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

ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Although' the demand for discounts continues tolerably active, the quotations indicate an easier tendency, and instances are recorded of bills being negotiated at 31 per cent. A further BUM of £38,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, but 100,000 sovereigns were Withdrawn for exportation to the Brazils. The Magdalena, which left to-day for the Brazils, con veys £149,680, including the above amount of sovereigns. The City of Washington has brought £159,560, and the Kangaroo £16,970 from New York. Two o'CLocK, At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 05c. Quiet. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of British Columbia took place to-day—Mr. T. W. L. Mackean in the chair. The report, which recommended a dividend for the past nine months at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, was carried. It was stated that the profits to the 30th June last, after deducting all charges, amounted to £7,101, and that a new branch had been opened at Freshfield, in British Columbia, in the midst of the gold fields. There have been several variations in the English Funds since yesterday afternoon ; at that time they closed at a decline of per cent,, and daring the earlier part of this morning another fall of amounting altogether to per cent., was reported. The down ward tendency was, no doubt, induced by sales for the purpose of terminating outstanding accounts for a rise. The receipt, however, of better prices from the :Paris Bourse, has produced a re covery of j ; and Consols, which have been 931 for money, and 931 1 for the Bth proximo, are now 93* # and 931 1 respectively. Only a few dealings have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities, which are 921 1, and Exchequer Bills par to prem. The India 6 per Cent. Loan is marked 1081 and the 5 per C ent.Enfaced Paper 1071. There is less animation in the Foreign Market, and upon a few sales in realisation of the recent decided advance, prices exhibited a little depres sion. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 701; do., 1 862, 711 g ; do., Cunsolides, 531 j ; Mexican 421 I; Greek, 37/ 38 ; do., Coupons, 181 ; Spanish Pas sive, to 351 36; do., Certificates, 131 4 ; Portuguese 49 1 1; Italian, 731; Venezuelan, 581; New Gra nada, 161 ; Sardinian, 891 ; and the Confederate Loan, 31 to 29 dis. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very r es t r i c t e d, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Caledonian,GreatWestern, and South-Eastern have eaoh improved 55., while N orth-Western and Midland have receded 55., and Metropolitan 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally main tained previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally have been in fair request. Chartered of India and Aus tralia, and China advanced to 351 36; Hindostan, China, and Japan to 241 251 ; London and West- Minster to 791; Electric Telegraph realise 105 ; General Credit and Finance, 41- ; International Finance, lot t ; London Financial, 121 13 ; and National Discount Company, 91 I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnu i ties 931 New 3 per Cent. A nnu i t i es New 31 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 1.. 77 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 f 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 1074 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under Bank Stock for Account •••• -- Consols for Account, Oct, 8 932 I I India St oc k for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 2 pm par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 Brazilian Cent -- 5 r Ditto, 1839 pe and 1859 Ditto 1843 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Cbili Ditto 1 per Cent. (Def erre d 3 per C ent.) an 6 per Cent _ Ditto 41 per Cent. EDutch, 21 p er C ent., Ex. 12 Guilders 4 quad o r N ew C onsol i dated, 1 per Cent — gYptian 7 per Cent lOll / 24 Ditto, Second Issue .. Greek per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 3B 1 71 I 1 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account 'Bl 171 181 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 80 i Mexican 3 per Cent " Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per C en t New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land "Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 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 Bussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 4k per Cent 1850.. • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account B9l S Parlish 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Ditto New Defe rre d Ditto Account Ditto Passive ................ Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded . Ditto Account l3] 1 1 13 / Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 9st 5 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £IOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7 ll i 1 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd — Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — 'Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account -- Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 5Bl 1 Dividends on the above payable in London. B elgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. batch 21 per Cent Ex. 12 Guil 9 Ratit e 4 per Cent. Certificates I t re !" 311 Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — l i ans 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25 francs Ditto Account . 731 __ E O'CLOCK. THREE I Consols Money Di tto Account ... ......... Live rpool Cotto n I § Market—This Day' (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) to above Friday. Advancing. Great de mand. Sales, probably more than 20,000 bales. Iraports, 1 ,110 • previously 24 , 450. The Price of Gold. L. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.27# per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .C 3 18. loid. per ounCe for standard gold, it appear that gold is abo ut 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. 7 a a d r v d iegeo sfr om Hamburg the price o f BY gold is 4z5 per ar ni the sh ort exchange on L on d on i s 13.6 i per £1 sterl m ing. k at the English Mint p r i ce i s, therefore, about -I°thB goad Per cent. dearer In London than in Hamburg 60d"e cou rse of exchange at N ew Y or k on London for bills at 471' gold ab 'IOU is about 135 to 135 i per cent., and the p rem i um profitprofit°ll the 22i per cent. At these prices there is a small i raPort ation of gold from the United States. ... I The -__________--- Spory. hae UR, binciePendance states that a four-act piece, by brouZ4td°3.4Bt been prohibited ; ! s and Colliot, entitled . ' w 'L as ee Femmes du to have been ted;it iques. "t the Theatre des Delassemente-Com m A rep ort i „.. l circles that M. Fouid is abont'toeurrent in financta apartment, the a statistical de • direerjoauteo, f in hh.ishia Ministry,obe confided to a per. uoileizin; was not long airteew 0 A recently connected with the =nage establioled journal. far, ms the !rt, lefc )orings q• her nn the re her iroceed of the t with of de jestY'B be re hat no .egnla- o mill ts will hough er will .jkyard UiSillg lotilde he se' ve d at [ervel le mar': dose 01 :ted to ved at and, ttyotlf indsaY, embled Hon. seat in red at BOA iing of orrow• to be ate his Chose [wart; 1 some id be" keno], 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS, Share' Railways. 13.14. IBir.. Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian I Corit and Bandon Cornwall A fzets no div Do' B D° A [till Fp e.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin Belfast June. Dun.,Perth o t Ab. June. ,Edinburgh At Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. IGreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stook Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do t. S. and W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover] Lou. & North Western Lon. Az Ser.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 64.0 Do Binning. & Derby Ind. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edlu., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwict. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London I Do New North Staffordshire . • N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central 19.18.4 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.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do .. ... Do New, 1880 Taff Vale. . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Watertbrd ez Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.drlt. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford' Paid. Closing j Busines, 1 Price. ! done. 8 8} - - 81 8 1 FS R 7 121 122 BGi I 1 121 k 7/ 8} n (0 16 17 96i 074 111 113 5011 61} 40 60 244 254 1231 1241 124} 125 i 132 136 99 101 Cai 661 i 1121 1131 74 75 113 114 13 44 101 1014, 102 113 44 431 121 123 124 27 14 lip 96 98 554 564 254 268 10(1 1014 - -u 57 58 871584 117 120 1 2 p 81 82 11} 111 124 126 45 47 100 102 50 52 20 22 94 941 1 70 72 99 101 9 io SO 374 9 10 o 7} 8 p 150 155 4/ 5i r 2/ 3# p 671 7 7 74 2 1131 1131 434 1014 1 1021 f 444 121; 126/ 86 $1 M 9 162 100 k 1 26 28 94 1 I 9 1 1 1 44i 45i 39 41 105 107 BRITISH POSSE ;SI ONS. Closing Shan- Railways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 Atlantic &St Lawrenct all 62 G 1 621 stk JBom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 10C 1075 1084 1081 8 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ..... 8 1 to p 20 Do. E. Shares.. 71 11 1 1 p 204 Buffalo and Laseliuron all 54 84 10 Do. Preference .... all 71 84 100 Buflalo,Brant&Godria /0„ 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(Ln. ) 100 1071 1081 st Cape Town & Dock Seri]. 100 l 0 7 109 stock illastn. Bengal gu. Sp. c 100 109 110 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 10n 108 169 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 14 11p 20 Do. do. Ii do. .. 10 11 11i, stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 204 214 100 1)o. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 71 71 100 Do. ao. deferred...... all 57 59 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 50 112 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ..., all 46 48 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 36 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 23 28 stock GtlndtaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 1081 1091 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1 14p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 111 , stook Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1074 ICBI 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 101 104 101 20 Do. New • • 18 10t 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 97 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. • all 90 42 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 stock madras. g uar ., 5 p.0. .• 100 1074 708, stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 101 i 1024 stock Dc. 4* d 0...... • . 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- —0 stock y. l all 58 WO st s oc o lt I l e elbe tt o 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 2 0 Newßrunsvnek t Can& Class A and 8........ all 3 5 N.Rl•C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stoct Scinde (100 1074 1084 st I Do. Delhi... c i 100 1074 1081 Do. do ..... 5 2 1p 20 Do. Punjaub . ,c, all st Do. Do. ...... , 160 1074 ICB4 P stock Do. Indue.St.. Flo.) 000 ,103 105 • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Ican.tiov. &J ul) 1877-84 100 1(2 104 1021 3 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 1(3 Do. & Sept. 100 101 103 1014 Do. 6p. c. Jan. &JUly. 100 93 94 93 f I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 ,Cape G.Hope, 5p 0,1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oot 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1890 100 113 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 1.12 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 11 iMauritius S per cent .. 100 107 108 1071 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 110 112 I N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul ) 100 [O3 1015 I Do. 6p. e•Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S.W. Gov. 5p 3.,1861 100 1001 1014 . Do. sp. c.,lBtt to 1;',7( 100 1014 tO2l 1014 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 102 163 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 111 113 111 ; Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c . sterang, 1 875........ 100 104 105 105 Queensland Gev. 6p. c 100 1:1 113 16. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 110 112 Vic• Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 , Do. lo Rp.o. An.&oo, 100 114 11411 1141 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id ulifford Amalgamated.. 34 36 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist, 1 560 660 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 79 81 794 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ' . 51. fd par East Caradon ..... 281 291 29 East Cam 8rea...... 3.4.0 11 81 Vir'l Russel (Tavistk..) 8.6.6 31 41 31 4 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) iB l 7 10 Great South Tolgus.., 17s 31 G. Wheal V or (H olston) 40 7 8 Grenville .............. 6 . 16 . E 54 64 er&d's-Foot ...... 8.12 38 40 Hingeton Downs , 4. 1 8.0 2 2 - -Lady Bertha Margaret (City Lelant, 9/ 2g 31 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 11 t New Setun .. 191 100 110 North Downs 2l 11 2 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan; 1.17.0 21 34 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 4 6 20 Providence(UnyLelnt) 10.6.7 11 43 South Caradon(StCleer) 14 I 410 420 S. Carn Brea (Illog an ) 5.15.61 14 2 —e.. Wheal Fran. (Il ogan) 18.18.9 55 65 Stray Park 28.9. 38 40 5 ramarSilv.& Lead Min 4/ f 1 fin Croft 9 191 201 West Basset (Illogan) ll 104 111 W Cf radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 75 80 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0,6 -_ - WhealLudcott d p Wheal MaryAnnlen.) 8 0.8 11 13 Wheal 3eton . 581 215 225 Wheal Treia wne y (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 21 31 PREFERENCE SA Bristol and Exeter 4 per cen N t. stockHRES. 95 Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2,110 i Great Western, 44 per cent. pref., 102 North South Eastern ' York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 (Reading Anne., Z 1.0.0), 23¢ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1051 London, Brighton, &c., 44 per cent., use. 10 2 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 106 London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTA.LS, Buckinghamshire, 96 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C, 061 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gua. 7 per cent., 204 2 Dutch Rhenish, Ditto, new, 22} Great Luxembourg, 141 Sambre and Meuse, 14 San Paulo (lira.), €rua. 7 per cent., Ditto (ad), 22& a Turin ana Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES. R 3t. John del Rey (lint), FO 554 United Mexican (lini;, Vallanzasza Gold, 1 JOINTu-STOCK 391 40 i &Mance Bank of Australasia, soi 80 Bank of Egypt, 271 g Bank of Queensland (am), 133 1 i Bank of New Zealand, ii British and American Exchange H rn. ) , 41 Char t e red Bank of India, Austral ( ia. and China, 351 1 6 nVß4isviers.l2alate, 441 51 English, Sco:ch, and Australian Chartered, 22/ Hindustan, China, and Japan ~, k.. 111.), 25 q 51/ I r `3 Imperial Ottoman, 191 ;.} t a a ßn u uc " , Brazilian ncoos u lj tAyres,y. , l a i Oriental Bank Corporation. 58 i Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (him. i, si 1 LLLLEnnddddinan'and Westminster, 791 Standard of donfevv, i British South South Africa (litai), 211 Ditto, Union of Australia, 511 Union of London, 38 DOCKS. East and West India, 143 London, 644 Berlin Water Work la s, r l S im. CE , Crystal Palace, 30i 1 tl. deb., 1 17 lei 17 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpe Electric Telegrah Finance London, H in ' , 4 h B L I LANEOUS. Gen. Credit and of General Steam Navigation, 28i Great Ship, Urn. 17i per cent. pf., „ Hudson s Bay, International l o inancial Society, lim., 10i ; Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Joint ouc stook totiiknDani3seiaolunt6 Ditto, 6 p er cent. Bonds rd. 1870 Issued 9 0 , S 8 9 Association, lim., 1 1 Madras Irrigatio n and Canal, 4 Natal Land and C o l onisation Co., lim.2 13 , 1 5 London General O mnibus Company (lim.), 4 National Discount Company, Jim., Oriental Inland steam, 2i OMEN. Ilmani,m, - . ~~-.,, SHARE THE SUN, LOIN D O.N, WED NE S DAY EVENING, SigP LW 9, 186 LAW INT, .This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) RE LIEUT.-COL. DICKSON.-RELEASE FROM CUSTODY. This was an application on behalf of Lieut.-Col. Dickson, late of the Royal Tower Hamlets Militia, for discharge from custody. The case of Dickson and the Earl of Wilton and others are fresh in the memory of our readers, and it is stated that the bankruptcy mese through the bankrupt not being able to meet his engagements, in consequence cf the result of the verdict and consequent costs. The bankrupt, who had been for some time in a " lock up" house, but subsequently was removed to Whitecross street prison, now surrendered under the bankruptcy. Mr. Linklater said ho appeared . .for Mr. Vick, the petitioning creditor. Mr. Lucas said he appeared for Messrs. Lee, detaining creditors, to oppose the release on the first ground that there was no petitioner's debt, that none was due to the petitioning creditor, and therefore that the petition was invalid altogether. Mr Linklater said that the adjudication had been made by his Honour, and this is the time to dispute it, Mr. Lucas said that the petitioning creditor is amply secured. Mr. Linklater—The learned counsel denies the petitioning creditor's debt, yet says he is amply secured. Mr. Lucas—Secondly, the bankrupt bad not given up his property. At all events, if your Honour think it a case for release, it ought to be on bail. Mr. Linklater— You are raising a legal issue as to the existence of the debt, and that cannot be tried in this way. Mr. Lucas--There must be both a legal and equitab.e debt. His Honour—l am asked not to release the bankrupt from custody, but you do not give any evidence. Mr. Lucas—l will examine the bankrupt as to his pro perty. Mr. Linklater—lt is a most ungracious opposition. His Honour—What have I got to do with the matter further than to say whether the bankrupt ought to be re leased ? Mr. Lucas—lt is a fictitious debt, and he has not given up his property, His Honour—lf he has not he must meet his creditors; he can meet them out as well as in prison. Mr. Linklater said that the property was well protected, to the satisfaction of his client and the ol2cial assignee. His Honour—Then you do not object. Mr. Linklater—Certainly not. His Honour —Then I grant the order of release. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. before f A ao r s es baker,Al‘ui r L . nv n io n THROU in GH withuG r J teh E a e A t n f w o o 1, 1 r li on s w Y d m . i —n violent it n or le e S e nt t , e t v a : s n as s sa , u t el h ht e a or w ng i e f ad e female named Mary Widdey, her next door neighbour. The complainant, the upper part of whose head was en veloped in a bandage, said that between 10 and II the pre vious night she was in the Red Lion publie•house, Little Windmill-street, when the prisoner came in and began joking with her, and called her an out-of-the-way name, and afterwards took up a pint glass and flung it at her. Her head was badly cut, and Mr. Harris, surgeon, of Great Windmill-street, was called in to dress the wound. A young man named Thomas Webb, of 11, Little Wind mill-street, said ho heard some joking going on between the two females, who seemed to be very jealous of each other. He saw the prisoner take up the glass and throw it at the complainant, cutting her head very badly —the wound being a very serious one. He did not think at first that the prisoner meant to throw the glass, and could not say whether it was intentional or not. Thomas Dennison, 113 C, said he found the complain ant's head badly cut, and the prisoner said she had received great provocation, the complainant having thrown some water over her. Prisoner said complainant threw a quantity of water over her before she threw the glass. Mr. Knox said he should remand the prisoner for a week, as it was impossible at present to tell the result of the in jury complainant had received, and the surgeon must then attend. Even if the Complainant had thrown water at the prisoner, the prisoner had no business to throw a glass at her. The prisoner was then remanded. A Claim upon Governraent. Mr. R. It. Belshaw has addressed a letter to Lord Russell, setting forth a series of wrongs which he alleges he hes sustained at the hands of the Confe derate gevernment. He states that he was engaged in business at Montgomery, Alabama, when the war broke out. He was a British subject, and was very generally known to be so. This, however, did not save him from the conscription, for he tells us that--" Last February I was arrested as a con script in my own house by the enrolling officer of the de facto government, and, under a strong mili tary force, conveyed to the guard-house, where I was detained three days and nights and then re leased. Notwithstanding the production of my con sular certificate of nationality and compliance with the requirements of the Secretary of War, I was again arrested in the name of the de facto govern ment, taken from my residence, hurried off to Camp Watts, in Alabama, and from thence to Gen. Bragg's army in Tullahoma. Several other British subjects were also sent at the same time by Major Swanson, the commandant of conscripts for the state. He had them forwarded under guard, in chains, with heavy iron collars riveted on their necks. On our arrival in Tullahoma we were all put into the guardhouse, an abominably filthy den. After being there nearly a week, a Confederate officer came in one day to know if we would volunteer. Under the circum stances, we declined to embrace the opportunity of fighting for his country. In this way he called seve ral times to know if we thought any better of it, until at last, finding the inducements were not suffi ciently strong, he came one day and took us out to the Provost Marshal's office. While there, he tried to coerce us into takihg the oath of allegiance to his Government amid the jeers and taunts of a crowd of commissioned officers whose hatred of England was only equalled by their affected ignorance of her power. Our party, consisting of Danish, German, and British subjects all refused to , renounce our allegiance. We were then put into the camp of the Ist Louisiana. On refusing to do duty the next day (in obedience to the Queen's proclamation), I underwent the punishment known as " bucking," in front of General Bragg's head quarters, and also the others, after which we were turned into the guardhouse. On our refusal again, some days,;afterwards, "bucking," was repeated, with the addition of water being thrown over some of us. Still continuing to refuse, I was subse quently tied up by the thumbs half an hour to the rafters of the guardhouse, along with an other Britsh subject named Kelly, a graduate of the Queen's College, Galway. I saw him after wards undergo the punishment called by those who practice it "spread ea g l e ," a ki n d of cruci- iision. On another occasion I saw him hold head downwards in a tank of water three times until almost drowned. The punishment of slaves has been inflicted on us with a full knowledge of our nationality, and within a few yards of General Bragg's head-quarters, in the presence of at least 50 or 100 spectators. For refinement of cruelty and democratic insolence generally, Colonel Straw- bridge and his creole commissioned officers of the Ist Louisiana stand unrivalled. The de facto Government have now assumed the respon- sibility by a decision of their highest court at Mobile, of declaring me liable to military service. This trial cost me 4,000 dols., to which must be added 3,000 dols. for a substitute, which was only good for a short time, as I was notified by the authorities for six months' service in North Alabama. Seeing there was no end to the imposition and out- rage, I left, and at the expense of 3,000 dols. more I am so far home out of the Southern Confederacy. Having been unable to close my estate, I have left my sister in charge of it, as to her exertions on my behalf, more than to the money actually expended lam indebted for my deliverance from captivity." MIDDLESEX SESSIONS —This Day. (Before Mr. Sergeant Gazelee.) Two men, named Macey and Fitajohn, were indicted for robbing their employer ; and Henry Austin was indicted for receiving the property, well knowing it to have been stolen. The first two prisoners were carmen in the service of Messrs. Marshall, who resided near Hendon, and the offence they stood charged with was that they, against the order of their employer, went into the corn store and took a quantity of corn, alleging that it was for the purpose of feeding their horses. They, however, were seen to stop at the Cock publichouse, Kilburn, when one of there took the nosebag, which was then full, out of the cart, and go with it to Austin, who was engaged in superintending horses there. When the prisoner returned it was found he had disposed of the corn, and then the men were charged with feloniously dis posing of the property of Messrs. Marshall, and Austin with receiving it. The learned judge summed up the case, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty against all three prisoners, but strongly recommended them to mercy. Sergeant Gazelee, in passing sentence, said it was to be regretted that men possessing a good character should stand in their position. It was much to be regretted that a very lax state of morality existed amongst a certain class of per sons who thought that, providing they did not take the whole of their master's property, it was no harm to appropriate a portion of it to their own, benefit. He was sorry that that state of things existed, and in the present instance it was thought that because the Messrs Mai shall had a great quantity of property, which w as , to . some extent, under the care of the prisoners, that therefore it was no harm to sell some of it. Had the receiver, Austin, not received a recommendation to mercy, he should have felt it his duty to pass a very severe sen tence on him ; because if there were no receivers there would be no thieves. Under all the circumstances, he felt justified in passing a comparatively mild sentence, as the jury had recommended them all to mercy. He should sentence each of them to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Sept. B.—We have bad a large business transacted in yarns, both single and double. The demand has embraced all descriptions, for all markets, and many yarns have been sold at an advance of ld. per lb. on the rates current last Friday. Sellers in some instances have asked even a greater advance than this. The market has been very excited, and closes strong and buoyant, with an upward tendency. We do not remember often to have seen a more lively and animated feeling. Home trade, or cop yarns, have participated freely in the demand, and this branch of the market has also been rather excited. The prices of cops have advanced id. to ld. per lb. as compared with Friday, and there has been a fair business done. The cloth market has shared in the excitement which prevails in that for yarns, and which is to a great extent the result of the state of things prevailing in the Liverpool cotton mar ket. Since Friday a rather uncertain feeling had prevailed among manufacturers and holders of cloth as to what prices should be asked, and buyers had been equally at a loss i what offers they should make, but to-day there has been a decided advance upon nearly all descriptions of cloth, and pretty nearly to the extent of the rise upon cotton. They ' have not been able to obtain this advance in all cases, and it has had the effect of limiting business. The inquiry has been very active, and buyers would have been glad to give out large orders at the old rates. In some cases they have consented to give the advance, but not to any great extent. The inquiry has been pretty general and has embraced de scriptions of goods suited to nearly all markets, home and foreign, and has to some extent partaken of a specula tive character. Both buyers and sellers are watching the market somewhat keenly, and it has been pretty obvious that buyers would have supplied themselves more freely if they could have felt that the prices demanded to-day would become firmly established. The fact that some of the busi ness doing is of a speculative character no doubt operates to render them cautious, though there can be little doubt that spinners and manufacturers have such large engagements as to encourage a belief in this direction. Messrs. J, Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market :—" From Tuesday last to the close of the week there was no material change in the market, and the moderate amount of business done was at the extreme prices of this day week. Yesterday and to. day, owing to the course of the cotton market, there has been considerable excitement here; but, as manufacturers hold firmly for an advance in proportion to that on cotton, there has be en very littl e b us i ne ss done." LEEDS, Bth.—The woollen cloth trade keeps steady in all department s , an d for a Tuesday ' s mar k e t a n average amount of business has been done in the cloth halls to-day. The bulk of the sales has been those of witneys, meltons, pilots, and other heavy fabrics for winter, with a fair portion of tweeds and ordinary black cloths. Mixed witneys in fancy shades, command a ready sale. Indeed, novelties are sought for, but not many are offered in the public market. Prices are very firm, the various raw materials used in the woollen trade being high. The flax trade is active, and both threads and yarns are in good consumptive demand at late prices. The raw material is scarcely so firm as it was, the reports as to the new crop inspiring hopes on the part of spinners that a slight reduction may be reasonably looked for. NOTTINGHAM, Bth.—There was a better attendance at makers ue:Au this Exch ange -h a ll t o -d ay , an d th e d eman d f or l ace y ar ns was more activ e , hi g h er p r i ces b e i ng as k e d f or an d o bt a i ne d. For hosi er y y arns an a d vance of le. per bundle was as k e d, not 7 t obtain but the d eman d was b y no means brisk. Silks unaltere d . The o e demand tl d E . for h. brown Th withiner neehasts wloabspeeenr decidedlym cunt uc . h o f wa p w r i m i o m r a s e t e i cost. o and n in all depa r t ments of• merchants' goods, but the inquiry and actual trade going on at this moment • in Heeds of the highest class are something almost nothing lik e it f or unprecedented. There has been stocks of menths past, and ev e n th e li g ht ness o f of stocks mediums being epee2d lower qualities show s th e necess ity are exerting yreplenished. Thi s th e manu f ac t urers themselves to do but for that it will b e a long time 'goods are so eagerlysought accu mulate to any ex t ent. At to-day s market there has been a before they can possibly good deal of a c ti v i ty, and buyers were n umerous. Th ere i s a slight tenden c y to an increase has taken place o n anything like ainlarge scal e . Th e pr i ces prices, but no a d vance of Yorkshire good s are fi rm, and there business doing. The t ra d e in wool, is a goo d amount of judging which has changed hand s lately, .8 onlyu from th e b u lk ' and as certain qualities are getting moderately brisk , dearer, in that fact we may see a cause for contracted operations, THE Posr IN THE 19TH CENTURY. —Letters posted at Drangan, in the South riding of this country, for Cloneen, a distance of two miles, take two days, and travel 222 miles to reach their destination.-1V emagh, Guardian. A HINT TO PANTOMIME WRITERS. —A few days since a clockmaker of Brussels, having but little room indoors, packed away a lot of clocks in a basket, on the pavement in front of his house. The basket was carefully filled, and straw was pressed down on the top o f all. Nothing was then needed but is lid, to procure which the busy tradesman entered his premises. During his ab sence a tumbril, used for the collection of the sewage a n d refuse of that part of the city, came along, and the driver, seeing the basket, immediately enipted the contents into his receptacle. The clockmaker's astonishment at finding his empty basket on his return may ;be imagined. His loud cries attracted the neighbours, who, seeing the scavenger in the distance, guessed what had become of the clocks, and they were soon recovered, but decidedly the worse for the inametsion they had undergone. (I ELEANOR'S VICTORY."--A withered old Irishwoman, named Eleanor MiCormack, who has been very trouble some to the shopkeepers in and near Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a pound and a half of bacon from the shop of Mr. John Crew, a cheesemonger, No. 1, Commercial -road East. It appeared from the evidence of Henry Phipps, the pro secutor's shopman, that he saw the prisoner loitering about his master's shop and watched her. She managed, how ever, unperceived to snatch a piece of bacon from the shop board, and put it under her shawl. A few seconds after wards Mr, Phipps missed the bacon, and went after the prisoner. He took the piece of meat from her, and gave her into the custody of police-constable Chandler, 117 H, to whom she said that she took the bacon for a lark, but the proprietor of the shop and his servants were not at all disposed to treat the matter as a joke, because they had lost pieces of cheese and lumps of bacon when Eleanor had visited them before, and insisted on her being locked up. Chandler said the prisoner had been in custody fifty times for pilfering from the shops, and that bread, meat, vege tables, or anything that came in her way, had been stolen by her. She had been repeatedly punished for theft. The pri soner , w h o groane d i ncessan tly, called all the saints in the ca l en d ar t o b ear w it ness s h e w as a lone wddy i woman, and that she was as innocent as the blessed babies that were niver born. Mr. Woolrvch—You make a business of this. You go from shop to - shop pilfering. I sentence you to three months imprisonment and hard labour. Eleanor anathematised Chandler as she was leaving the dock, and said, "Ye murthering villain, ye would trans port t he if ye dared. Only three months, ye villain—this is my v i ctory, and be hanged to you I " ATTE MPTED SUICIDE. COMMI TT A L POR TRIAL. —. Mar g ar et Gibbons, a wretch e d an d di ss i pa t e d woman, wh o has bee n repeatedly in custody, was brought before Mr. Woolrych prisoner The has made repeated unsuccessful attempts the poli ce to commit suicide. She has plunged into the docks on several occasi ons and been rescued. She has hung herself in Police Court, b eing cut down before life was extinct. Mr. c n l e a s i s m o f h ehr,e: cells, and in th e ce ll s a tt ac h e d t o the Thames W?olrych h as in the kindest manner endeavoured to re lac d o u o r f s t spokene e n o f life whent oh heron s o h n e thefollywas l last and t rem w a r n e d t c e h d e d to- the Ho use o f Detenti on f or a week, that she might receive Roche, the the spir it ual advic e and exhortations of the chaplain. gaoler o f t h e Court, said he cou ld no t b e answerable for her life , if she was left alone fora minute; and she was sent away in a cab direct to the House of De tention.i•gs4 th e pr i soner was in King D av id-l ane, Shadwell, maki ng a disturbance in front of the station. ; Last house there. She was i n t oxicated and very much exc it e d . She was taken into minutes afterwards Charles Witt, a police-constable, went into the cell where the prisoner was ' confined, and, although another piecean was alongside of her she had contrived to the station and locked up. A few fasten a .of tape r - Mud her neck and her face was swollen and discoloured. The constable said " What do you mean by this," and cut the tape. He sprinkled water this a second alarm was given. She had twisted aon her face, revived her, a hand kerchief round her . neck and was black in the face. A sur geonnd left her. Half-an-hour after was called in, who revived her. This morning at half-past eight o'clock, although closely watched, she 396 K, with difficulty saved twisted her apron round raider' and took away her apron. William Bloom, 458 K, the prisoner was before Mr. her throat. Charles Whisson, Partridge five weeks ago forattempting to commit suicide, and she was then sent to prison for a month in default of finding a surety. Mr. Woolrych said the P— rt soner had made so many attempts on her life that he was now under the painful necessity of committing her for trial, MARKETS—Thi s 13—a. MARK-LANE . Tb.a supply of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was very modemt and the trade ruled advaboth for red and white qualities advance in prices of Is to 2s per qu arter. at fully Monday's In foreign wheat a moderate business was transacted, su pported. There was anda fullll l a o v n e d r a a y g. ' e s s quotations t h w e e s r t e a n w d e s l . 1 s currencies. tm e cargoes of grain were in W eedy request, at full Malting e ra tes. barley was very firm, a nd price s h ad an upward at tendency. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off steadily, Malt was in average request at quite previous rates. e o tr at The supply of oats was tolerably large ; on the wh o l e , th e demand ruled steady at full currencies. Beans and peas were firm, and quite as dear a s on Mon day. In flour a fair business was transacted at full qu o t a ti ons . ARRIVALS THIS IvuE x. Wheat. barley. Oats. Flout. En , 1i5h...... CBO I 2) ; 150 — 2 O 2O 1ri5h.......... Voreigu...... 1,650 I 8 ,510 320 sks. BOROUGH HOP. New hops are in steady request, but in yearlings and olds very little is doing. New Weald ©f Ja.tr ents, £5 to £6; and new Sussex, £4 lOs to £5 lOs per cwt. " WHITECHAPEL. The trade is steady at the annexed currency Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 3 8 Gd to 4s 4d , !rub, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s Gd to 48 Gd; and pork, 3s Gd to 4s 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. The forts at Spithead are ordered to be proceeded with immediately. The keeper of a wine shop in the Passage St. Louis, named Thevenot, was killed b y accident yeste s rday w hil e getting a cas k o f wi ne d own a flight of to his cellar. Bing man of great s t rength, he staire a undertook the exertion himself, and was standing below the cask to support it down the steps when his foot slipped, and he fell to the bottom of the flight. The cask rolling on ctuthed hint to death, Belshaw submits that he has made out a case for compensation, and calls upon Lord Russell to make the necessary demands upon the Southern Government. A curious observation respecting the rapidity of eagles in their flight has just been made by a traveller cross ing Orison Alps. An eagle, in flying from one mountain peak to another, at a height of 8,000 or 9, 00 0 feet, performed the distance of five miles in five minutes. The Bulletin de Lois publishes a decree order ing all notaries who may have in their keeping wills containing legacies to the poor, or to public, religious, or charitable institutions, to transmit a statement of such be quests to the Prefect of the Department, immediately after the opening of each testament, besides giving the usual notice to the legatees. DAMAGES FOR TEIE Loss OP A HUSBAND Among the claims for damage sustained in the late riots, and filed with the Controller yesterday, was one by Mrs. Anne Garney, "for loss of husband." She claims 5,000 dollars.—New York Express. The Frankfort journals state that the Emperor of Austria before leaving that city sent one of his Aides- de- Camp to the King of Prussia with the result of the labours of the Congress. BLACKBURN.—A further reduction has taken place during the past week in the number of recipi ents of parochial relief in the Blackburn district of the union, and a small increase has occurred in the Darwen and Oswaldtwistle districts. The returns show that during the week 6,327 persons were relieved with £363 Os, 9d., against 6,437 with £358 16s. Ild. in the previous week, and 10,806 with £587 Ss. 9d. in the corresponding week of 1862. Of these 4,791 belonged to the Blackburn dis trict, and were relieved with £267 Bs. 4d., against 4,865 with £266 10s. 9d, in the previous week. In the number of inmates in the workhouse there has been a decrease of two on the week, and of 65 on the year. A letter from the county treasurer was read to the Board of Guardians at their meeting on Saturday, stating that if the amount of county rate due from the Blackburn union was not paid by the Bth inst., application would be made at the forthcoming sessions at Preston for warrants against the defaulting townships. It was said that the Black burn township owed £5,000 on this account. The Courrier de Bretagne states that a great commotion has just been caused at Lorient by the flight of Bonnetaud, agent of Le Deuc and Co., bankers, leaving an enormous deficit. Several retail houses in the town have suffered considerable losses by his departure. The London magistrates, we are glad to observe, are putting down the objectionable exhibitions styled poses plaatiques. Several proprietors of refreshment rooms where these figures are shown have been ordered to suppress the exhibitions, under a threat of heavy penalties in the event of non-compliance. Offenbach, of Vienna, has another romantic opera accepted at the Karushner Gate Theatro. It is called "Armgerd, the Spirits of the Rhine." The Permanent Exhibition Works at Passy are progressing with rapidity. It is to be to Paris what the Kensington Museum is to London. MR, CONINGHAM, M.P., has been appointed by Lord Clyde one of his executors. A VENTILATING OILSKIN WATERPROOF is de scribed with horrible accuracy by the Saturday Review as a contrivance for frying people in their own grease. eres Mn. GYE has engage d th e ce l e b ra t e d G erman singer, Schmid, for next s e ason at Co ven t G ar d en, ST. HELENA AND NAPOLEON'S TOMB.—Admiral Elliot, recently appointed governo r o f S t. H elena in the r oom of Sir E. Hay, arrived there o n th e 30 th of July. The Admi ral's arrival. Napoleon'swo works tha that were tomb w going er e c o o l forp lcompleted at the restoration timeatio n of of the the Great the arrested, two ene collarl.V hheins FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICII ARSENAL. Yesterday afternoon John Iredley, a lad, 16 years of age, whilst assisting to load a barge with stores, at the Royal Arsenal canal, fell into the water and was drowned, not withstanding that every effort was made to extricate him, FATAL ACCIDENT TO A RACE - HORSE.—On Satur day evening, while the race -horse Heber was on its way from the Weymouth races to Marlborough, it met with its death under the following circumstances :—When within two miles of the latter place the saddle slipped round, which so alarmed th 3 animal that it immediately commenced kicking. The jockey, Cannon, fortunately ex tricated himself from the stirrups without receiving any injury. The horse then dashed away at a fearful pace.. At last it struck its head against the corner of a house in Silverless-street with such force as to literally knockits brains out. The animal fell dead upon the spot. A rather singular incident occurred two nights since at an open-air concert in the Champs-Elynsdees. A creditor met one of his debtors in the h g tn ar h de n n m , e a watch pressed his determination to accompany. 1 his house till daylight, and then have him the concert was over, a crowd followed thendmorn to see whether the debtor, a much younger As active What they man than his creditor, would no l t l g h iv y e dd h_ o im es“ a th e e n sl o i t l 3 . were going along, a person exclaimed h a stupid fellow that creditor must be. debtor and make a disturbance, so that the sergents de villa might arrest both and lock them up for the night la" Th e creditor followed the advice, but not with any gre a t success for the debtor managed to get away in the scuffle, thanks to the aid of sympathising bystanders, while the creditor and his officious counsellor were taken into custody for a breach of the peace and marched off the nearest police-station, Volunteer Review and Sham Fight at Lamb ton Park, Durham. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WARWICK RACES.----Tres Dar. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Cadiz 1 _Xing George Clown • 0 WELTER CUP. Nebula 1 Cheerful Alcibiade COUNTY HANDICAP. • Barter Croeket:colt .................. The PrizaciPal .............................. Nine ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. Usher ................. I ....... Queen Fastrada ................................... Wave .......................................... 8 Sia ran. WARWICK. CUP. FDr. Syntax ................. 1 Mairwater .......................................... 2 agnum Bonum ................ ............... NURSERY HANDICAP. 3 .... Rizzi° .......... 1 Jet colt ................ Fairhurst ..... • . 2 .... 3 Eleven ran. WESTMINSTER. AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION.—WiIIiam White, a cab driver, was charged with being drunk and incapable of driving. J. Clarke, 273 A, said that he was on duty in the Ring's road last night, when his attenticn was attracted to the de fendant, who was driving a Haasom cab at a great pace on the wrong side of the road. After proceeding a short distance he ran up against a four-wheeled cab and upset it. Mr. Arnold—Was there anybody in the cab ? Witness—Yes, a lady and gentleman. The defendant's own cab was also upset, and he fell heavily upon his shoulder and side of the head. Mr. Arnold—The black eye he has is the worst I ever saw. I wonder that his skull was not fractured. Witness—Had he fallen three or four inches more in ad vance ho must have split his head open. Mr. Arnold—He has had a very fortunate escape. Witness—He was insensible for a long time in conse , quence of the fall. Mr. Arnold—Was there any one in his cab at the time of the collision ? Witness—Yes, a lady. Mr. Arnold—Was she hurt, and what became of her? Witness—She was not hurt, I believe; the cab turned over, and I helped the lady out. As soon as I did so she walked away without waiting a moment. Defendant—l was not drunk. Tho lady poked the flap up and was talking to me, and that took off my attention, and so the accident occurred. Witness—When he recovered, it Was quite clear that he was drunk. Enock Pulford—l was on duty at the station when the defendant was brought there. There was no doubt about his being drunk. The proprietor and driver of the other cab were in attend• ante, and the driver said that the constable's account o; the transaction was perfectly correct. Mr. Arnold—The charge at present before me is only one of drunkenness. I have nothing at present to do with the damage you have caused. I have no doubt of your drunkenness, but, in consideration of the cost you will doubtless be at, and the injury you have sustained, I shall only fine ycu ss. THAMES. On Monday, a large number of the Durham corps were reviewed at Lambton Park the seat of the Earl of D urham. The prize s von in a recent com petition were distributed by the countess, who was present on th e occasion, with Lady Williamson , and three of her children. There was afterwardsl ithe a sham fight ; and at th e c l ose of the evolutio'Alurdo, addressediethreevmieewn ing officer, C o l one l Al who had taken part in them. He said he would not detain Lord Durham and the volunteers at that hour further than to express to his lord. ship the pleasure he had had in inspecting th e volunteers of the county under his lordship's jurisdiction. The movements that were at first performed being movements of drill purposely per formed from his order and under his command were very good ; but if they wished to acquire steadiness of movement in brigade and to make themselves really serviceable, he should advise them—if they would take his advicc—to eschew for the future sham fights. They might rely upon it that the few movements they performed at the beginning of that day did them more good in the ten minutes or quar ter of an hour that they were engaged in them than the sham fight just concluded. Sham fights were apt to unsettle the best of troops. It was impossible so to attempt the movements of a sham fight as to make it look like a real one without showing a great want of combination and a great want of un derstanding between men and officers. That arose from the inability of volunteers to assem ble often in brigade, and their inability to spend more than a few hours for any purpose like that for which they were now assembled, and for which they only met together about once in a year. There fore, these fights only tended to unsettle them until they could acquire greater steadiness in brigade drill. In making these remarks he did not mean to say they were unsteady. He spoke of them by contrasting the movements they performed in the beginning of the day with the movements they per formed at the end of the day. The movements they performed in the beginning of the day did real good in improving their steadiness; but the movements they had performed since tended to produce nothing but unsteadiness both in their body and mind. Now in commanding a brigade he had to impress on officers commanding battalions especially that they would do well to obey implicitly the orders they received from the general officer. Without the most im plicit obedience there all that they did was likely to be very far wrong. When they were marching upon the fort they should not have to be told that there was an enemy firing•at them in front. Now by a mistake cf an order ho found a body of artil lery at the beginning of the fi g h t had gene up to and within a hundred yards of the enemy's posi tion. That occurred chiefly from the daring of the outposts in their zealousness, but it was also a misunderstanding of orders given. Hence, if they were to derive any instruction from these sham fights, it was most important that they should pay implicit obedience to the orders con veyed to them. Before he left them he must con gratulate them upon the present state of the Volunteer force. He had had much to do with that force of late at meetings such as had been held that day, He had seen the county forces of a great number of the counties of England, and from what he there saw he was able to say that they had increased in numbers and in efficiency. A gallant friend of his who was there present had read a paper to the British Association the other day. He had read a report of it in the Times. He did not know whether the report was true or not true, but he was rather surprised to find it stated that the volunteers were falling away—that the musters were fewer and fewer. He should have been very glad indeed if his gallant friend before he read the paper had asked him a few questions as to whether that were so or it were not. He should have told him that the volunteer force was never in a higher state of efficiency than they were at present as compared with former years. He thought that it was almost too much that the old ladies who had listened to a former paper in which it was said that England was falling away and could not last another 200 years—(langh ter)—after that it was too much for them to hear that the volunteer movement was also falling away. (Laughter.) He thought we were yet far from ex hausting the resources of England, and that at all events one consolation remained he thought that England would always be the Old England that she at present was. (Loud cheers.) He had already said that the volunteers were in a state of great efficiency. He did not know what the regimental muster here might be; he could only say that the Government were of opinion that too much drill was not necessary for volunteers. They were intellectual men, who, having once learned drill, would find that the limited number of attendances required by the corps would be sufficient to keep up their efficiency. He would not detain his lordship and them any longer, but again express the pleasure he had had in seeing the volunteers of his lordship's county. The Earl of DURHAM said he would add nothing to what they had heard, but would simply call upon them to give three cheers for Colonel M'Alurdo. Three lusty cheers were given for the gallant officer. Colonel 3.l.‘Mußpo could not allow such a compli ment to pass unanswered. He knew that they would join with him in giving three cheers for the lord lieutenant. Three hearty cheers were given for his lordship by the united forces. The total force on the field was 1,882 men, —Newcastle Chronicle. ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION. At the last sitting of the French Academy of Sciences M. Chevreul explained his plan for a new classification of the animal kingdom. His principle may be briefly stated as follows ;—Under the pre sent system ; in which the physical organisation of the animal is taken for a guide, it often happens that its intellectual development is often at va riance with its physiological state. Thus, the Quadrumana precede the Carnivore in the pre sent system, the organisation of the former being superior to that of the latter. Now if we take the ourang-outang, chimpanzee, and gorili a t io a ; types of the Quadrumana, both their organ e ' s t ,! em and intell ectual faculties will induce us top i are lace immediately a f ter man. But the mak i s , i also quadrum anous , an d therefore pr carni vore, are far b e l ow some o f th e n4o such as the dog the which To and phoca, as regar d s t h e i r intellec tual faculties. e obviate th e i nconven i ence r esulting from this diser pancy betwe en th e phy s ical and intellectual qualiti es of animals, M. Chevreul pr oposes to classify th em by shelves instead of c olumns, as is now t h e case. Let us suppose the centre of th e upper shelf to be occupied by e, man; then, d escr ibi ng a circle from that centre, that the our ang - outang, chimpanzee, and gorilla, th n d geniis, as pl ace d at equal dis- te p ees on the circumference s , an d ot h er i nferior spec i es of ouadrumana further off from the centre, but on the same s h e l f. Now let the l o wer shelf be devoted to the carnivore, and let t he centre be occupied by the best species, viz., the dog, phoca, bear, and cat; then the inferior species will be arranged further and further from the centre according to the degree of their intellectual faculties. The advantage of this arrangement will be that, the dog being inferior to the most perfect kinds of quadrumana, will stand below them on the second shelf ; but being superior in sagacity to the makis, this circumstance is denoted by his being at the centre and the makis at a dis tance from it, though on the upper shelf. In the same way other shelves may be arranged. for the orders immediately inferior to the carnivora in point of sagacity; and from this succession of shelves new relations maybe discovered between species belong ing to different genera and orders. Mr. Robert rAnson, the trainer, was riding a yearling off Lungton Wold, on Sunday, when sud denly a hack horse, ridden by a gentleman a few yards ahead, commenced to back and kick, and hit Mr, I' Anson on the leg, inflicting very severe injuries. It is not quite clear whether the limb is broken or not, but in any case Mr, I'Ansoa will be disabled for 601110 weeks, ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 9, The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day denies the rumours published by the foreign press con cerning new arrangements by Russia relative to Polish and German affairs. Speaking of the alleged radical reforms and new alliances, it says " The conclusions drawn from these pretended news are as false as their premises. In Poland the Emperor, whose sentiments on the Polish ques tion have not changed, considers his first duty to be the re-establishment of solid and material order, founded on the ground subverted by anarchical passions. From a diplomatic point of view, the Government remains determined to fulfil its inter national obligations, and at the same time to main tain the rights of Russia within the limits of treaties. As regards German affairs, Russia sym pathises with the union of the strength of Germany, based on the interests of all the States of which that country is composed. Russia has no more reason to provide against the dangers which might result to her from Germany, than Germany has to put herself on her guard against dangers corning from Russia. " The ru•.nours which are current have, therefore, no foundation, and evidence extreme indiscretion, if not malicious premeditation. HOP INTELLIGIINCE. .DIALIDSTONE, Sept. 3 . — Hop-picking is now very general throughout the district, and they appear thus far to come down better than was at one time anticipated. In one plan tation (Mr. Buck's, Loose), no less than 2,000 bushels of fine hops were picked on the first day (Monday), the pickers being much in advance of the dryers. The hops, where they are good in quantity, are also of very superior quality, and the crop will be remunerative. We are not short of hands, as since Friday last upwards of 15,000 hoppers have arrived by train, independent of parties travelling by road. On Sunday four special trains were put on at very reduced fares, and the station -masters had, in addition, to put on a num ber of cattle trucks, which, as well as the carriages, were crowded to excess, leaving no sitting space. Thanks to the excellent arrangements made by Mr. Ragget, and the good management of his subordinates, very little interruption has been given to the ordinary traffic on the line. FARNHAM, Sept. 3--Picking has commenced, but not generally. Some come down well, but they vary ; one piece, for example, at Tongham, is not looking near so well as they did a week ago. TENTERDEN, Sept. 3 . — The late rai ns and the genial weather have improved the hops in this parish within the last fortnight. Picking has commenced in some parts, and, we hear, come down faster than was expected, TUNISUIDGM WELLS, Sept. 2.—The hops in this neigh. bourhood give promise of an average crop. In the best kinds of grounds they are in good condition, while those in infe rior situations are getting on well. Picking will very soon commence. THE HOP CROP ox THE CONTINENT.—The Cologne Gazette of Saturday se'nnig-ht contains a letter from Nu remberg, dated August 21, which gives the folloming de scription of the condition of the hop crop in Bavaria :: " The warm rains during the last eight days have li t :d ons, most beneficial operation on the Bavarian hop estimate of the crop can now be given. and have promoted the growth so much th a t: v a e la :to t g l a n e r ra te b n le , Moosbach, and Stirn look well, and only and can are some places found which have partly: v s: growth is also good scarcely now recover. The Hallert d an an t g crop. The Dollen. in P t a h if i e t :S re p d a , l t district on the whole, and promises an abundan t there,on and now begin. to which locdhaenpr and a t t e ch l e y os have for the most pa p r l t an s t p a r t o ino u ou te :v ripen. The Aisch well a fortnight since, has had a particularly beneficial influence. the warm rain has . good quality. The Dollen e Bavaria will have a good half crop, and On the average same , may b . e i c s o a i i n d o h f o i p lg r o g f b 'I will also re.l o growth will in no instance be heavy. The stock of 1862 is very low, and are sold at 50 to 60 florins per cwt. es of 1861 hops have been be made at from 25 to 30 f ip h o o ur p ira s e sh.a 5, The sameiournal also contains the following from Prague, dated Aug. 22 :—" The business in hops of the 1862 has not been so active this week. The reports as to growth of the new crops are favourable, as rain has fallen in several places. Although picking has begun in some plantations, a continuous rain may yet greatly increase the growth. Saazer-Stadtgut are quoted at 130 to 140 florins ; ditto Landgut, 110 to 115 florins. Auschau red hops are 60 to Ger man florin is 70 dorms ; ditto green hops, 50 to 60 florins."—[The generally estimated at ls. Bd., a pound sterling being usually received at 12 florins.] S ecranmduAchltd improved o r f, -PACE ! LIGHT ! COLOUR !—All modern physical investigation goes to prove that space is filled by a medium, almost infinitely elastic, and of all but infinite attenuation --that light is produced by minute waves propagated through this medium, and impinging finally upon the optio nerve—and that different impressions as to colour are pro duced by waves of different lengths. DUEL IN MILAN.—The Pungolo of Milan states that a duel took place on the Ist inst. between M. Filippo Filippi and M. Matchovich, editor of the Circalct Politica, the motive being an article published in that jour nal insulting M. Filippi. M. Matchovieh declared that the article was not from his pen, but that he took on himself the tesponsibility of it, and a hostile meeting Was accord ingly arranged. Atter an exchange of shots at 15 paces, which led to no result, swords were resorted to, when M. Filippi received a gash in the face extending from the ear to the nose. M. Matchovich received two slight wounds in the arm. A reconciliation took place on the ground, the editor declaring his regret at the article having appeared. THE TRIAL OF COLONEL CRAWLEY. —The charges on which Colonel Crawley is to be tried are, we learn, as follows :—" 1, For having caused orders under which Sergeant-Major Lilley was placed a arrest in May, 1862, to be carried into effect with unneces sary and undue severity, whereby the sergeant-major and his wife were subjected to great and grievous hardships and sufferings. 2. For having stated in his reply to Mr. Smales's defence b e f oro the court-martial, that it was Mr Fitz-Simons's fault if the sergeant's wife was inconven ienced by having the sentries placed near her bed, whereas he knew well that Mr. FitzSimons had acted in the matter by his express orders and direction."—Thnes of India. A GOOD ANECDOTE is told of one of the little kings at Frankfort. He wanted his army instructed in the use of the Armstrong gun, so got one, but was obliged to ask leave of the next king to have the target put up in /6i.v king dom, his own not being big enough for the Armstrong range! GRAND STAND PLATE. Quicksand . 1 Calabria .. 2 Margery Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. THE LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Avenger (taken) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 9to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 16 to 1 agst Borealis (taken) 18 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) ARRIVALS AT LEICESTER. Prophet, Junius, Reindeer, Aurora, Real Jam, Wallace, Little Dick, Lady Bird, Ignorance filly, Weatherwise, and Ripley. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. RUSSIA. ~'*~ r tect's ear.') total Tent 2201:19 Inas ney, wive way er tte Of ne