The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-18 00:00:00

f MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The general symptoms of the Money-market de note an increased demand for accommodation. Oc casionally there is a temporary abatement of the inquiry, but it soon revives, and the bill-brokers and bankers find more employment for their means than they have for several months past. That a larger amount of capital must have been brought into trade is proved by the fact that the accounts from the manu facturing districts, the customs' returns, and the traffic upon the various lines of railway, all show a steady revival of business, although there is still an absence of great activity. The intelligence from distant mar kets, and especially from America, Australia, &c., are of a character to stimulate operations, and there can be no doubt that a gradual improvement will be experienced, which, towards the end of the year, will probably become very apparent in all departments. The demand for wool continues animated, and for silk, and other raw materials, there is also a good in quiry. This would indicate that the manufacturers are sanguine with regard to the future, and con sider it advisable to increase their production. From the manufacturing districts generally, we learn that the mills are in full work, and fair employment ap pears to be given to the operative classes. Looking, sh therefore, at the powerful nature of the crash that was experienced last autumn, this improvement and the prospect of its continuance, are as satisfactory as could have been anticipated. 13 Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton str Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of all descriptions were without any material alteration. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. In the Rail way Share Market a moderate business was trans acted, and quotations were fully maintained. at The Panther has arrived at Marseilles with the st' Bombay Mail, About £72,000, principally Australian gold, was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. In the Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon a further slight improvement took place compared with the rates current last post-day. The half-yearly meeting of the English, Scottish, et and Australian Chartered Bank was held to-day, g Mr. Johnston in the chair. The report was not so It satisfactory as was expected, and showed an amount of ascertained loss of £6,076 Bs. 3d. During the half-year a net profit of £14,156 Bs. 4d. had been derived, from which the directors now n, recommended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, £5OO towards preliminary ex penses, and £l,OOO towards bank premises and et, furniture accounts. These deductions would leave 3/ ' a surplus of £2,656 Bs. 4d., which would not be sufficient to set aside against the estimated losses t Without taking £3,419 19s. 11d. from the reserve it ; fund, thereby reducing it to £6,891 7s. ld. Some Al discussion took place, but it was not unfriendly, and the report was adopted. There was a meeting of the Northern and Eastern 15 Railway Company to-day, but it was only for the n, announcement of the usual dividends guaranteed by the Eastern Counties Company. Speculation is still very inactive at the Stock Ex change, not only in Consols, but also in Foreign ti Stocks and Railway Shares. The apathy extends to n, the general public, who appear to direct their atten- I it tiem to new undertakings. The success of the Bra zilian, New Zealand, and Indian loans show that a large aggregate amount of capital has been brought B , into this description of enterprise. Consols have been 961 8 for money, and 968 for account. They 1 .1 are now 96% 1 8 1 and 968 2 respectively. Bank Stock is marked 228. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities, 96.1 97 for both. India Loan Debentures I are fiat, at 974; ditto (second issue), 971 a ; and the Bonds, 18s. ; the March Exchequer Bills, 30s. ; and June ditto, 20s. to 235. In Foreign Securities a very moderate business has 41 been transacted, and prices in most instances have been supported. Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1031 ; Spanish Deferred, 27%; Mexican, 21* ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 468 4G%; Russian 5 per Cents., 1131; Austrian 5 per Cents., 82; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 1011 1021. -A very limited amount of business has been done in the Railway Share Market this morning. Prices have in most instances exhibited little variation of importance. Caledonians improved 10s. • Great Northern, 55.; and Great Western and Midland, ss. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South Devon declined 10s., and a l North-Eastern (York) £l. The Foreign lines have 7 slightly improved. Paris and Lyons have advanced 55., and Northern of France ss. Great Luxembourg and Sambre and Meuse are at about previous rates. . 13 .! In the Colonial market the dealings are very limited, and prices are unaltered. Joint-Stock Bank shares are dull. Bank of Egypt have declined 10e.; City Bank - , is. Ottoman Bank Improved is. In the Miscellaneous market, Elec tric Telegraph receded to 106 ex dividend, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam improved to 801; 1 1 Atlantic Telegraph are quoted 830 to 860 ; and Red Sea Telegraph prem. Consols for mousy, 96/ s ; ditto account, 96i The Count Alphonse Matis has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Alexandria. The Count Ludoif has taken his departure from the same establishment. Mr. Thos. Masterman, Mrs. and Miss Masterman, have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Mr. Verschoyle has arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from Nice. THE. INDIAN COUNClL.—General Sir R. Vivian has been appointed to a seat in the Council, in addition to those whose names we have already announced. He may be con sidered to represent the Madras Presidency and army, nei ther of which had any representative in that part of the Council elected by the late directors, or among those hitherto nominated by the Government. General Vivian was nomi nated a director ,of the East India Company under the act of 1833, and commanded the Turkish Contingent in the Russian War. He was for several years Adjutant-General of the Madras army. THE RIGHT OF VISIT.—The understanding which has been arrived at between the British and American Governments on the subject of the identification of the nationality of vessels is based upon the acceptance by the British Government of the doctrines laid down by Mr. Secre tary Cass in his letter to Lord Napier of the 10 th of Apri l, 1808, In that letter Mr. Cass, borrowing an illustration from one of Mr. Webster's letters on the subject, written 16 years ago, thus states the ease :—" As the identity of a per son must be determined by the officer bearing a process for his arrest, so must the national identity of a vessel be deter mined at the like hazard to him who, doubting the flag she tikplays, searches her to ascertain her true character. There, no doubt, may be circumstances which would go far to madify the complaints a nation would have a right to mnke for such a violation of its sovereignty. If the bur:ding officer had just ground for suspicion, and deported himself with propriety in the performance of hie task, doing no in jury and peacefully retiring when satisfied of his error, no nation would make such an act the subject of serious recla mation." This version of the law, as laid down by Mr. Cass, might well he accepted by the British Government, since it grants, in fact, mere than that Government hassver claimed. They hate limited thetnselves to claiming a right o 'visit, merely ; a right to call apt' the captain of the vessel to show his papers, expressly restricting themselves from any right to press this visit to the extent of a search, which they have admitted to he exclusively a belligerent right. Mr. Cass, it will be seen, while insisting that visi tation, under the circumstances supposed, shall be regarded not as a right, but, should the vessel turn out to be Ameri can, as an excusable trespass, concedes at the same time that in such cases the boarding officer is not limited to what be may discover by casting his eye over the papers and the deck of the vessel, or the cabin, should he be invited to enter it, but that he may proceed to the extremity of lifting the hatches, overhauling the cargo, and mustering the Frew —in one word, of search. Search, and not visit, is the word that Mr. Casss employs to describe the operation of identifying the flag, which operation, while insisting that it must be undertaken at the risk of the party who employs it, he admits at the same titne to ha an act which, if entered upon in good faith, on reasonable grounds of suspicion, and conducted without un necessary violence, or injury to the vessel or its crew, no nation would make the subject of serious reclamation. This employment by Mr. Cass of the word " search " instead of " visit" was no doubt deliberate and intentional, since in his famous pamphlet ng iinst the Quintuple Treaty he argued at length that the distinction set up by Lords Palmerston and Aberdeen between the right of visit and the right of search Was wholly illusory and unfounded, and that visit, to be of any practical efficacy, must, in many cases at least, be pushed to the extent of search, and must therefore be re garded as in substance the same thing. In accepting Mr. Cass's version of the law, the British are thus enabled to push the process of verifying the flag further than they have ever hitherto claimed to go, for, however it may be urged that theoretically visit and search amount to the same thing, there is a very.palpable practical difference between calling on the captain of a sinp to show his papers and proceeding to the extremity of searching his vessel.—Nato York Tribune. HORNCASTLE FAIR.--This great horse mart, which was brought to a close on Tuesday, ranks as one of the most celebrated horse fairs in the: country, and it is invariably qualified for this distinction by the production of one of the finest shows of young horses that can be brought together. Lincolnshire has ever been held in renown as the great breed ing' quarter of the best description of the various breeds of horses, and prior is the existence of locomotive travelling, and during the period of stage-coaching, this county was resorted to for the supply of road horses, and colt breeding to a large extent was kept up; but when railways came into operation, and stage-coaches disused, the demand for horses suddenly ceased, and it was then very generally pre dicted that horses would be reduced one-half in value, colt breeders were discouraged, a panic ensued, and the immense tract of fen and pasture lands which bed hitherto been stud ded with brood mares and young stock for a first: became a was! e , and the vast resources which this: ceanty afforded for this impertan t branch of stock breeding remained in abeyance, but noir ithstandiog the increase of railways in every utrec , lion, a steady and increasing demand for horses spruce; up, breeders actively resumed their avocations, strenuonsly en deavouring, by careful and studied consideration to improve the breeds of horses and meet the requirements, and a gradu ally increased value has since accrued, and colt-breeding is now by far mere extensively carried on than ever, and higher prices obtained. The fair this year commanded a great sale throughout, and the mart was daily supplied with fresh arrivals to meet demands. Carriage horses continued to sell quickly. For hunters there was much competition, and some were sold and resold several times; young horses suitable for chargers and the artillery were bought up eagerly to complete a foreign contract. As we have pre viously recorded prices, it would be superfluous to recapitu late them ; suffice it to say, that no abatement was made in the prices of horses to the end of the fair. London dealers continued to boy the best selections, many of whom took away strings of horses varying in value from £l,OOO to £4,000. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAN EVENING, AUGU ST 18, 1855. STOCK LISTS.—This Day. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 228. Ttirea par Cont. Reduced Annuities, 96} 7. Thre') per Cant. Consols Annuities. 96; 1. lien' per Cant. Annuities, 961 7. India Debentures, 97 t• India Lean scrip, 2d iesne, 971 t. [nuts Bonds, 1,0081., 18. India Bonds, undor 1,0011., 18. Cansois for Account, 961. E.whequer Dills, 1,"001., Yid., March, 30 —Juno, 20 3, 4ichecmar Bills; 5001., 25'L, March, 0 pm—June, Y 3. I:7,chequor Fills, Small, 2d., March, 0 - June, 23. FOREIGN FUNDS. Five per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, Aug. 31, 1031. Pour-and -a-half per Cent. Brazilian, 1852, 95k, Three per Cent. Mexican, Acct., Aug, 31, 211. Three per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 1853 Acct., Aug. 13, 461 6 1. rive per Cent. Rus!inn, 1822, Acct., Aug. 31, 113'. Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Russian, 100 t 1. S per Cent. Spanish. New Deferred, Acct., Aug. 31,271. Six per Cent. Turkish, Acct., Aug. 31, 96t. Ditto Acct., Aug. 31, 961 , 6. Five per Cent. Austrian Bonds, 82. Four per Cent, Dutch Certificates, 1021 11. LONDOR SITA RR MARICBT.—This Day. P.II,IYIEIN! E BEARES —(oonvinsada Xsll war. • 4 vocasszezw , x•-,:c4,tle...Zentral, new pref 4•.:c t. N. 1:, Debenture.-- Ids Sf p. c. rro!.. ,Iteck.„ 3ck Do. ki.o. /her. g. 6p. c )ck. Do, 7 p. c. pref. stock •1. south Devon 10 rind 4} p r mut. 0 6 3.:Zugtß. (Bead, Do. 4i pc? cont, 3ck Do. fool 4} p. cent.l rck Do. New 4t p. cent. 21 is. tSouth Wald guar. 4 F. ct. Do. do. per cent N Sh.Forkshiro, 4p. et. glut 10 Stockton Sc Darling.s p. c 15 Do. do. 5 per cent Da Water. 4 Kilkenny 6p. CS P5ll. 100 100 100 } 100 all COLONIAL AND (noting Pete rant pa 71 76 125 157 1c 11 24 SO 102 1',4 102 104 16t 17i 28t 2.9 i .- .... pm 40 45 !BEIGN. tZatinef I Dont. ludas s SAM. Railways. raid. Oloslag PAM. D „.. ....... ..t. - -, rr,enrwrootwo,.ararin,rns ......... aezramnserimMer lIMMINIMB. 140 Atlantic & St. Lawrence, all ..- ••• 18 r.out.Baroda, & Con. India 9 par /pm 18 Do - ...= . IS Do. Additional Capital A all per /pm 18 30 . 41 par Ipm 101 Buffalo & Lake Huron ...B. 1 all 1 71 111 S 1 dis 101 Do. New i ßuff alo,Brant, & Goderich 100 61 85 90 100 6p. c. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1872- 100 80 81 Do. do. 1 June, 1874.- 100 77 82 10 Calcutta &S. Eastern .- as. - ..-n* pm 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 25. ,== - pm 20 Central Gude (Limited) is. 61 === ..= 2 1 11 pm 20 Ceylon 171 Demerara all .== .ft a g 20 Eastern Bengal .... ...... 5 = = i Itock Bast Indian 20 Do. G shares. all - -- 20 Do. E shares Eaten 5 I 11 pm 20 Do, Jubbul pore ' 5 - ... 100 Do. 41 p. c.llonds,pay.'s9 all 10 Geelong and Melbourne, all 16 18 Rock Geelong Corporation 6 p.. 100 -.- !took Grand Trunk o : Csnada lOO 3 if) 401 100 Do. 6 per o. Debentures all 74 4 76 60 dis cent. Bonds 100 Do. 6p. c. Prof. Lti Great Now Peninsala all 21 211 211 10 Do, Now 5 pet cent 4 par Ipm 20 Do. do 2 4 Ipm 20 Great South of India 2s. 1 IPm Pm 101 (Reat Western of Uenada all 171 18 171 1 201 Do.nev IS 31 21 dill 91 1 100 Do.bonds payable '76 all 107 112 100 Do. do. '7B, do. '6O 100 Do. do. '73, withe* ' opt all 105 107 100 Do. 51 p.c. do. 77, do all 100 101 20 /twins all 181 191 20 Do. new, do. 5 per cent all 201 20/ 101 1 20 Do. Mf p. 1 . Eaten l5 1 0 1 din 20 Do. third Exton, g. sp. c. 5 4 4Pm 20 Do. fourth do 6 it 1 Pin lo f New Brunswi Capital 10 I It dis / Do. do. B 10 &dude, guar. sp. c l5 1 f pal 10 Do. New 5 par t pm 20 Ping ;lib 5 i Ipm 20 Do. Indus Steam Flotilla 5 4 4pm 10 Trinidad, Limited, Scrip- 1 par / ini. 10 Antwerp and Rotterdam. all 51 6 20 Babia & San Francisco 3 par Ipm 31 5 Belgian Eastern in - action all 1 11 20 Beziers to Graissessac , all - -= 6 Carmeaux &Toulouse all 21 If 10 Dutch Rhenish. l5 4 af dis 10 Eastern of France. 10 Euphrates Valley ls. .... ..... pm 20 Great Central of France all -..- 20 llt. Luxembourg, CAM ills all 8 F 1 71 8 10 Italian Junction 6 .... 10 Lake Constance and Basle all - -- 20 Wore and Turnhout all ... .... 10 Lombardo Venetian S Lucca & Pistc4a, 5 p.c.pref. all .. ... 10 Lyons and Genera all 23 24 831 Marta Antonia all === ..... 10 Namur & Liege all 91 11/ 10 Do. do. 6 per cent. pref all 21 - 1 t 2 211 1 16 Northern of Franca all 37 171 38 20 Do. do new l2 -- =- 10 Norwerian Trunk Prefer. ai; Et 21 20 Ottoman 10 Paris and Lyons al; 311 31/ 321 1 1 20 Paris and Orleans. all 50 52 20 Recife & San Fran., g. 7 p.c 9 1 IPm xin 20 Riga & Dunaburg 4 ... .- 10 Rome and Frascati all .... - 10 Royal Danish - -- 5 Royal Swedish ~. all IN= •••• 20 Sambre and Meuse all 8 3 1 8 10 Do. 54 per cent. pref all 9 9 1 91 20 Southern of France 15) West Flanders all 5 1 5 1 10 Do.s.lper can t.Prof all 9 9 1 91 20 West. & Northn.of France all 24 /5 10 Western of Austria 10 Western of Switserfand all - '- 6 Wiesbaden ............. - '- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. G . GI 66 ov. 6 p p.. c ol e a t n . .au u l g y i 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 41 1 1 1 1 4 41 p.c. Ilar.kSep. 100 115 117 -- N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&July 100 108 103 1081 1 - Do. 6 p.c. Apr. & Oct. 100 - - - N.S.W.Gov. sp. c. Debent.{ 100 100 101 1001:4 1 - Nova Scotia Gov. 0 p.c. St. - Debent. redeemable 1875 100 108 109 - S.Aus. Gt. 6 p.c. Jan.&Julyi 100 .- - 1091 - Vict. Gov. 6 p.c. Jan.&Julyl 100 -.- - KINBS Sliare. Mines. low, awn rem. Bug: n est .........warsarsra.s......srar-A6::Lar ......—. .......mmommarminr imllmonin e. 1 10 • I Australian O4 1 Bon Accord Copper, Brad los. 4 t pol i 36 IBrazilian Imp. us. at 51. p.) 27 1 14 10 ;Do. Ss. John del Rey l6 11 12 6 Do. Land di Mining Co all 14 84 1 Cobro Copper atl 40 42 10 Oopl.anc . lO 12 IS 114 Dun Copper Mining Co all 1 4 1 P irntna l9 4 a: . 14 21 10 I Gnoral all 19 20 S 'L awes lll 94 91 6 I Lusitanian l4 11 1 111 S 1 I ,ltariquita all 4 1 1 ,New Granada all 4 4 10 IPontgtbaud Silver, ao all 5 7 5 !Port Philip 1 1 4 'i SO :Santiago de Cuba l6( 4 1 1888/ United bloalcan all a Si .-- Alfred COMMIS (143111ack) 1.11.1 t 8 9 110 113r1t1sh Iron l4 Si 34 ... jOondurrow (Oataborno) 1 so 50 60 10 Devon Great Consols 1 455 465 , East Bassett (Mogan) .. Great South Tolgos .• l7s. 15 :6 .... ,Par Consols (St. Blaxley) 11 IAI 171 ... illortridge Consols Min. Co. es. 4 11 5 laroar Silver and Lead I Mining Co 44 4 ' 4 10 1 Tin Croft 9 St 14 !West Basset (Illogan) J 11 11 22 I d JOINT wroox BANJUL Business Share. Joint Stock Banks. Paid. Closing Priem. Done. 110.11M11. -4,16,90191••••••MMIIMORIP.V.0111 •IMEMIN. iMMIMMINIEraillilip •10111111111 M 100 Agra do United Service Bk 50 re Australasia an 88 50 25 71a7ak of Egypt all 2it T4I 244 100 :Bank of London ....... 40 Brit. Col. Bank & Loan Co all --, 50 ; British North Artenean. • all 57 59 10 10hartd.Bank of India , & O 10 8 1 4 did 100 'City 5O 62 84 631 4 S 100 Colonial 25 29 Si 20.11 Commcr. Bank of Canada all .... 100 Coninaerelal of London, 2O 23 22 10 ging:lsh, Scottish, & Ans all 161 171 20 Gon. Bk of Switzerland 571 .... -- 10 Lon.Ohnr.Bankof Austral all 204 21 50 London and County lO 28 80 a 60 :,onion Joint Stock , 10 s 2 83 100 London & Westminster 2O 45 47 100 , Nationsi Prov. of England S 5 ' ..... 10 Do. now lO 10 Natioani Bank IS .... .... 10 New South Walos all 46 43 15 Orioni. Bank Cm voration all 38 41 10 Ottoman Bank 174 4 100 Provincial of Ireland ..,,,, 21 62 61 10 Do. now all .... .. 15 So:..ta Australia. . mil ... Gr AI 15 Do. new 15 17nton of Austridia ... , . ..,- all 58 GO 15 Do. Now 2O 49 51 60 Union of London... 131 Unity Mutual ,„ 55 , . 110 Weston:, Baal( of London 50 1 18 17 dis IldIEOBLI•t510 1 1 5 . 511 hrs• Ilicellaneoce. .-- ~...,.....,......... ..............--,,..marm'scaaamas Paid. i OlosLus POO& illi D g i r X lO Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 16 1000 Atlantic 2olegb. (limited) all 850 060 25 Australian Agricnitural.., 19 30 51 10 Australian Royal Mall all 1 11 10 Berlin Water Works all 34 4 10 Do. New S ..... ..... 50 R.iti ,ti American Land 4O ..... 50 Bri. & Irish Meg. Tel. A all 41 43 23 Do. B. 7p. c. till 186 0 20 Do. C all 16 17 100 tianada Land Stock Cop. Miners of England all 25 10 25 Do.Preeerence 71 percent ail 15 17 5 OrystalPalace all li II 0 Do. preference all 44 41 Xti 20 Eastern Steam all It 2t Stook Electric Telegraph lOO 1054 WI 108 „ 6 English and Anstl.Copper all 11 11 to 10 European & Indian June. Telegraph ., 10s. .-- ... I Euro.StAmer.Steam(Lim .. .) l all 11 24 11 10 General Iron Screw Collier, all -- 15 General St eamYcriVlgatioa 14 10 London Discount 6 11 11 Ms u 4 Lou. Gen. Omnibus Co all 21 21 10 Meditern.Elec. Telegraph ; all ..-- .... 10 Do. Exten. (Limited) i all 74 9, 15 National Discount Co ' 5 11 01 Ea 10 Netherlands Land .. 6 10 Do. do all 1 2 5 Do. Bp. c. pref. is. at 1 dri all 11 II 100 N. Sr. and N. Scotia Taint 80 .—.— 1 N. B. Australasian ' all t I 10 North of Europe Steam all 21 3 1 Oriental Gas all i 14 1 Do. "New Shares" I 15s. 1 dis Ipm 5 Peel River Laud BtMlneral! all 21 21 50 Min. and Oriental Roam' all El 63 801 50 Do. new I 10 71 si, pm 10 iShyteney Iron I ell 214 224 is 1 Do. Now all f 4 7 00 Royal MailSteant 6l 60 62 ... 1 Scottish Aust. lnveetment all It i u t 25 South Australian Land all 87 88 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all i 14 1 Do. do.reglfitered all 11 1 1 , 0 0 T v r s u n s D t t Lo m e a n n , I C D t o . , n C d a . n , .a . . .d a . 2584 CI 11 ORDINARY SPARES AND STOCKS. Share. Baia .f.ye. raid Closing Price ( I . Business 1 , Done. 12 10 Aonborc., Nottine. Pail, and Anetorn Junctis , a- 10 64 61- 64 1 10 Belfast and Btillyr ninli all -- - IS 14 Sir., Wol., & Stour Valley all 71 81 3tock Birk., Las., & Ohes. Juno Lion •15 Blackburn all 11 12 25 Blyth /. Tyne original 251 , all 271 284 Steck Bristol and Exeter ...1 100 94 go 611. ck I,ledoulan Stock °tests:end Holyhead-. 100 36 35 so OcrX and Bandon ... ... oil ... - SI to Jork,illackrock,&Paasage all - - 1 10 Cornwall 10 Do. At A rc""8 41 div „B .. .. 10 Do. B until l.p.o.perann ',.„" has !men paid toll. .. ... 50 ;Dublin a^_.l Ballast June all - - 's Dun.,Porcn, sr Aber. Jun. all 71 81 Stock Mast Anglian. Stock Aastern Counties ..... ~,. - , 100 61 62 Stock Pastern Union Stock Stock Do. Do. B. Stock .... ... 25 De. New A. (late EN. Et ) 81 - - 25 East Kent Stock Nast Lancsehir7 lOO 90 92 1 10 Nast Suffolk all .- ff. 10 .., nook gdlnburgh and Glasgow 100 86 461 'Lock &lin., Perth, and Dundee 100 261 174 261 10 North and Clyde Junction all ..- ...• Stock Purness lOO -0 •. Stock Glasvow & South Western 100 92 95 10 Great North of ScOtland all 10 101 r) Great Northern o Do. Do. A. Stock ...... , lOO 80 81 A Do. Do. B. Stock lOO 151 133 133 Stick rireat Soon. A Wn.lrelard 100 1.04 1 1 4 Sock Groat Western lOO 50 504 49 1 stock Do.Stour Val. Ball. Ga el 100 56 58 Is Irish South Er:Stern. all -.- so Lancaster and Oarliele..... 111 82 CO 161 Do. Thirds . . l4l 12 13 VW VS 15 114 Do. New Thirds l6 11 13 pal Stock Lancashire antiforkshir ISO 921 91 92; i d 16 Do. do. P. £l6 ll It 01 dig a 0 Do. do. £9 shares 7 I i 915 • g Do. West Biding Vnicru I • so Llverp., Crosby, & Bouth7 all -.0 - I • 11 dll London and Blaokwall all 6 6 } • ll 6 :-, Do. New 4l - Stock Lon., Brighton, &S. Coast 100 109 110 MI l ls Stock London a, North-Western 100 941 93 921 1 111 Do. Eighths Stock London A South-Western 100 44 25 I 4 15 London and Colerair.e Bll - 0 25 London and Enniskillen all ..... -• Stock Manches-ft'eL,& Lincoln- 100 11 1 351 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland. Stock Do. Birmingham A Derby 100 06 68 50 ALL Gt. West. (Ireland) all •••• 15 Do. 1 Shares all ..., •• 100 tewcartle and Carlisle..,. all ... ..• 25 Newport, Aber.. 10 all ... .- 10 Newry and Armagh (def. 9 - ... to Ifewry,Warrenpt.a Ilostr. all MN MP St oo k Norfolk lOO 63 65 die 50 Northam Counties Union g 31 8 Stock North British tElk. North Devon IlaiL&Dk.Ok 100 - Stk. Do. A Stk.-A recv. no div. until 6 p.c.has boon nd B 100 -. 0 ... Bth. Do. B Stock lOO - -.. Stock North Eastern-Berwicii 100 941 941 931 1 4 25 Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase 6.13.4 It 1 Oh Ms Stock Do. Leeds lO 462 471 :nets Do. York block North London. lOO 19 101 a d 10 N. 113.Wostn.,Hampstead, and City Junction . Si. Is. .• "" 10 North Staffordshire l7l 51 5 4 di , 20 North Western an 8 9 10 Nor li a Sou. West. Jane all 8 9 Stook Oxford, Woro., &Wolverb 100 27 28 10 Peebles. - •-• 20 Portsmouth l9 8 6 el 10 Ithymney lO -. .0. hock Scottish Contra; Stock Scottish N.E., Aber. Stk lOO 28 1 5 4 Stock Do. Scottish 1416. Stock lOO - - Stook 3hropshirelrnion lOO 44 15 10 Sittingbo. & Sheerness Stock South Devon lOO 354 114 85 4 Stook South-Eastern lO9 71 72 Stock 'loath Wales lOO 81 82 20 South Yorks. & River Dot all 14 15 20 Do. Do is 6 4ea SO Ztatnes.Wokin. & Woking all 9 11 35 Stockton and Darlington all 15 16 25 Do. do. 1854 2O - ... E 5 Do. do. 1815 - •• - .110cktc0 Laid 11,1'.!• pc I'', - .00 Stock Tad Vale. lOO .. ... Stook Do. Proforence, No. 1 lOO - - 15 (homes Hoven Dk.& Bail. at -..- Stock ogle of North - - Stock -faterford and Kilkenny 100 - - 50 Waterford and Llroorlok all .. ... go West Cornwall ..... -.. . all -. - 10 V.TI. of Lou. & Ory:PaL:7o all .... - {recoiving nodiv.} au s si , till 7 r. cr. has g ''''','' boon p p aid t0i1... all 61 61 le WilatLondon all - - 10 Do. Ist Class all Am me ig Do. 2d do all - OM Paris and Lyons 9 Paris and Orloanp. O Recife es San Fraa, g. 7 p.c 0 Riga & Dunaburg 0 Some and Frascati O Royal Danish 6 Royal Swedish O Plmbre and Meuse 0 Do. fit per cent. pref 10 Southern of France St West Flanders 10 Do.saper oent.Prof i 53 I 10 West./ Northn.of France LINES LEADED AT TIMID lIIINTAIie. Leasing lisilways l ' l ld * Dompanlol.lglC4l4ll4"l Dell& -..7.-.--.....=............w.m.....- ..-......... .....••••......ameata• •••••••••••11114Me .11.1111.11151 Priford a Bletobley..... all !mt.& N.Wn. ... .. duckinshumshire lOO Lon. aN. W. 101 103 Clydesdale Junction.... 100 Caledonian... 104 106 Oolcheetar, Stour Va 1.... all E. fru. a N.O. 16 18 LLlncolnshire. g. 6 P.C. 100 Gt. Northern 141 144 t, Union. liar wch Bhp. all D. Counties.. 4 5 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 ... =ID MI ,ilas.Barr,kNei . Dino' leo Caledonian... m.. Do. New .................. 100 Do m _ ........ ... ... llonces. 4 Don Paoli all (aft. Western ~... ...• 1 d aartlopool Dock. &Ilan. all Ta. N. a Bor. ... ~. Still and Selby all Ilt. aN. Mid. 111 113 00.1 Shares .......... ..... all Do .. ... —. Go. 1 Shares ............... all D 0...... teem , . .m• 4••• London and Greenwich all Dth. Balton 13 14 Do. Prof eren CO ............. , all Do 331 344 Gm., 111by.,/aBo ninon , ' 100 rsto aCo 94 95 Do. Barking El - 11ra .....1 all Do. Lowoetol, gns. 4 per ot. 100 Nortollr NM MI. go. Do. 0 per cent ...... -1 100 Do -•- lattcb(., Bur., a Mal. all A../t N.W.3 Y ll 34 Siadrile,,t;ro' .t iteicer... all litook.aDbrl. litidl MI a Bridger . , lOO Midland.,..„. 98 100 OS lenkt.Ey. Ex, ga.s . t ..1.54.f. En. D'untl 4 4pm pm iorthern and Br.s'.. re all i'm 5B GO Do. 5 ps.)r csnt ....... ...,- i all Do. .... ...• Do. aimed 5 per cont.. 311 Do.. . !..,..,• e. ..., trosten and Wyra.. ..... . :J1 L. a . i. , Wt .... ..... Os. 1 Rime* A.. .. Ili D 0..,. ...... ••, • ..... ..... I , yhtnn, Illtell'n, are. sheproth Stock ...... 1:0 qt./4orkhr - ..: 140 142 ins! Tloth., and Goola 18.11,6 Lan. 44 York. ..., - ihrewebury & Hereford. all Kr.T.Braitsey 91 21 14nth eta/ordshlro..... all Mr. M'Clean 10 101 4 - sar Talley all ,Stock. a Dar. —.—, Do. do all Do 33 34 if lltz and PoTanrret...-.. 100 Get. West-ern 90 91 risol , lodonta Croydon all Lon. a Brigh 8 9 ~ MEPICILINCII MAUI. 5 11 ove• Ilicellaneoue. Pald. i Closing ?item a 57,17.. , ~....., ...,..„....,..,..._., ......m... awmiramer wiiiIIIIIM. sitallIMMIN 152 re Elllways. Pali. Gluing Mem. insine is 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .... ; all 14 16 fi Dons. ...nom. .43•....Wausw...aric v0,,..r4r. . 50,134• • • eiggrVigir aartlieti.. .4.lollMaiiit 2 . . • 1000 Anemic 2olegh (limitody all 850 060 E • s.nittrallan Agricultural 1 9 30 II 15 Elyth and Tyne 10 per c. 10 Australian Royal Mall all 1 14 pref. (Issued at £50...••• all 49 51 10 Berlin Water Works all 34 4 _ (Ink. Va. k Exet. 4 p.ot. Btc ON 100 96 95 10 Do. New S -OM NM I 10 Do. do. do. Shares ........ .. 9 ... ... so Rat' ,n American Lsnd So ‘teck ih 101 81 p. 0.. . 100 .103 105 50 B r i. & I r i s h M ag . Tel. A all 41 43 a 11.10 Do ltdon'an . I shares, No. 2 ......... 7.10 . .... 2J Do. B. 7p. c. till 186" all 'l9 21 t ( }nester &Holyhead, 51pC 100 20 Do. C all 16 17 C 100 tianada Land - Stock Cop. Miners of England.- all 25 10 ( - , all bt • 8 6 t t k ' :forkD o. d 0 5 . 11 5 d p l i l t s r a c eL e o n n t , i , t 0 .. . t . . 1 l a 11 00 7 . h . . s i .... . 01 Dan.,Porth, & Aber. In ..0. 1 35 Do.Preeerence 71 percent. ail 15 17 Stock Z. Anglian Class A Share , 100 hhh 5 DrystalPalace all li 14 1 31och Do. Class B 6 per cent... ! 100 110 115 0 , preference all 41 4i x 8 Stock '. , 0. Class C 7 per cent.... ilO 103 106 20 mm Steam all It 2t Z. Corm. Ex. sy. ct. No. : 100 115 113 Stook Electric Telegraph lOO 1051 101 108 „ 1 13tki. Do No.:1 100 114 116 6 English and Anstl.oopper all 14 11 Do. New 6 per cent. Steels I 100 132 131 10 European & Indian Junc. $ ( Stock is.irt, Union, 4 p.ct.. ..... 100 00 62 Telegraph ., 10s. ..... ....... 1 Stock B. Lan., 6 per cent ..,...... 100 i. I d 9 Euro.Samer.Steam(Lim .. .); all 11 21 11 I 6 8.& Wt.York../unc.ftfth. a ll - - 10 General IronScrewColltee all - ... Stock Edin. & Glee. 5 p.c. sham 10 0 ...hi - 15 General St eamNavigatioa 14 - - 1 Stock 2 dln., Perth, and M i n ds( 100 -•-• 10 London Discount 6 14 11 ills Stock ,1 unless 5 per cent..,....... 100 he. - 4 Lon. Gem. Omnibus Co all 24 21 • Stock ilas. & B.Westgua. 4 p.m. 100 ..h. pis 10 Moditern.Eleo. Telegraph, all ..- - rSock }rest Northern, 5 p.cent. 100 121 123 10 Do. Exten. (Limited) 1 all 7/ 81 Stock 111.5p.o.Redeemable,10p.c, 100 114 116 16 National Discount Co ' b 11 04 MI Stock Do. 44 per cent. do . loo les 107 108 10 Netherlands Land . 6 ...- ... 100 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, red.at 3 p.i 60 lb 67 10 Do, do .. all 1 2 5 Do, Bp. c. pref. is. at 1 dii all 11 11 10 Gt.lib.of ficetland , lst pre : all 11 111 100 N. Br. and N. Scotia Landl 80 - - 1 N. B. knstralasian ' all 20 ER. finis - MI. (Ireland) 4 ) 100 ....t I per cent. pi etStock- SO North of Europe Steam all 34 3 1 Oriente/ Gas all 50 es. West. (Berke h Ilant. 1 Do. "New Shares" I 15s. i die 1.1 pm r. 5 per cent) 4 5 Peel River Laud &Mlneral! all 24 II -. ... i i Stock Do. Con.alltedm.4l per et. 130 91 93 Block Do. do. 1 per ce nt, 100 83 es 50 Penni. and Oriental Roam ' all El 03 'BOl Steak Do. Irredeemable 4 per ot 100 03 i 5 83 50 Do. new 110 7 s 50 Ste hyney Iron I all 214 2 2} p! Stock Do. 5 per ct.redecm. prof 100 96 28 lb Do. New ~ all e} 7 II Do. Binning. pref. share!. all 91 19 00 Royal MailSteant 6O 60 61 19 Do. Chester 8 p.c.pr.shares . all It 11 171 1 Scottish Aust. Inv eetment all 11 14 10 Do. do. 5 per cent. d 0.... all 91 10, 25 South Australian Land all 37 88 " Stock Do. Binning. guar. stock, 100 73 75 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 21 1 1 Do. Chester guar. shares.. all 18 19 I I b ISt Do. do. do all 9 94 1 Dc.do.remlfitered all 20 Do. do. do all ISt 144 50 Trust de Loan Co., Canada 5 .... __ lt Stock Lan. & Yorkshire 6 per c lOO 138 140 110 Van Diemen's Land......... 284 11 12 Stock tiond.& RHO. gna. b. p. c• 100 he. ... .. -- Sock Do. Pref. 6p. et. Stock Stock Do. New guar. 6 per cent lOO •••• 111 The Earl of Derby arrived in town yesterday from Steck 'ho. do. 4 per cent lOO - I.' Sto Lo ton, 5 per cent ck n. & N.W.,Cov.&Nunea- 100 .- Osterby Park. Lord John Manners has left town for Edinburgh. Stock ",ortdon and B.Wetit. 7 p.c lOO 138 168 i d 121 Gondondy.& Cole, }sha h. all eh. .... The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town 121 Londonderry & Ennis,l e all -... .... 3.tecl. tTiln.,Sh., & Lin., lOO 117 150 yesterday, and returned to Hughenden Manor, High " Wycombe,, Bucks, in the afternoon. 6 De. 61 ......... -... ........ -.... 44 11 4 pm 5 ” , AcKI: :'o.3} per c0nt......,...„ 1 10 05 70 161 Iferypsrt and CarL 4 p.c. 4.i lima - . THE TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, Monday. r 7.3. 110. it per cent all ..., - -The Customs Bill of Entry, published this morning, " 1 1 So.do. . 101 .... .... gives a return cf the number and tonnage of the ships that slue.. tt.i.Con.6. per ctat.Stor.k 100 - .... have entered inwards from, and cleared outwards for foreign Stock Do.Con.Bri4.&Blr.6p.ot. 100 118 140 ports, iti the week ending the 14th August, 1858, as well as Stock Do. 44 P. O. Prof. Stock.- 100 104 its 6 Do. with option till 1600 3 the corresponding, week of 1837. It appears that during the last week 74 ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 36,839 i Stock Dosewp. Im o i r c i ali b d e H r. it i r p e: 6 l s .. ... 1 6 1 .... 94 1 96 Pis tons, entered inwards, against 91 ships, 47,187 tons, in 1857, i 10 O. rapet. SP. C .. all 111 11i being a decrease of 17 iu the number of ships, and a decrease of 10,348 tons in the tonnage; the nu , m i b n e l r Bs of 7, cl b e e a i r n a g nc a e n s 1 10 10TiODS Debenture Share. all 81 pi 1 Stock Do. 5 per c., Bx. Bk., 184 t 100 - ... outwards during the week, 138 ships, of a tonnage of 71,109 1 S toc k Go . 51 iN, 0. Ere. 515.,184'. 100 1 ... 08 ;1 . 0 stock Do.sp.c."llar.VaLEx.Sk „ - ... tons, against 108 ships, and4o,2 t 4 o s ns t . on T s h increase of 30 ships and 24 , 864 e total number of ; 5 , 970 , a q m . 0 0 r . t ni h i 1.12 13 y r . 1 ,0r e t r n at ...- - ships reported inwards from foreign ports , d w u i r t i ti ng a t t h o e nn p a r g e e - P Stock Sto , k Do. do. I.4hL e . iin .. ece .. r . : .................... lO O 100 981 924 do. is 1 . 2 4 2 911 par Cm sent year up to the 14th August was 2,781 of 1,474,746 tons, against 2,775, and 1,501,555 tons, in the - 17 10. Lools 6 per ct ‘O. 13 ... .. , year w 6 ,36 1 i9p tone, o t n o s , the aga l i 4 n t s h t year 1857, showing an increase of 6 ships, and a decrease of a 10 1 On, do Quarters , " v s . .; 1 : -, r 26,809 tons. The total number of ships cleared outwards s r a p 8 111 Io soli El. &S.CI -„ a „ a , k 25 seeth%.21r.,r,1.dre - au „ 20 is 1..11 oh ~ 5.W01.,0 p.c. 1 , 100 11 8 August was 3,031, with a tonnage of 1 " 2 00 k Da. 83. 6p. C. id ' s. 100 108 106 74004 .. Do, 44 p. 0 Siebenturi 4k 199 9 8 VA n s " 3 238 ships, and 1,639,711 tone, in the y ear 15,57, . 4 ciccroso OM obis AO 73,342 tow. showing CRIMINAL COURT-( THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Justices Williams and Willes.) APPOINTMENT OF CLERK OF TIIE COURT. As soon as the learned judges had taken their seats upon the bench, the Lord Mayor rose and said that many persons now in court had beard the eloquent and judicious state ment made by the learned Common Szrgeant, as a tribute of respect to the late Mr. John Clark, who had filled the office of clerk of the court. Every person who had heard the eloquent address of the learned gentleman fully agreed with every sentiment then uttered in praise of one who, for se many years, discharged the duties of his office with zeal and assiduity. The nomination of a successor was ♦ested in him (the Lord Mayor), subject to the approbation of the judges and aldermen on the rota, and the selection be had made, he was glad to state, had received the unanimous and unqualified approbation of those learned personages. The ap pointment he had made would receive the approbation of the whole of the bar, as the gentleman he selected had been associated with the late Mr. Clark for the last 25 years. Without detaining them further, he begged to announce that he had appointed Mr. Robert Marshall Straight, to fill the office of Clerk of the Arraigns. Mr. Straight, who was at the table, then bowed to the judger, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Counsel, and was congratulated by Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Robinson, and a number of other gentlemen on his appointment. THE CASE OF MR. STEVENS. This case in which Mr. Stevens, a stockbroker in the City, was charged with misappropriatinz a sum of money entrusted to hits to invest in certain stock, was withdrawn; the indictment having been preferred against him in conse quence of a misunderstanding. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—A tall powerful man, named Ashdown, was indicted for assaulting John Evans with a knife with intent to murder him. . Mr. Cooper appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Horry for the prisoner. John Evans said—l live at 6, Hill-street, Deptford. The prisoner was my lodger; he lived up-stairs. On Friday, 3d August, the prisoner and his wife returned home in a state of intoxication. I gave them notice to quit their apartment. On the following day the prisoner and his wife came to my door, and they began using the most threatening language towards me, threatening to murder me. I opened the room door. The prisoner's wife struck me with a poker, which I wrested from her. The prisoner was standing behind me with a knife in his hand,:with which be struck me two or three times over the head and arms. Oa getting in to the street I began to get faint from loss of blood and I could do nothing more than defend myself. The prisoner and his wife then left and returned to their apartment, but a policeman came up, and on being ,told what had occurred, be proceeded to their room and took A hiown into custody.' Cross-examined by Mr. Horry for the prisoner—l struck at the prisoner two or three times, but it was in self-defence. I was asked to leave off striking him thy some persons standing by, but I did not do so. Police-constable 146 said—l took the prisoner into cus tody on the Wednesday night in question. I told him what I wanted him for, and he said, " All right, I'll come with you." A medical gentleman proved that the wounds inflicted on the prosecutor were of a very dangerous nature. The learned Judge having summed up the evidence, The jury found the prisoner guilty of committing a com mon assault, and he was sentenced to six months' imprison ment. THE EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS AT MADAME COTON's. A gentlemanly-dressed man named Bennett was indicted for manslaughter, caused by an explosion of fireworks, which took place on the 12th of July last, at a shop kept by Mrs. Bennett (Madame Coton), in St. George's-in-the-East. Mr. Pierce appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Gifford defended the prisoner. Anna Welsh—l formerly lived at a house in Westminster road. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett had a little girl living in the same house. Mrs. Bennett was called Madame Colon. The prisoner used to drive a horse and cart, in which he used to take the empty cases to the factory, which was at Peck ham. The cases were made on the ground floor, level with the shop. I have seen what is called red-fire in the yard in canisters. I have never seen it in the shop. I have given red fire from one of the safes in the yard to boys engaged in the manufacture. The safe was a very short distance from the house. I gave the red fire about a week before the explosion to a boy named William Brown. I was in the house when the explosion took place on the 12th of July, about half-past six. I was in the back room on the first floor. I was attracted to the fire by hearing the boys halloo. I looked out of the wind ow and saw smoke com ing out of the kit chen window, in which the composition was. I know how the men roll cases for fireworks. The cases are made of brown paper and rolled round a brass pipe, and then having clayed the bottom, the cases became fit for use. Tucker, the foreman, used to work in the back room on the shop floor. It was very near the shop. I did not see any barrels there on the Saturday before the fi re. I know a man named Payne. I did not see him take a bar rel from that room on Sunday. I escaped from the house with only slight injury. I don't know how many men were employed, but there were three boys. By the Judge—My mistress and master lived in the house. They did not go about with naked candles. Edwin Tucker—l wrs the foreman to Madame Coton at the time of the explosion. I had been employed about 18 months. Mr. Bennett (the prisoner) paid use. Madame Colon engaged me. I have been an artist in fireworks all my life. Madame Colon had lived in the house for a num ber of years. I know that the prisoner and she were man and wife. I was at the house about three-quarters of an hour previous to the explosion taking place, but when it occurred i had left. I know the front kitchen. I saw fire there on the day of the occurrence—red and green. It was intended for Vauxhall and Cremorne. It WS made in the front kitchen. The red was made of strontian, sulphur, salt petre, and oxide of copper; the green of sulphur, charcoal, and oxide of copper. Madame Coton made the mixture. Mr. Pierce—What was the quantity made daily? Mr. G in; d, for Ow prisoner, of j,eted to the question. The learned judge ruled that the qu-ation must be answered. It was important that the quantity made should be known, because if it was in so large a quantity as to be come alarming, then the person keeping it there became guilty, in the event of accident arising therec;om, of man slaughter. It appeared that the prisoner's wife carried on the business of a firework maker, and to make him respon sible for such a circumstance it must be proved that lie was aware of the fact. Witness—There were about five or six pounds used per day. I cannot say whether the quantity varied. It wrs used fur filling coloured cases for the garden. The eves were made in the back kitchen. There was nothing done to those cases out of the house before they were sold. I don't know the prisoner ever took away any of the goods. The fireworks were exhibited for sale in the shop. I have known the prisoner to take cases away from the house . to Peckham, where he kept his stock. After ca sts arrived there they were filled with red fire with a rammer . and a little mallet. If the composition was struck too hard it would explode. After the red fire was made it was put into can isters and kept in the yard. I can't say whether before being placed in the canisters it wee exposed to the action of fire to dry. If a canister was to fall from a shelf that would not cause an explosion. The rammer is to press the fire down. Two little boys were employed to flu the cases. don't know their names. I have seen the prisoner bring fireworks to the house in Westminster-road from the fac tory at Peckham, every day. When I lea the house on the evening of the explosion, Harrison was engaged in " pot tiug" rockets. About five or six dozen of the rockets were made per day. The liUle rockets were made at Mr. Sunter's, in Charles-street, five or six doors down. There was no way of getting, to this house without going down the street. It would take about a couple of hours to fill a dozen of the rockets. I know a firework called mine serpents; they were made of a composition similar to that of the rockets. The same two little boys were engaged to make them . . One of the boys was about 10, and the other 13 years of age. I never received any directions concerning the manufacture from the prisoner. I base never heard the prisoner speak to anybody about fireworks. Madame Coton always got the orders together. I have seen Madame Coon sometimes ride in the c ar t with th e prisoner. She used to fit the things up at th e gar d e n. I never saw any gun powderin the house. I was not allowed to go upstaire. The composition if which the reelects were made was kept at Sunter's. Mr. Bvnnett never b ro ught the composition to the shop in the Westminster-road. The fireevnrks for the different gardens left the house always between five and six o'clock. John Watson, a little boy, aged eleven years, said—l first saw the blue fire alight in the back kitchen. I wPS filling rocket cases with blue fi r e. I ra n out of the piece. By Mr. Gifford—l was usually employed to clay the rocket cases, but Madame Cot on h a d on s ome occasions told me to fill the CBSC9. By the Judge—When I saw the light I ran away. I did not hear any noise. William Bragg, another little fellow, aged thirteen, said —I was in the hon. e when the fire was first discovered. I was in the middle room. I saw Mrs. Bennett, Watson, and my brother David there. He was three years younger than I am. We were all e mployed by Mrs. Bennett. I c ould see i nto the back kitchen. The doter being open I saw some of the red fire alight, and I cried out to Madame Coton, and then ran out into the Caeet. Before I got out I heard no noise. My hair was singed a bit, and I lost my coat. The fire fellow-A me up stairs. Madame Colon did not leave until rfter I had done. I heard no ex plo.ion before I got out into the street. I had been employed on the premises about five or six weeks. I have not seen Mr. Bennett there often. He used to come down stairs and take his breakfast in the middle room. The medical evidence proved that death was (Tensioned by fire. The case was net concluded when we went to press. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— Jesse King and Emma Loveday were indicted for uttering a counterfeit shilling, with intent to defraud, & e . From the evidence of a boy in the employ of Mr. Stevens, a tradesman residing near Whitecross-street, it appeared that the female prisoner entered the shop and asked for a quarter of a! poun d of soap, in payment for which she tendered a shilling, which wt.s discovered to be counterfeit, and returned to her. She lea the shop, and Mr. Stevens directed Hopkins to follow her, and having done so for same time, he observed her cross the street and join the male prisoner. They walked on for some time, and he then saw King give the woman another shil ling, with which she entered another shop and succeeded in passing it. On leaving she gave the prisoner King the change, observing which the boy told a policeman of the circumstances, and he went up to the woman, but the male p r i soner succeeded in makin g his escape. After the woman had been lodged in the station-house the male prisoner was pointed out by the boy amongst the crowd outside the door, and he was taken into custody. The offence having been clearly proved, and a former con viction for uttering base coin having been recorded, The Common Sergeant, in passing sentence, said it was clear that the female prisoner Loveday bad been made the tool of King, and be therefore should pass upon her a very lenient sentence, namely three months' imprisonment with bard labsur, ' but villt respect to King, he had before been convicted of a similar silence, and warning seemed to be of no use to him. It had been clearly proved that lie bad for sometime been in the habit of d e f r auding a class of poor shopkeepers, who could of all others ill afford it, by passing counterfeit coin, such being the feat he had determined that, at all events for some years, he should not have another opportunity of so doing. years' penal servitude. He then sen t enc ed King to six AL4 /V CHESTER TRADE REPORT. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. There has been a very firm market to-day, with a ten dency to slightly higher prices for all cla sses o f yarns; but buyers are unwilling- to operate, and do not purchase 'in large quantities; spinners are working to order, conse quently they are indifferent as to selling or not. The cloth market is also very firm, with a moderate Amount of business doing At full rates. POLICE INT ELLIGENCE—(7.•ffis DA Y.) MARLBOROUG 11-STREET.—DARING S. TREET Ron - BERY.—CAUTION TO LADIES.—John Lally, 18, attired in a loose gray coat with hanging sleeves, and Wil liams, 16, were charged with stealing a posse from the person of Mrs. Eliza Girling, of 3, Bruton-strc ; et, Berkeley square. Robberies of a similar nature being greroly c n the increase, several officers of the detective force were in a ttendaucc with the view of recognising the prisoners. From the evidence of Mrs. Girling it appears that she was about to enter her house on the previ ens afternoon, when the prisoners came up to her and ask ed her the way td Portman-square. While Williams was f slang the ques tion the other prisoner interrupted, saying he was told that through Hanover-square was the best way. They curie close to her, and she at once felt satisfied that they were robbing her, and putting her hand down felt Williams' hand at her pocket, and her purse, containing LI 4s. 3d., gone. Her purse was picked up and given to her having been thrown away by the prisoners. James Alfred Grant, 3, Great Westorn Mews, London street, said that he was turning into Bruton-street en horse back, when lie saw Lally throw away a purse and some one holding him. John White, 10, Lancashire-court, New Bond-street, said he heard a cry of "stop thief," and saw Lally running. On stopping him he said he had done nothing. He (witness) then asked him why he was running, and took him towards the station, and seeing a constable, handed him over. Mr. Beadon said the prisoners must be remanded. Lally wished his worship to settle it at once. He would plead guilty. Cole, a detective officer, and Welsh, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoners had been convicted before. Lally again: begged that his worship would dispose of the case. Mr. Berdon said be should certainly remand them for a week, that the officer might make the necessary inquiries. It was an outrageous thing—the lady had been robbed at her own door. THAMES.—A JUVENILE CRIMINAL.—CRUEL ROB BERY.—A very diminutive boy, named Monk, wrs brought tefore Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing ls. 54. from a poor woman named Rebecca Wyatt, who stated that she wrs passing along the Cannon-street-road yesterday evening when the prisoner put bis hind in her pocket and took from it ls. 5d., which was all the money she posses'ed in the world. The prosecutrix added that the prisoner, on t eing pursued, flung the money into the street, and some women picked it up, and refaced to restore it to her. Mr. Selfe—They ought to have been given into custody as well es this boy. The prosecutrix said that her husband had been out of work some time, and that her children had been without a breakfast in consequence of the robbery. The prisoner, in defence, said he lived in Baker's-row, Whitechapel, and committed the robbery because he iwrs hungry. Mr. Selfe—Lest night, when you were given into custody, you said you lived in Queen Anne-street. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said Queen Anne-street was close to Baker's-row. The mother of the prisoner said her son was fourteen years of age last April, and she had a daughter nine years of age as big as him. She fed him well, end he turned a wheel in Bethnal-green for 2s. 21. per week. Mr. Selfe—The boy is a liar as well as a thief. He said he committed the robbery because be was hungry. He is a very bad boy indeed. He has robbed a poor woman, whose children have gme without food this morning in conse quence. I sentence the prisoner to three weeks' imprison ment and hard labour. stthreatpeotohre-bnooxrdfuernedd, 2s. to be given to the prose cutrixThe fromiligia [VIIISKY DRINKING IN SCOTLAND. (From the Scottish Press.) There are a number of public questions in which passion and prejudice have so completely usurped the field that arguments and even facts have no chance. Whether as a people we are growing in sobriety or its opposite, is one of these; and we have ever maintained that this question could alone be settled by a reference to the Excise returns of the quantity of spirits entered for home consumption, and in connexion with these the condition of the working elas - es and the price of whisky. Now that Mr. Dunlop's Parlia mentary return is published we possess the means of testing the fact by figures, and results must speak for themselves. We shall not encumber the case with a reference to spirits other than whisky, because it is the national beverage, ant ere we have done it will be found that an enormous delu sion is being practised on the people of Scotland. To render our observations intelligible and distinct, we shall state the quantities of whisky, given in imperial gal lons, entered for consumption in Scotland during the four years before and after Whitsunday, 1854, when the Forbes Mackenzie Act came into operation : Deficit. Excess. 1854 ... 6,846,692 11885568 5,336,5386819160 851 ... 7,060,433 1,431,568 2,477 1855 ... 6,452,09 8 608,335 .852 6,768,106 1853 7,145,037 1857 7,126,057 15,980 27,820,168 25,763,862 2,058,.83 2,477 Total deficit of last four years 2,056,406 Showing a deficit in four years of 2,056,406 gallons, or, on an average, of 514,1011 per annum. A comparison of the duty paid on whisky during these various years, and of the means taken by spirit dealers to meet the difficulty of a high-priced article, will inevitably establish two propositions—first, that so determined in Scotland is the love of whisky that we have paid for the article during the last four years many millions of pounds sterling more than we paid for it during a similer period preceding the Poi b_s Maekerze .1c• ; qrcnid, thqt ,:e have during the last four years been drinking mule of tie commodity sold as whisky than during an equal period going before. We shall immediately establish the first of lese propositions. There was paid in:— Gallons. Duty. ... 7,060,433 3s. Sd. 6,768,106 Se. Sd. 7,145,037 Ss. Bd. 6,840,602 4s. Bd. 1351 ... 185°. ... 1853 ... Amount. £1,291,412 1,210,819 1,309,923 1,597,561 1851, 45.442,715 ... 6,452,09 S 6s. Od. ... ... 5,336,538 Ss . ' 1 0d l ... 7,126,057 Ss. Od. . ... 6,819,169 Es. Od. 1855 ... ... £1,935,561 2,112,370 2,850,422 2,739,667 1856 ... 1857 ... 1858 ... £9,638,029 5,442,715 Deduct first four years ... Excess of duty on last four years... £to 95,31 i These figures—startling though they be—give a most inade quate and imperfect view of the case, and we have resorted to them to meet what is an apparent, though most erroneous mode of arriving at the result. While the dealer—whether publican, grocer, or spirit merchant—is paying 72 per cent. more for whisky than he paid in 1851, the publican might as well shut shop as propose to charge a proportional increase to the dram drinker. The dram drinker has to be deals with on the philosophy which inspired the poor woman with de ' rout thankfulness, that—although the 41b. loaf had risen to a dearth price—the bakers could not increase the price of the " penny bricks." To realise the same profit, the publi can would require to get sd. a gill for- what he formerly exacted 3d. Instead of this he charges 4d. n gill, and adds as many gallons of water as repays him for the odd penny, so that we are entirely unt;er the mark when we say that to the whisky sold by publicans, and in gills and mutchkins by grocers and others, snore than a million additional gallons of water is added yearly to the aggregate; and in 1853 at least a million more gallons of whisky—so called and sold by the dealer, and so understood and paid for by the con sumer—were used in Scotland than in any of the fine years referred to prior to the passing of the Forbes Mackenzie Act. With these preliminary explanations we shall, in a single sentence, state how tl•:e case stands. We take the first two and the last two years already so often referred to-1831- 1852, and 1857-1838. We select these because they were free from all speculation on any anticipated rise of duty. The whisky entered for consumption in Scotland was— Gallons. .851 ... 7,0G0,1831 .sat 6;768,10G ri Ice. 6s. Cd. c t 2,291,610 - i. 2,193,634 13,828,539 .857 7026.059 1 M. 2d. .858 ... 6,819,169 L 4,191.271 f L 3,978,715 C. 3,824,127 13,975,26 G 2,0,0,000 for water added more then in two first years ... , ... 1,111,6 n 15,975,226 rp ; d for whisky in 1h57 and 1858 ... in 1851 and 1852 ... ...R8,919,50S , „ 4,491,274 Excess on the last two years ... ...L1,425,23 So that, comparing the whisky consumed, without refer ence to the extra quantity of water mixed with it, we ex ceeded in 1857 and 1858 by 146,687 gallons the quantity used in 1851 and 1852; and in the last two years we spent 18,919,508, as against £4,494,274 spent in the first two years, or, as near as may be, double. We challenge any man to controvert a single statement we have put forth. These astounding facts prepare us for encountering an other fallacy—that drinking is diminished in proportion as we reduce the number of licensed houses. We have shown that more money is being consumed in whisky, and more whisky is drunk in Scotland, now than before the Forbes Mackenzie Act came into operation ; and yet, to illustrate the delusion referred to by the instance of Elinburgh ' we find, taking the three years before the Act and the last t hree years, that the number of licences have been greatly dimi nished. The numbers that were issued were -1851 9Ol 1856 796 1852 907 1857 753 1853 956 1858 737 • And yet more whisky has been drunk in the last three years than the first three years. How is this ? Either we have increased the trade of those persons who are licensed — a statement we believe to be very partially true—or we have driven the supply into unlicensed and disreputabl hands—a statement we believe attested by fact and sufficient to account for much of the whole ca-,e. To what, then, do our calculations point ? siiiv T o the re - moval of the Forbes Mackenzie Act as poelY m is chievous ? By no means. We hold that it established a salutary principle, that public-houses should not rs have per mission—exceptional of every other tradeto pursue their gains on the Sabbath-day. This principle, however, has, strictly speaking, nothing to do with drinking. It merely affirms that a salutary law shall be universally enforced. If our statistics teach anything—and we hold them to be full of suggestion—it is how little c an be gained by physical means in securing moral ends; and that if as a people we are less temperate than we were, and were becoming, it is because moral means, which alone can secure moral results, have been all but abandoned in favour of physical restraint and magisterial supervision, whieh lead to disappointment and dismay. We would willingly have found that benefits bad arisen out of recent legislation up to anti beyond the expectation date most enthusiastic believer in " the Ant ;,, but facts are facts, and it is an of against truth and etrays a craven spirit not to proclaim them. (By Electric Telegraph.) LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Vedette (off red) 5 to 1 asst Gemtna di Veray (taken freely) 8 to 1 agst Pretty Boy (taken) ST. LEGER. 3000 to 1000 agst Toxophulite (taken) 7to 1 apt Fitzßoland (taken) THE DERBY. 4000 to 100 agst Cavendish (taken) 5000 to 100 agst Ethiopian (taken) Enoß HANDICAP.—The following have paid forfeit:— Vanity, Mitraile, Sunbeam, Botany, Princess Royal, Raven stonedale, Peeress, Schiedam, Arsenal, Prioress, Charleston, and Windward. The Roman Caudle was scratched last night about 8.55. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.—F. by Stockwell, out of Terrona, Killingworth, Lord of the Manor, Palm Leaf, Volcano, Volatile, Willie Wright, Antiquary, El Haki m , Cheery Chap, Hegira, West Stanley, Uralian, Arim, Phan tom, Bird-ia-the-Hand, Challenger, and Meanee colt. SPORTING NOTES. LATE IN THE FIELD. [The following was forwarded to us for insertion yes'erdpy, but our correspondent's letter did not come to baud in time for publication.] The batch of little meetings which cccupled last week excited more interest and attention than was expected. At Lewes it was discovered that Gracchus was not quite the clipper that his Derby backers believed ; and the running of Flitch with him caused Electric to be more steadily sup ported than ever. Gracchus lacks speed, but be seems a stager all over, and next year he will, or I shall be much disappointed, show that he possesses pretensions of no ordi nary stamp. At Lewes, too, a demonstration was made iu favour of Toxopholite for the St. Leger; and the hopes of Melton still fondly cling to the son of Longbow. People who are anxiously waiting for the coming out sider now direct their attention to \Vantage, and believe that in Kelpie Mr. Parr will furnishi the ring with another Saucebox. That Kelpie's running this year both surprised and disappointed his owner is well known. Mr. Parr, contrary to his general custom, has allowed the horse a long season of rest, and he may send him—a formidable St. Leger candidate—into the field. People, however, still look to "Sir Joseph," and it must he confessed that they bare good cause for faith in the cherry jacket and black cap. "Fitz" seemed short of work when he won the Two Thousand, and both at Epsom and at Stock bridge he app - ared to be big. Should that nasty leg of bis enable Manvog to train him, Sir Joseph Hawley will, it must be confe - red, have a rare chance of carrying off the three great events of the year. The Reading Meeting was principally remarkable for crowds both of bipeds and qua drupeds, and the most important incident connected with the racing was the defeat of Gracchus. If the list of sport prepared by Mr. North for the York Meeting be not equally attractive with that of former years, the cause cannot be attributed to a diminution of energy on the part of the authorities. The arrival of Fisherman is announced, but he has been sent for the Queen's Guineas, and not for the Ebor Handi cap. The betting on the Handicap has not been extraor dinarily brisk, and even after " the Candle" went cut no activity was imparted to speculation. Borderer's trip to Baden-Baden has been postponed in order to enable him to take part in the race, and really to judge from his running at Stamford and Lewes, the fondness of his party for his Ebor chance need excite no surprise. Vedette will go fresh to the post, but a rheumatic horse is not exactly to be trusted for a severe race, and his ability to give 51bs, and a beating to Borderer may well be questioned. Pretty Boy at 7st 31bs will be formidable, for those persons who saw him "perform" at Nottingham aver that he looks as well and as fresh as when be was a three-year-old. Could be be sent to the post in his Goodwood Stakes form of 18.5 G, I should have no difficulty in selecting a champion. The "confederates" have been long out of luck, and fortune may now be inclined to give them a " turn." The Bird in-Hand will perhaps be the representative of Whitewall, but in this instance I believe that people will have no choice between a Bird-in-Hand and two in the bush. In Melissa I have no faith, ~nd the public mast by this time be tired of "standing her." Brother to Bird-on-the- Wing and Minnie are turned loose. What shouting would be raised if Lord Glasgow's colt were to bear the colours of his popular owner just past the post ! Really his light weight may enable him to run into a prominent position. For the three-year-olds I have no decided partiality, but if Tunstall Maid be well she may run forward, as her performances over the same course in the spring showed that she likes the ground. I fancy, however, that the first three to pass the post will be GEiI3IA DI VERGY, VEDETTE, AND BORDERER. The scratching of Hepatica for her Goodwood engagements induces people to believe that she is amiss. She must be very much wrong if she cannot win the Ebor St. Leger as Marauder and Whitewall are likely to be her only opponents. Meg Alerrilees and Gnatcatcher may make an interesting race of it for the Filly Sapling Stakes. I anticipate the success of Mr. Merry's colours. Some expectations have been entertained of Mutineer, sad should be put in an •ap pearance he may show that the Whitewall stable is as strong as ever in its two year-olds. Still I shall place my hopes in Rainbow. To foretell the winner of the Biennial Stakes for two-year-olds is at my present writing somewhat dif ficult, as many of the animals engaged in it will be " run through" before the race is decided. I may, however, be inclined to avail myself of a ticket-of-leave. The Peer ought to win the Hopeful Stakes. He is also engaged in the Eglinton Stakes, and should he start for that event, his 10 lbs. allowance ought to enable him to pull through. Of the two-yen-olds I should, in the absence of Rainbow, give my preference to Joyeuse. Any attempt to select a winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes, or to pre dict the result of Friday's racing, would at present be absurd. An exception may, however, he made in favour of the Yorkshire Stakes, tbelrunning for which will he s c ar c e ly tIY rt—: !I:. “itl'A , Act:& East Lauver.' and iirutntr to bird-on-the-Wiug are entitled to distinction, and I shall not be greatly surprised to see Lord Glasgow's colt the winner. Broadstairs, Tuesday Morning. AQUATICS. A FRESH MAN. LIMEROUSE REGATTA. The annual regatta at Limebouse, for a new boat, and various other prizes, came off on Monday. The attendance of spectators was large, and the results of the heats as follow : FIRST HEAT. 0 DEATH OF AIR. GEORgE COMB (From the North British Daily Mail of yesterday.) Mr. George Combe died on Saturday at the hvdropathic establishment of his friend Dr. Lane, Moer Park, Surrey, whither he bad repaired about a fortnight ago, more fi r the pleasure of the society to be found the; e than from any special necessity otherwise. Mr. C.,mbe was born at Edin burgh, October 21, 1788, and wrs the fourteenth child and sixth son of a family which numbered seventeen in all Beth his parents were persons of superior intelligence and integrity, in easy circumstances. After passing through the usual preparatory studies, Mr. Combe entered upon a special course of legal training, and in 1812 became a Writer to the Signet, a profession which he followed for the next 25 years. When about the age of 30 the speculations of Gall and Spurzbeim attracted his attention. in 1816 he became personally intimate with Spurzheim, then on a visit to Edinburgh. The study of the system which he propounded resulted in an ardent conviction not only of its abstract tt ut ft fulness, but of its deep practical importance. To so great an extent was he inspired with this conviction that it is no ex nggeratim to say the whole of his subsequent life was devoted to the vindication and propagation of phrenological science, and the cognate doctrines with which it was in his mind asso ciated. Within three years of his meeting with Spurzheim, in 1810, be published his" Essays on Phrenology." This treatise was subsequently expanded and elaborated in his "System of Phrenology," a work which has passed through numerous editions. In 1823 he established the Edinburgh Phrenolo gical Journal as an organ through which the leading lights of the new philosophy might hold communion with the more inquiring and more erudite of their followers. The establish ment of this journal naturally led Mr. Combe into not a few rather tough controversies. With characteristic zeal, at once fromthe platform and from the press, be defended his favourite science against its numerous assailants. The most redoubtable of the then antagonists of the system of phrenology were Francis Jeffrey and Sir W. H amilton. And though Mr. Combe could not lay claitn to the brilliant controversial powers of Jeffrey, nor the trenchant logic and massive erudition of llamilton, he at least evinced, in quite as high degree as either the editor of the Edinburgh Review, or the pro fessor of logic and metaphysics, the fitting temper of the philosopher. In 1828 Mr. Cotnbe published that work by which he is best known—" The Constitution of Man con sidered in relation to External Objects." This work, based upon the principles of phrenology, has for its leading object to impress a deeper conviction of the stability of natural law as regulating the physical universe, and as imperatively necessary to be studied devoutly, interpreted justly, and adhered to resolutely in order to ensure the well-being of mankind. The earlier and more expensive editionvof this work were not much sold, but a philanthropic English gen tlernati, impressed with the great importance of widely die, seminating the opinions advocated, devoted a liandstime sum to the production of a People's Edition, which at once attained an immense popularity, not only in Britain but in America. It was the sincere desire of Mr. Combe to avoid as much as possible touching upon topics which might awaken hostility, but the intimate relation of not a few of the questions treated in this work were so intervoven with and seemed to militate against re ligious views hitherto most surely believed among us, that it brought Mr. Combe into bad odour with the religious press. Assailed by antagonists of every variety of temper in the religious world, Mr. Combo, nevertheless, continued unwa vering in his devotion to the new science—defending it with vigour against the assau'ts of those who deemed it little better than covert Atheism, and who stigmatised it as sub stituting law for God, Itnd enthroning an iron necessity where once had dwelt the Father of the Universe. Without entering now upon any discussion of the merits of the fierce controversy waged respecting the orthodoxy of the " Con stitution of Man," there can, we think, be little doubt that a prolonged study of one important branch of knowledge bad led Mr. Combe to give to physical law an importance which all but veiled the reality, and the at least equal importance of spiritual agency. A change has, in recent years, come over the higher thought of Britain, and we believe that change has not been favourable to the conti nued popularity of the philosophy of Mr. Combe in those extreme and objectionable aspects. The great popularity which, about the period of the passing of the Reform Bill, had been given to his writings, and the eclat with which in wide circles his name had become invested, induced Mr. Combe, towards the close of 1833, to deliver a course of lectures on popular education. These lectures, while em bodying most of his own peculiar views, were the fruits of solid studies and enlarged experience, and there can be no doubt they contributed not a little to give an impulse to what Mr. Combe had much at heart—the education of the people. After making the tour of nearly all the more im portant cities of Britain in his capacity of lecturer, Mr. Combe published his views on education in a volume which obtained not only a wide circulation in Britain and the United States,but was translated into French, German, and Swedish The same year of his success as a lecturer he was united r=a•r'n;c to a daughter of the celebrated Mrs. Siddons n 1836, Dr. Ritchie, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in le University of Edinburgh, having resigned, that important chair became vacant, and Mr. Combe was induced to offer hirnEclf as a candidate. The rival candidates were Mr. Isaac Taylor, author of the " Natural History of Enthusiasm ;" Mr. Musten, of Rotterdam, and his old antagonist Sir Wil liam Hamilton. In a private note, Mr. Combe engaged that, if elected to the chair, he would deal tenderly with the pre judices e,f those who were not quite prepared to accept whole sale his system of phrenology. The old ideas were not to be outraged. The worthy councillor who proposed him in the metropolitan municipal council was, however, not so considerate. Fresh from the study of a twopenny chart of the science, he described the new doctrine as occupying a most commanding position—as having lived down all oppo sition. The day for twitting about bumps, exclaimed the worthy civic dignitary, has gone by. The claims of Sir Wil liam Hamilton were, however, too conspicuous to be any longer successfully contested. The most eminent European philosophers had borne the most emphatic testimony to his merits; and the descendant of the hero of Drumclog was the successful candidate. Neither the " Physical Theory .of Another Life" of Mr. Taylor, " Mutual Recognition in the Next World," by Mr. Musten, of Rotterdam, which some councillors had read with great delight, nor the " Constitution of Man," apparently was able on this occasion to shake• the claims of the author of the " Philosoeby of the Unconditioned." Se it was that the Edinburgh University was still continued the preserve of the " Scottish Philosophy." Shortly subsequent to his defeat as candidate for the chair of Dr. Ritchie, Mr. Combe visited the United States of America. After a sojourn extending over st mcwhere about three years, be returned to Edinburgh, an 1 there published the results of las tour in three volumes, entitled " Notes on the United States of North America during a Phrenological Visit." Tins . work is, upon the whule, one of the most just and faithful ever If: e r rka e paid furnished by the veheseßrirtaisibvitsriati to Germany. veller.Onhls estimates return fr from America " Notes on the New Reformation in Germany " was the product of these visits. This work was by no means so satisfactory as his wal k on America. With every wish to be fair, and with all the calmness of the philosopher, there was about Mr. Combo a constitutional inaptitude for form ing an adequate conception of the purely spiritual f u mes that in certain great crises upheave society. We presume even his most ardent partisans will acknowledge that his work on the "Common Schools of Massachusetts,"published that same year, was a more useful book than " Notes on the New Reformation." In 1850, Mr. Combe edited the Life and Correspondence of his eminent brother, Dr. Andrew Combe. The boyhood and youth of the accomplished physi cian to the King of the Belgians had been spent under the tuition of the phrenologist. Through life they bad ever been warmly attached. As might have been anticipated in such circumstances, the memoir in question is a singularly interesting end affecting tribute to a brother's worth. About 1851 Mr. Combo published a letter on secular educa tion, and shortly afterwards interested himself in the establishment of a secular school in the metropolis of Scotland. Subsequently he visited Glasgow upon a kindred mission. The great object of these, schools is to inculcate the prudent virtues, and disseminate among the youthhood of the nation a knowledge of the natural laws. Not satisfied with the region of the useful in which to illustrate his peculiar philosophy, in 1854 Mr Combe published a work entitled " Phrenology applied to Painting and Sculp ture." In addition to the extensive list of treatises we have already mentioned, a legion of tracts and pamph lets, which space precludes us from enumerating, were the product of his pen. Mr. Combo was also a steady and. highly acceptable contributor to the Scotsman newspaper. Not until last week was Mr. Combe considered decidedly ailing. On Thursday and Friday his malady:—an affection of the chest—left no hope ; and on Saturday morning he joined the congregation of the dead. NEW HOPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. BOROUGH, Aug. 18. SIR, —Agreeably to annual custom we report y ou the first arrival and sale of this year's growth of Sussex hops, and remain, sir, your very obe di en t s ervants, Borough, Aug. 18. WOLTON AND CO. Mr. J. D. Stonham, of Beckley, Sussex, has forwarded the p oc ket of hops of this year's growth. from this county. purc hased by Messrs. olton & Co., Hibernia fi C ltr h sla Chambers, been a tl iheN, lN Borough, at five pounds twelve shillings per cwt., on account of Messrs. Wolton & Co., Norwich. The contest for first delivery of the new crop was won by quality superior. Kent by a few hours , Sussex YORK RACES.—( This Day.) Charles Harvey Charles Dowdell . Matthew Field .... SECOND HEAT. William Ashdown llcnry Fry Richard Blakie THIRD HEAT. Fry Dowdell FOURTH 11E1T. Ashdown Harvey 1 I Fry •.: Dowdell GRAND HEAT. Ashdown 1 I Harvey All the heats were wcn easily. DISTRESSING CAS'S UT BIG.A MY AT EDINBURGH. (From the Scotsman of Tuesday.) YestcrOay evening the lion. Major Yelverton, of the Royal Artillery, who was app•ehended and lodged in the Calton Gaol on Thursday evening, charged with bigamy, was liberated on bail. The amount of the security, we under. stand, is £l,OOO. The circumstances of this painful case have been for several months familiarly known in E linburgb circles, and there is now no uze in abstaining from mention ing them, so far as they are supposed to be known. It IS understood that a considerable number of months ago, Major Yelverton (who is the second son of Lord Avonmore, an Irish peer) went through the form of marriage in Ireland with Miss Longworth, an Irish lady of respectable family and some private fortune. Miss Longworth had forineily resided or visited in Edin burgh, where she formed the acquaintanceship if some of the highest in position among our citizens, and bad also acted as lady nurse in the Crimea, at the period when Major Yelverton was there on service. The marriage cere mony in Ireland was performed, it is understood, by a Roman Catholic priest, and there are doubts, or more than doubts, as to its legal efficacy, Major Yelverton being a Pro testant, although Miss Longworth had become a conver.t to the Rornish Church. But subsequently the couple hve . d in lodgings in Edinburgh, in the avowed character,. it is alleged, of man and wife, which would constitute a_leelei marriage according to Scotch law; and a good deal w . , 11 . 1 1 depend upon the facts as to this point, as to both the civil and the criminal cases which may be said to have already arisen. They also travelled o n the Continent with a pass port in which they were designated as Mr. and M n r . s s . Yel verton. In June last, Maj or Yelverton, leaving I son. posed wife in Paris, came to Edinburgh ! , and on the 2Gtli of that month was ma rried in the Episcopal Chapel, Trinity, by Dean Ramsay, to the willow of our late la mented townsman Professor Edward Forbes, a daughter of the late General Sir C harles Ashworth. This marriage was not at first announced in the . new pa spers in the usual way, but received a wide and suoultaners publication about three weeks afterwards. The tants, it understood, are that the supposed first wife having got a hint of Major Yelver ton's intentions, followed him closely from Paris, arriving either immediately after the second marriage, or, it is said, e ven before it, though unable to prevent its solemnisation, o r perhaps to ascertain when and where it was to b e per formed. Of course she and her relatives immediatelY took su ch steps as have !row led to the arrest of Major Yelverton on the charge of bigamy, and es will lead doubtless to the raising of at least one action regarding civil rights. These, we believe, are the main facts of the case, so far as they h av e transpired, although we cannot be sure of their entire accuracy. The affair has, as migh t be expected, created much interest, and though all the facts aT th n e ot la s es y i tcertainly known, much sympathy is f e lt for both o t A BRITISH GOVERNMENT: GUARANTEE OF 4 PER CEA , T. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Why is the Red Sea Telegraph stock guaranteed 41 per cent. by her Majesty's Government, only premium ? It ought to be at least 9 premium, to correspond with Con sols at 96.--Yours obediently, JOHN HARRISON Lombard -street, Aug. 18, 1838. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members 01 the College, at a meeting of the Court of Examines on the 16th hest., viz. :—Messrs. Alexander Edward Bat tlet, Ipswich; John Frederick Rogers, Ne.v Grove-house, Bow-road ; Daniel O'Nial, Killaloe ; John Lee, jun., Ashhourne, Derbyshire ; John Frederick Mackreth, Keyingham, Yorkshire. The following members of the College, having undergone the necessary examination, were admitted licentiates in mid wifery, at a meeting of the Board on the 14th inst.. namely: —Messrs. Charles Senior, Bradford, Yorkshire ; William Benjamin Winktield, Bedford ; Joseph Edmund Kooystra Nadia, Tipperary ; Henry Stone Lambert, Croydon ; Thomas Cayzer, Erith, Kent; Hubert Beadles, Broadway, Worcestershire; Charles George Leonard, Old Kent-road; Robert Hicks, Lewisham; Edward Barfoot, Islington; William Henry Williams, Plaistow; Thomas Webster, Kensington; Thomas Didymus Parktr, Sevenoaks_; Robert Storey, Ashby-le-la-Zona) ; George Freide,riick. Harlot La Fargue, Bosworth Husband ; Edmund I e, n botbom, Wincliehert ; and Alfred Woodward, Eicester. HOP INTELLIGENCE. . bop- KENT.—The reports received from the se growing districts speak of the beneficial effects P p regress the rains of the last few days, and of the marked hops. Pre— since made by the burr in developing)! r that the advance viously, it was a subject of general remar k ay d was diminishing was slower titan usual, and that every weeks ag o of a large crop. the prospect entertained some an extensive appearance produced by As it is, there is, in tunny grounds, , t East Kent, there is little of i i tire-blast, n a d nd i , u ans greettlte bi of slack throughout 1 7 i 2i-l iv ol not be realised, but that doubt that early anticipation much l y i f nprove then pper:ratter! of all the too bleb. A continuance of greatly at tOo Into CO expect auything like the w th a e rm du n ty igh h t a s s i‘ b , e, been set In East Kent we are informed plantations • but it is .ears. crops of the last twns)likely to cotneaence in about a fort that hop Oak in will hardly be general under three West Kent, where the grounds this night's time; b ut year .. week ' s ar . e later, hopping - A ND SURREY.—The grounds in these counties lookinghealthy, but they have not made se S US SEX ' are VenerallY -- , - . „1 1 prcgress as could have been desired by the planters; a nd though the weather is now flue and " forcing," the crop, which is mainly a top one, is unlikely to be so large 1 - . s was expected when the high duty was set. Many of the grounds appear parched, and the bine exhibits a great deal f fira blast. In some few of the gardens It is said that the prospect continues of Eis large a yield as last year. ! ; Ng ld r-