The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-12 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS—YESTERDAY. The directors of the Union Bank of Australia have resolved to declare a dividend of £1 15s. per sha re (equal to 14. per cent. per annum), at the an nual meeting of proprietors on Monday next)_ At the meeting to-day of the East and West India Dock Company the directors report, recom mending a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half-year, Was agreed to. The tenth annual meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company was held to-day, when a dividend at the rate of 3,1,- per cent. free of income-tax, was declared. The Delhi Railway Company have notified that Payments in full, in anticipation of callE, will be now received until further notice, and 5 per cent, interest)* will accrue from the date of payment thereof into the treasury of the Secretary of State for India in Council. The Scinde Railway Company have to-day issued warrants for the interest payable for the past half year on the capital of their several undertakings. The final instalment of 35 per cent, falls due on the 16th inst. on the 14-1 - usanne and Fribourg Rail- Way Loan for £300,000 stock. Of the Egyptian Loan for £2,195,200 stock, £1,716,400 stock was paid up in full up to yester - day. The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will commence on Monday, " Continuation day," and terminate on Wednesday. The influx of gold to the Bank continues, in the absence of any demand for abroad. The amount purchased by that establishment to-day was £BO,OOO. The Bavaria, from New York, has brought £lOB,OOO for England. Exchequer-bills, in consequence of the reduction in the rate of discount, experienced a fresh advance of ls., and closed at 16s. to 19s. premium. The abundance of money is still increasing, and the rate for good bills has descended to 21 per cent. At the Bank of England, however, a fair demand was experienced to-day under the inducement of the reduced charge. In the Stock Exchange to-day the supply of Money was far in excess of all requirements, and employment could scarcely be found on government securities at 1 to 11 per cent. At Paris the demand for money is very easy, and the rate of discount in the open market has receded to 3 per cent., or below the minimum of the Bank Of Prance. An early reduction in the rate of dis eount of that establishment is considered probable. At Vienna and Turin the quotation is 5 ; Frank fort, Berlin, and Brussels, 3 ; Amsterdam, 4 ; and Ramburg, 41, being easier. The last price from Paris this evening was 68f. 45 c., showing an improvement of nearly an eighth. About £160,000 in gold was taken to the Bank to-day. In foreign exchanges this afternoon the rates upon P aris and Hamburg were a shade lower than those of last p os t. O n ot h er places there was no altera tion of importance. • Th e return of the Bank of France for the past month shows a falling off of nearly £1,000,000 in the stock of specie. The report of the Liverpool cotton market for the week shows a reaction, business closing heavily at a decline of Id. per lb. The commercial letters from New York, by the mention an increasing apprehension that the Government may soon adopt the insane course of Prohibiting the exportation of specie. It is reported that the contract entered into be tween the P or t uguese G o vernment and the Union Bank of London for the sale of Portuguese stock I ' lB be en cancelled. T he G over nment, in making , Proposed loan in this market, engage not to : lie any other securities until after Au g ust, 1863, t e 81111, 1 now to be raised beiug sole l y for rail way rllrPoses. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. quiet demand for money is now reported in the general discount market, and the rates show no alt erati on of importance. S inc e Monday last the imports of specie ha ve ara ° noted t o a b ou t £636,600, and the exports to 4,264 ,600. 4 . ea „ 1l of £ 1 per share is due on Monday n est on Who Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway W £lO shares, and of £2 on the Madras Rail -437 I\l °W Shares. Two o'CLoCK. There i s the Stock Ex - e i llh very little activity in n ge Mark e t s , s p ecu l a tors still restricting their .ra ium e „ -°l ael while the investing pu blic, if the y ° Perat e at all, prefer other channels for the em ployment of their available balances. Console, :gever, have improved to 921 --: for money, and to dcl i for acco unt. T he N e w Threes and theße oced a re firmer, at 923 6 ; Exchequer Bill s a t 16 s . andPrem. ; B ank Stoc k h as improved to 236, It n u India Five per Cent. Loan to 1081. T he dealings in the Foreign market have been ver y moderate, and the alterations in prices h B a 4 v: not B been important. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 2 1 13 ° ; ditto, 1858, 71 1 ; Mexican Stock is flat at 28 4 , Cents. are steady at 70' ; nel les Ayres 6 per Cents, 92 ex div. ; Italian 5 per Egyptian Scrip, 6 .1 i P re m. ; Spanish 3 53 • a nd ditto Cer tificates, 1 0. per Cents., 3 4 f bZilae dealings in the Railway Share Market have mdederat 1 crea -- e3' active and.prices have shown in have se btioy n "Y. Caledonians and North Westerns y improved 55., and Midlands, Lancashire and Greatorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; T Westerns, however, have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have sslightly given way. Great Luxembourg to 141 I ; outh Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian to 22 ; East Indian to 103 i ; Great Indian Peninsula to 10.1: 7 ; and Madra s 5 per Cents to 11,01 101. Joint-Stock -Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate favour. Alliance of London and Liverpool, however, have improved 10s. to 15s. Imperial Bank, lOs • , • Electric Telegraph, 10s. ; and Van Dieman's Land shares declined 10s. to 15s. ~.. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........ ;-, Crp Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. ........ 92± 1 92 i New 3 per C en t. Annuitie5........... ... 928 i a India mock .......................... Ditto 5 per Cent . 108 i 7t gi Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent --- Ditt o 5 per Cent Ditto 5± p er Cent. D uro Bonds £lOO Consols for Account, Aug. 7 India Stock for Account, . per Cent .. • xchequ er Bill s £l , OOO, 3 per Cent l6 19 ...,razilian, 1) FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES 5 per Cent. 90± Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-6 0 Ditto iL gyptian, 7 3311e4 0e Ayres 6 per Cent .............. 92 , .Account Cent. S rip - Ditto Acd Ditto Paider c .. per Cent Iv iexi„', a l / I ),Scrip — . 23 1 ... 4 Portu gnes e ° 3 l Uat 1)44) Acc o unt e -44k Ditto Cent., 1853. ........... Ruutan36Per Cent., 1856 , '7 , '9 , an d '60.. 441 Ditt o 41 Per Cent 1822 £ St.. Spani g h per Cent. B9l Ditt o A i e r Cent ......... I: ' Ditt o N e rin, t ... ............ 531 Ditto Paw,iv-",eferred ........ Spanish Cert. of 19k .......... 19k Turkish 6 p er c out e uP• not funded Ditto 6 per Gent,' 185 4 .......... Ditto Account . 8 - Ditto, Paid up se.,:b~' D:vidends eiri i ;' • ..• Dutch 2 1 per Cent., ~,,.e h a v eve payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861,411ga 12 Gull. EL 25f. .. Consols , Money ........ • Two O'CLOCK. Ditto Account 92a 1. It is with regret that o n between the authoritie s and g oo d e bears of difficulties lo ng t career of service, be supposed either incapable or indiffeorne Steele leave the 9th Lancers ? w h ' Why should Col. I fol r should officers be confined to barracks in a camp waces which may admit of explanation without an 01)13011 f eans, but let it word ? Let discipline be preserved by all u t tY of sa y in g a also be considered how far the spectacle Ment awarded to officers of rank affects th e' such punish obwell classi- Men of a regiment. As yet the facts are not e s '").ale of the 3 7 , u a t if leave fled that they can be discussed with certaint which has been given is suddenly affected by superior authority, it seems harsh to inflict inappropriat meat on those who are the sufferers or the v ictim e s lY4ni ef sthhe alterrtion,-4rmy awl Navy Gazette. SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. . Id. l Closing 1 Business pries. done. all 100 100 all all 8 S. 6 7 91 03 lc"; 106 /all all ei 7 1 2 5 6 41 43 10 11 26 1 1 211 56 57 5S 60 38 40 861 371 291 301 101 103 140 145 1164 117 k 1111 1131 1 133 135 105 106 711 72 55 57 1051 105! 59 61 122 124 45 4 7 941 "5 991 1001 40 45 371 381 8 84 1271 1281 1-1 ) g-p 97 99 :2 74 62i (31 95t 1 OH 541 541 83 83 102 104 }pml 5 42 d 10, 11} 114 116 45 47 103 105 45 47 35 37 82/ 53 65 67 98 100 8 7 39 40 9 10 p 6# 7 p 147 153 8/ 4-1 2/ 55/ 56/ p 2/ d i p 87 90 135 140 61 7t 1051 711 i 1051 i 1 461 St 95 41 1001 38} 124 8 964 6 d Share, Railways. 13.14 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 19.16.41 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Do 12.10 Cornwall D o A IA gets no div Do. B ti 116 p c.p an.has • been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Verth,&Ab. Juno East Anoliaia Eastern Counties lEastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suflolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. San ' W. of Ireland. Great Western Do Str Val Erna. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and 131ackwall Lon., Bright,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry &Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New .Do Birminv.f. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British N or.Dev.Rail IzDk. stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase .;)o'Lecds Do York 'North _London Do new . North Stairordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun StAines,Wok.,andWok , Stockton Darlington Do Do Nc'W, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster ................ Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 44 46 39 41 87 83 ARES. PREFEREN Blythe and Tyne i 0 p.c pref. issued at £5 this. & Exet. 4 p. C. st Do. shares "aledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per ant... . Dun. Perth, & Abcz.Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I Do No. ° Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. share:, Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.Rechr.atsp.c.pnr , qt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland' CE s: 2s. 6(1.1 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Ilants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4a p. cr Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. Irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pl. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Lan. & Carl. 0 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 0 p.c. stock Do.Barnal.st£s 3s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 0 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Da I per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P. Do. 4p c. st. (di v. def .111' 65 Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. k Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares Vo. (Portsm'th perpetl &tins. of 2s. 6c1.) f.ondony. & Ennis., she M an . & Lin. S per ct. Do. £6 Do. ai per cent, Do. redeem. 6 percent Marort & Carl. 4 pr. c. yp Do. per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 0 p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable Do. 0 per cent. . . Do.Leic. andHlt4per ct Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1841 Do. 51p. c. Pref. at. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.stlB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New vita. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4,4 pr. et' redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pre Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 3i p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gna.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 0 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 0 per cent Do, Fixed 4t per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 0 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 94 96 201 214 0 61 104 108 110 112 109 111 128 130 62 84 21 2; 124 126 i l n 67 69 139 141 103 105 94 96 10. 8 Loot f 111 113 1 109 111 1 Ipm 93 95 101 103 96 98 1} Old par }p 23 24 100 100 100 all all LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. L ea sing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W - - Birkenhead Buckingh , mshire. . Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do ... 55 56 Do. 54per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon.. • 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 1 00 E.U.&E.O 65 67 E. Lincolnsh. g, 6pr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 E.Enion,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 45 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • •• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cledon . .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 199 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all D 0....... .. .. Do.NewShlB6 l , 4•p.c. all Do ..... ... 21 23 Do.Wo. Ext. A, 44p c. all Do. ...•... 85 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 63 55 31,1 . L r e o n : m e , B s a t x o r tk f n t t Do. Preferen ‘,. Lon.,Tilb.&S. -thend 100 Peto& Co B6 88xd 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lo oall D izi o. w& m 3 i • 4 5 •• • • : gu , B eiz u a ; r t t y a E t P l . o c c . k . gua. 5 per cent... 1 No_rthn.&Eastn 5p c N. Eastn_iTent. sTid. Bradford Prefer ence 96 18 stock North Western yre. I 100 a11 DLos, .N . Midland w I Not. G --- . 5. a 5 1 . 1 6. E Do C . ounts. 5 p 6 5 58 p Pm "°. 6 per art . lepo . o . l ICO N. E. Ber. . • • Preston sh re‘v sb a y n: • ..• HerefordW I g i t t l 3o l o G 3 l ll . d N. : o n icr.t d h. 9 15 ;7 5 ."...• RI. & c Do. 4 shares . , A all St L.Yk. j 44 46 , c1.1: 1 . i 5 Roystn.Hitch.dz.gli.--. all Do. -•• • • • • • • • Cls , W.Ln.Ex - _ w South p e s o t . L S o t n a d D ff o o o n r . Gt. North. 136 237 T Brassey 125 130 1 1 2 11) Do do B all all w .. .. Do do C all L A. n&N ' W * - Wilts and Somerset.. 100 - ( it•Wst. - - Lt' ~,., ~, n , Wimbledn & Croydon all L.:tiV,-...1. - -“•' -r m ,,,, 84 94 JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. 100 A gra&UnitedService Ilk 50 88 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L • pool 7 89 4 4; 40 Australasia all 65 6 ,i1 , 111 125 25 `tank of Egypt all 234 244 100 Ra•ak of London ... • • 50 P.ritish North A m eriri I , a•l _ . 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 5 1. dis 2. fp 5 r , 20 f ht d . Bank of Drila, &e. all 204 zi 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.&Cli all 0 , 1 1 6 100 Colonial .. .......... . - . 25 40 42 100 City .. . 90.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 20 IPlng•., Scot., t Aus. Ch all In 115 171 2 0 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - 10 0 Imperial l Bank Limited 7 5 dls SP 71 8 106 Lou ion and Brazilian . 5 1 iP. 5 i 0 1 20 :Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 - 3 . 46 z 50 I.ondon and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and &African l2 par 3P: 100 London & Westminst.ei 20 81 12 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 1 id 20 Nat. Prov. of Englaml 42 - -.. 50 Do. new • . 12 - -- 26a1l 5143 6122 10 N pr a o ti vi on ne a i l a ß i t: t k lr . e . la . n . a ..... 30 25 - 87 8 - 9 100 Ott o-• •"- 10 Bank ... .. , ... 20 Orient. B. Corporation . all 0 6 27 25 Do. new ...... .. - . all - 2255 NSoealS°Auuthst:Valailaes,....". all 35 37 , 50 Union of Au stralia .... all 45 4 4 54 1 100 Union of London -••• . 1122 344 354 100 Unity MOW... .. ... .. 80 Esti'ways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodatt.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ IBuffalo and Lake Limon Do. New ....... Do. Preference •• • • •• 1 ;Buffalo,Braut,Lsz , God rich 16 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1t•72 1)o. do. July 1, 1673 Do. do. ,June 1, 16 ; -4 Clcutta..tS.Easto.(Lii, ) Cape Town &Dock Scrip Demerara • • • Eastn. Bengal gu. b p c East Indian, gm. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do, do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. GLlndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. Jan Cary, 1862 Gt. South.of In dia (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 1878. Indian Branch Limited Madras g . uar., 5 p. c. Do. 44 p. c. Extension Do. 44 d0......... 1 Illelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda l Ry.A;Land(Lim.)g. 6 pc , Class A Capital Sharc i 'Do. do. Land do.. ...... Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. I , T.itl.'da 6 pc lst of bde Scinde .......... Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo. 7 ge, Closing Paid. Pilo. !Business done aU 100 all ail all 60 64 100 101 41 sicl 7f 8} 80 85 75 80 75 80 101 103 107 109 1 1 0 02 4! 1 0 0 5 31 1 t 1 P 41) 21i 22 62 65 51 54 33 36 40 44 30 33 30 33 102 103 • P iP 100 101 11i Ilf 9 81 97 100 88 92 88 Q 2 dig par 100 101 94 95 91 93 104 31} 102 111 d 12k 24 4 11 i 101 00l x d 110 112 90 92 [l6 118 112 114 104 10G 108 110 97 99 99 101 89 01 90 02 101 103 77 79 77 79 170 175 104 106 [37 139 [O2 104 [l7 119 [l7 119 140 145 117 119 153 157 130 135 78 SO [OO 102 140 145 10 11 Share! 100 Btk 20i' 204 10 100 t 100 100 Ili stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 201 20i 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock 23i 24 101 103 101 103 86 90 201 216 28 29 33,E 314 336 341 42 45 128 130 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 105 25 122 124 1119 121 stock stock stock stock stock stock stack I.Q.Y. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Special Jury.) PORTER T. PORTER AND ROSS. This was a petition presented by the husband, praying fni divorce on the ground of adultery with the co-respond ent. The marriage having been proved, Sophia Askell, a nurse who had been in attendance on Mrs. Porter when she was confined to her bed by illness, said Mrs. Porter was in the habit of receiving letters ad dressed to "Miss Tonks," and from certain circumstances, she was induced to communicate the fact to Mr. Porter. She considered Mr. Porter was too kind and too fond of his wife. She (witness) had heard Mrs. Porter say she wished her husband was dead, as she then would be a dashing gay widow. By the Judge—Mr. Porter bad told her that he had been obliged to take his children away from their mother, as her conduct had been so very bad. Sophia Porter, mother of the petitioner, said she had known her son's wife about 11 months before they were mar ried. On one occasion, in April, 1861, she was sent for to her sons residence, Warwick Cottage, Park-village. Mrs. Porter, Mr. Boote, and Mr. Roes were present. That same night Mrs. Porter left her husband's house. Witness ap proved of her son's conduct with respect to the removal of the children. It was quite necessary they should be taken away. Cross-examined—Mrs. Porter, her daughter, used to say her husband was frequently from home in the evening. lie used to go to the meeting of the volunteers close by their residence. She (witness) did not approve of the volunteering, but she did not communicate that to Mr. Porter. Mary Tonks said she resided with her mother at West bourn-grove, Paddington. Her mother formerly kept 11, lodging-house, Bedford-place, Kensington. She recol lected Mrs. Porter came and took some apartments— a front parlour and bedroom. Shortly after that a gentleman came to visit her. She had since found out it was Mr, Ross. When she asked Mrs. Porter the name of the gentleman, she (witness) understood her to say his name was Jordan. On the day on which he arrived Mrs. Porter told her she expected her legal adviser. After that he used to come about twice a week. He used to remain about two hours. She had never said that she did not know at what hour Mrs. Porter returned when she went out of an evening, because she used the latch key. There was a sofa in the parlour ; she never heard any particular noises made by it. Mr. Porter came to live at the house some time after. Ross never came while he was there. Mrs. Porter told her that her husband would not permit her to correspond with the gentleman, and after that she (witness) ised to receive Mrs. Porter's letters, and afterwards gave them to her. On the 28th of July, 1861, she recollected the postman coming, and she took in the letter (produced). , Mr. Porter took it out of her hand. Mrs. Porter, in about an hour after that, left the house. She did not see Mr. Porter read the letter. She saw Mrs. Porter clasp her hands, and exclaim she was ruined. She had signed a statement, submitted to her by Mr. Norton, respecting her evidence in this cause. She had desired certain alterations to be made, and Mr. Norton appeared to make them. The statement was brought al ready made out, She was not examined at all, but after she imagined the alterations were made she signed the paper. - - The witness was then asked several questions relative to the statements contained in the paper, all of which she con tradicted, especially as to her having heard noises caused by the sofa. Mr. William Norton, solicitor, of Gray's-inn.road, said —He was not the solicitor in the cause, but he had been spoken to on the subject by petitioner. He received a state ment from the last witness. He took it down from her own mouth. The statement put into his hand was th• same. She did not desire any alteration in it. She had desired an alteration to be made in a former statement, and that was made. Captain Jones said he was captain and adjutant of the 29th Middlesex Rifle Corps. Mr. Ross was the major in the regiment. He did not now hold a commission in the corps at the present time. He knew Mr. Ross's handwrit ing. The letter placed in his hand was written by him. The letter was then read, It was addressed to Mrs. Porter, and commenced, "My own beautiful angel," and contained the most extravagant protestations of love and admiration for the respondent, and asked her to make him supremely happy by granting him the sight of her beautiful and lovely eyes if only for one moment, It was signed " Willey." Sarah Preston, housemaid in the service of Mr. Porter, said she had seen Mr. Ross frequently at her house. On one occasion she said Mrs. Porter let Mr. Ross out of the house one night about 12 o'clock, after they had been some together in the dining-room. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) A WISE ATTORNEY-WHITE V. PRATT. This was an action to recover a sum of money for services rendered, plaintiff being a law stationer and defendant an attorney. Mr. J. E. Palmer, for the plaintiff, called his client, who deposed that defendant desired plaintiff's son to go to Ridky's Hotel for letters, and bring any there might be to Craven-street, Strand. Plaintiff's son was efficient in lite business, and plaintiff had charged 2s. per journey. Cross-examined by Mr. Buchanan, for defendant—l did not allow my son to do the well, as a favour. Defendant had paid me about 430 for work in my business. Plaintiff's son deposed to taking the letters to defendant's lodgings in Craven-street, and Mr. Buchanan called defen dant, who said that he asked plaintiff to allow his son to bring the letters, and plaintiff replied, " With pleasure." Defendant never intended to pay anything, but he had paid X 1 into court to save expenses. The landlady at the Craven-street house said she called to Mr. White, jun., from the area, telling him not to bring any more letters a week after he had commenced doing so, and his Honour said that he must find for defendant. Mr. Buchanan--I ask for defendant's expenses and my own fee. His Honour granted defendant £2 25., but expressed an opinion that defendant as an attorney might have con ducted his own case. Mr. Pratt—l remembered the old adage, and refrained from doing so. His Honour --I forgot that. Yes, I must allow Mr, Buchanan. SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR A NEW TRIAL,-LAZARUS V. BARDLETT. This was an application for a new trial. Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, stating that plaintiff had discovered evi dence which would fully prove he was entitled to the whole of his money. Mr. Abbott. for defendant, said that when the case was originally tried the learned judge said plaintiff ought either to take a verdict for 35., or be non suited. He elected to take a verdict for 3k., and therefore could not now disturb the judgment of the Court. His Honour held that plaintiff had, by his own conduct, in taking a verdict, effectually barred further proceedings, and refused the application. IMPORTANT TO TRADESMEN.—LOSELY ♦. BARNES. This was an action to recover for goods supplied, and on the part of plaintiff, Mr. Buchanan produced a receipt, which was handed to defendant, who said the signature was not his. He had sold his business to a Mr. Riddes, who was, if anybody was, liable. He had never ordered the goods of plaintiff, and Mr. Riddes actually agreed to pay. His Honour said that it had not been shown that defen dant had authorised Riddes to order the goods, and there fore the verdict would be for defendant. THE SUN LONDON, SATURD V EITENING JULY 12, 18462. FOREIGN RAILWAYS Share/ Railways. Antwerp .Sz Rotterdam. Ardennes.... .•• •. •• l3ah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine k Rail Copiapo •••• •• • • ...• •• • • Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ..• •• • • Do •••••• Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction .... • • Namur & l 'lege . • Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ....... • Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref I Ot'mn( Smyrna to Aidn) l Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & Orleans... Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. lim Riga At Dunabrg Royal Danish I Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust. &Lomb Venelin S. East Portugal 7 pat. Turin and Savona Southern of France West Fiandern Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. PREFERENCE SH/ Dividends contingent on the *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk Cornwall 44 p.c. ga.perp *E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. Lond'n, &c., 44 per Cent. 1818 Do. do. 4 per et. 1860 Do. do. , b per ct. 1861 Do. do. 4 , per et. 1861 Lon. & Chat'm, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 Lon. &S.Wcstern 4i p.c. North British £lO Gua Shares, 1861 *ScottishCentral4i p.c irrecl. pref. . S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd )1 Do. 5 p.c. Aug . . 1861 (rd ) Vale of Neath • • allure of full dividends fi good out of the profits Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. all all all all all 6 71 11 2 I) 11 It loi 1J * I.'l made 41 4 P ORES Profits 100 all 100 100 100 20i ?li 14i 141 Rf 8f 496 206 396 103 8 10 8 7d 42i 434 49 61 14, 151 15 16 10& 0,1 14 01 PDT 4 41 314 324 7k 7f 10 10i 21 22 141 } 101 x d 81 AND STOCKS of each oeparate Year. 103 105 3i all a any )1 any 120 123 130 133 81 b 3 103 105 92 95 103 10 10k 10k 103 105 pr ipm pr ipm 20Z 21} given halt-: subsequent lo} i , ear not to b e half year. 1311,1T1 SE. MINES. A ltred Consols (Phila.& 3.9.3 Clifford nil 24 26 • Devon G. Con, (Tavist.; 1 430 440 4321 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. par 4p 4 East Bassett (Illogan) ac 42 44 East Caradon ...... 45 45 441 4 East Cam Brea... 3.0.0 151 175 17 16; E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.12 6 4 41 Gam.itSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 561 16 18 Great South Tolgus l7s 41 5 G.Wheal A Ad. (Phil ack G. Wheal Vor (Helston` 40 51 61 Grenville 15.15.6 7 74 Herod's- Foot 8.12 37 39 Hingston Downs 4.14 25 35 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 97. 42 44 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21 1 / North Downs 2l 45 41 . 41 North Fiances (Illogao 12.3 N.Wli'l Basset (1110 4 - an) 9 0 4 44 41 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 5 6 20 Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 40 42 s'ortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 , 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 330 '340 S. Carr; Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 3 34 s.Wheai Fran. (Mogan 1171 1101 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 11 11 10 Tin Croft 9 11 111 West Basset (Illogan) ll 12 13 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 33 35 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 87,1 921 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Whcril Edward (Cals.) 71 11 11 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 101 111 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 11 13 Wheal Trefawney (Lis.), 7 12 14 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian . 7l 5 14 1 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm. all 5 Brazil - Land & Min. Co... all 6 1 40 Cobra Copper all 23 22 21 20; 20 Copiapo . 16 7 8 2 Capula Silver 1 DunMoun.Cep.Ming.Co ail 1 s/p 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 pr 4 14 2 Fortuna.... 20 General all :20 22 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ll 4 d 11 Kapunda i 5 p I Linares all 61 71 5 Lueitanian 2 4 d Far 1 Mariquita all 4 1 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 5 A 4ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 Santaßarbara GldMine si 4 s pm 14 1 •cottisli Austrin. (L.) lOB. It 14 p m 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 58 60xd 28.2.8/ United Mexican . I ail 6 61 64 1 Worthing (Limited) _ nil 1 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld., all 24 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. lz A uf.z. 100 10 107 Do. 6p. a. Mar. t Sept 100 105 107 Do. 5 per cent lOO 95 961xd xd Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 96xd xd Cape G.Hope. 6 p 0,1873 100 106 i i 07i 1071 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 110 112xd xd Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 _ N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..; a.&July 100 103 I(sxd xd Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. sp. e.,1866 100 118} 99i Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 95xd xd Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 974 98xd xd New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 107 109 ad S. Aus,O6p.c.lB7B.l¢up lOO ,103 110 1061 Vic. Gov. 6p.c.Ja./auly 100 1108 110 do. en.c. An.&Oet , 100 jlC6i 107 107 61 7 DOCKS. Commercial 1 100 Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min 1 100 East and West India I 100 13t 134 London . lOO 56 58 St. Katharine. , 100 56 58 Southampton lOO 7 v - istoria ............., lOO , IDo , New.---........A 1 2 [96 98 dl Ild par I MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 171 18i 18 10 Atlantic It. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 3 25 Australian Agricultural 19 23 25 241 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited' all 41 51 5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 dia 1p 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 25 30 20 Do. 8,7n.c.ti1i1852 (Lim.) all 13 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 321 Canada Land all 105 110 103 x d 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 5 at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Srultg. all 25 Do. Pref. 7/ per cent all 13 16 at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A all • 15 Do. B all 20 Fllndia Irrign. & Canal 1 par }pm at. Electric 'Telegraph 25 Do. New all 5 English & Aus. Copper all 2 24 21 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigate in 14 26 27 ' 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 1 Do 171 pct Preference all 1 1 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 31 3 4 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.' al l 1g It 14 • 10 Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tcl.L. 2 20 Madras hr. and Canal 24 21 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 3 4 10 Do. 8 per cent, pref all 25 National Dig. Co. (Lim ) 5 11 1/ pai 20 Nerbu.Coal&lren (Lim ) 5 2 3 10 Netherlands Land,Bp C. all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 12 14 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 11 10 Orintl, In. Steatn(Litn.) all 64 GI xin at. peelE.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 56 58 p Yen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 ' l3 Do. New 3O 9 11 20 , Red Sea&ln.Tel,g,4lp.c , all 1 9 1 9i 19 4 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 16 ;; Do New all 41 5 4 'g Rio Janeiro City Impts all 28/ 281 281 x d Do. do. 100 R —° Yal Mail Steam 6O 53 55 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 130 1 4 0 25 South Australian Land all 32 33 1 Submarin e T e l . S cr ip a l l 1 Do. do. Registered a.l , do .. all 4 6 2 Telegraph to 1 10 ~ Ind'a, (L.) 1 1 10 Trust and Agency Austrlasia ( Aro)lst is. 1 Id pr 20 Tr.& Lu.Co.otup t c an . 5 1 14 5 U. li'doraTel. Co. ui rr o 3 2 1 100 Yap Ditruen'ti 284 10 12 12k lei LA 5 7 4 e 85 68 11 , 2 i 104 20i 20i 98 100 SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, July 12.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with showers. PORTSMOUTII, July 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Her Majesty's snip Bulldog, from Bermuda; her Majesty's ship Victoria and Albert, from Antwerp. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Adventure, for Canada. CARDIFF, July 10.—Wind N.W.--Arrived—Ottaman, from Barcelona. Sailed—Amor, for Singapore; Pierre Henry, for Buenos Ayres ; Floating Cloud, for Bahia ; Whitehall, for Mauritius. (BY 11:GNETIC TELEGRAPH), GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, July 11—Scotia, from Wallace, N.S, ; No Fee Veunder. from Havannah; Edith, from P omaran ; Stand ard, from Whampoa ; Spheroid, from St. Vincent ; Terra Nova and Antilles, from Sundswall; Ma r i a Ali ce , f rom New York ; M argare tt a , Gallipoli; Daniel Webster , f rom from Stockholm ; Surprise and Elizabeth, from Guernsey ; Adelone, from Thisted ; Aeron . Queen, f rom T arragona ; n Callcut, from Madras; Cathana, from Konigsberg; Bene dictus, from Saxkiobing ; Johanna, from Skive; Lawsons, and Daring, from Riga; Laurel, from Wintau ; Venice, from `Vyborg; Bewley, from Lagos; Der Versuch, from Dantsic. Arrived, July 12—Moselle, from Antwerp; Norstrout, from Nordkoping ; Huntleys, from Dantsic; Maria Helena, from Lagos ; Union, from Havannah. Sailed, July 12—Rainbow, steamer, for Calais; Renown, for Calcutta; Ann and Margaret, for Amsterdam ; Wallace, for Melbourne; Stadt Dordrecht, steamer, for Dort. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Ellen Maria, from New York ; Garibaldi, from Mexico; Don Antonio, from Lagos—all for London. Anchored—Boriqui, from London, for Santander. THE LAST ATTENTIONS OF A LOVER.—A young woman named Wild, a domestic servant at Oldham, at tempted to commit suicide recently, in consequence, it is said, of her lover having told her he could not marry her. For this purposo she walked into a deep pool of water, but was fortunately seen by a workman passing at the time, who procured a rope and rescued her. While the girl was in the water, a young man was observed holding a lantern in his band. He turned out to be her sweetheart, who was coolly watching her movements in the water, and very con siderately holding her the light, so that she might see how to drown herself, it may be presumed, in the most comfort able manner possible.—Lincoln Mercury. Yesterday the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution at the Royal Horticultural Gardens excited general attention and admiration, and many w ere th e r e^ grets expressed that the thousands of persons who visit daily the International Exhibition were not able to see a British lifeboat fully equipped for service. POLICE-THIS DAY. WESTMINSTER. JUVENILE THIEVES—CAUTI ON TO GENTLEMEN'S COACHMEN.—John Potter and James Wiles, each about 15 years of age, were charged before Mr. Arnold with the following daring robbery in the Brompton-road. Wm. Charles, coachman in the employment of Madame Rachel, said that between 3 and 4 o'clock the previous after noon he was in the Brompton-road with the carriage going to the Exhibition. He bad to deliver a letter to a person there, when seeing three little boys (two of whom were the prisoners), he asked them to look after his horses. He got off the box and proceeded to deliver the letter. Mr. Arnold—How long were you absent ? Coachman—About five minutes. On my return I found Potter on the box looking at my coat. I said, " 'Ulloa, what are you doing there ?" He replied, " I am only going to look at your coat." I looked in the carriage, when I missed a pair of ladies' boots. Mr. Arnold—Whose boots were they ? Coachman—They belongs:l to Madame Rachel. I asked Potter where the boots were. He said the other boy had taken them out and gone away with them. He added— that boy you saw with us. I gave the prisoner into custody and tried to find the other boy, but could not. Mr. Arnold—lt is extraordinary that a coachman, having care of a carriage with property in it, should leave it in charge of persons you know nothing of. Coachman-1 wanted some one. Mr. Arnold—You should have looked after some one of respectable appearance. The coachman here stated that Madame Rachel informed him that the mothers of the prisoners had been to her, and that, in consequence of what they had said to her, she did not wish to press the charge. Mr. Arnold—What was the use of bringing them here if you d• not wish to prosecute them. The prisoners were then discharged. MARLBOROU GII-STREET. CHARGE OF ROBBING A SPANISH GENTLEMAN. Emma Pearson, a fashionably.dressed young woman, who gave the address 9, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-.fields, and who, when taken into custody, was wearing a gold watch and chain and several rings, was charged with steal ing a gold watch and chain of the value of £2O ; the pro perty of a Spanish gentleman named Manuel Urbani, stay ing at the Spanish Hotel, Percy-street, Tottenham-court road. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. After waiting two hours for the prosecutor, and he not attending, notwithstanding he was twice sent for, Mr. Knox ordered the accused to be brought up, and after remarking on the prosecutor's want of respect to the court in not attending, on the application of Mr. Lewis, dis charged the accused. It was stated that the prosecutor was seen walking along with his chain dangling down, and on being told of it said he had been in company of the accused, and Sergeant Winters, 86, traced the accused and took her into custody. The watch and chain aro detained by the police. THAMES. BEAHTIFYING A BLACK MAN.-A tall, woolly-headed negro, named Henry Williams, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with creating a disturbance and breaking a pane of glass in the window of Mr. Noah Sayer, a barber, in Well-street, Wellclose-square. William Butler, a journeyman barber, said the prisoner came into his master's shop yesterday evening and said he wanted beautifying. (Laughter.) He proceeded to shave the prisoner, to polish him up—(more laughter)—and cut his hair. He then shampooed the prisoner. (Great laughter.) Mr. Selfe—Shampooed him. How did you do that Witness—l shampooed him in the American style ; dressed his hair, and poured some odoriferous stuff over it, and beautified him nicely. (Roars of laughter.) When I had done all that he offered me a penny. Mr. Selfe—A penny for beautifying a black man. (Ica creased laughter.) Witness—l told him a penny would not do, the charge was a shilling. lle said he was not half beautified, and would not pay it, but after creating a great disturbance, he paid the shilling, and took up a pot of cosmetic, which he was about to put on his head. (Laughter.) I told him that could not be included, on which he seized me and threw me on the shop door and broke a large pane of glass. Mr. Selfe—What cosmetic was it? Witness—Pomade, sir. Mr. Selfe—To make his hair straight ? Witness—No, sir ; it is a sort of pomade to make the hair curl. Mr. Selfe—Pomade to curl a black man's hair—it will curl without pomade. (Laughter.) Mr. Sayer, the proprietor of the barber's shop, said this no laughing matter, but as the prisoner had made it straight ho would not press the charge. Mr. Selfe—Make what straight—his hair ? Mr. Sayer—No ; he will pay for the glass he has broken. Mr. Selfe—Very well. Now, Mr. Williams, when you want to be beautified again don't meddle with the barber's cosmetics and break his windows. You may go. The black man, who looked all the better for the "polish" he had received from the barber, then withdrew, THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN ANDER STON. The woman Mary M'Donald, so anxiously in quired after by the public as well as the authorities, is still at large. In connection with the case, the Falkirk Herald of yesterday has the following statement : " The murdered woman was well known to many people in town, having lived from her infancy in Falkirk. She appears to have been the illegiti mate daughter of a person named Richardson, who at the time of her birth lived in St. Ninians. She was adopted by a Mrs. M'Pherson, who brought her up. At an early age she went to service, and passed many years in the houses of several most respectable parties in town. She was no less than eight years with Mrs. Darnley, who speaks of her as a good, kind, obliging per son. Her long service with Mrs. Darnley seems to have begotten a mutual feeling of respect ; so much, indeed, that a regular correspondence was kept up between the parties. On Saturday last one of Mrs. Darnley's family, employed in the Falkirk Iron Works, went to Glasgow with the excursionists, and when there called at the house at which the deceased served. The door, the youth states, was opened by an elderly man, who said that Miss M'Pherson was not at home.' Desirous of seeing her, the youth stayed in Glasgow over Sunday, during which he again called at the house of Mr. Fleming ; was again met by the same old man (apparently Mr. Fleming, the eldest, and re ceived the same answer —namely, that she was not at home. This time, however, bis name was asked and given, on the understand ing that it would be handed, with compli ments, to Miss M'Pherson. No more was heard of her till the Glasgow morning papers announced her frightful and singularly mysterious death. One of the Glasgow detectives was in town on Tuesday morning, endeavouring to gain some clue to this ' mystery of Glasgow.' The murder is the all engrossing subject in Falkirk, where the deceased was personally known to almost everybody in town. She was a most superior-looking person, and had the peculiar faculty of making friendships and re taining them. We learn that the deceased had written during last week to a person in Falkirk, that for about three weeks she had not been on good terms with one of the Fleming family. We hear a number of other rumours, some of them with a deal of feasibility, but pointing in a direction which it would not be prudent to refer to further in the meantime." MAILS FOR GUADELOUPE BY FRENCH PACKET FROM ST. NAZAlRR.—lnformation has been received from the Director-General of the French Post-office of the estab lishment of a branch packet between Martinique and Gua deloupe, in connexion with the line of French mail packets leaving St. Nazaire on the 14th of each month for Mexico, and calling at Martinique. The following table shows the rates of postage chargeable upon letters, newspapers, and other printed papers for Guadeloupe, intended for convey ance by the French packets. As regards letters, these rates may be paid in advance, or may be left to be charged on delivery, at the option of the sender :—Letters not exceed ing oz., 8d; above oz. and not exceeding oz., is 4d ; above oz. and not exceeding oz 2s; above I ; oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s 8d ; for each additional oz., Bd. For a packet of British newspapers duly registered at the General Post-office for transmission abroad, not exceeding 4 ozs., ld ; above 4 ozs., and not exceeding lb., 2d ; above ! h . lb. and not exceeding 1 lb., 4d ; above 1 lb. and not ex ceeding 11 lb., 6d.; for each additional # lb., 2d. For a 4 packet of any other printed papers, not exceeding ozs., 3d ; above 4 ozs. and not exceeding lb., 6d; aboveeef lb. and not exceeding 11b., is ; above 1 lb. and notrsexcfor ding 11 lb., is 6d ; for each additional lb. , 6d. Letters Gua deloupe may also be registered, f the sendeeer. Letters sttedesireit foro, n payment of double the above rate s of postage. Guadeloupe will be forwarded b y the proceed ing to that place, whether British first k y Fre p u a u c b. e — t B or com mand of the Postmaster General, ROWLAND HILL, Secre tary.—General —General Post-office, July 11, 1862. D UMF RIES. —THE ACCOUNT FOR BURNS'S COFFIN.—A gentleman in .T/umfries, in looking over some old papers bought at an auction here lately, lighted on a mournfully-interesting little scrap—the veritable bill sent in to the trustees of the poet Burns for the expense of his own coffin and the coffins of his two children. There can be no doubt of the genuineness of the document, which is in the following terms :—" The trustees of the lat a Mr. Robert Burns to Thomas Boyd—July 1766, to a covered, full-mounted coffin for Mr. Burns, £6 6s. ; April 25th, 1799, to a coffin for his child, i s. ; July 11th, 1803, to a coffin for Mr. Francis Burns, 55.—.£12 135." These dates tally with those in the inscription on the original tombstone, erected over the remains of Burns by his widow,—Dum.fries Standard. THE GRAND VOLUNTEER REVIEW. The Volunteer Review to-day at Wimbledon pro mises to be one of the most successful displays of the season. A large attendance of foreign visitors is expected, to insure proper accommodation for whom a portion of the Grand Stand has been set apart, and tickets have been issued to the different Embassies, entitling not only the bearers but their equipages to admission. Officers in uniform will be admitted to the ground ; but the same privilege is not extended to members of the volunteer force generally, the theory being that upon such occa sions their proper place is in the ranks. The movements have been so planned that the most effective portions will not, as in other instances, be lost in the distance, but will take place immediately under the eyes of the specta tors. The line will be formed as near five o'clock as possible; and the following is an out lino of the operations to be undertaken. There will be an attacking and a defending force— the former under the command of Sir R. Airey and Col. P. Herbert ; the latter under the orders of Sir S. Y. Scarlett. The defending army will extend from the rear of the first line of butts towards the wind mill, and the attacking party will be in two divi sions—one in rear of the hill, approaching from the farthest end of the Common, and the other lying more to the right, near the butts of the London Scottish. The attacking force, advancing from its left, will immediately open fire on the defenders of the plateau, and will succeed in outflanking them, the artillery taking them in reverse. The defending force will be compelled to throw back its right, and to retreat past the Grand Stand, where it will form two lines, each of which will relieve the other as the enemy advances. This, if well executed, ought to be an interesting feature, and must be seen to advantage by the spectators. The right wing of the attacking army will meanwhile extend towards its left, so as join the other wing and assist in push ing its advantage ; both united, they will then drive the defenders across the ravine. Ultimately, by dint of superior numbers, the attacking force will subdue further resistance, and the proceedings will terminate by a march past of victors and van quished. F.RO.lf 7HE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senhor Braz Fernandes as Vice-Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves. WAR-OFFICE, PALL -M ALL, JULY 11. 37th Regiment of Foot.—Major-General Sir Thomas Sim son Pratt, K.C.B. to be Colonel, v i ce Lieutenant-Gene ral John Fraser, deceased. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, J. Turner, grocer, Huddersfield BANKRUPTS. The following are the only Bankruptcies of any commer cial importance which appeared in the Gazette of last evening : S. H. Weatherdon, printer, Bouverie-street W. M. Myland, cab proprietor, Southwark-bridge -road T. Shipton, licensed victualler, Oxford street T. West, linendraper, The Oval, Hackney-road J. M. Rowland, dealer in carriages, Upper Clapton J. Gee, haberdasher, Longton, Staffordshire J. Prosser, cattle dealer, St. Margaret's, Herefordshire G. and C. Emmett, colliery proprietors, Bristol J. Moore, cloth manufacturer, Leeds J. Smardon, shipwright, Liverpool S, Wild, cloth agent, Manchester COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YisTERDAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam "--, 11 18i 11 19 25 47i 25 55 Antwerp ..... Brussels — 25 47} Hamburgh — 13 8± Paris Ditto Marseilles •• • Frankfort on Mairde. • 1191 Vienna Trieste .... — 13 0 Petersbur,? 3 , l Berlin., — MadriP, Cadi• A I , ,ghorn .. 25 65 25 0 Milan — 25 55 25 60 Genoa — 25 55 25 62± Naples Palermo — 119 119± Messina Lisbon — 52± 521 Oporto — 52± 25i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz .. £3 17 9 111 exican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 25 55 13 8! 25 27t 26 50 25 50 119; 13 10 13 10 333, INNERLEITHEN.-BIRD'S NEST IN A CHURCH This year, as has happened in ono or two former years, a pair of sparrows have built their nest under the gallery in the parish church, and during Divine service on the last three Sundays, one of the birds was seen flying through the church to and from the nest, which is built in a small cavity formed where two beams meet on the top of one of the pillars supporting the gallery in front. Just below this place there happens to be a hat-pin, and this being occu pied on the last two Sundays the entrance to the nest was covered up. On the former of these occasions, it seems the nest contained only eggs, and the bird made no serious at tempt to enter it ; but on Sunday last the young brood was hatched. At first, when the parent entered the church to visit its young, it fluttered only for a little around the nest and then withdrew; but, as the day advanced, its instincts doubtless informing it that the wants of its young were be come more pressing, it grew bolder, its visits became more frequent, and the periods of its fluttering in front of the nest of longer continuance. At length it mustered courage to leap upon the hat, and eventally getting under it, succeeded in reaching the objects of its affections.—Scots man. The Prussian Chamber of Nobles has given its approval to the military conventions concluded between Prussia on the one hand, and the States of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Saxe-Altenburg, and Waldeck on the other. It also passed the Passport-bill, but with the rejection of most of the amendments introduced by the Chamber of Deputies, so as nearly to restore it to its primitive forms as presented by the Government. The case of the naval Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies having been brought under the notice of Par liament by Sir John Hey, it is right that the public, who have as interest in the matter, should be enlightened as to the cause which induced Sir John to call particular atten tention to it. In the olden days, when the East India Company reigned supreme, and when the Pagoda-tree was heavily laden with fruit, ready to the hand of every vigorous shaker, the Admiral on the East India station had a very handsome allowance in the shape of batty money, but on the extinction of the rule of the Company this, like many other good things, disappeared. This, how ever, did not alter the unpleasing fact that living was dear, and continued dear, at Hong Kong ; and we have the evidence of a very distinguished officer, Sir Michael Seymour, that if it had not been for the Company's allowance, he and other admirals would have been out of pocket while discharging his duties to the nation. We know that China is an expensive station, and that it is impossible :for naval and military officers to support the dignity of their position allowances made by Government, and tharintehanosse who are fortunate in the possession of Pr iva Z main _ are compelled to make sacrifices in order to with tain a social equality with the wealthy merchants whom they are naturally brought into nnintouaac. 12 may be also The Cape sta of Good Hope and the West India t expensive, but it cannot be looked u pon as reasonable, because no complaints have issue d fro m Sir Bald win Walker and Sir Alexander Milne, t h a t an injustice should be perpetrated on another Pu bli c servant. The Secretary of State for India may nolonger have that control ov er the portion of our Navy in the China waters whi c h b n existed in the tim e of the °nu for t unes of " John Com pany," but should an unlucky day, which, we trust, may off, be fa ragain dawn over our Indian possessions, he m ay toobe happ y to have recourse to all ships east of the Cape of Good Hope ; and for this reason, if not for any other, we shall b e gladjif a connection can be maintained with the Government of India and our naval Commander-in- Chief, by a continuance ofa payment, the unexpected with drawal of which has citused much disagreeable feeling.- 4/r2ng and Navy Gazette. We have reason to believe that the suggestion we made last week respe3ting the equalisation of the allowances received by the Commandants of the Maidstone and Can terbury cavalry depots respectively will be carried out, and instead of the Maidstone Commandant getting 15s; a day extra pay, that sum will be divided between him and the Colonel Commanding at Canterbury. Major-General Gib sone's successor has not yet been appointed, but not impro bably Col. Hagart, C. 8., will be transferred from Canter bury. Col. Custance, on half-pay of the Carbineers, is rumoured among those likely to obtain the Canterbury va cancy. --Army and Navy Gazette. The colonelcy of the 37th Regiment, vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General Fraser, has been conferred on Major-General Sir Thomas S. Pratt, who served in Holland in 1814, with the 26th. Regiment in China, and lately in command of the troops in New Zealand. Sir Thomas stood next on the list for a regiment.—Army and Navy Gazette. The colonelcy of the 98th Regiment, has just be come vacant by the death of General W. L. Darling-- Army and Navy Gazette. No great disposition is shown by officers to take the post of Deputy Quartermaster-General at Corfu, no w vacant. It will in all likelilmod be filled b y one o f the lieutenant-colonels placed on b ,alf-pay,--. ll rtnY y and aVY gozeite. ROBBERY OF 1,200 ROUBLES AT DOVER Yesterday morning a singular charge of exten sive robbery during the transit of luggage from the Ostend packet Diamond to the Custom-house was investigated by the Dover magistrates. The par ticulars are as follew William Goie, who was identified as an itinerant vendor of nuts and oranges, was charged with stealing from :the Admiralty Pier a portmanteau bag, containg 1,200 Russian rouble notes, a box containing some gold buttons (or studs), and se veral articles of wearing apparel, belonging to Madame Bousa, the widow of a Russian gentleman. M. Nicolas Delagette, the cousin of the lady, deposed that the bag was in custody during the passage from Ostend to Dover, and that he handed it to the Custom-house officer who boarded the Diamond when she arrived, but when he applied for it at the Custom-house they could not find it. I [James Spain, Customs officer, identified the port manteau bag produced as the one handed to him by the last witness. He knew it by a private mark which ho always put upon the luggage passing through his hands. He pointed out the bag to a ticket porter named Cullen, and remained on duty on board the vessel. Sergeant Barton had seen Cullen, and the master of the porters had inquired of the other men, but they all denied moving the bag. Cullen not being in attendance a messenger was despatched for him. He recollected seeing the beg, but he did not take it from the vessel. Chas. Goodban, a "commissioner" for the King's Head Hotel, recognised the prisoner as the man he saw walking from side to side of the porter's truck. He thought the circumstance suspicious, took par ticular notice of him, and told the constable where he had. seen him go to. Sergeant Barton found the prisoner asleep in a room at the City of London tap ; he had his clothes on. On searching the room a quantity of lady's wear ing apparel was found secreted in the chimney, some under the pillow of the bed, and the 1,200 rouble notes in the window. Prisoner denied all know ledge of them, but he took him to the station house. He then returned to the tavern, and in an old cart at the back of the house found the leathern bag cut open as produced. When the pri soner was searched at the station-house a piece of a foreign newspaper was found in his pocket, which M. Delagette recognised as having been in the box. The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions on Monday. FIRES. About one o'clock yesterday morning, a destruc tive fire broke out in the large warehouses of Mr, G. Mills, an upholsterer, carrying on business in Allen-court, Oxford-street. When the police dis covered the flames they were raging in the ground floor warehouse; they soon ascended to the next floor. The Royal Society escape and the engines of the London Brigade, with the land steam-engine by Shand and Mason, were soon in attendance, but unfortunately the firemen had to wait ten minutes before the West Middlesex Com pany's plugs yielded a drop of water. As soon as supply could be obtained, the foreman, under the direction of Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C district, went to work, and hap pily succeeded in confining the fire to the ware houses in which it began. The damage, which is con siderable, will fall upon the Westminster Fire-office. The origin of the fire could not be accounted for. Another fire broke out in the workshops belonging to Mr. J. Price, a cabinet-maker, situate at No. 1 a, Ruston-street, Hoxton. It commenced, from some unknown cause, in the ground floor, which extended 30 feet in one direction and contained a great amount of stock. The alarm having been promptly given, the Royal Society's escapes and the parish engine attended, as well as those of the London Brigade, under Captain Shaw, several manual power engines, and the land steam engine by Shand and Mason. By the time this force arrived the workshop was on fire from end to end. The firemen ultimately succeeded in getting the flames extin guished, but not until the workshops were destroyed and some damage done to the stock in the yard be longing to Messrs. Turner and Co., and that of a cabinetmaker, No. 1, in the same street. Mr. Price and Messrs. Turner were fortunately insured in the Phamix Fire-office. Early yesterday morning a telegram was received at the Southwark-bridge road brigade station that a serious fire had broken out at Woolwich. The moment the message ar rived Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D dis trict, started with a muster of firemen and an engine. Upon arriving at the spot he found the premises belonging to Mr. Keith, a hairdresser and tobacconist, No. 46, and Mr. Scanlan, an eating house-keeper, No. 45, Artillery-place, in flames. The engines belonging to the Royal Arsenal bar racks had preceded the London firemen, and had got into full play, being manned by the police and military. The fire could not be extinguished until Mr. Keith's premises and all they contained were destroyed. Fortunately, the sufferer was insured in the Scottish Union Fire office. The first floor of the premies belonging to Mr. Scanlan is also burnt out. He was insured in the Royal Exchange Fire office. The premises of Mr. M. Cohen have also received trifling damage by fire and water. He was uninsured. MARKETS-THIS DAY. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit is by no means extensive, but the sup ply of vegetables is large. In most kinds of produce a fair average business is doing, at the annexed rates : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. Pine ap o ples, perlb 6 otolo 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 1 5 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, punt 6 6 Grapes,per lb 5 otolo 0 Filberts, per lb 0 o too 0 0 Foreign do 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 ° to Peaches ... ... . 2O oto 40 0 Almonds, per bus 00 oto 0 6 Nectarines, per dzlB 0t036 0 Walnuts, per 100 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z.... . o oto o 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 . 6 oto 12 0 Currants, Psr" . 8 oto 12 0 oto 0 6 , r Lemons, per 120 3 6to 7 0 Plums, pe r : do. 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf sve2 6to 3 6 Greengeirtre es4p P p Strawberries pr pt 0 4to 0 6 Rat3pb rt 0 4to 0 6 VEGETABLES . Bots per lb .. 0 10 to 1 0 Sha • Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 1 6 parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1. 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 1 6to 1 9 Artichokes, each 0 4to 0 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 8 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 3 6 Seakale, per bun. 1 0 to 1 4 Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Cabbages.pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 1 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Brocoli, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 90 to 120 0 0 New ditto, pr pd 11 oto 16 6 Peas, per i sieve 1 6So 2 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6co 6 0 3 0 Carrots, pr d 0.... 5 C ucum bers ...... 0 If to 1 6 0 to, 0 Garlic, p peerr sieve • 0 0 0 6_ tt 0 8 o o 00 Sorrel, G re en peas,l2.-8V.1.2 to 0 0 nruies. spbrottlet:,.h...s... 1 0 0 0 l e o 0 1 0 6 New Do., dz bun 0 9to 1 2 Frenc h beans, 1 00 1 oto 2 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to Oa Od; geese, 3s 6d to 5s 6d each; goslings, 3s 6d to fis 6d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings; 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; wild do., 9d to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to 9d each; large Surrey fowls, 10s Od to 18s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 10s ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to Os ,Od ; capons, N Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to O s Od eac h ; ptarm i gan , O s Od t o O s Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os ; snipes, Os Od to Os; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, N Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 10d to is id; English, le to is 3d p er lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; French do., 58 6d to 6s 6d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING S GATE. Salmon, is Od to is 2d ; trout, 10d to is ; eels, 5d to Is ; prawns, 5s to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, is Od to 7s ; cod, as 6d to 183 Od ; brills, is Od to 6s Od ; dorevs, is Od to 55 Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to . 2s 6d; crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, —s to —s ; natives, —5 to —s per bushel ; whitings! 3s Od to 12s; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, is Od to ls Odz flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; ft e ,. ' " herrings, Os per 1 00 ; bloaters, Os per 100 ; carp and tow Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 0 d ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s k 3s 8d to , 4s 8d to bs 8d ; veal, 3 s 6 d to 4 s 6d - and por'" 4s 8d per Sibs by the carcase. lamb, WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton , 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4 s 6d; and pork, 38 8d to 48 8d per 81bs by the carcase. - BREA M ,4 in the metropolis are from The prices of wheaten brla i.„ 7yl per 41b loaf. 8d to B}d, of household do. ,N AND SKINS. Hl 64 b, 2/d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to Market hides, 561 b to to 30 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d 3rd ; 721 b to 8.003, 3ko :, _9 0 6 5 1 0 d t : 0 04 0 1: , 0 0 d d ; lambs, 0 d . 28 Horse light 2s to 3s Od ; do. full, hides, 8s Od to tied sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half.hreds, 5s 6d to Os Od ; ps 881 b to 961 b, Idiotsvooo4dwn;dcail skins, Os Od to Os Od , 2s Od to 2s 4d. 4s Od; shear lings, HAY MARKETS. SMI FIELD.—OId meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os Od ; new do. ; 16s to £4 Os; old clover, £4 O s t o £6 Os Od ; new do . £3 10s. to £5 Os; straw ) £1 Ms to £2 2s per load. T ra de firm. WSITECHAPEL. -- Meadow hay, £1 6s to £5 Os; nev: do., £1 16s to £4 Os; old clove, £4 Os to £6 Os ; new do., 41 £,3 108 to £5 Os ; straw, Ll 16s to £2 2s per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily at full quotations. f ,CUMBERLAND.--Old meadow hay, £1 16s to £5 Os; new do., £1 16s to £4 Os; old clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; new do., £4 lOs to £ 5 -,ancletraw, £ ll6s to £ 2 215 per load. A steady demautit 86 llic ncl of 'is ASS ful tre :e -)1e he 1- ft a- 10u 100 160 100 all all 100 /100 15 all 100 1 50