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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market the supply of bills on cffa. is still sufficiently large to create activity, and, as the demand is sustained, fall 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 ac 31 per cent., the inquiries at the Bank of England continue on a very moderate scale. The authorities, it is thought, will soon be induced to c3nsider the expediency of a reduction in their minimum quotation. A further sum of £55,000 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 Gold Mining Company, which are not to be marked in the official 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 hive 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 fine descriptions. Rice continued dull, as also tallow, which has been 425. 3d. per cwt. for present delivery, and 445, during the last three months of the year. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. R3uter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Routes were 68f, 60e.—very firm. In order to facilitate 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, however, there is a buoyant tone, and although a retrograde movement of -} 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. Consols to-day have only been dealt in to a very small extent; the present quotations are 938 for for money, and 93-a I for the 9th inst., and 93i 94 for the October account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities have improved to 93a ?,-; the New 21 per Cent. Annuities are also higher, at 77, and the 5 per Cent ditto are 1107, and the 30 Years ditto, 15i. Exchequer Bills are again marked ls. dis. to 2s, prem. India descriptions remain without much alteration ; the 5 per Cents. are 1081 t, the Enfaced ditto, 108, and the Bonds, 16s. prem. Several important changes have occurred in the Foreign Market, and business is active. Mexican have risen 4, to 392 1. Greek are better, at 371 1. he Coupons arc a higher, at 184 I. Portuguese -Loan improved to 497 508 ; Spanish Passive to 343 35 -4-, The Certificates are firm at 14Z; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, at 70 1 ; and the Consolides, have risen 4, viz., to 52t- 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 1002 f)r the second issue ; Russian 5 per Cents., 92 93; Venezuelan 3 per Cents., 25 -I --a rise of 1 per cent.—and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 581 591. Business has also been ne gotiated in Brazilian 5 per Cents, at 102; 103; and Italian 5 per Cents, at 72 I. 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, 105, 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, ss. ; London and County, ss. ; International Financial shares are quoted 101 a ; General Credit and Finance, 41-, ; Hudson Bay Company, 41 y ; and Egyptian Trad ing Company, 3; t. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. An nu iti es 93k I I New 2 per Cent. Annuities 77 5 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire ;ith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsi Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl I Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent - -- - - Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds .£l,OOO — Ditto under £l,000 _ Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept ! 9 I ndia Stock for Account, a periCaer Cent _ isch, I June, 21 Cent. 124 per Cent. per I 2 pin Ditto Bzehequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 2 pm I dis 2 pui D itto Small i:soo .. 1 d d is s FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE Attst rian Bonds, 5 p er C en t .. O'CLOCK. _ Ditto 103 Bra zilian 5 r per Cent 1859 1025 Ditto, 18 39 and 1859 Ditto 1843 Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-53-60 Bueno s A yres 6 per Cent Di tto Account _ Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cliitian 6 per Cent. DDitto 45 per Cent, .... anish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian. 7 per Cent Ditto. Second Issue Greek 5 p er Cent., 1824-5, ex-C oupons . 36a Ditto Account ......... - DDitto Coupons - itto Account Italian 5 pe r C ent. arenimana Railway) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent .... $ ..... D itto Account 3 91 i i M I oorish I mper i al 5 per Cent New Granada • Ditto 2 per Cent. .. Ditto Account .......... — Ditto Deferred Peruvian 3 per Cent. — Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 Di tto Account — DittoPortnguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Per Ditto 3 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Russian Ditto Account . 5 per Cent., 1822, it St Ditto 44 per Cent 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 SDitto 5 per • Cent. 1862 ardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Acoount Ditto Spanish 3 per Cent Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded TDitto Account urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 1 fitto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds I)itto 6 per Cent. 1862 701 70 Ditto Account bitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lO - ir( nezuela per Cent. 5 Ditto Account , 25k 5 Ditto 6 per Cent., I SC ).- Ditto Account 585 95 84 Dividends on _ the above payable in London. Belgian 4i per C en t . , ' hx. 9 5f. .. - -kiuteli. 2) . per Cent.,l - :'x. 12 Gail — Ir - ato per Cent. til - wat , s Pro n o i R ent " , 3 per Cent., Ex. 2:)I — It:ilian, 5 per ' Cent , 11. 1 ,61, Ex. 25 francs — Jiitto Account ... TWO O'CLOCK. eansols, Money Ditto Account 93 Ditto Octobe r` ................... 941 i Day. Liv erpool Cotton Market—This ztr.ong. Sales, about B,COO bales. Import, 125 Pre viously, 6,462. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrenc( all 62 c 4 g t .k I liom.,Barcda&.CentlnC 100 1074 108/ 108171 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New . 8 1 lb p 20 Do. E. Shares.. 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 10 Do. Preference 100 /Butialo,Brant,&Godrich 100 o p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 Clcutta.&S.Eastri. ( ) 100 107/ IrB4 st Cape Town &Dock Seri) 100 106 108 107 / stock Flagtn. Bengal go. sp. ( 100 109 110 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 10n 108 T 9 1081 20 Do. do. G Ext..— • 10 9 1 0 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada too 201 21/ 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 76 721 100 Do. do. clef erred. 10 0 Do. 28 Pref. Bonds all 60 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 5t 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred__ a ll 36 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock. all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 25 stock Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sP.c lOO 108/ 1091 /Oa 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 111 20 Do. January, 1862 8 1 11 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10: 101 101 20/ Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 98 97 100 Do. 5/ p. o. do. '77-8.... all 90 92 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 P 2 stock Madras. guar., sp.c. „ 100 107 icB 107/ a st toc ook k D D0 e ..4 41 p. c. E do x . te .. n . s . i . o . n . 1 1 0 00 0 9 1 8 014 1 1 0 0 0 2 t 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock llelb.Corp. Ap. c. kinds 100 50 Melb. & Ifobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Hortg. Bds. all S 0 Newßrunswiok Can't, Claes A and B. all 3 6 N.lll.C'das pc Istptbds 100 93 85 stock Scinde .••• •• •• (100 1074 108 i 1071 Bt C Do. Delhi Do. do lO O2 10 1 74 1 08 20 Do. Punjaub all ——p st Do. Do, ........ , , 107/ 1081 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 000 103 105 SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuR.S. I , Share) Railways. 1 ! P a i d. C r l r o i s ee in . g Business 13.11. i Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val.' all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Boat,Sleat,andMid.Co all Si 81 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 1214 122 1214 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 74 72 1 1 0 0 DDoo. B A A gets no diN all tillfip e.p an. ha s — all *— been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Jane. all n 40 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. all 16 17 et Edinburgh & Glasgow., 100 95 5 " I 111 at Glasg. and S. Western. , 100 lit ti: at Great Eastern, Orel. etk 1 00 504 614 501 et Ditto A stock B a t t Gr D ea it t t o No E r a t s h t o A t st Great Northern.. at Do A stock r s i .e g o li t a i n au s d t 100 00 244 1 7 5_4 100 125 12 st Do Bdo at Gt. S. and W. of Irely.n : 100 98 iUO at Great 'Western ... 100 661 674 et Do Sir Val gua. stock 100 _ _ at Lancashire & Y or k s hire, 160 113 1 1 3 J 1132 at London and Blackwall 100 74 75 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 113 115 1131 4 at Lott., Chat., and Dover 100 41 43 at Lon. & North Western 100 101 1014 1014 4 at Lon. & Ser.th Western 100 10i 104 1034 24 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 15 434 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do t shares.. . all 10 Metropolitan all 124 121 121 2 i st Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 50 Mid. Gt W. of Ireland all 52 25 Do. i shares 25 Mid Rut 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 at Nth. Eastern—Berwieh 100 101 101;) 1014 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 0 a et Do Leeds lOO 58 59 574 at Do York at Do Carlisle.... lOO at North London 10 Do New 19 .16.4'N0rth Staffordshire 10 IN. and S. W. Junction. all 11/ 114 et Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 46 47 et Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 102 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st ;Shropshire Union at (South Devon lOO 30 12 at (South Eastern at 'South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 20 Istaines,Wok.,andWok all 9 10 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 25 Do l7 910 4 :5 Do New, 1865 8 71 81 f• at Taff Vale.. 100 155 160 1 0 Do B 10 Do C 8 54 61 3 3 34p 50 25 Ulster I 12.10 , Do 2O —— 54 r; at 'Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 158 162 at , Waterford & Kilkenny' 100 at West Cornwall lOO 27 29 at i'V. Hartlepool liarAß 1 100 at West Midland •-Oxford , 100 46 47 et Do Newport! 100 , 39 41 at Do Hereford' DO 1104 106 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. dp.c.J a ttJ uty 1877-84 . lOO 1(2 IC4 IC3I Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 U 2 104 , Do. 6p. c. liar. & Sept. 10 0 1( 5 107 I Do. p. a. Jan.&July. 100 94 05 941 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 ' Cape G.Hope, p c,187:, 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 t 100 113 115 IMauritius 8 per cent .. 100 107 108 107 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 110 112 109 ov. p.c.J a.&,July 100 105 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - 'N. S.W. Gov. 5p 2.,18x1 100 100/ 1011 Do. sp. tol:flt 100 1014 102; Do. d0.,1888 ,tupwd6 100 102 103 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 111 113 - No s T e a rTi c nV a it o s v. 6p. C. 100 105} 1063 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 1:1 113 16. Atm G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 110 112 - iVic.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July 100 ICB 110 io en.o. An.&Oot.. 100 1131 11431 114 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Ad juhflord Amalgamated 33 35 32 37 - 7. tD; East Fastaetto n cnce 1 1,4 0,3g . 8 C ea tu o tl2( Goldth ( i r o i a a V Ln i S t) d. 53 03 1 . 5 47 6 ,19 0 61. 6 , 11 0 } a r .. . 1. 3. 1 4 4 ..0 6 27 :1 '4' 4 4 284 -- E. I V'l Russel (Tavistk2 8.6.6 36 4 jGam 4 SLAuhyn(Gwen.) 'Bl 7 t 0 Great South Telgus 17 s 31 4 —I G. Wheal Vor (11elston) 40 6* 71 — Trenvilie 6'l6•" 51 Oir fiercd's- Foot . . 8.12 ss 10 Elingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut trk 29 31 Marks Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Or o (Lim 2l 1 le, New Setun l9l leo 310 North Downs 2l 21 21 N.Wit'l Basset (111o4an, 2.174 24 3„t North Whcal Crotty 2.4.9 31 4 I Par Consols (St. ISlazey 11 4 b 20 Providenee(Uny Lelnt.; 10.6.7 a 43 iSouth Caradon(St.Cleer ; 11 410 420 IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 16 2 Fran. (Mogan ) 18.1 , .9 5 5 6 5 Stray Park 5 { famarSilv.ez Lead Min. 46 I 'fin Croft 9 191 201 West Basset (Illogan) ll 105 111 W Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 21 23 We h s e t a S l 43 230 14 65 700 W Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 35 45 Wheal liitty(U.Lehmt) 2.0.6 - WhealLtdcott Wheal Mary Ann I.:den ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . 581 215 225 ri'heal'l're►awney (Lls.jl 7 15 17 Wheal Union , 3.17 21 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 111 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 44 per cent., 1033 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 114- LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 98 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 57 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si / Dutch Rhenish, 17/ Great Luxembourg, 14k Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 11/ Turin anti Savona, 2f MINES. Cobre Copper, 32 12 2( i) JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of L on d on an d Li ver pool (UM), 361 I Bank of Egypt, 26/ 74 Bank of Wiles, Um., 3 Bank of New Zealand, 111 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12k Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 31 301 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered,,22l Imperial Ottoman, 19* London and Brazilian (lltn.), 431 London and County, 48i gk London and Northern ainA Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi aim.), 51 I Union of Australia, st} Union of England and France (11m.), 91 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 191 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., Electric Telegraph, 103 i Gen. Cada and H inane of London, lira., 4 1 1 Hudson's Bay, 41, International Financial Society, lim., 10i 1 Joint •stock Discount, 64 London Finan:nal Association, lira., 121 National Discount Company, lim., 5 Oriental Inland Steam, lim., i 4 k Rio tie Janeiro City Improvements, lim., Ditto (..£1), 15/_ The Price of Gold. The quotation of ryold at Paris is about 1 per mill° pm., and the short exchange on London Is 23.30 per £1 sterling. On coni ' 'ar A r ; ng these rates with the English Mint price of £3 i7s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10 t he Per cent. dea ler in London than in Paris. E Mint liy advice s from liamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the sh ort exchange on London is 13.01 per £ 1 staling. standard gold at the English 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 119] per cent., and the premium on gola about !uij per cent. At these prices there is little if any profit on the importati on of sates. gold fromthe United L 1863. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SE P FEMBER I,' 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 she 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. He took from the prisoner 24 pawnbroker's duplicates. Ho believed scme of them related to stolen property. The prisoner—The duplicates are my own private pro perty. Dly husband has been intimate with another female, and has deserted me. Mr. Woolrych—l don't want your private history, You are rcinandk4 on the charge of rAbery for a week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICHFIELD RACE S—MoNDAY. The City Stakes of 5 scvs each, 2 ft, with 25 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; the winner to be sold by auction for £5O; maiden allowan, es. Half a mile. 5 subs. Mr, Wallace's Sir Watkin, Ost 81b Mr. Doyle's Jewel, 7st 21b.. (A. Woodhouse) 2 Mr, Hineson's Lady Bountiful, 7st 21b (Conner) 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 Staff)rdshire Stakes (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 2 if declared ; winners extra. About one mile and one furlong. 24 rubs, 14 of whom declared. Mr. Crook's Erin-go-Bragh, 3 yrs, Bst ...... (Clement) 1 Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 2 Mr. Barber's Sails, 3 yrs, Est 7lb ............ (Britt.in) 3 Lord Wilton's Herdsman, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (A. Woodhouse) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Wynnstay, sto 2 (at first even) agst Erin-go , Bragh, 4 to 1 agst Herdsman, 100 to 15 agst 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 of Erin-go-Bragh dropping into tee last place, there was no alteration in the relative positions until ap proaching the distance, where Sails and Herdsman were beaten, and Erin-go-Bragh drew alongside Wynnstay, e u al. N b v y h ca l f h a e i h o e n a g d t e h d just sai N o v i a t h b i a n d the tird distance, Bst ;certain y and The Champagne Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 aided, rt f penal ties ercs2rao-nyn•drk-,aosll allowances. wa c nd o cl l ee t , s s t t 7101 Straight b lb . half mile. 20 su b s . M , fillies third. The (Clement) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's Practitioner, 9st 31b .... (Morgan) 2 Mr. Goodlass's Pretty Girl filly, Sst 21b (Mr. G. S . Th ompson ) Marquis of Anglesey's Rattler, B st 71b (D a ley) 4 Measure for Measure, Fair Salopian, Bigotry, and Lon don also Betting-2 to 1 agst Dawdle, 3to 1 agst Practitioner, 4 to 1 agst the Pretty Girl 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 dozai 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 Guieowar 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 Tamworth Plate (Handicap) of 3 sous eaab, with 25 _ _ added, for all ages, winners extra; the winner to be sold ...... (E. T a yl or ) 1 by auction for £4O. Three-quarters of a mile.who mole all the (Deacon) 2 B PAlraaltsth's,sTpheerPu,on4yy,r3s,)7rBst, 71b b t 8 . 1 . b.......... The winner running e t t Betting-2 andg— 2 w a o n n d i a 3 t a o a l n o t e n r b T y h fie lengths. vPeony, was bought in for 90 guineas. The Beaudesert Welter Cup (Handicap) of 100 sous, by subscription of 10 sous 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. H. 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, TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. ST. LEGER. 9t) 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered) sto 1 agst Ranger (offered) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 100 to 8 agst Golden Pledge (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken and offered) 3 3 to 1 agat National Guard (offered) 33 to 1 agst Donnybrook (offered) 40 to 1 agat Mogador (offered) 60 to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Pratique (offered) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered): 40 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 50 to 1 agat Coast Guard (taken) CITY BETTING. • ST. LEGER. 9to 2 agst Lord Cl&len (offered) sto 1 agst Qucen Bertha (offered) Bto 1 agst The Ranger (taken and offered) 100 to S agst Golden Pledge (taken) 100 to 1 agst Pratique (offered) THE DERBY. 50 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken) --- 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. Tho only other change was with Pratique, against whom any price was offered. Closing trices : DONCASTER ST, LEGER. sto 1 agst Lord Clifde n (taken) 11 to 2 agst Queen Berth a (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) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. SEPTEMBER. Devon and Exeter Derby Summer Weymouth Kings Lynn 3 Warwick .. 8 Leicester lO Doncaster ..15 Wordsley .......... gl Brecon 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 Edinburgh, &c. Club 30 'oBER. OCTI Coventry Bedford 6 Caledonian Huut Newmarket S. t l2 Lineoln Autumn ........ 20 Kelso 2l Gloucester NewmarkeL Houghton ..26 :MBEtt. NOVEI Worcester Shrewsbury Autumn....l6 IRISH. SEPTEMBER. Curragh Carlow 21 Listowel A correspondent of the Opinione of Turin, writ ing from Naples, states that the extreme party there are selling what they call Venice bonds at two francs each, for a revolutionary fund, and that upwards of 19,000 of these bonds have already been disposed of. THE GAME SEASON IN THE E AST. —There is a 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 exceed 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 count y , having disposed of the Clermont lodge estate, to which his Grace in former years invited the Duc de Malakhoff 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 ono Limo 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 C OA ST. — NEWITAVEN, Monday N:ght.—Thi.3 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 harbaur steam tug. After some difficult) and rick, 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. Hesse-Darmstadt and its Lawyers. A serious misunderstanding 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 u royal commission ; whilst at Vienna in the previous yea► an 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 Hasse-Darmstadt to greet the council in the name of the ruler of the country dots 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 perforniance 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 in 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 es stated above. It was also communicated to the members that the Minister of Jastice, 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 OP 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 prigoner 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 most 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, healing the police were approaching, ran off. Alfred Button, 61, Theobald's•road, said he was coming down Holborn and heard a lout 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 off. Ho assisted the constable to secure the prisoner, and with the aid of another constable ha 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 1 was not drunk. Mr. Henry—You are sure of that ? Prisoner—Oh yes. Constable—He was drunk, your worship. Prisoner—l wasn't; you was. I'd been to a raffle for a friend, who had had a misfortune. Don't believe him, ae he'a 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 perfec , ly recovered. Mr. Henry—What made you take the poison ? Prisoner—l 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 Harris on, landlord of the Su n 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 ho 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 havinc , been taken down. He tried the door in the court l eading to the kitchen, and finding it unfastened, he walked in and said, " Who is there." There vas no answer, but on look ing about he found the prisoner in th© 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. TIIE 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 was 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. Ho 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 low people, which he alleged the uttered in complaining that be was hurting her. The Clerk—Did you hear any other language ? Witness—No, I did not. Mr. Arnold--Is the inspector hero 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 disebarge the prisoner, and shall mark the sheet that my reason for that course is that there is no one from the station. I have repeatedly taken occasion to p o i n t ou t th e nece ssity of the insp ector or super numerary man being present, and have marked the sheet to denote th a t t h ey were not. I d on 't know whether th e s e sheets are ev er l a id b e f ore th e comm issioners, or w hether anything I say m a y b e thou g ht worthy of atte ntion, but must repeat, th a t t h ere i s th e grea test necessity fo r one of these o ffi cers being present. In the presen t case there is I on the part of the defendant a most positive denial of the charge, and in a tone and manner which, I must say, cer tainly looks much like truth, and, in order to fully investi gate the case, it is necessary that the officer who had the charge, or so me one present, should be here t o s t a te what have took place. Def en d an t i s di sc h arge d . Defendant (dropping down done on l jhuesrtickenteoem. s) e e ,, xclaimedt " Thank you, si r . You THAMES. A POLICE CONSTABLE ROBBED IN HIS OWN 11011 SE. —Mary Papps, alias Epps, a married woman, aged 33 years, was br oug ht b e f ore M r. Woolrych. charge d w ith stealing a mahogany writing desk containing £3 7s. 63., a pair of ear -drops, sundry papers, and other property be longing to John Holmes, a police-constable, No. 202 H. u x t o c r civility a c , t otlh d ile t m d ea p nd o u l i t c i e ou 3 -e ffi ri ee h r i , a: ma 'ohffito temperate is p said dt y e h me man nerue wash respected he hasr o hep f s o e r c e his e u dwelling with his f am il y at No. 17 Gloucester-street, Com mercial-road, East. Th e prisoner had lodged in the same house for some time. On Saturday afternoon last his wife said she had , lost her writi ng d esk, that it had suddenly disappeared from their roo m . I t contained 3 sovereigns, 3 half- crowns,a pair ofgold oar-drops,other articles and sundry papers and receipts. Ho had a suspicion the desk had not gone out of the house. He questioned the prisoner about it, and she said he was quite welcome to search her room. He did so, and she gave him apparently every possible facility for doing so—removed chairs and tables, took the couuterp.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 thne—it was indeed. Holmes proceeded- 1 asked her if she had any idea who had robbed him of his desk, and she said, " No, I have not, Mr. Holmes —I hope you don't think it's me. Search again." I did so with no better success. Prisoner—The desk was in my room all the time, believe me it was. Witness—l asked her if she had seen anybody in the house. She said, no one . Ile informed his inspector wlmt had taken place, and he sa id " Your desk is in the house still." 1 was convinced it was so, and directed my wife to watch the prisoner's c onduct and actions. Yester day afternoon I determined to make another search in the prisoner's room, and she said, "You can find I did thedesk now, M r . H o l mes , and on turning over the thingsfind my desk between the bed andTthhee lock mat tress.was fo forced. dbad been broken o p en an d was empty . The prisoner --I o pened it with a knife. Holmes—l as k e d th e prisoner how she came to rob me I e of my desk, and s h e re pli e d, "because I wanted money . said, " You ought to be ashamed of yourself, because when ever you wanted money I let you have some." She then took two sovereigns fromher 1/08Q1:0, and said, "Here. A Penn 3 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 would 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 be 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 ono 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 of circulation 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, o f 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 eas terners keep them. That is, he pays the w ages of his servants out of the pecfas of his trade. It is just the same with the butcher, an d we should like to see it satisfactorily ex plained why the man who sells raw meat should pa y his own servants, while the man who sells cooked meat should not only expect the public to pay 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 matton. It would simply be to substitute indirect for direct taxation. But, no; let the waiter have his penny. The cus tom is ancient, and let it continue, if o nlyout of respect for the memory of Dr. Johnson. It is only that we it seems to involve a stupid principle we have referred to it. If it is not too stupid to live, it is hardly worth while going out of the way to put it out of life.—London Bevutv. grand hall for th e _ -- TIME PNOUGH FO R IT !—A Inner Temple is said to be in c ontemplation. That of Lin. FRENCII BABIES! --110 present annual aver age coin's Inn cost, wo believe, over £150,000. of enfants trouve3 for all France is about 23,000, sonic 2,000 of them dio 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 s i milarly p laced by their own relations ; indeed, M. Hasson states that the capital alone sends 15,000 children to country nurses every year. The total numb2r of babies annually quartered in the villages may, tb.erefore, be taken at a probable mini mum of 73,000.—ifoieley'$ AlineßeY, for k'eptonber• RUSSIAN ATROCITIES, WILNA, Aug. 25. At length the Tirana 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 Si pow i cz, who were hanged without ' trial for the attempt on M. Domejko were r innocent u -A fresh proof, if such were needed, Ofthoutslous tyranny of the savage M ourav i eff. This faithfulruP agent of the policy of Russia in Poland has recently added to his many crimes by anoth er d ee d 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, knowiug that the sentence was a just one, took no notice of the matter. Unfortunately 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 hes 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 In 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 gkund—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 impresaed cenvietion 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 drawn round her eon's neck she fainted, and was carried 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 de Persigny has just pronounced at the Cercle des Arts et du Commerce at St Etienne an address (published in the Moniteur), in 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, under which the country has arrived at so high a point of prosperity, pointing cut 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 employing 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 civil 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 the people, 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, h sould imagine that it belonged to him to go vern Franca ; 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 human. vanity. But bow could pretensions of that kind interest liberty F IVhat I if the most elcquent speaker of the Chamber is not at the same time Minister, there is no liberty in Franca ? In truth, one is confounded when it is remembered with what seriousness such doctrines were affirmed. Eat 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. IVItY' then, should liberty in France be copied after the model of England? In the place of a great aristocracy cover i n g the soil with vast do ma i ns ren d ere d i mmova ble V t he law o f entail, and disposing of eno,mous means of influence, wo have an administrative hierarchy which alon e constitutes all the politi ca l organ i sm o f our democracy, a nd outside of which there are only grains of sand, without cohesion and without adherence. And it is that same hierarchy—that instrument of authority, orde r, and public peace—thi s essential organ of the every - d a y life of the country, th a t certain minds would wish to s ee again abandoned to 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 m orrow! T hus, gentlemen, by restor ing in our institutions the fundamental principle of 1 au thority as well as li b e rty, the Emperor h as re-esta b l i s h e d order in the State, a s in creating a a ...overnment party re moved from all a ntagonism of classes, he, has reestablished order in society." In conclusion, Count de Persigny urged that to assure the destinies of the E m pi re - nothing more was re quired, 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 which the present generation can render to it—that of com pleting the foundation of its Government. 'We have faith in that mission. Yes, all, such as we are, from the dignitaries of State to the inhabitants of the moat humble villages we shall be honoured in our posterity for the work which we shall have accemplished. A day will come in which, under the rei g n of a prince named Napoleon IV. or Napoleon V., our grandsons will say with pride of each of us—' He 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. GOUGU 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 sly 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 on 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 'ope to 'ave the miracle of Sampson repeated, and to be refreshed with water from the jaw-hone of a base I' " SECOND EDIT/ ON. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'( BLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---Tll is Day, LICHFIELD RACES—TiIIs DA) LY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPELAND NURSERY lIANDICA P. Cutaway Dermot Asrhore Edward the Dmfesser Six ran. GOLD CUP. Umpire Golden Drop Fiv© ran. 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 subj acts, the Association established in Bristol and the West of England for obtaining an alteration in convict discipline, Showcth—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 m an y 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 most important and valuable recommendations : First—That remission of punishment should henceforth beobtained 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 distinction between this system and that (adopted in Ireland) of making whatever remission of punishment is allowed to a convict something which he must earn, we consider to be one of great importance." Second—Your Majesty's Commissioners farther recom mend that the treatment of the convict should commence with a period of separate confinement, monotonous labour, and 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, aod 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 the expiration of the sentence 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 mnn against unfounded charges and suspicions, will hold him to strict responsibility ; and in the event of his break ing the condition on which 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 labeir in the task of self-reformation, by destroying the impunity with which unreformed er relapsed convicts when discharged in Eng land on tickets-of-leave now fall back into their evil courses ; and by giving facilities for identifying criminals 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 direct mea sures to be taken for promptly 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) Dude, President of the Association. • M. D. HILL, Chairman of the Committe. Sir George Grey has written to the secretary of the , asso ciatioD,acknowledging the receipt of the petition, ands tating that it has been laid before her Majesty, who received it ve ;raciously. ;ry g RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR. THE WEER. Miles Opened. Receipts. hallways. ‘ -- ii - , - 3, •-• 1862. '. 1863. 1862. ' X X 2,353 2.321 Belfast and N. Counties 136 1 36 735 679 Belfast and County Down 4 9; 1: 0 ,041 1,573 Blyth and Tr Bnstol and 1 . - .34/ 17,797 16 946 'N e ete - r . Caledonian . 84 36 . 1 317 20 . 371 289 64 261 266 CCoocrkkemarmdoßutanh &doWnsto.r.r.kfas..nigag.to.e.n 2680: Cork, Black-rock, Cork and Youghal .. 321 27 513 431 Cornwall 634 53 1,6 3 9 1,665 Deeside l7 17 413 3 . ,5 Dublin & Belfast Junction . Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,07 1,930 Dublin and 31eath - 180 Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 5ll 481 2,915 2.668 Edinburg - 11 and Glasgow 1691 16:11 9,028 8.188 Forth & Clyde J unction Furness, &c Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E. Union Great Northern 251 851 31,877 33. 0 7 0 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 2,328 1.1444 Ut. Northn. & Wes tn. (irel.) 7ll 161 461 37 + 1 4t.Soutlin. & Westu.(irind.) 3511 329 2,871 8 840 Great Western 10561 10181 63,927 68.176 Inverness & Aberdeen J unc 864 861 2,025 1,264 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,774 1,673 Lancashire & Yorkshire Limerick and Ennis.. 2 Limerick and Foynes 261 261 100 133 Llanelly 461 40/ 780 777 105,837 105,333 2,103 2.247 London & North-Western London and Blackwall i 441 25.528 28 544 London & South-Western . • • London, n ß , r u igh ha t t o h n a , m, & Szz. Dover Coast 2 5. , 1 2 9 4 - 2 72 1 2 6 2 :3 96 16 5 24,40) 7 , 0a L D o o u . d M , l e , t i r th op , o 7 li , Southend 4 , / 421 2 779 2,4 T. Metropolitan Extension 104 - 1,400 Man.,Sheffiel .&Lirniconclbnarash : Manch. S.J un.& Alt 28 Maryport and Carlisl.e 31 2_B 1,336 1,211. 1,544 Metropolitan ..! ..!.: 1 . N .. vt , estern) 641 - Midland (inc- -*- 6141 46,105 45,812 Midland G t.Westn. of Irind 2'411 1921 4,619 4,236 Monkland thsh. Rail. & Canal ' 4.1 m on wou ~ .. 44 2,659 2,535 North British, ham, Perth N_ a E n a d s D te u rn nd a e n e d block. & Darl. 14019054 14101 6 1 0 4 : 3 % 29 9 5 1 7 3,4 14 15 7 North London 9 9 3,403 3,633 North Staffordshire 254 252 8,676 6.345 Oswestry and Newton... 5O 42 .1,343 1,200 Rhyniney l9/ 191 915 3,045 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2.017 1 , 982 Scottish Central Bl 81 6,710 5,360 Scottish North- 'astern . „ 138 1321 6,320 6,076 Somerset and Dorset 394 39/ 430 399 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 29,631 28,518 Tall Vale 65 65 5,395 5,809 Ulster Vale of Clwyd.. lO 10 259 284 Vale of Neath 321 251 2,332 1.946 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 361 404 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,350 1,131 West Cornwall 271 271 856 1,009 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&ltaiL 4B 48 4,455 4,102 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrnant 7 7 598 478 Whitehaven Junction .. . ..... 12 12 762 690 Whitehaven & Furness Jun... 35 35 822 659 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 62 52 1,574 1,654 Austrian B2B 828 32,045 30,126 Belgian Eastern Junction 2C 2 , '1 277 313 Bombay, liaroda, & (en. India 155 1321 2,768 1,135 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1611 1,605 1,180 Detroit and Milwaakie 169 185 3,031 3,023 Dutch Rhenish lOB/ _ 1081 6,184 5,803 ___,_ . _.. __ . Eastern of France ....... ...., 1078 1000 - 52, 60 54,•12 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1000 15,623 12,3 5 Great Indian Peninsula 534 4371 4.882 5,212 Great Luxembourg 13 4 134 4,610 4,611 SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. • BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLY.mount, Tuesday Morning- His Prussian Majesty's frigate Adler, 4, Captain Klatt, from Dantsic, last from Yarmouth, has arrived in the Sound. Atter being supplied with coal and provisions btlfd will sail for Constantinop.e and Athens. 10.15 A.M. 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 Eiiz ,brth M'Covi.,an; the schoon er Incentive, Captain Cock, of 13ideford, from Cardiff, with railway iron for Gigon, sprang a leak on Sunday morning, and went down six miles so uth-west of Loco Island yester day. Both crews are in the Sailors' Home hero. (13T MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 31—Marshal Peli ss i er , from Mauritius; Mi d dl e t o n, from Guernsey; Zephyr, from Gravelines. Arrived, Sept. I —Huppett, 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 ; Helen, from Jamaica, for Londoh; Eneid, from west, for north ; War rior Queen, from London, for Cal cutta ; Mata dor, from London, for Cardiff; T It H Q, Commercial Code, from east, for west Anchored— Flora Bye, frcm Shields, for Multitius, 1 .7. S