The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-31 00:00:00

MARKET TIONEY AND COMMIIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: Notwithstanding the good supply of money on offer in the general discount market, tho rates for short-dated paper continue at 7 and 71- per cent. The demand for accommodation to-day has been of a moderate character, but the brokers, who do not believe in cheaper money, appear indisposed to enter largely into long transactions. In the Foreign Fschange yesterday afternoon there was no materialeiteration. There were no bullion na.)vemcnts at the Bank yesterdtly. At a meeting of creditors to-day of Messrs. Ford, Curtis, and Curtis, ship-provision merchants, a comnaitee was appointed to investigate the ac cour.ts, and to report to an adjourned meeting, to be held on the 6th of September, as to the best course to be adopted for realising the estate. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Woodward and Podmore will be held on Thursday next. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit• tance of £5ll on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. An instalment of £3 per share is payable on Thursday, the Ist September, on the scrip of the Societe Generale de I'Empire Ottoman. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced That they have received adv:ces from their agents in Venezuela, under date of the 9th inst., of their hav ing received the undermentioned collections on account of 55 per cent. of the import dutiea assigned to the bondholders, viz., 1 week from Custom House of Puerta Cobello, 5,020 dole. 74c ; and two weeks from that of La Luayra, 38,727 dole 83c; together 43,748 dole 57c. Messrs. Baring Brothers have also received the remittances on account of New Grenada dividends, viz., from• the Custom House of Santa Marta £1,703 4s 3d, and from San Jose de Cucuta £1,352 13s ld ; together £3,145 7s 4d. Messrs. Baring Brothers have also received by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 64,479 dols 560. Two o'CLocK. A very unfavourable feeling still prevails in the English Stock Market, and the Funds are now at an exceedingly low price, Consols for money being 88t, and for the account 88i t. There appears to be no valid reason why English Government secu rities should be at such reduced figures. Political relations are satisfactory, and there is nothing to fear from monetary prospects. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are B'7i 88 ; the Annuities, 1873, 105 ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 153. die. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1031,- 104. Very little fluctuation has occurred in the Foreign Market, and business is extremely dull. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 'i f ; do. Consolides, 501 ; Mexican, 281 ; do. New, 25i 26 ; Greek, 23i 244; Spanish Passive, 311 ; do. Certificates, 13i I; Russian, 881 b ; and the Confederate Loan, 74 i 5 ex div. In the Railway Share Market business has con• tinned rather dull, but prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded about £l, and Great Eastern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and London each 55.; while North Eastern (York), have advanced ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are neglected, but prices in some instances are a shade firmer. Lon don and Westminster realise 98 ; Imperial Bank, 35k; Credit Mobilier, 12 121 ; and Credit Foncier, 121 12i. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols .................. 88i a a Do Account, Aug. 8 ............ 81 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1831 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873...........+ 105 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire fthJan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 100 S — 111.nrch. June. Exchequer Bills ' £l,OOO, 3 &ill per:Cent. Do £5OO Do - £lOO and £2OO .. Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 212 25 15 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570 .... Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Do Account .. Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4i pet Cent Do L - niaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... Do 51 per Cent,, May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do liondsil,ooo Do under £l,OOO •••• -- FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent ........ Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 --c Do 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — China!). 6 per Cent. - Do 41 per Cent -- Colombian 6 Der Cent .... Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant -- Danish 3 per Cent. ' 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Egyptian 7 per,Cent -- Do, Second Issue - -- -- Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, es-Coupons 231 Do Account Do Coupons Do Accounl.... . , —, Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account - Do 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex, 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada - Do 2 per Cent. .. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 por Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866.. • • Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Cribarren) — Do 4} per Cent., 1362 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • • -- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ---- Do 41 per Cent., 1850.„ .. Do 1860 — Do 3 ner Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 BBl i Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid Sardinian. 5 per Cent -- Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent 1 Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 3lt Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3i Swedish, 4 per Cent. Do Scrip, £6O paid "-- Pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account ..... ....... Do 6 per Cent. 1506 . iio Account .............. Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 11, 4 62 Do Account ..................... Do £lOO Bonds. ...... .. 7oi Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.. .•• Venezuela 3 per Cent. .Do Account ....................... 22± Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account ...• Do Scrip £45 paid ... .• • dis Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent,, Ex. 10 Florins. -- . _ Do Account ........ . 4t per Cent., E. 251. — D awl). 21 per Cent. Es. 12 Quit. , Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, E. 25 francs — Do Account French Routes, 2 per Cent..... Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s — Fiedmontose, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 CLOCK, TWO 0' Consols noway Do Account..., - PUNISHMENT BY WHlPPlNG.—Punishment by whipping is on the increase. Last year thQ number of prisoners flogged was 388. COMMITMENTS BY COUNTY COURTS.—Last year there were 27,861 warrants of commitments issued, and 8,585 persons actually committed to prison. FEES IN TnE COUNTY COUB.TS.—The amount of fees received last year in the county courts was £263,400, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share' Hallways Paid. Price. Business done 109 - Atlantic &St Lawrenci all 58 60 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Sk 100 101 102 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 74 dis p 204 Buflalo and Lase Huron all a 6 4 10 Do. Preference ...... all 74 84 too Buffalo,Brant&Godricb 100 75 so p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 00 Do. do. July 1, 187:, 100 75 80 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 75 80 et Cloutta.&S.Eastn. (Lino 100 97 93 at Cape Town &Dock Seri] 100 94 96 stock Hastu. Bengal gu. Sp. c 100 102 104 stook East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 10' 1 101 102 10141 20 Do. do. G Ext..... '2O 91 10i 20 Do. do. Ii do. .. 20 191 20 4 stock Grand Trunk of Canada lee 19 2) 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 80 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 05 67 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 48 51 100 Do. do. deferred....... all 43 45 NO Do. 4th Pref. stook... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stook Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.o 100 102 103 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 Par 443 Do. January, 1882 stock Gt. South,of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 • SO4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 00 10 SO4 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 d In stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 994 1004 Icol • stock Do. 4p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stock De.l4 do —.. 100 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. P, p. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & llobson's Bay. all 58 (0 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bdo. all 10 Newßruris.wick Candu Class A an d 8.. all 2 N.Rl.C'daB pc lot fbo 100 80 84 stock Scinde (100 994 1004 crock Do. Delhi . 4.: • 100 99) 1004 20 Do. do 2 4d par st Do.Punj.sub c all 934 1004 Do. Do. ........ , , stock Do. Indus. St . Flo.) llO O ,95 97 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. c.D.(4oy. &J ut)' 1877-81.........100 06 99 084 - Do. ep. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c.Mar. tlv Sept. 100 98 102 I Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. lOC 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stook 100 84 86 ICape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187 F, 100 104 106 Do.Ap &00t 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1800 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 103 10)4 'Ceylon, Nov.lB7S, 6p c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 101 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 104 107 - IN.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 07 100 80. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. B.IV. Gov. 5 p 2., 180 C 100 97 90 - ,I Do. sp. c.,18i 1 to lB7l 100 96 48 97 I Do. d0.,1888 upwds 100 96 98 96 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - !Nora Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875. lOO 99 102 Queensland Gcv. 6p. C. 100 100 103 - , S.Aus G6p.0.1878.6cup.. 100 106 108 - NTto.Gov. Op.°. Ja.&July 100 1014 Do. to 69. c. A.P.&00.. 100 109 110 1084 BRITISH MINES. 2 Umbrian Consol. Gold 1 uliflord Amalgamated 20 32 30 Devon G. Con, (Tavist ) 1 580 590 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 67 69 --- East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon 1.14.6 27 28 East Carn Brea.. 3.4.0 75 71 L. WI Russel (Tavistlt.) 8.13.1 5 55 Gara..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen., 081 5 7 Great South Tolgus 174 2 24 G. Wheal Vor (Holston, 40 27 28 Grenville e.io.c 6I 74 fiend's-Foot ....... • • 8.12 88 40 aingston Downs 4.18.0 3 , 1 45 Lady Bertha ..... 2 . 8 .8 3l ar garet (Goy 94 7 9 - ‘iarke Valley.. 4.3 0 45 5 4 Slyndy Iron Ore (Lim 21 15 85 d New Setun IOI 75 —• N or th Downs .. . . .... 3 15 14 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan, 3.1.0 2 25 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 3 3 2 Par Consols (St. Blazey) Prov idenoe(Uny Le1nt.) 1 10.0.7 40 42 404 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, I 14 103 520 615 174 S. Cam Brea S . Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 425 475 Stray Park 130.17.0 28 30 ramar Silv.d Lead slin fin Croit 9 18 10 West Basset (Illogan) 14 8 90; IV. Cf radon (Liskeard; 9 94 2 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illognn 55 92 05 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 16 20 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Whcal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal Seton 585 210 215 Wheal TreiaAVllCy (Lis.) 7 10 21 Wheal Union 4 5 2 LINES LEASED A "I' FIXED ENNTALS. Manchester, BUStoll, and Matlock, 3i FOICEIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lien., 101 BANKS. Anzio Austrian, 71 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 391 Consolidated Bank, lim., 1a Euro p e an Bank, Rm., 131 14 Imperial Bank (lim.), 35& Imper ial Bank of china , l udia, : and Japan, 6 International B ink, lim., 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 51. ! London Think of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 61 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 55 L on don and County, 73i London and South African, 24 London and 11 estminster, iS South Eastern, 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Urn., 3 City Offices, lien., 3} Credit Fonder, lit 124 f Credit Mobiiix, 11/ 12 Crystal Palace, 33 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 6 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 8f London Financial Association, lim., 211 Societe FIIISEICiere d'Egypte, 41. SIIIPPING-TILIS DAY, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 30—Priscilla, from Port Natal—Pallas, from Archangel; Isabella and Lernvig, from Taganrog— Rival, from Licata—Reliance, Triumph, Mellon, and Zuma, from Guernsey—Sir W. Poultney, from Croustadt —Ohevalier, from Lisboa—Alexandria, from Yokohama. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Gaza and Matilda, from the west, for London— Arbutus, from Barbadoes, for London—Fort Regent and Marlborough, from Calcutta, for London— Moffat, from the Cape of Gooi Hope. for London—Victor, of Sunderland, from the west, for the north—Aphodis, from the north, for the west—Tonning, screw steamer, from London, for Ton ing, ST. THOMAS'S HOSPlTAL—Yesterday afternoon a numerously attended meeting of the governors of this hospital was held at the Terminus Hotel, London bridge, to elect a treasurer in the room of Mr R. Baggallay, resigned, and for other liminess. The president (Alderman Sir a. Musgrove) presided. Mr W. Tite, M.P., proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Baggallay on his retirement from the office of treasurer. The motion was seconded by Alderman Finnic, and unanimously approved. Mr Tite, M.P,, then proposed Mr Francis Hicks for the office of treasurer, Aldermen Finuis seconded and Mr Gray supported the nomination, and Mr Hicks was unanimously elected to the Office, The Tragedy in Hatton-Garden. CORONER'S INQUEST-THIS DAY. This morning Dr Lancaster, the coroner for the central division of Middlesex, held an inquiry at the Three Tuns Tavern, Cross-street, Hatton-garden, on the body of Eliza Wilkinson, who met her death on Monday last, under the circumstances already published in The Sun. The jury having visited the body, Jane Freman said she resided at the 'White House, Sheppard's-bush, and was sister to the deceased. She was about 27 years of age, and was married to Henry Wilkinson, a stonemason, whose father kept the Reindeer, at Lincoln. They had been married 10 years, and there were two children living, one aged four, and the last about 12 months. They lived very happily together, but the deceased had told her she had had words with her hus band, but witness told her she believed one was as bad as the other. She was not in the habit of drinking, but the husband occasionally got intox!cated. He did not neglect his home, on the contrary he always acted with tlie greatest, kindness to his wife. William Chipperton said, I reside at Shrewsbury-cottage, Angel-lane, Hammersmith, farrier. I have known deceased and her husband about six months. I met them first al Shepherd's-bush. I met Wilkinson at that place on Sunday last about half past two, Wo had some ale, and then I, Wilkinson, and his niece came to London. Whilst we were in the train Wilkinson invited zne home to tea. I went and stopped in the house till six o'clock, during which we had one pot of ale. Wilkinson seemed to have had a little drop too much, but he was not intoxicated. The deceased and her husband seemed on excellent terms, as they were playing and chaffing together the whole of the afternoon. When I and the niece left Wilkinson and his wife accompanied us to the train. Ae we were early we stopped at a publichouse and got a pot of sixpenny ale. After that all four went to the station in Farringdon-street. We were all laughing and chaffing together. When the train came up we all shook hands together, Wilkinson kissed his wife's niece, and turned round and said to me, "Don't be jealous, old fellow--kiss my old woman," which I accordingly did. lam keeping company with the niece of the deceased. I never noticed anything strange in Wilkinson's manner when I kissed his wife, but she coloured up very much when he (Wilkinson) kissed her niece. I never saw him ill treat her. Deceased was very jealcus of her husband. She had no cause to be so. I and the niece went off in the train, and got to the sister's house at Sheppard's Bush at half-past 7, After wo had been in the house about 20 minutes, Wilkinson came in. I asked him what brought him down so soon after us, and he said, "Illy old woman's been blowing me up, and I've come down to get out of the way." Wilkinson re • turned to London by the twenty minutes past ten train. He drank about three small glasses of rum, one of brandy and some ale. He was intoxicated when he went away. He said nothing further about his wife than I have mentioned, I have heard that they have had quarrels, and once deceased pointe d to her husband's nose, which she said she had scratched. By ajuror—l never knew the deceased kiss any other man but her husband, and I should not have kissed her had the husband not told me to do so. Sarah Collier said,—l reside at No. 9, Cross-street. De ceased and his wife occupied the first floor back-room. During the ten months I have known them, they fre quently quarrelled. Wilkinson got tipsy at least once a week. They only quarrelled when he was so, and then she never said anything to hies if he was good-tempered. Last Sunday evening Wilkinson came in between six and seven o'clock and asked me if I had seen his wife. I told him I had not. About half-past seven a person canoe to me and told me a lady wanted to see me in Hatton-garden. When I wont out I found it was deceased. She said, " Have you seen my husband, directly we came out of the station my husband struck me in the face." She then told me that he had kissed her niece, and that Chipperfieldjhad kissed her, and that had led to the quarrel. She said, " I'm afraid to come in yet, as lam sure he will knock me about. I will go to a friend's house and stop for two hours," At a quarter past 10 she again sent for me, and when she found her husband was not within she came into my room. She went and looked at her children,:and then came out and went into bed with my aunt, to avoid meeting her husband until the morning. We slept quietly until about a quarter past 12 when I heard Wilkinson going up-stairs. He knocked at my door, and asked if his wife was in my room. I told him she wus not, and he then went to my aunt's room, and pushed the door open. In a few seconds 1 heard a noise as of a quarrel. He was using oaths. I went in, and there saw the deceased on the floor on her knees, and Wilkinson near her. He was using dreadful language, and I saw him strike her three times on the head with his fist. He then got up from a box on which be was sitting and kicked her in the stomach. The moment he did it, deceased seemed very ill ; I asked her it he had hurt her, when she said, "I'm very bad, he has given mo my death blow." I held up her head, and the vomited up a little blood, Directly Wilkinson saw this he became altogether changed, and as sisted me to raise her up. 1 bathed her temples, and Wil• kinson thou assisted me to get her to her route, lie cried very much, and then he ran for a doctor, Mrs Wilkinson died within the hour after she had received the kick. By a Juror—They had had a quarrel on Friday night, Before he kicked her she said " For God's sake, don't kill we." lie then said, " give it you, you —." She Lover spoke after she received the kick. Dr. Clarke, 115, Holborn-hill, said he had made a post mortem examination and found that death had been occa sioned by hemorrhage, caused by a rupture of the spleen, The coroner said there could be no doubt of the cawie of death, viz., the rupture of the spleen, and that injury had been produced by a blow. A juror said it was of the utmost importance that the accused man Wilkinson should be present while the C7i. deuce against him was being given. The Coroner entirely agreed with the juror. He found it would become necessary at that stage of the inquiry to adjourn until next Friday morning, and during that period he would communicate with Sir George Grey, in order if possible to obtain the order of the Home Secretary fur the prisoner's attendance at that inquiry. The jury and witnesses were then bound over to attend again next Friday. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before F. Gibbons, Esq.) A MAN COMPELLED TO PAT A DEBT HE DOES NOT OWE. JONES V. PINKING. This was a judgment summons, and his honour put the usual questions to the defendant, who said he was not the person who owed the money. There must have been a mistake. His Honour said that whether there was a mistake or not defendant must pay. Defendant—l do not owe the money. His Honour—You must pay whether you owe the money or not. This is a claim for 15s. 4d., and it has been decided thatEyou must pay. Defendant—But I never of the matter before to-day. I was not served with the original summons, so I could not attend to D. Hisgonour said he could not help that, the defendant:had not appeared on the original summons, and must go to prison for five days. The commitment would like in the office a week before it issued. Defendant very naturally declared that he would not pay, as he did not owe the money, and left the court complaining of the gross injustice of such a law, A COMMISSIONER FOR TARING OATHS IN COMMON LAW. GAINSFORD AND OTHERS V. PHILLIPS. This was an action to reoover £3lBs. bd., for carpets, &c., supplied to defendant, who is an attorney, of 12, Abchurch: lane, and also is ono of the Commissioners for taking oaths in Common Law. Mr Wray, for the plaintiffs, deposed to the goods having been supplied, and a promise to pay. His Honour found that no one appeared on behalf of the defendant, and the usual order was made. QUEEN VICTORIA AND TUE DAHOMIAN SLAVE GIRL.— , In speaking of slavery, I cannot omit to mention the warm interest that our gracious Queen has evinced towards a liberated Dahomian slave girl. Some years since Commander Forbes, of the Royal Navy, was sent to the savage ruler of that country for the purpose of trying to prevail on him to change his policy of government. The King was greatly impressed by the gentlemanly bear ing of the gallant officer, and as a token of his royal re gard for him, made him a present of g young slave girl. Commander Forbes brought her to England in his ship the Bonetta, and had her christened by the name of Bonetta Forbes. When the Queen heard the strange and eventful history of the girl, she at once adopted her as a protegd, and had her educated at Melville Hospital at her own expense, and always took a deep interest in Miss Bonetta's welfare, even going so far as to have her occasionally at Court. When afterwards the young girl married Mr Davis, a coloured merchant, residing on the Gold Coast, the Queen took a most lively interest in the event, and made Miss Forbes several handsome wedding presents. I lately saw by a news paper that a further mark of favour was conferral on Mrs Davis, who has given birth to a daughter to whom tho Queen has stood godmother by proxy. At the same time the Queen presented to her godchild a beautiful gold cup, with a salver, knife, fork, and spoon, of the same precious metal, as a baptismal present. The cup and salver bear the following inscription—" To Victoria Davis, from her god mother, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1863." Does net,th is incident speak volumes for the good ness of our belcvcd Queen, who amongst her multitudinous cares can still ronember an African girl.— Colburn's United Soria itfagcrzine. Nearly 10,000 clothworkers, at ENla, in Piedmont, are now on strike for a decrease in the hours of labour, and an increase of wages. This sus pension has lasted upwards of a fortnight, and Govern ment con!ractors are embarrassed, as they ar3 unable to gat their orders executed. The men are now at the end of their pecauiary resources, and will shortly be obliged to cede. A sum of ;12,0001 has, however, just been received from Marseilles to be distributed among them, The local j4ur ,nals state that no one knows by whom this money has been sent, SHARE .MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Railways. I Pa id. Closing Business Price. done. E 6 68 125 126 6 7 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Brittiol and Exeter 'Caledonian . Cork and Bandon Ocrnwall g o o. 1 t A I I) 41. )an no . l d n! been pnid to 1' Dublin ct Belfast Junt. bun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great: astern, Ord. stt Ditto A stook Ditto • Sast.i.nglian al OkeatNorthof Sootlaus Great Northern........ Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. anti W. of I re l an =rat Western to Str Val gun. stool Lancashire & Yorkshirt London and Blaokwal! Len., Bright.,& S. Coast Lou., Chat., and Doves Lon. & Icoeh Western Lon. & Swith Westerr. Man,, Shef., & Lincoln M.'aryport and Carlisle Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Dab; Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin„ Perth, & Dundet Nth. Eastern—Berwios Do, G.N.E. purchaw Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do Now North Staffordmhire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stocl, Do Soot. 'Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpoo, Shropshire Union South Devon ISouth Eastern South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton Js Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. ....... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar.,lzß West Midland—Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 32 34 16 17 8.) 91 112 11l 46} 47i 7 7i 13 131 14 131 133 10 92 CBk 09i 116 116 65 67 10s 29 41 115 i 216 IS 29 61 C 6 111 f 112 135 125 10G 108 51i 65i 254 264 1054 106: 64 C 5 93 91 126 129 1i 75 77 11 /li 126 130 57 59 35 37 87 87i 101 103 7 8 36 37 14 11}t, 8 g p 165 170 0 7 t . 3 4 p 101 103 31 30 841 i 5} lin 3 68 1 8 $$ 1151 a 112 4 !12- 12 Hi 6 651 107} I', 1311 i P 106 &1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. A WOMAN ENDEAVOURING TO STRANGLE HERSELF IN A POLICE STATION.—Mary Ann Paget, a woman about 40 years of age, was charged with being drunk and incapable in the street. There was also a subsequent charge against her for endeavouring to strangle herself in the police sta tion. John Boyle, 284 B, said that at half-past 1 o'clock this morning he found the defendant in St. George's-road, Pim lico, drunk and incapable, and ;ook her to the station-house, where the charge being entereil, she was locked up. Joseph Robes, 142 11, said defendant was brought in at half-past 1 o'clock. Shortly after she had several fits, and a doctor was sent for. Directly she saw him she became very violent and jumped up frau the floor. Witness then conveyed her to a cell, when she suddenly took off a gar ter, and placing it round her, while she pulled the ends with great force. She was directly afterwards found black in the face. An attendant was left with her during the night to prevent a repetition of the offence. Mr Arnold—Did the defendant say anything when you prevented her destroying herself? Witness—. She said she wJull do it again. 'Mr Arnold—Lid anything transpire as to the cause? Witness—lt was stated that the defendant bad lived at 54, Lillington-street, and that her husband had sold up her home and deserted her. Mr Arnold—l must remand her for a week, .......,....... MARLBOROT.T4H_ STEALING MARKED Mo:NET.--John Ilawkes, a boy i n the employ of Messrs Massey Iliad Co., military cap makers, No. 7, Great Newport-street, iras charged before Mr Tyr whitt with stealing some m ar l e d money f rom t h e desk of his employers. STREET. From the evidence of Mr john W r ight, foreman to the prosecutors, who stated that inconsequence of money being missed almost daily for the pa.t six weeks, he, on the pre vious night, marked 98 2d, ind placed it in the till. On going to the premises that roomin g he missed all the money, and hearing that the prisoner, Who was employed as errand boy, had come half-an-hour befor e his time, he asked him why he had done so, when he said he had woke earlier than usual. lie then asked the prisoner what money ho had about him, and he took from his pocket two sixpences, stating that that was all he had, and on poking at them he (witness) found they were two he had marked overnight. He then sent for a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody, and on making a search the remainder of the marked money was found under some wood in the kitchen. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, and said he took the money to buy a pair of boots, was committed for four months with hard labour. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FOIL ASSAULTING A LICENSED VICTUA.LLER.—WIII. Allen, 14, Prince's-row, Newport-market, was charged with assaulting Mr Thomas Lindfield, of the Queen's Head Tavern, 412, Oxford-street. Mr Lindfield said that on the previous night the prisoner and another man came into his house and called for some drink, hut seeing they were both drunk he refused to serve them, and requested them to leave. The prisoner's com panion did so, but the prisoner refused, and on his (Mr Lindfield) putting him out of his house, so as to prevent a disturbance, the prisoner struck him a violent blow in the face and eye, and but for th.e interference of a neighbour, Mr Schwabe, the prisoner no doubt would have inflicted serious injury upon him, ha behaving in a very viclent manner, and it requiring two constables to take him to the station. A constable proved seeing Mr Lindfield's face bleeding. Mr Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for a month, with hard labour, without the option of paying a fine. THAMES. A NIGHT SCENE IN PorlA.n,—William Connor, a sea man, Richard Ward, workman, and Ann Hughes, a seam stress, who gave another ulnae, last night were brought before Mr Paget, charged 'with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting police constables in the execution of their duty. Last night, or rather his morning, at a few minutes past twelve o'clock, the prisoners came out of the Green Dragon publichouso in High-street, Poplar, and began shouting and bawling. They were desired by a police constable named Owen, No. 305 K, to move on and go home. Connor, who was mad with drink, began to pull off his guernsey shirt, and said he had left his ship to have a spree, and would fight any one, or fight all the world. He was taken into custody by another constable, named Sorrell, No. 410 K, w hom he kicked violently on the legs, and nearly disabled him, Sorrell took his staff from his case and gave Connor one blow, and succeeded in taking him into custody. George Osborne, No. 129 K, took Ward into custody, and the female said he should not go, and pulled him away. A scene of great disorder ensued, and the screams and shouts of the woman, who used very bad language, were frightful. At last, and with additional assistance, the prisoners were all secured. A crowd of 200 persons assembled in the High-street, and the disorder was very great. Respectable and quiet inhabitants complained of the disturbance. Mr Paget said that Connor had seriously injured the constable he had kicked, and he should sentence him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. He sentenced the woman Hughes to seven days' imprisonment and hard labour, and discharged Ward, who had not offered any re sistance to the police. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. The amounts of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were but moderate. The demand, however, for all qualities ruled inactive, at Monday's quotations. The quality of the produce was very good. Most descriptions of Foreign wheat were in fair supply but the amount of business transacted in them was very moderate, at previous rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at previous quotations. The supply of barley on the stand was small. For all quotations, the trade was firm, and Monday's currency was well supported. The malt trade was quiet, on former terms. With oats, the market was well supplied, and the trade for all quotations held somewhat active, at very full prices. Beans and peas wero firm, at fully late rates. The demand for flour was steady, and prices ruled tolerably steady. ARRIVALS THIS •WEEK. Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,170 230 1,490 200 1,130 Irish — 2,200 . Foreign 11,810 1,120 43,740 3,090 sirs. 1,340 brie. BOROUGH HOP. New hope aro selling at £6 to 49 per cwt. Last year's hops move tiff steadily, at full prices. Old hope dull. WIIITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on salo is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, at the annexed quotations : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 81 to 4s 8d; veal, 31 6d to 48 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 48 41 per Blbs by the carcase. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.--The seventy-ninth half -yearly meeting of the share holders in this company was held yesterday, at their offices, 71, Lombard-street, John Wilkin, Esq,, in the chair. The report of the directors, and a statement of tho accounts for the half-year to the 30th Juno last, were read to the meet ing and unanimously adopted. The customary dividend of 14s per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent, per an num was declined, and the cordial thanks of the proplietor. were voted to the chairman and directors for their continual ex ertions in the management cf the company's affairs, after which the meeting separated. TliE 6 ' INSPECTION" AT DEPOT.—The barracks were on a hill commanding the town, which had been fashioned irresolutely into a sort of fort —and wh e n the sun was shining, little lengths of scarlet ribbon were seen to unwind themselves on the walls, like a cheerful edging to a dull grey surtout, attended also by lively drumming, and the winding of trumpets. In this sort of clumsily dis guised reformatory, the soldiers took their punishment, were drilled, snapped at with words of command, and, above all, " inspected." Which dreadful operation was now just being performed. It was a depot, and samples of several regiments were herded together for training and exer cise. Major-General Shortall had been down, a gaunt, red cheeked man, with what used to be termed the mutton-chop whisker, and who was determined to do his all to save the service from the destruction to which it was hurrying—by keeping his upper lip clean and bare. The men had been scrubbed, pipeclayed, French polished, burnished, holy stoned even ; had been reviled and sworn into perfect cleanliness, before General Shortall was taken down the ranks. With a scowl of distrust, as though each private was busy hiding some breakage or stain, and might, after all, skilfully evade detection of his crime, the general walked down by a row of chests and faces, pried into but tons, twitched open cartouche-boxes, and pulled at straps sourly, then walked up a row of backs, poked, probed as if he were making a aurgicul examination, and finished off a line with an air of disappointment. Colonels and captains walked with him in agitation. In the evening General Shortall was to dine with the mess; so also, was Sir Charles Longman, the generic, territorial person of quality, and one or two gentlemen, It was a sort of little festival. The general, m a grudging sort of fashion, had allowed some commendation to be wrung from him, in which the words "efficient" and " Boldier_like" were distinguishable. So there was a weight of care off the minds of the superior officers, Like two kings at a conference, Sir Charles Long man and General Shortall met on the rug, as at a free town. Colonel Senbow presented them to each other. The gene..al said he had known a Longman in "my old regi ment" in Jamaica, and Sir Charles, -promptly fixing his glass in position, and painfully investigating the general all over, said, doubtfully, " that he—er—didn't know." They went into dinner then, in a sort of clanking procession.— "Nerer Forgotten„" lit Charles Dicii7ens's "1411 the Year Routul," The Credit Foncier and Credit Mobilier Companies. Conjoint reports have been iosued to the shareholders of the Credit Foncier and Credit Mobilier Companies respect ing the result of the operations since their establishment, and also the proposal for their amalgamation. The balance sheet of the Credit Fancier states that the total net profits from March last reach the sum of £42,219 53 11d, equal to 180 per cent. per annum on the amount of capital called up. The directors propose this amount to be dealt with as fol lows :—To forming a reserve fund, £20,000; paying a dividend and bonus of £3 per share, free of income-tax, (equal together to 84 per cent. per annum), which will absorb £20,000 ; paying income-tax on dividend, £5OO ; the balance amounting to be carried forward £1,719 Os 11d. The balancer sheet of the Credit Mobilier from about the same period gives the net profits at £42,611 lOs 2d, equal to 205 per cent. per annum on the amount of capital called up. The directory propose this amount to be dealt with as follows :—To forming a reserve fund, £_'0,000; to paying a dividend and bonus of £2 per share, free of income tax (equal together to 90 per cent. per annum), which will uts:ab £20,000; to paying income tax on dividend, £000; the balance, amounting to £2,114 10s 21, to be carried forward. nThe new company is to be styled the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England with a fixed capital of £2,000,000 in 100.000 shares of £2O each, which the directors propose is • suing as follows, viz.: ---20,000 shares will be issued at par to the holders of and in exchange for the existing 10,000 Credit Foncier and 10,000 Credit Mobilier shares--3),000 shares to be issued to the holders of the 10,000 Credit Fonder shares, being three new shares for one share now held in that company—which will be issued as follows, viz. ;—two of such shares at £2 13s 4d per share preen., and for every two shares so taken one additional share at par-30,000 shares to be issued to the holders of the 10,000 Credit DI obilier shares, being three new shares for one share now held in that company, which will be issued upon the same terms as to the holders of the 10,000 Credit Fonder shares, viz., two shares will be issued at £2 13s 4d per ' share premium, and for every two Shares so taken one additional share at par--•and the remaining 20,000 shares to be issued to the general public at £2 13s 4d per share pm. This issue will yield in premiums the sum of £160,000, which, with the £lO,OOO already put to the reserve fund from this half-year's profits, will make that fund amount to £200,000, or £2 per share en the whole 100,000 shares which will then have been issued. The instalments for pay ing up the new shares are arranged to extend over a period of seven months, so as to make the payments as little burdensome as possible; but as all the 100,000 shares will participate in the next dividend pro rata, according to the amount paid up, the option has been reserved to the share holders to pay up the instalments at any time, or at once, up to tho £5 per share. The paid-up capital will then amount to £500,000, and the reserve fund to £200,000; and with this result the directors believe they are justified in anticipating that the influence of the new company will be materially augmented. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 30.—The market has been very firm. A fair business has been done in ship ping yarns, but it falls short of what had been an. ticipated after receipt of the very favourable tele grams to hand here yesterday from the East. There has been a good deal of enquiry for yarns suitable to India, it is true, but it has not led to much busi ness. A little business has been doing for Germany and also for the markets of the Levant. Although the market for these yarns is not so brisk as it was hoped it would be, yet a wrong impression might be conveyed if it was not stated that it has recovered a - good deal from the extreme depression felt at the commencement of last week. The market for home trade yarns is also a good deal steadier to-day, and there has been rather more business than could be effected last week, but spinners ere rather free sel• lers at about last week's terms. Sellers say, though things are better than last week, still there is not a good business going on—people do not buy freely. Spinners have been offering yarn rather freely, and it is thought this may be a reason why buyers hold back. Sellers in the cloth marketare a good deal disappointed, like those in the yarn-market, that the India telegrams received yesterday have not produced a batter effect. The advises were so decidedly better that they were in hopes buyers here would be induced to enter the market more freely, but this has not been the case. Buyers are not only quiet, but seem indisposed to make offers to any extent. Some little business has been done in light T •cloths, shirtings, and madapollams, chiefly for Bombay, to meet immediate require ments; but there has been no general desire to buy manifested, and offers that have been made, as a rule, wore at prices too low to be accepted by manufac turers, who still hold pretty firmly to their quota tions. The general feeling of the market to-day shows some little improvement, and some sales have been made for various quarters, but they have been small. The aggregate business of the day has been considerable in amount, and the improvement in prices very small. As a rule, the prices of cloth may be quoted as about in the same position as last week. LEEDS, 30th.--There has been a numerous attend ance in the cloth halls to-day, though only little business has been done. To some extent buyers' operations are prevented by the scarcity of some kinds of goods. Superfine plain cloths can scarcely be met with, and the best unions are so rarely offered that there are cases in which an advance of 6d and 6kd per yard has been gladly given. As to wools and blacks and blues, the dearth is such that ac twiny goods of that description have been bought in the West of England to enable merchants here to supply orders of pressing importance which had been received. Of seal skins, black and brown, there is likewise by far too small a quantity to en enable buyers to enter into transactions with confi dence. The demand for such goods is not by any means exhausted, but the manufacturers regard the fall trade as over, so far as they are concerned, and will make no more such heavy cloths except to special order. Their occupation now is principally the preparations of samples for the spring trade, and already sample ends in some variety have been for warded to the merchants. It appears quite evident that fancy diagonals in mixtures for mantles will occupy a prominent position in the trade of the next season. For men's wear there are out different pat terns of fancy coatings, but it is the opinion of come potent persons that more plain goods will be worn next spring than anything else, notwithstanding that they will be extremely dear, both because the raw material has commanded the highest prices at the sales, which close to-morrow, and because indi go is an :important article in the dyeing process, which has greatly increased in 'nice. There have been some deliveries to-day of double milled wit ness, pilots, &c., from the White Cloth-hall, but the demand for winter goods will now gradually be come extinguished. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—Business was quiet at this exclunge hall to-day, and there was only a small a ttendance. The improved advices from Liverpool awed sellers to ask full rates for lace yarns, but only few transactions were effected. Hosiery yarns met a quiet sale, and previous rates were for the most part made. In silks not much change to note. Brown nets a slow sale, at about previous prices. RocnDALE, 29th.—There was a good market to-day for flannels, and the manufacturers are able to secure the full prices of last week. The greatest demand is for middle and low qualities, of which there is little stock in the hands of producers. The manufacturers of both plain and fancy goods are fully employed. Yorkshire goods sell well, but the high prices demanded rather check sales. The local wool trade is active, and prices very firm. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SPAIN AND ITALY.- A Turin letter of the 25th says :—" Within the last few weeks the relations between Spain and Italy have assumed a more friendly character. You aro aware tha: the two Governments have each a chargd d'affaires, who constantly maintains effUal intercourse with the court to which he is accredited. Not long since a consular agent of the Kingdom of Italy, in n small town in Spain, thought proper to put over his door the words ' Italian Consulate,' instead of ' Consulate of King Victor Em manuel.', Tho Spanish f;onservativo party were greatly irritated by this change, and a complaint was addressed to Qu-en Issbella's Government. Some rigorous measure was expected, and certain parties did all they could to pro voke it, but the Spanish Ministry gave proofs of its tole rant spirit by taking no notieo Of the affair, and the in scription put up by the consul still remains. This fact, though of little importance in itself, neverthless indicates friendly dispositions on the part of the Spanish Govern ment," TRIAL TRIP OF A STEAM RAM.—We learn by electric telegraph that an unofficial trial trip of the Scorpion, one of the Birkenhead rams, was made yesterday. The speed attained was about 12 knots an hour. She answered her helm splendidly. The resultd are con6ilerod exceedingly eatietactory, IRELAND, ... .16.....-..---- DUBLIN, Aug. 30. A most brutal an 4 .unprovoked murder was com mitted in Omagh on Sat, irday evening last. The vice a solicitor of conside ra bl e tim is Mr J. M'Cressan, repute in the county o f p oL •egal. The ci rcums t ances are as follows:—At the lut.'t Omagh Assizes Mr M'Caossan was solicitor for . the plaintiff in the case of Doyle v. INPLoughlin, coa,:h builder. It was the only record at last assizes. A. verdict of £8 damages and 6d. costs was found for tt.e M‘Loughlin, the defendant, not paying the clam ages end costs, an execution was brought against him, end the sub-sheriff, Mr C. M'Crossan, brother ,of the deceased, was on Saturday last about to proceed w.Tth the execution. INPLeughlin resisted, end his place, which is situated is Caetle-street, Ornepb, shut up a;clinst the approach of the sheriff and his bailiffs. l'be sheriff, seeing that resistance was cifered, Sought the advice of his brae her, who we n t to hi m , cud while speaking to the sub-sheriff' on the s t ree t at 141‘Loughlin's house, an iron rod, 5 feet 8 inches in length, having a hook with a barb at the point, I ' was thrust by INPL9ughlin out of the window on the upper story, and pludged into the threat cf Mr M'Crosssn, lifting him off the ground, and inflicting a dreadful wound. The carotid artery was cut, and the blood gushed out in profusion. All the remedies which medical skill could devise were applied. , During the night, and up to Sunday afternoon, some hopes, though faint, were entertained of his recovery, but about 1 o'clock p.m. ho fainted, and a change for the worse set in, which became more serious, until he finally expired, after intense suffer ing, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. A report of the brutal outrage was at once conveyed to the con stabulary, three of whom wero quickly at the scene of the unfortunate occurrence. Constable M'Caughan immediately ascended the window, forced his way into the house, and arrested M'Loughlin. FISHING WITHIN THE LIMITS.—On Saturday, a twelve o'clock, in the Townhall, Berwick, before the Mayor and Mr Alderman Fleming, Pierre Malfoison, No. 652, and Eliu Marie Nakire, No. 767, French fishermen, from Boulogne, were charged by Alfred Frederick Mares caux, commander of her Majesty's gunboat Louisa, with having fished, contrary to the statute, within three miles of the English coast. He said—l was cruising last night along the (least from Holy Island to Berwick. About half past two o'clock I saw a number of French boats fishing within the limits among the English ones. At that time it was quite moonlight. I boarded the boats of the prisoners, and there being too heavy a sea to tcw them in I took the captains out. The crew were in the act of hauling their nets; they said that owing to the wind and darkness of the night they were driven in. The wind would drive them in a little, but not to the extent they were ; the sea would, if anything, carry them out. He generally made an allowance for the wind. Geo. Maxwell, pilot, Holy Island, said on Friday evening he saw a number of French fishing boats in the bay. Two were boarded, the bearings were taken, and the boats were found to be within the three miles. The tide was half flood. The prisoners were each fined £5, which was paid. Tuesday morning, before Mr Alderman Fleming and Robert Thompson, Esq., Captain Marescourt, of H.M. gunboat Louisa, charged Deforge Jean Baptiste, Fe. 762; Ramez Jacques Francois, No. 749; and Leerivain Augustin, No. 707; all from Boulogne, with fishing within the limits on Monday night. He was cruising on Monday evening between Berwick and Emanuel Head and Holy Island. He towed three French boats out of the line. There were about 80 French fishing boats lying about with their heads towards the shore. About 11 o'clock ho came across the boats of the three defendants, and found they were within a mile of the shore. At that time it was moonlight. The wind was such that they might have easily got out ; but instead of doing so they kept the heads of the boats inwards. Several boats, when they saw him, tacked about. This was, he said, a most deliberate case of illegal fishing, for they ran as it were right under his nose. He further stated that ho would likely be before the fishery commissioners next year, and he would most certainly state that the present punishment was not adequate to repress illegal fishing. There was no use, he considered, having a law, unless it was upheld. The pilot, George Markwell, gave confirma tory evidence, stating that at the time the prisoners were caught he could see twelve miles along the coast. The magistrates fined the prisoners each £lO, or in default of payment to be kept in custody till their boats would be brought in, which would then be detained for fourteen days, The Bench were of opinion that the ends of justice were not attained by merely fining them, as one night's fishing, they remarked, would cover two or three yeers' fines; and in future they determined to detain their boats. The money was paid in this case, and the prisoners were discharged.— Berwick IVarder. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED —We understand that the Racoon, with Prince Alfred and the Duke of Roxburghe on board, has arrived at Ice land. The prince will make a few visits and return early in September to this country, His Royal highness, who is an expert angler, killed 62 salmon during his short stay in Norway in the Duke of Roxburghe's fishing waters. The first afternoon he killed six fish, and on the following days eighteen salmon each day, and on the fourth day, after going a little further up the water he killed twenty salmon. 'All of them were large fish, weighing from 16ths to 271bs each.—Eninburgh Courant- THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A SKETCH.—By half-past four the House has sacrificed enough to the:decent fiction of private legislation. The time for pub lic business has arrived, and the seats begin to fill rapidly. The Ministers arrive to submit themselves to the batteryof questions by which their constitutional responsibility is supposed to be carried out. Of late this has been the most exciting period of a House of Commons' sitting. The se curity of Ministers has depended on the skill with which they have been able to keep their secrets from the Opposi tion, and the hopes of the Opposition have turned upon the possibility of luring or taunting the Ministers into come in cautious revelations of (heir misdeeds. The portion of public business at half-past four has consequently taken the form of a sharp tournament of question and answer, in which a good deal of ingenuity is sometimes oisplayed, Each Minister has his own peculiar mode of parrying the thrusts which are pointed at him. Mr. Layard gets angry and stands upon his dignity, whhh is un doubtedly the worst plan. Mr. Milner Gibson says some thing wholly beside the question, and at the same time ' smiles in so bewitching a manner that a questioner who shall attempt to pursue his inquiry would feel himself the most brutal of mankind. Mr. Gladstone plunges into a labyrinth of words, through which his listeners despairingly give up all attempts to follow him—and when the torrent stops ho loaves them so bewildered and dazed that they are fain to abandon all further questions till their intellects have been tranquillised by a few minutes' repose. But Lord Palmerston is by far the greatest master of the foil. A keen perception of what the point really is—a firm deter mination not to seem to see it—and an audacity in making bad jokes, and returning impertinent answers, which often, often as the exhibition of it has been repeated, seems every time to take the House by surprise as a refreshing novelty, all these qualities constitute him the most perfect adept in the use of language upon Talleyrand's principles that the present generation has witnessed. It is a game in which the Opposition very seldom win,— Quarterly Review. CRACOW FROM KOSCIUSZIV....S Melee:D.—To see Cracow to the greatest advantage, you must climb to the top of Kosciuszko's mound, two English miles with out the walls. You then discover that the oily is built at the spot where the two rivers, the Rudawa anO the Vis tula, converge, and that a range of wooded hills, ttuminat ing in the mound on which you are standing, runs up lute the triangle formed by the convergence of the two rivers. This mound, raised by patriotic hands in memory of their greatest national hero, was ruthlessly seized upon by the Austrians and converted into a fortress when they violated the treaty of Vienna by destroying the libel ties c t Cracow, which, by the stipulations of that treaty, was to re main a free town f over. Tho traveller who has taken the trouble to mount to the top of the mound has but to look around him and ho will at once see that the Aus trians have not been idle since 1843, As the Russians have rendered the citadel at Warsaw impregnable, and the Prussians have done the same by Posen, it would appear that Austria is bent en turning Cracow to the same account. It will be many years before the works are anything like finished, and, until their completion, Cracow is any day at the mercy of the Russians pouring in through the gates of Michalowice on the top of yonder hill, and less than five English miles distant, Im mediately in front of the spectator is spread out the picturesque old city, out of the centre of which, as from a forest of churches, raises itself up majestically the castle bill, with its royal residence and cathedral, big with the memories of Poland's departed glory, Now, the Pole who would visit the tombs of. Seleh. ski, Kosciuzlw, and Poniatowsky, or would go to worship in Lis own cathedral, is only admitted at certa n hours of the day by a little wicket gate in the fortifications, and has to thread his way through frowning cannon, which command the approaches. When the national feeling is thus cruelly wounded, is it wonderful that the Poles should be dissatisfied with the Austrian Government ? During the 15 years which have elapsed since they laid violent hands upon Cracow, I would defy the Austrians to point to a public work of theirs which had for its object the development of the material resources of the country. The railway which connects Cracow with Lemberg, and that now in course of construction from Lemberg to Czornowi z, in the Bukowina, is the work of Prince Sepieha, to whom the province of Galicia owes what little commercial prosperity it can boast of. Were the Austrians driven across the Carpathians to-morrow, the only trace they would leave behind of their occupation of the country would be a few dozen glaring red brick forts in a lucre or lee forward state of preparation,-I,ick's folidib I;4er it/Ices, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—T.his Day, STOCKTON RACES—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) WYNYARD PLATE. East Lynn Voluptas Lozenge ..... _ 3 Eight ran. HARDWICKE STAKES. Wild Agne5.......... St Magnus .......... Lord CUllyaghttna Four rail. 1 3 DERBY RACES—Tms DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Black Rock Tipkr • Disappointment 3 Five ran. Manchester Betting— Yesterday. - • There was only a small attendance at the rooms to-day, and business was exceedingly tame. The only horses in request for tho St Leger were Baragah and Ely, both of whom were suppotted at 100 to 7 and 100 to 6 respectively. For the Derby, 20 arnica" were taken about BreadalbKne, and 50 to 1 in hundreds about Brown Dayrell. DoNcISTER. ST LEGER. 5 to 2 agst General Peel (offered) sto 2 agst Blair Athol (offered) 10 to 1 agst Miner (offered) 1 0 0 t o 7 apt Baragah (taken) 100 to 6 aget Ely (taken) 25 to 1 agst Alt.ster Richard (offered) 33 to 1 agat Breezy (offered, t a k e 40) THE DEnny. 20 to 1 agat Breadalbano (taken) 50 to 1 agst Brown Dayrell (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOIL 1861. SE rTE3IBEIT. Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden 1 Warwick September 6 Bridgwater 8 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon ............. 19 Richmond • ...... 20 Royal Caledonian .1-1-,Cat 21 Monmouth ........ •22 Manchester Autumn. 23 Ne winarke t Fi rs t October 7 ,33233. OCTI Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians 5 Newmarket Second Oct lO NOTE: Lincoln Kelso•••• 18 •... .... 19 Gloucester ........... 20 Newmarket Iloug on.. 2-1 Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 _ Leamington &War. Hunt 22 SEPTEURER. Carragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER. Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOVEMBER, Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 LONDON GAZETTE —Lest Evening, At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of August, 1861. Present—The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the Parliament which stands prorogued to Thursday the 13th day of October next, be further prorogued to Friday, thil 11th day of November next. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Aug, 30. 3LI Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Thomas Sutton Kirkpa , rick, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vico Elliot, who exchanges. 10th Hussars—Henry John Lindley Wood, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Cecil Russell, pro moted. 20th Hussars—Lieutenant Henry Edward Kensit to be In structor of Musketry. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William James Smythe to be Colonel, vice John Noble A. Freese, C. 8., retired upon full-pay— Captain and Brevet-Mejor Stspylton Robinson to be LO:u tenant-Colonel, vice Sinythe—Captain and Brevet-Col, Michael A. Shrapnel Biddulph to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Frederick J. Travers, retired upon half pay—Second Captain Henry Sheridan Elliot to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Robinson—Second Captain Henry Piantagent Prescott Phelips to be Captain, vice Breves-Colonel Bid dulph—Lieut. Fitzroy Somerset Talbot to be Second Captain, vice Elliot—Lieut. Francis Duncan to be Second Captain, vice Phelips—Gentleman Cadet D'Arcy Bow man East, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, vice Duncan—Gentleman Cadet Albert Beauchamp Astley Cooper, from ditto, vice Alexander Day, who has been permitted to resign his Cotnmision from the 17th August, 18.61—Gentleman. Cadet Henry Vaughan, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieu tenant, vice Richard Thomas Roberts, who bee been permitted to resign his Commission from the 23. i August, IB64—Second Captain Hubert Le Cocq to be Adjutant, vice Maclachlan, promoted—Second Captain Francis Duncan to be Adjutant, vice James Barton, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Captain James Scott to be Captain, vice M'Gillivray, placed upon temporary half-pay—Lieutenant Robert Kettle to be Second Cap tain, vice Scott—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Revill to be Lieutenant, vice Kettle. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Graham to be Captain, vice Andrew Clarke, seconded—Lieutenant William New some to be Second Captain, vice Brevet Li eut ,- Colonel Graham—Gentleman Cadet Henry Rhodes Gilbert Georges, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieu tenant, with temporary rank, vice Newsome—Second Captain John Mervin Cutcliffe Drake to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Lempriere, who has been at tached as Captain Instructor to the School of Musketry, at Fleetwood. Military Train—Captain Philip Herbert Elliot, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Kirkpatrick, who exchanges. _ _ Ith Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William James Massy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major John William Percy, who retires—Ensign Henry Augustus Brudenell Bruce to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Messy—Herbert Cor,or, Gent., to be E ns i gn, by pur chase, vice Bruce. _ _ 21et Foot —Lieutenant John Dunbar, from the T.Bth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Coote, who exchanges. 22d Foot—Ensign John Banks Linley to be Lieutenant, 1 y purchase, Nice Haworth Peel Massy, who retires ; George Arnold Christian, Gent., to be Ensign, by Fa _ chase, Nixi Linley. _ _ _ 53d Foot—Gentlenian Cadet Richard Godman 'enrol() Cot ton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice John Seymour Wynne Fin c h, transferred to the 6015 Foot. 57th Foot—Ensign Archibald Kennedy Douglass to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice John Parkinson, who re tires; Ensign Kenneth Douglas, from the 50th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Andrew Balfour Duncan, deceased ; George Garnett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Douglass. _ 58th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Eyre Conte, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dunbar,who exchanges ; Staff Assistant-Surgecn. Hunt Johnson Bailey to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Barry, placed upon half-pay, 60th Foot—Ensign the Honourable Ralph Albercroniby to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Julia Miller, deceased—Ensign John Seymour Wynne, Pinch, front the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice the Ilonoutable Ralph Abercromby. 63d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Edward O'Loughlin, to b o Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ale xandtr Thotburn McGowan, whose transfer from the Staff as • . . stated in the Gaz , tte of 28th June, IS6I, hes been can- celled. 72d Foot—Paymaster Christopher Myers Dawes, from the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia, to be Paymaster, vice George Fowler, who has resigne.l. 99th Foot—Ersign Charles John Greenham to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Henry Richmond Say ce , w h o re tires—Arthur Collingwood Jenkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greenham, 4th West India Regimen:—Lieutenant Thomas John Gray, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Parr Wm. Kingemill, deceased—Ensign Wm. Fowler to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Gray. sth West India Regiment—Captain Henry John Pane has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. UNATTACIIED.—Lieutannt john Mould, from the 7th Hussars, to be Captain, without purchase. BREVET. Colonel John Noble Arbuthnot Freese, C,8., on the Retiree ull-Pay List of the Royal Artillery, to be Major- General, the rank being honorary only. Lieut•Colouel William Robert Maxwell, Royal Marines, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieut-Colonel, to be Uolonel, under the Order in Council of Nov. 13, 185 S. Paymaster Goorgo Pringle, of the Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Course of Exchange,---yesterday, Amsterdam. Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 i Antwerp -. • 25 65 25 70 Brussels — 25 65 23 70 Hamburg-b. Paris .. , . ' 1.20- ;5 25 39 Ditto rilarseilles Frankfurt on Maine — 1202- Vienna Trieste. Pet ereburgh Berlin Madrid 48 Cadiz — 41- __ 47 48k Leghorn .... 25 7 5 25 80 ._. Milan 25 77 25 80 Genoa .......... --- 25 7" 0 25 80 Napes - 2i 25 8:I Palertno -- M „ sina .. - - - :25 51 '1.7 25 80 Lisbon. ....... • 511 Oporto . 518 51 4 .i Foreign C 11 • Bars (taLdard),.., ..per cz., £3 17 9 ~ ro , )n Ilver in Bara (Stondard) ----.---ruea,U.M.....•••. .1. MOWN.. t-_,-- HtIMI3ZIIT AND THE DIJEF. CF P RINCE LAND.—It is said that the Duke cf Sutherland has offered the use of his town nilmion to Prince liurobyrt, the heir opparent to the thr;;ue of Italy, on hid tti - eivisl in L o ndon,—:ficeeirburgia , I %mil 12.10 Share 13.14, et to et Bt 50 20 64i 93i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1864.