The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-16 00:00:00

INDIA. ------o We have received our letters and papers from Calcutta to August Bth. As the advices from Bom bay published last week were to August 12, there is little to report by this mail. The Calcutta papers regret the barrenness of the season in respect of news. Their principal theme is the Rev. J. Long's imprisonment. A great num ber of the clergy and " the higher ranks of the general public," in the words of the Hurkaru, had been to the jail to see him. A native address to him was in course of signature. It is said that if necessary Dr. Duff will come to England and take the opinion of the British public on the case of Mr. Long and the indigo planters. The Hurkaru, which takes part with the planters, states that they would have asked for a mitigation of his punishment had he not declared just before receiving ", his sentence that the irreligious lives of Europeans formed the grand obstacle to the spread of Christianity in India. We read in the Hurkaru :—" Letters from Agra, Delhi, Meerut, and Allyghur give a terrible ac count of the pestilence raging there. The Euro pean troops have suffered severely, especially at Meerut, and regiments have been moved into camp in hopes of putting a stop to the disease, in some instances, we believe, with success. The amount o f ra in that has fallen in Calcutta this season is 51 inches, against 31 up to this time last year. Ex perience teaches us to expect severe sickness here in consequence." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MARKETS. CORRECTED UP TO WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7. The Bombay express arrived here on Saturday, the 3d inst., bringing the mails of the 3d of July. On the evening of the sth inst. the steamer Colombo was announced to have arrived at Galls on the 4th, and the usual telegraphic sum mary of news up to July 11 was published the following morning. The mails of that date may be expected to be delivered hare on the 12th. Produce Market—Our stocks are considerably increasing, but as native holders will insist on demanding prices utterly disproportioned to the value of their goods in the home market, there has been a decrease in the amount of business transacted, and the general tendency of prices is a downward one. Import Market—Less business has been transacted during the last fortnight than the previous one, even although im porters have further given way on most staple goods, and it is not possible to move off any quantity of goods in the pre sent state of the bazaar. Three failures of dealers took place a week ago, and there is still a want of confidence. Accounts from the Upper Provinces continue to represent rapid clearances of the goods which are arriving there at paying prices, but this news does not appear to have any effect on our market here in the meantime. Joint-Stock Shares—The share market remains firm, and there have been several transactions since our last at full quotations. The Docking Company have declared a divi dend of 50r. per share for the half-year ending the 30th of June, and the Eastern Steam-tug Association have declared a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum. Bengal Coal Shares are offered at 1825, and Bonded Warehouse Shares have been sold at 550 r. India Generals are in better demand at 1,130, and the Ganges are dull at 560. The East India Tea Company (a new enterprise) has just issued its prospectus, having for its general manager a gentleman of high practical ability. From the gardens in bearing be longing to this company a dividend is promised upon the first season's operations. We have no improvement to notice in Auction or East India Coal shares; both remain dull and without inquiry. Bengal Printing Company's scrip is in good request. Government Securities—ln this market the transactions continue limited to local speculation, and the range of prices is trifling. There is a total absence of anything like demand for investment or for other markets ; public confidence in these securities seems altogether wanting. Money-Market.—There is a rather better feeling in the Bazaar, but the dealers continue much embarrassed, and collections are still difficult to make. For the purposes of general trade the market is abundantly supplied, and the reduction of 1 per cent. by the Bank of Bengal has not in creased the demand. EXPORTS. Indigo.—Bengal has nearly closed manufacture, with a smaller figure than we expected a week ago. In Tirhoot they have had of late some very heavy rain, which has in jured the May sowings in most concerns to the southward of the district very much indeed; and we are afraid that the total out-turn of this district and Chuprah will not ex ceed 15,000 maunds. Our last advices from the Benares district are to the effect that the heavy rains they have had have completely washed the produce out of the khoontees, and that the Nowdha had suffered a great deal. In the Doab the rain has been very heavy, but we do not hear of much injury having been done as yet. Exports from the Ist of November, 1860, to the 31st of July, 1861.—T0 Great Britain, 83,759 mds. ; France, 22,204md5. ; North America, 2,739md5. ; Bombay and Red Sea and Gulf, 4,279md5. ; foreign—Europe, 408mds.; other ports, 245mds.—total, 1,13,621md5. Sugar.—A large business has been done for Australia and Bombay in white vacuum- pan sugar at an advance of Ba. on our last rates, say 10r. Ba. Benares has also been sold to a large extent, but at a decline of 2a. to 4a. In other kinds of date and cane sugars a moderate business been effected at about 4a. lower. Stocks of all sorts esti mated at about 50,000 bags. Exports from the Ist to the 31st July, 1861 :—To Great Britain, 37,764 cwt. ; to Bombay, 19,469 cwt. Saltpetre—Supplies of Ferruckabad saltpetre having continued unabated, prices have met with a further reduc tion of 4a, in consequence of holders pressing their stocks upon the market. Calcutta refined have been subjected to a proportionate decline, 5 per cent. refraction having changed hands at 6r 12a per fy md. Crude medium sorts are siill neglected, but low refining qualities in the Bazaar maintain nearly previous value, Exports as above :—To Great Bri tain, 48,077mds ; to France, 2,562mds ; to North America, 11,505mds ; to Singapore and China, 11,737md5. Rice—A small business has been transacted for clean sifted table, for Melbourne, at 3r 8a to 3r 10a. In other kinds shipments to a limited extent only have been made to Great Britain at 2r 12a to 3r. In Ballam and Monghee we notice sales to a fair amount for Mauritius, Bourbon, and other ports at a decline upon last prices —say, at lr 8a to lr 14a per maund the former, and lr 12a to lr 14a for the lat ter description. Exports as above :—To Great Britain, 22,039md5; France, 16,483md5; North America, 17,042mds ; Mauritius, 211,254mds ; Bourbon, 13,792md5. Raw Silk—Since the date of our last report the silk market has been in a very depressed state, especially after the receipt of advices by the last Bombay express, since when the few purchasers who were in the market have withdrawn themselves. The business done for this mail consists of a few parcels of native silk, at prices ranging from 10r to 12r, and one lot of European filature Cossim bazar at 15r Ba. Exports as above :—To Great Britain, 515 c wt. ; to France, 161 c wt. Silk Piece Goods—A few parcels amounting to about 3,000 pieces have found buyers at rates varying from 108 r to 120 r. There are other lots of similar and better quali ties in treaty for, sales of which we expect to report in our next. A parcel of blue Bandanoes has been sold at 126 r per corge. Exports as above :—To Great Britain—Corahs, 2,289 pieces; C. and 8., 1,359 pieces; tussers, 2,000 pieces. Jute continues in limited inquiry, at a further reduction of 8a per bale. There have been several arrivals, and stocks of both good and inferior qualities have accumulated in the Bazaar. To Great Britain, 21,885 cwt ; France, 2,732 cwt ; North America, 267 cwt. CHINA. HONGKONG, JULY 28, The m a il steamer Ganges arrived on the 22d i nst. with the E nglish mails of June 10, but her public intelligenee came into by H.M. troop-ship Urgent, whichme into harb o u r 24 ho u rs earlier Singapore, and which left after i ore, on her return from Cal cutta, a few hours the arrival there of the mail steamer. The steame r Madras, with the outward mails, will be despatched this at 9 o'clock. Flag-officer Stribling, act i ng alsohaebeas American Envoy, having been superseded, sy ing s a quadron, South erner, in the command of the American leaves by the present mail. Much mPhaitshY is felt duty to for him, for he would have loyally done the Government the commission of which he hold s. His successor, Flag officer Edgeley, is ordered home with all his ships, and thus American interests will be left without any protection, diplomatic or naval. Whether the Chinese Government will be true to its engagements with the Federal States under pre sent circumstances remains to '2? seen ; but there are already some unpleasant rumours in circulation. Sir .Tames Hope, in the Impericuse, left for Japan and Tien-tsin -on the 17th inst. It is expected that he will visit the ports of Formosa en route. He is ac companied by his Excellency the Governor of the colony. The exploring party tlAat proceeded up the river Yangtze some time ,back, in the hope of reaching India o ver l an d, h as b een o bliged to retrace its s te p s, and has arrived at Sh h As they advanced zing at. passive resistance was changed into active opposi tion, ' lll,l the Peki n was travellers fcaand that the Treaty o f unknown, and'. some faint rumours of f oreign stt The ustiai can ntterly di *sbelieved. rebel succes ses : l*M , ae l etnry , eportg of Imperial and latter were etill tilata enr.tinue to circulate. The nei gh be' utood of Show Hing, ' on the Ningpo side of the Hangchew river. Doubts have been thrown also on the reported victories of Sankolinsin in the north by Chinese whose families are in the Shantung province. From Tien-tsin dates come down to the 10th inst. There was no change in the political position at Pekin, and trade was very dull at the port. From Japan, the successful overland journey of Mr. Alcock from Nagasaki to Jeddo is reported. It appears to ; have been a complete success, and the party were perfectly well received by the population of the districts through which they passed. Enthu siastic accounts are given of the large city of Osako and its port Hiogo. The system of customhouses under foreign in spectorship does not conciliate general favour as its working becomes better known. Had the treaties of Tientsin and Pekin concentrated foreign trade into one or two ports much good might have re sulted to trade ; but the very diffusion of trade secured by the treaties must prevent the success of Lord Elgin's scheme, for the whole line of the coast of China cannot be successfully watched, nor can the Chinese be prevented from receiving foreigners at non-treaty ports, nor from smuggling them selves at all unprotected points of a coast singularly favourable to such operations. Hong Kong may be benefited by becoming more and more the resort of Chinese traders to supply their wants, but they will inevitably engage largely in smuggling and will find plenty of desperate men for the purpose. The late affair of the steamer Campa, with some sugar laden junks, is an apt illustration of the opinion now expressed. That vessel serves as a kind of guardo costa to the Canton foreign Custom-house. The foreign employes reeeived information of the above boats being laden with sugar upon which duty had not been paid, and knowing the channels to be taken they sent the Campa down to intercept them. They met, and the Chinese retiring into a small bay deliberately anchored and prepared for action. The steamer opened fire, which was at once replied to—the result being that five men, Europeans and others were killed or wounded, and the steamer herself, being seriously injured, was obliged to sheer off and return to Canton. These are most awkward events, and affect European prestige very seriously. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. There is little alteration to notice in the import market during the past fortnight. The principal transactions have been in barter for tea, and show no improvement in rates. Some resales have been effected by the Chinese at a reduc tion in price. Tea.—A considerable business has been done since last mail, amounting to 51 chops, including 5 chops contract tea. Stock in the market, 18 chops. Prices show an ad vance of 5 mace to 1 tael on opening rates. Tayshan con gous are quite neglected. Scented teas have been in good demand at previous prices ; the stock of finest is very small, and the common kinds are not inquired for. Sales are as follow :—Congou, 46 chops, and five chops contract; Oopeikg, at 301 to 351 taels ; Oonahins, 261 to 281 taels ; Tayshan congou, no sales; scented orange pekoe, 15,000 boxes, at 22 to 30 taels ; scented caper, 2,000 boxes, at 20 to 27 taels; Canton greens—gunpowder, 4,000 boxes, at 18 to 23 taels; young hyson, 140 half-tests, 231 taels ; coun try greens—sales, 200 half-chests ; stock, 1,500 half-chests. Freights to London, £3 ss. to £3 10s. Macao.—Arrivals of tea at this port amount to 35,000 half-chests, chiefly Tayshans. The Spirit of the North is loading, ani the Coleroo on the way from Canton to fill up. Amoy advices are to the 19th inst. Shanhai advices are to the 18th inst. The import mar ket remained.much in the same state as last advised. Cot ton goods in no demand, and prices show no material alte ration. Woollen neglected, and quotations nominal. Shirtings—Gray ak to 6 catty, 1.5 taels to 1.7.5 taels ; 6 to 61 catty, 1.8.5 taels to ].9 taels ; 61 to 7 catty, 1.9.6 taels to 2.1.8 taels; 7i to 71 catty, 2.2.5 taels to 2.3.5 taels; deliveries, 53,500 pieces. White shirtings—Deliveries 12,400 ; 56-reed, 1.8 taels; 64-reed, 1.9 t aels ; 66-reed, 2.0.5 taels. Silk—A considerable business has been done at exorbi tant rates; settlements amount to 6,000 bales. Stock esti mated at about 11,000 bales; the actual quantity cannot be a , certained, as silk does not now come through the inland custom-houses. Quotations are .—Tsatlee. Nos. 1 to 3, none; No. 4, 390 taels ; inferior, 330-70 taels. Taysaam, No. 1, 360 taels ; No. 2, 330 taels ; No. 3, 295 taels ; No. 4, 270 taels; inferior, 230-60 taels. Total export of silk from China to Europe is 1,591 bales, against 1,607 bales, show ing a decrease of 16 bales for the present season. Ted-Two chops of second-class Oopeih, bought at Han kow by foreigners, had been put upon the market, but the price asked had prevented their being sold. Five musters of the same kind had likewise been shown, representing chops on the way down to this port, At Hankow settle ments to the 30th of June were 32 chops, leaving 9 chops on the market. At Shanghai purchases have been—Nang• chow, 465 chests, at 21i to 23 taels ; common congou, 190 chests, at 161 taels. Stocks, 3,100 chests congou and 800 chests pekoe. Green Teas—Settlements there and at Ningpo sent up to Shanghai for shipment comprise 11,000 half chests of Fy chow and Moyune. At Ningpo the market has been firm, and purchases showed fully 1 tael advance. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HONGKONG, JULY 27. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hongkong—July 12, the Jessie Beasley, from Liver pool. At Shanghai—July 3, the Romeo, from Liverpool ; July 9, the Britannia, from Greenock ; and July 13, the Pegasus, from Liverpool. DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN. From Hongkong—July 19, the Egmont, for London. From Whampoa—July 15, the Northfleet and the Unri valled, for London; July 19, the Maiden Queen, for Lon don; and July 24, the Chatze, for Liverpool. From Foochow—July 10, the Shakspeare, for London and July 15, the Victor Emmanuel, for London, From Shanghai—July 12, the Chrysolite, for London and July 13, the Sharpshooter, for London. SHIPS OF WAR. At Hongkong—The British steamers Cowper, Pearl, Sphinx, and Urgent; the gunboats Bustard, Forester, Haughty, Janus, Oppossum, Snipe, Starling, and Staunch ; the French steamers Deroulede, Jura, Persevrante, and Undine ; the Spanish steamer Animoza, the American steamer Hartford, and the gunboat Dacotah. Macao—The Portuguese corvette Don Joao, and the lorcha Amazona. Canton River—The Britishsteamer Waterman ; the gun boats Firm, Grasshopper, and Weazel ; the French steamer Durance, and the American steamer Saginaw. Amoy—The British gunboat Cockchafer. Foochow—The British gunboat Hardy. Ningpo—The British steamer Reynard. Shanghai—The British steamers Encounter and Hesper, and the French steamers Forte, Japon, and Marne. Yang-tze River—The British steamer Atalante; the gun boats Algerine, Flamer, and Leven ; the steamer Centaur, Nankin; the steamer Snake, Hankow ; the gunboat Ban terer, Chinkiang ; and the gunboat Havock, Kinkiang. On the North—The British steamers Imperieuse, Scout, timoon, and Vulcan; the gunboats Clown, Drake, Slaney, Watchful, and Woodcock ; the Prussian steamer Arcona, and the transport Elbe. Japan—The British steamers Odin and Ringdove ; the French steamer Dordogue ; the Russian steamers Posad nik and Voyerada ; and the Dutch brig Cachalot. THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT IN FRANCE.—The Civil Tribunal of the Seine was yesterday engaged in a case in which M. Richard, the head of a large carpenter's establishment, was plaintiff. He had, it ap peared, rented of M. Digeon, in the Avenue de la Sante, a house and some ground for his business, and had erected a building on it at the expense of 30,000 f. In the course of the present year the ground under his workshops :had sunk so considerably as to endanger the lives of the men employed, owing to the premises being situated over the Catacombs. He consequently applied to the Court to order that M. Digeon should be compelled to pay the expenses of properly securing the premises from further injury. He also objected to allowing M. Digeon to carry on the neces sary repairs himself, but prayed that, in case the Court con sented to the application, M. Digeon should be bound to deposit 25,000 f. as a security for the good and proper execu tion of the works of consolidation. M. Digeon, in reply, contended that M. Richard's action was merely brought for the purpose of avoiding the payment of his rent; that the danger complained of was owing to M. Richard's own act in transforming part of the ground rented into a regular receptacle for heavy rubbish; and, lastly, that the action was vexatious and with ou t su ffi c i en t mo tive, s ince th e repairs which must be executed in the Catacombs could not be effected except under the immediate direction of the ciiy architect. The Tribunal, taking that view of the case, rejected the demand of the deposit, and authorised M. Digeon to proceed with the repairs under the direction of the proper architect. [ADVERTISEMENT .1 — llolloWay' B Ointment and Pills.— One Hope yet R ema i ns. —ll long owevercontinued their disease, however seve re th e i r sufferings, let no invalid despair o f being cured till th ese potent remed i es have had a fair trial. The one or other invariably succeeds. Both Ointment :and Pills operate by purifying and regulating every function. These qualities advantageously display themselves in various diseases which differ in several par ticulars. The Ointment speedily removes all outward blemishes. The Pills improve the digestion, and promote the formation of healthy bile so essential to :digestion, cheerfulness, and vigour. In cases of obstinate costiveness no purgative can be prescribed so well calculated to pro duce the desired effect. They relax the bile ducts, and liberate the natural aperient of the system. THE SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVENtNG, SEPTEMBER 16. 1861. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) ' WASHINGTON, SEPT. 2. The two events of the week, in a political point of view, are Mr. Chase's appeal to the people for a national loan, and General Fremont's proclamation of martial law in Missouri and the liberation of the slaves belonging to rebel owners. The military event is the success of the expedition to Cape Hat teras, which is also of considerable political signi ficance. While the partridges are having a bad time of it in England, which scarcely permits them to be properly thankful for their day of grace yes terday, there is a fusilade rising up here from the outposts beyond the Potomac, noisy as that which comes from turnip-field and stubble in the pleasant isles three thousand miles away. But the advance of the enemy is really intended to exercise their men, and to find ground for their fresh troops. On this side nothing will be done for three or four weeks to come. General McClellan is at present incapacitated by a strain received when out riding, a consequence of the constant personal supervision and inspection by which he stimulated so largely the progress of the army, officers and men, towards efficiency. But the ma chine is fairly moving and in working order, and by the time the season is favourable and other com binations are ready for execution, the army will justify the expectations which are entertained of it, and will deserve some of the eulogies passed on it by anticipation. Never, perhaps, has a finer body of men in all respects of physique been assembled by any Power in the world, and there is no reason why their morale should not be improved so as to equal that of the best troops in. Europe. The skirmishes and petty guerilla which are going on all over the debatable lands between the North and South possess no interest except in so much as they furnish paragraphs and good "headings" for the newspapers. As a specimen take one. A Captain Shute goes out with 14 men of his regiment to watch a ford of the Gualey river, near Summers ville, in Western Virginia. They march boldly eight miles beyond the ford, and are attacked by men in ambuscade ; the captain falls, shot through the bowels, and is left, mortally wounded, to die ; four of his men are killed on the spot, and six are wounded. Now comes the remarkable fact. There was, it will be seen, but four men left untouched. These, however, " drove off" the rebels, and then retreated, leaving their captain at his own request, but bringing in with them the six wounded men who remained of the party. There are such ample details of these affairs in the American journals that I shall not in future allude to them, having already expressed the opinion, which must be that of all military men, that these scouting parties and ambus cades and sentry-stalking turn the art of war into the art of individual murder. There are some officers who believe that the guerilla work makes the men skilful in the use of their arms, and accus tomed to face the enemy. This is much to be doubted, for it is generally " dodging" work, which, like a long course of trench duty and rifle pits, does not encourage a young soldier to stand before his enemy in the open. The sight of the Secession flag at Munson's-hill, which is visible from the capital, is rather aggravating, and I ob serve that the want of animosity towards the Southerners which distinguished the Northern troops very remarkably in comparison with their enemies is no longer to be deplored or commended, as the case may be, and that they are now with difficulty to be restrained from coming to the front and engaging with the Confederate outposts. The newsfrom Cape Hatteras, which was received here yesterday, caused great exultation. It is de scribed, of course, in the local paper as a " grand battle." It is certainly a great success, and it has been achieved so easily that the original design of the expedition has been abandoned, and, instead of blocking up the entrance and destroying the pas sages, Gen. Butler and Commodore Stringham ar rived at the much more sound conclusion to occupy the works which they found ready built to their hands, which course offers the advantages stated in the general despatch, and must prove of the most serious inconvenience to the enemy, and a terror and dismay to North Carolina, I doubt not the in fluence of this coup will be felt at Richmond and Manassas, and it may probably induce the Confe derates to risk an attack on Washington, or a march into Maryland. It must certainly lead to a diffu sion of part of their forces to watch the rivers and cities of North Carolina. It will be observed that the Confederate account of the surrender of the forts ascribes the result to want of ammuni tion; and, on looking over the inventory of the captured material, it certainly appears as if they had only ten 321 b. shell, and no round shot at all. They were hammered at from more than two miles with Dahlgren's 10-inch shell (15-inch fuzes), and had very little chance indeed in an open work without casemates, while their retreat was cut off by the fire of the ships along thci spit and by the landing of the troops on the beach. It is very doubtful whether the President or the politicians of the extreme Republican party will approve the capitulation, inasmuch as the officers and men surrendered on condition that they were "to be treated as prisoners of war." Ergo, they are not rebels or to be treated as rebels Again, and perhaps more important, the articles of capitula tion are signed by " S. Barron, flag officer, C.S. Navy, commanding naval forces, Virginia and North Carolina," although General Butler in his report observes he was determined " not even to give an official title to the officer in command of the rebels !" Strange, indeed ! In that same docu ment, and immediately before that very statement, there is not only the articles of capitulation insur ing for officers and men the treatment due—not to " rebels," but—to " prisoners of war," but after the words " Benj. F. Butler, Major-General U.S.A., commanding," comes the style and title of Flag officer Barron, of C.S. Navy. This matter is of greater consequence than may be supposed. It is not a mere verbal criticism. Hitherto the authorities at Washington have resisted all entreaties and arguments to negotiate for an ex change of prisoners with the Confederates, and have preferred to let their officers remain in captivity rather than make such an admission of equality and independence as would be implied by an exchange, for which, indeed, they had scarcely any materials. The capture of these officers and men will nearly give them an equivalent, and it is probable the wishes of the officers of the regular army and others will be in:some sort attended to. Indeed, unless the act of General Butler, at once kind and judicious, be re pudiated, it is not easy to see now on what prin ciple the Government can justify the refusal to treat for an exchange of prisoners. It is plain they can not affect on all occasions to consider the enemy as rebels, and to treat them as such even when in their power. The Confederate leaders have already shown that they will not permit any approaches to be made to them unless in such a form as to imply their in dependence as belligerents, and they refused to com ply with the demands for Col. Cameron's body be cause it was not made officially. The terms of the surrender at the Hatteras Forts will make persist ence in the determination to deal with the Con federates as rebels and pirates very like affectation. " Flag-officer Barron" can scarcely be treated as a pirate captain of a pirate navy, nor the officers " commanding 7th Light Infantry North Carolina Volunteers" as rebels, The revelations of the state of things in the Confederate States must be very comforting and full of hope to -the Federalists. There is an evident scarcity of cannon and material of war, such as shot and shell of the larger calibres, percussion caps, and lead. The whole of North Carolina will be thrown into agitation and alarm. The waters of Pamlico and Albemarle, and the river systems connected with it, are placed at the mercy of the Federalists. Cape Hatteras is relighted—a secure haven for the Confederate States' privateers destroyed. The bloodless success is not less so because it is blood less, but then it is not either a " grand battle " nor a " glorious victory." The Navy Department, which originated the expedition, will recover popularity ; the navy itself will be encouraged after its season of comparative inaction and obscurity. The Confederates will have to look out now for their seaboard. The towns on Albemarle Sound and Ouch places as Beaufort and New Haven are of no small importance. A railway from the former city leads direct to Richmond, via Goldsborough, Bal don, and Petersburg, and is connected with the line to Norfolk, to Wilmington, and Charleston. There is one thing remarkable about the wounded—their youth. They vary from 17 to 27, with the exception of one man, who is 51 years of age, and will never be more. With reference to Mr. Chase's proposition, which will go over to England by the same mail, probably with some indications of the way in which it has been received and is working here, it is sufficient to say that the appeal has not been made without considerable debate and reluctance, as the effect on the banks of saving and deposit all over the States excited considerable apprehension. I ani so far from the actual seats of trade and commerce, as well as of money, that it would be useless for me to specu late on subjects respecting which more recent facts must be made known in Europe from Boston, but I may state that the Government will be very much disappointed if the response to their appeal is not prompt and liberal. The real force of the Repub lican party is now to be tested, for the proclamation of General Fremont is really bringing the issue to that which, I, for one, believed it must come if the war went on—a war of abolition—a fight between the Northern Abolitionists and the Southern Slave holders. How many in the North will stand by and see the fight out ? None will do so in the South, be assured of that. Hitherto the South has been clad in impenetrable armour. There has been a coat of steel thrown around the peculiar institution which it was impossible to pierce. The attempts to reach the slaves as a mass have all failed—the wedge inserted by the Federalists at Ma nassas was bent and broken. But General Fremont is working at the soft places ; he is getting his knife in between the chinks of the plate mail, and the very vitals tremble. By way of comment on this act of the Commander of the Federalists in the Mississippi Valley, the authorities in Washing ton have resolved to seize and imprison any black or coloured person whom they find in uniform or wearing soldiers' clothes, There are hundreds of servants of the race in attendance on the camps who attire themselves in cast off uniforms in their harm less vanity, and henceforth they will be arrested. General Fremont's bold proclamation is by no means in accordance with Mr. Secretary Cameron's instructions to General Butler for his guidance in dealing with runaway negroes, or " contraband," as they were called at Fort Monroe. As the Savannah Republican at least affords proof that there exists a desire in the South among some people to make slaves of the Federalist prisoners, it may be ima gined what the nature of the contest will be if the truculents on both sides have their way. The paper alluded to recommends the Confederate Government to hire out " the Yankee" prisoners, and the writer states he knows a rice planter who *ants 200 of them to work on his dams ; he wishes 'to find out if the North is right in saying that the work can be done by white labour. The answer is Coming from Cairo and St. Louis ; for the Mississippi expedi tionary force will be ready by the end of this month, and must produce the most important result in the course of this war if it be not destroyed. General Pillow on one side and General Prentiss on the Other have gone forth into the outer darkness with large armies, and are fighting perhaps tremendous battles, but we know nothing at all of their move ments here. The appointment of Captain Foote to the com mand of the steam and gunboat flotillas on, or to be on, the Western rivers is a proof of the desire of the Government to put forth its greatest power and resources in that direction. He is an able and ex perienced seaman, well known to many of our offi cers who have met him on the coast of Africa or in the Chinese Seas, and he is at once cautious and bold. So far as I can judge, he does not apprehend much damage from the riflemen on the banks or sharpshooters concealed in the dense forests which line both sides of the rivers for much of their course. His vessels will be protected by mantlets, and he trusts to shell and shrapnel to clear his front and flanks, even if the columns moving down on shore are not sufficient to prevent in all cases parties of the enemy creeping in between the roads and the banks to annoy him. There is an apparent lack of vigour on the part of the Confederates at present. Mr. Davis is said to be suffering from fever at Richmond. I would like to know any one who is not s uffering from fever in Washington! Nature has made this a lovely country,but she has also established a fine fever system, and it cannot be enjoyed without quinine. When last I say Mr. Davis he waa recover ing from an attack of ticdouleureux, to which he is subject, and its agonies have been so great that he has lost the sight of one eye, I waa : assured, in consequence. He is a slight, spare man, who did not appear to be capable of resisting violent disease. There are those who think the Southern Confederacy depends on his life alone. They might have been right at one time. I do not think they are so at present, for although Mr. Toombs, Mr. Benjamin, or any other civilian, might be unable to take hs place, the military le a d ers wou ld a ff or d amplematerials i for such a President as the South desires at present. There is a report that Mr. (John) Slidill, of New Orleans, is about going as a Commissioner to Europe. How he is to get there is not so obvious, for the Government would give a good deal to seize upon such an able and dangerous man. The system of surveillance is now very nearly as complete as it is in Austria--and so it may well be, when there are so many persons dis affected to Government in the midst of the Northern States. I took occasion to observe some time ago that on going into the Post-office I was surprised to find a gentleman whom I had reason to regard as a Secessionist, in the inner office, engaged in sorting letters to forward to his southern friends,—and that, too, within a few feet of Mr. Blair, (the Post ' master-General), of the sangre azul of Abolitionism. The American papers, taking me au pied de la lettre, have proved that Mr. Blair was not within a few feet of the gentleman in question. What I meant was that within the building presided over by Mr. Blair, in which his office was, and separated from him by only a few feet, was a gentleman of different ways of thinking, engaged in giving com fort to the enemies of Mr. Blair's Government and principles. It is only justice to the gentleman in question to add that he had the permission of the authorities to pick out those letters for his Southern friends, as I am since informed, and that he was not engaged in any clandestine proceeding. Some time after I saw him, however, his wife was taken into custody for treasonable practices, and still remains a prisoner. Two fires occurred in the neighbourhood of the hoase in which she and another lady are in custody, on 'Sunday night, and it is suggested by some suspicious circumstances that they were the work of incendiaries, who intended to liberate the captives in the confusion, and whose plans were only frustrated by the firm ness of the guard. I am glad to think there are no captives in my immediate vicinity—for, however gallant a man may be, it is not unreason. able in him to object to be burnt alive in the cause of two ladies whom he never saw. Washington is very tranquil. Now and then regiments march through and proceed out to camp, and vast trains of horses, mules, and waggons attest the activity of the Quartermaster-General Meigs. All the hills on both sides of the Potomac are posted with tents —camps gleam out through the forests, and in high ways and byways, in morning and evening rides one meets commissariat trains, and sees in every field squads of soldiers drilling. I went out to see the 18th Massachusetts the other day, and found them pitching their tents with all the rawness of new hands; hut their equipments were excellent, the transport magnificent, and the men equal in youth, health, stature, and bulk to any regiment (not picked like the Guards) in our service. The gallant little State has raised no less than 20 regiments, lnd is ready to do mere. South Carolina cannot be more determined. The troops we have here now are not only better behaved, but they are not allowed to behave badly, at least in the city, and they must i be content with rura l j o y s and re creations. It s well for the United States to get rid of the rascaldom of its cities, but it does not do to rely on it as a military element ; and the police, who delight in the process, are doing no good to the army. Men of a different stamp are now flocking to the field. As the pressure creeps upward the re cruits will come from the higher levels. Tens of thou sands of respectable Germans and Irish are joining the native-born Americans—formerly the Americans joined them—and exhibit zeal not less than that which their countrymen in the South show for the Confederate States. The New Orleans Delta states that the vast majority—l think three-fourths or more—of the regiments from that city are Irish. If they and the New York Hibernians can get a fair " vacancy" at each other, there will be the materiels for a new epic at once. In the district of Columbia recruiting does not prosper. I fear there is a good deal of " sicesh" in the population, and the only con siderable number of men enlisted are of the two foreign stocks who have done so much of the Ight ing for the United States. As a reward for his steadiness, and acknowledgment of his military merit, the Government have made Brigadier Blen ker a Major-General. The Irish are delighted with the appointment of their old favourite, Gen. Shields. Scotland, I believe, may claim M'Clellan and M‘Dowell as descendants of her children. England can claim many of the best by a similar process of descent. THE NAVY. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham directing the screw gun vessels Julia, Bullfrog, Cochin, Griper, and Carnation, belonging to the first division of the steam reserve at that port, to be fur nished each with one of the 100-pounder Armstrong pivot guns and one of the 40-pounders, instead of the 68-pounder cast-iron guns with which they are at present armed. The line-of-battle screw steamer Bombay, 81, 400-horse power, which has been removed from Chatham harbour to Folly Point, to be fitted for the second-class steam reserve in the Medway, is so far completed that she is out of the hands of the shipwrights and also of the engineers, the whole of her machinery having been fitted on board by the contract engineers, Messrs. Humphrey, Tennant, and Co. In order to remedy the great inconve nience hitherto experienced in large line-of-battle ships of the want of proper ventilation in the ma gazines, the Lords of the Admiralty have given directions for the mode of ventilation recommended by the committee appointed by the Admiralty to be adopted on board the Bombay, the most satis• factory results having accrued from the trials made with it on board the Marlborough, 131, and some other vessels of war where the system has been carried into operation. By order of the Admiralty, a new Coastguard station is to be erected at Christchurch, Hants. The Orestes steamvessel, now at Sheerness, hav ing received her crew, will proceed to the Pacific station. The Swallow, in the same dockyard, is ordered to be fitted out immediately for service on the coast of Japan and Corea. The Barossa, new screw steamer, has shipped her masts, and the riggers are fitting her for the first division of the steam reserve. Messrs. Westwood and Co. have entered into a contract with the Admiralty to erect a new caisson to fit one of the docks at this yard. The President, 51, is undergoing the most exten sive alterations in the fourth dock at Chatham, in order to adapt her for the purpose to which she is to be applied—that of a training ship for the Volun teers belonging to the Naval Reserve in the London district. Since she has been in dock it has been found that her great size will not allow of her pass ing the gates at the entrance to the City Canal, in which she will lie, and it has therefore been found necessary to cut away a portion of her planking amidships to reduce her breadth of beam. A portion of her main deck is to be fitted up in all respects as a line-of-battle ship, and is to be armed with 16 68- pounders, in addition to which she will have 34 32. pounders distributed over her main and upper decks, to admit of the Volunteers being exercised in the working of the various descriptions of guns. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander James M. Bruce, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Ply mouth Sound. After landing supernumeraries, she sailed again yesterday for tha eastward. The Himalaya, screw troopship, at Portsmouth, Capt. J. Seccombe, is being got ready wi th all de spatch for further service. She is expected to pro ceed with draughts of troops to the Mediterranean. The following gentlemen have been nominated to naval cadetships :—W. Buckner, E. Le Vert, E. V. B. Guant, and C. N. Robinson. The following appointments were made on Sa turday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. N. Streatfield, to the Asia ; E. G. L. Street, master, to the Indus for the Petrel; W. R. Partridge, acting 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland as supernume rary ; F. Penfold, paymaster, additional, to the Wel lesley; and H. D. Paramorc, clerk, to the Malacca. THE ARMI Orders were on Saturday received at Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards directing a detach ment of non-commissioned officers and men, selected from the depot companies of the 2d battalion of the 4th King's Own, to be held in readiness to proceed to Corfu to join the head-quarters of the regiment, the service companies of which are stationed at that island. The detachment of the Coast Brigade of the Royal Artillery stationed at Chatham have removed up wards of 100 carronades, guns, howitzers, and other kinds of ordnance, which have become unserviceable for the modern purposes of defence. On Saturday the 24-pounder and 18-pounder carronades and light guns were taken down from Fort Clarence, and conveyed to the Ordnance wharf, where the whole of the dismounted guns are stored until directions have been received as to their final disposal. The fortifications, batteries, and forts thus dismounted will ultimately be armed with Armstrong and smooth-bore iron guns of the largest calibre, the old description of howitzers being entirely dispensed with. The 2d battery of the Bth Brigade, Royal Artil lery, commanded by Capt. C. W. Elgee, has arrived at Dublin from Aldershott. The battery comprises the following officers :—Second Capt. J. H. Brown ; Lieuts. J. H. Blackley, F. H. Dodgson, and L. Downes. The Cavalry Depot Barracks at Maidstone are now occupied by about 450 rank and file of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoons, and 17th Lancers. The ironbuilt transport Clyde, Capt. Martin, be longing to Messrs. Somes Brothers, London, 164 days from Kurrachee, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon. She has on board the right wing, head- quarters, and band of the 64th Regiment. There is no sickness on board. The annual competition in athletic sports of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, came off on Saturday in the grounds adjoining the College, near Aldershot. The weather being fine, several thousand persons assembled on the spot, among whom were a large number of officers of regiments now quartered at Aldershot. The events contested. (20 in number) included flat, hurdle, and sack racing, high and long jumps, and putting the stone. The principal matches were a St. Leger one mile flat race, for a handsome silver cup ; a 1,200 yards flat race, prize an Enfield rifle, presented by the professors of the college ; and a 1,200 yards com pany flat race, prize a gold Albert chain ; a com pany hurdle race of 160 yards, over 12 flights of hurdles. The sports, which concluded with a sack and other amusing races, went off with considerable eclat, and the prizes were distributed by Mr. Napier, at the grand entrance to the college, at 6 o'clock. A NEW CLOCK FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION. — The Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of 1862 have given directions to Mr. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, for the construction of a clock, to be fixed in the building now in progress of erection at South Kensington. The clock in question will be second in size only to the Great Westmin ster clock. The dial is to be from 15 to 20 feet in diameter, and will be placed immediately over the centre arch of the grand enirance in Cromwell-road. The movement will measure at the base 12 feet by 8, or nearly 100 square feet, and be about 25 feet in height. It will chime the quarters on four bells, and strike on a fifth, weighing about 45 cwt. The whole will be enclosed in a glass case, and, as no cost or pains will be spared in its construction, it will, when completed as at present des'gned, form a very attractive ob ject, in every'Tespect, worthy ,of the building and arena in which it will be located, ALARMING FIRES. __Yesterday morning will long be remembered by the firemen of the London establishment, they hav ing been engaged for at least 12 hours in rendering assistance at various fires which occurred during that period in different parts of the metropolis. One fire, attended with loss of property estimated at several thousand pounds, took place in the pile of buildings belonging to Messrs. Taylor and Greening, printers, carrying on business in Oreystoke-place, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street. The fire was at first per ceived in the engine-room, on the ground floor, by a police officer of the city force. He at once gave the alarm. In the course of a few minutes two of the Royal Society's escapes arrived, under the direction of Mr. Baddeley, the inspector of the society, as well as the engines of the London Brigade, under the superintendence of Mr. Fogo, the chief officer of the B section, and Mr. Perryer; Captain Shaw, the newly-appointed chief, not having yet arrived. In spite of the endeavours made to ar rest the progress of the fire, however, it continued to rage, and eventually the whole of the engine room was enveloped in one great sheet of flame. Efforts were made to confine the fire to that part of the premises, but it was of no avail, and the 1 flames quickly extended to the first and second floors, used as warehouses, Nothing short of the demolition of the entire block of houses, extending nearly 200 yards, could be expected. Mr. Fogo, the chief officer of the B district, and Engineer Perryer had as many as five or six engines taken round the place, so as to protect. if possible, the surrounding property, and Mr. Foreman Gerrard had Shand and Mason's powerful land steam engine brought to bear upon the flames. Some thousand tons of water were thrown upon the blazing pre mises, but several hours elapsed before the firemen could obtain the mastery over the conflagration. Among the property consumed was the whole of a new publication, including stereotype blocks, wood cutt, &c. Mr. Fogo, in his official report, returns the damage as follows—No. 5, Greystock-place, Fetter-lane, Messrs. Taylor and Greening, printers, —engine-room on ground floor, and the first and second floor, used as warehouses and machine rooms, and the stairs, destroyed ; the rest of pre mises and contents severely damaged by water and fire, and part of roof burnt off. No. 4, adj o i n i ng and communicating—composing-rooms and ware houses severely damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire is enveloped in obscurity. The firm, it is expected, is insured, but in what offices is at present not known. The premises of Mr. Sands, builder, No. 18, Cursitor-street, are slightly da• maged by water, &c." Another fire, and unfortunately one of no small magnitude, happened yesterday morning about 3 o'clock, in the premises belonging to Messrs. E. Hagen and Co., oil merchants and refiners, carry ing on business in Rushton-street, New North-road, Hoxton. The premises were of great extent, and at the time of the outbreak contained property worth some thousand pounds, there being in one portion of the factory stored away goods which covered a space of ground 70 or 80 feet long, and not less than 50 feet wide. The flames assumed a most fearful aspect, rolling and curling round the refin ing-house, the tank-rooms, and warehouses. Under the direction of Mr. Bridges, the district fireman, and a powerful body of firemen of the brigade, the most strenuous exertions were made to extinguish the flames, but they continued to progress, and at length ,he whole of the manufacturing houses and stores presented a general body of fire, the tallow and oil in a thorough state of ignition running in streams among the feet of the firemen. The fire men, however, although exposed to the greatest danger, kept to their posts, and were aided by a plentiful supply of water. The effect produced for nearly three hours was that the fire appeared to extend with greater violence ; the weight of water seeming to drive the blazing oil and tallow far and near. ' Eventually, however, by dint of great per severance, the brigade and parish engines managed to get the flames extinguished, but not until the refining house, the tank rooms, and the warehouses were destroyed. As to the cause of the disaster not the least reliable information could be obtained,but the prevailing opinion is that it arose from sponta neous ignition of some oily rags or wipings in the refining-room or tank houses. Fortunately, the firm was insured in the Phoenix fire-office. The firemen were just "making up" their en• gines when information was received that another fire had broken out in a pile of warehouses facing the Custom-house Quay in Lower Thames-street. As many engines as could be spared, including the steam floats, Shand and Mason's land steam engine, and nearly a dozen manual engines of the parish and London establishment, attended under the direction of Messrs. Bridges, Henderson, Fogo, and Gerrard, as well as Clamp,:with the hose from the Custom-house stand cock. The last machine was the first at work. The premises were in the occu pation of Messrs. Coldbatch and Co. ; they were five floors high, and were adjoined by numerous other extensive buildings, including the threefold house of Mr. Owen, the Yorkshire Grey, of Lower Thames street. The proprietor of that builning had had his attention for same hours previously attracted by a strong smell of something burning, but he was unable to find out where it proceeded from until he saw 'huge bodies of smoke roll out of one of the back windows on the ground floor. He at once sent off for proper assistance. Engi neers Withers and Clamp were almostsuffocated by the intense heat and smoke, but they fortunately succeeded in getting ,the fire extinguished. The damage is considerable, although principally con fined to the ground floor. Mr. Barber's engine and firemen, of the Brewer's quay, were quickly on the spot, as well as the ponderous engine of Messrs. Hodges, the distillers of Lambeth. The firm, it is understood, was insured, but in what offices is at present unknown. Yesterday afternoon a calamitous conflagration broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs. Green, let out to various lodgers, situate at No 32, Lans down-place, St. George's New-town, Kent-street, Borough. As far as could be ascertained, the fire was caused by children playing with lucifer matches, and in the course of a few minutes the rooms on the first floor were in a blaze. Unfortunately one of the children, about five years of age, was unable to get out of the front room. It fell down in the midst of the fire. The engines of the parish and London Brigade were soon in attendance, and a good supply of the Southwark comp-iny's water was obtained. By order of Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, search was made, when the poor child was found in the front room. M , -dical assistance was procured, but it was found that life was quite extinct. Unfortunately the sufferers— there were several—were not insured. HARVEST PROSPECTS 1N THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) The spell is broken at last; the long-continued and painful drought and excessive heat appear now to be at an end. During the last night some heavy showers of rain have been falling, the first time since the early part of last June. Since that period the heat in this part of France, as well as in the whole of Southern Europe, has been quite tropical and excessive, such as has not been experienced for some scores of years past. The summer of 1861 will on this score be as memorable as the winter of 1860-61 is memorable for its excessive cold in many parts of Europe. The rain set in rather too late to benefit the vin tage, which has now just begun in Provence, Lan guedoc, and the Var. If rain had fallen a few weeks earlier and more abundant, the present vintage would have been numbered as among the very best and most productive of the present century. The very long drought has greatly injured the grape— considerably withering the crop, or keeping it from gaining that fulness which is promoted by a degree of moisture. While the quantity therefore will be at least one-third below an average crop, the quality, it is allowed, will be one of the best ever known, and equal, if not superior, to any of the former years notable for good and choice wines. It may be re marked that if one were to judge from the immense quantities of grapes which are daily brought to this market, and the low price at which they are sold, one would scarcely be led to believe that the wine crop is scant and below an average. Thousands upon thousands of kilos. are daily exposed in the market, and sold at six sous, or three pence the kilo., which, according to our weight, is two pounds and a quarter. The long continued dry weather has proved equally injurious to the olive trees in the neighbour.. hood of Grasse, in the department of the Var, the fruit having extensively dried up and fallen off, so that a considerable rise has taken place in the price of olive oil. The importation of wheat and other grain f rom the Black Sea and the Danubian provinces con tinues unremittingly and , on the most extensi ve scale, such as I have not known in any preceding year during my long residence here. In two days at the end of last week 51 vessels entered this port from Odessa, Taganrog, Birdianski, and Galatz, laden with wheat, beside previous arrivals occurring daily for some time past. All the warehouses and the wharfs are encumbered with grain, and the store gathered up here alone seems sufficient to supply the whole of Francs for one yea/ at le as t . S t i ll the markets are firm and prices tending upwards, though larger quantities are expected from the Russian ports ; ships have lately been chartered here for the Black Sea and the Danube, at a higher rate of freight than is usually given to bring ear- J goes of grain. Surely there must be a good deal of speculation and unfair dealing in keeping up prices ' in the face of such vast supplies. There may com again a crash among the Greek houses here, who are chiefly engaged in the corn trade. Marseilles, Sept. 10, 1861. THE MOORS AND FORESTS. (From the Inverness Cow ier.) We subjoin a few notes of sport received during the week : At Wyvis, the sport since the 2d September has been as follows:—On 2d September, Messrs. Peel and Mr. Moseley made a bag of 53 brace grouse ; On sth inst., the same party killed 21 brace grouse; on the 6th inst., the Messrs. Peel killed 14* brace grouse and 2* brace black-game. On the 7th inst. the Messrs. Peel and Mr. Moseley bagged 36 brace grouse and 1* brace of blackgame. On the Strath mashie moors, Messrs. J. T. Hopwood, M P., R. A. Glass, and J. K. Edwards, killed 1,035 brace of grouse from 12th August to 12th September. The weather was very unfavourable. There is no ap pearance of disease, and the birds are unusually strong. At Tulchen, Craigellachie, on the 9th of September, Mr Robert Wynne Williams killed 19 brace grouse, besides a number of hares to his own gun. The birds were healthy and very large. The weather at Brearoy still continues most unfavour able, and shooting regularly is quite out of the question. On the 2d inst., Mr. Hogg bagged 141 brace of grouse and four hares, and of the 6th shot and bagged 21* brace grouse and 6 hares in 4* hours over one brace of dogs. On the 7th Mr. Arbuthnot bagged 111 brace grouse and 3 hares. the birds are strong and healthy At Erchless, on the 3d September, after one o'clock, Sir Greville Smyth, Bart., and party, shot 50 brace grouse, and 10 hares. On the 6th, Sir Greville and a small party made a bag of 55 brace grouse, 4 ducks and 20 hares. On the 9th inst. Captain Wright landed 3 salmon before nine o'clock in the morning; and, in company with Captain Paul, afterwards shot a roebuck and bagged 16 brace of grouse, one snipe and two bares. The party at Cawdor Castle has broken up. The following is the result of the sport of the season :—Grouse, 1,181 ; blackgame, 16; partridges, 13 ; wildfowl, snipe, &c., 21; roes, 19 ; hares, 145 ; salmon, 5. The largest bag of the season, 41 brace grouse, was made by Lord Wil liam Thynne, shooting alone. Lord Emlyn, a youth of fourteen years of age, shot 9 brace of grouse with his own gun in one day, and on another day his lordship brought down 3 roedeer. The following sport had been had in the forest of Cluanie, Glenmoriston :—On Aug. 27, Mr. Clare Vyner killed a very good stag, weighing 15 stone. On Aug. 28, Mr. Vyner killed two stags, right and left, one of them having a geod wide head ; and Lord Cowper brought down a fine fat stag on the same day. On Sept. 2 Lord Cowper killed a good stag with ten tines; on the sth ) Sir Henry Cotterell killed a stag weighing 14 stone 9 lbs. , with a very good head. On the 6th, Sir Henry killed another stag • and Lord Cowper brought dow n t wo very handsome stags right and left, one weighing 17 stone 21135, and having 11 tines, all of which were well developed ; the other weighing 15 stone Ms., and having 10 tines, which measured 30* inches acrosf, the bow. The brow and top antlers mea sured 10* inches long, and the antlers measured 31 inches in length, and were very thick and rough. On the 7th inst. Lord Cowper killed another fine stag; the head was well developed, and carried 10 tines. The weather was very unfavourable. In the Strathmore forest (Glut and Rumsdale), Mr. Thos. Horne has shot five stags and one hind this season. The prevalence of westerly winds was against the sport on these grounds. One of the stag's heads has been sent to Mr. Snowie for preservation. The Duke of Portland's forest , sf Langwell is at present well stocked with deer. A party on the top of Morven, on the 7th inst., saw four lots of fine deer there—one of about 100 head, and there were about 30 head in each of the otber three lots. The best head of the season is from Mr. Thistlethwayte. The stag was shot on the 6th at Fannich, and had no less than 14 tines on his antlers. The head has been sent to Mr. Snowie for preservation. Since the commencement of the season several very fine heads have been sent to Mr. Macleay, birdstuffer here, for preservation. Within the last few days he had three from the Earl of Stamford, Kinrara, one of them a fine royal head; three from Henry Akroyd, Esq., Aultnabarrow ; two from Inver garry ; four from T. Hutchinson, Esq., Rt.idarrock forest; and a very fine royal head from T. F. Hazle hurst, Esq., forest of Dalness. COUNTRY MARKETS. - YORK— SEPT. 14. At this market to-day wheat was in tolerable supply, comprising a fair number of new and old descriptions, but no advance in price. Barley met with a quiet sale, and late rates advanced is per qr. Oats, with a brisk demand, were the turn higher. Beans were steady, at fully last week's prices, Wheat, red ....... 56s to SOs Oats.... ........ 26s to 28e White do .568 to 64s Beans ......... to 50a Barley .34s to 40s I Peas t —a Malt, 70 s t o 72 s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr. ; flour, 4ls to 43s per sack. CAMBRIDGE—SEPT. 14. A moderate supply of wheat to-day. With a quiet de mand, prices for old and new qualities were fully as highas last week's rates—white, from 52s to 625; red, 48s to 565. Barley a steady inquiry, making 36s to 38s, grinding 30s to 325. Oats variect from 23s to 30s. Beans were sold readily at late rates, from 36s to 40s per qr. NORWICH.---SEPT. 14. The attendance of factors and farmers to-day was large and wheat was in good supply, principally of the new crop, which realised Is to 2a over the prices of last week; old sorts also Is dearer. New barley in moderate supply. Little doing in oats, beans, or yeas. Flour la White wheat 62s to 64s I Red wheat ........ 68 Malting barley 45s t o 47 s I Chevalier barley.4l sto 61s New d 0......... 37s to 39s I 0at5............ .. 26s to 30s s to 44s Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER—SEPT. 14. A fair supply of wheat to• day. Trade firm, and late prices advanced 2s per qr for new wheat. White wheat, 52s to 63s —red, 448 to 56s per 36 stone. Barley was in very good show, grinding, 30s to 33s ; malting, 37s to 40s per qr.; oats, 25s to 348 per 24 stone. Beans were scarce, at 36s to ; new, 36s to 46s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 44s I Seconds, 40s I Thirds, 36s per 20 stone. _ _ NORTHAMPTON—SEPT. 14. At this corn -market the supply of wheat was middling, but tho demand firm, at Is advance —from 36s to 50s for old, and 53s to 58s for new. A healthy trade in barley— malting 36s to 38s, grinding 28s to 35s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and prices improved —quoted at 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 35s to 46s ; peas, 36s to 445. Rye, 37s to 42s ; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 42s to —s per sack. ' A PATRIOTIC MARYLAND LADY.—In making the surveys for the intrenchments to be made on the northern and eastern sides of the city, the engineer officers came to a lovely spot near Bladensburg. A pretty cottage stood on the brow of a hill, r urrounded on all sides by shrubbery, grape vines, orchards, shade trees, a superb lawn, a beau tiful flower garden, &c. It was, indeed, a little paradise. It is the residence of a lady and her daughters, whose;hus band is now away fighting in the service of hia country.. The line of the intrenchments as surveyed, passed directly over this spot. The hill commands the surrounding country for miles, and therefore is the proper spot for a battery. But the officers saw at a glance that if a battery was erected there it would be necessary to cut down every tree in the orchard, to clear away all the shrubbery, and to make the dit3h for the parapet in the flower garden. In a word, the military works would completely demolish the place, and render it a desert. The officers made several sur nveeyeess,siintyhoorpeosecoufpyfiinndgintghsisomperowpairtyin awthi all,ch b t o ti t a n o i d v a t i te . There was no other hill in the neighbourhood possessed th e necessary military qualifications. Calling upon the lady, therefore, the officers explained, in the most delicate man ner, the object of their visit, and the military necessity which doomed her beautiful grounds to destruction. The lady lis tened in silence. Tears rose to her eyes. She arose, walked to the open window, looked for a moment upon the lovely scene, and then, turning to the officers said, " If it must be so, take it freely. I hoped to live here in peace and quiet, and never to leave this sweet spot, which my husband has beautified for years pest; but if my country demands it, take it freely; you have my consent." Then offering re freshments to the officers,. she said no more on the subject. In the war of the revolution,. in 1 777, a l ows w South Caro lina brought to General Marion the arrows with which to set fire to her own house ; but surely the devoted patriot ism of this Maryland lady is deserving of no less praise.— New York limes. BIRTHS. BURGESS. —On the 10th inst., at Dorset House, Woolston, Southampton, the wife of Lieut. Burgess, R.N., H.M.S. the Eagle, of a daughter. SYKES.—On the 14th inst., at Clapham-common, the wife of Major Cam Sykes, of a son. SOTHERA.N.—On the 13th inst., at Beulah-hill, Upper Norwood, Mrs. Henry Sotheran, of a son. FROUDE— Chelsea, MARRIAGES. WA RRE.—On the 12th inst., at Trinity Ch urc h, J. A. Prolate Esq., to Hanrietta, d aug h ter o f the late J o h n Ashley Fronde, Es 1., M.P. SIBLEY— CARDEN.—On the 14th inst., at West Moulsey Church, Septimus W. Sibley, Esq., of New Burlington street, to Clara Fanny, second daughter of Sir R. W. , ulsey, Surrey. Carden, of Wi m p o l e •itreet, and West M, _ - DEATHS. BEALE.—On the 12th inst., at Cheshunt, Herb, J. Beale, Esq., aged 59. BROOK.—On the 131 h inst., suddetly, at Hampstead, Mr. John Heniy Brook, of O xford -street, Islington, aged 30. Cowl , En.—On the 9th inPA., at 88, Leeson-street, Dublin, Joseph Cowper, Esq., aged 76, DAminEn.—On the 11th inst., at Bishopston, John L. Dampier, Esq., only son of the late Major Dampier. JEFFREYB.—On the 13th inst., at Hastings, Arthur Jeffreys, Esq., of Canterbury House, Sydney, New South Wales. LoNDoN : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE SuN Office, in the Precinct o f th e Savoy, in the Count y of MiddleseXi 1 011467, f3ePttillinr Ph 1801. 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