The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(Front the Mining Journal of this day.)
There has not been so much excitement in the Mining
Share Market since our last, nor have prices, generally
speaking, been maintained at last week's quotations.
Towards the latter part of the week, however, there was
more activity observable, and Great AlfreJ shares,
which had dropped from 14 to 9, owing to the number
of sellers in the market anxious to realise their profits,
became firmer, and rose to 91, 10, at which price they
left off. Alfred Consols have been much more in de-
mand, and price firm, at 151 to 161 ; West Basset, 30 to
31 ; in Grenville, very large transactions have taken
place, at 21 to 2i, 21, leaving off very firm; East Tre-
fusis, in demand, at 3 ; Porkellis, 101 to 11 ; Rose-
warne has been inquired after, at 65 to 70, and few sel-
lers to be found ; North Frances, 10 to 101 ; West
Frances, 171 to 20 ; this mine is improving going
wee. Holmbush, 2t021 ; Mary Ann, 36 ; South
Tolzus, 150 ; Craddock Moor, 45 ; Devon Consols,
4.0 to 405 ; Wheal Wrey, 8 to 81 ; Trewetha, 31 ;
13ollers have dropped from 330 to 290, sellers,
owing it is said to the disoovery made late last
week, and which caused the sudden rise in the shares
from 290 to 350, not holding on, and the expected dimi-
nution in the dividend to Si. bringing sellers into the
market. Basset remains about the same, 280 to 290 ;
South Frances, 360 to 365 ; North Bassett, 38 ; Lud-
cott, 1 to 11 ; Great South Tolgus, 10 to 101 ; Tehidy,
21 ; South Tamar, 1 ; Tamar Consols, 20s. to 21s.

The Austrian Squadron of Evolutions, composed of
the Schwartzemberg, 60 guns ; Venus, 86 ; Carolina and
Diana 24 each ; Ussaro and Pilade brigs, 16 each ;
steam-corvette Elisabetta, 6 ; and the Prince Eugenio,
screw•steamer, 4—all under the command of Captain
Bourguignon—which are! now at Malta, will, it is said,
before Yeturning to Trieste, visit Algiers and Toulon.

THE SEES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER AND
DURHAII."—A. country clergyman in a letter to the Times
says :—" There seems reason to complain of the see of
London not being filled up by the translation of a tried
bishop. As the Bishops of London and Durham and
Winchester take precedence of the other bishops and en-
joy the privilege of a seat in Parliament ex officio, surely
the incomes of those sees should be a little above the in-
comes of the others,—say 6,0001., and they should be
generally reserved as rewards to diligent bishops."
THE METROPOLIS ROADS COMMISSIONERS.— EXTRA-
ORDINARY PROCEEDINGS.—Yesterday morning the Com-
missioners of the metropolis turnpike-roads held a
special meeting, at their offices in Whitehall place, for
the purpose of considering whether all, or any, and
which, of the several toll-gates now placed, on the ninth,
amongst other districts on the north of the Thames,
should be removed and placed elsewhere, or discontinued.
The intimation conveyed in the public notice convening
the meeting, and which was prominently displayed at all
the metropolitan toll-bars, induced the ratepayers to
believe that the court would be open, or that at all
events the' commissioners would be ready to receive
representations in reference to the heavy grievances
which these toll-bars inflict. Mr. Bradfield, who re-
presented 620 tradesmen, attended with a memorial to
the effect that turnpikes were highly objectionable, but
was refused admittance.
ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—The Welsh Works of this
company are situate in the Llynvi Valley, Glamorgan-
shir,, about five miles from the town of Bridgend. The
Llynvi Valley Railway connects the works with the
little harbour of Porthcawl, distant about six miles, and
a short line of [rails branching from the same railway
brings them into communication with the South Wales
Railway at Stormy, three or four miles below Bridgend.
The works are known as the Cefn works, and comprise
the Cefn Cwsc and Park Tyr Gunter iron works and
collieries. The iron works consist of three blast furnaces
for the manufacture of pig iron, with the necessary ad-
juncts of a blast engine and hot-air stoves, casting-houses,
refinery, and workshops. The coal mines afford access
to a very extensive tract of coal and iron ore, occupying,
in seams averaging in thickness from four to 30 feet,
more than a thousand acres of land. The quantity of
coal and mine yet to be wrought is estimated at a very
large amount—from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 tons.
The property is held by the bank as assignees of leases
for long terms from several latided proprietors.
AMATEUR PERFORMANCES.—The amateur performance
at the Theatre Royal, en Tuesday night, by the officers
of the Chatham garrison, was eminently successful, the
house being crowded by a brilliant and fashionable au-
dience. The receipts realised nearly 1001., which will
be given to the Distressed Soldiers' and Sailors' Society.
The Government, it is said, have resolved to open a
communication between Portsmouth and Langston Har-
bour, by a canal, 200 ft. wide, and 13 ft. 9 in. deep. The
plans and specifications are said to be ready, the con-
tracts to be shortly taken, and the work commenced.
Further schemes are also said to be under consideration,
which, if carried out, will not only render Portsmouth
impregnable, but will make it one of the largest Govern-
ment establishments in the world.—Builder.
MILFORD HAVEN.—Several commercial companies are
in course of formation, all of which contemplate making
Milford Haven their port of traffic. About a fortnight
ago we stated that four steam-packet lines were about to
be immediately established or improved from Lisbon to
the Az-meg, Brazil, and England, and that the ter-
minus of the English packet line will be Milford Haven.
In addition to this we are now in a position to inform
our readers that an extensive commercial company has
been formed, whose ships are to sail between this country
and the East Indies. The first determination of the
company, in which some of the principal commercial
names of England are to be found, is, that their vessels
are to start from Milford Haven.—The Welshman.
MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY.—A shocking murder
has been committed at a place called Ogley Hay, Staf-
fordshire. A railway labourer named Burrows was on
Wednesday lodged in the Stafford county gaol, charged
with the murder of a fellow " iaavvie" named Fisher,
under the following brutal circumstances:—The parties
lodged together, and were employed in the public works
in the neighbourhood. Fisher was jealous of Burrows,
whom be suspected of improper familiarities with his
wife. The parties, it seems, were drinking together at a
public-house at Brownhills, and quarrelled and fought,
after which they went home together, where the quarrel
was renewed. Fisher was standing at the door of his
house, when after some wrangling Burrows seized a
heavy poker, with which he struck Fisher a fearful blow
on the back of his head, literally dashing his brains out,
and killing him on the spot. Burrows was immediately
afterwards apprehended by Inspector Price, and taken
before J. Foster, Esq., R. C. Chauner, Esq., W. Harri-
son, Esq., and J. E. Bosley, Esq., at the Pelsall Sessions,
and remanded until the coroner's inquest should be held.
This inquiry has since taken place, and evidence having
been adduced corroborating the above state of facts, the
jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
Burrows, who was committed to take his trial at the
next Staffordshire assizes.
REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS.—A member of the
National Reformatory Union, in a letter to the Times,
thus observes upon Lord R. Grosvenor's letter which ap.
peared in that journal a day or two ago :—" His Lord-
ship is of opinion that reformatory institutions will be of
little utility in reducing the numbers of criminals, and
that the only effective course is to extend the parochial
system—viz., increase the number of incumbents and
curates, which would, he believes, cause the extension of
the staff of Scripture readers, national schools, clothing
societies, &c. Lord Robert Grosvenor shows how
prisoners are convicted over and over again, and so at
last, when no one will employ the oft-committed and give
him a chance, they iniprove themselves in the art of
crime in order to prevent starvation. Then their pro-
fession has all the attraction of the exercise of a science,
and so our lapsed ticket-of-leave man becomes the ac-
complished member of society, which I won't exactly
say vte have made him, but I think I can undertake to
show that if I were to make such an assertion I should
not be very wide of the mark.' Now, this is the very
evil which reformatory schools are needed to prevent.
Instead of children being committed and recommitted
for short periods to prison, so that they lose the dread
of a gaol and become hardened in crime, they should on
their first conviction be sent to a reformatory for a
period sufficiently long to admit of their being trained to
honesty and industry, and placed in the way of earning
an humble, but honest livelihood. If this course were
generally adopted, a considerable diminution of crime
could not fail to be soon apparent,"