The Express. — London, England, 1868-08-28 00:00:00

ire , 4 , ll* *r. af 4 1 % . - 1 '02A.A24 GAMBLING PLACES. BADEN-BADEN, Arson 26. For fob a few years longer will the tables at Medea-Baden remain open; for only a few years snore %la the rolling ball and the ever-falling etude tempt ingenuous youth, covetous middle age, and greedy senility to risk their money at rouge-et-noir or roulette. No foreshadowing of the approaching doom has, however, yet fallen upon this pleasant little town. No apprehensions of the future have been allowed to mar the enjoy ments of its inhabitants, whether permanent or temporary ; or to diminish the usual gaiety and kveliness of its society. The game still goes on as of old; and no one thin ks of inquiring whether or not it is worth the candle. From early in the morning until late at night the tables are crowded with people, the majority of whom lose their money with a steady persistency which is quite amarung. So much has been written abcut the appearance of these gambling rooms, and of the ',crons who frequent them, that 1 am afraid I can add but little to what has already been said. Mail of the descriptions that I have met with, too, have been so highly coloured, not to say exaggerated, that what I have to tell will rel ably al pear tame and feeble by comparison. It mould be very easy to draw such a picture as has often been drawn before, of a group of men and weanen of all classes:, from princes to pea sants, thronging almost fiercely round the green Cloth, and hanging eag erly upon every motion of the croupier who site t he ball iu motion, or of him who di tali the cards. Much might be made of the dim light of the rooms rendered, let us say, almost lurid by its transmission through this green shades of the lamps; and of the various expressions of hop., disappointutent, exultation, and despair which it nught be assumed to reveal upon the eountialaneen of the various players, as fortune proved fievouruble or adverse. Eag er eyes, half starting from the heads to which they belong, unit hands that appear to be always ready to grasp at the money before it is won, muttered exclama tions and half-uttered imprecations, might be th r own in to heighten the effect, and complete the r epulsivenees of the picture. With such ma t rials one might draw a very effective sketch ; but it would not be a fair or truthful representa tion of the appearance of a gambling-room ; at all events not of any one of those at Baden-Baden. At rare intervals, when the bank is broken, or when WWI- specially wealthy or peculiarly reckless player loses sums of more than ordinary magnitude, there may. I dare say, be some manifestations of emo tion on the part of the players or of the lookers on • but tie a rule the most noticeable feature about the play here is the calm, matter-of-fact spirit in which it is carried on, and the complete absence of all excitement with which it seems to be attended. Occasionally indeed a novice at the game may show his mortification at the loss of a few napoleons by rising rather hastily than dis creetly from his chair, or turning away from the tables with an angry gesture ; but the regular players, the men and women who are to be found at one or other of the tables afternoon after after noon, and evening after evening, carry on their operations with as much quietness and decorum, and with as entire an absence of any manifestation of strong feeling, whether pleasurable or painful, UP though they were engaged inthe most ordinary or most laudable commercial pursuit. If they win they pack up their notes or gold as calmly and with as little expression of interest as does any banker's clerk in the City of London Land if they lose — they have generally a good deal of practice in this respect—they bear their losses with as much out ward calmness as does the trader who has been . . disappointed of the profit he expected to gain, but who lies complete confidence that he shall be able by some new venture to recover the money which he has lost upon the old one. That the opera tions of the dealers and croupiers are closely watched is true enough but the gaze which is directed towards them exhibits none of that in _ _ tense and all-absorbing anxiety which I have seen attributed to it in paintings and in printed de scriptions. It is impossible to say by how many different passions or sentiments those who risk their money may be animated while they are play ing. Hope and fear, satisfaction and regret, they must experience in turn, as luck runs in their favour or against them; but certainly, as far as my observation goes, none of these emotions find any expression upon their features. There is, in deed, one expression which seems habitual with all the regular players, and which never for a mo ment leaves their features—an expression of steady, settled, iiitetise greediness and covetousness. Whether they m•e watching the dealer as he rapidly drops the cards upon the smooth table before him. or whether they are contemplating their own or their neighbour's stores of gold and notes, there is still the same look in their eyes. However fortunate they may be, they never ap pear to be satisfied with what they have won and even the disappointment occasioned by their losses does not seem powerful enough to substi tute for this craving, coveting look, any expression of biitcr sorrow or deep regret. Tins impossibi lity of mating satisfied with what they have won, of leaving off playing when they liave made a good " pile " (as the Americans eall it), often operates very much to the detriment of the players, and Lads to the loss of what they have already acquired. Such an instance I witnessed yesterday afternoon. When I went into one of the rooms where they play rouge-et-noir, I found the table crowded, and the attention of the lookers on mainly directed towards a gentleman who had the appearance of a luabitua and who was evi dently playing with more boldness and success than any of the other gamesters. He generally staked 6,000, and never less than 3.000 francs ; and though he sustained occasional losses, he so frequently backed the tight colour that at the end of half an hour he had accumulated a very considerable bundle of notes of a thousand francs each. Ile must have bad at least 50,000 or 60,000 francs. At last, when the pack was exhausted and play was suspended for a short time while the croupiers shuffled the cards, he took up his notes and left the rOO/11. As I walked away I mentally congratulated him tqsat the prudence which he displayed in rctiting with so good a stake; but on my return to the room. not ten minutes afterwards. I found him in his old place. His resolution had yielded to the temptation of further increasing his store, and there he was playing again, but with very different fortune. lrow Ins losses were frequent, and it wits success which came at rare in tervals. Gradually the heap of notes which he had before him—only a portion of those which I had seen him take up—grew smaller and smaller, and in a very shorttime the last billet of 1,000 francs was thrown upon the table and lost. Then he again retired, but only for a. short time, and before wasthe evening he had l o st a ll, and more than all, the money that I had seen him win in the afternoon. When the play was closed for the night he was still struggling to repair the losses which he had sustained earlier; but money that is lost by the five or six thousand francs at a time, comes back but slowly when you can only afford to stake a napoleon or two; and although fortune had rather turned in his favour, I um afraid he made but small progress. Another high and still more fortunate player here now is a French woman. lam told that she is by profession an actress. She. too, has a fancy for staking 6,000 francs at u time ; and during the last two evenings has been very fortunate with her venture. The night belt ," la.f she won 7001. or 800/. sterling, not francs. anal L. 4 night, although she played for only a short Clue, she must have won a good deal 11101 V. When the rouge-et noir was over she stopped for a few minutes at the roulette table, lost a few hundred francs, and then ran merrily off to supper with a bundle of notes in her Land, which drew after her glances of envy from all whom she passed. I need hardly any float not every one who comes here is a prey to the Laminations of the gamizig table. Of comae there can be no doubt that it is the clamors of rouge-et-noir and roulettethat draw the majority of the visitors hither, but it is not THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVEi4ING, AUGUST 28, 1868. the iess true that for Same o f its guests Baden bee 'other attractions than those which centre round the green cloth and the little moving ball. All the evening the large room of the Converea tionshaus—a very handsome apartment, but lighted with a chandelier which, owing to some peculiarity of its arrangement, appears to throw a general light upon all surrounding objects, — Is crowded with ladies and gentlemen, with resi dents in Baden and visitors of almost all claws, many of whom never go near the tables; or if they do approach them, do so only to watch the fortunes of others, or at most to risk a few five franc pieces,without much caring whether they wan or lose. When the evenings are warm, these pro menaders and gossipers, who include a good many ladies both young and old, are generally to be found on the smooth gravelled space outside, where the band plays during the evening ; but lately the Melte have been chilly, and every one has been dnven within. This is rather unfortunate, for although the brilliant toilettes of the ladies show to great advantage in the strongly lighted saloon, I think they have a still more pleasing effect out of doors. 1 miss the fair picture which is presented on warm nights, when the wearers of all these elegant and showy costumes are strolling over the gravel walks or smooth turf, or aro seated iu lively and many-tinted groups about the steps which lead up to the Convereationshame Then it is pleasant to look up at the bright stars above, and the dark woods around, and to listen to the dulcet strains of the hand; and I am not sure that the pleasure is not heightened by the knowledge of what is going on inside. The spice of wicked ness, the little touch of the devil's work which is thus thrown in, seems to give a zest to one's enjoy ment of the natural beauties around, and pre ve one wearying of their simplicity. As I have been led to meution the toilettes of the ladies, I may inform your fair readers that they are all in the very latest, or what I am told is the latest, style of French fashion. I am not st) skilled in these mutters as to be alle to apply the right terms of urt to their description; but I shall probably not be misunderstood when I say that dresses are generally worn bunched up over petticoats of contrasting colours, and that the Marie Antoinette Si hu Is very commonly worn. A great many of the ladies, and thew who are not ladies, have the hair piled up to an enor mous height, and crowned with hate of the Japa nese shape; and almost all of them trip along urn boots or shoes the heels of which are eo high and small as to render the preservation of their balance a matter of no inconsiderable diffi culty to the wearers. Although many of the dresses are handsome, and I have no doubt ex ceedingly expensive, I see here none of those absurdly extravagant toilettes of which one reads occasionally. The feminine frequenters of the Conversationshaus are a good deal addicted to the wearing of jewellery ; and diamonds sparkle and glisten round the tables in very considerable profusion. Those who do not play are not confined for their evening's amuse ment to promenading and gossiping. There is a French company playing comedies at the theatre, and two or three times a week there are balls, one of which is to take place to-night. I have referred in the first instance to our evening amusements, because whenever Baden- Baden is mentioned everybody thinks of the Con versatioushaus and the gaining tables; but it crust not be supposed that those who come here have no agreeable occupation for their days. Play begins about noon, but if the weather is fine there is no occasion to resort to that for dis traction. All the hills round the town arc traversed by easy and agreeable walks, which offer at almost every turn the most pleasing prospects ; and when one has got tired of these there are numerous spots in the neighbourhood which are within easy reach, and where the eye may be pleased and the heart gladdened by the contemplation of even more varied beauties. Two of the most favourite excur- sions—which indeed are made by almost every one who comes to Baden—are to the Castle of New Eberstcin and to the Alte Schloss. The Castle of Eberatein, which is almost six wiles from Baden, is an old ruin built up into a modern residence, and contains some gothic furniture, ancient armour, and painted glass, which is not altogether unwort hy of notice ; but the great attraction of the place is the exquisite view of the valley of the Ming and the Black Forest which is to be obtained from the platform in front, and which has been described in vivid colours by several eminent novelists, who have laid the scene of some part of their stories at Baden-Baden. The Alts Schloss, for a long time the residence of the ancestors of the present reigning family of Baden, is un extensive and interesting ruin, and from its situation, near the summit of a tolerably high hill, it commands an excellent view not only over Baden and the hills in the immediate neighbour hood, but also over the fiat country upon the borders of the Rhine, and far away to the Vosges mountains and the plains of France. A good carriage road leads up to the gate of the castle, but those who are not afraid of the exertion will find their account in walking. The carriage road is in most places so steep that the horses do not Efaster eyar more than a walk ; and I know nothing than creeping up a series of zigzags behind a couple of weary posters. The footpath is steeper still, so steep indeed in some parts as to try the wind of those who are not accustomed to ascend hills • but then for nearly the whole dis tance it leads through the wood. The tall pines afford plenty of shade from the sun, wild flowers are growing about their feet, and between their pillar-like trunks there open up pleasant vistas through which you may catch frequent glimpses of the dark forest that covers the hills on the oppo site side of the valley. The views from the top of the tower, or keep, and from the rocks above, are both extensive and varied. In the valley, almost at the foot of the hill, lies Badea itself. The Neue Schloss—new only in comparison with the still more ancient building upon the hill, but itself some 400 years old—stands conspicuously above the town ; and below, you can make out the lines of the Trinkhalle, where at unreasonable hours in the morning infatuated people drink mineral waters—and the Convorsationahaus, the pleasant gardens which lie around these two buildings, and the straight rows of trees in the Lichtenthal alke. Behindthese are gentle and partially wooded slopes, on the sides of which walks have been laid out and pleasant resting-places provided for the accommodation of visitors • and beyond them rise still bolder heights, covered with dark pine wood, which form part of the Black Forest. Turning in the other direction—after a brief glance at two or three well-wooded hills, which rise in close proxi mity to that on which the old castle is situated— the view extends over a vast extent of rich culti vated fiat, through which the Rhine may be seen winding its way with numberless turns and twist ings. The towns of Rastadt and Carlsruhe are clearly distinguishable, and far away in the dis tance may be seen the faint outline of the Vosges mountains. On very clear days it is said that you may see the spire of Strasbourg cathedral; but I have never been so fortunate as to be able to dis cover that miracle of architecture from here. Agreeable as are these and similar excursions at moat times, they are just at present neither tempt ing nor easy. The weather is getting worse and worse. Yesterday we had frequent showers, which prevented you going fur without running the risk of a wetting ; and to-day it has rained nearly all day. At this moment it is fair, but the lowering clouds threaten an almost immediate downfall. Under these circumstances I am bound to say that Baden loses many of its usual charms. Of course the dampness of the roads and consequent necessary elevation of skirts is favourable to the contemplation of the high-heeled boots that I have mentioue weather is bad enough to keep I,OIIIC ladies indoors ; but this does not compensate for the concealment of hills and woods by dark inky clouds, or for the stop which is put upon anything like long walks or diives. During the lust few days the town has been very full of strangers, but a continuance of this sort of weather will do much to empty it. Two or three times within the last few hours have I been kept prisoner fur many minutes under shelter of the row of shops which lead up to the Conversationshaus and the promenade ; and sauntering about upon damp flags with the rain beating and plashing around is an eteeedingly depressing mode of passing the time. Those shops, with their over hanging roofs, afford a shelter, which on such days as this is very opportune; but I do not like them so well as the old wooden booths of which they have taken the place. They bear in their archi tectural features too great a resemblance to a bit of old Hungerford Market to command my admi ration, or even my respect. - MIDDLEASEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Berjeaut Cos.) • k, Miaer t a Osman shoemaker, and Btrao Mai,,, Ife, were Indicted for etealiug a child of tender yearsa Mr.;ltibton prosecuted ; and Mr. Be,ley, on behelf of the 0 Society, instructed by Mr. Beard, defended the Accord's. to the statement of counsel, the prosecutor was aishoemaker named Chard, and his child wa , a I :ttle girl, aimed Elisabeth Chard. lie (Mr. Ribton) did net think `greater indiction could fall upon a man than to lose htn thild—to have rme loot or ebilen. Me aid not know If it was alive or deed. In fact, it would be better if it was dead, because in that case he would he eertsin of its fate. The last the prosecutor sew of but child was is July, IbG4, and at that time he was using with his elite ' but two years afterwards he isepusrted from • ba r, and they were now living eptrt from each , o th er. On the 4th of July, 11464, Mrs. Chard WA in a public-house, called the Crown, Crowe-street, Oxford-street. The two torture came in, and Mr. Miller said, „ pointing to the little girl, '• What a nice little ! and gave her a penny. A Mrs. Clarke was there, earl Mrs. Chard and Mrs. Clarke left the public-house for about 10 minutes, and on their return t h e priamier had left. The child was gone afro. The prosecutor endeavoured to regain the child, and in serted on advertisement in several pipers. AU the efforts of the prosecutor had been unavailing until the other day, when, from information ho received, he went to 7, Ban don-idlest, Bethnal-green, in company with a p Alt:C=111, and there he saw his little girl in bed, and althoagh it .was feur years since he had last seen her, she recognised her father. Ile irked her • for some heeds which she had on at the time she was lost, and the ably wcut to a drawer and got thent out. The evidence Of the father, the mother, and the little girl was then taken as to the facts, when Mr. Rerjeaut Cox said it would be a happy termination to the enee if the child wee t h remain iu the peesession of the Millar. They had evidently taken gecat'eare of the child. Mr. Risley said the German Society Could on the pay ment of a small sum make the child a ward in chancery, and the father could have access to the child at certain them Mr. Cox said be thought it would be for the interest of tho father and of the child if the Millers brought it up. The father objected to this course. The case then proceeded, and Mr. Serjeaet Cox having summed up, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. Il4thant '.EsTefs, -& gentlemanly, middle-aged man, was yesterday brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination, upon the, charge of feloniously embeaeling and appropriating to his use a sum of nearly 4,000/.,which be had received on account of his employers, Messrs. Stead and Co., extensive linen manufacturers, at Cummersdale, near Carlisle. Mr. Humphreys, of Newgate-street, conducted the pro secution ; Mr. Merriman appeared for the prisoner. The case has been several times before the court, and the facto have been fully stated. The Lord Mayor now intimated his intention of sending the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court. He will, however, be brought up again for the purpose of hearing the depositions read over and completed. BOW-STREET. - -• Joseph Shipky, pianoforte maker, and George Besestl„ a coetermonger, were placed at the bar on remand charged with uttering four used bill stamps with intent to defraud. Maurice Lynes, clerk in the office of the chief examiner of spoiled stamps, deposed that at about a quarter-past one, on the 7hld of August, the prisoner Shipley entered the office, and presented the bill stamps produced for allowance. Witness examined them, and found that the heads bad been cut from fourpenuy bill stamp', and neatly pasted over the heads of four used 10s. stamps, the colour and heads of both sorts being the ewe. Richard Pocock Walker, chief examiner of spoiled damps, Inland Revenue, stated Out he examined the stamps, and ordered the prisoner to be brought into his presence. Prisoner said that he bad been sent to get the allowance by a Mr. Bennett, who was waiting outside, as there was no necessity for both to some in. Prisoner Shipley also said that the stamps had been given to Ben nett by a cattle dealer for a debt : they bad taken the stamps to Mr. Attenborough, the pawnbroker, but he ad vised them to go to the Inland Revenue-office, Somerset house. Prisoner said that he was a pianoforte maker, at King:a-cross. Witness ordered Inspector Brannan, who was m the office at the same time, to have Bennett ar rested. Bennett shortly afterwards was brought into the office, and at fi rst denied having sent Shipley in, but afterwards admit'ed having done so. William lll'ldath, 36 Y, stated that ho had the prisoner Shipley in custody with a woman named Mary Ann Evans, in March, 1866. lie was sentenced to two years' im prisonment, at the Middlesex sessions, for stealing a watch from the person. The prisoner Shipley said nothing in answer to the charge, but Bennett made a long statement as to how he came in possession of the bill stamps, which lie asserted were given to him by a cattle dealer, who could not be found. Frances Douglas, an unfortunate girl, gave evidence to the fact that she had lived with the cattle dealer dining his stay with Bennett. Money had been promised her, and she saw 201. worth of bill stamps in the cattle dealer's possession. Sir Thomas ',teary committed the prisoners for triaL CLERICENWELL, Thomas Miller, a Tespectablisrireenecl, middle-aged man, who said he had no home, was charged on remand before Mr. Barker with attempting to commit suicide by throw ing himself into the water of the Regent's Canal. It appeared that on Monday. the lith, John Boatler was in his barge, near the City-road, when ho heard cries of help, and coming out of his cabin ho saw the defendant struggling in the water. Boatler threw a rope to the de fendant, but he would not take hold of it, and then Boatler made a noose, and throwing it over defendant's head and shoulders drew him to the barge, but the de fendant tried very hard to get away. The defendant had been seen loitering on the City-ro a d bridge for some time. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said at the time he attempted to destroy his life he was very miserable and iu great distress. He was now very sorry for what he had done, and would never do such a thing again. Mr. Barker said that the defendant ought to be very thankful that his life was spared, and discharged him with a caution. HAMMERSMITH. John Almond, a respectably-dressed young man, who was described as a carpenter, living in the neighbourhood of the court, was re-examined on a charge of attempting to pick the pockets of two constables. The case was first heard on Saturday last, when two constables, named Bird and Vickers, of the X division, gave evidence against the prisoner. Bird stated that on the preceding day he was at a cricket match (between the X and T divisions) at Shepherd's Bush-common. He was standing near Cheese's public-house in plain clothes, when the prisoner put his band in his pocket. The other constable said he saw the prisoner come out of the public house. He put his hand in Bird's pocket, and finding there was not anything in it, he caught hold of witness's chain. The prisoner was then charged with attempting to pick pockets. Mr. Martin now defended, and asked for the witnesses to be out of court while he . cross-examined bird. The request having been complied with, the constable gave the following answers to a number of questions put to him. He bad seen the prisoner in Cheese's, but he did not see him put out by a constable. Witness wont up stairs with his party, awl when he came down ha was outside. He did not speak to the prisoner before he put his hand into his pocket. He caught hold of him at the time, but he let him go because he had rent his coat. Mr. Martin—lf you thought him a thief, why diol you let him go (This question was repeated, but the con stable did not answer.) Cross-examination continued—Witness followed after the prisoner as soon as he had looked at his coat. (Laugh ter.) At the time he took hold of the prisoner at Cheese's he told him that Acres (one of the summoning officers of the court) was upstairs, and knew him very well. Wit nem did not go upstairs. He fancied the prisoner was a thief. Acres came to the station and said he had known the prisoner for several years. Witness was then cautioned as to giving the charge. The prisoner tore his coat in the struggle. If his coat had not been torn he should have gone after him. Witness had not been drinking too freely. Vickers was next cross-examined, and he stated that in the presence of several people the prisoner put his hand in Bud's pocket and made a grasp at witness's chain. He did not know whether he took hold of his chain inten tionally or accidentally. Mr. Di ayman said in that case there was an cud of the charge. It was very extraordinary, if the other constable supposed the prisoner to be a thief, that he should have let aim go. The only charge really against the prisoner was that of the chain, because if there was not anything in the other constable's pocket there could not be an at tempt to steel, sud therefore the case would fail. Mr. Martin said the prisoner was, wall known asa re spectable young man, and he hoped the magistrate would say that he left the court free from the charge. Mr. Dayman thought there was no case against the prisoner. and said that when he that heard the case his impression was that the constable had been drinking. Mr. Martin informed the magistrate that he should have to take proceedings against the constables for dragging his, client out of the public-house, and accusing him with being a pickpocket prior to the other case. The poisoner was discharged. UItEAT TAJE OF RERRINOB.—OH Tuesday there was an imuicusc despatch of fish to the interior from Whitby and Scarborough. Tho herring trains pass ing through the junction at kfalton gave 115 truck loads from Scarborough and 77 from Whitby—upwards of 1,000 tons. The rails were so greasy from the fish traffic that the that train lost three l quaitery of an hour in getting up the gothland incline going south. REDUCTION IN THE TEA DUTY. — Horniman'a new the t an ed. prr .0 am . 74 1 ,0 b =; r ini Th g t atz e tan of all milts of oa . Mein se tsas. bald only la pookoto—f Advertisement] MARKET& Albl OW. Trio.> IPAI Tto, musket wo.y ntowly tt -day. Town 14.114,w, 430 3 I ; I On:;; YC , nn On: mp , t, ffin ; Ootobrr to D. cornbcr, 4(. er. Td. ; DeemnbCr, Om. ed. T ACV AND /11" i F.HY. N. • r-••... •-•r ?7. Wawhinturen AO. 1101110/111.1, 1)111 , Wi tradt Ining tt ttx , far wally all tirtiike. with the i:afeptini• ni tint plain thew of 'ro►a b an. talk pill maintains . art./wive.) ;Wry.. Th orn w ttl... wire atir in the nhippita7 Put tip, Winn• ptill ein deprowawl. YNTIW linen an tipn u i tonilency. and an: likely to matinee pretty firm for point t‘; tome.—•• Nottuw law Joilisal." COTTON. v aarinit, A...pp 27 • "Amur market, at 1.,. 1 , 11. tug primp. PrOlotatext /mkw to-day, ir,,ouo balm, including 4,', 1 00 on orpraulation aud fur export. rioul/ Anterinan, LOA. to ltd.: Peraam, to MO. ; Banton, 144. to to:J. , Pilaeolo arid Bahia, lOrl. to 11d. ; 11.irmilmm, 101 d to 11.1.; 700 Epyption, lid to 21d. ; 1.0 Miryron, 7 to Ind ; 141 to this ; 6,4110 tiwat dd. to 10d. ; Brava, !triode, old. to 7d. Fair Dholierah, i d. ; fair 1 lomrawintre, 11d. ; fair ; fair ik ogal, did ; fair Fgyptiaa, 11 td.; fair l'rt.pun, ; middling iklwals, lld. to Id.; iniddhog thinking, 114 d. to ";,.1. ( cm ON COOTA. reit, Ari.rian -•Thse but little change in the market rinse iday, so far pas ebosing from itorks is ennomnsol. Paws aro Arm and lavas unwilling to give them, so that the result is • small amount of bui,nesse It. howirstr, Uo punlianin of sotton inuently at !Aso:i -v:o,i are any measuie-- and they aro the bat indication in the aggrsgate- -of the orders taken within thi, last few by the maktn. of cloth, they mast have ban of amaiderahle WOOL AND WORSTED.-•IikAIWORA, Ari.rer 27.- Notwith etautting the improvement in the cotton MOP kait, tlic W.. 01 Lp . .lple ' , inmate extremely quiet. Moat iminnera have anticipatel bier requite eta fir ..onie time to come; and the tranewition., ate totatii,ed to pi. lied 11 , 010 of wool, one vcry mclgre. 'Lie NV pt.:4 in OP MOO ate mm.,ly lam.. Indeed the isto,l, of y0.e..1g. - ri tuUyy we Lehi Ly ache who axe not obliged to ru4lec, awl w.th tLela.gLer lat.+ itquinal in the human, ttur,/ hold with great indiflmence an to bushman, rejortiug. with dindari otf,re Wiltt:1110- I.lve the flight , et,.onnz•.on. In wonted y area there i - lath. or no .Lange to report. There in • pretty dryly donituid on home an ount. 'the 4:2 port nunehanta are doing little. ettrieka whin. e I are certainly low, but buyeos do not i0r1401 , 11.0 0p01,410 hey cod the ponamwe of a tow ineeirnilkant LIMN at a time; aloe: Luricera doing being 11., if*, of a retail character. Cob:ivied yarn. for the Itollit tude arc till in good requert. There ie no ch,augc in the demand for two-fold and ether amts., which lint little 'ale. Aa a rule, riparixem, and elnrially ' , fanner. of blare yams, remain very bury. hiciee are very drat. The wime torir.r Nevada in the piece trade. The home house++ are doing ',urine. in eeitain rtylrei of fancy geode. The onlraw for quit k delivery, an the wason in nearly at an end. Tin order, Oared in plain good.. are KUI4II. The trade for tlensruiy hi roily 'doggish. The American merchant& arc not exmaihid to operate to lay great extent till November. Manufaeturei , , how vet, continue by ionic means to keep their umcbinery running. Priam are mteady. CORN.-BlainnallA• A1.161:6T 67.-At this day's market th ere woe a fair supply of English wheat, whirl was clotted off at an advance of Is. per qr. Fine hurley .101410 . ; grinding Is. per qr. lower. Oats fully an high. Beane firm. Itiu; sold freely at our quotation. Barletta., .AI.:URT W.- On OUT market to-day there was a fair Ripply of English wheat, for which the demand wan goo+4 at fully last week's prices. The bade in foreign was limited, values un altered. Malting barley inquired for, and lc per qr. dearer. Grinding pressed at a reduction of ed. per qr. Indian corn freely offered at a decline of 6+l. per qr. Beans thin, but not active. Oats dull, and new Irish black gave wry 6d. per qr. BURY ST. KolleNtAl, AC4I , IIT 96.-We hall a very good show of wheat at our market to-day The trade was firm, and press were fully supported. Melting barley realised 43e. to Wks. per qr. Averages : Wheat, 6461 qrn., Wm. 24d. ; barley, 36 qt, 41s. Devices, Avower 27. -We had a small supply of wheat at market to-day, and a brink demand, at lin Nome instances) le. per qr. more money; but the gener•l tone of the trade can hardly be quoted above last week. There were a few rummies of barley on offer one of which trade 60n. per quarter. Other articles as quoted below :-Beet white wheat, 265. toffee. ; best new ditto, ;Yu. to 315.; best old red, 'tale. to 30e tid.; beet new ditto, 2.15. to ; beans, 24 t 02115.; oats, 26+. to 32a ; pear, lths. to the; new vetelee, 40s. to 44a. per qr.; rye, 23a. ; floe dour, 36e. to 375. ; best se made, 50e. to 54e. pa. sack . FltOnit, At'OUNT 26.-At our market to-day we had a good at tendance and a fair supply of wheat. There was but little dispo sition to puts-base on the part of millers and dealers, east prices had a further downward tendency. We did not hear that 32.+. the qr. was eireeded, and the quotations may be returned at :,0.. to that figure. There was no home-grown barley on offer, and vary little bunnies, was passing in foreign. Oats were firm, new making Ns. to tic the qr., and old 2ffe. to 330. Beans had a steady sale at 30a. to 61v. the qr. for new, and 56e. to 60s. for old. Fees mold at 42a. to 465. the qr. The quotation for floor yes 42.. to wis. the park, and bread ia selling at 10+1. MI., arid the filb. loaf. We have had a greet deal of rain , an d some very rough weather. OLOVIMPTEIt, .AI'OI:AT 26.-With fair suta of English wheat at the variorer markets of this district, t he demand is good, at Met week's prices. For foreign wheat the demand is limited, while valuer are firmly maintained. Malting barley taken freely, at an advent* of le. per qr. ; supplier of grinding being large buyers hold off, and values have receded 6d. per qr. With "hart supplies of outs last week's prices have been folly sustainod ; Toth tawny sell at 27e. per 312th. Beane quiet. Indian aim sells for consumption at about last week's priers. )41WIGITZR AtiOtAT 27.-Our market this morning west tole rably well attended. English wheat brought the quotations of this day se'nnight. Californian and Chilean eels must be quoted W. to 6d. per rental dearer, whilst other kinds of foreign merely ruled firm. The fined qualifier; of dour maintained last week's prices, but ordinary dcwriptionn were 6d. per sack lower, with a slow vale. In oats oatmeal there was no change observable. Egyptian beans were Is. per qr. higher. Indian eon, we. the turn dearer. - . . NEW at sv, lliootnir 27.—We had a good supply of wheat this day, the greater part cleared off at last week's prim+. But little doing in barley, and rotten melt: awed. tats and beans very firm. Aror'ar 27.—The supply of wheat in Aloe, and sells readily at last week's prices, the best sampler of white wheat making 61a. and red wheat ae.. per gr. Spring earn sells L rely. Bye, 445. ; winter oats, 355.; black oats, 2215. per yr. EDISBULon, 26.—There were in to-Jay's market 343 ips. wheat. Prices were ed. down on the top, and 9d. down on the average; 313 yrs. barley, Ski. up on the top, and id. up on the average; 6W qrs. oats, 9d. down on the top, and tkl. doa aon the overage ; 1 qr. beans, la. down on the top, and (11. down on the average. CATTLE.-Baterin Av..eer 37.-We have had R moderate suy of Ice at our market to-day, including Su or 80 heel of ppl rat - tic from Ireland. There was a brisk trade and a decided Ai vane in prices, beet deacripticaus nediming from 7os. to 72"., awl M a few asses u trifle moue money ; and doted/try and inferior sampteemnged from 65e. to eve. per cwt. 'rhe store rattle trade is showing a gradual improvement, but it will be ...lam time be fore the Dinh ha& will recover from the depression which hue existed throughout the drought owing to the elortneee of keep. We rescind about 100 unbinds. from Ireland, and they met with a good demand. Of sheep and land.. we lout no lover than 3,000 arraigned from Ireland this week. They were in very good demand, and the trade generally was so With that nearly the whole on offer changed hands; best wether mutton sold at 71d. and in a few came+ 71(1. per lb., but a large number changed hands at 7d., and ewes and inferior sorts at ed. and GA Good Laub. were scarce, and where they could he obtained they realised high prices, bid ordinary (matinee sold at less than the miens given foe mut ton. There were very few milch tows on offer, but they proved quite milkiest for the demand, which was very dull, and low prime wive accepted. There was u fair supply of pigs, with au active trade, but prices. showed a slight reduction, best d(ectiptions selling at lie. per score. There was scarcely any home. on offer. BIRMINGHAM, AUtiCAT 27.-WC received a u =er supple of beards than on Thursday last. The trade y. Tuesday's rates barely realised. The number of sheep and Limbo was ex tensive ; trade fair. Hutton sold upon rather easier term.. Lambs realised Tuesday's quotations. Calves a fair time of year supply ;no alteration in prices. Fat pigs a moderate supply. Beef, 6d. to 7kl. per lb. ; mutton, 6d. to 70.; lamb, ild. to 7d. • veal, Id. to Ted. ; baron pigie 10s. 3d. to lls. per more ; pocket pigs, 10e. 6d. to Ile. 3d. Arotsr 26.-Cerlise annual sheep and lamb fair IRAN held to-day. The number of animals exhibited was un usually small, only about 9,000 being shown, as ceV with 1%000 lad year, and 24,000 the year before. The f off was attributed to the feet that holders are waiting for the in the market which they anticipate will follow upon the improved prospects of keep. The quotations for half-broils showed a decline of about Se. from the prices obtained at the same fair last year, and were about the same as those obtained at Lockerbie although in some instances( there was an advance of le. The average prices were from 12.1. 6d. to 16e. ed. Cheviot" were sold at from Is. 6d. to les., the average prices being tie. or 8.. ltd. Of eniss-bred Limb. there was a very small number, selling at about 14.. L%d year the average price for half-breeds was from 17.. Cheeiohe and enema lee. to lee. The whole of the stock exhibited were in excellent rendition, ometitilly the half-breds, for which there was the gri ateet demand. Cheviobi were meetly rather smell, bet generally ereeking, the lambe, which always thrive best in a di y summer, were of Met-chew quality. The show of crane was eeleediegly anal and of moderate quality. There was a good demand, and price" were slightly higher. Some good mullets ((Ma MUM sold at £lB and E2O, shorthorn bidlocks from £l2 to £l4, and Irish bullocks from E 6 to £lO. Drab. iv, AUGCST . 17.-The supply of cattle and eheep was tench Luger to-day, but there were fewer veal solves. Prime rub.l much the same as last week. Beef, Me to 66e. ; evroudery, to eon. ; best wellier mutton, 61.1. to 7d. ; best ewe, Id. to tied. ; best veal calve", 71(1. to *l. There were 487 bes.it4, 1,80) sleep, and 12 veal calves bra than lent week. Total, 2,363 bead., 7eled sheep, and 93 calves. BRUME, liCalseT 38.-Our monthly market to-day wit-. aen ill one in respect to the etoey of cattle , but the stock offered law! a quirk sale, at very good pewee. Beef made over 13, the MIMIC. Mutton wan dearer, and sold at 7,1 d. to 71(1. per lb. Lamb tusk, generally 7ed. to *l. ; veal, 8(1. ; and Lawn pigs, which, Mc *cane, Ile. to Ile. ed. the wore. At Winsford great fair them was a lame order of sheep, which sold at rather higher rate. then have recently been given Horn wether. real eel Ile. to its. per head ; ewes, 17.. to 235. The sale for horned dock quick, at god prime. The honw fair was oboe an active one in regard to s e ttee The cheese pitched here to-day and a reedy wile, at full priers; the name from 36e. to tee. pee cwt. lioNeouvisuntr., Aeueer t6.-Fat besets ecartiuue to he wow at all the local uutrkets, but the quantity of rain that late fallen of late la...given it greater degree of tirinacue to prices. Calve. have been in good request, and a majority of thaw on offer have been in excellent condition. A large number of sheep have lieu p. nerd, a end MID)" being in poor condition, and prime quali ties, have changed Womb( freely, but interior met with little or no demand. rhea have met with au average inquiry, aid full psi rs Lave let u obtained. At the Newport market this day there was a good attendance of Inlyers and tellers, the following being tie .mutations:-Beef, op. to Id. per lb. ; reel, CU.; mutton, eel. to 7.1. • lamb, 7d.; baton pig., 10 e. to 10... tied. ; and pole:cis, 10e. 6d. per setae. BMA PUIROM. Att.UST ill.-The 111101bCC of sheep and Lathe this morialng was large, lurticularly the latter, the number, e, 708 . being ;tette more than last week. Notwithstanding the hege number, the demousl was grad, sad little variation in prime, excepting the inferior fort., wheel were cheaper. for Bret mutlietaa,d 61.1. to 7d. F.wee, tel. per 11.. Lambe, top prime the sorts. 21.. Sal. to too. ; eeriest, NMI lies. to ifle., and down to tn. Blarkluetel top pine. limn IPk to les. • cement, 75. to ee., end down to 4.. a Need. The number of c attle was also larger, ttree befog YsB, er en Merely. of NJ heed. Demand elm MOMI, sad the pikes of had market hilly main ahead. 'Top prier run. nt, from lee. fel. to hi. fld. •, middling and ufrnoi. helm 7ok. rd. to N.. pr done. At the close a good elemenee were • Rev tell. red pg., fiats ea. ed. tole. ed. per Wow. Nix to eight week. per. from 11. to Ilse. a head. Fat sheep, 8,702 : dere ditto. :e4.; rat I stele, 218; store ditto, ; Oak% COW., MS; pig+, 130. No MORE PILLS OE ANY OTHER MEDICLVII.- pygmy's La. (k,zgunonol, &e. Cr/OLD ST DO MIAOLIT'S RITA MORA AILABOCA FOOD TO TOO STOILIIO.4 01=111111. sod liver a ord sad s ow 's, owls& Wt or ez• l. diarrioss, acid ty, &Willa earts ."=chin irble7 hmind Ligeetime"" a mrdsOoriLallflsosiasl=.".B=4. SO 011 of his Ito& now Ilse P e pe. It ryes fifty *Ns es* hulas, Tin^. Ms IL aL ; Hite.. Da : 1111 m. Ma. sr St per mse= ek t; Nevalents Ca m Powder. MOM era oostes *area beet—Ds Rimy sad 00.. Tr L 0.4., also Fortnum sod lifoodr ii ir i m r . ; 4 a ft , Mc II sad IS. Word LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN DORSET. One of the most audacious things in electioneer ing that ham happened for a long time has just occurred in the borough of Wareham. The parlia mentary limits of Wareham embrace a large extent of country, though there are but few inhabitants. In this district. is the village of Bure Regis—a place of importance for a village, though contain ing nothing like a town element. There are now three candidates for the honour of representing Wareham, viz. Mr. J. H. M. Calcraft, the sitting member ( liberal), : Mr. Drag (conservative), and Mr. Fremantle (conservative). Of course, under these circumstances, it would seem that the liberal member, who was elected at the last ciccticu after a contest with Mr. Drat, is again sure of re-election now tho censer- Tative party is divided. But no such thing. Wareham election is decided by the action of several families in the district. There is the Drax interest, the Calcraft interest, the Eldon (Lord Eldon) interest, and the Bankes interest; and as any two or three of these interests are combined, so is chocen the borough representative. All this is matter of notoriety; and the principal people concerned have become so accustomed to exer cising this power that they make public announce ments respecting it. Bras. a few days ago issued an advertisement as follows : A report having reached me that Mr. k'rensuutle in Lis canvass has asserted that he will have the support of my daughter, Mrs. Burton, at the coming election for the borough of Wareham, I deem it right to contradict this attempt to impose ea you. • • • Now Mrs. Burton is the owner of considerable property at Bere Regis, and has many voters for her tenants. The obtaining, therefore, of her interest is a matter of considerable importance to any candidate. To the foregoing advertisement, Mr. 'T. F. Fremantle, dating from Enoombe, Wareham, the seat of Lord Eldon, replies: I am in consequence obliged to re-assert in print what I have already asserted by word of mouth to many of you—namely, that I have the strongest assurances of the support of Mrs. Burton's interest in the coming election. Ample evidence to justify this assertion may he seen by any of you at the °lice of my agent, Mr. Lacey, of Ware- In pursuance of this intimation, Mrs. Burton's agents sent to tell her tenants a few days ago not to promise their votes to Mr. Drax, and that Mr. Rodwell (her agent) would call in a day or two with Mr. Fremantle to canvass. On a former occasion, when the tenants refused to vote as Mrs. Burton's agents wished them, they were told they would be reported as " dead against landlord," and this reminiscence caused not a few of the smaller tenants to anxiously inquire one of another what would be the consequence if they refused to accede to the steward's request on the present occasion. The dilemma is increased, in their estimation, by the fact that they have had no direct inform ation from Mrs. Burton that she is on Mr. Fremantle's side against her father (Mr. Drax). At the close of last week Mr. Fremantle duly arrived at Bere Regis, acoonipanied by Mr. Rodwell and Mr. Lacey. The hapless tenants were in Feat alarm, and they prevailed on a few of the principal men in the place to go out to meet what thoyconsidered the common enemy. This " forlorn hope" made a gallant stand against Mr. Rodwell's intimidating presence, and they succeeded in pe rsuading Mr. Fremantle to go on his canvass m Bere Regis without that gentleman. He did so, bat he ex perienced a good deal of hissing and hooting, for Mr. Rodwell was out of the way, and if ever he had a chance of a few votes at Bere Regis, this open attempt at intimidation has deprived him of them. After this the electors took courage. They assembled in a crowd at the Royal Oak Inn, on the following evening, and passed the following resolutions unanimously : 1. "That this meeting strougly protests against any undue influence or pressure being employed against the right to vote in the coming electiou according to the liberty of the subject" 2. "That the electors now pre sent combine to resist any such interference, and resolve to support each other in this resolution." 3. "That these resolutions be forwarded to the county papers as a further public protest." These resolutions will so appear to-day, and thus the matter stands at present. —Deily News. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS IN A TIIEATRE.—A night or two ago a concert wan announced to be given in the Theatre Royal, Durham, by a company of four or tire "artistes." A well-filled house resulted, and the first two or three songs were successfully rendered. A short interval then took plum, when the " gentleman " who had sung last presented himself before the " drop," and an nounced that the other " gentlemen " who were associated with him in the undertaking bad made themselves "scarce" in the house. He believed, however, they were in a neighbouring "public," and he asked the forbearance of the audience while he went to bring them back. Visions of a swindle seemed at once to seize the i mag • nation of the denizens of the gallery, who, as the speaker retired from the s swarmed down into the boxes, thence over the footlights on to the stage, where the work of destroying eve that could be destroyed was at once begun in redeemed. Everything portable in the carpenters' shops was hurled down on to the stage, and some vicious fellow had appa rently made his way into one of the dressing rooms. where he had severed the gas pipe with a knife. Fortunately for the safety of the establishment, and those in it, some one turned the tap at the meter, and this had the effect of throwing the place into darkness, andeleariug it of its unruly company. The crowd, on being turned into the streets, made their way to various places in search of the promoters of the swindle, and it required all the efforts of the police to prevent wanton mischief from taking place. The streets were cleared at half-past ten o'clock. —Alternate Chronicle. _ INTIMIDATION BY BRICKLAYERS. The day before yesterday a bricklayer, named William Cos, ap peared before the stipendiary at the Wolverhampton police court, and a.sked his advice. He said he was in the employ of Mr. Higham, builder, and was engaged In the erection of a building for hie master. He was at work on the previous day about six o'clock in the evening, when one of his fellow-workmen, named William Din.in, came to him and told him that unless he paid the next morning for hie " club," he need not come to work again. By th; "club" Device meant the trades union, to which Cox had belonged some time ago, but ho bad fallen into arrears with his payments, and he supposed that the 10s. was for the arrears. Cox, however, heel not the money to pay, and went as usual to his work. At half-past seven a muu came to him to ask if he had the money. No money, however, was forthcoming, and the other men intimated to Mr. High= their de te rmination to " strike " unless Cox was discharged. Mr. High= then, in order that he might keep the other men, discharged Cox forthwith. Mr. Spooner, after some conversation, said ho was willing to grant summonses for intimidation, and summon es wore scoldingly granted against three of the men who were named 12y Cox. CLEVER ESCAPE OF A PRISONER. —A remark able escape from the custody of the police occurred at the Manchester police-court. A man, named Wilkinson, had been examined on a charge of picking pockets, and after being dealt with was sent down with a number of other prisoners to the cells. By some means he eluded the police-constahle, crept along a passage, thence into a narrow flue, and so worked himself to the top of the house next to the court. He then sprung from the flue to the roof of the court, and crawled down a water 'wilt at tachedto the wall. The height of the building isbetween 60 and 70 feet, and during th e whole length had not one resting place. To add to the difficulty, the water spout does not reach to the roof, but is fully 3ft. short of it; he must, therefore, have dropped on to it. There was no one in the street at the time, and the m.ui succeeded in getting away. CAUTION TO STEAMBOAT PBOTRIETORP.—The Liverpool police magistrates were yesterday engaged in hearing a. charge of overcrowding preferred against the captain of the Isle of Man steamer Douglas. On the 14th inst. the vessel—which ought only to carry 607 passengers —had on board an excess of 46. They were fined 31., and 4s. for each additional miaow. The police officers who laid the charge created reads amusement by stating that they kept tallies of the numbers—one by counting the fingers of his gloves, and the other the buttons of his coat. (Athrtiiiiielllfirlt.l—HOLLOWAYB OINTMENT AND Pru.s.—Woodar Working ResDedkil.—AA the battle of life has to be louidtt alike by the naterally feeble and thu eonatitutionally strong, bow momentous is it tl prows% e the former hum adventi tious: aliments ! A mesh* on the Iter, slight amebae or inflam. motion &bola the smitkaortdeh would lutes been oared at onee by Holloway's medicaments, grow, from the want of the commonest M2lboas, luto grievous diseases which threw Du sulbere us, 01 sicknees. and, _perhaps. hie family ou the parish. Ey err' peasant's home should have there tumrsWrs : they will Nave Unth parents and children from much Wien, seed shove all, they will remove their complaints at a tenting oust, and leave DO dielematen ism heavy LID behind. TRAFFIC RETURNti. RAILWATIP. /Oleo Pas- M. Taw . Open. 'engem. ch. 01.10.2. 1,49. Week ending y Zl. (heat tinuthoen of India . leB 744 4.144 1,14.! WI 4 k ud inc .Inns 7. NOlllOlllOl RU4.11011 Amyl 15 —t; Week ending June 30. BOW, Bar., 444'ent. India . 309 4,907 4.399 9, , n't Week ending August I Northern of 7autacla 97 699 1,4 12 2,194 Week ending Aideiwt 117. Lood.,Tilburvoktinuthend Smvitta and amulet Week ending Auguet 11_ Beliagt & North. 1,700 711 2, 14. Oe Cideraine :XII 4 72 4 , , Week ending Augnet 22. North V.optern . 30,870 17::2 8 1 .1 V.! Week ending Aos-euid Belfa4 and i tangy Ix. en 11l 578 25.4 8.! Nan., Ht. Junction, a, i.l AlUvlrhaw . . ,e 3 , 1:: ki ‘ .;,t t,ir nath! n , 1 , 1 for n k , 8,9701 27. e. 1,907 (tit 2, 311.1 i, 1 121 Ti: UNIT 111) FINCrIo Ft ;. , Ti ••, COMPANY I.IIIL - 11.1 , ).• •111, • r...; t the coffinooLial st II . I. •, H . the more spoa,itlativ. • the half-year .1..1.ng 4 1...3:11h0r.)....••• • • 7d.„ t...tn o t, .1 w•th • . . •••1 f..r •• tn.. re4pontling period. o...wing; in ... •• .1 ; The R rtn< 4.:11)01141.t.11,: :0110..10 .; . Compaird with 0,,t reepaidittg " - The Whoa. , of nett ..• • . . ax 0011111111 , .1 With 5..13.;;. 13 , , ?.e. 4.1. lin• n.tt proii, 1.4 i added to the balmier brought °v.:. .•. , , i „, „,; amount to 10,01 1 2/. 148. $4l. honk 1.• t). I . be dede. toil intere. t ou loan- 1. ~ 3.6Cnt : Icaying available ffa tl: i i.•i.•l The directors therefore propose to d. I ,• th. : dead of i. per rent. for the ha Th.. will then carry forward a tialan,•,, of ,• credit of the current half-year. 'M.: amounts to 1,677, and of wire : ENGLISH AND Al2Kritm.! is 1:41.1.ER (' • (I turrt:D).• Thy half-yearly meeting' ,if .11ar, L „ held yesterday ut the London Taut .1, and , , decry of Mr. It. A. Mouth. TheChairi tiati, • adoption of the report, raid that. • °a-A.6u, , • iI, • circumstances of the ca.e, lie thought the sh,i. would be satisfied that they had hesui way, and even to declare a small was that a higher rate of ;1,, been pu:d, but the directors were anx,o.is to Is, safe sole, and they hoped at the end of the ye Le t., 1,0 31 to recommtnd a more satisfactory div.del.d than last year. Thedividend of 6d. per share waiderlar..l the proceedings terminated with the eustalialy s. , thanks to the chairman and director'. v STA INEs. WoKINLAIAM AND WOKING 12 v —The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the slianicAile!-; was held yesterday afternoon at the ofti..eg, N.J. Sanctuary, Westminster, Mr. JAMIa 1 1 : . ! chair. The comparative statement of receipt:. r r ti.c past half-year with the corresponding half-year of Ise; showed an ini rease iu both passengers and g,ods-, total increase of 1841 over lfiti; Laing 469/. 'lle balance to the credit of profit and loss account is.ing 5,044/. 195., the directors recommended the, feti,e4.; dividends to the 30th June last, viz., at 5/. p per annum on the Preference Share., amounting. income-tax, to 1,223/. 19s. 2.1. ; and fis. per slime or 3/. per cent. per annum ou the ordinary char., amountiiig, less income-tax, to 3,746/. 15s. 71., em - Tying forward a balance of 74/. 4s. 3d. to the next half-year. The report having, on the motion of the chairman, been adopted, the dividends it:commended therein were de clared. ----- A PEREMPTORY DEMAND. -- At Plymouth, Captain Peek, R.A., on Wedmaday summoned Willinia Willis, a waterman, for refusing to take a boat fare. The complainant alleged that he asked defendant for a Lo-.t the Cove, and without assigning any reason definulaht refused to let him have it. A policeman, who we" r : said the defendant declared he would not let the cum uint have a boat because he had used unti. ruling language towards him. He also heard the defenilait pay to the complainant, •• I don't think you think two: of , r man than you do of the dirt under your feet." Defen . nt said a boy dune to him for a boat for the complain ant, whom he saw near the Dummy, where boats ware not allowed to be brought The complainant said, 4' Whir the devil don't you bring a boat'' He refused to 1, t hire have a boat, and the complainant .ent for a pd. , The magistrates said the defendant was perfectly ,urdifed in not letting the complainant have a boat after as h un becoming language for a gentleman, and the .611=0114 was dismissed. THE TIIREATF.NED CAB STRIKE.—A g.,•af ri• amount of public inconvenience, resulting fronn the eel,- men's agitation against the railway privileged- , :tb tem, is likely to arise in the streets of London to-night than has been experienced since the agitation cowmen...l. Up to last week 4,762 non-privileged drivers, 1,132 WM. privileged masters, 53 privileged drivers. and 12 privi leged masters—in all representing 3,877 plate- —had signed a guarantee not to ply at or near the railway sta tions as soon as the privileges' tale an) withdrawn there from. During the past week large additions have been made to the spiatures of both masters and men, so that it is expected that at Inset 4,0410 cabs will be withdrawn from the streets t-night about 7 o'clock, in order to en able proprietors and drivers to attend the "great fitcil meeting" to be held in the Agricultural-hall at ti o'clock. DANORROUS TREES NEAR HAILWAYs.-- Ry a provision in the new Railway Aid magistrate..ve em powered to order trees near railways to be remved, au to award compensation to owners. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BLitTHS. All.E.N.—Augual 21, the wife of C. J. All. n, -Len Cottage, Stamm, of a daughter. CRAllllltD.—Augiust :M. at Tavbdo, -xella., di.nrue park, the wife of U. M. Ciataturd, Esq., of Ilav W. 411..., a daughter. FAl'litiETY—August 25, in the Pre. , inet., Canterbou), N.'. T. 0. Famadtt, of a non. GILBI:RT.—Auguat 44, at North-view, Folinge-road, Ito,. the wife of the Rev. E. W. Gilbert, of a drught.r. KIRK.—July 19, at Zanzibar, the wife of Dr. J. HUI., 11. Y. Vice-Consul, of a daughter. YONTETIORK—Auguit 2 . 7, at Highbury New-park, the elk of A. I. Montetiore, of a non. PEILBERTON.—JuIy 3, at Dominica ;W.1.), the lady of I.lmf Jnatire Pemberton of a aon. PIERCE. —August 25, at Lorualale-..lane, the wife of .1. P. H. Pierce, of a daughter. 111COTY.—Auguat 25, at Bushey, Herta., the wife of F. Seo'l, of u titer. Y da UNG.—Auguat 24, at Beockley-poi, Queen'a ecaney, w. 14 of W. Young, EN.. of a daughter. M.k.RMAGES. CIIIIRERTER—MACLONALD.—Augtud If, at the par church, Oopringe, Kent, by the Rev. A. Toirmiod, h e of the bride,Colonel theßon.Chitheater, to Jane, who, ot the late Major /I. A. Macdonald, 77th itomment. COLIANIIIWOOD—MOORE.—Auguat 11, at St. Paul'. Chureh, Valetta, Malts, by the Rev. M. t'. W.II, Choplaio to the Forme, C. Collisprood, Contain Royal Artilery, Mot out - viving on of late H.J. W. Cullitrovmol, Esi ,ot !album only. Tower, end Cornhill House, Northumberland, to Ants, and child of the late Major J. R. 0 . Moore, atth Remnont, stepdaughter of Lieut.-Colonel Dumarisq, Royal Artio ry. CORNEY—IVE. —Angina 25 at laini2q. church, Royal th. le V. W. D. Booming, Thomas Corne , y, of I • ey, to Rana, dough:, the late Mr. W. Ive, of Langley, lho• • 4. DICK—BEVERLIXIE.—Angust at Tranay R 00.% line, by the Rev. J. Mackenzie, J. W elder. Esq., Moil innieu Royal Navy, to Elizabeth Mazgare, daughter et Id l re ‘ L" il It ,ER— INDB.—.siigust ;25, at :it. Mink's, a.. I ) thd 11ev. E. Phillips, M.A.,Oswald William, son of 1.. Faller, Eurj , of Rt. .eoluird'i-on-s.::, to daitwhter °IR. rinds, Esq., of Surlinno. GEACH—WILLIAMS.—Auguit 2n, at Linlmily, Tv the v. E. Lewis, ILA. mutated by the !Lev. E. WilhAno, M.A., int Alms of t h e bride, R. 0. sal ot the late I . tour, to Katherine, fourth ilaogi,:er of L. Wilburn., gs, of Kollllllioll, in the comity of JAM ES-I..ANK. - ..Alignat 25, at King' , Itroml,, atfonelnes. Walter Roily, only srm of Sir W. Bare. oiol L. Inn the Viocount Harding, to Edith E k no•nne the Mr. and the Hon. Moe. Newton lane. LLOYl)—BlLEAl..—Aninuit 25, at Clue.: Church, J. Lloyd, late of RH:ikon, Chino, to laaaie, eldest alauriatr W. Rid e 1, Fore it-hill, and Untou-,tire, with. 3IILLER—BULT.OIIC.—Aminit 25, at St. ;John ' s, mrtb,l4 the Rev. J. Yorker, vicar, J. A. Miller, Esq., Stan Royal Navy, to Anne Maurice Bullock, younger da4 r,d :he late Bev. T. Bulimia, rector of Cootie Eaton and vu.,a . , t*l A.' - don Wilts. TONIKS--DR.% KE. —.tumid 27, at St. (nh s.Camt,w,l7, hf the Itev. W. F. Elliott, William Remy, younwr •+.4 .4 W. , Took., Ent., 4, Cementer-rood, Edirbooton, Bironorlon, Mary, yuungn daughter of T. Drake, Esq., l'iuk ludic • l'isithanto ye, Morey. No cords DEATHS. BARTON.—Augtat 26, at The Cottage, Itudiy-park, T. a , a t' W. R. Batton, Eat., Deputy Mader and ptroll. a tit th. Royal Mint, only aon of the late Sir J. Batton,TrrO.UlTT bet late Majewty WWII Adelaide, aged 66. FARRANT. — Angola 96, at Rockland Houle, Dover, 1:0100.4 F. rarraat, 8.M.0., of H.M.'a Indian Army, late BY. t ___LlwiltgAlfaina in Portia, aged Oa. kAulPed 90, at Chfton, Jane, widow of the I de fdr O. 11. gld ‘ Fretling, Bart., of Connaught-plane wait, lile - i wk, Need ee. GIBBINOS. — Altana SS, at Pedwell Aeheott , t """.' l.* C. A. Gibbing., eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel T. mid 13. BDlJ3.—Augua 95, at Blackheath, Mira Caroline R. lik:WlTT.—Anguat 95, at Canning-An:et, Liverpool, Hewitt. aged 63. ROGRTON.—Augurt 21, at Cecil Halve, Wlmbledoo-Pok, Edward, von of the lute Sir H. B. Roghtou, Bait., ofd a• flidtthie Hyde -P 2.sarh. an d Hoght n n Lineaabire, 4. 19. abetb 8.- Augn.t ,at EtlAb011111( . , Sweet, Mtn. liv Pally Mark', aced 64. MARKLAND.—Augua 96, at the iiOd.nee of hie rawer, Law. down-rood, Keniungtonpark, Laotenant-Colosti Mark. land, 11. A.. ainAl 70. AMiNV. -Auguat 24, at ' at out E. Mayhew F.e4.• , 4r 1:11. BORMANTON. --A t 96, seanoac.plaae, kaytein, bare Elite, Far, of Norniantou, aged K.. PALMER.—Auguat 93, at Rigidolre - inuna e . Mr o . Ann r4t.".. PATlUGL—Auttutt Vs at Bouldinch, laumingtom, rYsooM Pattison, aged 76. IlliThOLDl4:—Auguat 94, al Woodlo Mgt:, Guildford, Mcjur T. A..yaoldil, kite Madras Army. ,016. Aorta! a t Regeney-Muare, 11 11 11bW W8!"1-q"2122.'. Priokd and Palialisht al by W 11.1.1.01 Kama Batas, of No. 0. ried. Lavion, cs a Prie whioariam ter. at th e _ rains, AcetaT YB, 180. • • 1847, 10 , 2 wi 7,377 2,02 1,1;1 2,,A7 TL 1.. I ,e • 1 ,