The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-26 00:00:00

Per 81b9. to sink the offals.

le
talerior beasts 31 41 88 61. B'down blethers 48 81 4‘ -us
Second quality 33 iid 43 01 Lgo coarse calves Se iod 44 7,‘
Prime large oxen 48 Ed4a fid Prime staallditto 48 6d 5J -4
Frinao Soots
ralfzrior shop.,. 3A 4; Se 61 Small porkers 4B 21 41 ~A
Mc. quality d 0... 3t, 8d 4s 01 Buckling calves...l7s ad 23a '„'",i
Coarse wool d 0.., 4a 2d 4s 61 Quarter-old pigs 188 Od 266 v-
i

-
Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od. -
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasta..
Sheep and lambs .60)
Calves /SO
....
Pigs .

Belga v 1,100
Sheep and lambs
Calve)
riga

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LF.A.DENIIALL.—Brset, from SS Od to 4s 4d ;, mut
36 Od to 45 6,1; veal, Ss 4d to 48 4d; pork, S 6 Od to 48 ,fed 11
Gd to Is 4d per 81bs by the carcase. a;
SoureALL.—Beef, from 35 6d to 45 8d; mutton, Sc 6d to SS -_,
veal, Se 81 to 45 6d; pork, Ss 6d to 46 Od ; lamb, 58 01 to 56 10cf. P"
ilbs to sink the offal.
ROMFORD.—BOBf, from Is Cd to Is 8d; mutton, Ss 10d to 55 o,v,
veal, 4s 4d to Cs 10d; pork, Ss 6d to 48 Od; lamb, 158 Od to 56% 6o
oer xlbs. Mich cows, 10/. —a to 171.—s ; suckling calves, la/ '
:55 each.

HAY AND STRAW.
Smithfield—Old meadow hay, IlOs to 85s ; new do., 60s to - -col; ;5,5
old elovcr, 5., ;o 105-; new do., 80s to 1008; and straw, 305 to
per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. 160
Cumberland—Old meadow hay, 15+ to )-8s; new do., 60s to. .50
old glover, • 5s to :054; new do., fOs to 100 s ; and straw, 30s tie
•,er load. Trade rather dull.
Whiteel:,apel—Old meadow hay, 60A to ars ; new ditto, 60s to' $,,6,,11:1
old cover.s. to 105 ; new do., Os to 1008; -.ad straw. 30s to 4'
.)er load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMER
MALTA.—The Peninsular and Oriental paddle steam
l
Malta, which has been entirely remodelled, and converts
into a screw stean)er, by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenbe sof
went on a trial trip yesterday, with highly successful rear AO'
She haq been considerably enlarged, and is now one of 010
fleetest and handsomest vessels in the service.

RARA Avis.—Admiral Elliot brought down
b;ue grouse with his first shot, on Dufton Fell 4, a few days
once. The gentlemen with him had never before seen $
'gird of that description. Its wings were 'of a light blue,
resembling the common wood pigeon, whilst the back and
tail in colour resembled the doterel.—cun,tber/andPacquet.

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' . THE SUN, LONDOT
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d MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. STOCK LiSTS.-Yesterday,
--- i ---- PREPABINCE PHARES-(ootitinalid.)
a • ENGLISH FUND 3. Badness
I. CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock, 227 a 9. rearal l'aellwayi, Paid. Closing Prize Done.
It The imports of specie for some time past have been Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, 97j il. ~..• _-,,... ..-,---,2,..---...............,-_,,,Vi •-•onaraco. c.,.........14............” Cll2l=M s
of largely in excess of the consignments to foreign 81 latottleheentraanew pref. all ee -
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities, 961 7.
New Three per Cent. Annuities, 971 I t.
aStock Scot. N. E, Debenture....., 100 -.-
oe countries, and the consequence is that, with the ex-expire Jan. 5, 1860, 11. Steel: age. 31 p. c. pref. Stock,. 109 71 16 I
Long New
Annuities,
tCi
eeen, tx.hiArtn Annuities, uyietia 80.
Block Do. do. Aber. g. 6p. c l3O - -
Id ception of a few parcels remitted to the continent, Long Annuities, thirty years, expire Oct. 10,1859, 11. Stock Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock 100 125 128 1
Long Annuities, SO years, expire April 5, 1885, 181. 109. South Devon..
er
probably in liquidation of commercial accounts, the India Stock, 217115. 10 Fixed 41 par cent. a' ..... - ea i
of Id India Debentures, 981. 10 6 11.11seta. (Bead. A.u.l2oAd all 24 211
various receipts are passed into the Bank India Loan Scrip, 2d issue, 984 4.
is. 100
reStock Do. 4e per cant l6O 103 la 4 t
a- India Bonds, under 1,0001., 16 pm.
Consols for Account, 97. stock Do. New 41 p. cent. 2Stock Do. fixed at p. cent. Ist ins, 100 102 10i
,1 ea a. s
England. Small additions to the metallic re-
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 21d, March, 84 1.
or serves lodged there are reported almost daily, Itk { South Wales guar. 4p.et } 100 v ". c
excbequer Bills, Small, 21d., March, SI. De. do. 41 per cent...., , a.. - -
d, although the recent' supplies, through the delay Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 34 per Cent., 100{. SO Sh.Torkehire, 4 p.ct.gua ell 17 19 c
in in the arrival of the Australian vessels, have been FOREIGN FUNDS. rIS Stockton &Darlieg.s p. c all 284 e9t 1
L 23 Do. dc. 5 per cent 23 - a. pm
ed on a reduced scale. The influx from America, Rus- Five per Cent. Brazilian, 1031. 1
Stock Watena Zilkenny Bp. ct. 100 4O 45
Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Brazilian, 1858, Scrip, 1 1 1 4 pm
er gat &c., has satisfied the wants of the bullion dealers, Six per Cent. Chilian, 1051. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. ----- i
lie and left a surplus for accumulation at the Bank. Five per Cent. Danish Bonds, 1825,1041. - - 1
ed About £28,000 was taken there yesterday, which, Three per Cent. Mexican, Acct., Aug, 31, 211 4 saire Railwaye. Baalnes
Fail Closlraf Prle.a. Dine. I
41 per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., Aug. 31, 901 24.
ch with the parcels previously disposed of to the autho- Three per Cent. Peruvian, Acct., Aug 31, 704 70 1. 4.1.47,7-11.., ..ft .*.E.IN. ...411411:41ht suses- t
ira cities, must have caused a further large increase Theer Ce-at.Sardinian. 911. ISO Atbintio St St. Lawreroe, ail - ea
. re per Cent.Elpanisb, Acct., Aug. 31, 444. 13 Bom.Baroda,& Cen, India 9 Par ipm I
ice in the bullion. The balance-sheet, to appear in the s per Cent. Spanish, New Deferred, Acct., Aug. Sl, 281 1. 18 Do. ......... aaa •••,..... •••••• •• all - ISt ,
,ad Gazette next Friday, is therefore expected to present Four per Cent. Turkish Guaranteed, 101. 15 Do.44Additiolnal Capital A. all 4 alr tpm I
a favourable appearance, because, at the same time, Five per Cent. Venezuela, Acct., Aug. 31, 391 t. 18 leo B• 44 4 din .1 pm 1
1110 201 Buisao & Lake Huron .... all 7 8 l
the demand for money at the establishment has been 204 Do, New
OW LONDON SHARR MARKET.-This Day.l
very limited. A further diminution of the other ,Buffale,Brant, & Glederich loot 83 88
Olt , securities is presumed to have taken place, and as the ORDINARY SHARDS AND STOCKS. 100 16 p. c. bds. 1 Aug., 18111
,Do. do. 1 July, ISIS lOO 73 82 6
to 1
,'Do. do. 1 June, 1874 lOO 75 SO
resources of the directors are likely to be further _
bat 2O (Calcutta &S. Eastern .., U. •••• •••• Fr.
augmented by the repayment of advances to the East ( Business I
Paailevoa73. Paid iClosing Price, Do„ 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. ... ... lan
lest India Company, the possibility of a reduction in the shareil
• 20 Central Dude (Limited)... 2s. ed. ee --. 0
........, ~.,..,____„,, a..., :area la.. I cers..a.analeasar ../..../..........
re- minimum has not escaped attention. Increased 1 20 Ceylon
174 Demerara all a- -
ck. facilities, however, are scarcely looked for at a period 11 I3Amaerga Nottatt. Ir.e.a., 10 _eastern Beugal , 5 4 1 Pl* 1
and Esetern Juuctie a... 10 61 64 Stock East Indian
,ed, of the year when the demand generally becomes 30 Bei fest and Bra:meta ... ell - 20 Do. e shares .. all -•-
line active, and continues to increase for several 1314 Bin, Woe, & Stour Valley all 71 si 10 80. E shares Eaten... 6 I4pm 54 ;
Stock Birk., 1.99., & Cho!. Jame.
iof months. tion . lOO 67 69 20 Do, Jubbulpore 5 - - 1
100 Do. 41p. c. Boucle, pay.'s9 311 -- ea
rat There is very little demand for silver, and the 15 Blackburn ...
. .... . . all 11 12 20 Geelong and Melbourue, all - - 1
25 Blyth #
trY amount to be transmitted by the next steamer to the . .
Tyne ortiQ tii., all 29 3 t Stock Geelong Corporation 6p.
,
cent. Bonds - -•
the East will probably not exceed the recent average. stock Bristol and Exeter ...„ .... I 100 94 96 941 Stock %read Trunk of Canada lOO 87 39 571 7 i
the Quotations are, nevertheless, supported, both for bar
Stock Caledonian
silver and Mexican dollars. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Prof. Lii 6O 10 5 din 51 50
lace stuck Chester and Holyhead.... 100 34 36 Great Indian Peninsula all 21 214 214 1
The amount of specie exported from New York, 50 Cork and Bandon.:... .... all ae - 110 Do, New 5 pet cent 4 par 4pm
ran SO Cork,Blackrock,&Paasage all - ,
from the Ist January to the end of July, was about Do. do 2 I
I Pm
ling 20 Great South of India 2s. pm IPM
£3,172,000.
aOZ 10 Do. Ir. rec.; ye ao air. au - ... 204 Great Western of Canada all 17t 174 174
A small remittance, viz., £5,000, has arrived by si: :
711111Mtii 6 p.o.pera. nn' :11l 4
... =5 204 Do.near IS 31 3 din 94 i
the ht. peen paid toB. 100 Do.bonds payable '76 all 105 108
the Phoebe from the Cape. so Dublin and Belfast Jane all .-- ae
11100 Do. do. '7&, do. '6O
300•
From the manufacturing districts the letters 15 Dun.,Peren, a Aber. Jun. all 7/ 84 100 Do. do. '73, witho- % opt- all 104 106
Bed 100 Do. 51 p.c. do. 77, do all 99 100 99
mostly agree in the statement that trade is steadily Stock nest Inellaa .....a„.„,„, 150 151 16 10 IlLadrae all 184 194
tern, reviving. The mill-owners are busily engaged, full Stock Eastern Counties..„ ..,.. too el 62 611 2 20 Do. new, do. 5 percent all 204 204
tour employment is provided for the operative classes, and stock Eaatern Union Stock,:... 130 46 48 20 Do. 4/ p. 1. Exton. l6 lOt dig
Stock Do. Do. B. Stock .... -, . 10G SI as
dwe the prices a textile fabrics are advancing. The 15 Do. New A. pate la iie) 81 -•-• 20 Do. third Exton, g. sp. c. 5 4 4Pm
20 Do. fourth do 5 4 -I Pin 5} t
land accounts from distant markets, foreign and colonial, 25 East Kent all 13 15
z d 20 r New Branswick, &c. (lima 10 2 lt die
I not
, are encouraging, and production is being increased. atock east Lancsatirs
20 East Suffolk lOO 91 13
all - e- ( Do. do. B Capital
10 Sande, guar. sp. c lO 4 3Me
15 4 4 pin
Id to , This of course creates an additional inquiry for money, 10 Do.
train . although the movement may not yet have been suffi- 10 Punjaub 5 / len
SO Do. Indus Steam Flotilla 5 4 Ipm
cient to influence the terms ofdiscount, or create a press- = liddininaburgPerthhr anddGEneniagid9: in 65
24 8865 65
10 Trinidad, Limited, Scrip_ 1 par tpm
ing demand for accommodation ; indeed, the supplies 10 Forth and Cited° Ituiction
100 - all a. a..
:hen 3t3ek ..... 10 antwerp and Rotterdam. al; 54 6
of money are so abundant that extreme easiness con- gem, Glasgow & South Westen lee 91 9S 10 Bahian San San Francisco 3 4 Ipm
' thes Gelglan Eastern Junction all 1 It
tinues to prevail, first-class bills being negotiated i 10 Great/cowl of Scotland... all 10 104 10 Beziers to Gralaseseac-. all aa •-, St
the Great Northern
to i per cent. under the Bank rate. Ad 6 Carmeeux &Toulouse all 24 28
2 Do. Do. A. Stock., lOO 79 81 79
10 Dutch Rhenish. l5 44 81 din
, At Liverpool yesterday the Cotton Market closed IN I Do. Do. B. Stock ..... 100 ls t 138
. . 10 Eastern of France. ..... a.- all 174 174
ages. Stock Great [totem& Wn.l.relie 100 104 I, 6
firmly, 15,000 bales being sold, at very full rates.10 Euphrates Valley 25. - - pm
train stock Great Western lee 504 501 50/ 1t 1
The Railway Share Market exhibited rather more e ;oak Do.Stour Vel.Rail. Gee el, 100 56 58 20 Great Central of France... all - .....
much 20 Gt. Luxembourg, eon. las all 71 84 8
animation, and quotations tended upwards. la Irish South Damara.. . all - -. 10 Italian Junction.a.a., . 6 a.. ....,
I eta The official returns relating to trade and naviga- 50 Lencaeter and Carlisle._ all 83 12 10 Lake Constance and Basle all = ....
161 to. Thirds lB4 la 13 pee Pat 20 Lierre and Turnhout ell = ...
ected . tion for the seven months ended the 31st July, 15184 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 pm 10 Lombardo Venetian
,
1 1858, have just been published. From these it Stock Lancashire and Yorke-hie 100 534 94 931 431 ad 5 Lacca diFibto:6, 5 paaprea ell - ..
16 Do. do. F. 216 ' 6 11 t die ” 20 Lyons and 031`Xif all 24 25
WOO, appears that the total declared value of the exports 9 Do. do. 49 shares 7 t IMs K 111 Maria Antonia all - -
?n on from the United Kingdom for the above period was : De' West Riding Unin-' 1- - " 10 iamur & Liege all 91 94
20 Liverp., Crosby, & South', an -
n the i £64,461,801 against £73,027,913 in the correspond- " 10 Do. do. 6 per cent. prof all 211 814
11 6 3 Load= and lackwall -.
All 54 64 6
;4 911 die
don't log period of the previous year, being a decrease of 11 6 3 Do. New - e- l6 northern of Fr6lloo ... all 117 t 38
2e Do. do.new l2 - -
139 110 109
There , £8,566,112. The decrease is perceptible in earthen- Stock lion., Brighton, &a. Coal: 109
)f the . Ware, fish, haberdashery and millinery, hardware Stockut
Do. Lon Edoignh&thNserth-Westere 110 924 031 93 214 5 Z n
.„, 74 It 1 dis 1300 Ottoman;oeveria n Trunk Treee. .a 1
20 Pare; and Lyera .............• all 524 SS
WO and cutlery, leather, linen manufactures, linen yarn Stock London & South-Weeteri lee 83 84 234
, 15 London anti Coleraine.... all ea •-•• 20 Kris and Orleane ...... .... all 53 55
iron, salt, silk manufactures, thrown silk, British to :ladle & San Pram., gl p.c 9 par 4pa Xin
15 LendonandEnniskellen... all - -
;es in 20 I Riga & Dunaburg 4 .... .....
Spirits, refined sugar, sheep and lambs' wool, Stock Manchea.Seefaes Lincoln- 100 14 3,11 341 4 t
by or 10 Metropolitan g 10 I aorne and Frascati ..... .... all - -
Woollen manufactures, and woollen and worsted yarn. Stock Maimed- 100 964 964 961 4 I 20 Pavel Danish - ....
&St -... ..... C.,.• 5 loyal 81;70digh ..... a...a,. all - -
The importations of the principal articles were larger Stock Do. Birmiegham & Bert lOO e 6 es
there Mid.: West arelandl all ae --
in cocoa, coffee, wheat, Indian corn, flour, raw cot- :2 Do. i Shang. '' • - sit ..... ...., 10 Sembre and all 71 8
M0u5e,,.:.....
'lO Do. 51 per cent. pref.... all 94 91
jowl'9o southern of France
ton, guano, hops, provisions, rice, spices, and sheep too 11-eweastle and Carlisle- zll ae -.
, 84 West Flanders all 5 t 51
Mita , and lambs wool. There was a diminution, however, 25 fa,owport, Aberg., ' nem' ell - -
10 Newry and Armagh (de'
9 - = 10 Do.stpeecent.Th•ef
reater in live animals, cochineal, flax, mahogany, raw silk, 10 Vest& Northn.of France all 14 25
20 NewnaWarrenpa& Ros: all ae -
not at thrown silk, brandy, tallow, tea, tobacco, and wine. Stock 11°11° k"' 150 63 65 30 arestern of Austria -• ea
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the .
50 Northern Counties 'Geier 21, 3a a dis 10 ?'extern of Switeeriand„, all ae
Nas at 6 Wiesbaden all , ••••• ea
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of ... ........
Wants
248,757 tons for the entries Stk. Norte Devon RaiLlDe.l:l, 100 ae ae
Stock North British ... 190 534 54 534
a
1 °AU the United Kingdom of COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- Can. Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.Baulye 100 112 t 1131 113
ov. 66 ppice..Fjcabn..:Ajauig;l
Btk. Do.A Stk.-A recv. LO din
until 6 p.c.has been pd I 150 ea ee
inwards, but there is a decline of 170,984 tons on att. Do. B Stock .a. .... ... 100 'a '''
_..-
N.Dsaw..6oy6.ps.cp..AcpDr.e&bOenctt:
111100000000 1110114 1110394
Tess of -
N.1)33e.G.
noun the clearances outwards. Steak North Eastern-Bore:10 100 921 S3I 934 - Do. 6 p.c. Mead/Sep. 109 111 113
I first In the coasting trade for the above-mentioned 15 Da. do. G.N.E. Perch s' 16.13.4
Stock Do, Leeds l4 1 di.
100 45 44 46 Ms
x d - Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p.c. St. 1084
, alight period the tonnage employed showed a slight de- stock Do. York .„
Mack North London leo 721 731 -100 101 1001 100
could crease for both the entries inwards and the clearances 10 N. & fi.R eatn.,Hampeteea, 100 19 100
- Debent. redeemable 1875 100 111 111 109
outwards. and City Junction. 3l. is. -a "" - S.Aus. Gt. 6 p.c. Jan.&July 100 109 111
• - Vict. Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.Sauly 100 - ..
,Wor- There was a meeting of the Sortridge Consols NorthSteordshire . 17t 5/ 51 dis Is
so lierthWestern ea 8 9 _
Mining Company to-day ; Mr. Orr in the chair.
Wel in 10 Sark & Sou. Wool. Jac. MI $ 9 lIINE3.
aibitei The accounts of the four months showed a loss of stook otora,woro.,awoiTsrl too 16 18
10 Peebles. - - _
£405 14s. 10d. The total estimated balance in
tern
to 20 Portsmouth l9 8 6 dig titan.;
M:ace. rale, er,oza: Dam, Engines.
favour of the mine was £1,900. After a short din- 10 Rhymney lO - ea Done
oupled cussion the report was adopted. Stock Saottish Central
1 ....N...
ptl• Stock Seattish N. 8., Aber. etk... 100 274 18
par
t+ Funds are exceedingly firm and buoyant, but Stock Do. Mattis*, Mid. Stock_ - 108 84 86 10 , Australian...a ..... a.... .... . . 11 i 4
chains
the transactions are still very circumscribed. There Stock BhropshireUnion. lOO 44 45 1 Bon Accord Copper, limd. 10s. i Ipm
ch the 10 Bittingbe. & Sheerness ~ all 3 2 di. S 5 1111'411i:en Imp. ae. et 51. p.), 27 1 It
is, consequently, an absence of animation, buttoo 34 114 20 ' Do. St. John del Roy ......1 14 11 12
as also Stock South Devon
the improvement is nevertheless making Stock Souta-Ealiern ....„ ... „ lee 1 12 711 4 5 Do. Land ez Mining C0...' All 14 84
well al Steady progress. Consols have been 96i- 97 Stooks south /"la es••an";"•ear a "" 77 78 78 74 1 ,Cotac Copper ell 39 41
1 .0 eolith Yorks. & Laver Dar. all 14 15 40 Copiepo.
for money, and 97 for the account. The New , so Do. Do.. - Dun Copper Mining C 0... all 4 4
'en him 3 per Cents. remain steady at 973- -i. The to stßinns,waln•& wokl--4 all 9 11 2 Fortune .
,„
IS Rocktoe and Built ear 'll 35 16 -. !Genera ,... all 19 20
e acct.- Reduced Annuities are firm at 971 i ; New 2i- per I 25 Do. h ' '
do. 1804.0..., 20 ..a. ee 5 Limes all 9/ 91
a given Cents., 80; Long Annuities, 18i ; the March Exche- ss 1855 ...., 7 ae - 5 'Lusltealen ll 14 1 die
'self on - quer Bills, 318. to 345. ; ditto Bonds, 1001 ; India - Ste:Alton and Hartlepool 161 ea v.. I Iterieuite
Stook Tea Vale lOO ae - 1 ,New tarn nude all 4 4
I screw Stock, 215 to 2173- ; ditto Debentures, 98} ; ditto Stock De. la alarence, No. 1 lOO - ... 50 Pontelbend Sliver, 40 all 5 7
ornlollB (second issue), 98* i ; and the Bonds (under £1" Stack tade of Neath 000) 55 feanaes Ilt:vonDk.k Sunlit 28 -
I
100 - - 5 Port Philip..
SO Bantiage Co Cuba 1 4 4
151 e 1
e could 16s. Bank Stock is firmer-viz., 2271 to 229. at .
Stock Werford and ilikenn-, 100 - - 182 sl U M nited ailman all 3 34
The number of transactions recorded in the 50 Waterford and Limerick all .... - --Alfred Consols Waillack) 2.11.10 8 9
10 West Cornwall - .... 10 Britia,_ Iron llt s 4 st
Toreign Stock Market is moderate, and prices have to w.E. of Lon. & Cry.Pelace an -.- - :Condurrow (Canaborne)-' 20 so 60
I to the
advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 96i i ; ditto 5 Da a 7welving ne'llv*) ell 3 It SI 10 Devon Groat Consols I 1 455 465
t. till 7 pr. ct. has ee 'East Bassett Mogan) -SO 95 100 984
1 4 per Cents., 104 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 44-t ; ditto 5 Dieli .- Great South Tolgue . , 17e. 15 16
lions tO Deferred, 38i. ; Peruvian 43- per Cents., 90i 0-21 hen eau to 8...5 all (4 7 61
a-2 ; so trostlecndon. ...... . ..... ..... all .... ea. a. Far Consols (St. Blaxley) 14 IPI 171
,
no sole
I ditto 3 per Cents, 703 ; Sardinian, 5 per Cents., 913 ;10 Do. lit Class .... - Eartridge Commie Min. Uo. Gs. 4 1
10 Do. 21 do ...• • -.4 •••• 4 Terzar Bill (St.
Lead',
•e is the I Venezuela 5 per Cents., 39,-t ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., ' : Mining Co 1 44 4 4
rain till 1034 ; ditto Scrip has risen to I-1 prem.; Chilian 10 ' Tia Crott . 0 St at
ton the '6 per Cents., 105 i ;and Danish 5 per Cents. 104. ____ LINES LEADED AT Flu RUNTALb. a. West Banat (Illoganl ...I 11 175 190 t d
-.--
d Bret- The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to
,_.A I Leasine 1,„„„,,,... , 1 Busluta JOINT %TOON Biltri.e.
ragglWaYi kg". I Campania. i"""''4 '''cal Done. .
this day, are, in round figures, as under :-
_.....A.,,,,L2aisisscrocase - ..... *.,_....,110, .•••••••••••••marv.. ..12110.1.11,, Bv.sinet•
iin 011 1858. 1857. lea ford & Bletchley...., all Lon.&K.wn.l - - Share. Joint Stock Banks. ha. Mein Fried. Done.
an or, Great Western 31,980 32,496 Ittickingharcashira ...,:... 100 Lon. It N. W.,100 102 =a-. ...........................ae.. ......-- earearawera.....a.- --aatemea-
-100 Agra St United Service Bk 50 - - 68 1
leeeageti North-Western - 100 fatledonian-1104 106
aolchester, Stour VAL.. all E. Un. & E. 0.1 16 18 40 Australasia au 88 90
South-Western
bee
evi.• gelancelnshire, g. 6 p.c. 100 Gt. Northern 141 141. 146 25 Bank of Egypt all 241 25
Brighton
circutn' Midland 34,208 33,609 Do. Woodbridge .........100 - - - 40 !Brit. CoL Bank a Loan Co. all - -
B ; Sllell South-Eastern
Great Northern
vestige 28,782 29,015x d 100 ,Caty 5O 62
84
Lancashire and Yorkshire . }cruces. & Dean Pane all Girt. Western - a..
aa ilartlepoolDock. &Rsal. all TY. N. Bea - = 100 Colonial l5 291 301
Bristol and Exeter
. ..... .. all Yk. aN. XII 111 113 -
a rrneic' Cheater and Holyhead - - 100 :Comraercial of London,- SO 191 204
East Lancashire - 53 , Engl Scottish, a aut. all 161 174
Lancaster and Carlisle - all sth. E112C:1. IS 14 10 , Gen. Pk of Switzerland„, all ..- -
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,218 11,541 Do.
~enoe all Do tst 241 20 Lon.Char.ThmsorAnetral. all 201 11
North-Eastern 40,035 41,280 Lon Tilbya&Bouthend ion Pato & C 0..., 03 95 50 London and County lO 274 30 ~
ve died, Lon.,
Barking Shares all Do.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton.. 4,320 4,633 Lowestoft, gua. Ar ct. 103 Norfolk - - 100 'Landon &li esti/au:ter- 30 45 47 46
fired, 38 West Hartlepool - 100 :Notional Prey. of England :5 ....
doubts Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee
10 ea a. 21/ 1
Edinburgh and Glasgow - - 10 National Bank SS .... ....
(013108 Glasgow and South-Western - Pdiand Brodtord
7,809 - 100 Midland...a, 98 100 20 New Bouth Wales ell 47 49
ng their Lombardo Venetian
fotthern and Eastern all ao is 60 10 Ottoman Bunk ...... ....a. all 161 171 17
;11iSallee Northern of France
istice to The transactions in the Railway Share Market Do. lased 5 per cent.- all D 0....- - -- 10 Do.new all ..... ae
dleviate have been on a rather moderate scale, but prices in PYasten- and WM.. rll L. k'N. lvt::.. .... ee
Do. t Stares A., .... ...- 41: W... .. .... ••• -• ee• 15 tieuta Australia.
25 Do. new
174 ae
-
age the most instances are well maintained, the variations koraton, Hitch!'n, and
Igtc Rebouryth.,49llnde Gicordlc 118.10i.311aritn.N.
aortsrrk,, 140_ 144 25 Union of Anatnale..... 1..1 58 60 581
'he sal t having been about Ito i per cent. Bristol and She Toth Stock2s Do. New
50 Union of Landon 2O 50 52
10 25 Se
loath etztoreslare...a. all Llier.T.MßlCa3laiiitr). 190 10419
)ak sea Exeter, Eastern Counties, and South Eastern ad- re 0 . au 100 ,Unity Mutual 55 me m.
dch will Danced 10s. • Great Western, North Eastern (Ber-
weer Valley all Stock. & Dee -•-• 190 Western Bank of London 50 18 17 die 384
wick) and *orth Eastern (Leeds), ss. South Wes- Do. do all Do
letaehed 131 341
tern, Midland, and North British declined ss. ; and Wiltsano Bon:amt.- 100 Lon, s
90 92
Wes-
own itt ittele.lon is Crot.lots all , Lon, & Brio , 9
T.nnpfighire and Yorkshire, and North Western, 10s. u 311130ELLA310112.

e; Sic' i ay.., Li id,. litia lc..
Vestige Great Northern
28,782 29,015 }),aces. & Doan Pone all Ott. Western a- ea.
Lancashire and Yorkshire . 2il
Bristol and Exeter
7.,)`,..1.;.; flan and Selby , all Yk. te N. Mel: 11l 113
a iffielc. Chester and Holyhead -
East Lancashire - -
Lancaster and Carlisle
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,218 11,541 Do. Proferenoe all Do tat 144
40,035 41,280 lion., Tilby.,slSonthend ion Pete &Co, ca 95
ye died, North-Eastern
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,320 Do. Barking Shares all Do.
tred, sls West Hartlepool
doubts Do. Do. 6 per cent....„.. 100 D 0........ , , lin -
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ... 3,5223622 33,853746 Cinches., Luz., & Its,tl, all 1.11N.W
to bate Edinburgh and Glasgow -
Glasgow and South-Western
3778,:55528967 fg.,B,:ditdßßy.radmj:iogurd. 5
px.
511.0t0v.6
!India.
Gr.,mild...t.tz, 95881 160400
pm
pm
474 , :1,6323
ng their Lombardo Venetian
cnisanee Northern of France D__. era and Eastcrn all )2,;•
a. 6 por cent ....... ~.... all Do .~ my.
astice to The transactions in the Railway Share Market Do. kixed 5 per cent.- all Do.. 4,:. t.z. ... .....
dieviste have been on a rather moderate scale, but prices in Pelston- and Wre.. :"..11„. lannk‘a.saa.:: - ee
age the most instances are well maintained, the variations Da. 4 Shares A.
_ . ..... "f .• • ... •11.4441/ ..... •• • .... ....
:17:71:oth7tacnhldnC' carol: 118.310 i
.6
iii3/44 tn. N.
itortlllos;kt. 142 144
'he spot having been about :I, to i per cent. Bristol and Shepreth Stock
brewebnry & llore'ford.. all
4Sonth Staffordshire,.,,,. all 35-111....11019ter). 190 11094
)ak sea Exeter, Eastern Counties, and South Eastern ad-
deb will -vanced. 10s. • Great Western, North Eastern (Ber-
frau Talley all Stock. is Dar. - -'
letached wick) and North Eastern (Leeds), ss. South Wes- Do. do all Do
oWla it, tern, Midland, and North British declined ss. ; and Wilts and Botaerget..,- 100 Gra. wa 131 311
ate= 90 92
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, 10s. ittealedon is Croy-4m all , Lon. & Brlgb 8 9 0
The Foreign Lines have been quite neglected, and IBBYXBBNO3II SRAM,
tallow little variation in values. In the Colonial
Market Canada shares are rather firmer. Grand p.m Railaaye, pad. avant ?rim. Saalntas
Dens.
Trunk have improved 10s., and Great Western ss.
......... ,=,.."2,.... .k ....4'. .• s.-.c.. 1.0,114.... willeilildhea,
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are VS Slyth and Tyne 10 per G.
dull. London and Westminster have declined lOs .1 pref. (Willed at Z 50..... all 49 Si
7d; Oats, and Union of Australia ss. Peninsular and Oriental f L2O ink. Gne. Is 11.-et.4 p.ct.nt'O' 100 95 96
Do. do. do. shares ....... ... 9 ... ...
Steam have receded 10s. to £l. Eastern Steam ss.
; oats, r black /)aledonlan 101., 4.4 . c., 100 104 106
Id
and Australian Agricultural 10s. Atlantic Tele- 10.10 Do. 4 shares, No. 2......••• 7.10 .-. "..
y i 1,208; graph were dealt in at 840 to 845, and Red Sea (stk. °"'"' k H°lYl'6'l•4' 61P( 1" ''''
.1"
Do. do. 5 per cent.., ..... 100 ...
Telegraph are at about previous quotations. ti aork and Bander, sp. o. all -,.. ..,
Consols (money), 96-1- 97; ditto (account), 96i 97. 64 Dan.,Yerth, & Aber. Jva o all 54 6
Stock &Anglian Class A ftharer 100 ...,
Stock Do. Class, B 6 per eent. ~. 100 110 115
number CROSSED CHEQUES. Stack Do. Class C 7 per cent. ... 150 105 103
ge had 1, - --.--- E. Conn. Ni. sp. 0t.N0., 100 117 119
I show 0' No. 100 115 117
A daily flood of letters, says The Times, continues to BLk} Do -
I, at Teri, Do. New 6 per cent. Stool. 100 132 154
live, 000 Malt the interest felt in the crossed-cheque question. Out Stock Sea'. Union, 4 p.ct lOO 50 52
an activ_! °tithe whole the following is the only one that endeavours Stack 2.14 KL, 6 per cent ... !....: - x d
ipplytv_„ to defend the clause introduced in the new Act at the 5 k;'-.8, Wt•-•=7,,,k.June.niln all -4"
rat kill ' instance of the bankers to exempt themselves from respon- Stock MM. & Glee. 5 p.c. sharer 10 0 ... 4.
Stocky
:Stock Ulna Perth, and Dunde.. 100 -
sibilit ?unless -.
"Temple, Aug. 20. Stock 5 per cent.-. • . 100 .... ....
Stock tiles. & S.West.gua. 5 p.a. 100 ..... As.
" Sir,-I have read in your city article to-day an argu- Stock Groat Northern, 5 p.c.ant. 100 122 184
1 44 144 Meat in support of the proposition that where a banker has Stock Do.sp.o.Bodecanable,lop.r... 100 114 116
1 40 44
oil paid a forged cheque, the forgery having been by erasing the Stock Do. at accent. do ...... _ 100 107 109
1 5 ~,i 100 Do.spßripred.v,tsp.t 60 65 01
1 45 u, 4 crossing, be should be made to bear the loss, as in the case
les oi of any other forgery. Ido not agree with the proposition, 10 GaNh.of Scotland,ict pre' ail 11 114
1 234 ur, and with your leave will state two reasons in support of 20 Gt.BnAiWn. (Ireland) 4)
120 00 my opinion :-First, in the case of an ordinary forgery, 100 .... ....
per cent. pief.Stoek..3
there is no default in the customer whose name is forged, 50 GO. West. (Barks k Manta
and, therefore, there is no reason why he should suffer, Xx. 5 per eant) 6 - -
.•O. whereas in the case of a forgery effected by erasing the S:cck Do. Con.lllzdm.44 pa ct lOO 91 95
' • .60) 91uck Do. do. 4. per cent too 82 84
••• crossing the holder of the cheque must have lost it, or it
150 obtained from him in some way,
Brock
Do. Irredoernable 4 per ct. 100 13 25
••• ... must have been stolen or
.... alc Do 5 per ct. redeem. pref 100 96 98
sand he is in default for not taking better care of it, and of 11 Do:naming. pro'..sharee all 91 10
is.hatever degree his want of care may have been, he seeks 10 Do.ehester 8 p.c.Pr.shr.res all le4 la
to throw the consequences of it, or the danger to arise 10 Do. do. 5 per wit. do all / 10e
from it, from his own shoulders on to those of the banker. 'Stock Do. Binning. guar. stock lOO 75 74
mut to* 261 Do. Chester guur. inures all 184 ltt
d; is JO Secondly, the bolder of a crossed cheque, who is the loser of 154 Do. do. de... ....... .. all 94 04
it and the sufferer from a forgery effected by erasing the 20 Do. do. do ail 104 Ist
to 5s 0,6; crossing, to not, as a general rule, the drawer of the cheque, Stack Lan. & YorkA:ro 8 par C lOO 118 140
is lOct. JP" i.e., the customer of the banker who pays, but is some one Stock tand.k Brigh. gna.s. p. 0 l6O ••••• ..,
to whom the cheque has been paid and who has no connexion :twit Do. Fret. S
. et. S'..ook. - ...
to 55 el; i with the banker, and he, not the drawer of the cheque, is ltwk 00. New ar. e per Cont U.IO - .... x
to 5P e 6; MON 9,0. do. 4 per sera - .....
sae
as, 10q , the person for whose convenience it is crossed. That being •
Ste<-1( Lon. & N.W.,Cov .& Nunet -
, so, it seems to me that even if the banker ought to be ton, 5 per scut lOO -.-
affected by his customer's carelessness, he ought not to be stock aanaon euas.wiat.7 p.c. 100 118 103
x
placed in danger or to be affected by the carelessness of one
Mt liotionloonndayei.7y& Clole, than allEnuls,t eh. all -•- .... - ..
to whom he is a total stranger.
Ito 11 stock ',.,an.,E1a., 4c Ltr•, lOO 117 110
3toGek Danit per c0at......._
" I am not a banker, but the customer of a banker, end .
tos to 3-° it seems to me that when the question above referred to is•
Ds tes'a°L; being publicly discussed, the above arguments are worthy of 1,14 '&aryport and Carl. 4 p c A
Jo. du. 44 per cent ail . .....
1)11 tie 3"" being brought forward.-Your obedient servant, lII{ , j
.. . • 0
st J. G.,, 104 - ••••
Is to S f.:,e,E gil.Oort.e per cant, etocle lon - -
sos t 0 SO 1 ----- - --- 3to. k 00•Con.Bns. a Bir.6p.ct.l 100 HS 140
.TnE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LEEDS.-In consequence wick 00. 44 p. c. Pte'. Stock.. • 10(1 104 106
looa 94 tG 104
bf the gathering of the Sunday school children on the visit 6 Do. with option tlisrllelf..sset.o... lit Gin
of her .Majesty, a rehearsal of the hymns to be sung on the itoak Do.Lolc,.e.rallia,
10 iowport,
..,3. ei. &c. pre!. all ..
....
[TAM ER occasion took place in the Cloth Hall yard, on Saturday Do Porpe... Op. C. . all ill 11,
steanJet evening. It is believed there were about 15,000 children 10 '•- s s-r .--0 sks., 1 4 .
IC. c,r'c1.k1,0,..a)._. -.... a. 81 o,
mveitedi and teachers present. The public were also admitted, and itwk 0,,... ,1 IBk 11,4 c 100 .... 2
p..r c., _. . ~
during Ithe savening there could not, altogether, be less ,tuck ao. 5
lenbe A
I res,3lt9. than 20,000 psi cons in the yard.-Leeds Mercury. Stock Je.sp.c.N%Av.Val.Ex.Sk „ 100 ... ~,
tp. C. rto,!. Bk., 1847 100 ... .
100 108 110
e of the PRINCESS'S T.u.EATRE.-The farewell ✓
benefit of stsek aorthEritLl' ............... • I
ao 71. FT'4,-ri_.'ne ~. 2
3 .....
Miss Carlotta Leclerc.; last evening, at the Princess's, was a St-Cif :11..,-Pasto;;:-Bcr t ex.; • 100 984 991
complete ovation for that accomplished and favourite actress. 31,;rk ,to, ' do.' 'do. 18 13 4 443 par dis
-
down 11 At the fall of the curtain the fair benaficiaire was enthusias- 17 io. te0..1. 6 per ct No. it ss •-•
few days tically called for, and being led forward by Mr. Walter Lacy, 20 Jo. 6.0 :2;ufir!'ers. get'l "" 1..
re seen $ a brilliant shower of bouquets descended on the stage amiest lii 10 'r es k 11..0 ra lu 1 &is par
;lit blue, universal acclamations, as a parting 118 120
tack and homage to one whose :',5 -5,0!'-,11.6Lt-LL=1"(1 .. . ... .. g,•:: as 21
presence will be sensibly missed in the ensuing season. The et .';',-. '''''''''';'''',.,el"-;.7i'i1... I'lo' - 107
'acquet. theatre will close fora short period on the 4th of September. at 'el ‘-''‘;. it 11: ; la;:r..illYt-8, 180 98 100 I

Share. Klizellancausl. Pad. i Closing bit Bas es. mi..
,t.iracislitzcs....=mawas• sessza ..-1.-..e..a.- • 0.6...,.7.2212 IMILVASS. ..seasaacr.
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint )1 all 13 15
1000 Atlantic alegh. (limited) all 840 960 840 45
15 AustralLu Agricultural,. 19 304 311 341
10 Australian lloyal Mail—. all 1 If
10 Strlin Water Works. all 3 4
10 Do. New S .. ......
50 Britist American Land 4)
50 Bri. & Irish Mag. Tel. A all 42 44
20 Do. B. 7p. c. 11111862 all 19 11
21 Do. C all 16 17
100 'Janada Land 3sl 115 120
Stock Cop. Miners of England.,, all 25 20
15 Do.Prelerance7f per cont all 15 17
6 OrystalPalace all 11 14 11
6 Do. preference all 44 41 ,
10 Eastern Steam all if If 2
Stock VD:Aria Telegraph lO5 1051 107} ..L
5 Slnglish and Austl.Copper all If 11
10 European & Indian Jane.
Telegraph. MI 108. ... ....
9 Euro.kAmer.Steam(Lim.) all 1} S 14 4
10 +general Iron ScrowCollier all •—• o-
-15 DaneralSteamNarigation, 14 .... ,
50 London Discount , 5 11 1} dis
4 Lou. Gun. Omnibus Co , all
11 21
10 Meditern.Elec. Telegraph' all ..... ...
10 Do. Exton. (Limited) all 71 31
15 National Discount Co 5 11 01 Ms
10 Netherlands Land 6 . .....
10 Do. do all 1 II
5 Do, Sp. c. pref. is. at I dial all 11 14
100 N. Br. and N. Scotia Landi 80 .
1 N. B. Au;tralaslan I all 4 1
10 North of Europe Steam , all If 3
1 Orient& Gas all 1 1}
1 Do. "New Shares" lss. i dig 4pm
5 Peel River Land & Mineral all 21 /I
50 Perin. and Oriental Steam all 79 81 83 lf
50 Do. new lO 74 8 pa 171
50 ithymney Iron ,„.„... all 211 211
15 'Do. New ill 63/4 7
1)0 Royal Mail Steam 6O 60 62
1 ticattish Aust. Inv 09tment all 11 11
15 South Australian Land , all 37 ss
1 Sub:narino Teloz. Scrip all 1 14
1 De. do.7egistered I all f 14
21 Trust. & Loan Co., Cur ada 5 re
10) ,Van I,7%n:ton's Land lB4 101 111

The Turkish Ambassador had an intervi
the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official resi
Downing-street.

Lew with
idence in

CHURCH RATES.—On Friday last, when the annual
meeting was held ifor granting the church rates at Tam-
worth an opposition was raised by the anti-church party,
the town having been previously placarded with publica-
tions cf the Liberation Society. The motion for refusal of
the rate having been rejected by a very large majority, a
poll was demanded, which was brought to a close on Tues-
day last—the votes in favour of the rate being 501, against
it 186; majority for the rate, 315.
LETTERS FOR CANADA.—General Post-office, Aug.
23d, 1858.—A further representation having been made by
the Canadian Government respecting the difficulty attending
the conveyance, through Nova Scotia, of correspondence
addressed to Canada, no mails will in future be made up
for transmission to Canada by that route. On the 17th
June last, notice was given by this department that
newspapers and book packets, addressed to Canada, would
not be forwarded thenceforth via Halifax ; and this regula-
tion will wow be extended to letters. With the exception of
letters, &c., for Bay Chaleur and the district of Gaspe,
which will still continue to be sent in the mails for New
Brunswick, the whole of the correspondence for Canada
will in future be forwarded either by way of the United
States, or by Canadian mail packets.

:107 ;

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1858.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—(7 his Day.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)

The inquiry into the state of mind of Mr. Ruck was re-
sumed this morning at the large hall, St. Clement Danes.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., addressed the jury on the part of
Mr. Ruck. Having at some length alluded to the painful
nature of investigations similar to the one in which they
were engaged, he said he thought he should be able to place
before them evidence which would entirely remove from
their minds any doubts they might have conceived of the
sanity of Mr. Ruck. It was the misfortune of his client at
one time to have indulged in excessive drinking, to which
cause alone, and not to hereditary lunacy, was the excitement
under which the unfortunate gentleman at one time la-
boured to be attributed. While suffering from delirium,
instead of being looked after with more than usual care, he
was left without control, and it is not to be wondered at that
a person of the then disposition of Mr. Ruck should have
been led into the commission of numerous excesses. It had
been admitted by both Mrs. Buck and Mr. Barnet, that
Mr. Ruck was perfectly sane in 1857, when he, in company
with his wife and Mr. Barnet, visited the Manchester Ex-
hibition. It was said by his learned friend Sergeant Bal-
lautine, that his insanity commenced at that period, as he
grew tired of the exhibition. He thought the jury would
be of opiaiun that the fact of his becoming tired of looking
at the treasures there collected was not a proof of a dis-
ordered mind, but, on the contrary, showed in the clearest
manner that a country squire had been taken to just the
precise place in which he took the least interest. An ante-
diluvian fox would have been of more interest than all
the wonders there placed before him, and the fact that he
wearied of the exhibition being fixed as the beginning of his
insanity was, he thought, absurd. It had been admitted
that his client was capable of managing his own affairs in
August, and about that time he arrived at his house at
Aberdovey, which appeared to be a very irregular establish-
ment, and there, instead of finding a proper reception, be
experienced quite the contrary. He thought it too much
to say that, because a gentleman laboured under great ex-
citement, produced by excessive drinking, he ought to be
confined for life in a private lunatic asylum. The misfor-
tune of Mr. Ruck in 1857 was intemperance, and this
caused a delusion, which, had it been treated rightly, could
have been cured in a short time; but it appeared that there
had been, by some persons, an attempt to prevent such a
result. The doctors who had given their evidence daring
the investigation bad told the jury that if Mr. Ruck was
declared to be of sane mind, they could not take upon them-
selves the responsibility of saying so, because at another
time he might commit some act of violence. Such a theory
was the most extraordinary he had ever heard, and, if fully
carried out, no gentleman suffering from intemperance on a
single occasion would be safe from being taken and impri-
soned in one of those private asylums for life. Various
incidents had been related to the jury to prove
Mr. Ruck a hopeless lunatic; but he (Mr. James)
thought that nothing had been adduced inconsistent with
perfect sanity. Dr. Stillwell, when he first saw Mr. Ruck,
was of opinion that he was suffering from excitement pro-
duced by intoxication, and that a short residence at his
establishment would only be necessary for curative
purposes, but such a treatment had never been prac-
tised ; and bad it not been for the steps taken
by Mr. Wainwright, Mr. Ruck would still have
been confined as a confirmed lunatic. The medical
evidence adduced to prove the insanity of Mr. Ruck was,
in his opinion, of the most unsatisfactory nature, and he
thought it was the duty of persons keeping private
asylums to do all that was possible for the restitution
of the patients, and not to convert them into moral
prisoners. The learned gentleman then, in strong terms,
deprecated the system pursued in private asylums, which, he
said, were conducted more like hotels, from which large pro-
fits were derived, than hospitals established for the cure of
mental delusion; and where there was a direct pecuniary
interest in keeping a person there the jury might rest per-
fectly satisfied that the greatest difficulty would be thrown
in the way of persans interesting themselves to procure
the liberation of their unhappy inmates. With respect to the
case of Mr. Ruck four doctors had been set
at him to make him mad, and with what success he would

leave the jury to say after they had heard the whole of the
evidence lie should call before them. The opinion he had
arrived at, after the most careful investigation, was, that Mr.
Ruck was a person of sound mind, and perfectly capable of
managing his own affairs, and such, he confidently believed,
would be their unanimous verdict.
Mr. Fisher, a relative of Mr. Ruck, was then examined by
Mr. Petersdorff—He said, from 1851 till the time he was
confined he saw a great deal of Mr. Ruck. In 1853 Mr.
Ruck spoke about his quarries—they were valuable—
and during the whole of his conversations he never
betrayed any evidences of a disordered mind. As late as
August, 1857, be thought him in good health. When he
first heard he was in a lunatic asylum he was greatly aston-
ished. It was on the sth of November. He was present at
the interview. Dr. Stillwell said Mr. Ruck appeared as
rational as ever he had known him. He never knew him to
squander his property, on the contrary he was looked upon
as a person of a rather close nature.
The witness was cross• examined by Mr. Montagu Cham-
bers, but the result was, that he was of opinion that Mr.
Ruck was perfectly competent to manage his own affairs.
Mr. E. James, at the conclusion of the examination of the
witness, intimated that he wished to ask a question of Dr.
Stillwell, in reference to the statement he found in his case-
book. It was there stated, after a description of the personal
appearance of Mr. Ruck, that there was hereditary predis-
position in the family to insanity. The words were—" Pre-
disposition partly hereditary and partly intemperance." He
wished to know the authority for that entry ?
Dr. Stillwell said it was on the certificate signed by Dr.
Barnet.

LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY.)

CITY SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
WOODS Y. CRAGGS-IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER
THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.
Mr. T. Beard, of Basinghall-street, for the plaintiff, said
he withdrew from the case, as he understood defendant
pleaded a certificate of discharge of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. He said that the bill upon which his client had
taken out the summons was given but one week before the
bankruptcy.
Defendant—A year since I was summoned to this court
by the plaintiff upon this very bill, and upon my appearing
was informed there was no plaintiff. Now lam again sum-
moned, and again no plaintiff makes his appearance.
Mr. Beard—l do not think defendant pleaded bankruptcy
on the last occasion.
His Honour—Until the fee is paid, I cannot entertain
any discussion upon the subject; but I think it is too bad to
harass a man who has been already relieved from this debt.
Defendant can use his discretion ; but I think he should
pay the hearing fees and take his chance of the application.
Mr. Beard—We were not aware that defendant could
plead bankruptcy.
His Honour—Oh ! It's too bad. Defendant has good
ground for complaint.
Defendant then left, but not paying the hearing fees the
case was struck out.

Mr. E. James then read the remainder of the entry, which
went on to say that Mr. Ruck had threatened to shoot Miss
Jones. The learned gentleman said he should also like to
know how that circumstance came to the knowledge of Dr.
Stillwell ?

Dr. Stillwell replied that Mr. Barnet told ;him so.
Mrs. Fisher, wife to the previous witness and sister to
Mr. Ruck, was then examined. She stated that she was
not aware of any insanity in the family from her father
downward. She was present at an interview which took
place between her brother and Dr. Stillwell in November•
She thought him quite competent to manage his ewn affairs.
Mrs. Ruck, the mother of Mr. Ruck, said she was not
aware of any insanity in her family. Her husband was
certainly not insane.

The cease was proceeding when we went to press. It is
not expected to terminate until late to-morrow.

TRADE ON THE INDUS.

Last week we intimated to our reader.; the despatch to
India of the steam trains constructed by the Oriental Inland
Steam Company, under arrangement with the East India
Company, for the navigation of the great rivers of India by
steam. Those steam trains, consisting in all of twelve vessels,
have been sent to Kurrachee, and are intended to ply upon
the Indus. By the last India mail we have received from
Kurrachee a copy of a
pamphlet printed for private circu-
lation, entitled " Memoranda on the External Trade of
Scinde for 1857-58, by P. M. Dalzell, Deputy Collector of
Cofutshte mti
illustrate
anadstet
rKoaftuer theri
nac s
edoliaunws and
ev conclusiveproposet mannerheofficial
here rapiddtaot
make
there
a k eextension
a col-
lectedf ewcitations from the pamphlet referred to. Mr. Dalzell opens
his " Memoranda" as follows :—" It will be a matter of gra-
tulation to all interested in the commercial progress of
Scinde to find that its trade for the past official year has im-
mensely increased, notwithstanding the disturbed state of
the country and the general excitement that has prevailed
throughout the whole continent, extending even into Cen-
tral Asia. The external trade of Scinde now amounts to
nearly two and a quarter millions sterling, exclusive of
the value of Government stores, showing an increase
over the previous year's trade of nearly three-quarters of
a million sterling—equivalent to an increase of 52 per
cent." The main items of increase enumerated are, in
piece goods, &c., 74 per cent. ; in metals, 37 per cent.; raw
silk, 187 per cent. ; wool, 26 per cent.—a deficient increase
from the accidental droughts in Affghanistan; oil seeds, 149
per cent.; saltpetre, W per cent. ; and grain, 138 per cent.
Cashmere shawls increased about twentyfold, or 2,000 per
cent., during the year, and in some kinds of seeds there had
been an immense increase. Mr. Dalzell adds :—" To no
fortuitous cause can this great increase be attributed. It is
perfectly natural, and must prove how vast the resources of
a country must be the export trade of which, in two years,
has nearly doubled itself; a trade the value of which, eight
years ago, did not much exceed half-a-million sterling,"
not one-fifth part of its present amount. The main impedi-
ment to tbe more rapid growth of the trade of these exten-
sive districts is the want of cheap and efficient means of con-
veyance. " What," Mr. Dalzell asks, " can be more detri-
mental to the progress of a trade than to have it arrested on
its way to the consuming countrieft, unshipped and reshipped,
and taxed to the extent of 12 or 15 per cent. ? This is pre-
cisely what the produce of Scinde is subject to ere it reaches
the European market." Nothing, indeed, is now more
notorious than that the first great want of India is faci-
lity and cheapness of internal csnveyance. This want
the Oriental Inland Steam Company has been esta-
blished to satisfy ; and that it will satisfy it to a consider-
able extent will be apparent to every one who is cognisant
of the naeure of that company's operations. Its trains are
specially designed to enable a very large cargo to be carried
without risk upon a light draught of hater. Each train, it
is reckoned, will carry 1,000 tons of cargo, weight end mea-
surement, on about two feet of wa•er, and with this careo.a
considerable rate of speed is maintainable. This capability
vastly exceeds that of any vessels plying in India at the pre-
sent time ; and if it be the fact—as it is well known to be—
that existing vessels have long been very profitable, and are
now yielding dividends of about 50 per cent. per annum, a
result at least equally favourable may he expected from these
new vessels, especially as they are the only vessels plying on
the Indian rivers to which e. government subsidy has been
granted. Kurrachee is rapidly te.cetning, the great portal of
India. The trade of the Indus and is provinces is fast swell-
ing to gigantic dimensions, and an enterpriee specially de-
signed is accommodate this rising trade by experiments of
the most approved efficiency cannot fail, if managed with
ordinary prudence, to be attended with the most prosperous
results. We see, from the company's report, which has just
been issued, that though but a very small part of its capital
has been called up, its vessels have not only been built but
paid for, including all the supplies necessary to establish
them in the East.—Liverpool Albion.

TILE CANADIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 25,
1858.—The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's screw
steamer North American sailed from the Mersey at half-past
11 o'clock this morning for Quebec and Montreal, with th-
fortnightly mails for the Canadian provinci-s, 1:24 cabin alai
110 stccrage passengers, a 3 also a full cargo of =a:bandit c.