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London, England, 1859-09-27 00:00:00

50 Bel fast and Ballymena
13.14 Bir., Wol., and ritr. Val
Stock Bir., La., and Oh. June
25 Blackburn

25 Blyth anal Tyne
10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun
Stock Bristol and Exeter

Stock
50
20
20

Caledonian
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blkrock,&Pas sage
Cornwall
10 Do. A A rcves.no div
10 Do. B until6p.c.per an
hasbeen pd. toB
60 Dublin and Belfast Juno
25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June
Stock East Anglian
Stock Eastern Counties
Stock Eastern Union A Stock
Stock Do. do. B Stock
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)
Stock East Lancashire
20 East Suffolk

10 Do
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow
Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee
10 Forth & Clyde Junction
Stock Furness
Stock Glasgow & Sohth Westn
10 Great North of Scotland
Stock Great Northern
Stock Do. do. A Stock
Stock Do. do. B Stock
Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)
Stock Great Western
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk
12 Irish South Eastern
50 Lancaster and Carlisle
16.1 Do. Thirds
1613 4 Do. New Thirds
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire
Stock London and Blackwall.
Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast
25 Lond. Chat. and Dover
Stock London & North Westn
124 Do. Eighths
&oak London& South-Westn
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Enniskillen.
Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln
10 Metropolitan
Stock Midland
Stock Do. Birming. & Derby
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland)

25
100 ,
25 '
10
20
Stock
50
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
25
Stock
Stock
Stock
20
20
10
Stock
10

Do. Shares
NeWbastle and Carlisle
New., Aber., & Herefd
Newry & Armagh (aet.,
Newry, Warpt., &
Norfolk
North. Counties Union
North British
Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk
Do. A Stk.— Arec.no div
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß
Do. B Stock
North -E astn. —Berwick
Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
North London
North Staffordshire
North-Western
No. & Sou. W. Junction
Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver.
Peebles _

20 Portsmouth
10 Rhymney
Stock Scottish Central
Stock Scoth. N.H., Aber. Stock
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock
Stock Shropshire Union
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer
Stock South Devon

Stock South-Eastern
Stock South Wales
Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok
25 Stockton & Darlington
25 Do. do. 1855
25 Do. do. 1858
Stockton & llartlepool
Stock Taff Vale
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1
25 ThamesilayenDk&Rail
Stock Vale of Neath
10 Victoria Station & Pim
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny
50 Waterford & Limerick
20 West Cornwall
10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal,
5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B
5 Do. B

all
100
31
100
100

13 15

111 113
24 25
80 8t

34 24 d
424 131
754 icki
6t 66
60 65
6 8
354 364

57 03

51 Bi

881 1

all
all
all
all
all

20 West London
10 Do. Ist Class
20 Do. 2d Class

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7i 71

551 4

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1121

761 6
67 f
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PREFERENCE SHARES. -
Pfd Price.
Closing Business
Share Railways. Prioe. Done.
25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per
o. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 61
f Stk' Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 95 97
120 Do. do. do. Shares l4
Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 100 102
12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 --
65 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. all
65 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 51 c 4
Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101
Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 110 113
Stock Do. do. Class C7no . 100 105 103
.
Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p cc. No.l 100 111 113
Stock Do. do. N 0.2 100 110 112
Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 126 128 126
Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 82 84
Rock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100
Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92
100 72 74
Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.
Stock Furness, 5 per cent
Stock Glas. &S Nest. a. s pc, 100 112 114
Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 117 119
Stock Do. 5 peßedm.,lop.e.ror 100 109 111
Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do.
100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BO 84 86
10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all
Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 1 100
p. ct. pref. Stock
50 reat West. (Berke and
Hants) Ext. 5 p.et.. . 6
Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pa. 100 97 99
Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 88 90
100 89 91
Stock Do. Irredeemable, do
Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102
8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 94 104
10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf
shares all 17 18
10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 94 105
Stock Do.
all Birming. guar. stock 100
19 20 73 75 741
264 Do. Chester guar.shares
131 Do. do. do
20 Do. do. do.
Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141
Stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3slodpe 100
Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100
Stock Do. pref., 5 p..e. ...No. 2 100
Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO
Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100
3 Do. do. 41 per c. shares 41
Stock Lon.& N.W .Cov. &Nun -
eaton, sp. ct.
Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,
late 3d shares lOO
121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. all
121 Londondy.& Ennis sh. all 81 91
Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 120 123
6 Do. £6 44
Stock Do. 35 per cent.
121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all
Do. 4 per cent
121 Do.
Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100
Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ei 100 139 141
Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 103 104 164
6 Do. with option till 186( 3
Stock Do. Leis. & Hitpref. st. 100 93 95
10 NewportAber,&c.pret.s 1 all 94 94
p. c. redeem, at 5 p. a. c
10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with
option till 1866 all 111
Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shareF 100
Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB4l ICr,
Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100
Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100
Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 109 111
Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 106 108
Stock Nth.Dev.RaiL&Dtk.Co. 100
Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100
Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 90 92
Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 97
17 Do. do. do. 4 13.4. 1 1 p
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13
124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 -
25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch. 10 id
20 North Staffordshire . all
Stock Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. leig 100 122 124
Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 123 126
Stock Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. 100 114 113
Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db.stkin perp 100 98 100
10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 81
85 Scottish Central, new pa all
Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100
St ock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 74 76
Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 120 124
Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 118 122
10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 105 tot
10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all
' 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0 6) all 231 24
Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 101 103
- Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is
Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO
' Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO
Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gun lOO
25 Stock. and Par. A 5 p.c all 28 29
25 Do. B 6 per cent
25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33
3 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny,
'6 per cent.. all 47 53

Share

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100 I
100
190

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Paid' Price.

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1100
100

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Businoso
Done.

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all
100
100
100
all
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79 81

all
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116

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18 20

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92 94
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80 82
70 72
97 98
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134 131
7 64
100 103
100 103
100 103
97 100
85 90

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COLONIAL GOVER:

121 1

Securities.

SECUR'

Paid.

Closing
Prices.

.ITIES.

Can. Gov. 6 p.c Ja. & July
Do. 6p. c. Fb. &Aug.
Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep.
N.B. G 0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July
Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct.
N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb.
D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976
D0.5p.c0n.1888 and up
NovaScobiaGov.6 p.c. St.
Deb. redeemable, 1875
S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July
Vict•Gov.6n.c.Jan&July
Do. do. April & Oct.

124 113
10 112
Al 112
40 111

Business
Done.

1 1121 f 13

100 1001
101 1
100 100

Inoi

MISCELLAIIEOUS.

111}

100 U

-
Share Migeßllaneous. Paid. \ Closinprim.'g
liminess dons
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 15
1000 Atlantic TeL (Limited) all 200 220
25 Australian Agricultural l9 28 29 295
10 Australian Royal Mail . all 4 f
10 Berlin Water Works all 45 5
50 British American Land 46 - -
50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 36 38
20 Do. B, 7p. e. till 1862 all 19 21
20 Do. C
100 Canada Land 324 108 112
10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9
Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - -
25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 24 25
5 Crystal Palace.
5 Do. Preference all 4; 55
Stock Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New
5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 1 15
20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all - -
15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - -
1 Great Shro (Limited) all 4d 4 p
20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. - -
5 London District Telegr. 1 4 5 d
20 London Discount 5 14 15 d
4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 14 14
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 5 4 115 1
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - -
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 44 55
25 National Discount Co 5 15 1 d
10 Netherlands Land all - -
6 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,iss. at 1 dis. all 4 1
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - -
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 4 4
1 Oriental Gas
15
1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 d 4 p
10 Orient). In. Steam, A 6 - - -
10 Ditto B 4 - -
10 Ditto C 2s. - -
Stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 48 53
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 75 78
50 Do. New l5 8 10
20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 15 f 4 p 155
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 64 7
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O - -
Stock Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 100 115 125 120
25 South Australian Land all 34 36
1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 4
1
1 Do. do Registered all 5 1
20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ol Upr. Can 5 -
,00 vin, 111..InPn's T.an4
BRITISH MINES.
Share Mines. Paid. \ Closing Business
price. Done.
- Alfred Consols (rhilack) 2.t1.10 34 45
20 British Iron
10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 420 430
- East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 160 165
- E. WI Rusel (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 85 9
- Gam.&St.Auby-n(G wen ) 541 42 45
- Great South Tolgus l7s 14 15
- G.WhealAlfir(Phillack) 12.1.8 14 11
- G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 95 f 14
- Lady Bertha
- Margaret (uny Lelant) 10.6.7 52 55
- North Frances (Illogan) 10 5. 6
- North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9
--N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 5 6
.... Par. Consols (St. Blazy). 14 11 12
- Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 43 48
- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. tls 4
- SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 15 230 240
- South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 3 35
- S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 145 155
5 - Tamar Silver and Lead
Mining Co 44 2f .35
10 Tin Croft 9 41 5
- UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - --
- Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 4 5
- West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 21
- W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 140 145
- Wheal Basset (Illogan). 55 160 170
- Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 80 90
Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 6 if 14
- Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 124 134 12
- Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 33 35
- sing Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 274 284
_ FOREIGN MINES
20 Australian 74 4 4
1 Ron AccordCopper,Lim. 15s 4 d it p
35 Brazil. Imp. (i.s. at £5 p.) 275 - -
20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 11
5 Do.L and and Miningeo. all - -
1 Clarendon Consols Min-
ing. Co. of Jamaica ... 4 -- d
40 Cobra Copper all 40 48 47 #
- Copiapo l6 7 8
1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 4
2 Fortuna
20 General all 224 23
3 Linares all 114 12
5 Lusitanian
1 Mariquita all 4
1 N.RloneCop.of S.Aus.L 10 ' 11 P
20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead
Mining and Smelt all 6 8
5 Port Philip
1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 5 d par
28.2.81 United Mexican

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
----
Share) Joint-Stock Banks. Pabil Closing Business
Priee. Done.
100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 --
40 Australasia all 80 82 804
25 Bank of Egypt all 201 211
100 rank of London 5O
40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all
80 British North American all 6
20 Chtd. Bank of India, Arc 16 I 11 p
100 City 5O 62 83
100 Colonial 25
20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all
100 Commercial of Landon 2O 20 21
20 Eng , Scot., & Ans. Ch all 154 161
20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all
20 Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 211 214
50 London and County
50 London Joint Stock . •
100 London & Westminster 2O 501 50
100 Nat. I'rov. of England 3f
20 Do. new lO
50 National Bank #25
20 New South Wales
25 Orient Isk. Corporation all 391 401 401
20 Ottoman Bank all 18 19 18
100 Provincial of Ireland
10 Do. New
25 South Australia
25 Union of Australia all 474 484
50 Union of London l2 26 27
100 Unity Mutual 6O

please.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Bayley and a Jury.
LITTLEWOOD V. THE EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the proprietor
of Joseffe Dining Rooms, Strand, against the Equitable
Gas Company, to recover damages alleged to have been
sustained through the proceedings of the servants of the
said company.

Mr. Hutchinson appeared for Mrs. Littlewood, and Mr.
Robinson for the Equitable Gas Company.
Mr. Hutchinson, at some length, stated his case to the
jury, from which it appeared that the gas consumed on the
premises was supplied by the defendants, one of the con-
ditions being that a sum of £5 should be paid in advance.
The plaintiff objected to such an arrangement, but as the
money had been formally paid under protest the company
continued to supply the gas until the £5 in hand
was exhausted, and then they threatened plaintiff
to stop the supply unless the deposit of £5 in advance was
renewed. Plaintiff refused to accede to such terms, and the
servants of the company then proceeded to open up the
street in front of the house to cut off the gas. As it was
of importance to the plaintiff that such should not be done,
the money was paid under protest, and gas was supplied
as usual. The plaintiff, thinking the company was not
justified in acting as they had done, brought the present
action to try the point, and also to recover damages alleged
to have been sustained in consequence of the obstruction of
the footway before the house.

Mr. Robinson said it appeared to him to be a question of
law. The company said to the tenant you must pay me
£5 in advance. Mrs. Littlewood said she would not do so,
and the company then said you shan't have the gas. He
said the company had a right to make the demand, and if
it was not complied with they had a right to refuse to sup-
ply the gas.

The Judge—l think thoy have the right to cut off the
gas.

Mr. Hutchinson—They have a right to do just as they

Mr. Robinson—We have as much right to claim the
money first, as the plaintiff has to claim the gas.
The Judge—The company have by their act the right to
cut off the gas if they please, or refuse to supply.
Mr Hutchinson—ln case there is an implied contract.
The Judge—l think they have.

Mr. Hutchinson—Notwithstanding there is nothing
due ?

The Judge—Yes, they have such a right. It appears

they went on supplying the gas until there was no deposit,
and I think they can, if they please, refuse to supply unless
their terms are agreed to. I have gone over very atten-
tively the Acts of Parliament relating to gas companies,
and I think the Gas Consolidated Act expressly gives them
the power they have exercised.
The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

WHOLESAEE SMASHING OF WORKHOUSE WINDOWS.
—Ellen Redding, an inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse,
was charged with breaking 43 panes of glass of the value
of £3 4s. the property of the guardians of the poor.
Michael Brennan, porter of the workhouse, said that about
half-past 5 that morning he was called by the police and in-
formed that some one was smashing the glass in the win-
dows of the workhouse ; and on proceeding to the ward he
saw the prisoner, who had just ceased her work of destrnc-

tion, having demolished 43 panes, and on asking why she
had done it, she said because she was ill, and could get no
medical assistance. The value of the glass was £3 4s.
When called on for her defence, the prisoner entered i to
a long statement, to the effect that she could not get ea
and sugar ordered her ; that about 20 of them were ill N th
the diarrhoea on Saturday, and again yesterday, and t at
there was no medical attendant; that they could not ge to
the head nurse tecause the door was locked ; that e
bread was sour, and that she was half starved ; and at
the place where they had to work was under ground d
damp, and that she could not stand it any longer.
Brennan said she had been admitted 79 times.
The medical officer said he had examined the place nd
found no offensive effluvia, but it was ordered to be w te-
washed.

The prisoner said that when the things were rem
maggots were there, and that she had ate nothing si
Sunday.
Mr. Beaumont, relieving-officer, said that diarrhoea
been in the house.

The prisoner said she had drank four or five pints of
water the previous day.
Mr. Beaumont said the bread was now much better t
it had been.
Mr. Beadon said she must pay £3 or be committal
lilt 101 I two months.

THAMES.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—Thomas Hatch, a boy about 15 years
of age, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with embez-
zling various sums of money, amounting in the aggregate
to £5 ss. ld., which he had received for and on account of
his employer.

Mr. Frederick Butler, baker, of No. 18, Mile-end-road,
said the prisoner had been in his service about eight or ten
weeks, and his duty was to carry out bread, receive the
money for it of tho customers, and account for the same
daily. He had recently discovered that the prisoner had
debited many customers with bread who had paid him re-
gularly. (The witness handed in a list of customers from
whom the prisoner had received money which he had ap-
propriated to his own use. He was afraid there were
other cases which had not yet been discovered. He asked
for a remand to enable him to bring forward the people who
had paid the prisoner money.

Mr. Selfe—Are any of them here ?
Mr. Butter—l have two of them here.
Mrs. Plumb, of Park-street, Mile-End, said she had paid
Bs. 6d. to the prisoner.
Mr. Selfe—Do you keep an account ?
Mrs. Plumb—No, sir. I never kept any acoount. I
sometimes paid the prisoner daily, and sometimes weekly,
as it suited me.

Mr. Selfe—You ought to keep accounts. People who
are worth a " plumb" generally keep accounts.
Mrs. Fanny Maiden, of Park-street, said that she had
paid the prisoner ss. 6d. for bread.
Mr. Butter said he had never received the two sums
15} mentioned.

Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner.

. _
A DRUNKEN CABMAN. A strange-looking fellow,
named 'Wingfield, a cab-driver, wearing the badge No.
1,398, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with being
drunk and unable to take care of his horse and cab.

Cockerell, a police-constable, No. 266 K, said he saw the
prisoner driving his cab very awkwardly at 1 o'clock this
morning, and he went " bang" against the toll-house in
the Commercial-road, and was thrown off his seat, and
fell heavily on the ground. The prisoner was the worse
for liquor.

The prisoner said it rained heavily last night, and he
took two or three glasses of liquor, and he fell asleep on his
cab.

Mr. Salta— Cabmen have no right to be asleep—they
should always be wide awake.
The prisoner said he had received a severe shaking, and
his master having given him a good character, he was al-
lowa.' to go at large without payment of a fine. .

TIM DAYS MARKETS.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIEFIELD.—Moadow hay, £2 10s to £4 4s ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 68 ; and straw, £1 48 to £1 108 per load,
Trade dull. Supplies good.
-•- -

.. -
CIIMBERLAND.—goadow hay, £2 12s to £4 ss; clover,
£4 Os to £5 5s ; ana straw, £1 5s to a 108 per lead.
A slow demand.

AVIIITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 4s; clove],
£4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 35 to £1 8s per load
Both hay and straw met a heavy market at our quotations

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The business transacted has been quite unim-
portant, as all parties are waiting the delivery of the letters
by the overland mail.
SUGARS.—The market has been steady, late prices
having been fairly maintained for all qualities. In the
refined market a moderate business has been done on
former terms.
COFFEE.—There has been a partial inquiry for the better
qualities of Plantation Ceylon. Tho trade, however, have
not bought freely, as large quotations are advertised for
public sale.
RICE.—The demand for East Indian descriptions has
continued active, and prices have shown an upward
tendency.
Fiturr—lncreased firmness has been apparent. New
Valencia raisins have advanced is to 2s per cwt., with few
sellers. Currants realise fully late quotations.
SALTPERTE.—The market has been exceedingly steady,
and flue qualities have realised slightly advanced rates.
TALLOW.—The market during the last few days has
exhibited more animation and prices have shown an up-
ward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 58s to
58s 3d, and 58s 6d for last three months' delivery.

MISS MARTINEAU ON THE WANTS OF BOYS.—
A boy goes to a public school, or to a large private one, such
as exists in every sect of dissenters, as well as in many dis-
tricts lying out of the way of our great public schools. He
carries with him the wants that every has at his age. He
wants food in the first place—food fit for, and pleasant to, a
growing boy. He wants plenty of sleep, airy, quiet, and
decent. He wants regular daily opportunity for cleanli-
ness ; fur the neglect of the skin is invariably avenged
upon the internal organs of the body. He wants due
warmth in winter, much more than hewill need it ten years
hence. He wants frequent change of posture and employ-
ment; steady, moderate lessons, alternating with.vigorous
play. He wants to have every muscle put to use in active
sports, and every faculty put to use in study and in daily
life. How does he get these wants supplied at school ?
Once a Ifieek.
A NARROW ESCAPE.—In the beginning of the
week, says the Aloe Journal, while a cow-, the property of
Mr. James Young, cattle-dealer, was being shipped for
Leith, one of the ropes broke, and the animal and a party
in charge of it were precipitated over the pier ints the water.
The individual cryed loudly to "save him, for he was
drownin', and no mind the cow." Were are very glad to
be able to state that both the party and the cow were after-
wards safely landed.

Weatherbound
Nimrod

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFZ.I

TRIAL STAKES.

GRAND DUKE INIICHAEI:, STAKES.
North Lincoln
Promised Land
Two ran.
BUCKENHAM STAKES.

Tom Bowline .. •
HOPEFUL STAKES.—Patapon, Atiptes, Harridan, Tirail-
leur, and Convivialist have paid forfeit.
EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICA:P.—MaIId, Star of the
East, Fadladeen, Enfield, Physician, Killigrew, Chantress,
Queen of the East, Orlanda, and Zaretan, have raid for-
feit.

MANNING THB .Y.. 4 VY.

The Cape Town -41 ail of August 20 has the fol-
lowing copy of a letter from Dr. Livingstone to Sir
George Grey, containing a sketch of some important
geographical discoveries in addition to those recently
announced by that distinguished explorer :

"River Shire, June 1, 1859.

"My dear Sir George,—We have lately disco-
vered a very fine lake by going up this river in the
steam launch about 100 miles, and then marching
some 50 more on foot. It is called Shirwa, and
Lake N'gami is a mere pond in comparison. It is,
moreover, particularly interesting from the fact
reported by the natives on its shores that it is sepa-
rated by a strip of land of oily five or six miles in
width from Nyanja, or Lake N'yinyesi—the stars
—which Barton has gone to explore. We could
hear nothing of his party at Shirwa, and having
got no European news since you kindly sent some
copies of the Times last year, we are quite in the
dark as to whether he has succeeded or not. Lake
Shirwa has no outlet, and its waters are bitter, but
drinkable. It abounds in fishes, leeches, alligatc ri,
and hippopotami. We discovered also by examining
partially a branch of the Shire, called Ruo, that
one portion of Shirwa is not more than 30 miles
distant from a point that may easily be reached by
this launch, which by newspaper measurement
draws 13 inches, and actually 31 inches. The Lake
Shirwa is very grand. It is surrounded on all
sides by lofty green mountains. Dzomba, or as
people nearest it say, Zomba, is over 6,000 feet high,
of same shape as Table Mountain, but inhabited on
the top ; others are equally high, tut inaccessible.
It is a high land region—the lake itself being about
2,000 feet above the sea. It is 20 or 30 miles wide
and 50 or 60 long. On going some way up a hill,
we saw in the far distance two mountain tops, ris-
ing like little islands on a watery horizon. An
inhabited mountain island stands near where we
first came to it. From the size of the waves it is
supposed to be deep. Mr. Maclear will show you
map.

" Dr: Kirk and' I with 15 Makololo formed the land
party, The country is well peopled and very much
like Londa in the middle of the country, many streams
rising out of bogs—the vegetation nearly identical
also. Never saw so much cotton grown as among
the Mangan ;a of the Shire and Shirwa Valleys—
all spin and weave it. These are the latitudes
which I have always pointed out as the cotton and
sugar lands—they are pre-eminently so, but such is
the disinterestedness of some people that labour is
exported to Bourbon instead of being employed
here. The only trade the people have is that of
slaves ; and the only symptoms of impudence, we
met were from a party of Bajana slave traders ; but
they changed their deportment instantly on hear-
ing that we were English and not Portuguese.
There are no Maravi at or near Shirwa—they are
all west of the Shire, so this lake can scarcely be
called Lake Maravi—the Portuguese know nothing
of it ; but the minister who claimed (bAte book for
1857) the honour of first traversing the African
continent for two black 'pen with Portuguese names
—must explain why they did not cross Shirwa. It
lies some 40 or 50 miles on each sido of the latitude
of Mozambique.
" They came to Tete only, and lacked at least
400 miles of Mozambique. We go back to Shirwa
in July, and may make a push for N'yinyesi.
(Signed) " DAVID LIVINGSTONE."

THE GOLD DIGGINGS.

The Liverpool Albion furnishes the following
interesting letter from a miner at the gold diggings,
Fraser River, received by a gentleman in that.
town. The writer had previously gained experi-
ence in the gold fields of California and Australia.
Writing from Prince Albert Flat, on the 27th of
July, he says :—I left New York on the sth April,
at two p.m., and had a pleasant run down to Aspin-
wall, calling at Havana on the llth, at 6.30 a.m.,
arriving at Aspinwall on the 16th, at 6 p.m. I
went over to Panama next morning by rail, and
roamed about there all day, went on board of the
John L. Stephens at night, and left next morn-
ing, at five o'clock, for San Francisco, where we
arrived on the Ist of May, calling at Acapulco
on the 23d. Here I walked round for two days
seeing the fashions, at the expense of sundry five-
dollar pieces ; but, as this was not paying, I left
for Victoria on the 3d of May, at 10 a.m., in the
steamer Brother Jonathan, whose greatest speed
did not exceed six knots; but the Lord sent us a
fair wind, and we got up to Victoria on the 7th, at
6 p.m. Here were any quantity of miners from up
the river, whose account of the mines was anything
but encouraging ; but I felt assured that it could not
be any worse than Victoria seemed to be jut that,
so I left for Fort Hope, 8.C., on the 9th, at 3.15 a.m.,
in the steamboat Governor Douglas. We had a
pleasant run up the river, calling at Queensborough,
Langley, Harrison's River, arriving at Hope oft the
11th, at 6 a.m. We ran ashore, tied the boat to the
trees, and at night I kept straight on to Fort
Yale,l6 miles further up, but found it all alike—busi-
ness dead, mining dull, and river rising like the
tide. Go where you would, you would find deserted
claims and empty cabins. I did not like to be idle,
so I went prospecting for diggings of my own, until
I fell in with this place. Here I got the best pro-
spects I could find on .the river, but it required
time and money to get at the gold, so I formed a
company of nine, took up the ground, and com-
menced a work on the 6th of June ; but the river
flooded us out, so that we did not get to work
again until the '7th of this month. We have to
run a tunnel 300 feet from tho river, in order to get
an outlet for our water. We own part of a ditch,
so that we are on the safe side ; 1 think we will
be in in another month. It will cost four thousand
dollars, but will pay from ten to twenty dollars
per day to the men for three years ; so you will
see that the prospect is a good one. Fraser
River does not contain one-tenth part of the popu-
lation it did this time last year ; but this is partly
owing to men coming here with too large ideas, and
partly to Government mismanagement ; but if the
Government will now adopt a liberal policy and
encourage mining, the progress of British Columbia
will be upward and onward, perhaps not so fast as
Australia or California ; but, nevertheless, it will
be sure, for gold can be found in almost every flat
from Harrison's River to Fort Alexander, in pay-
ing quantities. The average of miners here now is
greater than in California, but there being no roads
through the country, and provisions very dear,
miners make little more than a living, after paying
taxes, paying for water, and pay ing for every-
thing; but they are making a road from Harrison's
River to Bridge River, which will be through the
Cascades, the country being pretty level from that to
Fort Alexander. There have been two silver veins
found in the vicinity of Fort Yale. I have found
some detached pieces of copper ore, but cannot find
where-they came from ; indeed, I have had some-
thing else to do besides looking for copper. They
have located the capital of British Columbia. It is
a short distance from the mouth of the river. It is
called Queensborough, but it is to be called New
Westminster, lots brought as high as 2,000 dollars.
It is reported that gold exists in large quantities in
Queen Charlotte's Island, and several parties have
gone there prospecting. Gold diggings are reported
to have been found above Fort Alexander. The
Indians are friendly all through the country. Busi-
ness has improved very little since I came here, but
it is a shade firmer ; as the river falls it will be
better.