The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

IIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. No alteration is noticable this morning in the appearance of the Discount Market. Money is again in active request, bankers and bill brokers exact full terms for all the business they negotiate, Ezcept for very short dated first-class paper, and the inquiries at the Bank of Eng:and continue numerous. The equality of the rate out of doors with the official minimum enables the authorities to secure the larger number of bills brought forward, and this fact is established by the Bank Return Published list evening, showing an increase of £308,869 in the other securities. The Bank of England return, completed for the Week to Wednesday last, is of rather an unfavour able character. The other securities have been in creased, in consequence of the close approximation of the rates in the open market to that of the official Minimum, and the bullion, notwithstanding th e has been dimini s h e d b y recent and large inflax, £ 2 8,728. The other deposits are also less. The public deposits, however, owing to the active col lection of the revenue, have been increased by £919,981. Annexed are the particulars: — Active Circulation .. .. £20,754,025 Decrease .. 19,520 Bullion .• • • • • •• .. 15,432,838 Decrease .. • • .. 28,728 Rest .. •• .. 3,726,845 Increase .. 6,893 Public Deposits ▪ 8,291,491 Increase .. •• es 919,981 Other Deposits.. es 12,8,59,580 Decrease .. . 625 359 Seven Day and o th er Bills 761,706 Increase 48 146 G overnment Securities . :: 11,141 , 284 Increase 59,000 ' Other Securities . • • 19,722,525 Increase . 308,8e9 Notes Unemployed 8,545,450 Decrease OS 15,465 oo A further sum of £14,000, in gold, was taken into the Bank yesterday. The New York, from New York, has brought £35,119. Daring the last few days there has been rather less activity exhibited in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Limited dealings have taken Place in tea, at about previous rates, while coffee, S ugar, and rice have, in some instances, been rather cheaper. In the tallow market lull rates have been current for P.Y.C., for both present and forward delivery. The directors of the Joint Stock Discount Com pany have resolved to augment the capital in con sequence of the largely increasing business lately experienced. Forty thousand additional shares of £25 each are to be issued at £1 per share premium, and to be distributed pro rata to the proprietors, "biect to the payment of £2 per share on or before th e 1 3th proximo, £2 on the 19th November, and £2 per share on the 23d December next. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele tram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 67f. 70c. Flat. In the market for the English Funds this morn- NI a very dull and depressed appearance is per ceptible, and although no overt circumstance has scarred to influence prices, Consols have declined ks Per cent., viz., to 934 4 for money, and 934 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced An- Iluities continue at 914 928 ; the 30 Years' Annui ties have realised 144 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 3s. P r eto.; India 5 per Cents. are 1081 4 ; the En heed 5 per Cents., 1071 ; do. 51 per Cents., 1164 117 ; the Debentures, 1001; and the Bonds, 17s. to 268 . prem. The Foreign Market presents a rather quiet ap- Pearance, and prices continue to fluctuate. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 704 4; do., 1862, 71a ; do., Consolides, 534 541; Mexican, Y 64 47 ; Greek, 374 384; do., Coupons, 18 4; Spanish Passive, 361 4 ; do., Certificates, 144 2 ; Portuguese, 494 4 ; Italian, 722 73 ; the Confederate Loan is 31 to 29 dis. ; and the Columbian Loan, Q to 1 prem. Ia the Railway Share Market the operations have again been limited, and prices have slightly Riven way. Great Eastern, Great Northern A Stock, and Great Western have each declined ss. ; While North Western have improved ss. ; and South Eastern, 5E7. Tho Foreign and Colonial undertakings show 110 material alteration in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to the same extent. Oriental Bauk have ad 'touced to 591 60; British American Excha n g e to iOI 16 ; London Chartered of Austral ia t o 281 I mperial Privileged Bank of Austria are quoted 1 preen. ; Hudson's Bay Company Shares, 9, ; nod General Credit and Finance, 5. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. d ank, Stack Per Cent. Reduced Annuities le:r Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 11„ \v 3 i per Cent. Annuities ' l7 2} pe r C en t. A n nuities.... '',Ver Cent. Annuities a unuitie s , 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan. 1880 — D itto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 144 -,.Mi DittoS to (Rck ed Sea Telegraph), Aug. 19 08 — In Ditto 5 pee Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100} D;ttl, Bonds £l.OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO l7 20 pm 'auk Stock for Accou n t ~u nsols for Account, Oct. 8 931 ,_•tudia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Aachequer Bills, £l.OOO, 2,1 per Cent par 3 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. P,Utch, 2f per Cent., Ex: 12 Guilders •"'quador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — ~ Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — •c4gvptian 7 per Cent lO2 lf Ditto Second Issue - .. Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 3B 71 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .......... env Granada 171 Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred .............. 101 i Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ... Peruvian 3 p er Cent. .................. Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 ......... Ditto Acc0unt......... ... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ......... : Ditto Account... ...... . ........ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. _ Ditto Account ...... 49i I i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822 , £ 5t......-. 931 .... Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sa - dinian 5 per Cent -- Ditto Account .. B Panieh 3 per Cent 55 Ditto Acc0unt.......... Ditto New Deferred ,-- 7 'litto Acc0unt..................... 49 Ditto Passive 361 A Ditto Account Panish Cert. of Coup not funded 4i Ditto Account turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent veoezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. 261 Dtto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 31 .,..e1gian 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f. .. - uuteb. '2; per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil „Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates -t. reach Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f — Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — 1 1itto Account TWO O'CLOCK. ° tisols, Money Ditto Account 93a ± Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) -Wee k's Saks, 64,180 bales; speculation, 26,340; exportation, 10,370; actual exportation, 11,357. Qaot TT I°es-- Midclling Orleans, 27;1 ; Mobile, 271; uplands, 27 ; estimated lair Egyptians, 271. Sar ats, i , nl P o tti 7 1,199 ; estimated stock, 201,400 ; Quiet. to 25. Sales of the day, 5,000 bales. ~~ . 23. lelens, 'rincess .aptain n the 9 went turday Keppel Grant, e royal etch by lerd of Inver wifely herd e rifle. ilendid a must a mong peered in,the 7riage prin. Bruce, [aving wood, 'est of cloth which 3es by ted by e 60th ty was hand, ), and rating be sat ificent lapse )r the line of re her 3 rifle well• incest; , n the © has tains. ,acted e the me to day's niter uhar- LP& & rland- milt' , Sus- al re sat in. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share) Railway's. I Paid. Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co :Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A (r -ets no Do. B ti 11 fp e.p an.has been paid to B. ;Dublin & Belfast June. I , uti.,l'ertli,& A b. Juno. (Edinburgh Glasgow. : G !avg. and S. IV e t ern. G real Eastern , Ord. sti: Ditto A stock 13.14. 10 st Bt I 50 I 20 I 10 I 10 Ditto East Anzlian s t preat Nort hot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do Li do ;Gt. S. an t W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val pia. stock !Lancashire iu Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover I Lon. & North Western Lon. & Str.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and. Carlisle. Do I shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New 4.4.0 Do Binning. Derby &lid. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. 4 shares Mid Kurt Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Bervriok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New !North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stocs Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews, and Welolipooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun, Staines, Wok.,an d Wok. Stockton tiz Darlington '9.16.4 Do 8 8i Ri P 5 67 120 .121 7} 8 39 40 Via 174 4(.1 104 110 112 50; sli 494 60t '464 ',74 125 1::6 127 128 1:4 i 36 100 If 2 66} COl 1124 113 73 74 113 114 12 c 3 1014 102 1004 101 45 16 123 125 127 c27 J 14 Up 96 98 55 66 26 17 101} 1011 t7i 681 88 88 117 12) 1 2 FO 82 11} lit 123 125 44 46 101 103 60 62 31 13 946 J 6 70 72 91) 101 9 10 364 374 86 96 , 76 8 150 155 41 66 21 36 p 12.1 0 Do New, 180 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C 'Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilke►iny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool H ar. &K West Midland —Oxford. Do Newport I Do Herefords 8 6 88 189 162 26 28 43 14 39 41 105 107 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Closing Business Price. done. 112 k i 1131 43 101 i 2 102 1i 127& 96k 26k lon 58 E 8 i 06k 6 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan 100 A.tlantio &St Lawrenc( all 60 52 stk Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind 100 1071 ltBl 1071 1 Gu. 5 per oent. 20 Do. New ... 8 1 I p 20 Do. E. Shares. 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5} 6,1 10 Do. Preteronce . all 8 9 Buffalo,Brant,&Godric . l; 100 100 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June I, 1874 100 st Cleuttn.erS.Eastn. (Lin , ) 100 1074 1083 st Cape Town 4 - , Dock Seri] 100 107 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. t 100 1091 110,1 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 108 1,9 1181 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14 11p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Lou 201 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 15 74 100 Do. ao. deferred all 59 01 60 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bongs all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 63 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deterred.— 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 28/ 8 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 25 stock GtinchaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1081 1091 1081 20 Do. New gr,ua. sp. c l2 11 11, 20 Do. January, 1862 8 1} 12, stock Gt. South.of India(Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 201 Gt. 'W. ot Canada Share,. all 101 104 101 I 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 95 97 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 69 91 901 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 107 408 1071 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 1011 102. stock Da. 4i d 0........ 100 48 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Slelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bads. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 18 571 100 Do. 7p. c. Hoeg. Bds. alt *0 Newßruu.swick Cands Class A. anti B N.ll.l.C'das all 3 5 Po Ist pt 100 82 84 stock &hide (100 107 108 8 , Do. Delhi.. d.‘: 100 107 108 Do. do 2 I iP 20 Do. Punjaub os , all ——p st Do. Do. ,tock Do. Indus.St Flo.) l 0 ,1 0 2 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t an.c7uv.ts p.c.Ja .¢J u 1 1877-84 . 100 102 104 103 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 103 Do. dp. c.Mar. & Sept 100 101 103 ' Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. 100 91 53 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 90 !Cape G.Hope, tip 0,1873 100 108 110 j Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 113 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 , Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 03 M (Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 (Natal Gov. 6 per cant. 100 110 112 N.B.Gov. 6 p.o..la.&July 100 100 102 Do. 6p. c.Ap. &Om. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18tit 100 1004 1011 Do. sp. c.,lBtt to 1t,'76 100 101/ 1024 Do. d0.,1888 aupwcis 100 102 103 102: New Zealand 6 p cent 100 111 113 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 Queensland GCv. 6p. c. 100 111 113 IS.Aus G6p.c.1878.&up.. 100 111 113 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. to 60. e. AndzOnt.. 100 111 ll4 l _ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Id uldlorci Amalgamated.. 33 35 Devon G. Cons. cravist, 1 555 565 East Bassett (Megan).. 30 81 63 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. }cl. par East Caradon ...... 2.14. e 28 29 East Carn Brea —. E. 14"1Russel (Tavistk : 8.6.6 31 34 Gam.&StAuDyn(Gwen ) t`.Bl 1:3 15 G mat South Tolgus l7s 4} 41 41 i - Wheal Vor(lielston, 40 9 10 !Grenville 6.16. t 51 5/ Elemd's-Foot 8 .12 39 41 tlingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelaut 94 27 29 Marks Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim ;! 21. 1} I d New Seten l9l 100 110 110 —• North Downs 2l 11 2 N.Wh'l Basset(lllogan 2.17.0 2 . 1 34 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 4 44 41 1 Par Consols (t. Blazey, 11 4 5 20 e rov idence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 13 I 415 423 • S. Calm Brea (Illogan).. 3.15.6! 14 2 •'—Wheai Fran. (Mogan) 18.1-.9 60 65 Stray Park .. . ......... 28. 9 . 37 3 9 5 famar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 19 20 fin Croft .. .. . ........ 9 West Basset (Illogan).. 11 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton .. t ,!••• •• • 17i 215 225 W heal Basset (Illogan) 5} 75 So - IWheal Buller(Redruth) 5 25 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelsnt), 2.0.6 WhealLuticott Wheal AlaryAnni,Men ) 8 9 11 Wheal seton 5Bl 210 220 WhealTreiawney (Lis.)( 7 16 18 - Wheal Union 3.17 2 3 PREFERI 4 3NOE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 1101 Great A orthern, 4. per cent., red. at la per cent. pm., 1031 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4i per cent., 1851. 102 LINES LEASED Al 2 FIXED RENTAL& Buckinghamshire, 981 FOREIGN RAILWAI S. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Oi Bahia and San Francisco (him) gua. 7 per cent., 214 Dutch Rhenish, I 8 N Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10i Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidun), 121:i 12 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22} Turin and Savona, 31 FOREIGN MINES. Kapunda (Ern.), i Alliance Bank of Milted Mexican (lim;, 71 I Y it u u d s a: a arn ia : a tan B a 3 of S. Australia (MTh), 2i British anclß—Li JOINT-STOCK Chartered Ditto new, in Bank of E,, y ' t 27A Chartered American Exchange (Um.), 155 , 5 Eng,rlish and lrisuht, Consolidated B ank of British Columbia, 12 14 Chartered (lim.); 104 of India, Australia. and ening.. 39 4 9 ri i . a ot India, London, and China, 725 70 , ulthand Australian Chartered, 24 } E ll n in g d it i s is h ia B n e°leh London and Imperial Bank M a i' - (- Ina.), iO4 and Japan (lim.), 28 1 9 Brazilian (1 m.) 50 I London and Northern ( I ,"94. ' ''•), 22,1 London and South Atrilimn'''.,--ki Mercantile and Exchan e z a , 'B . . .. National of Liverpool, 16i1:0 5 7 . Imperial Ottoman, 195 London, firm , and S. Staffordsh , m in London Chartered Bank of Aust il ; e l 11-- ' , : "' London and Colonial (linL), g t ' 4 - , a, 205 London and County, 495 ' London Joint Stock, :16i London and Westminster, 70 Oriental Bank Corporation 60'595 Scinde, run ) aub, and Delhi (limo, gz S ou th Australia, ,0 5 Standard of _British South Africa (lim,), 231 Ditto, new, 184: 17 i Union of Australia, 59} 9 Union of England and France (lim.), gi Union of London, 394 a MISCELLANEOUS. Electric Telegraplt, 104 Gen. Cr( dit and N Warier! of London, lim,, 5 General Seam Navigation, 28 . ._ Ditto,:6 per cent. Bo nds rd. ,870 issued. 90, Egg H lta u l d ia so n n l ' r s r l i l g a a y t , io i n i ( i Canal Cavour ) , Joint •stock Discount, 74 a . National Discount Company , B„ m :. `i Oriental Inland Steam, fin, 4 1 Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, - Ditto, new, 40 Royal Mail Stcant, 72 --- ----....,,—.......... The Southampton - papers record the death of Lieutenant Hast, R.N., for many years the commodore of the Royal West India Mail Con3pany's fleet, THE SON. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1861 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. Samuel Leman was placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with obstructing the footway in Princes-street, Bank. Police-constable 438 said the prisoner was standing with his basket of walnuts on the pavement in Princes-street, and, as ha refused to go away when directed, he took him to the station-house. Defendant—Yes, and spilt all my walnuts. I wasn't obstructing the pavement. I'd just put my basket down on the kerb to rest when this gentleman comes up and takes me into custody. The Lord Mayor—What have you to say to the charge ? Defendant—What am I to do, sell walnuts or steal ? I try to get an honest living, and should do so if it was not for the police. They drive us about Ike dogs. The Lord Mayor—But you hare no right to cause an obstruction at that particular place. Another constable informed his lo rdshi p that the bo ys in Princes street did something mo re than sell their wal nuts. Many of them were regu lar thieves, and g ave the of fice to their companions, who were engaged in picking pockets, that the officers were watching them. Defendant—Have I ever done so ? I know I've been a bad boy, but you know it's never too late to mend, and I'm trying to get on honestly; but—(laughter) —one can't do that if the police is to drive us about. The Lord Mayor--I shall only inflict a small fine of 35., but if you come here again I'll not let you off so easy. GUILDHALL. A young man named Wilson was brought before Mr. Alderman Begley, charged with uttering counterfeit coin. Mrs. Stevens, the widow of a licensed victualler, carry ing on business in Bartholomew-close, said the prisoner came into her house yesterday, and, having asked for half a pint of beer, put down the bad half-crown, Detective Smith, of the City police, said he happened accidentally to be taking a glass of stout when the prisoner tendered the money. He questioned him as to how he be came possessed of the money, and not receiving any satis factory answer took him into custody. As he was proceeding with him to the station-house he passed throgh Little Bri tain, where another publican, who was standing at his door, said he had taken some counterfeit half-crowns the day be fore, which, on comparing, were found to be from the same mould as that from which the one tendered at Mrs. Stevens's had been made. The prisoner said he had received the coin amongst the money he had had for wages where be was employed. Smith said the prisoner gave tho address in the New North-road, but he neither knew the name of the person who kept the house or the number. Remanded for further inquiry. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BußaLAßY.—Alfred Morris, 8, Upper Rupert-street, John M'Mahon, 5, South-row, and William Byrne, 6, Carnaby-street, all tailors, and M‘Mahon and Byrne having been previously convicted, were charged before Mr. Knox with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mr. Swallow, licensed victualler, 22, Berwick street, Soho, on the 21st of September, and stealing several articles and money to the amount of £lO. There was a second charge against M‘Mahon of being concerned with another not in custody in steailng at 56, Wardour-street, several articles of the value of £lO, the property of Mr. Samuel, licensed victualler. Only sufficient evidence was given to justify a remand, but it appears that entrance to Mr. Swallow's house, the Blue Posts, Berwick-street, was gained by means of a low wall, and the property carried off. Remanded. SCINDE RAILWAY COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The 15th half -yearly meeting cf this company was held to-day at the London Tavern; W. P. Andrew, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, presided. The report stated that there had been a gradual increase and development of the traffic in every description of goods for the past half-year, fully bearing out former anticipa tions. The average gross receipts of the half-year ending June 30 last amounted to £2,016 per week, being an average weekly increase of £640, or. 16,683 for the half-year preceding. The revenue account for the half year ending Dec. 31, 1862, has been submitted to Government, from which it will appear that, after deducting working expenses and maintenance, the receipts yielded a net return of £7,141 ss. 10d. The receipts per mile were about £360 Os. 3d., and the expenditure £292, leaving a sum of £6B Os. 3d. per mile to be carried to the credit of the net revenue accc.unt, in part liquidation of the interest advanced by Government. Major Malcolm, in his report to Government in March last, stated that "making allowance for the steady increase of traffic which way be reasonably expected to continue, there are fair grounds for hoping that within two years of the ptesent time the Scinde Railway mey return 5 per cent. plus an annually increasing contribution towards the re payment of the guaranteed interest allowed up to that date by the State to the shareholders." Prior to 1862, a bale of cotton in transit was rarely seen upcn the Indus. But a considerable supply of this article is being received from the Punjaub. The value of the cotton exported for the past year was Rs. 1,43,93,483, or about £1,319,402 12s. 2d. Indian Branch Railway Company. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The second ordinary meeting of the directors and share holders in this undertaking was held to-day at the London Tavern. The report, which was adopted, stated that the opening of the Nulhatee line had been delayed, from the roadway which the Government undertook to deliver to the company aot having been originally provided with suffi• cieut openings to carry off the flood waters of the district; the Government undertook to supply the additional waterway required, but the non-completion of one of the principal briiges had up to Aug. 1 prevented the closing in of the line. The chief engineer, however, expected to get a train through at a very early day, and then a telegram would be sent to the board. This announcement is daily expected. Arrangements had been made with the Government for extending the Nulhatee line 81 miles to Bogwan gola, a port on the Ganges, and the road which the Government had to make and deliver to the company was reported in May last as in a forward state. All (or nearly all) the materials of the permanent way, locomotives, &c., for the extension had been shipped for Calcutta : there was, therefore, every prospect that the whole of this branch line might be opened for permanent traffic by the middle of next year. The negotiations with the Government of India for the concession of the whole system of railway lines in Oudh and Rohilkund were pro gressing satisfactorily. The Withdrawal of the Confederate Commissioner, The Index, the London organ of the Confederates, publishes the following as the text of the letter in which Mr. Mason announces the termination of the Confederate mission to England : " 24, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, Sept. 21. " The Right Hon. Earl Russell, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. "My Lord—ln a despatch from the Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, dated 4th day of August last, and now just received, I am instructed to consider the commission which brought me to England as at end, and I am directed to withdraw at once from this country. " The reasons for terminating this mission are set forth in an extract from the despatch, which I have the honour to communicate herewith. " The President believes that ' the Government of her Majesty has determined to decline the over tures made through you for establishing, by treaty, friendly relations between the two Governments, and entertains no intention of receiving yon as the accredited Minister of this Government near the British Court. Uader these circumstances, your con tinued residence in London is neither conducive to the interests nor consistent with the dignity of this Government; and the President therefore requests that you consider your mission at an end, and that you withdraw with your secretary from London.' " Having made known to your lordship on my arrival here the character and purposes of the mis sion entrusted to me by my Government, I have deemed it due to courtesy thus to make known to the Government of her Majesty its termination, and that I shall, as directed, at once withdraw from England.—l have the honour to be yours, &e., (Signed) "J. M. MASON." The same journal makes the following comments on the foregoing document : ___ _ _ " We are permitted by Mr. Mason to publish his letter to Earl Russell, announcing his recall as special commis sioner from the Confederate States of America to England, and the termination of his mission, It will be seen by the extract given in the letter of recall that it is placed by the Confederate President on the ground of the persistent re fusal of England to enter into the relations of amity usual between foreign Powers—a condition of things which, in the opinion of the President, would make the continuance of the mission ' neither conducive to the interests nor con sistent with the dignity of the Government of which he is at the head.' Mr. Slidell, we understand, will remain in France as special commissioner to that Government, nor is it at all contemplated to terminate that mission ; and yet France, equally with England, has so far refrained from entering into international relations with the Con federate States. All England will admit that the Govern ment of those States is in the hands of able, experienced. and judicious statesmen; and we are sufficiently conversant with Southern circles and Southern men to know that, with other marked differences between the sections North and South in America, there exists this—that in the South the general feeling to England has been one of good-will and respect. There must be, then, some over-ruling cause for the difference thus made between France and England in the termination of the mission to the one, and not to the other. To those at all conversant with what is passing in the Southern States this is no mystery. Mr. Slidell has been received, and has been unifotmly treated by the Government of France, with every mark of con sideration and respect for the Government he repre sents. There may be grave reasons regarding policy or public law why France, like England, may not deem it in cumbent as yet to recognise those States assn independent political power; but their representative has been freely admitted to every form of intercourse with the Government of France, to personal interview s with the Emperor when ever he asked for them, with immediate access to all or any of the Ministry at first request. This would seem, indeed, but an ordinary courtesy to a gentleman in his position—the refusal of it would be more than a. discourtesy, it would be an actual indignity to those whose representative he is. Ia England Mr. Mason has been held by the Government in the very opposite position. His correspondence with the Foreign Office, laid before Congress at Richmond, we know from the Southern press, produced a feeling of deep and universal indignation. It showed that, with the exception of a single and formal interview with Earl Russell O R his first arrival, appointed at his residence, and not at the Foreign Office, he had been admitted to no inter course whatever with any member of the Government ; whilst a second interview with Earl Russell, asked for some months after the first, was by that Minister curtly refused. It showed further that, to all outward or other manifestation , the presence of a Confederate commissioner in London was no further recognised than by brief replies to such commu nications as he was from time to time instructed to make to the Minister of this Government. Whilst we sincerely regret, therefore, the necessity which has imposed on President Davis the duty of terminating the Confederate commission to England, we are bound to admit that his forbearance has been tested to the utmost. Earl Russell has now succeeded in establishing absolute non-intercourse with the Confederate States—those States where our commerce has found Sources of incalculable wealth and profitable employment for countless millions of our capital, with like profitable employment for hundreds of thousands of the people of England. We say absolute non intercourse, because we kno w through the press that of the three British consuls who remained in the Southern States exercising their functions by permission of the Government there, Mr. Bunch at Charleston, and Mr. M'Gee at were recalled by this Government; and Mr. Moore at Richmond was dismissed by the Confederate Government for contumacy. It remains to be seen hereafter what ad vantages France may derive from a course of policy more consistent with her own self-respect and with national de corum." METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. The Government inspector yesterday approved of the works of the junction lines with the Great Northern Railway a t King's-cross, and through/ trains will run between parriDgdon-street station and that line on and after the Ist October ri‘-'lO. "Striking a light" fifty years since was done by a ftini . ln" steel, and a Inciter match was considered a physical imposs;- - bility. Many are still sceptical of the fact, patent to thou sands, of Herring's magnetic brush and comb restoring the colour to grey hair, and curing the severest cases of neuralgia and nervous headache. Recent improvements prevent the possibility of their failure. N.l3.—Couilterfeits are being made. Offices, 12, Basiogliall-street, Loicl9n. ,:. MANHATTAN AT IT AGAIN. "PEGGING AWAY" AT TIIE ENGLISH MINISTRY. There is but one opinion of the acts of the Eng lish Ministry; there can be but one wherever God's sun shines upon people who can read the A B C and write—even in the colonies of England—and that is this: that the English Ministry had one of two courses to pursue, a right one and a wrong one. A right noble one would have been, if they deemed it for the interest of England to acknowledge the South, to have done it in a noble open manner, and have let the consequences take care of themselves. If they had done this they would have dismembered the United States for e.e.r, and, at this moment, the Confederacy would have been independent, and a grateful friend to England. This was a right course for an English Ministry to pursue. The Ministry was too small potatoes and too few in a hill to do anything so grand and so noble. They wished to sneak into doing good to the South, and so they allowed English capital, English sailors, English shipbuilders, English boiler•makers, and English everything else makers, to fit cut ships in English ports es pirates to go on to the Atlantic Ocean, and there, under the rag adopted by our Southern brothers, to burn and de stroy millions of property belonging to merchants and shipowners, like old-time pirates, without much regard to whether the property was American, English, or Swiss. Is there a reflecting man in England, or a true-born English child between the age of three and twelve, who will say that that was the right cheese ? Or is there one who is proud of the achievements of such a glorious ministry ? Yet, as the man said to Noah, "1) your old boat ; I don't believe there is going to be much of a shower." So even now the organs of the English ministry, while territory after territory, each vaster in extent than all Europe, is weekly passing from rebel do minion, hopelessly and irrevocably, these organs declare that the South has just began to fight, and that the Confederacy was never so prosperous—and the stock gees up. " A SLASH' AT NAPOLEON. The English ministry did wrong, and if they remain in power when the South caves in there can be nothing else than a long and bloody war with America. It is as inevitable as that the tides ebb and flow. God in mercy avert it. Of course if the English people want war with America, they will have it by keeping in the present ministers, who have made such a lovely mess of everything. But I suppose the million of pounds sterling that Napoleon is said to spend yearly in London to keep his viceroy Palmersto❑ in power will have its effect, and that he will command his deputy to plunge England into the coming war that we are to have with France, use her as he did in the Crimean war, and as he does when he pleases, as the monkey did the generous cat, to pick the chestnuts out of the fire for his Majesty's own eating, while the unsus pecting cat burned her own paws. England, great and glorious as she has been, must to eternity com mand the respect of mankind, and of those who speak the English language all over the world, no matter what their nationality, when she leads in the affairs of the world and of the great nations on its outside surface. But how low she sinks when no great measure can be started by her ministers until a telegram has been sent to and received from Paris. I trust and I pray that whatever England may do in the coming contest, she will do it as mag nificently as of old, and not as second fiddle to the French Emperor. It is a reflection upon the mil lions of hogsheads of English blood in human sys tems on this continent and elsewhere, to suppose that England—old powerful England—is afraid to go to war without the backing of the legions of Paris No. 2. EDWIN JAMES REDIVIVUS ! Edwin James is in deeper trouble for his slander of the English widow. It will be a rich trial when it comes on. Mr. James enjoys himself in the new country. He is not an early riser, but sits up late at nights to equalise it. It is asserted that he will soon lead to the Hymeneal altar a beautiful girl, daughter of an ex-governor of this state, with in her own right a million. When the marriage is over the parties will probably go abroad. YANKEE SQUEAMISHNESS ABOUT Bullock's BLOOD. We have an amusing war at the present time between the butchers of New York and the city inspector, Boole. He is opposed to the system of slaughter-houses, with blood running in the gutters of our best streets. It is a great nuisance, and is a source of sickness. It is to be hoped that Mr, Boole will be the conqueror. CLEVER APPLICATION OF A PROVERB. The retreat of General Bragg from Gen. Rose ,ranz has surprised many. It only proves the truth of the old English saying, " Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better one." WAR 1 WAR I I WAR i I: WITH FRANCE. A war between France and the United States is inevitable; but may Heaven avert a war between England and this country. It must come with the present ministry. The ministers are so leagued in with France that war cannot be avoided, if Napoleon wishes; and it is folly to suppose that this country, when the rebellion ceases, will be powerless. The anxiety to wipe out the past disgraceful civil war will make our new war ferocious. If the rebellion is crushed, the Government will have to go into a foreign war. France is fair game. She only has given us cause of war. We need Mexico now, and we will have it. It was a great blunder of Polk's administration that he did not keep Mexico when we had it, and Scott with his army was in Mexico city. It was prevented by the Southern statesmen, who opposed annexing it for the same reason that they always opposed annexing Canada, viz., it would have enlarged and strengthened the free states and free territory. [Not a word about the human blood now, (for two years) flooding—not the gutters of New York but the vast countryside of what was once the Union : not one word about this fearful pouring out of human blood, says Manhattan l] MARKETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. A moderate supply of English wheat was on sale here to day. Factors were somewhat firmer in their demand, but, owing to the considerable arrival of wheat and flour from foreign ports, buyers operated cautiously at Monday's de cline in the currency. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat, in which sales progressed slowly at late rates. In floating cargoes of grain a limited business was trans acted, yet no change took place in the value either of wheat or spring corn. There was a somewhat increased supply of barley on offer, and the trade ruled heavy at barely stationary prices. The malt trade was in a sluggish state at about previous rates. The supply of oats was tolerably large. All descriptions met a slow sale at Monday's reduction in prices. Beans and peas were in slow request at late prices. Flour moved off slowly at previou. quotations. The supply of barrels was somewhat extensive. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. English ~1,960 1 730 1,460 1 40 i 58 0 ~ Irish. - FOrelgll.... —20,110 7,450 18,390 ,19,1•61 g bekrisi NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is moderate, and the trade rules firm at quite previous rates. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 8 4 6 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 adsd Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Vaal Small pork .... 4 8 5 0 Lamb ........ 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. New English hops ars in good request, and fine samples command enhanced rates. In yearling and old hops on l y a moderato business is doing ; nevertheless, prices rul e firm. New Mid and East Rents Li lOs to £8 *Os per cwt. W e ald of Keats S us sex . 4 lOs to 6 58 '3: WESTMINSTER. DISTRESSING POSITION OF A HUSBAND AND FATHER. —A man, of gentlemanly appearance and address, who appeared overwhelmed with grief, addressing the magis trate, said that he had to solicit his advice under circum stances of a most painful description. He regretted to say that his wife was utterly given over to drink, and that his two young children were not only grossly neglected, but were endangered by her c)mmon and repeated intoxication. This unhappy state of things had been going on for three years, and threatened inevitable beggary, as she took out everything that could be disposed of to indulge her un. happy propensity, and applicant was most anxious to have the magistrate's advice as to the course he had better pursue. Mr. Arnold—lt is really very distressing, but I have no power to help you. Applicant—l really cannot live with her any longer ;if I do, we must all soon become chargeable to the parish. Cannot you make an order for her admission into the work house ? I would there maintain her. Mr. Arnold—l cannot. I have no jurisdiction in the matter. Applicant—Will you kindly favour me with your advice ? Mr. Arnold—As a magistrate I cannot, but, as a man of the world, I should recommend you to separate from her, and to allow het a separate maintenance. , Applicant—She is not is a state of mind to make any at rangement. Mr. Arnold—lt is a sad case, but I fear not an un common one. Applicant—Pardon me if I inquire upon another head. The consequence of her continual drunkenness is that her conduct is perfectly childish; she does not know what she is about. Mr. Arnold—lf you can obtain the certificate of a medical man that she is insane, she may be placed in an asylum, and there taken care of. Applicant—A medical man has seen her, but will not give the necessary certificate. He says that she is bordering on insanity. _ Mr. Arnold—Then he declines to give a certificate? Applicant—He does. May I yet ask you another ques ion ? Mr. Arnold—Assuredly. Applicant—Has the father power to take away the chil dren from the mother ? Mr. Arnold—What aro the ages of the children ? Applicant—Thirteen months and three years. Mr. Arnold—The mother is entitled to the custody of the children up to the age of seven years, unless it can be shown that she is morally unfit to have charge of them, but that is not a matter within my jurisdiction. THAMES. CRUELTY EY A CHARITY SCHOOLMASTER.—A tall and powerful man named George Wilson, master of the well known Charity School of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, on Tower-hill, adjoining the Royal Mint, and distinguished as the "First Protestant Charity School," appeared before Mr. Partridge, on a summons, to answer a charge of as saulting John Edward Jones, one of his pupils. The summons was taken out at the instance of the mother of the boy. She is a poor and industrious widow of good character, and when she applied for the summons, appeared in great distress of mind. Her son, a delicate boy, only 9 years of age, had been most cruelly flogged, as was indicated by the state of his person. His back and posteriors were covered with bruises and discoloured, from the inflic tion of the dominie. It appeared from the evidence that the boy had been severely flogged with a cane and a strap on several occasions, and he had seen other boys punished very badly by the schoolmaster. The complainant, notwithstanding his tender years, had been chastised forty times. His hands wore mercilessly cut with a cane in June last, and the mother then complained to Wilson of his brutal treatment. The boy's hand was cut with a cane a fortnight ago. The last cruel infliction was on Monday afternoon last, after school hours. Tho defendant pulled down the blinds of a room, in which he punished the boy, put a handkerchief over his eyes, made him pull down hia trousers, and then flogged him over his naked body with a leather strap. The boy counted as many as thirty blows. The defendant said he did not in flict more than twenty nor less than fifteen, and produced the leather strap with which he inflicted the punishment. It was by no means a heavy or formidable weapon, but, in the hands of a giant like the defendant, o Table of injuring a child of tender years with a soft skin like the complainant. Mrs. Jones, the mother of the boy, said he had come home frequently with his hands cut and his person bruised, and she complained that it was not proper or humane to punish a child so brutally. The defendant made a lengthened exculpation, and denied having punished the boy with unnecessary severity. The inflictions were necessary for the discipline of the school, He punished the boy on Monday for telling a falsehood. He put in a letter, of which the following is a copy : "The Rev. Mr. Robertson, incumbent of St. Botolph, Aldgate, begs to state that John Edward Jones is a boy of bad disposition, that he has been reproved by the trustees of the aohtool for insubordinate conduct, and that he has only been permitted to remain in the school on promise of amendment. Mr. Robertson begs to state further that he has reason to fear that the boy has been encouraged in his bad conduct by his mother, who appears to have given him injudicious advice, and that the trustees of the school have the greatest confidence in the toaster, Mr. Wilson, and believe that he would not inflict unnecessary or excessive punishment. 16, Devonshire-square, Sept. 24, 1863," Mr, Partridge said the statement in writing of the Rev. Mr. Robertson was no evidence whatever, and he could pay no attention to it. The defendant said the summons had been served upon him so recently that he had not had an opportunity of calling witnesses, and wi-hed for an adjournment. Mr. Partridge would certainly give the defendant an op portunity of calling any witness he thought proper. The charge was a serious one. The defendant must recollect that he was charged with flogging the boy in private during "play hour," as it was called, and that the punishment was inflicted with a leather strap on the naked person of the child, after he had been blindfolded. The defendant would also recollect what was the state of the child's body just mtposed to view; and that the mother said when the boy cam e home on Monday there were red and blue stripes on his body, and that his hands were cut on a former occasion. The case was then aijourned, to give the defendant an 013134rtuuity of calling )74trAeszea to ciaaravter. COLONIAL. - - TEA.—The market has continued dull, but prices remain without change. Sucr.A.R.—A moderate amount of business has been done in West India, which have fully sustained former prices. In the refined market, however, rather less firmness has prevailed. COFFEE —There has been a fair amount of business transacted in colonial descriptions, at about late rates. RICE.— Business has continued inactive, but quotations ally are steady, gene. lw.—Less animation has prevailed. Prices. how- TALL, '4l maintained. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted ever, are w. -9 months, 44s 6cl, and spring delivery, 45s 44s 6d, last th.. to 45s Gd per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. CESAREWITCH. 15 to 1 agst Anfield (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Hurricane (offered) 18 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 25 to 1 agst Jack o'}learts (taken) 25 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Catch'-em -alive (taken) 50 to 1 agst Melandra (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 7 agst Birdhill (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Catch'em Alive (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Borealis (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Cairncistle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baldwin (tike 66 to 1) MONMOUTH RACES—THuRsDAy. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 30 suvs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each, &c. One mile. 12 subs. Marquis of 11a.tings's 03ine, 3 yrs, Sat 21b (Judd) 1 Mr. Barnett's Zingari, 6 yrs. Sat 81b (Langston) 2 Mr. J. Adams's Northam, 5 yrs, Sit Sib (J. Ilolraan) 3 Betting-2 to lon Odine. Won by six lengths ; two lengths between second and third. Thm Beaufort Cup (Handicap), of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with a piece of plate added by the Duke of Beaufort. One mile and a quarter. 20 subs, 7 declared. Mr. Morris's Balham, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Judd) 1 Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Cannon) 2 Mr. F. Rowlands' Doncaster, 6 yrs, Bst .. (A. Edwards) 3 Ripon and Trumps also ran. Betting-2 to lon Balham, 3to 1 agst Golden Dust. Won by two lengths ; a length between second and third. The Kymin Stakes of 5 sots each, 2ft to the fund, for 2- yr-olds, with 50 added. 6 furlongs. 14 subs. Lord Uxbridge's Vabalathus, Bst 51b .... (A. Edwards) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Esperance, Bst 71b (Judd) 2 Mr. Redliff's Cranbury, Bst 101 b Betting-6 to 4on Cranbury, 7to 4 agst Vabalathus, sto 2 agst Esperance. Won by two lengths ; a length between second and third. The Monnow Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; weight for age ; selling and other allowances. 6 furlongs. Mr. Morgan's Cosette, 2 yrs, sst 121 b Lord Uxbridge's Lady Constance filly, 2 yrs, sst 12ib (G. Sopp) 2 Mr. Knight's Nathalie, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (Deacon) 3 Merry Widow also ran. Betting-6 to son Nathalie, 2to 1 agst Lady Constance filly, 5 to 2 agst Cosette. Won by two lengths ; half a length between second and third. The winner was bought in for 110 guineas. The Chippenham Stakes of 10 sovs each, sft, and 2 if declared, with 50 added; winners extra. 6 furlongs. 20 subs. Mr. F. Jacob's Lufra, 3 yrs, Sst 91b .... (Maidment) 1 Mr. J. Powney's Lady Williams, 2 yrs. 7st 21b (Deacon) 2 Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 3 yrs, Bst 91b .... (Cowley) 3 Mr. F. Rowlands's Doncaster, 6 yrs, 9at 1110 (A. Edwards) 0 Betting—Even on Lufra, 6 to 2 agst Lady Williams. Won by a head ; a neck between second and third. The Troy Plate (Handicap) of 2:5 soya, added to a sweep stakes of 5 .sovs each, 2 ft to the fund ; certain penalties and allowances. 1 mile and a half. 10 subs. Mr. Adam's Wortham, 5 yrs, lOst (Mr. Williams) 1 Mr. Brayley's Tonio, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b Mr. E. Herbert's Whitehall, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (J. Holman) 3 Betting-2 to lon Wortham. Won by three lengthf ; two lengths between second and third. WALSALL RACES-ThURSDAY. The Hurdle Race Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added; winners extra. Two miles. Mr. Hunt's Jacob, 6 yrs, 12st (including 71b extra) 1 Captain Moss's Portland, 6 yrs, lO s t 2 Mr. E. Jacobs' Nereus, aged, lOst 21b The Nursery handicap of 3 sous each, with 30 added SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. CANTERBURY RAC ES—This DAY. CITY PLATE, Fletton Flying Spur ............... 2 Physician ............... 3 EAST KENT II A NDICAP. Little Dick Michel G rove . 1 Spitfire Kitty 3 Three-quaftera of a mile. Mr. Devereux's Highland Mary, 6st Bth t 1 Mr. Doyle's Jewel, 7st 2111 Lord Anglesey's hattler, 7st 21b The Bradford Handicap of 5 soya, with 50 added. One mile. Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, 7st .. 2 Mr. Hart's Middlewatch, 3 yrs, 6st 6lb 3 The Innkeepers' Plate of 30 sous; selling and other allow ances. Three-quarters of a mile. Ur. Cliff's Wyrley, 2 yrs, sst 71b Mr. Orme's Jessie colt, 2 yrs, sst 71b The Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry Plate, added to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each; 12st each; thorough-breds 101 b extra; mares and geldings allowed 41b; winners of 60 soya 71b; 100 soya 14Ib extra. Two miles. Lawyer Dewdrop 2 The Scurry Handicap of 25 sous for all ages. Half fir mile. Mr. Saunders's London, 2 yrs Mr. East's Pony, 8 yrs Four others ran• Won by three lengths. NEW HOMAGE TO THE GENIUS OF CORNETLLE.— An open space, to be called Place Corneille, is about to be made in Paris by tatting down several houses in the narrow street called Argenteuil, near the Louvre. About twenty years since there was discovered, in the Rue Argen teuil, the house in which Corneille died. An inscription was placed in the court-yard, engraved on a black marble tablet, stating that Pierre Corneille died there the Ist of October, 1684. THE CHEER AFTER " THE ALMA"—From the recol lection of an officer engaged at it.—On the farthest heights, about a mile and a half from the Alma, the Bri tish troops ceased their pur,uit ; and then arose such a cheer —a cheer from 20,000 victorious men I—even some of the poor wounded fellows joined in it. I shall never forget that cheer as long as I live—it was, indeed, thrilling. I almost pitied the fallen enemy—it must have been so gal ling to them; as I heard a man of the Guards say to a com rade, "I say, Bill, pleasant for them poor devils (pointing to some wounded Russians) hearing our chaps cheer so." The men were tired, and many almost exhausted for want of water. Lord Raglan rode up and down the line of troops, the men cheering him vociferously. There was such a shaking of hands. One felt very choky about the throat, and very much inclined to cry, as one wrung the hand of a friend, and " God bless you, old fellow I --so glad to see you all right I" and like expressions, were heard on every side between brother officers. It was a touching sight to see the meeting between Lord Raglan and Sir Colin Camp bell—the late Lord Clyde. The latter was on foot, as his horse had been killed in the earlier part of the action. He went up to his lordship, and, with tears in his eyes, shook hands, saying it was not the first battle field they had won together. and that now ho had a favour to ask, namely, that as his Highlanders had done so well, he might be allowed to claim the privilege of wearing a Scottish bonnet. To this Lord Raglan, of course, gave a smiling assent ; and, after a few more words of friendship on both sides, they parted to their several duties. ELEGANT ENGLISH: being a specimen extract from Davis's diary, descriptive of Mainlay's Aus tralian Expedition :—June 21, 1862, between Stuart's Creek 'and th e Ri ver Burdekin, in North-east Austr alia. Here we go! three more horses left behind. Go it, ye cripples I So that we don't have to walk it won't signify ; bu if we go on as we are doing now, burning the candles at both ends—i.e., eating the camels and horses, and leav ing them behind—and with nothing else to depend on for grub. we shall soon be in serious difficulty. It won't do to to wrecked in sight of home; so, lads, cheer up, and keep your peckers ditto ; that's the way to pull t hrough a diffi culty ; and when we are on the last horse, it will be time enough then to think of going to David Jones, Esq., and he will have a nice lot if he gets us. One of the camels seems very CD, he had to be thrashed to get him on. THE FRENCH ARMY, now 412,000 strong, is thus distributed :--In Mexico, two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry. about 34,000 ; in Cochin China, 1,600 (the above being on the w ar footing) ;i n R ome , about 20,000. Th e arm y of Paris consists of three divisions of infantry and one of cavalry ; of Lyons, two divisions of in fantry and one of cavalry; an d f our reg i ments o f cavalry ar e at Luneville. These armies are estimated at 40,000 men . The Imperial Guard, together with the Turcos and the Spahis, 30,000 men, The remainder of the French army is distributed in six great corps, five in France and one in Algeria. THE MANILLA CHEROOT MANUFACTURE—De. scribed by Madame Anna d'A. in her new work, " A Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan."—The building is very extensive, c over i ng 6 a cres, in a quarter of th e t own called Binondo, and was erected about the year 1782. They employ in this establishment 10,000 women, and 300 men, the wages of each being 30 cents. per day. As they have no machinery, all is done by manual labour; and to us, so used to the former in Europe, the latter process seemed slow. The building contains four galleries, each being divided into two or three compartments. You walk down the middle of these g alleries, where at long low tables on each side, the W 0133011 work, seated upon mats placed on the ground. The noise is very deafening, for each female is provided with a stone, about the side of a large lemon, with which she beats the leaves continually, reminding one of cooks beating beef-steaks. When the "coat" is thus pre pared, they put a quantity of small chopped up tobacco in the centre, a little gum on one edge, and:then ion it very adroitly till it assumes the desired form, after which the small end is neatly tapered off. TREASITILE TROVE.—One hundred and two gold coins of the 15th century have just been found in pulling down an old house at Saint-Pol-de-Lion (Fini stere). These pieces were struck, some at Nantes and some at Rennes, and all bear the effigy of Francis, Duke of Brittany, in armour, on horseback, with the inscription, Francisca); Dei gratis Britanum dux; on the reverse is a cross on an ermine field, with the words, Deus, in adiute. rium mew% intende. Each coin is of the size of a two franc piece. All are in a good state of preservation. DIPLOMATIC EMISSARIES. —According to the Czas, Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, the well-known author and British diplomatist, and the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, private secretary to Lord Palmerston, have arrived at Cracow. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HAJ:F-PAST 4 o'CLocK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. *WARSAW, Sept. 20. Since the execution of the , decrees relative to the closing of houses and tito collection of the taxes, the police authcrities have paused in their system of reprisals. Domici liary visits and arrests, however, continue without intermission. M,sanwhile the Russian Government appear to be intent upon gradually dismisbing all high Polish officials from the ser vice of the State, and filling up the vacancies with Russians mostly military men. The following imperial ukase granting unlimited leave of absence to the Marquis Wielopolski Was published in the D:iennik of yesterday : " We Alexander IL, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, King of Poland, &c. Whereas at his own re qnest we have granted to Count Wielopolski, Marqui s Myskowski, Chief of the Civil Administration in the Kingdom of Poland, unlimited leave of absence abroad, we do by the presents release him from the above functions, as well as from the office of Vice-President of the State Council of the Kingdom of Poland.' "Given at Tizarkoja-Selo, the 12th Sept., 1863. (Signed) "ALEXANDER, "For the Emperor and King, Platonow," Bank of England Return.•—Yesterday, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day of Sept., 1863 : MDR DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .......-.X29.29.),475 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,649,475 Silver Bullion X29,299,475 ' X 29,299,475 BANNING D etoprietors' Capi tal .£14.553.000 Rest l'ublic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 8,29',491 Other Deposits 12,459,580 Seven Day and other Bills 761,706 EPAIITMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,141.24 Other Securities 1 9 ,7V,526 Notes Gold and Silver 783,353 Coin £40,192,622 AL £40,192.64 ,RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Sept. 24, 1863. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 25.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and fine weather. SWANSEA, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cubans, from Caldera. CLYDE, Sept. 23.-IVind S.W.—Arrived—Oder, from Maceio ; Wm. Connel, steamer, from Bordeaux; Susan, from Salina. HOLYHEAD, Sept. 24.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Ravens worth, fur Curacao. PLltmouni, Sept. 24,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Trident, from Onega. NEWPORT, Sept. 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Carrabell, from Gloucester for Singapore; Screamer, from Bristol for Galle, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday ➢corning. Arrived, Sept. 24.—Jonadab, from Leghorn; Physe and Petrel, from Denai; Calder, from Tinidad; Premier, from Demerara. Arrived, Sept. 25—Waterloo, from Rotterdam; City of Norwich, from Tonning; Lady Hilda, from Barbadoes ; Gustaf War a, from Gottenburg. Sailed, Sept. 25—Barcelona, steamer, for Barcelona. THE VIRTUES OF BORAI.—The washerwomen of Holland and Belgium, so proverbially clean, and who get up their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax as a washing-powder instead of soda, in the proportion of a large handful of borax-powder, to about 10 gallons of boil ing water; they save in soap nearly half. All the large washing establishments adopt the same mode. For laces, cambrics, &c., an extra quantity of the powder is used, and for crinolines (required to be made very stiff) a strong solu tion is necessary. Borax, being a neutral salt, does not in the slightest degree injure the texture of the linen; its effect is to soften the hardest water, and therefore it should be kept on every toilette table. To the taste it is rather sweet; it is used for cleaning the hair, is an excellent dentifrice, and in hot countries is used, in combination with tartaric acid and bicarbonate of soda, as a cooling beverage. Good tea cannot be made with hard water ; all water may be made soft by adding a teaspoonful of borax-powder to an ordinary-sized kettle of water, in which it should boil. The saving in the quantity of tea used will be at least one-fifth. As a waggon, heavily laden with sacks of corn, was three days ago crossing the suspension-bridge of Saint Mathurin (Maine-et-Loire), a part of the flooring gave way, and the waggon and three horses attached to it fell through into the river. Two of the animals were drowned, and the third was saved with great difficulty. The guardian at the end of the bridge had used every effort to prevent the carman from passing over, as the load appeared to be too heavy, but the man would not listen to the objections made, and proceeded. He escaped unhurt, but seemed almost inclined to throw himself into the river in despair, when he found the great injury caused by his obstinacy. A SIGHT TO SET BEFORE THE QUEEN.—The Duke of Cotadilla, hearing that the Queen of Spain was about to pass, wished to pay her proper respect, and desired all the escort to pmt on clean linen and their best garments. There was not a single house, not one rock, not a tree, not a turn in the road which could be used as a drawing-room. The ladies had due notice given of what was about to be done, and drew down the blinds. The little Hugo!' ' being boys , r emained in the cabriolet an d w i tnessed the scene. The soldiers made haste to place their guns in piles and to take off their knapsacks, watch-coats, trousers, and shirts. Bnt they were by no means in such a hurry to put their clothes on again. It was a comfort for them to be freed from this load of covering under the overpowering heat, and they prolonged as long as they well could this state of ease and coolness. They p ro l onge d it, indeed, so long that Queen Julia, who was not supposed to be so near at hand, arrived unexpectedly, and was obliged to pass through the midst of the couple of thousand men in the act of changing their shirts. The Duke of Cotadilla was deeply annoyed that the honour he wished to show the Queen should have been ex pressed so strangely. Peopl e tried to comfort him by tell ing him that the Queen would only remember his good in tentions, but it was long ere he recovered from the effects of his unlucky piece of gallantry,—Life of Victor Hugo. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT NOT rINGHAM.—Two PERSONS DROWNED.--A distressing accident oc curred yesterday, in the River Trent, near Nottingham, whereby two persons lost their lives. It appears that two young gentlemen, named Hurst, had been at the wedding of a friend named Manlove. The party, after the wedding, went to Clifton Grove to spend the remainder of the day. Mr. John and Mr. Edward Hurst left the party and en gaged a small boat at the Union Inn, near the Trent, and took with them a boy named Bromley to act as coxswain, when striving to row through an arch of the Trent •bridge, owing to a flush of water the boat was nearly upset and the boy thrown out, but it being shallow water where he was, the Hursts told him to keep stationary and they would soon rescue him. Bromley, however, unfortunately took hold of the side of the boat, and it immediately capsized, both the • young men, as well as the boy, being pitched into a very rapid stream. Mr, John Hurst, who is a good swimmer, tried hard to save his brother ; but all his efforts were of no avail, and both Mr. Edward Hurst and the boy Bromley went to the bottom, and when got out both were dead. FIRE AT THE ADELPIII THEATRE, LIVERPOOL.— On Wednesaay evening, about a quarter to 9 o'clock, great alarm was created amongst the audience at the Adelphi Theatre, in Christian-street, by a cry that the place was on fire. It appears that several boys who were indulging themselves with a pipe in the gallery, let a spark drop amongst some shavings and rubbish beneath the seats. These materials at once burst into a flame, and the fire communicated itself to the benches. A great deal of smoke made the thing appear more serious than it really was. The alarm having been given at the Rosehill fi re station, a reel was speedily on the spot, and a few buckets of water quickly extinguished the fire. A MISER AT GREENWICIL—An old pensioner, named Emanuel Mori, lately died in Greenwich Hospital, who was found to have amassed, by miserly habits, altogether, in money and securities, £1,130 I fie his h s e uvpose receiveddi influence from enceinhad been for more than 30 year s one of the Board-ro om messengers ; and, no doubt, the to fees ap plicants and contractors, owing forwarding their interests, added greatly to his store, for his wages, including victualling money, was little more than 2s. per day. Having no known relatives, his effects go to the Crown; but it is supposed, under the new regu lations, the Crown will forego its rights, and the money l will form a valuable addition to the unclaimed effects of ) the deceased pensioners, the proceeds of which axe to kiln a fund for the benefit of widows and orphans. -,~,_. )use vs to 11C team) ester- Straf- )lonel xquis :otel. rived 1 laud :own Pen- will , and d as want glas, sfood ight urch The Ed- and ugh .era hot ;ht Cho ty, fa. lig bla