The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

Ban I and Chorus of 200 performers. Commence at 8. Promenade, Is. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. T HEA TRE.ROYAL, HA YAilik RK ET. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Buokstene, THIS EVENING, the nerfortuanoes will commence with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Ruckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, Arc. With THE PRACT I C AL MAN. Mr. C. Mathews. Towne/ado with the Ballet, BACCIIUS AND ARIADNE. Commence a 7 RO YA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-.. Lessee and ManaErer, Mr. A. Harris. 'This theatre will open TO-MORROW, Sept.2B, with a new and original comedy, in five acts, writt en b y John Broup,tam, entitled PLAYING wurti FIRE ' • characters by Mr. John Brougham (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr, Ryder Mr. B. Widdicombe, Mr. eorE,re Jordan (of the principal theatres of the United States, his first appearance in Eng land), Miss C. Lelcle.icq, and Mrs. Weston. With other En tertainments. In active preparation, Shakespeare's tragedy of 0 MELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Othello, Mr. Fechter. The box-office will open on Wednes day, Sept. 25. RO YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. iffantvger---Mr. Edmund Falconer. r r rus EVENING, the new and original farce, Milled mill.; VETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of a Single Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund F Mary OBrad alconer ; 'y, Mies Lydia Thompson. After which, at Eight o'clock, the new and success ful comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, ad Miss Robin s, Lydia Thomson Mrs. Charles Young, 3lrs. Weston, Mi ss M urray, To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which Miss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Quick Step. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. NEw THEATRE -ROYAL, ADELPHL— soIe Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. TIM EVENING, MUSIC RATH CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, `garde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidiaw. After which (236th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicaalt, D. foisher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. To conclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Emery, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half past ti—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter to Eleven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TRAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, Arc., by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. Harvey and French, " The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wcpod and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. New Opera by Auber LA CIRCASSIENNE.—A Grand Selection, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, from this Opera was produced, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS COUNTRY, on Monday, 23d inst., and will be performed every evening. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Mr. llerbert, and Signor Tivoli. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. A few days ago the announcement was confi dently made that England, France, and Spain were about to intervene in Mexico. Not to settle the Government of that distracted country, nor to give their support to either of the two parties which are now contending for supremacy, but merely to enforce the just claims of their respective subjects, who have suffered not merely from the guerilla bands and brigands which infest the country, but from the gross negligence, and in one conspicuous instance from the violence of the party which happened to be in power. Our Consul's flag was not held sacred by the wretch MIRAMON, who represents the Priest party there, and the dividends of bondholders were actually taken from his custody. In such a state of things it was surely high time for Sovereigns to look after their subjects' . , . interests. The Morning Post was, we believe, the first to announce that the three countries concerned intended to act jointly in exacting reparation. The Patrie, on the part of France, immediately contradicted the statement ; on what authority is not known. As, however, the opposite statements of the French and English papers produced corresponding activity in buying and selling Mexican bonds in Paris, we may guess the inspiration of the Patrie. There is, however, every reason to believe that the Post was right, and that the plan sketched by it is that which is at present in contemplation. That plan is to take pretty secure" material guarantees" for the payment of all claims of the subjects of the three Powers. Several of the principal sea ports, those at which Customs duties are levied, will be taken possession of by the allied squadrons. Their Consuls will receive the dues—half the amount will be handed over to the Mexican Government to keep it going, the other half will be divided, as collected, rateably amongst those who prove their claims on the Go vernment. Thp arrangement will continue till all . liabilities are discharged. Of course, it is assumed that there will be no war. Without a navy, and with a fore.: but small, in comparison with what could be easily landed on the coast, the Mexi cans, even if they were more united, could not think of resisting. In their actual state there is no chance of it. We have already twenty-six vessels of war, carrying five hundred guns, and manned by 6,500 men, on the station.' No more therefore will be needed by us. But even in the case of resistance by the Mexican authorities, we should probably prefer the quiet method of blockade to needless bloodshed. It would merely require a little longer time, and possibly not even that. If we are to believe one of our contemporaries, the Governments have been polite enough to ascer tain that Mr. PRESIDENT LINCOLN does not object. It seems, indeed, that United States subjects have as much to complain of as Europeans from the Mexican Government. Be that as it may, we re pudiate altogether the slightest necessity for any regard to the impudent MUNROE doctrine. It was as proper to ask the co-operation, active or moral, of the United States, as of either of the other Go vernments. That was but the courtesy due to an adjacent and an interested party. Bat the MUNROE doctrine of the interdiction of European Govern ments from such action as they may deem necessary in America,even to the permanent occupation of terri tory, because they were Europeans we treat as apiece of Republican brag. It is little likely that Eng land will ever wish to add to her possessions in the New World, but we wish Americans to understand that, should wholly unforeseen events bring us into actual collision with Mexico or any State in Cen tral America, and should our policy lead us to de- nand a cession of territory there, we should no more think of asking the leave of Mr. LINCOLN or of any of his successors, than the Americans did of asking ours in their nefarious annexation of Texas, and hardly more excusable annexation after the Mexican war. We should laugh at any silly chatter about " manifest destiny"—which indeed just now is not very " manifest"—and assuredly we should take our own course. It is curious to see how the old story comes up everywhere, of Complications arising out of cleri cal pretensions. One is tempted to think that the business of Government would be expedited if all priests could be ballooned off to the moon, leav ing sublunary folk to settle sublunary matters. In Mexico the two parties are the liberal and the priest parties; and Spain, from bigotry and policy combined, France, from policy alone, lean to the priests. As there is no hope of the priests waking the lunar voyage, the only thing England can do is to let the two parties go on fighting it out as best they may, andtorequirsehooufldtheabtswtaoinprfireosmt g powers that t lovin hey also ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE A suitable incom e i s t o b e prov id e d f or hi m f rom a CONCERTS. double. source. The Holy See will receive, as a THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT - GARDEN. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. sort of tithe, p u bli c revenues f rom hi s f ormer St a t es . The Programme Is varied every evening. For this purpose a perpetual rents of will be THIS EVENING the ITALIAN NIGHT , when a SeleC tion of Vocal and Instrumental Pieces by Italian Composers placed on the Grand Livre of the public debt of will be given.— rhe second part will be Miscellaneous, in cluding Beethoven's Battle Piece. Italy.' Each Power is invited to contribute an Vocalists •.—Mdlle. LANCIA, Mdme. LAURA BAXTER, annual income proportionate to the Catholic popu- Mr. VEKNON RIGBY, Mr. WEISS, and Mr. SEYMOUR. To-morrow a VOLUNTEER NIGHT, when a copy of the lation of the country." Thus even Ireland, not to Grand Volunteer March and Part Song will be presented to each visitor on entering the theatre. speak of France, Spain, and Austria, will have On Monday next Mendelssohn's Oratorio, ELIJAH . , will be given. the opportunity of making the POPE as indepen dent_ as they please. Since being personally inde pendent, he will need only wealth to be much more Pontifically independent than he now is. Even the Cardinals are cared for. Roman Catholicism is likely to become something like catholic, so far as the proposed arrangements go. At present, we believe, Italy gets the lion's share in the conclave, and in the temporal keeping of an Italian King such an abuse might seem likely to be perpetuated. It is therefore expressly provided that "the POPE will be allowed to choose as much as possible his Cardinals from among the different nations, according to the proportion of Catholics. An annual allowance of will be given by each nation to the Cardinals belong ing to that nation. Each Catholic nation to give a certain number of guards of honour, chosen by the Legate of the POPE, and kept at the expense of each country. During the election of the POPE no crowd or troops other than the Pontifical Guards to approach the palace of the Conclave within a distance of —• The King of ITALY takes the solemn engagement towards the Governments and people to protect the person of the POPE and the independence of the Holy See." Englishmen and Protestants generally will think this an excellent bargain for the POPE, and will wonder if he does not at once accept it. If it be, indeed, as we incline to think it is, substantially, perhaps literally authentic, we might well suppose that the Imperial Interloper let it appear to pre pare the public for the creation of his tyrannical occupation of another nation's capital. Our contemporary finishes his quotations and observations as follows :—" Thus, the pamphlet concludes, the conditions laid down by the EM PEROR for the withdrawal of the French troops will be fulfilled. These words are—' France will occupy Rome until sufficient guarantees have been given for the interests which led her there.' It may be as well to add that a belief prevails that the propositions set forth in the pamphlet are those which Baron RICASOLI has intimated in a confi dential communication to the Cabinet of the Tulle. ries he is prepared to make to his Holiness." T H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Boc canegra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, !Worley, and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame Enderssohn and the entire Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonp.;hmans. Varied Comic entertain ments by Harvey and French (the Nerves), Wood and his Son, E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, Is. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TAI I 8 DAY. —Morning, 6h. 27m.—Afternoon, 6h. 54m. To-monßow.-Morning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, Sh. 6m. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1861 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59--higheit since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 60--this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.0; rising rapidly. 11 7 r m---)Fouth-Westerly; light, with fine weather, bui cloudy. ,4 \ I-- .., _ • ••,:la __.. ~ 1• , . ' A': •- . ~:' ..'" "F " . et, ""•........ a-- L . r ‘0, 1 :415-.2' •mo s - „---- , 1-4 , ,7, ::,-- ' 7, " s,4„,„__ “. "" n 'o s o . 7:- pit 'i'r~. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1861. We learn from Galignani that another pamphlet has appeared in Paris—" Guarantees given by the King of Italy for the Independence of the Holy See." And certainly if what it recounts be correct, we agree with the writer that the opposition to them might be expected to arise rather from the Italian nation than from any one else. While almost all the Powers of Europe assume more or less of a kind of secular Popedom, Victor EMMANUEL proposes to leave the POPE the most entire control over religi ous matters, while yet tfte State is to pay ecclesias tics, of course, as it pays them now, and even to pay the POPE himself. But for a vulgar and coarse ambition of which most ecclesiastics in all ages have proved themselves the subjects, the dignified independence now offered would be seized with thankfulness. Of the authority of this, as of other similar Paris pamphlets, it is impossible to speak. Our readors, like us, must judge for themselves ; all we coin say is, that it reads like the statement of one who knows what he writes, and there is nothing against it but the extreme generosity of the con cessions. Our Parisian contemporary says The first and most important point is a free Church in a free State, and interpreted in a manner as it has been nowhere else. Direct nomination of the bishops by ecclesiastical authority, without the in tervention of the State, the right of Synods and Councils, free correspondence with the POPE, and complete latitude for the publication of Pontifical bulls and charges. The pamphlet explains that all these restrictions were made against the encroachments of a foreign Sovereign, and fall away with the temporal power." It is not likely, in these days, that the POPE would be liable to any restrictions of a personal kind; he would be free enough, both from insult and coercion. He must, as things are, be at the mercy of some one's soldiers, and there is certainly no reason why an Italian bishop should be guarded by French soldiers. Bad must the case of the bishop be, if he were not safe in the hands of his own flock ; we are told, therefore, that—" The personal security of the POPE is intrust e d to the filial loyalty of the King of ITALY, and the indePeudence of the Holy See placed under the guarantee of the , Powers. The person of the POPE is inviolable as well as that of the mem bers of the conclave." All the States of the Church, and a ll the so called patrimony of ST. PETER, will, as their Populations desire it, unite with the rest of Italy. But the natural capital of Italy will remain th e seat of her first Bishop. The arrangements proposed would seem to be far more pliant, as well as natural, than to have 14rench soldiers gnawing, as it were, at the heart of Italy. "Rome," says the writer, "capital of Italy, remains the scat of th e Sovereign Pontiff. His Holiness will exercise the Pontificate while conserving all the honours he has enjoyed. The Ambassadors, Ministers, &c., of the Powers sent to the holy Father, as well as the Ambassadors. &c., of the POPE to the Foreign Pow ers , will enjoy all the immunities and privi leges of the Corps Liplornatire. The PorF, to conserve his propaganda, his penitentiary, and his archives. Tile landed property and palaces of the POPE, both in town and country) will be exempt from all taxes, jurisdiction, and domi ciliary visits. The Church of St. Peter and the Palace t h e of Vatican, with ali its dependencies, belong to the POPE and his successors." THE SUN, _LONDON, FRIDAY' EVENINt, SEPTEMBER 27, 1861. favouring either side. We, of course, could aid the Liberals only, who hafe, indeed, just now the upper hand. But no one can tell what a day will bring forth. The enormous wealth of the clergy enables them to hire all the desperadoes of the country to fight for a Church which can pay them well, and promise them plenty of masses for their souls if they are killed ; and MIRAMON and the priests may soon be at the head again. It is a pity that so glorious a country should be sur rendered to such anarchy, but nothing else seems possible at present. ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF ELY.—The Right Rev. Dr. Turton, Bishop of Ely, has been suffering of late from extreme debility. During his recent confirmations he had to be supported on both sides while going through the ceremony of laying on of hands on the candidates. Dr. Turton is one of the oldest of our bishops. He graduated at Cambridge in 1805, when he was senior wrangler, being then about 22 years of age. He was successively Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, Dean of Peterborough, and Dean of Westminster, and was raised to the Bishoprics of Ely in 1845. SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR THOMAS BLAIKIE.—On Wednesday morning Sir Thomas Blaikie, who was for se veral years Lord Provost of Aberdeen, dropped down while on the way to his office, and died instantly. He had gone into the shop of a friend in Union-street, and talking with him at the moment when his head was observed to stoop, and he immediately fell down andnever spoke. Sir Thomas had been in indifferent health recently, suffering, it was understood, from disease of the heart. His brother, Mr. James Blaikie, who was also provost of Aberdeen, died in an equally sudden manner in 1835 or 1836. The family to which Sir Thomas Blaikie belonged have long been of local standing, and carry on an extensive business as plumbers and founders in Aberdeen. He was provost of the city of Aberdeen from 1839 to 1847, having been twice elected, and also held the same office from 1853 to 1856. His business capabilities were excellent, and as chairman of a public board few could combine dispatch of work with accurate management of details in an equal degree. In February, 1856, the Queen, conferred the honour isof knighthood on him, in recognition, it was understood, of his long and efficient public services. Sir Thomas Blaikie was about 60 years of age. THE EDUCATION MINUTE.—We are requested to state that the Education Minute of the 29th July last will not be put into operation till after the 31st of March, 1862. A HARD TASK.—A pedestrian named Elson com menced on Monday last, at 6 a.m., the task of walking 60 miles a day for six successive days. He starts from the Anchor Hotel every morning, and walks to a short distance beyond the Fox Inn, at Three Bridges, and returns again to Horsham, taking on each journey a walk through the principal thoroughfares in the town, so as to make up 20 miles. He makes this journey three times every day, thus making 60 miles a day.— West Sussex Gazette. SWIMMING.—On Wednesday last, the 25th inst., a swimming match took place at the Lambeth Baths for a silver medal, given by the Leander Club. Competitors— Messrs. Haines, Loaht, Grove, and M'Habe; when, after an exciting race, it was won by Grove, by two yards ; Loaht, 2d ; M'Habe, 3d ; Haines, 4th. THE LATE SUMMER.—Autumn having now fairly set in, we can form some idea of what thoyear has produced and what it has not. It gave us the severest winter and the earliest spring on record. These were followed by the largest quantity of bloom on the fruit trees ever remembered, but the- frosts left us with one of the shortest crops of fruit ever known. Cherries, apples, pears, plums, and wall fruit were alike the sport and prey of the elements, so that even common fruits have become a luxury. The summer has produced a fair crop of wheat and beans, and a good crop of barley and oats, while peas are better than at one time expected. It also produced a good crop of potatoes, the finest fur several years past, which have been gathered in the best possible condi tion, a circumstance which will, add greatly to our stock of food for the ensuing winter. The summer also produced plenty of hopbine, which gave promise of a good crop, but it has not been realized. It is an old saying, " a good hop year, a good nut year." If that be so we fear the con verse is equally true, for there is scarcely a nut to be found, either in the hedge-rows and woods or in the nut-cultivated grounds. As regards walnuts, it has not produced any. Such has been the lengthened dry weather that it has not produced any mushrooms. It has not produced many flies, and few wasps, and frogs in the fields were never known to be so scarce. The past year has prod uced a fine summer, but it his not produced its usual concomitants. Taking it as a whole, however, we have much cause for thankfulness. The year has been a very healthy one, a fair crop of many of the necessaries of life have been secured in the best pos sible condition, and the prices of food for the ensuing year will be reasonably moderate. CLEVER CAPTURE OF. A THIEF.---On Wednesday afternoon last, at the Town-hall, Doncaster, before Sir Isaac Morley, chairman, and other magistrates, Samuel Water house, keeper of the Red Lion beerhouse, Timble -lane, Leeds, was brought up to answer the charge of being con cerned in an extensive robbery at Mr. White's boot and shoe establishment in Doncaster last week. The shop kept by Mr. 'White was broken into and 161 pairs of boots carried away. 'When the robbery was reported to Mr. Superinten dent Etches, of the Borough police force, he took prompt steps to secure the apprehension of at least some of the per sons concerned, and Mr. Superintendent Pollard, of the West Riding constabulary at Leeds, was, with other super intendents, acquainted with the robbery, and he succeeded in apprehending- Waterhouse under the following circum stances :—He went to the house of a woman named Steele, and there found two pairs of boots. He inquired from her where she had obtained them, and from the information given to him he suspected the prisoner. Soon after he met the prisoner near the Golden Cross in Leeds driving a pony and cart, and stopping him ho asked him what ho had got in the cart. Waterhouse said he had not anything ; but Mr. Pollard, regarding this answer as an evasive one, got on the cart and drove it and Waterhouse to the lock-up, and on reaching there he found 1361 pairs of boots in the cart, in some of which were papers bearing the name and address ok Mr. White, the person who had been robbed. The property was brought to Doncaster on Wednesday, when Mr. White identified every Fair as belonging to him. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next borough sessions, bail being refused. From a letter found on him it is expected that other parties who were accomplices in this extensive robbery will shortly be brought to justice. HOWDEN CELEBRATED HORSE FAlR.—This great horse fair, fatuous for its production of the finest class of young and useful cattle, was formally opened as a public horse mart on Wednesday, and was resumed yesterday, and will continue during this week. The show of horses was extensive, and comprised animals of high fashion and value, and fully sustained the high character which this county (Yorkshire) has so long acquired and maintained for the breeding of most of our best description of horses; there were also many teams of exceedingly well-bred Irish horses on sale. There was present a large class of persons inte rested in horses, many of whom previously availed them selves of a private view of the horses stalled for sale, and made valuable selections from the stud. Horses of good fashion and usefulness readily obtained buyers, and hunters of high class and pedigree commanded sale ; but seasoned horses of various descriptions were, as is usual, in the autuumn of the year, lower in value. Tho average selling prices were as follow :—Horses of gem breed and pedigree, adapted for or accustomed to follow the hounds, made figures ranging from 95 to 120 and 200 guineas, and, ditto, of high character up to heavy weight and good timber jumpers, realised from 250 guineas and upwards; horses above 16 hands high, suitable for private carriages and double harness, 75 to 90 guineas, and well-grown upstanding matched pairs of bays and grays, 180 to 250 guineas ; colts of this description unbroken to pair harness 50 to 60 guineas ; compact-built, neat going cattle, quick steppers, suited for light broughams, phaetons, &c., 50 to 65 guineas; small, thick-set active horses for public conveyances and machine work, were in active demand; and horse contractors for the army and military purposes brought this description of horse into high competition. Well-grown handsome horses, of high fashion, for chargers, park-riding, &c., made 140 to 200 guineas ; light-bred horses, for riling and single harness, 35 't) 50 guineas ; strong-built cabs, 28 to 40 guineas; powerful young 'horses, adapted for van-work, town purposes, &e., made 35 to 45 guineas ; and cart horses, young, and well-timbered, and quick walkers, for London purposes, 50 to 65 guineas; seasoned ditto, for agricultural work, 18 to 25 guineas. Irish horses, short jointed and well-bred, for riding and draught purposes, 40 to 70 guineas and upwards; brood mares of good blood, 35 to 70 guineas, according to pedigree; ponies, 12 to 20 guineas. The London division of horse-dealers and job masters bought largely of promising young cattle, and pro vincial professionals and gentlemen of the hunting-field speculated freely in best description of Yorkshire -bred horses, and prices generally were remunerative to breeders. RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT OF THE BANK OF FRANCE.—Towards four o'clock yesterday afternoon it was announced that the Bank of France had raised its rate of discount from sto 5f per Gent, Although the heavy purchases of grain in this country and elsewhere on French account have long been matter of notoriety, and could not possibly be settled without large exports of species, this announcement was not expected, the more particularly as the rate of discount in the open market at Paris was some what below that of the Bank of France. The action taken must therefore be held to indicate that the pressure upon the reserves of specie in. that establishment has become heavier. The event has attracted, a great deal of attention here, because it seems to mark a limit to the fall in the value of money in this market, and even to open a prospect movement movementoo:fhani;tihsnocgyfrit,nilol:rdhohnaadvevuhdirni:ligotbekitenhednehe tendency has all ys last n tefooe o nwr u e r anmed f co a eu v nr m o t th u hus r e... . exchanges less favourable for England, but whether it w ill carry gold back to th e C ontinent is not yetclear,=Daily News, The Vienna Gazette publishes the rescript of the Emperor, accepting the resignation of Baron Kemeny, Chancellor of Transylvania. The Echo A gricole says :—" For reasons which we cannot explain, the Government has ceased, for some months past, to publish the importations and exportations of wheat and flour ; and yet this is the very moment at which commerce has the greatest need of such information." THE EXPORT OF WHEAT TO FRANCE.—It is re ported that the speculative purchases made on the eastern side of the country, which have resulted in such large ex ports of wheat for France, have sustained a check for the present, and it is even stated that some of the cargoes which have arrived in French ports have not found a ready mar ket. Prices have now reached a point which will render further purchases more hazardous, hence prudence has suggested a pause for the present, although there can be no doubt that large deliveries will have to be made on French account before the next harvest is gathered in. The sud den demand which has sprung up has had one beneficial effect. Usually prices are depressed in September, in con sequence of the small farmers forcing sales, but this year all the supplies brought forward have been eagerly taken up at enhanced rates. • THE MOTHERWELL MYSTERY CLEARED UP. — Mr. Dundas Simpson writes from Monkland Cottage,-Air drie, on the 24th instant, to the editor of the North British Mail, in the following terms :—" Sir,—l consider it a duty incumbent on me at the earliest moment, to acquaint you, and through you, the public, that Ihave received information from an authentic and reliable source of my son William, whose disappearance recently created so much excitement, being still alive: For his own foolish and heartless conduct he is alone responsible, and I beg to express the hope that the publication of this note may now set the matter at rest, and render any additional comments in your columns unnecessary ; and that what has been already so publicly expressed in regard to him and his affairs may now be con signed to oblivion." Brewers and beer drinkers will be interested to learn, on the authority of the Bavarian Hop Gazette, that the crop of that valuable vegetable is this year somewhat wonderful in Germany. The editor writes in perfect ecstasy. " Hops I" ho exclaims, " hops here, there, and everywhere I There are not hands enough to be found for the picking, and wages are rising fast. The harvest is superior to anything that could have been imagined. Hops of inferior quality were sold at 82 florins the cwt. In Nuremberg, Altdorfer have been sold at 70 florins, and Holledauer at 90 florins; at Schwetsingen, from one day to the next, there was a fall from 100 down to 75 florins ; at Herbruck, on the 4:h instant, the price was 80 to 85 florins, and a few days after sales were made at 70 to 75 florins, but in small quantities, buyers holding back in the apparently well-grounded hope of a further fall. The re duction upon last year's prices is something enormous. FIRE-PROOF DOORS.—The frequent occurrence of fires in the metropolis has not failed to call forth some new inventions, if not for their entire prevention for their limita tion to the premises in which they occur. Mr.'W. S. Hogg, of 19, Rotherhithe-wall, has taken out a patent for a new fire door, and yesterday it was tested in the presence of Capt, Shaw, the chief superintendent of the Fire Brigade in Lon don, and a very large body of wharfingers. The door is con structed partly of iron and partly of fire bricks. The first that has been made was fitted into a recess at the works of Mem irs. Glover, Spa-road, Bermondsey. An immense fire was built up on one side of it, which burnt for about five hour:; without heating the door, though a blast was applied, and although the cast iron blocks by the side of the door melt( , cl. Capt. Shaw having suggested that water be thrown on the door, it was at once done, but did not alter the state of affair s, and the door after all the tests was as perfect es when it wt is first fixed. It has the advantage of being lighter than the i ron fire-proof doors at present in use, and if anything collie i buckle it, the heat to which it was exposed yesterday must t have done it. The patentee, however, has determined to in Trove his present invention by exposing no iron in the doeril, and those made upon improved principles will be subjected by him to more severe tests (if possible) hereafter. The whole of the parties present on this occasion expressed then iselves highly satisfied with the results of the experi ments, and should this door be generally used, there is fair p;rou nd for believing that fires will not spread with such I apiclity as they have done lately. A strange crime was committed a few nights b acit in the neighbourhood of Frankfort. A person named N Vil vonseder, steward of the Prince of Senftenberg, arrived in a gig, accompanied by two other persons, at the octroi olio a of the village of Rehberg, and found the gate closed. It - was some time before the octroi man, whose name is lint itschek, presented himself, and Willvonseder reproached him for his delay. "Ah 1" cried the man, "you are tired of 'w aiting, are you ? Well, then, you shall wait longer ?" and he closed the gate which he had opened, and retired to the 'office. Willvonseder called to him several times, but he n :turned no answer, and at length the former, getting out .of his gig, went to the office and summoned him to open( the gate. "You insist on its being opened, do you? T eke that I" said the octroi man, and he plunged a large knife, into Willvonseder's breast. The latter staggered a fe w steps and fell dead. The murderer was immediately of ter arrested. A DESOLATE CITY OF THE SOUTH.—Wo have had co ncurrent accounts from various quarters going to show the desolation which this mad Southern rebellion has 0 bri)u,3ht upon her greatest mart of commerce—the city of l'sT.)w Orleans. Trade and commerce are at a standstill ; no in - am; dor outward bound vessels pass the mouth of the M issi ssippi, unless it be a sneaking privateer or an insigni fia ant coaster that may escape in fog or storm; cotton bales and a agar hogsheads are not, as in former times, piled upon the broad levee, but are kept on the plantations, lest they should fall into the hands of the national forces ; the streets are so deserted that the Picayune perpetrates the dismal joke of recommending them to the attention of some indus trious sithemen; the payment of rents is regarded as an antigt iated absurdity, and the citizens generally are quaking in tensor over the idea of a visitation from the national fleet. New Orleans once enjoyed the reputation of being a loyal city, and it is even still believed that the adoption of the Ordin ante of Secession by Louisiana was attained through fraud at the ballot-boxes, and against the will of her citi zens. That may be or may not be so. If New Orleans had proved equal to the high commercial position which she held as the second Port of the United States, 110 frauds or violence perpetrated by traitors could have made her lend herself to their objects, or adopt their thieving principles. By doing so she brought upon herself her present desolation, and richly deserves to suffer as she has done and is doing. Nevertheless, we shall rejoice when the army antd navy of the United States shall have banished terror and dismay from the minds of her citizens, when her levee :shall once more be the deposit of the products of the 'Mississippi valley, and when the white-winged messengers of conanierce shall revisit her wharfs under the protection and. flag of the United States. We trust we shall not have long to wait for that day.—.2Vetv York Herald. THE TRIBES OF GALWAY.—If their Connaught or Munster neighbours regarded them with no loving eyes, it must, on the other hand, be allowed that th ()Tribes were pa r tic u larly careful in keeping t) themselves, and s carce l y amu sing anecdote s are s till ( et.tant, show ever permitted the natives to enter their str Dngly-wall e d " Hisl;ory of Gal anred's, in 1518, "th a t i p ia r g op t e la r e ty d ' ete 3 r i e7in y ed opinions that they h e ld oil thi s point, of the B ur l ees, WWll oownf a c tyh, o e, f , it a no v h h ta i h c be h i tea i f s net r cs e t I s a thh t o e au d t l di in t awd li ams a i r ot d ra i dtt i n ey Hams, Kellys, or any other of their Se pt : i n t o their houses, and that neither 0' nor 'Mac sho tilde strutte ne swagger through the streetes of Gallwaze." It is a fact that the following singular inscription was, formerly to be seen over the west gate "From the ferocious O'Flaherti es , Good Lord, deliver us." And in one of their bye-laws, of the date of 15'Z8, wo find it enacted that, "If any man should bring any Irishman to brage or boote upon the towne, to forfeit 12d." From this exclusive system it naturally followed that the( Galwegians formed a tolerably happy and contented commcm ity, neither marrying nor giving in marriage save wit b. their own people, and keeping up a constant succession eat their own name, to inherit their riches and honours fivra father to son.—Once a Week. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A . WIFE. —Aft the Glas gow Circuit Court on Wednesday, before the rc.,c.rd Justice- Clerk, Lachlan 31‘Lean, a spirit-dealer, Gre enoek, was tried for attempting to murder his wit's in June last. I appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been in- diiiging in drink for some days, and that while in a state of excitement he had fired a pistol at his wife, inflicting seri- ous injuries on her face and head, APLean pleaded guilty to assault at common law, without intent, but his plea was not accepted, and a number of witnesses wore examined. The prisoner's wife, in the course of her evidence, said :-- "My husband was usually a sober-living re an. I am aware he received an injury in his head in Aixterica, by a boiler-plate falling upon and I knew ach ango in his temper when he got drink. This occurred some years ago. II was always kind when in sobriety, and I do not wish him to be punished more than he has got, as lasi well now. I thought his mind was affected at the time ho was drink ing, as I know he would not hurt a hair of my _head. Now, my lord, and gent'emen of the jury, I beg for mercy; I hope you will be :as lenetive' as you can to him." Dr. Auld and Dr. Wallace were of opinion that the woman was in a dangerous state, and recommended her to be removed to the infirmary. About a month afterwards sho was out of danger, but her face would be considerably de formed from the effects of the wound. The prisoner's declaration was then read. He stated that he had pur- chased the pistol for the purpose of shooting rabbits while in the Highlands, during Greenock fair ; that he had fired it at his wife's head for the purpose iof frighten ing her, and thereby cause her to desist from ab using him, but with no intention of injuring her person. 'Mr. Shand addressed the jury for the prosecution, and, whiLe adhering to the charge under the statute, he restricted the pains of law, so that, in the event of their returning a verdict of guilty, his lordship would be able to impose any punish ment he might deem fitting, instead of sentence of death, which was provided for by the statute. Mr. Muir then addressed the jury for the panel, after which the Lord Jus tice-Clerk summed up. The jury, without retiring, re turned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty as libelled. The Lord Justice-Clerk then sentenced the prisoner to fifteen years' penal servitude,—Scotsman, LA 1 E * - 1 T NEW S. PARIS, SEPT. 27. The Noniteur of to-day says : " The French military officers who were present at the manoeuvres of the Prussian army have re turned to Paris, penetrated with gratitude for the kind reception . which was given them by the King and the Royal family, and delighted with the frank spirit of cordiality which they met with among the Prussian officers. The officers report most favourably of the fine bearing, discipline, and in struction of the Prussian army, qualities which are so justly attributed to it." FRANCE. PARIS, SErr. 26. By Imperial decree of the 25th the ad interinz administration of the department of Marine and Colonies by M. Thouvenel has ceased, and Count de Chasseloup-Laubat has resumed his functions. BOURSE, Sept. 26.—The market has been rather dull, with scarcely any variation in quotations. Threes are now at 69f 30c. The announcement that the Bank of France had raised the discount rate to 5f per cent. had a depressing effect towards the close. The following are the last quotations : ft per per Cents ... 96 45 Credit Fonder 1232 50 Do. end month.... 96 55 Belgian 4i lOl 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 15: Roman Bank Shares 2925 i Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 775 -- I Spanish Threes — Do. Account 777 50 j Home Debt SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATT ERSALLS'—YESTERD/ ►To CESAREWITCH STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Asteroid (offered) 100 to 6 agst La Vapour (taken) 20 to 1 agat Ivanhoff (taken) 20 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 20 to 1 agst Makeless filly (offered) 33 to 1 agst Russley (taken) 33 to 1 agst Defender (taken) 40 to 1 agst Calpe (taken) 40 to 1 agst Snapdragon (taken) 40 to 1 agat Light (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 7 agst Asteroid (offered) 20 to 1 agst Henham Lass (taken) 23 to 1 agst Diephantus (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-Y t 3TERDAY. The events to come off on the Manchek rte r Race-course on Friday and Saturday next were hardly alb aded to. The little that was done on the Cesarewitch and G ambridgeshire Stakes exhibit no change beyond the adv mix of Ivanhoff to 20 to 1 (taken) for the former; and 1100 to 6 (taken) agst Henham Lass for the latter. Closing pr ices : CESAREWITCH STAKES. 100 to Bon the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken) 20 to 1 agst Makeless filly (taken a tu! offered) 25 to 1 agst La Vapeur (taken) 25 to 1 agst Babette filly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Claire (taken and offenefl) .33 to 1 agst C a lp e (t a k en ) 50 to 1 agst Henham Lass (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Donner and Blitz (offe.red) 100 to 6 agst Henham Lass (taken) 25 to 1 agst Confectioner (taken) LEICESTER RACES.—Tuun en AY. The Scurry Handicap of 60 soya, added to a. sweepstakes o 10 soya each. Half a mile. Lord Coventry's Mousetrap, 3 yrs, Est 81b..... (French) 1 Mr. Saxon's Penalty, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st 10Ib (L. Snowden) 3 Mr. Mellon's Bubbles, 2 yrs, sst 101 b . (Reeves) 0 Mr, Gulliver's Necromancer, 3 yr s , E s t 81b. , . (Wheatley) 0 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Mousetrap and Miss Julia, 4to 1 agst Penalty, and 9to 2 agst Nocroman. ~ e r. Won by a length and a half. There were throe quart ens of a length between the second and third horses. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 30 soya, ad,ded to a sweep stakes of 5 sous each, for all ages. Si, furlongs. Mr. Mellish's Sweetbread Mr. Bryan's Peahen ..... (Hobson) 2 Mr. Nelson's Viscountess Mr. Bent's Entomologist Mr. Mellon's Seahorse Betting—Even on Sweetbread, and 2 to 1 agst Peahen. Won by a head. The same distance separated Peahen and Viscountess. The Skeffington Nursery Handicap:of 100 LiOTS, added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for two-rr-olds. Thre quarters of a mile. Captain Christie's My Partner, Bst (1. Snowden) 1 Mr. Saxon's Miss Livingston, 6st 71b ,.(Midgley) 2 Mr. Snewing's Caractacus, 7st 91b Harlington, Rossmore, and Melody also ran. Betting-2 to lon My Partner, and 100 to 15 each agst Rossmore and Melody. Won by six lengths. Caractacus was a bad third. The Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 50 added One mile and a quarter. Mr. T'Anson nd The Don, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Thompson) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Miss Eleanor, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Bevil]) 2 Mr. Saxon's Little Dick, 4 yrs, lOst 81b . ,(L. Snowden) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Miss Eleanor, and 3to 1 each agst The Don and Little Dick. Won by a neck. Little Dick was a bad third. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Mr. Parr's Avalanche, 4 yrs, 9st 71b .(Clements) 1 Mr. I'Anscn's Dorking, 3 yrs, Bst 41b........ (Johnson) 2 Mr. Mellish's Gaylad, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Edwards) 3 Betting-8 to lon Avalanche, who.won by four lengths. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Gulliver's Necromancer Mr. Mellish's Foretop Betting -6 to 4on Foretop, who was beaten by four lengths. WALSALL RACES.-THURSDAY. The Scurry Handicap of 25 sous; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. Rigby's Lord of the Tees, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Chapman) 1 Mr. B. Land's Bayard, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Salt) 2 Mr. Sparrow's Greenwich Fair, 6 yrs, Bst 121b(W.White) 3 The following also run :—Cheesecake, Eheu, Duplicity, Breechloader, Parovet. Betting-2 to 1 agst Duplicity, 3to 1 agst Bayard, sto 1 agst Paroquet. The favourite jumped round the instant the flag dropped, and did not get off, Bayard and Lord of the Tees lying in front throughout, the former winning by a h ead ; a length between second and third ; Paroquet and Breechloader were next. The Bradfield Handicap of 50 soya., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft. ; winners extra. One mile. Mr. Wrights 1 winkle, .5 yrs, oat. .... (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. IVadlow's Diadem, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b .. (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Wood's Caliban, 3 yrs, sst. 71b.. (E. T ay l or) 3 Mr. B. Land's Yorkshire Grey, aged, 7st. 71b. .. (Salt) 4 Betting-2 to lon Twinkle; 3to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey. Twinkle made all the running, and won in a canter by a length and a half ; half a length dividing the second and third and the third and fourth. The It nkeepers' Plato of 20 sous. ; optional selling weights Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Price's Holdersyke, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (L3O) (Matthews) 1 Mr. Adkins's Doritta, 2 yrs, sst 71b (L3O) ....Whitel e y) 2. Mr. Wood's Fairy Kn owe , yrs, sst 7th (£SO) (E. Taylor) 3 Jetty Bon and Incense also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Holdersyke. Holdersyke got off with the lead which he carried cn to the end, winning cleverly by a length; the same between second and third. The winner was not sold. The Member's Plate Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 25 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Carr's Eheu, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b. (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Wool's Caliban, 3 yrs, sst 71b (E. Taylor) 2 Mr. B. Land's Bayard, 3 yrs, sst 121 b .. (Beesley) 3 Mr. Lincoln's Duplicity, 3 yrs, sst 91b .... (H. Taylor) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Duplicity, who did not go off with the others, Eheu making the play throughout, and winning easily by a length. Bayard was a bad third. The Hatherton Nursery Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. J. Land's Dunoon, 7st 121 b Mr. Wood's Fairy Knowe, 7st (E. Taylor) 2 Mr. Thorpe's Vanilla colt, 7st 61b (Whiteley) 3 The following also ran :—Leonont, Pot Pourri, Bey of Tunis, Agneta, and Strawberry Leaf. Betting—Even on Leonora, 5 to 1 each agst Strawberry Leaf, Vanilla colt, and Pot Pourri. Won by a length and a half ; two lengths between second and third. The favourite bolted at the railway turn. AQUATICS ABROAD. A party of gentlemen, members of the London and King *ton Rowing Clubs, have lately returntd from a rowing expedition abroad, which, undertaken as it was in the first " outrigged" four which has been upon foreign waters, will be interesting to some of our readers. Mr. Stratten, Mr. Koe, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Coventry, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Steward met at Strasbourg on the 6th of September, and their boat, which was built by Messenger, of Teddington, was conveyed by some of the crew on the Rotterdam and Rhine steamers to Mannheim, and thence by rail to Strasbourg. At Strasbourg she was safely launched in the Marne Canal on the morning of the 7th, and the first day's journey was made in her to Saverne, on the Vosges mountains, over which the canal is carried by means of locks, numbering 58 in the ascent. On the following day, towards the summit of the range, the crew arrived at the remarkable tunnel, two miles and a half in length, which is pierced for the passage of the canal waters. Here, fixing the tow-lino and lantern to the bows of their boat, the crew towed her in darkness at a run which occupied them 21 minutes, and late in the evening they arrived at the small village of Heming, where they put up for the night, and, the provisions in the place proving limited, some jars of preserved meats which had been brought from England to provide against such emergencies came into re quisition for the first time. Einville was reached on the following day, Nancy about noon on the 10th, and Erouard that night, where, in a small wooden building, the crew made shift as well as they were able. On the 11th, passing through the three locks connecting the Marne Canal with the river Meurthe, they quitted the former, and two miles' rowing brought them to the junc`ion of the Meurthe with the Moselle, The waters of the Moselle proved lower than had been expected ; no rain had fallen for some time, and at first it seemed doubtful whether even - an outrigger would not draw more water than the shallows would permit. For tunately, however, and by narrowly watching the course of the stream from point to point, upon only two occasions did the crew run aground, and then without injury, although the rapids more than once carried them into dangerous proximity to sunken rocks. Barring, however, these little desagremens, the course of the Nautilus (for the boat had been christened with all ceremony) was uncheckered by any disaster, and the "log" of one of the crew proceeds to give the following further notes of their cruise :—Upon the evening of the day on which they had passed through Nancy they rowed to Ars; passed through the garrison town of Metz on the following day; reached Konigsmakor, where two of the crew had to sleep upon the floor of their inn; and a long day's rowing on the 13th of 45 miles brought them to Troves. On the following day, devoting a short hour before breakfast to the town of Troves, the crow of the Nautilus arrived at Neumagen, and, starting for Trar bach on the morning of the 15th, experienced a day's rough weather; it rained, indeed, so heavily at intervals that some of the crew founl it mere comfortable to row in "buff" than to be encumbered with wet flannel shirts. At Trar bach, as indeed at Neumagen, the crew found good accom modation, and at neither place did it prove necessary to "toss up" for beds and preserved meat. Leaving Trarbach on i‘ia t i b ie e nb l6 e r t h g , oann dthsetorpiaphintgbamnikdowfatyhetorivaesrc,etnhde c t r h e e w C r a y s a t e l h e eodf Cochem that evening, and on the 17th arrived at Coblentz, at the junction of the Moselle with the Rhine, where, hav ing ploughed with her little keel some 420 miles of water since she left Strasbourg, the crew reluctantly furled the flag of the Nautilus. Time, however, did not, it appears, permit some of the crew to prosecute the adventure upon. the Rhine, and it only remains to notice one circumstance which, although in itself trifling, has at the present moment some little significance. Everywhere on French ground the Englishmen met with the greatest courtesy and kindnesa from the French offi cials. The engineer-in -chief of the Marne Canal readily granted permission for the passage of the boat upon the canal ; the lock-keepers appeared to take a personal interest in the success of the expedition, would take no remunera tion for their services, and no duties were charged by the French authorities either upon the boat or its provisions. The Prussians viewed the matter in a different light; duties were charged upon the boat, upon the preserved meats, and upon a few pouads of tea ; obstacles were unnecessarily thrown in the way of the crew, and the impressions left upon them have consequently been as unfavourable as could have been wished. HEAVY GALE AND ILOODS.-LOSS OF LIFE. (From the Edinburgh Witness.) On Monday last we had a gale of great violence, accompanied by blinding showers of rain. On the Saturday previous the authorities at Leith and other places, warned by the meteorological depart ment of the Admiralty, had hoisted the storm signal. The gale began early in the morning, and continued with great force until an advanced hour in the day. The rain was very heavy, and the gale and flood together, which appear to have been general over the country, have caused a good deal of damage to property, and, in one instance at least, we regret to say, loss of life. In the city no parti cular damage was done, beyond the blowing down of slates and chimney-cans, the flooding of cellars, &c. The Water of Leith rose to a great height, and overflowed its banks in several places, carrying away two small wooden bridges—the one near Warriston Cemetery, and the other near Stock bridge. Several houses on the banks of the stream were flooded. A cart and horse, while attempting to ford the river at Stockbridge, were carried off by the force of the current, and the horse was drowned. Some parts of the railways were also flooded.. At Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, the water was two or three feet deep, but no serious damage was done. On a part of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee line, near Thorn ton, the water was so high that the passengers of one or two trains had to be conveyed some miles in carts. The most serisus occurrence which, as far as we have heard, happened in this neighbourhood, in connexion with the flood, took place at Lasswade, where a man and boy were drowned under the fol lowing circumstances. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, a boy named Robert Miller, 12 years of age, was engaged in gathering pieces of wood which were floating down the Esk. He un fortunately slipped his footing and fell in, and, as the river was much swollen, was instantly carried off. A man named William Tanner, a carpet weaver, residing at Lasswade, who was standing by at the time, sprung into the stream with a view of saving the boy. Tanner failed in reaching him, and, we are sorry to say, was also carried away by the force of the current. There were some people on the bank at the time, who were unable to render the drown ing persons any assistance, and they were seen float ing down for 300 yards, when they were lost sight of. Nothing further was heard of them till about 10 o'clock at night, when the body of the boy was found on the Musselburgh Sands, near the mouth of the river. The man's body has not been found. Tanner was 42 years of age, and leaves, we regret to say, a wife and eight of a family. As we have stated above, the Esk was much flooded, and at Musselburgh several fields and houses were flooded. In Perthshire, the Tay, the Earn, and other streams, rose to a great height, flooding many fields along their banks, doing con siderable injury to the crops. At Cupar-Fife, a pretty large building, lately erected by the Messrs. M'Nab, skinners, a s a s h e d, was, with all its con tents, swept down the stream, and nothing now re mains to mark its former site but a portion of one of the gables. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng. lish wheat were only moderate ; the demand, however, both for red and white qualities, ruled inactive at Monday's de cline in the quotations. For foreign wheat—the supply of which was not to say extensive—the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no quot. able change took place in prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request at lato rates. All kinds of barley were a dull inquiry, and the cur rencies had a drooping tendency. Malt moved off slowly ou former terms. Good and fine oats were in steady demand at full prices, but low parcels were a dull sale at barely late rates. The trade for beans and peas ruled firm at full quotations. In flour a moderate business was doing, and prices were supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Whet. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 2,350 ( 680) 1,140 3lO I 860 810 ! 13,020 11,650 I 28,210 I sacks 11,030 brls. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1425 - 1427"1 50 Northern New ditto 915 917 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 1046 25 .. 1047 50 Geneva 350 .. 351 25 Southern 670 671 25 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard ...............541 25 .. 542 50 AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The United States mail steamship Arago, Capt. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes shortly before midnight, and went on to Havre. She brings New York mails of the 14th inst., 400 dols. in specie and 15,912 bushels of wheat for Havre, 24 pasengers for Southampton, and 73 for Havre. She has had strong westerly winds during the passage. Among the passengers are Captain Cecil Johnson (bearer of despatches) and Mr. James Lesley, United States Consul to Lyons. The steamers Africa, Anglo-Saxon, and Europa had arrived out respectively at New York, Quebec, and Halifax. At 7 a.m. on the 15th, in lat. 40.40, lon. 70.30, the Arago saw a four-masted steamer steering west, supposed to be the City of Manchester ; on the 16th, in lat. 42.10, lon. 64.40, saw a barque steamer steering west, supposed to be the New York, from Southampton ; and on the 26th, off the Eddystone, exchanged signals with a Hamburg steamer, steer west. Advides from Western Virginia state that the rebels troops under Lee, on the morning of the 12th, commenced an advance upon both positions occu pied by the National troops at Elkwater and Cheat Mountain Summit, They succeeded in surrounding the Summit, but were subsequently dispersed by reinforcements sent from Clarksburgh, Their ad vance on Elk Water was also stopped by shells from Loomis' Battery. During a slight skirmish on the 13th, near Elk Water, two rebel officers—one of them Colonel John A. Washington, late of Mount Vernon—were killed. Despatches from Washington state that no move ment of the National troops took place on the 13th. The rebels, however, in the afternoon, moved a large body of men from Fairfax Court-bongo to wards Falls Church, with the purpose, as was sup posed, of resisting any occupation by the National troops of the ground reconnoitered on the previous Wednesday, when the skirmish took place near Lewinsville. Signal fires were seen in the diree tied of the rebel camp on the night of the 13th, indicating probably that the troops had occupied the positions assigned them. Government had received reliable information that the strength of the rebels at Fairfax Courthouse and vicinity was 110,000, the estimate being based upon the number of rations issued. Beauregard was there in person. A number of important arrests were made in Bal tim ore on the morning of the 13th, some of them before daylight, including Hon. Henry May, Mem ber of Congress; all the members of the Legislature from Baltimore County ; Mayor Brown; F. H. Howard, editor of the Exchange ; Thos. J. Hall jun., editor of the South, and others. Among the members of the Legislature were—Ross Winans, Charles H. Pitts, Lawrence Sangston, S. T. Wallis, T. P. Scott, Henry M. Morfit, W. G. Harrison, and Messrs. Dennison, Quinlan, Warfield, Thomas, Bruce, and Lynch. It was also reported that Ben jamin C. Howard, the " Peace" candidate for Go vernor, was among the number. These arrests were all made in pursuance of orders from Wash- ington. The New York Herald says :—" These arrests have developed a deep laid scheme on the part of the Maryland rebels to aid those on the other side of the Potomac, which plot would, doubtless, have partially succeeded but for this action of the youthful chieftain. The Maryland Legislature was to have met on the 17th inst., when an Act, already prepared, was to have been passed de claring Maryland out of the Union. On the same day the rebel forces, aided by ex-Commander Buchanan, on the eastern shore, and other rebels above Washington, were to have crossed into Mary land and taken military possession of the State, while Mayor Brown was at the same time to head a demonstration at Baltimore city of a like nature. The arrest of these men, and the suppression of the two rebel papers, the Exchange and the South, will leave the Legislature powerless to act, and take away the head from the plug-uglies of Baltimore." A gentleman sent to China on an agricultural mission by the French government, M. Eugene Simon, has made a valuable report on the fish and fisheries of that country, and has also despatched specimens of several kinds which he thinks capable of being bred in Europe. He speaks of these in the highest terms, and says that it would not be difficult to select forty or fifty species worthy of ob servation. Amongst others is the Lo-in, or king of fish, classed as Crenilabrus by Dr. Bridgman, measuring some times six or seven feet in length, weighing from 501bs. to 2001b5., or even more, and said to be equal to the famous salmon of the Rhine. Then come the Lion-in-wang and the Kan-in, almost as good and even larger in size than the other; the Li-in, finer than any carp in Europe, and weigh ing sometimes 301bs. ; and the Ki-in, or Tsi-in, which does not weigh more than 10 or 121bs. or so, and is the finest and most delicate of all in flavour, partaking at once of the cha racteristics of the trout and sole. M. Simon also speaks of the immense 'care which the Chinese in former times paid to the embankment of their rivers, the directing of their course through mountains and along plains, and in the for mation of immense lakes, in which millions of fish find re fuge from all but omnivorous man. LOOK OUT FOR SHARKS.—A correspondent, writ- . ing to a contemporary, from Undercliffe, Isle of Wight, says :—For some days past two or three sharks have been seen off the coast of the Undercliffe.• On Wednesday I noticed ono of these "interesting creatures" about 200 yards from the beach, at low water, cru'sing quietly along (his fins occasionally showing above the surface), and appa rently enjoying the warmth and calmness of the sea. Sharks have not been seen here for fourteen years. May not these tropical int ru d ers occas i on t h e scarc ity of fish which fishermen say has existed all the season ?-IVest Sussex Gazette. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are moderately good. Good and prime qualities command a steady sale at very full prices; otherwise the trade rules inactive at our quotations. Per Sib. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 4 0 4 6 Inferior mutton, 3 0 3 6 adsd Middlingmutton 3 8 4 0 Prime do 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 4 4 2 Small pork Lamb BOROUGH HOP. There is a steady but by no means active demand for new hops at our quotations. Yearling and old qualities, how ever, are a slow sale at about previous rates, The imports of foreign hops this week have been considerable. Duty about £llO,OOO. New Mid and East Kents 200 s to 273 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats l7os 200 s „ Now Sussex l6ss 170 s „ COLONIAL. TEA. —The dealings have been moderately active, and the new season crop has sold readily at 2s 8d per lb for good and fine qualities of congou. SUGAR.—West India descriptions have been in more demand, chiefly for home consumption, and prices have advanced about 6d per cwt. In the refined market full rates are generally demanded by holders. COFFEE.—For good and fine qualities of colonial there has been an increased inquiry, and extreme prices have previous been obtained, other descriptions f u lly sustain quotations. RICE.—A moderate business has been done in Ease India at fully late quotations. SALTPETRE.—The market has continued dull, and the few transactions entered into have been at barely previous prices. TALLOW.—More activity has been apparent, and opera tions for both present and forward delivery have been re corded at slightly enhanced rates. P.Y.C. on the spot 48s 6d to 495, and spring delivery 498 to 49s 3d per cwt. THE IVRATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. • F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. Nairn 2O/8 44 43 S. 3 1 b. 2 Aberdeen— 29 83 44 42 N . W . 2 1 c. 2 Leith ! 29'83 51 48 E. 1 4 o 1 Berwick , 29'82 50 47 W . 2 6 b. 1 Ardrossan ... I 29'79 51 49 S . W . 3 4 C. Pottrtish ' 29/ 2 0 50 49 S.E. 2 2 b. 2 Shields Galway 29•55 55 55 S. 8 9 9 Scarborough 29'93 52 50 W.S.W. 2 1 b . . 2 Liverpool Queenstown 29•61 56 55 S.S. W. 6 6 r. 4 NV. 2 1 b. 3 Yarmouth 30'02 53 52 London 120 V 9 52 50 S. S. E. 1_ f r ..... Dover 2919 59 55 W. S. vir . ,_, , ~:! , Portsmouth 120V9 65 53 s . w . `i g m. I Portland ... • 2916 5 4 52 S. 1 40. 1 Plymouth 129•88 56 53 S. Penzance 129•88 H 7 56 I 1 S.W. 5 5 c. 5 E x PLANATION.--43. Barometer corrected and reducedto 32 deg at mea n 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 shado. 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. I n iti als : — b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; ~ fog. ' • h„ hail ; 1., li g ht n i ng ; m , , m i sty (h az y) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s,, snow • t., thunder. A letter repeated augments — thu s , much' rain. S. Sea disturb.. Ince (1 to 9). The TuscanTlionltore of the 22d gives a full de scription of the funeral procession which accompanied the body of the great tragic poet G. B. Niccolini to the grave. It took place by torchlight, and was composed, of people , from every corner of Italy. The corners of the pall were held by Marquis Bartolommei, Gonfaloniere of Florence; the Abbe Lambruschini, Senator; Prince Ferdinand Strozzi, President of the Academy of Fine Arts ; and the Chevalier Brunone Bianchi, pro-secretary of the Academy of La Crusca. The Municipal Council, Marquis Ridolfi, President of the Exhibition, the Professors of the Facul ties, and other distinguished personages immediately fol lowed the hearse, and the streets through which the pro cession passed was lined with national guards. At the church of Santa Croce, where the last funeral rites were performed, Professor Atto Valued read an appropriate speech. 1 1 4 5