The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-29 00:00:00

I At 'russia sty at wards their ecom at the peeted .k. ly the ges a .stival in the nthu- re the rn to ealth. death 'araily ie de- ige is I week Cam nheim r. In. ighton. mice- 8 just The 7hargi , was owing have , their eir re— a to- l the fs the -.-_,_-..--,-"- :Da 0 N NARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Business CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. continues moderately active in the dis count circles, and there is no disposition on the part of the bill brokers at present to relax their Zrzs. Towards the end of next week, after the is iikediuyetoonptrheeva4'h a re li qu id ated, an easier feeling About ...,-P34,00()1in gold wa s t a k en i n t o th e B an k yesterday. There was a sli g hts y d ownward movement i n the foreign exchange yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie amounted to £854:800, and the exports to £345,100. Two o'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f, 80c.—firm. During the early part of the day the English Stock Market was a little flatter, but Consols at the close were again quoted 933,1 for money, and 93 } for the account. Very little business has been negotiated, and the market has consequently presented an extremely dull appearance. The New Tbrees and Reduced Annuities are 93f 4 ; Exchequer Bills, Is. dis. to 2s. prem.; India 5 per Cents., 108 3-; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 107 ; do. 5 . 1 per Cents., 117. Although the movements in the Foreign Market have not been extensive, the tendency has been fnvourable ; business is rather active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 724 73; Ditto 1862, 693- 704; Ditto Kaimes are heavy at 524 e ; Mexican have risen to 391 1 ; Greek to 354 I; Ditto Coupons to 171; Spanish Passives are steady at 344 1; Ditto Certificates at 121 13; and the Confede rate Loan has risen to 27 25 discount. Dealings have also taken place in Equador at 16-1-; Egyptian, 1043,-; Granada 2 per Cents., 32 ; Peru vian 41 per Cents., 87 I, ; and Venezuelan 6 per Cents:., 574, 58. Business in the Railway Share Market has been inactive, and prices in some instances have slightly receded.. Midlands have declined 10s.; and Great Western, North Stafford, and South Eastern 15e. Great Easterns, however, have improved 55., and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Western 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained without any material variation. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have exhibited increased firmness. Bank of Australia have im proved to 77 1 ; Bank of New Zealand to 11; Imperial Ottoman to 181 ; Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi to 51 ; Hudson Bay Company shares have advanced to 41 5 ; International Financial to 101 1 ; and General Credit to 31 4. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93g ; t New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities Ann utties, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 — Di tto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l Dit to (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 6 pei Cent lOB/ / Ditto .3nfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 D;tto Bonds £1.00(i Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, I June, 2} per Cent. 24 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 2pm Ditto £5OO .. 2pm I Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent. ' 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4f per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l6l Egyptian 7 per Cent lO4/ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 351 / Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 87 A Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account..... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account Russian 5 per C en t., 1822, St 491 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850. . — . Ditto 3 per C en t., 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent. 18(32 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account...... .. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Ditto Account::,...... 341 1 Spanish,Cert. of Coup not funded .. Ditto Account l3 121 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 , Ditto Account.. 931 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 73 21 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7O 691 70/ Venesuela per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 57f 8 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Lutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f — Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 franca — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account .. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Strong. Sales, 8,000 bales, or more. Import, 1,440. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per 41 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 12 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10 the per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 139 to 13912 per cent., and the premium on gold about 261 per cent. At these prices there is little if 'Y profit on the importation of gold from the United States. • ROWING MATCII.—On Monday next an " ap prentices regatta" will take place on the Thames off the Temple-gardens. The principal prize is a superb coat and massive silver badge which has been purchased by sub scriptions collected amongst the residents of the Inner and Middle Temple, St, Dunstan's in the West, St. Clement's Danes, and St. Mary -le-Strand, and in addition to which the freedom cf the river and a money prize for the second man, with smaller sums for all taking part in the grand heat. The arrangements for the regatta have been matured under the able superintendence of Mr. William Campbell and Mr. John Andsley, so that the public may rest confi dent that everything has been onmpleted in the best man ner. The prizes are to be distributed, in the presence of the public, in the Temple Gardens after the race; so all that is required to make the thing go off with eclat is fine 'wee- T. Welsh (yellow), ther. The names of the competitors are—Murray (blue), K. Ri ng . i t en), Thomas West (white), King (pink), and H. Dyer (red). The heats will be rowed at two, half-past three, and six o'clock in the evening. ACCIDENT ON THE CRYSTAL PALACE BRANCH OF t tiE BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.-- -Yesterday, at one o'clock, an accident happened on the above line of railway. Two men, named Thomas W arraker and G eorg e Stratton were at work on the line, 'when a great quantity of earth tell, burying the two men. 4 e soon as possible workmen were got to extricate the 1 11 1(4)1. fel lows, when it was ascertained that Wa r r ak er had 1 ° arm fractured in two places, and serious injury to his 1 , 1 , 341 e, and Stretton had several of his ribs fractured. They ,_44lt housee they were at surge on , who t et'e conveyed i mmediately to St. Th omas ' s Hospit a l, t 4 I.3tios once attended to by Mr. Wh itehead, p ronou nced both cases to be SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railways. 13.14, . Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Itlythe and Tyne.. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Baudon Cornwall A t2ets no div Do ti 116 p c.p an. lnu• Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland , Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So%th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do * shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning dr Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwtok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Let& Do York __Do_ Carliale.. !North London. Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junotion Soottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid, stock 1 Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Deyon ISouth Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun taines,Wok. , an dWok Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 18&. Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath ... . Victoria sta. and rim Waterford & Kilkenny West C0rnwa11,,,,,, W. Hartlepool lar. &R. I West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford 8 8! 81 8f 85 S 7 1211 122 n 7 39 10 16 17 95 96 111 113 50i 61# 99 61 24i 25t 124 125 125 124 132 136 98 100 671 68; 115 k 1151 73 74 113 115 41 43 1031 1041 103 104 44 15 12} 124 1301 130 14 1/p 99 101 55 554 25 26 1031 103 58 59 84 90 120 125 80 p 82 11 12 122 124 46 47 100 102 50 52 30 32 96i 1)61 70 72 101 103 9 10 37 38 9 10 7 lo 155 1 60 i St 3 Si p _ _p 89 91 158 162 - - 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 12a i 1271 941 I ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. I Closingdone. Paid.' B usiness Price. ( ss 113 k 1131 43) 10112 1038 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sh are Railwa s Closing y Paid. Price. Rusiness done 100 -I. o t ril l an , B t i a c r & o d S a t a l . . c a c u u rt; c l o n e d ( all 62 C 4 13 *tk 5 0 1071 11,81 Gu. 5 per Dent........ 10 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 15 1 5 p 201 Buffalo and Laxetiuron all 54 61 10 Do. Preference all 75 81 100 5 Buffalo,Brant,&God r ia p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do e. J 1, 187:1 100 100 :NI do. June 1, 1879 100 at Clcutta.arS.Eastn.(l.ll, ) 100 1071 1081 st Cape Town Dock Seri) 100 105 107 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. a 100 109 110 1095 / stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 108 11,9 108* 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 11 lfp 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 15 lip stock Grand Trunk of Canada hu 191 204 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 15 100 Do. no. deferred...... all 55 68 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 60 68 100 Do. do. defer r ed...... all 49 51 100 Do. 3d P,ef. stock ... all 46 48 100 Do. do. deferred. all 36 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 27 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 23 3 stock GLlndiaPenln.gua.sp.c. 100 108 109 10 20 Do. New gua. sp. a... 12 1 141 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 11' stook Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 20/ Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 105 1(5 201 Do. New ....... 18 104 . 10 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt . . all 96 98 100 Do. 51 p. e. do. '77-8.... all 90 (32 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 5 1 p stock Madras. guar., 5 P.0. .. 100 107 108 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 1011 1023 1021 stock Dc. 43 do lOO 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Idelb.Cor:p. 6 P. 0 . With 1 0 0 100 50 IlDeol.b.7&p.Heopabsoornt;s. B E a d y s: a t 5_6 _6 0 20 Newßrunswick Canda Class Aanl B. ...... all 3 5 N.Rl.C'das pc lst 1 bds 100 83 85 Boinde (100 1071 1083 1085 Do. De1hi, .,,, , , Do. do ..... s °, D 10 2 0 10 5 74 18 , st Do. Do 1 20 Do. Punjaub , ee all ock Do. Ind us . St. F lo.) , 100 1071 1083 100 , 103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t sa . lior . 6p.c.JatltJul) 1877-81 . ........ 100 103 105 1031 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 1(2 104 1024 • Do. dp. c.3.1ar.& Sept. 100 1(5 107 1061 51 Do. lp. a Jan.&,luly. 100 941 951 941 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189( 100 113 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 116 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 1061 1071 1075 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 110 112 ;N.B.Gov. p.a.( a.&.July. 100 1051 1061 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 2.,182( 100 1001 1013 - ' Do. sp. 0.,18,1 to 1070 100 1014 1023 - Do. d0.,1888 & upwdi 100 102 103 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 1051 1063 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 111 113 'S. Aus G 6 p.c.1878.& up.. 100 110 112 - Vie. Gov. 8 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. to 6 P.c. An..4cOet.. 100 1131 114 114 135 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id uhriord Amalgamated 36 38 Devon G. Cone. 'Taoist , 1 580 360 1 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 79 61 East Clogau Gold Ltd.. 52. 4d par East Caradon ...... 1.14.8 284 294 GGEE.raa jne s pir t at F l :rn sßotuuji ß hB4y r Ti e (o a Tnsui . a . 83..61..60 348 484 f i t 3 74 3 7 4 3 1 1 0 G. Wheal Vor (tiel e ston) 40 61 7 Grenville ... . ....... . 8.16. 61. Hemd's-Foot .. . ..... El ingston D0wn5....... 4.18. 88 40 0 Lady Bertha .. ~ . . 2.8 11 2 Margaret (Guy 32 81 Marke Valley.. .. .. l.l 6 f 0 51 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim.) 24 14 New Seton 2 1 91 100 110 North Downs l2 21 N.Wh'l Basset(llluvin 2.17.0 24 3 North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey; 14 4 5 20 Providence(Uny Lelnto 10.8.7 it 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 14 415 925 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 11 2} " Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1•.9 60 70 Stray Park 28.9. 39 41 5 Tamar Silv..t Lead Min 44 1 rin Crott 9 21 22 West Basset (Illogan) l4 104 114 WC radon s reton47423s (Liskeard) .. 521 23 West 245 Wheal Wheal— 1 1 8 8 u a i2 s l y e e r; ( t u l l E n h t ))) 2.0.65 3 6°__ . 5 4 6 2 5_ WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn(iden ) 8 12 14 Wheal Seton . 584 215 225 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.), 7 15 17 Wheal Union I 3.17 2l 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 1101 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 1C Oh PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., Ditto, 46 per cent. pf., 98 London, Chatham, dm, Metrop, Ext., It, 6 per cent., 1071 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 46 per Cent., 94 Midland, Bradford pref. stook, 96 FOREIGN RAILWA/S. Recife and San Francisco (Um.), gua. 7 per cent, I7i FOREIGN MINES, Cobre Copper, 30 Copiapo (Extension), 76 11 Mont. Aureos tiraz. Gold Min. Co. (liin.), 2 / 1 St. John del Rey (firm), 56 Vallmssasca Gold, lira., 1 Yudanaxnutana of S. Australia (lira.), 2i I JOIN T-STOCK BANKS. Australasia, 77 Ditto new, 3 11 Bank of L , ondon, 1364 2 7i Bank of New Zealand, 11 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered,:22 Imperial Ottoman, 184 I London and County, 49 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (11m.), 164 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. l , 5i Union of Australia, 54 Union of London, 354 MIS CELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 40 i Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 3i Gen. Credit and 1. inancc of London, Rm., 3i 4 Hudson's Bay, 41 5 International Financial Society, lim., 10 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. .870 issued 00, 711 London Financial Association, lien., 121 London General Omnibus Company (lirn.), 2 National Discount Company, lim., 91 Ottoman Gas (Um.) RACING FIXTU. SEPTET Devon and Exeter Derby Summer Weymouth Rings Lynn 3 Warwick Leicester lO Doncaster TRES FOR 1863. :IVIBER. Wordsley 7,1 Brecon . 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth ......., 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 Edinburgh, &o. Club O 'OBER. Coventry OCTi Bedford **** 6 Caled on i an Han 6 t Ne wmarket S. 0 12 Lincoln Autumn 20 Kelso ............21 Gloucester ..22 Newmarket Houghton ..26 Worcester NoVE: 31........ :MBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn....l6 IRISH. SEPTEMBER. Carlow 21 Curragh ...... - ....... 1 Li mer i c k ............ . 9 Jenkinstown Park 23 Listowel .... . ...... 21 51i 1 1 I TUE SUN, LONDON, SAITRDA y EYKNING, AUGUST . 29, *.EBa,'. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE PERKINS-JUDGMENT. His Honour this morning gave judgment in the matter of this bankrupt, who applied a few days s ace for discharge. He described himself as sewing machine manufacturer, and alleged that he had been in partnership with a person named Goodwin, but the latter put" ib an affi davit denying any partnership, and asserted that the bankrupt had been merely his clerk, and had misappro priated moneys, and bad been sued by Goodwin, at whose suit he was in custody. Goodwin, however, did not appear personally to be exa mined, and his Honour took time to consider the case, and now gave judgment ordering the bankrupt's release, and the examination and discharge was adjourned to the 13th October. IN RE COMMARIL-IMPORTANT CONCESSION TO CLAIMANT S, An application was made in this case, that certain pro perty seized by the messenger should be given up to Messrs. Potter and Co., wholesale stationers, who claimed it as belonging to them, although on the bankrupt's pre mises at the time of the bankruptcy. It was urged on their behalf that it formed part of a contract, and it was neces sary that it should be delivered to-day. His Honour at first said that he could not interfere until assignees had been chosen, but altimately made the order on Messrs. Potter entering into a guarantee to pay the value in the event of it ultimately resulting that the pro perty belonged to the estate. AQUATICS. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, M ARLBOROUGH -STREET. A BARMAN CHARGED WITH ROBBING HIS EMPLOYER. —William Barker, barman in the employ of Mr. Tom Surridge, landlord of the Black Horse, Coventry-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with robbing his employer. Mr. Hall, from the office of Mr. Child, solicitor to the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, prosecuted. It appears that the prisoner was in Mr. Surridge's em ploy, Mr. Surridge paying him a larger salary than was usual, namely, £25 a year. In consequence of a suspicion that the prisoner was robbing him, he examined the pri soner's bedroom, and under the carpet he found a hole, in which was a bag containing 225. This was on Monday last. Mr. Surridge then consulted the police, and on Thursday Sergeant Joy, 9 C, was called in, and some money marked and given to him. Later in the day, Laskey, 121 C, was also called iii, and he went up stairs, and on the bag being examined the money in it was found to be £4 6s. 6d. Yes terday (Friday) two holes were bored in a partition of the room, and Laskey placed to watch, and he saw the prisoner go into the room and afterwards go down stairs, and on Mr. Surridge, Sergeant Joy, Laskey, and the prisoner all going up to the room, and the bag being taken from the hole, it was found to contain £5 18s. 6d., all in silver and in packets of £1 each. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the bag, was then taken to the station. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF WIFE BEATING.--A man named Hardy was brought; up on a warrant by Knowland, the warrant officer, charged before Mr. Selfe with having assaulted his wife, Sarah Hardy. The complainant stated on the Ist of August, in the afternoon, she was at home when her husband came into the room where she was. He was not sober, and without saying a word seized hold of her throat. He grasped it violently and swore that he would do for her. She screamed loudly, and made her escape out of the house. He soon after left her, when she returned home. Mr. Selfe—When did you see him again ? Complainant—This morning (Saturday) complainant was awoke up by his knocking at the door. She imme , diately got up and gave information to the warrant officials, He (prisoner) was not sober. Rowland observed that the prisoner only took the pledge a few weeks ago. Mr. Selfe—Then there is no hope for him. (Laughter.) Rowland stated that he was called about four o'clock that morning by the complainant to take the prisoner into custody. He went to 25, Regent-street, and found him there. He then conveyed him to the station-house. The prisoner was held to bail in two sureties of £5 each to keep the peace for two months. THAMES. A STRANGE ADVENTURE.—Johannes Frank, a musi cian, about 45 yeas s of age, and Katrina Dickman, a woman about 70 years of age, who owned to 60, both natives of Germany, were brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing a sovereign and 7s. 6d., the moneys of John Morrison. The prosecutor, a tall powerful man, in appearance a gipsy, with a sunburnt face, said he was a stableman, and attended fairs and races. He came up to London from "Windsor by the half-past six o'clock train yesterday after noon, and upon reaching the Commercial-road near his own dwelling, he went to the Duke of Clarence public-house, where he called for and drank a couple of pints of stout. He left at twelve o'clock, and sat outside the door for half an hour, when the old woman, Dickman, came up and asked him if he wanted a lodging, to which he replied in the affirmative, and said he was not going home. She said she had a nice feather bed, and he agreed for the hire of it for the night. The woman took him to her room in an old house in Plummer's-row, Com mercial-road. The male prisoner was sleeping in the room, under an old bed tick, head and all. (A laugh.) Mrs. Dickman said that is my husband. He is under the tick, and won't see us. (A. laugh.) He went to bed, and the female prisoner laid down on the same bed. Mr. Partridge—What I that old woman ? old enough to be your grandmother. Witness—Yes, sir. This morning at 6 o'clock I awoke and saw the man under the tick, and his head outside. I looked at my trousers. The money was there safe. I had a sovereign in my watch pocket. It was wrapped up in a piece of white paper. There was 9s. of silver in another pocket. He went to sleep again, and awoke half-an-hour afterwards, and saw the old woman who was still lying by his side with his trousers in her hand, and in the act of handing the money she had stolen to her husband. He seized her wrist, but too late to save his money. He re mained in the house two hours longer, and then fetched a police-constable. A policeman, named Sears, 174 H, said he took the pri soners into custody, and he found on the male prisoner a sovereign wrapped up in a piece of white paper and 245. Gd. in silver in a bag. Morrison had no doubt that it was his, and asked that it might be restored to him. Mr. Partridge—Not until after the trial, a jury may decide that it is not yours. I shall commit the prisoners for trial. I will not take upon myself the responsibility of deciding this case. THE BLACK MAN AND HIS CHOPS.—Eliza Watkins, a gaily dressed woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing a silver watch from the person of Richard Howe, seaman and carpenter. The prosecutor, a black man, stated that he met the pri soner the night before last. He treated her with supper and grog. They had a dance, and he went home to her house in Albert-square, Shadwell. He remained with her all night, and in the morning he left his watch with her, and told her not to pawn it. He went home and got some money, and when he returned to the prisoner he found she had pawned the watch for 30s. It waa worth five guineas. He asked for the duplicate, and she gave it to him and ran away. In answer to questions by the prisoner, the witness saki he told a girl he should not prosecute the prisoner. He said so to put the prisoner off her guard. He was with the prisoner yesterday all day. The Prisoner—Yes ; and we spent some of the money I raised on the watch. The black man—No, it was my own money. The Prisoner—You had pork chops for breakfast. Witness—Yes ; pork chops. The Prisoner—And lambs chop for dinner. Witness—Yes ; lamb chops. The Prisoner—And mutton chops for supper, Mr.Darky, (A laugh.) WittTose—Don't call me names. Yes ; mutton chops for suPPer. (Laughter.) Mr. Partridge said the black man appeared to be very fond of chops. He remanded the prisoner. „ LUDLOW ALECTION.—Tho election of a member for this borough, in the room of the late Beriah Botfield, Esq., took place at the Guildhall, Ludlow, yester day. It was a very quiet affair; although there were rumours of a contest up to the last moment only one candidate, Sir W. Fraser? st-ppeared preliminaries had bee on the h ust i ngs. After the usual n observed, the relieving officer, Mr. Sou them mina the te a ca ndidate. lie paid a hi g h t r ib ute to of late member, in which all the speakers who followed him joined. Sir C. Rous Boughton said he availed himself of the courtesy which allowed a member of some of the neighbouring county families to propose a can didate for the representation of the borough, and nominated as "a fit and proper perso n ” Si r Wm. Fraser, whom he recommended to the notice of the electors as entertaining political opinions identical with those of their late member. Mr. R. Jones seconded the nomination. No other candi date being proposed, the returning officer declared Sir Wm. Fraser duly elected. the hon. baronet then thanked the i e ß le g c s to t r e a r i m n i a na s t p e e d. ech of some length, aft er w hi ch the proceed- CAPTURE OF A BASKING SHARK.--On Friday morning last, John Bain, fisherman, West Clyth, captured a large fish of the genus Squalus, the basking shark. It got entangled in his herring nets, and when taken to the surface was quite lively, and was with great difficulty and with the sssistance of another boat's crew towed ashore to Occumster and completely mastered. 'I he fish measured from the snout to the tip of the tail 27ft. 9in., and was armed with five rows of compressed sharp-edged teeth.—John o' Gt oat Journal. THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF THE STATE is placed in the House of Commons, according to the happy saying of Lord (John) Russell. NEW ORLEANS. The following is an extract from a New Orleans letter dated July 24 : " An Italian ship, the Carioca, is advertised for Liverpool and Havre, anticipating a freikht, but I do not think she will obtain one of cotton very soon, although the river is nominally open. An immense amount of it has been and will be destroyed by fire, and it is reported to be very un safe to go anywhere, even a mile from the river, into the interior. I have received no late tidings from -, as he is, I presume, fighting =der General Johnston, who en countered Grant's forces lately. near Jackson, and repulsed him handsomely. It is thought, however, he is only trying to cover the removal of his stores, &c., to Meridian. . . The river navigation between here and Port Hudson is anything but safe. When least suspected the Confederates pop out on the river bank, and deliver a dose from their light batteries, quickly and easily moved from point to Point. This, again, draws down the vengeance of the Yankees on the unoffending planters, and the valorous and magnanimous Farragut sends up gun boats to poar in broadsides on the neighbouring settlements. Last week a gun boat sent a tremendous volley of shells and round shot into Governor Roman's dwelling house and out-houses, Two of these terrible missiles went through the main build ing, on the gallery of which the old governor and his wife composedly stood, never moving an inch during the perpe tration of this barbarous act. Seven shots altogether struck the premises, smashing up the beautiful conserva tories and hot-house mentioned by Russell in his diary. They also bestowed a shell on E. J. Forstall's planta tion house. In the Latourche district the Yankees met with a sound thrashing at the hands of General Moreton, who commands a respectable force there. The scene of action was not very far from Donaldsonville. It seems to me as if the opening of the Mississippi river by the Federals is likely to prove of as much practical value as the discovery of the North-• West Passage —entirely nominal. Of the fate of Natchez we can gather nothing reliable. It is known that Colonel A. L. Bingaman, immediately on learning the fall of Vicksburg, gathered together his negroes, and in company with three or four more planters set out on his way to Texas, and had proceeded a good distance on his road when the Federals coming down to Natchez, and being apprised of the movement, sent a cavalry force after them, captured and brought them back, turned all:the negroes loose, stripped the plantation of the parties of everything, and imprisoned Mr. Bingamen. The several splendid mansion's of Frank Surget, Alfred Davis, Mrs. Stanton, and others have been taken possession of. Plundering must have commenced already, for I saw a favourite and very valuable horse belonging to Alfred Davis a few days ago being driven in a buggy through Carondelet-street, which I recognised, having sat behind him frequently the winter before last when I was at Natchez. Mr.-- subsequently told me that he had made inquiries, and had ascertained that the Yankees had brought this horse down on the first boat which came through to the city, Some intelligent contrabands have spread all sorts of reports of the pillaging of Natchez, and the shooting of one or two citizens, but I cannot consider them altogether re liable or trustworthy statements. An immense number of negroes have been conscripted by General Banks, and me now undergoing drill at the camps above the city. I learnt from Mr,-- that they pounced down on Mr. Minor Kenner's a day or two ago, and notwithstanding the clamour and opposition on the part of the negro men, who sincerely wished to remain on the plantation with their families, the Yankee officers forced them off, and no redress could be had. Mr.-- tells me that from his place (Ashton) 145 negroes were enticed away; the Abolition general had them placed in some salt warehouses at Algiers, where from neglect and starvation 52 of them perished—viz., 22 adults and 30 chil dren. The Lower Cotton press (levee) is filled with negroes, and some white soldiers; four of these capacious yards are crammed with them; and the odour arising from such a con gregation of human beings is sickening at a distance of two squares off; one cannot approach them. Yesterday a whole waggon-load of coffins went into the press, and the mortality is very great among these unhappy wretches. " I have made diligent inquiry to-day about affairs at Natchez, as a boat arrived last evening which stopped there, but nothing can be elicited from those on board. The gene ral commanding this department, N. P. Banks, will give no passes up the river to any one, and it is perfectly impossible to communicate with our Mississippi friends. I infer from the reluctance evinced by the authorities to permit travel in that neighbourhood that the successful conqueror, General Grant, wishes no interference, and to remain in undisturbed possession of his prey, so that he may be enabled to carry carry out his system of pillage thoroughly and completely. Numetous applications have been made, and the British consul has solicited permits to visit that section, with the view of afli,rding her Majesty's subjects au opportunity of looking after their interests, but all to no purposo. " The city treasurer gives notice that 500,000 dols. more corporation notes will be emitted shortly. Already we have an abundant supply of 5 dols. and 10 dols. bills of the city put into circulation to represent the unpaid taxes of the last two years. Louisiana State Bank, Orleans, and Mechanics are nearly at.a par with green-backs; Bank of Louisiana about 40 per cent. discount. No cotton here. Negroes in your yard tranquil." MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Our market continues to be well supplied with fruit and vegetables. The trade, generally speaking, is slow, at the annexed quotations. FRUIT. s. d. 8. d. Pine apples 5 0 to 7 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0 Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 3 0 to 6 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Lemons, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hf sve3 6 to 4 6 Strawberries pr pt 0 8 to 1 0 e. d. s d Raspberries,prpt 0 4to 0 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 6 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 5 oto 6 6 Peaches.... ...... 6 0 to 10 0 Currants, per Lair 1 6to 6 0 Plums, per Rio... 3 6to 4 0 Greengages, pr do. 5 oto 6 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 1 9 to 2 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9 to 1 0 pd ditto 1 6 So 2 6 Savoy do., pr dz 0 0 to 0 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 0 9 to 2 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 70 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 2 to 0 1 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 6 6 Cucumbers 0 4 to 1 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 1 3 to 2 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 0 to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach 0 6 to 0 8 Turnip radishes 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 8 Horseradish, io do 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 I Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do.. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 1 oto 1 6 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 2 Mint and savory..o 3to 0 4 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 9 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 4 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 6 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkey poults, 4s to 7s 6d ; geese, 4s Od to 7s each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s 6d; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 8d to is Od; pigeons, Os 4d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 10s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s 6d ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 9d to Os lld ; English, lid to is Id per lb ; English eggs, 78 6d to 8s Od ; French do., Gs Od to 6s 9d per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 38 6d ; grouse, 2s to 4s each. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Os 8d to Os 10d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 8d ; prawns, Os ; skate, 4d to 6d ; sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 3s Od to 6s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 5s Od; dorevs, 5s Od to 6s Od; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to 3 - s Od; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s to 15s ; natives, 608 to —s per bushel ; whit - tugs , 4s Od to 6s; haddocks, 4s to 128 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 408 per 100 ; fresh . herrings, 8s to 10s p er 100 ; bl oa t ers , Os . to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2cl; mutton, 38 8d to 4s 8d; veal, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 58 Bd . ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Sibs. by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 'd to 71d , of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4jd ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 41d ; .961 b to 1041 b, 4td to od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, lOs Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 4s Od to 5s Od ; half - breds , Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; lambs, 3 s Od to 5 s 6 d; sheatlings, 3s Od to 3s 4d. HAY MARKETS. ShILTHFIELD. —Old Meadow hay, £3 lO s t o £4 lO s; new do., £3 to £4; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.•—OId Meadow hay, £3 lOs to lOs ; new do., £3 Os to 114 ; old duvet, 10s to I:5 18s ; new do.; £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 10s, new do , £3 Os to £4 Os; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os; new do .£4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, Zl. Ss to £1 l6s per load. Supply rather on the increase. '3OAL rrioea of Coal er Ton al t. d. LARK ET. t tne dose of the market. North Felton Gas.. 13 3 e. d. Buddle'sWest Hartle :5 rantleld Moor ... 6 Walls End. 18 0 Haswell.... ........ Tanstall . l5 9 Hough Hall ...... l6 9 Hartlepool.. l7 6 South Hartlepool 16 3 Kenos ...... . rt 15 3 HartO Hetton 18 0 ,t. 41; soH. 27. l'antield Moor Butes. ! 6 West Hartley 3 0 Carway and Duffryn 'Malting . 20 0 Cowpen Hartley 16 0 Grey's West Hartley 15 6 Lambert's West Hart ley .......15 0 Ships at marks DEATH OF A MISER FROM STARVATION. —A woman named Ingrahaw died in the streets of Strokestown last Tuesday night for want of proper nourishment. S trange as it may appear , she h a d, when searched, the s um of £147 1 ls. 10d. on her person. TYNE REGATTA. This regatta took place yesterday, on the Tyne, at New castle, apd was wry unsatisfactory in its results, only one of the races being decided. Green, the Australian, was to have competed in the Tyne Champion Cup, but from some unaccountable reason did not appear. It is needless to say this caused great dissatisfaction, as the race was expected to decide the relative merits of Chambers and Green. The brief return, by telegraph, given below, will show that the sport was nothing but wrangling from beginning to end. Added to this, the weather was unfavourable. The Tyne Champion Cup, value £5O, with £5O added; a scullers' race, in outriggers; first boat, £3O and cup; second, £l5; third, £5 ; distance, two miles. FIRST HEAT. Alexandra—Robert Chambers, Newcastle r o Rose of Denmark—R. A. V. Green, Australia dr. SECOND HEAT. The Thames—Henry Kelly, London Star of the East—Teasnale Wilson, Newcastle 2 Won easily. THIRD HEAT. Lady Armstrong—Robert Cooper, Newcastle. r.o. Chance—Thomas Simm, Newcastle ... .. dr. FINAL HEAT: Lady Armstrong—R. Cooper 1 Aloxandra—R, Chambers The Thames —H. Kelley 3 Won by half a length. The race is undecided. Kelley claiming a foul from Cooper. Chambers being pressed to the shore, Kelley was obliged to unship his oar twice. The TYNE CHALLENGE CUP, value £6O, with gold pre sentation medals ; a four -oared race, to be rowed for by gentlemen amateurs; distance, two miles. FIRST HEAT. Durham Amateur Rowing Club, Durham—W. Brinell, jun., W. H. Hedley, C. Rowlandson, P. Foster (stroke); E. H, Dykes (cox) .... 1 Northern Amateur Rowing Club, Newcastle—J. West, J. Bell, R. West, J, G. Scott (stroke); T. Pape (cox) 2 Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, Glasgow—P. L. Ross, A. Allen, J. Easton, J. H. Roger (stroke) ; G. M'Gruer (cox) SECOND HEAT. Tyne Amateur Rowing Club, Newcastle—T. Hender son, H. Dryden, E. B. Grey, J. Wallace (stroke); J Maughan (cox) Phoenix Amateur Rowing Club, Glasgow—R. Stewart, T. M'Farlane, W. Taylor, W. Wyper (stroke); D M'Gruer (cox) FINAL HEAT. Tyne Amateur Rowing Club ........ Durham Amateur Rowing Club .... The Patrons' Plate, value £3O, a pair -oared race ; first boat, £2O; second, £7; third, £3; distance, two miles. FIRST HEAT. Adelaide, Newcastle—E. Winship, R. Chamb ers (stroke) 1 Dreadnought, Durham—R. Marshall, G, D, Newby (stroke) Lord Kilmorey, Newcastle—G. Strong, H. Clasper (stroke) SECOND HEAT. The Star, Newcastle--M. Taylor, J. Taylor, (stroke)..r.o. Union, Australia and London—R. A. W. Green, Henry Kelley (stroke) 0.• • • FINAL HEAT. Thce:Adlaide and Dreadnought fouled shortly after start ing, and the umpires called them back. The heat was therefore undecided, and will have to be rowed this day (Saturday). The Junior Scullers' Race was not decided. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and fine weather, if uLL, Aug. 28.—Wind IV.—Arrived —San Francisco, From Quebec. GRIMSBY, Aug. 28.—Wind W.—Arrived —Satisfaction from Quebec. TORBAY, Aug. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anna, from Hamburg for Buenos Ayres. GLouCETEa, Aug. 28.—Wind IV:SW.—Arrived Boadicea, from Shedrau. CARDIFF, Aug. 28.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—One, from Garrucha. KINGSTOWN, Aug. 27.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Tra falgar, from Demerara, PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam sloop Geyser 6, Com mander Pechell. arrived in the Sound last night. On the 21st inst. she anchored In the port of Wexford, and there waited unsuccessfully for Intelligence of the posi tion of the Confederate war steamship Florida, which has been burning merchant vessels off the coast of Ireland, The Admiralty tank, in tow of a steam tug, has been taken this morning from Hamoaze to the Geyser to supply her wit oo h water, and it i s suppose d th a t w h en replenished the slp will resume her duty off Ireland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Baturday Morning. Arrived, Au g . 28—Adin, from Richibucto; Salvator, front Archangel ; Rotunda, from Smyrna; Paline, from wa Dant zic; Columbine, from Q ue b ec; Expedit e , f rom Pug sh. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Pas sed —Norman, for Mauritius ; Tartar, for Swansea; C°ll Vagnee, for Bahia ; Georgetown, for Barbadoes ; Mary Johanna, for Buenos Ayres—all from London. Anchored —Jane, from Shields, for Venice. Pas sed —Ocean Child, schooner, from London; Jessie, of Southampton, from North--both for West, Omer Pacha is said to be seriously indisposed. M• MASINI, the well-known composer of popular French romances, has recently died in Paris, at the age of sixty. E XTRAORDINARY ACTION FOR LIBEL.-At the Liverpool Assizes yesterday an extraordinary action for libel, Padley v. Cooper, was tried before Mr. Justice Mellor. The plaintiff, the Rev. J. S. Padley, a mini ster of the Established Church, residing in Leicester shire, sought to recover damages from a Mr. H. R. Cooper, a surgeon of Ixworth, in Suffolk, for an alleged libel. In early life the plaintiff was a schoolfellow of a young gentleman named Baddeley, who died a few years since, requesting him to act as a son and friend to his father, Captain Baddeley, an Indian officer. Captain Baddeley, after his son's death, went to reside with the Padley's, and when he died he bequeathed all his property to the plaintiff. On this the de fendant, a relative of the Baddeleys, applied to the coroner to have the body of Captain Baddeley exhumed, alleging that he:had . been poisoned. The coroner, after snaking inquiries from the police, refused to hold an inquest. The deceased then addressed the Secre tary of State in several memorials, to the effect that Captain Baddeley had died from neglect at the bands of the Padleys. He also addressed communications to the Bury Post, Stamford lferourY, and other papers reflect ing upon the plaintiff. After the case had proceeded some length, Mr. James, Q.C., who appeared on behalf of the defendant, said that his client, though he believed at the time he published the libels th e y were correct , was now convinced to the co n t rary, and was ready to ex press his regret for publishing them. His lordship, after remarking that the apology came very late, said he was happy to think that Mr. Padley, as a clergyman, had acted with perfect propriety a n d consistency, and the reverend gentleman would leave the court with the most absolute freedom from any reflections and imputa tions. Mr. Temple, for the plaintiff, said that as the action had not been br ought for the sake of damages, a verdict would be taken for £l5O. A verdict was therefore entered for this amount.—ln Padley v, Ross, an action against a newspaper reporter and correspondent for the publication of the same libel in other newspapers, the defendant, having expressed his regret, a juror was withdrawn. VIRGIL'S FAME.—.Its vitality is unsurpassed, says a Saturday Reviewer, if not un precedented in the annals of literature. As long as there was life in the Ro man Empire, Virgil's renown lived. Re was the mould and glass in which every later epic poet, with the exception of Lucan, formed and reflected himself. Throughout the middle ages he was a burning and a shining light. Dante hailed him as his master and his g re at exemplar, and cen sured his friend Guido Cavalcanti for not prizing sufficiently " Arms and the Man." On the revival of literature his writings were diligently edited and illustrated. Many of his lines became proverbial, and some of them even now are intelligible and almost popular in the House of Com mons. They lie imbedded in the prose literature of Chris tendom at a time when Latin was the language of diplo macy, theology, and even of science. In the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries ho would hav e b een a hardy critic who should have awarded the palm to Homer. In the eighteenth century he was read by men who otherwise had little literature to boact of ; and if in the present age Virgil's reputation has moulted some feathers, we must bear in mind that since 1800 there has beet a general revo l ution i n long-established reputations have literary opinion. Many been for a while displaced, without, however, any security that a later age may not reinstate them. For nearly nine teen hundred years of uninterrupted I arne sterling merit can furnish the only explanation—merit, too, of a broad and diversified character, and not resting on. any single basis of style, narrative power, skill in delineation, or catholicity of interest in the subject. To have endured so long, Virgil must have combined most, if not all, of the conditions of duration. THE MEXICAN THRONE.—VIENNA, August 25. — The General Correspondent of to-days says No positive intelligence has been received. relativ e t o th e Mexican throne question, but we believe ourselves able to state that the viows published by thellionorial Diplomatique may, as far as Austria is concerned, be generally accepted. In this respect the matter is reduced to a. purely dynastic question, which can only be solved between the Emperor Francis Joseph and the Archduke Maximilian. Such at least is the prevailin g opinion in well-informed circles. It should also be observed that th , e two principal conditions laid down by the Archduke have not been alluded to in any way by the well-informed Armorial DiiNmatique." WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The' will of the Hon. Miss SoPhia Wheatley, of Charles -street, Berkeley -square, and St. Leonards on-Sea, was proved in London, by her sisters, the Misses Georgina Louisa Wheatley and Mary Wheatley, the joint executresses, and the principal legatees under the will. There are several pecu niary and specific bequests; amongst the latter are sundry articles of jewellery given to the testatrix at various times by the late Queen Dowager ; also a gold inkstand sent to the testatrix after her late Majesty's death. These relics she has separately bequeath e d t o h er re!atives and friends. • II lega gacies are to be paid free of legacy duty. The residue of her pr o p er t y, real and personal, is to be equally divided bet ween h er said two sisters, who resided with the testatrix. The will of George Rainy, Esq., formerly of Raasay, Inverness, N. 8., and late of Pot ehester square, Middlesex, was proved in London under £160,000 personalty—the executors nominated being the testator's brother, Henry Rainy, E sq. M.D., of Glasgow; Charles Stuart Parker, Esq. (the nephew), of Liverpool, merchant ; Charles S. Parker, jun., Esq. (the great-nephew), of University College, Oxford ; and George Haygarth Rainy, Esq., the testator's son. The will bears date April 16, 1863, and the dispositions are confined to the members of his family. He bequeathes to his wife, beyond her settlement on marriage and all other provisions in her favour, a further sum of £11,500; and, after making liberal bequests to a brother, sister, nephews, and a niece, leaves the whole of the real and the residue of the personal estate to his son, George Haygarth Rainy, Esq. The will of Edward Field, Esq., formerly of Oxford, afterwards of Ipswich, and late of Oaks, Franalingham, Doctor of Physic, was proved in London by his two sons, the Rev. Edward Burch Field, and /Esculapius Field, Esq., the joint execu tors and trustees. The personal property was sworn under £30,000. The will was executed in 1850. The testator has devised his Bedfordshire estates to his son Edward, and has left all other his real estates to his son Xsculapius, dividing his per. sonal estates between his two sons and a daughter, —lllustrated London News. FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. (From Ls Follet) It is by no means an easy task to write a bulletin of the modes at this season. All that there was to say on the sub ject of materials and styles for summer has been said, and it is almost too early to speak definitely about the autumn fashions; still we will, however, do our best to give our fair readers an idea of the intermediate toilettes to be worn in the interval between the end of one season and the be ginning of another. There is also some difficulty in selecting materials suitable to the, weather; for, warm as it is during the day, it is quite cool in the mornings and evenings. It is for this reason that foulards are so much worn; they are cooler than taffetas, and yet warmer than muslin or grenadine. Mohair, foulard, and alpaca, we may then safely say, will be the materials most in request for September. Gaze de Chambery, Mousseline de sole, and grenadines, will be kept for warm days and toilettes habillees. As to colour, the new " turtle dove" is the last intro duced, but we do not think it will be very long in favour; as our Parisian models seem to have a decided penchant for decided hues, no very pale or undecided tints having been worn lately. Red is already much worn, and will be quite in favour by the autumn. White is very fashionable and elegant, either over a colour or not; according to the taste of the wearer and the material employed. A white alpaca dress and cloak, trimmed with cherry-coloured braid, have a very elegant effect. White dresses, made in muslin or transparent materials, have the skirts trimmed with fluted flounces or bouillon• , nees, in which are run coloured ribbons. When coloured skirts are worn under these dresses, they should be made of equal length with the over-skirt, and should in most cases be accompanied by a low body of the same, over which is worn tho white corsage or pelerine. If the petticoats worn with these thin dresses should be of muslin, or washing gre nadine, they should be about an inch from the ground, and trimmed with flounces. We almost invariably see in Paris the petticoats of the same material as the dress, and trimmed in the same man ner. We fear our readers will think this rather an extrava gant fashion to recommend them, but if they will consider the expense incurred in the making and washing of flounced pettieoats, we think they will soon be reconciled to the inno• vation. Dresses are almost invariably accompanied by cloaks of the same. This fashion will, we believe, last during the autumn ; but we are not so assured of its continuance after the commencement of the winter season, Plaid dresses are fashonably worn ; they are as yet un common, tut will become more general in the autumn. Plaid sashes of ribbon or silk are much in favour for white or self-coloured dresses. White bodies are so very useful to wear with skirts the bodies of which are old-fashioned or no longer fit, that they are likely to remain as much in favour for a long time as now are. They are made in various materials—muslin, plaited, or boullonnee, grenadine, foulard, or llama ; they are often trimmed with black lace insertion. Those bodies are no longer made to hang loosely over the skirt, like the Garibaldi, which is quite out of fashion except for early morning wear. The ceintures generally worn with these corsages are those called postilion. They are pointed at the top and bottom of the front, but have a plaited basque behind. The two front pieces forming the plastron are of white silk or moire, with a row of buttons down each seam. The rest of the ceintures postillion is made in coloured silk or moire, and to lace under the arms. The ceinture Suisse is generally made with two points at the top, both in front and back, and is worn with bretelles. Sashes are rarely seen now with bows at the back ; they have generally a plaited. basque, under which the ends are fastened. Some ceintures have four ends—one each side of the front, and two at the back; those in front are shorter than the others. In these materials this sash has a very elegant effect. It is thought very probable that tight-fitting jacket-bodies will be worn again toward s the winter, the different vestes for the have appeared this year and last have prepared us the resuscitaticn of this becoming style. Should jackets indeed return, they will not be made in any habille material—such as silks, satins, moires or vel vets—but will be eonfined to more homely wear. If they are reintroduced, it will be principally to wear with co loured skirts, in place of the white bodies now used for that purpose. Toilettes de ville will be generally made with plain bodies, having two points in front, and a small plaited;basque at the back. These dresses are generally made with loose bodies and pelerines, either square or open in front, and crossed at the waist. With this make, round bands and buckles or sashes are worn, according to the fancy of the wearer. • We see many flounces, but they are seldom except for was hi n g materials, being generally put on in plaits with a heading. When one wide flounce is worn, the skirt itself is scolloped in long, not deep, waves, and the flounce is mounted on these indentations. A ruche de toupee is placed at top and bottom of the flounce. When several narrow flounces are worn, they are generally placed straight round the bottom of the skirt, and up one side of the front to the waist. The last style of trimming dresses with flounces is to put them on in deep scollops, with a trimming an der each wave. We have seen one dress with a flounce put on in an en tirely novel style. It was a violet gaze de sole over silk of the same colour. The flounce, which was about 8 inches wide, was p u t on w i t h f our sma ll box-plaits an d one large one alternately ; in the centre of the wide plait was a black lace vine-leaf. col cow, will con- Square corsages, and those open en tinue fashionable, especially the former. Being so difficult to cut and fit well, they should only be entrusted to a clever dressmaker, as, if cut too high or too low off the shoulders they entirely lose their cachet, and have an unbecoming effect. There is little or no alteration in the shape of the sleeve now worn ; they are a ll small, and mostly have s eams at back and front. T he y are rarely accompanied by j oc k eys or pas ofthe same; but have generally epaullettes of lace - sement er ie. It is not improbable that quite tight l s eeves will be worn in the winter. Linen cuffs are worn very deep, and fastened with linen, buttons , for the morning. For toilette plus habillee, these cuffs are trimmed round with goffered frills of lace or cam bric, and are attached by fancy studs. There is no sensible alteration in the form of mantle for next month; paletots, collets, or casaques being still worn , w ithout any great diff erence of shape that they are a little shorter. Shawlse or style, ex ce pti ng are now worn by the Parisian ladies, fastened at the throat by a brooch, and not hanging loosely on the shoulders, as formerly. There seems no danger of bonnets resuming their high and pointed form ; they a flatter on the top er are still n a r row a t th e s id es , b u t than form l the head. y, and do not come so f a r on Caps are mostly made of black and white lace, with, a loose crown, and generally have a Marie Stuart point in front. Fancy aprons are likely to become very fashionable for home wear; they will be quite small, and gathered or plaited into a very narrow compass at the waist. Among the toilettes we have seen, we select the follow ing for description : The first was a bridal dress. An under skirt of rich white silk, with chicoree ruche of the same round the bot tom. Over this was a sort of white gaze de soie, with flounce of English lace reaching to the top of the ruche on the under-skirt ; above this flounce, which was about 12 inches deep, were three rows of festooned and and inter- laced ruches of gaze de soie. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLOcK. THE FIRE AT CAMPDEN-HOUSE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Saturday. WOOLLEY V. POLE. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) Mr. Lush, Q.C., this morning, addressed the jury upon the whole of the evidence, on the part of the defendants, and contended that the plaintiffs had altogether failed to sub stantiate their claim, The learned gentleman occupied the court the greater part of the day, and on his concluding, Mr. Bovill or Sergeant Bailaatine will reply. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. After the Judge's summing up, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff without hesitation. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK TURKEY. -4-- Constantinople journals to the 20th have reached us. According to letters of the same date, Turkey is determined to guard a strict neutrality in refer ence to any political complications that may arise in Europe. The Sultan was present the day before at a regatta held on the Bosphorus, but no details of what took place are given. MR. MACLACHLAN, of Manchester, proposes the preservation in our local and other museums, of the photo graph negatives of eminent individuals. Rear-Admiral Lafon de Ladebat has been ap pointed to the command-in -chief of the French naval station, on the west coast of Africa, in place of Rear- Admiral Didelot, whose term of service has nearly expired. Rear-Admiral Lafon de Ladebat will hoist his tag on board the Armorique, now preparing for sea at Lorient. The lifoniteur publishes an Imperial decree pro mulgating the convention concluded on the Ist ult, between France and Belgium for the establishment of a direct rail way between Lisle and Teurnay. EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND IN A LETTER. —On Wednesday afternoon, while Mrs. Manley, wife of the postmaster at Warminster, Wilts, was assisting her husband in stamping the letters, one of them exploded with considerable force. When Mr. Manley hastened to see what was the matter, he found that his wife had been almost stunned, the stamp forced out of her hand, and there was a sulphurous smoke in the apartment. Upon examination it appeared that one of the letters contained some detonating composition. Though Mrs. Manley was more frightened than hurt, the facts were made known to the Postmaster- General, to whom the name of the sender of the letter was communicated. TWO PERSONS FOUND IN THE RlTER...—Yestur dav, Mr. J. Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, received information respecting the discovery of two male persons unknown, The first was a man about 30 ; light brown hair and whiskers. He was dressed in fustian trousers and Guernsey shirt, having the appearance of a shore-raker. The only article found upon him was a clasp knife. The body was picked up at the entrance of the Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse, and was conveyed to the dead-house.— Another body was found off Stone Stairs, Lower Shadwell, and the deceased, who was respectably dressed, was removed to the vault at Shad well Church. Inquests will be held. ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER AND SUICIDE IN MANCHESTER. —At the Police -court yesterday morning, Emma Rothwell, the wife of a warehouseman living in Cain-street, was charged with attempting to mur der two of her children and to destroy herself. The prisoner had been for some time in a desponding condition, and yes terday morning about 7.30, a neighbour hearing screams entered her house and found a child two years old with its throat severely cut, and another slightly wounded. The prisoner was only slightly cut about the nick. She was remanded till Monday. How YARMOUTH ROSE OUT OF THE WATERS.— There could have been no Roman station at Yar mouth, for the very good reason that while the Roman eagles waved over Britain, the spot on which Yarmouth stands was not land, but sea. Like many other places situated at the mouth of rivers, Yarmouth has sprung up on soil partly alluvial and partly deposited by the tides and currents of the German Ocean. It is not a little singular that while at Aldborough and Dulwich to the south, and at Cromer to the north, we have been losing acres of terra firma, year by year for centuries, and while old Neptune, by eating away the cliffs, has contrived to swallow whole a bishop's see and the metropolis of the East Angles, here, on the contrary, he has rejoiced to give back his stolen property, and yearly to deposit some yards of the cleanest and firmest sand which he had been holding in solution. This process has been going on gradually but surely for nearly two thousand years, if not from a date anterior to Christianity itself.—Once a Week. • JOBBER DAY.—One day about four y ears s i nce, as Lord P --was going over a crossing in Regent street, the sweeper, whom he had at first disregarded, ap peared strangely familiar as well as importunate, and said, Come, my lord, you'll give me a trifle for old acquaintance ake." " You, indeed I Why, where can I ever have seen you before ?" " What ! don't you remember Jobber Day, at Eton ?" Lord P— gave his old school-fellow a sove reign, and passed on. This Etonian came down to sweep a crossing before he was thirty years of age. Day had been a very popular fellow at Eton, and very rich in "leave books" when he left; though his ideas were very similar to those of an old fellow-collegian of ours, who said, the last morning he spent in Oxford, " Any gentleman may have a pick at my books, for now I have finished my edu cation I never can want to set eyes on books again." The reason we called him " Jobber" was, thstt some one heard Day's father was a large cattle-breeder—so the fellows, never very complimentary, said he was a rig jobber; and Jobber Day was his sobriquet ever after. Poor Day, I pity him, and with him many thousands like him who "go to the dogs" from the same cause. Day was like a man born (we used to say) with half a bottle of champagne in him, and who never got over the effervescence to the hour of death.—" Cornhill Magazine" for September, published. The Bath Chronicle gives currency to a rumour which is freely circulated that Mr. Sergeant Singlake in tends shortly retiring from the Western Circuit. THE DANGERS OF ALPINE CLIMBING. —A letter from Viege, in the canton of Valais (Switzerland), states that as two English gentlemen (whose names are not given) were last week crossing a dangerous pass of the Simplon by the glacier of Fletachhorn, accompanied by two guides, one of the latter fell into a deep crevice. The gentleman immediately sent the other guide to Saes, a dis tance of about three leagues, to fetch ropes for the purpose of extricating the poor fellow, who recovered sufficiently from the effect of his fall to speak to the Englishman several times during the other guide's absence. Owing to the depth of the crevice and the darkness of the night, nine hours elapsed before the man was drawn to the surface, and he exp i re d from exhaustion a few minutes afterwards.- Galigritlfie Messenger. EXHIBITION MEDALS.—By an Act passed on the day of the prorogation it is made an offence for a trader falsely to represent that he has obtained a medal or certifi cate from the Exhibition Commissioners of 1851 or 1862. THE CURRANT CROP.—The English screw steamer Arcadia, fro Patras, with dates to the 18th inst., arrived at Valetta on the 22d. She brought accounts of warm and dry weather, enabling the growers to bring in their currant crops in good order and of first class quality. Many steamers and sailing 'vessels were there waiting ship ments. The following have left :—Scotia, on the 14th, for London; Lady Eglinton, 15th, for Liverpool ; Lady Havelock, 17th, for London; Parthenon, 18th, for Lon don; Regina, 18th, for London; and Arcadia, 18th, for Liverpool. DR. JOHNSON'S OPINION OF EDMUND BURKE. —Who does not remember it in Boswell, as thus expressed by the Great Doctor 1 ) —" What I most envy Burke for is his being constantly the same. He is never what we call humdrum ; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave off. . . . Burke, sir, is such a man, that if you met him fur the first time in the street when you were stopped by a drove of oxen, and you and he stepped aside to take shelter but for five minutes, he'd talk to you in such a manner that, when you parted, you would say, this is an extraordinary man. Now you may be long enough with me without finding anything extraordinary." THE ENTENTE CORDIALE.—Lean horned cattle are now conveyed by steamer from Southampton to Carenton, in France, to be fattened in the pastirres of that neighbourhood, and then reconveyed to this country to be killed for the English market, so that English soldiers pro bably now derive their pugnacity and prowess from French fed oxen, and the very raw material of our a-la.m ode beef is furnished by France. DEATH FROM EXCITEMENT DURING THE STORM. —oo Tuesday evening the death of Mi ss E m il y Thibault, aged 18 years, occurred at her father's residence, Mandeville-terrace, Kilburn, under melancholy circum stances. It appears that the Unfortunate young lady was easily e xcited, and was alw ays alarmed at thunder and lightning. She was left at home apparently in good health, but while she was occupied in washing some lace by the window during the violent strm which passed over the metropolis, she became seriously alarmed, fearing some thing would happen to her, and suddenly fell backward and expired, SECOND EDITION. d in- tden, ti at ',tidy [ward :lien- LP,, Peel ill in If the Dod- ) left Sun- )ERN town Reif a ilery. from Le in , and Lrious rance diate Lgers. swing xtent f the to the ariea. men, , and a—to their ;re as inter i all. 4' the inch, re d the 3ould ad er, con- mm with L uu- rere In was n at )6611 flee ,ads Ina Ile Lich are ily, ors. aid 6.4.0 9.18.41 12.10 PN" N L_ ~`~