The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

~_ MONEY "MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CH i, TWELVE O'CLOCK. An active demand for money still continues, but as the resources of the public and private establish ments have been slightly increased, the rates for first-class short-dated paper have been relaxed to the extent of per cent., and the general charges are now quoted 3-1- 4 per cent. . _ A further sum of 130,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was no material alteration in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. announce hav ing received £1,600 from the Customhouse at San Jose de Cucuta on account of the New Granada dividends. Two O'CLOCK. The suspension has been announced of Mr, Wil liam Sheppard, of the Park Mills, Ware, with liabilities estimated at 130,000. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 40c. Rather firm. There has been a further improvement to-day of 1 per cent. in the market for the English Funds owing to a few speculative purchases, coupled with the flow of gold into the Bank of England and the favourable accounts of the harvest. Consols are 93 1 1 for money, and at 931 y for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are better at 93 11. The New 21 per Cents. are marked '77. India Stock. is firm at 226; do. 5 per Cent. Loan 1081 ; ditto 5 per Cent, Enfaced Paper 1161. Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 28. prem. Although the dealings in the Foreign Market are rather limited, prices tend upwards. Mexican have risen f, viz., 38i 39 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have improved to 671 68 ; Ditto Consolides, to 481 49; Greek, to 33 1 ; Ditto Coupons, to 151 1,; Spanish Passive, to 321 331 i Ditto Certificates, to 1211; Russian, to 921 93 ; Sardinian, to 90; and the Confederate Loan is firmer at 251 to 241 die. I:liminess in the Railway Share Market continues i nao oe, but in one or two instances there is a provement in prices. Great Eastern, slight i.To London an.'l Black wall, and South Eastern have each improve 53.; Great Northern A Stock, 10s.; and Caledonian, The Foreign anti Colonial lines continue heavy, at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in several instances also a shade firmer. Imperial Ottoman have advanced to 181; London and Brazilian to 431; Alliance of London and Liverpool to 35H ; Crystal Palace Stock is steady at 404 ; International Financial shares at 81 9 ; Hudson Bay Company at 21- 3; and Ueneral Credit Company at 2i. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities r 3 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9 34 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities... 77 5 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Ditto tor 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent ha() 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 D iti , bonds El.outi Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account Consols tor Account. Sept, 9 I Alia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent lOB4 March, I June, 21 per Cent. 21 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 die I 2 pm Ditto 1:•500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent • • • . Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 pet Cent . Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupins.. 324 34 21 Ditto Account 334 Ditto Coupons l5/ Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmans. Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 94 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 6l Poruvian 3 per Cent. .......... Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ... Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ................... Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account - Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account .................. Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive 32/ 31 Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. - Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 t, Ditto Account. ...... Ditto 6 per Cent.. 1858 ... Ditto Account Ditto, XlOO Bonds .. ..... Ditto 6 per Ce n t. 1862 J)itto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. Ditto Gruarat teed, 4 per Cent .... 102} Tenesuela 3 per Cent. ...... Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1882 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 64t Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account.... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (RETITER'S TELEGRAM.) Very, strong about 1,000 bales; imports, 945; previously 21,16. TIM WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND. — INNERLEITHEN.—Th e weat h er of the past week has been of a much less scorching nature than th a t w hi c h prevailed d ur i ng th e four or five weeks preceding , and we have had s evera l s h owers. The rain -fall, however, ' has n ot been nearly equal t o th e requirements of the ground, the long drought had parched to an unusual degree. Be sides the fall of half an inch of rain on Monday morning, we had slight showers on Tuesday and again on Friday. Showers fell frequently on Saturday, but they were always light and of short duration, and the whole quantity of rain which fell was small, the rain gauge registering only 4-10ths of an i nc h f rom T ues d ay, i nclusive. Up to this morning, L eithen Water and to the west of the town, the fall, how zueve7,ar, we hear, has been considerably greater. The baro meter, , which continued to drop slowly during the whole oi week, fell again to ascend yesterday, and though a few dro past fortsthee 1 this morning, the rain, it is to be feared, is day. scanty present. Considerable breezes blew on Secur e marked effectouugh the showers have been, they have had fresher. Turzipaphotravpastures, which are now Wiring much cereal crops has been e also improved, and the filling of the general, consinerably. Potatoes con tinue to look, in 4 Cral, remarkably well, and are as yet free from disease. etzinencement of harvest will pro bably be made towardsgh this of next week. In travelling by railway to Edinbur Eddleston some fields of potat i morning, uc h observedb by frost, the near top leaves of the shaves being°eB this place and Peebles, ae in theeraPletely blasted. Between leithen, the cereal crops generalll'airbourhood of Inner and there is to be seen a field of oatif th o i ok well, though here n short in the straw. On the elev ated disOn the groun d an d rict burn, the crops are late and g enerally li gth around Lead in this fine pastoral upland is looking fresh t ; but th e grass twan Dalkeith and Edinburgh, cuttin arid good. Be g, We had been begun on two or three farms this morning. noticed , FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.—FeebIe as Nightingale's health is unhappily k Muse flown to be, views have lost none of their distinctness —her pe n none he r 0 f its power. In her comm entar y on a rece nt Indian report, we find in perfection the consummate pod sense, the keen irony, indicating subdued sensibility, the wide range of understanding, and the all-pervading generosity and courage which, to my mind, make her writings one of the strong interests of our time. From the few pages of this of the interior of !ife in Indi a commentary we learn more than a d c zm books on India from the circulating lib rary could convey: and we see in a wholly new l ight, as clea r as the day, how much may be done for the life of every body there by such means as are perfectly at command,— Once a Week, j us t published. BRTTISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 a l 3d 311 chit ord Amalgamated 31 33 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist 1 650 670 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 5 3. id liar East Caradon ...... 21) 30 East Cam Brea... 3.4 ., 8 8} E.W'lltussel (Tavistk., 8.6.6 3 3 3 } GamArStAubyn(Gwen.) :8 7 1 0 Great South Totgus 17s 33 3I G. Wheal Vor(Heiston 40 64 7 3 Grenville ... . 6.16. 63 6 4 Herd's - F00t.....-Foot ....... s 8 40 iiingston Downs, 14 2 Lady Bertha .. , a— arrgkearvetal(peny. 4 2.0 5 3 4 2 6 3 3 1 4 ‘lyndy IronyO (Lim. 2:1 it New Setun l9) 100 110 North Downs .... . .... 24 224 Basset(lllo4-an 1.17.. 334 Forth Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 33 3i Par Consols(St. Blazey 14 4 5 20 ''rovidence(Uny Lelnt 10.c.7 •0 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 415 425 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 14 21 '..l9ltetti Fran. (Mogan 18.1 .9 724 74 Stray Park 5 Canna 5i1v.456 Lead lliu 44 Pin Croft, 4 215 224 VI West Basset (Illog an ) l4 114 12i W C radon (Liskeard, 5 22 24 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan. 5 60 65 Vi heal Buller(ltedruth) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLud ott ........ 2.10.8 24 3 Wheal MaryAnn(Men.) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton w heal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 - , Wheal Union 3.17 3 33 PREFERENCE SHARES. Brie fol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 941 Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 201 Mid.and 4) per cent. pf. stk. rd., 1041 North Eastern 4i per cent. rd., 011 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 51 London and Blackwall, 41 per cent, stk., 103/ London and S.-Western 46 per cent., Ss LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 9 London and Chatham 4 , per. Cent., 93} Nottingham and Grantham R. it C.. 97i 8 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, si Dutch Rhenish, 17 Great Luxembourg, 131 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (a 1), 22i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21t I Turin and Savona, 2i West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MINES, Yudananautana of E. Austrklia (Rm.), 38 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 116 14} Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lien.), 851 I Australasia, Ditto, new, 311 1 Bank of Egypt, 27} Consolidated Bans, lim., 91 10 9 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 21 1 2 Hindustan, Lhina, and Japan (lim.), 23 Imperial Bank (llm.), 24 imperial Ottoman, le} London and Brazilian (Bin.), 431 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 281 London and Comity, 47} 8 7} London Joint Stock, 344 London and South African, 251 London and Westminster, 774 Metrop. and Prov. Bank dim.), 161 National of Liverpool, limited, 81 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 26 Provincial of Ireland. 92 1} Union of Australia, 62; } Union of Ireland (lim.), 13} Union of London, 35} 1 DOCKS. East and West India, 142 MISCEL LANEOUS. An zio - Mexican Mint, 19i Berlin Water Works, Hru., fq British Iron, 3. 4 Crystal Palace, 40 1 40 Gen. Cr t dit and I , mance of London, lim. , 2 1 Hudson a Bay, 21 3 International Financial Society, lim., 8i 9 8 i AiadDraisttior, Italian Irri,rat,on (Canal Cavour), National Discount Compan y 91 9 North British Australasian, Z . rt l a c t r io e n en a t n . d ß c on an de a r , d 3 . i 870 issued 90, 71i Van Diemen's Lind, 14 SHARE 111ARKETS—This day. Sh - a R<dlway t 3.14. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andlifid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwai Do A A vets no diN ti II 6p e.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. lEdinburgh & Glasgow. iGlasg. and S. Western. IGreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 13lit; Easling lian et GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern........ Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshire London and Blackvtal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coss t Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western' Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Doi shares M etropoli tan , Midland Do New Do Binning. t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line , North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern— Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchas, Do Lecds Do York Do North London 4.16.4 Do New North Staffordshire IN. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central 0! Scot N. E., Aber. stoci, it Do Scot. Mid. stock LO Shrews. and Welchpoot 0 Shropshire Union a 'South Devon it !South Eastern it :South Wales S. York. and River Dun stain es, Wok.,an d Wok. Stockton tt Darlington Do . Do New, 1861 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool llar.dat West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 8 81 81 8f 86 1 , 8 118 119 61 1 7 40 41 14 16& 94 95 111 113 494 AOi 47 49 24i 54 123 125 1221 1231 135 190 100 1(2 651 661 1131 1131 766 77.1 113 115 42 434 1012 1021 105, 10b4 43 44 11 111 125 2E4 1 4 97 99 54 E 5 25 26 104 1012 57} 58 87 88 118 120 11 1 p 82 8 3 111 )41 122 124 48} 47} 100 it J 2 50 12 SO 12 911 ni 71 73 100 102 7) 8 88 39 94 106 7 4 86 1. 155 160 5} 6/ 3 34 p 12.10 82 85 156 H 3 - - 27 29 454 464 39 41 104 106 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. '1 Pa • ! Business ;Price,: done. ' 87i 1184 4 19 1231 123 41 al 6 101& 108 5 43 6 lii f 1281 t 82} i BRITISH P h arc tk tiallways Loo 1 stock stock itiantio & St Lawrenu aom.,Baroda&Cent lnc Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New ....... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference ttuflalo,Brant,&Godricl. 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, Do. do. Jmy 1, 187:- $O, ao. Jun, 1, :lcut ta.,fr.S. has L: ; nape Town & Dock Seri' Eakin. Bengal gu. 5 p. c halt Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. U Ext.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada 1)0. Ist F*,• Bonds.. Do. uo. deterred.- Uo. 2d Pro. Bon's.. Do. do d,fer ed...... Do. 3d P et. stock Do. do. d,lerrrd.... 40t Si 1 Do. 4th Pref. wo k... Do. au deferred...... ert.lndiaPenuA.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. Do. January, 18 . 62 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim) ,maranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada &tart+ Do. New .. . • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. • Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. lf p. c. EXtensiot 1)c 4- . Do. Fifth Extension. kit•lbA. orp. o. kind & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. answica Cand Class A an 1 B N. itl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bdb Somde Do. Delhi Do. do Punjaub rta ou. Du. , Do. lndus.St. Flo.) S 7 OLONIAL DOVER. p.c.J ‘IDJ ul 1877-81 Do. 6 p. c. Feb.& i Do. p. c. Mar. Sepl Do. I p. c. Jan. &J uly. Do. 6 Inscribed stoct uape G. II ope, 8 p Do.Ap & Oct. 188( - I Do. 189. IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, Nov.ls7B, 6 p Msu• thus 6 per cent .. Natai Guy. 6 per cant.. 1 N..13.60v.ep.c.Ja.&Ju1) Do. d p. c.Ap. & OM. N. S.W. G ov. op 1,18 Do. 5 p. c.,18u to 1 Do. d0.,1688 &upwdi New Zealand 6 p cent. [Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. C And G6p.c.1670.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. io 6 p.c. An.&Oat.. 100 100 100 100 100 iSSESSIONS, Closing Price. 60 1(2 107 168 1 “ p 11 16 p 5/ bf 7 8i 107 1(8 1 , 4 106 .09 110 108 1 9 11 1111,p 194 01 69 n 52 55 62 65 48 60 42 44 33 16 23 24 20 23 108 109 1 1.111 1 14 107 1(8 .0i 11 10 g 3 l„ 95 98 90 ,2 I ; :(7 (18 p 101 102 8 ICO Pale.' all 1 to 7i ali all to:- 55 57 3 6 83 86 107} 108 b tt , 7 108 I IP t( 7 1(8 P 103 115 1078 1 MENT SECURITIES. 1(3 105 4, 2 404 ,•5 107 4 , 5 96 94 16 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 115 113 116 106 10? 'll9 112 105 106 104} i 4 1006 1014 1010 102, 1016 1026 110 112 1 94- / 5 1 1061 f 1021 105 108 o 112 110 112 107 109 1126 113 112 f 13 must:less don 61i 107/ 2 107 f 10f / 974 61 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE SHERIFFS' COUiI,T. (Before Mr. Kerr.) LONDON AND BLACK WALL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern; Mr. J. N. Daniell in the chair. The report stated that the g cosi revenue from all sources, with the balance of ‘.:097 from the previous account, was £61.546 and the expenditure £21,394, leaving a net profit of £40,152; and after payment of £3,469 for interest on debentures there was a balance of £31,682 for dividend. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend for the past, half-year at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, and authorizing the directors to borrow £lOO,OOO. THE STATUTE or 791,2a7DS.—TYLPORTAXT TO THOSE IN TRADE.•-•ILIB3LB T. PHILLIPS. This was an action to recover £4 18s. for damage in the non delivery of certain fruit. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, who is a fruiterer in the country, and Mr. Lewis, jun., for defendant, who is a wholesale fruiterer of the City. Mr. Buchanan, in opening plaintiff's case, said that during the course of the present year Mr. Kibble, who had previously dealt with defendant, gave au order for nuts and oranges to the extent of £l9 10s. The next day he received a letter stating the goods could not be sent, but he forwarded a£s note to defendant, and it was returned. Now plaintiff bad in all his dealings with the defendant hitherto invari ably paid by instalments, and this refusal, suddenly, to supply him necessitated his coming to London, which cost £l, and entailed a trade loss of £3 18s. Mr. Lewis inquired if there had been any contract in writing, because, if not, as the amount was over £lO, the plaintiff was out of Court under the statute of frauds. Mr. Buchanan admitted that there was no immediate contract in writing, but he produced two letters from de fendant or his foreman, in which the verbal contract was alluded to, and this, coupled with the order in the book, would. he contended, take it out of the statute. His Honour ruled that any subsequent writings in which the goods and the price were stated, could be taken to make out a complete contract. In this case the letters put in said " your goods at the price mentioned," and therefore the court would hold a contract within the term of the Act. Plaintiff was examined, but his answers did not make out the sum claimed, and his Honour said he could only award one farthing damages. Mr. Grant (deputy clerk)—lt must be a penny. His Honour—l find in this court that it must be one penny, and that is all I can give plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES BY A 000 K.—AN UNFORTU NATE PROSECUTOR —Ann Pollendine, cook in the service of Mr. John Dickenson Betts, tea dealer, of 262, Oxford street, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Sergeant Cole, 23 C, charged with stealing several sums of money belong ing to her master, in all about £45, the robberies having been carried on in a most artful and systematic manner. Mrs. Betts, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed that the prisoner had been in her service as cook for some time. On Monday week the prisoner went for a holiday and returned the following Friday evening, and shortly after left the house and never returned. A day or two afterwards it was discovered that money which had been given to the pri soner to pay the different tradesmen's bills had never been paid them. Sergeant Cole, who apprehended the prisoner at No. 9, Brown-street, Grosvenor-square, said that he had ascer tained that part of the prisoner's system was to receive the bills from the tradesmen, and then to avoid the words "bill delivered" being seen by her mistress, which would have shown that previous bills had not been paid, to make out fresh ones in her own handwriting, and to receipt them herself. In one case the prisoner had failed to pay a bill of £39 10s. to Mr. Spinks, butcher, of Crawford-street, Bryaneton-square. One of the tradesmen, Mr. Hay, baker, of North Andley-street, was present to prove the non-pay ment of a bill. Mr. Hay proved that he had not received payment of a bill for 9s. 3d. produced, nor any money since November last. Sergeant Cole asked for a remand. Mr. Tyrwhitt at once granted it, and said that these eases, of which there had been several before the Court lately, all arose through persons not seeing their tradesmen themselves, which they ought to do once a fortnight. The prisoner was then remanded. The prosecutor is rather unfortunate, his traveller having recently absconded with defalcations to the amount of £l2O. WESTMINSTER. HOW TO GET OUT OP THE ARMY.—Henry Patch, a private in the Grenadier Guards, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold watch from the person of Henry Hademorger. _ The prosecutor, a German, said he met with the prisoner and some other soldiers last night, in the Broad way, Westminster, and went into a public house and had some thing to drink ; and while there the prisoner struck him a blow in the face, and immediately drew his watch from his pocket and made off with it. The police pointed out that the offence was committed at seven this morning. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1863, ARTIFICIAL SWARM. I propose to give, for the benefit of your bee-keeping readers, an is outline of a syste m practised by me, whereby swarming accomplished artificially, and by a method similar to that adopted by th e f armer i n multiplying flocks and heads. What I :hall give will be found demonstrably true and entirely practicable, even to those who use the common box-hive, so that 1 think no one need suspect me of having an "axe to grind" at any rate. When the drones appear in the spring, and the hive is full of comb and bees, is the time to swarm them by this process. It should never be attempted after a swarm has issued in the natural way, nor should a second one be ob tained in less than twenty-five days after the first. In the middle of a pleasant day when the bees are abroad, go to the hive and blow into it at the bottom a few whiffs of smoke from a pipe of tobacco, or a roll of cotton rags. Let enough smoke go into the hive to arouse the bees and set them to seizing on the honey—which will be known by a I,.ng buzzing within the hive—but not enough to stupify them, Let the hive stand five minutes, until you blow a little smoke into all the hives within four or five rods; now gently raise one edge of the hive and blow in a little more, and immediately remove them three or four rods, carefully setting them down under a shade, if it is at hand, bottom up. By this time the bees will have become filled with honey, and will not sting unless you pinch them, or they are other wise provoked. Place an empty hive or box over this hive, mouth to mouth; tack together with a couple of nails, and cork all crevices with rags. Now drum or rap on the sides of the bottom hive for about ten minutes; draw the nails, lay a sheet on the ground, and very carefully remove the top box, setting it down upon the sheet. Remove the old hive a few feet away, covering the mouth with a cloth. Now, having another empty box, turn it down on the sheet with one edge up, after the manner of having a swarm of bees; then with a ladle or large spoon, slowly dip the bees from the box that contains them, and pour them down in front of the empty hive. If the weather is very hot, sprinkle slightly with water to prevent the queen from taking wing, and they will run in. Should there be several swarms were the old ones stood, and close to it, it would be well to cover them with a sheet while this is being done, to prevent the queen from entering them should she chance to fly. As the bees are running into the empty box, look out for the queen. She will be readily seen, as she is at this season nearly as large as a drone, and much longer than a worker-bee. Should she not be found, immediately reverse the boxes and try until found, for she is among the bees sure, as she is among the first to leave the old hive upon inverting it. When found secure her as follows :—Cut a piece of wire cloth, say 12 meshes to the inch, two or three inches, roll it round the finger in the form of a cylinder, pinch close one end, and putting the queen into it, close the other end with a cork. She can be safely taken by the wings in your fingers, fot she will not sting, however roughly she is handled. Now place your old hive on a new stand, at least four rods from where it stood before, and put the bees into it, except about one pint ; these put into a new hive on the old stand, having a hole in the top one and a half or two inches in diameter, through which the queen cage is sus pended by means of a wire two or three inches long, with a block over it to keep out the light. The sheets are now removed from the other hives, and you w;11 find daily additions to the new hive from the old one, as it occupies the o:d familiar spot, while the old one will retain the young brood, of which great numbers will be hatched daily. The third day, about an Lour before sun down, blow a whiff into the top of the new hive, draw up the cage and release the queen—put her by the entrance, and she will go in at once. Considerable comb will have been already built, and by morning the breeding cells will be well stocked with eggs. Thus you will have s warmed your bees certa'nly, and without watching them, or of running the rise. of their leaving for the woods. By one who has performed this operation a few times, the queen bee may be found in three minutes, by simply turning up the hive and blowing the smoke into one side, looking for her among the bees running up and over the opposite side, acccmplisuing the feat of artificially swarm ing a hive from the old box in the time necessary to hive a natural swarm. One word to those who practise artificial swarming by this method or any other, Queen cells can be procured by simply caging the queen as above, without removing her from the hive. This expedites the business, and adds greAtly in propagating Italian queens; since is obviates the necessity of removing her to e strange colony. Some will ask how a queen can be supplied to the old hive after put. ting its queen into a new hive ? In answer,.l will say the bees will do this by raising one from the worker brood al ready lain by the queen just removed.—Afichijan Fanner. THE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN THE NEW NORTH - ROAD.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Payne, coroner for the City of London, held an investiga tion at St. Bartholomew's Hospital into the circumstances of the fire in Herbert-street, New North-road, on Sunday morning, by vilich Mary Anne Stubbings, aged 64 years, lost her life, and a woman in her confinement and the newly born child were seriously burned. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body of the deceased. Mrs. Stephenson, a lodger, said deceased was in attendance on Mrs. Solomon Reuben, as a monthly nurse, at No. IS, Herbert-street, New North-road. Mrs. Reuben had been confined on Friday morning. On Sunday morning she heard loud screams, and upon rushing upstairs she saw the room apparently in flames. She did not go quite up to the room, but ran back to seOure her own child. Miss Martha Reuben, niece to Mrs. Reuben, said that she lived in the same house. Witness slept in the room above Mrs. Reu ben's, and on the Sunday morning she was awoke by a great noise. She went down and saw smoke and flames in Mrs, Reuben's room. She threw water into the room, and then dressed and ran out of the house. Witness could not see who was in the room, but she heard deceased's voice. Alfred Barton, Cumberland-street, Hackney-road, said that deceased was a widow. Sbe was insensible when he visited her in the hospital, and she gave no account of the accident. Burrows, 29 N, said that when he was carrying the de ceased to the hospital in a cab she said, " My poor stomach —all this has happened through saving other people." She could hardly speak, and she gave no account of the way the fire originated. Mrs. Stephenson, recalled, said that on nunday morning she visited the deceased in the hospital, when she stated that she was about to get some brandy for Mrs. Reuben, and that the candle was standing on the table by the bed. The moving of the curtains, she thought, caused them to come into contact with the flame. She said that if she got well she would be ruined for life, as people would never hove confidence in her again. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death," BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.--At the Sheriff's Court, Exeter, on Monday, before Mr. W. Jones, Under Sheriff, the case of Jarman v. Lucas was tried. The plaintiff is the only daughter of Mr. Arthur Jarman, who was formerly a builder, residing at South. molton, and is now overlooker of the farm buildings of Lord Poltimore. It appeared that the plaintiff left her father s home in April, 1862, to undertake the duties of house keeper to her brother, Mr. J. A. Jarman, who was one of the masters in the Commercial College at Rippingdon, near Halifax, and is now a partner in the University School, Not tingham. At this time plaiatiff's brother was on very friendly terms with the defendant, who was then also one of the masters of the Commercial College, at a salary of £l5O a year. Defendant frequently visited her brother's house, and an intimacy sprung up between him and plaintiff which re sulted in his being considered as engaged to Miss Jarman, and he did not deny the fact. Defendant had represented to plaintiff's brother that he was the son of the steward of the Duke of Bedford, he had a brother an officer in the army, and his uncle was one of the contractors for the Great Exhibition of 1862. Several letters were put in on the part of the plaintiff as showing the defendant's affection for her up to the end of 1862, when he broke off the engagement, and the plaintiff returned home in March, 1863, but in con sequence of her being eneiente she was unable to take a situation as governess in the family of a gentleman, of Edington, in Warkleigh, who had engaged her. Defendant had been repeatedly requested to fulfil his promise ; but had refused to do so, and on the 18th March, 1863, Mrs. Jarman, the plaintiff's mother, wrote to him, asking him to marry her daughter awarding to his promise. He made no reply to this letter, or any subsequent communication, and hence the present action. As the defendant allowed judgment to go by default the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff-- damages £5OO with costs.— Western Times. • A STRUGGLE FOR LlFE.—Three young men, named Szoffbam, Draper, and Sibley, went to a spot near the Hampton station of the Severn V alley branch of railway, for the purpose of bathing on Friday evening last. Sccffham, who is employed as a porter at the sta tion, jumped into the water first, without knowing that it was of considerable depth, and, being unable to swim, he almost immediately sank. Sibley, observing the dangerous situation of his companion, at once dived, and brought Scoffham to the surface, but was compelled to relinquish his hold, and use every endeavour to extricate himself, the drowning man having seized him tightly by the waist. Sibley again dived, and brought Scoffham up by the hair of the head ; b u t f rom exhaustion and the nature of the bottom cf the ri ver , w hi c h i s compose d o f san d and mud, was unable to ge t hi m as h ore. B ot h m en sank, when Draper rushed to the rescue, and wading into the water until it was up to his chin, succeeded in getting hold of Sibley. Ultimately a gentleman arrived on the spot, and, with his help, Scoffham and Sibley were rescued. CAPTURE OF A HORSE STEALER. —A clever capture of a horse stealer was Effected at the Derby Railway Station on Monday. On Saturday a respectable looking young man hired three an stable keepers at Brighton, d proceeded by rail to Stamford, thence to Peterborough, reachi ng Derby on Sunday morning. On Monday he booked him self and the horses for Stockport, and was steppin g i nto the carriage, cong ratulating himself, doubtless, on his cleverness, when a detective, who had just arrived from London by the eaFress train, took him into custody, trans ferred him and the stolen animals to another train, and conveyed the crestfallen horse stealer to London, and thence to Brighton, where his proceedings will be duly investi gated by the police magistrates. Prosecutor repeated that be thought it was last night. Mr. Telfer said he should have thought "a bandmaster would have been a better judge of time" than prosecutor appeared to be. Birch, a detective sergeant, proved that the prisoner was seen running away from the public house, and was pursued by two police constables, when he suddenly turned round, and, altering his course, ran into witness's arms. Before he did so he was seen to throw something over a wall, which turned out to be the prosecutor's watch, which was afterwards picked up and given to witness. Two other witnesses proved that prosecutor came out of the public-house and said he had bean robbed, and when one of them went in the prisoner glided out with the watch in his haud, and attempted to escape, but was captured as described. Birch said prosecutor was bleeding from the irjury he had received. Mr. Selfe—Did the prisoner say anything ? Birch—Yes; he said he never intended to be a soldier, but meant to get out of the army, and he did not care what he did or what was done to him so long as he got out of the army. Mr. Selfe (to the military sergeant)—How long has he been with you ? Sergeant—Two years. Mr. Selfe—What is his character ? Sergeant—lrregular, as a soldier. Prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. A ROUNDING CAM—James Briant, a young man who is well known to the police, was brought before Mr. Wool rych charged with but glariously breaking into the dwelling house of William Mouasell, in Glasshouse-buildings, Rose mary-laue, Whitechapel. The prosecutor's dwelling is in an Irish colony, where rows and fights have been very frequent. He lived in comparative security until Saturday morning last, when he was alarmed by a noise in his shop, which he first thought was caused by some bottles of ginger beer in his shop ex ploding, but on getting up he discovered a window was broken, and he missed £5 worth of property, consisting of his own clothes, two mantles, two dresses, and other things. Johnny Brian, an intelligent Irish boy, said he was locked out on Friday night, and was seated on the . steps opposite the prosecutor's house , w hen he saw the prisoner with a stone in a handkerchief, The prisoner advanced towards the dwelling, broke a window over a door, and took the property out of the house. Mr. Woolrych—He drew the things out? Witness—Yes, sir. He was there about ten miautes. J, .... Police-constable 70 H said this was a rounding case. Mr. Woolwrych—What do you mean by a rounding case P Policeman—The party engaged in the robbery have been splitting on each other. Mr Woolrych—What do yon mean by splitting on each other ? Policeman—Telling of each other. Mr. Woolrych—You mean to say that there was more than one engaged in the robbery and they have impeached each other ? Policeman—Yes, sir. Mr. Mounsell was recalled and said that he saw two men last night. One was called Sooky, the other Carty. They said that the prisoner was the man who committed the robbery. After some further evidence, from which it appeared that the prisoner would not share any portion of the stolen property, and that they " rounded and split" upon him, Mr. Woolrych directed that Sooky and Carty should be sought after, and remanded the prisoner for a week. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane, to-day, a fair supply of new English wheat was received, for the most part, in fine con dition. Cieneraliy speaking, the demand ruled inaotse. White qualities so l d at 48s to ' 545, and red at 44s to 608 pe quarter. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. All descriptions roet a dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. The supply of barley was very moderate, but the demand ruled inactive, on former terms. Malt was in limited re quest, at previous quotations. The market was moderately supplied with oats, in which sales progressed slowly at barely late rates. Beans and peas were dull, on former terms. For all descriptions of flour the trade the quotati on s was ine sluggish. state, yet no mater A ia ß l ß c i h v ai: L g t : took THjs place wtmx. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oat& Flow, 260 10 950 1 210 ) Irish - 1,500 Foreign.— 4,020 9 6 0 1 13,2;0 9,900 brit; BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantationswhich have hitherto been free from blight, are very favourable; but, on inferior soils, the crop will be very small. The market generally is qutiet, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows : Beef, 2s 8d to 3 s 8d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s Od; lamb, 4 s 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. MIDLAND. The directors of this company in their report express their satisfaction that, notwithstanding the continued depression in some branches of the trade of the country, toe traffic of the railway shows a considerable increase for the past half year. The directors recommend the declaration of the following dividends (less income• tax), paya• ble on the first day of September neat:—£2 17s 6d upon each £lOO consolidated stock—X2 3s 9d upon each £lOO consolidated Birmingham and Derby stock— £3 upon each £lOO consolidated preferential stock—X3 upon each £lOO consolidated Ere wash Valley stock —£2 5s upon each £lOO consolidated 4/ per cent. preferential stock—X2 upon each £lOO Leiceester and Hitchin prefereutiallstock— L 2 6s upon each £lOO consolidated irredeemable 41 per cent. preferential stock-25 141 upon tach £6 4s share, being a half-year on £4 4s and 165 days on £1 per share at £s:l7s per cent. per annum-25 3 2-5 d upon each £6 pre ference share at 4/ per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £2,094 to be carried to the account of the current half year. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the capital charge able to revenue on the 30th of June last, exclusive of leased lines, was as follows 1-112,093,591 of consolidated stack, £2,922,613 of guaranteed and preference stock, £4,508,396 of loans, and £260,731 of moneys paid in advance—total, £19,785,333. The expenditure charged to capital curing the half-year amounted to £153,801. The receipts on revenue account for the past half-year amounted to £863,550, against £817,902 for the corresponding half of last year, and the expenses to £374,728, against £310,518, showing an increase in the receipts of £46,458, and in the expenses of £14,210. The balance of net revenue applicable to the payment of divi dend on the ordinary stock of the company was £272,325, and out of this %mount the directors recommended the pro prietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 4t per cent. per annum, less income-tax, and to carry forward £15,336 to next half-year's account. CORK AND BANDON. The directors have declared a dividend on the No. 1 pre.- ference shares at the rate of 5} per cent. per annum, and also the payment of the deferred dividend warrants (No. 2 preference shares) for the dividend due for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1862. The capital account showed that £404,472 had been expended, NORTHERN OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line from the Ist of January to the 18th of July amounted to £50,316, against £43,336 for the corresponding period of 1862, showing an increase of £6,980, or 16 per cent. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 12.—Wind at Noon, N.W. ; calm and very fine. CARDIFF, Aug. 11,—Wind, N.W.—Arrived—Paragon, from Bi;boa. Sailed—Creola, to) Fernando Po; , Robinson for New York; Courier, for Gibral tar. COWES, Aug. 11.—Arrived--Lady Louisa, from Callao, and sailed for Hamburg. FALMOUTH, Aug. 10.—The Bristolian arrived here from Akyab, and reports having spoken, Aug. 4, in lat. 46 N., lung. 26 W., the Fort William, from Bombay to Liverpool, with foremast sprung and rudder damaged. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. a Arrived.—Clara,Gefle; ofrdoemcub;Soe R u dd er i n, from Mogyl, f rom Cochin;Sans- Bril licouabe ; Main, from Quebec; Akbar, from Colombo; Johanna, from Emden; Water Lily, from Guernsey; Pride of the Ocean, from Bombay ; Friendlesq , , from St. Vi ncen t . Arrived, August 12.—Chatet, from Cochin; Ocean Child, from St. John's; Flying Fish, from Barbadoes; Henrick, from Emden ; Soranus, from Ingleholine. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Cadiz, screw steamer, 'foul Laths, for London; Devoudale, from Colombo, for L< radon ; 9,302, third pen dant, ship, from London, for the west. Sailed.—Ail the outward bound, except the Gottenberg. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 19i Antwerp • • 25 52 1 25 57/ Brussels — 25 52/ 25 571 Ramburgh — 13 8i 13 8f Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine.. 1191 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid ...... Cadiz Leghorn _ 25 60 2.5 67i Milan 25 60 25 67i Genoa _ 25 621 25 65 Naples Palermo — 25 621 25 67i Messina .. Lisbon _ 52a 62k Oporto — 524 52k Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ' per oz.. £3 17 9 ........ 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars - ........ Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons eldest son o f The marriage o f M r . H ugo Meynell, Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram, of Hore Cross, and Miss Wood, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P., and Lady Mary Wood, was solemnised yesterday morning at St. Paul's Church, Wil ton -place, linightsbridge. The event attraetnd a numerous congregation, in addition to the large circle of friends of the contracting parties. The religious ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, perpetual curate of St. Paul's, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Cholmeley. the bride was given away by her father, Sir Charles Wood, and was attendee to th e a l tar by the following young ladies, w h o officiated as bridesmaids Ladies Mary and Frances Fiizwilliam, the daughters of the Earl and Countess Fitz- william ; the Misses Alice and Edith Wood, sisters of the bride; Miss Ramsden, sister of Sir John Ramsden, Bart., M.P.; the Misses Meynell Ingram, sisters of the bride groom; and Miss Sybil Grey, daughter of General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey. After the ceremony the newly . married couple, together with the wedding party, proceeded to the residence of Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, in Belgrave-square, to partake of an elegant breakfast. The company included the Countess de Grey and Ripon, Lady Georgians Grey, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady Grey and Miss Des Vacua, Lady Ri vera an d Hon. Miss Pitt, the Marquis of Hartington, General Fox, General Ellice, Hon. Mrs. Charles Grey and Miss Grey. Ladies Mary and Frances Fitzwilliarn, Vice. Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, Colonel and Mrs. Johnstone M r s. Drummond and Miss Pennant, M rs . an d — M iss Bourcherett,: Mt. Bourche- rett, Mr. Newd ega t e , M rs. Weymouth, Mr. H. Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. B. Mildmay, Mr. and Mrs. A. West, Mr. E. Baring, Mr. H. Des Voila; Miss C o pl e y, Mrs. Lambton, Mr. Blake, Mr. George S. Lefevre, Mrs. Meynell Ingram and Miss Ingram, Dr. Wadhatn, Mrs. Lane Fox, and other relatives and friends of both families. Early in the after noon the happy couple left town for Sunningdale, near Windsor, to pass th e b .oney moon. before proceeding on a continental tour. THE RIVAL RAILROADS. --The South Northern and the Wert-Eastern have recently erected some new stations on their respectiv e lines, and those already finished are Conte. t-station, Detest -station, Mole-station, and Deva-station.—Fun. Mr. Sothern, who on several evenings last week performed the celebrated character of Lord Dundreary, at the Princess Thea re, Leeds, was unable to appear on Saturday night, in consequence of severe indisposition, and it is feared that he will not be able again to resume his theatrical engagements for many weeks.—Leeds 'Mer cury. _ CORONER'S INQUEST IN TEE HOUSE OF CORREC TION.—Yesterdgy Dr. Lankester held an inquest in the House of Correction, Cold-bath -square, Clerkenwell, touching the death of John James Brakington, alias Van a prisoner. It app eared that the deceased, Buren, aged 2 7, who was very respectably connected, was in prison on a charge of felony. He was sentenced to three months' im prisonment, which would have termi nated on Saturday next. Ever since he was in prison he had b een i n th e in firmary, where he received ever y attenti on , b ut w hi c h was without any beneficial effect, and he died on the 6th inst., from disease of the lungs, the result of intemperate habits. Verdict—" Natural death." THE LATE EXECUTION IN LONGFORD.—It is stated is a northern paper that when the unfortu• nate hangman who did his business in such a bungling way in the execution of ISPCormick was re co gnised on his way through Longford, in comp an y w ith a police man , t o th e railway station, he was booted and stoned b y t h e mo b . Having taken shelter in the Polic e - barrack, h e p rocee d e d next morning to Edgewor th' It Was 17 years since the last execution in Longford, and there was a popular impression that one of the turnkeys had officiated on the occasion, and would do so again in M Tormick's case— an impression which, though utterly false, exposed the family of the turnkey to great odium and danger; and, In order to obviate the mischief as far a. 3 possible, the governor of the gaol had all the turnkeys placed outside, in front of the drop, during the execution, so that the people might have ocular demonstration that neither of q3Nn o was tho hallgmane . Z /iIP- DEATH OP MR; J. W. GILEART, P.R. a The bankers and merchants of London will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Janne William Gilbart, F.t.S,, for a nuarter of a century the able and successful manager at the Loudon and West minster Bank, and the man who did more than any one else to establish, organise, and popularise the joint stock system. Mr. Gilbart came of a Cornish family, but was was born in London March 21, 1794. Failing in obtaining a Government appointment, he be came clerk in a London bank in 1813, one of these banks which suffered and collapsed during the panic of 1825. While a clerk he took an active part in the Athenian Debating Society with the late Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Edward Baines, M.P., Mr. Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., and Mr. Baron Channell. He also was connected with the Union Society, of which Mr. J. S. Mill and Lord Macaulay were members, and did much to found the City of London Literary and Scientific Institute. He also found time to write articles for various periodicals—" The Preacher and the Platform' (1822-3), and a remarkable answer to Cobbett's book on the Reformation, pointing out the various social benefits of the Reformation. Having been from 1825 to 1827 a cashier in a Birmingham office, and having, in 1826, delivered an interesting course of lectures on the philosophy of history, Mr, Gilbart returned to London in the latter year, and acquired some fame from his " Practical Treatise on Banking," with reference to the evidence delivered by London and county bankers before the Parliamentary committee appointed to consider the propriety of the suppression of notes under £5. Re moved to Kilkenny as manager of the Kilkenny branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Mr. Gil bart contributed various papers on banking to the local papers ; and from 1829 to 1833 held a similar office of higher importance at Waterford, where he established a literary and scientific institution, and showed his unflagging energy in delivering lectures on all sorts of subjects. On the 10th of October, 1833, fir. Gilbart entered into an engagement with the directors of the London and Westminster Bank, which was opened on the 10th of the following March. This pioneer of the numerous joint-stock banks, now so flourishing and popular, had to face the apathy and distrust of the public and the active hostility of the Bank of Eng land. In 1836 the Bank of England obtained an injunction against the London and Westminster, prohibiting it from accepting any bills drawn at less than six months after date, and hoped to destroy the new bank's country connection by this means. But Mr. Gilbart had seen, when in Ireland, the Bank of Ireland drawing bills on the Bank of England with out acceptance ; and he went on a tour and persuaded the country bankers to adopt the same course. In the following year he was a witness before the com mittee on joint-stock banks, which had presented a hostile report in 1836, but had been reappointed ; and. in 1838, formed an association of joint-stock banks with a committee of deputies, which found ready access to Lord Monteagle, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had been a director of one of the Irish provincial banks when Mr. Gilbart was mana ger. In 1844, when Sir Robert Peel renewed his B'nk charter, Mr. Gilbart procured tne insertion of a clause, allowing joint-stock banks the power of suing by their public officer, and also the right of accepting bills at less tha❑ six months' date. In 1846 (June 18) Mr. Gilbart received the dis tinguished honour of being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, being vouchad for by Lord Mont eagle, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. G. R. Porter, &e., a i " a gentleman attached to science and anxious to pro mote its progress." In the same year he received a handsome service of plate from the directors and shareholders of joint-stock banks. The year following he wrote the history of his own bank, and by his advice his board opened branches in Holborn, South wark, Oxford-street, and Whittchape;. In 1854 joint-stock banks were at length admitted to the London clearing house. I❑ 1859 Mr. Gilbart re tired from office on a pension of £1,500 a-year, with a seat at the board of directors, and received a splendid testimonial. In the International Congress of July, 1869, he was on the committee of the section of commercial statistics, and read a paper on the statistics of English banks. He was admitted a corresponding member of the New York Historical Society in 1850, and was on the council of tiie statistical and otb.er societies. Mr. Gilbart had dabbled in authorship for more than 40 years with considerabl e success. Besides the works above-named may be mentioned his " Logic for the Million," and "Logic for the Young," valuable, spiritedly written, and popular works; banking in Ireland, banking in America; various articles signed "Nehemiah," in the columns of the Morning Herald, on joint•stock banks ; articles in the Banker's Magazine, the Atlas, and various other periodicals. FREN CH NAVAL PREPARATIONS.—We observe that the French Government is preparing for any emergency that may arise out of the Polish question, in the event of diplomacy failing to provide a pacific solution. We read in the Dore de la .Iltanche, a naval journal published at Cherbourg, that a ministerial despatch has been addressed to the Maritime Prefect requiring to be informed as to the time necessary for the ships in reserve to be got ready and fully equipped for sea. These ships are 27 in number, of various ratings, and comprise l'Austerlitz, le Bayard, la Ville-de Nantes, l'Arcole, le Tage, and le Fontenot' (screw liners) ; la Clorinde, la Souveraine, la Forte, l'Audacieuse and la Cleopatra (frigates) ; le Beaumanoir, l'Agile, and alivier (brigs) , la M ar ne ; la Durance, la Ni‘vre, la Gi. ronde and le Calvados (transports) ; le Lucifer, to la Sentinelle, le Lamothe-Piquet (despatch vessels) ; La Fond royante (floating battery), and le Phiegeton, la Bayou nsise, and l'Arteroise (corvettes). The Maritime Prefect, Viscount de Chabannes, lett Cherbourg for Paris on the 28th ultimo, and the Emperor is expected to arrive at Cher bourg on Monday next. The Batinsents Cuirasses, or iron clads are expected to rendezvous at that port, and there are already in the roadstead la Normandie, l'lnvincible, and le Solferino ; the Magenta is also daily expected to arrive there from Brest. Vice-Admiral Charles Penaud has been ap pointed to command the iron-clads, and he will hoist his flag on board the Normandie. We learn also from a French naval source that the "spur," or projecti ng stem, of the steam rams is to be submitted to a severe test, with a view to ascer tain its practical utility, and this is a most important point respecting which (at least as regards many of the most essential conditions of this method of warfare) our know ledge is of a purely theoretical character, but it is ques tionable, owing to the reticence of French officials in these matters, whether England will be permitted to derive anY advantage from their experience. A private correspondence from Paris states that there will be a review of the iron clads at Cherbourg, and that there will also be comparative trials between the ships of various types which constitute the new iron squadron ; but these trials will only take place in the presence of the Minister of Marine, who is expected at Cherbourg, accompanied by a specialcommission, com posed of M. Dupuy de Lome, directo r of naval d works, and two general officers of the fleet. M. Dupuy Lome w ill be the chairman of the commission, which is instituted to take into consideration the results o f the various trial s o f the iron squadron. The question is, of course, one of great practical importance, and our own Board of Admiralty ought to follow the example of the Marine Department of the French Government. --Hampshire Telegraph, INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN ARGYLESHIRE.—A cavern similar to those found in I A land an d on the continent, containing osseous remains of men and of lower animals, has lately been discovered on the property of Mr. John Malcolm, of Poltalloek. By the liberality of that gen tleman the cavern has been fully explored, and its contents carefully collected by the Rev. Messrs. Mapleton and Mac bride, These contents consist of the remains of men, of other animals, and shells of edible shellfish. The only article of manufacture found in it was a small celt, a flint flake; and the only domestic utensil was a scallop shell, or pecten maximus —the shell used by the ancient Colts as a drinking vessel, The cavern was evidently used as a place of resi dence, for beneath the cave stuff, or debris, was found ashes, bits of charred wood, and bones, a flint pebble for striking fire, and stones, which, from their form and position, seemed to have served for seats. When first discovered, the human remains were supposed to have been those of persons who had fled there for shelter when tho adjacent country was laid waste by fire and sword during the ruthless raid of Alister M'Coll Citto. '1 he absence, however, of metal weapons and culinary vessels—both which were of univer sal use in the days of this scourge of Argyleshire, and which undoubtedly would have been conveyed by thejefugees to their place of concealment—and the presence of celts and scallop shells, seem to disprove this opinion, and to point to a much higher antiquity for its inhabitants. What seems to confirm this opinion is the fact that many of the bones, teeth, shells are as.firmly embedded in a calcareous matrix as are the fossil remains in the lies and carboniferous lime stone. Mr. Macbride is engaged in examining its contents and preparing a report on the subject, which, it is to be hoped, will throw additional light on the history of this in teresting cavern and of its interesting occupants.—Glasgow Herald. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I —This DaT WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—Turs DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SHAKESPEARE STAKES. Ophelia David Ann Sorceress Eight. ran. CHILLINGTON STAKES. Faith Persuasion Acolyte Four ran. TIIIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.—This Day. WOLVERHAMPTON' RACES—Tnis DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BIENNIAL STARES. Trumps ............................. i. Borealis ................................. 2' Gladstone ............................ Five ra n . BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE. Ilesper East Sheen ..... Lufra 2 Five ran. IVOLI ERHAMPTON STAKES. Oldminster .. Change Jack o' Hearts , Nine ran. WELTER CUP, Misfortune Knave of Trumps .... 2 3 Middlewatch WROTTESLEY STAKES. Erytheia Poetess 2 Southport Five ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Clarior (offered) 7to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) ST. LEGER. 9 to 2on the field (offered) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 50 to 1. agst Borealis (offered) ARRIVALS AT READING. Fontenoy, Rubini, Topsy, Flash-in-the-Pan, Reserve, Earl of Surrey, Remunerator, Salisbury, Gamecock, Cadir t Juliet, Vigil, Good for Nothing, Verbena, Lady Emma, Attraction, Irishman, Stonewall Jackson, Quicksand, Bradamant, Wee Aggie, Margery, and Everlasting. THE CAPTITRE OF NANA SAHIB. The following extracts from a private letter wi!l be read with interest :—• " Parroquet, Bungalow, East Indies, Aj tnere, June 30. You have by this time heard of the capture of Nana Sahib. I am glad the villain is at last caught. I had a full view of him. I will give you a few interesting particulars of his appearance, &c. In the afternoon I had occasion to pass near the Temple of Ajmere, while surveying a new road in the district, and was not a little surprised to ob serve a crowd of natives and others eagerly jabber ing together, and with violent gesticulations point ing towards the temple. As this is usually such a very quiet place, I coula not conceive the cause. I requested my interpreter to ascertain the cause of the commotion, and to my utter astonishment he informed me that that veritable scoundrel and butcher of the innocent at Cawnpore—Nana Sahib —was known, from reliable information, to be lurk ing with some confederates in the neighbourhood of the temple. I immediately gave up all thoughts of work for the day, and dismissed my coolies, and busied myself in collecting information, and if pos sible rendering assistance to the capture of the villain, who, as you know, dear brother, has caused me grief. I hastily returned to my bungalow to partake of a light dinner, or rather lunch, when one of my native servants came running in with eyes and mouth wide open, to inform me that Nana Sahib had at that moment been captured by Major David son and his colleagues. I hastened up to the temple, and there in the custody of the military, and encir cled by a crowd of spectators, who intimated their desire to tear him to pieces, by loud yells and savage looks, I for the first time beheld the ruffian, the murderer, and the part instigator of the late disas trous rebellion. He is of middle height, and I should think about 40 years of age. He had a calm, de termined, but vengeful expression of countenance. I pushed myself as near as possible to the prisoner, in order to obtain a good view of him. He surveyed the hooting crowd with proud disdain and a smile of derision, as much as to say, Ah, you feared me once.' But every dog has his day,' as the saying is, and the Nana has had his day. Now the day of retribution has come after the lapse of six long years. Murdered husbands, wives, and children will be avenged. When led away, strongly guarded, he walked with a firm step and upright demeanour. His tout ensembis (for a sepoy) is rather dignified. The disguise he wore was that of an ordinary sepoy. The military appeared to be exceedingly jealous of any person closely approaching their valuable pri soner, and escorted him away to prison with a strong guard. There is not a shadow of doubt as to his identity, from papers about his person and un mistakable marks on his body. A little circum stance occurred as he was being led away which illustrates his disposition. One of the soldiers just pushed him forward when they started, the prisoner instantly turned round, and with a demon's look uttered an oath, and tried to lift his arm to strike the man, but he was bound. He dropped his partly raised arm, and with a dejected look proceeded on his way amid the hisses of hundreds, even of his own countrymen. The papers here are once more teeming with anecdotes of his atrocities, and traits of character, details of his capture, Sec. ; Lis nanaJ forms the subject of leading articles and gossip. What I have written you may rely upon, seeing I was an eye-witness of his capture. Great credit is due to Major Davidson was his indefatigable labours in capturing the man whose blood the civilised world has so long et ied for. PUGILISM.—Bob Travers (the Black) and Jem Dillon fought yesterday for £4OO, about 35 miles from town. The proceedings were interrupted by the pu.ice after 38 rounds had been fought, in which Tr.vers appeared to come best off; and were resumtd in a second ling. in which 16 additional roun d s were f oug h t, w h en t h e police again interfered- There was then a proposal made for a draw, but Dillon's bhckers would not consent, and the ring was formed a third time. Dillon stepped into the ring, but the friends of Travers produced a medical certificate to the effect that he was unable to renew the contest, when Dillon, of course, claimed the stakes. The referee this morning decided in favour of Dillon's claim. BEATTIE THE POET is described i❑ a rceently publisked life of him, as—A gentlemanly man, not tall, round and full, wears a black surtout, ribbed panta loons worn neat with black gaiters, and a gold chain and bunch of seals hanging from his watch. . , The rather short, plump, rounded figure of Beattie, and the absence of prominent features and of strong lines in the face, were indications that he retained much of the rpontancous cha racter of childhood. His love of simple pleasures and his fondness for taking birds' nests, are childish points, WHAT'S in A NAME P—A few Answers to the Inquiry !—Charlotte, whence Lotty, a pretty name, means in Teutonic, German, French, and English, a man; Ruth, Hebrew, is beauty; Laura, Latin, a laurel; Fanny is free, and Florence is flourishing, Gretchen is a pearl, Frederica is a peace ruler, Estella is a star, Ethel ig noble, Margaret is a pearl (thrice noble Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, as Charles Lamb would say) ; Gwendolen is white-browed, Guniulda, battle. maid, whi:st the aristo cratically favoured names of Georgina and Georgiana sig nify, liks their derivative, George, a husbandman. ALEXANDER. SOUTZOS, the Greek national poet, whose poems are extremely popular among his eountrmsn, has recently breathed hip last. 106 4 108} i 108} } 1571 i ~__.._ '~ I