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

15 w' 4 t - +BEY MARA,. E AND COYHERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 13; An active demand for money still continues, but as the resources of the public and private establish , B . nlenta have been slightly increased, the rates for s si first-class short-dated paper have been relaxed to 20 the extent of t- per cent., and the general charges t , are now quoted 31 4 per cent. so A further sum of £40,000 in gold was taken into 25 the Bank yesterday. st st There was no material alteration in the Foreign E xchanges yesterday afternoon. st Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. announce hay- s e ,' in g received 11,600 from the Custom-house at San :t Ja ,e de Cueuta on account of the New Granada el dividends. Two o'CLocx. The suspension has been announced of Mr. Wil liam Sheppard, of the Palk Mills, Ware, with liabilities estimated at 130,000. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's teleg mm, the Three per Cent. Recites were 67f. 40c. Rather firm. There has been a further improvement to-day of 1 per cent, in the market for the English Funds owing to a few speculative purchases, coupled with the flow of gold into the Bank of England and the favourable accounts of the harvest. Consols are 931- 1, for money, and at 931 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are better at 93 11. The New 21 per Cents. are marked '77. India Stock is firm at 226; do. 5 per Cent. Loan 1081 I; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 1161. Exchequer Bills are ls. die, to 2s. prem. Although the dealings in the Foreign Market are rather limited, prices tend upwards. Mexican have risen f, viz., 381, 39 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have improved to 671 ; 66 ; Ditto Causalities, to 481 ; 49 ; Greek, to 33.1 ; Ditto Coupons, to 154 1; Spanish Passive, to 321 331; Ditto Certificates, to 121 ; Russian, to 921 93; Sardinian, to 90; and the Confederate Loan is firmer at 251 to 241 dis. Business in the Railway Share Market continues inactive, but in one or two instances there is a t: slight improvement in prices. Great Eastern, London and Blackwall, and South Eastern have each improved ss. ; Great Northern A Stack, 108.; and Caledonian, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue heavy, at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in several instances also a shade firmer. Imperial Ottoman have advanced to 181; London and Brazilian to 431 ; Alliance of London and Liverpool to 351 4 ; Crystal Palace Stock is steady at 401 ; International Financial shares at 81 9 ; Hudson Bay Company at 21 3; and Ueneral Credit Company at 21. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9 34 11 I New 3 per Cent. Annuities -.' New 21 per Cent. Annuities.. 5 per Cent. Annuities &fatuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 U — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Inklia Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent tl - .to 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 W:1, bonds fl.uon — Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account Console tor Account, Sept. 9 I atria Stock for Account, 5 per Cent loBk 6 1 March, I J une, s' 21 per Cent. 2f per Cent. 6 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 dis 12 pm Ditto X 500.. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilton 6 uer Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. :Egyptian 7 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.rns 32i 3i 2i Ditto Account 33t Ditto Coupons l5l Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 9i Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 6l Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 ... — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent ....... ... Ditto Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto A ccount .......... — Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — IF, 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 lO2l Velletuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Litto Account — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 3 / 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 64! Italian, 5 per Dent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Ca nßols, Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (RETJTER'S TELEGRAM.) Very strong about 1,000 bales; imports, 945 previously 21,16. THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.- UNERLEITHEN.—The weather of the past wee has been of a much less scorching nature than that which prevailed during the four or five weeks preceding, and we have had several showers. The rain -fall, however, has not been nearly equal to the requirements of the ground, which the long drought had parched to an unusual degree. Be sides the fall of half an inch of rain on Monday morning, we had slight showers on Tuesday and again on Friday. Showers; fell frequently on Saturday, but they were always light and of short duration, and the whole quantity of rain which fell was small, the rain gauge registering only 4-10ths of an it ich from Tuesday, inclusive. Up to this morning, Leithe n Water and to the west of the town, the fall, how ever, ve hear, has been considerably greater. The baro meter, which continued to drop slowly during the whole of last week, began again to ascend yesterday, and though a few drops fell tb is morning, the rain, it is to be feared, is past for the present. Considerable breezes blew on Satur day. Scanty though the showers have been, they have had a marked effect noon pastures, which are now looking much fresher. Turnips have also improved, and the filling of the to cereal crops has been assisted considerably. Potatoes con tinuefree from disease look, in . general, remarkably well, and are as yet pro bably b e Al commencement of ha ' rvest will pro madeztod.w. towards the end of next week. In travelling Eddleston some field s of by railway to g.h this morning, we observed near top leaves of th e this place and Peebles" potatoes much injured by frost, the being completely blasted, Between a, as in the neighbourhood of Inner lcitlien, the cereal Inner and there is to be cropsseen generally look well, though here short in the straw. o a n field of oats thin on the ground and the elevated district around Lead burn, the crops arc late and in this fine pastoral upland h7len looking light; but the grass fresh and good. Be tween Dalkeith and Edi n b urgh cuttin g we noticed had b ee n begun on two or thr ee f arms this -, - ' morning. FLOWINCE NIGHTINGALE. - -Feeble as Miss Nigt - It i og ale's health is unhappily known to be, her g3od s e l n ia s d e i views have lost none of their distinetness—her pen none of Iu her commentary on a recent , a. Indian report,he keen its power. we find in perfection the consummate ed indicating subdtsensibility, irony. the wide range of and the understanding,all-pervading generosity and courag e which, to my mind, From make her wr itings one o f th e strongi nteres ts of our time. the few Pages of thi s comm entary we learn wore of the interio r o f life in India . lam from the circulating library than a dozen books on light, in a wholly new li could convey ; and we see lifeg , of as e clear be done for the as the day, how much may be are perfectly at command, body there by such means Once a Week, just publishe d. , Lltio TUESDAY, S al L .DAY.— CR YSTA L PALAC& , by 8 31 ' u eta, 907. Admissions on payment, 4,959 1 Total visitors, 5,866. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOIO. Closing Bus do iness Paid. Price. ne. are Ita I IwayE. 8 811 .14. i Bir., Wol., and Str. V al. :5 I Blythe and Tyne. l 0 Bo3t.,Sieal.,and 3 lid.' o t I Bristol and Exeter it ;Caledonian i 0 !Cora and Bandon 8t 86 r 8 118 119 87i lisi i Cornwall .............. :0 IDo As A g ets no dlv till rip c.p an. has l 0 Do. B been paid to B. i 0 Dublin AG Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. ,Edinburgh tic Glasgow. 4 IGlaeg. and S. Western. it iGreatEastern, Ord. stk it 1 Ditto A stock ...... it Ditto East Anglian st t GreatNorthof Scotland 1. Great Northern ....... . t Do A stock .......... at Do B do st Gt. S. an iW. of Ireland at Great Western ...... .. it Do Str Val gua. stock it Lancashire Yorkshire t London and Blackwal! at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & North Western st Lon. Ai S4y.th Western at Man., Shef., 4.% Lincoln. 50 IMaryportt and Carlisle. 12i Do x 5hare5......... 10 Metropolitan at Midland 4.0 Do New t ........... Do Birming. (Sz Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do, shares ) all 3 all all all 100 'Mid Kent 0 Do Cray Line ;t North British ;t lEdin., Perth, & Dundee st INth. Eastern—Berwici , 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase I st Do Leeds st Do York st Do Carlisle.. st North London 1 0 Do New .113.4 North Staffordshire iu N. and S. W. Junction. at Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stool; st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Weichpool st Shropshire Union st ,South Devon ... st !South Eastern st South Wales st IS. York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do t 5 Do New, 1866 et Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 25 Do 6i 7 40 ti 15 li l 94 95 111 113 494 604 47 49 24} 15} 123 125 122 i 1231 135 140 100 IC2 651 601 1131 1131 766 77, 113 1 1 5 126 43i 1011 1021 105, 1061 43 14 126 28i, 14 lt 97 99 54 0 25 26 101} 101; 576 58 87 88 118 120 11 11 82 83 111 12. 122 124 461 47! 100 162 123} 123 4} 651 6 lull 1 106 51 44 6 114 I 1281 1 N 12 30 32 91t 71 73 100 102 7f 8 18 39 94 104 r, 7 4 8 4 155 160 51 6 3 34 p 2.10 I Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim at Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall at W. Hartlepool Har.Sfß ' at West Midland Oxford st* Do Newport, at Do Hereford 92} i 82 85 158 t&J 27 29 95; 46 39 41 104 106 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Mein, : -*ban am sways Paul. Price. Business don. 100 atlantic &St Lawrenct all 61 (3 stk I licm.,Baroda&.Centlno lut 107 ICB 1071 4 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 201 Buffalo and Lane Huron all 5/ 64 10 Do. Preference 100 Bufialo,Brant,&Godricl, 10. 1 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1878 100 100 )o. do. June 1, lb, i 100 st ~ flcuttaaszS.Eastn.L., ; 100 107 leB st ttpeTown & Dock Sort] 100 1' 5 108 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. c 100 109 110 stock Last Indian. go. sp. c tor 108 1 9 1085 5 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14 Ifp 20 Do. do. H do. Bock Grand Trunk of CanadB tt. 194 0 4 100 Do. Ist Pret . Bonds al , 69 31 70 100 Do. co. deferred all 52 55 100 Do. 2d Bonus all 62 65 100 Do. do defer. ed. 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred— all 33 16 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto .1e all 23 24 24 100 Do. do. deferred all 20 23 stock Gt.lnchareme.gua.6p.c 100 108 109 1081 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 ll 1 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.ol India(Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. ihu 107 1( 8 1071 205 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 04 11 10$ 204 Do. New 18 1 95 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 98 100 Do. 54 p. (3. do. '77-8.. . all 90 ,2 10 Endiau Branch Limitbd 2 1i p stook Madras guar.. sp.c. .. 100 ill .08 1071 4 stock Do. 11 p. c. Extensiot 100 1 01 102 stock Dc. 4,. d 0........ 100 :8 110 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. t - , p. o. Bnd , . 100 50 slelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 57 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. al, 20 New Br unawick & Cands Class A and B all 3 5 N.l.ll.C'das po Ist pt bds 100 83 64 .toe Bcinde ........ 1 (100 1074 1085 108 s' . I Do. Delhi ,9 Do. do id 2 I 1p 20 Do. Punjaub .. ... tWI t:•_. all P st Do. Do. ........ , ,T,,, , ,2 , 100 167 108 1075 4 ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 00c. 103 105 IJOLONIAL GOVERNMENT sECt ti I i i , _,- . -- : „ L .l3(n. (,v.c.J a&J ill, ; 1877-S 4 1 Dc. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 1( 2 04 ' Do. 6p. a. Mar. & Sept. 100 118 107 Do. 6. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 95 96 964 4 5 : Do. 5 Inscribed stoca 100 94 96 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1871 100 108 tlO Do.Ap &Oct. 1.881. 100 112 114 I D o . 189( 100 113 115 IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 112 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p ( 100 113 115 ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 10? ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 110 112 -- _IV .B.Gov. 0 p.o. J a.&July 100 105 106 _ Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 ,N.S. W. G ov. 5 p 1.,18 ,, + 100 100 101 Do. sp. c.,18,1 to 1 --; ( 100 101 102 ' Do. d0.,1888 &upwch• 1 1014 1025 ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 1 00 00 110 112 ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c s terling, 1875 lOO 105 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. 0 lOO . 0 112 IS. Aus G6p.c.187&& up lOO 110 112 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.StJuly 100 107 109 'Do. io 6 p.c. Ap.&00.. 100 1125 113 1121 13 —_—_—________ BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id 31 33 311 It.;111iord Amalgamated.. 650 670 'Devon G. Cone. Tavist., I East Bassett (Illogant.. 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. 4d par East Caradon ....... ... 2.14.. 29 30 East Carn Brea.. E. W'lRussel (Tavistk ; 8.6.6 3 7 4 f \ Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) ..,8„ 10 Great South Tolgus l 7B 31 34 E l (3, Heroes-FootLy Margaret Wheal aaydrnyg ,daßy reelt. Iron o r (Helston 40 6 7 4 Grenville 8.12 58 10 Hingston Downs —. . . .: N J NN I e.o a rwwr North Is e . er V t 4.'8.0 14 2 4.3.0 5/ 61 Downs (111o4an 2 . 1 1 6 7 1.( :(3 3 ° 311 : Bo : wan l I ns U en a e y n o y . r e l. ( 11 i a m n t , 2. 2 9 8 1 6 4 3 1 : 1. 3 2 4 6 — __ i r .a o r rt c h o N D 'ir s h ol e s a ( l s Cjo ß f i t az y e y n . i) 1 2 88 . 2 .1 4 1 4 4 . 5.: 2 35 2 3: 20 rrovidence(Uny Lelnt , 10.f . 7 s 0 12 South Caradon(St.Cleer. t 5 415 425 ' 1 3 . ... s C v arn heal B } r , e r a an ( I . l ( l i o i g ic z 7 n a ) 4 1 72 1 4 5 2 7 5 4 Stray Park 5 Vamar Silv.& Lead Min ll 1 I , fin Croft l9 21,E 22 22 , W est Basset (Illogan) l5 114 12 ;W C rcdon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 I West Seton ) Wheal Basset (Mogan i 54 60 65 ; IWheal Buller (Redrutlt , ' 5 45 50 I Wheal Kitty (I.l.Lelant)l 2.0.6 - WhealLud , ott Wheal Al aryAnnt,:ilen ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . 1 585 220 230 1 Wheal Treiawney (Lis..); 7 15 17 a. I , Wheal Union 1 3.17 . 3 3) PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 201 Midland 4i per cent. pt. stk. rd., 104/ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, t; per cent. pref. B, 51 London and Blackwall, 4 per cent, stk, 103,1 London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 86 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham It. & C.. 97 FOREIGN RAILWAY'S. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 1 Great Luxembourg, 131 San Paulo aim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 221 South Austrian lad Lombardo Venetian, 21i I West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lira.). 31 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 116 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Urn.), ; Australasia, Ditto, new, 311 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21i 2 Hindustan, t..hina, and Japan (lim.), 23 Imperial Ottoman, lb} London and Brazilian , lim.), 431 London and County, 47i 8 London Joint Stock, 344 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 161 National of Liverpool. limited, 81 Union of Australia, 52j Union of London, 35i DOCKS. East and West India, 142 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., British Iron, 3. Crystal Palace, 41 40 Gen. Crtdit and Finance of London, lira, 4 godson's Bay, 21 3 International Financial Society, Um., 8f 9 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. .870 issued 90, 7 1 11 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4 Van Diemen's Land, 14 ALEXANDER SOUTZOS, the Greek national poet, whose poems are extremely popular among bis countrymen, has recently breathed his last. PUGILISM —Bob Travers (the Black) and Jim Dillon fought yesterday for £lOO, about 35 miles from town. The proceedings were interrupted by the police after 38 rounds had been fought, in which Travers appeared to come best off; and were resumi-d in a second ring, in which 16 additional rounds were fought, when the police again interfered. There was then a proposal made for a draw, but Dillon's b.,ckerii would not consent, and the ring was formed a third time. Dillon stepped into the ring, but the friends of Travers produced a medical certificate to the effect that he was unable to renew the contest, when Dillon, of course, claimed the stakes. The referee this morning decided in favour of Dillon's claim. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E\ LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE STATUTE OF FRAUDS.-IMPORTANT TO THOSE IN TRADE.-RIBBLE V. PHILLIPS. This was an action to recover £4 18s. for damage in the non delivery of certain fruit. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, who is a fruiterer in the country, and Mr. Lewis, jun., for defendant, who is a wholesale fruiterer of the City. Mr. Buchanan, in opening plaintiff's case, said that during the course of the present year Mr. Kibble, who had previously dealt with defendant, gave au order for nuts and oranges to the extent of £l9 10s. The next day he received a letter stating the goods could not be sent, but he forwarded a£s note to defendant, and it was returned. Now plaintiff had in all his dealings with the defendant hitherto invari ably paid by instalments, and this refusal, suddenly, to supply him necessitated his coming to London, which cost £l, and entailed a trade loss of £3 18s. Mr. Lewis inquired if there had been any contract in writing, because, if not, as the amount was over £lO, the plaintiff was out of Court under the statute of frauds. Mr. Buchanan admitted that there was no immediate contract in writing, but he produced two letters from de fendant or his foreman, in which the verbal contract was alluded to, and this, coupled with the order in the book, would. he contended, take it out of the statute. His Honour ruled that any subsequent writings in which the goods and the price were stated, could be taken to make out a complete contract. In this case the letters put in said " your goods at the price mentioned," and therefore the court would hold a contract within the term of the Act. Plaintiff was examined, but his answers did not make out the sum claimed, and his Honour said he could only award one farthing damages. Mr. Grant (deputy clerk)—lt must be a penny. His Honour—l find in this court that it must be one penny, and that is all I can give plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES BY A COOK.—AN UNFOZTU.• NATE PROSECUTOR.—Ann Pollendine, cook in the service of Mr. John Dickenson Betts, tea dealer, of 262, Oxford street, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Sergeant Cole, 23 C, charged with stealing several sums of money belong ing to her master, in all about £4B, the robberies having been carried on in a most artful and systematic manner. Mrs. Betts, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed that the prisoner had been in her service as cook for some time. On Monday week the prisoner went for a holiday and returned the following Friday evening, and shortly after left the house and never returned. A day or two afterwards it was discovered that money which had been given to the pri soner to pay the different tradesmen's bills had never been paid them. Sergeant Cole, who apprehended the prisoner at No. 9, Brown-street, Grosvenor-square, said that he had ascer tained that part of the prisoner's system was to receive the bills from the tradesmen, and then to avoid the words "bill delivered" being seen by her mistress, which would have shown that previous bills had not been paid, to make oat fresh ones in her own handwriting, and to receipt them herself. In one case the prisoner had failed to pay a bill of £39 10s. to Mr. Spinks, butcher, of Crawford-street, Bryanston-square. One of the tradesmen, Mr. Hay, baker, of North Audley-street, was present to prove the non-pay ment of a bill. Mr. Hay proved that he had not received payment of a bill for 9s. 3d. produced, nor any money since November last. Sergeant Cole asked for a remand. Mr. Tyrwhitt at once granted it, and said that these eases, of which there had been several before the Court lately, all arose through persons not seeing their tradesmen themselves, which they ought to do once a fortnight. The prisoner was then remanded. The prosecutor is rather unfortunate, his traveller having recently absconded with defalcations to the amount of £l2O. RAIL W. , ENCE LONDON AND BLACKWALL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern; Mr. J. N. Daniell in the chair. The report stated that the gross revenue from all sources, with the balance of £997 from the previous account, was £61,546 and the expenditure £21,394, leaving a net profit Of £40,152; and after plyment of £8,469 for interest on debentures there was a balance of £31,682 for dividend. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, and authorizing the directors to borrow £lOO,OOO. WESTMINSTER. How TO GET OUT OF THE ARMY.—Henry Patch, a private in the Grenadier Guards, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold watch from the person of Henry Hademorger. The prosecutor, a German, said he met with the prisoner and some other soldiers last night, in the Broadway, Westminster, and went into a public house and had some thing to drink ; and while there the prisoner struck him a blow in the face, and immediately drew his watch from his pocket and made off with it. The police pointed out that the offence was committed at seven this morning. Prosecutor repeated that he thought it was last night. Mr. Telfer said he should have thought " a bandmaster would have been a better judge of time" than prosecutor appeared to be. Birch, a detective sergeant, proved that the prisoner was seen running away from the public house, and was pursued by two police constables, when he suddenly turned round, and, altering his course, ran into witness's arms. Before he did so he was seen to throw something over a wall, which turned out to be the prosecutor's watch, which was afterwards picked up and given to witness. Two other witnesses proved that prosecutor came out of the publie-house and said he had been robbed, and when one of them wont in the prisoner glided out with the watch in his hand, and attempted to escape, but was captured as described. Birch said prosecutor was bleeding from the irjury he had received. Mr. Selfe—Did the prisoner say anything ? Birch—Yes; he said he never intended to be a soldier, but meant to get out of the army, and he did not care what he did or what was done to him so long as he got out of the army. Mr. Selfe (to the military sergeant)—How long has he been with you? Sergeant—Two years. Mr. Selfe—What is his character ? Sergeant—lrregular, as a soldier. Prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. A ROUNDING} CAM—James Briant, a young man who is well known to the police, was brought before Mr. Wool rych charged with burglariously breaking into the dwelling house of William Mounsell, in Glasshouse -buildings, Rose mary-lane, Whitechapel. The prosecutor's dwelling is in an Irish colony, where rows and fights have been very frequent. He lived in comparative security until Saturday morning last, when he was alarmed by a noise in his shop, which he first thought was caused by some bottles of ginger beer in. his shop ex ploding, but on getting up he discovered a window was broken, and he missed £5 worth of property, consisting of his own clothes, two mantles, two dresses, and other things. Johnny Brian, an intelligent Irish boy, said he was locked out on Friday night, and was seated on the steps opposite the prosecutor's house, when he saw the prisoner with a stone in a handkerchief. The prisoner advanced e a window over a door, and took towards the dwelling, brok the property out of the house. Mr. Woolrych—He drew the things out? Witness—Yes, sir. He was there about ten minutes. Police-constable 70 II said this was a rounding case. Mr. Woolwrych — What do you mean by a rounding case ? Policeman—The party engaged in. the robbery have been splitting on each other. Mr Woolrych—What do 3o u mean by splitting on each other ? Policeman—Telling of each other. Mr. Woolrych—You mean to say that there was more than one engaged in the robbe r y and they h ave impeached each other ? Policeman—Yes, sir. Mr. Mounsell was recalled and said that he saw two men last night. One was called Sooky, the other Carty. They said that the prisoner was the man who committed the robbery. After some further evidence, from which it appeared that the prisoner would not share any portion of the stolen property, and that they " rounded and split" upon. him, Mr. Woolrych directed that Sooky and Carty should be sought after, and remanded the prisoner for a week. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. 'Fresh up t 3 M ar k-l ane , to-day, a f a i r supply of n ew English wheat was received, for the most part, in fine con -011. Generally speaking, the demand r uled inactive. White qualities sold at 48s to 51s, and red at 44s to Ns pe quarter. • The market was well sup plied with foreign w heat. All descriptions met a dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency. ratFeslo.ating cargoes of grai n were i n s low request, at late The supply of barley was Very moderate, but the demand ruled inactive, on former terms. Malt was in limited re quest, at previous quotations. The market was moderately supplied with oats, i n which sales progressed slowly at barely late rates. Beans and peas were dull, on former terms. For all descriptions of flour the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no material change took place in the quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. - Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.-- 230 10 t 950 2lO 1,500 : - - Irish.. Foreign 4, 0 2 0 960 I 13,270 9,900 brls BOROUGH IOP. The accounts from the plantations which have hitherto been free from blight, are very favourable; but, on inferior soils, the crop will be very small. The market generally is qxiet, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows : Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 38 Od to 4s Od; lamb, 4s 4d to 68 Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the (larease. MIDLAND. The directors of this company in their report express their satisfaction that, notwithstanding tho continued depression in some branches of the trade of the country, tee traffic of the railway shows a considerable increase for the past half year. The directors recommend the declaration of the following dividends (less income• tax), paya ble on the first day of September next :—L2 17e 6d upon each £lOO consolidated stock—£2 3s 9d upon each £lOO consolidated Birmingham and Derby stock — £3 upon each £lOO consolidated preferential stock—£3 upon each £lOO consolidated Erewash Valley stock—E2 5s upon each £lOO consolidated 41 per cent. preferential stock—L2 upon each £lOO Leiceester and Hitchin preferentiallstock— L 2 5s upon each £lOO consolidated irredeemable 4i per cent. preferential stock-2s uld upon each £6 4s share, being a half-year on £l4s and 165 days on £1 per share at £s:l7s per cent. per annual-2s 8 2-5 d upon each £6 pre ference share at 41 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £2,091 to be carried to the account of the current half year. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the capital charge able to revenue on the 30th of June last, exclusive of leased lines, was as follows ;—L12,093,594 of consolidated stack, £2,922,613 of guaranteed and preference stock, £4,508,395 of loans, and £260,731 of moneys paid in advance—total, £19,785,333. Toe expenditure charged to capital curing the half.year amoanted to £153,801. The receipts on revenue account for the past half-year amounted to £863,550, against £817,902 for the corresponding half of last year, and the expenses to £374,728, against £360,518, showing an increase in the receipts of £46,458, and in the expenses of £14.210. The balance of net revenue applicable to the payment of divi dead on the ordinary stock of the company was £272,325, and out of this amount the directors r,commended the pro prietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum, less income-tax, and to carry forward £15,336 to next half-year's account. CORK AND BANDON. The directors have declared a dividend on the No. 1 pre ference shares at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, and also the payment of the deferred dividend warrants (No. 2 preference shares) for the dividend due for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1862. The capital account showed that £404,472 had been expended, NORTHERN OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line from the Ist of January to the 18th of July amounted to £50,316, against £43,336 for the corresponding period of 1862, showing an increase of £6,980, or 16 per cent. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 12.—Wind at Noon, N.W. ; calm and very fine. CARDTIT, Aug. 11.—Wind, N.W.—Arrived—Paragon, from Bilboa. Sailed—Creola, for Fernando Po; Robinson, for New York; Courier, for Gibraltar. COWES, Aug. 11.—Arrived—Lady Louisa, from Callao, and sailed for Hamburg. FALMOUTH, Aug. 10.—The Bristolian arrived here from Akyab, and re ores having spoken, Aug. 4, in lat. 46 N., long. 26 W., the Fort William, from Bombay to Liverpool, with foremast sprung and rudder damaged. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Clara, from Gefle ; Mogyl, from Cochin ; Bril liant, from St. Jago de C uba ; Son Rudderin, from Sans combs ; Main, from Quebec; Akbar, from Colombo; Johanna, from Emden ; Water Lily, from Guernsey ; Pride of the Ocean, from Bombay ; Friendless, from St. Vincent. Arrived, August I.2.—Chalet, from Cochin ; Ocean Child, from St. John's; Flying Fish, from Barbadoes; Henrick, from Emden ; Soranus, from Ingleholrne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Cadiz, screw steamer, from Cadiz, for London; Devondale, from Colombo, for Landon ; 9,302, third pen dant, ship, from London, for the west. Sailed,—Atl the outward bound, except the Gottenberg. Course of the Exchange.--Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18/ 11 19t Antwerp .. Brussels — 25 521 2 2.5 57t Hamburgh — 13 8 / 13 8/ Paris • Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine -- 119/ I Di Vienna Trieste - 11 50 11 60 Petersburgh Berlin — Nladrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 60 25 67# Milan — 25 60 25 67t Genoa — 25 62i 25 65 -- 25 621 25 671 Naples Palermo .— 25 621 25 67i Messina • —"25 62i 25 67t Lisbon — 521 52/ Oporto — 521 52/ Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz. . £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0 0 South American Doublons .............. The marriage of Mr. Hugo Meynell, eldest son of IVF". Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram, of Hore Cross, ' end Miss Wood, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart.. M.P. and Lady Mary Wood, was solemnised yesterday morn ing at St. Paul's Church, Wil ton-place, Knightsbridge. The event attraated a numerous congregation, in addition to the large circle of friends of the contracting parties. The religious ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, perpetual curate of St. Paul's, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Cholmeley. The bride was given away by her father, Sir Charles Wood, and was attended to the altar by the following y oun g ladi es , who officiated as bridesmaids:—The Ladies Mary and Frances Fitawilliam, the daughters of the Earl and Countess Fitz william ; the Misses Alice and Edith Wood, sisters of the bride ; Miss Ramsden, sister of Sir John Ramsden, Bart., M.P.; the misses Meynell Ingram, sisters of the bride groom; and Miss Sybil Grey, daughter of General the Hos. Charles and Mrs. Grey. After the ceremony the newly - married couple, together with the wedding party, proceeded to the residence of Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, in B elgrave-square, to partake of an elegant breakfast. The company included the Countess de Grey and Ripon, Lady Georgiana Grey, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady Grey and Miss Des Vc uuxi Lady Rivers and Hon. Miss Pitt, the Marquis of Hartington, General Fox, General Ellice, Hon. Mrs. Charles Grey and Miss G r ey. Ladies Mary and Frances Fitzwilliam, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, Colonel and Mrs. Johnstone, Mrs. Drummond and Miss Pennant, Mrs. and Miss Bourcherett, Mt. Bourche rett, Mr. Newdegate, Mrs. Weymouth, Mr. H. Erskine) Mr. and Mrs. B. Mildolay, Mr. and Mrs. A. West, Mr. E. Baring, Mr. H. Dee V coux , Miss Copley, Mrs. Lambton, Mr. Blake, Mr. George S. Letevre, Mrs. Meynell Ingram and Miss Ingram, Dr. Wadham, Mrs. Lane Fos, and other relatives and friends of both families. Early in the after noon the happy couple left town for Sunningdale, near Windsor, to pass the honeymoon before proceeding on a continental tour. RIVAL RAILROADS, The South Northern and the West-Eastern have recently erected some new stations on their respective lines, and those already finished are Conte,t-station, Detest-station, Mole-station, and Deva-station.—Fun. Mr. Sothern, who on several evenings last week performed the celebrated character of Lord Dundreary, at the Princess Thea , re, Leeds, was unable to appear on Saturday night, in consequence of severe indisposition, and it is feared that he will not be able again to resume his theatrical engagements for many weeks._L ee ds Mer cury. CORONER'S INQUEST IN THE HOUSE OF CORREC TION. —Yesterday Dr. Ls.nkester held an inquest in the House of Correction, Cold-bath-square, Clerkenwell, touching the death of John James Brakington, alias Van Buren, aged 27, a prisoner. It appeared that the deceased, who was very respectably Connected, was in prison on a charge of felony. He wax settenced to three months' im prisonment, which would have terminated on Saturday next. Ever since he was in prison, he had been in the in firmary, where he received every attention, but which was without any beneficial effect, and he died on the 6th inst., from disease of the lungs, the result of intemperate habits. Verdict—" Natural death.' 'J HE LATE EXECUTION IN LONGFORD.—It is stated in a northern Paper that when the unfortu nate hangman who did his business in such a bungling way in the execution of M'CorirLick was recognised on his way through Longford, in company with a policeman, to the railway station, ho was hooted and stoned by the mob. Having taken shelter in the Police-barrack, he proceeded next morning to Edgewerth's-town, to take the train. It was 17 yearn since the last e xecut i on in L ong f or d, an d th e re was a po pular impression th a t one . o f t h e t urn keys had officiated on the occasion, and would do so again in an impression whi c h, th ou gh utterly M'Cormick's cage— false, exposed the family of the turnkey to great odium and danger ; an d, in order to obviate the mischief as far as possible, t h e governor of the gao l h a d a ll th e turnkeys p l ace d outside, in front of the drop, during the execution , so that the people might leave ocular demonstration that neither of tir.r. Was the hangman, DEA TR OF ARriFiciAL SWARMING OF BEM _ real I prop ( ,se to give, a system practised by me, whereby 'lrs, kul outline of and by a method fcr the benefit of . your bee-keepin g' farner in multip:r2. B uuore • qccomniish 423(1 artificially, .... ci %J R], b e : ,.. ^und demonstrabl y 'c'• f a .-- • 'qpted by t:'b It - 40 T shall give Icable, e' en to those : I to use the T thi n k no one need susOct me ' any rate, spring, and the hive is swarm them by this •%fter a swarm has -d one be ob swarran.,.. similar to tu. , t a nd herds, With. A t r ue and entirely I %let. comm on box 'hive, sk 7 that of having an "axe to grind" a , When the drones t Tpear in th. full of comb at d bets, is the time ti, process. It should never be attempted a issued in the natural way, nor should a 15800 k. tained in less than tv,venty-five days after the firs. In the middle of a pioasant day when the bees are, go to the hive and blow ,'uto it at the bottom a few wt., of smoke from a pipe of Whew, or a roll of cotton rags. Let enough smoke go into Ote hive to arouse the bees and set them to seizing on the honey—which will be known by a long buzzing within the hive—but not enough to stupify them. Let the hive stand five minutes, until you blow a little smoke into all the hives within four or five rods; now gently raise one edge of the hive and blow in a little more, and immediately remove them three or four rods, carefully setting them down under a shade, if it is at hand, bottom up. By this time the bees will have become filled with honey, and will not sting unless you pinch them, or they are other wise provoked. Place an empty hive or box over this hive, mouth to mouth; tack together with a couple of nails, and cork all crevices with rags. Now drum or rap on the sides of the bottom hive for about ten minutes; draw the nails, lay a sheet on the ground, and very carefully remove the top box, setting it down upon the sheet. Remove the old hive a few .feet away, covering the mouth with a cloth. Now, having another empty box, turn it down on the Bain, sheet with oile edge up, after the manner of having a swarm of bees ; then.; with a ladle or large spoon, slowly dip the bees from the box that contains them, and pour them down in front of the empty hive. If the weather is very hot, sprinkle slightly with water to prevent the queen from taking wing, and they will run in. Should there be seve.ral swarms were the old ones stood, and close to it, it would be well to cover them with a sheet while this is being done, to prevent the queen from entering them should she chance to fly. As the bees are running into the empty box, look out for the queen. She will be readily seen, as she is at this season nearly as large as a drone, and much longer than a worker-bee. Should she not be found, immediately reverse the boxes and try until found, for she is among the bees sure, as she is among the first to leave the old hive upon Baron inverting it. When found secure her as follows :—Cut a piece of wire cloth, say 12 meshes to the inch, two or three inches, roll it round the finger in the form of a cylinder, pinch close one end, and putting the queen into it, close the other end with a cork. She can be safely taken by the wings in your fingers, fot she will not sting, however roughly she is handled. Now place your old hive on a new stand, at least four rods from where it stood before, and put the bees into it, except about one pint ; these put into a new hive on the old stand, having a hole - in the top one and a half or two inches in diameter, through which the queen cage is sus pended by means of a wire two or three inches long, with a block ov ar it to keep out the light. The sheets are now removed from the other hives, and you will find daily additions to the new hive from the old one, as it occupies the old familiar spot, while the old one will retain the young brood, of which great numbers will be hatched daily. The third day, about an hour before sun down, blow a whiff into the top of the new hive, draw up the cage and release the queen—put her by the entrance, and she will go in at once. Considerable comb will have been already built, and by morning the breeding cells will be well stocked with eggs. Thus you will have swarmed your bees certainly, and without watching them, or of running the risk of their leaving for the woods. By one who has performed this operation a few times, the queen bee may be found in three minutes, by simply turning up the hive and blowing the smoke into one side, looking for her among the bees running up and over the opposite side, accomplishing the feat of artificially swarm ing a hive from the old box in the time necessary to hive a natural swarm. . . One word to those who practise artificial swarming by this method or any other. Queen cells can be procured by simply caging the queen as above, without removing her from the hive. This expedites the business, end adds greatly in propagating Italian queens; Niue h obviates the necessity of removing her to a strange colony. Some will ask how a queen cau be supplied to the old hive after put tins its queen into a new hive ? In answer c l will say the bees will do this by raising one from the worker brood al ready lain by the queen just removed.—Michigan _Farmer. THE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN THE NEW NORTH-ROAD.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Payne, coroner for the City of London, held an investiga tion at St. Bartholomew's Hospital into the circumstances of the fire in Herbert-street, New North-road, on Sunday morning, by which Mary Anne Stubbings, aged 64 years, lost her life, and a woman in her confinement and the newly born child were seriously burned. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body of the deceased. Mrs. Stephenson, a lodger, said deceased was in attendance on Mrs. Solomon Reuben, as a monthly nurse, at No. 18, Herbert-street, New North-road. Mrs. Reuben had been confined on Friday morning. On Sunday morning she heard loud screams, and upon rushing upstairs she saw the room apparently in flames. She did not go quite up to the room, but ran back to seOure her own child. Miss Martha Reuben, niece to Mrs. Reuben, said that she lived in the same house. Witness slept in the room above Mrs. Reu ben's, and on the Sunday morning she was awoke by a great noise. She went down and saw smoke and flames in Mrs. Reuben's room. She threw water into the room, and then dressed and ran out of the house. Witness could not see who was in the room, but she heard deceased's voice. Alfred Barton, Cumberland-street, Hackney-road, said that deceased was a widow. She was insensible when he visited her in the hospital, and she gave no account of the accident. Burrows, 29 N, said that when he was carrying the de ceased to the hospital in a cab she said, " My poor stomach —all this has happened through saving other people." She could hardly speak, and she gave no account of the way the fire originated. Mrs. Stephenson, recalled, said that on Sunday morning she visited the deceased in the hospital, when she stated that she was about_to get some brandy for Mrs. Reuben, and that the candle was standing on the table by the bed. The moving of the curtains, she thought, caused them to cone into contact with the flame. She said that if she got well she would be ruined for life, as people would never have confidence in her again. The jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death." BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. at the Sheriff's Court, Exeter, on Monday, before Mr. W. Jones, Under Sheriff, the case of Jarman v. Lucas was tried. The plaintiff is the only daughter of Mr. Arthur Jarman, who was formerly a builder, residing at South- molton, and is now overlooker of the farm buildings of Lord Polthnore. It appeared that the plaintiff left her father home in April, 1862, to undertake the duties of house keeper to her brother, Mr. J. A. Jarman, who was one of the masters in the Commercial College at Rippingdon, near Halifax, and is now a partner in the University School, Not tingham. At this time plaintiff's brother was on very friendly terms with the defendant, who was then also one of the masters of the Commercial College, at a salary of £l5O a year. Defendant frequently visited her brother's house, and an intimacy sprung up between him and plaintiff which re sulted in his being considered as engaged to Miss Jarman, and he did not deny the fact. Defendant had represented to plaintiff's brother that he was the son of the steward of the Duke of Bedford, he had a brother an officer in the army, and his uncle was one of the contractors for the Great Exhibition of 1862. Several letters were put in on the part of the plaintiff as showing the defendant's affection foment her up to the end of 186 2 , when he br oke off the engag, and the plaintiff returned home in Ma rch, 1863, but in con sequence of her being enciente she was unable to take a situation as governess in the family of a gentleman, of Edington, in Warkleigh, who had engaged her. Defendant had been repeatedly requested to fulfil his promise ; but had refused to do so, and on the 18th March, 1863, Mrs. Jarman, the plaintiff's mother, wrote to him, asking him to marry her daughter according to his promise. He made no reply to this letter, or any subsequent communication, and hence the present action. As the defendant allowed judgment to go by default the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £5OO with costs.— Western Times. A STRUGGLE FOR LlFE.—Three young men, named Scoffham, Draper, and Sibley, went to a spot near the Hampton station of the Severn Valley branch of railway, for the purpose of bathing on Friday evening last. Scoffham, who is employed as a porter at the sta tion, jumped into the water first, without knowing that it was of considerable depth, and, being unable to swim, he almost immediately sank. Sibley, observing the dangerous situation of his companion, at once dived, and brought Scoffham to the surface, but was compelled to relinquish his hold, and use every endeavour to extricate himself, the drowning man having seized him tightly by the wei a s . t. Sibley again dived, and brought Scoffham u naturethoefh_ler of the head; but from exhaustion and theand muth_, bottom a the river, which is composed of sand nk, whend was unable to get him ashore. Both a Draper rushed to the rescue, and wad hold of until it was up to his chin, succeeded ic7 ong D eni e m rb a y ls .inmgeienutsionagthe water the spot, and, Sibley. Ultimately a gentleman arrive STEALER: rescued. CAPTURE clever wit c h A h p ie Tu h ß el E p, S o c F offh A am n an o d Es S z ibley wa s Effected a t t h t t h h e e A Railway Station on Monday. capture of a horse stealer O h n rs S e a s t f u r r o day . a respectable eededmwi looking young man hired three d o ent livery stable keepers at Brighton, an pr P oc eterb by rail to Stamford, thence to ()rough, reaching D e rby on Sunday morning. On Monday he booked him self and the horses for Stockport, and was stepping into the carriage, congratulating himself, doubtless, on his cleverness, when a detective, who had just arrived from London by the express train, took him into custody, trans ferred him and the stolen animals to another train, and conveyed the crestfallen horse stealer to London, aid thence to Brighton, where his proceedings will be duly investi gated by the police magistrates. he 1), BA.ET, F.R.S. tankers and m9rchants ofL on d on will regret F.R.S to bear o f the death of Mr, James William Gilbert, - -., Jot' a Oiiiiiier of a century the able and S ttecessful manager of the London and Westminster Bank, and the man who did more than any one else to establish, organise, and popularise the joint stock system. Mr. Gilbert came of a Cornish family, but was was born in London Mareh 21, 1794. Failing in obtaining a Govemment appointment, he be came clerk in a London bank in 1813, one of those ° . i ~.0 ' I banks which suff ere d and collapsed during the panic 'l' of 1825. While a clerk he took an active part in ' ffs the ~.s' t, Ltenian D e b at i ng Society with the late Right won. M. .:".- Baines, Q C., M.P., Mr. Edward -s, M.P., Mr. . P. dvvin Chadwick, C. 8., and Mr. "iannell. Re L l O was connected with the "1-, of which Mr. .. ';, Mill and Lord members, and did much to found T,iterary and Scientific Institute. ' write articles for various -r and the Platform' answer to Cobbett's - out the various Union Societ, Nlacaulay were he City of London., He also found time t, periodicals—" The Preach. (1822-3), and a remarkable . book on the Reformation, pointiab social benefits of the Reformation. L ed , s lier i n a Having been from 1825 to 1827 a in 1826, fit, ,14,_ ver 1 Birmingham office, and having, an interesting course o f lectures on the plilloec p..3' i of history, M i r, Gilbart return ed to London t t he his latter year, and acqui red some fame from " Practical Treatise on Banking," with reference to the evidence deliverod by London and county bankers before the P ar liamentary comm ittee appointed to consider the propriety of I the suppression of notes under £5 , . i Re as manager of the Kilkenny moved to Kilkenny branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Mr. Gil hart contributed various papers on banking to the local papers; and from 1829 to 1833 held a similar office of higher importance at Waterford, where he established a literary and scientific institation, and showed his unflagging energy in delivering lectures on all sorts of subjects. On the 10th of October, 1833, Mr. Gilbart entered into an engagement with the directors of the London and Westminster Beek, which was opened on the 10th of the following March. This pioneer of the numerous joint-stock banks, now so flourishing and popular, had to face the apathy and distrust of the public and the active hostility of the Bank of Eng land. In 1836 the Bank of England obtained an injunction against the London and Westminster, prohibiting it from accepting any bills drawn at less than six months after date, and hoped to destroy the new bank's country connection by this means. But Mr. Gilbart had seen, when in Ireland, the Bank of Ireland drawing hills on the Bank of England with out acceptance ; and he went on a tour and persuaded the country bankers to adopt the same course. In the following year he was a witness before the com mittee on joint-stock banks, which had presented a hostile report in 1836, but had been reappointed; and, in 1638, formed an association of joint-stock banks with a committee of deputies, which found ready access to Lord Monteagle, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had been a director of one of the Irish provincial banks when Mr. Giibart was mana ger. In 1844, when Sir Robert Peel renewed his Bank charter, Mr. Gilbart prof ured tae insertion of a clause, allowing joint-stock banks the power of suing by their public officer, and also the right of accepting bills at less than six months' date. In 1846 (June 18) Mr. Gilbart received the dis tinguished honour of being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, being vouched for by Lord Mont eagle, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. G. R. Porter, &c., a, "a gentleman attached to science and anxious to pro mote its progress." In the same year he received a handsome service of plate from the directors and shareholders of joint-stock banks. The; year following he wrote the history of his own bank, and by his advice his board opened branches in Holborn, South wark, Oxford-street, and Whitechapel. In 1854 jaint•stock banks were at length admitted to the London clearing house. In 1859 Mr. Gilbart re tired from dfice on a pension of I.:1,500 a-year, with a seat at the board of directors, and received a splendid testimonial. Iu the International Congress of July, 186 u, he was on the committee of the section of commercial statistics, and read a paper on the statistics of English banks. Ho was admitted a corresponding member of the New York Historical Society in 1850, and was on the council of the statistical and other societies. Mr. Giibart had dabbled in authorship for more than 40 years with considerable success. Besides the works above-named may be mentioned his " Logic for the Million," and "Logic for the Young," valuable, spiritedly written, and popular works; banking in Ireland, banking in America; various articles signed "Nehemiah," in the columns of the Morning Herald, on joint-stock banks ; articles in the Banker's Magazine, the Atlas, and various other ieriodicals. FRENCH NAVAL PREPARATIONS.—We observe that the French Government is preparing for any emergency that may arise out of the Polish question, in the event of diplomacy failing to provide a pacific solution. We read in the .Pltare de la Manche, a naval journal published at Cherbourg, that a ministerial despatch has been addressed to the Maritime Prefect requiring to be informed as to the time necessary for the ships in reserve to be got ready and fully equipped for sea. These ships are 27 in number, of various ratings, and comprise l'Austerlitz, le Bayard, la Ville-de Nantes, l'Arcole, le Tage, and le Fontenoy (screw liners) ; la Clorinde, la Souveraine, la Forte, l'Audacietuie and la Cleopatra (frigates) ; le Beaumanoir, l'Agile, and 1' Olivier (brigs) , la Marne la Durance, la Nitivre, la Gi ronde and le Calvados (transports) ; le Lucifer, le Galilee, la Sentinelle, le Lamothe-Piquet (despatch vessels); La Foudroyante (floating battery), and le Phieget . ole la Bayon naise, and l'Artemise (corvettes). The Maritime Prefect, Viscount de Chabannes, lett Cherbourg for Paris on the 28th ultimo, and the Emperor is expected to arrive at Cher bourg on Monday next. The Bailments Cuirasses, or iron clads are expected to rendezvous at that port, and there are already in the roadstead la Normandie, l'lnvincible, and le Solferino ; the Magenta is also daily expected to arrive there from Brest. Vice-Admiral Charles Penaud has been ap pointed to command the iron -clads, and he will hoist his flag on board the Normandie. We learn also from a French naval source that the "spur," or projecting stem, of the steam rams is to be submitted to a severe test, with a view to ascer tain its practical utility, and this is a most important point respecting which (at least as regards many of the most essential conditions of this method of warfare) our know ledge is of a purely theoretical character, but it is ques tionable, owing to the reticence of French officials in these matters, whether England will Le permitted to derive any advantage from their experience. A private correspomkenee from Paris states that there will be a review of ;le iron clads at Cherbourg, and that there will also he comparative trials between the ships of various types which constitute the new iron squadron ; but these trials will only take place in the presence of the Minister of Marine, who is expected at Cherbourg, accompanied by a special commission, com posed of M. Dupuy de Lome, director of naval worts, and two general officers of the fleet. M. pupuy de Lom e w ill be the chairman of the commission, which is instituted to take into consideration the re sult. of the various tri als of the iron squadron. The q uestion is, o our own Board course, one of gr ea t o practical importance, a nd of Admiralty of ought to follow the example theßoard Marine Department of the French Government.—HamPshire Taegraph, INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN A RGYLESHIRE.—A E ca v e rn similar to those found in ngland and on the continent, containing osseous remains of men and of lower animals, h a s lately been discover e d on the property o f M r . John alalcolm, of Poltallock. By the liberality of that gen tleman the cavern has been fully explored, and its contents carefully collected by theeßev. Messrs. Mapleton and Mac bride. These ceutents consist of the remains of men, of other animals, and shells of edible shellfish. The only article of manufacture found in it was a email celt, a flint flake; and the only domestic utensil was a scallop shell, or peas), maximus —the shell used by the ancient Colts as a drinking vessel, The cavern was evidently used as a place of resi dence, for beneath the cave stuff, or debris, was found ashes, bits of charred wood, and bones, a flint pebble for striking fire, and stones, which, from their form and position, seemed to have served for seats. When first discovered, the human remains were supposed to have been those of persons who had fled there for shelter when the adjacent country was laid waste by fire and sword during the ruthless raid of Alister M'Coll Citto. The absence, however, of metal weapons and culinary vessels—both which were of univer sal use in the days of this scourge of Argyleshire, and which undoubtedly would have been conveyed by the‘refunes to their place of concealment—and the presence of celts and scallop shells, seem to disprove this 00:Alien, and to point to aptiquity its a much higher inhabitants. What seems to confirm this OPit"n. is the fact that many of the bones, teeth : sleePe are as firmly embedded in a calcareous matrix as are the fossil remains in the lies and carboniferous lime stone. Mr, )I.lecbride is engaged in examining its contents and preparing a report on the subject, which, it is to be hoped, will throw additional light on the history of Olio i[l. teresting cavern and of its interesting occupaßta.:_iiies . ame Herald,. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ---This WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—TEus DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SHAKESPEARE STAKES. Ophelia .............. ... David An n . Sorceress ..... '' ' •• .. Eight ran. CHILLINGTON STAKES. Faith ...................... . ... . , 1 Persuasion .......................... ........ ........ Acolyte ..................................... ......... 1 Four ran. LONDON GAZE T TE—r, esterda, WAR-OFFICE, Ar,o. 7. The Queen ha s b een graciously pleased to give (Peers for the appoi n t men t of Captain 11•43 Serene Hi g h ness the Prince of Leini ngen, R .N., to h:, an Ordinary M em b er of the Civil Di v i s i on of the Second, Class, or Knights Com manders of the M ost H onourable Order of the Bath. WFIITEHALL, At T. 10. The Queen h as been ple.F,ed to di rect l etters patent to be Easeed under th e Great Sieal, grant i ng the dignity of a night of the U n i ted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto J ames C oze. of Kinellan, in the county of Edin burgh, Doctor of Medicine, one of the Commissioners of the. General Board of Lunacy for Scotland. Tte Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be peeked under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a xnight of the said United Kingdom, unto Goldsworthy Gurney, of Bude, in the couniy of Cornwall, Esq. The QOM . has been pleased to appoint Robert Mont gomery, Lord Belhaven, .K.T., to be Liev.tenan and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Lanark, ir., the room of Wiiliaw 4104ander Anthony Archibald, Dr.;k e of iitizziiton, deceased. FOREIGN OFF ICE , 4i,, A r. W. B rorArs , ug. 8. The Queen has been pleased to ap;,r, ve of u Consul at Maulmain for M a j esty the Ki ng of the B it e . T lgi o h:3 1111 14 4 :u l e l e e n n " ha c s on al so su b l e a e p p o l r e t a s L e o d u t i s o , a p i‘ p ia r o u v r e i icufs Wfar th e . United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. James Cox as Vice-Consul at Dundee for the Republic of Haiti, DOWNING-STREET, AUG. IR. The Queen has been pleased to appoint W.chard 'Weston Mara, Esq , to be a Member of the Execrative Council of the Island of Antigua; James Clement enoppin and John Reily, Baps., to be Members of the Lr:gislative Council of the Island of Saint Vincent; James 'Clement Choppin and Charles Douglas Stewart, Esqrs., to be Members of the Executive Council of the Island. of Saint Vincent ; Robert Saunders, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Island of Montserrat ; A. B. Mclntyre, J. C. Grant, and N. Irvine, Esqrs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast; and William Brandford Griffith, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Island of Barbados. WAR-OFFICE, FALL-MALL, Are. H. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Staff Assistant-Surgeon St. John Stanley to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Richard Thomas Golty Catton, deceased. 14th Hussars—Lieutenant Francis John Stuart Hay Newton to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Law rence Mackenzie, who has exchanged into the 83d Foot. 15th Hussars—Lieutenant John Robert Helen Maxwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Randolph Mul lins, who retires; Cornet Joseph Norton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell. 16th Lancers—Cornet Richard Tomkinson has been per mitted to retire from the service by the s a l e of hi s com mission. Royal Engineers—Staff-Surgeon Thomas Willi m Fox, M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Seergeon-Major Francis Charles Annesley, promoted on tbe Staff. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain W. Lewis Stucley to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur.. chase, vice Francis Wheler, Viscount Hood, who re tires; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Amelius Coventry to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Stucley. The Hon. Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coventry. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Augustus Conolly to be Cap tain and Lieutenant-colonel, by purchase, vice 'Win. Henry, Viscount Denizen, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel Conolly; Ensign the Hon. Frederick Arthur Wellesley, from the Rifle Brigade, to be nei lt and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice tile Hon. Charles Howard. 6th Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Hyde to be Quer! master, vice Samuel Haden, wb.o retires upon tedipora: half-pay. 23d Foot—Lieutenant William Jolliffe Twyford to Captain. by purchase, Vice Brevet Major Bevill Graa vilte, who retires ; Ensign Anthony Prichard Hutehin • son to be L'eutenara, by purchase, vice Twyford ; Ensign William Herbert Adams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thorned names Bowyer, who retires ; 'Gentlemen Cadet Charles Newlyn Teed, from the Royal Military College s to be Eueign, by purchase, vice Hutchinson; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Cummings, from the Royal Military College, t be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adams. 36th Foot—Lieutenant and Aajutant Arthur Francis Kel soy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Joshua Cunliffe Ingham, who retires; Lieutenant Edward Dorrien New bolt to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Graham, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Mercer Maxwell to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Kelsey ; Ensign William Edwin Price to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice New bolt; Gentleman Cadet Charles Frederick Weston Un derwood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maxwell; Gentleman Cadet Teornas Henry Monteith Brown, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price ; Lieutenant William Neal to be Adjutant, vice Kelsey, promoted ; Lieutenant Thomas Enraght Percy Tyrwhitt to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Newbolt. 61st Foot—Captain Samuel Alexander Madden to be Major, by purchase, vice John Henry Dickson, who retires; Lieutenant William Charles Edward Scott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Madden; Ensign Henry Montague Trenchard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scott ; Gentleman Cadet Donald Hebert Macqueen, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trenchard. 67th Foot—Ensign Arthur Cecil Manners to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomas H. Tragett, deceased; Ensign Henry Downe Chevers Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Manners, whose promotion, by pur chase, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet Robert Joseph Holmes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. vice Barton. 58th Foot—Quartermaster Patrick Hopkins, . , from a Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Clark, who exchanges. 60th Foot—Ensign Barnard Henry Davidson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Alfred Spencer Heathcote, who retire/0; Gentleman Cadet William Robert Green, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davidson. 61st Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hercules Atkinson to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant William Sydney Nugent, who has exchanged into the 103 d Foot. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Carr Foster, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, visa David. Gardiner, who exchanges. 65th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant Villars Butler, has been antedated to the 18th July, 1862. 83d Foot—Lieutenant Nicholas Pennefather to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant William Forbes Ander son, appointed to the School of Musketry. 88th Foot—Ensign Frederick R, Wickham to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Willi am John Saul, who retires ; Gen tleman Cadet Henry Howorth, from the. Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wickham. 107th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Money . from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice E. T. Rogers, deceased. 108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick East Aptborp, from the Royal Military College, to . be Ensi gn , vice Irwin, whose appointment on the 4 th met. has been can celled. Ist West India Regip , ent7Lieut, David Gardiner, from the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Foster, who ex ehanglan DEPOT BA.T:TALIONS.—Captain William James Ander son, 32d Fo'.st, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain W. 11. Peter Gordon Bluatt, 10th Foot, who has held the apotatment the prescribed period ; Quartermaster Joseph W.arke, from the 68th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vise Hopkins, who exchanges. MEDICAL DErlatTME NT .—D eputy I nspector- G enera l o f Hospitals Samuel Maitland Hadaway to be lespec or- General of Hospital, vice John Robert Taylor, C. 8., who retires upon half_ pay . Surgeon- Major Francis Charles Annesley, from the Royal Engineers, to be Deputy In spector-General o f H osp i ta ls, vice Samuel Maitland Hadaw a y, promote d ; S ta ff-Surgeon Cohn Matheson Milne M i l ler) M D., from ball-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice T. W. Fox, M.B. appo i n t e d to the Royal En g i neers; Staff Assistant-Surgeon W. Nealor hursfield, M.D., has been permitted to resign his commission. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—Second Captain Charles Vaughan Arbuckle, Royal Artillery, to "be Captain of Company_ of Gentlemen Cadets, .vice Second Captain Charles Hunter, who resigns that appointment only, BREVET. The following promotions to take place consequent on the death of General Ulysses, Lord Downes, G.C.B. Colonel of the 29th Foot, on the 26th July, 1863 : Lieutenant-General Sir 'Wm. John Codrington, K,C.8., Colonel of the 23d Foot and Governor and Commander-in- Chief of Gibraltar, to be General. Major-General Alexander Fraser, Lieutenant- Colonel, on half-pay, Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant- General. Major-General Sir Willem Henry Elliot, K.C.8., Colonel of the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant General. Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, G Colonel of the 4th Hussars, promoted a Major-General for distin guished service, and at present commanditig the troops in Madras, with local rank of Lieutenant-Gen: nil in Inota, to be placed on the fixed establishment of Major-Generals. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Clarges Wolfe Major on half Tay, unattached, to be Colonel. Captain and Brevet-Major Archibald Catnpb&ll Snod grass, 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain Francis Barry Drew, A6jutant of a Depot Bat- I talion, to be Major. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial La portance in the Gazette : Fraztia Hunt, game dealer, York Jr:an Chester, beerseller, Manchester Henry Lovell, innkeeper, Northampton Robert Thompson, baker, Boston John Dean, victualler, Kidderminster Eli Bowers, provision dealer, Stafford Henry A. Wilder, solicitor, MaidetoLe John Burningham, baker, Farnham, Srxrey James Sanderson, dressing case maker, Kingslaud Edward John Turner, accountant,,N e w.eross Chas. Bradley, cabinetmaker, Dorcas ter e.infect Thos. Thomas, cattle dealer, Lunai3i bunaer G, Thomas Maltby, farmer, Noitin g 'atun George Wilson, builder, N eweaF , t l e • u pon-Tyne bani aci o i r , g 3 iaire ans Daniel Sanders Southwell, George Butt, whitesmith, Satid3ury Arthur Arnold, grocer, Faversham Thomas Steadman, baker b Shoreham - 7-7* '~l