The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-31 00:00:00

21118 DAY'S SIII.PPLYG.

I 'Paid , Closing Business
Share Railways. Price. Done.
I 1
1
St 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 pert
c. pref. (issued at .Zsf, all - -
111 stock fsri s. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 - -
lc, 20 Do. do. do. Shares !l4 - -
'''''' stock ,Caledon £lO, 4i- per cenil 100 101 103
stock I Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.1 100 - --
04 ,Cork & Bandon, 5a p. c.l all -
es 20 'Cornwall. 5 per cent. I all 20 21
of 61 I Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. all 51 ei ,
14 ;Do Ist Class Pref • all - -
1 ; stock lE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101
stock 'Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.._ 100 108 112
in stock I Do. do. Class C 7 p.c 100 105 108
stock ,E. Coon. Ex sp. c. No.l 100 105 107
stock Do. do. No. 2 100 104 108
stock ;Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 121 123
stock ;Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 82 84
stock " Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 - -
stock lEdinstGlas.sp.c. shares 100 111 113
stock i Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92
stock ' 11:din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 77
stock Purness, 5 per cent .... 100 1 - -
stork Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c, 100 1 - -
stock'Great Northern, 5 pact.! 100 1117 119
stock ' r.,,0‘,.5p.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 112 114
stock Do. 46.x.rc;,. do. do.
--so.- ~,. ~ p.o. pin --ever tOe---2•00-
10 Gt.•7h. of Scotld. Ist pt. all - -
stock 5 Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4 1 10097 99
) p. et. pref. stock....
50 Great West. (Berks an,
Rants) Ext. sp. ct... 6 - -
stock 1:o. Redecmabk.",46p.ct 100 90 98
stock Do. Redeemable, p. et. 100 187 8 )
stock Da Irredeemable, do._ 100 87 8)
stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pret 100 100 102
6 Do, firm. Pref. Shares. all 96 10
10 (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh all 166 176
11, Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 10/
stock Do Birmg.2-uar. stock lOO 75 77
26* Do. Chester gua. shares all 206 216
13} I'o. do. do.
20 Do. do. do.
100 Lan. & Carl. 44 pe. pref 6O - -
stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 133 135
stock IDo.Barnsl.Bt£s Is 104 pc 100 -
stocx IDo. 6 per a (E. Lan.) r. 100 - -
stock I Lon.& Brig.s pawl. No. 100 111 114
stock Do. sp. C. No. 2 100 111 114
stock Do. gua. 6p. c.
stock Do. do 5 p.c No. 4 100 111 114
stock Do. do. 46 per cm....... 100 100 102
5 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares.. all - -
ito,l, Do. 7p. ct. Pret. stock. 100 1148 153 1501 16
stock Do. Sp.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130
stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '6IN 100 71 74
stock Do. 4 per cent. Pr," lOO - -
stock T,on. Chat. and Dover.. 100 94 96
, Do.. A rceiv. no div.
10{', Vir
Ex.A/ til fi pcispd on all - -
,o. B B. & Brom ex. all - -
10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 34 - -
stock t _on. and N.W. Coy. and
Nuneaton, sp. et .... 100 - -
stock i,on. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 - -
,• ; stock IDo. 44 per cent lOO - -
2s. 'd. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus.
)m of 2s. 6 d..... ..... .... all -.-
126 ‘Lontiondy. & Cole. 4
sh all - -
)ra 126 Londony. & Ennis. 6sh all 134 14
stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per Cr 100 120 125
the 6 I 43.£6
stook Do. 31 per cent
10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent .. 1 i i P
da. 126 7.lary port & Car., 4p. a all -
in 121 Do. 46 per cent. all -
stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO - -
stock Do.Con.Brie. & Bir. 6 p.c 100 133 115
1s .9 stOck Do. 46 p. o. pref. stock lOO 100 102
ew 6 Do. 43 per cent 3 _
stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st 100 92 94
I- stock I,Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 - -
Ito, stock ID°. 56 p. O. Pref. do 1847 100 - _
• stock ,Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 -
stock ,North British, SP. o.
vas stock; t Do. New, gua. sp. c lOO 108 110
Lost 101 I Do. Bor.l.Tn. g. pf. shs 5 , 1 1}
I,
uth 1') ( Do. do. do all -
the st Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 - -
st N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p.c. 100 88 to
et Do. 44 pc. redeemable lOO 99 101
st Do. G.N.E. 4 per C. pref. 100 101 103
17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. p 6 p 19
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 - -
• 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 - -
ler, 25 Do. York, H. &S. Porch. 10 4d p
)a. 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23
'ox, 10 111hymney Guaranteed. all - -
84 !Scottish Central, new pi all - -
st i Scottish North-Eastern
34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 - -
;•• st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e 100 1 - •-
rot st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 1133 135
10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 110 106
10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all i' - -
Lies, to. South Eastern (Reading,
rom Ann., 1.0.6)
orto st i Do. 46 per cent. lOO 98 100
st Do.Fixed46p.e. let is 100 98 It,o
st i south Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 -
ner-,
st Do. 16 per cent. lOO 98 100
st Do. 5 per cent lOO - -
• st S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. R lOO 83 so
allall
3344
33221
Dar. Asp. c all 264 276
ople 25 Stock. &
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for‘.l ,6p. C. 100 45 48
lkny,
100 124 127
2525 1)1)°o: DC
66 percentp
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tal ; sstt WW.a3tfritdd -&018-11st Gua stk
100 120 125
nar, st Do. 2d do
st Do.Perpet. 6p. 0. 1)- -
120
st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pif.TBe6d6.l
110000 112012
123104
,
st Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 100 111 6

LoNDoisr, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon—W.S.W. ;
light breeze and fine clear sultry weather.
SUNDERLAND, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Henrietta, from
Quebec. Sailed—Sud, for N w York.
OFF HURST CASTLE, Aug. 31.—Sultan, (s.s.), from
Lisbon.
Orr STARCROSS, Aug. 30.—A brig, supposed to be the
enny, of Montreal.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Token, from Bermuda.
OFF PENRITH, Aug. 30.—Arrived—David Chaplin,
from Miramichi.
CLYDE, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Virginia, from Mauritius ;
tohn Sydney, from Quebec ; Economist, (s.s.), from New
ork.
..._PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
ii.M.S. Geyser, from Plymouth ; H.M.S. Nautilus, ditto.
Sailed—Theodore, for St. John's, New Brunswick.
SHIELDS, Aug. 30.—The Liberty brig, of this port, was
is contact last night with the Panther, of Ipswich, and lost
.hocks,
bowsprit, bows stove, and drove on Tynemouth
....4,oeks, but was towed off. Another account says it was the
Faithful, of Ipswich.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Saltan, steamer,
from Lisbon ; Maria and Cheshire Witch, from Swansea.
Sailed—Effort, for Sunderland; Henry, for Goole; Fox,
for Charlestown.
(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 30—Veritas, from Guernsey; Tar, from
M. Kitts.
Arrived, Aug. 31—Annachen, from Smyrna ; Moselles,
from Antwerp ; Concurrent, from Iquique ; T. F., from
Le Viver ; Helsinger, from Nvhann; Aurora, from Porto
Woo.

Sailed, Aug. 31—Ottawa, for Quebec ; Start, steamer,
for Brussels; Oliver, steamer, for Dantzic.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Quickstep, from Shields, for Constantinople
(not, as reported, Cruiser, from Harwich, for Shoreham).
Anchored—Owen Glendower, for Bombay ; Samuel, for
Malta ; Elm, for Bathurst ; Lady Emma, for Port Natal ;
Victoria for Havannah—all from London; Baron Killmar,
fl'ota Shields, for Trieste.
Outward bound preparing to sail.

PAPER MAKlNG.—Numerous patents have been
taken out for making paper from different substances, some
°f a rather curious character. For instance, Mr. Jennings.
Of Great Tower-street, has proposed to make paper from the
fibrous parts of fish, and obtains also from the same material
a size, for sizeing paper. Mr. Frederick Brown, City-road,
obtains a fibrous PulP suitable for the manufacture of paper
and other useful substances' from the leaves and frait of the
citron, the orange, and the lemon tree. M. Castelain, of
Oxford-street, and M. Vasserot, of Essex-street, Strand,
Propose to make paper and millboard from a pulp extracted
from liquorice root. Dr. Collyer has obtained a patent for
manufacturing paper from the refuse of beetroot, which is to
be obtained in large quantities on the continent, where the
manufacture of beetroot sugar is extensively carried on.
Cheat difficulty has arisen in the practical working of these
doss,
patents from the operation of the excise regnla-
"ous, which have always had a tendency to cripple enter-
Prise, and preserve the established routine in those branches
epfinanufacture which have been subject to the obnoxious tax.
411 some cases the new raw material proposed by inventors
aY not be producible in sufficient quantity to be practically
available. In others it may be too costly, or, for reasons
~I.unell the public in general would bo unable to appreciate
thont a tedious explanation, it may be unavailable. But,
d after every allowance for such exceptions, there can be no
til°llbt that immense quantities of available material, other
co" rags, really exist. Not only is straw produced in this
thtllltrY to the extent of some 30,000,000 tons annually, as
*Waste of the grain we grow, but there are, in different
;o'rirtes of the world, and especially in our vast Indian te
pro., 9 a great variety of fibrous plants, many of which will
oa uehlY be made available in the manufacture of paper;
Illustrated Family Paper.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
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. Leasing Closing Business
Railways. Paid. CO.'S Dine. Done.
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Bedford and Bletchley, all 'Ln &N.W • • • t
Binkinghanishire .... 100 Do ....... 94 90
Chester & Holyhead...! 100 D 0........ 524 53i
Do. 5i percent 100 Do 119 121
Do. 5 100 Do.. ,• . lO9 211
Clydesdale June lOO Caledon... 101 103
I Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O 16 17
E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c ICC 'Gt.North. 132 135
E.Union,HarwichShs ali E.Counts. 4i 4f
Do. Woodbridge.. 100 .. - -
Gls.Barr.&Neila.Drct lOO Caledon... - -
Do. new . 100 Do. - ...• - - •
Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. - -
Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br - -
Hull and Selby. all ,Ylc.N. Md 109 111
• Do. halves... all D 0...., • - '-
Do. quarters........ all ,Do. .- - -
Lanc.&Carl gua. 5 p.c. 100 ,LnSz.N.W. 194 198
London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern 60 62
Do. Preference .... 100 D 0........ 110 115 r
Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 Peto &Co. 80 84
Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk.. - -
Do. n per cent lOO Do.
Mnc., Bxtn.,&6latlock all L NW&M sit 3f
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence Stock lOO Midland.. 95 97
Nawmarkt,BuryEx,
I 5. 5 6. E.Counts.
gua. 5 percent-. i I p
P. c. all Do.. 56 67 p
Northn.&Eastn. 5
Do. Ip. e. ...... all Do. - -
Do. Fixed 5 p. c....
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North Western ....... all Midland 151 lei
Preston and Wyre. { all Lk NW 1 ----•
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Bnystn.Hitch.,&Shepi, 100 Gt. North l3O 132
Shrewsbry& Hereford, 100 T.Braasey 118 122
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POLICE 2NT.ELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BOW-STREET.

John Mason, an elderly man, was placed at the bar
charged with stealing a piece of cloth, value 65., the pro-
perty of Mr. Burnet, draper, Piazza, Covent-garden.
A lad said he was sent yesterday by his mistress to Mr.
Burnet's shop to purchase a skein of silk, and as he was
leaving it he saw the prisoner pull down the piece of cloth,
which was hanging at the door, and walk away with it.
He immediately went up to I he man and charged him with
the robbery. He took the cloth (produced) from the pri •
Boner's person.

Mr. Bate said ho was in the employ of Mr. Burnet. The
property produced had been stolen from the door, where it
was hanging for sale. The last witness brought the pri-
soner into the shop and charged him with being the thief.
The losses by robbery from their premises had of late been
very large.

Mr. Henry—The mode in which your goods are exposed,
no doubt, have something to do.with that.
Witness—The goods are secured as well as they can be.
Mr. Henry—That may be, but as a great quantity of
goods are hung outside your shop, your losses to some de-
gree may be accounted for.

Witness—The system had been pursued for the last 30
years, and as much care as possible is taken to protect the
property. The losses of late had been exceedingly numer-
ous,but we must, I suppose, submit to it as a tax upon shop-
keepers.

Mr. Henry—No, not so. It is in consequence of the
manner the goods are hung outside the shop. The sys-
tem you adopt is not followed in the Strand.

Witness—Our establishment is not so conspicuously
situated as others, and we are compelled to exhibit our
goods, or we should never sell them at all. The stealing is
not confined to the outside of the shop. Only a few days
ago five ladies' dresses, of the value of £3O, were taken from
the counter, and a little tine previous to that a roll of black
silk of 100 yards was also carried off.
Mr. Henry—Then I should think that the shop is not
very well attended to.

Witness—lt is a very :arge place of business. Every
body is frequently engaged with customers, and it is during
this time that the robberies are effected.

Mr. Henry—ls anything known of the prisoner ?
Atkins, one of the constables of the market, said the pri-
soner had, he thought, beet} before in the court for stealing
a coat from off a " dummy" at a tailor's shop door.
On being asked what he had to say in answer to the
charge, the prisoner said I did not steal the cloth; I picked
it up. lam quite destitute.

Mr. Henry ordered the prisoner to be remanded, in order
:o ascertain whether he had been before convicted, as in
hat event he should commit him for trial.

MARLBOROUGII-STRE ET.

DISGRACEFUL APPLICATION.-A decently-dressed
woman, with a little boy, attended before Mr. Yardley, and
said she sent her little boy to a place a few nights ago and
a sovereign was missed after he left, and since then she had
sent him to the same place and some more money was
missed after he left. She xished to know what she was to
do with her boy.

Mr. Yardley—What do you want me to do with that
child ? All I can say is, that when children turn out bad
it is the parents' fault. lake home your child, treat him
and teach him properly. Teach him to pray, and take him
to church. and try all you can to reform him. Who can
teach a child like a good mother P You are evidently one
of those mothers who leave your children to roam the streets
and look after themselves, instead of taking care of them.
It is the most scandalous application I ever heard. Go
away.

There is little doubt the woman's object was to try to get
the boy into a reformatory, make other persons pay for his
keep, and thus get rid of the burthen.

CLERREN WELL.

CRUELTY BY A FATHER.—Thomas Howell was placed
at the bar this morning, charged with assaulting his un-
fortunate child.

The evidence was to the effect that the prisoner was seen
to strike the child very heavily on the head and also in-
flicting other injuries. On an examination of the child's
body being made, other marks of violence, evidently in-
flicted some days, were discovered.

Mr. D'Eyncourt reproved the father for acting in such a
manner to his own child, and ordered him to find two sure-
ties in £lO each for tho next three months.

Two lads were charged with tossing and gambling in the
public streets to the annoyance of the passengers and in-
habitants.

Mr. D'Eyncourt asked if there were any of the complain-
ing parties present.
On being answered in the negative, he ordered the lads
to be discharged, as it was the duty of those who complained
to come forward substantiate the charge.

We understand that Viscount Monck is likely to
succeed Sir E. Walker Head as Governor-Geneial of
Canada. Although this appointment is somewhat excep-
tional in its character, from the fact of Lord Monck not
having been previously in the Colonial service, it is one
which we feel certain will be approved by the public gene-
rally and the community with whose interests it is more
peculiarly conticted,_ 1143..ulpfessionaLman, a member of
Parliament for some years, and a member of the Govern-
ment, Lord Monck evinced great business capacity and
acquired general popularity. We have every reason to an-
ticipate that his Canadian career will be attended with bene-
ficial results to the public interest.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, AUG. 29.

THE MESSENGER BIRD.—CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,
July 16.—The master of the Bessie Seabright, arrived on
the 14th inst., from Mauritius, &c., shot a pigeon at sea
just before arriving in port, which bad a phial tied to its
neck, containing a piece of paper with the following :
" The ship Lord Raglan, from Bombay, towards Liverpool,
out 37 days; lat 37 S., long 34 E. All well."

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

COVENT GARDEN.

FRIJIT.

THE POLICE SABBATH.—On Thursday evening a
numerously attended meeting of the city constables was
held at the school rooms, Milton-street, Chiswell-street,
under the Presidency of Mr. Joseph Payne, judge of the
Middlesex Sessions, at which a petition was unanimously
approved of, claiming for the police of the city a relaxation
of duty on Sunday. The petition, addressed to the Com-
missioners of Police, urges that on that day, and more
especially during the hours of Divine service, the streets of
London are very quiet, so that the presence of a large force
in them is unnecessary. It further calls attention to the
fact that by the work they have to perform on the Sabbath-
day the city constables are prevented from fully attending
to their moral and religious duties,

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples, perlb 3 oto 5 0
Colonial do., each 1 6to 3 0
Grapes,per lb 2 oto 5 01
Foreign do 2 oto 3 0
Ilelons, each 1 oto 3 0
Peaches, per doz 8 oto 15 11
Nectarines, per dz 6 oto 12 0
Apples, per sievel 6to 3 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100 6 oto 12 0
Lemons, per 120 4 oto 8 0
Apricots. per doz 1 oto 3 0

TREASURE TROVE.—It should be generally known
that treasure trove isnot claimed peremptorily by the Crown,
nor is there any occasion for the finder to sell it to the
nearest silversmith under the apprehension that it would
have to be given up without compensation. A Treasury
minute of the 16th July directs that the superintendents
and inspectors of police shall be authorised to receive trea-
sure trove from the finders, and shall transmit it to the
Solicitor of the Treasury, wio will ascertain at the Mint
the real intrinsic or metallic value of the treasure, and the
amount will then be remitted to the finder. Cases will no
doubt occur in which rare and valuable coins will be dis-
posed of at a higher price that their bullion value, but they
will then find their way into some collection, either public
or private, and will not be melted down.
GLASGOW MORALlTY.—Complaints have been
made of treatment to which passengers are liable in the
steamers between Oban and Glasgow. On Saturday last, it
is stated, the steamer Mountaineer started from Oban with a
good number of saloon passengers, who had paid full fares
for the best accommodation, and the boat was subsequently
filled with hundreds of Glasgow excursionists, of whom a
large proportion were in a state ofintoxication and who were
allowed to occupy without control all parts of the vessel.
Several fights occurred, whisky was passed round in teacups,
and oaths and indecencies prevailed on all sides. A caution,
therefore, is necessary to prevent families from being ex-
posed to such scenes, especially as it is said to be difficult to
obtain publicity in Scotland for any remonstrances on the
subject.—litnes.

BARE POLES.—A letter from Warsaw of the
18th says :—" M. Potapow, director of the Moscow police,
arrived here yesterday from St Petersburg. At midnght
an order from Colonel Rozdowski, the Prefect of Police,
directed all the principal officials of his administration to
assemble next morning at eleven o'clock, at M. Potapow's
residence, without moustaches, They were all in attend-
ance, and not one rebellious hair on the upper lip offended
the eye of the high functionary who had sent for them. M.
Potapow announced to them the Emperor's intention of
establishing at Warsaw, and throughout the kingdom, a
police composed exclusively of Poles. He added that he
felt confident of their fidelity and devotedness."
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—Another great ele-
ment of our present civilisation is beginning to make signs
of its existence in the South Klensington Museum. We
allude to the electric telegraph. Bakewell's copying ma-
chine is one of the most interesting of this class, as it brings
before the public eye the means that can be employed to
write with a pen thousands of miles in length. If the At
lantic cable were in working order, for instance, a man
through its instrumentality could sit down to write a letter
in London, and feel certain that a fac-simile of his hand-
writing was at the same moment coming out of the tele-
graph office at New York. The manner in which this
astounding machine works is as follows :—The message is
originally written on a conducting material, such as tinfoil,
with resin or some non-conducting ink. Over the face of
this letter, which is placed on a cylinder, a point of metal
revolves—this point is in connexion with the conducting
wire; at New York, say, a piece of chemical ly-prepared
paper is placed on a like cylinder to receive the message;
both cylinders are made to move round by clockwork. As
the point at this end of the wire passes over the non-con-
ducting resin writing no current passes ; hence the point
which moves synonymously with it at New York does not
change the colour of the paper, but all the other surface of
the writing tablet being a conductor, the currents pass and
deepen its colour by a chemical action on the far distant
recording tablet. The receiver thus obtains a perfect fac-
simile of his correspondent's handwriting done in white
upon a blue ground. Specimens of this electrical hand-
writing are placed beside the telegraphic machine in the
museum at Kensington, and afford an admirable example of
the caligraphy of the lightning pen.—Once a Week,

VEGETABLES.
Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 61 Shallots, per lb .. 1 6to 0 6
Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0
Savoy do., pr bit. 0 2to 0 41 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 0
Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 4 01 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0
Brocoli, per bush. 1 2to 1 4 i Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0
Potatoes, per ton 70 to 100 0'; Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
New ditto, pr ewt. 0 oto 0 0 ' Small salad. p. pn, 0 2to 0 3
Peas, per sieve 1 3to 2 9 Mushrooms.p pun 2 oto 3 0
Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 3 oto 5 0
Carrots, pr do 7 Oto 8 0 i Cabbage lett,score 0 Bto 1 3
Cucumbers 0 4to 1 01 Endive, per score 2 oto 3 C
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 01 Tomatoes, doz... 6 oto 0 0
Spinuh,ht -sv 0 6to 1 01 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Brus. sprouts,h.s 1 6to 1 91 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Onions, lit sv 0 oto 0 01 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0. 0
New Do., dz bun 1 3to 2 0( Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 9
French beans, h.s. 1 oto 1 6 1 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 0
Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 1 6

GREAT STRIKE IN THE IRON TRADE.

The puddlers and rollers employed in the iron
trade of Tyne, Wear, Tees, and Derwent are out on
strike; 7,000 men being unemployed in the Consett
and Derwent Iron-works alone. At the Consett
Iron-works the masters asked of the men a reduc-
tion of 6d. per ton upon the puddlers, and 10 per
cent. upon the roller's earnings, which the men re-
fused to concede; although the Scotch workmen have
done so, and wages are lower in Wales than in the
North. The Bishopwearmouth Iron-works will be
closed to-morrow, on account of the depression in
the iron trade, and as there is a misunderstanding
between the creditors of the Northumberland and
Durham District Bank and the managers of the
Consett Ironworks with regard to the payment
of a large sum of money due from them for
that property, and as the managers, on account
of the depression, are unable to meet it, it is
threatened that these immense works may be closed
before many months elapse. With regard to the
strike of the puddlers and rollers at Consett, a
local paper, far from unfavourable to the men,
writes :

" The baneful effects of the strike are being
already felt in the district, not only by the work-
men but by the tradesmen and provision dealers.
The system of trading is by fortnightly credits,
and if the strike continue only for a few weeks, a
considerable portion of the traders will be brought
to the verge of bankruptcy. We saw several shop-
keepers whose average fortnightly receipts amount
to from £l2O to £l5O, and although the strike be
scarcely a fortnight old, their receipts have been
reduced by more than one half. They are, how-
ever, in a manner compelled to give goods,
although the receipts should be nothing ; for, if
they permit their customers to go away they have
no means of recovering their money. How the
strike has operated on the wholesale trade may be
seen from the following fact. We have already
stated that on an average 12 trucks of provisions
came weekly to the place, and last week there was
only one. The wholesale dealers refuse to credit the
retailers for their orders, knowing the difficulty of
securing the sums credited in the present circum-
stances of the district. We trust the difference
between the workmen and employers will be
speedily arranged. In the interests of the men, we
recommend them to accede to the terms of the mas-
ters, as their brethren in Staffordshire and Scot-
land have done. Of two evils, we ought always, as
reasonable men, to choose the lesser, and it seems to
us that the men, in the present condition of the
iron trade, have no alternative but to work at the
reduced rate of wages, or starve."

THE ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT ON
BOARD IHB MARCO POLO.

At the Liverpcel Police-court on Thursday the
captain of the ship was charged with an infringe-
ment of the Passengers' Act, in not having on the
homeward voyage from Australia supplied the pas-
sengers with proper food.
The principal witness was a Dr. Brown, who
was a second cabin passenger. He said—We left
Valparaiso on the 22d of May on the voyage home.
We had an allowance of beef. It was very bad ;
it was almost always bad, and it stunk occasionally.
As to the pork, it was indifferent—middling. The
preserved meat was also very bad. We had no
allowance of butter for 15 days; I had no sugar
supplied to me for 15 days, and during the whole
voyage I had no lump sugar, although I contracted
to receive it.

Four other passengers gave similar evidence as to
the bad quality of the provisions, but they generally
admitted that molasses had been offered in lieu of
sugar, ham instead of butter, and that coffee had
been substituted in the place of tea.
Mr. Forshaw, in addressing the Court for the
defendant, said, after the vessel had come in con-
tact with the iceberg, they made for Valparaiso,
where provisions were ordered at houses of respec-
tability, for which full prices had been paid; and if
the provisions were bad, the captain had been
duped by these parties. It was true that they had
fallen short of butter on the voyage; but that was
in consequence of the parties who supplied it at
Valparaiso giving deficient quantities ; for when
they got to sea they found, when they opened the
casks of butter, that one cask had been placed within
another, so that the quantity was not sufficient ;
but they had had a substitute offered for the tea,
sugar, and butter ; and this being so. he did not
think that, under all the circumstances of the case,
they ought to be convicted for an infringement
of the act of Parliament. This case was brought
there by the doctor and others, in order to extort
money from his clients. Mr. Forshaw called James
Hunt, the purser of the ship, who stated that no
complaint had been made to him about the beef
and pork, except once, when a man brought a piece
that he said was not good, and it was changed. He
had never seen beef or pork thrown overboard on
account of its bad quality, and when they fell
short of butter, ham was substituted. Molasses
was substituted when they fell short of sugar, and
coffee instead of tea.

The show of fruit continues moderate, but with most kinds
of vegetables the market is seasonably supplied. Generally
speaking, a steady business is doing, as follows :

Mr. Raffles said that ho was of opinion that
there had been a violation of the act but at the same
time it did not appear to him to be a very bad
case, because the deficiency might have arisen from
accidental circumstances. He thought the emi-
gration officers had done right in bringing the
case before the court; but at the same time he must
say that the owners of the ship had seldom any-
thing bad against their ships, and under all cir-
cumstances he would inflict a penalty of £5.

711 E FISHERMAN'S EL DORADO.-

s. d. s. d
Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 1 0
Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 3
Cobnuts, per lb. 1 6to 2 0
Almonds, per this 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 U
Figs, per doz . 2 oto 4
Strawberries pun. 0 6 to 1 6
Gooseberries hf sv 5 oto 6 0
Currants, per do. 5 oto 8 0
Plums, per do. .. 3 6to 4 6
Greengages, pr do. 6 oto 7 0
Raspberries, pr ptlo 6to 1 0

EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.

Our readers may remember the statement of Dr.
Dawson, of the North Isles (Orkney), that the cap-
tain of two fishing smacks had discovered a rich
bank of cod near a solitary rock, called Rockall, far
away in the North Atlantic. Dr. Dawson again
writes to the Times :—" Captain Rhodes'and Gard-
ner have again made a most successful fishing,
having caught between 13 and 14 tons of codfish
each in about six days' fishing; while the account
they give of the vast numbers of great fish that
swarm around that insulated rock in the ocean is
even more wonderful than before. They
have no doubt millions of money will be
gathered from that lonely spot in the course of the
next two or three years. Two other fishing smacks
returned from Iceland about three weeks ago, were
instantly despatched to Rockall, and returned last
night, having also met with extraordinary success.
The names of the two vessels are the Howard, Cap-
tain Bolton, and the Victoria, Captain Cooper, both
of Grimsby. The statements they give of the great
fish they saw and the wealth to be gathered there
seems more like the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor
than proved facts by successful fishermen. They
tell of encounters with great sharks 30ft. long, with
mouths that could swallow calves and bodies as large
and round as tuns; of their fears and surprises from
the numberless large whales sporting and rising
on every sine of them, one having actually grazed
the boom of the Victoria with its huge sides. They
also saw numbers of strange fish which they had never
seen before, and some black fish larger than por-
poises, with flat round heads, and which seemed very
numerous. Each of these two smacks has about
14 tons of cod, tusk, and living ling which they
caught in five days, about £lOO in value, and
no bait required; any offal does for bait.
Captain Cooper also cadtured a young shark
there ; its liver was 4ft. long, and gave three
buckets of oil. They intend on , their return
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to
pose to catch the sharks, their d hooks -and
lines having been snapt by these monsters like pipe
shanks. So numerous are they, that on the escape of
a fish from the hook, after being above water, up
comes a great shark, turns on his back, giving it two
or three shakes as a dog would: and on one occasion
a ling which had so escaped was instantly seized by
a blue shark, but before it was swallowed another
shark appeared to dispute the prize. So fierce was
their contest that their battle-field, the top of the
long swell of on an Atlantic wave, was beaten to
foam ; while the combatants we re engaged, a
third monster, with a great open mouth that
would have easly swallowed a barrel, came
and sea lawyer-like, carried off the bone of conten-
tion and disappeared. Captain Rhodes states (and
he is corroborated by other captains) that it is
dangerous to go there again this season, as there
is no shelter, and in dark nights and fogs they
might be driven on the rocks or driven far
away from it ; and it is not easily found again, even
in a long summer day and a clear sky. He says
that all should be prepared to start again in
April or May, and fish on until August or Sep•
tember. I would again call attention to the
offals of those large fish. Tons of heads and in-
testines have already been thrown into the sea,
which would have been of inestimable value if
thrown on land, but do injury in the sea. They
foul tie ground, and the cod leave the place. They
have done so wherever such has been practised. It
would be worthy of Government to send a vessel
out there early to buoy the Blind Rocks, to keep
order and possession, and prevent the destruction of
such a valuable bank. One of the men states to me
that he has been at Davis Straits whale fishing, but
he never saw whales so numerous and so easy to
get alongside of ; they were seen from the deck on
all sides—north, east, south, and west—blowing at
one time and floating with their great heads above
water for hours."

A MAN CHOKED TO DEATH BY A PIECE OF
BEEF.—Yesterday the body of a man named William
O'Donnell, a labourer, was removed from his lodgings, in
York-court, East-street, Marylebone, to the parish dead-
house, to await an inquest, in consequence of his death
having been occasioned by choking while eating his supper.
Abcut nine o'clock on Thursday night he partook of beef
for his supper in his usual state of health, and suddenly be-
came choked and almost purple from the effects of a piece of
the meat he had accidentally swallowed without proper
mastication, and before medical aid had been procured he
expired. Mr. Roberts, one of the parish medical officers,
attended soon after the distressing occurrence, and found
life totally extinct.

At the suggestion of the Countess of Kintore, a
subscription.has been set on foot among the volunteers of
Scotland, for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to
Lord Elcho.

MANCHESTER COURT OF RECORD.—The ad-
journed sitting of the Manchester Court of Record will be
held on Monday, at the Court House, Bridge-street. The
cause list contains an issue from the Court of Exchequer,
a wrtt of inquiry, and 49 issues.
SHORT TIME AT ENFIELD._Mesers. Felix. Leach,
and Co. resumed short-time working this week; Messrs.
Bates and Crowther, Messrs. Hindle Brothers, Messrs.
Henry Heyes and Co. and Mr. William Brooks commence
next week, and from present symptoms it will soon be-
come general in this neighbourhood.
There has been a mutiny at the D uneannon Fort,
which commands the mouth of the Suir. The Waterford
Mail states that, on Tuesday morning, a party of the
Royal Artillery arrived at Waterford by the Tintern,
Duncannon steamer, with 15 of the mutineers-14 gunners
and one bombardier—on their way to Cork, where they are
to be tried by court-martian, with 15 others of the same
battery, who had been previously seat thither under an
escort of 50 men.

HEALTH OF GARIBALDL—The Pungolo of Milan
Elates that Garibaldi is unwell at Caprera, and that, not-
withstanding the advice of his friends, he has taken to a
quack remedy, which possessed consifaerable celebrity about
30 years ago under the name of ledecine Leroy. As it is
a most powerful cathartic, its use has reduced him to a de-
plorable state of weakness. lie is described as having given
up politics altogether, and as b aying his thoughts exclu-
sively bent upon the state of his health.
CRYSTAL PALACE.:..-- One Shilling Day, Friday,
Aug. 30.—Admissions Im payment, 6,995 ; ditto by season
tickets, 1,232; total visitors, 8,227.
Two STUDENT', DROWNED.—On Wednesday a
party of nine. young men, chiefly students, went to the
beach of Aberdee'n to bathe and practise swimming. Sud-
denly they forr.nd themselves beyond their depth, and
though the alarm was instantly given and the lifeboat
launched without loss of time, two of the number, Alex.
Milne and. Alex. Grant, both students, and from the coun-
try, were drowned. A third young gentleman was also,
when, ttiken out, nearly dead.