The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is no alte ration of importance, the demand being well main tainEd, at 3i l 4 per cent. for even the best three months' bills. There was a general upward movement in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. A further sum of £21,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie amounted to £470,000, and the exports to £338,000. Up to the 23d July Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agent in Venezuela had received for the bond holders' proportion of the customs' revenue for two weeks, 38,151 dole. 21c. from La Guayra. Only a small amount of the sum due from Puerto Cabello had been received at the departure of the last mail. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received £1,508 14s. 10d. from the Custom-house at Santa Marta, on account of the New Granada dividends. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £333 12s. Bd. on account of the dividends on the Ecaador Bonds. The following remarks upon the accumulation of produce in the Unite d Kin g dom is from the circular of Messrs. J. Travers and Sons :—" The accumula tion of produce in the various warehouses through out the country since the commencement of the present year has been much larger than any one would suppose, looking at the satisfactory ex tent of consumption of nearly all the principal articles. Unfortunately, there are no data by which to arrive at exact information on the point except the statements which are furnished with the returns of the imported goods held in bond as being liable to duty. There can be little doubt, however, that the figures in those instances may be taken as affording a general indication applicable to the great mass of our trade. From these, it ap pears that in the first half of 1863 there has been an increase of 156,8351 b. in our stock of cocoa, of 4,133,6381 b. in coffee, of 500,272 gallons of rum, of 356,929 gallons of brandy, of 990,118 cwts. of sugar, of 26,975 cwts of refined sugar, of 37,812 cwts. of molasses, of 9,827,3151 b. of tea, and of 679,334 gallons of wine. To bacco, pepper, and fruits are the only articles of which our stocks have experienced any reducf.oti since the Ist of January. So long as the American war lasts, this state of circumstances must be ex pected to continue, and prices are hardly likely to rally even though at home we are taking into use a fair increase of nearly all those articles the consump tion of which denotes a state of prosperity. On the return of peace, a rise must occur, since the deficien cies to be made up in America will cause orders to be sent to all parts." Two O'CLOCK. There has been no new feature in the English Stock Market, and business has been conducted on a very limited scale. There appears to be an almost entire absence of speculation, and the opera tions for transfer are also email. Consols are 93 4- for money, and 93k / for the account. The New Threes and Reduced are 93A I ; Exchequer Bills, ls. dis. to 2s. prem.; India 5 per Cents., 108 k ; and do. Bonds, 19s. prem.; India Stock is 224; and Bank do., 2384. Foreign Stocks have been quiet, and although at one time rather lower, close with tolerable firm ness. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 68 y ; Ditto Consolides, 48i 494; Mexican, 38/ ; Greek, 331 ; Ditto Coupons, 151 16; Spanish Passive, 34 341; Ditto Certificates, 12i 9 ; and the Con federate Loan, 25 to 23 die. A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market to-day, and in one or two instances prices have slightly advanced. Great Eastern and Great Western each improved 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 55.; and South- Eastern, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue very dull. London and Westminster declined to 77k. Crystal Palace Stock is steady, at 401 I; Hudson Bay Company Shares' have improved to 3 a ; and international Financial ditto to 88. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 2386 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 936 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 926 k New 3 per Cent. An nu iti es New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... — 6 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock 224 Ditto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l.OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO .... 19 pm Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept, 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, 21 per Cent. June, • per Cent. I Exchequer Bill s , £1,000.. 2pm Ditto £500.. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chi lien 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. Bquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — .Egyptian 7 per Cent lO4l i 5 Ditto, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 331 1 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent. (Mareinmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 3 Bl 1 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 4Bl 1 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 4i per Cent 1850 . Ditto 3 per C en t., 1859 .•• 581 Ditto 5 per C en t. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854. Ditto Account.. 93 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 6Bl 8 1 Ditto Guaranteed 4Cent — Venezuela 3 ' per Ditto . A ccper Cent. ount Ditto 6 per Cent , 1862 24 Ditto Account ' 571 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. Gull Italian, 5 per Ditto Account. Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — ..... Consols, Money TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto Account ::LL** - '''' 9 " i SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, Aug. 15.—Wi n d at Noon, . and very fine. -. °° l2 ) S.; light airs F ALMO UTH, Aug. 14.—Wind, —Arriv e d— Dan S Havanna. ,from PILL, Aug. 13. Sailed—Wm. Graham and Wm. Yeo, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Ang. 14.—Wind, E.—S a i led —Q Bilboa. Arrived —Balder, from Sr. Tho w ,,,, , s; u. 'en, for land, screw steamer, from Havanna; Ge org i,,, , Cumber_from st. John's: SIVANSEA, Aug. 14.—Wind, S.—Arrived —m • al l° Elisa, from Mauritius. A ~, lA, —Arrived—Carls, from N GLOUCESTER, Aum. from M' • e W -York; Cohla, from Montreal; Meteor, tratmelai. (BY 3IAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, August 14.—Amant. from Serted. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Pass A Dor set, of ;`4 —_Royal Stuart, from Madras, for London ; Dor t'f Yar Ar e Mouth, from the north, for the west ; Cadmus, from it woutl., :from the north, for the west; Rival Ship, for Malaugoon for Amsterdam ; Rubicon, from London, Sailec t i 4 ; it 0 I\_l.S, Dee, from Woolwich, for the westward. Rat-abut. B,. '', uarling, for Antwerp; Lady Lon!ea, for SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS• Sharel Railways. Paid. Price.sin Businesone. s d Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no dig Do. B till 6p c.p an.har been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perthot Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stoCk_. DtttoEastAnglian s t GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock . Do B do Gt. S. aril W. of Ireland Great Western .. - 150 - Si"rlralgua - . stock Lancashire at Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So*.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares ~ Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiek Do, G.N.E. purchase' Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Stairordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton it Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R I West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P Railways Itlantie & St Lawrence liom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Bullalo and Lake Huron, Do. Preference .... Bufl alo, Brant, tzGodria 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1871 00. do. Juue 1, 1)K Clcutta.aS.Eastn. (Di ; Cape Town Dock Seri) Mastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. let Pref. Bonds.. Do. no. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred......', Do. 4th Pref. to 0,k... Do. do. deferred.- Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. n... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8 Indian Branch Limited' Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Dc. 4A do DO, Fifth Extension. Mclb.Corp. fi p. o. Bons. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. bilortg. Bds, Newßrunswick a Candi, Class A and B ... X.lll.C'da3 pc Ist pt bds &bade Do. Delhi I ci Do. do co Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. , Do. Endus.St. Flo.) I LONIAL GOVERb k..,ab.tiov. 6 p.c.J &J ut) 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 6 p. c.Mar.& Sept. Do. f p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,187:1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881) Do. ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Guy. 6 per cunt.. N.J.S.Gov. 6 p.c. d a.&J Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c., 18ut Do. 5 p. e.,lBti to kV Do. d0.,1888 &upwth New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c G6p.c.167&& up I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 'Do. 10 6 0.0. 8 81 - - 8% 81 86 t 8 118 110 Ca 7 40 41 151 164 91 05 111 na oi 47 19 24} 25i 123 125 1221 1231 1::5 140 100 102 .651 66 1113} . 1131 7gi 77e 113 115 425 434 1014 1024 105 101i4 43 41 ni 11 129 1294 14 Ifd 97 99 54 E 5 25 26 1011 1011 57i 58 87 88 118 120 131 F 2 83 11/ 125 122 124 465 375 100 162 50 62 30 82 921 93 70 72 101 103 7t 8 38 39 04 104 E. 7 4 8 4 P 155 160 ot 3 34 p 84 SG 156 I6u 27 29 451 461 39 41 104 106 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 60 62 107 108 1 11 p li lip 5i 6i 71 8i 107 ICB 1.3 105 109 310 108 2 9 11 lip 111 - 19 20 69 71 52 55 62 65 45 48 42 44 33 36 23 28 20 23 ICB 109 1 14r, 1 li, 107 ICB )01 11 10 946 95 98 90 e 2 _ W 7 +OB tOli 1026, 1,8 100 55 57 3 6 83 F 5 104 1081, 1(t74 a if, - - P 1074 1083 103 105 1' SE,CUItITIhh. 103 105 1(2 104 105 107 95 96 94 96 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 115 113 11' 106 107 110 112 105 i 1064 1001 1011 1010 102) 1014 1024 110 112 105 108 1 110 112 110 112 107 109 113 113 5 0 4 I 4k 102 11 1011 BRITISH. MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 2 5d uhilord Amalgamated ? . . ! 0 . 32 Devon G. Con,,(Tavist 1 550 070 575 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd sa. id par East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 28 30 East Cam Brea 3.4.0 74 8 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk , 8.6.6 31 31 Gam.tSt.Auuyn(Gwen ) .81 7 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 35 31 G. Wheal Vor (liels.ton, 40 64 7/ Grenville . Elerc-d's- foot 8.12 ,18 10 Hingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 11 2e. New Setun l9l 160 110 North Downs 24 2 25 N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an ?.17.t 21 3/ North Wheal Crofty ear Consols (St. Blazey; 1/ 4 5 20 Providenoe(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 10 42 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 15 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 11 21 E.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1x.9 724 775 Stray Park 28.9. 39 41 5 rainarSilvA Lead Kin. 45 1 1 fin Croit 9 214 225 West Basset (Illogan) l4 114 125 W Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 22 24 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 60 65 Wheal Buller (Rediuth) 5 45 60 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLud: ott wheal MaryAnn(Llen ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton 585 220 230 Wheal Treiavvney (Lis ) 7 15 17 i Wheal Union 3.17 , 21 35 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red prf., 101} North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.. 94f PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &0., 41 per cent., 1858, 102 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS, Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 56 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 96 FOREIGN RAILWA/ S. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (a.l), 22} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 Turin and Savona, 21 West Flanders, 7k FOREIGN MINES. Kapunda (11m.), St. John del Rey (lim.), 5l 7 Yudananzutana of S. Australia (lira.), 31 / 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 115 6..illance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 36 Bank of New Zealand, 10 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 1 0 i City, 108 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10 01 10/ Imperial Bank (lim.), 2vl Imperial Ottoman, 186 London and Comity, 47 London and South African, 26 London and Westminster, 776 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 26 Union of Australia, 521 1 Union of London, 356 6 51 DOCKS, East and West India, 142 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 2/ Berlin Water Works, Urn., s 9 Crystal Palace, 4O 0 E. dish and Australian Copper, 1 Hudson's Bay, 3 International Financial Society, Urn., SI National Discount Company, lira., 9} Oriental Inland Steam, lira., 31 Quebrada Land, Rail, ann Mining, lira., 2i 3 THE BRAZIL MAILS, (Per the Navarre.) RIO JANEIRO ) Icily 24. Exchan ge on L on d on , 26:4; on Paris, 35 3 to 355. Coffee, good first, 7,200 to 7,300 rein. Th e Navarr e has on board 1,942 bags of coffee. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's s hi p Oneida arrived at Pernambuco upon the let Augabt. Paid. all 100 Business done 61 1071 I ~,_ . THE SUN*, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1863, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT IN THE STREETS. —Henry Williamson, a clerk, who gave the address 25, Itemming ton-street, City-road, was charged before Mr. Knox with disgraceful conduct to several females, and also with as saulting Mr. James Kean, a tailor, residing at 53, Maddox street, Regent -street. Mr. Kean said that he was turning the corner of Little Argyle-street, about 10 o'clock the previous night, when he saw the prisoner go up to a respectable female, and seize her in a most improper manner, turning her quite round. He followed the prisoner, and before he got to the end of Argyle street he saw him assault in a similar manner six more females, one of them an elderly woman. He then seized the prisoner, and said, " You scamp, you shall not go unpunished," and had a severe struggle with him, in the course of which his sleeve was torn, and he was struck twice and thrown down by the pri soner; but being determined that he should not eEcape, he retained his bold, and at last he was secured and taken to the station. The female did not go to the station, being too frightened at prisoner's conduct, and glad to get away. Police-constable Kettlewell, 33 C, said that hearing cries of " Police" he went to Argyle-street, and the last witness gave the prisoner in charge for indecently assaulting females and assulting him (Mr. Kean). The prisoner denied the charge, but when at the station told the inspector that he had only raised the female's clothes about two inches. Prisoner said that all he had got to say was that he was drunk at the time, and was now very sorry. Mr. Knox said that if the females had been present he should have sent the prisoner for trial for his abominable ccnduct. As it was he should treat the case as one of drunk and disorderly conduct, and inflict upon him the highest penalty he could, namely, 40s. or a month. WESTMINSTER. DARING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A FEMALE —A man of respectable appearance, named Henry Cameron, was charged before Mr. Selfe with entering the house 132, Worcester-street, Pimlico, for the purpose of committing a felony. Georgiana Southwood, dressmaker, said that about half past eight o'clock the previous night she was going out on business when she saw two men on the steps lead ing to the street door in conversation with each other. She was absent about five minutes. On her* return she saw one of the men standing at the porch of the door, and said to him " What do you do there ?" She had no sooner said so than she next heard the wide window-blind cracking. In a minute after she saw the prisoner look out of the window, and leap from there to the steps of the street door. Mr. Selfe—Upon seeing that what did you do ? Witness--I rushed up to him and seized hold of him by his collar. I said to him " - What business had you in my parlous ?" He struggled, and said "Let me go." H e tried to get away, and in the struggle we both fell. I called for help, and kept my hold of the prisoner till some one came to my assistance. Mr. Selfe—Did the prisoner do you any injury? Witness—He caught hold of my fingers and forced them back—he nearly broke them. Mr. Selfe—How did he get in ? Witness—He must have got in at the window, which was left open. - - - - • - - - The Prisoner said he had been drinking. Prosecutrix—You were not drunk or I shoulj have smelt you when I had you down. Eva Lynn. a little girl about 12 years of age, proved having heard the proaecutrix call out "help," and who told her to go for a policeman. She went for one and met a cab man. She told him to go the assistance of the prosecutrix, and then went for a policeman. B 144, having staled that he found some lucifer matches on the prisoner, Mr. Selfe said that he should remand him, and directed the police to make inquiries about him. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Annio Johnsen, a tall, mas culine woman, very smartly dresnd, was brought before Mr. Leigh charged with committing a violent assault on Ann Moore, the wife of a sailor. The complainant had received very serious injuries; her nose was broken and strapped up with surgical plaisters, and there were other contusions on her head and face. The case was a simple one, and deposed to by many wit nesses. The prisoner had an old grudge against the com plainant, who was passing along Phillip street, St. George i a-the- East, yesterday evening, when the prisoner, who was standing at her door, went into her kitchen and brought out a poker, with which she attacked the complainant, and while using the worst possible oaths and imprecations struck her several times over the head and body. The last blow fell on the complainant's nose, and was dealt with such great severity, that the poker was broken in two, the complainant fell grievously wounded, and she was in• sensible for some time afterwards. The broken poker, in two pieces, was produced, and it appeared the complainant lost a good deal of blood. Mr. Joseph, Smith, solicitor, in defence, said tho com plainant was the aggresser, and called a witness, Catherine Dayment, why admitted a poker was used. Mr. Leigh said a savage assault had been committed by the prisoner. He fined him £3, and, in default of pay ment,l2l days' imprisonment. MARKETS---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables is seasonably large. Generally speaking, the trade is slow, as follows : FRUIT. e. d. s. d. Pine apples 5 0 to 7 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6 to 5 0 , Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 Melons Nectarines, per dz 6 0 to 10 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Lemons, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hi sve3 6 to 4 6 , btrawberries pr pt 0 8 to 1 0 s. d. a d Raspberries,prpt 0 4to 0 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 6 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 Bto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 6 oto 8 0 Peaches.. lO 0 to 20 0 Currants, per U.sv 4 6to 6 0 Plums, per do. 4 oto 5 0 'Greengages, pr do. 6 oto 7 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 1 9to 2 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 0 Rd ditto..... 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 70 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr lb 0 2to 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 6 6 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 1 6to 2 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 New Do., dz buu 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 6to 0 8 Turnip radishes 0 oto 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 1 oto 1 3 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 2 Mint and s4vory..o 3to 0 4 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 9 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 4 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 6 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. - - Turkey poults, 58 to 7s; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od each; goslings, 4s Od to 6s Od; ducks, 2s Od to 35 9d; ducklings, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild. do., 9d to is Od ; pigeons, Os 4d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 38 Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ;_ pheasan t s, Os Od to Os Od ; partfidges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 9d to Os lld ; Englis h, lld to is ld per lb ; E ng li s h eggs, 7s Gd to 88 Od ; Frenc h do., os Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, 2s Od to 4s Od each. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Os 9cl to is Od ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 5d to 8d ; prawns, Os; skate, 4d to 6d; sturgeon, and halibut, Od per ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 3s Od to 4s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 5s Od; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 3d to is 6d each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s to 255; natives, 60s to —s per bushel; whitings, 4s Od to 66; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 40s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Us per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 8d to 4s 8d; lamb, 3 s 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. NEWPORT. B 43 ss 48 d e d e p f t , oe r f 4 r Bs o i m b6Bd 3 . ; s t yv 4 e d tahl t ,e o Sc 4 as s roc 4 da d s et ; 0. m 6 u s t t o ol ; 3 a s n B d d p t o o r 4 k s , B d d a y o a d m t o b BREAD. The The prices of wh ea t en b read in the metropol i s are from 7id tBd , of household do., 51d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. to 3 Market hides, 561 b t o 641 b, lid to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3 d id •• 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b t o 881 b, 31d t o 42d ; 881 b to l Alb, 4d to 13cl ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d t o 5d ; 1041 b t o 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 98 6d to lls Od; calf skins, light, 3s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; woolled skins, Os Od 4d; to Os d; half-breds, O s Od to Os Od ; Downs, 33 Od to 3s lambs, 28 9d to 4s 9d; sheailings, 3s Od to 3s 4d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s; new do., £3 to £4; old clover, £1 lOs to £6 Os; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND..—OId Meadow bay, £3 lOs to £4 10s ; new do., £3 3s to £4 ; old clover, £4 lOs to £slBs ; new do.; £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. WHITEciLipEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 108, new do , £3 Os t o o £ 4 Os; old cloveri 8 £4 ltOos4tlol6£36pOesr; load.new and d S ° Up ' pfy 4 ° s moderate. to COAL Tv Primo of Coal per Ton al &MET. •• flac close of the market. s. d. Batos'slVest Hartley..ls 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley l7 3 Carway and Duffryn Bluffing . 12 0 Walker Primrose 12 9 Tenfold Moor l2 6 Edon Main l6 3 West Hartley 17 3 Walls End. S. d. Haswell ........... . • .18 0 Hetton ..............15 Tunstall ............ 15 0 9 Riddell .............. 15 9 Fratnwellgate.. ...... 16 3 Hartlepool.. ...... 3 South Hartlepool. . ....... 1 17 6 6 East Hartlepool ...... 17 6 Trimdon Hartlepool...l7 3 Kelloe Russel's lletton.... • .16 9 Walls End. Bmddyll's Hatton 16 9 Farah Hetton ...IS 0 6 IZiVs at 14g,rpt, Si zoil3 s3. TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA The Australian colonists now resident in England are all in a ferment as to the consequences of the publication of the report of the Royal Commission, recommending the transportation of all male convicts to Western Australia. The following petition has been prepared for presentation to her Majesty by a committee recently appointed, and is receiving the signatures of all the leading people connected with Australia and New Zealand : "Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's most loyal and faithful subjects, Australian colonists at present resident in England, and others interested in the Australa • sian dependencies, desire humbly to approach your Majesty with the expression of that devoted loyalty to your Majesty's person and to the throne of these realms which so especially characterises the communities in question. We humbly submit to your Majesty that, in consequence of the apparert failure of the laws respecting secondary punishment, and the frightful outbreak of crimes of violence during the last winter, your Majesty was graciously pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the whole subject of secondary punishments. " That the report of the Commissioners has recently been laid before Parliament, with a very elaborate series of re commendations as to the treatment of a subject confessedly surrounded with the greatest difficulties. " That with the main body of the report your petitioners have no wish to interfere, but that a principal feature of the scheme suggested consists of a proposal, in the exact words of the Commissioners, 'that, with the exception of those who are physically or otherwise unfit for it, all male convicts sentenced to penal servitude for any term of years should be ultimately sent to Western Australia,' and your petitioners perceive in that suggestion, if adopted, all the elements of most serious evil, both to the colonies and to the mother country. " That the proposition to pour out upon any separate community the vast volume of crime of a large empire is in itself one of a very astounding character, and can only be listened to upon the plainest evidence of its absolute neces sity, and of the course it recommends being rendered a benefit, and not a curse, to those exposed to the inevitable evils of such reception. " That the history of the Australian colonies shows that the introduction of felons confers no such benefit, in any degree commensurate with the innumerable and deadly in juries inflicted thereby upon the character and moral well being of a community ; and that it is the almost unanimous opinion of all colonists, except these pecuniarily interested in the large imperial expenditure thence arising, that no more fatal evil could befal the country subjected to such influences, and that it is almost impossible to imagine a more grievous or intolerable wrong- " That, embittered by recollections of the past, the pro posal to introduce these criminals will undoubtedly be met by the most resolute opposition by every one of the larger and more important colonies ; and that the consequent con file& between the imperial and colonial authorities will pro voka an amount of ill-feeling which even the abrogation of the proposed scheme will not allay. " That your Majesty having been graciously pleased to grant to all the colonies of the Australian group, excepting Western Australia, local government and representative in stitutions, no other ground of disagreement but this suggests itself as likely to disturb the friendly relations between the colonies and the mother country, or to endanger that affec tionate connexion which it is the dearest wish of almost every colonist to preserve, and render still more, close and cordial. " That these representative institutions, embracing re sponsible Ministries, based upon a very extended franchise, have assisted in the formation of an independent and self reliant spirit among the colonists themselves ; and we feel assured that no Colonial Ministry can retain office that does not adopt a very resolute, or perhaps defiant, tone upon a subject on which all men in the colonies think and feel so strongly. " That in former years, and when the colonies were much lees populous than at present, laws were passed to prevent the introduction of such men, and assented to by Colonial Governors, although such legislation was known to be in derogation of your Majesty's prerogative, thereby leading to collision between the Imperial and Colonial authorities in a manner greatly to be regretted. " That the argument that the more distant colonies are not interested in a scheme limiting transportation to West ern Australia is entirely fallacious, in view of the distinct knowledge we possess that runaways, conditional pardon men, and expirees do constantly resort to the adjacent colo nies, and shock and harass them with the most atrocious crimes. That the number of these convicts who have served their sentences, and annually becom e free, will be nearly equal to those arriving in Western Australia, while the comparative paucity of natural resources that characterises that settlement on the one hand, and the attraction of the goldfields and high price of labour in the adjacent colonies on the other, will cause a tide of emigration of expiree con victs to the free settlements directly in proportion to the number of prisoners transported. That it has been publicly acknowledged in Parliament, by the Under •Secretary for the Colonies, that expirees are free to go where they please. That the colonists, impressed by past experience, never will believe that there is any other intention than that of allow ing convicts to overrun the other colonies, and treating Western Australia as a mere depot. " That it is an obvious misuse of some of the finest coun tries in the world, possessing the most salubrious and agree able climates, to which hundreds of thousands of your Ma jesty's most deserving su bj ec t s wo uld joyfully resort if they had the means, to dedicate them to the reception o f t h e greatest criminals. That such misuse tends to deter the immigration of the virtuous, and thereby closes the door to a very laudable and honourable career; and, practically, so gives the advantage to the felon as compared with the man unstained by crime, as to suggest the very dangerous idea that the labourer improves his condition by betaking him self to criminal courses. " That the almost entii ely unanimous feeling of the colo nists on this subject is exhibited authoritatively in a petition recently addressed to your Majesty from a conference ap pointed by the Governments of the several colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, the strong tone adopted in which will, we believe, but feebly represent the feelings which will be inevitably provoked by the reception of the report itself. " Thar the deluging a limited population with the felons of a large State, the exposing unoff,.nding colonists to out rages found intolerable in England, the burdening colonial establishments with great additional cost in gaols, courts of law, and police, the deterioration of national character con sequent upon such an importation, the implied assumption of inferiority i n being constituted a recept acle for crim e , and the discouragem en t o f virtuous into igration calculated to be so advantageous to all concerned, would constitute, on the whole, so gross a wrong and inflict so deep a wound upon the legitimate self-love of a rising people, and would form so marked a contrast with the benignant and equal rule for which your Majesty is justly famed, tha t we can s carcely believe that this d angerous proposition w ill be adopt e d. " That your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Majesty will be tion from a policy calculated b e y o nd all expression to injure g raci ously pleased to wi thhold y our sane an important and rapidly grow i ng c ommunity; to disturb the present happy homes of more than a million of your hostile tone where hi therto the most lo Majesty's attached su b jects ; to lead to th e a d o pti on o f a yal spirit has pre vailed; and to embitter all relations with your Majesty's Australian subjects in the future. " Aud your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray." Railway from Moscow to Sebastopol, v..-_ ---. Subjoined is the ukase Which has just been signed by the Emperor of Russia railway from Moscow to for the construction o f a Sebastopol. The line is to be 953 miles in length. The nominal capital will be X,22,500,000, and the period allowed for the com pletion of the work is six years from the date of its commencement. Sebastopol is to be made a free port, and the general terms of the concession are un deretood to be such as to indicate that the Govern ment have resolved to secure the accomplishment of the project with a view to an early realisation of the commercial advantages it :would confer upon the country. It is to be assumed, however, that it is not likely to be introduced until the existing political difficulties between Russia and the other Powers on the Polish question shall have been so far adjusted as to put an end to all idea of the possi bility of war : ASE TO THE IMPERIAL SENATE. In our unceasing solicitude for the prosperity of our Fatherland, we have sought those means for the develop ment of the railway system which should best answer to the wants of the empire, With this view the concession of a railway from Moscow to Sebastopol proposed by Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co., Messrs. Fruhling and Goschet, Messrs. Anthony Gibbs and Son, and Messrs. John Hubbard and Co., merchants and bankers, of London, through their representative, William Hope, has been examined by the Committee of Ministers, and sanctioned by us. By the construction of a line of railway from Moscow to Sebastopol, the Nicholas Railroad, already uniting our two capitals, will be prolonged to the best port in the Black Sea, and thus will be established, throughout the whole extent of country between the Baltic and Black Sea, an uninter rupted and rapid communication, and a sure and constant outlet for the articles of local production.. In annexing to these presents the said concession we order that it shall be put in execution. The Imperial Senate will take the steps necessary to this effect. ALEXANDER, Tzarskoe Selo, July 25 (Aug. 6), 1863. DUTY ON "RACE HORSES."—From a parlia mentary paper, yesterday issued, it appears that in the year ending the 31st March last the duty on race horses amounted to £6,422, being a deCtOaee of £33 5 on the Pre `flout' years EUGENE DELACROIX. This celebrated artist, says the Morning Post, had been ill for about two months with chest disease, and for a long time his life had been despaired of. He died in his 66th year, having been born at Charenton St. Maurice, near Paris, April 26, 1798, or, in the then current slang, 7 Floreal, An. VI. Charles Delderoix Constant, father of the future artist, was elected deputy for the department of the Marne in 1792; voted for the death of Louis XVI. ; was one of the most violent of the Thermidorians ; became Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Directory, and was succeeded by Talleyrand in 1797 ; was for a time Ambassador to Hol land, and died, in 1805, Prefect of thrdeaux. He was 58 when Eugene was born, his elder son being already a soldier and his daughter of marriageable age. It is somewhat startling to find that an infant of three years old had been all but drowned, all but burnt, all but poisoned, and all but hanged—himself being the execu • tioner ; but it is true enough of Eugene Delacroix. When in arms his nurse fell with him into the sea, and was only saved by the courage of some sailors, who probably were the cause of the calamity, the bonne being more attentive to them than to her charge. 'Then the child's cradle caught fire, and he received serious injuries. Thirdly, he was nearly killed by some verdigris incautiously left in his way; and lastly, he nearly finished his carrer by hanging himself, to see what the sensations were, without taking care to have a chair near his feet when turned off. This fourth escape is the only incident of which there is a shadow of doubt, but anyhow he had as many " squeaks for his lite" as Horace of old. His career at the College Louis le Grand was a brilliant one : here, by the way, he made friends with the since Dr. Louis Veron. His drawing.master, finding that his per formances were far superior to those of his fellow pupils, advised him to put himself under a great master—David, for instance. The old organist of Bordeaux Cathedral, a friend of Mozart's, gave lessons to his sister, and tormented his mother's life out to have him brought up to the musical profession. Dis oilier visuin. At 18 the youth entered the studio of Baron Guerin, the professor at the school of the fine arts, who numbered Aty Scheffer and Gericault among his ileres. The selection of Guerin was unlucky, and master and pupil soon found out the difference of their ideas on art. Eugene was even now a sharp observer, and possessed a powerful imagination; he could not follow in the steps of his master's classicism. The baron could make nothing of him : " But," said he, " let him stay here ; he has got money, it is better that he should make daubs than debts' , (znieux taut qu'il fasse des crotztes que des dettes.) Still he gave Eugene no encouragement whatever. In 1822 the youthful artist sent to the Exhibition the now famous "Dante and Virgil in Hell." He begged Guerin to go and see it at his studio, in the Rue de la Planche, at the bottom of the Faubourg St. Germain, and, after much ungracious grumbling, the baron went. The old classicist was petrified. Here was a revolution. " What is it all about ?" "It is Dante visiting Virgil in Hell, my dear master—there are the souls of the damned —." "Not done sufficiently brown," sneered Guerin. "The thing is absurd," said the master, "exaggerated—absurd. Playing a Michael Angelo, are you? Your servant, sir." The picture was not rejected, however ; - it commenced undoubtedly a revolution in art, and it subjected its author to violent abuse, as well as to enthusiastic applause. Meeting Guerin one day, when in the height of his young triumph, Delacroix was received with anything but congratulation. " Puffed out, elated, I suppose ? After all, this triumph ()sly proves —." " That you would have rejected the picture, my dear master, had you been a judge : you are always so kind to me." " Pooh I pooh I I never had any kindness for heretics. A day will come when your picture will be burnt on the Place de la Grave," 1 6 They have occasionally burnt good things there, my dear master " Here, the chronicler says, the conver sation was broken off, for the baron was apparently in a state of incipient apoplexy. It was scandalously put about by Delacroix's enemies that Gericault had had a large share in Dante and Virgil, the redeeming points being those from the hand of the author of the " Shipwreck of the Medusa," the blemishes Delacroix's own. This was of course a false hood. Among all the criticisms to which Eugene was sub jected there was one honest and generous one by M. Thiers in the Constitutionnel. He nobly proclaimed the excellence of the work, predicted the future fame of the artist, praised the colouring and the style, which "combined the boldness of Michael Angelo with the fertility of Rubens." BaronGros also stood by him, and invited him to audy under him, an offer which was declined, perhaps happily, for the author of " Sappho at the Promontory of Leucas" could hardly help seeing a future rival in Eugene Delacroix. Thiers said that in Delacroix, Destouehes, Drollet, Cogniet, and Du bufe, he saw the rise of a new generation of artists who would do France honour. M. niers had a penchant for revolutions in art as well as politics. The " Massacre at Scio " (1824) produced a great sensa tion ; it was the most dramatic picture to which the cen tury had given birth. The contrast between the splendour of the sun and the fierce hatred of man, the groups of half naked Greeks, the quivering flesh, the corpses scattered about, the infants pressing the bosoms of their dying mothers, were terrible in their reality. Henceforth there was deadly war declared against Delacroix. His opponents did what they could to exclude him from the exhibitions, but in vain, though one remarkable picture, "The Educa tion of the Virgin," was rejected. Many well-wishers, among them M. Sosthenes de la Rochefouald, urged him to altar his course, or he could have no Government en gagements. Luckily he had three or four hundred a year of his own, and he answered one and all with the Scrip tural " Etiam si omnes, ego non." In 1826 he produced "The Death of Marino Faliero," " Gieece—the Ruins of Missolonghi " (for the benefit of the Greek revolutionists), and other pictures. In 1827 appeared " Tasso in the Mad house," and "Cardinal Richelieu Officiating in the Chapel of the Palais Royal, surrounded by guards "—a splen did picture, burnt, unfortunately, during the Revolution of February, 1848 ; in 1829, " The Combat between the Giaour and the Pasha" (for the museum at Nantes), " The Giaour after the Combat," and several small pictures for tho Gallery Colbert; in 1830, "Liberty Guiding the People on the Barricades" (at the Louvre) ; in 1831, "The Mur der of the Bishop of Liege" (from " Quentin Durward"), " The Wild Boar of the Ardennes," and " Boissy d'Anglas at the Sitting of the Prairial, An. III." The Revolution of 1830 terminated the artist's pronrip tion. M. Thiers procured for him the engagement to de corate the Salon du Roi, in the Palace Bourbon. His re presentations of Justice, War, Agriculture, and Industry adorn the ceiling, and his bold qualities had full play in this work, He also painted the five cupolas of the library, with four tableaux in each, and the two hemicycles at the extremities. Next Delacroix was employed to paint the cupola of the Luxembourg Library in the Champs Elysees, and he selected his subject from the fourth chapter of Dante's "Inferno," decorating the hemicyclo above the window with the picture of "Alexander Locking up Homer's Works in a Golden Casket," and " Justinian Writing his Code." He decorated also the ceiling and pentices of one of the waiting-rooms in the Hotel de Ville, with the history of the Theban Hercules and many mytho logical personages. At the Louvre he painted the ceiling of the Apollo Gallery with " Apollo Conquering the Python." Before this, however, M. Thiers had procured the ap pointment of M. Delacroix as attache to the embassy sent in 1832 by Louis Philippe 1 - ,o the Sultan of Morocco- 1 Abd-er Rhaman. This was nearly the only foreign journey he ever took, for he never visited Italy for fear of losing his originality I He carefully studied African manner! ai3andcostumes, and the fruits of his trip are to be s een in his " Moorish Scenes," his " Algerian Women". (now at the Luxembourg), his "Interior of a Court in Moroc co, his " Arab Mountebanks," &c. The following pictures, with others, appeared between 1833 and 1838, " Charles V. Playing the Organ in the Monastery of St. Just," the "Death of Charles the Rash after the Battle of Nancy," the" Convent of the Domini cans at Madrid," the " Prisoner of Chillon," " Christ at Calvary," the Battle of Taillebourg" (in the Versailles Museum), " Christ in the Garden of Olivet" (for St. Paul's Church, ,Paris), " Justinian" (for the hall of the Council of State), the "Apparition of Mephistopheles to Faust," "A Wounded Herdsman of the Campagna Slaking his Thirst on the Brink of a Marsh," "A young Turk Caress ing his Horse," " The blind Milton Dictating ' Paradise Lost' to his Daughters," and " Sardanapalus Dying in the midst of his Wives," a gorgeous picture of Oriental luxury and voluptuousness which Delacroix called his " W a t er l oo ," as it gave him a prominent place among artists, and beat down prejudices at once. It would be impossible to give an enumeration of all the pictures of this prolific artist ; they would occupy half a column of this paper. One or two remarkable efforts of his genius may be mentioned. In 1838 his " Medea" (now in the Lille Museum) produced a great sensation. Medea is represented as having poisoned Crensa, and flying with her children. She bears a poinard in her hand, and looks round to see if Jason is pursuing her, in which case she will kill the children. Her body is full of light, but her terrible_ eyes quite in the shade. Th e nex t y ear a half length of Cleopatra preparing for de a th was issued from Delacroix s her studio. Cleopatra h as rece i ve d a basket of figs fr om , en she slave, and is thinking, h e r chin on her . hand, espie t s ho a u n g a h s t p s tuicarmn n o o ng i t h h e e n_ figs, and there is no doubt w what her " - fortis et asperas Tractare serpentee, ut strum Corpore combiberet venenura Deliberatft morte ferocier." Next we have hamlet contemplatin w ith the sombre the attitude of the fi gure s in harT dcs • awful i goityhe skull of Lorick, " The Shi I subject in in spite of some neglig ence It is awful to contem th half naked men a wreck" (1841) is a noble picttiLre. f b u e l ir e ig ri e so a d te e n i . n tThhe issew,cootnid plate the calm sea, the deep sligliceu'ngeer and death, dra prey to despair, to the horrors W ing lots for the frightniu , rt' . hil T ea h ud e cree su aodf n rose red and fier • canto of "Don Juan. the u . dorful picture represe,,tis might y se ' e ' °l3. " the third day there came a calm ; " seventh th ere was no wind." gone, " They g Water,l ar eadn and upon n e e , a a c ri h d o i t o h o e d r , other; and all was was The longings of the cannibal arise, A l t h o ugh they spoke not, in their wolfish . eyes." We can only mentio n b y name s uch well-known pictures * It may be said of this fine picture that the artist has, apparently by design, sacrificed correctness of design, and the nobleness and beauty of the character' to three or Jour bold and brilliant touches more o f less harmcniged, The pictuto is a marvel for colourit,g, as " Trojan's Justiae" (1840), " The taking ;of Constan tinople by the Latins" (1841; " Rebecca taken off by the Slaves of Brian do Bois Gilbert in the Sack of the Castle of Torpriistone," " The Farewell of Romeo and Juliet," and " Margaret at Church" (all in 1846) ; " Christ at the Tomb," " The Duel of Valentin and Faust," " The Death of Sarah," and the " Lion Devouring the She goat" (1848), " Othello and Desdemona" (1849), " The Reacur rection of Lazarus," " Lady Macbeth," " The Good Sama ritan," " The Pilgrims of Emmaus," and " The Burial of St. Stephen," 1850-3. Eugene Delacroix will not probably retain with posterity the somewhat exaggerated reputation which he has lat• terly held in France. He has been considered equal to Rubens as a colourist. But his inaccurate drawing, his harsh and ungainly effects, his crude, though decided, light and shade, his roug h and rapid execution, aadrie,niont likely to win the fav our o f poster i ty. He may be said, short, to have mixed the colour of Rubens with the i) n pasto of Constable, without th e vu l uptuousness of the one and the freshness of the other. He chose all kinds of sub jects; he roamed at will from mythology to Christianity, from sea pictures to flowers, from history to n a t ure. A : Ingres, yet happily spared over his 80th year, may be called an idealist, Delacroix may be called, on the other hand, a cclourist. In spite of Delacroix's want of correctness there is in his pictures a singular warmth, a brilliant light, and an almost erauatic power : he has been honoured with the title of the " Victor Hugo of painters." It now remains to be added that Delacroix received the second medal in 1824, the first in 1848, and the grand medal of honour in 1855 ; that he was nominated in 1831 Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; that in 3846 he was made officer, and in 1855 commander thereof. In January, 1857, he was elected a member of the Institute in the room of Paul Delaroche. Sir John Trelawny, MP., at Tavistock. Sir John Trelawny, MX., for Tavistock, addressed his constituents at the Bedford Hotel on Thursday evening, Mr. Pearse in the chair. The hon. baronet, after a few prefatory remarks, proceeded to refer to the question of reform, and said he thought that it was useless, especially in the present disturbed state of public opinion, to expect from Parliament any extension of the suffrage to the elite of the working classes. He thought it was unwise to continue the exclusion from the franchise, as it might have the effect of driving many of the best of our artisans, who desired to exercise their rights as citizens, to a place where the could obtain that privilege, and thus diminish the chances of the future prosperity of this country. The line he would draw for the admission of this class would be the household suffrage. After alluding to the ballot, which there was no immediate prospect of being carried, and reminding electors that the question would be in their hands at the next election, the hon. baronet re ferred to the question of finance, and said there was some reason for congratulation upon this subject, for there had been a diminution of the expenditure and an increase in the revenue of the country. It was gratifying also to find that, instead of being called upon, as was expected, to make up a considerable deficit in the Indian finances, the revenue of that country had balanced itself, and there was a prospect of a slight surplus. The prospects of our Indian Empire were rapidly improving, and the introduction of railways and the system of irrigation would be productive of most beneficial results. The withdrawal of troops from the lonian Islands would likewise be a means of further diminishing the ex penditure. He blamed Government on both sides for fre quently allowing grants of small sums to be passed without due inquiry. Persons would get up in the House and say mrney was wanted for this or that matter, and if the de mand proceeded from the Conservative side, the Govern ment, if they saw there was a strong opposition, languidly yielded the point. The sums asked for might be necessary, but what he objected was, that these demands did not come before the House in a plain, straightforward way, on the recommendation of the executive, and after careful inquiry as to the necessity of the sums asked for. (Applause.) He objected, as a rule, to mere arithmetical reductions, and adopted the principle of ascertaining before he voted whe ther sums applied for were or were not requisite for the effi ciency of the service, and would not vote for 75 instead of 80 simply on the ground that it was a reduction. He had voted against the purchase of the Exhibition building be cause he believed it would have led, as in the case of the Houses of Parliament, to an enormous outlay in addition to the sum first asked for, the sum in that case having risen from £700,000 to £3,000,000. The Galway contract contract he had voted against, believing it to be a corrupt proposal intended to curry favour with the Irish represen tatives; and he had opposed the Dover contract because it was a job of much the same character. Sir John next ex plained at some length the reasons why he had voted against Mr. Somes bill for closing publichouses on the Sabbath. He thought it was carrying the principle of interference with the liberty of a subject too far. No one more fully appre ciated, both on sanitary as well as moral grounds, the vast importance of adhering to temperance, but it was possible to ride the hobby too far. If the bill were adopted he be lieved that it would give rise to the strongest dissatisfaction throughout the country, and would occasion a repetition of those disturbances which resulted from the stoppage of the Sunday postage—an obnoxious measure that had to be re pealed soon after it passed ; and he believed that if the Sun day Closing Bill had been passed not even a fifth-rate Mini ster would be able, or would consent, to hold the office of Home Secretary. Another ground of objection to the mea sure was that it proposed to exclude London from its ope ration, and for the same reason Liverpool and other large towns should also be excluded. It would be difficult also to work it, as no two magistrates would agree as to who was or who was not a traveller. The committee who, in 1865, recommended certain restrictions in respect to the sale of beer recommended, pari paisti, the opening of museums and places of amusement for the working classes on the Sabbath. it was fairly argued that if the men were deprived of one source of recreation another legitimate one should be pro vided for them. That was opposed by a great many per sons, but if they took one proposition they ought to take the other. Sir John next referred to the subject of county rates, and thought some alteration should bo adopted as to the mode in which these rates should be levied and expended. He thought that those who paid the rates should have some control over the expenditure of them ; and he was also of opinion that large woodlands and certain dues from mines, which were sources of great wealth, ought not to be exempted from taxation, This would not involve any great organio change that would be likely to frighten Co nservatives, and he counted upon the support of some of these at the next election. After some remarks on the competitive s) stem of nomination for Government appointments, which ought to be entirely open to any one properly qualified, and not made a matter of secrecy and favour, as it is now, the hon. gentleman spoke of several other measures that would be brought before Parliament during the next session. Referring to the Church-rate Abolition Bill, Sir John said he should leave the conduct of that question in future to younger and more energetic men, but would be happy to render any assistance. He enlarged upon the Irish Church question, which he regarded as a dangerous one, and de manding a speedy solution. He reviewed at some length the aspect of the Polish question, but said we must be care ful, while manifesting our sympathy for that oppressed race, that we did not get drawn into any serious complica tions that might arise. The hon. gentleman also explained his vote in opposition to the Burial Bill, which had sur prised many persons who did not understand why he voted against a bill which gave to Dissenters the right of burial in churchyards. He opposed the bill on the ground that it was unnecessary; for it would simply have confirmed a right that already existed, Dissenters having the power to bury children in the churchyard if they had been baptised. But the bill placed Dissenters in an undignified position by requiring them to go cap in hand as it were to the mini ster to and state which form of prayers and service they wishe d be used ; and it would also place the clergyman re migh t tion of antagonism with persons in case s have conscientious objections to the form v : ll service pro posed to be used. fcenfidence in Sir J. After some further remarks, a vote 0 animously on th e Trelawny was proposed and ca rried un d by s motion of Mr. W. P. Mitche ll, escort de Mr. traker. Statistics of Wesleyan Methodism. ----- - Conference at Sheffield , on At the Wesleyan Monday. eaves reported the numerical statistics the Rev. Je a llniii r • Gr accredited church members in the various of the fullwith the in.crease or decrease and the districts, togeth The following, We believe, is a correct numbers on trial statement : Members. Increase. Decrease. On trial. London district 21,848 .. 234 . 888 . •• Bedford 11,537 .. ...... .. 165 .. 656 i i en t .. 5,911 .. 10 .. 289 Norwich .. 76 :' .. 438 Oxford . 6,474 . _ •. 189 .. 289 Portsmouth .... 5,215 . . 32 .. 253 Channel Islands 8,366 • • "-- ** 9 .. •—• •• 55 Devonport ...... 7,788 .. 64 .. .. 669 Cornwall ...... 22,089 .. 1,311 . -- .. 2,936 Exeter ........ 5585 . — .. 29 .. 34 1 Bristol ........ 10,275 ... 654 .. .. 786 Bath .......... 7 708 . 183 .. 520 Swansea ...... 3 ' 480 :: 154 :. .. 394 South W a l es .. 4 , 655 . .. 245 .. 348 North Wales .. 11,034 .. .. 494 .. BS4 Birmingham .. 17,695 .. 757 .. .. 965 Macelestielu .... 10,764 .. .. 133 .. 527 Liverpool Manchester klalitax Leeds 15,915 .. .. 91 .. 970 Sheffield Nottingham Lincoln Hull - .. 65 .. 639 York 12,932 .. 150 .. .. 670 Whitby 9,065 .. 141 .. .. 604 Newcastle -.. 11,312 .. 390 .. .. 730 Carlisle Isle of Man Edinburgh Total Last year - Increase.... 4,448 At the last Sheffield conference, 11 years ago ~the total number of members was 2 81 , 263 ; the increase since 1851 44t3 therefor° been 48,441, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. POLAND. The Breslau Gazette states, on the authority of a letter from Kalisch, that the levy of troops ordered by:the Polish National Government is assuming arge proportions in the district of Cracow. The commission which superintends the recruiting sits at Warta, about eight leagues from Kalisch. All men between the ages of 18 and 40 are taken, and in a few weeks not less than. 100,000 will be under arms. Kalisch will supply 1,800 men. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 14.—A fair amount of busi ness has been done in yarns today. The demand has been chiefly for India and China and the Medi terranean. The home trade have not bought much. business to e co a nl ee d e h t av T e ue b s e d e a n y l s on p e ri h ee a s d , A much l arger spinners been dispo se d but most o f th em have been acce p t an advance, having sold heavily before. The improvement pre v t i s o t u e s d l y i h r e e p e o r r treed portin t of fe Tuesday cloth thatmarket theco mn was done m t te : inrrkukhe continues. market v o w he t h a We s as s active, and that a large businesssiness last week for India. Si nce Tuesday th e h been quite as activ e , an d we continue large business in all goods suitable for India, in cluding shirtings, jacconets, and longcloths. There is also more demand for printing cloths. The hom e trade, which has been languishing so long, seems to have revived considerably, and from houses in that branch we hear much more encouraging ac. counts of business. Some of them report a better demand for goods than they experienced for a long time past. The improvement has hardly made it self felt in the general wholesale market yet, owing to the timidity of merchants, wh ose fears have led them to anticipate a sudden fall of prices, and have induced them as a con• sequence to allow their stocks to run usually low before replenishing. There is a report of more doing for the home trade to-day, however, especially in printers and domestics. There is also more doing in fancy goods, and manufacturers now hold some rather heavy orders. Prices are tending upwards, and in some cases check business in cloths; but the market closes with a healthy feeling. CARDIFF, Aug. 14.—During the last few days a most extraordinary demand for coal has been ex perienced at this port, and considerable delay has already been occasioned to many ships in conse quence. Some of them have remained 15 days without a berth. Iron also continues in good de mand, and throughout the year a very steady in crease is manifest. Freights are now settled, and we quote :—Alexandria, 235. ; Aden, 355. ; Bom bay, 265. ; Cape of Good Hope, 295. ; Constanti nople, 225. ; Hong Kong, 425. ; New York, 12s. to 15s. The coasting trade still continues dull, and freights are extremely low. NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 14.—There was a small attendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and the business done in lace yarns was limited at fully late prices. For hosiery yarns the inquiry was by no means brisk, but recent currencies were well supported. In silks there is no material alteration. Brown nets a dull sale at unaltered rates. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. BOROUGH OF LUDLOW. The Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing a new writ for the election of a member to serve in Par ment for the borough of Ludlow, in the room of Beriah Bot.. field, Esq., deceased.__ FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 13. The following despatch has been received from Sir Fred. Bruce, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China : Peking, April 30, 1863 My Lord, —Referring to my despatch of Bth September, 1862, I have the honour to state that Mr. Medhurbt, before leaving Shanghae, published the letter to him which formed inclosure in that despatch. The publication has done good, by clearing up the misapprehension that pre vailed. as to the real position of foreigners at the Chinese ports open to trade, and as evidence that her Majesty's Government will not agree to any system which does not respect the territorial rights of the Chinese Government, and its exclusive jurisdiction over its own subjects. This exclusive jurisdiction of China over Chinese, and of each foreign nation cver its subjects, is the foundation on which the international relations of China with the outer world is based. I am glad to say that Monsieur Berthemy enclosed to the French Government the paper containing my correspon dence with Mr. Medhurat as expressing the views enter tained by him en this delicate question. They are fully concurred in by the Russian and the American Ministers. The British and American communities have appointed, a committee to prepare a scheme for the municipal govern ment of the large part of the settlement inhabited by them, in conformity with these principles, and I hope that, with the aid of their experience, a system may be found which will meet the requirements of the place, and to which the Chinese Government will give its assent. The growth of Shanghae is wonderful; its population is estimated at 1,500,000, and it bids fair to become soon the most important city of the East. The Chinese flock to it on account of the security it enjoys, and the silk manufac ture which was destroyed by the Taeping occupation of Soochow and Hung-chow, is taking root at Shanghae. It is a subject of great satisfaction to me that our resolu tion to save 6hanghae from the destruction that menaced it at the hands of the Taeping hordes, has not only been pro ductive o f great benefit to trade, but has afforded a safe asylum and an escape from ruin to so large a body of the industrious and respectable na F ti ß v E e p p E o ß p l u cx. lati l. o v n.-2 . have,Bßrc E. The Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G., &c. WAR OFFICE, AUG. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Sir James Hudson, K.C.B , Her Majesty's Envoy Ext raor di nary an d Minister Plenipoten tiary to the King of Italy, to be an Ordinary Member or the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross to the Most Hon. Order of the Bath; and of James Douglas, Esq., C. 8., Governor and Commander-in• Chief in and over Vancouver's Island and the colony of British Columbia, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Hon. Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 14. Emma E apr a f i n d t s biss of Honour in. La T sc h e e lle Q B u to een be hat e 3 n b e e o e f n h p e l r ea m se a d ies t t o r Ordinary, in the room of the Hen. Adelaide Cavendish, resigned. IGNerOFF MajestylCE, is Ju td : B 2 lll 4. in FORE 1 leased to the Feejee The Queen has been gracious y p appoint Henry Michael Jones, to be h and Tonga Islands. AUGUST 1. The Qneen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed. ward Hall, Esq., now her Majesty's Co nsu l a t Com a y agua , to be her Majesty's Consul at Sonsonate. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to 'appoint Edward Kirkpatrick, Esq., now acting Consul at Coma yagua, to be her Majesty's Consul at Comayagua. AuctusT 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Randal Callander, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Erzeroum, to be her Majesty's Consul at the Dardacelles. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint James Finn, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at the Dar. dandles, to be her Majes_ty'2_Consut at Erzeroum. FOREICIN-OFFICE, Ave. 7. fiore as Con su l a t Sydney, Australia, for his Majebty the The Queen has been pleased to appro ve of Mr. J. Monte- Ring of Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. F. 1 1. Ruggles as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the United, States of America. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial int, portance in the Gazette : George Buckingham, bootmaker, Walworth George Newman, auctioneer, Tunbridge Wells Robert Smith, plumber, Horton John Chick, baker, Hereford John Ashby, butcher, Northampton John Alpe, grocer, Kingston-on-Hull John Fisher Wilts, spice merchant, Whitechaiel John Harrison Wilding, corn dealer, Bexley, Kent Cbarles Townsend, surgeon, Birmingham. William Reid, draper, Birmingham Henry White, plumber, Bilszon Thozaas Bradney, eatinghouse-keeper, Vi r oiveritaraptott Alexander McConnel, draper, Guildford Charles Wilcombe, baker, Doulting Wm. Cowell, horse dealer, Thirsk Samuel Brown, quarryman, Walkley SCOTCH BANKRUPT. Alexander Tregarthen, Glasgow UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.--The friends of University College Hospital will have the satis faction of learning that the needs of the institution are not lost sight of during the vacation. We allude to the muni ficent donation of £5OO received yesterday from an unknown lady. AFRICAN CIVILTSATION.---The Cape Argus an, nounces that " the Kaffrarians are getting up a Derby." MR. BUCKLE'S FELLOW -TRAVELLER. --. Th e writer of the article on the late Mr. Buckle, in the current number of _Fraser, is Mr. Stu art Olonnie (of Aberdeen), who was Mr. Buckle's fellow-traveller in the East. LYNCH LAW IN ST. JAMES'S PAR K.—On Thurs day night a Frenchman, who had long been watched, was detected acting in a most disgraceful manner towards some little girls in the inclosure of St. James's Park. A mob NA as soon collected, who administered sum mary punishment, by beating him with sticks, tearing the coat from his back, and threatening to throw him into the water. 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