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

ONE Y MARKET ANT) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLocic. The general money market today presents a rather more active appearance, there being an in creased enquiry for discounts, and the rates for the best short -dated bills are 31 it per cent. There was a slight downward tendency in the rates of exchange on several of the principal con tinental cities yesterday afternoon. A further sum of £lBO,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £270,600 and the exports to £210,000. A meeting was held yesterday of the creditors of Mr. Hugh Harris Ford, woollen warehouseman, of 79 , Watling-street, when the accounts submitted by Messrs. C. F. Kemp, Ford, and Co., estimated the liabilities at £11,517, and the assets at £11,085. A resolution was passed to accept a composition of 10s. in th e poun d , payable as follows : -s s . i n cash, 2s. 6d., at three month s , a n d 2s. 6d. at six months, the last secu re d. Th e pr i nc ip a l assets consis o t f of a large shippi ng d e b t, w hi c h i s l o oked upon as un certain value, a n d o f the stock in trade, which is of course subject to realisation. The report presented to the proprietors of the Royal I nsurance Company at their of the r annual meeting, yesterday, gives convincing evidence extra ordinarily rapid growth c f this flourishing institu tion. It has now been in existence for a period of 18 years, and during that time it has achieved for itself a position and a name which may well be en vied by most, if not all, its predecessors in the assurance field. The report shows that, whereas in the ninth year of the company's existence the fire premiums were about £112,000, they have now reached upwards of £300,000. The life premiums, hich at the same period were £22,000, are now nearly five times that amount; and the sum paid for the purchase of annuities is now eight times as much as it was nine years ago. In the past year £65,680 were added to the balance of life funds, which was thereby increased to £257,022. The sum s assured in the financial year just ended amount to 4701,427, on 1,498 policies. Throughout the report the same satisfactory evidence of progress— progress almost unprecedented in the history of assurance companies—is afforded. Nor is this flourishing state of affairs altogether matter of astonishment when we consider the liberality and the judicious management which have from the outse t characterised all the proceedings of the Royal ar ce Company. Moreover, it has always had the good fortune to be governed by men of high corn mercial standing; and possesses, in its actuary, Mr. Dove, and in its manager, Mr. M'Laren, officers, the value of whose tact and energy it would be Officult to overrate. Under such circumstances, the Royal has become what it is, and we doubt not Will attain to even brighter things in the future. Two o'CLocK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegt am, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 25c. The English Stock Market, which has presented a d all appearance, has been well supported, not withstanding the receipt of lower prices from the Paris_ Bourse, owing, no doubt, to the favour able prospects of monetary affairs, and the highly encouraging accounts of the harvest. Consols re main at 92/ . 1 for money, and 93 1 for the account. The New Threes are 921 938 ; the Reduced, 931 ; India 5 per Cents., 1081 1 ; do. Debentures, 100; and Exchequer Bills, ls. die, to 2s. prem. The Foreign Market is moderately active, and prices have, in several instances, been depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are steady at 671 ; do. Consolides have receded to 48 1 ; Greek to 321 ; do. Coupons to 141 159 ; Spanish Passive to 321 1; do. Certificates to 121 1; but Mexican have im proved to 361 371; the Confederate Loan to 24 to 22 discount. Portuguese are 48 ; Italian, 71; and Venezuela, 561 1. In the Railway Share Market business has been dull, and the few dealings recorded have been at a farther slight decline in values. Great Eastern, Great Northern, and North Western have each receded 10s., and Caledonian, £1 to £1 55.; while Brighton has improved 10s. The Foreign lines continue inactive at previous quotation. In the Colonial undertakings Bombay and Baroda have declined 10s.; Great Southern of India 10s.; Madras 5 per Cents. 10s., and Pnnjaub, 10s. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, without any material alteration to record in prices. Union of Australia realise 52-i ; Crystal Palace Stock 401 ; Hudson's Bay Company 21 ?,-; and Royal Mail Steam have improved to 67-1, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 1 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 31 New 21 per Cent. Annuities... Itnnuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. flitto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent loBa Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent .................... I)itto 51 p er C ent .................. Ditto Debentures, 4 p er C t., • Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO l9 pm Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept. 9 ••• 93 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent.... March, 21 p I 2 per Cent. June, er 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 dis Cent. Ditto £500.. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4t per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Chi i Ditto 1 per Cent. (D e f erre d 3 per C ent.) tan 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greeks Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account... . Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent . D itto Account .. . ..... . : Portuguese 3 per Cent., 186.3 Ditto Account, .......• . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, ' 7,'9 ; '6O, 62 — Ditto Account .................. 48 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822 St Ditto 4} per Cent 1850 ; . £ , — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1869 SDitto 5 per Cent. 18(32 ardinian 5 per Cent — Ditto Account I Spanish 3 pe r C ent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred ........ ilitto Account ... Ditto passive ............... SDitto Account .......... . 321 panish Cert. of COI; .................. Ditto A ccount. . 121 Turkish 6 p er c e _ ... Ditto Account ut. 18°4 . Ditto 6 per Cent. . Ditto Account .. 1858•.., 771 a Ditto 6 per Cent: 11 - G y Ditto Account .. . Ditto Guarszteed, •4 . p.e.;.6;/;; Venezuela 3 per Cent. .... Ditto Account ...... . Ditto Account ..... .............• Dividends on the above pa . y . i).1; L0nd0n.666,1 Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins `M per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ...... : 641 5 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 5 per Cent., 1861, E. 25 fi:a.cs Italian, Ditto Account ................ 7 TWO O. C,msolst Money 921 'CLOCK Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market--This Day, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) A stronger marker. Sales about 6,000 bales; import, 16,355. A letter from C.inert (Crete) gives the followi ng particulars respecting the yield of silk in that :—" The cocoons hitherto collected resemble in form and size those produced in France and Italy. Two-third s of them are yellow, varying from oran ge to chamois and nankeen tints. The other third range from pure white to a sulphur tint. The quality is much better than last year, but has not yet become so good as before the invasion of the silkworm disease three years back." BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing , Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 :1 tlantio &St Lawrence all 61 (3 614 ilk tiom.,Baroda&.Centlnd Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 205 Buffalo and Lase Huron al, 51 bl 10 Do. Preference .. B . all 71 84 uffalo,Brant,&Godrie . h 100 — 6p. ct. bds. A ug . 1, 187 2 10u 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:1 100 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Lo, ) 100 106.6 107 A 108 st Cape Town Dock Seri' 100 1( 71 1084 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1085 1095 stock Last Indiaft. gu. sp. c. 10n 107 1' 8 1085 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14 11p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Rai 195 204 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds all 70 72 71 100 Do. no. deferred all 52 55 1 0 0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 64 56 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 62 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. uo. deferred all 34 37 100 Do. 4th Pref. stea. all 23 23 100 Do. do. deferred all 21 23 stook Gtandiarenin.gua.sp.o lOO 108 109 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 I hP 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 1 15r , stock Gt. South.of India (Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 1( 8 1074 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all l 0 115 201 Do. New . 18 91 94. 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt. all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 (2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 1 p 24 stock Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. lOU 107 1(.8 107 k stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 101 102 1014 stock Dc. 4* d 0........ 100 67 99 98 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock 11elb.Corp. Bp. a. Bndb. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 54 56 56 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all SO Newßrunswick Canda Class A and B .. all 3 5 N. 111.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 84 86 stock Scinde ..........1 (100 107 108 st Do. Delhi q .loo 1061 107 t Do. do • • !Ie In l 2 .• t 20 Do. Punjaub .. : all 5 8p p st 1071 ) Do. Do. , F,„„EI stock Do. dus.St. Flo. - ( 108 100 107 100 ,103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,an.(iov. 6 p.c.J a ,ILJ ul3 1877-81 100 IC3 105 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & * Aug. 100 1( 2 104 Do.d p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. Sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 955 965 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 Cape G.pe Ho, 8 p 0,1872 100 108 110 Do.Ap ‘1; Oct. 1880 100 112 114 I Do. 1890 100 113 115 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 111 113 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 116 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 107 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 110 112 —. IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul) 100 105 106 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - S.W. Gov. 5 P D.,18t . 100 100 101 Do. sp. c 1841 to lt7( 100 101 102 - Do. d0.,1888 dzupwcit 100 1011 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:0 112 ,S.Aus th6p.c.1878.& up lOO 110 112 - , Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.eauly 100 107 109 Do. lo 6 pm. An.&oot.. 100 1125 113 1121 BRITISH MINES. SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOh3. Share ( I I v i,„ :A . Closing ; Business Railways. ~. a:u. prim. ; den , 1 , I , • . 13.14.! Bir. `Vol., and Str. Val. all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all 84 8 4 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 1191 1201 1191 184 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 64 7 6 a 10 Do A A gets no div ) al l _ 10 Do. B till6pc.p an.has i all ._ . * been paid to B.) 40 41 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 15 16 et Edinburgh & Glasgow., 100 1 7 4 1 4 6 11 5 3 4 st !Glaeg,. and S. Western., 100 at (5-reatEastern, Ord. stk 1 1 0 0 0 0 , 5,p t 5544 484 8a 4 st Ditto A stock 100 123 125 12.14 at GreatNorthof DittoEastA n S g oo li t an lan s d • t 1 1 0 0 0 0 2-5 2 7 6 at_ ..... at Great Northern 100 122 123 122/ 4 2 at Do A stook 100 135 140 at Do B do at Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 100 651 161 654 6 at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 —i 11 - 34 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 113 at London and Blaoltwall 100 761 774 s e t t Lon . i,on.: Bcrilgth,t...,n&dS.DCoovaesrt 1 1 00 00 1 , 1 2 3 4 41315. 11 4 4 s t 3 t t L L o o n n . . & A,OO OO 1 1 0 0 5 14 , 1 10 0 h 102 14 50 8 t AMlaarnyp" NorthSo:th Western Western 1 1 S ort hef a . n , &d Carlisle. 100 ,111 424 411 44 124 Do t shares... ..... - 10 Metropolitan all 114 114 st Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 27 99 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 st Nth. Eastern—Berwiokl 100 1011 1624 1014 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 u i 100 574 584 C st Do Leeds st Do 1 ork st : Do Carlisle lOO at (North London 10 i Do New 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 114 124 st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 464 474 at Do Scot Mid. stock lOO 99 101 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon ..... et , South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 74 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 88 39 25 Do l7 94 104 0 .:5 Do New, 186 G 8 74 86 0 at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 51 64 p 10 Do C 3 3 34 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 54 at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 156 160 st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 27 29 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO st West Midland -Oxford 100 454 464 at Do Newport 100 39 41 at Do Hereford 100 104 106 Cambrian Consol. Gold ; uhliord Amalgamated ) Devon G. Cons. ('Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) G am.&St.Auhyn(Gwen.) l Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heltton) Grenville flercAPs-Foot ........ j Kingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny Lelant: Marke Valley.. ....... . Myncly Iron Oro (Lim.) New 5et0n..........., North Downs N. Wh 'I Basset (I 1 lo 2, - an North Wheal Crofty E'ar Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) 3. Cam Brea (Illogan) `.Wheal Fran. (Illogan ; {Stray Park rarnar Silv. Lead MM Pin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W C' radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), Wheal Buller (Kedruth), Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lie.) Wheal Union 21 3 11 13 !O !30 15 17 3 3i PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 95 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 91 Great Western, 5 per cent. red prf., 101 31 t Midland, Leicester and Ritchin 4 per ct., 96 Stockton and Darlington, C 6 per cent., 341 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 97} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (ad), 22 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 Turin and Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.. 4i Mont. Aureoß Rraz. Gold Min. Co. (11m.), 21 Valltansasea Gold, lim., 1 Yudanansutana of S. Australia (lim.), 3i JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 344 Consolidated Bank, Rm., 94 Continental, 34 London and Brazilian (lim.), 434 London and Northern (Urn.), si 9 National Provincial of England, Ditto, newustr a, 1i26 Union of Aa, 621 Union of Ireland (lim.). 131 Union of London, 354 I St. Katharine, 61 DOCKS. MISCELLA NEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 21 Canada Land, lim., ao S 9 Crystal Palace, 606 - Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., nal Electric Telegraph, 1056 Hudson's Bay, 2i i International Financial Society, lim., Si Joint •stoek Discount, 61 6 London Financial Association, lim., 11l Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4 National Discount Company, lim., gi Oriental Inland Steam, Um., Peninsula and O. iental Steam, Ditto, new, 47 Royal Mail Steam, 67: 7 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51. THE YORKSHIRE MOORS.—The approach of the 12th has directed general attention among sportsmen to the state of the grouse. From the various stations highly favourable reports are given of the moors in this county. ihe gam e is reported healthy and strong, and covers are good numerically, more especially in sheltered positions. u Pen the highe ranges birds are scarcer, the fine season not ! ha ving yet replaced the havoc made by the disastrous one o l ooke dlmg birds two years ago. Nevertheless, good sport isfor both nor th and sout h , w i t h a prospect of plenty win of work for sportsmen birds being all very strong on th e betterg. The western Moors are also reported likely to yield sport than for some seasons past. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. SHOP ROBBERY.—John Driscoll was placed at the bar charged with stealing a valuable rug,. John Merce, assistant to Mr. Burgess, a pawnbroker in Long-acre, said the prisoner entered the master's shop and wished to pledge the hearth rug (produced) for 98. Seeing it was quite new, and of a much better quality than he would require, he was induced to ask some questions about the rug. The prisoner said he gave XI for it, and also that he supposed he could indulge himself if he felt disposed, He refused any further information, and a policeman was sent for, and he was then given into custody. Police-constable, F 99, said he took the prisoner to the station-house, but he refused to say where ho got the rug from, Mr. Marsh, upholsterer, 13, Terrace, Kensington, said the rug in court was his property, it was worth £2. He had not sold it, and it must havo been stolen from his shop. Mr. Henry (to prisoner)—What have you to say to the charge. Prisoner—Oh, I got nothing to say. What's the good. Ho was then fully committed for trial. ROBBERY.—Elizabeth Hogan, a servant, was again placed at the bar charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, the property of the landlord of the Golden Cross public-house, King-street, Lang-acre. The prisoner was employed as a casual servant, and the watch was seen safe about half an hour before she went out. She never returned to the house, and afterwards pri soner was seen driving about in a Hansom cab with some other females. Committed for ti ial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEWES RACES—FRIDAY. The Welter Cup (handicap), value SO sous, by subscription of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; gentlemen riders, profes sionals 51b extra. One mile and a half. 24 subs. _ . _ Mr. Drewitt's Michel Grove, 4 yrs, 11st 121 b (inc. slb extra (Fordham) 1 Mr. Poulson's Antonelli, 4 yrs, lOst 7lb G. S. Thompson) 2 Captain Shawa's Little Dick, 6 yrs, lOst 4lb (Mr. W. Bevill) 3 Overstone, Single Peeper, Microscope, Alcibiadc, and Picco also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Antonelli, 4to 1 agst Alcibiade, 6to 1 agst Little Dick, 8 to 1 agst Michel Grove, and 10 to 1 agst Microscope. Little Dick cut out the work, followed by Single Peeper, Antonelli, and Mier-scope to the foot of the hill, where the favourite went to the fore and came on with a clear lead. Halfway up the hill Michel Grove joined the leaders, and the three pieced ran in close company to the stand, where Fordham came with the rush and won very cleverly by half a length, a head separated the second and third, Alcibiade was fourth, close up, Picco fifth, and Overstone next, the last two being Microscope and Single Peeper. The De Warrenne Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y,C., about five furlongs. 96 subs. Mr. G. Angel's East Sheen, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b.... (French) 1 Mr. G, Bryan's Zora, 5 yrs, Bst Custance) 2 Mr. Fleming's Lady Fanny, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b.. (H. Covey) 3 Lord Burleigh, Miss Livingstone, Juliet, Duke of Cam bridge, King of Italy, Dirt Cheap; Junius, and Persever ance also ran. Betting-10D to 30 agst 'Lora, sto 1 agst East Sheen, 6 to 1 each agst Lord Burleigh and Lady Fanny, 10 to 1 each agst Miss Livingstone and Junius, and 100 to 8 agst Duke of Cambridge, Some delay took place at the post in consequence of Juliet's bridle breaking, and of several breaks away. When the flag was lowered East Sheen, on the extreme right, made the running, having Zora, Lady Fanny, and Miss Livingstone in attendance, the others, headed by King of Italy, Lord Burleigh, and Duke of Cambridge, lying some lengths in their rear. On reaching the distance the three placed drew away and finished the race home, East Sheen, who was never approached, winning cleverly by a length; four lengths separated the second and third, Perseverance was fourth, King of Italy fifth, Duke of Cambridge sixth, and Junius next. A Plate °OOO soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 2 and 3-yr-olds. Optional selling weights. Half a mile. 15 subs, Mr, J. Nightingall's Attraction, 2 yrs, Est 111 b _(£so) .. _ (T. French) 1 LordWestmoreland's Usher, 2 yrs, 7st (£5O) (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (£50).... (H. Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Daniel O'Rourke colt, Blanche of Lancaster, Atlas, St, Rosalie filly, Kennet, and Madame Tagliafico. Betting-7 to 4on Usher, 7to 1 agst Attraction, and 10 to 1 each agst Blanche of Lancaster and Cadiz. Attraction slipped her horses at the post, and coming on with a com manding lead, won in a caster by two lengths ; half a length between the second and third; the Rosalie filly was fourth. Blanche of Lancaster and Kennet were the last two. The winner was sold to the Marquis of Hastings for 270 guineas. The Priory Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 1 0 lb ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra; the second saved his stake. About five furlongs. 22 subs. Mr. Crawshaw's Eastminster, Bst 10Ib (Fordham) 1 Mr. G. Payne's Olivia, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 2 Lord Reudlesham's Sheridan, B st 101 b (Hibbard) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Eastminster, 7to 4 asst Olivia. Olivia, with the favourite in waiting, made the running to the stand enclosure, where Eastminster got up, and, after a punishing set-to, won on the post by a short head ; Sheridan finished a bad third. The Borough Members' Plate of 50 sovs, for 2-yr.olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. About five furlongs. 14 subs. Mr. G. Hodgman's Confusion, 6 yrs, Bst 81b ( 3O) . . . . Mr. R. Law's Duke of Cambridge, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (X3O) (Custance) 1 .__ . - -- - , (Ilibberd) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Confidence. 6 yrs, Bst 111 b (J. Goater) 3 Picco, Blanche of Lancaster, Outpost, Witch of Endor, and Madame Tagliafico also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Confidence, 7to 2 agst Outpost, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Witch of Endor, in company with Duke of Cambridge, Confusion, and the favourite, made the running to the distance, where the leader was beaten, and the lead was left with Duke of Cambridge, who was shortly afterwards passed by Confusion, who came on with a clear lead and won rather cleverly by half a length ; two lengths separated the second and third , Witch of Endor was fourth, with Blanche of Lancaster close up, and Outpost next, the last being Piece. The winner was sold to Mr. Gaff for 85 guineas, and Mr. Handley claimed Outpost. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. Mr. W. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Ch a ll oner ) 1 Lord St. Vincent's 13ellman, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Hannigan) 2 Betting-5 to lon Caller Ou. Bellman led, with Caller Ou in attendance, until round ing the turn into the straight, when Challoner came on, caught Bellman at the enclosure, and, after a splendid set to, landed the mare a winner on the post by a head. MARKETS--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. There is a full average supply of fruit and vegetables on sale to-day, and a fair average business is passing, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d 8 . d. s d 3 oto 6 0 Pine apples ' I Raspberries•Prpt 0 4to 0 6 Colonial do., each 6 oto 2 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 6 0 Grrapes,per lb 3 oto 6 0 ? Foreign ditto, pun o o to FForeign do l 6to 2 6 I Filberts, Per lb .. 20 to 2 0 6 Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 6 oto 10 0 i Cob nu ts, Per lb •• 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hi-sv. 1 6to 2 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 0 ot o 0 0 Peaches.... ...... 10 ot o 2o 0 Lemons, per 100 0 oto 0 o' , , Currants, per h.sv 3 6 to 4 0 Gooseberries hf sve2 6to 4 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 o to 0 4 S t rawberries pr pt 0 3to 0 6 I Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Greens VEGETABLES. ,dz bunch 1 9to 2 0 ; Shallots, per lb .. 0 6 to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9 to 1 0 ; Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 R .ad ditto o oto 0 0 1 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 ; Celery, per ditto 0 o to 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0 1 Beet, per 0 oto 0 0 11 • rocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 Parsni doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 ps, per do. Potatoes, per t on ..0 oto 0 0 0 oto 0 0 ,' Small salad , p• P n, New ditt o, pr lb ..0 2to 0 s i Mushrooms.PPtL 1 oto 1 3 Turnips, dz bu nc h 2 0 to 3 0 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 Carrots,pr do 46to 6 6) C o s lett, score .. 08 to 0 10 0 Cucumbers . . Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 00to 0 0 I Radishes, dz hnds 00to 0 Green peas, h. -8v 10to 1 6 I T oma toes, doz... 00 to 0 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. b n 1 6to 2 0 1 Capsicums, per d o 0 ot o 0 9 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0,, Rhubarb, per bu n 0 3to 0 4 Spinach 0 6 too 8 I Asparagus, pr do. 2 o to 4 6 Turnip radishes 0 oto 0 0 j Seakale, par bun_ 0 oto 0 0 LTRY. PU Turkey poults, 5 8 to 7 0,3 'gees, 4s Od to 6s Od each ; goslings, 48 Od t o 6 s Od ; ducks 2s Od to 3s d ; ducklings, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; rabbits, ls Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pig eons , Os 6d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, Os Od • hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od t o O s each ; Pheasams, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges,Os Od to O s Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od - wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to O s Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roa s ti n g pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butt er, 9d to Os lld ; English, lld to is Id per lb ; English eggs, 78 6d to 8s Od ; French do., Os Od to 6s 6d per 100 ; l everets, 2s Od to Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os 8d to Os lld ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 8d ; prawns, Os; skate, 4d to 6d; sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 5s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 4s Od ; brills, is Od to 5s Od; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gimlets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 8s to lOs ; native s , — s t o per bushel; whitings, 3s Od to 6s; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per doze n ; mackerel, 408 per 100 ; fresh herrings, 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4e 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s 8d to 58 8d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 38 2d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. THE IRISH RIOTS AT NEW YORK. The cool impudence with which the atrocities committed by the New York Irish against the negroes continue to be made a charge against the Government and people of the North has induced us to accumulate at unusual length the testimony of impartial witnesses to their real character. To those already published we now add an extract from the American correspondent of the Guardian : There can be little doubt that the infamous out break in New York was a concerted rising, and that the peace men, so-called—the sympathisers with the South—saw in the advance of Lee their opportunity. Their intention was to take possession of the city, declare a provisional government, and then insist on the demands of the South being yielded. The in stigators of the mob—their real leaders—kept in retirement, waiting for the call which they thought would come for them when law and authority were overthrown. Unfortunately for these conspirators, the fiendish acts of the men whom they had prompted to violence—who were their especial fol lowers, and for whose deeds they were wholly unanswerable—filled the better class of people with horror. Theft, and arson, and cowardly and brutal murder, constituted the chief employment of those lovers of peace—the men who were indignant at the conscription—unwilling to bear their share in the defence of the country when its national life was threatened by rebellion. They too, it was seen, were the especial haters of the negro, for their mur der of black men, under every circumstance of cowardly and diabolic cruelty, are deeds without parallel in wickedness since the days of the French 'Revolution. The world now sees to what class in America the sin of cruel prejudice against the black man is chiefly chargeable. It sees, too, of what elements the peace party in this country is consti tuted—the party whose cause the New York cor respondent of the Times has so long advocated. I need hardly attempt any particular recital of the deeds to which I have above alluded. For four days, the 12th, 14th, 15tb, and 16th, the mob pur sued with more or less of impunity its course. The mayor of the city has no control of the police force, and he early transferred what authority he had to preserve order to the governor of the state—Seymour. This official—an eminent member of the peace and pro-slavery party—made a show of the exercise of power, and issued a pro clamation which was not particularly objectionable. But the mob assembled at his headquarters, and he came out and addressed them—red-handed as they were from the murder of unoffending black men, and fresh from the burning of the Asylum for Coloured Orphans—as his " friends." He hastened to tell them that he bad despatched his adjutant general to Washington to insist upon a suspension of the draft in Now York. Not a word of rebuke did he utter to them for their wickedness, nor of terrible warning should their foul deeds be renewed. So the riot went on as before, and either from the utter powerlessness of the governor or his unwillingness to act, the work of suppression drifted into the hands of the military officers of the United States. They were prompt and bold, with the exception of the commander of the department, Gen. Wool, who is incapacitated by age for the duties required by the emergency. Soon a force was gathEred sufficient to hold the mob in check, and at length, in a sort of pitched battle, the soldiers were victorious and the riot was quelled. It is proper to say that the police, which numbers about a thousand men, displayed the utmost courage and fetermination, charging the mob with such dash and energy that it could seldom make head against them. I may mention one instance of outrage in New York during the reign of the mob, of which I have personal knowledge. The house:of a friend of my own was supposed erroneously to be the residence of Mr. (freely; the mob entered it in broad day light, and everything of value was stolen or de stroyed. A library of several thousand volumes was ruined in the most wanton manner ; books not stolen were mutilated and rendered worthless, and bookcases, mirrors, piano, furniture of every sort, were destroyed. This was done, my friend writes, by a class of people for whom his wife had been la bouring for the last 20 years. The lady alluded to has been active in charities from which the Irish poor have chiefly benefited. She is now absent on a mission of mercy at an army hospital at Fortress Monroe. The mob has utterly failed of its professed pur pose—the preventing of the enforcement of the draft. An announcement has been made by the Government, that although in certain places pro ceedings have been interrupted, they will be at once resumed. Very generally the law has been carried out, and there has been no disorder; in this city quiet has not for a moment been disturbed. In New York it was that the enemy expected to make their stand; they have done so, and have been de feated. I understand the President says he feels like a man who, standing up in a duel. has received his adversary's fire, having reserved his own. Cer tainly the Government now knows the worst that its adversaries in the loyal states can do. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A CABDRIVER. Maurice O'Brien, a tai lor, living at 61, Poland-street, Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting a cab-driver named John Ultenson, badge 13386. After some consideration, the case was ultimately dis posed of by defendant paying 365. THAMES. UNRIVALLED BRANDY.—Win. Philo and Thos. Inglis, ship keepers, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing two 'bottles of brandy. A constable in the service of the East and West India Docks Company saw the prisoner Inglis about to leave the import dock and enter the export dock in a very hurried manner. The constable went after him and took him into custody, and found under his shirt, next to his skin, a quart bottle of cognise brandy. On asking the prisoner how he obtained the brandy, he pointed to the ship Unrivalled, and said the ship keeper of that vessel gave him the brandy. The constable went on board and questioned Philo, who at first denied having given any brandy to Inglis, but afterwards admitted that he had done so. The constable then made search, and found another bottle of brandy at the bead of Philo's bed in the cabin. The Unrivalled is bound to Shanghae, and has taken in a general cargo, including three casks and 138 cases of brandy. One cask had been spited, and about two quarts of the contents abstracted. A case had also been broken open, and a bottle of brandy abstracted. Mr. John Allen, one of the officers of the ship, had no doubt that Philo, who was ship keeper, had broached the cargo, and that the two bottles of brandy had been stolen. Philo, in defence, said—l gave this gentleman (pointing to Inglis) a bottle of brandy. I broached the cask. Mr. Woolrych said that Philo was a most dishonest ship keeper. He fined the prisoners 20s. Each for the unlawtul possession of the brandy, WORSHIP• STREET. THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE KINGSLAND-ROAD. —Ann Perry, whose case was reported in the Sun of last Saturday, was again placed in the dock this morning, but too late for the magistrate to hear the new evidence. It was stated that the coroner's jury had returned a ver dict of manslaughter, but Mr. Leigh expressed himself very strongly upon the subject of holding the inquisition upon the same day as the magistrate's remand; and he considered that the governor of the Rouse of Detention was much to blame in allowing the prisoner to be taken to the coroner's court instead of this. Mr. Inspector Waldi pointed out that the order from the Secretary of State only came down last night, and the police were bound to obey it, Mr. Leigh—l remanded the prisoner till 10 o'clock this morning, and she should have been brought here. It the governor of the House of Detention had any orders to the contrary it was his duty to have pointed out the proper course. The prisoner will be remanded till next Saturday when I trust there will be no further interference with the authority of this court. Remanded. SHIPPING—This Day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 7.—Martha, from Demerara ; Frances Poole, from Havre; Royal Charlie, from St. Vincent; Glengariff, from Jamaica; Salamanca, from Kurrachee ; Marianople, from Sulina ; Warrakka, from Honduras ; Sunbeam, from Quebec, Asia, from Trinidad. Arrived, Aug. B.—Peony, from Trinidad ; Der Fri:ai ling, from Coburg; Ignis Fatuus, from Oporto; John Cumming, Esquaraine ; Matika, from New York; Carido, from Cienfuegos ; Queredo, from Rouen ; Randers, from Randers; Palikari, from Sulina ; Posthumous, from Quebec; Matanzas, from Archangel; Margaret, from Wyborg ; Illiolid, from Monte Video ; Victoria and En sign, both from Quebec ; Echo, from Grenada. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed and Anchored—New Whim, of Portsmouth, from North, for West. Anchored.—Eliza, from Calmar, for Mediterranean. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AUG. 7.—Our market has been rather more cheerful to-day, and a fair amount of business has been transacted in yarns for India and China. Shippers to the Mediterranean have also done a fair business in yarns suitable for that quarter. The Germans have been cautious, and have not bought much. The home trade has given out some fair orders, and the yarn market closes with a healthy feeling, and with a tendency to rather higher prices than could have been obtained on Tuesday. The cloth market was quieter on Wednesday and yesterday, with less disposition to buy. The inquiries were exceedingly few for any market, but this dullness has but little effect on sellers, stocks of all descriptions being exceed ingly bare, and manufacturers hold rather firmly to their prices. To-day there has been rather more demand, principally for Indian goods, and a fair amount of business has resulted at Tuesday's full rates. The leading business has been in 61b. and 71b. shirtings, long cloths, and other light fabrics, for India. Mulls have been in less re quest, on account of the large amount of produc tion recently to order, which has no doubt gone far to supply the wants of shippers. There is no new feature in the business ding for other markets. There are some fair orders running for the home trade, given out during some weeks back, and the deliveries on which are not inconsiderable. There is an improved tone about the market generally, and it closes firm. NOTTINGHAM, Ang. 7.—There was about an average attendance at this Exchange hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was moderate, at no material change in prices. The business done in hosiery yarns was limited, and late prices were supported without difficulty. Brown nets were a quiet sale, at former rates. The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven will leave town to-day for Drackelow, Derbyshire, on a visit to Sir Henry and Lady Sophia des Vceux, from whence they go to meet the Earl Craven to Coombe Abboy, near Coventry. Lord and Lady Camoys and Hon. Misses Stonor leave town today on a visiting tom, during which they purpose paying visits to the Eszi of St. Germans at Port Eliot, and Lady Molesworth ; at her ladyship's seat in Corn . wall. Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie have left Claridge's Hotel for Windsor. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., and Lady Mary Wood and family, are expected to come to ton to• day, from their seat, Ilickleton Park, Yorkshire. We regret to say that the accounts of Lord Clyde's state of health are still of an extremely unfavourable charac ter. Notwithstanding the resistance to disease which an astonishingly vigorous constitution enables him to make, the condition of the gallant Field-Marshal is most pre carious, and fills those around him with anxiety.—Army and Navy Gazette, just published. WHITSTJNTIDE.—A return which has been pre pared, showing the number of vistors to the public institu tions last Whit-Monday, gives the following results :—To the British Museum, 11,472; National Gallery, 10,200; South Kensington Museum, 6,552; ditto Museum of Patents, 1,411; the Tower, 475; East India Museum, 1,348; Hampton Court Palace, 25,256; Kew Gardens, 11,631. The fete of the German Gymnasts took place at Leipsic on the sth. More than 20,000 were in the cortege which went through the streets. Saxony and the North of Germany had a great number of representatives, and Austria about 800. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the Elector of Hesse, and Baron do Beust, the Saxon Minister, were present. The last-named personage deli"ered a speech, which he concluded with a toast to " the Union of the great German. country." BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7id to tid, of household do., 51d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3zd ; 721 b to 801 b, 3! 1 -,d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3jd to 4d 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4;d; 961 b to 1041 b, O d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 108 Od t o ll s 6d; calf skins, light, 28 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; wooiled skins, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; lambs, 3 s 4 d to 4 s 6 d; sheallings, 3 s O d to 3s 4d. HAY MARKETS. S MI THFIELD. Old Meadow hay, x 3 lOs to £4 lOs; n ew do., £3 to LI ; old clover, £5 Os to £6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade inactive. OLTMBEIILAND..—OId Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 12s ; new do., £3 to £4 Os; old clov e?, £4155 to £slBs ; new do. £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and btraw , £ 1 los to £ 1 16s per load. A fair demand. W HITECHAP EI —Old Meadow hay, £3 l Os to £4 10 5 , new do , £3 Os to £1 Os • old clover, £5 O s to £ 6 Os; new do , lOs to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply moderate " WESTON'S RETREAT. — Yesterday at a special session of St. Pancras, an application was made by Mr. Weston for a wine license for his "Retreat" at Kentish town. Mr. Poland, barrister, and Mr. B. Beverley, attor ney, supported the application; and Mr. Gordon opposed for Mr. Copestake, of the firm of Copestake, Moore, and Co., of Cheapside. A former application was noticed in The Sun.of the 25th ult. A long discussion took place, and an offer was made on the part „of Mr. Weston not to apply for a music or dancing license, if the opposition to a wine license was withdrawn. The bench consulted with closed doe's, and decided that the place was not an eating house but a place of public entertainment, and refused the application. On the part of Mr. Weston notice of appeal by a special case to the Court of Queen's Bench for next term was given. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. A sad catastrophe occurred on Thursday at Exe ter, by which Martha Winson, a tailoress, aged 18, lost her life. The deceased young woman was sit ting at work at a table, in the house of her employer, Mrs. Brannam, 32, Codrington-street, when the son of that person, Abraham Brannam, a mason, aged 18, came in to dinner. Presently, it appears, he took up a gun which was in the room, and was loaded and capped ; but Brannam does not appear to have known the fact, for while he was handling it the charge exploded, and a quantity of small shot went through the deceased's head, entering at one ear and passing out at the other. The poor girl fell backward, and died almost immediately. A sur geon was in attendance at once, but his services were of course unavailing. The face and head of the de ceased were terribly shattered, and every one on the spot was horror stricken at that event. No one appeared more affected than the young man who had occasioned the fatality, who was shortly after wards led away in the custody of the police. An inquest on the body of the deceased was held at the Windsor Castle Inn, Summerland-street, before the city coroner, in the after part of the day. The mother of the deceased, who resides in Russell street, identified the body of her daughter. Having heard of the accident, she arrived at the house in time to see the deceased draw one breath and expire. The chief witness was Sarah Ann Brannam, with whom the deceased had slept the previous night. She was at work in the room when the disaster oc curred, and Abraham Brannam was also there, and he gave an apple to deceased and to witness. A few minutes afterwards he rose from his seat, took a gun from the corner of the room, and began to rub it with his hands as if to clean it. Deceased then got up and went to a cupboard to take out an iron, and while she was doing so a dog time in. Abra ham Brannam said to the dog, " Here, Charlie," and it ran behind the deceased girl and made a noise ; at that moment the deceased stooped down, and the gun went off, and she fell backwards. Brannam caught hold of witness, and exclaimed " She's dead, she's dead," and ran out of the room screaming like a madman. The gun belonged to Mr, Thorn. In was used a few days ago, Witness did not know that it was loaded. There bad been no ill-feeling between Brannam and deceased, and not five minutes before he had kissed deceased. Maria Shears gave evidence to the same`effect, ana John Harvey, a butcher, of S. Sidwells, said that that morning he had met Brannam on Fore-street bill, w hen he said he should go out shooting in the aft ernoon . B rann am expressed his re g ret at wa s purely the occ urrence, w hi c h, h e sa id, acciden tal. W es t ern M orn i ng News. A number of sculptors are at present engaged in executing Zodiaque of th e gran d en trance of Notre Dame. A ll the an important work at the Porte du figures and almost all the ornamental details had been mutilated. Those artists are employed in restoring n oses, ears, hands, fi ngers , an d arabesque flo wers w ith admirable art and patie nce , so that in a short time that wonderful portal, with It s r i c h co llection of saints, angels, kings, &c.,r will be restored a s it was in the 14 th century. The door its name f ro m the signs of the Zodiac being carved on its bas-relief. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Lords of the Admiralty concluded their visit to Portsmouth yesterday by inspecting the boys' training ship St. Vincent, the officers and men of the steam reserve, the gunnery ship Excellent, and the Duke of Wellington, seamens' depot ship. On board the latter vessel their lordships witnessed the delivery of the men's baked dinners from the sup plementary oven, which has been supplied to the ship on the plan of Mr. Superintendent Grant, of the Royal Clarence Victualling -yard. Baked din ners were on this occasion served out to 410 men. The application of Mr. Grant's principle to the means of cooking on board her Majesty's ships would be exceedingly economical, and would also be a great boon to the men. Th© petty officers were called up before their lordships and questioned as to their preference for biscuit or soft bread,when they replied that they should much prefer soft bread as baked in Mr. Grant's oven. The bread is therefore to be introduced into this ship, Where, from the fact of its being a depot ship, and the crew constantly changing, no savings are paid for biscuit. Therefore all grumbling on the part of the men at the introduction of soft bread, for which savings are not allowed, is avoided. His Grace the Duke of Somerset held a levee at the Royal Naval College. Soon after noon the board took leave of the Admi rals and officials, and embarked on board their yacht with the exception of Rear-Admiral Eden, Rear- Admiral Robinson, and Lord C. Paget, who re turned to London by train. At 3 p.m. the En chantress, with the Admiralty flag at the main, left for Cowes and Portland under the usual salutes from the flagship and battery of the garrison. In accordance with instructions received at Chat ham from the Admiralty, the first of the descrip tion of iron frigates to be constructed according to Mr. Reed's plan is to be laid down at that dockyard as soon as the resources of that establishment will permit. The new frigate is to be appropriately named the Bellerophcn, although she will be a very different vessel from her namesake, which did such good service in the naval wars at the commence ment of the present century. The new vessel, although somewhat smaller than the iron ships of the Achilles class, is intended to be superior, both for offensive and defensive purposes, to any of the iron steamers now afloat, while, from the several improvements already effected in iron shipbuilding, she is expected to be a first-rate sea-going ship. The Bellerophon will be a little over 200 ft. in length, or about 80ft. less than the Achilles, and with a breadth of beam of 50ft. She is only in tanded to mount 12 guns, but these will be of the most powerful description used in the service. The versa will be incased. in iron armour-plating of 51 inches in thickness in her most exposed parts, and 4i inches in other portions of the vessel. She will be fitted with engines of 1,200 horse power, in order to enable her to steam 15 knots an hour. The Lords of the Admiralty are desirous that the new iron frigate should be completed and at sea within two years from her being taken in hand, and, from the resources possessed by Chatham dockyard for iron shipbuilding, there is little doubt that she will b e finished within the prescribed period. With the exception of the blocks being laid on No. 7 slip, no commencement has yet been made in building the new iron-cased frigate Lord Warden, which the Admiralty several months since decided on building in Chatham dockyard. This arises from the fact of there being no hands that can be placed on the new frigate, as every available workman in the dockyard is employed on the iron frigate Achilles, in order that she may be completed as speedily as possible. In the meantime the hands in the sawmills are folly occupied in cutting out the oak frame for the Lord Warden, in order that the mechanics, when released from the Achilles, may immediately commence building that frigate. The Lord Warden is to be constructed from the designs prepared by Mr. Reed. She is intended to be of somewhat larger dimensions than the Royal Oak, and will be built with a stem which will project about 10 feet, and which, being below her water-line, will be com pletely hidden. At the recent Admiralty visit to Chatham dockyard their lordships directed some additional machinery to be erected at the slip on which the Lord Warden is to be constructed, which will very considerably facilitate the progress of the work. The intention of converting the line-of battle two-decker Bulwark, 91, and the Belvidere, 51, on the stocks at Chatham dockyard, to iron cased frigates has been abandoned—at least for the present. The iron screw frigate Tamar, 3,500 horse power, on being undoe!ked at Chatham, after her survey by the master shipwright's staff, is to proceed to Sheerness, where she is to be fitted for the first class steam reserve, in readiness for immediate com• mission. She has been fitted with a poop, by which additional accommodation will be provided for the officers on board, it being intended to employ the Tamar as a troopship. In addition to her usual complement of officers and crew, she is fitted to carry 80 officers and 1,000 troops. The Duncan, old line-of-battle sailing ship, is to be taken into No. 3 dock at Chatham, where she is to be broken up by a party of shipwrights who ace to be hired for that purpose. The Duncan has been employed, until recently, as a hospital ship at Stangate-creek, Chatham, but, on being surveyed by the dockyard officials was condemned as unfii, for further service. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—W. H. Fawckner, master, to the Indus, for the Aurora ; Henry D. Sarratt, mas ter, to the Asia, for the Osborne ; Samuel Libby (a), master, to the Fisgard, for the Black Eagle ; John Jones, master, to the Cumberland, for the Scylla ; Samuel Libby (b), master, to the Geyser ; John Spinks, acting engineer, to the Snipe; Alex. Smart, first class assist.-engineer, to the Snipe ; and J. W. Smart, second class assist.-engineer. THE ARMY. The following notice has been issued from the Horse Guards : " August 7, 1863. " No examination for direct commission will take place for some months, Lut due notice will be given when the date is fixed for the next examination." Sir Cresswell Cresswell's Successor. (From to-day's Law Times.) the It will be diffi cu lt t o supp l y th e vacanc y created by o f a divorce death of Sir Cresawell Cresswell. A judg i e- n addition to court requires some special qualificatiori udges, the judge the judicial faculties indispensable to a naatrimonid causes to whom is confided the decisionef m easure of sagacity and must possess more than the common patience. But, besides these, elust be essentially a gen_ a gentleman not by train ingtleman—infeeling as in m i an n needs a profound knowledge of only, but by nature. r j eeexperienee of society ; he must l,a_gnswayed by sectarianism. A man the human mind, and be free from bigotry 7 4, 01 " religious or otherwise, would be inquisition Which he conducts fettered by prejudices , . The unfitted for the place.directed where a coarse mind might offend, a a vulgar mind insult. The controlling is of necessity weak mind shrink, theonly security th at t h e h e gentleman affords spirit of t he p k culiar functions devolving upon th e j udge of a Divorce Court will be discharged with dignity and honour, to the satisfaction of the suitors, and to the advantage of the public. It was the possession of these qualities that so specially fitted the late judge for his office, and enabled him to create a codeof law upon the scanty foundation provided for him by the Legislature. 'this it is that makes the choice of a successor so difficult. The importance of that choice is so great that the claims of party will probably not be permitted to infiu • ence it; the Government will feel itself bound to consult only the public welfare, and make its choice from the entire Bench and Bar. Among them there is not one who possesses such an unquestioned qualification that every finger points at him as the right man. The Solicitor -General is the most competent, but he has higher aims. The man is not to be seen on the Bench, nor among the men at the bar is there one whose proved fitness would be acknowledged by all. The Queen's Advocate, Sir H. Phil limore, perhaps embraces the greatest number of recom mendations, but he is wanting in some. The range of choice is so small, that the Government is almost com pelled to take what it can get. Happily, the object of its choice will find the way prepared for him, and he will need but to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor to be se cured against falling into serious error, either in the con duct of his court or in the decisions on the points of law and practice that must be continually arising for some time yet to come. _v.,.~~.y .~ SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LEWES RACES-THIS DAY. IsY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SCURRY HANDICAP. Columbia 1 Miss Vivian Antonelli 4 3 Eight ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. LEWES RACES.-THIS DAY, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COUNTY CUP. Lady Clifden ............ ...... Clown ............................................ 2 LEWES HANDICAP. BLord of Liana ...................................... 1 alhain .......................................... 2 Nine ran. TOWN PLATE. East Sheen .. ................................. ..... 1 Neilgherry ..................... . ... 2 Usher ......................................... .. 3 Nineteen ran. JUVENILE HANDICAP. Overcast Buckhoundl .. ........................ 1 Hedworth ...................... . 2................................... 3 DISTRIBUTION OF RAILWAYS, A curious paper has just been submitted to the Academy of Sciences by M. Lalanne, showing that the apparently fortuitous distribution of railways over the surface of a large country is in reality subject to certain laws, which may be stated as follows:-1. The meshes of a network of railways, as their number increases, tend to assume a triangular form ; 2. These triangles have a tendency to form groups of six each round a central point, which therefore is the nucleus of a hexagon; 3. When a pentagon happens to re place the hexagon, there generally is a heptagon some where, which makes up the deficiency, so that the number six really represents the average number of lines start ing from each point; 4, There are certain exceptional points, such as the capital of the country, towards which more than six lines con verge ; in this case the number of lines does not exceed twelve ; 5. In those districts where the network is still incomplete, there are centres from which only three lines diverge instead of six ; in that case they make equal angles with each other, thus leaving space for the three remaining lines. This strange regularity, now ob servable in the networks of France, England, and North America, depends upon a primordial law which Ruffen calls the reason of reciprocal obstacles. Rivers, mountains, forests, or even the mere inequality in the productive force of different soils, have contributed towards the formation of these regular meshes. Among the consequences which M. Lalanne deduces from this theory of his, there is this : that the distance between two agglomerations of popula tion of the same order and near each other must be en exact multiple of the distance between two agglomera tions of an inferior order. Thus, the average distance be tween two capitals of departments in France. is 87 kilo metres; that between two contiguous chefs-leux d'arron dissements is 43} kilometres ; and between two contiguous cantons, 14i kilometres ; so that the distance between two prefectures is equal to twice the distance between two sub - prefectures, six times that between two cantons, and 24 times the average distance between two communes. Wise Criticisms—Enough to Make the Judicious Grieve ! Here are a few extracts of certain marvellous samples of Shakspearian criticisms ! " Nothing can match such absurdities as certain verdicts on Shakspeare in the' Diary' of Samuel Pepys. The Mid summer Night's Dream' he declares to be ' the most in sipid, ridiculous play he had ever seen.' Pepys, on a rainy day we presume, read Othello ;' but having lately read " The Adventures of Five Hours," " Othello" seemed a mean thing.' The virtuoso Evelyn is as go d a judge of Shakspeare as the tailor's son, or the eighteenth -century commentators. In 1661 Evelyn saw " Hamlet, Prince of Denmark," played ; but now, the old plays begin to dis gust this refined age since his Majesty has been so long abroad' Another polite writer, the author of the ' Charac teristics,' told his countrymen that ' the British muses were in their infant state '—i.e., Shakspeare and Milton, to say nothing of Chaucer and Spencer, or any of the dra matic poets —' without anything of shapeliness or person, lisping in their cradles, with stammering tongues, which nothing but their youth and rawness can excuse.' We have not space or inclination to glance at many similar heresies of the same kind—such as Pope's notion that ‘Ferrex and Porrex ' was a better model for dramatic composition than Shakpeare's plays, or Rymer's sweeping condemnation of his barbaric productions. " Addison condemned Shakspeare as very faulty in hard metaphors and forced expressions,' and joins him with Nathaniel Lee as affording instances of the false sublime.' The public after the Restoration, actually could not brook Shakspeare unaltered, but must needs have him, as they imagined, civilised and improved.' " " Steele, in the Tatler, cites a speech of Macduff's from memory, and cities it erroneously, betraying ignorance of the existence of Lady Macbeth, and complaining that all Shak speare's female characters make so small a figure.' " THE CHANNEL FLEET. THE CRUISE OF THE WARRIOR. (Abridged front the Scotsman.) A little after noon, on Tuesday, a large and fashionable party left the west pier of Leith on board the trim gun boat Trinculo, which steamed out towards the fleet, and brought up under the lee of the Warrior. A little before two the whole party was on board ; and soon after the anchor was weighed, the engines were turned ahead, and the Warrior moved majestically down the Firth, amid cheers from the war vessels she passed, and from the many tugs plying busily through the fleet, and especially clustering round the Black Prince with double eagerness that there was on Monday no general admittance on board the Warrior. The party, which might number about 150, a l arge pro portion being ladies, dispersed throughout the ship, in all directions save upwards, to watch the various operat i ons connected with the start. The heaving of the anchor was of course the main interest. The steady and well-timed tramp of the men marching aft with the tackle when walking he s hip up to hor anchor was very impressive. A more especial source of interest was the manning and working of the great capstan on the main deck, where 200 or more stalwart fel lows —A. B.'s, idlers, marine artillerymen, and marines pressed lustily upon the capstan bars to the music of the band, while with clank and clang the slimy chain cable crept along and round, and again along and vanished down an iron-lipped chasm into the Cimmerian gloom of the table locker. Black and oozy the cable crept in, and with a long and unremitting sweep the men pressed manfully on the capstan bars, till at length the shrill pipe of the boat swain forward proclaimed that the toil was over, and the cable was secured with a slip, and the capstan was un manned. Yet the toil for many was not over, but only transferred to the upper deck. The anchor was weighed, but the cable was only slipped, and the anchor was yet at some considerable depth. The tackles on deck were soon manned, and by steady hauling, the huge beam of the anchor rose at last to the cathead out of the green water, black, dripping, and muddy. There was much shouting, piping, and clambering of fearless bluejackets on the perilo,us lookir g platforms and f oo th o ld s w i t h ou t, an d in anotutr minute the great flukes of the anchor were lifted astern and secured, and before a motion was perceptible at the bow, the anchor was a-trip and the Warrior was a full mile front her moorings, sweeping under easy steam pat the north side of Inchkeith. The Warrior's course was shaped towards a point be tween the Island of May and the Bass Rock, thence back ward past the Bass, and on a course of S. W. by S., towards the anchorage she had left. It must be said, however, that few on board save the officers on duty knew or cared whither the ship was steering, or how long she was to be out on her cruise. The attractions of the quarter-deck were manifold and potent to the gay and lightseme many; and not the less so to the inquiring and exploring few were those of the wonderful regions below. The op?ortunity, which so rarely presents itself, of observing and inspecting the internal working of a great ironclad under steam, was eagerly seized by some on board. On deck vibration was scarcely perceptible. At the bow only the dash of the waves on the ship's side told that she was moving. Astern, th 3 revolution of the screw-shaft and sc rew was distinctly felt, but not at all so as to be un pleasant. Even in the engine-room, on the iron platforms immediately above the massive cranks, revolving r a pidl y with alternate 'notion, the vibration was very slight. _.-7 - _ - _ -- ------- -------_-_ MEETING OF THE IRISHCATIIOLIC HIERARCHY. The Freeman's Jo urnal re p o rts that a meeting of the ntire of the Cath olic Bishops of Ireiand was held in the P ro -Cathedral, Mailborcugh-street, Dublin, on Tuesday a w rind the two felleiNg day s . 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