The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-21 00:00:00

-~- ■ THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. EtilLi3l Rd CES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MAGNA CHARTA STAKES. Dunoon ... Sweetbread . Redpole .. • Five ran. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES. \Veatherbound Claire The Rover Three ran. BARON STAKES. • Thunderstorm Peah en Otho. 2 3 Four ran. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX STAKES.—GIoom colt was struck out at 12.30 on Monday last. MONEY MARKET AND CITY IVEIVS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Although there is some expectation of a further speedy reduction in the value of money, the rates at present exhibit steadiness. 44 per cent. being the general charge in discount channels, although choice descriptions of short dated paper may be occasionally negociated at 4i per cent. The next weekly balance-sheet of the Bank of England is expected to show a further improvement, and the meeting of the directors to-morrow will no doubt be awaited with some interest, although an immediate reduction is scarcely anticipated. About £14,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon, the quotations, in most instances, were again a shade higher. Gold is now 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 8-10ths per cent. higher than in Hamburg. The traffic receipts of the Great• Western Rail way of Canada, for the week ending the 9th inst., exhibited an increase of £752, compared with last year. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester day continued rather active, and prices tended Upwards. The sales were 15,000 bales. At the half-yearly meeting of the Southampton Dock Company to-day , the report stated that after payment of all expenses, the dividends on the pre ference stocks, &c., there remained an available balance of £7,188, from which a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was declared, leaving a surphs of £1,783 to be carried forward. The accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of earnings as compared with the preceding half-year, and a diminution in the working expenses. _ A further improvement has taken place in the English Stock Market to-day under the combined influence of easier money, and the favourable pro gress of the harvest, which have encouraged the speculators to operate for an advance. A large aggregate amount of stock having been purchased on this account, in addition to several bona fide investments, prices have strongly tended. upwards, and several transactions have taken place in Consols at; 90 911- for transfer, and at 91i for the 18th proximo, but they are now 90i 91 and 911 4 respectively. The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to 908 918. Bank Stock is steady at 233 and 234; a large amount of business has been transacted in the New India Scrip at a further advance, viz., 1028 4. Foreign Securities have shown increased buoy ancy, and the dealings have been more numerous. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 794 ; ditto, 1858, 70 to 704 ; and the £lOO Bonds have advanced to 721 73 ; Mexican to 22i ; Russian 5 per Cents. to 1011; ditto 3 per Cents. to 611 ; Spanish are firm at 491 ; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents. remain at 171. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and, with one or two exceptions, prices have shown increased buoyancy. Caledonians, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brightons, North Eastern (Berwick), North Eastern (York), and South Easterns have advanced ss. ; and North Westerns and South Westerns 10s. Eastern Coun ties have declined about ,E 1 to £1 55., being a re action after their late advance. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remained steady, without any material variation in - values. San Paulo realise 2 . 4 3 ; Great Luxem bourg, 81 1; Grand Trunk of Canada, 20-1; Great Western of Canada, 104 ; and Great Indian Pe ninsula, 981 99. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continued in moderate request at about previous rates. London Chartered of Australia improved as., Crystal Palace Stock 55., and Madras Irriga tion ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE Q .B ink Stock ;1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ok / 1/ 3 per Cent. Cons*ls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 11-16 India Stock • ••• ... ... 220 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent . Ditto 5 per Cent. 9s± Ditto 5/ per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 pqr Cent., Oct., 1863 97 Ditto ditto April, 1864 96/ Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Co - qsols for Account, Sept. 10 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 102 / i t FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 BBl 9 Equador New Consolidated Ivl exic an 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent .. 981 Russian 5 pet Cent. 1822, £ St lOl/ Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859.. Spanish 3 per Cent. •••• Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred ".:Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds i )itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account _ _ _ 171 . Dividends on the above payable in London. Pielmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25 francs 711 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9li I Ditto Account EMIGRATION.---The only colonies which at pre sent promote immigration from the United Kingdom by means of their public funds are Victoria, Queensland, the Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. The system on which as sistance is afforded, varies in each colony. Immigration into the colony of Victoria at the expense of the colonial funds is governed by regulations issued by the local Govern ment, dated Melbourne, Aprills, 1861. Under these regu lations, the Emigration Commissioners are authorised to select and provide with free passages, in vessels to be clus tered by them, unmarried female domestic servants of good character. Persons, however, resident in the colony may, by making the following payments to the colonial Govern ment, obtain " passage warrants" for the introduction of their relatives and friends. By these warrants the colonial Government engages to pay to any shipowner who will bring out the perscns named therein at the rate of £l4 for each person of 12 years or upwards, and £7 for each child between one and 12 years of age, if the service be properly performed. Unprotected single females must proceed in the Emigration Commissioners' vessels, but all other no minees are left to make their own arrangements for pas sages with any owners of private ships who will accept the passage warrants in payment. The scale of payments to b e paid in the colony for obtaining " passage war rants" is, for each male under 12 years, £3; between 12 and 40, £5; 40 years and upwards, £6 ; for each female under 12 years, £2 ; between 12 and 40, £2; 40 years and upwards, CAUTION TO BRIGHTON EXCURSIONISTS. On Monday, at the Town-hall, Brighton, five persons were summoned at the instance of Mr. Inspector Carpenter, charged respectively with disposing of and purchasing re turn excursionists' tickets. The offence was clearly proved in each case. Mr. Inspector Carpenter produced the tickets in question, on which was printed the following ---6 4 Not transferable; any person transferring or dealing with thie ticket will be prosecuted. Available only by the excursion rain of this day an I for the person t) whom issued." The magistrates said the defendants must have known they were doing wrong, and as a caution to them and others the) Would each have to pay the full penalty of 405., together with 12s. 6d. costs, and in default of payment to be impri- Roned for one month, 811 RE MARKET.—(THIS Des 7). C , RDINAEY SHARES AND STOCKS. raid Closing I Business Share Railways. Price. I Done 5U ,lieliast and Ballyinema all Wol , and Str. Val., all I 74 6 1 "took Park., La., and Ch June I tOO 84 85 25 Blyth and Tyne 1 all 10 Bost. Sisal. andMid.Co ; all 64 61 stock Bristol and Exeter lOO 92 93 94 3 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigal , all 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, Blrock., ,t Passage all 20 Cornwall .... 10 Do A unt il 6p, p a— A gets no div. eran. f 10 Do B haßsbeeeane:t d. June toß allan ' 50 Dublin ' & lf 4l 43 414 2.5 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc ! all 84 9 stock East Anglian ; 100 17 18 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 495 501 50 450 stock Eastern Union, A stockl 100 39 41 stcog Do do B do 100 23 30 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 134 stock East Suffolk i 100 stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 861 574 stock Edin. Perth, &Dundee 100 28 29 28 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all • stock Furness - stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 105 108 10 Great Ntlin. of Scotland all ,132 134 stock Great Northern lOO 1106 ICB stock Do do A stock stock Po do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 105 106 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 1100 58 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Torkshirs 100 1094 110 109 4 stock London and Blackwall 100 53 92 stock Lon., Bright.. &S Coast 100 115 117 1151 stock Lond., (Mat., and Dover 100 43 60 49 4 I stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 93 931 924 31 2/ 31 3 stock Lond. & sth. Western lOO 94 55 95 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 104 114 stock Sian. Shet. & Lincoln i 100 46 47 44 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do to 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan • 71 4 ° d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new 101 / lip stock Do nirming. & Derby 00 99 60 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares ail 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def j 9 8 6 d 20 ,Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all 58 stock Norfolk stock North British .. 100 62 621 624 stock cr.Dev.Rail&Dk.stes3,, 100 tock Ds 4 atk ; A rocs 110 d. until Spchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock ... 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1031 104 1034 4 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 15 14 1 stock Do Leeds ...... 100 80 601 001 stock Do York stock North London .. 10 Do new 6 [9.164 North staffordshire 174 4/ 44 i to N and S. W. Junction all 101 11 stock Not. &Grantham Rail lOO 88 92 884 to f sebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney....._ all stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 35 36 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 89 91 stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un 221 stock South Eastern 100 804 81 soi stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 39 25 Do do l3 81 01 p 25 Do New (1860) 3 5 6 p stock ail Vale .. fs •• •• stock Do Pref.No 1. lOO 25 I"rtnesHavenDk&ltall 22 -- 50 UiSicr •• 25 Du 20 21 311 , 12 10 Do ... :..•• • • • rock Tale of Neath j 100 10 Victor la Sta. and Pim j all 114 12 stock Waterier t & Kilkenny ] 100 50 Watertot d & Limerick ! all 20 West Gil nwall , 54 64 20 West L0nd0n........ I all 10 Do let class all 2 0 Do 2d class .. . ] all stock WestHartlepool Haibr and Rail lOO M stock West idland—Oxforct 100 44 45 stock Do. Newport, 100 41 13 stock Do. Hereford 100 85 67 stork stock stock stock 0 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock - stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. IPaid 1 Closing Business Share, Railways. Price. Done. I 1 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 all stock ftris. & Exet.4 p.ctstocl. 100 91 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 44 percent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all 20 21 6 5 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 5/ (14 14 Do Ist Class Fret l al — stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c... 100 105 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.] 100 107 109 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 108 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 122 124 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 03 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock 11 , :din.&Glas.5p.c. shares 100 109 111 stock i Do. 4p. c gun. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock I Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 77 stock I Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 — a - Lock IGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.e 1 100 1 stock Greht Northern, sp. ct 100 1116 118 stock Po 5p c.Redm 10p 0 prn 100 110 112 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 IDo. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 106 108 10 I(4t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt all stock 1 ; Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 100 97 99 / p. et. pref. stock 50 !Great West. (Berks an , Hants) Ext. sp. et 6 stock to. Redeemable,44p.ct . 100 96 98 98 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. a 100 87 8 ) stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 87 8) stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 94 10 10 t 4 t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh all 164 174 10 110. do. sp. et. pref all 10; lot stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 75 77 26'; Do. Chester gun. shares all 204 214 135 1 , 0. do. do. 20 IDo. do. do. 100 I Lan. & Carl. 4; pc. pref 6O stock I Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. 100 stock IDo.Barnsl.st.Cs3s 10d pc stock !Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan.) stock [mt.& Brig.s pc.gu.No., 100 110 113 100 110 stock Do. 5 p.lOO 110 113 c. stock Do. gua. 6p. c. No. 2 100 133 113 136 stock Do. do. 4 per cen , . .... 100 100 102 stock Do. do 5( c. No. 4 5 Do: do. 4 10 p. c. shares.. all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 0 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.p.) 100 127 130 stock Do.4p.c.S.(cliv.def.til '651 100 71 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Fret lOO stock ton. That, and Dover lOO 94 97 f,Do.W. A rceiv. no div 10{1 Ex.A ill 6pcispd on } all i 10. B B. & 13rcim ex. all , 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 34 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy, and Nuneaton, sp. ct lOO stock Lon. & 5.W,7 p. ot. stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO Is. Id. Do. (Prism. perpl anns. of 2s. 6 d ..... ..... .... all 124 Londondy. & Cole. Ish all 12i Londony. & Ennis. sh all , 134 14 stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 1120 125 6 I )o. .C 6 stock Do. 34 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent. , 5 4 4 P 124 Maryoort & Car., 4p. c all 12 3 Do. 44 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. tip.c 100 132 134 stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 103 6 Do. 4; per °en , 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st 100 91 93 stock l'Norfik sp. o. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock !Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 100 stock ,Do. s Way.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock 'North British, sp. o lOO 109 111 stock 1 Do. New, gua. Sp. c.. , lOO 108 110 1) t 1 Do. Bor. trn. g. pt. he 5 , 1 14 p 10 ' ' Do. do. do all st Nth.Dev.Rall.&Dck.Co. 100 et N-EastCons.Pret. 4 p.c. 100 ,88 so 1 st IDo. 44 pc. redeemable lOO 99 101 st 'Do. G.N.E. 4 per a pref. 100 101 103 17 , Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. p i p p 20 IDo. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 _ 125 I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 _ 25 I Do. Tork, H. &S. Purch. 10 4d p 20 (North Staffordshire all .22 23 10 IRhymney Guaranteed. all 1 _ 8 4 'Scottish Central, new pt all st I Scottish North-Eastern ! 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 1 70 st I Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 , st I Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 132 134 10s. ,South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 10; 10 1 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all ! 1.0. I , ;outh Eastern (Readinz 1 1 Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 4; per cent lOO ,97 99 I at Do.Fixed Ip.c. Ist is. 100 197 99 st I • , outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 I et I Do. 44 per cent lOO I 98 100 st I Do. 5 per cent I 100 st I S. -Yorkshire , 4p. c. gua , 100 83 10 25 'Stock. & Dar. Asp. o 1 all 26 27 25 Do. B 6 Der cent all 31 32 25 Do. C 6 percent all 31 32 st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. e lOO 143 46 st W.Mid -Oxt Ist Guastk 100 1124 126 st Do. 2d do 100 ,119 121 at Do. Newport .5 p.c.ptred. 100 1100 103 st Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pt 1866 100 120 123 st Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. --- - ------ -- , 1 Railwas. „ ~, I Leasing Closing Business y ' a "" Co.'s ' Price. Done. Bedford and BletchleYall Ln &N.W, . • • • Bulkinghamshire lOO 'Do .. ..... 94 96 Chester & Holyhead 100 ,D 0... ..... 52 63 Do. 5a percent 100 IDo ....... 1 119 120 1191 Do. 5 „ , 100 ,DO.• .....1109 211 Clydesdale Juno lOO Caledon...ll o l 103 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.C' 15 16 E.Lincolnsh. g 610,1. c ICO 'Gt.North.ll32 134 E.Union,HarwicliShs all E.Counts .l 4 41 41 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 — Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drcl. 100 Cale * don.„l Do. new lOO Do. . Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. * West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. all Yk.N. Md. 1109 110 Do. halves I all Do. .l Do. quarters....... . all Lanc.&CarL gua.. 5 p.c.' 100 , 'Ln& . N.W.1195 200 London & Greenwich. , 100 ,S.Eastern 59 61 Do. Preference . .. 100 ,Do ... . ... 110 115 Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end' 100 ,Peto &Co. 83 86 84 3 i Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 !Norfolk.. Do. 6 per cent ' 100 ,Do. Mnc., Bxtn.,& Matlock' all L NW&M 3.1 3 1 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer-t, Newmarkt,BuryEx. ) ence Stock llOO ,Midland.. 94 96 gua. 5 percent... 51 ,. 5 s:E.Counts. a 1 p P Northn.&Eastn. 5p,. c., all Do. 55 57 Do. 6p. e........ , all ,Do — Do. Fixed 5 p. c.... .. all I Do. North Western all lyidland 151 lei Preston and Wyre. 1 I all I i. " 11 NW / I & L.Yk. Do. a Shares A., all ; Do. Bnystn.Hitch.,&Shepi 100 IGt.North ,129 131 129 nrewsbry& Hereford, 100 ,T.Brassey 120 125 Do. do. 1 I Do. I 1 lip S.-Staffordshire all lAuci ean.. ., _ Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 88 90 Wimbledon acroydp alit 1 L.4 Brun 64 Ili THE SUN, LONDON; WEDNESDAY EVENTNUT, AUGUST 21, 1861. LATV INTELLIGENCE.-1 This Day.) STATE OF TRADE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) THE ISLE OF WIGHT HOTEL COMPANY. A petition was presented in this case for winding up the affairs of the company, on the ground that it was unable to meet its liabilities. Mr. Lucas was for the petitioning creditors. Mr. W. Tate, solicitor, for the company, and also a creditor, did not oppose, and the order was made, none of the facts transpiring. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.) A LIGHT DAY-A PATIENT JURY. There were three causes on the list, the first being a mere matter of form. No attorneys being present, the jury waited patiently looking at the learned Secondary, who in formed them that very soon there would be no business as the remanets were being quickly used up. By and by the second cause was withdrawn, and the jury were informed that an attorney would be in attendance very soon. The jury still waited, and after a few more minutes it was mys teriously announced ihat the third case had been with drawn. Just as the jury were leaving the box the plaintiff in one of the cases came into court, and was surprised to hear his little matter had been withdrawn. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A SOLICITOR. Richard Austwick Westbrook, a solicitor, was charged on the coroner's inquisition, with killing and slaying Jane Janet Cathery, the grand jury having yesterday ignored the bill against him for manslaughter. Mr. Orridge said that as the grand jury were of opinion that the death of the lady was caused by accident, he should not, with permission of the Court, offer any evi dence on the present indictment. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and he was discharged. THE CASE OP BARON DE VIDIL. Sergeant Ballantine, on behalf of the prisoner, applied to his lordship to fix a day for the trial, in order that the necessary arrangements might be made. After a short discussion his lordship appointed Friday next. The baron elected to be tried by a jury composed entirely of Englishmen. DR. GRIFFITH JONES'S CASE. Dr. Griffith Jones was placed at the bar, indicted with feloniously forging and uttering a certain will and testa ment, purporting to be the will of Sophia Bellis, deceased. There was also another indictment against him for wilful and corrupt perjury. Sergeant Ballantine (with whom were Mr, Clark and Mr. Giffard) made an application for the postponement of the trial, on the ground that the evidence was of a very voluminous nature, and that he had not had time to make himself fully acquainted with the whole of it. Sergeant Parry opposed the application. His Lordship thought the request of the learned sergeant might be granted, and therefore he would postpone the trial till the first Wednesday in the next session. CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. James Roe, 42, a clergyman, was indicted for feloniously forging an order for £6,000, with intent to defraud. The facts of this case have already appeared in the The Sun during the examination of the prisoner at the Bow street police -court. It will be recollected that the Rev. J. Roe, the prisoner,was the nephew of Mr. E.Roe who had car ried on business in Macclesfield, and realised a fortune. The prisoner anticipated that he would have been appointed re siduary legatee under the will of Mr. Roe, but that turned out not to be the case, and he was simply left £5OO. The will was made on the 26th of December, 1858, but a codicil was added on the 30th, and on the Ist of January, 1859, he died. The prisoner expressed his disappointment at the directions of the document, and lodged a caveat in the pro per aloe for the purpose of disputing the validity of the will. After some correspondence the caveat was withdrawn by agreement with the prisoner, but afterwards another party, at the instance of the prisoner, filed a petition disputing the will, and the cause was tried at Chester in April, 1860. The petition did not suceeed, and it was suggested that the prisoner having failed to become possessed of a conside rable part of the property of the testator, devised a scheme to obtain the sum of £6,000 out of it. The will contained a direction to pay all outstanding cheques at the time of his death, and the prisoner went to the attorneys, Messrs. Salmon and Coute, and told them that he had dis covered, by accident, a cheque for £6,000 drawn by the testa tor in his favour a day prior to his death, and he accounted for the cheque not being presented until the 6th June, by the circumstance that, as he had to make periodical visits to Bath and Macclesfield, the letter containing the cheque had been by some means overlooked. The payment was dis puted, and proceedings in Chancery were taken to recover the amount, when circumstances arose which tended to show that the cheque was a forgery, and the present trial arose out of those proceedings. The letter enclosing the cheque, the envelope, and the post marks thereon, were also alleged to be forgeries. (The case was not concluded when we went to press.) NEW COURT. (Before Commitisioner Kerr.) CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Thomas Stamford, clerk, 43, who was acquitted yester day on the charge of embezzling and stealing several sums of money, the property of the South-Western Railway Company, was again placed at the bar this morning on a similar indictment. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULTS.—SEVERAL CASES.—Patrick Mahoney, a rough-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Mansfield as follows : Mr. Thomas Samuel Edwards, of the Black Horse, Tot tenham-court-road, said—Last night the prisoner came into my house and used such vile language that all my customers left. The prisoner, seeing that I was a cripple, put himself in a fighting attitude, and on my attempting to put him out he blackened my eye. With the assistance of my young man I got him outside, when he jumped up and broke a pane of glass of the value of 305., and also tried to break another. 11e , then tried to kick me in a delicate part, and struck rue twice on the head. The irisoner has been a great annoyance to the neighbourhood for years, only coming there when in St. Giles's his con duct was so bad that they would not serve him. His con• duct was also beastly in the extreme. A Constable—l have known the prisoner for 10 years, your worship, and he has frequently been convicted for assaults. Mr. Mansfield—For assaulting the complainant you will have to pay 405., or 2 months, and when the penalty is paid, or the imprisonment has expired, you will have to pay 30s. or one month for the damage to the glass, so that in de fault of pa) ing you will have three months in all. Susan Sullivan, Michael Sullivan, and John Hickey, all low-looking persons, and who are said to frequent the Haymarket nightly for the purpose of getting up rows so that thieves may pick pockets, were also charged as follows : Smith, 327 A, said—l was in the Haymarket this morn ing when I heard screams of "murder,' and " police," and on going to the spot I heard the female using the most dis gusting language. I attempted to take her into custody, when she jumped up, kicked me, spat in my face, and used the most fearful language. A young man came to my assistance, when four men, of whom the male prisoners are two, attempted to get the young man away, and got him down, and while on the ground they kicked him repeatedly. They had all been drinking. Mr. Frederick Ensoll, draper, of Broad-street, Golden square, said—Seeing the last witness with the female, I assisted him, when the female bit my finger. The male prisoner then came up, threw me under an omnibus, and while on the ground I was ki3ked several times, and but for the assistance of some 'busmen I should have been severely injured. Sergeant Draper, 14 E--The female's language was the worst I ever heard. The female was fined 205., or a month, and the men 40s, or two months each. Thomas Wilson and Charles Calder were nest fined £5 each or a month, for an assault on Bartholomew Foley, 24 E. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that a great many Hungarian deserters are constantly arriving there by railway, and are lodged by the municipality in the suppressed convent of San Giacomo. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The inaugural ad dress is to be delivered by Mr. Fairbairn on the evening of Sept. 4, at Manchester. The members are to be invited to partake of the hospitalities of the Earl of Ellesmere, at Woraley, to the number of 600 on the 12th prox. THE CRICKETERS' TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.—The preparations for the departure of the cricketers of England for Australia are nearly completed, the friendly and liberal terms of the invitation recently received from the gentlemen and players of Victoria having been cordially responded to. The party will consist of 13 of our most eminent cricketers, selected from the "All England Eleven" and the "United Eleven." As the colonial players have attained a high de gree of proficiency great interest is evinced in both coun tries as to the results of the projected games. The list of the players chosen to represent the " Old Country," in which probably some changes may be made before the final selec tion is determined on, comprises the names of A. Diver, R. Daft, T. Hayward, G. Anderson, H. Stephenson, J. Caesar, J. Jackson, T. Hearne, R. Carpenter, J. Grundy, W. Caffyn, G. Griffith, and T. Lockyer. H. H. Stephenson has the management of the trip, in the place of G. Parr, who is reluctantly compelled to decline accompanying the expedition. MANCHESTER, Aug. 20.—The market continues without any material improvement. There is still the more cheer ful feeling in the yarn-market which set in towards the exd of last week, but purchasers are generally holding back except at low rates, and the business done is limited in amount. Owing to the upward tendency of cotton, some spinners are asking id. per pound advance, but probably there is no alteration of price since last week, wherever sales take place. The home-trade houses are operating more freely in 60's to 80's. In the market for piece goods the inactivity which prevailed all last week seems only the more decided to-day. In 40 -inch shirtings there is at present no business doing at all. Manufacturers have been pretty well engaged, and therefore careless about selling, but there contracts are now nin ing out, and some anxiety is shown. Prices are nominally unchanged, but no sales could be made except et a reduction of 3d. per piece. This applies to most India and China goods, and other fabrics are generally dull, with prices tending downward. The following is the report of Messrs. J. Slagg and Co.:—" We have again to report a very inanimate market and easier prices for nearly all kinds of goods. Those more particularly adapted to the India and China markets especially are neglected, and prices of 40-inch shirtings are fully 3d. per piece less than they were a fortnight ago, and other sorts in proportion. Long cloths and T-cloths, though flat, are firm at last week's quotations, being as a rule pretty well under contract." LEEDS, 20th.—The weather is favourable to harvest, even the showers which have fallen within these last few days being rather beneficial to the crops. Hence the hopes of cheap bread and collateral influences on trade and com merce keep the woollen manufacturers in good feeling, and there is deemed to be a fair prospect of a good trade for the winter. Still the market to-day has worn a quiet aspect, and only a very moderate amount of business has been done. The Lancashire houses aro not buying so freely as of late, nor are the sanguine expectations which some enter tained about the demand for woollen goods under the French treaty being realised, though., all things considered, p, fair amount of goods will probably go into France from this district as soon as the tariff comes into operation. ROCHDALE, 19th.—There is a little better feeling in the flannel trade, but the demand is scarcely equal to what is usual at this time of year. To -day being the pleasure fair, the market has been of quite a holyday character. Very little business was done in either flannels or wool, but the prices of both ruled steadily. Yorkshire goods are in moderate request. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Price. Paid, 58 62 96 98 100 all all all all 100 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 4 5i 35 38 40 43 32 35 32 35 98 D 9 1d of 96 98 ( 10 10} 104 10} 94 96 88 92 86 BR 96 88 90 92 5 7 —d 4} 41 d 11 li d id pr 191 191 d 101 102 98 /00 99a 100 a 99 100 20 21 02 65 4 6 101 102 id 3 .! 92 94 YAYS. 5i 6 , -p k 94 104 4 3h 2i 21, 22i 23k 8 81 8 81 19 20 38 39 84 94 39. 401 55 57 5 4 d 5i 6 8 Ai l i 1 24} tisi 64 7 91 10 201 211 1 1 345 355 75 78 24 tii 3 34 10 12 3} 31 4 5 16 11 336 356 11 2 1 1 38 42 46 5 3 31 4 41 56 66 8 0 34 36 t 295 305 26 21 I 110 120 25 27 11 11 5 54 16 18 i 35 38 290 100 75 85 55 95 11- 5 6 8 9 13 14 MINES. Riliwayo. Atlantic St Lawrence, Rom.,Barodatt.Cent Ind' (4u. 5 per cent..... Do, Do. Buffalo and Laze Huron Do. New . ... . . Do. Preference Buffs lo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1878 Do. do. June 1, 1871 Cleutta.ctS.Eastn. (Lin •; Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.; )CapeTown Jr Dock Scrip 'Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4,4 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G t. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... ,Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. ofCanada Shares , Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt., IDo. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 4i p. 0... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. qp. C. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 g. e. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda 1 Ry.ezLand(Lim.)g.6pel I Class A Capital Share; Do. do. Land d 0.... • • • . IDo. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde . • Ar Do. Punjaub .' Q. , Do. Do. ........ ca Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,Fa.A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..l ;osinese done THE DEBUSSCOPE. A German natural philosopher, M. Debug, has invented a new form of kaleidoscope which may be very useful to those engaged in the art of designing patterns. The com mon kaleidoscope is a tube enclosing two mirrors inclined to each other, so as to give a large number of images. One extremity of this tube is placed in a box, which receives a number of small objects, transparent or opaque, coloured or uncoloured ; in the other extremity is a hole through which the - objects are viewed. The combined images of these objects form regular figures, which are varied with every agitation of the tube and each displacement of the ob jects. Lately the kaleidoscope was improved so as to present images of natural objects, dead and living, which passed under the eyes of the spectator. The kaleidoscope under both these forms, however, has been only a toy, which was only occasionally used by the designers of embroidery. These mirrors of glass are replaced in the debusscope by two plates of silver, highly polished, placed vertically, so as to form between them an angle of 45 deg., at the bottom of a box, which has the form of an elliptical half cylinder. At the bottom the box has a triangular opening ; in front and at the top, the opening is half oval. By taking any design, regular or irregular, and placing it above the triangular opening of the debusscope, and looking at it thrsugh the upper opening, the most irregular outline appears trans formed into a regular and beautiful design. The novelty of the debusscope is not simply the substitution of a polished plate for two mirrors, but the arrangement of the apparatus, the idea of reducing the kaleidoscope to two vertical mirrors, and the use of a fixed object instead of small moveable ob jects. The debusscope may be made of any size. Instead of placing the mirrors in it at a fixed angle, they may be made to move round a vertical hinge, so as to obtain at pleasure any number of images. A graduated arc of a circle placed horizontally upon the apparatus, enables the obser ver to place the mirrors at any angle, and to reproduce any design. Every change in the apparatus, to the right or left, backward or forward, produces a new design. THE WEATHER.. WEATHER EXPECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. North Britain .. North-west to north-east, moderate. East Coast South Coast Ireland .. North-west to north, moderate ; fine. North-weeteriy, moderate; fine. .. North-west to north-east, moderate; fine. ,TEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. THE FORESTERS AT THE CRY 82AL PALACE. The Crystal Palace and its beautiful grounds yesterday presented one of those wonderful scenes of which it would require many repetitions indeed to blunt the interest. The occasion was the seventh annual festival of the Ancient Order of Foresters, —a body which, like the Druids, the Odd Fellows, and other kindred fraternities, consists of an orga nisation of affiliated benefit clubs, having its centre in the metropolis and its ramifications in all parts of the kingdom. In 1855 it occurred to the managers of the metropolitan association that the giving of a fete would be an admirable means of helping their finances, and of at the same time affording them selves a day's pleasure. In that year, accordingly, the first festival was held in aid of the widows' and orphans' fund of the London United District; and on that and subsequent occasions so much success attended the project, and so warmly have the country brotherhood entered into the spirit of these reunions, that Foresters' day at Sydenham Palace has now become a recognised popular institution. Last year 68,000 persons took part in the fete, a larger concourse than had ever -before visited the Palace; and, all things considered, yesterday exhi bited little symptom of any falling off in these monster gatherings. The South London branch of the society having announced its intention to hold a separate fete shortly on its own account, such an arrangement could not fail to detract from the con course assembled yesterday ; still, the total number of visitors, notwithstanding this division of strength, reached very nearly to 60,000. All the railway companies having termini in London ran excursion trains, which brought swarms of Foresters and their families from all parts of the country to swell the multitudinous throng. Alany of them travelled in the full costume . and insignia of the order—namely, a velvet cap, with waving plume of variously coloured feathers, a green tunic, broad sash, h ants man's horn, &c.—and attracted much notice by their singul ar if not p i cturesque appearance . S ome o f these ha ppy wights were very elaborately and even foppishly got up ; others were so ludicrously mis fitted, and withal so ungainly, that they excited in extinguishable merriment in the beholder. Perfect guys as the latter were, howlver, in everybody else's eyes, they were all unconscious of their defi ciencies, and seemed to derive an intensity of delight—which only a cynic would grudge them — from the innocent tomfoolery of playing Robin Hood and Little John for one day only. Others, and by far the majority of the brotherhood present, less fond of display, and yet unwilling to conceal their connection with the Order at such an unusual muster, wore a plain sash or simple rosette, the pattern of which indicated to the initiated the offices the bearer had filled Besides the multitudes brought by rail and steamboat from a distance, my riads from London and its suburbs went to Syden ham by the road. For their conveyance every de scription of vehicle, omnibus, cab, van, waggon, donkey cart, and costermonger's cart, was put into requisition; and from an early hour the route by Brixton, Clapham-road, and on through Dulwich was almost as bustling and animated as the road to Epsom on a, Derby-day. The stream of holiday folks, accompanied by bands of music and flags and banners, flawed on without interruption till farein the afternoon, and choked up every inlet to the Pa lace. The weather was magnificent, and, though the interior of the building was much frequented dur ing the day, the al fresco entertainments naturally attracted most patrons. The amusements for the occasion were provided on the most liberal and diversified scale, including a double display of the fountains, dancing on the green, concerts both in door and outdoor, archery, quoits, and other field sports, and a grand procession of the Foresters in their regalia and decorations, preceded by their bands and banners. The procession formed at one o'clock in the cricket-ground, and thence perambu lated the gardens and terraces, followed by a vast concourse of eager spectators. Its effect, as seen from the balconies of the Palace, though fine, was not nearly. so imposing as it might have been had the Foresters present only acted in a little better concert, and more generally fallen in to swell its ranks, instead of paying their assiduous devoirs to the fair sex, and also to the inexhaustible stores of porter and pork pies at an inopportune moment. Indeed, the grassy slopes in front of the Palace and in the gardens were the livelong day converted into one huge picnic, or aggregation of picnics ; and towards evening the debris of half eaten sandwiches, loaves, and meat, combined with the sad wreck of bottles and pewter pots, strewed over acres of what had so lately been grass, was something astounding to witness. Yet, although everybody gave himself up to the most perfect enjoyment, no wilful damage was done by any one, and all passed off with comparative decorum, and certainly with absolute good humour. The arrange ments of the railway companies were such as to obviate all avoidable delay or confusion with so enormous a press of passengers, and the return journey by the road was attended with all the ex citement and exuberant hilarity of a " Derby" night. Altogether, the " enillion"seemed thoroughly satisfied with its " out." This Day, between 8 and 13, l E. M. D. P. C. I. S. gam. -- Nairn 30.06 55 51 W. 2 , 6 0. 3 Aberdeen 29'99 54 50 N.W. 5 3 c. 3 Leith. Berwick 3O 00 58 s:i W. 1 2 b. 1 Ardrossan 3015 57 55 N.E. 2 7 c. 1 Portrush Shields Galway 3O/4 60 53 Calm 6 0. 1 Scarborough 3OlO 57 53 N.W. 2 4 c. 1 Liverpool Valentia 3028 59 58 L.W. 1 9 o. 3 Queenstown 30'27 59 58 W.N.W. 1 3 b. 1 Yarmouth 3019 59 57 S.W. 2 4 c. 3 London 3022 e 5 52 NW. 2 5 c. Cover 3019 66 62 W. 1 1 b. 1 Portsmouth 3O/6 58 55 N.W. 3 6 o. 1 Portland Plymouth Penzance EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; a., snow; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). IBIS DAY'S ShIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 21.—Wind this day at noon—North - Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 20.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Her Majesty's ship Furious, from China, &c. ; Prince Al bert, from Skien for Falmouth. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 20.—Wind W.—Arrived—Royah, from Hamburg for St. Thomas. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Sarah B. Jones, for St. John's, N.B. BRISTOL, 'Aug. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Litientas, from New York. PILL, Aug. 20.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Jane, for the West Coast of Africa. OFF PILL, Aug. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ceres, from New York; Wilhelmina, from New York for Glou cester. HOLYHEAD, Aug. 20.—Wind S. W.--Arrived—Zi, from Liverpool for Monte Video; Jenny Lind, from Deme rara for Lisbon. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gre cian, from Paraiba ; Ireian, from Porto Rico. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON - , Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Madam, from London ; Arago, steamer, from Havre, and sails to day for New York ; Delta, steamer, from Alexandria ; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Constantia, for Sunderland; Two Brothers, for Dunkirk; Little Ann, for Bridgewater; Robert and Mar garet, for Shields. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug: 20.—Blue Jacket, from Canterbury ; Richard Bustead, from San Francisco; Resolution, from Rio Grande ; Bowes, from Cronstadt ; John Middleton, from Archangel; Woodbine, from Bombay; Five Zusters, from Worcum. Arrived, Aug. 21.—Canada, from Leghorn; Sarah Love, from Montreal ; Mogen, from New York. Sailed—Lord Joh Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English grain to this morning's market were very moderate, but consisted, for the most part, of the new crop. Both red and white qualities, however, moved off slowly, at Monday's decline in the quotations of 2s to 3s per quarter. The imports of foreign wheat are less extensive. Gene t. lly speaking, the demand ruled inactive ; nevertheless, all good and fine samples maintained previous rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at full quotations. Barley was a dull sale, at the late decline, new malting being quoted at 33s to 38s per quarter. In malt very little was doing, on former terms. The oat trade ruled firm, and prices were well supported. Beans changed hands at previous rates. The supply on offer was small. Peas sold slowly at 38s to 40s for new white, and at 348 to 36s for new grey parcels. Fluur was dull, and the value of town-made shows a reduction of 4s compared with last week, the top price being Ms per 2801 b. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English.. 5lO 670 50 1 430 Irish 1360 6,080 19 0 , 18,530 1 s'o sack 1,950 brio. IVHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : _ _ _ Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s Sd to 5s Gd ; veal, 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is dull, and prices are further depressed. The plantation accounts are favourable, and the duty is backed at from £120,000 to £130,000, flOO 15 all 100 1 FOREIGN RAIL. Ale erian . Antwerp & Rotterdam, Ardenne5............. Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine ac Rail Copiapo .......• .. • • •••• Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of Francei Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... i Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref......... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) ,?;tia. 7 p. et. Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.. .. Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5} per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Urn, g. 7 p. c. S. Aust. &Lomb Yenetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p et. West 'gander!' ..... Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. f N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden .... 18.8. all all all a.ll all Do. 8 per cent Pref. Zealand all all 13 all all BRITISH Alfreil Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist East Bassett (Mogan). East Caradon ..... E. trl Russel (Tavistli.) 'Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alta. (Philack)! G. Wheal Vor (Helston)! Grenville Herod's- Foot Ilingston Downs Lady Bertha ,Margaret (tiny Lelant)l North Downs 'North Frances ( ogan): IN. WWI BasePt (1110 2,an). North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. l3lazey)l Providence (Uny Leint.), :Sortrid(re Cons. Min. Co. I South Caradon(St.Cleer)' S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim , S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)i Stray Park 'Tamar Silv.& Lead MM Tin Croft ;Vale of Towey (Carm )1 'West Basset (Illozan) , Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.), IVheal Kitty (IJ.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.), FOREIG Australian .E.lonAccord Copper,Lim i 17:6 ; ; Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim4 15 35 36 Do. Lan d and MmingCo.! all / 11 Clarendon Cons.MinCo.; & die. Cobre Copper all 35 37 ,Copiapo . 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co ail 1 Fortuna. .. all 1; 21 General all 22 24 IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 4 p ,Kapunda (Limited)....-I 1I 1 11 p Linares all 7 7; 71 'Lusitanian 2 / Id Mariquira all I N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L I 1 fd IPontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt t all 2 4 'Port Philip 1 lid 1} 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. id 4 United Mexican p all 44 41 41 I ; Worthing (Limited) all Do . JOINT:•STOCK BANKS. Agra&UnitedServiCe Bk 50 86 58 'Australasia all 'Bank of Egypt all 19 20 191 Bank of London 5O 53 65 51 1 !Bank of Turkey 3 1 Id 21 'British North American all 52 54 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 20; Ch. Mer. of In. Lon. & Ch. all 32 34 City Colonial ........ 1 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all Commercial of London. 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 161 161 ;Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 231 231 231 Do. new lO 24 21 ;London and County London Joint Stock London and S.African i 10 21 11 London & Westminster 20 66 6? 661 ; INat. Prov. of England . 12 !Do. new . ... • • (National Bank INew South Wales.— all 34 36 Orient. B. Corporation.! all 50 51 51 lOttoman Bank ..... . all 171 184 13 Provincial of Ireland Do. new ISouth Australia I all ' 32; 2 !Union of Australia Union of London 1 12 26 21 261 6 Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. iCan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July ' 1877-9 .l 100 107 110 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-21 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. , 100 105 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.' 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent 1 100 984 MI 981 1 • (Cape G. Elope, 6 p c,lBBOl 100 107 109 Do. 18901 100 107 109 7108 • N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, 100 105 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. , 100 105; • }N. S. W. Gov. sp. c.,18661 100 98 $9 • ' Do. -5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 i 100 98 99 98 1 • Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds, 100 98 99 98; • Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.l sterling, 1875. lO3 101; 105; - S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up 1 100 • Vic. G ov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 . Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 100 1061 1074 107 61 DOCKS. Australian 1 Bon Accord Copper, LI m. 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 5 Do. Land and Mini ngCo. I 'Clarendon Cons.MinCo i 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Col 2 Fortuna. .. 20 General 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 ,Kapunda (Limited) 1 8 Linares 5 ILusitanian 1 Pftar i qui ta 1 N.Rhin eCop ofS. Aus. L 20 IPontgibaud Silver,Lead: I Mining and Smelt 5 'Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) ! 13.2 14 United Mexican 1 ;Worthing (Limited) Do. ICornmercial lOO Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min ! 100 East and West India London lOO 'St. Katharine. lOO !Southampton lOO Victoria . .... 100 !Do New . 2 MISCELLA.NE, [Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic R. Ml. Stm ad)' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land. Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim.' Cop.Min.ofE n Do. Pref. 71 p er cen t Crystal Palace Do. Preferenc e g.&Smltg Do. 6p ct. Perpet. Deb E. India Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph ... Do. New ............ English & Aus. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship limited) Do. 17 p et Preference, Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)! L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.); Madras Irr. and Canal ' Med. Extcn. TeL (Li m )' National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim )I Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B. Australa si an (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) peeln.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c 1 Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scut. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do. Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst is. Fr.& Ln.Co. of Cpr.Can. l U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) Yllll Diemen'ti Land 117 119 56 68 60 62 93 95 d ,OUS. 13i 146 li 24 28 30 4} 4! 30 35 18 20 10 13 105 107 32 33 102 3C5 103 105 pr ip 93 05 3 1 a i ' i 1} 15 3 4 16d, 1 Old; 5 10 } 1 1 1; 1 1i 47 fio 69 71 10 12 174 18i 1 7 18 5 54 49 51 123 128 32 . 84 4 1 0 1 pr i /;) I I SI 9i 100 100 20'11 100 1011 20i 984 9 81 I i Ili lok I it 121 i 81} 2; 3 161 3.2.101 114.6 7.4.0 54i 178 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6, 1.10.61 2 9 1 11i 1.14.0 9.18.9 1i 10.6.7 5.9.0 all ! 2qt 13s 6dj 33 21 101 5 1* I 3} i 2; i f all all 15s. 8 100 all 100 all al► :all 1 5 1 28i, ---- PIIYSICAL EDUCATION: The importance of a larger amount of physical education, and of less time devoted to purely men tal training, is well emphasised by Mr. Edwin Chadwick in papers contributed to the recent Blue Books on Education. Mr. Chadwick statea that the present practice of long hours of teaching is a wide cause of enervation and predisposition to disease, and induces also habits of listlessness and dawdling. The half-time system is found to give nearly, if not quite, as good educa tion as the whole time ; and common sense tells us that a boy who has acquired the same amount of knowledge in half the time of another boy, must have obtained a proportionately superior habit of mental activity. It is this alertness, combined with the bodily aptitudes, created by drill, that gives the comparatively stunted boys of the town a prefer ence over the strong robust lads from the coast. Gooa schoolmasters say that about three hours a day are as long as a bright, voluntary attention on the part of children can be secured, and that in that period they may really be taught as much as they can receive ; all beyond the profitable limit is waste. Hence it is urged that part of the present long school hours be de voted to gymnastic exercises or drill, as part of the system of education, or that the half-time sys tem be more adopted. Drill is very strongly re commended by many eminent men, who give their testimony in these papers. It improves the health, the carriage, the manners, even the character ; sharpens the attention, gives habits of obedience, promptness, regularity, and self restraint. " I should consider a youth of double value," says Mr. Whitworth, " who has bad the training of the nature of a drill ; he attends to commands ; he keeps everything he has to do with in a high state of cleanlinEss ; defects are corrected, and special qualifications brought out. „ " We find the drilled men very superior," s ays Mr. Fairbairn. " They are constantly in readiness for the protection of the country," writes Lieut.:Cie% Shaw Kennedy. "Men are frequently required," says Mr. R. Rawlinson, C.E., " to use their strength in concert, for which they must have confidence in one another. I have frequently seen trained men weed out unskilled men where heavy lifting Las been required, because they dare not risk the dan ger arising from unskilled strength." THE COCA PLANT. We, some months ago, gave a short account of the Peruvian plant Erythroxyton Coca, stating that although when taken in excess it has an inebriating and stupefying effect, yet in moderate doses it braces the system, and will enable a man to work or walk t for e two monopoly o r three of this days w p i ln t a ho t, ut food. The Ipea© had h and used to distribute it as a favour to their nobility and the foreign chiefs who voluntarily acknowledged their power. The Spanish conquerors were too keen to allow such a monopoly to slip out of their hands, and favoured the introduction of the drug among the people, and among the labourers in the mines. Dr. Gosse, of Geneva, lately read some curious statis tical details about this plant, at, a sitting of the Societe d'Acclimatation. In the 16th century, coca plantations, yielding an annual income of from 21,000 fr. to 200,000 fr., were not rare. The mines of Potosi, which alone absorbed from 90,000 to 100,000 bales of 25 livres each, thus produced a net annual revenue of 2,500,000 fr. In the following centuries the home trade in coca diminished for different reasons ; but about 1794 it had again become flourishing, and annually pro duced 15,000,000 f.; in 1831, it rose to 15,500,000 f. Dr. Gosse thence concludes that. the plant must really possess some intrinsic property, and not a mere imaginative value. He mentions its good effects in rheumatic and muscular af fections, as also as a prophylactic against marshy . emanations, &c. It has been only lately introduced into Europe, and chemical analysis has extracted a new alkali from it, called Cocaine. The taste of the leaves resembles that of tea. Dr. Gosse adds in his paper that thera peutic experiments have been commenced 'with this drug at the lunatic asylum of Bicetre. He further proposes that attempts be made to accli matise the plant. The mean temperature to which it is exposed in its own country is 59 deg. Fahr.; it will not resist frost, and dry weather is injurious to it. The soil on which it grows is siliceous, clayey, and volcanic, but generally light, Dr. Gosse thinks it would thrive in the Wrest Indies, Guiana, the dis trict of Yemen in Arabia, the siliceous and well watered soil of Algeria, and the Italian and Spanish coas t s o f the Mediterranean, FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. 4. SCARBOROUGH, Tuesday Morning, Aug. 20.—The gay and fashionable watering place of Scarborough has this morning been thrown into gloom and sor row by a melancholy catastrophe that occurred yesterday evening, whereby the lives of ten gentle men, all visitors to Scarborough, were unfortunately lost. Yesterday morning a miscellaneous party as sembled on the sands, determined to take a boat to Flamborough for a shooting excursion. The party in the boat comprised 13 persons—viz., the master and a boy and 11 gentlemen. The wind at the time they embarked (about half -past 10 in the morning) was blowing very strongly from the west, in fitful squalls or gusts. The boatman, however, did not think he was overcrowding or overweighting his boat, which was one of 18 feet keel, and the party accordingly set off. All went well in the voyage up, and though the wind blew smartly the boatman saw no danger. Having arrived at Flamborough, the party landed and proceeded to the Star Inn, where they stayed some time. They re-embarked for Scarborough about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the boatman, who is one of the threessurvivors, was of opinion that some of the party were rather un duly excited after leaving Flamborough, partly in consequence of which, and partly owing to the in creasing strength of the wind, he determined *hen about three-quarters of a mile from Flamborough to stand in more under the cliffs. About this time they were passed by two Flamborough fishing ves sels, the master of one of which states that he saw nothing particu!arly dangerous in the condition or appearance of the boat, while the other says he thought she was overcrowded, but did not seem to be in any danger. We should have said that on the return voyage there were only 12 people in the boat—Mr. George Wike, of Barnsley, having purposely remained at Flamborough, in order to return to Scarborough by rail. His motives were partly a nervous dislike to the strong weather, and partly a slight incisposition tinder which he was labouring, which he thought might be increased if he took cold by getting wet in the boat—the water occasionally having splashed over ber in spray. About five minutes after the fishing vessels passed the boat the attention of the men on board one of them was casually directed to it, and to their horror they saw her lying with her sail half under water, and in an instant she filled and went down. The fishermen hastened to the spot, where they arrived in time only to save the master and the boy, who were both expert swimmers. They beckoned the other fishing vessel to theif aid, and its crew picked up two bodies, which preyed to be Mr. John Brad shaw and Mr. James Street, both of Ashton-under- Lyne. They waited about for a considerable - time, but nothing came to the surface bat a few walking sticks. The bodies of the drowned men were life less when picked up, and the master and boy were much exhausted. They were brought to Scar borough by the fishermen. The boatman states that when he determined to come nearer the shore it was necessary to turn the boat, previously to doing which he gave notice to his passengers. A strong squall took her while the foresail was yet hauled to windward, the boat not being sufficiently turned, and the slight lurch she then gave was fatally in creased by several of the party, who, utterly re gardless of the boatman's previous request to be careful and to stand on the high side of the boat, actually in their extremity seized the gunwale over which the water was running, and thus by their weight added to the danger. The boat im mediately filled, and ten of the party, comprising all the visitors, except Mr. Wike, were drowned. A coroner's inquest on the bodies that were reco vered has been held at the . Old Town-hall this morning. The bodies were at once identified by a gentleman who had been acquainted with the deceased. Mr. Wike stated that he was one of the party ; that they had a little shooting while off Flamborough ; that they landed and went to the Star Inn ; that while there he feared some of them had drunk rather too freely, so as to be a little excited, but not intoxicated ; that, observing this, seeing the increasing strength of the wind, and feeling rather unwell, he decided on returning by rail ; that he en deavoured to persuade a friend (Mr. John Asquith) to remain with him, but failed ; that he did not see the boatman take more than a glass of ale, and that, he appeared a very competent person in the manage ment of the boat; that in his opinion the boat was rather crowded, but while they were shooting, and sitting in an orderly manner on the voyage up, there appeared to be room enough, and that the boat shipped very little water while he was in her. Robert Major and Moses Smith deposed to seeing the boat (as above stated), and to picking up the bodies, together with the boatman and boy. Smith stated that as they passed the boat no signal was made to them (the fishermen), and nothing appeared, wrong further than that in his opinion there were too many in the boat. They brought the bodies to Scarborough. Edward Heselton, the boy saved, said that when about three-quarters of a mile from Flamborough, and out at sea, he heard the master say he was going about. - Witness was then in the forecastle, when a sudden squall caught the boat, and he felt the passengers rush to the wrong side, and she instantly swamped. The boy says he went down to the bottom with the boat, as he thought he felt her touch the rocks before he could float out of the hole in which he was at fhe time. This was thought to be improbable, as the water was very deep. He described the scene as a very fearful one when he came to the surface. He saw the drown ing men convulsively clutching at each other, and beard them screaming for help. He pulled off part of his clothes while he floated on his back. Wit ness is 12 years of age. The evidence of the boatman, George Hewitson, is embodied above. He stated that shortly after embarking to return he ordered all the guns to be discharged, and requested everybody to keep still, see ing they were rather unruly, and the weather was become more squally. When the squall took the boat he did his best to recover her, but failed. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. They acquitted the boatman of blame, but remon strated with him for overcrowding his boat. The names of the gentlemen lost Bradshaw, James-stieet, Ashton-under-Lyne; John Asquith, J. Ogden and A. Ogden, jun. , D ewsno p , Duckin field, Manchester ; J. Hobson, Hyde , Cheshire ; J. Batty, Ashton-under-Lyne- The other three h a d not been ascertained whe n our p arcel left. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. J`- - (From the Registrar-Genersl's Weekly Return.) The improvement in the public health which was noticed in the last return has not been maintained, the deaths, which were then 1,172, having risen to 1,257 in the week ending last Saturday. The high temperature during the first days of the week, reaching a maximum of 89.3 deg in the shade on Monday, was perhaps the cause of the increase. The mean temperature of the air during the week was 65.3 deg., b e i ng the highest recorded during the present year. If the deaths from cholera in the 33d week of the epidemic year 1854 are excluded, it will be found that the average number of deaths in the week cor responding with last week was 1,107, which cor rected for increase of population will become 1,218. Hence it appears that the deaths of last week ex ceeded the corrected average by 39. Diarrhoea was fatal in 208 cases, including 184 children, 129 of whom wereunder one year. Cholera. or choleraic diarrheea caused 15 deaths, 14 were those of children under 10 years of age. A pen sioner, a g ed 62 years, in the East Indian army , died at 8, Risbies-ropewalk, Limehouse , of " exhaus tion from choleraic diarrhoea." Scarlatina and diphtheria caused 57 deaths, whooping-cough 45, typhus, 34, phthisis 130, and violence 56. Old age carried off 43 persons, of whom three were widows, aged 90, and one a male, aged 96. The registrar of the City-road sub - district of St. Luke's calls at tention to a house (No. 29 , George's-row) which is let out in lodgings, and was recently occupied by Leven adults and 24 children ; four of the children died during the last month, three by scarlatina, and one by teething and diarrhoea. Last week the births of 889 boys and 810 girls, in all 1,699 children , were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851- 60 the average numbe r was 1,621. At the Royal Obs ervatory, Greenw i c h, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.762 in. The barometrical readings rose to 29 . 97 in. on Saturday, and fell to 29.60 in. on Monday. . The mean temperature o f the ai r in the week was 65 3 deg., which is 3 8 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years'(as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average on the first five days of the week, and rose to 67.7 deg. on Sunday, and 72.9 deg. on iv ely 6 dego pon -3 deg. i a t nd attained ll in abloonvdeatyh,ebaverages.The pt highestthe week by the thermometer in the shade was 89'3 deg. on Monday ; the lowest night temperature was 49.8 deg. on Saturday. The range of tempera ture was 32.3 deg. on Monday, and only 8 . 2 deg. on Friiay. The mean daily range was 21.2 dreg. The greatest heat in the sun was 138.8 deg. on Henday. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 66.5 deg., there being only 1 deg. of difference between the highest and lowest mean readings of the week. The difference between the mo an dew point temperature and air temperature was 7.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air • was 79, complete saturation bein rppresented by 101 ). The g general dire c tion of the wind was south-wee. t. Rain fell on three days tothe aggregate amount of 0.17 in. !eS ag of or ri— se. he ri ha 7e- 201 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock Share 17i 20 stock stock BtOOK stock stock stock stock stook stook 1000