The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount the demand for accom iodation is still extremely limited, and the supplies n offer being more than sufficient for all legitimate quirement.s. The rates have undergone no alte ation. There were no gold operations of importance at he Bank of England yesterday. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben ures remain steady, at 23 25, and the Consolidated hlortgage Bonds at 21 22. The Bank of France return for the past week is imilar in its results to that of the Bank of Eng - and, the bullion having increased, and the bar and discount business of the Establishment having been ouch reduced. The addition to the cash in hand I about £480,000, and to the private balance 2196,000 ; the total of bills under discounts is £320,000 smaller, and a curtailment is shown of £13,332 in the advances on Stock. The movements of the precious metals during the past week has been to a moderate extent. The imports have amounted to about £704,709, includ ing £25,633 from New York by the City of Boston, £65,600 by the Arago, £27,000 by the Helvetia, £75,048 by the.Borussia, and £1,400 by the Persia. The Atrato from the West Indies and Pacific has brought £460,533, the Ceylon from Alexandria £3,683, and about £45,812 has been received in silver from the Continent. The exports have been confined to remittances to the Continent, through private sources, estimated at about £131,727. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £424 on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The traffic returns on the East Indian Railway for the week ending 23d June last were £45,093 against £33,335 in the corresponding week of the previous year. We copy the following from the Mining Journal: Remarks.—The metal market has continued to present during the past week the same encouraging features as it did during the former one. It is very satisfactory also to find that a much greater feeling of confidence is springing up as to the re covery of the metal trade from its long period of depression, and also as to the improvement in commercial affairs generally, and that before long we shall enter upon a course of much greater activity and vigour, which we trust will speedily lead to the return to the former state of commercial prosperity. Orders are still coining forward with much greater regularity, and buyers seem now less afraid to enter into pretty extensive operations, and some considerable pur chases have been made during the week. This fact alone shows that the metal trade is recovering ; and, though it may be only gradual, yet we have every reason to believe that it will be permanent, and we hope soon to find that speculators will be enabled to enter operations with some thing like confidence, as this will be sure to give a decided impetus to the market, and render it Still more lively and encouraging. Prices also 'seem now to be on the move upward, and we may safely calculate that most metals have now seen their lowest point, and will gradually creep up until they attain that which will be far more remu nerative than they have been for some time past. Altogether, the appearance of the metal market is more gratifying than it has been lately. Two o'C LOCI. The Consol Market for the week has closed very quietly, bat the unsettled feeling concerning the Weather and the crops have caused a slight degree of depression. Consols are now i lower, at 94} i f or money, and 94i 1 for the account. The atten dance in the City to-da) has been small, owing to the fineness of the weather and the absence of ac-. tine business. The New Threes are 94i 4 ; Reduced Annuities, 94 44 ; Bank of England Stock, 264 ; India 5 per Cents., 1134 13 4 ; do. Enfaced 4 per Cents., 874. The Foreign Stock Market exhibits very little change. Mexican continue at 141 4 ; Spanish Passive at 214 ; Certificates at 161 j ; Greek at 13 4 14 ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. at 314 4; Italian have advanced to 494 ; but Chili= Scrip has declined 4, to 2 14 dis. The Foreign and Colonial Lines remain without a nY material change in values, Dutch Rhenish being dealt in at 214 ; Ottoman, at 24 ; Bombay and baroda, at 1024 1034 ; East Indian, at 1094 4 ; Great Indian Peninsula, at 1094 110 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, at 184. Bank shares are very quiet. London and West- Minster, however, have improved to 704 4 ex new _ E _bares, and Union of London to 394. London and 9ounty are marked 53i, and Imperial Ottoman 9i. American Securities present no variation. Erie S hares are 45 46 ; Illinois, 77i 781; and United States 5-20 Bonds, 731 1. Renewed firmness is apparent in the Railway Share Market, prices generally showing a further advance of aboat 1 to 1 per cent. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern have each advanced 1, Brighton , Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, and Metropoli tan each 1, and Great Northern 2. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Business in the market to-day has been quiet Annexed are the current quotations ehiverton Moor 4/ 54 Chontal es G o ld Clifford Amalgamate st 7 East Basset l4 16 East Caradon 4/ 51 East Lovell 64 7 East Russell (heat Laxey Great R.tallick reat Wheal Vor ... 16} 17f Marko Valley 5 5} llort4 Crofty North Treskerby li li Princeof Wales...sos 52s Od Providence Mines South Caradon 350 360 T incroft — West Chiverton 66 68 West Seton 145 150 Wheal Basset - Wheal Grenville 10s 12s Gd Wheal Chiverton Wheal Grenville lOs 12s Od Wheal Seton ... 1021 1071 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a par Uent. Console 4 D e. Account, Sept. 10 p e r Cent. R e d uce d 941 I lieW 3 per Ce n t 941 1 6 1-1 5. 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 771 A, °- 5 per Cent. J an . 1873 — - euitio s , 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. , 1880 -V., 0 . for 30 yrs, expire sth April — -.Jo (Red Sea T el egr aph), Ali a ., 1908 — Ez 1 Marcn. , cuequer Bills .£lOOO Do £5OO pm Do. £lOO & £2OO pm 13 al* of England Stock, 4 per Cent Do. Account j„,,. 11 - 11 DIAN GOITERNALENT SECURITIES. "4.,„`naii Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874... D ° ° ; Account -c 5 per Cent. July, 1880 -- ",,0. 4 per. Cent., Oct. 1888 Do:0. Certificates — Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7l 1 1 % 5 per Cent. , Jan. 1872 .1- 1 -°. 5 i per Cet., May 1879 — '"'°. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 _ Do I) ' do. 1882 — fO. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .))• Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 0 . under .£l,000 4 r rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4tpntine Republic, 6 per Cent Brit t t i r j u a a ri n Bonds, s 5 per Cent. 1859 — per Cent _ °' l i t Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. A 0. 1863 Do - Account ent, 1865 75 41 I I • 4100 Bonds _.- -ue zio , s Ayres 6 per Cent — (, -I ', J 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 611"., 6 per C en t. V o i an b Pe rpe Cent Cent D __ • 4/ : 6 per Cent A . I), ° . ~ B D o ~ 1867 C ) 1,, ' . ~ Scrip, £5O paid — die t‘t _oilman, 6 per Cont. t t _sti 3 ner Cent., 1825 ti _:). 3per Cent., 1864 ELtioib Principaliti 3P, 7 per Cent itit e per Cent., 1867, paid-up Scrip e g t ?r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent lll ,Y,I ) lan 7 per Cent 'oo. Second Issue -,, • .£lOO Bonds BB} "`). Do. 1861 De• .£lOO Bo d D°' Go " 85 Gr,,,,, Yernment Railway Debentures 8 34 1 I . 1 - . ) 7 5 ler Cents., 1824-5, ox Coupons ,o. Ac t u o • Coup ons (1 — • Account uaterni!la 0 per Cent . it 0 414 0 Per Cent 1865 --• June. Pill pill Pal Do, Account Do. Maremiurma Railway MexicaL 3 per Cent — Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2, 1 3 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cont., 1860 Do 3per Cent., .1859 Do 5 per Cent., 162 Do. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B7} 1 Do. Do. £BO paid —die R nrdini an , 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cent — Do Accsunt Do Now Deforrict Do Account Do Passive Do Acc ant Do Com. Cert. of Cou. iv , t fti-ded ... Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds ••••••••• Do 6 per Cent , 1862 .. — Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds 5Bl Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cont., 1863 — D , Acount Do 6 per Cont., 1865 . TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9 41 I Do. Account September 10 94 1 . 81 80 THE TAILORS' S7RIKE. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TIIE "PICKETERS." . Alfred Bailey, vice-president of the Amalgamated Society of Journeymen Tailors ; Peter Horrocks, secretary of the same society ; Samuel Partridge, president of the Operative Tailors' Association ; Jenkin Jones, Tamuel Newbury, Edward Omerod, Thomas Geary, Mortice, James Glendon,Thomas Flood, George Templing, Alfred Sherman, Robert Knox, Robert Druller, —Stokes, and Winterton were summoned before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough street, Police office, for that they did, on the 29th May, unlawfully conspire, combine, confederate, and agree, with divers others, to impoverish in their respective trades as tailors, henry George Poole of Savile-row ; Joseph Stohwasser, of Conduit-street ; Thomas Wom.-_ , .rshausen, Thomas Bowatt..r, Thomas Guthrie, J. 11. Smalpage, and other waster tailors, by forcing journeymen to de sert their work, and preventing them from working fur the complainants. The real question was to try the legality of what is called the picketing system. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. 11. Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Valiance and Valiance) appeared in sup port of the summonses ; and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the de fendants. Mr. E. Lewis asked whether any practical advan tage would be gained by going on with these cases, while cases of a similar character were pending for trill at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday next. As a matter of policy he would ask for a postponement for the purpose of allowing the sum monses to abide the event of the forthcoming trial, when, if the verdict of the jury was against them, the defendants would feel bound to respect it. Mr. Sleigh said Mr. Lewis was present when the late intended trial was postponed, after a similar pledge had been given by the defendants through their counsel, and must be aware that notwithstand ing that solemn pledge the system was renewed in all its vigour. Mr. Baron Bramwell at the time ob served that he would only consent to postpone the trial on the understanding that the pledge was given in good faith. The return for this indulgence was for the Journeymen Tailors' Associations to place pickets on all the leading establishments in London, and to carry on that system of picketing more effectually and pertinaciously, if possible, than before. Under these circumstances he must ask the magistrates to hear the case at once. Mr. Knox did not know that he had the right to stop the proceedings. He would speak out plainly. lie had been so shocked at what he had learned --- about unions since his return to England, that after learning that a solemn pledge, solemnly given, had been so shamefully violated by the operative association, he must consider they were disentitled to any indulgence, and he should, therefore, decline to accede to the application for postponement. Mr. Edward Lewis then took several objections, the principal of which related to the form of the summons, which, he said, charged three statutable offences, and ought, therefore, not to have been in cluded in one summons. Mr. F. 11. Lewis said, in reply, that the sum mons contained really but one charge, varied in its SHARE LlST—This Day. Share i I I Railways. raid. I — trlstol ana Exeter .. It, Caledonian 7 - 9 112 114 35 46 Cambrian Cork and Bandon 1 10 Cornwall it Dublin & Belfast June it Dun„Perth, Ab.Junc ! )0 1!:. London, scrip Certi ' Do. st Glasgow &S. Western, st Great Eastern, Ord. stk.! st Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 at (treat North of Scotland' 3 5 55 65 70 72 108 110 29 30 4 6 at Great Northern at Do. A stock ... st Do. B stock at Do. New, is. at 25 pm st Gt S, and W. of Ireland st Gt. Western et Do. S. VAL Rail. gua. at Do. South Wales , et Do. W. Mid. — Oxford it Do. Newport et Do. Ilereford st Lancashire .k Yorkshire et London and Blaokwall st Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast et Lon., Chat., and Dover et Do. Illetrop. Ex. A et Lon. & North Western 114 116 1.5 116 95 'l6 41 431 25 3 0 27 29 it Lon. & South Weateru it Slan., Shet., & Lincoln it ..... Do. New It Do. Extension ;t aletrupolitan Dititrlot IC Do. do. do. LO Do. and St. John's W'd it Nlldtand Do. £9 Share It Do, Birnain.. tiz Derby Aid Kent ... . et North British et Do. NI, Pth., & Duu et Nth. Eastern— Berwici 25 Do. G.Li•E purchase et Do. Leeds ..... ...•• et Do. York et Do. Carlisle ..... 25 Do. Stock. & Darling. 26 Do. do. 1860-61 at North London .. Do. do. 186 k 5 10 Do. do. 1866 et North Staffordshire et N. &S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stJok et Shropshire Union et South Devon et South Eustern 20 itainea, Wok., & Wok it raff Vale 0 Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny ,0 Waterloo & Whitelia Nest, Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 29g 30 115 i 1.6 44i 4 1271 8 1131 13 83 I Closing Business Price. j dens. 501 I .7a 181 16a I 16 i 62 47 1254 6j 6 I 1191 & COLONIAL GO VBIt Britieb Columbia, 6 pei cent., Deo. 31, 1672- - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& Jul: 1877-84 1 120. 6p, 6.freb. & Aug ' Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept,' Do. sp. a Jan .. ( Julyl Do. sp. c. Inscribed sit Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 Do.Apl.&Oot, 1890-190 0 Do. do 1880-80 Do. Jan.&July, 189041 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July 1878 - - Do. 1882, Mayls, Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug I Natal Liov. 6 per cent N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&.1u1)1 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 18ut , Do. 5 p.c. 18:1, to 1871, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to ISOS New Zealand, 6p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6p. a. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.& July Do. do, April & Oct BRITISH I" KJ Atlantic 6t.Lawrenoc it Rom., Cen.ln. 0 1 gu. 6 per cent Do. le shares ioe fiti6lo & Lake Huron' l 0 Do. Preference Buti.,Brant,&Goderich I 6 p.c. 1872-3- et Calcutta & B. E., lira at Jape Town A Dock, gu 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p et East. Bengal, gu., 5 do at East Indian, gu. S p.o. N Do. J Extension at Grand T runk of Canada 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds' 1 charge 8 p.o 00 Do. lot Pref. Bonds 00 Do. do deferred ,00 De. 2d Pr d. Bondis ,00 Du. do. deterred ,00 Do. 3d Pref. stock kOO Do. do. deferred , 0 Do. 4th Pref. stook 10 Do. do. deterred It Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c. '3 ro. Gun. 5 per Cent. 10 Do. New gua. 5 p. c. It li t. South of India gua. 5 per cent st Do. 4f per cent at Do tO4 'great Wes. ed Canada We I Do. New Do. 6 p. o Bt.s. pay. 1873 LO Jo. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 .• 0 Indian Branch, limited it Madras, gua. 5 p.o it Do. 41 do it Do. do V) Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. 10 Mel. & liobson's Bay it N. RI C'da, 6po Ist pf.bs it Scinde . it Do. Delhi 10 Do. do at Do. Punjaub.... p 1 / 4 .5 et Do.lndus St.Flot 127 128 SO 61 17 1 8 10 35 11' 1361 81 83 46 17 2) 126 113 It 4 85 87 - - 1191 12CI 8 90 31 31 105 116 59 60 93 05 34i 151 01 1 0 W 114 116 I UP 05 67 116 118 57 68 45 47 67 68 9i 10 148 152 3 4; 1051 46 51 68i d MINT sicuuturiNb. 98 100' 98 100 98 100 82 64 83 84 102 104 10 107 105 107 104 105 VI ?I 10! 104 108 11: 102 101 101 10 105 107 107 109 98 ICO SIO US 91 93 Q 0 91 91 93 97. 99 96 47 105 101 11C4 1114 ,SIONS. 55 68 102 11-21, p 4 43 5 li 68 71 t 5 65 gg 101 100 IG2 108 109 17 18 80 85 N 52 40 45 32 34 19 20 107 109 - 2 ,021 Logi i 2c 100 101 92 94 15} 151 95 47 E 5 67 100 102 93 95 b 9 91 83 85 100 101 100 i 1011 P 90 luu 85 87 BRITISII Cam. Consol. Gold, lila. Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Lovell E. W't Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal limy.— .• G. Wheal Vor Grenville qerod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Niarke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton • • • North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lilogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence ,Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West C hiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Bedrutb Wheal Mary Ann (Men. , Wheal Seton Wheal TrelftWlleV (Lis. 2.1.0 29i 2.14.6 2.14:0 8.3.6 3.8.0 11.2.6 an odtt , 14.9.6 9.0.6 8.10.0 5.10.6 13-17.6 4.10.6 81 001 Stif 4.4.0 2.13.0 8.14.0 10.6.7 3.2.6 18.18.9 35.15 6 5. t 7:01 64 74 71 di kW 430 20 22 5 6 3 • 34 2 3 9 10 34 31 4 5 17 10 16 18 1 11 31 36 21 21 6 8 41 5/ 2/ 11 10 50 5 7 31 4 2 24 27 29 310 320 I ti 31 41 32 14 1 4 9 11 68 70 130 140 65 70 23 25 11 13 ;05 115 7 9 4 Si LINES LEASED AT FIXED HENTALIS. Brkenhead, 88k 13uckinghamshire,flOi London, Chatham, Ac'., 4; per cent. -- Ditto, Com. Fund stock 5 per cent., 6) FOREIGN MINIM Frontino and Bolivia Gold. Um, 5 -16 St. John del Hey, Um., in United Mexican, iim., it DOCKR. London and St. Katharine, :l Si BAN n.a. Imperial Ottoman, lim., 9 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ilm., 1 London and County, 53f _ Ditto, new, 201 London and 11 estminster, 7 f 70_4 Union 01 London, 34 MISCELLAN/COUB. Anglo-American Telegraph, lira., 161 Agla-Mexican Mint, 198 Atl Telegraph, 30 Credit Foncier of Eneland. Urn.. 3 4 Kyyptlan Com, and Trading, lirn— Gen. Credit and Discount, 11m., 54 Hudson's Bay, 15 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 1 International Land Credit, lira.. If Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 2 London UeneralOmnibus Company, Elm, 28 London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship, Ilm„ 5 Madras Irrigation and c anal (gnaranteedl,s per 01214, by Indian Government), It 05 Nr.tional _viscount t ompany, 111 Peninsula and Oriental iteam, 49 71 Ditto, new, 18.55, 47, Ditto, new, 1867, 21 Viceroy ci Egypt (4crtgage) LQAD,6B4 !10 9 01 100 JI 1024 3k IE9I 10 9 UTE SUN. LOISIJON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1867. - orm. Mr. Knox said Mr. E. Lewis's objection ap peared to amount to this—that each defendant ought to have been served, not with one summons, but three summonses. lie did not think the objec tion of weight, and he must overrule it. Mr. E. Lewis must ask the magistrate to take a note of his objection. _ Mr. Knox promised to do so. Several witnesses having been called to prove the picketing system, the case was adjourned till to day. THIS DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The evidence was resumed this morning before Mr. Knox. It was of a lengthy description, the object being t 4, pillN " picketing" having been carried on by the whole of the men. Mr. E. Lewis addressed the bench on behalf o the defendants, but Mr. Knox committed the whole of the defendants .or trial at the Central Criminal Court. Bailey, Shorrock, Partridge, Maurice, and Geary were admitted to bail in the stun of £lOO, and the others in £2O. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, Naval and Military Intelligence. The Prince of Wales' yacht Osborne, 1:034 tons, and 430 horse power engines, Corn. John D'Arcy, is moored alongside the T pier at Woolwich Arsenal, awaiting the embarkation of the Prince and Princess for the Continent. Daring the course of yesterday a series of telegrams and messages was received from the Board of Admiralty and the War Department as to the regulations to be observed, so as to secure the absolute exclusion of the public, and to render the embarcation free from the slightest commotion in consequence, it is stated, of the indisposition from which the princess still suffers. A large number of applications have been addressed to the authorities for permission to be present, the whole of which have been answered with the words " admis sion." The embarkation will be undsr the command of Commodore Ed inonstone, C. 8., senior Admiralty officer of the district, and Commander Bidilecombe, C. 8., Master Attendant of Woolwich Dockyard ; and the arrangements of the pier will be dirt cted by Capt. Gordo;), C. 8., and his officials, beyond whom none will be present under any pretext. Commander D'Arcy was summoned to the Admiralty yesterday afternoon to receive additional instructions for the vessel's departure, and the Prince of Wales was in formed that the ebb tide would break at half-past 2, at which hour it would be advisable that the vessel should take her departure. According to present arrangements she will proceed direct to Dortrech in Holland, the sea passage being calculated to oc cupy about ten hours, and that of the Thames and the Meuse about the same time, making a total of 20 hours after leaving Woolwich, as stated by Mr. Sarratt, the master of the Osborne. The vessel may probably, however, be ordered to disembark at Rotterdam. A court-martial, under the presidency of Capt. the llon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, of the gunnery ship Cambridge, assembled yesterday morning on board the flag-ship Royal ~Adelaide, in Hamoaze, Devonport, for the purpose of trying Mr. William Collier, engineer of her Majesty's ship Revenge, for having, on the 29th November, 1865, obtained and disposed of a certain bond, with intent to defraud the Three Towns Bank (Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse) of the sum of £3O. Mr. William Eastlake, Judge-Advocate, assisted. The first witness called was Mr. E. S. Anstey, the agent, who stated that he received a letter from the prisoner, dated at Pembroke, asking for a loan. Witness sent a form of proposal, which was returned, and he then sent a bond which was, after some delay, returned with the signatures of Mr. Moore, engineer of the Revenge, and Mr. Carter. The first instalment not being paid application was made to the securities. Mr. Moore denied all knowledge of the bond. No answer came from Mr. Carter. The next witness, Mr. NV. Moore, stated that in the latter part of 1865 prisoner asked him to sign a bond, which he refused. The signature to the bond produced was not in his handwriting ; it appeared to be written by prisoner, but without any authority. George Philips, engineer's cook, stated that on the prisoner's application he had signed his name on a blank sheet of paper. The signature on the bond produced was his, but the names of Mr. Collier and Mr. Moore were not there when he signed it. The prisoner's defence was that he had received authority to attach the signature. He was sentenced to two years' im prisonment at Exeter, with hard labour, and be dis missed the service with disgrace. The crew of the Princess Royal, Capt. John W. Seccombe, were paid off at Devonport on Wednes day by Mr. J. F. Phillips, paymaster, in less than an hour. Wm. T. Annes, who belongs to the band, received a gratuity of £5 ; Wm. Herbert, cooper, £lO ; C. Jago, sailmaker, £l5 ; M. Newman, able seaman, £5 ; T. Cook, boatswain's mate, £5 ; W. Hoskins and W. Perkins, quartermasters, £l5 each; and J. Greeves, ship's cook, a pension. In pursuance of the General Order issued by the Commander in Chief, granting permission to the troops to absent themselves to join in harvest work, the Commandant at Woolwich yesterday made known that "if application is made for assistance ia harvesting, goad characters may apply for leave for the purpose." During the week the sth Dragoon Guards have been moving in detachments from Dublin to Liver pool. Yesterday the fourth and last detachment, consisting of 9 officers and 99 men, and 116 horses, under command of Col. the lion. S. G. Calthorpe, arrived at Liverpool and proceeded to their destina tion. On Monday next the 81st Regt. will embark at Liverpool for Dublin. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aug. 16 From one end of the country to the other we hear of but one subject of engrossing interest. Never has there been a brighter promise of an early and abun- dant harvest. The sunshine we continue to enjoy has completely dispersed the gloomy fears and mis givings which were beginning to form in the minds of the farming classes, and they now regard the prospect with unwonted confidence. In some places slight traces of blight in the potato crop may be found, but these are quite exceptional; the general character of the crop is testified by the quantities sold, and the prices obtained in the provincial mar kets are highly satisfactory. Thunderstorms have been reported in Waterford, Athlone, and other parts of the country, which have inflicted some in jury, but the effects have been very partial. The approach of the great annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society, for which preparations are being made, is heralded as usual by the exhibi tions of its provincial Eatellities. These are of consi derable importance in their localities, and generally afford some indications of what may be expected from the central body. Thus the annual show of the North-West Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday in Londonderry, and, it is stated, was superior in quality to any previously held. It is satisfactory to learn that the local gentry are mani festing a greater interest in the success of these useful societies, and sending forward their best animals to compete for prizes. Although there were only 250 entries altogether, it was an interesting slaw, and presented substantial tokens of improve ment. In an opposite district of the country the Upper Ossory Society held its show yesterday. This society has felt the depressing effects of disappoint ment in successive years,,aild has not obtained such an amount of hearty support from the gentry and small farmers of the district as might have been ex pected, but it has held its ground resolutely, and is early in the field this year. The show yesterday at D onag hmore, in the Queen'aCounty,was pronounced judges to be supe r i or i n qua lity, if no t of its predecessors. I n th e even ing b in y e c x o t m en p t e , te tn nt any the annual dinner took place, and was presided over by the Right Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick. After the usual loyal toasts, the chairman proposed " The Health of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, and Prosperity to Ireland," and took eccasion to observe that the Marquis of Abercorn had been most courte ous to all with whom ho came in contact, and was deservedly a favourite with all classes oflrishmen. The toast elicited a hearty response, and this, com ing from an assembly composed for the most part of political opponents, was no slight compliment. In giving the toast of "The Three Agricultural Asso ciations of England, Ireland, and Scotland," the chairman referred to the wonderful progress of the Highland Society, which was the oldest of the group, and mentioned, as an evidence of its spirited man agement, that at its recent show it had offered money prizes for live stock alone to the value of £1,600. This observation aroused the na tional spirit of Mr. Ross, who responded on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society, and he an nounced that at the forthcoming show of that society money prizes would be offered to the amount of £1,300. This, considering the different circumstances of the two bodies, speaks favourably for the energy and spir i t of the Irish Association . Mr. Mowbray, who returned thanks for Scotland, stated with commendable pride that the receipts at Glasgow during the three days of the show amounted to £6,018. He may fairly challenge Dublin to produce as profitable a show in Stephen-green next week. In connexion with the subject of agriculture, we have now opportunely published by the Registrar- General a return of the acreage under flax, and the number of =itching wills in each county and pro- THAMES. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—WiIIiam Davis, a boy only eight years of age, was charged with stealing 2s. 3d. from a till in the shop of Mr. Arliss, grocer and provision dealer, of No. 1, Prospect-place, Stepney-green. John Stokes, manager to the prosecutor, stated that yesterday afternoon the prisoner came into the shop and asked for a pennyworth of German pud ding. He was serving a lady, and he saw the pri soner put his arm through a crack under the counter. He had marked 3s. 4d., and put it into the till, which he opened, and missed 2s. 3d. He detained the prisoner until a neighbour came in, and then carried him to the station-house. Edward Blanks, 696 A, said the prisoner was brought to the station-house, and ho found upon him 2s. 3d., all marked as the shopman had stated. Mr. Paget asked Stokes why he marked the money in the till. Stokes said that a good deal of money had been stolen through the crack, and he was afraid his master would suspect him if he did not take mea sures to detect the thief who was continually robbing the till. The police-constable, Blanks, said that he found a money-box in the prisoner's room containing three sixpences for which the boy could not account. Mr. Paget said it was most extraordinary that the crack in the counter was suffered to exist. He would look at it before he decided the case. Ile remanded the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BAKER'S ASSISTANT. — William Hammond, about 19 years of age, was charged with embezzling three sums of 2s. lid., 2s. 10d., and 6s. 6d., the monies of Francis Rad ford, his master. Mr. Radford, a baker, carrying on business at 207, Ebury-street, said the prisoner had been in his service since the middle of May last, and it was his duty to take out the bread, receive payment for it, and account for the sums received in the evening. He had received three separate sums that he at present knew of, and had not accounted for the money. Mrs. Cole, of 50, Westmoreland-street, said sh• dealt with Mr. Radford, and the prisoner served her. On August 3d she paid him 2s. lid., and on August 10th 2s. 10d. Both of these sums he had given the receipts for (produced.) Mrs. Tomes, 25, Effingham-street, Pimlico, said the prisoner received 6s. 6d. from her on August 7th. It was only in part payment of a bill, and the prisoner put cash 6s. 6d. on the bill. Prisoner denied receiving this sum of money, and examined the witness to that effect, but she was unshaken, and pointed to the prisoner's writing on the bill. John Clark, 144 B, who took the prisoner this morning at half-past one at his master's, proved that when told the charge he said nothing. On searching him 7d. in coppers was found, and some music-hall tickets. Prisoner, after being duly cautioned and asked if he had anything to say, persisted in what he had formerly stated about not having received the Gs. 6d. The depositions were read over, and he was fully committed for trial. LIVERPOOL CO1'2"01V NARKE2—This Day. The market opens quietly, under unfavourable weather. Prices unchanged. Sales probably 10,000 bales. TILE RHYMNEY MuRDER.—At the adjourned in quest on the body of Maria Thomas, whose corpse was discovered at the bottom of an old coal shaft at Rhymney, a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against Wm. Prothero, a young man who kept company with the de ceased. The evidence given was very conflicting; but several witnesses swore to having seen a man near the mouth of the pit on the Welt the (loomed loft her Itomo. vince, compiled from information obtained by the police. This is the first paPer in the series of what are really the vital statistics of Ireland. The number of acres under other crops and the number of live stock will soon be ready for publication, and we shall probably have a foretaste of them as usual at the annual banquet of the Royal Agricultu ral Society. From this return we learn that the flax crop covers 253,105 acres this year. Last year it covered 263,507 acres. There is a decrease, there fore, to the extent of 10,402 acres in the area devoted to the crop throughout Ireland. From a closer exa mination of the figures it appears that the falling off has been almost entirely in Ulster. The number of acres of flax in that province in 1866 was 215,356, while this year it is only 231,491, showing a defi ciency of 10,865 acres. In the prov:nca of Munster the numbers sand thus: —ln 1866 there were 4,170 acres; in 1867 there are 3,250, being 920 less. In Leinster and Connaught, on the other han 1, there has been a slight increase. In 1866 the crop covered 7,262 acres; this year it covers 8,050 acres ; an increase of 788 acres. In Connaught the number of acres under it last year was 6,719, while this year it is 7,314, showing an increase of 595 acres. In Ulster there are 1,393 scutch mills, in Munster 39, in Leinster 19, and in Connaught 32. If we go back for some years we find extraordinary fluc tuations in the crop. Beginning at 1851 we have 140,536 acres under cultivation ; in 1852, 137,008; 1853, 174,579 ; 1854, 151;403 ; 1855, a descent to 97,075 ; 1856, a slight advance to 106,311; 1857, another fall to 97,721 ; 1858, to 91,646; 1859, a reaction, and the figure rose to 136,282 ; 1860, 128,595 ; IS6I, 147,957 ; 1862, 150,070 ; 1863, 214,099 ; 1864, 301,693 ; 1865, 251,433 ; 1866, 263,507 ; 1867, 253,105. It will be seen from the above figures that the decrease this year, though it may seem large at the first view, is comparatively very small, and when it is remembered that during the American war an extraordinary impetus was given to the linen trade of Ulster, there will be less occasion for wonder that the extent of the staple crop has to any extent diminished than that the trade has sustained so large a share of permanent advantage, and that its stability has been so little affected by the sudden collapse of the civil war. The fact is, that by the energetic perseverance and enter prise of the Ulster manufacturers, new outlets for the surplus stock have been opened, and the trade has continued steadily to prosper. The slight im provement in the acreage of Connaught and Leinster is also a hopeful sign, but the want of scutch mills and of markets is sadly felt. Lord Hastings, son of the Earl of Huntingdon, has strengthened the ties which bind him to Ireland by a matrimonial alliance with a daughter of the soil, Mary Ann Wilmot, only child of the Hon. Col. and Mrs. Westenra, of Shanavogue, King's county. The ceremony was performed yesterday in presence of a distinguished assembly at Ettagh Church, Roscrea. There was of course a splendid dejeuner and a ball in the evening. 11IR JUSTICE SIIEE ON ELECTION RIOTS. At the opening of Gloucester assizes, the charge to the grand jury was delivered by Mr. Justice Ghee, who referred to three men and a boy committed for taking part in the riot at Dursley on the day of the declaration of the poll for West GlouceStershire. His lordship said : " The case renders but few ob servations on my part necessary. It is a charge of riot and assault against four persons on the 31st of last month, the day of the declaration of the poll at Dursley for the last election for this county. Now, gentlemen, I need not tell you that a riot is a tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three persons or more assembling together on their cwn authority, with an intent mutually to assist one another against any one who shall oppose them in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent or turbulent manner, to the terror of the people. Whether the acts alleged in this case were lawful or unlawful, the assembly was lawful. But yet, if three or more persons, being thus lawfully assembled, did con spire and confederate together to do some act of a_private nature, to effect some private object, or enterprise, in a violent and tumultuous manner, no doubt they would be guilty of a riot if they carried that conspiracy and confederacy into effect. Now, the private object and enterprise which the prisoners in this case are alleged to have had in view was the object of insulting, annoying, and assaulting two gentlemen of position in this country. It was an object unhappily dis gracefully extended in a brutal and most offensive manner to the ladies of the family of one of those gentlemen in question. Intending to assault the two gentlemen in question—for some reason or other, of which I have not the smallest idea, and which I do not care to inquire about—who were unpopular in that crowd, the refuse of recently slaughtered animals and a quantity of eggs and stones were thrown at them. The police officers say that what was done by the four per sons was calculated to excite uproar and alarm. That, of course, we know would be a necessary ingredient of the offence of riot. Whether they thought more of what occurred before their eyes on account of the great respect which they entertained for the persons who were assaulted, or not, it will be for you to determine. At general elections a good deal of license does take place, which rarely ends in indictments for riots, though certainly vio lence is often exercised upon persons in somewhat inferior stations. The position of those on whom it was exercised in this case may in some degree ac count for persons taking an active part in bringing the offenders to trial. Probably if a little more time had elapsed it might not have been thought neces sary to prefer these indictments for riot. I cannot help saying that it would have been as well if, as in one case on the same occasion, the magistrates had inflicted a fine on the persons who were guilty of the assault. However, all these matters are for your consideration. The great advantage of a grand 'jury is, that they are in a position, by rea son of their station and the respect and confidence which they enjoy in a county, to mediate be tween the parties, particularly during the heat and excitement and license of a contested election. The legal difficulty seems to me that the acts were done in so short a time ; there was hardly time for persons who were undoubtedly as sembled upon a lawful occasion to conspire and confederate together to commit the assault upon the two gentlemen who were attacked. It is rather to be regretted that so soon after a contested elec tion a matter of this kind should come before a judge and grand jury; and I cannot help saying that it would have been as well if the matter could have been deferred to the nex t assizes, parties would have had time to cool." when all CRUELTY TO TO CHILDREN. —At th© Truro Board of Guardians on Thursday the Rev. J. Perry brought before the notice of the Guardians the caso of a woman, with five children, living in tho parish of Perranzabuloe. It appears that about three years ago the woman's hus band died, leaving her with four children unprovided for, and up to about two months ago she had been in receipt of Cs. a week from the Union. At that time, however, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, upon which there lief was stopped, and the woman was offered the workhouse. She refused to enter the house, and went out daily to work, leaving her children locked up iu a room without any furniture, and having one old shawl as the only article of Clothing among them. The eldest child was eighty ears old. They were frequently without food all day, unless the neighbours, who were themselves very pocr, took compassion on them. The Guardians decided that the woman should again be "offered the house," and if she refused it she should be brought before the magistrates on a charge of cruelty to her children. UICIDE IN WINDSOR GREAT PARIC—A domestic S just occurred in Wi n dsor 6rreat Park. trage dy has An old soldier named Wm. Wells, aged 65, lived with his wife in the village of Spital, near Windsor. The couple, it would appe ar, had many disagreements, and lived some what unhappily. Wells, too, had frequently threater ed his wife, and for one of these offences was committed to pri son for a year, in 1864, in default of finding sureties for his good behaviour for tht period. On Tuesday his wife pplied to the magistrates'a clerk, and Mr. Inspector Reeve, a of the Barks constabulary, w ith a view of ob tainin g some protection from her husband. Whether ut h Wellalf-ps beacame 3 o'clock aware of this has not b een elicited, but abo st on the afternoon his body was in a ditch in the G ro at Park, near a s mall bridge fou r , m which it had, it is said, dropped, the handkerchief with which the deceased had hung himself from th e rail having given way. HIE MINERAL TVEALTII OF 771 E UYIIED KINGDOM. We are favoured with the sheets of the " Mineral Statistics" for 1866, which will, in a few days, be issued from the Mining Record-office in the Museum of Practical Geology. In the "Notice" by Sir Rodetick Murchison, the Director-General, which introduces the labours of Mr. Robert Hunt, especial attention is drawn to " the continual in crease in the production of coal, notwithstanding the depression which has been felt throughout the year in many manufactures, and especially in that of iron." This is really a point worthy of close attention. The quantity of coals produced in each of the last four years has been as follows : Tons. Tons. 1863 ..• 88,D2,515 1861 ... 92,787,873 increase 1 ; 495,358 1865 ... 9A,150,587 „ 5,137,145 1866 101,631),5.13 ~ 3,179,956 We find upon examination that our exportation of coals in 1866 w;.5 782,631 tons in excess of that of 1865. We have then. fore to account for two million and a-half tons, which have been consumed in this country during a period of extreme manu facturing depression, in excess of the consumption of the previous year. These returns inform us that there was a falling off in the manufacture of pig iron to the extent of more than 290,000 tons, the production of which would have consumed nearly a million tons of coal. We find, how ever, upon examination, that there has been a uni formly increased consumption of coals over every part of the country, and all the returns of " rail way distribution " being considerably in excess of former years. To our st eadil y increasing popula tion, and to the enlarged means of a great majority of the people, enabling them to enjoy more of the comforts of life, may be referred this increase in the consumption of coal, at a period when mann !acturing depression would lead us to expect a con- trary result. The large quantity of coal raised in 1866 was obtained from 3,188 collierieg, and the great deve lopment of coal mining is shown by this fact that in 1857 there were but 2,815 collieries in active opera- tion. IRON.—The quantity of iron ore produced in this country last year was 9,665,012 tons. This was smelted in 613 blast furnaces, and of pig iron we produced : Tons. ... 2,576,928 ... 959,123 ... 994,000 In England In Wales In Scotland Total of Great Britain 4,530,051 Of this pig iron we exported 497,138 tons, re serving more than four million tons for conversion into merchant iron. These returns inform us that there were 256 ironworks in activity in 1866, in w hich there were 6,239 puddling furnaces and 826 rolling mills. The proportions in which the iron ores of this country were used in our furnaces is given as follows : Argillaceous and black band carbonates 42 per cent Cleveland stone ." ... 28 „ Lancashire and Cumberland red ores ... 15 „ ... 13 „ Brown ores Spathic Carbon ates ... 2 „ TlN.—The year 1866, Mr. Robert llunt intimates, was so disastrously remarkable in connection with tin and copper mining, that a more than usual close examination of the condition of the mines of Devon shire and Cornwall was considered necessary. The lists of mines given in the " Appendix to the Mineral Statistics" show that at the end of 1866 more than 300 mines had been suspended which had been within the few previous years in full work. This necessarily threw a large number of miners out of work, and it appears that more than 7,000 Cornish miners emigrated. The production of tin ore in 1856 was 15,080 tons, and the mean average price for the year was £lB 10s. 9d. per ton ; whereas the production of 1865 was 15,686 tons, and the mean average price of the ore was £55 6s. per ton. The consequence of this is a depression from which, under favourable circumstances, it will be long before our western mining counties can recover. Some important tables showing the progress of the Dutch tin trade since 1855 are given. From these we learn that the Island of Banco produced in 1866 158,626 slabs of tin, and that of Billiton 33 to 33,000 slabs (1,000 Banc o slabs weighing rom 34 tons). COPPEIL—There were 174 mines in these islands e producing a nd selling copper ore in 1866. Thes produced of copper ore 180,378 tons, valued at £759,118, from which we obtained metallic copper, 11,153 tons, valued at £1,019,168. This shows a considerable falling off in the produce of copper mines. During the year there was an increase of more than 7,000 tons in the copper ore and regulus imported ; of this Chili alone sent us nearly 56,000 tons. LEAD AND SILVER.—There has been but little variation in the production of these metals from o ur mines. In 1865 our leadines gave 90,and 452 tons of lead ore, yielding 67,181 tons of lead 724,856 ounces of silver. In 1686 we mined 91,047 tons of le ad ore, producing 67,390 tons of lead and 636,188 ounces of silver. The silver given in 186 5 , it is explained, is in excess of the real quantity obtained, many mines having returned the silver contained in the ore, which was not eventua lly separated by the smelter, since when the lead contains less than four ounces to the to it does not pay for se p aration. The quantity given this year is the quantity actually produced, as nearly as this can be ascertained. GOLD.—Our gold mines in North Vales produced 2,927 tons of auriferous quartz, from which 7430 z. of gold were obtained. Of the other metals nothing need be said beyond t h e statement contain ed in the following summary of the minerals raised and the me tals produced in he United Kingdom in 1866 : M I N E RALS. Estimated valuo at place of production. £25,407, 635 3,119,098 731,946 759,118 1,161,22 8 42,635 77,932 Minerals raised. Coals ... 101,630,5 44 tons Iron Ore 9,665,012 , 7 Tin ... 15,080 „ Copper ... 180,378 „ •. Lead ... 91,017 „ ••• Zinc ... 12,770 „ ••• Pyrites ... 135,402 „ ••• METALS. £11,32 6 , 127 Iron ... 4,530, 051 to ns .. 885,368 Tin •.. 9,990 „ •.. C op per ... 11,153 , •.• 1 , ,01 381,500 9,168 Lead ... 67,390 „ •, ... 636,188 ounces ... 174,951 2,656 Silver o ld ... 743 „ •• 69,916 • Zi n c ... 3,192 tons ... G The total va lue o m i ner al productio ns for the yea r 1866 will be, accord ing to Mr. R obert Hunt's return and estimate : Metals obtained from the ores raised from £14,951,695 t h e mines of the U n ited Kingdom ... Coals —estimated price at the place of pro ion ... • • -• ••• ... 25,407,635 duct Earthy 31iiierals not inc l u ding building 6t01108) ... ... •• • 1,350,000 £11,712,330 OWING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day QUEBEC, Aug. 14 The rdrilViall arrived here to-day. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17. her top Tho barque Beaumont arrived in the Sound thin morn ing, having i❑ tow the brigantine Silver Lake, Captain Johnson, from Swansea, for St. Thomas, which lost both ,masts in a gala on Thursday. THE WEATHER IN YORKSIIIRE.—MALTON, Fri day.—During last night the heaviest rainfall over regis tered here took place, the fall for the whole 2t hours being 1.70 inches. 'The groat fall was between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. There being no wind the rain came steadily down, and the crops in consequence are not nearly so much laid as was anticipated. To-day there is a brisk wind and rising baro meter. The crops have dried rapidly, and the laid corn will mostly be got up little injured early in the week. THE PUBLIO rAHIC AT lIALIFAX. —Sir F. Crossley, Bart., who in 1857 presented to his fellow-towns men a People's Park, which oost £30,000 (subject only to the payment of the amount necesary for its maintena nce in good order), has commemorated the tenth anniversary of the opening by presenting to the town o evade suffic i ent a um of £6,300, the interest o f which will pr funds for payment of the salaries ohf the park-keepheers and the other expenses, an d the park us becomes t unre stricted property of the town for ever. SPORTING I . CE—This Da, VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAT. The attendance was not a large one, nor were the transactions of a heavy nature. The Ebor Handi cap was made the medium of most speculation. There appeared no great disposition to back Brada mante, who however was nominally first favourit at 5 to 1, while 6 to 1 was so freely accepted about the newly named Goodwood that at the close that price was not obtainable, 5 to 1 being the current offer on the field. Challenge was friendless at 12 to 1, there being an evident disposition to support him for the Leger to be in the first three, for which event the general impression seems to be that he will be reserved. The other prices are appended, but they were accepted to small a:nounts. Marks man, said only to have been walking this week, was in bad odour for the Leger; fifteen ponies were, however, accepted about him, but an offer to bet even money against his running failed to find a taker. 2 to 1 would have been readily accepted about Hermit had it been obtainable. The prices are appended : EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 1 apt Bradamante,(offered) 6to 1 agst Goodwood (taken freely) 10 to 1 apt Deeming (taken) 12 to 1 apt Challenge (offered) 100 to 8 agst Ailesbury (taken) 100 to 8 agst Fairwind (taken) 100 to 6 agst Seville (taken) ST. LEGER. 7 to 4 agst 'Hermit (offered—take 2 to 1) 3 to 1 agst Vauban, (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Achievement (taken) 15 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) • JOHN STIRIC, 25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Esoautes Commissions on all tiro racos to any amount. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. MR. GEo. WEBB executos commissions, by letter only, at his residence, 125, -Q.ueon's-crosceuts.gaverstock - hill , and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Maui's Brewery. No con nection with any other person using the same name. DEMI OF LORD DUNKELLIN, M.P. It is with sincere regret that we announce the death of Lord Dunkellin, M.P. for Galway, which occurred at an early hour yesterday morning at the residence of his father the Marquis of Clanricarde, in Stratton-street, Piccadilly. Lord Dunkellin bad long been in ill health, but it was only for the last few days that he was known to be in danger. He was the eldest son of the Marquis of Clanri carde by the Hon. Herriet Canning, only daughter of the late Right Ho n. George Canning, the dis tinguished statesman. lie was born on the 12th of July, 1827, and had, therefore, just entered his 41st year. In March, 1846, he entered the army as ensign in the Coldstream Guards. He served with his regiment in the Crimean campaign of 1854, and was present at the b a ttle of the Alma and the siege of Sebastopol, where he was taken prisoner in front of the trenches before daylight on the morning of ta i 22d of October. By command of the Emperor chola3 Lord Dunkellin was re moved to St. Petersburg, and was liberated before the termination of the war, his father, Lord Clanricarde, being well known to the Emperor from having been several years British Ambassador at the Imperial Court. From 1846 to 1852 Lord Dunkellin was aide-de-camp to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and in January, 1853, was appointed State Steward of the L or d-Lieutenant's household. In 1856 he procee ded to Calcutta to fill the ap pointment of Military Secretarral of Indiay to his uncle, Lord ng C a nning, then Gov Gene Duri his sojourn in India he served on the staff of Gen. Sir James Outrain during the Persian expedition he was of 1856-7. On his ret urn to England in 1857 elected member for Galway, which borough he had successfully contested in 1852, and at the last general election in 1865 he was elected for the county of Galway. L)rd Dunkellin's course in Par liament was remarkable for one extraordinary achievement. In committee on Lord Russell's mea sure of Parliamentary Reform in June, 1866, he moved his memorable amendment to clause 5, pro viding that, the rating instead of the rental value should be considered in estimating the amount re quired for the franchise, which be carried by a • majority of 11 against the Government. The re sult of this division was the resignation of the Rus sell Government. Lord Dunkellin was unmarried, and his brother, Lord Hubert do Burgh Canning, is now heir to the title and estates of the Marquis of Clanricarde. In his regiment, in Parliament, in Ireland, in India, and in society Lord Dunkellin was ' universally popular ; his abilities were far above the average, and, being embellished by a ready wit and a keen sense of humour, would probably have led him to high distinction had not his career been crippled and ultimately cut short by constant ill ealth. MARKETS. --This day. COVENT GARDEN. Fitt3T—Apples, 4s Od to 89 Od per bushel; grapes, 38 to 6s Od ; cherries, Gd to ls; pine apples, 2s 6d to 4s per ib; s t ra wberries, Gd to is p er lb ; lemons, 108 to 12s ; oranges, 8s to 14s per 100. VEGETABLES—..krtichotes 2s Od to 4s; beet, 18 to 2s cabbage, ls 3d to 2s ; cauliflowers, 28 to 5s per dozen asparagus, Gs Od to 8s ; celery, is Gd to 2s ; horseradish, 4s to 6s per bundle; carrots, Gd to 8d per bunch ; herbs, 2d to 4d; leeks, 2d to 4d; mint, 4 d t o 6d per bunch ; parsley, 2d to 4(; turnips, 6,1 to 8d per bunch ; endive 2s Od to 3s; lettuces, is to is Gd per score; onions, 4s to 58 ; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel ; cucumbers„.od to Os 01 each ; potatoes, 80s to 180 s per ton. POULTRY. Geese, 5s Od to Gs; gos lin g s, 5s Od to 6s 6,1; ducks, 2s to 38; ducklings, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is Od to Is 64 ; wild do, is to is 3d; pigeon, 7,1 to 8d ch ; Surrey fowls (couple), 9s to Ils ; do. chickens, 6s Od to 7s Od ; barn-door fowls , 4s to 5s 64 ; English eggs, 91 Od per 100 ; french do., 6s 6d; fresh butter, Is to is 2d per lb. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef ........• 3 s 2d to 4s 4i Veal ...... 4s Od to 4 s 8d Mutton ... 3 s 2d to 4s 4d j Pork ...... 3s 6d to 43 4 d Lamb ...... 48 Od W to 4s Gd HITE CKAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef ...... ...3s 2d to 4s 4d j Lamb ...... 4s Od to 4s 8,1 6d to 4s 4 d Mutton ... 3 s 2d to 4s 6d j P or k ...... 3 s Veal ...... 4s Od to 48 8d j HIDES AND SKINS. 2 Market hide s, 56 to 611bs, 1d to 3d ; 61 to 721bs, to 30 ; 72 to 80 31-(1 to 30 ; 80 to 881bs., 31,1 to 4d; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 40. Ilorsehides, 9s 6,1 to Ws 6(1; calf skins (light), 2s 0,1 to 48; full, is Od ; sheepskins, lambs, 3s Od to 48 8d ; shearlings, 2s 8d to 3s 0,1. BREAD. The prices of house h o ld e in the metropolis aro from 9id to 10d.; of ditto, 7d. to Od.por 411)5 loaf. HAY. e c r lev loa e d r ! tSomsrroid.rrjoEf-135isooaddo; w an h d ay s , tr .C a 3 w, Os £2 od t t o o £ .£ 2 4 1 6 0 3 s r ; A good supply. CUMI3ERLAND—MeadOW hay, £3 Os 01 to LI 15s ; clover, £4 Os Od to £5 15s Od; and straw, .£2 to £2 Gs per load. A fair demand. WIIITECIIAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to .£1 10s; clover, £4 Os Od to £5 17s 61; and straw, .£2 to .£2 6d per load. A good trade. Now hay is quotod at £2 lOs to £3 15s; and new clover £3 to £4 15s. ITALY. VENICE, Aug. 16. A great fire has occurred here iu the Church of St. John and St. Paul. Titien's painting of Peter the Martyr and many other masterpieces of art were burnt. LONDON GAZETTE. --LAST EVENING• POWNING-STREET, Auo. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Dunkley, Esq., to be a blember of the Legislative Council o her Majesty's Settlement of Lagos ou the Western Coact of Africa. ADMIRALTY, Arc. 14. Royal Marine Light lufantry—Second Lieut. Laurence Fortescue to be First Lieutenant, vice Baker, retired on half-pa3'• COURSE OF EXCIUNGE.—Last Evening, 11 19 12 01 12 of 25 42 25 42i 13 10t 25 25 25 37i 25 Sit 1201 12 gut 12 77i 32 6 2L 0 Am 3 3,10nth5.12 Amsterdam .................. Short. 1 1 18 Ditto ........................ Rotterdam — 12 Antwerp ..................... 25 37. i Brussels ..................... 25 37 hamburg — 13 14. i P a ris ..................... Short 25 15 Ditto 3 Months. 21: 32 M ar seilles 12 Frani:for; ou the Maine 20i 25 32i Tieunti - 1 7u. riesto .I.'etierburgu 12 72k 311 Berlin 6 13.6 i 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 , SSES 1031 IC9) 9)1 1 itil I 1031 i