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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1850.

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Sir B. HALL withdrew his amendment,, but --In oveli , , ---.
, 'Ong C)oths and domestics. In some of these articles
that the Chairman should report progress. I a g°ced deal has been done, so far, this week; and
Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the motion. but
to the sales would have reached a considerably
,ok for the requirement of higher prices,
_
The gallery was cleared fur a division, but none
place, Mr. Aglionby having consented to the Chair. can i g r amount. szrs eThe makers of some kinds of
reporting progress. r ~
,ilO,-, s, however, find litt'e inquiry; and all complain
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked lea re
of th e employment of looms being rendered profitless,
to sit again this day week.
SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. indees 1 to a great extent worse than profitless, by the
Mr. BANKES moved the second reading of this F',,ii, dearness of yarns. There can be no doubt that the
He said the main object of the Bill was to put an. Yg, dto vast increase of weaving power, to which we have
a very great existing nuisance which prevailed in this occasionally adverted, is now telling powerfully in
metropolis, and throughout every considerable tov an in favour of spinners, and against manufacturers. This
the kingdom. When it was known that a great can herdly proceed much further, without causing the
influx of foreigners would take place in this co untry latter to resort to short time.
and this metropolis next year, on the oco ,liision ROCHDALE, MaNDAY.—The manufacturers con-
of the National Exhibition, he thought it of tie(,tinua to have a good demand for their flannels, which
very
utmost importance that in visiting our museums' sof art meet with a ready sale at former prices. The wool
and manufactures they should not be nnneces eerily in- dealers .are asking better prices for the raw material ;
convenienced by the smoke nuisance which r Love exists
a..em.
nd, so tar as English wool is concerned, they obtain
to so injurious and disagrceable an extent. He based
them.
the necessity for the Bill on another group( l---namely,
that the action of the atmosphere, impr evnated in MACCLESFIELD, TA better inquiry has
so high a degree with smoke, was in ';ht highest existed for manufactured goods since our last, arid some
degree prejudicial to the pictures and objects of art and business has been transacted. Sellers are looking for
industry collected in the National Gallery and Museum, higher prices, which, we think, they must ere long
and the various other museums in this metro polls and obtain, considering the lowness of stocks and the active
throughout the country. state of the raw silk market, with constantly advancing
Mr. Alderman COVELAND deprecated the in:erfe- prices. The thrown_ silk market is quirt, which is
rence which this Bill proposed with the min ufacturing
mainly attributable to sellers holding back their
industry of the country. He contended, on -1 he expert-
stocks as the prices lately current, when divested
once of men connected with manufactures, that the smoke
which issued from a mapufactory or a dwelling-houle was of all h]
which are scarcely snore than present rates of
not nearly so deleteri, us or so injurious to health as the raw material, thereby, leaving but little margin for
gas which resulted from the smoke-consuming appa- working. Th e inquiry has been confined chiefly
rams now partially in use in the country. He called to shipping so.ets for the continent, a large export
upon the House to reject a Bill which, whilst it would of which is now- going on. Should this continue, we
be wholly inoperative in carrying out the very object it think it will tel id to establish the equilibrium of prices
contemplated, would only tend to shackle the trade between raw an d throien silks. The dyers continue
and commerce of the country.„ He would, therefore, better supplied with work. The raw silk market has
move that this Bill be read a second time this day three been characteris ed by great activity during last week,
months. with prices ten ling upwards ; the continual demand
Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. from the contineent favouring the view taken of higher
Mr. BROWN cotes! not give a silent vote upon this
question. It was a mistake to suppose that the interest pnces.
of manufacture alone was effseted by this Bill. The HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has been a fair
landed interest would suffer from it equally as much, for amount of business doing to-day, in a general way.
the interest of agriculture was greatly dependent upon Several foreign buyers have been in town, and, as a
the prosperity of the manufleturing districts. No doubt manufacturer said, " what was wanted was picked up
smoke was a nuisance, but until science could discover sharply." The business of the warehouses has nut
some effectual means of preventing it, such a Bill as this been quite so brisk as last week.
should not be allowed to pass. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Our Piece Hall has been
Mr. MUNTZ said it was easy enough to prevent the rather better attended to-day, and there has been a
making of smoke sod deal more inquiry for fancy goods, but not fol-
destroy it. He had, but when once made no process could d
heard, and indeed seen a process 7I hieh
fo‘wed, we believe, by any large amount of purchases.
destroyed smoke, belt the process was too expensive to admit
The activity of the yarn trade continues unabated,
of its general application. In his opinion, Bills of this
nature should be made to apply only to particular dis- and the spinners are asking a still further advance,
tricts, but for the reasons he had already stated he but it is not conceded to the full extent by the
was opposed to this Bill, and he should therefore vote merchants. The features of the wool market are but
against it. little changed. The staplers are asking higher prices,
Sir G. GREY said, no one c3uld disapprove of the but the spinners manifest reluctance to give even the
principle of this Bill, but looking at the number of current rates, which are below those at which large
amendments that must be made in its details it was quite quantities have lately been bought of the growers.
hopeless to think of getting it passed at this period of the
session. He put it, therefore, to the Honourable Mem-
ber opposite, whether he would be advancing the object
he bad in view by pressing his motion fur the second
reading.
Mr. MACKINNON reminded the House that the
principle of a Bill the object of which was similar to
this had already been affirmed, but seeing the opposition
that was likely to be brought to bear upon the details of
this measure he hoped it would be postponed until
smoke prevention had been more effectually tested.
Mr. BANKES said it was useless for him to attempt
to proceed with this Bill against the opposition of the
Government, but still he begged to remind the House
that no later than today .the corporation of the city of
London had presented a petition in its favour. Under
till circumstances, however, be thought it better to with-
draw the Bill for the present.
The amendment was then agreed to without a divi-
sion, and the Bill was accordingly thrown out.
BOROUGH GAOLS BILL.

LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE.

The great difficulty of constructing specula for re-
flecting telescopes lies partly in the matter and partly
in the form. The metal, to make a proper mirror,
must be white, with a brilliancy at once high and
lasting. These qualities are best ensured by a
combination of copper and tin, in the proportion
of four equivalents of copper to one of tin.
Any departure from this definite combination is
sure to be punished by the tarnishing of the compound;
and yet the temptations to depart from. it are so
great that even Herschel, himself was forced to yield
to them. The metal, when thus compounde I, is so
brittle, that not only a slight blow, but even a sudden
increase in temperature will make it split ; and even
when debased by a larger mixture of copper, the
heat generated by the friction of the tool in grinding
has marred all the previous success of the artist,
and ruined in a moment the efforts of weeks of
toil. The casting of large specula in metal of this
standard might at first seem hopeless, since the
slightest inequality of expansion in cooling must in •
evitably spoil the work ; and Lord Rosse's first device
was to attack the enemy in detail. He constructed
his speculum piecemeal. His first mirror of three
feet was cast in sixteen pieces. Each piece was fixed
upon a back of an alley composed of copper and
zinc, in the proportion of 2.75 of the former to one
of the latter, which compound has the fortunate
property of expanding and contracting in the
same degree as the speculum metal itself. When
the soldering and polishing were accomplished, it was
fund that an available plated speculum was the
result, and that, by diminishing the number and size
of the joints, the slight imperfections arising from
diffraction, occasioned by its piecemeal construction,
might be made almost imperceptible. Still these
could not be diminished without enlarging the plates,
and the plates could not be enlarged without in-
creasing the risk of flaws. The final triumph
therefore, remained to be achieved in the casting of a
vast solid mirror of this brittle substance, and forcing
its coy nature to yield unqualified submission to the
behests of science. The great question was, of what
to make the mould? Sand, which Edwards had
recommended, was found insufficient. The edges of
the metal cooling in the mould became solid ere the
centre had lost its fluidity. The plates were, there-
fore, full of flaws, and flew in pieces in the setting. A
solid mould of cast iron was next tried, with a jet of
cold water on its lower surface, but this plan cracked
the mould itself. The third was nearer the aim—a
mould with an under surface of iron and sides of
sand. But here a new difficulty arose. The air
could not escape through the iron disc, and large
holes were left in the metal, thus saved from one im-
perfection at the cost of another. Bat, nevertheless,
a great step had been made. The grand ques-
tion had resolved itself into the problem of
finding an exit for the air ; and this trou-
blesome captive was set free at last by em-
ploying a bottom of hoop iron layers, tightly packed
together in an iron frame, with their edges up, but
smoothed by turning or filing to the proper curvature.
The interstices were small enough to retain the metal
and suffer the air to escape. Thus, at last, a solid
speculum of three feet in diameter was successfully
cast. But the casting gives only the rough block,
which is yet to be ground and polished into a mirror ;
and the polishing was hitherto a work regarded with
still greater apprehension than the casting. The
operation had to be performed with the hand, an in-
strument which can never be precisely regular
in its movements and pressures, especially when re-
peated often through a long space of time.
Lord Rosse's improvement of this part of the process
consists in substituting mechanical for human agency.
The speculum is made to revolve slowly in a tank of
water, to prevent the extrication of heat by friction,
and the polisher is worked on the mirror with long
and quick strokes. It is of the same diameter as the
speculum, intersected with transverse and circular
grooves, not exceeding half an inch of surface, covered,
when the polishing is to be effected, with two strata
(a bard and soft) of resin and turpentine, smeared over
with rouge and water mixedto about the consistency of
cream. The whole machine is worked by steam, and the
effect of the grinding is noted by observing the reflec-
tion of the dots in the dial of a watch mounted on a
mast at the top of the high tower, in the lowest room
of which the grinding is carried on. The tower is, as
it were, the tube of a telescope; the watch, the object ;
I and the inchoate speculum the mirror. Trap-doors
in the intervening floors of the tower are thrown open
when the observation is required ; and, when the dots
t• are seen in sharp definition, the grinding
is complete.
tThe polishing is erected with perfect certainty and
. precision in six hours.—Dublin University Magazine.

This Bill went through Committee.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. S. CRAWFORD called the attention of the
House to the extensive system of extermination which
had latterly been going on in Ireland; and yet, in the
lace of that fact, the other House of Parliament had
been bold enough to pass an Act which would
still further depress the people of Ireland. At the very
time when the tenantry of Ireland wai calling upon the
Legislature to cooler upon them their just rights, the
Upper House was passing a Bill to restrict them to the
utmost extedt.—(Hear' hear.) He did not ob-
ject to increasing the security of the land-
lord; but before he could consent to a Bill for that
purpose the landlords themselves must do justice to their
tenantry. Many of the„provisions which this Bill con-
tained were of a most pernicious character. For instance,
one of the clauses prohibited the tenant from cutting
his corn and removing it after sunset. Now, there were
many poor tenants who were unable either to cut or to
remove their crops till that time, and this clause, there-
fore, would prove a source of great injury to that
class.—(Hear, hear.) His main objection to the
Bill, however, was that it would have the effect of pro-
moting extermination; and under those circumstances
he felt it to be his duty to move that the Bill be read a
second time that day three months.
Mr. C. B. ROCHE seconded the amendment.
Mr. HAMILTON would never consent to support any
Bill which could have the effect, of extending extermina-
tion, but he did not believe this Bill would have
that effect. He believed it would greatly benefit
the tenant, and in maid eases save him from expense.
In point of fact, it only amended the law of landlord and
tenant with regard to the power of distraint. It
gave the landlord power, which he %I as clearly
entitled to, of dispossessing a tenant in arrear
on condition that he consented to forego his
rent, a provision which must prove highly beneficial to
the tenant; while the clause to which the Hon. Gentle-
man opposite had referred could only come in force in
cases where the tenant was anxious to defraud his
landlord. At present the mode of ejectment was cum-
bersome and expensive, evally as injurious to tae Land-
lord as oppressive to the tenant; and the main object of
this Bill was to amend that law.
Mr. BRIGHT thought the House ought to come to
the consideration of this question with some regard to
the existing state of Ireland and the present. rela-
tionship between landlord and tenant in that
.couutry.
Nothing, he thought, would be more ill-judged,
unless in cases of absolute necessity, than that
the House should proceed, with so little time for
deliberation, to pass any law which should give ad-
ditional power to the landlords of Ireland, when so
bad a spirit existed on the part of the tenants, and he
believed on behalf of the landlords also. Without going
into the details of the Bill, he thought it would be ex-
ceedingly unwise to pass such a Bill as this, when next
session the House would have to go into the considera-
tion of the whole question of landlord and tenant. 'He
would, therefore, support the amendment of his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Sharman , qrawford).
Mr. F. FRENCH supported the second reading of the
Bill.
Mr. ANSTEY said, with a view of coming to a full
and deliberate conclusion on this Bill, and having regard
to the late hour of the day (five o'clock), he felt it his
duty to move that the second reading be postponed to
this day week.
Colonel DUNNE, whilst aeknowledging the purity of
the motives which actuated his Hon. Friend the Member
for Rochdale (Mr. S. Crawford), felt himself, neverthe-
less, constrained to support the second reading of the
Bill.
Mr. lIUME called upon the House to place the land-
lords and tenants in Ireland on the same tooting as they
were in England, and expressed his intention of sup-
porting the amendment.. He concluded by calling upon
the Government to bring- forward a comprehensive mea-
sure to meet the existing relationship of landlord and
tenant.in Ireland, and not to leave that task to any in-
dividual Member of the Boose„
Sir W. SOMERVILLE denied that,this was a land-
lord's measure. Without pledging himself to support
the details of the Bill, but knowing the evils which it
was meant to remedy, and that those evils might recur
in the ensuing winter wick renewed vigour, he felt con-
strained to vote foe the second reading.
Mr.. E. B. ROCHE contended that this Bill, so
far from allaying the .bad feelings existing be!,ween
landlord. and tenant in Ireland would only tend to exas-
perate those feelings ; and he lamented to-hear that the
Government intended. to give it their support. He would
support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member Jur
Youghal (Mr. Anstey).
The arrival of Six o'clock found the Hou. Member still
addressing the House, and prevented it coming to any
decision on the questicite.before it.
The House then adjourned till Twelve to-morrow.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT
BRISTOL.

BRISTOL, JULY 16.—Last night a most destructive
fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Ware and
Co., extensive floor-cloth manufacturers, Temple-meals,
entirely consuming the japan finishing houses, and, from
the immense volume of the flames, creating the utmost
consternation in the city. 0 ing to the combustible na-
ture of the materials, at one time so fearful was the con-
flagration, that Kingsdown and the neighbouring heights
were densely thronged with spectators, while every
street leading to the burning mass of the building
was completely blockaded. We have this morning
obtained the following facts with respect to this disas-
trous occurrence:—lt appears that the fire broke out in
the finishing sheds which abut upon the large goods'
sheds now nearly completed for the Bristol and Exeter
Railway :Company. This place had been locked up
by the managers at half-past six o'clock in the even-
ing, when everything appeared to be quite safe. Soon
after nine o'clock a person residing in a cottage im-
mediately east of the
.building discovered flames issu-
ing from the roof, and instantly gave the alarm.
The fire-engine belonging to the premises was im-
mediately got out, and there being plenty of
water at hand, set to work, and messages for help were
di-patched to the central and other police stations, and
the various fire-officesr. Most of the fire-engines were
speedily on the spot, tlgether with a large body of
police, who rendered most effective service. By this
time, however, so great was the fury of the flames that
all hopes of saving the building were at an end, and
every effort was mode by cutting off the communication
to prevent its spreading to the adjoining premises. For-
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say,
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ing for the fire is that some of the wonoryk waye ohfeadccount-
lessly left oil, or some other ignitable m
issued from the other-end, andthe
substance,workmen
oncatrhee-
floors. The large factories, in which nothing ut " cold
processes" are carried on, are situated at the Temple-
gate side of the river, thus, as fur as possible, avoidini,
, the necessary risk attendant upon the finishing process.'
IThe damage tior.e is estimated at nearly 2,0001., and we
regret to add the proprietors are not insured.

muetllerioernu,tlTle.M.an
STATE OF TRADE.
between the cotton Manchester Guardian.)
UESDAT.—The action and reaction
a somewhat lively market and the yarn market is of
sive sales effected characterby
e just now, The eaten-
fortnight, at advancinyg spinners during the last
rate;
gave rise, from day
thhigereherw
to day, to large
ontransactionsSaturday
in cotton, at rather
activity
inin Liverpool, aspriacnes increasealso— of
general value ;
hteheStates, quite as
at-
tended with some furtheraeand yesterday
Ctu'rdaY
and this, aided by edifices Rain
excitge"wingtoc-raoPay,
unfavourable as before in regard to
has produced a good deal of
among the spinners, whohave again raise:der:Lir
tations for warps, bundles, and cops,quo-
tations nearly
numbers and qualities: they have asked i all
to il. per lb. more than they did this
day week, and have realised at least
farthing. The buyers, have caught the impulse so
far as to make it very evident that they are prepared
to operate freely on last week's terms. Finding this
impracticable, the Germans have abstained from an-
ticipatory purchases, and confined themselves to the
execution of positive orders. A considerable bu.iness
has, however, been done for home consumption,
taking coarse and fine counts together, the demand for
which is now.very great. The finer numbers of single
and doubled continue in much requbst on Russian
account, as well as on that of the British manufac-
turers; and there is some call for spinnings suitable
for the. Levant likewise. For India there appears to
be no demand, and common 40's ,Are consequently
altogether neglected : there is a little more going on
however, in common 50's for other quarters.
"Spinners are remarkably free from stock,
and well supplied with contracts. Goods have
partaken of the movement in a limited degree.
This is seen in cloths of. various kinds, for printing
and bleaching, and in the medium and lower qualities
-of shirtings, from 4t7 inches downwards, as well as in

ACCIDENT TO A YACHT.— As the yacht Alarm,
Weld, Esq., owner, of Lulworth, was going into Barnpool a
few evenings since, the tide running out fast, she missed the
buoy, and before she could bring up, she tailed on shore. She
was hove off, however, the following morning, with the as-
sistance of two lighters from the dockyard.

4.

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER

BANK.

A spnial meeting of the proprietors in this bank
was held yesterday, at the Bank House, Loth-
bury, for the purpose of receiving a half•yearly
report from the directors, and to declare a dividend.
Toe Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided. There
was a very numerous attendance of proprietors.
The following report of the operations of the bank
during the past halt-year was read to the meeting :
" The net profits of the last half-year amoun; to
33,3391. 2s. Id. Out of these profits the directors now
declare a dividend at the rate of six per cent per an-
num, leaving 3,339/. 2.4. Id. t') be added to the surplus
fund. This fund will then amount to 111,1831. 16:,. 7d.
LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK, 30TH JUNE, 1850.
Dr. X s. d.
To proprietors for psid up capital. 1,000,000 0 0
To amount due by the Bank for depo-
sits, circular not•'s, &c.
To rest or surplus fund
To net profits of the past half-year... 33,3 (9 2 1

£1,9t32,206 14 0
Cr.
By Govern(nrint Stock, Exchequer-
bills, nttd Indus Bonls 972,055 18 11
By other S, curiiies, including bills
di,counted, loans to customers, 84c. 3,335,500 17 10
By cash in hand .. 654,649 17 3

£4,962,206 14 0
PROFIT AND I.)SS, 3OTa JUNE, 1850.
Dr £ a. d.
To total expenditure of the six establish-
ments, including rent, taxes, salaries,
stationery, &c~
To payment of the dividend now declared,
at the rate of six per cent. per annum,
on a capital of 1,000,0001.. tor the halt-

year ending 30th June, 1850
To balance or unappropriated profits 111,183 16 7

--
£159,710 2 3

PRICES OF SHARES

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COMPANIES' STOCK.
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LOIiDON. TUESDAY, JULY 16.

JOINT-STOCX UANIES.

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Australasia • ... • •
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Colonial .. .
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L1P.101,1 of L0nd0n.....
Union of Afadrid

Alliance Brit. and For.

Dividend
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245.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
151 per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
81. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
61 per cent.
cl. rer cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

31. lOs
7114sfid&bs
61. per cent.
138.641.

Ditto Marine..• • • • •
........•
British Commercial .•
Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life
County ••• • .• ••• • • •
Eagle ......
European Life ••• • • •
General • ..• •• • •
GI 'he
Glardian ...... • • • • • •
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Indemnity Marine.. • •
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Legal and General Life
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;an Fire..

Cr.
By balance of unappropriated profits
on the 31st December. 1849 107,844 14 6
By gross profits of the past half-year,
atter paying the income-tax, and
making provision for all bad and
doubttul debts ••• ••• •••

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51. per cent.
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Annum. Share.
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East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 140
East Country •. 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21
London . . 51. pr cent. Stock. - -
Ditto Bonds ••.• - - 41. per cent. - - -
at. Katharine -• • .... 4 per cent. Stock. - 83
Ditto, Scrip .• •.• • . • - - 85 0 0 .-
Ditto Bonds-- -• • 4%1. pr cent. - - -
ioathampton •• •• - - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 8%
BRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
- -
• X. e. d. Z. a. d.
,;haring-cross • • • • .• •• - - - 15
„iouthwrk .......... - 100 0 0 - 2
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent• 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - - 100 0 0 - • 2
DM) Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 24%
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 21
Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18
ians,i. ER-vz o ass
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-------- -----
.£ e. d. X s. d.
East London...• •••• • • 1 81• 100 0 0 - 166
Grand Junction •• - - I 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 73
Kent................ 31.105. 100 0 0 - 77
Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97
New ltivr Lndu Brdge 21. 108. - - 55
Vauxhall ............ I 51. per ent. 100. 0 0 - 98
artist bfiddiesex . . . 61.0 g. pr cnt. - - 115
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE CCIVIPANIZS.
DlVidend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
5. d•
British •• ••••-• • • • • • 11. 140 00.18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial.• •• 11. Be. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18
,irighten ...... ••• • •. 51. 20 0 0 - -
City of London .. •• • • 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 -
.Jontinental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable- .. ••..• • • • 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28
Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48
;endon• • .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 -
.'hcenix ............. 4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29
Rate= ..... ........ 5/. • 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General .... • • 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 154
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 47
Ditto, New .... - -12 s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 94
CANALS.
. ,
Names of .. (
Dividend Names of ow; "Dividend'
. i Price.
...4 A nPneuren . Price.
Companies. pi per ; Companies.
u: , Annun. c
--..- I
tehtn & Oldh 197 71. 113 Macclestel.l. I* 21. 105. 50
Barnsley. •• • 1160 121. 180 Neath .. •• - 100 ; 161. 340
Srknk&Abrgllso, Si. 85' Oxford.. •• .. 10f I 201. 185
,iirmingham; 40/ 41. 89% Peak Forest. 7g 131. 18s. 70
Coventry.... 11001 25/. 2CB Regent's - - 33 ; 11. Os. 18%
Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... g5l 41. 50%
Ellsmre&Che 133 355. 41 Somrset Coal 150 / 7/.loe. 130
irandJunctnlloo 4/. 79% Do.Lk rdst 12, 61. p. c. -
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 32 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 410
;rand Union 100 IL 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
Grantham .. - - - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 290
Kennt 15 Avu, 39 7s. 6d. 54 Severn and 7 . 21. Os. 24
Lancaster . 1100 41. 32% Wye Rail. i 2u
',cods& Livrploo 241. 300 Warwiok& j
100 41. 6434
.eicester ....,100 51. 66 liiirming. j
Jetcstr &Nth; 83 41. 4834 Warwick& 1
1N 3L 42
f.oughborogh I 142 701. 510 Napton.. -
lonrnonthsh 100 81. -.• Worestr Pal 78 31. 43
lintgemryall I 100 - - Birming.
leltnMwbry 100 - --- Wilts L Brks -14 s. 7%

LIST OT SOOTTISIE CODIP.A.DZIMS' PRICES
Dividend Amount 1
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- -- ----
X s. d. 1 .t s. d -
Bank of Scotland
3ritish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193
'aledonlan Bank
'My of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12
lydesdale Bank -. •• -6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13%
oiLumercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 • 166%
Castern Bank •••• - •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 . g LA,
Zdinb.is Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 ai,
Zashangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 4
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0
i atlonal Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1416
corthof Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 50 0 3
North British Bank - - _ -
:loyal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13034
&Tilton Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 gg
Western Bank •• •• - - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 203{
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 ---
zlritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 15J 00
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
!o;onial Life ... .. „ - 50 0 0 1 0 0 1/. as.
My of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21.106
,Idinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20
east of Scotland Life- - 10 0 0 015 0 -
Eng.& Scot. La* Life 61. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2%
lercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ensur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,11.18 s
Mercantile Life .. •• .. 335 per ct. 10 0 0 010 0 ss. 9d.
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 228.6 d
North British Insur. •• 6pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 25%
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 -
Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 I -
Scottish Union Ingram 63(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 23s .0d
standard Life .. •• .. • . Si. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 9%
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1158 5d
MISCNILLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----.-----
£. s. d. £. s. d.
Suetion Mart •• ••• • • • 2/. 55. 50 0 0 - 25
lustraltan Aericulturl 11. 1.00 0 0 30 0 0 15
knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11.10.1. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 .....
3s.nada ~........... Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 32
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 89
Nty Navigation .... - - - 91
Gen• Revers. Ss Invest. sp. c.Scbs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 55
Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106
Ges.SteamNavigation 11.85. 15 0 0, 14 0 0 27
London Institution ... - - '7815 0 -
Russell Institution.... - - 126 5 0 -
Penlnalr& Orient:Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 01 50 0 0 e 0
Reversionary Int. Soc. 1341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
I Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18.4. p. c. 100 0 01 60 0 0 -
South Australian ..... 11. per gtuire. 2b 0 0 25 0 0 19
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 134

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 17.
STOCK EXCHMIR.—The market was dull to-day, and
the principal business done was in the Bristol and Exeter
and Great Western Quarter Shares, but without variation in
prices.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.
STOOK EXCITANGE.—The share market was dull to-day.
The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and York-
shire, Consol , 36 - Ditto, Fifths, 9 9-16 dis.—Londnn and
North-Western, 108% c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 9-16 p.
Ditto, Fifths. 3/4 p.—Midland, 34—Ditto, Halves, 21 7-16
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 14t.4.
MANCHESTER, JULY 17.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather firmer
to-day, but very little business was transacted.

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FIRE AT WIT HITEPARIS, WILTSHIRE.—T_IS l .1 e
village was thrown into great consternation on Saturday lsost,
by a fire which broke out at a farm occupied by Mr. Arthur
Nunn. surgeon. and whblh destroyed considerable Property
in buildings and barns filled with grain, hayricks, and wheat-
ricks. It is supposed 3,000/. or 40001. worth of property is
destroyed, and very little, if any, was insured. No fire has
happened there before for half a century. It is believed to
have been occasioned by two little boys amusing themselves
with lucifer matches, who were so alarmed at the mischief
they had occasioned, that they ran miles before they were
stopped. The produce belonged to Mr. Nunn, but the pro-
perty to Robert Bristow, EKI., of Broxmoor Park.
NEW ZEALAND COLONISATION COMPANY.—Tues-
day being the day to which the meeting of this company
stood adjourned, about a dozen gentlemen assembled at the
appointed hour. twelve o'clock, but that number not being
sufficient, according to the provisions of their charter, which
requires the presence of tweoty proprietors to constitute a
meeting, after waiting an hour Mr. Aglionby, M.P., chair-
man, at one o'clock, declared the meeting adjourned to Wed-
nesday day) fortnight, at one o'clock.

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY OF ENt;LAND.
EXETER, JULY 17 -The proceedings of the agri-
cultural meeting here commenced formally this morn-
ing at eight o'clock by the openiug of the showyard
for implements to public inspection. Tne general
character of this portion of the exhibition is highly
creditable to the competitors, though in some respects
it is hardly up to the mark of former years. Perhaps
the position of Exeter, removed as it is to a great
distance from the centres of manufacturing in-
dustry, and especially those branches of it which
tend to develope agricultural implement-making as a
distinct business, may account for this. The great
makers-such man as the Ransoms (of Ipswich),
Garrett (of Leiston), and Hornsby (ot Grantham),
are annually put to a very serious expense in sending
rt.eir implements to the Society's exhibition, and of
course the further away the agricultural meeting is
held the more onerous this burden becomes. Nor have
the arrangements and rules upon which the exhibition
takes place tended to diminish the objections which
thus arise. Instead of being, as it ought to be, an
exposition of a few new machines to which an
award of prizes may attach their proper value, and
be of service in guiding the selection of practical
men, the showyard of the society has for years past,
if not since the commencement, been turned into a
regular bazaar. The stands occupied by each ex-
hibitor are, indeed, paid for according to their extent,
at d some other checks are probably adopted ; but
practically the display of implements differs very
little in principle from that of goods in a tradesman's
window, and it is well known that many of the
makers are much more intent on finding purchasers
and getting orders than in competing for the pre-
miums of the society. Indeed, if they were not so,
the rewards held forth by the society would hardly
remunerate the most successful of them for a tythe of
the expense to which they are put. What can be the
object of giving Mr. Garrett 101. as a prize fur his
drill-a man who gives constant employment to some
200 or 300 men ? Or how can the Messrs. Ransom
be benefitted, with their works covering ten acres
of ground, who any day they choose to ornament
themselves could turn out with a display of
medals that would astonish the Peninsular veterans
who waited so long for their decorations ? The
effect of this state of things is beginning to show
itself, and by unmistakeable signs. In the present
exhibition the names of the Messrs. Ransom and
other well-known implement makers are absent, not,
it is believed, because they are indifferent to the
trade in agricultural machinery, but because they
are dissatisfied with the mode in which the busine:s
of the showyard is conducted. Again, in this exhi-
bition containing altogether an immense variety of
articles, having 110 contributors, most of whom send
dczen, and some 30, 40, and 50 contributions, there
is hardly a single novelty worthy of description
brought forward. The showyard in its material
features presents almost no variety from that of the
last few years, and many of the best things exhi-
bited have received the awards of the society at
former meetings. Now, it may be very true that it
is desirable for the society to attract the implements
which have contributed to the improved cultivation
of the Eastern Counties westward, but it is not likely
that manufacturers will submit to the heavy expense
which this entails without an adequate prospect of
reward ; and it is notorious that implements which
suit one part of the country are not necessarily adap-
ted to other parts. It might have been expected
that the variety of implements suited to the climate
And soil of the West, and to its agricultural progress,
would have entered into the consideration of the
committee in drawing up their list of prizes ; but it
lees not seem to have done so, and the list presents
very much the same appearance as if it had been in-
tended to apply to the great level of the Fens. To
one who is at all conversant with the agricultural
state of Devonshire and the adjacent counties, the
award of the Judges of Implements at the Exeter
meeting must appear a very curious document. It is
undeniable that there is a spirit of improvement set on
foot here, and that farmers begin to feel the neces-
,ity of doing something to meet the competition of
..he world. It is also true that a few landlords,
•uch as the, Duke of Bedford, Earl Fortescue,
Lord Poltimore, and an almost equally limited
number of very intelligent tenants, are doing all
they can to raise the character of the cultivation ; but
the vast majority of the agriculturists in this district
would regard the prize list of the society as the iL-
vention of some visionary who knew nothing about
farming to a profit. What are men who let all their
liquid manure flow into their horsepond or into the
next ditch likely to think of a liquid manure distri-
butor with a 101. premium attached to it ? What will
they think of a portable farm railway who have never
dreamt of,farm roads ; or of a portable steam en-
4ine, who have hardly yet attempted the application
of horse power to the labour of the farm ? If the
society wished to be really useful, it ought for in-
stance to have got one of the country thrashing ma-
chines, and placed it beside one of the newest and
beat construction to do the same work. The visitors to
the showyard would then see an instructive spectacle.
On the one side an implement of the most primitive
hind, requiring an immense amount of human
labour painfully performed and with a small
result. On the other, a machine easily kept
and cheaply set in motion, and most effectual
And speedy in its operation. If the invidiousness of
such a comparison were objectionable, the show of
implements might still be made interesting and in-
structive by being exhibited at work ; but there they
remain under the sheds of the yard, an ungainly mass
of iron and flaring paint, by no means prepossessing
to look at; and though their owners will readily ex-
plain their use, and even set them in motion at the
request of a visitor, none but the judges see them
fairly and properly tried. These observations are
made with no unfriendly spirit to the society, but
under the conviction that, if they wish to make their
exhibition of implements locally beneficial, they must
give it a more distinct local character, and if they
desire to retain for it the distinction of novelty, they
must put a stop to promiscuous contributions ; and
that if they want to make it really interesting to the
general public, some plan should be adopted for seeing
the principal implements, at least, openly tried.
Of course, it is a mutter of regret that any of the
best-known implement makers should have absented
themselves from the present meeting. It is also to
be regretted that the showyard possesses so little in
it that is new ; but a third point in which to many
persons this part of the exhibition may appear a cora-
parat've failure is by the best judges considered a
decided advantage. The number of articles exhibited
is considerably smaller than last year, and the collec-
tion altogether is in consequence more select. •The
following is the award of the judges in this depart-
ment of the show.
For the plough best adapted for general purposes, 71.
-Mr. William Ball.
Fur the plough best adapted for deep ploughing, 71.-
Messrs. John Howard and Son.
For the best one-way, or turn-wrest plough, 51.-Mr.
Henry Lowcock.
For the best paring plough, 5/.-Mr. Thomas Glover.
For the best subsoil pulverizer, U.-Messrs. John
Howard and Son.
For the best drill for general purposes, 10/.-Messrs.
Richard Garrett and Son.
For the best pair-horse steerage corn and turnip drill,
101.-Messrs. Richard Hornsby and Son.
For the best drill for small occupations, 51.-Mtssrs.
Richard Garrett and Son.
Fur the best turnip drill on the flat, 101.-Messrs.
Richard Hornsby and Son.
For the best turnip drill on the ridge, 104-Messrs.
Richard Hornsby and Son.
For the best drop drill for depositing seed and ma-
nure, 104-Mesars. Richard Garrett and Sun.
For the best manure distributor, SL-Messrs. Holmes
and Son.
Fur the best portable steam-engine, applicable to
thrashing or other agricultural purposes, 501.-Messrs.
R. Hornsby and Son.
For the second best ditto, ditto, 251.-Messrs. Clay-
ton, Shuttleworth, and Co.
For the beat portable thrashing machine applicable
to horse or steam power, 201.
For the best corn•dressing machine, 101.-Messrs. R.
Hornsby and Son.
For the best grinding mill for breaking agricultural
produce into fine meal, 101.
For the best linseed and corn-crusher, 51.-Mr. W. P.
Stanley.
For the best chaftcutter, 104-Mr. J. Corner (Bar.
bidge).
For the best turnip-cutter, 51.-Mr. B. Samuelson.
For the best oilcake breaker for every variety of cake,
54-Mr. W. N. Nicholson.
For the best one-horse cart for general purposes, 101.
-Mr. W. Busby.
For the best light waggon for general purposes, 101.-
Mr. W. Crosskill.
For the best machine for making draining tiles or
pipes, 204-Mr. Henry Clayton.
Fur the best set of tools for general draining, 31.-
Messrs. Mapleback and Lowe.
For the best heavy harrow, 51.-Messrs. Williams and
Taylor.
For the best light harrow, 51.-Messrs. John Howard
and Son.
Fur the best cultivator, grubber, and scarifier, 101.-
Messrs. Smith and Co. (Stamford).
Fur the best pair-horse scarifier, 5/.-Mr. E. 11.
B. stall.
Fur the best horse hoe on the flat, 101.-Messrs. R.
Garrett and Sun.
For the best horse hoe on the ridge, 5/.-Mr. W.
Fur the best horse rake, SL-Messrs. John Howard
and Son.
For the best horse seed dibbler or seed depositor, not
being a drill, 10/.-Prize withheld.
For the beat eider will, 10/.
Fer the hest barrow hand drill, to work with cups, 3/.
-Messrs. R. Garrett and Son.
For the best liquid manure distributor, IN.-Messrs.
T. R. and J. Reeves.
Fur the best ba, making machine, 5/.--Messrs. Smi h
aid Cu. (Siamforii).
For the best gorse bruiser, 51.
For the best cottage stove or range for burning coils
51.-Mr. W. N. Nicholson. •