. - 2 1.0 0 -
antes ? An inch may be added. to the height, and
Birkenhead has been exercised by this company since week ending Aug. 3, 1856 2,24,162 5 6 of saliferous deposits; by Mr. Etheridge, on the igneous lea,3,te(oiffci;m:fexwlench the gun was to be made, ;ednddh; se-
Union of London ••• .. ;203, per cent. 50 0 0 10
all 0 28%
-
half an inch to the breadth, a corner may be Corresponding week last year obtainppiprire3auisdloneear iron, put le from Union of Madrid ... •• ; - 40 0
last and an award has been made deter-
the 2d of Feb. , .
is 22,812 10 8 rocks of Lundy and the Bristol District ;by Mr. Mushet, a the stroneest
rounded off, the back of the seat padded, addl.- LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.-Traffic re- taking care that the
mining the terms upon which this company entitleddescription of an ancient miner's axe in the forest of D •
„ • iron should be worked as little as possible before it came CANALS.
tional windows cut in front, and a bright brass turn for the week ending Aug. 10, 1856 £25,732 14 4 - . e-' to be into the
railing placed for the cautious to lay hold off ; but so to run those trains. The amount payable under that Corresponding week last year 22,529 18 5 and by Mr. Bally on fossils from the Crimea. This was, put gun. A core was first prepared the full
4; ' 41 Dividend
what of all this 7 Within, the omnibus is nothing award (which will last for three years only) is undoubt- CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.-Traffic return for as might be expected, a most interesting Communication length of the gun, and a certain diameter. This core was Names of . Dividend -,,.., Names of .
the week ending Aug. 10, 1856 - Companies. tj ;Annum.Per Price,
per ,
but a couple of narrow shelves, on which passes- edly heavy, consisting partly of an annual rent and partly 2K,255 4 5 the Royal Artillery, principally in the southern end of 'the round the core, and again heated and forged to the proper cn
,Annum. ; 1
Corresponding week last year 6,622
gars are packed like trussed fowls on the ledge of of toll ; and it is only by means of a considerable in- 17 5 Crimea, many of the fossils having been obtained from the shape ;another series of bars werepacked then, and heated -----1!
i£ ! !
Jr
a poulterer's window ; without, mortal men are crease in the traffic that the rent can be defrayed with• , Increase in 1856 .. £632 7 0 trenches, others by Major Cook, Royal Eaeineers and and worked perfectly sound ; still another and larger se- ish.tn &Oldh 93 71. p. et. 145 Macclesfield. 100; 2/. 10s. 51
Lieut.-Col. C. L. Cocks, Coldstream Guards, ' ' ries of bats were required, placed longitudinally, and oven nenany.... 150 - - Neath .... • • 100 161. -
set to grind on a " knifeboa.rd." So
- long as in out loss. Already there has been a satisfactory acres - LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.-Traffic re- Sir R. MURCHISON, in a few remarks .0, tthese were far from the size required. The for al- i''ltnitec' Abrg 150 4/. i Oxford.. •• • • 100 - 103
he subject,
these narrow, crowded streets of ours, each omni-
sion of business to your northern lines through Birkere- turns for the week ending Aug. 9, 1856 E11,117 11 10 stated that he hoped • in future that when any expedition though larger than any ever previously made, required to Birmingham 40; 4/. i 93%f Peak
c, e it,s Forest.
bns, with its 20 passengers and its pair of horses, was sent from England a body of scientific men would be be augmented in its diameter at the breach by 12 inches, Coventry...• 100 251. R I 30,
_ll 16
head, and there are indications of progressive improve- ---- - - Derby •- .. 100 Si.elss. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. lOs. 76
must thread its way as best it can, now to the attached to head-quarters. which was accomplished by two layers of iron placed in I ,
meats in the goods traffic, now that this company are in T. 1113 FT.RE AT MESSRS. .T3IIO.I.ITVOOD'S M EllsMre&ChS '692% p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140; - -
to the left, it must remain. of its present
now E r. J. P. WooDWARD also made a few remarks on the such a manner as to resemble hoops. This being all GraudJunctn 100 31. pr.ct. 43 Do. Lk Fd.4t 12; - -
right,a position to undertake the management and exclusive ACTORY. shells' which had been described, showing the c,radual filling welded round, the forging of the gun was accomplished. ~flick &Wore 140' 281. 420
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. 11%
size, and in spite of 1001. and 1,0001. prizes no
material improvement will ever appear. But send control of it to and
from the port of Liverpool. The line ..- up of the communication between the Aral:Caspian, and The boring was effected in an ordinary powerful lathe, the Grand Surrey 100; 41. - Shrewsbury- 125 - -
It is stated that had the •
promises for which Black Seas. first bore being 11 inches in diameter, consisting of a'drill Grand Union 100 1/.os. - Stonrbrldee.. 05 12L 290
ten out of every dozen horses out of the way, and of the Wilts and Somerset Railway between Warmin-of seven inches and a face cutter of two inches. The second Kennt & AVII 39, 6s. Od. 6% Severn and 'Z I 2/. -
Broadwood have for years paid large Messrs.
a annual sum to SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY. Lancaster .. 1001 - - Wye Rail. 26
P six omnibuses in one, send here. at once we gain ster and Salisbury, a distance of 20 miles, was opened rt,,, three-quarters of au inch on each side, making the bore
the Chelsea Waterworks Company been properly Dr. RAE, in this section yesterday, made some remarks Leeds &Livrp 100' 251. 433%;Warwick & 7 , 21. 25
three great advantages-the streets are so far for public traffic on the 30th of June last. The local upon the Esquimaux, and referred to his intercourse with ii..ilinceioies ;1 Ist•Vi time third, or cut, a quarter of an
the Leicester.... 100' 61. 49% Birndne. j 100
charged at the time of the outbreak, the fire would .havYe
cleared and rendered passable, the omnibuses are besiness promises to be good ; and when the London been confinedcomparatively
_ that tribe during his explorations in search of Sir John bbrii'ig :a.is) not
a wortore. He might remark that Leicstr &Nth, 83 - - Warwick & l
100 21. 10
enlarged and rendered comfortable, and there is South-Western new station in Salisbury Franklin in the Arctic Seas
shall ho corn- appears that when intelligence of the disaster was first Sir It. J. MURCHISON *
ith much fe I.of very great expense or labour; Louge:emelt Ise 701. 550 Napton..)
o ,the contrary, the process went on so rapidly that he was Monmouthsh' 100 - - Worcstr &'.l
78 21. 20
au enormous saving of horse-power.e Ing to the unable
1 led, ttht f th V7e, • t 1. th h
, .
__en_ e _ e
_en_ enni. p e near 0 a o e. , mins er ine, a roue conveyed to Mr. Russell, foreman of the works, he in- failure which had atteuded referredll the p editions to prepere the fresh boring heads fast enough. The INlctgm'Y'l'iloo - - Wlhs.lltlts -1 10s. Od. ...
--. ofartficr hauler/ ;of, nun of a.% Rimy. wh wra t con MC AA, _ raging in AParrth nf +I,. 1.. - ,-,..,;,... ,f.C-. ql.-iB,..u.,n„i:t;°„tih, that
trunoion hoops were made in separate clubs, and were MeltnMwbry 100 - -
___

' • • I also the mixtui; of the ga-aez-s-b-e-ecg-v-a.rie bin--p-r-op-o';n7o-n-•
__ ______ __ _ _
leave a oalance or o Lion .LUS
e By their method they
who, in a word, have brought the art of locomotion from each of the various lin es Axe oranceee weraeo ee. „ ot. snares ; ,t,,,,tit ggt
;count of the current half-vear." l
eliminated these b tth alone, and from other countries a similar movement, PRICES OF Sli.. I . . -11 i Z. pr
has been in operation. The expert in 1855 was fo
to the highest perfection, do not know how to the company. The portion .1)! th e Hereford, Ross, and 3]. to be carried to the a•
errors, so t.a ey 0. la
move along our own streets. We wonder w l ,
hen Giouceeter Railway between Flopebrook and Hereford
EAST LANCASHIRE. found their mach"
me give constant comparnble results. over 9,(1,0,0001. per annum, judging from the returns
400,0001., and this year it is proceeding at the rate of BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COlll.
PANIES' STOCK. Ix
the metropolitan mind will fully comprehend such having been first opened on t tee s,, of June, 1855, allow- They also found that the chemical action varibd inversely that have berm published for the filet f th Ul' ke
- our mon s. D I
.----.40......--- en
.
facts as these-that from Hyde-park to London- ance must be made in the con iparison of receipts between The halnyearly mee ding of this company was held yes- as the square of the distance from the source of light. the old moven:ent, the present cannot be permanent. The al
former was seldom more than might be accounted for as . From the Official Lest. a
bridge the distance is a third of the way to Brighton! the two periods for a difference of five mor.rths• additional terday at Bury, Mr. Dngdale presiding. Mr. WORSLEY also read a paper on Dr. Guett's improve-
traffic in 1356 over 18 miles of that railway. On the An abstract of 'the hainyearly report and statement meats in making iron and cast steel. This process was the distribution of silver to some of its chief consumers -
and that from this office to Paddington is a third the nations of the East-according as new supplies wore
of the distance from Paddington to Oxford. A other band, the same observat ioo applies in like manner of accounts has aVseredy appeared in The Suit. worthy of notice, it being one of the earliest attempts raised elsewhere. It was, in fact, the ordinary movement le
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 31
Haneom cab will not drive to either of these sta-
to the expense incurred in won] :in those 13 miles of rail- The CHAIRMAN„ after a few remarks, moved the adop- made to introduce into England the principle of gas fuel from the producer to the consumer. But now silver goes 11:
tions from the places named in less than half an
Way. Notwithstanding that cis cumstance, it is gratifying tion of the report.. in a more perfect manner than has yet been effected. The faster to the East than it is produced throughout tho PUBLILSHOENDDEOIN'E,RTYUTEusEDSID.ytY,
AANUDGITSFTBr2
pA YIBES6V.ENING
Dividend Amount
cvoorrld. Hence the rocess (memos be ermanent but must Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, P
hour, and in an hour and-a-half a railway journey
to report that the directors ha se been enabled to reduce The report wa a carried unanimously, as was also a re. principle was to reduce and carbonise iron ores, such as 'wise to an end as spoon as the distribPution of the old stock 1
Annum. Share.
of 60 miles is regularly accomplished. Does it nev.er lammetic and other ore free from sulphur and phosphorus, has been effected; for the annual production of silver is -----------
fto
obi allrl yoo 1 its
bet
hen:
ntg3
ii,
aOt
nOedoa,
anC
1011000 n/
to. ;
biseand since the export to the East X s. d. X s. d. I
occur to any one that ibis is not merely
?a gpreat in.- the working charges of the Gr 3at Western undertakings solution declarir .g the guaranteed dividends on the pre-
by passing gas produced in a generator through a column
ee
sr: st en
po pf ' w _, _
-
convenience but a great disgrace to us . oes it from 235,1261. in 1855, t.o f, .t 52,0801. in 1856, being a ference stock of the company, and a dividend of 4 per
of ores, supplying at the same time air eh t burn a
added to the increased re- cent. per annum on the ordinary stock-all payable on , enoue o
attethu Britisil
.1.-;•o.v.i.r:c.lal .• • • 71, 20 0 0 20 0 0 -
" f 1 li• h DU° 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
never occur,to those who say to their country con- difference of 3,0561., which„
sary to the s nof the ore, and the carbonisation of that there must be some auxiliary
portion of the gas in order to give the temperature neces- Brighton •• •• •• .. .. 5/,
meet that de 100 0 0 150 00 1 - ./
sins '' Ab you ehould se3 the carriages in Chea mend and all others for the same metal, but city of London .... •• 41. os.
reduclio f a u
:oteNos' e
orb: ,(2,oiirOavOwe, OrnONOov 11:iecni t.
50 0 0 20 0 0 - ,
P' venue of 56,833/. over the sea ne lines, provides an avail- the 27th inst.
' ' - ' ••
• ltetion to the dead
side," and who point with exu a able increase of nearly 60,000 1. in one half-year towards The meeting 'was then made special, and the directors
the so reduced iron, and, secondly, to melt the produce in Such a fund is furnished by a cessation in the demand for Equitable 2/. 10s. 50 0 0
lock there, that there oughe
t to be no dead leek
? ' , the interest an" other prefere ace e ,
ngagements as well as were authorisetl to convert the debenture debt or aloe
) - a second furnace. silver in several countries which before employed it most ?twat Central .. •• •• • / per cent. 10 0 0 all , 124
all :35 s'
and that it is our shame, not our glory .
to pay an iucreased diseidena to the shareholders. The ar,.. of it, into rwrpetual annuities of the corn a,n at a
p PY, Dr. GILBERT read a paper th d t d t'4 - 1 nrgely, but now Use eold instead. In a paper brought un- Independent ... .• •••• 51. 40 0 0 t, '. I
on e pro ucs an Cons 1.,U 50 0 0 ~ -
Our whole street system is most discreditable,
Shrewsbury lines bevel eeil NV orked at an increased (aspen- rate not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, fore this a.sElociation abt Gles,ow last Se fember I had occa- L ndos•• . .•• •• •• ••
tion of wheat ere' 25 ,
and it would be well if those who have
diture of onl 5 r 451 • dthce agh the greater receipts have The proneedings concluded with a vote of thanks to Continental (4th Cap.). -
~ , in. Dr. Gilbert's paper contained the IT% sion to notice that silver, w' liichueed toPbe coined in France °Do., Par.L.Preference ape-r
cent. 25 0 0
Y,O•, ' sults of a lar ie. noperial 1801.& bonus. 50 0 0 all '9O I
go number of experiments made by him and and the United States at an average rate of 4,000,0001. per lniteein •••-•• - - -
hitherto been thinking only of the antipodes .. I ' di:rived from goods traffic. In he direetars. Ratcliff ••••••• •• •• • 57. 100 0016 0 0 16
been 19,1841., principa 1 y Mr. Lawes, during a period of several years, upon wheat annum, is now little employed, while much of the old coin
U *ted General •• •• •• 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 20% 1
and the North Pole, how to cut through -
h tcf maintenance of way will be of that metal is melted down and exported. In France,
grown in this country as well as abroad. Dr. Gilbert Wnestminster Chartered 41- per cent. 50 0 0 ~ 53 1
the Isthmus of Suez, and how to reach the both instances t e cos . . h
STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. it is said that in one year, 1853, so much as 12,000,000/. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% i
Ditto, New .... • • ••
ainly to account far the difference in t e expen- subjected the various coarse and fine varieties of flour to 41. per cent. 60 0 0 52 11 0 -
Pacific by Panama, were to begin at home, and. at- found m The half-yearly meeting of this com
, Tetueolperi eleitseafltaliefigrnwcti.t
ah.umitsur
tcii
se oinn tto aah ir
te.nno eadrbloarees:
:i
pany was held yes- analysis, and showed that the ' • .
were disposed of in this manner, and that the operation
WATER-WORKS.
tempt to solve the still more important problem of diture of the t , nitrogen increased in pro- has still been proceeding at a still greater ratet All this - - .
wo periedn ; in the one case-that of the
lo M T M II • th h •
er ay a ar ing n, r. . eyne m e c air.
metropolitan transit. There are some grand Great Western lines-t' ae dinnnuta
n a stract o w ich ap portion 9,1 the semple was coarser and eentaiced more bran. acts in the Flame way as if a silver California had been dis- , Dividend Amount
The rs ort of the directors (a b f If of Paid. Price
which took covered. No one thinks it extraordinary that gold is ex- Name of Company. : per .
Schemes afloat. We have heard of a railway to go
so otftlearrsneGuaeltiri-binateiarv:k,si;:vo.n(r)lf abnreil
exceeding the whole say ing, while in the other case the p ant nitrogen was that
'on under that head t d t D r
1 Annum. Share.
ported on a large scale from the auriferous regions to the
round London, and. of another under it ;of tunnels various nations which use that metal ; 'but it ie quite as ------• ,
i -
greater charg,e for mainnenance of way is nearly equiva- pea,red in Thc Sun) was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN moved the ado tion of the re ort , £. s. d. X s. d.
here, bridges there, and new streets everywhere. lent to the total increase of expenses for working the two p p , . . a natural to suppose that when large supplies of silver are
East London
One day some of these may come to maturity, and
Shrewsbury railways. While referring to that item of which wi ~s carried unanimously, and dividends of 5 per • • p mon being tbrown upon the market (it matters not whether newly
Grand Junction ...... ! 4i. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 78
the more the better ; but we confess we look upon •to observe that there had been cent. on preference shares, 6 per cent. on Wear Valley in &your of the latter, as far as working men are con- extracted from the earth, or just taken from the melting Kent .... • • ..•....... 1 41. r cnt 100 0 0 -
: pe . 80%
- fr expenditure, it is proper 95
earned notwithstanding the theoretically higher value of Rot), they would find their way to those places where Lambeth .• „ ........ , - 100 0 0 - _
_
_
all of these new schemes with more or less indi er- ,
(rt. d 'n the last two or and Racers, and 9 per cent. on ordinary shares were '
Id an unusually heavy expe.a 1 ure ten g , bread cent ••e Is , silver ie generally employed But India, China, and other New River Company.. 1 21.105.
ainin. -ran. Another interesting fact stated Der . • • • •- ' v alien '5/ er cnt 100 0 0 - -
ence, so long as a proper use is not made of the o
h - t• - nt f the bal- declared.. _ Eastern nations come under this description and hence SouthwaA bc au ~ p .
three years for t e perm,,nen imp.oveme o Dr. Gilbert was that the Black Sea wheat i E ' West Middlesex •• • . ... , 51. per cent. 61 0 0 - 100
appliances. These new roads will not be of much . .
f h G tW t l• and A. vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro- n urope and the late extraordinary exportation. As this cause is a novel
__
ing and dratning ot e rea es ern mes, the Souther •
n State wheat in Amer •
avail, unless we can turn tho old streets as well as last' ica were far richer in one, there is an inclination on the part of some who call BRIDGES.
f ateriels, hich sub'ects ceedings.
the new to better account. It is impossible to look also for the supply ‘e n.ew m . w t gluten than those from the northern latitudes, those from themselves practical men to adopt any other rather than
www_ Bividend Amount
at the lon train of omnibuses in Fleet-street, each have been specially mentioned in former reports of the Dantzie containing least gluten, while they stood highest it. Experience gives no instance of any such, and hence _
n BRADFO-RD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. those who look to their personal experience alone are com- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
e'er( but
with its own small proportion of passene .a engineer-in-chief, The company are now reaping, to among bread-making grain. The character of the gluten Annum. Share.
The half- • •
ye irly meeting of this company was held yes- seemed de pletely at fault when discussing this question. Some talk of --
still with overladen horses, and. not feel the deepest some extent, the advantages of that increased expendi- . . pendent in some degree on its oily constituent, the balance of trade • others of an increased importation of X s. d. X 8. d.
terday at Bradford. Mr. Firth presided. -7%
disgust at the want of mechanical ingenuity which ture. The practice of placing against revenue in each , and therefore the quality of the bread depends on the tea and silk from China; and a third set of investigators fittneerford...• •• •• .• -.-
causes so great a waste of power, of convenience
' half-year the cost of a ,Il rails, timber, and other ma- Mr. Burnside, the secretary, having read the report, maturation of the seed. enunciate details of the machinery of the foreign exchanges southwark ......••.. - 100 0 0 -
Ditto N'ew of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
-
of space, and of time. It is marvellous that
' terials supplied for the : line, as uniformly adopted by an abstract of which has appeared in Th,c S'un, Dr. R. D. THOMSON rematked that the value of bread by which the transmission is effected. But such persons
Waterloo ..... ....•• •• - 100 0 '0 - -
standing in. our crowded thoroughfares, and seeing
.. • ht de n forget that the export of silver is just as likely in the ab-
The CHAIEMAN, in moving its adoption, said that the mig pe aon the state of hydration of the starch and street to be the cause as the effect of the "balance," or itto Old Ann of 81. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - -
t t d ' 11 t d• ar•ty in the
this company, mus en occasiona y o isp 1 titto Nw ditto. of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 25%
the omnibuses pass five or six in rank, our autho- • construction of the line was progressing in a most satis- gluten ; but was doubtful se to the value assigned to the " increased importation," in which they dogmatically vaurdiau ......•• .. •• sss. 70 10 3 - 2 l
half-yearly acceunts ,
of expenditure according to the exis
rities have never thought it worth while to sim- factory manner, and he had reason to believe that it nutritious qualities of starch, as the French chemists assume it originated; and that, as for the details of the ,
plify the system by makiug two horses do the work gencies of each period ; but it nevertheless appears to
" ld be ready for opening in April next year. He had
e wou proved that the starch was often left undigested. fareigu exchanees, they merely tell us how and not why the DOCKS.
of twelve. We want room, and really were the the board preferable to the system of carrying it, in th export takes prime. Yet all this while the question pre- Dividend Am:rat
Dr. VOELCKER stated that he had arrived at similar ex Paid. Price.
no doubt that when the line got into o '
peration the share- - is )nts no difficulty v% hatsoever when two facts are noticed in Name of Company. per
result only to get rid of ten horses every minute it first instance, to the debit of a separate renewal account, perimental conclusions as Dr. Gilbert, but while he ac- ' ... •• - h ' • •hd • d f Annum. Share.
holders would be in the recei t of a ve - •
satisfactor di- juxta position, one, t e great cessation in t e email- or
would be an immense saving. It will be at once which may afterwarda, in some instances, become trans- P IT y knowledged that starchy bread was raechanically the best, silver in countries which employed a double standard ; the ----- -
vidend. .e s. d. X s. d.
surmised that we have in our minds the idea of a ferred to the capital account. The directors have to he combated Dr. Gilbert's view, that this was the most other, the circumstance that the Eastern nations habitually ,
Sommercial .• .• -..- 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
tramroad running on each side of the principal recommend that a dividend be now declared at the rate --r.
M BARFF seconded the ado tion of h
p t e report, which wholesome kind of bread for the working man. He traced use silver on a layge scale, especially in their currency. East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. - -
streets, such as may be seen every day at work in ~ . , . agreed to
tf th arnings of the was . After that there is nothine to be said to complete the ex- East C‘atritry... . 2os. per sh. --
the phosphoric acid found by Dr. Gilbert in the bran to • '' • -5/ t Stock. .... _
- 104
or per cene. per annum ou o e e planation, except to call to mind that when the supply of London .•• - • ...... .pr cen .
the Champs Elysees, and such as at most of our '/
d f • 11 h h dl. bilities On the motion of the CHAIRMA.N, the directors were Phosphorus contained as such in the gluten, Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per cent. - - - ,
company, after e raying at e c arges an ia Dr. Voelcker an •1 • 1•h th b f
y artic eis unusually great compare( wit e num er o t. Stock. - -
seaports is used for the passage of heavy waggons. authorised to borrow the whole or any part of 60,0001., having found this element in caseine and legumine. o msumers, it must find its way to these latter in quantities •
tto.uw. atharine .• .• .... 4 per cen
How easy it would be to establish such a line in Lou- h r shown in the accounts duly audited
upon t e evenue, as. . h
at such times and On such terms as they may think fit. Dr. Odling, J. H. Pearsa,ll, Mr. Maskelyne, and Mr. diampton .. •• .... 3/. Os per c. 50 00;50 0 0 49
proportionally augmented ; and that such is the case at victoria o_,s .. .... I 5/. per cent. 20 0 0i 10 0 0 -
don will be evident to those who have observed e made payable
and approved. Tlaa said dividend will A preseht with the article silver, the principal consumere
• of
the uniformity of the omnibus routes east and in the usual manner on and after Ist Sept. to the holders vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro.• Worsley took part in the discussion that followed. After whicn are the nations of the East. JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
ceedings. Dr. Gladstone's paper some discussion took place as to the
west ; how, with few exceptions, they proceed in of the consolidated stock and Windsor shareholders, who , SECTION G.-MECHANICAL SCIENCE. Dividend Amount
______ ature of Chemical affinity, Dr. Odling calling in ques• of Paid. Price.
two I.ollg lines from Cheapside, the one by New- were registered for the same at the closing of the books, WE A.R VA.I,LEY. tion tho prevalent views on the subject, more especially At the meeting this morning Mr. W. Clay
" • read a paper Name of Company.
Agurm. Share.
gate-street towards the Marble Arch, the other and a balance will be carried over to the next half-year cf "On the manufacture of the laree weougbt iron gun made
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held what has been called elective affinity. Mr. Maskelyne at the Merse • c '
y Ironworks, Liverpool, aud on other large X s. d. Z s. d.
by St. Paul's to Charing-cross. As a speculation, 6,367/. 14s. 7d. Besides this amount there is a heavy
yesterday at Darlington, Mr. Pascoe Smith in the chair ' supported the other side of the subject, agreeing, however, MaSSES of wrought iron." Mr. Clay commenced by express- tustralasia........... :20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 103
tOO, it would be the more easy to accomplish, as
claim still under arbitration, against the Postmaster- . • with Dr. Gladstone on the necessity of a better system of ing his regret that the circulars ordered to be sent last British North American 151. per cent. 50 0 0 „ _
The proceedings were of a formal character, and the 20 0 0 31
the majority of the omnibuses now below, to a
' General for additional mail services performed since expressing the results of analyses. ytar to engineers, ironmastere, and manufacturers, by the Commerial of London. :1501/..peorr cceenntt..:l2 00 o
0 25 0 0 22%
single company, who propose, when their arrange-
Feb - • b rttl d bt 'll b
, 1850, which. there can e i e ou wi e as- usual dividend of 6 per cent. was declared.
SECTION C.-GEOLOGY. committee appointed to institute an inquiry into the best
,teili'anti'tht :::::::::: h 161. pPer cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
ments are complete, to introduce the system of • . --- means of ascertainine those properties of metals, and effects 20 0 0 all 0 21%
d d • o th
certained and adguste urine, e current half-year. Th . „Bk. ef Aus. -
I, nd Ci'ar
e proceedings commenced this morning by two papers, of various modes ofAreating them, which were of import. Eldon 'and County .. 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 364 ,
correspondence with cross routes. That company, MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR.
On the other hand, the dividends scoured to the . one read by Mr. J. B. Jukes, on the alteration of clay slate once to the efficiency and durability of artillery, were not eondn aid Westminatr 141. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 45% I
it iS well known, has offered prizes for improved This company held its meeting at the same time and into made more general and public. He was only made aware London ,loint.Stock . - 12/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 31%
mica schist and gneiss by the granite ofWi kl &
c ow, c., Frovincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 56
'd h th
vehicles ; and carriagEis a little larger and more Kennet and Avon Canal shareho. ers ave upon e
place, Mr. N. Plows in the chair. that day, on looking over tho report o e r ss -
fth B itish A ocia
airy than those hitherto in use may now be seen aggregate exceeded the total net revenues of it since the and the other by Mr. H. C. Sorby, on the microscopical tion for the past year, that such a committee had been Ditto, New.•• ..• • • • 81. per cent. to 0 o ali -
0 -
nationr.l of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10
The proceedings were of a similar character, and a 6 structure of mica schist. These papers were both on th
actually running. But is it not perfectly evident purchase of the canal in 1851. The deficiency will be 0 formed, and that they had received opinions from some of Nat. Provincial of Eng. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
per cent. dividend Was declared, b. t Al T k •
same su jec , ia tn es proving on a large scale the re- the most eminent engineers of the present day, which opi- Ditte, New .. ••- •• 1 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
that with the present system of roads it is irnpos- met out of the larger amount payable to this company , 41
_ sults that Mr. Sorby had deduced from microscopical ease. nions, with one exceptioe, did not coincide with what he oriental Bank Corpora. :81.,p.ct.Sobs. 25 0 9 all
sible to make auy decided improvement in the for extra mail services. The power of running goods RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. minations. The next papers were by Professor Harkness, on was about to record. The first consideration necessary for eolith Australia :• .• .• 114, p.ct.&bs. 25 0 9 ~ -
GS
construction of these most uncomfortable convey-
trains over the line of railway between Chester and GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.-Traffic return for the the jointing of rocks ;by Professor Rogers, on the origin -
. the manufactui •of wroueht iron was todecide the descrip- Union of Australia.. • • 301. per cent. 25 0 0
- Ditto ...... • • ......
,301. per cent. - 2 170 0 -
ances ? An inch may be added to the height, and
Birkenhead has been exercised by this company since week ending Aug. 3, 1856
iron of which the gun was to be made, and he se-
-224,162 5 6 of saliferous deposits; by Mr. Etheridge, on the igneous !acted for his experiment a stiong clear iron puddled from Union of Lfonddon ..... 20?,.. per cent. 5400 00 0
au
0 10 0 0 28%
-
half an inch to the breadth, a corner may be Corresponding week last year Union of 3 a rid ... • • '
d an award has been made deter-
the 2d of Feb. last, an . 22,812 10 8 rocks of Lundy and the Bristol District ;by Mr. Mushet, a the stron,gest pigs he could obtain, takin,; care that the
rounded off, the back of the seat padded, acldi- LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.-Traffic re- CANALS.
tional windows cut in front, and. a bright brass nich this company Is entitled
mining the terms upon w urn or t e wee enc ng ug. 1 „732 1I 1
t. f h k li A -0 1856 £25 • description of an ancient miner's axe in the forest of Dean; iron should be worked as little as possible before it came
and by ni B 1 to be put into the gun. A core was first prepared the full
those trains. The amount payable under that Corresponding week last year 22,529 18 5 r. at yon fossils from the Crimea. This was, o , n Dividend
Tailing placed for the cautious to lay hold off ; but so to run as might be expected, a moat interesting Communication length of the gun, and a certain diameter. This core was Names of L, Dividend Pri„e Names of 2, , eel.
what of all this 7 Within, the omnibus is nothing award (which will last for three years only) is undoubt- CHESTRR2I42D HoLYHEAD RAILWAY.-Traffic return for upon some fossils collected by Capt. C. F. Cockburn, of intended to be bored out. A series of bars were then packed companies. g 1 per ,' - Companies. A \ Alm.. Price.
but a couple of narrow shelves, on which passen- edly heavy, consisting partly of an annual rent an p
d artly the week ending Aug. 10, 1856 27,255 4 5 the Royal Artillery, principally in the southern end of the round the core, and again heated and forged to the proper c'n 'i-mium• ' C/2 ,
Cerresponding week last year 6,622 17 5 ._-- -
gers are packed like trussed fowls on the ledge of of toll ; and it is only by means of a considerable in- Crimea, many of the fossils having been obtained from the shape ; another series of bars werepacked then, and heated 1 , ,
iXI 1 x '
trenches others by Major Cook, Royal Engineers, and and worked perfectly sound ; still another and larger se- tshtn &Oldh 93 71, p. et. 145 Macclesfield. 100: 2/. 10s. 51
a poulterer's window ; without, mortal men are crease in the traffic that the rent can be defrayed with• , Increase in 1856 . - ' - Neath •••••• lop 161. -
set to oTind on a " knifeboa.rd." So 0 a'
-- 1 i.., as in out loss. Already there has been a satisfactory acces- LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.-Traffic re- Sir R. MURCHISON, in a few remarks (t• the s • these were far from the size required. The forging, al- Bi•luilseeAbrg 150 4/. Oxford.. •• •• 100 - 103
0 übjec t,
these narrow, crowded streets of ours, each omni-
sion of business to your northern lines through Birkers. turns for the week ending Aug. 9, 1856 £11,117 11 10 stated that he hoped in future that when any expedition though larger than any ever previously made, required to 40: 4/ 93% f P eak Forest. 78: 5/. Os. 76
Birmingham . _
it ,
,5....
bns, with its 20 passengers and its pair of horses,
ea , an ere are in Ica ions o prooressive improve.
h d dth •d. t• f e •• , ---- -- - a. was sent from England a body of scientific men would be a e ent
be auemented in its diameter at the breach by 12 inches, Coventry.... 100 , 251. 30, 11 16
Derby • •... :100 el• 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 76
must thread its way as best it can, now to the . _ attached to head-quarters. which was accomplished by two layers of iron placed in , -
3eChs 69 23' p ct. - Somrset Coal 140: - -
ments in the goods traffic, now that this company are in T.IIII PI.RE AT MESSRS. .RROA. WOOD'S such a manner as to resemble hoops. This being all is;erias
right, now to the left, it rnust remain. of its present FACTORY. Mr. J. P. WooDWAnD also made a few remarks on the ImidrJeunetn 100 3/,:ipr..et. 43 Do. Lk FdSt 121 - -
osition to undertake the manaeement and exclusive shells:which had been described, showing the r,radual filling welded round, the forging of the gun was accomplished. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 11% ,E_ltflrd &Wore 140' 281. 420
size, and in spite of 1001. and 1,000/. prizes no a P .
L 1 Th l•
lofit to and from the port of iverpoo . eme _____ -,.. up of the communication between the Aral,aCaspian, and The boring was effected in an ordinary powerful lathe, the Grand Surrey 100 41. - shrowsbury- tee . -
9-0.
material improvement will ever appear. But send contro Black Seas. first bore being 11 inches in diameter, consisting of a drill Grand Union 100 11.0 s. - Stoerbrldee.. io 121. 2
w r It is stated that had the premises for whicili Messrs. 39, 6s. Od. 6% Severii andl a 2/. -
ten out of every dozen horses out of the way, and of the Wilts and Somerset Railway between a min-
Broadwood ha f •d I. I
ve or years. par a arge anntra sum to SECTION E.-GEOGRA.PeIY AND ETHNOLOGY. of seven inches and a face cutter of two inches. The second Kennt & AVII
Lancaster .. 100' - - Wye Rail. 3 A
put six omnibuses in one, and here. at once we gain ster and Salisbury, a distance of 20 miles, was opened Dr. RAE, in this section yesterday, made Some lomarks cut throe-quarters of au inch on each side, making the bore
Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 433%,Warwick&l
...._ 21. 25
the Chelsea Waterworks Company been properly ltt inches ; and the third, or finishing cut a uarter of an
three great advantages-the streets are so far for public traffic on the 30th of June last. The local charged at the time of the outbreak, the fire would have uiriam the Esquimaux, and referred to his intercourse with in7ch, completed the bore. He inieht remagrk that the Leeliccessrteliit.h. 11:81' 6/. 49% :airrnwiiicnlii Ivo
cleared and rendered passable, the omnibuses are besinese promises to be good ; and when the London been confined within comparatively nerro l• •t It tat tribe. during his explorations in search of Sir John 21. 10
• L fil-c I '1,9 7-01 550 Napton..l 100
boring was not a work of t 1 b
very grea expense or a our , Loug ,orog i s.. •
, w o'nl s• Franklin in the Arctic Seas.
enlarged and rendered comfortable, and. there is South-Weetern new station in Salisbury shall bo corn- appears that when intelligence of the disaster was first , o n the contrary the process went on so rapidly that he was Monmouthsli' 100 - - Worcstr 178 21. 20
Sir R. J. MURCHISON referred with much feeling to tne 11 t ' h • ' erntemerysh, ices - - Birmlng.
au enormous saving of horse-power. pleted, near to that of the Warminster line, a through conveyed to Mr. Russell, foreman of the works, he in- failure which had attended all the expeditions sent to that true .) e o prepare t e fresh boring heads fas.t enough. The
MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -10 s. Od. ...-
. Nor are these the only important advantages that stantly hurried into one of the shops, where two work. region in search of the last navigator. Sir J. k'rankiin had tiunoten hoops were made in separate rings, and were
____
traffic to Southaul P b d h '
pton, ortemout ,an t e coast is an- shi uulc upon the body of the metal. Having (le .
• scribed the INSURANCE COMPANIES.
would accrue. We may refer to a few more. And . men were employed, and calling upon theM to assist been a dear friend. He (Sir R. J. Murchison) was Presi-
d whioh will make the line itself remunerative •
timpate , e . nanufacture of the eun Mr. Cla read the report of its Dividend Amount
first of all deserves to be mentioned less noise. Ouly him, they together conveyed two or three lengths of dent of the Royal Geographical Society when Sir John 'trials at North Shore', near Live y '
rpool, by Capt. Vaudeleur, of Paid. Price.
stock durino Vie summer with b . •
The auditors have taken „ . .ose and a branch to that part of the yard in which the Franklin undertook his ast
I and fatal enterprise, and he Name of Company.
think of that one advantage in a city where wo put I held tho o inion Guuuery Inspector of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich ;an t i Anpueurm. Share.
t (anb opinion shared in by the President of
our hands to our ears and are ready to invoke the greatest care and attention, through persons em• outbreak bad occurred.
.The flames were then just visi-
' the RoyalP:' ' afterwards proceeded to lay before the section the result -
aocre y, y Lord Ellesmere, and by many other tg• Xs. d. X s. d.
deafness as a blessing- ! Not less important, how- -
ployed by themseives, and independent of the officers of hie, tinkering within a window on the third floor, and learned and distinguished persons) that it was the bounden (i:n,r is experimeints withbregard to the cdry'sbaodalitsation of
1 Albion ..•• •••••• •• -3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86
Mr. Russell havin screwed on the hose to on of he
ever, would be the cheapness of the conveyance. the company, and they report the remit of that exami- duty of the country not to leave uusearched the small area na ern taTnalsle st
hey. t, ircweverer kffoconnitainubee
exy g
salilli;edaillory Allian:,3 Bri :. and For. 7/. 14s.6d.bs. 100 0 9
.1): g g 1472%
fireinains, of which fhere were no less than a dozeen onttbe
For a uniform rate of ld., or 2d. at the most, nation as satisfactory, proving the accuracy of the store • tkth b h•lidh' lf d cf in which the Erebue and Terror Must still be frozen up. It Ditto Marine ....... SI. p.c.& bs. 100 0g 20
ex •t h t 1 1 b tyh. h th
posuie o ea ,or care ess y urn ,w lc was e same 1 0 0 -
premises, 00 e ranc in au 'arse ,an 'rectal was well known that in those frieid re ions everythine Anchor .... •• •• ...... 6 per cent. 5
• '
passengers migut be conveyed from one end of accounts to the 30th June, 1 ,U;R Th 1
ann. --e .ocomotise engine a stream of water immediately upon the spot where the was preserved for maey years withoaut a sygmptom of deca ' thing, its fibre might be restored by working either under Atlas
0 25 0 0 23
London to the other. To every one who is in the
stock, carriages, waggons, &c., havealso been ascertained flames were playing. For a few moments a, full stream 1 and as the Esquimanx, even if so minded, had not tlYie the hammer or in the rolls. He was also of opinion that Argus Life " ..•• 41. per cent. 100 0
005 0 0 -
auother reason wby laree terrine's fail was the uneven con. tritish Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50
habit of using these vehicles there would thus be a of water was thrown into the building, and the flames r means of breaking UD the heavy timber and ironwork of ClericLivied.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 ' 0 0
.7.:
to be in complete repair and efficient condition. NO ex- traction of the heated ii%n. a a
gain in the mere matter of money saved ; but two were so fir subdued as to give great encouragement to the vessels, they musf still be lying within a radius of some County .....,......„, 4/. 100 0010 0 0
ertions have been spared to accelerate the completion of • ' Lun llt MOTION. 17s. Od 50 0 0 50 0 -
more good results would follow. Theie would be t e the parties engaged, when, of a sudden, the supply of 200 or 310 miles. If a diligent search were made in that • , . Crown ..............
ss, 50 0 0 50 0 74
h nfinished lines and works, and the directors ho eto • locality, he had no doubt but that the long-boats might be At the meeting of the mathematical section (A) of tho Eagle ..
P water altogether caleed, an . .
d the fire unex ectedlv
no more cheating and bullying by brutal conduc- u • Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 59 0 5%
P -' ni• recovered, and with them, in all probabilit h d
y, t e recor s British Association at Cheltenham, on August 9, Mr. 20 0 0 all 18%
arliamenter engaoements of the company creased in a terrific manner bidding defiance to all fu-
tors. The suTering to which some women are sub- to see all the P y g .
' 7 of the expedition. He was sur th bl' lib ' t Staions read a paper on lunar motion, of which this is au
e epu lc wou ( eni e- - . European Life l/.
5 0 0 6i,
re the close of the present year. The di. ture efforts to stay its progrese. The contract of the Genera 1............., 6/. I 9
je3tecl by the extortiou of these, men can only be cencluded befo , rested to hear that the committee of the section of geo- abstract :-No mathematicians ever misunderstood the Globe ......... 5/. per cent. Stcr.o
47 ~ 0 104
,_ water cma any with Messrs. Broadwood as t h
estimated by those who have seen them on entering rectors have not been promoters of any bill during the o
.ave graphy and ethnology had that day passed a resolution to motion of the moon, which had been jest correctly and Guardian ............ 51. per cennt.,,
t 510000 o 0,1 50 0 0 561
the mainsP full charged at 6 o'clock evewr e
the omnibus nervously looking at the table of fares, last two sessions of Parliament, and they do not con- el
lin i
tn -
e,
peoresenotnawniitehmootrhiearl t o the First Lord of the Treasuroy,_ ion i incohdlytoexbpo 1 ami n-se_ do
db jir, Ptrboofe s soodreArnarhaestwreolol
o;
mni
eel Nuvseerevtht ehye tinimpdeerriiaail
Lwiirree... .. .. .. 12/. pi!2r..ce
100 0 0: 10 0 0 -
for the express purpose of being called into 2tionv
or on getting out in the wet streets paying
a- a double tsmplate at preeent the, neceseity of any application to event of Ere. Yet at a quarter to 7• 1 k "1 1 eim
t 1 leathed societies, praying that thG - I ilk ly„ ‘ I
t* " yl' Int •t t I 'h t • •
uc oc on eues( ay vernmen wou d sanction another exPedition to make a term ro.a ien as app let oi, or o ancy t a nny point i. ~ i
indemnlty Marine .. •.. 11. 3s & 3/. 100 0 0' 20 0 0 ••
2s &2s bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3v,
their fare, while the conductor insolently refuses the Leerelature for freeh powers. It is a matter of great eveniing the supply failed at the only one tested out of 12 renewed search for the remains of Sir John Franklin and in the moon's circumference turned more than 560 dee•-ees "aw •:'re •• •• --•• •• •- ' 100 0 . 10 0 0 en'
change, and. in one moment whistles the driver .
atisfaction to the board to find that the promoters of I contracted for. The ageats of the various insurance his gallant band. (Applause.) in making her orbital revolution. But it was far other- Et:ZoLatined -G. e-rt e• r• a•i L• ile - 50 00, 2 0 0 5%
away, the women stauWeg in tile mud and gazing mpanies, on visiting the premises yesterday, expressed 1 -1-Z wise with the bulk of the neople who beim, told in ell o d
, , L. • on on
hM t It. P• 1 11 ly to roce• 1 f rth with co
te e e ropo lan eat way are 1 e p sa o , --.ETURN JOURNEY OF DR. D. LIVINGSTONE ACROSS • - ' 103.& bs. 25 00!12 10 0 -
helplesely after him. There could bo nothing of • t e selves ye ry :tronely upon the subject astronomical books that the moon rotated once on her London Ship....
n the cons •
traction of that railway, le hich will form a /1-11,•'' - b • •• ' SOUTHERN AFRICA. own axis, in addition to her revolution once in her s'Iari"e•••••1* •••• •-• 18s.Pererl.e 1g
(()) (11 2C2
g g •;71ek'
this kind with a system of Cheap and uniform fares, 1 lne outbreak occurred in the close vicinity of one of the At the meetin • '
gof this section this morning, orbit, could derive no other impression than that she spun stedetreeid& Gen. Life 45ts
p letP. & es. 20 00! 2 0 0 -
ontinuous line from the '4paddington station into the t ' . h• lett el ad been a fire d '
line the penny postage, whieh would be the inevi- c , . s oyes, ir. wic ler 1 uring the afternoon. Sir RODERICK MURCRIsON communicated portions of route]. like a pegtop, which, together with her turning ‘11111`31." ----- • - • - 500 I 0 0 1/.
table itccompaninnent of a• train-road. And yet city, and be available both for p,,,,,,,geri and goods to Therttan beiitoe doubt, therefore, that, netvvithstandieg three leug and descriptive letters recently received by him round iu her orbit, would cause her to make two entire ro - ;L't'iolnrcaill T...0.a.n..F.u.n.a.... 51. per cent. 20 00210 0 -
another beueticial result would fc.-,11w,v in the change and from the company's whole system. An agoeennent lir.S the precautions talsen, a spark must have fallen beyond the from the eminent explorer and successful miesionary, Dr. volutions,. turning different faces successively to the earth ; Palladium Lite ... ..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 3%
-which it would help to bring about in the distribu- been concluded upon very satisfactory terms fsr securing •k in which the fire is enceoed and th D Livinestone wl •
irot, frac:newer . - , at i •
,-, ,)0 Ilid reached the Portuguese settle- whereas, in order to keep, the same face towards it, it was Pollen!) .. •• •• •• •• •• - -
_ -
_ - 50
thins the disa-ter orieinated. , ment of _tete on the east heving re-traversed southern necessary that she shoule so turn as if she were rigidly at • "11"nx - 180
tion of our niotropolitan population. This, if a from the Ruabott Coal Company (limited) a. minimum Professnmal Life ••• • •• er cent 5
5/. p • 0 010 0 -
The loss has not ya been estimated. About 200 instru Africa from St. Paul di L'oande on tho west coast. Dr. tached to the centre of hor orbit. Ile wished so to d •
efiuo it. .. if U. as. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 35%
remote, is certainly one of the most important ad- height of 40,000/. per annum for coals to be conveyed inents, in various eta f l • ' Livinget°ne had, in flef, !world ucted the faithful oatives Ho was glad that Prof. Whewell had distinctly statedthat
ges o comp etion, were rescued dur- Prol: tdent L e..•• • • • •
Rock Life .... ••.•• • •• 7s. 5 3 0 010 0 ses
vantagee of all. We have again and again called over a distance exceeding 100 miles on the company's ing the fire, and deposited in warehouses and depots in the whom he hal converted to Christianity to their own homes, her niovement might bo thus correctly described ; though Royal Exchange ...... 10/. per cent. Stock. all 275
the attention of our readers to the hannte of the . • these men having acted as his guard throughout his pen- he differed frem nun in preferiing the mathematical mode Sun Fire ........ •• •• •• 64' 117' - 91 ..-.
1 .hb ' dk• dl I d tti cl• 1 t M
'ones of rai way. twu commence in an. Inext, are , neig ournoo , in y p ace a re ispoea o esers.
1 I •'I • J _
working classes in the more crowded parts of the Broadwood. To this salvage has to be added a very It •, t •t. a • '
lous journeys The map orieinally constructed bv Dr. of describing it, as one of " rotation "S me astronomers Thtto r.ife •• •• '
, -, 0 .... 41.p.et.Sebs. 20 0 0 4I; 0 5
ovided a certificate from the coal manner is obtained 1t r such as Woo( • • ' Milted Ain„d
•' and have urged the erection of model dwel- Pr - • larg
cisy, e quantity of pine wood and ebony, which, being
totivoieuestboone, o . this vast unexplored region, having (eb e - arouse, Vince andothers had added thatthe
, , ,
Universal Life .• ••• • .• 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40
that the sale in London can be enlarged so as to admit d longitude and latitude of inany places, has een fact that the' moon rotated. on her axis in the same time as • Lie .. 51. per cent. - 412 6 ese
liug-houses, knowing that the inmates of these . . . . . . . stacked at the northern extremity of the premises, which for some time in preparation by Mr. Arrowsmith, and the she revolvedinherorbit was"anextraordivaryceincidence." Victoria e•••• ••
of a considerable extension of business in the qualities of
miserable dens have no mode of escape to the the fire did not reach, has escaped destruction. letters now received will occasion certain changes in it as Tide synchronic movement was on the contrary, a physical LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES.
suburbs. What if a tranarOad were to solve the coal adapted to house consumption, the nuabon Com- The sympathy expressed for Messrs. Broadwood has respects the direction in which some of the central rivers necessity ; and he was inc:ine'd to think that by using
difficulty in its own way ? And, as the city mer- pany have covenanted t 9 sectire to the railway after tire been very general. Happily, they have another large Jac. flow. Passing rapidly over a number of highly' interes_ting .tuch an expression the old astronomers really mist° ok ' Di vpi::nd A morn t
chant hies away to sleep iu Kent or among the first year a minimum annual freight of 60,000/., and tory in Pulteney-street, Golden-square, where the busi- details, which will be published in the voluitutes of the tti reocea's moyement, aid that modern ones had in- • Name of Company,
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
e s was orieinally established, which, with the premises Royal Geograpuical Society, Sir Roderick reee hose pas- at veiteutly copied these descriptions, knowing better,
Surrey hills, may not the workman, by means of after the second year 80,000 n, in respect of their coals, n•s •a • - saee fth lett _
still standing in the Horseferry•road and other conveni. e, s o e er wlc con rm y •
h. Is fi b ectual observation a just as Newton had calculated the height ft• 1 • 1 ----""-------- -----
o in os in unar X s. . X s. 8.
a penny ride, be soon able to spend the evening The directors hope to make similar agreements with other theory he (Sir R. Murchison) f
had .ormed in 1852 respect- seas, of which modern astronomers denied the existence. Bank of Scotland ..•• 71. per cent. 100 c 100 0 0 200/0s
ences which have been offered to them will enab
, le the
With his family in a less confined atmosphere than I • d thereby to ercouraa
coa owners, an i ee a, traffic which, firm to carry on their business without interruption. iug the propable physical condition of the interior of Africa Mr. Symons showed the three different modes in which the British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 230/0s
that of a court in Weetiniuster or Seven Dials ? • in ancient as well as in modern tienes, as deducted from moon or any sphere mieht turn round a distant centre Caledonian Bank .. •• . 81. per cent. 10 0 21004/ 3s
with other sources of improving revenue, ought at all The official report sets forth the extent of the premises an eoemi„tion oeehe • 1 etb " 1 t ' • •• ” • • ' cur of GlasgONV Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 10 0, 0 12/ !Os
As it is, we have tried almost every kind. of road to . . . geologica map o e uape co ony )3, means of a simple Instrument, by which he first awe-
a e Clydesdale Bank ..•• 5%/. p cent. 20 0 10 0 0 13/11 s
times to insure better dividends to the proprietors of the destroyed (already described in our report of the catas- by Mr. Bain, aid the earlier discoveries of Dr. Living- the •
motion populerly understood by astronomical &scrip- c anmercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 100 0 0 23410 s
no purpose. We have tried macadam, and found it . trophe), and adds a list of ten houses on the west side of stone, and his associates around Lake Njarni, viz., that tions of one orbital revo:ntion, plus one axial rotation
ock The lamented death of Mr Russell
consolidated st . e • , Eastern Bank.. •••• •• 61. per cent 25 0 10 0 0 121 5s
dusty in summer and muddy in winter beyond en- 1-101 y well-street, the fronts of which have been terribly high crests a hard rocks constituted the Eastern and whereby a poiut of the moon's circumference would oint Edinb.& Glasgow.... 3,,1 * 50051 Os
7e . p cent. 5 0
durance. We have tried wooden blocks in all has taken place since the last half-yearly meeting, and scorched, the windows broken, and the contents much western flanks of the great continent, through which the twice round space ; secondly, that by which she presPerves Exchange Birk of Scot.. _ -
sorts of directions-slantwaye and crosswise, and the board cannot refiain from expressing their deep and injured by the water necessarily thrown upon the tene- rivets escape by deep transverse fissures from a cortpara- her parallelism, pointing always one way in space • and, Nationalsl3, atniakiid..i;a• .i., 6% per cent. 100 0 102
100 g 471005.
' ,
upright--and found. theta excessively wasteful and sincere regret at the loss of ao valuable a colleague, meats to prevent their ignition. tively low and fiat marshy regions, intersected bY a profu- thirdly, her simple motion of revolution. The two fornler RIC°,III-I.B°fe'n'k°ofScotl.n„ 551.percentt
IN 0
O 'lOO 0 0 1461 0
sion of rivers and lakes. In the central region the water- were both produced by wheels turning on their own axis ; ar°icioal'i Bank of Scot. -. 8/: 'Pee; cceennt•• 100 0 50 0 0 101/15
slippery. 'We have tried a stone pavement, and whose services in the chair during many years have been .
are not only shaken to pieces by the jolting, but repeatedly the subject of eulogium from the general bAy OUR .HARVEST DIFFICULTIES. rivers flowing northwards into the Congo or waine and direct revolution of the disc on which it WaS Carried round; Alliance Fire and Life.. 8%/. pr cent. 100 0 11 0 0 16/15s
stupefied with the din which we have raised about ee • T' d*
. proprietors, ne !rectors are of opinion that the va - , ea- others into the Zambesi, down the banks of which the the third or lunar motion was alone produce i without any British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 200 1/ las
O 10 0 0 25/ Os
our own ears. In some parts of the city we are , s author travelled. The chief geological features of the east- wheel or axis, the ball being fixed firmly to the revolving Caledonian Fire Insur . 10c.per cent. 100
2 0 0 I/ 8s
s d Mr. Russell's death should not be fi:led The following letter has been addressed to a contem-
cancy LAU eby , City of Glasgoi.v Lite , tit. per cent. 0
ern and western flanking ridges of the continent are d 1 0 0 5/ 5s
even now making the e •
xperament of an iron pave- e- disc ; the latter alone presented the same face to the cen- Cosental Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0
sof some erson of known orar •-
up at present, until the service p p y . scribed, the principal altitudes having been approximateiy tro of orbit, turning the opposite face suecessivelY °nee Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. Der cent. 100 0 15 0 0 29/ 3s
ment. Having tried these, and more or less failed 3 5 0 4/ 8s
in all, what if we now try a tram.road, which, in ability and high cheracter can , p
be secured ca able of de- Sir -Within the last fortnieht mv attention has been estimated by the ebullition of water. On approaching the round space It had been att meted to shoes, the s par. te iEig & Scot. Law Life 51 nor cent. 50 0
tract wh tb • • •- • • - ' , ,e, -•is o e o 3- '' 1' e' 1 •- to 0 1100 ni los
addition to the freedom from noise, freedom from voting his time and attainments to the welfare of the ' he (1. -a
' .
forcibly drawn to t acuity in which our farmers are ere he was once more oe in conimunication w,th rotation of the moon rollnd oer axis ny noraaons which Life A.ssoc. o . coL•and 6/.per cent.
civilised beings Dr. Livingstone gives a very striking a - Mr. S mons contend I ld t' h 'utmost ' v •- I National Fire and Life U. per cent. 10 0 10 0 '2/ Is
placed by the want of hands •to get in the bountiful corn en cou a t e . pro e io
North Brltish Insur... 71. per ceut. 200 0 2? 9 o
,36/10s
dust and mud, freedom from jolting, and 'freedom company." count of the Scener d the great falls of the rive?r tationyonl
y aroun yto the exact extent of the minute zone disclosed ' • • • - 0 011 16s
harvest with which we have been favoured-a difficulty z Scottish L n ion ins mc. 7%/. pr cent. 20 o
from constant rePair, We ilaVe hitherto been seekinss The report of Mr. Brunel, the engineer, statee that • ambesi, where that broad stream, after rushing over ra- by the libration, which in some degree, he submitted, ennidard Life •• •• .. •. 51. per cent. 50 0 '7 0 0 20/ Os
In b b • db th 'cl. • h li.
which as een increase y e rapt ity wit w ich the pids is sd 1 1 d into a narrow or ean 1 o 0 n 1 0 o _
to obtain, will afford us great rapidity of move- the Salisbury branch of the Wilts and Somerset Railway harvest has bec • tnl th t,' II , u(en y compresse . . _ . gg , i CDS- (night be acceented for by the change in the angle of pa- united Den Assurance 5/, per cent. 1 .
ome ripe a ear y a same ime a over cedes over a stupendous precipice, fnneed on all sides by rallax caused by her varying distances from the earth in
ment, and free us from some ...,
A 000 or 5 00
, 0 horses has been opened, and is working very satisfacterily. The the kingdom. 'the richest and most pictorial vegetaation. The rocky her elliptical orbit. He ridiculed the attempt to show the MISCELLANEOUS.
that now block up our.
streets ? •
usual notice has been given to the Board of Trade of the Calamities ending in goad, to which it is not here ne- flanking ridges ara very salubrious, and while in them the previous motion of a body ceasing to revolve in spec° by Dividend Amount
It may be urged •as a c.
lrawback to the conve" intended opening of 26 miles of the Weymouth R• •1
Al way .
cessary to refer, have materially diminished the arnay of traveller and. his animals were not moleeted by the stickieg a spindle through a ban fixed to a revolving rod,
.Name of Compahy. per of Paid. Price.
ecl that the stoppages for the Annum. Share.
' ' itieerent Irish reapers, on whom, in similar straits, our Tsetse, or destructive insect, and it is suggested that clearly changing the resultant of the forces by the mocha-
• niences of such a roc. . being the portion extending from- Frome to Yeovil. '
_ and setting down passengers fermers have been in the habit of relying ever since these sanatoria may extend much farther to- the north. nical axis, anti giving scope to the taneential momentum --
re. lino' u
purpose of ta .t, 131 . ---____ _____-_-- -4 --.3.
d. -,-_____ -
.. -. e time might be Upon the remaining distance to Weymouth the layiug • h d ' Tho third and la.st letter, which was written when without any counteracting centripetal icirce. Mr. Symons XB. d.
51. 50 0 0 20 0 0
AR would. be frequent, and that som b d _ steam•hoats and railroads brought t e cost au time of 1
tre author's perils and labours had terminated, then reverted to the misimpression and confusion arising A, "3„71„.1V,,,:t.........., 214 per cent) 50 0 0 - -
rye the ra- f
o the permanent way is proceeding as fast as the rails travelling down to a minimum. In England boating
lost in this way. Those who have o se
d. h
are gives a general view of the ethnology and general from the mathematical application of the term rotation to "qc'''''l: in'A.,- •- . _
delive (I a been absorbed ricuiturt to is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 26
~
al. t •th which the river steamboats ise arge re , and every exertion will be used to com- rural labour has within the last few year Aust I_,
habits of tho various tribes of Africans, among this lunar kind of revolution. He laid especial stress on the w trrcaliL Trust •• •• 15/. pc/ cent .._ ,
pi iy wi 25 0 0 -
*nted piers Will Ploto it for public use without the least delay. Upon by emigration, by the prosperity of our intiorifactures whom Dr. Lushington lived, and with whose language he toudency it would have to increase the ambiguity and want Auusstrada-n Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 all
and take up passengera at their appoi _ 2%
b t- the Bradf end cemmerce, and recently by the necessrY increase is familiar He aseieus a manifest superiority to the in- of preeis;on in t' -tr' 1 se f • t," Ime h• 11. A ee -Mexican Mint.. 11. IC& 10 0 0 all -
not doubt that at least equal rapidity may .e a ord and Batharnpton Branch the permanent `, r 0 r u., e mino Ley o prac Ica c a res.
BArnieiso •
yTh ence of this doub' diminished habitants Of the hill;-_ countries, and articul ly to the 1g d bob tle American Land 15s, _
40 0 0
tained by omnibuses touching at regular stations. way is the only work to govern the opening of that line. s'il ul
airsatiba. t thee corinceeegofuharvest labour hajYs risen until Ceirre-Zulah race. He al'en states thatPthe Bibalre has been polaaminneed ilia' eteh' eirneaw
erre: ennott
ma cotrieo nanodn o ax apo
taot
re ndte,
fi hn iatdi 0 cn os inoi
Canada ..• •• •• •. •• •,,, 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 1-2-7%
Btlt even if, in the iong. rtm, there, should be seine The junction for the Uxbridge Branch at West Drayton th 'eV:mere outbid•Prailway contractors, and we find our- nearly translated into Sechuanat or the dialect of the different kinds of motion; and, were the mathematical deti- Do. 5 per cent Btond
,5;/, Per cent. ___ - -
. Ditto, 6 per cen .•• . per cord. _ - 1144
little detention, the public will still gain this, that and the stati
on at -Uxbridge have been completed. The selves compelled to suspend, for the resent, the execu- B,clulanas, the rcest regula.rlY;develePed of the Negro • iiition of rotation to begeuerallyintroduced, it wouldgreatly City seevigation Bonds - - - -
the streets will be to a certain extent cleared, so as works of the Reading Western Branch are nearlyfin'shed, tion of all but very pressing public works. languages. "Of its capabilities the adds) you may judge, increase the ambituity of patella, and litigation there- Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 97
to enable those who are in a hurry to push forward aud provision is made f - • "Navvies" who were earning from 4s 3d to 4s isl a• when I mention that the Pentateuch is fully expressed in from. It was, he tErmed, a modern change in the oral. Ditto --••- - • • - -I - -
or extended good sidings there. considerably fewer words than in the Greek Septuagint, nary definition which was formerly confined to revolving Equitable, ReverslonrY 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 loci o e -
in cab% At present a cab can go very little faster
The Henley Branch is also • • (lay have left us because they can earn more at harvesting. DIM :Sew .....• ~ _
50 0 0117 10 0 -
---- in a forward state and no , ' and in a ver 1 number than our verbose Eng- bodies in • ' • • •
V greatly oss which any points formed concentric rings round oen a & Invest 5 c
than the omnibua..-taAnd what those who travel on •lb 1 t • • , 1 o attempt to keep them from a work on which so much lish version." After a sketch of the zoology and botany of a cent;e within them. No point in the moon did this ; all t:--- never- , • • P. . & hs, 100 0 0 1100 0 0 -
sen•Steam7eavigation 10 p. ct. 15 00!14 0 0 2S
the tramroad los time th
46
ey may afford to pa,.
tt iiroe wil eos in completing it. The ain line d •
m, an national prosperity depends by further increasing their these regions, and an aecount of the prevalent diseases of points in her (her own centre or axis included) forming moton's Bay-- - " --- Stock. - -
anh e 3 0
br 'h f this company which hay
with in considera of th e been in use for wages would have been very short-sighted policy. the natives, Dr. Livingstone, having given the history of concentric rings round the distant cen tre of her orbit. This wungerferd ........ „
e cheaper and easier and 21. Os. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 -
traffic have been maintained in Institution ... _ _
_
don R i _
better conveyance. We repeat, however, that WO an efficient and satisfac• Under these circumstances I venture to suggest that the successive accounts narrat!d bY the Portuguese, of their was a distinct species of revolution, whether considered L°ll
London evers onazy 5/ per cent. 15 0 0 . all -
do not believe there would I anner.
)0 ally loss of time, tory ni e our Government might wisely imitate the example of the efforts to penetrate into the rnterier, modestly expresses gemnetrically, dynamically, or mathematically ; and it ree Russell Institution....
• ______ French in times of harvett emergency, and Permit the his belief that he is the first European who has travelled quire(' n. distiuct nem°. He cited these paseages from B•
•tr- ,12 10 0 -
and, just as many an omnibus fills at the Bauk P:1-!e•sPatenteand. Co 101. p-er cent. 20 -0
0 : 17 10
the old , • • , r u
~ ,
25%
with passengers all bound for Charily* cro 'ht • LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. .rons S tho sans latitudes Tie then sneaks •,• + • • 1• ' •
eoldiers of regiments stationed in rural districts to earn ac outh Africa in .._ . . . e i law s Ma,hematacal D.ctionary, to establish this as ineCTSlollary .11t. °DOC. ,i./, 4. pr cent. 100 00 '
,100 0 -
~- Ss, eig ) wages by helpino to get in the corn. Such assistance, of his intention to revisit littitain, but with the.firm re- definition of rotation :- s Royal mail steam__ 41. p. share. 100 0 01 60 0 0 -
Der-1011S would get into one huge cony
e • eyanco and The directore of this company have decided on recorn- reedered immediately, would save an iracalculable amount solve to return to South A rica and prosecute his sacred " Rotation-The motion of the different par . .
ts of a solid south Australien L
T• st d L • ' and 6/.per cent. 25 0 0 all -
drive on as before, only more easily and cheaply mission, and concludes in these words :___.,, I feel thankful body about an axis, called the axis of rotation, being thug rue_ an oan tome.
mending the proprietors at their neat meeting to declare of national wealth, be gratefully received by our agri• -
to God who has preserved my liee, while so many who distineuiehed from the progressive motion of in, body about lleper Canada ..., 20 0 0 5 0 -
~" and more leasantl •
for themsolvt.,, f p y and noise-
ad' •(I d f the earnings of the past half-year at to '• ' culturiste, and, I. venture to think, would not be more could have done. More good have been cut off. But lam some adisiant • . 1. •• 1 motion of 5............. L...-7-- -- -- _
point or centre ; thus the ( mina -_-____._,,
lessly for the people en oot. As things are at pre- . iv' en rom .a. .
• -1 injurious to the discipline of the British than of the al motion one
t I onclon, afflicted Nyith apoplexy and deafened rate of 4 per cent. per annum, leaving an amount to -- - not so elated as might have been expected, for the end of the earth is a motion of rotation, betas went' a A correspondent, writing to the Cologne Gazette from
Sell , i :. , • :',1411 soldier.-I arn, &c., S. MORTON PETO. the gengraellical feat is but the begineieg oe the mission- of revolution. .. • When a solid body turus roun an - i
Ne denburg under date of the 6th ' st warns Polish
in. ~
lice is becoming insuppo t
with its owl). existe , r a e,
bl added to the surplus. - -ita e -.
. e -ee- sington Palace gardens, Aug. 13. ary enterprise. Geographers labonning to make men bet- axis, retaining its shape and dimensions unaltered ever
, y exiles that • • stood the
most of them have not rightly under .
and it is really a disgrace to the nation that its ---- .- ,' .7.1. -4 ~, ter acquainted with one another, soldiers fighting against particle is actually describing a circle roused this axis,
aiamest .1 Each case is ,
y ately decreed by Alexander IL
streets should show no more signs of provident MIDLAND. '. -, .e. •• , oppression, and sailors rescuing captives in deadly climes, which axis passes through the centre of the: circle and is .
'no ' STAL PALACE.-ONE SHILLING DAL-Yesterday are all, as well as missionaries, aiding in hastening a glen- perpendicular to its plane." decided upon in Poland after the emigra,nt's return, but
arrangement for the order of traffic than. they did The directors report to the 25th half•yearly general the ad ' • • If is wool-
nussions on payment were 6,55; ; ditto hy season OU3 COUSUMmation of GOd s dealings to man. In the hope De poimaws definition, now adopted byastronomers, made until the decision haa been formed he hire =
in the days of the Plantagenet3.-Times. meeting of the proprietors of this railway,- ta.be herd on tickets, 495 ; total visitors, 7,046. ' that I may yet be permitted te du 501M° good tO this poor; alq motion ono of rotation: in which A section of the re. sionally detained in prison.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. I 1
—..--_ ---
X s. d. £ S. d.l
British • • .• • • • . •• •• ••
20 0 0 20 0 0
Ditto I-rovincial .... 71.
Brighton ..........., 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
City of London ...... 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 0 0
Continental (4th Cap.) . 50 0 0 20 0 0
Equitable • ........ 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 135
(treat Central .. ... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 124
Imperial .. • • ........ 101.8 a bonus. 50 0 0 all 90
Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 f P '.
50 0 0 „
Do., Path Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25
Pice,ix .•• .......... 47. per cent. 60 0 0 52 0 0
Ratcliff ••••. .• • • ... 57. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16
United General —.. •• 2/. 10s. 50 0 0 all 20%
Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 50 0 0 53
50 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Ditto, New .... • • • •
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
----- i
.t. s. d. £ s. d.
East London
Grand Junction
Kent ..... •
Lambeth ••...•• • • • • • 100 0 0 95
New River Company 2E. 10s.
Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0
West Middlesex •• • • -
100

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----
X s. d. £ 8. d.
flunerford .. • • .... —.— —7%
Southwark .... ••• • •• 100 0 0
Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0
Water 100.............— 100 0 '0
Ditto Old Ann. of U. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0
Ditto Nw ditto of 71 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 25%
Vauxhall .... —••• • • • 965. 70 10 3 21
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-----
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Commercial .• . • ...... 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock.
East and West India.. 61. pr tent. Stock.
East C‘mary • • . . 2os. per sh. -- --.•
London .•• . . ... .• •• 5/. pr cent. stock. 104
Ditto Bonds .. .. .... 41. per cent.
St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock.
outharnpton ......... 3/. Os per
Victoria .. • • ........ 1 51. per cent. 20 0 0i 10 0 0
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
—.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
tustralasia........... 1201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 103
British North American 1 51. per cent. 50 0 0
II
Commercial of London. i 10Lper cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 31
Colonial .... •• • • ...... 1 51. per cent.' 100 0 0 25 0 0 22%
Wiliam.— ••• • • ....... ' 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 0 all 0 21%
London and County .. 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 36%
Londn aad Westminstr 141. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 40%
London Toint•Stock .• . 12/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 31%
Frovincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 86
Ditto, New. ——•• •• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all
gationr.l of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Slat. Provincial of Eng. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditte , New
Oriental Dank Corpora. 1. ct.Scbs. 25 0 0 all 41
South Australia •• 1141 p.et.& bs. 25 0 0
,r
Union of Australia.... 301. per cent. 25 0 0 GS
Ditto ...... • • ...... 301. per cent. 2ro 0
Union of London .•• .. 203. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 28%
Union of Madrid ... • • t 40 0 0 all