The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

0. -1 111 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The indications of greater easiness, noticed yes terday in discount circles, have been confirmed this morning by the general tone of business. The mercantile public are now enabled to obtain, with out the slightest difficulty, the negotiation of three months' bills per cent. under the official rate of the Bank of England. During the last few days there has been rather more activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugar has fully sustained the late ad vance, while there has been a fair demand for coffee, cocca, and tea, at previous quotations. Rice, however, has been dull and rather Cheaper. In creased depression has prevailed in the tallow mar ket, and but little business has been transacted either for present or forward delivery. The amount of gold taken into the Bank of Eng land yesterday was £25,000. A special settlement in the shares of the Com pany of African Merchants has been appointed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange to take place on the 31st inst., after which the transactions will be officially marked: Mr. 'William Vaughan Morgan has been elected a director of the English and Irish Bank, vice Mr. E. J. Blumenthal, resigned. The Submarine Telegraph Company held its half yearly meeting to-day. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., in the chair. The report submitted for adop tion stated— ‘• That the accounts for the past six months showed an increase in the receipts over those of the corresponding period of :862. During the past half-year 169y401 mes sages had been transmitted over the company's wires, against 137,714 for the corresponding months of 1862, show ing an increase of 22,690 messages ; while the receipts, for such messages had been £22,144 2s 8 id, which, compared with £18,517 18s Bid for the half-year ending 30th June, 1862, exhibited an increase of £3,626 4s. The proportion of the earnings belonging to this company, after deducting the working expenses, the repairs of cables and 10 per cent, on the gross receipts for the reserve fund, amounted to £6,847 18s 4id, and there remained, after de duction of £2,209 14s 7d for interest on debenture and loans, i sm, a sum of £4,638 3s 91d, from which the directors re commended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, carrying over a balance of £45 14s 71d to the current account. The allotment of the unissued stock as autho • rised by the extraordinary meeting, held on the 21st of April, was well received by the shareholders, and the applications exceeded the amount to be allotted by upwards of £12,000. This measure had enabled the directors to pay off all loans, and further empowered them to issue deben tures to the additional amount of £17,688 6s Bd. The total amount of debentures now unissued was £34,008 Os Bd, which would become available for the reserve fund after the balance of £5,663 Gs 8d had been repaid to revenue. The outlay for repairs of cables had unfortunalely been un usually heavy. At the present moment, however, all the company's lines were in good working order." Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Renters were 67f. 57c: Dulness, combined with remarkable steadiness in quotations, is still the leading feature of the mar ket for the E ng li s h F un d s . N o a tt emp t i s ma d e t o revive speculation, and the investing classes are operating to a limited extent. Consols are never theless firm at 931;, for transfer, and 9311 for account. Transactions have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities, at 931 ; Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s, prem.; and Bank Stock is 2381 ; Indian Stock has been 224 226 ; the 5 per Cents. have brought 1081 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1071 ; dc- 5 1 per Cents., 461 ; and the Debentures, 1001. The transactions to-day in the Foreign market exhibit symptoms of slight activity. Turkish Con solides have improved about I—viz., to 501 the Loan of 1851 has realised 93; ; do., 1858, is lower at 721, but do., 1862, indicates firmness at 69 4" 4 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. remain at 541 ; the Passive Bonds have advanced to 341 ; the Internal ditto continue without alteration at 27 1 1, ; and the Certificates are buoyant at 121 1. The Confederate Loan has declined about 1 per cent., the quotations being 24 22 die. ; Mexican are a little higher at 38.1 4 ; Greek Bonds have fallen to 331 34 ; and the Coupons to 151 161; Portuguese Bonds of 1856.62 continue steady, at 431 3 ; and Russian 5 per Cents., 1862, show little alteration at 921 ; Venezuelan 6 per Cents. remain at 571. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have not been very extensive, but a firmer tone has pre vailed. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland have each improved 51., while North Western have declined 55., and London and 131ackwall 15s. For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been a very limited inquiry, but prices gene rally are a shade higher. Great Luxembourg are quoted 141 d ; Turin and Savona, 21; Great West ern of Canada, 101; East Indian have advanced to 108 1 . ; and Bombay and Baroda to 1071 108. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in most instances f ulls maintain previous quotations. Crystal Palace stock, however, receded 53., and Electric Te le g ra ph Improved 108. . BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock.. 238/ ................... 1 3 per Cent. R e d uced Annuities 9 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93a A i 2 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities .... 5 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th J an., Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug, 1908. Ditto Ina Stock .. 5 et Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent 971 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 pe r Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OO Bank Stock for Acc o ount Consols for Account, Sept, 9 India Stock for Account, S per Cent — March, June, Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 2 pin Ditto £5OO .. 1 dis 1 2pm 21 per dig Cent. 1 21 per Ditto Small .......... 1 dis I 2pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . A Buenosrtistii Ditto, itltaoon:llßB63op9nedrasubdse ul perCent B5 102/ llypreesr 6 C p en er t. e , e l n Bs t 2-58-60 Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent E gyptian 7 pe r C ent , .. 104 Ditto, Sec on d Issue - Greek 5 per Cent,, 1 824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account, ........, ............ 3 1_ 4 6 : 1 3 1 1 5 : 16 Ditto Coupons . _ Ditto Account ............. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) .51,:tican 3 per Cent . ......... -iJittn Account 3 Saltiiii i_B4 Imperial 5 per Cent Newittttiotori)repfaedra ................ Ditto uvi 4 7 errc Cent, ................... Perd Warrants (II ...... ares) — -Ditto ° 4i t ) „: 1-.,_;ent• ............... Ditto Ae„-"tt., 1862.... . Portuguese a unt, p er 6 ....... . _ ......... :.54 6k Ditto Account,. ettt " 185 S • 49 Ditto 3 per Cent X8'5 . 6 .. . - .......... ...... 9''6 . 0 ,'. 6 . .. -- Russian 5 per Cent., Ditto 4/ per Cent 1850 '. 4 St Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ......... • Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 .... Sardinian 5 per Cent„ Ditto Account Ditto' — Account Ditto New Deterred .............. " _Ditto Account - Ditto Account .. . .... o . i .... .. ...... 334 4 3 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup n funded ... ....... Ditto Account ..... 7: ............... 121 tr swish A i e r c ' e o r u n ° t e . n . t . I_6-'1 .................... : 9 31 3 721 Ditto 6 Ditto Account per Cent. 1808 Ditto ' Lioo Bonds , i D )i i t t t t o o A 6 c p o e o r un C t Venezuela Ditto 3 perGuartir Cent. Ditto per Cent. Ditto Account .. . D itto 6 per Cent., 1662 Ditto Account ............ tondon. 13ei ian 11 Cent., Dividends on the above ,i dv .,_ .s _ per .„,` 4 44 per Cent., lO2 - , -ntt o 4 Cant. Certificates , Preach'bli i , t tn to , j'‘els per pneete3-nP.e,rl:CBxse%ln"l:2:Eu. x2il;s:2t°r af 11 e s E E:‘7l:4O :I C IOC 1 . Es. 25f payable in THE. on C msolg, "Aloney 9% , i Dittr':ACCOUnt WI WI BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing share Railways Paid. Prioe. Business done 100 -Wanda &St Lawrence all 62 C 4 621 3 2 atk IRom., llarodaelz.Cent Inc sot , 1074 t osi 1084 71 8 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 74 14 1 1 P 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 54 61 10 Do. Preference all 74 84 100 Bullalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 _ 5 p. et. hds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. Juue 1, 16;4 100 st ,ilcutta.&S.Eastn.(l,lli ) 100 1071 1084 at Cape Town et Dock Sari', 100 104 1 1 0 g. & stock stn. Bengal gu. bp. c lop 109 1 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 1 1 0 0 ^ 1 1 0 1 8 _ 114; 1084 20 Do. do. G Ext••••• • 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 11 14j. 11 5 stock Grand Trunk of Canada iuu 19/ 208 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. all 72 i 4 100 Do. ao. deterred...... all 54 67 10 0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 63 66 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 D o o a . . 3 d a o i tf f e . r s r t e o ci c . k . ... all 4 4 5 6 4 47 9 100 Do. do. - deterred. .. all 16 38 36 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto:k... all 25 27 26 stolki2o Do. New gua. P. 0... 12 1 181 Gt D .l o n . do. dia.P d en ef i e .u r . r g e u d. a.s . ;: . c. l a O l u l 1 2 08 2 2 10 4 2 2 10 3 35 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 11 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 1(8 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 108 105 1 204 Do. New ....... 18 10 94d 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 98 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. all 90 (2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 1 p • stock Madras. guar., sp.c. .. 100 107 108 1071 5 stock Do. 45 p. o. Extension 100 1011 1028 stock Dc.4e d 0......... 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnda 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 52 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. lids. all 20 Newßrunswicka Cande Class A and B ... all 3 5 N.ll,l.C'clas pc Ist pi bds 100 83 85 stock Scinde •• ) (100 1071 1081 at Do. Delhi lOO 1078 1081 Do. do I I r , 2 2 5p 21 20 Do. Punjaub c. all . —p at Do. Do. . , , lt() 1071 1(83 1071 8 stock Do. Indus. St. 1 0 1 o.) 000 103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. e.,ausiow. Op.e.J itJ Ul3 - 1877-81 . 100 1( 3 105 104 31 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. .15 Aug. 100 It 2 104 i Do. .5 p. c.lgar. & Sept. 100 115 107 , Do. sp. c. Jan.eauly. 100 1 1 41 051 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 52 i 4 93 4 I Cape G.Hope, o p c. 1872 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 112 114 ! Do. 1891 100 113 115 ID O . Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 1114 Maui itius 6 per cent .. 100 106 107 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 130 110 112 1N..8.G0v.6 a..tJ uly 100 eO5l 1064 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 _ N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 180. 100 1001 1014 Do. sp. c.,18,1 to lt,'N 100 1018 102, Do. d0.,.1888 Azupwds 100 102 103 1021 2 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 lOO 1054 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 lb. Aus Gep.c.le7B.sz up lOO 110 112 IVie.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 1 1 0 Do. 10 6 p.c. An.‘tOot_ 100 1131 114 1134 4 S BRITISH MINES. 2 I Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 4cl uhliord Amalgamated)— 37 3 9 39 Devon G. Cone. ('l'avist., 1 560 680 570 East Bassett (I llogan) 3O 78 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. Icl par East Caradon ...... `1.14.( 281 291 225 585 East Cam Brea... ... • . 0.4.0 8 81 -- E. Virg Russel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 31 4 3 1 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) :8, 7 10 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 35 31 G. Wheal Vor (Ralston ) 40 65 71 Grenville • ......... 6.16. r 65 61 El er,d's-Foot ....... .. 8.12 18 40 ti ingston Downs , 4. 1 8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha ... 2 . Margaret (Gny Lelant,. 32 31 Nlarke Valley.. ..... 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 21 14 4 4 New Setun l6/ 100 110 North Downs 24 2 24 N.Wh'i Basset(lllo_ran 2.17. G 21 34 North Wheal Crotty ('am Consols Mt. Blazey, 14 4 5 20 Providence(Uny Leint; 10.6.7 11 43 South Caradon(StCleer, 15 415 425 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 11 24 Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9' 60 •0 (Stray Park 28.9. 39 41 5 ParoarSilv.& Lead Min 4i e - ' fin Crort 512 22 West Basset (Illogan) l4 805 11 WCf radon (Liskeard ) 5 21 23 5 - West Seton _ Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5* 60 - IWheal Buller(Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott ........ 2.10.8 3 34 3 * Wheal Mary Ann 8 12 14 Wheal Seton 5Bl 1215 225 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 21 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent., 44 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4a per cent., 18.58. 103 LINES LEASED Al! FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 574 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 97 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 FOREIGN RAILWAys. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Great Luxembourg-, la I Turin and Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor It Del Rey, 1 Vallti nzas za Gold, lirn., Yudanamutana of S. Australia (Um.), 31 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool 01 /1 0 , 351 a Australasia, Ditto, new, 311 1 Bank of New Zealand, 101 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 30} Consolidated Bank, 1im.,3 9 i English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 221 Imperial Bank (lim.), 221 4 2 Imperial Ottoman, 18/ / London and Brazilian (lim.), 434 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28k London and County, 49 London Joint Stock, 341 1 5 Loudon and South African, 261 1 London and Westminster, 77 National Provincial of England. -- Ditto, new, 36 Standard of British South Africa (11MCIn Union of London, 35 DOCKS. East and West India, 143 2} MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 194 Crystal Palace, 39 East India Irrigation and Canal. IS i t Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 2} Electric Telegraph, 103 i 4 Gen. Crf dit and Vinance of London, Urn 31 General Steam Navigation, 254 Hudson s Bay, 3* International Financial Society, lim., 83. Joint .stock Discount, 6i London Financial Association, Urn., ii London General Omnibus Company aim.), 2 2 Atadras Irrigation and Canal, 4 Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, 79i Quebrada Land, Nail, and Mining, Bra., 3a 3 IthYrnney Iron, Ditto, new, 6 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Strang. Sales, about 10,000 bales. Import, 6,362, previously, 5,121. - cral provincial Sea ..--__-__,_--------.. Monileur duj ournal Calvados and the Argus Soissonnais, state that the Ministerand among others the of War ' has decided that from the Ist Sept. next Il ia fortified : 'p— closed during tt e ,i towns M '-- co will Ce , aBD to be A n gilt. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share! Railways.. Paid. Closing Business Price. I clone. Wol.. and Str. Val , lily - the and Tyne. Bos t., Sleaf ~ and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A ' IA gets no div Do. B till fp e.p ati.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. iDun.,Perth,&Ab. June. !Edinburgh & Glasgow.l GI asg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stoOk Ditto East Anglian st Greattiorthot Scotland Great Nor ther n . Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an , 1 W. of Ireland Great Western ... Do Str Val Yorkshire stock Lancashite & London and Blaekwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So..th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming..t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. if shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edit., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwieh Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London 1 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon .„,. South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1806 Taff Vale. . Do B V. . Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dz Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.tß West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 8 8i - - 8 1 81 86 1 , 8 120 .121 7 7i 40 41 36 17 94 95 111 113 51 62 49 51 24:1 1251 124' 125) 12 Vts HO WO IC2 cas GI, 73 ;4 113 115 i 2 44 1024 11:3 103 104 434 444 111 12 not Lai 1 4 11, 99 101 541 E 5 25 26 162 1 1031 58 69 E 9 120 125 p £0 82 114 lYi 122 121 46 47 100 102 60 62 20 32 961 J6l 70 72 101 103 9 10 37 38 9 10 0 71 8 # P 165 160 61 61 p 3 Si p 89 91 158 162 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 - Iv• got.; 120 i f 51}1 114 14 23i 1103 / 2/ 3/ 2a 12 11; 130 20i 30 1021 584 a EW 961 i 7 THE SUN, LONDON, IVESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day. COURT OF BANRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE RAWLINGS.-NEW CHOICE OF ASSIGNEES. This bankrupt was described as of Oakhaw, Rutland, miller. The accounts, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, show—debtor to creditors, £5,062; good debts, £1,020 ; property, £492 ; deficiency, £3,581. This was a meeting for choice of new assignees, the former having been removed for misbehaviour. Several additional debts were now proved, and there was a strong contest—Messrs. Lucy and Lucy of :Liverpool, merchants, and Messrs. Thompson and Frankish, of Kingston-on- Hull, being respectively proposed. Messrs. Lucy were ultimately chosen. This was the only case of interest, the commissioner not sitting. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Thus Day. MARLBOROUGH-SfREET. CURIOUS APPLICATION.—BROKEN VON'S' s.—A good looking, well-dressed young female. applied this morning to Mr. Tyrwhitt for his advice under the following circum stances : The applicant (in an under tone) said that for the past two years she had kept company with a young man who had " vowed to marry her," and things went on pretty well till last Sunday evening, when she met the young man walking with another girl. Some words ensued, and the young man said, notwithstanding his vows, that he should have nothing more to say to her. In consequence of the young man's promising to marry her—in fact the mar riage ceremony was fixed to take place during the present month, she bad left her situation and made prepara tions necessary for such an occasion. She therefore wished to know what she was to do. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could do nothing for the applicant, but she had better consult a solicitor and Wing an action for breach of promise of marriage. The applicant thanked the magistrate for his advice, and left seemingly pleased at having an opportunity of revenge on her fickle lover. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—UNPROVOKED As sAurr.--John Durkin, a low rough-looking fellow, was charged with the following unprovoked assault on a young man named George Harritt, assistant to a shopkeeper in the Burlington-arcade. The complainant, who had received a bad injury on his eye, said that on the previous evening he was passing the end of Maidenhead-court, Berwick-street, Soho, when the prisoner, who was standing with two or three companions attracted his attention by having at the time a female's head under his arm. The prisoner noticing that he (com plainant) was looking at him, said, " What are you looking at, you —," and then struck him a violent blow, and while he was suffering from the effects of it, being nearly stunned, he received three more blows. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the prisoner gas.7o him all the blows, and the complainant said he had no doubt he did, but the prisoner's companions were there at the time. The complainant's evidence not being quite clear, Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the case to stand over that the constable might see if there was any one near the spot who witnessed it. On the case being resumed, Mr. Thomas Knott, butcher, of Walker's-court, said he saw the prisoner follow the complainant into the road and give him a severe blow on the face, and on the complainant running away to avoid the prisoner, the latter followed him and gave him three more blows in the face, and the complainant then called " Police." Mr, Tyrwhitt said he was exceedingly glad that further evidence had been got. The complainant had been hurt so much that he gave his evidence in rather a confused manner, but by looking after it fresh evidence had been got. He (Mr. Tyrwhitt) was glad, for on no account would he have had such a case go off. He should commit the pri soner for two months' with hard labour. The Kidnapping of South Sea Islanders. The reports which have been published of the kidnap ping of South Sea Islanders by Peruvian slavedealers , appear to have excited a general feeling of horror and in dignation in the Austr a li an co l on i es . Th e press is loud IR its denunciations of the infamous acts which have been committed, and a meeting has been held at Sydney to memorialise the English Parliament upon the subject, At this meeting, at which the Hon. John Hay, speaker of the Legislative Assembly was chairman, an account of the kidnapping that has been carried on was read by the Rev. IV. Murray, for many years a missionary in Western Polynesia. The following is a report of some of the state ments made by this gentleman : After alluding to somo of the attempts made by the French to stop kidnapping, Mr. Murray proceeded to say : It appeared that, early this year, as many as from 1,500 to 2,000 hapless beings, collected from the different islands, had been conveyed to South America, and at this date the traffic is being carried on with unabated vigour. We know from reliable authority that 25 vessels have been fitted out in Callao, and cleared from that port, under pretext that they were coming to hire labourers. All was to be done by fair arrangement—a thing, by the way, that bears the stamp of absurdity on its face. To mention but a single difficulty—they would find the natives of every separate group speaking a different dia lect ; and that would be an effectual barrier in the way of entering into an agreement. But their subsequent pro cecdings show clearly enough the real character of their enterprise. Deception, force, murder, are not the resorts f those who ge with honest intentions to engage labourers. And in returning to the coasts the vessels further discover their true character by not going to the port whence they came, but skulking into by-harbours. They do not, how ever seem to return very frequently. The necessity for this is avoided by an expedient in keeping with the whole char acter of their doing;. They have a depot at an island called Easter Island. This island is about 36 miles in circuit. It lies in longitude 109 W. and latitude 27 S. It is said that they have completely swept the island of its inhabitants. Seven vessels assembled on the island, sent on shore most of their crews, no doubt thoroughly armed, surrounded the natives, and carried them off- Having carried off the people, they took hogs, poultry, and whatever else they desired, and burned the houses, reserving, no doubt, as many as they wanted for their own purposes. To this island the slavers carry the wretched beings whom they manage to seize, and a schooner plies between the island and the coast, carrying cargo after cargo to slavery and death. These vessels are said to be in whole or in part owned by a mer cantile house in Callao, and this house is further said to be connected with a firm in Liverpool. When the Humboldt sailed from Samoa, on the 12th May last, there were three of these vessels about that group lying in wait off the diff ferent islands, with the view of picking up any canoe or boat that might venture out to sea. One smell boat had been caught. The crew consisted of two Samoans and one Portuguese. The captain was induced to let the Portuguese go. The Samoans he carried off. On board one vessel that called off Samoa there were 300 natives of different islands, and the captain wished to obtain 400 more to complete his cargo. Think of 700 human beings, accustomed to the most perfect freedom, crowded on board a single vessel, in the heart of the tropics, We have reliable information respecting the following islands, and the numbers taken from them :—Fitialangi, 100 ; Pukapuka, 60 ; Manskiki and Mangarongaro, 40; Tokelan, 60 ; Savage Island, 160 ; total from these islands, 420. These islands, with the ex ception of Savage Island, which lies in latitude 19 S. and longitude 170 W., all lie towards the line about latitude S. Bto 10, and longitude W: from 150 to 172. On all these islands except Fitialanga we have missions, and it is owing to that that we are in possession of the information we have. But for that we might have been in utter ignorance of what has taken place, and this awakens painful appre hensions as to what may have been the fate of other islanders where no one is found to tell the tale of their wrongs, such as Easter Island, already mentioned, and High Island,from which, it is said, a ship load of people has been taken—that there have been such doings on a large scale is clear from the fact that in addition to the number we have named, from 1,500 to 2,000 have been taken to the land of bondage. On the whole it is certain that considerably over 2,0,0 either are now in actual bondage, or are on their way to the land of doom, or have had their lives cut short by the hard ships and cruelties to which they have been exposed. And we know from good authority, that it is designed to raise the number to 10,000, of course making no account of those who die on their way to their destination, or lose their lives in encounters with their captors. Such is the state of the case that now claims our sympathies—a case deplorable in the highest degree. It may be questioned whether ever a case calling more urgently for prompt and effective inter ference was presented to a Christian community. Let any one read the simple artless tales of the Rarotongan and Samoan teachers, Make and Samuela, and he must be strangely constituted if his soul is not stirred to its lowest depths. One of the most touching incidents that has come to light connected with the affair is the fact that on the morning following the dreadful day on which the murderous proceed_ ings took place at Savage Island the natives, while their hearts were bleeding and their tears flowing because fathers husbands, brothers, and sons were torn from their embrace, should lift up their voice to God in prayer, not to invoke vengeance upon the heads of their guilty oppressors, tut to pray that their hearts might be changed, and that they might be led to abandon their wicked courses. How like the spirit of Him whose followers they profess to be—" Father for give them, for they know not what they do." And these are the descendants of men who rushed upon Captain Cook when he landed upon their shores, as he expresses it, like wild boars, and who themselves were in the same state 12 years ago as that in which they were found by Cook. What a mighty influence must the Gospel have exerted upon them. Still more touching, perhaps, is the scene on board that floating hell where the poor captives were confined. When they supposed the hour had arrived at which they had been wont with their families to worship God in their happy homes—now no longer theirs—they united in their accustomed exercise; they prayed and sang praises to God, and` no doubt, like their friends on shore, sought blessings for the miserable men by whom they were be ing so cruelly wronged. On the following day the vessel stood in towards the shore. Some natives, ignorant of the character of the ship and of what had transpired, went on board. Those in confinement recognised the well-known sounds of their native tongue. They shouted for help, but of course in vain. By desperate efforts they succeeded in breaking a hole in the door large enough to let one through at a time. A number succeeded in reach ing the deck, and rushed over the ship's side into the sea, but there were only two or three small canoes—land was a long way off, and some were not able to swim well. The wretches on board fired from the deck upon the helpless na tives in the canoes and the water. A boat was lowered, and many were captured. Seven only escaped. Among those carried off were 13 church members, and many candidates. Eighteen wives are left without husbands, and 63 children are deprived of their fathers. THE LONG VACATION AT THE JUDGES' CHAM BERS.—To-day (Tuesday) Mr. Justice Byles will attend at chambers, and continue to attend on Tuesday and Friday in every week till the end of the long vacation. All the courts are closed, and the offices are only open a few hours in the day. The long vacation has now "fairly set in," and law and equity are resting. The origin of the long vacation was to enable persons to assist in getting in the harvest, and now the harvest generally Poked to by law yers at the present time is their bills of costs. THE ACCIDENT AT THE BLACKFRIARS RAILWAY BRIDGE.—Upon inquiries made last evening it was ascertained that the only cases of a serious nature are those of Colman, who lies, with his head slightly injured, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; and the man (name unknown) who was in the confusion consequent upon the accident re moved to his residence, suffering from an injury to the right arm. The man who was missing, it would seem, thew his money at dinner-time on Saturday, and was not heard of by his friends until yesterday morning. During the day the representatives of Messrs. Peto and Betts, the contractors, made a minute investigation into the cause of the occur rence, but could arrive at no positive conclusion as to the first breaking away of the trap beams. The timber of which they were composed was a portion of 8,000 sticks of Dantzic which have been supplied to the contractors by Messrs. P. Rolt and Co., of Rotherhithe; and although it is nearly all in use, this is the first instance of any breakage having taken placa. The examination of the broken parts did not show any flaws, and the men who had charge of the con struction of the portion which covered the opening which gave way deemed it of sufficient strength to justify their trusting their own lives upon it. ATTEMPT TO BURN A CHURCH.—Yesterday, in the Town-hall, Godalming, before Mr. H. Marshall, mayor, and other magistrates, A. Hackman, aged 26, a la bourer in the employ of Mr. Medley, chamois leather manufacturer, was finally examined on a charge of attempt ing to burn the parish church. It appeared from the evi dence that the sexton on Monday morning last discovered, on entering the building, some large pieces of burnt paper lying in the south aisle under the window facing Church street. The paper seemed to have been torn from a wall. The window had been broken from the outside, and between the wall and a tomb which stood near it four lucifer matches were picked up which had been ignited. Suspicion having fallen on the prisoner, who lives in Church-street, his house was examined. It was then discovered that the paper was of the same pat tern as that of the paperhangings on the wall of his room, and that the latter bad been torn. The frag ments found in the church aisle were applied to the surface from which the paper had been torn. The edges were found exactly to fit, and the little bits of plaster which had stuck to the paper corresponded to small holes left in the wall. After an examination, which lasted from 10 o'cicck in the morning till 4 in the afternoon, the prisoner was committed for trial at the next Surrey assiz?,s, bail being refused. As one of the men employed at the Versailles Railway terminus (Left Bank) was walking along the line near the station, the day before yesterday, he saw a paper parcel lying on the embankment. On examination it was found to contain the body of an exceedin;;ly young child wrapped in a napkin. From the stato of the body it was evident that the poor thing had been murdered tm.d kept for some time before it was thrown on the railway. THE POLISH QUESTION. The Memorial Diplomatique gives the following as an analysis of the despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the Duke of Montebello : M. Drouyn de Lhuys commences by declaring that the note of Prince Gortschakoff does not satisfy the legitimate expectation of the French Governments ; he regrets that Russia, after having encouraged the Powers to an exchange of views, has taken no further notice of their representations, and appears to appreciate no better the true character of the Polish insurrection, and the situation which the prolongation of the insurrectionary movement creates in Europe. It is not without astonishment that the French Government has seen ascribed to the measures of the revolutionary propaganda the birth and development of the insurrection, and even the emotion it has produced in Europe. Neither instiga tions from abroad, nor the eff ats of a small number of fac • tious persons, can have provoked and cherished a rising to which all classes of society—nobles, citizens, workmen, peasants, and the clergy, from the chiefs of the episcopate to the humblest priest—have lent their assistance, and which all the forces of Russia have not succeeded in sup pressing. It is not the revolution which from Stockholm to Madrid and from London to Turin has provoked on the part of every Cabinet serious representations, or which has excited in the midst of every Parliament the energetic manifestation of unanimous sympathies. It is not by persisting in the path in which she seems engaged that Russia will see this formidable situa tion become unravelled; it is only by concessions that she could obtain such a result. Thus, the French Government cannot too much regret that the Russian Cabinet has rejected the idea of a suspension of arms which, producing a preliminary calm in men's minds, could alone have permitted the Powers to continue with utility the dis cussion of the means to be employed to bring about a durable pacification, and conduct the negotiations to a good result. As for these negotiations themselves, the French Cabinet could not accept the form and the course which the Russian Government would wish them to take. Besides, Prince Gortschakoff interprets badly the precedents upon which he seeks to support his proposal for a conference of three Powers. if it is true, indeed, that in 1815 the dispositions of detail relative to the kingdom of Poland were regulated among the three Powers the most directly interested, sub ject to the sanction of Europe, the bases themselves of the arrangements which decided on the condition of Poland had been previously discussed and definitely settled among all the Powers who signed the final act of Vienna. Further, Russia herself has recognised the rightof Europe to intervene in the regulation of the affairs of Poland, and one cannot refrain from pointing out the contradiction which exists between the actual propositions of the Russian Cabinet and the first despatch of Prince Gortschakoff In that despatch, the Vice-Chancallor of Russia acknowledged to all the Powers which took part in the elaboration of the arrangements of 1815, and signed the final act of Vienna, the right of direct intervention which it wishes now to re btrict to the three neighbouring Powers. It may even be advanced that it is Russia which has taken the initiative of a general Conference among the Powers, M. Drouyn de Lhuys wishes no other proof of this than the declaration made by the Ambassador of Russia to the English Minister for Foreign Affairs. In handing to Earl Russell, a copy of the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff of April 17, Baron Brunnow declared that his Government was ready to enter on the discussion on the footing and within the limits of the treaties of 1815. The French Government can only persist in the views it has already expressed. There remains to it a most serious duty to discharge—that is, to call the most serious atten tion of Russia to the gravity of the actual situation. The three Powers have remarked the perils which that situation creates in Europe, and the urgency of remedying them ; they have indicated the remedies to be applied. If Russia refuses to adopt the friendly councils which have been given her, she becomes responsible for the serious consequences which the prolongation of the troubles of Poland may draw after it. To the French despatch is annexed a special memorial, in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs developes the arguments which he draws from the course followed in 1815 for regulating the affairs of Poland. The Memortal Diplomatique adds to the above the following notice of the English and Austrian despatches : The English despatch is much more lengthy than the note of M. Dreuyn de Lhuys. Earl Russell discusses in it the arguments of Prince Gortschakoff, relying on the text of the Vienna treaties, and he demonstrates, " often with a great vivacity of language," that Russia has not executed the engagements which it contracted in 1815. In two brief allusions, he places the refusal of the armistice among the number of the reasons which makes the reply of Prince Gortschakoff be regarded as insufficient. Count Rechberg also discusses the Polish question from the point of view of the treaties of 1815. There result from this a certain likeness of argument and frequent correspon dences of expression between the Austrian and English notes. The three despatches agree in rejecting as erroneous the opinion expressed by Prince Gortschakoff, that the actual crisis is the work of the revolutionary propaganda. Earl Russell demands if it is the revolution which has been able to produce at Paris, at London, at Vienna, at Turin, unani mity of sentiment and language. The three notes termi nate with an identical conclusion. A nearly Fatal Mistake—Warning to Stage Managers. A story is current in dramatic circles here which should be known to stage managers generally. The particulars, as far as we can learn, are as follow :—Friday night was the benefit of Mr. Charles Rice at the Royal Princess's Theatre, Saturday closing the brief but successful engage ment of that intelligent and versatile actor. One of the pieces brought forward on the occasion was "The Victims of Circumstances," the character of Lenoire being per sonated by the Leneficiare. It happens that Lemke should be poisoned, and that the poisonous ingredient —a powder— should be secretly mixed with Lenoire's drink on the stage ; in other words, in presence of the audience. This is the author's arrangement. On Friday night there was an in novation in the libretto, and, as it heppened, a rather dan gerous one. The play went on smoothly enough till the poisoning scene, when, instead of a powder being used by the character whose duty it is to poison, a liquid was used, and that liquid was laudanum, a small vial full of which was mixed with Lenoire's potations. Ihe effect was soon no ticeable on Mr. Rice, who staggered through his part — which fortunately was short—under an increasing feeling of drowsiness. He felt that he was the " Victim of Cir cumstances" in a manner ho had not bargained for—he be came conscious of a mistake that was all but fatal. Of course, when the curtain fell, there was an immediate in quiry as to where the laudanum came from. It was found that it had been taken from the property room, where usually no laudanum is allowed, and where it never was before. How, however, it came there in the present case is not known; and how, above all, the laudanum came to be used instead of the powder is also a mystery. It is one of those instances where a mistake occurs in spite of the most excellent supervision—in circumstances even where the esprit de corps of a profession is its best defence. Suffice it, that Mr. Rice recovered after the use of mild restoratives, and that the contretemps that occurred gave only a tragic inge to the experiences of one of the " Victims of Circum• stances" on his benefit night. The mistake has its uses; and though the lesson has been often read before, it is here read again, that poison should in any state be kept out of the way of business, and particularly from the business rooms of a theatre, where the excitements and exigencies of the stage are so liable to preclude time for precautionary measures. In this case a really valuable actor's life has been endangered from the direct fault of no one so much as from innocent indiscretion. It is a warning.—Caledonian Mercury. The Annamite Ambassadcra sent to the Court of the Tuileries by the Emperor Tu. Due will arrive in Paris in about ten days. The French Government has rented for them a handsome hotel in the Champs- Elytales, Rue Lord Byron, 17, belonging to Messrs. William Arthur and Co., house agents; and have requested them to open a communication with and furnish also a large house nest door for the suite, nearly 70 in number. COMMITTAL OF AN INCENDIARY.—At the Hyde petty sessions yesterday, a haydealer and greengrocer, named James Booth, was committed tor trial at the Ches ter assizes on a charge of firing a haystack at Mottram in Longdendice. The stack was the property of a Mrs. Dakin, between whom and the prisoner there has for some time been a very unfriendly feeling. PHANTOM SHIM—Two gentlemen strolling upon Beacon-hill on the 20th of June witnessed a rare sight. Three large ships, with all sails bent, appeared to rise as it were from the water between Rocky Point and Race, Rocks, and with their white canvas glistening in the sun and the spray dashing from their prows, headed directly for Victoria harbour. The spectators, knowing the danger ous locality in which the vessels were, and alarmed lest they should be dashed to pieces on the rocks, sprung to their feet, when suddenly trre ships disappeared, seeming to melt from view, and nothing was seen but the rocks and the breakers dashing over them. A moment or two afterwards, instead of the watery space between the lighthouse and Rocky Point, appeared a wall of solid rock, as clearly defined as the Olympian range of mountains on the American shore. The rocks shortly disappeared, and the three ships were again seen, this time nearer the Ame • rican side, and apparently bound up the Sound. They re mained stationary for a few moments, thou faded slowly away, and returned no more. The illusion was caused by mirage, which arises from a peculiar rarified state of the atmosphere. It is no uncommon occurrence to see appari tions of dense forests and mountains in the vicinity of Race Rocks, and large lakes open suddenly in the bosom of some mountain on the opposite shore ; but objects such as ships under full sail have been rarely seen here as mirage.— Victoria (Vancouver's Island) Chrolucle. Some of the Journals state that the office of Grand Equerry of France, which has remained vacant since th e death of Marshal do Saint-Arnaud, is about to be I r evived in favour of Cluieral Fkury, AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENSTOW N, MONDAY. The extra Inman steamer, City of Cork, from New York on the 13th instant, arrived here at nix p.m. She brings 69 passengers, but no specie. The City of Cork proceeded for Liverpool at 6.45 p.m. (Per the extra steamer City of Cork.) NEW YORK, AUG. 12, EVENING. General Meade bas published a report from General Kilpatrick, refuting General Lee's official denial of the accuracy of Meade's report of the en gagement on July 14th at Falling Waters. A new Confederate camp bas been discovered at Poney Mountain, near Culpepper. Considerable excitement has been caused through out California by a contemplated rising of seccs- sionista. An affray has occurred at Vasalia, in the northern Part of the State, between the soldiers and seces sionists. The citizens were arming, and cavalry was sent to Vasalia. Secession outbreaks are also rumoured to have occurred in Santa Clara and Satan° counties, north and south of San Francisco Bay. Tha fortifications of San Francisco are to be commenced immediately. A vessel which passed Charleston on the night of the 7th states that Fort Sumter and the batteries on Morris Island kept up a terrific bombardment oi. the Federal position. The New York Tribune denies the Herald's state ment that the Republicans will hold a convention in Washington. The judge advocate general hes furnished the governor of New York with a report upon the conscription and enrolment, showing that twelve districts which have voted the Democratic ticket are required to furnish more conscripts than sixteen Republican districts polling double the number of votes. The report says—" It is a partisan enrolment designed to take out of the city the greater part of the Democratic ma .. jority, and as far as the draft has proceeded the names drawn were mainly Democratic. This fraud was certainly perpetrated without the knowledge of the President and the Provost Marshal. A general and irresponsible cabal outside must be looked to for the source of this iniquity. If justice is not done it will remain in history as a gigantic political fraud." The New York, Herald says:—"lf a riot and anarchy should arise out of the quarrel between President Lincoln and the governor of New York, the country will hold to a rigid reckoning the two actors playing political parts so full of peril to domestic peace and to the very existence of the nation. NEW YORK, AUG. 14, AFTERNOON. (Per Telegraph to Cape Race.)_. A combined land and naval assault on Charleston is appointed for the 13th, which the Federals are sanguine will result in the capture of Forts Sumter and Wagner, and of Cumming's Point. Deserters assert that the Confederates have removed guns from Sumter, and have mounted them on James Island. The Confederates are actively at work on James Island with preparations to defeat the Fede ral plans. Federal reinforcements of coloured troops continue to be sent to Charleston. General Lee has a considerable force between the Rapidan and the Rappahannock and holds all the mountain passes. It is anticipated he may send a portion of his forces through one of the gaps to Gainsville or Manassas, in order to attack simul taneously the front and rear of General Meade's position. A considerable Confederate cavalry force is in the Shenandoah Valley. Orders have been sent from Washington permit ting commissioners to visit the army and take the vote of the lowa troops for the State elections. It is reported that the Secession outbreaks stated to have occurred in the counties north and south of San Francisco Bay are untrue. The World thinks the reported determination of the administration not to listen to terms of settle ment without the total extinctirn of slavery, nor to hold any intercourse with the Confederate Government to arrange a preliminary peace, proves that the administration is determined to delay settlement until after the Presidential election, as if the South returned to the Union before that time the fate of the Republican party would be sealed. &Nan. ........... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 12, EVENING. Money easy. Gold 26s per cent. prem. Ex change on London, bankers' bills, 1391. Stocks depressed. New York Centrals, 1241, Illinois Shares, 1181 Erie, 103 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 105/. Cotton inactive. Middling Upland, 68c, Flour declining, prices sc. lower. Wheat declining. Corn improving. Provisions and coffee quiet. Sugar and molasses dull. Crude petroleum, 35c. NEW YORK, AUG. 14, AFTERNOON. Money abundant. Gold 258 per cent. prem. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 138 i. Stocks improving. New York Centrals, 1251; Illinois, 1196; Erie, 1041-; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1041. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On last Wednesdayafternoon I as two of the suns of Mr. Freethy, of Hadley, near Barnet, were going to fish, and were walking along a pub• lie path which passes over the Great Northern Railway, they proceeded, immediately after a train had gone by, to cross the line, when the elder brother saw an express train coming in a contrary direction. He escaped so narrowly that the engine touched his heel. The younger brother, Charles Freethy, aged about 10, was killed, his head being severed from his body. There is a bridge, rarely used, over the railway, at some distance from the path, but at the inquest, held at East Barnet, Herts, the jury re quested the coroner, Mr. R. Grove Lowe, to recommend the construction of an archway where the accident hap pened. AN ANNAMITE SAVANT.—Among the persons attached to the embassy from Annam to France, the principal interpreter, Trouong-Vinh-liy, is deserving of a special notice. The Europeans call him Petrus, for he is a Uhristian, and was baptised by that name. He was born of poor parents, in the province of Vinh-Luong. His father was a soldier, and fell in the expedition against Cambodia. His mother was left with two children to sup port, but she nevertheless sent him to the Annamite school, where he learned to read. A French priest subsequently took an interest in the lad, and sent him to Combodia to learn the Latin language. The missionaries there, per ceiving the great talents, procured his admission into the College of Poulo•Pinang, where he studied with great sue • cess. He obtained the chief prizes for mathematics and philosophy, and also composed a thesis in Latin on the Divinity of Jesus Christ. The governor of Poulo-Pinang was so charmed with the production, that ho sent a copy of it to the University of Oxford, and made its young author a present of 150 rupees. On leaving college, Petrus re turned to the Bishop of Isantopolis, and continued his studies for two years longer. After mature reffiction, ho concluded that he had no especial vocation for the priest hood, and requested to leave the mission. He was at first engaged as Government interpreter under the order of Vice Admiral Rigault de Genouilly ; be next became Secretary to the Prefecture of Segal, then interpreter attached to the staff of Vice Admiral Bonard, end was ultimately appointed director to the College of Interpreters. M. Petrus has not yet completed his 25th year. Besides the Annamite, his native tongue, he writes and speaks correctly Latin, French, Spanish, English, Chinese, Malayan, Cambodian, and Siamese. He is not only an accomplished scholar, but also a man of the world, and well acquainted with European usages. The Government was happily inspired in making him the chief interpreter of the embassy, and the future will prove the excellence of the choice, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii. RUSSIA. A Russian journal, the Djen, has the can. dour to avow that the feeling i❑ favour of Poland is stronger in the Western provinces than the united efforts of the Russian Admi nistration and army. In order to put an end to this invincible resistance, the same journal proposes a radical measure—which is happily no longer among the usages of our times— to expel from that part of the country indiscrimi nately everything that is Polish. THM EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. STOCKTON RACES-Tim DAY. 1 0: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TRIAL STAKES. Entremet 1 Belladrum Balderstone Four r an . 3 CLEVELAND STAKES. Lady of Coverham .............. Dawdle 1 Harvest Mell 3 Seven ran. STOCKTON HANDICAP. Change I Trust Flytrap Five ran. EGHAM RACES—THis DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. KING JOHN STAKES. Birthday filly Oberon De Grey RUNNYMEDE STAKES. Odinel Detective Gamecock Four ran. WESTMINSTER. SAVAGE ASSAULT BY A FEMALE —Mary Partridge, a married woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with the following murderous assault on Mrs. Baker, the wife of a tradesman living at 14, Vine•street, Westminster. The complainant, who had two wounds on the right side of her forehead, which were covered with adhesive plaister, stated, that about seven o'clock last night she was at the Brown Bear, Millbank-street, where the prisoner also was, when same words took place between them. Before the altercation had finished, the prisoner, who had a jug under her apron, suddenly produced it and struck complainant a violent blow with it on her forehead. She immediately fall in a fainting state. When she recxrered she was taken to the hospital, where the wound was dressed. Witnesses were examined in support of the charge. The prisoner denied having assaulted the complainant with a jug, and said that she was struck by the complain ant. She was called a bad name by complainant's husband. Much contradictory evidence was given, when Mr. Arnold. having referred to the evidence, asked the complainant's husband if he would have the case sent to the Sessions, when he declined to do so. The prisoner was then discharged. THAMES. ABITSIVL LANGUAGE. — Mr, Woolrych and Mr. Partridge have both resolved, with a view to the diminution of the increased and increasing business of the court, to abstain from issuing " abusive language summonses," except in cases of persecution, or where breaches of the peace are likely to be occasioned, The summonses for abusive lan guage have taken up a good deal of time, and been produc tive of scenes of confusion and disorder both inside and out. side the court, and in nine cases out of ten have ended in the defendant being fined 25., while the complainant has been ordered to pay the costs of the summons, amounting to a like sum, or the absurd and empty form has been gone through of binding over one or both parties to the suit in their own recognisances to keep the peace towards each other for one or two years. The recognisances have been in most cases broken, directly they have been entered, by mutual threats, ievilings, and fights in the passage of the court or the street opposite. In fact, the abusive language sum monses have given rise to more obscene and filthy language, blasphemy, threats, and violence, than the clause in the Police Act giving magistrates jurisdiction was ever des tined to care. The time of the magistrates has been wasted in ascertaining 'whether one woman threatened to wash her hands in another's blood,knock her head off, make garters of her intestines, or a fiddlestick of her back bone. These and many more ridiculous threats may be found in the peace-warrant and abusive• language books, The late Mr. Ballantine, an astute man of the world, and one of the best magistrates that ever presided in this court, said that much as bad language and roughness was to be de plored, it was useless to take notice of it, for half the popu lation had a tenantcy in common in it, and that the same dialogues of oaths and scurrility complained of by the im mortal Henry Fielding, in his " Voyage to Lisbon," were still prevalent on the Thames and its banks ; and that sailors, as in Fielding's time, gloried in the language and behaviour of savages. Little improvement has taken place since Mr. Ballantine made these remarks, but the evil will be vastly decreased by the magistrates refusing to issue abusive language summonses. Among many applications a woman asked the magistrate this morning for a summons against another woman for threatening to pull her liver out. Mr. Woolrych—Mere idle talk; take no notion of it. The applicant—She has told me five or six times that she would pull my liver out. Mr. Woolrych—Go to her and tell her that I would re commend her not to pull your liver out. (A. laugh.) The applicant—Can't I have a 811M132013.5 ? Mr. Woolrych—No, I think not. Lay out the 25., the price of a summons, to better advantage. Another woman applied for a summons. Mrs. Wilson, my next door neighbour, has threatened to make mince meat of me, said the applicant. Mr. Woolrych—She will not make mince meat of you. You should laugh at such foolish threats. A burly fellow, about six feet high, complained that another man had threatened to knock his head off. Mr, Woolrych said that threat had been made use of very often, but he had never heard of one man knocking off the head of another, because the thing was impossible. Re would not'grant a summons. If the applicant was assaulted he would issue process. Others applied for summonses, because such threats as " I'll do for you," and similar expressions, had been made use of. Their applications were refused. Mr. Partridge, who has only been a magistrate of this court four months,has repeat3aly said it was a waste of the public time, and prodwative of great mischief, to grant abusive language summonses. MARKETS---This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. — Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 lOs ; new do., £3 to rel ; old clover, £4 10s to £6 Os; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw. £1 8s to 16a per load. Supply very moderate ; trade firm. CUMBERLAND.--Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s ; e , ,v do., £3 Os to £4 ; old wove?, 124 108 to £6 0 ; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £l,Bs to £1 IGs per load. A steady demand. WHITECRAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 10s, new do , £3 Js to £4 Os; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os; new 4'4 Os to ib Os; and straw, LI Sa to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA: —A fair amount of business has been transacted at about previous prices. SUGAR.—The demand has been active for good groc ery qualities, and full rates are readily obtained. In the refined market there is also an active inquiry, chiefly for home con sumption. COFFEE.—Business has been moderately active, good and fine descriptions of colonial being in request at fully late quotations. Ric E.— Only limited trmsactions have been reported, and there is no material alteration to note in value. SALTPBTRE.—The operations have been on a very limited scale at about former rates. TALLOW. —Business has continued inactive, and prices have shown increased depression, particularly for forward delivery. P.Y.C. en th e spot i s quote d 12e, r 3d. ; and last 3 months' delivery, 445, per cwt. LONDON GAZE T TE.—This Evening. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUGUST 25. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of Siete for Foreign Affairs, a translation of a Spanish Royal Decree, forwarded by her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, opening the port of San Vicente de la Barquera, in the province of Santander, for the direct importation from abroad, of mineral and vegetable coal, wood, fire brick, and blende or sulphur of zinc. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette : Thomas Huggan, engineer, Dublin Fredk. Taylor, bill broker, Greenwich Abraham Veal, baker, Deptford James P. Martin, clerk, Peckham George Kerrison, grocer, Norwich Nehemiah Sharp, yeoman, Widely, Hants James Naylor, shoemaker, Carlisle John Pepper, provision dealer, Wakefield Charles Bailey, fruiterer, Leicester Wm. Wilkinson, printer, Salford Abraham Gledhill, cutler, Sheffield Wm. Hunter, draper, Preston John Orton, butcher, Chelmsford Henry Clark, doctor of meaicine, Strand William Wakefield, grocer, Gloucester Edward Falvey, coal merchant, Paddington Elijah Maidmeut, baker, Camberwell Joseph C Rossiter, dealer and chapmen, Moorgate•street James Hill Cheatle, brushmak, Birmingham James Woodgates, coffeemill maker, Birmingham Thomas Blackniore shoemaker, Aller, Sumersetshire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James M'Gibbon, grocer, Glasgow James M'Lay, jun., rope manufacturer, Glasgow Wm. APLean, auctioneer, Dundee Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19t 11 19t Antwerp .. 25 522 25 60 Brussels — 2.5 52i 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 Si 13 St Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste 119 ; 1 nai 11 40 11 48 11 40 11 48 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina .. Lisbon 481 49 49k 49k 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 521 62; 624 Oporto —52 i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons 0 0 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The attractions of the seaside and other places of resort seemed to be inoperative as far as the attendance at Hyde Park-corner this afternoon was concerned. Settling on the past York meeting was proceeded with from an early hour, and the exchange of money was conducted, with but few interruptions, until towards the close, when a considerable amount of spirited betting took place on the St. Leger. Lord Clifden opened at 9 to 2 (offered), but intending backers hung die for a time, and it was not until offers of 5 to 1 were made that his friends came forward, and, at the latter odds, Lord St. Vincent's horse was supported freely; 5 to 1 was taken and offered about Queen Bertha, but a point more was demanded about The Ranger, of whom the general body of backers seemed anything but "fond.' G,,lden Pledge, who opened at 14 to 1, had such a run upon him that he was backed at lessening prices, until he settled down at 10 to 1, taken freely ; the same odds were offered about Avenger, without a response. Saccharometer was in any thing but sweet odour, 20 to 1 being offered, although in one or two instances those odds were taken to small amounts. 30 to 1 each was booked about Borealis and Onesander, and 40 to 1 each was accepted about National Guard and Blue Mantle, Mr. Watt's horse being in good demand. The subjoined list of quotations will be found to indicate the true tone of the market, which requires no further comment, Closing prices : ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (taken) sto 1 agst Mr. T. Valentine's Queen. Bertha (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Mr. Savile's Ranger (offered, take 6to 1) 10 to 1 agat Mr. 0 wea's Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Avenger (offered) 20 to 1 agat Lord Strathmore's Saccharometet (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Borealis (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Statutord'6 Onesauder (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's National Guard (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Captain Lane's Blue Mantle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. R. C. Naylor's Pratique (taken) 50 to 1 agat Baron Rothschild's Magador (Brother to Morocco (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ilarrison's Dr. Syntax (taken) 50 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's Double X (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Light Bob (taken) 5000 to 75 agst Mr. T. Parr's Blondin (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. I'Anson's Bunny Bell (taken) 60 to 40 agst Lord Cliiden being one of the first three (taken) 150 to 50 agst Avenger boing one of the first three (taken) DRREY. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Ten Broeck's Paris (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Scottish Chief (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Blair Athol (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Hobson's Durham (taken) 9to 1 agst Mr. Ten Brceck's lot (taken) SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 25.—Winri this day at noon--South- Easterly; fresh breeze, and fine weather, but a little showery. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning . . Arrived—Germania (steamer), from Hamburg; Euro clydon, from Sunderlana ; Alliance (steamer), twain:tyre. Sailed—John Watson, Edward, and Dido, for Sunder land ; Anne Jane, for Poole ; Fortuna, for Sonnesund, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, August 24—Froykje, from Konigsberg; Jose phine, from Nykjobing ; Pansey, from Memel; - Unitition, from Guernsty ; FaruPier, from Landscrona ; Vixen, from Stortin ; Marianne, from Raga; Haabet, from Neuv Vialis. Arrived, August 25.—Bounevento, from Dram ; Clinthy, from Alexandria; lntonia, from Alexandria; Nina, from Gergenti; Heinrich, flora Barash;; Dorothea, from Archangel. DEAL, Tuesday Morning, Passed.—Little Nell, of Colchester, from West, f or North; Laura, of Southampton, from West, for North; Nialrod, trona Porto Itico, for London; Gembe, frcin v.-ash, for London. Anchored.—John, from London, for Quebec. _= 1.~ • e se, ed ) :ed era ;he sed B.+ for Lent DO )1 3e, the 014 r i ii gil t ' befit All ren t kbi 00 r ig ha s 9 ° i ~e t , ,1 , A., 01 , je t' A'' .61 1 ' ii t° 3.14. 6.4.0 t 4.15.4 o; , gge ~~