The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-31 00:00:00

WWI ,wo or quent cs and Tying y the those been the fixed with navi< Liralty gdora. L sea-. which pre-. g fish trds of Mies in. ?6 per-. abc,va oyster beds. ith the gs has be any le fish ) to be int for erpri° 9 nics it )tained oub' lass of this Ist the classes dslaiw: nrently node of MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A free i nqu i ry i n th e genera l di sc ount market impart s During continued firmness to the quotations. the next few days arrangements connected with the various commercial bills due on the 4th will create activity, and the rates fur a time may Shoe additional firmness. Subsequently, however, s YMptoMs of uneasiness are anticipated, owing to the favourable tendency of the specie movement, and other considerations calculated to influence the Market in that direction. _ It has been officially notified that the Union Bank of England and France and the Belgian and Netherlands Bank are to be incorporated into one establishment, under a comprehensive title, with a capital of two millions sterling. A further sum of £44,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The Oneida has been announced from the Brazils with £42,614. The accounts from the manufacturing districts received this morning for the past week have been generally satisfactory. The dealings in cloths and yarns at Manchester have been moderately active; the high rates demanded, however, have in some measure checked operations. In the woollen dis tricts of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, and Hudders field there has been a steady inquiry for autumn and winter fabrics; while at Birmingham, Shef field, and Wolverhampton, symptoms of increased diminution have been apparent in several depart ments. Two o'CLocx. A very small amount of business has been nego tiated to-day in the Market for the English Funds, and the extreme apathy of speculators, as well as the investing public, has created a little heaviness. The support given last week by sever►t pur chases in succession has been partially exhausted, and hence the reaction of about * per cent., Consols being 931, for money, and 931 s for the account. Business has been transacted in the New Threes at 933 4 ; and the Reduced . Annuities at 93a I; India Stock is 1081; and Exchequer Bills, is. die. to 28. prem. Continued animation prevails in the Foreign Market, and although in one or two instances less firmness is apparent the general tendency of quo tations is in an upward direction. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 721 4 ; do., 1862, 691 70k; do., Conso lides, have receded to 51i, 52k ; Mexican to 391 ; but Greek have risen to 361; ditto Coupons to 174,18 ; Spanish Passive to 34& -Z; ditto Certificates to 134 e ; Portuguese to 491, 50 ; and the Confederate Loan is 2 per cent. better, being 25 to 23 dis. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very restricted, and in several instances prices have been rather flatter. Great Western, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, South Western, and Midland have each receded Sc., and Great Eastern 10s. ' The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive, without any material change to record in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, at about previous quotations, with the exception of International Financial shares,which have improved to 101 I ; and General Credit and Finance, which have risen to 4 k; Hudson Bay Company are heavy, at 41 ii, ; and London Financial steady, at 12i. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3per Cent. Consols Annuities 934 A ; New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities — 5 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 — Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 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 l6 pm Ditto under £l,OOO — Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, I June, 21 per Cent. 21 per peat. .Ditto Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 dis 2 pment. Ditto £.500 .. 1 dis 2pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 1843 .. 1001 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chili= 6 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 361 1 1 1 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account l7l 1 1 1 1 18 Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 39/ 1 9 New Granada — _ Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account ... Ditto Deferred Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 49/ 50 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 96 t Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 . 891 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 92 Ditto 5 per Cent. 186 2 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account .. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Ditto Account 341 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account l3 / h Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .... Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7O Venezuela per Cont. Ditto Account . . • • 241 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862• • • • Ditto Account.... - Dividends 67" the above payable in London. Belgian 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f. . xftutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25 E O2 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs , --- Ditto Account,.,. 93} I Consols, Money T WO O'CLOCK. 93a Ditto Account Mrs. CROWI has in the press a new novel, entitled " Heathside Farm." M. M'DowELL's statue of Lord Plunket—a statue in which the orator is represented in the act of ad dressing an audience, with, on the base of the statue, in scribed " Pl un k et ; erected by the Bar of Ireland"—will be in a very few days erected in the Hall of the Four Courts, Dublin. AN AMERICAN DUEL. A New York paper says : Jerseywere a ha y s ou b n e g en ati th ee e r of ....,4 4 actor sc ene a r t i llery—son of t navel officer —and a lieutenant in the Bth Infantry, a de. tachment of which is at present quartered on Governor's Island. Both gentlemen are familia r t o th e b est soc i ety i n i t sh eumetropolis and t o elsewhere. h avivehn bee n when The cause of th e c h a llenge given in a conversa ti on on Governor' s I s l and , it is said th e lieutenant rger red to uttered a sentiment r eflecting e on ttoheencthioaureadc:erThoef women in gene ra l, a l t h ough no n artillery officer sa w fi t to resenttuteh l e v" expressi on on the ground of its being an insult not only to the f em i nine race, of s th e o f that at sex, It i s but to his nearest and dearest relative hinted also that the obnoxious speechlieutenant was " a made particularly poignant by reason of lady i n the ease"—a - Washington lady—who h a d, accordingto discarded the attentions of the infantry officer to sali rum our, Pon rumour, those of his companion. The c hallenge givehbl7 the e - latter was promptly resp onded to, a nd the meeting oc curred upon the Jersey shore as stated. Pistols were th, weapons. Three shots we re exchanz, , ed without effects. The result of the fourth was more sanguinary. The challenger, struck in the neck by the bullet of h is adversary, fell bleeding and senseless, but reviving within a few moments, inquired with undaunted pluck whether the time bad arrived for "another round." His strength, however, failed to• match his courage, and the duel was pronounced at an end. Happily for the parties concerned, we are enabled to say that the sufferer in the affair is rapidly recovering. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business dons 100 atlantic &St LaWienut all 62 (4 itk 1 Born.,Baroda&Centlnd Gu. 5 per 0ent........ 100 1074 108/ 1071 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 7l 11 11 p 201 Buffalo and LaaeHtu - on all 51 51 10 Do. Preference . all 7} 8 4 100 5 Bu ff alo,Brant,&adriCh 100 I 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ; 100 1071 1081 st Cape Town Dock Scrii 100 105 107 stock Eastn. Bengal ha. sp. c 100 109 110 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. ion 108 1,9 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 11 11p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 11 11i. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 191 204 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 75 751 100 Do. co. deterred...... all 56 68 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 6o 68 671 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 49 51 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 46 48 47 1 0 0 Do. do. deferred...... all 36 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto,:k... all 25 27 271 61 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 23 25 stook GLlndlarenin.gua.sp.c. 100 108 109 10g si 10 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1 14p 20 Do. January, 1862 8 1 11 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 101 101 101 101 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8. . all 90 , 42 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 4 1 P stock Madras guar., s p.c. .. 100 107 108 1071 stook Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 1011 1024 stock De.4A d 0........ 100 18 100 99 20 5000 k hi D 2 o bb ... c4 F o if rlv th o. Sb : po x . lac t , e .B n t s t io ad n y. ... 1:10 2 1 — s_B — 6 _ o et 100 N. D .cß o t . ll. 7 scsri p , a o. a6n M p ot &or tg Ilds. all -- 10 Newßrunswick Cando let pt bds B all 0 3 3 stock &dude ..........1 100 1071 1081 1 Do. Delhi lOO 1071 1081 Do. do 2 g 113 20 Do. Punjaub t a all ——P at Do. Do. ........ o. 100 1071 ICB4 1 0 8 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) XlO ,103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 0 p.e.J a &J ul) 1877-84 100 103 1(5 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 Do. dp. c.'Mar.& Sept. 100 105 107 1061 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 100 94i 154 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 • Do. 1890 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 1061 1071 1071 Natal Goy. 6 per cent.. 10 0 110 112 -- N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..i a.&Jul) 100 105/ 1061 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N.sp 9.,186t 1 1001 1011 Do. sp. 0.48/1 to 17t.100 1011 102.1 Do. d0.,1888 &u pwcis 100 102 103 1021 4 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1051 1061 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 1:1 113 S.Aus Gdp.c.1873.& up lOO 110 112 Vic. G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.,Sauly 100 108 110 Do. io p .a. A.n.&Ook. 100 1131 114 114 134 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 4 61 Clifford Amalgamated 36 4 Devon G. Cone. ( Taoist ) 1 560 680 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd sz. 5d par East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 281 291 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 8 s 4 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 3 4 4 Gam.&St.A.unyn(Gwen.) 581 7 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 31 31 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 40 61 71 Grenville . Elerc•d's-Foot 8.12 118 1 if ingston D0wn5...... I.' 8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny L e l ant, 9/ 32 31 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2 4 15 t d New Setup f North Downs 1 24 2 100 2 10 5 N. Wh't Basset (Mogan 2.17.0 25 35 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 4 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 11 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 11 24 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.15.9 60 :0 Stray Park 5 Camar SilvA Lead Min. 44 I f fin Croft 9 2t 22 West Basset (Illogan) ll 301 111 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 6 21 23 West Setort Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5f 60 65 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant), 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 12 14 Wheal Seton . . 581 215 225 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.1 7 21 35 SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railways. ! Paid. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOWI.S. Closing i Business Price. done. 851 6/ .3.14.1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne.. . Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.t.o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no diN Do A till Gp c.p an.ha Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow.l Glasg. and S. Western. GreatEast,ern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian stl GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern...—. .• Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelanc Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: Lancashire it Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,ez S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. Jr Sce.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares • . Metropolitan Midland Do New _ BO Binning. Az Derby (it. W. of Ireland Do. shares IMid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do York Do Carlisle.... North London 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., an d Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale.. .. • • Do B Do C 0 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterfbrd & Kilkenny) West Cornwall W. Hartlepool West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 8 81 -- A 1 81 85 87 124 122 7i 71 39 10 16 17 95 6 6 111 1 1 3 50} 6111 99 61 246 261 124 125 125 12 , 1 In 136 98 100 671 GBi L 1 5 .1 1152 73 74 113 115 41 43 1032 1041 101 104 44 45 121 12i 130} 1301 14 11p ' 99 101 55 65i 25 26 103} 1031 68 59 89i 90 120 125 1i 24 p 80 82 111 12i 122 124 46 17 100 102 50 52 30 32 96} 116 f 70 72 1 101 103 9 10 37 38 9 10 7} 8f 165 160 5} 61 t.I 3 3i 89 01 158 162 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 PREFERENCE S. Great Western, 4i per cent. pref., 10141 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, s;per cent., pf., 105 k LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 116 East Lincoln, gua. 6 per cent.. 1391 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua, 7 per cent., 20j Great Luxembourg., 14 Recite and San Frit=hie@ (11m.), gua. 7 per cent., 17} San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (ad), 22i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22i Turin and Savona, 2* FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 306 2 General, 201 6 Mont. A delureo i3a Rey ra (lim.), z.G 6 Gold Min. CO. ( 1i n...-.), 2 1 1 St. John Yudanansutana of S. Australia (liM.), 2 JOINT-STOCK HANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool ( 1 1m.), 36 1 Australasia, 771 Ditto, new, 321 Bank of New Zealand, 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 301 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered,;,22l Imperial Ottoman, 19 181 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 London and County, 48i London and South African, 27 London and Westminster, 776 Provincial of Ireland. Ditto, new, 37 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m.', 51 1 Union of England and France (lim.), Union of London, 351 MISCELLANEOUS. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 41 4 Hudson's Bay, 41.1 International Financial Society, lim., 106 f 7 Italian Irrigation cent. Bondsion(CanalCa dvrou 8 0 - issued 90, 711 T r i ), London 6 p Financial Association, lim., 1?1 Oriental Inland d It S Steam, Q The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 10hd. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10tha r er cent. deafer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.6 a per £1 sterling. ta ndard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 7.. 10ths „ per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg , he course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' S i g h t i s about 139 to 1391 per cen t., and the pre m i um on gold profit on about 261 per cent. At these pr i ce s there is littl e if tate4. n t he importation of gold froth the Vnited 6.4.0 9.16.4 12.10 121 127 1 p THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST _3l, 1863. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. In the country markets, held on Saturday, rather more business was done in wheat, and good and fine qualities changed hands at full prices. Spring corn of all descrip tions met a slow sale, at late rates. The flour trade was very quiet, at the late decline in the currency. Advises from New York state that wheat was in fair ex port demand, but that the flour trade was dull. On the Continent the inquiry for wheat and spring corn is far from active. There was a slight increase in the receipts of English grain at our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 32,291 quarters of wheat ; 2,807 barley ; 35,442 oats ; 6,680 linseed ; 1,354 oilseeds ; 3,846 maize ; 477 sacks, and 31,167 barrels of flour. Fresh up to Mark-lane, to-day, the receipts of English wheat were moderately large, and the condition, generally speaking, was good; indeed, many parcels came to hand in excellent condition. The demand, both for red and white qualities, ruled steady, and last Monday's quotations were well supported. This improved feeling was mainly attri buted to the prevailing changeable weather in Yorkshire and Scotland, which has, to some extent, retarded the harvest in those parts. There was an extensive show of nearly all kinds of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business transacted was very moderate; nevertheless, importers and holders were firm in their demands. Compared with this day sen'night the currency exhibited no.change. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late rates. . . A few parcels of new barley were on offer, but their quality not being first rate the demand for them was in a sluggish state, at 35s to 37s per quarter. Old home-grown, including foreign qualites, met a dull inquiry at previous quotations. Good and fine malt moved off steadily, at full prices ; but inferior sorts were in slow request, at late rates. There was an extensive show of foreign oats on offer; but the supply of home-grown qualities was small. The trade, generally, was dull, at the late decline in the currency. _ _ Beans—both English and foreign—were in short supply, but slow request, at late rates. _ _ _ Peas moved off slowly, but no change took place in their value from Monday last. In the flour trade there was no activity. Prices showed no recovery from the late decline. There was a good supply of barrels on offer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per I r 393 to 455 Ditto, old 3BB 438 Ditto, white, 1863 4OB 478 Ditto, old Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s s Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— barley—Grinding 258 268 Malting oos 008 Malt—SuffollC and Norfolk 6O 688 Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 688 Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9s 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 8 Cork, white...... — Bs —s Scotch, Feeding —s 5 Beans—Tick, old 368 41 8 Pigeons, Peas—Grey. .................. . Map1e........ White 36s 38 8 Boilers 368 38 6 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2BB 30s Stockton and Norfolk..-- --••••« 278 29a A m erican, per barrel l7s 21s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, in but middling condition. Sales pro grassed slowly, and, is some instances, prices had a droop • ing tendency. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably large as to number, but their general quality was only middling. Prime breeds commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices. Otherwise the beef trade vas in a sluggish state, on rather easier terms, and a clearance was not effected. The arrivals from Lincolnshire. Leicestershir, and N or th a mptonshire comprised • 3,000 shorthorns, &c. e ; from other parts of England, 600 various breeds ; from Scotland, 11 Scots ; and from Ireland, 380 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was moderately extensive, but the condition of most breeds was by no means first rate. Downs and half-breds were in fair r equest, at last week's currency, the top figure being 5s 2d per 81b, but other descriptions of sheep were very inactive, at slightly depressed rates. The demand for lambs was heavy, at from 5s to 68 per 81bs. These quotations show a decline, compared with this day se'nnight, of from 4d to 8d per 81bs. Calves were in moderato supply and sluggish request, at previous currencies, The pork trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 81Primecrs-wool do. Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pm°. S' thdown do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Large hogs S e cond quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers Lambs, 5s Od to 68 Od. s. d. s. d. ,4 8410 .5 05 2 3 6 4 '2 4 44 8 36 4 0 42 4 6 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, to 26a each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows — i Sheep and lambs ....10,320 Sheep and lambs .. 27,660 S Calves Calves 353 Pigs Pigs. 3201 - - - - - The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 16,797 head. In the corresponding week in 1862,w0 received 11,579—in 1861, 13,988—in 1860, 13,707 —in 1859, 12,659—in 1858,10,673 —in 1857, 11,404 head. is 3d to Is 10d; scoured and Landwashed, is 3d to 2s; un washed, 6d to is 2d. NEw ZEALAND. Fleeces, is 2d to 2s 2d ; lamb, la ld to is 9d; scoured and ha ndwa shed, is Id to 2s; unwashed, 6d to is ld. CAPE.--Fleeces, is ld to is lid ; lamb, is to is 8d ; scoured and handwashed, lld to is lld ; unwashed, 6d to 101 d ; locks and pieces, 9d to Is 4d per lb. Particulars. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. - Stock this day.... 19.097 :9,853 45.897 j 35,355 41,622 Price of Y.C. 568,64 to 526 01. to 4756 d to4BBol to 42s Od to 57s Od Cd —s Od 48s 3d 42s 3d Delivery lastweek 1,647 2,077 5,301 1,354 1344 Ditto from June 1 16,322 '4,762 28,757 18,97 d 12,210 Arrivals last week 1,731 2,775 2,248 115 1,132 Ditto from June 1 24,229 :6,221 17,871 15,899 16,129 Price of Town.... 58s Od Ms 3d 49s 3d 505 Od 43s 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. A Row IN THE MARKET.—John O'Connor, Bridget O'Connor, his wife, and Edward Macnamara, her father, were charged with creating a disturbance in Covent-gar den Market, and assaulting the police. It appeared that about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the prisoners, with some others, were in Covent-garden Market drunk and annoying the passengers and tradesmen by creating a disturbance there. The female prisoner went up to the stall of Mrs. Deacon, a saleswoman, to buy some onions, but, as she was very drunk, Mrs. Deacon refused to serve her. The prisoner then spoke to one of the men, who went up to Mrs. Deacon and tried to strike her, but she got away from him, and ran into one of the shops in the market, where she remained till a policeman came up. The female prisoner was then making a great disturbance and trying to get at Mrs. Deacon. The constable took her into custody ; and ; as he was removing her, her husband sprang upon him from behind, seized him by the throat, and flung him on the ground with such vio lence that he has since been ill and unable to do duty . Macnamara also struck the officer, and so did the other thre e men. By this time a crowd of nearly 1,000 persons had assembled, and the disturbance became terrific, the prisoners and their friends urging the mob to ill-treat the police. Ultimately, by the united exertions of half a dozen con stables, the prisoners were removed to the station-house. The other three got away. These facts were proved by a number of witnesses prin cipally tradesmen in the neighbourhood. The prisoners insisted that they were quite sober and had had nothing whatever to drink. Mr. Henry fined John O'Connor £5 or two months, Bridget O'Connor V or 14 days, and Macnamara .£1 or three weeks. ATTEMPTED FELONY,—Edward Welsh was placed at :he bar charged with attempting to steal a watch. Sergeant Thompson, of the detective force, eaid he was in Holborn on Saturday night, when he saw the prisoner go up to a gentleman, and, pushing against him violently, he felt in his pocket with his right hand. He did not succeed in obtaining anything, but proceeded towards Queen-street, where he again went through the same movement before another gentleman, and succeeded in getting the watch out of his waistcoat pocket, but the gentleman seized him with the property in his hand and took it from him. He then seized prisoner, but the gentleman refused to prosecute a s he was going out of town. Prisoner resisted capture very Police• uunotable 131 ir cuiroboratea the statement of the first witness. Ackrill, 48 F, said he knew the prisoner to be the asso ciate of thieves, and also that he had been in prison for three months for a felony. He had been at work for about a month until the last week, when ho absented himself from his employment. He had told him (witness) that "he'd turned up thieving," but he still continued to asso ciate with the most expert and well-known thieves in the neighbourhood. Committed for trial, IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEN.. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 632 .. 4393 ~ 33 .. 941 .. 88 Harlingen 291 .. 783 .. 148 .. 91 .. 473 Hamburg 5 .. 847 .. 187 Boulogne.. Medemblik 62 .. 2261 2 Calais 000 .. .. .. 11 Vigo - .. - • • - • • - • • Amsterdam. • .• • 8 • • 838 • • .. • • Antwerp. •• Ostend oo .• • • • • • .. 24 • • Bremen. • •••• •• • 252 .. 25 • • --- • • ...' • • Dordt 244 .. .787 .. _93 .. 11 .. Twining.. 1134 .. 1783 .. 303 .. .. Total ....2628 .. 11,720 .. 577 ..1124 .. 748 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862...... 1435 .. 8,144 .. 476 .. 531 993 1861....•. 1849 .. 7,248 .. 481 .. 691 819 1860...... 2046 .. 10,176 .. 98 .. 558 .. 609 1859...... 1824 .. 9,699 .. 280 .. 473 .. 380 1858...... • . A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Sept. 1, 1862, and this day Monday, Aug. 31, 1863. Per Sib. to sink the offal. Sept. 1, 1862. Co CoarsePrimeare andaularged inferior no n xf f e e e 0 0 . r r . 33 S p e r c im on e d c q o u a a me lit_y w d o o oi Second quality do •• 6 3 8 08 2 to 34 4 Prime Scots, &c. ............ 4 6 4 8 3 10 led do ...... 44 p i 4 5n 6 40 Prime Southdown do. ... 2 " - Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do.. 4 8 5 0 Large hogs Neat small porkors... 4 4 4 8 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves . • • • • . Pigs g 40 5 ON SALE, Sept. 2, 186 SUPPLIES 1.--B sheep and lambs, 30,35 U—calves, 280—pigs, SEPT. 3, 1860.—Beasti, 6,o9o—sheep and —calves, 300—pigs, 280. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. But moderate supplies of meat aro on sale at these markets. On the whole, the demand rules steady, at our quotations. Aug. 31, 1863. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 4 8 4 10 36 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 410 50 5 2 50 6 0 36 4 2 44 4 8 3G 4 0 42 4 6 6,870 27,660 363 320 easth, 5,370- 740. lambs, 30,100 Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd sd Rd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 2 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 iSliddling do. .. 34 3 6 Prime do ..4 4 4 6 Frime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ Large pork 3 6 4 0 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Advices from Mid ami East Kent, many parts of Sussex, and from Worcester, continue favourable, and the crop in this country is likely to prove a fair average. A few parcels of new produce continue to reach this market for which the quotation is £7 10s to £8 per owt. A sample of new Ba varian hops has also been offered. Last year's, as well as old hops move off slowly, yet prices rule stationary. The imports, last week, amounted to 8 bales from Hamburg, 8 Ostend, 59 pockets Antwerp, and 460 bales from New York, BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of home-grown potatoes are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, the demand rules steady, and last week's quotations are well supported. Kent and Essex Regents... 80s to 110 s per ton. Do. Shaws WOOL. Since the doss of the public sales of colonial wool, a fair amount of business has been transacted in home-grown produce, and the value of all kinds has been well supported. At the recent auctions, from 36,000 to 40,000 bales were taken by foreign houses, and the following prices were paid by home and foreign buyers : .AusznALlAN.—Fleeces, is 4d to 2s 3d ; lambs, is 3d to 2s; scoured and handwashed, is 3d to 2s 6d ; unwashed, 8d to is 2d; locks and p ieces is to is Bd. Is 4d to 2s 3d ; lambs, is 3d to shed, is 4d to 2s 7d ; unwashed, 28 P 4d 0 R ; Ts scoured and F h l a e n e d c w e s a , 8d to is 3d ; locks and pieces, is to is Bd. VAN DIE3IEN'S LAND,—Fleeces, is 3d to 23 2d ; is 3d to 2s 6d : scoured, is 3d to is 10d ; unwashed, 7d to Is 1d; locks and pieces, is ld to is 7d. Souza AusTsAlJAN—Fleeces, is 6d to is lid; lamb, WESTMINSTER. SIN'aULAR CASE UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT.—A respectable hard-working looking woman, about 30 years of age, applied to the magistrate for a protection order under tha Matrimonial Causes Act. _ _ Applicant said that her husband had left her two years ago, and had done nothing since then towards her support, which now induced her to apply to a magistrate. Mr. Selfe—What induces you to come here now ? Applicant—Because I am afraid my husband will come home and take all my little things. Mr. Selfe—Do you know where your husband is ? Applicant—Yes, he went to Northampton, where, I be lieve, he still remains. Mr. Selfe—Under what circumstances did he leave you to go there ? Applicant—He left me on. a visit to his friends there; he was merely to stay a fortnight or three weeks, Mr. Selfe—And never returned ? Applicant—Never returned. Mr. Selfe—l am afraid that I cannot help you. It can not be called desertion if your husband did not mean it to be so, but always had an intention to return. Applicant—He did not intend to return. Ho is living a very bad life there. He is cohabiting with another woman. Mr. Selfe—That alters the case. Applicant—l am afraid that the very moment he gets into trouble he will come home to me again and take all I possess. It would be two years on the 10th of next month since he deserted me. Mr. Selte—And you have since supported yourself by by our own industry. Applicant—Yes. Mr. Selfe —You may have the order. Applicant having been sworn, want into the clerk's office to give the necessary iostructions for the order ;„but shortly afterwards again came into court, a difloulty having pre sented itself, which the clerk had communicated to the magistrate. Mr. Selfe—l understand that the property by which you wish the order to protect has not been obtained by you since your husband's departure, but is the same with which he left you. Appiicant—Yes, your worship. Mr. Selfe—Then, I have no power to assist you. The property which an order is to protect must have been ac quired by a wife after the departure of her husband. Applicant—l bought all these things out of my own hard earnings before I married my husband. Mr. Selfe—Then, they became his when you married him• You endowed him with all your worldly goods, Applicant—lt is a very hard case. Mr. Selfe--It may be, but I cannot help you. Applicant then left, much disappointed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAD AND RAILWAY VAN MIEVES.—Alfred Johnson, 11, St. John's-terrace, Hackney-road, and George Timothy, of 15, Vincent-street, Shoreditch, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned with a man named George Jones, convicted in June last, in stealing a box from the roof of a cab, while in Park-lane, on the 16th of May last. The prisoners are both well known to the police as " dragsmen" (stealers of luggage, &c.), from cabs. John son has been twice convicted, each time receiving a sen tence of 12 months' imprisonment, and Timothy has once been convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment; their companion Jones was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. A number of notorious thieves, &c., were in waiting outside the court to learn the fate of their com panions (the prisoners). Sergeant Cole, 23 C, deposed that at S o'clock on Satur day, the 16th of May last, he saw the prisoners with a man named George Jones, who had since been convicted, near the Circus, in Oxford-street. He followed them—they being in a cart with a fast-going horse, and Jones driving— into Grosvenor-square, where a four-wheel cab with a box on the roof passed them. They pulled up close to the railings. I stopped for a moment and then followed the cab into Park lane, where the cab pulled up in consequence of a stoppage, and Jones drove the cart close behind the cab, and Johnson then walked along the shaft of the cart towards the cab and lifted up the box about five inches fron the roof, when two soldiers happening to pass, and making a remark about Johnson being " after the box," he walked back along the shaft and returned to the cart, and Jones drove off as fast as he could towards Oxford-street. He (the sergeant) fol lowed them as far as the Edgware-road, when, having got the assistance of two constables, he continued the pursuit in a Hansom cab to Oxford-square, and then jumped out and laid hold of the horse's head. Jones then began whip ping the horse, and afterwards all three jumped out of the cart and made off, but he secured Jones and the horse and cart, the prisoners managing to keep out of the way . till yesterday, when I say them at the Sp ital -square Station, and identified them as the persons who escaped from the cart. Doughty' 87 11, Asia be apprehended Johnson on the 23d of May in Bethnal-green. J ohnson called for assist ance, and some of his companions violently assaulted him (Doughty), Johnson's brother taking his staff away from him, and throwing it away. His neck was twisted round, and he was very much hurt. Johnson then escaped, but yesterday morning he took him again. Kenwood, 191 H, having proved a2prehending Timothy yesterday morning, Mr. Tyrwhitt eommitted the prisoners for trial. Sergeant Cole said there were convictions against each prisoner which would be proved. THAMES. A GERMAN Row.—Five bakers, natives of Germany, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night at 12 o'clock in Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel. The names of the prisoners wer e given by police-sergeant Barnes, 10 H, as follows : Heinrich Blucher, Heinrich Rosenburg, Heinrich Kruk, Heinrich Bert, and Wilhelm Davis. of fe the ea A d German. tvi ni si a o n h: am con es— stables N o ' Dlr. Woolrych — Davis is an English T S e w r g o e p a o n l t t o ß e named Wood and Mitchell, said the German bakers and sugar bakers, after leaving their houses of call on Saturday night at 12 o'clock, began to quarrel and fight. Upwards of 50 of them wore swearing at each other, shouting and yelling. They went up to the Germans, and told them to disperse, but they retused to do so. The tumult was very great; the tradesmen hurriedly closed their shops, an d people ret reated to their homes , for sonic of the Germans were armed with knives. They succeeded in capturing three of the prisoners —Blucher, Rosenburg, and Kruk —and were leading them off to the s tation-house when other Germans, the foremost I of whom were Hert and Davis, made an attempt to rescue their countrymen, and the policeman Wood was struck by Davis. Additional aid was sent for, the rioters were dis persed, and the prisoners were taken to the station-Louse. The police-constables engaged in the ease said there had been many disorderly rows among the Germans on Satur day nights, but the one of last Saturday night was the most serious of all, articipation in the riot Th e prisoners all de nied any p. Mr. Wintjen, the interpreter, said four of the prisoners were bread bakers, and ller t was a sugar baker. Mr. Woolrych fined Davis 20s. for the assault o n Wood, the po li ce constable, and the others to find a surety each in the sum of £2O, to keep the peace for six ra Hert introduced Mr. Dutus, a shoemaker and linguist,°xiths. f Lemau-street, as his surety, and he was accepted, The other prisoners were committed to prison. ''"' .'e SEEDS. New white mustard seed is in moderate supply and slow request, at 9s to lOs per bustel. New rape, trefoil, and earraway are unaltered in price from last week, Cakes move off slowly, at late rates. Turnip, W hite,p. bus.l is to 14s Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown —s —s White, Tares, New Os Od Os Od Carraway 2Bs 32s Coriander —s —s llernpseed, per qr —s —s Linseed,Eng.sowing 74s 76s Crushing Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 30s 5. 1 s Rye grass, new - —s Clover, Red Enb., et. —s —s White Foreign Red — s —s White —s -s Trefoil, new. —s -s Baltic — —s —s Odessa —s -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English - £9108.00 —s Foreign lOs £lO 10s Rape Cakes,p ton.EG Os .C 6 lOs itapeseed, new,pr qr GOs Gls TALLOW. The tallow trade continues dull, at the recent decline in the currency. P.Y.C. is quoted at 42s to 42s 3d per cwt. on the spot; and 44s to 41s 3c for October to December de livery. Town tal fat, 2s lid. per 81 low is quotA at 41s 3a net cash. Rough LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. ARE BILLIARDS A LAWFUL GAME?-CLAYTON V. GOLD- INGS. This was an action to recover 12s. 6d. for certain games a billiards, plaintiff being an hotel keeper, and defendant a commercial traveller. His Honour—l think you are out of court, Mr. Clayton, on your own partioular, Plaintiff—How so ? His Honottr—You say " Games of Billiards," and I am not sure that it is a lawful game. Plaintiff—We are obliged to have a license, and I believe it has been laid down that a licensed victualler can recover for his tables, but I have not brought the book with me. His Honour called for the Act of Parliment 8 and 9 Vict., but it was not in court, and it was suggested that plaintiff could recover for the use of the tables. His Honour—But he calls it " Games of Billiards," and I hold that it is an unlawful game. Plaintiff.—The point was settled in this very court some time ago, and then I recovered a verdict. Mr. Buchanan—l was in that case, and the subject mat ter was of a very different kind; that action was for the hire of a table by a marker. His Honour—Yes, that is another thing altogether. Plaintiff—But we are required to take out a license for billiards, and it would be hard if we cannot recover. His Honour—lt . is a game of skill and chance, and may be called gambling, but defendant does not appear. How long would he have the tables before 12s. 6d. would be due ? Plaintiff—Oh I 12s. 6d. could be run off in two hours. His Honour—Well, as defendant is not here, you will recover for the use of the tables, but I do not decide that billiards is a lawful game. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--SATURDIT. There is very little doing on the Doncaster St. Leger. Occasionally a bat is booked, and from the day's quota tions, the favourites do not appear to be very firm ; but a very little money brought into the market would make a great difference with any of them, of course a few outsiders excepted. Closing prices DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 6to 1 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 11 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 13 to 2 agat Ranger (offered) 13 to 1 agst Golden Pladge (offered) 40 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (offered) 40 to 1 eget Mogador (offered) 50 to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 50 to 1 agat Pratique ('aken and offered) 500 to 7 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Wolga (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Double X (taken) SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze, and cloudy weather, with showers. PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning. liis Prussian Majesty's gunboat Basilisk, Capt. Schan, from Dantzic, last from Lowestoft, for the Mediterranean, put into the Sound this morning short of fuel. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVSEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 30—Magnet, from Dantzic ; Der Ecluchs, from Onega ; Leat, from Quebec; Gem, from Antwerp; Gloriana, from Riga; Medkurring, from Tornea ; Newton, from Gefle ; Glen, from Ghent; Rainbow, from Cronstadt; Elizabeth Mary, from Dantzb; Caunder, from Dantzic ; Swan, from Dantzic ; Adagio, from Colberg ; Esq, steamer, from Guernsey. Arrived, Aug. 31—Diadem, from Cronstadt; Commo dore, from Calcutta ; Atalanta, from Quebec; Comet, from Droback ; Harburgen, from Archangel. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, Aug. 30 —Ageneria, screw-steamer, from Lon don, for Bordo ;_Adler, Prussian steamer, from Yarmouth, for Plymouth ; Blitz gunboat steamer, from Yarmouth ! for Plymouth; Carl 15112, from London, for Rio Janeiro; . I . le n. rs ty, from London, for St. John's; East, from London, for Bombay ; Caster of Scarborough, from west, for north. oa iled.—Western Emperor and Amada, for Liverpool, in tow; and all the outward bound on the 30th. Preparations are making for a grand choral gatheting at 'York Minster. on October 13, somewhat simi lar to that at Peterborough. SUNDAY EXCURSION TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —The second and last Sunday excursion this season of members of the Crystal Palace Share Clubs took place yes • terday to the Palace, and was attended by 7,000 artisans and their families. THE AMERICAN MAILS,—The extra Cunard steamship Hecla, from New York on the 19th inst., passed the harbour of Queenstown yesterday afternoon. She brings 83,200 dols, in specie, and 90 passengers, four of whom she landed. Her news had been anticipated by the Arabia, via Halifax. The royal mail steamship Scotia arrived at Queenstown at 6 a.m. yesterday. She embarked mails, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 4 p.m. All well. A twine spinner in Devonport dockyard attempted suicide by hanging himself in the ropery en Friday. He was, however, discovered, and cut down before life was ex tinct. The unfortunate man had just received intelligence that his son, who was employed in the ropehouse, had been detected stealing lead. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS TAAIN.---lohn Allbuary, a butcher, living at Agnes-place, Plum stead, was summoned before M r. M au d e , at Woolwich, for endangering the safety of the pae.: , .enrs on the North Kent Railway. ns.. crevenb opreared. for the prob,tion, on be half of the South-Eastern Railway Company. Wm. Agate said-1 am a platelayer on the North Kent line, and live at 66, Orchard-street, Plumstead. On the 12th icst., just be- fore 2 o'clock, I was on the line, a quarter of a mile above Abbeywood station, and saw the defendant in the lane, with a horse and cart at the crossing. I was a quarter of a mile from him, and I could see a train coming np to the Abbey wood station. I saw the defendant open the gate and bring the horse and cart on the line. He walked behind the cart, and closed the downside gate after him. He then walked across the lane, and opened the gate on the up side, leaving the horse and cart standing on the railway. While he was opening the gate, the horse, which appeared frightened, turned round with his head towards Abbey-wood station. Whilst bringing the horse round th e gate bl ew t o hi m , and th e defendant opened it a second time. The driver of the approaching train blew his whistle and turned off the steam, put on the break, and was only 90 y ar d s o ff w hen the de fendant got his cart off the line. Joseph Bashford, foreman of platelayers, living at East Wickha m , sa id—l no ticed the h ors e and cart on the line. I held up m y h a nds to give the 'driver of the t rain the " danger signal" and heard the driver blow his whistle as the train passed through the sta tion. As soon as the train had passed and the dust dis appeared, I proceeded to the spot and obtained defendant's name. I said he ought not to have come on the line when a train was in sight, and he said he could not see the train because his sight was bad. At the crossing the line is straight and a person can see a mileand a half. Fredk. Wilton, engine driver, said it was an express from Dartford to Woolwich Arsenal, and not appointed to call at Abbey-wood and other intervening stations. On approaching the Abbeywood Sta tion within 200 yards, the train was going 23 miles an hour. He observed a horse and cart on the line about a quarter of a mile beyond the station, and immediately shut off the steam, an d the fireman put his break on. The speed was reduced to 20 miles an hour, and when within 00 er 90 yard of the accommodation crossing, defendant had got his horse and cart clear off the line. Had he nt seen the platelayer's signal and reduced the speed, the train would have been on the cart before it was oft the line. The defendant said, "My eyesight is bad, and I did net , see the train or hear it coming until I went to pull the horses head round." Mr. Maude said it was too serious a case for him to deal with. He would adjourn the case till W e d n esday, in order that the deposi tions might be laid befor e tha railway company, and if they insieted upon it, he would commit the defendant for trial, Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The steamship Palekari, 1,116 tons burthen, Capt Peters, went down to Woolwich on Saturday to ship 340 tons of shot, powder, and other stores for Malta. The Palekari has a private cargo of merchandize for Athens, Syria, and Smyrna and is expected to sail from Woolwich on Tuesday. The unfavourable report made recently by the dockyard officials at Chatham of the condition of the iron paddle-wheel frigate Recruit, 6, 150-horse power, Commander G. F. Cottam, and the marked failure which took place on the occasion of her recent trial trip, as reported in The Sun, has induced the Admiralty to abandon their intention of de spatching her to the West Coast of Africa, an order having been received at Chatham on Saturday, directing her to be placed in the first division of the steam reserve, without any Jf her bulkheads or other internal fittings being in any way disturbed. From the time the Recruit passed into the hands of the Admiralty from the erussian Government, for whom she was built by Mr. Scott Russell, it was found that her defective sea-going qualities, combined with her small size, rendered her altogether unfit for anything but tho lightest duties, and for several years she was employed ou surveying duty in the Danube. Since then she underwent a thorough refit and overhaul at Chatham, and was fur nished with new boilers. In addition to her ordinary sea stores, guns, shot, &c., the weight of her engines, spare gear, and boilers, with water, is just 160 tons, Bcwt., which is an increase of 48 tons on the return made in 1855, an in crease of seven tons being on th e boilers alone. This cir cumstance will account for the failure of the vessel on her late trial. The Clio, 22, screw steam corvette, 1,472 tons, 400-horse power, Captain Thomas Miller, recently returned from the Pacific station, was paid off in the basin of Sheerness dock yard on Saturday. Capt. C. Wise, A.D.C., the superin tendent of the docks, who conducted the operation,expressed his approval of the discipline and order manifested by the crew. The best possible good feeling has existed between the officers and men during the whole commission ; indeed, it is believed that were the pennant to be again hoisted, the crew would remain in the ship almost to a man, and many have signified their regret at leaving. Mr. hills, the ship's caulker, and Mr. Yelland, boatswain-mate, have each received a silver medal for long service, and a gratuity of £l5 for exemplary conduct throughout the ,commission; Mr. Fowkes, quartermaster, also has received the long ser vice medal, and a gratuity of £lO. The detachment of ma rines which belonged to the vessel were conveyed the same day to headquarters at Chatham, by the Wildfire, tender to the Formidable, flag-ship at Sheerness. On the previous day the ship's machinery and engine-room were inspected. Capt. W. K. Hall, commanding the Sheerness steam re am ve, and Mr. W. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, complimented Capt. Miller and the chief engineer, Mr. Owen, on the first-rate condition of the engines and general cleanliness of the engine-room, which they observed could not be surpassed. The Clio will be placed on the 3d division of the Sheerness steam reserve. Forty fitters and smiths belonging to the Royal gun fac tory in Woolwich Arsenal were on Saturday dismissed from their employment, and a further reduction is announced. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Edwin Wiee, master, to the Cumberland, for the Tamar; Arthur W. W. Babington, surgeon, to the Hawke; Dr. W. Lockhart, assist.-surgeon, to Hasler Hospital; Frederick L. W. Wright, assist.-surgeon, to the Cumberland ; Cuthbert R. Rodham, assist.-paymaster, to the Ma3ander ; George Nixon, master's assistant, to the Euryalus ; William Anderson, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Odin, when the latter ship was paid off; T. H. Dawkins, acting engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary; W. F. Tunes, engineer, to the Dauntless, for the Tender; William B. Akaster, master additional, to the Cornwallis; William H. Alland, master in command to the Medusa; William Horn, second master, to the Medusa; F. K, Fesenmeyer, assist.-paymaster, to the Cumberland; W. G. N. Burney, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Medusa; George V. Hart, assist.-surgeon, to the Medusa; Richard Harris, engineer, to the Medusa; Frederick Pugh, Wm. M‘Naught, and George T. Strouach, assist.-engincers, to the Medusa; and E. E. Richmond, clerk, to tke Hogue. THE ARMY. - A general order from the Horse Guards has been received at Chatham garrison, announcing that his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, with the concur rence of the Secretary of State for war, has been pleased to award silver medals, with gratuities, to various non-com missioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery for lorg service and exemplary conduct. Medals and gratuities of £l5 each were awarded to Master-gunners Thos. Ander son. Thomas Birks, Edward Dewey, Joseph Hunter, James Hunter, John Knox, Jacob Little, Jas. Piper, R. Redfern, Charles Smith, John Williams, Wm. Taylor, and William White; Battery Sergeants-major Walter Gibson, R. Hall, Robert Murray, R. Lakin, John Doulon, John M`Glashan, John Moore, Wm. Wishart, and David Montgomery; Ser geants-Major David Humphreys. Chas. Clarke, and Lee Buckland ; Quartermaster -sergeants Thos. Gibson and Wm. Massey; Farrier-sergeants George Horton and Robert Wilson ; Drum-major James Lawson ; Sergeants William Beach, Samuel Milligan, Thos. Watt, Wm. Brett, Gran vine Smith, John Powell, John Smith, Joseph Smyth, P. Walsh, Hugh Thomson, Richard Coghlan, David Corbett, James Gilbertson, William Ingram, John Lythgoe, James Magihon, and James A. Menzies. Medals and gratuities of £lO each were awarded to Master-gunners Thomas Keown, James King, Joseph Thornley, John Agnew, and Charles Wildbore ; Battery Quartermaster -sergeant Thomas Cribb; Battery Sergeants-major Thomas Finlay and Charles Bon cell; Staff Collar-maker Thomas Fairchild; Sergeants William Legerwood, William Rhodes, William Newstead, William Dodd, Ephraim Blythe, Hugh Murray, David Bannister, Jabez Chapple, William Deans, Thomas Inglis, W. M‘Donald, and James Rolla; Corporals Henry Allen and Thomas Johnson. A large number of other non-com missioned officers and gunners received medals and gratui ties of £5 each. Ironclads on the Mersey. Though it is well known that several ironclads aro in course of construction in various parts of the kingdom for foreign Governments, and though one has already sailed.for Russia and another for Denmark without occasioning sur prise, the public suspect that any vessel of war built on the Mersey must be intended for the Confederate Government. For a considerable time past mysterious assertions have been circulated respecting two ironclads building in Messrs. Laird's yard, and Federal spies have never lost sight of them. A few days ago it was currently reported and be lieved that one of these vessels had slipped away to sea clan destinely to join company with the Florida off the Irish coast. That such was not the case a visit to Messrs. Laird's yard made evident. There at present lie the two suspected vessels side by side, with the French flag floating over t one nearest completion. Messrs. Laird m ake no myster named. about El Tousson and El Mounassir , as the ships are s They are undoubtedly built on F rench account, and i t i understood that the French Vice -Consul has given the Col lector of Customs satisfactory explanations respecting them. El Tousson, which was launched some time ago, will be ready for a trial trip in a month or six weeks. El Mounatsh was only launched on Saturday, but already a portion of her m achinery is on board. P e rhaps there are not two more They are 230 ft, over all, 42ft. formidable frigates a float. beam, with 19ft. 6in. depth of hold. Tonnage, 1,850 o.m. ; horse power 350. Th e y will combine speed with good sea going qualities. They are very flat-bottomed, with exceed ingly fine ends, and will sit low in the water. Their draught when loaded will be about 15ft ; estimated speed, 11 knots. The stem is so formed that the vessel may be used as a ram, and the stern which overhangs affords protection to the screw and rudder from shot or collisions. The rig is that of a barque, the masts, which are telescopic, and the lower yards, being of iron. The armour-plating on the sides of the vessel is 41 inches thick amidships, and rather less at the ends. The plates, the join ing of which together is imperceptible, a re fitted into a teak backing of great strength. The deck is of bin. teak, protected with iron. The bulwark let down in case of action in order to allow the turret guns to fire over them. They have two cylinderical turrets on Captain Come- prin ciplo—one before and the other aba ft the eng room , heavily plated. These turrets are made for two it g h u e ns each. The pilothouse is formed of teak a nd iron. A n r end of the vessel are raised decks, which afford exca ent accommo dation for the officers and crew. In the captain's cabin provision is made for two heavyistedrenegkunTs, and heavy guns can be trained from the forecasAt thell meehhi nery vessels have capacity for 300 tons of exp erienced eress ede ie naval niti o n fficers who have is below the water line. Seve ral " e x P r 3 most gratify inspected the vessels ha ing to their design dock is her In the adjoining This vessel is • being constructed in a court, of 6 , 720 tons. I d oc k which wa s adapted specially for the purpose, and is now one of the finest in the kingdom. It is about 400 ft. long, with an entrance of 75ft. wide, and a depth of water on the blocks of 241 t. at average spring tide, or 26ft. at a high spring tide. Rapid progress ha s been made during the s pr summer months—about three-fourths of the iron-work of the hull is now fitted in place, and a large proportion of this completely riveted and finished off, ao that the carpenters have commenced with the woodwork, some six or seven atreakes of the teak backing for the armour plating are fixed on amidship, and various checks, waterways, planking, &c., aro being prepared for the different decks. The forgings for the stem and stern frames have, as usual in these very large ships, required a longer time to make than was ex pected, but the lower part of the stem has now been in its place for some months, and the stern post, weighing some 35 tons, was finally erected last month. The remaining parts of tbs. stern and the rudder-post will be complete in a few weeks, and then the extreme bow and ._tern of the vessel will be rapidly closed in. Large quantities of the 5.1-ineh armour plates have been received, and as all the machinery for preparing and fitting them has been com plete and at work for some time, it is expected that rapid progress will be made with fixing them to the sides of the frigate. The winter weather will not have the effect of in• terfering with the progress of the work to the extent usually to be feared in this climate, as the whole ship and dock is covered over with a shed, under villsk are placed the travelling crane 3 and other appliances for carrying on tile work, THE MI (RESTS. (Front the Inverness Courier.) We have little to add to the reports from the moors and forests which we have already given,. The sport is generally above an average. Disease is an exception, and its prevalence is very irregular. For instance, the following statement refers to a shooting soath of the canal, where the disease was expected, and is the midst of an affected district— " Our grouse, as I expected, are numerous, and very good and healthy. We have been out six days, two guns shooting together, and have killed on an average each day 23 brace of grouse, besides hares and small game, including four brace of woodcocks in one day. Black game is a little better than last year ; the grouse are very strong." (►n the other hand, some very unfavour able accounts have been published. We observe by a letter in the Pie/4/ that Captain Horatio Ross lays it down as an invariable rule that disease recurs at regular inter vals of 7 years. The experience of the last few years, and particularly of the current sea -800, in this neighbourhood, does not warrant any such position, as disease has appeared and disap vkmacyteespteel re r st y tteor which Captain a p anticipatetai n i t orpeared i n thi s county with an irregularity and R h guard ra alleges baffled against. sportsmen and likely to be the case , namely, that few people what l il ia a v p e r r i y: know at the commencement of an attack when the birds are diseased. lie says, "If I see even one feather near the tail of a p art i cular colour, I certain to find the worm in som e part of the ain en trails. I have seen my keeper wrong a dozen times this year. He has fancied the bird all right, and on dissecting it it was diseased." By accumulation of minute evidence of this sort something may be ultimately discovered which may throw light on the subject, Among notes of sport we have received the fol lowing :—At Easter Kyllachy, Mr. Kidston and Mr. Ellis shot 32 brace of grouse on Monday week ; 231 brace on Wednesday ; and on Thursday 18 brace. On Monday, 24th inst., Mr. E. A. Latham, M.P., Mr. Tew, Coul Cottage ; Mr. Fenton, and Mr. Macleod of Cadboll, shot 49 brace of grouse, 1 snipe and 4 hares, on the Alness moors. Mr. Fraser, of Bunchrew, at Upper Duman, on the 12th bagged 16 brace of grouse, and on the 14th, 16f brace. On Thursday Major Wardlaw of Bel maduthy shot 9 brace of grouse and 2 black game. Up to Monday Messrs. Bulteel and Hartman, at Dunmaglass, shot 320 brace of grouse ; and up to Tuesday Messrs. Macdonald, Morris, and Mackil lop had bagged, at Wyvis, 450 brace. A correspondent, writing from Ballater, says— Your sporting readers will, no doubt, like to hear that the finest stag ever seen in this part of the Grampians was killed on the 11th by Mr. Naylor Leyland, on Ben-na-Bard, which is part of the forest belonging to the shooting of Corindaven Lodge. It had a fine clean head of 15 points, and was a remarkably heavy animal. Mr. Naylor Leyland's sport since he has been down is as fol lows :—August 11, two stags, one of eight, the other of 15 points, both with clean heads. 12th, 19 brace of grouse and 2 hares, in two hours' shooting. 13th, 41 brace of grouse, in an afternoon's shooting. The grouse are plentiful and well grown ; and there are more clean heads in the forest than I ever remember at so early a period of the season. This shooting has been rented for the last 20 years by Captain Leyland, who shoots it every season." Lord Cowper arrived at Cluny Lodge, Glenmoris ton, on the 20th, and has already had good sport. On the 22d he brought down two stags. On Fri day the Hon. H. Cowper killed three stags. Up to Saturday last Captain Horatio Ross and party had 22 stags. The Earl of Stamford shot at Kinrara a fine stag with a head of 11 tines ; Sir A. Chichester, Bart., one at Glenelg ; and Mr. H. Akroad, Aultnaharra, two stags, one of which had a fine royal head: these four heads have been for warded to Mr. W. A. Macleay, bird-stuffier, for pre servation. Oa Monday, at Guisachan, Mr. Majori banks succeeded in bringing down a stag with a head of eight points. Mr. Basset also shot one at Kinlochewe. The animal had a beautiful head of 11 long, beautiful tines; the horns which were of 32 inches span, were perfectly clear of velvet. Thu other day at Lockmore, Colonel Baker brought down a fine stag with a head of eight points. At Invereshie, on Tuesday, Henry Chap lin, Esq., shot a large stag, with a royal head of the following dimensions, viz. :—Span, 31 inches ; length, 34i inches ; thickness, 51, inches. The whale of the 12 tines are very long and much tapered, and the surface of the antlers is as rough as those of a wood deer. The head has been sent to Mr. Snowie to be preserved. At Guisachan, on Friday, Mr Pullenie shot a stag while on a visit to Mr. 1). C. Marjoribanks ; Mr. J. G. Leigh brought down a fine animal with a royal bead at Strathconon ; Lord Lovat and the Master of Lovat shot five stage in Glenstrathfarar last week. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Sept. 18. via Marseilles .. Lirazil and Cape Wills, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 1. via Marseilles ...Sept. 1. d S B outhampton S ep t . 1 . oFaiblkrailatnadr,lvsliana India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vitt Southampton Sept. 1. via Marseilles Sept. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Sept, 10. via Mar se ill es Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 1. --- via Marseilles Sept. 4. Newfoundland .. Sept. 2. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 2, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet.Au g. 28. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritie ........ • . Sep t . 10 . Bahamas, via New York 4 •••• ,Sept,. • - • Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Sept. 13, I California, and British Columbia. ........... Constantinople journals to the 20th have reached us. According to letters of the same date, Turkey is determined to guard a strict neutrality in refer. ence to any political complications that may arise in Europe. The Sultan was present the day before at a regatta held on the Bosphorus, but no details of what took place are given. A new c ongress has com mence d it s s itti ngs i n Germany. That of the lawyers assembled at Mentz ' 500 members being p resen t. Th e num b er w ill, it is expected, be considerably increased before the termination of the sittings, as any one provided with the diploma of an advocate has a right to attend. The duration of the assembly win not be more than five days. TAXES UPON ENJOYMENTS.—In the financial year ending with March, 1863, tax vas paid upon 343,285 of the dogs of Great Britain ; the amount paid was £205,785. More than this number of dogs travelled by railway in the course of the year—that is, counting as one every journey of a dog. Tax was paid in the year upon 571,189 horses, the amount reaching £384,641; of this sum £179,295 was for 170,757 horses used for riding and for drawing taxable car. riages, £71,421 for 136,041 horses used by farmers, clergy. men, and surgeons, £100,597 for 191,613 horses used in trade, and £33,328 for horses of all these classes not exceed ing 13 bands. Duty amounting to £6,422 was paid also upon 1,668 racehorses. The tax upon carriages (other than hackney and stage carriages) produced £350,083; it was paid upon 269,443 carriages. The sum of £209,896 was paid as tax for keeping servants ; the taxable servants were 245,380 in number; 939 persons paid tax for using hair powder, the duty amounting to £1,203 ; and 48,995 persons paid £60,086 for using armorial bearings. All these taxes are confined to Great Britain, and unknown in Ireland. The produce of all is increasing, except in the instance of hair powder. The produce of the duty on gold and silver plate is declining ; last year it brough t onl y £67,354. The tax paid on cards and dice fell to £9,269, but may recover under the new mode of taxation. Game certificates and licences produced but £128,415. CHARGE OF MURDER ARISING OUT OF A DREAM. —The man named Gurrety , who has been in the custody of the Liverpool police for the last week, has been discharged, there being ne evidence to support the charge of murder preferred against him. The circumstances under which the man was taken into custody were moat extraor dinary. A woman named Heckle, with whom the prisoner cohabited, dreamed that ho shot a man in Ireland, and shortly afterwards the prisoner told her that he had shot a magistrate named Bell in Ireland eighteen years ago. An Irish detective officer stationed in Liverpool happened to have a copy of the _Hue and a y, in which a murder corre sponding iu its details with the one described by the prisoner was mentioned. The real murderer, h o wever, is much. older than Getrety, a n d his hair is of a differen t colour, ut rd the that lex the ility vith I, I the that igh ss of ,atu- as as ()row; niona lorti- Fish• [mon 51 50/ 671/ 113 j S 43: 4 1011 i 103: 3 101 1 942 i