The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCE. There is a full inquiry for money in discount circles, and very little business can be transacted under the Bank of England minimum —viz., 4 per cent. The settlements at the Stock Exchange are exercising a temporary influence, and the market tvill now probably continue firm and active until after the liquidation of the.mercantile bills, due on the 4th proximo. The Bank of England return for the week, to Wednesday, last shows some favourable move ments, especially as regards the discounts, bullion, and notes in reserve. The following are the par ticulars : Active Circulation .. £20,992,660 Decrease 3 9 8 670 •• •• •• •• Bullion .. 15,309,384 Increase .. • • • • • • 228,232 Best 3,412,076 Decrease .. •• '• • • • • • • ,•• 37,037 Public Deposits • • • • 6 713,801 • • '587,133 Increase .. .. • • • • • Other Deposits.. .. 1z,806,568 198,754 Decrease • • • • • ' • • 707 036 Seven Day and other Bills .. .• 25,190 Increase .. • • • • • • 11 091 284 Government Securities , 2,858 Increase .. • • •• • • Other Secur ities •. 18,134,473 Decrease .. • 8,141 183,228 Notes Unemployed 350 Increase .. .„ 552,190 During the last few days there has been a fair amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Market. Sugars have fully maintained their late advance, while tea, coffee, and cocoa have been in moderate request at fully mode rate rates. Rice, however, has declined, while the tallow market has continued exceedingly dull, few transactions either for present or forward delivery having been reported. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the seven months ended the 31st July have just been published. From these it appears that the total value of the exports from the United Kingdom during that period amounted to £75,663,037, against £69,446,480 in the like period of 1862, showing an increase of £6,216,557. The increase has been most perceptible in beer and ale, cotton manufactures, earthenware, haber dashery and millinery, hardwares, linen manufac tures, and woollen and worsted yarn, The imports of the principal articles have been larger, as regards raw cotton, sheep and lambs' wool, cocoa, coffee, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, and wine, The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade for both the entries inwards and the clear ances outwards, as is also the case with the coasting trade. About £130,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Shannon has arrived from the West Indies with £464,573. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to . Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 6 7f. 55 c.—heavy. The advance which took place in Consols yester day is steadily maintained, the quotations still being 934 t for money, and 93! 2 for the account. The New Threes are 93i and the Reduced An nuities 932 ; and Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s, prem. India 5 per Cents. Loan is again 1082 and the Bonds are 183. to 19s. prem. A moderate amount of business has been nego tiated to-day in the market for Foreign Securities, poine of which have experienced an important rise. Turkish Consolida, for instance, are 52,, being per cent. higher. Greek have risen 1 per cent., viz., to 34i 35 ; and the Coupons are per cent. better, at 161 t. Spanish Passive are a little firmer, being 342 -7,-. Some purchases have been effected in Mexican, and an advance to 381 it has taken place. The Confederate Loan has receded -1 per cent., viz., to 28 26 discount. Portuguese, 1862, have further advanced to 491 d ; Peruvian, 861 87 ; Egyptian, 1041- ; Italian are firm at 71& ; do., Maremmana Railway Loan at 79; and Venezuelan are 57i. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices have in most in stances shown an upward tendency. Great Western have improved 155.; and North Stafford, £1 ; while Brighton have receded £1 ; Lancashire and - Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern fully sustain former prices, although the quotations are now ex dividend. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in moderate request, without any material variation to report in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some instances at slightly enhanced quotations. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered have advanced to 23 ; London and South African to 27 I ; and Alliance of London and Liverpool to 36 38i. Hud son Bay Company shares are at 41 ; and Interna tional Financial shares at 91 10/. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. . 'Bank Stock _ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per C ent . Consols Annuities :New 21 per C ent. 5 C Annuities, per ent. Annuitir tee ................ Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth J an., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India. Stock .............. Ditto 5 ............ pet Cent .................... 108/ I Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 5 per Cent ........ Ditto 5/ per Cent .................. Ditto Debentures, 4 p er Ct ., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO l9 pm Ditto under £l,OOO l6 pin Bank Stock for A ccoun t .... Consols for Account, Sept. 9 India Stock for Account, a per Cent — March, June, 21 per Cent. I 24 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO Ditto £5OO 2 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. .. 1 2:'9 1 ;itian 7 por Cent .. lOl2 Ditto, Second Issue .. Gtv3ek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons.. bitto Account 3 ll h 1 Ditto Coupons 16h „., Ditto Account at alian. 6 per Cent. plarennoana Railway) 79 Mexica n :, Cent , , per io 1)14 0 Account . er avian 41 p 3 per Cent nt . , .: itto p er Cent M / Ditt o Account . ... 86 7 Portugu ese 3 per Cent., 1353 — -Ditto Account.... - 5 . 49 Itussian tto 3 per Cent , 1356, '. 7 t'9 ' '6O ' 62 49.1 Ditto A.ccaunt per Cent , 1g X. St ~ Ditto 4i per Cent 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 921 1 8 Ditto •5 per Cent. 1862 .. 891 E I t° Aectount ... Patligh 3 per Celli .. 131)iitttoto ...kiew. Deferred 34 i Ditt o 2' 8 ' 31 " .. 34 SPanishcceerftut ............. . DittoDto ~ _ t. of Coup nut funded Cent. 185-1 Tnrkjahlupeennt :=Ditto 6 A p c . e : eo:u&t ............ Ditto9l 31' Accountnt. lass a i Ditto, £lOO 110n.a,,. per cent. 1 Ditto 6 Ditto Account ... 862 Ditto Guaritutetx-i,i.0.p.;;;-' "" " " ---° 0 Venezuela 3 per ` e t. ' - -tut. Ditto Account . ... Ditto 6 per Cent., 18672........******* 21 1 Hu° Account. ...... ......"" " " , Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 S, zig . ; ..... • •.- 41 i aya-l e in London. Dividends on the ob„ oi , --8 "Q pa. 31 dis - Belgian 4% per Cent., Ex 25f: .juten 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gun Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - French Rentes, 3 per Cent., E x. 25f - Italian, 5 per Cent., 1361, Ex. 25 fra u " . .77 •• (ta Ditto Account .................. -- TWO O'CLOCK. ....... „... t)3t cotroir,: ........ 931 Ditto ACCOUnt Liverpool. Cotton Market—Thig D a y. 4---- Week's sales 114,130 bales, including 39 M0 on "Peculation, and 15,600 for exportation. Quotations Orleans, 25 . 1 ; Mobile, 25 • Upla n d s , 2 1 1 tirn ftted middling Orleans, 233,-; Mobile, 2:3 1 ; 1 1 ?,. 4111 . 23• Estimated Egyptians, 23,1 ; Surate, 1,0 2 2. Estimated stock, 247,500. Actual ex- PT, g io ,. uQt bales. Week's import, 29,923 bales. iklari e e 3 t °f .the * day about 100,000 bake or more. Tileter I n t strotig• PREFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., ICOI FOREIGN RAILWAY S. N Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 101 San Paulo (limo, gua. 7 per cent., 91 Western and North-Western of France, 211 FOREIQN MINE& United Mexicali (litn4, 7 61 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11in.), 36 5E63 A.ustralasia, Ditto, new, 3! Bank of New Zealand, 103 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 123 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 303 English, Scorch, and Australian Chartered, 233 3 Imperial Ottoman, 18 3 London and Brazilian aim.), 433 London and County, 483 London Joint Stock, 35 London and South African, 273 7 London and South-Western (lim.), 9 London and Westminster, 773 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (Um. 1, 53 Standard of British South Africa (rim.), 19 Union of London, 353 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 403 40 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 3yi General Steam Navigation, 281 Hudson's Bay, 41 3 k International Financial Society, 93 103 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 43 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90, 713 London General Omnibus Company (lim.), 2 3 Oriental Inland Steam, Bin., 35 South Australian Laud, 333 FREEDOM OF THE BURGH OF DUNDEE TO EARL I RUSSELL—A special meeting of the Dundee Town Council was held on Tuesday, Provost Parker presiding, when it was unanimously resolved to invite Earl Russell to a public dinner, and to confer the freedom of the burgh on his lordship, on the 10th proximo, the day after the open ing of the Baxter-park, at which demonstration he has ex pressed his intention of being present. if this was not consistent with the arrangements of the noble earl, it was resolved that ho should be requested to accept the free dom of the burgh on the forenoon of the day fixed for the opening of the park —Edinburgh Courant, THE CURRANT CROP.—The English screw steamer Arcadia, fro Patras, with dates to the 18th inst., arrived at Valetta on the 22d. She brought accounts of Warm and dry weather, enabling the growers to bring in their currant crops in good order and of first class quality. iavelock, 17th, M any steamers and sailing vessels were there waiting ship ments, The following have left :—Scotia, on the 14th, for London Lady E linton 15th, for Liverpool ; Lady don ; .15th, for e gioa 18th, for London; and for g London;' Parthenon, 18th, for Lon- Liverpool, rat y her )ivine erday, 3uper- d for Ike of id ar- 'hilted oburg alone, •esent lyres, piers. Dund luted I the norn- Ictice nine vhich enses 1 the Camp gum d re. .ndre In on ived ISt. SHARE AIARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. p ad. Closing i Busine ss i Price. ( dcne. Bir.. Vol., and Str. Val Ulythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Batlik.' Corn wall Do A A gets no div till6pc.pan.tiaC Do. B been paid to B. Dublin ttt Belfast June.' Dun.,Perthok, A b. J unc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. ; G lasg. and S. Western.' IGreatEastern, Ord. stk 8 81 81 81 86 E 8 124 12111 7 71 40 n 16 1 7 91 05 111 113 5t 62 49 61 244 ::51 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st l GreatNorthed Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire tic Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright ,t S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 1254 1266 125 k 124 135 140 100 102 C 6 07i nsi 1151 73 14 113 115 41 4:3 1031 1011 , 103 11:4 44 45 124 124 130 i ;30/, 14 11;) 0 101 Do Birming. t Derby &lid. (It. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kett Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase' Do Lecda 55 L 54 25 26 1031 1031 Do York Do Carlisle North London 58 59 E9l 90 Do New North Staffordshire „1 N. and S. W. Junction 1 Scottish Central Scot N. E. Aber. stock 120 125 14 2)1 p EO 82 111 12; 122 124 46 17 100 102 Do Scot Mid. stock.. Shrews, and Welchpool' IShropshire Union . South Devon •• • South Eastern •••• • • • South Wales IS. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 C, Taff Vale. . Do B Do C Ulster 50 n 30 32 961 g6f 70 72 101 103 9 10 37 3 8 9 10 71 8 1 I' 156 160 51 6f 3 3i p Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .t Kilkenny West Cornwall IW. Hartlepool Haratit West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 89 91 158 163 BRITISH P Railways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. — Do. New . .•••• Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and LaKe Huron Do. Preference Buttalo,Brant,&Godrich 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta.tt S. E astn. (Lin') Cape Town & Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. C. Do. do. _G Ext.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Thef. stock Do. do. deferred....,. Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred Gt.lndtarentn.gua.sp.o. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. po.t} p. o. Extension Do. 4i do.. Do. Fifth Extension Melb.Corp. A p. o. Buds Nlelb. & Hobson's Tay Do. 7 p. c Mortg. Bds Newßrunswick .t Candy Class A. and B po Ist pt bds Sainde ......... Do. Delhi... Do. do ..... ....•• Do. Punjaub c 4 Do. Do •• Ei15.1 Do. Indus. St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVER: kAu.(.irov. 6 p.c.J &J u 1) 1877-St .. . ... Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. l p. c. Mar. & Sept. I Do. Ip. c. Jan. &July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p Do.Ap & Oct. 188 t Do. 189( I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.l3.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July Do. 6 p. o.Ap. & Oct. !N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., 186 r Do. 5 p. c.,18/1 to 187( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 'New Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling', 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c ,S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. to 6 p.o. A.0&00t.. 1103 1(5 1( 2 104 1(5 107 04f 951 02 04 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 115 113 116 106& 107 f 110 112 105 f 1064 1004 1014 1013 102) 102 103 110 112 105} 1061 11:1 113 110 112 108 110 11311 114 BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Cousol. Gold 1 1 3d Amal,gamated 38 36 560 6SO !Devon G. Con, (Tavist.,, 1 East Bassettallogan) 1 30 79 61 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ' 53. id par East Caradon ............'14.6 283 293 `Avast Carn Brea... 3.4.0 8 83 E IV'l Russel (Tavlstli.) 8 6.6 33 4 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.):Bt 7 10 Great South 'reigns. l7s 33 3/ G. Wheal Vor (Llelston) 90 61 73 Ilirenville 6.16.6 61 61 Fiend's-Foot 8.12 S 8 40 Elingston Downs 4.18.0 11 2 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant vf r 32 .31 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim )' 23 13 New Setun . 19/ 100 110 North Downs 23 2 23 Baseet(llloan, 2.17.(.. 21 33 I '.orth Wheal Crotty lear Consols (St. Blaney; 13 4 5 20 Etovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 11 43 ;Smith Caradon(St.Cleer, 1+ 1415 425 'S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 11 25 ; Wheal Fran. (Illo%;an) 18.i5.9 60 ; 0 Stray Park 5 ratnar Silv..t Lead Min 43 - Pin Crort 9 21 24 I West Basset (Illogan) l3 103 Ili i W Ct radon. (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 53 60 65 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (U.LelAnt) 2.0.6 WhealLtdcott Wheal Mary Ann pen ) 8 12 14 Wheal Scion 583 215 225 - ; Wheal Trentwney (Lis.)! 7 15 17 I Wheal Union 3.17 21 35 27 29 46 47 39 41 101 106 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 62 — C4 1074 10E4 1 lh p p 5t 6i 74 Si 107} 1084' 105 107, 109 110 108 1 , 9 1 13-p la la c , 19i 204 3 25 54 08 60 68 49 51 •46 48 36 38 25 27 23 25 108 109 1 lip 1 l i;' 107 108 101 10g. 10i 10:, 06 98 90 42 4 1p 107 108 1011 1028 48 ICO 58 60 3 6 83 85 1071 108; 1074 1081 i IP - -P 1074 ICBI 103 105 T SEC LJRII'IEs. 13.14. d. 4.0 1 9.16.4 12.10 Sh art 100 stk 1 N 204 10 100 / 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stock 20 20 100 100 stock stock stock itook stock stock 'lSt& 67} 8 n 113: 74 113 42 3 lui2 21 1i 10'4 121 i i 1 128 3 12 p 81i 1 2 951 I Paid. all 100 Business done 108 i 6 } 11l 108/ g 13i 107; all 100 (No I ' 100 2 all 1 100 ,klO6 ME. 100 100 100 100 100 113 j THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) There were only four cases in the list, being applications for release from custody. IN RE PONCHRE. This bankrupt was described as formerly of St. Michael's Abbey, Cornhill, and of Old Broad-street, City, accountant and sharebroker. The debts are about £1,928, assets un certain. He was bankrupt in 1843, and attributes his bankruptcy to insufficiency of earnings and liability for third parties on bills of Exchange. There beinguo opposition, the order of release was granted. RE SWANIN.IELL This bankrupt--Arthur Swannell of Blackman-street, Borough; Oxendon-street, Piccadilly; and Ponsonby-ter race, Pimlico, commission agent—also applied for his re lease; it was his third appearance in court. Debts, £3lO. Release granted. RE FORSTER. This bankrupt was an oil and colourman at Brantford. Debts about £2,000; assets not stated. Release granted. RE BROOKER, This bankrupt was described as of Brandon-street, Wal worth, general shopkeeper. Debts, :MS. Release granted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day. (Before Mr. Sergeant Gazolee.) THE CHARGE AGAINST A WRITING-MASTER. John Charles Marter, writing-master, 485, New Oxford street, surrendered to his bail to answer an indictment charging him with indecently assaulting one of his pupils, Ann Shirgold. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Met calf defended. Mr. Sleigh said the prisoner kept a writing school in New Oxford-street, and the present charge against him was that he, during the time a young girl named Ann Shirgold was taking lessons from him, conducted himself in a highly improper manner by kissing her and using other familiarities, which would be detailed to them in evidence. It was of the highest importance to all parties concerned that the charge should be thoroughly investigated. With respect to the young woman it was not to be endured that young persons attending educational establishments should be exposed to insult, and as to the defendant it was of the greatest importance to him that the truth or falsehood of the charge should be clearly substantiated. Ann Shirgold said—ln Jaly last she was living at 8, Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square, as domestic servant in the establishment of Dr. Ellis. In June lase I agreed with the prisoner to pay him 245. to instruct me in writing. I paid 10s. in advance; but on that occasion he merely told me to bring on my next visit 2s. 6d. for stationery. I then took a lesson. I went on two other occasions ; on the last of which, the Bth of July, he set me a copy, and left the room. There was another pupil in the next room, and I got up and went and spoke to her. The prisoner then returned to the room , having a letter in an he ewas going to answer it. That it was a letterman to his sweetheart, and th a t h e hd, sayingfrom a young was going to answer it for her. He then told me that he had taught a young girl to ride on horseback, that she was in the service of an old man, but that at his death she married a young man. He afterwards put his hand on my neck and pressed it very hard. I removed it, and looked very black at him. In a few minutes after he kissed me three times, and used other familiarities. I repelled his insults as well as I could, but he told me he took great interest in me, and although he had another pupil in the next room, she was an old maid, and that he could do nothing with her, I took up my bonnet and shawl to leave the house ; he held me round the waist again, but I broke away, and ran out of the house. He followed, and after I had left the street door, I saw him looking after me. On getting home I told my mistress, Mrs. Ellis, a portion of the conduct of Mr. Matter, when she told me to communicate with my friends. I did so, and the result was a summons was taken out against him. Cross-examined by Mr. Metcalf—l had been four times to Mr. Marter before he kissed me. He was in and out the room once or twice during the time I was there. There was another young woman in the adjoining room, but I could not see her. After Mr. Marter had insulted me I was so frightened that I could not call for assistance, but as I left the room in which the other pupil was writing I said I should not come again. Mr. Marter told me to come again the following Sunday, and I said I would, but it was only to get out of the house. The reason I did not go into the next room was that I thought it was best for me spo Rta e hyen to p Miss get home as soon as possibl e . Wh en h e p resse d m y bosom ho hurt me very m uc h, an d I pus h e d hi s h an d away hralomi prosecutors anduJtoohrt Johnson in s e o Society aboutths t.o getting as erh . t mi; Protection tmoneyof Women l pack. indignantly. I never Lord are spoke never went to Lord Raynham about the present proceed ings. He was at Bow -street when I went in company with my brother to make the complaint against the prisoner. Thomas Shirgold, brother of the last witness, said my sister came to me and told me she had been grossly insulted. She was very much agitated. I went with her to obtain this summons. This was the case for the prosecution. The case was not concluded when we went to press. [ln the report yesterday of a watch robbery, by a mis take of our reporter, one of the witnesses (Mr. H. Everest) was represented as having said—" On the evening of the 6th of August, at 6 o'clock in the morning," &c. It should have read—m On the morning of the 6th of August," &c.] GREAVES' BLUE LIAS LlME.—Amongst the vari ous articles of utility that have come into almost general use since the closing of the International Exhibi tion of 1862 is Greaves' blue lies lime. The circumstances that have led to its adoption in building operations are that in all the works entirely built of it, such as the Great Western Railway station, Great Northern Railway station, London and Nortb.-Western extension of North London, Metropolitan Railway, main drainage works, Blackfriars railway bridge and works, sea wall at Ramsgate for South Coast Railway, &c., it h as b een f oun d to excel' all similar preparations in s t rength and durabil i ty. Th e i n creasing demand has induced Mr. Greaves to make arrangements for the delivery of the lies in London direct from the kilns in 'Warwickshire, and thus an article of the greatest value to the builder will be ready for immediate use. cAP.BoRouGH.—A shocking and fatal accident occurred on Wednesday evening to a gentleman named Robinson, a solicitor of Ripon, while visiting Scar borough. From the information obtained it appears that the deceased had gone into the Castle-yard to witness the conclusion of a cricket match in which 11 of the famous All England were engaged. While walking about his attention appeared to be attracted by some object in the cliff, and, stepping over the rails, the treacherous ground gave way under hie feet, and thus he was precipitated to the bottom of the cliff. His fall was witnessed by some boys, who informed boatmen Rowbotham and Clark of the accident. The inanimate body was taken from the rocks into the boat, and brought to the harbour. Mr. Robinson was perfectly unconscious when found, and so he remained throughout the evening, He died about one o'clock on Thursday morning from the injuries he had received. Sin gular to say, this is the third fatal accident by falling to visitors at Scarborough within a few weeks. The deceased was visiting this place for the benefit of his health, which was very delicate. Mr. G. A SALA is thus estimated by a discerning Saturday Reviewer :—All that cleverness without thought, or culture, or imagination, can do may be found in his novels, which, if not always unreadable, still will never stand higher than fourth-rate in the ranks of fiction. Minute observation of things rather than of men and cha racter, a large command of that easy and superficial satire which assails everything under the sun, and the copious enunciation of paradoxes which are smart to the ear but meaningless to the understanding—all this may for a time captivate a certain class of readers, but must always be dis tinctly preferable to the weary peter-human trash which fills most of the three volume novels. --- Aa extraordinary poisoning case is being inves tigated by the Hull stipendiary magistrate. A surgeon and an innkeeper are in custody on a charge of administering, or attempting to administer, poison to an illegitimate child; and the evidence of the principal witness for the prosecu tion details conversations between herself and the prisoners, in which that diabolical object is allegsd to have been avowed in the clearest terms. LETTER; FOR HAYTI,—On the Ist September nest, and theneoforward, the postage upon letters for Hayti will be increased from 6d. to ls. the single rate (half an ounce), th e scale of progression b e i ng simultane ously modified by su b st i tuting for the existing sca l e a scale of weight having half an ounce as a unit t h roug h ou t, with the postage advancing by single rates. THE DANGERS OF ALPINE CLIMBING.—A letter from Viega, in the canton of Valais (Switzerland), states that as two English gentlemen (whose names aro not given) were last week crossing a dange rous p ass of the Simplon by the glacier of Fletsehhorn, accompanied by two guides, one of the latter fell into a deep crevice. The gentleman immediately sent the other guide to Saas, a dis tance of about three leagues, to fetch ropes for the purpose of extricating the poor fellow, who recovered sufficiently from the effect of his fall to speak to the Englishman several times during the other guide's abccnce. Owing to tho depth of the crevice and the darkness of the night, nine Iv - airs elapsed before the man was drawn to the surface, and he expired from exhaustion a few minutes afterwards,— Galignani's Yessenger. RUMOURED DESTRUCTION OF THE FEDERAL STEAMSHIP VANDERBILT.—Upon the departure of the Royal Mail steamship Shannon from St. Thomas, a rumour had reached that place that the Alabama had en gaged and sunk the Federal war steamer Vanderbilt off Havannah. The report, however, required confirmati on. EXHlßlTlON MEDALS.—By an Act passed on the day of th e p roroga ti on it i s ma d e an offence fur a trader falsely to represent that he has obtained a medal or certifi cate from the Exhibition commif:aioners of 1.551 or 18'52. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET• SAD STORY BY A SOLDIER'S WIFE.—A poor woman, who said her name was Margaret Reed, and that she was the wife of Wm. Reed, a private of the Ist battalion of the 9th Regiment of Foot, applied to Mr. Knox for assistance. The applicant said that her husband was now at Corfu, having gone to that place with a draft of the regiment. At the time he embarked at Portsmouth, two of their five children, whose ages were from a to 11 years, were laid up with the measles and were unable to go on board. Another draft of the regiment was to be sent to Corfu at the end of next month, when she would be enabhd to go if she could reach Portsmouth with her children. In the meantime she had no means of living, and with her chil dren had passed two or three nights on the steps of doors, and the consequence was that she was suffering from a severe cold, all their clothes having bcen soaked through. The poor woman banded the magistrate several letters and papers, one a letter from her husband, showing that he had served in India and the Crimea, and expressed great anxiety on behalf of his wife and family, but stating that in consequence of the regiment having been only such a short time at the station he was unable to assist them. Mr. Knox observing Mr. Tett, one of the officers of St. James's parish in court, requested him to look into the matter, and, if he could intercede with the authorities to give the poor woman and her family an asylum, to do so. Mr. Tett directed the poor woman to go to St. James's Workhouse, and having assisted in the matter she was at once admitted. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING. Weights for the Leamington Stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and sif declared. Two-mile course. 56 subs. Ago st lb Dictator 5 9 9 : Aurelian 5 8 7 : The Knave Man-at-Arms Carisbrook 4 8 2 Zuleika Twilight Balham Lothian's King 5 7 12 Flirtation Turn of Luck Dulcibella Costa Stanton Myrtle Earl of Surrey 4 7 C Michel Grove Magnum Bonum Balder 4 7 4 Amy Faultless Watchman Change .. 3 7 The Monk 6 6 13 The Prophet 6 6 12 The Principal 4 6 11 Taunus Molly filly 4 6 9 Mr. A. Hawksley is a sub: Age st lb Dr. Syntax ...... 3 6 9 Dunkold .. 3 6 7 Biithfield •3 6 7 Honest John 3 6 7 Cock Robin Trumps 3 6 7 Bryn Gwyn West End 5 6 6 Donne Canne Manrico 4 6 6 The Gillie i 6 5 The Plover ...... 3 6 5 Joco .. 3 6 3 Ophelia—ldle Buy 4 6 3 Chaff 3 6 3 Oakapple Fantail Nebula Golden Dust 3 6 0 Barchottina Anaticulous Double I Jack o' Newbury 3 5 7 Formidable Pet Lamb filly Herdsman 3 5 7 Polynesia .scriber, but did not name. STOCKTON RACES-THURSDAY. The Garbutt Nursery Pedestrian Handicap of 100 sovs, for two-yr-olds; winners extra. T.Y.C. Red Post. 25 subs. Mr. Fobert's Ghillie Callum, 7st (J. Marson) 1 Mr. B. Chilton's Claxton, 7st (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Bowes's Theobalda, 7st The following 'also ran :—Found Again, Mrs. Little, Dawdle, Rouge Cross, Good Advice, Skylark, Mantalini, and Captain Walker. Betting-7 to 4 agst D twdle, 3to 1 agst Theobaida, 7to 2 agat Claxton, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck ; half a length between second and third. The Stockton (Stewards) Cup (Handicap), a piece of Plate, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 50 added ; winners extra. One mile. 22 subs. M. A. de Montgomery's La Toucqucs, 3 yrs, 7 s 101 b (Doyle) 1 Mr. Chadwick's Charles Fox, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Midgeley) 2 Colonel Towneley's Newchurch, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (H. Covey) 3 Mr. Bowes's Old Orange Girl, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb ....(Oram) The following also ran :—Brighton, Newmarket, Stock man, Angelus, Middlewatch, and Harvest Mell. Betting-13 to 8 agst La Toucques, 4 to 1 agst Change, 7 to 1 each agst Brighton and Middlewatch, 10 to 1 each agat Newchurch and Harvest Mell, 15 to 1 agst Charles Fox. Won in a canter by four lengths; a length between se cond and third; the same between third and fourth. The Stockton Four-year-Old Claret Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared ; certain penalties and allowances. Two miles. 57 subs, 10 declared. Lord Zetland's Piccador, Bst (Snowden) 1 Mr. Bowes's Welcome. Bst 101 b Mr. W. I'Anson's Bonny Breast Knot, Bst 71b (Challoner) 3 Butting-5 to lon Piccador, 3to 1 agst Bonny Breast Knot, 10 to 1 agst Welcome. Won by two lengths; the third beaten off. The Middlesborough Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared. Mr. Fobert's Upperhand, 6 yrs, 7bt (J. Matson) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (Challoner) 2 Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, Ist (Midgley) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 yrs, sst Illb .... (Carroll) 4 The following also ran :—Charles Fox, Melrose, Man chester, and Sarah Ann. Betting-5 to 4 agst Upperhand, 3to 1 agst Caller On, 5 to 1 agst The Monk. Won by three lengths, two lengths between second and third, a length between third and fourth. First Year of the Seventh Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 Boys each, is ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; certain penalties and allowances. Five furlongs. 37 subs. Mr. R. M. Jaques's Appenine, 9st (Challoner) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Balderstone, Bst 71b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Beaumont's Vanessa, Bst 61b (Osborne) 3 Betting-9 to 2on Appenine, who won a good race by half a length; a bad third. The Grand Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Half a mile. straight, 7 subs. Mr. J. Greaves's Rosebud, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 121 b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Osborne's Blondin, 2 yrs (£3O), 6st 71b .. (Carroll) 2 Mr. Jackson's Prescription, 2 yrs (£3O), Est 10lb (Dixon) 3 The following also ran :—Alexandra, Yates, and Give you-Gold. Betting—Even on Prescription, 2 to 1 agst Blondin, 10 1 agst any other. Won by four lengths; three lengths between second and third, The winner was bought in for 75 guineas. The Corporation Plate of 30 toys for all ages; winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Doyle) 1 Lord Warwick's Calabria, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (Osborne) 2 Colonel Towneley's Newchurch, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. (Doyle) 3 General Bixio, Sledmere, Bolladrum, and Sarah Ann also ran. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Newchurch and Calabria, sto 1 agst Lady Louisa, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length and a hall, a bad third. OXFORD RACES-THURSDAY. Favoured by better weather than at Egham, this meeting opened very successfully. The attendance was large, and the sport of a satisfactory character, the fields being more than respectable. The ground, however, was very heavy in some parts, and backers were totally upset in the Prince of Wales's Stakes and the Selling Plate, neither of the winners being fancied. The sport resulted as under : The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; weight for age, the winner to be sold for 200 sovs ; if for 500 to carry 71b extra, if for 100 allowed 51b. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Beadman's Rubini. 3 yrs, Bst Slb (E 200) (J. Plumb) 1 Mr. R. G. Walker's Winchester, aged, Oat lib (£100) (Hickman) 2 No betting. Rttbini cantered in front all the way and won by a length. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b, Ty inners extra ; allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Meredyth's Mulberry, Bst 21b .... (Payne) 1 Mr. Eyke's Gordian Knot, Bst 51b (Fordham) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Usher, Bst 51b (J. Goater) 3 Vandervelde, Folios, John Davis, Teneriffe, Verdiare, Garotter, Confederate, Glendusk, Lady Fanny Cavendish, and Agatha also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Gordian Knot, sto 1 agst Glen dusk, 100 to 15 agst Garotter, 8 to 1 each agst Vander velde and Usher, 10 to 1 agst Confederate, 12 to 1 agst Mulberry. After a long delay they were despatched very unevenly, Mulberry, the favourite, and Lady Fanny Cavendish getting off in front, they showed the way to the distance, where Lady Fanny Cavendish gave way, and Usher and Garotter joined the two leaders. In a few strides further Mulberry drew away, and won easily by two lengths. Three lengths between second and third ; Garotter was fourth, and Agatha and Lady Fanny Cavendish next. t2ilendusk,who brought up the rear, was last all the way. The Oxfordshire Stakes of 16 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added, winners extra, the second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Morris's Balham, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Judd) 1 Mr. Mundy's Odine, 3 yrs, Get 71b (inclu. 51b extra) (J. Grimshaw) 2 Count Batthyany's Loiterer, 6 yrs, Bst (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Anaticulus, Tourist, Church Militant, and Nebula. Betting— 5 to 4 agst Balhara, 3 to 1 agst Loiterer, 4to 1 agst Church Militant, 100 to 8 agst Nebula. Church Militant, Tourist, and Nebula lay in front, but ran wide in making the top turn past the e nclosure, and Balham and Loiterer went on with the running,Odine being third. The two leaders kept close company all down the back of the course and into the straight, where Loiterer dropped a length behind the favourite, and at the distance the Count's horse was beaten. Odine then went after Bal ham, but the latter stalled her off cleverly by a neck. Loiterer a bad third ; Tourist was fourth, Church Militant fifth, and Nebula next. The County Members' Plate of 3 soya each, with 30 added winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Lord Bateman's Lord of the Manor, aged, Tat 91b yrs, Sat 101 b (J. Grim (D sh a a l w e l Mr. Mr. l‘ClhearreitdoYnt'he'tyircra, Barmaid, 6st 31b .... (A. Woodhouse 3 The following also ran :—Walloon, Spicebox, Margerh Curie, Dux, and Girdle. Betting-3 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor, 4to 1 agst Spice box, 5 to 1 agst Walloon, 6 to 1 agst Cynic, 10 to 1 each agst Barmaid and Dux. Cynic and Girdle made the running to the distance, where Lord of the Manor went to the front and won in the com• monest of canters by five lengths ; Barmaid and Cynic pulled up second and third, a neck separating each; Spice box being fourth, and Margery fifth, Girdle bringing up the rear. The Selling Plate of 50 soya ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Halt a mile. Mr, Hodgman's Farmer's Daughter c, 2 yrs, sst 71b, (Morris) 1 Lord Coventry's Cosette, 2 yrs, sst 71b, £3O 4 (H. 9 Grinisha w ) Mr. Fleming's Lrdy Derby', 5 yrs, ost 41b, £lOO - (Norman) 3 The following also ran : —St. Vitus, Rest, Ab ernet h y, Aspasia colt, Domino, and Lady Constance filly, Betting-5 to 4 agst Cosette, 5 to 1 each agst the Lady Constance filly and Rest, S to 1 agst Lady Derby. The three placed (with Rest) lay in trout to the distance, where the latter was beaten, and the Farmer's Daughter filly and the favourite came on, the iirst named winning by a neck. Lady Derby was three lengths from the leaders. The Lady Constance filly was fourth, and the Aspasia colt nest, The winner was bought for 100 guineas, and Mr. Fleming claimed Cosette, who goes into Nightingall's stable. The Freemen's Plate of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; win- ner's extra. One mile. Mr. R. Walker's Colonel Crocket, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Abel's Camperdown, 5 yrs, Sat 61b.... (H. Bradley) 2 Mr. Adams's Wortham, 5 yrs, Bst 41b .... (J. Holman) 3 Mr. Powney's Raglan, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Judd) 4 Mr. R. Sly's Everlasting, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b ....(S. Adams) 5 Betting -5 to 4 agst Colonel Crockett, 3to 1 agst Ever lasting, 5 to 1 each agst Raglan and Camperdown. Colonel Crecirett made all the running, and won by three lengths; a bad third. Mr. P. Brodie's Lothian's King was struck out of the Great Yorkshire Handicap immediately on the weights ap- pearirg. Testing Chain Cables and Anchors. Yesterday a number of scientific gentlemen at tended at the Proving-house of Lloyd's committee, in the New-road, Poplar, for the purpose of wit nessing the mode designed by Mr. T. M. Gladstone, C.E., of testing the merits of chain cables and anchors. Several engineers, shipowners, and masters of vessels were present, and also some ladies and non professionals, who took great interest in the experi ments. The importance of having what is techni cally called the "ground tackle" in a sound and reli able condition has been long felt by seafaring men, inasmuch as however perfect in other respects a ship may be, unless her cables and anchors are trustworthy the lives and property on board may be sacrificed, The attention of the Legislature has been frequently called to the subject, but up to the present time the " collective wisdom" has done nothing to guarantee " Those that go down to the sea in ships" that their ground tackle will be ade quate to its purpose. Last session, Mr. Laird, M.P., the shipbuilder, a gentleman sensitively alive to the importance of the subject, introduced a bill into Parliament for the purpose of making it im perative on shipowners to have their chain cables and anchors properly tested before going to sea, but the bill underwent so many alterations in committee as practically to defeat its original purpose, and it was consequently withdrawn. Lloyd's committee have, however, taken measures which render a compulsory act of parliament almost unnecessary. Government, the Indian Board, and the Emigration Commissioners having refused to charter any vessel not having a certificate that its "ground tackle" has been tested up to the Admi ralty proof, Lloyd's committee have made arrange ments for proving all chains and anchors voluntarily brought to their proving -house, erected last year at Poplar, under the directions of Mr. Gladstone, their engineer, and further arrangements are now in progress for the erection of similar establishments in almost all the important seaports in the country. The Proving-house at Poplar is about 500 feet in length, and hero a chain cable of about 75 fathoms in length can be proved in one operation, in stead of having it tested as formerly by the dilatory and less satisfactory process of testing it in sections of from 121 to 15 fathoms, and after wards connecting them by shackles. By a beauti ful and mechanical contrivance invented by Mr, Gladstone, and appropriately designated " Gladstone's Dromedary," the chain, cables, and anchors of a ship are lifted out of a barge in the dock (or from the ship herself when she can be brought alongside), conveyed Into the Proving-house on a railway, which rains from the dock into and along the Proving-house, weighed, deposited in a trough which runs the length of the house, and having been subjected to the re quired strain is coiled up and returned to the ship from whence it was taken with a facility that seems to set the law of gravitation at defiance. This en. gine performed its work with an ease and celerity which excited the admiration of all present. The dromedary is a substantially made steam-crane, mounted on a four-wheeled truck, provided with means of self-propulsion as a locomotive, and also with means for underrunning cables and driv ing a set of hydraulic pumps. As a crane, this machine will lift, awing, and lower 10 tons. Sta tioned near the pumps, and working through a universal joint, it will in about two minutes get up a strain of about 300 tons on 75 fathoms of cable, and no more than six or seven men including enginemen, smith, and labourers, are employed in the entire work of bringing in a cable or anchor from the dock, testing, repairing, and redelivering it. The process of lifting the ground tackle from the barge, placing it on the truck attached to the dromedary, conveying it on the railway into the Proving-house, weighing it, testing it, and returning it to the dock, is accomplished in a few minutes. We have been informed that by the arrangements at the Proving-house as much work can be done in a day as could be accomplished in a week by the old system. A machine for exactly determining the amount of strain is fixed at one end of the Proving house, from which point a view of the whole opera tion is obtained. The arrangements for the preven tion of accidents that might arise from the snapping of imperfect chains while undergoing the proof are such that no casualty has occurred to any of the operatives since the Proving-house was opened. When a chain cable requires repairs, the dromedary takes the forge to the chain, instead of adopting the more tedious process of bringing the chain to the forge. Additional works are in progress at the Proving-house by which increased facilities for testing will be afforded. BULLY BoTTCI has been thus amusingly spoken of by Mr. Charles Cowden Clarke, in his new and interesting work on " Shakspere Characters," chiefly those subordinate. He was, says the commentator — thi s Bully Bottom —the epitome of all the conceited donkeys that ever strutted and straggled on this stage of the world. In his own imagination equal to the performance of anything separately, and of all things collectively; the meddler, the director, the dictator. Heis for dictating everymovement, and directing everybody, when he is not helping himself. He is a choice arabesque impersonation of that colouring of conceit which, by the half-malace of the world, has been said to tinge the depositions of actors, as invariably as the rouge does their cheeks. Peter Quince, although the dele fadesinto a shade w , a c i p h er , gated manager of the comp an Y r a nonentity before him; for the moment Pet er announces the commencement of proceedings with, " Is all our com pany here d ar ts first tragedian, B o tt om , " Y en were best to call them generally, man by man , accor di ng t o th e scrip." And when Quince does produce the scroll the other instan tly proposes something else. It is interesting to fol lowi cut this feature n Bottom's character—a perfect variety in the "class" " bumptiousness," ranging under the gener a l g , o rder"" conceit." Our "first tragedian" then interrupts the manager with—" First, good Peter Quince, say what the p lay treats on ; then read the names of the actors; and so, grow to a point." And no sooner, again, does Quince pro ceed to read the title of the play, than Bottom bursts in with his comment—" A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry". —merry I—it was high t ra g ic in their estima tion. And th en h e i ns t an tly resumes hi s dictation--" Now, good Pet er Q u i nce , ca ll forth you r actors by the scro ll Masters, spread yourselves." His own name coming first, he promptly replies, " hea dy. Name what part / am f or , and proceed." His part is the chief point. And when the part of Pyramus, the lover's` part, is assigned to him, he announces that the au dience" must look to th e ir eyes, for that ho will mow n storms"—" he will condole in some measure." Great, however, as Mr. B o tt om p r ofesses to be his "chief hu mour (h e d ec lares) is for a in the lover's v ein, tyrant. I could play Ercles rarely; or a part to tear a cat in ;to make all split." Then he will play Thisbe—the heroine —if he may hide his face ; and he will " speak in a monstrous little voice," Then ho will play the lion : " Let me play the lion too. I will roar, that it will do any man's heart good to hear me. I'll roar, that I'll make the Puke say, Let him roar again I Let him roar again I' What an amusing caricature of self-esteem I The idea of a man pluming himself on the possibility of being encored in a roar. But the roaring is objected to, for that would frighten tho ladies, and that were enough to hang every mother's son of them. But when is true conceit ever put to a nonplus P—and so with our friend Bottom. Like a Chinese tumbler, however you may thrust him from his centre, he instantly regains his posi tion; he is equal to all contingencies, and therefore he answers the objection to the roaring by the amendment, that h e will so a ggravate his voice, that he will roar you as gently as any sucking dove ;" he will " roar you an 'twere any nightingale." Nothing is proposed, but au amend rneat Cornea from Professor Bottom. Quince says—" We will have a prologue; and it shall be written in eight and six"—=that is, in alternate lines of eight and six. feet. " No, make it two more (rejoins the dictator)—let it be written in eight and eight." What a happy example of opposition for opposition's sake—for Quince's was the better plan, Peter Quince, by the way, displays the part of an expe rienced manager in tickling the conceit of his first trout tragedian, and moulding it to his purpose when he de clares, " You can play no part but Pyramus : for Pyramus is a sweetfaee man : a proper man !" In the late conflagration of the woods near Touien the extent of land jail bare was upwards of 160 ; acres. A vast number of half-roasted rabbits and pen- L , triagts wrre afterwards found on the ground. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, OXFORD RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Miss Lis ingstone Queen Elizabeth Udine Five ran. STRATTON AUDLEY NURSERY. Dead heat with Glendusk and Heber. Jane Shore . fee 3 Sixteen ran. PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES. f.ufra Tattoo Balero Seventeen ran. LASTEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 9to 2 agst Lord Clifaen (taken) 11 to 2 bar one (offered) 12 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 40 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) GO to 1 agst Sea King (offered) The King of the Kellenes and his Subjects. FRANKFORT, Aug. 26. The Europe gives the following documents which have recently been communicated to the National Assembly at Athens :•- IaiESSAGE OF TIIE KING OF TIIE RELLENES TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. I thank the Assembly for the new mark of confi toof the legal dence it has just exhibited towards me in proclaim ing me of age six monthst exertions i n advance show myself term. I will use my best worthy of that confidence. All my aspirations impel me towards my new country, and I shall leave here for Greece the mo ment that the question relating to the annexation of the lonian Isles permits me. In the meantime the country counts on the patriotism and concord of the National Assembly, (Signed) GEORGE. 1 Copenhagen, July 30, 1863. COUNT SPONNEK TO M. RUFFO, PRESIDENT OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, Mr. President,—His Majesty the King of the Hellenes has instructed the undersigned to thank you for having submitted to him, by your letter of the Bth, the reply of the National Assembly to the letter which his Majesty had ad dressed to it, and the decree which proclaimed him of age. - His Majesty begs you, Mr. President, through me, to be so good as to transmit to the Assembly the royal message sent herewith, written in the Greek language, and signed with his own hand. His Majesty has read with much pleasure the communi cation of your excellency, from which it appears that frau quillity is restored after the regrettable events which oc curred recently at Athens. By the royal message your ex cellency will learn the intentions of his Majesty relative to the epoch of his departure, which is determined by political considerations of high importance. His Majesty instructs me, at the same time, Mr. Presi dent, to add that just as he has every confidence in the patriotism and spirit of concord of the National Assembly, so he is convinced that the Government also will find in its devotion and the sentiment of duty the firmness and courage necessary to repulse energetically any criminal attempt against the law, th 3 more so as the National Guard, t o th e lively satisfaction of his Majesty, has shown itself so well worthy of its honourable appellation. (Signed) COUNT SPONNEK. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 28.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and fine weather. TORBAY, Aug. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anna, from Hamburg for Buenos Ayres. SHIELDS, Aug. 26.—Wind S.E.—Sailed--British Con stitution, for Rio Janeiro. GLOECETER, Aug. 27.—Wind SW.—Arrived—Bella Leandra, from Monte Video. Sailed—Jane Alice, for New York. (B MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. , . Arrived, Aug. 27.—Diana, from Amsterdam ; Horizon, from Calcutta ; Heriss, from Minititlan ; X X, from Gunrn swy; Julia, from New York ; Kilea Lass, from Jamaica ; Flora, from Christiana ; Roaeay, from Buenos Ayes. DEAL, Friday Morning. „ Anchored.—Malbrook, from Shields, for Nadaskar ; Havre, from London, for Demerara ; Excelsior, from Lon don. for Cape of Good Hope. Passed.—Colomba, from Quebec, for London. Sailed.—Gaillemo, for Montreal; Fidig, for Dunkirk. JOBBER DAY.—One day about four years since, as Lord P was going over a crossing in Regent street, the sweeper, whom he had at first disregarded, ap peared strangely familiar as well as importunate, and said, " Come, my lord, you'll give me a trifle for old acquaintance' sake." " You, indeed I Why, where can I ever have seen you before ?" " What I don't you remember Jobber Day, at Eton 7" Lord P— gave his old school-fellow a sove reign, and passed on. This Etonian came down to sweep a crossing before he was thirty years of age. Day had been a very popular fellow at Eton, and very rich in " leave books" when he left; though his ideas were very similar to those of an old fellow-collegian of ours, who said, the last morning he spent in Oxford, " Any gentleman may have a pick at my 13Jokii, for now I have finished my edu cation I never can want to set eyes on books again.' The reason we called him " Jobber" was, that some one heard Day's father was a large cattle-breeder--so the fellows, never very complimentary, said he was a Jo bber •, and Jobber Day was his sobriquet ever after. Poor Day, I pity him, and with him many thousands like him who "go to the dogs" from the same cause. Day was like a man born (we used to say) with hall a bottle of champagne in him, and who never got over the effervescence to the hour of death.—" Cornhill Magazine" for September, ju.v; published. SUPERNATURAL CANDLE.—Dr. Olinthus Gregory used to tell a curious story about a candle. Having, late at night, to ride across some moorland, he was reluc tantly persuaded to take a lantern with him. After a while, he blew out the candle ; but, to his amazement, it righted itself. This occurred several times ; until the pious mathematician, indignant that a candle should disobey the laws of nature, inverted it in the socket. It continued to burn, and burnt more brightly than ever I And a few paces further on, his horse pulled up on the verge of a chasm, formed by the falling in of a disused mine.—. Dublin Utn versity Magazine for September, just published. MEXICO.—A letter from Pachuca, dated June 20, tells of a successful expedition sent from Mexico by Marshal Forey, under the command of Col. Aymard, of the 62d Regiment. The force consisted of 2,000 infantry, 400 horses, and a section of mountain artillery. The ob ject of the expedition was to obtain possession of Pachuca and the silver mines of Real del Monte. Pachuca, which is 60 miles from Mexico, is reached by a well-paved road through a highly cultivated country. It was known at Mexico that Pachuca had been fortified, and that it west defended by 4,000 Mexicans, under the command of Gen. Orellano. A stout resistance was consequently expected. It was known further that the population were ill disposed towards the French, and that they had given a most flatter ing reception to the fugitive Gen. Ortega. When the French troops arrived before the gates of Pachuca, they were agreeably surprised to find that Gen. Orellano had decamped with his small army, and that the authorities of the town were waiting to give up possession to Colonel Aymard. An hour later the French officers ate the break fast which had been intended for Gen. Orellano and his staff. The population of Pachuca, which is estimated at 9,000, is described as being composed of adventurers from England, France, Germany, and America. The same class is to be found at Real del Monte and the other mining districts. The Juarists left behind them at Pachuca a sum of 200,000 f., which they had not time to carry off. The French will probably remain at Pachuca to protect the mining at Real del Monte, from which they expect to derive largo sums. How YARMOUTH ROSE OUT OF THE WATERS.— There could have been no Roman 'station at Yar mouth, for the very good reason that while the Roman eagles waved over Britain, the spot on which Yarmouth stands was not land, but sea. Like many other places situated at the mouth of rivers, Yarmotith has sprung up on soil partly alluvial and partly deposited by the tides and currents of the German Ocean. It is not a little singular that while at Aldborough and Dulwich to the south, and at Cromer to the north, we have b een- losing acres of terra firma, year by year fcr centuries, and while old Neptune, by eating away the cliffs, has contrived to swallow whole a bishop's sea and the m etropolis of the East Angles, here, on the contrary, he has rejoiced to give ba c k hi s sto l en property, and yearly to deposit some yards of the cleanest and firmest sand which he had been holding in solution. This process has been going on gradaally but surely for nearly two thousand years, if not from a date anterior to Christianity itself.--Once a !reek. The Municipal Council of Toulon has just voted a sum of 60,0001. for an Agricultural Exhibition in 1861. The Bath Chronicle gives currency to a rumour which is freely circulated that Mr. Sergeant Kinglake itm tends shortly retiring from the Weetetn Circuit. WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF STABBING.—COMMITTAL OF THE PRI SONER.—John Johnson, a costermonger, a desperate-look ing man, was charged before Mr. Selfe with stabbing a man named Thos. Box, with a penknife, at the Hoop and Grapes, in the Broadway, Westminster. The complainant, who had a bandage on the left side of his face, stated that about two o'clock the previous after noon he was at the Hoop and Grapes, when the prisoner, who was a stranger to him, wanted him to pay for a pint of ale. Complainant refused, when an altercation took place. It was at length agreed that they should have a pint toge ther, and that they should toss for it. They did so, when the prisoner lost, but ho refused to pay for it. They again had some words, in the course of which the prisoner sud danly gave him two stabs with a knife in his left cheek. Mr. Selfc—Did you assault the prisoner before he struck you ? Complainant—No, air. I was taken to the Westminster Hospital, where my wounds were dressed. One of the wounds is within an eighth Of an inch of my eye. Wm. Weeks, 36, Spur-street, saw the prisoner strike the complainant. He laid hold of the prisoner and gave him into the custody of Powley. Complainant was taken to the hospital by Taylor, A division. Frances Spinks, a single woman, said that she saw a knife in the hands of the prisoner. After he struck the complainant he put it in his pocket (the knife, a clasped penknife, was produced by Powley). Mr. Hernage, house surgeon at the Westminster Hospital, stated that he found two gashes on the complainant's cheek. One was over the eye, extending downwards; the other was under the eye and nearly through the left check. The cuts were about three inches in length. ' The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was struck by the complainant. The depositions were taken against the prisoner, who was committed for trial, THAMES. BitrAxiNa A MAN'S LEG.— Michael Lynch, alias O'Brian, who was stated to be a returned convict, was charged with committing an assault on Joseph Cummings, who has been in the London Hospital for the last fortnight and is now under medical treatment and in a very precarious condition. It appeared that the injured man was quarrelling with a woman named Margaret 'White, at the corner of Dock street, Whitechapel. The prisoner interfered, and struck and kicked Cummings several times, and at last tripped him up and broke his leg. 'she man was taken to the hos pital, and it was stated it woild be at least three months be fore he would be in a fit condition to appear and give evi dence. The prisoner, in defence, said that a dog bit Cummings' leg 16 months ago, and Ile was obliged to go to the hospital. Mr. Woolrych—A. bite from a dog would not break a man's leg 16 months afterwards. The prisoner said one A the women engaged in the quarrel bit him on the cheek, Mr. Woolrych said ho would adjourn the case for three weeks if the prisoner could find bail, but if he could not do so he would remand him fora week. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A fair supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market in fine condition. For all qualities the trade ruled heavy, at fully Monday's decline in the quo tations of is to 2s per quarter. The shew of foreign wheat en the stands was large. All descriptions changed hands to a limited extent, and prices had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain moved off heavily, at barely late rates. The supply of barley was very moderate, and very little new produce was on offer. The trade generally was dull, at barely stationary prices. Good and fine malt was in fair average request, at full quotations. Inferior qualities, however, met a dull in quiry. With oats the market was extensively supplied. All de scriptions sold heavily, and the quotations were barely supported. Beans and peas were in limited request, at late rates. The quotation for town•made flour was 39s to 439 per 2801bs, and for American 17s to 24s per barrel. The flour trade generally was dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English 2,010 I 10 1,190 370 1 680 Irish - Foroign 28,980 2,7t0 --- 31,890 20,080 brie NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is by no means extensive. Generally speaking, tho demand rules inactive; nevertheless, good and prime qualities are firm price. Per Sib. by the carcase. stied inferior beef .. 3 0 3 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Primo largo do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8I adad Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork Lamb .... 4 8 5 6 BOROUGH HOP. Tho accounts from the plantations are favourable, and, although the prospects in some parishes are bad, a fair average crop may be anticipated. The amount of business passing in our market is very moderate, yet no quotable change has taken place in prices compared with our last re port. New hops have realised £8 to LS Ss per cwt. A parcel of new Bavarian hops has been received. COLONIAL. TEA,--The market remains quiet, but prices are generally well maintained. Sul:ult.—A moderate amount of business has been re ported in West India, and good to fine gro-ery descriptions have fully supported previous quotations. In the refined market the inquiries for home consumption have been rather active. Common lumps are quoted 458 per cwt. COFFEE Plantation and native Ceylon have meta ready sale, at enhanced prices. RlM—Business has been rather inactive, and quotations in some instances have been rather lower. _ _ Tennow.—The market has continued exceedingly dull, and the few dealings entered into for both present and for ward delivery have been at barely previous rates. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 42s to 42s 3d, last three months, 438 9d per cwt. DIVORCE COURT.—Last year 268 suits were Commenced in the Divorce Court, 204 of them for dissolution of marriage, and not nacre judicial sdparation. The numbers in the previous four years (beginning the reckoning with the most distant year) were 350, 306, 293, and 263 respectively. 179 judgments were given in 1862. Up to the end of last year 1,482 petitions had been filed in the five years since the establishment of the court, and 822 judgments given; but the Registrar, in making these annual returns to the Home-office, omits to state in how many instances the judgment was that the marriage be dissolved. In the County Courts last year 632 deserted wives obtained orders for the protection of their property against the claims of their husbands—a number considerably below that of any of the three preview years. MURDER IN PARIS.—For several days past there have been rumours in Paris that a murder com mitted by a officer quartered in the Rue de la Pepiniere barracks was to be hushed up, because the perpetrator was a relative of a general in high favour at court. Happily things are not quite so bad as that in France. The mur derer is in custody, and will certainly be tried. A minor publication, called the Petit Journal, gives the following information on the subject :—We some days since spoke of the murder of a washerwoman in the Passage Cherbourg. The husband of the victim now writes to us as follows : e I beg you to rectify. your article concerning the crime committed at No. 12, Galeria de Cherbourg, ou the even ing of August 18. My wife was, as you say, extremely pretty ; but her conduct was never such as to provoke the slightest complaint on my Part—she was ever true eo her duties as a wife and a mother. M. George Xavier Fleury has been in the habit of coming to my house for the last 4 months in the guise of friendship, and he showed us civili ties, which, as it turns out, were but the mask of the most odious designs. On the 18th of this month he came armed with a poniard and a pistol, and then after a last and vain attempt to induce my wife to listen to his criminal propo sals, he murdered her in her workshop, in the presence of three astonished witnesses. This is the whole truth of this horrible went,--`.'our obliged LL Q ; -PETIT." _ r ~~ 35. 1 re- Jest. to of and ) the 3 not s of peo- iOll5 7mit len- ion, vish p of cork lose lose 13f try )rn- ISSE.