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compelled to apply for a warrant against .him at the
Marylebone office.
Mr. CoTTINGRAm observed, that the assertions just
made, as he had before said of the cross examination,
only tended to show that a spirit of rancour harboured
in the breast of the accused against the man to whom it
was alleged she had sent the poison. The magistrate
added that he should remand the prisoner, and that she
should have time to bring forward her witnesses.
Five men, who described themselves as labourers, were
charged with using obscene and disgusting language in
a second-class carriage, in which were several women,
on the London and Croydon Railway. The prisoners
were also charged with travelling in a second-class car-
riage, though they had only paid third-class fare.
The case having been proved,
The MAGISTRATE said, that if the disgusting conduct
of the defendants was passed over without punishment,
women would be afraid to travel by railway conveyance,
for they might be unable to escape such annoyance until
they arrived at the end of the journey. He would, there-
fore, fine the defendants 20s. each, besides adjudging
them to pay the difference between the second and third-
class-fares.

-.—
The Alarm, 26, and Brilliant, 20, have been reported
ready for commission.; , --,
The repairs and alterations of the old fortifications
were commenced last week by Mr. Josiah Hall, of
Queenborougb, the contractor. From 60 to 70 heavy
guns, chiefly on traversing platforms, are to be mounted
as soon as the repairs and alterations of the works are
sufficiently advanced to receive them. Twenty are to be
mounted on the half-moon battery at the point. The
embrasures in the Admiral's battery are being filled up ;
here the heaviest guns are to be mounted. The plans
for the new fortifications are not yet complete.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
- ;1 RAILWAY SHARES

IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES Of RAILWAYS.'

Aberdeen • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Armagh, Coir., & Portrush
Bandon and Bantry .. • • •
Belfast and Ballymena • •
Belfast and County Down
Bit knhcl• Lan. & Ches.Jue.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss .at 7 db.)

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF IRELAND.
BALLINASLOE, OCT. 1.
The council dinner took place in the evening after the
distribution of the prizes, in the new Agricultural Hall,
adjoining the show -yard, which was most tastefully
ornamented and decorated for the occasion. Amongst
those present were—the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis
of Downshire ; Earls Devon, Clancarty, Enniskillen,
Erne, and Leitrim ; Lords Clements, Wallscourt, Clon-
brock, Castlemaine, Ashton, and Crofton ; the Hon. F.
rte.hnn i 3
s onbuyr,ket,h emßarebvie.Wh
;LtehePoßeirshTorpenocfhT,
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Ad-
miral Trench, Sir Richard Burke, Thornfield ; Robert
Fowler, David John Wilson, W. S. Crawford. M.P. ;
John SharmanSCrawford, J. L. W. Naper, Loughcrew ;
W. Reilly, Belmont ; John Wynne, Hazlewood ; Sir
John Kennedy, Johnstown ; Sir John Power, Kilfane ;
T. N. Redington, M.P. ; N. Alexander, M.P. &c., &c.
The President's chair was taken by the Earl of Clan-
carty ; Lord Crofton acted as Vice-President. On the
right of the chairman sat the Duke of Leinster, the
Earl of Devon, the Earl of Leitrim, Lord Clements ;
and on his left the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl cf
Enniskillen, &c. ; on the Vice-Chairman's right hand
sat J. L. Naper, Esq., and Lord Clonbrock ; and on his
left Lord Wallscourt, Professor Kane, W. B. Wade, Esq.,
&c. After the usual loyal toasts,
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE proposed " The Royal
Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland."--.
(Cheers.) He was at the meeting in Belfast, and
judging from it and other circumstances, he thought
their proceedings that day had passed off with the
greatest eclat.—(Hear, hear.) The benefit their society
afforded to labourers and farmers was evident, and it
was, he thought, incumbent on all landed proprietors to
take their tenants under their care, and secure those
benefits fur them. In the county of Down he (the
Marquis of Downshire), as a landlord, felt that those
establishments had been productive of a vast deal of
good, and he believed that all branch societies would do
equal good if properly patrocised and brought into con-
nexion with the parent one ; and, according to the rules,
it should produce ad., the production of which alone would
be a strong test of sincerity.—(Hear, hear.) Knowing
this to be the case, he would call upon every landlord in
Ireland to consider whether it would not be desirable to
establish branch societies in order to reap the! fruits he
had spoken of. The Noble Marquis concluded, amidst
much applause, by proposing, "Success to the Royal
Agricultural Improvement Society."—(Nine times nine.)
His Grace the Duke of LEINSTER responded. He said
that it was owing to the kindness of the Council which
had placed him in the chair of the Society as President,
that he was called on to speak to it ; and he fully felt
the high position in which he was placed, because it was
a Society in a great measure formed from the highest
walks of society, and was most successful.
His GRACE again rose, and proposed the health of
"'Their President"—one which he did not suppose he
would find it difficult to get a response to in Ballinasloe.
—(Hear.) Ile knew that it was a very difficult task to
attain to such perfection as a resident landlord as the Noble
Earl had done; in fact, they had only to look around them
to see what a resident landlord could do; and he knew
from experience that the only way to do it was to go on
and never to despair— to keep constantly at work, having
your country's good at heart.—(Cheers.) Perseverance
would not fail to produce the same results in other parts
of the country ; therefore he would urge upon all pre-
sent to do so.—(Hear and cheers.) In conclusion, he
gave " The Earl of Clancarty, as Chairman of the Coun-
cil, and a resident landlord."—(Nine times nine.)
The NOBLE CHAIRMAN acknowledged the toast, stating
that he felt the honour much more highly from the fact
of his name being mentioned as a resident landlord.—
(Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend alluded to him as one
wishing to introduce improvements into the country. He
did, certainly, wish to du so, and he was rewarded for it,
and enabled to say that any landlord wishing to benefit
the country had no lack of encouragement.—(Hear.)
It was no slight reward for him (the Earl of Clancarty)
to receive to be placed in the chair of the Council of that
Society, which included amongst its members almost the
entire of the Irish aristocracy, landlords, and respectable
persons of all professions, some of whom were even un-
connected with land, from a desire to raise the condition
of the country.—(Hear.) To be placed in such a chair
was more than he could have expected ; but whatever
his satisfaction might be at receiving the honour, it was
not unaccompanied by melancholy reflections upon the
departure of one of the best of the nobility of the coun-
try, who had always proved himself a sincere friend—he
alluded to the late Marquis of Downshire.—(Hear.)
It was, as he said, a very adequate reward, and he
hoped it would stimulate others to exertion. The land-
lords should exert themselves, fur they would see
in Mr. Blacker's book that they should always begin
to make the improvements and to establish model farms—
not such as would be out of the reach of an humble
farmer to imitate and encourage them in
having neat and comfortable cabins.—(Hear,
hear.) The Noble Earl concluded by observing that
they were all, in fact, religiously bound to act as stew-
ards of the gifts of Providence for the benefit of man-
kind.—(Hear, and cheers.)
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE, in alluding to the obser-
vations of the Noble President, said, that what he
might have stated at former meetings upon agriculture
he only spoke from theory, not being a proprietor until
the death of his lamented father, in whose footsteps he
would endeavour to follow ; and in order to do so, he
was determined to support that institution.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of Lord
Crofton."
The VICE-CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and, in doing-
so, referred to a local agricultural society in his neigh-
bourhood, which he said was conferring incalculable ad-
vantages upon all classes, both rich and poor, landlord
and tenant.—(Hear.)
Colonel BRYAN proposed the next toast—" The Local
Societies of Ireland."
Mr. WADE acknowledged it briefly.
The Earl of DEVON proposed the next toast. In
doing so, he said, he himself was, unfortunately, an ab-
sentee landlord; yet he had perceived the value of being
of the resident class, and it required some time to know
that class properly. The true meaning of an improving
landlord in those countries in which the science of agri-
culture was in the most forward state, was not a land-
lord who would ta..- his rents and spend them abroad, or
sometimes even at home—it was the man who laid out
his money to improve both himself and his dependents.
—(Hear, hear.) No doubt, steps to improvement would
have to be taken by degrees. First, the landlord should
make himself acquainted with the district in which he
was about to work, to inform himself of the peculiar
character and means of the people, and to accustom him-
self to give instruction and advice in a manuer that
would make it be received kindly, even although in some
cases he might meet with ingratitude and disappointment.
—(Hear, bear.) A landlord should also apply himself
to his tenants' wants, and when he was making his model
farm he should not have it of a class beyond what their
means would reach to. If the landlords of Ireland acted
upon these principles—if they remained at home and
cultivated the country as it might be, they would not
only make their tenants comfortable and happy but en-
rich ourselves. The country was almost altogether an
agricultural one ; and if such men as the Noble Lord
whose health he was proposing were to be more univer-
sal, she would be wealthier, better in every respect, and
her people would be more contented and happy.—
(Cheers.) The Noble Earl concluded by proposing
" The health of Lord C onbrock and the resident land-
lords of Ireland."
Lord CLONBROCK, in responding to the toast, said
that he could not but feel proud, when he remembered
that the landlord class were blamed of late years for the
poverty and wretchedness of 'some of the peasantry
throughout the country, and particularly when it was
put forward by his Noble Friend, who had lately gone on
a most important mission through the country.—(Hear.)
The getting rid of bad habits was not to be done without
great trouble and difficulty. He hoped he had got rid
of his, and he would call on his brother landlords in the
words of a former speaker to "persevere."—(Hear and
cheers.)
Mr. W. S. CRAWFORD. M.P., proposed the health of
" Lord Devon, and success to the Waste Land Improve-
ment Society of Ireland." The Hon. Gentleman took a
brief review of the proceedings of the Waste Land So-
ciety for the last few years, referred to the evidence of
two or three persons to show the state of the country in
that respect, and then referred to the exertions of the
Noble Earl to improve it, and also to his connexion with
the Land Commission.
The Earl of DEVON responded to the toast, and in
noticing his connexion with the Society for Improving
Waste Lands, said that the society was becoming more
and more deserving of support, as they were daily re-
claiming a great deal of valuable land, which was a
benefit to both landlord and tenant.—(Hear.)
The VICE-CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of
Professor Kune, and success to the Royal Dublin
Society."
Professor KANE, in acknowledging the toast, observed
that the country would benefit materially under the
guidance of the Agricultural Improvement Society, and
particularly when,it had at its head such a leadtr as their
Noble Chairman.' —(Cheers.)
Lord CLEMENT 3, in an excellent speech, proposed
"success to green-cropping."
Mr. BLACKER responded. He said—l wish most
sincerely, my ability to speak to the toast Was equal to
my conviction of its importance—l should then offer
myself to your notice with much more confidence than
Ido at present. I have always been convinced that the
great deficiency in Irish farming was the deficiency
which very generally prevails in the supply of winter
food for the stock ; and this th ficiency, I conceive, can
only be supplied by more extensive turnip culture. I
believe all present will agree with me in this respect, as
far as agricultural districts are concerned ; but it is
equally true, in my mind, as regards grazing districts.
However, on my way here, a gentleman who farmed
a very large extent of grass land, assured me that he
could bring his young stocls te as early maturity, and
upon cheaper terms. by winter feeding on hay and rough
pastures, than by any turnip feeding whatever.
Sir PERCY NUGENT proposed " Success to subsoiling
and draining."
Mr. NAPIER, of Longevew, aesponded.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of " The
Ladies," which was duly honoured.
" The Press, as the great organ of public opinion."
Mr. VosTssis (the Times' commissioner) returned
;hanlis?
The company then separated at about eleven &clog

Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Birminghm &Oxfrd.Junc.
Blckburn, and Preston..
Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn
Bolton, W lgaa, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter. • • • • •
Ditto hie* .. • • • • • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. Junc
Calcdon. & Dumbar. June-
Caledcnian •• • • •••• • • • •
Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Cambridge and Lincoln..
Chester and Birkenhead..

In default of paying the fines, the prisoners were cow•
witted for 21 days each.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH FRIDAY.—We have received most dis-
astrous accounts from the coast of Africa relative to the
prevalence of fever at certain parts of that station, and
on board numerous vessels, by which vast numbers of
their crews have been swept off. In one case seventy
are reported to have fallen victims on board one vessel,
out of a complement of 130. We decline, from pro-
dential motives, giving the names of the vessels attacked,
as the details would only serve to alarm the feelings of
those who have friends or relatives on that station. We
much fear we shall in a few days have to report cases
even more painful than that of the unfortunate Eclair.
The Centaur steam-frigate, on the design of the Sur-
veyor of the Navy, has been ready for floating out of
dock for some days. When this vessel had proceeded
so far in her construction as the laying of the decks, the
workmen were taken off her, and divers alterations (even
at that stage) projected, such as raising the decks a foot
higher each (!) throwing the bow more out, bringing
the sides more into the shape of a sailing vessel, &c,
and plans were sent to the Admiralty for their
approval. Now, we opine nothing but a conviction
of her swimming considerably deeper than was expected
after she was laid down, could have caused an applica-
tion for raising the decks so much as 12 inches higher
than was originally planned. We believe the ;Centaur
to be the Firebrand, lengthened ten feet. When the
drawing of the Firebrand came down, it was marked fur
two vessels, the "Firebrand" and "Centaur," but dur-
ing the progress of the building of the former the draw-
ing was sent for, and came back lengthened 10 feet,
which we think will be found correct with regard to the
projection of the Centaur. The alteration of the bow
and quarter alludSd to above we believe was a sugges-
tion of Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, but was not in-
tended fer the Centaur in particular ; that scientific offi-
cer contended that our large steamers of war should be
armed with two pivot guns at each extremity, and also
be enabled to fire guns from their main deck out of their
bow and stern ports, and, as it is customary to construct
steamers with sharp bows, the difficulty is apparent
which presents itself against bringing a gun to bear fore
and aft out of a port.
The following are her principal dimensions:—
Length from the fore part of the figure-head Ft. In.
to aft part of the taffrail
Length between the perpendiculars
Length of upper deck
_ .

Ditto New Shares ... •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Chester and Holyhead • •
Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley . • • • • • • • •
Clithcroe Junction ..
Clydesdale Junction .• • • •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .• • • • • •
Cork and Killarney .• • • •
Cork and Waterford • • • •
Cork and Youghal • • • • .•
Canterbury and Dover
Coventry and Leicester••
Cornwall . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Derby and Crewe . • • • • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth
DirectMan.(Remington'sj
Direct Northern • • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • •
DubLn and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colroe
Dublin and Drogheda • • • •
Dublin and Galway . • • • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . . •
Dundee and Perth • • • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) ..
Eastern Counties . • ... • •
Do. New ...... • • • • • • •
Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No. 1
Do. do. No. 2
East Dereham & Norwich
East Union
Ditto ExtenSion ••• • •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Duni.
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Do. Quarter Shares • •
Do. New Quarter Shares
Ediub. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo
_ _

Oct.
3.
4N

-a

7% P
'- P
- P
2%

16%47
6014'
55%

—...,
Oct,.
1.

197z6c11

87s 1
74s
15%
91s

1
23s pl

3%1
9656 d,

7356 d
9256 d

—Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New (Brandling), 59
—York and ,North Midland, Half-Share% 58--.Derbr-and
Gainsborough, 4/. 6s.—Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter
Shares, 61. Is. 6d.—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn),
41. 6s. 6d.—London and York, 674—Leeds and Bradford,
New Shares, 531 A—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 61. 18s. 6d.
—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 84—South
Wales, B—Wakefield and Harrogate, 5/. 16s. 6d.—Wilts,
Somerset, and Southamption, 23/4—Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union, 5.
HUDDERSFIELD, Oc-r. 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, 6%—London and York, 71/B—Waterford, Wexford,
and Valentia, 21/2.

Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr

Week
ending

Fit wood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Gamkirk and Glasgow ..
Glasgow and Ayr.......
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greenock..
Ditto New. . •
Ditto Prefereace
Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car.
Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster ....
Grand Juncti0n.........
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters ..
Ditto Eighths ........
Grand Union .......
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Istud)
Ditto Extension .... • •
Great Munster.. • • ......
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England
Do. New 40/. Shares ..
Do. New 301. Shares ..
Great Western .........
Ditto half Shares ....
Ditto Fifths .....

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Sept. 27

Arbroath and Forfar
Bristol and Birmingham .

Length of keel for tonnage 174 4i
_ _

Breadth, extreme 37 0
Breadth to outside of paddle- boxes
Breadth fur tonnage 37 0
Breadth, moulded 36 4
Depth in hold

Chester and Birkenhead
Dublin and Dr0gheda.......... „ „ „
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee and Arbroath ... •...........
Durham and Sunderland
Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
Glasgow and Greenock.• .....

Burden, in tons, 1,269_80-94 ; Horse-power, 540

. - She has a much flatter floor than the Firebrand, which
is a great improvement.
The following is the armament the Centaur was con-
structed with the view of carrying :

3%
7%
241
120

.....
4
3%
11
24U

Last
week.

Weather deck —2 long 84-pounder pivot guns, one
fore and one aft ; and 4 long 68-pounder broathideguns.
Main deck-16 32-pounders.
Total-22 heavy gun=.

Whether she willever put to sea with one-half of this
formidable armament remains to be seen. Our opinion
is, if she does, she will never return to port entire. We
ground our opinion upon the past samples of vessels of
the " intuitive" construction.

777
1,237

Grand Junction ..
Gravesend and R0che5ter...........
Great North of England • •
Great Western . • • • • • •
Hull and Selby ..... •• • ... ••• . •
_ _

The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, was undocked to-day.
She has had about 600 hands employed upon her. Her
copper was entirely stripped off, and her bottom partially
re-caulked, not for any leakage, but for " nothing," as
her boitom was very sound and clean, as was her copper.
She has been entirely newly coppered. What all this
expense has been incurred about (upwards of 1,000/.),
we believe even her gallant and efficient captain does not
know. It LI a freak of the Navy- office, we presume.
One circumstance, however, connected with this ship,
reflects the very highest credit upon the artivins em-
ployed upon her ; the entire process of stripping the
copper off the bottom, re-caulking, and re-coppering the
vessel with new metal, only occupied a space of time not
exceeding 18 hours.
The Raven, 4, Lieutenant Commander Stephen, ar-
rived this morning from the eastward with supernume-
raries.

GuillYd, Farehm, & Ports.
Harwich . • • .... • . • .
Hudrsfld & Man. It. & Cani
lluddersfield ani Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough..
Hull and Selby ..........
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto Half Shares ....
Inverness and Elgin ....
Isle of Jersey ..........
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray ....
Killarney Junctions .....
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Lancaster and Preston ..
Leeds and Bradford ....
Ditto Extension ... • ..
Leeds and Dewsbury • • .
Leeds and Thirsk.... • .
Leeds & W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford . • .
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, & Kll. Jnc.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
Lie erp >ol and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares ....
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Prstn
London and Birmingham

216
51%

35%
22
13%
62s
4%

IN p
3% p

55s p'
20s p

18959d1

The Fanny, tender, Master Commander Aylen, re-
turned yesterday from the eastward, whither she had
conveyed the effects of Admiral Sir C. Rowley.
The Mercury tender, Master Commander Scat lett, also
returned yesterday from Chatham, whither she had been
with the baggage of Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., late
Commander-in-Chief at this port.
The health of Rear Admiral Hyde Parker is suffi-
ciently restored to admit of his personal attention to the
duties of his office, which he is superintending with a
zeal and activity as if to make up for any retrogression
in the work of his department (luring his late temporary
absence in the cammand of the experimental squadron.
In Harbour—The Victory, President, Excellent,
Superb, Rattler, Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Amazone
(Prussian), Dasher, Comet, Echo, Emerald, Fanny and
Mercury tenders.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, Leander, Amphitrite,
Trincomalee, and Centaur. _ .

15656
218

Ditto Thirds .....: ...

Ditto Quarters . ..
London and Blackwall .•
Lndn. Oxiil. & Chitliliam.
London and Brignton. .•
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon
Ditto New. • •• • • • • • •

Do. Guarant. 5 per Cn

London and GreeUwich .
Do. Pref. or Privilege..
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths

Do. New, 501 Shares
Do. New, 401. Shares

London and York . • • • • • -
Ditto (Bawtry) .• • • • • •
London and Windsor....
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine
Londonderry & Enuiskilln
Lynn and Ely • • ••• • •
Lynn and Deroham .• • • •
Manchester and Leeds ..
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • .

In the Basin—The Nelson, Carnatic, Harlequin, and
Scourge.
At Spithead—The Formidable.

DEvoNpowr.—The Nimrod, 20, is ordered to be re•
paired with African teak wood at this port, not " ordered
home with African teak wood," as erroneously printed
yesterday.
WooLavicir, OCT. 3.—The Devastation steam-frigate,
Commander Kitchen, has nearly discharged all her
stoces since her arrival at Woolwich, and is to be paid
off on Wednesday, the Bth inst.
1 he Growler steam-vessel, Commander F. H. Buckle,
r. cently on the coast of Africa, is ordered round to
W. lwich to be paid off, and is daily expected.
The Eclair steam vessel, from the coast of Africa,
ul.ose officers and crew have suffered so severely by a
u a'ignant fever, was built at Woolwich, and christened
di, Infernal, but had her name changed to the Eclair on
be ing appointed to be one of the royal squadron which
acc.Jmpanied her Majesty to Scotland. Several persons
h .d a horror of the name Infernal, and prognosticated
no good to the vessel, and their superstitious fears have
been awfully borne out to the subsequent fate of the
g citer portion of her officers and men. A letter was
ri ceived on Tuesday at Woolwich from a young lad of
the name of Campbell, who went out in her as assistant -
c: rk at the age of seventeen, and he now performs the
ditty of purser. The letter was nearly black, owing to
tie measures adopted with it to prevent infection.
The Cuckoo steam•vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A.
P‘okes, recently appointed to protect the fisheries on the
north coast of Scotland, has just returned from the Shet-
14nd Island:. to Leith, her principal station.
Royal Artillery.—Captain Story's company, Ist bat-
talion, will march on Monday next, the 6th inst., from
Dublin for Charlemont, to relieve Captain D'Arley's
company of the same battalion, and the latter, on being
relieved, will proceed to Dublin to be in readiness to re-
turn to head quarters at Woolwich.

Ditto Sixteenths •..-

Manchstr and Birkenhead
Manchester & Birminghm
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto New Quarters . • •
Do. Con. & Welsh June.
Manehestr, Bonn, & Bury
Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk
Man. Shef. and Mid. June.
Manchestr & SoUthamptn
Midland .. • . • • • • • • • • • . • .

Ditto Fifths • • • • •• • •

Ditto New

Do. Con. Birth. & Derby
Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newest] & Darl ngtn June.

De. New (Brandling)

- l
71%,

105
5236

128e9d
1

iiipl

5193 d,

Liverpool and Manchester •• ••••••
London and Birmingham . • . •• • • •• •
London and 81ackwa11...... •...
London and Brighton. •• •• •• •• ••
Londoa and Croydon . •• • • •• •• •• •• • .
London and Greenwich.
London and South Western. ••
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Manchester and Birmingham
Manchester, Leeds, and null Assoc
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Darlington ..
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newcastle and North Shields
North Union and Bolton and Preston
Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • •
['aria and Rouen
Preston and Wyre................
Sheffield and Manchester •
South Ea5tern............ ..
Ulster . ....... ........
Yarmouth and Norwich ......
York and North Mid1and...........

776
2,931
6,393
1,963
1,923
15,852

Newcastle and Berwick • •
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen .•
Newark and Sheffield . • •
North British • . • • • • • • • •
Ditto New Shares • • • •
Northern and Eastern • •
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)

3%1
4%1
61/41)

16934

16%
141 i
6653 d

21%
13%
3
61s p

1 12356

Military Prisons.—Workmen commenced yesterday to
dig the foundations of a building to be erected on the
north side and adjoining the Royal Artillery Riding
School at Woolwich, for the purpose of confining men
whose conduct has rendered them deserving of military
punishment. The building is to be two stories high,
with double rows of cells on each side, the entrance ex-
tending its whole length, with a residence for the provost-
sergeant.
Woolwich Division of Chelsea Pensioners.—A collar
maker is at present employed to make 300 stocks, and
Mr. Laird, late master-tailor of the Bth battalion of
Roy al Artillery, with six men, is fitting the clothing of
the Chelsea pensioners enrolled for service in this quarter.
The men are expected to assemble on the 99d instant to
have the whole of the clothing fitted on, and they are
to be made ready to be called out at any time on the
shortest notice.
CHATHAM, OCT. 3.—The Formidable, 84 guns, Cap-
tain George F. Rich, is ordered to be paid off here with-
out removing bulkheads, cabins, or any of the internal
fittings. She is expected to arrive at this port daily.
The Grandy Master has arrived from Deptford, and
was taken into dock yesterday to ro-caulk and re-copper
her bottom.
The Duck, Savage master, sailed on the 2d inst. with
stores for Plymouth and Pembroke yards.
The Aid, Smallman master, is ordertd to load from
this yard, with stores for Portsmouth yard.
The Cressy, 80 guns, is ordered to be laid down on
the slip vacated by the Bull-dog steam-frigate yester-
day. 'The keel will be immediately laid down.
The barque King William arrived on Thursday, the
2d inst., from Sierra Leone, with a cargo of timber for
the service of the dockyard.
The Retribution steam-frigate ; Meander, 44 guns ;
and Calypso, 20 guns, are lying off the dockyard ready
fur the pendant.
SHEERWLidS, THIIRSDAY.—The Black Eagle steamer
having landed Rear-Admiral Bowles, C. 8., at Chatham
Dockyard, on a visit of inspection, passed out thence on
Friday for Woolwich.
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Stephen, sailed on
Saturday for Yarmouth, whence she returned on Tues-
day with volunteers for the navy. Continuing under
way, she prtmeeded with a party of them to Ports-
mouth.
The Blenheim, 74, intended for the block ship at this
port, and now is dock, has not yet been taken in hand,
the plans for the conversion being pot yet thoroughly
matured.

6%
66s p
6%

4856d668

227861
90s

5%
154

30
”iP

31%
S

- I
7NP,

7153c1
I

- I
808 p

3iiP

19,632

20,765
1,039
6,516
1,663

7,837
1,020
4,392
7,612
17,744
2,898
1,957
528
528

7,339
1,842
1,266
7,599
1,170

6,209

O•t° •
atri,
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c.).9..

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

COURSE OF EXCHA
Amsterdam CF. 12 9i
Ditto, at sight l2 7
Rotterdam 2U. 12 10
Antwerp 26 15
Hamburgh KB. 13141
Altona

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80
Ditto, 3 months 26 5
Marseilles 26,10
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine l2O

Petersburgh, 3 Ue..
Berlin —

Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 4
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao —
Barcelona

648
1,331

Seville

2,585
4,430
1,657

GE.—(YESTERDAY .)
Gibraltar__
Leghorn . ..... 30 80
Genoa ..... ...... 26 5
Milan ...... ...........
Venice .......,...
Naples ......
Palermo, per oz 1 0
Lisbon 53
Oporto...
Rio Janeiro .
Bahia
Buenos Ay,e.s
NewYoik.::?dyssight
Philathq ii; .....
PRICES gULLION, PER OZ
Foreip..ll4.l,bars..£3 17 9
Portuga: Coin 3 27 5
New Poubloons..... 0 0 0
New Di.,Lais 0 4 9i
Silver ,t, Usra 0 4 11i

THE ART OF FLOATING.—The following hints are
well worthy of attention:—" Any human being who will
have presence of mind to clasp the hands behind
the back, and turn his face towards the zenith,
may float at ease, and in perfect safety, in tole-
rably still water—aye, and sleep there, no mat-
ter how long. If, not knowing how to swim, you
would escape drowning when you find yourself in deep
water ; you have only to consider yourself an empty
pitcher ; let your mouth and nose—not the top of your
heavy head—be the highest part, and you are safe ; but
thrust up your bony hands and down you go—turning
up the handle tips over the pitcher. Having had the
happiness to prevent one or two drowings by this simple
instruction, we publish it for the benefit of all who either
love aquatic sports or dread them."
Dispatches were also sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of the Mauritius.

The Ocean, 80, guard ship, progresses with her refit
in dock. She is to have the following armament :—On
her upper deck, 14 32-pounder carronades ; on her main
devk, 16 32-pounders, 56 cwt., 9 feet 6 inches ; on her
lower deck, 16 8-inch guns, 65 cwt., y feet. Hpp former
armament was only 22 12-pounder guns of 34 cwt.
The Fury steam frigate will complete planking in a
few days.

EI4D,
sales are•
4 —NOWcsal

3.
—Bristol and E.
;le and Carlisle,

Teter,
1214

SUPPLPMENT T 9 THE EVENING SUNI.....SATURDAY, OCTOVER 4, 1843,

965
13,596

17,890

19,756
1,036
5,934
539

935
3,903
6,662

Name of Company.

1,244
1,747

380
5,974
6,841

793
7,136
908
584

BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND TONBRIDGE WELLS.
UCHFIELD, FRIDAY.—This afternoon, at four o'clock,
a large number of the gentry and farmers of the district
assembled at the Maidenhead Inn, Uckfield, to meet the
projectors of this line, and discuss the propriety of car-
rying the direct line through it. _
On the motion of Mr. J. T. UNDERWOOD, the Rev.
EDWARD TURNER was voted to the chair, who stated the
route of the intended line to be a direct means of commu-
nication between Brighton and Tonbridge Wells, com-
mencing at a point of junction with Brighton and Lewes,
at Lewes, by the valley of Ouse, to pass Uckfield and Ro-
therfield to Tonbridge Wells ; there forming a junction
with the Tonbridge Branch of the South Eastern. The
proposition went on to state that the general opinion of
the inhabitants of Uckfield was, that the proposed line
was much required.
Mr. WILLIAM HALLET, the projector of the line, in a
speech of some length, detailed the advantages that
would accrue to the various towns, and gave it as his
opinion, in an engineering point of view, that the route
would be the cheapest, and by far the safest in that
difficult part of the country. A good deal had been
said about the line not paying its working expenses.
He remembered that when the Brighton line was pro-
jected, the shareholders were called idiots to think of
its ever paying. The sequel had shown how erroneous
such an opinion was.
_ _ _ _

Mr. STRATFIELD objected to the line passing through
Uekfield, on the ground that it was not required, and
that it would materially injure the trade and interests of
the town.

Jommercial .......• •
East and West India...
East Country • .
London •.••••• • .• • ••
St Katharine • . • • •• ••
Southampton • • • • •• ••

Mr. EDWIN JAMES, barrister, addressed the meeting
at some length. The meeting was not one of those pro-
jected by men who would get up a line of rail from
John o'Groat's to Land's-end, for mere stockjobbing
purposes. This line would be carried out, but the pre-
sent question was, should it pass through that town ?
Mr. H. LAW was of opinion, with Mr. Stratfield, that
the line would injure the tradesmen of the town, by
enabling persons to go to London fur what they wanted.
This was the case with Reading.
Mr. GLAZER said he had been a resident in Reading,
and so far from trade being injured there, it had beenbe-
nefited by the railway.
The Rev. H. HALL, of Fromsfield, was glad to hear of
the proposed line coming to that town, as he considered
railways conducive to moral civilisation.
Resolutions in favour of the line having been carried,
the meeting separated.

NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN.—On Tuesday a meeting
of the Directors of the Midland Railway was held at the
Derby station, and the contract by Messrs. Holland and
Smith of Leicester, for the promotion of the Nottingham
and Lincoln line, having been given up by them, the
works were re-let to Messrs. Craven, of Bingley, York-
shire, who, pursuant to the terms of their contract, will
on Monday next commence the formation of the line.
Arrangements are, it is said, in progress for the amal-
gamation of the Scottish Western and Scottish Grand
Junction lines.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
LIABILITY OF PUBLICANS.—THE FIRE AT THE HORSE
AND GROOM, WEST COWES.—On reporting this calami-
tous fire, we stated that there were doubts expressed
whether the insurance would be recovered, in consequence
of a quantity of fireworks being in the room, and explod•.
ing soon after the fire commenced. We explained that
they did not belong to the party insured, nor his tenant,
but to a guest ; and what an awkward situation a publi-
can would be in if he was to be made answerable for the
contents of his customers' trunks. We are happy to say,
the Ncrwich Union Office paid the full amount of damage
claimed by Mr. Eames's surveyor. They first sent their
own surveyor down to view the premises and report the
case, and within one week from the date of the fire the
claim was paid in full.
GAS.—Cowes was to be lighted up with gas in August
last, but it is now, in October, as da. k as ever, and
great dissatiscaction is expressed with the contractor at
the very unsatisfactory way in which the works are
executed, and the continued delays.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
IS BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM.

PANIES' STOCK.

From Vie Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TITENDAY AND FRIDAY I..IVEN.F.NG

LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3.

'-STOCK BANKS.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Australasia •• • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 48
Commercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
Colonial ..... ••• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15%
Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27
London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Metropolitan 25 0 0 710 0
Frovincial of Ireland.. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47%
Ditto, New... B/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20
National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 20%
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37
Ditto, New......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 25
Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13%

DOCKS.

Dividend I Amount
per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.

X s. d. I £ a. d
31. per cent. I Stock.
5%1. pr cent. Stock.
U. per sh. 100 0 0
4141. pr cent. i Stock.
5 per cent. Stock.
41. per cent. 50 0 0

118%

50 0 0

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ a.- d. £ s. d.
Albion .•••••• • • • • • • . 31. 101 500 0 0 50 0 0 73
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
Ditto Marine.- ... 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17
British Commercial 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7%
Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6%
County .........• •• • • 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0
r s. and
/ 61. ss. bs. j /
40 0 0 5 0 0 -
Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Economic Life
/&30s.bs.
Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
European Life ••••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Freemasons' ..• •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 9 0
Globe - 142%
Guardian .••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50%
Imperial Fire .. ••• • • • 12/. per cent. 300 0 0 50 0 0 235
Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine ii. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 28%
Law Life •••••• • • • • • • I/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6%
London Fire ......... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16
London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16
Marine ... • ...... •• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 lb 0 0 10%
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
National Loan Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
National Life.
Palladium Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. 2s.
Phoenix - - 210
Protector Life.. ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s.
Provident Life •
Rock Life............ 45. 5 0 0 010 0 4%
Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 186
Sun Fire - -
Ditto Life .. • .... • • 11. 6s. - - 18
Universal Life ..... • • 10%/. pr cnt. 100 0 6 15 0 18

LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
X a. d. X s. d
Bank of Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. -- 100 0 0 168%
British Linen Company 81* per cent. - 100 0 0 230
Commercial Bank .• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 171
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 16%
Union Bank of Scotland 71A1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 983¢
Western Bank 6l. per cent. -- 50 0 0 85%
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 734
Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 153 a
Eastern Bank.. 5l. per cent. - 15 0 0 11%
Caledonian Bank • 731. pr cent. - 2 10 0 43%
Edinb.& Glasgow Rank 61. per cent. - 50 0 73%
Oity of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 815 0 15%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51-per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1%
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15
Incur. Co. of Scotlnd 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10
North British Insur • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2834
Caledonian Fire Incur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2434
Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1930
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 90
Ditto, 34 Shares •• • . 5/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 21%
Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 25
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 73
Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 223
Olsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45
9undee & Arbroth Rell. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3734
ttandard Li fe Assu rnce. 151 per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 8
WATER WORKS
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
s, d.
East L0nd0n...... •• • • 8/. 100 0 0 230
Grand Junction 3/. 46 13 4 91
Kent ........ •••• • • • • ' 21. 10s. 100 0 0
Vauxhall
West Middlesex .. .. • • 4/. 16s. pr et. 63 12 9 130
CANALS.
:3
Dividend
Names of 'Dividend Names of it per Price.
Companies. per ( Price. Companies. -
Annum.c/2 I Annum.'
X
Ashtn& Oblli 97 51.55. 13 el 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100• Si. 98
Barnsley.. • . 1601 121. 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - 15
Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath . .
Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham
Cromford .. • • 100 18/. 150 Peak Forest 7B 31. 40
Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's 33 11. 2534
Derby .•• • • 100 Si. 103 Rochdale .... 85 41. 54
Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. - Shropshire 125 8/.
Erewash •• • 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123
Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11
GrandJunctn 100 71. 100 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 440
Grand Union 100 1/. lOs. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamorg,nsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. --
Glstr & Brkly 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. -
Grantham • • 150 121. 100 Severn and/
26 1/. Bs. -
Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 13 Trnt & Mr-1
50 30/. -
Lancaster
Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 525 Thams &Med 19 - 10
Leicester .. • . 140 101. 105 Worcstr Bz}
78 41 49
Lelestr &Nth, 83 41. 60 Birming.
Loughboroghll42 701. -- Wilts & Mks 67 11. 4s. 11

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of Oct. 3.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was a larger business transacted in
all descriptions of West India Sugar, in consequence of mer-
chants accepting previous rates, and 1,100 hhds were actu-
ally disposed of, making the total sales for the week 5,080
hhds and trcs, being a very extensive quantity. Prices
closed generally the same as on Friday last.
REFINED.—An extensive demand has existed for Refined
Sugar for home consumption since Friday last; the low and
middling descriptions have brought stiffer rates, whilst the
better qualities fully support the former currency. There is
only a limited quantity of goods on show.
Maummus.—This afternoon 2,760 bags and 156 casks of
Mauritius Sugar were offered at public sale ; the chief part
consisted of inferior sorts under 46s per cwt, and only fit for
refining purposes ; for these the demand was limited, and the
prices taken exhibited a decline of is per cwt, but the better
kinds fetched former rates.
FORElGN.—Although there are sellers of Yellow Havan-
nab upon rather lower terms, still the amount of business
transacted by private treaty has been limited in all qualities.
For White the market has a dull appearance, and by private
treaty there are sellers at easier rates. Brown Brazil is little
wanted by our refiners working under bond, and for exporta-
tion there are few orders. Of White Brazil none has been
submitted to public competition ; there are sellers privately
under late rates, but few buyers are to be met with.
Porto Rico has been purchased with caution by private
treaty at 235. Muscovado has met with little attention.
Public sales are expected to be announced shortly. At the
continental markets prices are not so firm for Foreign Sugar.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was better sup-
plied with all descriptions of Bengal Sugar; three parcels,
amounting to 3,736 bags, were submitted to public competi-
tion ; of these 702 bags consisted of Dobah kind, and went
at the full value.
MOLASSES.—A lively demand has been experienced for
West India, and very full rates have been paid; the sales
amount to 700 puns.
TEA.—The market has a firm appearance for Black and
Green, although arrivals continue on a large scale, and have
amounted to 21,829 packages at this port since this day
week, yet merchants have confidence, and again refrained
from offering any at public sale. The quantity upon which
duty was paid at this port during the past week amounted
to 475,3931b5.
COFFEEI—This afternoon Ceylon was purchased with cau-
tion by private treaty, but holders were firm • 299 bags at
auction were only partly sold at the former value, viz., very
good ordinary at 48s to 48s 6d ; country damaged first class
45s 6d to 475, sea damaged second and third class 43s 6d to
44s 6d, a good ordinary pale sound was taken in at 47s •, 303
bags of Padang went 2s per cwt cheaper, and sold at 24s 6d
to 25s for good ordinary green, and one lot 245; 5 pkgs of
Jamaica fetched 60s for the ordinary, 49s for good ordinary,
and'32s to 38s per cwt for triage.
COCOA.—This afternoon at public sale 13 bags of Bahia
sold at 42s for good bright red, and 38s per cwt for sea
damaged.
RICE.—To-day there was more business doing privately in
Bengal Rice at 19s to 225; and at public sale 659 bags 446
pockets sold at fully former rates. The market has a firm
appntrance for cleaned ; 23s to 26s is the value of Patna, and
36s to 40s per cwt for Carolina.
SPICES.—This afternoon at public sale 50 bags Batavia
Pepper fetched 210 to 3d. 113 bags of White went rather
higher. Eight cases of Mace fetched the full value. Nut-
megs are purchased with eagerness, and prices advanced 6d.
FRUIT.—New Valentia Raisins continue to be taken off
freely at the opening price of 435. Of new Patras Currants
there is none remaining, the last cargo having been cleared
off at 495, and at present are much wanted. Of new Turkey
Pulled Figs a large part of the only parcel as yet arrived re-
mained unsold, and the price was reduced to 655. For new
Sultanas there is no demand, the price being extravagantly
high. Of Red Smyrna Raisins some sales have been made,
but at very low rates.
Sentrirs.—An increased desire has been shown to purchase
Jamaica Rum this week ; there has been an extensive de-
mand for every description principally for home consumption,
and the rates paid exhibit an advance on those quoted of Id to
Sd per gallon. Leeward Island has been purchased with
increased freedom, and an advance in the value of ld per
gallon has occurred. For Demerara a good demand has
existed, and stiffer rates are given. Calcutta has been sought
after and commands stiffer rates. In all descriptions of
Brandy a good deal has been done, but at no further advance
in prices. Geneva is wanted, and prices rule high.
INDIGO.—The accounts received to-day from Calcutta are
very unfavourable for the crop, it having been much injured
by the excessive wet weather, the estimates being as low as
110,000 to 120,000 mann& ; holders here, in consequence, dis-
played more firmness, and buyers were more inclined to operate.
Of Bengal some parcels were disposed of at an advance on
the rates of July of 2d to 3d per lb.
Ons.—This afternoon, of Southern Oil, 50 tuns at public
sale were mostly taken in, fine at 261 lss to 27155, good 251
10s to 261, low and middling 241 to 25i; 28 hhds Ceylon
Cocoa Nut Oil paid at 321 to 33/ fbr good, and 30/ per tun
(cm low,
TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 629 casks of
Taganrog Tallow, stranded, sold at 39s to 40s 3d, one lot
37s 9d ; 115 pipes of South American 3t3a 3d to 40s 9d; 113
casks New §oitth Wales alis to 40s 9d per owt.