The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-01 00:00:00

p XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. I n the general discount market the supply of bills on offer is still sufficiently large to create activity, and, as the demand is sustained, full rates are still required by the bankers and brokers for the busi ness they transact. Owing, however, to their negotiation of superior descriptions of commercial paper at 3 y per cent., the inquiries at the Bank of England c ontinue on a very moderate scale. The authorities., it is thought, will soon be induced to consider the expediency of a reduction in their Minimum. quotation. A further sum of £65,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The failure was announced yesterday afternoon of Messrs. Jonathan Branden, merchants, of Ab church-lane. Friday next has been appointed for a special settlement in the shares of the Anglo Brazilian Geld Mining Company, which are not to bo marked in the offieial lists. During the last few days there has been very , little business transacted in the Foreign and Colo nial Produce Markets. The operations in tea have been suspended until the public sales, which com menced to-day. Sugars have been in moderate request at full rates, while there has been a fair in quiry for coffee at slightly enhanced prices for good and Blue descriptions. Rice continued dull, as also tallovr, which has been 425. 3d. per cwt. for present delivery, and 445. during the last three months of the year. Two o'CLoc K. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 08f, 60c.—very firm. In order to tacilitate the repairs which have now been going on at the Stock Exchange for some time, the committee have resolved to close the esta blishment on Saturday next. This will give the members and their employes the benefit of a holiday. There is not the slightest vitality in the market for Consols, which are neglected by speculators as well as the monetary classes. Despite the continued inactivity, ho NTever, there is a buoyant tone, and although a retrograde movement of a per cent. is sometimes experienced, the general tendency, as for some time past, is in an upward direction, a favourable effect being produced by monetary prospects, and, in fact, the entire absence of any circumstances calculated to induce depression. Consuls to-day have only been dealt in to a very small extent; the present quotations are 931 a for money, and 931 for the 9th inst., and 931 94 for the October account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuiti , ..s have improved to 931 j; the New 21 . per Cent. Annuities are also higher, at 77, and the 5 per Cent ditto are 1107, and the 30 Years ditto, 151. Exchequer Bills are again marked le. dis. to 2s, prem. India descriptions remain without much alteration ; the 5 per Cents. are 1084 t, the Enfaced ditto, 108, and the Bonds, 163. prem. Several important changes have occurred in the Foreign Market, and business is active. Mexican have risen 1, to 391 I. Greek are I better, at 371 1. The Coupons are ~1 4 . higher, at 181 I. Portuguese Loan improved to 4.91 501; Spanish Passive to 341 3 51-. The Certifi ca t e s are firm at 131 d ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, at 70 + ; and the Consolides, have risen 1, viz., to 528 1. The Confederate Loan, however, is 2 per cent. lower, at 27 to 25 discount. In the other descriptions the alterations have been mostly devoid of any special feature of interest. Egyptian 7 per Cents. have been marked 1011 for the first, and 1001 f)Y the second issue; Russian 5 per Cents., 921 93 ; Vonezuelan 3 per Cents., 25 1 —a rise of 1 per cent.—and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 584 591. Business has also been ne gotiated in Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 1021 103; and Italian 5 per Cents. at 72 1. In the Railway Share Market there has been a very limited amount of business negociated, and prices have in most instances shown less firmness. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland have each receded 55., and South Eastern, 10e. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained Without material variation. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally are at enhanced quotations. Bank of Egypt have im proved ss. ; Imperial Ottoman, 55.; London and Country, ss. ; International Financial shares are quoted 101 1 ; General Credit and Finance, 4I Hudson Bay Company, 41 j; and Egyptian Trad ing Company, 31/. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es per Cent. Con so l s A nnu i t i es 9 38 t I Neer Cent. per Cent. Annuities New 2t per Cent. Annuities 6 Per Cent. Annuities 4 -uri uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Di tto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15i Di tto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Inch a Stock Di tto 5 pet Cent lOBl f Di tto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Di tto 5} per Cent Dit to Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditt)) Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO l6 pm Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept, 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, I June, 2i per Cent. 1 21 per Cent. Rzeh eq tier Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 die I 2pm Ditto £5OO .. 1 die 2 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -- Ditto 1859 Brazaian 5 per Cent 1 Ditto 1839 and 1859 ........ 102 Ditto 1843 Bue Ditt 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 no o i Ayres 6 per Cent . Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian r 6 per Cent. Ditto 45 p er C ent. — Danish 4 p er C ent., 1863 — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825.. ... --. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Ditto,gyptian 7 per Cent .................. 101 1001 Second Issue ............ 1005 Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 36$ Ditto Account ...................... 36$ 8 761 7/ i 7 Ditto Coupons ...................... Ditto Account. .. . .......... Rail... . 18 178 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana way) 79 g o Mexican 3 per Cent .. ................. 181 5 18 Ditto Account ...................... 391 I Ii 1 Moorish Imperial, 5 per Cent • New Granada ........................ 16/ Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account .......... — Ditto Deferred • Peruvian 3 per Cent. .Ditto Account .............. Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, To, 62 506 491 Ditto A ccount ... ................ Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ S t — Ditto 41 per Cent 1850..., -- Ditto 3 pe r Cent., 1869. ... Dittos per Cent. • 1862 93 2 1 3 •Sardinian 6 per Cent..........' — SDitto Account panish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive SDitto Account panish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account..,, 136 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - Ditto Account Ditto, £IOO Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 186 2 Ditto Account 585 9 Dividends on the above payable in Londo n. ' Belgian 41 p er Cent., Ex. 25 , L I.. .. Lunch 2} per Cent., Ex. fi l2Gr te u s l Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates _ , W , — French Itentes, 3 per Cent, E . .. 2 I talian, 5 per C en t., 1861, Ex. 20 francs — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. 93i a Console, Mon v . . r 931 Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Strang,Pr es, about 8,600 bales. Import , 125 ; p r eviously, 6,462, `~--;-~_ SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. I , Share , Railways. Paid. I i I Price. done. —___---. Closing I Business 13.14. / Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 k. 5 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,anciMid.o all 84 8/ at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 1214 122 1211 i 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 75 $ A sets no div ) 10 lbo A I ~,1 . , __ all 10 Do. B ' beetn)Pre,aVlO"'l3. i all 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 39 40 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 951 6 1 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 111 113 111 •at Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 501 614 50 1 ; at Ditto A stock at Ditto EastAnglian at 100 211 251 et GreatNorthof Scotland 100 at Great Northern lOO 124 125 at Do A stock lOO 125 12a st Do Bdo at Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 98 100 st Great Western it Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 113 1131 1131 st Lonon and 100 74 75 74t at Lon., d Bright.,& Blackwall S. Coast 1 00 113 115 1131 4 at Lon., Chat, and Dover 100 41 43 at Lon. & North Western 100 101 1011 1011 4 at Lon. & Scrith Western 100 103 104 1035 21 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 45 434 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do 5 shares all 10 Metropolitan all 124 124 124 1 4 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 52 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 st Nth. Eastern—Berwiok 100 101 1011 101/ 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 d a st Do Lecda lOO 58 59 574 st Do York at Do Carlisle lOO at North London 10 Do New 12.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N . and S. W. Junction. all 114 124 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 46 17 at Do Scot Mid. stock., 100 100 102 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 30 22 at South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 9 10 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 25 Do „ lB 7 910 0 25 Do New, 1866, 73 Si P at Taff Vale.. .. ...... 10 Do B 8 54 i 10 Do C i 0 3 3 3/ p 60 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 2O —— p 51 at Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 158 162 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 et West Cornwall lOO 27 29 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at West Midland -Oxford 100 46 47 at Do Newport 100 39 41 at Do Hereford 100 104 106 i BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lawrence all 62 (.4 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 io n 1081 108; 7; Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New . ..... •• 8 1 11 p 20 Do. E. Shares....... 7 3 / 4 1 3 / 4 11 p 20 3 / 4 Buffalo and Laaeliuron ' all 5 1 6 3 / 4 10 Do. Preference . all 71 8 1 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godric . l, 10 , p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 100 Do. do. Jun,: 1, 1574 100 at Clcutta.ArS.Eatstn.(Liu) 100 107 3 / 4 IrB 3 / 4 st Cape Town 2 Dock Seri' 100 107 109 107 3 / 4 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 109 110 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c 100 108 1 , 9 1081 ; 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 11 lip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 11 11r, stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 3 / 4 214 21 3 / 4 20; 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 74 72 3 / 4 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 58 62 68 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 60 68 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 50 52 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 46 48 47 100 Do. do. deferred... ... all 36 28 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc—. all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 23 25 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua. s p.o. 100 108 3 / 4 109 i 103 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0. 12 1 lir, 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 1 3 / 4 _, stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 zoi Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 1 (0 1 10 1 20 3 / 4 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 96 98 97 100 Do. 53 p. 0. do. '77-8.... all 90 e 2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1I p stock Madras. guar., 5 P.0. .. 100 107 rlB 107 3 / 4 1 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 1013 1024 stock D 0.41 d 0........ 100 88 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Co. sp. o. Buds. 100 -- 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 59 1 100 Do. 7p. c. 2Liortg. Bds. alt 20 Newßrunswick ct Canda Class A and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'da6 po lst pf bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 107 3 / 4 108 i 1071 8.1 et Do. Delhi I d P 100 1074 108 3 / 4 j Do. do 2 • • 20 Do. Punjaub c cl? - all ——P at Do. Do. stock Do. Indus. S t Flo.) 000 103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a &J ui) 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug. 100 102 104 ; Do. dp. c.Mar & Sept 100 105 107 Do. sp. c. Jan &J uly. 100 94 95 942 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 ;Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap Oct. 1886 . 100 112 114 Do. 1891 , 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 1072 Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 110 11 2 -- ,N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&J ul) 100 1 05 106 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Om. 100 - S.W. Gov. 5 p 18 , 4 100 1002 101 i Do. sp. c.,18t1 to 1:',74' 100 1014 1021 Do. d0.,1888 &now& 100 102 103 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 ill 113 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 105} 106; 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO 1:1 113 18. Aus G6p.e..1678.& up lOO 110 112 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. to 6p.°. Am&Oot. 100 1131 1141 1 114 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 !Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I id chllord Amalgamated.. 32 34 32 Devon G. Com,. ( . Tavist.) 1 560 680 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 79 81 1 East Cloga u G o ld L t d . 53. 4d par East Caradon . 214.6 274 284 284 East Carn Brea.. E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 34 4 Gam..lzSt. Aubyn(Gwen.) f.Bl 7 10 (Ireat South 17s 3 4 G. Wheal Vor (H e l ston) 40 6 4 74 Grenville . .. 6.16. c 5f 61 flemd's-Foot 8.12 s 8 40 liingston Downs 4.18.0 2 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny Lelant w 29 EL illarke Valley.. 4 'Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2X 14 New Seton l6l 100 11 d 0 North Downs 24 2 24 N.Wh'l Basset (111o 4 au 2.17.0 2 4 34 North Wheal Crofty 2.4.9 34 4 !Par Consols (St. Blazey; 14 4 a 20 iProvidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.1 11 43 ' ;South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 410 420 IS. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 14 2 j c-'.Wheal Fran. (IllogarC 18.1,.9 55 85 Stray Park 5 famar Silv..t Lead Min 45 I - I rin Crott 9 194 204 West Basset (Illogan) l4 104 114 !W Cf radon (Liakeard) 5 21 23 I West Seton Wheal Basset (Megan) 51 65 70 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal — WhealLudcott Kitty (U.Lelant)l 2 2 .1 0 0 .1 —3 34 34 Wheal MaryAnnf ‘ Men.) 8 11 i 3 Wheal Seton 584 1215 125 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ), 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 21 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 111 • West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 132 n PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 103 i Metropolitan 5 per cent., ioi LINES LEASED AT FINED RENTALS. N L o o n r thoeninT a n di 1 bu E r y a , s a t e n r n d Sso per e t r h e c e n n d t , , 98 57 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 1111ahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 141 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 181 13 Turin ana Savona, 24 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 32 11 26 11 Yu daaamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 2} 113 2} JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of L on d on an d Li ver pool (UM.), 3 6 1 1 i Bank of Egypt, 261 71 Bank of Wales, lim., 3 Bank of New Zealand, 114 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 4 3i 4} British and American Exchange (lim.), 131 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 121 12 Chartered Bank of Ind ia , Australia and China, 31 301 City, 1014 , Consolidated Bank, lim.,vi English, Sew ch, and Australian Chartered,l22l Hindustan, China, and Japan (llm.), 231 Imperial Ottoman, 19} i } 4 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 431 a London and Brazilian (lim.), 444: London and County, 481 91 y London and Northern (lim.l, 9 London and Westminster, 78 Mercantile and Exchange. Um., 4} I i Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (Um.), 5} 1 Standard of British South Africa (lim,), 20} Union of Australia, 514 4 Union of England and France (lira.), 9} MISCELLANEOUS. Incto,m6lpasny, lim., 94 1 Anglo-Mexican Mint, 191 4 : o e al i n ni . tos C . :e r n: o c : Berlin Water Works, Um., 81 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, 11m., 3} 4 Electric Telegraph, 1031 d etl i kß t ispa a: ;s d uegn i out inance of London, lim., 41 1 } i International Financial Society, lim., 104 1 Peninsula and London Financial Association, Um., 121 Rio Di t ton i Oriental Inl d Steam, lira., 34 1 Oriental Steam, 801 80 4 _ e ro City Improvements, Um., 274 (X 4), 51 The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 139 to 1391 1 per cent., and the premium on gold about 26i per cent. At these prices there is little if any profit on the irn States. Portation of gold from the United THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. your money." I said there were three sovereigns in my 'desk, and she put her hand in her . purse and gave me an other sovereign. I asked her what she had done with the papers, and she said sbe bad burnt them all. The prisoner—Oh I no. I said, Mr. Holmes, I did it, and burnt the receipts. Holmes, in addition, stated that the prisoner handed to him a pair of gold ear drops she had taken out of the desk, On searching the fireplace he found the remains of an ivory handle, partly consumed. It had been taken out of the desk. Several little things belonging to his children which he placed in the desk were still missing. lie took from the prisoner 24 pawnbroker's duplicates. lie believed some of them related to stolen property. The prisoner—The duplicates are my own private pro perty. My husband has been intimate with another female, and has deserted me. Mr. Woolryeh—l don't want your private history. You are remanded on the charge of robbery for a week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LICHFIELD RACES—MONDAY. The City Stakes of 6 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for two and three-yr-olds; the winner to be sold by auction for £5O; maiden allowances. Half a mile. 5 subs. Mr, Wallace's Sir Watkin, Gst 81b (Britton) 1 Mr. Doyle's Jewel, 7st 21b . (A. Woodhouse) 2 Mr, Hineson's Lady Bountiful, 7st 21b (Con ner ) 3 Mr. Walker's Abernethy , Bst 121 b (Comery) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Jewel, 3to 1 agst Sir Watkin, sto 1 bar two. Abernethy cut out the work at his best pace, having Sir Watkin at his girths, Lady Bountiful a couple of lengths off, Jewel (who had the worst of the start, bringing up the rear. After going a quarter of a mile, Lady Boun tiful gave place to Jewel, and a distance and a half from home—Abernethy being beaten—Sir Watkin took up the running. Within the distance Abernethy dropped into the rear, and Jewel tried to overhaul Sir Watkin, but never being able to get up, was easily defeated by three lengths; two lengths separated the second and third, and a similar distance the third and fourth. The winner was not sold. The Staffordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 50 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and only 2 if declared ; winners extra, About one mile and one furlong. 24 cubs, 14 of whom declared. Mr. Crook's Erin-go-Bragh, 3 yrs, B st .... (Clement) 1 Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, 5 yrs. Bst 121 b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 2 Mr. Barber's Sails, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ............ (Britton) 3 Lord Wiltan's Herdsman, 3 yrs, Est 71b (A. Woodhouse) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Wynnstay, sto 2 (at first even) agst Bragh, 4 to 1 agst Herdsman, 100 to 15 agst Sails. After proceeding a couple of hundred yards, Wynnstay took up the running, followed for a quarter of a mile by Sails, Erin-go-Bragh third, and Herdsman last. With the exception into toe last place, there was ° n i o E a r l in te - r g a ° ti - o l3 n ra in gh tb d e r r o e p l p at in iv g e positrons until ap proaching the distance, where Sails and Herdsman were beaten, and Erin-go-Bragh drew alongside Wynnstay, whom he headed just within the distance, and won easily by half a length ; Sails a bad third. The Champagne Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; certain penal ties and allowances. Straight half mile. 20 subs. Mr. Crook's Dawdle, Bst 71b .............. 2 . (Clement) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's Practitioner, 9st 3113 .... (Morgan) 2 Mr. Goodlass's Pretty Girl filly, Bst 21b _ _ - (Mr. G, S. Thompson) 5 Marquis of Anglesey's Rattler, Bst 71b (D a l ey) 4 Measure for Measure, Fair Salopian, Bigotry, and Lon don also ran, Betting-2 to 1 agst Dawdle, 3to 1 agst Practitioner, 4 to 1 agst the Pretty Girt filly, 8 to 1 agst Measure for Mea sure, 10 to 1 agst any other. After several attempts an excellent start was effected; Dawdle, however, in the first half dozen strides got her head in front and increasing her lead had all her opponents " spread-eagled" at the distance, whence she cantered home and won by four lengths ; Practitioner beat the filly by Guicowar out of Pretty Girl by three lengths; Rattler finished a similar distance in rear of the Pretty Girl filly. Measure for Measure was fifth, London sixth, Fair Salopian seventh, and Bigotry last. The Tarnworth Plate (Handicap) of 3 soya earth, with 25 added, for all ages, winners extra; the winner to be sold by auction for 40: Three-quarters of a mile. ...... (E. T a yl or ) 1 Mr.A r P m r a a r t s t h ' sTph Peru, r P u , o n 4 y y , r 71b b t 8 . 1 ............ (Deacon) 2 Betting -2 and 3tol on The Pony, who made all the running and won in a canter by five lengths. The winner was bought. in for 90 guineas. The Beaudesert Welter Cup (Handicap) of 100 sovs, by subscription of 10 sovs each, 5 ft; winners extra; gentle men riders. One mile. 14 subs. Mr. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, 9st 91b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Keane, 4 yrs, lOst 71b.. (Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. J. Barber's Ophelia, 4 yrs, lOst 31b (Mr. IL Wombwell) 3 Mr, M. Blake weighed for Portland, 6 yrs, lOst 121 b, but the horse not getting to the post in time did not start. Betting —Even on Keane, 6 to 4 agst Golden Drop. Golden Drop made all the running and won easily by a neck. Hesse-Darmstadt and its Lawyers. A serious misunderstandin g has arisen between the assembly of German jurists and the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt. It would appear that already this year before the assembling of the learned body some differences arose respecting the reception which they would meet with from the Government of Hesse-Darmstadt. Whilst in Dresden two years since they were received by the King through the medium of a royal commission ; whilst at Vienna in the previous year au archduke was instructed by the Emperor to receive them in a most cordial and hospitable manner, the offer made by the Minister of Justice of Hesse-Darmstadt to greet the .council in the !lame of the ruler of the country dons not appear to have been considered suitable by them. It would seem, however, that an understanding was arrived at, and it was expected that on the visit of the council of jurists to Darmstadt, where a performance at the theatre had been arranged in their honour, Prince Alexander of Hesse would re ceive them officially. This hope was not, however, fulfilled, and hence arose an extraordinary scene, and a painful state of feeling in all concerned, The Frankfort Journal gives the following account of the matter : "A sad misunderstanding occurred at Darmstadt on Thursday last. The council of jurists, who were invited to visit the theatre by the Grand Duke, left the house in a body. Prince Alexander wished to receive the standing committee and the officials of the assembly of jurists i❑ the name of the Grand Duke; but, as the train was a heavy one, it was unavoidably delayed, and, unfortunately, there was no attempt at any reception of the deputation, which represents the jurisprudence of entire Ger many_ The gentlemen, therefore, proceeded to the palace in groups, where, to their astonishment, they found the doors closed, and a servant informed them that the Prince was not at home, and that he had awaited their arrival, but had felt himself obliged to proceed to the opera to receive the princes who had in the meantime arrived at the theatre. This intelligence was circulated through the crowd of lawyers as they proceeded to the theatre, while many who had not been made aware of the circum stances had already arrived there. Of the Congress of Princes, the following amongst other sovereigns were present at the theatre :--The Kings of Bavaria and Hanover, the Electoral Prince of Hesse, the Duke of Nassau, and the Crown Prince of Wurtem burg. The news of the non-reception of the jurists quickly became circulated throughout the house, and immediately on the fall of the curtain at the close of the first act, and as the princes were about to retire from their seats to enjoy a promenade in the lobby, a person arose and announced that as no reception had been accorded to the permanent de putation they could not visit the house, and that on this account the assembly of jurists agreeing with them would leave the theatre. This they did, and the princes were left to face the empty benches. The council of jurists soon reassembled at the Casino, where they had ordered a supper to be pre pared after the termination of the performance ; and here they were joined by the ladies, who sided with them in their secession movement. The ex citement here was very great until Privy Councillor Wachter, the president of the council of jurists, gave the explanation as stated above. It was also communicated to the members that the Minister of Justice, M. Lindelof, had given an explanation to the effect that the prince awaited them at the theatre, to receive them there instead of at the rail way station. The public feeling on the matter is somewhat strong, and is increased by the circum stance that the tickets issued for the front row boxes on Thursday evening were recalled, as the seats were required by the Court for the accommodation of the princes." BOW-STREET. THE EFFECTS OF GOING TO A RAFFLE.—James Dacy was placed at the bar, charged with violently assaulting the police. Police-constahle F 87, said about quarter to two he was on duty near the Turnstile when the prisoner came through the court, and without the slightest provocation struck him a blow on the eye and knocked him down, the prisoner also falling. He got up and seized the prisoner, when a violent struggle ensued and eventually he was thrown down, when four of the prisoner's companions began kicking him in the mast savage manner. He continued his hold of the prisoner notwithstanding the ill-treatment, when a gentleman in the crowd came forward and rendered him assistance. The prisoner's friends, heating the police were approaching, ran off. Alfred Button, 61, Theobald's• road, said he was coming down Holborn and heard a loud cry of " Police," and pro ceeding to the spot from whence the cries proceeded, he found the constable being ill-treated by four or five ruffians, companions of the prisoner, who made of. He assisted the constable to secure the prisoner, and with the aid of another constable ho was conveyed to the station-house. Prisoner—Why, the constable was the one as was drunk. I'd been to a raffle, so I was sober enough, I'm certain of it. He kicked me about the legs, and then we had a struggle, and we both went down. I was quite sure I was not drunk. Mr. Henry—You are sure of that ? Prisoner—Oh yes. Constable—He was drunk, your worship. Priconer—l wasn't; you was. I'd been to a raffle for a friend, who had had a misfortune. Don't believe him, as he's telling falsehoods. He struck me first, and of course I hit him again. That accounts for us going to the ground. Mr. Henry—Whether you were drunk or sober would make but little difference. lam only sorry I cannot send you to prison for a considerable time. I shall not allow you the option of paying a fine, but I commit you for one month's hard labour in the House of Correction. ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT ►SUICIDE.—A middle-aged man, named Kenning, was placed at the bar, charged with attempting to poison himself. Police-constable P 17 said he was calla to the residence of the prisoner in Lascelles-place, and there found him suffering from the effects of poison. Two surgeons were in attendance, and after much trouble the effects of the poison were counteracted, and the prisoner was conveyed to the workhouse till he had perfectly recovered. Bin Henry—What made you take the poison ? Prisoner--I had a quarrel, and I was so much excited that I did not know what I was about. lam very sorry now. Mr. Henry—l should advise you to govern yourself a little better. Was it an excitement occasioned by drink ? The prisoner's wife here stepped forward, and having admitted that both she and her husband had rather hot tempers, said she was certain he would not repeat his folly if he was discharged. Mr. Henry, having cautioned the prisoner, ordered him to be discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BURGLARY.—Thomas Clark, a lad, described as of no home nor occupation, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mr. James Harrison, landlord of the Sun Tavern, Noel-street, Wardour-street, and stealing several articles belonging to Mr. Harrison and a lodger of his named Walker, Sergeant George Bentley, 13 C, deposed that about half past four o'clock this morning he was in a court in Noel street, when he saw a light in the back kitchen of the Sun Tavern, one of the shutters of the kitchen window having been taken down.; He tried the door in the court leading to the kitchen, and finding it unfastened, he walked in and said, " Who is there." There was no answer, but on look ing about he found the prisoner in the water-closet with his shoes off. The prisoner said, "It is all right, lam the son of the landlord," and on asking him where his father was, he said he was in bed, and went up stairs with him (the sergeant) to show him where his father slept, but could not find the room for a time, and when he fixed on it it turned to be the room of a young man. The prisoner then said he remembered which room it was, that it was down stairs, and then slipped behind him and bolted away into Oxford-street, but he followed him and brought him back, and on searching the kitchen he found on the floor a quan tity of knives and forks and wearing apparel placed ready for removal. On searching the prisoner at the station he found in his possession only two lucifer matches, and on making an examination of the premises he found that the prisoner had got over a low wall in the court and forced out a panel of the door, which led from the back parlour to the area. Mr. Harrison said the prisoner was formerly his potman. On the previous night he (Mr. Harrison) fastened up the house securely. The panel of the door was in its place, but was cracked. The whole of the articles produced, with the exception of a great coat which belonged to a lodger, were his property and of the value of about 30s. Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prisoner making no defence, committed him for trial. WESTMINSTER. THE MAGISTRATES AND THE POLICE.—Mary Ann Frazer, a woman of the town, was charged with the follow ing disgraceful conduct _ Police-constable Chant, 282 B, said that he wss attracted by a noise at 4 o'clock this morning, in the King's-road, Chelsea, and on going there found the defendant. She was partly intoxicated, and was walking up and down in front of a cab rank, with her clothes pulled up to her waist, and was, in addition to this disgraceful conduct, using very obscene and disgusting language. He took her into cus tody, and she repeated it all the way to the station. Defendant said, " I assure your worship that all this statement against me is untrue, and I entreat you to inves tigate it. I was quietly proceeding down the road, after having taken some tea, when this constable came and asked me what I did there, telling me that that was not my beat, and I had no business there. He then laid hold of me and pushed me, and took me to the station. I was perfectly sober, and had done nothing whatever to deserve such con duct towards me. Mr. Arnold—Then all this statement about your expos ing yourself in front of the cab rank is untrue. Defendant—Believe me, sir, it is perfectly untrue, and it is quite as untrue that I used obscene language. Police-constable Chant—There is a policeman here who heard her. A constable was called, but merely proved an ejaculation of a not very uncommon character among l ow people, w hich he alleged she uttered in complaini ng that he was hurting her. The Clerk—Did you hear any other language ? Witness—No, I did not. Mr. Arnold-45 the inspector here who took the charge at the station? Inspector Holden—He is not. Mr. Arnold—ls the supernumerary man here ? Inspector Holden—He is not. Mr. Arnold—Then I shall discharge the prisoner, and shall mark the sheet that my reason fo r that cours e is that there is no one fro m the station. I hav e re p eatedl y taken occasion to point out the necessity of the inspector or super numerary man being present, and have marked the sheet to denote that they were not. I don't know whether these sheets are ever laid before the commissioners, or whether anything say may be thought worthy of attention, but I must repeat, that there is the greatest necessity for one of these officers being present. In the present case there is on the part of the defendant a most positive denial of the charge, and in a t one an d manner w hi c h, I must say, cer tainly looks mach like truth, and, in order to fully investi n a place, n t Defendant (dropping on g gate the c ase , i t i s necessary that the off i cer w h o had the charge, or som e one present, should b e here t o s tate what too ed he Defendant r knees) exclaimed, " Thank you, s i r . Y ou have done justice to me." THAMES. A POLICE CONSTABLE ROBBED IN HIS OWN HOUSE. —Mary Papps, alias Epps, a married woman, aged 33 years, was brought before Mr. Woolrych. charged with stealing a mahogany writing desk containing £3 7s. 6d., a pair of ear-drops, sundry papers, and other property be longing to John Holmes, a police-constable, No. 202 H. The prosecutor, an old police-officer, who is very much respected for his civility and the firm and temperate man ner he has executed the duties of his office, said he was dwelling with his famly at No. 17, Gloucester-street, Com mercial-road, East. The prisoner had lodged in the same house for some time. On Saturday afternoon last his wife said she had lost her writing desk, that it had suddenly disappeared from their room. It contained 3 sovereigns, 3 half-crowns,a pair ofgold ear - drops,other articles and sundry papers and receipts. He had a suspicion the desk had not gone out of the house. He questioned the prisoner about it, and she mild he was quite welcome to search her room. Ho aid so, and she gave him apparently every possible facility for doing so—removed chairs and tables, took the counterp: ne, sheets, and blankets off her bed, and turned over the pillows and bolster. He could not find the desk. Prisoner —It was in my room all the time--it was indeed. Holmes proceeded—l asked her if she had any idea who had robbed him of his desk, and she said, " No, I have not, Mr. Holmes —I hopo you don't think it's me. Search again.' I did so w ith no better succes s. P r i so ner--The desk was in my room all the time, believe me it Was. n e s h — e I s a a i s d k , e n d e h e h e r e if H s hee informedh a dsee n ht e a i n n y e b p o e d e anybody r in w h t he t so, and directed my still." 1 was convinced h h a alu d Va t ei a t' ken place, and he said " Your deskis in the h ouse day afternoon I determined to make tl aido actions.ther se; r c ne ter prisoner's room, and she said , wife to watch the prisoner's ictonwa e d "You can find the desk now, Mr. Holmes, and on turning o ver the things I did find my desk between the bed and the mattre ss. been broken op en an d was em pty. The lock was forced. It had The prisoner —I opened it with a knife. said, " Y ou oug h t to b e as h ame d of yourself, because w hen my H d o e l s m k s a — n and s a h sk e e z d ep t d p: prisoner u h s o e w I s she n c a t e m d e ni t o e r h o e b y me o l f ever you w an t e d money I l e t y o u have some." She then took two sover e i gns f rom h er bosom, and said, "Here .s BETTING AT MANCHESTER--MONDAY. - - ---•- ------- - - - For the St. Leg-r, Lord Clifden was a little in demand; 5 to 1 was booked about him, and 9 to 2 freely offered. The only other change was with Pratique, against whom any price was offered. Closing prices : DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 6to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 11 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (offered) 100 to 15 agst Ranger (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Borealis (offered) 40 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Pratique (offered) CONVICT DISCIPLINE. . - The following petition to the Queen has been recently sent by the British Association for procuring an amend ment in convict discipline : To the Queen Most Excellent Majesty. The humble Petition of your Majesty's faithful subjects, the Association established in Bristol and the West of England for obtaining an alteration in convict discipline, Showeth—That towards the close of last year much alarm was created throughout the country by the general increase of crime, and in particular by an increase of crimes of violence against the person. That in the month of December last your Majesty was pleased to authorise and appoint certain commissioners to make diligent and full inquiry into the operation of the two acts of Parliament, passed respectively in the years 1853 and 1857, commonly called " The Ticket-of-Leave Acts." That the said Royal Commissioners have lately presented to your Majesty their report upon the matters into which they were commanded to inquire. That the said report contains many suggestions for im proving the treatment of convicts sentenced to penal servi tude, some of which, in the present state of the law, cannot be carried into effect, but must await the sanction of the Legislature; others enter too much into detail to justify us in occupying your Majesty's attention with them; while in certain others we do not feel ourselves able to concur. That, passing over these three classes of suggestions, w humbly crave your Majesty's leave to invite your royal consideration of the following moat important and valuable recommendations : First—That remission of punishment should henceforth be obtained only by strenuous industry, combined with good conduct, and should no longer be the consequence of mere abstinence from misbehaviour in prison. On this head the Commissioners remark "That the re gulations now in force in England seem to us to be need lessly complicated, and to have the fault that they do not hold out to convicts a partial remission of their punishment as a reward to be earned by good conduct and industry, but assume that this remission will be granted unless more or less of the proffered advantage should be forfeited, in conse quence of the convicts having failed to deserve it." " The distinctim between this system and that (adopted in Ireland) of making whatever remission of punishment is allowed to 5 convict something which he must earn, we consider to be one of great importance." Second—Your Majesty's Commissioners further recom mend that the treatment of the convict should commence with a period of separate confinement, monotonous labour, a nd low diet, after which he should be permitted to raise himself by industry and good conduct from class to class, each class being kept in complete separation from all the others, and not exceeding in number two or three hundred. Third—That having earned his ticket -of-leave and ob tained his discharge thereon, he should find himself under the supervision of proper officers until th e expiration of the sen tence passed upon him at his trial. —Fourth—That such supervision while (as in Ireland) it will furnish a refuge to the well-conducted ticket-of-leave man against unfounded charges and suspicions, will hold him to strict responsibility ; and in the event of his break ing the condition on whicn his ticket was granted, will be come the means whereby he will be again returned to pri son, there to undergo, in whole or in part, the remainder of his sentence. That your petitioners humbly venture to express their belief that the changes in the discipline of convicts which your Majesty's Commissioners have in these four recom mendations suggested will materially augment the security of the public, by stimulating convicts to 'she/1r in the task of self-reformation, by destroying the impunity w ith wh i ch unreformed or relapsed convicts when discharged in Eng land on tickets-of-leave now fall back into their evil courses ; and by giving facilities for identifying c r i m i na l s who have been already convicted, thus insuring them a long and severe sentence as the result of a second verdict of guilty, We, your Majesty's petitioners, do therefore humbly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to di rect mea sures to be t a k en f or promp tly conferring on your people the advantages which we confidently expect will flow from the improvements herein set forth. And your petitioners will ever pray, &C. (Signed) Ducts, President of the Association. M. D. HILL, Chairman of the Committe. Sir George Grey has written to the secretary of the asso ciation,acknowledging the reoeipt of the petition, and stating that it has been laid before her Majesty, who received it very graciously. A Penny for the Waiter. Dr. Johnson was fond of maintaining that, on an almost incredibly small sum per annum a man might live very respectably in London, though he admitted that this reconciliation of cheap living with respecta bility could not be effected without some inconveni ences, one of which was the penalty of avoiding fashionable society except on " clean shirt days." It was not a mere theory with the doctor, but an art which the brave fellow had been compelled to reduce to practice when he came up to town with his friend Garrick, and began to write for the booksellers. For a few coppers, Johnson told Boswell, he used to dine at a tavern, at the same table with intelligent and well informed men, who could afford, and who paid for, better dinners than his. " And, sir," he added, "I was the best served, for they only gave a halfpenny to the waiter, and I gave a penny." It won!cl be easy enough, no doubt, to trace the custom of the waiter's penny far beyond the time when Mr. Cave kept shop at St. John's Gate, and the future author of " Itasselas " was " a young man from the country ;" but it is enough to know that this penny has con tinued in circulation so long, before we ask, When is it likely to be called in or worn out ? It is a tax which in general is lightly felt and therefore easily borne ; it may often he considered a bore, but it hardly reaches the dignity of an abuse; and any waiter to whom you give a penny could no doubt supply you with cogent reasons why he should put it in his pocket, though he might be unable to con vince a logician that the public ought to pay the waiter, and that the waiter ought to pay his employer for allowing the public to do so. Vails to servants were, at one time, an almost universal nuisance, which seems at last to have died from rapid overgrowth. It grew so tall and so stout that it fairly blocked up , the doorways of hospitable men, for persons of mo derate means could not afford to forsake the com parative cheapness of an hotel, and by visiting at a private house, incur the payment of a month's wages to each of the servants. If vails have not gone en tirely out of fashion—and it would be peevish to desire that they should—their payment is no longer the system that it once was, and now if a friend likes to receive us with empty pockets, we need not feel ourselves smitten down beneath the patronising airs of his butler, or withered by the reproach ful looks of his housemaid. The expiration of the system only did harm to those employers whose servants depended for their wages upon the gifts they received ; but if the " penny for the waiter" were put out ofcirculation to-morrow, neither master, nor man, nor customer would be injured thereby. In the interests of the vast numbers of people who, in all large towns, are daily in the habit of dining at eating houses and hotels, we might ask why this tax, of a penny in the shilling say, should be levied at all. You may buy a suit of clothes, or a box full of books and cigars, without any gratuity to the person who serves you—why not a dinner ? The tailor, the bookseller, or the tobacconist pays his servants, and no doubt his cus tomers keep them. That is, he pays the wages of his servants out of the profits of hi s trade. It is just the same with the butcher, and we should like to see it satisfactorily ex plained why the man who sells raw meat should p a y his own servants, while the man who sells cooked meat should not only expect the public to pav his servants, but, in a vast number of cases, compels his servants to pay him for the privilege of working under him. One would think it would be just as easy for him to pay his own waiters, and advance the price of his beef and mutton. It would simply be to substitute indirect for direct taxation. B u r, no ; let the waiter have his penny. The CUE torn is ancient, and let it continue, if only out of respect for the memory of 1)r. Johnson. It is only because it seems to involvo a stupid principle that we have referred to it. If it is not too stupid to live, it is hardly worth going out of the way to put it oat of life.—London .Review. TIME ENOUGH FOR IT!—A grand hall for the Inner Temple is said to be in contemplation. That of Lin coln's Inn cost ; ''o believe, over £150,000. FRENCH BABIES !--The present annual average of enfants tronves for all France is about 2 5,000: some 2,000 of them die immediately, but the remaining 23,000 may be supposed to be put out to nurse in the coun try. It is probable that at least 50,000 more are similarly placed by their own relations ; indeed, M. Husson states that the capital alone sends 15,000 children to country nurses every year. The total nurabsr of babies annually q uar t ered in the villages may, therefore, be taken at a probable mini mum of 73,000. —.Bentley's Miscellany, for September. RUSSIAN ATROCITIES, - 4.- WILNA, Aug. 25. At length the Mina Courier has officially an nounced that the author of the attempt on M. Domejko has been discovered. His name is Bien kowski. The Courier says that he has acknow ledged his guilt, and that his two accomplices have been also captured and are undergoing their trial. It appears, therefore, that the two Rewkowshis, Jablonski, and Sipowicz, who were hanged without trial for the attempt on M. Domej ko, were innocent —a fresh proof, if such were needed, of the unscrupu lous tyranny of the savage Mouravieff. This faithful agent of the policy of Russia in Poland has recently added to his many crimes by another deed worthy of a Timour or a Tamerlane. In the village of Djika, near the town of Bialystok, two of the peasants, seized by the insurgents, and, abundant proof of their guilt having been obtained, hanged by order of a court-martial. The peasant guard of the village, knowing that the sentence was a just one, took no notice of the matter. Unfortunate:y it came to the ears of Mouravieff, who immediately ordered the whole village to be burnt to the ground. The order was executed to the letter ; the village is in ashes ; all the inhabitants, without exception, have been sent to Siberia, and their land has been sold to raskolinks. That these terrible deeds are not to be ascribed to the savage character of one individual, but to the system adopted by the Russian Government, is proved by the fact that in nearly every district of Poland the Russian governor treats the inhabitants in accordance with the same barbarous policy. The Mouravieff of Suwalki is Prince Wittgenstein, an officer who bears the character of being an amiable and humane man. The events lam about to relate that the mere fact of his having become an in instrument of Russian policy hee transformed him into a cruel tyrant. Some days back the Rus sians captured seven peasants whom they suspected of being Polish gendarmes. In order to compel them to acknowledge their guilt, the usual expe dient of torture was resorted to; and, when they fainted iu consequence of the sharpness of their sufferings, cold water was thrown over their mangled bodies in order to prepare them for fresh torments. At length they yielded, and Wittgenstein con demned them to die without the consolations of reli gion. Some members of the inquisitorial committee having interceded in their favour, this sentence was commuted, with regard to three of the accused, to hard labour in the mines of Siberia. These three men, condemned to a punishment perhaps even more terrible than death itself, were bound hand and foot and thrown into a cell, where they passed the night before their dreadful journey on the bare ground—insulted, kicked, and spat upon by the soldiers who guarded them. The remainder were similarly treated. Next morning the four victims were taken in a cart to the gallows. The first three met their fate with a noble indifference; the fourth, a youth of 17, named Wysocki, seemed to feel more deeply the dreadful fate that awaited him. As he stood on the steps of the gallows, he raised his eyes to heaven, and exclaimed, in a voice which impreesed conviction of his innocence on all who were present, " Brothers ! God is my witness, I die innocent." Seeing his mother near, he burst into tears. The soldiers called out to her to go away, but she refused, declaring she would look on her son to the last. But the sight was too much for her; as the fatal noose was being draw, o round her son's neck she fainted, and was varied away by the people. During the execution Witt genstein had cannon brougnt out into the streets, fearing a popopular tumult. As he signed the decree sentencing them, he said, " I will show that I am no worse than Mouravieff." Such s the example presented by the Russian Government to its employes in Poland. Count Persigny on the French Empire, Count do Persigny has just pronounced at the Cercle des Arts et du Commerce at St Etienne an address (published in the illoniteur), iu which he gave an account of the progress of the empire and of the development of its institutions. As in former years, the hon. speaker dwelt on the necessity of all parties forgetting their differences in order to con solidate the present Government, tinder which the country has arrived at so high a point of prosperity, pointing out forcibly that the Emperor when he arrived at power was quite alone, not having round him even the old servants of his family, so that he was under the fortunate necessity of constituting his Government by emp!oying men of all classes. The Count considers it a great error on the part of the Liberal party in France to endeavour to copy in a servile manner the institutions of England, forgetting that the parliamentary system is only possible in an aristocratic country, where the exe cutive power can pass without inconvenience from the hands of the Sovereign into those of the great speakers of the Parliament, as the representatives of a powerful aristocracy. He says _ _ " It is certainly a singular aberration of a political school I Forgetting that the indirect nomination of Ministers in England by the Parliament is only a result of the cl'vil and political state of that country, men wished to make it a con dition of liberty in France I There, where in consequence of a long existing state of universaldecentralisation, the Crown interferes in nothing, and the aristocracy has a hand in everything, it is natural that the latter should choose its instruments. Here, on the contrary, in a democratic coun try, where the Sovereign, who is the delegate of thepeoPle, has the mission to do what is effected by the aristocracy in England, how is it to be imagined that his agents should be in any other hands than his own ? That under another regime any speaker whose sympathetic and impassioned voice had excited the applause of his auditory, should imagine that it belonged to him to govern France; that he should think himself fitted, not only to charm, captivate, and overrule an assembly, but also to direct a whole vast political hierarchy, and even to handle our land and sea forces, there was nothing in that which exceeded the limits of huuiau vanity. But how could pretensions of that kind interest liberty ? What! if the most eloquent speaker of the Chamber is not at the same time Minister, there is no liberty in France ? In truth, one is confounded wheß it is remembered with what seriousness such doctrines were affirmed. But liberty, which is of all times and of all coun tries, is susceptible of all forms, and those forms vary with the social state, manners, history, and a thousand circum stances of climate, race, and locality. In antiquity, the liberty of Athens did not more resemble that of Sparta than did the liberty of Rome that of Carthage ; or, in the middle ages, the liberty of Venice resemble that of Florence. Why, then, should liberty in France be copied after the model of England? In the place of a great aristocracy covering th e soil with vast domains rendered immovable by the law of entail, and disposing of enormous means of influence, we have an administrative hierarchy which alone constitutes all the political organism of our democracy, and outside of which there are only grains of sand, without cohesion and without adherence. And it is that same hierarchy—that instrument of authority, order, and public Peace—this essential organ of the every-day life of the country, that certain minds would wish to see aga in abandoned t o th e mercy of the agitations of the tribune, to be tossed about between the triumphant speaker of one day and the vic torious orator of the morrow I Thus, gentlemen, by restor ing in our institutions the fundamental prin c i p l e of au thority as well as liberty, the Emperor ha s re-established order in the State, a s f a creating a Governm ent party re moved from all antagonism of classes, he h as re-established order in society." Count de Persigny urged that to In conclusion , assure the destinies of the Empire nothing more was required, and he trusted posterity would ap preciate the patriotism of those who had sacrificed their party to the country we have," he said, "a high and noble mission to per form, for the country expects from us the greatest service w hich the present generation can render to it—that of com pleting the foundation of its Government. We have faith in that mission. Yee, all, such as we are, from the dignitaries of State to the inhabitants of the most humble villages we shall be honoured in our posterity for the work which we shall have accomplished. A day will come in which, under the reign of a prince named Napoleon IV. or Napoleon V., our grandsons wtll say with pride of each of us—' Ho be longed to that faithful and devoted party which, in found ing the Empire, put an end to our revolutions, and ensured the greatness, prosperity, and liberty of France.' " Mr. GOUGH is telling his American audience What he considers a good joke at the Cockney dia lect; but he must remember (it has been suggested with $ l 5 , good humour) that there is many a true word spoken in jest. He says—" Once while on a lecturing tour through England I was introduced to a village audience in these terms :—' Ladies and gentlemen, I 'ave the honour to in troduce to you the distinguished lecturer, Mr. John B. Gough, who will address us en the subject of temperance. You know that temperance is thought to be rather a dry subject; but to-night as we listen to our friend the horator from hover the ocean we may 'opo to 'ave the miracle of Sampson repeated, and to be refreshed with water from she jaw-bone of a bass I"' SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. LICHFIELD RACES—Tins DAY. HY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPELAND NURSERY HANDICAP Cutaway Dermot Asthore Edward the Confessor Six ran GOLD CUP. Umpire Golden Drop Misfortune Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. Pretty Girl filly 1 Edward the Confessor ANSON PLATE. Miss Juli a Keane , 2 Sir Watkin Seven ran THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE. —This Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, AUG. 29. Notice is hereby given that the apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed on Wednesday, the 9th day of Sept. next ; they will be re-opened, under the usual regulations, on and after Tuesday, the 15th of September. CROWN OFFICE, Auo. 29. MEMBER RRTURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Ludiow—Sir Wm. Augustus Fraser Bart in the room of Beriah Botfield, Esq., deceased. ' '' WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 1. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—General Sir William Maynard Gomm, G.C.8., from the 13th Foot to be Colonel, vice Field-Marshal Cohn, Lord Clyde, G.C.8., K. 5.1., deceased. 13th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Philip McPherson, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir William Maynard Gomm, G.C.8., transferred to the Colonelcy of the Cold stream Guards. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Joseph Adamson, maltster, Wakefield Christopher Warwick, painter, Scarborough Joseph Hill, insurance agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Robert Rook, corn miller, Leeds William Rhodes, grocer, Leeds Hugh Wood, engraver, Wolstarton, Staf f ordshire Frederick Bull, horse dealer, Barton under Needwood John Stanley, publican, Wapping Edward Caine, wheelwright, Wolverhampton David Buyers, grocer, Boston Wm. Aspinwall, upholsterer, Bond-street Wm. F. Hammond, auctioneer, Carey -street BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Hert W. Hart, Upper Albany-street Aristides Xenos, merchant, Threadneedle-street John T. Tolfree, cook, Holy well-street Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam .. Short. 11 17 11 lii Ditto ........ , ... 3 Month!, 11 19 11 191 Rotterdam . ......... 11 19 • 11 193 Antwerp... „ ....... 25 55 25 60 Brussels ............ 25 55 25 60 Rambla/fa .......... 13 81 13 81 Paris ............. Short 25 25 25 32f D'Ato ............ 3 Months, 25 521 25 55 Nlarseilles .. . ...... 25 1 Frankfort on Maine.. . 52 . 25 67i 1191 119 f Vienna ........... 'Trieste 11 40 11 45 Petersburgh ........ . —3 6 i Berlin ....... Madrid Cadia Leghorn Milan •• • • 25 65 25 70 Genoa 25 65 25 70 Naples Palermo .. 25 671 25 721 Messina .. .. 25 673 25 72± Lisbon •— 521 52± Oporto — 621 63 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars z 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Stand ar d) 0 0 0 South American Doublons SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. HULL, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--Marianne, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Charlotte Harrison, from Quebec. KINGSTOWN, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Black Swan, from Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 3L--Wind SW.—Arrived--"Vic toria, from London for New York. _ _ BRISTOL, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Fanny, from Barbadoes. SWANSEA, Aug. 31.—Wind W.—Arrived—Deeralayer, from Caldera. DUNBAR, Aug. 31,—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Falcon, from Quebec. RY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Adler, 4, Captain Klatt, from Dantsic, last from Yarmouth, has arrived i n th e Sound. After being suppl i ed with coal and pr ov i s i ons s h e will sail for Constant inople and Athens. 10.15 Ix. The schooner Minerva, of Scilly, Captain Rich, with coal, foa this port, was run down in the Chops of the Channel on Sunday by the smack Elizabeth M'Cowan ; the schooner Incentive, Captain Cock, of Bideford, from Cardiff, with railway iron for Gigon, sprang a leak on Sunday morning, and went down six miles south-west of Looe Island yester day. Both crews are in the Sailors' Home here. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVSEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 31— Marsha l l Peasier, from Mauritius; Middleton, from Guernsey ; Zephyr, from Gravelines. Arrived, Sept. I—Hoppett, from Hamburg ; Amelia Lang, from Rouen. Sailed, Sept. I—London (steamer), for Gottenburg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Highland Mary, from Buenos Ayres, for Ant werp ; Sultana, from Colombo, for London ; He t l h en . , from Jamaica, for London ; Eneid, from west, for nor , War rior Queen, from London, for Calcutta;M ial atamddoer:roin fromi London, for Cardiff; T R H Q, Commercial east, for west f r om Shields, for Mauritius. Anchored—Flora Bye, RACING FIXT fRES FOR 1863. :MBER. SEPT: 1 2 3 3 W ar wick KWeymouthDDiee nrvgbYsiLaSYnn idn Easter ...... 8 Leicester ..............10 Doncaster .............. 1 5 OCT , Coventry ........ Bedford Caledonian Hunt Newmarket S. 0... 12 Novx 3 ' Worcester .. Wordsley gl Brecon . 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 Edinburgh, &c. Club 30 !OBER. Lineoln Autumn ...20 Kelso 2l Gloucester ..22 Newmarket Houghton ..26 LBER. Shrewsbury Autumn.... 16 THE GAME SEASON IN THE EAST.—There is EL good supply of partridges awaiting their doom this season in Norfolk, and doubtless a large number will be brought down to-day. The past summer has been excred ingly favourable for the rearing of game of every kind, and stands out in strong relief in this respect against 1862. Not only has the Prince of Wales secured a shooting estate in Norfolk, but his Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh has followed the illustrious example. The Duke of Wel lington has, however, left the county, having disposed of the Clermont. lodge estate, to which his Grace in former years invited the Duc de Blalakhoff and other distinguished guests. The harvest being completed, sportsmen will have an uninterrupted range over most of the fields, and should to-day prove fine, some capital bags will doubtless be made up in Norfolk, Suffolk, and the adjoining counties. It was expected at one time that the Prince of Wales would come down to Sandringham early this monih for the pur pose of dealing execution among the partridges, with which the estate abounds, and that his Royal Highness and the Princess of Wales would come on to the Norwich festival. The Prince and Princess seem, however, to have found su perior attractions in the Highlands at present. WRECK ON THE SUSSEX COAST.—NEWHAVEN , Monday N:ght.—Tnia morning, in a gale from the S.S.W. and a heavy sea, the schooner Cestrian, of Chester, in running for the harbour, grounded on the bar. At the rising of the tide she drifted into dangerous breakers. As soon as she was observed the lifeboat of the National Life boat Institution was promptly manned and launched, and towed out by the harbour steam tug. Alta some difficulty and risk, the lifeboat took off the vessel's crew of five men and safely landed them. The boat behaved admirably, and the crew deserve all praise, A Frankfort letter in the Moniteur gives an account of the labours of the Congress, hich seems to diminish their importance, as it represents the resolutions ado2tedin common by the sov ere i gns t o have no de fi nitive character, and as only constituting au eventual basis for ulterior deliberations.