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London, England, 1858-09-24 00:00:00

marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the
distribution of proceeds arising from the Greek brig Pana-
ghia di Rhombri, captured On the 27th Nov., 1855, by her
Majesty's ship Dauntless, will commence on Monday, the
4th Oct., 1850, in the Prize Branch of the Department of
the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Smiler-
set-house."
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :
Flag share ....LlOl 0 8
Second class .... 40 9 0
Third class .... 32 7 2
Fourth Class.... 20 16 0
Fifth Class .... 11 11 2
N.B.—Distribution of the
Prize was suspended by
Gazette of the 3d inst.

Sixth Class £4O 8 0
Seventh Class .... 6 18 8
Eighth Class._ 3 9 4
Ninth Class 2 6 3
Tenth Class 1 3 1
woceeds of the above-named
Lvertisement in the London

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average-nice of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 21st day
of Sept., 185 S, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid. or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain

Per cwt.
FroM the British possessions in America 2Bs 31d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 29s Id
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies —s Odd
Average price of the two foregoing 2Bs 4.1 d

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 2'2d day
of September, 1858:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued a. £32,881,305 Government Debt X 11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,903
Gold Coin & Bullion 18306,305
Silver Bullion .... -

£32,881,305
BANKING D

£32,881,305

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis -
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and

lEPARTSINNT.
Government Seen-
rities (including
DeadWeightAn-

nutty) X10,980,684
Other Securities 15,227,068
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

727,760

Dividend Ac-
counts) 8,740,684
Other Deposits 12,049,489
Seven Day and
other Bills

759,409

£38,800,862 I
31. 31
Dated the 23d day of Septeml

£3900,862
rfARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
kber, 18.18.

' COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tins DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 1814 11 181
Antwerp

Brussels — 25 32
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 375
Frankfort on Maine — 119
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 31
Madrid
Cadiz , — 49
Leghorn — 29 90
Genoa — 25 55
Naples
Palermo — 1225
Messina — 122
Lisbon
Oporto' — 52
Rio Janeiro
New York -

25 421
13 Bi-
-25 20
25 421
25 421
1191
10 la
103516
49
491
30 21
25 60
401
123
123 f
52
521

E.I. CO's bls. House bis. God.
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee --- 26 24
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto
26 21
East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to
the Bth inst. _ _

vY~
Bengal ___-£1,201 5 0
Madras 0 0 0
Bombay

£1,201 5 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 Ok

TliE STADE DUES.

The following is the report of the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons appointed to in-
quire into the origin of the claim of Hanover to
levy the Stade tolls, and to consider how far they
are detrimental to the commerce of the United
Kingdom :-
1. That the foundation of the claim of Hanover to levy
the Stade toll was a treaty with Denmark in 1717 A.D., and
a further treaty with Sweden in 1719, by which whatever
right those countries possessed was transferred to the Elec-
tor of Hanover.
2. That the proportion of Stade toll to freight in British
ships from Hull to Hamburg is, at the present time, on a
bale of spun silk, 115 per cent. • on a bale of cotton goods,
142 per cent. ; and on a bale cent.
yarn, 36 per cent.
That the average annual amount of Stade tolls levied on
cargoes under the British flag has risen from £3 10s. per
100 tons British in 1847 to £4 6s. 4d. in 1855.
3. That the increase on British tonnage' entering the
port of Hamburg has been 102 per cent. since 1849, while
the increase on Hamburg tonnage has been 248 per cent.
since 1849 ; and the foreign tonnage, inclusive of British
and Hamburg, entering the port of Hamburg, has, during
the same period, increased 99
.per cent.
4. That the Stade toll is injurious to the trade and ship-
ping of the United 11: ingdora.
5. That the tax is specially prejudicial to the part of our
produce and trade which has to compete in foreign markets
with similar articles not subject to the tax, and this is felt
sensibly in the coal trade, and particularly in the export of
the less valuable descriptions of coal. .
6. That goods, the property of Hamburg citizens, and
carried in Hamburg ships, are exempt from the Stade toll,
and British ships are thereby exposed to an unfair compe-
tition.
7. That the general trade to Hamburg, notwithstanding
the discouragement occasioned by the tax, has more than
doubled within the last ten years.
8. That the trade to Harburg, which is free from Stade
toll, has risen in a still more striking ratio ' . that of Bremen
(the Elsfleth toll on the Weser having ceased), and that of
Stettin (the Sound dues having been abolished), have also
increased in a very large proportion.
9. That the Stade toll differs from the Sound dues, inas-
much as the Sound dues were a tax charged not only upon
articles of export but also on articles of general use im-
ported into the United Kingdom i but the Stade toll is
levied on exports from, and not on imports into the United
Kingdom.
10. That it does not appear that any service whatever is
rendered by Hanover in return for the tax levied upon the
commerce of Great Britain.
11. That if the treaty of 1844, by which the United
Kingdom is bound for a limited period to assent to the pay-
ment of the Stade toll, were determined by notice pursuant
to the terms thereof, bat little injury or inconvenience would
arise to the trade of this country.
12. That it is expedient that notice should be given to
terminate the treaty of 1844 with Hanover."
The report was agreed to without any division.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC,
TA CLES.—POWERFUL TELESCOPES,—OPERA, RACE, AND
PERSPECTIVE GLASSES..— Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. Observe—
opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field,
and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses,
very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and
18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show dis-
tinctly a person to know them at two-and-a-half and three
miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her
Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and
night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also pre-
ferred for deer-stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and
gamekeepers. Telescopes 3i inches long, by which a per-
son may be clearly seen and known at 31 aniles' and an
abject at 12 to 14 miles' distance; and Nvithtexrigstnraa, anstrod-
nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's
the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be
had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and
are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-
inventea, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass,
the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen
and known one and a half mile distant. They answer
every purpose on thc, Race-course and at the Opera-
houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen
at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting,
deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game-
keepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectaclo Lenses of the
greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived
from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are
enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation
—can see with those lenses of a much leas magnifying
power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the
dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Fergana
can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send-
ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and
stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print
with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by
stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic
Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented
instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others,
surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably
ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the
skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear
distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unplea-
sant sensation of singing noises in ears is entirely re-
moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could
be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—
opposite the York Hotel, W
-TIGER HUNT IN NATAL.—A correspondent sends
us the following account of " how they served the tiger : "
—On Saturday last, at Magdenburg, the residence of the
Rev. Joseph Jackson. a most exciting scene took place,
which is worthy of notice in your local news. On the day in
question, a number of 'wars came to the house of Mr.
Jackson, in a state of great alarm and excitement, to giye
thin-
formation of four tigers having been seen by them n e
vicinity. Mr. E. Jackson, and a young Dutchman, who
was there at the time, sallied forth in search of these
formidable beasts of the forest. At last their eyes caught
sight of one of them, perched high up in a tall yellow-
wood tree, in the bush adjoining the residence of Mr.
Jackson. There he stood with his tail almost perpen-
dicular, eying his intended victims with more zeal than
prudence. The shot was a splendid one, but more
than ordinary courage to take advantage of It
young Jackson was not to be daunted ; but at the
suggestion of his Dutch companion he was prevailed on to
relinquish the fisst fire to what he considered his more
practised friend. Off went the gun, and down came the
tiger, made ten times more ferocious by the wound he had
received, which but slightly disabled him ; with fearful
speed he then made towards his opponents, his teeth
gnashing with savage ferocity, and bellowing forth threaten-
ings of destruction on his enemies. At this moment three
Kaffir dogs baited him with great pluck, until, with fatal
aim, young Jackson laid him at his feet,. a trophy of his
coolness and praiseworthy courage during the exciting
scene. The tiger measured nine feet from the tip of his nose
to the end of his tail. We hope young Jackson will get up
a hunt, and be the means of exterminating the other three
tigers. We hear that there is scarcely a farmer on the bush
side who cannot relate of losses, either in foals or calves."
—.Natal Witness, July 9