The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

fINEi 41,11? IC P7' A NI) CITY NElf'S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. T here has been little change of importance in the Progress of busi ness d ur i ng th e l as t f ew d a y s , in c Market for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Unusual dulness has prevailed, and prices generally l e aV e be en b arely sustained. Tea, however, has h ip en steady. The common descriptions of sugars 17 e receded about 6d. per cwt., although no change Fo r be reported in the value of the better qualities. : i cir coffee there has been a fair inquiry, and f.:I: pre rates hav e b een we ll suppor t e d— par ti cu l ar ly ne has c cloury kinds of plantation Ceylon. Rice been in incr ease d d eman d, a s also cocoa, at fo ex ' t cr rates, In saltpetre the dealings have been tak re niely limit e d , ow i ng to t h e pu bli c sa l es w hi c h a tz e l Place to-day. Tallow has shown rather more nines; and the public sales of foreign and colo b Wool h ave b een well attended, previous rates i ltk g fully maintained. koa ll the Live r p oo l C otton M ar k e t yes t er d a y a prie " a te amount o f b us i ness was t r ansacted, and 6,o nn ea ,were steady. Th e sa les were estimated at Da leS, i Ther e is still a 'very li m it e d i n quiry for dis k:" a ccommodati on , an d th e market presents the DO: ea sy and quiet appearance as for some time T heer e requirements of the trading community th e B ree lY met on t erms r anging I per cent. below i a,, ' l nk charg e . U n d er th ese c i rcums tances the Iti rr ll cati nns to that establishment are extremely oth a ,, ' and a fu r th er f a lli n g off in the item of , l i r securities may consequently be anticipated. th e appears from the advices received to-day that ti , a ," Le w York money mar k e t i s a l s o well supplied, ee li ng the p u bli c to o bt a i n accommo dation at be e L arat ively low rates. Business, however, is % Il i - Lung rather more active, and it is expected Th e : II upward tendency will soon be apparent. sLi e ;P e cie movement may also exert an unfavour try 111th ience, since c ontinual exports to this coun 47re likel y t o take place. sein s tlicl ngli the market for English Securities pre etein-fa quiet app earance , the Funds are firmly er e -ai ned, and occasional symptoms of buoyancy thi s -p p a rent. At the present season of the year eXtre lne inactivity is frequently experienced. s cls for money and account have b een s t ea dil y bul?°lsted at 95-1- There is very little money cot t ir : l"B in progress, but the Government broker 11. 1 ; 11 'es to invest for the Savings Banks. B an e it ellales, to-day, consisted of £15,000 Consols. Stock has advanced to 2234 to 2241. The Th e W v lll rees and the Reduced are steady at 961 2 t per Cents. are marked 801, and Exche tatti- 20s. to 235. prem. Long Annuities re -98.111,..at 1 8 1-16. The New Indian Loan is about 1 41 Itt. the Poi-6.m Stock Market the transactions tr • of a n extremely limited character, and prices e% aln inst nominal. Turkish 6 per Cents. have th dealt i n at 831 ; di tto N ew L oa n, at 74 ; and e a j h are now 83 to 84, and 731 to 74' respectively. N e i °s Ayres 6 per Cents. are marked 73. The '7 l , ll ,nssian Loan is quoted par to i t- prem. e ttailway Share Market has been very quiet. :little 'variation can be ncorded in prices. Great W e e - ,; ern s and Midlands have improved ss. ; North t ei . c iL e res and South Easterns declined 55., and Ox kit; , W orcester and Wolverhampton, and North 10 8. The Foreign and Colonial under - V e ,, u g' s have shown little activity. Lombardo vi I, eti an, both Old an d New shares, were at pre 114°(C a ra tes. East Indiaß have declined about 5 5. , -r and Trunk of Canada were steady at former Atletati ons. 4int- Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have 4, e11 'Viler flatter. Bank of Australasia dec lined t e n d ; London an d W es tminster, ss. ; Union of Op; ' (:)11 improved about ss. ; Peninsula and itt'telital Steam w er e at 76, and Royal Mail Steam so. tan 4,1T1511 FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 3 -'''. Sto S Per e„ c St - pe i . 'slit Reduced Annuities 96/ i St 15i 4 ,,, 3et3.t. Consols Annuities $00 ? 2 1) er Cent. Annuities 1 -0 4 , ,_/ Per Cent. Annuities uit,t,°, f ." l nnuities exire sth Jan., 1860 — S! 444. 30 Yea' • expire sth April, 1885 18 1-16 bits S tock is ' —t(.. sto , De bentureg, 1858 Ditto Ditto, ' 1859 oli; ji° u(lß, £l,000 1 , x 0 ._ 18 for Account (Sept. 7) Litt'equer Bilis, £l,OOO, lid .. 23 SI it b t ° X. , 500 Ito Sall, d • , p i SO 11 41 1 , 1'1: IRETON FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. e , Diii: IYr ec es, 6 per Cent I),,ssa, ount 11 1;1d 4 ' 1825 , 3 per Cent. Dit to 1 1 Per Cent - 8' Litt Account ) ! o x eur L, [ft° Accoun'tan -Dividends on the above payable in London. l, THREE O'CLOCK. St Cowls. Money 95 Ditto Account BVOCE:TUN RACES.—(This Day.) s. s. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MIDDLESBORO' HANDICAP. pt '' 3 IS Six ran. kox vi NURSERY HANDICAP. ti k , t4 e .................. rd. Thirteen ran. SCURRY STAKES. lit u koth o e Weise t° British Remedy Seven ran. I)44 Etici z t °f the the lust MEMBERS' PLATE. S( , St 4 ' St. et i 3' 2 St. St, Five ran. BIENNIAL STAKES. Axe - I tll ..................................... rit b , o „ ..eason t.)4d . - ...... ........... ............. 4 rat :. . Rtim — ours . . of the. w i nn er being objected to. 02 CFORD .RACES.—(This Day) [AY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] INNKEEPERS PLATE. —.N o 1 44 I( ` i ' y ngston e 2 • • • 3 Eight ran. URSERY HANDICAP. gi k • tit ill t Sun I 8, ern 1 s h ey t ' .. Y Y . ......... 3 Eleven ran, TIM DAY'S SHIPPING. W s - 7 13 1 ° v; Au 26 —.w. Vnd this day Ite t et Y • ii.• Aug. . loudy weather. There :was a at noon, South rre of ht breeze : a nd s . c midnight. , g ut , Launder and hhtaing a t —..._ q xs'rov fx hY, f ru , , Aug g24.—Wind W Montgomery, arrived i e lse f • Lagos. Aug, 25—The . . Arrived— Arrived received l li t ,c2ra, Rooria Mooria, was in collision yesterday morn -4,41 '''''EL the Princ es s Royal, of Jersey, an d Qe 'te t ° her head. - 441 1 *, Aug 25.—Wind se e Sherwoood, fr o m th,„ ) screw steamer, from New York ; e illl ah• S.W—Arrived— Oc ean r aer Au g. /ae IIT TAI WPTON, Au 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived -1,13pp: to ew steamer, from Alexandria,. _ .w...... Anived— rle, f r , A LßTyou'rn Aug. 25,—Wind S '"ua Uuba. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) tr A 114 t. SOU TH AMPTON, Friday Morning. „,i 001 ed -- "ndine, steamer, from London; Necessity, to r S ailed C are Atalant a te s amer, for Jersey; Argyll, steamer, LivEurooL, Friday Morning. t ro triv4 corbir a 'lg. 26 —Alphonse, from Hamburg ; Edouard, (BV ~, b., •,BUARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) tio, A Iv• . GRAVESEND, Fri day Morn i ng. 4.(1y . • , tide, two and a half hours' flood ; weather Ar l i • t:Nte llbn ed r r a . A . li g• 25 —Persian, from Seg,na ; Rambler, from Nv• to w —Rett...... T fr o ntuty, steamer, with Shambell lightship in or t o 11:1 London. for westward ; Fortuna, from Leghorn kue l i a n• °/oel—Neva San Francisco, from London for Liver- DEAL, Friday Morning. , ------_____ 4%,itti,-1, -ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN b kt t?rethAZ-•—.N esterday morning, a little before nine o'clock, 1 .444,;•""4 or platelayers was downapproaching in- tie to le uld get c l ear o f t h e metals. Th e eng i n e struck rtnu a t e A i t , s Ettal h ue _ man on the side, causing very severe min antanveonr.death. There seems to be no blame SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) Nailwaye. .10 Amber,2:., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Juvnt ion 0 i 7,elfa6,t and Ballymena .14 Wol., and Str. Val D2k Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction 5 Blackburn 10 all I all 6 1 6) 7i filt 77 79 111 12& 25 Blyth and Tyne ;ock Bristol and Exeter ;ock Caledonian ,ock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A 10 'Do. A roves. no div. until6p.c.per an. B I hasbeen pd.toß. 50 I Dublin andßelf ast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc ,oqk East Anglian ock Eastern Counties ocklEastern Union A Stock ;ock I Do. do. B Stock 25 I Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 25 iEast Kent tock I East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do ,o 984 99i 85* 851 4i bi 8 9 14i 1.5 i 57 58 40 42 27 30 ,ck !Edinburg and Glasgow )ck Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 161 Do. Thirds 613 4 Do. New Thirds ;took Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. £9 shares 3 Do. West Riding Union f) Do. Southport , London and Blackwall ;Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh ~11c :Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Jck f London & North Westn .2i j Do. Eighths oclLondon& South-Westn 25 IL 'deny & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen ) took Man., Shot., & Lincoln 10 IMetropolitan tock !Midland tock Do. Binning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares .00 Newbastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 20 Newry, Warpt., & nos took Norfolk 50 [North. Counties Union tock !North British tock INor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk tock I Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß itockiDo. B Stock itock,North-Eastn.—Berwick 25 Do, do. G.N.E.Purchase itockl Do. Leeds itock ,Do. York 3tock,North London 10 IN. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction 20 North Staffordshire 20 ;North-Western 10 j No. & Son. W. Junction - Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 j Rhymney 3t ock ;Scottish Central 3tock soon. N.E., Aber. Stock stoclOo. Scottish Mid. Stock stock ,Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer.; Stock South Devon Stock , South-Eastern Stock 'South Wales 20 'SouthYcrks.&Riv.Dun. 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 'Stockton & Darlington. 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do. 1858 !Stockton & llartlepool Stock 'Taff Vale StockiDo. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath Stock 'Waterford & Kilkenny 50 IWaterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 I W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 De. B 20 IWest London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class 74 76 26i 27 97 99 102 104 84 86 132 134 1 103 105 60 61 55 60 93 98 14 In p 96 074 1 i d d Stool 65 87 108 110 4 954 964 1 914 924 6 8 35i 36 - -d 108 106 i 83 85 9 11 all 100 3i 100 100 58 CO Bd3 soi 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 £3 is. 17i all all 100 all 89 804 1f 14d 44 44 72 72 103 105 Share 1(4 100 100 100 100 all all all 4 q a 134 144 7 - 8 31 32 13 15 109 111 241 255 81 83 45 47 35 25 (1 44 *5 755 76 61 63 60 65 5t 61 n 31 71 71 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 90 85 11 i i I 57 } i 151 i p 351 10C1 1 If d 721 i 76 63 i i 0 861 1 Closing Business Paid. Price. 98} } 51 g2l 11 24 8 11 36 37 PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. \ Blythe and Tyne It per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Kris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares ock i Caledon £lO, 4/ per cent LlO iDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Lock Chester & Holyhd, 5a pc' Lock Do. do. 5 p. ct . 1 6 5 1 1, Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun toc E.Ailgn,Class A 7 & spc ock Do. db. Class B 6 rock Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... Stock! E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct No.l, 'toek, Do. do N 0.2, Lock!Do. New 6 per ct. Stock tock , Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ;ock !East Lane. 6 per ct 5 !H.& W. York. Jcn. fifths, )ck Edin.&Glas. spc shares! )ck Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. , .)ck Furness, 5 per cent I ock Glas. S West.cr a. spc , ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct ' .ock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm ock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. )0 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm , 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf ! ock, Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4' , p. et. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and !Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct ock Do. Redeemable, 4i p ct. ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. ock Do. Irredeemable, do ock !Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. 8 !Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 0 IGt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. _ shares _ all 1100 100 100 100 100 all LO Do. do. sp. ct. pref a ,ock Do. Birming. guar. stock 1C MI Do. Chesterguar.shares a 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. .ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 1( bock Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l 1( tock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 1( ,tock Do. New gua., 6p. ct ll itook Do. do. 5 p: c. No. 4 11 Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct stook, late 3d shares 121 k Londondy & Cole, shs. 12 Londondy.& Ennis sh. itoc & Lin., 6p. ot. 1 6 Do. £6 took Do. 34 per cent. L 24 Maryport & Car., 4 p.m ( Do. 4 per cent ...... `g Do. ock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock ock Do.Con.Bris,&Bir.6p.ct 1 ;ock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 1 8 Do. with option tjlllB6o tock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. 0 f NewportAber,&c.Pret. s 1 1 p. a. redeem, at 5p.0. r m 10 Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 ock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares ,00k Do. 5 p. o. Ext. Stock,lB46 ;ock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ;ock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 ;ock Nbrth British, 5 per cent stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dsk.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. 0. Pref. 2 17 Do. do. do. 3 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. I. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire . Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. °pc. lstg Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pr toci Scottish N.-Eastern deb ock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock ;ock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Lock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Apernn. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed cent. .0.6. South Eastern44(fteading Ann., 1.0 6 ) tock Do .44 per cent tock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is tock Do. New do., 2d issue. tock South Wales, a. 4 p.c. tock Do. 44 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 25 1 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. j Do. 6 per cent AlWaterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.- 3lg , Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. 49 M 96 98 1103 105 5 1 6 1 99 101 'll2 117 107 111 1114 116 1113 115 129 131 181 83 115 117 120 122 112 114 'lO6 108 85 87 97 87 88 101 Of 90 29 90 103 10} 17 18 9t 101 72 74 19 20 9 10 Hi 154 139 141 1155 160 8 123 123 iF 66 68 107} '139 141 105 106 95 96 P ig 101 111 12 110 112 1108 110 98 1 98 1 p ze d i 23i 122 124 122 124 99 101 72 74 120 124 118 122 10 11 24 24i 104 106 104 106 28 29 33 34 47 53 1011 LINES LEAI Railways. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire lOO Ln & N.W Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonin C o lchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C E.Lincolnshire,g. 6 p.c ' 100 Gt. North. E Union,HarwicliShs all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridp,v 100 Gls. B arr .&Neils,Drct 10 0 0 0 Do. New lOO Gloster& Dean Forest all Ifartlpool.Dck.&Rail all Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares ...•••• all London&Greenwich . 100 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Do. Barking Shares all Lo o w 6 es p t e o r ft ee , D .. 1 100 00 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all Midsb. & Redcr, g.6p.c. all Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. gu aranteed 5 p. c. ) Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. do. 6 per cent. . . all Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Preston and Wm. I all Do. Shares A. all Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 6 Shrewsbry& Hereford all South Staffordshire .. all Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Do. do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Wimbledon& Croydn all Caledonin I Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do LN W&M Stk.& Da Midland . E.Counts Do. Do. Do. N W I L.Ylc. $ Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T BritSlßOy M'Clcan tk.& Dar Do. Gt. West 1,. &Brgtn DOCKS Share Docks. Stock Commercial lOO St ock Do 4 per Cent . Pref . Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO \ Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO _ St ock Victoria 10 Di New ...... .........! 1 1 T. r .SED AT FM RENTALS. Paid Leasing 1 Closing Business Co .'s. Price. Done. 64 101 102 104 16 17 140 145 109 111 e 4 60 115 120 92 94 99 100 P 57 59 1138 142 91 93 I 74 Bil Paid Closing 1 Busines s Price. Dote. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 18N. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Fane was the only Commissioner, and was occupied during the fore part of the day in hearing trader debtor summonses. IN RE CROCKFORD.-THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S STREET. To-day was appointed for the choice of assignees in the case of this bankrupt, who had carried on business as a hotel keeper, &c., in bt J ames's-street, but is in fact a com pany (limited). The debts are about £12,000, unsecured, about £ll,OOO. The assets depend upon the value of the shares of which the bankrupt holds a great number. The meeting was merely for proof of debts, and no accounts had been filed, but were in course of preparation by Messrs. Parl and Turner. SHERIFFS' COURT. HOW TO STOP PERJ47RY.--PHILLIPS V. HOW. This was a summons to recover £1 Bs. for one week's wages in lieu of notice. Mr. W. B. Davies appeared for the defendant, who is a veterinary surgeon. Plaintiff alleged that when he was engaged he agreed for one week's wages or one week's notice. This was strenu ously denied by defendant, who deposed that he never made such an agreement, and that his men left him without giv ing notice. To rebut this, a discharged servant of How's named Aimer, said that he engaged plaintiff and told him he would have a week's notice. Mrs. How was present at the time of 'the engagement. His Honour—ls Mrs. How here ? Mr. Davies—No. _ Plaintiff—l made the agreement with Mr. How, in the presence of Mrs. How, and Aimer did not say I shonld have a week's notice. Mr. How said so himself. His Honour—This is a case for a jury, and I will endea vour to stop these frightful exhibitions of perjury on one side or the other. Ox the next occasion, Mrs. How must be here ; and whichever party gains the day, the loser will be committed to the Old Bailey for perjury. Plaintiff and defendant—Content. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBO ROUGH-STREET. THE STREET BETTING NUISANCE.-Mr. Charles Thorp was charged with causing an obstruction in front of the Black Horse, Coventry-street. _ Police-constable Samuel Horsey said—That morning he saw the defendant in front of the Black Horse, in Coventry street, with three or four others, standing talking together. He saw a man go up to the defendant and hand him some money, and just as he was about making an entry in a me morandum book he had in his hand at the time, he took him into custody, charging him with causing an obstruc tion on the pavement. On examining the book the defen dant had he found it related to betting transactions. In answer to Mr. Bingham, the constable said that per sons could not pass along the pavement at the time, and that there were complaints from the inhabitants of persons assembling there. Mr. Bingham said it could not be tolerated that the foot pavement should be obstructed by persons carrying on their business on it. It was not permitted that business should be carried on there, and he would not suffer it to be done. He would, however, if the defendant would promise not to repeat the offence, discharge him, and he hoped he would inform his companions that they must not obstruct the pave ment in carrying on their betting business. The defendant, having given the required promise, was discharged. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—DISPUTED POSSESSION. — A woman named Johnson, the wife of a man who is the proprietor of an exhibition opposite Limehouse Church, came before Mr. Yardley with a poor boy about 14 years of age, in most wretched plight, without shirt, shoes, or stockings, and with his nakedness scarcely concealed by a few old rags. In this state, said Mrs. Johnson, the poor lad has been turned out of house and home; he has been ill used, and half-starved, and now he is glad, poor fellow, to come back to us again. Mr. Yardley asked for an explanation of the woman's statement, and it was stated that a few months since Mrs. Walker, a poor Irishwoman, living in Rotherhithe, claimed the boy as her son, and said he had been stolen from her in Kent, when he was an infant, and sold by the person who stole him to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for 30s. and a pot of beer. It was also alleged that Johnson had made a profit able speculation of the boy, and exhibited him throughout the country as a tumbler. An old woman named Mason, living in Maidstone, claimed the boy as her grandson, and said he had been stolen from his mother, since dead, when he was three or four years of age, in the neighbourhood of Rochester. Johnson, who always behaved well to the boy, and gave him plenty of food, said he had had possession of the boy many years, and claimed the right to retain him. The Walkers produced a certificated copy of the register of baptism of the boy at the Roman Catholic Church, Dock head, and their claims to the parentage appeared so irre sistible that on the boy declaring a preference for Mrs. Walker, she was allowed to have the custody of him. It was at the same time represented that Mrs. Walker was a noisy, drunken, and dissipated character, and Mr. Yardley exhorted her to look well after the boy, and directed that the police should occasionally look after her, and ascertain whether the boy was properly clothed and fed. _ _ Mr. Yardley said there was a great alteration in the boy for the worse. Mrs. Johnson, who really displayed some interest in the boy's welfare, said she was .pained to see the child in the state he was in, and that she and her husband always treated him well. Mr. Yardley said it was never alleged that Johnson ill-treated the boy, but that they came into possession of him in a surreptitious manner. He asked the boy if he wished to remain at the Johnson's. The boy said he did, and that they always treated him well. Mr. Yardley said the boy on a former occasion, amidst the several claimants, gave the preference to Mrs. Walker, and it was evident he had made a very bad selection. The boy might remain with the Johnsons if he pleased, and as a tumbler, acrobat, or whatever he might be called, he would have his liberty. A roving life had its charms. In Johnson's profession fame and profit might be achieved. He was sorry Mrs. Walker ever had charge of the lad, for she had grossly neglected the trust reposed in her. The boy then left the court with Mrs. Johnson ap parently overjoyed at the prospect of resuming his former profession. He is an intelligent good looking boy, with an unmistakeable Kentish face. THIS DAYS MARKETS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD RACES.-THURSDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for £500; if not to be sold, 91b extra. One mile. (5 subs.) Mr. Hare's Misty Morn, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (inc. 91b extra) (Wells) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Hop Merchant, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Hibberd) 2 Mr. T. Stevens's Ardour, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Custance) 3 Brother to Wentworth and Waterford also ran. Betting—Even on Ardour, and 7 to 4 agst Misty Morn. Won by two lengths; bad third ; the other two beaten off. The Headington Hill Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 6 says each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, fst 41b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. Straight half mile. 13 subs. Mr. Seymour's Fravola, Bst 9lb (including 51b extra) (Custance) 1 Mr. Merry's Lady Falconer, Bst lllb (inc. 71b extra) (Plumb) 2 Mr. Moseley's Diamond, Bst 71b (W. White) 3 The following also ran :—Hartley Wintney, Maid of Or leans, Glendinning, and Philomel. Betting-5 to 4 agst Lady Falconer, 4to 1 each agst Fravola and Diamond, 5 to 1 agst Hartley Wintney (offd). Won by three lengths ; bad third. The Port Meadow Stakes of 40 sovs added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft. Winners extra. One mile. 14 subs. Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 6 yrs, Est 81b Mr. Hare's Misty Morn, 9st 131 b (inc. 51b ex ).. (Wells) Mr. T. Parr's Cynthia, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (inc. 51b ex.)(Bray) Betting-6 to 4 agst Cynthia, 2to 1 agst Misty Morn, 5 to 2 agst Queen Bess. Won by a length and a half, a head between the second and third. The Oxfordshire Stakes of 100 sovs added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. Two miles. 32 subs, 21 of whom declared. Mr. S. Jacobs's Eltham Beauty, 3 yrs, Gst 71b (in. 51b ex.) (Edwards) 1 Mr. Saxon's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st 131b(L. Snowden) 2 Mr. Angell's The Greek, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Ducker) 3 The following also ran :—The Woman in Black, York, colt by the Flying Dutchman out of Gala, and Accurate. Betting-5 to 4 agst Eltham Beauty, sto 2 agst York, 4 to 1 agst Princess Royal, 6to 1 agst Woman in Black. The favourite took the lead soon after entering the straight, and won by five lengths, the others pulling up as they passed the post. _ _ _ Selling Stakes of 25 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Three-quarters of a mile, straight. 3 subs. Mr. Blanton's Arminius, 3 yrs (130), sst 31b (Page) 1 Mr. Murrell's Saunterer, 6 yrs (X 150), Bst 81b(W. White) 2 No betting. Arminius made all the running, and won by six lengths. The winner was bought in for 34 guineas. The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs each. Three quarters of a mile, straight. Mr. Hare's Little Gerard, by The Emperor, aged, 9st (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Rosina, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Bray) 2 Mr. Blanton's Neophyte, 3 yrs, 7st (Edwards) 3 Betting-3 to 1 agst Little Gerard, 4 to 1 each agst Vigo and Neophyte, 6 to 1 each agst Maud and Rosina. Won cleverly by half a length ; bad third, nothing else near. Maud, who jumped round as the flag fell, walked in last. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market, to-day, was but moderately supplied with English wheat—both old and new—and the general quality of the samples was by no means first-rate. The trade ruled inactive ; but compared with Monday, no change took place in the quotations. There was a good show of foreign wheat. Even the finest qualities met a dull inquiry ; nevertheless late rates were supported. Barley was in fair request at very full prices. The supply on offer was very limited. There was a slow inquiry for malt on former terms. The oat trade was heavy, owing to large arrivals from abroad, - and prices were fully 6d per quarter lower than on Monday. Beans and peas maintained late rates ; but country flour was rather lower to purchase. The imports from abroad continues on a very limited scale. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,520 20 i 2,550 180 . 2,010 --Irish Foreign 10,170 ( 210 87,420 110 sks I 70 bls NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. For the time of year, the supplies of meat here to-day are moderately extensive. Generally speaking, the trade is inactive, as follows : Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Mid. d 0... . 3 2to 3 6 Pm.large do. 3 Bto 3 10 f Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 Large pork.. 3 6to 3 8 Lamb, 4s Od s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 0 Prime do. 42t0 4 4 Veal 3 4to 4 4 Small pork to 4s 10d. BOROUGH HOP. Our market' continues in a most inactive state, and last year's hops are freely offering on lower terms. The ac counts from the plantations are very satisfactory, and the duty remains at £260,000. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market remains very quiet, and prices are . unaltered. SUGARS.—No material alteration has taken place in the demand for either Colonial or Foreign qualities, only the better descriptions, however, realise former rates. In the Refined 'market business has been exceedingly inactive, at previous prices. COFFEE.—For Plantation Ceylon there has been a steady demand, prices generally showing increased firmness. Other descriptions have been dealt in, to a fair extent, at previous values. RWE.—There has been rather more inquiry. Bengal qualities have been in request at slightly advanced quo tations. SALTPETRE.—The market has been very quiet. A rather large quantity is announced for public sale to-day, and dealers have deferred their operations. TALLow.—No material change can be recorded in prices. The market, however, is considered steady. P.Y.C. on the spot 55s 3d, and last three months, 63s 9d per cwt. The Kentish Gazette says that on Friday the Rev. E. H. Woodall, rector of St. Margaret's, Canterbury, issued a circular to his parishioners announcing his hav ingjoined the Romish Church. The event has occasioned great regret in Canterbury, where Mr. Woodall's private character had earned him respect, and where his charities were numerous. STOCKTON MEETING.—TIIunsDay. The Mandale Trial Stakes of 5 sots eacb r with 25 added, for all ages. One mile. Mr. Osborne's Birdcage, 2 yrs (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Powlett's La Hollandaise, 2 yrs ... (Howey 2 Mr. Allison's Layton, 3 yrs (Little) 3 The following also ran :—The Gem and Sir William. The Cleveland Stakes of 5 sous each, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. H. Ten Broeck's Umpire (Fordham) 1 Mr. Jacques's High Treason (Alderoft) 2 Mr. W. l'Anson's Cramond The following also ran :—Spofforth Maid, Whinstone, Lady Trespass, Lanchester, Grenadier, Horace, Professor Dick, Interest, and Rosamond. The Stockton Tradesmen's Handicap of 15 SON'S each, with 100 added. Two miles. Mr. Middlemas nd Dilkoosh, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ... (Snowden) Mr. Chilton's Archduchess, 3 yrs, sst IMb.. (Grimshaw) Mr. Hargreave's Heiress, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Madden) d en) Mr. Thompson's Herne, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Bullock) Selling Handicap. Mr. Osborne's Little Poll, 3 yrs (Challoner) 1 Mr. Calder's The Moulvie, 2 yrs . . . . (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Jackson's Caliph, aged (Bumby) 3 The following also ran :—Jeannie Deans, Cossack filly, and Cherry Pecker. The Harry Fowler Plate of 100 sovs added to a handicap of 5 sovs each ; winners extra. About 5 furlongs. Mr. Ten Broeck's Woodburn, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Bottom) 1 Mr. Bell's La Victime, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Bumby) 2 Mr. Harland's Maid of the Mist, 3 yrs, Est 21b(Challoner) 3 The fellowing also ran :—Duneany, Tunstall Maid, Alfred, Tom King, Riga, Bilberry, Souvenir, Springwell, Knayton, Buttercup, Miss Conyngham filly, and Canty Quean. The Second Zetland Biennial Stakes of 15 sovs each, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. One mile and a half. Mr. Gibbons's Eskdale (Bullock) 1 ) Mr. Chilton's Archduchess Mr. Johnson's Willie Wright Paul and Red Eagle also ran. Betting—Even on Eskdale, 3to 1 ag - st any other. Won easy; a dead heat for second place. The Elton Juvenile Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-year-olds. Seven furlongs. Mr. Dent's Interest, by The Cossack, 85t.... (Fordham) 1 Mr. Whitehead's Greta, 7st 51b (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Peck's Crim Tartar, 7st 71b (Wood) 3 The following also ran :—The Pontiff, Miss Hawley, Slut, Mary Stuart, Prologue, Birdcage, Maid of Brompton, Profusion, Tormentor, and Crazy Peggy colt. Betting-3 to 1 agst Prologue and th e C r im Tartar, sto _ _ . _ 1 agst Mary Stuart, 6 to 1 agst Birdcage, and 7 to 1 agst Interest. Won by a head ; a length between second and third. AQUATICS. ERITH. - A subsmiption having been entered into by several gentlemen in this place for the purpose of testing the different sailing qualities of the resident owners' yachts, and a committee having been formed, a matoh took place on Tuesday the 23d inst. from Erith round the Ovens buoy and back. The morning was hazy with scarcely a breath of wind ; the following yachts mustered : Sappho .. Mr. Michael Hind. Spartan Mr. H. Wyatt. Selina Arrow. The committee accompanied the match in the Sapphire (cutter), Mr. W. P. Penn kindly consenting to act as com modore for the day. The signal gun for starting was fired at eleven a.m., the Sappho making the finest start, having displayed great activity in being the first to spread her canvas. In nearing at Clement's reach, the Sappho was considerably ahead of the Spartan, followed by the Selina, with the Arrow about half a mile astern; and on rounding the Ovens buoy they were timed as follows : H.M. Sappho .. 2 11 Spartan Selina Arrow On the return the Spartan (at Broadness point) passed the Sappho—all yachts working well to windward, the same position being maintained until nearing the flag buoy at Ell; when, owing to the excellent handling of the Sappho, she rounded the buoy first. and was declared the winner. THE STATE OF ITALY. (From the Tunes.) It would appear that the unanimity of the Italian people is not satisfactory to the Liberator of Italy. In the midst of their enthusiasm Parma, Modena, and Florence are under the presentiment of some heavy misfortune. The sun that first warmed them into action is retired behind a very dark cloud. There is a certain chilling severity about the countenance of the Liberator. He is not a man who likes to be trifled with. People ought to understand other people better. There is a certain delicacy of expression and phraseology of high disinterestedness which is never intended to be taken quite literally. The barrister and the physician enter into the minute circumstances of the client's or the patient's case, and tax all their energies to gain his cause or to kill his disease. It is all done from the purest motives. It would be unworthy of these liberal professions to suggest the idea of any sordid recompense. Yet everybody knows that there is a certain something which. although veiled in the obscurity of that learned word " honorarium," has a metallic sound and a yellow complexion ; and everybody is well taught that if the ceremony of the honorarium be delayed or intermitted the careful attendance and the con soling sympathy will not long endure. These Italian Duchies do not seem to know the rules of good breeding in such matters. In spite of due warning given them from all parts of Europe they actually believe, or are proceeding as though they believed, that it was entirely for their beaux yeux that the Emperor of the French undertook to spend some £20,000,000 and twenty or thirty thousand French lives. The service has been done ; Austria has been made to decamp, the Grand Dukes are in exile, and the powerful ally has gone back like a 'gentleman to his own country again, leaving only some 50,000 men inomentainement to occupy Lombardy. So far as the Duchies are concerned nothing could possibly be better than his whole behaviour. But now comes the turn of the Duchies. The Libe rator stands silent with his hands behind his back. What makes him so silent and so reserved ? Why does he so evidently expect something to happen behind his back ? Gentle men of Tuscany, you have forgotten the usual thing,—you have omitted the ceremony of the honorarium. Montanelli and Parra reminded you of the necessity in vain. That silent figure is a wronged man. Even we rough, frauk, candid Eng lish do not, when a gentleman tells us that he is our " most obedient, humble servant," take him at his word and send him our boots to black. Ye Italians, so delicate in finesse and so fine in policy, have not surely been guilty of the cheat of pre tending to take words of ceremonial for words of meaning ? It is pretty clearly the opinion of Prince Ponia to wski that his master has been " done," and he by no means disguises that opinion to the Tuscans. Everything had been so studiously left open for the Tuscans to do what was proper. The Sardinian Royal agents were all withdrawn, trustworthy Frenchmen were not absent, the freedom of election was guarded vigilantly ; but unaccountably the electors would not elect. The Tuscans by their awkwardness have left the Emperor only a choice between ridicule and a crime. He must either accept his position, or use or permit coercion. The Tuscans, however, com:)lain that there has been no awkwardness on their side, that in full innocence of heart they believed they were to be free, and have used their freedom with a well moderated exulta- tion. They do not see why they should have changed the rule of a stranger whom they did not like for that of a stranger whom they hate. When one of the old bucan niers was rescued bv some Cal ibi from the hands of his white brethren who were going to hang him, he rejoiced, until he found that his deliverers had rescued him and were fattening him only that they might eat him. Tuscany protests that she desires neither to be hanged nor to be eaten, and all parties think her, in this, perverse and unreasonable. Austria concentrates her forces at Mantn a, Sardinia receives orders to withdraw from all active assistance, and the Emperor Napoleon is as serted to have declared that he cannot prevent the armed interference of Austria to carry out the terms of the treaty of Villafranca. These rumours, which must be no more than rumours, which cannot have any foundation in reality—have spread blank con sternation over the faces of the Tuscans. So much the worse for the Tuscans ! All Europe has ad mired them for what they have not done, and for what they have said. It remains, however, to be seen what they will do. It unhappily seldom hap pans that prudence and moderation alone are suffi cient to raise a nation of dependents into a nation of freemen. To be free a nation must fight, or at least must show itself ready to fight. " Blank con sternation" will do no more than blank cartridge. The Tuscans and the Modenese and the Parmesans must do what all nations have done who are now free and independent—they must make manifest that they are ready to do that thing which it has ever been so hard for Italians to manage—that is to say, to fight for themselves. They must not lie down and wail, and hope for Germans and English to come and fight for them. They must i not hope to hire a new Sir John Hawkwood. They must not hope in a political knight-errantry which never did exist, nor in the mercenary aid of Free Lances, by which their country has in all ages been torn and weakened and enslaved. If Tuscany is not ready to fight for her freedom, if her citizens are still as soft and feminine as when they used to hire foreign ruffians to fight out their civil broils, or to settle their quarrels with Venice or Milan, she had better yield at once, and say no more about it. Slavery, or at any rate political submission, is her • natural and proper condition. When a people re nounces the dangers of freedom it abdicates the right to be free. This is the language that has always been held to Florence, but generally held in vain. It is five centuries since Petrarch prophe sied the resurrection of Italy by means of Italian valour— " Virtu contr'al furore Prendera I'arme et sia it combatter curto Che l'antico valore Negl'ltalici cuor none ancor morto," but the valour has not yet been found to verify the prediction. It is nearly four centuries since their great countryman Machiavelli showed the Floren tines that all the misfortunes of Italy arose from the national habit of fighting by proxy. Every one must remember the brilliant description by Lord Macaulay of the over-refined Italian, who was far too civilised to do such vulgar work himself, and who hired barbarians to do it for him. Are the Tuscans of to-day only what the Tuscans of a thousand years before have been ? Then, all our admiration for their calm attitude and excellent behaviour will vanish. People who do not intend to fight had better be calm. But we hope for better things. We have seen the Sardinians fight well : and even the Romans against hopeless odds fought, out a hopeless fight. Have the Tuscans also un learned their habits of effeminacy, and has their love of freedom so strung their nerves that they can look upon Alistrian bayonets without blench ing ? It may be that this trial is yet in store for them. It is quite certain that if they show them selves ready to submit rather than make a despe rate resistance against odds they will be quietly extinguished. Whatever may be the policy of the two Em perors, Tuscany and her associated insurgent States can never hope to have a better opportunity for Italian unity than now offers. In Garibaldi they have a man who has given unnumbered proofs of his patriotism and his devotion—a man of the true Washington stamp—such as is reproduced only at rare intervals and for great results. If with the unexampled advantages they now possess they cannot hold their own against Austria, even should Austria be allowed to make the attack, they can never hope upon any occasion to defend themselves. They are led by a man who has not been accus tomed to count chances too closely when great destinies are at stake, and if it be possible to ani mate a Tugcan population to fight for themselves this leader will do so. The Austrian blow, even if it should be allowed to fall, will be feeble, for it will be delivered amid the execration of the whole civilised world. The French troops may be re strained from any intervention and may perhaps look on with silent indignation, but no one can doubt where their sympathies would be. That the Austrians will be allowed to invade these Duchies, where they have no more right than they have in Yorkshire, we cannot believe ; that French troops will ever be employed to effect the restoration of the fugitive Sovereigns we utterly disbelieve. But it is to the conduct of th 3 Italians we are now looking. However ill their ally or their enemy may behave, the loss and the disgrace will be that of the Italians if they should now fail to defend themselves by arms in the exercise of those rights ' I of which they have just possessed themselves. THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION.--A Berlin letter says :—" The resolutions lately adopted at Eisenach rela tive to the formation of a national German party charged to prepare federal reform are not to be published until the 28th. The lational Gazette, however, the editor of which attended the last meeting, is publishing a series of articles setting forth what should be done, and it appears from them that he is of opinion that for the moment important propositions ought not to be p res ented to the Diet, and that no pressu re ought to be put on the Prussian Government, but that before all the nation should be enlightened. Voss's Gazette expresses itself to the same effect, and calls on Prussian patriots, as members of the German nation, tot ake part in the move ment. The petty States for their prt are anxious that the as possible to some qu estion should be brought as quickly practical issue. Some of these States think that it is de sirable to conclude a military convention with Prussia, and another convention relative to a national representa tion." LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That immediately after the conclusion of the business to be transacted at the Special General Meeting of this Company at Euston Station, on Saturday, the 10th day of September next, ANOTHER SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING Will be held at the same place, for the purpose of considering and deciding as to the entering into and acceptance of a proposed Lease to this Company from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Com pany, c)1 their Railways, Works, Undertaking, Property, and Effects (including the Lancaster and Preston Junction, and Kendal and Windermere Undertakings, and the Property and Effects connected therewith, respectively); and if so de termined on, to authorise the execution of such lease or leases, and all contracts and other acts, deeds, matters, and things which the Directors consider needful in reference thereto. — Dated this 22d day ofAugust, 1K,9. CHANDOS, Chairman. C. R. 3.IOOASOM, Deputy-Chairman C. E. STEWART, Secretary. Euston Station, London, 26th August, 1859. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. COAST DEFENCES. ROYAL PROCLAMATION. (From the Gazette of this evening) Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, To our trusty and well-belovsd Sir Harry David Jones, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Major-General in our army; Our trusty andwell-beloved Duncan Alexander Cameron, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Major-General in our army ; Our trusty and well-beloved George Elliot, RearrAdmi ral of the Blue in our navy. Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Frederick Abbott, Knight, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Major-General in our Indian Forces; Our trusty and well-beloved Astley Cooper Key, Com panion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Captain in our Navy ; Our trusty and well-beloved John Henry Lefroy, Lieu tenant-Colonel in our Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Colonel in our army ; and Our trusty and well-beloved James Fergusson, Esquire, greeting : 'Whereas we have thought it expedient, for divers good causes and considerations, that a Commission should forth with issue that inquiries may be made by our Commissioners into the present state, condition, and sufficiency, of the for tifications existing for the defence of our United Kingdom, and of examining into all works at prosent in progress, for the improvement thereof, and for considering the most effectual means of rendering the same complete, especially all such works of defence as are intended for the protection of our Royal arsenals and dockyards, in case of any hostile attack being made by foreingn enemies both by sea and land. Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confi dence in your zeal, knowledge, and ability, have author rised and appointed, and do by these presents authorise and appoint you, the said Sir Harry David Jones, Duncan Alexander Camer an, George Elliott, Sir Frederick Abbott, Astley Cooper Key, John Henry Lefroy, and James Fergusson, or any five or more of you, to be our Com missioners, for the purpose of such inquiries as afore said, and that you may offer such suggestions as may seem to you meet as (regard being had to the works completed and in progress, and to the ordinary number of our Royal Artillery, voted by Parliament), will render our United Kingdom in a complete state of defence. And for the better enabling you to carry these our royal intentions into effect, we do hereby authorise and empower you, or any five or more of you, to call for, have access to, and examine all plans, designs, estimates, and contracts for all works of defence now in progress or under our considera tion, or any other plans or designs that may be laid before you for the same object. And we do give and grant to you, or any five or more of you, full power and authority to call before you such per sons in our civil, military, or naval services as you shall judge likely to afford you the best and fullest information upon tha subject of this our commission, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. _ _ . And we do, by these presents, will and ordain that this our commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, our said commissioners, or any five or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thin° therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjourn ment. And our further will and pleasure is, that you, our said Commissioners, or any five or more of you, upon due in quiry into the premises, do report to us, in writing, under your hands and seals, your several proceedings, under and by virtue of this Commission, together with what you shall find touching or concerning the premises. And we further ordain, that you, or any five or more of you, may have liberty to report to us your proceedings under this commission from time to time, should you judge it expedient so to do. And for your assi,tanco in the due execution of these pre sents we have made choice of our trusty and well-beloved William Francis Drummond Jervois, a Captain in our corps of Royal Engineers and Major in our Army, to be Secretary to this our Commission, and to attend you, whose services and assistance we require you to avail yourselves of from time to time, as occasion may require. Given at our Court at Osborne, the twentieth day of August, in the twenty-third year of our reign. By her Majesty's command, SIDNEY HERBERT LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). INDIA-OFFICE, AUG. 24. The Secretary of State for India in Council has received the following paper : Fort-William, June 3. The subjoined notification is to be substituted for that published in the Gazette Extraordinary under date the 22d of April, 1859. The 2d battalion Military Train is under orders for im mediate embarkation for England. The career in India of this corps has been short but bril liant, and eminently serviceable to its country. Upon arriving at the presidency, it was at once converted into a cavalry force, and sent untrained into the field. Throughout the glorious campaign in Oude the Military Train bore a part which would have reflected credit upon the oldest and most experienced cavalry soldiers. It has served with distinction in various affairs under Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, at the capture of Lucknow, in the operations about Asimghur, and lastly in the harassing campaign of Shahabad. The Military Train leaves India with the best wishes of the Viceroy and Governor-General in Council, for the future honour and prosperity of the battalion. A salute will be fired from the guas of Fort Williams on the departure of the corps. R. J. H. BIRCH, Major-General, Secretary to the Government in India. ' FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James F. Maguire as Consul at Melbourne for the United States of America. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 26. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Charles Wilmer Duncombe to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice A. E. H. G. Viscount Grey de Wilton, who retires; Algernon Wm. Fulke Greville, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenont, by purchase, vice Dun combe. 10th Light Dragoons—Henry Price Holford, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Slacke, promoted. 15th Light Dragoons—Assistant- Surgeon John Griffith has been permitted to resign his commission. 17th Light Dragoons—Gentleman Cadet George Rosser, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Macgregor, promoted. Royal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon George Arthur Grant, faim the Staff, to:be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Farquharson, appointed to the Coldstream Guards. Royal Engineers—The first Christian name of Ensign Haig is Arthur, not Anthony, as stated in the " Gazette' of July 1. Military Train—Lieutenant Wm. Corbett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet •Major H. H. A'Court Inglefield, deceased ; Ensign John Taylor to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Corbett. Bth Regiment of Foot—Ensign Chas. Dudley Ryder Mad den to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pinniger, who re- tires. 9th Foot--Capt. Wm. Henry Peel, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Capttlin, vice Bloasome, who exchanges. 12th Foot—Ensign RoMt Edward Dawson, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Wither, who retires ; Henry Smith Andrews, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Siddons Mair, promoted. 17th Foot—John Henry Thorold, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lawrenee F. Arguimbau, whose appoint ment has been cancelled, that officer not having joined since his appointment. 20th Foot—Ensign Macaulay's appointment bears date 23d August, 1859, not 23d Aupist, 1858, as erroneously dated in last Tuesday's " Gazette." 21st Foot—Captain Augustus Breedon, from the 89th Foot, to be Captain, vice de Vic Valpy, who exchanges. 31st Foot—George Moore Lambert, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, vice La Touche, appointed to the 30th I r oot. 41st Foot—Ensign John Caulfield, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macleod, who has retired ; Ensign Nathaniel Montgomery to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fraser, who retires ; Quartermaster James Simpson , from a Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster, vice Grant, de ceased. 46th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Murphy, from half-pay late Turkish Contingent, to be Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 53d Foot—Ensign Charles Pye to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Macneill, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 54th Foot Ensign James Chute to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Evered, promoted. 60ethomFpoloette—dS2uorygeeaorns,HfiffienfpyaJyasmerevs Sciee,htoooblees,M.D., havi Surgeon-Major, ng 80th Foot—Major Cam Sykes, under the Royal Warrant of ftrhoemlsthaOlcf-tp.,alyBusBn. attached, to be Major, vice Ormsby, _w a h o o r, exchanges; Fitzgerald vice Sykes s C y h k a e s s . wh oretires S ; tud Lieut.de r t ase, n T si i gn ce 13Vatealhenaier tine; to Ho b r e at i n j Peitus bia E tche . ler to be Cap- O'Connor to tain, by pu b rc e h t a i s e e il te v n ic a e nt, S b tu y d p d ur ert ch ; Ensign Walter Howard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burrowes, promoted. 81st Foot—Robe r tJop a n ck 3 s l o acd n, p o r nn om el o l ied G . ent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 86th Foot—Lieutenant William Knipe to be Captain, without pnrchase, vice Boyd, retired upon full-pay. 89th Foot —Captain De Vic Valpy, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Breedon , who exchanges. 95th Foot—Arthur Thomas Reline, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilkinson, promoted in the 17th Foot. 96th Foot—Francis Lennox George Grey, Gent., to be E ns ign, without purchase, vice Musters, who resigns. 98th Foot —Ensign Thomas Thomson Simpson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lewes, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—George Fletcher Coward, Gent.. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fyfe, de ceased. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant James Campbell Fielding to be Captain, without purchase, vice Clement, deceased ; Captain Berkeley Charles William Chiches ter Bloxsome, from the oth Foot, to be Captain, vice Peel, who exchanges ; E ns i gn J ose ph Albert Denton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fielding ; John Glover, Gent., to be En s ign, without purchase, vice Denton, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION. Major James Willi am Dewar, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Rowlands, who exchanges. STAFF. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Hemy Somerset, C. 8., 72d Foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the forces serving in Bombay, vice Brevet-Colonel E. H. Greathead, C. 8., Bth Foot, who has resigned that appoint ment. Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant•Colonel John Williams Reynolds, Unattached, from Deputy Assistant-Adjutant- General at Head-Quarters, to be Deputy Adjutant- General to the Forces in Jamaica, in succession to Brevet- Colonel T. H. Tidy, whose period *,(:.f Staff service has expired. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon-Major Henry Mapleton, M.D., to be promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals.. - Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Lander, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. TO HAVE THE BREVET RANK OF SURGEON. Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Fayrer, M.D., of the Bengal Medical Staff. t r,... Assistant-Surgeon ...znuel Bowen Partridge of the Ben gal Medical Staff. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Martineau Greenhow, of the Bengal Medical Staff. Assistant-Surgem Robert Bird, of the Bengal Medical Staff. ALARMING ACCIDENT. EXETER, Wednesday.—This being the day of the Barnstaple and North Devon Races, an excur sion train was advertised to leave the St. David's station, near Exeter, for Barnstaple, at 9.39 a.m. The weather being delightful and the attractions great a large number of persons from Exeter and the vicinity took tickets. The train consisted of about ten carriages, two of the third class next to the engine being fortunately empty. It left the station shortly after the appointed time, and pro ceeded at a moderate pace towards Cowley-bridge, which is situate about a mile from Exeter. At this spot the Crediton and North Devon lines branch off a bridge across the river Exe. After passing a few yards over the line above this bridge, the en gine, by some means, not yet satisfactorily ex plained, ran off the line, carrying with it the two empty carriages, but most fortunately, in conse quence of the breaking of the coupling iron, leav ing the other carriages which contained the excur sionists on the line. The engine and carriages in question fell over on their sides upon the embank ment, and the carriages were shivered in pieces. Beyond a few bruises the passengers in the car riages on the line escaped serious injury. We re gret to state, however, that Mr. Mears, the superin tendent of the St. David's station, was seriously in jured. It appears that he was on the engine with the driver and stoker at the time when the accident occurred. He was thrown off under the steps of the tender, and v;Pas obliged to be dug out of the debris. He was found to be severely injured ; his leg was broken, and he was much bruised about the body. He was carefully conveyed home on a stretcher, and received prompt surgical attendanc?, and is happily progressing favourably. Mr. Mears, b: his courteous manner, has won universal respect, and this alarming accident has awakened a deep feelingof sympathy for him. The driver was thrown off and fell near the steps of the tender, but he escaped without injury. The stoker was thrown with considerable vio lence into an adjoining field, but he has not sustained any serious injury. Had the two carriages next the line been occupied by p as sengers the loss of life must have been fearful. Mr. Long, the deputy-superintendent, on hearing of the accident, was most promptly on the spot, and by his active exertions, aided by a staff of labourers, the line was expected to be ready again for traffic this afternoon. The telegraph wires were Smashed by the overturning of the engine and car riages, the consequence of which is that telegraphic communication from Exeter to the north of Devon is for the present stopped._ BREVET. The undermentioned Promotions to takeplace, consequent on the death of General Sir John Slade, Bart., G.C.H., Colonel of the sth Dragoon Guards, on the 13th August, 1859 : Lieut. •General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., K.C.M.G., Colonel of the 83d Foot, to be General. Major-General Francis J. Davies, Colonel of the 67th Foot, to be Lieut.-General. Colonel Sir Charles T, Van Straubenzee, K.C.8., half pay, 3d Foot, serving on the Staff, with the temporary rank of Major-General in command of the Forces in China, to be Major-General. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel John Wegg Major, on half-pay 42d Foot, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major William M'Donald, 26th Foot, to be Lieut.. Colonel. Captain E. M. the Earl of Longford, 2d Life Guards, to be Major. Captain W . C. Russell, of the Bengal Artillery and Commissary of Ordnance at Allahabad, to be Major in the Army. Captain Henry Finch, of the 31st Bengal Native In fantry, to be Major in the Army. Paymaster William Young, of a Depot Battalion, having retired upon half-pay of Quartermaster previous to the de claration of war with Russia, and who had completed in all a service of thirty years, ten of which as Quartermaster, to have the honorary rank of Captain. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 26. GENERAL ORDER.—No. 734. Horse Guards, Aug. 26. The Queen has been graciously pleased to command that the undermentioned Assistant-Surgeons of her Majesty's Indian Army be promoted to the Brevet Rank of Surgeons, from the 7th September, 1858, in consideration of their services during the siege of Lucknow : Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Fayrer, M.D. Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Bowen Partridge. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Martineau Greenhow. Assistant-Surgeon Robert Bird. By command of his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief. (Signed) W. F. FORSTER, Deputy Adjt.-Gen. ADMIRALTY.—Auo. 25. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. Mr. Henry Fuller, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Mr. James Leeky, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Mr. William Taylor Miller, Gent , to be Second Lieu tenant. Mr. James Maurice O'Connor, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Mr Ringrose Drew Tully, Gent., to be Second Lieu enant. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Westmoreland—To be Deputy Lieutenants— William Moore, Esq., William Hopes, Esq ' Frederic Gandy, Esq., Matthew Benson H arr i son , E sq. , William Wilson, Esq., Arthur Shepherd, Esq.,:Williarn Brougham, Esq., William Henry Wakefield, Esq., and Frank Atkinson Argles, Esq. North Riding County York—Henry William Ferdinand Bolekow, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. City of York—William Dalla Husband, Esq., Lord Mayor of York, to be Deputy Lieutenant. 2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry— William Fenton Kenny, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sir W. R. C. Cooke, Bart., promoted. County of Brecknock—To be Deputy Lieutenants— David 'Morris, Esq., M.P. ; John Maund, Esq. ; and Cap tain Henry Gore Lindsay. Brecknock Volunteer Rifles—Captain Henry Gore Lind say, late Rifle Brigade, to be Captain of the Ist Company. Brecknock Royal Regiment of Militia—Edward Tyrrel Lewis, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Moriscoe Lloyd Fredericks, resigned. Artillery Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia— Second Lieutenant "Widenham Francis Fosbery to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas Gawne, resigned. Ilford Volunteer Rifle Company—John Coope Davis, Esq., to be Captain. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—John Curtois Adolphus Bones lo be Second Lieutenant, vice Elliston, promoted. Ist Company of Dorsetshire Volunteer Rifles—Henry Augustus Templar, Esq., to be Captain; Henry Saunders Edwards, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Hounsell, Gent., to be Ensign. Northumberland and Newcastle Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Charles Edward Cookson, to be Captain, vice Butler, resigned ; Cornet Matthew Charles Woods to be Lieutenant, vice Cookson, promoted ; Thomas Salkeld Bramwell, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Woods, promoted, BANKRUPTS. Edward Staff Prior and Alfred Staff Prior, coal mer chants, Bishopsgate-street, to surrender' Sept. 9, at eleven, and Oct. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Benjamin White, tailor, 8, Lower Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Sept. 9, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Gubb, ironmonger, Topsham, Devonshire, Sept. 12 and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Exeter Dist' ict Court. Thomas Alexander Nicol, upholsterer, Sloane-street, Chelsea, Sept. 10, at eleven, and Oct. 10, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Levi Cobb, eating-house keeper, Liverpool, Aug. 30, and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Clement Harwood, carpenter, Halberton, Devonshire, Sept. 12 and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Eliza Medland, eating-house keeper, Cheapside, city, Sept. 7, at eleven, and Oct. 10, at one, at the Court of E sakruptcy. Richard Morrison, guano dealer, Carlisle, Sept. 8, at half past eleven, and Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Arthur Edward Windus, scarf manufacturer, Alderman bury, Sept. 10, at eleven, and Oct. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Yates, pawnbroker, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Sept. 13, at eleven, and Oct. 7, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court. Henry Sturenburgh (and not Stutemburg, as advertised in last Tuesday's " Gazette) and William Goldenstedt, ship brAers, Liverpool, Sept 2, at eleven, and 23, at two, at the District Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. George Henderson Denham, temperance hotel•keeper, Edinburgh. Alexander Brown, grocer, Edinburgh. John Forsyth, builder, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 24th day of August, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 1.30,689,8001 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,214,1100 Silver Bullion .... - £30,689,800: f 30,689,800 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal X 14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commls missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 8,152,539 Other Deposits 14,183,853 Seven Day and other Bills 864,222 EPARTIONT. Government Sam rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,214,668 Other Securities 18,304,411 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 662,455 Z 39,197,406 L 1 £39,197,408 .SHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated August 25,1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 23d day of August, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain Per owl. From the British possessions in America .. 26s 6d . Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .. —8 — ll l Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. —5 —a COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Titis DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Months. 1 6 11 1 11 16 11 16 1 Rotterdam — 11 25 21 25 271 Brussels - -Antwe 25 22 25 27: Hamburgh -13 5 13 6 Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1171 Vi enna Trieste • 11 95 12 5 Petersburgh — 34 Madrid 491 Cadiz — 49 50 Leghorn — 30 5 30 10 Nap Geno les _ a 25 60 25 65 Palermo — 40 401 Messina 1221 1221 1221 123 Lisbon O 51 511 Oporto 511 52 Rio Janeiro 2 • • . . New York — • • Foreignsilverin Bars Gold in (s ß utu ars dard (S ). tau . I____._... dard)....per oz. A ii 9 ft 0 0 Mexican Do ll ars 0 0 FOREIGN-OFFICE MESSENGERS. —The following is a list of all the Queen's foreign service messengers, ex tra foreign, and home messengers, appointed since the let of January, 1856, as well as of those now attac ill hed iam St. to the establishment of the Foreign-office--viz., W James Ball, Queen's foreign-service messenger, salary £525 ; Charles Purdie, ditto, £525 ; Herbert Byng Hall, ditto L 025 • Martin Ed ditto, £525 ; ward Haworth (service terminated the 30th of September„ 1858), extra foreign-service messenger, on the Constanti nople station, £250 ; Herbert Byng Hall (service termi- Conway Seymour, , nated the 30th September, 1858), extra foreign-service MOS senger, £250 ; James St. John Munro (appointed Vice , consul at Monte Video in January, 1857), ditto, £250 ; , H e nry Hart Davis (service terminated the 30th of April 185e88s)e,ndgietrt,ox, £ 250 250 ; ; an W d iGllieaomrge Christopher, ditto, £250. Bailey, Queen's home- service, pa foodr v a n e o l l i us w m. h his ic H h he w a n i w l calll dil,l be ss "Jerr y" doetts A TALKING SPARROW.—Mr. Sendell, of Strat ford, o jas re ht , eari,sds distinctness cutlnrs, owner tnroulifizalems Fns per forming a variety of other evolutions scarcely to be credited. Mr. Sendell some time since made a miniature ladder and placed it in his cage, which the bird will ascend or carry about on his back with the ease and ag ility of a modem lamplighter. The owner has had the bird in his posseseira about two years, and it is, as may be surmised, prized by him.—Essex Herald. tea lid ice ied Lde ter , it ria ce► he 2i 211 9 10 10i 11 119}