The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Royal squadron, consisting of the Victoria and Albert (Royal standard at the main), Fairy, Osborne, Fire Queen, Dasher, and Emerald frigate, weighed from Cowes-roads, about 7 p.m., on Fri day evening, and steamed down the West Channel, bringing up in Yarmouth-roads for the night. At daylight on Saturday morning the squadron pro ceeded to sea through the Needles passage. The Russian frigate Polkane, 44, screw, left Spit head on Saturday evening for the Baltic, calling at Havre. The liner Retvizan, 90, screw, and the 50- gun screw frigate Gromoboi, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Istomin, also left Spithead the same evening for the Baltic, the Gromoboi saluting the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., with 17 guns ; the Victory returning the compli ment. The Russian frigate Swetlana, lying at the Motherbank, saluted the Gromoboi, on the latter leaving Spithead, which vessel returned the com pliment. She remains at the Motherbank in at tendance on the Grand Duke Constantine. The Trafalgar, 91 guns, screw steamship, 500 horse power (nominal), Captain Edward G. Fan shawe, at Sheerness, was inspected by the Com mander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey, on Saturday. The gallant admiral, attended by his secretary and flag-lieutenant, mustered the officers and crew, after which the crew were beat to quar ters ; the admiral then minutely examined the ship. On leaving he expressed himself highly pleased, and complimented Capt. Fanshawe on the appearance of the ship throughout, particularly , the engine -room. He also complimented Capt. H. C. P. Dyer, in com mand of the Royal Malines Light Infantry and the Marine Artillery, upon their general appear ance and soldierlike efficiency, stating that he had never seen a finer set of marines about to leave the port since his command there. The Trafalgar saluted the flag of the commander-in-chief at 10 45 yesterday, and steamed down to the Great Nore to await her sailing orders. An Admiralty order arrived at Sheerness on Sa t-nraay for the screw steam corvette Cossack, Capt. B. Moorman ,to proceed direct to Plymouth. She saluted the flag of the commander-in-chief, and left the same day. The commander-in-chief, on leaving her said that everything was in excellent order, and the ship was in such a state of discipline that she appeared more like a ship returning . from a station than one only six weeks in commission. The new screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, 400- horse power (nominal), Capt. R. Lambert, at Sheer ness, has had a trial trip which proved satisfactory. The new screw steamship Mars, 80, and 400 horse-power (nominal) at Sheerness, proceeded on a trial trip of her machinery on Saturday ; she re turned again to her moorings in the evening; the results of her trial were satisfactory. The screw steamship Queen, 86, and 500 horse- Dower (nominal), in the fitting basin at Sheerness, is progressing fast with her equipment. The screw steam frigate Amphion, 36, and 300 horse-power (nominal), at Sheerness, in the fitting basin, has all ataunt, and looks admirably. The Cumberland, 70, sailing ship, Capt. H. D. Rogers, at Sheerness, has completed the return of her guns, stores, &C. On the commander-in-chief inspecting her he paid Lieut.A. Owen, the gunnery , lieutenant, a high compliment on the state of disci pline the crew were in as regarded gunnery. A large portion of her crew have volunteered for ships in commission at Sheerness, and will join their re spective ships after their usual leave of absence. The screw steamship Donegal, 101, Capt. Glan ville, received her powder in Plymouth Sound on Thursday. Her crew were mustered on Saturday by Port Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.B. The steam gunboat Violet (tender to the screw steam coastguard ship Eagle), from Milford, arrived in Plymouth on Thursday to make good de fects. Capt. Tatham, of the Eagle, came passenger. The coppering of the screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, in Devonport, was finished on Thursday. The paddlewheel steam tender Lightning, 3, left Plymouth on Thursday evening for Milford. The crew of the sailing ship Calcutta, 84, Capt. Hall, were paid off at Devonport on Friday by Ad miral Superintendent Sir T. Pasley. The steam tender Locust, 3, Lieut. B. Field, commanding, con veyed a portion of the men to Portsmouth and Sheerness. The screw steam frigate Curacoa, 31, Captain A. Phillimore, from Spithead, under fore and aft can vass, arrived on Friday at Plymouth, where she embarked some supernumeraries, and the next day (Saturday) left under steam for the East Coast of South America. The screw steam ship Himalaya, Commander Seccombe, is expected at Plymouth shortly. The steam-tender Avon, Second-Master J. H. Laurence, having been repaired, was undocked at Keyham on Saturday. The following appointments were made on Sa turday at the Admiralty :—W. J. Grandy, master's assistant, to the Sidon; James Fisher, master's as sistant, to the Scylla ; Richard Cargerver, pay master, to the Pearl; John E. Skinner, assistant paymaster, to the Edgar, and Henry E. Kitchen, assistant-paymaster, to the Hastings. The following ships are now building at Chatham yard :—Rattlesnake, 29 ; Orpheus, 20 ; Undaunted, 50 guns, which is 300 feet in length ; Irresistible, 80, ready for launching; Bulwark, 91 guns; Atlas, 91 guns, all screw. The following are in dock : The Charybdis, 21, screw ; Swan, which has been lengthened 60 feet, viz., 30 at her stern, 20 in mid ships, and 10 at her bow, she is to carry 70 guns ; she was originally a5O gun frigate. The Rodney is progressing very fast towards completion ; the ship is to have a new figure-head. Some experimental practice took place from the Stork gunboat at Portsmouth on Saturday, on the broadside of the Undaunted, old sailing frigate, which was partially coated with metal of different manufacture. The plates were marked off in six sections, each being painted with a separate colour. The range was 200 yards, and at that distance the plates were ineffectual in resisting the shot, some being completely perforated, while others are much indented and fractured. After the experiments had been concluded the plating was covered over by a sail to prevent the results being ascertained by any curious or interested spectator. DEVONPORT, AUG. 14. Letters received at this port from the flag-ship Indus, 78, Capt. J. C. D. Hay, state that on the 28th July she was at Halifax, all well. Some sea men gunners would leave her shortly for England. By letters from the Orion, 91, to the 23d July, we hear that her newly-appointed captain had joined. She was then under repair, and the only ship at Malta. Ships in Harbour—lmpregnable, Royal Ade laide, Wellington, Cambridge, Firebrand, Virago, Grappler, Forward, Pigmy, Avon, Violet, Sylph, Shadia (Turk). In the Sound—Donegal, Cesar, Nautilus. THE ARMY. The board of medical Officers appointed by the Duke of Cambridge to report on the hospital tent which has been invented by Major Rhodes—one of which has been for some time in use in the grounds attached to the garrison hospital at Chatham—hav ing made a very_ favourable report of the invention the Commander-in-Chief gave directions for another description of Major Rhodes's tent, called the " Field hospital tent," to be pitched there. Major Rhodes accordingly arrived at Chatham on Satur day afternoon for the purpose of superintending the erection of this field tent, which, like the others in vented by him, is of the simplest construction. The ground having been accordingly selected, the tent was pitched by four men in a comparatively short space of time, notwithstanding that three of the men who assisted knew nothing whatever of tents, and had probably never seen a military tent pitched 1 1 1 their lives. In this, as in his other tents, Major Rho des entirely discards the use of the clumsy and inc onvenient tent-pole, the covering being supported * ll pliable rib s o f ashwood,' the bottoms of which are fixed head. winltthaeir ground the tops meeting in a wooden The tent ereet : a answers the purpose of a ventilator. and affords°n Saturday is 20 feet in diameter, ampl e giving each patient accommodation for 20 patients, aepace of 3 feet by 7 feet, leav ing a clear central sp ace use of the medicalng 6 feet diameter for the and . hospital at tendants —an advantage which ofto,nts, where the t or of the question in the pole monopolises the most important part of the e interior. But perhaps the most valuable improve ment in this tent is the excelle nt system o f venti lation adopted. A number of exp eriments have been made at Chatham for sever al view days past with the • ew of testing a new desc r iption of diving-dress f or the • the invention age of the Royal Sappers:and Miners, . of Mr. Hinckes, obtained a patent for w ho has it. Some correspondence has passed between the Mayor of Great Y armou th an d the War-office with reference to the formation of a v olunteer artillery corps, for the protection of that part of the coast. The Government have expressed thei r re adiness to assist in the formation of a corps if the necessary ed oar,thwork s are er ec t e d. The council have reques t ed the .Mayor to remind the proper authorities of the necessity of reconst ruc ti ng the town battery and the fort, same time since demolished by Government. The Louth Rifles are under orders for Car lisle, and were to leave Great Yarmouth on Friday or Saturday. A portion of the regiment, however, now Iying at Deptford are to be stationed at Bury, Lancashire. The Louth Rifles will be succeeded at Yarmouth by the Donegal Militia. The Royal South Lincoln Militia are to assemble on the 11th October next at Grantham, for 21 days' training. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. (From the Journal des Debats.) 1 Scarcely a fortnight ago we pointed out in this journal, in all sincerity, to our neighbours across the Channel, the danger which the Anglo-French alliance ran from unjust misgivings, useless threats, and baseless fears. Armaments on too large and demonstrative a scale were on the point of ceasirig to be considered defensive and beginning to appear provocative. Party speeches and newspaper vio lence were not calculated to weaken their import. Irritation might cross the Channel and become contagious. The storm was increasing. While it was still time, we considered that we ought to make a serious appeal to the eminently just and practical good sense of the English people an d its true statesmen. That appeal might have been better understood ; it has not, however, been completely thrown away. The panic has very nearly subsided—the nightmare of the invasion has vanished ; but the distrust, and, to a certain extent, the menace, appear to us to exist still, and to retard the complete appeasement of the passions so unhappily excited. We should be very glad, once for all, to have done with these dangerous excite ments and these lamentable misunderstandings. We believe that plain and frank explanations are still the best means of arriving at that end. No one can refuse to render to the French Go vernment this justice—that, far from having fur nished a motive or even a pretext for the alarms and suspicions of its allies, it has not ceased to reassure them by its calm and dignified attitude and the mo deration of its language. Without conceding any thing of the right of a sovereign state to proportion its forces to its needs in time of peace as well as in time of war, the Emperor has once more made a conciliatory advance, by ordaining and causing to be immediately executed, what might have taken place quite naturally as a consequence of the peace, viz., the reduction of our military and naval arma ments. It is established, then, that France disarms. We do not blame her for it. It is known we love peace and the English alliance, in whom we see the only safeguards of prosperity, of progress, and of liberty for the world; but we have thought fit to say on what conditions we love it, and we cannot help ex pressing our regret and our astonishment at seeing England, when we are disarming, not only conti nuing to arm, but announcing, as she does, her in tention of continuing her armaments in any case. Now, if ever, it seems to us, is the time for settling the question which is at the bottom of this discus sion, the question of national independence and dignity, which should not be raised uselessly. It must not be that from the disarming of to-day there may arise to-morrow a danger for our country. Without reciprocity confidence would become im prudence. England and France should not wish to deceive each other. For the sake of their object, and to stir ap public opinion among our neighbours, it is necessary to represent France as much more threatening and much less threatened than England. Plenty of sums have been worked during the last fortnight, plenty of vessels, sailing or steam, and cannon, rifled or not rifled, have been counted ; but no one has thought of seeking for more useful lessons from geography or history. People might have spared their arithmetic and their comparisons, which have perhaps rather complicated than helped to solve the question. England is an island ; she is ever accustomed to make much of being so, and not without some rea son. Thanks to that privilege she can do so with out keeping up a numerous and expensive perma nent army. Entrenched behind her wooden walls —to use the favourite expression of our neighbours —she frequently counsels the Continent to disarm, to reduce its military expenditure, and willingly treats with a certain disdain the onerous necessities imposed on continental Europe, and from which she is free. And yet, island as she is, England has not ceased for some years to increase her regular army, to create considerable warlike stores, to orga nise her militia on a wide basis, without at all re trenching in her naval estimates, but, on the con trary, applying to her steam navy on the greatest scale the inexhaustible resources of her industry and her capital. Are we saying that we are offended that it should be so ? By no means. But we know the English army and navy, and we hold them in too high esteem not to reckon always with them. We cannot forget that it is on the continent we have met the English soldiers in front of us since the commencement of this century, and not in their island defended by the sea, on which fortune was so long adverse to us. The insular position of England has still this advantage, which she knows how to make use of, that it permits her to isolate her policy, . . 1 to prepare for action in neutrality, to bide her time, and not to show herself on the field of battle or of diplomacy, among the conquerors or the con quered, till the favourable moment, and then to incline the balance to the side of her interests. We do not blame her for it ; we merely state the fact. History and geography do not contradict us. Now let us look at France. France is not an island, and she does not complain of that, but it does not seem to us that she ought to congratulate herself about it in the question now occupying us. France is placed in an exceptional position ; washed by three seas, she is more vulnerable than Eng land, upon coasts more extensive and remote from the mutual aid of her fleets in the Channel, the ocean, and the Mediterranean. Then again, she has continental frontiers, which England has not. France can be attacked by land and sea at the same time. She might have several enemies at once. That has been witnessed. This position of our country, unique in the world, which constitutes her wealth and her greatness, constitutes also her danger, and imposes on her vigilance and strength for the sake of her honour and security. England and France have both of them calonies, but England has many more than we have. With out coveting hers, can we not desire to preserve our own ? Without entering into longer details, we think that history and geography still show that we are right. If our misfortunes and still more our faults made us succumb for too long a period on the seas, not one of the governments that have succeeded each other in France has ever accepted this fatal de cline of power as irreparable. England must accus tom herself in future to see without distrust and jealousy France becoming once more what she never ought to have ceased being—a real maritime power. The equilibrium of strength between the two great empires seems to us to be still one of the surest guarantees for their good behaviour towards each other. With regard to material interest and leaving out of sight for a moment every other consideration, we remain convinced that if for the last 40 years, amidst difficulties present to everybody's mind, England and France have been able to avoid war with each other, this happy result is owing in great part to the mutual and just appreciation of their re spective strength and of the immense resources which each of the two nations could have resorted to in this deplorable contest. The certainty of dis asters and the uncertainty of the result have con tributed to the postponement of that contest. For its indefinite postponement we prefer seeking for better and nobler motives in moral considerations. Europe at this moment has greater need than ever of our pacific intervention. To find repose under lasting conditions, the sincere and powerful accord of England and France is requisite, because they alone in their union are strongh enough to be able to be just. And if we cast our eyes still further, the whole world invites us to peace and a good understand ing. Every day the west tends more and more to expand towards the east. At the head of this move ment, henceforth irresistible, England and France see boundless horizons opening before them. Let us not fear to meet in these fields of the future, and let us not retard each other by barren rivalries or culpable contentions. The East Indies appear to demand without delay, and for a long time per haps, all the skill, experience, and exertions of England. Why should she run the risk of estrang ing from herself the sympathies of France ? If we must absolutely fight, let it be at least for the ad vantage of civilisation and humanity. Let us con tend for influence and generous initiatives, let us cut through isthmuses, shorten distances, spread everywhere in rivalry our language, religion, and customs, the products of our arts and manufactures. There is room in the sunshine, God be thanked, for you, for us, and for others besides. A truce then to rancorous feelings ; no more phantoms, no more intimidations that do not intimi date, no more pretensions that cannot end in any thing. Let England sail in peace over the sea 3, open to all flags with her protecting flag, of which she is so justly proud. No one approves or admires her m ore t h an we do in this part imposed on her by her power and geni us . L e t h er b e ne i t h er in neither oi e jealous same duties, oppressi ve nor nor uneasy. ag g re l s e s i s and she will find us h ßut av e in th our turn, same tur rights, that that we may al so be ab t l e without contest or con trol, to show boldl y and freely, as beseems our honour and legitimate interests, the colours of F r ance equally powerful, equally respected. We Ve longer dem an d , as Louis XIV. Kings ships th e h onour of the did of Holland, that ships of th e un i ted provinces e wish t o h umiliate no one, but we n the equals of every one, and if our courtesy to salut e fi rst , shouldwind and r etdhe claim a toi salute. m t to be K e I n V b induces us willingly we wish to be assu red that alwa y s and everywhere our salute will be returned, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The financial statement of this company for the half-year ending the 30th of June last is, as usual, full and explicit. It shows that 35,492,0041. had been received on capital account, including 23,359,8701. received on stock and shares, 39,9521. received on aceount of calls on the 121. 10s. shares, 314,5411. in advance of calls ; 10,689,7131. on loans and debentures, 312,8301. on 3 per cent. debenture stock, and 775,098/. on 4 per cent. debenture stock. The expenditure on capital accounted to 34,813,0531., including 5,665,5781. invested in 12 lines in which the company have an interest, 3,089,3941. expended on rolling stock, 421,9071. in lairls and buildings yielding rent, and 269,892/. in improvement of road, leaving a balance of 678,9511. Of the loans on debenture the sum of 361,8001. was borrowed at 5 per cent., 1,439,5081. at 41- per cent., 5,514,8721. at 44.- per cent., 65,4001. at 41 per cent., 2,627,205/. at 4 per cent., 377,5281. at 31, per cent., 261,0001. at 3 per cent., 41,7001. at 31 per cent., and 7001. at 3 per cent. ; total 10,689,713/. The return of working stock to the 30th of June showed that there were 779 locomotive engines, 772 tenders, 1 state carriage, 710 first-class mails and composite carriages, 506 second-class, 425 third class, 32 travelling post-offices and post office tenders, 313 horse-boxes, 259 car riage trucks, 273 guards, break, and parcel vans ; 31 parcel carts and trucks 11,058 waggons, 1,238 cattle waggons, 279 sheep vans, 1,122 coke waggons, 27 trolleys, trucks, &c., 8,500 sheets, and 208 horses. The total amount of capital expended on this working stock and move able machinery was 3,089,3951. including 6,3981., expended during the past half-year. The amount expended out of revenue for the half-year ending the 30th of June on repairs and renewals of the above stock amounted to 181,9271., and for the pre. ceding half-year to 182,7501., making for the year 363,7771, or 11.77 per cent. on the cost of the stock. Of the 363,7771. expended out of revenue for the year ended the 30th of June, 193,1821. was for the repairs and renewals of engines and tenders, 61,966/. for ditto of carriages, 80,4671. for ditto of waggons, 14,903 for ditto of machinery and coke waggons, and 13,2481. for miscellaneous stock. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June showed that 1,736,5991. had been received, including 8,986/. for cash balances and calls in arrear, 21,2941. for rents of land and build ings, 4191. transfer fees, 2,096/. for Huddersfield Canal traffic, and 69,7481. estimated dividends on investments on other railways. The expenditure for working the traffic amounted to 787,8751., in cluding 24,9051. for passenger duty, and 31,162/. for rates and taxes, leaving a balance of 948,714/. From this is deducted 243,0261. for interest on loans and debenture stock, 5,3771. chief rents and interest on land purchases ; 2,5001. expenses of Peterborough joint station ; 10,0001. for Parliamentary and legal proceedings ; 5,2761. Preston and Wyre deficiency; 24,900/. Buckinghamshire rent ; 25,734/. North Union rent ; 56,4311. Chester and Holyhead guar anteed dividend on preference shares and interest on loans ; 16,216/. Shropshire estimated deficiency; 2.5671. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock defi ciency ; 900/.lVest London rent ; 1,0351. Leeds and Rochdale canals deficiency ; 10,665/. Stour Valley estimated dividend ; 2,582/. for Stockport, Disley, and Whaley-bridge moiety of traffic, 6,5301. depre ciation and insurance of Holyhead steamboats, 2,3951. interest, &c., in respect of Haydon-square depot, 6,9581. replacement of Trent Valley and Nuneaton viaducts, and 28,3331. for re newal of road, leaving 497,226/. To this sum is added 23,1961., the balance from the last account, making a disposable sum of 520,4221. Out of this is deducted 447,2741. for dividend on the consoli dated stock at the rate of 2/. 2s. 6d. per cent. for the half-year, 32,7441. at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the 121. 10s. shares (71. 10s. called up), 24,418/. on the Huddersfield and Leeds and Dews bury stock, and 6,750/. at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the Coventry and Nuneaton stock, mak ing together 511,186/., and leaving 9,256/. for the next_account. It is proposed to make the dividend warrants payable on the 27th inst. NORTH LONDON. The report of the directors of this company states that there 'has been an increase in the traffic re ceipts during the past year half-year as compared with the corresponding period of 1858 of 4,9651. With the exception of three important heads of ex penditure—viz., locomotive charges, compensations, and rates and taxes, the working expenses of the railway have been maintained at nearly the same amount as last year. The directors explain that several of the 10 passenger engines purchased in 1855 have required during the past half-year exten sive repairs, and that in executing those repairs no expense has been spared to maintain the company's locomotive stock in the most efficient working order. They also considered it expedient at an ad ditional expense to substitute steel for iron tyres. With regard to compensations, a serious accident occurred on the railway during a dense fog in De cember last, and the claims arising from this dis aster, owing to the very disadvantageous position in which railway companies stand in such cases, have far exceeded the estimates which had been formed. The directors stated that they have taken the ut most pains to provide every additional and im proved appliance calculated to secure the safety of the trains, and to prevent the repetition of a similar calamity. The expenditure under the head of rates and taxes, includes, as heretofore, all payments made by the company under protest in those parishes where appeals have been entered against increased and exorbitant assessments. If the company is successful in thse appeals, a portion of the payments will be recovered. The directors have been enabled to complete an arrange. ment with the Northumberland and Durham Coal Company, whereby that company has surrendered the agreement under which they have hertofore worked the coal traffic on the North London line. Under the arrangement entered into the company have purchased all the locomotives, waggons. and plant used by the coal company in carrying on their traffic, the value of which has been settled at 43,0001. The result of the half-year's proceedings is that the net balance of 25,5491. remains available for distribution ; and this sum is sufficient to pay a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leav ing 1,1741. to be carried :forward to the current half-year's account. The capital account shows that 1,352,1661. had been received and 1,358,8201. expended, leaving a balance of 6,654/. due to re venue. The revenue account showed that 73,728/. had been received, and 41,630/. expended, includ ing 5,5821. toll to Blackwall, 3,6021. taxation, and 1,6051. dock and wharf dues, leaving a balance of 32,9541. against 31,300/. at the corresponding period of 1858. BLYTH AND TYNE. The directors of this company state in their re port that the gross revenue for the half-year amounted to 40,6161, out of which were deducted working and other expenses, leaving a balance of 12,4711. out of which the directors proposed to pay a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the original preference shares, 9 per cent. per annum upon the ordinary and extension shares, and 5 per cent. per annum upon the A and B pre ference shares, leaving a balance of 1,2571. to be carried to the reserve fund. The directors had, subject to the approval of the shareholders, entered into an agreement for traffic arrangem nts with the Warsbeck Valley Railway Company, the North British Railway Company, the Bor ler Coun ties Railway Company, the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company, and the Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company. A call of 31. a share upon the extension shares, when paid, would make these shares fully paid up. This additional capital would be applied to the construction cf the Tyne mouth branch, and although it might prove un profitable, yet, under th© circumstances, the direc tors felt themselves bound to make it. MID KENT. The report of the directors of this company states that the increase in the gross receipts of the line for the past six months was very encouraging ; they amounted to £3,916 against £2,815 at the corresponding period of 1858, showing an increase of £1,071. Owing to the deduction of the addi tional 10 per cent. by the South-Eastern Company for the maintenance of the line, there was not an equivalent increase in the net profits. A balance, however, remained of £1,388, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, leaving £146. The expenses of the Croydon Extension of 1857-58, which was withdrawn, in reliance on the good faith of the Brighton Company, in favour of _ _ the arrangement for the construction of the Nor wood spur, were, by the terms cf the arrangement, to be divided equally between the two companies. One moiety of these charges had accordingly been paid by this company, and was charged under the head of Parliamentary expenses in the present ac counts. The capital account showed that £97,400 had been received and £96,836 expended, leaving a balance of £564. The revenue account f o r the' past half-year showed that 50 per cent. of the gross traffic earnings amounted to £2,013 and the ex penses to £3OB, the interest on loans to £403, leav ing a balance as above of £1,302. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The directors of this company have just declared an intermediate dividend of £2 15s. per cent. on the ordinary shares for the half•year ending the 30th of June. The holders of the preference shares of 1861 will be entitled to an extra dividend when the next preference dividend is payable. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY. The half-yearly meeting of this railway company was held at Melbourne on the 7th of June—the Hon. T. A'Beekett, the president, in the chair. The report stated that the line and rolling stock were in the very best working order. An addi tional line of rails had been placed on the St. Kilda line. The directors explain that heavier rails were required in consequence of the in creased traffic, and the Commissioner of Public Works let them have the heavier rails from the Government stock on condition that they should be replaced when those ordered by the company were received from England. This arrangement saved considerable delay, and enabled the company to lay down the new rails in the course of six weeks. A great advantage was likely to result from the opening up of a coal traffic, and it was intended to form coal depots at the Melbourne, St. Kilda, and Emerald-hill stations. Twenty-five new coal trucks had been ordered from England to carry on this new branch of traffic. The subsidy of 5,000/. was paid to the St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Company, and it was expected that the new line would be opened in August, and that a very considerable addition to the revenue of the Melbourne Company would arise from that source. The profits of the past half-year enabled the direc tors to declare a dividend at the usual rate of 14 per cent. per annum, leaving 2,1121. to be added to the reserve fund, which would then amount to 26,9731. The capital account showed that 441,4151. had been received to the 30th of April last, and 350,322/. expended on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay line, and 107,3711. on the St. Kilda branch— together 457,6931. The revenue account showed that 45,3441. had been received for the six months ending the 30th of April, and that 16,1951. had been expended in working the railway, and 2,536/. paid for interest on loans, leaving a balance of 26,612/. The total traffic receipts for the nine past half-years amounted in the aggregate to 272,527/. Appended to the report is a list of the shareholders resident in Europe and the colony, stating the number of shares held by each, and also the number of votes. The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report, stated diat suggestions had been made in the newspapers for a reduction of fares on their line. He believed that the reduction proposed would, had it been granted, have greatly diminished the receipts of the railway. The dividend upon the shares at the present time was not excessive, nor so great as that paid by many colonial institutions, the profits of which were not looked upon as exorbitant. The railway was essentially a commercial undertaking, constructed with colonial capital, and it was unreasonable to pect its affairs to be carried on for the public benefit without proper regard to the interests of its share holders. He believed, moreover, that if the line had now no existence, and it became necessary to construct it, that capital would not be found for it, even if its whole history up to the present time could be foreknown. For some long time it had paid no dividend whatever, and it was only lately that the dividend had been at all satisfactory, and now they were subjected to a competition by the Government which he thought was not just, inas much as the fares charged on the Williamstown line in competition with the Hobson's Bay Railway, would, he was satisfied, when the debtor and credi tor accounts of the line came to be brought before Parliament show a heavy loss. But the fact was that the Williamstown line was paid for out of the public purse, and ho inferred, therefore, that it was considered unnecessary to make it remunerative as an investment, but this he thought was a principle which it was unfair to act upon for the purpose of competing, through the help of the public money, with undertakings created by private capital, and which ought only to be competed with by the Go vernment on equal terms. He, however, had no doubt the opening up of the Brighton ailway, which was expected to take place in August, would form a new era in the prosperity of the company, and bring an amount of additional traffic that would much more than compensate for any diminu tion of receipts by the loss of the Williamstown traffic. After a short discussion in which Mr. Ebden, Mr. Kaye, and other shareholders took part, the report was adopted and the dividend declared. The meeting was then made special, and Mr. Henty was elected a director in place of Mr. Grice. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Aug 13. The business of these assizes proceeds very slowly, and nearly as many causes are referred or disposed of out of court as are tried. But for this, the cause list could not have been got through in less than three weeks or a month. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder and a Special Jury.) BAKER v. GARRATT. This was an action brought by plaintiff to recover damages for an assault and false imprisonm e nt. Mr. Lush. Q.C., and Mr. Garth were counse l f or the plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Raymond appeared for the defendant. .. . This cause was commenced on Friday afternoon, and was adjourned until to-day, and occupied the Court for several hours, but the facts were in a small compass. The action arose out of the acci dental burning of the Eastern 'Monarch troop-ship at Spithead in June last, on which occasion that vessel was almost destroyed. The defendant, who is the agent to Lloyd's, and alsa acted on behalf of Messrs. Soames and Co., the owners, took measures to preserve what property remained on board the wreck after the fire had been exti ngu i s h e d, an d h e employed the plaintiff, who is a waterman, belong ing to Portsmouth, and several other men, to re move different articlesfrom the ship and put them in a place of safety, and they were so engaged for a day or two, when, in consequence of information received that some persons were stealing copper and other property from the ship, orders were given that the vessel should be cleared of all persons who were about her. The plaintiff and his companions refused to leave, and the police authorities of Portsmouth were applied to ; they at first declined to interfere, and a lieutenant of marines, with some of his men, went on board the Eastern Monarch, and, according to the case for the plaintiff, the defendant ordered him and his companions to be taken into custody, and they were removed to the flag-ship, the Victory, and were subsequently taken be fore a magistrate, when they were at once dismissed, no charge of any kind being preferred against them. This was the false imprisonment for which the plaintiff claimed compensation ; but the defendant, on being examined, swore that the only orders he gave were that the men should be removed from the vessel, and that he never intended to give them into custody, and that they were taken to the Vic tory without his sanction. It also appeared from the evidence of Mr. Chase, the superintendent of police at Portsmouth, a very useful and intelligent officer, that, upon hearing that plaintiff and his companions were on board the Victory, he sent a sergeant to bring them ashore, and they were merely formally taken before a magistrate to be discharged. Mr. Justice Crowder having summed up the whole of the evidence, the jury, af;er a short deli beration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £lO. BURNETT V. GARRATT, MAINE V. GARRATT, AND CIIILNESS V. GARRATT. These were all similar actions, arising out of the same trans•iction, and it was arranged that the same verdict should be taken in each case. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, AUG. 13. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE DURSLEY MURDER. Ellen Rutter was charged with felonionsly, wil fully, and of her malice aforethought, killing and murdering Thomas Rutter, her husband, at Dursley, on the 7th of August, in this year. The prisoner, who displayed no emotion, is a short and slightly-made woman, apparently about 26 years of age. She pleaded " Not Guilty," in a hold tone. Mr. Cripps and Mr. Sawyer for the prosecution ; Mr. W. H. Cooke defended the prisoner at the re quest of the judge. Mr. Cripps having stated the case, the following witnesses were called : Thos. Rutter—l am 13 years old. I was sleeping at my grandfather's house last Saturday night, but before I went my father gave me some money to fetch some meat. My step-mother, the prisoner, met me and took the money from me, and blowed up my father, and asked him why she could not be trusted with the money. When I went away for the night, I shut the door of my father's house, but did not lock it.. The key was in the lock inside. They were in the habit of quarrelling, and on one occa sion prisoner broke a pane of glass in the kitchen window, operv.2d it, and got into the house by that means. The razor shown me before the coroner was one my father was in the habit of using. Cross-examined—Father used to beat her very badly. My bedroom was over theirs, and she has several times come up to sleep with me when they had been quarrelling. The day before this happened she came up ; on the Friday night. My father came up and dragged her out of my bed, cursed her, and made her go down stairs. He used to turn her out at night in her petticoat, but not lately. He came home late at night, generally tipsy. Have heard him v , *1 tn t rdaten to cut her throat. On the Friday night he said; is she did not go out of doors, and take her things, he would burn them. Father had been drinking all day on Saturday. By the Judge—l never heard him say he would blow her 'Grains out. [Before the coroner the boy said he had heard his father use such an expres sion.] lam sure I did not say so. He kept no sort of fire-arms in the house. Thomas Wood—On Saturday night last I saw deceased ttn. prisoner quarrelling about some money, and he struck and kicked her several times. They often quarrelled. Cross-examined—l had seen him beat her fre quently. Deceased used to quarrel with his first wife, but never beat her. Samuel Greenwood, engine -driver—Saw the de ceased at the Star Inn, Dursley, on Saturday last. Saw the prisoner in the tap-room at nine o'clock. She gave a pipe-light to a strange man, and her husband pushed her by the neck into a seat, and. said," Thee bea'nt a going to be servant to ,every body. If you want beer, I've got plenty, and you need not drink with other people." She would not drink with her husband. I advised her to be quiet, and gave her some of my beer. Cross-examined—I was not asked until yester day to be a witness. Rutter drank cider, and the woman said she would not drink it. Maria Wood—l live at Dursley, and was at the Star at half-past nine on Saturday night. Rutter struck prisoner, and told her to drink with nobody but himself. I advised her net to make a disturb ance, but she squeezed my hand very tightly, and said, " You don't know how he has been kicking of me." John Bowyer, landlord of the Star, heard pri soner threaten her husband for beating her. Cross•examined—She said, " You are always striking me slily, but never openly. She said she could not drink cider, because it made her bowels ache. That was when her husband offered her some to drink. Sydney Wood—When they were quarrelling I tried to soothe the woman. She said, " I will cut his throat. It is no use for you nor 20 people to talk to me. You do not know what I have got on my mind." I told her not to talk such nonsense, but make it up like I and my wife did. Rutter left the house about 11 o'clock. Before then pri soner drank with a man named Cox, and deceased talked about it. He said " Cox, I'll give thee half a crown to take her altogether." He pulled a half•crown from his pocket. Cox said, " I'll be if I don't give thee half a crown for her, but we must be churched first." Prisoner left the house about half-past 11 o'clock. I walked with her as far as my house, and told my wife to go on home with her. John Handcock—l am a labourer, living in Bol ton-lane, about 100 yards from deceased's house. He had been married to his present wife about seven years. On Sunday morning, about half-past one, the prisoner came to my house. My wife and son George was there. Prisoner said" Charlotte, come up to our house. I think Tom will bleed himself to death." She held up her left hand and said, " See how he has served me." She then went away, and I noticed that there was blood on her left arm. My wife lighted a candle and we all went to Rutter's house. Prisoner asked us to go up stairs where she was. My son and I went up, and I saw a great quantity of blood on the floor. Rutter was lying on the left side of the bed, and the bed-clothes were smooth over him up to the throat. Prisoner was lying on the bed, with her feet hanging over the left side. Rutter's hands were outside the bed-clothes, down by his sides. There was no blood on his hands. I said to pri soner, " Ellen, however in the world did this come about ?" She said, " I did it, John." A surgeon was sent for. I saw a razor under the pillow, just visble, seven or eight inches from the head. George Handcock, son of last witness, gave simi lar evidence. The body was lying on the left side of the bed. Rutter was not dead when we went in, but he never moved hand nor foot. Prisoner was sitting on the side of the bed, close against the door, leaning over his face, with her face nearly close to his. She said, "My poor Tom is dying." My father said, " Lord, Ellen, how did this come about ?" She said, " I done it, John." Saw my father take a razor from under the pillow, on the side farthest from the door. The razor was shut up. Elizabeth Hanks—l live about 60 yards from deceased's house. Half an hour after midnight on Saturday night, I heard Rutter kicking at his door. He was quarrelling. In about an hour afterwards I heard the prisoner say, "He is dying, for every drop of blood is running from his body." I and my husband went up to the room. Prisoner was lying over her husband's body, holding a pillow to his bleeding throat. I said, " Oh, Ellen, who has been and done this ?" She answered, " Why, I did it." She moved the pillow, and said, " Look her e ," and I saw a gash i n hi s throat. There was no blood on his hands. Cross-examined—The deceased was lying partly on his left side and partly on his back. I do not know whether there was a pillow under his head besides the one she was holding to his neck. George Leonard, a surgeon, practising at Durs ley, described the nature of the wound, and said deceased could not have inflicted it himself. Some additional evidence was given to show that the prisoner had admitted having committed the deed. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Cooke, for the defence, pleaded that the pri soner was urged to the commission of the act by a renewal of the brutal conduct of the deceased, and that the homicide was done under circum stances of great provocation, and without premedi tation, she being at the time in fear and danger of her life. The Judge summed up with great minuteness, but unfavourably to the prisoner. The jury retired to deliberate, and after a quar ter of an hour's absence, found a verdict of guilty of wilful murder. The Judge put on the black cap, and addressed the prisoner as follows :—" Ellen Rutter, after a Patient investigation, the jury have convicted you of the crime of wilful murder—of murder in its most aggravated form. I cannot doubt upon this evidence, that you stole to your husband's bed side in the , ,dead of the night, and cut his throat with that razor. It was a murder which our ancient law was not content with calling a murder, but called it treason. I will not prolong the agony of an unhappy woman, exposed to the gaze of this court, I only implore you to pay attention to those re.igious instructions which you will receive, and which alone will enable you to meet your impend ing fate with any degree of resignation." His lord ship then passed sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner showed no sign of emotion, but pre served the same ealM demeanour she had main tained from the beginning of the trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 12. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Wm. Ray, owner of the ship Justin, was summoned for refusing to pay to Mr. Charles Oppenheim the sum of £44 7s. Bd., claimed by him for wages due as master of the said ship. Mr. nobler appeared for the complainant; Mr. Sleigh for the defendant. The ease was one to which the Lord Mayor de voted a considerable amount of time and attention; the proceedings, which were now finally brought to a close, having twice previously occupied the Court. • On the 31st of March last the complainant was en gaged by the defendant as master of the Justin for a voyage from London to Newport, where the vess e l was to take in coals on Government account, and thence to Hong Kong and back to England—the agreement, however, being merely verbal—at £l4 per month. The vessel sailed from Gravesend, in April, for Newport, but was compelled to put into Fahnouth by stress of weather, and owing to the state of the ship during the voyage complainant came to the conclusion that it would be dangerous to attempt to reach Newport unless he had more ballast. In this opinion he was confirmed by the plot as well as by a surveyor whom he c a ll e d i n to inspect the ship, and he therefore telegraphed to the defendant that he must send money or credit for ballast, or otherwise the ship must be detained until the weather was moderate and the wind quite fair. In reply to this he received a telegram stating that no more ballast would be allowed, and that he must proceed to NeNN port forthwith. A second telegram which he sent met with the same response, and then he sent a third, peremptorily demanding more ballast, and concluding, " if dissatisfied, send another captain." Defendant, taking him at his word, did send another captain, but upon his arrival at Falmouth complaina:.t refused to give up the ship, and, as the wind then became quite fair, took the ship round to Newport, leaving the new captain behind. At Newport the owner himself went on board th e vesse l, ma d e several payments to complainant upon behalf of the vessel, and finally installed the new captain on the Ist of June, when complainant quietly gave up possession and re turned to London without, according to his own account, having received one farthing as wages, or anything lik e a regular disch arge. The amount of his claim he made up by charging wages for about 10 weeks, board wages for a period during which the vessel was lyinc, in dock w ith out having provisi ons on b oar d , and. some smaller items of a similar description. In bar to his claim, Mr. Sleigh fi rs t argue d t h at as be had en t ere d upon a contract to take the ship to Hong Kong and bring her back, and had broken that contract by discharging himself at Falmouth, he could not, according to the ordinary law of con tract, recover any portion of his demand, but The Lord Mayor objected to this as being essen tially unjust in such a case, and Mr. Oke (acting as chief clerk in the absence of Mr. Goodman) put before the court a recent case, in which it was decided that the captain of a merchant vessel engaged at monthly wages was entitled to recover month by month ; and that no after breach of contract on his part could invalidate his claim for months already expired. With this authority before him his lordship overruled Mr. Sleigh's ob jection, and that gentleman theu endeavoured to show that complainant could only claim to have been captain up to the date of his telegram from Falmouth, "If dissatisfied, send another captain," and the immediate arrival of a captain to supersede him. The Lord Mayor, however, decided that complainant was, both de facto and de jure, captain until the moment wh en hi s successor was installed and he gave up his possession of the ship at New port ; and Mr. Sleigh then endeavoured to oust the jurisdiction of the Court by pleading that com plainant, on the general account of the ship, had received a larger sum from defendant than his claim for wages amounted to, and therefore he (Mr. Sleigh) was entitled to make the whe.e case a mere question of account, into which the Court had no power to enter, as the power to sue before a magistrate given by the act was restricted to wages only. Both parties were prepared with statements of account, but the Lord Mayor declined to go into matters which did not touch the question of wages ; and as Mr. Sleigh was not in a position to prove by positive evidence that complainant, either speci fically or generally, had received an amount to cover his claim for wages as well as his disburse ments for ship's charges, his lordship ordered im mediate payment to complainant of £2B 9s. 4d. for wages (being two months and a day) and £3 ss. costs, leaving the claim for board wages and other items to be settled by arbitration, or in an other court, as the parties might decide. Mr. Philip Carsting, poulterer and dealer in game, Leadenhall-market, was summoned, upon the information of Mark Loome, for having, on the 4th of August, unlawfully in his possession six live pheasants and six live partridges after the expira tion of ten days from the Ist of February. Mr. Orridge, in opening the case, said he ap peared on behalf of the Association for the Preven tion of the Sale of Game out of Season, as it had been established for the purpose of putting an end to the offence with which the defendant was charged, and for which under the Ist and 2d William IV., chap. 32, he was liable to a penalty of £1 for each bird found in his possession. The learned gentle man then read the 3d and 4th sections of the Act, which recite that any person who shall knowingly have in his possession or contract any game out of season, except in a mews or breeding place, should be liable to the penalty; and he then called Mark Loome, a superannuated detective, who deposed that he was now in the employment of the society, and that on the 4th inst. he went into the de fendant's shop on pretence of looking at some fowls, and saw there a basket containing six live phea sants and six live partridges, the basket being then addressed to the defendant. Afterwards he saw the basket covered with calico and conveyed by a porter to the South-Eastern Railway station, where he again inspected it, and found that it still con tained the pheasants and partridges. The original address had then been removed, and a new one put upon it, " Gurney, Esq., Nutfield, Redhill." Mr. Butt, for the defence, contended that his client, being a licensed dealer in game, was entitled to sell live birds, which had been kept for that pur pose, and that there was no difference, legally, be tween a " basket" such as that in which the birds were seen by the witnesses, and a " mews" as ex cepted by the Act. At the same time the case was the first of the kind which had been brought for ward in the city, and it was important that the question should be decided as a point of law, as a guide to tradesmen who had for years been in the habit of selling live game. The Lord Mayor said he had no doubt the de fendant had rendered himself liable to the p?nalties of the Act, and ordered him to pay 125., being ls. for each bird, and 2s. for the summons. VOLUNTEER CORPS. Sir J. T. Coleridge, in a letter which he has just published, says :—" It may be said that it is unne cessary now to revive the spirit which animated the country in the first years of this century. I ven ture to think that it is never unnecessary to revive the spirit which does nut tend to ambitious exten sion of empire or to foreign conquest, but which teaches us to make sacrifices of our money and time, to undergo hardship, and submit to discipline and training, that we may be prepared to assist usefully, whenever the necessity may arise, in de fending the sanctity of our homes and the liberties of our country. I accept with unspeakable thank fulness the cessation of the Italian war. I enter tain no unreasonable distrust of the French Em peror, but I ask, judging from the history of the past, and the complications of the present time, can any reasonable man consider a war between the two countries as other than a probable event . Sup posing a war to break out, can any man suggest any other enterprise on the part of an enemy so pro bable as an attempt to invade England ? Suppos ing the attempt successfully made (and who can say that it might not be successful if made?) does any one feel that our population—l will not speak of our army- is in any the least degree prepared to co-operate usefully in our defence ? It seems to me that these questions can only be answered in one way, and the practical consequence is irresistible. We are now an unarmed people, of all nations per-. haps the least ready for effective service. Why should we not become familiar with the use of the rifle and with the charge with the bayonet ? Gen. Simcoe mainly insisted with the volunteers on the latter. The former was at the time he commanded (1806) a specialty reserved for a few; but by mak ing the volunteers act with the line and the militia in marches, encampments, and sham fights, he had prepared them for the improvements which actual service would render easy and imperative. All this, I suppose, might without difficulty be practical now, and it would have the effect of preparing beforehand a large force, officered, regi mented, knowing each other, with the rudiments of discipline, and advanced a certain way towards being actual soldiers. Let me conclude with the closing sentences of a general order issued by Gene ral Simcoe, in 1800 :—' The Major-General desires that the volunteer in the charge may be exercised to increase his pace by degrees, so as to arrive with rapidity at the distance of 300 yards without any disorder, and in perfect breath and readiness to grapple with any opponent. The closing with an enemy bacomes the courage of the country, and is firmly supported by that activity in which the Englishman participates with the southern nations of Europe, and the strength in which he equals those of the north. A combination of these quali ties and a due exercise therein must insure victory. To close with the enemy has been the foundation of all our superiority by sea and by land ; it was the principle of Marlborough and the practice of Wolfe.' " MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A SAILOR On Saturday John W. Moody, second mate of the Mary, of Bath, United States, was brought be fore the North Shields borough magistrates, charged with a murderous attack on Daniel Witham, a Bri tish sailor, which there is every reason to think will end in the poor fellow's death. The Mary had come across from the United States to Antwerp, and thence had called in the Tyne to load steam coals in the Northumberland Dock to take out home. Witham had made the voyage in the vessel, and on Thursday morning about three o'clock, while the vessel was in the dock, all hands were knocked up to unmoor the vessel. Witham, who had been drinking on the previous night, had not got out of his bunk quick enough for the officers, when Mood went forward and pulled him out by the hair of his head. He dragged him about the forecastle floor in this manner, but was taken off by a seaman named Wm. Black. While Black was sitting down, putting on his boots, Moody picked up a large iron bar called a " norman," and struck Witham a most fearful blow on the head. Witham dropped on the deck, and Black imagined that he was dead, and picked him up and placed him in his berth. Black ran aft and knocked up the master, and told him the second mate had killed one of the crew. But in coming forward they met the mates coming out from where Witham was lying. One of them said, "Oh God him ; he is not dead." The other replied, " No; his head is only bruised." From what the mate said to the captain he went back to his bed. About a couple of hours after Moody ab sconded, but was captured at Sunderland on Fri day by the North Shields police. The master, having subsequently ascertained the real condition of the man, sent for a surgeon, who had him re moved on shore. From the evidence of Mr. Coward, surgeon, it seems that Witham is suffering from an extensive fracture of the left side of the skull, and is in a very dangerous condition. From in quiries made at a late hour on Saturday no hopes are entertained of his recovery. From the evidence of the crew, it appears that this is the second at tack Moody has made upon Witham, he having beat him with steel knuckles (knuckle-dusters) while at sea. The crew of the vessel state:tgat Witham was a very quiet man. The magistrates remanded Moody for a week. Moody is a power ful young fellow, 25 years of age. He belongs to Portland, United States, THE MOORS AND FORESTS. (From the Inverness Courier.) " It is a most fortunate thing," says the Times, "that there is such an epoch as the 12th of August in our calendar. Had such a date been fixed by authority for the closing of the session, there can be no doubt that it would have been used for the most improper purposes by parliament ay tacticians on cither side. •As it is, it is a perfectly recognis ed fact that the mo s t th r illing oratory, the most tell ing parliamentary periods, have not a chance against the cheery crowing of the grouse on the Scottish moors. Everybody goes away just because every body wants to go away, and what is more, honour able members part friends. They are not torn asunder like street fighters by the rough grasp of policemen. The mild influence of the grouse pre dominates. Even if it were possible to retain a few placemen, patriots, and cripples for a few days beyond the 12th of August, no man out of Bedlam would dream of asking for their services after the Ist of September. Here, then, is a period of the year at which Englishmen will leave town, do wh' t you will. It would be impossible to fix an earl's' day, unless, indeed, the grouse and partridges could be induced to breed earlier by resolution of the house." The eventful " twelfth" happened on Friday and there is ample evidence in our streets that the season has been e xerc i s i ng it s powers o f dispersal at St. Stephen s . E qu i pages h ave b een rattling through the streets every hour this week, and nearly all the shooting-boxes in the Highlands are now well filled. We give a list of the moors that have been taken, and the names of the sportsmen. It is the largest list, at the same date, since 1 856 ' A few choice moors are still in the market. From the forests we learn that some good stags have been killed, and that the deer are generally in good condition. The following are among th e successful stalks recorded since our last :—A stag at Monar, by Mr. Clowes ; one at Achany, by the Hon. E. Jervis ; two at Aultnaharrow, by Mr' Henry Akroyd; and one at Gildermory, by Lord Selkirk. COUNTRY MARKETS. NOTTINGHAM—Auu 13. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, wh ich sold slowly, at fully late rates. Little or no barley on die! at previous prices. The trade in oats was slow, at about recent currencies. Bea ns i n sma ll supp l y, an d the prices fully as firm. F armers h ave ma d e great progress t hi s week both in cutting and leading. White wheat, new, 51s to —s Red do. 46e to 48s Old white 4Bs to 53s Red do. 44s to 48s Barley, malting 38s to 40s Barley, grinding 28s to 303 Oats, old, 305 to 340 New do 283 to 323 Beans. 50s to 64 1 Beans, new 48s to 52. CAMBRIDGE-AuG. 13. There was a moderate show of wheat, which met an in t " proved demand, at about late rates. White wheat,. 48s to 53s ; new, 42a to 46s per 3G st one . S pr i ng corn in sula l ! supply. Oats were from 23s to 28s per 24 stono. Bean firm, at 42s to 44s per 38 stone. CHELMSFO A small attendance to-day very limited business .transa were at about late rates. Wheat, white 43s to 52s Peas, Partridge ..43s to 45 3 red 41s to 49s White 423 to 4 49 Barley 32s to 403 Boiling- 43s to 45 0 Chevalier ....34s to 41s Dun 40s to 423 Grinding 26s to 34s Beans, Tick ....40g to qg Malt 63 s t o 68s Harrow Ticks 41s to 403 Chevalier 63s to 69s Alazagan 408 to 44g Oats 25s to 348 offered to-day realised 42s per qr. , D-AuG. 13. at the corn-exchange, nn.c l 3ted. The f ew sa l es passing NORWICH—Aua 13. Here, to-day, there was rather a good attendance of far' Tiers. The s h ow o f w h ea t was very fair, and the prices in most instances about the same for all samples. In °ther grain there was scarcely anything doing. White wheat ..45s to 47s J Red wheat 40s to 430 Flour, 29s to 29s 6d per sack from the miller. ROCHE STER--AuG. 13. Thera was a better supply of wheat, and a fair atteni; ante of farmers—n ew samp l es realising 48s to ---s rear 39s to 445. B ar l e y unc h ange d in value. Nothing in oats, and beans continue to fetch high prices. rea m ri- d brisk, at 40s to 465. Harvest operations in this locality an d throughout the Weald of Kent are nearly at a n end, an the crop is rather over than under the average, but the clus lity is not deemed so go o d as th a t o f many former years. OXFORD— Auo. 13. There was a very s ma ll supp l y o f w h eat at our raar-ket to-day, and but few sales took place, at about late rates' Several samples of new wheat offering. at 40s to 43s per 4r Old wheat 43s to 48s. N ew b ar l ey 3 45. New oats from 24s to 30s. Beans, 40s to 445, and peas 38s to 400. Flour 32s to 33s per sack. DUBLIN—AUG. 12. Our market was extremely dull, and we note whea t all barely supporting Tuesday's price. Oats 6d per qr loWer on the week. The re were two samples of new wheat to-day in very soft con diti on, which sold at 235. Severs "-- lots of new b ere , oa t s, and rapeseed. Scarcely =l)4' doing in Indian corn. 6 ' j. ' 6 Wheat, white.. 26 0t 0 27 0 l Do., new l2 6to 13 , Do., red 24 0t 0 25 6 Bere . l3 otol3 l' Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 ot o 15 0 I n di an corn .. 29 o t o 31 v THE GOLD RETURNS OF VICTORIA.—From the circular prepared by Messrs. W. Clarke and Sons, of M° l _, - bourne, we give the following re t urns , omitting fractions.' parts. Return of gold receipts by escort since the opening of the goldfields :-1851, 104,454 oz. ; 1852, 2,039,382 oz. ; 1853, 1,874,409 oz. ; 1854, 1,476,666 oz. ; 1855; 2,132, 39 S oz. ; 1856, 2,625,968 oz. ; 1857 , 2 ,481,020 oz, ; 185 8 9 2,371,268 oz. ; 1859, 817,411 oz. Th e total quantity of gold brought to town by escort since the discovery of gold val e 15,922,979 oz. The total shipments of gold during the salve period amount to 18,451,964 oz., of which the following ar e the details :—G o ld exported.-1851, 145,146 oz. - 1852, 1,974,975 oz. ; 1853 , 2 , 4 97,723 oz. ; 1854, 2,144,699 ; 1855, 2,576,745 oz. ; 1856, 3,003,811 oz. • 1857, 2,729,655„.°!„; 1858, 2,536,983 oz. ; 1859, 8 42,222.—A' ustratian and fir"" Zealand Gazette. [ADVERT ISEMENT.]-110110Way' s Pills.—These pills more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated constitutio than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a n ervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digesti ve organs, or wh ose h ea l t h h as become deranged by affections disordered stomach, or liver complaints she!'id lose no time in givi ng these admirabl e pills a fair tria .. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath,. are also within the range of the sanative powers of this. very re markable medicine. The cures effected by these pills 4 Z not superficial nor temporary, but comgete and permant, They are as mild as th ey are efficacious, and may be Or with confidence to delicate fen-ales and young children. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—EPPs's (Homceopathie Chemis t) Cocos.—This esteemed preparation is sold by the Prtii cipal grocers at l s . 6d . per lb., in 11b., ilb., and 2' • packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epp s , Homcee pathic chemist, London." [ADVERTISEMENT.].—We have read with much plee e t r. ). Du Barry's R e p or t on the cure of Indigestion (DyspeVs,';';. Flatulency, C ons ti pation, Nervous, Bilious, and 1-'lv; Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility" without medicine, by Du Barry's Food. The following are a few ex t rac t s w hi ch appear to merit the attention °f many :---Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Eliz a b e th J aco bs, °l Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts : a cure of treme nervousness, indigestion, ga th er i ngs, low spirits, an. nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314.—Mi 5s Elizabeth Yee. man, Gateacre near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dYsPeP„ r e o , and all the horrors of nervous i rritability. Cure "„. 51,812.—Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured o f consu mption' after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of of covery. Cure No. 51,514.—8 ar0n d e Polentz, Prefect ° Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of !li° nerves, and of an o b s ti nate liver compl aint, - for wh ich the German spas had been tried in vain for ems' Cure No. 48,721.—G eneral Baron de Zaluskowsla, many years fearful disorders of the digestive f u nction s • In tins, at ls. 6d. ; lib., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b •r 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt f P ° ' o . Dilize order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis,„ v d „ Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxin r , e . street ; 330 and 451, Strand • 49 and 60, Bishopsgs,, L street ; 85, Tottenham-court -road. Also at Dubui Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Rainier and e e l et Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp e, Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. a t South anipton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. BISHOP.—On the 13th inst., at South Villa, Regent's' park, the wife of James Bishop, Esq., of a son. BURT.—On the 12th inst., at Tulse-hill, Mrs. H. P. Bu rt ' of a son. PIGOTT.—On the 12th inst., at Brighton, the wife of g r ' Sergeant Pigott, of a. daughter. VizAnn.—On the 12th inst., at Spetisbury, R ec t or y Dorset' the wife of the Rev. H. B. Vizard, of a son. MARRIAGES. CLAnx—SfmrsoN.—On th e 11 th inst., at St. Matthew. o Church, Brixton, H enry, youngest son of Thomas Clark, Esq., of Newington, to Adeline, youngest d a ughter ° Thomas Bridge Simpson, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey, SARGENT—READ. -On the 13th inst., at Mare-street ClA c i pel, Mr. A. F. Sargent, of Ratcliffe, to Harriet, secon d daughter of George Read, Esq., of Lingfield 1100 " Surrey. DEATHS. 1-t a BRETTELL.—On th e 10 t h inst , Joseph B re tt e ll, s tuden- g, Guy's Hospit a l , second son of Mr. John Orme Dre tte of Dudley, aged 21. BRIDGE.—On the Bth inst., at Piddletrenthide, Dorsetsh ire, Thomas B r id ge, Esq., aged 58. CRoomE.—On th e 10 t h inst., at Groat M a l vern , Th°n on Clatterbuck Croome, E sq ., of Cainscr oss , Gl ouces tershir e aged 54. DENT. —On the 27th June, at Cawnpore, Li eu t. Robert W I • Dent, Ist B enga l L . C ., the second son of Mrs. Den t, ° Homewood, Chislehurst, Kent. HENDERsoN.—On the 12th inst., Miss Henderson, a- Hamilton terrace, St. John's -wood. ORME.—On the 12th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, c° ' 3l° Orme, Esq., of 15, Bryanston-square, aged 79. TrmnuELL.—On the 10th inst., at Fulham Harriet, Bec° nd s, daughter o f th e l a t e Captain James Tim'brell, E.I .I'4• LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO '-'"„ 2 of No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t er, at The Sur, Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the count"' : l iddleeez, Monday, August 15, 1859. , THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1859. -r