The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: The easy condition of the Money Market con. tinues to progress, though without bringing forward any large number of bills. About one-half per cent. less than the minimum of the Bank of Eng land is the rate at which the mercantile community can obtain any amount of accommodation on good Paper, but the supply of this latter commodity is Scarce, and as a consequence the business transacted is comparatively small. There were no bullion operations at the Bank Yesterday. The suspension was announced yesterday after. noon of Messrs. Woodward and Pod more, wholesale grocers, with liabilities estimated at nearly £40,000, but a favourable liquidation is expected. The application list of the imperial Mexican Railway Company will close on Wednesday next. Daring the last few days there has ben). rather More animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugars have been in good demand, at enhanced rates, while steady prices have been current for coffee, rice, fruit, and spices. Business in the tallow market, however, has remained dull, at about former qaotations for both present and forward delivery. _ _ At the halt-yearly meeting held to-day of the Submarine Telegraph Company between Great Britain and the Continent of Europe. The report presented for adoption stated that on comparing the accounts with the corresponding half_year of 1863, the receipts had increased by £1,737 ls. Hid., and the expenses were leas by 5631 6s. 44-cl. The revenue had been charged, as usual, with 10 per cent. on the gross receipts, equal to £2,388 2s. 6d., for the re serve fund, which now amounted t0'.£8,907 2s. 10d. The result enabled the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, or of 2 1 per cent. for the half-year instead of 2 per cent. for the six mouths ending Stine, 1863. l'wo O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35c. At the opening of the Stock Exchange there was a resumption of speculative sales for a fall, and the result was another decline of g in addition to the per cent. last evening. Within the last hour, how ever, some purchases and the knowledge that not- Vithstanding this continued depreciation there is nothing at all to call forth so much weakness, quotations have rallied, and Console are 888, 89 for money, and at 89k 4 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88k 1; Ex• chequer Bills, 255. to 15s. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 1041. Although Foreign Stocks were rather flatter at the commencement of business, a general improve. Meet has since taken place, and they are now all firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69; 704 ; do. Consolides, 504 _a ; Mexican, 281 I ; do. New, 254 26k ; Greek, 23i 4 ; Spanish Passive, 30:- fa do. Certificates, 126 13; Portuguese, 47i i; and the Confederate Loan, 78 79. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have bean on a very limited scale, and the few bargains entered into have been at reduced prices. Great Northern A stock has declined £2, London and Brighton 155., and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London, Chatham, and Dover each bs. Midland, however, have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue very dull at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in. stances a shade cheaper. London and Brazilian have declined to 479 48 ; Merchant Bank to 28i ; Union of Australia to 521 53 ; Union of London to 52 ; and International Finance to 91 Z. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, GOTERNMENT FUNDS. 6 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 -. • a Per Cent. Redu ce d _ B Bi it a ii KeNv 3 per Cent. B Bl a a New 21 per Cc,nt. Jan. 1894.... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, '3O yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — 1)0 for 2 0 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (B.ed Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exa.equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 23 15 Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO .. l5 Bar.s. England Stk, 5/ per Ct. Do Account.. INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 .... no Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — 130 CertitlCates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4f pet Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 +—+ Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Uo Bonds L 1,060 . Do under £1,000.. TORZIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent _ Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4i per Cent, 1852-58-60 ~., Do 1863 .. coenos Ayres 6 per Cent — hilian 6 per Cent. — Do 41 per Cent `Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. .. Do 5 per Cent, 1864 — 4 Tuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — -o, Provisonal Land Warrant Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 ~. Do 5 per Cent, 1861 +e+gYptian 7 per Cent .. lO2 Do, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons „Di - , Account , u-.... u.atemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 ........ — rftalian 6 per Cent.(Marenimana Railway) 71 lexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 .. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c •P.M. Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Polow:ish Imperial 5 per Cent - lie, Granada '.Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. Do Debentures, 4 por Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren).. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Ds Account. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Accor. n t — Do 3 Pe'... Cent. • 1856 9 '7 I '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do A', :count 47i I Russi'sn 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D o 4} per Cent., 1850 — .Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid 'Bordinion O per Cent Do Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account • Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Do ticcount .. 12} 1 3 Sweedsh, 4 per Cent. .................. Lo Scrip, £6O paid .................. pm Tarkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Do Account .......... 'Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ............ ...• Do Account Do £lOO Bonds ............ Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. 691 701 Do £lOO Bonds — Do 1863 • Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Venezuela 3 per Ceut. . Do Account +—+ Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account .... Do Scrip .£l5 paid Dividends on the above payable in London Allstrion, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. ...... Do Account — Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 (lull 6ll Do 4 per Cent. dertificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — - Do Account Drench Routes, 2 per Cent..... ,Peruvian Dollar Bo n d s , 41 p er Ct.Ex 4s. ''' iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK, Q onsols Money Do Account CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, The market steady, and sales will probably not eXceed 4,000 or 6,000 Wes. Share' Railways. . Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and Mid. Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B ltill6pc,pan.hae been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg, and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. ea Ditto A stook Ditto East A tiglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan, Great Western Do Str Val Fru% toe! Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaekwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon, & Noe h Western Lon. & So'gth Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle, Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth, Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle ,Narth London Do New ....... North Staffordshire N. and S. N. Junction Scottish Central Soot N. E., Aber, goo., Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo' 'Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales !S. York. and River Dun, Staines, Wok.,andWok !Stockton ct Darlington Do Do New, 180 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dr. Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har,alt. West Midlazd —Oxford Do Newport , Do Hereford] BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways A.tlantio & St Lawrence- Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New ..... ' Do. E. Shares......”. Builalo and Lime Huron Do. Preference Builalo,Brant,&G odrich IS p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 I Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1, 187-1 Clcutta.etS.Eastn. (Lull leapeTown L Dock Sorb, hastn. Bengal gu. b p. ;East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. (3- Ext..... 1 Do. do. Ii do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Prof. Bonds.. DO: do. deferred.... Do. 3d Pref. stook ..: Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiarentn.gua.sp:c 5 Do. New gua. p. a... Do. Janiiry, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per s oent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New ... ...... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. a. do. '77-8.... Indian. Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. t* d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. 15Ielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. Meth. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. 51.ortg. Bds. Newßr answick a Candg Class A. and B. N.ltl.C'das pc Ist 1 bds, Soinde Do. Delhi 4' Do. do •• •• • Do. Panjaub Do. Do. 4 Do. lndus.St. Flo.) Paid, all leo Closing Price. 58 60 - 101 102 dis p o 51 8 i 75 80 75 80 75 80 97 93 94 95 102 104 101 102 191 fOf 19t 20} 19 2) 71 73 60 63 65 67 55 57 48 5! 43 (5 27 29 26 28 1(2 103 par ip 99 101 9I 11} 11 s; 89 91 82 81 I d in 99. 1001 93 95 9J 92 60 62 all 100 (100 r 100 r 2 i all stock stock stook 11 5 82 84 1001 101 i 1001 jd par 03} 100 i 94 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ~!an.Goy. 6 p.o.Ja &July I 1877-st 100 98 99 97,1 65 Do. a P.C. Feb.& * Aug. 100 96 99 Do. op. o.Mar. & Sept. 100 98 102 I Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 10c 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 88 Cape G. II OPo, 6 p 0,1873 100 104 100 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189( 100 1(8 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 106 108 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 IC4 107 N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 DO. 6p. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0., 186 t 100 96 P 8 974 Du. sp. c.,18z1 to 107( 100 96 98 --• I Do. d0.,1888 & upw d s 100 96 98 964 7 iNeur a Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nov Sootia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 lOO 90 102 S. Aus G6 d e.l Queenslan Gov. 6 o. 100 101 104 p. 678.& p. up lOO 10 i 107 103 INTio.Gov. 6 p.a. Ja.&July 100 - , Do. lo 6 p.o. AndaGet... 100 109 110 109 a BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Conan!. Gold 1 I id ulifford Amalgamated.. 30 32 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 580 600 East Bassett (Illogan).' 30 68 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 271 281 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 8 89 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 5 54 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen, 584 5 7 Great South Tolgus l7s 2 24 Wheal Vor (lielston 40 27 29 Grenville .. Ilemd's-Foot 8.12 88 40 11ingstou Downs 4.18.0 31 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelaut 95 8 10 —3larke Val ey.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim , 24 1 d New Setun l9l 75 85 North Downs 3 15 11 N.Wlol,Bassetallozan 3.1.0 25 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze); E'rovidenoe(UuyLelni. 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 480 500 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 421 474 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min — -- fin Croft 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l9 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 12 14 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 59 92 85 Wheal Buller(Redrutla) 10 20 25 Wheal Kitty ((J.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal 3eton . , 581 210 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 Wheal Union PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pf., •neat Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 70 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS, Great Eastern 41 per cent. pf., 02k London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2dpf.,r711 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent„ 78 LINES LEASED A 1 ' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent„ 111 FOR' N RAILWAYF:' Bahia and San Francisco tilm.) gua. 7 per cent. 1 6 i Recite and San Francisco (irtn.), gua. 7:per;cent., 16 FOREIGIN MINES. BANKS. Port Philip, I Albion, 51 Alliance dim.), 811 1 Ditto, new, 541 Anglo Austrian. 7g Anglo-Italian, Btu., 5} Brazilian and Portuguese. lint. 121 Chartered Niel. of India, London, and China, 011 5 Consolidated Bank, lint., 11 Imperial Bank (lim.). 351 Imndon and Brazilian (lim.), 48 London and County, 74 London Joint Stock, 'lSt 91 London and South-Western, 221 Merchant Bank, Jim., 281 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 25 1 South Eastern, Bro., 10 Standard of British South Africa 231 Union of Australia, 521 3; Union of London, 524 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Contract Corporation, lira., 3 / 1 Credit Mobil ik r, it Egyptian Corn, and Trading, lira., 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., Gen:Credit and Finance of London, lira., ii Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., SI International Financial society, International Land Credit. lira.. 5i London Financial Association, Rm., 21/ London General Omnibus Company, 3 M dras Irr.gation and Canal, 41 National Discount Company, lira., 14 Rio'de Janeiro City Improvements. lira., 25 Societe Finasciere d'Egypte, Rm., 5 --- SOUTLI KENSINGTON MUSEIMI.—Daring the week ending August 20, 1861, the visitors have been as follows:--On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 10,309; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public 64.), open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m:, 1,196; total, 11,505. From the opening of the museum, 4,784,869. A young nan named Gouy, a Waiter at a eaft, has just been tried for manslaughter, in having caused the death of another young man named Taffet, by stabbing him with a knife during a quarrel which commenced at a house of ill fame on the Boulevard des Trois-Couronnes, The jury returned a verdict of guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the accused was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment, His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi left Chandos House yesterday for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Russell. The Duke of Somerset and the Junior Lords of the Admiralty, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Grey and Rear- Admiral Hon. James R. Drummond, are expected to re turn to the Admiralty on Thursday, from their late tour of inspection. The Earl of Strafford has arrived at Wrothana Park, from a short visit to Paris. The Earl and Countess Russell will entertain a succession of visitors at 'Woburn Abbey, Beds, during the week. Viscount Palmerston will leave Cambridge House this morning for Tiverton. Viscountess Palmerston will remain in town. _ A marriage is arranged to take placs between Edith, daughter of Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, and Mr William P, Preston Consett, of Brawith Hall, Thirsk, son of the Rey. John d'Arey Preston, of Askham Bryan Hall, Yorkshire, Sir George and Lady Shea have left town for Scarborougb, HERBACEOUS BORDERS.—Let any one imagine a gravel walk, with a broad border of herbaceous plants, diverse in kind, on each side of it, and surely he will allow that there must be much of interest in such an assemblage. Such assemblages have been, and we trust are and ever will be. Four places of interest for this kind of thing in time gone by may be mentioned—the Comte de Vandes's garden at Bayswater ; Mr R. Barclay's gar den at Bury-hill; Lady Olivia Sparrow's garden at Bromp ton, near Huntingdon; and Mrs Marryatt's garden at Wimbledon. Those cultivators who are enthusiastic about their bedding -out plants and bedding-cut displays would contend that they can at any time and all times surpass us in the amount of floral display which they can produce. If by floral display they mean blazes and masses, and clouds and sheets of one colour, or of some assemblage of a few gay colours, I suppose we must assent; but if we interpret the term " floral display" as diversity of colour, diversity of form, diversity in what is called inflorescence, or the mode in which the flowers of a plant are disposed on it, diversity of stature, diversity of foliage, diversity of odour, diversity of times of day in which the different kinds open or close their flowers, and other diversities, I cannot think we have aught to fear in comparing our favourites with theirs. On knowledge grounds, too, we beat them. We have more of geography, more of geology, more considerations of climate and tho o.twooplicaiu vonditiono of tho countries whonoo our various kinds have come, and more to learn of what I shall call the personal appetites of our many individual kinds, and more of legend which in the native countries of the plants appertains to them, and happily has been brought over with them, than they have in their many plants of few kinds.—Bipe? d' s Gardeners' Magasine, 111 E EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN THE HOUSE OF DETENTION.—Dr Lankester held an inquesryesterday in the House of Detention on the body of Henrietta Leb, a Hungarian, who committed suicide in a very determined manner. The deceased was brought up at the Clerkenwell Police Court, on Tuesday, the 9th inst., charged with stealing a piece of meat, and while in the cells she twice attempted to commit suicide. The magistrate remanded her, in order that she might be seen by the chaplain. While in the prison she desired to be put to some out-door work in preference to needlework. She was accordingly put to cleaning on the top gallery, and while doing so she suddenly left her work, and before she could be stopped by the 'warders, squeezed herself through an aperture be tween the lift and the floor, and fell to the bottom, a dis tance of about 40 feet. She was immediately picked up and examined by Dr. Smiles, the prison surgeon, who found her skull fractured in a frightful manner. A warder saw the deceased put her hand out, but thought she was cleaning the bottom of the lift. The inquiry lasted a long time, and the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of unsound mind." THE MURDER N EAR TAENTON.—A communica tion was received yesterday lit the Somerset County Gaol. Taunton, from Sir George Grey, respiting John Allen, who lay under sentence of death for the mur der of his wife at Hatch Beauchamp, on the 4th Maylar-t. The respite appears to have been the spontaneous act of the Government, probably with the concurrence of the judge who tried the case, Mr T. Chambers, Q.C., who is reported to have expressed his surprise at the verdict, though ho concurred in it; inasmuch as, although a memorial signed by upwards of five hundred of the clergy, gentry, and principal inhabitants of Taunton and neighbourhood had been forwarded to London on Saturday, it could not have been presented when the respite was despatched. It has been generally felt that the strong provocation which the prisoner received rendered this a case in which (the clemency of the Crown could be properly exercised. The memorial was supported by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who also wrote to the Secretary of State, and by the High Sheriff of the county, by whom the memorial was to have been presented. The respite was communicated tp the prisoner immediately that it was received, Mr Commissioner Pane was the Commissioner of the day and sat in Chambers, and disposed of a few applications of no public interest. Mr Registrar Hazlitt was the registrar of the day, and the only point of interest was an adjudication in bankruptcy against Mr Paul Bedford, the well-known comedian. The petition was presented by the bankrupf,who surrendered and obtained protection. The next meeting is appointed for the 13th September, at 11. No accounts have yet been filed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A Wtrn DANGEROUSLY ASSAULTED BY HER HUS BAND.—John Bain, of 39. Ratbbone Vace, plasterer, wes charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife Harriet Bain. On the former being placed in the cock, the following certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt:— " Middlesex Hospital. "I hereby certify that Harriet Bain was brought to this hospital last evening, having received severe injuries, and she is unable to attend the court. " Signed—Wm. Curgewin, House Surgeon." Thomas an intellig en t b oy , so n of th e p r i soner and the om asr injuredattia m' woman, said— M father and my mother quarrelled yesterday at hom e , and a b out n i ne o ' c l oc k l ast h father struck and ki c k ed my mo th er , an d s h e was nigt m y Mr Tyrwbitt — Was your father sober? but t a ken to the Middlesex Hornspyitaral The boy—He was ; ' and is now very ill. other was a little elevated. Prisoner—l am very sorry I ata in such a position. Was not your mother so tipsy that she could not stand against the drawers I The boy—She was. stead of SOPET getting that she broke all the plates and my tea she went out with anotherhnewesrim—Salnnhe w and came back abut nine o'clock, when she abused ens in the most rascally manner. Mr Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you till to-morrow. Robert Pitt, 71 E—l believe tbe woman is in danger; —she was kicked in the abdomen. Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded till to.. o'clock to-day in case it may be n ecessar y to examine her morrow, and the woman's state cat be reported to me at two in the presence of the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded. ANOTHER VIOLENT ASSAULT. —Alfred Maidrnent, a baker, was charged with violently assaulting a man named Domenic Murty, living at Peter-street, st. James's. The complainant (who had received a frightful wound on his head, presented a ghastly sight, the blood oozing through the bandages in which his head was enveloped) said he was in the Crown Tavern Court yesterday, when the prisoner came in with two femalea and behaved in a very unruly manner, pulling one of the young women about, He placed himself between the prisoner and the young woman to stop the prisoner's conduct, when the prisoner knocked him dowi and kicked him on the side, and on getting np h e found his head was frightfully cut, H e could not swear the prisoner hu:t hishe ground. Th ere was, h owever , no other man present at t.Le time he Was kno c k e d down. Prisoner denied ea/mulling t;:? complainant.a although h e h ad felt it kicke d while he was lying i the Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisooer, and the complainant, who seemed in a very weak state s was sent back to the Charing-cross ilosp:tal in a cab. THAMES. AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY ON THE PIER HEAD.—Thos. Clark, a lighten:eau, was brought before Mr Paget charged with stealing a Coil of rope, the property of the London Dock Company. Yesterday afternoon a gatekeeper named James Roberts saw the prisoner with a coil of rope on his shoulder walking away from the pier-head, Ile took the prisoner into cus tody. The rope weighed 1211 b., and was worth ss. It had been used as a check in navigating barges through the lock between the river and the dock basin. ___ • _ The prisoner, in defence, said that he took up the rope off the pier head to give his partner a turn in a barge going through the lock, The witness Roberts said the prisoner had left the pier head and was proceeding along Wapping High-street towards the Tower when he stopped him. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. ROBBERY BY A. WORKMAN. — WaIter illiam Holditch, a candle maker, was brought before Mr. Paget. charged with stealing one candle and four pieces of candle value sd, the property of Meesrs. Owen and Minton, candle manu facturers in the Isle of Dogs, Poplar. _ . . • - It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thomas Mill, night foreman, that in consequence of information he searched the prisoner's jacket, which was hanging up in the factory, and found in the pock , is a whole candle and four pieces of candles. lie left the jacket undisturbed, and when the pri soner was leaving the factory he said to him, " I wish to search you before you go out, I believe you have got some property about you that don't:belong to you." The prisoner said "I have got a few bits of candle." They were taken from him, and the prisoner was given into custody. The prisoner, who pleaded very hard to be forgiven, had been in the employ of Owen and Minton for three weeks. The prisoner said ho was guilty. The fore.nan said the firm he represented had been re peatedly plundered, and he was instructed to press the charge. Mr Paget said that property of this description must be protected. The prisoner had obtained good employment, and began to plunder. He sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This pay• HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 10s to £6 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £6 10s; and straw, £1 7s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Mea , Iow hay, £3 10s to £6 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. - - WHITECIZArET, —Meadow hay, 43 108 to £6 Os; clover, LI Os to £6 Os ; and straw, gi 61 to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. 01ea..............,.. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has been rather dull, and the few dealings entered into have been at about former prices. SUGAR—The market has been more animated, and an advance of is to 2 s per cwt, may be quoted on `'West India. In the refined market quotation s also tend upwards. C OF FEE—The demand f or colonia l d es criptions has been steady, and superior qualities have fully sustained former prices. RICE—A moderate business has been transacted, with out, however, any material change to note in values. WOOL —The public sal es of colonial have p ro ceeded with cons id era ble animation, and prices generally are well main tained. TALLOW —The market has remained rather dull, without, however, any change to record with respect to value. vs.c, on the spot is quotEd 41 8 9d, an d last three ru,outhe' delivery 43s 9d per cwt, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Paid. Closing I Business done. Price. 86 18 126 127 6 7 35 36 16 17 83 91 112 114 47 48 7 7 132 131 196 140 131 ‘33 tO e 2 c9j 116 Il7i 66 68 10e tO3 40 42 1161 1171 98 P 9 Gli (51 1!2 113 136 136 107 1(3 54i 65& 2511 26} 1 1054 106} 64 66 93 01 126 129 _ 6 1 6 PI 76 78 10i 11 125 130 39 41 57 59 S 5 37 88i E 8! 'lOl 103 7 8 874 38} 10a 114 8 0 t , 165 170 6 7 3 4. p 101 103 34 30 TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1861 Tuani, Tirmbr HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 22. The Queen and royal family walked and drove in the grounds to-day. The Lard Chancellor has left Osborne. Foreign Courts. PARIS, Aug. 21. A grand Ate was given yesterday, at Versailles, in honour of the King of Spain. The entertain went given on this occasion by the Emperor was divided into two parts, and lasted from five in the evening lilt long past midnight. The principal in terest in the first part was concentrated in the superb fountains in the park, which were seen to much advantage. The Emperor and Empress, with their royal guest, arrived at half -past five from Trianon, riding in an open caleche, and fol lowed by a numerous cavalcade. After visiting the various fountains and jets their Majesties terminated their ride by making a tour of the Neptune basin. The number of spectators was so great that the horses could scarcely advance, and everywhere their Majesties were received with the greatest enthusi asm. They returned to the palace at six o'clock. At nice o'clock their Majesties entered the thea tre of the palace, where a ballet and comedy called "Psyche," by Corneille and Molie re, was performed. The King of Spain conducted the Empress, and by the side of the Emperor walked his son, the Prince Imperial. As soon as the imperial and royal visitors appeared the orchestra pi.ayed the royal Spanish march, and the performance commenced. Their Kijesties retired at eleven. Then commenced the night fete, which consisted of the illumination of the fountains and jets, and of the gardens themselves. Thousands of globe shaped and orange-coloured lamps were suspended orno the et Ipreseesuantdasrpenrcad a most brilliant light, whilst from the vases bright flames arose, and the fountains, as they p were made resplen- dent by the electric light. Their was also a splen did display of fireworks, which, with b.:: ngayights, rendered the whole of the large palace as eie2r to the eye as at daylight. The top of the building was illuminated also, and as the company turned to witness this new spectacle the Emperor and the Prince Imperial appeared on the balcony, and were saluted most cordially. The whole of the Court occupied the windows of the Mirror Gallery. Some time afterwards their Majesties entered the gardens and witnessed the concluding effects of the illumi nation amongst the visitors, to whom the Emperor had kindly thrown open the reserved gardens. A supper was served at midnight in the Mirror Gal lery, and afterwards the Emperor again appeared on the balcony of the palace, and was received with hearty demonstrations. At one o'clock their Majes ties left Versailles for St. Cloud. The Phare de la Loire confidently announces that the Count d'Eu, eldest son of the Duke de Nemours, will shortly proceed to Brazil to marry the daugh ter of the Emperor Don Pedro. As his Majesty has no male heir his son-in-law will one day be called upon to wear the Imperial Crown. The Count of Flanders had also been spoken of as the bridegroom of the princess. The death of the Princess Czartorisk, daughter of Queen Christina, is announced. Among the foreign officers who joined the cortege of the Emperor and the King of Spain at the review at the Champ de Mars were—Yver Pasha, general in the service of Turkey ; M. de Seebach, son of the Saxon Minister at the French Court, and Mr S. Noel de Lesser, of the Royal Sussex Artil lery, in her British Majesty's service, and brother of the consul general for Saxony. These officers had also the honour to be presented to the King of Spain at the diplomatic reception held by his Man jesty on the previous day at the hotel of the Spanish Embassy. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, SHIPPINCI-THIS DAY, last AT h r rie nightvdl i A b yr: :a. :21: it joivoopr ,p ett LONDON, Aug. 23.--wind at noon, N.E., moderate breeze, with rain. (13Y ELE,CTILTIC TELEGRAPH.)SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—lnue, from Is mail —Robert and Mary, from Sunderland --Dart. _frnomt Antwerp—Germania steamer, from liamburg—Vola _e,_from Dublin. Bailed—Clernence and Le C ol, drought„ in this district wasbroken for Cherbourg—Ocean Monarch, for Pool. _ gentle unreehing rain which has fallen last night and continues. ( ~,r nuttrivric TELEGE,Arrs,) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. , Marie, aLd Louisa fromMaria— a and t . . m P a e t t h e i r i e d b a ui _ lane , from Antwerp. all from Archangel —P Petersburg — o t h E m f r o m m a Martin Luther, trom Cronstadt—Arabella, Gamla Carleby— from Nevis—Anne Lee; from C olombo—lndustrie, from Archangel. fDEAL, Tuesday Morning. and Sophia, Hans Christenaten Passed to leeward —Laura, rout fisvannah, for London. Arrived, Aug. Passed, Aug. 22d —Depend e nt, from London, for St. Helena. .......-----,............ ESStOhNe ladder, which is °n S.--Lessonl. Grasp a w level iSthW balo w ti i hi t T h bN , aG o n r lciN a t I'hle little a E staveELof below, the surface. Assume the horizontal swimming p osition. Get your le g s well up , the eve n need not be abo ve t h e water, ex feet nearly or quite t o the surface, your head wel l down and a little on one side , so that as much as p ossible o f y our brain . i s s y p h b a m erge mouthd, and your mouth only just out of the cept at the intervals of taking breath. Then strike out slowly, to your heart's content, with both legs at once, in regular strokes, bring them together afterwards, until you are tired. Rest, and repeat the operation. The grand pre parationiraurap,ingconsists in and the whole e bead e d o f a w e n u , li t y h e o f l e s g w e daring to f for epthe acquiring h body horizontal. Man walk:erect, but heswims prone, pros trate, or reclining. Lesson 11. Repeat the same, holding the ladder withone hand only, and either paddling with thohand open and the fingers closed, or giving tho arm stroke with the arm disengaged. Pb this with each arm alt erna t e ly.— Lesson 111. Remember that swimming (lik e th e perform ance of tours de f orce on the piano, like brilliant leaps in the uunting-fi e id, like a flight oandtahsehtraseze) is one of the tb.inge that Must be done with You do it, the first to do • because you will it, Haying done it time you try, .. Therefore, when you no longer fear once, you do it again. . 'ar—when you we convinced a horizontal position in the vie"— 'iead down, and your that you may keep your legs up yen' ... _ning—retire a arms submerged, without danger of dro.,. ~s vi m , as couple of paces from your ladder, and resolve to .. ;„ r if you were; Leotard launched in midair. C'est le prem._ pea qui mute. As soon as you can swim one yard the thing 1 is done. The distance swum will i ncrease ra p idl y with I practice and the consequent increased confidence of the swimmer. But of swimming, like mountain climbing, calls into action muscles which are comparatively little used in our ordinary habits, it is only by gradual exercise that they can be brou / ht to perform long-continued efforts, — Dickens's 6, 411 the Year Botod.". The immense works in progress for the construction of the Thames Embankment have for the present spoilt the appearance of the garden of the Inner Temple, and Mr Broome is compelled to bide his time to make such dis plays of flowers as the civic public are accustomed to in this admirably kept and interesting place. Still this veteran London gardener perseveres as steadily as ever in his voca tion, and is looking forward hopefully to the time when, by the completion of the embankment, there will be added to the garden a large tract of land gained from the mud of the Thames by the science of engineering. In the flower beds next the main walk Mr Broome manages to secure four successive crops of flowers, and to do this he is compelled to keep hie stock of bedding porn pones in pots to the last moment, and then turn them out into the places where they are to flower. The crysanthe mums look well, considering the roasting weather to which they have been so long subjected, and which tells more against vegetation in London because of the constant de posit of soot on the leaves, to remove which occasional showers are needed ; artificial watering, however carefully and vigorously performed, being far less effective for clean. ing the foliage than rain, That Mr Broome should have been enabled to exhibit, at a recent meeting of the Central Horticultural S)ciety, 24 trusses of roses grown in this gar den speaks volumes, both for the management and the capabilities of a garden situated in the very heart of the city of London. It is well known that these are some flee trees in the garden, and it is commonly believed that the foul coal smoke to which they are exposed is slowly but surely killing them. The simple truth of the matter is that they are suffering but little from smoke, end yet some of them are in a bad state, and appear as if they would never re cover. Mr Broome explains their condition to be the re sult of cold currents of air. Neat the river frontage is a large structure called Paper-building, and on the side of this structure next the river is a row of limes. These limes are in perfect health, quite green where they have the shelter of the building; bnt those at each end, which are exposed to the draughts which come across the garden by the side of the building, are very severely killed back, and greatly disfigured with dead wood. At some distance from these buildings the line which the destructive current takes can be marked out by the appearance of other trees, and in one case a young plane is very much cut up, thbugh a simi lar plane close by, which enjoys some amount of shelter, is as fresh and vigorous as any tree of the same size to be found any whet° in the country. Any observer curious in such matters is advised to observe the row of limes skirting the eastern side of the garden, and which terminates near the river bank. These trees regularly decrease in size as they approach the river, though they are all of the same age, and, as regards soil and the care bestowed upon them, enjoy equal advantages. No doubt these are also subject to draughts, which sweep along the course of the river, and turn round into the garden as soon as they reach the open ing, and spend their energies on the trees they first meet, and are successively softened in passing from tree to tree, until at last those furthest removed from the river are the least affected. If it be asked, Why should cold currents of air produce such marked effects, when in open country dis tricts, where the mean temperature is much lower than at the Temple, trees escape altogether, even in very trying seasons ? It can only be said that it is easier to frame an hypothesis than to explain a fact which is obvious to all. But probably trees so situated do not ripen their wood so perfectly as trees of the same kind in the country, and so are less capable of withstanding the effects of cold winds in spring. It may be, too, that they begin to grow earlier in the year, owing to the abundance of ammonia in the atmos phere, and, during the prevalence of westerly winds, the higher temperature to which they are subjected; whereas, in the country, trees are very often " kept back" till they can grow in earnest without risk of injury. The superiority of plane, Plateaus acenfolia, as a town tree, is strikingly exemplified here. There are several beau tiful examples, with noble heads, and a iresb, abundant leafage; in fact, with the exception of one or two which suffer from draughts, they are at the present time the hand somest trees in the garden, and delight the eye with their fine foTnas and lively verdure. Another of the trees that thrives here is the Wych elm. It is not remarkable for beauty in a small state, but contributes by its dark hue to make an agree.'►ble contrast with limes and planes. The Wych elm has not been at all affected by the causes which have injured other i.rees ; all the specimens are healthy and vigorous, and have this season made shoots a foot in length. In the small garden of the Middle Temple all the porn pones have long been planted out, and look very promising. The border appropriated to the large-flowering kinds also, promiees well, the plants beieg neatly trained, and most of them are four or five feet high. To compensate for the general dulness of chrysanthenavras at this time of year, Mr Dale grows numerous annuals in the borders ; and in the beds on the turf, common blue Larkspurs are used in abundance. These peep up above the f o liage of the porn.. pones, and make a very pleasing effect,—Gaydeners' Weekly _Magazine, Opening of the Northern of Spain Rail way, MADRID, August 18. YORK RACES-TIIIB DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ZETLAND STAKES. Marigold .......... Dubiety Little Stag .............. 3 Four ran. BURGUNDY STAKES. Clarior 1 Plover ...... Blue Mantl e 3 CHE STERFIELD HANDICAP. Echo Ihiudisi Bandarilla ......... 2 . .. Nine ran. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTER SALLS'—LAST EVENING. GREAT EBOR II ANDICAP. 3to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Welcome (take 9 to 2) 4 to 1 agst Raglan (take 9to 2) sto 1 agst Highflyer's dam colt (taken and cft?red) 33 to 1 vgst Caller Ou (offered) Very small attendance, and scarcely any betting. CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. ETOD. HANDICAP. 3to 1 agat East Lancashire (taken) 4to 1 agat Welcome (taken) 9 to 2 agst Raglan (taken) 7to 1 agat Flign£lyer colt (taken) 16 to 1 agat Donnybrook (taken) 16 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Clown (offered) 20 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 20 to 1 agst Alabama (offered) A Perilous Position. The Buffalo Courier of the 9th i nstant says : "It has been known that Farini, the funambulist, who several years ego was Blondin's ri val on the tight rope at Niagara Falls, was making Prepare tions to ford the rapids above the American Fall on a pair of iron stilts constructed for the purpose. The exhibition was to have come off on the 15th. Early yesterday morning, we learn, the foolhardy man went out to rehears(' the dangerous feat. He succeeded in getting more than half across, at a point beZween the Falls and the Great Island bridge, when one of his stilts broke or gave way, and he was instantly in the rapids. Fortunately the place of his accident was directly above Robinson's island, a small piece of wooded land which lies to the right of Lunn island and very near the brink of the American fall, He succeeded in struggling to the shore of this is land, and dragged himself from the water. He had apparently sustained a painful injury in one of his limbs. The poor man was soon discovered sitting very composedly on a log at the edge of the island. A large and not vary sympathising crowd collected on the Goat Island bridge and elsewhere, but up to yesterday afternoon not any effort had been made to rescue the unfortunate man. In fact, our informant tells us that in a few hours public curiosity seemed to have sated it self, and scarcely any excitement was visible. Farini's frightful perch is about 800 or 1,000 feet below the bridge before spoken of, and undoubtedly a rope could be floated to him, and thereby a cable perhaps be swung, by which, if the man is not too mu± exhausted or injured, he might be able to effect an escape. It is feared, however, that before anything is done he will be incapable, from lack of food and nervous excitement, to help himself. At present he can be distinctly descried, cool enough apparently, but making not the slightest effort to attract attention or signal for relief. He is in his tights and bareheaded, and is seen frequently to rub and press his wounded limb. A more frightful pre dicament than that he is in could not easily be con ceived. We understand that some persons suppose Farini to be playing a practical joke, or to be prac tising an advertising dodge. It is scarcely possible that this can be the case, or that any such felicitous results can come from such a desperate-looking state of things. From the latest reports it appears that Farini was still a prisoner oa Robinson's Island, about 2001 t. above the American Falls, and where the rapids have a tremendous velocity. His part ner had succeeded in effecting a line of refreshment communication with the forlorn stilt-walker, who had been in his uncomfortable position over 40 hours. What steps are being taken to rescue him, if any, were not known. A large crowd was expected down from Buffalo and Rochester to see the sad spectacle. The condition of this poor fellow was really heartrending. He was within speaking dis tance of the shore, but the throngs who had assem bled to witness his critical situation were powerless to help him." TRIALS OF NEW LlFEBOATS.—Yesterday some harbour trials were made in the Regent's Canal Dock with two new lifeboats belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, and built by the Messrs. Forrest, of Limehuuse, under the superintendence of the society. The self-righting and other properties of the boats were found in every way satisfactory. One of the boats, which is 36 feet long, is to be stationed at Porthdinllaen, on the Car narvonshire coast, She is a splendid boat, and is well cal culated for the important service she will have to perform on that dangerous point of the coast, where last winter several distressing shipwrecks took place. The cost of this boat has been given to the institution by Lady Cotton Sheppard. The other lifeboat is 32 feet long. She is to be stationed at Cardigan, and is in every way suitable for such a station. The cast of this lifeboat and of three others has been collected by It. Whitworth, EN , of Man chester, amongst his friends and fellow-townsmen. She is called the "John Stuart," after a gentleman of that city, who, thoroughly appreciating Mr Whitworth's benevolent exertions, promised to give him a specified sum towards the cost of each lifeboat he would succeed in collecting. Thus stimulated, Mr Whitworth has persevered, and raised about £l,OOO in donations, and about £2OO and £3OO in annual subscriptions. The institution has now 137 lifeboats under its management, and invites the co-operation of experienced and influential persons on the coast to increase that number, in order to station a lifeboat ou every point where it can be shown that shipwrecks occur, and where a sufficient number of boatehen or fishermen are residing to work such boats on occasions of emergency. EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF Two FIFTY POUND NOTES.—A singular and interesting case was examined before the magistrates at Fleetwood, on Satur day. A person named Bond, a salesman to the New Fylde Timber Company, was charged with stealing two £5O notes, the property of the company. The history of the notes is a curious one. In October, 1863, they were paid to a young man, the book-keeper of the company, in the presence of Bond. They were afterwards missed, and the book-keeper was charged with stealing them, Bond being a witness in the case. The young man was, however, discharged, but he took the niegrace so deeply to heart that he became para lysed, and has now been bedridden for about three years. On Wednesday last a pocket-book was found, undoubtedly belonging to Bond, and in it were the two missing notes. His story is that he knows nothing about them. The case has been remanded. SMALL WHITE ELEPHANTS.—Ia Ceylon, as everybody kr ow s, people are politely reined by the gift of large white elephants, which aro sent by envious sppeersedoonsyteoatbiengsttahbeleodwinnetrhseoirumt:fnhsioounsse, w an it d h b a o v na ie e w . . toh . t . e A i r geatuitons ottoman once cost me—well, I don't care to say exactly how much, in recarpeting the room, just in order to bring the floor into something like agreement, The gift of a new piano to a wife from her father, I reckcn, ww ,.. 4 cost the unhappy husband, upon the average, £5O. case in which it was not got over under £l7O, I know - o l e drawing room suite had to be changed. /fovrhetnheeaewe nehold that gorgeous instrument, it alway s rounds its back to my vision, puts forth a lank tail, and elevates a white proboscis, I recognise the elephantine monster instantly, and psinfully calculate the depth to which it bit into my friend the owner's pocket. I have myself learned to dread the remotest hint of any such genero sity among our own circle; the nemstion of an intend e d g ift arouses in me genuine fear, fcr 1 am not eaertain whether I may not yet be made insolvent by these polite attentions. Scarcely ever does there come a gift which has not something of ;this white elephantish character about it. Nobo d y ever makes you a present of a pair of blankets, or offers a plate-rack for the kitchen, in token of their esteem, or gives you a water butt; or a five pound note. The presents all come in far other shapes—nourishing tossing dozens o g f li s t n te e r n i t n b g anything like prope r ly replenished woduelvd°aufbei: exhaust all my spending m one y. Why couldn't so mebody give her a bottles p o t . s ivory.n presented to M h y e r, wifen had ar e Fp ske t sv h ae the ta brand-new toilet-service when I happened on that accident with the tall ewer ? No ; there came instead a handsome set of ew e r vases, which have since coot on an average half-a-crown a-week to keep them fittingly supplied with blooms of diverse colours..—Chanthers's Journal. In consequence of Garibaldi's resignation of th e office of Grand blaster of the Italian Freemasons, all the lodges of his jurisdiction have been convoked for the 13h . September, to elect his successor. It is bald ttat their choice will awst pol Ably tall on M, laoratdit TEMPLE GARDENS, The Harvest. DERBYSHIRE.—During the past week the weat.tier has been very hot, and the corn has ripened rapidly'. A gcod deal of rain fell on Sunday morning, and all descriptions of vegetation have been greatly benee Med. Labourers are scarce, and additional hands are wanted to advance the progress of the harvest. A large breadth of wheat has been cut, and on the best soils the crops are exceedingly good in quality and quantity, but those on gravelly lands are irre gular. The ears are full in mc3t cases, and the yield will prove a gcod one. The same remarks apply to barley. The crops are healthy and good. Oats vary much, and the crops are scarcely expected to be an average. The pea crop is good in every respect, but beans are very light, owing to the long drought. Turnips will turn out very bad, as also will mangcl-wurtzel. Lilac ESTERSHIRE.—We have had suitable harvest weather since last week, and a great deal of corn has been secured in splendid condition. In the neighbourhood of Hinckley farmers are very busy, and a large breadth of barley and oats has been safely housed. The wheat crops are falling fast to the scythe and the sickle. The scarcity of Irish reapers and the dryness of the season, cause farmers . to adopt the plan of mowing their wheat crops instead of cutting them with the sickle. This system has been carried out generally, but opinions vary as to its utility. Around Burbage a large breadth of grain has been cleared with the patent reaping -machine, and, in some instances, farmers have finished and had their harvest supper. Owing to the long drought the pastures are burnt ep, and many agriculturists are obliged to fodder ; hel l- cattle and take them long distances in order t o obtaia a supply of water. In the Loughborough ' di s trict the wheat crops are very good , and the g rain is of me:lent quality on the loamy soils. On crops are inferior both in quan the light soils the . ry little fault can be f oun d City and quality. Ifa. i the yield will be about w ith the barley crops, an. -.laces are indiff erent , a n average. Oats in some cod. Turnip s w ill k but the crops on the wh ole are g be very scarce. THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST It: SCOTLAND. ....Reports from the North of Scotland speak of singularly changeable weather as having p re , - ailed there during the last fortnight. For a day or te."° at a time the cold would be intense, several falls of snow having in fact taken place in various parts of Aberdeen and other counties. These wintry man ifestations would be succeeded by a few d a y s of intensely hot weather. During the last few days, however, the weather appears more settled, an d the crops as u whole are looking well. Scotland, like most other parts of the island, has suffered severely from the drought, but wheat, oats, barley, turnips, and potatoes are said to be generally i n a satisfactory condition. Harvesting operations have commenced in various quarters, and will be general in another week or two. THE CROPS IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.--The wheat crop, which has now been almost all har vested, though not a large one, is better than was expected. The quality is generally good. In some parts barley is still green, and would even now be considerably benefited by rain. Most of the accounts agree in representing the yield to be below the average ; in most cases about 4 qrs. to 41 qrs. per acre. The quality of the grain differs much in the various localities. Of beans, peas, and root crops, with the exception of potatoes, the accounts are very bad, showing almost a total failure, from the combined effects of drought, blight, and grub. worm. The prospects of sheep-keep during the winter are certainly anything bat cheering. If a thorough , rain were to set in, the root crops might recover to a small extent, but not sufficiently to make even a middling crop. The effects of wet weather upon the grass crops, however, cannot be over-estimated. The warmth of the soil, caused by she long continuance of heat, 'would force the P l ' -n lands. The quality of the potatoes is burnt-a, good, thou, . _ moisture. It le 7 , , • T h the bulbs are small for want of thof so much has been sa, \ .e or thy note that flax, of which - d lately, is the only crop et have an entl :ely satisfactory re art: and Winchester 0 'carnal. its, and soon change the appearance of the • which we The Correspondencia de Espana contains the fol , lowing account of the inauguration of the North( rn of Spain Railway by the King of Spain : The official inauguration of the Northern Railway was as brilliant an act as the importance of the event demanded. It is not easy to adequately describe the great event celebrated on the 15th instant with ostenta tious splendour by two nations between whom the s bonds of unity are doilytrengthening. But with out indulging in reflections which neither time nor the scope of our pericdical permits, we shall proceed to condense as much as poseible in the slight sketch we propose to give. A special train, composed of ten first-class car riages and two vans, left Madrid on Sunday with about 300 of the persons invited to the inau gurat i on whom were persons of all the most distil,: among guished social classes of the court. The journey wa , made without any other contretemps than som e slight showers of rain, which, however, far from causing annoyance, served to lay the dust on the road. At a little past 11 p.m. supper was served in the Valladolid station ; atter which the train proceeded on its way without further detentions than were necessary, ariving at its destination at about 10 a.m. The passengers were much impressed by the gigan tic works at the head of the line and the beauty of the surrounding country. The brilliant royal train had stopped at Vittoria, where, as at all other places, especially upon that bank of the Ebro, the King met with an enthusiastic reception. The invited guests now occupied them• selves in changing their dusty travelling costume for the more elegant dress coat and white cravat. At half-past 11 the train arrived from Paris, and at 12.15 the royal train, drawn by the locomotive Simancas and Adanero. The King was accompanied by his suite and the Ministers of the Interior and Public Works, the Bishop of Vittoria, and, among other persons, by a great part of the board of direc tors of the railway, including M. Isaac Pereire, who had gone to Vittoria to receive his Majesty. Among other eminent personages the Infant Don Enrique the Marquises of Duero and Habana, the Count of Ezpeletet, awl many more difficult to enu merate, were expected at Sin Sebastian, The royal train was driven by the Engineers Senores Callejo and Ramirez, and Mr Tibau, the traffic manager. Salvos of artillery from the castle announced the arrival of the royal suite, and the cheers of the immense multitude, mingling with the strains of music, rent the air with their echoes. The station was very handsomely decorated. On the right, coming from Madrid, were several amphi_ theatres of seats elegantly disposed, occupied by the principal inhabitants of San Sebastian and the province, and many persons from Madrid. The seats in the centre were destined for the royal party. Immediately opposite them was erected an elegant chapel, a species of temple covered with glazed cotton, decorated with golden fringe, in which stood a rich altar adorned with flowers. Here were as sembled the Bishop of Vittoria and the assistant clergy, and here the ritual was intoned, accompa nied by an organ and a flue choir of voices. The King participated from his tribune in this act after having retired for a short time to a pavi lion covered in silk and elegantly furnished, which had been prepared for him. The religious ceremony finished, the compony passed to the immense dining saloon, which accommodated more than 650 persons. The table at the upper end of the hall. to which the other tables stood at right angles, was occupied by the King, Don Enrique, the high functionaries of Spain and France, and the authorities. The King addressed some words to the assembly. The Mar quis of Duero and Senator Aldamar also spoke. At half-past 2 the king quitted his seat, at 3 o'clock continued his journey amid prolonged and enthusiaotic cheering—the vivas of the French guests being by no means the faintest. A depen. dent of the company approached the royal train, and gave a hearty " Viva el Rey" on behalf of his fellow servants. The Ministers accompanied the King as far as Hendaya, and then returned for the night. 1 At 6o'clock the other guests departed, some to Madrid, others to Paris. During the repast regattas were held on the river. In the evening there were iltUminations and fireworks. The town wore an air of general festivity, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Dreadful Scene on the North-East Coast. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the greatest ex citement was caused at Tynemouth by a fearful case of drowning, which occurred on the Long Sands, and which was witnessed by many hundreds of persons. The wind was from the eastward, and there was about five feet sea on, with a nasty back sweep ; and at the hour mentioned a strong current was setting from the shore southwards. Mr. Robert Fedconar, O. 1..0, :Newcastle, awl Brilman'e Village, was spending the day with his wife and family at his mother's, who is lodging in Percy-street, Tynemouth, and shortly before four o'clock he and his wife and mother, and, it is said, three of his children, went down upon the Long Sands. Mr. Falconer then left his wife and family setting on the tea banks, telling them that he would go to the machines and have a bathe, He engaged a machine belonging to Hind marsh, but before the lad put the horse to it to draw it into the water Mr Falconer asked Hindmarsh if it was safe to take a dive into the sea. The machine proprietor replied " By no means," and he cautioned him above all things not to venture too far out, as there was a strong off-set. The machine was drawn into the water, and Mr Falconer strip ped and went into the sea; and being a swimmer he ven tured, unfortunately, where the waves were breaking heavily. There were three other men in the water at the same time, and they fleeing him going out commenced to follow him. The machine men, seeing the danger they were all in, shouted lustily to them to come in, and a gentleman upon horseback rode into the water up to the horse's girths and called to them also. They all came in but poor Mr Falconer. The men knowing the imminent peril he was in got out the boats and lifebuoys ; but before they could render any assistance to him a heavy sea struck him, and he was seen to hold up his hands. A second large sea immediately followed, and seemed to drive him heels over head, and those in the boat saw him no more. The people on the banks, however, saw him struggling, as they imagined, a few minutes longer, and then disappear alto gether. This awful spectacle was witnessed by hundreds of people, including the poor gentleman's wife and family. A scene of the wildest excitement followed. Hie wife, mother, and children hastened down to the shore, and when the macL:ine was brought out of the water the mother iden tified the clo: hes left in it as her son's. The poor wife fell on the sand as C.ne!lead, and she had to be removed to her Tier's lodgings w,,rking in convulsions ; and she iereported 1130 , be ex ! reine ly F, om the high sea, nothing could be L° ue the body, N ., - hich has been washed out to sea. t d o ne to rese, : the sands yesterday evening Many commen.s were made o as to what had beb.n done and NV: at had not been done to s ave Mr. Falconer's iife. We readb a careful inquiry into th e matter, and wa are convinced thatindmarshf Nixon, and the other men did all they could coroisi,antlY with their o wn safety to save the unfortunate gentlemaer. But the fact is a boat is of little use upon the coast in such a se; a s that lest of yesterday, as the time spent in " dodging" the Kea, the boat should broach to and drown them, prevents watermen from getting near to where the man is drowning in the water until all is over. What is needed is this, that the authorities should absolutely prohibit bathing on these sands while the sea is ep strong, and the danger to bathers, especially swimmers, is so great as it was yesterday.—New castle Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A MANCHESTER GENTLE MAN AT LLANDUDNO. —A melancholy and fatal ac cident happened on Friday to a young gentleman named Leisler, who with his parents and other members of his family, was on a visit to Llandudno, North Wales. The young gentleman was about 22 years age, and was the only son of Mr John Leisler, of Park. road, Victoria -park, and a member of the firm of Du Fay and Co., merchants, 32, Booth-street, On Friday young Mr Leisier went out in a boat on Llandudno Bay, in company with a gentle man named Hook, one of the sons of the Dean of Chicester. hir. Leisler hsd his gun with him, and at the request of a friend shot at 'a gull which was hovering neer the Orme's Head. The bird was struck by the shot, and fell upon the face of the rock at a considerable height from the shore. Mr Leisler landed, scaled the rock, and secured the bird, which he threw down to his friend. In descending he caught hold of a tuft of grass which was growing from the rock. The hold was insecure and treach erous ; the grass gave way, and the unfortunate young man fall frcm a terrible height to the ground. lie gasped, and died directly in the arms of hie friend. The sad affair has cast a deep gloom over the whole neighbourhood, and i• much deplored by the large circlo of Manchester friends with whom the deceased and his family were connected,— llasichoter Courier. ---............1N11M1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,--This D ay, 69 1 116 i 661 6 1021 411 1161 641 51 1121 136 k 6 i 106 1 51 6 64 Business don, 101 l i 13.14, et 10 st st 50 20 (..26.4 t 2.10 4harc 100 Sk 1 20 204 10 100 I 100 atc•ok Stook stook 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook 100 all all all all 100 100 100 '6.13.4 47i 7 147 61 36t 871 EI 10If i 1021 9 / i