The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-19 00:00:00

mow i2=2314 MONEY DIA2MET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Cria - , Two o'CLool-: The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed quietly at last week's prices. 51'he sales were be tween 7,000 and 8,000 bales, 2,1i00 for export, and 500 on speculation, including 400 Bahia, at 61d. to 61d. ; 200 Egyptians, at 6hc - 1. to Bd. ; 1,000 Surat, at 4d. to kid.; and 60 Sea Island, at lid. to is. 7d. per lb. The Share Market was also quiet, and prizes were a shade lower than on Saturday last. Advices from the Continental sugar markets state that an active business has been done in raw sugars, while the demand for refined has dimi nished . At Havre during the past week the principal kinds disposed of were Antilles at 66f. 50c., and Havanna at 46f. per 50 kilos. The ar rivals comprised 1,379 carriques from French co lonies, 3,506 cases Havanna and Metanzas, and 500 cases Bahia. At Marseilles the inaction of the previous week was followed on the one ended the 16th ine. with some large transactions in Antilles, at a slight improvement on previous quotations. This day the half-yearly meeting of the Lon donderry and Enniskillen Railway Company took place, when a favourable report was presented, showing a gradual increase in the receipts of the line. The gross traffic of the half-year v ras 16,1051. A balance of 6,6831. remained in fav our of revenue, out of which a dividend of 2s. Gd. per original preference share was declared. The re port was adopted. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have an nounced the result of their examination of the various documents relating to the concession and privileges in the possession of the Riga and Duna burg Railway Company. This result is unfavour able, it having been resolved that the shares of the Company shall, for the present, be omitted from the official list. Of course the general public are not acquainted with the precise contents of the various documents in the hands of the Dir3e tors ; but the mere fact of the statements, contained in the original 'prospectus hav'lng been ignored by a subsequent announcement, to the effect that the 5 per cent. guaranty e is not on the fixed sum of 12,000,000 silver ror ,bles, as at first alleged, but only on the amour ,t ex pended in the construction of the line,/ i 3 quite sufficient to justify the Stock Exchange Con amittee in adopting the step already mentioned. Tile quo tation of shares in the official lists is some guaran tee of the bonaa f ide character of the and ertakings to which they belong, and although no, one will question the integrity of the directors , 3f the com pany in question, still they have made, a mistake, and inadvertently misled the public, and the committee are therefore warranted in, prohibiting dealing in the shares. Arrangememits may be made, however, by which the porealarity of this project will be wholly restored, and it may yet happen that the statements sot forth in the prospectus will be ultimately verified, for it can boldly be supposed that the Russian authorities should have allowed the company to assume so im• portant a position in England, unless they were prepared to recognise it, and to ratify the ukase of the late Emperor if such a pmeeeding were neces sary. The directors, however , are confident of the future success of the under taking, and of being able to reassure the shareho,lders that their pros pects have not been materially damaged by the discovery that the guarantee is not on a fixed amount of capital. The muds have remained at the closing quota tions of yesterday, and the market continues in an inactive state. The dealings for money are limited, and it is remarked that the Government broker has ceased purchasing for the present. Consols for transfer are 95 to 95k, and for account 95 -a. The New 3 per Cents. 95 to 96, and the Reduced 9 51 j. Exchequer Bills are 108. to 13s, premium, and the India Bonds lls. to 14s. premium. Bank Stock is 217.1 to 2184. There is very little variation to notice in the Foreign Stock Market. Turkish 6 per Cents. are heavy, at 103/- I; and the 4 per Cents. rule firm at 1031 Russian 4i per Cents, are 981. Sardinian a per Cents., 921 ; and Spanish 3 per Cents., 441. South American Stocks are inactive. Dutch 6 per Cents. have been 97k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 ; Mexican, 221 1 ; Peruvian, 81 21 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 571 82 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 7 ; 'Russian 5 per Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; ditto Deferred, 241 4 ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto Passive, 61 7. In the Railway Share Market there is generally a slight decline. Caledonian and the Eastern Coun ties continue very heavy. North Eastern, Ber wick, and ditto York are about 103. lower. foreign rule dull at about previous values, and -the Colonial are flatter. Rigas are about pre-, mium. Banking and miscellaneous shares are heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. (Franz th! Oficial Litt. ) , nsin.-. done. Bank Stock 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities 9ss 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities t4s $ i 5 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lBa India Bonds, £l('4lif Ditto, under £lOOO l4 11 p Co , sois for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. 2'l000. £5OO lO 13 p Small l3 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 Russian Bonds, 1322, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4A per Cent. . 9B) Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont. ... ........ .... 92i 2 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ... ............ ..... 44i Ditto New Deferred, $ per Cent. Tarkith Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ~ nivieeni. ~tl, ',hove ,ayablo in Loath, Prench Rentes, 44 per Ceut. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 644 i Ditto 4 per Cent. CertiticaZes THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money 95 Ditto Account (Sept. 10) MARIILT NEWS.--;'lbis Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 31 58 to 51 158 ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ Ss; old clover, 4/ Os to 6/ 103; new do., 31 I.os to 4/ 18s ; and straw, 1i Ss to 1/ 13s per load. A mode rate, demand. CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 15s ; new do., 31 Os to 41 12s ; old clover, 41 Os to 61 10s ; new do., VBs to 51 Os ; and straw, 118 s to 11 14e per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL. —Old /meadow hay, 31 Ss to 5/ 12s ; new do., 31 to 41 10s ; old clover, 41 10s to 61 103 ; new do,, 31 6s to 510 s ; and straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. Supply Moderate. COLONIAL; TBA.—The demand has been very Exalted, and the few transactions reported are at previous rates. Common oongou brought Sid per lb. SUGAR.—The market has ruled rather firmer, and a fair business has been done for home consumption in both foreign and colonial descriptions. The quantity advertised for public sale during the week is very small. In the re fined market also a better demand has been felt. COFFEE. —This article has ruled at firm rates, and a large business has been transacted for home consumption and for exportation. RICE.—The market has been more active, and prices have ruled rather firmer, although no quotable advance has taken place. Rum ha; been in limited demand, with no alteration in prices. TALLOW.—There has been a better demand, and stocks generally being light prices have slightly advanced. P.Y.O on the spot 53s 9d, and last three months bls Gd per cwt A MILITARY DINNER PARTY.—As banquets to our brave soldiers are now in vogue, and it is proposed to give a grand dinner to the Guards, on their return to the metropolis, the readers of Notes and Queriss may be glad to learn that the greatest dinner ever known in England was that given by Lord Romney to the Kent Volunt eers on August 1, 1799, whe n George 111. reviewed them near Maidstone. The tables, amounting to ninety-one in number, were seven miles and a half long. and the boards for the tables cost 1,5001. The entertainments, to which 6,500 persons sat down, Consisted of sixty lambs in quarters, 200 dishes of roast beef, 700 fowls ktbree in a dish), 220 meat pies, 300 hams, 300 tongues, 220 fruit pies, 220 dishes of boiled beef, 220 joints of roast veal. Seven pipes of port were bottled off, and sixteen butts of ale, and as much small beer was also placed in large vessels, t o supp l y t h e company. After dinner his Majesty's health was given in a bumper by the volunteers, ail standing uncovered, with three times three, accompanied by the music of all the bands.— Prows Nees and Queries. LAW INPELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. SED7CTION- SHEPHERD V. WILKINSON-DAMAGES 500/. This was an action, brought against the defendant, under the following circumstances, for the seduction of Miss Agnes Shepherd. The defendant, allowed judgment by default, and the Master now sat to hear the evidence and assess the damages. Mr. W. F. Howe appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr, James Watson for the defendant. Mr. Howe said that the defendant had, by not pleading, confessed the seduction of Miss Shepherd. It was, therefore, his (Mr. Howe's) duty to lay before the Master the circumstances under which the seduction was effected ; and which, he should submit, would entitle the plaintiff to substitute damages. Miss Shepherd was a very pretty and acomplished young lady, aged 17, and resided with her father, a gen tleman of large fortune, at Hanover-house, Dalston. The defendant is a surveyor, of good character, also residing at Dalston, and is about 30 years of age, The young lady herself would prove the facts. Mr. Howe then called Miss Agues Shepherd, a re markably fine girl, but who seemed greatly agitated. On being sworn, she 'said—l am only 17 years of age. I have known the defendant ever since I was a child. From the beginning of May, 1855, the de fendant was my accepted lover, although mamma much objected to the disparity of our ages. No positive arrangement as to our marriage was made, but it was understood we were to be married. I have frequently walked out with defendant. On the Bth of October last year the defendant solicited me to accompany him to the theatre. Having obtained papa's permission, I went. I think t was called the " Adelphi " Theatre. We had cham pagne at the theatre. We had a private box. The de fendant, in the course of the performance, left me for half an hour. On his return we had the wine. The defendant poured it out, and I remarked that it did not taste like papa's champagne. I became very " drowsy " after partaking of it. We did not 'stay to witness the last piece. The defendant called a cab, and directed the man to drive to some street, but I do not recollect the name of it. It was not far from the Theatre. When we got to the door I asked the defendant why he brought me there. He kissed me, and said, "My darling, it is a friend of mine to whom I wish to introduce you." Oa going into the house I was much struck with the peculiar character of the place ; and my astonishment was great, when I wa ushered into a room in which there was a bed. I had, however, no suspicion whatever of the real character of the house, but asked the defendant how it was we were shown into a bed-room. The defendant replied he would inform me presently. From his manner, I then became very much alarmed, when a female entered, and defendant whispered some thing to her. She returned shortly after with some wine in a decanter. I at first refused to taste it, but at the earnest entreaty of defendant I drank some. I have no recollection of what followed, for I became senseless. When I recovered, I found defendant in bed with me. I was undressed, and the defendant or some other person had undressed me. I found I was seduced. [ cried very much, and reproached defendant for his cruelty. He tol3 me it was all through his ha tense love for me. I said I could not face my parents after this occurrence. The defendant replied he could easily appease papa. I went home by myself, and directly I saw mamma I made her acquainted with everything that had happened. She was very indignant, and wanted to give defendant into custody, but I would not sanction it. When papa heard of it he was very much in censed, and it was only at my earnest entreaty that he refrained from giving defendant into custody. The defendant was forbidden our house the day following. I have met him since, but have never had connection with him since that unhappy night. (Witness here be came very much affected, and sobbed bitterly.) I was confined on the 6th of June last. The child I have in my arms is the defendant's child. I dearly love the de fendant, and cannot help feeling that he is sincerely at tached to me. Mr. Watson, on behalf of the defendant, here :laid he should not require any further evidence, as he 'thought enough bad been proved of this very painf'al case to en able the Master to assess the damages, The Master, after carefully considering the case, awarded the plaintiff 500/. o,6mages. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day), OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEiNT.) GAROTTE ROBBERY.—Tames Riley was charged with feloniously assaulting William Josderine with intent to rob him. It appeared from the evidence that about 11 o'clock in the evening of the Bth instant, the prosecutor, who resides in Yorkshire, was passing through Gray's inn•lane, and turned into Fox court, when he was assailed by two men. One of them caught him round the waist with one arm and kept his arms down, and with the other hand caught him round the throat, which prevented him giving an alarm, whilst the other man attempted to rob him, but in which he was unsuccessful. The swivel of his watch was severed, but they were 11(1. able to get the watch from his pocket, and in conse quence of his arms being held down the men were unable to take the guard off his neck or break 'it. A man, named Henry Bickman, was in the court at the time and heard a noise like a dog choking, and on looking about_he saw two men with the prosecutor, whom they knocked down and then made off. Bickman ran after them and succeeded in catching the prisoner as he was entering a house in the neighbourhood. The prisoner was well known to the police, and had been prevously convicted. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Common Sergeant said this was an offence of a very serious character, and, as it was increasing, it should be put a stop to if possible. Owing to the man ner in which the indictment was drawn he was unable to sentence the prisoner to trans [ oriAtion, and he therefore sentenced him to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. Benjamin Evans, a draper, 20 years of age, was indicted for stealing five shawls and other articles, value 301.,. the property of Thomas Poppy, his master. Mr. Riland proeecuted ; Mr. Metcalf deft ivied. The prosecutor keeps a draper's shop at 285, High Holborn, and the prisoner had been in his service about six weeks. On the 4th inst. the prisoner left on ac• count of alleged illness. Prosecutor had mi sse d some property previous to the prisoner leaving, and afterwards further discoveries of losses to a large extent were m a d e . The goods produced the prosecutor identified as hip, and said they were in the same state as if they had been regularly sold. He undertook to swear they had not been sold (although he kept a great number of assist ant,), because be could not find the countercheck of their sale. Me believed the prisoner's friends were very respectable people. A policeman of the D division said be saw the priso ner, on the Bth August, in the shop of Mr. Williams, butcher, Walworth-road. He had a small parcel with him, and asked for a parcel he had previously left there. Witness, after some conversation with the prisoner, in sisted on knowing where he got the goods contained in the parcel, and he replied he bought them at Manches ter, where he had kept a shop, but, not answering, he had shut it up. As he would give witness no reference he took him to the station, and the goods were ulti mately identified by the prosecutor. At a Mr. Dunn's, to whom the prisoner referred for his character, vvere found three boxes containing drapery articles, &0., soma of which the prosecutor identified as his. When apprehended the prisoner had on a diamond ring and wore an eye glass, and when searched five sovereigns and other moneys were found on him. Mr*Williams, butcher, of Walworth•road, deposed that for some weeks the prisoner had been in the habit of dealing with him on Sunday mornings, bringing a small parcel with him. On Sunday fortnight the pri soner came to his shop with a largo parcel on his shoulder, and put it down, saying it was very hot. He asked to leave it till the following morning, as the wea ther was so hot and the parcel so heavy he could not carry it. After some reluctance on the part of the wit ness he consented. A few days afterwards the pri soner came to his chop, opened the parcel, and took away some of the goods, and from the prisoner's manner and refusal to take the whole of the goods away, wit ness's suspidions were aroused, and he gave information to the police. Mr. Dunn, who resides near Walworth•common, de- posed that the boxes above referred to were left at his house by the prisoner. The prisoner lodged with him when out of a situation. The Common Sergeant said the charge against the prisoner had been clearly made out. The Jury immediately found the prisoner guilty, with a recommendation to mercy if it n as his first offence. The Common Sergeant, in pacing sentence, observed that Mr. Williams had acted exceedingly well, and like an honest man. He sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. FORGERY, &c.—Cornelius Urcll, 20years of age, clerk, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with felo niously forging, &c., an indorsement to a bill of exchange THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE:, NG AUGUST 19, Fsel for 5101. with intent to defraud Charles Joachim Ham bro. The prisoner also pleaded guilty to another in dictment for a similar charge preferred rgainst him by his employer. Tho prosecutors recommended the prisoner to mercy. He had been in the service of his employer for three years and had borne a good character. By the candid statements of the prisoner when apprehended the prose cutors had not suffered any loss. The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day, SOUTHWARK. CHALLENGING THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.—James Grub, an elderly man of rather respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Combo charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance in the pit of the Surrey. Theatre. Henry Peckham, the constable of the theatre, said that while Mr. Anderson was going through his per formance on the previous evening the prisoner suddenly jumped up in the pit, and, climbing on the platform used by Mr. Anderson, called him a humbug, and said that he had detected him in his tricks, which he could do as well as himself. Mr. Anderson treated him very goad humouredly, thinking it the best way to pacify him, and at the same time showed him his tricks ; but it, was evi dent to him that was useless as the person was drunk. His conduct then became so uproarious that witness was compelled to remove him and lock him up in the station-house. However, it was not Mr. Anderson's wish that he should be punished, as he had been locked up. Mr. Combo asked him whether he knew anything of him? Peckham replied that he had known him for many years as a respectable tradesman, and he was sure he would not have so committed himself had he not been under the influence of liquor, The prisoner expressed his regret at having annoyed Mr. Anderson or his audience, and he promised not to repeat it. Mr. Combe hoped he would keep his promise, and not get drunk again. He was discharged. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and the Aus trian frigate Radetzky being at Portsmouth, a general Royal salute was fired at noon by her Majesty's and the Sardinian and Dutch ships at Spithead, and the flagships Victory and St. Vincent, in Portsmouth harbour, hoisted the Austrian Royal standard at the main during the ceremony ; the Garrison Battery also fired. The Royal Victoria Pier was dressed out in flags, and a grand ban quet took place on board the Rade zky in honour of the occasion. I❑ the evening the Austrian, Sardinian, and Dutch officers attended a ball in their honour at the King's Rooms, which was brilliantly attended by the naval and military authorities, the foreign consuls, and tee best society of the neighbourhood. This evening the Sardinian officers will be entertained at the Govern ment-house by Major-General Breton, the governor of the garrison. The Captain and the staff of the Dutch frigate De Ruyter and Mr. A. L. Vandenbergh were entertained by the Port-Admiral, Sir George Seymour, last evening. The Albatross steam transport, No. 69, from Constan tinople, Malta, and C a di z , arrived at Spithead yesterday from Cadiz, which she left on the 11th inst., having on board 60 officers' horses from the Clarendon, which was grounded in Cadiz Bay, and the following officers : Lieut. Kildahl, 724 Highlanders ; Capt. Smith, Land Transport Corps; Assistant Commissary. General Gard ner, Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Green, Cor net Craig, Land Transport Corps; Messrs. Usher and Burton, Commissary's Clerks; Dr. Hamilton, in medi cal charge, and 103 non-commissioned officers and men of the Land Transport Corps. The Vigilant, 4, screw steam gun-vessel, Commander Wm. Armytage, is under telegraph orders from the Ad miralty to proceed to Portsmouth immediately her com passes are adjusted, and to wait there fur final orders as to her future destination. The Retribution, 23 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Capt. T. Fisher, is ordered to be paid of at Sheerness on the 23d inn. Several officers have joined her under her r.ew commission. The Scylla, 21 guns, screw steam-corvette, was taken into No. 1 dry dock Sheerness yesterday, to be brought forward for immediate active service. The Hawke, 60, screw steam-;hip, chief engineer John M'Kie, has been taken into 1 'to muting basin and dismasted, preparatory to her being placed iu the steam squadron of reserve at Sheerness, under charge of Capt. Ha'stead, in omannand of the EdiubUrgh. New boilers, weighing over E 1 tons each, were landed yesterday at Sheerness for the new screw steam-ship Renown, of 91 guns and 800-horse power, now building at Chatham yard. In consequence of the constant filling np of the middle discharging basin and camber at Sheerness, which now prevents vessels of moderate draught of water entering to be discharged, the Lords of the Admiralty have en tered into a contract with Mr. T. Stutely, merchant, of Sheerness, for the removal of not less than 13,000 tons of mud from the basin and camber. A powerful mu l engine was yesterday set to work, by which 360 tons of mun per hour can be put into b ages. The work will be complet:l in 10 weeks, and when done ships drawing from 15 to 16 feet of water will be ablc to be taken in for the discharge of their cargoes. The paddle-wheel steam-troopship Dee was yesterday hauled out of Woolwich basin, and, it being the desire of the anti: orities to put Mr. Wethered's superheating steam apparatus to some additional experimental trials, she proceeded down the river for that purpose. The Zebra steamer. wrecked at the Lizard Point, broke in two at 5 p.m. on the 16th inst., about the forward en gine-room, owing to the strong east wind and heavy ground swell which had set in, and to which she wan eons• pletely exposed. Had the weather continued moderate there was great expectation of saving her, all machinery and necessary appliances being on tfse spot for use after the blowing up of the rocks under the starboard bilge had been accompllshed. Assistant-Surgeon J. Irvine, M.D., 37th Ilfgt., has received orders to embark at Southampton t)-morrow on hoard the mail steamer for Ceylon, fur the purpose of joining the head-quarters of his carps. Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., Deputy-Inspector General of Hospitals', medi, ally inspected 90 convalescent invalids yesterday at Fort Pitt, Chatham, the whole of whom had been invalided home from the Crimea and India, and were found unfit for further service. The following is the number of non-commissioned offi cers and men belonging to the Indian depots at the Pro viiiiontt Battalion, Chatham, who will embark to-morrow morning for Bombay to jArt the heal-quarters of their respective regiments, viz , 64th R-gt., 35 non•c,orornis • sinned officers and men ; 74th Highlanders, 45 men ; 78th Highlanders, 65 men of all ranks ; 83d Itegt., 68 men ; 86th Regt., 52 noncommissioned officers and men ; total, 275 noncommissioned officers and men. SPORTING NOTES. It is curious to observe in the several epochs of a na tion's history the recurrence of the came passions under different guises, and the same attractions or• repulsions under different denominations. At one period the recol lection of a victorious aggression pits the representatives of the conquerors and conquered against each other in the constant antagonism of race. The names of the ori ginal distinction remain long after both nations have been subjected to one essay and blended under one law; and when, at last, the distinctive appellation has become obsolete or unmeaning the division is still kept up by the intrusion of other jealousies and the substitution of other names. In the 11th century the usual and popu lar cry of the Saxon-English was "Down with the Nor mans." I❑ the 14th century that cry is heard no longer; i❑ its stead resounds the shout, " No gentleman !" and three centuries later it was "No more proud Lords and rotten-hearted Bishops !" A century later heard anathemas against "Hanoverian rats " and " German cormorants ;" while the present century at different periods hart listened to outcries against Lards, Bishops, and powers in general, and among these powers the capitalists, the miliowners, and the class of employers as a body. Thus, by right of descent, the master manufacturer has come to fill in the ,popular mind, so far as a great change of circum stances will permit, nearly the same obnoxious place that the Norman Baron, the Plantagenet Lord, or, the Stuart Peer filled in the minds of the commonalty cen turies ago. The contemp'ation is a curious one. It suggests not only commonplace reflections on the identity of hunaa nature, but a!so others not less striking on the muta bility of classes and the progress of individuals. The outcry against capitalists and employers is a variation of the same strain that has been sung since there were great and little, rich and poor, in the world. It is the consolaion a'ike of oppressed poverty and queru lous envy. But the accidents which provoke it and the accompaniments which co'our it are peculiar to our age, and almost peculiar to this country. The object of the bitter complaint, the stern remonstrance, the cynical depreciation, or . the arbitrary combination is neither invested with the exclusive privileges of a feudal caste nor raised on the pinnacle of courtly grandeur. He is neither armed with the prestige of a dominant race nor decorated with the splendours of regal favour. He is just a man of the same origin, the same pedi• gree, the same name, and, in some cases, the same education, early habits, and training, as the men who judge him, or dislike him, or envy him. He is just a Smith or a Thompson, a Brown or a Jones, a Wilson or a Pattison, like the men who work at his forge or his jenny, in his pottery or his foundry. The only difference between them is, that he is the employer and they are the employed. And what has caused this difference ? In some cases, indeed, the accident of inheritance or bequest ; but in the majority of cases it is labour. The master has begun life in the same condition as that of his labourers, or in a condition but s ightly elevated above it. His position is due to his industry, his economy, his common sense, and perhaps, some degree to that good luck, a share of which inva riably attends every person whose antecedent conduct and character enable him to turn favourable opportuni ties to advantage. From a workman he has become a middleman ; from a middleman a small capitalist ; from a small capitalist a large one; and, finally, an employer of hundreds of his countrymen. THE ENCOUNTERS ON EBOR. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by the sun of York. Whether the sun of York, will shine out cheerily on the Ktinvesmire seems somewhat doubtful, for at my present writing the rain drizzles down heavily, and the atmosphere is as raw and as cold as it is in black No vember. Still the heavy wet, accompanied with its cold without, has produced a most softening and beneficial effect on the running ground, which a correspondent described to me last week as being as hard as brick-bats Mr. North, the ever-vigilant and cautious C.C., has been actively employed in superintending the arrange ments for conducting efficiently the business of the meeting, and under his direction everything appears to go on swimmingly. The programme really presents quite a formidable array of Plate and Stakes, and it is a matter of time and patience to wade through the long lists of nominations which aro appended to the principal events. All persons agree on one point, viz., that, however limited speculation may be, it is impossible to overrate the interest and importance which attach to the leading encounters. The three years-old races may afford a. deep insight into the St. Leger mysteries, and I shall not be surprised if they introduce some new and formidable favourites into the market for the great Doncaster event. I am running a race with time, being desirous of leaving London for York by the 11 o'clock train, and am therefore compelled to make use of that most convenient kind of wit which an eminent authority calls brevity. Neither Ellington nor Fazzoletto is likely to be brought out for the North and South Biennial Stakes, and the race therefore is in certain quarters deemed a " certainty" for Rogerthorpe. Still, should West Langton and Brother to Bird on the Wing enter tLc lists against him, his partisans will do well to reserve their shouting until the race is over. The Yorkshire Oaks lies between Victoria and Man- ganese, who may pass the winning chair in an in verse order to that in which I have set down their names. Blink Bonny will, of course, win the Convivial Stakes, albeit, it is said, she will meet a clipper in the dark Lady Hawthorne, who will have 51b3. the best of the weights. If Fandango be not a cripple he will lead his oppo nents a pretty dance for the Burgundy Stakes. Vindex, Assayer, and Maid of Derwent shall represent my interest for the Chesterfidid Handicap. The only "feature" in the betting on the Ebor Handi• cap has been the introduction of Courtenay to a promi nent position, and the " finessing" with regard to Mr. Howard's horses, Coroner and Yellow Jack. I shall not attempt to " calculate the chances," but shall merely state my deliberate conclusion, founded on a careful examination of the public performances, that either CORONER or LADY TATTON will be the winner. Courtenay stands next in my estimation, albeit I have well-founded doubts as to his staying ability. Unless there be something very good amongst the " dark lot" either Sprig of Shillelagh or Saunterer will win the Prince of Wales' Stakes. Zuyder Zee ought to win the Biennial Stakes for two year-olds to justify the expectations which have been entertained of him. Artillery may win the Ebor St. Leger. The Eglinton Stakes I assign to Theodora or Double Glo'ster. The Great Yorkshire Stakes is the only event which I shall touch upon in Friday's list, and shall give my unconditional adherence to Fazzoletto. Aug. 19. RET A L EFFECTS OF " STRIKES.' A FRESH MAN. A man who has so risen cannot have effected his sue. cess without severe struggles and frequent risks. Of these his workmen, of course, know nothing. Of the difficulty with which he has amassed his capital, or of the anxiety which besets its investment, they are ignorant. They only see the outward and visible signs of attained prospqkity—the working engine, the crowded factory, and tie abundant productions. Of the variations in the market—of gluts—of falling prics or failing credit—of the harassing cares which they cause—the men have only an imperfect notion. They see a man " no better than they are themselves" enj .ying, as they suppose, luxury and wealth earned by their toil, and unembittered by solicitude ' • and, without reflection, they demand a larger share in the products of their own industry, or they threaten that which to an employer is almost ruin—" a strike." This is one class of "strikes." Were it the only one, it would amply justify the re-enactment of the repealed laws against combinations. It, would be intolerable that men should combine to extort from their masters an amount of wages which the current prices or the average of profits prevented them from giving. A systematic appeal would crush all enterprise and destroy all capital throughout the country. It would, in a very short time, raise up foreign and rival competition on the ruins of English industry. But this i 3 not the only kind of " strike." As far as the evidence given before the Committee of the Commons on Operatives and Masters goes, that class of " strikes" which is begun and con tinued by ignorant and envious workmen against just employers is exceptional. We are glad to enc )urage this belief ; we are glad to believe that English workmen do not bring'the fearful alternative of a " strike" to bear against their masters merely under a false impres . :don or an ignoble envy of the tn - eani possessed by the latter. Holding this belief, we cannot But regret that too many employers give cause for the discontent of their workman by their false economy and false pride,—false economy wtich degeueratts into meanness, and false . _ pride which hardens into obstinacy. The rate of wages should nevi r seem to depend upon the ro ser of combina tions, whether on the side of the men or their employers. It is, in fact, sooner or later, determined by other laws which are more fair, and therefore mere favourable to both parties, tbal any combinations, howcvcr strong, . . can be. When trade - is brisk all craft.; feel the geni - a:1 influence, and t 123 expaAing Eld of employment opens for the mechanic a surer proTect of augmented wages than any union could effect ; ;hen trade slackens the competition of unemployed workmen and the fall of profits force a reduction of wages which no union can resist. In the former oase it is foolish parsimony or foolish obstinacy whin!) makes a master delay a change that circumstances are bringing about independently of his volition ; in the latter it is au unreasoning injustice, which seeks to effect by numbers and menace that which the state of the lab mir-market does not permit. But the fernier is the worse case of the two, because the master is supposed to be better. educated and to understand the signs of the market I etter than his men ; and any niggard parsimony on hls part provokes a retributive combination o.i the part of the men. And when obstinacy in the mattei of wages is generally complicated with petty acts of despot ism, small meannesses, an'i questionable cripplings, the On Saturday morning the Admiralty steam yacht Os borne and the mortar frigate Furth, 12 guns, arrived in Kingstown harbour from Cn k. The Osborne conveys Sir C. Wood and Admiral R-rkeley, who are at present engaged in the annual inspection of harbours. O❑ Sun day a telegraphic message was sent to Cork by the Lords of the Admiralty, ordering the four gun-boats which are at present stationed at Give and a gun-brig to depart for Kingstown. They were to arrive on Monday, when there is to be shell practice outside the harbour. Sunday morning, at 12 o'clock, the steam-transport Istamboul, No. 90, Capt. Cole, arrived in Kingstown bar. bour from Portsmouth, with the 33d (Duke of Welling ton's) Regiment, and a portion of the 50th. The 50th Regiment, the first of the army which left Ireland for the Crimea, has returned to do duty in Dublin. The follow ing is the force disembarked from the Istamboul : Belonging to the 331 :—Lieut. Colonel Johnstone, C. 8., Lient.-Colonel Mundy ; Capts. Barrett, ►Wallis, and Carr ; Lieuts. Rogers, Montmorency, Johnstone, Ball, Campbell, Tooming, Forbca, Graham, Benwell, Balby, Hotham, Roberts, and Cross ; Ensign Aylmer, Adjutant Toseland, Paymaster Thompson, Quartermas ter Vyde, Assistant-Surgeons Ogilvie and Clarke, 612 men, and 11 women an'd eight children. Belonging to the 5 0th—Capt. Blackall, Lieuts. Clarke and the Hon. E. Chetwynde, Ensign King, and 253 non-cemmlssioned officers and privates. Liere were also 5 officers sad 30 men of the 47th, 2 officers and 22 men of the 62d, and 20 men belonging to tbe Coast-guard. The steam-transport Pacific left the North Wall on Sunday morning for Liverpool, having on board the depots of the 15th and 96th Regiments, consisting respectively of 10 officers, 22 serjeants, and 289 men, and 7 officers, 20 serjeants, and 185 men. On Tuesday (this day) the depots of the 82d and 90th will leave Kingstown by the Istamboul for England. Colonel Tinley, a field-officer, has been ordered to Nenagh with 400 men, on the promu'gation of the find ing of the recent court-martial. The official notification declaring that Limerick shall he no longer a military district was received on Satur day evening from the Horse Guards. The following appointmentss were made yesterday at the Admiralty disposition to clmbine evinced by illiterate workmen, whose toil is their capital, is palliated, if not justified The worst of it these combinations provoke counter combinations. If workmen may unite to forc:.. up th rate of wages when they think times are prosperous. what is to prevent misters from combining to lowet. wages when profits sic tending to zero ? There is nothing more ut just or impossible in the latter than is the former hypothesis. To be sure, each course is, on grounds of public policy, dangerous and to be deprecated. Anything that would prevent its occurrence or its frequency i 3 de- eirable. Bit what will have thii effect ? \The witnesses before the committee say that the men generally have a horror t.f appealing to magisterial tribunals. It implies di.grace, and we are glad to record even a prejudice which denotes self-respect on the part of the English workman. Again—and this is a more material objec. tion—in the districts where these disputes occur too many of the magistrates are master manufacturers, and, eren with the best intentions, side with their own class. What is to be done ? Many witnesses suggest local Boards, compsed equally of workmen and stn• ployers. But it requires very little knowledge ^ al human nature to predict the division of opinion where the appellants are employers and employed. And to whom is the ultimate appeal ? Two suggestions are made; one gives a professional and stipendiary co:air man, with a casting vote, to the court of appeal ; another creates a second court of appeal, consisting of operatives and masters of every craft. Both these suggestions seem to us impricticable. How is a legal or lay chair man to understand all the details relating to the crafts of Coln. C. S. S. Stanhope to the Royal Albert ; Lieut. J. C. D. Odevaine, to the Victory; W. C. Bunk, mas ter, to the Medusa ; H. C. Davy, paymaster, to the Medusa ; H. Loney, surgeon, to the Medusa ; NV. Kel lett, mate, to the Camilla ; F. W. Prosser, midshipman, to the Centurion ; IL W. Skene, midshipman, to the Centurion ; W. H. C. Selby, naval cadet, to the Con queror ; F. R. H. Yorke, naval cadet, to the Impreg nable ; E. R. Foster, naval cadet, to the Amethyst. The following appointment were made on Saturday at the Admiralty : C. D. Macdouall, midshipman, to the Camilla, ; J. A. Fisher, midshipman, to the Highflyer ; F. H. H. Hutchinson, midshipman, to the High flyer. The officers of the South Devon Militia, recently dis banded at Plymouth, have presented to the garrison chaplain, the Rev. G. Langtuaid, a silver salver in ac knowledgment of his kindness to the sick is hospital, to the children and adults of the school, and for his con stant attention to his duties while the South Devon hzs been stationed in the district. engineers, machinists, turners, brass - founders, wire workers, cutlers, calenderers, calico printers, cloth manufacturers, - paper manufacturers, weavers, lace workers, glass workers, alkali workers, alum workers, wheelwrights, carpenterF, and joiners, &c. ? And yet be might ha'je to give a casting vote in disputes arising from vexed questions on the details of these employments. As for a court containing one representative of each of these trades it would Le simply useless. We can sea only one solution of this difficult problem The lessons of education, of bitter experience, and of a sound on science must teach masters and men to trust mere to the genial sympathies of mutual confidence and common interest than to the resources of combination and the artillery of "strikes." Till this happy change be effected we shall have sad repetitions of the Preston " strike," teas of thousands of pounds misspent by the workmen, hundreds of thousands lost to them as wages, and mil lions of profits foregone by employer?, all for want of mutual confidence and timely conference l—Tiines. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE of UNWHOLESOME •GRAIN.— A. gentleman passing by the wharf of Mr. England, corn merchant, Warehouse-hill, Leeds, on Thursday, observed a number of men engaged in unloading a pecu liar-looking wheat from a boat moored to the wharf. Ire curiously teak a handful of the wheat and inspected it ; and he then found that tha peculiarity of the grain, by which he had been struck, was owing to its advanced stage of decomposition and corruption. It had evidently been at one time a superior class of Egyptian wheat ; but from having been warehoused in a damp place, pro bably for years, it had become a dense mass of animated corruption. Information was given at the police-office, and the attention of Mr. Sands, Inspector of Nuisances, directed to the grain, which he subsequently seized and conveyed in sacks to the Courthouse-yard, where it is at present deposited. Altogether there are 42 sacks of the wheat. An information under the Nuisances Re moval Act has been preferred against Mr. England for having the grain in his possession, and the case was to come on for bearing yesterday - at the Leeds Com t house.---Manchester MIR LATE FIRE AT MESSRS. ;51BROADWOOD.S.—Not withstanding the heavy loss sustained by the above firm, in consequence of the late calamitous fire, Mr. Broad in sy m p a thi sing with those em wood, on Saturday, pkyed in his establishment, very liberally presented each of his workmen with a sovereign, and every boy with les, We are gratifiedin being enabled to state that committee has been formed for the purpose of raising a thud to romunerato the workmen-for their-groat loom. M. Verdi has arrived in Paris, one of his ohj2cts being, it is said, to arrange with :IT, C..lzano for the performance of those of his operas which have not Set been heard here, ARRIVALS AT YORK. Viscount, Aleppo, Rogerthorpe, Vanity, Demi Volte, Zeta, Fandango, Volante, Vidette, Tam o'Shanter, Ig• noramus, Nougat, Bandalore, Tyre, Queen of the East, Gulliver, G,trtschakoff, Squire Watt, Blink Bonny, Courtenay, Fisherman, M.D., Sharpshooter, Glen Lee, Oltenitza,, Theodora, Augury, Lady Tatton, Lord Alfred, Manganese, Saunterer, Imposture, Night Hawk, Spinster, First Fly, Berezina, Early Dawn, Artillery, Mirage, Matilda, Gamekeeper, Annie Laurie, Blueskin, General Bosquet, Brother to Bird on Wing, Clarissa colt, and Maid of Masham colt. The ground is in good order. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERS ALL'S.-MONDAY. The advent of the York meeting was marked by no movement of interest. Indeed, speculation was never se inactive, and not until late were we enabled to ci , ,mpile anything like a clrrect list of quotations. Few genuine transactions came under our n•:tice ; a system of flash betting has, however, recently started up, which is not only pernicious in its tendency, but di , creditable to those persons who adopt it. No little discrimination is required now- •,-days to separate the bona fide transactions from thr's which. are made for the purpose of riving. the market. EI3OR HANDICAP.—Both Mr. Howard's horses, Coro ner and Yellow Jack, were under considerable suepicicn —lO to 1 to 501. was once betted against the former, but doubts were entertained of the genuiriene7:s of the transaction—doubts which were confirmed when the layer of those odds was seen, in a few minutes after wards, anxious to obtain 6 to 1 about the horse. At last 5 to 1 was booked to a "piney," the taker being desirous to extend his investment at 6to 1. Yellow Jack was quite friendless. Courtenay was hacked for 251. at 8 to 1-3 to 1 was the highest offer on the field. ST. LEGER.—In the City, during the morning, El lington and Fazzoletto were backed for upwards of 3001. They were not touched this afternoon. The subjoined scanty list of quotations will indicate the nature and extent of the business transactions. : EBOR HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Warlock (take 7 tr% 2) sto 1 agst Coroner (taken and offered) 8 to 1 agst Conrtenay (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken) 12 to 1 agst Brother to Grey Tommy (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 50 agst Colonist (taken) 1000 p to 15 agst Eu x i ne ( ta k en ) THE ALADDIN CASE.—Aladdin, the winner of the Severnake Forest Stakes, at Marlborough and of the Cleveland Cup, at Wolverh am pto n , was objected to for both those events, on the grounds that his pedigree was incorrectly stated. The case will be investigated on the first day of the Warwick meeting by the Stewards of Marlborough and Wolverhampton races. GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.—MONDAT. The Borough Members' Handicap Plate of 401 ; for three yr olds and upwards ; two sovs entrance. One , mile and a quarter. Mr. B. Land'e Vestige, 5 yrs, Bst 21b .(J. Land) 1 Mr. J. Holland's b oDressdr, 3 yrs, 7st 1016 (J. Sfaeggles) 2 Mr. T. Hughes' Firelight, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (D. Hughes) 3 The Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap, 10 soya each, h ft, with 501. added ; for three yr olds and upwards. One mile and a half. Mr. T. Hughes' br g by Paugh-a-Ballagh out of Emu low' 3 yrs, let 81h (D. Hughes) 1 Majorßring,hurst'sFulbeck,4yrs, 8410 lb (Hammond) 2 Mr. Harvey s Pembdw, 3 yrs, Bst 31b..... (G. Mann) 3 The Victoria Gardens Optional Selling Plate of 301. Entrance one soy. One mile. Mr. B. Land's Vestige, 501 (J. Land) 1 Mr. J. Holland's b c Dresser, 3 yrs, 801. (Fordham) 2 Little Jane and The Tester also ran. Great Yarmouth Nursery Handicap, 10 80VA each, h ft, with SOL added, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. Straight Course. _ Lord `Y. Powlea's g by Weatherbit out of Arethußa, Estl2!b. ....................................... (J. Rogers) 1 Mr. E. J. Lloyd's Britannia, let (Fordhatn) 2 Ile following also ran : — Growler, Friar of Apshall, and br f by Collingwood._ The Optional Handicap, 2 sons each, 25/. added, for all ages. Half a mile. Mr. Hobson's The Tester, 3 yrs, 7 s t 10Ib (Muegrove) 1 Mr. J. Holland's b o Dresser, 3 vrs, 7st 121 b (Brown) 0 Mr. Einey's b gßudstone, 5 yrs, 83t 121 b... (Hoffer) , 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. --('his Day.) LONDON, Aug. 19.—Wind this day at noon; N.E.; light breeze with rain. PORTSMOUTH, lug. 18.—W • ind N.E.—Arrived—Alba tross (s. tpt.), froze Constantinople. Sailed—Pollock, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, 18.—Wind N.N.E., fresh.—Arrived —Alwine, Hamburg, for Sydney, N.S. w. (pig ELECTRIC TELRGEtAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Wm. Skinner and John Watson, from Sun derland. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.N.E. Arrived.—Ann Pot :;er, from Rio Hach e ; W es t Lothian Cardenas ; Balmetino, Riga ; Hother, Nakskow. Sailed. —Governer Langton, for New Orleens. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 17. Wind N.E. Ai rived. —Jacobs Johanna, from Galax Sailed.--Bolton, for Gibraltar, Wind E.N.E. Arrived.—Genits, from Stettin, Wind E.N.E. Sailed.—Elizabeth, for Gibraltar. THE MOORS, FORESTS, AND RIVERS. LIST OF SHOOTING QUARTERS FOR 1856. (Front the Inverness Courier.) PARTIES AT THEIR FORMER QUARTERS. Abriachan and Lochletter Francis Palmer, Esq. Achany Hon E. Jervis. Achluduich Sir E. Kerrison, Dart. Achnagairn Donald Cameron, Esq. Advie Mr. Mun Aline (Lows) Mr. Milbanke. Ardgay and Greenyards Colonel Long. Ardlussa Lord Murray. Ardverikie Lord Henry Bentinck. Ausdale B. Hall, Esq. Aviemoro . A. K. - Gem ge, Esq. Ba.lblair Sir P. Gray Egerton, Bart. Ballachulish A. Wauchope, Esq. Braemore Sir Francis Sykes, Bart. Cambusmore S. Bateson, Esq. Carr-bridge Mr. B ass , Sir H. Wilmot, and S. W. Hurrell, Esq. Catlodge Colonel Towers. Coigach H. Brook, Esq. Corriemony R. Creyke, Esq. Corrycharaby and Carnbane A. C. Barclay, Esq. Coulmony G. A. Haig, Esq. Craigdarroch and Strathvaich Mr. Murray. Craiggrmash B. Locke, Esq. Cromdale Mr. Bruce, of Kennet. Culduthel: .General - Cracklow. ' • Dalchully Mr. Macnab. Dibidale Horatio Ross, Esq. Drumochter James Fenton, Esq. Duchallie and Strathrannoch.N. E. Vaughan, Esq. Dundriggan Sir Henry Meux, Bart. Dunmaglass and Boleskine J. S. Entwistle, Esq. Dunvegan...., Lord Hill. Englishton H. W. White, Esq. Erchless Castle E. Mills, Esq. Fannich Lord Dupplin. Farr Joseph Grote, Esq. Fasnekyle Colonel Inge. Fassfern Mr. Fowler. Gaick Mr. Littleds,le. GernEerria R. Bateson, Eaq. Gildermory The Earl of Selkirk. Glenavon Lord H. Bentinck. Glen doe A. Brewster, Esq. Glenlivat W. J. Newall, and Messrs. W. and H. Callwell. Glen-Rothes Mr. Maclean. Glenshiero H. Akroyd, Esq., and J. S. Edwards, Esq. Glentilchen W. Williams, Esq. Glentrnim 'llr. Finnie. Grishernish Vice-Chancellor Stuart. Harris Lord Hill. Holme John Dunbar, Esq. Inchbea N. Edwards Vaughan, Esq. Incnacardoch General Porter. Inverawe Tyrwhitt Walker, Esq. Inverbroom G. Mitchell Lines, Esq. Invereshie M. R. Smith, Esq. Islay Kildonan S. Hadwin, Esq. Kincraig G. Moore, Esq., and Colonel Chaloner. Kinloch A. Campbell, Esq., of Kenzie. Kinrara Thomas Johnston Barton, Esq. Kirdels E. S. Bence, Esq. Knockando E. B. Wilson, Esq. Lathan H. H. Glass, Esq. Lochindorb J. D. Miles, Esq. Loch-Stack Lord Grosvenor and Lord Anson. Lochbroom G. Mitchell lanes, Esq. Lochmore Logie G. H M. Baker, Esq. Macdonald Forest Mr. Willoughby. 31oniack Mr. Forbes. Moybeg J. R. Shaw, Esq. Moy Mr. Macgregor. Muirton F. Mathason, Esq; Ord and FairburnS. M. Boulderson; Esq. Phones C. C. Martyn, Esq. Reay Forest Ward and Lord Echo. • Shieldaig G. W. Hunt, Esq. Skeabost It. Allenby, Esq. Sonachan E. Awphlett, Esq. Strathconan John La Touche, Esq. Strathgarve Captain Baring. Strathvaich and Coramaillie F. Pryor. Esq. Torrish, H. W. Meredith, Esq. Tulchen,Ballindal loch Robert Wynn Williams, Esq. Talloch Castle Major Hirst. SHOOTINGS TAKEN IN 1856. Abernethy S. Steers, Esq. Achnacarry R. B. Harvey, Esq., and Mr. Darby. Achnafree Mr. Leather and Mr. Randall. Achnanault W. Travers, Esq. Ardgour Sir A. Chichester, Bart. Armadal& M. W. Lancaster, Esq. Ballindalloch W. Ainslie, Esq. Banchor . . A. Turner, Esq. Belladrum D. Cameron, Esq. Blelack Major W. Boyd. Bridge-park Major Fielding, M.P. Cabman G. A. Gordon, Esq. Cantray Castle-Lead Charles T. Master, Esq. • Chine Corrybrough John Williams, Esq. CorrybroughmoreW. Forster, Esq. Coul C. Trelowney, Esq. Culnakylo J. W. Eyto a, Esq. Dalcombrie John Congreve, Esq. Dalcross A. J. C. Warrand, Esq. --Daimigario W. Morris, Esq. Druidaig and El landonan General Dixon. Dalsie-bridge Mr. Smith. Duncan T. G. Tuck, Esq. Dunyardil Captain John M. Jones. Eiloan-Aigas Hon. E. Russell. Eribolt Colonel Giant. Esksdale Charles W. Goad, Esq. Essich B. Cherry, Esq. Farraline W. H. Martin, Esq. Fearn Captain Rooke. Findrassie ......, C. H. Bill, Esq. Flowerburn P. Maclean, Esq. Foyers F. G. Urquhart, Esq. Free and Easter Kvlachy F. L. Popham, Esq. Gail loch Messrs. Pinckney and Randall. Gled6eld J. Lamont, Esq. Glenaladale „Lord Egmont. Glenbrayne N. Hone, Esq. Gldnfeshie Marquis of Bath. Glenfintaig T. R. Smith, Esq. Glenrnaseran Captain Hopwood. Glen-Nevis ..... Basil Fisher, Esq. Glenroy Sir John Blois, Bart. Glenorrie and Gleagowrie C. Trelawny, Esq. Glenuig A. Duncan, Esq. Helmsdale A. Thoindike, Esq. Inverie „, IL Hussey Vivian. Esq. Invorinate Mr. Gubbins and S. Low, Esq. Inver'all... Mr. Rouudell and F. L. Pyw, Esq. Inverlair Gregor Turnbull, Esq. Kingairloch Duko of St. Albans. Killielionate Mr. Bowyer. Kilmaikly J. Jones, Esq. Kishorn H. Rudd, Esq. Laggan and Dal- tombich Frederick Milford, Esq. Langwell Mr. Kenney. Lars and Inver emits J. H. Blood, Esq. Ledgowan W. R. Timmins, Esq. Letterfinlay Mr. Gray. Lays Castle Benjamin Cherry, Esq. Lochalsh Earl of Stamford. Lochoil John Edwards, Esq. Loch-Head W. P. Parker, Esq. Loch-Inver Mr. Bra , lsbaw. Loch-Rosque J. W. Webb. Esq. Loubcroy H. Rogers; Esq., Marr-Forest James Duff, Esq.. M.P. Robert Smith, Esq., and Mr. Adoano. Monalia Lord Saltoun. goy -Hall Sir T. Munro, Bart. Nairnsicle Hon. George Grant. Newtonmore John G trden, Esq. North Morar Mr. Cousins. Novar - Sir A. Cockburn. Nuide F. L. Bodenham, Esq. Pitmain.. Henry Allsopp, Esq. Quoich Captain Doria. Bataan Captain Chisholm. Rosohall Lord Somers, Sir C. Lindsay. Sanquhar W. W. Dale, Esq. Scardroy Henry Cook, Esq. Shiness Stirkoke A. Ogilvy, Esq., and T. Kenny, Esq. Strathroy ,S. Munro, Esq. Stratton Lodge H. Jones, Esq. Stronchrubie, As syant A. M. Innes, Esq. Thrumster and Tannoch E. Sandys, Esq. Torridon Henry Plower, Esq. Upper Killin Sir George R. Clerk and Col. Waugh. Wester Kullaclay T. M. Bridge, Esq., and W. Barker, Esq. THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST. The news from the moors of the doings on the twelfth is still so uncertain and so contradictory, that it is not easy to say whatposition this season is to hold as compared with its predecessors. We have numerous letters written before the 12th, anticipating that the sport would be wretched, and the birds not worth shootieg; but the ac tual returns received to this date do not by any means warrant the conclusion that there is a great falling off in point of numbers. Some of the moors not only have done better than was expected, but better than last year, which was an unusually good one. On the other hand, compa ratively few returns have been made (which is not a good omen), and these are not from the largest or upland moors, where disease and the summer rains are supposed to have done most damage. We have heard nothing of the great moors in Strathspey, Stratherrick, and Loch aber, and the news from distant districts could hardly have reached us yet. The principal dealer in Inverness, Mr. J. Borns, has received consignments of grouse from the neighbourhood far exceeding those at the same time last year, and the birds are of average quality, though the young ones are in many instances poor and small. It has been remarked in Inverness that the num lber of game boxes received at the coachoffice is un usually small ; but it must be remembered that while last year there were seven stage-coaches arriving there d aily, this year there are only three, the Highland wai l, bh. by which the largest supply was Beet, having been w l drawn, and the railway having supplanted three coaches. Let us hope, then, that the season may turn out better than was expected, and that, although many sportsmen must make up their minds to small bags during the early part of the shooting, in general the sportsmen who have travelled so far north in quest of recreation and healthy exercise may not go back greatly disappointed. Grouse are selling in the Inverness market at 2s. to 3s. a brace ; birds for packing, a little additional. The following are among the notes that have been sent : At Failey and Kilmoraelc, Mr. Gordon, of Fyvie, Mr. Mangles, and Mr. Boulderson, bagged 42} brace and 4 hares. At Moybeg, Capt. Corbet, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Barry, 472 brace and 2 hares. At Cantray, Cot. Fraser, Capt. Fraser, -and F. Rose, Hog., 32i brace and 3 hares. Mr. Dunbar and Mr. Fraser, Strut , . bagged 173 brace at Holme. The Hon. G. Cr eit and the Hon. L, Grant, of Grant, 21 brace, at Neirnsidc. Mr. Mackintosh, of Daviot, on hi me there, bagged 13 brace. At 13n nachton, Gen. Cracklow and Mr. ROR'; 28 brace. At Farr, Mr. Grote, 301 brace. At Elkadale, M r . E. W. Goad and Capt. Goad, 25 lilacs pn the 12th, and 14i brace on the 13th. At Erchless Castle, Mr. Edward Mills, 38 brace on the 12th, and 16 brace on the 13th. At Dunstan, in about three bcurs, Mr. Tuck, 10 brace. Mr. Master, Fodderty, had good sport, but we have not learned the exact nutuber he bagged; we understand it was about 50 trace. Atßalvenie, Mr. Shaw and a friend, 404 brae'.; the young birds-were found to be very poor. Major Massey and Capt. RoCrke went oat on the moors of Louisa, Countess of Seafield, and had -good sport, though the birds were scarce. Mr. Cameron, of Chines, bagged 30 brace at Moniack. On the Skibo Castle moors, Mr. Dempster, of Skibo, and Mr. Demp ster, of Dunnichen, had 26 brace and 5 hares—birds more scarce than fir 12 years.' In Badenoch we learn that birds are scarce, but numerous enough to yield fair sport to a good markiman. .A party of fur guns, from Invereshie House, shot 33 brace of grouse and 2 hares in about six hours ; Mr. Smith, jun., shot 22 brace of the whole number. On the Belle ville moors Mr. Macneil and two gentlemen bagged 30 brace of grouse and some hares, On the Kingussie ground Mr. Allsopp barged 261 brace and 1 hare ; Mr. Baker, 71 brace ; Mr. Henry B=ker, 154 brace and 2 hares. On the 12th, A. J. Hasadtote E-q., lmeged 16 brace on the Tomatin moors, On the Lvgau moor Messrs. Miliford and. Walker bagged 30 brace. On the Ban-cher moor Mr. Turner cud party bagged 40 brace. At Clune, Captains Crosse and Sylvester bagged 251, and on the 13th 281 brace grouse and 8 hares. From Laggan our correspondent writes on the 12th : —lt is to be regretted that the rain, which so many people thought was at an end, still continues, as it will not only spoil the,sport of the day, but injure, what many think of more consequence, the good fields of oats and hay. Badenoch is well filled with sportsmen this season, but It can't be said to be so well filled with game ; however, there is no scarcity of mut ton, as the lightning of last week has killed many a godd three-year-Old wether in different parts of the country. The Glenabiero party have not arrived as yet ; but both Mr. Akroyd and Mr. Edwards are expected to-day, and, being well liked in the country, it is to be hoped they will make a prolonged stay this season. On the Strathmashie moors a good bag is expected. The . party there occupy_ the farm-house of Dalchully. The Glentriiim moors are occupied by the same gentlemen as were on the ground last reason, and not }seine- so highly situated as the 'former grounds, the birds, both young and old, are more numerous. The lists of killed will no doubt be banded in in due time, and the present-firing (at one p.m.) sounds like an echo of last week's thunder. DUBLIN, Aug. is. HOLYHEAD, Aug. 18. (BY STIBMAEINE aND BRITISH TELEGRAPR.I GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.25 a.m. Wind N.E., tidelast hours' ebb; cloudy, with rain. glArrived, Aug. V.—Pollux, from Hudickswall ; Caleb, Riga ; Prince of Wales, Archangel ; Breeze, Gottenberg ; Familien, Archangel. • DRAT', Tuesday, 10.5 a.m. Wind N.E. by N.; strong breeze. ramed, Aug. 18.7Edeo, from Shields, for Genoa. THE FORESTS. The accounts from the deer forests are without excep tion very favourable. A few weeks ago a veteran deer stalker wrote as follows :—" The cold and wet weather is doing the forest good. I never saw it so full of deer, nor did I ever see so many large royal stags ; out of a herd of 15 I actually counted four royals. We have not begun regularly to stalk yet, as the deer are backward in condition, although their heads are unusually large. The antlers got a start by the fine spring, but the rain has taken all the good ou of the grass, and the deer have not improved so much in condition as they ought to have done. One that was killed here two days ago weighed 15st. 91b. ; his head was of course in velvet., but the barns were hard enough to admit of its being skinned quite easily ; he had 11 points, and about an , inch and a quarter of fat on his haunches." This wa• i written about the middle of July. Since then the fin a weather has doh° all that was wanting to make aLe deer equal to the early promise, and we have hea rd only one account of the highland forests—that they are numerously stocked, and that the deer are uncommonly well developed. Mr. La Touche was out twice at S'rathconon last week, and on each occasion brought down a good stag. The head of one of them was a very fine specimen of a stag killed on the Bth t)f . August. The animal weighed within two pounds of IS st , ines. The deer are very fine this year at Strathconon. From Inchbea we learn that " deer , are plentiful and fine." Mr. Vaughan kilted one 'of 10 points on Saturday. Col. Inge and friends have shot seven stags at Fasnaltyle. Lord Lovat, in his forests, and the Master of Lovat, three stags. Sir Arthur Chichester, throe stags. Mr. Master, one fallow-deer. Eght fallow-deer were shot at Malan Castle. The Hon. Dudley Ward shot a hag at Glengarry. Mr. Marjotibanks, when out at Guisachan on the 12th, saw a her! of about 50 deer on his property. A sta<4.drive took place on Mr. Bouldersored shootings at Kilmorack on Monday week. Among the;inarksimen were the Right Hon. Lord Lovat, the Master .of Lovat, Major Fraser, Captain Ross, Mr. Ross, K. W. S. Mac keta e, Eql., of Seaterth, and S. M. Bouldersoo, Esq. The party knocked down 3 stags, 1 hind, and 2 roe. One fell to the rifle of Mr. Horatio Ross, one to Lord Lovat, and one to Mr. Ross. The stags were generally remarked as prime venison. Thom Skibo Castle we learn that, on the 51 inst., Mr. Dempster of Dunnichen killed two veyy.fine stags, of 18 and 15 stoles clean respectively— the former 10 point, and a very heavy horn. The same gentleman killed a few days previously a somewhat lighter stag, and two wild fallow deer. THE FISHING% Laxford is the only river at a distance from which we have received any accounts this week. Lord Gros venor has bad• excellent eporb-iotlo famous stream, and had the good fortilns on the 7th init. to land a. fish of no leas than 24Ibs. The Ness continues to yield good Ppert, and has quits resumed its ch't4racter of being one of the best salmon riv:rs in Scotland, a% well for the number, fine shape, and weight of the fish taken', as for the admirable play they give in so large a: body q of water. Mr. W. in the upper waters.' take:. ar great many Esh on every day on which he thr9ws a line, —lie landed no less than eight with only one fly a few. days ago. Mr. T. B. Snowle, yu.s',erday, caught eight grilse, weighing in all 601115., and three large sea-trout, having played and clippei the whole creel alu;ie. Capt. Milner has tat:en seven fi.- , 11 tais week. Capt. 'Esaus landed three the night before last in the_ course of a fcwr hours. We have not learned the number taken by Mr_ Lowe during the last few days, but a week ago he had basketed more than his whole take till the end of the season last year. Mr. Naughten has landed 17 within the last few weeks. Mr. Edmunds took to a handsome grisle this morning, &c. SALMI) FERO' —A. very handsome fish of this species was killed about a fortnight ago in Loch Garry, by C. Simeon, Esq., trolling with a single gut. It weighed 201b5., and measured in length two feet nine inches, and girth round the middle two feet. It is being preserved. FOXES.—AIex. Macbean, gamekeeper at Dalorombie, has succeeded, within seven days, in trapping and de stroying four foxes, which were the scourze of the sur rounding country. On one occasion he set his trap close to the den, and in a short time Reynard got entangled in one of them, and the keeper's dog, discovering the capture, rushed at it. !But when, withina yard of his prey, poor Garry was himself c knelt by.one foot in a trap. While struggling with his fate, another fox sprung up so close that, in spite of his dilemma, Gerry caught it arid engaged in mortal struggle until Macbean came up and decided tho combat. 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