The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

310 N-E-Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the discount market to-day there is a fair sup- Ply of bills, and the rates are 31 per cent. for approved three months' paper. The vessels with gold known to be on their way f rom Australia to this country are the Anglesea With £14,515; the Roxburgh Castle,with £174,000; the Wave of Life, with £180,088; and the Wel lesley, with £l3l,l6o—making a total of £630,372. The North American, from Quebec, brings £l,OOO. The m a il f rom G uayaqu il h as b roug ht a remit t an co of £B2O on account of the dividend on the debt of Ecuador. With respect to the Venezuelan debt, Messrs. Bar ing's agents, in Venezuela, under date of August 22 , advise having received from the Custom house of Gnayra, for 55 per cent. of the import duties for two weeks, 40,075 dols. From Puerto Cabello no further collections are advised, no duties having been produced there of either import or export. Daring the last few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce markets. The operations in tea have been suspended until the public sales, which take place to-day. In sugar rather less activity has prevailed, While a fair inquiry has been experienced for coffee and cocoa. Rice continued dull, and in the tallow market there has been a downward movement as regards prices. P.Y C. on the spot is quoted 425.; new do., 435.; last three months, 435. 3d. to 43a. 6d. per cwt. Two O' To-day, a ccor di ng to Mr. Renter's teleg ram,C LOCK t , he French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 05c.—rather firm. Since the previous report there has been no alto ration in the state of the money market. The settlement of the account in Foreign Stocks and railway shares is progressing favourably, and the rates of " continuation" are comparatively easy. There are two new Austrian Banks, each pro fessing to have secured concessions with " special privileges," and a smart controversy is expected between the rival parties. In the market for Consols we have merely to repeat the observations now made for some days, the dfitetainluinags being on th e sma llest scale, and the quo manifesting the greatest firmness ; they n„remain at 93a 1- 1 for money, and at 931 I, for the , the Transactions have again taken place in r e New Threes and the Reduced at 92 1; and a n Exchequer Bills, at par to 3s. prem. India Stook is quoted 224 ; the 5 per Cents. 108} ; 1. 'efeeed 5 pe r C e nts, 1071; ; the 51 per Cents. ditto, 116 1 ; the Debentures, 1009 and the Bonds, 16s. to 193, prem. The Foreign Market has presented a rather bver y appearance, but the dealings have not been el 7 numerous. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are , 11 h do., Cunsolides have advanced to 531 54 ; Ibu t 'Mexican are 9 per cent. higher, 448 -Z. Greek ate steady at 378 ; do., Coupons at 18k Z ; Spanish Passive at 36i 4 ; the Internal at 301 The Cer tiScates are firm at 131 14, and the Confederate l 'clan at 28 to 26 discount. In the Railway Share Market the principal dealings have been in connection with the last h alf -monthly settlement now in progress. Prices in some instances have shown more firmness. Great Eastern have advanced 55.; London and Bleak wail, and South Eastern, 108. ; North Western, 155., and Metropolitan, El 16s. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally remain at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, and in some instances at en hanced rates. Imperial Ottoman have improved to 191 a ; Oriental Bank to 69 ; and Union of Australia to 54-31. Crystal Palace Stock has de clined to 38. National Disc'unt Co., are quoted 9 Z-1, ; General Credit 4 4i; Joint Stock Dis count 71 ; and Oriental Inland Steam, 3. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — 1 3 per C ent. Reduced Annuities 92 Per Cent. C onso l s Annuities ew 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es 3 1 per C en t. A nnu i t i es Ivey? 21 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities An nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 • • Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. I ndia Sto Ditto (Red Se a T e l egra ph), A ug . 1908 — 224 ck 4 D itto 5 p et C ent lOB4 D itto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent 107 4164 Ditto b} per Cent - Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1 . 001 Ditto Londe £l.OOO , Ditto u n d er £l,OOO 16 19 pm 'iink Stock f or A ccount 93 xeol i sols for Account, Oct. 8. . 1 i ci i!t. Stock for Acc oun t, 5 per C en t — Ditto leaequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 21 per Cent 3 pm par D itto Small 1:500 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 18 39 and 1859 Ditto 1843 itto per Cent., 1852-58- 60 nos 4i Ayres 6 per C ent C hilian 6 per Cent . Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C en t.) Ditto 41 p er C ent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 G.. . Dutch, 24 p er Cent., Ex. 12 I; ilders Equador Ne w C onsolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto, Pro v i sonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue' Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex -Coupons 374 1 Ditto Account ......... , Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Rail way) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 44a a 4 1 M oorish Imperial 5 per Cent 41°w Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. ..•. Ditto Deferred — .., Ditto Land W arran t s (H ectares) 'ruvisin 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ....... . Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862....... _ Ditto Acc0unt..... ... .......... Vortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ...... — Ditto Account. ..• ..... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '. . • 7, '9, '6O, 62.. ....... 49 Ditto Account ................... — 4 9 Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 44 per Cent 1850 ............... . 904 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ..... . Ditto 5 per Cent. 186'2 ............. 3 1 Sardinian 5 per Cent .............. . Ditto Spanish 3 per Cent . -- .................. -- Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred 484 Ditto Passive ...... 361 7 i Ditto Account 361 S panish C er t. o f Coup not funded ...Ditto Account l3 lj 14 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Di tto Account .. Ditto,. 6 per Cent. 1858 ,-",itto Account ""ittoi £ l OO Bonds i it 1 FUN° 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Accowat Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £1.9 16s 8d pd. ...Ditto G uaranteed, 4 per Cent — venPzuela 3 per Cint. .... Ditto Acunt . .. -- 584 -,, 1 tt0 pe r Cent , 1862 ab) Account . Bel Dividends on ',he above payable in London. Dividends 44 per Co'nt., Ex. 25f... — I ' - ' l lh 21 per Ce•At , Ex. 12 Guil 1, r 4 l l t e t h o ,s 4 per Cent. . Certificates Italian Ditt o ; e t: lmA , t 3 per ~ Cent.. Ex. 25f — , 5 Pe r C e nt., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — • C onsol s TWO O'CLOCK. M 9 A bitt° Ac ' count 9 °fleY 34 4 31 Live rpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Still a dvancinc , . Sales, 15,000 bales or much IMports, 6,418; previously, 246. SKIPPING--This Day 140‘, tO o uDh Sept . 15.—Wind this day at noon—South westerly ; cloudy. By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. k triVed GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Atrivq•LePt. 1 4--Aprodite, from Memel. 15,-...J811 Ilene, from icy Borg. No i nivale, DEAL, Tuesday Morning. fit )t. 14. sses the Louise, )ss Bea- quarter ie Lady Grey, :r. Buff, Dness of Oxford, tie this 3f their ',mils of xpeeted viaj esti r Hesse ictorie, Le Con- Royal .moral, remain lg their ourt to ABER -1 ruling the past has not door re- passing pastime, .e lungs hills in was out vn three ,t even le. On r. Fow - Crathie, ; Prince ia ', and of rain, lay the down a 3. The id took id suite ral, and 3Velling rince at not be rincess, ad Bal i inside he lady s there Aber. )12, Mrs. nr left Sea, to Ikea his is left ency ie nine of late], rived th the r and 1 noble st his alder lazy to Ldvisea winter id that absent on on wit in Lon" ea at t with t, and Lord Sat-ur- re xe- ikoff, .keley as also .leived We of recur n the ye re-9 Axish y hag graph r - it is ning ,atues niuer, an by I s. for it the °inter I on a one is it, is imp% en or have I=-7 - -_;7% SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid . I Railways. • I Closing Business Price. done. 13.14, Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost,Sleat.,andblid.k.,o Bristol and Exeter . „ Caledonian •,• • Jork and Bandon 0 Cornwall Do A A = n ets no dig till 6p c.p an.lia , Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A ngli an 81 GreatNorthof Scotland great Northern Do A stock Do LI do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool. Lancashice & Yorkshire London and Blackwal, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., acrd Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & See.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot 5hare5........ ., Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. A; Derby Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares 1M id Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle •• • • North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoof Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,an dWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, MG Taff Va1e....... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R, West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 8 8i gi 8/ 85 87 121 122 39 (0 10 17 97 98 111 113 504 614 4J 60 24i 254 1233 124 i! 124 125 k! 134 136 100 1(2 661 67 1112} 114 73i 744 112 113 42 13 101 1011, 101} 1011 . 44 441 121 123 12.4 126 f 14 1f :, £5 97 55i gni 25} 264 1001 101 i, 57 58 871 881 117 120 1 2 p 81 82 111 lit 125 127 14 i 6 100 102 50 52 30 32 941 941 70 72 99 101 9 10 36 374 8 94 v 7 8 p 160 4 165 41 si, 21 31 p 8 6 88 M 9 162 26 28 44 45 39 41 105 107 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. , hart Railways Closing Paid. Price. Business don. 100 kut tlantio &St Lawr en all 62 d 4 4kßom.,Baroda&.Cent I nc Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 2 0 Do. E. Sh ares 203 Buffal o an d Laxelluronall p. at. bds. A ug. 1 , 18% 1 0 Do. Preference . a ll 71 84 tOOl Buflalo,Brant,&Godri.Cl. tOu 100 Do. do. July 1, 187'; 10 0 100 1)o. do. June 1, 1871 100 at Clcutta.&.S.Eastn. (Lin ‘, 100 1073 1083 at Cape Town Dock Seri' 100 107 109 stock Flastn. Bengal gu. sp, 100 109 110 110 stock East Indian, gu. sp, c. ion 108 109 108 1 1 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 11p 11s 20 Do. do. H do. ~ 10 13 lk„ 113 stock Grand Trunk of Cana& leO 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 71 23 71 3 100 Do. co. deferred all 57 59 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 i 2 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 36 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 28 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 25 stook GLlndlarentn.gua.sp.c 100 IC9 110 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 1 131 20 Do. January, 1882 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1074 108) 203 Gt. W. of Canada Sharet. all 105 104 101 20 Do. New .... . . ... .. . 18 104 10:, 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. all 95 97 100 Do. 53 P.C. do. '77-8 _ all 90 42 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 11 p stock Madras- gear., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension- 100 102 103 stock De. 4* do lOO 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds lOO 50 51elb. & Hobson's Bay all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. o. iiortg. Bds all 20 NewßrimswickacCan& Class A and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'das pc Ist t brit 100 82 84 stock &hide (100 1073 108( 1073 et Do. Delhi lOO 1074 1083 " t Do. do . 20 Do. Punjaub 2 : all ! P o 2 i st Do. Do. , r t ,F; 100 1074 108; stock Do. Indus:St. Flo.) . k lOO 103 105 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t.an.tiov. 6 p.c.J a. ,tJ ui) 1877-84 ..... 100 102 104 103 Do. 6p. c. Feb. At Aug. 100 101 I t 3 101 Do. dp. c. Mar. ,1; Sept. 100 ►Ol 103 Do. p. 0. Jan.&July. 100 02 H 92 j Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 6,187:, 100 108 110 Do.Ap dz Oct. 188( 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 116 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 110 112 —. N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.da.SzJul3 100 103 10 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p z.,18r5( 100 1001 1014 Do. sp. c.,18.1 to 1.7( 100 101 i 1023 Do. d0.,1888 dLupwd* 100 102 103 IC2I New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 111 11 3 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1 875........ 100 tO4 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 1:1 113 8. AUB G6p.0.1678.8z up.. 100 111 113 Vio.Gov. 6p.°. Ja.&Jul} 100 108 110 Do. to BD.°. AnAzOct.. 100 114 1141] 114 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 t id clifford Amalgamated.. 33 35 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 560 660 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 80 62 82 1 East Clo gau Gold Ltd.. 51. Id par East Caradon .......... 2.14., 28 !,9 -- East earn Bre a .... . 3.4.0 it 31 E. WlRussel aavistk.' 8.6.6 31 4 Gam4St.A.ubyn(Gwen.) 58, 14 15 15 (3 reat South Telgus.... 175 41 5 G. Wheal V or ( 11e15ton 40 81 9 _ Grenville .......... 6.16. t 61 6 Her -Ws-F00t....... 8.12 46 40 Ilingstou Downs ..... . 4.18.0 2 21 Lady Bertha .. . .... '6 I I Margaret (tiny ....... t 91 29 al Marke Valley.. .. ... 4.3.0 61 6 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore 11 New Setun l6l 100 J t O North Downs 2 lt 2 N.Wh'i Baseetallo4an 217.1 24 3/ North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 14 4 5 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 43 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer ) 11 410 420 3. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 14 2 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.i 5.9 5 5 65 Stray Park 28.9. 37 39 5 ramar Silv./¢ Lead Min 4l fin Crort 9 194 20/ West Basset (Illogan) ll 101 111 WC. radon (Liskeard ) 5 20 22 West Soto Wheal Basset (Mogan) 61 75 go - - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 VVhealLudsott Wheal MaryAnni.Men ) 6 21522163 8 11 34 Wheal 3eton .. 81 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 16 18 Wheal Union 3.17 21 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock, 138 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, •. - Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 138 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4i per cent., 1858, 102 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 48 per Cent., 93t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent, 20f Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., is} FOREIGN MINES. Copiapo (Extension), 9} St. John del Rey (lira.), 56 Yudanarautana of S. Australia (lien.), JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia, 81} 4 Ditto, new, 37 Bank of Egypt, 27f Bank cot Queensland (lim), 1 4 Oriental British North American, 491 4 City, 109 10 Provincianl yindustan, china, and Japan (lim,), 25} Scind. un°•'- IC'?glish, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 Imperial Ottoman, 191 i Ditto Ireland, 92 auk C an orp' oration, 59 Standard 0173 t!, and Delhi ( •►, _ lim 1 61 ,In.oeivird r o tt n i i, sh ass S i o_tfth Africa (limn), Union of Aust;alPa, tA Union of M ISCELLANEOUS. 174 per cent. pf , i Bombay Gas, ii Gen. Credit and ielineaud' c 2 e of London, lim, 41 i Great Ship (lim.), (Canal Cavonri, - I G t r a e li a a t n B l h l i •k li at m io . n , Joint •stoc Ditto, k 8 D per iscount, 7 cent. Bonds rd. 1 870 i ssued 90, 594 M'Adras Irrigation and Canal, 4 National Discount Company, lini., pa I O r iental Inland Steam, lini., a Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, -... Ditto, new, 49 REPRESENTATION OF NORTH WARWICKSHIRE. It has been announced that Mr. Spooner will retire from the representation of North Warwickshire upon the next dissolution of Parliament ; and that the Hon. Chas. Lennox Butler has been requested and has signified his willingness to offer himself to represent the constituency on Conserva tive principles. The candidate selected by the Liberal party is Mr. C. Holto Bracebridge, of Atherstone Hall. THE CONSCRIPTS.—It is a sad sight to see in free America men marched through the city manacled to a chain, their destiny to become unwilling soldiers. The spectacle was visible here the other day.—N6to York Argus. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilting'Day.—Yester day, the admissions on payment were 3,884; ditto by season tickets, 727; total, 4,611, 1 9.16.4 12.10 6.4.0 121} 31 1281 # THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) RE JOHN LACY. This was a meeting for choice of assignees. The bank rupt was described as formerly carrying on business in Cornhill, as insurance broker, in copartnership with Wm. Foster, under the style of Foster, Lacy, and Co., also trading as insurance broker and underwriter, in copartner ship with Humphrey, Miller, Bushall, and Co., under the style of Bushell, Lacy, and Co., lately residing at Grove terrace, Lisson-grove, and Prospect-place, Kilburn. The bankrupt applied a few days since for his release from custody, when it was stated that the firm of Bushall, Lacy, and Co., had had large transactions in the East, and be coming involved to the extent of £150,000, arrangements were made tor a new firm of Foster, Lacy, and Co., and the understanding was that they were not to become liable for the debts of the old firm, but to set about liquidating them. They had received £70,000, and had rateably distributed it amongst the creditors of Bushell, Lacy, and Co. They had not, however, effected a final Battlement, and £56,030 was still due. The bankrupt having been arrested, he was ad vised to apply to this court. The release was granted, and assignees were now chosen. RE LATIIAM. A meeting for choice of assignees was also held in the case of this bankrupt, Dr. Latham, who was one of the directors of the Unity Assurance Company. The debts are stated to be £6,000 ; assets doubtful. There is a claim on behalf of the Unity for £l,lOO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CHARLES MATHEWS IN PARIS. Our inimitable Charles Mathews, the moat ad mirable and finished comedian now living--bas, after all, after a temporary baulk recently on the first night of his appearance at Paris, fairly taken the Parisians by storm, and is now " the rage" there in that fastidious capital. Money is now nightly being turned away from the doors of the Vanites. What the Paris critics think of him as an actor (in their own language!) let the following extracts from Le Pays and L'Opinione .National serve to indicate : Mathews recalls to mind, very forcibly, our ex cellent Arnal. He has, like him, the countenance capable of highly comic expression, the piercing and malicious eye, the exquisite natural tact, and he joins to these advantages a quality that Arnal had long been wanting in, an alluring vivacity which is most amusing. They say that among English actors the Comcdian is, to a certain extent, combined with the Clown. Mathews does not belie the proverb. He indulges in a variety of move ments and gestures that are almost incredible, and he has a way of crossing his legs one over the other which is irresistibly comic. In saying this we find no fault, he stops short at the very point where he would degenerate into caricature. We recognise in him the method and taste of Arnal. I❑ this respect at least his talent is quite French. Ido not see at the present moment upon our genre theatres, a single one of our actors who can be compared to him.—L'Opinion Nationale. The piece, as we see, is nothing extraordinary, hut the actor has displayed in it a great talent. He shines particularly by his natural gifts, by the high finish of his comedy, by his good taste, and by his tact in seizing every shade and variety in a part. This is a comedian of the same character as our Arnal. To which characteristics let us join some unmistakeable English peculiarities which are not displeasing, and that especial sang froid which appertain:, to the race, and we may form some notion of the talented actor, so popular in his own country, and whom we felicitate the Varieles on having made known to us.--Le Pays. RE LONG AND RALFE. These bankrupts were described as of Mincing-lane, colonial brokers, and this was a meeting for choice of as signees. The debts to creditors are £3,000, but there are liabilities on outstanding bills (in the hands of persons whom the bankrupts do not know), accepted in the name of the firm by Wallis, their late partner. The total debts and liabilities amount to about £10,000; assets uncertain. Mr. Ironmonger, Mincing-lane, was appointed assignee, and Mr. Paul, accountant, Coleman-street, manager of the estate. THE FALSE ALARM ABOUT COAL. THE LATE DEAN BUCKLAND OF WESTMINSTER, Some years ago, wrote as follows :—" This highly-favoured country has been enriched with mineral treasures in her strata of coal, incomparably more precious than mines of silver or of gold. From these sustaining sources of indus try and wealth let us help ourselves abundantly, and libe rally enjoy these precious gifts of the Creator; but let us not abuse them, or by wilful neglect and wanton waste de stroy the foundation of the industry of future generations. A further consideration of national policy should prompt us to consider how far the duty of supporting our commercial interests and of husbanding the resources of posterity should permit us to allow any extensive exportation of coal from a densely-peopled manufacturing country like our own, a large proportion of whose present wealth is found e d on machinery which can be kept in action only by the produce of our native coal mines, and whose prosperity can never survive the period of their exhaustion." Mr. RORERT HUNT'S note to this runs thus : " All calculations on the probable duration of our coal-fields have been founded on the very erroneous data which sup poses that not more than 36,000,000 of coals are raised annually. We know that more than sixty six millions of coals are now annually produced, and the demands upon our resources are rapidly increasing. The last paragraph has therefore far greater force at the present time than it has' at the time it was written." Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG quotes Mr. Hunt as showing "that at the end of 1861 the quantity of coal raised in the United Kingdom had reached the enormous total of eighty six millions of tons, and that the average annual increase of the eight preceding years amounted to 21 millions of tons." Dr. RUCKLAND'S son (Mr. Frank Buckland, late Assis tant-Surgeon 2d Life Guards, now of The Field), observes that, if his father's remarks were important in 1836 (when his "Bridgewater Treatise was first published), and of "greater force" in 1858, how much mote must they be worthy of most serious consideration in 1863 ; and, he adds, " 1 trust the memory of this distinguished and practical will be honoured by attention to his warning voice, geologist though he himself is no longer among us." Mr. EDWARD HULL, of the Geological Survey—writing from Manchester very recently, remarks, however, in direct contradiction to all this :—Much misapprehension appears to have been occasioned by that part of Sir W. Armstrong's address at the opening of the British Association meeting at Newcastle regarding the resources of our coalfields. It seems in many quarters to have been supposed that when the president spoke of the probable exhaustion in about two cen turies, he was referring to the coal supply of the whole king. dom ; whereas he distinctly limited the remark to the coalfield of Durham and Northumberland, in the immediate neigh bourhood. As regards the supply from all our coalfields, the time for exhaustion demanded was much more ex tended. This every one will allow who is acquainted with the mineral structure of the country. When this subject was brought prominently before Parliament during the debates on the commercial treaty with France, I entered into a series of investigations, which were afterwards pub lished in a work on the British coalfields, which, I fear (to use Coleridge's expression) is to the public generally " as good as a manuscript." Nevertheless, I believe the results there stated are incontrovertible. Adopting the limit of depth at 4,000 ft., I found that there was enough workable ccal to last, at the rate of consumption for that year (about 71,000,000 tons), for nearly 1,000 years, and, even if the consumption should ultimately reach 100,000,000 of tons, that supply could be maintained for 700 or 800 years. But there are many persons well qualified to give an opinion on the subject who maintain that there is no reason w hy the most valuable seams should not be followed to even greater depths than 4,000 feet. I adopted that depth on considerations connected with increase of tempe rature and pressure, but it would be highly presump tuous in any one to assert that these physical obstacles cannot be overcome. Already a depth of nearly 1,000 yards has been reached in a Belgian colliery, and coal is now being extracted from depths of 700 and 800 yards in Lancashire. Even with the vertical limit of 4,000 ft. I have since found reason to believe that the estimate I arrived at in the case of the South Wales coalfield was rather under than over the truth. In that coal basin alone, with an area of 906 square miles, I calculated that the rate of consump tion for 1859, of 96 millions of tons, could be maintained for 1,600 years ; but it is only right to state that Mr H. Vivian, M.P., in a pamphlet published by him in 1861 con troverts this view, and arrives at the conclusion " that South Wales could supply all England with coal for 500 years, and her own consumption for 5,000." From this it will appear that whatever error there m a y b e i n my es ti ma t e it is not one of exaggeration. As regards the absolute quantity of mineral fuel in this island, it may be considered as practically inexhaustible. The seams of coal outcrop in our coalfields, and descend under the Permian and Triassic formations to depths exceeding 1 0,000 ft. The question of the available supply is therefore one depending on the rapidity of production and the limit of depth. For the present, however, and for generations to come, the commer cial and maritime supremacy of Great Britain is in no danger of being impaired for any want of coal. What an g " brook and old-world LO -w P o H rl l dse S e O n r e ll w c a T te A r T e E d ß b N y K th E e E w P i E n ß d . i — n nursed by all the hills I That miniature old church, or chapel, with its tiny bell-turret ; that small public-house by its side, with no other sign or name than that of the Chapel-house ; those grey old homes up the receding nook, with one other little inn ; a school-house in which the town trained schoolmaster seemed scarcely at home, and where one wee kept urchin seemed as if he would have been more at home with Shenstone's Schoolmistress ; and the many gabled house of more patrician style, that would have been a cottage almost anywhere else in the world, but which here, by comparison, might boast of the character of a mansion : how vividly the whole picture continues to live in the mind as at this moment I look there again for it while writing 1 And then, the inside of that little public-house, kept by Isaac Cooper, who was also a cattle-dealer and grazier, farming 500 acres on the mountain that overlooked his lowly h ome. A character long to be remembered by us all was Isaac Cooper. Sitting in his parlour with its low mullioned win dow, getting our refreshment, we had him in to talk with and give us the information with which his shrewd and practical mind was well and wonderfully stored. And while we were so sitting, his daughter, a smart and comely young woman, who had evidently seen beyond the valley, came into the room, and began to draw a curtain across one part of the window. Now, up in that country, all women and girls are, without the slightest offence, called wenches. So Isaac, turning his face from the fire towards the window, asked in a somewhat brisk tone, ' What's th' wench about ?' Why (was her reply), I'm just drawing the curtain a little way; I was afraid Ur draft might hurt the gentlemen, as there'i, a broken quaril,' • - This meaning a broken squa.e. done, the father's eye still followed the daughter as she re tired from the room, when in a tone and manner about midway between soliloquy and colloquy, he continued to talk Ah, that wench' lieu's been upsetting me, hou has I I went to a cattle-fair t'other dey ; an' I'd no sooner gone than hou mut goo gadding away to Chapel-i'-Frith, among a ruck o' wenches ; an' away they aw went to Liverpool wi' a special treys ; an' when I got back, ivery thing ith' house had gone topsy-turvy : I niver sey'd things i' sich a wey sin' th' day I wor born ! Mr. Marsland said I ought to be very severe with her for 't, and punish her well. Somebody or other said I ought to pu' her ears for her; but (continued the old man in a more kindly and relaxing tone) I havena' spocken a word to her about it yet; for, yo see 'n, it doesna' do to get_into a passion in a hurry' Grand old Isaac li t were well worth while to have found out thy little hostelrie in Edale, were it only to learn that lesson; nor do I think the kind daughter, who was so considerate about the ' draft through the broken quaril,' will ever be the worse for thy gentleness and forbearance." Dr. 'Spencer Ball's Days in Derbyshire. THE RUSSIAN AUTOCRAT is said to have added 150,000 men to his army by calling out 48 regiments from the reserve. Of these, 24 regiments are to be placed at the disposal of General Mouravieff, to be seat to Odessa, and four to Kieffi -...ii111 , _ BOW-STREET. FINDING A DIAMOND LOCKET.—Edwin Hill, a Custom house officer, residing at 45, Adam-street West, Portman square, appeared before Mr. Corrie, charged with unlaw fully having in his possession a gold and diamond locket, value £2O. _ _ The locket is of an oval form, and has on one side a cross set in diamonds, the spaces jetween which are filled with lopes lazuli, and on the othar four oval rings in gold, the blue enamel ground forming also another cross. Miss Levy, of 13, Broad-curt, said the prisoner brought the locket to her and asked ler to purchase it. He said it contained 76 small and 3 large diamonds. She said she should not like to buy it without she knew who he was tacl whether all was correct or not, and asked him to go with her to the pawnbroker's to ascertain its value. On getting there the pawnbroker said it was t diamond locket, but he did not care about telling the worth of it. A constable happen ing to be in the next compartment to that in which the inquiry was made listened to the conversation, and even tually he took Hill to the station-house. He seemed very much confused when he was questioned as to how he be came possessed of it, and he said it belonged to his wife, and that it had been given to her before marriage. Mr. Corrie—He gave an address when he was at the station—was it a correct one ? Inspector West—Yee, your worship. He also says he is an officer in the Customs. He had varied his statement as to how he became possessed of the locket, because at the station he said he picked it up about twe months ago under the colonnade of Her Majesty's Theatre. _ _ Police-constable, 166 F, said from inquiries he had made he found that he acted as a box-keeper at Her Majesty's Theatre. When he first questioned him about the locket he said it belonged to his wife,and on going to his residence in Adam• street, Mrs. Hill also sail the locket had been given to her by a gentlemaL previous to her marriage. When he returned to the staticn from making his inquiries Hill said he found the locket a the place mentioned, Mr, Corrie—Being a box-keeper in Her Majesty's theatre it is possible he may have picked it up inside. Inspector West—Quite so. I have been to two persons this morning, and they both tell me the locket is worth £2O. Mr. Corrie—Has any inquiry been made about the pro perty at the theatre ? The loss of such an article might have been mentioned at the time. Inspector West—We have inquired there, but they know nothing about it. Mr. Corrie—There is nothing to trace it by. There is no mark of any description, and the interior is quite empty. Inspector West—There is nothing, your worship. The prisoner told me he picked it up about three or four months ago. Mr. Corrie (to Hill)—The circumstances under which you became possessed of this locket must be strictly in quired into. As you gave your right address and can be easily found, I shall admit you to bail upon your entering into your own recognizances in the sum of Li% to appear here on Saturday week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE LEICESTER-SQUARE BEGGING N UISANCE.—Mary Riley, a woman about 30 years of age, John Riley, 9, George Pooley, 13, Henry Pooley, 9, James Malony, 12, Thomas Flannagan, 12, Mary Appleton, 12, and Mary Smith, 12, from Charles .street, Drury -lane, Kent-street, Borough, and Clare-market, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging in Leicester-square, the woman also being charged with causing John Riley to beg. From the evidence of William Gordon, 338 A, it appeared that about half-past eight the previous evening, as the visitors were going into the Alhambra Palace, Leicester square, he observed all the children---who were without shoes—running after and begging of them, the woman Riley all the while sitting in a doorway. After watching the children for some time, he heerd the woman Riley say to her son, "Go on Johany," and then saw the boy follow a gentleman, who gave him something, and the boy then returned and gave whatever it was to his mother. On searching the woman Is, 9d. was found in her pocket. After a long rambling statement from the woman, deli vered with the usual whine of her class, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear the woman was sitting in the doorway for the purpose of bagging the money she received from the boy. As for the other poor little things they probably had rushed out of courts, thinking they could perhaps get a penny by taking example of the woman and others. He should commit the ?omen for 14 days, but discharge the children. The nuisance of children begging in Leicester-square has of late become very great ; as many as 30 or 40 children of an evening are to be seen begging at one time in different parts of the square. WESTMINSTER. TUE EXTENSIVE CHARGES OF FRAUD AND SWIND LING.—The court was densely crowded this morning by persons anxious to hear the examination of a fashionably dreesed person, who is stated to hare passed by the names of George Turner, Hartley Morris, Captain Mitchell, Major James Chapman, Mr. Livington, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Alexander, Lords Henley, Cowley, Riley, Macdonald, Charlevill, , , and Captain Charles Stanley. Mr. Metcalfe attended to prosecute the prisoner on the part of the Rev. John Cox, from whom he was charged with having received, under fraudulent pretences, the sum of £3OO. Mr. Ribton defended. The first witness called was the Rev. John Cox, who said—l am a clergyman of the Church of England offi ciating at Wickersly, in Yorkshire. In November last, I was staying at Woodchutch, near Birkenhead. I saw in the Times an advertisement for the sale of an advowson, and sent a letter to the address given on the 22d of November. The advertisement was read. Mr. Cox continued—l wrote the letter produced in reply, and received a letter dated the 22d of November, from prisoner stating the particulars (that was also read). I saw the prisoner afterwards at Welling boro'. Acting upon that letter, I wrote to him again on the 24th Nov. I received an answer respecting the price of the advowson. I again Grote telling him I should go to Hardwick, near Wellingboro', Northamptonshire (the advowson in question). I received in reply a letter dated Nov. 23, which referred to the place and its accommodation, and arranged a meeting at Wellingboro.' I wrote on the 28th to arrange meeting prisoner, and he wrote in reply. It was subsequently arranged that we should meet on Wednesday, and the meeting accordingly took place on the 3d De cember. I met prisoner at Wsllingboro' station, and we went together to Hardwick. Be showed me the church, and the place, &c., and gave me a memorandum, describing the pasture land, rent, taxes, &c., of the advowson. I re ceived a letter on the sth, reterring to the accommodation to be had at Hardwick (there being no houses), and wrote in reply to state I would purchase the advowson for £2,600, and appointed Mr. Bowring, in connection with my solici tor, to treat with the prisoner, and a letter passed between Mr. Bowring and prisoner, he going with me to Welling bero'. Prisoner wrote to Mr. Bowring, and the same day I received a letter from the prisoner, referring to the sum to be paid as deposit, and Mr. Bowring, on Dec. 8, wrote to the prisoner. The court was adjourned, and the examination proceeded with in the afternoons THANES. MURDEROUS AssAtua.—Elizabeth Legatt, an elderly woman, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with committing a violent and dangerous assault on Mr. Wm. Strudgwick, a master butcher, carrying on business in Grundy-street, Poplar. The complainant, who was in a state of great suffering, said he lived in a low neighbourhood, where quarrels were frequent, and there was a low beershop next door to him. Last night the prisoner was in the street opposite his shop holding an altercation with some boys, whom she accused of throwing peas-pudding in her face. He begged them to go away and not make a noise. The prisoner immediately gave utterance to foul language, and applied some beastly epithets to him. He took no notice, and she struck him a tremendous blow on the eye with a street door key, which knocked him backwards and stunned him. His eye was fearfully cut, and had been bleeding nearly all night. He was afraid the sight was affected. He said or did nothing to provoke the woman. James Ponsford, a police-constable, 260 K, said the pri soner was a very bad woman—the oldest prostitute in Poplar. The prisoner said the complainant threw pease pudding in her face, which he solemnly denied. Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner had committed a savage and unprovoked assault on the complainant. lie sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment, and hard labour. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. 1 rade steady. CiainEßLAwo..—Meaflow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s ; clover, £4 Os to. £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. WHITE CHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and st-aw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load, Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA..—Business has been very dull, operations having been suspended until the public sales, which commence to day. when about 30,000 packages will be offered for public competition. suoM —The inquiries for home' consumption have been very limited for ail descriptions, a rid prices have slightly g iv e n way. In the refined marktit there is no material alteration to report. COFFEE.—There has been a fair i nquiry for colonial de scriptions, which have fully maintained previous prices= ItlcE.—The demand for inferior qualities has been good, chiefly for distillation purposes, and t all prices have been current. TALLOW.—Business has been dull c,lnsequent upon the late advance in prices. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 428 ; new ditto, 43s ; and last three mo nths, 43s to 43s 6d per cwt. The King of Portugal, who is now at Amsterdam, is shortly expected at Brussels, whence 114 ) will proceed to Ostend, and embalk aim for Liao. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Buckstcne commences his winter campaign next Monday. During the closing of the theatre great alterations have been made in the front of the house, all of which will be found to add to the com fort of the visitors. The Wigans still remain mem bers of the company, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews also join in a short time after the open ing night. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. Montgomery announces his benefit for next Saturday, which will be the closing ncght of his short and spirited legitimate season. After he leaves, a new wizard will, we believe, take posses sion of the house, and give performances in leger demain until Mr. Vining commences his winter campaign at Christmas. ADELPHI THEATRE, Mr. Toole, having taken his departure from Lon don on a short starring expedition, a Mr. A. Wood, of the Bath and Bristol theatres, last night made his bow before a metropolitan audience in the part of Tom Twigg, in the well-known farce, " Catching an Heiress." It would be hardly fair to express a decided opinion on the merits of this gentleman as a low comedian on the present occasion, because, added to the embarrassment invariably created by a first appearance, the fact of coming after Toole must, in a great degree, have had a depressing effect on his spirits. However, notwithstand ing the difficulty of the position of Mr. Wood, if he did not take his audience by storm, he at least made a very favourable impression. In the farce he sang the celebrated comic song "The S tatty Fair" in capital style, and gave a number of excel lent imitations in such a manner as to elicit an encore. Having accomplished the first part of his task, his second was very much more difficult, namely, the embodiment of the character of Tet terby, in the " Haunted Man," in which Mr. Toole has created such a deep impression. Here the re straint of Mr. Wood began to wear off, and although it cannot be said he seemed quite at his ease, he acquitted himself very satisfactorily. We shall take another opportunity of expressing our opinion upon Mr. Wood's merits as au actor, contenting ourselves for the present by observing that if he did not evoke the laughter of the entire audience by his wit and humour, he never once offended by the exhibition of over-famiiiaiity and coarseness. Mrs. Stirling is still the great attraction at the Adelphi, and long may she continue so, for assuredly she is one of the greatest and most finished actresses on the London stage. Last night she played Ann Bracegitdle in " The Tragedy Queen," and Mrs. Sawderley in the " Hen and Chickens," in her own unapproachable manner, which elicited the un bounded applause of a very well filled house. THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL. Without closing the doors for a single night Mr. Morton has succeeded in effecting the entire re decoration of this noble hall, which now presents an appearance of unparalleled splendour. The gold and colours used in the embellishments have been most artistically blended, and although in many instances the use of these materials is rather too free, the remark does not apply to the Oxford, which is now ceriainly one of the most splendid salons in the metropolis, or out of it, as far as we know. The ceiling is a perfect marvel of the decorative art, the quaint monogram of the spirited proprietor being introduced with the happiest effect. With respect to the entertain ments, we have only to repeat what we have often said before, viz., that they are of first-rate excellence. Unsworth, the great stump orator, is as sarcastic and telling as ever, and Eugene is as coquettish and bewitching. We have to thank Mr. Morton for introducing to us a genuine and legiti mate comio singer, in the person of Mr. A. Lloyd, for certainly his effusions, more especially his " Song of Songs," are the most witty and humorous that have been heard for years. The operatic se lections, with Miss Russell as the prima donna, nightly give unbounded satisfaction to a most nu merous audience, whose comfort seems to be the great aim and object of the enterprising and untir ing proprietor. THE BLIND, DEAF, AND DIIMB.—When the census was taken there were in England and Wales 19,352 blind persons, and 12,236 deaf and dumb persons. GOVERNORSHIP OF JAMAICA,—It was reported at Kingston, Jamaica, at the date of the last accounts, that the government of the land had been offered to the Duke of Buckingham, but that he made known his unwillingness to accept it unless the salary attached to the office were in crease IM d to X 7,000 or £B,OOO per annum. PROVEMENTS IN PONTOONS. —At Strasbourg a bridge was, a few days ago, thrown across the Rhine, at a spot 800 feet wide, and completed in 12 minutes from the placing of the first pontoon; when General Lebosuf, the Inspector of Artillery, rode over with his staff, and exchanged compliments with the commander of the garrison of Kehl, on the opposite side. THE COMING EXHIBITION OF STAINED GLASS. —The Science and Art Department having invited the leading firms engaged in the production of stained glass to meet at South Kensington, and explained to their repre sentatives the nature of the plan and its means of carrying it out, that department now proposes to hold the exhibition in a gallery in the west wing of the South Kensington Museum, which contains 15 windows, each 11 feet high, by 4 feet 9 inches wide, and could, if necessary, apply the win dows of a gallery adjoining that in question to the same purpose. THE GREEK FIRE the Americans are now using against Charleston is not known in this country. The ancient Greek fire was invented in the 7th century, when the Arabs besieged Constantinople in 663, by Calli nicus of Heliopolis, who deserted from the Caliph to the Greeks. Its nature is unknown, although the Baron Cotta is said to have discovered a MS. in the library of Munich, containing a formula of its composition. It would almost seem to have been a kind of gunpowder, or to have had saltpetre for its basis, as sometimes it was fired, wrapped in flax on javelins, to set fire to buildings, and at other times for throwing stone balls from metallic tubes against the enemy, It was continued in use during the 13th cen tury. The American missiles, probably, contain naphtha or rock-oil.—Loqon MANHATTAN SKETCH OF THE NORTH, i , IN NUBIBUS." A BLACK CLOUD. It is now doubted whether Gen. Gilmore can do anything more at Charleston. The gun that pitched Greek fire into Meeting -street has burst. The other forts that surround Sumter have not yet been harmed, and our flag does not float upon Wagner or Sumter, and Gen. Gilmore has sent on word to Washington—" Send me 30,000 more men, or I shall have to raise the attack, and go back to Port Royal with the remnant of my small force." I suppose Mr. Lincoln would be very much obliged to the scientific+ Gilmore if he would raise men as scientifically as he does breastworks, parallels, and other engineering things. It will be really mortify ing if Gilmore makes a fiasco, and should give the electoral vote of South Carolina for Lincoln in 1864 at Port Royal, instead of Charleston ; and then to have Southern fellows in this city crowing over you, and saying, " How about Charleston ?" as was the case yesterday. That is what's the matter. For my part, I will not believe a word of anything that comes to us from our own side. The lies are fearful. That is a dark cloud. My private opinion is that Charleston will not be taken. A BLACKER CLOUD. General Meade, like Gilmore, is short of men ! If the former had two millions of men he could whip Lee, or chase him to the Gulf of Mexico, where he could volunteer in the French army under General Forey. Meade is like the Welsh Glendower, who said, " I can call spirits from the vasty deep," and we can reply, as Percy did, " Why, so can I, or so can any man; but will they come when you do call for them ?" No, sir. There is the trouble. Lincoln is calling in New York, but few answer. Out of 19,000 drafted, 17,320 have proved themselves cripples, exempt, aliens, over age, or something else. They are cleared by hundreds. So it is all over this State. So it is everywhere. In Ohio there will be no draft. Reason is, that the State may be disgusted, and vote for Valiandigham. I have my doubts whether out of 300,000 Mr. Lincoln will have over 17,000. Of course he can draw again. Still, this is a very dark cloud—very black, and very lowering. It may burst and deluge us. Sup pose Lee should pitch in while Meade is in the situation of a soft crab ? The result would be that we should lose Washington. The BLACK CLOUD. Another cloud in the distance is the 500,000 darks that Jeff Davin is to arm and send North. This is considered a very good joke by many persons. Newspapers that deem it true piously quote the sentence, " Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad." There will he too much method in arming even 100,000 slaves. Under masters that they dread they will become powerful soldiers ; incited by the prospect of a reward of land they will become giants. The negro slave will be lieve his master. When he has in former years said he would give him a potato patch, or anything else, he has done it. The negro will believe that he will faithfully keep his word in the new promise, and he will make a soldier—and one to be dreaded by the Northern army. I see trouble ahead, with a negro army of slaves fighting for the rebels. Doubtless they will eventually fight for themselves against their white masters in the South ; but that may be twenty years hence. There will be bloody work if the Southern slaves are armed and pushed into this war. It is a dark cloud in the distance. The tide has evidently changed, and the rebel lion may have a run of luck for some weeks. General Rosecranz seems to have subsided. There is doubt about his having taken Chattanooga, General Banks at New Orleans is being destroyed by yellow fever. There is also a cloud in that quarter. THE BLACKEST CLOUD. The worst cloud of all is the lack of men. If we cannot get the men the war must languish, and we must float along until war is declared with France. Every preparation is being made. Thousands of men are working at the coast fortifications. Those at New London are nearly finished, so that it will be difficult to reach New York from that direction, AN APOLOGUE. Our position with the rebellion is somewhat like the hunter who chased a panther into a high tree, and then found that his gun or rifle was not loaded. He did not know what to do next. He saw no chance to clutch the panther. He knew that if he ran the panther would give chase, so he lay down, determined to govern his actions by those of the panther. W. H. Seward, the Secretary. of State, went through this city yesterday like a streak of chain lightning. Probably the thunder will follow. President Lincoln sent for him, it is said, to draw up in grammatical form the document that is to tell the world our reason for going to war with France. It is said that as soon as Maximilian arrives he will change the name of his new empire to Mexico, AUSTRALIAN BARNITMS.—Those two spirited and enterprising gentlemen who netted large fortunes a short time since by a speculation with our English pro fessional cricketers, Messrs. Spiers and Spend, are now, it is stated, in London, and open to an engagement with any first-class Britisher who would draw in their thriving colony. They offered Mr. Dickens a tremendous sum to give readings over there, but he declined with thanks, for the present at all events. The brilliant reception of the cricketing eleven is very tempting certainly. There is little doubt, however, that the smart Australians will capture some celebrity or other, and carry him back with them in triumph. " CAN You WAG YOUR LEFT EAR " was one of the puzzling questions of Lord Dundreary.—Dr. G. D. Gibb has shown that voluntary closure of the glottis, independently of the act of breathing, can be accomplished by temporarily holding the breath and voluntarily acting upon the muscles of the larynx and opening and shutting the glottis at pleasure. The action can bo seen with the laryngoscope. A NICE PREDICAMENT.—Just at this moment a cloud, which bad been gathering along the ridge, turned vicious. A bright flash of lightning seemed to singe our beards, whilst a simultaneous roar of thunder crackled along the valley. A violent hailstorm rattled down, blinding and bewildering us. It was impossible to catch a glimpse of our route. We scooped some big holes in the snow with our axes, and cowered down in them to get some shelter. My hands were in that miserable condi tion when the more vehemently I rubbed them, the wetter, and colder, and more numbed they seemed to grow. The hail got in at the back of my neck ; the cold wind touched up any nose; the snow got into my boots and up my trou sers, and filled my pockets.—Rev. Henry Leslie, in the Neu, Number of the Alpine Journal. THE REPRESENTATION OF TAMWORTII.—The H e m Henry Cowper is the candidate on the Liberal interest for the representation of this borough, in the room of Lord Raynham, who succeeds to the Marquisate of Townsh end . FORCE OF THE ATTACKING FLEET AT CHARLES - TON.—As the number and character of the vessels engaged in the present attack on Charleston differ mate rially from those of Dupont's fleet, of which we printed an analysis, we subjoin a statement of the force of the present fleet, its officers, men, and guns Iron-clads. Officers and men. Tons. Guns. Ironsides •• • • .. 500 844 2 Passaic •• • • .. 100 844 2 K aatskill • • .. 100 844 2 Montauk • • .. .. 100 844 2 Nanant • • 100 844 2 Weehawken .. 100 844 2 Patapsco • • .. .. 100 831 2 Wooden vessels. Steam corvette Canandaigua .. 253 1,395 10 Side•wheel steamer hlahaska.. 140 832 Double-ender Cimmarone • . 150 860 9 Steam gunboat Ottawa .. 120 507 5 Steam gunboat Wissahickon .. 120 507 4 Steam gunboat Dal Chang .. 100 507 5 Steam gunboat Loclona .. 200 SGO 7 Total .. • • .. 2,180 11,376 60 It will be observed that three of the Ericsson iron -clads, the Sangamon, the Lehigh, and the Nantucket, do not participate in the present attack. As statements have been going the rounds of the papers about the armour of the Mew Ironsides at the expense of the New York iron -clads, it is only proper to say that outside the bow and stern of that vessel sand-bags aro piled as thick as possible, just as they were piled in Dupont's attack. And it has been proved by experiments with the ship that a 10-pound shot would sink her, either fore or aft, without those sand bags. No such thing could be said of the New York ircn clad s. BURNING OF AN Imsu Fox COVER.—Ballyring fox-cover, the property of Lord Mount garret, was discovered on fire on the morning of the sth inst., but whether it was caused by an incendiary or otherwise has not yet transpired. A cowiderable quantity of fttrzo was con:itttned. ,~.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. DONCASTER RACES—Ting DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FITZWILLIAIt STARES. Carnival Johnny Armstrong •. ................... 2 Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. GREAT TORKSIDRE ILANDICAr. 6to 1 agat Blondin (taken) 7to 1 agat Dr. Syntax (taken) Bto 1 agst Dulcibella (taken) Sto 1 agst Cachuca (taken) 10 to 1 agst Silkstone (taken) 10 to 1 agst Barter (taken) 12 to 1 agst Schoolmistress (taken) 12 to 1 agst Drummer Buy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken) ST. LEGER. sto 1 opt Lord Clifden (taken) THE AUTUMN HANDICAPS. 'HE CESARENVITCII. Yrs st lb Drummer Boy .. 4 610 Silkstone .. .. 4 6 8 corona .. 5 6 8 Benjami n .. .. 46 8 kiiontleg.srsew .. 4 6 8 • • .. a 6 8 Jack of Hearts .. 3 6 7 Knight of Ell ers li e 3 6 7 Cock R o bi n .. 4 6 6 Barchettin a ..3 6 5 The Serf . 3 6 5 Honest John •. 3 6 4 Real Jam . ••4 6 4 Oakapple .. .. 3 6 4 Lady of the Isles.. 3 6 3 Kangaroo • . •. 3 6 1 Romanoff .. •. 3 6 1 The Plover .. 3 6 1 M. Philippe • . a 6 Kemptown .. 3 6 1 Villafranca .. 3 6 1 Thalestris .. .. 3 6 1 Muezzin .. .. 3 5 13 Deception .. .. 3 5 13 Sandtord .. .. 3 5 13 Sprinbok's dam geld 3 5 13 Walpole .. .. 4 5 12 Summerside .. 3 5 11 Barbadoes .. .. 4 5 10 Schoolmistress .. 3 6 10 Reserve .. .. 3 5 10 Laura .. .. 3 5 10 Venison .. .. 3 510 Nebula .. .. 3 510 The Fawn.. .. 3 5 10 Voluptas .. .. 3 5 9 Melandra .. .. 3 5 8 Copenhagen .. a 5 8 Lady Frances filly 3 5 8 Adine filly.. .. 3 5 8 Luscinia .. .. 3 5 8 lE w oidga .. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 36Ii age st lb Barter • • .. 36 10 Topsy 3 6 9 Amelia • • ••3 6 9 Killigrew a 6 9 Amazonian .. 3 6 9 Silkstone .. 4 6 9 Pilot .. .. 4 6 8 Jack of Hearts .. 3 6 8 Hubert .. •. 4 6 8 Soapstone .. .. 3 6 7 Eastern Princess.. 5 6 7 Eastern Princess.. 5 6 7 Turcos 3 6 7 Daniel O'Connell 3 6 7 Villfranca .. 3 6 7 The Plover .. 3 6 7 Mr. Nardoni .. 3 6 7 Gold Dust .. 3 5 6 Comet .. 3 6 6 Corona,byKohinoor 5 6 6 Bohemia .. 3 6 6 Clementi .. 4 6 5 Bright Cloud .. 3 6 5 Barchettina .. 3 6 5 The Principal .. 4 6 4 Bonny Breast-knot 4 6 4 Jacqueline colt .. 4 6 4 Financee 3 6 4 Lady of the Isles.. 3 6 3 Mountain Back 3 6 2 Tresham .. 4 6 2 Nebula •• .. 3 6 2 Misfire .. .. 4 6 1 Ki n g Charming .. 3 6 1 Tiptoe .. •• 4 6 1 Juliet .. • • a 6 1 M. Philippe .. a 6 1 3 6 0 Deceptionßo w a noff 3 6 0 Thalestris .. 3 6 u 3 3 6 6 0 0 Laura AG,ruaenzdz Dame 3 5 13 Mangan a 5 13 Batbadoos 4 5 13 Volupta.s .. 3 5 12 Merry Hart .. 3 5 12 Cantonnade .. 3 5 10 Kangaroo .. 3 5 10 Actaeon .. 3 5 10 Father O'Leary .. 3 5 9 Schoolmistress .. 3 5 9 Canzonette .. 3 5 9 Summerside .. 3 5 9 Touch-and-go .. 3 5 9 Fanfaron .. 3 5 9 Ptarmigan .. 3 5 9 Kemptown .. 3 5 9 Melandra .. 3 5 9 Spitfire Kitty .. 3 5 9 Meriden .. 3 5 9 Pas Perdus .. 3 5 8 Melrose 3 5 7 Adine filly.. .. 3 5 7 Luscinia .. 3 5 7 Lucretia .. .. 3 5 7 Pancake's dam .. 4 5 7 Jenny Wren .. 3 5 7 Stampede .. .. 3 5 7 ACCEPTANCES FOR Yrs at lb Wingrave •• 4 S 12 Carisbrook • . 4 S 6 Aurelian • • 6 8 5 Black Prince .. a 8 5 Carnival .. 3 8 4 Bellman .. 5 8 3 The Knave .. 4 8 3 Isoline 3 8 2 Umpire .. 6 8 1 Harlequin 4 8 1 Hurricane .. 4 8 0 .. 11 Captain of C Spain row 4 7. . 4 7 11 Q Faultless .. 6 7 11 Watchman h ckenam 4 4 77 10 10 King of Kent .. 5 7 8 King of Utopia .. 3 7 8 Twilight .. a 7 8 Change .. .. 37 6 Anfield 3 7 5 Blackdown .. 3 7 5 Onesander.. 3 7 4 Limosina .. 4 7 3 Tolurno .. 4 7 2 Welcome .. 4 7 2 Dunkeld 3 7 1 Blue Mantle .. 3 7 1 Giraffe colt .. 3 7 1 Myrtle .. .. 5 7 0 Emblem .. a 7 0 Fitz-Eva 5 7 0 Fantail .. .. 3 6 13 Leonora .. .. 4 6 12 Blithfield .. 3 6 12 Damascus .. 5 6 12 Blondin 3 6 12 Catch'em Alive .. 4 6 12 Chere Arnie .. 6 6 11 Woldga .. 3 6 11 Flash in the Pan.. a 6 10 Agag • . .. 4 6 10 ACCEPTANCES FOR TI Age at lb Caller Ou .. 5 9 10 Man-at-Arms .. 6 8 12 Umpire .. .. 68 9 Carnival 3 8 8 Black Prince .. a 8 7 Aurelian .. 5 8 6 Lady Clifden .. 5 8 6 The Knave .. 4 8 4 Cariabrook .. 4 8 1 Queen of Trumps 4 8 0 Gemma .. 4 7 13 Faultless .. .. 6 7 13 Hurricane .. 4 7 13 Alerte .„ • 4 7 13 Golden Pledge 3 7 12 Queen of Spain .. 4 7 12 Exchequer .. 4 7 12 Glenorchy •• 3 7 12 Knutsford • . 5 7 12 Victor • • .. 4 712 Bathilde • • 5 7 10 King of Utopia 3 7 lo Bellman .. 5 7 10 Alvediston .. 4 7 10 Harlequin .. 4 7 10 Telegraph .. 4 7 9 Jackal 4 7 8 The Monk.. .. 6 7 8 Goodbye 5 7 8 King of Kent .. 5 7 7 Saccharometer .. 3 7 7 Hospodar .. 3 7 7 Birdhill 4 7 Vivid .. •• 3 7 6 Marigold 6 Blue Mantle .. 37 5 Tom Fool .. 3 7 5 Leontes .. a 7 4 Limosina 4 7 3 Brighton .. 4 7 3 Polynesia .. 4 7 3 Blackdown .. 3 7 2 Guillaume le Taci turns .. 3 7 2 Anfield 3 7 2 Change .. 3 7 21 Tolurno 4 7 2 Borealis .. .. 3 7 1 Myrtle .. .. 5 7 1 Dunkeld .. 3 7 0 Catch 'em Alive 4 7 0 Baldwin .. .. 3 7 0 Little Pippin .. 4 7 0 Fantail .. 3 7 0 Giraffe colt .. 3 7 0 Port Royal .. 3 6 13 Jarnicot on .. .. 3 6 13 Despair (late Fig) 4 6 13 Zuleika .. 5 6 13 Blondin .. 3 6 12 Cairncastle .. 3 6 11 Agag • • .. 4 6 11 Bonnie Bell .. 3 6 11 Sea King • • • • 3 6 10 Flash-in-the -Pan a 6 10 The Knight of El .lerslie .. • 3 610 The Serf .. •• 3 6 10 Royal Stag .. 3 6 10 Roman Bee •• 3 6 10 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. There was but little done on either the Great Yorkshire Handicap or St. Leger, most of our subscribers who intend to visit Doncaster preferring, wo presume, to do business there. For the llandicap, Dr. Syntax and Schoolmistress were the only two in much request; and it was only when the room was much thinned that offers were made to back Silkstone and The Serf. For the St. Leger, any slight ad vance would have been taken abouc either Avenger or Queen Bertha, and 10 to 1 was the highest offer at the close against Golden Pledge. Lord Cliften had rather a shaky appearance, but offers against him did not exceed 100 to 15, There seemed to be plenty of money for Donnybrook, but, less than 20 to 1 was declined. Closing prices : CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 6to 4 agst Fine de l'Air (taken, 2to 1 agst Linda (offered) GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 13 to 2 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) 9to 1 agst Schoolmistress t a ken and offered) 10 to 1 a gs t D u l c ibella (offered) 11 to 1 agst Blondin (taken) 11 to 1 agst Barter (offered) 15 to 1 agat Oldwinster (taken) 20 to 1 apt Tho Serf (wanted) TILE LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken) 11 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (offered) 13 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 10 to 1 agst Ranger (offered) 11 to 1 agat Golden Pledge (taken) 16 to 1 agat Borealis (taken) 18 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 20 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 30 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agat Dr. Syntax (offered) 40 to 1 agat 'rho Serf (offered) 1000 to 6 agst Gladstone (taken) The Doncaster Cup, value 300 soya; 3-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Sat .51b ; five, Sat 121 b ; six and aged, Oat 21b ; m and g allowed 31b. The wiener of the Derby, St. Leger, the Doncaster, Ascot, or Goodwood Cups in 1861, 1862, or 1863 to carry 71b, the second for any of those races 31b extra. Maiden 4-yr-olds not carrying extra weight for running second allowed 71b ; maiden 6-yr-olds and up wards not carrying extra weight for running second al lowed 141 b. Cup course, about 2 miles 5 furlongs. Golden Pledge 3 The Ranger Drummer Boy Macaroni Carnival Isoline Jack o' Hearts 3 Pr. Syntax . ....... 3 Blondin 3 Zetland Lord C li Nen 3 Caller Ou 5 Knave Bonny Bell . 3 King of Utopia 3 Unowsley Anonyma Rapid Rhone .. 3 Blue Mantle Queen Bertha Avenger Onesander Oldminster Johnny Armstrong 4, Amazonian . • 0 Littlesote THE PUBLIC Worms ACT.—The amount of loans to be applied for by the Manchester and Salford corporations under the provisions of the Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act of last session, is not for mally announced, but seems to be virtually settled as fol lows:—Manchester, £250,000; Salford, £lOO,OOO, - chestcr Examiner. ...... . RUMOURED VISIT OF THE ALABAMA TO HAVRE. —Adviees from Cherbourg in the Courrier du Havre stata that the Confederate steamer Alabama is probably about to visit that port. A letter received some few days back, ad dressed to Captain Semmes, her commander, gives some foundation to the rumour. The Bishop of Natal's clergy have turned against him, and " protest most solemnly" against the position taken iu his book and against his determination to retain the office of bishop. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight is about 135 to 135eper cent., and the premium on gold about 22i per cent. At these prices there is a mall pretit on the importation of geld from the United Stattk, L of ision. L the >d at body was g, On y, at wife, Au bury ay. cers arful bet n tht y Jieu. COM' This line, B V 8 now port 7i 8 123 f 1011 tool 1