The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

PROSPECTS OP THE _HARVEST. There seldom was a year when the prospects of the harvest were either more varying or more im portant than we now find them. About ten weeks ago the indifferent yield of last year, the extra ordinary consumption of the war, the fact of large corn-growing districts in the East having been left untilled and the backwardness of the spring, raised the prices of grain to a pitch at least very dis couraging to commercial enterprise. Then came several weeks of unusual heat, during which the crops ripened so fast that there arose a new panic ; bands could not be found, railway works were sus pended to release labour for the fields, but the farmers would not bid high enough; they trusted to a continuance of the fine weather ; and much grain that might have been got in was allowed to remain on the field. There was then a sudden change of weather, which told severely on the crops, whether standing or cut. The market rose, and we were threatened with scarcity. We have now bad a week of fine drying weather ; and each day we read that the corn market is " dull," or " drooping," or " heavy," as the gratifying prospect of plenty is usually announced. The clear sky now above our heads certainly seems to pro mise ample opportunity for saving all that is still ungarnered, and it will be the fault of the farmer if his rickyard is not at least as well filled as in most former years. Thus far there is no prospect of prices receding to a point injurious to agricultural interests, but there is little doubt of that plenty which is necessary for the interests of trade and the comfort of the people at large. Such are the fluctu ations to which we have been exposed in the brief space of ten weeks. The importance of the question consists in the obvious advantage of what may be called a commercial revival just now. It would on all accounts be a great thing for Europe if the minds of men could be diverted from painful topics, from sores ever ready to break out anew, and feeling ever threatened with collision, to the vulgar but more useful rivalry of material enter prise. Railways, steampackets, mines, manufac tures, the conflux of traders, the currents of traffic, and even the streams of summer tourists, un doubtedly tend to unity and peace, and slowly but surely conduce to the improvement of mankind. One of their first conditions is plenty, and that we may now reasonably expect for one more year. From the Continent the accounts of the harvest are still more favourable. As it was earlier than in this country, it has not suffered to the same extent by the general change of weather three weeks ago. A well-known correspondent, writing from Magdeburg on the 30th ultimo, and recording his observations on a journey from England, describes the harvest as every where much above the average, and, for some hundreds of miles, more abundant than in this country. As this occurs where the proportion of tillage is much larger than with us, the result is all the more important. There is probably an im mense increase upon former years, and of that in crease England will have the full advantage. The great fretwork of railways is rapidly pervading and penetrating the whole continent of Europe, and not only the vast plains of Germany and France, but even the valleys of Switzerland, are now traversed by the locomotive. The effect upon prices is the same as we have already experienced in this coun try. But a few years ago the most saleable and movable things—wheat, fat beasts, horses, butter, cheese, and eggs—varied considerably in price in districts not very wide apart ; and it was usual for families to fix their residence in this neighbour hood or that, because, it being thirty or forty miles from a market, the necessaries of life were ridiculously cheap. Meat was cheaper by two pence a pound ; butter was only half the price ; eggs were to be had in incredible abun dance, and poultry at fabulous prices, because the only means of conveying these articles to the dis tant market were slow, costly, and precarious. All that is now past. In England, at least, leav ing Wales and the Highlands out of the question, the market is becoming almost uniform, and no one district is at much disadvantage compared with the rest. Railways are doing the same for the Contin ent, and prices are consequently often twice what they were a few years ago. It is so, at least, in all articles of the better quality, for the English will have the best of everything, and appear every where as the rivals of the native consumer. Thus year by year Europe becomes one vast market, and we recover from those great fluctuations that but the other day were of frequent occurrence. There are many things to be considered in com paring the cost of production in countries and populations so different as those enumerated in the letter of our correspondent ; and perhaps some of these may escape the notice of the most vigilant railway traveller. Where labour is cheap it is commonly thought to be so much the less valuable ; if agricultural implements are simple, they may be so much the less capable of heavy work, and light carts are often a necessity of bad roads. If there are no trees or hedgerows to ob struct the rays of the sun and harbour birds and insects, on the other hand the subdivision of pro perty, and the minuteness of the patches devoted to the different crops, present a more effectual check to profitable cultivation. Throughout great part of Germany, indeed, there are large domains, and farms of corresponding proportions. But we are slow to believe that even in the vast plains of central Europe, or the fertile banks of the Etbe, agriculture is under any considerable advantage compared with this country. At all events, we should like to see the comparison instituted by those who have had the advantage of a residence, with ample means of information. Undoubtedly, a large proportion of the Continent is cultivated in a way that would not answer in this country, and that would rain both peasant and proprietor in the end. Nevertheless, in such a year as this the result is an abundant harvest, not only of grain, but of pota toes, beetroot, and many crops little known here ; and by all accounts we are promised an abundance which will tell even on future years. This, too, is plenty after peace. It comes at a time when labour, money, and enterprise are happily released from the unproductive employments of war. It is not unreasonable to hope that such a prospect, and the undertakings which will invite the co-operation of different States, will serve to heal sores, to efface painful memories, and even soften and humanise the despotisms now so formidable to the tranquil lity of Europe. The arts of peace may not always be successful for this purpose, but there is at least less risk in them than in the cast of war. — Times. The Scinde Railway Company yesterday despatched Mr. William Brunton, and a staff of six engineers, by the steamer Indus, for Bombay and Kurrachee, en route for the Punjaub, to prosecute the survey of the country between Mooltar, Lahore, and Umritsir. Mr. Brunton was appointed by the railway company under the sanc tion of the India House, and it is expected from the facilities which the Purjaub Government are said to be prepared to afford that the preliminary survey of the line will be completed by the end of the ensuing cold season. THE LATE Six RICHARD WESTRACOTT, R.N.—There was a time when the death of Sir R. Westmacott would have created more sensation in the world of art, both in England and on the continent, than is likely now to be the case when a younger race of sculptors have arisen, with a new school more or less of their own creation. Sir Richard died at his Gown residence in South A wllcy. street on the Ist inst., in his 82d year, after an illness of about three weeks' duration. Richard Westmacott was born in London in 1775, and, showing early signs of his future vecat'on, adopted the profession of a sculptor when he was quite a child. Having received the firstrudi ments of instruction in the studio of his father, who was a sculptor of some emi nence i n Mount-street;Grosvenor 'square, he visited Rome in 1793, where he is said to have studied for a time under Canova. Be this as it may, in the following year he received from the Academy of Florence their first premium for sculpture, and the medal of his Holine-s in 1795, in which year he was also elected a member of the Academy of Florence. Having passed some years in the classic regions of Italy, and made him- Eel familiar with the best remains of ancient art, he re turned to England, and established himself in the west end of Londore where he soon gained an extensive repu tation. In 1805 the Royal Academy of London elected him an associate of their body, and he became in 1816 a Royal Academician. Toe works of art by w hi ch be was best known ars his statues of Addison, Pitt, an d Erskine, his statues of the late Duke •f Bedfo rd and of Charles James Fox, in Bedford and Russell-squares, an d his monuments to Sir Ralph Abercromby, Lord Coili ng . wood, and others in Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral, together wi(h the elegant and classical figure of Psyche, so much admired by every lover o f art for its ele gance of form and chastity of expressica. Besides these he designed the colossal statue of Achilles in Hyde-park and the statue of Ne'son at the Liverpool Exchange, and together with Flaxman and Bally, a p irtion of the figures on the frieze of the marble arch originally erected at Buckingham Palace, but now standingat Cumber l a nd gate. His latest work, we believe, was the sculptured iment at the British Museum. In 1827 he succeeded Flaxman as Professor of Sculpture in the Royal Acade my, and held that appointment until his decease ; he had not, however, exhibited since 1339. His artistic works are all strictly classical in their style, but partake far more of the Roman than of the Greek character. They are not abstract and ideal, or of the highest order of conception, but living and breehing realities, executed to ' the life in a bold and severe style. Among the best known of his productions are "The Distressed Mother," which be executed in 1822 for the Marquis of Lansdowne; "The liouseless Traveller, a copy of which is in Westminster Abbey; his rtEupbrosyne," for th e late Duke of New castle in 1837; his two statues "Cupid" and " Psyche, " in p o ssession of the D uke of Bedf ord ; together with a large alto relievo, " The death of Horace," which be executed for the late Earl of Egremont, and which we believe is still in the gallery at Petwerth. He received the honour of knighthood as an acknowledgment of his artistic merits in 1837. Sir R. Westmacott married, in 1798, Dorothy Margaret, the daughterof Dr. Wilkinson. His son, Mr. R. Westmacott, is a Royal Academician, and has inherited a large share of his father's genius. THE SUN; tiONDOI - 4, FRISAA EVENING SRPTEMBER 1866: THE PRESENT CO.NDITION OF MEXICO. Advices from Mexico to the sth ult. give a rather full detail of the present condition and prospects of the republic. The opinions expressed, however, differ widely. According to some writers, the Liberal party is gaining strength, and the power of President Comonfort is gradually becoming conso lidated. Apprehensions of a Ministerial crisis from the resignation of Senor Montes, the Minister of Justice, had been dispelled by his resumption of office ; the article in the new constitution guaran tee ing religious toleration, on which a severe struggle was expected, had been adopted by Con gress ; the sales of church property were progressing satisfactorily, and were likely to bring in a con siderable sum ; and although an outbreak, headed by Vidaurri and promoted by Texan sympathisers, had broken out, the people were confident iu the ability of the Government to put him down. On the other hand, a communication from an intelli , gent observer, dated three days previously to the last account from New Orleans, where intelligence of the adoption of the measure for religious liberty had been received by telegraph, gives the following unfavourable view : " The state of anarchy which had long been threatening this country is now firmly established, and will, no doubt, reach its full development very shortly. Vidaurri has at last thrown off his mask, and has openly proclaimed the independence of the northern States under his control, which, as a matter of course, will share the same fate as Texas, and soor. form part of the American Union. A change of Government in Jalisco served as a pretext for those that were dissatisfied to create disturbances in that depart. ment, which is now also in a state of open rebellion ; and, though we are told that the Government forces have taken possession of the chief town (Guadalaxara), no reliance is to be placed on the fidelity of that province, which has. ever been foremost in the complicated history of Mexican revolutions, and is notorious for its disposition to separate from the rest of the republic, in order to form a separate and independent nation by itself. " Similar symptoms have been observed for some time past towards the south, in the province of Guerrero, which has been under the absolute sway of the Mulatto General Alvarez for many years past. In fact, it would be long and tedious to describe all the elements of dissolution which are now at work, and seem to threaten the country with im pending ruin. In the meantime, great dissatisfaction pre vails in all classes of society, and rumours of a fresh revo lution to upset Comonfort's Administration are daily cir culated, while the latter appears blind to the precarious character of the power hi wields, and instead of adopting wise and conciliatory measures, is ruling in the most des potic manner in spite of the ultra-liberal principles he had sustained till he was elected president. To make matters worse, Comonfort's Government and the Congress aro waging war against each other in the most relentless way. Each party threatens to upset the other, and it is whis pered that many days will not pass before Congress is dis solved. " The sale of the church property has hitherto proved a complete failure, and it is not impossible that Fom e politi cal change may put a stop to it altogether. The Govern ment have consequently been disappointed in their ex pectations of receiving a large amount of money out of the tax paid for the transfer of real estate, and it is, as usual, just as poor as it is extravagant and negligent about its finances.' "Congress is now discussing a question of great import ance —viz., that of religious liberty, and, though the debate has already lasted four days, no decision has yet been adopted; but, of course, great agitation prevails both in the Chamber and among the public, and the result is looked for with great anxiety by all parties." PONTOON WAGGONS. WOOLWICH.—In pursuance of directions received from the Secretary of State for the War Depart ment, Mr. Francis's floating metallic pontoon waggon, which was tested in sundry ways a short time back in the outer basin of Woolwich Dock yard, was on Tuesday submitted to some additional trials on the canal in the Royal Arsenal. These experiments are watched on the part of the Go vernment by Colonel Bainbrigge, R.E., inspector of fortifications ; Captain Catlin, C. 8., director general of naval artillery ; Captain Boxer, R.A., superintendent of the Laboratory in Woolwich Arsenal ; Captain T. A. Campbell, assistant-secre tary to the select committee ; Captain Clark, R.A., acting military superintendent of the carriage fac tory ; and Mr. Abel, superintendent of the chemi cal department of the Laboratory. Mr. Francis, the patentee, was present to direct the experiments. The first experiments consisted in thrusting the waggon, with the whole of its appurtenances, feed ing-trough and gear attached, into the water. Seven men then entered the waggon, and rolled and rocked about, and endeavoured to capsize it, but they could not succeed in bringing the gun wale to the water's edge. Boxes of iron, weighing 12cwt., were then added, making the aggregate weight amount to 21i cwt. The waggon was then rowed across the water to prove its float ing capabilities, and also to show the advantage which an army would possess in crossing unford able rivers, if supplied with these pontoon wag gons, which are driven through the stream with out the necessity of detaching the horses. Some very powerful efforts were again made to upset it, but without success. It was then hoisted out of the water by means of a crane, without removing any of the load, and cleared out, the body being taken off and again thrown into the water. Seven men were ordered into the boat, and the boxes of iron were increased to 22 cwt. It was then rowed about, rolled and rocked as before, and struck with a sledge-hammer some 20 or 30 blows on one spot without any visible effect on the rivets or joints. After being carefully examined it was mounted on its carriage, and dragged up to the practising butt. An artilleryman standing at a range of 100 yards then fired a couple of Millie rifle balls through the sides. In each case the ball traversed without splintering clean through the body, carrying with it a portion of the metal. The success of this expe riment was considered cf great importance, as con siderable injury results in many cases from tia scat tered splinters of the carriages in present use. Mr. Francis then got into the waggon and closed the perforations with a few blows of a hammer, leaving only the spots which had been carried away by the balls. This, he explained, could be repaired in the most simple manner by any one " with any bit of metal and two or three old nails." A couple of the feeding troughs serve as a canoe to convey one man with a paddle across a stream, and four of the bodies connected form an excel lent raft, capable of supporting any heavy ordnance of the service. By keeping the running gear attached they can run in and out of the water with great facility ; and by making some alterations in the construction, it could be packed up in a small compass for the convenience of transport. ELECTRIC COM3IUNICATION WITH AMERICA..—SOUND ING THE ATLANTIC.—Lying at anchor off Queenstown I r the last few days may have been observed a small, unsightly, ill-painted, rusty-bottomed screw steamer, without one point of attraction about Ler, except the stars and stripes fluttering in the breez?. Yet that boat and some of the officers she contains have been the worlu's wonder for a season, and have just now concluded a task which is the forerunner of an event more wonderful still. The Arctic was the vessel that was sent to rescue Dr. Kane, who bad previously been sent to rescue Franklin. She was successful, and brought horse Dr. Kane and his crew, who had been obliged to abandon his ship and search. She was then a light ship on the American coast. She is now the bearer of Lieut. Strain, of Darien noto riety, and Capt. Berriman, who was before, and now again, crossed from Newfoundland to take soundings of the hole Atlantic from St. John's to Valencia, with a view to ascertain the probable success with which a telegraphic cable may he laid between these points. The result is satisfactory. For some 50 or 60 miles from St. John's, and again on this side, is a bank varying from twenty-five to one hundred and twenty fathoms. Be tween these there is a plateau nearly level, the bottom soft, composed of shells so fine that only the microscope can discover them, each shell perfect ii its minute beauty, proving the absence of currents at the bottom, and with die deference to Stephenson and others, the want of that vast pressure, which was to be so dreaded, and ex hibiting at every point not only a capacity, but the most perfect capacity, for the very use-for which it is re quired. The whole apparatus for arriving at these facts is most perfect. Steam-power, separate from that of the ship, works the axle from which the sounding-line is " paid out." Soundings have been taken to the depth of 27,000 fathoms. By a neat contrivance each sound ing shows not only the depth, but the nature of the bot tom, which is brought up in five quills, and the tempe rature of the water, the latter being given by the expan. sion or the contraction of metallic spiral ribandi placed round a centre pin, fixed at the top, and attached at bottom to a needle and indicator, the latter r,tmaining fixed after the first has ceased to act, showing the exact variation between the surface at the b atom. Most careful drawings have been made by Mr. Van Den Berg (to whom has been assigned the special post of draughts man) of the soundings, showing a profile of the bottom of the sea with the greatest accuracy. There can be no doubt that telegraphic communications between Ireland and St. John's, a distance of 1,640 geographical miles, may be regarded as a certainty. It is in the hands of a small American ,company, but, though small, if its members posses s but a tithe of the energy of their representative, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, who is also here making every inquiry, it will be enough to over. come every difficulty. Captain ut a ß s e h rr i') im l a a n rge la e th u s oil at laying the cable. He as`h s and he will undertake to d o it a t ten miles an hour right across. The company have already obtained t h e so l e grant for erecting telegraphs through the whole of Newfoundland, and have already some 1,700 miles at work, or will have in a few day s , w hi c h i s i n connection with the American lines. Th e diffi cu l t i es and trials of temper in taking these soundings have been tremendous. Repeatedly after 'paying out' tens of thou sands of fathoms of line , and getting all up within so me 60 or 30, it was snapped , a nd all ba d to be done again. Six and eight hours have b e e n occu pied in gettin g one sounding only, and these have been made nearly every half degree the whole way across. From the captain to the cabin boy, each has given Pis willing aid. No trouble was thought too much—no time too long ; each appeared to feel the honour of his nation at stake, and proud in every way to advance the object in view. They hav e done their work well. Nature has granted all we could ask ; art will soon do its part, while nature, science, and art, worked out by man's hand, will produce one grand whole to benefit mankind."—Cork ConitiMign• Sporting Intelligence. WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING. THURSDAY. The Selling Stakes of sso vs each, with 25 added. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. Isaac Day's Desdemona, by lag°, 2 yrs (30/.), 4st 51b (Allen) 1 Mr. French's Profile, 2 yrs (301.), 4st 51b (carried 4st 121 b) (Challoner) 2 Mr. Little's Crookshanks, 3 yrs (300 6st 21b (Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Questionable, Fie, and Sor ceress. Betting-2 to 1 agst Questionable, sto 2 agst Profile, 5 to 1 agst Desdemona. On mustering at the post Sorceress and Fie broke away; the former ran to the turn before she was stopped, and Fie went right over the course. Won in a canter by a length, three lengths between the second and third. Bad fourth. Sorceress was beaten off a long way. The winner was sold for 56 guineas. The County Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared. The se- cond to receive 30 Boys out of the stakes. One mile and a half. 44 subs, 24 of whom declared. Mr. Jackson's Lord Alfred, 4 yrs, 7st (Bearpark 1 Mr. Copperthwaite's The Early Bird, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. G. Payne's Boer, 5 yrs, sst 81b.. .(Plumb) 3 Mr. Saxon's Mary, 4 yrs, 7st llb (Tuck) 4 The following also ran :----Nettle, Stork, Termagant, Lady Florence, Surgeon-General, Dramatist. Wakefield weighed for Alembic, who was saddled and mounted, but it was at the last moment discovered that the horse ought to carry 51b extra for winning at Read ing. The start was made before the mistake could be rectified, and the horse did - not go to the post. Betting-3 to 1 against the Early Bird, 4to 1 agst Lord Alfred. Nothing else backed, the horses having started before the betting had scarcely commenced. Won easily by three-quarters of a length, three lengths separating the second from the third, and five lengths between the third and fourth. Surgeon-General was fifth. A Handicap Plate of 50 soya, far all ages ; the winner to be sold by auction for 40 sous, and any surplus to go to the fund. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. J. Hawkes's Pope Joan, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (A.ldcroft) 1 Mr. G. Mather's The Kertch Chief, 2 yrs, IA 61b (Fordhaw) 2 Mr. Saxon's Coxwell, 2 yrs, 7st 2lb (Dale) 3 Mr. Stevens's Lucy Lockit, 4 yrs, Bst 12Ib (Wakefield) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Pope Joan, 7to 4 agst The Kertch Chief. Won by four lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. The winner was sold for 72 guineas. Tha Welter Cup, value 100 sovs, the rest in specie, by subscription of 15 sows each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared. Professional riders 61b extra. One mile and a half. 18 subs, 7of whom declared. Mr. Copperthwaite's The Early Bird, 5 yrs, list 121 b (Mr. Blake) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Goldhill, 3 yrs, 10st 121 b (inc. 61b ex.) (0 wner) 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Sirocco, 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (inc. 61b ex.) (J. Dockeray) 3 The following also ran ;—Poodle, Brinklow, The Cropper, and Fact. Betting-2 to 1 agst Poodle, sto 2 agst The Early Bird, 7to 2 agst Brinklow. (At first 6to 4 was taken about The Early Bird.) Won by two lengths, half a length between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. Fact was last from start to finish. The Two Years Old Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added for two-yr-olds. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 25 subs. Lord Ribblesdale's Greyling, 7st (Fordham) 1 Mr. J. Merry's Cara Fatima, Est 31b (Plumb) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Harrie, 6st 61b (Cresewell) 3 The following also ran :—Janet, Sister to Elfrida, Dardanelles, Saturn, Naughty Boy. Betting-6 to 4 agst Greyling, sto 2 agst Cara Fati ma, 6 to 1 agst Harrie, 6 to 1 agst Naughty Boy. Won by a "short head." Three lengths between the second and third. Naughty boy was fourth. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft. Professional riders 61b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 4 su b s . _ _ Mr. French's Noisette, aged, list 91b (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. Payne's mare by Van Tromp—Queen Mab, 5 yrs, lOst 111 b (Mr. Scobell) 2 Mr. N. R. tarke's Surgeon-General, 5 yrs, 10st 61b (Mr. Thompson) 3 Mr. Sheridan's Roebuck, 5 yrs, lOst (Capt. E. R. King) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Queen Mab mare, 7 to 4 a&r,t Noisette, 4 to 1 agst Surgeon-General, 10 to 1 agst Roe buck. Won by a head, Surgeon. General pretty well up. Roe. buck was beaten off. The Benevolent Fund Stakes—A free handicap of 15 sovs each (sft in case of acceptance), with 100 added. The winner to give 50 soya to the Stewards' Fund for the jockeys injured at Goodwood ; the winning jockey to give 2 sovs, and each of the other jockeys riding in the race 1 soy. All weighing fees and all entrance money over 100 soya to be given to the fund. Two miles, 33 entries, and 12 acceptances. Baron Rothschild's Hungerford, by John o'Gannt, aged Bst 81b (Charlton) 1 Mr. J. Merry's Uzella, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Plumb) 2 Mr. Jacks•n's Lady Tattoo, 4 yrs (including 91b ex.), Bat 13:b (Aldcroft) 3 Diana and Pole Star also ran. Betting-7 t. 4 agst Uzeila, sto 2 agat Hungerford. Won by a neck; a head only between the second and third ; good fourth. Pole Star was beaten off upwards of N ix lengths. The To v Plate of 50 sous., added to a handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft. One mile, 21 subs. Mr. E. Parr's Leamington, by i'augh-aliallagh, 3 yrs, 7bt Blb Mr. T. Stevens's Elfrida, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Prior) 2 Mr. Waller's Octavia, aged, Bst 2lb (Wakefield 3 The following also ran :—Blossom, Lunelle, Breeze. I❑ consequence of the di.qualificatio❑ of Aladdin, the highest weight left in (7st 1,11 b) was raised to Ost, and the others in proportion. . . Betting-6 to 4. agst Leamington ;3to 1 each agst Breeze and Octavia. Won by three lengths. Bad third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Ellington (taken and offered) 2to 1 agst Fazzoletto (offered) GREAT YoRKSHIRR HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Vandal (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken) 12 to 1 agst Good Friday (taken) DEEM'. 2000 to 30 agst Laird of Duff (taken) The meeting was brought to a most satisfactory con clusion. The supply of sport was not only larger than on the two preceding days, but the racing was also of more interest. The weather was again most favourable, and the attendance was unusually numerous. The offi cials conducted the business with the most praiseworthy promptitude. By the way, bookmakers were most un fortunate, and scarcely got a " good turn" throughout the meeting. THE ALADDIN CASE. This case was investigated on Tuesday, and, after a patient hearing of the arguments, it was poitponed for further consideration until Wednesday, when the follow ing decision was announced : " After hearing ail the evidence that has been ad duced, and inspecting the books of Messrs. Tattersall, we have come to the conclusion that the horse called Aladdin has been wrongly described as a cult by Ilarka way— Ukraine, and therefore that he is not entitled to the Severnake Forest Stakes, which must be paid over to the owner of the second horse in that race. We con sider ourselves bound at the same time to declare our opinion that no fraud with regard to the horse has been committed or intended by Mr. Edwin Parr, the horse having passed into his hands with the pedigree under which he has been running, and of which he had no rea son to doubt the correctness. " T. CHALMERS SMITI, " GEORGE PAYNE, " C. GREVILLE." The horse is by Harkaway—Gretna. The Ukraine horse went blind, and was sold at Tattersalls' to Lord Palmerston, on whose estate it worked . up to July last. DONCASTER RACES. Active preparations are now being made at Doncaster for the great autumn meeting, which will commence on Tuesday, the 16th inst. An unusually large attend ance is expected in consequence of the termination of the war in the East having liberated from foreign service many military supporters of the turf, who, with their friends, usually constitute a considerable proportion of the visitors at the Doncaster September meetings. Most of the regular attendants have already secured apartments in the town, and the inquiry for lodgings in creases daily. All the inhabitants who turn their domes tic accommodation to account on these occasions are busily preparing for the reception of visitors, while the renovation of the exterior of both private and public buildings renders it easy to perceive that the town is undergoing its annual course of purification. The betting rooms are being put in order, and arrangements are be ing made for bringing the electric telegraph wires into the establishment by a connexion with the main line of communication at the railway station. The racecourse is in fine order, the exce lent drainage under the running ground having given it all the benefit of the late heavy rains without injuring the condition of the turf. The west end of the principal balcony of the Grand Stand will be appropriated to the use of the stewards. The Electric Telegraph Company will be accom modated with an office between the Grand Stand and the Noblemen's Stand. The sum of money to be run for amounts to 1,700 guineas. The prospects of the sport are good, the entries being unusually large, for nearly all but the handicap races. There are 30 events set down for the four days,—eight for the first, seven for the second, seven for the third, and eight for the fourth. For the Champagne Stakes there are 29 entries, against 33 last year ; the Filly Stakes 13 against 10 ; Glasgow Stakes, 8 against 8 ; Gre , ,t York shire Handicap, 83 against 96 ; Doncaster Plate, 15 against 6 ; Revival Plate, 31 against 18 ' • Municipal Stakes, 4 against 4 ; St. Leger Stakes, 113 against 117 ; Portland Plate, 100 against 80 ; [Corporation Plate, 35 against 21 ; Two-yr-old Sweepstakes, 28 against 17 ; Eglinton Stakes, 60 against 40 ; Cleve. land Handicap, 27 against 33 ; Scarborough Stakes, 4 against 4 ; [Foal Stakes, 6 (new stake) ; Handicap Sweepstakes, 29 against 11 ; Three-yr-old Sweepstakes, 6 against 1 ; Doncaster Stakes, 93 against 117 ; Park hill Stakes, 28 against 34 ; Doncaster Stakes, 9 against 11. The Scurry (sealing) Stakes, to be run for on Friday, is a new race, the entries for which close on the evening previous to the event. The handicap weights have been raised this year, in compliance with the grow ing demand, for the • discontkluance of the " feather " system. It is understood ti way Company are going t don and Doncaster at tofore. The entries for t Stakes, &c., will take place Acceptances for the Clevel Age st lb Courtenay Ellermire Mary 4 8 6 Grteculus Esuriens 4 8 41 Tyrius Flyaway bat the Great Icorthern to rttn trains between Lon• cheaper rate than hereto the Cup Plate, FitaNilliam on Monday, the 15th inst. land Ilandicap. One mile. Age at lb Gaudy . Treachery Duet Panmure King Brian Miss Harkaway 3 6 7 SELECT COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. The following are the resolutions of the Select Committee on Transportation which sat last ses sion, and which will be published officially in the course of next week : "1. That the punishment of transportation is more effectual ani deterring, better adapted for the ultimate reformation of convicts, and more beneficial to this country, than any other secondary punishment for se rious crimes which has yet been tried. "2. That the committee therefore recommend the continuation of the sentence of transportation, so far as her Majesty's dominions may afford safe and proper fa cilities for that purpose. "3. That if such facilities can be obtained, sentences of 10 years' transportation should be revived. " 4. That convict prisons beyond the seas ought to be regarded as places for carrying out the sentence of trans portation. "6. That every punishment by penal servitude should include—first, a certain fixed period of imprison ment and hard labour on public works to be undergone, at all events; Fecondly, a further period, which should be capable of being abridged by the good conduct of the convict himself. " 6. That, with a view to give full effect to the prin ciple, the sentences of penal servitude prescribed by .the act should be changed and lengthened, so as to be iden tical with the terms of transportation for which they are respectively substituted. " 7. That the sentences of penal servitude now in force might be adopted with some few changes as the fixed periods indicated in Resolution 5. " 8. That the hulk system, which appears by the evi• deuce to be already- in a great measure relinquished, should be finally abandoned with as little delay as pos sible. " 9. That the scale of secondary punishment would be more complete if a shorter period of penal servitude than any now in force were enacted as an intermediate sen tence between the present term of ordinary imprison ment now usually inflicted and the former sentence of seven years' transportation, or its equivalent. " 10. That the system of licences to be at large, or tickets of leave, authorised by section 9 of the act, has been too short a time in operation in this country to en able the committee to form a clear and decided opinion either as to the effects which it has already produced or as to its probable ultimate working. "11. That the system appears to be founded upon a principle wise and just in itself—viz,, that of enabling the convict to obtain by continual good conduct, while undergoing Lis punisment, the remission of a portion of his sentence, upon the express condition, however, that in case of subsequent misconduct his liability to puni-h -ment shall revive for the residue of the term specified in the original sentence. " 12. That it appears from the evidence before the committee that bad effects on the discipline of convicts on the public works have already been caused by the regulations, under which it has been made known that no tickets of leave or other remission of sentence would in any case be granted to men sentenced to penal ser vitude. . _ "13. That there has been much of misapprehension and exaggeration with regard to the conduct of persons released upon tickets of leave, who have been frequently confounded, even by several of the witnesses of this in quiry, under one common designation of ticket of leave men, with convicts whose sentences have fully and ab solutely expired. " 14. That there is reason to believe that the conduct of a large proportion of the whole number of persons discharged upon tickets of leave has hitherto been good, and that in other cases persons so discharged have re• lapsed into crime from the difficulty, arising from their former characters becoming known, of procuring or re taining honest employment in this country—a difficulty, however, which obviously applies to all persons once convicted, whether discharged upon tickets of leave or absolutely at the expiration of their sentences. " 15. That to render this system of good•conduct licences adapted both for the reformation of offenders and the interests of the public, the conditions endorsed on the licence ought to be enforced. " 16. That every convict, on his release with a good conduct licence, ought to be reported to the police of the town or district to which he is sent." TER ART OF PUFFING. In this country when a new actor or actress are coming out, we content ourselves with putting their names pro minently in the playbills. Not so in the United States. In that "great country," as Mr. Barnum assures us it is, every engine is set to work to get up a "gas," nor are the attractions paraded until a poper market has been made for their appreciation. We have a rare instance before us in the following, which we extract from the New York. Herald. It may puzzle our opera habitues to recognise any special favourite in the fair Ernestine or Annie alluded to. GENEROUS CONDUCT 01' THE ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL PROPRIETALS.—Our readers may remember the arrival of a " Professor" by the Hermann, a few weeks ago, with a corps of ballet dancers and musicians, which were pre dicted to surpass anything ever seen in this hemisphere. The " Professor," on arrival, took up his quarters, with his troupe, at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and a few days after his arrival his associates discovered that he was an irresponsible adventurer, that he had no theatre here, nor the prospect of getting one, and that they had been sadly duped. Among the troupe were two young English girls, sisters. Their names are Ernestine and Annie. The mo ment they heard of their situation they sent for the pro. prietors of the hotel, and stated the whole case to them. They had then been a fortnight in the house, occupying elegant rooms, au premier, and depending on their em ployer, were now unable to pay their bill, being in fact penniless. Moreover, the " Professor" had by this time succeeded in getting his baggage out of the house, and proposed to get theirs out, which they indignantly re fused, preferring to throw themselves upon the mercy of . the proprietors of the hotel. Messrs. Tread well, Aker, and Co., than whom no gentlemen in this community are mere high minded or generous, instantly assured the young ladies that they were quite welcome to continue in their house as long as they might fins it necessary, and that they need feel no awkwardness in going unattended to the public table, their meals should be served in their rooms. The gratitude of the young artists may be imagined when it is remembered that they are alone in a strange land, and without means. These beautiful girls are from her Majesty's Theatre, London, where they were dancing when the "Professor" raw them. Erneatine, the elder, is a brunette of 18, a c'assic face, dark hazel eyes, full figure, with a tapering waist, and as neat an ancle and foot as can be found anywhere. In the Spanish and other dances she is said to be unex celled. Annie, the younger sister, is just emerged from her sweet sixteenth. She is tall, slender, and very grace ful ; of a delicate mould, with a deep blue eye, gentle mien, and rather languishing manner—she personates etherial and spiritual most enchantingly. Two more graceful girls cannot be found, and we should think them a splendid "card" for any manager. They will remain at the St. Nicholas a few days longer, when they are determind to seek employment, to relieve themselves of the sense of dependence which now weighs upon them. Our word for it the theatre which has the good for tune to engage these young artistes will be well repaid, not only from their artistic talent, but also from the romantic turn which their fortunes have taken in Ame rica. _ _ _ P.S.—Since writing the foregoing, we understand that on Saturday last Brougham engaged the two sistors, al the Bowery Theatre, for a week. They appear this even. ing for the first time. WAS DANIEL WRAY JUNIUS t—lt is now generally understood that the claims of Sir P. Francis as the writer of the "Letters of Junius" have been disproved. I there fore desire to thaw your attention to an ingenious work by a Mr. Falconer, called "The Secret Revealed," pub, lished iu 1830, at a time when no one would listen to him, because we were then all Franciscans. Who Mr. Falconer was I know not, nor shall I trouble you with his speculations. His argument is to prove that Daniel Wray was Junius, and he adduces one or two facts which are startling. What I want is, that some of your inge nious correspondents would show how the " marvellous coincidences," as he calls them, can be explained without admitting the " unity of authorship ?" It is stated in the "Preliminary Essay" to the edition of 1812 that the 59th letter is one with which Junius had origi nally intended to conclude ; but that as Junius himself says, Garrick's communication to the King " has lite rally forced me to break my resolution of writing no more." (Vol. i., p. 238.) On this Mr. Falconer ob serves "On the 18th of November, 1771, Wray thus writes to Lord Hardwicke Had I persevered in that apparently, wise resolution to write no more,' &c. This in itself amounts to little, but I reque , t atten tion to what follows. The communication made by Garrick to the King, announcing that Junius would write no more, carries with it still stronger evidence of Wray's being the architype of Junius. So strong, indeed, as to exclude all doubt, it is presumed, of the fact ; for Wray not only gives the same intimation to his correspondent, LordlHardwicke, but actually assigns the very cause, and prefixes the precise day on which Junius designed to conclude his correspondence in that character, had he not been forced by Garrick, as he ex pre3ses himself, to break his resolution of writing no more. The fifty-ninth letter of Junius, on what the author calls the unhappy differences which had arisen among the Friends of the People, is the one with which he had originally intended to conclude. * * That let ter is dated October 5, 3771. Six days previously [September 29, 1771] (mark that !) Wray writes to Lord Hardwicke as follows * * Nash will carry his election, &c., &c. These proper attentions may satisfy the good people of England for a month, accompanied by the finishing dose of Junius on. Saturday.' In per fect accordance with this decided intimation, the intended finishing dose did not appear. The sth October, 1771, wag on a Saturday." I agree with Mr. Falconer that the coincidence is startling, and I ask, how can it be ex plained I—Notts .. cond glories. .13Aistic An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and. eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 231 day of Augu,t, 1856 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,616 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 3,525 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 33,544 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 27,921 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 9,220 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 14,655 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co 9,663 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-8.. M. and G. Tubb 13,622 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,032 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 8,830 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,175 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 6B, 835 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,675 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 34,427 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowinarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 28,165 Bath City Bank, Bath , - Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co ' 33,585 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 58,575 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,154 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 10,632 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 45,110 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 29,806 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 20,864 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,856 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 16,342 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 23,153 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 43,221 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,891 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 17,195 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 70,583 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth. Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 8,492 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co. 9,303 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 31,600 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co 7,637 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,190 Doncaster Bank and Retford. Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co 75,416 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 81,422 Devonport Bank, .Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,422 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. 'Williams 47,630 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co 8 8 , 677 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 52,944 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 44,740 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 25,157 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,851 Farnham Bank, Farnham - Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,240 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 13,550 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 24,498 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-. Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich sank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempsteall --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford- Morgan and Co 22,359 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and. Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co - Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, • Knaresborough,-Harrison and Co 19,813 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co: 40,174 Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons 9,177 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son 5,184 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 23,144 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 25,739 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene -- Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 77,753 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 28,854 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle ton and Cradock 4 ..... 7,290 Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Ttegis- Jarvis and Co 11,850 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and. Son 6,970 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 15,164 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commerciaj Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 26,447 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,907 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 20,072 Newark and Sleaford. Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 43,516 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 18,034 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 44,162 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck 89,928 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,753 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 2,346 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. - 19,193 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 8,838 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 47, 733 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co 10,454 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters 11,445 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 30,003 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Itoyda, 28,034 6,721 and Co. Roohester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordhans and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin ai Sox Rye sank, ilye—R. C. Ponsket, &0• ... Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Bois— AllawaYitiad Macdougal •tesie 4,346 8,347 12,834 9,1g4 11,534 3,80 e Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd, and Co. Scarbor tiugh Old Dank, Scarborough—Wood all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-- Rocks, Ey - tons, and C o Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 11,514 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, SQuthanip ton—..ktherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone--W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Sta.lord—Stevenso n and 25,646 12,027 22,9G7 30,003 2,327 9,783 CO Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 25,072 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 9,249 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 8,245 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull; Smith, and Co Wallingford I , Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and (, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and CA . Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—ulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester —Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, •Wolverhampton—R. and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co 10,344 12,030 10,356 14,475 . 13,883 25,581 45,617 12,456 20,157 15,571 31,512 43,910 11,623 39,829 11,415 39,799 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal 7,604 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9,329 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,337 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven 26,744 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,520 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent 35,173 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,277 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ingtox 31,151 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,373 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley . 37,519 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 21,783 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,914 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,341 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,690 Hull Banking Company, Hull 24,637 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13, 790 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax ___ 43,946 Helston Bankinc , Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking 6 Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 25,157 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,695 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 51,368 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 63,644 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,604 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors. 9,174 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,571 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 34,562 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 28,017 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 413,277 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 42,580 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 73,980 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 17,661 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 47,788 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 43,145 Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. 1,862 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 35,816 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 45, 712 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 823,291 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 42,082 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 56,820 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield - Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmondc. Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 34,768 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake- -_ _ _ _ field ......................................... 13,982 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 24,905 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 79,639 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 74,529 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield 32,164 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, . _ Whitchurch 4,241 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 5, 383 York Union Banking Company, York 67,451 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Aug. 23. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION. — The bar ristors appointed to revise the list of voters for the county of Middlesex intend holding their courts at the following times and places :—Thursday, Sept. 25, the White Horse, Uxbridge ; Saturday, Sept. 27, the Black Dog, Bedfont ; Monday, Sept. 29, Sussex Hotel, Bon verie.street, Fleet-street ; Sept. 30, the Lords Jusficei Court, Lincoln's-inn ; Oct. 1, Belvidere Tavern, New road ; Oct 3, New Globe Tavern, Mile-end -road ; Oct. 4, Green Man, Bethnal-green ; Oct. 6, Windsor Castle, Broadway, Hammersmith ; Oct. 8, Castle Inn, Brent ford ; Oct. 9, Enfield Arms, Enfield ; Oct. 10, Chandos Arms, Edgware ; Oct. 11, Jack Straw's Castle, Hatnp, stead-heath. [Aevsarissismrr. I—The following extraordinary cures with out medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Consti pation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.— Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1851.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabic t Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability, of many years' standing. This Food deserve 3 the confidence of all sufferers and may be con sidered a real blessing. Irquiries will be cheerfully an swered. Cure No. 49,832.- " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Feed.—MARIA JOLLY, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk.' Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all othe, means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, 51135., lls. ; 121b5., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21135., lls. ; 51bs., 225.; 101bs., 335. The 101bs. and 121bs. carria g e free, on receipt of post - office order. B arr y d u B arry and Co., 77, F.egent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Picca dilly ; also at 60, Gracechnreh-street ; 334 and 45 1 , Strand; 4, Cheapside; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Char ing-crOss; 154, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 157, Oxford. urea. 2,760 340 9,653 6,864 7,507 6,109 6,279 12,615 4,863 64,480 7,286 Country Markets.. DERBY SMITEIFIELD.-SEPT. 2. There was au average supply of fat pigs to-day, which were well sold. The pens contained a quantity of sheep and lambs of good quality, without any alteration of price. Fat calves but few, and well sold. Fat pigs plentiful. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 61d; mutton, 6td to 7d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 7zd Per lb. ; pigs, lOs6d to —s Od per score ; rough fat, 5s o,t to Ua per 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 4Ad per lb ; calf-skins, 5d to 6i 4 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-SETT. 3. There was a fair supply of grain to-day. Wheat Was slow of sale, and prices considerably back. Barley and oats brisk, and prices better. Beans back. Wheat, on the top, 5s Od down, and on the average 39 Gd down. Barley, Gd down on the top, and is id up on the average. Oats on the top Os 2d up—on the -average, is 9d up. Beans on the top 3s up—on the averages 2• ld down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £3 17 4 0-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 14 7 10-12ths. Bang -12ths. BOSTON-SEPT. 3. During the past fow days the weather here has been ss fine as possible for harvest operations. This circumstan os had a material influence on the price of wheat to -day s new, of which there were several samples on offer, 0 13 `; slowly at a decline cf 103 to 12s per qr. on last Weclnes day's rates, and old must be noted about 3s per qr cheaper' No alteration in the value of oats. Beans were rather dearer. Prices :—Wheat, red, 62s Od to 72s Od; white, 66s Od to 76s Od . extra, 77s Od ; new, 70s. Barley, —s Od to - -- s Od. Oat , 26e to 305.. New, 21 to 30s Od Beans, 46$ Od to 40s Od per qr. NEWARK—SEPT. 3. We had a very good supply of new wheat, in excellen condition. The little business done was at a decline °` 4s to 5; for the best old wheat, and 6s to 7s per quarte r for new. Wheat, white 76s to 78s, red 68s to 70s; barley, maltil 48s to 525, grinding 42s to 41s; oats, 24st. 35s to 375, 2 18; —s to -s ; beans, 49s to 51s ; malt, 72s to 7 4 s ; pea s, to 50s ; tares, 60s to 64s per qr. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, • LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened quiet to-da/ e j but afterwards improved, and the prices generally cloy at their best point. Midlands, 80 4—Caledonian, 254 6--. 0 Eastern Counties, 94 -London and North-Western 1034 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97 a 4 — Black burn Great Western of Canada, 244—Ditto, new, 2 1 . ls. 5;11: p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33 4 3 8 —No a British, 10 4—Great Western, 644 d.—Lancastet 0 Carlisle, TR—Ditto, Eighths, 6$ prem.—North Eastern, Berwick, 204—South Eastern, 224 4. LEEDS, SEPT. 4. Cr STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day shows an lig, p rove m e nt. Midlands, 80 79i—North Eastern, Le0:1; 17i—Sheffields, —Londons, 103 A—Edinburgh I' 6l ' and Dundee, 37i. -__l BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 4. bof STOO EXCHANGE.—This market was steady today , n a prices are rather lower than yesterday. London 9-go, North-Westerns at 103 i —Birmingham Canals, 9-go, Ditto, new, prem.—Biimingham and Staffordshire new, 7 1-16 p. —Birmingham District Fire. 4. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 4. , th. TOO EXCHANGE.—The market was very roNv af. opening, but improved during the day, and closed s tel4 Londons, 104 —Midlands, 80 s —Eastern C o untie%, —Leeds, 97 i—Dovers, 22 5-16 —North British, 11,,, Sheffields, 34—Blackburn, 7,-I—Great Western of CO O 21g. DUBLIN—SEPT. 3. STOCK EXOHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, ---.„„ re e —Ditto for Account, 12th of Sept., 9 4 i - "J-P a i,l per Cent. Stock, 901- Ditto, for Account, 12th Septs► irr —Dublin and Wicklow, 68—Mining Company of 0 1 land, I , l4—lrish South Eastern, 7i—Waterford 40, Limerick, 24. - Killarney Junction, 10 4 — Cork and P, fld don, 11—Great Southern and Western, 570 x Great Western and Royal Canal, 53i—Royal Bank of land, 22. SEABORNE MAILS. ••••- _4' CA 4ignlties that the mails are sent from the General Post-,' .‘y the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) ----- •• V' " ' Day when mad , : up From whit' dal ili . 00171.71 TRIES!. in General Post- Port B ,:itt'''; Office, London.* Dispatcho • •...,,.....••• . 4mertea(b7nrit.pac k)N Every Friday. .... Liverpool ..• yrl call America. (by United Efts. Of packa ) .....„ .„N Every Tuesday .. SouthamatonjW 4.'neriect (by U. Statta packet) ... ......N •-,,...... Liverpool ...1 instralla (via Liver- I _,... 00 pool) ............ m '4th and 19th .... Liverpool .. !TWA' Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni I .litto (via Cape of Good 0 0 Elope) ............N I •• . • ... tine f fr o. &Nem (West CoaBt)..Nl2Ril of the month . Plymouth .. 6 th o f Alexandria.-- ~ NilOth k 26th of r•. Dover .....• 'At, Oa klezandria........ —DI It, 6c 20th of mon. Southampto 4k,' Bahamas ...........3; 17th of the month Seuthampter. 16th Et e i g ium ......... , .1; Dai1y............ Dover ...... j .i 9 Brazil ..............M 9 th of the mcnth.. Southamptoi 1, t! , • Buenos Ayres ....„ „1,1 9th ,c - ti! , m.on tt t.. Soutivonf t , nt 16te rt op Cape of Good Elope ...N Uncertain Cape of Good Hops .. N Caee de Verde .... ..k g t h ht th • nn , . , “1. ioiithametor 116,T....019 ,110 Ceylon (see In.ila) 10 th and 26th Ceylon .• • • • • ........Nl 4 th and 20 th ..., 401 . 6 Channel Isles ........N ! as.m., Iv ,<.,,tt!ri Southampten fu•ldai6 Chili-- • • • • ...., .... IV !id fir 17th of month SoutharoP o'' 1 an d •1 1 ? China .... '4th and 10th .... 4 and 19 Constantinople .... —7 7 l loth and 26th.... Dover ••• • 2 an d ' $* rianstantinople 4th & 20th of ^n.:n. Southampton I 311 _,_, dfil Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... re'l," Egypt (see India) l 0 410 rw , France ........ M & N Twine daily.-- Dover ...... ..- i afl,- Dibraltar ........ —3l 4,7, 17, 20, 274 m. Southampton 9, '' Dreece (see India) 1 an d 1 6 Greytown .. ........ DI Oil & 17th of men. South impt< c - , flamburgh ..........N !Dail , !London..... .";‘,Ct too flavannah ........... rd ! ind of the month Sof thampt< n 0 " -- oanl aolland ..•....„ .„ ~11 Daily.. Dover .. .... aft , a ilonduras ..........h4 17th of the moat h. Snithampten t"" d II; India (viaSouthampt.)sl 4th to 20th of moll. Plymouth •• 1 ,1 , A 9 [mil% (via Marsoilles)sl 10th&26th of moo Dover ...... l '' lonian Isles (see India) •• • • •• • • : Ireland ........M & N Twice daily' .... _ Holyhead ~. Lisben ..............N 2d of - o . . Southamptor l6 Madeira ........ „ _im atr, of mooch Southampton 6 ac id Madeira .....„..., IS 232 of month Liverpool ... Malta (see India). , g A I Malta ...,....... „.,N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover ....7 - ,:... 4. '''' •.g I Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 20 ::,il of the month ith a ad ' tielico M Ent of the mouth.. Southampt•-n l ' t. ,g I ' l °l 3l,B ' •••=•••• • • /, Deily— ••—•• . . Dover.... , t ad ," New Granada .... l' , 2d & 17thof month,Sauthampt; ' 5 New Zealand ....... TvVi no a month . Various port e Of Papal States ~„, .. N Daily.... —••• • .. Dover ...... 1 " r- Peninsula ...„ „—., a! ,VOtltilitalp , ,k 1 61$ . Peru „ „....,„.. „!" t 1 It 27th of mot.. aouthamptt 1 is h Po - . 1 Natal .... —,. —IF .1y erivate chip... Venous port ,„„,g.19 i'ciiY •• l4 Every Saturday.... Dover .. .. . Tuscany N Dt , ily.... ... Dover .. 7 , 1 ~.0 trenezueli .... • 111 Sid& 17th . o . f . ns .' Onth Bouthamptc ' t I '" -6 Van Diemen s Loud ( ~ fe, kuitralia) .....„ , , Ith of mon. .. .. f 0 ituon A 0 West Indies ..... , .„.V. t.-.t. f I tti f:,, fn.atrt Sonthampteill 1a`",..../ de • Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will ,4 ) (v spatched on the following day, with the exception of the 10"1 . 'outhampton), and the Malta, both •f which will be deepatall` preceding day. W THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—Partridge shooting CO „iv menced on Monday. Th e accoun t s from this and Ilbs bouring counties give promise of much sport. p f d coveys are said to be numerous', and the birds large' strong on the wing. —Hereford' Journal. - THE CHHECH.—Lord Auckland has instituted 4, Rev. Dr. C. 0. G oo df or d, h ea d master o f Eton C°ll.o4f;, to the rectory of Chilt on C an t e l oe , near Y eov il ; the ALi e , Ed. Cox, M.A., to the rectory of Luccombe, near I lfh t - be head ; the Rev. Edward B. C. S purway, t °,; ll - rectory of Heathfield, near T aun t on ; th e R ev . wl"",e Grmme Gibson, to the rectory o f St. Mi c h ae l, Bath; ' t t s Rev. Grenville F. Hodson, M.A., cura t e of s°r o t Petherton, to the vicarage of St. Mich ae l Church, p i , " O pi Bridgewater ; the Rey. Dr. Francis M. K no lles, of Magdalene College, Oxford, to the vicarage of head, near Taunton. The Rev. Gilb er t Franki li g, Lewis, M.A., brother of the Chancellor of the Excheci, g ot i and heir presumptive to the bar one t cy was instal Wednesday a canon re,identiar H y of Worcester Li tbedral, in the roo m o f the on. and Rev. J. S OO e r Cocks, on the nomination of the Crown. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. On the 3d inst., at Coval H a ll, i n th e coun ty of ° the wife of the Rev. Thomas Mills. tool On the 21 inst., at St. Mary's-place, West BrozoP the wife of Charles Coghlan, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 3d inst., at 21, Fldon-road, Kensington, the° of T. A. Douce, Esq. On the 3d inst., at the Abbey Ruins, Bury St. raund's, the wife of John Greene, Esq. MARRIED. Q. On the Pd inst., at Swallowfield, Berke, Major 11 : 0 0, Greene, 43d Light. infantry, eldest son of Thomas G re s' Esq., M.P., to Mary, the daughter of the late Sir 061 RuOn thssell, e B 4tli t Sc ar. ot.' i c inst., at St. Peter's, Belgravia, John s lett Campbell, Esq., 8.C.5., youngest son of the 1 51 ;00 George Campbell, of Eilenwood, N. 8., to iten ri of Frances, daughter of W. Butterworth Bayley, , 11, Eaton-square. DIjED. On the 2d inst., at 16, Wilton-street, Dudley Iti° l3 Perceval, Esq., aged 55. vile r On the 2d inst., at Rotherham, Yorkshile, Ale° 0 6 Grant, Esq., only surviving brother of Mr. James G r editor Morning Advertiser," aged 56. of On the 3d inst., at l Hollo i way, i Mr. Holloway, Mr. John Turner, l ate 84, Leadenhall-street, aged 78. 1 0° On the 3d inst., at Bath, Jones Rudland, Esq., late Regt. f ?,0, On the 4th inst., the infant of Mo ses L ev y, Esq., ° , Hyde-park-square. esa On the 2d inst., at Dalston, Th omas W oo dbridge, th° t 4. On the 2d inst., Joseph S m ith , E sq. of Bishop 5 . 5 , ford, late of 31, St. M ar ti n ' s -l e -G ran d: to 9 London, aged t LONDON : Printed an d P u bli s h e d by MIIRDO YOl 7 S Ci tiv , of No. 112, St ran d , P r i n t er, a t Th e Sun Office, 11 4 112, Strand, i n th e P rec i nc t o f th e Savoy, in the ca ll of Middlesex, Friday, September 5, 1856. :1 1N1E and LOW ,oltrl!e resort o WTI fol• the aceon Tie above hou kn ee, being con( M ine Lake I)l2tri INtountain3 h ta tations below ki • •vrhenPe may lost til of the n i l; 44ttlinonthe distant WIDO . kno•ele(lg 3 gement as Cc tz4 Widower or Illaekheatl )11ADAM' ~ Bazaar, 4 4 ' 1 %00 of W ttance Is • %the evening.'' 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