The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-15 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna, dated Oct. 12, says the
subjoined brief, but most important, communication
has just been made to the public by the Finance
Department :

The last instalment of the voluntary (National) Loan
made in the year 1854 having, with the exception of some
few subscriptions, been paid on Aug. 24, it appears that the
total amount of obligations issued by the State during the
last few years on account of the debt in question is
611,571,3001, of which sum 26,492,100f1. have been paid
over to the Sinking Fund. Thus the sum for which obli-
gations are now in circulation is 585,079,200f1., with which
the voluntary loan of the year 1854 is definitively closed.

As the Imperial Patent of 1844 only empowered
the Finance Department to raise 500,000,000f1. by
means of a national subscription, the foregoing
communition has produced an exceedingly bad im-
pression on the public, which asks how it is possible
to have confidence in a Government " which keeps
faith with nobody." The Dutch and other foreign
capitalists, supposing that the total amount of the
national loan was 500,000,0001, bought largely,
and their debtor now coolly informs them
that he has raised no less than 111,500,000f1.
more than he was authorised to do. The real
value of the stock is the same, but its
nominal value is likely to be materially diminished
by the inexcusable conduct of the Government. As
the foreign capitalists who have advanced money to
Austria since the year 1854 have done so on the
supposition that the exact amount of the national
loan was 500,000,000 ft., it stands to reason that
their confidence in the sincerity, if not in the
probity, of their debtor, must be shaken. The
Presse makes the following observations on a sub-
ject which may possibly create almost as great a
sensation abroad as it has done here :
" The information just received has greatly surprised us.
It was known that Government had not insisted on the
payment of some of the subscriptions to the loan, and we
therefore believe that the sum really raised was much
below 500,000,00011. We did not for a moment suppose
that a large sum has been received by Government, as it
was expressly said in the Imperial Patent of June 26th,
1854, that the 'highest amount' (Maximal-Betrag) of the
loan was to be 500,000,000 ft. In a Ministerial Rescript
of September 15th, 1854,• it was stated, on the au-
thority of the final reports from the provinces,' that the
sum subscribed was 506,788,4771 The statement that
611,571,3001 were raised is the more remarkable, as the
subscriptions to the Loan ceased on the 31st August, 1854,
and their result was made known to the public within a fort-
night froir that day. There is some mystery, which the
Oesterreichische Zeitung (the organ of the Finance Depart-
ment) has not attempted to clear up, although it foresees
that many questions will lie asked, many conjectures in-
dulged in, and many biting remarks made."'

It is possible that the State balance-sheet--an
analysis of which was forwarded yesterday—is con-
rect, but the Vienna financiers appear to have very
little faith in it. The assurance has to-day been
given me that Baron Bruck is not in immediate want
of money, as he has a large supply of " Grun-
dentlastungs-Obligationen" (bonds issued when the
soil was emancipated) in hand, but still it is certain
that Government is in great pecuniary difficulties.
The National Bank, its principal creditor, is said to
be importunate, but the committee has not the
courage openly to oppose Baron Bruck, who, in his
way, is as absolute and arbitrary as was the late
Emperor Nicholas. Formerly he prohibited all un-
favourable mention by the press of his own measures
and of the doings of his pet establishments ; but
the present Minister of Police has done away with
the preventive system which, in defiance of the
press law, had gradually been introduced by the late
Cabinet. About ten days since it was said in my
correspondence that Baron Hubner had "tabooed"
certain subjects, but the statement was not quite
correct. It was simply hinted to the representa-
tives of the Vienna press that it might be well o
avoid certain subjects and to touch on others very
lightly.

DEATH OF MR. FLETCHER NORTON.—We regret
to have to record the death of Mr. Fletcher Cavendish
Charles Conyers Norton, attache to the English Embassy,
at Paris, eldest son of the Hon. George C. and Mrs. Norton,
who died at his lodgings, in Paris, on Thursday night. Mr.
Norton entered the diplomatic service in December, 1847,
as attache to the Legation at Lisbon. He was afterwards
attached to the Legations of Naples and Brussels, and in
August, 1854, was appointed second paid attache at Paris.
The deceased gentleman had been for some months past in
a very weak state of health. He had just attained his 30th
year,_ having been born tho 10th of July, 1829.
RELICS OF SIR JOHN FRANLIN'S EXPEDITION.
Arrangements will shortly be made for the admission of
the public to view the relics brought home by Captain
M'Clintock, at the Museum of the United Service Institu-
tion,runder such restrictions only as may be required for
the protection of the various objects in the museum.
ADDITION TO THE NAVY.—We alluded a few
weeks since to the fact that a very important addition was
being made to the British i navy, in the form of a fleet of
gunboats, of larger tonnage than those at present in the
service and we are now enabled to give some details with
reference to this important class of vessels, which are no
doubt destined to do good service in the event of any
future war occurring. These gunborts are eighteen in
number, and of two classes, the one of 595 tons burthen
and the other of 425 tons. The firms to whom these
boats have been entrusted are Messrs. Wigram and Co., and
Green and Co., of Blackwell ; J. Scott Russell and Co., and
T. Mare, of Millwall ; Mr. Pitcher, of Northfleet ; Mr.
White, of Cowes; Messrs. Miller, of Liverpool; and Mr.
Lungley, of Deptford. The following are the Raines of the
14 vessels building in the port of London, including one
which Mr. Wigram is building at Northam yard, South-
ampton. Three of the vessels, it will be seen, are to replace
those sunk by the fire of the Chinese at the forts of Peiho.
Building at Blackwall—Lee, Plover, and Perch, each of
425 tons; Racehorse and Cormorant, of 695 tons. At
Deptford—Mullet, 425 tons. At Millwall—Snipe, Spar-
row, and Dart, each of 425 tons ; Eclipse, Lily, Star,
and Serpent, each of 695 tons. At Southampton—The
Cygnet, of 425 tons. Of the remaining gunboats, two,
the Pelican and Steady, of 425 tons each, aro build-
ing at Liverpool, one at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and
one at Northfleet. The boats are considerably advanced in
frame, and but for the difficulty experienced by all the
builders in obtaining seasoned crooked timber, would have
been ready for planking by this time. They aro all, how-
ever, according to the terms of the contract, to bo completed
in the spring of 1860.—Stearn Shipping Chronicle.
THE GREAT EASTERN.—A telegram from Mr. 11.
Berkeley, M.P., one of the directors the Great Ship Com-
pany, was received on Thursday evening by Mr. William.
Western,
Patterson, of Bristol, the builder of the Great
Great Britain, Royal Charter, and other celebrated ocean
steamers, requesting that gentleman to visit Holyhead and
survey the Great Eastern. It is presumed that Mr. Pat-
terson's inspection will be made in conjunction with the
representatives of the Board of Trade. Mr.
Bristol for Holyhead yesterday afternoon. Patterson left
POST-OFFICE CLOTHING.--Tile authorities at the
General Post-office, acting, as we are given to understand,
upon the suggestions of Dr. Lewis, the medical adviser to
that department, have come to the determination of granting
in future to the letter carriers, &c., o coats instead of oneduringas heretofore ; one of a light description, to be worn during
the summer months, and the other a heavier material,
for winter.

THE QUEEN AT LOCI! lAA TRINE.

GLASGOW, FRIDAY NIGIET:

The Queen, Prince Consort, and Princesses Alice
and Helena left Edinburgh at 10 this morning to
visit the Trossachs and Loch Katrine, and open the
new Glasgow Waterworks. The day was dull, with
frequent rain, and the beautiful scenery of the dis-
trict was half enveloped in the mountain mists,
but the Royal party nevertheless seemed greatly to
enjoy the visit. The ceremony of opening the
aqueduct which is to convey the water of Loch
Katrine to Glasgow, a distance of 37 miles, passed
off well in presence of a large concourse. Her
Majesty reached the tunnel upon the Loch a little
after two o'elock. She was accompanied by the
Duke of Newcastle, and was received by the Loll
Provost and magistrates of Glasgow, the Dukes of
Montrose and Atholl, the Earl of Mansfield, &c.:

The Secretary to the Water Commission read an
address from the Corporation, to which the Queen
made the following reply :
" I accept with great satisfaction your loyal and
affectionate address, and thank you sincerely for
the expression of your attachment to my throne
and person, and for the cordial welcome with
which you have received me.
"It is with much gratification that I avail my-
self of this opportunity of inaugurating a work
which, both in its conception and its execution, re-
flects so much credit upon its promoters, and is
calculated to improve the health and comfort of
the vast population which is rapidly increasing
round the great centre of manufacturing industry
in Scotland. Such a work is worthy of spirit
of enterprise and the philanthropy of Glasgow,
and I trust that it will be blessed with com-
plete success. I desire that you will convey to
the great community which you represent my ear-
nest wishes for their contimaal prosperity and hap-
piness."
It rained very fiercely except during the per-
formance of the ceremony.
Her Majesty returned to Holyrood about seven
o'clock.

Glasgow has hitherto drawn the greater portion
of its supply of water from the river Clyde, the
purity of which, never very remarkable, has lat-
terly become worse from being impregnated with
the drainage of a large mining population resident
upon its upper banks. The serious consequences
resulting from the use of impure water by the inha-
bitants were peculiarly perceptible in 1848 during
the prevalence of the cholera epidemic. At that
time it was remarked that the southern quarter of
the city, which had recently derived a supply of
pure water from the Brockburn stream, seven miles
south of Glasgow, was much less affected by the_
disease than those quarters supplied by the Clyde *
and the cause of this was clearly shown by eminent
medical authorities to be attributable to the supe-
rior quality of the water used by its inhabitants.
This and other circumstances led the Corporation
of Glasgow to take up the matter, and after some
years' active perseverance, during whichta two
hiolrl
three Parliamentary contests were fought,
authorising the formation of the works now com-
pleted received the assent of the Legislature.
It was in the year 1806 that the original Clyde
Water Company was established. They drew their
supply from the river at Dalmarnock, about
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its favour. The act is as obtained, but from some
cause or other the works were not proceeded with.
The question was again revived in 1852, when the
Gorbals Company put forward a project for the
supply of the whole city from the Brockburn source.
This brought the Clyde Company into renewed ac-
tivity, and the Loch Lubnaig project was revived,
and a new bill preferred in place of the former act,
the powers of which had been allowed to expire.
The municipal authorities of Glasgow now
thought it time to interfere and prevent so impor-
tant a matter as the supply of water to their
densely-populated city being subject to the incon-
veniences arising from private squabbles between
competing companies. With this view, having
first consulted Mr. J, F. Bateman, an eminent
engineer, well acquainted with the requirements of
his native city, they determined to oppose the Loch
Lubnaig project, and originate another for the
conveyance of water from Loch Katrine—a source
of supply which they contended had many advan-
tages over Loch Lubnaig, The Clyde Company's
bill having been successfully opposed, Mr. Bate-
man was instructed to complete his surveys for the
Loch Katrine project; and th4Vi having been done,
a bill was preferred by the Town Council of Glas-
gow in the session of 1853-4 for carrying out the
undertaking, The promoters were however, met by
a fierce opposition from the Board of Admiralty,
who contended that, by withdrawing the large
quantity of water proposed from Loch Katrine, the
navigation of the Forth would be injured, and
especially the well-known anchorage at St.
Mar-
garet's Hope. This opposition defeated.sh
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tions, they requested the two lamented o
whose deaths have caused universal
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the scheme. Those
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been defraying the cost of the new
w
orks has been borrowed on the security of an un-
limited rate upon the houses and property within
the city.
The undertaking is specially distinguished by
the great extent and beauty of the Highland
lakes from which the water is brought—
the excessive purity of the -supply—the difficult
and rugged character of the monntainous country
through which the works for its conveyance have
been constructed—and the large volume of water,
no less than 50,000,000 gallons per day, which is
obtained. The lakes appropriated to the purposes
of the waterworks, and for the supply of the mill-'
owners, fisheries, ane other interests on the rivers
from which water will be abstracted, are Loch
Katrine, eight or nine miles in length, with a sur-
face of 3,000 acres; Loch Venacher, four miles in
length, with an area of 900 acres; and Loch
Drunkie, with an area of about 150 acres ; having
altogether a water surface of upwards of 4,000
acres, and containing within the limits to which
they may be raised or lowered about 1,600,000,000
cubic feet of water. The drainage area of Loch
Katrine is 22,800 acres, and of Loch Venacher and
Loch Drunkie 23,000 acres, making a total of
45,800 acres. On this the average fall of rain is
between 70 and 80 inches per annum. That which
falls on the collecting ground of Loch Katrine is
about 80 inches on the average of five years' obser-
vations. If all the water which flows from the
rugged mountain sides into Loch Katrine were
impounded, it would afford a regular daily
supply of 80,000,000 or 90,000,000 gallons. The
storage which is provided by the works which
have been executed is equal to 50,000,000 gal-
lons per day for 120 days without rain. It is ob-
tained by raising the water by proper masonry and
sluice-gates at the outlet four feet above the ordi-
nary summer level, and by drawing it down, if ne-
cessary, to 3 feet below that level, giving 7 feet in
depth in all. In like manner the requisite storage
for compensation to the river Teith, which consists
of a regular guaranteed quantity per day, is ob-
tained by raising Loch Venacher 5 feet 8 inches
above its ordinary summer level, and drawing it
down 6 feet, giving 11 feet 8 inches in all, and by
raising Loch Drunkie 20 feet. The works at the
outlets of the lakes are interesting and important.
Provision is made for the discharge of floods as well
as for the daily regulated supply, and for securing
the passage of salmon and other fish by properly
constructed " salmon ladders." Loch Katrine is
360 feet above the tide at Glasgow, an elevation
which allows for the loss of fall in the conveyance
of the water, and still secures a pressure of 70 or
80 feet above the highest summit of land within
the city. The aqueduct from Loch Katrine to
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neling, the tunnels being eight feet in diameter,
and havinga fall of ten inches in the
mile. Across
three deep and wide valleys the water is conveyed
by cast-iron pipes four feet in • diameter, with a fall
of five feet per mile, and at the distance
of about

26 miles from Loch Katrine, near Mugdock
Castle, a large reservoir of about 70 acres in ex-
tent, and containing 500,000,000 gallons of water,
has been constructed. From this reservoir, the
surface of which is 311 feet above the sea, the
water is taken to the city by two lines of
cast-iron pipes, each 3 feet in diameter, one
being about 7, and the other 8 miles in length.
Of the 26 miles which lie between Loch Katrine
and the service reservoir, 13 miles are tunnelling,
31 miles are iron piping, and the remainder, where
the ground has been cut open, is an arched aque-
duct of eight feet in diameter, having the same in-
clination as the tunnels. Where the ground has
been excavated it is filled in again over the ague-
Iduct, which is covered throughout, and the surface
restored to its original condition. There are in the
whole work 70 distinct tunnels, upon which 44 ver-
tical shafts have been sunk for facilitating and ex-
pediting the completion of the work. The first
tunnel commences immediately upon the aqueduct
leaving Loch Katrine. It is 2,325 yards in length,
600 feet below the summit of the hill, and has been
worked in addition to the open ends by 12 shafts,
five of whiei are nearly 500 feet deep. This tun-
nel is in gneiss and mica slate. The last tunnel is
at the southern extremity of the aqueduct, just
before it enters the service reservoir. It is 2,650
yards in length, almost wholly through whinstone,
at a depth of 250 feet below the summit of the hill.
Besides these, which are the two longest tunnels,
there are, at intermediate places, others of 700, 800,
1,100, and 1,400 yards in length. The rock tun-
nelled through was in most parts of the most ob-
durate description. For several miles along the side
of Loch Chon, where the work passed through a
succession of ridges of mica slate largely mixed with
quartz veins, the progress did not exceed three lineal
yards in a month, although the work was carried on
day and night. In the Loch Katrine tunnel, and
generally in the mica slate, the ordinary average pro-
gress was about five yards in a month. In drilling the
holes for blasting the rock with gunpowder, a fresh
drill or chisel was required for every inch in depth
upon the average. About 60 drills were constantly
in use at each face, and the cost of gunpowder alone
was from 275. to 30s. per lineal yard. The charac-
ter of the rock, however (as had been clearly fore-
seen when the work was determined upon), was
such that no water occurred in any of the tunnels
or workings so long as they were in the mica slate
and clay slate, and there was therefore none of the
inconvenience, delay, and cost frsm the presence of
water which usually attend extensive tunnelling.
When the works left the slate rocks and entered
the old red sandstone, tunnelling was avoided
as much as possible from feaz of water ; but
even in this formation it was met with in much
less quantity than it had been anticipated. Not
to speak of smaller constructions, there are 25
important iron and masonry aqueducts over rivers
and ravines, some 60 and 80 feet in height, with
arches of 30 feet, 50 and 90 feet in span ; and in
addition to about 46 miles of new pipes within the
city for distributing the water to the inhabitants,
there are about 20 miles of large cast-iron pipes of
three feet, three feet six inches, and four feet in
diameter for conveying the water to the city.
The number of people employed, exclusive of
iron founders and mechanics, has generally been
about 3,003 ; and for the greater part of these
huts and roads and all other accommodation had
to be provided—the country for the most part
being of the wildest and most inaccessible description.
The accuracy with which the works have been.
executed is most creditable to the resident engineers
' and inspectors, among whom should especially be
mentioned Mr. George H. Hill, Mr. James Gale,
and Mr. Alfred Moore. The difference between the
• levels taken for Parliamentary purposes and those
subsequently taken when the works were set out for
construction, was only 1-50th part of a foot, or
about of an inch in the 26 miles between Loch
Katrine and the Mugdock Reservoir ; and so truly
have the tunnels been driven, that the junctions
can only be distinguished by the different directions
of the drill holes. The works have been completed.
for the conveyance of water to the city within three
years and a half of the time they were first com-
menced, and within the time originally contem-
plated, and at a total engineering cost of about
£630,000, being about 10 per cent. beyond the
Parliamentary estimate, after allowing for addi-
tional works.

TBE QUEEN'S RETURN FROM

BALMORAL.

On Thursday, at 9 the Queen, aecompanied
by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Prince
Arthur, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and
Louisa, left Balmoral for the South. The attend-
ants on the Royal family included Lady Churchill,
the Hon. Emily Hope, Major-General Grey, Col.
Ponsonby, Col. Bruce, and Major Teesdale. The
Duke of Newcastle accompanied. her Majesty as Se-
cretary of State in attendance. The weather was
most auspicious and promising, and continued beau-
tiful the whole day. The Royal party posted to
Banchory, and thence proceeded by railway, the
train being drawn by two engines, gaily decorated.
Aberdeen was reached at 1 o'clock, and Stonehaven,
where lunch was provined at the station, at 1 35.
After a stoppage of half an hour the Royal party
resumed their Journey, and arrived at Perth at 4 5,
and at Edinburgh punctually at the hour fixed in
the programme, 6 24. At Aberdeen, Stonehaven,
Perth, Stirling, and other points on the route guards
of honour from the depot battalion at Aberdeen and
Glasgow awaited her Majesty, and the platforms
were thronged with the nobility and gentry of the
neighbourhood and the local magistrates. Although
the shades of evening were rapidly deepening be-
fore her Majesty's arrival at Edinburgh the attend-
ance of the inhabitants was almost as large as on
any former occasion. The route from St. Marga-
ret's Station to Holyrood Palace, nearly a mile in
length, was lined by detachments of the 13th Light
Dragoons, the Royal Artillery, and the West York
Rifles, backed the whole way and on both sides of
the road by a pretty broad margin of eager spec-
tators. Among the noblemen and gentlemen
awaiting her Majesty at the station were the Duke
of Buccleuch, Viscount Melville, commanding the
Forces in North Britain, with Staff officers Colonel
M'Cleverty and Captain Jones, A.D.C. ; Captain
D'Eyncourt, of her Majesty's ship Edinburgh; the
Sheriff of Mid-Lothian, the Lord Provost of Edin-
burgh, Colonel Fitzmeyer, R.A., the Directors of
the North British Railway, &c.
On the stoppage of the train her Majesty and
the Prince Consort stepped out of the Royal carriage,
and after a cordial greeting to Lord Melville and
the Duke of Buccleuch, ascended the staircase, fol-
lowed immediately by the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Alice, and the junior members of the Royal
Family. Her Majesty, as well as all the members
of the Royal Family, appeared, so far as could be
judged by a passing glance, to be in excellent health
and spirits ; and the Queen and the Princess Alice
wore shawl of Royal Stuart tartan. The band of
the 13th Light Dragoons struck up the Queen's
Anthem as the Royal Family entered a number of
close carriages and drove through the park to Holy-
rood, while a Royal salute boomed from the Castle
guns. A guard of honour of the West York Rifles
was mounted in front of the palace, and presented
arms as her Majesty approached, while the Royal
Anthem was played by the band of the same regi-
ment. The constables of the Abbey of Holyrood
and the Society of High Constables of Edinburgh
were drawn up at the entrance, where her Majesty
was again received by the Duke of Buccleuch, Vis-
count Melville, the Sheriff, the Lord Prevost, Col.
M'Cleverty, Capt. Jones, &c., who had preceded the
Royal cortege, and by Mr. Rutherford, deputy-
keeper of Holyrood, Mr. Matheson, of her Majesty's
Works ; Mr. W. B. Hay, Bailie of Holyrood, &c.
The Royal dinner party was, we believe, confined
to the Royal Family, with members of her Majesty's
suite and those of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Edin-
burgh yesterday morning at 10 o'clock for Loch
Katrine, where her Majesty will formally open the
waterworks constructed there by the corporation of
Glasgow. Her Majesty will return to Edinburgh
at 6 pan. •
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at-
tended by Major Teesdale and his suite, left at the
same hour (10 o'clock) for Buckingham Palace by
the North British Railway express train.
This (Saturday) morning, her Majesty, the
Prince Consort, and the Royal Family are to take
their departure from St. Margaret's Station for the
south, at nine o'clock. The military, in addition to
the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Regiment, will be
drawn up in the paik, under the command of
Major Davidson, and will present arms on the
approach of the Royal cortege.
The Royal train, on leaving St. Margaret's, will
proceed to the Haymarket Station of the Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway, and thence along the re-
cently opened junction line, connecting the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow with the Caledonian Railway,
by which it will proceed to Carlisle en route for
Pcnrhyn Castle, where her Majesty will remain
till Monday.

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NEWSTEAD ABBEY AND ESTATE.—It is reported
that the venerable and classic pile at Newstead, the resi-
dence of the late Colonel Wildman, together with the estate,
exceeding 3,000 acres in extent, will shortly be brought to
the hammer in one lot. The lato lamented owner of New-
stead purchased the estate in 1818 for £94,000, and since
then very large sums of money have been expended in
improving it, so that independent of the great increase
which has taken place in the value of landed property
during the last few years, there is every reason to expect
that it will fetch a ♦ery long price. The connection of Lord
Byron with this charming rural retreat, will also, no doubt,
act as an additional attraction to purchasers, and cause the
biddings to be of the most spirited character. It is said that
the late Col. Wildman has left the whole of his real and
personal property to his widow for life, with remainder to
his brothers,—Nottingham Journal.

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Bank of England Return, completed to the
12th inst., shows some important changes. In the
bullion there is a decrease of over a quarter of a
Million, in some measure accounted for by the
shipments to the East, and the increased amount
circulated among the smaller class of annuitants,
consequent upon the payment of the dividends.
The Reserve of Notes has been diminished to a consi-
derable extent, but the Other Securities show a
sluel augmentation, owing to the increased anima-
tion in most branches of commercial enterprise. In
the Active Circulation there is very little alteration.
The Rest, consequent upon the payment of the
dividends on Bank Stock, has been diminished by
about half a-million ; and in the Government
Securities there is an important augmentation—
of one million sterling. The variations in
the other items of the balance-sheet will be seen
in the subjoined table :

Active Circulation .. £22,139,525
Increase . " 27,125
Bullion•
17,268,799
Decrease •• •• •• •. 354,491
Rest 3,087,110
Decrease . . • .. 649,573
Public Deposits . . .. 8,528,088
Increase . 850,714
Other Deposits 13,799,686
Increase .. 528,248
Seven Day and other Bills .. 903,634
Decrease 5,372
Government Securities
.. 12,219,969
Increase
.. 1,000,000
Othr

ier Securities 19,897,989
Increase . • • • • • • 105,633
Notes Unemployed . 8,997,080
Decrease .. 391,450
Owing, to the increased supply of money, conse-
quent upon the payment of the dividends, the Dis-
count Market appears quieter, the applications
within the last two or three days having slightly
diminished. The mercantile community, therefore,
Were enabled to obtain accommodation on exceed-
ingly favourable terms ; and at the Stock Exchange
there are equal facilities for the negotiation of
loans.

In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a
slight advance was apparent in the rates on Paris,
Vienna, and Trieste.
To-day a call of £1 per share, amounting to
£30,000, is due on the South-Eastern New £lO 41
Per cents.

The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed
With a steady appearance, and 8,000 bales were
disposed of at extreme prices.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about £106,051, and the exports £348,790,
exclusive of the following shipments direct from
London to the Continent, during the week ending
Thursday last :—Gold coin (Boulogne), 220 oz. ;
gold bars (Cadiz), 4,800 oz. ; silver coin (Bou-
logne), 1,600 oz,

At the close of business yesterday afternoon a
rally was reported in the market for Public Secu-
rities, Consols being 96 to 96*. This improvement
has been firmly maintained, the transactions re-
corded to-day having taken place at 951- 96, and at
96 to 961 for money and account. The position of
Monetary affairs and the rise on the Paris Bourse
have imparted a favourable tone to the market.
The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at
941 a, and the New 28 per Cents. at 791, the 5 per
Cent. Annuities are marked 111 ; India New
Loan Stock has advanced to 1021 y ; and ditto
Scrip to 102}, 103 ; the Loan Debentures (1858)
are flatter, at 961-, but ditto (1859) are firm, at 951,
96, and Exchequer Bills at 255. and 28s. prem.

In the Foreign Stock Market business has been
moderately active, and prices have remained steady.
Turkish 6 per Cents. remain at 781 to 79 ex div. ;
ditto New, at 67* to 681 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. at
464 ; ditto Deferred, at 53i ; Mexican, at 221 ;
and Russian 41 per Cents., at 991 ; but Scrip has
receded to I dis. ; Sardinian to 86; Chilian 6 per
Cents. to 103 ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 73i.
The Railway Share Market has been moderately
active ; the preparations for the settlement, how-
ever, are now in progress. Prices generally show
all upward tendency, and an advance of I to 2 per
cent. may be recorded in the values of most of the
Principal undertakings.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets prices show
an upward tendency.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
411111 and show little variation in prices.

2.. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRIC94t i ES.
Nper Cont. Reduced Annuities
yer Cent. Consols Annuities
"7 3 'per Cent. Annuities 941 5
'4, eNv 24 per Cent. Annuities
• Per Cent. Annuities lll
India Stock
Ditt
Ditto, 1859, 5 per Cent.
Loan Scrip, 5 per cent
Ditto Debentures, 1858 .. 965 6
Ditto
13Donitdt:, 1859 .
, Xl,OOO
Ditt% under £l,OOO ' Bank Stock for Account. .t. par
222
pConsLols t'or Account (Nov 8)
xcue(l"" Bills, £1 ow lid 2B 5
ditto
£5OO ' ' '
Ditto Small •
28 5
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4/ per Cent. 1852
_ Ditto 4i per Cent. 1858
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 7Bl
Chilian, 6 per'Cent lO3 x d
...Ditto 3 per Cent .
°lexicon. 3 per Cent.
Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4/ per Cent.
Dittos per Cent. —
Ditto Scrip,
1
Sardinian, 5 per Cent B6
Spanish 3 per Cent 464
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 335
Turkish 6 per Cent... 79 81
Ditto Acceant
Ditto New Loan
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66/
99/ Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money 96 k
Ditto Account (Nov.) 96

A Paris correspondent of the Nord states that
t
time fixed for the French troops to leave Rome is the
01st of December next.
Es.—ln the Mining Share Market, the
rennt of business this week has been in West Caradon,
Mines,
Basset, North Downs, West Trevelyan, Providence
res, Grambler and St. Aubyn, Wheal Margaret, Kelly
GittY, Bast Caradon, East Wheal Grenville, North Crofty,
Itroeat Alfred, Wheal Basset, Hingston. Down, North
'wl/ert, East Russell, East Cam Brea, East Trefusis,
f 'teal Unity, Wheal Reeth, Wendron Consols, Herods-
°?t, Tamar Consols, Wheal Harriett, &c. Providence
Mines have been more dealt in, and advanced from 46 to 60,
Nteen down in one day to 50 ; but they leave off
meet to 521.
at Seton, 385 to 395, ex dividend •at the ing, on
4.1,118,,daY, the accounts for two months showed a profit of
Be., and a dividend of £lO (4000) was declared,
leaving £433 18s. 3d. in hand. East Basset have been
zn
°re enquired for, and more dealt in; the price has ad-
.4llced to 165, 170 ; the end in the 70 west has improved to
per fm. West Trevelyan, after reaching 11, buyers,
;reQed early in the week to 9, and after various
Cetuations leave off at 6 to 7. East Cam Brea have
moms in good request at 3i to -31 ; a lode is
nlost daily expected to be cut in the moreross(.sl4 north. Roswarne United, 371 to 40, and dealt
,Itt South Basset, 111 to 121 ; South Caradon, 230 to
'-'; St. Ives Consols, 55 to 571. Stray Park, after reach-
-111,1 17, leave off 16 to 17. Wheal Basset have advanced to
200, and have been in good request. Calvadnack, 12
`‘); Cam Brea, 80 to 535 ; Cook's Kitchen, 111 to 121 ;
C....raddock Moor 36 to 38 ; Ding Dong, 14 to 15; East Tre-
!us, le, 21 to 3. West Caradon have been very largely dealt
and advanced to 1671, 1724, but left off 1521 to 1571;
"heal
" heal Buller, 90 to 95 ; Wheal Clifford, 265 to 275; Wheal
argaret, 53 to 56 ; Wheal Mary Arm, 33 to 35 ; Wheal
srelawnyt 27f to 86 ; Wheal Unity, 18s. to 20s.—Mining
The this da 2 y
The horses belonging to the late Lord H. Sey-
'llcur have just been sold by auction at Sablonville. They
Ve 'ere 19 in number, and fetched a little over 47,000 f.
7,TaE WOUNDED AT SOLFERINO.—The Medical
"",.47ne8 says—lt appears from a statistical account, published
1t1,• Brescia, that the 37 hospitals of that town received, after
e battle of Solferino, 32,916 wounded, viz., 17,345 French,
14,
"))959 Italians, and 1,612 Austrians ; 26,038 have recovered
and 1,273 have died, i.e., about one in eleven.
THE TRANSMUNDANE TELEGRAPH.—Major P.
ti`Donald Collins, to whose report on the Moscow and San
Mudge() Telegraph we recently called attention, goes out
by the Persia to-day on his return to the Amoor river. On
reaching St. Petersbug it is his intention to lay the details
the project before the Emperor Alexander, and to solicit
Paid in carrying out the enterprise. There is but little
doubt that the Russian Government will lend its cordial
I,e°ll
9,urrence to t scheme. Of theracticability of the
cas far as thehe Sea of Ochotsk, it has st evid the be
.`". Its own post routes, and it cannot but take a deep inte-
rest in a project which will compldte its chain of telegraphic
ck°,_tnrounication to its newly opened territory on the Amoor.
Step have already been taken to obtain the countenance
„11,_.`1 support of the Japanese Emperor to that portion of the
Zuach connects his dominions with the main line, and it is
World,
that when China is thrown open to the trade of the
"°rld, as it eventually must be, there will be no difficulty
111 obtaining the consent of the Imperial government to the
.becnstruction of another lateral branch connecting. with
~,';e„Ithl• Two millions and a half is, after all, but an insig-
•tucant amount for the construction of a work of such vast
1111Portance, and Major Collins is not a man to be deterred
einall difficulties from prosecuting to successful results
~e conclusions that he has deliberately formed.—New York
4orald.

12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost.
and Eastern Junction

50 Belfast and Ballymena
13.14 fir., Rol., and Str. Val
Stock fir., La., and Ch. June
25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne
10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun
Stock Bristol and Exeter

Caledonian
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blkrock,&Pass age
Cornwall
Do. A
A roves. no div.
t Do. B until6p.c.per an.
hasbeen pd.toß.
Dublin andßellast Juno.
Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union A Stock
Do. do. B Stock
Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)
East Lancashire
East Suffolk
Do
Edinburg and Glasgow
Edin.,Perth, & Dundee
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasgow & South Westn
Great North of Scotland
Great Northern
Do. do. A Stock
Do. do. B Stock
Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)
Great Western
Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk
Irish South Eastern
Lanc.aster and Carlisle
Do. Thirds
Do. New Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London and Blackwall.
Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast
Loud. Chat. and Dover
London & North Westn
Do. Eighths
London& South-Westn
L'derry & Coleraine
L'derry & Enniskillen
Man., She., & Lincoln
Metropolitan
Midland
Do. Binning. & Derby.
Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland)
Do. Shares
Nevrcastle and Carlisle
New., Aber., & Herefd
Newry & Armagh (aef.)
Newry, Warpt., & Ros
Norfolk
North. Counties Union
North British
Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk
Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div
i until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß
Do. B Stock
North-Eastn.---Berwick
Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
North London
North Staffordshire

Stock

100
all
all
all
c all
all

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock,

Stock
Stock

6 6

8 8!
76 78
12

51 8;

71 i
14 14
54i 55i
35 39
25 27

77 79
27 271

Stock
Stock

97 99

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock.
Stock,

102 103
85 87
131 133
'lO6 108
64 64i
55 60

1
161361 4
Steck
Stock
Stock'

Stock
12
Stock

Stock

Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
25
Stock
Stock.
Stock

North-Western ----
10 No. & Sou. W. Junction
Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver
10 Peebles
20 Portsmouth
10 Rhymney
Stock Scottish Central
Stock Scott). N.E., Aber. Stock
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock
Stock Shropshire Union
10 Sittinqbourne & Sheer
Stock South Devon
Stock South-Eastern
Stock South wales

Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun.
20 Staines, Wok., & Wek
25 Stockton Si Darlington
25 Do. do. 1855
25 Do. do. 1858
Stockton & llartlepool
Stock Taff Vale
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail
Stock Vale of Neath
10 Victoria Station & Pim
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny
50 Waterford & Limerick
20 West. Cornwall

10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pat
6 Do.A.—Areev.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B
5 Do. B
20 West London
10 Do. Ist Class
20 Do. 2d Class

100
100
100
all
100

496 200
15j 161 p
151 161 g
96i 07
65 67
112 113
14 15
94 04i
11 1 a
94 05 ,

7 8
35 351

105 losi
84 86

91 ioi

all
100
3
100
100

100
74
100
all
all
all

54,1 5

P
9
111 5
I

M 58
31, Ed
58! MI

all
all
all
all
all

8,4 881
2 It d 1
44 45
71 72
104 105 i
4} 4 d

Si 9
32 34

13 15

1115 117
28 27
81 83

34 24d
44 474
76 7?
71 72
82 65
6 8
354 364

60 66

51 ei

911 J 5
941

104 i I

4 311

89 i
d

PREFERENCE SITARS'S.
Share, Railways. Paid.l Closing Busineas
Price. Done.
25 Blythe and Tyne le per
0. pref. (issued at £5O) all
Str, Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 95 97
20 Do. do. do. Shares l4
took Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 101 103
12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10
61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. all
61 Dun. Perth,&Aber.Jun. all 5 61
Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101
Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115
Stock Do. do. Class C7pc .. 100 107 103
Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 111 113
Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 110 112
Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 126 128
Stock Eastern Union, 4 per at. 100 82 84
Stock Edin.&Glas. spo shares 100
Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92
Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 734 744
Stock Furness, 5 per cent .. . 100
Stock Gifts. &S West.“.; a. 5 pc.. 100 113 .115
Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 117 119 119
Stock Do. 5 poltedm.,lop.c.pm 100 109 111
Stock Do. 4i p. c. do. do.
100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BP, 84 86
10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf —
Stock
f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100
p. ct. pref. Stock
50 Great West. (Berke and
Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. 6
Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 pct. 100 97 99
Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 88 90
Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 89 91
Stook Do. sp. ct. Redeam.Pref lOO 100 102
Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101
10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf
shares all 17 18
10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 91 104
Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 73 75 744
26i Do. Chester guar.shares all 19 20
131 Do. do. do
20 Do. do. do.
Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141
Stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3slodpc 100
Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. NO.l 100 117
Stock Do. pref., sp. c. _No. 2 100
Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO
Stoek Do. do. sp. o. No. 4 100
a Do. do. 44 per a. shares 41 5
Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun-
eaton, sp. ct.
Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 pot. stock,
late 3d shares lOO
124 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs all
124 Londondy.& Ennis 4sh all 9 10
Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct lOO 121 123
6 Do. £6 44 4 4 p
Stock Do. 31 per cent.
124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all
4 Do. per cent...
124 { Dolo4
Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100
Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. 100 139 141
Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 103 164
6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 4 p
Stock Do. Lelo. & Hit.pref. st. 100 94 95
10
Newport,Aberotc.pret.s 1 all 91 ox-
p. c. redeem, at sp. c. m
10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with
option till 1866 all 111 114
Stock Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares 100
Stock Do. 5 .o. Ext.Stock,lB46 100
Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100
Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.SklB47 100
Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 109 111
Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 106 108
Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dsk.Co. 100
Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100
Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 90 92
Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. 0. Pref. 100 96 97 ".
17 Do. do. do. 813.4. 11 11,
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13
124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 9 -
25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch: 10 1d P
20 North Staffordshire.... all
Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc.lstg 100 123 125 124
Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 123 126
Stock Do. Irredeem., 2,1 gua. 100 114 118
Stock Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 100
10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 81
84 Scottish Central,new pt all
Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100
Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock 100 74 76
Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6po. 100 120 124
Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 120 125
10s. South Devon, Ann. 108. all 104 11
10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. all -
1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0 6) all 234 24
Stock Do Ai per cent lOO 102 103
Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 101 103
Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO -
Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO -
Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO
25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e all 28 24
25 Do. B 6 per cent
25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33
Stook Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 percent.- all 52 51