The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CIT N EWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. There has been rather more animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days. The dealings in tea, however, have been restricted, and prices have undergone no change of importance. Sugars have been in fair request, the finer qualities showing a slight ad vance. Coffee has continued at full rates, and a moderate business has been done in rice, cocoa, fruit, and spices, with little change to record in prices. At the public sales of hides just concluded the chief purchases were for exportation, and consisted chiefly of heavy goods. East India hides went at an average decline of 4d. to id. per lb. on the sales current at the previous auctions. The general prospects of the trade, however, are considered satisfactory. For saltpetre there has been a steady inquiry, and tallow has continued in good request, chiefly for home consumption. A fair amount of business was transacted in the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday, but prices were again rather lower. The sales were estimated about 8,000 bales. On Tuesday, the 31st inst., a call of 50 per eent. is due on the London and South Western New per Cent. Stock. The Scottish Australian Investment Company held a meeting to-day, at which a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was agreed to, the directors' report being unanimously adopted. A meeting has also taken place of the share holders in the Unity Bank—Mr. Mechi in the chair, who made some favourable statements with regard to the progress of the establishment, the small pro portion of loss, and the unimportant character of the liabilities it has incurred through the failures in the leather trade, which it was estimated £6OO will be sufficient to meet. The report, of which the following is an extract, was unanimously adopted : " The directors submit the half-yearly statement of the business of the bank to the shareholders. From this it will be seen that, during the period, the earnings, after making ample provision for bad debts and payment of interest to customers, are £4,517 18s. Pd. ; and that, after payment of expenses, there is an available nett profit of £2,626 6s. 2d., Which is sufficient to pay interest for the past half-year on the share capital of the association at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, and leave a surplus of £lO7 ls. 2d. The directors, however, do not propose to make this distri bution, as they consider the interests of the bank will be thereby best served. The directors feel it to be source of congratulation that the bank will suffer very little loss by the recent failures in the leather trade. They again solicit the co-operation of the shareholders in the introduction of new business and the increase of current accounts, feelinc , as they do that nothing more is now required to ensure the prosperity of the institution." A meeting has been held to-day of the creditors of Messrs. D. and J. Mackintosh, tanners—Mr. E. B. Brown in the chair—when it was resolved to wind the estate up under inspection, a committee of three gentlemen having been appointed. The market for Public Securities opened with a fiat appearance, but more firmness is now exhibited, Consols being 931 3 1, for money, and 931 1 for the account. Very little business, however, has been transacted. The New 3 per Cents. are flat at 931 1, the Reduced are firm at 93i 1; Long Annuities are 161 ; India Stock has receded to 2171 ; ditto New Loan to 1011 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has im proved to 97; ; ditto 61 per Cents. to 1021 ; and Exchequer Bills remain at ls. to 4s. prem. Very few transactions are recorded in Foreign Securities and prices are heavy, Turkish 6 per Cents, are 761 to 77 ; ditto New, 591 to 601. Russian 4 per Cents. have receded to 93,, ; Spanish to 481; ditto Deferred to 391; but the Passive are firm at 201 1, and Brazilian at 1001. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 1 prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, d 1 prem. ; and the Universal, 1 prem. The transactions ii the Railway Share Market have been moderate, and a further upward move ment has taken place in prices. Eastern Counties, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have ad vanced ss. ; South-Western, Norfolk, and South- Eastern, 10s. ; and Midland, ss. to 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have shown no materal variation. Scindes have ad vanced ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. Union of Australia have improved 55., and Peninsular and Oriental Steam 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 2291 84 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 93 i I i 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l India 5t0ck.... ., Ditto 5 par Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent Ditto 51 per Ce n t .. 1021 1 Ditto Debentures, 1858 97 Ditto, 1859 Dittu Bonds £l,OOO 7 3 d Commis for Account, 9th Aug. 931 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto £5OO 1 4 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 751 Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto ft per Cont. 1858 Ditto 1860 BB Russian 5 per Cont. 1822, £ St Ditto ft per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Account _ 4Bl Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, August 931 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July 27.—Winc1 this day at noon—West moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. NRIVPORT, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Baltic, from Liverpool for New York. SUNDERLAND, July 26 .—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Boreo, from Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, July 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Indus, steamer, from Alexandria. PORTSMOUTH, July 26.—Win dB.N , E,—Sailed — Her' St' Majesty's ship Megan, for Malta. HULL, July 26.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Vidar, I S t tl from Richibueto ; Germanico, from Sulina ; Gustave, from ' Quebec. DUNDEE, July 26.—Wind variable.—Arrived —Czar, 1 ' and St. Lawrence, from Quebec. Sailed—Retriever, for sti Quebec. GRIMsI'r, July 26.—Wind N.E.—Ar r i ve d—Fri gga, st' from Quebec. sti CARDIFF, July 26.—Wind W.N.W.—S a il ed—Vier Gezusters, for Hong Kong ; Marshal Pelissier, for St. L ou is ; Frederick, for Monte Video ; Souvenir, for St Thomas. LIVERTOoL, July 27.—Wind N.—Arrived—Edinburgh, screw steamer, from New York. SILLOTH, July 25—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Vibilea, from Salina. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind calm. Arriyed, July 26—Hellmuth, from Riga; Alliance, ste amer, from Havre ; Le Coq, from Cherbourg ; Argyll, steamer, from Carenton • Courier, and South-Western, steamers from Jersey ; daielle, from London; Clio, from Soderh am ; Fortuna, from ITmea ; Temora, steamer, from 13 4311-°4 ; Graceful from Shields; Valiant, Light and Sign, ranch, Ma r ui Ar r iy ed, j c u l i s of Bute, and Alma, from Sunderland. Sailed j Y 2 7—Indus, steamer, from Alexandria. steamer, , f o ll r , I. 2 r ek - •-•Temora, steamer, for Dublin; Courier, Sailed, July 2r Y ' . svnuAb Leinater, steamer, for Holyhead. -- I ;xii AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) __...-....,.... Wind W. ; tide tw -- Elma GRAVESEND, Friday Morn in g . Arrived o f hours flood; weather fine. AVyborg ; Harfrsden, ; I'm Medernblik ; Fanny, from dracht, and Die Risoer"laii, mea ; Oxford, Europa, Ben- Argust,from St. Petersbur from Sundswall i Clements g ; Louisa, from St. Maio ; Odin, from Heisingberg ; Ocean C'hild and Magdalina, from Riga; Delphina, from Ystad ; Dapp er , Rroonpantsic ; Sarah, from Nassau; Anne Margretha, from _ r onsber C g7C ern ar i o k n u n s e from Memel ; Maren. Karstino, frotn i T erg ; from Rostock ; Jane Pringle, from k; onstadt ; Red Re becca, from Rotterdam. Sailed, July 26—Mary White, for St. Petersburg ; Star ; Conqueror, for Queen, for Bombay. Sailed, July 27—La Hogue, for Sydney Colombo. RUMOURED PURCHASE OF THE ESTATE OF HAR VIESTOUN AND CASTLE CAMPBELL FOR LORD CLYDE. It is currently reported here that Government, having, i n consideration of Lord Clyde's distinguished services in the Crimea and India, determined to present the g a ll ant soldier with an estate in his native country, as an expres sion of the nation's gratitude, is negotiating for the pur chase of the estate of Harviestoun and Castle Campbell in this county, and that Cie Andrew On- the present pro prietor, is now in London arran g i ng as t o the terms of sale. This valuable estate, which is beautifuli 7 situated at the base of the Ochils, and watered by the sweet winding Devon," has doubtless been fixed upon by Government as an appropriate gift to the gallant hero from the name it bears, and from its having been one of the, most ancient seats cf the disting uished house of which Si r C o h n h as proved himself su ch a worthy scion,—Xorth British Daily verse+ mie oi. , much- e eiln ig and expect on sail 3 atte' Ind wag y's in]." wtera liangsa but 10 3e trap' In d the e rather 5 value' saO g ' 35 b'd6• lir nitedf 11( i trade d. s• 2 4 g .` 8 5 05 71 4; 8 5 0 6 1 ° and il ia plants • is called it cwt. er t trap" r firnie r t otation. market, Pnts . , d p la ric e° n steadi red inn a lities 0 ;acted 10 1 Cha n ° dO n' fig: fair 01 2s to Bry n t he grv - t f o'o g o . 0 , ry al. of ocesol o _ tvt ,bic' obi i° I ' r. Pl° P 5 , „,„„bitof ••• . 0 0 sor ipti,., jeorg e 'at to st r fo til a 1 t Tow r e ishionefor vhiell te ° cc- Lblic ser' 1 3,10 11 ' left 13erti Pas , sner yal 0 Etrao r g e rid g° , o ol ores , la st 1 at ti .4 0 ge , a te fortes n t h e Os ati [ e iirs s eo . nd I lec e lA • ther ta i/ was - - - SHARE _MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS 1 Closing . P a id.; Business Sb are. Railways. Price. I Done. -- --i -50 !Belfast and Ballymena all 1 3.1418ir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 84 stock Birk., La., and Ch June 100 80 82 • 25 Blackburn 2.5 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 65 7 4 stock Bristol and Exeter .. • 100 104 106 stock Caledonian ._lO Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all all --- -- 20 cork, !Brock., , &Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do A( A gets no div a ll 10 Do B ' "111 Pc P until 6 er' tn all e h a sbeen pd. toR all 50 Dublin 1 Belfast June 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 9 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 565 571 56$ 761 7 stock 'Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 stock Do do Bdo , 100 26 28 25 Do NW A. late EU3ds. 20 East Su ff olk 10 Do stock Edinburgh k Glasgow 100 775 784 stock Fdin. Perth, & Dundee 1(0 30 31 10 Forth t Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Gilts.% and S. Western 100 101 106 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 1155 1165 116 stock Do do A stock 6 135 stock Po do 13 do stock (It. S. &W. of Ireland 100 114 116 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 65 12 Irish South-eastern stock Lancashire t Torkshir, 100 1085 1091 103 t 9 stock London and Blackwall 100 69 71 7 0 4 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 1145 1155 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 114 124 121 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1034 104 1035 1 4 124 Do eighths stock Lond. & .. , th. Western lOO 955 965 96 iit 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Ennisaillen all 10 11 stock Man. Shot. & Lin^oln 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 42_ 424_ 42 j 1 / 124 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan stock Midland lOO 1211 1211 1211 1I I stock Do Tkirming. dr Derby 100 96 08 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares all 25 M • Slid Kent. 10 Do, Cray Line all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry. Warnpt. ct Ros all stock Norfolk.. lOO 55 57 5 64 50 N•lan. Counties Union stock North British ....., . ...„ 100 642 645 011 stock or .Dev.RaillzDk.stodi; 100 stock D - .A stk ; A recs no cl. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock ~.... . 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 985 991 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 1/ 5 d d stock Do Leeds stock Do York stoct- North London 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 1 75 35 34 d 145 14 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 10 12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO Of 65 Of 10 Peebles ...... . • ..... Portsmouth 10 Rhymney..... • ..... stock Scottish Central • 100 115 117 stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 31 32 314 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne k Sheer all 6 7 stock South Devon stock South Eastern ....... 100 86 35 8a 555 61 • stock South Wales ..... 100 67 69 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 79 62 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 41 42 411 25 Do do ll 1 101 p Stockton & Hartlepool 16] stock Taff Vale .............. 100 stock Do Prof. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHaventk&Rall 22 - 50 Ulster , •• 25 Do ..., „ 12 10 Do ... : ..., ll d p stock Vale of • Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 115 stock Watertbrd & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West C rnwall 20 iWeat London all 10 Do Ist class ... . 20 Do 2nd class stock West Midland—Oxford 100 45 47 25 Do. Newport all 10 11 stock Do. Hereford 100 — - - ....-- PREFERENCE SIAItES. i ! Paid. ! Closing Business Share Railways. 1 I Price. Done. 25 Plythe and Tyne 10 per • 1 c. pref. (issued at X 5O ,11 —,.,...'a r stk , Rris. & 'J E x et.4 p.ct.stock 100 94 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon X 10,41 per cent 100 103 105 1541 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all (31 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent.. 65 Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun all 5 1 tl s tock E.Ang,n.Class A 7 &,sp.e lOO 101 10,i s tock Do. do. Class B A p.c lOO 114 116 100 105 110 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c... s tock IE. Conn. Ex. s p. e. No. il 100 112 111 114 N o. 2 100 111 113 stock iDo. do. s tock IDo. New 6 pet et. stock. stock Eastern 'Union, 4 per et. 100 60 St 60 4 stock Do. 5 per co , at. guar._ 100 stook Edin.&Gias. sp.e. shares 100 11l 113 stock Do. 4p. c. elm, S. &D. 100 90 92 100 77 s t o ck Edin. Perth& Dun , 4 p.c. 100 103 1 78 05 stock Vurness, 5 per cent .... s t oc k Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 118 120 s tock Great Northern, s p. ct. 100 117 119 s t oc k Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pro 100 112 114 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. s p.e. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 81 86 88 100 all 10 Gt. Nh. of Scota Ist pf. 100— stock Gt.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 / p. ct. pref. stock i i 91 50 Great West. (Berke and . Rants) Ext. sp. ct 0 took Co. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. stock Do. Pedoemsble, 4p. 100 100 102 100 09 91 _ _ s tock Do. Irredeemable, do., ct. 100 01 93 ril stock Do. 5 nxt. Redeem. Pref.l 100 102 104 103 8 Do. Dirm. Pref. Shares. all 10 104 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf,sh. all 17 18 10 Do dos p. ct. pref. all 104 11 stock Do Birmgg,uar. stock lOO 76 78 264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 10 10A VA 'Do. do. dn. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan,&York 6p, c. stock lOO 140 144 15 4 1 stock Do.Barnsl.stXs 3s 10d pe 100 stock Do. 6 per e. (F. Lan.) f 100 stock Lon..t Brig. 5 pe.gu. No i 100 117 119 stock Do. sp. c. ~,,, ~No. 2 100 1117 119 stock Do. gun. Ap. c. 100 117 119 stook Do. do. 5 n. c No. 4 stock Do. do. 4-4 per cen'. 100 104 106 5 `Do. do. 44 p, c. shares 5 Ical 6 stock Do. 7p. ct. Prof. stock. 100 155 151 --s stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.kC.P.) 100 132 136 stock Do.4p.o.S.(div.deftil '65) 100 67 09 25 Lon. Chat. and Dover... all 201 211 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp, et._ 100 116 118 stock Lon. & S.W, 7 n. et. stock. 100 152 4 1571 stock Do. 4A per cent ~ 100 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d all 124 Londondy. & Cole. 1s1;. all 124 Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh.f all 124 121 stock. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et,l 100 127 129 10 Do. redeem. 6 Der cent 1 I 6 Do. X 6 s t 72: 1 Do . lar 3 3,- °Pre: c ent .3, Car., 4 p. . .1 1 a 0 l 4 5 0: 69 4 7 .. 1 .. 1 P p 124 Do. 44 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p. C. stock.. 100 stock Do.Con.Bris. &Mir. 6 p.c. 100 141 143 stock Do. 4A p. c. pref. stock.. 100 104 105 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 100 94 96 95 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. et. 184 100 stock Do. 51 D. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.llB47 100 stock North British, sp.c. .. 100 111 113 stock Do. New, gua. sp. c.... 100 108 110 101 Do. Bor. tin. g. pf. shs 1 1 1 p 10 Do. do. do. all stock Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dek.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 92 94 stock Do. BerwiCk, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 98 09 17 Do. do. do Q.13.4. 1 .1 d" 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e, No, 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Porch. 10 4 d I. p 10 20 North Staffordshire_ all 224 23 .4 1 0 ithyminey Guaranteed. all 84 *Scottish Central, new p : all stock Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 73 75 stock Do. Sberdeen,gua.6p.e. 100 122 124 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 135 L 10s. south Devon. Ann. 10s. all 104 11 10 Do, Fixed 44 per cent. all 1.0.6 South Easteßeading* Ann., I.oArn ( all 24 211 244 stock Do. 41 per cent. lOO 103 105 stock Do. Fixed 11p.c. Ist is. 100 103 105 91 stock :outh Wales, gua. 4 P.C. 100 ' stock Do. 41 per cent lOO stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 66 88 r 25 Stock. k Dar. Asp. c all 28 29 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 331 34 341 2,5 Do. C 6 per cent.... , • all 33 • stock Watrfd & lillkny, 6p. c. 100 45 50 stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guast 160 129 131 Do. 2d do 123 125 Do.Nerzport 5 pic.pf.red. all 10 101 Do.Perpet, 6p.c. pf 1866 all 124 15 125 1 Do. till 1869, Ist is. all 11 12 Do. do. 2d is. 5 Do. Hereford 41 p.e. pf. all LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 .. i.pasine• \Closinz I Buell Railways. paid. s. \ Closing Business Price. Done. Bedfora and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 51 per cent.l Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Vat E.Lincalnshire,v.6p.c.l E.Linion,Harwich Shsl itia4N,W ILn&N,W 97 98 St 524' Do. Do, ll3 115 Calelonin 101 106 E.1.7.&E C 16 17 Gt.North.l3B E.Counts.l 4, Do, WOodbridge ... G Is. Barr. & Neil s,Dret. Do. New .. Gloster& Deal; Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&RaiL Hull and Selby ...• • • Do. Shares . Do. Shares .... ... Lanr.& Carl. e•ua.s London & Greenwich Do. Preference LonTilby.t Soutend.l Lowestott, elm. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent I t an c,,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock .. •. • •• • Newmarkt.,llnry}lx I,' guaran teed 5 P. c. Northn.&-Eastn, 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western ...... Preston and Wyre. Do. t Stares , ._ „ oYstn.Hitch., kShep, nsiewsbry& Hereford] !Caledontn Do. ,Gt. West. Yk.N. Md. 'Do. ~ „ „ Do. ILm(tN.W iS. East. 'Do. veto Si, Co Norfolk „ 'L 2 11. 8 k 98 98 I P 56 41 Tidland 5. 5 0 6 E.Coulital a n Do all no. a ll .Do. .•• • .• all 'Midlaia 'Az NWI all L . Yk. all Do 100 Gt. North. 100 T.Bragaeyi Vii 15 '137 1/0 104 105 101 i 11 P 91 93 . 7i_ 84' Snntlii Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon ,& k,""roydn. ...... all 31‘Cleari.., 100 Gt. West. all 1,..t68reil DOCKS. Shaul Docks: Paid. Closing BusinDoness Price. e. stork C'einmercial ..1 100 1 • : ''''" D 0.4 per Cent Pref. Alin: 100 stock {East ~ ,,,,4 West Indies .• I 1 03 stock 'London - f 190 ..... stock {St "Catharine ' I 100 stock iSouthanapton 1 100 stock 'Victori a . lOO 97 99 1 20 Do Ne w { 2 id p ,112 114 209 212 1 V. e,4 1115 120 I 91 93 97 i THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 27, ISO. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY), COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice •Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) JUDGMENT.—THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH RINK V. TURNLR. His Honour, the Vice-Chancellor, said—The question that is raised in this case, under the Shipping Registration Acts, is one of very great importance. The question which is raised is, whether, under a contract for a mortgage, or an agreement for the sale or mortgage of a ship, entered into by the parties, was in itself such an agreement as would justify the court to execute its powers of equity, and decree specific performance of it. Such a case as the present has never been decided, and no provision is made for it in the Registry Acts. His Honour referred to the practice of the court under the old Registry Acts, to see if any equitable beneficial interest cases did fall under these acts, and did not find any. The former Shipping Acts and the present Mer chant Shipping Acts require the complete registration of all incumbrances on ships, and no provision is made for the i egistration of agreements for the sale on mortgage of ships, and such agreements cannot appear in the register. His Henour cited the decisions of Lord St. Leonards, in Ran kine and Greene, Hutchison against Wright, 25 Brown, and Hughes and Morris, (De G ex, Macnachtert and Gordon) before the Lords Justices and Lord Cranworth, to show the Court did not decree specific performance of agreements for a beneficial interest in ships not registered. His Honour minutely examined the se veral !sections of the following acts of Parliament to dis cover whether this agreement could be enforced :-6 Geo. IV., which enacted that all property in British ships shall enter the register ; 3 and 4 Yid., sec. 4 and 37, and 8 and 9 Vict., to the same effect. Sections 3 and 32 describes the character of the ship, and section 18 the person en titled to hold the ship, and the complete registration of the bill of sale, transference, or incumbrance on ships. Section 38 describes the person having a legal interest in the ship, and sections 61, 62, 63, and 64, describes the proceeding ne cessary for the transfer and sale of the ship ; they must all appear in the register. Section 103 was an excep tion, where such interest is forfeited by insol vency or bankruptcy. Sections 58 and 59 gives the form of transference. His Honour, after considering all these•several sections of the Shipping Registry Acts, and in particular the provisions of the Mercantile Shipping Act (April, 1855), came to the conclusion that the plaintiff was not entitled to havd this agreement registered, and not en titled to specific performance of the agreement, and dis missed the plaintiff's bill with costs on this point. The defendant will have his costs in so far as he has been suc cessful in this case. POLICE INTELLIG_ER C.E-( THIS DAI .) BOW-STREET. George Field, a respectably-dressed man, was placed at the bar charged with stealing £l4 10s., the property of Mr. Koppers, an eating-house keeper in Wardour-street. Fanny Woollams said the prisoner, in company with another man, entered a dining room kept by her brother in-law, and proceeded up stairs to the public room and ordered dinner, a few minutes before one, about three weeks ago. It was served, and they ordered some ale, and re mained in the room about an hour. The apartment from which the money was taken adjoined the dining room, and on returning with the ale they both said they were in a great hurry to get away. They paid for their dinners and left. She was quite positive the prisoner was one of the men. Mr. Koppers said he kept a dining-room in Wardour street, and a few minutes before one the prisoner, with a companion, entered the premises and ordered dinner. A few minutes before one on the day of the robbery he had been upstairs, and had occasion to observe the money which was kept in a drawer in the bed-room. After the prisoners had left he was induced to go upstairs, and then discovered the door of the room and the drawer in which the money was kept had both been forced open and the cash stolen. The prisoner denied he was at the house on the day in question. The prosecutor said he was almost certain he was, and that he left with his companion before the whole of the dinner supplied had been consumed. Prisoner said that was not true, as they had eaten the whole of the things ordered. _ _ The magistrate—Then you did dine at the house on the day in question. In answer to questions from the magistrate the first witness said she had observed the prisoner and her com panion dine at the rooms on the day before, and she sup posed the bed-room door had been tried, as on her brother in-law attempting to go into the room he had great difficulty in opening the door. The constable who had charge of the case said the jemmy found on the prisoner corresponded with the marks made in forcing open the drawer containing the money. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. VISCOUNT RITNIIAIt AND AN " UNFOIVTUNITE2' —Mag Lawrence, a young woman, described on the charge sheet as a prostitute, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt, with annoying male passengers in Lower Regent street, for the purposes of prostitution." Viscount Raynham, M.P., attended to watch the case on behalf of the defendant, and was accommodated with a seat on the bench. George Bowden, 296 A, said—l was in Lower Regent street at half-past eleven the previous night, and saw the female accost five different gentlemen. She followed tho first gentleman up and walked in front of him, but I can not say what the gentleman said to her. Another gentleman came along and she then followed him and returned to the corner of Charles-street, having prevented his getting along. A third gentleman then came by, and she laid hold of his arm, and to get rid of her he pushed her away, and was obliged to walk on the kerb. She then acted in a similar manner towards a fourth and a fifth. I then took her into custody, on which she said "Pray let me go, I'll do so no more." The Defendant—l never touched a gentleman or spoke to one ; it's all false. Bowden said she was walking about for above 10 minutes. The Defendant—l was waiting for a person to come out of Charles-street, and was walking up and down. Inspector Holden said—l took bail for the prisoner at half-past 12, having taken the charge at 11,35. She gave the address 8, Norfolk-street, Blackfriars-road. I read the charge over to her, as I usually do ; it was for annoying male passengers for the purposes of prostitution. She was quite sober at the time. I have not had her in charge be fore. The constable has been on the beat three weeks. On the way to the cell she said it was true, and hoped I would let her go. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked if he had brought many charges of the kind ? Inspector Holden—Not many. There are great com plaints from the inhabitants. Viscount Raynham asked the magistrate if what she was charged with was an offence, and was informed it was so. Mr. Tyrwhitt—She has never been warned before. She may have been, as she says, waiting for some one. There is no evidence to show she is a prostitute, or been seen walking about there, and without that I shall not act on it. There is no reason to believe the inspecter has net told the truth, but it is usual for persons, particularly a woman, to say, "I will never do it again." Considering she has never been here before I s hall discharge her ; but (ad dressing the defendant) you had better mind, for if you do it again, they will say you have boen here before. You are discharged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES.—TErnsDAY. The Sussex Stakes of 25 sous each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Mr. Merry's Rambler, Bst 41b (Custance) w.o. The Zetland Stakes of 100 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. Merry's Trovatore, Bst 71b Lord Zetland's Fusilier, Bst 71b .. Betting-4 to lon Trovatore. The favourite led throughout, and cantered in the win ner by two lengths. The Tenth Bentinck Memorial Stakes ; a biennial stakes of 10 soya each, for foals of 1858 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. 29 subs. Mr. Henry's Vergiss-mein-Nicht, Bst 41b (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Patrick, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Gratwicke's Preceptress, Bst 41b (J. Daley) 2 Big Ben, Starlight, and Sister to Roesia also ran. Betting-6 to 5 agst Beg Ben, 3to 1 agst Vergiss-mein- Nicht, 4 to 1 agst Starlight, 5 to 1 agst Preceptress. Vergiss-mein-Nicht made play, with Preceptress and Starlight in attendance, Big Ben next the rails, and Knight of St. Patrick on the outside. At the bottom of the hill Starlight was beaten, and Beg Ben and Preceptress went on in pursuit of Vergiss-mein-Nicht. At the Grand Stand enclosure both Big Bin and Preceptress were beaten, and Knight of St. Patrick came with a rush, made a good effort to head Vergiss-mein-Nicht, but failed to get up, and was beaten by two lengths; bad third. The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, , - Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. Payne's Tuccio, Bst 7111 (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Ebony, Bst 71b (J. Daley) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Ebony. Ebony made play. At the Stand enclosure Tuccio challenged him, and won a very pretty race by half a length. The Molecomb Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain winners ex tra. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Lord Stamford's Diophantes, Bst 121 b (inc 51b extra) (A. French 1 Mr. T. Parr's Parasite, Bst 121 b (inc 51b extra) (Clement 2 Mr. Merry's Phemy c, 9st (inc 71b extra)....(Custance 3 Dr. Nichol and Icarus also ran. Betting.-2 to lon Diophantes, 9to 2 agst Dr. Nichol, 5 to 1 agst the Phemy colt. The Phemy colt and Diophantes ran in front over the hill. The favourite soon took the lead, and attended by the Phemy colt and Dr. Nichol, he ran home an easy winner by a length, Dr. Nichol, who took second place at the half distance, beating the Phemy colt by a head ; bad fourth. The Goodwood Cup, value 300 sovs, the rest in specie ; tha second to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles and a half. 42 subs. Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. (Charlton) 1 Baron Rothschild's Gustave (bred in France), 3 yrs, Gst 71b Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave (bred in France) 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Hearnden) 3 Starke, Butterfly, Highwayman, Horror, and Optimist also ran. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Horror-5 to 2 agst Starke-7 to 2 agst Butterfly-8 to 1 agst Sweetsauce. Butterfly was first off, but on passing the Stand Zouave took up the running, with Gustave, Optimist, and High wayman next, Sweetsauce and Starke being the last two. On approaching the turn out of the straight, Starke went through his horses and forced the pace, because his stable companion, Optimist, was incapable of accomplishing the task, and the second and third were Gustave and Sweet sauce. They had scarcely travelled 100 yards, however, when Zouave bore his colours in the van, and soon put an interval of a dozen lengths between himself and his pun• suers, Gustave going on second, Starke, Highwayman, Horror, and Optimist lying up at his heels, and Butterfly dropping into the extreme rear. As they neared the clump Gustave separated himself from the ruck by an interval of about a couple of lengths, and Zouave's lead began to dimi nish. Horror was however at the side of Gustave on round ing the turn, but did kot keep that position long, dropping behind Starke, who soon passed Gustave, headed Zouave, and in a few strides took up the running, attended by Zouave and Gustave, the others, with the exception of Bntterfly and Optimist, who were in the rear, going on side by side. Horror was in difficulties on descending the hill, and Sweetsauce went up to Starke, who was beaten at the distance, Gustave becoming second. The race from that point was over, for Sweetsauce cantered away from his op ponents without an effort, and won by ten lengths. Gus tave finished two lengths in advance of Zouave, at whose girths finished Starke. Butterfly was fifth, and Highway man, Horror, and Optimist did not pass the post. The Ninth Bentinck Memorial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for foals of 1857 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Gratwicke Stake Course. 31 subs. Mr. Merry's Northern Light, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Lord Derby's Emily, Bst 31 b............ (A. Edwards) 2 Betting-5 to lon Northern Light, who made all the running, and won by three lengths. Tke Findon Stakes of 10 sous each, for 2.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; extra weight f r winners. T.Y.C. 57 subs. Mr. Merry's Dundee, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex.) (Custance) 1 Mr. Flerning's Nemesis, Bat 41b .. (G. Fordham) 2 Baron Rothschild's Giraffe filly, Bst 41b .... (Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Dilbar colt, Parasite, Knight of St. Patrick, Damascus, Brown Duchess, Neighbour, and Heliopolis. Won by four lengths; a neck between the second and third. The Eighth Bentinck Memorial Stakes for foals of 1856; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course. 32 subs. Lord Strathmore's Mouravieff Bst 71b ( Aldcroft) 1 Mrs. Osbaldestone's St. Clarence Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 Lord Strathmore's May Morning, Bst 21b.... (J. Covey) 0 Betting-100 to 15 on Mouravieff, who won in a canter. May Morning was beaten off, and did not pass the post. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three- yr-old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile and a half. 4 subs. Lord Stamford's Provision Walked over. THE COWDRAY STAKES, WEDNESDAT.—Bayard did noi go to the post for this race. He was saddled and mounted, but on his way to the post he threw his rider, and got loose. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860. Brighton AUGUST.I Oxford Brighton C1ub.......... 3 Plymouth 21 Wolverhampton 6 York 22 Reading 8 Lichfield 27 Radcliffe l3 Stockton 2B Egham l4 Derby 29 SEP' Warwick Doncaster 11 Chesterfield l7 Leicester OCT , Bedford Newmarket S 0.... • :MBER. Monmouth 2O Manchester Autumn 21 Newmarket F.O 25 , RER. Newmarket II 22 Worcester Autumn 30 IstovE: Hereford ............. 1 Liverpool Autumn ...... 7 I :MBER. I Shrewsbury Autu.mn....l3 IRELAND. Heath of Maryboro' A.I.TGUST. 7 Roscommon 2'. Galway ................ 14 1 SEP TE3C3IIR. Carnet ................ 4 j J enk i nstown Park 18 Tramore ...... 11 [ Cashel OCIT Londonderry .......... 2 Curragh ..............16 1 81 R. Royal Down Corporation-24 Strabane 3O A Q UATICS. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. This renowned wager comes off on Wednesday next, from the Old Swan, at London -bridge, to the Old Swan, at Chel sea, the following being the competitors : Benjamin Olyett .... Tower. Jeffrey Herbert Abbott Horselydown. Abiah Palmer ............ Horselydown, George Turner Humphrey Irongate. Henry John Mundy Phelps Fulham. Nathaniel Rolles, jun ...... Old Barge House. The first man receives a coat and badge, for which the money was left by the late Thomas Doggett, and £1 given by the Fishmongers' Company ; the second £4 17s. 9d. ; and the third, £2 lEs. 9d., being the interest arising from money left by the will of Sir William Jolliffe ; and the Fishmongers' Company give the fourth man £1 lls. Gd., and the fifth and sixth men a guinea each, if they go the distance. The race will start at about one o'clock, and will, as usual, be under the management of Mr. Dards, barge- Company. master to the Fishmongers' ST. JOHN OF 'WAPPING REGATTA. The annual regatta at Wapping came off yesterday, for a new boat and other prizes, and attracted a large number of spectators. First Heat. J. S. Rae, Union-stairs (White) 1 J. Church, Hermitage-stair s .. (Yellow) 2 J. Cannon, King Henry-stairs Won by three lengths. Second Heat. E. Briant, Warping Dock -stairs .... (Blue and White) 1 J. Chandler, Wapping Old-stairs (Pink) 2 R. Bottomley, Alderman-stairs (Green) 3 Won by three lengths. • - THE POPE'3 17211311 RECRUITS. A. letter bearing the signature of " John A. Walker" gives the following particulars in connec tion with the account of the return last week to Dublin of a batch of the Pope's Irish Brigade, and of their sufferings abroad and at home. The writer puts down the number of these prodigal sons at 116, instead of 69, as stated in the first instance : " One hundred and sixteen of these unfortu nates presented themselves before Mr. Sullivan, of the Nation newspaper, on Sunday morning last, and demanded an interview, because, as they said, he had led them (by his statements) in his paper) to believe they would receive a large bounty if they joined the Pope's army, 2s. a day pay, and the treatment of gentlemen ; and there fore, when they found out how utterly, how cruelly they had been deceived the moment they touched their native shores, they, penniless and starved as they were, rushed off to the man who had been the means of misleading them, and who by his mis-statements had induced them to relinquish their good situations and leave their comfortable homes to be treated as brutes, or as one of them said to me, far worse than we treat our dogs.' But Mr. Sullivan would have nothing to say to them, and therefore they were cast—many of them without a farthing in their pockets— upon the streets of our city. to pick up a morsel as best they could. One or two of them went to priests for aid, but no aid was given ; the door was shut in their faces; their naked, starved appearance did not move the hearts of those ghostly men who had so shamefully betrayed them ; and the children of the Church,' the Volunteers of the Pope, must find their way home—wherever that is—as best they may. The tale of their sufferings is horrible, and the treatment they endured so shameful that we ask ourselves in amazement, Can these things bee' One of the young men, whom I knew very well in Cork, and who held a respectable situation in that city, gave me a written account to-day of his sufferings. It is too long to publish, but I will give its substance. They were engaged in Dublin by Mr. Sullivan, of the Nation ; 12s. 6d. was paid them as passage money to Liverpool, where a Father O'Reilly met them, and forwarded them to Hull. Here a Mr. Cooper gave them 10s. 6d. each, and forwarded them as deck passengers to Antwerp, and from the time they left Hull their trials began. On the voyage to Antwerp they were two days and two nights, and were allowed all the time only two meals; and when they got to Antwerp a person named Barry forwarded them to Bel gium. All this time they had but one meal a day. They were conveyed regularly but rapidly to Rome, kept travelling four days and nights in i ailway carriages, and when they entered a town, if to sleep, it was a stable or a watch house, upon the floor of which they had to lie, while their food was black bread and beer, or occasionally maccaroni soup and stinking Ger man sausages. English workhouse paupers are treated as gentlemen in comparison, because they are at least allowed their three meals a day, and the food is healthy and good, but were never allowed more than two, and those in such small quantities, and of such bad quality, that they served rather as emetics than as satisfiers of the appetite. But their journey from Macerata to Rome was really the most cruel. The weather was so oppressively hot that they could hardly bear up against it, and not withstanding this they had to march an average of 40 miles a day on one meal of brown bread and bad soup, and as if to add insult to injury, the young man writes,—' A Dr. O'Loughlin, of Waterford, who had a car and a pair of good horses, accompanied us, and urged us on by telling us the Holy Father was waiting for us, and would receive us and treat us like sons." Meanwhile every post-house or hotel we stopped at he got plenty to eat, but never offered one of us a mouthful, while he knew we had not a penny to buy for ourselves. Oh, we have a blessing in store for this man ! " When we arrived at Rome '—l give the young man's own words—' we were marched about four miles to a barrack, where we were thrust into a yard. to get our dinner, which turned out to be our supper as well; it consisted of half a pint of sour wine, and twelve ounces of black bread. We remained in Rome three week; and each day was more miserable than its predecessors. Our food was horrible and scanty ; and even this we could not enjoy were we disposed, for the number of beggars who surrounded us crav- ' ing for a share of it. I saw fine, strong, able-bodied men who went out with me visibly sink under their sufferings, our treatment was so bad. When we applied to the priests, they all laughed at us; they either could not or would not help us. In fact they appear to be both hated i and despised by the soldiers and of Rome, and we found out to ow,- cost what a set of hollow wretches they were. We com plained, and well we might, to the English Con sul ; for we found the English Government was feared in Rome above all others, so much so that we were told if we applied to him, or made any coniplaint, we should be shot. However, we stole to his house at night, and he kindly, although we knew we had forfeited all olaim upon him, helped us. Many of us feigned illness, and some cut their legs to get into hospital, and when there I saw many maim themselves that they might be sent home, for we were determined to suffer any thing rather than continue in that horrible service; and home we have been sent, thank God ! But if our journey out was bad, our treat ment at home was far worse. It seemed ft if nothing could be bad enough for us, and the worst food too good. We were told In London by the agent there that Mr. Sullivan would pay our passages home from Dublin; but we were told what we were told from the beginning—a lie. Had it not been for the kindness of Mr. Aitken, of the firm of M'Birney, Collis, and Co., I might have gone to the workhouse for anything either he or the priests to whom I applied cared.' Hear what he says about Rome,—' Rome is a small place, and its streets are narrow, and so filthy that every one is like a stench-hole, while the beggars that follow you everywhere look so miserable and wretched that they nearly break your heart to hear them cry for bread, bread,' while the priests are seen everywhere eating, drinking, and smoking, as if they had no thing in the world else to do. Oh! how my heart panted for old Ireland, and how I prayed to be away from this accursed place !' " THAMES, PLUNDERING A SAILOR.—Jane Macdonald, a womaz about 30 years of age, and well known to the police, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a silver watch and 17s. in silver, the property and monies of a Scotch seaman named David Galbraith. The prosecutor, who has lately been paid off, fell in with the prisoner on Wednesday evening, and, after treat ing her with " lots of grog," of which he partook of a very large share, he accompanied her to a house in Frederick-street, Back Church •lane, St. George's-in-the East, which has earned the unenviable appellation of " Tiger Bay," from the desperate character of its inhabi tants. He soon fell asleep, and when he awoke yesterday (Thursday) morning he missed his watch and his money, and immediately communicated his loss to the police. The prisoner was apprehended last night by police-constable H. The watch was valued at £3 10s. Mr. Poole, assistant to Mr. Somerville Telfer, a pawn broker, produced a watch, and said the prisoner pawned it for £1 10s. on quarter day afternoon. Mr. Yardley—Do you know the prisoner ? Witness—l have known her 16 years. Mr. Yardley—You knew she was a prostitute ? • Witness—Yes, I believed she was. She has often pawned things at our house. Mr. Yardley—l don't think you ought to take in silver watches of such characters. Galbraith identified the watch as his property. long while tee ay ago. that s he pawned the Roche, the g a o l er o f th e cour t, said the prisoner was con viilted of a street robb er y fi ve y e ars ago. Mr. Th prisoner s ai it wis a Yardley—That a s a lie Roche---I don't think I h ave s een her since. watch—a girl called " Littl e Carrots" a ed the watch. watch from Mr. Poole —I received the l3 your hands. many insinuations The prisoner after and denials said she was guilty of stealing the watch. Nr. Yardley—You are charged with stealing. The prison2r—l am guilty. Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months, and said the prov,ecutor, who had no business in such a place as Frede rick- street, Inust bear all the loss with the pawnbroker, and upon paying ss. the watch would be delivered to him. PRICES OF CIGARS IN FRANCE. —An imperi a l de crees fixes the selling price of cigars, whether made in Ha vannah, Manilla, or France The prices vary from sc. (Id.), to 50c. each. The same decreee authorises the administra tion to sell to consumers, in whoL3 boxes or packets, every description of tobacco o r snuff made thP Imperial n;nu factories. The small Havaunah cigars called " Damas, ll will continue to be sold at the old price of 10c. till the stock hand is exhausted. . Third Heat. pink by two lengths. Green 2 Red and White Won Fourth Heat. White Blue and White 2 Green Won easily. Grand Heat. White ................. 1 I Blue and White White took the lead, which he kept throughout, winning by several lengths. NEWSPAPERS FOR CHINA, &C,—As many news papers intended to be sent to Chi na and other p l ace s eastward of India, vi a Southampton and Suez, con ti n ue to be posted insufficiently prepaid, the p u bli c are reminded that newspapers for any of those places are liable to a postage of 2d, each, andthat, unless th at pos t age b e pre paid, the newspapers will not be . forward e d. Baron James de Rothschild, jun., has arrived at Wallace's Hotel; from Vans . J .. _ THE POPE'S OWN. The following story of one of the Pope's dupes is ,old in a Dublin paper :---A young gentleman pos sessed of an independent income was induced by the Pope's clerical recruiting officers to join the grand army of invincibles which was to pre serve the Papacy in spite of itself. He was guaranteed a commission, and dreamt of a marshal's baton. He furnished himself, at the sug gestion of the tempter, with a very handsome uni form, green and gold and so forth, and he left our quays in the confident belief that honours and rank were open to him. Yesterday we had an interview with him, and it was, indeed, difficult to recognise him. He was lean, ague-stricken, feeble, and squalid. He was dressed like a decayed acrobat whose properties' had been seized. As long as he travelled through France and Austria, and his money lasted, he managed to live ; but once he reached the Papal territories he had a more vivid idea of purgatory than any dogmatic theology could give him. At Macerata, a town most appropriately named, his splendid uniform was taken forcibly from him and sold by auction. In exchange he was furnished with an old flannel shirt and an indescri bable pair of knee breeches. That was the uniform of the Pope's Irish brigade. He had reserved a second coat, and was once, unfortunately, tempted to display it, when that, too, was sold by drum head auction. He found that remonstrance only sub jected him to extra drill and threats of the bastinado. The drill was more severe even than the Austrian, for it was a discipline involving such severe punish ments for disobedience that numbers of Irish have already been shot down by Lamoriciere, others have been flogged, and many have been sent to till the sands of Algeria. Once he had, with others, to march thirty miles with nothing to eat or means to procure any. Every day he was given by an agent of the Pope four copper coins, about the size of a halfpenny, bearing the arms of Pio Nono on one side, and an inscrip tion testifying that its value is one bejocco on the other. Even in the Roman territories little could be got for four bajocci. The recipient was, at the utmost, able to procure some maccaroni and salt, no very pleasant food to an independent Irishman. His health naturally gave way, and at last he managed to procure his release. The man who went away in splendid uniform, full of hopes, and in robust health, was landed on Monday on our ' quays, in the remains of the flannel shirt and knee breeches, so worn down that nobody could identify him. 2 THE MARONITES AND THE DRITSES.—A letter from Paris, just received, says the apprehensions of the Turkish Government of a general massacre of the Chris tians in Asia Minor in case French troops land on the coast of Syria appears to be an additional reason for some definite measures to be adopted towards a Government which is co nfessedly unable to save its subjects from th e f ur y of those barlarians. The notion of a " treaty o f peace" being signed, as alleged, between the Maronites and Druses is created as absurd. A treaty of peace between the mur derers and the survivors 1 Cabinet Councils meet hers every day, and will probably do so until the Powers have come to an understanding as to what is to be done. THIR I) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. G OOD WO OD RACES'.—(This Day.) , [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NASSAU STAKES. Provision Seclusion Contadina .. Six ran. DUKE OF RICHMOND'S STAKES. The Speaker Montebello Provision . 2 3 Fifteen ran. MARCH STAKES. Spicebox . Pomona Lady Harriet colt ....... 2 3 Nine ran. CHESTERFIELD CUP. Orland& Cecilia . Catawba Twenty-six ran. NURSERY STAKES Rouge Dragon Captain Fortibus Clematis Sixteen ran. The stakes were divided QUEEN'S PLATE. Crater _ 1 Starke Tournament Three ran. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 9to 1 agst Sweetsauce 11 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) NIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF L9RDS—(THis EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Giustiniani's Naturalisation Bill was read a second time. TENURE OF LAND (IRELAND) Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on going into committee on this bill, he should move that it be re ferred to a select committee. THE PRIVATE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord BROUGHAM said last night he gave notice of his intention of submitting a number of resolutions to their lordships, with a view of expediting the private business of Parliament. Owing to that notice having been placed after the orders of the day, he was prevented bringing it forward at an early part of the evening. When the time arrived he intended to submit the resolutions to them. He would not further allude to them then, but he begged to draw the particular attention of the noble lord (Everaley) the late Speaker of the House of Commons, a nobleman who had discharged the high duties of his late important office in the highest manner, because he thought they were calculated to forward the business of Parlia ment ; not only in this house but in the other house, which seemed to be fast becoming a p:',.4.ze of interminable talk, and nothing but talk. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving the resolutions be printed. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would treat the motion as a notice of the noble and learned lord's inten tion. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Lord EBURY presented a petition fromthedir - ectors of the South-Western Railway Qompany, complaining of the charges that had been made against them that they refused to carry out an agreement they had en tered into. The petitioners thought that the noble lords who had made the statements were under misapprehension on the subject, and they prayed the house would afford them some opportunity of establishing the facts alleged in their petition. The noble lord moved that the petition be presented. The motion was agreed to. METROPOLITAN TOLL GATES. Lord EBURY asked if the Government intended to take this subject into their consideration, and whether they in tended to introduce a bill on th e subject. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government intended to submit a measure to Parliament on the subject mentioned by the noble lord. MILITIA. BILL. Earl DE GREY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to effect certain alterations and improvements in the militia. The best effects were anticipated from this bill, and he confidently hoped the militia would soon recover its tem porary depression, and again become a most valuable force After a few observations from the Earl of MALMESEURY, Lord HARDINGE OW whether the Government in-. tended to grant any increased allowance to the non-coin • missioned officers on the permanent staff. The Duke of BUCCLEITCH thought that much good would be effected if the Government were to consolidate the whole of the laws relating to the militia. Earl DE GREY agreed with the noble duke that nutoh good would be effected by consolidat ing the militia, and Government had the sub ject under their consideration, and he hoped in the next session of Parliament to be enabled to proceed with that object, With respect to the question of the other noble lard (Hardinge), he had the happiness to inform him that it was the intention of the Government to provide increased rates of pay for the permanent staff of the militia. MUNIC/PAL.CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, was read t second time. LANDED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT (IRE LAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, The Marquis of .BATH complained of thts way in which this subject was treated. Although he objected to the bill he should not stop its progress, but he hoped ample opportunity had been afforded for its consideratin. Lord MONTEAGLE said he would take care the bill should not be committed without ample notice. After a few words from Lord REDESDALE, the bill was read a second time, HIGHWAYS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. The report of the committee on this bill was received. MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL CHURCH BILL. The report on this bill was received. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. [LEFT SITTING.j HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at tweaty minutes after twelve o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Wigan Water Bill and the Monkland Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed . Boschetti's Estate, Daniel Stewart's Hospital, and Galway Harbour (No. 2). The Caithness (No. 2) Bill was read a second time, and several private bills were read a first time. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, resuming at clause 36. Mr. M'MAHON said that he bad a motion on the paper for the omission of this clause, but after the opinion which the house had already expressed in reference to this bill, and considering the lateness of the session, he would not press the motion. The O'DONOGHUE was of opinion that, as there was such a thin attendance of Irish members (only about nine being present), they ought not to proceed with a bill of such importance. He concluded by moving that the chairman report progress. The motion was withdrawn, and the clause, as amended, was agreed to. Clause 37, with some verbal amendments, was agreed to, as were clauses 38 and 39. On clause 40, _ . Mr. M'MAIiON moved an amendment to the effect that the provisions of the clause, which enabled a tenant to give up a tenement when destroyed by fire, should be extended to cases where the property was destroyed accidentally by tempest or by water. Mr. DBASY did not oppose the amendment, further than that he considered it unnecessary, the terms " inevit able accident" meeting the views of the hon, and learned member. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses to 47 inclusive, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to, and clause 48 was omitted. Clause 49 was agreed to. On clause 50, which provided for the continuance of the power of distress, some discussion toOk place. Mr. DEASY appealed to the committee to allow the clause to pass, and promised to introduce a clause to pre vent vexatious distress. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 50 was agreed to. On clause 51 some discussion ensued. Tho O'DONOOHUE moved its omission. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority •The amendment was accordingly negatived. Clauses 52, 53, 54, 55, and 66 were agreed to, and clause 57 was omitted. The remaining clauses were agreed to. Mr. SULLIVAN moved the following additional clauses: —" Dwelling houses, buildings, or fixtures on the premises at any time during the tenancy shall not (except as herein after provided) be removed from the premises, pulled down, or otherwise injuriously dealt with or altered in their essen tial character, without special grant or licence in writing in that behalf by a person competent to make a grant or licence. Personal chattels, engines, and machinery, and buildings aocessorial thereto, erected and affixed to the freehola by the tenant at his sole expense, for any purpose of trade, manufacture, or agriculture, or for ornament, or for the domestic convenience of the tenant in his occupation of the demised premises, and so attached to the freehold that they can be removed without substantial damage to the freehold or to the fixture itself, and which iShall not have been so erected or affixed in pursuance of any obligation or in violation of any agree mentB in that behalf, may be removed by the tenant, or hi executors or administrators, during the tenancy, when t h the tenancy determines by some uncertain event, out the act or default of the tenant, within a r a e n aso d wi nab b l e e time after such determination, except so far te a n s e m nc ay ,, otherwise specially provided by the contract of Mr, DEASY said that the question of fixtures should be dealt with by a sparate bill, and should not be introduced on the present occasion. Mr. MONSELL suggested that the clause should be limited to agricultural produce. After some discussion the clause, with some alterations, was agreed to. Mr. SULLITAN moved the addition of another clause, which was rejected to. The preamble was then agreed to, and the bill ordered to be reported. MILITIA BALLOT BILL. This bill went through committpo. The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock. I The house resumed at 6 o'clock. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE=( THIS EVENIN(). • I FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 27. A despatch, dated July 24, of which the following is an extract, has been received by Lord J. Russell from Lord Bloomfield, G. C.B. , her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Prussia : I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that her Royal Highness the Princess Frederick William of Prussia, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, was safely delivered of a daughter, at the New Palace, at Potsdam,iat ten minutes past eight o'clock this morning. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint David S. Kerr, George J. Thomson, Charles Duff, and Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Esqs., to be her Majesty's Counsel in the Pro.- vines of New Brunswick. _ _ . .. _ Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James Lushington Wildman, Esq., to be Senior Stipendiary Magistrate for Port Louis, in the Island of Mauritius. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 27. NOTWE.—The next examination of candidates for direct commissions in the army will be held at the Royal Hospi r tal, Chelsea, on Monday the 6th of August next, and fol,- lo wing days. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Oyler Beeman, wine merchant, Lower Thazies street. Samuel Benngt, tailor, Nottingham. Bernard A9l,ltailor, Lambeth-street, Whitechapel. George Stevenson, shoe manufacturer, Keele, Stafford - shire. Francis Benjamin Schrader, leather factor, Liverpool.' Thomas Palmer and Samuel Palmer, drapers, Plymouth.. Joseph Lawson, ?ship broker, Fenchurch-street, City. Edward Heatheote, grocer, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. • Joseph Hooper, leather merchant, Bermondsey. Charles Henry Josia, hotel-keeper, Strand. Elizabeth Wright, lodging-house keeper, ManAester. Ann Amelia Leevers, hosier and dealer, Live'zpool. William Osborne, printer, Birkenhead. Thomas Elvius Pountney, licensed victualler, Bronm grove, Worcestershire. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. George Robert Stewart, commission agent, Glasgow. Robert Spence and Sons, tanners, Linlithgow. John Murray. sen., baker, Kilmarnock. James Love, shipowner, Fraserburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victori4, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday s the 26th day of July, 1860 : TIME DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £29,614,41 0, Government Debt £11,( , 15,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,139,440 Silver Bullion .... - X 29, 614,440, £29,614,440 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- ZPART/ISNT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 775,394 counts) 3,960,021 Other Deposits 14,828,614 Seven Day and other Bills . 712,150 £37,448,407 M s ] .__ £37,445,407 ifARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated July ;.6, 1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of 'Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 24th day of July, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- sessions is America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 29s 61d. Average price of the foregoing 29s Bid COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tats DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16} 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 Hamturgh Paris Short. 13 5i 25 10 13 6 25 15 Ditto ,... 3 Months, 25 32k Marseilles — 25 35 Frankfort on Maine —117 k Vienna Trieste 25 37} 25 40 117 k 13 10 13 10 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid 491 49; 491 49/ 30 36 30 421. 25 40 25 45 25 40 25 45 391 391 Cadiz . Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per oz. 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 5l 0 0 0 South American Doublons „ 0 0 0 STRANGER THAN FICTION. A whisper passed round the table about hands having been seen or felt. Unable to answer for what happened to others, I will speak only of what I observed myself. The table cover was drawn over my knees, as it was with the others. I felt distinctly a twitch, several times repeated, at my knee. It was the sensation of a boy's hand, partly scratching, partly striking and. pulling me in play. It went away. Others described the same sensation ; and the celerity with which it frolicked, like Puck, under the table, now at one side and now at another, was sur prising. Soon after, what seemed to be a large hand came under the table cover, and with the fingers clustered to a point, raised it between me and the table. Somewhat too eager to satisfy my curiosity, I seized it, felt it very sensibly, but it went out like air in my grasp. I know of no analogy in connection with the sense of touch by which I could make the nature of that feeling intel ligible. It was as palpable as any soft r,ubstance, velvet, or pulp ; and at the touch it seemed as solid; but pressure reduced it to air. Pt was now suggested that one of the party should hold the hand-bell under the table ; which was no sooner done than it was taken away, and after being rung at different points was finally returned, still under the table, into the hand of another person. While this was going forward the white sheets were seen moving, and gradually disappeared over the edge of the table. Long afterwards we heard them creas ing and crumpling on the floor, and saw them re turned again to the table; but there was no writing upon them. In the same way the flowers which lay near the edge were removed. The semblance of what seemed a hand, with white, long, and deli cate fingers, rose up slowly in the darkness, and bending over a flower, suddenly vanished with it. This occurred two or three times; and although each appearance was not equally palpable to every person, there was no person who did not see some of them. The flowers were distributed in the man ner in which they had been removed ; a land, of which the lambent gleam was visible, slowly as cending from beneath the cover, and placing the flower in the hand for which it was intended. In the flower-stands in the adjoining window we could hear geranium blossoms snapped off, which were afterwards thrown to different persons. Still more extraordinary was that which followed, or rather which took place while we were watchingthis trans fer of the flowers. Those who had keen eyes, and who were in the best position for catching the light upon the instrument, declared that they saw the accordion in motion. I could not. It; was as black as pitch to me. But concentrating my attention on the spot where I supposed it to be, I soon perceived a dark mass rise awkwardly above the edge of the table, and then go down, the instrument emitting a single sound produced by its being struck against the table as it went over. It descended to the floor in silence ; and a quarter of an hour afterwards when we were engaged in observing some fresh phenomena, we heard the accordion beginning to play where it lay on the ground. Apart from the wonderful consideration of its being played without hands—no less wonderful was the fact of its being played in a narrow space which would not admit of its being drawn out with the requisite freedom to its full extent. We listened with suspended breath. The air was wild, and full of strange tran sitions ; with a wail of most pathetic sweetness running through it The execut i on was no less remarkable for its delicacy than its power. When the notes swelled in some of the bold passages, the sound rolled through the room with an astounding reverberation ; then, gently subsiding, s an k i n t o a strain of divine tenderness. But it WO the close• that touched the hearts, and drew th e tears o f t h e . listeners.— Cornlall Magaz i ne far August. THE FRENCLI EXPEDITION TO SYRIA.—A.? T n utou the quays are overcrowded with cannon and war materiel of every description. Two large transports have been despatched to Algiers for troops, to form part of the French expedition to Syria. The squadron of reserve which is now being prepared for sea is composed of five ships of the line and two frigates, commanded by Admiral Fourri chow. The screw ship of the line Alexandre, of 90 guns and 900 men, is in the roads of Toulon, ready to get up her steam. The Ville de Paris, three , decker, is in dock at. Toulon, taking in her guns and stares. THE ISTHMUS CANAL.—We have seen letters by the English steamer Valetta, arrived on Sunday last from Alexandria, stating that the Viceroy is furious at some re monstrances made to hint by the British Consul-General regarding the Isthmus canal. The remonstrances are still going on. Rumours were prevalent that the Pacha was again showing a desire for independence, and that the French were encouraging him in this course. It was re ported that a high Turkish official was on his way to Egypt from Constantinople to insist on the works of the canal being discontinued.—Malta Times. CRICKET.—M.C.C. AND GROUND V. SUBURBAN CLUBS.—This match was played yesterday at lisrd's. The innings,, 71 ; 2d in fnoillnoavris, n 69 g 29; 2d innings, , lo6 l ; is su t b h ur e bsacnorec:l,l.lcsfi,nnlinstgisn,nin , -,.` net do his not ical 4a : A.& ,ical We a on W. ~i