The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-01 00:00:00

GOOD VRACES.—(7his Day.) 1 ..._._. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD CUP. 9to 4 agst The Wizard (taken) 7to 2 agst Thormanby (taken) 4to 1 agst Mon Etoile (taken.) 10 to 1 agst Doefoot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Optimist (offered) 31 °IVEY 31,4RK ET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. R EDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. Tile Directors of the Bank of England, at their st( meeting to-day, reduced their minimum rate of :t v ( disc from 6to 5 per cent. This important Bt( s ea sure was generally anticipated, owing to the st( a bundanc e of money, the diminished inquiry for accommodation, the decline in the rates st C lar ge(' for the negotiation of commercial st , e norities i n th e open mar k e t, and the continuous 0 1 , i , af itor of g o ld. Th e re t ur n to be issued this even - E s 3t n t: g Will p ro b a bl y s h ow an important increase in st , the stock o f b u lli on, an d a f a lling off in the other 8 8 1: securities the comparatively low terms accepted b y e banks and discount houses having recently st t he t , ele inded the Bank of England from the general st t a2 iness of the market. ati About £BB,OOO in gold was sent into the Bank st! of The bar silver by the Tasmanian has been sold at 58, id. per oz. standard, showing no alteration. 4 't the forthcoming meeting of the Great 8 t N orthern R a il wa y C om pany a dividend at the rate st , of 34 per cent. will be proposed. T he directors of the United Kingdom Elertric Sh ele graph Company have made a call of I 1 per 1, a re) payable on or before the 22 d inst. B usiness . in, th e Liverpool Cotton Market yester- at '43' continued rather quiet, but prices were firm. st Th e sales amounted to about 8,000 bales. st , meeting has been held to-day of the share- st ltoiders of the London and County Bank. The re port, which was adopted, exhibited a net profit 8,,i f or the half-year to the 30th of June last of st 4 ,473 3s. 3d., after payment of interest to cue- 19 totters, £47,451, and of the ordinary expenses, in- st eolll e-tax, rebate on bills discounted and not due, a nd providing for bad and doubtful debts. A divi dend of 5 per cent. for the half-year, payable on the r t ,' 1 2th inst., was therefore agreed, and a balance of at, £19,473 will then rema i n t o b e carr i e d forward. st . Increased firmness h as p reva il e d i n the Market f oe Public Securities to-day, chiefly in consequence st of the re d uc ti on i n th e B an k ra t e o f di s count, al- s t t i t hough the favourable weather is also productive of :noyancy. Consols are 90 901- for transfer, and for the account. The New Threes and the 0 ; educed are steady at 892 902 ; Bank Stock has st; Improved to 2311 and 233; India ditto is flat at 219 ; ditto 5 per Cents. remain at 99-1- 1 ; and 1 2 Chequ er Bills, March, are heavy at 13 s. to Bs. St' , 44 ' ; ditto June, 4s. dis. st In the F ore i gn Market a fair amount of business a lne been recorded, and prices are firm. Turkish 6 1 3 er Cents. are 79 to 791 ; ditto, 1858, to 681 to 9 ; Mexi can are steady at 2 2 2 ti ; Spanish have st 'lmproved 48Z-, ditto Deferred remain at 41}; Ver.e- st t tl elan at 172 ; and Dutch 2 1 per Cents. at 631, ; P eruvian 3 per Cents. have advanced to 74. The l as t wee k' s railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1861. 1860. r eat Wester n -ti O rth-Western 91,526 92,638 ZuFh Western ttighton 21,463 24,245 midland ,kuth-Eastern .ureat Northern 27,642 25,131 et, Lancashire and Yorkshire Forth-Eastern and Exeter 6,983 7,119 41,054 39,907 'Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 12, 162 12,125 _West Wales _West Hartlepool inburgh lind Glasgow 7,001 6,967 sn Great Trunk of Canada \Treat Western of Canada These returns, in some instances, exhibit rather stl /la favnurable features ; in the Lan cashire and : 1 Yorkshire for example, there is a dec rease of s 1 £2,142;17 on the North-Western, £1,112; on the Bri ghton, £2,782 ; and on the South - Eastern , 4," ' lO7 . The Great Western shows an increase of 3,0347„, ; the South-Western, £ 1 , 539 ; the Mid land, ; the Great Northern, £2,511 ; the North- s Ea stern, £1,147 ; the Grand Trunk of Cana da, and the Great Western of Canada, £2OO. Business in the Railway Share Market has 'Bl h e n moderately active, and a slight improvement :1 til ts taken place on the rates realised for seve ral of a I, E ; P r incipal undertakings. Lancashire and York- ClnYork eNorth Western, Manchester , She ffield, and e6lll , and Midlands advanced s s. ; and Caledo nian and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. Great Northern declined about 155., and the A stock dstt: •X 2 t o £3. s t ' The F ore i gn an d C o l on ial lines experienced little et 'N'iation. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian st are 10- 1 ; Bahia and San Francisco , 11 1 ; Great s t wester n of Canada, 10 ; East Indian, 99 ; and st 'Great Indian Peninsula, 941 951. st st , Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous S hares 81 orought about former prices. Union of London, et however, declined ss. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock , '',. Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 89/ 90/ 0 ner Cent. Cons , ols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 11-16 1 Incti i Stock .. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. l -) .' ,, Bonds ,El,000 - uAllk Stock for Account 233 t-;01. , ,e1s for Account, Aug 7 9O/ 90 2d Mar. p. day 1 June 31 p. c Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l3 dis D f , O £5OO 8 dia . Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 13razilian 6 per Cen' . •••••••••.. Apish 41 per Cent. 1860 .. n ish 3 per Cent., 1825 Mexica n 3 per Cent — 1, D itto Account er uyian 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Lpitt ) 3. ,, 0 Account t ' r ,,. iB h 3 per Cent. 43 Ditto Account Jitt°tto New wouDnetferred 42a — k4l v : 1) tt l tt s oo h A 6 c c p e o r un C t en t . Ditto 79 N Ac e c w oun Lo t an 68 1 -1 i i cl lezuelan 3 per Cent Dut ch Dividends on the above payab l e in London. — co- 21- per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. TWO O'CLOCK Consols Money 9O / .Ditto Account ...... 4 dis 4"usncEs, JUSTICE IN HUNTING. DONSHIRE. I larriet Creek, of Little Raveley, wife of Jonas ThCreek, labourer, was charged last week before the — C l Ristrates of the borough of H untin g don, with g, in April last, used a steel trap for taking i f : 111 :. The information was laid a g ainst the de hyendhy Mr. Roper's gamekeeper. 4 ; loan named Woodcock deposed tha t he was vn F ef il g to work in the morning, when he s aw the tt endant, about a hundred yards from him, in the e et . of killing a hare in a common rabbit trap. H e "You have a nice one there. It is worth there She replied, " It is worth more than that ; i 8 a great deal of victuals on these things. often have one. We had one last Sunday." Mr., Wallingford, who appeared on behalf of the , e ' e ndant, contended that Mrs: Creek had a right I T do as she did. She was the servant of her hus httntikd' and was acting under his instruction, and her ‘ ,., s uand was the certificated servant of his master; 13 "' he called Jonas Creek, who stated that he had oneen certificated by Mr. Peter Martin to kill hares v b;i B farm, but he had not seen any certificat e. Mr. Wallin g f or d a pplied for an adjournment o f the "so but the b enc h thought there would be no advantagede adjourning it, and th e y fined the _.: en dant £2 and 15 c . e xpenses. This sum s he as unable t o pay, and accor di ng ly was committed J l l .BOll for a m on th. y The thi s Singular d ec i s i on are D. Vease , W. names of the " grea t unpa id" who arrived at W. Hum- W. Deeborough, and Rey. A. F. Stopford. ---..-..,..-.- ife itt puts spect- Lo like )m an fishing -mired tinues ght nbroi prting !aring ion e," id 1111-' of the e mis .re are es en- West- e, e-s" 1 , it is r,reat w the s ailo es and arly ;elf, he 7 of of the not be raf s of 3 rank ►d the ()ratio which of the' ordott , ►ernor 1853• r 93, so [port's t, was [e has luable using, ved as ived utered ,n d, as at the three 185ty nteer ; has a 17971 AIW whO If the 18 38. larch. .01.110T1 took I W 35 hag 179 5 ; liao 6 Sa'~Aßc 31,11Z1LET.—(TRIS D.l Y)? 011DINARY SIIAttES AND STOCKS. 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.13 13ir., Wol , and Str. Val. stock Birk., La., and Ch June . Blythls and Tyne 10 Boi4. Sleaf. and 31 id. Co. 3ck Bristol and Exetur • )ck Caledonian ..... , 10 Carmarthen & Cardigai 10 Cork and Bandon 10 Cork, Rlrock., ,t,Passa.gt tOCornwall ..... A (A gets no div rtno nlO pno ,` until 6pc peran hasbeenl d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June I 5 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June 3ck East Anglian 3ck Eastern Counties 3ck Eastern Union, A stocks ;or Do do B do 15 Do Nw A, late EU3ds.l 3ck East Suffolk 3ck Edinburgh & Glasgow 3ck Edin. Perth, & Dundee 10 Portia & Clyde Junction 3ck Furness mit Glasg. and S. Western 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland ock Great Northern ock Do do A stock ock Do do B do ock Gt. S. & W. of Ireland ock Great Western ock Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South-eastern ock Lancashire & Yorkshire ock London and Blackwall ock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast ock Lond., Chat, and Dover ock Lond. &Nth. Western ock Lond. & Bth. Western 25 L'derry & Coleraine _ 25 L'derry & Ennisaillen ock Man. Shet. & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. 126 Do do 4 shares.... 10 Metropolitan ock Midland 4.0. Do new..... .... ock Do }Arming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Doh shares 25 Mid ent.. •..•• • • • • 10 Do, Cray Line 00 Newcastle and Ctrlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt & Ros ock Norfolk ... ••••• • • • • • ock North British . . ock N'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoe , ,ock et. 3tk ; A recs no until 6pchas beenpd.B ock Do B stock .... ock Nth. Eaptern—Berwick 25 Do do., G.N.E. purchase oak 8 8i 84 85 6 7 92 94 99is 100 Do Leeds • • • • • • • • A Do York •••• • • • • •ck North London .. 10 Do new 16 4 North staffordshire. • • • 10 N, and S. W. Junction ock Not. & Grantham Rail 10 faebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney...— ...• •• • • ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock ock Shropshire Union 10 Sitting - bourne & Sheer ock South Devon • • • • 25 S.-Durham & I ,anc. Un. ock South Eastern .... • • • • ock South Wales .... ••• • • • ock S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington Do do 25 Do New (1860) ock Taff Vale . • • ock Do Pref. No 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&llail 50 Ulster .. " 5 Do ........ 10 Do ... .. ••• ock Vale of Neath .0 Victoria Sta. and Pim c. Waterford As Kilkenny to Waterford do Limerick 0 West Cornwall •• •• '0 West London ...... •• •• 0 Do Ist• class '0 Do 2d class .. ck WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail ,ek West Midland—Oxford ,ek 1)0. Newport Do. Hereford Cl os ing Business Railways. I Paid. Price. Done Share 5 6 42 43 8 9 17 18 49 5) 39 41 28 30 87 89 28 29 107 109 132 134 104 IC9 99 100 129 131 104 106 70} 701 58 62 1.01 1111 50 $2 115 117 44 48 93} 93 95f 06 10 11 45 16 4 8d 1211 122 1 tip 94 96 8 ed 57 69. 621 Of 1051 1061 a If 610 62 930 94 95 97 4 4 10 10i 86 83 115 117 35 36 88 90 46 48 39 41 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Illyth e and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5; all ck tiris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 ~ 0 Do. do. do. Shares l4 )ck Caledon £10,41 percent 100 )ck Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 01 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all !O Cornwall. 5 per cent all 61 ]Dun.Pertli&Ab er .Jun all 4 Do' let Class Pref all >ck E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 101: Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO ,ck Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO )ek E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 )ck Do. do. No. .) 100 .ck Do. New 6 pee ct. stock. 100 ck Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 ck Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 ',lc Edin.&Glas.sp.e. shares 100 ck Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 ock !Iselin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 :took Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock Glas.&. S. West.g.a. 5 p.c 100 stock 1G refit, Northern, sp. ct 100 k P o.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm i 100 ;c3: Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 0 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 0 (at. N I). of Scotid. Ist pt' all i G t.Sn. &W (Ireland) I l c 10k 1 p. ct. pret. stock i 0 (4ceat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. ct f ) , 1: 1:o. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. 1 01 )ck Do. Redeemable, 4p. et 10( )ck Do Irredeemable, do 10( )ck Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 10( 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. al 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh al ,0 Do. do. sp. et. pref al )ck Do Birmg.guar. stock lOl !ffi Do. Chester gua. shares al 131 Do. do. do. 10 Do. do. do. 10 Lan. & Carl. 44 pc. pref. 6 >ck Lan.&York 6p. c. stock. 10 iek Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc 10 )tit Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) )ck Lon. & Brig. 5 pe.gu. No 1 10 )ck Do. sp. c. No. 2 10 )ck Do. gua. 6p. c 10 )ck Do. do 5 p.c No. 4 11 >ck Do. do. 41 per cenf - . .... 1C 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. a 10k Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 1( )ck Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 1( )ck Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65, 1( )ck Do. 4 per cent. Pre! 1( )ck Lon. Chat. and Dover 1( /' Do. W. A rceiv. no div 10 Ex.A til 6pcis pd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B )ck Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, sp. ct II )ck Lon. &S.W, 7p. ct. stock 1; )ek Do. 41 per cent 1; 0(1. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns at 2s. 6d... ....... 121 Londondy. & Cole. Ish 1 12 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh I ck Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et 1 6 1)o. £6 DCI' Do. 31 per cent, 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 121 Maryport & Car., 4p. c ; 12 4 Do. 44 per cent. ock Mid. on. 6 p c. stock 1 ock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.e I ock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 1 8 Do. 44 per cent ock Do. Leic, & lilt. pref. st 1 ock Norilk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 ' ock Do. 51 p. c. Pret. do 1847 ock Do.sWay. Val. Ex.5t.1847 ock North British, 5 p. o ock Do. New, gua. Bp. c 1I ! Do. Bor. Dn. g. pt. abs 1;1. Do. do. do st Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. st N-East.Cons.Pret. 4 p.c. st I Do. 44 pc. redeemable.. st Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 17 i Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. ; 20 ;Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 20 ;North Staffordshire.... 10 Rhy mn ey Guaranteed. 84 ;Scottish Central, new pt st i Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e st I Do. 7p. c. pret. stock 10$. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. .0. I South Eastern ( iteadin , : Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 44 per cent at Do.Fixedl4p.c. Ist is et South Wales, gua. 4p. c at Do. 14 per cent. st Do. 5 per cent' st S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gun. I 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c I 25 Do. B 6 per cent 15 Do. C 6 percent ;t Wated & ICllkny, 6p. c.l ;t W.3lid -Oxf Ist Gua stk it Do. 2d do I Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. I Do.remet. 6p.c. pf 1866 I Do. till 1869, Ist is. -----__ 100 100 100 all all Paid Cl os i n g Business I rri— • ce. Done. 131 141 125 127 65 70 stock WO all all all all a❑ 101 103 20 21 51 a 99 101 108 112 105 108 'lO7 109 106 108 122 124 78 80 XO9 11l 90 92 75 77 115 117 110 112 102 104 106 108 97 99 96 98 87 90 88 90 100 102 9 3 / 4 10 16 3 / 4 17 3 / 4 10 3 / 4 10/ 74 76 20 21 10 10 3 / 4 15 153/4 114 116 114 116 137 140 114 116 101 103 1150 155 127 130 71 74 92 94 [34 136 [O2 103 91 93 110 112 108 110 1 1i 91 83 101 103 131 103 i ip i d ip 22 n 132 134 10 10, 23 23 99 100 99 100 98 100 83 86 264 271 314 321 318 3'.2 45 48 124 126 118 122 100 103 120 123 115 117 St LO. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. i Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Illetchley all Ln &N.W • • • 96 • Bu3kinghamshire .', 100 .Do ....... 94 Chester & Holyhead ! . 100 'D0........ 524 534 Do. 54 percent'', 100 D 0....... 1.21 123 Do. 5 „ 100 D 0... • ... 111. 212 Clydesdale June lOO C a ledon... 101 103 C o l c hester, Stour Val '154 16i g 6 per c ICO Gt. North. 132 134 E.Union,HarwichShs ' all E.Counts. 44 4a Do. W o odbridge.. l.lOO Gls. B arr .&Neils.Dra 1 100 Cale . don.„ Do. new ..... ... 100 IDo. — Gloster & Dean Forest' all ;Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & R . ail all Yl, - ..N.&8r1 Hulland Selby.. Do. halves all Do. _ Do. quarters........ all Do. Lane.&Carl. gna. 5 p.c.l 100 I Ln&N.W ' 1197 200 London & Greenwich., 100 :S.Eastern, 59 61 Do. Preferenc 100 IDo ..... , 1112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end! 100 'Pet° &Co B3 86 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 1 1 00 (Norfolk — Do. ti per cent lOO ;Do. — Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlock! all IL NW&M 34 34 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock lOO Midland.. 93 95 Nowmarkt Bury Ex " 5. 5 6 P Counts. p gua. 5 percent..... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all D 0........ 55 57 Do. fi p. c all Do. - Do. Fixed sp. all Do. — North Western all Midland 151 164 Preston and Wyre. / all L& NW L.Yk. Do. Shares A. all Do. - Roystn.4l itch., & Shep. 100 Gt.Norlh l3l 133 Shrewsbry& Hereford, 100 T.Brassey 118 122 Do. do. 1 Do. 1 lip S.-Staffordshire all Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt.We e t.: 88 90 WoOledott&Croyda all Laaren, 81 et THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1861• LAW INTELLIGENCE—(Thus Day). SHERR,IFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Wheeler.) AUCTION SALES.-CURIOUS DISCLOSURES.-JACKSON V. MINT. This was an action to recover £5O, plaintiff being a gen tleman of property, and defendant an auctioneer. Mr. Layton, for the plaintiff, said his client, having been to Italy, brought home with hitn a number of very fine paintings, which he lodged with defendant for the purpose of sale by public auction. An agreement was entered into by which :defendant was :to have 7} per cent. on all sales over £lOO, but in addition to this sum defendant had charged most exorbitant rates, and plaintiff sought to re - cover the overplus. Defendant was called to prove the set-off which had been pleaded (£ll3 odd), and said that he was to sell the pic tures. Sold by auction, £l4l 12s. 6d.; and privately, £2O. Plaintiff removed remainder of pictures. They were to have been sold without reserve, but plaintiff employed two brokers to bid for him, and so keep up the prices. (A laugh.) Mr. Buchanan cross-examined his client as to the items of the set-off, and as to the charge of £34 for three weeks' hire of rooms. Defendant said the charges were fair and reasonable, and it was customary to charge (under certain circumstances) hire of room in addition to commission. Plaintiff was called, and said that he marked the cata • Logue with a reserve price of £960. He never sanctioned the employment of brokers to bid on his behalf. By Mr. Buchanan—Do not swear I mentioned the word " reserve to defendant. The witnesses as to the custom of charging for hire of rooms flatly contradicted each other ; and upon the subject of the £2 2s. for the " bonnets," or brokers, Mr. Buchanan called one Asherford, who said he suggested the employ ; ment of the brokers to the plaintiff, and that gentleman acquiesced. It was customary to employ these men in all the rooms in London. Mr. Laxton—To make mock bids. Witness—l protect the seller. It is done everywhere— even at Christie and Manson's. His Honour—Don't mention Christie and Manson's name. Mr. Laxton—lt is a mock auction then. Mr. Buchanan then contended that defendant had made out his case, inasmuch as the charge for room hire was warranted by plaintiff breaking his contract of sale without BORNEO.--Her Majesty's steamer Charybdis re -1 turned to Singapore on the 15th of June from Muka. Mr. St. John, the British Consul-General to Brune, proceeded up the river accompanied by the armed boats of the Charybdis, and delivered to the chiefs of the place, Pan gerans, Diepa, and Wahar, the Sultan's firman ordering them to throw down their defences, and receive Sir James Brooke as his representative. Mr. St. John was received with great respect, and implicit obedience to the behests of the Sultan promised. The forts are said not to be so strong as was supposed, and the feeling among the chiefs, as well as people, was in favour of submission. It was thought that Scheriff Massahore would give himself up if he re ceived a promise that his life would be spared.—London and China Telegraph. SHOCKING INHUMANITY.—On Monday, at the Dewsbury petty sessions, the bench were engaged in in vestigating a charge of shocking brutality to a child by its father. The child, a girl not 6 years of age, was brought into court by its mother, and it was patent to all that it had suffered from gross ill-usage for a length time. The right arm and left thigh were crippled in consequence of their not having been set after being broken by the father's brutal treatment some time ago. Its face was bound up with linen cloth, and the appearance of the little sufferer was that of a child not 3 years old, it being much stunted in growth. The father, Alfred Shepley, labourer, of Robert town, near Dewsbury, was charged with brutally kick ing it on the face on Saturday, the 20th ins t., whereby he had caused a wound which had entirely penetrated the left cheek. The evidence showed that Shepley went home on the afternoon of the day above named, in a state of partial intoxication, and seeing the little girl playing on the floor of the kitchen, deliberately kicked it on the face with his iron-shod boot. The mother, who was in the house at the time, hastened to the child, and having rescued it from her husband endeavoured to stanch the blood which flowed copiously from the wound, but being unable to do so she took it to the house of Mr. Thos. Dransfield. Mr. Drans field deposed that the child, who was the illegitimate daughter of the prisoner, was brought to him on Saturday evening by its mother. He found its left cheek entirely cut through, the wound being rather two inches in length. He applied the proper dressings. The child he knew had been grossly ill-treated since its birth. Cn examining its body ho found that both its right arm and left thigh had been broken, and that they had never received surgical at tention. The clothes of the child when it was brought to him were quite stiff with blood. Police-sergeant Stevens said the child was the offspring of the prisoner and his wife, but it had been born before their marriage. The prisoner had often ill-treated it, and had caused the in juries not only to its arm and thigh, but to its cheek, though the former had been done some time since. The child did not weigh more than 181 b. There was proof to show, if necessary, that it had been grossly neglected by its mother also. The little girl's mother, who behaved in a very flippant and unfeeling manner in court, was severely censured by the bench ; and her husband, the prisoner, who pleaded guilty to the charge made against him, was com mitted to the Wakefield House of Correction for six calendar months with hard labour, and ordered, at the expiration of that term, to find sureties for his good behaviour for another six months.—Manchester Examiner. THE DEVIL' AT CORFIT.—About a fortnight ago the quiet town of Corfu was startled one night by the ap pearance of his Satanic Majesty. Men fled in all directions, women fainted, and children cried, but there the devil was, and nobody dared go near him. The superstitious Greeks attributed his arrival either as a consequence of their comet, or else a punishment of the late conduct towards England, or else as the beginning of the end of the world; but, as to its being a hoax, that was out of the question. But it was a hoax, and carried too far, for some women became dan gerously ill, and it is said one died of fright. The police, who are remarkable in Corfu for their stupidity and cowar dice, were ordered to take him, end succeeded in surround ing him, on which he blew fire from his mouth, and the police vanished in every direction. The officers of the garrison watched in the streets for him, but he did not care to come across them, and kept out of the way till they had retired. This went on for three or four nights, when he suddenly disappeared, and at the same time an officer of the navy who had been turned out of the service for mis conduct and who was waiting at Corfu for a passage home, left the island in a steamer. There is now very little doubt that he personated the devil ; at least he is suspected of it. The " get up" was capital—the usual horns and tail, and an apparatus on his feet by which he was able to increase his height to seven feet, and diminish it again to his ordi nary stature. The police, although armed with swords, are cowards. A short time after the disappearance of the devil an officer, Capt. Douglas, oth Regiment, and Mr. Tyndal, a gentleman travelling in those parts, were returning home at 11 o'clock at night, having been playing at billiards. Capt. Douglas was saying good night to Mr. Tyndal at the door of the hotel, when a policeman came and stood close to them. They told him to go away; he gave a whistle and was immediately joined by 10 or 12 other policemen armed with swords, and by a small crowd of blackguards ; they surrounded these two gentlemen, abused and beat them, and on their attempting to run up the stairs of the hotel, dragged them back, drew their swords, cut Captain Douglas's lip open to the chin, and inflicted a good many stabs on Mr. Tyndal's body. Neither of these gentlemen was armed even with a stick, otherwise the police would have fared badly. Having committed this unprovoked assault they left them on the ground. Both Capt. Douglas and Mr. Tyndal are seriously hurt. A Military Court of Inquiry assembled, but had no power beyond giving its opinion, which was that an unprovoked attack had been committed on these two gentlemen by the police. The civil authorities did not seem to think much about it as the sufferers were English, but probably will be compelled to do something. And so ends the story of the devil's visit to Corfu. ARTIFICIAL SUGAR.—It is well known that sugar is a widely-spread substance in nature, and that it may be obtained in a variety of ways. Thus starch, moderately heated with sulphuric acid, becomes gum ; but if the tem perature be increased, it is turned into sugar—these three substances, starch, gum, and sugar being iso merice—that is, having the same chemical composhion,and only differing from each other by the arrangement of their particles. In a recent communication to the Academy of Sciences, M. Boutlerow announced the synthetical for mation of a substance which bears great analogy to common sugar. The iodide of methylene, treated with the oxalate of silver, produces di-oxy methylene, a substance which is easil) dissolved by the aid of heat in a weak solu • tion of potash or soda, barytes or lime. When boiled with the latter, the solution, which is colourless, soon assumes a yellowish hue, which ultimately turns to a brownish yellow, and the characteristic odour of di- oxymethylene is replaced by a smell of burnt sugar. The solution is then evaporated, and the residue treated with alcohol, when a formiate of lime is separated from an uncrystalisable substance which M. Bonne row calls methylenitane, and it is the new saccharine substance, possessing a taste of liquorice and a smell of burnt sugar. Its other chemical properties tend to confirm the opinion that it is a kind of sugar. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW OF IRELAND. —lt is believed that the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., Chief Secretary for Ireland, will accompany his Ex cellency the Lord-Lieutenant to Belfast on the 7th August. The present arrangements of the vice-regal party are to attend and lunch at the show on the 7th, leaving for Lord Lurgan's ball same evening. On the evening of the Bth they will again come into Belfast for the banquet, and on the 9th, after lunching with Lieut-Colonel Hobbs and offi cers of the 15th depot battalion at the barracks, will attend the flower show in the Botanical-gardens and public ball at the Court. house. His Excellency will return to Dublin from Brownlow •house, the seat of Lord and Lady Lurgan, on Saturday the 10th August. THE BATTLE FOR BREAD AT THE DOCK GATES — But, hark ! a stentorian voice shouts " Men wanted." The effect is magical. The listless demeanour of the crowd changes in a moment to one of bustle and activity ; and it speeds with desperate head-long haste to the dock gate, where it blocks up the road, and renders the pavement totally impassable. Perhaps only a dozen hands are required, but there are already two or three hundred applicants beseiging the sturdy determined •looking man, to whom is entrusted the unenviable duty of selecting the necessary men, which is instantly done by his practised eye. The labourers thus picked out have—despite their energetic and sometimes fistic remonstrances—to fight their way through the dense, heav ing mass, which commences a terrific clamour. Shouting, wrestling, struggling, fighting, kicking, and swearing, the disappointed men strive to prevent their successful compe titors from approaching the gate, and for a few moments cres, curses, groans, impreca tions, and hisses commingle in deafening discord. The strongestdash aside the weakest, all friendship is forgotten , and the animal passions predominate in the breasts of those who compose the crowd ; as they push and grapple with each other in the frenzied, savage excite ment of disappointment and despair. Then the loud clear voice of the foreman is heard threatening the foremost of the refractory, and instantly the tempest subsides, and all is com paratively silent. The men with scowling, sullen looks slowly retreat to the old nooks and corners to await another chance. A few strive to obtain liquor on credit at the beer shop, ethers retreat slowly homewards, while the remainder settle down into the old attitude of listless expectancy ; and the careless pedestrian passing by would perceive few traces of the recent agitation occasioned by the " battle for bread," as one of the men graphically descrited it. So the men wait, wait, and wait till they drop off one by one, and leave :Their Maces to be filled by others, who in their turn go through the same dismal, heart-crushing routine.—Once a Week. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.—Count Batthyany occu pies a bed-room at the New Steine Hotel during Goodwood Races and the Brighton meeting. Yesterday morning when he arose he missed from his dressing-table a scarf-pin, some gold sleeve links, a purse containing a few sovereigns, a blotting case, &c. An inquiry was immediately instituted, and not ono of the servants was suspected of committing the robbery. The hotel was opened at six o'clock in the morning, and a boy who has to rise early speaks of seeing a gentlemanly-looking man in the passage on the first floor, and supposing him to be one of the visitors to the hotel he took no notice of it till after the news of the robbery obtained circulation. Just at this period of the races thc wn is usually visited by perso ns of loose character, and it behoves our hotel keepers and other s to be on their guard,Brighton Gazette of this day. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. tarel RAilways. ,Atlantic & Lawrence; Born., Ba rodat.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent 18 Do, Do. E 244 Buffalo and Lake Huron 204 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .. • • • • 00 5 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich t ,6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 00 00 iDo. do. July 1, 1873 - _ Do. do. Jun - e 1, 187 , 3 5 Clcutta.& S.E as tn. (Lim; Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.)' Cape Town isz Dock Scrip 9 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c [74 Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c ock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 9 "Do. F Shares Ext :0 "Do. Jubbulpore 10 — Do. 44 pc. Debentrs )0 Do. 5 p c Deb., 1864 .00 Do. 1865-1870 tock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 00 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct .00 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr LOO Do. 7 per cent. 1862 00 Do. do. 1867 00 Do. do. 1872.. k Gt. In diaPeni n.gua.sp. c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... )ek IGt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. :0 Do. do A IGt. VV. o Canada Shares ;01 Do. New )0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 10 IDo. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... 10 Do. p. c. do. '7B d 0... )ckMadras guar., 11 p. c... I >ck Do. do. 5 per cent .... )ck Do. 41 p. c. Extension 10 Do. 5 )ck Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. 10 Newßrunswick Canda Ry.B6Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 10 IDo. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) ock Scinde tO Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Do. )ck Do. Indus. St. Flo LO Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 101 101 sto sto sto FOREIGN Paid Closing , Price. 57 61 94 95 4f 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 4} 5} 111*d id 18 19k d 98} 99f (100 15 all 100 1 ,AIL 96 98 99 100 99 100 181 181 59 62 47 62 33 35 43 44 31 33 31 33 94i 851 11d 1 92 94 9; 10i 10f 104 94 96 88 92 83 85 93 sl4 85 87 5 7 4 6 08 100 14d 90 92 4 d 'AYS . !O Algerian [0 Antwerp ct Rotterdam. !O Ardennes .. ...... ••• • • • !,0 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction !O Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail 00 Copiapo •••••• • • • • 10 Ditto Extension .... 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .... 20 Grand Rua Guar. 6p. c. 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 20 Dalian Junction • 20 ',Jerre & Turnhout .... 20 Lyons & Geneva, .... • • 20 Namur & Liege ...... • • 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref..... •. • • 16 Northern of France.... 16 Do. New Shares ..... 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. 20 Paris & Orleans.... •• •• 20 Recife & S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. Urn.- ;0 Riga & Dunaburg...... ;0 Royal Danish.- •• • • 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref !CI Sambre & Meuse ...... 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... 20 San Paulo, Urn, g. 7p. c. 20 S. Aust.ttLorab Venetin 26 Southern of France.... 20 S. East Portugal 7p ct 8! West Flandern 10 Do. 5i p. c. Preference 20 \ W. & N.W. of France 20 West , rn of Austria:- 111 20 81 814 64 66 94 98 4 7 394 404 9 4 10 4 P 0 t 6=p 554 564 24 34V ATI Westom of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref 0 !Zealand 5 ,t 6i 45 47 42 44 86 88 BRTTIS Alfred Consols (Philacl) 20 !British Iron ICliflord Devon G. Cons. (Tavistj East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ; 3.2.10 16 nil 1 30 1.14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 13.12.5, 40 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.5 1.10.61 lE. W'l Russel (Tavistk.)! 1G am.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) !Great South Tolgus 1G .Wheal Alfa. (Phil ack) 'G. Wheal Vor (11elston) !Grenville I lierod's-Foot ;Hingston Downs -- !Lady Bertha !Margaret (Cny Lelant); 91 1 North Downs ! 2; .North Frances (Illogan)! 114 ,N.Wh'l Basset (Illo4an)! 1.11.0 :North Wheal Crofty 9.18.0 Par Consols (St. Blazey). 13 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.), 10.6.7 - ISortrith,re Cons. Dlin.Co.! 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) ! 4.18.6 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.: all !S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)!18. 18 . 5 Stray Park 5 !Tamar Silv..t Lead Alin.l 10 Tin Croft ! 9 Vale of Towey (Carm )13s 6d !West Basset (Mogan)... 14 !W. Caradon (Liskeard)! 5 West Seton !Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5i !Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 1.7.2 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' 8 Wheal Trefawney (Lis.)l 7 5 i 5 1 -P 2 114' 101 111 - - 3L 31 21 21 22# 23# 71 8 7 1 8 1 19 20 37i .38i 8i Di 384 394 54 56 6 51t1 52 52 8 1 8 4 21, li I pr f, 23 24 61 61 9} 9i 20 21 N 11 C 145 155 355 365 83i 864 24 244 54 4 12 14 24 34 4 4 5 4 it 2 34 36 1 2* . 4 .4 43 45 44 . 5 34 4 3i 4 64 74 8 0 33 36 300 3lO 24 110 120 31 34 5 _ 54 17 18 1 40 43 295 305 75 85 95 105 If 2 5 6 8} 10i 13 14 FOREIGN MINES, I 7 4 : , 176 i 15 • all 20 IA ustrallan 1 IBonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 Brazil St.J.dcl Itey,Lim 5 Do. Land and MiningCo.' 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo I 40 'Cobre Copper . I — 1 ( I) ° u P Arun. Co . p.Ming. Co 2 Fortuna. 20 'General 2 1G t N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1* Kapunda (Limited) ' S Linares 'Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 1 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi Mining and Smelt 1 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 18.2.24 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited).... \ D JOINT-STOP AgrattUnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Clitd.Bank of India, (tc. Ch.Dler. of In. Lon.& Ch. 'City Colonial • • ,Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London . lEng., Scot. Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral, Do. new ILondon and County .• ;London Joint Stock 100 100 2011 100 London and S. Alrican..l London Sa Westminster , Nat. Prov. of England Do. new , National Bank ........ New South Wales...—. Orient. B. Corporation . Ottoman Bank ...... I Provincial of Ireland .. Do. new ..•. . South Australia ..,•...1 Union of Australia .... Union of London Unity Mutual :i *(1 334 'K B 34 3 / 4 26 3 / 4 6 8 2 2 3 / 4 22 24 i p 1 14 p 7 8 / 3d id 2 4 i li id 4i p 6 i i ANKS. 86 38 61 62 20 21 52 61 li ;d 52 53 191 20 32 34 72 74 361 37i 161 161 221 23 1 2 2$ 35i 36} 30 31 2f 21 66 67 49 50 18 19 37 39 25 26 T SECU 1105 109 107 109 107 109 98 99 107 108 107 108 104 i 1051 974 984 974 984 974 954 104 105 105} 10511 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' ICap,G or. 6 p.c.Ja..,t.July 1877-9 Do 6 p. cent.lBBo,. Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880; Do. 18901 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July , Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. 0.,1871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S. Aus,Gtip.c.lB7B.& up I Vic. Gov. 6 p c. *U. &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 !Business done reserve. His Honour was of opinion that a charge of £ll3 for selling £l6l worth of pictures was rather high. Defendant could not charge for hire of rooms in addition to commission. H© had paid plaintiff £lOO, £25 was agreed for expenses and £l2 for commission, and the verdict would be for £29 10s. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—George Harris, a lad from the neighbourhood of Leather-lane, Holborn, was charged with the following robbery. From the evidence of Miss Jessie Davis, of 109, Sloane - street, it appeared that on the previous afternoon she was looking in a shop window on the north side of Oxford street when she requested Mrs. Geerts, a friend, to hold her purse. As soon as Mrs. Geerts had taken her purse the prisoner ran up, snatched it from her hand, and ran across Oxford-street, down Blenheim-steps, when he was stopped near the Marlboreugh Mews station by Breach, 199 C, and the purse was found in his breast pocket. The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was committed for three months, with hard labour, Mr. Tyrwhitt having ascertained that he was not known. ASSAULT AT AN OYSTER ROOM.-Mr. John Wright Long, of 13, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, commercial traveller, was charged with assaulting George Haberfield waiter in oyster rooms, 372, Oxford-street, and also with assaulting Jesse Fowler, 154 C Mr. Tyrwhitt allowed the defendant to recompense the waiter, an fined him ss. for assaulting the constable. TIIIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. 1111. r ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, ols 2d ; barley, 30s 8d ; oats, 28s 10d ; rye, 38 s 5 d ; beans, 42s 10d i and peas, 40s d. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 51s 2d ; barley, 318 5d ; oats, 25s 7d ; rye, 37s 8d ; beans, 438 2d ; peas, 39s Bd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 62,450; barley, 1,387 i. oats, 2,700 ; rye, 21; beans, 1,101 ; peas, 73 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market, to-day, was but moderately supplied with beasts, both as to number and quality, nevertheless all breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's decline in the quota tions. The extreme value of the best Scots was 4s Iod per 81bs. The show of sheep was moderately good. Downs and half•breds commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices. All other breeds moved off slowly, at late rates. The best old Dawns sold at 5s 4d per 8lbs; Lambs—the supply of which was good—changed hands slowly, at late rates—viz. from 5s 6d per Sibs. There was very little inquiry for calves, at a further decline in value of 2d per 81bs. Pigs and mulch cows were dull, but not cheaper. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 ; Prime ers-wool do. 4 4 4 10 Second quality do. 3 84' 0 Pme. S'thdown do .5 0 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 I Large crse. calves 3 4 3 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10; Prime small d 0... 4 0 4 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 6 ' Large h0g5...... 3 10 4 4 Second qualityclo. 3 8 4 0 Small porkers .... 4 6 4 8 Lambs, 5s Od to 6s Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 29s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY t Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 11,640 I Calves Pigs 4OO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Boasts .............. 350 Sheep .............. 1,530 Calves .............. 410 Pigs .......... MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with meat, and trade generally was heavy, as follows :—Beef, 2s 10d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4 d ; veal, 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. SOUTHALL July 31. Beasts moved off heavily, at a decline of 2d per 81bs. Other kinds of stock inactive, store pi gs , as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3 s 6d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4 s Od to 4 s 4d ; p ork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. ROMFORD July 31.—The supplies of. stock were g ood, and the trade generally ruled heavy, as follo ws : Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5 s 4 d ; lamb, 5 s 0d t o 6 s Od veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and pork , 46 Od to 4s 8d p er 81bs; suckling calves, 17s to 2 0 s ; quarter to LlB Os each. 21s to 28$ each; and mulch cows , £ l6 Or HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Old Meadow hay ' £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; ' new do., £2s 10s t o £ 4 Os - old clovei do., £3 lOs to £ 6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os. and straw, £1 103 to £2 Os per 14ad. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; Hew do., £2 lOs to £4 Os : old clover, £3 lOs to £5 15s ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 lOs to £2 Os per load. Trade heavy. WHITECHA.PEL. — OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Oa Od; new do., £2 lOs to £4 Os ; old clove', £3 lOs to £6 Os Od; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os , a n d straw, £llO3 to £2 O s per load. Trade dull. 2HIS DAY'S ShIP.P.I.NG. LONDON, Aug. I.—Wind this day at noon, Westerly; light breeze, and fine Weather. CLYDE, July 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Acedis, from Matanzas ; Missouri, from New 'York ; Avon, from Montreal. • July PORTSMOTJTIT, J 31.-Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Valorous, from w.s.w_ Em fromthelV . est A l r n ri d v i e e d s — ; Wes i t l o ie n , Merritt, from Sc. John's, N.B. fro p m EA ßtte DEAL, July s Rotterdam for Melbourne ; Herald, from the River, and Sailed for Berbice. P LYMO UTH, June 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Norman, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—Gipsy Queen, for Quebec; her Majesty's ship Diadem, for Halifax. HULL, July 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Vasco de Gama, for Mirardehi. L IVERPOO L, July 31. Wind S.W.—Sailed—Etna, screw steamer, for Now York. GRIMSBY, July 31,—Wind S .W . — Arrived—Napoleon 111., and Freda, from Richibucto. Sailed—Parliament, for St. John's, N.B. SOUTHAMPTOF, Thursday Shields Morning uess 3ute, from Sunder ; the Alliance, steAamrrievr,edfr—emThieiavJreess;ietikefrMoraarq land. ton, steamer, f or Jersey; the Sailed—The Southamp Havre, steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, July 31 —Penelope, from New York ; Pepi, from Montreal; Paragon , from Dominica. Arrived, August I—Warbler, from St. Croix ; Natha niel, from Montreal; Johanna Heinrich, from Buen os Nora, from Rotterdam; Tamar, from Lisbon; James R. Keller, fr om New Y ork ; Potentate, from Barbadoes ; Frivoldo Ayres; nartin N L V u o t o h d e v r i. , 1 l f e r 0 , in from l‘iatCan olzoamsb;o Dundee, from Jarna ; ; Frivoldo, from Alexandria ; Coquette, from Concarnean ; Marville, f rom C a lais; Nucinda, from New York; Treasurer, from Lokken ; James Ewing and Lark , from Montreal; Isabella Harriett, from Penang. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Acorn, from Bussorah ; Sirocco, from Kurra chee—both for London ; Hopewell, from Shields, for New York. PUBLIC OFFICES EXTENSION.---The work of de molition for the new public offices has been commenced, and buil side dinofgsDu in ke-street, the north houses in Duke street and Charles-street, Westmins t e r, are course of removal r e a o p na id p l r y i ' s d e iasappopretcitorninogf th . The the east side of Charles. street, an d the south sid e of Crown - street. This will open a large spa ce of g ro nndtothesouthof where renderedt h the available Foreign forO ffi t c h e e nowpr proposed stands,osedw nebuildings. and which will be 106/ 7 941 111: 474 7 931 1 3 95/ 451 5 i 1221 1; 21 2 P 621 1 2 1051 6 P all all 13i all all 18.8. all all all all all 3KS. 'Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.PretAlin I East and West India ,London ....... • St. Katharine Southampton I Victoria ........ —• •• • Do. New . 100 I 100 j 115 117 100 52 54 100 63 65 100 _.... 100 93 06 2t i d MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (14 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land 8.&1.Ma.g. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 11,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng&Smltg Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. E.lndialrrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph .. Do. New English & Aus. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigate Great Ship Limited) Do. in p ct Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbii.Coal &Iron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Prei:.iss.ati die N.Dr.&NovaScotiaLand, N.B.Australaslan (Lim.)' Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) P e elß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim), Pen. & Oriental Steam! Do. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Su b m arine Tel. Scrip I Do. do. Registered Do. do Trust and Agency or A ustrlasia (lim) Ist is. Tr.' Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) Van Diemen'a Land all all 15s. 8 100 all 100 all all 'all all 5 1 281 13i 14 11 21 29 31 4i 41 30 35 18 20 10 13 104 106 31 33 101 IC3 10id I 101 d 95 07 31 31 i i I 1 1 / 1 2h 34 1 4 d 1 Oid 4 1 5 10 lh 1 % 1 li 47 50 69 71 9 11 18 19 17 18 5 5i 49 51 1?3 128 32 :_ 4 4 4 e pr ipl id pr Si 911 941 5} 81 9 1k: 72i I 23 i 30} 66} 6 ITIES. 981 i f. 1051 31i 2 1 1 i 1(50 491 LNIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter part 12 o'clOck. NEW MEMBER. Mr. CARDWELL, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for the City of Oxford. The right hon. gentleman was introduced by Sir George Lewis and Mr. Brand. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Eastern Counties Railway Bill and theKilkenny Junction Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. Mr. DEEDES moved the following, to be added to standing order 162 :—When in any bill a provision is in serted authorising any company to subscribe towards or to guarantee or to raise any money in aid of the undertaking of another company (which bill is not brought in by the company so authorised, Of of which such company is not a joint I remoter), proof shall be required before the examiner that the company so authorised has consented to such subscription, guarantee, or raising of money, at a meeting of the proprietors of the ordinary shares in such company, held specially for that purpose, in the same manner and subject to the same provisions as the meeting directed t 3 be held under stand ing order 162, and that such consent was given by such proprietors, present in person or by proxy, holding at least three-fourths of the ordinary paid-up capital of the com pany represented at such meeting, such proprietors being qualified to vote at the meeting in right of such capital ; and that the notices for the bill state the sum authorised to be subscribed, or guaranteed or raised, and also state that the consent of the company has been given as aforesaid. In any case in which such consent has been given, it shall not be necessary to submit the bill, in respect of such pro vision as aforesaid, to the approval of a meeting to be held in accordance with standing order 162. That the said orders be standing orders of this house. And to alter standing order 163, by inserting "standing order 162 or" after the word " of" in line 4 of that order. Col. FRENCH and Mr. LOCKE objected to the addi ion to the clause. Mr. NEWDEGATE considered the resolution proposed was desirable, and illustrated his views by reference to his personal experience in regard to public companies. Mr. HENLEY agreed with the last speaker, and consi dered that the house would be doing a public service by assenting to the amendment proposed. After some further conversation the motion was agreed to. COMMITTAL OF THOMAS CARTER. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that he had boen asked a ques tion in respect to a person named Thomas Carter, who had been imprisoned in the Isle of Wight as a vagrant. He had received a communication from the committing magistrate, to the effect that he had directed the report of the evidence to be forwarded to the Home office, but it had not yet been received. The magistrate also stated that the conviction had been made on the evidence of some police constables who had seen him wandering about Ryde, and who stated that he had seriously frightened two young women in the neighbourhood. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. - • - Colonel FRENCH inquired of the Under -Secretary of State for the Colonies by whose sanction the rule had been made at the Emigration-office that passages to Australia would be given to English and Scotch men, but not to the Irish? Mr. FORTESCUE said that there was no such rule as that implied by the question. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. Sir J. SHELLEY inquired whether the Government intended to adopt the recommendations contained in the report of the Thames Embankment Commissioners, as re garded the line •f embankment proposed to be taken; and whether they intended to appoint another commission for the purpose of carrying out the work ; and, if not, to what body they proposed to entrust the construction of the embankment ? Mr. COWPER said that the Royal Commission had just made a report, in which they recommended a plan for the embankment of the Thames, which would provide, with a due regard to public and private interests, in a more efficient manner than any previously, and Government proposed to adopt it. The commissioners had also recommended the appointment of a special commission to superintend the carrying out of the works, but the Government did not in tend to comply with that recommendation, as the parties who paid the coal duties were desirous that the works should be under local control, and it was not deemed desirable to create new authorities when those already in existence were adequate to discharge their functions. (Hear, hear.) In the bill which he intended to introduce next session, he proposed that the power of seeing the engineering works carried out be intrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works. INDICTABLE OFFENCES (METROPOLITAN) BILL. On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, The order for going . into committee on this bill was dis charged, and the bill was withdrawn. LUNACY REGULATION BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. WALPOLE appealed t the right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary not to proceed with the bill, which, he contended, contained most objectionable clauses. Mr. BRISCOE urged the adoption of the appeal, and argued that the bill which had come from the Lords had been brought under the notice of the house at a period too late for its ample discussion. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the bill consisted of two parts. It first related to the simplification of the law in regard to the poorer classes of the lunatics, and had been prepared with great care by the late Lord Chancellor. With regard to the other part it related entirely to the compen sation to be given to the two medical inspectors, one of wham was 80 and the other 77 years old, and it was proposed to give them one half of their salary. He trusted notwithstanding the objections that the house would con sider the bill, which had the object of amending the exist ing law. Mr. DEEDES and Mr. HENLEY opposed the bill. Colonel FRENCH moved that the house go into com mittee this day three months. Mr. BO VILL seconded the amendment and said that the bill as altered by Government was entirely at variance with the views of the Lord Chancellor, who had paid great attention to the preparation of the till. A great principle was involved in this bill, for it proposed to restore to medi cal inspectors the power of having private practice, which had been condemned by the late Lord Chancellor and the House of Lords. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL defended the bill, and contended that if it was not now passed the effect would be to paralyse the power of the Lord Chancellor in regard to lunatics until next session. The effect of not passing this bill would be to retain in office two medical inspectors who were physically disqualified for the due performance of their duties. The amendment was carried without a division. COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. THE VOLUNTEER FORCE. Lord ELCHO said he was anxious to have some infor mation as to the manner in which the supplemental vote was to be disposed of. The Volunteer financial year was about commencing, and it was desirable to know what amount was to be devoted to drill. From information he had from the Under Secretary he heard that Government had done its best for drill i ns truction. she be lieved tht all the details of the plan we re not setAtled, he thought a it would be better in the present state of affairs not to press for an answer. On the part of the Volunteers he thanked the Government for the assistance which had already been rendered. Sir G. LEWIS said that this vote consisted of two parts, namely, £lO,OOO for adjutants and £20,000 for drill-ser geants. The latter vote was only for six months, repre senting £40,000 for the year. The vote had only been agreed to for a short time, and there had not yet been suf ficient time to consider the mode of expenditure. THAMES EMBANKMENT. Sir J. SHELLEY said he did not think the Metropolitan Board of Works was the proper instrument for carrying out the Thames embankment under the direction of the Government. Mr. HOPE protested against the Metropolitan Board of I Works having any di scre ti on i n the matter. 11.11 he knew of the Board was that they were constantly sending him in rates, while he saw nothing of their works, except the mag nificent palace they had built for themselves in Spring gardens. Mr. COWPER said he hoped the south side of the Thames would be embanked, but he thought that in the first instance it would be sufficient to commence with one side. Lord FERMOY sontended that the Board of Works should have control, not only over the expenditure of the money, but over the plans. After some further discussion the bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills were read a third time and pass ed : East India Loan (No. 2), Militia Pay, Militia Ballots Suspension, Wills and Domicile of British Subjects Abroad, Wills of Personalty by British Sub j ects, Corrupt Practices Prevention Act ( 1854 ) Contin uance, Statute Lawßevision Metropolitan Police District Receiver, Parochial Offices, Local Government Supp lemental (No. 2), Government of the Navy, and Volunteers' Toll Exemption (No. 3). BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the house agreed to the Lords amendments to the Bankruptcy Bill. The house adjourned at 25 minutes before 4. TIIE BISHOP OF DURHAM.--Letters received in London yesterday state that the Bishop of Durham is gra dually improving, and that his medical advisers now con sider him out of danger. He is, however, in so feeble a state that many weeks must necessarily elapse before he can resume his episcopal duties. His lordship has caused notice to be given to the clergy that the p r i mary v i s i tat i on o f his diocese, which it was his intention to hold during the h autumn, must be postponed until next year. SUICIDE OF A NOBI e RvAN'S BULLER THLO UGH BE TTIN G. Yesterday evening an inquest was held' in the Board-room of St. George's Workhouse, Mount street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of James Mason, in the service of Lord Ashburtou, Bath house, Piccadilly, who committed suicide by hanging himself on the night of Friday or morning of. Satur day last: The jury having been sworn, Charles Mason, Newbury, Berko, brother to the deceased, said his brother lived with Lord Ash burton, at Bath-house, Piccadilly, as butler, and had done so for twenty-five years, his age being forty-five, and he being a single man. He ho.d had very little communication with Urn of late. Robert Holland, a carpenter, said he was at Work in the house on Saturday . Finding ho could not opea the door he went for a locksmith, but as he could not open the door he got a ladder, and :law the deceased on the bed hanging by his neck. By this time the police had arrived. The deceased was in a kneeling posture and quite cold, being sus pended by his cravat. Sergeant Dodsworth, 34 C, said he went to the house on Sunday afternoon and searched the de ceased's room, and fou n d memoran d a re l at i ng t o s ome horse racing, and in a dressing-table drawer found a letter, which was as follows :—" Please pay Mr. Russell the sum of £3 10s. for the King of Hearts," addressed to Mr. Ambrose, and signed J,M," He also found some sporting memoranda,; one saying " Losses, £9.” A letter was also read stating that there were changes in the house, and that he expected he should have to turn out at last. The room was not disturbed in its appearance. The witness Nobbs said he knew nothing about deceased leaving. Mr. James Rouse, of 56, Maddox-street, surgeon, said he was surgeon to Lord Ashburton, and on being sent for to Bath-house a little before four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and on going up to Mr. Mason's room he found him kneeling on the bed, with his forehead against the wail. A silk handkerchief was round the deceased's neck. Rigor mortes had taken place. The mark of the ligature extended from jaw bone to jaw bone. From the position in which he found the deceased rapid in sensibility must have taken place. He believed that the deceased had received intimation that he would have to go in consequence of some irregu larity. He knew of nothing to cause the deceased to commit the act, but thought he had been less steady of late. By the Coroner—l found in his room sporting memoranda, and had heard a year ago that he was in the habit of betting, but never heard that he took much. I saw him the previous Monday, but did not notice anything particular. Had since noticed a mark of a bruise on the nose and eye of some standing. A Juror—Was his lordship aware he gambled? Mr. Rouse said he should think not, and it was because of his becoming unsteady he was to leave. The house steward said deceased was a very re— served man, and he was not aware he betted. Mr. John Ambrose, the Georges, Shepher6's Mar ket, said he first met the deceased last autumn. Deceased had frequented his house for the last three months, and he believed he had betting transactions,. as he asked him to pay people for him, but ho thought to no amount. He was a man of very excitable habits, running from house to house. As soon as he heard that he committed suicide he, thought it a thing he was likely to do. He had not seen the deceaseal at his house for a week, but heard he had received a blow. The money was to come from Mr. Russell, a betting man up in the park where they assemble. Heard the de ceased had received a blow in a quarrel. Mr. Russell was not a frequenter of his house. In answer to the Coroner, it was stated that the deceased was to leave, being under notice, but he had an annuity of £2O a year, which he would not have forfeited. The Coroner having summed up at some length, stating that he thought there was little doubt the. deceased died by his own hand, and that he was in the habit of betting, and a man of excitable mind, After a few minut.'"s' consultation, the jury re turned the verdict that deceased destroyed himself while labouring under temporary insanity. MASSES FOR THE DEAD. The Siecle has the following curious calculation on the subject of a proposal to say masses for the souls of the dead in return for subscriptions in money towards building a church : " Economical doctrines teach us that raerchan dise of all kinds declines in price when it is more offered than demanded. It appears that the trade in masses is in that position, for we have received a pious prospectus which offers sixty masses for five sous ! That price does not appear to us too high. These five sous are destined for the comp l etion and furnishing of a church in the department of the Mayenne, and it is the Bishop of Laval who is to superintend the employment of the money. Supposing that it only requires 50,000 fr. to complete the church, the prospectus engages to there celebrate, within the space of five years, as many times 60 masses as there are 25 centimes in 50,000 fr., which makes 200,000 times 60, or 12,000,000 masses. Now, as there are in five years 1,825 days, it will be . ne d ee . ssa t ry e , in order to perform the promise contained the prospectus, that 7,000 masses a d performed Supposing in th th at a , t church instead during weotulds t o h r i e e y ocio fi u fi v rr e ; 3ci, years. nsolyo 25,000 fr. are wanted, that masses a day; reduce t ha t b y ano ther half, there mu stbe 1,750; and by another half, 876. Ad mitting that a mass be said in a q uar t er of an hour, it would require, from five o'clock in the morning to noon each day, 32 altars and :32 priests t o be constantly employed. But if the church should cost more than 6,250 f r., as i s probable, and should really require 5 0,000 fr., it would 'require 256 altars and 256 priests constantly saying 28 masses for five years from five o'clock in the morn ing to noon. Oannot the heads of the clergy, and the Bishop of Laval in particular, understand that, I in lending themselves to such speculation. in masses, they degrade themselves and bring religion into disrepute ? That is their affair : brit what regards us is to enlighten the public, and, particularly our ' female readers, on the subject of those—mystifica tions." GREAT WESTERN FETE.—The annual fete in aid of the Great Western Railway Widow and Orphan Fund took place yesterday at the beautiful seat of Viscount Bar rington, Beckett Park, Scrivenham, Berks, and was attended by a company as large, if not more numerous, than on pre vious occasions. His lordship's residence is built in the , Elizabethan style, and is most delightfullysituated near the pretty village of Scrivenham. The range of the hills that shelter the celebrated White Horse Vale are visible on the southern side, and the place is admirably suited in every . respect for such a gathering. A s in former years, the directors liberally granted the use of special trains, which Conveyed thousands of visitors from Paddington, Glouces ter, Reading, and other stations on the line. The am use _ ments provided comprised the vocal comicalities of Mr. Stead, the " perfect cure," Sam Collins and his pupil, t!ae wonderful feats of the Chinese Juggler, Air n,, ee ; Me acro b a t s , Elliott and his bo y s ; dancin g t o Mathew's excel lent the sth Bt e c . lts olu T V heb n a t n e d er s s of the Paddincdon Rises were also present. S pa cious marque es for refreshments, & 'e., were erected on ba an nd d , the ground. The whole arrangements were well carried out by Mr. Baker, of Paddington, and the committee g:ener all Y . THE BUILDERS' STRlKE.—Yesterday afternoon Sir G. Lewis received a deputation from the building trade, which was introduced by Mr. Ayrton, M•P• The right hon. baronet said he had listened with much pleasure to the various statements placed before him by the diffe rent speakers. He could assure the deputation t that in placing the sappers at the service of the contract( tr for the barracks there had not been the slightest intentie a on the part of the Government to interfere on either side in the dispute now unfortunately existing between the men and the masters; their only object had been to en )edite the work. If, however, the Government had thu a uninten tially violated that desirable neutrality, he much. regretted i t. H e wa s equally desirous now, as in 1859, to avoid in terference. He could not deny, after what, he had heard from the deputation, that there were many pc rats in the question well worthy the consideration of the Go vernment ; he thought it a question fairly open for disr,ti ssion ; he t h o ught they had made out a good case for i aquiry; and w ithout pledging himself or the Government to any parti cular course, diligent inquiry should be made on the sub ject, and the various points urged shell ald receive his most serious consideration. He regretted h; ,s necessary presence in the house prevented him entering r L ov more full into the question. The deputation thenretiv A. • ha lens tT& stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 1000