The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

---- THE CHA.RING-CllOBB RAILWAY. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The railway meetings during the week have again been numerous, but mostly of the less important companies. At the United Lancashire and York shire and East Lancashire the dividend was at the rate of 41- per cent. The amalgamation of the two undertakings was welcomed, as they have been incessantly at Parliamentary warfare. Of the £45,000 authorised to be expended on capital account during the past six months, oniv £25,000 has been spent. In addition to the balance of £20,000 it is intended to lay out in the current half year £22,000 to double the Burnley branch, £40,000 for old land claims, £15,000 for new rolling stock, and £lO,OOO for extension of stations, making about £107,000. The repdrt of the North British proposes a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum out of the available balance, of £63,506. After a 13 years' struggle the company have ob tained authority for a direct line from Hawick to Carlisle. At a meeting of the South-Eastern a dis tribution was ordered at the increased rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The permanent way and rolling stock are stated to have been kept in efficient con dition at the cost of revenue. The through conti nental traffic has been considerably less, but the local tra ffi c has steadily. increased. The directors were authorised to subscribe 300,000 to the Charing cross Railway. After long negotiations the trains of the Great Northern have been allowed to use the Lime-street station at Liverpool. At the Sittingbourne and Sheerness meeting it was stated that the Act em powering the lease to the London, Ch a tham, and Dover, at a rental of not less than £5,000, or more than £ll,OOO a-year, has received the Royal assent. The total cost of the line is ex pected to be £15,000 a-mile. The Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax junction have declared a dividend at the reduced rate of 31 per annum. There has been an increase in the past half-year of £BBl in the pas senger receipts, and a decease in the goods of £1,493. The coal traffic has not hitherto realised the expectations of the directors. It is proposed to amalgamate the Lancaster and Carlisle, Lancaster and Preston, and Kendal and Winder mere railways, and to lease the whole undertaking for 1,000 years to the London and North-Western, on terms varying with the dividend of the latter company. At a meeting of the Bideford Extension it was stated that the number of passengers in the six months ending in June was 58,272, showing•an increase of nearly 13,000 on 1858. The balance in hand of £530 is to be carried forward. The report of the Waveney Valley announces that the Bungay Extension will shortly be completed; it is then proposed to revise the temporary arrangement with the Eastern Counties. At the South Yorkshire the proposed distribution at the rate of 21 per annum was ordered. A similar dividend has also been agreed to by the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire Junction, leaving £5,587 to be carried for ward. The agreement for the transfer of the line to the Great Western and London and North-Wes tern companies was confirmed. At the Dublin and Belfast Junction it was stated that the works and plant are in good order, and that the work ing expenses have not exceeded 36 per cent. The company are to subscribe £20,000 towards the branch from Clones to Cavan, projected by the Dun dalk and Enniskillen. The proposed distribution at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was agreed to. The shareholders of the Dublin and Drogheda have also sanctioned a subscription of £20,000 to the Clones line. A dividend has been declared at the increased rate of 4 . 1 per annum. It is proposed to pay off the debentures as they fall due with a deben ture stock. At the Norfolk a distribution at the diminished rate of Ll 4s. per cent. for the half year was agreed to. The falling off was attributed to the increased claims for compensation, the amount charged by the Eastern Counties against the associated companies being £12,947, while in the corresponding period of 1858 it was £BB7 only. The dispute with the Eastern Counties re spectingr the accounts, which ha s now gone on four years, is still unsettled. The Epsom and Leatherhead have declared a dividend of 4s. per share. This railway was opened for traffic on the Ist of February, and is worked under a rental by the South-Western. The Junction of the Colne Valley, and Halstead with the Stour Valley line has been effected, and the Act obtained for the exten sion to Haverhill. The original portion to Halstead is expected to be shortly open for traffic. At the Dublin and Wicklow a dividend was declared on the preference stock only. The traffic is stated to show a progressive increase. An agreement with the Dublin and Kingstown for developing the traffic on the Bray line was confirmed. The South Wales meeting was adjourned to receive an award from Captain Galton. It was stated, -with refer ence to the proposition of steam communication at Milford Haven, that it is not intended, as far as the company is concerned, to purchase any steamers whatever. The shareholders of the South Devon have agreed to a distribut. on at the rate of 11 per annum. The receipts, which in 1858, had fallen off, have this year shown an increase. Considerable benefit has been derived from the traffic through the Cornwall line. At the meeting of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford preference dividends only were declared. The net revenue has augmented by £2,621, chiefly from minerals. It is hoped the completion of the Aberdare branch will furnish a profit available for division on the ordinary stock. The Boston and Sleaford have declared a dividend equal to 3 per cent. per annum. The remaining portion of the line was opened in April, and the traffic is rapidly increasing. The Mid-Kent (Brom ley to St. Mary Cray) have ordered a distribution for the past half-year at the rate of 21 per annum, carrying forward £B9. The scheme for a West-ens terminus at Charing-cross is expected to be of great value in developing the traffic of the line. At a meeting of the Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor a dividend was declared upon the preference stock only. The differences with the Newry and Armagh have been arranged, and a junction will be effected between the two lines at joint expense. At a meet ing of the Maryport and Carlisle a distribution was ordered of 5 per cent. per annum. The traffic in the past six months has been larger than in any pre vious half-year especially in coal and iron ore. The shareholders of the Lewes and Uckfield have agreed to a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. for the half year. The bill to permit the sale of the line to the Brighton has received the Royal assent. Since the completion of the railway property in the neigh bourhood is stated to be continually increasing in value. The first section of the Oldham, Ashton, and Guide-bridge is nearly finished, and the re maining portion of the works have been let. The contract for the construction of the Exeter and Ex mouth, from the latter place to Topsham has been formally executed, and the most important work, the viaduct over the Clyst, has been commenced. At the Hereford, Ross, and Glocester meeting a 45. , dividend Ni as deelared. • The business of the past half-year shows an increase compared with 1858 of more than .5 per cent. The report of the Rhymnsy states that the balance of revenue in the past half year was £1,569, and that the' disposable sum in hand was £1,823. The Bate Dock branch, with the coal tipping staiths, and the necessary siding accommodation, are nearly completed. The goods and coal traffic show a considerable advance over last year. At the Dundalk and Enniskillen a di vidend of ss. per share was declared. There has been an augmentation in the traffic, with a decrease of £l,OOO in the working expenses. The Waterford and Limerick distribution is at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum. The profits in the last six months were 30 per cent. more than in 1858, 'While the expenditure, has been reduced. The report of the Cornwall states that the . line was opened early in May, and that the traffic has been fully equal to expectations. The bal ance of revenue for the few weeks to the close of June wa , •£3,405. The construction of the Forest ?.S . Dean Central is saidtobeproceeding with vi g our. The first section of the Dartmouth and Torbay to Paigliten has been finished. At a meeting of the Great Northern and 'Western (Ireland) it was stated that the agreement wi th the Midland Great West tern has ben execute d. The works between Ath lone and Roscommon are being proceeded with satisfactorily. I t has been announced drat the Cork and Youghal completed t in f the h course of eight or 12 D a Y o rZ w u n i t l rhleseboemmTherecommends d r s e repor t dividendo te Belfast and County of 95. per share out of the balance of €3,036. The to DonEtghadee Th an e d East extension Bangor A is Anglian o n be com menced immed iatel y . repor t shows a continued falling off in the traffic. For the half year the receipts have been £24,459, against £24,493 in the corresponding half of 1858, and £27,131 in 1857. The A and B dividends will be paid in' full, and £3 ss• will be distributed on C stock, leaving a balance of only £l6. Steps are in progress Tor a better development of the resources of the district, but complaints are made of the charges of the Eastern Counties for working the line, and also of illiberal conduct on the part of that company. At a meeting of the Northern of Canada the arrangement with the Colonial Government, undo r which the holders of £250,000 preferential bonds about to be issued will take the first rank, the £;285,000 existing bonds the second rank, and the Gorvernment claim of £475,000 the third rank, was agreed to. The Ulverstone and Lancaster show a n, increase of £4,727 in traffic, and a divi dend h s',3 been declared at the rate of 21 per annum. At the _Dundee and Perth there was no dividend for the a rdinary shareholders, only £533 remaining after pay nient of preference claims. During the week a i d:,ifitinet charge has been made against the chaieman ,and directors of the Eastern Counties line of Imeandi'd, proceedings in connexion with the election of a.editors, but it does not.appear to have drawn forth any explanation., • It is confidently stated that within two years from the present time the most important public work which has been projected during a long period, will, with some suggested improvements, be completed. We refer to the extension of the South-Eastern and the railways which terminate at London-bridge to Charing-cross, the very heart of the traffic by which they are mainly supplied from the west of London. The benefits to the rest of the metropolis and more especially to those parts which are now its most crowded thoroughfare, which will be afforded by the construction of this important work cannot.be too highly estimated. Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, Cheapside, the Poultry,King William street, and the thoroughfares leading into them will be relieved of more than haif the conveyances which now carry with infinite loss of time their passengers to the London-bridge station. The amount of annoyance and excitement which will be spared to persons using this railway station will be something considerable, and it must be bad man agement indeed if in futnre excuses are made of being " too late for the train." Some returns which have been recently obtained by the South-Eastern Railway Company, and through the agency of the officers of the City police, will serve to throw some' light upon the extent of public convenience which will be provided by this extension. A map of London was divided into districts by lines drawn at right angles to the river, midway between each of the bridges, and the destination of the passengers was marked into the respective districts, the return being furnished by the passengers themselves, either on leaving or return ing to London in one day; a printed form having been handed to each passenger, with a request that they would fill it up and deliver it to the ticket col lector with the ticket. From these schedules so filled up, it was found that out of 4,190 cabs which left the station there were but 807 the destination of which was in the City. The rest, with the ex ception of 579, which went to the south of the Thames, and which, to a great extent, were on the line of the proposed railway, went westward, and passed through most of the crowded thoroughfares which we have mentioned. There were 418 cabs and 845 passengers for the Blackfriars district, 780 cabs and 695 passengers for the Waterloo district, 1,092 cabs and 897 persons for Charing-cross and its neighbourhood, 265 cabs and 276 passengers for Westminster, and 249 cabs and 185 passengers for Pimlico and Chelsea. These returns, however, by no means exhaust the traffic between the Westend and the London-bridge stations. The omnibuses which ply between these two points make not less than 2,000 journeys daily, or 600,000 in the year. To these vehicles is mainly due the stoppage of the thoroughfares and the de lays in making the journey which so constantly take place. The journey from Charing-cross to London-bridge almost invariably occupies more time than would be required to get over half the distance to Brighton, or one-third of that between London and Dover. The united stations of the railways at London-bridge attract towards them during the year not less than thirteen millions and a half of passengers—a number nearly equal to the whole population of England, and any plan which will divert one-half of that living stream into other and less crowded channels cannot but be regarded as a great and much needed public improvement. The new railway will not only serve the interests of the public by clearing the thoroughfares of a moiety of these millions of travellers, and leaving the streets proportionately more clear for the use of those who " stay at home," but it will be an im mense convenience to the travellers in going to and returning from their journeys. Charing-cross is of all places in London that best adapted for a rail way station. It is to the west-end what the Bank and London-bridge are to the east, the great centre of the traffic. There are Whitehall, the Houses of Parliament, and Westminster on the south-west ; Regent-street, Pall-mall, and Piccadilly on the west •, St. Martin's-lane, Oxford-street, Holborn, and Tottenham-court-road on the north ; and the Strand, Fleet-street, and the City on the east; while the pier at Hungerford places the passengers in direct communication with the steam-boats on the Thames. The inhabitants of Greenwich, New cross, Lewisham, Blackheath, Woolwich, Graves end, and other places on the lines of the Southern and South-Eastern Railways, will be brought di rectly into the midst of the clubs, the the theatres, and all that pertains to and makes up the celebrity and attractions of the West-end. As the line in its pro gress to Charing-cross will effect ajunction with the South-Western Railway , it will in like manner af ford direct access to London-bridge and the City to passengers from Richmond, Putney, Wimbledon, Hampton,Windsor, and other districts on the South- Western line. The Crystal Palace traffice, which, upon occasions of great attraction, blocks up Lon ,don-bridge, and crowds all the thoroughfares of the City, can pass direct from Charing-cross to the Palace without the necessity of going through the City on the one hand, or making the long journey to Pimlico in the extreme west, in order to reach Sydenham by the West-end Crystal Palace line. This great public improvement will be effected at a cost of not more than one million, including the purchase of the required property, the building of the bridge over the Thames, and the construction of the necessary stations. Of this sum the South- Eastern Railway proprietors, at their meeting, held on Thursday last, agreed to subscribe £300,000, the South-Eastern Company guaranteeing 41 per cent. upon the amount of the shares. More than half the required amount of the capital has been sub scribed before any application has been made to the public to take up the shares. There appears to be no reason for doubting that the estimated cost for the construction of the line will be exceeded. The estimates underwent a most extraordinary amount of scrutiny before the committee of both Houses of Parliament, and the opposing engineers were per fectly ready to admit the sufficiency of the es timates. A sum of not less than at the rate of £l4 per square yard was set down as the value of the property to be purchased, which was as much as £6 more than that esti mated for the purchase of property required for making tip new street in Southwark, uncle; the direction or the Metropolitan Board of Works, and which, in a very great degree, is of the same description as that which will be taken for the rail way of the south side of the river. The purchase of Hungerford-market has of course swollen the estimates very considerably, but, as that property was bought provisionally before the bill was passed the amount was already known, and was correctly included in the estimate. Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer to the Company, is now engaged in the preparation of the working plans for the bridge over the Thames. It is proposed that the bridge shall consist of four lines of rails instead of two, as originally calculated for in the estimates, and this will increase the cost of the works by about £60,000. But it will no doubt be considered advisable by the board to incur this increased outlay at first, rather than be compelled, in two or three years at a much greater, to make the neeesssary widening of the structure. The two existing piers of Hunger ford-bridge, which will be used for the new one, are of sufficient width, if carried up from their lower part, to admit of a roadway of four lines of rails. he footpaths on either side will overhang the piers. The bridge will be supported by five piers, and will be as light in its appearance as the nature of such a work will admit of. In connexion with the bridge there will be a spacious landing-place for steam-boat passengers, with a broad flight of steps conducting to the railway station, and the footways on each side of the railway bridge. The revenues derived from foot pas sengers, and from persons usinc , the landing pi e r, will be the property of the Charing-cross Company. The arches of the railway will be so constructed as to admit of their being made tenant able, and a revenue of £5,000, it is estimated, will be derived from that source. Judging from the traffic returns of short metro politan railways, there cannot be much doubt as to the remunerative character of the undertaking to those who embark their capital in it. The North London Railway carried_ last year nearly 6,000,000 of passengers, the London and South-Western more than 4,000,000, the Blackw all nearly 5,000,000, and, as we have already stated, 13,500,000 pas sengers passed through the London Bridge sta tions. The Charing-cross Railway has now passed out of the region of probabilities ; its completion is only a question of time, and supported by such a powerful company as the South-Eastern Railway, whose proprietors have already shown their sincer ity by a subscription of £300,000, the public ha ve a guirantee that the railway will be completed as speedily as possible.—Observer. GROUSE IN KERRY.—John Sealy, Esq., Mol loughmarky, and party, bagged on the 20th ult. 13 brace of grouse and four hares ; on the 22d, 18 brace of grouse and three hares—this being on the Headly mountains, the exclusive shooting, of which he has been in the possession of for the last 20 years. Arthur llerbert, Esq., Killeen tierna, shot seven brace of grouse and two hares on the 20th at Tooreenagswn, the property of George Raymond, Esq. 8.L., and six brace of grouse on the 22d, and one hare.— T✓glee Chronicle. TANNUITY-TAY.—The HE EDINBURGH of a bill being passed next prospect session for the removal or modi fication of the obnoxious enu principal to resist for the support of the 4" encouragement to the city clergy in Edinburgh has given hotel-keepers in the more strenuous opponents of the tax I l the en co t' sts of the payment. A and was only few weeks since one of the itoibwneratedwasocan carried o en ff t to of g t a h o e l E x r Li l l obtained pro cess against him. On Tuesday last the decrees against 16 defaulters, one of them collector the firm of A. and C. Black, publishers, the senior member eng of which is one of the representative of the city, and the author of the bill of last session. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 18b9, EXTRAO.RDL Worcester, deceasekthe mayor and commonalty of the city of Coventry, and William Waltham, clerk. In money paid to the said prior, in the names of the persons aforesaid, by the hands of Thomas Fal coner, by assignment made this day, and. 3001. in discharge of 5001., with 2001. released by the said prior, in the names of the said persons, to tale King, for payment of the said 300/. lately borrowed, as well of the said prior as of other persons above named, by Henry late King of England, father of the present King, to prosecute a certain voyage in the third year of his reign, viz., from the said bishop 3001., from the said prior 50 marks, from the said mayor and commonalty 200 marks, and from the said William 50 marks, as by the letters ' patent of the said late King thereon made to the said persons more fully doth appear ; for which 5001. so borrowed from them the said late King pledged to them his great collar called Ikelton Collar (during the time he was prince), garnished with four rubies, four great sapphires, 32 great pearls, and 53 other pearls of a lesser sort, weighing 361 oz., then valued at 5001., as security. for repayment of the said sum so bor rowed ; which said collar the said prior, for this purpose fully empowered, &c., delivered to the treasurer and chamberlains, &c., for the King's use, by writ of Great Seal, &c., 300/." These loans appear all to have been repaid with out interest. There are also many similar instances of repayment of sums borrowed where no form of security is stated. For example :—On 22d Novem ber (1420), in the 7th Henry V., "To Richard Whyttington, citizen and alderman of London, in money paid to him by the hands of Richard Knyghtley, in discharge of 2,000 marks which he lent to our Lord the King at the receipt of his Ex chequer on the 12th of June in the sth year, as appears by the roll of receipts, &c., 3331. 6s. Bd." Other large sums were also advancd to the King by Richard Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London. At a later period, in the earlier part of the reign of James 1., there are many instances of the repay ment of loans, where no form of security is men tioned, with interest at the ordinary rate of 10 per cent. The reduction of interest to 8 per cent. was directed by statute in 1623, the 21st year of James 1., but did not take effect till 24th Jane, 1625. In the meantime the following entry appears in the issue roll :—" 11th June, 1624.—T0 Sir Robert Anstruther, knight, to the sum of 3,5001., in dis charge of the interest of 300,000 rix dollars, bor rowed and received by the said Sir Robert to his Majesty's use and for his occasion, in the defence of the palatinate of the King of Denmark for one year, to end 22d July next coming, for the interest of 6 per cent., 3,500/." A very ancient mode of anticipating revenue, distinct from the ordinary practice of borrowing, was by the issue of tallies of pro or of assignment. They are also called tallies of anticipation. The 'tallies of pro were instruments of payment, and distinguishable from the tallies of acquittance, which were instruments of receipt, and were some times called tallies of sol. It appears to have been the constant practice in early times to issue these tallies of pro from the Exchequer in payments for the public service. They were, in fact, formal assign ments of specified amounts of anticipated revenue. At the period of the revolution in 1688, the whole amount outstanding on tallies of loan, excluding the bankers' debt, did not exceed 84,8881. Os. 9d., issued in anticipation of the duties on French linens, &c., under the Ist James 11., c. 5. This amount constituted the whole of the public debt at that time, but there were also some arrears due to the army and navy, amounting to 300,0001. The amount of ordinary revenue was :1,580,000/. per annum, and the average annual expenditure, in the reign of James 11., was 1,700,0001. From. the commencement of the reign of King William 111., continued war expenditure neces sitated the raising of large sums by loans, in addi tion to increased taxation. At first these loans were raised the ordinary mode, by tallies of loan charged on and in anticipation of various duties under the several acts. In consequence, however, of the large amounts required thiS resource soon failed, the several lands proving wholly insufficient to meet• the charges upon them, and the tallies fell to a large discount. At the close of the year 1696 the total deficiency of these funds to discharge the tallies due upon them was not less than 5,160,000/., for which provision was made .under the Bth and 9th William 111., c. 20, called the first general mortgage. The Exchequer department has appended to these returns a variety of interesting information with reference to the various forms of the public debt, its origin and progress. •BARDINESS. Probably the largest crowd that ever assembled at Niagara Falls was present there yesterday to see ' M. Blondin cross the Niagara river upon his rope, carrying a man upon his shoulders. Excursion trains were run upon all the roads leading to the Falls, and every train was crowded. The 9 o'clock train from this city took 12 coaches, the 1 o'clock train had 22 coaches, and the 3 o'clock train 15 coaches, all completely filled, and many were unable to obtain seats, making a total of 49 cars from this city, carrying not less than 2,500 persons. The steamer Arrow took down two loads—in all about 1 1,200 persons. The excursion train from Rochester was composed of 20 cars, all full ; the train from Lewiston, 10 cars, full ; and the Great Western Railway brought in 35 coaches ; these also were as full as they could hold. The steamer Zimmerman, from Toronto, brought over 1,200 persons. A very large number of persons from both sides of the river came down in their own carriages, and helped to swell the numbers of those present. The Great Western and Detroit and Milwaukie Railways 'ran a special excursion train at half fare from Milwaukie to the Bridge, and the Michigan Central Road put on an excursion train from Chicago to connect with the Great Western at Detroit. When we arrived on de ground at about 4 o'clock every available seat and look-out was secured, and both banks, for some distance back were a mass of human beings, all eager to catch a glimpse of M. Blondin and the man he was to carry across on his back. Many doubted whether M. Blondin would attempt the feat, and others asserted that he could not find anyone who would be willing to - accompany him. About half past 4 o'clock M. Blondin entered the enclosure and proceeded to the end of the rope on the Ameri can side. His appearance was the signal for a gene ral cheering, which was responded to from the other side of the river. He was dressed, as on former occasions, in silk tights, bare-headed, and had on his feet rough-dressed ( buckskin shoes. In a few minutes after his arrival he ascended the rope with his balancing pole, and started to cross the river alone. Before leaving he tied a pad of papers around his waist. After proceeding about 100 feet he stopped, swung one foot and then the other, and then, walking along 15 or 20 feet, stopped and stood upon his head, resting on the balancing pole which lay across the rope,, the ends supported upon the guy rope. He then ran along the rope, stood upon his head, sat down, turned somersaults backwards and forwards, and proceeded to the middle of the river where there are no guys. He here lay down on the rope on his back at full length, stood on his head, laid his balancing pole across the rope and stood upon it with one foot, and balanced it with the other foot, his hands lying by his side. He then passed along the rope to where the guys on the Canada side were fastened, and laid down his balancing pole. He now returned with his body suspended beneath the rope', running along with his hands and feet, as an ape, to the middle of the rope, between the guys. He here went through all the feats attempted by tight-rope performers, such as hanging by one foot, then the other, by one hand, then dropping his body down full length below the rope and whirling round, resting his breast upon the rope, and with arms and legs extended, as if in the act of swimming. He hung by both arms ' and then passed his body* between his arms and the rope, and in fact per formed all the feats ever accomplished by the most agile tight-rope performers. He then returned to *where his balancing-pole was, took it up, and crossed to the Canada bank, stopping several times to turn somersaults, stand upon his head, upon one foot, and to lie down upon the rope. Upon his reaching the Canada shore he was re ceived with tremendous cheers from the crowd, and the locomotives on the bridge and on both sides of the river responded with their whistles. M. Blondin occupied something over half an hour in crossing, most of the time being spent in his performances on the rope. He remained upon the Canada side to rest and refresh himself some 15 or 20 minutes, and again appeared upon the rope. This time he had his agent, Mr. Henry Col cord, a man weighing 1361b5., upon his back, and his balancing pole in his hands. He proceeded down the rope very slowly and cautiously as if feeling every step, until he was aboutloo feet from the Canada side, when Mr. Colcord dismounted and stood upon the rope immediately behind M. Blon din. They here remained to rest probably three or four minutes, when Mr. Colcord again mounted, and Blondin proceeded, still walking very slowly and stopping occasionally to balance himself. They stopped five times in crossing, and each time Mr. Colcord dismounted, and again resumed his position. He had his arms around M. Blondin's neck, and his legs rested on the balancing pole. He was in his shirt sleeves, and wore a straw hat. About 22 minutes were occupied in accomplishing the first half of the rope, and the balance in 20, making 42 minutes from bank to bank. For some seconds before the American shore was reached the crowd gathered round the end of the rope became very noisy, and a good deal of excitement prevailed, and when he reached the staging on this side safely the vast crowd shouted with the greatest enthusiasm. On reaching the landing M. Blondin was much flushed and appeared very much fatigued, while Mr. Colcord was pale, but ho did not betray any signs of fear. It was about half-past six o'clock when' he reached this side, and the trains, which had been detainceland were ready, started imme• diatelY for their several destinations with . probably 5,000 persons. The daring feat was successfully accomplished, and we understand M. Blondin will repeat it on Wednesday of next week.—Buffalo Courier, Aug. 18. THE NATIONAL DEBT. On the 11th of May, 1857, Viscount Goderich (now the Earl of Ripon) moved in the House of Commons for certain returns " of the whole amount of the national debt of Great Britain and Ireland (including any foreign loans which have been con sidered as formin part of the national debt of Great Britain), funded and unfunded ; also of all annuities for terms of years, and also of the charge for management of the national debt from the year 1691 to the sth of January, 1857." These returns were printed on Saturday last, and fond a very interesting volume of state papers, covering 105 closely printed pages, and containing many millions of figures. It appears that in th& year 1691 there was no 'funded debt either in Great Britain or Ireland, but the unfunded debt, consisting of loans raised by the Sovereign in anticipation of duties receivable by the Crown, amounted to the modest sum of 3,130,0001. The first appearance of a funded debt was in 1694, when a debt of 1,200,0001. was con tracted with the Bank of England, bearing interest at 8 per cent. The funded debt remained at 1,200,0001. untill7o7, when it was increased by the creation of 5 and 6 per cent. annuities to 5,064,2631. The unfunded debt in that year stood at 10,180,0361., of which 7,377,1681. was raised in anticipation of duties authorised by Parliament. In 1709 the funded debt rose to 7,239,2911., and the unfunded, by the issue of Exchequer and Navy Bills, to 11,694,0481. The charges of the management of both funds (including life and other annuities, 717,3961.) amounted to 1,850,6301. The Irish debt is first entered in 1717, as 46,1531., which consisted of 7 per cent. annuities. In the following year the debt of the United Kingdom amounted to 43,371,8641. The first issue of South Sea stock was in 1712, when it was issued at 6 per cent. to the extent of 9,177,9681.,and subsequently increased (in 1715) to the round sum of 10,000,0001. The first consequence of the issue of this stock was to raise the interest on the unredeethed capital from 674,5961., in 1711, to 1,302,1741. in 1712. In 1726 the funded debt was 49,093,2951., and the unfunded debt 3,457,5021. For the next 15 years a vigilant eye appears to have been kept upon the national expenditure, as the tendency to increase the funded debt was checked, and. in 1741 a saving was effected of more than 6,000,0001., the debt in that year being only 42,740,0241, against 49,093,2951. in 1726. But from the latter year until 1768 there appears to have been no Joe Hume in the House of Commons, for the expenditure gradually increased until, in 1768, the debt had reached 130,322,4861., of which Ireland 'owed 609,2311. The unfunded debt then stood at 2,264,9181., being a diminution of 1,500,0001. as com pared with 1726. In 1769 the debt fell to 128,567,2551., and continued falling until 1775, when it was represented by 123,763,0001. During the next quarter of a century many large increases were made on account of war; and on the 31st of Dec., 1800, the debt was returned as 447,147,163/. The unfunded debt on the same day was 23,747,1171., making a total national debt of 470,894,2801., of which Ireland owed 121,001,698/. The interest on the unredeemed capital then stood at 15,050,0031., and the annual charge on account of the national debt was 18,572,9501. The history of the national debt during the first half of the present cen tury may be said to be substantially the history of progress. The increase from 1800 to the peace of 1815, was at the rate of from 9,000,0001. to 65,000,0001. per annum. The addition to the na tional debt in the year in which Waterloo was fought was no less than 63,451,0351. In the year 1801, 50,000,0001. were added to the national debt; and the return of the Emperor from Elba may be said to have cost the United Kingdom, in round numbers, at least 200,000,0001. The treaty of Paris reduced the national debt of England, in 1816, up wards of 20,000,000/. ' • the funded debt having fallen from 816,311,941/, in 1815, to 796,200,1911. in 1816. The debt continued gradually decreasing until 1833, when it stood at 751,658,8831. unfunded, and 28,071,496/. funded—making a total of 779,729,2791., against a total of funded and unfunded of 861,000,0001. in 1815. It then fell until 1852, when it was 761,622,7041. In 1853 a reduction was made of 6,310,0031. in the funded debt, and of 1.700,0001. in the unfunded debt. The expenses of the Crimean war, however, again occasioned a rise, and increased the permanent burden of the country by 23,000,000/. of funded, and 12,000,000/. of unfunded, debt, making a total increase of 35,000,0001. The position of the national debt in 1858-9 is stated to be as follows : FUNDED DEBT. Bank of England, at 3 per cent £11,015,100 Bank of Ireland, at 31 per cent. 2,630,769 5 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities (1853) New 3t per Cent. Annuities - New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 115,227,112 3 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities 21 per Cent. Annuities (1853) • 2,988,552 Exchequer Bonds (1853) . X 786,801,154 Total UNFUNDED DEBT. Exchequer Bills (Supply) Exchequer Bonds (1851 and 1855) . 5,000,000 18,277,400 Grand total of funded and unfunded debt £805,078,554 The annual charge in respect to this sum amounts to 28,181,2611., which is made up as follows : Interest of Unredeemed Capital Interest of Exchequer Bonds (1853) 11,603 Sinkin. , Fund, 21 per Cent. Annuities 6,907 Long Annuities expiring 1860 Annuities for 30 years to 1885! Life Annuities • 1,050,945 Annuities for terms of years Bank Annuity Exchequer Annuities Interest of Exchequer Bills (Supply) •••••• 302, 890 Interest of Exchequer Bonds (1854 and 1855) 135,000 Interest of Deficiency Bills Interest of Ways and Means Bills Management of Funded Debt 90,020 Total There is no unfunded debt in Ireland, but the funded debt of that country is returned at 43,114,8761., a very small sum as compared with the gross national obligation of 805,000,0001. It would seem that we were at war in 1694, when the first debt of 1,200,0001. was contracted to the Bank of England, and that of the 168 years which elapsed between 1694 and 1859 eve were at war with some Power or other during 116 of them. Previously to the reign of King William 111., during which our national debt in its present form was commenced by the,creation of a funded debt and of life and terminable annuities payable by the State, as well as by the first issue of Exchequer bills, the public debt consisted almost wholly of sums borrowed upon the security of tallies of loan and orders of repayment, the principal and interest of which were charged upon various taxes or duties granted by Parliament. This more ancient mode of raising money by low/ was not, indeed, discon tinued until a much later period, the alternative power of raising money on the security of tallies of loan and orders of repayment, as well as by Ex chequer-bills, being continued in the annual land tax and malt acts until the year 1808. The pre& tice of anticipating revenue appears to have existed from the earliest period of the establishment of the Exchequer in this country soon after the Norman conquest, and as the tally was the sole instrument by which the receipt of money at the Exchequer was acknowledged, it became also a security for repayment of loans. Tallies were thus used from a very early period, under the name of tallies of loan, as securities for money lent. Madex, in his " History of the Exchequer," refers to a writ issued out of the Exchequer. to the sheriff of Gloucester shire in 1242 (27 Henry III.), ordering him to bring before the King "all the chirographs and tallies made to the Jews for debts." He quotes also, from a roll of the 15th Edward I. (anno 1287), that " the King appointed the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place a' chest in the town of Oxford, and to choose certain chirographers, Christians and Jews, and in their presence to put into it all the charters, writings, tallies, and other securities which they had then in their custody." No interest appears to have been paid upon the amounts raised on tallies of loan previously to the time of Charles the Second, in whose reign a more systematic mode of raising money was established. Another instrument which served as a security for money was termed a deben ture from the first word " debentur," used in its form by way of acknowledgment of the debt. These instruments 'in the ancient form were ordinarily employed for making numerous periodical pay ments at the Exchequer up to the yeti'. 1834. Privy seals were also commonly used as a security for loans to the Crown. In the 35th Henry VIII. (anno 1544) it is stated that the King " had borrowed divers sums of money of different people, giving them privy seals for their security " Letters pa tent were also used as securities for loans. In the issue rolls of the Exchequer there •is an order of payment, in the 20th Ed. I. (ar.no 1292) :—‘"ro the venerable father, John Bishop of Winchester, 1,000 marks, which he lent us in the 19th year of our reign, and receive from him our letters patent acknowledging the receipt thereof." The King's creditors were not always satisfied with. letters pa tent, but required more tangible security. There are many instances of loans upon the security of the King's jewels in the time of Henry VI., and one of these contains some curious and minute details of the transaction, which may deserve mention. In the 6th year of Henry VI. (ann o 1428), Nov. 25, there appears a payment of Richard Crosby, prior of the cathedral church of the Blessed Mary of Co ventry, agent and lawful attorney to the venerable father in Christ, Thomas Peverall, late Bishop of LO7VESTOFT. The season of this quiet and pretty little water ing-place is now at its height, and the town is, as it deserves to be so well filled that apartments are to be had with difficulty either at the hotels or the private lodging-houses. The south pier is of course the favourite promenade, an excellent band enliven ing it during a great portion of the day and evening. The bathing is very good, and seems to be indulged in to the fullest--gentlemen for the most part, up to eight or nine o'clock in the morn ing, going in from the beach, which in some parts is very secluded, and so ignoring the use of those most uncomfortable of all inventions, bathing ma chines: The lovers of sailing have every oppor tunityin that h ea lthy pastime at a nominal, whil e th ose partial to the indulging ample sport on the riverWaveney, pehi9earagte or almost oiafiairntdfiuln which is close at hand. There are many pleasant walks is i n very the ig neighbourhood. h The old part of the w in its situation, and opens upon a town h large space.of considerable extent, much resemblint Hampstead-heath , which is covered with fern, heath, and furze, and from which an extensive view of the sea below is commanded. This is a favou rite spot for pic-vies. The sands at the foot of these picturesque cliffs, are for some distance covered with grass, fern, &c. Lowestoft is the most easterly-point on the coast ; the air is consequently very bracing, and particularly suited to those who find Brighton, Hastings, &c., at this season of the year too relaxing. '1 he town is clean, and we be lieve well drained , so that its population are said possible h e alth. There is an ex cellentroom and library on the pier, in t o enioy which occasionally during the season select balls r t e h od e in b g est are given ; but with this exception there is an entire absence of anything in the shape of amuse ments other than those we have mentioned. This, however, is hardly an objection to those seeking a eh= a'e from the noise, bustle, and excitement of London life. Should more excitement be desired it may be enjoyed to the full at Yarmouth, which is only an easy distance of 10 miles by 'bus or rail. The only drawback to Lowestoft becoming a still neater favourite is its distance from the metropolis. It is, however, much better off in this respect this season than last, the route having been shortened 30 miles by the opening of the East Suffolk line- On the other hand, the question of distance operates favourably in keeping the place select, it being so now tei an extent to satisfy the. most fastidious. On Tuesday last there was considerable excite ment on the pier on the occasion of the annual lifeboat experiments. The boats from Lowestoft and Pakefield—the latter of which last autumn succeeded in saving eight out of 13 lives of the crew of a vessel wrecked off that point—left the harbour, each crowded with visitors anxious to take voyage in one of those gallant little barques. We can our s-elves testify to the excellent qualities and good management of the crew of one of them, on this oc casion. Experiments were also made in the way of effecting coninumications with distressed vessels. The first was an invention of Captain Manby, which consists in firing a shot to which a rope is attached from a mortar, over the vessel requiring assistance. Owing probably to some mismanage ment, however, the experiment was not very suc cessful. The firing took place from the centre of the south over the head of the north pier, but in 3 out of 4 shots the rope broke, and it was not until . ti e fourth shot was fired and after some little de-. lay (during which it seemed to us that an ill-fated vessel with its crew might have gone down) that the desired communication was effected. This, however, having been accomplished, a life-belt was speedily sent along the line, and a boy who was placed therein made several passages backwards and forwards, both raised above and dragged through the water. The boy seemed to enjoy amazingly this mode of transit in the presence of a large au dience, who afterwards rewarded him most libe rally on his coming round with a hat. Experi ments were also mtide of conveying ropes to a dis tance by means of the old-fashioned rocket, and which to our mind were more successful than those with the shot. This, however, may have been the result of accident. On Monday evening there was a display of fireworks from the harbour. As we haye said, it only requires that this place should be better known to become a stiV greater favourite, the facilities offered by excursion trains and re duced fires going far to compensate for its dis tance from London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Slight and Se vere Diseases.—lt is comforting and satisfactory to know that the operation of these famous pills is not limited to the, cure of those violent internal distempers for which they are successfully administered in England and foreign coun- tries. They act also as an immediate corrective in the lesser ailments incident to both sexes. 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Two faiths as well as two families dispute the possession of this place, and we are led onward by a pale faced young man, whose heart yearns to the old Romish religion, and who sees in every ornament of this sainted chapel a portion, as it were, of his own soul. He is mean-looking, and has an anxious, depressed countenance.. He points out the grand, pictures, the jewelled crucifix, the holy emblazon ment of the altar, the sacred purport of each splen did window, with a deep sigh. He cannot speak without sighing, for he is very anxious and sorrow ful. He evidently has no joyful hope from the long delayed telegraphic message. And now he turns our eyes from the caryatidal rows of kneeling angels, each rending a book emblazoned with gold and crimson —from saint and symbol, from old family pr:mp of worship, and the encrusted ornamentation of the chancel, representing one mass of jewels—from all these he turns our eyes, and, with melancholy de meanour, claims our attention for the magnificent organ, which, facing the altar, rises aloft, as it were, among the kneeling angels, the mournful majesty of unuttered music. "To think," ho says, "that it has been silent all these years !" " You love music, then," we say. " Better than anything else in the world," is his short reply. " But mass is performed here still," we observe, "though there is no family." " Only low mass," he says, with that mournful cadence, " and, therefore, no music." " But do not you yourself play on the organ ?" we inquire. " Yes," he answers, when there is any one to blow ; there is a man in the village who blows for me sometimes, and a servant in the house when he has time. It is a splendid organ," says he proudly, "with three sets of keys !" " Will you not play for us ?" we ask. He looks at us with his melancholy eyes; as if measuring our worthiness for so great a privilege, and says, "Yes, I will." We leave the chapel, and ascending two flights of stairs, the first of which lands us on a level with the gilded gallery in which the great family had knelt to worship our Lord and His mother, we stand face to face with the mighty slumbering soul of music, which that melancholy, young man i s about to awake. Of course, if he plays we must blow ; accordingly, mounting upon a low step, first one and then the other works the heavy iron lever w hich gives breath to the Leviathan ; and the next moment the lofty chapel, from the highest centre of its roof to the lowest level of its floor, seems to throb and heave with the swelling pulsations oft he most wonderful melody. It is bard work to blow that great organ, but light indeed for such a repayment ; and not more astonishing than the pulsing, surging torrent of harmony which pealed forth into the silence is the total change in that young man's being. No longer dim-eyed, dreamy, and melancholy, he sits there an inspired musician, with flushed cheek and upturned eyes, as a brother of St. Cecilia might have appeared. First,,he gives expression to a low, mournful symphony, as if all the surrounding angels were lamenting the sorrows and humiliations of their church. Anything sadder, grander, or more heart-touching cannot be conceived. It is as if the immense sorrow with which our Lord wept over Jerusalem had here found expression. Then follows another strain. Above the lamenting voices of the angels is heard the triumph of the eternal church, which no time or change can over turn, the jubilant utterance of thousands and tens of thousands whose garments are washed white in the blood of the Lamb, who have come forward from great tribulation and suffering, from contumely and poverty, to be crowned kings, rejoicing for ever and ever !—.lllary Hotoitt, in " The Eclectic" for September, THE HERRING FISHING IN SCOTLAND. , (From the Banfshire Journal.) The fishing during the past week has been scanty, particularly at Wick, where it has been almost a blank. As the fishing terminates this week, the probability is that it will be far below an average, probably some 30,000 crans less than last year. This will b 3 an awkward circumstance for most of the curers, who paid heavy bounties long before the season commenced, and who will there fore find that they pay very dearly for their fish. It will be a good service to the trade ge nerally if it induce the fish curers to unite and come to an understanding to pay no bounties at all. We fear, however, that no such arrangement is likely to be gone into ; ,it has been often talked about, but it has never got beyond a talk. Indeed, while the fishermen have every confidence in each other, and won't take below a certain figure per cran, the curers seem to have little confidence in their brethren along the coast, and without some general understanding we fear that the arrange ment suggested and spoken about is not likely to be realised. The appearance presented by the previous week of a good catch, induced some curers to part with their fish, crown-branded, for 265. 6d. A scanty fishing since, however, has considerably raised the market, and no fish can now be bought under 275. 4d., while on the Wick side, some seek so high as 28s. 4d. The price for lanks is scarcely quotable, as it is feared this quality will be quite a drug in the market. The following are our reports from the different stations : PETERHEAD, Aug. 27.—The fishing at Peterhead continues very poor. The average for the season is only 224. crans. At Boddam the total catch for the week is 64t crans over 31 boats. FRASERBURGH, Aug. 27.--Ilere the average for the season over the district has very nearly reached that of last year, being 28 crans, while at the same date of 1858 it was 301 crans. The average for Fraserburgh is 27 crans ; Pitulli, 18 ; Roseberry, 48 ; Pennan, 20. GARDENSTOWN, Aug. 27.—Here very fair success has been met with during the past week, the average being 16 crans, raising the average for the season to 53 crans over a fleet of 54 boats, and thus giving a total catch of 2,862 crans. The best fishings were on Thursday and Friday, when the average was 5 crans each morning, the average being 2 crans on the other mornings of the week. MACDUFF.—The week's average here is 9 crans, raising the average for the season to 331- crans. About the half of the boats were out yesterday (Monday) morning, and returned with from 4 to 10 crans each—the best shot they have made this season. BANFF.—Here the average for the week is only 22 crans, raising the season's average to 241 crans. WHITEHILL, Aug. 27.—Here the week's catch amounts to an average of 4/ crans over 28 boats. The best take was on Tuesday morning, when the highest catch was 23, and the average 3 crans. PORTSOY, Aug. 27.—Our fishing is still unfavour able. The average to this date is about 20 crans. CULLEN, Aug. 27. The fishing has fallen _ off greatly during the week, and both fishcurers and fishermen are of opinion that anything like an aver age fishing cannot now be looked for. There has not been such a poor fishing on this part of the coast for many a year, and the consequence must be serious to the fishermen and those having deal ings witji them. The average at Cullen for the week is only 101 crane, and for the season 46 crane. At Portmockie the average for the week is 13 crane, and for the season 761 crane, which, although behind other seasons here, is high, compared with many other fishings on the coast. BUCKLE, Aug. 27.—Notwithstanding of our Mon day morning shot, the fishing has not been very successful this week. The total catch does not exceed 480 crans, or about six crans per boat. Seve ral boats, however, now exceed 150 crans for the season, but none as yet in Buckie have their com plement. In Portessie, again, one boat has about 300 crans for the season, and several are near to their complement; while the average may be said to be somewhere about double what Buckie is, or about 120 crane, LOSSIEMOUTH, , Aug. 27.—Here the fishermen have met with fair success duting the week. The average over the fleet of 105 boats is 28/ crans, raising the average for the season to 87-1,- crane. BURGHEAD, Aug. 27.—Here the fishing has been pretty successful during the week, the average being 24 crans over the fleet of 45 boats. The best catch was on Wednesday morning, when the ave rage was 14, and the highest catch 50 crans. Appearances are still good, and something is ex pected to be done next week. Dogs, however, are very numerous. HOPEMAN, Aug. 27.—Here there has been an excellent week's fishing, the average over 41 boats being 361, crans. On Tuesday morning the ave rage was seven crans. On Saturday the average was only 2t, crans, and the fish were nearly spent; but on the rest of the week the herrings were all fine fish. The produce of the fishing has been sold at 275. to 275. 4d. per barrel. LYBSTER, Aug. 27—There has been little or nothing added to our fishing during the last fort night, and the few herrings caught were for the most part spent. Our average in the district may be about 32 crans per boat the season. HELMSDALE, Aug. 27.--Here the fishing has this week been again a complete failure. Curers and fishermen are much cast down, and indeed no wonder. Never in our remembrance have we seen Helmsdale with 'such a low average at so late a date. There is one week yet of the time, and un less something be done, our fishing will be certainly a most miserable one. The entire to this date is 321 crans ; at same date last year it was 54 crans. There are no sales this week. Curers are stiff to sell under 275. 4d. or 28s. full brand. WICK, Aug. 27.—The fishing here during the' week has been all but a blank, the total catch being 1,210 crans, raising the total average for the season to about 70 crans over a fleet of 1,080 boats. This is considerably below last year, but there are hopes that something may yet be done during next week. At Berwick a heavy catch has been got during the past week, and the fishing is being prosecuted very hopefully. On Tuesday morning the takes ranged from 40 to 60 barrels per boat. The highest price was 17s-, while some herrings, were sold as low as 155., and even 135., per barrel. Losses of nets have occurred, through coming into contact with the heavier tackle of French fishermen,'who fish on the coast under the protection of a gunboat. At Eyemouth the fishing has been partial, a few boats having good takes, but the average is not high. Prices for full fink range from 14s. to 165., spent being 10s. per barrel. At North Sunderland there has been a fair fish ing. Many nets have been lost here from the same cause as at Berwick. On the West Coast the fishing has been far below an average, and the quality of the herrings is also low. The exports for the week consist of the follow ing :—From Fraserburgh there were 374 barrels to Stettin. From Lossiemouth, 125 barrels to Dant zic, and 247 to Altona. From Lybster, 740 to Harburg, and 420 to Bristol. From Wick, 308 and 311 barrels to Londonderry ;, 462 and 450 to Cork ; 348 to Drogheda ; 560 to Rotterdam ; 295 and 350 to Harburg ; 680 to Dantzic ; 262 and 840 to Elsinore'; 650 to Limerick ; 640 to Waterford, ; and 491 to New Ross. Latest advices from the Continental market are under date, Stettin, 23d August, from, Messrs. Metzenthen and Co., as follows:—" The supplies of new Scotch unbranded herrings during the past week have been extremely small, and amount only to 1,140 barrels, which have been quickly sold at 111 dols. per barrel ex ship. Four cargoes are re ported to-day to have arrived at Swinemunde, and as the demand has much improved, we have no doubt that the price of 11 dols. will be further ob tained for real full fish. If the supplies continue to arrive by degrees, as they have done hitherto, the prices will surely keep their ground, and they would doubtless be already much higher if the trade in general had a more solid foundation. The trade in Scotch herrings of last year's catch is quite unaltered." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—EPPS'S (Homoeopathic Chemist) Cocoa.—This esteemed preparation is sold by the prin cipal grocers at ls. 6d. per lb., in 11b., 3 / 4 1b., and Ilb. packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, Homoeo pathic chemist, London." [ADVERTISEMENT. —Fifty thousand cures without medi cine, by Du Barry'selicious Revalenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, debility, cough, asthm a, con. sumption, &c. 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The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order, Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Graceehurch-street ; 4, Chaapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsvate• street ; 85, Tottenham -court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co.; at Liverpool, Nixon an d Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, Ralmes, Blanchard, • and Co, ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. After the first fortnight some sportsmen takeda little repose. Those who have been on their g roan s have met with fair sport during the past week, as the particulars that follow will testify. • Good sport is still enjoyed by the party at Black water-lodge. From the 22d to the 25 t h, Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl of March, and Mr. Cox, bagged in all 456 brace and 11 hares. The Lagganauld party continue to enjoy excellent sport. On the 20th F. Walker, Esq., bagged 53 brace. On the 22d he had 82 brace ; Rev. John King, 49 ; James Hall, Esq., 43. On the 23d F. Walker, On Esq., bagged 47 brace ; J. Hall, Esq., 3 2 . the 24th Rev. John King F had 25 brace ; HI Esq., 20. On the 25th F . Walker, Esq ., bagge 381 brace; J. Hall, Esq., 20. On Saturday ReT. John King had 271 brace. Miss M'Phe rson Grant party at Aberlour House tontine to enjoy had sport. On the 13th, Mr. Purdie, of Edinbur„, h 10 brace and a hare, and on the 15th, 301 brace. Dr. Macpherson, on the 17th, had 291 brace and hares; and on the 19th, 101 brace and a S hare. party on Benrinnes, on the 20th, had 38 brace an d 4 hares. On the 24th, Dr. Macpher son had 25.. brace and 2 hares ; and on the 2 5 th,. w ith party of two guns, 33 brace of grouse, 31 black ganr , and $ heron. On Thursday, on Cairnduie, Mr. Henry, fr°, m , Blairfin dyLodge, had 54 brace of grouse; Mr. NevitT4 on Hill of Kim, 20 brace; and Mr. Wilson, 1' brace. Good sport has been got on the Eding lassie Moors, Strathdon, during last week. On one day: the success was as follows :—Jas. Beech, ESQ., of Brandon Hall, 511 brace ; Merricks, E sq ., 40 9 brace; and Ricketts, Esq., 481 brace. The shooting on the Ballindalloci moors during the week has been prosecuted with the following result: On Monday, a party out roe -shooting had 6 brace black game, 11 brace grouse, 1 woodc ock, and 11 hares. On Tuesday, the Hon. Alfred Stratton had 26 brace grouse, 1 snipe, and 6 hires ; and General Ridley and Col. Tombs, 281 brace gr ouse and 3 hares. On Wednesday Gen. Ridley and Major Gon lake had 17 brace grouse, 2 brace black game, 1 sniP °, and 2 hares ; the Hon. A. Stratton and Col. Tombs, 15 brace grouse, 5 brace black game, and hares. On Thursday the Hon. A. Stratton bad 8 brace grouse and 2 hares. The gentlemen on the Advie moors continue to enjoy very f air sprt, when it is considered that the grouse are, even at this early stage of the season, very wild and pack ing together. This is no doubt occasioned ty the recent sho avers of rain, mid the young birds being much stronger than usual. It consequently requires good marksmen to bring home heavy bags. R. Munn, Esq., was out for the first time this season Tuesday 23d inst., and bagged 411 brace grouse and 5 hares. On Thursday 25th, in six hours, on a low moor of trifling extent, Mr. Munn had 20 brace grouse and 9 hares, and Mr. Whit ehead, 20 brace and 1 hare; and on Saturday, 3v 27th, after 11 a.m., Mr. Munn bagg ed brace and 5 hares; Mr. Whitehead, 13 brace and 1 hare. Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., then Lodge, Lodge, went out on Wednesday last, when 2 1 „ 0 killed to his own gun 27 brace grouse and a "All blue hares. On the Kingussie shootings Mr. sopp, on the 22d, had 23 brace grouse and some. hares; on the 23d, 31 brace grouse and 25 brace of hares; and on the 24th 31 brace grouse. On Bell ville, to two guns, on the 22d, there were ba g ged f , 10 brace grouse and 5 hares •, on the 23d 4 brace ° grouce and 2 hares; and on the 24th 61 brace. The birds are strong and rendered wild by wet w eather. In Glenavon forest, on the 22d Lord H. Bentinck killed 2 stags. On Saturday last General Ridley -- brought down a roe at Ballindalloch.Banff four nal. DEMME SHOOTINGS.—On the Aboyne es tates the deer stalking and grouse shootings have been very good. Mr. J. Orr Ewing, who is a t enant of Aboyne Castle, and of the Glentanner deer f orest, has, along with his party, succeeded in killing the following numbers of red deer and grouse :—Satur day, Aug. 20—Mr. Ewing land Mr. P. B. Smo llett killed 49 brace grouse. Tuesday, 23—Mr. Ew ing ' 2 stags ; one of them 19st 41b-10 points ; th e o tb.er, 17st 81b-8 points. Wednesday, 24--r. n ' Smollett and. Mr.'EWing, 3 stags : --viz., I.=-21st 81b —l2 points ; I=2lst 61b-8 points; 1-15 st 81b1 8 points. Thursday, 25—Mr. Smollett, 2 2 brace of grouse; Mr. Ewing, 211 brace of grouse; Mr. 17 • Ewing, 14 brace of grouse—total, 571 brace. S"' turday, 27—Mr. Ewing killed a large stag in the forest.—Aberdeen Journal. COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY—SEPT. 3. A tolerable supply of wheat at market to-dsty. "Of Traciaw' last was dull, at a reduction of is to 2s on the currency week. Barley in better demand, and quite as dear. Oats in retail demand, at about late rates. Beans were a small show. White wheat new, 44s to 49s Barley, grinding..29B to 39 0 Red do. 4os to 44s Oats, old, . 23s to 22 9 Old white 44s to 498 New do 25s to 27d Red do. 40s to 44s Beans.. 440 to 48# Barley, malting.... 37s to 40s 1 Beans, new to LEICESTER—SETT. 3. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, with a mode rate show of other grain. Prices—White wheat, 445 to 48 0 —red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone; new red realised 45 8 per qr.; barley, 34s 'to • 40s per quarter; the oat trade was dun, at quotations ranging from 26s to 34s per 24 stone. B ed° were active, at 488 to 52s per 38 stone ; new, 43s to 46 5 . Fine flour, 35s j Seconds, 33s I Thirds, 315 per 20 stone. NORWICH—SEPT. 3. Here to-day, there was rather a good attendance of the trade. 'The show of wheat was mostly new, and generally of inferior quality. Prices for old at about late rates, an new at is decline. The supply of barley was on till crease, farmers asking high prices for the best matting u°: scriptions. In other grain there was scarcely tiny busul doing. White wheat. 45s to 48s I Red wheat 38 s to 20 Flour, 29s to 29s 6d per 'sack from the miller. CAMBRIDGE —SETT. 3. fair There was a moderate show of wheat,t which niet a demand, at a decline on late rates. White wheat, 42s ° 45s ; red, 403 to —s per 36 stone. Barley in limited qua l ji tities at former terms. Oats , were from 24a to 29s Pe r 3 8 stone. Beans (old), at 44s to 460; new, 38s to 40s per stone. YORK—SEPT. 3. *th The wheat trade was dull, and sales effected wl LI culty, at a trifle under previous quotations. Barley seta show, but firm, at full prices. Oats in retail request, a nd late rates barely maintained. Beans a small short with no change in value. .40s to 42s 0at5......... Wheat White do .44s to 49s Beans * 440 4 ° '_„ s to ---- Barley .34s to 381 Peas ** 22s to 2,48: NORWICH CATTLE—SEPT. 3. set* A tolerable show of store cattle t o 'd a y, c omprising - u n a t a shorthorns, Devon., and I r i s h. A, sm all attendance) bu t fair amount of business done, at fully late prices. 3 , Scots, 4s to 5s 6d ; s h or th orns , 4 s Od to 58 Od ; Tri s ' he n to 38 6d ; Devon s , 3 s 6d t o 4 s 6d (estimated weight iv fat). Fat beasts firm, 8s Od to 8. 6d per stone. A veil sT show. best Sheep—The pens were tolerably well filled. The a . bp lambs in demand at 32 . to 368 per head. Fat sheePt " 8s 6d per stone. Pigs—A good supply. Store pigs 258 to 306 ; fat pork. 6s Od to 6s 9d per stone. DUBLIN—SEPT. 2. Our market was steady, with a fair supply of new' and we note the prices of wheat as nominall y un tared from Tuesday, except for prime samples, and malting bar ley, which were r ather higher. Oats and bere s carcely so brisk. Rapeseed unchanged. Indian corn waa almost un saleable. wheat, white 2 . d i) . to 2 6 3 . d o Do., new ... .. fi d. 6 to 1 . 3 d i Do., red 2O oto2l 6 Bere ... . ..... 13 otol4 0 Do " n ew • • Barley Oats 29 14 6 to 30 0 18 0 Do., : black l4 oto ls 0 Indian corn . 0 - D ••-----_------:-...... • BIRTHS. CIFITTY.—On the let inst. , th e wife "of TOrapSol/ Chittft Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. MONTEFIORE.—On the 2d inst., at Roupell-park, Stres tham-hill, Mrs. John Monte fiore, of a son. SISSMORE.—On the 2d inst., at Herne-bay, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Sissmore, of a son. VICKERY.—On the 2d inst., at 6, Westbourne-park - p lace the wife of Francis Vickery, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. CHANCE—KNox.—On theist inst., at St. Mark's, Xe niugton, J. F. Chance, Esq., of the Middle Templ et Ellen Matilda, second daughter of the late Robt. NII°1" Esq., of Earl's-court, Brompton, and the Mixed Coat' mission, Cape of Good Hope. LESLIE—WARBURTON.—On the Ist inst., a t Overton, the Rev. H. Leslie , rector of Kilcleif, county Down, to Char' lotte, fourth daughter of the late Rev. R. E. Warburton, of Horley Bank, Cheshire. DEATHS. BICKERSTETIL—On the 2d inst. , at Christ Church Parson- Ed age, Hampstead, Sarah, the widow of the late Rev. ward Bickersteth, rector of Walton, Horts, aged 71 ' BOURNE:—On the 2d inst.', at Stamford-hill, the Rev, Lut widge Bourne, M.A., aged 32. .—On the 18th July, off Kurrachee, on board O.M.'. BUTT frigate Semiramis, Lieut. Edward Butt, R.N., fift h °II of W. Butt, Esq., of Corneybury, Horts, aged 25. GALLIERS.—On the 2d inst., at 24, Princess-street, Step' ney, G. P, Galliers, Esq., aged 70. HUTTON.—On the 2d inst., at Balham-hill, Esq., for upwards of 60 years an in habitant of Newgat street, aged 80. Miss Penelope LLoyn.—On the 25th nit., at Southgate, T h os . 111 1001 : Lloyd, aged 79. lIITFIELD.—On the Ist inst su ddenly, Wm. Whitfield? age d 74. Esq., of 18, Hereford-square , Old Brorl W LONDON : 1 6 rinted and Published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sto Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the No. of iddletmx, Monday, September 5, 1859. YOUNti• ti b rire z 4):, G 1 k , T r i t aM sive