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

~.~%~"._ -,-' WIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. An active demand for money still continues, but as the resources of the public and private establish ments have been slightly increased, the rates for first-class short-dated paper have been relaxed to the extent of L- per cent., and the general charges are now quoted 3Z- 4 per cent. A further sum of 130,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was no material alteration in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. announce hav ing received £1,600 from the Custom-house at San Jo:-C; de Cucuta on account of the New Granada dividends. Two o'CLocic. The suspension has been announced of Mr. Wil liam Sheppard, of the Park Mills, Wtire, with liabilities estimated at £30,000. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter were 67f. 400. Rather firm. There has been a further improvement to-day of per cent. in the market for the English Funds owing to a few s peculativapurchases, coupled with the flow of gold into the Bank of England and the favourable accounts of the harvest. Consols are 938 I for money, and at 93.1 , Z for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are better at 93 The New 28 per Cents. are marked 77. India Stock is firm at 226; do. 5 per Cent. Loan 1081 8; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 1164. Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s. prem. Although the dealings in the Foreign Market are rather limited, prices tend upwards. Mexican have risen 1, viz., 381 39 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have improved to 671- 68 ; Ditto Consolides, to 481 49; Greek, to 33 ; Ditto Coupons, to 151 -Z; Spanish Passive, to 328 338 ; Ditto Certificates, to 1241 ; Russian, to 92 93; Sardinian, to 90; and the Confederate Loan is firmer at 251 to 24i die. Business in the Railway Share Market continues inactive, but in one or two instances there is a slight improvement in prices. Great Eastern, London and Blackwall, and South Eastern have each improved ss. ; Great Northern A Stock, 105.; and Caledonian, The Foreign and Colonial lines continue heavy, at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in several instances also a shade firmer. Imperial Ottoman have advanced to l 81; London and Brazilian to 437,- ; Alliance of London and Liverpool to 351 ; Crystal Palace Stock is steady at 401- ; International Financial shares at 81 9; Hudson Bay Company at 2;- ; ' 3; and (general Credit Company at 21. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 93 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 77 6 per Cent. Annuities 4lnnuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lOB/ i Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds 51,000 — Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock f or A ccount Consols for Account, Sept, 9 93a India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent lOB/ March, 1 June, 1 per Cent. I 2f Exchequer Bill s , £l,OOO .. 2 1 dis 2 pmperCent. Ditto £500.. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto'4l per Cent., 1802-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilien 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. .. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 324 31 2I Ditto Account 331 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 1111exican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 394 8a 91 Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 9l Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 64 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St — Ditto 41 ........ per Cent 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 6 p er Cent 90 Ditto Account - Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account ............ Ditto New Deferred ................ Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 a Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Di tto 6 per Cent. 1862 D itto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lO2l Venezuela 3 per Cent. • 23,1 Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Lx. 12 Guil 641 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — _Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. 'S . Very strong( about RETJTER 1,000 baIes TELEGRAM ;) imports, 945; previously 21,16. TIIE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.— INNERLEITHEN.—The weather of the past week has been of a much less scorching nature than that which prevailed during the four or five weeks preceding, and we lave had several showers. The rain -fall, however, has not been nearly equal to the requirements of the ground, which the long drought had parched to an unusual degree. Be sides the fall of half an inch of rain on Monday morning, we had slight showers on Tuesday and again on Friday. Showers fell frequently on Saturday, but they were always light and of short duration, and the whole quantity of rain which fell was small, the rain gauge registering only 4-10ths of an inch from Tuesday, inclusive. Up to this morning, Leithen Water and to the west of the town, the fall, how ever, we hear, has been considerably greater. The baro meter, which continued to drop slowly during the whole of last week, began again to aseend yesterday, and though a few drops fell this morning, the rain, it is to be feared, is past for th e present. Considerable breezes blew on Satur arny'a_B•catttY though the showers have been, they have had tik d ,reuffnlectivapon pastures, which are now looking much fresher, cereal crops iia: ha ve also improved, and the filling of the tinne to look • been assisted considerably. Potatoes con , in general, remarkably well, and are as yet free from disease. bably be made towards commencement of harvest will pro by railway to Edinburghe t e h nd of next week. In travelling Eddleston some fields of is morning, we observed near t o p leaves of the shaws potatoes much injured by frost, the this place and Peebles, b e i ng nth eo mpletely blasted. Between goner i neighbourhood of Inner leithen, the cereal crops a at ly look well, though here and there is to be seen a field of o on the ground and short in the straw. On the elevated thCli'sthrict around Lead burn, the crops are late and generally flrigesht , but the grass , euttin in this fine pastoral upland is looking g, and good. Be tween Dalkeith and Edinburgh g noticed, had been began on two or three farms this mornrn FLORENCE NIGIITINC ALE.--Feeble as Miss Nightingale's health is unhappily kno wn to be, he views have lost none of their distinctness --her pen none In her commentary on a recent of its power. Indian report, g the sense, the keen we find in perfection the consummate )01 irony, iedicating subdued sensibility,. wide range of the all-pervading generosity and understanding, and courage which, to my m i n d, make her writin gs one of the strong interests of our time. From the few pa ges of this commentary we learn more of the interior of life in India, than a dozen books on India from the circulating library could convey ; and we see in a wholly new light, as cl ear as the d a y , h ow muc h ma y be done tor the life of eve r y_ body th ere b y such means as ar e perfectly at command.-- Once a Week, just published. CRY STAL PALACE, —l' IiESDA -v P S II ILLING DAY.— Admission s on payment, 4,9.59; by 5"5°U t i c ket s, 907. Tutai visitors, 5,866. PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 201 Midland 41 per cent. pf. attc. rd., 1041 PREFEIZENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 51 Landon and Blackwall, 44 per cent. stk., 1034 Lonion and S.-Western 44 per cent., b 5 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 97} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Great Luxembourg, 13S- San I'auto gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 2 2 } South Austrian wad Lombardo Venetian, 211 West Flanders, 71 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia (Um.), 31 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. &gra and United Service (lim.), 116 &lliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 85; ; Australasia, Ditto, new, 311 English, Sewell, and Australian Chartered, 21; 2 Hindustan, t,hina, and Japan (lim.), 23 Imperial Ottoman, ifsi London and Brazilian (lim.), 43: London and Comity, 47} 8 London Joint Stock, 34i liletrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 16 1 National of Liverpool, limited, 81 Union of Australia, 52i Union of London, 35i DOCKS. East and West India, 142 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lirn., 8/ British Iron, 3. Crystal Palace, 41 40 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, lint, 2k Hudson a Bay, 2,1 3 International Financial Society, Rm., 81 9 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. , 870 issued 90, 71i 3ladras Irrigation and Canal, 3; Van Diemen'b Land, 14 ALEXANDER SOITTZOS, the Greek national Net, whose poems are extremely popular among his countrymen, has recently breathed his last. PUGILISM —Bob Travers (the Black) and Jam Dillon fought yesterday for £lOO, about 35 miles from town. The proceedings were interrupted by the police after 38 rounds had been fought, in which Travers appeared to come best off ; and were resumed in a second z i ng , in Which 16 additional rounds were fought, when the police again interfered. There was then a propccal made for a draw, but Dillon's b ec k ers wou ld Lo t con se nt, an d the ring was formed a third ti me. Di llon steppe d i n t o the rin g, but th e friend s of Travers produced a medical certificate to the effect that he was unable to renew the contest, when Dillon, of decided course, cai med the st a k es , Th o re fere o this morning in. favour of Diilou's SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOII,B. •hard Railways. Paid. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleal.,and22id.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork arid Bandon C'ornwal • Do A A ,i,ets no div Do. B tilltpc.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin J 5 Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,ct Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western) Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian Bt' GreatNorthof Scotland Great N orthern.. .... • • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western • • • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashize & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carilale.....• •• • •1 North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool. Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpooi Shrooshire Union 'South Deron , South Eastern !South Wales ;S. York. and River Dun (Staines, Wok.,an OVok 'Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 iTaff Vale. ... Do 8.... Do C .... Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall IN. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford Closing Busines,. Price. done. 8 84 81 81 86 r 8 118 Jl9 87i 118 i f 40 fl 15 16 94 95 ni 113 496 601 47 49 24i Lsi 123 125 1221 1231 EAS 140 100 it 2 ' t3 - _/ 661 113} 1 13 1 76i 771 113 115 42i 43i 1011- 1021 105) Woo 43 44 11 111 12s :28i 14 It.- 97 99 54 E 5 25 26 101} 1011 57i 58 87 88 118 120 82 83 111 tt 122 124 46 47i 100 iG2 50 52 10 12 911 02i 71 73 100 102 71 8 38 39 94 lu4 , 74 86 r 155 160 ot 3 3;p 82 65 156 16.) 27 29 45e 46i 39 41 104 108 BRITISH POSSESSION:_:;. Closict bar, ttailways P_ aid. Price. Business don 100 v t !antic &St Lawrence all 61 t 3 4), Bom.,Baroda&.Centlna Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ....... 8 1 lt. p 20 Do. E. 71 14 11 p <Oa Buffalo and Laaeliuron al) 5,1 61 le Do. Preteronce all 71 8 a p. et. bds. A ug . 1, 187 2 ;00 Butfalo,Brant&Godricl, 10t a/0 Do. do. July 1, 1878 100 (00 to. do. June 1, 18;4 100 s 1 k;leutta.& S. Eastn. (1,1)• ) 100 1 0 7 P 8 st ) ;apeTown & Dock Scrii 100 1( 5 108 Awl( Plactn. Bengal gu. Sp. c 100 109 110 hock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 10 0 108 1 9 1081 1 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 tfip 20 Do. do. H do. Cock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19. 00 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 69 71 70 100 Do. eo. deferred all 52 5 5 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bons all 62 65 100 Do. do deferred all 48 60 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 10 0 Do. do. deferred all 33 16 1 0 0 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 23 25 21 100 Do. co. deferred all 20 23 stock GtlncliaPenin.g - ua.sp.c lOO 108 109 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 1 -11 , 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim; uaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 1(8 1074 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 1 01 11 104 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 95 98 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8 all 90 42 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 P stock Madras _ guar~ sp. c. stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 101 102 stock De.* do lOO 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock Melb.Corp. tt p. o. Bads lOO 50 Melb. & Robson's Bay all 55 57 100 Do. 7 p.c. 51ortg. Bds all -- 20 Newßr unswick & Candi Class A. and B all 3 s N.lll.C'da6 1 3 0 18 4 1 bds 100 83 a stock Scinde (10U 1071 1081 108 st I Do. Delhi I •.• ' 100 107 108 Do. do • , $11: 2 s o t Do. po. Pun .Do 16 %11 1( 7 lc • 2 4 iP 8 P 1071 oek Do. Indus. St. 10( 103 1(5 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT sECU p.c.J a. &J ul) 1877-84 ! Do. op. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 B 2 04 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 1(5 107 Do. cp. c. Jan.&July. 100 95 96 954 4 5 •Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 136 L'ape G. Elope, 6 p Wu 108 i 1 0 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 112 114 I Do. lBlO 100 113 115 ,1:10. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 15 'Ceylon, N0v.11.78, ep c 10. 113 110' 'Mau , Wile 6 per cent .. 100 106 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cont. 100 110 112 -- B.Gov. 0 p.c. a.&Jul) 10u 105 10 Lo. Sp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18.) , 100 100 101 - Do. sp. lf,if 100 101 102 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1014 1024 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 ;Nova Scotia Gov. Gp. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 106 Queensland G cv. 6p. c lOO 1,0 112 iS.Aus G6p.c.1878.6; up lOO 110 112 - , VM.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja&July 100 107 109 'Do. io 8 p.c...k.n.&0ct... 100 1121 113 1124 13 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 3 3 d 31! clitioni Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (rfavist i 1 650 670 East Bassett(lllogan) 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. Id par East Caradon ...... '!.14.. 29 30 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 8 64 -- •WlRussel (Tavistk.,l 8.6.6 34 31 Ga m.&St.Autqn(Gwen.)l 8 7 10 Great South iss 31 31 Wheal Vor(lielston' 40 64 7 4 Grenville oer:4's-Foot ......Ati 10 -- ingston Downs, 4. 8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha ... .. .. llargaret (c.Jny Lelant, 82 31 siarke Valley.. 4 Alyndy Iron O ro (Lim ; 2) , 11 New Setun .. 101 luo 110 -- North Downs 24 2 21 -- N.Wh'i Baseetalloz,an, 2.17.0: 3 34 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 35 31 Far Consols (,``.,A. Blaze y: 15 4 20 Providence ( Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 ,0 42 i South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 11415 125 IS. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 11 24 Fran. (Mogan ) 18.1 .9 724 74 Stray Park 28.9. 39 41 5 1 famarSilv.a Lead hiin 44 j fin Croft 9 214 224 22 'West Basset (Illogan) l4 114 124 W G radon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 60 65 IWheal Buller(Hedruth) 5 15 50 - Wheal Kitty (15.Lehmt) 2.0.6 - WhealLuct ott - Wheal Mar yAnnt s 'Aen ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . 584 220 230 Wheal Trefawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 - , Wheal Union 3.17 I 3 31 TnE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AITGIIST 12, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE STATUTE OP FRAUDS.-131PORTANT TO THOSE IN TBADE.-KIBBLE V. PHILLIPS. This was an action to recover £4 18s. for damage in the nondelivery of certain fruit. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, who is a fruiterer in the country, and Mr. Lewis, jun., for defendant, who is a wholesale fruiterer of the City. Mr. Buchanan, in opening plaintiff's case, said that during the course of the present year Mr. Dibble, who had previously dealt with defendant, gave au order for nuts and oranges to the extent of £l9 10s. The next day he received a letter stating the goods could not be sent, but he forwarded a£s cote to defendant, and it was returned. Now plaintiff had in all his dealings with the defendant hitherto invari ably paid by instalments, and this refusal, suddenly, to supply him necessitated his coming to London, which cost £l, and entailed a trade loss of £3 18s. Mr. Lewis inquired if there had been any contract in writing, because, if not, as the amount was over £lO, the plaintiff was out of Court under the statute of frauds. Mr. Buchanan admitted that there was no immediate contract in writing, but he produced two letters from de fendant or his foreman, in which the verbal contract was alluded to, and this, coupled with the order in the book, would, he contended, take it out of the statute. His Honour ruled that any subsequent writings in which the goods and the price were stated, could be taken to make out a complete contract. In this case the letters put in said " your goods at the price mentioned," and therefore the court would hold a contract within the term of the Act. Plaintiff was examined, but his answers did not make ont the sum claimed, and his Honour said he could only award one farthing damages. Mr. Grant (deputy cicrk)—lt must be a penny. His Honour—l find in this court that it must be one penny, and that is all I can give plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES BY A. COOK.—AN UNFORTU NATE PROSECUTOR.—Ann Pollendine, cook in the service of Mr. John Dickenson Betts, tea dealer, of 262, Oxfard street, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Sergeant Cole, 23 C, charged with stealing several sums of money belong ing to her master, in all about £43, the robberies having been carried on in a most artful and systematic manner. Mrs. Betts, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed that the prisoner had been in her service as cook for some time. On Monday week the prisoner went for a holiday and returned the following Friday evening, and shortly after left the house and never returned. A day or two afterwards it was discovered that money which had been given to the pri soner to pay the different tradesmen's bills had never been paid them. Sergeant Cole, who apprehended the prisoner at No. 9, Brown-street, Grosvenor-square, said that he had ascer tained that part of the prisoner's system was to receive the bills from the tradesmen, and then to avoid the words " bill delivered" being seen by her mistress, which would have shown that previous bills had not been paid, to make out fresh ones in her own handwriting, and to receipt them herself, In one case the prisoner had failed to pay a bill of £39 10s, to Mr. Spinks, butcher, of Crawtord- street, Bryanston-square. One of the tradesmen, Mr. Hay, baker, of North Audley-street, was present to prove the non-pay ment of a bill. Mr. Hay proved that he had not received payment of a bill for 9s. 3d. produced, nor any money since November last. Sergeant Cole asked for a remand. Mr. Tyrwhitt at once granted it, and said that these eases, of which there had been several before the Court lately, all arose through persons not seeing their tradesmen themselves, which they ought to do once a fortnight. The prisoner was then remanded. The prosecutor is rather unfortunate, his traveller having recently absconded with defalcations to the amount of £l2O. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND BLACK WALL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern; Mr. J. N. Daniell in the chair. The report stated that the gross revenue from all sources, with the balance of £997 from the previous account, was £61,546 and the expenditure £21,394, leaving a net profit of £10,152; and after payment of £8,469 for interest on debentures there was a balance of £31,682 for dividend. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 3} per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, and authorizing the directors to borrow £lOO,OOO. ARTIFICIAL SWARMING OF BEES. I propose to give, for the benefit of your bee-keeping readers, an outline of a system practised by me, whereby swarming is accomplished artificially, and by a method similar to that adopted by the fanner in multiplying flocks and herds. What I shall give will be found demonstrably true and entirely practicable, even to those who use the common box-hive, so that I think no one need suspect me of having an "axe to grind" at any rate. When the drones appear in the spring, and the hive is full of comb and bees, is the time to swarm them by this process. It should never be attempted after a swarm has issued in the natural way, nor should a second one be ob tained in less than twenty-five days after the first. In the middle of a pleasant day when the bees are abroad, go to the hive and blow into it at the bottom a few whiffs of smoke from a pipe of tobacco, or a roll of cotton rags. Let enough smoke go into the hive to arouse the bees and set them to seizing on the honey—which will be known by a long buzzing within the hive—but not enough to stupify them. Let the hive stand five minutes, until you bloiv a little smoke into all the hives within four or five rods; now gently raise one edge of the hive and blow in a little more, and immediately remove them three or four rods, carefully setting them down under a shade, if it is at hand, bottom up. By this time the bees will have become filled with honey, and will not sting unless you pinch them, or they are other wise provoked. Place an empty hive or box over this hive, mouth to mouth; tack together with a couple of nails, and cork all crevices with rags. Now drum or rap on the sides of the bottom hive for about ten minutes; draw the nails, lay a sheet on the ground, and very carefully remove the top box, setting it down upon the sheet. Remove the old hive a few feet away, covering the mouth with a cloth. Now, having another empty box, turn it down on the sheet with one edge up, after the manner of having a swarm of bees; then; with a ladle or large spoon, slowly dip the bees from the box that contains them, and pour them down in front of the empty hive. If the weather is very hot, sprinkle slightly with water to prevent the queen from taking wing, and they will run in. Should there be seviral swarms were the old ones stood, and close to it, it would be well to cover them with a sheet while this is being done, to prevent the queen from entering them should she chance to fly. As the bees are running into the empty box, look out for the queen. She will be readily seen, as she is at this season nearly as large as a drone, and much longer than a worker-bee. Should she not be found, immediately reverse the boxes and try until found, for she is among the bees sure, as she is among the first to leave the old hive upon inverting it. When found secure her as follows : —Cut a piece of wire cloth, say 12 meshes to the inch, two or three inches, roll it round the finger in the form of a cylinder, pinch close one end, and putting the queen into it, close the other end with a cork. She can be safely taken by the wings in your fingers, fot she will not sting, however roughly she is handed. Now place your old hive on a now stand, at least four rods from where it stood before, and put the bees into it, except about one pint ; these put into a new hive on the old stand, having a hole in the top one and a half or two inches in diameter, through which the queen cage is sus pended by means of a wire two or three inches long, with a block over it to keep out the light. The sheets are now removed from the other hives, and you will find daily additions to the new hive from the old one, as it occupies the old familiar spot, while the old one will retain the young brood, of which great numbers will be hatched daily. The third day, about an hour before sun down, blow a whiff into the top of the new hive, draw up the cage and release the queen—put her by the entrance, and she will go in at once. Considerable comb will have been already built, and by morning the breeding cells will be well stocked with eggs. Thus you will have swarmed your bees certainly, and without watching them, or of running the risk of their leaving for the woods. By one who has performed this operation a few times, the queen bee may be found in three minutes, by simply turning up the hive and blowing the smoke into one side, looking for her among the bees running up and over the opposite side, accomplishing the feat of artificially swarm ing a hive from the old box in the time necessary to hive a natural swarm. One word to those who practise artificial swarming by this method or any other. Queen cells can be procured by simply caging the queen as above, without removing her from the hive. This expedites the business, and adds greatly in propagating Italian queens; since it obviates the necessity of removing her to e. strange colony. Some will ask how a queen cau be supplied to the old hive after put ting its queen into a new hive ? In answer,ll will say the bees will do this by raising one from the worker brood al ready lain by the queen just removed.—Afichilan Far. Incr. THE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN THE NEW NORTH-ROAD.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Payne, coroner for the City of London, held an investiga tion at St. Bartholomew's Hospital into the circumstances of the fire in Herbert-street, New North-road, on Sunday morning, by which Mary Anne Stubbings, aged 64 years, coat her life, and a woman in her confinement and the newly born child were seriously burned, The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body of the deceased. Mrs. Stephenson, a lodger, said deceased was in attendance on Mrs. Solomon Reuben, as a monthly nurse, at No. 18, Herbert-street, New North-road. Mrs. Reuben had been confined on Friday morning. On Sunday morning she heard loud screams, and upon rushing upstairs she saw the room apparently in flames. She did not go quite up to the room, but ran back to seOure her own child. Miss Martha Reuben, niece to Mrs. Reuben, said that she lived in the same house. Witness slept in the room above Mrs. Reu ben's, and on the Sunday morning she was awoke by a great noise. She went down and saw smoke and flames in Mrs. Reuben's room. She threw water into the room, and then dressed and ran out of the house. Witness could not see who was in the room, but she heard deceased's voice. Alfred Barton, Cumberland-street, Hackney-road, said that deceased was a widow. She was insensible when he visited her in the hospital, and she gave no account of the accident. Burrows, 29 N, said that when he was carrying the de ceased to the hospital in a cab she said, "My poor stomach —all this has happened through saving other people." She could hardly speak, and she gave no account of the way the fire originated. Mrs. Stephenson, recalled, said that on bunday morning she visited the deceased in the hospital, when she stated that she was about to get some brandy for Mrs. Reuben, and that the candle was standing on the table ey the bed. The moving of the curtains, she thought, caused them to come into contact with the flame. She said that if she got well she would be ruined for life, as people would never have confidence in her again. The jury re turned a verdict of "Accidental death." BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.--At the Sheriff's Court, Exeter, on Monday,.before Mr. W. Jones, Under Sheriff, the case of Jarman v. Lucas was tried. The plaintiff is the only daughter of Mr. Arthur Jarman, who was formerly a builder, residing at South - molton, and is now overlooker of the farm buildings of Lord Poltimore. It appeared that the plaintiff left her father s home in April, 1862, to undertake the duties of house keeper to her brother, Mr. J. A. Jarman, who was one of the masters in the Commercial College at Rippingdon, near Halifax, and is now a partner in the University School, Not tingham. At this time plaiatiff's brother was on very friendly terms with the defendant, who was then also one of the masters of the Commercial College, at a salary of £l5O a year. Defendant frequently visited her brother's house, and an intimacy sprung up between him and plaintiff which re sulted in his being considered as engaged to Miss Jarman, and he did not deny the fact. Defendant had represented to plaintiff's brother that he was the son of the steward of the Duke of Bedford, he had a brother an officer in the army, and his uncle was one of the contractors for the Great Exhibition of 1862. Several letters were put in on the part of the plaintiff as showing the defendant's affection for her up to the end of 1862, when he broke off the engagement, and the plaintiff returned home in March, 1863, but in con sequence of her being enciente she was unable to take a situation as governess in the family of a gentleman, of Edington, in Warkleigh, who had engaged her. Defendant had been repeatedly requested to fulfil his promise ; but had refused to do so, and on the 18th March, 1863, Mrs. Jarman, the plaintiff's mother, wrote to him, asking him to marry her daughter according to his promise. He made no reply to this letter, or any subsequent communication, and hence the present action. As the defendant allowed judgment to go by default the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £5OO with costs.— Western Times. A STRUGGLE FOR LlFE.—Three young men, named Scoffham, Draper, and Sibley, went to a spot near the Hampton station of the Severn Valley branch o f railway, for the purpose of bathing on Friday evening last. Scoffham, who is employed as a porter at the sta tion, jumped into the water first. without knowing that it was of considerable depth, and, being unable to swim, he almost immediately sank. Sibley, observing the dangerous situation of his companion, at once dived, and brought Scoffham to the surface, but was compelled to relinquish his hold, and use every endeavour to extricate hituself, the drowning man having seized him tightly by the waist.. Sibley again dived, and brought Scoffham up b y the ha of the head ; but from exhaustion and the nature o bottom cf the river, which is composed of sand and mud , t when was unable to get him ashore. Bo th men .o sapthe water Draper rushed to the rescue, and wading into hold of until it was up to his chin. succeeded in getting Sibley. Ultimately a gentlem an arrived on. the spot, and, with his help, Scoffham and Sibley wererescued. C A PTURE OF A HORSE ST ALER A clever E capture of a horse stealer was effected at the De: by On Saturday a respeetah T R a ilway Station on Mon da y• looking young man hired three horses from he e. into s t a bl e keepers at Brighton, and Toceeded with the animal ' s by rail to Stamf ord, thence to P Peterborough, reaching Derby on Sunday morning. , On Monday he booked him self and the hor ses for Stocsport, and was stepping ng the carriage, congratulating himself, doubtless, on his cleverness , when a detective, who had just arrived from London by the exfress.train, took him into custody, trans ferred him and the stolen animals to another train, and conveyed the crestfallen home stealer to London, and thence to Brighton, where his proceedings Will be d u ly investi gated "Py the police int:si;,trates. DEATH OF MR. J. W. GILBART, F.R.S. The bankers and merchants of London will regret to hear of the death of Mr. James William Gilbart, F.R.S., for a quarter of a century the able and successful manager of the London and Westminster Bank, and the man who did more than any one else to establish, organise, and popularise the joint stock system. Mr. Gilbert came of a Cornish family, but was was born in London March 21, 1794. Failing in obtaining a Government appointment, he be came clerk in a London bank in 1813, one of those banks which suffered and collapsed during the panic of 1825. While a c l er k he took a n active part in the Athenian Debati ng Society with the late Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Q.C., 1V1.P., Mr. Edward Baines, M.P., Mr. Edwin Chadwick, C. 8., and Mr. Baron Channell. He also was connected with the Union Society, of which Mr. J. S. Mill and Lord Macaulay were members, and did much to found the City of London Literary and Scientific Institute. He also found time to write articles for variona periodicals—" The Preacher and the Platform' (1822-3), and a remarkable answer to Cobbett's book on the Reformation, pointing out the various social benefits of the Reformation. Having been from 1825 to 1827 a cashier in a Birmingham office, and having, in 1826, delivered an interesting course of lectures on the philosophy of history, Mr, Gilbert returned to London in the latter year, and acquired some fame from his " Practical Treatise on Banking," with reference to the evidence delivered by London and county 'bankers before the Parliamentary committee appointed to consider the propriety of the suppression of notes under £5. Re moved to Kilkenny as manager of the Kilkenny branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Mr. Gil bert contributed various papers on banking to the local papers; and from 1829 to 1833 held a similar office of higher importance at Waterford, where he established a literary and scientific institution, and showed his unflagging energy in delivering lectures on all sorts of subjects. On the 10th of October, 1833, Mr. Gilbert entered into an engagement with the directors of the London and Westminster Bank, which was opened on the 10th of the following March. This pioneer of the numerous joint-stock banks, now so flourishing and popular, had to face the apathy and distrust of the public and the active hostility of the Bank of Eng land. In 1836 the Bank of England obtained an injunction against the London and Westminster, prohibiting it from accepting any bills drawn at less than six months after date, and hoped to destroy the new bank's country connection by this means. But Mr. Gilbert had seen, when in Ireland, the Bank of Ireland drawing bills on the Bank of England with out acceptance; and he went on a tour and persuaded the country bankers to adopt the same course. In the following year he was a witness before the com mittee on joint - stock banks, which had presented a hostile report in 1836, but had been reappointed; and, in 1638, formed an association of joint-stock banks with a committee of deputies, which found ready access to Lord Monteagle, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had been a director of one of the Irish provincial banks when Mr. Gilbert was mane. ger. In 1844, when Sir Robert Peel renewed his Bank charter, Mr. Gilbert procured the insertion of a clause, allowing joint-stock banks the power of suing by their public officer, and also the right of accepting bills at less than six months' date. In 1846 (Tune 18) Mr. Gilbert received the dis- tinguished honour of being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, being vouched for by Lord Mont eagle, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. G. R. Porter, &c., as a gentleman attached to science and anxious to pro mote its progress." In the same year he received a handsome service of plate from the directors and shareholders of joint-stock banks. The year following he wrote the history of his own bank, and by his advice his board opened branches in Holborn, South wark, Oxford-street, and Whitechapel. In 1854 joint-stock banks were at length admitted to the London clearing house. In 1859 Mr. Gilbart re tired from office on a pension of £1,500 a-year, with a seat at the board of directors, and received a splendid testimonial. In the International Congress of July, 186 U, he was on the committee of the section of commercial statistics, and read a paper on the statistics of English banks. He was admitted a corresponding member of the New York Historical Society in 1850, and was on the council of the statistical and other societies. Mr. Gilbert had dabbled in authorship for more than 40 years with considerable success. Besides the works above-named may be mentioned his " Logic for the Million," and "Logic for the Young," valuable, spiritedly written, and popular works; banking in Ireland, banking in America; various articles signed " Nehemiah," in the columns of the Morning Herald, on joint-stock banks; articles in the Banker's Magazine, the Atlas, and varicus other periodicals. FRENCH NAVAL PREPARATIONS.—We observe that the French Government is preparing for any emergency that may arise out of the Polish question, in the event of diplomacy failing to provide a pacific solution. We read in the Thar° de la Manche, a naval journal published at Cherbourg, that a ministerial despatch has been addressed to the Maritime Prefect requiring to be informed as to the time necessary for the ships in reserve to be got ready and fully equipped for sea. These ships are 27 in number, of various ratings, and comprise l'Austerlitz, le Bayard, la Ville-de Nantes, l'Arcole, le Tage, and le Fontenot' (screw liners) ; la Clorinde, la Souveraine, la Forle, l'Audacieuse and la Cleopatre (frigates) ; le Beauma noir, and 1' Olivier (brigs) , la Marne; la Durance, la Nievre, la Gi. ronde and to Calvados (transports) ; le Lucifer, le Galilee, la Sentinelle, le Lamothe-Piquet (despatch vessels) ; La Foudroyante (floating battery), and le Phiege ton, la Bayou noise, and l'Artemise (corvettes). The Maritime Prefect, Viscount de Chabannes, l e ft Cherbourg for Paris on the 28th ultimo, and the Emperor is expected to arrive at Cher bourg on Monday next. The Batiments Cuirasses, or iron clads are expected to rendezvous at that port, and there are already in the roadstead la Normandie, l'lnvincible, and le Solferino ; the Magenta is also daily expected to arrive there from Brest. Vice-Admiral Charles Penaud has been ap pointed to command the iron -clads, and he will hoist his flag on board the Normandie. We learn also from a French naval source that tho "spur," or projecting stem, of the steam rams is to be submitted to a severe test, with a view to ascer tain its practical utility, and this is a most important point respecting which (at least as regards many of the most e ssential conditions of this method of warfare) our know ledge is of a purely theoretical character, but it is ques tionable, owing to the reticence of French officials in these matters, whether England will he permitted to derive any advantage from their experience. A private corresponden ce from Paris states that there will be a review of the iron dads at Cherbourg, and that there will also be comparative trials between the ships of various types which co nstitute the new iron squ a d ron ; b u t th ese t r i a ls will only t a ke place in the presence of the Minister of Marine, who is . expected at Cherbourg, a ccom p an i e d by a special cow:le com posed of M. Dupuy de Lorne, director of naval work s, and two general officers of the fleet. M. JAIPuy de Lome will be the chairman of the commission, which is instituted to take into consideration the results of the various trials of the iron squadron. The ques tion is, of cons se, one of gr ea t practical importance, and ° Board o e m f p r Admiraltyten t of a ought to follow the exatePl°":f the Marine D the French Governm e _ t. _jirampshire Telegr a ph . INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN ARGYLESHIRE.—A cavern similar to those found in England and on the continent, containing osseous remains of men and of lower animals, has lately been discovered on the property of Mr. John malco i lD , of Poltallock. By the liberality of that gen tleman the cavern has been fully explored, and its contents carefu lly collected by the Rev. Messrs. Mapleton and Mac bride. These contents consist of the remains of men, of other animals, and shells of edible shellfish. The only article of m anufacture found in it was a small celt, a flint flake; and the only domestic utensil was a scallop shell, or paten snazimus —the shell used by the ancient Celts as a drinking vessel, The cavern was evidently used as a place of resi dence, for beneath the cave stuff, or debris, was found ashes, bits of charred wood, and bones, a flint pebble for striking fire, and stones, which, from their form and position, seemed to have served for seats. When first discovered, the human remains were supposed to have been those of persons who had fled there for shelter when the adjacent country was laid waste by fire and sword during the ruthless raid of Alister 31'0011 Citto. The absence, however, of metal weapons and culinary vessels—both which were of univer sal use in the days of this scourge of Are•yleshire, and which undoubtedly would have been conveyed by therefugees to their place of concealment —and the presence of cells and scallop shells, seem to disprove this opinion, and to point to a much higher antiquity for its inhabitants. What seems to confirm this opinion is the fact that many of the bones, tot,th, shells are as firmly embedded in a calcareous matrix as are the fossil remains in the lias and carboniferous lime stone. Mr. Macbride is engaged in examining its contents and preparing a report on the su bject, which, it is to be hoped, will throw additional light on the history of this in teresting cavern and of its interesting occupants.. (t vow 1 A'";.rc4. WESTMINSTER. 1101 V TO GET OUT or THE ARMY.—Henry Patch, a private in the Grenadier Guards, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold watch from the person of Henry Hademorger. The prosecutor, a German, said he met with the prisoner and some other soldiers last night, in the Broadway, Westminster, and went into a public house and had some thing to drink ; and while there the prisoner struck him a blow in the face, and immediately drew his watch from his pocket and made off with it. The police pointed out that the offence was committed at seven this morning. Prosecutor repeated that be thought it was last night. Mr. Telfer said he should have thought " a bandmaster would have been a better judge of time" than prosecutor appeared to be. Birch, a detective sergeant, proved that the prisoner was seen running away from the public house, and was pursued by two police constables, when he suddenly turned round, and, altering his course, ran into witness's arms. Before he did so he was aeon to throw oontothillg over a wall, which turned out to be the prosecutor's watch, which was afterwards picked up and given to witness. Two other witnesses proved that prosecutor came out of the public-house and said he had been robbed, and when one of them went in the prisoner glided out with the watch in his hand, and attempted to escape, but was captured as described. Birch said prosecutor was bleeding from the irjury he had received. Mr. Selfe—Did the prisoner say anything ? Birch—Yes; he said he never intended to be a soldier, but meant to get out of the army, and he did not care what he did or what was done to him so long as he got out of the army. Mr. Selfe (to the military sergeant)—How long has he been with you Sergeant—Two years. Mr. Selfe—What is his character ? Sergeant—lrregular, as a soldier. Prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. A ROUNDING CASE.—James Briant, a young man who is well known to the police, was brought before Mr. Wool rych charged with butglariously breaking into the dwelling house of William Mouasell, in Glasshouse-buildings, Rosa mary-lane, Whitechapel. The prosecutor's dwelling is in an Irish colony, where rows and fights have been very frequent. He lived in comparative security until Saturday morning last, when he was alarmed by a noise in his shop, which he first thought was caused by some bottles of ginger beer in his shop ex ploding, but on getting up he discovered a window was broken, and he missed £5 worth of property, consisting of his own clothes, two mantles, two dresses, and other things. Johnny Brian, an intelligent Irish boy, said he was locked out on Friday night, and was seated on the steps opposite the prosecutor's house, when he saw the prisoner with a stone in a handkerchief. The prisoner advanced towards the dwelling, broke a window over a door, and took the property out of the house. Mr. Woolrych—He drew the things out? Witness—Yes, sir. He was there about ten minutes. Police-constable 70 H said this was a rounding case. Mr. Woolwrych—What do you mean by a rounding case ? Policeman—The party engaged in the robbery have been splitting on each other. Mr. Woolrych—What do you mean by splitting on each other ? Policeman—Telling of each other. Mr. Woolrych—You mean to eay that there was more than one engaged in the robbery and they have impeached each other ? Policeman—Yes, sir. Mr. Mounsell was recalled and said that he saw two men last night. One was called Sooky, the other Carty. They said that the prisoner was the man who committed the robbery. After some further evidence, from which it appeared that the prisoner would not share any portion of the stolen property, and that they " rounded apd split" upon him, Mr. Woolrych directed that Sooky and Carty should be sought after, and remanded the prisoner for a week. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane, to-d a y ; a fair supply of now English wh eat was received, for the most part, in fine con dition. G enera l ly speaking, White qualiti es so l d at 43s to 545, and red at 44s to ,50s pe quarter. the demand ruled inaotlve. The market Was well supplied with foreign wheat. All descriptions met a dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. The supply of barley was very moderate, but the demand ruled inactive, on former terms. Malt was in limited re quest, at previous quotations. The market was moderately supplied with oats, in which sales progressed slowly at barely late rates. Beans and peas were dull, on former terms. For all descriptions of flour the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no material change took place in the quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. halt. Oats. Flom. 21 0 10 950 J 210 1,500 1,020 9CO I --13,270 9,909 brie BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations which have hitherto been free from blight, are very favourable; but, on inferior soils, the crop will be very small. The market generally i s quiet, at late rates. WHITE CHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows Beef, 2s 8d to 3s Sd ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s Od; lamb, 46 Ver t s o ib t i ? y d Lv e e c a a l r , c 3 a s s 4 e4 d to .11: ; and pork, as 4 , 1 to 44d MIDLAND. The directors of this company in their report express their satisfaction that, notwithstanding the continued depression in some branches of the trade of the country, the traffic of the railway shows a considerable increase for the past half year. The directors recommend the declaration of the following dividends (less income- tax), paya ble on the first day of September next :—£2 17s 6el upon each £lOO consolidated stock—£2 3s 9d upon each £lOO consolidated Birmingham and Derby stock— £3 upon each £lOO consolidated preferential stock—£3 upon each £lOO consolidated Erewasb, Valley stock—£2 5s upon each £lOO consolidated 4 3 / 4 per cent. preferential stock—X2 upon each £lOO Leiceester and Hitchin preferentialfstock— £2 5s upon each £lOO consolidated irredeemable 4i per cent. preferential stock-2s Hid upon each £6 4s share, being a half-year on £4 4s and 165 days on £1 per share at £s:l7s per cent. per annum-2s 8 2-5 d upon each Li pre ference share at 4} per cent, per annum, leaving a balance of £2,091 to be carried to the account of the current half. year. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the capital charge able to revenue on the 30th of June last, exclusive of leased lines, was as follows ;—£12,093,594 of consolidated stock, £2,922,613 of guaranteed and preference stock, £4,508,395 of loans, and £260,731 of moneys paid in advance—total, £19,785,333. Tne expenditure charged to capital curing the half-year amounted to £153,801. The receipts on revenue account for the past half-year amounted to £563,550, against £817,902 for the corresponding half of last year, and the expenses to £374,728, against £380,518, showing an increase in the receipts of £46,458, and in the expenses of £14,210. The balance of net revenue applicable to the payment of divi dead on the ordinary stock of the company was £272,325, and out of this amount the directors recommended the pro prietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum, less income-tax, and to carry forward £15,336 to next half-year's account. CORE AND BANDON. The directors have declared a dividend on the No. 1 pro ference shares at the rate of 51 per cent, per annum, and also the payment of the deferred dividend warrants (No. 2 preference shares) for the dividend due for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1862. Tho capital account showed that £104,472 had been expended. NORTHERN OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line from the Ist of January to the 18th of July amounted to £50,316, against i'43,336 for the corresponding period of 1862, .showing an increase of £6,980, or 16 per cent. SHIPPING-This Day. LONDON, Aug. 12.—Wind at Noon, N.W. ; calm and very fine. _ CARDIFF, Aug. 11,—Wind, N.W.—Arrived—Paragon, from Bilboa. Sailed—Creola, foi Fernando Po; Robinson, for New York; Courier, for Gibraltar. COWES, Aug. 11.—Arrived—Lady Louisa, from Callao, and sailed for Hamburg. FALMOUTH, Aug. 10.—The Bristolian arrived here from Akyab, and reports having spoken, Aug. 4, in lat. 46 N., long. 26 W., the Fort William, from Bombay to Liverpool, with foremast sprung and rudder damaged. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.---Clara, from Gefle; Mogyl, from Cochin; Bril liant, from St. Jago de Cuba; Soe Rudderin, from Sans cornbe ; Main, from Quebec; Akbar, from Colombo; Johanna, from Emden ; Water Lily, from Guernsey ; Pride of the Ocean, from Bombay ; Friendless, from St. Vincent. Arrived, August 12.—Chalet, from Cochin ; Ocean Child, from St. John's; Flying Fish, from Barbadoes ; Renick, from Emden ; Soranus, from Ingleholme. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Cadiz, screw steamer, from Cadiz, for London; Devondale, from Colombo, for London ; 9,302, third pen dant, ship, from London, for the west. Sailed.—All the outward bound, except the Gottenberg. Course of the Exchange---Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam _ 11 181 11 19t ,intwerp .. _ 25 52i 25 57/ Firnsom a _ 25 621 26 571 Hanaburgh — 13 8 13 84 Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 55 25 60 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ...... 119 t 1195 Vien na Trieste Petersburgh —35 i Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Foreign G —2560 25 675 Milan — 25 60 25 67} Genoa ,—. 25 62/ 25 65 Naples Palermo ,— 25 621 25 674 Messina, Lisbon 525 525 Oporto 525 525 Mexican Dollars o ................ Silv • 0 0 0 old in Bars (Standard) per oz .. £3 17 9 er in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons 0 0 0 The marriage of Mr. Hugo Meynell, eldest son of Mr. Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram, of Hore Cross, and Miss Wood, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart.. M.P., and Lady Mary Wood, was solem nised yesterday morning at St. Paul's Church, Wil ton-place, Knightsbridge. The event attracted a numerous congregation, i n addition to the large circ l e o f friends of the contracting parties. The relioious ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, perpetual curate of St. P au l' s, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Cholmeley. The bride was given away by her father Sir Charles Wood, and was attended t o t h e altar by the ' following young ladies, who offlciated as b r id esmaids :—The Ladies Mary an d F rances Fitzwilliam, the d aug h ters of the Earl and C oun t ess Fi tz - wlllrana ; the Misses Ali ce and Edith Woo d, s i s ters o f th e bride ; Miss Ramsden, sister of Sir John Ramsden, Bart., M.P.; the Misses Meynell Ingram, s i s t e rs of the bride groom ; and Mi ss S y b il Grey, daughter of General the Hon. Charles and Mr s . Grey. After e ceremony the newly - married couple, together with the wedding party, proceeded to the residence of Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, in Belgrave-square, to partake of an elegant breakfast. The company included the Countess de Grey and Ripon, Lady Georgians Grey, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady Grey and Miss Des Vceux, Lady Rivers and Hon. Miss Pitt, the Marquis of Hartington, General Fox, General Ellice, Hon, Mrs. Charles Grey and Miss Grey. Ladies Mary and Frances Fitzwilliam, Vice- Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, Colonel and Mrs. Johnstone Mrs. Drummond and Miss Pennant, Mrs. and Mika Bourcherett, Mr. Bourche rett, Mr. Newdegate, Mrs. Waymouth, Mr. 11. Erskine) Mr. and Mrs. B. Mildm a y, M r. and Mrs. A. West, Mr. E. Baring, Mr. H. Des Veaux, Miss Copley, Mrs. Lambton, Mr. Blake, Mr. George S. Lefevre, Mrs. Meynell Ingram and Miss Ingram, Dr. Wadham, Mrs. Lane Fox, and other relatives and friends of both families. Early in the after noon the happy couple left town for Sunningdale, near Windsor, to pass the honeymoon before proceeding on a continental tour. tHE RIVAL RAILROADS. --The South Northern and the West-Eastern have recently erected some new stations on their respective li nes, and those already finished are Content-station, Detest-station, Mole-station, and Deva-station.—. Fun. Mr. Sothern, who on several evenings last week performed the celebrated character of Lord Dundreary, at the Princess Theatre, Leeds, was unable to appear on Saturday night, in Consequence of severe indisposition, and it is feared that he will not be able again to resume his theatrical engagements for many weeks.—Leeds Her eury. CORONER'S INQUEST IN TILE HOUSE OF CORREC TION.—Yesterday Dr. Lankester hold an inquest in the House of Correction, Cold-bath -square, Clerkenwell, touching the death of John James Brakington, alias Van B ur en, aged 27, a prisoner. It appe are d that the decease d, who was very respectably connected, was in prison on a charge of felony. He was sentenced to three months' im prisonment, which would have terminated on Saturday next. Ever since he was in prison, he had been in the in firmary, where he received every attention, but which was without any beneficial effect, and he died on the 6th inst., from disease of the lungs, the result of intemperate habits. Verdict—" Natural death." 'J'EtE LATE EXECUTION IN LONGFORD.—It is stated is a northern paper that when the unfortu nate hangman who did his business in such a bungling way in the execution of 111‘Cormick was recognised cn his way through Longford, in company with a policeman, to the railway station, be Was b o oted and st one d b y the mo b . ilaving taken shelter in the Police-barrack, he proceeded next mornine. to Edgeworth's-town, to take the train. It was 17 years since the last execution in Longford, and there was a popular impression that one of the turnkeys had officiated on the occasion, and would do so again in 111‘Cormick's case—an impression which, th oug h u tt er ly false, exposed the family of the turnkey to great odium and danger; and, in order to obviate the mischief as far as possible, the governor of the gaol had all the turnkeys placed outside, in front of the drop, during the execution, so that the people might have ocular dexaQgstratiott that neither of tlwr4 was th© h 3 nl44' LONDON GAZETTE--Yesterday. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 7. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Captain His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, R.N., to be an Ordi nary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com. menders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, AUG. 10. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire. land unto James Coxe. of Kinellan, in tht3 county of Edin. burgh, Doctor of Medicine, one of the Con amissioners of the General Board of Lunacy - for Scotland. The Queen has also been pleased to di - mct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, grainlng the dignity of a Knight of the said United Kingdom, unto Goldsworthy Gurney, of Bude, in the county of Corn wall, Esq. The Queen has been pleased to app pint Robert Mont. gomery, Lord Belhaven, K.T., to c.e Lieutenant and Sheziff Principal of the stire of Lanai •k, in the room of William Alexander Anthony Archibald, Duke of Hamilton, deceased. FOREIGN OFFICE, Ara. 8. The Queen hes been pleased to approve of Mr. W. Brooke as Consul at Maulmain for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. IV. R. G. Mellen as Consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. James Cox as Vice-Consul at Dundee for the Republic of Haiti. D OaWs beenN I N G pleased ST to appoint R E ET,A u Richard . 18. The Quee n h Weston Mara Esq , t o b e Member of the Exec u ti ve C ounc il o f the Island a of Antigua; James Clement Choppin an d J o h n Reily, Esqrs., t o be me b ers of the Legislative Connell of the Island of Saint Vincent s James Clem en t Ch opp i n and Charles Douglas Stewart, rs. to be Me m b ers o f t h e Executive Council o f the Island o f Saint Vincent; Rob er t Saunders, Esq., to b e a M ember of the Island of Mont serrat; A. of L. Mclntyre,the i Executive CouncilJ. C. G ran t, and N. Irvine, Esqrs., t o b e M embers of Council of her Majesty's F orts and Settlements on th e Gold Coast; and William Brandford Griffith, Esq., to b e Auditor-General for the Island o f Barbados. - WAR-OFFICE, FALL-MALL, AUG. 1 1. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Staff Assistant -Sur St. John Stanley to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Richardn Thomas Golty Catton, deceased. 14th Hussan—Lieutenant Francis John Stuart Hay Newton to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Law. rence Mackenzie, who has exchanged into the 83d Foot. 15th Hussars—Lieutenant John Robert Het on MP xwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Randolph Mul- Hogs, who retires; Cornet Joseph Norton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell. 16th Lancers—Comet Richard Tomkinson has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his corn- mission. Royal Engineers—Staff-Surgeon Thomas William Pox, M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Francis Charles Annesley, promoted on the Staff. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain W. Lewis Stucley to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Francis Wheler, Viscount Hood, who re tires; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Amelius Coventry to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Stucley. The Hon. Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coventry. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Augustus Conolly to be Cap tain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wm. Henry, Viscount Dangan, who retires; :Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel Conolly ; Ensign the Hon. Frederick Arthur Wellesley, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard. 6th Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Hyde to be Quarter master, vice Samuel Haden, who retires upon temporary half-pay. 23d Foot—Lieutenant William Jolliffe Twyford to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Bevill Gran ville, who retires ; Ensign Anthony Prichard Hutchin son to be L sutenant, by purchase, vice Twyford; Ensign William Herbert Adams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas James Bowyer, who retires; Gentleman Cadet Charles Newlyn Teed, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchinson ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Cummings, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adams, 36th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Arthur Francis Kel sey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Joshua Cuniiffe Ingham, who retires ; Lieutenant Edward Dorrien New bolt to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Graham, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Mercer Maxwell to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Kelsey ; Ensign William Edwin Price to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice New bolt; Gentleman Cadet Charles Frederick Weston Un derwood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maxwell ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Henry Monteith Brown, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price; Lieutenant William Neal to be Adjutant, vice Kelsey, promoted ; Lieutenant Thomas Enraght Percy Tyrwhitt to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Newbolt. 51st Foot—Captain Samuel Alexander Madden to be Major, by purchase, vice John Henry Dickson, who retires ; Lieutenant William Charles Edward Scott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Madden; Ensign Henry Montague Trenchard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scott ; Gentleman Cadet Donald Robert Macqueen, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trenchard. 57th Foet—Ensign Arthur Cecil Manners to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas H. Tragett, deceased; Ensign Henry Downe Chevers Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Manners, whose promotion, by pur chase, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet Robert Joseph Holmes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, withdht purchase. vice Barton. 58th Foot—Quartermaster Patrick Hopkins, from a _ Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice (31ark, who exchanges. 60th Foot—Ensign Barnard Henry Davidson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Alfred Spencer Heathcote, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet William Robert Green, front the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davidson. 61st Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hercules Atkinson to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant William Sydney Nugent, who has exchanged into the 103 d Foot. G4th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Carr Foster, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vi:e David; Gardiner, who exchanges. 65th Foot- -The promotion of Lieutenant Pillars Butler, has been antedated to the 18th July, 1862. 83d Foot--Lieutenant Nicholas Pennefather to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant William Forbes Ander son, appointed to the School of Musketry. 88th Foot--Ensign Frederick R. Wickham to be Lieut., by purchase, vice William John Saul, who retires ,• Gen tleman Cadet Henry Howorth, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wickham. 107th Fo ot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Money Fisher, from. the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice E. T. Rogers, deceased. 108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick East Apthorp, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Irwin, whose appointment on the 4th inst. has been can- celled. [st 'West India Regiment—Lieut. David Gardiner, from the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Foster, who ex. changes. DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain William James Ander son, 32d Foot, to ba Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain W. H. Peter Gordon Bluett, 10th Foot, who has held the a ppointment the prescribed period ; Quartermaster Joseph Clarke, from the 58th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Hopkins, who exchanges. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Samuel Maitland Iladaway to be Inspecror- General of Hospital, vice John Robert Taylor, C. 8., who retiree upon half-pay ; Surgeon-Major Francis ehai_nie! Annesley, from the Royal Engineers, to be Depn.Y. a i spector-General of Hospitals, vice Samu el lli at Vilnn° a Hadaway, promoted; Staff-Surgeon Colin Ma th eson M D. from half-pay, Engineers; Staff Miller to be Staff -Surgeo n, vice T. W. Fox, M. 8., appointed to the Roy:.M.D., has been Assistant-Surgeon W. Nealor Thur afi permitted to resign his commission.r Se to cond Captain Charles be Ca Vaughan ROYAL MILITARYbIiek Arbuckle, Royal Artil lery, Captain of a ns that appointment only, Charles Hunter, who res igns C om pany of Gentlemen C a d e ts, vice Second C apta i n BREVET. promotions to take place c onsequent on the Th d General Y _ _ Downes, U.C.B. Colonel of the 29th Foot, e ea fothllowofin on the 2 6th July, 1863 : Lieutenant -General Sir Wm. John Codrington, K,C 8., Colonel of the 23d Foot and Governor and Commander-in- Chief of Gibralt ar, to be Gene ral. Major-General Alexander Fraser, Lieutenant-Colonel, on half . pa y, 'Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant- General. Major-General Sir - Wiliam Henry Elliot, KC B • • •• Colonel of the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant General. Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, G C. 8., Colonel of the 4th Hussars, promoted a Major-General for distin guished service, and at present commanding the troops in Madras, with local rank of Lieutenant -General in India, to be placed on the fixed establishment of Major-Generals. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Clarges Wolfe Major on half-pay, unattached, to be Colonel. Captain and Brevet -Major Archibald Campbell Snod grass, a9th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Francis Barry Drew, Adjutant of a Depot Bat.. talion, to be Major. 1 BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Francis Hunt, game dealer, York John Chester, beerseller, Manchester Henry Lovell, innkeeper, Northampton Robert Thompson, baker, Boston John Dean, victualler, Kidderminster Eli Bowers, provision dealer, Stafford Henry A. Wildes, solicitor, Maidstone John Burningham, baker, Farnham, Surrey James Sanderson, dressing case maker, Kingaland Edward John Turner, accountant, New-cross Chas. Bradley, cabinetmaker, Doncaster Thos. Thomas c attle dealer, Lampha, Glamorganshire Daniel Sanders Southwell, confectioner, Dudley Thomas Maltby, farmer, Nottingham George Wilson, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne George Butt, whitesmith, Salisbury Arthur Arnold, grocer, Faversham Thomas Steadman, baker, Shoreham BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Francis Warden Dick, veterinary surgeon, Brighton SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Edward Reid, tailor, Glasgow George Moore Dunlop, drysalter, Glasgow John Richardson, grocer, Annan James Dewar, shoemaker, Auchterrnuchty A NOVEL FISHER.--A few days ago a duck was observed struggling with a fish at the side of a pond, at the farm-steading of Trowan, by one of the servants. On deter examination, it was found that the duck had caught and landed a pike, which weighed fully 21bs.—AF.cotsman, EXPORT OF COAL.—Return of coal exported from the port of Great Grimsby during the month of Julu, 1863 :—To France, 2,582 tons; Russia, 2,626 tons; Denmark, 2,116 tons; Hanseatic Towns, 1,857 tons; Prussia, 3 , 257 to ns ; Brazil, 1,133 tons ; Norway, 1 , 523 tons; Sweden, 516 tons—total foreign, 15,610 tons, corre sponding week 1862, 7,128 tons; coastwise, 2,201 tons, corresponding week 1862, 7 . 4 tons. Grand total, 17,811 tons, corresponding week 186 ), 8,849 tons , Increase 1563, B,9s2lncrease " ).- "AL ‘ 6 , ' 4 '3.14. ,5 10 Bt Bt 50 20 4.4.0 9.16.4 12.10 ei 7 123 123 41 651 6 101 i 1 106 5 f 128 a 92k