The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

THE ~ SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1860,

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share
100 c Atlanticßom.Railways. Closing B rinessdone
Paid. nice. u
&L.
ca 711i:tinned. *Zrio 0 8936
9488
93i
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( Gu. 5 per cent..
18 Do, Do. B 16 11 15 d
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 54d
20i Do. New
10 Do. Preference ••• • : all 61 74
100 i Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 75 80
6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 4 d 4p
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scri . 3s. 21 11 d
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7l 11 4 d
171 Demerara all
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 71 1/ 11 d
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 99 991 995 4 4
20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 . d 1
20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 -• d 5
100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1015 1024 102
20 Geelong & Melbourne all 215 221
Geelong Corporation 6
sto. 100
per cent. Bonds
stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 301 315 311 305 1
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 89 91 90
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 55 57 561
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867
100 Do. do. 1872
tock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 96 97
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 1 d 4 d
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 2 15d
guaranteed 5 per cent.
20. Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 125 1
20i Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 93 96
opt, till 'GO
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 93 96
100 Do. do. '73 without opt".
all 93 96
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 92
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 83 85
stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 94 95
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 90
20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 10 15 11 d
20 Do. d 0..... .... all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100
Newßrunswie.k As Can da
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land d 0.... ....
20 Do. do. B Capital do. .• all 5 7
Do. do. Land do. ......
20 i Oude (Limited) . ... ss.
stock I Scinde .......... ,:i.,z 100 975 981
20 IDo. Punjaub .... ca g 7 11 d 140
20 Do. Do. ..... .. cci e? all d
stook Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,. 100 931 941
f
20 St.Androws & Quebec A 18
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 55 51
20 (Ardennes .... ......... all —p
20 Bah.&S.Fran.lim.7 p.c. 81 1 4d
5 elgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 eziers to Graissessac.. all
6 !Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21
100 ,Copialso , ......&...... all
10 Ditto Extension all 21 g d
20 ,Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 4: 310 11 1
20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. a 6
20 Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all GI 7 64
20 Italian Junction . . all
20 Lake Constance & Bale all
20 Lierre & Turnhout all
20 Lyons & Geneva ... ... all
33} Maria Antonia ....-- all
10 Do. New .............. all
20 Namur & Liege ........ all 7/ ff
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 19/ 201
16 Northern of France.... all 37/ 385
20 Do. New Shares .—.. 15 p
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9
20 11:aris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 341 355
20 aris & 0r1ean5........ all 53 55
20 r {Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.)
"1 I gua. 7_p. ct. 1im...... 13 3 21d
20 'Riga & Dunaburg...... 14
10 !Rome & Frascati ... ... all
20 [Royal Dani5h.......... all 14 16
5 ;Royal Swedish ........ all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all
20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 51 53
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 8t d 4
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 f id
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 11 1 d
20 Southern of France.... all 19 20
81 West Flanders
10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. all 9 91
20 IW. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23
23 Western of Austria.... 6 --
20 (Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 .)o. 8 per cent. Pref all
20 Velland

rMaildN:lECSlo.sing Business.
PREFERENCE SHARES. BRTTISH
Share Railways. ;Paid . Closing Business
Price. Done. Share Mines.
Price. Done.

Allred Consols (Philack),
British Iron

,2.11.10
1 16

I 9

'Clifford
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist I
1
East Bassett (Illog,an)
!East Caradon ......
lE. WI Russel (Tavistk ),
Gam.A6St.Aubyn(G wen )
;Great South Tolgus
IG.Wheal Alfd. (Philack);
IG. Wheal Vor (llelston)'
Grenville
1 Herod' s - Foot ..
Hin gston Downs
Lady Bertha _ _

i 2-
225 235
430 440
1174 1224
10f 101
124 13
29 31
114 124
14 1:
2i 2f
29 30

6ks
231
00 21

17;
,12.13.9
9
5.14.6
8.12
4.8.6
1.8.6

31 4
21 21
38 40
3/4
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5 6
8 9
12 13
95 47
1 1
29211 297 i 1
2 31
140 150
54 56

I.3,larizaret (Uny Lehint);
!North Downs

North France ( 11 ogan)
N.WIII Basset (1110 ,an)l
North Wheal Crotty 1
!Par Consols (St. Blarey)i
Providence (Uny Lelnt.)'
Sortrida'e Cons. Min. Co.
'South Caradon(St.Cleer)
Cam Brea (Illogan)
S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim
S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)
Stray Park
Tamar Silv.& Lead Min
Tin Croft

9.18.9
10.6.7

11
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all
18.F4.0,
22.18.01

21 21
41 4/
17 18
65 68
285 295
1321 1374
85 80
2 2i
131 14
24 25
24 26

Vale of Toomey (Cam.:
West Basset (Illov.an)..
. Caradon (Liskeard'
West Seton

Wheal Basset (Mogan`,
Wheal Buller (Redruth:
Rheal Edward (Cals.:
heal Kitty (U.Lelant;
heal Mary Ann (Men.;
,Wheal Trelawney (Lis.l

s 6d:

1.7:2

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY),

THE GREAT FIRE AT LONDON-

BRIDGE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
IN RE ALFRED PENNY.

This bankrupt was described as of Lloyds' Coffee-house,
&c., underwriter, engineer, and coal merchant, and to•day
was appointed for his last examination.

The balance-sheet, by Messrs. Robinson, Nicholls, and
Co., Old Jewry-chambers, shows—Dr.: To creditors on
underwriting account, 4239 ; to ditto holding security,
£1,750 ; capital Ist Jan., 1860, £3,774 ; profits (exclusive
of underwriting account), £484; premiums on policies,
£35,104. Cr.: On underwriting account, £4,793 ; gene-
ral account, £424 ; property, £375 18s. ; ditto in the
hands of creditors, £1,642; by bond and judgment satis-
fied, £2,760 ; losses on underwriting account, £32,982
Ss. ; losses on general business and on realisation
of property, £1,675 ; discount on underwriting account,
£1,758; expenses—underwriting, £1,034; house and per-
sonal, £416 ; law, £57.

The accounts were of a complicated nature, through the
different transactions in whici the bankrupt had been
engaged.

For many years past no fire has occurred in the
metropolis involving greater loss of valuable pro-
perty and materials of various kinds, especially
food, than that which destroyed in little more than
a couple of hours on Friday, at the dead of night,
the huge fabric known as the West Kent Wharf,
near London-bridge, with nearly the whole of its
multifarious contents. The edifice, six stories high,
exclusive of an extensive area of cellarage, and
having a spacious frontage abutting upon the
Thames, was a vast magazine filled from top to bot-
tom with provisions and commodities, including
corn, wool, feathers, seeds, jute, butter, bacon,
cheese, flour, and the like. Most of its contents
belonged to brokers and merchants who were in-
sured against loss by what are called floating
policies, representing in this instance in the aggre-
gate an almost fabulous sum. The principal of
these was on the wool stored in the building,
of which there is said to have been about
600 bales, valued at from £15,000 to £20,000, and
which is only about a tithe of the quantity of that
article housed in this particular wharf a few weeks
ago. The greater part of it belonged to the firms
of Jacomb and Son; Brown, Eagle, and Co.; and
Brown, Duane, Salmon, and Co.; all of them ex-
tensive woolstaplers. Over and above floating
policies, upwards of £15,000 was insured on the
stock by Messrs. Hartley, the occupiers of the
wharf which has been destroyed, and above £lB,OOO
on the building itself. The chief offices in which
the insurances were effected were the Sun, the
Royal Liverpool, the Union, the London and Liver-
pool, and the Globe, most of which have had offi-
cers at the scene of the fire, yesterday and on
Saturday, superintending the disposal of the sal-
vage and wreck which choke up the ground-floor
and lower stories of the building in a mass of
hopeless confusion. Some considerable part
of the contents, consisting mostly of feathers,
butter, and bacon, are said not to have
been insured at all, and the consequent
loss will fall heavily on individuals. In the little
dock or creek of St. Mary's Overy, which separated
the building from the adjacent property on the
west, three barges laden with provision and mer-
chandise, one of then with tea, were literally sunk
by the falling masses of corn which poured from
the windows during the conflagration. By little
less than a miracle the long range of storehouses,
known as Hibernia-wharf, belonging to Alderman
Humphery, and immediately adjoining the build-
ing which has perished, survive wholly uninjured
the destruction which at one time seemed inevit-
able. The fire, in fact, ended in the edifice in which
it originated, scorching only besides a few houses
on the opposite side of the creek. It originated,
beyond question, in the lighting of a gas burner by
a man employed on the premises, in a large room
on the ground floor, in which a quantity of jute was
stored. The books of Messrs. Hartley were saved,
by which they were enabled to estimate the loss
sustained by themselves and their customers.

An adjournment was taken by consent, to afford the
assignees an opportunity of investigating the accounts.

IN RE MILNER.

This bankrupt was described as of Pierrepont-placa,
Islington, and today was appointed for his last examination.
This was another of the numerous failures resulting from
those more serious ones and creating a panic in the leather
trade. The debts in this case are stated by Messrs. Paul and
Turner at £1,470 ; assets, good debts, £ll6 ; cash, £25 ;
doubtful debts, £BO ; property, £800; liabilities, £2,781,
which appear to be principally on bills transactions with
Hooper and Parkinson, the extensive leather-factors, who
failed, and whose case has been previously noticed.

SIIERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr and a Jury.)
HOTSON V. BROWNE-NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL

PROPRIETORS-IMPORTANT DECISION.

This was an action to recover £42 for advertisements in-
serted in Hotson's "Local Railway Time Tables."
Mr. Joyce appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Layton,
instructed by Mr. Cooke, for the defendant, the well known
patent agent of King William-street.
It appeared on the part of the plaintiff that he has seven
local railway time tables (one for each of the seven great
railways), issued monthly, and a person called " Dr.
Miller," who acts as a general advertisement collector,
brought him an order from defendant for " two squares"
in the periodical, the sum to be 10s. for each monthly book.
Mr. Joyce said that these words were plain and
explicit, and surely each " monthly book" meant the seven.
Defendant found that he was charged £3 10s. for one
month, and had given plaintiff notice not to insert any
more, but his honour would tell defendant that his notice
would not annul the contract.

Mr. Hotson said that Miller was not his agent. He was
a general agent, and collected for other periodicals than
plaintiff's. Plaintiff paid him commission, varying with
the value of the orders. Plaintiff had refused some of
Miller's orders.

Mr. Lawton cross-examined plaintiff with a view to
showing that Miller was his agent, and that he was respon-
sible for any representations Miller might have made.
His Honour was of opinion that Mr. Hotson could not be
made responsible for the representations of a casual adver-
tisement collector. It would be a very nice thing, for in-
stance, if newspaper proprietors were made responsible for
all the promises made by the persons who supply them with
collected advertisements.

Mr. Laxton called defendant, who was not allowed to
state what passed between himself and Milller.
Mr. Joyce objected, and his Honour ruled that agency
had not been shown.

Mr. Laxton then contended that the words "in each
monthly book" meant the whole series. There ►ere seven
editions of one work, and defendant never thought he was
to be charged for each edition.
Mr. Joyce said the order was clear and explicit.
His Honour then ruled to the jury that when an order is
given to insert advertisements for one year, an order to
discontinue would be of no avail in answer to the claim;
and, secondly, that "each monthly book" meant " each,"
and so plaintiff must have a ♦erdict.
Mr. Laxton said his client would appeal.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—(This Day.)

(Before Mr. Payne.)

James Donovan was found guilty of stealing a silver
watch from the waistcoat pocket of Mr. George Wilson,
superintendent of the ragged school, Westminster, at the
Eastern Counties Railway station, on the 6th of August
last, and was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
William Elliot was indicted for attempting to break into
the house of Mr. Robert Godolph Long, surgeon, No. 14,
Clement-street, Strand, on the 9th of August last. The
jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard
labour.

John Readbury was charged with breaking into the
house of Mr. William Hockin, Devonshire-terrace,Victoria-
park• road, and stealing several articles of plate, his goods
and chattels, on sth July last.

The jury found the prisoner guilty. He had been pre-
viously convicted under the name of Daniel Davis, and was
sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.

Mr. Fulham said the prisoner had been in prison ten
times since 1851.

THIS DAYS MARKETS.

Mr. Payne sentenced the prisoner to six years' penal ser-
Titude.

Sarah Davis and Mary Ann Berm were charged with
stealing a purse containing Li 6s, from Mrs. Ann Mat-
thews, wife of Mr, Richard Matthews, carpenter, Earl's-
court-terrace, Kensington, in July last.
Mrs. Matthews said that on I?aving her house
she
met
the prisoners, who asked her the way to Bayswater and
Holland-lane, and she directed there to it, and on leaving
her she missed her purse. _

The jury found Sarah Davis
guilty, and Mary Ann
Berger not guilty.
The prisoners were further charged with picking the
pocket of Mrs. Sarah Jepps, 3, Grafton-place, Euston-
square, of her purse. They asked the way to Primrose-
hill, and when they went away she found she had lost her
purse, and gave them into custody of a constable.
The jury found the prisoners guilty,
and they were sen-
tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in the House of
Correction, with hard labour.